The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-22

al aT prosE porous farmers. 30 rapidly
I'D This towu grow and develop. that
me people Of tbe southern part Of
Dc8.y felt Tia, CoTdele should be the
county seat Of new county. accord
.ueiy. as this idea possessed the PEG
PIE more and more. some Of Cordele's
progressive men succeeded in getting
a bin before me Legislature proYid-
.ng ior the creation Of 9 new county
out Of the southern portion Of DOoly.
This bill was successful and NoTem-
Der ?. 1905 the new county was Gre
ated. What shall We call the new
aou1u2 vas on every lip and many
-uggesfions were made Finally. Mr.
T. ". Bgina. VINO had taken such
rCmiaent par IL getting the bin pass
ed 10 create new county. suggest
"a the name Of Crisp, which was en-
huEiastjcally adopted.
Tie first officers Of the new county
gero Ordinary S. ". Coney; Clerk J.
:. Littlejohn: Treasurer 3. X. VIII
liams; Tax Receiver J. W. Davis; Tax
collector John c. Fem; County School
Commissioners j. ". Biyins.
Situated in the midst Of the finest
agricultural section in the state, Crisp
Las forged to the front as one Of the
foremost counties Of Georgia. and
her GROWING jewel is her capital city,
Cordele. which from a village Of 300
FOULS. has grown into the wide awake,
progressive Hub City Of 10000 lDhab-
lantg reaching out in every direction
10 touch the substantial settlements
al over The country which today we
recognize as the progressive little
towns and communities Of Arab, Hat
ley. Pateyille. Penia. Listonia, Ad-
kins. Haw Pond. Wenona. Coney, Dray-
ton and the settlement Of historic Ce-
dar Creek. All Of these will be dealt
with more fully elsewhere
Educational, Religious, Commercial
Historical and Patriotic Societies.
The proper study Of mankind is
man"
Just so the proper study Of coun-
try or a community is her institutions.
Some one has truthfully and beautiful
" said. The hearts OF nations toll
rs are the bulwarks OF a nations lib
critics SO the culture Of q commune
ity's intellect is the bulwark OF that
con.mupity's power. 70 country csn
lie called truly great whose education
Il and religious progress does not
keen pace with it's commercial pros
rerity. Rapid and substantial has
been the growth and Development Of
-ordele. Her churches Of which there
IRE FIVE in number. are Baptist, Meth
odist. Presbyterian, Episcopal, Prina-
tive. These churches led by able.
consecrated pastors, have forged 10
the very front in their great work and
WELD d powerful influence in the com
munity One OF most splendid
institutions to which Cordele points
with pardonable pride is her $50 GOO
Carnegie Free Library, Our library
might be referred to as a symposium OF
gigantic intellects, TO meet the needs
# any one wishing TO keep pace with
he leading thoughts OF the day wheth-
ar il be in history. science. fiction or
art. Well equipped and directed by
veil trained librarians our library IS
one Of the towns hest assets.
Fine System o. Schools. ...-..
The progressive. wide awake people
Of Cordele, realizing that the public
school WAS the means ny which the
masses must be intellectually tcd, cs-
tablishcd one OF the finest systems Of
graded schools 10 be found anywhere.
The Cordele high school. carrying eiev-
en grades. with . splendid corps oi
twenty.eight teachers. prepares stu
Icuts for Freshman and sophmore col
:ege work Tie plant consists OF TWO
wei equipped. commodious, modern
sJyle brick buiidines.-Th high
school building situated in east Cor
dele; grammar school in north Cor
dele.
Ot0er Splendid institutions.
CorGele is proud OF her banking in
st:tuti,us. In all the financial deprcs-
siors which nave swept the land from
me 10 time our substantial banks
have held their own. while any in many
places some Of the soundest banks
financially, tottered and fell
Another one Of her institutions ia
which Cordele takes especial pride.
is her peerless IRE department II IS
well trained and Wen organized. No
town in the state can boast ot bet
ter fire service than Cordee claims
The department IS equipped with q
splendid motor fire truck.
Cordele is most appreciatiye Of her
splendid sanitary sewerage system.
waterworks. electric lights and wei
paved streets,
Among Cordeles imposing public
buildings. there stands ont in bold
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