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The Columbia Sentinel
Official Organ Harlem, Ga.
and Columbia County.
Published Every Friday at
Harlem, Ga.
Entered in Post Office at Harlem,
Ga., as Second Class Matter.
Price $2.00 Per Year in Advance.
E. H. MILLER, Editor and Publisher.
THOS. E. WATSON. Contributing Edilor.
Harlem, Ga., February 14,1919
Just how much does it look like
Germany was '‘licked’’?
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It’s most too soon to have killed
the peach crop, isn’t it?
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Bolshevism and Spanish Influenza
are simply old foes under new
names.
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Cotton is the one worst jinx ever,
and it looks as if it would creep into
the Peace Talk Fest before long.
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It really looks as though that
Peace Fest in Paris had about gone
the limit of time; and there really
isn't much done yet, is there?
Another wail from Germany; the
German brewers are howling for
American grain to make German
beer, the Germans kicking at the
lack of said grain in their national
drink.
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Mr. Bryan, having satisfied him¬
self that the world is to be made dry
for democracy, is now turning his
agile mind to other measures, nnd
has already a plan to run the rail¬
roads.
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The gentle Mr. Root, In the Sen¬
ate, assails the equally gentle (but
richer) Mr. Henry Ford, and it really
begins to look as though the Daddy
of nil the jitneys was in for a bad
hour or two.
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Tearful item in a New York paper
says "Danes greet food envoy with
tears and cheers”, and we know a
lot of folks nearer than Denmark
who would do the same, if the food
was sure enough, free and plentiful
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Maybe the reason the women are
willing to adopt the hobble skirt, and
tlie split one, too, is to show man
that he really is the stronger, after
all. Many a husky will have to lift
his Belinda up, or down, if they are
to get anywhere on time.
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There never seems to be any sort
of trouble but some one can write
poetry about it, and just now all the
free-verse artists are straining our
eyes with their efforts to put Bol¬
shevism into anything that will
rhyme.
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The proposed plan of the dead
Hungarian officer, which has just
come to light, in which Germany was
to be given the choice of ‘‘alliance”
with Russia or with Hungary, seems
to have been understood by Germany
to mean absorption of either, with
Russia preferred.
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Japan is putting this country on
notice that, in the matter of any re¬
lations between herself and China,
that need straightening, Japan nnd
China reserve the right to attend to
the matter themselves; nnd when
you look at it carefully, the Japanese
official who said it, said a hat-full.
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German kuitur had another inning
In France the other day. Two rail¬
road coaches, until recently held by
Germany, exploded while going
through a tunnel in France, and
Inany of the passengers were burned
to death, or smothered with the
poisonous gasses. Of course, an offi¬
cial investigation is to be held.
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It still takes a number of tailors
to make a man, and the recent con¬
vention of tailors in New York has
decided that the pinched-ln-corset
effect of men’s clothes is to be a
thing of the past. Chests are now
in order, and real men’s styles are
to come back. Praise be, this is the
effect of the military training.
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The very best cartoon that, has yet
appeared in a Southern paper, was
that of Gregg in the Atlanta Consti¬
tution of Sunday. It would be worth
while to raise a fund, have that car¬
toon struck off in enlarged size, and
send a copy to every Northern gam¬
bling office nnd bucket shop that can
be reached by mail. And then it will
clinch matters to have the Southern
planter stand squarely up to Gregg’s
cartoon.
THE COLUMBIA SENTINEL, HARLEM, GA.
Clippings from a Catholic Paper
The “Catholic Bulletin” is published in Cleve¬
land Ohio, and is supposed to have official sanction.
Its utterances are therefore a fair type of the
Pope’s American organs.
From a recent issue, I clip the following items
which may interest you, and cause you to do some
thinking on your own account:
CENTRE PARTY ON GUARD
London.—The rumor that a separation be¬
tween church and state in Germany was con¬
templated by the ministry ot the new Govern¬
ment was denied officially, and this denial was
circulated. It appears, however, that there is
a possibility ot a new kind of Kulturkampf
arising; and the Centre Party is arousing itself
to face the new conditions, whatever form they
may take. The delegates of the party have
been summoned to a conference at Frankfort;
and it seems that plans will be devised for the
the protection of Catholic interests in the event
of the Government trying to force its plan of
separation between church and state, a measure
which is undoubtedly part of its programme,
though dropped for the moment.
The Centre Party is composed of Roman Catho¬
lics, and was originally organized to antagonize
Bismarck when be banished the Jesuits and fought
the Pope’s interference with German politics.
The Jesuits tried to assassinate Bismarck, and
he narrowly escaped the the assassin’s bullet.
The clipping from The Bulletin is laid before
you in proof that Rome’s law favoring the union
of church and state is still in full force in Europe
and is heartily approved by the American papists—
who vow that they are such loyal citizens of the
country.
Of course, the American principle is a complete
separation of church and state.
The next clipping is quite as significant:
POPE - SOVEREIGN
London.—It is now taken as a matter of
course that one of the issues, that will affect,
and, perhaps, pervade the atmosphere of the
Peace Conference will be the future position of
the Vatican and its relations to the civil gov¬
ernments. In other words, Great Britain and
several other of the Powers, who have, by the
very fact of accrediting ambassadors to the
Vatican, officially committed themselves to the
recognition of the sovereignty of the Pope;
and now, by the natural force of circumstances,
find that they must deal with the Pope as a
sovereign, Therefore, the Pope as a sovereign
will, in some form or other, have to be repre¬
sented at the Peace Conference.
Here we have, from an American Catholic, the
distinct claim of the Pope’s temporal sovereignty,
namely, that he is a King , as well as a priest!
Heretofore, the American Romanists have been
meekly declaring that the power of the Pope was
spiritual , only; and they have been accustomed to
say, “Our Kingdom is not of this world.”
The mask is now thrown off. and they boldly
proclaim the fundamental law of their Italian
church, by claiming that England nnd several other
owers are committed to the doctrine of the Pope’s
Kingly authority because they sent delegates to the
papal court.
If England is thus committed to the Pope’s
claim of sovereignty, we are doubly so, since our
President went in person to pay his court to the
sovereign Pontiff.
Verily, the chief gainer by the War. is the
foreign chnrch whose supreme ruler has been an
Italian ever since the year 1522.
One more clipping, and T am done:
What is the difference between the Catholic
religion mid the Protestant religion?
Books might be written to point ont all the
differences. Suffice to say here, that the dif¬
ferences are just what you could expect to find
between a God-made, God-revealed religion,
and men-made, men-inspired imitations. One
is divine, the other human, of the earth earthly.
This clipping is taken from “The Question Box”
department of The Bulletin; artel yon will see that
all non-Catholie churches are not considered as
having any religion at all.
Nobody outside the pale of the Roman organiza¬
tion is to he regarded as a Christian.
This, too, is a part of tlie fundamental law of
Popery; and a logical deduction from it, which
Catholic theologians tench is, that all so-called
Christians who obstinately hold out against the
Roman faith may he lawfully put to death.
So late as 1895, the priests of Mexico were en¬
forcing this sntanic law by burning to death men,
women and children.
In South America, in the Philippine Islands,
in Spain, and in Portugal these diabolical crimes
against freedom of conscience were but recently
stopped.
When the Knights of Columbus initiate a mil¬
lion members, and swear them to the terrible popish
oath, many a William Black, Francisco Ferrer,
Jose Rizal, and Francisco Madero will tread the
fatal road of martyrdom.
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After a while, Uncle Si will realize that, as the
one best bet for the politieians. he may also play safe
by voting as he wants to, and break another long
established custom.
Urges Abolition of Gambling Evil
(From Atlanta Constitution.)
Charles S. Barrett, president of the Farmers’
National Union, and one of the best known agricul¬
tural and industrial leaders in the country, was in
Atlanta Thursday afternoon en route for the Peace
Conference. On Saturday he goes to Washington,
D. C., where he will attend a conference next Tues¬
day and Wednesday of all the farmers’ organiza¬
tions in America. At the close of this conference
•Mr. Barrett will sail for Europe on the steamship
Baltic, to represent the following organizations in
Europe during the conference: The Commission
for the Reconstruction of Poland, Commission on
Russia, National Farmers' Union, the National
Board of Farmers’ Organizations, and the League
to Enforce Peace.
The tfiip abroad will take six weeks or more of
Mr. Barretts time, but his mission is a most impor¬
tant one. Imbued with the economic principle that
the greatest asset to a nation is a large number of
land-owners, owning their improved acreage, in¬
stead of having the lands in the hands of big land¬
lords, Mr. Barrett will seek to impress this upon
the gathered representatives of the world’s great
nations. He will put forth this principle in the
land of Balzac, the Shakespeare of France, who
wrote one of his greatest of books about the question
of peasantry, in which the great writer argued that
“the downfall of France would come through allow¬
ing peasants to become land-owners.” Mr. Barrett
will have the distinctive opportunity of proving the
great writer’s judgment to have been at fault in the
light of history.
Mr. Barrett gave out the following statement
lief ore leaving Atlanta:
“All of us recognize that the present conference
is much more than the mere meeting of delegates
to make peace between belligerent nations.
“It is in fact a gathering of representative men
from seventy per cent of the civilized world whose
purpose is to create, if it be possible, a world of
righteous dealing, wherein the inequalities, greed,
and injustice which have marked our past history
shall be largely eliminated, and stable conditions
established under which humanity may work out
a healthful, contented, peaceable civilization, such
as we have not heretofore known.
“Incidentally, the conference will make peace
terms between the late belligerents, but that may
lie classed merely as one feature of the programme.
“What am I going to do over there?
“Well, it is like this: much is being said about
labor, anej, as ,to what must lie done wi th and fo r
labor. The labor organizations of the towns and
cities are strongly represented by able leaders who
will make their demands known in no uncertain
terms. It would seem proper that all classes of
labor should be represented, and so I am going to
speak for the most ancient labor craft in the world,
that class which the world strangely forgets is very
much a labor class, that class without whose faithful
labor no other class could exist, that class which by
going on strike for six months could destroy hu¬
manity. It would seem that this ancient craft is of
sufficient importance to receive careful considera¬
tion. and lest it be forgotten in the clamorous outcry'
of many and eager claimants, I am going to present
some very’ modest measures for the consideration
of the conference which, if put into effect, would
immeasurably increase the prosperity’ of the farm¬
ers. and therefore of the rest of society.
“Do I expect to get results?
“I am not just now troubling myself about that.
It is my duty to go and say certain things, regard¬
less of results. It is quite true that the statesmen
of the greater part of the world have heretofore
been strangely oblivious of the farmers, but it is
quite possible that at this moment they are more
receptive to suggestions than heretofore, and so it
is my job to make the suggestions, and thus prevent
them from overlooking the most potential economic
fact which will be presented for the consideration
of the conference.
“One thing that I wotdd like to impress upon
the distinguished gentlemen at the conference is,
that the greatest asset, any nation can have is a great
body of small farmers owning and working their
own land's, with proper methods of distributing
their products and with greater credit facilities than
now possessed. Such a body is an insurance against
internal’ disorders and a guarantee of substantial
prosperity.
“To this end, the landless farmer must be
changed into a landed farmer, by state aid where
necessary.
Another thing that must, lie grasped is the im¬
possibility of regulating the gambling evil in farm
products. The only remedy is the one we are now
applying to the liquor evil—abolition. Gambling
must go in toto, because it is both immoral and un¬
economic. Sound morality and sound economics go
together, and between them can save a world noiv
in sad condition, because of failure to live up to
our knowledge.
“Lest some may misunderstand the business of
the Peace Conference with questions like these, it is
pertinent to remember that this is more than a mere
peace conference, it is a world council to show us the
way to better conditions, and its indorsement of con¬
clusions our experience shows to be necessary, will
carry enormous weight in every civilized country.”
Now that the world has been made perfectly safe
for Democracy, let the South make the South safe
for the farmer.
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OUR OMNIBUjS COLUMN
Everybody Rides in It and There's Always Room for One Mon.
Those Who Come and Go, Short and lSnappy Paragraphs
That Everybody Will Read With Interest. Society Usings.
Now and Then a Bit of Gossip.
Miss Martha McCord spent Friday
in Augusta.
Mrs. Jessie Bell spent Saturday in
the city.
Prof. C. C. Hoovler visited Aug¬
usta Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lamkin have
moved to Augusta.
Mrs. James Lamkin spent Satnf
day in Augusta.
Mr. and Mrs. Ball*
to Augusta Saturday.
Rev. J. M. Atkinson spent a few
hours in Thomson Saturday.
Mtss Reynolds, of Evans, Is visit¬
ing friends in Harlem.
Miss Louise Chapman spent a
short while In the city Friday.
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Mrs. Frank Walton spent a short
while In Augusta Friday.
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Mrs. B. A. Willingham is spending
a few days with relatives in Harlem.
W. S. Lazenby spent Thursday In
Augusta looking after business af¬
fairs.
Mrs. Vannie Verdery had as her
guest last week Mrs. Fred Bailey, of
Augusta.
Mrs. W. C. Clary spent a short
while with friends in Thomson Sat¬
urday.
Miss Miriam Weeks is spending a
few days with home folks in Har¬
lem.
Mr. B. B. Watson and Mr. R. T.
Walker are sending a few weeks in
Harlem.
Mr. Francis Ellis, of Wrens, spent
a few hours in the little town Fri¬
day.
Willard Weeks, from overseas ser¬
vicer is at-ffome - shaking hbhds with
friends.
J. M. Holliman, of the Georgia
road, spent the week end with home
folks.
Mrs. W. C. Clary and Mr. and Mrs.
J. T. Neal, of Thomson, motored to'
Augusta Friday.
Mr. R. J. Phillips, of Tennessee,
is on a visit to the home of Mr.
Quince Prather.
The school attendance is better
since the “flu” situation has im¬
proved so rapidly.
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Mrs. P. L. Barrett and little'
daughter, Lois, spent Friday and
Saturday in Augusta.
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Mrs. S. N. Chapman ad daughter,
Loufse, spent Wednesday with rela¬
tives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Crawford, of
Appling, were in Harlem for a short
while Thursday.
Rev. and Mrs. A, B. Quillian have
returned home after a pleasant visit
to friends and relatives in Madison.
Mrs. L. E. Blanchard and daugh¬
ter, Nell, and Miss Ethel Miller spent
Saturday in Appling.
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Mr. A. Davisson has declined to
make- the race for the legislature,
after a violent urging of friends.
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Mies Dona Belle Phillips spent
several days this week with her sis¬
ter; Mrs. B. H. Fitzgerald’.
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Mrs. E. H. Miller is rapidly regain¬
ing her health, after a long Illness
caused by the effects of the “flu.”
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WANTED—To purchase a second¬
hand bicycle; must be in good condi¬
tion and cheap for cash. W. J. Sills,
Thomson, Ga.
Friends of Mrs. Barrett aTe
pleased to learn of her sister’s im¬
provement after an Illness of several
days.
Miss Gladys Scruggs, one of Har¬
lem’s charming younger set, spent a
short while in Augusta Friday doing
shopping.
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Albert Hatcher spent last Thurs¬
day in Augusta, looking the city
over and calling on his brother, Law
ton, while there.
Mr. M. J. McNair, of Columbia
County, and Miss Sarah Hancock, of
Blythe, were quietly married in the
presence of a few close friends on
last Sunday afternoon in Wrens. The
Rev. William Kitcbins officiated.—
Augusta Herald.
Mr. John C. Scruggs, of the Har¬
lem Supply Co., went Tuesday to At¬
lanta to attend to some business af¬
fairs.
W. Cleveland Adams spent a short
while with friends in Harlem last
week. Mr. Adams until recently was
farm demonstrator In this county.
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Lanier has gotten In a large line
of House Dresses for Ladies and
U’l.u. n.
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Friends and pupils of Miss Bth£
Millar fere vary glad to leant the
aster a tafcf
illness, as to be back on the job
again.
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Mr. Virgil Stanford, of Grovetown,
is now with the E. C. Lanier Co.,
and we extend him a hearty welcome
to our town. The E. C. Lanier Co.
is one of the leading business houses
in our little town.
Mrs. A. J. Sanders has returned to
McCormick, S. C., after spending sev¬
eral days with Mrs. J. M. Holliman.
Mrs. McCormick was a resident of
McCormick before her marriage to
her husband, the late A. J. Sanders,
and it is very likely that Mrs. San¬
ders will make her home in McCor¬
mick in future, to the regret of a
host of friends.
DEATH OF MRS. J. W. POWELL
On last Friday night Mrs. J. W. .—
Powell passed away at her home
near Harlem after an illness of some
time.
She was a sincere and active mem¬
ber of the Baptist church and always
took part tn every branch of chnrch
work. The Ufo of snch n true and
noblo minded win ttv* long
in the memory of the entire com¬
munity.
Mrs. Powell was the wife of J. W.
Powell, an esteemed citizen of the
county, who survives her. Other
-f ria tives -af e- her ■bretftens, Dr. F. H.
Phillips, J, I. Phillips, and T. E.
Phillips of Tift. Her sisters are Mrs.
Eulie Lansdell, Mrs. Vannie Verdery
and Mrs. W. J. Robinson of Macon.
The funeral services were held on
Sunday morning at the Baptist
church of this place, Rev. West con¬
ducting, assisted by Rev. J. M. Atkin¬
son.
DEATH OF DR. D. A. ROGERS
Many hearts were made sad on i
account of the death of Dr. D. A.
Rogers, who died near Dearing on
February 6.
Dr. Rogers’ home was at Dearing,
where he had lived and practiced
medicine for more than thirty years.
He was in his (fBth year, hut was
strong and stout for a man of his
age. He was one of the best physi¬
cians in the whole country around,
and his place will be hard to fill. He
will be missed by all, and especially
by the poorer class who are not able
to bear heavy doctor bills, and among
these he did much charitable practice
to help suffering humanity. I be¬
lieve the gracious Lord will reward
him as only God can for this good
work. “For inasmuch as ye did unto
the least of these, you have done
unto Me.”
He was of a cheerful disposition
and always full of life. While he
was not a member of any church hd
attended services with his wife at her
church regularly, and there was no
one who gave more freely to “the
Master’s cause” than he. He was a
loyal, brave and patriotic citizen,
always to be found on the right side
battling against wrong, and ready to
do a man’s part.
He leaves a wife, Mrs. Bettte
Rogers; one son, Mr. J. T. Rogers,
of Augusta; three brothers and one
sister, and scores of other relatives
and friends, We are all made sad
by his going away.
The burial was at Old Sweetwater
Baptist church, the services being
conducted by Rev. S. L. Morgan and
Rev. j. j. Pennington, bath his old
friends and neighbors.
By One Who Loved Him.
FORD CARS FOR SALE
Parties wishing to purchase Ford
Cars in Columbia County are urged
to pli ce their orders immediately
with H. A. PRICE & CO„ of Thom¬
son, Ga. They have a number com¬
ing, and if you place your order now
you can get a car.
To those who will correspond for
us in the different localities in the
county we will furnish stamps and
stationery.