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Greek Rulers Enraged When Premier Venizelos
Showed Them Message Found Upon Freda von
Sternberg, Emissary to Emperor William.
By COLONEL GOUNARIS,
Formerly Confidential Secretary to the Now Exiled Greek King.
I shall ruthlessly expose the infa
mous and double-dyed treachery of
the ex-King Constantine and his wife
Sophia. They were a pair of arch
conspirators against the liberties and
honor of my beloved country
" Tino and his wife would betray their
most intimate friends if they believed
it would further their personal am
bition. Without troubling you at
present with my own affair, let me re
late, first of all, the extraordinary sto
ry of international intrigue connected
with their dealings with Freda von
Sternberg. who was their most trusted
go-between in their dealings with
their beloved brother, the Kaiser.
Freda von Sternberg was a woman
of middle age. She was tall, stately,
and though not to be described as
beautiful, was undoubtedly attractive
and fascinating. She was just the
sort of spy whom Sophia, domineering
and ill-tempered, favored.
She was a clever Ilinguist, spoke
French with a Parisian accent, Eng
lish of the Mayfair type, Arabic with
the fluency of a Turk. She was, too,
the intimate friend of Falkenhausen—
a name that sounds ill-omened to the
ears of all decent men. She was sac
rificed by the cowardice and weak
ness of the treacherous King.
An Extraordinary Message.
King Constantine dictated the fol
lowing letter on October 4, 1915, to
his brother-in-law, the Kaiser, which,
translated into English, reads:
“The Allies can not win. We are
with you heart and soul. We shall
soon be ready to join Turkey and Bul
garia ~gainst our common foe. My
Ge~r - n-trained officers are ready at
anv ne. Venizelos and his crowd
car suppressed. Urge no delay or
it r~ vbe too late. Falkenhausen has
eve:y facility as an officer of the
Greek army. Greetings from myself
and Sophia.”
Constantine was so perturbed lest
his ){rer‘ous letter should fall into the
hands of the Allies that he insisted
upon Freda - copying it and herself
carwrving the copy to the capital of the
German Empire.
T.et me say at once that I protested,
as any friend of civilization and right
must do. With all respect, I warned
his majesty of the growing power of
Venizelos—one of the sturdiest of pa
triots and truest of men Greece has
ever known—and even hinted that
such treachery would endanger the
very existence of the dynasty itself.
Ordered to Obey.
I might have spared my breath. The
King bluntly ordered me to obev his
instruction, adding threateningly that
he knew well how to deal with serv
ants who ooposed his will or dared to
dictate to him.
“But,” I ventured, “vour majesty’'s
promises .to the Allied Powers, if this
is known—"
The King smiled cynically as he in«
terrupted:
© “If this is known, I shall repudiate
it. We have nothing to fear. It is
not in my handwriting or that of my
secretary. It will be simple enough
to pronounce the whole thing a for
gery.”
Here you have an Insight into the
real character of the ex-King of the
Hellenes.
I have no hesitation in saying that,
like his Queen, he was false, self
seeking, and unscrupulous, and was
ever ready to throw over those by
whom he sought to carry out his
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ut to do him justice I mus
that he would have been a bettertn::g
and a more worthy monarch had it not
been for Sophia. The {M;ure of the
Kaiser's sister, dark, imperious, sin
ister, was always behind him, and
over them both brooded, like a vul
ture, the Emperor William himself.
Scheming in Private Room.
| Freda von Sternberg was summoned
to Ihe palace, where I received her in
the King's private apartments. The
windows of the rocm into which she
was shown were screened, and the
walls thick and sound proof. A door,
which fitted tightly into the panel at
one side, led to a library which the
King occupied exclusively.
_ These two places formed a center of
intrigue such as, I hope, has no coun
terpart in Europe, for there were
weaved plots not only against the Al
lies, but against the patriotic Greeks,
men who would willingly have shed
the last drop of their heart’s blood
for their country.
“You received a letter from my sec
retary to copy?” Tino asked, and
without waiting for her to reply,
went on: “I want you to take it to
the Emperor personally. It is of the
utmost importance. The Allies are
getting restive, and may at any mo
ment refuse to be put off with prom
ises of benevolent neutrality. You
can tell His Majesty, in addition, that
we are doing everything pessible to
make Colonel Falkenhausen's mission
a success.”
Tino an Accomplished Spy.
The woman hesitatnd.
“Well?" asked Tino, impatiently.
“l was just wondering, sir, what
would happen if—if 1 am unable to
llea\'e Greece. I am afraid that there
'are people who already suspect me,
iand if they found this letter in my
possession——""
“Oh, you must take the risk of
that,” said the King, adding quickly:
“Those who are in the service of a
iStute must always be prepared for
lthe consequences,”
“Freda von Sternberg ils one of the
' most intelligent and useful women 1
'have ever met,” said Tino, when she
‘had gone. “It is not the letter ltself
Iwhich matters most. There is a good
deal more that she will be able to
'tell the Empcror., You see, she has
Ibeen in many places and knows much
that will be of service to His Maj
esty.”
With these words Tino returned te
his library.
I Playing the Double Game.
I That afternocn he received in audi
ence a representative of the Allies
and solemnly assured him that the
Iln‘ngdom would remain neutral, or if
Greece took sides at all it would be
‘against the Central Powers.
I No sooner had the Allied represent
‘ative gone, filled with empty assur
‘ances of goodwill, than the King com-"
manded me to summon General Zu
matos, and who, as every one sus
pected, had swallowed deep draughts
of Prusianism. Zumatos was no\
only a soldier, but a politician, with a
pretty considerable following, and
was one of the bitterest opponents
of M. Venizelos.
The interview now was momen
tous. It was the heginning of a plot
that involved my unhappy country in
civil strife and led to considerable
bloodshed.
Tino was excited and “nervy.” The
‘continual pressure of the Allies and
the growing feeling of distrust among
the patriotic Greeks had made them
selves felt unpleasantly.
Sophia, too, was impatlent, and did
not fail to irritate her husband inte
taking serious and irretrievable steps’
toward the end which they had in
view.
I Despicably Cunning Is Tino.
| The officer saluted when he en
tered the royal presence, and they
Istrm‘ghtway began a discussion of
the situation. Zumatos, urged to
'suggest some rapid and definite
'movement, agreed it was high time
that some action was taken.
| “But what are we to do?” he asked.
with a gesture of despair. ‘Sarrail
'i{s even now at our gates. The Al
lied navies could blow Athens out of
existence, and already your Majesty’s
subjects are complaining of food
shortage.”
I A look of deep cunning crept into
Tino’s face.
. “T am aware that there is dissatis
' faction,” he said, “but even that can
' bhe turned to our advantages You
have your paid agents—use them.”
. “In what way, your Majesty?”" in
' quired Zumatos.
. “Let them mingle with the revolu
tionary mob. The rchels have few
firearms and less ammunition, Stir
them into armed resistance and then
‘let your men fire on the crowd.”
~ Zumatos nodded. There was a light
of satisfaction in his eyes. This was
| work after his own fashion.
. “Shoot them down,” continued Tino
rising as he snoke and pacing the
‘floor: “that will teach them a lesson
' which may be useful. It will im
press them with a consciousness of
our power, and incidentally It will
cause the FEntente uneasiness. We
‘mud do something till the Empero
18 readv to help us.” %
| Fury of the Royal Wife.
. With Tino Venizelos was an ob
session, a nightmare, a source of con
stant fear and f{rritation. And this
feeling was shared even intensely by
the Queen.
Again and again in her fury-—and
she has an ungovernable temper—
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DEPOSED King and Queen of Greece, whose machinations
in the Kaiser’s schemes of world domination are further
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Sophia urged the King to take means
to get Venizelos out of the way.
Little does he know, even today,
of the many plots that were devised
to remove him-—plots which had thelr
origin in the ex-Queen's braln, and
which, but for the loyalty of the
great Greeks’ followers, would have
been put into execution.
In this tte royal inspiration was
encouraged by the Kaiser himself, 1
have in my possession a telegram to
Sophia sent out in a seccret code by
the Emperor of Germany in January
of last year, when Sarrail and Ad
miral Fournet threatened us from
Saloniki, which, translated, reads:
“V. should be decalt with effectu
ally. He is the enemy of the Cen
tral Powers. Talk it over with Tino
and Faulkenhausen.”
In the light. of what I know I say
unhesitatingly that Venizelos hal a
charmed life. He was destined to
the service of his country, just as
he has always been the champion of
right, truth and liberty. L
Fate of Emissary.
I am speaking much of Venizelos
now, because it was from his lips
that we heard of the fate of Freda
von Sternberg. It was two days after
‘she had been dispatched to Berlin
with the King's letter when Tino
was informed that Venizelos re
quested an immediate audience, The
Queen was with him at the time, and
a scowl settled on her face when the
‘name was announced.
~ This was the first time I had been
present at an interview hetween
Venizelos and the King and Queen, 1
am not a professicnal writer, and so
am unable to do justice to the scene.
It will certainly never fade from my
memory, nor do I think that the oth
ers who took part in it will readil?
forget it. I can see them now as
they were then.
Venizelos—strong, cool, confident—
stood facing the King and Queen,
who, flushed and angry, glared—l can
find no werd fitter to express my
meaning—upon their vistor. Even
then the contrast between them flash
ed into my mind.
Tino's eyes glittered ominously, and
his face was stern, set and resolute
Now and again his fingers strayed
nervously to his mustache and his
right leg, which was crossed over the
other., 'The Queen sat back in her
chair, her hands crossed, and a look
of inexpressible contempt in her face
If hate could have killed, Venizelos
would assuredly have been a deaq
man.
Royal Pair in a Rage.
A Greek patriot bowed respectful
-Iy, but there was an air of determina
tion «bout him which spoke volumes
“Well, sir?” Tino spoke abruptly,
almost sharply.
Venizelos paused as If reflecting
I:md then plunged straight into the
subject appermost in his thoughts.
“Your Majesty is in communication
with the Emperor of Germany,” he
inquired.
“And why not?” demanded the King
angrily.
“There is no reason Your Majesty
should not write to Berlin, providing
the interests of Greece do not suffer,”
replied Venizelos, “but the corre
spondence to which I am referring
is a little unusual, and, with respect
may I add; indiscreet.
The Queen colored angrily, though
she remained silent. Not so the King.
With a shout he sprang to his feet
and faced Venizelos. Venizelos was
no dwarf, but Tino towered over him
His hands were clenched and his eyes
flashed. “Am I the King of the Hel.
lenes?” he shouted. “Tell me, am )
‘the King?"
. “Yes, your Majesty, you are the
King of the Hellenes,” 1 did not no
tice it at the time, but ‘can not hely
thinking now that there was the
slightest emphasis on the word “are.
“Then,” replied Tino, “as the head
of the army and as your sovereign I
tell you you have no right to control
'my movements or to dictate my pol
icy.”
“That is true in 3 sense,” replied the
statesman, “but there is another side.
IGree(‘e has every right to interfere
iwhen her in‘erests are at stake. Be
lieve me,” he added earnestly, “so long
as your majesty is in sccord with the
wishes and aspirations of the Greek
people you and your dynasty have no
truer servant than myself. But oth
erwise—-"" ’
He broke off abruptly. They were
bra!e words, The veiled threat was
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surely such as never before had been
accressed to a reigning monarch.
“And otherwise?” demanded the
King.
“l can not suppose an ‘otherwise’ is
possible,” said Venizelos.
The Queen now spoke up for the
first time. 1 see again the rage, in
dignation, wonder mingled on he
face, the hard set of her jaw, the
scornful curl of her lips.
“Insolent,” she excleimed, “if I were
the King——""
Venizelos bowed.
“You are the Queen, madame,” he
said, “and I did not seek this inter
view with you—an interview which 1
know must be painful tc you both.
May I be more explicit?” He seemed
to address them both at once, and as
they did not reply, he went on.
“There has come into my possession
a letter to Berlin couched in words
which would be distasteful to the Al
lies, and, I am sure, would not be ap
proved by the people of my country.
That letter sets out that the Greek
army is prepared to unite with our
hereditary enemy, Turkey, against the
Entente, and predicts the defeat of
the protecting powers.
“Neither of thase things is true. In
any case, such a document should not
have been forwarded without the
knowledge and counsel of your majes
ty’'s responsible Ministers.”
“Oh, this is too insolent,”” gasped
the Queen.
Letter Intercepted.
I thought at this moment that Tino
in his fierce anger, would have struck
Venizelos. But he restrained himself,
with an effort.
‘M. Venizelos,” . said Tino hotly,
“please be =zood enough to tell me
what you mean and why yvou address
me in this fashion, and remember, you
are speaking to your King.”
“I knw that,” replied Venizelos, as
calmly as if he were addressing an
undistinguished stranger. “I have
never forgotten it, and it is in the in
terest of yourself and your dynasty
that I am speaking to you now, It is
not well that the facts should be pub
lished, I suppose.” He looked at me
and stopped.
“Colonel Cournaris is in my confi
dence,” said Tino.
“Then I will speak out.” Venizelos
looked strong and uncompromising.
“In my possession is a letter to the
Emperor of Germany. It was taken
from a woman, Fraulein von Stern
berg, and is presumably from you.
“We, of course, are aware of the
woman’s antecedents, and know that
she is in the secret service of Ger
many. She was intercepted and
searched and the letter was brought
to me."”
“Well,” said Tino, “although I am
not called upon to give an explana
tion, I will tell you here and now that
Frauleln von Sternberg has carried no
letter from me and that I never send
confidential letters by a woman.”
Could I express—at that moment—
my feelings and my inward contempt
for the man I called my King?
. .
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LITTLE ROCK, ' ARK., Feb. §—
“Snowstorms and freezes, which havs
been the heaviest Arkansas has ever ex.
perienced, have been worth millions of
dollars to the wheat crop,” said Gov
ernor Charles H. Brough, of Arkansas,
in an interview on agricultural pros
pects for 1918.
“Besides that,” continued the Govern.
or, “it {8 worth millions of dollars to
the cotton growers of the South, in that
the severe weather has killed vast num
bers of boll weevil.”
Time and Place of Next Meetlng\
of Georgia Lawyers To Be
Decided Soon. |
MACON, Feb, 9.—Standing com-I
mittecs of the Georgia Bar Associa- |
tion for the year 1918 have been ap
pointed by President Orville A. Park,
of Macon. The executive committee,
elected at the last session of the bar
assoclation at Tybee, will meet in a
few days and select the time and
plece of the next convention. The
‘standing committees named by Mr.
Park are as follows:
- Jurisprudence, Law Reform and
Procedure—A. W, Cozart, Columbus,
chairman; C. B. Conyers, Brunswick;
iR. L. Denmark, Savannah; H. J. Full
‘bright, Waynesboro; A. B. Conyer
Bambridge.
Federal Legislation—Edgar Wat
kins, chairman, Atlanta; Wallace
Miller, Macon; James M. Hull, Jr.
Auusta; Harry D. Reed, Waycross,
Max Michael, Athens.
Interstate Law—T. A. Hammond,
chairman, Atlanta; W. H. Burrell
Sparta; W. L. Clay, Savannah; W. A
Slaton, Washington; M. J. Yeomans,
Dawson.
Legal Education and Admission to
the Bar—W. D. Thomson, chairman,
Atlanta; John R. L. Smith, Macon;
Thomas F. Green, Athens; A. H
Thompson, LaGrange; M. H. Black
shear, Dublin.
Legal Ethics and Grievances—l.. W.
Branch, chairman, Quitman; H. C.
Peeples, Atlanta; W, K. Miller, Au
gusta; Edward S. Elliott, Savannah;
G. E. Maddox, Tome.
Membership—H. F. Lawson, chair
man, Hawkinsville; F. U. Garrard,
Columbus; D. S. Atkinson, Savan
nah; W. E. Arraud, Atlanta, Emmett
Houser, Fort Valley.
Memorials—R. D, Meader, chair
man, Brunswick; H. M. Patty, At
lanta; M. D. Jones, Macon; E. K.
Wilcox, Valdosta; H. H. Swift, Co
lumbus.
Reception—Z. B. Rogers, chairman
Eatonton; F. T. Saussy, Savannah;
Millard Reese, Brunswick; Paul H
Doyal, Rome; W. W. Dykes, Ameri
cus
Woman Accused of
-
Witchcraft Barely
-
Escapes Execution
LLOS ANGELES, Feb. 2.—Re
vealing a cult of ghost worship
pers and superstitious of witch
craft, Mrs. Ambrosia Herrera, of
San Bernardino, was almost put
to death as a witch in that city,
according to a report to the po
lice there.
Two women and one man, all
believers in magie, doomed her to
death, it is claimed, and led her
ont to an execution which failed
¢nly because at the last moment
the two women, who held revolv
erc at her head, weakened at fir
ing the death shots.
Mrs. Herrera was accused of
having cast an evil spell over
John Bacca and by incantation
caused him to become suddenly
blind.
The two women, Helena and
Gripina Arcienega, sisters, it is
alleged, took the supposed witch
to a room and commanded her to
remove the speli that caused the
blindness.
They told her, it is claimed,
that the high priest of the ghost
cult, one Gonsalo Perea by name,
had Leen told by the spirits that
she was the person who had cast
the evil spell over Bacca. * The
high priest had received his in
formation while in a trance.
One of the women, the police
say, held a revolver and one a
shotgun, and they told the ‘“witch
woman” that the high priest had
sentencad her to death unless she
used magic to undo the blind
ness.
When Mrs. Herrera failed to
meet their demands the two
women called in Perea, who, the
police sav. nearly bheat the wom
an to death. It was the beating
and the cries of the supposed
witch that resulted in outside in
terference.
A stranze angle of the case de
veloped when Mrs. Herrera told
the police that death was a suita
ble punishment for one who dis
obeyed the mandates of the high
priest. She claimed, however,
that the high priest had made a
mistake in the identity of the per
son who cast the evil blindness
spell.
Three arrests were made as a
result of the affair, and the po
lice and District Attorney’s office
of San Bernardino began a probe
of the mystic cult of ghost wor
shipers and witchecraft followers.
Army Officer Clashes
. - .
With German Wife
IBY International News Service.)
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 9.—The clash
ing of their nationalities has resulted
in the filing of a divorce action against
Captain John W. Converse by his wife.
Mrs. Converse was born and bred in
Germany. They met in Paris in 1909
ard were married in Wiesbaden, Ger
many, a few months later,
Last summer Converse entered the
officers’ school at Fort Niagara, N. Y.
After his training he was made a cap
tain in the 311th Field Atirilery. A
separation has appeared inevitable ever
since it was certain he would soon com
mand guns In action against his wife's
countrymen.,
NEW GROCERY FIRM.,
FIFTON, Feb. 9.—The Willis Gro
cery Company will open a wholesale
grocery house in Tifton Monday with
B. D. Harden, formerly of Moultrie
in charge as manager, This compa
ny, which has headquarters at Pel
ham, has branch houses in Moultrie
and Meigs. T.J. Willis, of Pelham, is
president, and T. A. Cull, of Moultrie
is vice president.
PARROT GIVES FIRE ALARM.,
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA, Feb. 9—
“Fire! Fire!” screamed a parrot, the
pet in the home of Mrs. Mary Cleator,
when smoke filled the- premises.
Awakened by the bird, the almost
suffocated members of the household
rushed to nte'.y'
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Do High-Heeled
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Shoes Make Girls
Bow - Legged?
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] HICAGO, Feb. 9.~Those con-
C cave curves you see when
E the girls wear the short
' skirt of fashion's dictate aren't
really bow legs! They are causea
by the high heels now in vogue. So
declared Miss Leona Hope, physi
cal culture expert of the Univer
sity of Chicago, in telling the Chi
cago Women's Club how women
should dress. Though they appear
so, she said, the majority of the I
girls are not really bow-legged and |
the curves straighten out when
sensible heels are worn. She says
she uses a silhouette lantern in |
her classes and when the girls ¢
stand before the light their digres
g sions are no longer concealed,
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Mountain Minstrels to Contest for
State Championship at the
Auditorium Next Week,
Fiddlin’ John Carson, most cele
brated of the wandering minstrels of
Georgia, arrived from his native city
of Blue Ridge yesterday, accom
panied by his equally famous coon
hound, Rastus., Mr. Carson laid upon
the desk an official notice, to wit:
“The Georgia Old-Time Fiddlers’
Association will hold its annual con
vention at the Atlanta Auditorium
every night from February 28 to
March 2, inclusive. Hundred dollars
in prices. Come one, come all."”
“The school teacher, he wrote it,”
explained Mr. Carson. “And being as
I'm one of the old-timiest of the lot,
I'm kinder looking after getting the
convention started off. I'm looking
to see around forty fiddlers on hand
this year. There ain’t so many of
‘em been drafted. Most of 'em fit in
the big war fifty year ago, and I
reckon they ain’t needed in this here
one.”
Mr. Carson’s appearance, like the
first robin of spring, always heralds
the annual contest of the Georgia
fiddlers for the State championship
medal and the pot of money that
goes with it. Fiddlin' John has car
ried off the prize several times,
though there have been years when
some dark horse from a backwoods
valley has fiddled around him and
won the unanimous vote of the three
judges.
Most Atlantans are familiar with
the annual fiddlers’ conventions,
which are ag much a State “classic”
as the Kentucky Derby or Louisiana
Mardi Gras. But there are thousands
of visitors .and new residents in the
city this ye-arn%o whom the fiddlers
will offer a’'w e entertainment.
Most of th idlers are descend
ants of the ecer (Georgians who
gettled in the moumntains many gen
erations ago, and who brought with
them, or carved from native woods in
long winter nights, instruments
which have gained in beauty of tone
through many years of use. And the
tuneg they play were handed down
from father to som with the fi%
There hasn’t been a new tune le 3
in the mountaing"in’‘a hundred years,
The favorites still%are *“Arkansas
Traveler” and “Billy in the Low
Ground” and “Napoleon’s Retreat,”
though there are some contestants
who stick by “Buffalo Gals” as the
best fiddle tune ever evolved from
catgut. Few of the airs have been
set down on paper. Few of the fld
dlers can read a note of music. But
the thousands who hear them every
yvear can testify that there is some
thing in their playing that sets the
feet to patting on the floor and in
spires one with a desire to fling his
hat upon the floor, jump three feet
into the air and start to dancing in
the aisie. And many a statd and dig
nified business man, with the magic
of Long Bill Tumlin’s fiddling in his
system, has thrown dignity to the
winds and done it.
S Statistician
Gets Busy in Chicago
(By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, Feb. 9—What 24.7 inches
of snow, which recently covered the
city of Chicago, would mean:
If thrown into a single pile it would
‘lm gevnty-seven times the height of the
‘Woolworth Building, New York.
It would be 61.25 times the height of
the Eiffel Tower, Paris.
It would be 2.80 times the height of
Mount McKinlev, Alaska.
Woulid, if laid in a 10-foot path 24.7
inches deep, stretch around the earth
4.256 tmes
Would make 89,207,848 wagon loads of
4 cubic feet each.
1t weighs 20,918,887 tons, which is 4.75
times the welght of the Pyramid of
Cheops, Egypt.
Waits 30 Years to
““Pop the Question”
CHICAGO, Feb. 9.—For thirty years
Calvin Mitchell, 58, prospected in Cali
fornia, with Los Angeles as his head
quarters, One day he turned his
thought to Mrs. Katherine Gordon, the
sweetheart of his youth, and. imme
diately telegraphed a proposal of mar
riage.
They were principals in a Christmas
wedding here,
Nitchell has written a brochure ad
vising basnhful lovers to down their
timidity and plunge into matrimony
early in life.
SMOTHERS INFANT BROTHER.
OMAHA, NEBR. Feb. 9.—Robert
Newman, 3-week-old son of R. A.
Newman, was smothered to death by
a quilt placed over his head by his
§-year-old sister, who believed he
was cold.
Lecture by
Kate Richards O’Hare
Red Men’s Wigwam
86 Central Avenue,
Sunday Afternoon,
3 o'Clock,
ADMISSION FREE.
Tifton Man Declares Politicians
Are Encouraging Planters to
Evade Hardships.
ALBANY, GA. Feb. 9.-~('}lnr'zlnzl
that the politicians of the country are|
“humoring” the farmers and on('nur—l
aging them to seek a way out fmml
' the operations of the hardships of|
the war, B. Y. Wallace, a whnlos:\:el
grocer of Tifton, and also food admin- |
istrator of Tift County, attending lhe%
meeting of Southwest Georgia (‘.m"
cerers here yesterday, declared that|
the time has come for everybody, the\
farmer included, to cease talking]
about “doing his bit” and to jump mI
and "“do his darndest.”
Mr. Wallace declared that the Imr-I
dens of the war to date have fallen
almost exclusively on the business
man; that they have subseribed m‘:
the Liberty lL.an, ralsed Red Cross,
Y. M. C. A. and other funds, and :m—|
swered every other demand made. by
the war, while the politicians ve |
pampered the farmers to such ampiéex
tent that they are almost # Ing
down on" the nation In its is.
8. J. Faircloth, of Quit: who
was chairman of the meeting, ®ndors
ed In a ringing address all that the
Tifton man had said, and added that|
the farmers of the country have reap
ed a greater share of prosperity from
the war than any cother class. He
declared that he had once nmnsht'
of voting for William Schley Howag&
for the United States Senate, but
latter's ‘“slobbering” over the far
has caused him to change his min
Mr. Faircloth declared that whes
the purpose of the food laws and oth
er restrictive war measures are ex
plained to the farmers they arey qre
ready than any other class tOMi6-
operate, He told an incident Wileh
illustrated this vividly, Mr. Falr
cloth had just returned from @ithe
meeting of wholesale grocers At -
lanta, when a retail grocer frojihis
home town of Quitman callés im
aside to inquire at could besone
“for the farme and atsthg@ame
time callin armers Iniggside
alley confi Mr. Faiegld ex
plained that, Gevernmef feecls
{ that the sol should h&sgl first,
and that it fe little adSERS <ivilian
can do to crifice a HEHE in the
cholce of so& in order thEftthe sot
diers may be fed. Two ofghe farm
ers had just bhd sons putim Classi.
and they sere qnick fasgeß the
- his ‘@ ent, anfl ot vanted ty
draft S Enireloth JUSeMEak all
Tlmokflégl{\‘mtv ta fapm the:
poses ‘ofethe food Jaws e e
who hag-Rought: & whgeent sos
farmer, -hnd disappeared s the™
planatfpn® progressed. -\ .
The. meeting was &hngdod"' b
about geventy-five praminent wholes
sale grocerymen and their galesmen
from Albany, Moultris, Thomasville;
Tifton, Quitman, Valdosta. Camilla,
Meigs, Camilla, Bainbridge, Arling
ltnn. Americus and Déwm\n. A ypor
manent organization WA formed ana
regular meetings wil’ be held. The
food laws were indorsed and the gro
cers elpdged themselves to help en
force them. o
Water Office Ready
o o i
. For Rush Monday
et - e
3 ’fi! wate ce in the City Hall ex
pects ~ grang rushd Monday, the Ia?
Aday mthfl ‘ment of water rentdl
For seme readoft Water eonsumers
have been slowlin their payments this
month, and the.office was kept open
later ' than usugl Saturday to give
them a chance t§ drep in.
R ~ N & g
THE GAS QUES g 'TON SOLV g
BY THE BURGE PATENT CADET WATER HEATER
With a Small Amount of Coal This Heater Wil Furnish: 1
Wl 4,,/
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40 to 50 Gallon esischoiensissid i Fry or BroiF
Tank Hot R yie
it o S /79 i <
Water. rm—————" || Steak
Will Heat the St ol Ham
] ok
Kitchen. I'”/fw v
will g/«/ e,
Vlllaff‘l:eosOk ’/(I/;f’ W '{';f‘ %‘ Em
’ Ait O Chops
Batter Cakes, gulfiiiusio ot/ sims, :
Hoe Cakes e Vi
Toast : " %%I ‘I Ol %
Boil Yy 7 o %, Oysters
Vegetables W ' e bR i i
of All Kinds. Wk Fish |
¥ % ] » l:
It wil do almost everything In the cooking line, except bake M‘if
and cake. You can boil a whole ham or a boiler of clothes and It will
heat half dozen irons at a time on ironing day. ‘: b
Ask your dealer for THE BURGE PATENT HEATER, and take
nothing else. Made exclusively by the :
ATLANTA STOVE WORKS, Atlanta, Ga.
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Come in, Fellows, and Look My
Stock Quver!
I have opened a dandy little shop and am : ,I
handling a complete line of men’s furnish. ,\
ings, e
Here you will find what you need in Hats, 1
Collars, Shirts, Ties, Socks, Underwear, eto. i
Get in the habit of coming in. You will el
be pleased. ‘ :c
RALPH E. RYLEE/
53 W. MITCHELL ST. %
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Bill Would Raise Age
. (o “llT‘”..\
Of Pupils to 15 Ye%%
LONDON, Feb. 9.—A blli to m &
further provision for education in Sees"
land has been Introduced in Parliaméfg.
The bill would raise ‘the school Al
from 14 to 15, make attendance at " é
tinuation classes obligatory on p -’", '
between 15 and 18 who are not in fi
time school attendance, restrict emp q’ ’t"'*73
ment before and after scheol hours, n AI
regulate the employment of children i fy
der the age of 15 in factories and W,
ot
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of the main stpn ‘
:—ohore our prescription
men are free to con
centrate upon the fill
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?tlnns.
—here your preserip
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our rng%fie};ed phar
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