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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-04-03
APPLY FOR BURROUGHS
At ONCE, URGES BRAND
Georgia Boys Nov In Military Camps
Should Not Delay Says Congressman

ATLANTA, Mar. 29.-Rapresenta-
tive Charles Ii. Brand, of Athens, Ga,
Friday urged Georgia farm boys now
in military camps to make immediate
application if Burroughs are wanted A
telegram from the congressman to J
j. Brown, commissioner of agriculture
brought information that rules under
which furloughs would be granted by
authority of the Dent bill have not yet
been prepared at the war office Ire
then made this statement:
Time being of paramount i'm
portance to all int. ested, ! feel it
my duty to suggest to those who
desire furloughs to engage in farm
ing to apply therefor at once
through regular military channels
at the camp. Tbs soldier should
file application with his superior
officer which, when acted upon
will be forwarded to division com
mander who has full authority to
dispose OF the case finally. This
application should be accompanied
by aflidavits supporting facts set
forth therein. Please give this in
formation widest publicity"
The state department OF agriculture
which Recently pressed rs point that
every days delay in getting men back
to the farms Injuries the crop situation
to the attention of officials at Wash
inEton, is now waiting for tho in "r-
probation OF the war department upon
the Dent bill This bill was originally
planned by Secretary Baker to provide
for group furloughs, but an amand-
mont which prcY>sa that no soldier
Shall be sent to iaTm work without his
consent prevented he possibility Of
sending whclo ~egDaata ontir to The
i'slds. Georgia 3uthori'ies prefer in
dividuaI furIougha and hope III law win
be 50 Interpreted
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-04-03
EAT LESS MEAT
If BACK HURTS
TAKE A GLASS OF SALTS TO
FLUSH KIDNEYS IF BLADDER
BOThERS YOU.

Eating meat regularly eventually
produces kidney trouble in some form
or other, says a Wei known authority
because the uric acid in meat eXciteS
the kidneys, they become oyerworked;
set sluggish; clog UP and cause ali
sorts of distress, particularly backNche
and misery in the kidney region; rheu
matte twinges, severe headaches, acid
stomach, constipation, torpid liver
teeplessness, bladder and urinary ir-
ritation
The moment your back hurts or kid
neys aren't acting right or if bladder
bothers you, get about four ounces of
Jad Salts from any good pharmacy;
take tablespoonful in a glass of wa
ter before breakfast for a few days
and your kidneys will then act fine
This famous salts is made from the
acid Of grapes and lemon juice, com
bined with lithia, and has been used
for generations to flush clogged kid
neys and stimulate them to normal
activity; also to neutralize the acids
in the urine so it no longer initiates
thus ending bladder disorder.
Jad Salts cannot injure anyone;
makes a delightful effervesccnt lithia
water drink which millions of men and
women take now and then to keep the
kideys and urinary organs clean, thus
avoiding serious kidney disease.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-04-03
FRENCH ARMIES
IN FINE HEALTH

FRENCH PORT. Feb 20-French
armies in the field are more healthy
than at the beginning of the war say
! tle medical reports. This is attribu-
ted to hygienic precaution and the bet
/ terments introduced in the housing
/ and care of the men.
! Typhoid and analogous diseases
/ have become very rare. During the
! first ten days of January this year,
only seventeen case were reported as
the total in all the French armies,
whereas in December, 1914, and Janu-
airy, 1915, the average reached we'll
over four figures and was very dis
| quoting. The disappearance of these
| dangerous maladies is attributed by
| the doctors to the introduction at the
end of January, 1915, of compulsory
| inocculation of the troops with anti
! typhoid serum.
The remarkable health of the sol
| diers in the field is the more striking
when the conditions under which they
live when on active service in the
trenches is taken into consideration
Then for weeks on end they are sub
jected to the most severe trials
They must execute all the numerous
chores inseparable from being cut off
every kind of weather they have TO
bring up to the front lines supplies of
food and ammunition. They have to
stand guard in rain and snow and mud
for days at time.
When not on actual guard they pass
their time in crowded and damp dug
outs where the air is always bad. At
all times in the front line sectors
they are compelled TO take their rest
while fully dressed and quipped so
as to be ready for a call to fight
Their food is brought to them by COM
rades just as dirty as themselves, and,
as there are no opportunities to wash
it is handled by hands covered with
mud and grease. In fact all the sur
roundings of the soldier in the front
line are such as to bread disease, yet
them seen rapidly to accustom them
selves to them and to maintain their
health.
Even throat and chest troubles have
diminished among the troops, thanks
to the improved conditions in the rest
camps, where on coming down from
the front lines the soldiers are now
provided each with a trestle bed
raisel from the grond, which is the
same of comfort as compared with the
bundle of damp straw usual in 1914
and 1915.
Measles and scarlatina, which were
once so prevalent, break out now only
here and there. The report of the
ten days already mentioned tells of
only fifty-nine cases of measles and
fifty-three of scarlatina in the entire
army.
Trench feet, brought about by stand
ing in the freezing mud for days at a
time in shoes which hinder the cir
culaton, are being cambatted success
fully. The last report shows only 5S3
cases in ten days during the coolest
season, whereas in five days of the
same period last year no fewer than
1881 cases were treated Formerly
amputation was resorted to very FIRE
quently, but now the method of treat
men employed has done away with
this radical means
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-04-03
GERMAN MONEY TO KEEP
NEGROES FROM REGISTERING

JACKSON, Miss, April Concrete
evidence that German money is being
used to encourage Mississippi negroes
to dodge the draft has been furnished
the Adiutant Generals office by f. X.
llthridge, state inspector Of local eX-
omption boards
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-04-03
AL |. I II {
TING is
over THERE

WITH THE HOUSEWIFE IT IS
ONE CONTINUOUS WAR AGAINST
DIRT AND DUST IN HER HOME.
SHE IS ALWAYS ON THE ALERT
THE FIRING LINE, ENGAGING THE
ENEMY ALL TIE TIME. AND HER
ONE GREAT AID AND DEFENSE IS
THE
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-04-03
Demonstration
Of the Automatic

We are demonstrating every day at the store here phy
The Automatic Refrigerator positively food bills,
saves ice bills and doctor bills.
Tainted foods have been known to make entire family
ILL., We demonstrating how foods in hot weather
kept and sweet wholesome fresh and crisp with
lost flavor We showing why food odors will not mix
in an Automatic.
We are positively showing just how, by reason of the
eight walls heat is kept out and cold kept inflow ice
eating is done away with. We showing the only kind
Of water cooler to have in fact, showing
good things about this Automatic that you really ought
to come in.
You welcome to this demonstration. Bring
friend two We like to show the Automatic Ask for
free booklet
II you wish to, you may open al account for Auto
matte Your saving ice and foods will make it easier
to pay.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-04-03
Electric Vacuum
Cleaner

IT FAIRLY REVOLUTfONIZES
HOUSEKEEPING TIE WOMAN
WHO HAS NEVER USED ONE IN
HER OWN HOME DOES NOT, CAN
NOT, KNOW THIS. SHE CAN READ
SHOUT TT, TALK ABOUT IT, But
SHE WILL NEVER KNOW UNTIL
SHE HAS ONE IN HER HOME.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-04-03
UNION CARPENTERS on
SHIPS OUT ON STRIKE

NORFOLK, April LINTON carpen
tiers employed on the government con
structon work at the army naval
base at Lamberts Point and Big Point
struck today for higher wages.
An increase Of four and half cents
an hour is being demanded. An
nouncemcnt was made by Admiral
Harris, chairman Of tie war control
board of the Hampton Roads district
The strikers this afternoon spread to
practically all the skilled laborers on
the government work.
Strike at New Port
NEW PORT NEWS, April six
hundred men employed on Langley the
aviation field and Fortress Monroe
cantonment work struck today for in
creased wages.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-10
Corsets Are a Necessity

Edith M Burtis, in The Peoples Home
 Journal.
 The effect of the world war is mak- ing itself felt in the currents of our everyday life. Commercial, civic so- cial and personal activities have all, to a more or less degree, been sub jected to a certain process of readjust- ment in OUT effort to win this strug- gle for a peace that will embrace and succor the world. Therefore, it has become necessary for women's as well as mems apparel to conform to gov ernment rulings, so that the necessary conservation of material and labor shall be maintained, and all unnecessary waste eliminated.
 There has been considerable discuss sion about essentials and non-essentials and women's eorsets have been con- sidered in their relation to this mat ter. Fortunately for women, and for the results expected from them in their taking up the work of men, corsets ere included in the essential class of reverse decision had been reached, am convinced it would not only have resulted in suffering, ill-health and the lessening of real efficiency among wo- men, but it would have worked to the detriment of future generations.
 Corsets are as much an essential of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-10
HARRY MILES, JR.

made 21 bales of cotton and abundance of corn, oats etc He has seven acres Of sweet potatoes that are good for 200 bushels per acre-1400 bushels at $2 per bushel now, and no telling what they will bring next spring. Fortunately. he has built a $500 potato storage house accord ing to government plans and specified tions, and can keep his vans as long as he pleases. He also has three acres
 n Irish potatoes, from which he expects t least 100 bushels of marketable ''spuds' tnd at s per bushel, that adds quite a nice little sum to his income from a
 piney woods farm.
 But Senator Vardaman has no farm and no law practice, and it is expected that he will get back into the newspaper game at the expiration of his term. In fact, it has been stated here that he and Governor Bilbo are going to take charge-of the aIssue,' their old personal organ, once more. If they do, it will sissippi next year, when all state, dis trict and county offices are to be filed These heretofore successful politicians do not admit, even to themselves that they are politically dead, and in the event they join forces on a factional paper they will make the fur fly for a while That they have made friends there is no doubt, Senator Vardaman having been seen in close conference with Governor Bilbo during the past week, but that may not mean a newspaper deal.
 It seems to be settled that Senator
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-10
Last Word in Fighting Ships

According 10 William G. Shepherd the war correspondent, who tells in Every body's how America is combating the U-boat menace, our naval submarine de- stroyer is the last word in fine ship building. ''It costs $2,000OO0. It Is really two exquisitely mounted turbine engines with thin skin of steel put around them to keep them afloat. These en- zines have the power of 27,000 horses. enough to drive great liner. The de- stroyer is so loaded with bombs and tor pedoes and explosive deviltries that it is. potentially, a huge bomb in itself It slices the ocean at 4o miles an hour It is all power and danger. It cannot upset. While an ordinary ship is doomed if she rolls much lower than 45 de- grees, or halfway down to the surface of the sea, the destroyer on the side of a wave can roll over to 107 degrees, which is r degrees below level, and stil, right herself
 Such is the tool that Young America, in the European anti-submarine patrol, has used. And he has used it exulting. ly, with the blood of excitement and adventure surging through his young body. Master of the power Of 27,00] horses, riding it's thin shell like an aviator on silk wings, conqueror of the 10-month storm that sweeps yearly across the ocean and about the shores of Eng land. Ireland and France. he is a com pcnent part of piece of hurting death"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-10
VARDAMAN AND
 B|LBO ID GET
 IN PRESS CAME Erstwhile Estrayed Pair to Kiss and Make Up After Stepping Down and Out
 Next Spring
By E. E. FRANrz

Jackson, Miss, November 9.-(Special) For year or more relations between Senator James K. Vardaman and Gov. 1Eeo c. Bilho have been understood to be badly strained, but recently the voters Of the state put them in the same boat for trip up Salt river, and it is now believed they are once more two souls with but single thought" and that a longing for sweet revenge.
 Next March Senator Vardan retres in favor of B. P. Harrison, and in Jan uary, 1920, Bilbo steps down and cut. The governor did not want to remain idle and applied for admission in the avia- tion branch of the army service. So far he has not been accepted, nor is it known that he has been rejected. However, the war is practically ended. it seems, and Governor Bilbo will have to retire to the quiet of his farm near Poplarville, Pearl River county, and resume the practice of law. This fixes the governor all right he has a good living on his farm re- sardless of the law. This year he has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-10
RETURNS COME IN SLOW

Official returns from several counties have not been received at the office of the secretary of state, but those that have reported show that the two con- stitutional amendments submitted to the people were everlastngly showed under at least 10 to 1. The first of these amend ments was good, and badly needed, but
 it was not understood, and rather than
 tinker with a constitution made by the ablest men in the state 90 years ago, on something they knew nothing about, the great majority of the voters voted
 against" This was to classify property for taxation, as has been done in several or the more progressive states. It sim ply enabled the legislature to pass laws that would force invisible property on the assessment rolls. For instance, the banks report about $75,0o0,0OO cash on de- posit, but the assessment rolls show for the same year less than s1,00o,000 cash. There is no way to reach it. The second amendment proposed was to reduce the age at which men may serve the state as governor from 90 to 21 years. It was dubbed and ridiculed as the ''<id" amend ment and has died aborning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-10
MORE WEIGHT, STRENGTH,
 VICOR AND NERVE-FORCE

Frederick Kolle, NJ. D., editor of New York Physician's Who's Who" says: "Bitro- Phosphate should be prescribed by every doctor and used in every hos pital to increase strength and nerve force and to enrich the blood"
 By feeding the nerves directly and by supplying the body cells with the necessary phosphoric, food clements. bitro-phosphate quickly produces a welcome transformation in the appear ance; the increase in weight frequently being astonishing.
 This increase in weight also carries with it general improvement in the health. Nervousness, sleeplessness and lack of energy, which >nearly always accompany excessive Ithinness. soon disappear, dull eyes become bright, and pale cheeks glow with the bloom of perfect health.
 CAUTION: Although bitro-phos- phate Is unsurpassed for relieving nervousness sleeplessness and general weakness, it should not. owing to it's remarkable flesh growing properties, be used by anyone who does not desire to put on flesh.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-10

woman's dress as their shoes or outer garments. The corset is no longer manufactured and sold with fashion and style the dominant thought in the manufacturers and retailers mind. And progressive, thinking women no longer buy and wear corsets solely because they enhance the beauty of the figure.
 Women know, or should know that upon the selection of a correct corset, and the proper adjustment of it, de- bends their enjoyment of health and happiness. and their ability to do worth while work in the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-10
If You Take Bitro-Phos-
 phate-Says Dr. F. s.

Judging from the countless prepara- tions and treatments which are contin- ually being advertised for the purpose of making thin people fleshy, develop ing arms, neck and bust and replacing curved lines of health and beauty, there are evidently thousands of men and women who keenly feel their excessive thinness.
 Thinness and weakness are usually due to starved nerves. Our bodies need more phosphate than is contained in modern foods Physicians claim there Is nothing that will supply this deficiency so well as the organic phos- phate known among druggists as bitro- phosphate, which is inexpensive and Is sold by Letaw's Pharmacy, City Hall building, and all good druggists under guarantee of satisfaction or money back.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-10

up to us to hurry after him and catch him. think it was sort of sympathy for his troops that General Sherman wanted to express in his remark It seemed like an attempt on his part to let the boys know that he knew war wasn't any fun, too, and that he knew they'd go on just the same. I can re- member it as if it had been yesterday"
 General Winslow is dead. The other members of his staff were considerably older than MT. Koolbeeck, so he believes that he is the only living man who heard General Sherman say. War is he'll" at the river Pearl.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-10
BURGERS BUY RUGS ON CLUB PLAN
Burgers Cut Prices On
 Ready-tO-Wear

Beautiful line of Dresses in materials of satin and serge, modelled in tailored effects with straight lines and fancy designed modes with overskirts deep folds fringes and collars of Georgette This lot of attractive dreses was selected from our new stock of 1895 dresses. They are all that could be desired in quality of materials, newness of designs and colorings, Wanted shades include Burgundy, green, taupe, brown, navy and black Special price OE for Monday and Tuesday lT./O One hundred suits included in this lot of smart tailored models in all-wool poplin, serge and gaberdine. There are about ten different mod
 els, many severely tailored effects and some more elaborate with collars of velvet and plush. Come in all wanted shades of blue, browns and black All garments are hand-tailored and per- feet in workmanship Are well lined with heavy satin or silk in plain or brocaded 0I OE effects Complete size range @''/o
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-10
CREAM FOR CATARRH
 OPENS UP N0STRILS Tells How To Get Quick Relief from Head-C Colds. It's Splendid!

IiillluLc your cioSs eu Ioslrlls will open, the air passages of your head will clear and you can breathe freely. No more hawking, snuffling, blowing, headach, dryness. No struggling for breath at night; your cold or catarrh will be gone.
 Get small bottle of Ely's Cream Balm from your druggist now. Apply little of this fragrant, antiseptic, healing cream in your nostrils. It pen etrates through every air passage of tho head, soothes the infiamed or swollen mucous membrane and relief comes in- stantly.
 It's just fine. Don't stay stuffed up with a cold or nasty catarrh--Relies comes so quickly-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-10
WILL PLANT AND SPRAY

The several demonstration agents of the state are preparing for their first drive in favor of more and better or chards, and it is proposed to set out thousands of new trees during the first
 week of December The forces in the northern half of the state will be under the supervision of Prof. E. r. White of the A. and M. college, while J. Ed Ruff Of Jackson will look after the southern part of the state. NThe idea is to plant, or set out, at least one orchard in every supervisors district in the state, and that means five in each county, or more than 400 in the state. The farmers, and others interested, will be shown how to plant the trees, prune and spray.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-10
He Heard sherman Say It

Before General Shermans death, says Everybody's, he tried to recall the when and where of his famous epigram, War is Hell" and found no evidence that would establish the matter. But John Koolbeck, civil war veteran of Harlan Iowa, now solves the mystery.
 Tt was in '63, after the battle of Vicksburg.' says Veteran Koolbeck. General Sherman was commanding both the infantry and cavalry of the western department At that particular time the army was crossing the river Pearl at Jackson, Miss, on a pontoon bridge. Gen. eral Sherman sat on his horse at the waters edge in deep meditation. The infantry had crossed. Just as the cav alry-headed by General Winslow of the Fourth Iowa cavalry q was his aide-de- csamps-started across the bridge. General sherman suddenly broke his silence with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-10
STAND BY THE FARMERS

The board or superVlsOrs Of Hlnds county, of which Jackson is the capital, does not consider this any time to take backward step along agricultural and educational lines, and for that reason has retained the services of Mrs. Call houn, agent in home economies, and of Professor Lipscomb, demonstration agent, at salaries of ~$1200 for the first and s2150 for the other Mrs. Calhoun has put every girl in the county to making preserves and putting up tomatoes and other vegetables, as well as producing them on their own pieces. of land. Pro- lessor Lipscomb has shown the farmers that their future depends largely on live stock. and Hinds co1nty is now reck- oned as one of the leading cattle and hog counties in the state The good work will go on just the same-war or no war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-10
Gets Day in Jail

Montgomery, November s. Especially Judge Henry D. Clayton, in United States court Friday sentenced John R. Meek. Montgomery chauffeur to day in jail 'and good dinner" The chauffeur was charged with hauling soldiers and women Judge Clayton ordered the man released after spending "another day in jail" He sent word to the jailor to see that Meek was given good dinner" before being released