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V c THIS OUR WAR AIM f —'—♦ WILSON OIVES v. AR AIMS AND PBCt PROGRAM WANTS (iERMANY FREE SWINDLED IN (*lien>k«^ Farmer IxMiec $| f O'Jn to Trio of Faker* ■ for a moment to permit hirnnelf to PrenMent (i<K*s Before ('on^reos continue this tragical and appalling I outpouring of blood and treasure un- lH*«< rilHv^ 'h^iM‘tly What* the t nit-j j eBS j H gfjj&ftgyonfi A preadven ture that the o%fcts of the vital sac- rifices are part and parcel of the very life of society and that the peo ple for whom he speaks think theip r lght and imperative aa he <lo'*s. J “There Is, moreover, a voice call ing for these definitions of princi ple and of purpose which is, it seems t > me, more thrilling and more com pelling than/any of the many ipbv- ing voices with which the troubled air of the world is filled. “It Is the voice of the Itusslai! |»eop|e. They are pi*ostrat<» and all hut hel|>le*N. It would H€*em la-fore the grim po*ver of (•ermaiiy, which has hitherto konwtt no relenting and no pity. Their |H>wor, appar ently, Mhaftentl. And yet their soul is not Nuhscrveut. They will not yield either in piin<*lple or in action. I iieir coin eption of what I* light of what it is humane aud • honorahle for them to uci-ept, has lieen Mated, with a frankings, a htrgene**** of view* a generoNity of spiiit, an I a al human s>m- IMk liy wfiich must . chuftenge the jdn nation «»f e\rry friend of man kind; aiul tliey ha%e refu^-d to t •nij oil ml their Idenis or ihwrrt others that th.*y tliems«*|%es may I e safe. *‘The> « ail to us to say what It i<> tu it we desire. In what. If In an)thing, our purp*»se ami our -pirn <|iff«*rs from tl»rlr«; ami I U-I»f%e, that the |ns»|»|r of tin* I iMlrsI Slat«*s w<nihl wisti me to I r< -(Mind with their simplhlt) ami hrliete it nr not. It Is **or l.eaitlelt ih-slre ami !i«»fte that •..me Mat m* ) he o|M*ne«| whereby we ma) lw* prt«ll«*gei| to nssht the people «>f i:u-«ia t«» attnln their ittwm»•! te*|M* of litwrt) and onlrreil < Pi ken Lla admirable candor and in Mdmlranle spirit for the people and .goeertiment 0 f Great Britain. “There I* no ronfnnfon of oounael among the mlversarles of the Central I'owers, no uncertainty of principle*, no vaguenew* of detail. The only Hi'ctecy of counsel, the only lark of foarloNs frankness, the only failurt<i to make df^flnlte statemimt of the ob- Jects of tlie war, lies with (Aeniuuiy and her allies. The issues of life and death hang upon these definitions. No statesman who has the least con- _ .. .... - » — ception of his responsibility ought • en /, e . ajr I onR /^ e nations in the laws wa s going to purchase some real es- tf\r a tnntnoni tn normit iHmaoif in hiive themseivps spt and tate. While waiting at the 1 sta- detormihe^ for the government of tion there he made the acquaintance the acid test of their good will, of their comprehension of her needs as distinguished from their own Inter ests, and of their Intelligent and un selfish sympathy. Belgium. Seven Belgium, the whole world F.* B. Ellis, an industrious farmey will agree, must he evacuated^ and of Cherokee County, has Just re- re*uored T without any attempt to Hm- turned “from a trip to Atlanta7“Gk.; it the sovereignity which she enjoys whe^e he had a vefy strenuous and in common with all other free na- costly experience. He stopped off Moiis. No other single act will serve i n Atlanta for a tew hours on his as this will serve to reetoro confid- * a y to Jacksonville, Fla., where he cd State* hewlro*—Make* Special Appeal to ItuHsians Praising Ef fort* of BoNhcviki leader* to Se cure Just I’eaci*. Jan. s. - J’resident Wilso'n an no imvd ’1 ue&day to all tlie world the thii.'.s lor which America fight*, and the conditions upon winch sin- will diruss peace. Appearing suddenh, and with scarcely an iioui s notice before the two hou.ea of congress, he read a meas^e outlimng in cojir__ crete details the principles for which the 1'nited States entered th*“ war and the guarantees which must oe had before site lays down her a ms. 1 oui teen numheicd paragraphs in in. 1 body of his epochal address, » iortt. ins terms. t pon tiieir i. ieptame or rejection by the cential poyeis. hangs the question as to how long the war will lust. Amerira. r < it o*.M>n g.»ve warning, niu figi . to • »ery end that the ims ne outlim-s are won The iTesiii nt spoke a* (odow*:. “(ietitlemen of the ( ongrema: “A>in e i.io.e. as repeat etii) b*:t »re i the spok.-.-uten of the Ccutial Km- j pi res have indicated their desire to dismiss the ohje'ts •the war and the pOMdloe ha +-.* of a general peace. J l‘ai !»•) h I. a v •• Im.ii in | rogresa at* |t:ej»l l.itt..»k' lepieiM-nta | lives of the Cential roarer* anti It us j ■<a lo shoh tfid attentl«>n of ail (he vnTke>.*fmr inn purpose of ascertaining whether It irj) be iHisatbie to extend ihe*c par- l#)» ibto a g-lieial t otiferetit e with Mgaul to term* of p«a<e and M-ltle- tn* nt t l.e Kassian represent all res pre setti• d uot t.ni) a perf«*cll|r definite *t*-rui«nt of Ida principle upon .. >n.h l* .HUM ... r». •'« ** W.ml.h aad p«r»aa» Clad' b.i ala., an cMaail, .|rf I ot w*n lal ' |>r.>aran. ... the roacr.* a pal I : mit ka oba^tal.ly | Cl..... ..I pnn.H I'. Il«. rapf.. aa4 that lfc-y ahaU la.»l»* aad arM^I.r. ..I iwnc, mm a. ^ -'l aaj'r ] Ihrtr mm «l m****** ** kllid The 4ay mt •'.ll'JT.l' ahak. if aaack Ic drfW ^ •*«raa.ll.'.n.al l. nMr M> «kM .tea.tide «•# Hheral Nf • •» hwa mkm Id# day flif aecrwl i turehppfs watered of part imUr » t tdw mmm #1 Id# worM ll la their relations v ith one another. of a , nrtn who claimed to be a to- Without thicK healing act, the whole bacco salesman and represented to structure and validity of internation- Ellis that he owned 64 acres of val- al law- is foravhr impuKcd. ualde land within five miles of At- Fram c. laic a, which he would sell for $40 “Kiflht -All Fm*nc!i territory per acif. should he freed and the^invaded por- When Ellis informed him that the lions restored, and the wrong done purchase price w v as more than he to France by Prussia in 1871 in the cared to pay, the man told him that matter of Alsace-Lorraine, which h. s there were two men in the neighbor- unptatilad the puked of the world for nearly fifty years, should he righted, in o’der that peace niay y ance more; be made secure in the interest of all. Italy. 4 ~® - “Nine -A readjustment, of the frontiers of ItaTy shquld l»e effected along clearly recognizable lines of nationality. AiiMria-tlungary w “Ten—The peoples of Austria- Hungary, whose place among tiie nations we wish to see safeguarded . and assured, should he accorded the tr* i*^i opportunity of autonomous de velopment. Balkan* “Eleven—Huniania, Sernia and arrived in Gaffney the bank v wa* c!os- Montenegro should he evacuated; oc- ed. and Mr. Elli* being anxlou* to eupied lerrltorie* restored; Serbia close the trade came to Gaffney and accorded free and secure access to drew* from the hank $t,e2u and ra the sea, and Hie relations of the sev-. turned to Atlanta, where he met his man. who Invited him to lunch, and carried hl^i lo an upper floor of one of Atlanta’s skyscrapers where Mr. Ellis ordered oysters, „ 9 When Ilia bivalves were - served i Children Cry for Fletcher’s *a.Avvv'v .>.'OvV\.TkNb-Ov hood who would buy 2 4 acres of the land and that we would sell him the remaining 4 0 acres for $1,000, pro vided he was,pleased after inspect ing tlie premises. He was then intro duced to a real estate man who posed as jfhe agent of the vendor.*'The par ty then drove out to the place where they met two men referred to who agreed to purchase 11 and 13 acres respectively,. at $45 pep acre. Qn their return to Atlanta, the vendor demanded of Mr. Ellis $330 to ’dose the trade. Not. having that amount with him, he wired to the Merchants’ and Planters’. National Bank of Gaffney to telegraph the I amount to him, but when the wire The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in uso f-or over over 30 years, has borne the signature cf ^ ^ ^ and has been made under his p r sonal supervision siuco its inf a:; ^ Allow no one to deceive you ia it Is, AU. Cou.forfeits, Imitations and “ Just-as-good ” are 1 nt E::pcrl:. i crts that trifle with and endanger the LeaUIi of Infants md Children—Experience again c t Experiment. fihat is CASTOR!A . Castor.a is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil,'raree r ;ir, Brcji aid Cocthing Syrups* It is "pleasant. It ct t- n:idler Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance.. ltd lo its rj Gr » a tee. For more than thirty years it. ? r3 been ; i c:nstant use for the relief cf Constipatien, riatuoi. y, r iic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feverishness ar: » n, and by regulating the Sto9iach and i>owris. mils tion* of Food; giving healthy and natural ^.ecpi uditn J i Fanacea—The Mother^ Frierd* GW A 4 m m i * a CASTOR IA Bears the Eigrature of a c al Balkan Mates to on** another de termined by friendly* counsel along historically eatabliiibcd lines of alle giance and nationality* and Interna; tional guarantee* of the |»oliti«*al and letrttorial Integrity of the *6veral Balkan otate* should be entered Into. * Turkey “Twelve The Turkish portion* of the present Ottoman Empire should HV’TirrrrrrTI’twirra-TW?r»fMgnify, ant" * the other nattonalities which are wow,under Turkish rule should be as sured an undoubted security of life and an uhaolutely unmolested op portunity of autououn ihe Hurdanel y open-d us t ft* und • ei »m l**r tnti-r fiutl Ellis remarked that they had a taste j of smoke on them and the waiter nB formed him that the range on which they were prepared waa smoking. Mr { Kills rememlirrs no more until he ’ nd him—II m 44—mesmswassas ww- In Use For Over 30 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought l. t d< m«-nt. ai per man* « e top »«<id he ss pun* of all I w* the property on eonsuitm* a ia i-Lwai sirluh he was Informed that ho hud j* i hren poisoned and, ttiut he hud enmp* | ed deurh by u vety nurrow muraln Mr, Ellis has no hops of esiover me the nitHiey’ realising thut he hut laeen the •vfetlm of ahaipers who frumrd up the whole m ruo utter ho rsurhed Altunin Southern Railway System $S4uw4 “Th mt Pulls rh shout i Idled h aulntUMn their aperiflr |b(r*pr« totlou uaiil p««ir*M .4 prsrtUul Thst | rogram pto CeaaluUs st ull either ta the sover* •igsii) of It use la or to the prefer* es«es of the popslatlous with whose fortuues it dralt. but meant. In u word, thut the tVntrul Empires were I to keep every foot of territory their I armed forces had occupied every | piovlurs. every «tty. every point of vantage as s permanent addition to their territories sad their poser. It is a reasonable conjecture that the general principles of settlement which they at first suggested origin ated sith the more liberal states happy fart, now Hour to tho every public man nhost not atill linger m an ngs that which makes H «rh \ n Indeprn I •tale should he erected wh Include the territories ml tad input sblv IHvltsh p« Ik. ' akk<k *V-.M k. m—mr-4 a Ir** .—I i snenrs ncresa to tho sew. and wnnuo l-otltlcal and eronomt* lndependen*e and territorial Integrtty should be guaranteed by internalftonal cote* BUGtRS MUE PE\CE ■parade Ag Iwswu Ho uni thn pnn— of the world lo avow now or Other time the objects It baa * We catered Ibis war 1st tons of right bad orcurmd tourbed us to tbe gulch and (hr life of our unless they world secured once for nil regard to these essential rec- llflratftoa* of wrong and assertions ws foil ourselves to ho lh* o^iermsar snd Austrls the meu | <he|r recurmnen. Wbni WdtllhnHd $■ |H—Hh ppgtPWfh •! ull ths nwvorn- wh » hq»»- Ih kuh to l th** force of ■ this war. themfofW. la nothing P+*f JMHjl_iHd__PgWPjMMMBmifi|d^__jMHlH mi bullomn « { —A general unaoctuilou of nations must ho formed under •, < nfic mvenanu fur tho purpose of mot uul gnumntees of Independence and tertilortnl tty to grunt and small stains th* lr osn p« «ple* rhoiikht snd pur pose s hlle the »on* fete teim* of arlusl settlement « sine from the mil itai) leaders who hsve no thought but to keep shat the) have got The negotiations have hern broken off. The Bus dsn representative* were sincere snd in earnest They cannot entsrts«n such proposals of nitii|ucst aad domination. - •’TYie whole Incident full of Mgnk once. It 1% al«s» full of |ier- plevlty. With mIioiii are tlir* Ituik- siun ii\**• denltng? I or whom are tlw rrprrscwtatlvrw *»f the t'entral Em pirn’s s|icwklng? An* tin*) H|*\»k»nu for th«’ »»»;rJorltl«*H t*f tlielr rc*|M*tlve pai llaiii<‘iit«» or for tlie nitiioiM) (MirtlrHi, that mil- ilary and iiniH’riiillMle minority uliicli luu* so far d*»ininat4Nl their ulioh* (Mdicy and <outioll«*l tlie af fair* of Turlo'v and the Balkan State* which have I* It ohliued to Ih’coiiic their a**ociate* in thi* war. “The KuHsiau repre: enlatives have Is that the rr •• mads fit and safs to live laid psrtl. ularly that It he auide ^ « uliar to ou s..rid Ih- m. snd • afe f*»r every Mh». h, like Ottr •»wn. wishes to live it-* own life, determine Its own In •titutIons, he sssurevl of Justl«*e and fttlr dealing hy the Other peoples of the world a* again*! force an world are in interest, and for our own part we cry ilearly that unless Justice to* done to others it sill not lie done to us The program of the world s peace, therefore. I* our program; and that pi out am. the only possible program as we see it. is this: on. Open covenants of peace. "P« nl> ar.ived at. after which there -‘i •!* he no private international un- <’ci‘i mi. ip- o* any kind, but diplo- :n i« v j-t it. | .c*eeed al .im I i* ii • , ■ view. “Two \hsolute free nation upon the seas, outside teiri- orial waters, alike in peace and, in IlUirted. very justly, very wisely, and i •"•••' *« ‘ h * s " :l . s mav be «?“• | i( il m whole or in part by internation al.action for the enforcement of in- ImprrtalM* We ran Interest or dhbr purpose we stand together until the end. Not to Injure (kwiwaay “For such arrangements and rme- nnuta. we are witling to fight and continue to fight until they are because we-w«wh I and desire n juat and »t#ble peace such na ran be secured only by removing the chief provocation* to wn.r wAdcti this program doe* remove. We have no Jealousy of German greatness, and there is nothing In this program thut impairs it. \\ *• grudge her no achievemunt^Tir distinction of learn ing Riich as have madi her record very bright and very enviable. We itii not it-ivh to iniiirtt h#»r nr tn hlnek t Jk MHbfgle pegee ngreemeut boo been signed by Mwsslu and Hnlgurtg. ftiP , |l * * d f • ' f * • A Hulgafian «urrsspuadeal of tbe Hand suys Premier Radosfavoff rand • (He following dispatch from Hhuul* tdtovah la PwrtIhiiMNN: Mr nr between HusuAn and Hulun it* PIMM. Diplomatic rvlstlous bn* tween H use ia and Bulgarin are re sumed Knaala recognises Bulgaria s 1 right In nominate a delegate to an International Danube rw miaul on The first ponce la thus concluded sttb tbe mneent of Bulgarian al* ■•a** The Hand nays Bulgaria bun ap pointed a minister to IhM rug rad nnd *• consul general to be siatlonod at C, dossa i nd has ordered the resump* tion of navigation to Odessa I'ulgatla tuob part with Germany I Anetrta and Turbey la tbe first nugo- nations at Brepl-Ulovsb and It ha* been assumed that no pence term* wfrutd be agreed to by tbe C*entml Powers except lb cobcert However, •drlees 'Jlmi*’ tbu-iMM* i»l who tiMik part lb tbe- # irst session of the Brest-l.ltovsh conferences, when they were resumed this week, made 1 no mention of a Bulgarian repre- , scntatlve. King Ferdinand, of Bulgaria. Is ereiiited with oppowlng the formula t of peace without annexations or In demnities, declaring Bulgaria shquld • retain the territory she* had won. Thi* would not Interfere with a in the true spirit of modern democ racy, that the conferences they have been holding with (he Teutonic and TurkiFh statesmen should be held within open not closed doors, and all the world as an audience as was de sired. To whom have we been listen ing, then? To those who speak the spirit and intention of tho resolu tions of the German Reichstag of the 9th of July last, the spirit and intention of the liberal leaders and parties of Germany, or to those who resist and defy thut spirit and in- tention and insist upon conquest and subjugation, Or, are we listening, in fact, to both unreconciled and in open and hopeless contradiction? These are veiy serious and pregnant questions. 1’pon the answer to them depends the peace of the world. “Rut, wjiauever the results of tho parleys at Rrest-Litovsk, whatever tho confusions of counsel and of pur- po»e in .the utterances of the spokes men of the (’entral empires, they have a^aiti attempted to acquaint the world wjth their object In the war and have again challenged their ad versaries to say what their objects are and what sort of settlement they v uld d m just and satisfactory. “Ther is no good reason why that dialler shou'd not he responded to. artd >p«mill’d to with tbe utmost candor *.V did not wait for it. Not once, but again snd again, we bavw laid oar whole rhoagbt and par thv • of Id, not tn mty bat each ttm# with ternational covenants. “Three The removal, as far as possible Qf all economic barriers ami the establishment of an equality of trade conditions among all the na tions consenting to the peace and as sociating themselves for its mainten- am e “Four—Adequate guarantees giv en and taken that national arma ments will be reduced to the lowest point consistent with domestic safe ty “Five—A free, open-minded, and absolutely impartial adjustment of 4II - ooHxniaJ claims, based upon a strict observance of the principle 1 vat ir determining all such ques- t ons of sovereignity the interests of the populations concerned must have equal weight with the -equitable ln B to associate l.arself with us. and | , < a,l " al « v " ff . wa * .2 U . 0 *^ ,n a , S " fia the other peace lovln* nations of the ; i ' s p a,r 1 h last month o the effect that world In covenants of Justice and law * ,u 5J r ? a'Tepted the Russian and fair dealings. We wish her only i " ri » )f ’ sals ; P rovldln « for end in* the to accept a place of equality amoni? 1 1 w * r - re »‘ or ‘ n K commercial treaties the peoples of the world-the new > ef ' ert be(ore t ‘' e war aml 8e,,lln8 world In which we now live—instead * be ^ anl1 ,e Quest on of a place of mastery. / German S|M)kesman “Neither do we presume to sug- MARRIED 50 YEARS gest to her any alteration or modifi cation of her institutions. .But it is' President and Senator* Congratulate necessary, we must frankly say, and ., . * * necessary as a preliminary to any in-1 ho " a '" r a “ d Mrs ’ T,,,n,an telliKcnt dealings with her on our • senator and Mrs. Tillman are be- party that we should know whom her , j n g congratulated today on their spokesmen speak for when they| -goiden wedding.” A letter of felici- speak to us, whether for the j tation from President Wilson was stag majority, or for the nulitary j ag f 0 j| 0WR; party/arid the men whose creed is impjerial domination. , Justice for All . “We speak now surely in terms, too concrete to admit of any fur ther doubt or question. An evident |clalmsof the government whose title |)rin(llll ,. nuis , hr „ 11K |, , h c w feeM be dqtbmitobd. program I have outlined. It Ik thb Dcielopment of ltu*>drt. “Six The evacuation of all Rus- -ian territory and such a settlement <’f all questions affecting Kus.'bi as W ill »«*< ure tbe liest and freest coop eration of the other nations of the r.orld in obtaining for her an un- l: JTpered and unembarrassed oppor- funTy for the independent determ- inaMua of her own political develop- no »i« sad nstianal |H.|iry and gasure her .#f a p: •osi-ty «f fra* iutl»»a* ol her oaa tbaa - “The White flouse, Washington, D. C., January 8th, 1918. “My Dear Senator: I understand that today is the fiftieth annivers ary of your marriage. You are very fortunate and I congratulate you from the bottom of my heart, at the same time'hojdng for you many re- principle of justice to all peoples and turns of the day filled with, a- deep nationalities,...and their right to live! satisfaction. / - / on equal terms of liberty and safe ty with one anothep. whether they be strong or weak. Titles* this prin ciple be made it* foundation, no part “Cordially and sincerely yours, (Signed l. “Woodrow Wilson.” DidiniH 1 * • • j • Among other noteworthy tostl-/ vole tbelr Uvea, tboir Honor, nod n.mg witn senator Gniimger, or >ew everything that tkey poinean THt ffnmpnHlre. tbe oide»t member of Tbe remmWtee*s gKt to get n out ot life "Weeu, more fun out If you have ever said this, or thought it, as you sat at*home in the evening with nothing to do, you ought to have a Victrola Do you realize that the world’s greatest entertain ers are '‘knocking at your door” to bring you the world’s wealth of music—grand opera, musical com edy, vaudeville, popular songs, dance music, and all the rest! All you need to do to enjoy them is to have us send a Victrola to your home. Stop in and ask us about easy terms on Victors a:.d Vietroj*. $10 to $400. . £ BE lul 1 < F/Mimc