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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-04

idea as to how the countise are going
to vote, but it is generally conceded
that the race just now lies between
Harris and Hardwick. 1t is believed
by almost every one that, should the
opposition to Hardwick be made up
Of two strong men, the vote would be
split to where Hardwick would be
elected. The opposition to the draft
law in the rural sections will have to
be counted on, but for just how much
no one seems to know.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-04
| CALVIN SAYS SHEEP
kAloiNu PAYING INVESTMENT

Atlanta, Jan. 4. In connection
with the discussion now going the
rounds OF the Georgia press in re
gard to the opportunities for sheep
raising in this state, Martin V. Cal
vim of Marietta, president of the
Georgia State Agricultural Society,
has just given out some very interest
ing and valuable data Mr.. Calvin
is a skilled statistician and agricul-
tural specialist, and speaks by the
card
AS he points out, the sheep rails
ing industry in Georgia is far reno
we'd from the experimental stage,
having been tried and proven sue
cessful years ago, in 1874, when the
state department of agriculture was
created, it was proclaimed that every
acre of Georgia land would sustain
at least one sheep. During the sew
enties, David Ayres. of south Geor-
gia, and Robert C. Humber of mid
die Georgia, handling from $500 to
1000 sheep, realized a net profit of
80 to 100 per cent on capital and Ia
Dor invested. The pastorage they
used was wiregrass and Bermuda
grass.
Sheep raising was successfully
practiced in the decade beginning in
1880. but about tewnty years later
the farmers began to lose interest
in sheep and the industry gradually
dropped away to almost lt)thing.
j. A. Delfelder, prominent Wyoming
sheep raiser, recently completed
tour of the grazing lands of south
Georgia, and delivered an address
in Savannah declaring them ideally
suited to the industry
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-04

labor. 1t is not a thing of beauty, but
all France is wearing it.
Britain has started on the road to
standardization is nice way
of saying national uniform"
! A director of wool textile production
has been appointed, and he already
proposes to cut down the number of
weaves and patterns and to put on the
market only few standardized cloths
They are to be all of one type, with a
very few patterns. These are to fur
nished to the manufacturer of mems
clothes and ladies' suits and cloaks at
fixed prices.
He is to sell to the retailer at fixed
price, and the retailer must sell to the
consumer at fixed price Also In this
way Britain proposes to put all of her
civilians in warm well-made $12 suits.
The next step to olive drab for the
whole population is not far Off And
why not? In the past whole nations
have worn national costume and
have made an artistic as we'll as an in
dustrial success of it.
Even today, when the impressario
of an opera company tries to trick out
his chorus in the most effective style
he had to go to the peasant girls of the
Tyrol or Switzerland to get his ideas.
And these were national or tribal uin-
forms.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-04
FINE is IMPOSED ON MARIE
CORELLI FOR BOARDING FOOD

LONDON Jan 2. Marie Corelli, nov
elist, and Lady Mabel Gore Langston
sCster of Earl Temple, were among to-
days victims Of the food controllers
regulations against boarding food, the
former being fined fifty pounds and
twenty pounds cost, while Lady Lang
ton was fined eighty pounds.
Miss Corelli was charged with hav-
ing purchased excessive quantities Of
sugar In her defense she said the
sugar was to be used in making jam
Lady Langton was accused of having
purchased excessive quantities of tea,
coffee, sugar and other provisions
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-04
DUBLIN WOMAN TO AID
LAWYERS WITH DRAFT

Dublin, Jan 2. "A large number of
prominent women in the city have
volunteered to help the legal advisory
board of Laurens ounty in filling
cut questionaires for the drafted men
here, and today list of the volunteers
was published. The women have a
chairman, Mrs. Frank Watkins, and
there are thirty others in the court
house, where comfortable working
quarters have been arranged.
Several days ago Judge ]. S. Adams
chairman for the Sixth district, sug-
gested that the women of the city
could aid materially and called for
volunteers.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-04
DUBLIN DEALERS HAD
COAL TO SUPPLY CITY

Dublin, Jan 2. Dublin was fortunate
in having enough coal to tide over the
extreme cold weather of the past few
days. The dealers here had enough
to supply all parties who were out of
coal, and already had another ship
ment on the read. The result was
that nc one here suffered for fuel dur
ing the extreme cold weather.
Temperature records were broken
when the thermometer at the govern
ment station went down to twelve de-
grees above zero Sunday and Mon
day
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-04
PROFESSIONAL CARDS

CARL LLIAMS-Dentist, Williams
Building, Cordele, Ga.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-04
TOO MANY in SENATE RACE
MEANS HARDWICK VICTORY

Dublin, Jan 3. Discussion of the
senatorial race is starting among the
political forecasters around here, es-
pecially since the announcement of Man
gums poll of the newspapers which
were almost a unit for Harris.
Nobody as yet seems to have any
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-04
WARTIME COSTUME UNLESS
CONFLICTS ENDS SOON.

CONFLICTS ENDS SOON.
Modern ware are fought by whole
nations, not armies"
This threadbare commonplace NAV
scon assume very definite meaning
to the folks back home Already there
T are soldiers, financiers and business
men who are asking the question:
If nations now fight wars, why not
let the whole nation fight in uniform
like the men at the front?"
: When one considers the industrial
and transportation activities of mod
ern nation necessary for dressing the
people-largely the better half to be
sure-and that large per cent of this
myriad different patterns and kinds of
cloths, garments and shoes it is not
hard tc see the force behind the idea of
national uniform-stadardized clothes
for the men women and children back
of the lines.
If the war lasts long enough the
change is bound to come-simply be-
cause it will have to come.
Whether it will last long enough to
bring about complete uniformity of
costume is doubtful, but the movement
is alread under way.
The clothing trades have heard the
JNhi Of Al,
word standardization
This is the master word of war. APP
piled to automobiles it has proved the
magic formula for success in time of
peace. Applied to airplanes it may
win the war for America. Applied to
clothes well, business is certainly 60
ing to be anything but usual
| Will milady stand for it? A few
years ago one would have been inclin-
ed to say-"Yes, when the sun goes
out"
The war has changed all that Wo-
men are fighting in Russia. Women
are working in mems overalls in thou
sands of munitions factories Women
are ringing up fares on street cars and
wiping engines in railroad yards
They are struggling for the privilege
of wearing the Red Crsss nurses uni
form. BTEMEAKN
Germany has successfully eliminated
the woman's dearest privilege-shop-
Z ping. Bargain sales are forbidden and
one must wear old clothes until the
police decide they can be worn no
longer.
France has struggled to hold on to
her great dressmaking industry for its
after-the-war value, but the leather
shortage has driven France to uniform
footwear Only one kind of shoe can
be made in France-the national
boot"-designed to save leather and
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-04
COMPUL sorry RATIONING
in ENGLAND SOON

LONDON, Jan. 3.-Compulsory "a
tioning will be put into effect in Eng
land soon, it was announced officially
today.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-04
MEETING OF SYMPHONY CLUB

MEETING OF SYMPHONY CLUB
POSTPONED
The regular meeting of the Sympho-
ny Club has been postponed form Sat
urday to next week, the date to be
announced later.
$3.50
Miss Francis Carswell is the guest
of friends in Dublin.
Mrs. Cameron and children, of Savan-
nah, are guests of Mrs. B. F. Sheppard
on Fourteenth Avenue.
:-~-a
julius Barber is i'll with pneumonia
at the home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. P. S. Barber
#-#-*
Mrs. A. C. Fraseur and son Charlie
have returned from visit to relatives
at Damascus.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Jones have re-
Cul HCu llOll' q NISII W MI. anu MTS.
John Hyde at Jacksonville.
#-*-*
Miss Margaret Needham of Tifton
spent Tuesday in the city with home
folks.
Miss Mabel Currell and Walter John
son, of Albany, were guests Wednes-
day Of Miss Florence Morris.
Leon Webb and Joe Walters left
yesterday for Macon to stand exami-
nation for the army.
#-M-@
Arthur Peacock who is now with
Armour and Company at Decatur, Ala,
spent Wednesday with friends in the
city.
$3.50
Mrs. G. H. Bateman and little daugh-
ter, Virginia and Mrs. A. H. Bryan, of
Macon, were guests the past week of
of their mother, Mrs. Morris on Four
teenth Avenue.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-04
"A LOVE SONG.

"a LOVE SONG.
Life is no more
sweet as it was when you stood If
LIES door,
/ VI all OF life the blessed and the true
And called the stars of Twilight home
to you.
{, Life is no more
Rich as when Love gave Plenty to tbe
Poor -
The poor whose vision had all Heaven
in view,
Bright with wonderful, sweet dream
of you!
have passed from you, but It's mine
II. to meet
The memories immortal. These
are they
That give the heart it's higher. holier
y Is it not wondrous to have walked
that way?-Frank L. Stanton.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-08
A HINT TO CONGRESS.

Tn behalf Of the state of Illinois where lynching has taken place and others have been severely dealt with because of their seditious and pro- German acts and statements, Governor Lowden standing for law and order has demanded that those guilty of the mob violence be apprehended and punished. His stand is of course the right one. for otherwise what are the laws of any commonwealth going to amount to?
 But while the governor of Illinois is calling for this punishment of those who disregarded existing law, it can rot help being recognized that there is a crying need for the passage of a federal law which will make it pos sible to deal with such persons in a manner befitting their acts. It may Se asking a good deal of those pa- triotic citizens who boil at the activ- ity of the enemy agents and their ef- forts to arouse opposition to thu course of the government in the con duet of the war and to create sympa- thy in behalf of Germany, to sit calm ly by while aliens or pacifists spread their propaganda but such only ough 10 bring congress to recognition O the necessity of promptly and prop erly enacting legislation. and what i: of even greater importance seein! that provision is made for it's en forcement, which will deal with thii matter as 1t should be dealt with Hanging a man in Illinois under tn conditions which Pagers life wa taken is no different than the south ern practice of stringing a man up t a tree for crime which the laws o the state can deal with except tha the law and it's enforcement regard ing such aliens has been found to b inadequate. Thus while such prac tices cannot be tolerated laws whic, wifi deal with them and discourag them are greatly needed.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-08
Working on The Chinese.

Correspondence of The Associated Press):
 German residents in China are doing their utmost to induce influential Chinese officials in Picking and the provinces to reject the proposal by representatives of the Entente powers, that the Chinese government deport all enemy subjects to Australia for in terment.
 The Germans argue that they and the Austrians in China are conducting themselves in quiet and unobstruslve manner, that no intriguing nor pro paganda is being carried on and that deportation without more sufficient reason would be violation of inter national law. The question is schedui- ed to come up for discussion before the cabinet in the near future.
 1 Reports from Chinese officials al ] Mukden, Chinwangtao, Nanking ant { Shanghai indicating that since pub i lication of the recent regulations re curing enemy aliens to register anc 1 report at stated intervals there hae been observed little evidence of hostile activity on. the part of such aliens are said to have impressed the acting premier Wong Shifl chen. Th' Premier cannot come to any decision about their treatment notwithstanding urgent promptings of the Ententt
 legations, particularly of the British
 Minister, Sir John Jordon.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-08

pose of helping out the aims of the German government and work to the detriment of the United States. It is very plain that such an organi- zation is no place for an American who is loyal to his country, even though it is his country by adoption. He cannot serve two nations. He can not remain true to Germany as such an organization would have him do and at the same time be loyal Amer ican.
 Therefore inasmuch as the alliance requires his divided allegiance, and such cannot be tolerated even though it is claimed that the organization has only a desire to maintain itself in name only until after the war, the thing to do is to bring 1t to an end. kThe wise course has therefore been decided upon in determining to dis band. It is far preferable than to wait and be forced to take such a step. It gives greater strength to the
 claim that they are not actively en- gagged in promoting Germany's inter | nStg
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-08
SAVE BY PREVENTING FIRES.

It makes no difference whether it is the fall Of the year. after the leaves have fallen and everything including the underbrush is dry, or whether it is spring with the years aecumula- ton of tinderlike material dried out by the sun and wind. there is need for exercising the greatest amount of care in order to prevent fires which will do a large amount of damage in woodland and at the same time be a serious menace to other property.
 The human agency is by no means the only cause of fires but it is the cause of the most of them and the reason for it is not for the purpose ol destroying but because of careless ness. Too little thought is given to i the consequences attached to starting l fires for one purpose or another, to the dropping of a lighted match among in1ammable material and to the burn ing of leaves and brush on windy days or when not enough help is at hand The result of such heedlessness is ar enormous yearly waste of timber barns and dwellings. It is fully rec ognized after the damage has beer done but the highly important thing in this connection is to realize the sit uation before the fire is started anG | exercise the proper amount of care tc | prevent it. Warnings have been given until it seems almost a waste of space to dwell upon such a mattel
 but each seasons losses clearly dem onstrates the fact that it is as neces
 sary as the instructions in the schoo
 room, but just now with every effor
 being made to overcome waste added
 attention ought to be given to thu ! duty in this direction.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-08
UPHOLSTERED CHAIR.

Times have changed. It used to be that upholstered chairs were only for the wealthy or the heirs of antiquity. But now. as far as the price goes, any body can have one. A modified wing arm chair with straight short legs can be bought for Si5 to s20. Many times it can be used in its original covering, but, if to follow a certain decorative color scheme it seems necessary to have it recovered, it may be done at the time of buying for only the actual cost of the material. At any later
 time there is an additional cost of $3 for covering. Of the widest material l it usually takes three and a half to
 four yards without ruff1e. A chair of this sort would be de-
 delightful for the living room. II might be upholstered in a dark. well
 coIered cretonne or printed linen, a velour, repp, corduroy. sunfast or hair cloth.
 l For the library it might be up-
 holstered in repp, linen, velour, cor duroy or leather.
 1 It would also make an ideal bed room chair, in which case it may have
 the valance or not, as fancy dictates
 The valance is a box plaited ruffle
 extending from the bottom of the chair to the floor
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-08
MOST IMPROBABLE.

Discussions are going on, if reports gre true, over the possible abandon ment of the Macedonian front in or der that the troops which are holding the line in that region may be util- ized elsewhere. Such move it can hardly be believed is contemplated for the very fact that the advantages to be gained by such 8 step would be more than offset by the disadvantages The withdrawal of the armies in that theater would of course permit of their use either on the western front or in Italy after a great amount of shifting, but while it would be add ing half million or more men to the lines in the west it would be, at the same time, releasing as many if not more of the enemy forces for the same locality, and it would be possible tC get the latter around into Italy ol northern France quicker than it would the troops of the allies.
 But it is also to be remembered that if the army at Saloniili is taken away that Greece will then be left unpro- tected and the hordes from the nortl will proceed to overrun that countr! even as they have Rumania and west ern Russia. and such would give then an additional advantage in the Medi terranean for the purpose of blockins the Suez canal and menaeing Italy.
 Bulgaria would then be practical, out of danger of attack and it's forcsi could be thrown against the Britisl
 
 move would be interpreted in the cen | :ral powers as the elimination of an ether of the nations fighting with tn allies.
 There may he discussions abeu such move but there are very seri GUS doubts about it's being made.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-08

tion, nation by nation. of the worlds merchant marine Tn July. 1914. On the next side is a tabulation, month by month, of the amount of tonnage which the German submarine com mandens claim to have destroyed The third side bears a set of figures show ing the proportion of Allied tonnage Host, after allowing for new construc- tion. The fourth side has comparison of the present tonnage of Germany, the Entente, and the neutral states, show ing that the Central. Powers are going to be in a very advantageous position after the war,
 As a graphic illustration of whnt l the destruction of 1000 tons of ships cargo means, the base of the pillar shows three miniature railway freight
 trains of 50 cars each, piled high with
 make believe freight, - representing | 1,000 tons in all
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-08

pound my husband wanted me to try it. i took it for week and fels little bet ter. kept itup for three months, and I feel fine and can eat anything now without distress or nervousness. Mrs. J. WoRTHLINE, 2842 North Taylor St., Philadelphia Pa.
 The majority of mothers nowadays overdo. there are so many demands upon their time and strength; the result is invariably weakened, un-down, nervous condition with headaches, back, ache, irritability and depression ' and soon more serious ailments develop It is at such periods in life that Lydia B:
 Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will
 restore normal healthy condition, as | it did to Mrs. Worthline.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-08

sembied several hundred tanks, made a special roadway for them and helped to get them into position. When the attack began we followed the British troops, rebuilding the railroad to Cambrai which Fritz blew up during his retreat. The attacking troops moved so fast and we worked so hard that we were able to hook our end or the railroad lines to the Cambrai end because, toward the last, Fritz re- treated so rapidly that he did not have time effectively to destroy the road, "A few days after the initial attack our company was near the front doing ward work. Shells had been falling heavily all day. We were ordered to return to our billets. I started walking down the track when suddenly 1 felt a powerful prod in my back. thought a train had struck me. Down l I went with three wounds in my back. | I scrambled up again and found 1 could not use my left arm.
 q ran seventy-five yards and then
 gave up. Two Tommies carried me to ! a field dressing station. Just as they
 were lifting me into an ambulance TOT lthe ride back to the base, we heard
 the whirring sound of a. machine gun.
 I felt a sharp pain in my hand and saw that one of the Tommies had been hit in the mouth.
 "A Bocne airplane had spotted our ambulance, swooped down. and fired 3 round of machine gun bullets one oi
 which had given me scalp wound while another hit the British soldier He was only stunned and did not fall
 but grasped at the rear end of the
 ambulance and said, I guess I'll ride to the hospital with you.
 Charles Geiger of No. 22S5 Fullerton Iavenue, Chicago, was a prisoner in thf
 hands of the Germans for twelve hours.
 I We. were up near the front line when the shells began droppine heavily he said. we were ordered
 to take refuge in a dugout and re- Imained there for some time but came
 out when the bombardnent apparently
 was over As we emerged We saw mot fifty yards away, an advancing
 line of grey green figures. It wal
 Fritz. He had counter attacked. w just turned and ran. l can hear th'
 bullets whistle yet. Suddenly m! left foot erumpled and over l fel. Al I lay there, the Germans came up ana
 swept past A German Red Crosi , man gave me a drink of water ant bound up my wounds but none or u , was helped to the rear.
 we lay on the ground there fo
 twelve hours while desaltory fghtin!
 was going on all day. When tn British counter attacked again tn , Germans retreated but did not attemp : to take us with them. Soon we wer lin British hands again. Then we wer all rushed to the dressing station an thence to the base hospital" :, Geiger's wounded foot was am : putated before he was brought t :. Paris
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-08
THE THING TO DO.

The announcement which has been made to the effect that the National German American alliance will be dis solved this week is in keeping with the demands which have been made that action be taken to bring about such an end.
 When this organization was started which was before the war, it was i'm possible to attribute any improper mo tive thereto. It was looked upon as 2 means of getting those in this coun- try Of German birth closer to tht eountry in which they reside and gel their living, but 1t has since beer demonstrated that it was possible through such an organization to gel together these very people for the pr.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-08


 Have you ever noticed a row of women's feet in a street car?" said one woman to another.
 "Observe them now, some twisted about each other-a contortionist would envy them. Each position seems more unlovely than the other in arrangement. It is becoming rare to see woman keep her feet correctly in position"
 This painful fact might we'll be supplemented by the further state ment that other places than street cars lend themselves to the odd po- sitions for the feet.
 In restaurants it is no infrequent thing to see the feet of woman twisted about the legs of her chair. A visitor recently called her hostess attention the remarkable storklike style of her adjustment of feet by ex- claiming suddenly: Well, of course I don't mind, but do tell me how you do it!" W,hereupon the hostess quickly drevt down the foot she had been sitting on and thereafter kept them both on the floor.