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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-29
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A FAvoRlTE POEM LITTLE
BOY BLUE.
From Lagrange Graphic.

From Lagrange Graphic.
Naturally enough the patlos Of Eu
gene Fields Little Boy Blue" won
its place in the recent b2lloting for
fayorite poems by Progressive Farm
g. readers: aud mention Of it also
calls to mind the unforgcttabIc pas
GO in David iIarum" wtcrc the old
man says; When | lost my little boy
didn't only lose him IS, he vas, bu'
| ben losip' him oyer an over agin
all these years. What he'd a ben
when he was SO old; an what when
he'd got to be big boy. an what
he'd e. ben when he went mebbe to
college; an what he'd a ben aftcr
wards, up L now Of course the times
when man stuffs his face down into
The pliers nights, passes, after a
while but while the's some sorro's
that the Happenings O things helps
We to forget, guess the's some that
the Happenings O things keeps ye re-
memberin', an losin' child's one on
en-. The famous Little Boy Blue"
poem follows:
The little toy dog is covered with dust
But sturdy and staunch he stands;
and the little toy soldier is red with
rust
And his musket moulds in his hands.
Time was when the little toy dog was
new,
And the soldier was passing fair,
Md that was the time when our Little
Boy Blue
Kissed them and put them there.
Now, don't you 80 till | come" he
said,
And don't You make any noisc.'
SO, toddlnig off 10 his trundle.bed,
He drcampt of the pretty toys;
And, as he was dreaming, an angel
song
Awakened or Little Boy Blue
OH the years are many. The years
are long,
But the little toy friends are true!
Ay, faithful to Little Boy Blue they
stand,
Each in the same old place
waiting the touch of a little hand
The smiles Of little face;
And they wonder as waiting the long
years through
In the dust of that little chair,
What has become of our Little Boy
Blue.
Since he kissed them and put them
there
Eugene Field
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-29
OFFICIAL ORGAN CRISP COUNTY

Keep Tie filo Jb4p away from
crate fires that are exposed They
tnl Ougi ,tlaqst94s rq'pe.ip. betoo;
You have an idea that such a thing
is possible Every fire place should
ljayc its guard if there is Il little fcI-
Ipw about She household.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-29
WHERE HOKE FAILED

From the Naldosta Times.
In Senator Hoke Smiths Macon
speech, he denounced the Macon Tele-
graph as IA liar" and also dared
any man to stand within six feet oi
him ard make the charge the Tele
graph made" The telegraph made
q rather dignided reply, TO his bclIig
ercnt threat and, in the courcs of tn
analysis Of his speech, 1t said:
mo finer example, no more perfect
specimen Of the smart and trickelF
dcmagogy of the senior senator from
Georgia has cySr* been sgivcn than
this attempt by citing this nebNlous
cEimorical draft as good one TO cater
favor with the sensible and patriotic
people who are demanding there be
a better plan than the present one
advanced before this one is rejected
He carts in plan already abandoned
even by its own sponsors-and says
hos for that!
That is all .he sad 10 offer his au-
dicncc save the customary IIardWick
ian tactics Of labelling his own def
nitions and IDEAS strictly and eXcIus
lively American and raucously demand
jig all uu-Amcricans in his audience
70 stand up, and taking the silence to
make it appear he is in perfect agree
mont with all his audience and they
with him, Not a word of explanation
of the fact that in this country every
pro-IIm, every Bol5hcvik, every Sim
FeineE every party-drivcu RepubIi-
can, every Wilson hatcr. every Wat
Sol'''e' ana oh'y 'nreo oih'r Demo
'r'''c senators see '0'S issue as ne
does. Not 4 word OF explanation in
'cFard 10 no" any covenant Tor tue
preservation of International peace
may De effective without an Article
Ten or some provision that Will do its
work
Instead 4 great to do about mild
reservations aud amendments to
which there is no really wide spread
opposition, aud which is the real meat
of the covenant would be agreed to
by him and his ilk there would be no
trouble in writing in, came rolling
from him-a man Of straw in its en-
f,,,,. ,,..t.. 49,.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-29
KEEP BUSY IN teoo

The country is suffering from many
an i'll aud the complications seem
ever insre}sing. While troubles thus
multiply. work and keep the home
fires burning. Let no one able to
work remain idle in the dominion
ever which you preside Make every
pdividual earn his board, and keep
20 ,mattcr what station he occupies.
u he is able, let him toll tin hunger
Is easily satisfied with plain, whole
so9es fsO9, III the sleep OF eN1aus,
doH Brings sweet rest Turn the
YlScS ,of industry in this manner.
ind at the end Of the year, the divid-
erthE The earnings in your kingdom
viii be such as will invite content
hcnt and happiness and YOU and
yours .can smile on a restless world,
rocked and tossed with strife and
discomfort.
On every farm the bead of N" ea-
terprise has new resolution Of 1920
Ii The gospel OF work which should
ba read Ia every iudiXi,iual ;.blo Ia
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-29

The Ameril hn anti-saloon workers
must be getting in on the English
nerve, 4 town in the old country
lays claim to the distinction that il
has been sober five years. Wher'
whisky is sold and the anti.saloon
yorker is nuisance, th9t seems in
deed an deal place.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-29

Lloyd GGofge gave expression to
bis disappointment at party warfare
p the treaty fight in the United
states senate and termed folly
P'his great English statesman has
eeen where politics is seriously
fandicapping world reconstruction
TO far as this country is concerned.
Dur mischief makers have disgust.
fd the whole world,
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-29

Wide scarfs OF sable arc made
with outside pockets, afteer the fash
ion of WOODEN sport scarfs. The wool
en- scorfs, by the way come in great
cr variety than ever bcfore-and
more charming variety too They are
soft and wide and in lovely color
contributions, sometamer I'm stripes.
sometimes simply in pleaded wcay
ing Of different colorcd threads.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-29

IDISTINCT PRINT
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-29

That ship engineer who wanted
Jam wasn't worth a d--n. He isn't
lct, pover was, and never will be
Members Of the crew and passengers
iboard tell remarkable story of
low this man came near letting the
Eessel founder while clamoring for
h M, and fussing because he could
Dot get jam.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-29

Members of the Associated Press
The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use for republication
Of all news dispatches credited to it
or no: ,arthcrwisc credited in this pa
per and also the local news published
herein.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-29

The great Hog Island plant has
sent It's seventy-o' nth ship to sea
I've wasted millions ON that enter.
prise, so it was asserted, some
months ago. And in the wasting We
accidentally put ourselves in line
for keeping company with other
larger powers on the seas. Hog Is
l1nd ship building looks great to us.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-29

A little sugar and vinegar added to
anything that is too salty will cor
rect the sadness.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-29
Rheumatism

is completely washed out Of h. system III
the celebrated Sbiyar Mineral Mater. r r
;li,cIy guaranteed by moncy,back otter
ra.,re fine; COSTS triGc Delivered any
r,bcre Inv our Cordelc Agents, Hear" Grc
ccry Go. Phone them.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-29

THAN
e WHISkEY FOR
COLDS AND FLU

New Elixir, Called Aspiron-
al, Medicated With Latest
! Scientific Remedies, Used
I and Endorsed by Euro
pean and American Army
Surgeons to C1t Short .
!, Cold and Prevent CoInpli-
! cations.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-15
WORK OUT YOUR OWN PROBLEMS;
DO NOT BE JUST A POLL PARROT

EVERY country and every community has its parrots
Il There who repeat what they hear other men
say and believe they giving voice profound truth
Everywhere hear them In the pulpit the public
platform IN the newspapers and the soap box these
parrots harTaugung the mutudes with sophstres and
proverbs.
1t has been estimated by educators that less than three
percent Of The people Of the world do their thinking
OF their Own investigating We have organized insti-
tutons in such way that have to take other peoples
word for many things We accept the statement that the
world is round that Columbus discovered America that
Pixies Peak is more than 1900 feet high there is
limit beyond which should not accept the authority Of
others. Politics is case IN point
Most Of believe what believe about everything
believe because somebody told US it and
enough TO dispute what told It is mighty fine
thing investigate and know Of ones own knowledge as
the lawyers say The Libraries are full Of books The
magazine stands covered with periodicals Of course
supposed to take for granted what their pages
tain But BY applying to many comments we can
dig out the facts among the Then there is
opportunity out in the open for end of original inquiry
It is so easy to accept opinions made for that
carry our lazness into every department Of lives
This, and not the fear respect have for rulers why
follow the whs Is reasonably intelligent and in
ensely emphatic. This is why incline to follow the
demagog who shouts that he knows rather than the hum
BE investigator who isn't Nothing inspires conf
denee much as confidence.
But if ever to be more than ordinary people,
living working, dying, must develop the corTugations
little IN that gray found growing the
nit Of the spinal column. Then ven get crackers
than the other parrots who able only to little
and mimic their supenors.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-15
France To Buy Grains
Ind Machfneru Here

Paris. France. Dec. 15.-France
must spend 100000. 900 francs In the
United States during the coming year
on wheat cotton. oats. coal and ma
'chinery. says Eugene Schneider. who
has just returned from a mission on
behalf OF the government 70 the
United States.
The American state. as a govern
ment," the Journal quotes him as say
ing, cannot and viii not advance
this sum-
American commerce and industry
are not responsible for the exchange
rate They are upset by conditions
business
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-15
Little IneTUieDs.
Coin In Salvation Army Kettle Means Some Christmas Cheer
Junior Chamber OF Commerce Destined To Become Force

two men drove I'D in an automobile
One OF the men was deputy Sheriff
and the other was well armed with
f0rty-fives. The man who was NOT q
lovingly and said he lowed as how
I had better come with him 10 see
his sick daughter out In the hills.
You may believe me I went"
$s#
Il notice that the Salvation Army
has put out its Christmas kettles, %
said n B. McClOud- and I think that
everyone should help by dropping as
much as possible IN the pot ] have
recently been watching q Salvation
Army sunday school room They are
gathering up the poor children who
VIII have but little Christmas and
arranging a program for them. and It
Is surprising the JOY with which the
youngsters enter into the spirit OF
the thing. They sing Justify and are
loarh 10 leave when the practice Is
finished Any organization that brings
as much joy and cheer into poor
homes on Christmas as does this one.
deserves the support OF every man.
woman and child who has a nickel 10
spare
Recently I was talking to some
army men in san Antonio" said Wal
ter Davis. tand they told me that Fl
point along the border in case Of
trouble with Mexico. They declared
that IL was their opinion. for this
reason, that Fort Bliss viii continue
TO be enlarged and will become the
greatest military post in the south
west Already the ordnance depart
ment has established a large depot
mere and other units are charging
their quarters and supply warehouses
u seems 70 me that with the railroad
lines IS they are into Mexico. FL Pa5o
should be the commercial outlet in
comm rcial matters as well as q
point OF strategy IN military matters.
Two lines, which reach the heart Of
chihuahua, run into Juarez- I look
FOR big future for this town, IN
'ennection with the gradual pacifying
OF Mexico"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-15
Stop Jay Driving Here.

THE motoE-hauled portion Of the public should be given
few lessons in jay-drving Jay driving more
than driving the wrong side Of the street turning at
the wrong place. although It certainly includes these But
reckless and speedy driving Of large trucks IS TO
this city and a constant menace to life and limb.
Most Of the automobile owners use Judgment when
they drive But Of truck drivers 60 dashng and
numbering through the streets apparently without regard
for safety anywhere Many accidents have resulted lately
from this daredevil driving.
On December 10 q man was mashed against brick
wall due to the caressuess Of truck driver who forced
another moors to turn abruptly aside at this place and
collide with the victim The method employed by the
Chicago pola would probably be great benefit to the jay
motorists Of Fl Paso and the public at large. This
method consists taking the careless drivers to the
orEues and undertaking Of the cities and showing
them their victims they Ee prepared for burial 1t has
been found that tp TO the morgue IS enough for any
jay driver Afterward he drives with infinitely more eau
ton.
FL Paso needs traffic rules, they should be en-
acted II better enforcement is needed few motorcycle
patromen on the job for jay drivers and sPeeders could
help the situation some.
toOthpick brought back a soldiers voice. It also
brings back the memory Of the good old days.
Christmas needs more than candles It needs kids to
make It q success.
A widow movs her weeds sooner than she used to.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-15

@TTTHEN a person drops a coin in
VI the salvation Army kettle he
puts food IN hungry mouth or places
a toy in the hands Of some little poor
boy or girl who wouldn't have been
given any" said adjutant Edgar L.
Harris Of the salvation Army. Eve
are going 70 try to see to It that ev-
err little boy and girl IS given a toy
OF q doilie or something OK the kind.
The high cost OF living has made
It impossible for hundreds OF persons
to buy the least Christmas cheer.
VIII tell you about one case which IS
typical A woman came 70 ne yester-
day and told me that her husband
had just been discharged from the
army. that he had a fob and would be
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-15
The Irish Question.

THE trouble with taking sides the Irish question in
this country IS that few Of know all Of the argu-
meuts for and against the cutting loose Of Ireland by
Great Britain Most people who English or not
preudced N favor Of England predoed in favor
Ireland Nobody who hasn't special not to
Ike Ireland help liking her. The Irish most like
able people There is nothing wouldn't be willing to
DO for them that unless had prejudice Of race
creed against them
Loving the Ish however and coming out fatfooted in
favor Of establishing Irish republic is another matter
Home rule is different thing Most persons are willing
to admit that England has right to interfere
the purely local affairs Of Ireland than the Of Texas
has to interfere in the strictly local affairs Of FL Paso
But If FL Paso county, with its majority of Mexican in
habtants, should demand to be allowed to cut loose from
Texas the United States with their msjorties of
Americans would any foreign nation be justified in Tecog
nizing independence?
Ireland could be and possibly should be accorded the ut
most autonomy the matter Of religion, domestic affairs
and matters of But the question is: Is Ireland
bound to Great Britain by economic and political ties
which have right to insist be severed?
America should be much better informed the British
Irish question before she takes sides SympahiZe
nay, should official national endorsement
Of Ireland demands until the of England made
lost beyond any reasonable doubt And then
may be Of our business
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-15
NEW CUSTOMS COLLECTOR
TAKES CHARGE AT UAREZ

Juarez has a new collector Of Gus
toms He IS J. Felipe Vale. exgov-
ernor Of the state OF Colima He
came in Saturday night and relieves
Gen Marcelino Murrista-
The new collector customs SAYS he
has not yet had time TO look over
the situation in Juarez. but expects to
conduct a businesslike administra-
ton He was at one time head Of
a college IN his native state. He said
ColLma was practically free from
bandits when he left. but that there
were two leaders with about 20 men
between them who are giving some
trouble.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-15
~ . T. rAAaEl1s
In the Little Country Town.

OUT in the little country town
" Where Tom and Dick and George
and BIZ
Are watched. while passing up and
down.
By girls who blush and girEle still
There Isn't much TO cause concern
No Wild excitement or unreHfr
Few people claim Whuf Others earn.
Or have ambitions such as burn
Within the hlEh-b0rn chieftainfs
ireass.
GIN WATSON runs the jitne bus,
His daughter = the judges wife;
With Few complaints and little fuH1
He does his Wori{s enjoying life!
Joe ThaFer's Gen estnuruuf f. not
A ElitterinE or n spacious hall.
But Joe appears TO Ike HIS lots
The whole town knows and loves him
what
Should please a man more. after
am
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-15
Ripping Rhymes
The Wolf

wolf Is at the door, my friends the wolf door, by day and
An ms howl ascendss likewise his snaing
e 70 on and kept the brute but such
endless
night bit all thoughts
~ 10 ouIn lad II quite stores
l earn the CON to buy
@ Hlla one to although his children
o. there
a leo wight Who doesn't and play The
Vol ne Vo Is at the door, and I've mutton
store ny vie insists he ouools dimes but work
and weeping wnd their something we've ougTn in these
but have stll gasoline, the hang
Copyright by George Matthew Adams WALT MASON.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-15
HIRAM JOHNSON FORMALLY
ANNOUNCES FOR PRESIDENT

Washington D. C., Dec 15.-Sena-
tor Hiram ". Johnson. Of California.
announced formally that he would Be
a candidate for the Republican nomf-
nation for the presidency. The sena-
tor said he would make a personal
campaign in every state, explaining
shat he did not intend to have rs
candidacy determined by "poiiticfans
in convention"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-15
.Crew Abandons Steamer
In Sinking Condition

Halifax, n. s. Dec. 15-The crew
OF the steamer Messina, abandoned
in a sinking condition Saturday 40
miles off the New Foundland coast
is safe on board the steamer Regina
bound for Boston, according TO wire
less dispatches received here today
The Aessins, owned by the Gulf Line
Ltd, was bound from st. John, y. b
for Antwerp.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-15

The following came in tOday's HI
DEAR X. C. B.
TIE OTHER day.
WAS A cold day
AND THE sky was gray.
AND ! was blue
AND THE boss told me.
THAT had TO 90 out
TO SELL to a man
WHO OWNED a bank.
SOME MORTGAGE bonds
THAT he didn't want
AND I had a Crouch
AND NEARLY 4 toothaehs.
AND A murderOus mind.
AND met a man.
WHO WAS totally blind
AND WHO walked along
WITH his head held high.
AND A springy step
AND a Jolly smile.
WHILE HE tapped the walk.
WITH A good stiff cane.
AND wmsTLED Bubbles"
AND ! stopped the man.
AND sAIDi Ny friend
will YOU please tel me.
-wHAT Y Is In the world
THAT GIVES you eheerr
AND THE blind man laughed.
AND SAID to ne.
WHY I have a wife
-wHo IS good and true
@AND ] have my health
@AND An appetite
AND A soldier son
-FRon OVER there
-AND WHAT in the world
could ANY one ask.
THAT IS more than that"
AND went away.
AND INTO the hank.
AND SAW my man.
AND he had a Crouch.
FOR HE only growled.
WHEN / spoke to him.
OF THE mortgage bonds
AND THEN ] told.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-15
b D1CCRNB BURCH

OUR North American Indians used
" 20 believe that the world was
dark before the sun was made Each
tribe. however. held its own theory
as 70 how the sun was made The
northwest tribes believed that a "a
ven. their supreme deity one day hit
upon the sun quite accidentally and
realizing its probable value to man.
beast and plant alike. set it in the
heavens where It has ever since re-
NAMED
The Eooteuay Indians believe the
sun to have been created out OF a ball
Of grease.
Primitive tribes do not agree re-
Eardlng the sex OF the sun. moon and
stars. The Eskimo made the sun the
elder sister OF the moon. while the
Indians thought the moon a man and
the sun his wife.
The reason that today the sun Is al
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-15
Little Interviews.

paid soon. but that the money would
only buy a little food and pay the
! rent and not all Of the necessary bills,
and that she wouldn't have a cent 20
Z buy a Toy or q doll Tor her three lit
: tie children. We Investigated. Her
story vas true, and we are gong 10
see thar these children are provided
with toys.
I'VE are not going to serve a cooked
dinner at the hall When we find a
man who is hungry and needs food
we are going TO give him a ticket
which VIII enutie him TO a good
meal at a resta urant. At the Eall we
are going tc have 2 kind Of a cafe
terra we are going 10 give each
poor and needy person a check which
tells what kind Of groceries are need
ed and specifies what kind of toys
are 20 be given Everything viii be
placed on a table and everybody viii
be given what he or she needs most
in the way Of food ana toys. They
VIII take the food home and prepare
il themselves
we are investigating every case
There VIII be no applications Where
other organizations VIII give help we
viii not enter. Other Examinations
are furnishing food and clothes. but
particularly this Christmas viii we
work among the children who would
not have any Christmas or Santa
Claus were it not for the kettles on
There viii be no soliciting for
funds II you want to help the Saliva
ton army drop your contribution into
the kettele. Three kettles in one DAY
brought in SIS We are going TO put
out another kettle We hope to raise
$500 for Christmas By the use OF
the kettles on the corners The Sal
walton army viii have a tree at its
hall. 10 san Jacinto street It viii
be Christmas eve. Then candy ami
nuts, but no toys viii be given the
poor. We win give the toys and food
to the poor for Christmas on Wednes-
day"
Il believe that the junior chamber
OF commerce is destined 20 become a
great force in the community" said
Manuel Schwartz. in this organfza-
ton the young business men OF the
city can get excellent training in the
management Of civic affairs and in
The handling OF their own business
interests Every young man in FL
Paso VIII be better off BY Joining this
organization and thus contributing
MS share to the future building Of the 4
city"
The most urgent cali I ever had
as physician" said Dr. r. J. Stroud I
Of Gleeson. Arizona ..Tvas when I w. 4
asked % visit sick girl 40 miles .
away ] was closing my office for 4
me cay and starting for home when /
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-15

Those Of US who headlines the stories about
the Cudahy kidnapping would be grateful if the dispatches
telling of the victims approaching marriage didn't remind
that it all happened 10 years ago.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-15

Cork IS the outer layer OF the bark
OF a certain oak flourishiug in south
eru France
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-15

An oil stock riddle Why It that stocks IN companies
that haven't even drilled sell for the market than
others which getting half their capitalization back
every month IN production?