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PAGE FOUR Issued Daily Except Saturday By The Dispatch Publishing Company CHAS. E. BROWN Editor Bubscrlbtlon Price—~Daily oy Weelea o 0l 3 R Moßthes o B 0 Bhree NMOMAS ... ... 190 e BORENE ... 8 e FEar. e B 0 Entered as second class matter June 2nd. 1920, at the post office at Cordele, Ga., under Act of March 3rd 1875, Members of The Assoclated Press The Associated Press 1s exciusively entitleg to the use for republication ef all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this pa. per and alsg the local news published. 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. : i 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. % . & | 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. | e ’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 ¥} » . 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 @ @ 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,