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OFFICIAL ORGAN CRISP COUNTY.
g WATSON’'S ACQUITTAL.
‘ “Pom Watson should never have
,g'.‘.m!’fien’jiul on trial for alleged sending
of obscene matter through the mails.
Such a prosecution could have little
. effect and it is surprising that it
should occupy the time of the United
States court as it did. He may be
taught a lesson on this special thing
_“and will likely not dive into alleged
Catholic rituals again for matter with
which to fight that religion, for the
accepted and accredited Catholic rit
ual of the Catholic church is not ob
scene of improper. Let’s not get
frightened at this statement. If Wat
son had used only accepted Catholic
doctrines and quoted from them, he
might not have this federal accusi
tion chalked against him.
It was his grabbling at anything
for sensation, salacious and question
able conduct, taken from the ene
mies of the Catholic church that
brought him his fight. Ordinarily
the courts have no business trying to
tie up free speech or the liberty of
the press. This is a right guaranteed
in the foundations of government and
it .does not matter whether we agree
with Watson or not, no court, no mat
ter how great its power and authority
has a shadow of a right to attack his
opinions and newspaper policies, s 0
long as he stays within other limits
as prescribed.
But if Tom Watson retains his
present insatiable desire for salacious
and dirty accusition and falsehood,
for his tendencies toward anarchy and
lawlessness and mob rule, he is going
to run aground somewlhere. That’'s a
gate too speedy for the best of them.
Watson's pungency, his wide scholar
ship, his skill in plain Fnglish, have
' made him a name that has gone
around the world. 1t is a matter of
regret that ought to penetrate to the
lived in Georgia. Not one but all his
Waison employs such methods as he
does to gpread the publications un
der his name.
We honestly believe that he wants
to retain his influence,—that he is in
ganeiy jealous of his power and be
lieves he cannot retain it unless he
“spreq‘ds on” in his publications. His
is but one way of maintaining a read
ing patronage through yellow meth
ods-—only his methods are more dan
gerous than those employed by the
yellow journals. They simply write
news. and distort it to suit their idea
of sensation and millions of readers
gulp it down.
Watson appeals to the passions of
a people. }!o knows the gateway. Ile
has kindled the fires more than one
time. He never stops to reckon as
to where they will burn out and nev
er appears to care what these fires
consume. He worships notoriety and
lives days and days on a single bit
of information which leads him to be
lieve he has struck a popular feeling
in his writing.
But he is competent. He is one ol
the ablest men with the pen that ever
lived in Georgia. Not one but all his
friends ought to tell him that he can
friends ougt to tell him that he can
succeed just as well with construc
tive policies as he can with destruc
tive. Here is a powerfhl horse al
ways pulling down hill! He can do
better on the up grade,—and win the
plaudits of millions of people.
The United States court had no
. business trying to convict him for
""’;ien'diug obscene matter through the
mails. He got an acquittal and we
are glad of it
'l‘lu-',\'(__ say that gun muzzles point
to his home out of the dark when
night I':l]?.':.—-711111" he has to keep
guards on Lill()' to preserve his safe
ty: and liberty. -We want him
change his editorial policies, mnot
merely to suit us, but to suit all the
world so that lellmv's:g-.uml flower
from an approving world may ‘take
the place of the gun muzzles!
HER MONUMENT.
“Her life is monument enough,” is
an expression taken from a memorial
prepared by members of Bay Springs
church in conference with reference
to a young lady member whose death
nhad taken her from-tlie community.
It is not often that such a statement
is made, written and incorporat"gd in
to .a church conference. An unusual
fribute follows in a paragraph taken
from the memorial as it appeared
last week in The Dispatch: ]
“She was loved by young and
old alike, but those of her age 1
will miss her more on account of
constant communication and a;so- |
ciation. Her grave does not need !
a mark for Bay Springs communi- !
ty to remember her. Her life is '
monument <~n01;;zh in its commu- |
nication with ua ;
No matter what age or calling, when
. community has learned to love and
ppreciate any one person as Bay
springs seemed to-love and esteem
\liss Annie Hauesler, is is a thing
are,—something unusual to find what
‘eems to be such an expression of
miversal sorrow.
How we wonder at the good traits of
haracter which must have been hers!
she was only a member of a house
hold in the community, going back
ond forth to her duties, but as she
went how her smiles and pleasant
words must have penetrated to the
lepths of the soul on all sides. If
cer life was not an unusual one, how
should a whole community rise up and
‘eclare to the world that her gravol
needs no mark for Bay Springs to
ramember her?
She must have been a true Chris
‘an, living a life stripped of all sham,
—of all hollow forms, and fawning
‘latteries. There was all of the true
sng in it. We know it. You know
it. The people of Bay Springs will
~a able to distinguish it as something
ditfferent for many, many years. The
(rue ring in that young life found its
way into the lives of everybody, all
sver the community, and though she
3 gone, will her example be forgot
on? :
MEANING OF SMALL "ACREAGE!
A. J. Clary of Arabi and Peter Dock
veiler, residing near Cordele, are two
‘risp county farmers whose record
1 cotton growing are worth studying|
Tarmer Clary got 21 bales of cotton
(rom 17 acres of land. Farmer Dock
veiler got 11 bales from ten acres
this year. HKverybody knows how
hard the cotton was hit in July and
verybody knows how apparent the
iamage was. Such crops in the face
. this weather would indicate that
¢otton can be made if it is worked
i roperly.
But this is not intended to encour
cre large acgreage. On the contrary.'
small acreage now is more important
{han it ever was, owing to the advent
f the weevil. These two farmers
tave done the work as it should be
lone in weevil infested districts. The
armer most known how to get large
eld off small acreage. This will
mean his fortune in cotton raising.
Heretofore it has been the reverse,
large acreage and small yield, This
¢ the law. All those who know are‘
aying it over and over again. And all
e time the farmer is doing just likel
11 other farmers. He is going to butt
;tumps with his own head till he finds
his is true. The Alabama farmers
have advised those of our farmers
vwho have been over not'to worry
bout their neighbors about what they
saw in Alabama, for the reason tlmtl
ey are going to make the real test)
iemselves.
(Clean farms with small acreage in
cotton will eventually prove the suc
cossful cotton raising method where
“he woeevil “hangs out.” Clary and
Dockweiler have a better yield than
e average Crisp county farmer has
cn twice the acreage. Small acreage
counted in past years in farming econ
omy, but small acreage is a necessity
now. Any other method is disaster.
A Dooly county farmer went to Ma
con the other day with five tons of
:hmm meal he had prepared in market
'able shape. He saw one buyer, got a
‘satisfactory price and returned home
to deliver the goods. The food crops
from the farm will go, no matter what
it is. if it is put in shape for the mar-
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THE PLAN IS THIS: COME IN AND GET A CHRISTMAS BANKING
CLUB BOOK FREE.. IT COSTS NOTHING TO JOIN. DEPOSIT SOR
10 CENTS OR 1 OR 2 CENTS FOR THE FIRST WEEK. THEN IN
SREASE YOUR DEPOSIT THE SAME AMOUNT EACH WEEK.
IN 50 WEEKS:
1-cent club pays § 12.75
2-cent club pays § 25.50
5-cent club pays $63.75
10-cent-club pays $127.50
YOU CAN PUT IN $l.OO OR $2.00 OR $5.00 EACH WEEK, AND, IN 50
WNVEEKS HAVE $5O OR $lOO OR $250.
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EXCHANGE BANK
AADPEIE CEARCIA
The government has raised the ti(:k'
quarantine in all of Lincoln, Ogle- |
thorpe and \Vashihgton counties undl
the remainder of Lumpkin county inl
Ceorgia. There are still hopes for
Thomas, Colquit and -Lowndes. I
The farmers around Lilly have form
¢d what is termed the bird conserva
tion band and the hunters have been |
invited to stay out. Who could evm‘l
have figured that the weevil wou]d!
have to do with limiting the hunter's‘
pleasures like that?
Twenty-six leading farmers of
Dooly county have signed an agree-;
ment and published notice that they
will prosecute hunters on their lands
who destroy birds. They give as a
reason that they want the birds to
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remain in order to help fight the boll
weevil.
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Mr. Farmer, you better be in those
fence jams cleaning up the winter |
quarters of the weevil. Better burn
-verything in th hedges, on the ditch
's and in the shaded places. There{‘
are too many cotton stalks stnn(lingi
yvot for any sort of serious effort to be |
made on way of resisting the weevil
Not a cotton stalk should have been
standing anywhere in Crisp county
even a month ago. Lots of them yet
untouched. The weevil will romp
over such farms next year and some-
Lbody will be sorrowing over his luck.
THOSE BLUE LAWS: RETROSPECT
Mr. Editor,—
1 have been much interested in some
f your recent exited remarks about
“Blue Laws” and have wondered if
we really have an adequate conception
of the origin and true meaning of the
rerm. ; ‘
“Blue Laws” i§ a name given, usual
v in derision, to more or less exager
ated accounts of certain enactments
)t the early Puritan founders of the
(Colony of New Haven, in Connecti
cut. Especially is it applied to their
holding Sabbat breaking to be most
dious.
The austere, unmixed Calvinism of
.hese early Puritan settlers of New
“ngland.-——someone has called them
“The Brahamas of Puritanism”—pro
luced some rather severe enactments,
hut they were not essentially different ‘
rom the other Puritans of New Eng-
Jaird. In fact, the expression “Blue
Laws’ and “Puritanism” have become
0 associated in common parlan(-e.‘
hat wo often hear the expression
"i?lm- LLaws of Puritanism.” Truly,
n their origin and usage, the terms
we almicst synonomous.
Should we not hesitate before
ppeaking with sarcasm and contempiu
hus disdain of the enactments of the
arly fathers of New England? Is
Puritanism so bad, then, after all?
The historian, George Bancroft,
says: ‘‘Puritanism was a life giving
spirit; activity, thrift, intelligence,
‘ollowed in its train; and as for cour
ige, a coward and a Puritan never
went together.”
We. of the south, in memory of a
rlorious ancestry, love to think of the
chivalry and knightly honor of the
carly settlers of Virginia and the Car
t)lini:\s. from which we are, most
sprung. This same historian, Ban
croft, contrasts the virtues of Chiv
iry and Puritanism in such strong
ianguage as this: “The knights were,
brave from gallantry of spirit; the
Puritans, tfrom the fear of God. The
knights obeyed the law of honor; the
Puritans harkened to the voice of du
{y. The knights were proud of loyal
tv: the Puritan, of liberty. . .. Chiv-
... THE CORDELE DISPATCH, SUNDAY, DEC. 3, 1916.
¢ Iry delighted in outward show, favor
cd pleasure, multiplied amusements,
:nd degraded the human race by an
(xclusive respect for the privileged
classes; Puritanism bridled the pas
cions, commanded the virtues of self
cenial, and rescued the name of man
{rom dishonor. The former valued
courtesy;. the latter, justice. The
Iyrmer adorned society with graceful
refinement, the latter founded nation
-21 grandeur on universal education.
"he institutions of Chivalry were sub
.erted by the gradually increasing
wveight and knowledge and opulence
«f the industrious classes; the Puri
{ans, rallying upon those classes,
vlanted in their hearts the undying
| rinciples of “democratic liberty.”
Time has been silently softening the
s sperities of Puritanism, and ,today,
we live in the full enjoyment of the
freedom which it fostered. Would it
not be well, then, that we do honor to
he memory of “Puritanism”? Its in
cipient vices have flowered into vir
.ues. And of'even the “Blue Laws”
{ New Haven colony, let us speak
ot least with tolerance, if not with
sgpect, but never with contempt and
~erision. Respectfully,
' “HERMAT.”
Rochelle, Dec. 2.—Much interest
ias centered around the marriage of
“liss Carrie Doster and Mr. John Clo
er Laidler, which occurred at the
home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and
“irs. J. P. Doster, last Wednesday
vening at seven o’clock. The bridal
arty entered by the strains of Medel
<ohn’s wedding march, which was ren
lered by Mrs. C. F. Cooper, sister
of the groom, while the music of
‘Hearts and Flowers” was soltly play
cd during the ceremony which was
~erformed by Dr. Walter M. Lee, pas
tor of the Baptist church.
Only the immediate family and rel
«tives were present. Out of town
suests were Mr. John Doster, brother
5f the bride of Gordon Institute, Miss
3udie Wilcox of Rhine and Miss Stel
ia Doster of Americus.
Mrs. Laidier has been recipient of
v number of charming showers dur
ng the past two weeks. Mrs. J. Har
ly Owens entertained Friday of last
week with a miscellaneous shower
«nd Miss Verna Blackshear and Mrs.
V. S. Blackshear were joint hostesses
at a handkerchief shower last Mon
fay afternoon.
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They will be appreciated and your boy oE girl will get more real exhilarating enjoyment out of them than :
p anything else that you can buy them. ‘
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mas presents. :
POCKET KNIVES 22 RIFLES AIR. GUNS :
BOYS WAGONS SKATES IRISH MAILS
MARBLES TOPS VELOCEPEDES. ‘1
2e sure and see these ticles before buying your Christmas Presents. /
GREER BLDG. STH ST. Cr RO 1 RIX.ES CORDELE, GEORGIA.
BEAUTIES IN FRENCH [VORY 'SETS
S A L T B AL
Who would have our wives,
mothers, daughters, and
sweethearts without = that
touch of vanity that prompts
them to look their best for
our sake? Surely, it makes
them the more attractive and
the more lovable. :
The time when you mneed
help is here—we can give
you the real help that you
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And don't forget our im
ported China. The store
is full of it in a thousand
designs. all very pretty
and of the kind that will
make the ladies happy.
PH&;A? T-HOLMES HARDWARE CO.
DR. J. C. PATTEN
DENTIST
McArthur’'s Old Stand Over
Williams Drug Co.
+«Cordele - - - Georgia.
DR. B. DANIEL
X-RAY
+ Klectro-Therapeutics and
Internal Medicine
American National Bank Bldg.
THOS. J. McARTHUR, M. D.
Special Attention to
Surgery and Gynaecology-.
Cordele -. =" - Georgia.
B e e Bl eS S e
MAX. E. LAND
ATTORNEYAT-LAW
Office Over OIG Postofiice
Prompt Attention Given To Al
Business
D. A. R. CRUM
Attorney and Counselor-at-Law
1,2, 3 Raines and Oliver Building
Cordele, Georgia.
J. GORDON JONES
Attorney and Counselor-at-Law
Rooms 1,2, 3, Raines & Oliver Bldg,,
Cordele, Georgia.
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G. W. RAiNES, Proprietor.
Sanitary Barber Shop—four
first-class barbers. Fixtures and
service most up to date.
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FOR RENT—Six room cottage on
Northern Heights. Hot and cold
water, electrict ligltts, all convenien
ces. For price see B. S. Dunlap or
address Mrs. C. F. Holton, Rochelle,
Ga. 66-3 t-pd
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MEETING IN PROGRESS
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
The series of services which began
at the Presbyterian church last Sun
day and have continued throughout
the week, forenoon and evening of
each day, have been attended by good
audiences and profoundst .attention.
Dr. Mc. G. Shields has a wonderful
flow of language at his command. His
expositions of scriptual truths are
clear aud concise, delivered with the
most telling effect upon the hearers.
The ministry of this man of God as
attended by the different denomina
tions of the city will leave an impress
for gocd for time and eternity.
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The pioneer Northern Heights home
of Mrs. C. F. Holton has ben remod
eled and made into a very pretty new
place. A new varanda has been add
ed, electric lights and hot and cold
water have been added and the house
has been painted anew so that it pre
sents a neat appearance. There is a
beautiful oak grove adjoining and this
place is considered one of the most
valuable on Northern Heights. It is
on Fifth avenue. Mrs. Holton . has
spent a considerable sum of money
beautifying the place and it should
prove a valuable place for some one
who would be close to the school. It
is only two blocks away.
We have right here a won
derful showing of those many
little helps most needed, and
you cannot please the wom
en of the household more
than to add to their vanity
aids by a selection from our.,
large and varied stock -of
mirrors, brushes, ‘cpmbS,‘
pins, hair ornaments ' and
toilet sets. See the prettiest
sets in town in our windows.
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We are looking for you to
come down and see what
we have. Now is the time
to make most of the holi
day shopping while we
have time to show you
what we want. Youcan
do better f self and
‘ do better for yourselil an
those for whonr you are
l buying.
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Early Orders
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Get early attention.. Delivery
truck leaves store 9 and 10.30
a. m. Please leave orders be
fore this time and help us to
serve you quickly.
We havz all the Holiday
fineries-table delicacies, nuts,
fruits and candies,—the best
in the worid. Ths= very best
attention.
ot
Jake Sheppard
PHONE 33.
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