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" BUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1926
‘CLEAR LOGIC IN
OUR REASONING
‘PERSHING AS A PRESIDENTIAL
o POSSIBILITY
~' By Kathryn Virson
" General John J. Pershing in his
rocent address before the Chicago
Kiwanis Club for the first time
plainly included politics in one of
- his speeches. He has never been a
, politician and he is not tied up to
any political party, but if he should
‘7an for the presidency, it 'is likely
that e might run on the democratic
tick\g;%the nomination swere tender
ed him 3’?‘ the democratic party on a
platform which he liked and was
‘honestly offered as the real interest
of the party.’
The new Haven ‘“Register” says:
“That he would run like wild fire ‘
for this nomination there is no doubt. i
‘[The south, which controls the con
ventions of the democratic party op
poses Smith. It also wants a pres:i
dent with the democratic label.
Furthermore, it wants to be rid of"‘
the religious issue that split the!
party in 1924 and threatens even':
more dire results if it reappears'
in 1928. In a word, General Pershing .
presentsi: to the south an ideal camfi:‘l
date.” i
In hig address, Pershing took as
his text the Preamble of the Declara- :
tionof If:dependence. His attitude to-.j
ward this shows that he is-a deep
thinker and true; American vflqeth”er4
he iz a politician 'or not. He'gm."fi
phasized the fact that if this doéu
ment is to live, we must take the re-|
sponsibilities of citizenship impesed
by our forefathers. He said: “In the l
light of recent events in _ certain
states some of uor citizens would}
modify the methods of selecting can
didates for office. If the present
system encourages or permits the
contribution of inordinate sums by
wealthy candidates or this supporters |
it 'should receive the most carefulé
scrutiny by honest citizens. l
“The presumption that large ex
penditures {for ‘campai:gn purposizs -
‘may be made w_ithout ulterior mo
‘tives does not ar.pea;‘towbéwarranf
ed. To sanction the expenditure of
excessive amounts of monéy to se
cure the nomination of candidates!
for office would exclude, all but the |
“‘?‘;’ “4y.from such cantests. |
“& time‘ ever cémcs when the‘
(Jublic offices can be virtally bought
and sold, either directly or indirect-l
ly, then the.downfall of the republic
will not be far off. l
“We can raise the standard of citi-|
zenship or allow it to decline. We |
can have exactly the kind of govern—’
men we want if, with firm resolve]
we exert owrselves to get it. If that
statement is not true, then ‘the sys-l
'tem of government under which we
live is a failure.”
. Various newspapers have differ
ent opinions concerning this address
Tihe Albany “Knickerbocker Press” |
says: ihie Z33GA 1
“Something like this has been said
before, but Pershing performs' a ser
vice to his country when he;»lsma§hcsl
political corruption with his \\"61'(15,1
even as smdshed: opposition on the}
battlefields'efght'y,'éal-s ago: ‘
The “New York Evening World”
agrees that “This vigorous gleclara--‘
tion is assuredly needed. The
gravest danger to American insti
tutions does not come from beyond
our boundaries. does not come from
Bolshevist Russia or Fascist Italy,
“but from corrupt America. No na
tion can long survive the methods
.employed in Pennzyivania and Illi
nois.”
Genéral Pershing has called upon
the senate of the United States to
refuse to disgrace itself by accepting
either Vare or Smith. The senators,
who vote to vindicate corruption, will
be marked by the nation, just as the
Newberry senz}tors were marked.
The fact that so much notice has
been taken of this speech shows that
the various political parties are al
ready seeking a candidate for the
a,&*""S /campaign. :
A‘@'iews on this vital subject
- show what platform he would uphold
and that if elected he.would be 2
LA PETITE DISPATCH
" EDITED BY THE JOURNALISTIC CLUB OF THE CORDELE HIGH SCHOOL
most sensibte president with the wel;
fare of the nation always at heart.
‘He is a peculiarly fitted for tl}e
democratic ticket in his ovppositibri;‘ to
trusts, monopolies, cte. The question
‘\is will the demoecratic porty be' able
to secure him as their candidate?
America is at a critical stage. The
aftermath of the war is still felt. We
need fo go back to the simple fun
_damehtal principles which our fore
fathers stood for.
At every crisis in American His
tory some great man has come to
the front and pulled the nation
through the critical period. Will Per
shing be the man who pulls Ameri-I
ca through this coming crisis? ’
THE FACULTY MEETINQ (@9 R l
/ By Marion Scott -
“ Toot! Toot! ° 2 ‘
“Oh, Emma, rlease run get the,
mail! I can’t go because T'm-taking a |
nap” Cornelia finished in 8 beseech- |
ing voice. : _b ';
““All right, 11l go” and Emma sal-l
ljed *Torthy to' the poeh.; opened the "
mail; box, removed ?thew’fe’{ters and
thei counted them. “One for moth
ex. I aimost know its from Aunt
Mar. Thr?é foi daddy. They’re all
business 'Tette‘fis."None for Cornelia{
and one for me. It’s .f..m,m..,@o.rde,le;fl,
too. Now w:vho ifi ‘the world is g'oing'l
to mail me a letter when they coulq
just come to see me, Well, the '.or.ily;l
way to find out what its all about
is to open the ietter. Here goes” and‘
with that she opened the mysterious
missive, - l
‘To Miss Emma Arvaniti:
Your presence is demanded at
eight o’clock tonight. Be on time and |
come alone. If you fail to appear at
the appointed time the consequénces
will be serious. :
Respectfully,
THE ALLEY CATS
“Oh, what am I going to do?
Mother naddy won’c be at home
tonight-and the-letter-says“to~comet
alone” so I can‘t take Cornelia with
me. I suppose I will have to go but
I'm scared to death. l
The day finally passed and as 8
o’clock drew near. Emma’ became
more frightened. Five minutes until
eight' She must go. She arose from
the chair and slowly walked over to
the table, picked up her hat and
walked out of the door and then in
the directiomr of the stadium. :
With faltering footsteps she final;
ly crossed the railroad. She glanced
cautiously in the direction of the
stadium. A horrid monster with t
weird eyes was gaziqg at her froml
behind the windows. Thea its head
‘floated up an dturned ash she ad-l
vanced. All of her imaginary courage
left her as é‘ne séw this hideous head 1
grinning at her and she fainted in the !
middle of the strect.
< 'A%’ ishe gradwallly “came to' - Her !
senses a little latcr, shg heard 11ux'ry-]l
ing footsteps approaching. She stillf
ldy in“the street, tOO *weak = and
frightened to move. At length she
opened her eyes and saw M. Cul-|
bertson and Mr. Standard bending
over her. She only recognized them
because they had 'hrown back their ;
masks in their haste. They helped her
up and jerked her along until they
came to the gate. Here Mr. Royston
domande'gl their passports but when
he recognized them he let them pass.
They went on into the stadium. ,
Emma was left in the middle of the ‘
floor and all eyes were fixed upon |
her, , '
. Then one tiny little creature,‘
dressed as a cat, arose from the!
aroup and read out Emma’s marks. |
How strange! She made a hundredi
every week in every subject. When |
_nlf of the marks had been read, Mr. 1
Standard arose and made a motion:
“that Emma should have a two weeks |
holiday. The motion was " seconded |
and the vote was carried unanimous- |
. - |
. Emma at last realized that she!
l must thank them so she tsarted toI
make a bow when she fell on thel
‘floor.
‘As she regained the control of her
senses for the second time. That
-"}h—'vight she felt someone shaking het
.and saying: “Get up oft the floor.
":Emma, it's nearly time to go tc
school.” 5 : ‘
C. H. S. NEWS .
2y Irma Wynne
_C. H. S nas gaihered her Thanks
giving wanderers back into the fold
1 Jstudy snd work has once r 1 cre
ee'n'resum!;!.'l.-\ftor nearly five cays
of study and work has once more
have once more = assembled until
Christmas. ‘
The Misses McKenzie spent the
week in Marshgllville attending the
wedding of their sister. Miss Chris
tian spent the holidays at home in
Swainsboro, and Miss Holmes visited
in Jacksonville. M. Standard and
Miss Elizabeth Standard went to
their home in Wasiington and-Miss
Lydia Rose was at her hoine in Val
dosta. The Roy:ztons spens thie Loli
days in Royston §:mfl the Cui_'liartsons
1 Anderson, S. & ;:f'
The twenty-thié'd of Noveril§_§ei' the
xpression (!cpm",m(:xt assistk&; by
everal ticmbers iof the studéfl body
resented a threp act come(‘!ij“Thc
Vhole Town s Talking.” It was a big
dtand every one laug'hed' their
y oney’s svorth,
“'Basketball has opened with Miss
‘Holmes and Mr. Royston as coaches
,The first game was a double header
Letween Cordele and Ashburn boys
and Cordele and Unadilla girls,
Arbor Day was celebrated by the
of vacation the stuents of C.H.S
rlanted a Dogwood tree.
Among the ex-Cordele High School
pupils visiting in town during the
Thanksgiving holidays were: Marvin
Mchjthur, Riley Brown who had as a
visitor Mr. Hall, Paul De Vane who.
had as a visitor Mr. Crittendon, of
Orlanda, Fla, All of these are attend
ing G .M..:C..at. Milledgeville this
year. ‘Doug McKenzie from Darling
ton in Rome, Joe Cannon from Em
ory and Edward Kiker and Edwin Ro
buck from Mercer.
. A FRESHMANS LUCK
By Marion Brown
(Continued from last week)
“Now behave yourself and do as
we told you!”
- Seeing that he must do as they
High School Friday. Each section
" “Listen girls, you see what I havc;
standing behind me and you know
what they’ll do to me if 1 d/on’t get
your real names. For the love of
mud, please tell me.”
“Why of course we will,”” they all
agreed, Henrietta, you begin first.”
“““Henrietta, Jubinetta. Cream of:
Tartar, Sweet Potato, Carolina,
Goosestitch” i
sdid Bell, bogah again, i
his ;tormentors in a dead faint, and
amid howls of laughter, was again’
Bell sank back into the aims Qf{
of about a half block. Here ’ they‘
‘poured’a bucket of water on his head
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kand brought him to his senses. '
.'_ Unrolling a cloth sign from his
pocket, one of the upperclassmen
tacked it on Bell’s back and togeth
er they set him upon a bicycle that
they had fished from the hedges.
“Now ride to the campus and
around that gang,” they ordered him
sternly 4
“But what_does the sign say?
“Oh, you’ll' find out soon engugh
snay into it!” :
" Bell obeyed.
Hé rode circles around the mass of
tumbling boys until one noticed the
sign: “Get him fellows! Knock his
head off!” he yelled. “Read that
sign will you?” !
-One by one they stood up and read
“The Seniors havent a bit - more
'sense than I have—and you know
what I am™ Tra La La, Catch me
if you can’ Roars of anger arose.
Son“neone caught hold of the wheel
while hundreds of others (it seem
.ed) poured down on top of him.
It was a free-for-all fight. Each
l one tried to knock down the. nearest
one to him. The Freshimen especially
seemed ‘to have the defifo;xm thém!
They gav_e'{and recei\"rg‘&'"b]qws;w‘uh
‘equal fun . Fonil iy i &
But to come back to Bell. Little
by little he emérged4 from the bot
tom of a mountain of fighting
Seniors, Juniors, Sophs, and Fresh
men, 2 sanr,
One eye was black, his head was
tousled and in one fist_he clutched |
a handful of red hair, .
John! Joe! he called, For heavens
cake, help me from under this pack
- of wolves.” Bf:fore he had scarceley
3finished speaking, two battered fig
‘ures pulled him up and set him on
‘his feet. “Run Bell they'll ‘be after |
‘you in a minute! Hurry! l
“Thanks Buddies,” Bell ‘yelled, as;
“he ran pell lfiéll over’ the' campus.l
But just as he turned he saw some
of the prerclassmen cease fighting'
and point at him. ‘ ‘
. “I'm a gonner now,” he said to
,himself. Oh! there's Ada!”
“Ada! wait!"” he flung out his
" arms to a young girl just rolling off’
“in 2 Marmon roadster. ~ i
['\ She s..topped long enough for Beilf
;to jump upon. the running board
-and ‘looking back she saw the whole |
~college running after them in the!
middle of the street.
_The Freshmen were cheering Bell,’
while their pperclassmen hurled
words of wrath at him.,. . €
‘“You’re a sport Ada! said Bell
“But I'm not Ada. I'm Dorothy.”
“‘That’s all the better then, Dorothy”
“So long till the river hangs itself
~over the fence to dry” Bell flung the
final retort over his shoulders to the
puffing runners, as the car rounded
the corner in a burst of speed and
was lost to view, L
“Honey dats all?’- ; 3
“I TOLD YOU SO!”
By Loise McArthur _
“That new boy, Eddie Caxton,
hasn’t a bit of school spirit in him'”
Mary declared. :
“No; he didn’t come out to a single
foot ball game” put in Sallie. ;
~ “Bill told me he’d been out to
basketball practice’ and Coach Gil
~ford had put on the team. Imagine
him as forward and imagine a grace
ful goal! Ha! Ha! that poor boy! Kit«
i ty laughed. .
- “But, Kitty,” said Virgie Conners,
“you girls simply don’t know Eddie.
; I went to school with him two years
’.‘aga and he was a grand player. He's
“timid and can’t help looking digni--
i fied.” ;
- ‘“Tell another one, Virgie, that was
- funny!” N
- \Well— you wait and see. He will
-show you.’”
~ The night'of the first basketball
game arrived and the whole town of
| was excited. They must win!
Pooler had taken the football teams
away from them and they just
coldn’t win in basket ball. Purple
and gold must win—must . wipe
‘Pooler off the map! Amid cheers, the
boys ran on the field. The whistle
blew. Silence reigned. Thenf 1
“He rang it! He rang it,” cried
Kitty
“It was Eddie Caxton too! said
Sallie. ¢ o
But at the end of the third quarter
the score stood 20 to 16 in favor:of
Pooler. The crowd was wild—Pooler
musn’t win!. The whistie belw. . .
“Ring em high! Ring'gem low'
Come on Ashley—let’s go! =
e AsHley? e f.
And Ashley did go, lead by Eddie
Caxton.
Did you see that pass®™
“He rang it!”
“He never missed it!,’
; “He’s a grand player!” . :
“Look, gfrls e
All eyes followed the score keep
ers hand. “Ashley 28—PFooler 22.”
* ““Rah! Rah! Rah!
“Rah! Rah! Rah!
Caxton Caxton,” « :
“I told you so!” Virgie laughed
and ran off to congratulate her he
ro. i
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By Gladys Penny - -
. Said one of the Gold Dust Twins:
‘Here’s our chance to make a clean
ing.”
‘““Nothing doing!” replied the
dfl!‘er~“Lux against us” o
1. ¢ VA
Miss Holmes: “Do you thi_fik it is
c‘d;'rect to say, “He summers in the
ét\iuntry?" : .
'_Lewis Hawkins: “Why not? You |
can say, “He falls in the mud,’ or hel
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