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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-08
tives, accompanied by a soldier
guard.
WHAT'S THE UsE?
guard.

If all the citizens who voted for the
amendments of the election Novem-
Der 9Th had known what they were
voting for, there would have been less
amendments carried. Not many PEG
pie believed in more money for the
salaries of the legislators. Not many
belived in the amendment increasing
the treasurer's salary although the
campaign advance matter on this
had it "doped" out as one Of the best
Of them 1t pretended to be a law in
The ultimate which would permit the
treasurer to have enough employees
to mind every back door and every
front door of every country bank IN
Georgia to prevent failures but it was
nothing but city banks shot at the
country bank. an effort to squeeze
harder on the little country bank and
open wider the gap for the city chap
in the banking business. That's the
whole story.
But what's the use now? Atlanta
bankers have put one over the coun-
try bankers of Georgia. Some Of them
now it and others have it yet to
find out.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-08
OUT WITH MooNsHINERs

The fair name of south Georgia
county can never be more degraded
than under the regime of the cane
syrup moonshiner. This county has
long way to go from it's high moral
stand to the low and debased level
which it must occupy when its citiz-
ems tolerate and help operate the
moonshine stills that seem to be go
ing within its borders.
Don't come here for specific evid-
ence. The Dispatch has not looked for
that but the signs of illegal liquor
traffic are too plain. Corn. whole
grained corn, and meal,-syrup, cane
juice and molasses,-and potash are
being consumed in Crisp county for
liquor making and those who wear
full of rusty nails horse shoes, and
the lately occupied stock dens of a
livery stable are too often on the
streets for one to be far wrong when
he assumes that this business is we'll
under way.
There has been more evidence OF
liquor, lawfully mean liquor,-since
the first cold days of the fall appear
ed than the writer has ever seen
manifested in so short time in
Crisp. 1t appeared to be used widely
as remedy for influenza, but it may
be safely asserted that most of it
will cause more damage than ever in
fluenza can cause People have been
Notwithstanding heavily, SO that
you could mark it easily on your
rounds. 1t has been less difficult of
late to find man drinking than good
citizens would like to see it.
If you know the ''lay of the land"
and see the grouping of men, you
you can figure out the rest of it. 1t
isn't hard to do. If you have have
your eyes open, you cannot miss it,
evidences of it, that make you
know it is here.
You may have somebody tell you it
is none of your business. 1t is if you
are a citizen of the community in
common with the others, 1t is your
business take note of tilt is al serious
reflection on all the law abiding peo-
pie for the liquor traffic to thrive as
it appears to be thriving of late. 1t
will eat steady at the heart and morals
of an otherwise admirable community
1t ought to be stopped.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-08

And still health conditions con
time to improve. There was never
more ideal weather condition than
that which followed the three weeks
of cast winds and low flying clouds,
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-08

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, 1918-11-08

What a day for France! Think of
General Foch flattening out a Ger
man enemy with armistice terms some
what like those extended Austria,
What long jump from the arrogance
that started the war to the humilia-
tion which must accompany the ac-
ception of peace. The punishment
shold be lasting.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-08

Did you get that suffrage plan in
Hungary well in mind? The people
are going to vote in thirty days on
the matter of form Of government,
whether monarchy or republican rule
Both men and women are going to
vote. Isn't this democratic?
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-08

The closing chapter of the little in
cident in whic ha Serbian student shot
and killed a crown prince some four
and a half years ago is about to be
reached
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-08

Germany is going to pieces from
within. II cannot long withstand inter-
nal as well as external earthquakes
similar to those now going on.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-08

We know that Colonel House has
made a great spy,-if permit the use
of that bald word. But now for the
diplomacy What can he do at the
conferences? Keep the president In,
formed. He will do that
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-08

Florida puts on state wide prohibi-
ton in her general election today.
Only two countries are now selling
liquor under the local aption laws
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-08

We have month of lively business
ahead of u.s. Get the holiday shoppers
out and after their purchases in time
to save the rush at the last day
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-08
THEIR GREATEST THRILL

THEIR GREATEST THRILL
II was three American privates who
have the French civilians Of the Ger
man occupied village Of Thiaucourt
the greatest thrill of their lives. For
four years they had been waiting ana
| then the Americans came.
When the three privates-an ad-
/ vance guard of swans of other Amer
| leans in their wake-swung into the
wartorn village of Thisucourt not
| soul was in the streets. But within
few minutes news spread among
! the seven hundred civilians that the
| Americans were there and men and
women and children came in droves
from cellars where they had been
hiding in terror for two days ana
nights. And from other cellars anC
dugouts there came six hundred Ger
man soldiers who were delighted
with the idea of giving up.
The offensive of the first Ar
army which wiped out the st. Mihiel
salient began on a Thursday morning
and it was Saturday afternoon whe'
the weary Americans reached II
court, .hungryaand fatigued from fast
walking in their eagerness to keep
pace with the fleeing Germans.
AS the Americans poured into the
village and the French realized more
and more that again Thiaucourt had
come into her own men stood in the
streets and cried openly and women
sat about on doorsteps and bits o.
wreckage caused by sells and
until near exhaustion. And in the con
fusion the children cheered but ever
some of them, the older ones realiz
ing what it all mehat, cried too ana
kissed the hands of the officers
men.
What food they had on hand the
French turned over to the Americans
the villagers insisting upon the Amer
leans, taking all they wanted of what
they had, So in the streets and in tn
houses; some of them occupied only
few hours previously by German
officers and men, the Americans
made themselves at home, for a short
breathing spell. and the French popu-
lation of the village endeavored to
satisfy the appetites of their deliver.
ers
From the time the Germans reach.
ed Thisaucourt in September. 1914
/ until few days after the village had
been retaken by American troops the
civilians were entirely without fresh
meat of any kind excepting now and
then chicken or RABBIT which were
raised in cellars without the know.
ledge of the Germans. All the cattle
in the region of Thiuacourt were tax
en- by the Germans. but the COWS be-
ing left to furnish for babies.
Until the United States entered the
food was sent to Thiaucourt by way
Of the Netherlands by the American
relief committee and later by a Span
ish relief committee. This consisted
principally of bacon, flour, sugar rice
beans. peas and some cocoa. Two box
es OF condesed milk were received in
Thiaucourt each month and now and
then shipment of salt meat. Twice
several boxes of American shoes ar
rived for the inhabitants and at long
interals there were small shipments
of clothing.
During the four years occupation
by the Germans none of the civilians
was allowed 10 leave the town How
ever, on one or two occasions indivi-
duals were permitted to visit nearly
village to attend the funeral of rela-
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-08
There was a rumor of peace from
one end of the country yesterday to
the other. Nothing spreads so fast.

one Of the sensible things some
Russian authority is responsible Tor
is the stopping of the indemnity to
Germany.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-08

Or. 7. G. BRADLEr-Eye, Ear, Nose
and Throat and Fitting or Glasses.
Westbrook Bldg. Cordele, Ga.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-08
Members of Associated Press.

The Associated Tress is exclusively
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OF all news dispatches credited to 1t
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herein.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-08

If new democracies are to be born
out of the Central Empire who will be
left to shoulder the burdens % the wa'i
When the world calls for an adjust
ment of the wrongs done, the ghosts
of the Germany of 1914 will scarcely
be willing to do more than rattle the
dry bones of her dead and say
'These are our only possessions left''
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-08

There have been no deaths among
white people in Crisp county for three
days. This is a most encouraging
situation and reveals that the FLU is
gone for the time being Pneumonia
is going to rage around the world this
winter and every person ought to be
J cautious. Pneumonia and not influenza
been the cause of most deaths
re We have been able to make note
~ it and that may continue to cause
the most critical cases in the winter.
Evening star., 1918-08-18

much pains to get away from the
enemy that 1t was foolish to go there
where we would. most certainly, be
spotted. But I had confidence in Will
liams and said nothing.
We had very little, time to eat, but
Williams relaxed at the table as if
his days work was ended. After dim
ner he ordered the chauffeur to re-
turn home, having previously in
structed him to disregard any orders
he might give at the hotel because
the porter was German spy When
the orders were given the porter was
on hand. as Williams had anticipated.
The chauffeur drove away. Williams
registered us for the night and en-
gagged a big double room with bath,
overlooking the lake. We went up
to the room, Henri and Gus following.
A few moments later two interned
soldiers appeared. ! was asked to go
out with them, and we walked
through the dark streets to a railroad
crossing. where l was surprised to
find our automobile parked along the
road, all lights out like ship at sea.
Evening star., 1918-08-18

train. we We're up very close to the
ceiling of clouds which we had OBJ
served earlier in the evening. 1t was
colder. too, and the mist was heavy.
l did not glance at my watch, but 1t
must have been $3.50. for our car ar
rived with its small oil lamp burning
in front and tail lamp in the rear.
Harry Scott Williams shouted to the
driver and waved his heavy walking
stick. A useless thing to do. /
thought. but this was q strange game
to me and knew so few of the high
signs that this might have been one
with more Significance than 1t ap-
pearcd. The two companions were in
side. wrapped in heavy blankets and,
after we tumbled in. Williams ordered
the chauffeur to go to one of the best
known hotels in the Canton de Vaud.
was astonished at this. because 1t
seemed to me that we had gone to 30
Evening star., 1918-08-18

covered that in all neutral countries
there are allied and American ''black
lists of enemy spies and their vas
sails. l found that the Germans first
learned the name of the French port
to which the first American troops
were taken by fiashlight signals sent
across Lake Geneva. Other cases, to
be related later in this article, will
show you the extent of the system;
the cunning of the spies and the OBJ
jects of their work. 1 shall tell, also,
how this trip with Williams, which
thought was failure, proved to be
the beginning and the end Of another
daring German spy scheme.
Spy offensives which Germany
launches begin, as a rule, In neutral
countries. In such lands 1t is easier
to get them under way and safer
to operate. The attack which was
launched against the United States
soon after diplomatic relations were
broken is case in point. Count Won
Bernstorff had left his organization
in the United States, but it was neces-
sary to establish connections between
Evening star., 1918-08-18

Joined us. We got into the car, mo-
tored through dark streets to be sure
we were not followed. and then start
ed up a serpentine road which led us
into the mountains. A few minutes
before IL, we were at the bottom of a
steep and long incline, which led to
the chateau of retired German bar
oness. 1t was along this road that
the automobile had been reported and
1t was believed that the signals were
received at her home and replies
flashed from her windows to the
mountains of France. This was all
surmised. but Williams hoped to
prove 1t and place the evidence before
the Swiss federal authorities.
For two hours we waited and
watched. The mist had developed into
q slow penetrating rain which we
noticed because we had left our car
Evening star., 1918-08-18

and ordered 1t to return several hum
dred yards SO that 1t could not be
seen from the house.
We waited many hours more that
night, but fate was against us. Fate
and the enemy! / was more disap-
pointed than the others, because 1
had expected action. They had only
hoped for it. They had been policing
the Germans for months and they
knew how to be cheerful in disap-
pointment, for even disappointments
have their bright Sides
ITS all In the business" williams
remarked afterward. "A policeman
in az neutral country cannot catch
criminals as easily as he can at home,
but we'll keep this up until we get
them, or until we force them to stop
signaling for fear of detection. We
can't always get the man or woman
we are after, but we can interfere
Evening star., 1918-08-18

most important. 1T is the system that
counts. not the employees. Spies come
and go, but the system remains. In
this business there are always re-
cruits. For money and for this Ger
man trade there are men and women
throughout the world who will stoop
to conquer. For some the price is
high; hundred thousand francs or
more; for others there Is remunera-
tion in the work itself. Their trade Is
essentially one OF deception. They
must lie, scheme, bribe, threaten,
blackmail. or fail, For these reasons
Germany has the greatest spy system
in the world"
1t was the experience I had that
night In Switzerland which caused
me to delve into some of the German
activities which have confronted al
lied police for several months. / dis
Evening star., 1918-08-18

1t was black night as we had
forecasted It would be, and, having
ascended several hundred meters by
Evening star., 1918-08-18

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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-10
'NESPOR RECORDING
SUCCESS AS WORKER
IN ARMY RECREATION
Local Man in Charge Of
Activities at Atlanta.
Programmes Are
Interesting

The local sporting public well re-
lar director of athletics at the Bir-
mingham Athletic club for several
years and later city recreation direo-
tor Nespor is now in Atlanta, repre-
senting the war department commission
on training camp activities In COM
munity organization.
Nespor enlisted in the governments
service shortly after war was do
clared last year. lie was hmm ediatsly
ordered to report to Atlanta, where he
has been stationed since.
Nespor is in charge of the presents
ton of the community singing, free
moving pictures, organ recital and
vaudeville offerings at the camps every
Sunday He states. In n letter TO n
people attend the performance every
Sunday. while hundreds are turned
away for lack of space.
The programme OF last Sundays Of
fering shows the start is made at 2:30
o'clock and continued until Q o'clock.
Moving pictures, singing and vaude-
Vile offerings from professionals con-
stitute the chief part of the pros
gramme.
Nespor is known to his friends here
as a hard worker and they are not sur
prised at the success he Is recording.
The war work Isl very important and
his friends feel confident he will con-
tinue to prove a prominent factor in
the success being recorded at the At
lanta training camps.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-10
|NOTEDCONSTRUCTOR
|OF TRACKS PLANS TO
VISIT BIRMINGHAM
Jack Prince Will Be Here
to Promote Interest
in Arena Late in
February

AS announced In The Age Herald sew
eral weeks ago, Jack Prince. the orig
inator of the board track speedway for
racing, will visit Birmingham shortly to
plan for the erection of a large arena,
Word to this effect received by The
Age Herald in letter from Prince OF
Los Angeles.
Prince, in his letter. stated that he
was completing his plans at Los An
& Ies as quickly as possible and would
soon be en- route to Birmingham He
win probably be here about Febru-
airy Is.
Princes letter, which will undoubt-
eddy prove of interest. follows:
sporting Editor. Birmingham Age
Herald. Birmingham, Ala.
pear Sir: Some short time ago. I
think last Sunday weeks Herald.
you ran very nice story about myself
coming to Birmingham to build great
sta dunn for automobile shows and all
kinds of indoor athletic sports. includ-
ling an indoor eightrlap track for BIZ
cycle racing. On eofs my friends In Bir-
mingham mailed me a copy Of that is
sue M 81
Il wish to thank you very kindly for
the story; also to state that am clos
| Ing my plans and finishing up IN the
west as fast as possible and viii sure
come to Birmingham direct from Los
Angeles in about two or three weeks
from this date, and will get quick ac-
ton as soon as arrive. as I expect
! to pull off at least five or six weeks OF
| indoor racing in the stadium which
shall build in your city before the sea :
son opens the first of June in the north.
THE stadium and track that shall
build will be a permanent proposition
! and the very latest in every detail of
construction. expect to be with YOU
after I arrive for at least three months
and shall make birmingham the cen
| ter of the indoor racing every winter.
and will line up all the best riders from
the different parts OF the country for
At least four months of racing every
fall and winter after the races close
in the north.
Notify all my friends in Birming :
ham land I have many Of them) that
am rushing my plans az fast as pos
sible, 50 ~ 70 be with you. AM re-
spectfully yours.
| John 8. (J4XcK) FRINGE.
Los Angeles. Cal, Fsbruary Al 1872
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-10
Beall and Manda the Only
Chicks Liable to Be
Lost for 1918
LEADERS PLANNING
FOR GREAT SEASON
Dixie Carroll, Star Gardener of the
Texas League, Drafted by Barger.
Schmidt and Hargrove to
Do the Receiving

Memphis, February 9.-Unless the
army's call catches First Raseman
George Beall and Third Baseman Carl
Manda, six of Memphis 1917 team are
due to return to their places with the
1855 team. The other four are Press
Cruthers, second baseman, Leonard Do
bard. shortstop. and Pete Allison and
Fred Bratchi. outfieders Although each
IS within the draft age limit he is
bound by contract--not baseball--to pro-
vide for other than himself and will
probably be placed in a deferred classi-
fication of the draft. Beall and Manda
are within the draft age and it is stated
each Is unattached as far as any CON
nubial bonds.
+ With one Observation-Disclosures last
seasons Chickasaw infield returns this
spring intact. each will find himself with
candidate for his job Ellington, draft
ed from Grand Rapids. is reputed to pos
sess considerable versatility as dia-
mond performer, and his versatility in
cludes talent In playing first base. Beall
last season came up tosall advance mo-
t'cas and expectations as a fielder, but
Beall did not show any proclivities as a.
M.SvSe.' OF fences. on the other hand
Ellington hit over 300 last season in the
'e"9ue II both answer the
training call battle for first base Is
CRUTHERS PREMIER AT SECOND
Z Cruthers. regarded the premier fielding
seevn,. .esenlan OF the Southern league
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-10
NATIONAL LEAGUE
. CLUBS EACH LOSE
VALUABLE ASSET
Benny Kauff of the Giants
Will Be Taken in Next
Draft Is Latest
News


News that Benjamin Kauff. the pic
turesque fy-chaser of the Giants, has
been designated for an early call for
army service is the first tangible EVIL
dence received that the champions Of
the National league are to have their
main line of defense weakened before
the 1918 campaign commences.
While almost every other club in tho
National circuit had reported the loss
Of some star or stars. the Giants main
tanned silence that suggested they
were immune from the raids OF Uncle
Sam for man-power
But the news that Kauff has been
placed among the first to be called has
caused the club owners in the old or
SANITATION to heave signs Of rNlief, for
had the champions kept their full
strength there would be nothing to the
pennant jamboree next season but the
McGraw crowd.
They would have so far outclassed
hunt no doubt would have ceased to
exist somewhere around the frst day
of June.
{ Every team in the National league
has now lost at least one star or ex-
pects to be deprived of one. The star
men lost or expected to be lost to the
various clubs arc:
Brooklyn--Pfeffer
New York-kauH.
Boston Meanwhile.
Philadelphia Rixey.
ST. Lcuis--Goodwin.
Chica go--Alexander
Cincinnati-Toney
Pittsburg-K King.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-10
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
MAGNATES TO MEET
IN SPRING CONF ABB
President Baugh Names
February % for Impor-
tant Gathering of
MOguls

The Southern association annual
spring meeting will be held at Atlanta on
February %. President Robert Fl. Baush
announced yesterday morning. Although
the leagues chief executive had indi-
Gated previously that the meeting would
be held sometime between February q
and Is, the exact date was not selected
until yesterday.
Probably the geratest problem to face
the magnates at the confab will be the
adoption of the 1918 schedule. The tenta-
tive schedule was drafted at the recent
meeting at Memphis, and is now in the
printers hands. Copies will be dis
tributed this Week. M n
The usual many changes are expected
to be made in the proposed schedule.
Heretofore the schedule has frequently
been completely revised by the dissatis-
fled moguls, but President Baugh stated
Yesterday that he did not expect any
thing of this nature at the coming ses-
sion.
The leagues war tax committee, headed
by Jules Heinemann of New Orleans
will also make a report at the nesting.
The method of collecting this revenue ~
the government has not been decided
vet, but the league will probably be gov
erned by the suggestions of the national
baseball commission. which will be made
in the near future.
No other matters of Importance are
slated to come before the meeting, ac-
cording to President Baugh. A bulletin
letter, announcing the date of the meet
ing, will be mailed to all club owners
Monday.
President Baugh Is more optimistic
than ever following his return from the
Memphis meeting. He states he heard
good news on all sides for baseball and
predicts a banner year. The league {
chief returned Wednesday.