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EVENING: EDITION
VOL. 4.
PROPOSED MEASURE WILL ADD TWELVE TO SOUTH’S VOTE
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Etme MEMBER IN
-4 OWER HOUSE
COMMITTEE TO REPORT SIEGLE
BILL CARRYING INCREASE OF
48 CONGRESSMEN.
Washington, Jan. 6.—The house
census committee agreed today to re
port the Siegel bill fixing the mem
bership of the house at the house at
four hundred and eighty three, an in
crease of 48 over the presenrt mem
bership. The committee also recom
mended a constitutional amendment
iimiting the membership of intur:
houges to five La:dred. Th~ basis
of representation fixed one wmember
for every 218,979 inhabitants
Under the bill gains will be in Al
abama, Arkansas, Connec‘icur, (ecr-|
sin, Maryland, Minnesota, New Mexi-;
co, Oklahoma, Oregon, Sonth (‘:u-011-l
*’Pennessee, Virginia, Washingcon,
West Virginia, Wisconsin one eacl:; |
California, ve; INinoi¢, three, Mas
sachusetts, two, Michigan, fcur; New
Jersey, two; New York four. North
Carolina. two; Ohio, four; Feansyl
vapia, four; Texas, three. <
Tinkham Tabooed. |
Some c¢f the committee members
said there was no support for the
demand by Representative ’l‘inkhumf
that these be a reduction in the re-!
presentation of those states whicl|
prevent from voting persons whf§
fail to qualify on account of educa |
tional tests or poll tax payment rog
quirements. !
FORD LEADS NEWBERRY |
IN SI_EEViT—E RECOUNT;
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Wishington, Jan. 6.—The ccmmi-!
tee's recount of the votes in the|
Michigan senatorial contest hetween
Senator Newberry and Henry Ford
today showed a net gain of 272 fcr
Ford over Newherry, it was an
nounced, !
GIBRONS-IMPROVING
¥ Baltimora, Md., Jan. 6.—lmprove
ment in Cardinal Gibbon's condition
continued this morning, a member
of the cathederal staff cof priests
said.
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We bottle and distry
bute {the original
Orange Crush through
out Cordele trade ter
ritory.
You get the product
of cn up to date,
clean plant. Buy it
with the satisfaction
of knowing vou have
a pure fresh drink.
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CORDELE COCA
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COLA BOTTLING
COMPANY
;JQRDELE. GEORGIA.
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23 MILLION CUT
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IN BIG SALARY
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- APPROPRIATION
"NEARLY |} SIX MILLION LESS
~ THAN . SUM FOR CURRENT
| YEAR.
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i Washington, Jan. 6.—The Legis
;l:xtivv, Executive and Judicial ap
| propriation bill, the big salary meas
ure. reported out today by the house
appropriation committee carried a
total of a hundred and twelve mil
i!im: soven hundy and twenty-eight
thousand dollars, or $22, 724,000 less
than the departments asked for, and
five million seven hundred and twen
tv eight thousand dollars below the
amount appropriated fcr the current
year. |
The largest cuts in appropriations
for departments as compared to those
of last year were the war department
six million, nine hundred and six
thousand; Commerce, three million,
eight hundred and seven thousand,
Treasury. Two million, nine hun(lre(li
and twenty seven thousand; Navy,|
three hundred and eighty two thous-i
and. : ;
The subcommittee estimated an ad
ditional fifteen million would be sav- |
ed if congress followed the recom
mendation o fthe subcommittee that |
the two hundred and forty annual bo
nug for drafted federal employees not !
apply in case ol employees whose pay '
adjustable by wage bhoards, or similar
authority, in accord with commercial |
rates paid locally for the same class
of service. |
D*VALERA DENIES
HIS RETURN TO IRELAND NEC
ESSARY TO DIRECT SINN FIEN
VICTORIES.
Dublin, De Valera, “President of
the Irish Republi¢” denies the Sinn
Fein are mabing peace overtures to
England, says the Freemans' Jour
nal in an exclusive fcrecast of De-
Valera's forthcoming manifesto.
speaking in behalf of the movement
DeVaiera is qucted 28 saying he
would not turn a deaf eary to pro
posals cof the English gcvernment
if they were upon recogntion of Ire
land as an independent nation.
When representatives of the Eng
lish nation are prepared to meet rep
reseitatives of the Irish nation on an
an equal national footing. peace talk
will be possible, the forecast of t.hu“
manifest, continues. |
DeValera is quoted as denying he
is under the protection of the Eng
lish government and it js stated the
Crown forces are searching for hi'--.f
anxions to place him under arrest.
he explaias.
His return from America
was nenessary so he might resume
the responsibility for directing tho
Sinn Fein, in view of the arrest of
Arthur Griffith, founder of the organ'
tion and Prof. Mac Neill, the paper
adds.
PERMISSION CIVEN
BIG TRUNK LINE MAY ISSUE
NEARLY $16,000,0C0.
Whashington, Jan. 6.-—Authority tc
icsue five million nine hundred thnu;
and dollars of development and gen
eral mortgage honds was granted
ihe Southern Railway today by the
Interstate Commission. The issue
will be pledged as partial security
for a government loan of three mil
lion eight hundred and twenty five
thousand dollars.
LFAGUE SECRETARY CALLS
FEBRUARY CONFERENCE
Paris, Jan., 6.—Sir BEric Drummond
secretary [ general ¢t the League of
Nations, has called a conference on
communications and transit to he
held in Barcelona, Spain, late in Feh
ruary.
It is presumed the United States
will receive an invitation to be offi
cinlly represented,
THE CORDELE DISPATCH
ILLEGAL PERMITS COVERED
BIG QUANTITY BOOZE
New York., Jan, 6.—The value of
liquor covered by forged withdrawal
permits discovered this week in the
office of Charles R. O'Connor, feder
al pronibition en/orcement director.
has risen to two million, seven hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars, he
announced here today. The investi
gation is being continued.
OPEN TO ALL SORTS OF TEMP.
TATIONE.
Waghington., Jan, 6.—itevenue f
ficers, under the Velstead act, “are
up against the toughest propoesition
any man was ever up against,” ac
cording to Faul F. Mvers, assistant
commissionar of internal revenue,
whose testir ny befcre the house
appropriations committee was maide
public today. It devoloped at the
hearing the bureau needs about sev
en million dollars for the next fi=
cal year for prohibition enforcement
Commissioner Williams explained
the department is having difficnlty
in finding right type c¢f men at the
rate of pay offered, and that thev
would be open to all sorts of tem
ptation, particularly bribes.
“Some c¢f them have fallen and
that was expected,” he said, “when
a man feels the pinch of hunger he
is apt to go wrong.”
£X-GREEK JUSTICE
. SLAIN BY SOLDIERS
WAS CHIEF JUDGE ADVOCATE
OF COURT MARTIAL UNDER
VENIZELOS.
Athens, Wednesday, Jan. 6.—A par
ty of soldiers whose affiliations are
not know tonight assassinated Col.
Stefan Fatzeas, who was chief judge
advocate of court martial under Ve
nizelos. The colonel was shot near
his home gpposite the ruins of Diony
sius theatre. He had held the post
of judge advocate for fifteen years.
UNSKILLED LABOR
WITHOUT BRAWN ENGINEERING
PROJECTS 'W|ILL FAIL.
New York, Jan, 6.—Representa
tives of the national immigration
ccuncil will go before the Senate
Cemmittee on Immigration in Wash
ngtcn next week to urge that un
skilled laborers bhe encouraged to
enter this country rather than rve
stricted, it was announced today.
\fany large engineering projects i
this country cannot be consummated
without “brawn,” declared F. C. Har
inv, secretary of the crganization.
Te said there is practicallv ng idle
pess in the ranks of unskilled labor
FARMERS CONFERING
ON COOPERATIVE MARKETS
St. Louis, Jan. 6.—Plans fcr the
wtablishment of 2 nationwide chain
i co-operative markets and pur
chasing agencies were under consil
cration at the opening session of
e annual ccnvention of the Far
-lors Equity Union here today. The
‘nlegates asserted the central mar
eting arrangement offered the hest
« pportunity for eliminating specula
tion in farm products and would ben
« it both cosumers and preducers,
COTTON MILLS TO
RESUME OPERATIONS
Charlotte, Jan. 6.—The manage
nent of the Chadwick-Hoskins Cot
m Mills, operating five plantsy today
mmnounced the resumption of operal
tions next Monday, after an idleness
' osix weeks. Approximately two
housand persons are affected.
COLLEGE PRESIDENTS
GATHER IN NEW YORK
New York. Jan. 6.—College presi-
Jdents from more than three hun
ired colleges througheut the coun
rv are here today to attend the
seventh annual meeting of the As
ociation of American Colleges,
~hich opens tonight,
AND DAILY SENTINEL
CORDELE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, I°2l.
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Dr. Thomas When “Amgng the
the Soldiers.”
The big revival which began in the
Presbyterian church Sunday - morn
ing, conducted by Rev, Trigg A. M.
Thomas., D. D. -the noted and’ suc
cessful evangelist from Kansas City.
Mo., passed the expcectation of every
body in Cordele last night when
practically every inch of space in
“AMONG THE SOLDIERS”
SERMON SUBJECT TONIGHT
The Presbyterian church was
tog small: for. the large crowd
last night, many turned . away
who could not get in, and many
otherg stood through -the entire
service.. Invitation to preach .in
the'Baptist church was accepted.’
Dr. Thomas held the great con
gregation spell bound for .one
hour with a. masterful sermon.
'Niu greatest service of the series,
is . sCheduled .for tonighkt. Every
body most cordially invited, es
pecially all . military people.
semngims §JL L iomring
GARDEN
We have a laree sun
ply of Cabbage plants
now ready. They arve
adopted for yvour best
results. We also have
Garden Peas and Tuar
nips for Early Spring
planting. They are the
right kind and the
prices are right.
We have been at the
business in Cordele for
over 20 ycars.. We
know the sced for a
good earden. See us
about the new spring
garden,
STEAD’S
DRUG STORE
WHIPPLE & McKENZIE BLDG
PHONE 1 A. M. STEAD, Prop.
TOBACCO GROWERS SELECT
DELEGATES TO MASS MEETING
L.exington, Jan. 6.-—Tobacco grow
erg throughout the Burley belt in
Kentucky today are meeting at the
varion: county seats to select dele
gatos 1o the ' mass meeting here to
morrow, called to act on the proposai
to do away with the crop in 1921 and
seek some solution for marketing thi
year's crop at priceg satisfactory to
the growers, =
the church was occupied and many
Cwere turned away o could not
ig('t in.
~ The church was so crowded that
nobody cohld move. Boys and girls
"woere seated on the floor and around
“the pulpit until the preacher had only
& very small space in which to stand
and gpeak. Many who could not
find sitting space stood through the
entire service,
| Rev. Walluce Wear, the pastor ol
the Baptist church, who opened the
‘great meeting with praver, invited
the revival to the Baptist church and
his invitation was gladly and enthu
srastically accepted by the vote of
all present. So the meeting is moved
to the Baptist chureh and all Cordels
is invited to attend. Dr. Thomas
and Mr. Benn. pastor of the Presby
terian church, are delighted with the
beautiful cooperation and sweet tel
lowship of the pastors and churches
‘and the people of Cordele.
In hir opening remarks Dr. Thom:
as thanked The Dispatch and the
(lordele people for their interest and
help in cooperating. with the meg’-
ing. Quite a number of the .raflroad
people were present. by special; invi
tation and were enthusiastic .ini thei
support of the mm}l,.irfp;, The ,"\Vil'l-
One-Club” had 70 members present
and this. ¢lub of. young people hias' be
‘come a power for 'gno(l in'tholfrfl,\"ivul.
The text for the sérmonywas’ Luk2
2:40-50, and Dr. Thomas ‘preached a
mos. powerful and unustial 'sermup
on. “Being out.of .’l‘mu-h..undl Harmos
ny with Christ.” . He spoke' feelingly
and pointedly of the vroper: relation
of parents to their children zu.ul"of the
¢hildren to parvents. He also em
phasized the vital relation ' that
should exist Letween {(‘hris? and: the
church and Christian people and said
i that you can nlwnys' take Christ with
| you if you are going his way. bhut you
| cannot have Christ with you if you
_tare not going his way. If you leav:
| Christ at any point. yuu,musifl come
ib:u'k to that poiut to find him. The
. great congregation was held spell
|lmund thronghout the sermon with
| the masterful eloquence and powe:
Inf the preacher.
. The evangelist who spent twe
& vears in the country's service during
-the World War, \}'il] ‘«lelivor his great
? lecture entitled “Among the Sol
:(liersY' tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the
!B:lptist church and all people ar
most cordially invited, especially ali
lwhn have ever been in any way con
nected with military service, for the
meeting tonight is held in honor ol
the ex-service men, and a committe
consisting of Dr. W. B. Elliott, Glad
stone Felming and John H. Webb
has posted and sent out special invita
tions to them No one should miss
}lhis unnsual meeting tonight.
All members of the “Win-One-
Club” and all who will become mem
bers, who want to be counted in the
contest will have to meet Dr. ’l‘hum';
as ten minutes before the regular
service begins promptly at 7:30
o'clock.
The noon day services held in dif
ferent - business places of the city
every day at 12 o'clock, especially
for men, are attracting large crowd. .
and drawing men toward God. Dr.
Thomas preaches fifteen minutes like
a good Georgia soldier fighting the
Germans. But Thomas fights the
Devil- and sin with unusual zeal nn.i;
earnestness, Ttoday he preached to 4,
large crowd at the Caslr Drug Store
and tomorrow he will preach at
Jones-Pate store and all arve in\'il,mlA‘
The home morning prayer mee' :
ings are growing in interest and :n-j
tendance every day. Many women |
met in different homes at 10 to 10:30
o'clock today for prayer. Meetings
will be held tomorrow as follows. |
No. 1 Meets with Mrs. J. M. Nelson |
leader Mrs. Todd.
No. 2 Meets with Mrs. J. T. Jones, |
leader Mrs. Henderson. i
No. 3 Meetg with Mrs, Kd Harwell, !
leader Mr. Benn. !
No. 4, Meets with Mrs. Geo. ";ll'l\'-!
horn, leader Mrs. Browning, I
No. 5, Meets with Mrs. Geo, \\'hlw.i
leader Mrs. Kimbrough, |
EUROPES APPEA
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Citizens meoting determined on no
organized dritis. Rev. R. L. Been
to receive all contributions.. ... |
In response to the appenl of the
suffeving and /starving people of
Eurepe, about twenty of the leading
cidznes of Cordele met yesterday |
at the library’ assembly room. /
After lengjthy discussion, t've
l.x‘.utin',"r; contlusion was that it - fid
not deem it advisable to put on | a
drive for relief funds in Cordele f'at.
this time. However, the citizens exa
pressed then melves as in hearty syn
pathy with the appeal and the | euf
foring peoples of Burope, and, wile
ling to lend their personal avy ip
the effort to gather a fuv'q fioy
this cause. _
Rev, R. (1. Benn was o Jected as
chaivman and treasurer, 7o that any
vitizen who desires to 'nmake a con-
Arvibution will please ¢ve his money
ar cheek <o Rev. My, Been,
‘ Mr. Been states f hat he will pub
l“.\h cach diay a li¥ tof the contrib
uters and the ar,ount given.
. The appeal i, touching; the need
lis greater thun we conceive. This is
an opportun’ity to save people,men
women, awi children from starva
tion. i
LECTURES TO HELP
~ MANY FARMERS
o > b e 1
\FARMERS' WEEK AT GEODRGIA
. -BTATE COLLEGE OF AGRICUL.
l TURE ",f
|y ‘ Le—
The ' Georgia” State College of Agri
culture i.-.~pul'tiufg on a series of lect
nes a'n‘(l pl,‘il(‘li(.‘.‘ul demonstrations for
the farmers .in /Gecrgia during “Far
mers’ V’Vefok“.‘.lanum'y 24 to 29, 19
21. - The work fis of a thoroughly
pl‘u(-l)chl,'u‘ntur--‘; and can be applied
by the yx'.'vvr_u'un Georgia tarmer on
!his own'! tarm.' It will consist of
! lectures «followed |by actual demon
straticns .of 'lh:v ‘suhjc«'&s discuased
;Le('turvs and llt-,'lm;nstrukimxs will b
given on fighting the boll weevi'
with caleium’ arsenate, in the: fin-
Cishing and grading of a lot of mar,
ket hegs, jml;fim: dairy and beel cat
tle, in the slaughtering and curing
'nr the farm meet supply, in the
study of |'msluro grasses, pruning
and care of the home orchard, and i
ihe construction of sweet |mt;ml
«torage houses. There will he a bhigl
Tractor demenstration the last day
Evening conferences pn market
ing problems will be conducied b
Prof. M. €. Gay, Field Agent in Mar
%eting, and his assistants. The mar |
Leting angd distribution of- fan'm'
nroducts is new receiving more nt-i
tention than in the past. This feat |
ure of “Farmers’ Week,” will bc!
strongly emphasized because of ite
importance anvd urgency at this time ,
BUT HOPES FOR MODIFICATIONS
IN RATES.
Washington, Jan. 6.—Senator Pen
vose, chairman of the senate finance
committee, announced today he
would support the emergency tavitf
bill, although he hoped for certain
modifications of the rates. The an
pouncement was made at the conclu
vion of the first open hearings on
measures by his committee, |
No. 6. Meets with Mrs. Clark, ]<~-;|(l~;
reDr. Thomas.
Dr. Thomas and Mr. HBenn visitn-llg
Northern Tleights School this morn
‘g and Dr. Thomas spoke to Hmf
i“hool and invited all teachers :nml’
students to attend the revival, espe- |
clally on Friday night which has h(-vni
sot aside for the schools of Cordele. !
Practically all voted to attend the !
“riday night meeting. i
Dr. Thomas will again speak to thfl,i
‘ordele High School at 9 o'clock to- |
anorroy morning an’ make l'urthml
arrangements about the schools at-d
tending in a body on Friday night. !
A greal mass meeting will be hell
‘or women only Sunday afternoon at
3:30 o'clock and every woman and;
~irl in Cordele is most cordially in‘f
ited. The revival is on, it is your:
revival for a better Cordele. Do all
vou can to help it, and may God
bless you. i
*~ =R, [, BENN, ‘
THE CORDELE COTTON MARKET
GOD D MIDDLING 14.00
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O’CALAGHAN IS
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EXCLUDED FROM
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JINITED STATES
I’;TATE DEPARTMENT TO SETTLE
" QUESTION OF PASSPORT.
i
,’ iWashington, Jan. 6.—The exclusion
|of Daniel J. O'Callaghan, Lovd
Mayor of Cork, was ordered vestep
l(lu_\' at Ncrfolk by a board of speé
ial inquiry. oO’Callaghan appealed
[ from the ruling. and the case wilt
ceventually be referred to the State
"Department for a 4 decisfon as to
cwhether he will waive special pass¥
| port regulitions. $
| el ¢
; Paroled. 3
Secretary Wilson announced, }y;l.
had paroled OYCallaghag on his owh
| decoghizance pendiftg a declsfon a 3
(to his admission to this countey. -
- Howe Regrets Visit. %
| Frederlck (. Howe, chajrman of’
the cdmmiissiot of the Committes af
One Hundred Ihvestigating the [isfi
'smlntinn, sent today to O'Calvlngha‘if;
l the following telegrum, “owing to Hp}
fact the Britlsh government , hagg
agreed to place no obstaele “in the
way of witnesseg invited-by thn'co!fi:
mission on Ireland, F did; not aneo\.'n
the report of your landifg as g stow*
away with the invitation extended tp
you more than . twe plg&t}“_‘-jlfl Ly
the commission. 71 &xry { ojceeding
Iy that you and MatSwiiéy were in
vited to appear and testify.” = '
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HARDING CONFERS WITH™ ™~
SPERMAN AND BEVERWGE
Marion, Jan. o_i.éf;\’l_xubnr of thé
irrconcilaMies, Sehator Shermawy
is among those with wiigm Hardidg
had cnguuements-.taddji i«'ormé;f{‘sa'xfi
ator Albert J. Beyeridge,: of Thdjany
also is on the ligt' It is un’daiqggoif
Harding would | discuss dgflgnflg
Guestions as well as international
matters, G
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Growing
e
Confidence
While this hank
is seeking good busi
ness with good people,
it is also always
ready to believe in th
bright side of buginess
conditions. We have -
passed the rocky roads
of a hard time and the
new vear 1921 prom. .
ises a wide growing
confidence. -~ Join us
in the New Year and e
us pull together for our
shave of the Sfeafdi])'~"a
developing business, +
We are for vou atd ‘
Cordele and Crisp coun”
tv. Come in and starct |
an aceount with ns and 1
let’s grow together. :
Cordele
Bank &
Trust Co.
NO. 35b..