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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-30

able. the troops had become ac-
cusomed to use the grenade rather
than the rifle and an enemy fugitive
would often be chased until his pur-
suer was near enough TO throw a
grenade when rifle ball would have
brought down the fugitive from a
distance.
All this has been changed, however
by the open fighting of the present
offensive and the unusually effective
use the Americans have made OF the
rifle. General Pershing has mantain-
cd from the first that the rifle was
the indispensable weapon for infan-
try, and while tho grenade has not
been neglected, every American
unit has been thoroughly trained in
rifle practice.
Many of the national guardsmen
as wclF as the regulars we're crack
rifle shots, winners in tOurnamentg
and ventcrans Of the rifleranges
maintained at home. These ranges
have become a notable feature of the
training on this side, until the whole
American organization has become
specially proficient with the rifle.
German prisoners all recount the
same story, that the greatest surprise
came from the impetuosity Of the
American troops, and after that the
sweeping fire of the American rifle
caused the greatest CONSERVATION and
loss Accustomed TO waiting for
grenade attack at close quarters, the
mass formations of the enemy were
Suddenly exposed to concentrated ri
file fire at a distance, with every shot
from trained marksman who was
not blazing into the air but was pick
ing out his target and sending his
ball home.
THIS experience has fully sustained
tne American contention for the rifle
as against the grenade, the French
and English military experts are
agreed in the enthusiastic approval
they give the Americans as riflemen
and in the view that the rifle has
again demonstrated its right to be
considered the paramount weapon for
infantry fighting.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-30

( has been accustomed to have man
mount rapidly on his sensitive back
he is taught to kneel with his rider.
He has to be taught to pull up his
own length from a gallop, to stand
steady while rider fires from his
back and to lie still on the ground
while he is being used as a cover for
his rider who snipes over his side.
One of the most difficult things re
quired of war horse is to become
familiarizcd with the sword. In war
fare it is a common trick for ca
valryman to aim his first blow at bis
opponents horse, for no horse will
stand after being pricked on the nos
tril or lip.
When a horse knows his rider well
lie will perform surprising deeds. A
brigade has been known TO go
through three lines OF bayonets and
then so through barbed-wire en-
tanglement. Not long ago a Cana
dian troop charged two lines of Ger
man machine guns and rifles, wheel
ed and then rode through them a sec
ond time When the enemy finally
begins his retreat it is the Allies
horses that will keep the Germans on
the run.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-30
ICELAND A STATE

Iceland would become an lndepend
ent sovereign state on December1,
next, under an agreement between
that country and Denmark. Here
tofore Iceland has been a dependency
Of the Danish crown but the island
had its own constitution and legis
Iature. The head of the Icelandic
administration has been a minister
appointed by the King Of Denmark.
The new agreement which is in
tended to become effective December
/, provides that Denmark shall ac-
knowledge Iceland as a sovereign
state but it stipulates also that the
two countries shall continue to be
bound together by common ties of
llingship,7 indicating that King Chris
tan X, of Denmark, will continue to
be King also Of Iceland
The Icelandic parliament had de-
manded separate flag but this is
not included in the agreement Den
mark agrees to notify the powers
that Icelan is neutral in the war
Denmark is to establish a fund of
about 100000 to deyelop intellect
tual relations between the Two coun-
tries and to encourage exploration
and scientific work in Iceland The
fund is to be divided betwednthe
Copenhagen and Reykjavik Univer-
sites and is to be administered by
the King with the after consultation
with the governments of the two
countries and with both universities.
1t is provided that the proyis-
ions of the new agreement may be
revised. at the request of either conu
try after the year 1910. Whether
the agreement has been ratified by
the Danish and Icclandic parliameuts
is not announced.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-30
SOLDIERS TASTE WATER

~ )'t-ilO 40 l. -
Three thousand native soldiers of
Porto Rico have had their first taste
of salt water at the beach near Camp
LAS. Casas,. the. National Army Can
tonment at Juan.
When the general order to the eff
feet that every man in The camp
must learn to swim was issued by Col
onel Townsend, company and platoon
commanders Immediately began plan
ming to teach The men the aquatic
art. The instruction was begun with
five companies of student officers.
two provisional companies of select
ID m~n and company of the sani-
tary corps AS new recruits we're
Gdded to the camp, they were taught
the rudiments of swimming imme-
Giately The first part Of the in
struction is conducted on terra firma
the units lining up on the beach
where they practice the various
strokes. Then they are taken in
to the water for actual instruction.
Recently an entire battalion was
taken to the beach and taught swim
ming. The results from this expert
ment were so successful that now
the troops are given swimming les
sons in regiments.
According to the report to the
Training Camp Commission, by ]. B.
Maccabe. Athletic director at the
camp, tie Officers felt little appre-
hensior as to the safety of the men
',hc1 ucv were takn to the wa
ter for the first time but their fears
We're soon dispeIled the soldier took
to swimming like ducks They not only
made rapid progress, he says, but
they had the time of their lives, and
before the fifteen minutes were up
the men We're sleefully chasing each
other and shouting like to many school
boys on holiday. Thus the high
recreational as well as the military
value OF swimming was demonstrated
1t is this combination the Training
Camp Commission eudeavors to strike
in every sport it introduces in the
training camps.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-30
Very respectfully
G. R. Crisp.
FOR SoLIclToR-oENERAL.

At the earnest solicitation Of many,
hereby announce myself a candidate
for the office of Solicitor General of
the Cordelc Circuit, subject to nomi-
nation by the White Primary to be
held September II.
This office is of the greatest lmpor-
lance to the public welfare. Should
the voters elect me, pledge to ALL,
(high and low, rich and poor a FAIR
and IMPARTIAL discharge of EVERY
DUTY devolving upon me.
Your vote and your influence will
be greately appreciated.
Grant ME this sacred gift, I will not
bctray the trust.
D. E. Griffin
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-30
EOR CONGRESS.
Respectfully.
JOSEPH B. WALL
S-12 to 9-12

To The Voters of The Third Con
gressional District of Georgia:
I hereby respectfully announce my
candidacy for reelection as your Rep
preventative in the Sixty-SiXth Con
gress, subject to the Democratic Pri-
mary CT September 18th, 1918.
l shall support the President, a
Commander-in-chief of the Army anG
Navy, in all legislation necessary to
the successful conduct of the war.
I am grateful to my friends for all
support given me in the past and will
appreciate a reelection. If thus honor
ed, shall serve you to the very best
Of my ability.
Very respectfully
G. R. Crisp.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-30
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR JUDGE SUPERIOR COURT

FOR JUDGE SUPERIOR COURT
To the white yotor5 OF the Cordele
Judicial Circuit:
I respectfully announce my candi-
dacy, subject to the Democratic pri-
mary, for election as Judge of the Su-
perior courts OF the Cordele Circuit
Having held this ofce for the unex-
pired term Of Judge George. ask
election for the full term, promising
for the future faithful and impair
tial performance Of the duties Of the
office according to law and justice. as
I have eudeayored to do during the
short time I have been on the bench
Very respectfully,
D. \. r. CRUM.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-30

JasephusTarver. forty-Tive years
connect with the IIawkinsville Dis
patch and News and many years the
editor, lays down his pen this week
and goes off for little rest" This
man has been one of the faithful,
fair minded editors with high aim in
Georgia so long that his going will
cause regret in many newspaper
office where the Dispatch and News
is read and appreciated. He has helped
make the paper a good one for many
a season.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-30

They seem to think Gompers is a
big man in England, or else they just
write about him to make the old man
feel good, American labor is repe-
scented in this leader and England
knows American labor will have much
to do with winning the war. There
may be faults but Samuel Gompers
had made labor a wise header in
America, and he has been president
so long of the American Federation
of labor that when he goes to Europe
on a mission connected with the vim
ing of the war. Europe as well as
England ought to know it and talk
about it.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-30
AMERICAN RIEIE FIRE

The effect of American rifle has
been one of the great surprises TO the
enemy during the recent engagements
along the front As result The rifle
is fast coming back to its own as the
dependable weapon for infantry fight
ing. For a time its place was chal-
lenged by the grenade and some Of
the English and French experts took
the veiw that the grenade would
gradually superede the rifle. Trench
warfare had accustomed both sides
10 the grenade so that the rifle was
seldom brought into use.
Even with the two weapons avail
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-30
WAR HORSE FRAMING

a war horse, before he is ready
fer service receives m education al
most as rigorous and comprehensive
AS that OF the recruit who rides him
into battle When properly trained
he viii face barbed wire and even
rush eEtanelements, regardless of
lacerated legs and flanks. After he
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-30

Superior Court of the Cordele Judi.
cial Circuit, subject to nomination by
the Democratic Primary election to be
held on September IL, 1918. regard
the office as of the greatest importance
to the public welfare. 1t is the most
sacred trust within the gift tho
people. If the voters should elect me,
promise them that | viii dispose Of
the business coming before the court
as rapidly as possible, and discharge
the duties of the Office fairly and i'm
partially.
O Il GOWER.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-30

Now comes the necessary of closing
the garages and keeping the auto
mobile in the garage on Sunday The
fuel administration wants to save the
gasoline for war purpose. Here is a
right tight little'test of the loyalty Of
the Joy riders. How many will ignore
the order?
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-30

Ridiculous things occur during the
progress of the war, in spite of the
fact that it is the greatest struggle
ever known. German cities are claim
ing they should be paid damages for
the havoc wrought by allied bombing
planes.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-30

Oh, think of the busicuit mother
will make for breakfast Sunday morn
ing! The half and half rule is off and
the pure almost pure article is coming
again.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-30
OFFICIAL ORGAN CRISP COUNTY

Blease is said to be such man as
not to have deserved the confidence
and support of the voters Of South
Carlina. No great amount of surprise
should attend his defeat.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-30
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
o. t. COVER.

| announce myself a candidate for
the legislature subject to the Dem
ocratic primary September H. If
elected, | pledge myself to an UNI
biased and impartial performance
Of the duties which may fall to me
as a result of being entrusted with
this high honor.
n DAT NHIND
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-30
B. II. PALMER
For SOLICITOR GENERAL
8 10 too 12

| hereby announce that I am can
didate TO succeed myself as Solicitor
General of the Cordele Circuit, sub
ject to the Democratic primary to be
held on September IL.
If again honored by the people OF the
Circuit with election to this office, |
will in the future, as in the past, dis
charge its duties to the best Of my
ability.
Respectfully,
JOSEPH B. WALL
S-12 to 9-12
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-30
WEEKLY.

Communications on all topics pup
lished whom not too long and accolnpa'
MED by full names and address. MOI
responsible for views of contributors.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-30
PROFESSIONAL CARDS

THOS. J. MACARTHUR. M. Especial
Attention to Surgery and GyDiecology.
Cordele, Georgia.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-30
Mombers Of AssocIated Press.

WcWDtT5 OF NSoUNT"tVN
The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use lor republication
of all news dispatches credited TO 1t
or not otherwise credited in this pa
per and also the local news published
herein.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-30

l.. l.. DAVIS, Attorney-at.1aw, Office
Phone 100, Cordele. Ca
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-30

FOR JUDGE SUPERIOR CORUT
To the Democratic voters of the Cor
dAle Judicial Circuit:
I am candidate fer Judge of the
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-30
MISS EDITH RUTLAND FLETCHER

Teacher of Piano-T Teacher two years
in New York City. The Cunning Sys-
TEN gof beginners Ideal Music Meth
.od. 81 per month. Phone 344,, .
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-30
CORDELE, GEORGIA.
Conner SCHOOL OF MUSIC

Piano, theory, history, ensemble play
ing and harmony taught. Certificates
given. Director for Sherwood School
.of Music. No change in prices.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-30

DR.. w. w. McCoLLUM, Dentist. West
brook Building, Cordele Ga
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-30

DR.. 3. DANis.LS-Diseases Of the
stomach and other branches of inter
nal medicine treated with medicine
and physical means, such as Eiectri-
city, Electric Light and other bath
vibration, Ex-Ray. etc.
CORDELE, GEORGIA.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-30

DR.. A. J. WHELCHEL, ,'lYs!ci5a arr
Surgeon, American National Banl
HuilGing. CordeIe, Ga
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-30

O. T, COVER, AtI0rney-at-Law, over
Exchange Bank building, Cordele. Ga
Cordeie, Ga.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-30

aflfl. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The Washington times., 1918-04-17
COLONIAL BEACH
ASKS M 'ADOO TO
FIX BOAT SERVICE

A committee OF the Colonial Beach
society today is making ready to
mt before Secretary McAdoo Inc
serious transportation problem con-
fronting citizens and propertyhold-
ers of Colonial Beach, Va. and truck
farmers on both shores OF the river
Fonts formerly operated between
Washington and Colonial Beach have
becn drafted by the Government ioF
shipping purposes
Tbe fact that Washington and BAL
,imore produce markets viii be nara
bit This summer if river transporta-
lion is lacking WAS brought cut ~
A meeting Of the society in the fuOl'e
Library last nihht.
Representatives OF the
Motor Company announced that IN d
few weeks their company would es-
tabIish motor route TO Colonial
Beach by way of MorSantoWn.
The society wants the Maryland
Delaware and Virginia Railway Com
pany to operate steamers between
Baltimore, Washington and Coloniai
Beach. II adequate boat service Is
assured the society Will build q
freight wharf to replace the one
demolished by the ice jam in jan
uar!.
The Washington times., 1918-04-17
BY BLANCHE D. SLOCUM.

the shabbiest. lean spooks OF horses
remain. and their owners get the
maximum Of work out OF them
When coal cart stops at your door
the driver takes off the horses and
leads them away for immediate use
elsewhere.
shipping Almost stopped.
The scarcity or horses and Easo-
lene, along with the scarcity Of pack
ing materials. greatly hampers the
shipping OF goods what goods there
arc to ship-and, were German COM
meTce more than q mere ghost Of its
former self. German commerce would
go mad. Whole Industries have
stopped. To an enormous extent i'm
portarion from neutral countries has
stopped. as the German government
breads 30 see money leave Germany.
Expectation to neutral countries has
dwindled. there being So littlc to eN-
port. though now and then YOU find
German wares in Switzerland that
are no longer to DC obtained in Ger
many.
Without horses or =asoline the Fer
lin shops have about ceased trying to
deliver. What you buy YOU carry.
BerlirerS who ncN,r bcfCI" tIVdE"d
home with parcels under their arms
are well used TO 1t now. Parcels
The Washington times., 1918-04-17

source OF welI-neigh intolerable ex-
ASPIRATION.
Complain About Travel Rules.
Germans hate being told told not to
travel: in peace time they were al
ways on the 60. They hate fighting
for access to a trolley car. They hate
walking. especially in wooden shoes.
They hate carrying enormous bundles.
German women, lean from under
nourishment. hate the pushcart Ger
man children hate being used as
beasts Of burden; remember the sad,
worn. old looking face OF a coal deal
cr'S little son who spent his days car
rying briquettes through the streets
and up many. many flights OF stairs
to the fathers customers.
Now, were the German masses OF
the same mind as when war began
they might be saying: Behold the
terrible hardships thrust upon as by
France, Russia. and. particularly, Eng
land They might regard their mis-
cry as a kind OF martyrdom incidental
to war OF noble self-defense and
glory in it. But they are net at all in
the same mind as then. u the con
hict has become a war with the whole
world up in arms against embattled
despotism, which 1t will remain until
cmocracy triumphs. they hate the
government that wanted war and
struck the frs: blow. and has so mis-
managed the war that II must today
fight for its very existence.
In Iron Fists Grip.
Men willingly endure wretched-
ness for a government they love. They
stick at enduring wretchcdness for j
government they loathe Gnd-Siven
the power-vould overthrow. They
lack the power at present: they are
held in the grip of an iron fist. and $50
far as any one can now predict) only
the armed might Of America and her
allies can destroy that grip.
Copyright. 1918. by The Tribune Coz
The Washington times., 1918-04-17
TURKS NEAR BREAK
WITH BULGAR|ANS
OVER BOUNDARIES

Official and diplomatic circles mere
today are studying the dispatches 10
gain more light on the boundry as
putes that today threaten 10 bring
about rupture between Turkey ana
Bulgaria. Germany is seeking TO pre-
vent such an issue between her vas
sal allies.
The Turks desire compensation TOT
the enlargement which Bulgaria VIII
procure through the Dubrudja- and they
demand that the former restore 10
them the strip OF her territory when
she obtained in September, 1918, as the
price OF her entry into the war. The
EuIEarians object" an official DIS
match from switzerland says.
The treaty with Eoumania, which
bestows Dobrudja upon the central
empires has not yet been signed. The
central powers 1t is said. proposed 10
give this province TO Bulgaria, only
after she has sssentcd TO the claims
of Constantinople. As a result the
morale ot the people OF Bulgaria is
shaken and the sentiment very strong
against Germany.
The Washington times., 1918-04-17
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The Washington times., 1918-04-17

abound in the trolley cars: not infre-
.Quently You smell a mighty smell anil
deduce limburger. sometimes you
hear people say in Berlin, "Limburger.
Where did he get it? There's no such
thing to be had"
And many Berliners are now pro-
pell!ng carts. while occasionally q
half-Eed dog is similarly employed.
In the country the absence or hJrSeS
involves still greater hardship. and
all Germany takes the consequence.
How can farmers farm without
horses: How can they get their prod
uce to market without horses?
Germans Hide War Horrors
One type OF vehicle-and that a
type one might imagine would be
frequent sight in wartime-is conspic-
uouSly absent by reason OF govern
mental prudence. | mean the smbC-
lance. You see cannon by the thou
sand. You see innumerable supply
wagons. You see detachments OF
troops being marched from one sta
tion to another on their way through
Berlin from one front to another;
women with babies in their arms
tramp beside them; but, although the
countless wounded arc somehow got
to the hospital. II is rarely that you
see an ambulance.
In every way possible the German
government avoids openly emphasiz-
ing the horrors % war: even the
movies must take care not to show
sensational war films. Afraid OF his
own victims. dcSpotism in Germany
breads whatever might infame the
emotions, ~ there j. no telling what
outlet emotions might seek.
In Munich found the transpcrta-
tion problem considerably loss acUt"
than in Berlin. To be sure. ther"
were n" private automobiles in
Munich. and only a few taNis. but the
troIfcyS wcr" frequent and not too
crowded IN occasional bicycle still
had rubber tires, as there was no rub
her collection in Bavaria. But
Munich is not Germany. and in a
sense By no means fanciful. Bor
lin is.
There the wealthy aristoc'ats con
SroEate: there also the Socialists and
would be r'voIUiiouists. There the
popular abhorrcncc Of tyranny ro-
flocts the feeling now So prevalent
throughout tho empire. And. whom
added l." the i1sUflciNncy Of food
and clothing. the insuffi"!encv Of
trains. trUi'"N=. omnibuscs. automo-
bilcs. and delivery wagons becomes
The Washington times., 1918-04-17
Fiue Hundred Thousand
American Soldiers in France

We dare not delay the VICTORY now. American lives
are at stake our own safety the safety OF the whole world
If we are proong the slaughter and the suffering are
defeat nconcuSve peace must act quickly
We must put forth every effort now.
But the whole nation must take part Our armies in France
are looking TO lis to furnish them in ever greater abundance
the ordnance the munitions, the supplies that will make their
VICTORY possible. Wemust not fail them.
The Washington times., 1918-04-17

here can find any margin from their
pay to invest and thSS-sre turning
to their friends and relatives.
One soldier here. for instance, Pri-
Vate Arthur TOrneY. OF Company D.,
3I3th, has sold twenty-five bonds.
Others have brought their influence
to bear by direct appeal while at
home on passes or through the mail
Many eloquent letters have been
written. il will mean a lot to the
men here. who are striving by the
most strenuous program OF training
ever offered to At themselves to give
hard smash to the KaIser's hordes
Of invaders. to know that behind
them is the financial backing OF peo-
pie Of every class.
The Washington times., 1918-04-17

Dom wait for time to hcd that eruption
"Oh, it will get well anyh"w y"n SaT
Perhaps it will, and pcrhap, !, won't. Maybe
it will get scoysc instead. An,r think Of tho
discomfort and embarrassment it ,Auscs you
even now
Isn't it better to ret rid of tho trouble hy