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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-30
KING MAY ADVOCATE
Popular Story Now Out on King
Constantine of Greece

LONDON, April 3O.-The report that
King Constantine of Greece is soon to
abdicate is reiterated in a dispatch
from Rome to the Star, which says it
mas ben confirmed from neutral dip
lomatic sources
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-30

Pittsburg. Kan. April 3e.-Lysie
Scott. 3. died in a doctors office here
from the effects of ether administered
for minor operation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-30
RAIN ALL OVER NOW
A Killing Frost Is Predicted for Shaw.
nee County Tonight.

Hourly temperature readings for the
day, reported by the local office of the
United States weather bureau:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-30
TO PROBE FOOD PRICES

Continued on Page Five.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-30

F THERE are sympathizers in your
community who still applaud Ger
man brutality, your duty is clear.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-30

WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas:
Fair, continued cold tonight with
heavy frost. Warmer tomorrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-30
GRAB ENEMY SHIPS

(Continued ON Page Five. J
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-10-21
SAME OLD STORY; HUSBAND
COMES HOME; LIGHTS LOW;
ANOTHER MAN: AND A FIGHT

Atlanta, Ga, Oct. 1S.-Returning
home to find soldier with his wife
and the lights turned low, Clyde It'd
we'll, a packing house employee of
this city, proceeded to work on the
soldier with razor, and when his
wife jumped in the way, her cheek
was laid open, so that she had to be
taken to a hospital
But the wife asserts, in statement
made at the hospital, that the sol
der was friend Of both herself and
her husband, and that the latter had
no trovocation for his violence. She
accuses her husband OF attacking her
with the razor after the soldier had
left tho louise, and credits the sol
der with coming back when he
heard the commotion and saving her
life by taking the razor out of It'd
wells hands.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-10-21

form me Immediately if any deposits
are withdrawn because they sub
scribed to the Liberty Loan, giving
me the name of the person or persons
who have made such Withdrawals.
every bank in the United States
subscribing to the bonds of the Uni
ted States government will be protec-
ted with all the power and resources
of the government. No bank shall
be punished for doing its patriotic
duty by assisting the government to
prosecute the war tc a swift and victor
ious conclusion"
The Secretary telegraphed the
statement to the Treasury Depart
ment from Salt Lake City where he
spoke today
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-10-21
THE GROWTH OF AMERICA
By j. w. f eagor.

Just about fifty years ago this
country purchased Alaska from Rus
STA. Brig. General Lowell Harrison
Rousseau, who had been assigned to
| duty in the new territory of Alaska
! by President Johnson, received the
domain from the Russian government
in behalf of the United States and as
sumed control OF the territory, the
largest addition with the exception of
i the Louisiana Purchase, that has ever
! been made in the United States, its
area being $780, $50 square mile against
! S27 ,9S7 of the La. Purchase acquired
in 1863, more than half century
earlier.
The greatest previous accessions
were Florida in 1919, Texas in 1S45,
Oregan in 1916, the Mexican cession
in 1S4S and the Gadsden purchase in
1853.
Since the purchase of Alaska, the
Hawiian Islands, PortOrico, Guam the
Philippines, Samoa and the Panama
zone have been added, making a total
added territory of 2S517l square miles
an empire within itself No other
country has ever so rapidly acquired
territory at SO little cost in treasure
and blood. SO easy and natural did
this acquisition come about, that no
other phrase SO easily explains the
matter as manifest destiny he pop
ulation of our insular possessions is
great. All of theLacquired territory |
now belonging to the country and |
now forming the American Republic,
the chief feature Of which, is a demo-
cracy the equal of which is no where
TO be found on the earth. The in
lluence of such a government is felt
all over the world at this time And,
indeed the question is now looming
up whether or not, democracy shall
stand or fall. Also, speaking about
our government again, soldiers of
democracy are very much alike the II
world over Of course, mean spirit
Tally and morally, the world over.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-10-21
REFINERY TO Shut
DOWN TEMPORARILY

Savannah, Oct 19.-Because of the
shortage of raw sugar the new ST.
100000 plant at Port Wentworth of
the Savannah Sugar Refining Corpor-
alton will shut down tomorrow night
and will discontinue melting until a
shipment of sugar is received from
either Cuba or Louisiana. This is ex-
pected late in December
A sufficient force of skilled labor at
the plant will be retained to make
necessary repairs and additions to
the plant.
There is only a limited supply of
raw sugar now in Cuba. In accor-
dance with the recent agreement at
Washington of sugar refiners, the
Savannah refinery along with others
was placed under government license
with the understanding that all the
crops of raw sugar would be proper
tionally divided among the various
licensed refineries, but this plan has
not been fully arranged as yet. 1t is
expected that it will be in effect soon
enough to allow the local plant to
secure an allotment of raw material
from either New Orleans OF Cuba.
Sugar grinding will commence in
Louisiana the latter part of this
month, while in Cuba it will begin
the latter part of December If por-
ton of the Louisiana crop is not ship
ped here it will probably be the first
part of next year before shipments
from Cuba will arrive.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-10-21

! They are not primarily belligerants
They do not yearn for mans blood
and no matter how strong their deter
minatiOn to correct the evil habits
of their enemies, they never think Of
enslaylng them or depressing themg,
There is nothing particularly strange
about the psychology of the American
soldier He just hates war and en-
cages i'll it only as necessary and
patriotic act. Most of the German
people only a few generations ago,
were in the same mood l have often
wondered by what mental process
were they all converted to the fright
fulness which seems to- hove reacted
on them.
My first insight mo the general
conduct of German soldiers in time of
battle, over forty years ago, YVES on
the same ground that they now occupy
and have been occupying until recent
ly, only that was a tame affair COM
pared with tho presen conflict. This
Germany. better prepared than her
than her oppCnent, ran right over the
French in comparatively short time,
arriving before the gates of Paris
where they demanded an indemnity
which at that time was considered
awful, and, in addition, the cessation
of Alsac and Lorraine
When the next conflict occurred ax
little over forty years after, the Gel n
mans were still better prepared y
meet the French, for period of
years of peace had given the &c "
Empire plenty of time to prepare lG
-he next conflict which was even then
considered inevitable. It did come,
out the day, or shortly afteryard, that
he German soldiers set out for France
again, the whole world was set afire
md the confagration eventually
cached to the remotest part of the
Earth. And now coming down to
he present, it does seem that the whole
world will eventually be drawn into
he great cataclysm before it does.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-10-21

motives in repair or awaiting repair in.
July last year amounted to 4,46O,
July this year only 4,122 needed
attention, reduction of rs per cel.a
Last year the July statistics showed
that railroad locomotives ran an aver
age of GA miles per day, in July this
year they made 6SS miles. Freight
cars made an average of 26.4 miles in
July last year, this year they made
1913 miles, an increase of IL per cent.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-10-21
ROAD EMPLOYEES
DESERVE CREDIT
AMOUNT OF WORK
BEING DONE BY CARRIERS.

Washington, d. c., Oct 18.-Freight
statistics for July, the latest month
for which official figures are available
show that the railroads successfully
handled POP per cent more freight
that month than for the same period
last year
The figures that tell the story of
this accomplishment have just been
! compiled from railroads having 220,-
/ 0j4 nj IS Of lratn II appr:N,!9& c,v
! So per cent of the entire trackage Of
the United States.
/ In July last year these railroads
gave service equivalent to carrying
| 2G809,430 ,998 tons Of freight one mile
while this year they carried 33,434,-
368,526 tons one mile, an increase of
exactly POO per cent
This great increase in service was
rendered with an almost neglible in
I = 't'9t III INC dilOluI Vi equipment
used. The number of freight locomo-
tives in service in July last year, for
instance, was 29,8SS, while this year
the number was 3O,277, an increase of
only 1,3 per cent. Last year in July
there were 2,2O4,9O2 freight cars in
service, while this year the number
was 2,256,G21, an increase of 2.3 per
cent
one OF the most encouraging marks
of progress and one for which the rail
road employees are entitled to credit
is the great reduction in the number
Of freight cars and locomotives in the
or awaiting repairs Last year in July
there were 144,47S freight cars under
or awaiting repairs, while this year
only 1881 were in that condition. a
decrease Of & per cent Freight loco
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-10-21
PROSECUTION FOR
D BANK INTIMIDATORS
sAEe> H
PRO-GERMANS THREATEN TO
WITHDRAW ACCOUNTS, SAY
REPORTS

Washington, D. c., Oct. 18.-Secre
tary McAdoo today issued a state
ment requesting bankers to repor
to him the names of persons attempt
ing to intimidate them in connection
with making subscriptions to the Lib
erty Loan and promising that prose
cutions to the full extent of the law
would follow.
The Secretary's statement was
prompted by reports from various
parts of the country that depositors
have threatened banks with with
drawals if they subscribe to the loan
1t follows:
From several sections of the coun-
try bankers have reported to me that
some of their customers have threat
ened to withdraw deposits if their
banks subscribed to the Liberty Loan.
Such attempts at intimidation are
made by disloyal and traitorous per
sons and are serious offenses against
the law for which stern punishment
should be inflicted
81 earnestly request any banks,
state or national, against which such
threats have been made to report
Immediately by telegram or letter to
Sne Secretary of the Treasury, Wash
ington, the names and addresses of
the person or persons guilty of such
dislopay or traitorous actions and
shall see to it that they are dealt
with to the limit of the law.
ct also request such banks to in
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-10-21
FARES
VIA A. 3. G. A. RY.
TO MACON, GA.
SALE CITY MAN SELLS
$500 WORTH OF TURNIpS

Account Georgia State Fair Ashbun,
on october Oh
Sth return limit November
small stations Tcket
nolhed III supplying
tickets automobile and
Cordee $3.50 Corresponng wohore
aes from other w w Albany Pelham
Croxon G. p A. Atlanta, 5b5t found ready
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-25

that however Un1aYcrable conditions
may be production Of an exceptional
ly large crop may be assured.
In practically every county in the
country in which experience has prov
en- that corn may be produced success
GJlly the possibilities Of increasing
corn crop without enchoaching upon
other important crops is at least wor.
thy CT consideration, if land, labor,
and seed are available
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-25
Danger of Food Shortage
Confronts Whole WorId

last until that time and the probabili-
ty is that it will. It looks TO this writ
er a farmer himself, rs though many Of
us, Of necessity, must cut down cur
present supply OF flour We just cant
eat as many biscuit at from fifteen
to twenty dollars a barrel for flour as
we have been doing in the past. Some
OF US will have to go back to The old
way OF eating biscuit fifty or sixty
years ago-just once . week, on Sun.
day morning.
Shame be unto q nation like Ameri-
ca, with al Of its vast resources, its
millions Of acres Of virgin and until
ed sell, with its improved agricultural
machinery OF al kinds, if its own PEG
pie cant make enough for its own
home consumption and something to
sell and ship besides
Why n9t look at Germany or the
German Empire, a country about the
SIZE of Texas with . population CT
about 70 millions Of people, with an
average latitude higher ttan that Of
Chicago, where The severity Of the
climate is such that crops are some
times uncertain. Yot those people over
there, have managed in part to keep
down starvation. But they are in q
deplorsblo condition right now. Hun
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-25
Presbytertan
Church
cordola proshyterian Church.

Cordela Presbyterian Church.
The Cordele Presbyterian Church
wbich is situated on Tlefth avenue
inst hack CT the American National
Eank building, was organized aDop1
n wears ago with ~ or IS members
by the DR.. Mack.
oa,r nor-E, ,,voTr 1T
The church building and the lot
which is the enc Oh which the Ame2i-
can National Bank Building stands TO-
day, we're given by Mr.. McIver VINO
has since died. After DR.. Mack, the
sRv. Mr.. Alexander served as pastor,
and after him the Rev. Mr.. Hyde, who
was affectionaly termed preacher
Hyde
Before it was q church building, and
even for a while afterwards, the lit
tie Presbyterian church served as q
schoolhouse, a justice court room and
an amusement hall.
The membership has always been
small and the church has had TO StruS-
sum Of money sufficient to make the
been many able and good men among
its pastors, OF whom may be mention
ed the Rev. Richard Q. Finn, now pas
tor Of the North avenue Presbyterian
church OF Atlanta.
Some years ago the original lot was
exchanged for the lots back OF it and
Act che developing lagos hatred CT
building ana build a handsome manse.
At present The church is without a
pastor, but hopes to secure one in the
near future. Despite the lack Ct a
astor, the little church around the
corner has had a very bright year
C1GlG) and its Sunday school is one
Of the liyest in the city.
The Rev. w. s. Harden now Of South
Carolina, was the last pastor serving
the church, and accomplished a beau
tiful and splendid work for the church
and town during his pastorate.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-25
BY j. w. Feagin.

With an area about the size Of all Eu-
rope and with g population Of one hun
dred million Of people living on this
area, and with moderate productive
soil, with millions and millions Of
acres yet to be taken in and cul5iyat-
ed, and If people will go right to work,
big and little, women and all, for the
purpose OF raising something to eat
danger Of a severe shortage viii be
averted. But unless something OF the
kind is done and especially If the sea-
son should be unfavorable, we are like
~ to suffer for the want Of proper
nourishment. The south. in all prob
ability, has planted as much or more
cotton than it usually does, using @
greater quantity Of fertilizer than It
did last year. Coupled to this fact, IS
the presence OF the destructive boil
weevil, that threatens the partial de-
struction Of the cotton crop, during
the coming summer. And should the
pest COllC We GLIlStLiY F'Ll DC III &"
bad way down here, with probably not
enough corn made to last through the
spring of 1918.
In, this is a plack picture that I
have just painted to be sure, but such
things are quite likely to- happen. OF
course. I am merely making forecast.
Farmers Of the south, from which
section The national government eX-
pece food supply this year, are not
going to turn aside from their old
tactics OF all cotton planting and put
into the ground more corn than usual
and everything else to eat, as for that
matter. Should the crops Of corn and
wheat be poor in the south this sea-
sen, you need not look for any from
the west for that will be absorbed by
the government, should the present
war, OF which this country is & part,
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-25
Crisp County Lumber
Company Doing
an Enormous
Business.

The Crisp County Lumber Company
was established in 1908. O. NJ. Heard
IS president and W. a. Thompson is
secretary and treasurer. Every inter
res" rapfas6hetd" in this concern was
placed by local capital 1t is one OF
The most complete stocked mad equip
red lumber manufacturing plants in
this section Of the state. The con-
Germ manufactures and carries in stock
everything that goes in the construc-
ton Of building, and there is net a
lumber plant in all Of south Georgia
with more pretty homes at a moderate
cost to its credit for construction than
is the Crisp County Lumber Company
The concern not only puts in the
house the highest grade Of material
but tho workmanship is always the
very best and the result is always com
Dlete satisfaction to the customer
Brick, lime, cement, plaster, building
hardware, mantels and interior finish
ing OF all kinds are carried in stock.
A specially is made of cabinet work
and anything in this line can be fur
nished on short notice
Evoyr estimate on residence made
by the Crisp County Lumber ComDa-
ny carries with it the presumption
that construction viii be in accord
with the best Of good taste and work
nanshiD as well as the assurance that
it is going to be Constructed Of good
material.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-25
fNCREA3E CORN PRODUCTION
IN CORN-GROWiNc REGIONS

Washington, D. c., April 25.-The
secretary Of Agriculture today( April
49, issued the following statement:
Corn is Americas most important
cereal. 1t can be grown successfully
over a wider area than any other and
furnishes nutritious food fer man as
well as The staple grain feed for cat-
tie and draft animals, The proAuc-
ton OF corn should be increased this
wear to the fullest economic condi-
tons, and the availability Of good
land in corn growing regions not need
ed more urgently for other crops. The
acreage may well be increased in most
Of the country east OF the 100th meri-
dian, as corn, in general, thrives in
this region.
N anpreciable increase in the corn
crop is most feasible. however, in the
sections Of highest corn production.
Favorable growing conditions exist in
such regions; farmers there are fa-
miliar with corn-growing; they have
the necessary. equipment available,
and have adapted corn production TO
prevailing economic conditions. Farm
ers in such regions through many
years Of experience have learned
methods Of successfully combating 2d-
verse conditions. They know that the
planting CT virile, tested seed in well
tiled, friable soil, immediate replant-
ms Of missing hills and early an cen
tiuu5d cultivation OF the fields count
Ter much in the ability Of the plants
to produce a bountiful yields. This
knowledge should be put to good use
during the coming season in order
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-25
wH!PPLE AND M'KENZsE BLDG.
REiNG East CoNSTRUCTEi

The EThiDp'e d Mckenzie brick
ll5cl, IS beginning 10 take on "A ap-
2ca-ancc Of completeness, with the
construction wei under way, ana the
hricl, lnasons having practically com
niesed their exterior work, q larger
force Of hands sill he added n fey
days 10 do the carpenter work, /
IS probable that the building VIII be
ready for occupancy during the latter
part OF May or the early part OF June.
Meade County news., 1917-05-03
Do You Neglect
Your Machinery?

The machinery of the body needs to
be well oiled, kept in good condition
Just'as the automobile, steam engine or
bicycle. Why should the human neglect
his own machinery more than that of
his horse or his engine? Yet most peo-
pie do neglect themselves. To clean
the system at least once a week is to
practice preventive measures. You will
escape many ills and clear up the coat
ed tongue, the sallow complexion. the
dull headache, the lazy liver, if you will
take a pleasant laxative made up of
the May-apple, juice of the leaves of
aloes, root of jalap, and called Pleasant
Pellets. You can obtain at almost any
drug store in this country these vege-
table pellets in vials for 25c-simply
ask for DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
There can be no counterfeit if they
have the DR.. Pierce stamp. Proven
good by 30 years use.
Meade County news., 1917-05-03

There is flavor of days gone by,
along with distinctly new and ingen-
ious designing in this two-piece frock
Of crepe meteor. The old-fashioned
reticule is recalled by the finish of the
sash ends and the fine, knife-plaited
frills seem an echo from the past.
Happy the artist who can add re-
membered charms by by-gone days,
along with Others that are new and
original, to the gown of today. This
frock Is interesting because it is pret-
ty and original and because it presents
good ideas for remodeling an old dress.
The model as pictured is made of
gray crepe meteor having rather large,
figured disks in self-cOlor, brocaded
over It's surface. The figures are wide
ly scattered and hardly visible. The
skirt is plain with a wide hem turned
up on the right side. A frill of the
material, made of very fine knife plait-
Ing is set under the top edge of the
hem. A skirt that needs to be length
ened might have a wide piece of ma
terial set on at the bottom, and this
would need to be just twice as wide
us the additional length required. 1t
need not be of the same pattern or ma
terial as the skirt, but the narrow
plating should be; and the frock
should be kept all in one color.
The blouse, with peplum, is wonder
fully well designed, with the fullness
taken up by two rows Of shirrings on
Meade County news., 1917-05-03
CHINESE MILITARY TACTICS
ceIestiaIs Planned 20 Trip Up Foes,
Throw Water in Their Faces and
Then Cut OFF Their Heads.

At the beginning of the, Chino-Japa-
nese war, says a contributor to the
Washington STAR one of our military
attaches saw a Chinese regiment take
the field at a review and go through a
very curious performance.
The soldiers carried long bamboo
poles like fishing rods, and with these
they rushed at one another, yelling
wildly and making very queer gestures
and grimaces.
"What's the gamer" asked the Amer
lean.
"That regiment" Chinese general
answered. 'is one of our very Oldest
1t is now practicing form of assault
that dates from prehistoric times. The
idea is to trip the enemy up with the
long wand, throw water in his face
and, in the midst of his bewilderment
at this extraordinary treatment, to
cut off his head. Youths Compan-
ton.
Meade County news., 1917-05-03
Popular superstltlons.

The loss of an engagement ring is
considered by many to be the climax
of i'll luck and equivalent to super
natural sign forbidding the girl to
marry the man who gave the ring.
1t is commonly considered unlucky
for a girl to marry man whose sur.
name begins with the same letter as
her own. The old couplet says;
"Change the name but not the letter,
marry for worse and not for better"
The superstitious girl does not
watch her sweetheart out of sight, as
this portends that the meeting will be
the last one.
If a girl has several admirers and
wishes to know which she loves the
best she, plucks rose and names each
petal after an admirer. Then the
petals are thrown into a stream, and
the one which disappears last is the
favored suitor.