The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, January 10, 1917, Wednesday Edition, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Text.mwt‘., c e | NSy he Cordele Dispatch e ¥ mrr-a - W Is ‘* (Established in 1908) A ee e e e Published Every Wednesday and Sun day by Dispatch Publishing Company. CHAS. E. BROWN, - - - - Editor j. C. BROWN - - - - City Editor RN e s v RO Subscription—One year, $2.00; six months, $1.25; three months, 75c. Communications on all topics publish ~ ed when not too long and accompanied by full name and address. Not re - sponsible for views of contributors. ssy eg T et Pntered as second class matter ati the post office at Cordele, Georgia, under the act of March SBth, 1879. I oGI s R L shge G B TNy OFFICIAL ORGAN CRISP cOUNTY.‘ SR T eN R . EDUCATION IN 1916. There were 23,500,000 persons at-l ‘ tending school of som ekind in the United States in 1916, according to estimates of the United States Bu reau of Education. “This means,” de clares the annual report of the Com missioner of Education, “that approx imately 25 per cent of the inhabitants of the United States are attending ¢chool, as compared with 19 per cent m Great Britain, 17 per cent in France, 20 per cent in Grmany and a little over 4 per cent in Russia.” The Bu reau points out however, that the re sult is much less favorable to the Uni ted States if daily attendance, rather than enrollment, is taken as the bas is for comparison, since some of the other nations have better attendance and a longer school term than the United States. The number of pupils in public kin dergarten and elementary schools rose from 16,900,000 in 1910 to 17,935,000 in 1914 an increase of more than a mil lion in four years. In the same periodl the number of public high school stu-| dents increased from 915,000 to 1,219,- 000; and for 1915 the corresponding figure was 1,329,000. As the result of this increase of 110,000 in public high school students the total number of students in the 14,000 high schools of all kinds increased to a million and a half. Of the 11,674 public high schools reported, 8,440 had full four-year courses. Approximately 93 per cent of all public high school students are in four-year high schools. The report analyzes the number of teachers in the United States, showing that of the 706,000 teachers, 169,000 were men and 573,000 were women. The number of men teachers has in creased very slightly since 1900; the number of women teachers has almost doubled. In the public elementary schoqls the number of men teachers has decreased 20 per cent since 1900, while the number of women teachers has increased 8 per cent. In 1900 teaching positions in public schools were evenly divided between men and women. At the present time women outnumber the men by 8,000. The av erage annual salary of all teachers is $525. The figure is highest in the east and north Atlantic states, with $699 and $696, respectively and lowest in the South Atlantic States $329. It varies from $234 in Mississippi to $B7l in Californa and $941 n New York. Expendtures for education in 1914, partly estimated, totaled close to $BOO.- 000,000. An estimate, making due al lowance for the intervening two years and for items necessarily omitted. would easily bring the nation’s current educational expenditure to a billion dollars. Public elementary schools cost in 1915 approximately $500,000,000; public high schols $70,00,000; private elementary schools $52,000,000; pri vate secondary schools $15,000,000; universities, colleges and professional schools $100,000.000! normal schools $15,000,000. UNIFORM COTTON BALE. Business men of Savannah are just now making a strong fight to get a measure before the staet legislature at the coming session which will ro-l quire standardization of cotton boxos‘ in the ginnery presses of the state in order that cotton may be baled wilh‘ uniformity. Considlerable irregulark ty has been noted and considerable | compalint has been made by shippers‘ and consumers everywhere, but Geor gia has been slow about taking hold with a view of standardizing. 5 Cotton is our most important crop | and it has been our money crop for' ;nany, many years, but there hasl; been little inclination to bring the | bale to uniform size. Here is lhel oldest and the worst of our fauits about preparing our farm products for ’market. All the rest of the world‘ iuses a five bushel oat sack while we sell. our surplus and try to bring it 'lo the merchant in the straw, or in cotton baskets, or in a fertilizer sack \that was poked full of holes last sea 'son. We sometimes imagine we can )produce fine meal, but we drag it in ilu the grocery store where our gro !ror has agreed to use all home pro '(lucts and deliver it to him in crocus }sacks that have bguen mixing their fibre all the time in the meal. We carry our cotton to market in any sort of bale. There is a baby short press in a ginnery over to the one side of us and to the other there it a giant long press. The cotton hales should long ago have been :rought to a uniform size and it could l.c nothing amiss to require it now by law. The packing boxes will be brought to a size of 27x54 if the state pusses prospective legislation on this subject at its next session of the leg islature, THE CHILD, THE SCHOOL, THE FARM. In recent times, far more than in the more remote past, one hears an ir erested public discussing the atti tide of the cotton grower who says he reolizes clear money from his cotton crop because his children’s work ¢st him nothing. This reminds one of the merchant who says his drayage costs him nothing because he d¢ »s it himself, forgetting that the ex pcnse of keeping up his team has to be figured in. The world knows too li' le yet regarding the amount of the araual output of cotton as represent ¢’ in the hard toil of the children on th» farm. Zince agricultural science has be gin to invade the farming sections, it "as been asserted that cotton is cost it~ more to produce it than it brings on the market. The reason farmers h: e not known this before is because tl.. v have not figured the cost of their la' hr—especially the labor of the chil di.n. And they have also been as lit tlc accustomed to figure the more cer ta’ 1 cost to the children of depriving them of school privileges while they arc at work on the farms. 'The small independent farmer, the re: er and the share-tenant, all belong to a class that too readily concludes that farming is just plain cotton rais ing. Any kind of educational training wc!d be better for this type of farm er- both young and old—than the yvexr spent in the cotton field. The very fact that his daily life is circum scribed by the suggestions that come frc .0 the cotton rows is of itself en.vgh to stunt his mentality and mda > him even a poorer cotton farmer thil he would be if he were given over to a diversity of crop studies and ex' ¢ riments. Imagine such a grower ma “leting a good-size food crop at the prc:ent high prices, or raising corn an:. acttle as a side line. His children mi-ht have their day in school, to im prcve upon his work when he lays it dovn, and he might become independ ent of the merchant who runs him fro season to season. The farming youth of the present wil! be required to send their children to rchool when the day comes. The cot.on fields that have cost many a bro - n-handed, speckled-faced boy.' his cha ce in life are going to yield their prc ¢ from a figure based on crop val ue snd not on the fatal parental as sum~tion that the labor of the children cos 5 nothing. ' T e farmer worthy of the name carc: too much for his children to tak< them out of school and send them to | 'ant, cultivate and gather the cot ton crop. The modern farmer will be will ng to turn things himself and, in steal of the old ration of cotton. he will have his hogs and cattle and oth er food articles ready for the best time to market. As the fields change own:rship from father to son, instead of stopping to shudder at the price he hos paid for his freedom. instead of turning his back forever on the farm, the boy will in time be satisfied to devote lis time to doubling the profits on the yield of his acres. Of course, there are times when la bor is scarce. The farmer sees times when all hands should be busy. but this should not serve as an excuse to throw the burden upon the children. In reckoning with the standards of citizenship and with the requirements for ren of brains on the farm mn fu THE CORDELE DISPATCH" CORDELE, GEORGIA. ‘ture years,” the” farmer must redlize that .the costliest, labop-for all:-time. is that of the children, who are mak ing the crop when' they should be in the school. | HOUSING MACHINERY. } 1 If the big farm machinery housesi could trace their dividends to the prop- ! er source, Farmer Jones would be sur- | prised when he heard them say mu(:hl of the businegs done is due to the! fact that he did not house,k and takel care of his various machines which | he had to buy every year and pay’ dearly for. We passed an otherwisel apparently very progressive farmer's place not many days since and saw $2,000 worth of modern labor-sav ing machinery standing out in the weather fully exposed. It loked like everything else was done in proper manner about the place. Why this costly machinery should be left to ruin we have not been able to understand. One of the great educative forces working today among our farmers is the application of labor-saving ma chinery and a tool that can be wielded with effect. Some of us are learning more ahout the use of the best tools and the machinery that saves time and labor. As fast as we take on and adopt the best methods and secure the best tools, just that fast do we become successful in our work, But what a mistake it is fo spend the earnings of the farm for impruw‘ ed machinery ax‘l(l then leave it ()ull to the weather! If every picce is[ iron, the rust will make such inr()adsl as will cause service t¢ be unsatis factory. If their is a wooden bheam, it becomes warped or rots. The wholcl machine is rendered practically nsnl less in a single season and it requires more money to go again next seas(m.] One makes nothing to have the best tools and the latest lal)or-suvingi machinery unless he cares for it. And simple shelter is not enough. It should be placed in a house where it can be kept dry and free from rust.‘ This is only in keping with good meth. cds. and is a thing necessary in good fax‘miﬂg. ’ ‘ More Than Talk. . There is some talk of a creamery being established in Cordele. Of course Cordele can have a creamery, any fown can have a creamery or almost any kind of enterprise, if the citizens will just put enough hustle and pep 4nto the effort to obtain -it. Vienna could have a creamery if some one would start the ball to rolling, but if we wont and Cordele will we will be mighty glad to see her-have it. We like to see those who are willing to try, get what they go -after.—Vienna News. Be Easy On 'Em. Since the rainy season came on we do not hear quite so much about the different “prongs” of the Dixie High way as formerly. As a matter of fact, they say the “Dixie” is in bad condi tion all along the line. I'rom Waycross to Jacksonville is bad, while the route from Thomasville to Jacksonville is the same.—Valdosta Times. ORCHESTRA RMUSIC ¥ 5 THREE NIGHTS EACH WEEK AT THE CRYSTAL CAFE On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday nights of every week an or chestra composed of Mr. Ben Strozicr, piano; and Mr. J. I. Cofield, violin will furnish delightful music for the patrons of this popular cafe. On Tuesday and Thursday evenings the music will be from 6 to 8 o'clock and on Saturday evening from 5:30 to 9. All of the latest selections will be given, and the Crystal has pur chased a handsome new piano for Mi. Strozier’s use. : Regular dinner served every day. Price 25 cents. FTNHE CRYSTAL CAFE s s || [ [ e e Has an aim to please, an earnest ‘ desire toserve its patrons with care and promptness. If it’s a good magazine, a refresh ing drink ora smooth, good smoke, the Georgian is prepared to serve you well. Or, if you need drugs, toilet articles, candies, ete., they are equally as well prepared to serve vou in these lines. Whitsett & Ryals, Props. OPPOSITE UNION DEPOT PHONE NUMBER 284 DR. J. C. PATTEN ’ DENTIST McArthur's Olé Stand Over Williams Drug Co. Cordele - - - Georgla. DR. B. DANIEL X-RAY Electro-Therapeutics and Internal Medicine American National Bank Bldg. THOS. J. McCARTHUR, M. D. Specla! Attention to Surgery and Gynaecology. Cordele - - - Georgia. MAX. E. LAND l ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Office Over Ola Postoffice Prompt Attention Given To Ali 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. | IN BOTTLES The kind you want for those Lo e | steaming hot cakes. Quart | bottles 15¢c. Try one. Fresh ‘ supply fruits, lemons, apples and oranges; nuts and rais- ' ins; evaporated apples. G. C. LEWIS PHONE 252 D Businses! own to businses: The Empire Grocery is busy filling orders for ev evrything good to eat. Have you something we can send out? BEST LINE, BEST PRICES BEST SERVICE Try our Tip-Top Bread. Call us early today. \ Phones 221-222. ire G Empire Grocery CLYDE WILSON, Mgr. | SAN-TOX REMEDIES L, Remember that if you want a remedy B\ o 1 your particular ailment look for the reme- B\ dy with the trained nursein dainty hospital e colors, blue and white on each package. They - iy are guaranteed to give satis faction or your B’ | money refunded. " ; — THE GUARANTEE—/—— This preparation 1S guaranteed. If after using the contents of this package you are not satisfied, the dealer from whom you purchased it will cheerfully refund you the money paid for it upon the return of the empty bottle. Suwanee Pharmac A, M. STEAD, PROPRIETOR y PHONE NO. 1 d CORDELE, GA WISHING EVERYBODY A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR. E. R. OVERBY The Artistic Picture Framer At J. S. Pate Store, Next Door ' To Palace Theatre e TR | WISH TO SELL MY SEVEN PAS SENGER SIX-CYLINDER OLDS, AND IN ORDER TO MOVE IT AT ONCE, WILL OFFER SAME AT AN EXCEPTIONAL LOW FIGURE. MY CAR IS IN PERFECT CONDI TION AND HAS EVERY EQUIP MENT OF THE MOST UP-TO DATE CARS. J. SLADE. 75-tf Of the 800 German missionaries en gaged in different parts of the Brit ish Empire before the war, 400 were in India. The Nu-Do-Bread CALL OUR PHONE 229 AND ASK ABOUT THIS DELICI OUS BREAD. LET uUs SHOW YOU OUR BIG FRESH LINE OF GRO CERIES. Bowen Gro. Co. PHONE 229 WHAT TIME Is IT*? Your time piece should' be serviceable and neat for it is—a household fixture, as well as a necessity. ' Session’s grand assortment Of'ﬁ Clocks in our show windows thisweek tell the whole story. Ask us about)‘ them. T S — } WATT-HQLMES HDW.CO. 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