The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-30
FLAG RAIsINi AND
HOLIDAY ON June 5
OLD GLORY WILL BE ERECTED ON
FIFTY FOOT POLE AT INTER
SECTION ELEVENTH AM SEW
ENrA-SPEECHEs Will BE
MADE. AND MUSIC BY ARABl
SABAND.


Growing out of a meeting OF citizens
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock st the
court house, which developed into al
enthusiastic patriotic demonstrt ton,
Cordele andsCrisp county will observe
June 5, teh date of registration under
the new draft law, as a holiday and
q committee of more than thirty citi-
zens is arranging demonstration on
that day such as the city and county
have perhaps never before eXperienc-
ed.
1t will be countrywide affair, specl-
al care being taken in the prepare
ton Of the program to make it an
event Of interest to the people OF the
county at large All patriotic organi-
cations and civic bodies among men,
women and children will participate
in the event. Speeches will be made
by prominent citizens, the Arab band
win furnish music, patriotic songs
will be sung and other features ar
ranged, among. which will probably be
q parade by the home guard Free
lemonade will be served me crowds
OH this occasion.
While all men between the, ages OF
q a. ] 81 are required to register IN
thcir respective voting precincts in
the county, they and the people OF the
:sounty as a whole are invited to Cor
tdCle en- June to participate in the
demonstration. Old Glory will be dis.
uplayed at the intersection OF Seventh
ystreet and Eleventh avenue. 1t will
be one of the largest flags ever seen
in Cordele, and will be, permanently
erected at the top of a pole, from
which position it can be viewed from
all points OF the city and surrounding
( section The pole viii be fifty feet
y high, and made OF steel piping, the
base OF which viii be four or five
inches in diameter and made station
arye in concrete several feet below the
; surface Of the street.
Tie meeting Tuesday morning was
callea by number of patriotic citi-
zens. Superior court was in session,
though Judge Crum adjourned the
court for more than an hour to give
way to the gathering, himself deliver
ing q speech that was roundly applaud
ed 90 motion of Postmaster McAr-
thur, ldse Max E. Land was made
chairman eli the meeting and he stat
ed the purpose of their coming togeth-
er as being the obligation and patri-
. QUO QHIy VI 6NO1J 1l4ebi1 bCI"SSi LIN
ages IF q and 81 registering on June
and to arrange for a patriotic demon
stration on June 5, the date Of regis
tration Several hundred citizens from
all sections of the county being in
hescity on account of the court, were
in attendance upon the meeting.
Short speeches were made by a
number of prominent scitizens. They
were stirring for their patriotic tone
and ELECTED enthusiastic applause and
cheering That this was a war for
humanitys sake, war OF democracy,
VS. autocracy, and that there could be
no higher patriotism exercised by the
farmers than in growing food supplies
for the people of the nation and the
United States army in France, were
points expressed by the speakers and
strongly appealed to the audience. 1t
was mo- a time for individual opinions
as to the why's and wllerefOres of the
war, declared number of the speak
ers in effect President Wilson and
the congress, they stated, had studied
the situation from every angle and
they had seen fit to uphold the dignity
of the nation and maintain the price
less heritage of freedom and rights
due a nation, to declare war on Ger
many and it was the duty of every
man to rally to the president and the
flag.
A certain paper published in the
state, said two of the speakers, had
made differences that men between
the prescribed ages ought not reg
lister unless they felt inclined, that
they would not, and could not be pun
ished by the government, evidently
having reference to Tom Watson's
Jeifersonian 1t was not only pa
triotic duty of men between the ages
named to register they declared, but
added that certain punishment would
be meted out to those who failed to
comply with the law.
The speakers were Judge Land.
Judge u Y. Whipple, o.. T. Cover, w.
p FLEMING, Judge Crum, Mayor J.
GG4&on Jones and J. M. Cox.
Airesolution was offered by Mayor
JGmSts to make June 5 a holiday
throughout the county, The resolu
4 ton was unanimously adopted by a
A7AikAvote Postmaster Nc Arthur Of
fefsdRan amendm flor the appoint
ment OF a committee of thirty or more
i Gritizens to arrange a program for
As'the demonstration on this date. The
Fdnl6HuIH6Ht pIONluAI lOH Tic dupolut-
ment of this committee by the chair
man and Judge Land appointed the
following citizens: F. L. Bartholomew;
r.. J. Durrett; D. Holmes; Chas. E.
X Brown: T. w Bivins; Joe. Williams;
slNR. 81 Dunlan: J. w Cannon: E. A
Vsnatn: ]. 3. Ryals; 7 M. Hunt: A. F
FheSlhwell; J. NJ Diffee; ]. Slade:
IN. King. .Tohn Sheppard w. r.
Z ,atcutt 3. II. Palmer C. C. Ship; S.
~ M. Watson: w q Roberts D. A. DUFF
'sssYse O. M Heard; w 7. Robuck; g
~ Wilkes: G. NJ. Mckenzie; T. E.
.Ienaings: Max f.. Land: A. T.. Nc
AWhiir W H Doris l.. T.. Davis
al n. Cover w. w Esnv: Bruce WI
4gliams: ]. G. Patten H. T Stow High
xsnter: p Gleaton: NJ NJ Fakes
III a. A. Ward; r. C. BoTilware W.
yNYwards A. T WheIcbel: 7. s.
Nh JeAzfa: r, r. Harris. G. L. McMil-
INN. S. Roberts wv. F. Markert.
1shis committee will meet next Fri
Morning at 9 O'Clock at the Office
AAA3Effge w p Fleming in the court