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lOL. 4.
HARDING CALLS EXTiRA SESSION OF CONGRESS APRIL 4th
HIPPING BOARD TO Go
HILE DEPARTMENT 0%
ÜBLIC WELFARESET LD
RI'NG PLANS
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Yy DO AWAY WITH SHIPPING
lOARD AND OTHER BUREAUS.
FOR NEW ONES.
st, Auguctine, Feb. 24.—Hard
ing tcok netice of the attacks
kiade on the men he has chosen
or the cabinet today when he
aid he would make no reply ex
ept through act of the coming ad
ministration.
Sty Augustine, Feb, 24-—Ag Harding
mploies the formation of his cab
t he ig giving increasing attention
'.l . firsi big administrative task
(1l undertake ag president the re-
Mization of the executive machin
» of the government. It is known
at Barding has in mind sweeping
anges in many government depart
nte and bureaus.
The division of industrinl research
to be builded up, pessibly taking
or some of the present functions of
ireau of foreign and domestic com
arce, to make comparative study of
ices and industrial conditions thru
it the world.
ft is believed it will be possible, on
¢ other hand to abcolish entirely:
me of the existing subdivisions of
‘2 executive departments or at Jeast
combine them with other agencies
yw duplicating a large part of their
ork.
Involved in the task will be many
cad questions of permanent policy
ich as the proposal to abolish the
i ipping board and put a differ'anee
(<»l‘ exectitive body in its place.
ne\suggestion already made is that
hricns government agencies dealing
jith shipping and railroad problems
e brought together in a new depart
-lent of transportation, |
Harding expects to enlist in the
rork, oo down the government
blest :ul' Jdstrators he can find. He
s understood to have told some of his
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Orange
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We bottle and distri
bute ihe originai
Orange Crush tirougn
ous Cordele trade ter
ritory.
You get the product
! of on up to date,
clean plant. Buy It
with the satisfaction
of knowing you have
a pure fresh drink.
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CORDELE, GEORGIA.
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WILL GO EROM CAPITOL ’:'O*
. NEW RESIDENCE AFTER CI:'RL'-!
MONIES. v
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Washingten, Peb. 24 ~—Pr¢ -'ixien:i
Wilson will follow the lung «-‘,tui;-i
lished custom of riding te the capito? |
with the incoming president March 4 |
. auder nluns of the congressional in-!
augural committee, approved by I}l4-1'
president, it was announced today :It[
the White House. !
Vhether Wilson will attend (e in
augural cercmonies has not yet bcvn?
made known, but he will not :xccom-:
rany Harding back tc¢ the White |
iotige, going direet from the capitol |
to his new home on S Street. Itour |
troeps of cavalry will esecrt the ])1‘(‘.“1';
dent and president-elect to the c-apimlj
and will then accompany Harding luE
ihe White Houes. !
Sl e e
advisers that he regards the mluimmn]
aip of the recrganizations (:(::u:;xi.sv‘
sicn as a post virtually on a par witi |
. {he cabinet portfolio. l
| Gongress has alivady created a coii
: mittee to work out a plan for simpli
{icutions of the executive branci with
\\:‘t‘-w of preventing a duplication of
work and cutiing won the governmeni
payroll. It is expected that this com
mitive will woirk in close (:(mperatio.‘l’
- with the reorganizat ion agency to bel
| appointed by Harvdiug. i
| One of the biggest innovations will |
' be the establishment of a .svp:u'ui,nl
department of public welfare, to which |
I{arding coniemplates the transfer ot:
Cgeveral hureaus now working under |
| other departments. l
Wili Confer With Leaders
Washington, Feb, 24.—il’lans of il;n'nl'%
dng to confer with congi saional lead r
sors soon after his inauguration to l'n\'-;
mulate future policies, particulaly leg- |
Lislative, were diselosed heae l('-!.‘ll\' l;_\'
Harry M. Dangherty, who witl be i i
forney general in the new adininstra
. tion. :
, He declared that policies wiil be aiv
@i perecleaee overs pairoriage. Dangh
erty said April fth is the *“probabie’’
date for the extra session of congress '
but a definite decision had not been
made. |
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JAPANESE SERTRY
| ihsd R 24
. MADE FALSE QATH
! iA Lo VAL
|
| s s
] GOT A MONTH IN PRISON—OTHER
‘ LIGHT SENTENCES.
Tokio, Feb., 24-—Tushigoro Cgasn
wara, sentry whe shot Lieunt. Langdon
of thte United States cruiser Albany ot
| Viadivostok, has been sentenced to
| o month’s impriscnment for making
‘a false statement hefore the court
] martial. g 8
The colonel, major, eaptain and lieu
| tenant, superior officers in the sen-
Jlry's regiment, have been sentenced
{to terms of imprisonment varying
from a week to 2 month for faliing to
1 {rain and instruct the sentry proper
f Iy legarding his duties.
| Ogasawara was acquitted by court
; martial.
%DOfiS TO BE VACCINATED
| WITH ANTI-RABIES SERUM
Parigs Febh. 83,—Vaccination of dog
against rabies is to bhe tested on n
large scale by scientists working
under the direciion of the Society
of i'ractical Meddicine, It is claimed
that in isolated cases dogs have beon
rondered immune from the disease
for two or three vears with a se
yum alveady develeped. .
| Prof. Vallee, in charge of the eox
\ periment work will seck to lengthen
| the pericd of immunity and to devel
Hr:‘. the vaccination into a practical
method,
COEDELE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, EEBRUARY 24, 1921.
CONEY FINISHES 1
- FLIGHT ACROSS THE
COUNTRY IN 22 HOURS|
Jacksonville, Fla,, 'eb, 24.—Lieut.!
W. D, Coney, who started fromm Love
wield, Dailes, at 10:14, central time,
last night on the last lip of his trans
continental trip, arvived at Camp
Johnson, near nere at ©:27 this morn.
ing.
Hasty compiliatizns showed his fy
ing time from San Diego 1o ho d 2
hours and 22 minutes, for two thous
and and seventy niite miles,
Coney's dlying time is bolioved U
‘be a record, thongh olicicl fismtes ate
not yet cumpiled. tie {low over the
teity and scrapad tha whaels of his mo
chine on the sands of Pakl: Beach
and returnt:l heve, lunding at Camy
dJolnson. Tihe dlyer said ho dlid not
see light from the cime he left Dallas
until he wias over Mobile.
lis mother asd taree hrothorg were
hore to wele m hiiny. Coney lelt
San Diego, Cal.. Monday night in an
effort t 9 cross the continent in 24
hours with Dallas as the only sched
uled stop. .
TIRKSTY AETERT
RO 8V DLt &
i
ALY LD BACIiNe
fladediG £33N
TWO FACTIONS HAVE CONSEM
TED TO AB!DE DECISIONS. |
London, eh, 24-—Rechad i):l:vhfl.%
delegate of the Constatinople govern- |
ment to the near east w~onl’v\|'ci‘.<’v.f
speaking in the name of both his |
group and that of the nationalists, |
told the allied conferees at i :lu_v‘.;i
sescion that both factions of the Turks !
wotld accept the decisions of the :«I-f
lios. |
The aititude of the Turks made :m!
axcellent impressicn upon the ('unfer-!
ecs. Premier Briand declared after |
the sitting that the conference had |
made a long way towards a settle.
ment of the near east question. f
METHODIST MEN
& 85N & X LA l
T 0 HAVE LUNCHEGN
GATHERING TO BE HELD IN|
BASEMENT OF CHURCH NEXT
FRIDAY EVENING. I
. . Lk
An occasion that will prove socially |
very enjoyable and which will doubt !
less result in a wide influence = for |
sood in advancing the Muathodist l
c¢hurch of this city in all its lines .I’l
work will be held on Friday ovmain:l
when the adult male members will |
eather at a luncheon in the basemen: |
of th'e church. {
The board of stewards together {
with the pastor, Rev. 0. B. (‘h(‘.\'ter.!
have planned for this occasion [m‘!
some weeks. Invitations have been |
unt to every adult male member ()f!
ihe church. Interesting talks will l'e}
made at the luncheon touching on the i
wolfare of the church and plans will E
he inaugurated for active develop- |
wont along different lines. The uh-!
‘oct of the gathering also it to bring |
ahont a cleser acquaintanceship, @ I
tronger fellowship among the men |
f tho church and make them Hmr»!
cughly conversant with matters per-|
taining to the church and its work. |
ANFSE ADMIT
| o -
CALIFORIIA SAFE
JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTRY
SAYS STATE WITHIN LAW.
Tekio, eb. 24—Japan can do noth
‘ng to invalidate the anti-Japanese leg
‘glation in California, declared Vis
.ount Uchiday foreign minister, in the
liot here today, “California’s legis
iation,” e said, “is injurious to Jap
\nese interests, but that state has
neen acting within hee constiiation
nd also that of the U.ited Siates.
i o T S e
CRAGMENT OF SKULL
WEIGHING THREE TONS
Miami, la. Scientists here are
leating over the finding of a huge
leop se2 monster off Soldiers Key,
fow miles south of Miami, but are
sable to name it. The body of the
roature is in a state of partial decay
as found three weeks ago by El
aér 1. Garretsen, of Huntington, L
i New York who today towed part
£ the skull to Miami. This fragment
‘4 fifteen feet long and seven fest
vide and weighs three tons.
AND DAILY SENTINEL
HOOVER PUTS 1t
UP 10 HARDEG
AL
AS T CABINET
A i ADINE i
WANTS REORGANIZATION ANL
ENLARGEMENT OF DEPART
MENT.
New York Web: 2d-—lerbent oo
vor Qeclared in a siatonent today that
e had ieft it to Havding i decide
chathey ho could be of more service
s secretary of eomnmerce or director
cf luropean roleif.
n a statement dictated to the A
ceiated Pre Flcovar satd: -"l laft
it to Harding to detarmine whaother
ha eansidered that 1 can be of more
gervice to the public ag secrcetory i
commerca or c¢irviviag out the pubi
trust already entrusted to me as 2
private citizen.”
Hogver's statement wag icsned afte!
he announced that he had pat !
Harding the propoesal for o gonera!l
consttruction of (kv department of
commerce and after Hiover had hee:!
askeqd if his annouacemsent meant thai
he wonld enter the cabinet if his
vicws were met.
HOOVER DEMANDS CHANGES.
New Vork, Feb. 24-—Herbert oo
ver, who has been offered the post
of secretary of comu'arce announced
today that he had put up to Hardin:
the proposal of general resrganization
of the department and an enlargemen:
of i':; fi(ill. i
BACK TO NOEMAL
FOR U 7, S. NEXT YEAR
SAYS HARRISON
Cheater, S, 0., Peb. 2t -—Nowendal con
ditions in this countvy will be virtu
ally restored by next fall, Fairfax Har
rizon, presidert of the Sonthern Rail
way, declaved hera today in an adidres:
at o bunquet tendered hingd by the
chanmiber of coivmeres.,
SICOND ADD CONEY shrdxd
Coney’s official time was 22 hours,
A 7 minutes; -it ‘was anvounced later.
Phe official iime between Dallas and
Jaeksonville was eight hour:, eleven
minntes.
Croginery mwen have protested
against the tax of 10 'cents a pound
on adolterated butter.
WE W B
Wanted
some Shellot On
ion sets, also mul
tiplying ~ Oni°
plants. Must be
priced so we can
resell them.
ave just receiy
ed a supply of
Sceed Pop Coin
« and Cattail Mil
let.
STEAD’S
DRUG STORE
WHIPPLE & McKENZIE RLDG
PHONE 1 A. M. STEAD, Prop.
LABOR PLANS TO
OFFSET OPEN SHOP
| ENEMY PROPAGANDA
| Washington, Keb. 24—7"lans for 2
i publicity and educational department
i to offset “open shop” and othed pro
‘ pagandia of the enemivs of organized
iinhn!'. are being coasidered here to
{ day uat tha gecond session of the con-
E ference of vepivesentatives of national
fand internostional wivons affiliated in
the Amarican Fedevaticn of labor,
LABDR URGES VETD
BBV U YLLE T
(F WINSLOW BIL
B WY LIMJA Uil
| RESOLUTIONS SAY LEGISUATION
i 18 UNJUST AND UNJUSTIFIED.
[ . Washington, I'ab. 24.—President
I Wilscn 3 il ity vete o Wins
low-Towneend bill as “an uajustified
I ang unjust concession t- the railroad
: owners who haove shown wanton dis
! vesardregard for the laws and lawfal
i procegses,” in resolutions adopted
ware today by executives of the na
tional and internaiional trade unions
affilinted in the american federation
of labor.
“hould congress attempt to over
ride the vet), legislative representa
tives ¢f all labor organizations were
Cinstructed to use “every effort and all
, legitimale means, to prevent the pas:
gsaze of the bill,
ANITED STATRC
[N kv R A &4 AP Lo X iAN Ll
SHRRUNDERS TS
| RTN st gs:’
~ RIGHTE BY LEAVIRG
| : A i l:fi“
Elvfl;‘l’v!fl!‘:’.RS COUNCIL. HOLD MAN.
IDATE RIGHTS NOT TO BE EN:
l JOYED NOW,
! Paris, Feb. 24-—The United
E States government in its note
i to the council of the Leigue
i of Nations on the question of
? mandates, claims equal concern
! and interest with the otlvw
| principal allied and associated
! powers in the overs2as posses
| sions of Germany and in their
i disposition.
‘1 The council again took up the note
this morning, rnnsi(lurin.‘. it with par
| ticular reference to this claim advan
¢ eod by the United States. Some of
| the other members held that America
5?!:)11 forfeited such rights by with
{ drawing as an associated power fron:
~ the supreme council,
STUCK PITCIFORK IN FCOT
j TETANUS POISONING RESULTS
| e
| Hill Roberls, i charge of the me
trn;mir:el work at the plant of the
}:\':,m!u-rn Cotton Oil conpany,
{ brother of 8. M. Koberts, manage
zl;i the nlant here, s consitered :
éz;uilv a serioud condition ap & rosu
icn an axvcident on yesterday atic
| ngon when he stuck a pitehiork i
| his left toot. The injuy fromn G
l|i|<-hn.‘k occurred when Mr. Robet
“ was remaoting some sced in ard r
4 Letter carry on his work, The for
| Lavely pricked the skin th ‘onugh hi
| shoe, it is said, but tetnus poisonin
seems to have immediat:ly sec
‘1 Mr. Rcherts passed bad night ap
;Hw gervices of a physician were 1¢
! quired.
Iricnds of M Roberts trust the
|:| gsevore poisoning attack will e
develop and thai he will experien
l;:n eavly recovery.
i A R e
CUBAN SUGAR COMMISSION
ENLISTS GROCERS SUPPOR!
Havana, IFeh. 24 —The sugar finant
| commission wivich wil handle fortl
'r'mnni-.: cuear erop has entered upo
! its officinl existence, seventy five pe
cont of the growers are stated to
1 have signiffed their intentions of di
‘ posing of their crops through the con
mission,
CORDELE COTTON MARKET
Good Middling 3 =t a 1
NEW YORK COTTIN MARKET
i Open Close P-Clos»
March .. 12,800 1227 12.8
May . 13.33 1217 1:3.4¢
’.lnl_v o 1809 13794 13.9(
| October e daR 1440 14.4¢
{ December . 14.65 14.02 14.6:
ESTABLISHED IN 1908
HOSPITAL COLONY
HFOR PRISONERS OF |
SCLANCE, ,i'l.u\:\'.\lal;‘i
Philadelphia, keb, 24, 'i".\vl'.'u:
sinali boys and girls, held the vmu:llll
prisoners of ;cience at a Philadelphia }
hespital for contagious diseases for |
perizds ranging from eighteen months |
ts six years, will be given a home of!
the own at the institution, it was an
ncuuded today. The children are sut
faring Iren raze aficction of chroa
ic diptheria, 3
CWERTY THOUSAND
g vy deiX RAMUDN
IDLE NECROES WALK
R R 2ekd LRilasd
CHECALD STRELTS
RELAGY SIRLLIs
PAY NGO HEED 700 CALL OF
COUTH. TO RETURN 70 FARME
Chicago, Feb., 24.--The ncgro con
tingont ol Chicage's army of unem
ployed totals twenty thousand and
theueh the south ig beckoning them
back Lonie again, they show no disp
aition to leave, according to Phil li.‘
3arion, chairman of the negro sur |
voy eommittee of the Republican Na- |
tional committee, who has just com- |
pleted a study of the situation lu-rw.‘
According to George Arthur, of the!
Y. M. C. A. at least 2ight thousand ()';"
these negroes came here during lhc-"
tuciness depression from Mivhiguvnl
and Ohio aatomobile manufacturing |
taealities., ‘
|
CLOWHUPSWILL
WBks FLRTI BV | [
PLAY SATURDAY
e |
QUARTET OF SINGERS PROMISEDi
FOR THIS WEEK'S EVENT. I
i ‘
Miss Jane Woodelton, who is direc
ting these occasions, announces tha!
the play program for the grown up:
this woek will be held on Saturday
pight at the armory instead of ri
day evening, owing to the other
cvents scheduled for tomorrow night.
At Saturday night's occasion Mr.
W. L. Rcbuck has promised a quar
(et to sing and those who attend are
given ti promise of some fine music,
This iy the weekly know-cach-other
mceting and is the best of all the SO
- cecasions of the Community sSer
vice. Those who have not been in
the habit of attending should be pres
ent and gather some of the plhasures
for themselves. All nice folks are
given a hearty weelcome and nobody
but nice folks ever undertake to grace
these occasions.
SERIES OF SERMONS
AN Y K i
4
ELDER J. M. THOMAS
° °
MEETING BEGINS MONDAY EVEN
ING, MARCH 7, AT PRIMITIVE
BAPTIST CHURCH IN CORDELE.
Ilder J. Marshall Thomas, ol"’\'ul
dosta, will deliver a series of s.vv«'n
gpecial sermons at the Cordele Primi
tive Baptist church, beginning Mon
day eveuning, March 7. His subject
for these discourses will be, “The Bi
geraphies of the Book of Genesis,” or
“The Gospel in Types.”
Those who expect to attend these
wrvices are urged 1o carefully readl
the book of Genesis that they may
Lotter understand the discourses.
flder Thomag is recognized as one
of the greatest Bible students and
most foreeful speakers of his dznom
nation. Bible readers of = Cordele
will be pleased and bentefitted by
hearing these sermons.
This is the second in @ series of
meetings to be held at the Primitive
Baptist church in which the congre
oaticn and public are privileged to
hear their ablest men. Elder Screws
recdontly delivered a series of Ser
ons at the Primitive Baptist church
on the hook of Revelations.
IRE IMPRISONS
"B ITh XX FORY LS
SEVEN MINERS
Wil : 4
FIGHT FOR RECOVERY HAS PRAC
TICALLY BEEN GIiVEN UP.
Duquoin, Hls, Feb. 24.~Tiope has
heen virtually abandoned today for
the rescue of any of th'e seven men
imprisoned by fire which started yes
torday afternoon in the gallery of
Kathleen minte at Dowell, five miles
scuth of here.
THIS NEWSPAPER
Devoted to good Farming
and Industrial Development
for over 100,000 people.
INDICTMENTS AGAINST HIM
WERE SETTLED OUT OF COURT
Buford, Ga., I*eb. 24.—Indictments
azainst Senator-eiect Thomas K.
Wateen, growing out of the incident
in Miss 8. E, Wiley’s hotel here last
‘upust during the senatorial prima
ry campaign, have been settleq out of
court, it was announced today.
An agreement wasg reached to nol
proosse all the cases if Watson would.
make formael apology to Miss Wiley
and pay coart costs and this was done
FIGITING ATTORNEY MADE
APGLGGY AND WAS RELEASED
Columbia, 8. C., Feb. 24.—Barney
iwvans, Columbia attorney, who last
night was arrested by the South Car
olina house of representatives for an
(Atack on Representative Claude Sapp
and who spent the might in the city
nall, made a public apology when
breught before the house teday and
the apology was accepted. Evang
win releasod from custody.
MEN'S CLASS FISH FRY
FRIDAY, MARCH FOURTH
Reference yesterday to the coming
of Dr. William Russell Owens as
speaker for the Men's Bible Class in
a 1 news stery about the fish fry the
(liss is to enjoy intimated by mistake
that the event was scheduled for Fri
||l.'_v of this week. The occasion is
‘ scheduled for Friday, March 4th.
’ ——— e o e e —
COURT REFUSES REHEARING
|
| ON GOOD ROADS CASE
; ———- \
| Mcntgomery, Feb, 24—The Alaba
“ma supreme court today refused to
| erant a rehearing on the twenty five
million good roads bond issuwe, which
was declared illegally submitted.
‘[ e N b AR ot b
PASSENGER RATES RAISED
. 10 EUROPEAN PORTS
i New York, Feb. 24 Effective today
| first class passenger rates from the
; United States to Kuropean ports were
advanced ten percent. |
I ) LANTIN ( :
TIMI
IS NEARING
el
We believe it a
wise poliey to re
duce vour cotton
acreage,
Plant a 3 large
food Crop. This
may not make
vou independent
the first year bue
eventually it will
Our interests are
mutual. We will
appreciate an op
portunity to talk
vour husiness
problems over
with vou,
P ——————
CORDELE
BANK AND
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Capital Stock $lOO,OOO
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count.
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