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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-11
For this was the secret-work!

For this was the secret-iwork!
Houdini, who is probably the great
est magician in the world recently
told in magazine story, of some of
his methods in attaining his marye-
lous success. But the one that inter
ester me most, was where he told how
on reaching a town where he was to
perform, he Immediately hired a loft
building, put up his traps and things
and began to-worki And he told how
on trains, he would sit for hours and
and hours and evolve new tricks
and mysteries, with which the next
season, to dazzle millions.
The greatest actor that | ever sat
before, was Joseph Jefferson. Because
you never felt that he played part
he was the part. But the secret,
here, again, was-work.
There never was, and there never
will be, a royal road to achievement
or anything. But the road called
Work, is paved with stones so pre-
cious that any man may walk with
impunity over it--without one word
of apology.
If you want the immortal gods on
your work! If you want your
dreams to come true-workl
There is nothing distributed free,
in this world, without payment
in-work. Unless it be the air-and
even that is taken away from you
unless you-work!
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-11
JUST PLAIN WORK

The other night saw juggler He
was the most wonderful artist in his
line that l had ever seen. He threw
great butchers knives into the air
by the dozen, caugh them ALL and
actually played with them while they
paced circle in the air
l watched a dancer whose 1.-the, sub
tie from seemed like some super-fairy
ust dropped from Imaginary land Her
form seemed to move in unison with
the notes that gave rhythm to her
movements back and forth, Round
and round she moved, and smiled.
| listened to a man play upon
strangely builded instrument. 1t seem
ed as though the tones, at times,
played hide and seek--and then. like
tightening, they would meet again,
to trot in single. now double. now tri-
pie file, while the audience sat spell
bound their hearts almost in stop
watch fashion.
The crowd applauded But l sat
STILL Observation-Disclosures in thought
that wouldn't leave me. For, | had
been watching and listening to artists
all!
And then | wondered about the
secret of it. But it wasn't difficult
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-11

Here we are in the midst of another
suffrage defeat The democratic sena-
tors of the south who helped to de-
feat equal suffrage yesterday will
have that thing flung at them again.
II is all a mistake to maintain that
southern women do not want the bal
lot 1t is a pity there is no way to test
this out, We have yet another fight
coming, and we have yet to do away
with that angel band which persists
in burning the president in effigy
every time the cruciual period arriv-
es in congress The show staged the
other night by the suffrage fanatics
helped to defeat the measure in the
senate Equal suffrage is coming Don't
forget that.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-11
How to Elk Railroad Policy.

: New York World: The proposition
OF Mr. Kruttschnitt 0 fthe Southern
Pacific that we should have a railroad
policy that cannot change every four
years falls pleasantly on ears long
accustomed to strife But it happens
under our system that so long as the
railroads are in politics they and evry-
body concerned as to them must be
prepared for changes, some of them
violent, perhaps.
One crucial difficulty in the way of
adjustment resides i'll the division of
authority between states and nation.
Ownership would dispose Of that right
away, but it would introduce new and
troublesome political problems and in
crease the probability of change. The
full assertion of congress of its con
stitutional power over transportation
however, would put an end to many
of these controversies, because it
would concentrate authority in the
nation, where it has always belonged.
With transportation in private
hands subject to national control, un-
veXed by local bosses and politicians,
we should have near approach to
a policy that cannot be changed
every four years" If in that case the
supervising power were exerted intel
ligently and firmly, there would he
no occasion for change except as in
cidentals of administration presented
themselves. Assuming, as we must,
that Mr., Kruttschnitt and other rail
road managers of ability mean some
thing of this kind, they should say so
and stick to it.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-11
A WoMAN'S MISTAKE

One of the leading society and club
women of Macon last Friday under
took to tell the working women, the
sales ladies' in the good city that they
should wear black clothes with white
collars and cuffs during their work
hours, We do not know just what this
poorly judged expression was really
intended for. but the way those work
ing women went after that society
big bug and high brow would take you
off your feet One can see blue smoke
in the atmosphere at this distance
Righteous Indignation is no name
for it! Talk about a labor union! You
just ought to know how quick and
how solid was the resentment Those
shop girls spent their Sunday getting
ready for a Monday bareback" and
Monday it came Wordy hair,pulling
has been fashionable since. There was
the quickest, bitterest woman'scrap
Macon has witnessed in full ten
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-11
To Have A Board of Trade

Here is our pledge that We will do
all we can during the month of Feb.
ruary to have a board of trade of
some kind for Cordele going before
March comes in. If you will pledge
the same thing we will have start
made on one of our very urgent needs
We want trade body whose first
of Mr.. KruttsChnitt of the Soutehrn
of the business men of Cordele with
the interests of the farmers of Crisp
county in such way as to make the
organization represent everybody and
benefit everybody. Will you help
make the start?-Cordele Dispatch.
Every day the Dispatch keeps ham,
ering it home; they will organize a
board of trade just to quiet the Dis
patch before long.-Savannah Morn
ing News
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-11

years, and it was all in white heat be-
fore a man had time to look out to
see what was going on. Phew!
II would be better that no names
had been called, for even at this dis
lance, what we think expressed might
have something to do with adding to
The embarrassment which has been
he'ped upon the high brow social ele-
ment.
The working woman has a right to
wear a neat dress at her work If she
comes by it honestly,-if she pays
for it. She has right to try pleasing
appearance, not only at her work, but
on the street and in the cars, and it
would be horrible looking army of
white cuffs and collars and black
dresses that society would put in the
place of all this.
Mrs. High Brow will not get away
with that suggestion in M,acon,-nev-
cr. She will be sorry she ever dared
to say word long before this show
is over, That whole army OF working
girls will be out in their very best
all the week just to show how they
feel about it.
A good looking working girl does
MT look any the worse because she
works, except, may be, when she is
too tired to smile and mighty few Of
them forget to hide their WEAKNESS.
As long as they can have comfort
able home and something to eat, we
are for the best dress she can buy and
wear. Here's hoping that the working
girl will ever be able to dress as she
pleases in this free country. Here's
hoping that she will always be able
to draw a salary with which she can
pay for coed clothes. And here's hop
ing that she will always be sensible
enough to resent such class distinc-
ton as the highbrowed club woman
would impose on her. May she always
maintain an independence and may
she always be able to display better
sense and good Judgement than was
shown in the suggestion that she wear
clothes that would mark her as class
different and apart from the useless
social blossom who never does any
good in the Worldwide never in a
whole life time, pays for the space she
occupies.
Here is our heartiest commentator
for the working girls of Macon.
Down with the social blue blood who
can manifest no greater usefulness
than to cast reflection on the poor
girl! If this be Bolshevism, let them
make the most of it!
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-11

Middle of February is here and no
trade board. But that is not any in
dication that we will have to go anoth
er year without it. Lots of good bust
ness men besides the new cCmers are
eager to help do something in this
line. 1t would be quite a good thing
to do to get off with it without
having to tell all our other Georgia
cities how hard we had to work to
get start. 1t has been some eight
or ten years since we had anything
we could call a live trade board.
Haven't grown any in that time. You
get the drift of the argument, do you?
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-11
OFFICIAL ORGAN CRISP COUNTY

Bibb county starts great bol!
campaign today for improvements
and road building. This should be the
beginning of a great permanent road
building campaign in Georgia that
will not end till the main arteries are
paved. It costs eighteen thousand dol
lars Il mile to pave roads like the Ma
tional Highway and Crisp has II
miles of it. Some of these days we
will be out trying to clean up with
that job
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-11

of the childs body. The trouble ue-
tween the two men started in the az
ternoon and was resumed during ths
night. with its fatal ending %
The killing of the little girl ereateq
much excitement at Ray City and OF
ficers who arrested Collins rushed NM
to the county jail at Nashville, fearing
that friends of MCGEE would over
power them and lynch Collins. Later
it was thought best to carry Collinf
to Fitzgerald, where he is now in JAIL
Reports from Ray City today state
that wild rumors of violence against
Collins and that no attempt to takes
the law into their own hands would
have been made by the people there
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-11
GIRL VICTIM OF BULLET
INTENDED FOR Err FATHER

Valdosta, Feb. 10.-A row between
Lee MCGEE and Will Collins, neigh
bors. living at Ray City, fourteen miles
north of Valdosta, on Saturday night
resulted in the almost instant death
of Mary MCGEE, 10-year old daughter
of Lee MCGEE. She was struck by a
bullet from Collins pistol. which was
intended for her father.
Both men had drawn their pistols
when the little girl ran in front of
her father just as Collins fired. the
BAH passing through the upper part
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-11
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herein.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-11
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Arizona republican., 1919-04-20

by the addition of studios for the teaching of violin, voice and other in StrumentS.
 At 297 North Fifth street, near the high and Monroe schools. Miss Hughes had had the building remodeled into three studios, one of which is used for a recital room, seating 250 people
 A treat for all musicians, and espe- cially lovers of violin music, is in store for the coming Friday evening, when H. Klingenfeld of the School of Music will play the following program: Souvenir de Moscow, two Russian airs ...-.--.-... ........ Nieniawski Romance in G, op 40. Beethoven Chaconne in D minor ........... Bach (a) Ave Maria .... Schubert Wilhelm (b) Invitation to the Czardas, 'Heira
 Katf' Come on, Kate) ...... .Hubay Everyone is invited to attend this recital. which will begin at S:30 o'clock and to which no admission fee is asked
 CALL FOR BIDS
 SEALED proposals will be received at the office of the City Clerk at the City Hall, Phoenix, Arizona, until 2 o'clock a. m.. April 23rd, 1919, for one l ton Auto Truck.
 Certified check not required, but bid der must be in position to make imme diate delivery. Bids for future delivery will not be considered The right is reserved to reject any or all bids.
 V. A. THOMPSON.
 City Manager
Arizona republican., 1919-04-20

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 Thenwith ample parking space and a big hydraulic press and capable workrnen we apply the tires cor rectly, speedily and with safety. We examine wheels for loose or broken spokes, shrunken felloes, or loose felloe bands; check body and chain clearances; look for broken or weak springs; inspect brake ad- justnent. This saves you truck
Arizona republican., 1919-04-20
LITERATURE AND ART
 =. Conducted by LEW HEAD

between two paragraphs of a story, to aid everybody else but himself. He sums up his monumental groucn against himself by writing:
 "The time we waste in excursions OH the main line of our goal is the dltIer- ence between success and halt-success' often it is the difference betwaeh sue cess and failure"
 It is a little 5O-cent pamphle'. prb- lished by Houghton Mifflin Company.
 70
 CACTUS AND BLOSSOMS" I am informed that Charles R. BernetzAe, author of this book, has received d very pleasing letter from Thomas Webb, Greenfield, Tennessee, respon- sible for "The Devils Letter to tic Kaiser in which he states:
 Allow me- MT. BernetZke, U express my appreciation of the privilege Of reading your wo lGa'fIl litTle book oi gems, Cactus and Blossoms" q liter ary classic. While I am no writer O. poetry, I know good stuff when l see it."
 Mir. Bernetzke is a resident of Phoe- nix and is proud of Mr. Webb's warm words.
 PHOENIX PUBLIC LIBRAaY-The following list contains abolt one half of the books added to t!,e public -i- brary during the past week. A consid- erable number of chii!ren's books have been added which are not herein listed:
 Ethical Philosophy of Life, Adler, F.; Art and Man, Balch, E. g.; Physics: Advanced Course, Barker G. f.; Spell of China, Bell, Archie; Method of Measuring the Development of the 1n- l telligence of Young Children, BineJ, Ai- fred; Ii Hung Chang, Bland. J. C. F.; Code of Hammurabi, Fammurabi; ] Norman Institutions, Masking. Charles | H.; By the Waters of Africa, Lorimer N. O.; Alternating Current Motors, Me 1 Allister A. J.; Poeras of American Patriotism, Matthews, J. B.; My Em- 1 press, Mouchanow, Maria; Develop ! ment of the West Ind;es, Putnam. F l w.; Railroads: Rates and RegLla- tions. Ripley, W. J.: Bool- of Boston l Shackleton, Robert; History of the ! Italian Republics n the Middle Ages | Simonde de Sismondi, J. c. L.; Neealo- craft in the School, Swanson, Marga- ret; Our Chief Magistrate Taft. Wm H.; History of ths Conquest of tht ] Normans 6 vols0. ThieFry, Augustin ! Birds in their Relai!ors to Man, | Weed, C. NJ.
 "CHAMPIoN JONAH" One of hj. friends in congress believes that "Mr | Burleson is doing his best" says I'm l Literary Digest this week at the be ginning of an article in which the gen eral press comment of the country, re publican and democratic. is surveyed From this comment one might easil. infer, rather, that the postmaster gen
Arizona republican., 1919-04-20
Music and Musicians

the Soldiers March" by Schumann, and Cradle Song," by Weber, entirely from memory and with as good tone as can be secured from so small a violin, shows that the little fellow is possessed of great talent, and will no doubt make Q name for himself in the future. His parents plan to bring the child back to the school next October. An unusually attractive program was given at the School of Music re- cital Saturday afternoon, to a good sized audience. Many of the children showed req liability and artistic taste in the following program: Piano Duet
 Gratitude ...........K Rolling Sarah Spitalny and Cecil Talney. Piano
 "Old Dance ......-.........N Virgil
 Nancy Rhuhart. Will O the Wisp," op. 30e. No. g..
 Behr
 Adeline Greene. PeadiOp
Arizona republican., 1919-04-20

When the National American Woman Suffrage association holds its Jubilee convention at St. Louis. March 24-29 the state of Wyom- ing will be especially honored in the ceremonies. The convention will celebrate women's fifty years of experience in politics. and Wyoming. the first commonwealth
Arizona republican., 1919-04-20

of the worlds history to bestow unlimited suffrage on women. will
 be able to celebrate the fftieth anniversary of that memorable act. The people who were prominent in the politics of that day were Col. W. II, Bright. who introduced the suffrage bill in the first legis- lature of Wyoming territory in 1868, Gov. Campbell. whose sig
Arizona republican., 1919-04-20

nature made 1t a law, and Mrs. Louisa Swain, the first woman voter. Mrs. Stephen Boyd was the first woman in the world to be summoned for jury service. and Mrs Sarah w. Pease served on the first woman grand jury, in Wyom- ing. Mrs. Esther Morris was the first woman justice of the peace, and Mrs. Atkinson was the first woman bailiff.
Arizona republican., 1919-04-20

When I Am Big"
 Harry RosenZweig. Piano Cinderella .................K Kuhn
 Elsie Caughlin. "The Young Officer" op. 270, No.
 3aumfgef6er
 Hollis Clark. Violin 'Berceuse,2 op. 3S....... .Eberhardt
 Lucelia Harris. Piano Under the Lindens" Beaumont
 Jane Schnabel. "The Chase . Burgmuller
 Saarh SpitaIney. Little Polka" ......S Streabbog
 Vivian Ward. Dance Butterfly" ..........G Grieg
 Colleen Ferguson. Reading "9 Mortifying Mistage"Anna M. Pra
Arizona republican., 1919-04-20

The many friends of Edna Paula Re were, the popular teacher of dancing at the School of Music, were surprised to learn that she departed for the east Tuesday evening and sailed for France the coming Wednesday in the enter tainment branch of the '. NJ. C. A. service for the soldiers. Miss Revere will return to her work at the school in the fall. Her department, for the re- mainder of the season will be in charge of Vivian Florence Young, head Of the expression and dramatic department of the institution.
 Fillmore Frasch, who has been study ing violin with Mr. Klingenfeld at the School of Music, left Saturday evening for his home in Memo, South Dakota. Fillmore came with his parents to Phoenix in January, and very soon began the study of the violin and, al though only six years of age, made such progress that he recently played in a students recital at the school and won instant applause. His playing of
Arizona republican., 1919-04-20

time and guards against the trouble caused by misapplied tires. When the tires are in use our men inspect them at regular intervals and watch for such things as tread cuts, wheels out of line, overload ing, careless driving, etc., which if not cared for in time means trouble and loss.
 The men make regular reports to you of each tires condition. This inspection service, which is free, enables you to get full mileage from your tires, better service from your trucks.
 Our representative an expert = will call upon you if you wish and explain in further detail howwe can help keep your truck costs down.
Arizona republican., 1919-04-20

"Capability plus enterprise will win anywhere" said Miss Alice H. Hughes, teacher of piano and proprietor of the only private studio building in the city.
 This is particularly true in Phoe- nix, in the teaching of music. for the people of this community are essen tially class of music lovers. I came here from Hollywood last March to be with my sister. I left 3, business there of five prominent studios. and in the short time I have been here have es- tablished three studios and am prepar- ing to enlarge the business next fal
Arizona republican., 1919-04-20
THE SECRET"

THE SECRET" It was the House of Quietness
 To which l came at dusk; The garth was lit with roses
 And heavy with their musk.
 The tremulous tall poplar trees
 Stood whispering around,
 The gentle flicker of their plumes
 More quiet than no sound.
 And as l wondered at the door
 What magic might be there,
 The Lady of Sweet Silences
 Came softly down the stair. From "The Rocking Horse" (Doran).
 by Christopher Morley.
 TRUTH. A high compliment is paid Professor Max Earrand in a recent issue of the London Spectator for the courage and impartiality of his inter- pretation of the American revolution in his history, "The Development of he United States" (Houghton Mifflin Company. That the author of this recently published book was able to view American history from the per spectiye of a non-partisan point of view strikes the English critic as be- ing as valuable as it is unusual.
 ART ALLIANCE WITH FRANCE. George Washington certainly would never disapprove the alliance now be- ginning between France and the United States described in this weeks Literary Digest. It is an artistic en- tente between the two nations which came into being simultaneously with our political friendship, and substan- tial contributions to it are noted in both countries.
 BLOOD AND SAND" E. P. Dutton & Co. have just published Vicente Blasco IbaneZ's famous novel of the bull ring, Blood and Sand" in an au- thorized American edition with criti- cal introduction by Isaac Goldberg. who has made a nextensive study of IbaneZ's novels in the original Spanish. The national sport of Spain appears in the course of the story on all it's sides and the career of the hero, from his wretched, ambitious childhood through the days of his renown as bull fighter is made to tell a story vivid with the colors of many phases of Spanish life
Arizona republican., 1919-04-20
"GOAT EEATHERS'

GOAT FEATHERS" is EBis Parker Buffers ''come back at himself. It's good. It is humorous study in ef- ficiency He admits he is the goat;
 that's all. But he warns everybody else to beware of goat feather gather ingH He also admits that he is ''very, very wonderful man." but, he's gone wrong. He plays upon his own willingness to head Red Cross drives, Liberty loan campaigns, the movement for fatherless children in France, and a score of other splendid causes, but he warns everyone else who has only his time and his wit to invest, that all these activities take his very capital away from him and leave in their stead. a wasted life. He bemoans the fact that he will never write "the great American novel; that he will fall short of being the great Americ7~ humor- ist," and that Arnold Bennett writes three or four first class novels while he, Butler, is speeding over the country.
Arizona republican., 1919-04-20

"A Mortifying Mistake"
 Anna M. Pratt. Who Made the Speech?''
 Virginia Peters. Piano Spirit of Chivalry' .... .Burgmuller
 Isabelle Jacobi. Violin Soldiers March" .... Schumann Cradle Song ............W Weber
 Fillmore F'rasch Piano Boat at Sea ....... .Concone
 Helen Perry. Song of the Lark .Tschaikowsky
 Eloise Leppla. Gavotte Bach Tarantella Mueller
 Cecil Talney. Dance Waltz, c sharp minor r-... Chopin
 Dorothy Stauffer