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+ When making a telephone
call speak directly into the
transmitter. Many complaints
of poor service are due to sub
scribers’ looking away from
the telephone or standing at a
distance from the instrument
when talking.
- Speak distinctly and separate
the figures of the numpber; for
example, “Hemlock one-twos
three ' W.” _
4 “Listé_n carefully to the oper
ator’s_ifrepetition. Make sure
she repeats the number cor
rem‘lg,, When she repeats the
ny.uyber say “Yes.” Thisstarts
thé message on its way.
Hold the receiver firmly to
your ear until the called party
answers of the operator makes
some report,
We ask your co-operaiion.
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TELEPHONE AND (| 458 /)
TELEGRAPH CO. 00l
Old Follid’s
Best Friend
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|T hat’s ,what many call it,
'for it puts vim and vigor into
old stomachs; rich, red blood in‘o
old veins; sound flesh on old bones,
Drink a glass of this delicicus, digese
{gant with each meal 4
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' 'PURE DIGESTIVE AROMATICS WiTH
SHIVER MIHERAL WATER ARD GINGER
!Your grocer or druggist will refund
your méney on first dozen if you are
not pleased with resulis.
Bottled and guaranteed by the celes
brated Shivar Mineral Spring, Shel.
ton, S. C.* If your regular dealer
cannot supply you telephone
{ HEARD GRCCERY CO.
Wholesale Distributors for Cordele
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J. D> WHELCHEL, Agt.
ASHBURN, GA., ROUTE 2.
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] .Open Up Air Passages. ?
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- A]v\"o What relief! Your clogged nos
trils n right up,‘the air passages of
your head are clear and you can breathe
¢ freely. ‘No more hawking, snufiling,
| mucous discharge,” headache, dryness—no
| struggling for,breath at night, yourycold
or catarrh is _gonme.” ~.,u.'-“,?'
Don’t stay!stuffed up! “Get s ,sma]l‘
bottle oi}Ely’s,Crea_.m Balm from 'your
druggist ‘now.~” JApply a little of ,this
‘gragrant, -antiseptic: eream in. your nos
trils, let it peneirate through every air
passagd) of atérer heatls; spebhe jand ~heal
the swollen, inflamed mucous mezgémm,
giving you instant relief. Ely’s Cream
Balm js just what every cold and ca“
tarrh sufferer bas been secking. lUs
just eplendid.> - 7
HOW THE TELEPHONE SERVES
A BUSY COMPLAINING PUBLIC
Have you ever been through a mod
ern telephone exciange? If you have,
| and afe réally humas, you have very,
probably: been: {i‘e‘zr‘mkd ‘from the
_doubting ¢lass and are convinced that
*{he éoneeption that the majority of
necp&e,llave of a lelephone exchange
is all 'wrong; that the suppcsed {riv
'olcus. chewing gum, gossiping girl
cperators are in reality patient, faith
)’l‘{ll, sometimes impoesed upon young
women, who ‘are always active work
ers. It you are in the common
class whose skepticism, impatience
‘and anger are moved by the opera
tor’s occasional reply “line busy,” or
her seemingly careless delay in get
ting a number, or divers cther seem
ing causes for grievance that origi
nate in a telephone exchange,-a “lock
through” will afford some very in
teresting observations and more than
I¥kely make-a “believer” of you.
A representative of the Dispatch had
occasion to visit the local ex
change ¢f the Southern Bell Company
2 few days ago and in the course of
guestions and ansfide‘conceming the
medern equipment installed in the
rvlant some .months ‘jago, Manager
Sa'cher invited the reporter te take
‘a trip through the exchange with him.
Uron'going up stairs-dne is impressed
by ‘the air ¢f quiet order and intense
but srbdued actiwity. It is a large
airy room with plenty of light-for the
work to be done there.
TWhere are the frivelous, novel-read
ing, chewing gum girls. ‘Certainly not
here. These girls are healthy looking
intelligent workers. This fact is ap
pavent at the finstr glance. Absolute
guiet prevails, except for the brief re
marks of the operators, ‘Number
please,”’- “number,293 does not an
swer,” “busy, please,” “I am ringing
them for you.” And each of these re
marks is punctuated by a nimble hand
inserting or withdrawing a plug, press
ing a button or lifting a key, and by
the twinkling flashes of the tiny elec
tric light signals on the board. And
as cne watches he is again impressad
by the manner in which these young
ladies work. They haven’t time for
anything else. Not hurriedly, but rap
idly, surely and unhesitatingly they
proceed with their task, never stop
ping to ask idle questions, but fre
guently avoiding them when they are
offered by some self-stvled humorist
who is striving to drive home his so
called wit. * As one listens to the ex
planaticn of the manager and has each
idea demonstrated he must surely re
alize that the thousands of calls made
in Cordele are handled.in the most
e i Ce@n( TARECE AN EF yemnse
By an ingenious arrangement of the
switchboard the sockets are so num
bered as to enable the cperators t¢
find the numbers required quickly anc
accurately. It is apparent how the
connections are completed and the sul
scribers priviledged to carry on: thei
conversation with little interruptior
and absolutely no caves-dropping o 1
the part of an operator.
Everywhere one is able to see in
dications of company spirit. These
emuloyess seem to take an unusus
interost and pride in the accomplich
ments of the company, for they fully
realize that little can be done umnles:
they work in unison. There are few
instructers in electrical engineering
who can explain the various functions
of the switchboard more clearly thar
Miss Willie Crabb, chief operator, an¢
there are none who will do so more
willingly. It will be amusing for hei
to show you how much easier it is
to give a number to ycu when,you are
calling than to repeat, “line husy.” It
is necessary for the operator to insert
a piug into Jack or number from which
she reecives an electric click or noise
intc her head-eet or instrument whick
denotes a busy . le. She then removes
the plug and reports” back to you
“line busy.” When the line is not busy
the conneciion can he made with much
less time and labor on the part-of the
operator; therefcre, you can s€ 3 that
lines are not reporied husy to ‘weer
from making connéctions. These un
foitunate happenings are kept down
io a miaimum by careful training anc
thorough supervision, but a very po
tent factor is the human element
which cannot be ‘entirely eliminated.
Some of the reasons for their occur
rence are, phonetic similarity of some
numerals, the almost universal pro
pensity to transpose a number, pooi
enunciation, etc. -3, .
The system of signals is simple.
ncisless and perfect. The wires of the
telephone are connected with a board 1
immediately in front of the operator.
When the receiver is lifted, one of the
tiny bulbs is iluminated. When the
operator sees the burning light she.
ruts a plug in a socket near the light. ‘
thus connecting herseli with the one
having taken off the receiver. When‘
you have given the number you desire
the operator inserts the plug connect
ed-with ;your. wires, in a.hole which‘
igj"?‘m?fiét“‘l with the wires of the
desired ’'phone, rings, gets off the line(
and attends to anocther burning light
in like maupner. When your phone
was connected with the ’phone desir- |
ed ancther little light near the one
originally lighted becomes lighted al-|
so. This little light continues to burn
antil the party being called answers
by rzmoving the receiver from the
hook, causing the little light to go out. |
While the light does not burn she
knows that communication is being
had. When the two lights again burn
she -knows that 't_he cenversation is
over and disconnects the ’phones.
This"shows hew very foolish it is
'ig repehtedly shake thé haok in Hn
Ze¥. because it does nothing but' HZht
a little two-candle power bulb. ~ You
may be sure that this does not annoyi
ihe cperator. The party who is angry,
THE CORDELE DISPATCH, CORDELE,”GEORGIA.
as usual is the only one who is harmed
by the rattling hook, because it moves
‘[s_q'ggic};‘ly Ahat it is Au_anqtigpd by Ehe
;qpbtat_qrt‘agfi,-- she 'is unable to give
you a 8 good service as she could if
vou moved the hookly slowly and
steadily, hence forcing the continuous
light to attract her attention.
The company provides relief for the
operators at different intervals, each
getting fifteen minutes’ rest out of
‘every} two hours, two heing relieved at
fthe time.""* A nicely furnished, rest
room is provided to be used when they
are off duty. They have well appoint
ed apartments, fully equipped with
comfortable chairs and lounges. Here
‘they relax after the hard strain of
pleasing a restiess public.
While there is always the ill-tem
pered subscriber, there are other,
most of them busy business men, who
fully appreciate the arduous task and
consrientious service of the operator
and they wish to be kind. This kind
ness they display in various ways,
scmetimes with box of candy “for teh
operator who answers my telephone.”
Now, maybe, it’s not giving away
a secret which the operators have held
undivulged to explain that tehre is
probably no one operater who an
swers that particular business man’s
phone for more than an hour and a
half at a time between rest periods.
They are continuously changing
boards and perhaps during the course
of a day every operatcr in the ex
change up to the chief operator has
answered his ’phone and given him
gervice of communication with his
iriends and patrons. But, anyway,
the candy, or whatever it might be,
never goes unappreciated for the op
erators usually find time to enjoy it
ameng themselves.
EASY T 0 DARKEN
~YOUR GRAY HAIR
YOU CAN BRING BACK COLOR AND
LUSTRE WITH SAGE TEA AND
SULPHUR.
When you ‘darken your hair with
Sage Tea and Sulphur, ne one can tell,
hecause it’s done so naturally, so even
ly. Preparing this mixtures, thought,
at home is mussy and troublesome:
For 50 cents you can übt at any drug
store the l;eady’tn-use preparation,-im
sevedahi theladdifign of other, iperg
lients, called “Wyeth’s Sage and Sul
»hur Compound.” You just dampen a
;ponge or soft brush with it and draw
‘his through your hair, taking one
:mall strand at a time. By morning
1 gray hair disappears, and, after
1 few applications, your hair becomes
jeautifully darkened, glossy and lux
uriant.
Gray, faded hair, v..ough no disgrace
's a sign of old age, and as we all de
dire a youthful appearance, get busy
£ once with Wyeth’s Sage and Sul
yhur Compound and look years young
wr. ‘This ready-to-use preparation is
v delightful toilet requisite and not
y medicine. It is not intended for the
.ure, mitigation or prevention of dis
ease.
375,060,600 WORTH OVERLANDS
CONTRACTED FOR ONE WEEK
Toledo, 0., Dec. 25.—Contracts for
375,000,000 worth of Overland and
Willys-Knight ailtomobii(%'(- for 1917
were signed -last week “by the first
hree squads of Overland dealers at
ending the gigantic convention at the
Toledo factory of the Willys-Over
'and company.
This stroke of business is one of
‘he most stupendous achievements in
the history of the automobile indus
ry, smashing to fragments all pre
7ious records of its kind. >
The big convention will continue
until December 23, with fresh squads
of dealers arriving every other day.
it is anticipated that the amount of
contracts to be signed during the
three weeks of the convention will ap
yroximate $200,000,000, the entire 1917
output. The planned production may
have to be raised to meet the dealers’
demands.
During the opening week of this
convention John N. Willys, the guid
ing spirit of this biggest of all bus
‘ness gatherings, brought here as his
guests 3,000 Overland dealers, their
hankers, prominent citizens and news
paper men of their cities. His pur
pose was to acquaint them with the
immensity, resources and stability of
his institution, as well as to give them
a preliminary display of the 1917 line.
The dealers’ contracts for the 1917
season was also made read},;.
On Monday and Tuesday, December
4th. and Gsth, 1,200 dealers from the
sonthern and -middlewesdtern states,
signed contracts for 25,925 cars—
more than $20,000,000 worth. The
south, on the threshold of a wave of
unprecedented prosperity, contracied
for 12,000 cars. ;
Last Wednesday and Thursday the
Philadelphia zone orgainzation, the
Pacific Coast leaders and the sales
people from northern Illinois and Es
canaba, Mich., signed contracts for
39,460 cars. Twelve thousand of
these will be =old on the Pacific coast.
NEWLANDS INTRODUCES BILL
Washington, Dee.-32.-~Benator New
-landg ‘today ~formally” iHtFGdtced his
comproniiée’ ficod ébntrol HAA' water
way development bill, and it was re
ferred to the commerce comm’'iee,
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| GETTING EGGS l
I IN THE WINTER
It is a mighty easy matter to say
make your hens lay in the fall and
winter when eggs are the highest; it
is quite apother thing to have them in
laying condition at that time. If they
are not in !’gyigg‘,_condition they will,
of course, fail to lay. When we say
) in condition tq\’]flg_, we mean that they
are in the hest of healih, full in flesh,
ete. Then it is up to us to feed so that
they will g'iwg,e,.fiug—-t,l_ge coveted eggs.
In feeding & moderate sized flock it
is a gpod plan to do a littie of what is
called “fussing around” with them.
See to it that they are comfortable in
every particular, and especially at
night during cool weather. See that
they have all of the green stuff they
desire, and of a good kind. See to
it that they are supplied with a good
‘wholesome variety of feed all down
the line. To get them started on the
good road it-is a pretty good plan to
give them some Cayenne pepper in
isoft food once a day for some time.
This will stimulate the egg-producing
organs and cause the eggs to grow
faster than they might otheriwse do.
When they commence to lay in good
shape this may be decreased gradual
ly from day to day until left out alto
gethrer.
There are many good feeds in the
grain line, such as cracked corn, oats,
Kafiir corn, sunbower se¢,d sorghum
seed in moderation and wheat when
it is not too high, that can be fed in
litter or as a dry mash fed in a hop
per. A good dry mash consists of
equalparts of wheat bran and corn
meal, in equal parts, to which add a
little salt, nd a tablespoonful of air
slaked lime to each dozen hens. Mois
ten with just water enough to make it
stick together.
Another good thing to start egg pro
ductien is the addition of a little fine
ly sifted wood ashes—about two ta
biespoonfuls to the dozen hens. These
th'ngs have been successfully used by
some of the best egg producers in
this country. Another good addition
to the daily round of feeding is parch
ed oats. Take whole oats as they
come from the threshing machine, put
in a bread pan and into the oven, stir
ring occasionally until well browned
like coffee. Feed this as soon as cdol
ed slightly, so that it will not: burn,
with a little salt sprinkled over.it'just
as used. Always fiy just enough to be
consumed afy the one meal, as it gets
tough afteriptanding a while,‘n'Give‘
this at least two or three,fimes a{
week. Once eyery day would ,he still
better. it (4 wot
If .you have a hynch of hens.or, ear
ly hatched pullety. which ,gge ~in ful]‘
feather, there is no reason why you
showld not geltut,h,({‘, ,p.‘_lost of t,hen!l to lay- ‘
ing in a few{}\ifiejf{s after taking them
in hana, };,“ t e [
PACKING PLNT T 0 K3k
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FOR A GHARTER SOON
Plans for Building Now in Hands of
the Block Brothers, Having Been
Completed by Architect Brooks.
Maccen, Dec. 26.—Application for a
charter for the million-dollar packing
plan, to be established by Nick and
Alev Block, will be asked for early in
January, it was definitely learned yes
ierday, upon the return of Alec Block
from New York, where he has been
for the past several days in the inter
est of the plant.
Complete plans for the plant in
cluding the remodeling of the Acme
Brewing company’'s old building, on
Bay street, and the erection of a new
building, adjeining (it, and the erec
tion of a hog serum plant were hand
od to the Blocks yesterday by Archi
iect Brooks, who has been working
on them for the past several weeks.
Mr. Brooks formerly submitted tenta
tive plans, and these were revised in
a 4 conference in which he and the
Blocks participated. :
Of his trip to New York, Mr. Block
ialked optimistically. ¢ ‘lt looks good,”
he told a reported yesterday who ask
od him what the outiook for early con
struction work was.
1t is understood that Attorney Rob
ort W. Barnes is drawing the charter
for the company. Mr. Block stated that
1o name has yvet been selected for the
sompany, nor has the capital stock
heen decided upon.
FOUR BUILDINGS DESTRCYED
BY FIRE AT MOULTRIE
Moultrie, Dec. 22.—Thre residences
and_one store were destroyed by fire
here last mnight. The homes burned
wvere owned by C. E. Hutchinson, A.
A. Patterson and P. C. Causey. The
store which went up in the flames
was also the property of Mr. Causey.
The total loss from the fires is esti
mated at $15,000. Hutchinson and
Causer had some insurance on their
oroperty but Mr. Patferson carried
none,
A SMOOTH, HAIRLESS
SKIN FOR EVERY WOMAN
From Beauty Secrets.
With the aid of a plain medol paste
jt is an easy matter to rid the skin
of unsightly hairy growths. The paste
is made by mixing some water with
powdered medol. This is applied to
the hairs not wanted and after 2 or 3
Iminutes rubbed off and the skin wash
ed, when every trace of hair will have
,ga'z}‘i"shed, When you go to your drug
}gisg for medol be sure you get the gen
uiné article, and if he will not supply
you, the American Proprietary Co., of
Boston, will send you a 50c or $l.OO
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F. O. B. FLINT, MICH.
Lowest Priced Electrically Equipped Car in the World
The Model “FOUR-NINETY” with electric
lights and electric starter included in its reg
ular equipment is the lowest priced electrically
equipped car in the world.
The electric lighting and starting equipment
of the “FOUR-NINETY” is not added after the
car is built. It is actually built into the car
and guaranteed as part of the car. No car is
complete or up-to-date without this equipment,
and it cannot he added satisfactorily to a car
after it is built and completed.
Its electrical equipment is the two-unit Auto
L. 0. White, Distributor
' CORDELE, GEORGIA :
ROBBERS SECURE $20,000
FROM OKLAHOMA BANK
Tulsa, Ckla., Dec. 22.—Tie National
Bank of Skiatook, 0k1a.,, ten miles
from Tulsa, was oloted by bandits
of $20,000 last night. The robbers es
caped. Posses were formed in Tul
sa early today and are no win pur
suit of the bandits.
While teh bandits left no clue, it is
believed they escaped in an automo
hile. The robbers cut all the telephone
and telegraph wires leading into the
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Open sluices of system each morning and
wash away the poisonous, stagnant &
matter, says authority. B
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A glass of hot water with a teaspoonful of
limestone phosphate in it, drank each
morning before breakfast, keeps -
us locking and feeling fit. i iy
Life is not merely to live, hut
to live well, cat well, digest well,
work well, sleep well, look well.
‘What a glorious condition to
attain, and yvet how very easy it is
if one will only adopt the morning
inside bath.
IFolks who are accustomed to
feel dull and heavy when they
arise, splitting headache, stuffy
from a cold, foul tongue, nasty
breath, acid stomach, can, instead,
feel as fresh as a daisy by opest
ing the sluices of the system cach
morning and flushing out the
whole of the internal poisonous
~ stagnant matter.
Everyone, whether ailing, sick
or well, should, each morning,
before breakfast, drink a glass
of real hot water with a teaspoon
ful of limestone phosphate in it
to wash from the stomach, liver,
kidneys and bowels the previous
day’s indigestible waste, sour
bile and poisonous toxins; thus
cleansing, sweetening and. puri
Lite system, with Bendix drive, of the same
grade and type used on the highest priced cars,
—not the single unit, motor generator type, so
generally used on medium and low priced cars,
Electric head lamps with dimming attachment
and electric tail lamp are included.
The Model “FOUR-NINETY” in addition to
being clectrically equipped,—is handsomely de
signed and finished, combines correct car
weight and balance with valve-in-head motor
efficiency, selective sliding gear transmission
giving three speeds forward, and many other
strong features described herein.
town. Nothing was known of the bur
glary until alfter daylight, the explo
sion which wrecked the safe not ahv
ing been heard by the residents.
Officials believe the bandits are
hidin gin the Osage hills, five miles
distant.
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COFFEE CO. LIQUOR CASE
1S AGAIN POSTPONED
Macon, Dec. 22.—The Coffee county
liquor case, involving $29,000 worth
of wet goods now in storage ehre, has
been chécked again. This case is fast
gaining the record of being the ‘“most
postponed” case on the federal court
docket. It has been continued segeral
times, having recently been set dow}
for hearing before Judge Speer at V@E
dosta. The Valdosta court wa
brought to a sudden end by the illness
of Judge Speer. ° : Py
Mrs. J. W. Mercer is the guest (:;
her daughter, Mrs, W. G. Fitzgeraldy
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fyving the entire alimentary canal
hefore putting more food into
the stomaeh. The action of hot
water and limestone phosphate
on an empty stomach is wonder
fully invicorating. It cleans out
all the sour fermentations, gases,;
waste and acidity and gives one
a splendid appetite for breakfast.
While you are enjoying youn
breakfast the water and phos
phate is quictly extracting a large
volume of water from the blood
and getting ready for a thorough!
flushing of all the inside organs.
The millions of peope wha
are ghothered with constipationy
hilious spells, stomach trouble,
rheumatism; others who have
sallow skins, blood disorders and
sickly complexions are urged ta
eet a quarter pound of limestone
phosphate from the drug store,
which will cost but little, but is
sufficient to make anyone a pro
nounced crank on the subject of
internal sanitation. R,
Price $490.00
F. O. B. FLINT, MICH