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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-31
SCHOOL WRAEGLE =
SPLITS STATESB 0 RIO
Now Up To Supreme Court-Whether
Two Little Girls May go to Movies.

Swa 'nsbore, Jan. 30.-The State SUI
preme court has been invoked to de-
eide d difference which has split, so
tG speak, the fair city Of Swainsboro'
into two hostile camps and threatens
to shake-again, so to speak-to it's
foundations the local school system;
| the question as to whether or no two
| little girls may go to the movies on.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday nights.
The girls are Frances Mangum, and
Josephine Proctor, and their fathers,
Franc Mangum, editor of the Forest
Blade, and Louis Proctor, say the chill
| dren may enjoy the canned drama on
the nights mentioned if they so please,
| or they, the fathers, will know the
reason why
But Prof. c. A. Keith is equally
| insistent that the girls shall not take
in the screen plays ON the specified
evenings; that is, if they want to at
tend the public school, of which he
is head. In this he is backed by the
school trustees
Editor Mangum, however, has coun-
tered by having a lawyer investigate
the election of the trustees and is
informed that it is doubtful if the
law was strictly observed in the choice
of the board
The trouble was all caused when |
the school trustees, probably with the |
intention of stimulating studies, pass |
ed rule providing that any child go. |
ing to the local picture theatre on any
would be liable to suspension. In
violation of the rule, Frances Man
gum and Josephine Proctor were taken
10 a show on one of the forbidden |
nights and as result were sent home
rom school.
Then the irate fathers got busy. Be
IS Illegal, unreasonable and depriving
hem Of their rights as parents, Mr.
Mangum and Mr.. Proctor appealed tC
Judge Hardeman for an immediate in
junction TO keep the schol- authoritie'
rom sending the children home, and
when this was refused appealed the
case tQsthe State Supreme Court, 4
petition for a permanent Injunction
was to have been held today, but was
postpone. If that fails it also will
De carried to the Supreme court.
But meanwhile the war is progress
ing merriIy. The two fathers, in an en-
leavor to have their children keep VI
secured one Of the teachers to give
chem private instructions. But the
enemy" is is reported, then passed
rule prohibiting this teacher from
instructing the girls during her lei
sure hours. 1t is further alleged thai
the school authorities, in their deter
rule strictly, receive reports of al
school children who take in the 81
lent stage on the interdicted nights
and promptly suspend all law-break
And then the last phase. At the
request of interested citizens, Editor
Mangum has undertake an investiga
ion as to whether the school trus
tees were legally elected, anyway, and
The lawyer consulted in the case has
given the opinion that all the rules
governing the election of some of said
trustees, as laid down by the state
legislature, have not been complied
with.
So just at present nobody knows
Just where it all is going to end up at
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-31
U. S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Washington. Jan. 31-National de
tense. the railroad situation and day,
light saving will be the chief subjects
for discussion at the fifth annual meet
ing of the Chamber of Commerce O
The United States to be held here this
week beginning Wednesday. The
speakers will include members OF the
cabinet and many men prominent in
the business world. President Wilson
and former President Taft will speak
at banquet Friday night.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-31
ROMANCE KNOCKED OUT
OLE SOCK KNITTING EFEOR

Atlanta, Jan 30.-One little Ameri-
can "@od-mother" whose notes and
socks to soldiers in the trenches have
been A2r method Of showing rer adj
IMITATION fer the brave fighters, has
Lad the romano Knocked out of her
efforts.
In sending a lair Of nice warm
socks to a British soldier, the charm
ing young lady pinned her visiting
card inside, hoping that she might get
a letter turnfrom the unknown re-
ciDient of the socks 1t came, and as
she looked at the envelope, she pictur-
ed tall handsome khaki-clad Adonis.
carefully penning a missive OF thanks
which might lead to-who know
what?
She quickly tore Off the opened b,
the censors" label and this was wha
She found written inside:
Socks received, lady;
They almost fit
| wear one for a helmet
And one for nit.
i hope to NEE you when I've done m.
bit
But where in hell
Did you learn to knit?
The Washington herald., 1917-11-09
Our Role Among the Allies.

Power breeds power. Power breeds leadership
Power or responsibility without leadership is alb
normal and unnatural condition.
For that reason we think that the United States is
about to become the leader of the allied cause. We
hold the promise of the future the possessors of
the final the ultimate blow which will send Hohenzol-
lernism to the scrap heap
There is no spirit of aggressive self-asserton of
anxiety make strength felt involved in the idea
that the American people must become the avowed
leaders of the cause against Germany We in a
verv real sense the leaders now We the bankers
Of the cause the of supplies, of shipping OF man
power which will constitute the margin between VIC
tory and defeat in the death grappe with Prussianism
Edward NIandel House will be the personal spokes
man OF the President the coming interalied confer
ence and as such will be the centralizing, unifyng,
dominating force at the council table. The allies them
selves have admitted the need of such force. The
Italian debacle-as remarked before by The Washing
ton Herald-is a glaring example of the discord which
has persisted in the war against Germany through
three years filled with mistakes most of which were
the result Of lack of teamwork
The statement issued by Secretary Lansing is al
most an open that the American govern
intends to sit at the head of the council table.
He says the resources of the United States vast
but not without limit that the individual claims and
representations of the various nations made
the United States have often been conflicting and dis
cordant that the American government cannot afford
TO have its wasted the result of these dis
cordant claims.
There is nation fitted to effect genuine CO.
ordination and teamwork among the allies the
United States We into the late but eye
is clear, our judgment firm, OUR mind free from pr-
vae interests from preudices bred from being
to the roar and terror of the war.
The war today is cold-blooded matter of business
and brains: and the American people prepared to
supply an abundance of both of these
The Washington herald., 1917-11-09
ON TO BERLIN.

On and still on till the goal of Berlin
Is reached, and the horrible battle is won;
On till the Prussan is conquered God knows
He is not fit for place in the sun.
Think of the innocent blood he has shed,
Think, only think, of the terrible toll
The whole world is paying in wreckage 10 him
The shame of the world while the centuries roll
On, soldiers, on To the goal of Berlin!
On thro the fury and frenzy of war;
Doubt not, despair not, but still on and on,
Till you have conquered the hell we abhor.
On, tho the dead and the dying untold,
Cumber the way and their blood stains the sod |;
On to the goal of Peace and Good Will
On and still on is the way up to God!
On, soldiers, on! With unfatering faithl
Right shall prevail and the Prussan shall fall;
Singl And be glad that your Duty inspires
The courage to conquer the Teutonic thrall.
Sing and be glad in the glowerng gloom,
On with the Will of the Righteous to win;
Millions behind you singing hurrahl
Hurrahl and God speed you, on to Berlin
STELLA v. KELLERMAN.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-09
Kerensky Out.

Alexandra Kerensky has fallen and the Maximal-
sts are in the saddle in hapless Russia.
On the surface the news is the blacklist that could
be imagined How many armies is it worth to the
Kaiser? How many months-or perhaps years
f the tragic misery of does it mean to the world
1t altogether premature to assert that Russia IS
running headong into the trap set by Teuonc intrigue,
md will solicit a separate peace. We cannot say yet
whether the Russian people newly delivered from des-
potism, and in their naive majesty" as President
Wilson said will betray the of civilization and
stultify and make vain their heroic sacrifice OF
blood and treasure of the past three years
We have only rough outline OF the MaNmallSt
cause and the Maimalis policies in the United States
Nv. have learned to regard them rank poison. II
She infection Of their victory can be localized-it
Eorniquet can be applied to keep the poisoned
blood from the main arteries of Russia-then We can
discern silver lining to the cloud. Otherwise we may
s well face the and recognize that the Kaiser
has scored victory which makes the triumph of his
rmies on the Venetian plain look puny in comparison
1t may well be the statesmen of the entente will
WELCOME this untoward tutn of events just doc
tor, struggling to check high fever, welcomes the
erss when it comes 1t is the break" in intolerabe
Situation Kerensky who has worked hard to evade and
postpone the ISSUE may discover new resources OF
Strength and character in facing it. The Alaxmasts,
|ho are "wrecking crew. par excellence, may show
he true measure of their incompetence and emptiness
when thrust into post of power.
But the major facts to bear in mind are that Petro-
grad is Russia that the driving force OF Maxi
ast activity is Prussian gold that the present coun-
er-revoluton means that rock bottom" will be
|reached-rock bottom" in the that the subsan
tial czenry of rural Russia must rise to put an end
Ito the corrupt spectacle that is being staged in the
|German-controlled capital of their nation.
After all, Kerensky has reaped the natural fruit
lot his Fabian policy The times called for Dictator
Ship and Kerensky, like Caesar the Lupercal, de-
|cined TO be dictator. He preferred to wait, bargain
negotiate and cajole. German intrigants are not
|baffled or cowed by words or threats They demand
the brutal hand of force, for that is the only thing
|they respect.
Kerensky refused to supply that force. Russia
must produce her strong man, her of the hour,
who will do that which Kerensky could have done,
but would not.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-09
Gen. Jan Christian Smuts.

The allies are searching for superman, soldier
who can master Hindenburg and Ludendorf They
want leader to take charge of all their forces and
direct the operations all fronts, from Mesopotama
to Finland.
certain portion of the informed British public
thinks that Gen. Christian Smus is the for whom
the world is looking This gallant soldier, Boer by
blood is perhaps the most famous product of South
Africa since the days of Cecil Rhodes and "Oom Paul"
Kruger He has captured the imagination of London
his personality fills the British eye, just that of
Kitchener did before him. He unknown to the rest
of the entente.
He may be the for whom they searching.
For ourselves, nominate Leonard Wood for the
Napoeonic post that awaits the Wood is
not only Americas foremost soldier he is of the
great soldiers of the world.
1t is pity he is of this because of political
reasons Foch is the abest soldier of France and he
has no chance of obtaining the supreme command, be-
cause he is Royalist. When will the world in arms
against Germany learn that domestic politics should be
thrown to the winds when have world in
hand?
The Washington herald., 1917-11-09
Mr.. Brisbane's Talk.

At banquet given by the Retail Merchants Assc
ciaton last evening Arthur Brisbane of the Washing.
ton Times, abandoned the subject to which he was
scheduled to speak, and quickly realizing the spirit of
the evening delivered address that will live long in
the memory of those who heard it.
Representatives of the allies had spoken and the
young soldiers of the United States had contributed
patriotic flavor to the gathering before Mr. Brisbane
was called upon to speak He impressed his audience
by an early aluson to the young American manhood
typied by representatives of the army and navy and
paid tribute the chvalry of the ancestors of the
tlemen from Italy, from France, and from England,
closing with ringing denunciation of the degenerate
Kaiser and his idiot SON"
Mr. Brisbane was at his best, and, with the instinct
of the genius that he is forgot his text and talked of
courage and love of country and of the sort of patriot
ism that makes every want to do his bit" From
his mental storehouse he called forth stories of vaor
gave gmpses of glorious history and thrilled his audi
ence by ferven appeal to all that is best in human
kind to the end that liberty should not perish from the
earth.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-09
PLAIN TALKS By John D. Barry

The German poet. Heinrich Heine.
used 10 say that the chief aim of edu-
cation was to teach persons to see
large things as large and small things
as small.
Hugo Munsterberg liked to quote the
saying in his lectures before teachers.
A great editor once told me that
hearing Munsterberg make that quc-
tation years before worked a big in
fluence in his life.
Thereafter he tried deliberately to
see large things as large things and
small things as small.
He must often have been surprised
and disturbed at catching himself see
ing small things as large and large
things as small.
But by this watching he must have
saved himself from making many a
blunder, journalistic and otherwise.
1t Is one of the misfortunes OF our
journalism that It Is so often unable to
treat large things as large and small
things as small.
And the habit OF trying TO make
small things seem large and large
things seem small has made many
journalists see wrong.
And their influence has done much to
make the public unable to see things
as they are.
If we could all see things as they are
our newspapers would be far less triv-
ial and far more vital.
They would reflect a greater and a
more interesting world and their in
The Washington herald., 1917-11-09

Womans party during the coming session of Congress
all the more difficult and hopeless. The hardheaded
soons of Capitol Hill will reason to push the
Federal amendment when State triumphs gained
with such regularity The rapid progress that the
cause is making sufficient evidence that the workers
in the vineyard outside of Washington the rgh,
track.
But we believe that the zealots of Cameron House
will be the first congratulate their sisters who have
won so signal conquest in New York. The cause
undoubtedly has passed through its hardest struggle
The influence of the New York State result will be
widespread Other States will follow in the neat
future
1t great cause and its victory is well deserved.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-09

New York, Nov. S-He runs little
secondhand store down on the
Bowery. Il isn't much of a place
and he has very few customers. He
is a bent over little man with heavy
glasses and he knows books and loves
them. His dress is as musty as some
of his old volumes.
On a table outside there are many
books at 10 cents a piece or three for
a quarter. To the price card the
loyal bookseller had added the legend:
FREE TO SOLDIERS.
It was no small sacrifice either.
with an armory only a few blocks
away. A boy in khaki saw the sign
and stopped. He picked up Harold
Frederic's "Damnation of Theron
Ware" but put 1t back. He sampled
Maccaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome"
and returned it to its notch.
Then he lifted French for Begin
ners." That semed to be his choice
until, his glance making a final sweep
of the old volumes. he saw a red
book that caused him to drop the
language primer.
He took the red book and went
The Washington herald., 1917-11-09

| fiuence would tend to make the world
finer place to live in.
The egoists are terribly in need Of the
training Heine emphasized.
Looking at life from the point of
view of personal bias, constantly
urged TO exploit themselves, their
small affairs loom large in their con-
sciousness and the affairs of others
dwindle.
They keep getting things out OF pro-
portion.
They live in a region OF false values.
As a result they are never attuned to
reality. They go on making blunder
after blunder. which they are tempted
to attribute to stupidity outside them
selves.
A public man of this kind, extremely
able and. at times. brilliant. 1 once
heard discussed by two men who had
been his colleagues.
One. a hero-worshipper. was extoIl-
ing the qualities of the man as a
speaker and as an executive.
Yes" said the other. "all You say
of him is true. But his successes al
ways lead to defeat. He is contin-
ually digging holes and falling into
them
The public man has lately gone into
private life. Persons sometimes Won
der why he has not done more and
advanced further.
The reason is that he cannot see
large things as large and small things
as small
One of his greatest mistakes was his
habit Of seeing himself as large.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-09
The Empire State for Suffrage.

New York State, whose rock-ribbed conservatism
plays second fiddle only to New Englands gives votes
to women 1t is the biggest victory the of suf
frage has No one will attempt to minimize
it, certainly not the ants who conferred their heaviest
siege guns on the fight in the State and were concl
siyely defeated
The worst hurdle has been surmounted, and the
conquest of the major portion of the nation by woman
suffrage should be easy Not that all the States will
accept the cause indeed it is doubtful if the women
ever will gain the ballot in the Southern States where
the whole problem is enmeshed and complicated with
the negro question unless Federal amendment gives
ii to them.
The sweeping character of the victory in the En-
pire State makes the coming campaign Of the National
The Washington herald., 1917-11-09
What Hubby Would Say.

The conversation in the lobby of a Washington ho-
tel turned to the subject of poker when Representative
Richard w. Austin, of Tennessee, said he remind
ed of little incident along that line.
One night friend called to Jim Smith and
found him playing poker with bunch of bachelor
friends Bottles and things shone conspicuously, and
cigar stumps and ashes Uttered the parlor floor. OBJ
viously Mrs. Smith summerng by the
Gee whiz, old man" exclaimed the friend sizing
up the scenery. What would you say your wife
to drop in here at this moment?"
81 wouldn't say anything" the calm rejoinder
of Smith, he handed the cigar box to the
Whats that?" was the incredulous rejoinder OF
the other. "You wouldn't say anythngl"
NO" answered Smith, 81 rather inclined to be-
lieve that all the talking would be done by Mrs Smith
Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-09
OUR SOLDER LADS.

When Homer sang in the long ago,
His song of love and the sea;
The ships he set a-sail were toys
Compared to the ships that be.
And the deeds his hero did were naught
Beside the role today,
That every loyal soldier lad
Is called upon to play.
Our soldier lads must cross the sea
By submarines beset;
And if they land must face the foe,
Maybe by death be met
Our soldier lads must strike blow
For the liberty of rien;
BIT what did Homer's hero know
Of worldwide Liberty, then?
Could. Homer sing of our soldier lads,
How wonderful it would be
To read his song Of their fearless deeds
In the struggle across the seal
STELLA Y. kELLEEAtA
The Washington herald., 1917-11-09
America Loans Freely
Her Medical Men

America has loaned $3.50 medical
officers, nurses and members of am
bulance sections TO the British and
French armies. IL was officially an
nounccd yesterday. High praise ot
their work has been received from
abroad. Am -vican workers having
been cited no less than thirty times
for fine service in French orders OF
the day and more than 100 having
received the croix de guerre.
II was announced that fresh work
ers would soon be sent to the French
army, and that. when required. the
experienced workers would be with
drawn for service with Persh.ncS
force. Provision has been made for
the formation and training OF 10
more hospital sections at Allentown.
Pa
The Washington herald., 1917-11-09
A LINE o. CHEER
EACH DAY o. THE YEAR.
by John KendrIck BanEa.
ROUTING CARE

ROUTING CARE.
II you can't be very jolly
Just be jolly as you can.
Let no bit of melancholy
Overcome your smiling plan.
Smiles are cheap and 80 is cheer
Fen with pain behind them hiding,
And no matter what your fear
Smiles will bring a peace abiding.
When you'd cry, resolve to laugh
Trouble hates a sounding rafter-
And his wheat will turn TO chaff
When you face his frown will
laughter.
Copyright, lsISN
The Washington herald., 1917-11-09
Bnekley An Aide.

Charley Brickley. former Harvard
football star, who has eaten smoke in
several Yale football games, is now
going out TO eat NJ some Of the smoke
from German batteries.
He yesterday was appointed an aid
to Gen. Sweetzcr.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-09

Miss Elizabeth Fox, dean Of the
University of Oregon, has been ap-
pointed as the oregon executive in the
war work campaign being carried on
by the North American student move
ment. The work in hand consists Of
raising 81 1.Ooo.ooo among the students
Of America for war relief work.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-09

The cuban Red Cross Society, OF
which Mime. Menocal, wife Of the
President OF Cuba is chairman, has
begun the work of equipping a 1OO-bed
hospital unit manned by a staff of
Cuban physicians and nurses for ser
vice in France.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-09
THE PIPE
A War Story from the French.
Translated by WiLIiom L. MePherson

q story Of snHsaol simple is form
fahos free from ofeetGon The tragedy forth
uihost froining for effect IN incident of the
q lxoxlariy detached, objective
IN Hot respect the u-ter touch y the of
other perhaps has there been marked
emotions and TO snderenfhosise individual the
personal of had ben neary submerged
nnfyer
The Washington herald., 1917-11-09
10 Hold Labor.

While President Wilson is making
his fight to hold labor in the position
where it will be of the utmost worth
TO the country in the winning of the
war, labor will be taking forward
steps to preserve its name and to
pave the way for earning just re-
wards in the economic reconstruction
that VIII follow, In many lines, after
the war has been finished.
Just now Congress is in the position
of wanting to do almost anything that
IL suggested by the President and by
some thoughtful patriotic labor lead
ers to bring about good results. All
that needs to be done Is for sugges-
tions to emanate from the proper
source, on labor matters, and Con-
gress will not hesitate long about Civ
ing II consideration. Congress, in
fact, more than a year ago took q few
steps which have held labor to the
country's program in commendable
fashion, and without which We prob
ably would have experienced much
serious difficulty. The men who con-
tended for these steps most insistent-
ly at the time saw clearly that If we
entered the war these steps would be
an assurance to labor that its in
terests would be fairy dealt with,
while 1t would be a suggestion, too,
that labor and capital and all in
terests would have to cooperate and
sacrifice to the end that our cause
should triumph. Labor must give here
and there, Just as all interests must,
and the labor leaders in whom Con-
gress has confidence are those who
have long enunciated this principle.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-09

Gov Mccall, of Massachusetts,, made only one
speech and reelected his rival Frederick w.
Mansfield who made 500. Which leads one to believe
the Bay State voter doesn't take campaign arguments
very seriously.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-09

When the frost is on the pumpkin it's time to ge
the pumpkin in the pie.