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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-01
ARAB NEWS

Mrs. J. A. Feed is visiting relatives
! in Sycamore.
| Mrs. DIN Mckenzie and little son
are visiting in Tennille
Mesdames r. S. Womble and J. P.
Hamilton spent Wednesday afternoon
! in Cordele.
Miss Make Mclean is the guest of
her uncle, Mr.. Ben Southwel.
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Long, Misses
Nora Davis, Elmer Hill and Undine
McWilliams spent Friday afternoon in
Cordele.
Mrs. McnrCe Jackson and children
and Mrs. Ritchey are guests of Mrs.
Monroe Royal during Mr.. Jackson's alb
sence in Leesburg.
afternoon in Cordele
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Bishop and baby
and Mrs Effie Hall were guests Of Mrs.
Prevatt Friday.
Mr.. Monroe Jackson has sold his
drug store here to Marvin McKinn "
has purchased a larger one in Lees
burg. He has already gone over to
take charge of the new drug store aid
will move his family in short while.
Mrs V. O. Harvard spent Thursd ny
afternoon in Vienna the guest OF h er
father, Captain Samuel Carnes, and
brother Glover Carnes who left Fri
day for Camp Gordon.
Mrs. ]. l. Wood and Mrs. ]. R. Ma
this attended the Memorial exercises
at Zion Hope Friday.
Miss Mamie Belle links spent the
week end with Miss Ella Jackson at
Ashburn.
Mrs. D. B. Godfrey is visiting her
father at Sparta.
jerry MCGEE and children visited
Mrs. MCGEE at Powersville Sunday.
She is attending the bedside OF her
father who is very i'll.
D. w. Harvard, of Unadilla, and Eus-
ton Clements of HAVANA Cuba were
guests of DR.. and Mrs. V, o. Harvard
Monday night.
The families of Mrs. N. e. Hardin
and B. c. Southwell and Miss Lennle
Green were guests of Mr. Pleas Hardin
and family Sunday,
Mr.. and Mrs. Brown and children
of Fitzgerald were guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. I. Wood Sunday. a
Mr.. and Mrs Tom Wood, OF Vienna
were guests also of Mr.. and Mrs ).
|. Wood Sunday.
Little Zoey Clements of Havana
Cuba is visiting DR.. and Mrs. " ..
Harvard a feM-days.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-01
MOUi. TRIE; MAN ENDS
IiEE WITH RAZOR

MOULTRIE. April 29.-M. H. HUE.
60 years old, committed suicide at his
home near Moultrie this morning He
used a razor and almost completely
severed his head from his body.
HUE made his wife read to him from
the bible several minutes before he
ended his life They were at home
alone.
HUE had threatened to take his life
several times recently According o
evidence produced nj the cOroner's in
quest. he was worried over a business
deal
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-01
66 Years Success
The Wonderful Record of DR..
1hacher's Liver and
Blood Syrup.

Those medicines which live for even
q quarter of century are exceptional,
and continuous use for over two-thirds
of a century is indisputable evidence of
wonderful merit.
DIR. Thacher's Liver and Blood Syrup
came into existence in 1862, and from
that time to the present it has grown
in the confidence and estimation of its
yearly increasing number of users.
Through all these years it has steadily
grown in popular favor.
Its wonderful building up power is
shown in the experience of Mrs. G. E.
Chadwick, Scale, Ala. 81 was all run
down in health" she says. "Weighed
only 1043 pounds and getting worse
,every day. | began the use of DIR.
Thacher's Liver and Blood Syrup and
today, | am thankful to say, am in
perfect health and weigh 155 pounds.
attribute my good health to the use
of that most wonderful medicine. [
firmly believe there are numerous suf-
fering people that could be sound and
well by the use of DIR. Thacher's Liver
and Blood Syrup"
If you need tonic, or blood puri-
fier; if your liver is out of order, your
stomach troubles you, or you are con-
stipated, have indigestion or dyspepsia,
try DR.. Thacher's Liver and Blood
Syrup. 1t is purely vegetable and
eonnot possibly injure any one. 1t has
oeen of wonderful benefit to others,
therefore should command your atten-
ion. All dealers in medicines sell il
nd will recommend it.
RER CROSS DRUG CO.,
CORDELE, GA.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-01
FIVE YEARS in THE PEN
FOR ERMAN PUBLISHER

KANSAS CITY, April 29-Carl Glee
ser, publisher of the Missouri Stats
Zeitumg, today pleaded guilty in fed
eral court to a charge of violating the
espionage act and was sentenced to
five years in the federal penitentiary
at I.eayenworth.
With Jacob Frohwerk, connected
with the same German language news
paper Gleeser was indicted by a fed
eral grand jury recently as result OF
article appearing late last year in the
publication and defending Germany
in the war
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-01
PAPER MAKERS ARE
TO WANT NEW CSALE
AGREEMENT REACHED IN WASH.
INGTON TODAY

WASHINGTON, April 3O-An agree.
mont continuing in effect the wage
scale which expires tomarrow until
a new scale can be drawn up, was
reached today at a conference of the
mill owners and employees meeting
with Commissioner Colyer of the Fed
cral Trade Commission.
1t was stipulated that the new wage
scale would BE completed before July l
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-01
FIRES in
GEORGIA SHOW DECREASE

Atlanta, April 80 Reporting fewer
inC4ndiary fires in Georgia during 49,
II than in any previous year, w R.
Joyner, state fire inspector, has filed
his annual report with w. A. Wright,
there were 10l suspicious fires inyesti-
gated. The nrmber was So in 1916, bdt
had fallen to 43 in 1917. The fignhes
are particularly suggestive in view of
The claims that incendiarism would in
crease last year on account of the pro-
German ent,r-u--..-1t- 81 c---l-a.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-06-13
FOURTH TO Be
CELEBRATED
IN WRANGELL
c. N. Garfield of Juneau
Will Be Orator of
the Day

There was a meeting of citi-
zens at the town hall Mondav
night for the purpose of making
arrangements for a Fourth of
July celebration.
J. C. Grant, c. M. Coulter and
F. E. Gingrass were appointed
an executive committee with
eoWer to appointsub committees.
The executive committee later
announced the appointment of
the following committees:
Printing - J. W. Pritchett,
H. p. Corser, Weston Dalgity.
Decoration = H. Gartley, Miss
Ellington. E. J. LA Bounty, Leo
Mccormack. Miss Marguerite
Uhler, Louis Jamieux.
;OratoW-F. e. Bronson, VIII.
Warren, p. c. Mccormack.
Music and Program Rev.
H. P. Corser. H. D. Campbell.
Mrs, M. q. Johnson, Mrs. S. F.
Edmunsoa, Mrs. Josephine Ma.
son.
Parade Islon1asDalgity. A. W..
Crawford Ned a.esnieux.
Street Sports -- Ralph Hall,
Lloyd Oalgity, Harry .Acheson,
Ole Johnson Carl Carlson.
Finance Comrittae-.F. .Mathe-
son, Chas. Benjamin. Sam Gun.
ninghanl.
A list of the eHents of the day
will be published in the Sentinel
in G.dyancceJf the ceitAaaltaGl.
F.. E. Bronson. chairman of the
committee ton ,oratQry, announced
this morning that c. N. Garfield
of Juneau would be the orator of
the day.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-06-13
WAR SAVINGS
STAMP DRIVE

A meeting OF the local WR
Savings Stamps Committee will
be held at the Town hall Monday,
June II, at s p. m. for the pur-
pose Of making arrangements
and appointing sub committees
to handle the War Savings Stamp
drive of the 18th inst. regarding
which proclamation is published
elsewhere in this paper. Every
one who wishes to take part in
this. either as solicitors. contrib
utors or otherwise. are invited to
attend. We must keep the good
work going.
!. MATHESON,
District Chairman. War Savings,
Wrangell. Alaska.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-06-13
PROCEEDINGS OF
THE TOWN COUNCIL

The regular monthly meeting
Of the town council was held last
Thursday evening, Mayor Mathe-
son presiding.
Messrs, Al. B. eming and
}. L. Backstsosn, special agents
Of the L. S. Land office. were
present and reported that during
the past few days they had made
an estimate Of the valuation OF
the lots in the Wrange.l townsite.
According to 1llei, estimate the
assessment to be levied against
lots in the Wrangell TOWNSHIP
Hil1 be about 10 per cent 21r.
Leming stated that Natives ia
king 0lt citizenship papers would
be able to acquire titles to lots.
The monthly report OF Ghas.
Benjamin. town treas u rer,
showed a balance on hand OF
S.. 1901.
Councilman F. E. Gingrass re-
ported that he had bought the
Central saloon baihing fiosaa
Arnt Sorset and had had same
altered fos' q fire house. ard that
the building was ready fer the
fire apparatus 10 be moved into
it.
\ communication MAS read
from Mrs. Johnson. secretary Of
the school board respectfully
calling the councils attention TO
the fact that the school playshea
needed painting. The council
voted to authorize the school
board to have the playshed
painted.
The matter Of water rent of
the Sanitary Packing company
was taken up. and the rate fixed
at 500 fof the six months from
May / to October 81. This also
includes water Tor the mess
houses AID residences of Alessrs.
Brown and Barnes. Should the
Sanitary Packing company re-
quire any water between October
3 and May l it will be charged
regular rates.
Bids were opened for the con-
strMtion of a board walk on Silk
inc Avenue. There Were three
bids. The contract was awarded
to H. D. Campbell, TIE lowest
bidder.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-06-13
PETERSBURG NOTES
From the Report

In commissioners court last
Saturday. Thomas Lovelock,
charged with having robbed the
cash register in Charlie Mann
pool room. admitted his guilt and
was bound over to the district
court under $500 bond. ltappears
that when Charlie closed up at a
late hour on Thursday night of
last week the man was in the
back part of the room, ont Of
view. and thus got himself locked
in. After he had taken the
money from the cash register
something over S20-he made
his getaway by the side door.
which had the key inside. and
took the key along with him.
Deputy y. S. Marshal Howell got
busy on the case and landed the
culprit at about one O'Clock Sat
urday morning. Lovelock came
here a few weeks since from
Wrangell. He is an Englishman
of the ,cocNney" type, and is
said to have deserted from a
British merchantmen at San
Francisco three wears ago. Of
that period. according to his own
story, he spent year in a Cali
fornia reformatory, also served q
Jail sentence in that state, was
incarcerated for $50 days at
Wrangell and one month at ket-
,chikan. When arrested Lovelock
expressed a strong desire to be
deported, and Marshal Howell
will do what he can to see that
he gains his desire after serving
sentence for his latest fracture
of law.
Seventy-four boxes Of fresh
fish We're shipped this week by
the Alaska Fish & Cold Storage
Co, and SO by the Ripley Fish
Co. The Pacific Mildcure Co.
shipped IA tierces of mild-cure
salmon.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-06-13
MEETINGS WILL BE HELD IN EVERY COMMUNITY To SECURE
SUBSCRIPTIONS For WAR SAVINGS STAMPS

proclamation of the President of the United
States and Governor of this State War Savings Dreetor for
of Washington acting ader the authority OF the United
Treasury Department have called adj residents
Friday. 2S give their subscriptions for War Savings
Stamps communities and the smaller and cities
meetings will be held in the school houses at P. NJ
The school officers ayl conduct the meeting an each school
keeping of the proceedings and reporting the
al present and the of War Savings Stamps sub
The of absent persons and of those
who refuse neglect subscribe with their for doing
wall also be reported.
In the cities and large communities the place
ngs will be announced by the County Charmen the local
papers
War Savings Stamps which United States Government
the Liberty Bonds be paid for during
intended that subscriptions will be
signed for them before June %.
The price Of each War Saving Stamp depends the month
during which IS bought During June each Stamp will cost
SAIL In July each Stamp will cost s41s and 50 on one cent
each month in 1918 On Janna 1923 the Government of
the United States will all War Savings Stamps at S. 90
each during which month in 1918 they bought
They cost less during the early months in 1918 than during the
months because the Sb, b earlier has loaned his
the Government fcI bnge time than he should BUY
later.
By way of illustration. ssote the howng table.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-06-13

Mrs. Alice Kennedy who has
been at Cordova for some time.
arrived on the jefferson and is
the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Marion Mckinney.
E. c. Hurlbutt, of the Terri
torial Road Commission, is in
Wrangell this week. Mr.. Hurl-
butt states that work on the road
to the cemetery is being carried
on under difficulties owing to the
scarcity of labor.
Miss Margaret Grant arrived
on the Princess Sophia Tuesday
from Tacoma where she has been
attending the Anna Wright sem
mary.
Miss Clara Pauline Ostmo, for
merly principal of the Wrangen
Public schools. is in town this
week the guest of DIR. and Mrs.
J. P. lowering. Miss Ostno
taught at Haines the past term.
Chas. Goldstein returned to Ju-
neau on the jefferson Friday
morning taking with him a col
lection OF furs which he pur-
chased while on his trip up the
Stikine.
Glide Morgan of ketenikan
has enlisted in the Navy. The
Morgan family formerly resided
in Wrangell, Mr. Morgan having
been in the saloon business here
l. C. Berg, fish buyer for the
Ripley Fish company at Peters.
burg, is in Wrangell today.
Ole johnson was a round trip
passenger to the West Coast on
the Dart this week
Hugo Scmnolck was parser on
the Dart on her trip to the West
Coast this week.
j. R. Bender was a business
visitor to Petersburg early in the
week.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-06-13
Maps Of ene Town for Sas

Mayor .Matheson has on. sale at
his store large maps of the Wran-
CELL Townsite. Thase maps have
been pGepatsed by the II. S. Land
Office end are correct. They are
of particular inte9st to property
holders. l,he price Of the meps
is IS cents each. Last Waak a
representative of tire Land Office
advised NIr. llatheson that the
price of the maps would be Is
cents. Ip,qn reaching Juneau
the gentleman discovered his
mistake and ,eabled .ar Mathe-
son accordingly. The mayor .Aad
,etl.a&>cN sold several.af the maps
at IS cents. Those who pur-
chased maps at the erroneous
price are requested to call at
Matheson,s store and pay the
difference.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-06-13
RED Il CROSS NOTES

The name of Mrs. Geo. n.
Barnes, vice chairman of the
CHAPTER. was accidentally omit
ted last week.
Sock knitters who would like
instruction in making the Kitah-
-ener toe, can have it by coming
TO the Town hall on Tuesdays be-
tween two and q O'CLOCK y. m.
TWenty-one Of the fifty COM
,plete base hospitals organized by
the American Red Cross are al
ready in service in France.
Let JUS get the work done. no
matter who gets the credit.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-06-13

The local Republican organiza
ton has elected the following
delegates to attend the Republi,
can convention at Juneau on June
ID: L. M. Churchill, J. G. Grant,
J. E. Worden. Donald Sinclair,
w. H. Warren, F.. Matheson.
Miss Haas arrived from Van.
eouyer on the PRINCESS Sophia
Tuesday morning. She departed
eon the Hazel B III for Telegraph
Creek where she will spend the
summer with Mrs. Winifred Hy-
land and Miss Flora Hyland.
Fred A&el Wilson and Ed Eg-
bert MoWrer. two drafted men
from ketchikan, were rejected
by the post examining board of
physicians at Fl. Seward, and
,have returned to Ketchikan.
Chris Medo who has been at
Anan bay during the winter as a
fish trap watchman for the
A. P. A. came in this morning to
find out what is going on in the
metropolis.
Harry Wallace. deputy u. S.
Marshal went to DeweyVllle last
week to summons Henry Dan.
nenburg to Juneau as a witness
in the case of the United States
VS.. the Alaska Pacific Fisheries.
Mr.. Wallace made the trip on the
government patrol boat Aklet
with f.. B. Leonard as master.
Miss Flora Hyland arrived on
the Princess Sophia Tuesday
morning froE San Francisco and
cleft on the same day on the
Hazel B III for Telegraph Creek
where she joined her mother,
MS. V; :.Gred I!y!aa.,.1
@. A. Brown of the Sanitary
Packing company who has. been
suffering from inhammatory
rheumatism is able to be out
again.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-06-13
COST OF WAR SAY NG STAMPS
DURING JUNE, JULY A Nd AUGUST, 191

The law provides that hold in his
War Savings Stamps exceeding 81 GOO maturity value War
Savings Stamps however be purchased fer other members Of
the family including aainor children
The invested IN War Savings STAMPS is not gift
donation but Sa to the Government 1t will be ad back
with 40 compound interest because of serious financial
eYeses, calamity it should be your be-
fore January 1928 may dc by giving days notice to
Money Order winch you what
free from all State and local taxes when registered at the post
Office they insured against loss they backed by all the prop
erty the United States they fall valve the price
they convenient and well paying Investment
as has ever been offered by our Government
definite quota Of War Savings Stamps has been assigned
each school district and community which will be announced at
each meeting June 2h The Government of the United States
expects adj the citizens in school district aad county sub
scribe for its quota and pledge themselves and eeonouze
to help win the war
1t is to be hoped that the subscriptions taken the meetings
your county will show you and your neghbos be loyal Amer
when Government this hour Of need does call
in vain
DANIEL KEILEHER
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-06-13
HAZEL Bill TAKES
EXCURSION Parry TO
TELEGRAPH CREEK

The Hazel B III departed Tues
day evening with the first excur-
sion party of the season for Tele-
graph Creek. In the aarty were:
Mr.. ard Mrs. E. P Walker, Mrs.
NJ. o. Johnson, Miss Quasi, Miss
Jaquith, Miss Daisy Mccormack.
Miss Haas of Vancouver, Miss
Flo Hyland. Wn. Bitters. r. H.
Shangle. Lloyd Meyers. Capt
A. B. Conoser, Capt. Sidney
Darlington, MIS-. harrington and
York Darlington
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-06-13
DANIEL KELLEHER,

State War Savings Director appointed and acting
under the authority of the Secretary of the u s. Treasury
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-06-13
CABLE news
Today's Report OF
Operations on the
Western Front

LONDON The Germans
taking seriously the American
line in Ciignon valley northwest
of Chateau Thierry have used
five divisions attempting to eotLn-
ter II. bat without success,
Reuters correspondent te,e-
graphs
PARIS. : The French made
further advances around Belloy,
st. Ma.ur. capturing four hundred
additional prisoners. canon, ma
chine guns. They also reoccu-
pied Montcourt and part OF
Bussiares. north of Mayne.
BERLIN. The French eYacu-
ated CWlepont Wood on east
bank OF Disc, The Germans
making advances along this line.
NEW YORK. y When the Nor
wegian steamship Yindeggen
was torpedoed 200 miles off the
Virginia coast the crew were
first forced to remove 50 tons OF
copper ingots into the submarine.
This is the crew that the Henrik
lund rescued from life boats.
PARLS.-A mighty battle is
raging along a seventy-tiye mile
front from M0ntdidier to Chateau
Thierry. The French advanced
on both TANKS but the Germans
were able to make small gains in
center between Montdhier and
Disc river. The Germans have
been making tremendous efforts
to recapture from the French i'm
portant ground that Foch's vet
Grams gained Monday night. Ger
man attacks all broke down and
in counter attacks the French
made further gains.
WASHINGTON. = One hun
dred and eighty eight American
casualties: % killed and died Of
wounds: 1877 wounded severely:
II. degree undetermined.
WITH FRENCH ARMY. The
entire aspect Of Montdidier-Oise
battle has been changed by
French counter attacks which
were launched against the enemy
with such dash and vigor
that the enemy were taken by
Surl rise. At certain moments
the Germans lost their heads ard
galloped their horses forward to
save their artillery in the belief
that the tide of battle had turned
against them. Tanks supported
the French infantry in their adj
vance over seven miles. Parts Of
the field were found covered with
German dead
PARIS. - Civilian evacuation
of Compeigne has been COM
pleted. Thousands of refugees
are arriving here on special
trains.
PARIS. The French last night
struck a heavy blow against the
German forces which nave been
advancing on the eastern wing.
and hurried them back across the
MatZ river.
AMSTERDAM. Berlin news
papers have announced that
there are half a million Amerj-
can soldiers in France and that
hall CT them are fighting.
WASHINGTON. The Govern
ment plans to be able to announce
on July 4 that one million men
have left American ports for
Europe. Thereafter it will have
to cut down on the pace set in
May and June SO that supplies
can be forwarded
SEATTLE. - City of Seattle
sailed at ten this morning with
the following passengers for
Wrangell: Gale Human. Rather
inc Huffman, Carl A. Carlson,
A. Maxine, S. Hashido, R.
Hashido.
WEST POINT. Secretary Ba-
ker addressed the graduates OF
the Military Academy today, and
said that we soon will have more
than a million men in France.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-06-13

NJ. b. Leming and j.. l.. Back
strom, special agents of the US.
land Office who we've in Wrangel
last week on BUSINESS .connectaa
sYith the Wrangell toMnsite. left
for Juneau on the Jefferson Fri
day morning. Mr.. Backstrom
will return to Wrangell in the
near future.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-06-13
,St.Philip's Church
June l6. 1918.

June Lb, 1913.
RI. Rev. P. T. Rowe is expect
-ad to be .at st. Philips Church
Sunday, June Is. He will preaeh
both mourning and evening. Con
firnlation will be administered at
at the morning service and there
will be a celebration of the Holy
Communion.
All are cordially invited.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-06-13
THE COMING OF THE FISH

Mine eyes have seen the glory
Of the coming Of the fish,
have seen them in the waters,
1 have seen them in the dish;
Lest my pocketbook grow empty,
This shall be my fondest wish
That the fish keep coming on,
Glory. glory. haleujah;
Glory, glory, what's it to yous
Glory. glory, hallelpjah,
May the fish keep coming on.
I have seen them In the fsh traps
Yea. a hundred thousand strong,
! have seen the short and fat ones,
/ have seen taesn lean and long;
have heard the Humphack splashing.
have smelled them good and strong
Yes, the fish are coming on.
Glory, glory tallehjah;
Glory, glory. what's it to yeus
Glory, glory, hallelujah,
That the fish keep coming On.
While the sinners are a-cleaning
We will put them in the can:
Oh. the Sa'edes are al a-YUking,
So keep chopping, Chinaman.
While we york among the Jappies
Till the fish are come and gone;
Oh the fish have cone and gone.
Glory, glory, hanelu5ahs
Glory, glory what's it to sou?
Glory, glory, hallelujah,
Till the fish have come and gene.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-06-13

Oscar Weston was in Wiangell
this week on business.
c. A. Mitchell went to ketchi-
kan on the City Of Seattle Friday
evering.