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Cordele Dispatch
(Established in 1908)
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Published Every Wednesday and Sun
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CHAS. E. BROWN, - - - - Editor
5. C. BROWN - - - - City Editer
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OFFICIAL ORGAN CRISP COUNTY.
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PRICE OF SELFISHNESS.
Since the boll weevil made his ap
pearance considerable excitement ha:
been created regarding the dire dic
tress which he promises among the
farmers of Crisp county. All kinds of
views have been expressed here and
in other portions of the state an'!
there will still be vari-colored effusion
on all sides even after a thorough
try-out. No wonder the farmer seem’ |
sometimes not to know which way tf ‘
proceed.
Here in Cordele and Crisp count,
there is a slight inclination to be sel!
ish, one toward another. This is plain
home talk, but it is the rtuth. In spits
of the great burden of suggestion, d
rection and new ideas as to how t
proceed, the farmer will ‘need som
sort of cooperation. He needs tha
whether the weevil remains or take
his departure. The business man ¢
the local community owes his farme
friend a cooperate business duty. Hi
must help secure a good market for
the farm’s output of crops other than
cotton.
This will be a new duty in spitc
of our wishes and it will require stud:
a;nd planning. The disposition of the |
thousands upon thousands of dollar.‘:'-‘
worth of new crops must be satisfac
tory, else there will be embarassmen !
for both farmer and business man. It
must be remembered that the farm
er's success is the local business man’:
success.
llf every local business man hold.
steady to his own boat’s paddle witl:
out performing this new duty, the ex
periment with the weevil is likely t |
prove costly in many a place. i
hardly probable that all of the farm
ers will know from the outset what t
do, and business men in town have a’
ready shown an inclination not to b
liberal in their plans for the busines |
of another year. All that will hur
if it is carried very far.
There is nothing like digging fo
one's self. The Crisp county farme
almost generally has well passed th
stage of financial dependence by dig
ging for self, but there are relations o
interdependence as between farme
and business man that will make i
rccessary to cooperate in many ways
The more we stick together, the mor
will we realize that the success of th
one depends absolutely on the suc
cess of the other. That being truc
there will be nothing amiss in pulline
together. Instead of dodging. the 1
car business men ought to go out o
the way to help scotch where the farm
ers are busy scotching. It will pay t
do it. When the farmers’ interest arc
at stake, the local business man hac
better respond. Sidestepping will be
costly.
A BETTER WAY.
Lately some of the good lady men
bers of the W. C. T. U. of Cordele
sent the Dispatch a communicatior
regarding rumors of the sale of bee:
by the drug stores and other places
about town. It so reflected on thr
drug stores as to make it seem unsaf
matter for the news columns of The
Dispatch. We later learned that thi:
communication was furnished one o
the other local papers and there i
was not printed. We do not know
whether it was offered the third pa
per for publication. ’
The ladies began pulling our hair
forthwith. The agitation became s
warm that we offered to join the ladies
and go down to one of the drug stores
where we knew the drink was being
sold. There we would as friends urge
the proprietor to desist on account of
the bad light in which it was putting
him and his business. We advised
that we believed this the true Chris
tian way. We wanted our friend at
the drug store to know what was be
ing said of him on account of a bev
erage he was dispensing and we want
ed to tell him before we stabbed him
in the back.
The ladies wouldn’t get their bon
nets and come on down, and we would
not print the W. C. T. U. communica
tion, but we did get up our drvg store
friend and tell him. He appreciated
the friendly act, for he is everything
but a bad man. The newspaper is just
as powerful an agency for destruc
tion as it is for construction. We
studied the W. C. T. U. communica
tion pretty carefully and finally got
an idea that it would mean destruc
tion for one man and his business and
it might mean injury for others. We
believe we did more good by pursu
ing the other course.
We never heard any more from the
ladies till Sunday night. But in their
first call they wanted us to express
our deep sorrow becanse of the desc
cration of the Sabbath by the drug
stores that kept open and sold candy
and cigars and soft drinks,—for all
of which pefreshments we have a
nankering. We told them we didn’t
want to be sorry. We do not know
why just now. It wasn’t disrespect
for the ladies. May be, it was general \
cusseaness, or cussedness on general
principies. Later we told them we un
derstood that a mayor and three mem
bers of the city council are soon to
be named and that if one of them dar
ed to say a word about closing the
drug stores on Sunday we would vote
against him. (We didn't say the Dis
patch would oppose him.)
The Dispatch expressed its views
Sunday about <losing the drug stores
for fear that somebody might “put one
over” on us all too soon. And along
with the opinion about keeping the
drug stores open. we said something
about the unwisdom of trying to run
politics with church organizations.
Nobody bothered the drug stores on
Sunday but as for us Sunday night
something was ‘“put over.” we heard
part of it and had to get the other
by word of mouth second-handed.
Now, in addition to all this we are
having to print on this page a com
munication that, for involving our pr
vate life, is a hundred to one worse
than theW. C. T. U. communication
which we did not print.
We have never said, written, or
thought anything, so far as we remem
ber, that would deserve the ‘skinning”
we got Sunday night and through this
letter. It makes us feel ‘“powerfully
oncomfortable.”
For instance, we just last week got
our household to town and haven't yet
got the pictures on the walls. Now
they ask us our church pedigree. Bu:
here it is: Joined the Baptist church
at Arabi in 1892 at the age of 15‘
years; carried our church letto;"
around with us till we entered college
at Mercer; now a member of Vineville
Baptist church, Macon; aittended ser
vices there regularly past two years;
fairly well satisfied with Baptist doc
trines, except as to close communion;
not strong on that, but haven’t felt a:
yet speviall'y called to the duty of mak
ng a change for the Baptists as to
this; get fretted and say bad words
sometimes; love to think as \\;e please,
and have the highest ambition on
oarth to retain an average, plain com
mon sense view of things.
Now for the prohibition record:
How shall we proceed? We never
sold whisky or beer in our lives; never
frequented the saloons in Macor: while
we labored for the Macon Telegraph;
‘never got any of the brand they used
j to squeeze out of the papers we helped
’ to make up; never employed a drink
i ing man regularly; never set the ex
l ample for any one; never bought but
lzme quart of whisky in our lives;
used this as a chill tonic when we
‘aught school in Worth county; (it
cured the chills); have a pint bottle
now in our home, of a well known
brand, given us by a friend shortly
after the first prohibition law went
into effect; on this said bottle the
label is still unbroken; (We looked at
it just before writing this; shipped it
all the way to Cordele without break
ing it). The information herein con
tained is for our W. C. T. U. friends,
and is not intended for our other
friends a-tall.
Where did we get on? We are
not on. We never said we were on.
We are not much on drinking, though.
Used to have a good old Baptist
preacher friend who would take a
“nip” in the morning. Living with
him was a joy for he had the real
unshaken lcve of humanity in his
soul. He takes his “nip” yet but when
be dies ir he misses heaven and we
have a way of finding it out, St. Peter
will never have a chance to turn us
down.
We want to work in line and har
mony with our ministers in shaping
public opinion. We want to help build
!and enlarge the usefulness of every
‘agency for good, but we want our min
ister friends to realize that we have
a right to our opinions,—they could not
fairly be the concentrated expression
of local thought, for we are but one
human being with but one outlook
on the world. The Dispatch can be
the concentrated expression of local
thought, for any one who wishes may
write and have his ideas published
so long as they are reasonably fit to
print, but personally the editor cannot
be anything but himself.
Cordele is not a bad town. It is
full of good people. It isn’t good
enough just yet to be transported,
but cur ministers are not fair with
themselves or their people when they
“blaze away” as they did Sunday
night. We would be awfully surprised
if the Lord ever called us to preach,
but if that thing were to occur, our
idea of Christianity would direct us
for differently.
The church is a thing apart from af
fairs of state,—from politics and elec
tions. In our mind its mission is high
er than all that. How can it stoop to
elect this man and defeat that, to car
ry this measure and block that, and
ever serve the universal purpose of
elevating mankind? We want our
ministers to see this. We want them
to know it.
In politics we need the ministers as
citizens to help settle issues. They
are needed to wield the ballot just
as are other men, but it is an awful
mistake to desecrate the Christian
church and drag it as an organization
into any sort of issue where civil gov
ernment is being shaped. Inside the
church the member is thrown into the
gravest doubt as to the sincerity of the
minister-leader’s Christian motives.
Outside the church it marks for de
feat every good man and every gocd,
measure that go to the people with
the endorsement of any church organ
ization. And the church in a political
fight is kicked and cuffed around un
til its power for doing good is woefully
and shamefully weakened. Hundreds
upon hundreds both inside and outside
the ranks of membership lose their
high esteem for God’'s most powerful
agency for uplift.
Resentment? Not that. We want
(o point a better way.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR.
Editor The Cordele Dispatch:
We have read with much concera
and regret your article headed “Ex
tremes are bad” and we deplore your
stand, as Editor of one of our papers,
for your thoughts are supposed to be
the concentrated expressions of local
thought. You can do much good, or
much harm; for our daily and weekly
papers go a long way toward mould
ing public opinion.
We regret that we have an editor
who believes in open Sabbath desecra
tion by our drug stores remaining
open and selling cold drinks and to
bacco on Sunday., and exclaim that
our people want them, and are going to
have them, etc.
Your position as a county editor
is a very responsible one, and your
influence should be in line and har
mony with our ministers and best mor
al people in forming public opinion.
protecting public interest, and influ
encing and upholding moral and|
righteous laws, and you should be our\
local watchman and guardsman. In
stead, we find you presuming to ]eC“
ture our churches and their organiza
tions, Christian papers and minis
ters, and casting ‘“flings” at some of
our most consecrated women, and re
fusing to publish a civic and respect
ful request, (free or for pay,) from
the greatest. best and most (‘onse-(
crated Christian organization in fh(“
world. Composed of the most devout
and self sacrificing set of (‘hristiani
women that ever lived, viz: “The Wo
man's Christian Temperance Union.”
And vou speak or insinuate that the
stand theyv take is a “mis-fit of tl‘.eiri
garments.” Such is an insult to our
wives and mothers. |
You say that you are a prohibi
tionist and believe in the enforce
ment of such laws. Will you please
tell us when and where you got on the
band wagon—before or since you icft
The Macon Telegrabh? “A me too.
whiskey paper” until driven into line.
You say “The church people should
not force such moral issues into this
campaign.” But do vou say one word
concerning the organized whiskey and
brewers’ forces, and their sympathiz
ers and patrons taking an active part
in our politics. You remind me of
some I know who presume to sneak
for our section. and say we believe
in so and so—still thev proceed tn‘
drink, buy whiskey legally and illegal- |
v and visit other places, get intoxi
cated and set a wrong example to our
boys.
You create disregard for our good
women when you qu’ak of Sunday
THE CORDELE DISPATCH, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 11, 1916.
Spasms our good sisters create when
they make an appeal to our city fath
ers for the enforcement of our already
plain and unmistakably written laws
and the protection of our boys and the
name of our fair city.
You make an attempr at quoting our
Bible, where it says a man was made
for our Sabbath and not Sabbath for
man. That quotation does not justify
Sabbath desecration at all. You might
have gone further and quoted “Re
member the Sabbath Day to keep it
holly.” “Six days shall thou labor
and do all thy work, etc.” Gladstone
says: “The religious observance of
Sunday is the main proof of the re
ligious character of county or city.
Justice McLean of Supreme court,
savs, “Where there is no Christian
Savhath there is no Charistian morali
ty."
Dwight L. Moody says, “I believe
the Sabbath is the working man’s day
of rest, and unless we stand -up for it,
it will be soon, the same here as in
France, where capital forces men to
work on Sunday.”
Our President, Wilson, believes the
Sabbath a day of rest, and has right
fully recognized the eight hour day for
work.
Mr. Brown: Greed and Capitol as
well as the Liquor Traffic defies our
laws, and tries to control our elec
tions and criticises all ministers and
church people, who dare to demand
that our laws be enforced and cries,
“Give us our liberties and down with
the Sabbath and all Blue Laws,” etc.
Perscnal liberty is the father of
greed and selfishness, and has no re
spect for law or order.
If a man shouid be free to force his
clerks to keep open and sell (luxuries)
soft drinks and tobacco on Sunday,
why not allow them to sell near-beer.
gamble and smoke opium on Sunday?
* Mr. Brown. you presume to speak
and advise the church people. Will
you pleacse tell us where your church
membership is, how often you attend
religious services. (We presume you
are one of us?)
Yours for temperance, a ciean city,
and the observance of our Christian
Sabbath. J .R. KELLY.
PAYING OFF OLD NOTES.
Farmers in Wilcox Settling Up Obli
gations of Many Years’ Standing.
Rochelle, Oct. 9.—The farmers in
Wilcox and adjoining counties are sat
isfied with the prevailing prices and
conditions. Except for the boll wee
vil this county would be on the big
gest kind of a boom. They are in a
better condition now than they have
been in a number of years. This
prosperous state of affdirs can only
be accounted for by the high price of
cotton and seed, the wheat and tobac
co crops and the fancy prices the
melon growers received this year.
The phenomenla advance in the
price of cotton seed is one of the sen
sations of the market here. Seed are
selling for $5O and more. Many farm
ers expect further advances. The
average farmer will be able to get out
of debt after having such a poor mar
ket for the two previous years. They
are paying up notes that were made
several years ago and with cotton sell
ing at 15 cents a pound and cotton
seed going up the farmers of this:
section will remember this year as the
banner year of 1916.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Southern Railway next
week in Richmond will be open to the |
public. This is not a new thing with
the Southern, but it is a mighty fine
custom. This is a way of getting near
er to the public.
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. Get a small bottle of Ely’s Cream
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head, soothes the inflamed or swollen
mucous membrane and relief comes in
stantly.’
It’s just fine. Don’t stay stuffed-up
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It is the Lowest Priced Electrically
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Repairs are Rarely Rendered Necessary Except
by Accident or Abuse.
The Gasoline Consumption is Unusually Low;
The Tire Mileage Unusualily High.
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CORDELE, GEORGIA Y
DR. B. DANIEL
; X-RAY
Electro-Therapeutics and
Internal Medicine
American National Bank Bldg.
REUEL HAMILTON
— DENTIST —
Over Cordele Hardware Co.
Cordele, Georjia
THOS. J. McARTHUR, M. D.
Special Attention to
Surgery and Gynaecology.
Cordele = - - Georgia.
HUGH LASSETER
Attorney-At-Law
Farm Loans 6 per cent
Etwchange Bank Bldg.
Cordele, Ga. :
MAX. E. LAND
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Office Over Ola Postofiice
Prompt Attention Given To All
Business
D. A. R. Crum J. Gordon Jones
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ATTORNEYS AND COUNSKL
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Cordeie - - - Georgia.
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DENTIST
McArthur’'s oléd Stand Over
Williams Drug Co.
Cordele - - - Georgia.
On good city property and improved
farm lands.
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Full car load just from
mills—7oo barrels best
brands to go at less
than wholesale price
now.
BOUGHT ON CONTRACT
BEFORE ADVANCE
EVERYTHING GOCD TO EAT
Hinton Grocery Co.
PHONE 134
The Sguthern Express company will
hold an Old Hoss Sale at Cordele, Ga.,
October 24, and will sell to the high
est bidder for cash several hundred
unclaimed packages.
469 t * W .S. MURRAY, Agent.
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Now operating full capacity.
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CORDELE, GEORGIA
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CORDELE, GA. PHONE 125
AUCTION!
WILL BE SOLD AT PUBLIC OUTCRY to highest bidder, 217 acres
choice farm lands; 175 acres in cultiv ition; 14, miles from west of
Cordele, on the premises, Tuesday, October 24th at 10 o’clock. Will
accept terms of responsible purchaser. Right is reserved to reject
any or all bids.
MRS. LULA COBB
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