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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-02
MILITARY H0NORS FOR
AIR RAIDERS IN LONDON

LONDON. July I'm Two village
churchyards near London three Ger
man aviators killed in night air
raid on the metropolis on Sunday.
May IS. were buried three days after,
ward while inquests over bodies of
their victims were being conducted in
London.
In one churchyard two Germans
we're buried with military hOnors. At
another services were held over the
body of a German aviator which had
been found in the wreckage of his fly
ing machine. The casket. covered
with a German flag was conveyed to
the burying on a gun carriage, follow
ed by officers and men of the Royal
Flying Corps Allied aviators flew
over the churchyard during the cere-
monies
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-02

BOARD PUTS OVER
A NUMBER OF MEN
RECLASSIFYING ALL THIS WEEK
PUT NUMBER UP

The local registration board has
been working a week on reclassifica-
ton of registrants in Crisp that 81
men have been moved up to class one.
The work will be continued the pre-
sent week and it is highly probable
that more will be passed over to this
list.
By order of the war department
every man who has married since
May Is, 1917, has been moved over to
class one. These registrants will
have no grounds for exemption on de-
tendency other than those arising out
of the fact that child has been born.
The change has brought some few
whites up to class one and quite a
number of colored registrants. The
work of revising will go on till com
pleted.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-02
US. TROOPS TAKE
VAUX VILLAGE
FROM HUNS
CAPTURES FIVE OFFICERS AND
NEARLY 300 PRISONERS,

WITH AMERICAN FORCES MA.
RNE FRONT, July I'm a brilliant
operation after hard fighting the
Americans on this front last night
captured the village of Vaux, toget.
her with large slice of Parish High
way west of Chateau Thierry and two
patches of wooded lands.
The Americans took two hundred
and seventy-five prisoners including
five, officers, quantity of machine
guns and other equipment.
In the Vaux region the Americans
took the Germans completely by sur.
prise. Most of the prisoners were
taken out of cellars and dugouts. How
many Germans were killed, of course
is unknown but from the number in
plain view. the total must have been
considerable.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-02
GEORGIA MAN HAS
WONDERFUL INVENTION

A. H. Henslee was here today dis
playing sketches of an invention
Y 'lich his brother c. S. Henslee, d
former Georgian now residing in
chattanooga. Tenn. has made for the
purpose Of saving ships that have been
scrpedoed The invention is one which
is said to effectually and automatical
" close an opening which has been
made in the ships side within ten
minutes, or less time.
This is great disc which is at
ityacted to its proper place by the in
flew of water at the opening The in
ventiOn has been patened and Mr.
Henslee states that a corporation for
the making of these ship savers will
soon be under way.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-02
FIRE DESTROYS
REBECCA HOME
FIRE CAME NEAR PROVING DIS.
AsTRoUS THIS MORNING

REBECCA, July between seven
and eight O'Clock this morning the res
idence of DR. w. j. Dixon was discOv-
covered to be on fire and burning very
rapidly, the entire home being in
flames.
Every few minutes the adjoining
home Of j. o. Jackson also for a time
seemed to be doomed owing to the
close proximity Of the building. Had
Ii not been for the large trees be-
tween the two buildings and the heavy
ra:n yesterday. the Jackson home,
lovely barn and the Appeal office
could not have been saved.
The Dixon home was a total loss as
we'll as most of the household goods
with no insurance.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-02
CAME AS A SURPRISE
Col. Williams Too Busy at First to
Open Letter With Promotion.

From the Fort Worth. Star-Telegram.
Lieutenant Colonel Williams was
one of the happiest Of men Monday
morning as he sat in small tent at
rough pine board table directing an
offensive by the Panther Division
against Huns who were trying to cap
ture the Benbrook trenchsystem. 1t
was work he enjoyed. Messages were
brought to Williams-at the rate of
three or four a minute, and he bent
over his war map checking up posi-
tions, giving orders through assistants
and keeping an eye on his watch when
another runner entered and laid an
official docum 49, '"--.o him.
1t was in a war department envelope
so it didn't concern the present battle.
so he sidetr~ 80 while he bent to
his task noting the contents of more
important messages constantly piling
up on his desk. 1t was ordered the
artillery to begin a move against the
eventual objective at II O'Clock, that
the chief of staff took the time to
light cigarette and open the import
ant looking envelope.
He's Colonel Now
1t was a message from the adjutant
generals office. notifying him that he
had just been promoted to a colonel
and from this time on could wear the
silver eagle instead of silver leaf
The new colonel read the message
over calmly and it informed him that
destinations of promotion in the Ma
tional Army were pro1iEcted. so
guess they've got me-" he said with
"a smile. i've just got to accept"
49,. IS Spanish War Veteran
q Colonel Williams is from Georgia
and has been in the regular army
since the Spanish-American war, when
he was a second lieutenant. He saw
service in Cuba and in the Philippines
and came here as chief of staff last
August. He went with General Grebel
III oil ihSpSCtlOH tOuI VI lHe TIOhSH
fronts last October and while there
put several weeks in Paris hospital
suffering from an affection of the jaw.
Note: Col Williams is from Ty Ty,
Ga. and made Cordele his home for
sometime when a boy, and has many
friends here. He is brother of Dr.
Frank Williams of Vienna and cOu-
sin of Miss Lula Williams of this city.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-02
POLAND SHOULD
/. HURRY TO APPROVE
GERMAN DISPOSITION OF POLAND
is MADE

LONDON, July 2,-The principal fea-
lures of the German solution of the
Polish question which are approved by
the central powers are published in
Abend Zeitung, of Augsburg, Germany,
says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch
from Zurich.
The conditions include that the from
tiers be fixed by the German high
command according to military neces-
stiles.
The Polish army will be restricted
to 10000 for so years. Poland must
make the most favorable economic
concessions to the Central powers on
the principle of the most favored ma
ton.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-02
SOUTHERN ROADS
COME OVER TOP
ONLY LINES EXCEEDING oPERAT-
ING INCOME OF LAST YEAR

WASHINGTON, July "A reduc.
ton of more than hundred and eight
millions in operating income of the
hundred and twenty-three largest
railroads of the country during the
first five months under government
control, as compared with the same
period year ago, was announced to-
day by the interstate commerce com.
mission.
In. spite of the reduced operating
income, the revenues of the roads we're
! actually larger, showing more than
billion three hundred and ninety
millions, as compared with a billion
two hundred and seventy-four million
Southern roads alone exceeded the
operating income for the previous
year.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-02
JAMES JACKSON COLORED
FARMER DEAD IN FRANCE

The casualty list of yesterday car
ried the name of James Jackson from
Cordele on General Pershing's report
of deaths. James Jackson went OCto-
Der Goth last with the largest group of
registrants from this county. The gov
eminent has informed Bob Jackson on
rural mail route out of CCrdele that
the soldier died of pneumonia. This
is the second colored soldier to die of
pneumonia in France from those go
ing out of Crisp county.
These are the only soldiers this
county has lost in the war
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-02
MAKING GREAT PLANS
FOR WAR WORK FUND

ATLANTA, July 2.-More than five
thousand business men of the South
eastern states met here today to COM
plete the organization for the coming
drive for a hundred and twelve mil
lions by the War Work Council
The Y. NJ. c. A. drive will start in
the fall. The Southeastern depart
ment will have quota of four millions
In May the last of the five months.
the roads were beginning to recover
from the paralyzing effects of biz
yards and embargoes and the operat-
ing income rose to a point nearer last
years figures.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-02
Is MILLION BALE
COTTON CROP
FOR 1918 !
GEoVERMENT PREDICTS ZIG OUT
PUT THIS YEAR

WASHINGTON, July "A huge cot
ton crop is in prospect this year, the
Department of Agriculture today fore
casting the production Of 15,S25,000
bales. IA
A crop that size will be, the third
largest ever grown.
The condition June 25, was S5.S per
cent normal, six percent higher than
the ten year average. The acreage
this year comes close to the record.
Figures by states show Florida, &C
reage 10000 with condition 70; South
Carolina 2,995,OOO, condition. So and
Georgia, 5,442,0OO, with condition at
so. III
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-02
IS WORKING FOR
PAN AMERICAN UNION
SOUTH AMERICAN INTERESTED
IN STRONG UNION.

BUENOS AIRES, Aprial 3O-(Cor-
respondence of The Associated Press)
DR.. Ramon Lopez Lomba, Uruguyan
Consul General to France, has arrived
in this city with the purpose of obtain.
ing support for his project for the
creation of a solid Pan-Amercian
Union with building in Buenos Aires,
on the same lines as the Pan-Amer-
clan Union in Washington
Dr. Lomba is intensely enthusiastic
over the project, which he thinks
would be of immense mutual advant-
age to the social, mental and CONNER
cial development Of the countries of
the American continent He has told
newspaper men that he is confident
that with the active Cooperation
Of all interested forces, a building
worthy of the nations of North and
South America could be erected in this
Special Canadian and United States
section would be set apart in the
proposed building to further increase
the commercial relations between
Argentina Canada and the United
States.
DR.. Lomba claims to nave received
support of his plan from various soc
ietIes, institution, chambers ofcom-
merce, historical, literary, and pat
riotic societies, and as special atten-
ton is to be given to the Canadian
section, he is now trying to get the
support of the many British organ.
izations in Bunos Aires.
1t appears that DR.. Lombas sugges-
ton is for a Pan-American Union on
popular lines instead of diplomatic
lines, as Washington, and he is devot-
ing his energies to interesting the
public rather than the governments of
the countries he visits. 1t is his idea
to have the building serve as a mus
cum in which would be documents re-
lating to the battles Of independence
of American Republics. busts of found
ers of nations. general museum Of
American exhibits and library and
art collection on American subjects.
1t also is proposed to have an Amer
.ican week in October every year for
the observance of the anniversary of
the discovery of the Americas. Plans
are now under way for an American
week in October of this year, the pro-
gram to include Olympic games.
regattas and races of all descriptions
flower battles. literary and artistic
conferences and living pictures of
events in the life of Columbus and his
association with the sOvereigns of
Spain.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-02
TO SINK HOSPITAL
SHIPS IS OLICY
GERMANY SHOWS INTENTIONS
IN RECENT SINKING

LONDON, July 2.-That the sink.
ing of hospital ships is a deliberate
Policy on part of the Germans now is
placed beyond all doubt by the tor.
pedoing CT the British Hospital ship
Llandpwery Castle newspapers say
III their comment today.
The daily mail says il there had
been particle of truth in the charge
that the snip carried American avia
tors. the submarine captain had only
to stop the beat and seize the Amer
lean officers and take them to Ger.
many as proof Of Allied guilt in using
hospital ships for transports.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-02
GROCERY STORES WILL CLOSE

Grocerymen of the city have agreed
to close their stores on Thursday
July Fourth, in order to be in position
TO more thoroughly celebrate the Ma
tional independence Day.
Housewives and out of twon custo
mers will govern themselves accord
ingIy by getting in their Thursday IS
needs in the grocer line on Wednes.
day.
muniQue for yesterday, sent before
the successful operation last night
west of Chateau Thierrw.
AS American aviator shot down an
enemy machine in the Toul region.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-02
AMERICANS SWOOPDOWN AMONG HUNS
NO COTTON TRADING WITH
ENEMY FOR TEN YEARS

LIVERPOOL, July2,-At a general
meeting of the members of the Liver
pool Cotton Exchange today it was
unanimously resolved that no mem
Der or members of the firm shall trade
directly or indirectly with the present
enemies of Great Britain for period
of ten years after the war
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-02
Enemy in British Trench.

LONDON, July 2.-The Germans
last night after strong bombardment,
attacked to the northwest of Albert,
north of the Somme, in an attempt
to regain positions taken by the Bri-
tish Sunday night.
The enemy gained a footing in one
of the British trenches but we're re-
pulsed elsewhere, the war tNice an
nounced. Attempted enemy raids near
Lens, on the Flanders front were re-
pulsed. The British took some pri-
soners.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-02
M'CRAE SOLDIER DIES
in PERSHING'S ARMY

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE Army
casualty list contains eighty-one
names. Killed in action, eight; died
If wounds. ten: died of diseases, one;
wounded severly, forty eight; wound
ed. four; missing in action ten
Private Reuben HARRISON, of Nc
Rae, Ca. died of wounds.
Corporal Freeman Blackwell of
Auburn, Ca, and Private Aron Hardin
Of Dalton, Ga, we're wounded severely.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-02
BEL CLAN STEAMER SUNK
BY SUB IN ATLANTIC

WASHINGTON. July 1.-The Bel.
gian steamer, Chilier. was sunk four
teen hundred miles off the Atlantic
coast June 81, the Navy Department
today announced. Twenty five surviT-
ors were picked up by sailing vessel
June q.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-02
GEORGIA GUNNER WAS 7 y 4
COMMENDED BY DANIEL

WASHINGTON, July 2,-Gunner's
Mate John Robert Moerehead of Hart;
we'll, Ga, among the armed guard OF
the torpedoed American steamer,
William Rockefeller, was commended
today by Secretary Daniels for stand
ing by his guns until the ship went
down. 'ts'Ef
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-02
French Assisted

PARIS, July 1.-The village of Vaux
west of Chateau Thierry and the
height west of Vaux was captured last
night by Americans, in communion
with the French, the war Office an
nonnces more than three hundred pri-
soners, including five officers, we're
taken.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-02
CANDIDATE JOHN R. COOPER
HERE TO SPEAK JULY u

Candidate John R. Cooper for the
United States senate was here yester-
day and announced that he would
make an address here July %. He ask
ed that this announcement be made
that the people of the county be given
an opportunity to hear him on that
date. Cut this out and paste in your
hat band, so that you may remember
the date.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-02
WORK OR FIGHT LAW Is
NOT ANTI-LABOR LAW

WASHINGTON, July 2-Comment-
ing on the new work or fight regula-
lions today Gen. Crowder emphasized
the fact that the order does not effect
men outside the draft age.
Several communities have apparent
ly confused it with the anti-loafer laws
in some states.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-02
SECOND MARINE CASUALTY
LIST SHOWS TWENTY SIX

WASHINGTON, July 1.-The second
Marine corps casualty list today re-
ports &c missing in actionsssdied Of
wounds 2; wounded severely, /
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-02
OVER SIXTY LOSE
LIVES EXPLOSION
SHELL FACTORY LETS GO ENG
LAND WITH FORCE

LONDON, July Am explosion oc-
Cured in the National Shell Filling
factory in the Midlands on Monday
it is; officially announced.
Between sixty and seventy persons
lost their lives
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-02
ELBERTON SOLDIER is
MISSING IN ACTION

WASHINGTON, July 2.-The Ma
rine Corps casualty list reported only
three names, all missing in action
The list included Private Boykin
w. Graft of Elberton, Ga.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-02
CONDITION OF SENATOR
TTLLMAN REMAINS UNCHANGED

WASHINGTON, July 2.-The con-
dition of Senator Tillman today was
reported unchanged. He still remains
unconscious.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-02

RUSSELL Thompson, son of Mrs. J.
w. Watkins. is visiting his grandma
Their at Ochlochnee, Ga.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-02
American eete One.

v'Afl4ENGToN, July i2-Another
quiet day along the American fronts
is reported by Pershing in his COM
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-02

NMEAM PURCHASE OF
VMM -four FOR BotiE USE
WU nBI WMSo AN EQuM
AtcUNr or OrHn dyEAIS.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-16
IIIiteracy Before the War.

It iS difficult tu IIlikr comparisons of illiteracy in France. England. Spain and Portugal, Austria Hungary and Scotland before the war. because different methods of taking the count
 are used in the various countries. In giving the percentage of illiteracy in the countries below. there Is indicated in the parenthesis the bnsis on which the computation was made. notes an investigator: Austria. 18..1 (pOpula- tiOn over eleven years, l91O; Eng land and Wales, 1.6 (marriages, 19O1- I91O); France, 14.1 (pOpulatiOn over ten years, 1908 or 4.l. marriages 1901 l91O); Hungary. :s.3 (populatio over six years, based on number unable tO read and write. 191O); Portugal. 6S.9 (populatiOn' over ten years. 1911. based nn inability to read); Scotland, 1.6 (marriaSes 1901 -191O): Spain. 5S.7 (pOpulatiOn over ten yearsy. Except in the cases mentioned. the term H. literacy Is used to mean all persons unable to write their own language.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-16
EtBA's SUPPLY OF IRON ORE
Mines Have Attached . Ney Import anes to the isiand-Nspoteon Was
 Held Prisoner There.

The Island of Elba, celebrated as the place where Napoleon was i'm. prisoned in 1874. has since Italy's eii- trance into this war attracted much attention as the location of valuable iron mines. writes. q correspondent.
 In view of the scarcity of Iron mines in Italy and the difficulty of transport ing ore ur pigs from the United States for use in ths> munitiOn factories 'h" mines of Elba have given new i'm portunce to the island. Travellers on the Genoa Rome Express. which skirts tho seashOre of the mainland, permit ting view on clear day of the blue island rising out of the water six miles distant think rather of the tnll fonn- dry stacks in the foreground at PiOm- bino than of the great soldier of other wars.
 In the days before the war this ex- press stopped at Cnnl'igii.' to put oh tourists for Piombino and Elba. To day It stops to put off business men. skilled Iron workers. Italian soldiers and their Austrian prisoners interne1 on the island The side track at Cam piglia has been enlarged since the wer too. for the purpose of handling the large quantity of iron freight brought over from Elba. NapoleOn's name has almost been forgotten on the island. so busy are the inhabitants with war work. "IIow can get to the Villa San MartinoT' visitor arriving on the stone wharf of the harbor inquired Of q workman. The workman looked al the visitor blnnkly. when the visitor added: You know. the place where Napoleon used tO live" The man shook his head. "I'm a newcomer here. Scv- CT heard of the place."
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-16
WAR PROPHECY COMES TRUE
Russian Bankers Prediction Seven Years Ago Provided for Famine
 and the Bankruptcy Of Nations.

Only seven years ago NJ. Bloch, the great Russian banker, wrote: That k the future of wnr-not fighting bu, famine; not the staying of men, bu, the bankruptcy of nations. and ,h' breaking up of the whole social or, ganfZatiUn of the nations"
 The future of war. us written about by Nj. Bloch seven years ago. Is th" present of war today. observes Yer non Kellogg in the Atlantic. Not thnl fighting and the staying of men are lessened. Only the NapoleOnic amt the Thirty ieurs' wars approach to- days war in the terrible losses of hI- niun life; and too great Il drain On the human life of any one or several of the nations engaged may be the de- ciding factor in the wars conclusion But on the whole. and as matters stand today, that part of M. BlOch's prophecy referring to the predominant iAfluenc. of the food problem in modern waa is thoroughly borne out by the facts. Despite the fearful and fatal strug gling of an incredible number of mci,. consuming inconceivhhle quantities "i munitions, and using such amazin. methods of fighting as are beyond ever the fantastic inlnginings of the TO nlnncers of u dec"!. ago. IlIe nationa and international phases of the food and general economic problem are ll. predominant features of the war Si,. uatiOn today.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-16
Cotton In Australia.

Chiefly because of the war cotton growing Is being taken up with in- creased vigor by farmers in Queens land, as shown by the large amount of raw material which the department of agriculture Is receiving for gin ming purposes. To foster the indus try the department has been buying all the raw cotton grown in the state. ginning 1t and selling 1t on behalf of the growers. Last year the amount rinned up to June 30 was 2O.4S5 hounds. including $500 pounds from New Guinea. Up to June 21 this year the department has received 34.SO5 hounds from Queensland growers alone. and farmers aye still sending in their pickings. Growers are guar. anteed three and One-hnlf cents a pound and any balance made after the department has paid the expense of ginning. Last year growers received ar fraction under five cents pound. This years cotton Is from seed ob- tsined spo'n the TIHiteti States.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-16
How the Goat" Got Even.

A Southerner recently approached the attendant of Y. M. c. A. No. q.
 "I should likes to borrow some di-es." he announced.
 "SOme whatT'
 "SOme di-es."
 'T don't understand"
 You know. dies. things you shoot craps with."
 "Oh, dice! Sorry. but we haven't any of those. Dice are one of the few things that we don't supply"
 ''The boys sent me mp after them" :" protested the rookie.
 "I guess that was a joke"
 Say, let me take some boxing gloves for a few minutes. I'll bring them right back" And thus armed. the goat" with fire in his eye. walked of in the di- rection of his barracks.-BOston Globe.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-16
Forewarned is Forearmed.

A man went to a nearby city on bpsi. ness, and while there called at q bank to get specie for some notes he had had 0n@sand for long time. They proved to be on Q defunct coDcern. and the teller told him they were good for nothing. - ''"
 "Wa'al. now. look a.here, mister. said Uncle Cy. "w0n1 ye jist tell fel. Ter how you can tell when moneys .s-golp' ter sMle!s
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-16
v S ~SvS 70 BRITISH WERE
 '. NOT SURPRISED
investigation of German successes at Cambrai Show that British
 Were Ready

LONDON, Jan. t6 The Chancel- Tor of the Exchequer announced today in the mousse of commons that the Haig inquiry over the British reverses at Cambrai conducted by the war cab inet revealed that the British were not taken by surprise in the German attack on Cambrai, but that they were outnumbered
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-16
BRITISH DROP
 TON 0F BOMBS Take Photographs of Damage Done Munitions Factories an Railway
 station Damaged

LONDON, Jan. 16.-In the karls- ruhe raid by British aviators Monday the British dropped one ton of bombs on munitions factories and railway stations. and put seven attacking ma chimes out of commission. The avi- ators brought back photographs of the damage done.