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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-24
GERMAN WAR AILMENTS

The war has been responsible foI
the development of numerous new
ailments in Germany. asserts Pro.
lessor Albu in article in the Berlin
LOkalanzeiger. It's effects have ag.
sravated various human ills.
There can be no doubt, he say 5.
hat many people are ageing more
"apidly now owing to the worries and
difficulties of daily life People are
going gray sooner The action of the
heart and boold vessels suffers. En-
haustive observations he believes
point to the fact that both at home
md in the field. arterio sclerosis is
I genuine war disease what part
chronic undertaking tales in this
We do not yet know" he adds. The
increased blood pdressure on the
heart and the blood vessels entails
many dangers. Only in the yearg
after the war we shall be able to
gauge the full extent of this unprece-
denied tension which is using up
human strength. Individual power of
of course plays a. great
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-24

part In organic reacllon.
"The number of those who ihave
gone through this endless war so far
without any impairment of health is
not large, and it is safe to say that
when we come to the end, there will
be few indeed who can claim perfect
immunity. 1t seems to me therefore
that it it is the wrong policy for the
authorities to place so many diffic-
culties in the way of people who need
rest, relaxation and a change of air
and surroundings.
1.-THE stater professor Albu con-
| cludes, and this may we'll apply to
all belligerent nations needs CAREFUL
outstanding of human material Pub
lie and social hygiene are faced with
problems of stupendous magnitude
This war has killed, NAMED or in
iured more sound stock in four years
time than in four peace decades.
consistent undertaking has weak
ened the system to an extraordinary
extent, especially in the matter of in
fictitious diseases Nothing proves this
more tonclusively than the increased
mortality from tuberculosis dysentery
ETC. Burned down villages can be
built up again more easily than hui
man generations. The value of the
individual has risen to point which
demands the most careful considera-
ton.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-24

Who can tell what is really the
truth about Germany? When they
talk Of new suffrage reforms, we
charge them with starting new peace
propaganda. When they permit us
to her of a new parliamentary form
Of government. we promptly say il is
a new phase of the peace propaganda
and when they issue perfectly
delightful poster to the used in
boistering up their failing morale
we take it away from them and use
it as a sort of menagerie over here
to scare up more money in our own
bond issues.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-24
BOMB VS. SHE'LL FIRE

What does it feel like to be she'll
cd or bombed?' is question which
many people at home ask of Ameri-
can soldiers in their letters.
Bombing has one marked difference
from shell-fire. When a bomb has
exploded, a soldiers can be fairly
sure that the worst is over, where
as when a shell explodes. the first
shell presages many successors.
Shells, like troubles, never come
singly.
Few soldiers try to pretend that
they like Smelling or even that they
are indifferent to it. Many of them
admit that nothing makes them more
nervous than desultory shell fire.
They may try appear apathetic-they
generally light a cigarette-but it is
althougther poor performance,
The absurd part of it is that the
slightest cover makes the soldier
quite himself again. 1t is the instinct
of the ostrich. 1t is almost humorous
to see what shelters men will run
to if a shell comes their way. Long
grass even creates the illusion of
safety.
Many soldiers admit that they are
at their bravest when in bed They
put their head under the blankets and
feel as safe as in a deep cellar. Out
side in the road they would feel un-
safe, although actually there is little
to choose between the places. y
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-24

Did you follow that contest through
in Wilkinson county where Watson
said he was beaten out of his rights
by VinsOn? If you did. you have once
more an illustration of how this man
plays upon the ignorance of men
and things to keep in the lime light.
Two lawyers almost fought over the
evidence of a young man named
Whitehurst given in an affidavit, and
every word he uttered went to sub
stantiate the CLAN that Watson's
lawyer had made this poor fellow sign
a paper he had not desired to make
at all. When ii came to the truth OF
it, the boys said it was not so. He was
a Watson advicate and he believed
Watson got a fair deal. 1t was pretty
well developed that nobody in Viii
kinson county believed Watson had
been swindled out of any votes. The
Sage Of McDuffee was very properly
left out of it when the decision of
the committee was reached.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-24

One of the particularly funny
things to develop in yesterdays news
was the German suggestion for lea
que of natione. might not have been
so very bad. had any other nation than
Germany suggested such terms, but
how could the Hun evolve anything
seemingly so reasonable.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-24
THE CORDELE DISPATCH

"the most important congressional
ditrsict in the state" All seems to
be lost except honor and a pair of
crutches.-Dalton Citizen.
Our friend Shope is referring to
Will Upshaw who won Bill Schley
Towards place. II we did not have
pretty good f;:itI: in Ups..aw we
would be ready to say this is what
Atlanta gets by trying to hog it all.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-24

Cotton news came up to war news
in vital interest yesterday and there
was not even line of the informa-
tion about price fixing which SO
many OF us were sure would come.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-24
HE WHO LAUeHrs LAST

We don't like to laugh when we
have a cracked lip, but it can't be
helped when we think of the Fifth
districts new congressman The fat
es have played a laughable joke on
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-24
NOTICE

The City of Cordeie will allow an
so per annum discount, from date OF
payment to December 10, 1918, on all
taxes paid before October 1, 1918.
No dicount allowed after Sept. 80
1918.
G. S. HARRIS, Clerk and Treas.
9-23 to 1O-1.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-24

General Allenby apparently has
gotten even with the Turks for Keep
ing Englis out of Constantinople.
The Allied army in Palestine is max
ing clean sweep of it.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-24
TO QUA WOOL HAT FRIENDS

will be here and at that time we
will have to pass upon a number Of
matters of state wide interest as
well as vote into office our nominees
for the next terms. Among the matters
of importance will be an amendment
to the state constitution exempting
college endowments from taxation.
Our Constitutional convention Of 1877
left college endowments apparently
out Of their deeper deliberations,
They more than likely never realized
what college education was coming to
in this day and time. They may have
never given serious thought to the
advantages of an endowment to
educational Institution They certain
ly must never have long considered
the advantages and endowment fund
in college is to poor boy in . the
matter of securing an education.
The Dispatch wants to tell you that
you will be called upon in the Novem
Der election to fight for or against
this, measure. The legislature has
passed an amendment which will be
offered to the people for ratification
or rejection. You must decide be-
tween now and then just what you
are going to do about it, No true
friend of education with a true idea
of its need in Georgia will lag behind
in voting for the adoption of this
amendment We want to exempt the
endowment funds of the colleges be-
cause by so doing we will not only
permit these funds wholly to work
for the education Of the poor boys
and girls, but we will thereby en-
courage more men and women to give
of their funds to college endowments
Heretofore they have not given
yargely to the endowment funds
of Georgia colleges because they
knew they would be SO heavily
taxed that their working values in
educational lines would be seriously
hampered. This too, explains largely
why all our colleges are so poorly
endowed. 1t takes large funds to run
a college endowment. Taxes thereon
seriously interfere with the working
power of the fund The corpus can
never used. 1t is only the interest
that can ~be given" to educational ex-
penses of boys and girls. If very
large percetage is given to taxes, of
course very little is left for the pri-
mary purpose for which the money
was given. This very thing prevents
rich men and women from giving
more money to educational endow-
ments in Georgia.
We speak to our wool hat friends,
because it is this class, especially,
that we want to understand this thing
ahead of time, It's passage will de.
pend largely upon the attitude they
take. The state cannot miss the money
that is thus left to education, and yet
it will be a substantial contribution
TO the education to of the poor boys
girls of Georgia.
Every voter and tax payer can af
ford to support the amendment. If
this thing is mentioned, be sure to
see that your friend understands it |
before the ballot is cast in the gener-
al election, and let Crisp county, as
we'll as others adjoining do their full |
duty in this matter. The Dispatch viii
remind you again of this amendment
Sefore the election. 1t viii also be
sIad to answer any question with re-
gard to it that may arise Your duty
IS 10 vote for this amendment.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-24

What's the use worrying about
whether Watson and Hardwick were
running together and got the same
support in the primary? 1t is quite
sure that both of them got the same
defeat
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-24
Municipal candidates have till Nov
ember, to enter the race for Mayor
and three places in Council,

Arizona, which produced more than
IS per cent of the refined copper in
the United States last year, is expect
ed to exceed its record this year.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-24

Communications on all topics pub
lished when not too long and accompa-
MED by full names and address. Not
responsible for views Of contributors.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-24
Msmber, Of AssoeIated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use for republication
Of all news dispatches credited to 1T
or not otherwise credited in this pa
Der and also the local news published
herein.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-10-03
SALE OF LIBERTY
BONDS IN CITY
SHOWS GOOD GAIN

One hundred and thirty-eight per-
ons Yesterday bought Liberty Bonds,
4 -inging the total for Ell Centre up
$685. $50, or gain over the day
revious of $17,25O q
Ell Centre can well congratulate IT.
elf on having the live, energetic COM
+ ittee that it has, for it has only
cen due to the incessant work OF
he members that the present sales
ave been made
Wherever there is gathering OF
eople, or an opportunity of any kind
ffered for speaker to present the
ubiect of Liberty Bonds, someone is
n the job to emphasize the necessity
or "buying now.s
Chairman Davis stated this after
oon that it was a matter of regret
O the local committee that tar and
Gather party was necessary for our
: ster city, and that, considering the
kigh class of citizenship here, he did
OF think any such measures would
necessary here.
"However," he continued, you
ant always tell"
Imperial Valley press., 1918-10-03
ITALIAN LABOR
WANTS WORK IN
VALLEY CORN

That the labor needs of Imperial
Valley have been well advertised is
attested to by the many kilograms
and inquiries that are daily received
at the office of the Farm Bureau
The following message was received
this morning:
clos Angeles, Oct. 8, 1918-Don G.
Bitler, Farm Bureau, Ell Centro, Cal
ifornia: Have fifteen to twenty-five
Italian workmen ready to come to
Brawley to cut corn on contract. Wire
quantity of work, price pad, nature
of sleeping quarters, tools required
and whether transportation will be
furnished. Address 246 South Ave-
nue. Eighteen. Los Angeles, Califor-
MIA PHILLIP RAGUSA"
Farmers who may be in need of
lis class of labor are urged to make
their wants known to the Farm Bu-
reau at once Answer to the above
message will be held temporarily,
pending word of immediate need for
local farmers. aalt
- =
Imperial Valley press., 1918-10-03
LIBERTY DAY|REN0M|NATE
CELEBRATE COLLINS AS
WILL ATTRACT POSTMASTER.
HUGE CROWD OEEL CENTRO

Charles w. Collins, incumbent, has
again been nominated by President
Wilson as postmaster of Ell Centre,
according to an Associated Press dis
patch received here this afternoon.
With this action by the president
the quietus is placed on rumored op-
position to the remaining of Mr.. Col
Inns to this position. 1t was under
stood some time ago that political
opponents of Mr.. Collins would seek
to encompass his downfall and secure
the appointment Of a man from what
was called 'the more liberal wing Of
the party"
Mr.. Collins has served as postmas-
ter since the early part of President
Wilson's first administrator and has
capably administered the affairs Of
the office. His appointment will meet
with approval from large part OF
the public.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-10-03
CRy Associated PreSS)

Berlin, Oct. 3.-The Germans have
evacuated Lens and Armentieres, the
War Office announced today, and
have occupied rearward positions east
of the towns.
The Allies captured 10000 men on
the western front during the week
ending today One thousand guns
have been taken. 1t is reported the
Germans have retired three miles in
their retreat from the Lens -Armen-
there's line.
The Germans are continuing their
rearward movement from Lens to Ar
mentiers. The British aer continuing
their attacks north of ST. Quentin.
Announcement that the Germans are
retreating in La Bassee sector is re-
parded as of far-reaching Importance.
It is assumed that La Bassee has
been evacuated and it is believed the
withdrawal involves Lens. 1t is re-
ported that the Germans have ordered
Lilel abandoned. 1t is reported from
Holland that the Germans are pre-
pairing to evacuate the Flanders coast
and the towns behind it. The breach
made in the Hindenburg system by the
British, Australians and Americans
is considered of great Importance and
it is believed the whole German line
is shaking. Nevertheless the enemy
is resisting tremendously and extra
ordinarily fierce fighting is taking
place.
German military authorities have
begun to remove the inhabitants of
Alsace exceptaton that the French
and Americans will attack on the
frontier, according to the Democrat.
The Daily Mail is of the opinion
that the breach in the line north Of
st. Quentin imperils the whole Ger
man position. 1t says the break was
a tremendous feat and eclipsed every
Imperial Valley press., 1918-10-03
Members of Committee Ex-
pect Attendance of 10000 ;
Portion of Program Is
Announced
Washington, Oct. 3.-Liberty
bond sales have passed the half
billion mark, nearly half a billion
behind schedule.

Ell Centro's joint observance of Lib
erty and Woman's Day on Saturday,
October II, will be the biggest cele-
bration ever held in the Imperial Val
ley and will attract crowd of at
least 10000 persons, according to the
expectations of the committee in
charge.
One of the chief features of the pa
rade, which will be of a patriotic ma
ture, will be the participation of the
cavalry troop stationed at Camp Bea-
com, Calexico The soldiers have been
structed by the commander of the
Western Department to participate ir
the celebration and to give an exhi-
bition drill.
"The parade will be the longest
largest and most elaborate ever
staged in the Valley" said member
of the committee today. cat least
1900 women who have given sons,
brothers and sweethearts to the coun-
try or who are taking an active in
terest in war work will be in line.
"Many mercantile establishments
will enter floats, while this section OF
the parade will lbe augmented by pa
triotic floats depicting some allegory
on the war and this sections partici-
patton in it,
The complete program for the cele-
bration will be announced early next
week, according to Joseph F Seymour,
chairman of the committee.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-10-03

thing the British have done in the
past. No more furious fighting has
occurred during the whole war. Re-
ferring particularly to the struggle
north of Cambria, the Mails corre-
spondent says in one sunken road
captured by the Canadians and Brit
ish there was machine gun every
four yards. Most of them had been
disabled by artillery Along the road
bodies were mingled with machine
gun wreckage, but the fighting never
ceased. AS the day advanced Ger
man reinforcements streamed forward
in successive groups. The light was
very good and British gunners fired
many rounds with open sights. The
Germans fell bun hundreds, but the
gaps were filled and the enemy came
on in great numbers. They even
dented the British advanced line and
stopped momentarily further pro-
SICoo. Dy CNCHiIIS q uCduAOSh was
reached and one of the bloodiest COM
bats of recent history began. The
enemy suffered terribly and the Brit
ish didn't escape unscratched.
The inhabitants of twenty villages,
Including Ferrette, Goutavon and
Winkel, have been sent to Bavaria.
Some of the villagers escaped across
the Swiss frontier Fear Of disorder
is rampant throughout Alsace-Lor-
raine. Food and fuel are scarce. The
German authorities fear a general up
rising of the two provinces when the
Allies cross the frontier, the Demo-
crat adds.
The Allies captured 25,410 German
officers and men in France and Bel
gium from July Is to September 80.
During the same period they cap
tured 1850 cannon, more than $4,000
machine guns and hundreds of mine
throwers. September 10 to 80 they
captured 2.192 men.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-10-03
0UEST|ONNA|RES ON
DRAFT ARE MAILED

Questionnaires for all men in the
ew military call have been mailed.
This work was completed at midnight
! st night by Messrs. Smith and Wells,
volunteer workers of the Southern
Pacific office staff
Every man between the ages of 10
nd Sc, says Clerk Paris, should make
vt point to get his mail, for, once
he local exemption board mails the
+ klestionnaire, it has fulfilled its Of
flee, and it is entirely up to the in
tividual to keep himself and the board
properly informed. If every man in
k,e last draft will make it a point to
h, this, there will be no excuse for
t1y man to unknowingly be classed as
| Stacker
Until the arrival of the master list
b. order numbers from Washington
o.. c., there can be no officially cor
beet lists of names published. The
pbcal boards expect to receive this
haster list the early par oft next
week and any lists published prior to
/ hat time are unofficial and cannot
be relied upon.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-10-03
COUNTY GRAF TING
CHARGE OF PAPER
FAILS TO "SH0W''

A story, literally "much ado about
othing," appeared in local morn
Ing newspaper concerning investiga-
e.on by the grand jury of supposed
graft by grocer in the sale of goods
to indigents who are the charity
wards of the county. The proposed
probe was based on telegram sup
, osed to- have been received by the
ounty board of supervisors
! Today it develops that the board OF
Supervisors has never received such a
tlegram, the grand jury knows
hothing about the mater and the
whole official end of the story was
kooked up in the fertile brain of an
h1itor.
/ In other words the matter has never
been before any county official or
body, either officially or unofficial
N 1t appears that telegram, the
gist of which warned the county
against the payment Of grocery de-
mand by a certain, merchant, was re-
eived by the editor in question, and
that is as far as the matter has gone
Imperial Valley press., 1918-10-03
FOR
FIRE TOURNEY.
At CALEX|CO
|sANNOUNCED
Speakers at Saturdays Meet
Will Be J. Stitt Wilson,
Robert BOrree and Joseph
F. Seymour, Jr.

More than 1000 El Centrans are
expected to assist Calexico in the Bor-
der City's celebration on Saturday of
the Firemen's tournament for the
benefit of the Fourth Liberty Loan.
A holiday has been declared by proc
lamation of Mayor Watkins and the
people of this section are urged to be
in attendance.
The complete program is announced
as follows:
Remarks by Robert Borree, the
chairman.
Band selection.
Run by Team No. 1.
Band selection.
Run by Team No. 2.
"Our Duty to Our Government" Jo-
seph F. Seymour.
Run by Team No. 8.
Band selection.
Run by Team No. 4.
Address by j. -Stitt Wilson.
Run by Team No. 5.
The judges and timers Of the exhi-
bitions given by the competing fire
departments will be the commissioned
officers at Camp eBacom.
The teams, from .El Centre, CaleX-
leo, Brawley, Imperial and Holtville,
will ascertain their positions on the
program by the drawing of numbers.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-10-03
[)O|)SE RICH
IN. TAR
On REFUSAL.
BUY BONDS
Brawley Patriots Subject
Bee Man to ScOrn for Al
legged Refusal to Subscribe
to Liberty Loan.
At 3 o'clock this afternoon Mr.
Ross was arrested on federal
warrant and was a prisoner in
the county jail.

The first case of an alleged finan-
cial Stacker arising in Imperial coun-
ty during the present Liberty Loan
was handled with surpris-
ing dispatch by Brawley patriots yes
terday, when small group of men
took J. Edgar Ross, a wealthy bee
man, tarred and feathered him, and
then exhibited him to public scorn in
the city park.
For two or three hours this after
non, Ross, man beyond the half
century mark in age, was chained in
a prominent spot in the park, his body
bearing the sticky remains Of bath
in the black tar Around his neck was
a sign bearing this legend:
"He Loved His Dollars More Than
He Did His Country"
While Ross was declared not to
have been the victim of a mob, ~
ertheless small group Of men, said
to have been not more than a half
dozen in number, acting under the
guise of Liberty Loan Klu Klux
Klan," efficiently performed the job
they set for themselves. =
For some time Ross has been un-
der suspicion by his fellow-townsmen
since his declination to buy bonds
from the Brawley committee during
the Third Liberty loan. Later during
the campaign it is. said he came to Ell
Centre and purchased 500 worth
The case reached a dramatic climax
this morning, when members of the
bond canvassing committee solicited
him They allege that he positively
refused to buy the nations war bonds
and again declined when taken to the
loan headquarters. No traitorous or
disloyal remarks were attributed to
him, however.
A few minutes later Ross was vir-
tually kidnapped and whirled out to
the country by a small committee
When he was brought back to town
his appearance was near to that Of
half-plucked Thanksgiving turkey
While they had nothing at all to
do with the "mobbing." the loan
committee stated that Ross was a
reputedly wealthy man and had been
resident of Brawley for about four
years
Imperial Valley press., 1918-10-03
BULGAR NEWS
lBy Associated Press)

Amsterdam, Oct. 3.-News of Bull
garia's unconditional surrender be-
ing published by the German press
was admittedly withheld from the
public temporarily because the Ger
man official world refused to credit
it until the last moment. 1--WE are
betrayed" is a sentence which FREE
huently appears in the newspapers.
The Frankfort Gazette was the first
paper to admit that the surrender
was direct consequence Of the de-
salopment on the western front. Ths
Cologne Volks Zeitung, deeply psssi-
uistic, says it would be unsafe to
place any hope on a counter move
ment.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-10-03

A pretty romance having it's in
ception in Mexicali, the winter capi-
tai of Lower California, will be cul-
minated here tomorrow with the mar
riage of Manuel Duenas, an official
of the Cantu government, and attrac-
tive Filipino Duenas, both of the bor-
der city The couple failed to get
ther marriage lcense at the county
celrk's office this afternoon because
of the fact that the girl was under
age and the consent of her mother
was necessary before the precious
document could be issued.