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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-22
preserved foods to help put through
the winter of high prices. This is the
spirit that counts.
SURPRISING PUBLICATIONS.

The federal government is evident
ly thinking seriously and carefully
| about the suppression Of certain pa
pers and magazines that express a
strong opposition to the selective
draft methods for raising the army
for Europe. Tom Watson has been
cited to appear and show cause why
the Weekly Jeffersonian should not
be suppressed under the espionage
law The paper has already been
held up in many postofIices in the
south and the matter Of permitting
it to continue is now to be settled.
The danger of interfering with free
speech seems to have come in the
way. 1t is to be hoped that while
business Of tremendous Importance
connected with prosecuting the war
against Germany is necessarily push
ed at frightfully rapid rate, those
who would still safeguard our liber-
ties will not permit any department
of the government to go too far.
Many of the suppressed papers with
cut doubt would better be shut up
In times of peace even Georgia has
one that is a menace to every upbuild-
ing influence, let alone in time of
war. Our Georgia menace attacked
President Wilson for failing to re-
sent Germany's insults and then con-
demned the president for setting out
to do that very thing. Shutting down
the "hot ones is going to bring some
unusual interest into the matter of
restraining free speech, and some
body will have to be careful.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-22
THIS is THE SPIRIT.

If we lived in a town and a com
munty that would refuse to help in
worthy effort, we would have cause
10 feel quite out of humor and every
body would also have the same sort
of rufled disposition. But this is not
the case. Early in the spring there
was great cry for preserving all
the food possible. 1t was such a cry
as was heard by the makers of tin
cans and they instituted immediately
plans to extract war time prices. The
rapid advance soon brought cans
alone to former prices of both can
contents.
Some other communities we know
of tried to get cans and failed They
paid a dollar a dozen for cans. That
did not take place long in Corde!e
and Crisp county 1t was not neces-
sary When the case was laid before
the Exchange Bank and the Ameri-
can National Bank, the money was
forthcoming Immediately for car of
cans and the cans came. They have
been available all the season, and are
still available at less than four cents
for the two-pomd cans and little over
five cents for the threepound.
County Demonstration Agent ]. A.
Johnson saw the need and went to
work. The banks helped willingly and
readily The Watt & Holmes Hard
ware company agreed to distribute the
cans and everybody worked without
a cent of profit or charge for the pains
taken.
This is the spirit that counts. The
banks make their money lending
money. The hardware concerns make
part of theirs selling cans. 1t
would have been easy to dodge, but
nobody wanted 10 dodge. Everybody
worked to the opposite end and the
cans came at wholesale factory cost
and actually are going into the homes
where they are needed at their price.
1t is made a distinct inducement foI
the grower to use the cans putting
up and saving the immense amount
OF food stuffs that are here. They are
using them and the county will be
richer by far when the fall turns and
the pautries are shown full of Der
rier, jellies, jams, fruits and other
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-22

thing. other men Of like prominence
have done likeiwse There is abun-
dance of room for accepting it as a
much needed law, and yet there are
those who will go, pretending to be
representing the best interests of
their people and their state, into any
sort of fight to repeal it.
II will take many a day to get back
to this point if the tax equalization
law is thrown overheard. The leaders
in the legislature are not going to
prize their connection with the SEES
sion of this year as being worth any
thing if they have to see this law
thrown aside. Men xho really love
to serve their state will have no pleas
ure in pointing to this session.
But let those who are capable of
doing something 20 TO work and pre-
vent the destruction of this legisla
ion, They can do it. They will new
err have a better excuse for working.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-22
NEGRO EDUCATION.

The government has out report
on the colored schools which is the
result of efforts running through a
period of four years. DR.. Thomas ].
Jones, with a corps of assistants in
all fields gathered the information
contained in the report
In his report DR.. Jones says:
mo racial group in the United
States offers so many problems of
: economic and social adjustment as
the 100000 negroes. Negroes form
almostaa third of the total population
of the southern states In Mississippi
and South Carolina, they constitute
over half the population: and i'll the
black belt counties. the proportion
| ranges from so to so per cent. The
significance Of such a concentration
is difficult to explain to those not
familiar with communities composed
of people who differ widely not only
in economic and educational status
but also in ethnic type.
In the so years since freedom was
decreed, negro illiteracy has decreas-
ed from over so per cent to 80 per
cent; nearly 100000 colored men are
now farmers of varying degrees Of
independence; quarter of a million
own their own farms and the total
acreage of land owned by Negroes ag-
gregates 100000 acres of fertile
/ sell. These facts are indisputable evil
dence not only that the colored peo-
pie are capable Of progress but also
that their white neighbors have look
ed with favor upon their struggles
and in many instances have actually
given substantial aid to their en-
beavers.
AS The negroes are the primary
element that give rise TO the problem,
SO are they becoming more and more
an important factor in its solution.
Their contribution includes both an
increasing financial support and an
even larger proportion Of the teaching
force. They contribute not only a
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-22

goodly share of the taxes for their
public schols, but also considerable
sum toward the private schools. Fur
thermore, the colored people give con-
siderable sums to extend the terms of
the public schools. 1t is probable that
their total gifts aggregate 100000 an
nually over and above their share of
the public taxes.
Next to the Negroes, the group
most concerned in this problem are
the 20500,OO0 white people of the
south. No plan for the improvement of
the colored group is well considered
that does not contemplate the coop
GRAFTON of the white group.
Though the Northern States are
not so Immediately concerned in the
education of the negro race as the
south or the negroes themselves, the
northern point of view and northern
philanthropy are just as essential to
the proper solution of the vexed prob
lem as the other two elements. The
total annual contribution of the north
for the current expenses of the private
schools aggregate $2,500,000 Of this
fully million and half is given by
tie white churches for their denomi-
national schools and another $1,000
600 is contributed by Individual do
nors and churches for the mainten-
ance Of the Independent institutions.
Property valuations in the private in
dtitutions founded by northern gifts
now amount to $24,OO0,0OO."
The conclusions drawn by the re-
port are in brief as follows:
Q). That there is a pressing need
for increased public school facilities
for negroes in the south.
90 That the aid of philanthropy
should be continued with the pres
ent liberality until the south has at
tanned to a better economic condition.
go That all education should
stress, first, the development of char
acter, including the simple but fun
damental virtues of cleanliness, or
der, perseverance, and the qualities
essential to the home, and second,
adaptation to the needs of the pupil
and the community
ca That supervision of both public
and private educational efforts should
be increased, so that al agencies may
be correlated with each other, sound
business methods established, organi-
zation Of work suited to income and
plant, and building operations con-
Quoted with economy and good taste.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-22
LOCAL HOME GUARD.

The Dispatch wishes to call atten-
ton to the apparent desire TO get
back to business with the home guard
organization. The disposition to pass
up this important service to ourselves
and our community is easy to fall into
and it should not prevent us from
having The local organization that will
be needed more and more as we go
further into war. The community
needs a good home guard organiza-
ton.
A man does not have to lay down
his business completely to serve in the
home guard. He can help maintain
live organization and still attend to
all his business matters. We should
be prepared to serve in our home COM
munity for all purposes, since it is
now no longer possible to have the
assistance of the National Guard in
any need, no matter how serious.
We face responsibilities that may
fare up and find us helpless to care
for ourselves with the protection that
an organized home guard can pro-
vide. We ought not to pass the oppor-
tunity to become organized and drill
ed in the work that must fall to the
Home Guard as the National Guard
leave their duties in Europe. This
community needs a permanent organ
ization of this character. The country
all around us needs it. Why not get
at it and provide for safety as other
communities are doing?
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-22

CHAs. E. BROWN, Editor
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-22
SAVE THlS LAW.

We hope the Georgia legislature
sticks to the tax equalization law. I'm
provements. Of course, might always
be in order but it ought not to be
thrown away. Enemies of the law
were said to have railroaded through
the house Thursday a change from
the ways and means committee to one
of the agricultural committees the
bill to repeal this law owing to the
fact that the ways and means commit
tee did not favor the repeal. Speaker
Holder was said to have had 10 do
with the change.
If this is correct, and the speaker
of the house is arrayed with all his
friends against the law, it is going TO
be hard matter to retain it in ef-
fective form. Governor Dorsey spoke
plainly about retaining and improving
the law. Governor Harris did the same
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-22

The Dispatch hopes the constitu-
tional amendment to exempt college
endowments from taxation is passed.
Georgia can never do too much for
education This is sn effort to help
higher education and is a worthy one.
People who give to college endow-
ments will give more when they find
the taxes are Off, The bill is passed
by the lower house. Now let the sen
ate handle it kindly,
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-22
CARD OF THANKS.

On departing from the beautiful and
progressive city of Cordele l desire
to express on behalf of the officers
convention, the cordial appreciation
of its members of the countless cour-
tesies extended by the people of Cor
dele. Memories, happy memories, of
our visit will linger with us forever
and we wish the people to know that
we are grateful. We especially appre-
ciate the generous and unselfsh kind
ness of Mr.. B. F. Sheppard, who SO
bountifully laid himself out for Our
pleasure and comfort
c. DAMPIFR,
Chief of Police, Valdosta, Ca
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-22

The raising Of peaches in this sec
ton ought to be more generally fol
lowed. Now and then some friend of
the Dispatch sends ln peaches that
seem in every way equal to the peach
es from the orchards around Fort Val
ley. A dozen trees cared for on any
farm will change the custom of dust
ing it" up the road TO the peach farms
for the fruit needed to can and pre-
serve. Our community sends a dozen
Fords a day away for peaches. II
ought to be selling peaches instead of
buying them They will make here
as well as on average Georgia soil.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-22

Somebody took advantage of the
absence OF Billy Sutlive of the Savan-
nah Press and his composing room
foreman, ]. c. Kicks. Wednesday and
made it appear in some of the out-of-
town papers that Rick had killed a
woman. Kicks, himself, was away in
Macon visiting and hadn't even as
much as had a chance to murder a
red bug Sutlive's name was signed
to a fake dispatch Both men consider
themselves wronged and are seeking
the culprit who dit it, He deserves tC
b. handled
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-22

The rains of the present week are
going to help Mr. &. Weeyil walk
about" Up to this time only one
Crisp county farmer has lost heavily
to The weeyil The fight has been
faithful and it will be kept up These
are the days when the weevil carries
several rows at a lime and never
rests, so the farmers say.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-22
OFFICIAL ORGAN CRISP COUNTY.

Cordele enjoys the distinction of
having the most extensive bee-keepcr
in this county. lie has a factory thai
makes bee hives ali The time Early
i'll the season the plant ran day and
night. In the day i, is still as busy as
the millions Of bees whose homes it
is providing. Our man is making a
great success Of bee keeping.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-02
TWO SMUGGLING
! SUSPECTS JAILED
fspscial Star. BuIistin Correspondence.l

:
HTLo, June 20. deputy Collector
of Customs Byron X. Baird captured
two alleged opium smugglers Wednes-
day afternoon. The prisoners be-
longed to the steamship Enterprise
and are charged with having tried to
dispose OF three half-pound tins of
opium valued at about $255.
The collector had received a tip
that opium was coming ashore In
Hilo. The hunt led to a Chinese store
On Front street where Baird saw the
two suspected men enter.
The revenue man waited for q min.
ute or so and then. accompanied BY
q police officer, entered the store,
and in the rear discovered the men,
and three tins Of opium on box.
The alleged smugglers, one Of whom
is said to be a junior engineer and
the other fireman on the Enterprise,
were placed under arrest and are
now In the Hilo jail. It is probable
that United States marshal will ar
rive In Hilo on Sunday to take the
men to Honolulu. On the other hand
the case may be tried In Hilo as there
win be a federal judge here.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-02
|HILOFATHERS Plan IOSUPPLY
Other ISLANDS With FOODSTUFFS

fident that, after a While, the farmers
will become acquainted with the id.
vantage of raising the proper kind OF
foodstuffs and that when they know
that there - a market. either In Hilo
or Honolulu. or IN both for their pro
duce, the matter Of inducing the grow
ers to go ahead on a large scale will
become an easy proposition.
In the Kau district little or no rain
has fallen. Still, what foodstuffs that
are being raised, look well.
Kona Is said to be ready TO go into
the produce line in a large way, il
transportation difficulties can be over
come. The small farmers of that re,
gion declare that they could feed the
whole Of this island and most Of the
people of the other islands II they
could only get what they could raise
to market.
With Kau and kona, to say nothing
Of Hamakua, In the running, as food
producers, Hawaii will be we'll pro-
vided for-that is II the transportation
problem 10 solved satisfactorily, as no
doubt it will. The Inter-Island Steam
ship Company and the Hawaii Rail-
way Company have always shown q
cooperative: spirit IN encouraging the
production of some existing crop, or
he introduction Of new one.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-02
.KAAHUI GUILTY
OF MURDER, gets
LIFE SENTENCE
tspeeial s.ar.Bulle.Iu oore.pondenosl

Especial Star-BulIetin Correspondence)
fWAILUKU, Maui, june 29.-After a
trial lasting one day, the jury m the
case of Sam Kaahui, charged with the
murder of Noa Kaaa, aged ", brought
In verdict Of guilty of murder in
the second degree, and Judge Edings
imposed q sentence Of life ilnprison-
ment u ~ 10y.
Kaahui,, who had been eyieted from
his home on land on which he had
been squatting in the Ukumehame val
ley, on land of the Olowalu Company
and the Catholic church, blamed his
troubles on Kaaa, his neighbor, who
had appeared as q witness in eour*
against him, and who was later put
in-custody of the taro lands of whtea
Kaahui had been dispossessed. Kaa-
hui went one night 10 Kaaas house,
strangled the old man to death after
a fight, and then set fire TO the cabin
He confessed the murder to Sheriff
Crowell, but repudiated this confes-
ton at the time of his trial. Circum-
stantial evidence, however, was
against him.
The jury was composed of Hugh
Howell, g. w. Patterson. Charles
Thompson, G. J. Bechert, A. D. Fur
tado, JOS. Meinecke, Ed L. Duyau.
chelle, A. G. Martinsen, w. A. Rob.
bins, A. s. Medeiros, Charles Akana,
and ]. H. Nelson.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-02
"DRY" STATES ARE GIVEN 5
PROTECTION OF new LAW
fAssocistsd Press By u 9. Naval oommun,
cation Servfco1 -.."

cation SerV1ceJ IL. -.
WASHINGTON, July AT mid.
night Saturday night IS of the 4S
states of the Union became bone dry,
under the terms of the Reed amend
ment, which prevents intoxicants from
being shipped into states which have
voted for prohibition. In eleven of
the other % states, the bonedry pro
hibition provisions are In force in por-
tons Of the states. 49, -
Follows the Flag
In addition, the dispatches from the
American headquarters in France an
nounce that American prohibition has
followed the flag across the Atlantic
and the district. wherein the troops
of General Pershtng are in camp is
bonedry so far as the American sol.
diers are concerned. ..-@~ .- =. .,..r
The French authorities have given
the American military police full au-
thority to maintain discipline and to
police the country and the city near
which is the camp. Automatically
there goes into force in this portion
Of France the same prohibition as af-
fects the army at home and no IN
toxicants~ whatever are to be sold to
any man wearing an American uni
form.
The American military police are
given authority over fixing the hours
during which Americans are to be al
lowed to frequent the cafes and over
the patroling Of the streets.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-02
SOCIALIST PARADE.E0R
PEACE is BROKEN UP

ASSOCIATED Press BY o. s. Naval oommuut
cation Servicel
BOSTON, July 2.-What was an.
nounced as a peace demonstration y
by the Socialist parties was broken up
by soldiers and sailors yesterday aft
ernoon. Wild disorder and rioting
ended the unpatriotic demonstration
Of the Socialists and the trouble was
only quelled after the police reserves
finally dispersed the crowd,
The demonstration Of yesterday had
been advertised by the Socialists as
In the instance OF peace. Leaving the
party headquarters the parade started
through the streets with Socialist
flags, and banners and signs. It was
the wording OF some. of these that
exasperated the soldiers and sailors.
Immediately self organized bands of
the country's land and sea fighters
gathered and undertook to seize and
destroy the offending signs. Their
efforts were resisted and others
Joined In the melee. Soon banners
and signs were being trampled under
foot and riot was IN progress.
An attack was made on the Social
fst headquarters, offensive notices
were torn from the walls and thrown
into the square. Literature found In
the rooms followed and next the fur
niture was thrown out. These were
piled up together in a heap in the
square and burned. -
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-02
Farmers Willing to Increase
Production If Transporta-
ton is Provided
tspsaH s.ar.8ullsstl oOrrsauoudsnea,

HILO, Hawaii, July Food Agent
Moir is back from q trip to the Kau
district where he took an inventory oil
land available for small farming and
the raising OF foodstuffs. He found
that a large amount of food could be
raised in that district II the matter OF
transportation could be arranged.
An effort is to be made to secure
special transportation rates from the
railroad and steamship companies, Sc
that the surplus foodstuffs that can
not be disposed Of in Hilo may be
shipped to Honolulu. The produce
could be shipped by auto-truck to Glen
wood and from there brought by train
to the wharf where 1t could be shipped
to Honolulu on tie Inter-Island steam
ers.
Demonstrations Needed
Mr.. Moir says that he thinks the
small farmers need a demonstration
plot Of land where hey may be shown
how and what to raise. =
The food conser, alton agent is con-
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-02
SCOUTS ISLAND
FOOD SHORTAGE,
MAUI PRAISED
tspsci.i ssar,Burlstin corrsspOndsnes.l

especial Star Bulletin Corfo1pondenc0l
WAlLUKU, Maui, June 29.-Maui
has the credit Of having made more
progress than have any Of the other
islands In the matter OF food prepar'
edness, according to DR.. A. l. Dean,
president Of the College Of. Hawai-,
and head Of the new territorial food
commission.
DR.. Dean made this statement 10 an
audience Of Maui men and womel
who gathered at the Watluku town
hall last Friday to hear his talk on
food production and conser Vation, and
an outline of the plans of the com
mission. The address was given un'
der the auspices of the Maui County
Fair & Racing Association, the speak
er being introduced by President +.
#. Baldwin Of the organization.
DR.. Dean stated among other things
that he does not expect there will be
food shortage in Hawaii because
there will be plenty Of money here to
buy food, and with Hawaifs sugar in
such great demand there will also be
the ships to carry the sugar and in
cidentally to bring back food supplies.
But for the sake Of the rest Of the
world the speaker urged the impor-
lance of drawing as lightly as pos
sible on the mainland supply Of foods,
and advised producing all We can In
the way of substitutes both for home
consumption and to export.
In DR.. Deans opinion, should the
islands ever be besieged by hostile
fleet, Oahu will be thrown upon its
own resources, and any food produced
on the other islands would be of no
avail. It Is the hope Of the food COM
mission, he said, to get the production
of certain staple foods so well estab-
lished that they will become perma-
nent crops and not simply emergency
ones as at present.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-02
DELEGATE KUHI0 PLAYS
IN RED CROSS BENEFIT

WASHINGTON, July 2-Prince 10.
nah Kalanianaole, delegate from Ha'
vail in the house Of representatives,
scintillated as diamond star of the
first magnitude for short time Sat-
urday afternoon.
1t was in the annual baseball game
between house Democrats and house
Republicans that the Hawaiian dele
gate won his diamond laurels Satur.
day. He played in the second inning
and while in the field retired two OF
the Democratic batters and got hit,
later scoring.
Despite the efforts Of Delegate Ka.
lanianaole, the Democrats beat the
Republicans il the annual game. The
final score was % to 81 and tnere
were so hits and Is errors. Playing
time was three hours and twenty.
three minutes. President Wilson, his
cabinet, high officials and members OF
the foreign diplomatic corps were In
attendance and eheered- the players
wildly. The game was for the benefit
of the Red Cross and Melted $4,000. !
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MAUI BOY EXPECTS TO
BE CALLED TO COL RS
Especial star-Builetin correspondenee.3

WAILUKU, Matt, June 2s.-Ber.
tram Aiken. son OF w. o. Aiken, has
received notice that the Indiana ma
tional guard regiment, Of which. he Is
Q member, will probably be mustered
into the U. s. service in few weeks.
He expects to receive orders for duty
ct any time now. Aiken was In school
In yincennes, Ind. when troops were
sent to the Mexican border, and he
and most of his classmates enlisted
at that time. He has been home on
Indefinite leave for several months.