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THE ONLY NEWSPAPER
In Crisp County, reaches
26 towns and postoffices in
the best section of Georgia.
VOL. 4.
FEYAR IS SLAIN, McCALL WOUNDED
“IN PISTOL DUEL AT ROCHELLE .
SURVIVE SHOT
DIFFICULTY CCCURRED OVER
SETTLEMENT OF INSURANCE
FROM BONDED WAREHOUSE.
S. S. Fryar, 50 years of age, was
shet dead and John A. McCall piab
ably fatally injured in a pistol duel
between the two men in the bank
of Rochelle this afternoon at threc
thirty o’clock. Tryar was shot in
the right temple and through the
hand. His death was a matter of
a few minutes. '
‘While Fryar lay on the floor dying
he directed a shot at McCall which
struck in the groin and ranged wp
ward. It is not expected that he wii
live. The wouhded man was take
immediately in an siutomobile and
rushed to Titzgetald where an effor
will be made .to save hig life by cj
eration.
The two men bhegan shooting, i
was said, with only a few words pas
ing. )«'liondr: hardly had time to und=
stand that there was a difference
Fryar was gaid to have done the
first shooting, but fired TtThe shoe
which siruck. McCall after he hur
been ffl.’\ll_v wonunded himself.
The tragedy created excitemen’
and regret in the Rochelle busines
community. Both are leading far
mers and buginess men and had come
to Rochelle to reach 2 gettlement o
the insurance from a warehouse
which they cwned together at Owens
boro that had burned some week:
ago.
Fryer bhesides tpeini‘ng evtensive
fm"minl.fr interests, had a store, a gin
ni% /72 mill and other ‘property in
tere::(s at Owensboro. e is survives
by a wife, one son and three daugh
ters.
McCall is 45 years of age and ha:
five children. His wife died last weelk
He owns extencive farming intereste
and resided near Cwenshoro.
Both are well and widely Lknowr
in Crisp county and have hnainess
friende in Cordele who will deepis
deplore the tragedy.
Miss Bessie Miller is at home from
Wesleyan for a few dave. She will
return to resume her studies Monday
C rush
We hottle and distri
bute the original
Orange *Crush throughn
out Cordele trade ter
ritory.
You get the product
of ‘an up to date,
clean plant. Buy it
with the salisfactio®
of knowing you have
a piure fresh drink.
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BON AIR HOTEL IS
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BEiG AUGUSTA TOURIST HOTEL
TCTAL LOSS.
Aungusta, Ga., I'eh. 4.—The Bon Air
tHotel, one of the largest tourist hos
feiries in the South, was destroyed
iy fire of undertermined origin
which was discovered at two thirty
this moruning.
The loss, including the property of
suests, was placed at one milli or
dollars. None of the two hundred
and sixty guests were injured, hav
ing been awakened by the night
clerk shortly after the fire was dig
covered.
Few guests took time to gather up
their clothes or other possessions bui
large numbers fled scantly attifed
without saving anything. Homes in
the winter colony wer'e thrown
open to them,
Nathan Strauss, New Ycrk Bankler.
stated today that he stood ready to
aid financially in the immediate re
building of the Bon Air upon a scale
‘that would make it the finest touris!
resort in the south,
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STRIKING MINERS
NOW LIVE IN TENTS
THCUSANDS EJECTED FROM
HOUSES OF COAL COMPANY.
Birmingham, Ala.,, Febh. 4.—Th!
families of five hundred miners thi:
week are housed, in tents and with
in the next ten days seventy five
hundred other households will be e:
tablished under canvase, according
to announcement today at headquar
ters of the United imine workers o
Ameriea,
Headquarters estimated that ten
thousand miners will need homes o
a yeault of court decisions, ejectin:
the strikers from the coal compan
property.
CORDELE COTTON MARKET
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NFW VORK COTTWN MARKET
Open ("lose P-Clog-
March ......:..:13.23 1340 13.1¢
May: - ... 1300 1880 13.5¢
My .. 2406 14.20 13.9¢
October ........... 1430 14.52 14.2¢
December ... 1450 14,68 14.4°
Hisa little friende and friends of th
family are pleased to learn the
Master Joe Cannon, son of Mr. anc
Mrs. J W .Cannon, is steadily im
nrovine from an illness of more thas
a week.
CORDELE, GECRGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1921.
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TAKE UP PLAN. ‘
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Washngion, leh, 4.—An ill‘(‘l'il.‘l-%
tional conierciice to discuss disarma- |
ment will be called by the United s
States, Chairman Builor of the houso |
naval cormitice =add todey when U'u\E
committee mei to hear the views ol |
prominent -naval officials on the sub- -
ject. i
Butler did not say when the call|
woold be feowed, but from his line af
(x\?(*tfitim‘.ir.r; of *witnesses it was ar
ronged, he thought, tne call would bhe
insued soon after the inanguration
of Harding. |
Butler receniiyv conferred with
Harding at Marion, ‘
TARIFF GPPONENTS
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CAUGHT NAPPING
TWO AMENDMENTS TO FORD
NEW BILL SCURED TODAY.
Washingion, Feb. 4-—The support
ure of the houce emergency tariff
bill (::mfi;‘ht their opponents napping
tcday and two amendments were
adopted heiove the senator fighting
liie measure were aware of the aciion,
Amendments were agreed to by a
viva voce vote with only nine sena
tors in the chambper, and Harrison
demanded that a querum 'be called. I
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MANDATE DRAFT
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FOR PALESTINE
Wikt GIVE GREAT BRITAIN ALL
POWERS OF SOVEREIGN STATE
London, Web, 4, —The British draft
of the mandate for Palestine which
will be submitted to the ccuncil of
thte league of nations at its meeting
in Geneva, provides in its first article
{hat mandatory national shall have
all powers inherent in the govern
ment of the govereign state, accord
ing to a text of the draft printed by
e Jewich Chrenicle here today.
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ALI MEMBERS WERE CHECKED
AT (FIVE IN THE MORNING.
liamilton, Ala., Feb. 4—All mem
wors of Company M, national guards
on duty at Townley, January 13th,
were “present or accounted for’ at
va o'clock that m wnin;g’ three hours
after the executicn of William Baird,
niner, near Jasper.
Accordine to the testimony today
o 7 Lieut. Mcßride and Sergeant
‘hompson, in the trial of Robert
Lancaster, the camp was checked on
arders from Col, Smith’s headguarters
‘n Jasper,
PSS PROFITS
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TAX WITHDRAWN
IMTICH STOCK EXCHAMNGE TOOK
ON CHERRY SPiRIT FOLLOWING
London, Feh. 4—A speech deliver
-24 hy J. Austen Chamberlains Chan
ellor of the Exchequer, at Birming
qam vesterday in which he announc
a 4 that tha excess profits tax would
“n withdrawn, had the effect of
heering all sections of the stock ex:
‘hange this morning.
RANK ROBBERS GET AWAY
WITH FIFTEEN THOUSAND
Reading, Pa.. Feh. 4—Bandits rob
*nd the Peoples’ Trust Company at
Vvomissing, a suburb, today of cash
coenrities valned at fifteen thousand
‘tha men drove to the bank in an
antomobile bearing a New York state
liconse and covered the bank emplo
vees with pistols. They took the mon:
ov und securities and escaped.
AND DAILY SENTINEL
MONTREAL BANKER OFFERS
$700,000 FOR DEMPSEY
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Monireal, Canada, who called ou Tex
Tifckard in N. Y, and <Hered the fa
raouse promoter $700,000 for the
championship bout,
FIGHT STARTED
TOO RID MEXICO
OF YELLOW. FEVER
Vera Cruz, Feb. 4—Work has be
eun by a corps of doctors and nurses
under the auspices of the Rockefeller
I"'oundation, to bring about the extine
ticn of yellow fever which caused the
deaths of nearly two Rundred here
last fall.
Altheugh the disease disappeared
almost entirely this winter there are
fears that it may reappear in the
spring if the entire population is ‘not
inoculated with noguechi gerium.
General supervision of the work has
been vested in the Mexican goveri
ment department cf heh’m‘ by decrea
issued by President Obregon, i
TRISH POET WINED
FOR HAVING ARMS
AGAINST THE LAW
Dublin, ¥Feb. 4—Lord Dunsany.
poet and playright, pleaded guilty to
day when brought to trial by court
martial on the charge of possessing .
arms and ammunition, He was fined
25 pounds with the alternative of
gpending three months in jail. He
paid his fine. }
Valenti
A large and rare
display of Val
entines. A ser
lection including
almost every
kind of valentine
for the kiddies
and grown ups.
Call and see our
line.
STEAD’S
WHIPPLE & McKENZIE BLDG
PHONE 1 A. M. STEAD, Prop.
IN ARGENTIN
ARGENTINE
WHEAT TONAGE
CROP MOVEMENT BEGINS WITH
THREE AND A HALF M:LLION
TONS AHEAD.
B
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tures have broken severly in Bolsa de
Commercio here during the past woeek
the prices falling an eguivaient cf
thirty cents a bushiel on a tremendous
gpeculative turnover equal to two mil
lion bushels per day.
It is asserted that Avgentine is be
ginning iy great annual vm;fi"mnv.\
ment with a surplus for .-.q)"&rt;flim
estimated at three and a half millio
tons of wheat and thaat this ‘country
is the dominating factor in tha worlds
grain market, ¢
The decision of the Chicago Board
of Trade Wednesday to discontinu
the posting of Argentine grain aqu®
tations was characteristed b\ me
bers of the Bolsa as oquivnlqnt to an
“Ostrich hiding his head in the sand.”
Figures were cited to prove the re
cent fall in prices both Were and in
Chieags were in cbedience to cono
mic law.
RUMANIA SEEKS
ik AN ABedng -
oy W] 4
PEACE WITH RUSSIA
REPORT SAYS BRITISH ADVISE
NEGOTATIONS BE MADE.
t.ondon, Feb, 4—Rumania has beey
adviced Ly the Britich government t.
enter peace negotations with Sovie’
Russia, says a wireless dispatch re
ceived here from Moscow today.
Great Britain, ihe digspatch adds
has its services as mediator. It i
asgerted that Rnmania hag requestel
the Soviet government to send dele
gates to Riga to- draw up a peac?
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CROWN UPS WILL
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HAVE FULL TIME
PLAY HOUR AT ARMORY TO
NIGHT WILL TABOO LITTLE
FOLKS.
For two weeks an effort has been
made to permit the children and tas
grown ups to play together in thc
Community Service programs helil
I'riday nights, but this has revealed
that there ig not space enough in th*
armory hall and hereafter only the
grown ups will be permitted to tak :
part .in the programs.
This will not cause serious incon
veniances for the little folks, as thei
hours are arranged on the schod!
grounds of the city after schoc’
hours each day.
The grown ups will have full tim -
tonight from eight to ten oclock at the
armory hall and there will be no pla:
program tomorrow right. Those wh
want to enjoy at least one evening i.
the week should remember that tc
night is the only opportunity thi
week. The Saturday night play wi
be discontinued. This is a sbift bac
to the old schedule which was upge
mercely to give the children a chanc
to take part in the night programs,
FLEET CLOSES FINE
SOCIAL CALLIN(
ATLANTIC SQUADRON GOES T
MEET PACIFIC FLEET.
Lima, Feb 4.—Festivities and cer:
monies incideat to the visit of th
United States Atlantic fleet at Calla
and the presence of officials and me
from the ships here came to a clod
today, Hundreds of officers from th
fleet, were given a luncheon by th
officers of the Peruvian navy an
Progident Leguia.
The closing event was a ball on ti |
battleship Penngylvania and th ¢
Venetian iesta at Calloa, ‘
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Pacific Fleet to Panama. |
Valparaiso, Feb. 4.—Units of th |
United States Pacific Fleet prepare
today to leave Chilean waiers fc
Panama, where the flact will join th
Atlantic squadron in joint maneuver
Thfi concluding number on the pr
gram today was a reception on boar
the Flagship New Mexico, |
ESTABLISHED IN 1908
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Wellesley College girls are being
lendered sneezeless, shuilless and
almost imune to colds by means of a
“coryza cloget,” When a girl feels
the twitching of the nose that herald:
the coming of a sneeze or is other
wise warned that she is catching 00l
she is to dash for the closet with the
queer name, It is a zinc lined, air
tight compartment and there she will
inhiale disinfecting fumes of formal
dehyde and eucalyplus oil with which
the place is permeated.
SRITISH DESCHISS
BRITISH DESCHSS
BIGDEBX TOU. S
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MATTER OF NEGOTIATIONS NOW
_IN HANDS OF GEDDES.
London, ['eb. 4.—Negotations rel
ative to the adjustment of Great Brit
ain's debt to the United States are in
the hands of Sir Auckland Geddes,
Briiish ambassador in Washington,
and the proposed trip to America of
Lord Chaimer’s, permanent secretary
and treasury, was merely to facili
state conversalions.
This explanation was given here
yesterday for the postponement of
Lord Chalmer’'s visit to the United
ftates during the sbsence of Geddes
It was declared illogical to sup
pose he wag in position to offe any
proposals relative to the negotations
ginee the government had deemed it
degirable for him to remain here un
til the return of Geddes to (Washing
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BOMR THROWERS
SHAKE TJP NEGROES
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CHICAGO APARTMENT HOUSE IS
WRECKED BY BOMB.
Chicago, Keb., 4-—-A bomb thrown
from an automobile into the doorway
of o four story apartment building on
Sourthside owned and occupied in
part by Rcobert Jackson, wealthy
negro, shattered the windows in hali
fhe block late last night.
Several persons were injured by
flying glass. A policeman saw the
migsile hurled from the car which he
‘aid contained three men. He fired
everal shots at them before they
lisappeared around the corner.
It was the second bomb exploded in
‘tont of the building in the year.
VENPEIS BANKFRS
TRYING TO LOCATE STOLEN
BONDS FROM NEW YORK.
Memphis, Feb. 4—Police and bank
officials today are checking the re
cent sales of Liberty bonds through
local bafikers in the belief that a block
of a hundred thousand dollars in addi
tion to two lots aggregating twoe hun
dred and fifty five thousand, which
have been identified as the bonds
stolen from a bank m'essenger in
Prooklyn last ‘November, were ille
zally sold here. ‘
It is reported that a hundred thou
sand dollar sale was made to 2 bhank
official who handled the deal as u‘
private transaction, |
TP T AG R INCIRERL o e ey
THIS NEWSPAPER
Devoted to good Farming
and Industrial Development
for over 100,000 people. ]
SURPLUS MATERIAL IN YARDS
COST GOVERNMENT SIXTY
MILLIONS. : i
Philadelphia, Feb. 4.—Hog Isfand
today ceased its ship building activi
ties so far as the present managemwsent
i concerned and the Kkoys to the vast
yard were formally turned over to the
chipping board, The yard, which at
one time employed 36 thousand peo
ple, will be leoked after by about five
hundred men, and women. !
Its estimated surplus material at
the yard cost the government at war
time prices about sixty millions.
FLORTDA BANKS.
PUT HEAVY GUARDS
KEEP OFF BANDITS
St. Petersburg, Fla., Feb, 4—The
banks of Bt. Petershurg, niw carry
ing heavy cash surplus because of
thousands of winter visitors here, to
day placed day and night armed
guards on duty, as result of robhorvy
vesterday of the Bank of Largo when
more than 25 thousand dollarg was
taken.
HER MOTHER LOVE
MADE HER CLAIM
OTHER BABIES HERS
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 4-—One of the
mest amazing stories of mother love
came to light today when Mrs, F.
A. South, aged 52, is said to have
confegssed that t¢he triplets supposedly
Lorn to her on New Year's eve ware
nol her own, but that she had rear
ed all together eleven children,
whom even hey husband believed
were born to her, ‘ 4
The children were adopted from a
maternity home -secretly, according
to her alleged statements, because of
her great love for babies. :
WEXICAN PRESIDENT PERMITS
BANKS TO RESUME BUSINESS
Mexico, Feb. 4—More than twenty
Mexican banks which formerly had
the authority to issue paper money
and which were closed during the ad
minstration of Carranza, yesterday
were given permission to resume
business through a desree issued l;y‘
President Obregon. ;
Servie
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This is our motto
all the time.
You can depend
on us.
You need our
service, :
We want your
account '
This Mutual ar
rangement will
be profitable to
both of us.
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CORDELE
BANK AND
TRUST CO.
Capital Stock $lOO,OOO
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