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GEORGIA WEATHER
Probably rain tonight; Wed
nesday colder.
VOL. 5.
CONGRESS CAN PUT
80 ARGIIS§_ ALABAMA CON.
GBESSM%BEFORE coM.
MITTEE Hil/¢#NG POWER COM
PANY CLAIMS
: 81 AR
Wadaington, Feh. 28,—The rights
claimed by the Alabama power com
pany for the cxclusive purchase of
the Warrior Steam Plant at Muscle
Shoals, Ala., were challenged today
by Representative Oliver of Alabama
before the house military committee
He attacked the argument made
‘_s'este:-dn_v by Hubert Dent, chief
coungel for the power company. ‘¢ A
study of the laws permits only one
conclusion, Oliver said” and that is
that congress can direet the condem
nation of the plant® beeause of its
needed connection with public works.
Should congress so direct, the neces.
sity for condemning the Warior
Plant could not be questioned by
any court. The supreme court has
held that the mecessity should be de
termined by the legislative hody ef
the government’’ z
TMay Shut Down Senate
Washington, Feb. 28,—Prospects
that the scnate might have to clese
down while the senate agricultural
committe2 and other senators in.
l-\p@ct the government’s property at
Muscle Shoals today caused the com
mittec to postpone fixing a date for
the trip. March seven was the tenta.
tive date suggested.
FAMILY TROUBLES CAUSE
. MAN TO COMMIT SUICIDE
(By South Georgia News Service)
Thomasville, Feb, 28.—Mr. W, Au
brey Mathews, of Pavo, committed
suicide by shooting himself in the
head twice Saturday afternoon at his
home, He was just being urged by
his brother to leave home in view of
unfortunate family relationships and
had left the room, presumably to get
his clohtes. The first shot was fired
immediately afterwards. His brother
went to get asgistance when he heard
the second shot. With two wounds in
the brain he lived for ‘about eight
hours, I}\il\lathews was a prominent
farmer &',’f}“}at section,
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'MEXICO CITY CHAUFFEPRS
FIGHT BLOODY BATILE
" OVER TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
Mexico City, Feb. 28,—Truce of 72
.hours between striking chauffeurs and |
Mexico City aldermen was declared
last night after a bloody clash in Lhel
main plaza in the afternoon when the {
mtrikers attempted to storm the city
hall and were repulsed by the police,
The estimates of casualties by sev
eral newspapers were four killeq and
twenty wounded. The clash was the
out-growth of a long standing dispute
between the chauffeurs union and the
council over traffic laws and regula
tions. ’
AND DRINK
DRINK
AND SMACK
Make it an
Orange
Crush)
Please
We bottle it right
and sell it right.
Call for it; stick
to it, you’ll be
Happy and Sat
isfied.
... Cordele
‘Li%ocep-Cola
Bottling Co.
CORDELE, GA.,
THE CORDELE DISPATCH
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
‘AUGUSTA TRUNK FACTORY
. IS WIPED OUT IN FIRE
| CASING $200,000 LOSSES
| Anguvsta, Gi, Feh., 28 =ll Al'rJ
!gt.sta. trunk faoctory andl tailorivg
Louse, located i the .\‘lolfi:;n:‘tfiry‘
Luilding was a:ped out by five this
morning the ‘oss being avound two!
hundred thousard dollars. i
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BRISON COMESFOR |
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| B
WO WEEKS HERE IN
~ COMMUNITY MUSIC
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LETTER FROM HEADQUARTERS
GIVES ASSURANCE OF SPLEN
DID LEADER.
These who know Mr. Oliver Br'r!
son, Community Service music direc
tor for Georgia, Florida, and Ala
bama, will be delighted to learn that
he has been scheduled to spend two
weeks in Cordele, arriving here on
March sixth or seventh. Hig purpose
will be to conduct a song leader’s
institute and to give his entire time
to developing vocal music among
those who may desire take part. t
Mr. Brison comes under dirzaction |
from the New York headquarters of
Community Service. He is engaged
for the special work in vocal music
because of his talent in this special
line and has been loaned to Cordele
without charge.
He will ask for nothing but an
interest in vocal music. There will
be no charge to any onc for any
thing. Cordele pays for its own local
Community Service work, but Mr.
Brison is a national representative
and while not a solicitor for any
thing but local interest in betier
vocal music, he is at the same time’
strongly tied to Community Scrview
suceess in all its various activities
and will at once become a music‘
beoster of rare value.
His work in Macon has beenl
wonderful in effect and those who
have charge here consider the com-i
munity indeed fortunate in the com
ing of Mr. Brison. Those who want.
to take advantage of the training
he will give should make sure that
they understand the dates and ar
range to attend the institute which
he will conduct. |
Sl g o B l
720 MILLIONGOLD
MARKS EACH YEAR
REPARATION PLAN AGREED
UPON FOR PAYMENT BY GER:
MANS,
Berlin, Feb, 28.—Provisional agree
ment reached between the allied re
parations commission and the German
government provides for the annual
payment by Germany of seven hun
dreq “and twenty million gold marks in
cash and a billion four hundred and
Jfty million gold marks in kind, it was
announced today. ‘
Should the deliveries in Kkind noct |
reach hte total fixed, the cash pay- |
ments are not to be increased under
this agreement. Thys, it is pointed
out, the entente should have consid
erable interest in seeing that the stip-’
ulated geliveries of products were duly
made, * % TR
AMERICAN LEGION OFFICIALS
CONFER WITH HARDING ON
EARLY BONUS LEGISLATION
Washington, leb. :_’B,—~llunf()rd£
MacNider, national commander Of;‘
theAmerican Logion, conferred \\"lfll;
the president of the bonus situation
today, urging immediate enactment |
of the legislation. i
MaceNider and John Thomas Taylor
legislative agent of the Legion, tl.‘_l
clared on leaving the white houso‘
that they were ‘‘perfectly satis.|
fied’ with the results of the confer.
| ence,
B e
GULF COAST STORM
~ WARNINGS ARE DISPLAYED
| SOUTH TO CEDAR KEYS
i e
. Washington, Feb, 28 —Advisory
storm warnings were displayed this
morning on the east Gulf coast from
Bay St. Louis, Miss., to Cedar Keys,
Fla. A disturbance is { rming off the
Texas coast and will move east, north
eistward attended by increasing east
erly winds tonight, shifting to north
erly on Wednesiy with rain, .
IF YOUR DISPATCH is worth any
thing to you attend to your subscrip
tion account hefore March Ist, 2-27-2 t
CORDELE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1922
WORK OUT OWN RULE
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. SAYS LLOYD GEORGE
BRITISH PROTECTORATE HAS
TERMINATED, PREMIER TOLD
HOUSE OF COMMONS, ,
L |
London, Feb. 28.—Lloyd George an- !
nounced in ihe commons today that |
the British protectorate over ll‘Zgpr |
;.‘md been terminated and that la'_sxypr.l
was free towork out such national in
stitutions as might be suited to the as
pirations of the people.
KIWANIS GUESTS
AN |
DELEGATION COMING FROM f
NEIGHBORING CITY ON BUS!
NESS M!SSION. ,
A delegation of fiftzen business mexu
from Fitzgerald will be over tomorrow !
to be guests of the Cordele Kiwanis:
club at the noon luncheon, These ]
guests are to be here on a busincse/|
mission, i
The program for the ncon hour has ,
been arranged to meet the needs of
this group >f visitors and it is a prom
ise of an occasion of real bencfit for
all those who attend. 4
WILL TREAT NEW SEASON’S SEED
FOR BETTER MELONS TO SELL.
: Secretary Parrish and assistantg in
treating water melon seed for the
‘growers who are members of the
‘Bouthwest Georgia Melon Growers As
sociation in Crigp county, will be here
at ten o’clock tomorrow morning a'
the court house where they will take
care of 630 pounds for local growers.
During the hour they expecte to take
“a picture of the growers and the ma
‘,chinery in process of treatment of th=
! seed and this picture will go all over
I the country in advertising the Georgia
watermelon. Those who ought to be
in the picture should be on the
ground at ten o'clock,
GEN. HARRIS WILL MEET
WITH VALDOSTA KIWANIANS
By South Georgia News Service
Valdosta, Feb. 28.—0 n March 17 the
Kiwanis Club of Valdosta will be host
to Gen, Walter Harris, district govern
or and a number of prominent South
Georgia Kiwanians, The Valdosta
club will receive its charter frem the
‘lnternaticnal, and it is planned to
make the event a very notable one.
' The club will entertain the wives, sis
ters, mothers and sweethearts of the
members on this occasion and aside
from the addresg by General Harris
and the luncheon, there will be a num
ber of other prominent speakers from
out of the city. These will include
representatives from Americus, Cor
dele, Waycross, Douglas, Albany and
} other nearby Kiwanian clubs.
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TWO HELD ON PROHI CHARGE ‘
l Abbeville, Ga. Feh 28,—Two young
| men giving their names as E. Ong
of Macon, and Edward Harvey, of
Athens, were arrested here late wves.
| terday afternoon on fthe charge of
violating the State and Federal pro.
hibition law. It is said that the car
in which thev were riding contain.
ed 48 quarts of London dry gin. l
The men said they were on their|
way to Augnsta, Tt is said that whilf!
they were passing through Ocilla |
they ran into a wagon heing drawn |
by two mules. One of the :minml\i
was- injurad and six dozen cggs were |
smashed, Tt is said that the ('nup]f'"
!ui"l‘w\rmi the farmer money to pay
Ifm‘ the damage, but he refused and
veported the matter to the police
] whd had them detained on their ar.
rival lere,
GAMBLERS GET FINE
dmmasentne
Thomasville, Feb, 28, —Four sets of
skinners were caught by city and
county authoritieg in Thomasville Sun
day. Eighteen were put into the bar
racks and made to pay a fine to the
city for playing cards on Sunday and
then remanded to the ity Court for
criminal action. 'A speeder that was
slightly intoxicated was algso fined
{wenty five by the Mayor and later
|fifty in the city court for his Sunday
lafternoon joy party,
AND DAILY SENTINEL
PRINCESS MARY |
BECOMES A BRIDE {
AT WESTMINISTER
London, l<‘§l). 28, —Princess ;\Ln'_\'.‘
only daughter of King George and
Queen Mary, was married today t:
Viscoum Lascelles, with all the pomp
‘and dignity befitting a royal wedding
The ceremony began in Westiinis
ter Abbey at eleven thirty, and soon
thereafter the couple wag pronounceq
man and wife. While the chimes of
Westminister rang out, the vast
crowds gave tumultous greetings,
ANOTHER VICTORY
CRISP COUNTY VOLUNTEERS
WON FROM G. A, B. BOYS IN
MACON. |
T |
The Cordele beys brought home an
other victory last night when ey de- \
feated the fast Alabama Business (ol
lege team in Macon,
Although slow in getting started
they came back with a rush that qidn’;
mean anything but victory in the se
cond half, "
The score at the end of the firsi
‘half was 19 to 9 in favor of the Macon
boys. At the end ,Qf the last hulf the
‘score was tied 31 to 31. An extra five
minute period was played and our boys
showed that the “Never Say Die” spirit
was in them,
“Josie” Hamilton featured by ring
ing a field and a foul goal in the extra
period.
" Don't forget to come out Wednesday
and Thursday. The Guards tackle
Pelham Wednesday and Macou Thurs
day in Cordele.
G. A. B, : Cordele
Redmond, rf, 4 “Seapop” Smith rf 6
Hall, If, 13 Hamilton, 1f 10
MceKay, ¢, 4 L. A, Smith, ¢, 10
Pellew, lg, 12 Atkins, rg, 4
O’Neal, rg 0 Whipple, Ig, 4
T O St —————————————
ALABAMA, FLORIDA AND
GULF ROAD ASKS LOAN
Washington, Feb. 28,—Application
for a government loan of a hun
dred thousand dollars wes filed with
the interstate commerce commission
today by the Alabama-I"lorida and
Gulf Railroad. The moncy is to bhe
used for paying off other loans now
fallin gdue,
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COMMUNITY PRAYER MEETING
The community prayer meeting on
Northern Heights will be held at Mrs,
A. P. Hammett’s house on Thursday
evening at 7:45 o’clock. The meeting
will be conducted by Rev, R. L. Benn.
Let every one come ang hring the
Bible, E
Mr. and Mrs, W. S. Murray spent
the past week end in Valdosta the
guests of Mr, and Mrs. . O, Lee. :
Peasants of thgse FEuropean coun
tries where black bread is caten us-
Cunlly have exceptionally good tcot.h.;
'STEAD’S
Cold Tablets
They are made
for a good pur
pose and they do
‘. %he work. They
are not a new ex
perimeit. We
have been sup
plying these tab
lets to people
who needed them
for over twenty
years. Nobody
© ever talks about
them cxcept to
praise them.
Get Them Herve.
STEAD’S
DRUG STORE
Phone No. 1 ¥
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CUSTOMS RECEIPTS
DELIVERED MESSAGE TO JOINT
SESSION HOUSE AND SENATE
TODAY ON SUBJECT.
Washington, leb, 28,—The admin.
istration plan for government aid
tor American merchant marine was
presented to congress today by the
mesident with the declaration that
tho inflyence of the United States
in world councils was “‘sure to be
measured by that unfailing standard
which wasg found in the nation’s
morchant marine.
The president detailed the war
time ereation of America'’s great ton.
nage and then the provosal ““which
cotemplates a return to private initin.
tive and private enterprise.’’ |
The salient point of the proposal
embodied in bills introduced in ourh‘
house immediately after the presi.
Cdent’s address were.
Aid ostimate at 32 millions an
nuallly to be provided for prinei
- pally by divezion of ten percent oi
tho nation’s custimg recceeipts,
Roquirement that not more than
fifty opercent of immigrants to the
Uited Statcs be trangported in for.
¢ign chips
Sale of -the tonnage :cw heid by
trre shipping board of the uzse of th»
funds as the construction ¢f a loan
iund
Authorization of ‘ho induetion f
American morehantmen offic» s and
sailors into the naval reserve, with
an attendant allowance of w»awv.
The president also detailed a num
’ber of indirect aidg menticning the
following:
‘ An amendment to the interstate
commerce act to permit railway gys
‘tems to own and operate steamship
lines engaged in other than coast wise
trade.
Making effective that section of the
merchant marine act providing for
} preferential rail and steamship rates
on through shipments on American
l vessels,
Insurance available at no greater
’(:sst than is cffered ships under for
‘ eign flags,
’ The pregident emphasized the impor
tance of the national merchant marine
}}"in view ‘of the suspended nava! con
} structions.”
Washington, Feb. 28, —President
Harding read before a joint session of
the senate and house today a moessage
urging the adoption of a ship subsidy
plan for the American merchant ma
rine, wo, ST B
After working on the message until
late last night, the prosident took it up
'u.u‘uin todayv, to complete it in time tor
’(hlivrr‘\' probably not before three
! o'clock.
As unofficially announced, the plan
:;n'(:;.,-(-vi by the shipping board pro
vides for a subsidy of about thirty two
millicn annually to be paid to Ameri
can ship owners by diversion of ten
per cent of the nation's customg re
ceipts to that purpose.
MARDI GRAS FEATURE
!NEW ORLEANS OBSERVED HOLI
DAY AT START OF HISTORIC
SEASON,
New Orleans, leb, 28 —Rex_ king of
the 1922 carnival, was officially wel
comed to New Orleans today when he
halted his pageant portraving the past
two hundred years higtory of the Miss
issippi Valley, before the city hall,
The parade consisting of twenty
gorgeous floats, traversed the princi
pal streets, 'An hour later the Druidg
parade of seventeen floats entitled
“Evervman’s Heaven” was started.
in additicn there were numerous small
er parades of the carnival organization
The day was observed as a holiday,
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} CORDELE COTTON MARKET
\ . — -
}(}:M'l Middling, closed ...uecee=s 17.00
! NEW YORK COTTON
; NDpen Close P-. Close
RTAY Lioiaaaia IBIDT 18.54 18,44
oy Loeociaii. 18.2 h 18,24 18,14
arly aeanii 17.51 17.48 17,44
Q6L Lisveaancs 1080 16,78 16,770
o ... ..., 1668 1000 16,53
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ESTABLISHED IN 1908
'THREE BANDITS BROARDED
STREET CAR AND ROBBLD
CLERK OF SEVEN THUUSAND'
i Covington I'eb 28,—Three handits |
this morning bhoarded a street .-ur!
l:nhl robbed two elerks vnnnt‘(-lenli
with the First National Bank of
Ludlow, Ky., of & satchel mnlnin-l
, ing seven thousand dollars, l
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HOTEL CAMPAIGN
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ISUNDER WAY WITH
. :
MANY MEN WORKING
; = !
I'INAL ROUND UP I 8 MADE FOR
’ REPORT THURSDAY NIGHT ‘
| b |
- At their meeting last night at|
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dobbin |
Holmes, the hotel campaien com. |
mittee handled husiness matters iu!
rapid manner. Price Heard \\'ns:
made temporary treasurer and ]l]:llh’l
were made for procecding with tlu'i
first payment on stoex beginning |
Cwith March st |
| 1t was decided that more time:
- should he taken in solecting a .-mn_i
| amittoe to secure a name for the llfl_l
tel and those who are waiting with
| cagerneds to sce who has won the
- cash prize will have to continue
it!! ir interest and be patient, “
Thke committee had a good attend
|:u.n':-, gixtoen of the men heing
| present. There was a fine spirit of
E‘lq‘ti;nim- prevailing and busiaess
! matters were handlad with ‘only on>
| point in view—the building of the
lhv-tnl this year. ‘
1 The committee mewb 2y were di
! viled into several sitheommittecs and
ta2:2 are working ioday among ped
pie of the community whe have not
sup-iribed to the sioek., They will
cencaige this work ty ThLursday
night and meet again at the home of
Myr. and Mrs. T E. Jennings to con.
solidate and discuss results.
1 —— S S S e e e s st
SIX MEN ARRESTED
POLICE RAID NARCTTIC DEN IN
EFFORT TO CLEAR UP MOVIE&
MYSTERY
Los Angeles, Mebe 28--Six man
were arrested hesa early today in a
raid of what the oplica termed a nar
cotic den, Deteecives wosking on the
mysterious slaying of William Des.
Inmn-i Taylor questigansd <hie men,
ll’u.li(‘l‘ renorted ‘hefy rolicf thatthe
arrests will develop c¢nnection with
the mwurder, ‘
Two Men Arrested
Los Angeles, Feb, 28.—~Two men
taken into custedy by the police hera
early today, are being held for inve:
tigation in connecticn with the murder
of William Desmond Taylor.
The men whose names were with
held were said to be members of
“hootlegging gang” which carried on
t extensive operations in Hollywood,
LINDSEY ARRESTED
|
SAID LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE
LIED ABOUT HIM WHEN AR
RESTED, 3
New York, IFeh, 28.~—Alfred S, Lind
sey, former broker charged with hav
ing mulcted local society women of
sums ageregating a million, wag
brought back to New York today atier :
his arrest last night at Obverbrook,
Pa.. near Philadelphia, He waived
extradition.
Shortly after he had been found
Lindsey is said to hsve told the police t
that “lots of people had lied” abunt |
bim and that he “woull go back and
straighten things out.”
SUMTER BREEDERS BUY
FINE BOAR FOR $2,000
(By Scuth Georgia News Service)
Americus, Feh, 28.--C, (. Hawkins
& Son, fine duroc breeders, were the
auccesgful bidders at Colun s, 0.,
last week for Oakland and Jaek Or
jor, chief hard hoar of Thomas Jobue
son’s Oakland farm, which went in
}'hr herd dispersion gale '"he hLioar
was farrowed Sept, 3, 1918, and sold
}mr $2.000 when 8 months olkl. He
will hecome the chief herd boar on
the ‘Hawkins farm.
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SPLENDID PROGRAM -
SYMPHONY JUNIORS:
» SATURDAY NIGHT
COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM
AT ARMORY WILL BE FINE OC
CASION. ;
Another musie club offered the Com
muiity Service a program.. which wil]
be fine in its every appointment, This
is the Symphony Junior, one of the
organizations whose membership con
sists of the young misses who are mu
sically inclined and love to express it
in their programs,
Mrs. J, L. Mims ig to direct the pro
grigp Saturday night at the Communi
ty Service hall where the regular
week end plays occur. She is in
charge of the c¢lub ang the program
which is announced means that all all
home talent affair will be enjoyed by
those who attend, There will be no
charge. Whoever wants to have part
in making their program that success
which can only come of community
wide appreciation, should attend Sat
urday night, The program will be
started at eight o'clock, Every regu
lar attendant upon the plays will be
glad of an cpportunity to come and
watch it through. Miss lorence Dow
will folicw the program with the un
wal diversion in games and other
amusements,
The program follows:
0] o) IR SRR LAL ){1
Pianp Solo ... Elizabeth Cunningham
Recitation __....___ Lillilan McKenzie
Piano Solg ...... Mamie Laura Harris
Song—Violet Webb and Mable Hunt
l'l)lwt-—vl'}vfll:,'n McArthur and Gladys
| King
[ Piano Solo --....-...- Crystelle Fenn
Duet—Lois McKenney, and Caroline
Williams
AGED ALABAMIAN
HELD FOR MURDER
HALF CENTURY AGO
Tusecaloosa, Ala., Feb. 28, —At.
torneys for George Nichols, held
here charged with the murder in
conncetion with the death of Peter
Mooney, at Rome, Ga.,, fifty-one
| years ago, today are prepaving to
fight the extradition of Nichols to
’ Floyd Cpunty, Georgia. Extradition
papers had not reached here today.
‘ Nichols is aged 75.
MOVING PICTURE HOUSE
~ GIVES PROFITS TO HOSPITAL
i SRR
~ (By South Georgia News Service)
' Thomasville, Feb, 28,—The loca!
moving picture house has gcae into
an agreement to give all of its profits
Lo the city hospital of Thomasville.
I'l‘his wis done by reason of the fact
- that it was not making anything much
‘an.\' was paying a large sum every
}m()nlh to the tax authorities of the
igo\'ormnvm. Special permission was
secured to operate it on a charity ba
~sis, paying all profits over running
fl-xpu‘ns«-,‘ to this ingtitution in lien of
the payment of the war tax,
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