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The Cordele dispatch., 1918-12-02

NOTICE HuNTERs--on account Of
the numerous requests for permission
and the trespassing Of those who do
not ask the privilege, we find it ab-
solutely necessary to not permit any
hunting or fishing on our farm known
as the Browder Place. Parties who
continue to hunt on these lands ever
our protest win be prosecuted
MRS. DAVE BRoWDER S. H.
HAMILTON ll.-29-e
The Cordele dispatch., 1918-12-02
IN. A. RAMSEY DIES;
WAS SELF-MADE man
WORKED HIS WAY UP FROM MES
sENcER BOY IN THlRTY.oNEl
YEARS CONTINUOUS SERVICE.

Macon, Dec. 1.-Marion A. Ramsey,
superintendent Of the Mocan-Atlanta
division Of the Central OF Georgia rail
road and one Of the best known rail
read men in southern territory, lost
his fight against pneumonia after six
teen day battle, at six O'Clock yester-
day morning. For ten days of the time
he was unconscious and his life during
that time was hanging by thread
which was severed with the breaking
OF day yesterday morning.
His Wife Also M
Mr.. Ramsey's wife also went
through a seige Of pneumonia with
her husband. They occupied adjoin-
ing rooms. Mrs. Ramsey passed the
crisis and is now on the road to re-
covery she was informed several
days ago that there was no chance to
save her husbands life and from that
time on she has been kept informed Of
the facts of her husbands condition
The news of his death conveyed to
her yesterday morning, while caus
ing a severe shock, did not cause any
physical collapse. She had been pre-
pared for the shcek.
In civic affairs Mr. Ramsey had
been prominent in the upbuilding oi
the city Of Macon. He was at one
time a commissioner Of the Chamber
of Commerce.
Mr.. Ramsey had been given credit
for conducting the fight which result
ed in the building Of the great termi'
nal station in the City Of Macon and
Of causing the Central to build the
great switching yard system which
making the city great distribut
ing point The building OF great
freight terminal was included III the
plan, bus this terminal building was
halted by the European war.
The Cordele dispatch., 1918-12-02
FARMS FOR RENT

have an excellent ts-horse farms
for rent. Also an exceedingly choice
e-horse farm for rent. These are vcry
choice and none but good men able
to run themselves need apply.
JAS. H. BROWN 11-27-6t
The Cordele dispatch., 1918-12-02

EwArENp salesman or salesIady to
sell goods to the merchants Of Crisp
county. Prefer resident of Cordele,
Georgia. Must be good salesman.
Send references with your reply Adj
dress Box, 4s2. Atlanta, Ca
12-1s1t-pd
The Tomahawk., 1918-05-23
. Reasonable Inquiry.

II should like porterhouse steak
with mushrooms" said the stranger.
."some delicately Drowned toast with
plenty of butter"
"'Scuse me, suh," interrupted tho
waiter. lis you tryin' to give an or
der or is you jes' reminiscent bout old
times?"
The Tomahawk., 1918-05-23
PROPER PEAR TREE PRUNING
AZ In Case Of Apple Low Head Is
Most DslirabIe- Three
or -Four Branches.

Nrom the United States Department Of
Agriculture)
Since pears are grown both as
standards and dwarfs in commercial
orchards, a consideration of the prun-
Ing of both classes is necessary. A
low-headed pear tree is quite as de-
sirable as a low-headed apple tree.
In forming the head of the pear, how
ever, more branches may be left than
in the case Of the apple. While three
Is given as the ideal number for the
apple, as many as four or five may be
retained by a well-grown pear tree.
These should be distributed about the
body 50 AS to give practically an equal
space between them, and, If possible,
they should stand at different heights
upon the main stem. The number Of
branches to be left upon any partic-
ular tree must, however,, be deter
mined by the condition Of the root.
The Tomahawk., 1918-05-23
KEEPING HENS TO
AID FOOD SUPPLY
Poultry Constitutes Military Ee-
source Not to Be Ignored
in War Times.
MORE CHICKENS ARE NEEDED
What 100 Fowls on Every Farm In
United States Would Mean to Ma
tons Food Stock-War
Emergency Program.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
There should be 100 hens on every
farm in the United States. We should
obtain 100 eggs from every hen. With
approximately 100000 farms, that
would mean 600, 100000 hens and co.
OO0. 100000 eggs per year. That num-
Der of eggs constitutes military re-
source not to be ignored.
One hundred hens on every farm Is
not particularly big contract. There
Is hardly q farm in the United States
but could support that number Of hens
practically on it's waste materials and
without materially added cost. One
hundred hens to farm Is considerably
less than the average number of hens
to q farm in many of the better pNul-
reproducing sections of the country.
1t Is an average that could as easily be
maintained in the sections of the
country where the average per farm is
now lower than 100 hens. One hun
dred eggs from every hen. while far
below what could be obtained with
proper encouragement, of fowls, Is
considerably more than the, average
egg production the country over.
These two items are the basis of the
war emergency poultry program for
1918. The carrying out of that pro-
gram is an important part of the war
against barbaric domination.
Two causes combine to bring the ne
cessity for a special effort to secure
the raising of more poultry this year.
One is that the war needs Of the nation
make larger average stocks Of produc-
tive poultry important. The other is
that the number of fowls on farms has,
from multiplicity of causes, been re-
duced during the past year.
A succession of sharp advances in
prices of poultry feeds in 1917 and
uncertainties in supplies Of feeds, be-
The Tomahawk., 1918-05-23

pulled raw turnip at daybreak this
morning" he said.
"You are tramp, aren't you" she
asked, as she stood in the doorway.
Directness was one of Miss Barry's
strong points.
II suppose do fall under that class
lfication," he admitted.
/ elbow was 1t that you took up the
profession so early in life?" she per-
sisted. 4.
"rve never been able to decide
whether it was misfortune or a love
of adventure" he said soberly enough,
hut with quizzicai twinkle in his
ewes. ut really don't matter. At any
rate. that was mighty good sand
witch. and 1 propose to pay for 1t.
Your supply Of firewood seems bit
dow. will increase it."
The ax and the wOodpile were near
and he picked up the former and was
soon at work. The girl went back to
her seat on the veranda
BY and by the tramp appeared on
his way out and with lift of his cap
walked down to the gate and passed
down the hill and out of sight.
ANhy," she said to herself, III he
was washed up. had shave and a
hair cut and business suit on. he
would pass for pretty good-looking
young man. wonder if there is not
some romance connected with his ca
rrer as tramp"
She was still sitting in the big chair.
a quarter of an hour later, when a
buggy with three men in 1t drove up.
One she recognized as the constable.
smother as the tramp who had just
left. and the third was a farmer, who
lived a couple of miles away. From
where she sat she could see the
hardcuffs on the wrists of the tramp.
The officer jumped down and with a
prouti air came up the path and said
30 her:
.You see, have got him. miss"
sBut what has he done?" she asked.
.Let me first ask you if he stole any
ching here? ~,
sNhy. TO-"
well, tc-s horse thief, anyway.
The Tomahawk., 1918-05-23
BARBERRY PLANT IS
AMENACE TO WHEAT
Spreader of Stem Rust Should Be
Cut and Destroyed.
Principal Factor In Reducing Yield OF
Wheat Alone in North and South r.
Dakota and Montana by Mil.
lions OF Bushels.

(From the United States Department OF
Agriculture)
The common barberry is a direct
spreader of black stem rust, terri
bic scourge of wheat, oats, barley and
rye in the spring-wheat districts. Com
mon barberry on lawns and in hedges
in cities and suburbs, as well as on
farms, throughout these districts Is
q fearful thorn in the side of tho
wheat raiser. The presence Of this
shrub in your yard may mean that
your county or district produces less
bread to feed the nation and the al
lies. While the farmers are being
urged to take every cultural and pro-
tective measure to prevent rusting of
their fields, owners Of city yards and
The Tomahawk., 1918-05-23
Keeping chiekens Does Not Tax Farm
Labor Problen-Any Member Of the
Family Can Do Most Of the Work
Required by the Flock.

e0HOUIy S0O 70 gUOOS VI suS vvOs"
Required by the Flock.
cause Of congested transportation,
caused many poultry keepers to cur
tail production or reduce stocks on
hand AS was inevitable under the
circumstances, the sections of the East
where poultry keeping was most high
~ specialized were most affected.
Shortage of feed In drought-stricken
areas in the West and Southwest also
led to reduction of poultry stocks on
general farms in those areas.
Elsewhere flocks appear to have
been maintained at about normal num-
bers, and in some places slightly in
creased. Reports Of heavy selling in
sections where feed is sufficient have
In many cases failed to take into &C.
count the disposition Of the stock sold.
It has usually been assumed that all
stock sold went to slaughter. Some
reports, however. state that many hens
and pullets sold by poultry keepers
who were short Of feed or Of capital
passed to others who were in posi-
ton to hold them. The volume Of re-
seipts Of eggs ut certain markets
seems to bear out this statement.
The Tomahawk., 1918-05-23

Floating debts may sink corpora
ton.
The Tomahawk., 1918-05-23
!: Her |: Z !. Tramp.
!. Z: - : II ~
~ =
BY c. b. LEWIS
copyright, 1918, by the Mcclure Newspa-
- 5%e per Syndicate.) .,

5t5tF 1.I.st 80 per Syn0lcate.) ;;
On a hot August afternoon Miss
May Barry sat on the long veranda OF
her fathers house in one of those big
. willow rocking chairs that man had In
vented for the comfort of his fellow
beings.
Partly sheltered by the vines climb
ing up the lattice work, she was not
reading or thinking. On the contrary,
she was doing. She had so nearly
: fallen into actual sleep that she had
begun to dream, when sudden noise
aroused her.
1t was the click Of the gate latch,
and y man was walking up the grav-
eled path toward her. He was young,
but not of the hero type. On the con-
trary, her first glance convinced her
that he was probably a tramp. He was
making his way around toward the
kitchen when she arose and called out:
"What do you Want?'
~'Excuse me, miss, but l want to
speak to the cook a moment he re-
piled, as he DOTTED tattered cap.
"The cook is out this afternoon" she
said
He turned around to retrace his
steps to the highway.
''Is the cook relative Of yours!"
she called after him.
mot exactly, ma'am," he answered
without turning.
ooh, perhaps you wanted a bite to
eat?"
Ee nodded his head.
II think I can give you sandwich
II you will go around to the kitchen
door,"
At which she disappeared into the
house, reappearing little later at the
kitchen door with liberal sandwich.
which she handed to him. He received
It with n shamefaced smile and pro-
test.
''Sorry to have disturbed you, but
haven't had anything to eat since I
The Tomahawk., 1918-05-23

estates are called upon to help by
digging out and destroying this spread
er of stem rust.
How serious the black rust is to the
bread supply of the nation may be
judged from the fact that this disease
was the principal factor in reducing
the yield of wheat alone in North Da-
kota, South Dakota, Montana and Min
nesota by nearly 100000 bushels in
1915.
The common barberry bush Der
beris vulgaris), including the purple
leaved variety, nurses the black stem
rust through one of its stages, helps
it develop, and enables it to spread
to the grains in the spring and early
summer. The most direct method of
attacking this rust is to keep common
barberry bushes out Of wheat-grOwing
regions.
The effect of q single barberry bush
may extend for miles. They should
be dug and destroyed throughout the
upper Mississippi valley, especially in
the following states: Montana, Wyo-
ming, Nebraska, South Dakota, North
Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin,
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio.
Less is known about the importance
of barberry elsewhere. The question
will be investigated in all grain-grow.
ing regions this season.
The Tomahawk., 1918-05-23
BEAF00D PRODUCER

prepared by the United States d.
partment Of Agriculture.)
Are you going to raise food
for your family this Year,
Or are you going to buy what
someone else has raised3 ri,
Are you going to the trouble
Of handling a garden-it will I'M
doubtedly mean some additional
work? ~ -,
Some say: LET the other fel-
low have the garden, TIL spend
my time making money to buy
what he raises"
That's not the problem-the
nation needs more food to win
the war.
You can help by having q gar
den filed with vegetables to be
. substituted on the home table
for food that can be shipped to
feed your boy, or. some other
J boy. who Is fighting In the
trenches.
The Tomahawk., 1918-05-23
FINE SUBSTITUTE FOR SUGAR
Few Hives Of Bees Will FurnidR Good
Supply Of loney-Nery Little
Work Required. ~

prepared by the United States Depart.
. ment Of Agriculture.)
Honey is good substitute for sugar.
A few hives of bees in your back yard
or on your farm will furnish good
supply Of honev IL given proper care
at little cost and with little work. Have
q miniature sugar manufacturing plant
Of your own.
The Tomahawk., 1918-05-23

ana DreukldSl III HIS O"A HouSCs AAA
when the supper was kindly refused,
would have pressed sum Of money
upon the wayfarer, who also declined
It, saying that all he needed was his
liberty. He even fOrgave the farmer
and the constable and passed out into
the night after three hearty hand
shakes. -... .
For weeks and weeks later there
was talk around the house Of Mays
Tramp and at least one person won
dered IL she would ever see him again.
She had decided that she would not,
when w1l-dressed, good-lookin2
young man rang the bell one day and
asked Mrs. Berry, who answered It, II
he could speak to her daughter for a
moment. May was called, and as the
girl stood before him looking at him
in a puzzled way, he smiled and
said: t...r... g. 81. .a%>.
81 have not come back for another
sandwich nor to cut any more fire.
wood. but have come to render my
thanks for the services you rendered
the tramp month ago. have kept
out of Jail ever since"
Who did he turn out to BET Why,
James Condor, an enterprising news
paper reporter, of a Chicago daily, who
was writing a series Of tramp sketches
from actual experience.
1t is now the duty Of the reader t.
bring about the happy match ihat win
end this story 70 the sssissact;ea Of
every a,,y.
The Tomahawk., 1918-05-23

Cultivate After Rain.
For reasons understood by most
gardeners Il Is advisable to cultivate
otter ever rain.
The Tomahawk., 1918-05-23
One-Sided View.

One-Sided View.
"What sort of man is Greene"
"Fine. The best ever"
IT'S he trustworthy"
"Very." 49,
"Would you lend money to him?"
GAS to that can't say. I've never
lent him any. I've only borrowed
from him."
The Tomahawk., 1918-05-23

Life is full of uncertainties, even
to those who expect the worst.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-16
BERLIN TO SUPPORT
UKRAINE REPUBLIC
IN FIGHT WITH REDS
Trotzkys Plan of "No-War-B Peace Rejected BY
German Leaders; Central Powers Plan to Extend
Power Over New Buffer States; Will Re-
sumo Operations At Once.

London, Feb. 15.-Germany has resolved to mil
tary activities against northern Russia.
This decision is said to have been reached at conference
imperial headquarters special dispatches from Holland
KAISER ATTENDS CONFERENCE
The conference attended by William Chancellor
Hng Field Marshal ndenbmg General Ludendorf Foreign
Secretary Kuehmann and others.
REJECT TROTZKYS PEACE PLAN.
The peace" plan of Leon Totz the Bolshevi foreign
minister rejected conference according
the Daily Express Troty
will
Invasion of Great Russia added, will continue any until
Petrograd dispatch
Rotterdam
though did
(The amistce expired February 1D.
WILL SUPPORT UKRAINIANS
The consider
the opportunity
This correspondent
the Germans will Immediately reach Petrogra probably
that they will support the Ukraine by force of arms.
The
the the Rad that
by the Bolsheviki
SCHEME TO BREAK RUSSIA.
declared that this all Germanys breaking
Russian with
huence the states of whom it is posing protector.
1t that the Bohevk moving against the
Ukraine Berlin dispatch Koelnische Volkszeiung the
Of
fruits of their lately concluded
The adds that probably had been decided
tor the protection Of the Ukraine" Eef N F8#s.@s
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-16
Vernon Castle Killed When Awpl0ne
Doshes to Ground A fter Collision

Fort Worth, Tex, Feb. 15.-Cap-
tain Vernon Castle of the English
royal flying corps was killed this
morning while flying IS miles west
of Fort Worth.
Castle, in trying to avoid collision,
swerved his machine beyond his con-
troll, fell and was unable to right him.
self.
The accident happened close by the
Benbrook club. The occupant of the
other plane was uninjured.
Plane Was Near Ground.
Castle was in the front seat in
structing a cadet instead of in the
rear, where the instructor usually
rides. Had he occupied the rear seat
he would not have been injured.
When he saw the danger of a COL
lision with the approaching plane
Castle undertook what aviators know
as an Immelman turn. The plane
failed to respond.
The cadet was r. Peters His only
injury is d black eye.
Castle never regained consciousness,
but died in the field hospital 20 min
utes after the fall.
Conclusion of the brain was the
cause. Castle belonged to the Eighty
fourth royal flying corps squadron.
The plane was only so feet above
the ground and was going rapidly.
The plane with which the collision
was threatened was just rising.
Had Reputation as Dancer.
New York, Feb. 15.-Vernon Cas-
tie had a national reputation as a
dancer. His home was here. With
his wife, he attained great popularity
several years ago as teacher of the,
modern dances.
He was granted an aviator's pilot
license by the Aero Club of America
February 9, 1916, after having made
a satisfactory record in test flights at
Newport News, Va.
He was born in Norwich, England,
May 2, 1887.
His right name was Vernon Blythe.
In March, 1916, he was appointed a
temporary lieutenant in the British
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-16
8 BRITISH SHIPS
SUNK BY FLEET
OF DESTR0YERS
Patrol Force in Dover Straits
Attacked by German Raiders;
Teuton FIoti|Ia Escapes
Unharmed.
(Ry Associated Press,)

London, Feb. 15.-Eight British
craft which were hunting submarines
have been sunk by a raiding hotilla
of enemy destroyers, it is announced
officially.
After having sunk these vessels,
seven of which were "drifters" and
one a trawler, the enemy destroyers
returned rapidly northward before
they could be engaged.
The destroyer raid took place in
the Straits of Dover, the official an
nouncement states.
The admiralty statement reads:
"A swift raid was made by a
flotilla of large enemy torpedo boat
destroyers at | a. m. today on our
patrol forces in Dover straits.
"The following craft, which were
occupied in hunting a submarine
which had been sighted by the patrol,
were sunk:
"Trawler ,s James Pond, drifters
Jamie Murray, Clover Bank, w. e.
lott, Cosmos, Silver Queen, Veracity
and Christina Craig.
"After having sunk these vessels
the enemy destroyers returned rapidly
to the north before any of our forces
could engage them"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-16

Cleopatra's wiggle, strongly disap-
proved by Omaha Woman's club
members, was "the lady's privilege"
according to Winfield R. Sheehan,
general manager of the Fox film cor
poration, which starred Theda Bara
in the celebrated vampires role. Mr..
Sheehan was in Omaha Thursday.
There is nothing in history to
prove that Cleopatra didn't wiggle,"
said Sheehan. "The lady was iusti-
fed in doing anything she pleased to
display her charms. So do all women
today, club or otherwise. There is
nothing different in the impulse which
guides woman to tilt her hat to
becoming angle or to wear low-cut
gowns than that which induced Cleo
patra to wiggle," said Sheehan.
Il suppose the club women of Oma-
ha would like it better if Cleopatra
wore furs, but unfortunately the cli-
mate of the Nile region induced the
inhabitants to discard as much cloth
ing as possible" he continued.
Sheehan said the film received spe-
cial commentator from the national
board of censorship for its artistic
presentation and for its historical ac-
curacy from Shakespearian students,
college presidents, Hall Game, Rider
Haggard and other celebrated writ
'ers. The Chicago censorship board
was the only one in the whole United
States, England and South America,
where the film has been released, to
enter any protest, he said.
Mr.. Sheehan was asked il the film
production could not have been
staged starring Octavia, the faithful
wife of Antony, instead of Cleopatra,
as suggested by Mrs. Benjamin S.
Baker at the Woman's club meeting
Monday, where the movie came under
the ban.
Film productions representing ex-
penditures of upwards of 100000 and
$30O,00O are too expensive to make to
suit every ones taste," he replied.
The people will not stand for GEN.
sorship board, the movie man as
serted. IF they don't like the pic
lures, they won't patronize the house,
that's all, any more than they would
continue to eat in a restaurant where
poor meals were served. One person
or board of censors cannot adequately
refectsthe likes and dislikes CT whole
community"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-16
DENN|S0N
SAYS LYNCH
TOOK GRAFT
Got Part of Profits From Riv-
erside, Which Ran Two Years
Under His Protection
Without License.

Tom Dennison, recalled to testify
in the Lynch-Clark custer suit yes
terday afternoon, said that Johnny
Lynch was a double crosser" and
that he had no friendly feeling toward
him.
Dennison testified that Lynch re-
ceived one-fourth of the profits from
Riverside located on the river at the
end of North Sixteenth street, for
furnishing protection" A petition
for 1916 saloon license for Riverside
was circulated and filled out ready to
file when Lynch said, 1--WE don't need
any license and we might as we'll save
the money
The place was operated without
licenses during 1914 and 1916 under
Lynch's protection" Mr.. Dennison
testified.
Counsel for Lynch handed Dennison
a newspaper clipping and asked: "Mr.
Dennison are you correctly quoted in
this interview with a World-Herald
reporter.
Il am not" Dennison replied.
No Feeling Toward Lynch.
"Mr. Dennison, do you entertain
any feeling toward Mr.. Lynch?"
II am not friendly toward him."
"Why are you not friendly toward
him?" IL
"He is a double crosser. He has
double crossed me and every friend
| have"
A sharp verbal battle between J.
A. c. Kennedy, Lynch's attorney and
counsel for Sheriff Clark occurred
when Kennedy sought to introduce
the World Herald a clipping in evil
dence. Judge Sears ruled that coun-
sci for Lynch should question Den
nison direct, as to his feelings toward
Lynch. The questions were not
Dennison testified he went to see
Sheriff Clark in regard to Riverside
when he, Clark, took office, January
2, 1917.
CLARK was going in and the other
man was going out so ] went up to
sec WHdL Ills pOliSy WOuIu DCs bSii~
nison testified. "He said he was going
to close all roadhouses and that those
THAR Tin open would have to take a
chance. So we closed up"
Have you opened the place SINGER"
I'VE have not"
Money Divided by Four.
John D. ("Jack") Haskell, former
Omaha Beau Brummel and Western
league umpire, from Kansas City
testified when he was manager of the
Riverside roadhouse Johnny Lynch
was allowed rs per cent Of the profits
for looking after us"
Haskell testified that the money
from Riverside was split four ways,
one-fourth to Dennison, the same to
Billy Nesselhaus, another fourth to
Lynch and one-fourth to himself.
Became Part Owner.
Replying to questions by Attorney
Baker, Haskell testified:
Il became identified with Riverside
in July of 1914. Nesselhaus wired
me to Denver that he had a place in
Omaha and wanted me to take charge.
| became part owner of that club
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