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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-18
GEORGIA INHERITANCE TAX
LAW Is CONSTITUTIONAL

Atlanta Jan IL Georgia's inhcri-
lance tax law is not unconstitutional.
It least upon any Of lie grounds So.
up in this particular case, according
to a decision just handed down by
the supreme court in litigation com
up from DCugherty county, the SUI
premc court holding that he law i'm.
pose a tax upon the transfer of prop
erty and not upon the property itself
In 1917 the state of Georgia collected
a total Of $243,S71 from Inheritance
taxes, which was equal to the tax On
$4S,774294 worth of Georgia farm
lands The Inheritance tax law ard
the tax equalization were enacted as
companion measures during the ad-
ministration of Gcv. John NJ. Slaton
An effor' has been made at almost
every succeeding session Of the legis-
lature to repeal the equalization law
which forces property owners to pay
their just proportion Of the cost Of
government, but no attack has ever
been made on The Inheritance tax
law
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-18
GEORGIA WATER
POWERS TURNING
DR.. Hartman Rules That Water
Powers Not Affected

ATLANTA, Jan 1S-Georgia in
dustries generally, with the exception
of those using hydro-electric power
responded promptly today to the gov
ernment's industrial SUSPENSION or
der.
Under a decision by l.. G. Hardman,
State Fuel Administrator. the hydro
electric power users are not affected
by the order, great number of the
larger industries of Atlanta and north
Georgia continued operation. Most
OF the industries are making arrange
ments to care for their employees
during the forced suspension.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-18
DORIS ADVISES
AS 10 FOOD I'R}lC}..
SUGAR AND FLOUR SALES CARRY
CERTAIN FiXEp PROFITS.

Acting for the federal food admins
t.&tion, representative w. H. Doris
who is food administrator for CrisI
county, has the following announce
ment to make:
u am advised by the Federal Food
Administrator that the following rules
shall apply in the sale of sugar and
-four:
when buyer pays for the sugar
and takes it home with him the retail
er can charge only one cent per pound
profit
when the buyer has the spga,
charged and the same delivered to his
home the retailer is allowed to charge
two cents per pound prc1t.
"Where the buyer pay for the dour
a"d takes it home with h m the retailer
can realize only ono dc lar per barrel
profit. The same rate Of profit shall
apply to quarters aand half barrels
when the buyer has the nouf
charged and the same delivered to
him the retailer can realize only $I5J
per barrel profit. The same rate Of
profit shall apply 10 quarters and half
barrels"
Federal rood Administrator.
W. H. DORRIS, Fed. Food Ad.
for Crisp County.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-18
FOOD ADMINISTRATORS IS
WORKING FOR CHEAPER FISH

Atlanta, Jan 1S.-The United Sta
ties Food Administration will shortly
take over the control of the hseries
along the Georgia coast, according to
d. f. McClatchey, Of this city, execu-
i've secretary of the food admiristra-
ticn CT this state, and the result will
be very probably to secure a material
reduction in the prices of fish and oys-
ters.
1t developes that an act passed
by the Georgia legislator excluding
all nonresidents of the state from
fishing along the coast has shutout
a large number of fishermen who useG
20 drift up and down with the season
levaing only fourteen fishermen actu-
ally engaged in the industry from the
South Carolina line to the Florida
line, and these fourteen have fixed
their own wages and prices, doubling
the cost Of sea foods, which formerly
were about the last clean food the
people could buy
When he United States food adj
ministrations takes over control Of
the fisheries along the coast of Geor-
gia and all other states having ocean
frontage, the Georgia coast will be
open to any fisherman having feder-
al license, and the price of sea foods
will be fixed by he food administra-
ton
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-18
TWO DEAD, ANOTHER ILL
FROM OBSTINATE PNEUMONIA

Death took an eighteen months old
child at the hcme of A. T. Hall sever
al days ago and early this morning
claimed David, the three year old
son Measles and pneumonia caused
the deaths There is another member
CT the family seriously i'll.
The remains of David were buried
this afternoon a Zion Hill.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-18
GEORGE TELL,STHE
NEED0F MORE
FIGHTERS
TELLS ENGLISH LABOR DEMOCRA
ClES SHOULD BE READY TO
DIE FOR CAUSE

LONDON,Jan 1S.-Lloyd George adj
dressing the labor delegates today
said no man standing on the watch
tower could deny the urgency of the
need for raising more men.
The Prime minister said rib de-
mocracv has over long survived the
failure of its adherents to be ready
to die for it.
Addressing the labor delegates the
premier said no man is willing to make
peace without a complete restoration
Oh Belgian and reparation from Germa,
ry:
There has been but one answer. lie
added and it came from Vonterpit2
soul-Never
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-18
ENGLISH LABOR
Will. REST
ONE DAY
AS PROTEST AGAINST UNEQUAL
FOOD DISTRIBUTION.

LONDON, Thursday. Jan 17.-Ponu.
lar dissatisfaction with the food distri
button, which is particularly stfOn6 II
tie Industrial districts vii be f1rcib.E
expressed at Manchester and in ina
neighborhood, January 2G, when. ae
cording to a decision ust re4chcd, a
hundred thousand workers il the Man
chester engineering shop; will "ase
work one day IS a Drnfcst H. INST tbs
unequal distribution of food. There Is
q demand for general rationin@ tdCr
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-18
GYPSIES PAID FINES FOR
LARCENLES COMMITTED

Judge d, A. II. Crun this morning
fined band CT gypsies each hun
dred dollars fer alleged larcenies as
a result of accusations made by sever
al citizens in the Bay Springs commu-
nifty. Henry Eldridge, W. p. Wardlaw,
and one or two others lost more .han
sixty dollars tc the gyp5ies, according
to their statements. The wanders
posed as palm readers and foutune
tellers.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-18
POWDER PLANTS ARR.
PERMITTED TO RUN
ORDER PERMITS DOUBLE TINE
FOR THEM.

WASHINGTON, Jan lS.-Al TIC
principal munitions plants will be per
mitted to work under full capacity.
Under the fuel restriction order as ali.
ounced last night by the fuel admins
tiation only portions OF plants making
condenser tubes would be pormittc'i
to operate.
1t vas all official mistake.
All the Dupont pants and eightc ;.
other great companies mentioned III
last nights official announcement are
b! official modification today permit
Ted to run full blast
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-18
Bill. TO CREATE.
DIRECTOR OF
MUNITIONS
SOON TO HAVE WAR COUNCIL
BILL READY

WASHINGTON, Jan 1S.-A bill to
create Director of Munitions not hav-
ing cabinet membership but with a
broad authority to centralize and con-
troll all war munitions,was reported
favor', to-day by the senate military
committee Another bill to establish
a War Council is nealy ready.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-18
SWALLOWED GRAIN CORN
DIED IN LOCAL SANITARIUm

The two year old daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. G. G. Pearce. OF Sycamore
died this morning at the Cordele SAM
forum from the effects of having swal
lowed a grain of corn which went into
the lungs The little girl was brought
here several days ago in the hope OF
getting relief
The remains were taken back home
this afternoon and the funeral and
interment occurred at Sycamore
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-18
Low Temperatures.

WASHINGTON. Jan lS.-The fist
hoatless day found the eastern section
OF the country witt 'ow temperature
I'd the prospect q MI y code" Woa'a
u in some parts. Frost warnings &c
issued for as far south as Central Flor
la
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-18

As an act of common defense, which
is also an act Of common sense, the
Government of the nited States is ask
ing every citizen of the country to eat
less beef, pork, pork products. wheat.
butter and sugar tan to waste no
food stuffs.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-18
Great Confusion Here.

COLUMBIA. Jan. IS local ;adus
tics arc generally Slut down this
ornina III Obedience t. ne iue 4rG""
ey il rcd, boWnve'. 20 re aAa op.r-
atoms as soon as ruling Can re OBJ
li,lned from Nashir 19u az ~" Ct and
that they use hydro-e3c pr yer.
The fuel administration here d"
Cured the entire seeAcn is badly con
fused with regard to. carrying on; tHa
order
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-18
OPERATORS QUIT AND
CHICAGO EXCHANGE STOPPED

CHICAGO, Jan. 1S.-When the chi
cago Board of Trade opened today
about one hundred telegraph opera
tors quit on account of the cold iI&c-
ally all outside trading wa stopped
The temperature wos forty-fye,
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-18
FOOD HANDLING AND
DISTRIBUTING AGEECINS FREE

WASHINGTON, Jan 1S.-The fuel
administration issued an order today
exempting every sort of food handling
and manufacturing and distributing
age ' from the order,
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-18
SLIGHT CHANGES MADE
ON STOCK EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, Jan. 1S,-Prices ut the
oning of today's stock market refac-
ted in a moderate degree The blowing
down of the trade industry incidental
to the Inauguration of the fuel order
Investment shares are only slightly
changed but the more speculative is
sues yielded one to two points.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-18
KERE.NS'KE REPORTED
NOW IN $5YNtE.II9Ss.IJ
PAPER IN RUSSIA IS RESPONS!
BILE FOR STATEMENT

PITROGRAD, Jan Is. Vcchernar
Frcmya which resumed publication
il Che first time since the Bolshcvili
revolution, says KcrcnslEy is now in
Sweden.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-18

The manufacture ard consumption Of
pastry regarded as a luxury in France
has been entirely suppressed, except
on Sundays and holidays.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-18
VI0LAT0R ARE
YANKET) Up
TODAY
CHICAGO REPORTS FIVE CASES
IGNORE FUEL ORDER.

CHICAGO, Jan 49, Five alleged yioi%-
CONS of the coal order we're reported
70 the district attorneys Office up to
~ O'Clock
The onendn~s VEG seat Tor f the
explanations are moi satisfactory, i
vas said they will be prosecuted
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-18
Wood Using Prohibited.

Announcement that the use OF z
forms OF fuel, wood, oil nd natural ga
as well as coal, would be prohibited
caused considerable confusion todas
Strenuous efforts are promised to nave
wood, oil, natural gas 3, water pow 81
users exempted.
A supplementary lis. adding to the
number OF industries exempted from
the fuel administration order is in
course of preparation today. Most Of
the plants included in the list have
been rotiied that they may continue
operations as usual but it appeared
doubtful as to whether the list would
be made public scince the administra-
ton fears il would be swamped with
requests from other industries.
Some Of these notified eff exemp-
ticn are steel mills producing ship
plates and wcolen mills making army
ard navy clothing and certain other
domestic utilities.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-18
s; En- A
TO FIN
GAR
NEWSPAPERS AN
Frs ARE EN-

WASHINGTON, ia
on the fuel order blazd
both the senate and thd
anW was mingled in he
the resentment that its cS
been ignored.
The senators described N 1.
as being in a state Of "impotci
nation"
Senator Smith, of Michigan. q
can, says The senate should
AID clip the wings of those who sec
10 exercise such authority, and autho
lily which has never been intended. :
letter from Garfield to Senat
Iioke Smith said The ruling docsl
npply to newspapers and industri
operated entirely by hydro-elcctr 20
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-18
May Be EXceptior.5.

1t is understood some additions to
the excepted list viii be made today
Meanwhile the fuel administration is
concentrating its efforts to clearing d.
the shipping congestion from tn
aoOd
Applications for exemptions are phi
ing UP. 1t appeared that the ste /
hlate mills and wooden plants mahiT5
cloth for the soldiers uniforms would
receive favorable action, probably be
ing added to the list.
It was ordered that only one ice max
ing plant may operate in any one pia
The exempted plant, however, wig b2
required to furnish the product to the
closed plants, all at production cost
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-18

Has been neglected during the
holiday rush, but we are glad
to announce that we are now in
position to take care of all pa
tients, and Mr.. c. A. Crowell, our
%istet ID Optrometrist, will be
glad to serve you at all times.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-18

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-16
&de1Aasos@rMoae

II HE question Of allied casualties largely the ability Of General
FOch with sufficient strength TO cut off
salient that has encroa.hed 10 the danger point
No figures London Paris regarding the extent OF the
losses allies The British his address last week said they
heavy and would should the fighting maintain ITS terocv
the spoken Of Undoubtedly British casualties IN the battle for Hare
bouc battle Pcard after General Coughs first
defeat had Especially probable that the British have been matching
man for with ndenug defend the Ypres salient since ag issued his
stand and die order
German up April apxmated 10000 according careful
French figures In the half April the casualties have equall
that figure The battle began March r. Only days
elapsed before o During the first days OF the
battle the the increased
indenbug reached prepared positions where French and British stood
Especially is true the first OF April that many divisions have been bat
tered Intellectual develop the Amen salient TO puncture
the Aa emcc clear the ugly position about Hcbuiernc'and
cnyeop the
OF from Gwcnchy MesSues
has been the Of attacks unparalleled which
frontal the Germans have all been exceeded by the eapness with
which human life held think 10000 casualties modest estimate Of
German loss to date in the campaign OF 1918
No ratio Of loss" Of defender compared aaccr that was true from
the world used with the
The proportion changed with the developing varied
defense the the loss
the defense The development OF the barrage protection
this proportion Ved where the attack
force lost compared five lost for the Germans nasmch the
Gma have continued masc frontal attacks against hghg
without artillery preparation would be that the allies losses
have approached those OF the
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-16
DEFENDING SEDITION.

DASTOR RUSSELLS followers are opposed to war
they have frequently ntimacd but it isn't for any lack
Of nerve apparently Since "The Finished Mystery" which
condemned patriotism suppressed as stdous literature
the state has been flooded with pamphlet defending that
obnoxious propaganda Perhaps their latest creed manages
to keep within the letter OF the law obstruction and
scdon seek to when they can but the very fact that de-
tends that which the government found undesirable con-
demns it from the start
Pacfss conscientious obectors and Others of their ilk
should know by this time that they cannot be for America
and against this war The life of America all our freedom
and cherished institutions standing in the ssterhood
of nations the religious liberty which gives each creed its
chance for hearing stake in this war and hinge
its winning Because the issues vital all opposition
within borders verges treason and becomes
thing to be lightly tolerated Those who deplore
entrance in the war seek its sudden and doubtful ending
enemies Of the country, whether they know it not
and to that extent are allies Of the kaiser.
| The International Bible Students association probably
is not made up OF Hun hirengs but merely dupes who
serve the Prussan purpose we'll without adding to the
burdens OF the Berlin exchsquer But dupes be
ghened and corrected paid spies be brought
to justice else grave damage will be done at home to
weaken the power of expedtonary forces Perhngs
message to America is to put down the pro-Geman
propaganda here and leave the militant Huns our army
and our allies and that work is going to be done Those
who offend without intent have had warnings enough and
those whose opposition is intentional entitled to no
mercy In class the other are those who seek to de-
iend and further scditous teachings They should desst
while the dessng is less painful than it will be later
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-16
PROOF OF ATROCITIES.

EVERYONE who can should attend the lectures
~ Of Dr. Newell Dwight Hills to be given here Wednes.
day afternoon and night You have heard much OF the
endsh work Of the Hun wherever his forces have advanced
At these lectures you will obtain ndisputable evidence Of
the Authenticity Of those reports Doctor Hills an eminent
New York divine was sent the front prove dspoye
those tae OF ouages which have flooded the country since
the gray beast crossed the Belgian border His lectures
will be illustrated to show what horrors the Huns per
petra,ed against deicnseess civilians against women and
children and all who came within their pathway Of de-
srueon The camera does not le and neither does
of the nations greatest eergmen You will hear OF and
see pictures Of deeds more deysh than any which have
been recorded in he public prints as Doctor Hills will
speak 10 women only IN the afternoon and to only
at night giving him opportunity to expose brutality so un
speakable il could not he narrated to a mixed audience
These lectures will give you clearer understanding Of
the sort Of foe we face better idea Of the fate which
might be America should America and her allies fail to
check the Pru1ian menace European battleeld They
should arouse you anew to the need Of united and whole
soued effort toward winning the war and ddng the world
Of the curse Of kuur We must set ourselves to that task
unfinchngy and with utter disregard OF cost Whatever
the price it will be worth IT, and failing that the doom Of
human liberty is sealed.
Another reason why all should attend who is that
this expose Of frghuIncs urher two missions Of mercy
The receipts from the lectures less actual expenses 20 to
the babies milk and iss fund and to the Anti Tuberculosis
society two worthy which merit your assistance We
must continue to aid the unfortunate at home despite the
demands OF war and here is an opportunity to help them
the war and yourself
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-16
"Soue the Waste and Win the War"
PAY OF CITY EMPLOYEES.

VALUABLE men are being lost to the service OF the
city because the pay less than men can earn in other
fields Oklahoma City is not unique in that experience
IN Kansas paper the other day an advertisement
for city firemen setting forth the homelike comforts OF
the fire station the easy toll required and other advantages
and perquses which 20 to the boys who battle the baze
Time was when the city job rated plum; something
Of sneeure to be sought by many henchmen Of the powers
that be- or we're but the demand for in other lines has
altered the situation Now, before man needs
s he can earn and he need be paragon OF efficiency TO
demand more than the city is offering for its aids and
assistants.
OF course city budget is less elastic than the pay roll
Of the private concern but il is obvious that the city must
meet the rise in the labor market and should What
was ample pay while ago is starvation wage today, and
city which Is interested in the welfare Of all cannot af
ford example Of beggay pay Not only that but
the city pay more put up with incompetent help
or no help at ALL and incompetent help is expensive even
at low figure.
II will be year before property valuation or tax rate
be adjusted TO meet the situation, but there should be
some way Of providing funds for emergency and IL the
labor question isn't that already will be before that year
expires The commissioners should devise ways and
to meet It. And in the meantime, the who can get
four dollars day elsewhere is not to be blamed II he
quits city job paying $50 per diem, and leaves the old
which will want to from time to time clothes and
have place OF residence To meet these needs the
whose pay small best must certainly do the best he
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-16
EAT VEGETABLES.

DANKING among the worlds foremost meat eaters there
~ no chance Of transforming Americans into of
yegetarsns even such change desirable which it
isn't There h however wisdom in the advice Of the Retail
Grocer and Butchers association here urging housewives
to reduce living expenses and food by buying more
vegetables After the heavy winter diet when man
ha, Eskmos appetite for greasy grub, it is beneficial
to mix the ration with liberal supply Of green groceries
Such diversity in the diet is about the only spring tonic
needed and will do good than sasaras tea sulphur
md moases any Of the other household remedies which
made boyhood days unpleasant in sprngtme. Besides
much Of the early garden truck is Of peshabe
and must be eaten not at all This is
food should take vegetables the
durable foodstuffs. And while eating vegetables is i'm
portant conservation measure, don't forget the i'm
portance Of raising them If you haven't gun handy help
whip the kaiser with hoe
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-16

hair and bones and all the flesh
mortal owns. We lead our safe and
sheltered lives; we rear our kids and
feed our wives we've lived in fat com
mercial times, resolving everything to
dimes. Our frugal instincts show that
waste is sin by which we are disgraced
and so it causes us distress to lose the
number Of our mess for death is waste,
the thing we dread; there is no rakeoif
for the dead The war some consola-
tion brings; it's showing us lot Of
things; its teaching us how men may
die and make a noble gain thereby
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-16
Luke McIuke Saws

Some people admire the courage Of a
man who wears red whiskers, while
others merely pity him.
Any time a girl makes up her mind TO
make a fellow propose to her he might
as well throw up his hands and take his
medicine.
While we admit that we are hand
some and distinguished looking, we have
always resisted the temptation to have
our picture taken with our classic chin
resting on our shapely hand.
Every married woman, IL you get 10
talking with her, will tell you how sorry
she feels for some other woman's hus-
band.
There are a whole lot Of high filters
who wouldn't know how to get into an
aeropane
A man often wins a girls hand and
doesn't discover until six months after
marriage that he hasn't won her heart
You may have noticed that work done
while you wait usually looks and wears
like that kind Of work
A man will forget the nine favors YOU
did for him But he will never forget
the one time you turned him down.
We never could understand how some
people get a lot Of pleasure out of at
tending funerals. But they do.
A husband snorts around and insists
on having his way But his wife mere
" has her way and SAYS nothing
about it,
When a girl gets to be about 26 and is
getting little shopworn from trying
to land a husband she can tell you that
if she were a man she wouldn't let a
snippy thing of IS fool her the way the
Snippy thing fools other men
This is a tough world When YOU are
working hard and looking the best you
can, a lot OF loafcrs hang around and
criticize and tell one another how you
could do much better.
You may imagine that you are the vic
tim OF a lot of unjust criticism But
how would you like 10 be a stepmother :