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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-02-14

FOR RENT OR SALE-Large house
in good repair, good location, con-
venient for two families, modern con-
yeniences, good garden and barn. APP
ply j. C. Brown, care Dispatch S4-3t
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-02-14

400 TYPEWRiTERS! All kinds and
all grades, Remingtons SIP up. Instruc-
uon book with each machine. Type
and repair parts for all makes of
Typewriters Empire Type Foundry,
Buffalo, N. Y.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-02-14

FOR RENT-Five room house, water
and electric lights; 9th avenue,
east See A. E. Jackson, United Wool
en- Co. S7-3t
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-02-14

LOST-Lady's silk, beaded handbag,
containing card case with my name
engraved on back. Reward if return
ed to Pansy Webb. Silt
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-02-14

FOR RENT-Two connecting rooms
furnished or unfinished, hot and
cold water, electric lights. Mrs. F. E.
Call, 1O5 Fifteenth Ave, corner 18th
street. S7-3t-pd.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-02-14

FOR SALE-Burt, or 90-day seed
oats. ]. B. Ryals Wholesale Com
pany. S63t-pd
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-02-14

FOR SALE-Fancy Duroc Jersey Pigs.
Special prices. o. M. Heard 67-tf
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-02-14

LOST-Bunch of Keys, P. 0. key,
large brass key with letters CT T
c." and numbers. Return to The Texas
Company for reward. S5-3t-pd
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-02-14

FOR RENT-Three desirable rooms,
all conveniences, close in. Apply
Mrs. c. ]. Ship. Phone 419 S5-tf
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-12-22
NO TAX ON CHURCHES,
THE EVIL, THE REMEDY
How Rome Can Aid Knights Of Co.
lumbus, ,-PrOtestants, the Y. M. c.
A, and all Help Red Cross

The time has come when principle
and circumstances alike demand
serious consideration of duty long
neglected.
Surely when every ingenuity of
the government is being exercised in
the effort to meet war expenses as
much as possible, without taxing fu-
ture generations and spending in ad-
vance money which the unborn will
have to provide and which will
doubtless be in demand for their own
needs, it is time to look about for
those things that remain entirely ex-
empt from taxation before further
burdening those enterprises and
properties which are already carry
ing an adequate share of taxation.
This government is constitution
ally based on freedom of religious
opinion and one of the fundamentals
of that theory is the absolute divorce
of church and state, and just as sure
ly as it would be in contravention of
that principle to donate public money
to the support of religious houses of
worship so is it equally in contraven-
tion of that principle to exempt the
various church properties from taxa
ton, especially those not regularly
used for religious services only, for,
the deficit resulting from such a
practice must be made up in in
creased taxes from the people as a
whole, and in the end amounts to a
contribution of public funds to vari-
Gus churches to just that extent.
This condition might be permis-
sibly overlooked in less strenuous
times insofar as it applies to build
ings and grounds used solely and reg
ularly for religious worship, but
when it comes to exempting all prop
critics owned by church corporations
year in and year out we find the pub
lie treasury is actually demanding
huge sums from the people that
would not be exacted were such prop
critics paying an actual tax.
Usually those persons who belong
to various churches derive sufficient
satisfaction from such association
that they would gladly bear their
proportion Of the church tax in or.
der that those who are not associated
herewith shall not be taxed to pay
for the benefits about which they are
indifferent.
Imagine a church's proportion Of
tax being paid in part by the liquor
traffic, yet so long as church proper
ties remain free freq taxation that
is what occurs, for the liquor man
paws his part of what the church has
failed to pay. Imagine a man liv-
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-12-22
WHERE ROME FAILS TO
UPHOLD PRESIDENT
Roman Press in America Furthering
German Interests by Continued
EuIogy of Pope's Peace Program

A remarkable, still not singular
fact, is that everything that has been
done in the way of aiding Germany
in any Of the nations at war with it
has been the action of certain in
dividuals and classes of individuals
who were at one in their ideals and
aims with certain individuals or
classes of individuals in Germany.
The propaganda of certain Rus
slams, for example, has been at one
with the propaganda of certain Ger
mans and SO it is on down the line.
Goaded by the ambitions which are
the same wherever political Rome is
to be found, the Catholic or Center
Party of Germany, had long desired
a greater measure of power than it
enjoyed, and, the world war offered
1t opportunity, but while it took ad-
vantage Of opportunity in the name
of patriotism it has not forgotten the
aims and ambitions of the Center
Party, nor has it forgotten the aims
and ambitions of the vatican. In
earlier stages of the conflict 1t was
not infrequent for prominent leaders
Of Germany's Catholic party, or, for
the press representing that party, to
declare that Germany might yet be
privileged to restore the papal states
to the pope.
We doubt not that the height of
eXaltation was reached in this regard
when the Austro- German forces
swept the Italian army into retreat
weakened by the propaganda that
could not fail to be behind the cry
of the Neapolitans "long live peace!
Long live the pope"! But is it prob
able restoration of the papal states
is practical or that Rome considers
it so? NO! Rome knows that of all
the things that are improbable the
one most nearly so is that the world
would countenance a restoration of
the papal states, forced from Italy
or any other nation.
The pope knows it-all deep-think-
ing papists know it, and today there
are those who, for prudential rea-
sons, scout the idea, but the propa-
ganda has served, its purpose in aid
ing ambitious members of the Ger
man Center to manipulate their un-
thinking followers in accordance with
the demands Of the hour; neces-
sary movement in the attempt to
place the Center Party in a position
Of power hitherto unattained.
And now, Hertling, the former Ro-
man Catholic prime minister of the
Roman Catholic German state, a man
who in that official capacity openly
declared that one of the fruits
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-12-22
AMERICAS GREATEST EDUCATIONAL JOURNAL FURTHERANCE

pecially fresh in the minds of our
readers, namely; Cardinal O'Con-
nell's action, declaring the anti-sec-
tartan amendment a "scrap of pa
per-"
But to return to Bishop Kelley.
The Savannah Morning NeiVs, issue
Tor October S1st, 1916, showed to
what lengths he would 90 in his
Dlgoted efforts to place the desires OF
Rome above the organic law as rem
resented by the Veazy bill. and after
showing that he had "invited" one
visit M from the grand jury at a time
set by him, said:
mo second visit will be permitted
and to see that this ultimatum is
carried out Bishop Kelley has writ
ten an official letter to the heads of
an the institutions in Georgia, under
his Jurisdiction, which come within
the scope of the Veazy act"
Hence it is easy to see that the
sisters who are constrained to obev
the bishop and who, should they dis.
obey, are subject to a punishment bv
eccleSlastics that the public knows
not OF, are not the ones at fault at
all Tor the bishops letter to each
group OF servants in papal-like pris-
ons was taken as a precautionary
measure to insure the barring of the
doors to all state officials who did
not comply with his rules and reguIa-
tlons, for the one proposed "visit."
Inc question naturally arises, why
should not the bishop also be cited
Tor contempt of court since it is upon
his authority that admission 10
homes institution has been refused
the state?
The case merely resolves itself in
10 thls-Rome has set herself apart
as a power independent of the State
which will not submit to state laws
in effect the bishop says we suspend
the laws of the state until we can
attack them in every possible man,
mel. through the court. It remains
to be seen then, whether the soyer-
eign voters of Georgia will allow this
to pass unchallenged or whether they
will answer Rome in a manner, at
each election, that will make her at
tempted subversion and bold def
ance of law entirely futile.
Such attempts to block inspection
only emphasize the need for it, for
the man who has nothing to hide has
no scruples about making his life an
open book.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-12-22
More Of Romanism
and Interference

1t is a singular fact that of the
candidates running for seats in the
Canadian House, election yester
day. the forces opposed to the gov
ernment's policy had IA representa-
tives. These were all from Quebec
and consequently are Romanists, ap-
pealing to the Roman vote which is
practically the only vote in Quebec,
Roman Catholics opposition to the
Canadian government in the world
war is as patent a fact as the opposi-
ton of Ireland's Sim Feiners to
England. Both elements are Roman
Catholic and their efforts of this
kind serve to promote German inter-
ests and square with the Roman DO.
sition in Germany, upholding the
kaiser and denouncing popular SOW.
ereignty and square also'with the po-
sition of the papal press IN this coun.
try which urges that the pope's peace
note should be considered as it forms
O basis for conclusive peace. It's all
Rome and its all anti-sey It's all o
part of crafty Rome's aid to the Cen
trail Powers.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-12-22

OF German victory should be the
restoration OF the papal states, is
now the imperial chancellor of Ger
many, an Office that none but Prus-
sian has heretofore held. And what
does it meant 1t means that in his
new position he is possessed of great
er political power than, doubtless,
the Center Party had ever hoped a
leader to attain, but why? AS prime
minister of Bavaria he had been able
and willing to render the crown in
estimable service while at the same
time he was able to gain much for
Rome by asking for more than he
felt would be granted but knowing
that so long as he delivered the
goods" to the kaiser and parroted
and labored for the desires of Ro-
manists and the papacy that he
would have no cause for suffering.
Politically simultaneous with his
appointment came the assault on
Italy, and simultaneous with these
events the pope was eagerly giving
ear to the reports of French car
dinals and papal hierarchal repre-
sentatives from France hoping to
launch new peace move at an early
date that he hoped might result
in putting France out of the
fighting even though it failed else.
where. This late conference with
French papists about peace notes
would not have been indulged in if
the pope had entertained any very
serious views as to the probability OF
the papal states being restored, un-
less he was figuring beyond his
depth, for he knows, or suspicious at
least, that a pope's head in an event
like that would be little safer than
would the head of his intriguing
private chamberlain, should he ever
show up in certain Italian quarters.
Then, too, to launch a peace note
with Austro-G German forces we'll en-
trenched on Italian soil would, even
though the pope knew in advance
that his proposed terms would be in
acceptable, afford an argument for
use by papal writer's to the effect
that the pope is not selfish in his
pleas for peace and that instead of
scheming for q return of the papal
states he is working for peace, while
they are still in Italian hands. II
might aid in helping establish that
which does not exist, but what Rome
would like to have us look upon as a
neutral papacy.
The issue today, with Rome, is moi
restoration of the papal states as
it long has been, for that pleasurablt
condition can be foregone for the
present if only the divine right
theory can pe sustained and made
safe for the kaiser Of Germany, the
emperor of Austria, the sultan Of
Turkey, and the pope of Rome. Those
are the things that concern Rome to-
day. 1t has become a war between
systems, for the exclusion of one and
the safety Of the other. Of course
it may be possible to enact a durable
peace by leaving the crowned heads
Continued on Page 2, Column p
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-12-22
Questions for the
MayOr of Cleveland

It's a purely local question but
Cleveland, Ohio, wants Mayor Davis
to answer why
He has appointed Patrick Walsh,
Romanist- Democrat to the Office OF
coal expert?
He has appointed John T. Martin
Romanist- Democrat as commissioner
Of water? Free water to papal
schools and papal clubs? Yes, We
know the answer to that question.
He has appointed so good friend
Of Romanists to be chief of police as
Capt. Rowlands?
He has appointed Bradshaw, an
other friend Of the Romans, to the
Office of chief Of detectives?
Mayor Davis you are q Protestant
supposed to be free from the politi.
cal influence Of Romanism, PROVE
ITl
Signed.--Cleveland Correspondent
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-12-22

Sisters who protest against arch
bishops who fail to enforce humani-
tartan treatment in papal orphan
asyiums only to be answered by an
attempt to unceremonious induct
them into insane asylums would be
doing little orphans a great service
If they spent the money they obtain
in suits, as a result, in trying to gain
inspection for papal institutions, es-
pecially when the mistreatment and
neglect of friendless children at the
mercy Of these papal institutions in
spired their original protest.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-12-22

The way the secular press is break
ing away and printing articles that
show where the pope stands in the
world war, shows that Rome is GER
tainly guilty and that when THE
MENACE broke the ice and began to
show America where the pope stood
in the great struggle, its seed fell on
fertile ground because backed by ir-
REPUTABLE facts. It's facts that count
and The MENACE deals in the kind
that count most. The press is be-
ginning to realize it, too.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-12-22

Rome so loves the public schools
that she establishes parochial schools
everywhere in her effort to keep
them from being overrun. And her
love is so genuine that she makes her
laity pay for the upkeep of the par
ish schools and send their children to
them in spite of the fact that they
must pay school tax and are entitled
to the benefits of the free schools
just the same as other people.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-12-22

Cardinal Farley pledged the loyal.
ty OF "all Catholics in this nation
to the war program in an address be.
fore the Catholic club Of New York
City recently. If the cardinal can
DO so much with the loyalty of Ro.
man Catholic individuals what could
he do with their vote?
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-12-22
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
TO MENACE FRIENDS

NECEMBER TWENTY FIFTH with all it's blessings and it's
I share of will have passed before The Menace visits
1f your home again Not all homes will observe the day this
1S they have the many past some the grim reaper
has removed loved one in others there absent
and many another brother husband father has
been called to die, if need be- that others might live
Nineteen hundred and seventeen years the One whose
memory Christmas into being calmly faced the inevitable
for the purpose broader hence these latter friends
will have for reflections other than those which bring
row alone
No foretel the future. No knows what next
Christmas will bring but all be assured that the coming
year fails to enhance spiritual vson if it brings nothing
but material things will indeed have cause to weep
No single thing much the world war; brings home us
the undeniabe fact that after ALL to live greatly and noby to do
for others and make spiritual das the Lode Star of life instead
of following the gnis fats of material things loyalty to God
expressed in service to and fidelity to principle eXemped
in the life and teachings of Christ Jesus the things that count
Treeouths of the world today battling for the principles
OF democracy the only form of earth based on
and making practical application Of the Sermon the Mount
And to love thy neghbor thyse in the forthcoming days
not only the neghbor your block your city, your state
oryour nation but the injunction reaches the and brings
earhs children closer fellowship after the plan of Him whose
name you will honor three days hence.
In proportion cangasp and hold that fact catch
the spirit Of democracy the spirit Of the Nazarene and get the
most of what Christmas to the world in This Year of Our
Lord 1917.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-12-22

General Pershing has Joined the
ranks Of those who see Rome's SYM
pathy for the Central Powers. Don't
overlook the quotation from The Ma
sonic Chrontcler in this issue. Then
If you want to know more about this
live issue read the vast array of
facts Chas. M. Lee has compiled
showing vatican duplicity in the
world war. Read this new book,
The Vatican, The Kaiser and The
World War. GA pages, price %
cents. THE MENACE.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-12-22

Why did the pope wait till the
ustro-German drive in Italy was
shown to be a failure before denying
having exerted any untoward infiu-
ence on the Neapolitans?
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-12-22

Rome's prevaricators differ from
al other types of the same animal, in,
that they never seem to tire. They
keep persistently at it with never a
change.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-12-22

The hierarchy is not necessarily
divided simply because two of its
representatives make speeches voic-
ing opposite opinions--sometimes
they have a purpose in mind, which
is to deceive you; and any and al
the time they can be made Of the
same opinion and work as one man
by a simple word from the pope.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-12-22

The damage suit in Canada result
ing in a $4,000 verdict against
Archbishop Spratt is sign one
Canadian court is not subsidized.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-12-22

If the pope is a true representative
of God then the kaiser is right when
he says "me and Got"
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-12-22

Rome expects to carry the elections
next year If possible and hamper the
administration. Watch her moves.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-12-22

FIVE THOUSAND 'IWMORTALS" ARE WANTED!
o wv men have eavd day trnewh to b.
tmh hmtn for
cal rive
do tau
6 h ha Srgdb Ibis that
of nxtMm
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-12-22

"The claim of the Roman Catholic
organ is absurd, as every Mason in
the world knows, but if the Masons
OF Canada are responsible for the
CONSUMPTION law, or any great move
ment in the interest of liberty and
democracy, they are entitled to praise
from all red-blooded Americans"
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-12-22

ECEMBER TWENTY FIFTH with
share of sorrow will have passed be
your home again. Not all homes WI
year as they have the many past. II
has removed loved one. in others
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-01-13
Price OF MEAT
CONTINUES RISE
A5aq-s.e Supply q Good Oldfashion-
Ell. Aome-produced lard, Bacon,
Hams and Salt Pork Essential.

Fnishiug-oh hogs, either Tor home
slaughter or for the market should
receive special attention at this time
ON account of the unprecedented high
price of pork and pork products.
E.,c- before, except during Jhc Civil
War. have farmers been able TO sell
tlrlr hogs tor 10 cents per pound live
weight and there has never been
TIM" whom there were such great Cp-
po.unitl., for makiDE money IN the
production OF hugs for Tile market.
The io.e--iguted farmer VIII also see
10 It That me has au ada0ua q
supply of good. old-fash.onad. home
produced lard. bacon, hams and salt
pork. The price NJ all kinds of edi-
bic fats, both animal and vegetable.
is constantly mounting, and will prob
ably continue TO do so for some time. 1t
is much cheaper to produce both the
fats and meats at home than TO de-
pend upon buying, even with twenty
cent cotton. Too many of our farm.
ers are tempted TO abandon every
other farm enterprise and risk every
thing on cotton This is too danger
Gus as there are so many factors
which may enter into both the pro-
duction and price Of the cotton, and
again The margin OF profit in the pro-
ductiOn Of hogs is fully equal to that
OF cotton But aside from the price
OF either. both should be produced on
every well-managed farm in the cot.
ton belt.
Packers at the central markets
make q difference Of from one to Ave
cents per pound on the condition. or
finish" of the hogs offered for sale,
and thero is the same difference in
value TO the owner who slaughJers his
hogs for homecoming. The crop
which is providing the largest part Of
the fat deposited in the bodies or our
hogs is sweet potatoes, although corn,
soy beans, peanuts, etc, are essential.
Many farmers make a practice Of kill
ing or selling direct from the sweet
potato fields, while others pen the
hogs for several weeks and feed either
corn alone or corn with cotton seed
meal or tankage TO haruen the tat
and bring the hogs TO a prime condi-
ton. The latter method is unquestion-
ably the better as II greatly IN
creases the value of the carcass, 1t
is impossible for hog to be brought
10 prime condition when grazing,
as too much exercise is required in
gathering the food, and, after a GER
ain degree of fairness is reached,
there will be no further gains, where.
as. II the hog is penned and fed all it
will consume, it will still make salts
factory gains. Z. L. Jordan,
Louisiana State University.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-01-13
Written By A Eio.hos.eas "a.


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untold ,u,. ring. SOM Dimes h.e .ts
il some gvOi CuIis.l Ii NO .an, WIN.
her ue,. iG.eie-t II j,s.t would .-
give her the advice .ae so ""o.
needs. We do not aoousa y"u ms.
ers OF not feeling Wa.n %, marl'.
for US, or of Intentional no-ia..s h..
If Won Keep il hii AVA la .a3r .e#1.. ,
how can il beuti us2 W Wan, you.
= mppthy ana love. Wa know -.
have your own troubles. your OT"
lie 60 iye, bus cOuln you not sDm'-
times spgre few OF ) .ur P'rcia"
msneits 70 tAs mptnSv.,s, gins at
vour door. who cave sOur Syn pa-h1
and loye? l, viii surely DO "oro4,
cast upon the waters" ami an s3a'~
star to your dj4Jcm YOu may tEiuh
from her surroundings aud oui"arO
appearance she would not appreciate
your Interest. Try anyway. Lear
something of her inner lite Outward
appearances do not always bespeaA
inward happiness.
The heart yearning for mother 10y,
is never satisfied. DO not tulAk there
are any more deserving (; pity, f,I
try as We Will the word Is uard on a..
Much is expected of u5, often NOR,
than we can give. We are NOR
closely watched, more severely Cri
tised than anyone else. Tho world IL
ever ready to pull us dO"n M.nl
for some slight Improperly, which
was thong ht.essly committed, must
endure he fiery dart, of Islander,
Which il by far the most unenCuraJle
anguish human heart ever haI t,
bear, aud so our character, dear,r
than life itself 10 puro-he ted giiIs,
merciles-ly shattered. often ~ moth
ers OF daughters, who themselve-
are not equals IN moral worth, by the
ones whose God given privilege is to
help shield and protect girls.
Mothers, viii You not hold out
hand to those who are stu Cling 81
discouraged, in some cases unappre-
ciated, who sometim~s ieel they I'VE
no friend save Ham who "tempers
the wind to the ahOr. !. NIB" A kIro
word, rightly spoken, viii go Il long
way and be immOrtaiiZ9d In the men,
DRY of the one for whom it was III
tended.