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a|,-«»«*« l 1 *"* 111011 St.phfnB, ' . very name auffuiea a glow on Id type ii™ 1 “ h< ”' " pok '’ n “ vibr * r ' t Sth cow« 1 ' brKow or < ,tl Georgia. h Tl»nr-'ii l > ,lU,n ^ er8 f fom our htate, 4 uri- of appreciation, will, in in >T in thought, end a pilgrim- * ,eR V t |a- nation’s center to join in agl . int: ril'Ute to Stephens’ ideal*. 75. f this revered Georgian -jj i l0 u' vriled ia Statuary Hall of th nal capitol, to remain, with th> other leaders, a shrine wher« t? public may come for cogi tation ard inspiration. gt,,,h’ e* is the second from our ?tate ,,e thus honored, the statue «.f Cru»!' l, rd W. Long being already j n tj t . Hall of Fmae. The unveiling exercises will be participated in by President Cool- idge ami other prominent personages inclutJ!' Governor Hardman aid othn b ■ rgian*, and plans are laid j.' v u men deserve more credit than Ab‘X-V' <| r H- Stephens for sheer per severin'* in the face of handicaps. j»hysi i weak and with but meager incor . his determination alone en able* ira to secure the education which made it possible for him to give hi* talents to his people, his stat<- and nation. Throughout life he could not overcome physical dis abilities, but by an extraordinary will achieved great things in spile ol them. He was one of the outstand ing statesmen of the South and, though not in favor of secession, stood with th;- people of his state in their decision to withdraw from the union, and w.as second executive in the Confederacy. Sterb-n* was truly a great man. He v, !. nest, energetic • beyond bis physical endurance, and patriotic. Though melancholy and often moody, perhaps i*< cause of his severe afflic tion, he was a notable host, and “Liberty Hall,” his home at Craw- fordaviile, was open at all times to those who desired to visit therein. Conquering his infirmities strength ened his character, gave him greater sympathy for others and his nobility layed itself into thousands of lives. It is in appreciation of these splen did attributes and his leadership and genius, with the hope they may be perpetuut* <1 in lives of the present and future, that the statue >t» being placed in ’he Hall of Fame and the life of Stephens, our distinguished Georgian, is held up for study and emulation. In honoring men of Stephens' type the state reflects honor up.. n its name.—Dawson News. WHO WON THE WAR? Atlanta Journal. Anoth« r answer, gratifying to America's national pride, has been given by Field Marshal Yon Hinden- burg, now president of the German Reich, to the doughboy'.* perennial question. “Who won the war?” ar.d although it appears that the answer was forthcoming shortly after the signing of the Armistice in Novem ber, 1918, its belated publication in “The New Age Illustrated ' in no wise detracts from the interest it will arouse throughout the world. Von Hind.-nburg unhesitatingly credits the American forces in the Argonnc with the decisive blow that crushed the German arms and made i impossible for the imperial gov ernment further to prolong the ti tanic struggle. Likewise he lays stress upon the food blockade estab lished by th. British fleet that gradually cut off Germany's sus tenance and reduced the civilian 'population to a state of ieinoraliza- i tion at the climax of the war. Fur obvious political reason? Von Hindcnburg has never reiterated his statements made to three American newspaper correspondent' whit slipped through the iines of retreat ing Germans a week after the Armis tice ahd made their way to the field marshal’s headquarters, seeking an interview which is remarkable for its candor. According to George Seldes, one of the correspondents. Von Hindenburg analyzed the situ*- UNION RICORDE*. MILLEDCEVILLE, GA. DECEMBER I*. I SET tion something like this; “The American infantry in the Argonne won the war. 1 must con fess that Germany could not have won the war—that is, after 1917. We might have won on land. We might have taken Baris. But after the failure of the world food crop* in 1916 the British food blockade reach ed its greatest effectiveness in 1917. Ilowevei, without American tropos against us, and detente the block ade which was undermining th? civi lian population curtailing the rations in the field, we could still have had a peace without victory. The war could have ended in a sort of stale mate. And even if we hud not had the better of the fighting until July 18, 1918, we could have had an ac ceptable peace. We were still a great force and we had divisions in re serve always which the enemy at tack* could not uae up completely. “Even the attack of July 18, which the allied generals may consider the turning point of the war, did not use our own astisfactroy peace 'at the end of the stalemate, or at least held our positions on our own frontier Indefinitely—undefeated. So I must really say that the Brit sh food block ade of 1917 and the American biow in the Argor.ne of 1918 decided the war for the allies.” Thu* after nine years another wit ness, and a vitally important one, adds his testimony to the controversy that has raged among the allies ns to wqo won the war. That it will stir new international disruptions of the war and its various phases is inevit able, but it would seem that the former field general’s views are fairly conclusive. FOR OLD AGE INSURANCE—plant a pecan grove with WIGHT’S QUALITY PECAN TREES. Write for prices and information. J. B. Wight, Cairo, Ga. 12-6-27 4t. Christmas Seals pay for education of the public to eradicate tubercu losis. Buy them and help out. For sale at Drug Stores and by Solicitors. up a very important part of the German urmy or smash all our posi tions. To win a war it is necessary to put the enemy forces hors de cqtnba . We had the men, the antuni- tion* and the morale, and we were not overbalanced. But the balance was broken by the Americans. The Argonne battle was slow and diffi cult, l?Ui it was strategic. It was bitter and used up division after divi sion. We had to hold the American attack until the entire ramy was out of northern France. We were pass ing through the neck fo a bottle, and it wu-t narrow. “And then the day came when the American command sent new division- into the battle and when I had not ven a broken division to plug up the gaps. There was nothing left to do hut to .ask terms. From a military point of view the Argonne battle a- conceived and carried out by the American command was the climax of the war and its deciding factor. Without the American blow in the Argonne we could have made w hich forma the background a to the young acin* liking. Bulck b a favorite c the Fecttc cwnt, where this photograph wn« Buick Meets‘Our RAIN INSURANCE PROTECT YOUR Christmas Sales t. H< ANDREWS & SON “Nothinglbut Insurance” Cherry Street at Broadway J.PMHen § €a. < \Jbe Store-all Women — Macon, Georgia BE WELL GROOMED ON CHRISTMAS During the Imny tf Chrutaii shopping phone 44#, then fsrget ■*. 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