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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-11
RED CROSS FINDS
PEOPLE RESPONDING
MRS. FLEMING WRITES OF MOVE
MENT AND EXPLAINS WHY PEO-
PIE SHOULD HELP MAKE UP
BIG FUND.

Mrs. w. P. Fleming, vice chairman
OF the Red Cross work in Crisp county
J writes an encouraging account of the
progress which is being made and ex-
plains many of the things which
should cause the general public to
make the campaign more general
one.
class in surgical supplies is soon
to be at work in Cordele Mrs. Elem
ing's account speaks we'll for the move
ment. 1t follows:
The Red Cross is meeting with fine
cooperation and is encouraged at the
membership, but we want thousand
members in Cordele, and we urge that
all who have not enrolled their names,
report at once to- our headquarters
the old Cordele National Bank build
ing, where they will receive their but
ton, the certificate of membership.
Nobody is allowed to wear this but
ton except member of the Red Cross.
For the benefit of those who do not
I understand the purpose of the Red
Cross, wish to state here that mem
bership does not place you under any
obligation to do anything, or to go
anywhere. You merely pay in your
dollar to help relieve the wounded
and suffering left on the battle fields
Before this war is over, there will
probably not be home in Crisp coun-
ty that will not in some way, be af-
fected by it, and the Red Cross is the
only channel through which you can
reach your boy, husband or brother.
Only through the Red Cross nurses
will come to you the messages from
the sick and dying in the hospitals
The small membership fee of $1.00
makes it possible for every man wo-
man and child to have part in this
great work and we plead with you not
to delay, but join at once, as the need
is even now urgent. Our American
soldiers will, in short while, be in
the trenches and some will be wound
ed and killed, before relief can reach
them y a
We are perfecting plans to open up
a class in surgical supplies. We have
writtenato secure the service of a Red
Cross nurse, who. will give us course
of instructions. These classes will
be limited to twenty5and will be held
upstairs over the Postoffice. The equip
ment will be in place ready when the
nurse is secured. 1t is not necessary
sNto have been in the First Aid classes
to take this course.
All who wish to join these classes
will enroll at once through the secre-
tary, Miss Frances Carswell, or can
give their name to those in charge at
Red Cross headquarters. The COM
mittee for this work are as follows:
Thursday, Mrs. A. G. Atkins; Friday
Mrs. T. J. Durrett; Saturday, Mrs.
Lucille Williams.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-11
PROF. SPIRES WILL
TEACH Big CLASS
STARTS ZION HOPE CHURCH
MONDAY, JULY 16. GOOD WORK
is EXPECTED.

The ]. w. Spires school og music
will begin at Zion Hope church Mon
day, July 10Th, and it is hoped that
parents and lovers of good music will
attend the opening day and continue
throughout the term of ten days.
In this school study of the rudi-
ments, sightsinging, ear training,
harmony, composition and conducting
will be the main studies.
"All persons desiring to teach should
take advantage of this school," said
Prof Spires.
Prof Spires is a teacher of ability
and fine reputation
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-11
FIVE NEGROES ADMITTED
GUILT; GET SENTENCES

Adam and John Mckay. two ne
groes, entered pleas of guilty to the
charges of beating their way on a
train before Judge Crum yesterday
and each man drew a sentence of four
months on the changing.
Alex Battle had been rounded up
by Sheriff Ward for violating the pro
hibtion laws. When he admitted that
he was guilty, Judge Crum made his
sentence a term of twelve months.
He must pay $500 if he escapes this
term John Clark, another negro who
was taken at the same time with
Battle drew a term of ten months or
SIS He may pay out.
Jim Green got ten months or fine
OF $75 for carrying a pistol.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-11
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BUCKEYE MAKING PLANS FOR
BIG PEANUT TRADE IN CRISP

Through their local representative,
J. A. Wilson, the Buckeye Cotton Oil
company is making arrangements to
handle large peanut output the com
ing season. The seed houses in this
community are being changed to meet
the need and peanuts will be bought
and handled in large quantities just
as are cotton seed.
Tho buckeye Cotton Oil company
will. like the other oil mills, have
every arrangement made to take and
use all the peanuts that can be had.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-11
MRS ELIZABETH SMITH DIES
At ADVANCED AGE 81 YEARS

Death claimed Mrs. Elizabeth Smith
who resides in the Zion Hill commun-
ity yesterday afternoon. She had
reached the age of "a years and had
scores of friends all over wide COM
munity.
The funeral took place this after
noon at Zion Hill and the remains
were inferred in the church cemetery.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-11
COMFORTABLE NEW CHAIRS
FOR CRISP COUNTY JURORS

Jurors in The superior court have
twelve Of the prettiest. most comfort
able chairs ever coming to these parts.
They were bought by the county com
missoners from large Michigan fur
nitura factory and the next jurors
serving in tie court will have the
first opportunity to enjoy them.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-11
GREATEST CORN CROP
is TO Be HARVESTED
Country Will Produce Three Billion
Bushels, the Government Crop Es-
innate Predicts.

Washington, July 10.-A three bill
lion bushel corn crop, estimated, is
the farmers answer to the Presidents
call for more. foodstuffs for the allies
This is far above the average and
more than six hundred million bush
els more than last years.
Spring wheat condition is S3.6.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-11

Stockholm, July 10-Imnediate
shall include the establishment of an
international convention to bring
about disarmament is the demand of
the international proleteriat, accord
ing to German minority socialists
who have just issued a lengthy mem.
orandum Economic isolation of
states are condemned, the memoran-
dun continues, and obligatory inter
national arbitration should be insti-
tuted.
Equal Rights.
Equal rights of all inhabitants of
any country regardless Of nationality,
race or religion is an imperative me-
cessity. Other recommendations are
Secret treaties must be abolished.
Notifications of frontiers must de-
pend on the consent of the popula-
lions concerned and must not be eff
fected by violence.
Annexations and indemnities shall
be fixed on the basis of the right of
nations to decide their own destinies.
establishment of Servia as an
Independent autonomous state is nee
essary. The aspirations of the Polish
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-11

Mrs. T. S. Whitaker has returned
home after a pleasant visit to rela-
tives and friends at LAGRANGE, Ga.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
Home Storage.

Storing eggs and keeping them in
a wholesome condition until they are
needed for consumption is one Of the
greatest aids in balancing the food
supply. ';''-
The food value Of storage egg
is equal to that Of a fresh egg, &C.
cording to food specialists. A slight
deterioration III favor is the only loss.
For cooking purposes stored eggs are
equal in every respect to fresh eggs,
and in the making of cakes they are
even preferred BY professional cooks.
as the white of the older egg is con-
sidered a better leavenlns agent. -
Cold storage is the usual method of
preserving eggs commercially, but a
number of other methods may be
used by the home poultrymaf. In
any of these methods the. object is to
stop evaporation and prevent the en-
trance of putrefactive bacteria
through the she'll A number of COM
mercial preparations for preserving
eggs are now on the market and used
with success by the home poultry
man. Some success has been OBJ
tanned by packing eggs in bran This
preserves the natural protective ma
terial on the outside of the egg by
keeping it dry. The close packing of
the bran cuts off the air supply and
makes deterioration less rapid.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
Coop the Mother Hen.

1t is not good poultry management
to allow the mother hen to range un-
restricted with her chicks. With
such freedom the hen frequently
takes her brood through wet grass
and as a result some are chilled and
die, especially the weaker ones which
are likely to be left behind. The loss
of young chicks which follows such
a practice is large and mainly pre-
ventable. Furthermore, the food
which a brood allowed to range with
the hen obtains goes very largely to
keep up the heat Of the body, and the
chicks do not make as good growth
as they otherwise would.
Chick losses of this nature can be
largely prevented by shutting the hen
in a coop. Any style OF coop which
is dry, ventilated and can be closed
at night to protect the brood against
cats, rats and other animals, and
which, while combining the hen, will
allow the chicks to pass in and out
freely after they are few days old,
will be satisfactory. The hen should
be confined until the. chicks are
weaned, though a small yard may be
attached to the coop, if desired, to al
low the hen to exercise. The fence
can be raised from the ground far
enough to allow the chicks tt go in
or out, but not high enough for the
hen to escape. By using a coop the
chicks. can find shelter and warmth
under the hen at any time, and The
weaklings, after a few days, may de-
velop into strong, healthy chicks.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
AMERICA SENDS
CHECK TO BRITAIN
Makes Gift of $4,000 to Eng
lish Government for the
War Fund.
THANKS FROM PREMIER

Correspondence Of The Associated Press,)
Liverpool, April 24-An American
citizen, now living in New Orleans,
but formerly a British citizen in
Liverpool, has sent the Liverpool
Chamber of Commerce check for
$500 to be sent to Premier David
Lloyd George as gift to the Brit
ish nation, In an accompanying let
ter he say: 81 should like in return
a letter signed by Mr.. Lloyd George
stating that | have made this gift, to
put in my safe, so that my children
may know that their father also was
willing to make sacrifice for his
country.
In acknowledging the gift, Mr..
Lloyd George says: Il am deeply
touched by the patriotic spirit which
prompted you to make this sacrifice
at time when the mother country
is so vitality in need of all support.
l can assure you that we at home
are thrilled at the way our friends
across the sea have come forward to
give us their best in our hour OF
trial. 1t is not only soldiers and
sailors TO whom our thanks are due,
but also to those ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
who have so generously given OF their
assistance"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
RUSSIAN MUSIC TO
LOSE MINOR KEY
Revolution Will Bring Glorious
Note to Achievements Of
Slav Composers.
NO MORE OF MELANCHOLY

Correspondence of The Associated Press)
Liverpool, April 24.-Revolution in
Russia will mean complete change
in the nature OF Russian musical com.
positions, in the opinion of Thee
Kushel, president of the Russian AS
ISOLATION of Musicians, who is now in
Liverpool, He says:
Throughout the whole of Slav, but
especially of Russian, music one is
confronted with a ceaseless note OF
melancholy. The minor key pervades
the whole of Chopin, Glinka, Rubin
stein and Tschai' :owsky. This minor
note haunts even the songs OF the
peasant, as for instance the beautiful
song from Glinka's Life for the
Gar" 1t is supposed to typify the
devotion of the moujik or Russian
peasant, for his emperor.
That beautiful song expresses the
sentiments OF peasant soldier dying
for the car. But now that the
peasants have found out that it is
nobler to die for Russia than for a
Romanof new. glorious note will
ring through Russian music, and we
shall take a new place among the
great musical nations OF the earth,
because OF the gladness Of our sons,
and not because of their sadness.
What change it will be! Imagine
a Joyous Chopin---he was S1av as
much as any Russian. Imagine
laughing Glinka or light-hearted
Tschaikowsky. 1t will come as
revolution even to ourselves"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
Feed for Egg Production
When the PuLlets Are Young
First Few Weeks Are important

Pullets that are stunted by poor
feeding during the first few weeks
of thei.' lives will prove a decided
disappointment from the standpoint
of their egg production.
If an abundant supply Of eggs is to
be expected next fall and winter the
young pullets must be fed from the
first with this in mind. There is
always shortage of eggs in the early
fall and winter due largely to the
tact that the care and feeding are not
properly attended to during the early
life of the chick.
Should Get Good Ration.
Hens do not consume feed one day
70 manufacture it into eggs the next.
Chicks should be fed good ration
throughout the entire year instead of
being allowed to hustle for themselves
after they have attained weight of
two or three pounds. 1t is practically
impossible to induce the hens to lay
during he cold winter months unless
they have been we'll developed and
started to laying during the pleasant
fall weather. -.
The early Matched pullets OF the
smaller, more active breeds mature
rapidly and otter begin laying in Au-
gust or September. These birds will
not make good winter layers as a
rule. They usually lay from sixteen
to thirty eggs and begin to molt the
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
NO SMOKE, NO STEINMETz
Famous Engineer Considered Himself
Fired" When Sign
Went Up.

Charles Proteus Steinmetz, the
worlds greatest authority on electric
ity, smokes constantly. Some people
believes he smokes in his sleep. He
prefers long, slim, mild brand of
cigar made specially for him. How
long he has been smoking no one
knows. He himself admits that he
learned to smoke scientifically and
methodically, consuming first couple
of cigar puffs, then a dozen, then
quarter of cigar, then half, next
three-quarters and finally whole one.
When he, as an unknown engineer,
came to the General Electric COM
pany of Schenectady to work, his flu
ture was not suspected. All that was
known of him was that he could solve
the most difficult mathematical prob
lens, that he had fed Germany on ac-
count Of his socialistic beliefs and
that he had promised that he could
reorganize the calculating depart
ments Of the company.
One day an order was posted over
the shops and Offices that no smok-
ing would be tolerated in the plant.
Steinnietz came down to work and
Lit his long cigar as usual.
"You can't smoke here" said an of,
fetal.
VERY good said Steinmetz, and
walked out. Pr
For three days he. did not come
back. On the fourth day they sent
for him, since they had become stalled
on difficult problem and were I'm.
able to continue the work in hand.
A man in authority went up to the
Steinmetz home.
when are you coming back to
the plantf" he asked.
Never, ! suppose" said Steinmetz.
"Why not?'
mo smoke, no Steinmetz."
swell, come back today, anyway;
you can smoke now"
Steinmetz walked into the plant
putting on long. cigar. In few min-
utes he had solved the puzzling prob
Francisco Chronicle.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
Clean Drinking Water.

"Well watered means half fed" is
often said Of horses and cattle, The
same is quite as true of poultry
Clean, fresh water supplied in clean
fountains or pans means comfort and
health to poultry. and profits to the
poultryman. - - ~.
Sanitary drinking fountains are far
superior to the ordinary drinking
pans, as there is sufficient water sup
ply without allowing room for the
fowls to step into the water. In any
case the pans or dishes used should
be thoroughly cleaned and scalded
frequently. 49,. ,.....: ..
Poultry diseases spread, quickly
through. poorly kept drinking pans.
Careful poultrymen, besides keeping
the pans clean and the water fresh,
use potassium permanganate in the
drinking water to prevent the spread
of disease through the water supply.
A stock solution Of potassium per-
manganate is made by placing about
two inches of the permanganate in
the bottom of wide-mouthed bottle
and then filling it with water. Enough
of this solution is added to the drink
ing water to give it wine color. Po-
tassiun permanganate may be pur-
chased at drug store at. about Is
cents pound, and a pound will last
the average poultryman a long time.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
Poultry Profits.

At the Missouri state poultry ex-
pertinent station, Mountain Grove,
Mo-, where the national egg-laying
contest is being held, one man has
entire charge OF the work. As one
man is doing all of the work and all
necessary records are kept basis
for finding the relation between cost
of labor and profit under such con-
ditions is furnished The man feeds,
waters and trap-nests the fowls,
passes through 756 gates and doors
each day, as well as keeping fifty
eight mash hoppers in repair, clean
ing fifty-eight dropping boards and
keeping the litter in order in fifty
eight houses. There are six hens in
each, making a total of 348.
The feed for February cost $7l.34,
or EOS cents per hen; sixteen egg
cases, at rs cents each, cost 81, max
ing total cost of 1854.
Five thousand five hundred and
twenty-eight eggs were produced and
sold at an average of 8 l-3 cents each,
or $lS4.26, leaving $l0S92 for labor
This is an average of 81 cents per
hen, which was more than ! cent
profit per day per hen.
Under different arrangement, where
trap-nesting is not necessary, and
where the houses are larger and the
birds can be kept in larger tllocks,
one man could care for three or four
times as many fowls, and should
make very good salary in so doing.
1t is not the purpose of this article
to lead the reader to believe that
there are unusual opportunities for
getting rich in the poultry business.
This is not the case. There are many
people who have gone into the poul-
try business and have failed. Judging
from the above figures, the enthusi-
astic amateur should readily be in
clined to expect | cent per day profit
per bird, or sos cents profit per. year
per bird, and on 100 such hens he
would clear $685., and so on; on 1000
he would clear, $3,650. This is very
misleading and is far from the re-
suits that would actually be obtained.
In dealing with general averages,
where the items that make up the
averages are not stated, one is very
liable to be misled.- Any collection
Of items can be averaged, but the
actual value Of averages depends to
some extent on the extremes. To H.
.lustrate by figures, as Homer w.
Jackson, a writer for one of the larg-
est poultry papers, illustrates it: If
poulttyman in the course of FIVE
years secured egg yields for any given
month amounting to ST., :l3, IS and
so per cent of the number of hens in
the flock, tile average would be "a per
cent; but such an average would be
of little practical value as. compared
with the same average. secured from
percentages the extremes of which
were 20 and %, and when the attempt
is made to make practical applica-
.tion of small averages multiplied to
substantial proportion 1t ought to be
understood that the chances for dis
appointment are multiplied also.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06

first week or two i'll January. Chicks
Matched in April or May from the
light breeds will begin laying in Oc-
tober or November and continue
throughout the entire winter, The
heavier breeds should be Matched pre-
vious to this and kept growing by
a liberia supply of the best of feed.
Feed Scarce on Range.
1t is necessary to feed during the
hot, dry months of the summer. Bugs
and worms are scarce at this time of
the year and during drouthy seasons
weed seeds are often scarce. The
scarcity of feeds for chickens on the
range during the summer often oc-
counts for the scarcity Of eggs during
the fall and winter.
Where possible the growing chicks
should be given an abundant supply
of milk. This should be supplement
ed by a mash composed largely OF
wheat bran. In the ordinary year it
is probably not necessary to feed the
chicks much grain after they have
attained a size OF three or three and
a half pounds.
Late Matched pullets of all breeds,
If expected to make a good egg rec
ord the next winter, must be forced
by a liberal supply of feeds high in
protein, such as milk and commercial
beef scrap. Plenty OF fresh water is
necessary to the best development OF
the laying chick. .,.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
WIRE FOR WAR FRONTS.
Thousands of Tons of Barbed Steel
From American Plants Sent
-4.. Abroad

The American Steel Export COM.
pany announces that its shipments of
barb wire to the allied armies total
more than 10000 tons, which, if
stretched into a single line, would ex-
tend 10000 miles. The Shipments
have been in progress ever since
trench warfare was first undertaken
on a big scale in France and Russia.
THE product is not the ordinary
barb wire says the company, "but a
special military type, very heavy and
strong, with great four -pointed barbs
and painted the grim olive drab of
war. The wire is made up in differ
ent ways, sometimes coiled in a spe-
clal manner and held by a single
strand, so that it might be tossed
bodily out in front OF a trench and
the binding strand severed, allowing
the whole coil to burst open and un-
wind like a great clock spring, cover
ing the frou- of the trench with tan
gled mass impenetrable to attacking
troops.
"On other occasions. when time
permitted, the barb wire has been
woven into wonderful and intricate
defensive works laid GU. ON exact geo
metric lines. They offer the greatest
possible obstruction to advancing
troops, and yet allow egress for the
troops in the trenches when it comes
their turn 20 advance"
Great quantities of hieh-carbon
sheet steel plates have been shipped
from this country to Europe to be
made INTO helmets. The company es-
Inmates that fully 100000 Of these
head coverings have been stamped out
in factories Of England and France
since the allied armies began to wear
Them, and production is increasing. In
order to equip new forces and replace
the helmets lost in charges on the
western front.-New York Times
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
WINE FOR FRENCH SOLDIERS,
Prohibition in France and Italy Hits
Only the Stuff With the
Punch,

Prohibition" in France and Italy
means only the prohibition of spirit
uous liquors, for no one there has
thought seriously of forbidding the
light wines which are the universal
accompaniment of meals. And the
government furnishes about a pint of
claret a day to every French and
Italian soldier, wine being regarded
by the greatest military and medical
authorities Of Europe as just as neces-
sary as food to the health Of fighting
men.
The War Ministry of France reoui-
sitioned l32,000,000 gallons of wine
Tor the use of its troops last year and
has already requisitioned 20O,0O6,00O
OF this years wine, besides 40.O0O,00O
gallons of the Algerian crop for the
same purpose, and has taken over spe-
storage.
Italy has taken precautions to re.
tain at home. sufficient supply of her
own wine to furnish the soldiers with
their daily ration.
Commenting on the wisdom of this
course the London Times SAYS:
DR.. Landouzy, DR.. Armand eau.
tier, DR.. e, Vidal and others-the
most eminent in their profession
publicly announced that the use of
wine is not only desirable food for
the troops, but necessary to secure e.
tlciency. The addition of a pint OF
wine to the daily rations is therefore.
regarded as indispensable for soldiers
who are called upon to undergo the
excessive physical strain which is in
evitable in the fighting lines. After
an experience which is not excelled
by any physician in France. Dr.
Landouzy makes the following en-
phatIc declaration: I refuse as a
p,hyslologist, as medical man, as a
dentist, the taboo of vine DR.. Regis,
professor at the Faculty of Medicine
Faris. states that the prohibition OF
VINE under present circumstances
would be almost a crime against the
nation from the economic point of
view, and a heresy from the hygienic
point OF view Pure wine is found to
be especially suited to those who de-
rye insufficient nourishment from
their ordinary daily food. as well as
TO the adult who works hard and eats
eadly; to the convalesce1t who is re-
to the aged who are fail
ing in strength. to the sailor and to
others who are exposed to cold and
Trying conditions OF weather, il is