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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-18
BREAD .SLICLNG MACHINE
MONSTROJS AID 7OHJNGER

be able to buy bread by the whole loaf,
all you have to do is to tell your gro
Ger that you wish it Sliced. It will
be sliced when this little machine gets
through with it-sliced is the word.
And now, can you see the necessity
Of this little invention? The hungry
sandwich buyer will hurI curses upon
the device for intensifying his hunger
as long as he has strength, but this
machine is becoming the demand of
the age, so to speak. AS the price of
wheat goes soaring, SO will the price
Of bread follow Soon the price of
loaf will be no little consideration to
the losing bread winner and he will
have to order that portion for which
he can pay When he can buy three
slices and pay for them, the machine,
of course, will be necessary. When he
can buy but half loaf, the machine
will come in again. Away with the
necessity Of such a thing!
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-18
GERMANS LOSE 54,ao3
MEN DURING MARCH

London, April 17.-German casual.
ties as reported in the official casualty
lists during the month of March show
that 54,803 men were killed, died OF
wounds or sickness or were made pris
oners or are missing, according to
statement made public here tonight.
The tabulated statement follows:
Killed or died Of wounds. 10,S6S;
died of sickness, 1873; prisones or
missing, 6,247: wounded, 35,014. The
statement says that the foregoing cas-
ualties, added to- those reported pre-
viously. bring the total given In the
German official lists since the begin
ming of the war to 4,1S0,966, as lci-
lows: Killed or died OF wounds, 9Ge.-
76O; died of sickness, G3,920; prisoa-
ers or missing, 512,S5S; woundct, ,
643,42S.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-18
HOME GUARD BUSY
At DRILL PRACTICE
BOTH COMPANIES MAi[ING PLANS
FOR GUNS AND MUNITIONS
MEET AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT.

The Cordele Home Guard is busy at
drill practice. The matter and equip
ment is now occupying the attention
of the members and an effort is being
made to connect with the state on a
supply of rifles. Communications with
the governor are soon 10 show what
course will be pursued in this matter.
II is now a regular custom for mcEl-
bers of the companies TO be in the
streets at drill practice A large num-
Der OF men, both young and old, at
tend the meeting and much interest
is being manifested.
A meeting Friday evening at eight
O'Clock will be held for the purpose of
going further into the matter of Sc
curing uniforms and guns. There will
be further drill practice by both COM
panies. The young men have lively
step now and are getting well under
way Company b. is doing as much
as the elderly men wish to do, and
within a short time there will be a fine
military atmosphere about the meeting
place.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-18
Friday, the 18th!

It's JinX, regular goat getter."
Take it from the fellow who didn't
have any superstitions over Friday,
the accommodating gentleman hopes
soon enought to be superstitious, and
endorsed a check for $13.13 for stran-
ger who was having trouble being iden
titled to the bank cashier. The check
was worthless scrap Of paper, and
the accommodating gentleman hpes
that the 18th never comes on Friday
again during his whole life time. Out
of courteous respect won't mention
ing with him; he's in bad humor
Another fellow, whose name most
everybody would know should it be
mentioned, and which is not done for
the same reason as in the case of the
aforesaid accommodating gentleman,
is complaining because, he lost three
hours good sleep Friday mrning when
sleeping time was the very best, try
ing to dream that he had something to
do with the country treasury, and that
he had to pay a whole years salary to
Judge D. A. r. Crum of the superior
court, who, as the dream went, was
kinder showing. him on account Of
the high cost of living. The aforesaid
dreamer has never been a county treas
urer, and don't especially want to be,
since he isn't, but he tore out all Of
the pockets Of his paiamas trying to
find enough to pay the judges salary.
His wife gave him a piece of her mind
for having such foolish dream.
w. R. Bartee was lingering a 50-cent
piece He looked at it lovingly, with
admiring eyes. He was elated over
the fact that he had that much left
after paying half months salary for
a 24-pound sack of flour He dropped
it through a street ventilator and
bumped his nose on the sidewalk try
ing to find it, Says it's the first piece
of money he ever lost.
Two travelling men met in the vicin-
ity of the A. B. & A. freight depot,
both working wholesalers in that sec
ton. They had not seen each other in
about thirteen years, but one of them
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-18
MORE FOOD CROPS
THE PRESENT CRY
NO FARM SHOULD GO WITHOUT
A HOME GARDEN NoW-PLANT,
GROW, AND SAVE.

Washington, D. c., April 18.-"0ur
participation in the war against Ger.
many makes it more than ever impor-
tant that every southern farmer pro-
duce The foods and feedstuifs needed
Tor The people and animals on his larm
and surplus .or sale" said President
Fairfax Harrison, of the Southern
railway system, today.
Vast quantities of foods and forage
will be required for our own army and
navy and for our allies in Europe,
These requirements for carrying On
the war must be met, even though our
people at home have to be put On
short rations There is every reason
to believe that prices of foods and
feedstuffs will be high, and, while it
is the patriotic duty of every southern
farmer to produce not only enough 10
supply himself but surplus for sale,
he will find it profitable to do so. II
should be impossible to find farm
anywhere in the south without home
garden The armies and naXies OF
the United States and our allies viii
require large quantities of meats and
the meat supply OF the world is short.
There is no part Of the United States
in whith meat can be produced more
prOfitably than in the south, and ev-
cry southern farmer should at once
adopt the policy of producing mora
than enough meat to supply his own re
quirements But, however high prices
may 60 he should not yield to the
temptation to sell his breeding AM
mails. 1t is safe to predict that live
stock prices will be high for years to
come and the farmer who parts with
breeding animals now will be cutting
off large future profits.
every movement for the encourage
ment Of the production of food crops
and meats and for the planting OF
home gardens on every farm and on
vacant lots in the cities and towns
should be encouraged"
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-18
BREWERS report
ON LOCAL SCHOOLS
SYSTEM PASSES FROM GROUP
TWO TO GROUP ONE. REGRETS
SALARY CUTS IN SYSTEM.

superintendent A. L. Brewer Of the
COrdele Public Schools in his final re-
port to the local board OF education re-
garding the work of the year shows
from classification among group two,
to group one, owing to the splendid
showing which has been made. But he
still regards the system not to the
standard in many respects. He notes
a marked advance in efficiency. He
aserts that the system Of retrenchment
in salaries must have detrimental in
fluence and writes as follows
q have been informed by your sec
rotary that the Board is committed to
a policy of retrenchment Interference
to the schools and that yodr plan in
wolves a reduction in the salary of the
superintendent.
Realizing as I do the detrimental
influence that such a policy must have
upon the school and its progress,
should not be willing 10 remain in the
system even if the plan did not affect
my own salary. In fact | had deter
mined to sever my connection with
the schools before | was informed that
your policy would include cut in the
salary OF the superintendent. ] there
fore take this means of announcing
to the Board that | do not wish to be
considered an applicant for re-elec-
ton to my present position.
ut may not be out of place in this
connection to call attention Of the
beard of the prosperous year the
schools have had
THE last annual report $3.50
shows an increase in the enrolment of
1875 pupils and in the average attend
ance of 92 in the white schools over
the preceding report G915).
"The school has been removed from
Group 2. to Group /, on the accredited
list of the higher educational institu-
tons Of the state.
"The character OF the school work
as a whole, although still not up to
standard in some respects, has been
decidedly improved. SO that the pres
ent administration, although hamper
ed by unfortunate conditions and cir
cumstances, has witnessed a marked
advance in the efficiency of the
school,"
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-18
CITY FOOD CROP
is Being GROWN
CHAIRMAN j. S. SHEPPARD OF
STREETS COMMITTEE is MAX
ING CORN, BEANS, POTATOES,
AND PEAS FOR EMERGENCY.

Chairman J. S. Sheppard of the city
streets committee is setting stakes for
a large municipal food crop this sea
son. The entire city farm of 200 acres
is in corn, velvet beans, peas and a
food crop that might mean a great
deal as a reserve supply in case of
stringent times is promised.
At council tonight Alderman Shep-
pard is to take up the matter Of Sc
curing patches Of corn, peas and po-
tatoes all over the available vacant
lots in the city, strongly has the mat
ter OF more foo& crops impressed it
self upon the chairman of the street
and street equipment committee.
The municipal feed bill is now APP
proximateley 5000 a month. Alder
man Sheppard estimates that the
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-18
THE 18th WAS 4
REGULAR JONAH IN CORDELE

remembered that about that many
years ago he loaned the other the full
amount CT $3.50, because he was in
tough" and his finances on the blink.
The hotel keeper at some place i'll
Florida had attached his trunk for the
amount of his bill He remembered
owing and didn't mind paying, but he
thought Friday, the 18th, was respon-
sible for it all, and so did the Knight
Of the Grip WHO had loaned the mon
ey, though happily surprised as he
was.
Here's another dream, dreamed by
another fellow He says that all this
talk about dream lasting only few
seconds is all "bosh." He knows that
he couldn't have had the experiences
that he had in that dream in the
space of q few seconds He also lost
some good sleeping along about twi-
light, trying dream that he had gone
to war, and lie is satisfied that war
can't be any worse than he dreamed
it was, unless he should get killed,
which he came very near doing in the
dream He fought q whole German
regiment all night long single-handed,
got struck by bomb when q piece
Of plaster fell from the ceiling onto
his bed, and wound up, as the dream
went, being tried before Judge" w
H. Doris convicted and sentenced to
hang because he told Kaiser Wilhelm
what he though of him. The worse
thing that he knows about Col. Doris,
says the dreamer is that he passed
the bone dry law, but he's going to
watch him hereafter.
Taylor, the tailor, has several incu-
batoTs at work in the rear of his tailor
shop Matching chickens. Mr.. Taylor
matches some mighty fine chickens,
that is, the incubator does, but Friday,
the 18th, was the jinX day. One biddie
Matched off with a leg located nearer
its head than the proper place for
chickens leg to grow. Then, an OLD
yellow, stray cat came along and dis
posed of several of the finest in the
lot.
Friday, the 13th--it's awful But
that's not what Mr. Taylor said it was.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-18
HILL SMASHED AS
SHERIFF LOOKS ON
LOCAL ATTORNEY HAS ROUGH
BATTLE IN STREETS OF HAW-
kiNSV!LLE-PoLlCE CHEF HELD
AT BAY.

Attorney J. Tom Hill came home
this afternoon from Hawkinsville bad
ly beaten up as the result of a Difficult
ty arising out of litigation in Pulaski
county involving the disposition of the
funds of an estate said to have been
in the hands of Morgan Thompson, a
prominent farmer and fertilizer man
of Hawkinsville.
Attorney Hill and an associate
Howard Coates, former private secre
tary to Congressman Hughes, had fin
ished the case Monday evening and it
developed that Thompson must either
go to Jail or make bond on account OF
his alleged failure to produce the
funds of the estate when they were
required by the court.
According to Mr. Hills statement
he had left the court and gone across
the street to his room, but, forga linC
some papers, was returning to get
them when he was accosted in the
street by Thompson, who was accom-
panied byJohn R. Rogers, sheriff of
Pulaski county, and before he was
aware of the danger, Thompson struck
him.
The two men then fouht, the sheriff
standing off, till the excitement
broug Chief of Police II. H. Coley
on the scene. This official
according to Mr. Hill, made an eff
fort to stop the difficulty, but himself
was held by the sheriff, who. with his
gun drawn, made the chief wait.
When the difficulty was finally
stopped, Mr. Hill was taken to his
room suffering from bad cuts on the
head and several fractured ribs. He
had administered a like drubbing, it
was said, to Thompson, in spite of the
sheriff's efforts.
Great indignation was manifested in
Hawkinsville by those who witnessed
the act of Thompson and the sheriff
and feeling is still high. Further de-
velopments are expected.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-18
1918 SCHOOL MEET
GOES TO DAWSON
TOOK FIRST PLACE
IN TIE CONTESTS AT AMERl-
Gus, SCORING 25 PolNTs-AMER-
Gus SECOND WITH % POINTS.

Scoring d noinIs and with y mar.
e,;, IF .throe ro,n+s ova, 4bo ,oxt r,;gb.
re, t,o Fitga,roId 1Iion sonoa, ,,,or
,no tbird h;yn schoo, n,-o. ho,d Of
,,or;c,,,, prido, o,a cot,,rao,. of t,o
,ost uvook
THO A,nor;.,,s ecnoo1 .on,o so,-n5
With q +oto1 scoro of 90 ,o;otc n.,..no
I7i..o,orold q ,,.,r,,, cor,oct fo... tt, hon
.., - a., ,,, co.5a,o .,.. a.,
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-18

coming municipal crop will help won
derfully to cut of this heavy expense
This member of council is a splen-
did farmer. His knowledge of the bust
ness will aid no little in getting a
preat food crop from the city
farm and from the vacant lots which
he will have directly under his super
vision. There is little doubt that the
move he is making will be a wise one
and the products which he will have
brought in for us by the city will prove
of great value.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-18
MAKE IMPROVEMENTS
ON EXCHANGE BANK

The office room formerly occupied
by c. M. Mckenzie in the rear OF the
Exchange bank on Seventh street is
being made an. addition to the bank,
Mckenzie having moved his office
into the Suwanee hotel building, next
door to the Singer Sewing Machine
company's Office. Other improve
ments are being made on the interior
of the building occupied by the Ex-
change bank. The addition increased
the floor space considerably.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-18
JENKINS To QUIT
Arab school
TAKES AWAYrPR0.
GRESSIVE TEACHER FROM
CRISP SYSTEM. ARAB WILL
LOOK FOR ANOTHER GOOD MAf4

Professor Fl. Winton Jenkins, WHO
has been principal of the Arab school
for the past two years, has quit his
place in the system of Crisp county
for more paying place at jenkins
burg, a short distance above Indian
Springs. He has already rendered his
resignation and is making plans to
take up his work in the new field
Jenkinsburg is in Butts county and
holds second place in educational I'M
rorlance in the school system. Profes
sor Jenkins will have a full faculty
ard splendid school in which to
work in his new place. His friends,
while they regret to lose him, are
pleased at his getting the new place
The board at Arab will go to work
at once with a view of securing the
services of anSther live, progressive
educator for the community. There
is strong interest in the advancement
of the school al Arabi and citizens who
have charge of plans for filling the va
cancy will secure some good man To
take up the work where ProfessorsJens
kins leaves it.
Since Professor Jenkins has bee ia
Crisp, he has won a large number OF
friends both i'll his own community
and throughout the county He has
done fine work as president Of the
County Teachers Association and sim
liar educational organizations since
taking up teaching in Crisp.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-18
FALL IN COTTON MARKET;
SPOTS BRING 1853 TODAY

The New York market for January
deliveries closed today at 1899;
May 2015-16; July 19.76-78; October
1896; December 1S.67-69.
The price today in the local market
is about 10 So, basis good middling,
approximately Is points off from Tues
days market.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-18

fore him as to time or place. He as
signed no reasons for the contemplate
ed change, other than that he, like
other ministers, after remaining in
charge of q pastorate for a number
of years, feels that he ought to make
a change.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-18
BETS BEING MADE AS
TO DURATION or WAR

Atlanta, April 1S.-For the first
time in a year. bets are being placed
in Atlanta as to the duration of the
European war. ana the general trend
of betting offers is that it will not last
for many months longer.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-18
coin INDICATES
INTENTION TO MOVE
THOUGH PASTOR OF FIRST 5AP-
list CHURCH HERE HAS DEFi-
NlTELY DECLINED CALLS TO
COMMERCE AND VIDALlA HE
HAS OTHER PLANS IN MIND.

That he has definitely declined the
calls to the Baptist churches at Com
merce and Vidalia, is the statement
of Rev. ]. H. Coin, pastor of the First
Baptist church of this city.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-18

The report became current among
the congregation and friends of the
pastor that he contemplated making
change from the pastorate here, and
though he has declined the calls to
Commerce and Vidalia, Rev. Coin still
indicates his intention to make a
change, but says he has nothing he
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-06
.Amusements.
What the press agents say
about PendletOn's pres
ent and coming
attractions.
WINDING AND RECEPTION
BEAUTIFIED BY FLOWERS

The wedding scenes in the de luxe
edition OF the vltagraph feature "AIy
Official Wifet" starring Clara KIM
ball Young, Earle williams and Har-
~ T, Morey are beautiful to behold
with sunshine Mary Anderson as
the bride and Arthur Cozine as the
groom.
The large drawing room set is dec
GRATED with palms and flowers while
large bell of white blossoms hangs
over. the flowed banked altar. The
guests wearing all sorts Of exquisite
evening gowns add life to the scene
and make the picture fairly ring with
realism.
The dance and reception following
the ceremony and prior to the couple
leaving for Russia. where the rest OF
the story is laid, is also staged with
the greatest care and form fitting
backgrounds for the graceful dancing
Of the players.
One can almost hear the sweet
strains OF the well-known wedding
march as the bridal procession starts
toward the altar and all in all the
picture becomes a marked success in
every sense of the word.
This feature is at the Pastime the
ater on Sunday Monday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-06
THIS GOLDEN EAGLE
is NO COUNTERFEIT
Captured Bird Fights Hard for Free
dom With Bcak and TalOns.

WATERBURY, Conn, Jan. 5.-A
fine golden eagle was captured by
hunters last night in Prospect. This
fellow had been a terror to farmers
for some time killing poultry His
pet aversion was guinea fowl, the SEN
tries of farms.
The eagle was caught in tree
after terrific fight with clubs by
Edward C, Mulvaney, Edward Bergin
and Edward McGinn. 1t stands !.
feet high, is 2 feet long, measures :
feet from tip to tip of its wings. and
weighs nearly % pounds.
During its shifting from crate to
cage it fastened its talons in the
thigh of James Hurley. clawed A.
Gonzales, tore the skin from the
hands of Feston Sharp of Brookline.
and bit savagely the finger of Scully
Barton. messenger boy, who put his
hand in TO see if it was stuffed"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-06
WRONG AT BOTH ENDS.
Iegge's Hair Too Red for His Girl:
Feet Too Flat for Uncle sam.

CHICAGO. Jan. His hair is red
and his feet are flat and therefore
neither husband nor hero may he be-
come.
A girl turned down Albert p. Legge
of Waukegan. ILL.,. because of his
crimson topplece and this brought
about such a condition of disconsola-
ton that he betook himself to the re-
cruiting station of the United states
marine corps in his city and offered
himself as a fighting man.
The surgeon had no fault to find
with his red hair, but when he got to
the other end of Legge--his feet--he
said officially:
you have been standing on them
too much, The arches Of your feet
are too low to withstand service hik-
ing"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-06

If the vegetarians could have their
way peanut butter would be king.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-06
REUNITED AFTER 10 YEARS.
Young Woman Finds Mother
Through "Ad' in Christmas
Day paper.

NEW YORK, Jan. AFTER nine
teen years. Mrs. Christine MarsN of
No. l6f Stockholm street, brooklyn,
found her mother in New Brunswick,
y. j., yesterday.
The mother, Mrs. Woerner, thea
Mrs. Henry Holzhauser, was left alone
with her four -year-old child when
her husband died She was forced to
put the child in an institution and
lost track OF Christine when she was
placed in a private family.
The family told the little girl about
here mother and for five years the
young woman maintained constant
search for the parent. on Christmas
Day an advertisement in New
Brunswick paper attracted the atten'
tion of Detective George Dunn, who
traced Mrs. Woerner,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-06
LIEUT. CASTLE TEACHES
DANCING AT THE FRONT

NEW YORK, Jan. Sin an old
French chateau, five miles behind the
trenches, First Lieutenant Vernon
Castle of the British Flying Corps has
found piano, and gives daily dancing
lessons to the other members of the
corps Second Lieut.. @. l. Faulkener
OF the Royal Aero Club of London
told a reporter at the Hotel McAlphin
last night.
"our actual work is only about
three and one-half hours a day" said
Lieut.. Falkner. "and since we have
none of the red tape of the other de-
partments We are left pretty much
to ourselves. All the boys like Yer.
non Castle for his unassuming manner
and his bravery"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-06

Charging that some of the twentF
coal mines near Des Moines restricted
production to keep up prices Mayor
John MacVicar seized several wagon
loads from a coal company for poor
persons who said they had been un-
able to buy coal while the thermom-
eter was Il degrees sbelow zero. He
was stopped in his first raid by an
Injunction of court Then he went
into hiding so he could not be serv-
ed again and he made arrangements
for n raid on some other company''
coal supply He said he took this ae
ton because there was a public ne,
cessity.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-06

Here are five of the six independ-
ents in the house of representatives
who will have the balance of power
there when the president calls the
new congress into session after March
Not only does the decision of the
speakership depend on them, but the
whole policy Of the house I'm relation
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-06
II. SHE is A HOG EXPERT.
California Girl Raises POrkers for
Pleasure and Profit.

HOLTSVILLE, Cal, Jan. 3.-Rais-
ing hogs for pleasure and profit is the
occupation OF Miss Josie Fuller, seven
teen. youngest and best all7arOund
feminine pork producer in the I'm
perial valley It is her ambition to
become the best expert on hogs in
her district. Her herd numbers fifty.
and is increasing.
"Pig culture isn't esthetic work. OF
course" said Miss Fuller ut can't
be considered a finishing school for
debutantes, but there's money in it,
She has established a record of de-
veloping her porkers for the market
at a cost Of 3 1-2 cents a pound.