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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-17

FOR SALE-Porto Rico, Nancy Hall,
Triumph and Pattisaw Potato plants,
$500 per thousand; 5000 and over,
SITS per thousand. w. B. Ship Cor
dele Ga. 3-31-26
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-17

the local purchase of butter. cheese
and general dairy products for which
Siberia is famous, but which the sol
diers have difficulty in obtaining.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-17

FOR SALE-One 34x4 new wire
Wheel complete for Oldsmobile. Phone
30 or call at Dispatch office.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-17

HOG LOADING DAY-On ac-
count of the scarcity of hogs,
have decided to have hog shipping
days. | Will ship hogs Thursday,
April oath. Bring your hogs in to me
on that date and receive the highest
market price. Remember it will pay
you to see me before you sell your
hogs
Aft G. o. NOBLE
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-17

Plenty of seats for everybody in the
pavilion at the Swimming Pool. No
dancing. 4-3-20t.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-17

FOUND MoNEY-Owner call, des-
cribe and pay ad. 305 Sixteenth
Avenue East.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-17

FOR SALE-Or swap, one Buick
touring car, looks new, runs new,
$1,275. Cordele Steam Vulcanizing
Co., phone 229. 411-6tpd.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-17

Cordle is going to have an up-to-date
Swimming Pool. 4-1S-20t
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-17

WANTED--Desirahle farm loan ap.
plications. Interest s IL percent W.
c. Winfree. 1922 t f.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-12-05
NORTH BENNINGTON

The Red Cross Christmas seals sell
for one cent each,
Mrs Arthur II Cushman is spend
ing some time in New York city,
Miss Josie Robinson of Arlington
spent Tuesday with Mrs. II. r. VIM.
willard Eddy of Bank street oXten'
sion secured l25 pound doe in
SALISBURY.
Miss L. Josephine Webster of the
Vermont Children's Aid society was
in town Monday.
All the money received from the
sale of Red Cross Christmas Seals is
used in the fight against tuberculosis
in Vermont
Mrs. Frank Chase and son Harry
Chase expect to leave the latter part
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-12-05

hold it's regular conclaye this evening
al Masonic temple.
Dance in Forester's hall, opposite the
free library this evening and tomor
row evening Admission S5c.-Adv.
The social dancing classes under the
direction OF the Public Welfare associ
alton will begin on Saturday afternoon
Dec. 6. at $3.50 at the Welfare hall
Miss Hazel Work, Recreation Super
visor will be in charge. Admission in
the afternoon five cents. Those des
iring instruction will meet at eight
o'clock, admission twenty-five cents
Public dancing from eight thirty I'M
til eleven o'clock, admission fifteen
cents.
Christmas ribbed wrapping tissue
best quality heavy, seals, tags, red
and green cord and ribbon, tinscL
etc, at Evans. Adv
Webers famous shoes for men Any
pair in our window So. Look them
over at Leonard's. WiIloughby's base
ment ADV
The X-ray machine at the Putnam
Memorial hospital which has been I'M
der treatment has recovered and is in
working condition again.
Is your wife outpacing you? DO
you want to know how to keep up
With her? See The Indestructible
Wife Library Theatre today Adv.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-12-05

OF the month for Florida. where they
spend the winter
The Modern Health Crusaders will
sell Red Cross Christmas Seals in
this village ON Saturday morning be.
tween ten and twelve.
Word has been received that Mar
Tin Roche of Bennington Fails, who
rs in sanatorium in Massachusetts,
is in a critical condition.
Mrs. e. G. Farnham and son Clar-
ence and Miss Alice Madison of
South Salisbury spent Wednesday
with relatives in town.
All those contributing articles to
the Masonic fair will please see that
they are sent to Mrs J. b. Woodruff
or Mrs. G. e. Green by Tuesday, Dec.
9.
Wadsworth J. Carpenter, former
resident, now of New York city, was
in town Wednesday. Mr.. Carpenter
has a very responsible position with
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-12-05

the u S. government in the interest
OF the Express companies.
1t is hoped that the Crusaders will
find some one at nome in every
house, prepared to buy Red Cross
Christmas Seals on Saturday morn
ing. The seals are put up in pack
ages of ten and twenty-five which sell
for ten and twenty-five cents respec.
lively. An attractive post card is
given to each one who purchases a
dollars worth or more of the seals.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-12-05
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Brick ice cream Friday. Saturday,
Sunday at HARDWOOD s-Adv.
Can you keep up with your wife?
See THE lndestructible Wife Ii.
brary Theatre today. Adv.
Taft Commandry, No. s, X. T., will
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-12-05

To Forufy The system Against Grip
Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININB
Tablets which destroy germs, act as a
Tonic and Laxative, and thus prevent
Colds, Grip and Influenza. There is
only one "BROMO QUININE" T. w
GROVES signature on the box soc.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-12-05
TO RENT

10 RENT--Barn for storage Gail
9i2 Main St, Bennington VT. 66t6"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-12-05
Several Hundred Coats

To select from in all the fabrics and coIorngs Let us
call your particular attention to the fact that these
of the standard COLE QUALITY which has stood the
acid test Of time.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-12-05

WANTED-Board with room in pri-
81. 64t6t
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-12-05

WANTED Choppers, SOC an hour, at
once Dexter NJ. Gleason, Woodford,
tel, 1871 66t4
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-12-05

WANTED-Girls from 20 to so to
train for Infants Nurses Course, eight
month. Apply for circulars st. Mar
garet's Home and Hospital, Albany. n.
Y. -sectarian)s 63tb
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-12-05
WANTED

WANTED-Girl or woman for gen
eraI housework Steady work and
good pay Address =. O. Box 1903,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-05-01

lowing had been the brightest Of his
life. He was sur then that Gerry
loved him. The wrangles were only
their different ways Of looking at
things. OF course, they loved each
other. But Gerry couldn't stand pio-
neer life. She had loved him, or she
would not SO easily have been per-
suaded to try 1t over again. She
yearned to make him comfortable, she
said. So she had gone back, and pulled
down his ramada. and put his clothes
In the lowest bureau draweri
ut wasn't either of our faults he
ruminated. at was the fault of the in
stitution. Marriage itself Is a failure.
Look at the papers, the divorce courts.
A mans interests are no longer his
wife's. Curious that II should be SO.
But It's a fact. II Is the modern dis
content. Women want different careers
from their husbands"
Yet, how could he help throwing his
life into his work? He had committed
himself; It was an obligation. If II
were no Tor that indefinable some
thing, his allegiance TO the cause which
Knocked at reasons and definitions oh,
he knew The had tilted with Gerty
and been worsted The would have re-
signed from his company. his company
which had dishonored him. Why should
he stay to get more stabs, more
wounds? And the last blow, this pet
Of Marshall'sl Hardin gave a scant-
ling In his path a vicious kick.
The girls prattle had died She
walked with him silently.
At the door Of her tent, she stopped.
looking at him wistfully. She wished
he could hide his hurt. III he had only
some OF Innes' pridei
"How are thingsY' She used their
fond little formula.
"Oh, rotten I" growled Hardin, fling
ing away. The gate slammed behind
hiraA
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-05-01

your" Hardin addressed the stenog-
rapher in the transparent ShirtwaistI
Does he think we're going 10 have
another food this season? Thinks it's
going TO reach the hotel and wet his
clothes? Take the starch out Of his
shirtsr" He flung out of his chair.
throwing the papers back into the
drawer.
He stamped out Of the Office, mad
clear through. To this crisis they had
sent down a dandy, a boOkman who
wanted to build q levee. Oh, hell
They'll come crawling after me to
help them after this fellows buried
himself under river mud, come calling
to me as they did after Maitland failed.
Please, Mr.. Hardin, won't you come
back and finish your gatep I'll see
them dead first. No, I'll be fool enough
to do it. I can't help myself. I'm a
Hardin. / have to finish what I've be-
gun"
1t was not because this was a pet
enterprise, the great work of his life,
that he must eagerly eat humble pie,
take the Bullets, the falls, and come
whining back when they whistled to
him. He told himself 1t was because Of
his debt to the valley, to the ranchers.
The c~olOnists We're about desperate.
Who could blame them? The last years
floods had worked havoc with their
crops; this year had been q horror.
The district they called No. 6 was a
screaming irony of ruin. The last de-
bauch Of the river had made great
gashes through the ranches, had
secured deep gorges which had under
mined the canals on which the water
supply for No. 6 depended. The suits
were piling up against the D. r., dam
age suits, and they hold up his gate,
while he gets the curses OF the val
ley. And Mr.. Richard thinks heH
build a leveel
He flung himself on the couch in the
tent. Gerty was laying a careful
cloth for supper. A brave, determined
smile was arranged on her lips. The
noon storm had passed. She hummed u
gay little tune. If there was anything
Hardin hated 1t was humming.
You'll have your dude to dinner all
right" her husband announced. "He's
in town."
eyes, l know" rejoined his spouse.
II had a letter from him yesterday.
From Imperial"
Tom sat up glaring. HE wrote to
you from Imperialf"
HIs wifa m,cnlaoad tho oooon+ chx
misunderstood Toms scowL. 1t was
the old story over again. Whenever
those two men came together the old
feeling Of jealousy must be revived
again. II was unpleasant. Of course,
very unpleasant. to have men care like
that, but 1t made life exciting. Life
had been getting a little stale lately
like a book of obvious. even plot.
Richards entrance into the story gave
a new interest, a new twist. She
hummed an air from a new opera that
had set the world Waiting.
hardin's thoughts did not touch her
at the hem. he was at the h~eadgate.
his gate. What the deuce had Richard
gone to Imperial for? If he wasn't the
darnedest asst Imperlall And the
gate hung upi
"For Gods sake stop that buzzingf~
The happy little noise was quenched
Innes. entering at that moment, heard
the rough order. She looked implor.
ingly at her slster-in-law.
"Suppers on the table" cried Gerty,
the fixed. determined smile stin On her
lips.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-05-01
CHAPTER X.
4 Desert Dinner.

Times Hardin was completing her
simple toilet. Not even 10 please
Gerty would she "dress up" for the
dinner. 1t would have been easy for
her s~ister-in-iaw to postpone it. How
could she expect Tom to go through
with I'll She couldn't understand
Gerty!
An hour ago. hearing distinctly the
whir and splash OF egg-beating, she
had u over to the ~neighboring tent
The clinking Of the cake tins had sud-
denly silenced- Excuse me. Won't
youl" Gerty's voice had come from
the lean-to. the little kitchen shed.
Tn lying down."
"Lieing. yes" grimaced the Hardin
mouth to Its reflection In the mirror.
How many times that week had she
been ~repulsed by O locked door, q sud-
den curtain of silence or a run away
for a while I'm trying to catch q
nap" Easy now to see why Certy
had wanted 10 hold the reiuss that
week!
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-05-01
CHAPTER VIII.
Under the Veneer.

An hour later Innes. blinking from
the sun, stepped into the tent, which
had been partitioned with rough red
wood boards into a bed chamber on
the right. a combination dining room
and "perlor" on the left. Her glance
Immediately segregated the three
stalks OF pink geraniums In the center
Of the Mexican drawn-work cloth that
covered the table. Gerry. herself. in a
fresh pink Bingham frock. was dancing
around the table to the tune Of forks
and spoons. 1t was just like Gerry to
dress up to her setting. even though It
were only q pitiful water-starved bou-
duet. She had often tried to analyxe
her sister in-law's hold on her brother /:
certainly they were not happy. Was 1t
because she made him comfortable
Was IL the little air Of formality, or
mystery. which she drew around her?
Her rooms when lines was allowed to
enter them were always fiawless ;
Gerty took deep pride In her house
keeping. Why was II. Inhes wondered.
that she could never shake OF her sus-
picion OF an underlying untidinessi
There was always q closed door on
Gerty's processes
MAY I helpr' The sun was still
following the room to her.
"Helloi- Hardin looked up from
the couch where he was lying. Innes
suspected II Of being . frequent re-
treat She had found Il tumbled once
when she ran over early. II was then
that Gerry made Il understood that she
liked more Formally. Innes was rare
iy In that tent except for meals now.
or during her alternating week Of
house chorea
Il was afraid I was late.. said the
girl.
Lunch win be ready In . few min
utss" announced Gerry Hardin ~wont
you sit downf There's the new Jour
nal. Sam came to clean this morning.
and I couldn't get to the lunch until
an hour ago."
Innes. settling herself By the reading
table. caught herself observing that II
would not have taken her an hour to
get a cold lunch Still. Il would never
look 30 invitingi If Gerty's domestic
machinery was complicated and pri-
vate. the results always were admir-
able. The early tomatoes were peeled
as well as sliced. and were lying on a
bed Of cracked Ice. The ripe black
olives were resting In a lake Of Cali
fornla olive oil. A bowl OF crisp let
tuce had been Iced and carefully dried
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-05-01
p TX.
The Rivals.

From the window of the adobe office
building OF the company, Hardin saw
Richard jump from the rear platform
Of the train as 1t slowed into the sta
ton. He noticed that the new mana
ger carried nc bag.
Wonder what he's decided to do
about the headgate. He didn't waste
much time out there" Hardin was
tidgeting In his seat, his eyes on the
approaching figure.
Richard passed through the room.
nodding to his Office force. The door
of the inner Office shut behind him.
Hardin stared at the blank surface. He
moved restlessly in his swivel chair.
Did the fellow think q big thirg like
that could hang on while he unpacked
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-05-01
STORMS HOVER OVER THE CANVAS HOUSEHOLD OF THE
HARDINS AS RICHARD TAKES THE REINS

Synopsls-K. O. Richard. an engineer OF the Overland Pacific rail-
road, is called to the Office OF President Marshall In Tucson, Anz While
waiting Richard reads a report on the ravages OF the Colorado river.
despite the efforts OF Thomas Hardin, head OF the Desert Reclamation
company. Hardin had been a student under Richard In an eastern col
lege and had married Gerry Holmes, with whom Richard had fancied be
was In love- Marshall tells Richard the Overland Pacific must step In to
ave- the Imperial valley and wishes to send Richard TO take charge.
Richard declines because he foresees embarrassment In supplantng
Hardin, but is won over. Richard goes to Calexico and, IN the way,
learns much about Hardin and his work. Richard meets Mr.. aud Mrs.
Hardin and lines Hardin, the formers half sister. At the company
offices he finds the engineers loyal to Hardin and hostile tohim. Richard
attends a meeting Of the directors and asserts his authority. Hardin
RACES Estrada, q Mexican. sn of the Father of the Imperial Valley
tells Richard the general situation and expresses forebodings that the
work will fail.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-05-01

fork. I've meant to ask you a hun
dred times. Did you attend to my
commission In Los Angelesr"
II forgot to tell you. I raked the
town. really i did. Gerty." For there
was a cloud on Gerty's pretty brow. II
could have got you the other kind. but
you said you did not want 1T"
II should think not" The childish
chin was lifted. Those complicated
things are always getting out OF order.
Besides. IL I had an adjustable form.
everybody'd be borrowing It"
What are you talking about" de-
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-05-01

his trunks and settled his bureau draw
ersf He picked up a pencil jabblng at
the paper of his report. He covered
the sheet with figures-three hundred
six hundred. Six hundred feet.
Whose fault that the intake had
widened, doubling its width, trebling
its problem? Whose but Marshalrs,
who had sent down one of his office
clerks to 10 what Hardin was doing?
Wouldn't any q in his senses know
that the way Maitland would distin-
guish himself would be by discrediting
Hardin, by throwing bouquets to Mar
shall; praising his plan? They all go
at 1t the same ~sickening wayl Office
clerks, bahI Sure, Maitland had ad.
vised against the completion Of the
gate. Said 1t would cost more In time
and money than Hardin's estimates.
Thanks to Maitland 1t did," growled
Hardin, scrawling figures over the
page. by the time Maitland finished
monkeying with that toy dam Of his
the river had widened the break from
three hundred to six hundred feet. Fol
that. they throw mud at me. Oh, 1t
makes me sick" Hardin flung his
broken pencil out Of the window.
Richard re-entered the room. The
question leaped from Hardin.
"The headgate-are you going on
With itY"
Richard looked curiously ut the
flushed a~ntagonistic face Of the man
he had s~upplanted. The thought
crossed his mind that perhaps Hardir
had taken to drinking. II. made has
answer curt.
81 don't know"
sTou don't knowT"
II have no report to make, Mr.. Har-
din, until I see the gate"
"And you went to the Crossing with
out going down to the headgateY' Har-
din did not try to conceal his disgust.
Il did not go to the Crossing"
didn't COL" Hardin's mouth was
agape. Then he rudely swiveled his
chair. The door slammed behind Rick
ard.
Hadn't been to the Crossinga Then
where In Hades did he gop He halted
MacLean who was passing him.
"Are you going to the Crossing to-
morrow Hardin knew he should be
too proud to betray his eagerness, but
the words ran away with him.
mot. tomorrow. Mr.. Richard lust
told me he might not be able to get or
until next week"
Hardin's anger sputtered- "Next
week. Why does he rush sof Why
doesn't he 60 next yearf The Colo
radios 90 gentle. it'd wait for him. I'm
sure. Next weekl It's q put.up Job,
that's what n Is. Oh, ] can zee through
q fence with q knothole a. big as your
head He doesn't want to nnish the
headgate. he wants to put or going
until it's too late to 60 on with IL: I
know him. He'd risk the whole thing.
and all the money the o. p. has
chucked into II, Just to start with q
clean slate: to get the glory Of stop
ping the river himself. Il turns my
stomach; it's q plot" The lower lip
shot out
MacLean's attention was deferentiai.
He had always liked Hardin: all the
fellows did. But he was jumping or
wrong this time. He'd brought IL all
IN himself.
He said something about q ievee for
the towns. He's got to investigate that
before he goes to the front.
"A leyeef Well wouldn't mak ~
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-05-01

A eonssniai diener party. Il
may b imagined, was this one
-oonsisting of hardin, the dc.
posed general manager; Rick
ard, the man who has supplanted
him; HardIn's sIstsr, who loves
her brother devotedIy and re-
sents bitterly The appointment
OF Rlekard TO succeed him, and
Hardin's wife, former sweet
heart Of Richard. Read about
this interesting situation In the
next instalIment
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-05-01

cTo BE coNTINUED)
Bamboo trees do not bloom until.
thirty years old
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-11-10
BERRIEN SPRINGS

The Chamber of Commerce has
requested that all merchants close
their stores or Armistice dav. and
that all business be suspended i'm
honor of our heroes. both Twins and
dead
6. A. Wesner has purchased The
Moore building. lately vacated bv
the Rim company, and viii remodel
il into first class market.
Berrien Springs is short q least
10 cars Of coal because of the coal
miners strike NJ. r. Cas.ncr. one
of the local coal dealers. had the
coal in transit practically all OF
which had reached Benton Har6or
on the day before the tie-up The
coal was taken to Grand Rapids.
whore IL is being held by the Pore
Marquette railroad. but has yet not
been used by them.
Atty Dora Rackliffe Whitney. of
Benton Harbor gave "a most inter
estiug and instructive address before
the women % Berrien Springs. we'd
uesday afternoon. at the Lutheran
church. under the auspices IL tho
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-11-10

Dominion ,Chautaqua of Canada. al
Brandon. Manitoba, and is very sue
ceSsful in her work.
Mrs Dana Hyde, of Kings Land
ing, visited Mrs. Hattie Stahl, Thurs
day.
Walter Edison has returned from
a three months stay in Missouri
whore he was buying and packing
apples for Thomas Smith company
of Chicago.
III. X Graham has installed q
Richardson & Boynton furnace in
the Fred Gray house on KimmeI
street.
c. r.. Sparks is the owner OF the
new Franklin automobile.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. s. Pencil and
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Pencil left or
Thursday by automobile to spend
the winter at their summer home in
New Smyrna. Fla.
Miss Louise Alexander, of Blu
chanan. is visiting Mrs Lucy Clap
pool this week.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-11-10
ATTENDANCE IN
COLLEGE CROWS
CIaSSroomS Crowded to Capa-
city, indicating More Serious
Attitude Toward Education.

NEW YORK, Nov. -Ciassrooms
crowded to capacity. American col
lege and university attendance rec
ords this fall have proved that youth
has taken more seriously than ever
the matter OF getting an education.
after returning from the school of
war.
Reports from every section or the
country have shown large gains in
attendance figures Dormitories
rooming houses and fraternity nous
es IN every college town are crowd
ed. In many sections scores OF ap-
plicants have been turned away for
lack OF room.
Anxiety 70 get back % civilian life.
10 pick up the odd ends Of a college
course where they were dropped.
and continue the training started in
war wOrk-which in thousands OF
cases was the first opportunity for
pursuit OF knOwleige-are given as
reasons for the increased activity
on the campuses
Leading the list OF American col
leges and universities in attendance
Is Columbia university. New York
City. Gaining % percent last wear.
the attendance today stood az 24.S15.
including all the schools I'm the cor
poration. a year ago the enrolment
was 1854
Claiming second place is the Uni
versity OF California. Berkeley. with
9.f27 enrolled in the winter term
The summer registration was 5.456.
or yearly attendance Of I4.SS3.
The enrolment for the winter SEES
sion is So percent above that Of last
year.
largest registrations i'm the country
continue this year 10 be in the mid
die west. with the exception OF the
largest two. The University Of Min
nesOta. St Paul. enrolled zoos. am
increase OF 1885 over last year. H.
1nois ranked fourth with 1924 ms
against 500 last year. Wisconsin
v-ss next with 6.S75. r 1872 more
than were enrolled in 191S-i9
In the east Harvard ranks high
est This year there were 50r7
students registered at Cambridge
while last year there were but 1891
At Yale there are 3.133 or $50 more
than in the last season