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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-09-05
HALF MILL ADDED
10 TAXED FOR 1871 I
INCREASE ONLY SLIGHT AND
PROPERTY HOLDER HAS TO PAY
$500 ON THOUSAND.

The property holder in Crisp will
have to pay $1,000 on each thousand
dollars worth of property for the
next year. This rate has been de-
termined by the county commission
ers. The former charge was nine and
a half mills tt will be ten mills in
the future. The school tax is three
mills. The increase is half mill.
But this tax increase is not consid-
cred anything ike as heavy as might
be expected under war conditions on
account of expenses that has in
creased, due solely to war prices.
Other counties are adding more than
this. This affects property holders
outside the city of Cordele.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-09-05
BYRON WESTBROOK DEAD

]. Byron Westbrook, brother of
Messrs. J. T. and w. II. Westbrook,
popular young merchant in Cordele
for many years, died at the Cordele
Sanatorium this afternoon at five
O'Clock from an accute attack of di-
gestion trouble. He had been i'll
several days. His death is shock
to the business community where he
is widely known.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-09-05
ANTHONY CALLED
TO HUNTINGTON
LOCAL METHODIST PASTOR GOES
TO LARGE WEST VIRGINIA
CHURCH.

Within two weeks Rev. Walter An.
thony, who has been pastor of the
Methodist church in Cordele for the
past four years, leaves his charge
to accept the pastorate of Johnson
Memorial church in Huntington, w.
Virginia. The new church hasa mem,
bership of fifteen hundred and "a
handsome edifice of t$125,000.
Huntington is the, second largest
city in West Virginia. and has a pop
ulation. of over fifty athousand.
Mr. Anthony had long distance
telephone call from Bishop Mccoy of
West Virginia from Birmingham, Ala,
last Saturday and the call was i'm
mediately accepted.
Mr.. Anthony would have gone
from Cordele at the close of the pres
ent church year, on account of his
time limit, and the change is being
made, only a brief period ahead of
what. the conference would have
done, 1t became necessary for Mr..
Anthony to be transferred from the
oSuth Georgia Conference for him to
go to the new place. =
He has many friends in all classes
of church people in Cordele and over
Georgia who will regret to lose him
in the. Methodist church work in
Georgia. They will likewise be glad
that he has gone to such a charge as
that given him.
The Methodist church in Cordele
will be cared for by Presiding Elder
w. F. Smith who will supply each
Sunday till the conference which
meets early this year, sends pastor
to succeed Mr. Anthony.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-09-05
.ELGIN SIX HAS
Agency HERE NOW
w. C. HINTON PUTS NEW AUTO
MOBILE IN FIELD IN THIS TER
RIToRY-LooKs GOOD.

A new car, the Elgin Six, and a
new sales agent, W. G.. Hinton, are
about the streets apparently compan-
panions for life. This new car has
valve-in-head high speed &c horse
power motor, a motor starter that
puts things humming with touch
of the button" and lots of other
things that would make you feel like
you had just cleaned up a million or
so on a Wall Street stock deal.
The Elgin is pretty car and will
prove a popular seller in Cordele
The new sales agent is busy putting
the community next" on it's many
points of advantage.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-09-05
PEANUTS AND OAT i.
CROP BOTH fine
o. o. PEARCE, SEVILLE FARMER
MADE GOOD IN EFFORT TO
GROW DAT AND PEANUT CROP.

The next one with a really live
story about peanuts is d. ID. Pearce
residing out from Seville on one Of
tho best farms that pluck can pro-
ivde. ell has &c acres that are now
practically made and they are pea
nuts,-anywhere from sixty to eighty
bushels to the acre. This crop fol
lows oats. There is no tendency to
boast or over estimate the crop out
put Mr. Pearce has the goods" and
knows it,
A number of progressive farmers
have already been dreaming of the
p"ss llity of a good oat crop to be
followed by peanuts. None so far
have reported extensive effort in this
line, but Mr.. Pearce tried it with 2e
acres and has won out abundantly
and safely Every acre in every
farm in South Georgia is capable of
producing full oat crop and a full
peanut crop in one season. This is
proven in the experiment Mr.. Pearce
is making
Mr. Pearce has not gathered his
peanuts. He planted white Spanish
and has examined far enough to de-
termine already that he has slpen-
did crop. 1t did not take specially
fine land,-or rather the two crops
did not come from the best land on
the place But two crops are already
made. The peanuts promise fine
output. #e -"
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-09-05
COURT CONVENES
next THURSDAY
JUDGE CRUM WILL BE ON BENCH
AND CIVIL BUSINESS WILL BE
HEARD.

Jurors will appear tomorrow morn
ing for service at an adjourned term
of the August session of Crisp SUI
perior court Judge Crum was to
have opened court here on Monday
but owning to a heavier volume of
business in Ben Hill this time than
was expected, the work in Crisp had
to be put over till Thursday
Civil business of the session will be
taken up and disposed of as soon as
possible. 1t is not presumed that
there will be a very great amount Of
work in the court to be done at the
adjourned term.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-09-05
CONVENTION OF
SINGERS SUNDAY
LARGE GATHERING AT ZION HILL
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. DIN
NER ON THE GROUND.

Saturday and Sunday will be a big
day at Zion Hill when the annual
meeting Of the Crisp County Singing
Convention will be held. Professor
j. w. Spires is president and Henry
Pitts, secretary Of the organization.
A large number of good singers be-
long to this organ zation and will help
in making the two days rea! enjoy
ment to these who attend.
The officers and leaders request
the public going to provide reasonab-
ly well filed dinner baskets on &C.
large gathering to feed
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-09-05
RAISING FUNDS TO IMPROVE
OLD ANTIOCH CEMETERY

The cemetery is growing and many
of the best people of the lower half
of Dooly county in former years are
buried at this place. Those who as
sembled this year to do work about
the cemetery realized the necessity Of
the improvements and started a fund.
1t has been rapidly increased, but
there is yet not enough money to get
the work done that will be needed.
Those who have relatives buried
there should see some one and make
the donation that is necessary to
complete the work.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-09-05
LABOR MAY
HURT CRISP'S FINE ROADS

1t is coming to be a case of neces-
sity for improved road machinery, &C
cording to Road Superintendent Cox
and the county commissioners. The
prisoners are dwindling till now
Crisp has about half as many as the
force ordinarily carried. The small
number of convicts on the roads are
considered unable to do all the work.
There are thirty-five at present in the
county.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-09-05
PUBLIC SCHOOLS !.
OPENED led. MONDAY
WITHIN sAeBF TIME %woak
WILL BE We'll UNDER WAY
ATTENDANCE COOP.
IA

The Cordele Public Scllosls were
opened Monday morning and the
work of the fall scssi6G was started
with regular precisiot; n number OF
people attended the exercises mark.
ing theopening of the session.
The schools of the county are not
to be opened yeti for several weeks,
since they only run for seven
months term. The city schools are
to make nine months, as
Within few, days now the work
inv-the various grades in the city
schools will have beehNt taken up and
next week, everybody will Sbe down
at work
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-09-05
HASTY WELL Wish
TO DRAFTED men
PEOPLE WILL BE AT PASSENGER
STATION TO SAY GOODBYE
TOMORROW.

At a meeting of a committee this
afternoon at three O'Clock in the par
lOrs of the Suwanee Hotel arrange
ments were made to see that the sew
en- young men who leave as Crisp's
first soldiers under the draft law are
given a happy departure tomorrow
morning at the passenger station.
This committee went to work to
have large body of citizens at the
passenger station at 10 o'clock in or
der that a fitting handshake and
parting wish may be extended to the
men.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-09-05
CORDELE BOYS IN ARMY
NOW READY TO GO AWAY

Corporal Bryant R. Gum who was
a messenger at the Seaboard freight
depot here three years, was lately on
the border with the United States
army, and is now at Syracuse, New
York, awaiting orders to go to
France, writes letter to the Dis.
patch and displays a most patriotic
spirit. He manifests an eagerness to
tell the boys back at home to "sail
in" and do their part now while it
is not so difficult to help win.
Another Cordele boy, William L.
Brown, is in the navy at Sycrause
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-09-05

apparently planning to take the long
jump to France. Both of them have
written letters to the Dispatch They
apparently believe they will get
away first by having gone east and
fallen in with the forces which seem
ready to embark.
Friends in Cordele should write
them. Corporal Gums address is
Company K. Forty-Eighth Infantry,
Syracuse, N. Y. Willie Browns ad-
dress is Company A. Forty-Seventh
Infantry, Syracuse, N. Y.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-09-05

The diminishing of crime has re-
lieved the convict camps of half the
inmates usually there, so the officers
say, and this means that machinery
must be had that will do the work
which the half of the gang could do.
The officials are not going to per-
nit the roads to suffer and are there
fore looking to keeping all the road
machinery they have going all the
time.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-09-05
QUICK WORK FIRE
DEPARTMENT YESTERDAY.

The prompt response of the fire
department saved the boarding house
occupied by Miss Nell Roberts on
Twelfth avenue at noon yesterday.
Fire had started in the roof of the
building and was making Roadway
when it was checked by the firemen.
The loss will be slight. There
will be possibly as much damage by
water as by fire, since the only fire
amage was in the roof
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-09-05
COTTON COMES IN
NOW VERY RAp|DLy
coRDELE HAS 1871 BALES
PRICES PUSHING UP A LITTLE
DURING Day.

The cotton warehouses Of Cordele
had received 1871 bales of cotton up
to three o'clock this afternoon for the
season. FSThis is distributed as fol-
lows: ss~&
Farmers Unidn-1196.
Wheeler & Dltksop-A1O62.
Bazemore SITS.
]. B. Ryals-556.
Diffee Stephens Co-190.
The Diffee ginnery reports 1852
bales ginned up to this afternoon.
The market pushed up slightly and
this afternoon there was a demand
for good middling at 20 7-S cents.
Cotton seed sold less freely during
the week and the price hangs around
$500 ton. h
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-09-05
STREET TAX DODGERS ARE
INVITED TO COME OUT AND PAY

Those who have not paid up will do
well to get in and shell down" That
is the way the officers are lining it
out for the men they cannot collect
from. They want the money,-the
street tax money. Nothing else is
going to satisfy If you are subject,
might as we'll attend to it now
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-09-05

Chief of Police Lee SHEPPARD is in
a campaign for more street taxes.
He is opposed to running with less
money this year than last and thus
far the departure of so many negroes
mort" has made it mighty hard 60
ing to keep up with the pace set last
year.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-09-05
MEXICO PROMISES TO 7
CONTINUE NEUTRAL

Mexico City, Sept. 3.--City renew,
neutrality was the outstanding point
ed assurances of Mexico's continued
in Carranza's message to the Mexican
congress at the opening session last
night, according to discussion here
today.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-05-17
GOOD ROADS AND CROP MAKING

Felix Martzen and the writer jour
neyed out into the Winona country
Tuesday and spent the day there look
ing over that charming portion Of Ida
no county. We also got stuck in the
mud and spent couple of hours get
ting the ..tin Lizzie back to solid foot
ing. but that only added spice to the
days pleasure Farmers ont that way
are all busily engaged planting spring
crops but still find time to do little
road dragging between whites and the
road from Winona to near Greencreek
is smooth at the fioor.--Chronicle.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-05-17
AGED INDIAN PASSES AWAY.

Cool Cool Tom, one or the Oldest
Nezperce Indians in this section died
last Wednesday, May 8, 1917, at the age
of 20 years, after short illness with
pneumonia. Cool Cool To n Is one of
the few Indians who fought In the
battle with the Grow Indians in the
warfare days of the different tribes,
and he explained the battle as being
fierce, many men were killed on both
sides. Tom was shot three times. He
went through the Nezperee war and
was the white mans frieh nd in every
instance and has at all times been held
in the higest esteem by all who
knew him.
Rev. Rob. Parsons presided over the
services. Rev. Hayes, of Kamiah de
liyered the funeral sermon at the In
dian Presbyterian church, Saturday at
10 a. m.--Stites Enterprise.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-05-17
THE COMMUNITY WORK OF THE
NEW PAPER.

Suppose every business man in town
took as much interest in the unfolding
of the town and forwarding all public
enterprises as the newspaper man. He
works for railroads, manufacturers
schools. churches, good streets, roads,
urges. pleads. scolds and badgers and
cayorts around generally. Imagine his
feelings when some lame string halted
kind of a fellow reproadhes him be-
cause he don't boom things enough.
If the town does not Doom and the
prices of real estate advance and the
owners grow rich from The result of
his labor he makes nothing by it. He
is like the poor boy at the circus-he
can stand and look at the pictures
without the necessary quarter to gain
admission
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-05-17
SCHOOL NOTES

Eulogy speech -------Helen Norwood
After dinner speech -Dugald Holsclaw
Grafton ------------------h Kay Moses
All speeches were extemporaneous
most being gotten up in the one day,
Friday. Mr. Hattabaugh and Mrs.
GLADSTONE also spoke a few minutes.
Mr.. Wadworth acted as introducer to
the entire program. Lunch was served
to all by the seventh grade girls. A
dance was held afterwards at the hall
down. town. Everybody expressed
great satisfaction with the whole af-
fair
The date for the Senior class play
has been set for Monday May 21st, at
| the |. O. O. +. hall Taking all the
reports together the entertainment
promises to be the best ever and to
please the audience in every way
Every one come and support the school
| and break that home monotony with
some good old time amusement. Re
member the Annual Senior class play
Her Nephew's Aunt" ac tie |. o. O.
f. hall.
Baseball practice is still being held
and games are in prospect of being
booked.
| The military training class has beer
holding its drilling out doors lately
The school board held their month
| Nv meeting and transacted the usua
business last Monday evening.
The posters of the Idaho war, indus
trial campaign. will he posted at the
school this week. They include show
bills, extracts from the president
message and Of such nature.
| Ms. Wadworth is taking the SIKH
grade teachers place. The former
i teacher. Miss Mezik. was called cas-
on account of her mothers illness.
The eighth grade was busy takin'
tho state finals last week. The pa
| ners haven't been corrected yet. I'M
work of the grade is now review
work or of a SPECIAL character.
AT the weekly home economic iuhcn
con last week, Mrs. Hastabaugn en-
tertained the following guests: Mes
DANES. Overman. Cole, Spedden, bow
man Staley. and Misses Brooke ali'
Knorr II was three course luncheol
with red and white decorations
lCris,a Knorr and Gleaves Cole Wer'
tbe ones who prepared the meal.
According to the new ruling Una
those li high school who have Ger
tain average can be exempt from tn
finals. the teachers are giving on
the exemptions. ,,oa.ma
visitors last week were Mesdailie
wiley and Golfer in the fourth grace
Iucetta LITTLE of the senior elas
as neon ont of school on account
serious illness
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-05-17
1910 Madison Street, Oakland, Cali


There is more Catarrh in this section OF
the country than all other diseases put
together, and until the last few years
was supposed to be incurable. For
great many years doctors pronounced y
local disease and prescribed local rene
dies, and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment. pronounced II incur
able. Science has proven Catarrh to be
constitutional disease. and therefore re-
duires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by II. J.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. Is the only
Constitutional cure on the market. II Is
taken Internally. 1t acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces OF the system
They offer one hundred dollars for any
case IL fails to cure. Send for circulars
address: r J. CHENEY CO.. Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists. 76c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-05-17
WORCESTERSHIRE WEDDING.

The May bells which failed to greet
ms on account of the late snow, found
an ample substitute In the wedding
bells which ushered In the month at
Keuterville. Two of the most popular
voung folks. John Mayer and Miss Ber-
tha Rensching. entered the bonds of
ma trimony at the local Catholic church
during the wedding mass celebrated by
Roy Father Jerome. Mike Mayer. a
brother of the groom, and Miss Ollie
Hattrup. a close friend Of the bride,
acted rs witnesses. The young couple
have begun housekeeping at Otto Jen-
nv's place on the Salmon river brakes,
where they will do their share in in
creasing, the prosperity Of the country.
Contributed.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-05-17

The third annual exhibit was the
most successful of the three ever held.
Especially the exhibits were fine this
year due to the excellent teaching
force 1t is estimated that about six
hundred were there Friday evening.
The evening opened with a band Sc
lection then the exhibition began. The
primary department was worthy of
special melton in the work on their
many drawings, sand box and jap
anese corner which had all sorts of
oriental ideas. The second grade
attracted much attention by the many
drawings and exhibition of their work.
A good deal Of comment was passed
on this excellent exhibit. The third
grade had many small drawings and
was also noteworthy in the small book
let line and doll sewing work. The
fourth had some taffa straw work
and the sewing club had some
a their doll dress making on exhi-
bltion. The fifth grade made splend-
ID showing with its large drawings of
leaves, fruits, flowers and such single
subjects. Their exhibits were taste
ully arranged. In the sixth the maps,
writing and drawings were of special
mention also the flowers were very In
genlously arranged In wall holders as
II the seventh grade. The drawing of
the seventh and their geography books
were noteworthy. The eighth grade
work showed high degree of devel-
opment and was along the lines of the
otner rooms as drawing, etc. OF special
note was the Industrial work-book-
racks made by the boys all cut cor
lectly and vanished. The work was
uone with rip saw and jack knife
Inc girls had oil cloth wash pockets
as their share.
me high school domestic science
exhibit was by many considered the
pest OF the evening, with Miss Kerby
y charge the girls had placed the ex
MINUS around very tastefully, The -four
Walls We're covered with dresses, aprons
ana all such articles dear to female
neirt and proved very attractive. AL
s'ties were In evidence from the --latest
= tne simple old fashioned aprons. Al
rule the freshmen work was harder
snan the senior, as all was common
1aple' even better than it was last year
ne cooking department had a gOot
peal OF canned fruit ON exhibit.
Inc agriculture class did some
WY practical work in testing mill
anu demonstrating the values of havini
arm laid out properly, 100 acre
arm was nsed as the example.
que % the fact that no program
%'uln be given In Public Speaking th'
s,ass gave the program below. Thi
a,ass Is the first ever organized her
a -; mas seven members. The speeche
s,ssn We're merely types of the spec
81 Kinds. Dewey Yates and Ray Nose
reserve special mention. No real com
ea.lson could be made as each was u
~. separafe class and therefore coul'
~, ny compete with the others. The BAN
isasel selection before this program
NJ a.uuucfion speech 49, Egbert Kaba
Tro.nnination speech ----W Walter Masol
topical speech Philip Pfeufe
a'esnalship speech ----Dewey Yate
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-05-17
MAI, TO WINONA BY AUTO.

Albert Rogers purchased the fOrd
o,,to truck from the Cottonwood Mill
mo & Elevator company this week
and nlaced II IN operation on his stage
,;ne "Wednesday where ii will be kept
hnsv until had roads strike MS again
naxt fall The auto will be Il great
Convenience on the Winona route and
Iii handle the traffic much better
than the horse drawn Fehlcies.--'ot-
tonwood Chronicle.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-05-17
SOME SNOW AT MOUNTAIN
HOUSE.

Frank Emmert and family, who have
been living at the Mountain House
during the winter. moved out Wednes-
day to their home In Pleasant Valley.
They report the snow as being four
teen feet deep at the Mountain House
when they left.-Enterprise.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-05-17
DRILL WITH WOODEN GUNS.

pratt & Culdice are MA king WOODEN
ems for the Home Guard company of
.his civ Conductor John Phillips
brouoht a sample I'D from Lewiston
~ y, vol and they are made after the
mattarn IF fine regulation army rife.
Stiles Enterprise.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-05-17
INJURED. BUT STILL ALIVE.

Henry Pettibone passed ulru ~ ~
Er,dav enroute to his homestead thai
10 owns on the Selway river. lie hau
n nv o animals loaded with supplies
and although he had vers u uD;ll ' try
of stock the past winner ne VIZ "
in.-Mountaineer
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-04-05
RAILROAD SITUATION
NOW UP TO CONGRESS

Responsibility for the rail
way development of this coun-
try for providing necessary
transportation facilities to care for the
growing business and population OF
the country, now rests largely with
congress and not entirely with the rail
road managers This was the state
ment of Judge Robert s. Loyett, chair
man of the executive committee OF the
Union Pacific system, to the Newlands
joint congressional committee when
that body resumed Its inquiry into the
subject Of railroad regulation this
week
In making this statement of the
changed conditions of the railroad sit
uation Judge Lovett undoubtedly bad
In mind the decision of the supreme
court on the Adamson law, handed
down last week. which establishes the
right OF the federal government TO fix
railroad wages and to prevent strikes
This decision is regarded by railroad
men and lawyers as marking an epoch
In the development of transportation
In the United States.
we have our share of responsibility,
suid Judge Lovett. but 1t rests prima
rily on congress. When the govern.
ment regulates the rates and the finan
cia administration of the railroads, the
borrowing Of money and the issuance
of securities it relieves the railroad of
ticers of the responsibility Of providing
and developing transportation systems.
except within the limits of the revenue
that can he realized from such rates
and under such restrictions.
"For country such as ours, for n
people situated a. we are to blunder
along with series of unrelated. incOn
sistent conflicting statutes enacted by
different states without relation 10
each other. instead of providing IA com
plete and carefully studied and pre-
pared system Of regulation for bust
ness that Is 50 vital to the life OF the
nation. IS worse than folly
He summed uD the present problems