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HANG IN DUBLIN
" Dublin, Ga. Feb. 24,—Marshall Bass
a white man will pay the death pen.
alty for the murder of his wife near
this place a few months ago, he hav
ing been convicted of first degree
murder by a jury in the Laurens Su
perior Court today. Formal sentence
will be pronounced upon him to
morrow morning. ‘
Attorney John R. Cooper of Ma(-oul
counsel for defensze filed a maotion |
for new trial shortly after the verdict
was read and the court set .‘.l:xr(‘h"
26 as the date for the hearing. ‘
Bass killed his wife while she was
atenpting to flee from him after he
had ran her away from home and
while she had a small child in her!
arms.. The haby it is said was
not wounded by shot: {from the shot
gun the man employed in committing
the deed and sufered a fractured
leg. ‘
Bass was captured shortly after
the shooting and rushed io the L‘ih!'l
county jail in Macon for safe kec,ning'
although there was no attempt te
deal him with mob violence. I
SLEUTHS GUILTY
STILL AND WRECKS IT
Greenville, S, C. Feb., 24 —J¢'in ¥
Kramer, Federal prohibition coin
missioner was the man with the hoce
in this county today personally
breaking up a twenty-five gallon
moenshine still with the implement
used to stir the ‘“‘mash”
The copper condensger was preser
ved for Mr. Kramer as 2 souvenir cf
his first raid.
The Federal dry chief vigiting
from (Washington accompanied
State officers into the dark corner
of the county on a hunt for illicit
stills. They found one in a ravine but
the moonshiners had {fled and the
joh of husting up the apparatus wag
turned over to Mr. Kramer.
YA most interesting experlonce”
he said adding that he had not bhe
fore known what a still looked like.
Atlanta, Ga. Feb, 24--A fine of
$l,OOO and one year on the county
chaingang was the sentence imposed
teday on Lon Terry and Oscar How
ell, two members of the Atllanti do
tective departmeni and Griff Free.
man alleged bootlegecr hy Judge
John D, Humphries.
They were aceused of stealing
eighty-seven quart: ot liquor from
Clarence # [Hart. Judge Humphit
charged lquor could not he ofolen
having no legal I)rk)pcrty right, and
the men were tried and convicted
on a charge of having lignor in their
possession.
The two detectives were recently
“white wnslwd“ by the police board
on this same charge.
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PRINCIPAL IN BOND |
CASE SHOT BY WIFE
Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 21.- H. Digs
Nolen, indicted by a Shelby county
jury last week as one of the prineipals
in the alleged traffic thru Meuphis
bankers and brokers of liberty bonds,
stolen in the robbery of a bhrokerage
moessenger in Brooklyn lags November |
wag in a hoespital with oniy o fighting
c¢hanco for life, acording to surgeons, as
a rvesult of a bullet wound inflicted
carly today by his wife, Mrs. Ethel Wy
ckoff Nolen.
Mrs. Nolen, who swrendered after
th- shooting, which occurred ecarly to
day in a drug store operated by Nolen,
is released on $5,000 bond.
The bullet struck Nolen in the ahdo
men and passed through his hody. An
operation was performed shovtiy after
he was taken to the hospital, hut, in
the opinion of his physicians, his
chances for recovery are slight.
LESLIE COOPERATIVE SALE
Americus, Ga. Feb. 23,—The firet
foimers co-operative sale will be heid
ut the new Leslie pen Wedneeday
march 2 with County Farm Demon
gtration Agent George O. Marshall in
charge. These pens have only recent:
1y baen completed, and arrangements
have been perfected whereby a num
bor of Lee county farmoers will mar
ket their meat hogs at Leslie. The
Loc county line is only a short dis
tance from Leslie where many of
the farmers do their banking and
trading. It is expected 200 or more
hogs will be offered in the inital
gale as the the hog industry in that
gection of Sumter and Lee counties
has developed very rapidly during
the past twelve months,
STORAGE — BATTERY
"oosts Less per Month of Service™
HARTSHORN MOTY"R WORKS
VETERAN'S RETURN
iS TRUE LIFE STORY
OF ENOCH ARDEN
Lafayette, Gu:—Feb. 24 —Fred Wii
liams, 2 young man of this county
whn was supposed to have died in
France in battle and whose body to
l.ave been returned hei> and buried,
reports by wire to his wife from
New York that he has arrived safely
there and will reach home in a few
days.
His return gives rise to a redl
«lory as full of pathos and tragedy as
that of Enoch Arden, for he will find
upon his arrival here that his wife
after mourning his death for stveral
months, is married to Joseph Robert
son, one of Willlam’s life friends,
wnd is lMiving with Robertson at their
home in the country.
The stery is that Fred Williams mar
ried Miss Grace White of this coun
ty, aud in one month was drafted in
to the army and was sent to Forl
Oglethorpe for training. After a very
short pertod he wag sent to France
and placed at once at the battle fron®.
The war department reported to his
wife that he had been killed in battle.
Mrs. Williams, after mourning her
husband’s dwath for several months,
married Joseph Robertson, her for
mer sweetheart and a friend of her
pusband. A short time ago the war
department returned the supposed
body of Williams to his former wife,
naw Mrs. Robertson, who buried it
with usua! honors and had an elegant
monument erected at his grave. In
the muantime the government has al
¢o paild Mrs, Robertson the money du2
her on a ten thousand insurance pql
jcy which Williams carried on hig life.
Now Williams reports as not dead,
and Mrs. Robertson occupies the uni
que and dramatic position of being
the wife of two legally wedded living
husbands.
PLEA OF ATTORNEY
AND BAILIFF’'S SLIP
AMUSE COURTROOM
LaGrange, Ga. Keb, (4,—Gentle:
men of the jury I want to tell you
that I am not in sympathy with these
long hiired men =and short haired
women on the prohibition question
exclaimed the counsel for the defen
se.
“Order in the . barroom’ cried the
valiff and the gale of laughter which
swept the LaGrange court, in the
trial of Jerry Wartridge a colored
man heire tried for “making the
moonshine was redoubled. Judge A
i toup pounded with his gavel and
attorney Boyd O Lovern, Jerry's le
ral adviser smiled.
“No shouted the baliff. I mean
order in this courtroom!”
Despite the ahle defense of his at
terney Jerry was convicted and do
nated $7O of his prefits on the stump
mart toward the furtherance of the
dignity and order of Troup county
In accordance with the profit shae
ing plan devised h_v‘ the law.
MAIL BAG IN AUTO CAUSES THE
ARREST OF OHIO TOURISTS
Macon, Ga. Feb. 24,—A United
Staes mail hag on the seat of an au
tomabile that passed through Boling:
broke today caused the arrest of two
tourists William Cligue and A. Q
Hoberts of Spring field,Ohio They
were arraigned before State commis
sioner here today.
- Roberts was discharged, whilc
(ligue was ordered held under bond
for further investigation. Clique testi
tied that he found the bag on a coun
try road near Springfield whilc
driving a truck for a bakery. He said
he did not Know it was against the
law to have a mail bag in ones po
gession adding that farmers and
truck growers in (Ohio hring theh
produce to market in similar bags
I:md that he thought it w®s one that
| had been used for that purpose.
1. S. GOVERNMENT REGARDS
LANGDON AFFAIR AS CLOSED
Washington, Feb. 24,—The inci
dent of the fatal shooting by a Japa:
nege sentry of Lieutenant W. H.
Langdon an American naval office
at Viadivostock last month was re
garded by officials today as definite:
Iy closed except for the matter of
reparations as a result of the action
of the Japanese government in pun
ishing those responsible for the
tragedy and its renewed expressions
of rogret as conveyed in its reply te
the recent American note,
This view was expressed by Sec
retury Colby, who is commenting on
the Japanese reply as transmitted in
substance by the American embassy
at Tokio to the state department yes
terday declared the action of the
Japanese authorities had Dbeen
prompt and sincere and undoubtedly
will be received with appreciation in
this country.
TIFT COUNTY WOMAN .
SHIPS PRIZE CHICKENS
AND GETS FANCY PRICES. MUCH
ACTIVITY IN THE MARKET.
Tifton, Feb. 24.—Mrs. L. Duffy of
Route 6, was in Tiftcn again this week
to make another ghipment of her
prize Barred Rocks to Brunswick,
' where her chickeng are being usad in
{ poultry club work. Prof. Rue, in
| charge of Poultry Extension Work for
the Colicge of Agriculture, has recom
+ mended Mrs. Duffy’'s strain as admira
. bly suited for this work. Mrs.
Duffy recently shipped 44 hens, re
"ceiving $lBO for the lot. There are a
number of other breeders of pure
' bi'ed poultry in the county.
Local dealers say they have never
seen as many chickens at this time of
the year as are being offered on tho
Tifton market now. Nearly all of the
local grocery stores buy and ship
chickens, eggs, ducks, geese, - cte.,
one dealer shipping 0756 pounds of
" chickens Monday, this representing
«nly two days buying. The poultry
} market has held up betler than any
' other farm products market, and the
t farmers of Tift county are reaping the
benefit. l.arge shipments of eggs,
chickens, turk'2ys and geese are made
. from Tift county ecvery week, the
| stores buying them from the farmers
! and shipping to the larger inarkets. ‘
WRLSON URGES ACCEPTANCE
OF GERMAN BONDS
Washington, Feb., 82,—Enactment
of legislation authorizing the treas
ury department to accept German
londs in full payment of Belguim's
debt to the United States contracted’
hefore the signing of the armisticc
was recommended to congress today
by President Wiilson. The total of
this debt was placed at $171,780,000
with intercst from April 15, 1919
including sums advanced since the
armistice, however, Belguim owes
the United States approximat-ly
$33,445,000.
In submitting his resolutions the
president transmitted a copy of an‘
Igreement entered into with Belgium
by the British and I"rench premiers
and himself to recommend to their
respectivo governments that . special
German honds to be delivered to to
the reparations commission be ac
copt in the amount corresponding
the sums which Belgium had borrow
¢d from the United States prior to
the armistice.
The agreement was drawn and
gsigned at Paris on June 16, 1919
and was addressed to M. Hymans.
Belgian minister for foreign affairs
The president said that for various
reasons the agreement was not em
bodied in the treaty of peace.
The reparation commission con
gress was informed has not as yet
finpally determined the details of
the issuance of the necessary honds
by the German government but the
president said that in view of the
approaching termination of my ad
ministration 1 have brought this mat
ter to your attention hoping that
gpitable action may be taken at the
appropriate time.
LIQUOR AND JAZZ MUSIC
SUGGESTED FOR LINERS
Washington, Feb. 21.-—Liquor and
jazz musie were variously suggested to
the Shipping Board today as a means of
cnabling American passenger ships to
compete on an equality with foreign
liners. The proposals were advanced at
4 conference held by the Beard with
representatives of the Pacific coast
ports on the allocation of new ships to
{he West coast and the establishment
of trade routes to the Orient.
B. 1. Blaine, of Seattle, told the
hoard he did not believe the American
ships were going to be well patronized
if there were ‘‘soft drinks’’, prayer
books and hymnals in the saloons ™’
while Roger D. Pinneo, of Astoria, Ore
aon, declared the people of his distriet
were of a different opinion regarding
liquor and ‘‘as to hymn books we could
put a little jazz music on board and
keep within the law.” James A. Em
ery, of San Francisco, said he agreed
with Mr. Blaine with the qualification
that ¢“the ships ought to be dry but
the pasengers wet.’ '
WOMAN WHO BASED
CLAIM ON COURTSHiIP
GETS $25,000 VERDICT
Memphis, Tenn. Feb. 24,—Miss
Mollie Quirk Milwaukee who in
support of her claim to a $400,000
share in the estate of the late Pat
rick Kallaher, Memphis land owner
detailed a courtship extending over
two decades and cited an alleged
agreement that she was to inherit the
bulk of his fortune was awarded
§25,000 by a jury in federal district
court here today.
A
The United Kingdom is facing a
nense chortage cf 1,000,000
THE CORDELE DISPATCH
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Hazlehurst, N. Y. I’eb. 24,—Pilot E
M. Allison descended at Hazlehurst
ileld at 4:5¢ o'clock this afternoon
with several pouches of mail from
San Francisco.
The planc left the Pacific Coast
with another plane later wrecked in
Nevada at the same time that twc
planes started west from Hazlehurst
in a test ordered by the Postoffice
Lecpartment in the hope of establish
ing- a new record for mail ca:rrying
machines,
Victory on the simultaneous trans
continental flights therefore goes tc
the eastward hound team, as one of
the planes leaving Hazlehurst was
forced to alight yesterday near Du
bois Pa. and the other stopped at
Chicago.
FPilot Allison used the same plane
that left San Franciso at 4:30 o’clock
yosterday morning.
The time consumed in crossing the
continent was 23 hours, 20 minutes
beating by more thin two hours the
zoal set for the coast to coast dash.
DR. GRAMBELLIS
Macon, Ga. Feb. 24—Dr. J. B.
Gambrell, president of the Southern
Baptist Convention and former presi
dent of Mercer University is critical
ly ill at his home in Dallas Texas ac
cording to messages received here
last night. i
I’. H. Gambrell his son and Mrs
Sidney Wiley daughter left last night
to be at hig bedside.
Dr. Gambrell for years has been
one of the leading figures in Baptist
aclivities throughout the South. He
is o central figure in the Baptist Sev
enty-five million doliar campaign.
According to the brief message re
ceived here last night Dr. Gambrell
snffered a heart attack and his con
dition was considered serious.
Dr. Gambrell recently returned
from a tour of twenty countries in
tho interest of the Baptist work, He
is 80 years of age.
Prayers were offered up in all
Baptist churches of the city last
night at the mid-week meetings for
Dr. Gambrell. .
NOTICE OF BOND ELECTION
To the Qualified Voters of the City of
Cordele:
Notiee is hereby given that an elee
tion will be held at the Council Cham
her of the City of Cordele, on the 20th
day of April, 1921, in accordance with
Resolution Jaly passed by the Mayor
and the City Kouncil of Cordele.
for the . purpose of obtaining
{he requisite assent of the qual
ified voters of said city, in accordance
with the Constitution and laws of the
state of Georgia, and the Charter of
said City and the amendments thereto,
t¢ determine whether Bonds shall be
iggued by said Municipality for the fol
lowing purposes, in amounts, maturing
and deseribed as follows:
Municipal Electric Light Bonds in
the snm of $350,000.00, to be issued in
denominations of $1,000.00, each, to be
kiown as ‘‘Municipal Eleetric Light
Bonds,”’ the proceeds to be used in pur
chasing, installing, construeting and
equipping an eleetric light and power
plant and general lighting system in
connection with the waterworks system
of the eity, to be owned and operated
by said Municipality.
Said Bonds shall be dated as of Aug
ust Ist, 1921, to bear interest at the
rate of five percent per annum, payable
semi-annually on the first days of Aug
ust and Feby of each year, covered by
interest coupons thereto attached, prin
cipal and interest payable in gold coin
of the United States of present weight
and finess, the prineipal and interest to
be paid and retired annually in the fol
lowing amounts and installments, to
wit:
_Two bonds of the denomination of
$1,000.00, each, due and payable on the
Ist day of Aug., 1931.
Two bonds of the denomination of
$1,000.00, each, due and payable on the
Ist day of August, 1932,
Two bonds of the denomination of
$1,000.00, cach, due and payable on the
Ist day of August, 1933,
Two bonds of the denomination of
$1,000.00, each, due and payable on the
Ist day of August, 1934.
Two bonds of the denomination of
$1,000.00, each, due and payable on the
Ist day of August, 1935. |
Two bonds of the denomination of
$1,000.00, each, due and payable on the
Ist day of August, 1936.
Two bonds of the denomination of
$1,000.00, each, due and payable on the
lst day of August, 1937.
Two bonds of the denomination of
$1,000.00, cach, due and payable on the
Ist day of August, 1938.
Two bonds of the denomination of
$1,000.00, each, due and payable on the
Ist day of August, 1939.
Two bonds of the denomination of
£1,000.00, each, due and payable on the
Ist day of August, 1940,
Three bonds of the denomination of
$1,000.00, each, due and payable on the
Ist day of August, 1941.
Three bonds of the denomination of
$1,000.00, each, due and payahle on the
Ist day of August, 1942.
Three bonds of the denomination of
$1,000.00, each, due and payable on the
13t day of August, 1943 .
Three bonds of the denomination of
$1,000.00, each, due and payable on the
Ist day of August, 1944.
Three bonds of the denomination of
$1,000.00, cach, due and payable on the
Ist day of Angust, 1945,
Three bonds of the denominatjon of
$1,000.00, each, due and payable on the
Ist day of August, 1946.
Three bonds of the denomination of
$1,000.00, each, due and payable on the
Ist day of August, 1947,
Three bonds of the denomination of
$1,000.00, each, due and payabie on the
Ist day of August, 1948, !
Three bonds of the denomination of
$1,000.00, each, due and payable on the
Ist day of August, 1949,
Three bonds of the denomination of
$1,000.00, each, due and payable on the
Ist day of August, 1950,
On the last named date, the entire
issue of said bonds, both as to principal
and interest, shall be fully paid.
Waterworks Ixtension Bonds, in the
sum of $10,000.00, to be known as
‘““Waterworks [Extension Bonds’’ the
proceeds to be used in purchasing, in
stalling, constructing and extending the
water mains and water system of said
City.
Said bonds shall be dated as of Aug
ust Ist, 1921, and shall bear interest at
the rate of five percent per annum, pay
able semi-annually on the Ist days of
August and Feb'y. of each year, cov
ered by interest coupons thereto attach
ed, principal and interest payable in
geld coin of the United States of pre
sent weight and finess, the principal and
interest to be paid and retired annually,
in the following amounts and install
ments to wit:
One hond of the denomination of
$1,000.00, to become due and payable on‘
the Ist day of August, 1941. ‘
One bond of the denomination of‘
%1,000.00, to become due and payable on
the Ist day of August, 1942.
One bond of the donomination of
$1,000.00, to become due and payable on
the Ist day of August, 1943. |
One bond of the denomination of
$1,000.00, to become due and payable on
the Ist day of August, 1044,
One hond of the denomination of
$1.000.00, to become due and payable on
the Ist day of August, 1945.
One bond of the denomination of
$1,000.00, to hecome due and payable on
the lat day of August, 1946.
One bond of the denomination of
$1,000.00, to become due and payrable on
the Ist day of August, 1947.
One bond of the denomination of
$1,000.00, to become due and payable on
the Ist day of August, 1948.
‘One bond of the denomination cf
$1,000.00, to become due and payable on
the Ist day of Augnust, 1949. .
One bond of the denomination of
$1,000.00, to become due and payable on
the Ist day of August, 1950.
On the last named date the entire
issue shall be paid, both as to prin
cinal and interest.
The manner in which all of said de
seribed bonds and the interest eoupons
thereto attached shall be exeeuted, and
how said bonds shall be registered, and
all other questions and details incident
‘to their lawful issuance, sale and pay
ment, shall be fixed and determined by
the mayor and city council of Cordele.
Said election shall be held ‘at the
Council ‘Chamber in the City of Cordele,
and shall be held and conducted by the
same persons, and under the same. rules
and regulations as elections for Mayor
and Aldermen of said city, and the re
turns thereof shall be made by the man
agers to the Mayor and City Council of
Cordele, who, with the several managers,
bringing up the returns, shall consoli
date and declare the result theveof. All
persons qualified to vote for Mayor and
Aldermen of the said City, shall be
qualified to vote in said election.
Voters favoring the issuance of Mu
‘nicipal Electric Light Bonds shall have
written or printed on their ballots:
“‘Tor Electriec Light Bonds,”’ and vot
ers, opposing the issuance of said honds
shall have written or printed on their
ballots: ‘“Against Municipal Electric
Light Bonds.’’
Voters favoring the i*ulancc of Wat
erworks Extension Bonds shall have
written or printed on their pallots:
“‘lor Waterworks Extension Bonds,’’
andi voters opposing the issuance of
said bonds shall have written or print
ed on their ballots: ‘‘Against Water
works Extension Bonds,’’ |
In the event any, or all of said above
deseribed. bonds are issued and sold,
the Mayor and City 'Council of Cordele
shali, at or before the issuance and
sale of same,provide for the assessment
and levy of an annual tax, sufficient to
pay the principal and interest thereon
within thirty years from the date of
incarring said indebtedness.
This February 17th, 1921,
THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
OF CORDELE. |
By J. GORDON JONES, Mayor.
G. S. HARRIS, Clerk & Treas.
Very’s News Depot
Call and see the new line
of Party Favors just receiv
ed.
_We still have the cheapest
and best line of Stationery
in the city.
9
Very’s News Depot
1 SUWANEE CORNER CORDELE, GA.
North Carolina Grown
We Have a Car Each of the Fol
lowing Varieties to Arrive
From North Carolina
EARLY KINGS, WANNAMAKER
CLEVELAND BIG BOLL
COVINGTON—TOOLE |
BROADWELL’S DOUBLE JOINTED
(Extra Early Variety.)
GEORGIA-FLORIDA SEED COMPANY
_old Compress Site. ‘
See Stalk of Thls in Window American Bank and Trust Co.
ORIENT
Say it is the best flour
they have ever used. Ask
your grocer for it. We
are wholesale distributors.
HEARD GROCERY COMPAN).
, CORDELE, GA.
WE SHIP PROMPTLY AND CCLLECT PROMPTLY
Unoflicial reports figure that Cordele now has about
one-third as many bathtubs as autos, which is quite a
gain from three years ago considering the increased num
ber of autos used. We think the advance is due to a more
refined civilization we are evolving, due of course (of
course!!) to our recently organized School of Plumbing
and Heating!!! One of the pessimists that infests the pub
lic loafing places says it ain’t just natural cleanness make
’em buy bathtubs but you have to get the dust off your
hide after you’ve been 2uto riding. We leave the selection
of the reason to you! We know when we put yours in you
will have a gocd reason.
Speak for yours now if you want one this summer, and
don’t forget that we put in mighty good heating of all
kinds from the modest pipeless to the most perfect vapor
system. P
A. E. GRANT, CORDELE, GA.
Farm Loans
Unlimited Supply of Money
Lowest Rate of Interest—Prompt Servieo
YOU GET ALL YOU BORROW
No Commissions Deducted
See us at Room No. 6, Oo°Neal Building
Cordele, Georgia,
W. E. Grubbs C. L. Harris
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1921.