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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-20

dces come. 1t should be a peace that will last for generations.
 All America must he flattered by the efforts constantly put forth by the rni- CTS of the warning nations 10 gain our good will. It Is recognized that the friendship of the United States will be one of the most potent factors at work when the ambassadors gather around the council table to talk over the terms of peace.
 Belgium has sent commission to es- tablish the truth of reports that the peaceful inhabitants of that country have been treated with nhuman feroc- ity by the soldiers of Germany. Em- pcror William has addressed personal protest to President Wilson over the alleged use of dumdum bullets by the troops of the allies. President Poin- care has likewise appealed to Mir. Wil-' son, and all the while England has been assiduously cultivating the friendship of this nation.
 It Is most gratifying. And how small and cheap and petty and mean must feel those sneal<ing, crawling poiiti- cians who have sought to gain notice anC acclaim bN 1dtlillouS HuihbiihSn aganst the policies of the democratic administration.
 Mrs. Mary R, Gray of Mpntelair, N j., has returned from Germany. She de- elares that she saw tratnload of wounded German soldiers being brought Into Hamburg from the battle fields of Belgium. Many of the men appeared to have suffered barbarous maltreatment
 In a number of cases said Mrs. Gray, "the Germans had their ears and noses cut off and other horrible indig- mites inflicted upon them. Some had their eyes pol<ed out. In the face of all this suffering the Germans did not faii to speak Of the bravery of the Belgian soldiers and let the world know that they were not to blame for these dastardly crimes, which were com mtted by the civilians of Belgium"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-20
Seaside "Needies"

The seaside ass---the four-legged va riety--is having a better time this summer than he ever had before, says Tit Bits. Moved thereto by the pres sure of public opinion, practically all the leading watering places round tho coast have recently passed bylaws in his favor. He must be off-saddled and fed at regular intervals; his girth must be loosened when he is standing Idle. and only children are permitted to ride him, or, alternately. only persons up to a certain weight. usually 40 pounds.
 This latter restriction will not hit the donkey proprietors so heavily as 1t would have done had it come into force 15 or 20 years ago. for then the humble "moke' was much greater favorite with holiday folk than he is now. People used to make up parties of 10 or 12 and go for rides into tho country at shilling an hour each. Nowadays they go by motor chars-a- bancs.
 In those days there were thousands of seaside danlteys where now there are only hundreds. For instance. the old original ''Donkey Dick of Margate, the grandfather of the present russet- apple faced, 60-year-old proprietor. used to have as many as 80 of them on the sands in the height of the season. And he paid nothing for his pitch" His grandson is restricted to 30 anil mals. and he has to pay f21 for the privilege. At other seaside resorts even higher rents are exacted. so that In a bad season the two pences of the children barely suffice to cover ex- penses
 For the seaside donkey is expensive to buy. He must be young and strong, or he will not stand the strain. and he must be od-tempered. Mostly they come from the West of Ireland, where the best in the world are bred. Those proprietors of seaside donkeys who can afford 1t go over there regularly once in two or three years in order to re- pienish their stock. Others, less en- terprising, travel no farther than the Islington cattle market.
 one thing the green" seaside dom key has to be taught to refrain from. He must not eat the seaweed Or. at least. he must eat only very little of 1t. He likes 1t because of its salty flavor. but too much of 1t makes him HAry thirsty and very i'll.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-20

LNoR about century and a quar- ter the famous national French
 song, known the world over as the Marseilles hymn, has been a pop ular air In some respects it's origin Is most interesting and certainly the end to which it was finally devoted was extraordinary
 In 17s2 shortly after the declara- ton of war between France and Aus tria, a young French lieutenant, named houget de Lisle, was in attendance or dinner given by M. de Dietrich. the mayor of Strasbourg. which city has been conspicious in the present Eure- pean struggle. During the dinner the conversation naturally turned on the war which had just been proclaimed, and the host suggested to De Lisle
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-20
HYMN-By B. F. Riley, D. D.

burst in it's fury over the devoted city, it's notes rang out day and night amidst the din an uproar. and nerved to conflict as 1t has done on the field of battle.
 There was sony of fate in the fact that the author of song of so great inspiration to the revolutionists was suspended from the grade of captain because he declined to sanction the ex- treme measures of the revolutionary party, which party was more reused by the hymn of De Iisle, perhaps, than by any other one cause. For pur- pose entirely different had the air been written, and now it's author found 1t turned against himself. He became to degree the victim of his own so',l stirring chant
 That the rousing element in that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-20

The Song of Battle of the Army of the Rhyme"
 Already 500 volunteers had enlisted honrg and were ready to march. but when on the following day the comp" sition of this battle hymn was played and sung, the ranks were swelled to 1000, all of whom marched out of the city under the thrilling strains of that new hymn. singing it with the inspira- ton with which only the French can sing it. Across the country these fresh troops went singing this martial hymn, and everywhere the people were aroused The song reached the army was taken up and sung through the camps, and when the French entered battle, it was under the spell of this wonderful anthem.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-20

Justly famous hymn had much to do with the transformation which France underwent in consequence of the Reign of Terror. is matter of history One discovers this in the history of tl:s French Revolution. written by Carlyle. the best of all the histories of that memorable epoch. From that date. the Marseilles hymn became the national anthem of the French, and over the civilized globe 1t gradually spread, stirring by it's martial strains wher- ever if was sung
 Because of his disloyalty in the great crisis, Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle the author of this famous anthem, was exiled for two months to Alsace after which time he was readmitted to France. entered again the army, as Il volunteer, and was finally restored to his original rank as captain. Yet lie
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-20

Some months later the song was in. troduced into Paris by Charles Barba- 1oux one of the best distinguished and energetic of the Girondists. IS Barba- roux summoned 10 Paris the youth of Marseilles to aid him in the struggle which was now impending. The fact that it was first sung by the youth of Marseil1es in Paris led it to be called the Marsellles hymn, which name it hus borne ever since. As the young men of Marseilles, under BarbarouN. marched the streets of Paris and sans it, the hymn produced transports of joy, the people of the city thronging the streets in a fervor of excitement created by its wonderful strains. The hymn swept Paris like storm, and was no small factor in stirring the peo- pie to arms against the king. When the storm of the French revolution
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-20

k<TNHERE must be work done by the
 arms or none of us would live,
 x and work done by the brains or inc life would not be worth livlng,' says Ruskin.
 The interrelaton of the body and mino is thus well expressed by the Englsn philosopher.
 For instance
 That the editor of great city news paper may eat the men toll in western wheatfield and the fishermen cast their nets off the Grand Banks.
 And that the same ,aborers and fisher men may satisfy their curiosity about the doings of the world the editor must toll with brain and pen or typewriter in his city office. None of them knows the oth- CTS personally, but all are bound together closely and intimately by a clearly de- fined and easily followed chain or cir- cumstances.
 It does not become the brain worker to think or speak slightingly of the man who tolls that his own vital processes may not be checked. And the iaporer must not criticize his fellow laborer as a useless consumer
 Each must learn to know and respect the other Each should feel it to be ms own personal concern that the other meets with fair treatment in the struggle TOT life and the means of existence.
 Perhaps it is the only way in which that all workers alike, men or women, praln workers or laborers, with muscles alone the brotherhood of man and the reign or peace, industrial and international. is ad- vanced.
 Perhaps it is the only way nwhich that great cause may be forwarded, for as men learn to know and respect one an- other they learn to pass the boundaries of class and nation in the spirit of mutual hepfulness
 The German peasant working in the rye field has no personal quarrel with his brother in the vineyards of France The professor in the Sorbonne of Paris, living . gentle life devoted to the advancement of the worlds learning, bears no ani- mostly to his brother of Bonn or Goetin- gen.
 But the war trumpet blows, and the plow and the crucible the retort, the book and the pen, are dropped and men go forth to kill each other-for the love of country" The love of country is good when it is devoted to peaceable ends. When it is perverted and misdirected into the bloody channels of war 1t is a curse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-20

vince under the extreme measures of the government and possessed of an invincible independence. he could not remain silent and was thrown into prison for insurbordnation. He was again given his liberty. and after tho final subsistence of national troubles. he was assigned to different posts. in recognition of his unprecedented ability, but he was an cratic genius. dId would insist on betraying himself into one trouble after another. and after an irregular and turbulent career. he sought complete retirement from tie world with which he could not agree, or rather which he could not persuade to agree with him, and ln voluntary seclusion the famous composer of tho Marseilles hymn died, having be- queathed to the world one of its lof- tiest martial songs which Is destined to immortality.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-20

This refers to literary criticism. But the same principle should be applied to art criticism, and the judgment of music and the proper adjudging of praise or blame in the ordinary affairs of life'
 Let your criticism be helpful and based on knowledge of the subject If you can. not meet those requirements-
 Hold your peace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-20

The dispatches of late have been some what shy of Emperor Williams protes- tations of partnership with God. and the expected exchange of decorations has not been chronicled But the fact that there has been no definite split is evidenced by Prince Joachims comforting his blessing upon the Most High for permitting the formers wounding by a Russian shell.
 The proposal in Congress to buy a few tons of silver bullion because the war has diminished the demand for sil- yer, and a few tons of copper because the market for that metal has been re- stricted, seems to be meeting with fla vor. A Kansas man is offering a bun dred head of shoats to the government at prices only double the Chicago 1uo- tations and here in Alabama there are a number of men who would like to dis pose of some corn or pig iron, cotton or turpentine at no more than twice what they are actually worth. If the United States government is going to play the role of indulgent father, there's no use in its doing so in half-hearted man. ner
 Russia is volunteering for the role of martyr Petrograd claims that the Mus covite love for France and England has led their generals to do some things that they would have never thought of doing had the allies not been so hard pressed in the western theatre of the war. The orders given to Rennenkampff, who con- manded the raid into East Prussia, it Is now declared, were to take his forces as far as possible into the country Of the enemy without regard to any losses he might sustain. There was but scantv chance, 1t is claimed, for him to reach any territory suitable for a decisive bat tie, but the Russian general staff felt that the Kaiser, at any cost, must be compelled to weaken his army in France. and thus relieve the pressure against Joffre and French by dispatching corps
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-20

"HEsE few verses by Frank P
 Adams express it most neatly and | completely:
 "This war is terrible thing," he said, With it's countless numbers of needless
 dead;
 A futile warfare it seems to me, Fought for no principle I can see. Alas, that thousands of hearts should
 bleed
 For naught by a tyrants boundless
 greed!
 Said the wholesale grocer, in righteous
 mood
 As he went to adulterate salable food Spake as follows the merchant king: Isn't this war a disgraceful thing? Heartless. cruel and useless, too; 1t doesn't seem that it can be true. Think of the misery, want and fear! We ought to be grateful we've no war
 here.'
 "Sx a weex''-to grl-"Thats fiat! l can get thousand to work for that" When the great war broke out the Ger man Reichstag, foreseeing that the price of food would be advanced rapidly by greedy and unpatriotic dealers enacted a special law empowering the local mli- tary and civil authorities to fix a scale of maximum prices that might be charged for foodstuffs. The law provides penal ties for dealers who refuse to sell at these prices when fixed, and gives the au- thorities the right to close the shops, take charge of all supplies, and sell them for the accounts of the dealers A few days afterward the military authorities of the district of Berlin fixed the maximum prices which might be charged for flour and salt because dealers in those com modities had set exorbitant values. In some places maximum prices had to be decreed, but in majority of districts this was not necessary.
 Germany has long writhed beneath the iron heel of militarism. Hope of justice and a square deal has been crushed from the bosoms of it's people. How sad is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-20
SOME SIDELIGHTS OF THE WAR-By Harry j. Burney

their lot compared to that of the inhab- itants of free Americal How those deal CTS who wished to seize upon the distress of their nation to wiring a few additional pfennigs from the pockets of the poor must envy their fellow traders of the United States! Over here, when a mer- chant sees an, opportunity to run up the cost of living he is quick to seize it. and we pat him on the back and say, Good business
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-20

chant sees an opportunity to run up the cost of living he is quick to seize it. and we pat him on the back and say, Good business"
 These international regrets have been picked from the official statements of the contending rulers:
 Greatly to my regret s-Francis Joseph.
 In spite of our intense desire for friend ly relations s4Peter.
 In the midest of perfect peace the enemy surprises us. Forward with God.
 civilian.
 Little as we incline to do so, we are forced *--George.
 Strong in our ardent desire of arriving at a peaceful solution *-Poincare.
 Our menaced nation shudders and it's children have bounded to the frontier a
 *--Albert.
 It is with profound regret that we. in spite of our ardent devotion to the cause of peace, are thus compelled s- Yoshohito.
 After deeply pondering the above, we inevitably come to the conclusion that somebody has lied.
 Although many thousands of Americans who were touring Europe at the outbreak of the war have returned home, the troubles of those abroad who are attempt ing to attend to the needs of refugees have not ceased. The cables say that the rooms of the American committee in Lon don are besieged each day by persons protesting to be Americans and who are in actual need of food and clothing The committee Is laboring night and day to afford the needed relief, but its task seems to grow as time rolls by. A strange
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-20

"Six a weelS''-to girl-"That's fat l can get a thousand to work for that"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-20

Germany has long writhed beneath the iron heel of militarism. Hope of justice and a square deal has been crushed from the bosoms of it's people. How sad is
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-01-27
4 BUSY SESSION
OF CITY COUNCIL
ON PUMPING STATION.

City council met in regular session
last night and business was rushed
along with an alacrity perhaps accel-
Grated because of the fact that a very
attractive opera was billed for the
evening. Be that as it may the seG-
sion only lasted an hour and consid-
cradle routine business was handled
A petition was received from the
O'Brien shows, which performed in
the city last week, asking for refund
cause of the weather. Referred 20
committee on taxes and revenue.
E. A. Penniman asked for new deeds
to certain cemetery lots, lost by him.
The Brunswick Advance association
asked for tax exemptions on proper
ty now being held by it for factory
purposes. The request was granted,
but the communication was referred
to the council as a whole
Reports were received from the
committee on taxes and revenue, re-
porting favorably on the application
of the Selden Institute for tax eXemp-
tlons for i've years, and the proper
committee reported favorably on the
petition Of the ladies' OF Oak Grove
cemetery asking that the present SEX
ton be retained
Action was deferred on the report
OF council as a whole recommending
that the situation at the pumping sta
tlon be arranged as was the case last
year-an engineer and an assistant.
Two bids were received for the
care of the city clock for the year,
one from Chilean & Co., at $3.50 per
month, and the other from A Roths-
childs, at $3.50 per month. The con
tract was awarded to Chilean & Co.
Two ordinances Were introduced,
one on second and final reading pro
viding for lights on all vehicles, and
the other on first reading intended 70
amend the present sanitary closet laws
so as to meet the injunction ruling
OF Judge c. B. Conyers in Glynn supe-
rior court a few weeks ago.
Current accounts properly approx
ed and audited were passed, after
which council adjourned.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-01-27
WOUNDED MAN SAYS
HE WAS SHOT TRYING
TO SAVE WOMAN'S LIFE

A.
Savannah, Jan. 26.--Neal Palmer, a
timer from Birmingham and Washing
ton, who was shot yesterday afternoon
at Thunderbolt while in company with
Mrs. e. j. Andreu, a woman whom he
had known in Birmingham, told a
friend this morning that he was shot
while trying to prevent the woman
from shooting herself The story CON
f1icts with others he had told. He first
said he shot himself and later that the
woman shot him. His latest version Of
the affair is that Mrs. Andreu was at
tempting to shoot herself because he
told her he was going to leave her anl
that in the Scutfle to take the revolver
from her it fired, striking him in the
left lung.
Palmers condition today is very I'M
satisfactory Mrs Andreu is still held
by the authorities.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-01-27
DR.. ]. F. ABERCOMBIE
FOR HEALTH OFFICER
More Than Likely That He VIII Be Elected to the
PositionTo Confer With the Board
of Health Thursday.

DR.. J. F. Abercombie, who. for the
past year CT more has been connect
ed with the Rockefeller crusade
against hookworm in Georgia, making
examinations in this county as Wen
as others in the state. and who is con
Sldered very able and efficient phv-
slclan and bacteriolosist, may be Sc
lected to the position of city physician
and health officer of the city Of Bruins
Wick TO succeed Or. T. A. Mann. whose
resignation became effective on Jan. ,
II VIII be remembered that at re-
cent Jont meeting Of city council and
the beard OF health the latter orgaa-
lzatlon was authorized by council 20
secure man for the position AMI
make recommendation to council. ami
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-01-27
FINANCIAL OPERATIONS
CAUSED APPOINTMENT
OF FRISCO RECEIVERS

Washington, Jan. 26-Financial op-
erations-not ordinary railroad difficult
ties, caused the receivership Of the St
Louis & San Francisco railroad system
according to the interstate commerce
commission investigation reported to
day at the direction of the senate
The report declares referring to the
sale just before the receiyership of 49,
100000 of per cent bonds French Sc
ries at IS to Speyer & Co., of New
York that the sale Of securities to
the investigating public through bank.
ers at time when every appearance
indicated the insolvency of the issur-
ing company, invited and warrants
the condemnation of all who assisted
or participated in each sale.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-01-27
MISUNDERSTANDING OF ORDERS
CAUSES FATAL ACCIDENT
IN MICHIGAN.
CRIES OF VICTIMS HEARD
1t Was Four Hours After the Wreek
Before a Relief Train Arrived and
Rendered Assistance to Those Who
Were Injured.

jackson, Mich, Jan. 26.-Four per
sons were killed and II hurt, some pc.
haps fatally, in a head-on collision last
night between a passenger and freight
train on the Saginaw division of the
Michigan Central railroad three miles
north Of here. A misunderstanding Of
orders was believed to have been
responsible for the accident.
The dead are
CAL JOHNSON, Jackson, engine er
Cn passenger train
E. S. COCHRANE, Lansing, Mich.
THOS. J. SCROOGIE, Owosso. Mich.
j. b. BECK, Lansing.
All passengers.
Although relief train was promptlv
rushed from this city to the wreck
scene it was nearly four hours after
the crash before the first victim was
removed from the wreckage So great
was the force OF the collision that TIL
smoking car was telescoped over the
baggage car, one car completely en-
VelCping the other Cries of The vic
tins we're heard by rescuers long be.
fore the relief corps was able to penc-
trate the Wreckage and render assist
ance.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-01-27
A GREEK WEDDING SUNDAY.
Entire Local Greek Colony Attended
the Ceremony.

In. the presence CT practically every
Greek resident of Brunswick, together
with number of others, Miss Zueta
Pertulas and Staff Cornios wore mar
ried Sunday night at $3.50 o'clock At
the store Of the groom on Bay street
The ceremony was performed by the
Greek bishop Of Savannah, who came
over to the city for that purpose.
The groom is well known member
OF the local Greek colony and is the
proprietor Of a grocery store. The
bride came here about month ago
from the old country, being a sist er
CT Nick Pertulas, Of this city.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-01-27
OPERATION is RESUMED.
Full Force Started to Work at Yaryan
Plant Yesterday Morning

AS was announced in The News on
Sunday morning, all repair work on
the Yaryan plant has been completed
and yesterday morning at Z o'clock the
full force went to work again, the
plant resuming operation in every de-
partment.
This is the first time that this mani
moth plant has been closed day or
night, since it was put into operation
"A few years ago, and it was occasion
ed this time by number of repairs
that were needed. Yesterday every
thing moved along as smoothly rs
heretofore, many barrels of rosin and
spirits having been turned out during
the day.