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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-02-11

cry out of the lives Of both teachers
and pupils, and to replace it with
play and with work trimming over
with, JOY" We ought to be taught to
work and to work hard, but the school
needs to have a rational idea concern
ing work and play. In the developing
of an individual child, play precedes
work. "Play is the fundamental at
titude of child toward the world.
Through play the child rehearses and
INTERPRETERS the world of his environ
ment."
eW want in our schools, this work,
study and play principle, We want
more acting bars, better basket hall
courts, and a tennis court. We want
a teacher who can play and can make
the pupils play. Cur scohol is coniln-
ing itself too much to the intellectual
field. We want to be able to do deep
thinking, but we want to develop will
capable Of immediate and vigorous ac-
tion. At recess there is nothing the
children can play; nobody to teach
them We have two basket ball courts,
one for the girls, and one for the boys,
only ten boys and ten girls can play
ut that. That makes only 20 out OF
the 500 who are to take the stimulating
exercise. If you go to the school
building at recess, you see that most
OF the children are either sitting down
or leaning up against the walls or
sitting on the water troughs. We
haven't even benches to sit on Only
one bench and two swings. Some OF
the students are walking around the
grounds at a pace that would make
a person like to look at them.
President Wilson is preaching"
and talking preparedness to all the
United States citizens and citizens to
be. We leave off military drills in our
schools but this drill comes so reg
ular and is the same thing over and
over SO that they get to be monoto-
nous. Could these pupils be able to
walk mile after mile and carry load
of so pounds? We are afraid that they
would not be able. 1t takes strong,
agile, enduring bodies, bodies that are
used to walking, marching and run
ming.
This is the type of preparedness that
we need 1t will not only be for the
country's good, but for the children's
health and living. Are you hindering
this movement? Are you encouraging
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-02-11
t? Say q word for the Cordele O'Neal
High School-won't YOU, please.
JAMIE MATTHEWS.
TIE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY in
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

The systems Of the modern public
schools is more democratic in form
than any other system. 1t is really and
truly system Of, for and by the peo-
pie. You may walk into school room
and there you see the rich, the poor
the lawyers son, the farmers son,
the high, the low, the reG-headed girl
and the lat boy, all denominations and
religions sitting side by side, learning
the same lesson, reading the same
books, getting the same advantages,
and striving for the same things. II is
within the atmosphere of equal rights
and privileges that the pupils form
their habits and become men and wo-
men, They become truthful or un-
truthful, patient or impatient, OPTIC
miStic or pessimistic; they become
lawyers or farmers, doctors, politici
ans, or whatever they are going to
be, and grow up with the spirit Of de-
mocracy in their very souls. If you
would teach a people anything let
them be brought up to it The temp
tations, the trials, and the people are
the same in the school and in life.
1t was very recent that the people
began to realize the advantage Of the
public schools. Between 1895 and
1900 the enrolment of the public
school was more than doubled, while
that of the private schools lost over
ten thousand. Since 1900, the gain
Of the public over the private schools
has been even greater.
The school is and ought to be more
or less the center of social life in the
community. Every patr,Q2n SHOULD Dc
his or her best to encourage its
growth and to advance it's interest
The school should be "of the people,
for the people, and by the people"
and not by the people for few of the
eople. 1t is not the rich but the mid
die class Of people that mainly sup
port the schools and they should get
the most good from them. If they do
not it is their own fault, for they GER
tainly have all the advantages they
could justly demand. We believe the
time is coming, and is not far off,
when the people as a whole shall take
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-02-11
"oUT-oF-pooRs"

Interest in the promotion Of play
ana CT games has become so wide
Glread that this movement has been
e"llel the Renaissance of play" by
C3.xsa q. Johnston. In considering the
curriculum Of a school every man
thinks or tries to think of the things
that will best train and develop the
youth, yet most Of them forget that
Play should have it's full share in this
training and developing the child. We
realize to school child in the book
sh things as Cannon says, is narrow
ing and dwarfng, yet they, the men,
are 100 timid or uncertain of their own
convictions to stick" to them. The
rchool creed should be promotion of
knowledge and health" This Litter is
t,arcasible as long as you KEEP the child
crcnped and inactive. The first is
very improbable for we know that 10
he able to acquire knowledge cur
minds and thoughts must be clear and
&C. G. Gan inc LlIlIu anu I-ouS5+AI5
he clear and active if the body is in
q ,.oIoncholy state? The Gary school
has faced this question and has de-
ci3cI that they shall be study, work
and lay school Have not they been
successful? Why not let others try it?
1t would not only aid the pupils, hut
also the teachers. The greatest de-
feet Of the teachers today is their lack
of .virility and vitality. There is
great per centage each year Of teach
ers who die of tuberculosis and thar
is a greater per cent Of those who have
a nervous break down. Who would
not have nervous break down at the
end Of nine months if they heard ner-
" the same thing over and over by
pupils who hadn't energy enough to
stand up straight by their desks, but
must either prop their whole selves or
one foot UP? We need to take drudg-
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-02-11
Elizabeth Chapman.

Elizabeth Chapman.
Fourth Grade Adherence Crum,
Clodene Barfield, Ethel Heidi, Flea
nor Marshall, Mary Stroller, Louise
Willis.
Fourth Grade B:-Gertrude Minis,
Erma Hudson.
Fifth Grade A:-Boisclair Kiker,
Irene Sumner.
Fifth Grade B:-HeIen IIuie.
Sixth Grade A:-Mamie Loura Har
is, Dorothy Holmes, Evelyn Macarthur,
Lillian Mckenzie.
Sixth Grade B:-Mildrod Harris,
Martha jones, Lillian Hardin, Mary
Crum.
Seventh Grade A:-Hamilton Hunt,
EVE Beach, Olynthus Minis, Louis
Powell, Mary Lee Anderson, Joe Mil
Ter, Mollie Ellis, jamie Beth McIver.
Seventh Grade B:-Tom Durrett
Marion Dill, Corinne Sheppard, Jewel
Henry.
Tenth Grade Ruth Scandrett.
Eleventh Grade:-Mary Biv1ns, ia
ME Matthews, Florence Allen.
The daughters Of Confederacy are
Offering a very handsome gold medal
for the best essay written by a pupil
of the city school on "Jeffersin Davis
and Abraham Lincoln; their service
to the United States government and
the principles for which they stood
in 1861 " Pamphlets especially pre-
pared for reference by Miss Mildred
Rutherford have been placed in the
Carnegie library, where they may be
consulted by the pupils.
Copies OF the rules and regulations
have been placed in the hands OF the
proper officers OF the schools, and it
is hoped that a large number viii
avail themselves OF this opportunity TO
compete for this splendid medal, and
to secure wider knowledge OF their
own history.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-02-11
Honor Roll.

First Grade A:-Dorothy Kiker, Sa-
rah Cunningham. Eula Westbrook,
Margaret Everett, Maxine Land, Dor
othy White, Carve Bridges, Carlus
Perry, Dobbins Grant, Knox Griffin,
William Conley, Ernest Capes, Meyer
Roobin, Douglas Mckenzie.
First Grade B:-Hugh Wakefield,
Pauline Conley, Geraldine HUE, Lou
Use Ian Macarthur, Mary Zachary.
Second Grade A:-Bud Barf1eld
George Hunt. Ray White, Frances
Cover, Maryiane Montfort, Bobbie
Doojh.
Second Grade D:-Louis Catchings,
J. L. Carman, Robert Cummings, Mad
dox Laasetcr, w. C slade.
Third Grade A:-Coney Cunning
ham, Diff Everett. Jesse Westbrook'
Juanta Everett, Ear!ino Mckenzie,
Esteilo Mckenzie, Gertrude Land.
Third Grade B:-Madaline White,
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-02-11
WHO'S WHO IN ATHLETICS.

Howard Conner, generally known as
"He" began on his basket bail career
this season. 1t seemed at first that he
had no ambition to make the varsity.
He just came out to practice as a
scrub and played with them. He did
not try to star, but just played with
the team. One day there were three
Of the regulars off and Howard was
obliged to play forward against Haw-
kinsville. He admits that he felt Q
little shaky the day before the game,
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-02-11
Arf1E acoRDELE DISPATCH coRDElE, GEORGIA

but when the critical moment arrived
he never faltered an instant, but en-
tered into the game with all he had,
and surprised everybody present He
never had been getting into the game
with more than half Of his heart :"
Now the team feels destitute with
out He" You never know what you
can do until you try.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-02-11
Whv Il Failed.

A certain chemist advertised pa
tient concoction labeled, mo more
colds, no more coughs! Price is lid"
A man who bought the mixture came
back in three days to complain that he
had drunk it all. but was no better.
"Drunk it all?" gasped the chemist
"Why, man, that was an India-rubbef
solution to put on the soles Of your
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-02-11
EXCHANGE.
BY Alice Whipp!e.
Best Spoilers.

The investigation by the Russell
Sage Foundation gives the Forest Park
school, Springfield, Mass, the highest
rank in the whole country for good
spelling. Schools in Butte, Mont, get
second rank; Salt Lake, third; Cleve-
land fourth. and Springfield, ILL.,, fifth.
Current Events.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-02-11
Military Training At School.

The Athel High school (Mass.)
claims to be the first school in the
east to obtain military training un-
der direct charge Of the war depart
ment The department is expected to
furnish equipment for 100 boys, in two
mpanies.-Current Events.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-02-11
PERSONALS.
Bv Sarah Stroller.

The Eleventh grade students have
all appeared with buckeyes pinned on
their coat Iapels. These are to be
faithfully worn night and day until
after finals.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-02-11
Lzrosst Institution of Learning.

No institution of learning in the
whole world has ever had so large
number Of students as Columbia Uni
vcrs;ty las this year. The total en-
rollment is 1916, which is about 5000
moro than tho faculty expccted.-Cur-
rent Events.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-02-11
The Last Division.

"If cut a beetsteak in two asked
the teacher, land then cut the halves
in two, what DO l get?"
Quarters" answered the boy.
Good. and then agafn?"
"Eighths."
Correct. Again"
"Sixteenths."
Exactly; and what then?'
"Thirty-seconds.'
And once more?'
"Hanburg," said the boy. ....-
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-02-11

Efforts are being made everywhere
to save paper. School children IN
many places have been instructed to
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-02-11
Bonds are Proposed For School Inn
provement.

Jackson, Ga, Feb 1.-THE citizens
~ Jackson will meet in mass meeting
Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock to con-
slider the matter of issuing bonds for
school improvement. The business
houses will close for an hour and there
will no doubt be large attendance
a the mass meeting 1t is proposed to
vote bonds to the amount OF about
s12 coz for the purpose Of building
new high school. A new building IS
made necessary on account OF the Lar
ger attendance, record having been
established this term, and the present
buildings are not large enough to take
care of the children Of jackson and
the .eommunity.-Atlanta Journal.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-02-11

CONTINUED on page eight
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-02-11
The Question Sex.

Please publish an u9-to-date list of
the Justices Of The supreme court OF
The United States.
Ans Chief Justice, Edward Dou-
glass White; Associate Justice, Jos.
eph McKonna, Oliver Wendell Holmes,
William r. Ray, Willis Van Deventer,
Mahlon PitneS, James c. Reynolds,
Louis d. Brandies, and jain H. Clarke.
The last named is the successor OF
Charles E. Hughes, who resigned when
nominated as the Republican candi-
date for president
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-02-11

write on both sides Of the sheet and
to have very small margins. Paper
advanced over 125 per cent.-Current
Events.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-02-11

From An Expert in conauests.
The only true conquests-those
which awaken no regret-are those OBJ
tanned over ance.-Napoleon l..
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-02-11

Are nitrates found in any great
quantity in the United States?
Ans.-No, we are entirely depend
ent on Chile for our supply of natural
nitrates. Our imports from that coun"
try amount to about s2O,OOO,00O yearly.
Nitrates can be made from the nitro
gen Of the air by electrolytic process.
This is now being done here but on
a small scale.--Current events.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-08-17
NEW MAJOR GENERALS
Speaks, McMaken, Zimmerman and
Vollrath Named.

Washington, Aug. 15.-Presidenl
Wilson sent to the senate the names
of thirty-seven new major generals
and 141 brigadier generals.
The list of brigadiers includes these
four Ohio national guard men: John
c. Speaks, Columbus; William V. Nc
Maken, Toledo; Charles x. thinner
man, Cleveland, and Edward Vollrath,
Bucyrus.
Speaks, McMaken and Zimmerman
were brigadier generals In the Ohio
guard and 1t is assumed they will re
tain their commands with the feder-
allied troops. Vollrath has been col
onel of the Eighth Ohio infantry since
Spanish war days.
The name of Adjutant General
George H. Wood, who had been boost
ed as commander Of Ohio troops, Is
not included in the list of major gen
erals nor in the list Of new brigadler
generals.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-08-17
COLUMDUSWOMEN.
WIN SUFFRAGE.
VIII Have the Right to Vote at
Municipal Elections.
SOCIALISTS CARRY DAYTON

Partys Three Candidates For the
Nomination For City Commissioner
Receive Same Vote as Aggregate
Cast For other candldates-Belle'
fontalne Rejects Charter proposal
Results at Other ohio Towns.
Columbus, Aug. 15. - Columbus
women won the right to vote in mu'
n8cipal elections For the proposal
S,637 votes were cast, to 1902 against.
About 1900 votes were cast at the
primary out of a registered total OF
1000.
OF the six nominees for council
four are Republicans and two Demo
Gratis. Partisanship was not supposed
to play a part in the nomination OF
candidates for council, but the party
designations we're used wherever can
didates' names were mentioned.
The suffrage victory came as 4
complete surprise to political organ
ization men, who predictel the sur
Srage amendment to the city charter
had no chance at a primary election
characterized by a light vote. The
amendment is effective In October,
when women will register with the
men for the November election.
The proposed charter amendment
giving the municipal light plant the
right OF a private corporation to AL
Just rates and charges so as to COM
pete for business carried by more
than q 2 to 1 vote
A Socialist wave swept Dayton II
yesterdays primary election, and the
party's three candidates for the nom
nation for city commissioner on that
ticket received approximately the
same vote as the aggregate vote cast
for the candidates indorsed by the
Democratic committee and those IN
dorsed by the citizens committee
The three Socialist candidates were
Willard Barringer, Daniel Farrell am
Charles Geisler.
At Mansfield Mayor George H. Low
ry, Republican, and Henry @. Brun
ner. Democrat, head the two tickets
The primary cost the city over 81 a
vote. as fewer than 750 votes werc
cast
J. w. Hanna, Democrat, was renom
mated, and o. M. Palmer, Republican
nominated for mayor at Napoleon.
At Cambridge Mayor Conrad GanE
Republican, was defeated for renom
ination by ]. c. Longworth. The Dep'
ocrats nominated w. A. Taylor TO;
mayor.
]. D. Scheckler, formerly deputy
state fire marshal, was nominated BY
Bucyrus Republicans for mayor. The
Democrats nominated William OFT.
The proposal for a new charter fol
the commission manager form Of gov
ernment for Bellefonta1ne was defeat
ed by a two-to-one vote.
August Kollefrath, Republican, anc
Otis Hatton, Democrat, were nominal
ed for mayor of Marysville. A light
vote was polled.
Ratification of the ordinance OF the
city council providing for a 80 cerI
gas rate for Cincinnati was refused
by the voters at the special election
in that city by 9.544 votes.
Attorney Harry ~ Forsythe wal
nominated by 100 votes over William
Crozier. running for fourth term fol
mayor of Sidney on the Republican
ticket. There was no Democratic op
position.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-08-17
AMERICAN SHIP SUNK
Captain and Four Members Of Naval
Crew Believed Lost.

Washington, Aug. 1S.-Sinking OF
the American steamer Campana, a
Standard Oil tanker, with the proba-
BILE capture Of her captain and four
members of the naval guard by the at
tacking German submarine, was an
nounced by the navy department. The
department issued this statement:
"Tne Standard Oil tanker Campana,
American steamer, was sunk by a
submarine on the morning Of Aug. S
143 miles west of lie de Re. Forty
seven survivors reached land in safe.
ty. 1t is believed that the captain OF
the steamer and four of the armed
guard are prisoners on board the Ger
man submarine"
The Campana was formerly the
steamship Dunholme. Sne was built
in 1901 at West Hartlepool, England,
and was registered at 3,S13 tons gross,
2,133 tons net. She was 1886 feet long
with a beam of AZ feet.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-08-17
NICHOLAS DEPORTED
Former Emperor and Family on the
Way to Siberia.

Petrograd, Aug. 16.-Former EN-
peror Nicholas and his family were
removed from the palace at Tsarskoe-
Selo and it is reported they are bo-
ing transported to Tobolsk, Siberia
The deposed Russian emperor and the
members of his family were spirited
away under circumstances of extreme
mystery. No one except the local mil
itary and officials especially sent from
Petrograd Witnessed the departure.
Nicholas was very depressed In an
pearance, but ex-Empress Alexandra
who was seen walking for the first
time in months, seemed lively and
pleased at the prospect of a chang"
in surroundings,
Tobolsk is an out of the way town
Of western Siberia, far from the rail
road and visited only by steamers
which ply the Irtysn river
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-08-17

Partys Three Candidates For the
Nomination For City Commissioner
Receive Same Vote as Aggregate
Cast For other candldates-Belle'
fontaIne Rejects Charter proposal
Results at other ohio Towns.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-08-17
cu+ In Milk Prices.

Cleveland, Aug. 16-Cleveland res
taurants have agreed to reduce the
price of milk to 5 or cents half
pint bottle. Milk dealers have agreed
to reduce the wholesale price to res
taurants from 4 to 315 cents for half
pint bottle. Most restaurants raise'i
the price of milk from cents to 10
cents Aug. /, after dealers increased
the wholesale price from cents to A
cents.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-08-17

Manufacturers and JobberT AsSo-
citation Of the Chamber Of Commerce,
which has leased one Of the largest
buildings for the exhibits. Another
large building will be devoted to an
automobile show, which, the promot-
ers say, will compare favorably with
any other in the country.
Women will be admitted to the
grounds free of charge until 5 p. m.
Monday. Children under ID years Of
age will not be required to pay on
Friday, nor will old soldiers wearing
the G. A. R. button. Present day
soldiers in uniform will be admitted
at all times without charge.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-08-17

With the increase in the value OF
live stock industry to all the world
comes the finer points to be learned
in the game of producing more and
better stock by farmers. The Stock
Judging Contest at the Great Darke
County Fair, Greenville, Aug. 27th
to 31ts promises to be one of the
really great events of the week.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-08-17

Big Pete says he has not bought shoe
this year. All that he has we're bought
last fall and shipped this spring; that Is
why / can sell them at last year prices.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-08-17
OHIO SOCIALISTS BACK OF IT
constitutonaIity of Draft to Be Test
ed In Supreme Court.

Washington, Aug. ia test Of the
constitutionality of the conscription
law will come before the United
States supreme court ON or before
Aug. "a, with the docketing of case
which will probably be called for trial
during the courts fall term. The case
will come up on a writ of error from
the district court of northern Ohio,
where Charles E. Ruthenberg, recent
ly Socialist candidate for mayor OF
Cleveland; Alfred Wagenknecht, Ohio
state secretary Of the Socialist party
and Charles Baker, Ohio state secre-
tary Of that party, were convicted OF
having conspired to induce persons
subject to the conscTipt act TO eVadt
That law They were sentenced 70
one year each In the Canton work
house. .,.-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-08-17

II you want good shoe polish and an
assortment of all kinds, go to Big Pete's
shoe store.
The Washington times., 1917-05-25
NEEDS POLICEMAN
FOR EACH SALOON
New York Commissioner Tells Of
Sunday Law Difficulty.

NEW YORK, May 25.-Police Com
missioner Woods told the members of
the Chamber OF Commerce of Queens
yesterday that he will never be able
to force a strict observance of the
excise law by closing all saloons on
Sunday. because it would require a
policeman to every saloon. and there
are as many saloons as policemen.
He spoke at length on what he
termed an unnecessary defense OF the
force.
"The policemen believe they are 60
ing to be treated fairly, and IL they
have any grievance they can receive
a fair hearing" said the commits
sioner. They must be made to feel
that they are going to be backed up
in their duty even IL they make mis-
takes sometimes.
There Is no such thing as politics
in the police force today. II I should
heed the wish OF a politician or a
friend and have q policeman lie after
he had made an arrest I should at
once feel that he had no confidence
in me. II I felt that the policeman
did not know 1 was with him with
both feet 1 should feel that was not
competent for this job
The Washington times., 1917-05-25


her films. but that Selznick has been
getting 1t all. She wants a receiver
appointed and an accounting made
OF her alleged share.
James Young. her husband, who
brought suit for divorce against her
in California last April. started action
in the Supreme Court here a year ago
against Selznick, alleging that the
movie director had won the stars
affections from her husband. Young
wanted 100000. Selznick denied the
husbands charge.
Clara Kimball Young contends that
by business Jockeying Selznick has
deprived her Of a half share in the
proflts OF her pictures and made her
resemble In some measure THE Fool
ish Virgin" whom she portrayed on
the screen. This photodrama, to-
gether with The Price She Paid" and
The Common Law" have netted more
than 100000 in the last six months.
she says, and the Selznick companies
have received S235.0OO from the
The Washington times., 1917-05-25
AMNESTY FoR CUBAN REELS.

HAVANA, May 25.-Liberals have
prepared a bill for submission to Con-
gress providing complete amnesty for
every one connected with the recent
Cuban revolution. The bill would re-
place in their offices all mayors. gov
ernors. and other officials who were
removed because OF the revolution on
conspiracy charges President Memo
cal is thought to be agreeable to am
nesty. provided the promoters OF the
revolution and the principal military
chiefs who Joined do not receive its
dement's.