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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-02
MANY YOUNG
MEN ENLIST
IN ARMY
HALF DOZEN JOIN REGULAR AR
MY IN TWO DAYS AND AS MANY
OTHERS MAKE APPLICATION
OFFICERS TRAINING SCHOOL.

CoTdele and Crisp county are send
ing their full quota OF recruits for I'm
Gle Sans army and they are some
among the most excellent and promis-
ing young men of the city and county.
Homer Jones, VIII Parrish and Her
bert Hall left Tuesday night on the
Georgia Southern shoo-fly for Albany
by way Of Triton to report at the re-
cTui.inG STATEN there. From Albany
they will go TO I oTt Mcpherson il
Atlanta and will be put in training
These young men were enlisted by Re
cruiting officer F. Chapman, who has
been in Cordele several weeks Clar-
ence Hughes, as previously stated in
The Dispatch enlisted several days
ago and is now in training at Fort
Mcpherson.
AlonzO Anderson and Fred Raines,
vino are among the best known young
men Of the Raines settlement went
to Atlanta Tuesday and passed the eX
animation for enlistment in the reg
ular army.
Edwin Powell and Ephriam Mathews
went to Atlanta Monday making ap-
plication to enter the officers training
school at Fort Mcpherson. They are
expected to return home tonight, and
their application viii be considered
and passed upon in Q few days. Conrad
McU0ug4n has also made application
to enter the officers training school
and viii so 10 Atlanta in few days
There are several other young men
OF C0Tdele WHO will make application
for this training, among them being
Bernard Boatrieht son Of Judge and
Br1. f. c. Boajrght who is now at
tand'ng the Missouri School OF Os-
feopathy at Kirksyille. Mo. He is ex-
pected to arrive in Cordele tonight and
viii make application at once.
Tuesday three young men from
iitts we're enlisted by Recruiting Of
Z dcar Chapman They were Jackson
. w. Mitchell, Homer Coleman and Al
fonso Teagle. They reported at the
recruiting station At Albany and were
also sent to Fort Mcpherson.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-02
BOY RESCUE
COMPANION
IN POOL
MONROE HUNT, AGE 6 YEARS,
SAVES WILLIAM WEBB, 5-YEAR-
OLD SON OF Mr.. AMD MRS. w. G.
WEBB AT DAPHNE FOOL SUN
DAY AFTERNOON.

Through heroic effort of Monroe
Hunt, 8 year,old son OF Mr. and Mrs.
j. M. Hunt, William, the little 5-yCar-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. ". G. Webb,
was probably saved from drowning
last Sunday afternoon in the swimming
pool at Daphne.
Playing on the banks Of the pool
the younger child lost his footing anG
fell into the water at 4 point where
an OLE we'll was once located The
is probably the deepest place in tn
POOL Carl Webb, sen of MIR and Mr.,
George W. Webb, and cousin Of the
little fellow who came near being
drowned, and the Hunt boy immediate
ly jumped into the pool in an effort
to save the younger child. Neither
Of them could swim, though neither
hesitated on account OF being fully
dressed
The Hunt boy succeeded in reaching
the little drowning child frs, and af-.
ter rather desperate struggling dag
ged the little fellow 10 safety. There
were q good many people near the
pool at the time, though none but the
children were at the place where the
accident occurred.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-02
PEANUT CROP is
MOST PROFITABLE:
FARMER M'GEHEE, OF ALABAMA,
LAST YEAR MADE ABOUT $1,000
ON PEANUTS GROWN ON TWO
HORSE FARM-LOsT ON COT
CROP. -~o.~ --'.-

The experience of farmers in all
parts of Alabama and Georgia infest-
ed by the boil weevil is that the pea
nut crop is far more profitable than
The cotton crop, less trouble to grow
and less expensive to gather.
Mr.. George Scandrett, of this city,
who himself has considerable farming
interests in Alabama and has planted
a large acreage to peanuts this year,
last week had conversation with
John NIcGehee, farmer who lives
just across the Chattahoochee river
in Alabama This farmer told Mr..
Scandrett that last year he planted
a two-horse farm in corn and cotton
as usual. On the entire farm he made
about eight bales of cotton and real
lied from the sale Of the crop about
$500.
Another two-horse farm McGehee
TAINTED entirely to peanuts, with far
Grating the other farm, he had good
yield of peanuts. His peanut crop
sold for S2,995OO f. O. b. the cars at
the farm. The price paid was 50
cents per bushel. Farmer McGehee
is planting every available acre this
year, outside Of the necessary ground
to raise corn, wheat and some few
other crops.
The price of peanuts promises to
be much better this year than last.
It is understood that mills over the
country are now contracting for pea
nuts at from $1.t5 to $1.25 ger bushel.
]. L. Wheeler is one among the
farmers Of Crisp who has planted
heavily in peanuts this year He has
two hundred acres in the crop and es-
| Inmates that he will have a yield OF
from 5000 to 10000 bushels.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-02
grave EXPLOSION
RARE PHENOMENON
MYSTERIOUS OCCURRENCE WHEN
TERRIFIC FORCE LIFTS WEIGHT
OF 2,5Co POUNDS IN GRAVE OF
F. oFFENBERG AT SUNNYS!DE.

Visitors at Sunnyside cemetery Sun
day afternoon witnessed a strange
phenomenon. A mysterious explosion
occurred in the grave of F. Gutenberg,
who died and was buried more than
five years ago Those who heard the
explosion described it as being SINH
lar to the reoprt of a revolver or the
blowout of an automobile tire, though
the sound was muffied.
The Theoretically sealed marble re-
ceiving vault in which the body was
inferred was blown open by the ex-
plosion, and a false vault and monu-
ment, weighing $500 pounds was dis
placed, the monument being thrown
from its base to the ground. The ex-
plosion was Of such terrific force as
to break a flower urn that had been
placed on the vault. On all sides Of
the grave the earth was pulverized and
bulged up from the explosion.
Ladies who had gone to the cemetery
to place flowers were attracted by the
explosion and saw cloud of dust
arising from the grave. They were
much frightened by the strange al
fair which occurred about dusk, though
Immediately reported it to members OF
the Gutenberg family who reside IN
COrdele.
F. Gutenberg was a farmer of this
county and at the time Of his death
had accumulated considerable wealth.
He was German by birth. He was
inferred in a metallic coffin and buried
in sealed vault. The casket and
vault were supposed to be air tight
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-02
NEGROES Held
UNDER NEW
STATUTE:
SHERIFF WARD HOLDS AUTOMC-
BILE BELONGING TO COLORED
PHYSICIAN SUBJECT TO SALE
UNDER PROVISIONS OF NEW
LAW.

Mitchell Ross and John Harold, ne
groes, are in the Crisp county jail,
charged with violating the prohibition
law while Ford Torrent car belong
ing to DR.. A H. Thurber, colored, is
being held by Sheriff John Fl. Ward
subject to sale under The provisions
OF the new proii law, which gives the
sheriff authority TO contiscGte and sell
any automobile in which liquor is
found Ross is driver for Thurber's
car
The same clause Of the new prohl
law which gives the sheriff authority
to hold an automobile subject to con
fscation and sale under such condi-
lions provides that the solicitor gener-
al shall have ten days in which to in
stitute confiscatory proceedings. Shcr-
if Ward has notified Solicitor General
j. Z. Wall that he held the automobile
under these conditions.
Dr. ThGrber states that he knows
absolutely nothing OF the circumstan-
ces leading up to the arrest OF his
driver and the capture Of his automo-
bile by the sheriff. He has employed
Attorney J. T. Hill to represent him
and will test the constitutionality OF
the law in all effort to prevent the con
fiscation of his automobile.
10 ri
was out to- capture viOlatoTs Of the
tiger law. He had suspected Ross and
climbed in the automobile he was
driving, and made personal eXamina-
tion He found quart and o pint of
stump juice in the car, and imme-
diately arrested Ross and Harold,
who was in the car with him at the
time. g.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-02
SCHOOLS CLOSE
THROUGH FRIDAY
HIGH sCHCGL TEACHERS AND A
NUMBER IN GRAMMAR AND
PRIMARY DEPARTMENTS WILL
ATTEND EDUCATIONAL MEET
ING IN MACON.

SUPERINTENDENT A. L. Brewer and
all Of the teachers in the high school
department of the Cordele public
schools and a number OF teachers III
the grammar and primary departments
will attend the meeting OF the Geor-
gia Educational association in Macon
Friday.
On account of this event, vt is prac-
+ically certain that the schools VIII
he closed Friday and no classes Will
be heard.
Those from the high schol depart
ment who will attend the educational
meeting are, Prof. d. B. Nicholson
Prot. ]. T. Duncan, Prof. W. II. Hlte-
cheuu. Misses Ogburn, Morse and
Moore. Teachers in the grammar and
urinary departments of the main pub
liz school who expect to attend are
Misses White, Roberts and Monk ana
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-02
OFFICERS NEW
COURT TAKE
Up DUTY
W. F. FLEMING JUDGE OF COURT
AND MRS. ANNIE REYNOLDS,
PROBATION OFF.CER-!NTER-
ECTiNG MEETING HELD AT ST.
WANEE HOTEL.

The Crisp county Juvenile court Of
ficiaily entered on its duties on May
i. W. p. Fleming, Ordinary of the
county. was appointed by Judge d.
a. R, Crum Of the superior court as
Judge of the Juvenile court and Mrs.
nnie Reynolds, recently OF Atlanta
"as Later appointed by Judge Crum
- t-yc"il" trrwt;;-: oniccr fer the
county. She will have an office at
the court house and will investigate
all cases reported to her in which her
services are needed and in which she
has authority.
Juvenile courts in every county in
G3crGi" wore provided for through an
act C.; the last legislature in its reg
Tia" aoas;on, and the judges of these
cOui Is and probation officers are made
appontiye ;brough selection by the
Judges OF the superior courts Of the
stale.
This afternOCa meeting OF minis
tc"s, city and county officials and
heads of various ladies aid societies,
and charitable organizations and 9th
ers interested in social welfare work
was he'd at The parlors Of the SUI
vance hotel. The meeting was ad-
dressed by Miss Agnes McKinna. sec
rotary Of the Georgia Association OF
Charities and Corrections who out
lined the plan OF work that is expect
ed 10 be established here. 1t is sought
to interest every force possible in
cooperative movement in futhering
the social welfare work and see that
the needy, helpless and mistreated are
properly cared for.
Mrs. Reynolds has had a number of
years experience in the work upon
which she is entering in Crisp coun-
ty and it is believed that her efforts
will prove very successful
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-02

No cause has yet been assigned for
the unusual occurrence. and there is
a great deal of speculation as to the
cause of the explosion. It is certain
that the explosion did not occur from
any outside cause. According to To-
cal undertakers and physicians, explos-
ions have been known to occur in
graves of stout persons within few
months after burial and while the
body was in a state of putrlhcation.
Such explosions, it is explained, were
caused by the phosphoric acid in the
human body but this theory is not APP
piled in this case since Mr.. Gutenberg
was by no means OF large statue and
his burial had occurred more than
five years ago.
Members Of the Offenbery family
will have an investigation made of the
unusual occurrence.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-02
HEAVY HAIL STORM
IN LEE COUNTY

During the rain Tuesday, (which
came with much rejoicing on the part
OF farmers in most sections, j. V Da-
Ties, Cordele c/izen, was in Lee
county. The rain there, Mr.. Davies
says, was accompanied by a tremen-
dous hail storm which badly damaged
the young cotton crop. He states
that some OF the hail stones were as
large rs hen and guinea eggs and that
people in that section said they had
never seen such a heavy hail storm.
The ground he stated, was literally
covered with the hail.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-02
VALDOSTA FAMILY COMES
TO CORDELE TO LIVE

j. e. Quattlebaum and family, re
Gently Of Valdosta, have come to Cor
dele to make their future home. They
are located on Ninth avenue. Mr..
Quattlebaum and his family are
splendid people and VIII make some OF
the most desirable Of Cordele's citi-
zons. He IS an experienced dry goods
or grocery salesman, bookteeper and
has had experience i'll ether lines of
business. rs yet lie has arranged
for no definite business connections
here.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-02
MUSSELWHlTE RESIGNS
AS POLICE OFFICER

H. F. Musselwhite today rendered
his resignation as a member Of the
Cordele police force, having accepted
a position as special agent for the
Georgia Southern & Florida railway.
He left this afternoon for Valdosta,
where he will be stationed for some
time. though his family will remain
in Cordele permanently.
A successor to Musselwhite on the
police force will be appointed at once,
according 10 Chief of Police Sheppard.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-02
BOIL WEEvIL.
LECTURE BY
EXPERT
eOLL WEEVIL EXPERT WHO
EARNED IN INFESTED SECTIONS
OF LOUISIANA HAS VALUABLE
INFORMATION FOR FARMERS
OF CRISP.

There is a great store of valuable
Information and advice for farmers and
stock raisers of this section in the
address of C.. G. Lewis, farm demon
straticn agent Of Decatur county, who
viii sneak at the Crisp county court
house next Saturday afternoon at 1: 80
O'clock. Mr.. Lewis is considered one
Cf tie best boil weevil experts in
Georgia and farmers of Crisp county
who heard him on previous occasion
III an address here have greatly profit
Cd by the information thus secured
For a number of years he farmed in
tn. Neevii infested sections of Louis
lana ana is familiar with the boil wee
u! problem in it's every phase.
Mr.. Lewis comes to Cordele to de-
liver his address through the invita-
ton Of j. a. Johnson, demonstration
agent Of this county, and few farm
ef friends who know the ability OF the
Decatur county man TO discuss the
t0ll Weeyil and the best methods of
combating its effects in a clear, com
prehensive way. Mr.. Lewis is thor
oughly in sympathy with the farmers
in sections where the DOLL weevil is
prevalent aud is cooperating and lend
ing every personal assistance possible.
Every farmer is advised Of the great
good to be obtained from the address
of this expert and are urged to be in
attendance upon the meeting. He is
one of the few who seem to know.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-02

points Of truth concerning the south,
Fighting the wrongs of history as re-
corded by biased northern historians.
Though OF deep interest to all, what
the schoo! students present, who are
not getting in their school histories
the truth concerning the south. Miss
RutherfOrd's lecture was deeply ap-
nreciated and we trust we may have
the rare pleasure OF having her again
with us in some OF her other interest
ing talks. Other features of the en-
tertainment Monday evening were two
numbers preceding Miss Rutherford's
lecture piano solo by Miss Make
Lane Conner and a vocal solo by Mrs.
7. J. Durrett.
The high esteem in which Miss
Rutherford is held was evidenced in
the beautiful flowers sent her by the
L. D. c. the D. A. R. and individuals.
Miss Rutherford went from Cordele to
Fitzgerald, from there she goes to
Triton then back to Athens for few
lays when she will leave for Boston,
Mass. on a lecture tour.
The south can never show apprecia-
tiou enough of this gifted and brainy
woman for her faithful services l.
presenting the true history of her peo-
pie.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-02
GEORGE TIER NOT GUILTY.

Galveston, Tex, April 3O.-An in
verdict of not guilty was Civ
en- in the Fifty-sixth District Court to-
day in the case of the state against
George Tier, accused OF murder in
connection with the death of William
Black, an anti-Catholic lecturer, at
Marshall, Tex, in February Of 1915.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-02

those in No1hern Heights school who
are expected to attend are, Misses
Whitmore, Hendricks, Seals and La
nier.
Superintendent Brewer is chairman
of the Municipal, Elementary and In
dustrial department of the association,
and the program OF his department
will be given on Friday afternoon.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-02

Unusual clearness of the atmos--
rhere. unusual brightness or twink
ling of the stars, indicates rain.
The Parker post., 1917-06-09
MINERS RETURNING TO WORK
AT JEROME.

JEROME, June More than
two-thirds of the 1900 striking cop
per miners returned to work and
others are being put to work as fast
as arrangements can be made to re-
sumo normal operation.
The United Verde and fifteen
small mines were affected by the
strike called May "a to enforce de-
mands for recognition of the union,
wage increases and changes in work
ing conditions.
Recognition of the union and GER
tain methods of checking, demanded
by the strikers, were not included
in the settlement. Increased wages,
based on the Miami scale of $5.25 a
day for underground workers, was
given by the operators, along with
the recognition of an employees
grievance committee, promise not to
discriminate against strikers, CO.
operation with merchants to reduce
the cost of living, and reduction to
a minimum of the charge for en-
ployes' rent, water and light.
The Parker post., 1917-06-09
RAID BOOTLEGGERS.

Last Saturday morning Under
sheriff Frank McLain, Of San Bernar
dino, accompanied by three deputy
sheriffs, made a drive on bOotleggers
from Calzona to Blythe Junction, and
succeeded in arresting three victims
for whom they had warrants, but
several of the birds at Blythe juno
tion escaped the drive" by absent
ing themselves a couple of days be-
fore the appearance of the officers,
evidently having been tipped off.
At Blythe Junction Jim Wilson
was taken for alleged bootlegging;
at Vidal Dave Campbell was gathered
in, and at Calzona, Mrs. Rose Ellis
was arrested for alleged illegal Ii
quor selling.
Mrs. Ellis was not taken to San
Bernardino with the balance of the
prisoners. According to Deputy
Sheriff M. Joseph, who was in Parker
Monday, Mrs. Ellis evaded him while
under arrest. The officer claims he
left her at her store for about one
half hour, and upon returning later
he could not find her. Mrs. Ellis
claims the officer left her place for
over four hours; that she took car
ride down the road toward Vidal,
and later returned; that the follow
ing day she walked to Parker, arriv-
ing here Sunday at noon. Officer
Joseph tried to prevail upon Mrs.
Ellis to accompany him to San Ber-
nardino, but she refused.
Mrs. Ellis stated Wednesday that
she was preparing to move from Cal
zona when the officers appeared. For
the past several months she said she
had been running a little store there,
dealing in groceries, ETC., but owing
to lack of trade she had decided to
move back to Parker, and open up
the dining room of her hotel, which
she is now preparing to do.
The Parker post., 1917-06-09
LIQUOR AGAIN GETS HEALY

Again booze has been too much for
J. j. Healy, out on parole from the
Arizona state penitentiary at Flor
ence. Loaded up with it he forgot
his promises, forgot his good resolu-
tions to walk in the straight and mar
row way and leave whisky alone,
and, urged on by it's sinister inf1u-
ence, he proceeded to get into trouble
again as he had before. Healy is the
newspaper man who was run out of
Parker about eight years ago.
Healy now waits at Kansas City,
charged with obtaining money un-
der false pretenses, and a guard, O.
c. Cole from the penitentiary is on
his way there to return Healy to the
penitentiary and his uncompleted
sentence. The Missouri officials will
probably quash the charge there
against Healey and allow his return
to Arizona.
False impersonation, not a very
serious charge, was what placed
Healy in the Arizona penitentiary in
May 1915. He had served less than
a year when he was paroled.
The Parker post., 1917-06-09
OVER TEN MILLION REGISTER.

More than ten million young Am
orleans enrolled themselves Tuesday
for war service. Registration day,
with but few weeks of preparation,
saw the first military census ever
taken in the United States completed
without single untoward event of
consequence.
The manhood of the nation Obeyed
the presidents call and volunteered
en- masse, setting at naught all the
schemes and plottings of German
sympathizers and the few cranks who
have agitated against registration.
1t remains but to select the men who
are to go to the front.
A feature of the registration was
the refusal of hundreds of thousands
of men to make any reply to the
question, ''DO you claim exemp-
tion?" Even men who reported that
they had dependent families; men
with obvious physical disabilities
and those whose occupations are GER
tain to keep them at home, declined
to make such claim. Apparently
they have entered fully into the very
spirit of the law. They are content
to leave the question of exemption to
the exemption boards.
From incomplete returns 1t is be-
lieved that ArizOna's registration
will exceed $4,000.
The Parker post., 1917-06-09

'"The nation that would do these
things prOclaims the gospel that gov
ernment has no conscience. And
this doctrine cannot live. or else
democracy must die For the ma
tions of the world must keep faith.
There can be no living for us in a
world where the state has no con-
science, no reverence for the things
OF the spirit, no respect for interna-
tional law, no mercy for those who
fall before it's force. What an un-
ordered world! anarchy. the anarchy
of the rival wolf packs!
1--WE are fighting Germany because
in this war feudalism is making it's
last stand against on-coming democ-
racy. We see it now. This is war
against an old spirit, An ancient,
outworn spirit 1t is a war against
feudalism-the right of the castle on
the hill to rule the village below.
of all to be their own masters. Let
Germany be feudal if she will! But
we must not spread her system over
the world that has outgrown it.
Feudalism plus science, thirteenth
century plus twentieth-this is the
religion of mistaken Germany that
has linked itself with the Turk
that has, too, adopted the method of
Mahomet. The state has no con-
science The state can do no
wrong With the spirit of the fan
attic she believes this gospel and that
it is her duty to spread it by force.
with poison gas that makes liv-
ing hell, with submarines that
sneak through the seas to slyly muir
der nOn-cOmbatants, with dirigibles
that lombard men and women, while
they sleep, with perfect system of
terrorization that the modern world
first heard of when German troops
entered China--German feudalism
is making war upon mankind.
Let this old spirit of evil nave
it's way and no man will live in
America without paying toll to it,
in manhood and money. This spirit
might demand Canada from a defeat
ed, nayyless England, and then our
dream of peace ON the north would
be at an end. We would live, as
France has lived, in haunting terror.
America speaks for the world in
fighting Germany. Mark on a map
those countries which are Germany's
allies, and you will mark but four
running from the Baltic through
Austria and Bulgaria to Turkey. All
the other nations, the whole :;lobe
around, are in arms against her are
unable to- move. There is deep
meaning in this.
1--WE fight with the world for an
honest world, in which nations keep
their word, for world in which ma
tions do not live by swagger or
by threat, for world in which men
think of the ways in which they can
conquer the common cruelties of ma
ture instead of inventing more hor-
rible cruelties to inflict upon the
spirit and body of man, for a world
in which the ambition of the phil
osophy of a few shall not make mis-
erable all mankind, for a world in
which the man is held more precious
than the machine, the system of the
state.
The Parker post., 1917-06-09

Spence, and was greatly ap-
preciated by the audience. Miss
Columbia was represented by little
Miss Churl Dunbar, and Uncle Sam,
by Bud" Flanagan, who were ap-
propriately costumed for the parts.
At the conclusion of the exercises
the Indian School band rendered
number of patriotic selections.