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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-11-25
oFFICJA LORGAN CRISP COUNTY
PLANT THAT GRAIN.

1t is not too late a yet for our
farmers to get that grain in the
ground that is going to be so badly
needed mex. year. Those who have
not stopped to think, have little idea
what great need CT more wheat We
have. The price has been fixed by the
government and it is such a price Is
will make it safe to grow il: Gu"
trouble is the negligence at the very
time we ought to be planting. Now
is the time.
There is little question as to IN
over production. There is little re-
on in runningones self TO death to
make high priced Gotten only to give
away what we make for ether sup
plies that can likewise be made on
the farm. What have we gained if
we make everything in cotton and
have to- turn around aud put the me J.
cy we have made into high lriccl
flour and such other supplies as we
can make on the farm?
1t ought not to take a great dc2l
OF argument to make a man see tn
point. The wheat that will be necl
ed to supply the farm in flour should
be planted and planted now. III q
us will have tC take chance on ma
ing good crop. That is the case al
ways. 1t is nothing new. And soTc
times a crop fails The average is
said 10 be one in twenty. if we re.
member correctly. But we must grew
our own wheat,-as much of it as
we can so long as the prices of flour
are SC high that it becomes necessary
for us to grow it. The price of that
we may nave to tell is assured and
the risk is reduced 10 a question Of
making it. Let's try that much o;
it. It is our duty.
And don't pass up the oats. Feed
for the stock will be tremenG )us!y
high. No one can afford tc buy it
and make any kind of cotton, no mat
ter how high the prize. We vial
need all the oats that can be grown
for it is likewise not going to be
sensible to put everything in GOTTEN
and turn around and give it all away
for high priced food Cotton is not a
profitable crop for anybody who does
not make the ether farm necessities
at home. Remember that or you will
be reminded next season all too late.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-11-25
Says the Albany Herald:

Says the Albany Herald:
Conservation is one of the watch
words which the American people
are asked tokeep before their eyes
in these Stressful tine and food
conservation is particu larly- impor,
tantt Thanksgiving dinners should
be modes; affairs this year as COM
pared with those of the past, though
the turk2y-the great American
turkey can be expected to keen its
place in the center of the American
dinner table as of old. Turkey is
not meat of the kind that the people
are being asked tC save to send
across the seas. On the contrary,
we are urged to eat the flesh of tur-
key, chicken, duck, goose and other
fowl, that beef may be the more
abundant for export The American
family may therefore, build sc Thanks
giving dinner around big, brown,
fragrant and juicy turkey bird with
out feeling that it is doing violence
to the cause Of food conservation.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-11-25
A GOOD YEAR FOR FARMERS.
From the Hawkinsvile Dispatch and

News.
According to reports from all over
the state this has been an unusually
prosperous year fer the farmers, due
to the high prices of cotton and all
other farm products, and many Of
them besides paying off all old debts
still have enough cash on hand or
on deposit in the banks to their
credit to pay their expenses for an
other year. But the farmers are
the backbone Of the country, and it
is gratifying to read the numerous
stories that are being printed in the
newspapers most every day about
their prosperity. Bus next year the
tide may turn. This may be the
first and last year that cotton will
Bring such good price. No man
can foretell what is in store for the
future. t4sbsS1
! lEabehooves The farmers, therefore,
ITO be careful and mot depend on,
otton next year as their only money
crop Safety FIRST" should be the
motto of everyone. They may MOI
be able to make big crop of cot
ton even if they try to, on account
of the boil weevil, which is almost
sure to give them mere CT less trou
BILE Sc it would be well for them to
increase their food crops and plant
no more cotton than they can look
after and keep the boil weevil from
eating it up. The world needs more
fnodstuffs now t'lanl anything else,
and present indications are that
these things are going to be in
creator &C. and and lf,e blttt;,r
prices next year than cotton. lab
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-11-25
emblematic Of the hossr which is due
to these who give their Iivss for the
salvation of democracy
Says the Moultrie Observer

~
AAe law including the young be-
tween nineteen and twenty-one would
add large number to the draft reg
istration, and there would be found
larger per cent OF them without
family dependents. 1t is held also,
that the younger a man is when he is
taken into the army the better sol
der he makes. The younger men
have done the bulk OF the fighting in
all wars, and in all of the European
countries they have already been
called into service
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-11-25
KEEP THE FARMER WELL.

1t has been stated that the supreme
need of the nation during the coming
months is an abundance of foodstuffs
The truth of this statement is being
More and more brought home to CIV.
citizen as the days go by, the
nRntly increasing prices of food
denNs constituting reliable evil
acuteNt the situation is becoming
scarcity reason for this is the
tural sactS Dor in our rich agricul-
not be altog condition which can
reason. and OK relieved. Another
overlooked, is tKl'h is frequently
in the present dayS[k OF efficiency
ly when due to disXgr' particular
mated that 4 per cent II IS eS'l'
tion OF certain sections Se. populo,
malaria, disease which lex r from
" pro
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-11-25

My young friends" said a member
of the board Of trustees, who was adj
dressing the school, flet me urge upon
you the necessity of not only reading
good books, bpttalso Of owning them,
so that yau may have access to them
at all times Why, when was a
young man used frequently to work
all night to earn money to buy. books.
and then get up before daylight to
read them. nt
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-11-25
Says The Triton Gazette:

From Chicago comes the suggestion
that instead of wearing black in
mourning for an American soldier
dead there be substituted by rela
tives the wearing of a gold star as
the badge of loss and honor paid
This in line with the growing feeling
that five really believe in a future
life, crepe is not the best expression
our grief when these who are dear
to us pass on. IF to die for ones
country be glorious. then is the star
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-11-25

~ tDhccAtts IL w ~ 1usie .. etS soins
III We forced to enlarge capacity.
Next fall will remind you Of this pre-
dictions IL yoagars tsading This and
marking !. down e9aeai
But the business isn't coming all
unassisted In our rapid gains our
sister cities are going to try to cir
cumscribe. They are going to fight
harder for that which is coming our
way. For instance, when we absorb
the banking business of nearby com
munity, our neighboring communities
are OF going to pass it as a matter
of course. They are going to Try for
some Of that business,-an they are
going to get some OF it.
To preserve our own strides and
make them steady it will be neccs-
sary for us to swear eternal loyalty
to each other and to our own towns
interests. When we forget individ-
ual business jealousies,-w we
tcan stand for the success of our fel-
low townsman in his special line and
shake his hand heartily with real ap-
preciaticn of linn and his business
skill and hustle, we will be moving
up a bit in the direction which bust
ness builders for town take.
Our community needs business
| loyalty 1t needs a strong fellowship.
1t is necessary that we bind ourselves
together and become strong. One of
the agencies for doing this is com
mercial body with the ginger in it.
| An organization with the spirit of the
modern Rotary is the thing for Cor
dele These are times of stress, but
if that could mean anything, i; can
only add argument for the CONNER
cial body We can do what we under
take to do if all Of us go at NJ the
task There is no denying that
1t will not take great deal Of
money to secure a strong CONNER
cal organization in Cordele that will
have for its purpose the jealous,
shrewd guarding of every business
interest against outside encrgach-
ment Every year this organization
should send its delegates out to each
special department of community
work which demands somebody's at
tention. Now nothing gets attention
and as consequence we miss much
that could be enjoyed and which
could be turned into greater business
volume when the years total is fig
ured out.
The Daily Dispatch wants good
business body,--one that will take
care Of its own business in fine style.
It wants crowd full of loyalty Cor
dele and Crisp county and it wants
! Just such a body as can make things
come to pass. If it takes represen-
tative citizens Of all the county it is
! all the better that we have them.
Crisp county means more than 10000
souls now. That is quite a large num-
Der. There are enough progressive
people in all walks of life for a bust
ness body to be maintained that will
help pile onto the volume of business
here every season Why not have a
good organization? 1t ought to be
here and ready for, service.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-11-25

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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-11-25
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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-11-25
CHAS. E. BROWN Editor.

Communications on all topics pub
lished when not too long and accomra-
MED by full names and address. Not
responsible for views OF contributors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-06
'ANN|STON'S STEEL | PRODUCTS PLANTS
 WILL CONSOLIDATE
Announcement of Big Mer- ger Programme Expected in Few Days-Busi-
 ness Expansion

Anniston, October 4.-(Special.) )-Def- mite announcement is expected to ne made here within few days of a large merger of the interests of the Anniston Steel company, the Anniston Metal lurgical company, the Southern Munitions corporation and the Southern Manganese corporation in a new company to be known as the Anniston Steel Products company, which will take over and op- crate the properties of all the other con- cerns It is proposed for the new com pany to purchase the property of the Anniston Ordnance company, and pay For 1t by giving each shareholder one share of preferred stock in the new company.
 This consolidation of the various in- terests represented will be one of the most important deals consummated in Anniston in many years and will mark the beginning of new era in the steel products industry in Anniston.
 The Anniston Steel Products company proposes to secure from the Illinois Car and Equipment company the property now being used by the Anniston Steel company, and to take over all outstand- ing leases of the Southern Car and Foun- dry company, as well as the other com panies which have had control of the property since it's establishment years ago.
 The formation of the Anniston Steel Products company will mean that the several lrage plants will be consolidated under one management, and it is not un- likely that a large number of buildings will be erected for the accommodation of the increased activities of the new company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-06
MINERS IN CENTRAL FIELD WIN FIGHT
 FOR WAGE INCREASE
Compromise Agreement Is Reached in Conference on Terms of New Contract
 to. Be Made

Washington, October 5.-Bituminous coal miners of the central competitive field won their fight for general wage increase tonight when operators and miners representatives in conference here reached a compromise agreement on the terms of a new contract. The agreement presages a wage raise throughout the industry, since the central field scale serves as a basis for all other districts, and a consequent advance in the gov ernment's fixed price for coal.
 Operators representativ tives agreed to the new wages on condition that they be ab- sorbed in higher coal prices. After the agreement, drawn by subcommittee, is ratified tomorrow by the full conference, they will go to the fuel administration and ask revision upward of present coal prices to meet the raise. The wage increase, according to operators esti- mates, will add from B to 50 cents a ton to the cost of producing coal in thick vein mines and considerably more in mines containing the thinner veins. fIhe new contract will contain provis- ions to prevent strikes and lockouts and will be so drawn as to make 1t in,possi ble for either operators or miners to break it on the grounds of changed conditions. It will run for the duration of the war provided the war does not continue more than two years.
 Under the agreement an increase of 10 cents a ton will be paid for pick and machine mining as against the miners first demands for 15 cents: labor will De advanced $1.40 day, instead of the S1.90 asked; the pay for yardage and dead work will be increased 15 per cent instead of 20 per cent demanded. Trappers will get 75 cents day raise and other boys $1.
 Provisions pena.,1ing strikes anr lock- outs and making it impossible to ter minate the contract at will were i, sisted on by the operators, who sought some guarantee during the life of the contract. The demands just granted in part were made, despite the fact that contract made last April still is in existence.
 In seeking a revision of coal prices to meet the wage increases, operators, 1t Is understood, will ask the fuel ad- ministration for an additional increase in prices to cover higher mining costs generally. Operators in many fields are contending they cannot mine coal at a profit at the prices recently fixed by President Wilson, and that any 1n- crease must of necessity more than cover the wage raises.
 John P. White. president of the United Mine Workers, said tonight the increased wages would stimulate production and prevent mine employees from leaving the mines.
 With wages sufficiently attractive to hold the men in their places at the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-06
AmnWs@nn@mts
"Nothing But the Truth"

This farce comes to the Jefferson thea Ire next Monday night Fred Isham first conceived the funny basic idea of this farce, and put that idea into book form. James Montgomery, from that book elab- orated the play with which G. M. An derson and l.. Lawrence Weber, with keen foresight, have added to their man. agerial reputation and at the same time their bank account. It is a clean, bright and yet simple story of a $10,000 wager that the hero can confine his utterances to nothing but the truth for certain period. This is the idea, but written de- scription cannot convey the laughter evolved by the attempted carrying out oI this worthy desire to speak but truth fully, Here we give you an idea of the play. See it to get the full details and joyous returns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-06
WARDS 4MOV|ES" MAKE GREAT MI
 WITH AUDIENCE Big Final Meeting of Forces Held Last Night at the Jefferson Theatre CROWD CHEERS AS
 HITS ARE SCORED Estes, Wyman, MacBride, Bowie and Ward Arc Speakers-Henry
 Howze Presides Over
 Meeting

Last night at the Jefferson theatre, be- fore crowd that packed the house from pit to dome, the Movie Man" made his initial appearance in politics.
 His advent created a great deal of fun, as most conspicuous among the men who were shown on the canvass were some of Birmingham's best known citizens, who were placarded as members of the TT. A." society. The occasion was the George B. Ward rally and those present gave vent to their feelings for their can didates.
 "A police officer stationed on the out side of the Jefferson theatre stated that after every person who was allowed ad- mission to the Jefferson had been per mitted to enter, at least 1o00 people were turned away. The building was full be- fore the time for the speaking to begin.
 SEVERAL SPEAKERS HEARD
 Henry R. Howze, local attorney, pre- sided and introduced George H. Estes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-06
DEATHS
Coin. Thomas Triplett-Age 7s, Con

Coin. Thomas Triplett-Age 73, Con- federate veteran of the Thirty fourth Georgia regiment, died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. J. J.. Duncan, 1124 South Twelfth street, Tuesday. Funeral services over re- mains were held yesterday morning from Southside Catholic church with interment at the Southside Catholic cemetery. He Is survived by one daughter and two sons E. w. and J. A.. Coin, the former of Topeka Kan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-06
New Interpretations

Montgomery. october 5.-(Special.) ) The H. o. Gosha Timber company of Eutaw was incorporated by the secre tary of state Friday and will engage in the general lumber business in Greene county. It has an authorized capital of $21o0 and a paid-in capital of $1050. The Arnold Mercantile com pany of Anniston. Calhoun county, was also incorporated with an authorized capital of $2o00 and paid-in capital of 5000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-06
CHRISTMAS GIFTS
 FOR SOLDIER BOYS

In addition to their many activities for the welfare and comfort of the boys u the front tho Birmingham chapter of the Red Cross has inaugurated a move ment to provide the soldiers with Christmas present and to this end have launched a campaign to send token of remembrance and appreciation to the soldiers of the new army of freedom. A list has been compiled of suitable ar ticles by the committee in charge and in- cludes only articles of use and comfort to the soldiers The campaign will end October 15 and all who desire to con tribute to this fund are requested to communicate with the Red Cross head quarters on Twentieth street between Fourth and Fifth avenues.
 The Malekula Christian teachers in -he New Hebrides Islands, who recently went into the bush to preach Christ to the wild tribes, were attacked by the bush men and six of them were killed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-06
Sumter County Sends
 21 Men to Camp Pike

Livingston October 5.-(Special.) ) The following men reported to the To : cal board at p. m. today to go to Camp Pike, Ark, at a. m. tomorrow
 Oscar Kelly Holland, York; Russell T. Ramsey, Geiger; Herman Guy Speed, Mcdowell; Enos Prentice Jen- kins, Emelle
 This will make 21 white men sent from Sumter county to Camp Pike, and there are about 25 white men yet to be certified back or exempted by the district board
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-06
. Technical Association

Dr. H. B. Battle of Montgomery made the principal address at the meeting of the Alabama Technical as sociation he'd last night in the head quarters of the Civic association. The meeting was well attended The sub ject of Dr. Battles address was The Prevention of Unnecessary Waste.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-06
Drs. Dozier X Dozier Oldest Established Firm of Medical Specialists in Alabama. Twenty five Years in Birmingham.

We treat scientifically and with wonderful success. all man. ner of chronic diseases of the Eye. Ear. Nose and Throat, Lungs, Heart. Liver. Stomach. Bowels. Kidneys and all diseases Of the Skin and of the Pelvic Organs of ,r1 N arpar,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-06
At LoeM's Biiou

"Rasputin, the Black Monk, the greatest picture of the hour. is the photoplay attraction at Loew's Bijou for today. It deals with the Russian situation and gives in detail the prog ress of the revolution from its in- ception in 1905 to the abdication of the Czar and the triumph Of the revo- lutionists under Kerensky. It is World Brady production and is correct historically in every detail, and is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-06
Local Data
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mines and with an adequate car supply, operators and miners he said, twill endeavor to cooperate to increase pro ducticn to meet adequately every need of the nation. The agreement reached will enable men employed in and around the mines to cope with the pres ent high cost of living"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-06

without doubt the sensation of tho sea- son.
 In addition to this wonderful picture the vaudeville acts include Elizabeth Cutty in song revue and instru l. mental selections; Mack and Lee, Ill
 song and comedy; Walters and Moore
 present a farce comedy, "He Who Laughs Last" Vincent and Maxine,
 novelty jugglers, and wonderful per forming seals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-06


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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-06
LAFOLLETTES REPLY

Two hours later Senator LaFolette re- piled: T have the honor to acknowledge re- ceipt of your communication as chair
 man of the committee on privileges and , elections, transmitting a purported copy of a speech delivered by me at St Paul on September 20 upon the invitation of the Nonpartisan league. The matter which you enclose is moi
 a correct copy of the speech, but I will
 not at this time undertake to state
 wherein it was not correct. I will, how ever do so just as soon as can secure
 a transcript of the speech which is &C., curate. At least two copies addressed to me
 have been transmitted from St. Paul within the last week, neither of whict has been received. I am wiring for copies again today Assuring you and through you the
 committee that I will comply with your request at the earliest possible date, ] am sincerely yours. Senator Pomerene said tonight he ex-
 pected the speech would be received by Tuesday, when the subcommittee would
 be ready to proceed with the second phase of the inQuiry-the accuracy of MT. La Follettes statements. The committee Is said to have taken the position that some sort of official action as to the St. Paul speech was cs- sential in view of the widespread crit icism it aroused. Senator Fall made the motion in committee for it's investigation and Senator Reed of Missouri, who be- | lieves that neither the speech nor other statements nor actions of Senator La
 Toilette warrant any drastic action, pro-
 posed the formal resolution empowering
 the subcommittee to proceed, take sworn
 testimony and incur any necessary ex-
 penSe.