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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-21
THE SPORTING SPIRIT

In Brand Whitlock's articles on Bel
GUM, in Everybody's Magazine, there
is an illuminating commentary on
sports and their; influence on charac.
ter.
Almost as much has been said of
German discipline as of German
organization writes Mr.. Whitlock.
There is, of course, much of both in
Germany, but the discipline is mostly
of the military kind. There seems to
be little self-discipline.
There are no sports in Germany,
and the sense of fair play is not deve-
loped; the idea of playing the game
does not exist 1t is said that German
schoolboys see nothing out Of the way
in switching, in informing, and are
encouraged to do So"
Doesn't that explain numberless
things that we haven't been able to
understand in the conduct of the Ger
mans during this war? They have nc
sports Their young men do not play
the vigorous give-and-take games that
develop strength of mind and charac-
ter along with strength of body. There
are no national sports like. baseball
OF football. There is scarcely any ten
mis- There are no college tracks meets
There is little athletic competition of
any sort. Instead of sports, they drink
beer and sing, or take walks. Those
pastimes may be we'll enough in their
way, but they don't develop the sense
of fair play that has become instinctiye
with the two great outdoor-sport ma
tions, the British friends have been ac-
cused of being sport-crazy. The Ger
mans particularly have criticised for
wasting so much time" on athletic
games, when we might be training
our minds, We have overdone it, but
the results speak for themselves. In
the supreme game of war, the sport
ing nations fight clean. 1t is the nation
without sports that has done the dirty
fighting" and set the standard of this
war at its lowest mark since Europe
first rose above sheer savagery.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-21
THE ANSWER

+
The United States IS making two
, answers to the great German drive
One is military. The other is financial
The first is already given. We have
placed all our available fighting men
at the disposal of the allies; we have
thrown all our militsy resources into
the scale. Every phase of military
preparation is going head with great.
er energy and determination. Soldiers,
ships, airplanes, guns, shells, food, all
are being rushed, in order that we may
do our part as member of the world
league of free nations in curbing this
great menace to human freedom But
without corresponding financial re-
Spouse this effort will be unavailing
There is far more involved than the
mere paying army and navy bills when
they fall due Suppose word had gone
across the Atlantic that the Third
Liberty Loan had failed. What heart
would our allies have had to keep up
the fight? What effect would it have
had on our troops, to learn that we at
home were not sufficiently Interested
in the war, and in them, to back them
up with our miserable dollars? And
what rejoicing there would have been
in Berlin! 1t would have been a great
er triumph for the Kaiser than any
that German arms have won.
OF course will never be such despic-
able failure The Liberty Loan is
subscribed, and oversubscribed. No
other result is thinkable.
There must be yet more speed, more
zeal, more sacrifice We must take no
chances. The answer every time must
be clear and unmistakable. The Red
Cross Next.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-21
PATRIOTIC HoRoEs

Hoboes haven't been waiting for
anti-idleness laws asserts their self
styled king, jeff Davis, He assures
the country that practically all the
indignant gentlemen who formerly
wandered up and down the land have
felt patriotic STRINGS and have gone
to work
Their choice of occupation is inter
esting. Most of them have gone into
munitions factories, by preference.
Farm work hasen,t held1a strong ap-
peal for them; although they have to
work as an expression of patriotism
the other loiterers ought to be shamed
into getting busy. There have been
plenty Of loafers in the country who
would resent being called hoboes. But
though their idleness has not been so
picturesque as the tramp's, it has
beech quite as wasteful and harmful
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-21

German troops A captured German
officer is said to have confessed that
the medical men of the American fore
es have been marked for death.
It's all a matter of Prussian eff
cheney. AS that officer explained, the
Hun leaders figure that the death Of
one army surgeon ebuals the loss of
five hundred soldiers, and a stretcher
bearer counts as much as sixteen in
fantrymen. It's economy Of smmuni
ton and effort, then, to kill these men
instead of the fighters.
And this may help to explain why
German gunneTs fire on Red Cross
ambulances and German airmen bomb
HOSpltdlo anu pCuO
tai ships Very likely it isn't the
wounded soldiers they want to kill;
it's the doctors and their helpers The
military value of nurse isn't express
iy given, but slain Red Cross nurse
is probably reckoned in Purssian arith
metic, as equivalent to 20 or 80 fight
ing men killed
In this, as in everything else involy-
ing a question of fairness, justice,
manliness and decency the Prussian
overlords reckon wrong. They can
not see that outside of Germany there
is a different set of morals, and
different system of military arithme-.
tic. For every doctor or nurse or
stretcher-bearar shot down by cow
ardly foe, thousand men rush to
arms. And so in this matter, as in
all others, Prussianism invites its own
doom.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-21
WALKERS BARBER SHOP
EXCHANGE BANK CORNER
cordeie, Georgia.
EDITORIAL
-
GRADUATION UNIFORMS


In college that has always prided
itself on its respect for academic at
mosphere, one of the oldest collegiate
traditions has been swept away. For
the first time, the senior class will not
wear the cap and gown on commence
ment day. All the graduates will be
dressed in the uniform of military
cadets.
The innovation is typical of the
change that has come about in Amer
lean colleges. They are on a war
basis. To their everlasting credit, it
should be recognized that they put
themselves on that basis voluntarily
the moment the United States entered
the war, and have ever since main
tanned spirit of patriotic helpfulness
and preparedness.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-21
SHOOTING nocroRs


1t has been decided that the sur
geons and stretcher-bearers of the
American army shall no longer wear
the red and white brassard which in
dicates their non-combatant character.
The reason is easily guessed. That
humanitarian symbol makes too good
a target for Hun marksmen.
1T is established beyond doubt"
says the New York Sun, that German
sharpshooters have been decorated for
hitting the noncombatants engaged
in aiding the wounded"
There is no question of the fact
that the shooting of men engaged sole
ly in the work of mercy has become
a common practice on the part of the
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-21
In the college mentioned the mum.

In the college mentioned the num-
Der of men who will march up in khaki
to receive their diplomas is small
That is because two-thirds of the class
are already wearing Uncle Sans uni
form. That is the case in nearly every
institution of higher learning.
Most students old enough or strong
enough enlisted as soon as we declaF-
ed war. Many of them were in France
as Red Cross assistants before that.
Those who are left are nearly all un-
dergoing military training. They have
entered zealously into every sort OF
war activity in their local communit.
les, such as selling Liberty Bonds,
raising Red Cross funds, stimulating
enlistments, cts. And along with this
abnormal activity, they have carried
on their college studies about as usu-
al, in order to fit themselves for the
big work which they know will be ex-
pected of educated men hereafter.
If any American institution has
justified its existence in this trying
time, it is the American college. II
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-21

Poor old Gear Mich doesn't look so
contemplate after all, compared with
Kaiser Karl The latter, caught writ
ing compromising letter, blames his
troubles on his motherin-law. Mich
might have Justly blamed his on wife
and didn't.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-21

American aviators are beginning to
get into the German flyers. 1t is stated
by the Allied birdmen that a Boche
will not attack unless he has three or
four times as large number of flyers
to the advantage. Eventually courage
is going to have something to do with
II
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-21

1t was hardly Hun plot in south
Georgia that brought about the dast-
ardly crime for which four negroes
been lynched Those who are inclined
to credit it that way appear to know
too little of the nature of such brutes.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-21

The inhabitants of Ukraine are
fighting ifortheir food supplies to keep
the Germans from taking them. This
is a most natural thing. The question
is whether the fight can amount to
anything.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-21

The Huns by their claims would
make the Allied believe that they
still have the submarine that sank the
Lusitania. Unless they took it home
and made show of it, there is not
much likelihood that it is still afloat.
Subs are too short-lived for that.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-21

One patriotic action of these Spra-
tan women of America. was the deci-
sion of the biennial, that when the
toll of the war reaches into the homes
Of America, the members of that home.
instead of DOMINIC the usual somhAr
black of mourning. should wear fin
stead a star upon the sleeve, infkcat-
ing to the world that a memb h Of
that household had given his Afe for
the liberty Of the world.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-21

~ ~ ..-eN. .s-.T - - -.-,-
The Boches Travelled too high for
the defense Of London Sunday night
and did more damage than usual But
four of them paid for It. The others
r7-fs
win pay next time.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-21
OFFICIAL ORGAN CRISP COUNTY.

Better. conditions in southern ship
yards indicate that soon the forces
will be working both night and day.
We are already getting one wooden
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-21

Hindenbufs is Gagged And though
hesrnakes an awful racket shaking the
bars, he can't break them The devil
-----a ~
has a new job
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-21

The Bolshevik government has made
a protest to Germany against the in
vasion of the Crimea by German
=
troops They're a queer lot, those
Reds, to bother about trifle like
that after giving the Germans the rest
Of Russia.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-21
DISPATCH PUB. co.

Communication on all topics pub
lisbed when not too long and accompa
Mad br full names and address. Not
responsible tor views OF contributors
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-21
PROFESSIONAL CARDS

DR.. q. DANIEL, Internal Medicine and
Physical Measures, such as Electro
thierapy, Hydrotherapy, Vibration
Light Treatments, X-Ray, ETC. Cor
dele, Georgia.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-21

BLENDERS Of tie Associated Press.
The AssoGAted Press Is exclusively
entitled to the use FOR republication
OF ell news dispatches credited to it
OF not otherwise credited in this pa:
net. and also the local news published
herein.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-21

any type of American his cynical pubhc mas 30 ~
worth it is the college whom and ridiculed
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-21

DR.. w. w. MccOLLUM, Dentist, West
brook Building, Cordele, Ga.
The Press., 1918-04-18
: 'FI '6N15. 8FN| NNaIH
 Of Interest to All
 Merchants Week Solving the Problem

.Ofn the Farm. and tAe| Home The Hampden County Improvement AssoCi- stion has arranged special lectures and dem OnstratiOns in---
 AGRICULTURE---ilaa aafFfts bFancies. HORTCIULTURE---in its many phases. HOME, E,ECONOMICS---foOd and clothing. BOYS AND GIRLS' ACHIEVEMENT CLUB. Y 5>".-- *Ff FEDERAL zIAND9B BANK ;. The officersG of the Springfield Land Bank will be glad to expIainshoW you can arrange for a long time loan on your farm at low rate: @: I. ,"tH A4.'' W '.
 .. (State Street) .|| | : "@: FREE ORGAN REctTAE' Charles M. COurbOin, SpringfieldIs talented municipal 'organist, ,lwiII give aNfree organ con- cert Wednesday evening, April 24, for the special benefit OfMerchants Week visitors. #
The Press., 1918-04-18
Many Million Dollars Worth of American-Made Mer chandise Attractively Displayed in the Finest
 Stores Between New York and Boston :"

Of markets America for the 
 
  
   the o business. <Z #sz
The Press., 1918-04-18
FREE ORGAN RE EClTAL.t

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The Press., 1918-04-18
RED CROSS EXHIBIT

The banner chapter of New England invites you to see Its great humanitarian machine in motion. &"
The Press., 1918-04-18
7 An Exposition of Spring Merchandise * A. =
THE WEEK OF MONDAY, APRIL 22---SATURDAY, APRIL 27

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The Press., 1918-04-18
Of Special Interest," Merchants Week
 Climax of the Liberty Loan Drive Tuesday, April. g

Patriotic program with troops and school chTEdrena participating.
 see Springfield
 "de Over the TOp.'
The Press., 1918-04-18
VICTORY BREAD SHOP

Daily demonstrations in the making of deIic- iOus bread that will win the war.
 State Street,
The Press., 1918-04-18

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-20
HOW THIS
NERVOUS WOMAN
GOT WELL
Told by Herself. Her Sin,
certify Should Con-
vince Others.

Christopher, IlL-"For four years
I suffered from Irregularities. weak
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-20
PROPACANDISTS
BUSY TRYING TO
HURT RED CROSS

Red Cross lies are again being cir
culated in an effort TO hinder the
work OF recruiting nurses. In order
TO assure Americans that the ground
less gossip Is the work OF German
propagandists. and OF witless persons
used by them, the following state
ment has been issued by G. -. slim
son. Northwest division manager OF
the American Red Cross:
ITO the Patriotic People of the
Northwest:
For several weeks past, and more
especially within the past few days.
persistent rumors have reached d.
vision headquarters of the American
Red Cross that have all the ear
marks OF German propaganda, tend
Ing toward hampering our work OF
recruiting nurses and women per
sonnet for duty overseas.
Tales concerning the immortality
OF our troops abroad and insidious
innuendoes OF alleged dangers that
befall young women OF good charac-
ter should they enlist as Red Cross
nurses or accept other posts abroad,
have. all at once. come from widely
separated points In the division.
Yesterday brought evidence that
they are being circulated In Seattle,
and this no doubt IL responsible for
the mnny anxious inquiries that are
now being made ut headquarters Of
flee. The stories are Identical with
those recently circulated in the East.
and we were warned some time ago
that they would find their way into
this division.
There Is not n spark OF truth In
these rumors, and unless every citi.
zen who has tho welfare OF our
fighting forces at heart takes IL upon
himself TO vigorously deny and
promptly put stop TO them, the
country is due for another epidemic
similar TO the now famous sweater
story and the fable concerning
ground glass in surgical dressing.
which had otherwise harmless Cos
sips by the ears for so long last
winter.
when confronted with rumors OF
this kind don't hesitate moment.
but ask for the proofs and com.
municate Immediately with division
headquarters. in the White building"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-20
DEFERRED CLASS
FOR PRESS men

WASHINGTON. Sept. 20.-Pro-
vost Marshal General Crowder today
ruled that employees OF press associa.
tons actually engaged in the collec-
ton and transmission OF news by
occupations and entitled to file
claims for deferred classification IN
der the selectlve service act.
Crowder issued the following state
mont:
I'm answer TO queries as TO the
present status under the select serv.
ice act, rs amended. OF necessary
employees OF press associations actu-
ally engaged in the collection and
transmission of news by wire to
daily newspapers. the officer OF the
provost marshal general authorizes
the following:
Persons regularly 80 employed
are entitled 10 present claims to dis
trict boards for deferred classified
ton on the grounds that they are
persons engaged In oc-
cupation found to be nee
cssary 10 the maintenance
OF the national interest during the
emergency. Persons claiming de
ferred classification should be pre-
pared TO present TO district boards %
proof OF the claim as set forth. and
t2l proof that they are necessary to
the operation OF the particular enter
prise in which they are engaged
such claim should be noted on
the questionable in accordance with
the directions given in tho insert re-
laung TO the presentation OF claims
for deferred classification on the
ground that they are engaged in in
dustries, etc"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-20
Real Wonder-W Worker
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Those who have tried all sorts of
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1t is not only the effect on
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looks much younger. one should be
sure to ask the druggist for the
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-20

II you value your watch. let
Haynes repair It. Next Liberty
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-20

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-20

ian anonymous resident Of Natal.
who has returned from active serv-
ice. has offered. rent.free for five
years, a 4.o00-acre farm for the use
Of returned soldiers.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-20
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-20
Standard Suits Are
Slow in Appearing

Especial to The Star by N. +. Al
LONDON, Sept 20.-"Where are
the 1880 standard suits for menu
the London papers are demanding.
These standard suits were announced
long ago, but nobody has seen one
yet More urgent war work, is the
governments answer. When they
arrive. the standard suits will be in
two dozen varieties of grays and
browns.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-20
THEATRES
PALACE HIP

The high light in the Palace Hips
new show is Steve Freda, eccentric
guitar comedian" who not only
plays the guitar with exceptional
ability. but dances while doing it. He
can sing, too. and is a comedian OF
no mean standard.
The Arrens are comedy acrobats
and their son and daughter offer
several clever comedy song numbers.
Miller, Packard and Lind have n
comedy sketch called "a Real Pal"
a surprise playlet. with a rural set
ting.
Myrtle Grove, assisted by Stan
Scott, sings songs as you like
them; Gregg and Wilson are two
funny blackface comedians in song.
talk and dance. and McGreevy and
Doyle provide wire walking. comedy
talk, singing. juggling and balancing.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-20
Sidewalk Delivery
to Be Threshed Out

The sidewalk delivery proposition.
which has been the subject OF wrang-
ling for the past few days, will be
all threshed out Friday evening.
when merchants. Transfers and
members OF the state council OF de
Tense get together in n meeting on
the tenth floor OF the Henry build
ing.
T.. +. Dahm, state council of de-
Tense, and the Transfers union, say
they were working toward the elm
inauon of 1000 trucks used in de-
livery service.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-20
AIRPLANES EQUIPPED
FOR HOSPITAL WORK

Especial to The Star by N. Il. Al
DALLAS. Tex. Sept. 20-Air-
planes equipped with medicinal aid
and manned by skilled pilot with n
physician in the observers seat. are
making good at the flying field here.
They are kept ready during all hours
OF flying practice to enable medical
help to reach a fallen aviator.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-20
Recommended for
Agricultural Agent

o. V. Patton. Washington man.
has been recommended by the Wash.
ington State college for the posi-.
ton of agricultural agent for King
county. Patton was for several
years agent OF Walla Walla county.
and later attached to the expert.
mental station at Washington State
college.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-20

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ness. and was
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C o n d | I | on.
Two of our
b es I doctors
failed to do me
any good. |
heard so much
about W h n I
Lydia T.. Pink
hams Vegeta-
BILE Compound
had done for
others. / tried
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-20
ITALIANS To CELEBRATE

Italy's Independence day will be
celebrated Friday night in Douglas
hall. under the auspices OF the
Roman Legion OF America. Tab
leaux OF the evolution OF Italys
struggle for liberty and freedom will
be presented
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-20

did before the war in Britain: ex.
pensive note paper IL good form.
but bad taste" say the gossip writ
ers.