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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-03-10
ropDREssiNe SMALL GRAINS

Now is the time topdress small
grains. Experiments with topdressers
are now being conducted at Georgia
Experiment Station. The two most
common topdress ers are sulphate of
Ammonia and nitrate Of soda. Seven
ty-five pounds of sulphate of ammonia
contains as much plant food as one
hundred pounds of nitrate Of soda,
At the present prices pound Of nit
rogen can be purchased more cheaply
rs sulphate of ammonia than in the
form of nitrate Of soda.
The additions of topdressers to oats
is particularly effective. Where sui
plate of ammonia was used at the
rate Of seventy-five pounds per acre
the yield was increased thirty-four
bushels per acre, while one hudreds
pounds if nitrate of soda increased
the yield 2O.7 bus hels per acre, when
used in addition to complete fertili-
GERS When no fertilizer. was applied
at planting time, seventy.five pounds
of sulphate of ammonia incresed the
yield 11.6 bushels, and one hundred
pounds Of nitrate of soda showed a
gain of 7.9 bushels per acre. These
results indicate that it is profitable to-
fertilize oats before planting and to.
topdress early in March.
do not apply the topdresser while,
the blades of the plants are wet, as,
there is a danger Of "scalding," espe-i
.cially with nitrate of soda. A rapid
method of applying the topdres ser Isl
from horseback, carrying the mater!
ial in handle basket on the pommeli
Of the saddle.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-03-10
FARMING REQUIRES BRAINS

There is many man engaged in
farming who has been no further than
his field and back home all his life
that has no knowledge of the amount
of intelligence it requires to conduct
, farming in such a manner as to make
it profitable. Real farming is beaten
into such man only by his neighbor
He reads little and has no means of
finding out how a thing can be done
better except through watching his
neighhor. If he has no progressive
neighbor then he advances,-4no
bit. We have far too many of this
type.
But progressive farming is develop
ing. The farmers in Crisp county who
believe they are really farming today,
will live to laugh at their old methods
The greatest strides forward in farm
ing are due to follow the close of the
war South and Central Georgia are
sections which will experience mar
vellous advancement in the mex de-
cade. The larger farms will vanish
and the small reindependent farmer
will get hold of the lands. AS he comes
to own them, they will be more inten-
sely eveloped and larger acreage will
go under the pillow. There will be more
good farms with less area to each,
and the whole countryside will be,
alive with progressive farming.
Our losses in stumps will be reclaim
ed in the clean, we'll broken lands
for the crops will be made by other
methods than by the "Nigger and the
mule" That implement is going fast
and will soon be supplanted by mod
ern machinery which Will save mules
and "niggers" Intelligence will begin
to develop more largely and more ex.
tensively and the educated man will
turn to the farm with an aim of oc.
cupation
Farming of the days to come will
have the brains to make up for that
so badly needed now Long years of
toll without training is waste of hui
man energy, and yet how many of
US keep on down the road at the old,
pace; Farmers boy, your calling is
good one, but promise yourself to get
an education, Get 1t before you start
your career, The vacation is worth it.
Your ability to do something will re.
quire it, Your life will be circumscrib-
ed without it!
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-03-10

. Moultrie shipped thirty cars of sweet
potatoes to eastern and northern
markets last week, at a good price,
of course. A great tonnage of sweet
potatoes is going out of Colquitt
county to market The farmers OF
Crisp couny have an equal opportun-
ity to make aud sell sweet potatoes.
The potato warehouse is a thing we
must have and and our farmers are
the proper persons to see that this Is
established. Potatoes bring good
prices in midwinter and they can be
kept at very small percentage of loss
in the potato drying house. When the
whole United States begins calling
for the southern sweep potatoes, why
not supply the demand?
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-03-10

President Wilson may be able to
handle many things successfully in
the final disposition of the great war,
but it he has to deal with, Russia,
everybody, friend and enemy alike,
will want to know what he can do
with that problem. Every day it be-
comes more and more apparent that
Rus STA is not solVable.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-03-10
.SPEEDERS GOT IT
/. r HOTFROM COURT
MAYOR LAND WAS BUSY HAND.
ING OUT STANDARD CHARGE

Mayor Land was busy this morning
hearing explanations from the speed
ers and following these kindly rea-
sons with the usual fine of $500
He got four right rapidly--in fact, so
rapidly that three more had to have
their cases continued There were
seven speeders UP and not one of
got away.
|, Other offenses were heard during
the session of police court, but the
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-03-10

Looking for some fair weather now.
II is time for change. We have had
more rain this year than has come to
us in similar period in five years.
The fields are too wet for farming and
all farm activities are practically at a
standstill.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-03-10

New Zealand planters have succeed
grade from experimental plantations
ed in producing rubber of a very high
in the Fiji Islands.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-03-10

OF European invention is a metal
hot water bottle, so hinged at the
center as ii fit human curves with
dgree of comfort.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-03-10
0taps ThA Tickle

Heals the Throat and Cures THE Cough
HAYES HEALING HONEY Price
96c A free box Of O-PEN-TRATE
SALVE for Chest Colds, Head Colds
and Group is enclosed with every
is enclosed with every bottle.-Tu-Th
Dottls Mon We-Fri.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-09-02
Ethel ClaytOn's
Beautiful Complexion

That Spl, rdIh actress now appearing
under ~" r.,ram"unt htnncr Is famous
for her l"..utifWl complexion. She at
tribute, her wonderful skin u the VS." of
= simple toilet artI"l" called llrrwiil".
There - nothing lik" Il for tan. frrCklrS,
shiny nuS". Sallnw. darn, Rough skin.
It taxes IN" plac" "f fa"" Powder, stays
on better. rs pCrsp!ratlun docs not at
f,,t 4 and Il Instantly b"nut!ti"s tin"
r"mpIrNInn. hnr Application proves Il
If Won want Il ME, hlN-wh!t," skin with
rosy ,,hcrkS get Il hnttl" of lI"rwlll"
To-day. You VIII hr delighted Dcdwlll"
Is sold At all up-to-da;" toilet counters
IL sur" 10 Rad larg" Anu0urr"n"nt "I
Miss t'laNtun's """U {" appear III TINS
paurr Ii tells how t. instantly have
beautiful rnfnple>ion aud Il soft. white
>-lvrty skin everyone Just loves to
touch"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-09-02
POLICE P|CKUPS

4 man giving tn" name "' l.. IT,
T'hm,l,r,un. TRAVELLING salesman. Of Clrve-
Land VAS arrested at midnight last
might. lay uffirrr Dixon. on charge or
disnrd"rly conduct. The man IL said tn
have rrs,yIt"dm"vinE his automobile
from in nont Of well known cum
house when requested to #" 50 and
Threatened to "cICan up" on DIXON.
Jack bradley got down n Eff and
Seventeenth street. under IN" influence
If an overload Of liquor. officer stan
ley locked him up.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-09-02
For MISS Dowler.

Mrs. Harry SPEARS Vii entertain
,uiuh,r Of TRENDS I'M a:i'rnoUn NJ her
L,.r,l, uu oak av,uu". Echo Point. COM
rIirnrrr!r- Mss li".'i" Nam nnWirr.
whose Wedding L. Mr. Earl" Eush"y
VII J.. snlurnI2"J tn" i"nth Of THIS
month The affair VIII b" IN The nature
ur a porch party and r'"dl"w"rk ana
knitting will occupy IN" carly hours.
Later :, delicious Luncheon VIII ," >"rN-
81 with very lovely appointments aHpAf-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-09-02
DEDRCTG- EFT J.
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-09-02
Epvorth League Picnic

The III, rnhcrs If the EpwOrth l."aEl"
&C. The ri,urti, street VI. T.. church en-
,.y,d 4 dcIIEhtful outing yesterday al
rhr summer hom" ut Mr.. l.. J. Colts. at
MI. Il,asln,. OHIO. The pnrty l"tt thH
city Carly yesterday morning and tho
day was spent III varied dIFcrSlonS'
which wrr" supplemented hy the serving
of n basket dinner and supper In Inc
evening transformations toast and a corn
roast was enjoyed.
l.,lnl
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-09-02
AUTO STRIKES GIRL;
DRIVER KEEPS G0Iku
Police Searching for Nan Who injured
Martins Ferry Girl at 1nd OF
Steel Bridge.

The police are searching Tor the
driver Of an automobile which struck
Miss Bcuiah Raw ley. aged 20. Of Mar
tins Ferry. yesterday. The accident. oc]
cured at the Main street end OF the
Steel bridge at noon. The driver dia,
WAS injured.
Miss Rawlcy's shoulder was cut and
she was badly bruised. but her In.
jurics are not Of a character that VIII
b., dangerous. II Is said.
This il the second case In as many
dals, where Il chauffeur has driven on
.lttrr striking a pedestrian. The other
case occurred in South Wheeling Sunday
evening when a IIoldcrman boy was run
down and his leg broken in two places.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-09-02
AipSSFS
Cotulion Club.

Tho opening dane" Of the popuIn,
C'utIll.ou club viii he held NJ III" '"rroll
club auditorium on M"nda? "N'''"s'
September S. Tn" AUDITORIUM wiz Nv
n, autIfullv decorated for III" occasion
,,rI M tnuh, the usual large crowd
will Ne IN attendance. Music for the
.ycnjnr VIII be- furnished By RCntlcldS
orchestra.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-09-02
he KNE ".

Sunday School Tcachcr-"Where do
all little boys and Girls go to who DO.
no, put their pennies in the collection,
box"
Pupil-"Plcasc. MIN to the pictures.
Paterson PrcsS-Guardian-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-09-02

! ccrrcc Tarx and his sister l."n'''
II,rr If Newark, g.. are spending u f."
! DAYS in this city aS the guest OIL r'I'-
! tiN"s.
Mrs. T. Diamond and children har" 70
! turned "a their home in washington i"''
after a weeks visit her with r"latlr'S'
Mr. and Mrs t. {. Taylor. OF S"n'h
Wnuds street havo returned home arc?
ia visit with relatives in III" lower part
J OF tn" state.
i Mr., and Mrs Molly R"rham. Of Pom
,roy. O.. ar" the guests Of relatives Oh
the South Side.
Mrs charles Eo"mcr and daughter.
Miss Dorothy. Of cumberland. Md. arr
| tho guests of Mrs. j. Il. Garden. or
North Main street.
Mr. and Mr.. Harry Nichols. jr.. hay"
motorcd to Gainesville. IA. wh"r" th"F
Will visit relatives. Th"y Will u" "'-
| compaul.d HON" by thor mother. Mr..
| Harry Nichols. ST. villa. has been VISIT
| inr there for som" tmr.
Misses Mublr and Stella k'ind"'h"rG"r
! and Mrs. Charles Hi,urn'rmrm HAY" re-
Turned ~ their HON" "u North Mtu'
strc.r. after spending ~" past ten dave
with rr!rnLa IN ,'l"N'lH'.d. OHIO.
LOUIS H.p:"l form riy IL IA" 'l"v' o
! land Plain B"al.r spent Labor Day VIA
| friend" ia IA" cry.
Miss I'nrotny lry.u has returned =
| Spri',Sdnl'. a:Icr SpcndrHr n" w. K-'h@
ga :Il>'"rel Ne. tn" EG':i # fr ends.
| Oliver "r",c" I'rlur If Nhruu. OHIO
! Is l..Itrn:: ms mother at Srgma r"nS.
! Elm ':r",".
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Emn"rth and
| party hnv. returned from Gn ">t"nd"d
auto tour ~ Pennsylvania.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-09-02
Theatcr Party.

Misses Elizabeth and GcrtuG" burns.
or I.rt,hurrh vino are til" guests 81
Miss Frances Wood. "t raihcr"""u'
,yrrr ru,nIlim, with ih"ai"r parry
given hy Misses lace Anna and f!l%ap"'h
Uuhh,-I Yesterday afternoon TIL" party
ma, r,d tn tl, Colonial. and following
,n- 1trturc cnJoN"d lnn"h""n at one
If tho ,r!lls Included in the party
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-09-02

party for Visitors.

Miss I.cr"na S,'h'nk has ISSUED !hElIh-
,,,ns for 4 card party which Will b"
ri,,u at her h"tur ~ l."ath"rw""d
Ny,.,1r,sd,r ,>rurnE r"InrIm"n,inE her
,;si,nr Miss May E",l"u. Of Jackson
,Il. Fla. Several h"urs VIII h" de-
,.,,,-I +, m, fusrrrrtlIug game Of bridge
and appr"rrlntr jriZ'S ~Ili h" AWARDED
,b,e, ATTAINING tho highest S'ur"S. f"I-
loving the games. dainty iun'h'"tt
will b. ~,rN'd
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-09-02
AWARDS MADE IN
YV0MEN'S DEPT.

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,..... r,r..rr 81 -" W.T. N!r...lin = 80"
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-09-02

The enrly beginners will be the happy
frishcrs in the IntelliEcnsers Autono-
bile and Diamond campaign.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-06-26
CHURCH WEDDING

Miss Olga Miller of this city and
Mr. Alex Gellerman of Kellner were
united in marriage, Thursday after
noon, June 10Th, at 2:30 o'clock at
the East Side Lutheran church, Rev
F. w. Pautz officiating. They were
attended by the Misses Clara Kallieh
of this city and Anna Bormaster of
Chicago as bridesmaids and Henry
and John Miller of this city as best
men. The bride was prettily gowned
in white silk and carried bouquet
of white roses The bridesmaids wore
dresses of pale blue and carried white
carnations. After the ceremony a
wedding supper was served to few
relatives and friends at the home of
the brides father, Fred Miller on
Tenth street south.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gellerman are well
known in this city and Kellner and
their many friends extend congratu-
lations. They will reside at the home
of the brides father.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-06-26
DILLINGHAM; PETERSON
n u p T A L S

Miss Ethel Dillingham; of this city
and Mr. Helmer NJ. Peterson of Mill
stone, Wis, were united in marriage
at the Methodist church at $50
o'clock Tuesday morning, June "a,
1919, Rev. C. F. Ludwig officiating.
They were attended by the Misses
Alice Shaw and Irene Wipperman as
bridesmaids, and Messrs. j. Dillingham;
and F. B. Dilamerter as best men. The
bride was prettily gowned in blue taf-
feta and carried bouquet of roses.
Miss Alice Shaw wore a dress of tan
silk and Miss Irene Wipperman a blue
silk gown and both carried roses. At
ter the ceremony a wedding break
fast was served to a few friends and
relatives at the home of the brides
parents Mr. and Mrs. George Dill
lingham at 1868 Baker street after
which the newly weds left for Marsh
field where they will spend a few
days. They will make Grand Rapids
their home, Mr.. Peterson being en-
ployed here. Mr.. and Mrs Peterson
have the best wishes of their many
friends for a long and happy welded
! life
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-06-26
HANDSOME
bronze CLOCK

The pedestrians who travel on Vine
and Second streets discovered a hand
some bronze clock installed on the
northwest corner of the Wood Coun-
ty National Bank building Sunday
morning, June 22nd. Everybody is
highly pleased with this useful time
piece.
The clock is fastened to the build
ing with heavy steel braces. The clock
is twelve feet high. The four dial
plates are each two and one-half feet
in diameter The white dial with the
black figures can be seen and read sev
cral blocks away. 1t is electric light
ed and operated. At night it can be
seen for long distance.
Have you seen it? How do you like
it? If it keeps good time it will prove
to be very valuable to the travelling
public e,1d IN only d short TINS the
people will depend upon it as. a time
regulator. 1t can be easily read up
and down on Vine and Second streets.
This clock was installed at consider
able expense but will prove to be very
serviceable and an excellent advertise
ment for the banking institution which
installed it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-06-26
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR MEETING

The young people of the Christian
Endeavor Society of the Congrega-
tional church have novel and unique
plan for increasing its membership
md usefulness to the church. Every
Sunday evening Immediately after
he weekly devotional meeting light
refreshments are served only to
hose in attendance at the full forty
i've minute devotional meeting. An
Increase in attendance of twenty-five
percent has been recorded since this
olan was put into operation. It is
he intention of the society to con-
tinue it's meetings thruout the sum-
mer. A committee consisting of the
Misses Minnie Hentschel and Mildred
Wright and Max Smart prepared and
7erved the refreshments last Sun
lay evening. The Misses Catherine
Gee and Doris Norton and Margaret
Smart will serve on June 29th.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-06-26
WHAT IS A PUBLIC
HEALTH INSTRUCTOR?

She is a new type of public health
worker, trained with these facts in
mind-the public health work is pri-
marily educational work, that it con-
cerns itself with the causes of disease
rather than with the disease rather
han with the cure of disease, except
as curing individual cases of disease
IS incidental to preventing the spread
of disease and to the promotion of in
lividual and community health, and
hat public health worker must be a.
oove all things an educator.
She is the latest Development in the
public health program to provide
communities with the service of train
ed health workers.
She represents an intelligent effort
to meet the constantly increasing de
mand for trained health experts botf
n city and rural communities.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-06-26

| I091,7 to be spent in the three years
1920, 1921, and 1922, for highway con-
struction. The state is required to e.
quail this amount. To dc this, a bill
has been passed by the legislature pro-
viding for the levying of tax of ST.
100000 available fer use in the three
years, 1920, 1921 and 1922, and making
a total of s5,l00,000. As in the orig
inal State Trunk Highway Act, the
counties are required to raise an equal
amount making a total of S15,275, 1853
made this available by the present
Legislature for construction on the
State Trunk Highway System, the fed
eral government, the state, and the
counties each paying one third. AS
under the act of two years ago noted
above, S5,776,248 was made available
this means total of S21 ,051 COG spent
or to be spent on State Trunk High
way construction in the years 1918 to
1922 inclusive.
The State Trunk Highway Act of
1917 marked the beginning. 1t gave
US the skeleton of "a great state high
way system, provided for the road
provided for the patrol main
tenance, and made available the ini
tial appropriation for construction.
The additional appropriation will en-
able construction to be pushed rapid
ly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-06-26
DISABLED SOLDIERS RUN THE
GAMUT OF OCCUPATIONS
IN THEIR CHOICE OF RE-
EDUCATION COURSES

| Washington, D. C.-Every man to
his own taste.
You don't know how many occupations
there are open to disabled and handi-
capped men until you see the list of
those which have been chosen by the
disabled soldiers who are training with
the Federal Board for Vocational Ed
ucation.
If the disabled soldiers choice is
indicative of the trend there is no need
to worry about getting men back to
the land. They choose the land by
hundreds, and agriculture leads in the
courses they ask for But they don't
all want to farm Here is one taking
a course in Horology, another in Sculp-
ture, and another i'm chemistry. 1t
may be the influence of the Motor
Corps, but auto mechanics is mighty
popular, and the overseas trip has O.
penea the eyes ef some to the oppor-
tunities in foreign trade.
With such steady application and
enthusiasm as these men in training
are showing, old timers in the pro-
fessions they enter must look to their
laurels.
The main Offices of the Board are
at 200 New Jersey Avenue, Washing
ton, D. c., but disabled men can usu-
ally be placed in training in their own
home town, or near enough to enable
them to see the home folks once in a
while.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-06-26
FEMALE SUFFRAGE-AND MALE

A day will dawn in the hereafter
when a legislator at Washington viii
decide to introduce a bill which viii
wreck his career in public life The
attitude will be patriotic, but he will
be conscious that it involves political
suicide.
For this reason he will not take that
attitude until he is ready for political
extinction He will not wreck his ca
reer until he has had all the career he
wants.
Then he will make the sacrifice. He
will introduce a bill excluding litter
ates from the suffrage He will not
discriminate between the sexes; he
will frame his bill so that it will op-
crate against all men and women who
cannot read or write. 4
Thereafter he will not present him
self for reelection. 1t would be waste
of time.
For many years we have been argu-
ing whether women have sense enough
to vote. The argument has at last be-
come so wearisome at Washington that
it has ended in victory for the affir-
native. There is some justification
for it. Some women have sense.
Some men have, also. Some. men
can tell you, without referring to
book, the food values of the chemical
ingredients contained in most articles
Of diet. Also what towns in South A
merica are the best markets for GER
tain manufactured products. And sew
eral other things. They are better
informed than the average. It would
be absurd not to let them vote.
Some women are equally we'll in
formed, and equally well qualified to
vote-more of them than you might
think It seems strange that they have
only just acquired privilege which
has been held promiscuously by drunks
who did not know whether Longfellow
was cocktail or suit of underwear.
Many men and women who have
never read Longfellow, or familiarized
themselves with the commercial situ-
alton in South America are neverthe-
less abundantly qualified to vote. But
it is fair guess that they can all read
and write.
Yet there are male and female vo-
ters who can do neither. Women have
now obtained this privilege, and many
of them ought not to have been grant
ed i And there are many men who
ought to be deprived of it; but no po-
litician just now has the nerve to say