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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-03-28

With ringing cheers, flags flying,
steam whistles blowing, patriotic SEN
timent at it's height and the entire city
turned out en- masse, Cordele greeted
Cordele and Georgia soldier boys to-
day, when the first Georgia regiment
arrived by special trains over the At
lanta. Birmingham & Atlantic rail-
way. The special ran in three divis'
ions, the first arriving about 2:l5 and
the second following within thirty
minutes.
While thousands, hundreds OF whom
were visitors from forty to fifty and
even a hundred miles around on ac-
count of the baseball game between
the oBston Braves and New YORK
Yankees and the. showing OF the
Birth of a Nation" participated in
a rousingly enthusiastic demonstra'
ton, the soldier boys detrained as each
section arrived and forming in order
marched through the streets OF the
CITY, headed by the regiment bands.
Colonel Butler, commanding the
regiment, had accepted an invitation
wire from local citizens prior to the
arrival in Cordele to attend the game
between the professional clubs. and at
ter their demonstration through the
streets, they we're marched in order
to the ball park They entertained the
spectators at the ball game for an
bour with military drills, while await
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-03-28
LIGHTING DOES
HEAVY DAMAGE
DURING THUNDER STORM MON
DAY SANATORIUM STRUCK BY
BOLT AND ELECTRIC LIGHT AND
TELEPHONE COMPANY SUI
FERS IN SECTIONS OF CITY.

During the thunder storm early
Monday morning lightning struck the
Cordele Sanatorium, doing consider
able damage. A hole was torn in the
roof Immediately over the room of a
very sick patient and some damage
was done to the rear walls. Nurses
and patients were frightened by the
shock, but no one sustained any in
jury.
The lightning followed along the
telephone and electric light wires, eX-
tinguishing the lights temporarily un-
til they were repaired and putting the
telephone out of commission.
The Cordele Electric company and
Southern Bell Telephone company sus-
tanned considerable damage from
lightning, striking the lines of the
electric company and blowing out
fuses in number of transformers in
the northern and eastern sections of
the city. This damage was repaired
and the lights put to burning again in
a few hours. The lightning got into
cables of the telephone company in
the same sections of the city, tempo
rariIy putting a number of telephones
out of order.
A number of street lights were also
burned out in the Northern Heights
section from lightning.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-03-28
BIG LEAGUERS HAD ONLY SHORT
WHILE TO SHOW WlREGRASS
CRACKERS HOW THEY WORK.
HARD FOUGHT GAME.

Between two thousand and twenty
five hundred fans saw the Boston
Braves defeat the New York Yankees
in the game this Afternoon by a score
of 3 to 0. The Braves outclassed the
Yankees throughout the five innings
played, the game being called on &C
count of darkness. The clubs came
from Macon over the Georgia South
ern G. Florida railway and on account
Of a freight wreck at Beach Haven,
were delayed for several hours, reach
ing Cordele about $3.50 The game was
called at $50 o'clock.
Score by innings: R.. H. E.
Boston ..... ........ .Ozl OU-o
New York .......... 900 90 4 l
Batteries: Boston, Nelf and Cow
dy; New York, Caldwell and Nuna-
mayer, Love and Walters.
The reputation of such players as
Maranville, Evers, Gowdy, Peckin-
paugh, Baker, Magee and Konetchy
made them favorites with the fans,
while the spectacular playing Of 9TH
ers during the game elected favor and
applause Konetchy hit for home
run over left field fence, giving Bos-
ton it's score in the third inning.
The soldier boys were perhaps the
most interested among the spectators.
1t had been a long time since they had
seen a baseball game of any kind, and
they took keen delight in renewing
their enthusiasm over the sport.
The clubs tok supper at the SUI
vance hotel, leaving at 5 o'clock ON
a special train to Albany EN- route to
Dothan, Ala, where they play tomor-
row. Friday they play in Moultrie.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-03-28
Big DAY At ZION
HILL NEXT SUNDAY
GOOD SINGING IN AFTERNOON BY
NUMBER OF LEADERS-MANY
PEOPLE WILL ATTEND.

Everybody is cordially invited to at
tend divine services at Zion Hill next
Sunday morning at eleven o'clock.
Singing Sunday afternoon beginning
at two-thirty o'clock. Rev. ]. B. Pate,
of Amboy, Ca, the pastor, will be in
charge of the church services and the
sermon will be worth hearing.
The program for the afternoon which
Is to be given over to singing exclu-
sively, is already being planned and
this will be one of the most enjoyable
occasions of the early spring. Mr..
W. H. Culpepper is chorister and Will
lend every effort to making the after
noon enjoyable to all those who at
tend. A number of prominent sing
ers will be present and this assures
splendid music.
Plans for the sessions of the Crisp
County Singing convention, which VIII
be. held at this church early in Septem-
Der, are already being made by the
members of this body and this years
meetings promise a great deal of in
terest over wide territory.
President J. w. Spires of the coun-
ty convention, announces by request,
that there will be an all-day singing
at Cedar Creek on Sunday, April 70.
Considerable interest in this event is
also manifested and a large number OF
good singers will be present and help
make the program a good one.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-03-28
HIST LIKE DAD,

A school teacher over at Edmore
has received the following note from
the mother of one of her pupils;
Dear Mis- You writ me about
whippin Sammy. | give you permls'
sion to beet him UP eny time he won't
learn his lesson. He is just like his
father an you have to beet him up with
club to lern him anything. Pound
noledge into him. Don's pay no at
tention to what his father says, will
handle him." emf.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-03-28
CHAUTAUQUA IS
FORMALLY OPENED
The Program Is the Most Pretentious
Ever Arranged for That City
Opening Day Crowds Unusually
Large.

Rochelle, March 27.-Rochelle's
three-day Chautauqua opened this
morning with every indication of being
the most successful this city has ever
known.
The event has been widely advertis-
ed and the attendance at all three at
fractions today was unusually good.
The merchants. clubwomen, and citi-
zens of Rochelle generally are behind
the project and are determined to
make it an unqualified success.
Among the speakers are: Mayor
Jones, of Cordele; Dr. Ellis of Way
cross, and DR.. Charles r. Jenkins of
Wesleyan college. Other features are
The Oglesbees, the Hawkeye Glee
Club, Ernest Gamble party and Her
bert and Floy Mahon Sprague, who
will present Rip Van Wrinkle.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-03-28
TO INVESTIGATE
PEANUT INDUSTRY
r. E. COOK, DISTRICT ENGINEER,
AND SUPERINTENDENT EMPIRE
COTTON OIL COMPANY WILL
MAKE TRIP TO BLAkELY AND
DOTHAN; ALA.

With view to familiarizing them
selves with the methods of manufac-
turing peanut oil. and meal, R. E. Cook,
district engineer for the Empire Cot
ton Oil company, will make a trip to
Blake1y within about two weeks with
several superintendent of mills of the
company in this section to observe
the methods used at the oil mills there.
They may extend their trip to Dothan,
Ala, where peanut growing is very
extensive and the manufacture Of pea
nut oil and meal is an established in
dustry.
Mr.. Cook returned several days ago
from a trip to Blakely and points in
Alabama. He states that vast acres
in southwest Georgia and Alabama are
being planted to peanuts and that
great profits are being realized from
the production of the crop. One farm
er he states, who did not plant stalk
of cotton, though produced peanuts
IN immense quantities, Hetteu pioh'
Of about $4,000 from last years crop.
Oil mills of Cordele and this section
/, are all preparing to handle peanuts in
lthe manufacture of oil, and Mr.. Cook
states it as his opinion that the crop
of this section will bring an excellent
price. He does not think that the pro-
duction could possibly exceed the de-
mand
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-03-28
DIFFEE SHIPS Three
CARS VELVET BEANS
SELLS THREE CARS AT AVERAGE
OF $500 TO CAR-WILL ENGAGE
IN FEED MAN UFACTURtNG
BUSINESS, USING BEANS AS
CHIEF PRODUCT.

Three carloads Of velvet beans were
shipped Monday by J. NJ. Diffee to an
Albany feed manufacturing mill. There
were about eighteen tons to the car
and the price paid for the beans aver
aged $500 per car.
Mr.. Diffee has been buying velvet
beans for some time, paying the best
market prize and storing them in his
warehouse near his ginnery in the
southern part Of the city. There is a
ready market for all of the velvet
beans available
Mr.. Diffee contemplates installing
machinery in connection with his gin
merry for the operation of field mill
and it is his purpose to eventually en-
ter into the manufacture of mixed and
sweet feed on large scale. using vel
vet beans as a chief product.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-03-28
RET JIRNING SOLDIER BOYS WE'RE
GREETED HERE BY THOUSANDS

likewise announced the departure at
seven o'clock. The police handled the
crowds in fine manner and but for
their good service, the business section
would have been blocked all the af-
ternoon.
The stars and stripes decorated all
public buildings, and every man, wo-
man and every child large enough to
carry one had flag, and they used
them in a demonstration that was
striking for it's enthusiasm.
Cordele boys on the train were
Branch Fleming "Slick" Thompson,
Archie Thornton and George Bussey.
They arrived on the second division
of the train.
AS whole the soldier boys of the
First regiment are robust, strapping
young fellows, not weakling among
them. but all red faced and sun tanned,
each of them picture of energetic,
healthy young manhood. The rough
camp life on the border, sand storms,
hot days and freezing nights seem not
to have used them very badly.
1t was baner day for Cordele with
three big events occurring at the same
time, the arrival of the soldiers shar-
ing honors with the baseball game be-
tween the Boston Braves and New
York Yankees, while hundreds arrang-
ed to see these events and take in
1.-The Birth of Nation" at the school
auditorium afterward.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-03-28
BODY OF ENTHUSIASTIC WORK
ERs ORGANIZED ASSOCIATION
MONDAY, .N(GHT-e. |. oEKLE
rs HEAD OF ASSOCIATION.

That Crisp County Fair is launched!
At meeting of interested business
men Monday night in the office of o. T.
Cover the start was made and now
tie institution is practically organized
and on foot This start indicates that
Crisp from one end to the other will
be represented in one of the most ex-
cellent fairs ever conducted in this
county. l.. Dekle is president, O..
T. Cover, vice president and w. P.
Fleming, secretary and treasurer The
other part of the organization includes
six business men of Cordele as direc-
tors, and a vice president in every
militia district. Except in Cordele
these are also prominent farmers.
The association is moving purely
from patriotic motives and will not
organize and proceed as for profit
from the undertaking, The one motive
will be the holding of splendid fair
just proceeding the state, fair in Ma
con. r - 81
The first meeting Of all the new Of
ficers, vice presidents and directors
will be held at a noon luncheon at
the Greek American restaurant Satur-
day. Letters. have gone out notifying
each Of the men who are to serve and
/they are to, be present at the occa-
sion. The final business details will
be worked out at the luncheon. Here
is Secretary Treasurer Fleming's let
ter to the members of the body invit-
ing them to attend this luncheon:
"You are cordially invited and ur-
gently requested to meet some of your
friends at the Greek-American restau-
rant next Saturday at II o'clock, noon.
SIT is important that you come.
eve want to get our heads and
hearts together and have Crisp coun-
ty fair that is a fair sure enough.
Il am requested to write you this
invitation by bunch of men who are
behind this matter with vim.
"We need you, come!
yours truly, .....-->...4
"W. P. FLEMING,
Secretary Treasurer Crisp County
Fair Association"
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-03-28
WORK ON HEARD
RESIDENCE Begun
COSTLY HOME BEING ERECTED
BY PRICE HEARD IN EAST COR
y DELE-WTLL BE ONE OF Pref
TIESF IN TOWN.

Material has been placed on the
ground and work begun for the cree
ton of a handsome home for Price
Heard in East Cordele, near the home
Of ]. w. Cannon.
The site is one of the most desira-
BILE in that section of the city and the
dwelling will be elegant and commodi-
GUS, costing approximately $4,000.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-03-28
BIG CROWD SAW BRAVES
Win GAME FROM YANKEES
GULF REFINING COMPANY
MAKES ADDITIONS

The Gulf Refining company is max
ing additions to their building at the
corner of Seventh street and Seven
teenth avenue that will double their
floor space. The improvements have
been under way for several days and
will probably be completed next week.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-03-28
QUERY.

"Why is the American Flag more
enduring than the emblems of other
nations?"
1.-THE lilly may fade and its leaves
decay, (France).
The Rose from it's stem may sever,
(England)
The Shamrock and Thistle may pass
away, Qreland and Scotland)
But the Stors shine on forever"
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-03-28
EXCELLENT OFFICE
IN HOLMES BUILDING

Attorney Max E. Land and L. L. Da-
Wis, DR.. S. F. Williams and DR.. A. H.
Kendall, the dentist, are occupying
the new office rooms on the second
floor of the Holmes building on Elev-
enth avenue. All of these offices are
excellently arranged and comfortably
equipped.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-03-28
HAS OPERATION
FOR APPENDICITIS

Mrs. Minnie Byrd, wife Of G. w.
Byrd, of the PIMA settlement, under
went an operation for appendicitis at
the local sanatorium Sunday after
noon. Mrs. Byrd is daughter OF w.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-03-28

J. Musselwhite, Crisp county's tax col
lector. She has numerous friends
throughout the county who deeply re-
gret her illness and wish her a speedy
recovery. Latest reports from her
bedside are that her condition is very
encouraging.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-08
THE LAST EXAMINATION
OF WARS DRAFT

Many man has fallen down because
test of his water showed unmistak-
ably that he had kidney disease.
The kidneys are the scavengers ana
they work day and night in separating
the poisons from the blood. Their sig
nails of distress are easily recognized
and include such symptoms as back
ache depressions, drowsiness, irritaoli'
ity. headaches, dizziness, rheumatic
twinges, dropsy, gout
THE very best way TO restore the
kidneys to their normal state of health
and cure such symptoms" says DR..
Pierce. of Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, n. Y.
"is to drink plenty of water and OBJ
tain from your favorite pharmacy
small amount of An-u-ric. double
strength. which is dispensed by almost
every druggist" You will find Anuric
more potent than lithia, dissolves uric
acid as water does sugar.
Send Dr. Pierce 10c for trial pkg. and
ask for advice if there is need. tAdv9
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-08
MANY OPENINGS
At ARMY CAMPS

Beginning this week accepted apph'
cants for the following positions In the
engineers organizations OF the National
army will be forwarded to the following
camps:
ouarrymen and miners, Camp Meade
Maryland; supply and shop service
Camp Dix, n. j.; camouiiage service,
Washington ID. g. These branches VIII
20 10 make up the water supply com
pany OF the National army engineers
The personnel of the water supply
company is as follows: One first ser
geant. one mess sergeant. one stable
sergeant, one saddler, five cooks, two
buglers. one stenographer, three clerks
nine teamsters, twenty-five chauneurs
four packers, one cobbler. one baker
one horseshoer. one hundred and four
electricians, six carpenters, twenty
rough carpenters, one tailor, eight sur
veyors. gagers and photographers
twelve hand drill operators, fourteen
power drill operators, nine gas engine
operators, six tool sharpeners, hve
blacksmiths, eight machinistss. twelve
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-08
ROAD IMPROVEMENT
BIDS WERE TOO HIGH

The bids submitted to the county
for building the twenty
six miles OF surface roads were above
the estimate. and were rejected.
For the road from Ardmore to Wood
ford. by way of Springer, the estimate
was s53,751.93. The bids were as fol
lows: Jack ID. Moreland. Terrell. Texas,
s5S.95O.S2: Larkin Construction com
pany. Of Dallas. Texas, S59,53ol3.
For the road from Ardmore to Ber'
wyn. by way of Hignight school. the
estimate was s27,9O51O. and the bids
were Moreland. s2S .352.O5; Larkin Con
struction company. s29,1l3.5O.
The commissioners will take some
action next Monday on the building of
these roads.
One explanation given for the fact
that only two bids were made on
these road contracts is the scarcity and
uncertainty of labor and the con
stantly increasing cost of material.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-08
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
REVIVAL MEETING

The series OF revival meetings at the
First Christian church continues with
additions TO the church at almost every
service. The services tonight begins at
7 O'Clock will be concluded befDre the
opeing OF the concert mt the Convention
Hail. The subject for tonight 49,
Where Art Thou?" The sermon last
night was on the subject "A Square
Look at an Overlooked Character
The pastor said In part: "The parable
OF the prodigal son Is at once famili'
ar and popular pulpit theme. Ministers
OF all shades of theological thought like
10 preach from the fifteenth chapter OF
Luke Nor is Il to be wondered at. The
story of the prodigal is full of human
interest. II Is a life drama In five
acts: The old home-the far country
the swine field-the homeward journey
the fathers welcome.
Familiar as this parable Is, we sell
dom attach much Importance to its
latter portion, most of us are accus-
toned to stop at the twenty.fourth
verse. The prodigal gets all the lime
light: his brother Is left among the
shadows.
1.-The prodigal sons brother Is pro-
nounced type of the respectable sinner.
He Is living good. moral life. but he
refused the gracious invitation Of his
father TO come in the house and enjoy
the festivities, and welcome his brother
back home. His younger brother had
sown luxuriant crop OF wild oats ana
according to an memorable law, he har
! wasted main suffering and remorSe
Yet. Notwithstanding all this. the prodi
gal Il a more lovable character than
his boastful. self.righteous. unforgivine
bi other who while OF disreputable was
a sinner OF n repellant sort"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-08
DON 7 COUGH
ANY LONGER
Too Late to Prevent Your Cold. But
NOw's the Time to Prevent Its
Serious Consequences.

You will not find better remedy than
DR.. Bells Pine-Tar.Honry TO prevent
your cough from developing into a
grave and even dangerous ailment. This
pleasant balsam preparation is antisep-
tic, and quickly effective. When you
take DR.. Bells PineTar-Honey you
check the spread Of infectious germs.
loosen and help eliminate the phlegm'
soothe the inflammation, and relieve
that grippy feeling.
Get a bottle of DIR. Bells Pine-Tar-
Honey and watch your Improvement
from the first dose. Do not be satisfied
with half-treatment, however. Take
DIR, Bells PineLTar-HoHey till your
grippe, cold, or bronchitis is complete
ly relieved. For hoarseness and sore
throat use also as a gargle. The taste
is so pleasant, children take it without
coaxing.
Tear this ad out and take it to your
druggist with Csc and he will give you
the genuine DIR. Bells Pine-Tar-Honey.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-08
ENJOyED HIS SMOKE

Thompson & Wilkinson. wholesale
and retail tobacco dealers of Ardmore
have received. a letter from French
soldier, acknowledging a package OF
their cigarets. sent him by friend
He states that he is in dugout on the
French front. Before the war he lived
in Mexico and also had been in Peru
Chile. Brazil and Argentine. He is
native of France He was in the battle
of Verdun, but so far has escaped in
Jury. He gives the name of Marco
Lefanchind, thirty.niDth Legion, tenth
Division.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-08
BROTHER AND SISTER
MEET HERE FOR FIRST
TIME IN 50 YEARS

Mrs Harmonic Arnold, of Henrietta,
is here visiting her brother. r. T. Dale,
and family. 221 ID street, southeast.
Through accident they have been re-
united after a separation Of more than
half a century. In 1862, when they
were about six years of age, their par
ents died. The girl was adopted by her
maternal grandparents and the boy
went with other relatives. A short time
ago Mrs. Arnold learned that another
brother. G. c. Dale. was a resident of
this city. A letter she wrote to G.. c.
Dale was received by r. T. Dale, who
Immediately replied and urged Mrs Ar.
mold to come here. At the time OF their
separation, fifty-five years ago, they
lived in Monroe county, Miss.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-08
SEEMS EVERYBODY
HEARD ABOUT IT
All Want 10 Try New Drug That Dries
Up COrns So They Lift
Ont

Good news spreads rapidly and drug
gists here are kept busy dispensing
freezone, the recent discovery of Gin
cinnati man, which is said to loosen any
corn so it lifts out with the fingers.
a quarter OF an ounce costs very
little at any pharmacy, but is said to be
sufficient to rid ones feet Of every hard
or soft corn or callus.
You apply just a few drops on the
tender. aching corn and instantly the
soreness is relieved, and soon the corn
is so shriveled that it lifts out without
pain 1t is a sticky substance which
dries when applied and never infiamss
or even irritates the adjoining tissue.
This discovery win prevent thousands
Of deaths annually from lockjaw and
infection heretofore resulting from the
suicidal habit Of cutting corns. CAdv)
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-08
Mans AUSTRIAN vIOLINIsT

Pittsburg, Pa. Nov. S.-charies >.
Hubbard. director OF public safety mas
ordered the police department to refuse
a concert license to Fritz kreisler' an
Austria army captain and violinist' VINO
was advertised TO appear In Carnegie
Music hall this evening. Director
Unhbard received protest from num-
ber OF patriotic organizations anu ''o'
many individuals against the hre's'e'
concerts.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-08
Red Cross Notes.
Dick Carter Is Released.

Marshfield. Mo. Nov. 8.-Dick Car
ter. who turned states evidence at the
trial of Claude Piersol, convicted as one
of the kidnapers Of baby Lloyd Keet.
has been released from jail here, 1t be-
came known here.
Carter and his wife left for Pana. Ill,
but he is expected 70 return here in
January 10 testify against other defend-
ants in kidnaping plots.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-08

nine filters. ten plumbers, three ma
sons two riggers and sixty-seven com
mon iaborers. Total number OF men
wanted, $50.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-08
KANSAN KILLED IN WAR.

can names appearing in yesterdays Can
dian casualty list is that Of w. +.
Karr. Topeka, Kansas, who died of
wounds.