The Cordele Dispatch
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} CHAS. B. BROWN, - - - - Editor
‘J. C. BROWN - - - - City Editor
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Entered as second class matter at
the post office at Cordele, Georgia,
under the act of March SBth, 1879.
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OFFICIAL ORGAN CRISP COUNTY.
Be ee s eeot C L ‘
What a fuss Editor Hischburg of
the Oglethorpe Citizen is raising over!
that little new one! Bet he ig already
figuring the difference in the cost
of family up-keep. A new press and
a new baby! He's starting the new
year right.
The state of lowa is gbing to in
+ crease its appropriation for education
this year $743,000. Of this fund $125,
000 will go to consolidating the rural
schools. The state is planning for
free text books in all the public
schools,
Mrs. Highbrow says she isn't going
to let her husband attend the dinner
on the evening of January 25th. She
says it wasn’t started by the right
person,~—she doesn’t believe in follow
ing anybody else. If the dinner just
had to come, why didn’t they let her
propose it? She'd just like to know.
now, who did start it? No, sir-ee, not
her husband for such an affair. He
may slip away and go without her
consent, but he knows better,—he
knows he is most likely to be seated
at a table with a bunch of “hoodlums.”
All the men of the community will
go, of course. Never saw a thing of
that kind but that the low brows
were all {here, noisy and course,—
none of them refined. Mrs. Highbrow
thinks it ought to be a sort of exclu
give affair and no one allowed to at
tend but those of exceeding good
family cénnection. }iigh standing in
the community, and those who belong
to the ranks of the best known secret
orders. Oh that is not exactly the argu
ment the preacher would use, but he's
just a human being, after all, as much
likely o be mistaken as ‘any of us.
AGAIN, FELLOWSHIP.
The town is soon to join in a‘
representative event whose purpose is
to strengthen community fellowship‘
and loyalty. This is the dinner on the 1
evening of January 25. Nobody oughi
to miss this occasion. It is a business ‘
men's affair. And when we refer tc
the business men we ought to include
men of every calling. It is the com
munity welfare that will be sought. It
is a neighborly expression of fellow
feeling that will be proposed. For
this reason the men that make the
community ougiht to he present.
Phose who really are the town so
far as its business is concerned, sel
dom have time for many hours away
from their duties, but there is an oc
casion when an evening off will do
good. The curbstone conversational
ists will have time to fill their en
gagement here but a meeting with
only this kind 'nf attendance is noth
ing unusual,—we have them'every day,
without special occasion.
It would be fine if the working men
could make the evening one of real
community business. Let those who
run the stores, the banks, the mills,
the men who represent the profes
sions, the men who draw the salaries
those who own property and pay tz\xo;
here fee, it their duty to join in this
occasion and contribute just as much
as possible to enlarging the enthu
giasm in the start for another year.
That would be advancement of a tell
ing kind.
And somehow, we feel often that it
is our duty to go after the farmers
of the county and ask them to come
in’'and help make such an occasion.
'l?iey- ought to be brought into closer
community harmony and good fellow:-
sfiip. It would mean improvement in
a hundred directions. The live, pro
gréssive farmer is himself a business
man to be respected,—He usually is
h_{eld in high esteem for his communi
¢§Myalty and love of advancement
iad he can do much to help make the
&of the new year's husiness some
il ‘_all over this county. Let nobody
wflflm date. “ M
WHY LYNCHINGS?
The papers of Georgia, except the
incendiary, are very général!y agreed
iin condemning lynching at all times.
!\Ve have but to even mention lynch
fing and from every direction comes
‘! denunciation by the press. If this had
| been the case years ago the mission
’zx:',v work might have cdu:léd the his
tery of today to read differently. We
{lead in lynchings. Last[yeai' Georgia
| permitted mobs to put to death four
| teen persons. That was a larger num
| ber than any other state in the union
i ccald muster,
| One Georgia paper suggests that it
‘f is just as much murder for a hundred
- persons to take part in the killing of
' uoother as it is for one man to kill
?::::mher, and another Georgia paper
Es‘;ggests that it is a ‘“durned sight
i more cowardly.”
~ Now, that is coming down to rea
soning. Law abiding citizens who
’ Ive respect for themselves and their
+n homes and who think of the times
- Len it may be necessary for the
¢ ate to safeguard every home from‘
ti 2 depredations of the lawless, dc |
.t take part in the murders done by
t7l» moh. They do not believe in lynch- ‘
ing.
Most of our lynchings are done by
;orsons who are not brave enough-t(-
<:and up and fight single handed
They fight only when a crowd is there
t pull the victim to pieces. No wrong
i~ avenged by this offense against the
A : nity of the law. Every member of
1!~ mob has become a cowardly crim
iixl the moment he takes the leas!
«=~t in such a ceremony and respec’
C . the majesty of the law has beer
1 -vered in every incendiary stroke.
\re we going to lead in lynchings
i 1917. 1t isn’t a record of which tc
I st,—ile fact that we are first. We {
nt to be last this year and quit
¥ ' i 1 none,. 1
“fon. 0. H. B. Bloodworth got his
¢ last! That’s the move Governor
! rris should have made the momen !
i became time to consider a man for
J lge Hodges’ successor on the cour’ |
5. Appeals. We are happy. We like
t see south Georgia men go up, but
.o, state conyention did. not give,
! 'codwerth a fair deal. He got wha’
I had asked for and did not have t
w it. The people of Georgia wanted
that appointment to be made.
KEEP THE COWS. |
“'hat there mav be an increase ir
pol'agra during the coming year on ac
¢ nt of the rise in the cost of food
< fs is the fear expressed in a state
n -nt issued by the U, S. Public
I ~alth Department today. As are
s='t of government researches it was
“ad that pellagra is produ(:(sd.hy ar
; afficient, poorly-balanced diet anc
t 1 1t it can both be prevented anc
¢ 2d by the use of food containing
¢ nents in the proportion required
L. the body. The application of this
klo wledge greatly reduced pellagra in
1015 as compared with previous
y ars. This reduction is believed by
exy arts of the Public Health Service
tc have been due to improved condi
t: ns which enabled wage-earners to
p ovide themselves with a better and
n.oove varied diet and ot a wided dis
s mination of the knowledge of how
ti » disease may be prevented. It is
feared, however, that pellagra may
i 1 crease in 1917 by reason of an in
crase in food cost out of proportion
to the prosperityy now enjoyed by this
co' ntry. The great rise in the cost
o forage, particularly cotton seed
n tal and hulls, is causing the people
irz. many localities to sell their cows
a~ul thus there is danger that they
v. 1 deprive themselves of milk, one
o tl:e most valuable pellagra prevent
int foods. 'The high cost of living has
fr rither served to bring about a re
¢ iction in many families in the
amosunt of meat, eggs, beans and peas
cr nsumed, all of which are pellagra
p orhylatics. In effecting the econo
n os of this nature the general pub
1i - should bear in mind the importance
o+ properly balanced died and refrain
frr ym excluding, if possible, such val
v able disease preventing foods. It is
b-lieved that unless this is done there
o 11 be a greater incidence of pellagra
‘noxt spring.
One thousand dollars a week for a
dancing teacher’s license! Oh, no.
not in Cordele. These are the figures
agreed upon by the little town of Sum
n . Ga., where banks declare seventy
jer cent dividends. No dancing teach
er has ever asked for a license ih Car
dele. All the dancers have their
teachers, too.
THE CORDELE DISPATCH, CORDELE, GEORGIA.
| PLAN FOR READING.
~ Anybody keeping up with Miss Por
tor lately in bocks? She is one of
the most cavable of all our advisers
on bocks and good literature and we
have abundance of fine suggestions
from her. They are coming all the
time. You have to keep your eyes
off the magazines entirely not to see
something she has to say about books
and literature.- Here is a chat she
gave us sometime ago that might be
worth 'while for every-day practical
reading: .
Read the lighter novels. Some of
them are very good and wholesome.
But let us make up our minds that
for every hour spent on the lighter
kind we will give a half hour, at least,
to more serious reading. Let us make
un our minds, toog, that for every one,
or even let us say two light novels,
we read, we will’read, as wel at least
a half of a more serious novel; and al
so, let us say, five chapters of good
bicgraphy (the biography of a great
man or woman), and one good essay
by some great writer; and ten pages,
not less, of good poetry; and three
chapters at least from an interesting
and well-known history. Let us make
‘his compact with ourselves and see
what comes of it. |
Let us work it out not, like a prob-1
lem in algebra, and get at the result:
*or the two light novels let us choose.‘
for instance, Owen Wister's “Virgin
ian” and “The Cavalier’—very goodl
‘ales they are, too. Now, having read
‘hese novels through and having kept |
‘0 our compact, we shall have read]
also, let us say, one half of Thack
:ray's “Newcomes” (choosing that for |
2 more serious novel), or one half ofi
George Elliott’s “Mill on the Floss.” !
‘Also we will have read, by way of}
rrzat biography, five chapters of Lnr-.k-l
hart's ‘“Life of Scott” or “Huxley’s‘\
T,ife and Letters.” For the one good]
sssay we shall have read Emerson’s
Zssay on “Friendship” or (‘hanning’s}
areat essay on “Self-Culture.” For|
yir ten pages of poetry we will have
~cad (from Palgrave’s Golden Treas
iy of Poetry, let us say) a dozen or
more exquisite lyrics. And for his
ory three chapters of Carlyle’s
“rench Revolution,” or Prescott’s
“Conquest of Peru.”
That, as a result of the reading of
wo light novels and a compact kept,
makes a fair showing.
Were we to follow out this exact
“nrescription,” reading carefully and
hinkingly, by the reading of two light
lovels and the keeping of a self-im
w=ed compact, we would have become
acquainted with sgme of the bhest lit
rature the world affords. and, what
‘s hetter, would have acquired partly
~cnseiously, largely unconsciously, a
hetter taste in books and literature in
zeneral; and we would have material
'y broadened and deepened our knowl
adge and experience.
L.et us read novels then, by all
‘means, but not only novels, and not
poisouous or trashy or vicious novels.
For, when all is said and done, there
is hardly a greater power for gcod
han a book well written, unless it be
31 novel well written, and fortunately
‘here are plenty of these, the world
sver—to be had for the price of a pair
f gloves or a pocket-handkerchlef—
within the reach of even (he poorest
nf us.
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We will be glad to help you make the start and giad to help
you after the start is made.. Itis but a step from the start in
savings to business independence.
We tell you often about saving for the reason that practice in
the habit of laying aside a little of what you earn, in the bank
soon puts you safc all the way through your regular every gay
business habits,—it is thrift that makes the difference.
Our depositors are freely and gladly given the advantage of
a!'l we know about safe business methods and any person wish-.
ing our service will be given a welcome at our bank. Come in
and make the start. Then let us show you how easy it is to con-,
tinue growing stronge through your bank account.
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Dividends Paid fo Stocknolders $111,500
The Rochelle New Era under the
management of Robert Kiley is a real
ly ecreditable paper. The old editor,
personally, is a fine man but politi
cally,—let us forget it. The new edi
tor goes at it with a view of making
a living out of it. May he win.
Christian Tcleration.
Any New Year resolution not prom
ised upon Christian toleration coupled
with an honest effort to obey the Di
vine injunction, “love they neighbor as
thyself,” wil Inot stand the acid test of
time.—Tifton Gazette.
DR. J. C. PATTEN
DENTIST
McArthur's Old Stand Over
Williams Drug Co.
Cordele - - - Georgla.
DR. B. DANIEL
X-RAY
Electro-Therapeutics and
Internal Medicine
American National Bank Bldg.
THOS. J. McARTHUR, M. D.
Special Attention to
Surgery and Gynaccology.
Cordele - - - .Georgia.
MAX. E. LAND
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Office Over OIG Postoffice
Prompt Attention Given To Ali
Business
J. GORDON JONES
Attorney and Counselor-at-Law
Rooms 1,2, 3, Raines & Oliver Bldg.,
Cordele, Georgia.
PLANT
AND BEGIN TO MAKE THE
GARDEN HELP SUPPLY THE
TABLE. WE HAVE SEED
IRISH POTATOES, ONIONS
AND CABBAGE PLANTS, IN
CONNECTION WITH OUR BIG
STOCK OF STAPLE AND
FANCY CROGERIES. CALL
ON Us. L:‘ - ernw .
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FYLLINGTON
(ROCERY "3
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SPECIAL CHURCH NOTICE.
"he Rev. LoOuis Wood, secretary of
the Board of Missions of the Protest
ar. Episcopal church will be present
ai Christ church for morning and
evening services and will address the
cororegation. Morning service 11 a. m.
Kvening service 7:30 p. m.
J. M. Walker, Vicar.
WHAT AILS BABY/!
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We are interested in baby’s health and happi
ness. It is a part of our buisness:to cater to
babys’ needs and wants. The best of every-: -
thing for baby is in our stock, here ready for
your selection at a moment ’s notice.
Special Remedies for Baby's Needs
Baby Remedies, Baby Foods, Teething Sooth
ers, Toilet Goods, Rubber Goods, Nursing Bot
tles and Nursery Supplies of many kinds.
Whatever you need for baby’s health and happiness come hera. You'll
like what we show you and you’ll be fully satisfied with what you buy.
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PHONE NO. 1 CORDELE, GA
WIiSHING EVERYBODY A HAPPY
AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.
E. R. OVERBY
The Artistic Picture Framer
At J. S. Pate Store, Next Door
To Palace Theatre
| 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.
1Y CAR IS IN PERFECT CONDI
TION AND HAS EVERY EQUIP
MENT OF THE MOST UP-TO
DATE CARS. J. SLADE. 75-tf
M AiirE s aEiTEen
Of the 800 German missionaries en
gazed in different parts of the Brit
ish Empire before the war, 400 were in
India.
HALL’S BUTTER
THE BEST COUNTRY BUT
TER IN THE WORLD. WE
SELL IT FRESH ALL THE
TIME.
CALL ON US AND LET
US SHOW YOU OUR LINE.
WE HAVE THE GOODS.
Bowen Gro. Co.
PHONE 229
WHAT TIME IS IT?
Your time piece should be serviceable
and neat for it 1s a household fixture,
as well as a necessity. Session’s grand
assortment of Clocks in our show
windows thisweek tféll the whole story.
Ask us about them. ’ -
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THE BOSS KNOWS EVERY MAN it HIS EMPLOY. HE IS WATCH
ING EVERY MAN. HE IS LOOKING FOR SOME ONE WHO WILL HELP
HIM RUN A GROWING BUSINESS AFTER HE FEELS LIKE SLOWING
UP A LITTLE.
THE YCUNG MAN WITH THE BANK BCOK, WHO IS EARNEST
AND ON THE JOB, WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO BUY A “PARTNER
SHiP IN THE BUSINESS” SOONER THANK THINKS IF HE WILL ON
LY KEEP ON WORKING HARD AND BANKING HIS EARNINGS.
PUT YOUR MONEY IN OUR" BANK.
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