The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, December 13, 1916, Wednesday Edition, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Texti e, ) BRI A e iThe Cordele Dispatc R . e, pCReRE IR gL 2ENE | 3 d” Boßy o & © (Estafiigediin TV 2o ‘% T i R Wt { Published Every Wednesday and Sun | day by Dispatch Publishing Company. . CHAS. E. BROWN, - - - . Editor J. C. BROWN - - - « City Editor §5 b R Subscription—One year, $2.00; six months, $1.25; three months, T7bc. ' Communications on all topics publish ed \!hen not too long and accompanied by full name and address. Not re 'lpon_gible for views of contributors. . Entered as second class matter at , the . post office at Cordele, Georgia, : under the act of March SBth, 1879. OF?ICIAL ORGAN CRISP COUNTY. : Ti\e weather man said something aboit freezing weath for today. What's he worth as a prophet when he misses the mark like that? Y 4‘ There is evidence of growth in build ings.now going up over Cordele. There are not so many buildings, but the en . largement is a kind that the commun ity most appreciates, steady and for actual use. ‘Did you note ynsa;r(;;;wmat crises arp,reported in the Russian, the Eng }is‘h and the Frepch cabinet all at the same time? Germany should not wor- Ty gbout asking for peace. The enten te allies are devouring themselves. The federal trade commission seems to have a lot of information about the paper trust. Lots of information is to come from the investigation which is now cn. The poor paper consumers are scared to death or there might be more information forthcoming. Congressman Sam J. Tribble of the Fighth district had a good name as a working man. All over the state it hiu been noted he did splendid ser vice for his district in Washington. To lose such a public officer is a mis fortune for any people and Congress man Tribble’s death is a great loss to the people of his district. The federal bureau of markets ad vises that there is a hope of reducing the high cost of living in the present ‘movement to bring producer and con sumer closer together. The bureau of markets has made a strong effort dur ing the past year to secure distribu “bution of the food commodities from ;ghe farms. i John D. Walker is nqw very, very busy advquising himself as a demo cratic campaigner for funds. We hear much more of what has been done than we used to hear of the really bad need _of funds when going was good. Some unkind critic has suggested that Mr. . Walker appears to be looking for something to fall his way when ap pointments are in order. i e Now that Unecle Sam has said that . southern butter is good, our producers ; ought to take courage. The high price of it is, of course, not half such an jincentive to us to produce more but ter and better butter. But the depart -Iment of agriculture at Washington has ‘passed upon the merits of southern butter and given it a perfectly good looking O. K. Wonder if Dr. Wiley is still living ? The ministerial association of Ma ' con is trying to make a name for some of its new members. Those who are just in the lime light presented a pe tition the other day to the civil service i commission asking that the Sunday ‘laws be enforced. Members of that body are divided. One of the commis »sioners avers that if the blue laws are invoked, he will have the street cars stopped and every other Sunday bus- Jiness shut down. : An uvnwise attack on high schools in Macon is doing considerable harm fthere. Bibb schools for many years ‘have been considered among the hest ‘in the state. That may be a mistake but it is not yet clear that such as saults as are being made will help. Even a man like Watson can assail and destroy. It takes quite a differ “ent kind of constructionist to improve conditions. The motives of those con ducting the present attack would seem questionable. Bodily vigor protects a_,‘.;l‘l)\' colds. Overheated, air-tight rooms beget colds. Citizens who have pride in the good name of Cordele Ml 'vt&égthiﬂﬁeﬂ est tﬁ’ﬁMMﬂ iat are’ be: ing said in other places about’ our blue laws. All of us want to appre ciate Sunday as the day of rest that was made for man, but none of us want to be oppressed by the views of ! veople who are not reasonable, nor do we want to sit up all day in a straight incket just to please somebody with a distorted idea of what it takes to be j_",nod. -Did you ever see anybody so ‘zood as to become unhearable? Why is it that a person can go so far as to \\.ul;t to take piteh fork and shovel and ram great heaps of moral propa ganda down one’s throat without the ‘,,ermission of the victim? That isn’t the way to real betterment, Why, let us remind those who would yut us under clamps and thumb screws .haat our present observance of Sun ‘ay has been much like that of our ,ther substantially progressive ocm \nities. We enjoy a rather splendid eneral observance of Sunday. And his is a fair criticisin, We are not the est people in the world,—don't know hat we want to be. It might make of s the unbearable kind, the overbear ag kind. The ulu‘unsnnahl\e fanatic an put on the longest rubber face in 1e world on Sunday and come out on J{onday and gkin you in a business sal before you can wake up and get arted. He will turn on you then nd measure the whole transaction ith a moral yardstick the making of hich you do not understand. We ant to be good and love to see others 'y, but mre of us are not just as yetl vady to be transported. We honestly ) not believe Sunday privations will ake us any better. Not one in a thou nd commurities, here nor elsewhere the civilized world, try to observe inday as has been demanded of us «cently. To follow out these demands ill make us the laughing stock of all corgia and it will .get us more un holesome ,a(lvertis.i‘ng beyond the " mits of the state ‘than we can live ywn in twenty years. Men will not rget it, Look at our neighbors. They call ; fanatics.. And yet we have to ad it, ourselves, there is little sense in 1 this flapdoodle. Our town.is em rrassed by what others are having » say about us. The business world yond our borders understands we ‘e a church-ridden community with i 1 our business development “and pro essiveness blown to the wind. All o jokes and puns of a traveling pub - are aimed at us and our town and crision reigns supreme. None of this is just, nor 8o we de sve the unfairness of it. We have ly a fine community, one that ev .ybody will appreciate if the fanatic 11 keep his mouth shut. It is far “ove the average town in honest, ary-day people who appreciate clean, Lristian living, Most of the time we wve nothing to hide from the stran . And, too, ninety-nine out of every andred wish to be permitted to pur © an even course unmolested by ¢h things as have broken into the cace and happiness of the past few ceks. The Dispatch wishes to apologize for is reference. We had intended to 158 the blue laws and leave their lvocates to work out a new way to sntentment if there is such to be 1d under that kind of agitation. It . the good name of the community ith which we are concerned. To it ¢ have pledged our loyalty and for it ¢ intend to work, no matter who rui ¢s our feelings. We have faith in the arposes which guide most of our peo -1o for they are worthy. In spite of e petty social and business jeulous~| s , in spite of the shams and foibles * the few, it is one big family of cod people who have a right to their wn way of thinking. May be. some hing good will come of it. THE PEACE PROSPECT. The bundle of surprises the (‘.er-! nan war lord handed out yesterday vas unlike those he is accustomed to arving steaming hot. It has custo narily been a victory in some new jeld. This time it was his inten ion to sue for peace. Nobody was ocking for it, but it seems none the ess genuine and authoritative. Nobody outside of official \\’ashing-i on will have opportunity to study the l cal merit of the peace proposal and | { cannot therefore be determined I’or‘ some time whther negotiations r:mi ing the war. "7’; g %s"’?’ *o s”mst be commun ‘a{ted tqti'bt rarting ?tions just as Jt! is. | As a matter of choice, if the Américan government sees fit to recommend ac ceptance, or an entry into negotia tions, it can do so and it is intimated in the news dispatches that such a course may be followed. But the entente allies are not going to listen to peace proposals fxow. It is to be regretted that they are so engrossed in their own internal strife as not to be in position to prosecute the war to a desperate end. In Rus sia, in England, in France there are cabinet upheavals all at one time and these three powers are much more concerned in their fortunes politically at home, it would seem, than they are in the success of the war. It is the prediction of the average American that there will be no peace negotiations on terms proposed by GGermany now. It may be later, but the program is to “lick” Germany first| The developments of yesterday indi cated that Germany tires of the con flict. When the entente allies are per niitted to make the terms, it is pos sible that peace may follow. One of the purposes of France is to make Cermany pay for this conflict and thus we may have this struggle with us for a while yet. : . When Russia, France and England sot through with their troubles at inome, they may have better success in the fight against Germany. They will scoff now at the idea of peace uy coming from Germany. CORDELE’'S PHARISEEISM. Cordele has revived the 'asceticism ol the early Puritans to make people rood by statutory laws. She has adop «od a municipal force bill, hoping there by to fill her church pews on Sunday. it is sort of compulsory educational system for the grown pecople. (Certain austere forces got vigorous ly behind the city authorities, and ihey, in their full-blown official digni ty, in league with Beelzebub, re-es tahlished the pharisaical Sabbath. The ruling powers of Cordele said .0 her people: “Your righteousness ioust exceed that of the scribes and i harisees, and our laws are so order ¢d that you shall have full opportuni 1y to excel them.” Now, dope is said to affect the nerv us system, and the hard-working peo rle of Cordele needed nerve-rest, and the decree went forth to imbibe no dope on the Sabbath. Even news hoys were estopped from selling pa- Lors, as their “calls” disturbed the sweet serenity of a Cordele Sabbath. The shoe-shines were forbidden to chine shoes ot tlié Sabbath day as the shoes without polish were more whole ~ome for piety on the Sabbath day. The auto travelers also fell under ihe ban of official austerity. The news came that automobile travel from the North and from Chicago and Minne cota and Kansas would be unprece- Jented this winter, so that in order to vreserve a Cordele Sabbath, it was de irable that these joy- riders and in-l vestment-seekers defile not the high- | ways througfh Cordele and the punish went is meted out to him who sells the wayfaring man any gasoline. It de files the Sabbath. Let him seek other routes, All this make-believe piety in Cor dele smacks so much of phariseeism. Punctilious outward observance was the religion of the pharisee. In tri tles the most minute exactions were required, but in greater principles— the weightier matters—they were lack ing. Moral prodery and pedentry, which strained the wine before drink ing it least a fly might have touched it and made it unclean, raised no fuss at all about swallowing the camel. ~ They were zealots for words and ceremonial forms, yet were spoken of by Him who knew their hearts as whited sepulchres and a generation cf vipers. Theirs was the religion of the letter, yet they crucified the teach cr of telerance. Oh, the sin of intol erance! There were great degrees of caste in the phariseeism of old. The very touch of a pharisee of the lower grade of Levitical purity defiled one of the higher. And they hated one who min #led among publicans and sinners. But (‘ordele has abolished caste. Her I'lue laws apply alike to all. Among the pharisees of old it was defilement to take food from a stranger; but Cordele permits the stranger to buy a lunch on the Sab bath day, yet he cannot solace him self with a cigar. No smokes allowed to be sold on Sunday. Like prahisee ism of old, Cordele is now under the bondage of the letter of law, that her spiritual growth may advance under the ceremonial decree. The writer has visited Cordele many times but did not know it was so bad, and was surpris ¢d that resort is had to outward en forcement to bring about inward bet terment. Perhaps the Protestant Rab bi are now happy! The reader before this has doubt less recalled Charles Dickens' “Christ nias Carol,” and that dialogue be tween the ghost and Scrooge. “Why to a poor one most?” asked Scrooge. “Because it needs it most.” “Spirit,” said Scrooge, after a mo ment's thought, “I wonder you, of all heings in the many worlds about us, should desire to cramp those people’s e evl SLTS IR G P o opportunities for'ignécent enjoyment™ SN (%rled ;the :pi&t, v e . “Yoh 'ould deprive them of tiipin means of dining every seventh day, of ten the only day on which .they can be said to dine at all,” said Scrooge. “Wouldn't you??” “I!” cried the spirit. . “You seek to close those places on the seventh day ?” said Scrooge. “And it comes to the same thing.” “l seek!” exclaimed the spirit. “Forgive me if I am wrong. It has been done in your name, or at least in that of your family,” said Scrooge. “There are some upon this earth of yours,” returned the spirit, “who lay claim to, know us and who do their deeds of intolerance, of passion pride, ill-will, envy, bigotry and selfishness in our name, who are as strange to us and all our kith a&d 'kin‘asi"f they had never lived. ' Remembper that, and charge their doings on themselves and not on us.” Read Mathew, chapter 12 and see how Jesus reproached the blindness ‘ot’ the pharisees concerning the Sab bath. “For the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath day.” ~ Of Cordele the Tifton Gazette says: Requiescat en pace,” or as Gen. Grant ! translated it: “Let us have peace.”— James W, Callaway in Macon Tele graph. - (The writer contuses city and coun ty authority in this article. Cordele city authorities have had nothing to do with enforcement of the blue laws. Our present trouble arises out of the views of certain members of the grand jury. But this writer has aimed well at the pharisee and it is the pharisee who needs the lecture.—Editor’s note) REQUIESCAT EN PACE. Our notion of an ideal place in which to sleep through a restful Sunday is cur neighbor, Cordele. An account in the Dispatch of the thoroughness with which the lid has been clamped down there is both edifying and interesting. That no dope may be imbibed to leep the victim awake, cold drink stands are hermetically sealed for iwenty-four hours, from midnight Sat vrday until midnight Sunday. That smokers may not, by stimulat- | ing the flagging nerve with the weed‘ of solace, be excited to action, no ci gars are sold. A man who bought a lunch could not understand why he could not buy a cigar from the same rarty and raised a row; the solicitor general, coming in on a late train, wanted a smoke at the hotel counter— rothing doing. No newshoys are allowed to awake the Cordeleans from their morning raps with their calls, for to read the news of the morning papers may also promote' unrest. The restive Ford must not arouse, with its clatter and exhaust—ihere fore no gasoline can be sold (Conse cuently, those who prudently have stored enough joy juice to get away from home with, buy out the Sunday capplies in nearby towns.) The crews on two long and belated {reight trains, coming into town with lcaded, panting locomotives after the regular closing hours—tired, dusty, forlorn and surprised, were straight way taken in chérge by the vigilant «flicera—who doubtfess ‘broke their. cwn laws by staying awake to enforce them—-and their mames duly chroni ¢led for cazes ¢f “disorderly,” despite their firm pledges to “be good and do it no more.” If all this don’t insure a town a quiet Sunday we’d like to know the reason why? But what ‘do they still allow vassenger trains to go through in the doy time for? Don’t they wake peo ple up? And how can a man get his !due and accustomed rest after being roused up by one of those snorting, bustling, specimens of modern trans i ortation ?—Tifton Gazette. CASE OF FANATICISM. | Cordele is suffering with a severe rase of fanaticism. A grand jury, con trolled by fanatics, called for enforce ment of the blue laws, which it has vecently been discovered existed in (teorgia. Nothing in the nature of work, except cooking, is permitted on Sunday. The citizens of that Puritan village are forbidden under le penalty of the law the privilege of buying a newspaper, a cigar, a bottle of slop, gasoline to feed the tin-lizzie 'r to run the same for hire. The city council, however, responsible for these reforms, seems to have overlooked a few things. Before that city can hope l to he pointed to as the model heaven cn earth they must cut out cooking, public gatherings of every kind, make it an offense to run automobiles or railroad trains within its limits and a ‘ow other things too numerous to mention.—Lyons Progress. Las T2y Wl 8 ! 1 S =gy N e 2 t bg£) T g,‘}: | (Vs i Rl i e LN ke 1 BNy o T b AL '\ LAy N i L Pt { y 1 T ) L B B ?" | |t 't”}v%‘ ELL dhi | ! ‘g,'é it -l o o | il (Ermerm iy org ol | 3-8 gg?»i:sm’g»z. ABy | B g et Aoy i WL Bl e EED f R A TS LTS O | ZRQELE RLES. 1 SHE T e S 5 g = i THE ADVANTAGE YOUR ! CASH HAS WON FOR | ‘ YOU AT OUR STORE IN | 1 STAPLE GROCERIES ; AND FEEDS. WE STILL ; KNOW THE BUSINESS i l AND HAVE THE GOODS. 1 | GOOD THINGS FOR THE | HOLIDAY COOKING AT | OUR STORE, FRESH i , AND LOWEST PRICES. 3‘ | o mnaiOm i | PHONE 252 E! e el DR. J.'C. PATTEN" "'/ o 0 1 DENTISN McArthurs Old /Stand Over Willial2e/ “rug Co. | Cordele - 1~ - Georgla. DR. BS ANIEL | X-R{Y Electro-Therajeutics and Internal Medicine American National Bank Bldg. R GGG N SN e G ~ THOS. J. McARTHUR, M. D. ‘ Special Attention to Surgery and Gynaecology. Coraele = 4 Georgia. . MAX. E. LAND ATTORNEY-AT-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. Early Orders Sk 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 world. Ths very best attention. Jake Sheppard PHONE 33. Let us teach your dollar to have more cents. I E. R. OVERBY [ The Artistic Picture Framer’ It is time to get up your Christ . .., Das Pictures, It takes time to get them ready. I do all my framing by hand. At J. S. Pate Store, Next Door | To Palace Theatre I e .mvl YOUR CHRISTMAS PACKAGES. ’ Send your Christmas packages“ga-r-i Iy and insure their delivery by Christ- | mas day. See that your packages are well wrapped, tied and plainly ad dressed. We will furnish notices, “Do not open until Christmas,” to all who | desire them. W. S. MURRAY, 68-3 t Mgr. Southern Express Co. T | An Englishman is the inventor of ‘ an alarm to show that vapor is leaking from gasoline pipes in garages. 11 BEAUTIES IN FRENCH [VORY SETS Who would have our wives, mothers, daughters, and sweethearts without that touch of vanity that prompts them to Ilook their best for our sake? Surely, it makes them the more attractive and the more lovable. The time when you need help is here—we can give you the real help that you need. | e ———————————————————— S ——————————————_————— 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. WAIT-HOLMES HARDWARE CO. -“"‘ 4§§¢ ;-r."?twu, Fa hw,‘ . :Y ?,. .«..;“ g,«;..-u \ ’, ; Pﬁ ctlil *Sgiz is ton {Chtlistmas | - ke = e TOUR PRESENT SOMETHING THAT % WILL BE USEFUL FOR A LIFE TIME. Handsome serving trays, $2.50 val ues, special offer for Christmas, each at - - - $1.98 : Gimmons Brass Beds at $20.50 uh s g e SRRI Full line of trunks, chairs, crqckery- | ware, arl squares, matlresses, tn fact eyerything in the furniture line. - The Southern Furniture Co. Corner 9th St. and 12th Ave. FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE ALSO YOUR DOCTOR’S - - e e Our store will be open on Sundays 8:00 TO 10:00 A. M. 4;00 TO 6;00 P. M. Let us have your pres scriptions and orders for medicine. : We will have boy ready to deliver them to you. WILLIAMS DR UG COMPANY Get Ready for Christmas Buy early--The gift list complete. FOR LADIES PERFUMES MANICURE SETS COMB AND BRUSH HAND MIRRORS TOILET SETS . STATIONERY TOILET WATERS CANDIES A nice assortment of toys for the children. Red Cross Drug Store TELEPHONE NUMBER 125 P i ((//7)/ R | &Eof) | 778 \;i ‘,;"" OL\ | g i‘ /I"@.‘%3\_\.lo\o,;/\%.\/ \\ | b (e | & / 21 { \/} s'«Q‘!_,/,} 1/\ i PV AL A TR ‘ Q 'o‘» y, i e A U ;? :t" ’s""“" /cj\l b SN oY o) A e & PSP = G e FOR MEN PIPES : CIGARS SAFETY RAZORS TOBACCCS SHAVING SETS COMB AND BRUSH TRAVELING SETS COLLAR BAGS ‘We have right here a won derful showing of those many little helps most needed, and vou 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, combs, pins, hair ornaments and toilet sets. See the prettiest sets in town in our windows. Ble e o __ﬂ We are looking for you to come down and see what we have. Now is the time to make most of the holi dav shopping while we have time to show you what we want, Youcan do better for yourself and those for whom you are buying. .