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MEMBERS OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
EVENING EDITION
VOL. 4.
EUROPE IS HAPPY AT WILSON’S NEW ROLE OF MEDIATOR
FULL DIPLOMACY
WITH MEXICANS
,fi IT
MEXICN PECPLE
FULL RECOGNITION MAY BE RE:.
SULT,'},'-OF PROPOSED COMMIS
SION. !’ ’
Washiggton, Dec. I—The ®ay to
the resu\t’xpti'on of full diplomatic re
lations hetween ‘the United States
and Mexico was apparently cleared
today wi%h 4 proposal from Sgeretary
Colby ffoé' the appointment of com
migsione ".;üby’the tw governments to
draw up Ej treaty basis. :
The Cdlby letter was mad: public
here lastf night.
STEEL €OMPANY OFFICERS
INDIC'!' D ON INCOME TAXES
;Pittsbu&:h. Dec. I~—The federal
grand jur§ today returned an indict
ment against Herbert - Dapuy, former
president fand coairman of the board
of the Cricible Steel company of
Ameriga,f eorge A. Turville, former
vice prégident and secretare and
charging gonspiracy to defraud the
government out os income and excess
profits tages said to amount to sev
eral millidns. %
MPSIC. SOCIETY NAMES
* | OFFICERS FOR VEAR
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The cordele Singing Society, an
organization consisting of‘the best
singers, hds elected new officers for
the year. Those are J. Henry Pitts,
Chorrister; T. V. Wright, secretary
and treasurer; and Miss Mattie Grif
fin organist. “ :
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good singers an 1 the ProErams ArS
enjoyable. | ‘
Mr. and Mrs, J. Nick Ridley and
Miss Rouse of Warwick were in the
city today visiting and attending to
business.
Sheriff-Elect and Mrs. C. O. Nobl2
announce the arrival of a new baby
girl atitheir home.
We bottlg and distri
bute tjz original
= Orunge ush through
. out Cordle trade ter
ritory. ¥
You g¢ the product
of anfup to date,
cleagplant. Buy it
with fie: satisfaction
. of yfwing you have
<& n r&, fresh drink.
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COIi BOTTLING
¢ PANY
. CONELE, GEORGIA,
ELMER DENIES
5 ~MA§ON STATEMENTS
Jacksonville, Dec. 1.--Dr. F.
E. Elmer, who retuined today
from Macon where &iis wife was
held under charge of murder
in connection with the ‘death of
Fred Shepard, declared that
he had not given out any inter
views or statements concerning
the case.
SHIPS BUILDER SAID
ALSO MAKE DENIAL OF BOLLING
~ CONNECTION.
New York, Dec. I.—John Granor
assistant to the héad of the Dawny
Shipbuilding Corporation today den
ied allegations of T. K. Sands, form
ar Washingtcn banker, before the
cengressiocnal committee investigat
ing shipping board affairs that he
knew anything of the division ‘of
forty thousand dollars “Lribe” fund
for procuring ccntracts cf th® board
in connacticn with which the name
of R. W. Bolling hrother-in-law of the
President, had been mentioned.
He also denied that he entered in
o arrangement with Sands whereby
RBelling or Lester Sisler, Secretary of
the board, where to assist in pro
curing a contract for the Downey
Company.
GERMAN SOCIALISTS WOULD\‘
TAKE OVER HOHENZOLLERN
ESTATES: . . .y Mo ek
: Sleattihisdaayy St it
" o o 0 o o s e e e S
“aerly scenes occurred in the Prussiar
assembly today following a debate
on a motion presented by the major
ity socialists which would transfer
the property owned by the Hohenzol
lerns to thé Prussian state and would
assign a suitable income to members
of the former reigning house.:
The gituation was so» serious that
the vice president was compelled to
suspend the sitting. Socialist Heil
mann who introduced the motion, ar
gued that for every million marks
paid the Hohenzollerns, former ene
mies of Germany would claim anothe;
billion in reparations. ‘ |
MISS WOODELTON WILL HAVF
ENJOYABLE PROGRAM.
Another grown-ups play hour be
ginning at eight-thirty will be had 4
the Woodman’s Hall in Whall Stree
tonight. Mrs. Woodelton will hav
features which will take care of al
those who attend and a good tim
is in store for everybody.
Those who attended the first o
these programs were so delighte:
that they will be there again tonight
If you have not found out what the
play hour is, better 'get acyuainted
You are missing something.
DR. J. S. M/KENZIE IS
IMPROVED FROM OPERATIO!
Information coming freom Dr. J. §
McKenzie in Atlanta where he is
in a sanatarium for an operation ol
his arm is to” the effect that hg i
improiling. Members of the fatil)
are greatly encouraged at his 1{"0&
pects of complete recovery. -
JURY AWARDS BIG §
DAMAGE DEATH ()I";z_
WOMAN FROM GA¥
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Selma, Dec, I.—Banks Talma(lq
was awarded a verdict of twenty se}
en thousand five hundred by a jurg
today in a suit fo rdamages agains
the Alabama Power Company arising
from the death of his wife which i
is alleged resulted from poisoning by
domestic gas.- ‘
Texas produces $§).000,000 worth
of peanuts a year.
THE CoRDELE DISPATCH
COMMISSION VOTES AUSTRIA
ADMISSION LEAGUE MEMBERSHIP
% £ ‘i‘;‘p&
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ONE OF WEALTHIEST YOUNG
MEN IN SECTION INVOLVE(i.
" Moultrie, Ga., Dec¢> 1.--Charged
with having attacked the daughter
of one c¢f tho prominent woemen in
Quitman, Ga., James Baker, one of
the wealthiest young men ‘in this
section, today is being scught cn-a
warrant charging assault with intent
to murder. The picminence of the
parties and the nature of the charges
havle created a profound sensation.
SEEKING PEACY:
- & oA
PROPOSALS FOR STOPPING VIO
LENCE ARE SOUGHT.
Dublin, Dec. I.—Proposals for tei
minating vielence in Ireland are de
sired by the labor cominission of in
quiry, comprising representatives of
the labor party in the British parlia
ment and the labor legislative bedy
of Great Britain, which arrived here
last night. Rl
The members asserted that they
were willing ‘to give all assistance in
their power to any responsible sug
gest.i»nn for the I'eestah]ishment 104
peace.
ALABAMA TOWN
7 CALLED FOR HELP. =
Birmingham, Dec. I.—Just before
he wireg failed at eight o’clock this
lorning the report was received that'
ne entire block in Jasper, Ala., had
sen consumed by fire and the flames
~a(l jumped into another block, The
Birmingham fire department wAas
alled on for aid.
Twenty Business Houses.
Jasper, Ala., Dec I.—Fire origina
ing early today in the Crawford Mer
antile building destroyed twenty
-usiness houses and ten residences
fore it was brought under control
i nine o'cfock. The loss is estima
\d at five hundred thousand. The
rincipal business block and a por
tion of thre other blocks were wiped
ita
RSy SNCAEE e OIN
10RE STORMS GET
JESSEL ENCOUNTERS UNPLEAS
ANT WEATHER ON RETURN.
On Board Pastores, Dec. I.—More
‘ough sailing greeted the Harding,
acation party today, as the Pastores
~ ontinued her homeward journey,
satured by a brief stop yesterday at
‘amaica, J
Ag soon ag the steamer left Port
«ntonio harbor last night she ran
ito the storm which, although not of
dangerous intensity, made travel
;11p]e£1,sa11t ‘for most of those aboard.
SEABOARD CUT OFF
300 EMPLOYEES
- VIN STACKSON VILLE
Jacksonville, Dec. I.—Three hun
ired employees of the Seaboard Air
ng shEps heye were laid off today
A wihige to ‘slackening of orders, ac
cerding of official anfiouneement,
vhieh stated the faen would proba
1y be reemployed in a month’s time. |
MR.«W. C. PHILLIPS IS :
5 NOW SLIGHTLY IMPROVED
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Mr. W. . Phillips, who was lmd-i
7 hurt last Saturday afternoon when
\is car was overturned on the w,ay‘
ome from Unadilla, is steadily im-l
roving and attending physicians
‘ave given him stitong oncom‘ugul
12nt for a rapid recovery. |
CORDELE, GEORGIA, W EDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1920,
AND DAILY SENTINEL.
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WO MEN SHOT DEAD |
ONE WOUNDED OVER !
' 1& A GLASS OF BEER|
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Passire.. N..J Bee¢. I.~Two men!
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were shct dead and one Reriously;
wounded in a saloon here eariy to
day after a barkeeper served .neari
beer to a patron who asked - for|
whiskey, l
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i REV. A. W, REESE
PRESIDING ELDER . .
Members gf the Methodist church
will be delighted to know that Rev.
'A. W. Reese, the new presiding elier
for the Cordele Circuit will conduc:
the prayer meeting to night. ’[:he B§ol
vices .will ‘begin at 7:45. .
SEEK RECEIVER FOR _
~ LOWELL TEXTILE COMPANY
appointment of a receiver for the
Lowell Textile Company, cotton man
ufacturers of North Chelms Ford
was filed in federal court today by
Clarence Frohlich and MW'illiam V.
Barbour, c¢f Memphis, who represent
themselvies as creditors to the extent
of sixty-eight thousand eight hund
red and sixty nine for cotton sold
to the company.
Shop
Early
A $500.00
ASSORTMENT OF |
Parisian llvory
AND |
Manicure Sets
To select a present
f_rom. 'Also a good
assortment of other
articles, such as
stationary, cameras
perfume, toilet ar
ticles, dolls, ete. .
STEAD’S
DRUG STORE
WHIPPLE & McKENZIE BLDG
PHONE 1 A. M. STEAD, Prop.
EUROPE FEELS
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ERENCH ASSET
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LETTER BEING DRAFTED ACCEP.
TING'WILSON'S OFFER TO ACT
-50‘}§'-RMEN|A.
'()C;" 'f (Asso)—A letter to Presil
dfllf‘* ’{mx accepting his offer to act
ay me’d’l; or in Aremina is b2ing dra’
fed by £he council of the league of
.natiu:;s Bere today.
I‘rgs!{vy,n»t Wilson's note wag read
to th(}. ':‘ upcil this. morning and re
('ewe? ith marks of the liveliest
Catistaction,
Ijza . announced ' this afternoon
that Spalw and Brazil had offered to
join Wil«fhon in the role of mediator.
The offér has been lembodied in the
x'eply‘to'?:?Wil'm)n frmil\ed by the coun
cil, i i
Pogr oid Turope \a-ill feel less aban
done 1, was the remark by a member
of the Krench delggation while dis
cussing Wildon's aeceptance. ;
* ' Tha prediction’ was -made here
that in the end U]Q" Greeks may pay
the price for savfng what remains
of the Armenian people.
Lol Robert C fil declared: “Wil
son’s acceptance §s commendable and
worthy of the'best traditions of th#
United States which has always been
a friend to Armenia and has taken
the lead in allgnting her suffering
The decigion is got in any sense polit:
ical, from my pbint of view,
The reply to the American Presi
dent, it was ftated, expresses deeys
appreciation df the acceptance,/ Al
'.7 higlres commissioners at. _l_v:
aattiiopie, it savs, are béing consul
ted as to the'best way for Wilson to
proceed. - 4
The coundil, it is added, believes
there will bé no great difficulty about
the president’s mediators conferring
with Mustapha Keémmal Pasha, Tur
kish liapiot?alists leafler, who have
been making war on’Armenians.
Austria Gets Membership.
Geneva, (Asso.)—Austria was unar
imously voted a member of the leaguc
of nations, hy the commission for ad
mission of new states here tday. It
is expectéd that the assembly of thc
league will ratify this action.
' Wood Mentioned to Lead.
~ Washington, Dec 1.-—Secretary Ba
ker toddy refused to discuss Genevs
dispatches stating that Maj. Gen.
Wood has been mentioned as a possi
ble selection by the league of nation:
Armenian rommittee to lead the pro
posed aampaign of Armenians against
Mustapha Kemal, Turkish national
ist léader.
SINN FEIN HOUSES
N
- 'RAIDED IN LONDO?
iMORE TRAGEDIES OCCUR IM
f IRISH COMMUNITIES. -
| London, Dec. 1.-—Bix men arreste:
at Southampaon yesterday upon the
ff arrival of the liner Auquitania fron
. New York were released today by po
" lice officials were arrested. It wa:
announced that the men were suspec
ted of being agents of the Sinn Feir
i Their identies were not disclosed
gßulldings and housing of the Sim
| Fein .obganizations in this city anc
~suflmflm. were raided by Scotlanc
| Yard dectectives yesterday. A larg¢
!I quantity of documents was seized, it
| is stated.
| - A new chapter in the history of vio
lence in Ireland, was written yester
day when two men, suspected of be
7 ing sy'mpathizers with the Sinn Feir
‘ Wére'called from their beds and ghot
! t,h death in the County of Louth.
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' CAROLINA WIFE SLAYER
?; HANGS SELF IN CELL
] Raleigh, N. (~ Dec. I.—Charles
i bavis, prominent iWlake county farm
"er, who fatally shot his wife Mon
day morning, hanged himself in his
. cell here sometime during the night
U. S. ASKED TAKE PART
DISARMAMENT PLANS
JACK FROST COMES
OVER SOUTH TONIGHT
Washington, Dec. I.—Light
frost is probable tonight in
Southern Georgia and extreme
north of FKlorida, the weather
bureau announced.
HEAVY INFLUX AND OUT GO OF
FOREIGNERS
Wasnington, Dec. l.—lmmigrants
to the pumber of three hundred and
sixty nine thousand eight hundre:
and fifty seven, arrived in this coun
try the first four months of this fis
cal year which began July Ist, re
cords at the repartment of labor show
During the same time two hundred
and fourteen thousand, seven hundred
and five emigrants left the United
States, leaving a net increase in alien
in this country of one "hundred and
fifty five thousand, one hundred and
fiftty four for that period.
Total immigration last year ex
cecded emigration by one hundred
and forty four thousand six hundred
and eight six.
CRISP COUNTY -
SALLIE NETTE HUNT WON PRIZE
FOR BEST NAME.
They will be the Crisp County Vol
inteers from now on. This is the
T He Nitional Cuard, this having
Yeen furnighed by Miss Sallie Nette
“funt, daughter of Dr. and Mrs, C. M.
. Hunt. !
Captain Elliott stated today that
he uniforms and equipment for each
nan will soon be here and within a
‘hort time the company can appear
in public. 7
DJRDER INDICATES PLANS TO
MOVE D'ANNUNZIO.
Fiume, Dec. I.—Military action by
‘talian regulars against the legiona--
ies of Captain D’Annunzio in this
‘ty apparently was foreshadowed it.
\n order of the day, issuzd yesterday
5y Gen. Caviglia, commander of the
egulars outside of Fiume,
“We are faced with a sad task at
he present moment, but I rely upon
our complete cooperation,” the or
ler said.
TRYING TO ELUDE
REPORTS BROOKS COUNTY SAY
. NEGRO CONFESSED.
Albany, Dec. I.—Reports from Pa
0. Brooks county state that the ne
ro who was alleged to have attacked
white girl had been captured and
;ag in the hands of officers who were
rying to elude mobs seeking to lynch
he prisoner.
The report also said the negro had
onfessed his guilt, , ’
May Be Lynched.
Thomasville, Ga., Considerable un:
ertainty prevails over the fate of
ae negro captured last night at Pat
n, believed to be the one who at
acked the eighteen year old daugh
or of a prominent Thomas county
armer. Neither posse nor negro
as reached Thomasville. It is gen
rally believed the prisoner was
vnched,
G okl S uaig Gl \
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET
JAN o IR 16,48 15.30
Meay 000 HESNE 1610 15.45
May: o TH08: 11616 15.58‘
YL AOS 10 e 15.60
Bec Lo L 21870 36,10 15.481
/THE CORDELE COTTON MARKET
GOOD MIDDLING 15.05
REQUEST SENT
WANT PERSON TO SIT IN CON
SULTATIVE CAPACITY. £
Geneva, Dec I.—The council of ‘the
league of nationg today unani'm,ous]sj
approved an invitation drawn by thé
military commission calling on . thé
United States to name a representa
tive to sit on the commission.
The invintation, the text of whigh
was called in news' dispatches l,ayé
night, expressed the view that gep
eral consideration of the subject of
disarmament would be greatly facilj
tated, if the United States goveyn
ment could see its way to send a rép
resentative to sit in a consultative
capacity with the commission.
RAILWAY STOCKS BECOME
UNSETTLED ON mm
New York, Dec I.—liquidetion ‘'in
the stock market was resumed .t ."'.
Extensive selling taking place in t 4
various speculative issues. At mid
day when it became known that t |
Southern Pacific would soon 4
nounce a plan providing for the sepa:'
ration of its oil properties, the entire:
railway list became unsettled. =
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NEW SHIPPING BOARD: HOLDS,
INITIAL SESS]ON +TODAY,
Washington, Dec, I.—The_first meft
ing of the new.shipping bhoard will Bp
held today. No business will, betas:
the new commissioners Wi beqn ,
ited, Chairman Benson said’ beyon?fi
the assignment of various' duties ‘o
each commigsioner. s
FORMER GERMAN EMPRESS '
PASSED NIGHT QUIETLY}
Doorn, (Asso)—The former Germal;
empress is reported to have paued';;\
quiet night and is « apparently 1!0
worse this morning. g ;;.}
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Cordele’s Only Real
Exclusive Shoe
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115 Lighth Street]
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