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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-06-06
Will ANNOUNCE
ADVISORY BOARD
MEETING FOR SOCIAL WELFARE
WORK OF MINISTER'S AND
CHURCH WORKERS AT MISS Nc
klNNA'S OFFICE NEXT THURS
DAY AFTERNOON.

Miss Mckinna urges every minis
ter and as many of the church ladies
as well as the officials as can possibly
come to attend a meeting in her Of
flee Thursday afternoon at o'clock.
At this meeting the advisory board
for the general social service work
Of the county will be announced.
Miss Mckinna also requests that all
cases be reported to her throughout
the county either by phone. letter or
person. She is especially anxious to
learn Of any widower mother with
small children who need aid. She will
be very glad to confer with any par
ent or citizen in the county in regard
TO any delinquent children that she
might be benefit to. 1t is especially
urged that the merchants will give
no aid to floating paupers passing
through but will refer them to Miss
McKinna. Some very interesting
work has been done during the past
week with this class of people in Cor
dele and the cooperation is needed
for this report of the work more than
any other
There have been five cases before
Judge Fleming, the Juvenile court
Judge, since the work has been or
gained and each of these cases was
disposed Of in very satisfactory man
ner. Anyone desiring to become bet
ter acquainted with the work will
please get in touch with Miss McKin-
ma and feel free to come to her office
for information or to report any cases.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-06-06
SAVANNAH PROUD OF
REGISTRATION RECORD

Savannah, June ct is estimated
that close to 5000 men, white and
colored, between the ages of 21 and 81,
registered under the draft laws in
Savannah Tuesday Considering that
Savannah has already furnished 1900
men for the country's defense-more
than any other city her. size-this
number is very large. The occasion
was marked by patriotic demonstra-
tons. Registering began early, and
the number Of men at all the places
OF registration was heavy all day At
$50 O'Clock in the afternoon, after
the registration cesaed, the men who
had offered themselves to their coun-
try, with badges pinned to their coats,
formed part OF huge parade which
went from City Hall on the Bay to
the Park Extension, where appropri-
ate flag raising exercises were held.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-06-06
NEGROES COME BACK FROM
NORTHERN TRIP IN COFFINS

The remains of Elder Kimball, ne
gro drayman in Cordele until a few
months ago, are OH their way to his
old boyhood home at Benevolence, Ga,
where they go for burial that will
be provided by the people with whom
he grew to manhood He went north
from here only few months ago and
could not withstand the privations
and hardships imposed on him while
he was trying to find something to do
at which he could earn a livelihood
Word comes back that this negro went
hungry for days and might have sur
vived the illness that took him had
he been where the actual bodily com
forts could have been provided. His
friends in Cordele among the colored
people deeply regret his death. He
was a respectable negro and made his
way in splendid manner while he lived
in Cordele. A telegram had come to
relatives here for help for Kimball but
before it could be senet another came
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-06-06
LOCAL PASTORS
ARE ORGANIZED
FORM MINISTERIAL ASSOCIA-
TON WITH REV. WALTER AN
THONY AS PRESIDENT.

A local ministerial association has
been formed with all the pastors in
Cordele as members. A meeting was
held Monday morning in the pastors
study at the, Metbedist church and
Rev. Walter Anthony was made presi-
dent and Rev. Mr.. Gates, pastor Of
the Presbyterian church, was made
secretary.
1t is the purpose of this organiza-
ton to hold monthly meetings and at
each session some members of the
body will have paper to read touch
ing some vital topic on church work
in the community
The ministerial association has been
considered a necessity and it is
thought that the members will be
able to do a great deal of good thru
the interchange of ideas which will
result from the monthly meetings.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-06-06

that he was dead.
The body of another younger unmar-
ried negro went out to the home of his
parents in the county Monday night.
1t had been returned from the north
where death overlook him.
Word constantly comes back from
those who are struggling for standing
room and working room in the north
that they are not permitted to enter
the public work at any place. Sickness
and suffering attend some and others
are beating their way back home.
Some have even written that they
are walking back and begging what
they eat.
The responsible element in Cordele
among the negroes say that they are
doing what they can to have every
body understand true conditions, but
when one is so hard headed as to
star, the only good thing to do is to
let him go and find ont for himself.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-06-06
DURING REGISTRATION HOURS.
NEGROES WE'RE CHEERFTII

While the occasion was attended by
somewhat Of spirit of solemnity.
Cordele and Crisp county men went to
the registration precincts yesterday
in good spirit and entered their names
as subjects to the call of their coun-
try for service wheresoever their coun
try may see fit to place them. AS a
rule they went from a sense of pa
triotic duty.
The demeanor of the negroes as
they registered was especially strik-
ing, or rather, it was commenda bic
from one standpoint. Perhaps they
were not as capable of realizing the
solemn duty that attached to- the oc-
casion they were not as serious as
the whites.
1t is not improbable, in fact, on the
other hand it was most likely, that a
number Of negroes over and under the
ages specified strained a point in re-
citing their ages in order to come W
in the registration. They went in Sfsi
good cheer, and the insignia in the
form of the arm band presented them
was source of the greatest pride
to them
No matter how serious the occasion
may be, it is usually left to the negro
to inject negro wit when he has any
thing to do with an occasion of more
than ordinary import
One OF the mhad just been down and
registered and received his arm band.
Jokingly, white man VINO met him
question, John, what is that you have
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-06-06
LAWYERS WANT VEAZY
LAW REPEALED IN GEORGIA

Savannah, June 5.-After a most
pleasant and interesting three-daWs
session at the Hotel Tybee, ,one HIM
dred and fifty members of the Georgia
Bar Association have returned Ito
their homes. They elected Orvi1le al
Park, of Macon, president for. tie
coming year 81.
The lawyers admitted Mrs Mary
Campbell Johnston, of Brunswick, q
woman attorney into the association
as its first woman member They went
Oh record as opposed to the Veazy
hill, ard decided that the "bone-dry''
law was in need Of amendments, as it
was too drastic and tended to breed
contempt of law by its non-enforce-
ment because it is too drastic to be
properly enforced.
Talk of war entered into all the
speeches, and the gathering was a
much more serious occasion than the
frolicsome time at the Hotel Tybee
last year. The lawyers said they were
delighted with the treatment accord
ed them at the hotel, and. are expect
ed to return TO Tybee again next sum-
mer
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-06-06
ST. LOUIS LIVE STOCK MARKET
SPECIAL REPORT,

: National Stock Yards, Ills. June 5.
l9l7.-Today's receipts: Cattle, 5000;
Hogs, 10000; Sheep, 1900.
Hogs: Today's trade opened about
steady on best grade hogs, but clos
ed 10c lower One fancy car hogs sold
to a city butcher, but outside Of this
SIG was the top with best hogs weigh
ing 1870 pounds up selling from 1855
to SIG; mixed hogs 100 pounds UP
$15.25 to $15,50; 100 to 14O pound pigs
$3.50 to $14.75; lighter pigs SO to
$3.50; best rough hogs SIS to $15.25,
with habitat roughs at $40 to $12.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-06-06
RAISED Big FLAG
IN CENTER TOWN
MANY IMPRESSIVE FEATURES IN
EXERCISES AT COURTHOUSE
WHEN LARGE CROWD HEARD
ADDRESSES OF SPEAKERS.

The show of patriotism during reg
istration day in Cordele and Crisp
county was all that could have been
asked for even by the government at
Washington, and it is almost certain
that few other communities in the
state did more in this line.
While the business houses were not
closed almost all the time OF both
men who are at the head of the bus
mess enterprises of the city and the
employees was given to making the
day memorable one.
At $50 in the morning the flag rails
ing exercises in the center OF the
city occurred The exercises were i'm
pressive and when little Edna Barthol-
omew pulled the ropes that turned
Old Glory to the breezes, the crowd
had removed every hat and began to-
applaud enthusiastically.
Rev. Walter Anthony was master
Ol CeISmONlSS Oi lAio oSNooioh' ASS''
John Moore Walker, Dr. Tf j. McAr-
thur, o M. Heard and c. d. BercaW
were scheduled for short addresses.
Rev. Mr.. Gates added an impressive
short talk and Mrs. Max Land with a
brief word of commentator closed
this part of the exercises An impress
siye and ebautiful rendering of "The
Star Spangled Banner followed,
quartet composed of w. L. Robuck
R. E. Harris, H. e. Patten and G. t.
Christian doing the singing. When
this was concluded, Little Miss Bar
tholomew, seemingly impressed with
the full meaning OF the part she was
to play, walked with Mr. Anthony to
the flag pole in the center of the street
and released the big United States
flag. The breeze that Immediately I'M
furled it seemed to catch the spirit
Of the occasion and everybody who
witnessed the exercises was impress
ed with the full meaning.
Exercises at Courthouse.
The ladies had the program all ar
ranged at the courthouse and the
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-06-06
SHOW OF PATRIOTISM
FINE IN COMMUNITY

crowds gathered there Immediately
The court house was we'll filled, many
of the colored people being in the bal
rony, when Master of CercmCnias, Hor
/ w. H. Doris, called the body 70 order
The program rendered during the
morning was as follows:
| Song America" ty audience.
| Invocation-Rev. Mr.. Cafes.
! Salute and Pledge of Allegiance tc
the Flag Children Of Republic.
Is Short Patriotic Addresses, five min
utes each-Judge d. A. r. Crum, M
M. Fakes, C. E. Brwon.
Boy Scouts Oath.
Song Columbia" by audience.
Short Addresses-Judge U. V. Whip
pie, Judge w. P Fleming, Hon. Isaiah
Williams.
Reading -"Your Flag and My Flag
Miss Keene Martin.
Song-"Star Spangled Banner" by
audience.
Benediction-Rev. J. II. Coin.
On account of the death of his
mother, Editor J. w. Bivins Of the
Sentinel had to be absent from the
city. Business requirements took Mr..
Scandrett away and Mayor Jones was
physically unable to- fill his place.
Other speakers made impressive, pa
triotic addresses, those Of Judge Whip
pie Judge Stroller and Hon. Isaiah
Williams being especially good. Miss
Keene Martins reading, Your Flag
and My Flag" was especially impress
sive. H. S. Brogdon of Redwood paid
splendid tribute to the women of
tie Confederacy in short address at
the conclusion of the formal program.
The negroes had asked a hearing
and this was given Immediately. Rev.
Lee O'Neal was sent in as speaker
and delivered a most impressive ne
gro appeal, pledging the loyalty of
the colored man and telling of the
black mans effort to do his part. A
rising vote of appreciation for THIS
address was given by the meeting and
it was everywhere apparent that the
white people had new and profound
idea of negro loyalty.
. The patriotic songs rendered dur
ing the morning were led by Miss
Fakes and the whole gathering sang
with genuine patriotic impulse.
Mrs. Max Land, Mrs W. P. Flem-
ing, Mrs. nj. M. Fakes and number
of the ladies of the cmomunity who
had prepared the program, remained
and arranged for the noon luncheon
for the registrars.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-06-06

on your arm?' APPLY the negro re.
piled, why, Cap, OATS de sample Of
mer new suit
CLERK }. A. Littlejohn was register
ing the county convicts within the age
limits. They were all stationed in tha
county commissioners rooms with
guards at dos and windows. The
clerk came to a young negro whose in
teilect had not been developed to.
superfluOus degree.
Where were you born?" the clerk
asked. a.
i wuz born at home, Cap'n," the
negro replied, with a dense exares-
sion on his face
DIS here show is de wust thing
Use ever seed" one negro said to
another as they stood in line waiting
their turn to be registered.
The other negro shook his head and
asked, Niger, you don't know nuth.
in, is 70 ever borrowed any money
from Mr.. -----?"
One negro in mailing in his regis
'ratlon card mailed it under special,
deiVery stamp and to make doubly
sure that it would get to the right
place, he put directions on the envel-
ope for delivery of same. He address,
ed the letter in this manner, ITO the
llgh Shearif of Cordele, Ca, Cordele.
Ca" and to the postmaster he gave
these Instructions Please delivery
TINS without fale to the Heigh Shearf
OF Cordele, Ca, from Ruill Johnson,
Elkton, Fla"
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-06-06

Please do not let Mrs. HighbroW get
hold of this. Those who had to DO
with the erecting of the big nag IN
the center of town are especially
proud of their work and since the
whole community seems to think well
If this little show of patriotism; The
Dispatch wishes to report in its news
columns how it was done. But please
don't tell Mrs. Highbrow, for much
has been said already against her
noIicy of seeing that every body gets
credit for the. good done.
& NJ. Watson proposed it. Members
of the big committee on a program
for Tuesday said that would be the
dav for the flag raising and the work
was started. Mr.. Watson donated
STEEL flag pole base that was probably
the most costly part Of the material
used The Crisp County Lumber Com
many made the real flag pole and gave
If and even the making was an &C.
complishment of no ordinary note
Turn q pole OF that length was
rood The Tomlin-Harris Ma
chine I, .pany did the iron work YORK re- e,
CURED and shaped the steel base in
nroner manner as only good machine
shop can. F. L. Bartholomew, Hard
ware, brought out the gray paint, and
tho little incidentals in their line.
such as rope, tackle and brackets and
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-06-06
"RUDOLPH.''

Extract of letter from Captain C. B.
Meyer, captain Coast Artillery, N. Y:
81 know" private Barry to be an eX
cellent man. | have every reason to
believe that he will be non-commis-
stoned officer very soon, and were
there any vacancies he would be one
now. Have never had occasion to re-
primand him. He has always been on
the job, and always ready to perform
in an efficient manner any duty he has
been called on to perform"
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-06-06

Lieutenant Ernest c. Williams of
the marine corps has been given a
medal of honor for CONSPICUOUS BRAY
cry in San Domingo On Nov. 29, 1916,
First Lieutenant Ernest c., Williams,
with twelve men, charged fort
(FCrtaleZa) at San Francisco de Mar
coris in the face of fire from about
forty rifles, hurled himself against the
doors just as they were being closed,
was the first inside, and, without the
loss single man, but with eight of
his original detachment of twelve men
succeeded in capturing the fort
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-06-06
COMMITTEE FOR
LIBERTY BONDS
BUSINESS CONCERNS AND lNDi-
VlDUALS OF CORDELE ARE IN
VISITING IN THE BONDS, PRlN-
CIPALLY ON A BASIS OF PATRl.
OTTO SERVICE TO COUNTRY.

The sale of liberty bonds in Cordele
is in full swing Thousands of dollars
worth of the bonds will be purchased
by Cordele people while interest in
this patriotic service is at it's heighth.
While hundreds of individuals, women
as well as men, are purchasing liberty
bonds, some for large amounts and
some smaller on the easy pay plan as
advertised by the Cordele banks, ac-
cording to the financial ability of the
purchaser; business concerns are TAX
ing up the movement and canvassing
their forces from draymen up to book
keepers and head clerks to invest in
these bonds. The instance of the pur-
chase by the Heard Grocery company
last week of $500 worth of these
bonds was one of several Of this kind
that have followed
A Liberty Loan committee has been
appointed in Cordele with O.. M. Heard
$s. chairman, f. L. Bartholomew, w.
NJ. Espy,s W. H.! Mckenzie, J. M. Diff
fee The dKties of this committee are
to, sG assist Irrespective purchasers of
4Sahsgt bends in whatsoever way they
$sata.y Ih egs will explain the proposition
e fsFHI offer whatever sugges-
ti9fs4 assfleQ. may deem servicable to
the prospective purchaser
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-06-06
AND THIS Is THE WAY THE
FLAG WENT UP YESTERDAY

gave them. PembertOn made the nag
and some other citizens who are real
Jv and truly afraid of Mrs. Highbrow,
paid for it.
And now to the work. The labor was
one of the big essentials and it really
amounts to as much as the material
used. Mayor Jones and Aldermen John
Sheppard and ]. N. King gave direc-
ton as to- the site and Superintendent
Will Webb of the waterworks system
excavated for the base and superin-
tended the erection.
The Cordele Electric Company gave
the service of its line superintendent
and the use of it's pole erecting equip
ment The Western Union likewise
gave the service of its line superin-
tendent, as also did the Southern Bell
Telephone company. The Motor Sup
ply & Repair Works put the material
on the grounds. The labor of the city
street force was used And all Of this
help was volunteered.
And this is the way the big flag
went upi The casual admirer must
have had little idea about what it
took to get it. 1t is certain that the
average person knows very little about
the Willingness with which everybody
helped. So many did their "little bit
that it is literally everybody's flag.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-06-06
TOTAL REGISTRATION
IN CRISP COUNTY 1866
w. A. TURNER is A
PRIZE TURNlP GROWER

w A. Turner, progressive farmer
en- the place of O. T. Cover about
three miles northeast Of the city,
seems to have taken the blue ribbon
SO far for the biggest turnips raised
in the county, Mr. Turne was dis
playing number in the city Tues
day. One of them was almost as
large as a water bucket and two 9TH
ers were almost as large. The turnips
were of the purple top variety. Though
Mr.. Turner has only a small plot plant
ed in turnips he has crop that would
feed several families as large as his
own or several months
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-06-06
fine WHEAT CROP
GROWN IN CRISP
c. |. WILLIAMS GETS 221 BUSH
ELS ON 10 ACRES-OTHER REC
ORDS.


If the wheat crop all over the coun-
try were up to the record by G.. l..
Williams, who resides two miles north
on the National Highway, it would
take a long time for the spectators
to get away with the output. His
yield was 221 bushels on ten acres
1t is true Mr. Williams is one of the
substantial and successful farmers Of
this section but he does not consider
that he has done better work than can
be done on other Crisp county farms
J. M. Of Holley community re-
ports SO bushels of wheat on IL
acres This is another fine yield and
is but another evidence of what good
farming means.
Both Mr. Williams and Mr.. Cole
have made sufficient quantity of
wheat to supply the farms which they
operate, and there will be some to
spare. Mr.. Williams is planning to
save HIS o"h occu wheat ny piopei
storing and by weeyil preventatives.
County Demonstration Agent j. A.
Johnson is giving his assistance to
this matter and hopes to make
this job such a success as will make
it possible for other local wheat grow
ers to make their own seed and keep
it till planting time.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-06-06
SPLENDID SPIRIT
SHOWN BY men
FROM TIME WHISTLES AN
NOUNCE THE BEGINNING PACK
ED LINE AT COURT HOUSE
AWAITING THEIR TURN.

The total registration in Crisp coun-
ty was 1866, of which there were SGT
negroes, a majority of 1853 over the
whites. The total whites registered
were 500.
From the moment that every steam
whistle in the city announced the
hour for the opening of registration
at o'clock Tuesday morning, there
Crisp county court house, each wait
ing their turn to be registered. AS
the whistles announced the hour the
men in waiting there cheered, the
groups of men about the streets, some
of them up unusually early to see the
demonstration begin, also cheered en-
Enthusiastically.
Every man within the ages of FL
and 81 seemed possessed of a feeling
that he had duty to perform and
the sooner he performed that duty
the better. There was scramble fcS
a place in the line, and some of those
waiting stood in line for two hours be-
fore their turn came. Throughout the
morning the line was congested, and
for an hour at noon the crowd sub
sided. The line was swelled again in
the afternoon and remained so for
several hours. For two hours before
the registration closed at 9 o'clock
there was an occasional register, but
practically all in the Cordele precinct
had gone before the registrars by the
late afternoon.
Aside from the general stir and bus
tie about the court house, occasioned
by the large crowd, perfect quiet and
order prevailed. With possible few
exceptions, most Of which were caus-
ed from oversight, the registration
was complete for all men in the coun-
ty between the ages named. 1t Yves ev-
idenced that some effective worn Lad
been done throughout the county, not
only in notifying those subject to- reg
istration, but informing them as to
the questions which would be put to
them and the manner in which they
Continued on Page 81
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-06-06
DEATH SENTENCE
NEGRO FIRST TO REGISTER

--.lanta, June 5.-Charlie Williams,
negro under death sentence in the
Decatur county, Ga, Jail, enjoys the
distinction of being the first man
whose registration card had been
turned into the Office of Adjutant-
General ]. Van Holt Nash.
1t seems that Charlie killed man
and was tried and sentenced to hang
and is now awaiting the outcome of
motion for new trial and like all
other Jail prisoners of military age he
had to register. But instead of wait
ing until today, he asked the sheriff
to fill out his card in advance and
sent it to "the adjutant and general,
as he pronounced General Nash's
title.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-06-06
MRS. M. C. BlVINs DIES
AT HOME IN AMERlCUS

Mrs. M. c. Bivins, mother OF Editor
w. Bivins, of this city, died Mon
dav night at $50 o'clock at the home
of her son, Rev. r. l.. Biyins, at
Americas. She was IS years old and
had been sick for only few hours
nrior to her death, which occurred
rahter suddenly.
Mrs. Bivins was known to large
number of Cordele people by whom
she was greatly beloved. She was
splendid Christian character and her
life had been most useful one.
The funeral and burial occurred
Wednesday forming at Americas DR.
purser. Of Atlanta, conducting the ser
vice. Mr.. and Mrs. j. W. Bivins, Miss
Bula Bivins, Mr. William Biyins ant
Col. H. c. Mckenzie attended the fun
eral.