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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-18
FORT EARLY A POPULAR RESORT

Many cars went to Fort Early Sun
day afternoon and the crowds were
enthusiastic over the beauty of this
place and that of the splendid memo
rails the local D. A. r. have placed
there. Mr.. L. G. Booth had all this
work in hand, and to him can be as
cribed much of the beauty of the spot.
He placed the handsome granite boul-
der and built the beautiful memorial
spring of Georgia marble.
The D. A. r. are loud in their prise
of Mr.. Booth for his splendid work at
Fort Early. It is desired by the local
D. A. r. that all Cordele and Crisp
county make Fort Early their picnic
grounds. A prettier place could not
be found and it is the one historic
spot in the county.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-18
FOR MAYOR.
To the people of Cordele:

10 the people OIL COrdele:
Approaching the support given me
during the past two years as your
Mayor, and having to the best of my
ability honestly and fearlessly dis
charged the duties of the Office, and
as there are yet issues to be settled
of great interest to the city in which
am interested as any other citizen
would or should be, and having done
my part in keeping our city in the
forefront, and the good of the city at
all times safe-guarded as the Mayor
of Cordele, hereby announce my can
didacy for reelection subject to the
city primary election to be held on
the 21st day of November, 1916. If
reelected, l pledge my best efforts to
forward the cause of the city in every
manner, and to continue the work of
keeping and maintaining the reputa-
ton which Cordele has justly won
that of being the cleanest city of its
size in the state, in morality, sobriety,
education, religion, civic pride and
honest business. | will appreciate
the support of all the people, and trust
that l will merit the votes of every
qualified voter in the city.
J. GORDON JONES.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-18
PALACE ATTRACTIONS.

Cordele amusement lovers have an
opportunity of seeing Mary Pickford
Americas Sweetheart" in one of her
quaint and lovable screen successes,
"HuIda From Holland" This is a de-
lightful photoplay and shows this
charming actress at her best.
Those who like good serial pictures
are awaiting the first showing of "Peg
o The Ring" the great circus picture
featuring Francis Ford and Grace
Cunard. These two players are very
popular in Cordele by reason of the
many splendid pictures in which they
appeared, among which was the
Broken Coin" serial This new Sc
rial is even better than any past ones
in which they have appeared, which
starts Friday, October 20.
The Palaces feature photoplay ser
vice inaugurated last week has met
with the hearty and instant approval
of the public and the management
has received many congratulations
upon the improved service. The
straight five and ten cents admission
price to all shows has also met with
public favor.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-18

Given a typical Piedmont farm,
with it's characteristic red clay soil,
operating primarily as a cotton plan
tation, what can be done with it? In
other words, can this farm be chang
ed over to diversified proposition
with profit and success? Many a
land owner is confronted by just such.
a situation, and hence the topic is
of general interest. That an under
taking of this character can be sue
cessfully accomplished has been clear
ly demonstrated at the College farm
at Athens. 1t has been the policy
to reclaim a new area of land each
year. Unsatisfactory crops are raised
on much of this land the first year
or two after an attempt to reclaim
it because of its eroded condition and
it's bad physical state. An increase
in the herds of live stock, thereby en-
abling larger amounts of yard manure
to be made available each year and
its return to he soil, has resulted in
improving the land and increasing its
crop-yielding powers. Three hundred
and fifty acres of land are now under
the pillow.
The farm had been abused for years.
It was without satisfactory buildings
or suitable equipment of implements
or live stock. 1t was determined at
once to organize it on the basis of a
stock farm, but without overlooking or
neglecting the possibilities of cultivat-
ing cotton and the varied crops adapt
ed to the soil and climatic conditions
of the Piedmont area. OF necessity the
equipment could only be slowly pur-
chased and assembled. The first I'm
dertaking was to organize a small dairy
herd and offer milk for sale. The re-
ceipts from the herd the first year
amounted to $1,124,44, and the sales
of live stock to $72.29. The value of
the cotton and the cotton seed was
$469.72, making a total turnover of the
farm $1,799.37 This happened in the
college year 1907-190S. Nine years la
ter the sales from the dairy herd
amounted to $6,700.41, showing a
steady and uniform increase through
out the period in question. The sales
of live stock increased from $7229 to
$3,056.02, showing an even greater in
crease. The sales from cotton and
cotton seed have varied somewhat ac
Icording to the season and the price
of the staple. The first year the crop
brought $46962, and in other years
it has sold for as. much as $1,S31.S3
The total receipts have varied from
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-18
A GEORGIA FARM THAT WON
SUCCESS BY OVERSEEING
ANDREW soULE, President College OF Agriculture

s1,799.37 the first year to $11,OO2.69
in 19151916. The total receipts from
the dairy herd in nine years nave
amounted to $43,76S.21, from the sales
of live stock to $13,37795, and from the
sales of cotton and cotton seed Sl0,-
81968, making a total of 500, 572.99 Tor
the nine-year period.
No profit was made from the farm
for the first three years because OF the
lack of equipment and the lmpoVer-
ished condition of the soil, but since
1910-1911 the receipts from the farm
show net return of nearly $18,OOO.OO
over the actual outlay. This must be
regarded as a satisfactory demonstra-
ton of the possibilities of building up
WORKOUT plantation lands through the
institution of a diversified farm prac-
tice in which live stock husbandry is
strongly emphasized. Remember, that
it was necessary to start IN ana re-
claim practically all the land now I'M
der the pillow, a considerable part Of
which had been thrown out for
number of years and it was, therefore,
badly washed and eroded.
A great variety of crops have been
raised successfully. Cereals are grown
each year and a crop Of 1000 to 5000
bushels of oats obtained. Corn is rails
ed in considerable quantity, the stover
being used for roughage. Cowpeas
and sorghum, oats and vetch, oats,
rye and crimson clover, Sudan grass
and other forage crops have been
grown on considerable areas and cut
and cured as hay. Kaffir corn and
sorghum have been grown together
and used primarily for the produc
ton of silage, several hundred tons
of which is made each year. Cow
peas have been used as soil builders
and turned under whenever practical
ble A considerable area of land has
been devoted to alfalfa which has
been cut from four to five times a
year.
A rotation of crops has been estab
lished. Oats have been planted after
cotton and corn and followed, as a
rule, by cowpeas sown alone or in
combination with some forage crop to
be made into hay or turned under for
soil improvement. Cotton and corn
have been grown after cowpeas. A
three-year rotation, including the four
crops, has been the object kept in
view. 1t is conservatively stated that
the lands now under cultivation are
worth $40 an acre more for agricultu
raj purposes than when the work Of
improvement was first undertaken.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-18
BOIL WEEv|L IS
TRAVELLING FAST
WILL REACH SAVANNAH RIVER
BEFORE SEASON ENDS, WoR-
SHAM SAYS.

Atlanta, Oct. 10.-The boil weevil
will extend as far as the Savannah
river, the line between Georgia and
South Carolina by the end of this sea-
son. The river will not stop the Vice.
vii, and into South Carolina it will go
next season.
State Entomologist Lee Worshma
came in to spend today to attend to
routine office work, and will go back
into the field tomorrow morning. Mr..
Worsham says the psychological mo-
ment seems to have come in Georgia
for weevil campaign work, and the
people all over that part of the state
where the meetings are being held
are absorbing everything we are tell
ing them" At every place, Mr.. Wor-
sham says, the courthouses are be-
ing filled to capacity and there is an
earnestness among the people greater
than he has ever seen before.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-18
CHURCHES SEEK ATTENDANCE
BY NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING

Atlanta, Oct. 17.-That newspaper
advertising can be used with as much
propriety and efficiency by ministers
of the gospel in getting results as it
can in commercial business is the
view to which practically all the pas
tors of the Atlanta churches have
been converted
The local newspapers are now car
rying regular departments in their
weekend issues devoted to church adj
vertisements, and the preachers are
patronizing the department with en-
thusiaSm.
Going on the theory that a church
cannot accomplish much unless 1t gets
the people to attend religious SER
vices, the pastors have decided that
the best way to get them out is to
tell them what the church has to Of
fer in the way of music, sermon, top
les, ETC., and that newspaper adver-
Using is the best of all mediums for
conveying this information.
The organization of central church
bureau in charge Of paid secretary
who will promote various enterprises
in which all the churches join is an
other typically business method just
adopted by the churches of Atlanta.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-18
HUGHES FRIENDS USE FRANK
CASE TO WIN VOTES

Atlanta Oct. 17.-That the Leo M.
Frank case is being used in the pres
idential campaign to win votes for
Charles E. Hughes is shown by an &C
count in a Pittsburg newspaper of a
speech recently delivered at Repub-
lican headquarters in that city by Pc
ter Click, who is assistant city solic-
itor of Pittsburg.
According to the report of the
speech in the Pittsburg paper, Mr..
Click, among other references to the
Frank case said:
"When southern state, harboring
within rs borders the lust for riot
law. outraged the nations sense of
fair trial for a condemned man, who
was the man on the United States Su-
preme court bench who said to Geor-
gia: 4 am of the opinion that this
Judgment should be reversed against
Leo Frank?' Who was the judge who
said, in a dissenting opinion in which
Judge Holmes joined, "Mob low does
not become due process of law by Sc
curing the assent of a terroriZed jury.
It is our duty to declare lynch law as
little valid when practiced by reg
ularly drawn jury as when admins
tered by the one elected by mob in
tent on death?
Charles E. Hughes was the man.
It was his sense of justice that spoke
forth. 1t was his heroic spirit OF
righteousness that rebuked Georgia
for her barbarous treatment of an
American citizen"
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-18
FOR ALDERMAN,

candidate for Alderman of the city of
Cordele, subject to the primary to be
held on November 81. If elected
promise to faithfully perform the du-
ties of the Office and lend my heartiest
support to the advancement of Cor
dele and the protection of the interests
of it's individual citizens. My past
experience on the council has made me
thoroughly familiar with the duties
of the Office. The suffrage and sup
port of the voters will be greatly ap-
preciated Respectfully,
J. HOMER LAMB.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-18
FOR ALDERMAN.

I hereby announce myself candi-
date for reelection to the office of
Alderman of the city of Cordele, sub
ject to the primary to be held Novem-
Der 81. I have conscientiously and
fearlessly performed the duties of the
office, as I have seen them, during my
present term, and pledge myself, if
elected, to continue a faithful per
Torrance of such duties. Your sup
port and vote will be appreciated.
Respectfully,
J. NELSE KING.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-18

Generally a girl isn't as anxious to
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-18
FOR ALDERMAN,

At the solicitation of friends I here
by announce myself candidate for
alderman of the city of Cordele, sub
ject to the primary to be held Novem-
Der 81. If elected 1 pledge myself
faithfully to perform any and all du-
ties of the office and your votes will
be appreciated.
Respectfully,
G. o. NOBLE.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-18
FOR ALDERMAN.

| announce myself a candidate for
alderman of the city of Cordele, sub
ject to the primary to be held on No
vember 81. If elected l promise to
discharge the duties of the office to
the best of my ability Your vote and
support will be greatly appreciated.
Respectfully,
L. L. DAVIS.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-18
MkYR'S woSDsER + REMEFGY
wsrp STOMACH oab'g

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ach Sufferers owe their complete re-
covery to Mayr's Wonderful Remedy
Gall Stones, Cancer and Ulcers of the
Stomach and Intestines, Auto-Intoxica-
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and other fatal ailments result from
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ments. For sale by Suwanee Palace
Pharmacy Cordele, Ca, and druggists
everywhere.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-18
FOR MAYOR.

wish to announce myself candi-
date for the Office of mayor of Cor
dele, subject to the primary Of Novem-
Der 81. l will appreciate the vote and
support of every citizen.
C. L. MCMILLAN.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-18

Although King Ferdinand of Ru-
mania is son of Prince Leopold of
Hohenzollern, and prince of a nom
reigning branch of the kaiser's fami-
Iy, he has French blood in his veins,
his grandfather having married a
great niece of the Empress Josephine
consort of Napoleon.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-18

Queen Marie, Europe's most beau
tiful queen, whom King Ferdinand
married in 1898 is of British and Rus
sian descent. She is the eldest daugh-
ter of the Duke of Edinburgh and of
the Grand Duchess Marie of Russia.
She is thus first cousin Of both King
George and the Gar.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-17
ANOTHER $4,000
GOES TO PROHIBS
Is Second Sum of That Size Given b!
Colin and wife to Campaign Fund
of Dry Party.

indianapolis. Ind, Aug 17.-An -ad-
ditionaI gift of $4,000 to the national
prohibition party's campaign fund, by
Mr. and Mrs. John p Coffin of Johns
town. Fla, was announced here today.
They previously had given $4,000 to
the fund. The 100000 is to be made
the nucleus for u campaign fund of
81 ,0OO, 900. The gifts are in the nature
Of property and Florida real estate.
To handle property thus acquired a
charter organization to be known as
the prohibition foundation has been
formed by the national party leaders
The foundation viii serve as clear
ing house for all general and special
funds which may be turned over TO the
national committee. The expenditure
of the money viii be largely in the
hands of Virgil G. Hinshaw Of Chicago,
the national chairman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-17
CORPORAL HELD
IN MURDER CASE

Brownsville, Tex, Aug. 17.-Cor-
poraI Carl Dunches, assigned to the
quartermaster corps of the United
States army, faced charges in the Cam
eron county court today of murder and
assault to murder in connection with
the killing last night of Corporal
James Clement, c company, Second
Virginia infantry. and the wounding of
Senorita Sofia Valdes, a Mexican girl.
Clements home was in Warrenton, Va
The Virginian was killed, it is charged,
when he sought TO protect the Mexican
girl from lunches advances. Dunches
shot and killed Clement and wounded
the girl Dunches then fired three
shots with the intention, IT was said.
of killing himself. Only one took eff
feet, that producing a slight flesh
wound.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-17
SEEK WAYTOSTOP
PLAQUES SPREAD
Government Health Service DfyrrFSrS
Measures to Prevent Further
Scattering of Disease.

Washington, Aug 17.-Measures TO
prevent further spread of infEntile
paralysis were discussed here today in
a conference called by the public
health service under the authority of
congress for such councils in an cpl
deTnic of national danger.
Delegates from nearly all states
were present today with detailed re-
ports Of the spread of the plague over
the country.
In welcoming the delegates Secretary
McAdoo- expressed hope for federal and
states coordination of preventive meas
ures and regulations.
Assistant Surgeon General A II.
Glennan, in the absence of Surgeon
General Blue, opened the conference
which is expected to continue two days.
Assistant Surgeon General w. G.
Rucker, president.
The exact figures from IS states
showed III cases, not confined to
cities by any means. Many were re
ported on farms. Few suggestions
were offered regarding the possible
origin. Most speakers saw little ne
cessity of a quarantine by other
states against travellers from the east.
Practically all state officers reported
rigid local quarantine regulations
Since the outbreak of the present cpl
demic the number of cases reported in
Illinois was zoo and in Iowa IS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-17
Many Talks
on Program
of President

Chicago, Aug. 17.-President VIII
son win make numerous public
speeches before civic organizations in
response to invitations during the
progress Of the national campaign, al
though he will not make a political
speech-making tour of the country,
according to an announcement made
here today by Senator Thomas J.
Walsh of Montana, manager of the
western campaign headquarters of the
democratic national committee. Sen
ator Walsh said he received such an
assurance from President Wilson per-
sOnally several days ago.
THE president is in receipt OF a
number Of invitations to speak" said
Senator Walsh, ''and he intends to &C
cept as many of them as his official
duties will permit during the cam
paign. He already has agreed to speak
in St. Louis Sept. 20 and he may come
to Chicago Immediately after that en-
gagement- The Cook county real es-
tate board and several other organiza-
tions have invited him"
Former Congressman Robert w.
Buckley Of Cleveland, Ohio, who was
appointed chief of the foreign Ian
guage bureau at the western head
quarters of the democratic national
committee, has informed Senator
Walsh that his personal business may
make it impossible for him to accept
the place.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-17
WILL SOON NAME
MEN FOR MEETING

Mexico City, Aug. 17.-Foreien Min
lister Aguilar stated today that he had
received assurances from Washington
that the American delegates TO the in
ternauonal conference between Mexico
and the United States viii be chosen
within the next three or four days
The question Of a successor to the
late Juan Neftali, AmadOr as subsecre-
tary of foreign relations was under
consideration, said the foreign minis
ter but he was not prepared to dis
close the names OF the men suggested
for the post.
Washington. Aug. II. - Secretary
Lansing today assured EIiseo Are
doudo, Mexican ambassador-desigu
that the American members of the
Mexican commission to discuss border
disputes would be appointed very soon
and explained that the delay was
caused by President Wilson's occupa-
ton with The threatened strike.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-17
PROWLER KILLED
BY MILL GUARDS
Young Polish Worker Shot to Death al
La Salle-SituatiO Grows More
Alarming.

La Sale, Ill, Aug. 1.-TWO guards
at the German-American cement plant,
Joseph Burkhardt and w. A. Davy,
were removed to Jail at Ottawa today
as a result of the killing last night of
a young Polish worker who was dis
covered, the guards say, proWling
around the plant. The victim was shot
to death.
The shooting resulted in the first
death since the strike of cement work
ers was declared more than a month
ago. Guards in large numbers are said
to have been imported to protect the
mills.
Conditions in the strike zone, the
authorities say, are becoming more
alarming and request may be made
that state troops be returned here.
States Attorney Wiley of Ottawa ar
rived here today to investigate the Sit
uation.
The investigation into the cause of
the fire, which Wednesday night de-
stroyed a warehouse of the German
American company, is under way. Au-
thorities believe the blaze was of in
cendiary origin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-17
THE WAR TO-DAY

After scoring important gains
in the SOmme region, both north
and south of the river, the French
are busily making preparations
for the expected German counter
stroke.
No such attack developed last
night but the Paris bulletin today
reports intense artillery activity
north OF Maurepas.
The new allied advance north Of
the SOmme weakens the hold Of
the Germans on GuillemOnt and
Maurepas, which latter place the
French already partly hold, The
objective of the operation is the
important railroad town OF Pc
rome.
TOday's London official state
ment reports the pushing forward
of the British line west and south
west of GuilIemont
Further indications of the stiff
fleming of the TeutOnic resistance
to the Russian advance in Galicia
is contained in tOday's statement
from PetrOgrad which announces
renewed counter attacks By the
AustrO-German forces.
Indications of important activity
in the Balkans are increasing.
From the Russian front, the
scene of important developments
Yesterday shifted back to the
SOmme front where the British and
French stOrmed nearly three miles
of German trenches, driving for
ward at points To a depth of 300 TO
500 yards. Maurepas and Clery
have been thanked on both sides
and official statements say the al
lies are directly in front of the
large railroad town of COmbles-
South of the SOmme, the French
stOrmed German trenches along
three-quarters of a mile.
For the first time in several days
no important action Is reported
either from the Russian or ItaI-
ian fronts. The most interesting
item of news regarding the Italian
advance against Triest is contain
ed in dispatch from Milan which
says that German troops are to be
employed in the defense OF the
Austrian port III corrObOrated,
this means that Italy and Germany
Will at last enter an active state
of war.
German troops have won a sue
cess in the Carpathian region, Ber-
lin says, capturing Starawipozyna
height, north of Capul.
The forces of the entente allies
on the Saloniki front have cap
tured the railroad station at Dol.
ran and four villages at other
points on the 'front.'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-17
WILSON CALLS RAILROAD
PRESIDENTS To CAPITAL
To ACT IN CONFERENCES
PRESIDENTS PLAN
FOR SETTLING THE
STRIKE SITUATION
As closely as il may be outlined,
the presidents plan OF settling the
s.

tHS pICslutht piGah Va oOOthh6 ShS
dispute follows:
1. The railroads must concede with
out qualification the S-hour day at the
present pay for 10 hours.
2. The men must agree not to insist
upon their demand for pay and one
half for overtime until a commission
with plenary powers has had an OPP
pOrtunity to investigate and report on
the cost of the demand to the carriers.
8. The railroads must waive their
counter proposals altogether.
4. Both the railroads and the men
must agree to get together on the find
ings of the commission with respect to
the cost of the overtime scheme. If
those findings develop the fact that the
cost would be excessive to the carriers
the men must consent to pro rata pay
instead of pay and a half If the find
ings disclose the men should receive
more than pro rata for overtime the
railroads must consent to put into eff
feet the recommendations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-17
BANDITS ROB SIX
SALOONS IN ROW

Chicago, Aug. 17.-Four young
masked automobile bandits, one armed
with a rusty revolver, started a series
of saloon rObberies in the southwest
side of Chicago last night and van
ished on the north side after having
held up six saloons and obtained small
amounts of money within an hour and
a half. In one saloon seven men were
driven into a refrigerator and told by
one of the bandits TO keep COOL