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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-14
WHY LYNcHINGS?

The papers of Georgia, except the
incendiary, are very generally agreed
in condemning lynching at all times.
We have but to even mention lynch
ing and from every direction comes
denunciation by the press. If this had
been the case years ago the mission
airy work might have caused the his
tcry of today to read differently. We
lead in lynchings. Last year Georgia
permitted mobs to put to death four
teen persons. That was larger mum
Der than any other state in the union
cculd muster.
One Georgia paper suggests that it
IS Just as much murder for hundred
persons to take part in the killing of
another as it is for one man to kill
a-iOtHcIJ anu dlDtHCl bCCi 81" P"P"A
suggests that it is a burned sight
more cowardly."
Now, that is coming down to rea-
scning. Law abiding citizens who
ave respect for themselves and their
1wn homes and who think of the times
len it may be necessary for the
E ate to safeguard every home from
the depredations of the lawless, dc
Ect take part in the murders done by
the mob They do not believe in lynch
ing.
Most of our lynchings are done by
: ersons who are not brave enough to
stand up and fight single handed
They fight only when a crowd is there
u pull the victim to pieces. No wrong
II avenged by this offense against the
q nifty Of the law. Every member OF
TIC mob has become a coWardly Grim
ii.sl the moment he takes the least
It in such a ceremony and respec'
.- the majesty of the law has beer
-yered in every incendiary stroke.
IRE we going to lead in lynchings
r. 1917. 1t isn't a record of which tc
|. !st,-the fact that we are first We
= Mt to be last this year and quit
g., Il none.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-14
AGAIN, FELLOWSHIP.

The town is soon to join in
representative event whose purpose is
to strengthen community fellowship
and loyalty This is the dinner on the
evening of January 25 Nobody ought
to miss this occasion. 1t is a business
mems affair. And when we refer to
the business men we ought to include
men of every calling. 1t is the com.
munity welfare that will be sought 1t
is a neighborly expression of fellow
feeling that will be proposed. For
this reason the men that make the
community ought to be present
Those who really are the town so
far as its business is concerned, sell
dom have time for many hours away
from their duties, but there is an oc-
casion when an evening off will do
good The curbstone conversational
lists will have time to- fill their en-
gagement here but a meeting with
only this kind of attendance is moth
ing unusual,-we have them'every day,
without special occasion.
1t would be fine if the working men
could make the evening one of real
community business. Let those who
run the stores, the banks, the mills,
the men who represent the profes-
sions, the men who draw the salaries
those who own property and pay taxes
here fee, it their duty to join in this
occasion and contribute just as much
as possible to charging the enthu-
siasm in the start for another year.
That would be advancement of a tell
ing kind
And somehow, we feel often that it
IS our duty TO go AFTER the farmers
CT the county and ask them to come
in and help make such an occasion.
They ought to be brought into closer
community harmony and good fellow.
ship. 1t would mean Improvement in
a hundred directions. The live, pro
gressive farmer is himself a business
man to be respectable usually is
held in high esteem for his communi.
ty loyalty and love Of advancement
and he can do much to help make the
start Of the new years business some
thing all over this county. Let nobody
kaTget the date.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-14
KEEP THE COWS.

That there NAV be an increase il
pei agra during the coming year on &C
CO mt of the rise in the cost of food
ifs is the fear expressed in a state
n ut issued by the u S. Public
+ aalth Department today. AS re
sit Of government researches it was
nd that pellagra is produced. by ar
! Efficient, poorly balanced diet ant
d 1t it can both be prevented anc
c. ed by the use of food containing
g ,nents in the proportion required
b the body The application of this
krc Wedge greatly reduced pellagra il
1916 as compared with previous
y ars. This reduction is believed by
exI arts of the Public Health Service
tc nave been due to improved condi-
t. rs which enabled wage-earners to
p vide themselves with better and
Il x Ndileu ulel d,llu VI d NiiSh vi"
s, nination of the knowledge of how
Il disease may be prevented. 1t is
feared, however. that pellagra may
il crease in 1917 by reason of an in
cease in food cost out of proportion
TO the prosperity now enjoyed by this
co.. ntry. The great rise in the cost
o forage par ticularly cotton seed
n al and hulEs, is causing the people
il. many localities to sell their cows
AID thus the re is danger that they
v / deprive themselves of milk, one
O. tie most valuable pellagra prevent
ir' foods. The high cost of living has
f. rther served to bring about re-
q ction in many families in the
amount Of meat, eggs, beans and peas
Consumed. all of which are pellagra
p ophylatfcs In effecting the econo-
u cs OF this nature the general pub.
Il should bear in mind the Importance
c = properly balanced died and refrain
Fl m excluding, if possible, such val
Vable disease preventing foods. II is
believed that unless this is done there
II be a greater incidence of pellagra
Il xt spring.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-14
PLAN FOR READING.

PLAN FOR READING.
Anybody keeping up with Miss Por-
tor lately in books? She is one OF
the most capable of all our advisers
on books and good literature and we
have abundance of fine suggestions
from her. They are coming all the
time. You have to keep your eyes
off the magazines entirely not to see
something she has to say about books
and literature. Here is a chat she
gave us sometime ago that might be
worth while for everyday practical
reading:
Read the lighter novels. Some OF
them are very good and wholesome.
But let us make up our minds that
for every hour spent on the lighter
kind we will give half hour, at least,
TO more serious reading. Let US make
10 our minds, too, that for every one,
or even let US say two light novels,
we read, we will read, as wei at least
half of more serious novel; and al
so, let us say five chapters Of good
biography (the biography Of a great
man or woman, and one good essay
by some great writer; and ten pages,
not less, of good poetry; and three
chapters at least from an interesting
and well-known history. Let US make
his compact with ourselves and see
what comes of it.
Let us work it out not, like prob
lem in algebra, and get at the result:
Cor the two light novels let US choose,
cor instance, Owen Wister's Virgin
IAN and "The Cavalier'-very good
'2les they are, too. Now. having read
lhese novels through and having kept
% our compact, we shall have read
also. let us say one half of Thack-
eray's "Newcomes" Choosing that for
a more serious novel;, or one half Of
George Elliotts Mill on the Floss"
Also we will have read, by way Of
rrsat biography, five chapters of Lock
nart's Life of Scott" or "Huxley's
Life and Letters" For the one good
essay we shall have read Emerson's
Essay on Friendship" or Channing's
great essay on "Self-Culture." For
1y;r ten pages of poetry we will have
-ead from Palgraye's Golden Treas
Try of Poetry, let us say dozen or
more exquisite lyrics. And for his
CRY three chapters of Carlyle's
french Revolution" or Prescott's
Conquest of Peru
That, as a result of the reading Of
wo light novels and compact kept,
makes a fair showing.
Were we TO follow out this exact
prescription" reading carefully and
hinkingly, by the reading of two light
novels and the keeping of self-lm-
I"sed compact, we would have become
acquainted with some of the best lit
arature the world affords and what
Is better, would have acquired partly
consciously largely unconsciously, a
DSIleT ldSLe III DOOhS anu literature III
general; and we would have material
y broadened and deepened our knowl-
edge and experience.
Let US read novels then, by all
means, but not only novels, and not
poisonous or trashy or vicious novels.
For, when all is said and done, there
Is hardly greater power for good
han book well written, unless it be
novel well written, and fortunately
here are plenty of these, the world
over-to be had for the price of a pair
If gloves or a northumberland
within the reach Of even the poorest
| Of us.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-14

Mrs. Highbrow says she isn't going
to let her husband attend the dinner
on the evening of January 25th. She
says it wasn't started by the right
person she doesn't believe in follow
ing anybody else If the dinner just
had to come, why didn't they let her
propose it? Shed just like to know
now, who did start it? No, stree, not
her husband for such an affair. He
may slip away and go without her
consent. but he knows better,-he
knows he is most likely to be seated
at table with bunch of "hoodlums."
All the men of the community will
go, of course. Never saw a thing OF
that kind but that the low brows
were all there, noisy and course
none of them refined Mrs. Highbrow
thinks it ought to be a sort of exclu-
sive affair and no one allowed to at
tend but those of exceeding good
family connection, high standing in
the community, and those who belong
to the ranks of the best known secret
orders. Oh that is not exactly the argu
ment the preacher would use, but he's
just human being, after all, as much
likely 20 be mistaken as any of us.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-14
THE coRpELE D1sPATcH. coRDELE cEoReIA.

The Rochelle New Era under the
management of Robert Kiley is real
ly creditable paper The old editor,
personally. is fine man but politi-
cally,-let US forget it. The new edi-
tor goes at it with a view Of making
living out of it. May he win.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-14
The Corde|e Dispatch
Established In 1909

Published Every Wednesday and Sun
day by Dispatch Publishing Company.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-14

Ion. 0. II. b. Bloodworth got his
{ last! That's the move Governor
iris should have made the momen
] became time to consider a man for
J Ige Hodges successor on the cour'
Appeals We are happy We like
r. see south Georgia men go up, but
.le . state conYention did ~ not give
'codworth a fair deal. He got wha'
he had asked for and did not have tC
wait. The people of Georgia wanted
Il at appointment to- be made.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-14

Communications on all topics publish
ed when not too long and accompanied
by full name and address. Not re-
sponsible for views Of contributors.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-14

One thousand dollars a week for
dancing teachers license, Oh. no.
not in Cordele These are the figures
agreed upon by the little town of SUM
II Il. Ga, where banks declare seventy
FER cent dividends. No dancing teach
er has ever asked for license in Ger
dele. All the dancers have their
teachers, too.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-14
Christian liberation.

Any New Year resolution not prom
ised upon Christian liberation coupled
with an honest effort to obey the Di-
vine Injunction, '1oye they neighbor as
myself" vii mot stand the acid test of
time.-Tifton Gazette.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-14

The state of Iowa is going to in
crease its appropriation for education
this year s743,OOO. or this fund $125,-
900 will go to consolidating the rural
schools. The state is planning for
free text books in all the public
schools.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-14

We will be glad help you make the start and glad to help
YOU after the from the start in
savings to business independence
saving for the that practice in
the bank
puts you way through regular Gay
business habits-t IS makes the difference
Our eoostos are freely gladly given advantage of
all business methods and WISH
inc our service given welcome bank Come in
Then let show how is to con-
tinue growing stronge through your bank account
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-14
OFFICIAL ORGAN CRISP COUNTY.

What a fuss Editor Hischburg of
the Oglethorpe Citizen is raising over
that little new one, Bet he is already
figuring the difference in the cost
of family up-keep. A new press and
a new baby, He's starting the new
year right.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-14
BURLINGTON
GROCERY P2 as7
SPECIAL CHURCH NOTICE.

The Rev. Louis Wood, secretary of
the Board of Missions Of the Protest
art Episcopal church will be present
al Christ church for morning and
evening services and will address the
CO. gregation. Morning service II a. m.
Evening service 7:30 p. m.
]. NJ. Walker, Vicar.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-14

CHAS. E. BROWN, Editor
J. c. BROWN City Editor
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-14

teachers, too.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-08

W. H. Hassinger, former southern manager of the Republic Iron and Steel company, and one of Birming- hams best known coal and iron men, believes it is the patriotic duty of the people of Birmingham to get together and utilize the by-product gas which is now going absolutely to waste in the district.
 With coal retailing at S5 ton in Birmingham he thinks it little less than a crime that every day millions of cubic feet of by-product gas should go to waste here just because politics or something else has kept the proper men from reaching an agreement about letting the people use this gas. MT. Hassinger wrote out this formal state- ment on the subject yesterday:
 "To the Editor of The Age e-HeraId:
 "NotinS in your columns the sp-
 pOintment of our mutual friend
 Mir. Ramsay the bonrd for the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-08
AMERICA FOR
 ALL" AS SLOGAN

To the Editor of The Age-Herald
 I quite agree with your editorial of this morning that slogan "cannot be sub mitted and adopted like set of resolu- tions, but is conceived in a moment of inspiration and born in the heat of the conflict
 The suggestions "All for America and America First have much to com mend them, yet they savor somewhat ot selfishness and are not in full harmony with the spirit of President Wilson s epochal address on the necessity of our country entering into this world war
 It strikes me that something like America For All would more truly re- fleet the sentiment and motives that he proclaimed and when the happy day of universal peace shall arrive we would in- deed find All (the world) For America" because of our timely and unselfish serv- ice to humanity and civilization Yours very truly. JOHN w. SHELBY.
 Birmingham May 2. 1917.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-08

abide by their decision and at once
 conserve this most valuable asset.
 "To endeavOr to save coal and allow the gas to go to waste looks very much like saving at the
 spigOt and wasting at the bung.'
 'I am sure MT. Ramsay, although in the coal business, will he quick
 to appreciate the economic gain
 and will lose no time in making
 one of the wisest suggestions to
 the newly formed board.
 "W. II. PASSENGER"
 In discussing his proposal informally MT. Hassinger stressed the importance of saving coal at this time and of the highly patriotic purpose which would be subserved. He believes the most united efforts in coal economy on the part of the people of Birmingham car scarcely hope to equal the amount thai would be saved by the single act oi placing this byproduct gas at the disposal of the people, thus not only saving gas consumers money but also saving the immense coal tonnage which is at present required for the daily manufacture of the artificial gas con stunned in the city of Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-08
BIRMINGHAM MEN ID ATTEND MEETING '. M. |. A. WORKERS
Cosby and Stallings Leave for Atlantic City-Con- ference Will Plan for
 Work Among Troops

W. M Cosby, president, and W. S. Stallings. general secretary of the Young Mems Christian association, leave this morning for Atlantic City to attend al teemen and secretaries.
 This conference will deal very largely with the preparations for the work Of the association in the army camps Of this country and Europe. The associa- tion has been designated by the govern ment to serve the enlisted men of the army and navy and the plans call for q budget of ss.o0o.ooo year. This amount is to be raised by subscription and many states are active in securing their pro- portion of this vast sum.
 There will be provided a building for every 5000 unit and this building will be manned by five men, general secre- tary, physical director, educational sec- retary and a religious work director as well as an office secretary. The associa- ton proposed to give the men in the army educational classes covering1 ,0 1 needs of the men, physical work to the requirements of the army. relig instruction through Bible classes
 meetings.
 Each building will have moving tuIes, reading matter, writing mate special conference and educational rooms and in fact every facility to care of the men during their le. hours. It is the purpose of the assd ton to better fit these men not only army life, but for business and pro sional life after they leave the arm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-08
FOOD PREPAREDNESS CAMPAIGN OPENS IN
 MANY TOWNS TODAY
Five Committees Left on Speaking and Educa- tiOnal Tour This
 Morning

The food preparedness committeeman,
 bent upon telling rural merchants, farm
 CTS and bankers of the urgent need of
 the country of the part they can play, and above all of the market in Birming-
 ham that awaits them for every peck
 of surplus foodstuffs raised, are today
 hiking over Alabama roads, making
 talks in various parts of the state.
 Five of the committees went out early
 this morning. They were: Robert McLes-
 ter, Gus A. Pope, Jr.. and Nat Barker, bound for Pell City Easonville and Crop
 well.
 c. P. White and two Auburn represen-
 tatives to Albertville, Guntersville and Boaz.
 W. M. Drennen, Thomas Bowron, Frank selle and Cullman.
 Hudman Hopson. Carl B. Jones and R. A. Porter to Calera, Jemison, Thorsby Clanton and Verbena Otto Mooney, Joseph B. Babb and H. B Holroyd, to Sylacauga and Childersburg The following committees will leave to- morrow: W. M. Drennen, Thomas Bowror and Frank Rushton, to Warrior and
 Hanceville B. Yielding, R. A. Lewis and E. A. Jones, toVincent, Wilsonville, Co., lumbiana and Shelby. Other committees who will be out
 Thursday are: V. s. Gage, B. M. Allen
 and A. R. Dearborn, to Eutaw, Llvings-
 ton, Epes and Boligee. J. D. Moore, J. R. Hornady and Joseph B. Pool, to Ash land, Lineville, Roanoke and Lafayette William Franklin. Robert H. Woodrow and J. E. Taylor, to Haleyville and Rus sellville.
 Other committees will be organized each day, and as fast as they can get ready they will go out into the field until the l63stowns selected are covered
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-08
PATRIOTIC DUTY TO SAVE GAS NOW GOING TO WASTE WHEN
 COAL HAS CLIMBED TO $5 PER TON

conservation and distribution of the conI production of the country and the elimination of all waste, I am sure we will all agree no bet ter man could have been con- scripted for this purpose, and he should have our full cooperation.
 "Nith this object in view | beg to suggest, through your columns, the wisdom of bringing to his at tentiOn all the facts in connection with the long delayed controversy between the city commission and the producers of by-prOduct gas, whereby millions of feet are daily wasted which is unquestiOnabIy the largest waste we have in this dis trict and which could be made of untold benefit to the people of our city.
 "I would suggest that as a fed craI officer Mir. Ramsay be re- quested to secure government ex- perts who, after Investigating con diiions, would draw up an equita- ble agreement, force both sides to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-08
WITHDRAWS OFFER
etter of withdrawal follows;


 Birmingham May z, 1917
 ITO the Honorable Board of Revenu,
 of Jefferson County, Alabama:
 Referring to the conference hao Friday afternoon between yourselves the government veterinary in charse of tick eradication in this county, al which time l gave you a letter agree ing to pay for all cattle killed in Jef- ferson county while being dipped un- der the supervision of the federal ir- spectors. it was understood at this cor : ference that formal action would Lt taken at the meeting of your boa ( on the following morning. restoring the active work of tick eradication in this county. and 1t was on this con sideration that my letter was given noted in Saturday afternoons paper that nothing was done at the meet ing of the board Saturday morning ir line with our understanding at tn conference and jnasmuch as the cor sideration for my proposition has failed, it is hereby withdrawn. Pies SC give this withdrawal the same pull licity which you gave my offer. Yours truly, ROBERT JEMISON." The minutes of the board of revenu, state that owing to the absence oi President Jere Gwin at the meetins Saturday the matter was deferred 1nti! Monday morning in order that all the members of the board might be pre- s- ent when the matter was voted upon It is understood that the dipp;np of tick-infested cattle will be resumed within day or two.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-08
HOPE FOR RECOVERY
 Das M OF INJURED WOMAN
Mrs Robert Stevens, Auto Accident e9E Nictim,a Resting We'll

l Mrs. Robert Stevens wife of Robert lsStevens, postmaster of Fairfield, and her I4 -yearioid sohS Bobby. who were injured tabouA si VltloflS Sunday night in colli- lcion between the automobile in which |Ithey were riding and an automobile be- Hing diven GbyoW.AM. Glenn of Aemar. on Third lav enue near Burgin station, were reported last night to be resting com fortably at the Birmingham infirmary, where they were rushed immediately aft CT the collision.
 Mrs. Stevens is still in a precarious condition, but there is now hope for her recovery.
 Mrs. Stevens was thrown through the
 windshield of the car in which she was riding and was badly cut and lacerated
 by the broken glass, and in addition sus- tained internal injuries. Mrs. c. A. Buck of Fairfield, who was also at the time of the collision passenger in the Stew ems car, and who was painfully injured, is reported to be resting comfortably at her home in Fairfield.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-08
WILL FORM A JUNIOR bRANCHOF CHAMBER Plan to Train Young Men Between IA and 21 for
 Civic Work in Future

kThe Chamber of Commerce has perfect
 plans for organizing a junior branch,
 lich will be composed of boys and
 len from If to 21 years of age. They will 2 known as junior members, and will
 b-operate with the present chamber in Eery way possible.
 "The idea of the thing is to train the Eoung men for civic work later on, said EW Blanks Everett, acting general man. lager of the Chamber of Commerce. Tt Twill not interfere in any way with the Young Mems Christian association or Boy Scouts, nor infringe on their work, but will simply be to train for work in the chamber 7FF es9 sf Ha'aH zrts
 meeting of all young men between the ages of IA and 21 will be called soon, and active steps taken for organizing the junior branch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-08
Round Table to Meet

The Birmingham Round Table will meet in the city hall tonight at oclock. A unique feature of the programme for to- night will be number of five-minute talks on any subject the members wish to discuss The public is cordially in- vited, and new members would be well comed