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£UHU ROOT TO BUSSIA.
The selection by President Wilson of EUhu
Root, an eminent Republican opponent of the
President, to head the special American Com
mission to Russia Is another assurance, hard
ly needed, but nonetheless gratifying, that
the administration recognises that this war
is not a Democratlo War or a Republican
War, but one of the united and whole people
of the American Republic.
The American people would hardly care If
they never even heard the word “party,"
during the course of this war. The American
people, and ]n this, the administration Is a
fit spokesman for the people, want the best
man put Into the jobs of responsibility no
mattsr what his policies may be. Repub
licans, as well as Democrats, will be recog
nised, when places of power are given out
not because they are party men, but because
they are the very best men that can be found
for the work.
The new issues before the country are not
party issues, although they may in time be
come party matters. In establishing a policy
of preparedness, the President had aome op-,
position from Republicans, but he also had
some of his strongest support from Repub
Ilcana In his war policy, soma of his most
effective and timely support has come from
loyal Republicans, who have stood shoulder
to shoulder with Democrats, In giving mili
tant Americanism force and expression.
Ellhu Root Is acknowledged, today to be
the ablest member of his party. If the Re
publican party had been united, ff It had
been living according to lfs o|d ways, Ellhu
Root would have been the Republican nomi
nee In 1908. He assuredly had a finer mind,
a record of more accomplishments and a
more Interesting personality than Charles E.
Hughes, who was selected. The Republican
party has given Root every honor within Its
disposal except the nomination for the Presi
dency. He has been Senator from his State
of New Tork a^d he has been Secretary of
State, one of the Ablest men in that office, and
one whose work was most fruitful, In the last
fifty years.
The selection of Ellhu Root as chairman
of the Commission to Russia gives tone and
character to a dlplomatio expedition of the
gravest importance. The position of Russia,
just now. Is of serious concern to America
and to her allies If Russia can be main*
talned as a militant and aggressive member of
the Entente Alliance, of which by force of
circumstances we have become a member. It
may mean the saving of hundreds of thou
sands of American lives. The American
Commission, if It cements a close alliance be
tween the two greatest democracies of the
world, one of the oldest Republics In the
world and the other the youngest, and If It
can receive assurance that Russia Under Its
new government, will exhaust every resource
to bring the war to a successful conclusion,
the Commission will have placed Its country
under a deep and lasting obligation.
As a result of those famous German mass
formations on earth we anticipate that there
will also be a panorama of German mass
formations at the Concentration Camp of the
Hereafter.
Another American steamer has been "sunk
without warning.” according to a Washing
ton dispatch. The President will have to
apeak to the Kaiser about this yet.
The Atlanta papers are running Caruso's
funny looking pictures again.
Even Tampa has acquired a Carnegie
Library.
If the war fcoes on much longer at the
present European pace. It will be necessary
for the dead to bury their dead, If It Is done
at all.
Spring fever doesn't kill anything but
time, but It’s an awful nuisance.
The first check to the Allies, amounting to
1200,000,000, has been drawn. No wonder the
American flag Is flying from London and
Paris houses.
We suppose a bumper crop of artichokes
will be grown this year.
▲ BATTLE OF "HOW OB NEVER.”
It would mm that the German General
SUIT, driven to desperation by tho continued
advance of the French and the British, has
flung its armies Into the fighting, inspired
by the spirit, "Now or never."
It would seem that Germany is straining
every nerve to stop the onslaughts and to
force a decision now. What la going on tn
Germany behind the lines of the fighting
men, the outer world does not know, but the
news that filters through Is of an ominous
character. The world learns of a revolt
here, a riot there, of a collapse of the Ger
man governmental authority and of almost
pathetic appeals by Hlndenburg to the Ger
.man people "to stick It out.”
The desperate efforts by the Germans to
keep from being thrown back farther are,
beyond doubt, connected with the Internal
troubles In Germany. The nerves of many
people in Germany, we are told, even by
their military critics, "are strained to the
breaking point." The news that the Ger
mans had been beaten and had retreated
before the French and the British, might be
the torch to fire the explosion. In this way,
perhaps, we can explain the bloody efforts
of the Germans to halt the advance, no mat
ter what the cost and to attack and counter
attack, in massed formation, no matter what
the loss might be.
The war cannot go on long at this hor
rible rate. The two armies are not in
trenches now, with a Rattle now and then
by men who are protected by ehelter. It is
being fought in open attacks—in massed at
tacks on the part of the Germans. Perhaps
the reader does not fully understand what
this means. It means that the Germans in
close formation, shoulder to shoulder, thou
sands of them packed in one great mass,
charge forward In the face of high powered
artillery. In the face of Innumerable ma
chine guns and In the face of British sol
diers armed with magaslna rifles. It Is the
most terrible form of modern war—and it
is a form to which no army resorts except In
—--— «
The little villas* of Mounchy and Gavrelle,
where the German*, by mailed attack*,
sought to regain what they had loit to the
British, has been called the “bloodiest spots
of the entire'war.” To regain the little vil
lage of Gavrelle, the Germans have made
eight separate attacks since Monday, all of
which were accompanied by terrible losses
and all of which were unsuccessful.
The Associated Press correspondents re
flect the surprise and horror of the British
officers at “the almost Incredible tactics of
. the Germans,” In sending forth troop* In
massed formation, In which the British artil
lery had the best chance for open target
shooting that It. has had for the past two
year*.
Her* Is a brief word picture Of this amas
lng fighting for the little French village
of Gavrelle, east of Arras, and on the road
to Cambral—fighting that took place In these
days of April, no later than last Tuesday:
Several thousand gray clad Germans
were advancing In one of these attacks
last Tuesday when the British curtain
of fire shut down In front of them. Still
other guns fired straight through the
curtain on the advancing men. Not a
man passed beyond that curtain, and
when Its obscuring smoke lifted there
was not a moving German in sight.
Nothing was to be seen but ploughed
ground littered with sprawling dead.
We are not to withhold respect and ad
miration for the bravery of German soldiers,
who ars dying by the thousands In these
counter attacks; we can only regret that
such splendid courage was not displayed In
a better cause. But why does the German
General Staff send them to their death In
such a manner? Surely a mile or two of
French territory Is not worth such a price.
The German General 8taff, we are forced
to the conclusion, has determined that cost
what It may, the advance of the French and
the British must be halted. That advance
must be halted If the flower of the German
army Is sfcrlflced. If need be. the decisive
battle of the new phase of the war must be
fought now. If Germany Is to be beaten,
then let the defeat come quickly and let It
come on this new line, where the German sol
dier has been told to die or to hold the allies.
If the Germans do not hold, and they are
not yet defeated, and if their terrible sacri
fices should be made In vain, the German oc
cupancy of France will be at an end and
hurried and perhaps disorderly retreat to
the German frontier will be witnessed by the
world.
RAPID PREPARATIONS.
It Is a pity that the public safety does not
permit news of the rapid and widespread
preparations of this government for the war
to be disseminated and published In Amer
ican newspapers.
The whole-hearted, aggressive and rapid
way In which the administration Is prepar
ing for America to play Its part would In
spire and stimulate the people of the coun
try did they know It all. We are not per
mitted to know what the navy did, nor how
rapidly It did It, nor are we allowed to know
what the army has been doing. But every
now and then an isolated Incident Is per
mitted to get In the news and we realize that
the administration Is working rapidly and
surely.
A case In point Is the making of the loan
to the British government. The day after
the President signed the new bill for the
big war credit. Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo handed to the representatives of
the British government 1200,000,000. There
was no delay, no waltlnfl, no halt over de
tails. The Immense loan, the part that was
going to the British government, was put
In the hands of its representatives within a
few hours after the passage of the bill.
MISSOURI CITIZENS.
Mr. Speaker, allow us to suggest that the
people of Missouri are forced by the State
to pay taxes to support the State government
and for that purpose only. Why doesn't the
Speaker advocate a volunteer system for
property holding tax payers?
The payment of poll tax is optional, not
compulsory, because voting Is a privilege and
not an inherent right.
The State and Nation must have tax money.
Knowing human nature, they compel tax
payers to yield up a part of their substance
for the rapport and protection of society,
through tho governments.
Why ohould not tho government eompol
Its eltlsens, on n fairly uniform and equitable
bail*, to fight society's snsmlss and proteot
the country from armed foes?
The Florida IlmSe-Unlon, which for three
.years has opposed preparedness measures at
every turn, Is now opposing the selective
draft system, urging that we rely upon the
volunteer system. In Its argument It oplnts
out that at Saratoga In the Revolution our
hillside and valley voluneers fought and de
feated the Britlah regulars In a series of bat
tles, and also at Kings Mountain the volun
teers earned further glory. Further In the
same editorial The Tlmes-Unlon remarks:
“Kitchener refused to send his untrained
volunteers when It seemed an enemy would
annihilate the expeditionary force—he re
sisted ever^ demand that they go unprepared
and It la now admitted that he was right."
We wonder why Kitchener would not send
raw recruits against the highly trained Oer
man armies, when Kitchener knew as well
as he knew his name all about the valor of
American volunteers against British regulars
at Saratoga and Kings Mountain?
The editor of The Richmond Evening Jour
nal wrote an editorial a city official did not
like. The official came to the office to lick
the editor, but was kicked and hustled out by
the editor. On reaching the street the of
ficial announced his Intention of killing the
editor, whereupon the editor makes this com
ment In his paper: "This Is not the open
season for editors. It Is Germans that the
country has listed and the editor of The
Evening* Journal Is surprised to find so
astute a public official as the commissioner
falling into such error." We suggest that
all persona contemplating taking the lives of
Somebody should promptly enlist and shoot
tho Germans, as the Germans don't seam to
mind It so much.
John D. Rockefeller. Jr., says he has the
best father in the world. Presumably the
elder Rockefeller contemplates writing a will
soon.
Lord Northcllffe says the dinner pall is
the ruler of the war, and this reminds The
Manchester Union that the dinner pall has
ruled American voters on various and sundry
occasions.
There la something In this from The Toledo
Blade: "By the time a man has been vindi
cated nobody remembers what the argument
was aboftt.”
"The social reformer stands today In the
limelight. The social reformer Is a heavenly
benefit and at the same time a menace to
society.”—-Memphis Commercial Appeal. And
something of a nuisance as well, at times.
Uncle Sam has the privilege of hanging his
hat In sacred places In Europe. First his
flag waved from the Westminster tower and
than from Eiffel tower.
The Anglo-French Commission will take
back home with them vivid rscollsotlons of
their experiences with costly taxicabs.
Even Boston Is patriotic.
Lota of psopls have volunteered to shoulder
the burdens of ths world.
The Diversified
_Farmer_|
Yon Hut Rent This.
Yeatorday we received a telegram from
our good friend, Jesse B. Hearln, orator,
statesman, writer, sage and postmaster at
Demopolis. We certainly appreciate this let
ter from Mr. Hearin, one of the most for
ward-looking men in the State, but that is
not the point now. The big thing Is that
this letter shows lust how the Demopolis
section has handled and is handling the food
situation and the splendid results that this
period 1s already bringing. Read all of this
letter yourself and show it to your neigh
bor. Ths letter follows:
I want to congratulate you on your last
Issue of the Farm Section and especially the
“Roll Call of States," which was splendid.
I hope It will be read by many of our peo
ple. Your good work Is certainly beginning
to tell and lust now you are truly on the
firing line when you encourage our people
to feed themselves.
It may be Interesting to you to know just
what we have done in this section since the
“flood” last July. In short, besides provid
ing much work and persuading various In
dividuals to clear land and put on double
crews, we have, through our Commercial
Club, with the aid of many agenclea dis
tributed in work, labor and rations, the
equivalent of $49,000. In addition to this we
have distributed 300 bushels of planting oats,
300- bushels of seed corn, 350 bushels of seed
velvet beans and 19,000 packages of vege
table and field seed, Including peas, soy
beans, rape, turnips, collards, kale, and other
vegetables that produce a large tonnage and
quick crops. In addition to this many of
our progressive merchants have individually
distributed seed and done well their part to
insure an abundant feed crop for .this year.
Our work and distribution of seed, etc.,
has been systematic. We made a careful
card index of the surrounding country. First
we took the names of the land owners and
merchants, then we listed the name of the
head of every family, taking the names and
ages of all children and the number of cattle,
horses, hogs, chickens, etc., owned by every
tenant. We then ascertained who was able
to provide for himself and who would need
help. Wherever possible we saw to it that
the landlord provided for his tenants and
the advancing merchant did his pari.
Many of oui merchants co-operated with
us and bore fi*iy their burden and one. our
largest merchants, Mayer Brothers, did more
than their part. This spring this firm has
furnished velvet beans to every customer
and those who were unable to buy were fur
nished the seed without coat.
The result of these activities is seen In the
now large, splendid gardens and the good
feeling of our negroes. The Demopolis sec
tion has probably lost less labor than any
section of the State, but it was because we
did our simple duty—helped those who had
their crops destroyed.
This fall the Demopolis section will find it
hard to secure buildings to hold our alfalfa
and Johnson hay, corn, velvet beans, peanuts
and potatoes.
By the way, our new creamery Is doing
even more than we expected, and only last
week W. L. Reynolds, of the Cottonwood
Plantation, brought in the best herd of Jer
seys that have ever been In Alabama, and
Dr. S. E. Sparling la shipping In probably
the largest and beat—about SO to _as>ler»
dld Holsteins. The creamery will soon have
to be enlarged
■ws*
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*Get The Hook! '
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By way of Interest, we have Just completed
a modern mixed feed plant and wrlll be pre
pared to buy all corn, velvet*beans, hay,
etc., that is offered.
Recently I have pfcrsonally made some ex
periments that have been Interesting and I
am sure I have solved the problem of
"greens" without meat or lard. 1 have beeo
using raw peanuts with boiled salads. 1
find turnip salad, rape, kale or mustard Is
quite as nice when cooked with raw peanuts
as when meat or lard Is used.
Twelve ounces of shelled Spanish peanuts
put in the pot with enough salad for a
family of six will make a delightful dish.
Quite enough oil Is furnished for “seasoning”
and the boiled peanuts make a most pleaeant
mixture with the salad. It Is not necessary
to mention the splendid value of such food.
The process Is very simple. Either slight
ly roll the peanuts or, better, run them
lightly through a meat grinder, put In the
pot with the salad and let all cook together.
Try this and I am sure you will enjoy It as
much as we are enjoying It—and Just think
what It means to find a substitute for meat
with a pot of “greens.” I don’t care what
anyone tells you—try It and you will be con
vinced. If every negro will plant enough
peanuts to cook his "greens” then we will
be on easy street.
Another Idea we are developing In De
mopolls Is to have every one who has surplus
supply of vegetables notify those who have
canning outfits. The surplus can be canned
Just like corn Is carried to the mill-toll, be
ing taken for cost of cans, labor, etc., and tho
man who owns the canning outfit and the
person who produces the vegetables will
profit.
In this way every person can have vege
tables for next winter as well as this sum
mer.
We hope to so thoroughly organize our
town and community that every family will
have a pantry filled with canned vegetables
for next winter. If this Is done throughout
the entire South, I don't believe anything
can stop us.
I write you because I believe you are in
terested in us and because I am Interested
In your work and interested in seeing Ala
bama more than feed herself.
, I know Alabama can be the greatest State
In the Union, Virginia not excepted, and I
am glad you are doing so well your part to
help us do what we should have begun long
a*k.
| Letters to Editor I
THE NEGRO EXODUS.
Editor The Advertiser:
The basic cause of the negro exodus now
In progress throughout the country Is low
wages, whatever may be said of lynch law
and the political and civil disabilities of the
negro as contributing causes.
The negro farm hand gets for his compen
sation hardly more than the mule he plows:
that Is his board and shelter. Some mules
fare better than negroes. This, too, In spite
of the fact that the money received for farm
products has advanced more than* 100 per
cent. The laborer has not shared correspond
ingly In this advance.
High rents and low wages have driven the
negro off the farms. They have no encour
agement to work. Only here and there you
will find a tenant who is getting a square
deal and the proper encouragement.
Our Legislatures have enacted laws against
the operations of emigration agents who
come Into our communities to entice negro
labor to other sections of the country. A
better law than this would be one that would
make It worth while for the negro to work.
There are thousands of Idle acres In the
Southern States, waiting for cultivation, but
the people cannot get to them on account of
the high rents which, virtually put the laborer
Into Industrial slavery. Texas and South
Carolina have laws giving the laborer two
thirds of the crops. Such laws would give
stability to our farm conditions. Working
for one-half and furnishing everything is
working without hope.
It Is easily seen then that land monopoly
Is the direct cause of poverty and discontent.
In a country like ours there should be no
cause for poverty, as we have the finest lands
and climate. But If the people cannot get to
the land without giving up the major part
of the fruits of their toll, there Is atways
unrest and sometimes revolution such as we
have In Mexico. Nature Is very bountiful
and produces more than enough to fill every
mouth and clothe every back. Why should
almost all of this go to the few, while the
many go hungry and naked?
It Is not charity, but opportunity that men
need most. The Southern States should legis
late our waste Idle lands Into use. The
laborer Is worthy of his hire; make it profit- (
...»
able for men to work on the farms. The
earth which is the mother of tie all, should
not be available only to the few. land like
air and water and sunshine should be access
ible to all. When we make it worth while
for men to work our laborers will not go to
other parts of the country. This is no time
to cramp labor by low wages, when the
President of our beloved country is calling to
men1 to fight the war to a finish by remain
ing in the furrows to feed a starving world.
Our status should not be governed in the
interest of the few, but of the many. What
we long for is a government of real democ
racy, of the people, for the people, and by
the people. Let the people get the land at
living wages and there will be no emigra
tion. Land monopoly is the real cause of so
much unrest and poverty. It is Well that
there is no air monopoly, or rain monopoly,
or sunshine monopoly. However, we Have
those among us who would buy these up, in
that ease the majority of us poor devils would
hardly be allowed to breathe or take a drink
of water.
J. Q. JOHNSON, Pastor,
St. Paul A. M. E. Church.
Columbia, Tenn.
Napoleon’s Prediction I
v J
From The Washington Post.
“All Europe may be all cossack or all re
publican.’ This significant remark was made
by Napeoleon at St. Helena on April 16, 1816,
and present day events seem to shape them
selves In keeping with this prophecy to a
certain degree.
“Circumstances extraordinary have long
kept me near the most remarkable man that
ever lived," says Count de las Casas In the
preface to his “Memorial de St. Helene."
"Admiration made me follow without know
ing him,” continues the enthusiastic count,
“love alone would have fixed me forever
with him.
“1 collected at.d recorded day by day,” says
he, “all that I saw of Napolean during a
period of ilghteen months • • • Henceforth
the world tay freely ttudy him.1'
“But, sire, may 1 presume to ask." related
Las Casas, “If Moscow had not been burned,
did not your majesty Intend to establish
yourself there?”
“Certainly," replied Napoleon, "and I then
should have held up the singular spectacle of
an army wintering In the midst of a hostile
nation which was pressing upon It at all
points. In France you would have been with
out intelligence from me for months. Cam
braceres would have conducted affairs In
my name.
“At the first approach of fine weather 1
should have marched against the enemy. I
should have been master of the empire • • •
"I defeated armies," saidAhe Emperor, sad
ly, “but I could not conquer the flames, the
frost, stupefaction and deaths. I was forced
to yield to fate. And after all how unfor
tunate for France, and, Indeed, for all Eu
rope.
“Peace concluded at Moscow," said he,
“would have fulfilled and ended my hostile
expeditions • • • A new horizon, new under
takings would have unfolded themselves for
the well being and prosperity of all. The
foundation of the European system would
have been laid, and my only remaining task
would have been the organization.
“I should have had my Congress, my treaty
alliance. In that assembly of all the sover
eigns we should have discussed our In
terests in a family way and have settled
our accounts with the people as a clerk
does with his master.
“Thus Europe would soon have formed in
reality but one and the same people, and
those who traveled would everywhere find
themselves in one common country • • •
Paris would have been the capital of the
world and France the envy of nations. In
my leisure I should have visited every cor
ner of the empire, receiving complaints,
founding monuments and doing good every
where and by every means.
“These also, my dear Las Casas, were
among my reveries."
“Napoleon then arraigned himself before
all the nations," says Las Casas in another
place.
“The French and the Italians lament my
absence," said the Emperor.
"I have the gratitude of the Poles and even
the bitter regrets' of the Spaniards. Europe
will soon deplore the loss of the ‘equilibrium,’
to the maintenance of which my French em
pire‘was necessary. The continent is now In
the most perilous situation, being continual
ly exposed to being overrun by cossacks and
Tartars: for In the present state of .things
before 100 years all Europe may be all cos
sack or all republican.’
»
NOODLES,
Trenton (N. J.) Bute Gazette.
When it was published the other day
tfc*t the federal bureau of chemistry and.'the
department of agriculture were seriously
pondering tho subject of noodles, giving a
series of hearings to it, listening to the
testimony of many experts on noodles, it
*uv* the funny men of the newspapefp a
fine chance, says the Paterson Call. On* of
them wrote this headline: “Noodles In Their
Noodles," and another had It: "Worrying
Their Noodles Over Noodles." ■
But the investigation is a very serious
one, and important to a great many per
sons. According to the government report,
w* **• in this country last year nearly *00.
000.000 pounds of noodles and similar prod
ucts, such as macaroni and spaghetti, and
the government is trying to* force the mak
ers of noodles to have their products pure
<arid Mrhblesbijw, Tbof« (S Mobile tj-tfstAoo,*
ind the government ie seeking, in tbijfln
vestlgatlon, to And out all about it so as to
break it up. It was developed in the hear
ing that good noodles and macaroni are
made only of the glutinous part of wheat,
which naturally gives the product a rich
amber color. But many manufacturers use
inferior whole wheat and artlilcally color
it. Good noodles should have tfvo eggs to
the pound, but some makers put In no eggs
at all.
It ie the so-called “noodle trust** that is
urgng the government to flx a high stand
ard of quality and force the noodle adultera
tors out of business. This country is export
ing large quantities of noodles and macaroni
to Italy and Mexico now, because of the War,
and the big manufacturers in this country
contend that now is the time for us to rap
ture the noodle trade of the world, which
can be done if our government will enforce a
high standard of quality. -V ‘
ARB YOU A BORET '
Iri»h World (New York).
Do you monopolize the conversation wher
ever you go with a breathless account of
your own affairs?
Do you live over some trip you have taken
with a friend until those around you want
to visit the regions you discuss? t
Do you tell pointless Jokes? (.
Do you talk round and round a subject
before you Anally get up to the point you
want to emphasize?
Do you interrupt another’s conversation
with "That reminds me—” on "By the way—”
Do you insist on pointing out every |place
of Interest, which Is Interesting to you,- but
not to a stranger?
Do you talk about mutual acquaintances
and then ask your hearers opinion upon
them.
Do you chatter on for the sake of Ailing
up a silence? , j;
Do you take delight in explalnng the why,
wherefore and when of somethng in which
your companion may take slight interest?
Do you All up conversation with stories of
people whom your audience dbes not know,
never will know, nor has any desire to
know?
Do you Jump at every opportunity to trace
a person’s family connections and ancestry
to the fourth generation?
Do you read the letters at the movies for
the beneAt of the entire theatre?
Do you annoy a concert by beating time
to the muse or humming with the singer?
Do you talk shop out of shop hours?
Do you laugh. at your own jokes befors
anyone else has a chance to do so? , '
Do you tell the point of another's story
before -he has a chance to emphasize It?
Do you say, "Oh, yes. I've heard that be
fore." and take away the pleasure of an
other’s story?
AMERICA IN LINE,
Hail Brltanla! Vive la France!
America unsheathes her lance!
America Is In the fight
For human freedom: human right. ,
Hall Brltanla!
Vive la France! v
Hail Britania! Vive la France!
America unsheathes her lance!
For home defense, for honor true.
She proudly takes her stand with you.
Hail Brltanla!
j Vive la France!
t
j Hall Britania! Vive la France!
-j America unsheathes her lance!
With God and right, we must prevail!
With God and right, we cannot fall!
Hall Britania!
Vive la France!
—MARTHA 8. GIEL.OW.
,y. & ,^’apr Yard, Pufet Sound, April 10, 1011