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GERMANS STRIKE AGAIN AT TWO POINTS
SWEEPING FREIGHT ,
INCREASES ORDERED
" CHANGE
GREATEST RAIL INCREASE IN
HISTORY OF AMERICAN
. ROADS.
Washington, D. C, May 27.—T0
meet the wage increase just an
nounced and the higher cost of coal,
and other supplies, Director McAdoo
To-day ordered railroad freight
rates in the United States raised
twenty-five percent, and passenfer rat
es increased to three cents a miie
from the present basis of about two
and a half cents.
It is estimated that this program
will bring between eight and nine
hundred billions additional revenues
to the roads within the next year, It
repriesents the greatest rate increase
in the history of railroads.
. Women are to receive the same pay
as men for the same work, and ne
groes are to get the same as white
men for similar employment.
Director McAdoo today telegraphed
the chairmen of state railroad com
missions notifying theni of the in
creased rates and asking them to co
operate cy suyyesting re-adjustments
or changes.
. The Director General does not 'ex
pect the state authorities to over-rile
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: It wiil be impossibie for us to
supply our customers with all
they require, and there will be
‘ days when we have no Coca
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. We are endeavoring to distrib
ute our reduced output among
our customers on an equitable
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' and consideration in the strict
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CORDELE, GEORGIA
THE CORDELE DISPATCH
WEMBERS ASSOCIATED PRESS
Pastor of Local churcheg making effort
to have union services Thulsday
Rev. T. B. Stanford, pastor of the
Methodist church, is making an effort
to have Thursday observed as a day
of prayer in union services in which
members of all congregations of the
community may have part.
It is the purpose of the pastors to
secure an agreement on an hour when
places of business may be closed and
a fitting hour of prayer held in accord
with the spirit of the proclamation
issued by President Wilson setting
aside Thursday as a day of prayer.
his rate orders however.
The new freight charges covering
both class and commodity rates be
come effective June 25. Passenger in
crease the effective June ten.
The order wipes out all interstate
lower rates effective on either freight
or passenger traffic. Travellers in
standard sleeping and parlor cars are
equired to pay three and a half cents
a mile in addition. Pullman rates re
main the same. Commutation and
other suburban rates on railroads &re
increased ten percent. Fares on elec
tric and interburban lines are not ef
fected.
Both passenger, and freight rates
on boat lines operated on lakes, rivers,
coastwise and by railroads will be
raised proportionately with the general
increase. Export, and import freight
rates are ordered cancelled and high
er domestic rates apply to and from
ports.
A number of flat increases instead
of percentage additions were ordered?
for cotton, coal, coke, lumber, ore,l
stone, grain, livestock, meats, sugar,
bullion, and other commodities.' l
The existing differentials and rate
relationships between various locali-';
ties will be preserved so far ag pos
gible, but many readjustments willl
have to be made later. l
All rates are subject to review and
corestion by the inter:state-commercel
commission. Passenger fares in some‘
scarcely settled régions are already
more than three cents will not be re
duced, but the order permiis the re
establishment of the round trip tour
ist fares somewhat lower than the
three cent rate.
Exceptions are made for soldiers,
and sailors, who may travel on one
cent a mile when on furlough at their
own expense, for confederate vete
rans reunion, G. A. Rencampment, one
cent a mile the various state meetings
of veterans, two cents a mile.
In announceing that the rate in
creases were required by public inter
est Director McAdoo referred to the
three hundred millions added to the
payrolls of raidroad labor under the
crder published today. To the rising
cost of coal it is estimated this year
alone will be added a hundred and
sixty miliions more than last year.
The higher cost of every other mate
rial is entering into railroad trans
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NINETEEN NAMES APPEAR
TODAYS CASUALTY LIST
WASHINGTON, Ma 27.—The casu
aity Ifst contains nineteen names:
Killed in action, 9; died of wounds,
4; died of disease, 1; wounded severe
iy, 2: missing in action, 3; Wagoner
Norris G. Stokes, LaCresse. Fia., died
of wounds. ‘
CORDELE, GEORGIA, MONDAY MAY 27 1918,
ANOTHER FIRM
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Crisp County I:umber Company Has
donated handsome fund to Red
Cross
The Crisp County Lumber Company
goes 100 percent in a gift to the Red
Cross. This takeg in a day’s salary for
every employee of the plant. Those
included in this list are as follows: °
0. O. Latimer, Miss Theo Poole W. A.
Glisson, W. A. Wiggins, J. I. Wiggins,
E. E. Ellis, V. L. Schofield, F. S, Hua™
son, Karl Macon, Fred L. Barrow, J.
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The colored contributors in this
ligt are as follows:
Mack Irvin, 'Sam Atkins, Columbus
Goodman, Arthur Dennard, Randall
Heard, Earnest Clarke, W. A, Strick
land, John Smith, Dan Lewis,, Major.
Rutherford, Walter Lewis, 'Henry
Jackson, Wadie Woods, George Blanch
ard, Joe Taylor, Henry Slappy, john
Stocks, Rich Bell, Robert Raines, Wiij
Britt, Leonard Baldwin. |
DEATH CALLS T 0
MRS. B. G. SIRMANS
WIFE OF FARMER RESIDING NEAR
WILLIFORD BURIED THIS AFT
ERNOON.
Mrs. B. G. Sirmans, wife of a well
known farmer residing near Williford
died shortly after noon yesterday at
the family home after a brief illness.
Her husband, who is now under treat
ment at the Cordele Sanitorium, and
eight children survive her.
The funeral occurs this afternoon
at five o'clock and her remains wili
be laid to rest in Johnson cemetery.
THRESHING CHARGE
FIXED BY COMMITTEE
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Ten Percent is .figure arrived at and!
no more can be charged |
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The threshing committee of Crisp‘
county composed of W. J. Mussel
| white, chairman, E. M. Culpepper, Ben
IF‘. Whelchel, I. G. Williams and J. M.
iTurner, Secty., has reached an ar
rangement whereby those operating
!threshing machines will be req-uired
|to charge only ten percent as a told
or fee for their work. Where cash is
,agreed upon, it is specifically set out
, that no greater or less charge can be
lma’de than the equivalent of ten per
cent of the grain value.
The commitiee urges that those
who have machines that are not sav
ing the amount of grain necessary,
iconsult them and some member wiil
look after the trouble ai once. Shouid
'a machine continue to be operated
with ‘poor resuits, the committee wili
order it shut down for the season.
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READ MAKES HANDSOME
TO RED CROSS
’ Besides the day for each employee
| of the local plant of the Read Phos
| phate Company the president of the
l company has authorized an additional
'donation of $250.00 and the check has
laccordingly been turned over by
| Manager S. Bundrick. This is locally a
‘much appreciated donation.
. In her personal effort Mrs. Tallulah
Atkinds found two little negroes,
Juvena and Bertram Holland, who
each of them gave 5 cents. It was as
iarge a gift with them 3§ th - BTH
dreds with many other donors. “""“i
ALL DAY PICNIC AT BROWN'S
MiLL ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 39.
The Sunday School and Congrega
tion of the Christ Episcopal Church
have decided to have a picine at
Brown’s Mill and all members of the
Congregation as well as every child
in the Sunday School is requested to
meet at the Church Wednesday Morn
ing between 9.30 and 10.00 o’clock.
Those who have cars are requested to
be there to. help take everybody to
Brown’s Mill. There are enough cars
in the congregation to provide seats
for all and it is hoped that every
member of the Congregation will be
,on hand to enjoy the day with the
Sunday School children. It is of
course a basket picnic, each family
is requested to bring or send a basket
10:00 A. M. If you were not at the
Church Sunday you are requested to
consider this notice as your invita
tion, so come along and iet us all have
a good time together.
GERMANS GOING
BAREFOOT SOON
AMSTERDAM, May 27—" Go bare
footed this summer and help the Fa
theland,” is the latest patriotic catch
word placard in GBrmany.
; Thie old‘are urged to set the exam
;ple for the young.
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WHEAT CROP IS LARGER
AEHBURN, May 26.—Turner Coun
ty farmers are busy threshing wheat
this week. The average yield this year
is at least 50 per cent greater than it
was last year and the acreage is twice
as large. Turner’s wheat crop will be
a record-breaker, and enough wheat
will be raised to furnish everybody in
the county for at least twelve months.
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DAILY EDITION
BRITISH AND FRENCH ’
VAL OR AGAIN SUFREME
. Germany has resumed the driveé for a decision on the
western front after a lapse of nearly four weeks, striking
in the south between Rheims and Soissons and in Flanders
on the northerly side of the Lys salient.
While it is too early for the true German intention to
be diselosed, the effort apparently is simultaneously to
push through to the channel ports, thus breaking up the
British front and to strike for Paris in the south.
The Somme region in the direction of Amiens has
been neglected by the Germans in this new thrust, but the
fact that both British and French were found holding the
front, however, gives an indication that Foch hardiy has
been caught napping.
He has large forces massed on the southern front. It
was on this front between the top of the Montdidier salient
and Rheims that the enemw flank was most dangerously
exposed and where*hé felt himself most vulnerable to
counter hlow. ~
By the attack today the Germans have extended
the active battle front as far east as Rheims, taking in a
new sector which has been quiet sinece last fall. :
l The thrust between Locre and Vomrazeele is along
‘the northern leg of the Flanders salient where the Ger
mans met with one of the bloodiest defeats of the war
when the drive for the channel ports was halted last
month.
The attack between Soissons and Rheims, however,
|is a distinetive feature of new operations.
| Heavy Bombardment
l LONDON, May 27.—Strong German attacks develop
ed early today against the British and French bhetween
i Rheims and Soissons, it is officially announced. The at
tacks were preceeded by a heavy- hombardment by the
(Germans. )
They also attacked in Flanders between Locre aund
Vormazeele on the northern side of the salient.
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PARIS, May 27.—Over a front between the forest of
Pinon and Rheims the Germans launched an attack this
morning, it is officially announced.
The French and British are resisting with their habit
ual valor.
Slight German Progress
l WITH THE BRITISH ARMY, FRANCE, May 27—
‘Latost reports show that the Germans have made some
small progress in places.
‘ PARIS, May 27.—Premier Clemen., ——— ——-—4
ceau visited the front Sunday and con
ferred with General Foch, returning
to Paris in the ei‘ening.
; New Belgian Victories
~ WITH THE BRITISH ARMY ,May
127.——Belgian troops have recorded
’tresh victories over the Germans. Sat
‘urday night the repulsed in thize sec
‘tors on their front.
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| HE FOUND THE CHECK
For attempting to pass a check for
$B, which he claimed he found on Ma
rieta street, Charles Howell, a 17
year-old bhoy of 614 Chattachoochee av
enue, East Point, who was arrested by
Detective V. D. Young in a locai de
partment store on complaint of the
management, was tried in the police
curt Thursday afternoon, and placed
on probation siz months by the re
copder. The check was made payabie
to the hearer, and bore the signature
of a Miss Louise Powell, whose ad
dress has not been learned who, ac
cording to the police, had informed the ‘
bank she had misplaced it, and or
dered the payment stopped. A small
boy, who was with Howeli at the time
of the transaction, was arrested and
taken to the juvenile home.—Atianta
Journal.
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STOLEN:—Bomes Bicycle, old with
black frame, clutches Frisk tires $5.00
reward information ieading to arresi
Police Headgaurters.
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It isn—’—r;ées—s;r-y 0 expiain why
‘some men can keep their minds c¢a
smal zubjects.
ilan drive appareatly had begun and
that it added to the solemnity of his
\concepticn of the country’s duty.
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DERELICTS REPORTED OFF
i VIRGINIA CAPES TODAY
' WASHINGTON, May 27 —The pres
.ence of direlicts off the Virginia Capes
was reported, to the navy department
’todayf
| Officers of vess2ls arriving at an
’Atlantic port yesterday said they had
sighted ithree derilicts off the capes
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GERMANS HAVE NO NEWS
OR SUBMARINE SINKING
AMSTERDAM, May 27.—1 n refer
ence to the British announcement Sat-?
urday that a largé German submarine
was sunk off Cape St. Vencent a semii
official statement says no news r”
been reveived for a iong time of sub
marines operating west cof Gibraiter.
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FUNERAL MRES. HAERIS
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The funeizl of Mrs. R. C. Harris
was held at the famiiy home on
Twelfth avenue Saturday afterncon at
four o'cicck. A larger number of sor
rowing friends were present. Rev.
Fiam Culpepper, a former pastor, as
sisted by Rev. T B. Stanford, pastor
of the Methodist church, conducted
the funeral services. A beautiful and
touching tribute was paid to the long
and useful life of Mrs. Harris. There
were many fioral tributes from wvari
ous friends of the family. The re
mains were laid to rest in Suanyside
cemetery.
COTTON MARKET TODAY
FOOD MIDDLING CLOSED 2844
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'\ MET JOINT SESSION OF COM
GRESS AT ONE O'CLOCK
WASHINGTON, May 27.—Presidenl:._
Wilson wiil address a joint sesaiog
of congress at one o’clock today on thé
subject of war revenues.
, WASHINGTON, May 27.—Presiuent
Wiison took charge of the war tax leg
islation tangle teday, appearing 'u'n_':
expectedly at a joint session cf con;"-
gress. He declared it was necuurii
to proceed immediately with the nefi
war tax laws and said there was ne
way to meet the problem of financing
‘the war except congress remain ig
session and go ahead at once with th,:.
principal increase. in taxation, He
said this should be on incomes, war
ipmfits and luxuries. It would be mili
iifesr,ly unfair, he said, to wait until
1919 before determing what the new.
’taxes will be. P *
i\ in specific terms the President warn'
'ed against iobbying in connection with'
‘the new bill. He appealed to eom
zress to approach the great task with
oiit selfishness or fear of political con
‘sequences, saying thére need be. no
hegitancy in taxing the country. if it
were taxed justly. Y ¥
At the conclusion’ the ,President
‘made a brief extemporaneous state
ment saying he hizard as he was leav
ing the White House that the new Ger-
Get Your 1918 Straw.
Hat at Half
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Make vyour old Keily last until
this yeai’s brands are marked
down,—the war is on. ¥4
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Jennings’ has it, call ‘ior i
IF YOU HAVE NO' AIM
YOU’LL NOT GET ANYW':HERE‘
IF YOU HAVE AND REALLY
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