A PAPER FOR
THE PEOPLE
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DISTRICT RALLY
wo Sessions of Agricultural
Meet Are Held
OMINENT SPEAKERS HEARD
THERING UNDER AUSPICES OF
OMANS' CLUB; DISCUSSION HER
ART IN AGRICULTURAL WORK BY
EMBERS STATE FEDERATICN
Vienna, Ga., Feb. 29. — (Spe
| to The Dispateh.) —The Third
itrict Agricultural Rally held
this city Saturdav was a high
succesaful occasion. Quite a
owd gathered in answer to the
gent invitation sent ‘out by the
bmen of the local club who
ere hostess for the day, There
gsan afternoon and morning
gsion boch of which were filled
ith instructive talks on sub
ots that are of esjecial interest
those identified with farming
d rural life.
Mr. Henry F. Branham who is
nnected with the State Agri-
Itural work in the Department
Animal Industry presided.
he meeting was opened with an
vocation by Rev. W. L. Wright.
hen followed the address by
dge W. H. Lasseter, who in
half of the Mayor welcomed
e visitors to the city. He re
rred to the splendid work done
y the women for the county fair
st fali., Mrs. D. C. Ketchum,
resident of the club followed
r. Lasseter with a few well
osen words of welecome.s Mrs.
. E. Heves, vice-president of
e State Federation was presgent
nd in her characteristic manner
oke a brief greeting. Then
rs. Nellie Peters Black who
nstitutes the hub of this great
ricul:tural wheel that is rolling
er Georgia, was introduced.
he referred to Germany’s man
er of farming and our own in a
mparative way calling atten
on to the splendid achievement
the foreign nation thrcugh
stematic and intensive effort
d the limitless opportunities
at our own suate affords for
nrichment. Hon. Jim Price,
tate Commissioner of Agricul
re, followed with a practical
el! directed talk to the tarm
s 2s to the intelligent use of)
rtilizers, l
Mrs. Samuel Lumpkin who was
resent as a representative of%
eSoutheastern Far Association
ade a strong appeal for the en
rgement of woman’s works in
eorgia. She gave 1n detail the
lans of that organizatiin for
laking Atlanta the nucleus of a
reat annual show of agricultura
nd live stock production in which
il of the Southern States are to
ave a part.
Mr. Ewing, a representative
t Georgia’s experiment station
poke briefly of the purpose of
1S department of work.
After this talk the meeting ad
curned until 2 o’clock in the af
ernoon when the people rezs
~mbled to hear Dr. Branham,
Vo made the principal address
t this hour. His ease of man
er and ready wit assisted him
n bringing very forcibly to the
ninas of his hearers some im
periant truths relative to the
proper care of live stock, the
dairy and its products. By a
quick calculation he showed that
the wastage in Dooly from the
cattle tick alone was alone
THE CORDELE DISPATCH]
~ GRUBS, SOMETIMES CALLED
i ‘WOLVES.”
‘ J. A. JOHNSON
The common parasite known
as grubs or bots found under the
skin of the backs of cattle, where
they form more or less conspicu
ous lumps during the latter part
of the winter and spring, are the
larvae of a fly known as the heel
or warble fly. This fly is about
one-half inch long, very hairy,
and somewhat resembles a small
black bee in appearance. The
flies appear early in the summer
and are more or less prevalent
until thebeginning of cold weath
er. They deposit their eggs on
the skin of cattle, fastening
them to the hairs. Many eggs
are deposited on the heels ahove
the hoofs, hience the name “heel
fly. ’9
Altho the flies are unable to
pite, caltle seem to be much
afraid of them and apparently
sometimes stampeded by them.
Either the eggs or tiny maggots
from them are carried into the
mouth by the cattle lickinz them
selves. In the former event the
eggs hatch in the mouth orin
the paunch. In either case the
maggots or larvae migrate into
the esophagus, or gullet, and
penetrate intc its walls, where
they undergo a portion of their
development. From the esepha
gus the larvae migrates thru the
tissues of the body toward the
back, and according to one in
yestigator enter the spinal canal,
where they spend a certain pe
riod. Finally they appear about
January beneath the skin of the
back, forming the well known
swellings. The posterior ena of
the grub is near the small open
ing in the hide, thru which the
grub breathes and discharges its
excrement,and thru which, when
its development is complete, it
finally escapes. The anterior
end of the grub is at the botrom
of the tumor, where the mucus
collects upon which it feeds. By
spring or early summer the grub
is full grown and forces its way
out of the skin, falling to the
ground, into which it burrows
for a short distance and trans
forms into the pupal stage. In
about a month the mature fly
emerges,
Grubs weaken cattle, cause
them to fall off in flesh and milk,
and decrease the value of thehide.
The beef in the immediate viciw
ity of a grub becomes slimy and
of a greenish color, and is known
to the butckersas *“'licked beef.”’
The total loss to this country
(the U. S.) on aeccount of the
warble fly 1s estimated at $35,-
000,000 to $50,000,000 a year.
Treatment for warbles: Dur
ing the winter press out the
grubs and destroy them, using a
knife if necessary o enlarge
the opening; cr inject a few
drops of kerosene or gasoline in
to the opeuing, using a machin
ist’s oil can for the purpose.
Hon. W. H, Dorris, whose left
4rm was broken in two places
aid who was otherwise pain
fully and severe.y injured in an
automobile wreck about two
weeks ago near Cobb is improv
ing nicely at the Cordele Sana
tority, where he was taken im
mediately foliowing his injuries,
He will be able to leave the
nospital in a few days.
S T R T
at least $144,000 per year. His
argument In favor of tick eradi
cation was full of sound logic
He pointed out the disadvantage
to the cattle owner of living in
the infested districts, and urged
the farmers to adopt the use of
the dipping vat or spray as a
means of getting rid of the tick.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF CRISP COUNTY
CORDELE GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH Ist, 1916
“PLIY UP" LYNCHINGS [N GEORG
’ “Lynchings in Georgia have
recently assumed a serious eco
nomic significance, and aside
from moral questions involved
are beginning to hurt the state
in a purely material way.
~ "'A certain coterie of big north
ern and eastern papers have be
gun to “play up’’ lynchings in
Georgia in a way out of propor
tion to their intrinsic news value,
and accompany their publication
with editorial remarks so harsh
that their motives are beginning
to pe suspected. It is alleged
that the real actuating cause
with many of these papers 1s not‘
the desire to deplore lawlessness, |
but the deliberate attempt to in-'
nuence capital and business to‘
keep out of the South. I
‘“Every time a man is lyncheu
in Georgia these papers, nearly
all haters of (he South from ab
olitionist days, make the lynch
ings the texts for editorials de
seribing Georgia as a sort of
miniature Mexico where neither
life nor money or investment or
property is held sacred.
“The lvnching of Jesse Mec-
Corcle, at Cartersville, only a
few days ago, has already heen
played up in that way. They
are not asleep on the job. They
get it by wire, and it comes
back here on the next train frem
the North.
“Their activity has about
reached the point that whenever
a Georgian helps lynch a negro,
no matter what the provocation,
he also helps lynch the business’
interests of his state.’’
The above ‘‘special’”’ has been
going the rounds of the press for
the last ten days. Comments
from degenerate ink slingers of
the North in reference to the
lynching of negroes in the South
for the unnamable crime, or its
attempt, is an old story to us,
and in every instance they can
sze the ‘'hideous injustice”
dealt the negro, butin not one
instance do I remember where
ong word of pity or Indigrant
protest has been expressed in
behalf oi the lily vietim! While
we know that the North has
many gocd men who place the
lily Lonor of their wives and
daughters above the polluiing
touch of the roue or rapist, and
would relegate the negro, if they
could, back to his native heath
in the jungles of Equatorial Af-
A LITTLE WHITE ROSE !
There’s a tiny little maid “just
over the way’’ who pays me a
yisit every day or so; and is shel
welcome—and longed for? One
would think so could they seel
me when I embrace her with
arms holding a world of love! I
know, when I hear the faint rat-'
tling of the door latch—too heavy
for the baby fingers—that love
and innocence are about to enter
the portals of my hum-drum
workaday world and greet me
with a'kiss and a hug as pure as
the whkite lilies of paradise!
Does she love me because of the
sonfections and baables I place
into her little hands at times?
Oh no, she isn’t avaricious, is
Gladys; she loves me—well, be
cauve she loves me! She is n»
vet beyond three vears of age,
hence cannot speak very plainly,
but the listle arms, rosy cheeks
'and bright eves are, to me, more
i_expreasive than worlds of talk!
She knows that Daddy’s loveis
ag secure and lasting as the etir
nal hills, and Mother’sis sosure,
so real that the heavens would
| fall sooner than her love for her
‘baby should fail! I call her my
Little White Rose. and her visits
‘are not near so often as I wish
}them to be. I love all children,
but there is something peculiarly
lovable in this little one to me.
Ah, Gladys, may you always be
lthus—a white rose of childhood’s
gay morning! AR H
rica, still there are, or seem to
be, many others who place the
ammal lust and instinet of the
negro far above that which is
the basic princiole of Ca: eassian
civilization, the very honor and
integrity of our womankind!
A nation’s rating in civilization
is gauged invariably by the re
spect in wkich it holds its wo
men! We of the Svuth not only
respect our women, we love and
honor them, and the pedestal
will never get too high upon
which we shall place immortalles
to their dear honor and sweet
womanliness!
Commercialism seems to he the
ruling spirit of the day; we nay,
and doubtless will, suffer for our
loyalty to our women, but we
will suffer to the end, and will
ot CHANGE! While we have no
explanations to offer to Northern
papers whose editors, from their
own writings, prove themselves
far beyond the lowest level of
the brute creation, and who,
seemingly, care nothing what
ever for their wives’ and daugh
ters’ honor, stiil, on the other
hand, we have never advocated
lynch law; not that we think the
black rapist is entitled to even
the semblance of a trial! Lynch
ing for one crime causes lynching
for other and lesser crimes
breeding disregard for the maj
estv of law. But this thing
has been tareshed over again
and again by writers more
learned than I. But I will say
that just so long as black rapists
commit or attempt their hideous
ccimes just so long will Judge
Lynch wreak vengeance on their
black anatomies.
While 1 was born and reared
in the “’black belt”” of Alabama,
my father was reared in New
York Citv. But his sympathies
were with the land of his adop
tion, and his children were
taught to reverence the beautiful
qualities of Southern women; in
fact I’'m a genuine Southern
“cracker,’”’ have their prejudices,
likes and dislikes; I Jike the o'd
time darkey, but have little use
for those born since the '6os.
MEETING WOMAN’S MISSIONARY |
SOCIETY |
The regular business meeting!
of the Woman’s Missionary Sc
ciety will be held in the Meth-|
odist church on Monday after-l
noon, March 6, at 3 o’clock, |
Reports from the annual meet
ing in Valdosta will be concluded
and written reports from all offi
cers of the socicty are requested.
A cordial invitation is extended
to all ladies of the church.
PUBLICITY SUPT.
GETS POSITION (M WASHINGTOH
Hon. Chas. R. Crisp. congress
men from the Third district, has
weeured a luerative position for
Pani Kelly, voungest son of Mr.
james R. Kelly. in Washington,
;EU. C.. and Paul left last Satur-
Ed'fi.y for that city, in readiness to
assume his duties on March 1.
Paul is a deserving young man
and his numerous friends con-
E:{ratuiate him uoon the honor be
stowed upon Lim by cur fatnful
congressman.
i e
' Mrs. J. J. Heard, of Vienna,
iand Mrs. A. G Crockett., cof
' Americus. matrors at the Ellis
| Mohl wedding which occurs this
evening. zrrived Tuesday for the
rehearsal, and while in the city
lare the guests of Mrs. O. M.
Heard.
- METHODIST REVIVAL BEGINS
i’ MARCH [2lh.
: The series of revival services
to be held at the First Methodist
church will begin the second Sab
bith, March 12th. Each even
inz during the intervening two
weeks with the exception of
Wednesday. mid-week prayer
service, there will be cottage
prayer meetings. Tuesday night
there were services conducted at
the homes of J. W. Franees, J.
H. Churchwell and W. P. Flem
ing. The publicis cordially in
vited to attend all of these serv
ices. |
W.C. T. U. MOTHERS MEETING
A goodly number of Cordele’s
representa'ive mothgrs attended
the Thursday afternoon meeting
held at the First Baptist church
under the auspices of the local
Woman’s Christian Temperance
Unicn. The exercises were
opened by singing ‘'Blest be the
Tie that Binds.”” Mrs. Walter
Anthony conducted the devo
tional portion of the service; her
impressive exposition of the serip
tural lezson portrayed Hannah
as a type of ideal motherhoodl.
Orening invocation by Mrs.
A. C. Atkins. ‘“‘My Mother’s
Prayer’ was touchingly sung by
Mrs. Steve Little. ‘‘A Mother’s
Symposium’’ proved an avenue
through which, “Things to be
Taught in the Home,”” Mrs. J.
B. Ryals, ‘‘Stories and Pictures
in the Home,”” Mre. W. P, Flem
ing, ‘“Temperance Taught in
the Home,” Mrs. M. E. Taylor,
were interestingly discussed.
Miss Jackson, reading, ‘‘Ameri
ca’s Urcrowned Quecn,’”’ was a
highly appreciated rendering of
that grand sele :tion. “'ls Christ
Ruled out of the Home?”
a duet by Mesdames J. A.
Lasseter and S eve Lit le, a scul
gearching message, lefr, we are
assured, an abiding impress for
good. Mrs. J. R. Kelly closed
with an impres:ive reading,
when the ‘"‘White Ribboners”’
and their guests repaired to the
cosy basement, purtook of a
choeolate and cracker course and
engagzed in pleasant social con
yerge the while The names of
Mesdames W. L. Robuck, J. T.
Smith and J. M. Page were en
rolled, they thus becoming new
'members of the W. C. T. U.
[M E &
THE VALUE OF PREPAREDNESS |
Preparedness is in the air and
everybody is talking about it—
preparedness against war.
But there is another brand of
preparedness that is of vital im
port to the American people, and
that is preparedness for prosper
ity.
There is probably no class of
people in this country who should
be more alive to the possibilities
of commercial preparedness than
the farmer. Upon him will de
volve the vast amount of supplies
demanded by the world when
this war erds His will be the
barden of feeding the niillions of
meuths that w~ill be hungering
for the products of the farm.
And his will be the pocketa that
will sag with the weizht of the
¢old that pays for these supolies.
. [f there is an acre I tillable
ground in this section that has
not been eontracied ‘i“ur it r%)'.:Uld
be promptly put under cuitiva
tion. It should be made to yield
15 quota of the wealtn that will
- be waiting for some one to pick
up.
~ Congress at last is aroused and
wili rake care of preparedness
against war, but the American
farmer is the man who must pre
pare for the prosper:ty of peace
Preparedress is in the air,
brother. Go to it—and get it.
ISSUED ON
WIEDNESDAY
TEACHERS WET
| iLi
- LAST SATURDAY
- LAST SATURD
! s
{Thirty-N ine of 42 county
Teachers Present
PREPARE OWN SUBJECTS
SUPERINTENDENT J. W. BIVINS FINDS
THAT FREE DISCUSSION AWAKEN 3
NEW INTEREST AND CIVES BETTER
EXCHANGE OF IDEAS
An excellent grogram was ren
dered by the teachers at the
meeting held Saturday morning
last at the court house ia Cor
dele.
' Despite the rather disagreea
ble day on account of the wind
and cold, thirty-nine of th:forty
two teachers were present, the
other three being detsined by
sickness,
Every teacher appointed by
the commictee responde! with a
splendid talk or paper upon a
subject of their own choosirg,
and proved one among the most
interesting and iastruc. v: meet
ings of the teachers ever held in
the county.
At the conclusion, Pri f. A. F,
Ware of tie Boy:’ Secut School
of Ccrdele, who was present,
was called cn by President Snell.
Prof. Ware, in recounting his
varied experiences =g a teacher,
made a splendid and instructive
talk that was heartily enjoved
by all present.
Mr, J. A. Johnson, cur dem.
onstration agent, responded to
the call of his name in 2 short
talk along the line of his work,
with special reference to the corn
club work.
Comment upon the splendid
talks and papers is omtted for
the lack of space and inability to
do justice to each number so ex
cellently readered by the tullow
ing teachers and vheir suljects:
Mr. J. F. Barnwell, Mt. Carmel
—‘‘Reading 2s an art; it's im-
pertance.’’
Mr. W. T. Dyar, Pinia—''De
moeracy in the Senool.”’
Miss Bedgod, Fairview—
*‘Reading.”’
Mrs. C. W, Fortson, Hatley—
“The Best Teacher I Ever Knew
and what he did.”
Mi:s Bertha Eider, Tremont—
‘Busy Work for Primary
Grades.”
Miss Nonie 2 Hoilingreworth,
Hatley — *"Child Study.”’
- Miss Ra'ks Calhoan, Wenorag—
CMCraft-sp rit Among Teachers ”’
Miss Maude Hartiev, Sharon—
*“The Value of ard How to Se
cure a Good average Atlens
all€e.
\dance.”’
Mr. E. M. Champion, P« eville
—-""How to Boss His Sehool ”’
Miss Myrtie Mae Champion,
Pateville— "'Clicerfulress ¢n the
Part of the Teacher '
| Miss Minnie Bible, Arabi—
*‘Since nity.
E Mr C. M. Freemsr, Arahi—
Ee- Y { »
- Sehool Greunds a. a 2 School
Pactor.”’
| NEXT MEETING
i The foliowing ram«d teazhers
i—-th*ir sunbjects 10 be announced
;lcum‘ - have heen ZZ{,}:.,: 1« on
the program fur the nexi mest
ing to be heid on Saturdav, March
25th 1910.
| Miss Bessie Patterson, Ad:uins;
| Mr. Alired Knott, Cedar Creek;
| Miss Agnes Roberts, Clements;
‘Miss Jurelle Littie, Coney; Xiss
| Edith MeCormack, Baw Pond;
| Miss Minnie Maddux, Provicence;
' Miss Carrie Mecrelard, Hanev;
!Miss Etta M. Joiner, Rues: Mr.
0. J. Jobnson, Tremont; Miss
' Lillian Pate, Etenezer.
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