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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-02-23
Critical Period COMING.

London.-The Earl of Derby, secre-
tary of state for war, speaking at
Bolton. expressed the opinion that the
critical period of the war would oc-
cur in the next few months.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-02-23
Steel Net Protects Gotham.

New York.-A big steel net designed
to protect the port of New York from
hostile submarines and other war
craft in the event of war was put in
place at the entrance of the harbor
Saturday.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-02-23

German Losses.

London.-Casualties in the German
army, exclusive of colonial troops, re-
ported in the German casualty lists
in the month of January, 1917, totaled
1884 officers and men.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-02-23
Fire DESTROYS Potatoes.

Pressure, Isle, Me.-Eighteen thou
sand barrels of potatoes awaiting
shipment in warehouses here Monday
were destroyed by fire. The loss is
estimated at $150,000.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-02-23

Miss Raymonde Coudert Glaenzer. a
directress of the Appui Beige. one Of
the foremost relief organizations OF
women In the French and Belgian wal
zones, who has just arrived in the
United States. She says she has not
come to this country to talk GLOOM"
but that she brings a message of cheer,
founded on the hope for the future.
1.-The United States has heard a lot
about the ~sufferings Of the men In the
trenches, and of the women and chill
dren who have been driven from their
homes" she says, "but / want to tell
Of the regeneration that is taking
place; how we are helping people to
fnd themselves for the future and how
they are preparing for the nov life
after the war Is over
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-08

u T.
was the kind of plan that number of
other highly efficient systems employ.
1t was the same kind of plan that 9TH
ers use to put the poorer teachers to
hunting jobs.
Two men-just two on our school
board substituted retrenchment plan
for this system when retrenchment
was not necessary Now, the poorer
teachers that are eliminated from
other systems come here and look for
employment,-and get it when our
good teachers are gone and we can
have nobody else but them. That's our
situation.
If you had pride in good schools,
good teachers and efficient effort,
wouldn't that sting you?
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-08
NOTICE.

The law requires newspapers that
publish legal advertisements to col
lect for all business in advance. That
means that the advertisement when
it goes to the newspaper for publica-
ton must be accompanied by the cash.
The Dispatch has not heretofore re-
uqired this of its customers and of
late, people have taken advantage of
our favors thus extended to abuse
their credit privileges. They have
even refused to pay for the adver-
Using. 1t has become necessary for
this paper to remind the public that
the mony must accompany the adver-
Using. Otherwise, it will not appear
in these columns. This rule will be
rigidly observed.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-08
THE TEACHERS INFLUENCE.

Teaching is the greatest missionary
work on earth, nothing excepted
There isn't a preacher, an instructor
in higher education, an evangelist, a
philosopher, or psychologist in the
universe that can stamp the imprint
of his teaching on the human life so
indelbly as the teacher who shapes
the child's thoughts in his first years.
Is there parent among us who knows
teacher who shapes the child's
thought in his first tender years. Do
we miss the mark when we say only
the good teacher knows the meaning
| of the theacher's mission?
the mark when we say only the good
teacher knows the meaning of the
the teachers mission?
Our school man wonders why we
haven't said something about the
superintendent and the teacher
something disparaging and damaging
to them, We want him to know that
we think it is our duty to get the
| best teachers possible and then give
them our best,-our very best, support
| Our sympathies are with the teachers
and the superintendent. no matter
who they are. SO long as our schools
are in their hands, they must have
all our encouragement and support.
They can do nothing without it. The
teachers cannot satisfy everybody, no
matter how good they reno matter
haw hard they work 1t is not a
worthy task to help a parent assail
a teacher.
We ought to get what we want
tlilOuSiI Oul SNllbpl uOdIu anu ltleN
ought to get results through co-opera-
ton with the superintendent and the
teachers. Our present trouble is with
our school board,-not all of them.
Present administrative policies are
going to mean school destruction and
we want to avert that Before our
revised, new edition of it came out.
we had a plan under way that would
have given us more pay for our more
efficient teacher who served us long
est. This plan worked automatically
to eliminate the poorer teachers. 1t
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-08

tween 400 soft coal miners and VIII
liam j. Harris, chairman of the Fed
eral Trade Commission. AS that doc
ument reached us we turned and saw
the coal man in the door with a bill
amounting to $4.25 for a half ton of
ordinary soft coal. eve couldn't buy
any more at one time.) Our opinion
of William ]. Harris when we are at
our normal selves does not worry US.
We think we'll of him and consider
his work of vast Importance, but the
document ought to have said some
thing about the four hundred millions
that William j. Harris is not going
to save the people of the United
States on coal,-the four hundred mil
lions that the coal interests are 60
ing to take from us before they are
made to get back to normal, just and
fair prices.
This is a repetition of the paper
deal that the paper trust is handing
us in spite of William J. and the Fed
eral Trade Commission. The coal in
terests pushed the prices beyond all
reason and then ran to Washington
and told William J. they were willing
to come off Just a little bit. Somebody
then put the Chamber of Commerce
up to saying to the plain old Georgia
cracker that William J. had saved
them millions in the prices of coal
But the robbery in coal is going on.
Our coal man told us the coal in
terests are now pretending there is
such tremendous shortage that it is
impossible for them to supply the de-
mands. Where is the coal going in
this hot weather? The Germans have
put shipping on the blink,-that is, it
has been greatly reduced We are not
using as much now on the ocean going
vessels as in former seasons. The rail
ways of the country are taking off
trains every day. We cannot be using
as much of it in the railway industry
of the country as in former times.
We have bought many ton of coal
at the mines at $1.10,-fairly good
coal. Now the mines are demanding
81 a ton. The difference in the price
of labor at the mines cannot make all
this increase in price. 1t looks like it
is really time for our William J. to
be up and about this thing. He is a live
one, but this coal problem here in the
middle Of the summer is enough to
cause cold chills, even for him. Will
liam J. hasn't saved us anything as
yet on coal. And the question is: Will
he do it?
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-08
PURELY PERSONAL.

We do not know everything, never
have claimed to know all, Most of the
older families have known us all our
lives as plain, wiregrass Georgia
Cracker,-know exactly where we
first saw the light, know under what
conditions we got our country school
ing and they know how we got to
MERCER. They saw us in our shirt
tail days, They saw us in the home.
woven jeans and hickory that our
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-08

That Hart county Representative,
Mr.. Wynn must feel that his maiden
effort in the Georgia legislature has
not made any sort of hero out of him.
Wonder what his constituents think
of his patriotism and loyalty to his
own country? There were three other
men who likewise ought to have been
given free tickets back home,-r to
their friends in the German trenches.
President Wilson is once more hearth
ly endorsed by the Georgia lawmak,
ets. That's worth something.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-08

man, announce that the headquar-
tiers will be kept open daily from 9
a. m. to IL noon, and 2 D. m. to 6 p.
m. A cordial invitation is extended
to all to visit Red Cross headquar-
ters during these hours and find out
about the Red Cross work. If you
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-08

That man Brown, commissioner of
Agriculture in Georgia, is going to get
OsLr support in his efforts to serve the
farming interests through weekly dis
Cussions of timely topics in the press
OF the state. We though well of our
old friend Commissioner Price, for
Tat kind of effort, and the new man
deserves the assistance of the press
OF Georgia in his work for the good
OF the farmers.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-08

Mark this prediction: The German
spy is not going to thrive in this coun-
try as he has in Europe Develop
ments of the last few days are up.
turning a gigantic, well organized
German effort to keep touch with de.
velopments in this country. We sin.
cerely hope the investigation does not
show an untrue American.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-08

Macon has on a row between the
Methodist anti-dancing element and
the people who held a benefit dance
Friday evening for the Red Cross.
Some of the best representatives of
both sides have had their say out and,
may be, now the fund may be increas-
ed TO the amount Macon is looking
for.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-08

have not joined go there and pay your
fee of $1.O0 and become enlisted in
this great work. There is much en-.
thusiasm and interest throughout the
town and county. Daily the member
ship roll increases and donations con-
tinue to come in.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-08

The Russian army is active again.
That will change the color of the
whole fighting atmosphere if 1t is,
kept up. Some of our good American
army officers saw the charge that
put the Austrians to flight and re-
suited in bagging a large number of
prisoners the other day.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-08
Herle Il Is Again.

Swainsboro-F Forest Blade: Senator
Hardwick sent us thirty-four page
pamphlet containing his speech on The
Increase of the Military Establish
ment.' He said he hoped it would be
useful to us. 1t was. We used it to
slam the everlasting daylight out of a
big black spider that was building his
trapeze just above our desk"
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-08

mother made in the old style loom.
They know our barefoot, cow-pen days
better than the stiff-necked, city-style,
crack Drained fool that would make
fun of us in our effort to get college
education. They know exactly what
we mean when we try to tell the coun-
try hoys and girls that they ought to
lave good schools, they ought
to be educated. They know whether
we are sincere. They know whether
it is the truth when we say our soul
is afire with a desire to tell the little
boys and girls in the country that
they can learn how to think,--can
know how to take hold of the really
great things in life, can find their
own life calling and light the fires Of
hope for themselves,-can prepare for
The hard knocks of life in school
They know,-they know
There isn't single one of these
plain, native born Georgia Crackers
with wall around his home,-with
gate that opens only to the few whose
blue blood pedigree runs back to some
lordshp's old European manor and
coat of arms. There isn't one of
thom,-man or whose latch
string is not on the outside of his
door. Show us a Mrs. Highbrow
among them and we will show you one
of natures greatest misfits. Show
us plain Georgia Cracker from this
native born element that is trying to
help our school man and his friends
set up a new social order in this com
munity like that Mrs. TIighbrow pro.
mulgates, and we will tell you who is
Mrs. Highbrow. We hope the Dispatch
will live thousand years to- hold
Mrs. Highbrow up to rdicule. She
represents a type that in pioneer days
could not speak for this country. She
is kind that could not impregnate
any little community with the cancer
GUS growth that is now eating out the
heart of woman's usefulness in Cor
dele. The good women of Cordele and
Crisp county that came here by the
Georgia Cracker route know the diff
ference,-~they know. They know
Mrs. Highbrow.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-08
UP AND AT THEM, WILLIAM J,

The publicity bureau of the Geor-
gia Chamber of Commerce sent the
Dispatch a communication this week
declaring that the saving of two hun.
dred million dollars per year in the
United States is the result of a con.
ference in Washington last weel, he
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-08
OFFICIAL ORGAN CRISP COUNTY,

The Dispatch acknowledges receipt
Of its first copy of the Weekly Ram
bier moved to Meigs, Ga The paper
shows new life and new business of
a substantial character We wish
Editor Mathews success in his new
field.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-08

Entered as second class matter at
the post Office at Cordele, Georgia.
Bnder the act Of March 9Th, 1879
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-08

ANA mere is Judge Land helping the
enemy swear at us! We have not
asked anybody to- help us swear back
at him. That isn't fair. Mr.. Bivins
never went to Macon to sell out to us.
He didn't go there empowered to sell
Judge Lands plant to us. He couldn't
have done that. With the help of sew
eral of the best business men in Cor
dele, we paid Judge Land $4,000 for
his plant. 1t wasn't worth half that
much, but we did it. Mr.. Bivins said
he did not want to sell and said he
wanted us to let him alone about it,
and he used such stiff-necked AFRO
gance that we let him alone. But he
named a cash price of $4,000 for a
plant that cost him $4,000 at a sher-
ifs sale. The business men who
were helping us to put up a good
plant said it was too much.
We tried to get Mr. Bivins to sell
and retain an interest of $500. He
wouldn't do it and we had no way
to make him do it, Judge Land took
his $500 interest and thus made it
possible for the Dispatch to come
ever, We wanted both of them to
help us make good newspaper for
the community, and had they Joined,
| they should have had every courtesy
and every influence in the making of
the paper that we enjoy. Judge Land
later sold his interest and then in a
very, very short time told one of his
friends he had made mistake to sell,
After he was out and foot lose, he ask
ed us for II and we secured him n
press mileage book good for 1000
miles on the railroad and gave it to
him. He could have had another
when this was out had he so desired
It, but he preferred to help Mr.. Biv-
ms swear at us. But we intend to
show him still every friendship and
courtesy we can. He has many a
good trait of character, especially
when we come to consider that no
man is perfect. He has still to live
in this community and, with the rest
of us. try to better conditions. His
worthy effort shall always have our
approval and n helping hand when
he is willing to let US give it.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-08

Communications on all topics publish.
cd when not too long and accompanied
BY full name and address. Not re.
sponsible for views of contributors
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-08

subscrIption--One year, $500: six
months, $1.25; three months, 75c.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-08

CHAS. E. BROWN, Editor
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-08
The Cordele Dispatch
Established In 19os)

Published Every Wednesday and Sun
day by Dispatch Publishing Company.
La Junta tribune., 1917-06-21
Notice of Executors sale
In the matter OF The estate OF Mich

In the matter of the estate OF Michael
Ftnity. deceased:
by virtue Of an order and decree Of
the county court OF Otero county. Coll
orado. made on the petition OF the un-
dersigncd. executor OF tn. estate of
Michael FInity. deceased. on the sth
day OF June. A. ID. 1917. l shall. on the
sth day OF July A ID. 1917, at the
hour OF 10 o'clock, a. m, sell at pub
lie sale. to he highest and best bidder
at the south front door OF the court
house In La Junta. In said county. the
following described real estate OF said
deceased. to-wit: Lot one, In block
forty eight. lots two and three In
block forty-eight: lots three and four,
In block forty eight. all OF the town.
now city. Of La Junta. and situate
In the county Of Otero. state of Colo
rado. upon the following terms. viz:
At the conclusion Of such sale the
purchaser shall bs entitled to q Ger.
uficate OF purchase. and upon approval
Of such sale by the court the pur-
chaser will be entitled to . deed Of
said real property.
Executor OF the Estate OF Michael
Finity. Deceased
Dated at La Junta. Colorado. this
FRED W. cUcKow.
Attorney for Executor.
First publication. June 8, 1917.
Last publication. July 6. 1917
La Junta tribune., 1917-06-21

free expression OF the peoples will
by additional restrictions. But
faced as We are by the terrible ex-
ample OF the whole force OF . great
people directed against the fabric OF
the worlds civilization by the infa-
nous will OF one man. we are led
naturally to = comparison OF gov
ernmentai systems. We see the world
plunged into war. and our own lib
critics endangered, because one peo-
pie did no, possess the implements
OF democracy. When We have fin
ished this war. and come to place
in their hands, as an assurance
against future wars, the reins OF gov
eminent. we will take care that their
grasp OF power is so direct and firm
that no reactionary force can wrest
It from them.
We will also. as sensible people.
examine the bases upon which our
control of government rests and the
media by which we exercise that con-
troll And then the things that re-
main TO be done to render the gov
ernment. both state and national, di-
rectly responsive TO the will OF the
people, will be done.
But the most important event to
follow the conclusion OF this war will
be the meeting together of the rep
resentatives of the free peoples OF
the world to draw up charter OF
liberties and of peace for the world.
The President has outlined the
character OF that peace: mo peace
can last or ought TO last which does
not recognize and accept the prin-
ciple that governments derive all
their Just powers from the consent
OF the governed"
Autocratic nations must cease to
exist upon the earth before perma-
nent peace can be assured. When
the peace terms come 10 be written
and subscribed. President Wilson
will have an important part in the
conference, and concerning that con-
ference he has said:
"A steadfast concert for peace can
never be maintained except by
partnership OF Democratic nations.
No autocratic government could be
trusted TO keep faith within 1t or OBJ
serve its covenants
1T must be a league OF honor, a
partnership of opinion. Intrigue
would eat its vitals away; the plot
tings OF inner circles who could plan
what they would and render account
to no one would be a corruption seat
ed at Its very heart. Only free peo-
Piles can hold their purpose and their
honor steady to a common end, and
prefer the interests OF mankind to
any narrow interest OF their own"
And the fruit OF that conference
will be world peace. In the war
clouds that cover Europe and shadow
the world. Il will set a new bow of
promise. II will be the covenant
of the nations under God tina. never
again shall the world be drenched
in blood,
La Junta tribune., 1917-06-21

! may as well confess TO YOU, and
perhaps with you. that have never
been neutral in this war. have felt
for years that the Kaiser with his
feudalistic views. was a menace to
the peace OF the world. The inya-
sion Of Belgium confirmed me in this
belief The rapidly occurring events
OF the first year OF the war kept
me in constant fear that the allies
would be defeated. II early became
apparent that the success of the al
lies depended upon the ability of
England TO raise a very great army.
From the beginning OF the war
have been in correspondence with
friend. very intelligent welchman
In the government service In Wales.
lie has supplied me with English
papers. so that from these two sour
ees ] have kept fairly well posted
concerning the Internal affairs OF
England watched the formation
of the immense volunteer army by
Lord Kitchener with great interest
aud enthusiasm when finally vol
lnteerlng fell 10 the minimum and
the need for more men became OF
vital concern, began TO consider
more carefully the question OF CON
-cription. which was under discus
sion in the English Parliament. Ny
friend. who had tried TO enlist and
was refused because OF physical dis
abilities. inyeighed against the able
bodied slackers who refused to en-
list. but remained at home. earning
good wages and living on the fat OF
the land. The newspapers. com
planning OF the thousands OF slack
ers. urged conscription.
saw the German consc1ption
system regularly pouring thousands
OF recruits into the ranks against
the allies. while the English armies
we're growing weaker. and I began
to wonder II there was some defect
Inherent In democracy that rrn-
La Junta tribune., 1917-06-21

Under the conscription law the
government viii shortly begin the
selection and training of the first
half million soldiers, and I have no
doubt that additional bodies Of men
viii be called into service as soon
as provision can be made to train
them.
When the army bill was before
congress. many of the best and most
patriotic men In both houses, urged
the substitution OF the volunteer sys-
TEN for conscription. They said
that conscription was undemocratic
and that 1t was the basis OF mili,ar-
ism; that II was fundamentally at
war with the essential principles of
free institutions; that the spirit and
enthusiasm of the volunteer army
would be lacking In the drafted
army; that II was the beginning of
the military policy OF every despot
and the last resort OF a republic.
II you had asked me at the begin
ming OF this war. whether I favored
conscription or the volunteer sys-
TEN. ! would probably have repeated
every one OF the arguments | have
Just quoted TO you.