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GERMAN ASSAULTS STRONGLY BLOCKED
S'RENCH RESERVES ARE
" FACING CROWN PRINCE
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ENEMY HAS WON ONLY COUPLE
A ~ OF MILES TERRITORY
“ PARIS, May 30.—The battle along
the fighting front continueci all night
announcd. Northwest of Rheims the
frc.nch and British forces broke all
the German " yults and maintained
éh'cir dcfer.s_i&sitions.
.French res és are contiruing to ar-
Eivc at the front.. The Germans have
;fiade repeated a;fempts to breai<
:through the defenses in the Soissons
region but each gime they were held
by the determip€d French resistance.
{ In the cent#® the fighting is taking
:placc in the the neighborhood of Ve
zilly (eighteen miles south of Chemin
:de Dames).
) Reser\;:i: Line .
", WITH THE FRENCH ARMY, May
‘34o.—A|licd reserves are now taking
their positions in the battle line. They
iérc being thrown ir to strengthen the
defending forces where they are weak
"c:st in preparation for placing a bar
trjer to further German advance.: .. i
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5" Flanders Attack Repulsed
s‘.i LONDON, May' 30.—The German at
tack on the strong allied positions
;f,i'n the Flanders front northwest of
Festubert has been repulsed complete
‘ly, it is announced officially.
NOTICE.
B
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The Food Regulations provide
that we can use only 80 per
cent. of thte sugar we used in
1917. This means that we will
put out one fifth less bottled
Coca-Cola than our normal trade
demands.
It will be impossible for us to
supply our custowers with all
they require, and there will be
days when we have 10 Coca-
Cola to offer. 5
We are endeavoring to distrib
ute our reduced output among
our customers on an equitable
basis, and ask their co-operation
and consiggration in the strict
-;l.-servmiéaélh‘v.:m regulations.
1t sugar will’ ;Elp win the war,
let’s all help to conserve it.
#4 A
b B
£ ;
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~ (ORDELE
BOTTLING CO.
CORDELE, GEORGIA
THE CORDELE DISPATCH
UEMBERS ASSOCIATED PRESS
.ISERVICE SUNDAY NIGHT WILL BE
I OF INTENSE LOCAL INTEREST
' Rev. T. B. Stanford, pastor and mem
bers of the congregation at the Meth
lodist church, are making elaborate
preparations for the unveiling of a
:service flag at the Methodist church
‘at a special service to be held Sunday
night.
This flag will represent fourty-four
of the boys who have gone to the
front. One of the impressive features
in connection with the services is an
| arrangement to have some one write
fa letter to each of these men at the
*l‘ront telling of’the interest here anc
the service which has been held It
will be made.a most beautiful token
of esteem for the soldier boys and
will do much to make them feel that
lthey are remembered and loved back
at home.
l Foch’s reserves have begun to come
|into action against the powerful Ger
man thrust and the enemy is finding
his progress increasingly difficult.
Again the Allied flanks are standing
firm, although Soissors has been los!
on the west. Rheims is still holding
out on the easterly battlefront.
. The chief progress of the Germans.
irevealed in two day's reports was-in’
Ihe center where some three miles of
"additional ground was covered from
lLoupeigne (twenty miles north of the
| Marne) to Fere-en T Jenios.
PARIS, May :&:—lncreaslng violence
marks the progress of the fighting
south of the Aisne. The Germans are
fighting against time and throwing
every ounce of w‘éight of manpower
into the struggle. On the center the
enemy has pushed forward, but of
forts to broaden the a(lvanci)Z:ron;
have met with less success_,.g#
The Allied wings havef%-.l obliged
to give some ground by, this action
was carried out slowl;' and the full
price exacted from the enemy .
Soissons has gone and the British
have fallen back towards Rheims, but
in either case the enemy has only
won a couple of miles of territory.
In competent circles there is quiet
confidence in the outcome and signs
are not lacking that the advancing
wavies will shortly be stemmed.
The Germans have bheen obliged to
.leave their gung on ille northern side
:'bf the original line which can be cross
.’cd only at a certain numklr of points
l"which-are highly vulnerable to the Al
‘[lied airplanes.” This ;b;‘evems him
Efrum reaping the full be'nefits of his
rapid advance.
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! Flood S-t;o_roamned :
r PARIS. May Jo.—The German flood
‘will soon be damned. says a semi-of
‘ficial note today.
Summarizing the situation between
Rh2ims and Soissons it says: “The
French commend retains undiminished
‘confidence. based on the power of our
resources and the incomparable valor
‘of our soldiers.”
: Paris F;:G—Foiled
* PARIS, May 30.—An enemy airplane
was brought down by th 2 French guns
during an attempted raid on Paris
last night. None of the German ma
" chines were able to fly over the city,
'and only a few bombs were dropped in
:‘the suburbs. ;
i Fresh Enemy Troops.
. WITH FRENCH ARMY, May 30.—
;l"resh enemy divisions ha;: ‘been
NARROWLY
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ESCAPED |
‘UHLAN PATROL CAME NEAR RUN
NING ON TO CLEMENCEAU
PARIS, May 30.—Premier Clemen
ceau narrowly escdped falling into the
hands of the Germauns yesterday, ac
cording to the Petit Journal.
He ieft a certain point of the front
only a few minutes before the arrival
of a patrol of Uhlans. -
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MRS. C. E. LIGON
News reached friends here yester
day of the death Wednesday of Mrs.
Caroline E. Ligon at the residence of
her son. J. A. Ligon of Atlanta. Mrs.
Ligon had sustained a recent severe
stroke of paralysis,the immediate
cause of her demise. Her remains were
brought to Cordele on the early morn
ing train, and carried directly to the
iresidence of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bund
rick wheret he funeral was con
ducted this afternoon by Rev. T. B.
Stanford, when she was laid to rest
‘at Sunnyside Cemetery in the family
enclosure. Mrs. Ligon, only surviving
children J. A. Ligon of Atlanta and
Rev. Mrs. J. D. Suyder of Dublin and
Rev J. D. Snyder accompanied the re
mains to Cordele and attended the
funeral. Mrs. Ligon, and her tamily
moved to Cordele from Lumpkin Ste
wart County some thirty years ago,
being among Cordeles earliest resid
ents. The few older residents of our
city, recall Mrs. Ligon, a faithful friend
and regret her passing.
0 messenger of dear delight, !
Whose voice dispels the deepest
night,
Sweet Peace proclaming Dove:
With thee bheside, to soothe our pains,
| No wish unsatisfied remains,
; No task, but that of love.
Y m—— ]
Sorrow foregoes its nature there, !
And life assumes a tranqguil air, |
Divested of its woes: i
There, Soveringhn Goodness soolhc*
the breast |
Till then incapable of rest, |
In sacred, Sure repose. A
PRI SIS L i
brought forward hastily to take the!
places of those exhausted by the ud~'
vance of the last three days. |
The territory south of the Vesle!
river which the Germans crossed al|
several points is more difficult ot mt-|i
tack. Now that the allied command'
has reached the conclusion that thcl
enemy intends this rush to be (:hief‘
attack, prompt measures are bheing
taken to stay the movement, l
The German crown prince who pre
viously has met invariable defeat, may
claim a primary sucess on this occa
sion. However no breach has heen:
e |
Miss Frederica Boatright who has'
theen attending Brenau. arrived home!
vesterday coming by way of Mil-!
ledgeville where she attended Geor-;
gia Military College commencement '’
and was one of the attractive sponsors :
for Company D. l
Mr. and Mrs. Joh; \;l—l;t:gtrand chil
dren will leave this week for l.umpkin
where Mr. Whitsett has accepted a
position as manager of a drug store. i
CORDELE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 30 1918,
", FOREIGN
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SENATOR LEWIS DECLARES WE
| WILL EQUAL ENGLAND
| BY DECEMBER.
E Chicago, May 30.—Senator James
f.l-lamilton Lewis said in a speech today
!’\hat, the United States now has a mil
‘Qion soldiers in foreign lands and that
‘by December first they will be numer
\'.cully equal to England.
? The American Navy, he said, has
iclimlmd from fourth to second place
%umong the world fleets.
~ We have a hundred and fifty war
iships in Kurop2an waters and fifty
f‘others of a war character, ’l‘lforc are
T(our hundred thousand men in the navy
!uml by October 1 there will be hall a
%milliun. he added.
WILLIE FENN FINDS
~ MUCH OF INTEREST
'CORDELE BOY WRITES FROM
SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND
~ Willie Fenn has written a letter from
“somewhere in England” back home
;tu “Pad” in which he ,V(-,xm'csscs keen
"imcreut in the nmny" new sights—
| among them pre;ty girls. I‘l\«vwegttgr
kin full follows: . 4 i
! Somewhere in England
My Dear Dad:—
We made the trip over all 0. K. I
Lhudgllt I would get sea sick but I
made the trip all O. K. I have just
come ‘from supper and am sitting on
my bunk writing to you dont think we
will be here long can’'t say this is sure
a beautiful country you see s 0 many
interesting things every thing differ
ent overhere frcm what it is in the
U. S. A. I am in good health would
sure be glad to recieve a carton of
Camel cigarettes so send them at once
hope you are enjoving good heaith
I am with a bunch of Georgia boys
and I love them every one because
the can’t be beat. My best
friend is from Dublin he is the very
image of little Johnie Hargrove he has
ways just like him and every time we
get together I think of Johnnie Har
grove and our trip to South Carolina.
on ourtrip over we passed the coast
of Ireland and Scotland we are treated
very nice by everyvbody overhere.
Papa there is one thing above all
that a want vou to do for me and that
to pay my masonic dues for I want to
keep in good standing so go around
and pay Mr. Perry and give him my
best regards, : B,
Wish vou would mail me about a
dozen copies of the Cordele Dispatch
for | sure misg getting that paper. Am
in hopes that 1 will get to se}; Leon
but I hope to see him,
sure hiope to see him.
Tell Pleas flthing is 0. K.
over here lot of pretty girls. well 1
guess 1 will have to stop now as |
want to take a little trip with the boys.
Give my love to all the folks and keep
the most for vour self.
Your Son
W. R. Fenn
F. Co. 327 Inftry.
American Expeditionary Force.
made in the allied lines which were
merely pressed back by the irresisti
ble masses of troops.
COTTON MARKET TODAY
GOOD MIDDLING ________2%
AMERICANS LIKE STONE *
WALL AROUND CASTIGNY
AMERICAN
ARTILLERY AE;IWTY INDICATES
INFANTRY ACTION COMING
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FFRANCE, May 30.—Aft2r a period of
almost unprecedented quiet, the Amer
ican sector norihwest of Toul sudden
ly became very active last night and
today the Germans threw over hund
reds of shells of all sizes. They kept
up a destructive and barassiug fire.
The American guns have been just
as busy and are giving th: enemy
more than he sends. The artillery
dual continues tonight and it is not
improbable that the Germans have
some plans in which they may employ
infantry. g
Break Up Gev:mans
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY, May
30.—Another strong enemy counter at
tacks against the Americans in the
Castigny s@cctor east of a\lontdidlcr.'
has met with complete repulse, ac
cerding to a brief report from the
south. '
i The Americane evigently have heen
subjected to almost continuous at
tack since they stormed their way in
to the village. In every case the enemy
waves have broken against a stone
wall of resistence by the Americans.
Repulse Raiders, 7 ™74
Washington, May 30.—The mwondj
section of Pershing’s communique fori
May 29 announces the failure of lhr.:i
cnemy to break through the Aumri('uu‘
lines.
A raiding party ol about fifty men.{
it says, was repulsed with a loss of ten ‘
dead and four wounded. The Ameri
con casualties were light. |
SOLDIER BOY TE
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JOE T. WILLIAMS VOLUNTEER OF
TWO YEARS ASSURES MOTHER
OF SAFETY.
Mrs. H. E. Williams has a letter
from her son Joe, who has heen a vo’
unteer in the l'ni.ted States Army fo!
over two vears together with his bre
ther, Arthur. The letter is a most en
couraging one and followg in full:
Somewhere in France.
May 3. 1918.
My Dearest Mother:—
I am having a pretty fair time in
the frenches and am quite use to the
shells bursting around us as this is
my third trip up here and 1 have bheen
up here a good while this trip. I am
well and in the hest of health and so
is Arthor. Do not pay much attention
to what the papers say as trench life§
is very simple 1 live in a dugout ahout |
thirty feet deep and can be in two hun
dred vards of the enemy with out be
ing in much danger as we travel be
low the top of the ground 1 am a la
sion runner and my duty is very easy
and simple so do not worry about me
for it is only a streak of hard luck
when a fellow gets killed and | am too
lucky to get killed in this country. |
am now setting in a dugout and the
aroplanes are flying over us with each
side shooting at the other side aro
plane and sometimes they have a
fight themselves which is very inter
esting to look at them but to sit here
and see the beautiful trees buding and
DAILY EDITION
MEMORIAL DAY
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~ MEANING
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{THOUGHTS LARGELY CENTER IN
; VBATTLEFIELDS OF FRANCE
‘ WASHINGTON, May 80.—'Memorial
day this year is carrying a deeper
;mcaning because or ‘the fuiler parti
}cipution ol the United States i nthe
war. It is being observed today by the
American people as “A day of public
ihuuu’liatinn. prayer and fasting” in ac
cordance with the president’'s proc
lamation.
While the honor shown the veterans
of past wars is not lessened, the
thought of the nation is largely cen
tered in the battlefields of France
where the Antricans are aiding to
stem the German tide,
In Foreign Lands
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, May 30.—From Flanders to
Switzerland, from th'e battle line to the
sca, the ‘American expeditionary forc.
es are today paying homage to their
dead. On the highlands between Nan
¢y and Luuneville, whore the first of
Amerivgg'& killed in the war are buried
a cerentony was held at an early hour,
Here the graves were literally
smothered under the flowers brought
by the French population.
the green fields green with grass, we
can hardly realize that we are so near
the enemy which is only two or three
hundred veuards away. %
Mamma do nct worry about me, as
we live in these dugouts ag we live at
home and have a plenty to eat and a
good place to sleep. I had rather be on
the firing line than be back in some
training camp drilling every day as
we have very little to do on the fir
ing line, it is not what you would
think it is in tH® trenches we have not
lost a man from our company while in
the trenches altho the shells fall
around uS'fpthy close at times, Wes
can lay down on the grass and go to
sleep and t.he"shells flying fifty feet
above us for they can’'t see and don't
know where to shoot.
Arthor afm I make out allotment to
teen and the government pays you
five dollars a month for Arthor and
ten for me if you don’t get the whole
fitty vou write and let us know and
we both have taken out ten thousand
]dullars a piece insurance with the
government which will be paid to you |
incase anyvthing happens to either nfi
us. Tell all the rest hello for me will
have to close this time hoping to
hear trom vou real soon,
Your loving son, |
Joe F. Williams 1
Co. C 151st M. G. Bn. |
A. E. F. France. i
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VIRGINIA SHIPBUILDERS |
LAY FIRST STEEL KEEL
. ALEXANDRIA, May 30.—The laying‘
'of the kel of the first of twelve steel
ships of ninety-four hundred tons each 1
by the Virginia Shipbuilding Corpora
tion was celebrated here today with:
speeches by members of congress and
lr.:prmseuw.tives of the shipping board.
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FLVING INSTRUCTOR DIED
| FROM INJURIES TODAY
| FORTWORTH, May 30.-—Lieut. P.
iG. Mihleder, instructor. at Talliaferro
. Flying Field. died today form injuries
ireceived late yesterday when his plane
| crashed to the earth. \
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'vrm:rfilmmor G
WHEAT FLOUR. FOR. HOHE USE -
YOU HIST BUY ALSO AN EQUAL MH“H\ j
AHOUNT OF OTHER CTREALS. NSRS |
DRAFT EVADERS ARE:
‘WATSON FOLLOWER,
i HIDDEN IN CAmNQ DEFY A
{ REST. i 2380
| . A RREM
| MONTGOMERY, Ala;, May. 36
| Officers here have determined to I§}
‘furt.lmr persuasive meéusures betcs
luttcmming to capture the ten dra;&
luvudurs who have entrenéhed theé
i selves in a geries of caves in‘COO-"
;count\y. : §
; The men are heavily armed.”‘aé
ihuve defied arrest. L 5 fi:. 3
| They are being fed, it is Saffi, i
! nearby residents who said tll(?}’* \Vs
| afraid to refuse them. One of tlie ¢
lis a deserter from Camp Gordon, T
l men are avowed followers of Thom?
Watson, of Thomson, Ga. ‘
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[JACKSONVILLE AND it g
BIRMINGAAM ACCEPTB%
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| ing of the Federal Reserve bal%bg
!.noum-ud that Jacksonville md, f
fingham have Luen awarded nr% (ki
éuf the bank system. Tlm‘api;l.'i‘;;;l}t”ir )
ot Nashville is being considered. ;
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!THIRTY FIVE REPORTED - - 3
" ON CASUALTY LIST TODAY
i WASHINGTON, ’Ma-; 30.—The .ca;l
;nll,v list contaius thirty-five ngm;l’:.
. Killed in action, 5; died of woun
f]: died of accident, 4;died of diseafi
[11; wounded severely 9; wounde‘fi
g‘sliguly. 2; missing in action, 3; l
E Private Richard Murray, (r('RounA.
S. C., and Sergeant Harris H. Hebb. %
ELukulaml. Fla., died of disease.
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Make your old “Kelly last until
this vear's brands are marked
down, —the war is on. -
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IF YOU HAVE NO AIM
YOU'LL NOT GET ANYWHERE
IF YOU HAVE AND REALLY
WANT TO ACHIEVE IT YOU
CAN FEASILY “GO OVER THE
TOP.”
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