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Arizona republican., 1916-03-12
Mere Guess Work

We are gratfed to learn that it a woman who wrote Why Men Deceive Their Wives" We are not only relieved of the narrowing thought any man was such traitor to his to give the snap away, but know and all wives will know as well, when they learn that the informer is woman that her alleged information is all guess work We do say that it is fot good guess-worb for guess sometimes hits the bulseye. But the accuracy of Why Men Deceive Their Wives" has not been dem onstrated and it will not be until some man (some married man) compared with whom Benedict Arnold was an unsefsh patriot, turns against his sex and class Even then he would probably be suspected of insanity and still wives would not know why if at all, they have been deceived
 There have been exposes of Masonry and Odd fellowship but they have done either Of secret orders any harm The secret societies have been protected by the fear of those who might be inclined to take advantage of such exposes that they were not real exposes. So, "Why Men Deceive Their Wives though doubt an interesting work is q unless
Arizona republican., 1916-03-12
The Passinu of Dickens

We hope it that interest in the great est of English novelists is passing notwithstanding news comes from St Louis that must be alarming to those who have succumoed to the fascination of the movies the motor car-to the effect that Dickens is losing his hold upon the American book buying public. Dickens" declares the Chicago Fri hune lis dead He left really large residuum of himself life Many of sentiments are merely reinearnations Of those he created Pecksniff and Micawber permanences. But as novelist Dickens is really gone.
 This is a time of confusion and change. Persons adult years constantly find it necessary to adjust themselves standards of values Most of the literary shrnes which they were taught to wor- ship have been torn down and they have been told to knee elsewhere IL is possible, of course to inn agine persons going through life without read ing Lady of the Lake" Vanity Fair and still being citizens lovers of home and considerate parents. The case of Dickens stands in different category.
 It is impossible to imagine what home would be like where Mir. Pickwick sam Weller Oliver Twist. Nicholas Nickleby David Copperfield, Peg goty and the rest of the Dickens family un- known. There are drab spots in life which only Dickens able to brighten. There moments when his books alone have power carry out
  where humor romance and pathos mingled in just the right proportion make the reader forget busi- ness politics and war.
 It is true that the civilization of which Dickens old fashioned and primitive civilization, without telephones, electricity and gasoline Human nature in it's essentials very much the same Existence not without certain picturesque features in which Dickens reveled and pictures of which he drew with a clearer outline and firmer touch than any other writer of fiction achieved. The simple joys and sorrows of every human people are unroed under his magic touch. An audience of readers incapable of approaching his stories would he dreary to contemplate without endangering sanity.
 We do believe that Dickens will ever die while the English language survives, while men read and speak in language Dickens is too closel! nterwoven with the literature of all tongues. Shakespeare may be numerousy quoted, but there other writer who is drawn upon for illustration Dickens We have read Dickens once but many tmes-all that has ever been col ected and find renewed pleasure and ing in his marvellous delineations of the characters he created.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-12
LITTLE JAMES
Concerning the Shifting of the Worlds Attention from One Event to Another.

Concerning the Shifting of the Worlds Attention from One Event to Another. NoW's Good time fer tn Blig gerence ir Yurrup to Lay off fer awhile an get Rest while tn Aten shun of their Ogience is bein' at | tracked away from tn Fftin' over there, by tn Noo Wor which has been Broke out in Mexico. They aint mo- 1 body carin now whether tn TOotOns l Capchers Verdoon or not They want l to know about tn Capcher of Chmbus | which is in Noo Mexico. They aint no sense now in ths RushinS run min their Laigs off after them Turk | when they aint nobody lookin' that way to see how tn Race comes out. Tn World aint goin' to pay it's l, Good Money an waste it's Time watch ing fer what happens at Devinisk
 an other towns, which it'd be easier | fer tn Germans to Capcher 'em an
 it would be to Pronounce their names
 after they got 'em. We aint carin
 nothin' about tn Fait of Epree an
 th' IZonZo when tn Fait of Douglas i an Fl PasO an other StrOnghOlts of 1 tn Biggest Tyres on the American
 continent Remanes in Dout.
 l Them 42 Sentimeter Guns of tn 1 Germans has been regarded as Some
 thin to Wonder but wre Wonderin
 a Good deel more now if them Mas heen guns of us Americans'll Go Off
 when we try to shoot 'em. Every body's lost Intrust in tn Yurropian l Wor which looks like it's gon' to Play to some Mighty small Crouds less it Cancels it's Engagmence fer l the summer.
 1 We aint got no Idee how long tn Noo Wor in Mexico goin' to lost but it's most Shure to Keep Up till tn
 Bass Ball seeson Opens an then l they won't be no Chanst fer tn
 o-called Worlds Wor to git into tn public Eye no more this Yeer. An
 what's goin' to be Worser fer the Carnidge in Yurrup, we're goin to have Presidenshle Campane an Congressmens is to be elected agin this Yeer sos at tn SitiZens of Po-
 dunk an other Pints in tn United
 States won't neether know or Care whether they's Wor in Yurrup or not.
 1 Them Bliggerence can't blame us
 none. They had most yeers to
 show us whether they could lick
 wun anuther an they orient to feel hard towards tn Ogience when they
 see 'em goin out in tn Middle of tn Performance It aint Reasonable fer 'em to expect to stay on th's
 Frunt Page forever. They better call No they aint so many other Atrackshuns goin' on at Wunst. In tn meantime they mite return to Peecefle Per
Arizona republican., 1916-03-12
What Has Been Done?
he created.

The current Harpers Weekly has leading article hv United States Senator Robert L.. Owen on "The Next Election" rectng the why the pres- should be reelected and briefly reviewing the achievements of the administration. The editor Of the Weekly. the next page at still greater length and with a license which Senator Owen denied him. self enters uron panegyric of the administration. Here is d list of it's accomplishments as compiled by Mr Hargood:
 1. The money broken by the Federal Re- Act.
 ? The tariff actually revised downward after it had talked about for decades
 3 Asatic affairs handled courageously and justly in the prevention of a six power loan and in protection of China against Japan
 | Our relations South America drawn very much closer.
 > helping hand ,ent to the effort toward in Mexico. and without involy ing in a war that would have kept in that country definitely. outraging the feelings of the nha btants and ideals. If you think you know all the facts about what determined policy in Mexico Nou don't. series of articles, beginning in Harpers Weekly on March 18th, will throw sensational new facts into the arena of discussion.
 6 Our relations to the European war have hcen to impartial Americans satisfactory as most desperate and contradictory situation permitted
 Now. let go into the record and ascertain what has actually been done Have we any evidence any where that the money trust has been broken? We know of no who has personal knowledge of it's fracture. The Federal Reserve act is good meas ure it gives to the government the power to curb tne money trust, but who has heard that the power has been employed for that purpose?
 As to the revision of the tariff, has been re- Vised downward in many places. but the president has found it necessary to ask congress to allow him |" disregard that part of the revision relating to sugar The revision has also left a deficit in the treasury that made it necessary for us to impose war tax in time of peace It has become evident that but for the the revision would have caused widespread depression and the president has become far convinced of the failure of the revision to it's purpose that asked congress for the creation of federal tariff commission
 As to 'coura geous handling of Asiatic affairs,
Arizona republican., 1916-03-12
Where the People
 May Have Hearir g
No Time For Intervention.

To the Editor of the Republican, Sir:
 In the morning Republican your query whether the time has come for intervention in Mexico. answer, No. We cannot now intervene in Mexico. Before the recognition of Car ranZa we could. Now there is only one of three things we can do.
 l. Send our soldiers into Mexico to capture Villa with the consent of the CarranZa or the Mexican govern ment.
 ?. Send them there without that consent when they would be ban dits in Mexico the same as Mexican bandits in the United States, for Mexico is recognized as a govern ment under the presidency of Car ranZa.
 3. The only way we can now send our soldiers into Mexico without the consent of that government is to
Arizona republican., 1916-03-12
The Pursuit of Villa


 If this government shall have the cooperation of the Carranza government, 5000 soldiers which it is proposed to send the Mexican line to run down and capture the fiend, villa may be sufficient If not such force would be wholly inadequate, for it would then probably happen that we would have to meet Carranzista soldiers as well. If Carranza free his own wishes he would un- doubtedly welcome aid in effectually disposing of Villa. But it may be that many ad!erens of Car regard the rad against Columbus New Mexico, somewhat redeeming achievement.
 It is possible that the raid was planned partly measure of revenge against the American gov ernment for having recognized the facto govern ment and partly political move the national sentiment of Mexico. do not think that it was part of the plan of Villa provoke inter- vention merely for the purpose embarrassing Car ranza for Villa would have nothing gain and he would sacrifice the only asylum he would have case he driven of Mexico Intervention, if successful, would his own capture and punish ment, else it would make him a fugitive on the the earth. He would be safe nowhere
 It is more likely that the raid intended a coup to bring together behind Villa all Mexican forces and Mexican sentiment, and that Villa cacu- lated that CarranZa would either have to ally him. self with him subordinate else national sen- ment would turn against him. Villa. perhaps counted upon the eakness of Carranza and the forbearance of this government which consistently manifested itself in the face of insults injuries for the last three years
 By way of parenthess it is not pleasant thought that the victims Columbus as well as the scores who preceded them to death Mexican soil slain by American made and ammunition which were freely passed the border by our govern ment against protests and warnings that probably citizens
 CaTranZa is confronted by a problem an unknown factor of which is the temper of his own people We must remember that he resented the landing of American marines at Vera Cruz, though they were directed against his enemy, Huerta, and really intended to aid his revolution. He then indulged in when he not nearly well established as he is now. If he should regard the entrance of American troops upon Mexican soil a hostile act 5000 sol diers would not be nearly enough. More than half our regular army establishment would be required
 Anyway the events Columbus have teen lesson in preparedness. We should not have been stupid as to require such bloody lesson. We have had many lessons from the waters in the last twenty months from which We should have learned something
Arizona republican., 1916-03-12

Some democratic newspaper objected to the sug Gested appointment of Franklin D. Roosevelt assist ant secretary of the navy the position of secretary of war We do not know whether the president was influenced by such objections when he appointed a the department, but he missed a fine chance of getting a distinguished name into the roll of his official family. We remember that there another of the of Roosevelt who assistant secretary the navy and he shed consd- erabe uster upon that department during his brief connection with it.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-12
O|L BURNS IN SPITE
 IF HEROIC MEASURES

The dash made by J. R. Norton and son Fred to their ranch near Liberty,
 Friday night, in an attempt to save
 "a large supply of distillate, set on
 fire by careless boy was unavail-
 ing.
 Practically the entire supply of Pyrene in the city was taken to the scene of the blaze, but the heat generated by the burning tops was so intense, that all attempts to get close enough to apply the Pyrene were mavailing. The loss is placed at about s1,000. A boy about thirteen years of age passed the two tanks, and in a play full mood struck match to see if a small pool of oil on the ground near one of the tanks would burn. He found out without any wait The l blaze spread rapidly, and burned the 1 lads pony severely.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-12

It is seldom that one can sway the current of public affairs, but wise counsel and well considered action rarely fail to produce results.
 John Gale.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-12
A POETS PRAYER

o, Lord. give them eyes to see, for
 blind are they Who stumble through life riches to
 gain. They do not hear natures sweet voice
 calling here The stream and the birds that call and
 say: Come, feast of the natures gifts; come, partake From the Masters handiwOrk that
 keeps the soul in thrall; Come into natures freedom one and
 all. Look. Listen. Come. it's free for all. And unto me- o Lord. give grace As l wander through this ungrateful
 world The beauty Of thy handiwork let me
 see And with thy touch mine eyes open That l may draw from natures beauty
 here. My life and hope. O Lord rest all
 alCne in thee
 C R. BernetZke
Arizona republican., 1916-03-12
The Epic of the War

ne EpIc Of the war The glorious songs have all been sing The cynic critics suy-- The muses are no longer young, 'The bards have had their day. Is HeiicOn no more a mount, Beneath the Grecian sky? And are the pure Castalian fount. And Hipocrene, dry? Are poets now no more than mines To bring us, faint and far, The echoes of heroic times As distant as a star? With Homer, Milton, centuries dead, And Shakespeare buried long, Deem not with them forever fled The Geathless soul of song. When Wars wild bacchanal shall
 cease,
 New singers will arise New celebrants of worldwide peace Beneath the peaceful skies. When kings and kaisers lose the
 crown
 Of autOcratic power W hen war-lords tremble and go down Who ruled the stormy hour When pledge of Freedom, sure and
 strong,
 Renews each nations life. Some bard will sing the Peoples
 Song
 The epic of the strife
 ANN MATILDA JONES
 CTo be Continued)
Arizona republican., 1916-03-12
ANN MATILDA JONES
 POETESS Her Reflections in Prose and Verse
 (All Rights Reserved.)
CHAPTER xx

Never having had more than theoretical knowledge of the matters mentioned in the subjoined lines, I am, perhaps, a little impertinent in exploiting them here But I conclud- ed to chance it, believing that my matrimonially eligible sisters will ratify my action.
 First Aid to Cupid
 The lover is stupid
 Who cannot divine
 That, as first aid'' to Cupid,
 An auto is fine.
 The argument narrows,
 The blind god must know
 It is true as his arrows,
 And sure as ais bow
 No costly, wheeled palace
 Is needed, I ween,
 So it holds Jim and Alice,
 With no one between.
 The archer I mention
 Is there in good shape,
 And he has no intention
 The twain shall escape. So. Tide Tn an auto
 'Tis certainly plain CutrivalS a grOttO. Or a walk in the lane For talks amatory, As onward you whirl; You can finish the story By finding the girl. MT. Richard Le Gallienne, a lyric poet of much sweetness and power deprecates the writing of war poems al this time As l remember, he is a l Frenchman who was born in England and who now resides in America Perhaps his judgment is trifle ] warped by his partisanship. At all events. I who have so recently ac- quired the right of suffrage in neu- tral country, ought to have the priv ilege of expressing my sentiments 1 rhythmically, if l so desire-ever ahout the war. Therefore the follow i ing:
Arizona republican., 1916-03-12

sOOts an rase Food an Money an Ammynishun sos at when they's anuther Date open fer a Return en- gagemept they can ResoOm tn Wor with Renood Vigger an mebbe git it Over with without no More Int r. rupshuns.
 LITTLE JAMES.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08
GRANT MOVES IN The
SUWANEE BLOCK
EXCELLENT LINE OF ELECTRl-
CAL AND PLUMBING FIXTURES
WORK DONE PROMPTLY.

No city the size of COrdele can be
considered progressive without the
services of the best men that can be
had for the plumbing, heating and gas
fitting business that increases in vol
umc as the community grows. Al
bert f. Grant for Il number of years
did this class of work for the Watt
Noimcs Hardware Company and two
years ago established Il business in
Cordcie which has proven an enter
prise whose services are more than
necessary. He has enjoyed an increase
Of work from the outset and is now
one ol the busiest men i'll the profess.
sion
Mr.. Grant also does electric wiring
and carries u stock OF fixtures suited
TO the needs Of the city. Ills new
place in the Suwunee block is well
appointed and his store rooms are fun
of the wares necessary to the main
tcnance OF large business, lie &c
cupics quarters now well located aud
rms PLUMBING mouse mas oeSH MANI
tame" an" mas grown 20 us P''S'"l
usefulness upon 'ne 'o13 "''' "l'
WI'l @i'"oi{ ne up /" " H'S'' S'"'''"F'"
not down 10 a price Mr' ''''i'' ""S
'"''''' It SP'""" reputation 90 o'''
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08

The freight traffic on this and the G.
$. q f. are both very heavy, long
freight trains pouring into Cordcle all
the day and night through as fire.
quently as the passenger services viii
permit.
The Atlanta, Birmingham and At
Iantic is a newer line but one which
bag developed vast areas Of the agri.
cultural territory adjacent to Cor
dele. 1t is now operating Il system
high i'll rank with the other railway
systems Of the state.
The Georgia, Southwestern e Gulf
Railway is a line operating from Cor
dele to Albany and traversing some
of the richest territory belonging to
agricultural Georgia This line, too,
is not as old as some OF the larger
trunk lines, but has been here more
than fifteen years. That is enough
for a strong development Of its terri
tory and ii brings to this point a very
large amount Of business.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08

On February Is, this year The poo
pie OF Crisp county elected ". =. ttcm-
ing to the Office oI Ordinary TO i'll the
uneXpired term OF Judge S. W. Coney,
who had held the place since thc c9Gn-
ty was formed. JUdgc Fleming thus
became the second man III this Office
and goes into the regular primary
election this term unorposod. The
large vote polled in the special cleo
lion is the best evidence Of he high
esteem i'll which he is held in Crisp
county. no county in Georgia has an
ordinary better equipped for giving
the people q splendid service in oiiicc.
Judge Fleming was born IN Monroo
county, Feb. e. 1868. lie came 70
Cordcla in 1899 as o school teacher
md entered into educational work
that soon brought him many friends.
A strenuous worl: soon began TO mako
inroads on his health and he save uD
his rlaco as superintendent Of the
schools of Cordele, g place which he
held with tho greatest Of success. He
was later Office man at the C3rdeio
Oil and Fertilizer Company. now the
Empire Cotton Oil Company. After
holding this place a long time and DO
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08

careful study Of the range of attrac-
tions which are now within his reach.
Mr.. Cain is also manager Of the Cor
dele Opera House.
Modern ideas have prevailed in the
new show house. The seating ar
rangemcnt and inside accommodation
are fully up to those in the best cities
and the patrons of the movie have
been given a most pleasant surprise
nj the general splendid appearance Of
the Palace. 1t seats 250 people and
is prepared for tie Comforts q tie
show visitors for the summer time.
On Mondays and Thursdays Para
mount features are now running at the
Place. Tuesday night a serial goes
on and every evening there is four
to six reel show. Manager Cain al
mays believes in a clean, uplifting
attraction and never knowingly be-
trays his trust i'll this respect. The
reception the local public has given
the new Palace has inspired Manager
Cain with new hopes Of making his
place such an attraction as will bring
people for miles here during the even
ing hours when they will have oppor-
tunity to enjoy such shows as the
larger cities Will hape to offer.
Amusement is as old as the human
race. The novelties and varieties Of
pastime far outnumber the distinct
tyDes of mankind. The kinds Of amuse-
ment vary with the progress Of civil
2ati0n. but the tendency is toward q
purer form OF innocent pleasure seek
ing as each advancing step is record
ed. The present day seeks to offer
amusement which will take The tired
army of workers away from the bust
ness Of hurrying world and make them
forget for brief period while they
are permitted to live in the atmoa-
phere of the minds ideal. In one way
or another the places Of amusement
that have real mission to perform
seek to entertain while they drive
home the message Of uplift
No one knows the meaning Of the
hour OF pastimc, if well spent, better
than does the experienced moving pie
ture man and the business is bec0m-
ing an art Of far-rcaching Importance.
Manager Gains ideal at the Palace
is the hour that will take the visitor
away from himself into happy mo
ments of forgetfulness.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08

ern, eastern and central states and
Canada.
The plant is devoted exclusively to
tile manufacture of yellow pine fin
ished products for tho construction Of
houses. Everything necessary for the
construction of the building is han
died. Building material, lumber and
house bills, from tie smallest to the
finest make up The stock and output
ct this plant and the volume of bu@i-
ness makes dis che Of the leading en-
torpri5es, lot only for Cordcle but for
this entire section OF the state.
j. p. McBurncy is president Of the
Cordcle Sash, Door {; Lumber Com
Eany. and also CT the Empire Cotton
oil Company Of this city. w. l.. R0-
buck is vice president, treasurer, and
general manager of the Cordele Sash,
Door & Lumber Company, and G. G.
Shipp is secretary. Mr. l. r. Murrah
is head Of the department CT estimates
and J. l.. Carman is foreman Of the
mills.
Tho work of each department is so
well regulated tnat q large output OF
finished material is always obtained
and the high standard Of output mas
made it possible 10 keep this plant
busy at oil times. There is no dull
time.
There are few yellow pine manufac-
turing concerns in the country so well
equipped for meeting the demand as
in tho Cordele Sash Door (, Lumber
60. \ large stock Of rough material
is always carried for the purpose Of
meeting the needs Of the trade aEd
every week almost q whole train load
OF mis- material is worked into finished
lumber for one or another Of the VAR
ors kinds of orders always waiting to
he filed.
Besides the contcrDored cotton mill
column which is a spcciaiiy in this
plant, yellow pine OF the finest quality
is turned into flooring, ceiling, siding,
interior and exterior finish and sash,
doors and blinds All the building
material, such as lime, cement, plaS-
ter, latha, shingles, paints and var
mishcs is also carried III stock along
with brick, tile and nantes.
This is one of The largest Of the en-
tcrprises which go to make Cordele
an industrial center. It's business
turns many thousands of dollars each
year and the progressive business
spirit manifested in the operation OF
this plant makes it possible for The
community to enjoy many advantages
as a lumber manufacturing point.