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BIBLE THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY
GIFTS FOR GOD—“And the Lord
zpake unto Moses, saying, Speak un
-1o the children of Israel, that they
bring me an offering: of every man
that givethiit willingly.” Ex 25:1, 2
This beautiful spring weather is
bringing the acres and acres of cot
ton in this section to the fore in rapid
manner.
Our asparagus growers are sending
Targe (|u;:|ltiti<-s cf a fine product to
the m:u‘kds from Crisp county—and
the price is¥good.
Walter Hiers of movie fame, is a
guest of old friends in Cordele. He
will be given a reception here during
his stay.
That bunch of Baptist Sunday
School workers made things look like
the Sunday School is a great and ac
tive christian agency in the state con
vention held this week in Albany.
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Go into the wild woods, brother,
and drink in the beauties of natvre.
There is ait aroma rich with the flay
or of wild loneysuckle and the shy
violet, and . ovér all the dog wood
spreads a \\hit‘c_ mun‘tle of beauty.
tiie ~g,rm_--wz_ iz .
Better \\'&ch your step if you are
thinking nf": over-stepping the law
somewhere. There is a tightening of
the grip (:?01'.\'\\‘111'!'("' and American
juries are moie and more disposed {o
deal I'irmly:f\\'iih the offender.
4, S
Rvmmnlu; to vote in both the city
and the u)fim,\' election tomorrow if
you are a &izun ot Cordele. Cordele
and Crisp &)hnly are going to inul;:a
the move f\fl}“imlu(:ingv’lw\\' industries
to come (lfl?’}a way. Vote for the t.u‘(i
exemption fi;ogrum tor new industries
You'll m:ll(éjno mistake in taking this
conrse. %
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WHA‘f OF THE SCHOOLS |
Those \\'&n tavored the educational
bhonds \\'ilh‘\;_.sm'h enthusiasm in Geor
gia are nm;w' asking, what of the pro
gram for é,«jumu(m ! Fort Land and
his superviders are attending to that
in exceller | manner. They have in
the o-m'.:x!izé!lnn taw one of the hest
moves m.nfe i many years for the
schools in {hl\ state. They are going
1o get morg local support in counties
heretofore @"s'_lo\\ about paving tor theiy
schools, than has ever been enlisted
watch lli‘:(‘l\l.
We are as proud of the equalization
Law as puck. [t didn’t take any bouds
1o get it. *Mle tax payer will not bhe
worricd gver it-—and he will do his bit
moere cheerfully through local sourc
es than heretofore. The state school
otficials can now offer him induce
ments to break out of his old shell
and do something himselt for his
schools. '}‘:h:xl law is going to bring
cood I'~\nlt'§ in the schools of Georgia
-—in those very centers where hero
tofore noligdy has been able to start
anything for progress. And the beau
ty of the whole scheme is the fact
that it is going to get local good re
suits,. M doesn't contemplate that
the state.shall shoulder the whole bur
den.
As for“the funds wiih which educa
tional prggrams are to be carried out,
the general assembly must provide
the muufis. Our schools are not going
hegeing, but somebody other than the
politicians will have to devise meth
uds of rziising more revenues to aid
mnsoli«lx‘)’hted schools and build exten
}sious at the colleges and universities
. We have lost nothing in the failure
im vote a heavy bond burden. It is
lx,m the fault of the state school of
!‘iicinls that these bonds failed. It is
{not their job to tinance the school
isp-s((\xxx. let alone the colleges and uni
i versities. Jt is their task to do the
Uwsr they can with the revenues
g\\'hich are provided. They are doirg
{that in excellent manner, If we «an
l““"“ a larger school fund, they will
'do more for the school childrern cof
,(:vm-giu. We have little fear of that.
l\'\'e- are really glad there is no sclicol
'lmnzl issue. It would not be approved
’h_v the people—not so long as the ma-
Jority of the people are not yet zone
lwil(l in an orgy of spending with noth
ing to pay the bills.
It is realiy astonishing how, intel
ligent advocates of this bond issuc
can call it a plan at all. The vital
thing is something with which to pay
a bond isgsue when we vote it. So far
as we have ever seen, not one word
has been offered by those who offered
the large educational bond issue as
to what plan would be adopted for ruis}
ing the revenues with which to puyi
the bonds, principal and interest. A
bond issue cannot be termed a plzm‘
till such bond issue is properly l'i-“
nanced. |
| It is true, those who opposed the
bhonds did not bring in a better plan—
and there they defaulted in their du
(ties. They should have had a means
]ol‘ finding the funds with 'which to
‘:li(] the scliools in their present needs.
| But we heard of nothing in the form
of & scheme to bring in more reve
nues. The whole fault lies in the fact
that every man in the assembly with
any sort of following wants to be gov
ernor or something else in public of
!l‘iv(- 50 everlastingly bad that he is
‘u‘rruid to propo'so. anything that will
means more tax burdens. He couldn’t
get many votes as an advocate of any
plan for more school revenues, for
more revenues of any kind for any
thing good. At least, that’s what we
think about it. EENE O I
' It will take a bit more courage to
{bring us to better schools and more
!puving. We must have those in lht'l
?ussmnl)l_\' who really want bnlto:'i
{.-;uhouls and paving more than they
i want public offi¢d” Until “we ;(eun:
:h.m- that type of men 1'(-1)1'e3(\nliugl
;ll_»; in the legislature, we might_ as
lu-(-n resign - ourselves to doing the
i'lwst we can with what ‘we alx'md')f,
}luve in state revenues, A
i IDEALS AND STANDARDS
The l'hiné of primary importance
in the education of the yvouth of our
land is the formation of the l'ight‘
kind of ideals or standards. If a child
is satisfied with @ moderate grade in
‘m-huol, ten chances out of eleven are
|lw‘ will always remain mediocre; not
lu;n‘ing for (he best and never striv
iing‘ to reach it. Consequently he will
‘wmuin at the bottom or it he climbs
? up, it is only a tittle way.
" Those who have a vision, and the
!vurlivr in life, the better, usually at
i tain what they strive for. It is the
!;nnhitinns hoy who makes the suc
!l‘“}.\'l'l!) man, but it does not always
il‘ullm\' that an ambitious man has the
tright ideals. 1t does usually turn out
(that the successtul man has the right
iidvuls. Success seems to be the re
i\mm for possessing the highest stan
ilhll'll.\‘,
' How important then for parents
i;m(l teachers early to instill into the
Iminds of the youth committed into
frln-i:- care the right ideas and the
| highest aims possible. Youth is the
'}lnm- to lay foundations for character.
{ These ideals are attained by con
%:‘l:mt association with the best com
{rades. the best music, the best books,
i(h(- best concerts, the best art—in
!\‘.u-l. with anything of a cultural value
!th‘.:l helps to mould character.
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’5 BEAUTIFY AND—PERCHANCE
At this time when the question of
[beautifying and improving everything
jis in v\'vryun.v's mind this little stan
|2a may furnish a thought {or some
,‘Hllt‘.
-=“Uu make the garden as fair as thou
; ! canst,
.2“'1".1011 workest never alone
f"l‘vn'h;mw he whose plot is next to
| | thine
“‘\\'lll see it and mend his own."
{ It it quite true, we never can work
]'ulmw o no matter how selfish we are,
we never can enjoy it all alone. We
cannot have a beautiful flower gar
den without unconsciously afl’ordingz,l
some one els> pleasure, |
The beautiful dog wood tree, sym
metrical and perfect in outline with
its mass of snow white Dblossoms, is
a joy to all heholders.
l The pedestrian as well as the mo
torist, enjoys the beautiful flowers
we plant, even if we did not think of
them in the planning .aml planting.
AT TR T = ey,
BOATRIGHT FOR JUDGE
In considering the Repubiicans
eligible for appointment as judge
; of the new federal judicial dis
trict proposed. for Georgia, Judge
. G. Boatright, formerly of Tif
ton and Cordele, now District At- I
terney for the Southern District
of Georgia, should not he over
looked. Judge Boatright is as ful
ly qualified for the position as
any other republican in the state,
and if the appointment is made
under the Republican administra
tion, a republican is sure to get
the plum. Judge Boatright not
only is capable of filling the posi
tion, but he also resides in the
new district and his home is in
the southern portion of the state.
=—Tifton Gazette. '
This is a position well taken. Dem-|
ocrats have no right to raise a great
noise over the new . judgeship. Of
course, if the president wants a (lom-:)-l
crat that's all gcod and fine, but we
know him better than that. Tle wants
a good republican first if he can be
had. He has a right to that wish,
- Democrats should take the situztion
more calmly. A republican adminis
tration is in power. That ought not
:to be forgotten, and for the president
to seck out and name a republicen
‘to the place is no more than should
‘bl' expected.
Judge Boatright is a republicin ol‘]
‘hi;:h type. He has political ideals and
'sfffifi(i:il"ds of justice far and away
above lfii- average republican in this
state. In his politics® he cannot be
censured lm'ull_\'e—'dud we have seldom
seen one who far down in his heart
belicves.more in justica.and fair. play
As to other qgualifications, the re
‘publican party will not find a better
man in Georgios U (Ris mun is not
qualified, then tliv party wiil have to
go further than ’Gn;n';:i‘n tn'gnt a man |
who ig=if they, base appointmout on
qualification. We should be more than
surpirsed to find that this man is not
being seriously considered for the
place.
These lines would have bheen writ
ten before now, had we seen any |m>-‘
sible l‘hil\ll('(‘ fer the law creating the
new division to be passed. At Ihvl
present, there appears a chance for
passage and now, since the republican
party had the rvight of choice, and
since we have in rairness (o recognize
these pights first, it is a pleasure to
offer a word in bohuid of Judge Boat
right. i
BETSY ROSS' PETTICOAT
The innno_llnl patticoat of Betsy
Ross is dufi for the limbo of historical
myths, it Dr., George 12. Hastings, as
sociate protessor of English at the
University of Arkansas has his way.
Dr. Hastings, in his book “The Life
and Works of Fraucis Hopkinson,”
sings a requiem for Mrs. Ross' famous
petticiat, which tradition; says was
used to make the stripes for the first
American tlag. The book, which is to
be published this spring by the Uni
versity of Chicago Press, credits Hop
kinson with having designed the Stars
and Stripes.
Tradition has it that Betsy Ross
was asked to make the first Ameri
can tlag for General \\'ashiligmu Dy,
Hastings declares that he can trace
thig tradition back to no further than
1870, when a grandson of Mrs. Ross
announced that it was his grandmoth
er who had done the designing of the
flag, he having heard his forbears
make that statement,
In going through the papers of the
Continental Congress in the Congres
sional Library at Washington, Dr.
Hastings says he found Mr. Hopkin
son's bill for designing the falg. which
was adopted by the Continental Con-
THE CORDELE DISPATCH
gress in 1777, ! .
' Mr. Hopkinson had suggested, hu
morously that a quarter of a cask of
j’publi(' wine would be a suitable re
‘'ward.. As he had designed the seal
for the department of admiralty and
that for a number of othel; govern
mental departments, Hopkincon, in
1780, was asked to submit an itemized
statement of all his charges.
This statement, including that fnr‘
designing the flag, is on file in the
Congressional Lihrary.aml amounts
to 2700 pounds sterling.
Ww
Good Will And |
GO | And Good Name
HAS BEEN PURCHASED BY THE
3 N ) K 1 ' ™ 1 \
AND WILL BE OPERATED IN FUTURE AS THE
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et CRISP QUNW FURWRE
rE > >
AT THE SAME OLD STAND
vir. F. B. Calloway
WILL ASSUME CHARGE AS MANAGER. HIS FUTURE SUCCESS IN HIS
CHOSEN BUSINESS AND OUR SUCCESS IN (ORDLELE WILL DEPEND UP
ON-THE CONTINUED LOYALTY AND _J’A'l'kll()l\':\(ii*} OF A DEEPLY APPRE
CIATED PUBLIE &"H‘HC.\'])Sl'_il'P. v
2 MR, WITHERINGTON RETIRES AFTER 21 YEARS O i'ii'Slxl*]SS (l‘()XDl’("l’-
ED ON STRICT HONESTY ;\N[).].i_[(i-[l STANDARD Glt VALUE AND SER\’[('E \
TO EVERY CUSTOMER. HE ENTRUSTS THE BUSINESS TOTHE NEW OWN- s
ERS WITH EVERY WISH FOR THEIR SUCCESS. \
THE NEW PURCHASERS PLAN TO CARRY \“w LARGE AND AS COMPLETE
A LINE OF’FURNITURE AND HOUSE FURNISHINGS AN (‘AN BE FOUND :
ANYWHERE IN THIS SECTION OF GEORGIA AND PLEDGE SERVICE,
QUALITY, COU RTESY, AND AN HONEST EFFORT TO SUPPLY EVERY NEED
IN THEIR LINE THAT WILL ARISE ANYWHERYL IIN THIS PROGRESSIVE
AND GROWING SECTION. : .
YOU ARE INVITED TO VISIT THE STORE AND CONSULT US AT ALL TIMES
ON YOUR NEEDS, L I BN Ly
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Criso County Furniture Co
@&
F. B. Calloway, Mgr. Cordele, Georgia
In additien to designing the first
flag, the author says, Hopkinson had
the distinction of being the author
of the first becok of music ever pub
lished in America. The book was a
compilation entitled “Seven Songs.”
Although Hopkinson died in 1791
at the age of 54, his achiévements
were many. A painter, poet, essay
i:si. inventor and lawyer, he was a
close friend of Washington, Jefferson,
and Franklin and like the first two
was a signer of the Declaration of In
dependence and a member of the Sec-
ond Continental Congress. Sidelights
of these illustrious figures in early
American history are brought out in
correspcnden‘ce contained in the book.
Becides serving in the Continental
Congress, Hopkinson bad charge of
the administration of the navy. He al
so designed seals for the American
Philosophic Society, the State of New
;Jerse_\' and the university of Pennsyl
]vanin.
i
Dr. Hastings became interested in
Hopkinson while a graduate student
lat Harvard and made his the subject
FRIDAY,-APRIL 8, 1926 /™
of his doctoral thesis. Since that time
he has continued the study over a per--
iod of eight years delving into Revo
lutionary war records of a score of
the larger public libraries on tha At.
lantic Seaboard.
ALBANY IS CHOSEN
AUGUSTA, Ga., April 9—(P)—
Albany was selected as the next
meeting rlace as the thirteenth an
nual meeting of the Georgia Federa
tion of Women’s Cldbs and the. first
biennial session closed here,