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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-10-24
GREAT SHOWING OF
FINE BEEF CATTLE
THIS DEPARTMENT OF GEORGIA
FLORIDA FAIR WILL BE OF
INTEREST THIS YEAR

Valdosta, Ga, Oct. 1S.-With the
opening of the Georgia-Florida fair
now less than one week off, interest in
it is increasing both in Valdosta and
through the territory contiguous to
the city.
The people have come to under
stand that the fair this year will be
far superior in every way to any pre-
ious exhibition held in Valdosta-and
all the others have been good ones
The Widespread interest now be-
ing shown in the matter of improve
ing the breed of the beef cattle in
this section makes the live stock de-
partment of the fair center the in
terest of large number of people
this year. And they will not be dis
appointed, for this exhibition will be
away above every thing previously
shown
There will be two herds each of
Shorthorns, Herefords, Angus, and
Holsteins, as well as a considerable
number of Jerseys.
In addition to- these there will be
more than 200 head of fine pure bred
and graded beef cattle on exhibition
Out of this great showing those who
are interested may be able to find
anything they especially want to de-
eide upon as permanent line of cat
tie to grow
AS is usual many of these fine cat
tie will be for sale and with the high
class Of the animals assured, coming
from recognized sources, it will be
no trouble to get real bargains.
And sharing great deal of the
interest of the visitors will be the
poultry department of the show
which will be more complete than
ever with the breeds of every kind
This department of the fair will be
a complete show with so many fine
birds shown by fanciers who all come
with prize winners. There will also
be a great showing of pigeons in con-
nection with this department.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-10-24

Hence the ostensible reason for the
amendment of the constitution so that
in the future the French republic can
not enter into secret engagements
witho other powers. 1t is probable
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-10-24

effort through instruction and a mod
crate remodeling of coal-burning
equipment, which could all be ar
complished during the war, afurther
considerable saving could be made.
THE possible saving when present
consumption is compared with the
best ideal practice is very large. If
it were possible to supply the need
of this country for light, heat, and
power, through the highest type of
mechanical devices, and if we could
make a skilled user out of the aver
age user, we could probably get along
with half as much coal as we are
now consuming, This ideal is far be-
You'd present realization. We cannot
scrap all out of date power plants.
We must with doing the best with
what we have, do the best we can.
We must begin saving coal al once
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-10-24
SHOVELFUL COAL
HALF POUND SUGAR
ONE Is EQUAL TO THE OTHER
NOW IN POINT OF INTRINSIC
VALUE

Washington, Oct. 15--"The house
holder must realize that when he
throws shovelful of anthracite coal
into his furnace it's value Is equival
ent to half pound of sugar, or half
a loaf of bread, or half a pint of
milk"
This is the manner in which Van
H. Manning, Director of the Bureau
OF Mines, Department of the Interior
endeavored to impress the state as
sistants of the Fuel Administration
with the necessity for the economi.
cal use of fuel. The state deputies
had been called together in Wash
ington by DR.. H. A. Garfield, the Fuel
Administrator, for a family council
concerning the urgent work to be
taken up in each state.
"The householder must, therefore,
appreciate that it is now worth while
to examine his house and to overhaul
his heating equipment" continued
Mr.. Manning. "Whather steps, dou-
BILE windows, pipe coverings, clean
flues and chimneys, and tight fittings
in ash pits, doors hampers and fur
mace parts will all pay. Damper cen
troll is one of the chief secrets of
economical heating surfaces arc most
essential, as SCOT is a poorer conduc-
tor of heat than asbestos. Care, at
tention, and taking pains will be the
greatest factors in saving domestic
coal"
Mr.. Manning said that about 20
per cent of the six hundred million
tons of coal mined in the United
States is used for house hea ing and
that it is shoveled by more than Is
million people.
Americans have been as wasteful
of coal as other resources" continu-
ed Mr.. Manning, largely because coal
has been abundant. To many consum-
ers it has seemed hardly worth while
to give time and thought to the saw
ing of coal. Conditions have chang.
ed. Today it is everybody's business
to save coal. Coal is the foundation
stone of industry. Without it the
production of equipment for war
must halt. One mans careless and
wasteful use may mean an idle fac
tory or cold house for his neigh
Dor. With the world looking to us
largely for it's coal supply, with in
creased demands at home, with a
scarcity of available labor, with over
taxed transportation facilities, the
consumer of coal must pause and
give serious consideration to the
problem which confronts the country.
''If the people can be reused to an
intelligent consideration of the burn.
ing of coal, they can begin to save
ten per cent of the production, or
sixty million tons at once. With more
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-10-24
u. S. DESTROYER
WAS TORPEDOED
ONE MAN Is KILLED AND FIVE
OTHERS ARE MORE OR LESS
SERIOUSLY WOUNDED

Washington, d. c., Oct 1S.-An
American destroyer on patrol duty in
the war zone was torpedoed by an
enemy submarine yesterday and had
one man killed and five wounded She
managed to make port in spite of Sc
we're. damage.
In accordance with the policy of
secrecy concerning American naval
operations the department did not di
vulge the name of the destroyer or
the exact place of the encounter
Vice Admiral Sims tabled a brief
report of the incident to the navy de-
partment, but it is assumed there was
no fight and that the u-boat made it's
escape after launching torpedo
without showing itself.
Gunner's made Osmond Kelly In
gram was the man killed. He was
blown overheard by the explosion and
his body was not recovered Ingram's
mother Mrs. B. Ingram, lives at Pratt
City, Ala.
None of the wounded we're serious
ly hurt. They are Herman H. Pan
kratz, gunner's mate, st. Louis; Will
liam E. Merritt, seaman, New York
City; Frank. w. Kruz, fireman, Tole-
do, O.; Patrick Rutledge, oiler, New
York City, and William Seimer, fire.
man, Dundas, MINI.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-10-24

without the after dinner cigar Re
membering this incident, you hoard
your sous that day and insist that the
woman conductor on the tram
change franc for you. She argues
the point. You are confirmed in your
desire to pack away many small
coins.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-10-24

cient amount to prevent a silver short
age, but no new coppers are being
issued Nor has the promised alum
mum coinage appeared as yet. So
that after riotious day upon the
boulevard, one goes home with ones
pockets crammed with match boxes,
gummed up with stamps, and laden
with cheap cigars that will not even
burn in furnace.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-10-24

that the majority of the parlimen
favor an amendment of the constitu
ton, but that majority likewise holds
that the time is not yet ripe.
For the constitution can only be
amended in joint session of the sen
ate and the chamber of deputies
which must be held at Versailles. I'm
der the French constitution, which is
for formal instrument such as ours
but product of growth that Joint SEES
sion would automatically become the
master.
1t might do anything. 1t might es.
tablish civilian commissions to rule the
military establishments, as in darkest
days of the revolution, when parli-
mentary committees ordered generals
to fight or fal back at thir own sweet
will, and utterly without reference to
the military situation. The present
administration might be turned out
anu q now pun AL UlSlI US
done at that joint session which the
ONT session thought might be done
without esdangering the personal safe
ty of it's members.
The recent past has shown that adj
ministrations may be turned out of
office without in any degree weaken
ing the solidarity or the fighting spirit
of people But when there is a pos
sibility of rebuilding an entire ma
chine in time of war the problems
presented take on a more serious as
pect. The French press, without ref
erence to party opinion, very evident
ly does not favor such action.
But one reads all this between the
lines and in the white spaces left by
the censor. One must yoke certain
clairvoyance, to a knowledge of French
politics to read it at all. A section
of the OPPOSITION pres is desirious of
overturning things. But this desire is
cloaked in confusing ambiguity.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-10-24
WHAT PARIS
TALKS ABOUT

Paris, Sept. 16.-One reads the
French press in much the same spirit
that one goes through a strange Gel
lar without lantern. Thanks to a
rigid censorship the Paris editor is
often compelled to- hide a burning
thought in bush of verbiage. One
learns that 200 deputies wish to
amend the constitution. Defects have
been discovered under pressure of
war. That conceals a story
The president of the republic has
far greater power, theoretically, than
has the president of the United States
In matters of foreign politics he
names ministers and ambassadors, in
the name of the country, he signs all
treaties of alliance, "and all this in
secret" according to Paul-Meunier in
L'Oeuvre. "The constitution forbids
the parliment from knowing anything
or asking anything" We
The Russian revolution has resulted
in the discovery of certain letters
written by President Poincare to the
leaders of the former Russian auto
cracy. The opposition here does not
know what was in those letters,
though it may guess 1t has asked for
information and twice has been prom
ised that all shall be made known.
The time has not come, however, and,
naturally enough, the opposition it ag-
itating.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-10-24

You are a part OF the government;
your money in a Liberty Bond is only
backing in part an institution of
which you are a member
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-10-24

At first one is inclined to think the
sou famine wholly artificial. The old
lady at the tobacco booth declares
herself unable to give you ten cen
times change. Therefore you are
forced to take box of matches or go
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-10-24

Two days later the girl at the de-
partment store gives stamps in change
although she will by no means take
stamps in change. You are forced to
buy two drinks at the cafe terrass in
order to make the sum and the tip to
the garcon coincide with bit of sill
yer. Every one has the same exper-
fence. Today Paris is an almost SOU
less city.
But it appears there is very def
mite reason for the sou shortage, apart
from this artificial one. French pa
per money is only exchangeable at
discount across the border in Spain
and Switzerland, but French silver and
copper in small amounts pass at par
Hence those who visit these countries
take what small money they can in
order to save exchange. The country
is being drained.
Small silver is being coined in suffi-
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-10-24

Be sure to phone the Dispatch any
news you know. All such favors are
appreciated.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-11

The island of Ceylon is to be con.
nected to -he mainland of India by build
ing roadway on a rocky reef, a dis
tance of twenty-five miles.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-11
FORM new ASSOCIATION
AS FIRST.AID To CUPID
Passaic Organization Will Promote
Marriage and Discourage Divorce.
special to The Washington Herald.

Special To The Washington Herald.
New York, Feb. lO-"Then hey for
the lass with a tocher. for she is the
lassie for me-" sang Robert Burns.
"Tocher" means dowry. and the poet.
who is reported to have Scotch blood
in his veins, was celebrating the ad-
vantages of espousing lass" with a
wee bit siller in her possession, as
compared with the mistake of taking
portionIess bride (Which he did. by
the way). But that's another story.
Mr.. Burns poetical idea. however.
has been taken up in a very practical
manner by an organization in Passaic.
N. j., known as the Marriage Dowry
Association, which announces al its OBJ
jects the promotion OF marriage among
its members and to discourage bigamy
and divorce"
This newest auxiliary to Dan Cupid.
who, it is reported. has received sew
eral black eyes in Passaic recently, as
serts that it's chief aim is to save the
girls in the mill section OF the city
from being victimized by the profess
sional polygamists which infest the
community. and who make practice
OF marrying the young women and
then disappearing with their savings.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed as a nonprofit benevolent associa-
ton. Rev. Joseph Stephanko, rector
of the Greek Catholic Church of st.
Peter and Paul, Passsic, is the treas
urer.
The initiation fee Is 81. and members
are to pay s1.20 a week or multiples
thereof for twenty-six weeks. After
that time they will be entitled to a
marriage dowry of 500 or multlples
thereof, according to the amount OF
duea paid
The Washington herald., 1917-02-11
ALL STUDENTS To join
IN WINTER EXERCISES
George Washington Plans Innovation
for Mid-Year Baccalaureate.

Plans for the first mid-year baccalau-
reate exercises in the history of George
Washington University will be discussed
at meeting of students at o'clock to-
morrow night in the assembly hall Of
the Arts and Sciences Department Ad-
ministration Building, 3o23 G street north
west.
Presidents of classes In all nine de-
partments OF the university. the senior
marshal and his two assistants, members
OF the Student Council, and aides elected
by the various classes have been re-
quested to attend. DIR. William Allen VIII
bur. dean of Columbian College, who has
general charge of arrangements for the
exercises. will preside.
The exercises will be held In New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church on the aft
ernoon of Sunday, February IS. commenc-
ing at 4 o'clock. The baccalaureate ser
mon will be preached by Rev. DR.. Clar-
ence Augustus Barbour. president If
Rochester Theological Seminary. Rear
Admiral Charles Herbert Stockton, u. s.
N, retired. president of the university,
will preside.
The student body will assemble in front
of the .aedical School Building. 1925 II
street northwest, at 315 o'clock and
march into the church in a procession
headed by the senior marshals and uni
versity officials and faculty members
Both mid-year and spring graduates will
be garbed in cap and gown. This will
be the first attempt of university off,
cials to assemble all of the students at
a convocation. Heretofore baccalaureate
exercises and graduation exercises have
been participated in solely by the grad
yates.
President Stockton has issued a general
invitation to the public to attend. No
tickets will be required. Special music
by the church choir will be rendered
The mid winter graduation exercises will
be held on the morning of Washington's
birthday, February %, commencing at IL
o'clock. in the assembly hall of the Arts
and Sciences Department Administration
Building. President Stockton will pre-
side and present the diplomas, making q
brief address. The principal address will
be By Dean Wilbur. head of the English
department. He probably will take for
his subject. Main Currents in the Shake
speare Plays Rev. Henry w. A. Mil
lington will pronounce the benedfction
An orchestra will furnish special music
The Washington herald., 1917-02-11
PRISON PROBERS find
GERM.INFESTED CELLS
Unsanitary Dungeons at Jersey Peni-
tertiary Disclosed by Commission.

tBy the International News service.D
Trenton, N. j., Feb. Io-Unsanitary con-
ditions which means a virtual sentence to
death for prisoners in the State peniten-
tiary here were found by the commission
investigating conditions, according to a
preliminary report made today
The report asserted that prisoners are
unnecessarily exposed to disease: that
more than one prisoner is kept in a cell.
and that prisoners are kept in dark cells
and unsanitary dungeons. and are SEN
fenced TO 'intolerable conditions"
The board recommended sweeping re-
forms in the prison buildings and .regula-
tlons.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-11

Annex The absolute nerve of a nation
IN the position OF Germany telling
United States how many ships she can
clear in week, what they may carry
u suppose the German contraband list
includes everything except doughnut
holes and toadstools). when they may
land, when they must leave Falmouth.
and what color the ships must be
painted, etc. tPretty soon they will
tell us what or what not we may eat
for our meals).
So much for the Annex. Now a few
What will the President do
about it? VIII he sidestep IT in the
same manner he has the Lusftania, or
win he. for once in his life. act like
a man?
As I see 1t. here are the advantages
to the allies and to the United States
IL We break with the Germans:
ID We can send practically unlim-
tied supplies, ammunition, food and
money to Europe for the allies.
CD We shall have a good excuse to
raise our army and, navy up to de-
cent strength. and once they are in
first-class condition we can easily
keep them there.
). The United States governemtn could
officially help Belgium, Armenia. ami
Montenegro.
g. IL would be a great help to the
allies to know that they at last had the
United States officially back of them in
every way
Can Increase Merchsptment.
5. We can add TO the not overlarge
American merchant marine by the taking
over by this government of all the Ger
man steamers interned in United States
ports, among them the Vaterland. etc.
6. We can use these same German
steamers to convey to the allies men and
supplies. etc.
We'll. Unk, I thought you might be in
terested to learn my opinion on President
Wilson VS.. latest German note, so l
have written a little note of inquiry my
self
Knew Nothing of Note.
II you think that this is good enough
tc be published-wnich l doubt. although
somebody told me it was. as he, with my
permission, read it over my shoulder
please send 1t to some paper or maga-
zine and try.
Lots Of love to you and Auntie Mamie,
CLARK.
p. S.-As you may have gathered from
the foregoing pages, ] sincerely hope for
. break. as 1 believe that the allies fight
is our fight, as it is a case of might vs.
right, with the right on England's side
CLARK +. HUM.
Groton, Mass.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-11
GNU. Students All Eager to
Answer Conry's War Call"
Faculty Members and 'CoEds Make Preparations to De
sert Books and Enlist if Their Services
Are Needed

Officials. faculty members and students
Of George Washington University. from
the president of the institution down to
the lowliest freshman. are ready to
answer the call for service In the event
of war.
The George Washington University
Coast Artillery Company, a unit of the
District National Guard. is in readiness
for assignment to active duty. and In the
event Of actual war probably would be
stationed at Fort Washington or some
other of the Potomac coast defenses.
The company consists of seventy-two
enlisted men and two officers. Walter w.
Burns is captain and Howard w. Hodg-
kins is second lieutenant.
Students and faculty members in the
Medical School are qualified to render
their services, not only for relief work.
but also for sanitary work. The Veter-
The Washington herald., 1917-02-11

mary College has number OF students
eager to serve.
Nurses school Ready.
Every member of the Nurses Training
School stands ready and willing to share
some part in the conflict for liberty and
justice should this country be forced into
war with Germany" said Mary w. Glas-
cock, r. N. superintendent Of the school,
last night.
Hundreds of the students are employed
in the various executive departments of
the Federal government and consequently
would serve the country In clerical way.
Present conditions show more than
ever the necessity and advisability of es-
tablishing a military course In the uni
versity." last night declared Dean will
lam Allen Wilbur. of Columbian College
"I hope we can establish such a course
in the near future"
The Washington herald., 1917-02-11

self the criticisms and complaints he
offers of the ministry. he might hnd
some of his problems solved surprie-
ingly well In short this perennial
accusation which is brought against
ths profession OF the Christian minis
try seems TO proceed upon the theory
that because a man becomes a preach
er of the Gospel he has q right 10
ex 9ect that the Lord will overlook his
personal inadeQuacies and assure 70
him success whether or no. simply
because he has been 50 pious as to give
h.aAseIf to this calling. In the long
run this is pretty Just old world.
whether In the ministry or out of a.
Lo.eIy Occupation.
But the third point N your con-
tributor's article ts to me the most
wonderful Unnecessary social limita-
tions! Goodness gracious! have often
wished that there were some such hm-
itations II would be a relief 10 have
a little more time TO ones self A
lonely occupation! I have always un-
derstood that kings were rather lone
ly. But ministers of Christ? why. "
they live at all. they live in the thick
of things. Again IL is not the profess
sion but the man who is to be blamed
II minister makes himself thing
apart ne surely may. But now can
man be lonely in the sense your cor
respondent means when he gives him
self to the best things in his commun-
ity. mingliug with men In the promo
tion Of their best interests. sharing
their anHieties, and trying to help
them in their perplexities, and work
ing shoulder to shoulder with them
for the solution OF their problems ,
Lonely. indeed! II is an experience in
the ministry that ! have never been
conscious of.
Let me say, in conclusion. that the
ministry TO me has been one long hap
piness. Not for a minute have re-
gFetted going into IT. did not en-
pect to find in II half Of the Joy ]
have found there. ! know of no pro-
fession. although I dislike that term.
In which a man who is man can put
all OF his best and freest powers Go
work for a larger purpose. ] am
thankful TO God that my boy is a
minister. c"
After reading these letters and the
others that have come to Us. we are
inclined to believe that our CORE
spoudeuts have proved thoroughly only
one pOint-that is. the oppOrtUuities
in the ministry are just as big as and
no bigger than the men who make
them.-The Outlook.