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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-16
EX- CHIEF OF C0KOELE
PASSES LAST SUNDAY
WHILE IN ACT OF cRANKING Az.
TOMCBILE T. n. JOHNSON FELL
DEAD SATURDAY AT UVALDA-v
CHEF OF POLICE HERE FOR
FOUR YEARS.

T. II. Johnson, former chief of pc
lice OF CGrdaIe, who made his home
n this city until a few years ago, fell
dead from heart failure Saturday al
tarnoon at Uvalda. He had been max
irg his home at Uvalda for the past
year or more. At the time of the IA
tai attack Mr. Johnson was in the
act of cranking up his automobile, ex-
pecting to go out riding with mem
bers of his family.
Mr.. Johnson was chief OF police of
Oordele for about four years, and Cor
dele has probably never had an Of
ficer in this capacity who was more
Gilgent or fearless in the performance
CT his duty. The numerous friends
Of himself and family in Cordele sym
rathiZe with the family in their be-
reavement.
The funeral and burial occurred at
Uvalda Sunday afternoon.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-16

Asserting that it was not only in
combines or trusts to take advantage
of the crisis which the Lation now
faces to charge eXhor5itant prices Ger
foods uffs and other products of the
country, and charging that such meth
DDS were being practicGd Widespread
Rev. J. H. Coin, pastor Of the First
Baptist church. delivered sermon
Sunday morning that was pronounced
by many as being most opportUne ana
striking tho key note" to the situa-
ton.
The sermon was considered an able
sequal to that delivered by him Oh
the Sunday preceding, when he cured
the importance OF farmers and others
raising all Of the food stuffs possible
to feed The nation in this crisis as well
as providing for the probability Of q
United States army being landed in
France. The Importance Of providing
food supplies for the United States
allies in this war, is also very great,
he stated
However, in his sermon last Sunday
/morning Rev. Coin took the position
[ that the food resources OF the country
were not near so short as gamblers
and Spectators would have the public
believe. lie cited the alleged short
age III railway cars several months
ago as parallel instance. There was
no great shortage Of cars, he declar-
ed, but an organized effort on the part
Of mine operators and dealers 20 run
the price Of coal up.
1t was as little as any farmer could
do, Rev Coin said to evidence his
patriotism and aid the cause for which
the United States is now contending
to raise focdstuffs and place them on
the market at e reasonable price. If
q farmer sloNid offer his crop to the
goEG3rlG opI free o. charge 70 main
tain The military tcrca9. he would not
be making as great a sacrifice as a
young man who offers for service in a
foreign land and places his life in
jeopardy for his country's cause, the
pastor said.
1t is a time for serious thought, he
concluded, not time for frivolity and
seeking after pleasure, but time for
earnest prayer.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-16

To the mind of the average person
it occurs that the high cost of living
has never before been so high since
the world stood. True enough. the
cost is certainly high enough during
the present times, but if we were sub
jected to the expenses OF living which
some Of our forefathers incurred some
Of us would rather be in the trenches
On the firing line. Salt, for instance,
back in the days when John Adams
was in congress from Massachusetts,
before he ever reached the presiden-
tial chair salt was $27 per bUshel, and
If some of us had to pay such prices
for salt these days we would certainly
eat unleaven bread Chat is, if we
could buy the bread)
While the present times are about
10 parallel those when John Adams
was in congress, so far as the high
cost Of living is concerned, there are
phases of social life that have been
entirely reyolutionized. a bone-dry
law il those days was about as far
from being invented as the modern
flying machine. 1t was expected Of
a gentleman that he should have his
LIQUORS and drink them. But in the
old days the high cost Of living was
never abbreviated II. c. L. The cost
was high and went all the way.
The following is an exact copy Of
letter written by John Adams to one
Of his constituents in Massachusetts
when he was in congress:
The business OF the country has
been so critical and dangerous a stu
alton for the past twelve months that
it was necessary that Massachusetts
should have a full representation, but
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-16
AS A BLIND TIGRESS THIS
WOMAN HAS IT FOR ODDTTY

The Cordele police report one of
the greatest odditie sin the way of a
blind tiger they have ever encounter
ed It is a woman, dusky in hue, and
she is about as shrewd in her line as
the police have met with,
Some have probably heard the dit
ty, "a gay old soul, a gay old soul,
was Miss Amanda Lussell; she always
went in spriest style, and always
.zyore a -" Well the aforesaid
"blind tigress" has not abandoned a
certain style that has all the rage
some years age, but which. like all
STYLES in their turn, has long since
been RELOCATED to the past. In her
case there's a reason, but she is not
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-16
TRAIN IS WRECKED
ON G. S. W. & c.
ny. MONDAY MIGHT
TWO FREIGHT CAES IN MlxEC
TRAl% LEAVE Raj AND ARE
OVERTURNED ON EM3ANN-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. GHAKEN
up LUT' Rome INJURED.

A. freight car loaded with lumber
end q gondola car lca0ed with cinders
we're derailcd and overturned about
* miles frcm CordeIe On The Georgia
CouthwcsteGn &, Gulf railway Monday
righs. The train was mixed pas
eengar and fire.. ght TRAIN ard the 'front.'
t-ucis C The combination haEeo&o
nd second class coach LETT the rai,s.
The train vas pulling ten CT twelve
freight cars and the two dcr2:ied were
second ard third from The Y2s9engsr
coaches. Some of the pasaeGg4i
were slightly shaken I'D but none So
tanned injuries.
According to the statement Of Err
gineer G. W. Crittenden who was at
the throttle at the time OF The wreck
the train was going at rate CT about
fifteen niles an hour. There has
been 10 cause attributed for yl!e
wreck The engine and most Of the
train had passed over the place where
the cars we're derailed. Jake Cutler
was conductor OF the wrecked train
The passengers ana their baggage
were loaded on flat car and arrived
in Cordele about forty minutes be
schedule time. A track was bull,
around the wreck and all trains sac
ceeded in passing Tuesday.
Engineer Crittenden happened to he
locking back when the cars left tie
brakes and brought the train 70 a stop
engine. He applied the emergency
brakes and brough the train TO q sop
within g short distance
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-16

The Dispatch very much appreciates
the expressions of so many people up
On the matter of one system OF schools
for the entire county Of Crisp. There
is a much more general desire for
school Improvement than any one
would think who has not had an OPP
rortunity to test the thing out. And
lots of people are progressive in their
views
The Dispatch wants you to tell what
you think about it, 1t is a free for all
affair and open to everybody. The
schools are yours and you ought to
think about it. We are going to- try
to get this system established in
Crisp, not because we want anything
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-16
CRISP farmers TO
GATHER BIG CHOPS
ALL KINDS GRAIN
LARGE NUMBER OF FARMERS
HAVE ONE HUNDRED ACRES OR
MORE PLANTED IN WHEAT
FIFTEEN BUSHELS PER ACRE
PROBABLE AVERAGE YIELD.

4 number of Crisp county farmers
are cutting their wheat crops this
week, and within less than a month
-four from qhe present crop will be
on the local market The acreage
planted IN this crop this year is much
larger than any preceding year and
:ha yieid viii be about an average,
about IS bushels to the acre, while
there are some extra fine crops in the
county that Will yield about rs bush
els to the acre.
Numbers OF farmers throughout the
county have one hundred or more
acres planted in wheat this year j.
S. Sheppard has fully one hundred
acres in the crop, l. N. Powell has 80
acres, H. w. Wheeler go acres, while
there are numerous farmers who have
crops as large, and scarcely farmer
in the county who has not wheat plant
ed at all.
Wheat straw sold last year for
about So per ton. This year it will
bring $3.50 to $500 After the
wheat crop is gathered the land where
the crop has been grown will be uLal-
lied by the farmers in growing corn
and peas.
The Powell Milling company, whose
plant is located just north of Cordele,
will open the grinding season during
the first part of June.
The farmers will realize a fifty to
seventy-fve per cent better profit Oh
wheat this year than during last Oh
account of the high advance in the
prices of wheat and flour during the
past few months.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-16
JENNINGS IS OWNER
CHERO COLA PLANT
c. X. Packs SELLS INTEREST TO
BECOME DISTRICT AGENT CON-
NEcTIcUT MUTUAL LIFE INSUR-
ANCE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
MENTs CHERC-COLA PLANT.

T. e. Jennings has purchased the
interest OF c. H. Parks in the Cor
dele Cnero-Cola company, and viii in
future operate the plant as sole own
er. For he present Mr.. Jennings Will
be actively in charge of the affairs
OF the concern.
Mr.. Parks severed his connection
with she Chero Cola mpany to again
become associated with the Connect
cut Mutual Life Insurance company
as district agent. He will have other
agents OF the company working under
his direction in the surrounding coun-
ties.
Mr.. Jennings expects to make i'm
rrovements in the Chero Cola plant,
increasing the output and covering a
wider territory.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-16
WHAT'S YOUR MIND ON ONE
SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR CRISP?

other than better schools, better
school houses, and better pay for our
.eachers,-and a real educator at the
head of the system.
We want a full sized board Of edu
cation representing all sections of the
-ounty, consisting Of men known for
heir school interests. We want one
TAX levy for all this system and we
want you to know that it will be less
han what you are paying new. If you
want to know more about it, ask the
DISPATCH. We will gladly answer as
politely and as sincerely as we know
how.
Here is your coupon again:
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-16
HOME GUARD ASKS
FOR PRIVILEGE TO
ARM ORGANIZATION
TWO COMPANIES OF LOCAL OR.
SANITATION CONSOLIDATE AT
MEETING MONDAY NIGHT AND
LAND is CAPTAIN-LtEUTE
ANT DUFFEE RETlRES.

It the regular meeting of the Cor
/ dele Home Guard Monday night the
chief matter of business transacted
vas the adoption of an application
to Governor Nat Harris for the right
The application has been properly
drawn and VIII go forward immediate
l. with the names of more than one
hundred and fifty members signed
thereto.
The meeting Monday night was one
OF the most enthusiastic yet held by
this body. The two companies, A. and
r, were consolidated, with Judge Max
e. Land as captain, f. A. Vinson, first
lieutenant, a. l.. MCArthur, second
lieutenant. First Lieutenant D. A
Duffee, of Company B, retired in or
der that a more experienced man in
military tactics might be permitted to
fiji this Office First Lieutenant E. A.
V.nson of former Company A was
unanimously given this place. Second
Lieutenant J. T. Duncan is soon to
leave the city but is yet to give his
iaistance in drill practice until his
dorarture. S, F. Dorsey was elected
second sergeant. j. N. Moses, third
sergeant and ]. M. Mccormick, fourth
sergeant.
Captain Land appointed three Of
the six ccrporals as follows: p. NJ.
browning, j. S. Gordy and c. A.
Bowen. Three others are to be an
nounced later. Representative w. H
Doris will join other legislators in
an effort at the next session of the
General Assembly to have the state
equip the home guard.
Eleven new men joined the COM
pany during the session and fully six
ty men were in ranks durig the drill
practice.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-16
IMPROVEMENTS BEING
MADE ON RESIDENCE

W. D. Benson has the contract for
making extensive improvements on
what is known as the Dr. M. M. Nc
Gehec residence at the corner Of
Tenth street and Seventeenth avenue.
The residence is being reprinted on
outside and considerable carpenter
work is being done in repairing the
verandas, roof, etc.
This dwelling was recently purchas-
ed by Messrs. ". H. Orcutt and w.
f. Winfree, who comprise the South
Georgia Real Estate and Insurance
company.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-16

particular about style anyway. The
aforesaid style was the medium by
which she carried her "joy juice"
about with her concealed. The police
have not made g personal investiga-
ticn, but they might. They got a
straight tip that this method was be-
ing used by the woman, who has been
suspected for some time. They have
also learned that she carried liquor
concealed under her clothing by other
methods.
The woman has bee nmalsing daily
rips back and forth from a moon
shine still located in swamp not
mere than mile from the city.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-16
REGISTRARS COME:
FORWARD To HELP
CONSUMPTION LAW
eli.RlFr WARD RECEIVES REGIS
TRATlCN CARDS TO BE FILLED
OUT IN TalPL.oATE AND
MAKES PLANS FOR Appoint
MENT REGISTRARS.

Sheriff J. II. Ward is maling All pre-
iiminary arrangements for the per
2orn2nca CT his duty relative 10 the
Il gistration system to bc observed IL
following cut the rules Of The aelectiye
conscrirlion law OF al men between
;hc ages Of p and 20 inclusive. Gov
ernment authorities have provided
Sheriff Ward with registration cards,
which viii be filled ont in tripHcate.
enc of the cards viii sc to hoadqu2r-
tors in Washington, another will be
forwarded 10 Adjutant General Van
holt Nash il Atlanta and the third
viii be retained by the sheriff or
hoard Of reeistrars. TO be appointed
from the respective districts. One
registrar will be appointed from each
district ana the registration OF all
men between the ages given will oc-
cur Before this body.
Until the conscriptiOn bill is signed
by President Wilson no definite in
5tructtons viii be given the city and
county officers who win have in charge
the matter Of appointing the regis
trars and securing The registration.
However, Sheriff Ward is considering
prospective registrars in each district,
whom he will duly appoint when he
receives instructions from the war
department. Patriotic citizens from
several districts have already volun-
teered their services as members Of
the board Of registrars. No less than
half Il dozen worthy citizens have vol
Unteerod from the Cordee district, the
sheriff says, and a letter received by
the sheriff from f. c. Smell for the
past six years principal OF the Bridges
school, youches for good registrar
from th2t district in the person Of
rof Smell himself
This excellent citizen says in his
letter: IF you DO not receive any
volunteer applications for registrars
from this precinct, then you may con
side me as a volunteer to do the work
for this district Under the draft law
as has Just been enacted by the Ma
tional government it bchoOves at least
one citizen in every district to volun-
teer for his respective district. and
being a married man and 50 years old,
hence not subject to the draft law, |
am willing and anxious like many 9th
CT Americans to help any other way
that ! can"
It is thought that after the board Of
registrars complete their work within
? given length of time, another board
viii be appointed by the government,
or through some local medium. TO
purge the lists of ali men not eligible,
or who have responsibilities that
would keep them from Joining the
ranks, and this board will select those
On whom the military duties will fall.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-16
900 BIZ. OF t.HEAT
SOLD IN CO2DElE
FOR $2.75 BUSHEl
CgisP FARMERS CLOSES CON.
TRACT WlTH RuYGR IN NEAR
ny TOYn-Wi4EAT CROP BE
LiEVED SAFER THAN TWENTY
CENTS COTTON

j. ". Cannon closed a contract
Tuesday for the sale of his entire
wheat crop at $275 per bushel The
purchaser is a prominent citizen of a
nearby town who is interested in the
milling business.
Mr.. Cannon has 0acres planted in
wheat and he expects 10 realize an
approximate yiell OF 500 bushels,
which is very low estimate The
crop will net Mr.. Cannot $4,000
1t is understood this contract will
hold good to other farmers until the
purchaser has secured the amount Of
wheat which he expects tc handle
Mr.. Cannon makes the statement
that wheat this year, III his opinion,
bringing the price which he secured
will be worth more than twenty cents
cotton, especially in view of the boil
wcevil conditions.
1t is stated also on good authority
in the person Of another progressive
farmer of the county that contracts
can be made for the purchase Of pea
nuts in any quantity at $3.50 per
bushels, peanuts this year will be one
Of the cOunty's chief crops. There
is q vast acreage and the yield is ex-
pected to be large.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-16
HlLLYER KING JOINS NAVY.

Killyer King, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
!. Nelse King, of this city, left several
days ago fer Portsmouth, N. H, TO
enlist in the United States navy. He
was accepted and has entered the
service. King has been a student at
Mercer University for the past year.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-16
WARES SCHOOL FOR BoYS
HAD VERY SUCCESSFUL VEAL

Wares School for Boys closed the
spring term yesterday, after a very
successful year. The school had an
enrolment of thirty-two boys, while
twenty-four is the limited number.
Twelve young men have graduated
from this school. Professor Ware
states that the school has exceeded
his expectations and that the begin
ming of the fall term he will limit the
number OF boys strictly to twenty-four.
There will be a number of boarding
students during the fall term.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-16

he delinquents are negroes. The tax
receiver has begun the work of dOu-
bic taxing all delinquents. The time
for returning expired on April 30. The
county commissioners have given in
structions that there will be no relief
from the double taxing system this
year, but that the law shall be rigidly
enforced.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-16
WHITES ATTEND CLOSING
HoLsEY N. & |. SCHOOLS

The Holsey Normal and Industrial
Academy, which is one of the most
substantial negro educational institu-
tons in this section, held their grad
uaung exercises tonight. and in at
esndance were a large number Of
whites of the city.
The institution made a frst-class
industrial display and Tuesday night
a play was given, ~ ,
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-16
NEGRO is Fatally
WOUNDED IN FIGHT
WITH Co..I5!PI ANTON
MORRIS WALKER FIRED ON ~
FULLER, 4 NEGRO ABOUT Ills
OWEN AGE, THE BULLET TAXING
EFFECT IN A9nCMEN AND RE
CULTS May BE Fatal.

SGuabbling over q trivial matter,
Tuesday morning, Morris walker 4
negro boy about II years of age, was
shot and probably fatally wounded by
Buddy" Fuller. aaother negro boy
ahout the Same age.
Fuller fred Oh Walker with a re-
Yolyer, the hall taking effect in the
abdomen. and INC voGaded boy hes
zen AZ he 7oint cT death. since the
difficulty.
Fuller has SO far evaded the officers.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-16

J. S. Pate, S, C. Wallis and j. A,
S,ade. met Tuesday morning in the
commissioners room in the court
house to begin their work.
According to a statement OF tax re-
ceiver c. o. Perry about so percent Of
tax payers have made their returns
as compared with last year. Most OF
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-16
FIRST OF SUBMARINE CHASER
FLEET HAS BEEN LAUNCHED

Washington, May 15.-The first boat
OF the navy's fleet of submarines
chasers has just been launched at the
New York navy yard, it was announc,
ed and the second will be launched at
the New Orleans navy yard in a few
days. = "
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-16

The infant mortality rate is the
most sensitive index of community
Intelligence.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-16
CRISP TAX ASSESSORS
HAVE TAKEN Up WORK

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS GIVE IN
sTRUCTloNS THAT THERE
SHALL BE NO RELIEF FOR DE
, L!NQUENTs FROM DOUBLE TAX
ING SYSTEM.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-16
FOOD SPECTATORS
SEVERELY SCORED
IN COINS SERMON

RESOURCES oFs-4IA He COUNTRY
NOT NEAR SO SHORT as GAME
LERS AND SPECTATORS Try
TO MAKE THE PUBLIC BELIEVE.
HE STATED.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-17
EDGE ADMINISTRATION
MAKES GOOD FROM START

Political gossip at the State House
during the past week has had one
general tendency-praise for the firm,
vigorous and definite policy that has
been put in operation at the very in
ception of Governor Edges admins
tration. The way they al put it is
"The Governor is making good from
the start" This is true and it is so
apparent that it is being conceded by
Democrats as well as proudly pro-
claimed by Republicans.
There is no dilly-dallying about the
Edge Administration. There is no
putting off until tomorrow the things
that should be done today and no
Sinking nor side stepping of issues.
The strength of the Governors char
acter and the soundness of his iudg-
ment as well as his courage are bring
ing new converts to his policies every
day and an increased belief in his
to perform that great service
for the state that is his highest ambi-
tiOn.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-17
WILLARD MACK IN OWN PLAY.

Like many other successful play
wrights, Willard Mack, who plays the
leading role in his latest play, "Alias,"
written from a short story by John A.
Morosco, which David Belasco will
present at Nixon's Apollo Theatre this
Friday and Saturday evenings and
Saturday matinee, is a former news
paper man.
He was for some time a police re-
porter in Chicago, and the experience
gained in this exciting line of work
stood him in excellent stead when he
took to the writing of plays, for it
was during his nightly inspection of
the Windy City police blotters that he
gathered the material for "Kick In"
Since then Mack has written several
plays. including broadway and But
termilk,' in which Blanche Ring ap-
peared this season; "King, Queen,
Jack" "Her Market Value" and now
"Alias," which is said to be the best
work he has done so far.
1t is no sense of e~xaggeration to
describe Mack as one of the most pro-
life writers in America. 1t is no I'M
usual thing for him to sit down, roll
up his sleeves, and turn out a vaude-
vile sketch in the course of an after
noon, and appear in it himself the fol-
lowing week. He is a great believer
in the principle that inspiration is at
the heels of industry, and he certainly
is a shining proof of that theory.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-17
A NEW STRAUSS
OPERETTA COMING.

Local theatregoers will undoubtedly
be elated over the announcement that
a new light opera from the pen of Os-
car Strauss, entitled "Boys Will Be
Boys" will be presented at the Apollo
Theatre on Feb. %, %, "a, by the Fred
G. Whitney Opera Company.
Almost a decade ago MI. Whitney
was responsible for the exploitation
of "The Chocolate Soldier" also COM
posed by Oscar Strauss, and it was
the success of that charming operetta
that induced the composer to write
"Boys Will Be Boys" some years ago,
as a tribute to Mr.. Whitney for the
wonderful success achieved by that
delightful production.
For "Boys Will Be Boys" Mr.. Whit
ney has assembled a distinctive cast
composed of light opera favorites, in
GLIDING Nanette Flack, Dolly Castles,
Lucille Saunders, Juanita Levay, Sam
Ash, Franz Egenieff, Lew Christie,
James w. Castle, Eugene Lockhart,
Fritzie Grey, Wreath Mcintyre, Gwen
Garfield, Calvin Tibbetts, James S.
Murray, Frank E. Lambert, together
with a specially selected chorus. Sig.
Gaetano Merola is the musical direc-
tor.
The original book of "Boys Will Be
Boys" was by Ferdinand S~tollberg,
the English adaptation having been
made by Edward Paulton, while the
musical numbers are said to be catchy
in the extreme. A most delightful
performance NAV be Anticipated.