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Entered as second class matter Januar y 8, 1916, at the post office at Cordele,
. Georgia, under the Act of March 8, 1879.
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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF CRISP COUNTY.
oy ~~.‘WflIGH.-SIDE.W‘ING?‘, ;
mfir‘m‘eflts ‘within the next four
or five days will tell the country what
W 190 k for with regard to tieing
ip ralway freight traffic on the great
o‘&'d southeastern lines. The con-.
t?! bet‘v'ween' train crews and railway
heads eems to have reached the crit
ical stages The business world from the
outside has been looking upon this
struggfgv;ith little interest, for it has
heen generally believed that the gov
ernment would be able to dispose of it
before traffic is shut off.
The buginess world could least af
ford ‘Such a thing and the strike as pro
posed, if carried into full force, would
mean paralysis for freight traffic which
would involve losses too large for or
dinary comprehension.
- That the government has thus far
been unable to settle the differences
is to be regretied. It is this failure
which has created in twentyfour
hours a furore pf excitement and doubt
The" Tederal government is yet most
1'@3&1«)‘ become the agency through
whicli ‘the differences will be adjusted
and ;strike averted.
m*fl" comes to public preferepce
_in.a contest with both railroads and
{"?’g‘;’fl!‘.’,’f’.‘.’s. f’" an equal footing, it is
" an ‘easy matter for the employee to
‘sfwln, but in the threatened strike of
" the dreight crews this time there i
ngt a general sympathy such as us
ually manifests itself.
. If it were very easy to determine
“exactly which side is in error, it would
“not' be long before adjustment might
?be mag which would eliminate pos
Tisibu&ity. of strikes and the subsequent
“troubles for the carriers. But since
“this is not possible, all the argument
“tor the ‘oné side and against the oth
“er can not change matters. The one
~still stands pitted against the other
sdet9rmtned not to malkg concessions.
. Strikes that try to carwy.their.pur .
;pose by force result in mobs, head
fl'ass,emqps!ers. that have no care lor
‘property or life. They represent an
'“'arch‘y more nearly than anything else,
“save possibly the lynching mob. It is
to bé hoped that this is never reach
“ed by ds large an industrial difference
‘as the threatened strike of Monday.
‘ The laboring man in his place and
~within hi§ field has the strong sym
pathy of everybody, but it is suggested
‘heré that the train crews, who now ap
‘pear to be getting fairly good pay.
“have taken a time for their strike
when there never was a greater con
gestion of freight traffic. It is a time,
railroad officials assert, when strik
ing employees should be table to dc
”lhe most damage to the railways by |
tieing up traffic and is therefore thv‘
time of all times to get concessions
= SOMETHING ABOUT MERCER.
. The Reverend B. J. W. Graham of
=the CHhristian Index recently praised
~4he trustecg of Mercer University so
t:tmu('h for “purging” the faculty of
f-i:-nmmbors who were not “sound in the
wfojth as believed by the Bawiisis o
?_Ge'orgiu" that he has brought forth a
écommunivation from one of the trus
- tees, Rev. R. C. Granberry, pastor of
;:.';the Tatnall Square Baptists church in
“Macon. This pastor-trustee happens
10 be a live, wide awake, progressive
==sort of man and Graham’s comment
~:has caused this trustee to ask whether
“-all this high praise is deserved, (the
~‘Reverend B. J. W .is also a trustee)
“ Pastor Granberry fedds that Mercer
,- has been ‘“purged” of nearly every
~“thing it had that was worth while. Now
:Afi'it has something else on its hands be
-gides purging the faculty.
.», Rev. Mr. Granberry observes that
“-poor Mercer has incurred in the past
-three yéars a current expense inrivht-1
. edness of $55.000, that it is now over
~Joaded with an indebtedness of $98.662
and that it is now having {o pay out
-each year interest amounting to $7,000
on its debts. It had a deficit in the
dining hall and dormitory last year
amounting to $1,400. The budget for
the next year is the same as for the
past tllrge yeans ggq ;"s‘}‘“;.;-’,.’“:‘ require
spending slB,ooo° more thR the in
come will be. And the trustees are
now constantly mflatlh&'\, the agree
ment with the"(:arnegié Foundation in
the management of The financial affairs
of the college, according to Mr. Gran
berry. e
-Now it is the common report that
the members of the fa(:ylty who have
not bheen “purged” off have to work
on a salary which will not maintain
them in comfortable homes and they
have to do extra work in order to make
enough for a living for themselves and
families,
This is the condition of the Baptist
college for young men in Georgia. In
the business world they call it bank
ruptey, insolvency. 'n the annual ses
sions of the board of trustees of Mer
cer they call it “purging” the faculty
of professors ‘“not sound in the faith
as believed by the Baptists of Geor
gia.” And the annual sessions of that
body: usually amount pri}u:ipally to
considerable wrangling over what this
and that professor teaches.
But, this trustee is not pleased with
the record of the board and apparent
ly does not believe the board deserves
the praise accorded that body by the
Index. Thousands of Baptists all over
Jeorgia are of the same mind, Tf
some other strong minds would join
Rev. Mr. Granberry, and speak out
'whul they think about the situation
'Mercer and higher education might
ave a chance to pull up a few car
lengths.
| It is to be regretted that the Bap
‘liut organ continues harping on the
way the trustees have safeguarded the
old, the true and the tried faith. l)uvi(]
Copperfield had an aunt who always
imagined the donkeys were on the
erass. The Index is always afraid
some member of Mercer’'s faculty will
teach .something .out ,of \harmony.with
he Baptist faith. And all that is lost
motion. It is waste of valuable time
It is a terrible blow to Mercer (only
200 young men were in the college of
arts last year, when under normal
conditions there are nearly 400.)
~ There never was a time when loyal
ty to the denominational college and
higher Baptist education was so bad
ly needed. A shaking up is due, and
when it comes Mercer's future desti
-lies will slip from the hands of those
vho would not, do for it that which
might have continued it a leading
school and college of power.
It will be a remarkable thing if men
like Graham can hold on to Mer
cer till it is completely crushed. It is
now wwakened and its teachers are
not paid a living salary, but it would
come out of all this in the hands of
practical business men. Those who
got their training there in the years
»f the past are not going to remain
juiet long about the methods obtaining
it Mercer. There are graduates of
prominence, of training and intellect,
of progressive ideas and of a loyalty
hat will not remain silent always.
There are still men in charge of the
work at Mercer who are faithful and
loyal. It is the president and the fac
ity who need sympathy and support,
wnd they ought to get that from the
rustees as well as from the Baptists
Ul over the state.
Mercer was foundea for higher ed
wation. It was originally intended
hat young men should be well edu
‘ated there. The idea of purging the
aculty and shaping the individual be
iefs of the men who study there to
;uit the ideas of a ‘‘razor-backed”
Sunch of trustees is preposterous. Mer
er will not likely get into the bus
ness of making infidels or agnostics.
it ought to be let alone about beliefs.
Kducation is the thing. That must
wever be forgotten.
The recent discovery of extensive de
nosits of alunite in British Columbia
promises ;to be of distinct importance
n contributing an additional source
f potash to those already known on
this continent. The deposits thus far
xamined are on Vancouver lsland.
SMILE VALUES, ! ' |
If our idea is correct, the editorial
page of ah érdinary newspaper is’,")iét
the place for a Sunday school lecture..
It is not the place to which one would
go to find laid down the latest in elh‘it_}l.
or moral philosophy, but after the long
discurses on political matters are
culled, after th'e comment on current
events has been digested, there is sel
dom a day when some good thing that
fits every-day living does not present
itself through the most commonplace
newspaper.
Somebody invented the expression,
“Smile, d——n you, smile.” Following
this the ordinary newspaper took up
the thought and gave it back again in
‘tlm foillowing:
~ “Both socially and commercially a
smile is of unquestionable value.e
“The first thing a baby does that in
duces every member of the household
to com'@ rushing to the side of its crib
is to smile. And what picture more
joy-producing or inspiring could be
imagined than Baby's Smile? It fills
the mother’s heart with exultation,
and swells the father’s breast with
pride.
P A smile has its inception in the
‘lueurt——st,arts like the rythmic ripple
on a placid lake—grows, widens, ra
diates I:apidly through every fibre of
the human system, nad finally bursts
into a wholesome laugh that spreads
over the face as a sign of gladness.
“In mental effect a smile is the rain
bow of hope. It serves notice of the
approaching sunshine, dispels the
clouds of doubt and apprehension, and
stimulates one into an apm‘eciation" of
the actual joy of living.
“A smile soothes the excited temper,
smoothes out the wrinkles of care, al
‘lays suspicion, creates confidence, and
‘opens wide the flood gates of whole
some good fellowship.
“As an indicator of genuine joy, and
pleasure and happiness the cordial
smile is without a peer, and as far re
moved from hypocritical smirking,
snickering and grinning as day is
from night.
“To compare the person who smiles
to the one who wears a grouchy frown
is as odious as a comparison of sugar
with gall, or misery with joy—the
chasm between is even wider.
“A smile, like the frown of a grouch,
is a mental mirror—it reflects itself in
the beholder.
“The right kind of a smile is as con
(ugiou's as measles. ()bens up a fresh
bunch of smiles on a grouch, talk per
sistently and confiedently of the bright
and cheertul side of things, and even
though he strives to hold on to his ill
humor it will dissolve like ice in the
sun. The smile of confidence and cor
diality will be reflected in the counte
nance and de2meanor of any grouch.”
DEMAND FOR PEANUTS.
Experimental manufacture of pea
nut oil in this country is going on
now to such a large extent that the
peanut withirr the next twc¢ or tiiree
years promises to become a vastly im
portant raw product. For Georyia
farmers know that the importation of
}peanut oil from Furope is a consid
erable business in normal times. There
‘the business of extracting oil from
the peanut is an old one.
There are ten different varieties of
peanuts caoted onthe Eu ropeau mar
kets for the oil products manufacture
but in this country so far, there is one
which at least takes the lead. The red
Spanish seems to be favored. This is
especially the kind wnicn seems most
profitable in the south.
Peanut growing must become a
much larger industry with the in
reasing cemand for the oil. The ox
serimental Stage will have passed
within another season and the indus
trial world will be calling for peanuts
at a fancy price. It is true already
that the demand is becoming marked
and the price is very good.
Farmers of Crisp and adjoining
counties should look into the peanut
growing possibilities. New machines
for harvesting peanuts and preparing
for market are being placed within
reach of the farmer and it should not
be a difficult matter to make the crop
that will result in handsome profits.
The cotton oil mills are adding the
machinery which is necessary and
when the farmers begin growing and
offering for sale in such quantities as
will make it worth while, the mills
will provide a way of using them.
Peanut oil is one of the most impor
tant of the world's food oils, as is evi-
THE CORDELE DISPATCH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1916.
:::;.TT:;—.‘__T--_’ TR AN
dien'ced.lb);'file fii:t that'in 1912 over
120,000 metric tons of peanut in the
®hell, together with about 240,000 met
é'ic tons of shelled nuts, were crushed
'\n Marseille yielding 15,500,000 gallons
of edible oil. In addition to this, about
23,000,000 gallons of inedible peanut
oi~l @cfrexproduced. The same year,
Germany imported 68,765 tons of pea
nuts practically all of which were used
for making oil. >
The imports of peanut oil entered
for consumption in the United States
for the year ending June 36 1914,
amounted to 1,332,108 gallons, valued
at $915,939. .
The negro ought to know by now
where he can‘do better for himself.
Recently labor humers have carried
out of the south great numbers of ne
groes for work in the north'and east.
Tuesday the negro lahorers of Detroit
were given a certain time limit to get
away and with those negroes it was
“movin’ day.” The roW occurred over
a negro’s refusal to_'gi've“a white lady
his seat in a gtreet car. In the south
the negroes know their work and they
also know their friends. .
The candidates will be with us the
coming week. (Pottle and Crisp are
star pert’oxjmers for Monday and Tues
day and tl'léy will be heard by many.
There will be others here bei’ore the
contest is over.
b e gy L
The R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Com
pany of Winston Salem, N. C., has star
ted something new in “The Open
Dood,” a publication which appears to
be out to help sal:smen and dealers
in the business world. Much of the
Reynolds tobacco qualities will, of
course, be cared for, but in addition
there appears to be a great abundance
of helpful information and real boost
ing for the salesman both on the road
and in doors.
It you have ever served on a grand
jury where crap shooters were indicted
for playing for a chew of tobacco as
a prize in the game, and later had to
1 ead the social coluran of your paper
with a bridge party of some lady of
prominence where, the prize was a
handsome token, then you know a lit
tll¢ bit of the meaning of the term,
digcrimination.
St S e e
Queen Alexandria sent a handker
chief of fine lace.‘\yhich was a part of
her trousscau, to a recent Red Cross
sale in London. ~ The handkerchief
was sold for $275."
N-O-W.
IS THE TIME
T 0 PLANT.....
Onion Sets
WE HAVE THEM
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White Pearl
Silver Skin
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credited to Dawson City, Alaska, dur
ing the height of the 1898 gold rush,
have aow dwindled to a mere 2,000.
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. The avéxgge weight of the hogs re
ceived at Chicago was 218 pounds dur
ing 1?15 and Sil in 1914. Th.e corre:
sronding average.at Kansas City were,
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Like that “pinch” hit
in the Oth— they,. satisfy !
Two out in the 9th! The “pinch” hitter,
'lines a beauty over “short.” In comes the!
. winning run. The “fans” go wild—it cer
-1 15D tainly satisfies! That's what Chesterfields
(s \do when you smoke—they satisfy! v -
&=\ Siil, they're MILD! ‘
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?/&? S[Qf N@ ‘mildness that is giving smokers that new
JQ “@ll cigarette enjoyment! iy
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L'/MT@ \&| But only Chesterfields can give it to them,
«(!é/ .%} for the good reason that no cigarette makerj '
Aso if?if,fi can copy the Chesterfield blend! ~~
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of depositors of all ages. No
~ man or woman is too old .40 ..
open an account and ho ac-.
count is too small to receive
our most careful attention.
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