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THE PEOPLE ALWAYS RIGHT
It has been the conviction of the
greatest statesmen of all ages and j
all countries that one could safely.
trust to the decision of the majority j
of the people in any question that i
affected them. The public mind and I
conscience is nicely attuned to the
public welfare and seldom goes
astray. Given a free hand in the j
working out of their destiny no
people would ever come to grief.
It is only when self seeking and
deceitful leaders becloud Issues for |
their own selfish purposes that the
people are seduced.
So much preliminary to the asser
tion that the American people—the
great, sober, reasoning majority—
are right today. Without fuss and
feathers they have decreed a course
of action that shall preserve the
national weal and national honor,
and they are not likely to be lightly
turned from that course.
“Vox populi, vox Dei.” never had a
more direct application than to the
attitutde of the American people in
the present world crisis. Being, then
the supreme power, the voice of the
people should not only have, but
exercise supreme authority.
This we are falling to do. Our
government is putting forth most
herculean efforts to pilot the ship of
etate through the troubled waters,
hot they are hampered ou every hand
by those who, from a self interest
that exceeds their loyalty, persist in
throwing every obstruction possible
in the way.
This should not be, must not be.
The lives of the thousands of young
men who have responded to their
country’s call must not be jeopard-)
Ized by tbe Judas at borne. It is
time that the great loyal majority
demand that the voice of the objector
aad the obstructionist be Bilenced—
if not one way, then another.
There is something crooked about
a “conscience” that persists in array
ing itself against the natonal con
science. Such a conscience is the
creature of many and varied influen
ces, none of which make for the best
Interests of American life.
It is time the reactionists were sil
enced. The people have spoken, and
their verdict should be final. The
traitor to his country should feel
that country's displeasure in no
alight degree.
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GERMANY’S LOSS
With the declaration of Brazil of
a state of war between that countrv
and Germany, the latter can now
count eighteen enemy nations array
ed against her.
Germany’s losses in men and mon
ey, while they must be enormous,
are really the least of the disasters
that have befallen her. The one
great disaster that that misguided
country has brought upon herself
and which will have most far-reach- j
tog effect, is the loss of her standing
with the nations of the world. With
tte exception of the countries leagu
ed with her in this unholy war,
Germany is an outcast among the
nations of the earth.
Germany is not feeling the blight
tog effects of this ostracism now as
rte will feel It in the years to come.
She claiins that her policy of fright
fulness is a necessary measure of
•elf defense, yet this same policy
has alienated numbers of nations
tort for that inhuman course
would today be. if not her avowed
mends, at least strictly neutral
Peace will come after a while, and
... * reckoning Germany’s course
JU1 be laid bare before a just and
mcriminating wtorld. We say "just
and discriminating,” because we be
M«ve. despite Germany’s frightful
defection from national humanity and 1
honor, the large majority of the
peoples of the earth are at heart
humane, and honorable. And the lat
ent principles of humanity and just
ice that underlie and form the bed
rock foundations of all civilized na
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primary election to be held in May,,
1918.
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be held in May, 1918.
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candidate for re-election to the office
of Sheriff and Collector of Lee
county, subject to the will of the
democratic voters in the primary
to be held in May, 1918.
For Tax Accessor
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candidate for re-election as Assessor
of Lee county, subject to the will of
the democratic voters in the primary
election to be held in May, 1918.
tions, have revolted and will con
tinue to revolt against the savagery
displayed by that would-be fount of
“kultur.”
This antipathy will take the form
of a prejudice against not only Ger
many as a nation, but against the
German blood. Not all the peoples
of the earth have the finely dis
criminating judgment of President
Wilson, and not all of them will be
able to separate the acts of the
German government from the impul
ses of the German people.
It is a common thing to hear, even
in charity loving America, references
to "German brutality” and ‘ German
savagery.” It is of no avail to tell
the people that this brutality and
savagery is the result of a “system”
and that in reality the German peo
ple as a whole do not countenance
it. Human nature is prone to be
lieve that actions speak louder than
words, and Germany’s actions will
form the complaints’ evidence when!
Germany comes to trial before the
people of the earth.
The German bed will be a bed of
thorns for generations to come.
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SENSIBLE McADOO
During the progress of the Liberty
Loan campaign Secretary McAdoo
visited many sections of the country
in the work of stimulating interest
in the campaign. In one southern
city where Mr. McAdoo is well
known and admired, the proposition
was advanced by enthusiastic mem
bers of the entertainment committee
to designate a day as ’McAdoo Day.”
When the proposition reached the
ears of the Secretary it was prompt
ly negatived, with the remark that
this was not time for self-exploita
tion, and that the entire energy of
the American people should be cen
tered on the one great task of win
ning the war.
Mr. McAdoo was right. The people
of this city would gladly have done
him honor, and at any other time
the Secretary would have been pleas
ed and gratified at this remark of
their favor. But, as he well says,
this is no time for exploiting per
sonalities. It is a time when mere
individual interests must give way
for the interest of humanity in the
mass.
And there are many others be
sides the Secretary who have sensed
this fact. Leaders of thought and
action in every avenue of life are
cheerfully relegating to the rear
their personal interests and ambi
tions and making themselves mere
cogs in the great wheel that is to
carry the nations onward and up
ward.
At the same time it is a thought
that needs to be emphasized, as not
all our people have yet grasped the
fact that self must now take a more
humble place, at least for a season.
When the cause of the people has
been won, doubtless there will be
laurels distributed for many who
are today working in comapartive
obscurity, but in the meantime let
us do the work at our hand without
clamoring for a place in the lime
light.
To be and to do is sufficient for
today. Rewards may well be defer
red until our great obi -tive has
been realized.
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SHALL WE YET THANK HIM?
The season is again with us when,
from custom and from the inner
promptings of the spirit, we are wont
to lift grateful hearts to a merciful
and bountiful Creator in thanks and
gratitude for His dealing with us
during the year that is passed.
And shall we yet thank Him?
Let us see.
At this same season one short year
ago we thanked Him from full hearts
that He had kept us from the mad
ness that was devastating our kins
men across the waters Hut today
we have beaten the pruning hook
into a sword, and from ocean to
ocean the tramp of armed forces
resounds.
In view of the staggering issues
with which our people are face to
face, are we to content ourselves
with thanking an all-powerful God
for life and health and plenty—ma
terial plenty? Are we to look no
further than the mere creature com
forts with which He has so boiyiti
fully showered us?
Some may answer “For what else
should we thank Him? Has not the
madness fallen upon us too? Are
not our young men thronging to the
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everything for the homeI
sacrifice, and are not our wives and
mothers and sisters and brothers and
fathers, with bleeding hearts, helping
them on their way?”
Again, let us see.
A century and a half has flown
since a band of consecrated men,
with a vision that reached out far
into the future, determined that on
this, our loved soil, should be reared
an edifice such as the world had
never before witnessed—a nation
wherein should reign that immortal
trinity of human beatitudes. Free
dom. Equality, Justice. To this they
dedicated unselfish lives, for thja.
they fought, and for this they dietk
But their lives and their deaths arid
their unselfish sacrifices prevailed
and today that edifice stands the
wonder of the earth—a land ground
ed and built on the eternal principles
that guarantee to one and all the
right to “life, liberty and the pur
suit of happiness.’’
But these beneficient principles
are not all prevailing. In other
lands are forces that would set them
te naught and make of their advo
cates serfs and vassals. It Is with
these forces that we are now at vari
ance, as our fathers before us.
Can we, then, thank an All-Father
that our fathers left to us an inheri
tance of Freedom that we must now
defend with our lives and our all?
Let us suppose that our hearts
could not feel this gratitude—what
tri Qiit\n/\ao iib u nuAnlp tloflPPTwl
ed from heroes with whom the glori
ous vision of a free earth for out
weighed any thought of self—we,
the children of those heroes, willing,
like Esau of old. to barter our glori
ous heritage for a mess of the pot
tage of ease: willing to submit to
degradation, so our selfish enjoyment
of the creature comforts be not in
terfered with.
But what red blooded American
couid entertain the thought?
People of America, let us raise our
mighty shout of gratitude to Al
mighty God that when the hour of
our testing came, it found us in
hearts that pulsated with the same
rich, red blood that in days agone
fertilized and made sacred the soil
that has nurtured us. I^et us give
thanks that the spirit of ’76 .is still
the mighty force in American life.
Let us give thanks that our hearts
can choose rightly between present
ease and future glory. Let us give
thanks that when the hour of our
trial came, it found us worthy to .
call ourselves sons of our fathers. '
Let us pour out our hearts in grati
tude that upon these hearts has
been indelibly engraved the immu
table decrees of an all-wise God, |
decrees that would make of this, j
His glorious world, a haven for
every immortal soul.
As willingness without opportunity
is but a negative virtue, let us give j
thanks that, when Hie plans for the
great uplift of mankind needed cham
pions, He found us worthy instru
ments upon whom to lay His hand
For this thy greatest of all mer
cies that thou hast found us wor
thy Father above, we would most
humbly thank thee.
The world should reserve its criti
cism of Kerensky and the Russian
republic. Democracies are not born
in a day. neither is the character of
a people changed over night. While
the pains of a new birth have tem
porarily impaired her fighting power,
given a little time to adjust herself
to the new conditions, Russia will
yet give a good account of herself.
Especially should we of the United
States withold censure, permitting,
as we do, obstructionists and trouble
makers to stalk, unmolested through
out the land. We might criticise
with a better grace if we would fill
some prison cells with occupants
fo’ whom they have long been wait
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W. J. Bryan, while bunting, was
chased by a mad bull and forced to
take refuge in a tree. The incident,
applied to almost any other man,
would appear trivial. But with Mr.
Bryan’s antecedents there will be
those uncharitable enough to sug
gest that the great commoner has
stirring ^vithin him a hankering for
a race.
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Firemen in many cities of the
country have taken to. knitting for
the soldiers. It is hoped that the
public, when ringing in alarms, will
not be too abrupt in the matter and
cause the boys to become entangled
in their own yarn.
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i:ip. ( astro, late dictator oi yen
ezulu. complains that no country
wants him. He might try a residence
with another dictator now temporar
ily domiciled in Siberia.
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The hotel guest is interested in
knowing whether the reduced por
tions. as advocated in food -conser
vation. will bear a proportionally re
duced price.
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To Bernstorff: Sefen billion dol
lars war loan. And you might men
tion to your master that there are
many more billions where these came
from.
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The Sultan of Turkey now wears
the Hohenzollern star. Indicating,
evidently that he has passed a credit
able examination in German ‘ kul
tur.”
That Tennessee negro who raised
a one dollar bill to a ten was prob
ably only seeking to restore its lost
power.
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‘‘General Smuts is always cheer
ful,’’ says a press dispatch And
with such a name! He's a wonder.
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Perhaps if Kerensky would grow
whiskers he might have more in
fluence with his countrymen.
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Word has been received from An
gus Mahan, aviator, that he has
landed in France. Mr. Mahan spent \
last year here buying cotton for
Coate Bros, of Memphis. He enlisted
in the aviation servce last summer.
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ST. ANDREW S CHURCH
The Rev. C. C. Burke, Rector.
SUNDAY
; Hoi. Communion .7.00 a.m.
! Sunday School. 9:30 a.m.
Bible Class ...10:00 a.m.
! Morning Prayer.11:00 a.m.
Evening Prayer.7:45 p. m.
WEDNESDAY
Litany .10:00 a.m.
THURSDAY
Holy Comunion .7:00 a.rt.
FRIDAY
Litany. Prayer for the Peace
of the World_7:30 p. m.
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METHODIST CHURCH
The pastor will preach at the regu
; lar hours on Sunday and the public
generally is invited to all the serv
: ices.
The Epworth Leagues will have
a Thanksgiving program with Miss
Elsie Fisher as leader.
This week closes our conference
1 year. All the financial obligations
| have been met in full, which speaks
well for the church in general.
The annual conference will meet
at Helena next Wednesday. The
: membership of that conference is
j composed of one hundred ninety
l eight pastors, nine presiding elders,
and thirty six laymen. Bishop Mou
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, ow ii wan pi uojuc.
■ John A. Womack, Pastor.
UNION THANKSGIVING SERVICE
A union Thanksgiving service will
be held at the Presbyterian church
I on Wednesday night of next week,
i the night before Thanksgiving day,
j at seven thirty. Pastors of the other
I churches will take part in the
service, after which there will be
an address by the State Secretary
of the Christian Endeavor Society,
an interdenominational young peo
ple’s organization.
The general public is cordially in
vited to attend this service. There
will not be the regular Wednesday
evening prayer meetings in the vari
ous churches. There will be no
regular service on Thanksgiving Day
as in other years. It is hoped that
the union service on Wednesday will
fill the place of that All are urged
to join in this public expression of
thanksgiving and worship,
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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Preaching services 11 a. m. and
7:30 p. m.
Sunday school 9:45 a. in., Walter
Read, assistant superintendent.
Prayer service every Wednesday
evening 7:15.
The woman’s bible class meets
next Monday a 3:30 o’clock. Read
the book of Proverbs and mark pas
sages. Let u« query out of its
treasures some things for this age
of Christian living and service. A
fine attendance last meeting The
week of prayer observed by the
ladies of the church for home mis
■ sions is most helpful ami fruitful.
Pastor preaches at Cottrell school
house Sunday afternoon at three
' o’clock. Attention is here called to
a union Thanksgiving service at the
j Presbyterian church next Wednesday
evening at 7:30 o’clock. This serv
ice will be in charge of the pastors
i of the city. Rev. Charles F. Evans
of Lexington, Ky., field secretary of
the young peoples work in our Sy
nod. is expected to be here and will
speak at this service. A special
' offering for united charities will be
1 taken. We are having this Thanks
giving service at night because you
go hunting and won’t come the next
day. And the Lord is expecting
some expression of your gratitude
for this year’s health, sunshine and
rain.
Morning theme, “Missions and the
Great War." England and Canada
are not withdrawing their mission
aries on account of war times.
, Special music.
Subject Sunday night, "Let us
, Alone.” The cry of a heart that is
a stranger to God, love, service and
responsibility is this:” Let us alone.
The bright gospel songs and a cor
dial fellowship In all our services.
Walter K. Johnston, Minister.
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock
the pastor will preach bn the sub
ject, “Arkansas for Christ.”
Sunday evening at seven thirty
the subject will be "What Will ^ou
Do With Christ?”
I Sunday school at 9:45 a- “*•
1 Classes for all ages. B. Y. P. at
6:30 p. m. A place for the training
of young Christians.
Young people’s rally at Wall s
I schoolhouse, twelve miles northwest
■ of town, at three thirty in the after
noon.
You are cordially invited to all ot
our services. We need you and you
need the church.
W. C. BOONE, Pastor.
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THANKSGIVING DAY SERVICES
Saint Andrew’s church.
Holy communion, 7:00 a. m.
Morning prayer, 10:00 a. m.
The parishoners are asked to send
the usual offerings of fruit, vege
tables, etc., on Wednesday. Novem
ber 28, 1917, for the decoration of
the church.
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MILLER LUMBER COMPAN*
the place to buy building materia*
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A home guard company has been
organized at Sheridan, with K.
Kirby as captain.