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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-16
FIGURING LOST TIME

The coal miners have gained "A
per cent increase in pay, and lost six
weeks of steady employment. Many
Of them have had hard time of it
because their strike benefit fund
was tied up by court order. 1t would
not have sufficed anyway, large
as it was, to keep them in the bar
est necessares of life for half that
length of time. Now most of them
have used up their savings. Large
numbers are in debt.
The ID per cent will help somewhat
but it will take 10 months of steady
work at the new rate to make up the
lost wages for those idle six weeks.
Was it worth it? That depends, of
course, very largely on the view
point. II, as most people are CON
vinccd, the miners might have got
the same results without striking at
an. without losing I. q days wages.
simply by making moderate demands
in the first place, then it certainly
wasn't worth the sacrifice.
When the loss of public sympathy
is added to the money loss, the min
ers have much cause for serious
thought And not only the miners,
but any other group of workmen that
may have been thinking of going on
strike before the possibilities of fair
negotiation are exhausted.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-16
A CATTLE ADVANTAGE

Crisp county is among those start
ing in 1920 TO eleminate the cattle
tick. Some watts have already been
ased by the most progressive of the
cattle raisers to great advantage
and those who have been watching
this have become convinced that it
is real cattle necessity. A tick free
county is most to be desired and the
only way to get il is to go after it
With all vigor.
Now, please steady yourself. if vow
own few country style razor backs,
the kind our grand fathers used to
know, and the kind that lived in
spite OF the ticks. That kind will
continue to thrive but the man who
grows that kind for market against
the modern beef cattle raiser will not
thrive lie will go out of business. The
type reaches about 400 pounds ani
sells for about four cents pound
when the real beef steer reaches
1900 pounds and sells tor ten 10
twelve cents pound on foot. There
Is wide difference. and the old style
costs just as much to produce rs the
better stock. Could you remain in
business against that kind OF com.
petitor? Not very long.
"Our most common complaint will
be that the dipping vat is the cause of
the death OF TOO many cattle. On this
pint the Savannah New comments:
The bureau OF animal industry
OF the national department OF
commerce has some interesting
figures in this connection. II
! shows that in the calendar year
1918 the number OF cattle dipped
"a in the fever tick belt was $3.50
All and that the number that died
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-16
ABOUT THE HOSPITAL

A word of commentator for those
who have manifested such IL mark
ed desire for a creditable hospital in
Cordele is never out of place, for
there are some really loyal citizens
who would be willing TO make sacri
fices for it. This is true OF both the
medical profession and citizens
whose money would be devoted TO it
purely from a phlanthrODic stand
point.
The hospital we need is coming
some day, but the delay ic costing us
dearly we have a wide pat.
r0nago tht might be drawn to the
.Ctal physicians which now goes
away and we have a steady growth OF
business for the local institution that
COHIeS ny lCiaoH vi Jul iNiSd'ihh
population here ut home All OF our
demands are only half met because
strive as we will, we can do no better
with the plant we have
Nobody need argue clE'ity and
philanthropy TO our citizens. They
are as sure OF the business necessity
for an enlarged hospital as can be and
they are pledged to the principle OF
urlng for such needs. You have had
amply opportunity to measure that
spirit Of late. 1t is here, strong. pull
sa'ting, true and loyal
If there is fault, it is lack OF
faith. The hospital this community
needs can be constructed for fifty
thousand dollars. Locll physicians
already own the best site in the com
munity for it and the building alone
need cost no more. That amount OF
money can be raised for creditable
building. 1t can be made II fitting
memorial to our soldiers and it can
be built out of stock interests this
community and the county will nke
| 1t can be paid for and by its owners
placed ont OF reach of an operating
Indebtedness, so that It can never
become involved in maintenance OBJ
legations
Local citizens might be thinking
! about these things.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-16
THE PREACHERS SALARY

It may be said, without any flour
ish of prophetic trumpets, that unless
the members OF Christian churches in
America pay their ministers higher
salaries, there will be no minister's to
pay salaries to.
Not that the ministers will strike,
as do the laborers in every other
calling. The American clergy has no
intention OF striking, although Eng.
lish brethren of the cloth threatened
some such summary method of fore
ing recognition of their plight. The
prediction means something more
serious, ii less immediate and upset
ting. Church members may as well
iace the fact that unless better salar,
les and higher standards of living are
offered clergymen, the young men of
this and the succeeding generation
will not enter the ministry. At least
only the stupid and futile sort of
person. the kind who couldn't make
a living in any other profession or
calling. will sacrifice himself upon
he church altar.
It has often been said that in Eng
land. when son seems to lack exc
cutive> ability and is regarded by his
family as being rather below normal
in ability. he is set aside for the pull
pit
Atle and wide-awake young men
will not take six or eight years of
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-16

from the effects of dipping was
l.348 or al the rlte OF thirty-One
in q million. OF course, some men
dipped cattle who did not know
the slightest thing about how to
do the work and some cattle
were killed, but the number is
comparatively so small as to be
negligible. Put those thirty-one
to the million of cattle on one
side Of the leger and on the other
side put the millions of cattle
that put on weight, improved in
health, increased their flow OF
milk. Snstly increased their value
and their marketability-and you
see how foolish all those stories
were. II is too late to try to pre-.
vent the eradication of the fever
tick in Georgia. The little pest
is going fast, and before long it
will be gone for keeps and Geor.
gia farmers will wonder why
in the world any of their number
ever opposed the dipping process
+ wiping it ont.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-16

RApubliG senators are now doing
al IN their. power To shift the re.
spoDkibility for the failure of the
treaty ratification onto the should.
ers Hf the democrats. This is real
evidence that they have been hearing
frouA home. And when they go home
theyk will hear more We have Il
Geoikia senator who has voted
steadily and consistently with this
unh0ly company. He hns been back
home several times since and he is
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-16

Wide scarfs of sable are made
with outside pockets, afteer the fasL
ion OF wooden sport scarfs. The WOO
ell scarfs, by the way come in great
er variety than ever beforehand
more charming variety too. They are
soft and wide and in lovely color
contributions, sometfmel i'm stripes,
sometimes simply in blended weaN
ing of different colored threads.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-16

The,.gaGht full OF movie actors got
some front page advertising on their
way ito the Bahama Islands. They
slqwfd down bit and had them
selyds announced overdue. That was
all Il took. But why not give them a
front page place sometimes? Grill
fifth got a laugh out Of it and may be
mdve plot.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-16
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,r,,-cnTNrrr PRINT Tine up the Glrm
tlrmers We know


dawn here In central south Georgia
do not think of working six hours q
day and five days in the week. Our
farmers make that much time in two
days. But let union labor tangle with
the farmer. 1t is Il matter of better
company and may be the union man
will take LESSONS and improve. That
type OF union labor which has tried
10 destroy the steel industry and
wreck the nations coal output on
unreasonable radical demands will
never carry the Georgia farmer very
far. If there is any carrying done
We knew who will do it,
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-16

The republicans shnll bear the re-
sF8nsibiIity for the failure of treaty
ratification alone That is the last
word Wilson has given Of the sub
jeet. And even this does not prohibit
an effort TO compromise in the senate
The president has no compromise to
offer.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-16
We Are Reducing Living Cost
NOTE OUR PRTcEs ANp BIZ CoNVTNCED

Choice Stoal nor nonnd - SOC
Choice Pork, per pound .................. ooc
Choice Roast (Beef) per pound ............. 5Jc
Choice Roast (Pork) per pound .....'.... 3oc
Pure Pork Sausage. per pound .. 40c
Mixed SAUSAGE com. make Der pound 49,. SOC
Stew Meats, per pound ......... 171hc
Cured Ham, sliced, per pound ............ QUO
Boiled Ham sliced per pound ............ 75c
Breakfast Bacon sliced, per pound .........., Sue
Eggs, Butter other mark goods and complete
me of High Glass Groceries at low prices cave Us
your business and reduce your cost OF lVlhS - ~
= % w
Phone 3O2 R. A. BURLINGTON, Prop.
Cor. 10th. St., 18th Ave-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-16
For Neuralgia. Neuritis, Lumbago, Rheumatism Begy's Mustarine in Yellow Box Worth Its Weight
 In Gold.

If you only knew the quick and blessed relief Begy's Mustarine gives to sufferers from swollen. painful, gnawing, aching rheumatic joints and muscles, you would get box this very day.
 Begy's Mustarine is the good old-fash- toned mustard plaster brought up to date with other ingredients added and ali the blistering qualities taken out
 It surely does stop neuralgia. neuritis. lumbago and rheumatism quicker than anything else on earth.
 Thousands of people who want quick action, use it when they are anxious to have chest colds. sore throat. tonsilitis. pleurisy and deep-seated colds disappear over night.
 Keep it in the house for many emergen- cies and especially influenza. for during the last epidemic Begy's Mustarine did such valiant service that the retailers could not supply the demand. ssHeat eases pain. and Begy's Mustarine Contains twice as much concentrated non- -blistering heat as any other prep aration on the market.
 It cannot blister. remember that. and be sure to get Begy's Mustarine in the yellow box.
 c. C Wells & Co. Lc Roy, N. N.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-16

subject to change. But folks-people- re- main. They constitute a river of life that bridges the eternities.
 And it is what folks-people-think of each other that determines the form of our institutions.
 What does the other fellow think of you? How does he rate you? What is the estimate he places upon your work-your worth?
 What do you think of the other fellow?
 What difference?
 Just the -ultimately-be- tween civilizadon and chaos
 Misunderstanding distrust. hate can destroy families, wreck cities, ruin nations and crumble a world
 Charles Lamb once expressed very forcibly his hate for certain man, when one of his auditors said:
 But didn't know you knew so-and- so"
 ITO which Lamb replied:
 ''oh, of course. l don't know him. You can't hate a man when you know him.
 What people think of each other to- day. tomorrow, the day after, has be- come the most important thing in the world.
 The simple, commonplace, trite 1 things are always important for they always affect all the people.
 '"The social problems we are worry ing about seem complex, but so sim pie are they that if we were all of us neighbors, really truly neighbors, the complexities would largely vanish.
 This old world is afflicted with s8- cial problems, economic problems and because so many people are so very busy solving their own problems that they have no time in which to interest themselves in the problems of the folks Social lf-interest-unrestra Is social suicide.
 For this reason:
 ''The sort of interest you take In the other fellow tempers if it does not de- termine the sort of interest the other fellow takes in you. If your outlook is tinged with hostility there Is no peace Where there is no peace there is nc security, and where there is no security there is no progress. And that Is true quite irrespective of material surface l indications
 ] Whenever the principles of the Ser. mon on the Mount are not practical, applied. the Mosaic law is generally l found in full sway. ! Wherever the do unto others a. you would be done bY' rule does moi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-16
Petrograd and Tolstoy

In q remarkable sketch, depicting the crimes of a bolshevik soldier named Petrov. Count Iya Tolstoy. son of the dreary picture of the Russian soldier as he roamed the streets of Petrograd after the first days of the revolution.
 The opening paragraphs contain the fal- lowing: 'It was a beautiful clear, frosty morning in Petrograd. Russia's former capital had awakened from sleep. The sidewalks. which had not been cleaned since summer. were covered with dirty ice and snow.
 ''The people, shivering with cold, were hastening to and fro; women with empty bags In hand, seeking food, some of them mothers, followed by hungry children; men m tattered, worn-out clothing; work CTS and soldiers; soldiers and sailors.
 Soldiers on the sidewalks; soldiers on the crowded street cars; soldiers in the long, waiting lines before the stores, where goods are sold at prohibitive prices; soldiers hurrying no one knew where, in automobiles and in trucks here and there and everywhere soldiers, soldiers, sol- diers!
 Russian soldiers of today are not what they once were, not the superb troops or the past, Che pride of Petrograd, the amaze,nent of all the crowned guests or the Car ThessP Petrograd soldier is only semi-military. often roaming through the streets of the city, unarmed, beltless, his
 coat unbuttoned half of his costume
 worn according to his own individual taste or caprice. Only soldiers may be seen; never an officer.
 From the first days of the revolution. officers were permitted to wear the cloth ing of civilians, which they preferred for self protection, not wishing to incite the class feeling of violence of the soldiers by wearing epaulets. bright metal but tons or other conspicuous marks Of dis tfnctiOn"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-16
KEEP BIRMINGHAM SMILING"

the local programmes, may wish to a gradual broadening of the field, To- cal groups are. however, requested to concentrate their activities for the first year upon the programme of leisure Community Service"
 Community Service Incorporated) in field of work which, while mar rower in some respects than the pro- gramme outlined in the charter, still represents & vast field of service. r must create public confidence through successful accomplishment in the field of leisure time activities, the possibil- ities of which have only been touched," he continued
 Community Service Uncorporated) will not attempt to duplicate activi- ties which are being well conducted by local groups. It is the purpose of Community Service to draw out the strength that is in the people and to this end it should seek in every pos sible way to strengthen local agencies and to offset the tendency which may arise to break down local efforts Through every available channel local agencies should be stimulated to carry on activities for the community as whole and not for specialized groups.
 Churches which played so important part during the war period in the entertainment of soldiers. should be stimulated to continue on a peace time basis their services for civilians by giv- ing social events of various kinds and extending hospitality to strangers, by enlisting volunteers and by interpret ing in every way the spirit and pur- pose of Community Service,Y said MT Stutsman.
 Similarly, every community group working under unified plan and clear ing through Community Service should be stimulated to place their resources at the disposal of the community as a whole. Fratenal orders, women's g cubs civic and improvement clubs and other gr cups all have a contribution to make toward enriching the lives of strangers and newcomers to the city, of tn foreign-born citizens and of all others who, as community membeds, should share in tho community life and should have the feeling of really be- longing to the community"
 Community service in it's relation to the municipal recreation department takes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-16

Smile awhile and while
 You smile another smiles,
 By and by thereH be miles and miles Of smiles because you smile
 Community service means an era of good cheer. neighborliness and smiles"
 You see. community service Is akin to all branches of social work" MT. Stutsman said. 'and the community spirit is abroad in the land. American cities. with their newly awakened ap- preciation of the joy of working and playing together, fresh from the experi- ences of the war, with the lessons 1t taught in the value of recreation for men in training and in the meaning of true community hospitality, are facing the problem of how to conserve for peace-time community programme the experiences gained during the war"
 ''To help the communities which are unwilling to lose the community spirit and consciousness which grew up dur ing the war period and to arouse other communities which may not have the wartime stimulus along social and recreational lines. Community Service Qncorporated) has been organized in an effort to preserve for the community and it's members the values accruing from war camp community service,v he continued. Tn Araticle II of the articles of incorporation of Community service. appears the following: The particular object for which the corpora ton is formed is the development in all American cities. through public and private agencies and by every appropri- ate means, of better moral and indus trial conditions, health and welfare play and recreation, higher and more adequate neighborhood expression and a better social life'"
 Community Service (Incorporated) wants, as a national organization, to in terpret itself to the community in the right way. It will. therefore, not in clude in its field objectives which are the legitimate part of the work of oth- CT national organizations, but will limit it's primary function to the initiation of leisure time activities. Though local Community Service committees may wish to assist from time to time in other forms of service in the communi- ties. the large bulk of the work will be in the leisure time field, where the strength and energy of the movement will be concentrated" MT. Stutsman said. Local Community Service groups which determine local policies and plan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-16
By DOLLY DALRYMPLE

sergeant looked at Danny. Their eyes held level
 "TI get 3Oh.. said Danny. star ing at the likes of you Is hard on sore eyes; or 'tis a spect have In my eye
 "'And 'tis tears have in my heart for the likes of you said the ser geant.
 Sergeant MuIvane was folks to Danny Deever,"
 In conclusion. said Mr Stutsman:
 ~Community Service means commu- nifty interest.
 '-The demand for community service did not come into being with the war. Nor did the war create the need. The war served to emphasize the weak spot in our organization scheme--the com munity; with the result that the orr ganized community became fact.
 "community Service is already es- tablished on a permanent basis in many localities. But Community Serv- ice, to be effective as a reconstruction force. must be national in its scope. Once again we recur to the formula:
 "Unless this country is made
 good place for all of us to live in. 1t won't be good place for any of !, us to live in
 Community Service Is not an agen- cy designed to direct local affairs. Its l part Is to stimulate and lead-to givs national sweep to the community organization movement
 Much valuable time and much money will be saved If the communi- ties of thls nation receive assistance I in organizing along right lines. Experienced organizers working under national direction are available tionally will provide the direction and the foundation for hundreds of funds | used locally.
 Community Service must not bs casual if it is to be effective It can- not flourish long simply as an experi- ment. If the movement is to carry, if I it is have sweep. community much i touch shoulder with community. Community Cervice is not designed | as substitute for any legitimate need | of any portion of any community. It takes nothing from the few. while 1t opens up to the many opportunities for a richer. more complete life. It cap- italizes the community neighborly spirit It is the cement that binds l every form of Community Service into solid foundation upon which to build better places in which to live and and work"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-16

HH N ND why not Keep Birming- OO M\ ham SmilingT It's just as
 /S\ cheap to smile as it is to
 frown and a smiling Bir- mingham means a prosperous Birming- ham. People love to live where they are always greeted with smile They love to trade where the clerks greet them pleasantly. Every good business man knows that smiles are stock in trade. He would not employ a dis courteous, cynical salesman, for he knows it would cost him many custom CTS. Birmingham can afford to keep all her people smiling and contented for just the same reason. Because it pays to have a contented people. Smiles are an asset
 When MT. J. O. Stutsman, the clever national representative of Community Service (Incorporated), who has recent ly arrived in Birmingham to do some big things here in this particular line, made the foregoing statement few days ago, stammered and said:
 'Why--er-er-yes; of course, Keep
 
 Birmingham Shilling but how are you going to do it?' I asked
 Its very simple" replied MT. Stuts- man, who is an expert in all sorts of welfare work, for he has wide experi- ence up in Baltimore, where for five years he had charge of the city's activi- ties along these lines, and also out in Kansas City, where there is a wonderful organization of Community Service- known throughout the west for its ef fciency. Community Service" is frown absorber. It takes the jolts out of the rough road and makes the jour- ney pleasant. To make it possible for all the people to fill their leisure time with real, wholesome, enjoyable recrea- ton is to secure for them the fullest The information service cultivates neighborliness and good cheer through out the whole community
 Comm unity singing has the same beneficial effect. One of our national leaders has said, You cannot sing be- side 2 man and kick him at the same time The great audience attending our sings invariably leave the meeting place smiling. talking, and humming the familiar melodies They carry away the music in their hearts. They smile the smile that will not rub off It is courageous and makes us all bet ter neighbors.