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Entered as second class matter
June 2nd, 1920, at the post office at
Cordele, Ga., under Act of March 3rd..
1878.
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~ Vegetarians who want to be con
gistent chould marry grass widows.
An enterprising resident of Wor
cester, Massachusetts, has cquippedj
his radic set with eight loud speak-i
ers which he has installed in the}
homes of eignt neighbors. He
charges them two dollars a monthl
cach for the scrvico.' |
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The death of Dr. M. M. Park mi
Tampa 'wfll prove a serious loss tn‘
the educational forces of Georgia. I)r.l
Park bad long been a leader in his
chosen field and was doing a great
work at the Georgia State College
for Women at Milledgeville. He will
be keenly missed in this state andd
throughout the south.
The two school systems in Cordele
and Crigsp county ought to be cnn-|
solidated into one excellent system.
All the rural schools ought to be
built into consolidated modern schools
g 0 located as to make the entire
county from one end to the other ac
cessible. That should be an aim for
1927. 1t should remain an -aim tiil
it is accomplished. It can be done
and the added cost is nothing like
what we mightl expect considering t,'lfé’
great advantages which willgcomo to |
the population of this county. G(m(l-‘
ness knows, nothing in the world \villi
raise our standards higher and add,
more to the value of every acre of
our excellent farm lands than to put
good schools within easy reach of the
good white families who want tnl
come in. We have the good roads.l
But we need better rural school ad
vantages—need them badly.
The death of Dr. Parks in Tampa
is reported to have been caused by
a mnegro woman driver of an auto.
We do not know all of the details,
but we have a guess that this man's
life went when an incompetent driver
lost her composure in the heavy tmf—‘
fic of a busy city street. Rare in-‘
deed are the auto deaths which we‘
have clean, clear-cut reason to h(--l
lieve are due to incompetent drivm's.‘
if we take into account the tremen
dous volume of auto travel. But in
this case every chance is against the
_wom‘an-——chietly because the average
negro woman would be a bad risk as
a ecar driver in any congested n'u\'el.l
And this old county needs just one
dignified court operated on small cost
—just one—to take the place of all
the justice courts that we are said
to have now. We have notaries all
over the county to witness papers.
We have gooq roads and easy access
to the county court house. I’ifleen{
minutes for those who have business
in the court is all that is necessary.
Jurisdiction of this court might be
established over certain litigation
which would save the superior court
expénses in many small matters. The
justice courts cannot any longer serve
‘old time needs becatse progress has
put them out of business to such an
exieflt that they no longer exist in
going form. One court taking ove:
~all this buéiness will effect a saving
for the tax payers and at the same
time assure more nearly a satisfac
tory course in administering justicc
thfia can be had in courts which ne
loiiger,csn have regular court daye
and creditably speedy procedure in
diéposini of litigation. Onme court for
tiils business at the county seat is
‘now a necessity.
!TRAMPLING A WILSON PRINCIPLE
‘ When the late Woodrow Wilson
wriote his now famous fourteen points
in 1918, just before the close of the
world war as a basis'upon which the
allies should proceed for peace, he
included an equitable basis for world
trade, having reference to an equaliz
ing of customs duties and tariff laws
that upset the whole economic world
and engender deep grudges among‘
competing nations,
Wilson studied these tendencies
among nations long hefore the war.
He understood what it means for a
powerful nation—one more powerful
than another — to impose duties on
| goods that set smaller nations at a
disadvantage in world markets, He
understood, we have every reason m 1
bhelieve, more than any other states
man of his day that nations in trude'
inter('ha.mge must do away ehtil'ely;
with tariffg anq customs duties which
work great advantages to nations thm‘!
are powerful andkllkewise great hand-];
icaps to those who are not in position |
to enforce their retaliatory measures.!
There must be a just basis in the\
trade relationship of nations, he as
serted. He was immediately criticis-i
ed as a free trade advocate, but he
T«lidn‘t proclaim such a doctrine. He|
did understand tariff tribute of the‘
})()werfnl nation against the weak. He |
apparently spurned it as much as hei
did territorial aggression. If he did
not, some of these days, the clvilize(ll
world must do that very thing,
} This country set an example in the
world war with regard to territorial
lri’ghts of all peoples through the late
President that will he accounted as
‘great and wise a thousand years
hence. He would permit no talk of
['crritorial possessions as war hooty
for this country. The day will come
‘when the nations of the world will
not only have to guarantee the terri
torial integrity of the smaller powers,
but they will have to preside at the
"table where equality in trade - rela.
"iionships is fixed. That is a proph
ecy, but it ig coming true some day.
~ American international bankers and
"ihe large corporations that c(mgrol
this ‘govéfnment are présiding™ “over
"an example of the greatest greed _,,‘
ltrade greed—this old world has ever;
geen, It is a nera of sordid selfigh-!
;ness outstripping the tributes laid vbyl|
Rome in her most powerful milimry‘
activities, The Fordney-McCumber
tariff law is wreaking more d;nnan'e!
to this nation in its relationshlps:
with other peoples than our navieslw
‘could impose with all the cannon!
‘Uniled States Steel could conslruct‘
lin the next decade. We are comingn'
{0 be a hated people because of the
!Furdney-McCumber tariff law. 'l‘hisl
"is our shame—extreme shame — be-i
cause it is the retaliatory measure of!
Wilson's political enemies in thisl'
country—the only thing with which
they could seek to wreck the great
ness of the man who negotiated a
world peace with justice to all men as
a basis of his movements. I
But_while they are levying tribute
from ille world because the world can-‘
not help itself—while they are grab:
bing out of the earnings of the mil-}
lions of American people what the_v‘
can take because they have the pow-!
er— have control of government in}
this country-—they are riding to their
fall. 1t will come some day. A re
volt is brewing against this kind of
vule. No era in history has seen a‘
people go long under such a yoke ufl
oppression, ‘
Those who toil in America—in ail
the nations of the earth-—feel this op-?
pression. The Wilson principle Mi
equality and justice as a Dbasis of
trade relationship is the only lasting
principle. It must be the aim of this
government before we can claim and
retain the respect of other nations.
It must he that type of relationship in
our own country—fairness and justice
in government — before we will be
satisfied with what we have in Wash
ington.
We may not expect the American
people always to remain silent while
the consuming millions are the vic
tims of special legislation granting
special privileges and advamages'tu
the one class over another. We may
not expect leading thought of this
country to remain muffleq while this
very unjust program of sordid greed
is imposed on the weaker element by
a powerful clique" of international
bankers and trusts marshalling the
'wealth of this country to lay tribute
against both those who toil and pro
'duce the wealth of this country and
of the rest of the earth.
Though the Wilson principle of
cquality and justice in trade relation
ships among nations is today tramp
'led under foot because his political
\enemies are in control of the Amer
‘ican government, we need fear no
harm to thgt principle. It will rise
‘again to shame the traducers of jus
tice. And when we come to set our
selves right with our own people and
those of other nations, we will be
ready to go back to thig great states
man for light to guide our feet in th>
ways of peace. Wilson could no®
have been the “world’s modern cru
sades for peace” without his ideals o’
justice and equality in the. dealings
of nation with nation, It took such a
great man boldly to proclaim to the
millions struggling in war that they
must come back to justice and equali
ty before they could hope for peace.
That light must guide in future simply
hecause there is no other.) There can
be no peace without it. Justice and
equality must supplant the selfishness
and greed in the hearts of men.
American policies of today can only
breed more war, &
| A RECKLESS UTTERANCE
~ The southern newspapers do not
grow enthusiastic over the addresses
of Coolidge any more, There is a
reason. For example, only last night
at Trenton he said America is strong
enough and brave enough to take in
depen“dent action to resist another
domination of the world by the mili
tary spirit. That's the most reckless
utterance we ever knew a president‘
to make. And yet, and yet, it is
point blank the republican idea of
what this country is and should he in
its relationship with the rest of the
world. ‘
It is a new phrasing of what Ger
many was at the beginning of the
‘world war. The kaiser thought Ger
many didn’t have to consult any oth
er nation about anything.
' V‘lf we were to prepare for war and
that alone for the next twenty years,
it would tl;en still he difficult for us
to force any of our wishes on the
rest of the world by arms. But the
republican idea of today is that we
are powerful enough to levy tribute in
{rade inequalities against all other fxa
?tions and the Fordney - McCumber
tariff law is set up. It is the repub
'lican idea that we need no member
lship in the league to “asslst in forcnig
;war like peoples to respect the terri
l‘torial rights of others. It is the re
l‘publican idea still further that this
|countr_v is a law unto itself—that it
iwill sit in judgement upon all prob
lems affecting its welfare when it
comes to dealing with other natiens.
It will have no-international court of
justice where equitable disposal can
be had of international disputes—it
will have none of this because Wood
row Wilson founded these agencies
of peace upon the principles of jus
tice to all men as well as to our
selves.
America is all powerful, according
to modern republican thought. Wheth
er we want justice or injustice, we
are in position to have it. Well, that
is wrong. We are not powerful
enough to put down. another world
war single-handed. Better than that,
we will not always be unwise enough
to keep thinking that we can.
TALES RETAILED
By W. P. FLEMING
Henry Ford is a copyist. The idea
of building a town having an inde
pendent government or its own in
side the limits of Detrcit, was not
original with him. He borrowed it
from local talent. This fact was
brought to light soon after Burl
Hogsett, a colored citizen full of lo
¢al talent and other things, was ar
ragined before the Cordele mayor’s
court on the charge of haviné sup
plemented his interior local talent
decoraticns with these cther things.
It was then that the torch was
snatched from Henry’s hands by the
hands of that that founded the Re
public of Goose Hollow.
Burl stood high on his rights. That
THE CORDELE DISPATCH
is, he didn’t have tc¢ sit down al
though unsteady on his legs. He said
he wasn’t subject to the jurisdiction
of the mayor’s court of Cordele, for
the reason that he was a loyal su®-
ject of Geose Hollow, vf which Boy
Lucas was mayor, and Ben Folsom
attorney, Rex Ridley chief of police,
Willie Lowe treasurer, Joe Brown
and others aldermen. Jor was a wom
an, Having thus succinetly stated
his case, Burl caught hcld of the rail
ing and eased into a chair. “Hit’s
plain, y’ onor, they ain’t nothin’ left
but to turn me loose,” said Burl.
Burl’s implied challenze was ac
cepted. It was not long before Cor
dele’s organized police force—Sum
ner, Persall, Kendall, Quattlebaum
and the rest—had reason to make an
invasion of the Republic of Goose
Hollow, which covered an area of
several blccks of low ground in the
southwest part of the city. Stobs had
been driven down around the limits.
'All inside the stob-line were subjects
of the realm, entitled to its benefits,
and prospective victims of its pains
and penalties. A constitution had
been adopted in ccnvention of the
inhabitants, the bed-rock principle
of which constitution was: Anything
that’s law, aint law in Gcose Hollow.
‘The pass word was a pistol in each
hand, one of them gcing off. Crap
shooting and bodtlegging were ' in
alienable rights, Washerwomen,
cooks, waitresses, were under penal
ty not to waszh, cook, or wait, except
at scale prices fixed by proper au
thority. Goose Hollow citizenry were
to ke made immune against Cordele
officialdem by the testimony of wit
nesses. And, so forth. ;
It appears, therefore, that Goose
Hollow really had a closer resem
blance to Monaco than to Henry
Fcrd’s town. Monaco is the smallest
sovereignity in Europe; is built on a
promntory overlooking the sea, and
plays roulette. Goose Hollow was the
smallest republic in the 'world; was
built in a low place looking straight
up, and played “skin” When the po
lice invasion of the Republic was in
progress, however, Googehollowites
locked mostly about the ragged edges
for a safe place to hide. All but a
few were successful in that particu
lar. These few that were taken ecap
tive in lofts and closets, or as they
BEFORE YOU SAY
LET’S LOOK AROUND AND SEE IF :
IVERYBODY'S HAPPY. :
Did anyone waut shitts and receive shaving tackle?
' WERE THERE BOOKS I YOUR STOCKING INSTEAD OF
_ NEW STOCKINGS FOR YOUR BECOT3. HAD YOU o
: BANKED ON A MUFILER AND
RECEIVED A MASHIE? : :
We're talking about the things that Santa forgot—the old gentle
man is so forgetful sometimes! 5 v
NEW SUITS FROM MICHAELS-STERN %,
INCLUDING TUXEDOS. :
W. HH WESTBROOK
QORDELE, GEORGIA ‘
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leaped from windows: together with
sundry firearms, “bones” and books
of leccrd disclosing the essential
facts about the establishment of the
republic and the administration of
its affairs, were brought before the
victorious mayor of Cordele. “To the
victer belongs the —spoils” Tach Goose
lioMow alderman paid ien. This ap
plicd also o Jee, the female mem
bcr. The mayor: attorney, chief of
police, and treasurer, iwenty. There
was a faint echo of the fall of the
Roman Empire and Geose Hollow Re
public was a memry. Our revized his
tories will embalm that memory,
maybe.
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HMERE SINCE CORDELE STARTED
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solely upon past reputation, but we cannot help reminding the
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