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The Vienna News
PublUhmd Weekly
MISS EMILY WOODWARD
Managing Editor
Entered at tke post office in Vien-
rtv. Qa., as second class mail mntt-'
according to tho net of Cong
-March 8rd, 1878.
THURSDAY .JULY 25, 1918
lg. | It looks as though Gen. Foch is
(zing to take the "germ” out of Ger
many. We ore counting on him not
to leave “any” at the wind up.
There are two thingg Dooly Coun
ty needs above all things else, better
educational facilities and an improve
ment in the conditions that affect the
health of her people. These two im
portant questions should engage the
Interest-und activity of every person
who stands for progressiveness. They
have been neglected too long already.
Germany may boast the best edu
cated people on earth, but it is ' ob
vious that there has been a woeful
neglect in the development of the
(reasoning power of some, else they
would not still bo blind to the truth
that .Germany’s dream for world pow
er,can never be realized. The fact
that German prisoners still maintain
their belief that universal domination
will Anally come to their blood thirsty
Fatherland—goes to prove that their
powers of conception are exceedingly
dull, despite their claim' to superior
culture.
THE 1919 WHEAT CROP
In the National Agricultural pro
gram for 1919 now in process of ar
rangement by the Department of Ag
riculture, what has been termed as
the Liberty Wheat crop has an im
portant place. Wheat flour is so es
sential to the physical welfare of our
men at the front and in the camps as
well as of tho civilian population as
to mako its cultivatibn of prime im
portance in every wheat producing
section in tho nation. To meet this
demand the State Department has es
timated that a winter crop aggregat
ing 667,000,pOO bushels must be
grown. Based on a yield of a little
more than 16 .bushels per acre, to
produce this amount it will be neces
sary to sow 47,500,000 acres of land
in wheat this fall. In the United
States there are nine wheat producing
states. The department has care
fully considered the relative capaci
ty of eaA of these for wheat produc
tion and worked out n definite acreage
for each, which when totaled gives
the amount required.
Georgia’s allotment of this acreage
is 514,000, her quota of the wheat
crop being about 8,000,000 bushels.
Georgia's wheat crop last year was the
largest in her history—tho weather
conditions being particularly favor
able to a generous yield.' The success
of last year’s planting should be suf-
fleient to induce Georgia farmers to
increase their acreage this fall. Geor-
gia can produce the quota alloted her
and she will rally to this patriotic call
just as loyally as she has to all others.
THE PROFITEERS
A deep and lasting impression will
be made upon public opinion by the
statement of the federal trade com
mission, in its report to the president
of the senate, that exorbitant proflts
have been rolled up by many of the
great industries which are vital to
the .country in the war.
We are in the midst of a campaign
for War Savings Stamps in which a
properly urgent appeal is made to
families who must painfully contrive
and cut expenses to support, as they
loyally desire, the national purpose.
Now By high authority we are told
that proflteering exists, that many in
dustries are making unusual profits,
some are showing outrageous ones.
This need.not chill ardor in the war;
but it must, and it should, raise 'in
quiries as to what we are going to do
with the proflteers.
Fdur of the five great beef trust
monopolies have pocketed in 1915-16
17 $140,000,000, we are told, in terms
of profit mainly taken before we enter
ed the war. J. Ogden Armour’s com
ment is that prifits which seem huge
when described by the commission ap
pear in their true lightw hen brought
down to the basis of a dollar’s
worth of business.
They do appear in their true light
—ami in that light still seem huge.
If the vast economies of great-scale
enterprise are not fairly shared with
the consumer; if they are not even
to be remitted when the nation is en
gaged in a iife-and-death struggle;
if they are sos wollen as to suggest
that that to many applies the commis
sion’s indigant scoring of inordinate
eed, to some of barefaced fraud,
then the case of big business falls to
the ground. It is on the defensive
without a defense.
One month ago the President told
congress that the profiteering that
can not ge got at by the restaints of
conscience can be got at by taxation,
that there is such profiteering now,
The commission follows him in recom
mending that congress impose heavy
excess profits taxes upon inordinate
profiteers, and thus regain for the
government a great deal of what has
been taken from it and from the peo
pie.
Clearly, the future will have its
problems. So far as past and present
are concerned, taxation is the short,
easy, obvious method. Congress can
not escape the duty laid upon it by
the commission's findings. In so do
ing it must this time tax the real ex
cess profits not the lawful gains of
industry and intelligence which have
had no excess profiteer and not his
victim.—New York World.
WOMEN, TOO
Not content with an anti-loafing
law for men, the Georgia state senate
adopted an amendment to make wom
en idlers work. Evidently the men
of -he senate think the law should
not be one-sided, but should apply to
male and female alike, just as Noah
took the animals into the ark.
If the general assembly passes an
anti-loafing law for females we will
hear much about it being a terrible
blow to the indolent women whose
principal occupation is reading novels
and plyiang bridge for prizes, at
which many of them’work pretty hard.
In reality, however, it will be only
another law added to the many that
are now dead letters. It will not be
enforced.—Dawson News.
DeSoto Program
MONDAY, JULY 29, S to 10:30 P M
World Film Corporation presents
Carlisle Blackwell in "The Burglar”
Admission 9 and 18 cents, war tax
1 and 2 cents, total 10 and 20 cents
WED. JULY 3V5to 10:30P. M.
Everybody’s favorite—Harold Lock
wood in the dual role of an Earl and
a burglar in "Lend Me Your. Name 1
A lively Farce Comedy.
Also a Big V Comedy—“Lame
Brains and Lunatics”
Admission 13 and 22 cents, war tax
2 and 3 cents, total 15 and 25 cents
ASOT
THURS. AUG. 1., 5 to 10:30 P. M.
Tho World Film Corporation pre
sents June Eldridge in "Price of
Pride”
Also Keystone Comedy—"Mud”
Admission 9 and 18 cents, war tax
1 and 2 cents, total 10 and 20 cents
FRIDAY, AUG. 2, 5 to 10:30 P. M.
The World Film Corporation pre
sents Kitty Gordon in "The Purple
Lilly”
Also A Luke Comedy—“Sic ’Em
Towser”
SAT. AUG.^Vto 11 P. M.
"House of Hate”—3rd Chaptei
Guards prevent man from rescue of
girl hel ores.
Also a Fox Sunshine Comedy
“Roaming Lions and Wedding Bells”
DeSoto will be open Wednesday,
Thursday Friday and Saturday regu
lar.
COMING—“Lest We Forget"
CCOM1NG—"Daughter of the Gods”
Gypsy Smith, who won the littlo
red decoration stitched to his Y. M.
C. A. uniform by coming through four
gas attacks and living under shell fire
for months to serve the soldiers, says
ho used to “preach the gospel behind
the Lewis guns in the trenches—and
I didn’t duck my head when the bul
lets flew my way, cither.”
On tho assumption that a "singing
army is a winning army” the Y. M. C.
A. is recruiting men who can go Ov
erseas to teach men to sing. This is an
opportunity for choir and song lead
ers. Mass singing is now practised
in all the American camps as well as
in the American Expiditionary Force
in France.
WOMEN ON BOARDS OF EDUCA-
TION
Governor Dorsey's recommendation
for women to be given tho privilege
of membership on the boards of the
various educational institutions of the
state, is another evidence of his wis
dom in directing the affairs of state.
This recommendation is approved by
the most conservative politicians and
other opponents of woman suffrage
who object to seeing the fair sex put
in the political high places. It is pos
sible for women to render some really
valuable service to the state in this
capacity. The school and the home
are so vitally related, at least they
should be, the one being a complete-
ment to the other, and the home be
ing woman’s undisputed realm, it nat
urally therefore follows that a wom
an’s voice in directing the affairs of
an institution, the aims and purposes
of which are so closely correlated
with those that are hen by divine and
inalienable right, would be more than
apt to speak for the betterment of
that institution. Admitting women
to the school boards, may have a
doubly salutary effect, improvement
of school conditions, will undoubted
ly follow, it will also give to the wom
en who are clamoring for a voice in
public affairs the privilege they so
desire and at the same time an op
portunity to perform a service that
win be of real benaAL
WAGONS
We Have Then)
A Carload of MITCHELL
WAGONS have just
been received.
This may be the last car we
will be able to get this year.
Don’t wait to place your order.
Call at our place and see
them.
Pal mer - J ones Com pany
The Machinery People
Cordele
Georgia
Just received quite a variety of Ladies’ One-
piece Dresses for early fall wear, 1918. They are
made of the mannish Serge, combined with
Duchess Satin, trimmed with military braid, and
that’s the newest.
Plain Serge of all kinds braided with gold Soutache,
trimmed with satin collars and cuffs of harmonizing shades.
Ladies’ Sport Dresses, combination of bright plaids and
Duchess satins. -
Our Fall Suits are just beautiful. They are made of
finest Chiffon, Broadcloth, mannish Serge, Garbardine,
Pom Pom and fine Poplins. The new shades, handsomely
tailored and trimmed with fur and satin. Just what the
ladies want for early fall wear. t
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The Coats for ladies this fall are unusually attractive.
They are made of light Velour, Broadcloth and Pom Pom.
We have these garments at all prices. But we want to call
your attention, ladies, to one thing—if these garments are
bought early, you will be assured of getting what you want
at a cost of 810.00 or $15.00 less than you will have to pay
later.
Mrs. Quiliian, who is now in New York buying
for our Millinery and Readyrto-Wear Department,
has sent us a beautiful lot of advanced Hat
models. They are here for your inspection. Come
early before they are picked over.
Roobin wants
and appreciates
your trade.
Min’s Department
STORE
Cordele
Georgia
Our Main Ob
ject is to please
you.
COMMUNICATION TAKEN FROM
MACON TELEGRAPH
“Some one, whose name I did not
catch, phoned me from tho Macon
Telegraph office on Friday afternoon
and asked:
What is it about this rumor on the
streets that you are to be Mr. Hard
wick’s campaign manager?”
“I replied that J had heaxd no such
rumor and hung up the phone.
Tho report of the incident as giv
en in the Saturday morning’s Tele
graph is misleading in that it conveys
the impression that I am either hos
tile to Mr. Hardwick or indifferent
to his candidacy-^
It is true that I am not to man
age Senator Hardwick’s campaign,
although I am his outspoken and
steadfast supporter and expect to ad-
ise with him through the coming
months of his canvass. I regard him
as the ablest man in the senate from
the South, aiM while I do not agree
with him in some of his views on pub
lic questions, still I know him to be
as loyal to tho government and as pa
triotic a man as walks on earth.
“He has been outrageously sland
ered by persons who for political
reasons are seeking to encompass his
defeat. I know him to be a man of
spotless integrity, inflexible courage
and first-rate ability. He stands for
square as a man governed by his con
victions and unafraid of the consc-
quencer. This cannot be said of many
men at present in public life.
‘I regard the matter of Mr. Hard
wick’s return to the Senate as one of
the very highest importance, both to
the State of Georgia and to ail other
States. His presence in the Senate
will be of priceless value, especially
to the people of the South, in defense
of those provisions of the Federal
Constitution which afford the strong
est protection to the rights of the
States.”
Advt. A. L. MILLER.
Buy Fence
NOW
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The Kaiser has'been in the habit
of shouting “Onward with God!”
whenever his army has gained an ad
vantage. Will he shout “Backward
with God,” aa his soldiers retreat in
northern Italy?
The opportune rise in the Paive
river just in time to route the Aus
trians has so overjoyed the people of
the United States that it will be a
; time before anyoie complains of
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