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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-21

pairing a bill, which is to be introduce
ed in congress, providing for a home
loan system, patterned after the farm
loan board, which will be in position
to issue bonds against the mortgages
on homes, and thus give building CAPT
tai at low interest rates and much
more quickly than loan associations
now can do this"
Miller has received letters from
over 10000 persons who are holding
up their building construction, await
ing what they think will be a better
time in which to complete the work
"This is the best time" he told me
"They can't seem to realize that the
United States is now holding a new
hand, just dealt 1t isn't the hand we
held before the war. Well never get
the old hand back again We must
not expect labor to come down nor
the price of materials. This latter
has been going up for years; the cost
compels prices increase. While we
used less materials during the war
than before, the price continued 60
ing up. The man who build now will
get cheaper materials than he will
if he waits a year or five That's true
of labor costs too"
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-21
PUBLIC BUILDING five
BILLION BEHIND NORMAL.
GREAT PROGRAM is BEING URG-
ED TO EMPLOY LABOR AND
CATCH UP WITH LOSSES
CAUSED BY WAR

Washington, D. C. Feb 2O.-The
United States is five billion dollars
behind its normal construction pro-
gram.
This is the opinion of Franklin T.
Miller, head of the division of public
works and construction, newly organ
lied by the United States department
Of labor.
Miller's job is to find jobs. To find
out where work ought to be done,
both public and private He has ask
ed every governor, mayor other state
and municipal officialsk heads of
greet enterpricec and thousands of
home builders to tell him why they
started work on projects stopped by
the war.
81 have found" Miller said chat
most of the holding back, the failure
to resume work after the war, was
due to three things.
High interest rates,
High labor costs, and
High material prices.
cone of these will come down:
interest rates. In fact, have found
two billions of non-working capital
which could be used thousands of
homes. This lies in the mortgages
held by building and loan associa.
tions and other similar institutions,
The treasury department is now pre-
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-21
MOUL TIRE PLANT DAMAGED

Moultrie, Feb. 19.-The paint of
the Moultris Ice and Cold Storage
Company was badly damaged by fire
yesterday Afternoon. The blaze start
ed in feed room near the office and
by the time the firmen reached the
scene the entire plant was on fire
They managed, however to cut the
balze at point where an annex join
ed the main building and the later
was rct badly damaged The loss re
sulting from the fire is estimated at
$4,000, covered with insurance. The
blaze did not reach the cold storage
department of the plant which housed
more than a hunderd Thousand pounds
Of menat. Work rebuilding will be
gin at once, J. G. Finch, manager of
the corporation announces.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-21

Heals the Throat and Cures the Cough
HAYES HEALING HONEY. Price
55c. A free box of O-PEN-TRATE
SALVE for Chest Colds, Head Colds
and Group is enclosed with every
is enclosed with every bottle-Tu-Th
bottle Mon-We-Fri.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-21
For Sale or Swap

One Ford Touring Car, wide guage, newly over
allied, top, new Tenders, new tires seat COW
crs etc Price 1895. A running Fool
One Olds s, no oil trouble, in Al shape, looks
good, runs better. Price $3.50. New tires, newly
overalled has run but little This is bargain WNrth
looking
One NV Saxon Six Continental Motor List
price $14o0. This is ''humdinger," will sell for
$1,000. This is special good Little Six. We got it
right We will sell it right.
One New Buick Six, 1913 Model run less than
1000 miles. It's peach.
One slightly used Paige 1918 model touring car,
in first class shape Will sell for $995. It looks like
new, runs perfect.
Five New Paige Touring Cars, one Club Roadster,
one Seven Passenger Little Six Price $685. Big
Six Seven Passenger, $2385.
And listen, we are still paying soc pound for
cotton. Better see us before cotton gets lower.
This price for cotton means straight sales and
swaps, and it only lasts eight more days.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-21
WORTH COUNTY HAS BID
FOR EXPERIMENT STATION

Sylvester, Feb. 1S.-Worth county
has submitted a bid for the Coastal
Plain Experiment Station and it is
regarded as one of the best made to
the board at the recent meeting held
/ in Savannah. After all bids we're in
and the various delegations were Civ
en- an opportunity OF amending their
bids, it was found Worth had made
an offer of $50 acres of land, $4,000
in cashand water and lights for
term of ten years.
The county nearest Worth in val
lie of bids is regarded here as Tiff
and the belief is either Tiff or Worth
will land the station. Tiff cOuntys
claims that the station should be
located in Tiff because the 'Agricul-
, tural School was in Tiff were not
agreed to by the Worth delegation
who are satisfied their offer will meet
all requirements.
There are some level lands, roll
| ing, hilly and bottom land and in the
tract can be found probably every
kind of soil found in South Georgia.
The Worth county tract is within
half mile of both depots in Sylves-
ter, in fact, four acres are within the
city limits of Sylvester, and these
four acres would make a good build
ing site for the buildings of the sta
tion.
From the standpoint of accessible
lty to the people of South Georgia,
those who come on trains can reach
the station on two lines of ra load,
| and arriving here are withinV easy
walking distance of the buildings mad
grounds. Those coming by auto will
find as good roads as will be found
Fn any county in the state with the
probable exception of three, and
neither Of these are bidders for the
station.
Fer many years Worth county has
demonstrated her claim as being one
of the best agricultural counties of
the state by taking more prizes at
the various fairs than any county in
South Georgia.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-21
FORTY PACKERS TO
FIGHT THE GIANTS
DECLINE IN PORK PRICES FOL-
LOWS ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE
FORMATION OF NEW COMPANY

Chicago, Feb ia tentative eX-
port corporation, composed of meat
packers, exclusive of the five large
packing concerns, was foym day
by representatives of Horty-nine ,on-
Germs from al lover the country.
twenty-five firms pledged $4,000
each, if needed, to start the corpor-
alton under the provisions of the
Webb-Pomerene law.
Frederick F. Snider, of Boston,
chief of the meat division of the Food
Admin jstration, called the meeting
and explained that as the meat divis-
ion would soon cease to allot for
eign orders, the small packers might
find it advisable oorganiZe to re-
tain some of the foreign trade which
came to them trough the eXigencies
Of war. Thirty-eight percent Of the
pork product shipped to Europe since
the food commission began allotting
orders came from the small packers,
he said He said that for two years
more at least, the demand for meat
would exceed the supply.
Declines in Prices
Mr.. Snyder's remark that the allo-
cation of orders probably would cease
soon, was reflected nthe provisions
pit on the board Of trade, where hog
products registered declines of Is to
70 cents. 1t had also bearish EJECT
en- the. corn market.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-21
TO OPEN KEEL
CANAL; FORTS
OF HUNS TO GO
GERMANY TO BE LEFT WITH
FLEET ONLY LARGE ENOUGH
FOR DEFENSIVE PURPOSE
London, Feb. 1S.-The final armi

stice conditions which the Supreme
Council is considering will be made
public before the end of the month,
according to various newspapers and
they will include among the naval
conditions the demolition of the forts
on Helgoland and the Kiel canal, the
surrender for purposes of destruction
of the German warships now interned
and the opening of the Kiel canal for
'civil transports. 1t is stated Germany
will be left with a fleet large enough
for defensive purposes.
The naval correspondent Of the
Daily Mail, writing of the strong
forfications on the island of helgo-
land, says:
HtlsOIard Notifications.
"The summit of the island is one i'm
mense bomb proof, and the batteries
are so placed as to be invisible from
the sea- The heavy guns there-11-
inch and II inch weapon-probably
were reinforced during the war by
15-inch guns. The guns are mounted
in steel turrets of great thickness. All
the batteries and observation posts
are connected by subterranean pass
ages and the roads leading up to them
run along galleries which are shell
proof
"The guns are mounted after the
usual German fashion so as to give
them an immense range, probably
! from ten to twelve and a half sea
miles. To enable the island to stand
the conclusion of their discharge and
resist firedirected against it S.
100000 said to have been spent be
fore 1910, and subsequently other
large sums were allotted.
"The immense seaplane sheds are
said to have been of the disappearing
type, which could be lowered as a
Iprotection against long range fire
There are store shops and repair
works with all the usual equipment
Of a naval base. The Notifications
presumably will be blown up, but
destruction will be no easy business.
They are of armored concrete and
steel and a very large quantity of ex
plosiyes will be required.
"The Notifications to either en-
trance of the Kiel canal are Of immen
Sc strength and are lavishly supplied
with the heaviest guns II steel tur.
rets."
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-21
COPPER MINERS CALL
OFF STRIKE AT BUTTE

Butte, Feb. 1S-A strike of copper
miners in the Butte field ended to-
night with the decision OF the I. w. w.
miners and the metal mirers' union
independent, to call off the contest
after a nine day struggle in which
mines outside these organizations re-
fused to join.
This strike was called to contest
a reduction of 81 day in wages,
based on the lower price Of copper.
The reduction was accepted by mem
bers of the miners federation, as
agreement to their contract, but the
independent men walked out
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-21

FARM LOANS NEGOTIATED AT 5B
PER CENT-Five, ten and twenty
years Fire insurance Will take
Liberty Bonds at market value in set
Element of premiums, or will buy Lib
erty Bonds We also write all kinds
Of Surety Bonds.
]. d. COBB & son. Cordele, Georgia
2-17-tf.
The Tomahawk., 1919-09-25
INSISTED ON QUICK ACTION
This Father About as Sensible 40 Many
Who Expect Wonders From Cor
respondence School.

Henry p. Dawson was talking about
the numerous correspondence courses
In FIVE lessons-each lesson to be mas
tered in one evening over the after
dinner cigar-which teach a man how
to become a Napoleon of finance.
"You can't learn to be Napoleon
of finance or anything else so easily"
he said. 'These courses remind me of
the man who brought his son to the
school of mines and growled:
~ want you to learn this here boy
to be an expert mimi engineer, but
look a.here-I don't want him to waste
his time over q lot of book nonsense
about strata and denudations, and
don't bother him with minerOlogy and
crystals, neither. What want him to
learn is how to find gold and silver and
copper in payin' quantities-payin'
quantities, mind you-and I'll call for
him and put him in to work Monday a
week."
The Tomahawk., 1919-09-25

double the amount of our loan. Well.
informed and responsible men who
live in that vicinity and know land
values there, tell US that it is easily
worth three times the amount of our
loans.
Third, There is at present grow
ing on this tract about 200 acres of
corn and about 250 acres of small
grain, with the balance largely in hay.
The county agricultural agent of
Webster county, Iowa, estimates the
yield of oats at IS bushels per acre
and states that the corn is fully up to
the average of surrounding fields. He
also states that alkan and peat in
damaging quantities is present only
on few acres and he states the land
is extraordinarily fertile.
Fourth, We have the affidavit of
J. R. Zeigler, photographer, in which
he states that he was paid $25 by
Varick c.. Crosley with instructions to
take pictures of the worst part of the
old Iowa lake. He has since learned
and now states under oath that the
pictures he took showing bad farm
ing conditions were not taken on land
covered by mortgages to the Federal
Land bank OF Omaha.
Fifth, We have an affidavit by one
of the owners of this land, stating
that - Varick c. Crosley offered to
make them loans and discouraged
them from making loans with the
Federal Land bank by stating they
would be liable for losses on other
loans, If any should occur. The alb
stract discloses that insurance COM
panies had made loans on parts of
this land several years ago.
"Sixth, We are informed that
Varick c. Crosley conducts a farm
loan business in Webster City, Iowa,
and is also a member of the American
Farm Mortgage Bankers association.
"The Federal Land bank is owned
by farmers and furnishes them funds
at actual cost, as all net earnings be-
long to borrowers. The system was
established to furnish farmers with
funds to finance their long term farm
mortgage needs in the same manner
that the federal reserve system sup
plies the shprt-term commercial needs
of the people. The statement made to
Washington, June 80, shows not one
dollars worth Of past due principal
or interest on the $34, 1000, 900 of loans
held by the Federal Land bank Of
Omaha" =
The Tomahawk., 1919-09-25
Britain To Fix All Prices,

Due to the pressure from these de-
manding reduction in the high cost
of living, the British parliament has
the Board of Trade to ix
wholesale and retail prices. Only IS
members voted against the measure
and 1872 voted for 1t.
Lord Robert Cecil, conservative,
who has been leader at the Paris
peace conference declares that the act
the trade of the coun-
try. Sir Donald MacLean, also ex-
pressed the sentiment of the large
business interests when he declared
the measure to be rank socialism of
the most muddled kind"
The majority, however, evidently
considered that even If 1t were So
cialism, it was necessary to save the
nation from profiteering.
The Tomahawk., 1919-09-25
WHEAT PRICE FACTS.

Julius H. Barnes, director Of the Gov.
eminent Grain Corporation, gave con.
gress the following figures to show
that the guaranteed wheat price was
more than warranted by world condi-
tions:
Average farm price to American
farmer under guarantee, $2.05 . bu-
shell.
Average farm price in the United
Kingdom during the last calendar
year, $2.cS.
Average farm price for four big
producing countries: United States,
Canada, Argsntina, and Australia,
The Tomahawk., 1919-09-25
SOME GREAT
NATIONAL LOSSES

, Benjamin c. Marsh, expert for
the farmers National Council
told a senate committee last week
how the people, in his judgment,
were being robbed of about 61s
billions year. W'
The cost of our failure to tax
land values adequately he placed
at 21% billions.
The burden of private owner
ship of natural resources at least 4
600 millions.
The burden Of privately owned
railroads, billion.
The burden of private owner
ship of the merchant ships on a
pre-war basis, 400 millions.
The minimum cost of the pack
ers system, 200 millions.
Monopoly of finance and credit,
400 millions.
Competitive advertising, IA bill
lions.
The Tomahawk., 1919-09-25
keeplna Up tho Good Work.

NeePtH0 Up tHe S00o "VTN'
my friend" remarked the practical
man, "you can't reform the world by
passing resolutions"
But we don't stop there" answered
the professional uplifter. you have
no idea Of how a set Of good, strong
resolutions inspires the rank and file
with new confidence to tackle the prob
lens of the day. Particularly after
we get them published in the newspa.
Observation-Disclosures Age-Herald.
The Tomahawk., 1919-09-25
NEITHER HAD KICK COMING
Mutual Mistake Nothing for Gentle
men to Worry About In These
Servantless Days.

The head Of one house where war
conditions had left the place helpless
drove his daughter to party.
The head of the house where the
party was held was perforce acting as
his own carriage man and door-opener.
Afterward, when they were formal
~ presented, one said:
II certainly must beg your pardon
for something, SIR"
"What is it?'
"You know that night when you
drove your daughter to my daughters
party?"
"Yes."
"Well, when I came to open the door
I thought you were your chauffeur"
"Cheer upl thought you were your
butler !"-Farm Life, England.
The Tomahawk., 1919-09-25
A broken trust is not easily mende6
The faith of our friends Is q treasure
to carry carefully.
Eat Less and Take
Bitro-Phosphate
To Put ON Flesh
A PHYSICIANS ADVICE.

xsT Ydsk = Snysasa. KGs NJ ri dtS1 %ho S
says that weak. nervous people who want
Increased weight, strength aad nerves
force. should take 6-grain tablet OF
each meal.
This particular phosphate 10 tho di0:
covery Of q famous French scientist. and ;.d
use, have recently appeared In many
medical Journals. 49,.
Il yo% do not net :s.1 feel e Ts thn:
60 to any good druggist and get enough
Bitro- Phosphate for q two weeks sup
Eat less; chew your food thoroughly,
and II at tho end of Z few weeks you
do not feel stronger and better than you
steadier: IL you do not sleep better and
aavs more vim, endurance and vitality.
your money wifi be returned. and tho
The Tomahawk., 1919-09-25
BAD BREATH
Often Caused by
b

How. can. anyone With sour: s..y
stomach. who II constantly belching, has
heartburn and suffers from indigestion have
anything but y bad breath7 All Of these
stomach disorders mean just one thing
Acid-Stomaeh.
EATONIC. the wonderful new stomach
remedy in pleasant tasting tablet form that
you eat like . bit Of candy. brings quick
relief from these stomach miseries EATON
&c sweetens tho breath because II makes the
stomach sweet. cool and comfortable. Try y
for that nasty taste, congested throat ana
'heady feeling" after too much smoking.
II neglected. Acid-stcsnseh may cause yo1
. lot OF serious trouble It leads to ner-
vousness. headaches. insomnia. melancholia.
rheumatism. sciatica. heart trouble: u'ccI
and cancer Of the stomach. 1t makes its
millions Of victims weak and miserable.
listless. lacking in energy. all tired out II
often brings about chronic invalidism. pre-
mature old age. q shortening Of ones dayA
You need tho help that EAroNIc can eivs
you II you are not feeling n strong ana
we'll as you should. You vii! be :urprise0
to see how much better you will feel just -
soon a you begin taking this wonderful
stomach remedy. Get big 80 cent oo1
from your druggist today. He will retufD
your money X you are not satisfied.
The Tomahawk., 1919-09-25

Unsatisfactory government opera
ton of the railroads as, reported in all
the big press, is said by those who
have studied the matter from the pub
lie point of view, to be the result Of
;1ailroad operation Of the goveznme,k
The Tomahawk., 1919-09-25

Early And provident fear is the moth.
er of safety.-Edmund Burke.
The Tomahawk., 1919-09-25
DIRECTOR DEFENDS
FARM LOAN BANK
Mortgage Bankers Issue False
Statements to Hurt Gov
ernment Bank.
BROKERS WANT BUSINESS
Story Of Generalization Of Iowa Land
Proved by Omaha Bank Chief to
Be Deliberate Fraud-Brok-
ers Offered Same Loan.

Omaha, Neb-ln an Interview
aiven out to the press D. p.
Hogan, president Of the Federal
Land bank Of Omaha, exposes the
propaganda Of the mortgage brok-
ers to dIscredit the loans at cost
plan for tho farmers.
"For the past two years." says
Mr.. Hogan, "the American Farm
Mortgage Bankers association
has been carrying on campaign
Of falsehood and misrepresenta.
tion against the federal land bank
system.
"Their predictions that the
bonds would not sell have proven
false; their attempts to scare the
farmers by stating that every one
guaranteed every other loan In the
system, have not succeeded; and
the good dividends we have
earned and paid have discredited
their statements that the borrow
ers' investment In stock was
loss.
Repeating FaIsehoods.
I'm the Congressional Record Of
July 1, Congressman McFadden/ Of
Pennsylvania published the speeches
that E. D. Chassell, secretary of the
American Farm Mortgage Bankers
association has been making during
the past year at bankers group meet
ings and elsewhere. We have at diff
ferent times corrected the misrepre-
sentations Of Mr.. Chassell, but new
one appears in this speech on page
2374 in the Congressional Record Of
July 1, substantially as follows:
':That Messrs. Hoyer, Schulze
and others borrowed $41,300
through the Federal Land bank
of Ohama on 791 acres in Hamil-
ton county, Iowa, a large part of
which is covered with peat and
moss and does not raise either
pasture or meadow grass; that
the lands in question are specu-
lative proposition and the loans
Tar in excess Of what would have
been made by reliable private
loan men. That particulars re-
garding the loans were furnished
" VdI1CA ~. SAOoAOyS OH 0O-
stracter Of Webster City, Iowa,
and that he also had a very inter-
esting set of photographs show
ing the correctness of the report
of its being swamp"
Nov the facts proven by abstracts,
afidavits and letters in our posses
sion, are AZ follows:
First, This land sold in an unde-
veloped state in 1914 for 81, 1000 and
again in 1915 for slightly less than
$4,000. Two large drainage bitches
were constructed at cost Of $9,834.S0.
Fifty-eight cars Of main and lateral
tile were purchased and laid at a cost
Of approximately $4,000. Fences and
buildings have been erected, making
beautiful homes and profitable farms
Of land which was formerly swamp.
The land has been crperated by these
borrowers by their own labor and by
hired labor. These men deserve credit
for retaining this land. Loans can
be made for no better purpose than
for repaying these men for the ex-
pense incurred in reclaiming this
swamp.
Second, We have bona fide offers
in writing BY responsible men Of
means, agreeing to purchase the
whole q this tract at more than
The Tomahawk., 1919-09-25

When a sailor falls out Of his ship
he feels as If he were all In.
The Tomahawk., 1919-09-25

Friendship is good deal like your
credit. The less used the better il is.
The Tomahawk., 1919-09-25

mo one can do better than his best
Every one can do as we'll as that"
The Tomahawk., 1919-09-25

Ones obstacles ure usually of ones
own making.
The Tomahawk., 1919-09-25
Noncommitta

NoncommittaI.
"How are they selling things In that
baZar?"
"Oh, at a fair price,"
The Tomahawk., 1919-09-25

It is no crime to be poor unless tn
word Is applied to singers.
The Tomahawk., 1919-09-25
Tho Reason.

Tho Reason.
mot every one Is successful In
motion-picture work"
"Oh, that takes reel acting"
The Tomahawk., 1919-09-25
A Souvenir Fiend.

Windsor Magazine-"She held out
her hand and the young man took II
and Disqualification Transcript.
The Tomahawk., 1919-09-25
Both Ways,

"You backed the wrong horse"
"Then. front ruin."-Baltimore
American.
The Tomahawk., 1919-09-25

Work is the best prescription for
success.