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The Cordele dispatch., 1919-12-23

reason for attack on the treaty and
he cannot. He will not present his
real reason.
He and Lodge anG Knox and the
others who are trying to discredit
the president would tell us that they
want the special features of the
treaty and the league which appear
to an advantage. for AneriCa and
Americans, hut they do not want
any portion Of it that would join us
with the other powers in maintain
ing order throughout the world. Is
that the attitude OF statesman? In
the treaty, in the league, ir the con-
ference in Paris, in all celebration? Is
with The statesmen OF Europe what
we wanted was adopted in the treaty
1t is ne wonder that those same
sta tesmcn. with our own president
and our other American statesmen
who sat at the peace table are
shocked beyond measure at the con.
duct of the few in the United senate.
IIokc Smith was one OF the few
that aimed bitterness and spleen at
WILSON and took advantage Of the
treaty ratification to vent in fullest
form Hoke Smith fought Gelmany'e
battles the senate before the war
against England in the cotton en-
barge He fought Germany's battles
after the war in an effort to thwart
ratification of the treaty. And now
while Germany rises to defy us and
the allied powers in a refusal to carry
out the terms of the treaty, Hoke
comes back home and tries to ex-
lplain TO us why he voted against the
treaty He has a task on his hands.
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-12-23

The profiteers are always cltefll
TO get a plausible reason into print
for any unreasonable rise in the
price of u commodity. They tell us
that the unusually heavy export Of
sugar has caused high prices of
sugar. And all that in the face of
strikes Fhat have made shipping al
most impossible. Likewise, all that in
the face OF statement OF the Uni
ted States shipping board that idle
bottoms are giving great concern.
Too many ships are idle to be haul
Ing any great quantity of sugar
apgcAd TIE hest Tefuiatlon, 500.
lies in the fact that sugar is reported
selling in Germany at an equivalent
OF six cents pound in American
money. You poor American victim.
dom you ever get it in your head
that any OF our sugar is goins to
Germany at six cents pound, -
never so long as you can be forced
to pay 35 to 35 cents Il pound for it
at home.
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-12-23

the far ends OF the earth to the
American people. We have contribut-
ed many thousands OF dollars to the
little children in Armenia. not for
S9nta Claus, but for their food sup
plies of the winter. We have done
this often on the assumption that
oppressed Armenia suffered at the
hands Of the cruel Turks
Armenia may suffer from the
Turks, but are not the Turkish
children suffering, too? In the pence
councils where We went to help re-
construct the world after our armies
established record for unselfish,
manly bravery, and a kindly attitude
towhrds the oppressed everywhere,
the Turks, who were everything
but in name our enemy. asked for
an American mandate. That meant
that they would have themselves
directly answerablc to the govern
ment of the United States in future
and until this country was. willing
again to leave them to their own
rule. They still fear that they are
not going to get that mandate. and
the world thinks this county is not
going to accept it.
Turks with simple child faith
would have us point them to our
God The little children want to
pray to the American Santa Claus.
How shall we have them understand
that our little children do not pray
to Santa Claus? How shall we teach
them the difference between the
simple child faith that hangs up
the stocking on Christmas Eve and
that faith that looks higher above
all these things?
How shall we offer an answer TO
the Turks,-to their children who
know just enough of the good in
great, free America to want to pray
to our Santa Claus? There is a
bright day ahead and that day will
ring from us the right answer Has
ten the day when we shall carry
them and all the Old world the mes
sage Cf all messages!
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-12-23
hoKE SMITHS TASK

The friends OF Senator Smith long
ago classed the Dispatch among his
old time enemies. This has made us
mere cautious about what we wrote
with regard To his shameful conduct
In the United States senate with re.
gard to the peace treaty. From one
end OF the state To the other Senator
Smith has been severely handled for
voting with the radical republicans
and fighting the treaty. Even his
friends have looked on In utter dis
gust.
Now he comes in a Macon address
and tells the people he would have
voted for the Wilson draft Of the
treaty. That isn't so, not one word
OF it, 1t is Wilson and the democratic
administration that Smith is fighting
He busted himself praiSing what our
soldiers did in tie World War and
raised enthusiasm over this to top
notch. Any shrewd politician can do
that He has not advanced 8 real
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-12-23

Victor Berger isn't any worse than
SONS of the others In congress. His
record L good one compared with
some late senlte records. Why make
o martyr OF him longer? He has
been reelected to his place. The
country is not going to do that well
by some OF the senators we have
been reading about
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-12-23
THE PARIS RETREAT"

Frank Simonds comes at the truth
Oi the situation in his usual Sun
day dissertation this time not al
together unbiased in manner but bet
ter than heretofore. This writer
like the politicians, has heard
the people. He knows more now of
the country wide wishes of all parties
than he knew some weeks ago. The
Mite conduct of the United States
Senate has made him and those who
played the leading roles there some
wiser
Follow these lines closely and
read them again:
Stated baldly, the situation
in Paris was approximately this:
The president told the people
OF Europe that America was pre-
pared to lay aside her tradition
al policy of ISOLATION. abandon
her customary aloOfness; his
very presence in Paris was Ia
ken as an ultimate evidence OF
an American will TO become Il
partner in world administration.
in new ordering of the world
1t was regarded as proof that
America felt that the war had
imposed upon her a mission,
and that mission was without
| selfish purpose, without any con
cern for private profit, TO work
| for fair peace settlement and
| lend her enormous strength, her
resources in men as well as in
! money, to guarantee the perpet-
uation of that settlement.
In all that he said the presi-
dent at all times was convinced
that he spoke for America. So
were all the Americans who iii
their official capacity went to
the peace conference. So, with,
few exceptions, were all the
! Americans in Paris. All of them
testify to the same state of
facts. American idealism was
again and again on American
lips. Not Il few were unmistak-
ably of the opinion that Ameri-
ca had come to Europe on new
crusade, or an expedition to abol-
standards and replace them with
an American ideal, fortified by
American strength and caleu-
lated to make world peace per
manent
Could any one heat Frank Simond
reciting the purposes for whicl
Americans went To Europe? Certain
ly few have been more capable o
! drawing Il pen picture Of the differ
ences in our purposes in Europe an,
what we are actually getting at tn
hands q the United States senate.
THE retreat from Paris as s
monds calls it. as sure as the SUI
shines. is but temporary withdraw
al from world affairs, The nation vii
overcome the shock AT Washington
for that is the work of the few VIII
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-12-23

NilOod prices rose two percent In
nv ntR.
NlNember II is our impression that
Enjs is an addition to the already high
Wices, not q dlminution, in
Eale amount !ef food supplies that any
Mmily may have for future consumr
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-12-23
IND TsTINCT PRINT


WHsyue amount or money which the
worker draws, but in the amount OF
- food that 1t will enable the house
: vile TO carry home. It misses the
mark when Is used In fine shoes
silk hosiery, silk shirts and cdlts
and hats selling for little fortunes
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-12-23

cannot prevail wien they are
brought into the open 10 answer to
the people. And they must come out
to hnswer The issue will be on the
boards and the ballot boxes will
smell the end of those who have de-
stipyed, at lleast temporarily. our
opportunity to dictte world peace,
rem anent world peace according
to the American way of thinking.
We count that an opportunity
worth while. 1t may be lost now. but
the end of American participation in
the reconstruction OF the world has
not come. This nation like the other
great powers, must stand guard
for years to come over the new order
set up among liberated peoples. The
war destroyed an old order Of evil
and oppression. Thewar itself farther
removed the possibility Of war again,
for Americans fought therein to es-
tahlsh permanent peace. That was
one of the issues with US and Eu-
rOpeans welcomed us as great and
unselfsh people aiming at these
hings.
That an irreconcilable few men in
the United States senate should ever
De able to destroy the final perpe-
tuation of these ideals with a debas-
ed political fight is more than the
people of this country and the rest
of the world have been able to under
stand. Shocked! The world is shock.
ed,-has right to be shocked.
But America has not finished
with the treaty We have our duties
to perform yet as much as ever
American ideals must go on up
building in the old world. Recon
structon must be cut out and styled
after us. That much was assured the
day we struck first mt the enemy.
Americans never do things by half
We are going directly into the great
''er duties that the world shouldered
| upon as because we are great u-
selfish people,
, The retreat from Furis" has its
meaning,-a meaning that may be
| oil scure, We leave the peace table
sta nd out Of oug place among the
other larger powers in the present
i duties of fixed permanent peace
but We will be back, because our
/ pulse beats around the world! For
every toy of the future bearing the
trade mark Made in Germany
the German maker will be able to
hear the whistle of an American To-
! comotive in plans OF Russia. on the
far flung beadlands of Japan, upon
the wide stretches of Indian sands
For every decadent Eate church,
kof the days of an emperor. there
| will soon be thousand free protest
ant Christian churches to take recon
structed Europe into the ways of
advancing civilization Democratic
protestant American must rebuild
the religions of the old world. That
| task is ours. World citizenship is
II new thing, but it is here. II throws
us and other large powers together
in intertwined commercial. religious,
International world neighborhood
that develops today ana grow apace
We are gone from Paris but for larg-
er things.
| il3 VI 20 tlE4.
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-12-23
OFFICIAL ORGAN CRISP COUNTY

This is wheat harvesting time,-.in
Australia. That means 1t is July on
the southern end of the world and
so hot that the leaves all grow lop
sided In order to dodge the suns
ACttest rays,
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-12-23
AN APPEALING STORY

The little children of Turkish
homes, thousand Of them. have BEEN
asking the authorities h";nar il
would be saerilegious to prny to the
American Stanta Claus fer their
Christmas presents.
This is one of the most appealing
little stories that ever came from
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-12-23
Rheumatism

Is completely washed out of the system bJ
The celebrated Shivar Mineral Water Pos
lively guaranteed by money,back olier
Taste fine: costs a triAe Delivered any
where by our Cordele Agents, Heard e'ro
ccrv Co. Phone them.
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-12-23

The earliest exports of cotton
from America are made in 1885, in
which year one bag was sent from
Charleston to Liverpool, while twelve
were sent fro Philadelphia and one
from New York.
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-12-23
We Are Reducing Living Cost
NOTE OUR PRTCEs AND BE CONVINCED

Eroch AnoocI Ovc+orc 1,ol. mint 35c 9 DTS for 65c
(bo;oo S+ool ,,o,. ac,nd Soc
Choice Pork, per pound .................. ooc ooo
Choice Roast (Beef) per pound ........... ooc
Choice Roast (Porll) per pound ........... SOC
Pure Pork Sausage per pound ............ 4Oc
Mixed Sausage (our nake) per pound - SOC
Stew Meats, per pound .......... 171ac
Cured Ham. sliced, per pound .............. 5Oc
Boiled Ham sliced, per pound ............. 15c
Breakfast Bacon sliced, per pound ........ 6Oc
Eggs, Butter, other market goods and complete
ne Of High Glass Groceries at low prices. cave Us
your business and reduce your cost OF living ISIS a2 so
. % Y *'9t' ~ ssRa ssF'@S9
Phone 3O2 !. R. A. BURLINGTON, Prop.
Cor. 10th ST., 18th Ave.
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-12-23

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nf oil news dispatches credited to 1t
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herein
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-12-23

The beech is less frequently struck
by lighting han any other tree.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-11-13
NIGHT GOWNS AND pETTICOATs

Ladies Outing Flannel Night Gowns.
$2.98 Values, sale price ............S1.95
Ladies Flannelette Petticoats, $148
Values sale price .................98 CSC
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-11-13
JAMES CLARK BUILDING
Mail Orders Promptly Filled

If you can't come to this Reduction Sale,
you can get the benefit of these prices by max
ing up your orders from this advertisement
and mailing them to Us. check or money order
enclosed or send by registered mail. They will
receive prompt and careful attention. Goods
exchanged or money refunded if not satisfac
tory, provided claim is made within five days.
We refer you. to the Srd National Bank Cumberland
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-11-13

LADIES' HOSIERY
Lisle Thread fine quality, 75c Values,
sale price observation-disclosures. 49c
Silk Fibre Hose, $1,OO Values, this sale
price only Observation-Disclosures. soc.
Half Wool Hose, $1OO Values, this sale
price only .......... .69c.
Heavy Fleece Lined Hose, SOC Values,
sale prlce only ......................29 c-
Hose, 25c Values, sale price .........1ic.
Hose SOC. Values, sale price ............ Pic.
Children's Hose, black and tan, all sizes
Ace. Values, sale price ......, .........29 c.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-11
RAP PLUMB PLAN
House Committee FaVors Re-
turn of Roads to Owners.
Report Proposes Giving Unions
Right To Sue Each Other.

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE house
interstate commerce committee Mon
day favorably reported the Esch rail-
road bill returning the roads to pri-
vate hands.
The majority report of the senate
interstate commerce committee on the
Cummins bill was also laid before
the upper legislative body.
The report on the Esch bill con-
demns the Plumb plan as radical
and impossible" The report also re-
jects the provision of the Cummins
bill recommending a transportation
board.
Would Be Political?
Such body 'in all probability
would be subject to political influence
even more than is the present inter
state commerce commission, the
house report says.
In place of the anti-strike features
of the Cummins bill, the Esch bill pro-
poses a board for arbitration OF dis
putes between railroad managers ana
employees and gives unions the right
to sue each other for damages grow
ing out of a strike.
''It is true that many of the recently
organized unions among railroad EN-
ployes, with little or no experience IN
the ranks of organized labor. have not
felt the binding effect of contract orli-
cations, or been as scrupulous in this
connection as the members of t1e
older organizations. represented by the
four brotherhoods," the report says.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-11
KANSAS MINERS
Confined from Page one.l

Continued from Page one.1
nor Robertson's orders continues as if
the strike was expected to last in
definitely. Six mines. owned by three
county now.
Texas Miners Will Obey.
FIT Worth. Nov. 11.-Bituminous
coal miners of Texas will obey instruc-
tions of their national officers to re-
turn to work. as soon as the formal
order is received, according to a state
ment made by Ed Cunningham, a
state miners official today.
What Will Miners Do?"
Washington, Nov. II. - Armistice
day, anniversary of the German sur
render and the end of fighting in the
great war found the nations capital
waiting tensely to see what the 4o0,
600 striking coal miners would do in
response to annulment of the strike
order. If the miners refuse to obey
their leaders to go back to work, there
were many here who believed an in
dustrial war would result.
When word reached here that the
miners council, sitting in Indianap-
oils, had reluctantly obeyed Federal
Judge Anderson's order and rescinded
the strike call. the first question was:
What will the miners do?"
Watch All Fields Closely.
to watch closely all fields to see
whether the men would return to
their jobs and whether Reds were
making an effort to control them. 1t
was believed many of the miners
would refuse to heed cancellation of
the strike order, knowing their lead
ers took the action under protest and
that "Bolshevists," who are known to
be in the coal fields, would seize the
opportunity to impose their leadership
on the miners.
The exact plan of campaign in event
strike call is ready to be put into
execution. 1t will take the form pFin-
cipally of extending protection to those
miners who want to resume work,
herding trouble-makers out of the
fields and preserving order.
The fact the union officials have
complied with the courts order, ends
the courts responsibility, it was held
here. Federal authorities now must
see to it that civil war does not break
out during this most critical period of
the strike.
Surrender of the strike leaders left
the American Federation of Labor in
an awkward position. it appeared to-
day. Sunday night the executive coun-
ell of the federation issued a statement
pledging full support to the miners
and denouncing the court. 1t now
seems the federation will have moth
ing to support its stand, unless it takes
over control and direction of the mine
strike despite the action of the min
ers' leaders. This possibility was be-
! ing discussed here today
| The executive council of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor was to meet
again late today.
The council will discuss the deci-
sion of officials of the United Mine
Workers to comply with the order OF
| Judge Anderson.
VIII Return to Work.
A majority of the council believes
! the miners made a grave mistake il
deciding to withdraw the strike order
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-11
KILLING STEERS



Chicago, Nov. 1.-THE Tribune: Grain,
Corn prices have moved up so fast with
such a rapid reaction, over 10 cents from
the high of last Wednesday that many
traders are at sea over the immediate
course of values. The rapid changes yes
terday made it possible for traders to get
In and act on the long side to coed advan-
tage. So many unsettlihg conditions are
constantly developing that 1t keeps op-
orators nervous, After the close last night
great deal OF gossip was heard that the
food administration was 10 Issue bearish
statement Few knew what 1t was, but
they thought 1t would depress values. The
statement appeared late. 1t is a confirm
alton of the report that the trade had Fri
day and sold corn off it being the de-
termination of the grain corporation to sell
winter wheat TO mills at to cents over
the governments BASH or at close TO the
actual selling price In open market at
present. The idea of the corn traders Is
that arrivals are TO increase from now on
as cars may become more plentiful. This
the bears figure will depress values, unless
industries and shippers take hold freely
In case of an enlargement In the offerings.
Commission houses who turned to the
profit taking side on long corn around the
top last week, covered theiF short sales put
out on the bulge last week around the low
est price yesterday and are looking for
rally. Under existing conditions It does
not take much to induce liberal short sell
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-11
Topeka To Be Given Better
Service, Says A. nj. Patten.
Shorten Lines To Maintain
Schedules, Is New Plan.
BRAKES IN GOOD CONDITION
General Manager Blames Leaves
and the Weather.
Saturday Night and Sunday I'm
usual on This Account.

Topeka street car service will be
made ''as perfect as possible" Albert
Patten, Kansas general manager for
the Illinois Traction company,
promised today.
Cars on several lines will be re-
routed shortly in order to shorten
runs" and insure better schedules,
Patten said. His announcement fol-
lowed Mayor Corwine's declaration
Monday that the street car company
had plenty of time to give the better
service it promised when granted an
increased fare last June and had not
satisfa etorily done so.
Country club cars will be rerouted
to run over the Santa Fe instead of
the Gage Park line, Patten asserted.
This, he declared, will shorten the
run" and eliminate schedule trouble
For the same purpose the Washburn-
Douthitt cars will be changed to run
to the State Hospital instead of North
Topeka. The-Shorey STUB" Patten
said, will be converted into a thru
run, eliminating necessity of transfer
Other reroutings were also being
worked out today, it was asserted.
The Country club change will be made
inside of two weeks, Patten said, and
the other changes as soon as possible
Relief for Oakland line patrons was
also promised. TrackS~on this line
have been out for some time because
of street work, held up, it was as
last summer failed to arrive. Word
was received at the street railway Of
fices today that the chats was in tran
sit.
"The Oakland line will be open
twenty-four hours after the chats ar
rive" Patten said.
Saturday Nights Trouble.
Patten today denied that disorgan-
lied schedules Saturday night and
Sunday were caused by equipment be-
ing in poor repair.
Conditions Saturday night" he
said today were the worst in history
in Topeka for street car operation.
The light rain was just enough to paste
leaves to the tracks and also because
of tmospheric conditions the rails
couldn't have been any worse if they
had been soaped from one end to the
other.
Sunday we had a lot of trouble
with schedules because of the storm
Two or three cars on as many differ
ent lines were hit by lightning, and
this, of course, threw the other cars
off schedule
Brakes in Condition.
Patten declared there was nothing
to" the assertion Monday that some
cars in use were unsafe because of
poor brakes.
urday night he said 1.-THE wheels of
the wheels were locked by brakes"
Patten blamed the Union Pacific
crossing in North Topeka for the
schedule trouble on that line and lines
affected by it. Mayor Corwine today
had taken this matter up with the
Union Pacific railroad following cor
respondence with. street railway Off
cials.
ut is our aiTn,'' Patten said today
ito give Topeka the best car service
possible There are bound to be times
like Saturday night and Sunday, but
on other occasions We have and will
try to put cars strictly on schedule"