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GEORGIA WEATHER
Fair,_tonight and Saturday
except probably rain on the
coast.
VOLUME 5
BRITISH ISSUE ULTIMATUM TO INVADING TURKS:
- NEUTRAL AREA
LONDON SEES | DARK WAR
CLOUDS HOVERING OVER ALL
EUROPE / l
London, Sept. 20.—The British ‘
government has sent a virtual ul- (
_timatum to Mustapha Kemel 1
Pash stating that his troops must
leave the Chanak region. |
U. 8. Destroyeds Under Speed.
‘ Norfolk, Sept. 29.—8 y nightfall
the two destroyer divisions or
dered to proceed from Hampton
Roads to the Near East will be
ready to sail when ordered, it was
sald at the naval base. Orders
for actual departure < have not
been received, but the loading of
nuppli/es' and fueling is proceeding
* with high speed. i ‘
Constantinople Sept. 29.—Briga
dier Genarl Harington, commander
of the British forces in the Dardan
elles, plans to leave for a conference
with Mustapha Kemal Pasha, prob
ably at Mudania. The British are
confident that if the next twenty
four hours pass without firing shots
at - Chanak and other points along
the Dardanelles all immediate dan
ger of hostilities will have been a
voided. :
The British are confident they can
hold the lines against any Kemalist
attack as their flanks at Chanak are
protected by a powerful fleet of war
ghips with long range guns which
can sweep the area around the town
a distanc /'of twenty miles. ;
The Turks ave equipped with ma
chine guns only.
Great Crisis Impending.
London Sept. 20.—Grave fears of a
recurrence of general warfare in
Europe as a rsult of the near east
erisis is _.occupying ‘the mjnds of
British officials, it is stated i authori
tative quarters. The issue of war
or peace &till hung by a thread and
no relief from tension existing since
yesterday has ‘came. :
Violation of the neutral zone by
the Turks continues. The situation is
bad as can be short of actual war
in the opinion of editorial Wwriters.
Protracted and frequent cabinet
meetings the last few days have been
for purpose of taking every possible
step to prevent a general conflagra
tion.
Exeter, Eng—Though only 1£&
Thomas Gregory has been awarded his
fourth medal for life saving. -
Wehavealot of j}_
Coca -Cola syr
" up barrels for
sale at
- $1.50
'These are extra : :
‘heavy barrels
iand very cheap. 4
| ey
Cordele
Coca-Cola
Bottling
. Company
C. L, LIFSEY, Seecxetary
THE CORDELE DISPATCH
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
HALF MILLION DOLLAR BANK
'MAKES PURCHASE IN CORDELE
DOORS OPEN ON OCTOBER 10
MRS. STILLMAN WON
IN DIVORCE TRIAL
REFEREE LAID ALL THE BLAME
ON BANKER HUSBAND WHO
. 'WAS DENIED DIVORCE
Carmel N. Y. Sept. 29.—James A.
Stillman, former president of the
National City Bank of New York,
was denied a decree in a suit for
absolute divorce against Anne U.
Stillman and Guy Stillman was de
iclared legitimate in the finding of
Daniel J. Gleason, referee, filed here
The decision Was a complete victory
for Mrs. Stillman. Not only was her
defense upheld but it confirmed the
charges that Stillman had miscon
ducted himself with Florence H.
Leeds, that Mrs. Leeds had borne
two children.
With regard to Mrs. Stillman’s
charges that her banker husband
misconducted himself with two other
women, identified only as “Helen”
and “Clara” referee Gleason decided
the evidenec was not sufficient to
prove adultry. The r¢feree wrote |
that the testimony adduced by Still
‘man to support the charge that his
wife had misconducted herself Wwith
Fred Beauvais, part Indian guide, al
leged by the banker to be the father
of Guy Stillman, “uncontradicted
_and unexplained, was sufficient to
' justify him in believing the charges,
; but eareful examiation has shaken
my faith and belief in the testimony
of witnesses called in the pliintifts
behalf.
; Council Is Silent.
l New York Sept. 29.—Cornelius
‘Sullivan, counsel for James A. Still
{man, declined to comment on the
report of the referee recommenda
ing the denial "of Stillman’s divorce
suit until he had seen a copy and
would nov say whether an appeal will
be taken. He said Stillman was in
the city but declined to make known
his whereabouts.
WILL PLAY HUSKY TEAM THERE
“THIS AFTERNOON AT FOOTBALL
The Cordele High sghool football
team is gong to Moultrie this after
noon where they are to meet a husky
branch of veferan school players in
the second game for the locals ' They
are improved a great deal but they
hit the line this afternoon against 2
much ‘stronger team and they would
hardly have a chance at vietory.
With Coach Dunn went the follow
ing boys: Taylor Callaway, Rena
Smith, Fred Goddard, Monrce Hunt
Thomas Spigner, Jack Comer, Wal
‘lace Slade, Charles Ward, Harry Wil |
liams, Walter Pye, Tom MecArthur 1
Mansficld Barwick, Edwin Jones
Daily Crouse, Frank Bartho]omew{
and R. C. Ray. ‘
WATSONS AUNT HEARS |
. NEWS OF TWO RELATIVES ‘
DEATHS IN ONE DAVI
Athens, Ga., September 29.-—Mrs.i
Isaac Lowe aunt of Scnator Thomas
E. Watson who lives with Miss Evie
Jackson in Athens, heard of two
deaths of rclatives Tuesday. She was
notified by wire of the death of her
nephew, Senator Watson and at thcj
same time heard of the death of her
brother, Preston Hendon, in Texas.
Mr. Hendon was a veteran of the
war bctween the states and served
with distinction in the confederate
army. He was well known in this
city.
Several of Senator Watson’s rela
tives from Athens have already left
for Thomson to attend the funeral.
Mrs, Watson was here as the gnuest
of Mrs Lowe only a few weeks ago.
CORDELE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1922
WILL ANNOUNCE PLATFORM
AT STATE CONVENTION IN
MACON NEXT MONTH
Atlanta Sept. 29.—Herbert Clay,
of Marietta, has announced his can
didacy for the unexpired term of
.United States Senator Thomas E.
Watson, who died Tuesday in Wash
ington.
Clay was president of the state
senate the last two sessions. He says
he will announce his platform when
the convention convenes in Macon
next month.
Hardwick Sees Harding
Washington Sept. 29.— Governor
Thomas W. Hardwick, called on pres- |
ident Harding. The Governor is on
the way to Atlanta from Canada.
He said his call was personal.
'MEN PROMINENT IN AFFAIRS
'+ OF NATION PAID TRIBUTE AT
HIS BIER
Thomson Sept. 29.~The mental
yiremains of senator Thomas E. Wat
lson today reposes in the soil of his
‘beloved Georgia beside the dust of
vhis forebears and his children in his
home town, county and state. Men
prominent in the waffairs of the na
tion yesterday paid final homage at
his bier and grave.
/
’MURDERED MILLS
WOMAN EXHUMED}
THROAT AND JUGULAR VE!N
CUT AUTOPSY REVEALS ‘
New Brunswick Sept 29.—The au- I
itopsy on the exhumed body of Mrs.
Eleanor Mills, murdered two Weeks‘
ago with Rev. Edward lall revealed !
in addition to three bullet wounds‘
in the head that her throat had been
cut, and thé juglar vein and wind‘
pipe severed. f |
1
MORE HOTEL FUNDS 1
OTHER LARGE STOCK HOLDERS
_HAVE PAID IN FULL ON NEW
CORDELE HOTEL l
Chairman O. M. Heard of the bonrdl
of directors of the new hundrcd‘
thousand dollar hotel today I'ccei've(ll
| remittances in full from more of the‘
‘largc stock holders, Among thesc
was Mr W. A. Thompson, Mr. W. G.l
lGlisson,' Cordele Coca Cola Bottling
Company” and Mrs. J. M. Diffee. I
| The completed payments are mak
ing it possible: for the building to b(‘w
"started much earlier and those thi
arc in charge of the plans are great
l]_v elated over the disposition to pay
iup in full at this date. :
tROBBERY SCHOOLS =~
BELIEVED TO EXIST
.IN ORNEAR CHICAGO
| Los Angeles Sept. 29.—A pamph
llet giving minute instructions for
“safecracking’’ found in the posses
sion of a man who gave his name as
Charles Brown, is believed by the
police to be “gentlement Charlie,”
well known in the east.
It has led officers to express the
belief that a school for beginners
in robbery existed in or near Chi-
Cago, e LA
AND DAILY SENTINEL -
$500,000 NEW BANK
’
Ol
ICORDELE BANK = AND TRUST
[COMPANY TO BE TAKEN OVER
BY GEQRGIA STATE BANK
What is considered the most im.
portant development of the year in
- a business way for: Cordele and thie.
section it is announced today will
bring to Cordele a Branch of the new
Georgia State Bank, a $500,000 insti
tution, already operating in a number
of towns and cities of the state.
The plans under way are suceinetly
as follows: The Georgia State Bank I
will take over the location and assc't:‘
of the Cordele Bank & Trust (‘om"
pany,. and assume and pay off all of
the liabilities of the latter company
immédiately after opening a branch
of the Georgia State Bank here
which it is planned to have open and
ready for business on October 10th
1922 if the present plans are adhered
to, !
The negotiations were begun
some-weeks ago by a nmumber of Cor
dele Bank and Trust Company
stockholders through a committec
composcd of T. E. Arvaniti, G. C.
Lewis and Attorney A. 8. Bugssey :\nd\
’while no publicity has beep given
-the matter, steady progress has been
' made ever since Mr. Bussey of thif
! committee and Mr. L.. R. Adams, vice
| president of the' Georgia State Bank
| After a visit to the eity two weeks
ago Mr. Adams the two held a con:
' fercnce in Atlanta on Monday of last
- week/and reached a basis of contraet
{ which yas gigned up subject to -
- proval of the stockholders and di
rectors of the respective banks, and
of the State Bank Superintendent
A ftockholder meeting of the Cor
dele Bank and Trust Company held
the 27th instapt ratified and approv
ed the contract, and authorized the
board of directors to close the deal
Thig was done at a meeting of the di
reetors of the Cordele Pank and
Trust Company yesterday afternoon
; and last night, at which Vice Presi:
dent Adams was present.
| Nothing further finally to close
the deal remains to be done except
for Mr. Adams to make his report tc
' the Georgia State Bank, have their
‘ approval of the deal entered on their
" records and the final approval of
% State Bank Supetintendent Bennctt
Bermuda And
Silver Skin
We have these in
any quantity. Call
for them and get
the best results in
onion production
Please make it a
- point to buy your
fall garden seceds
here. We’ve taken
the trouble to see
that ours are right
“in both quality and
price.
If you plant the
fall garden from
seeds bought here,
you have started
right.
STEAD’S
DRUG STORE
RESULTS OF THE COMMISSION-MANAGER PLAN IN QUITMAN
(By MRS. EDNA CAIN DANIEL)
When Quitman adopted the commission-manager plan of mu
nicipal government in January, 1922, the city had a floating debt of
$36,000 and the new plan was adopted solely because the city gov
ernment and the public generally realized that the old mayor and
council plan was not efficient as a system. i
Three commissioners were elected and they employed a city man
ager, Mr, T, R, Fluker, who had made an excellent record as super
intendent of the municipal water and light plant at Griffin. The com
mission announced at its first meeting that it hoped to be able to pay
off $6,000 on the city’s debt this year and at the game time maintain
the water and light and other public service at the usual standard
without increase * rates.
But the city hits done better than that; in the first nine months
it had paid off $lO,OOO of the debt and $2,400 interest, a total of
$12,459.71, to be axact. It has also added $l5OO in permanent im
provements at the city water and light plant. The street, sanitary
and other public service has been maintained at the usual standard
which has always been very good, It has paid all current expenses
without borrowing money, also.
The water and light plant which is owned by the city, is showing
a profit of about $l,OOO per month which is practically paying the
operating expenses of the city government, while the major portion
of the city taxes, which are collected in quarterly installments are
‘applied to this floating debt.
It is apparent to every observer that there is more action and
less room for lost motion when all matters pertaining to city. business
are referred to one head, the city manager who gives all his time to
the eity’s business and who is eager to make a good showing.
The city administration has had surprisingly few changes; the
clerk and treasurer, the city police, the fire departmtent personnel re
main the same. The transition has been without friction of any kind;
the chief apparent change being the greater economy of operation. In
the past it has been necessary to issue bonds for paving and similar
nublic improvements but the financial showing the commissioner«
manager plan is making induces the hope that the city may save
enough from its income to pay each year for some needed improve
ment in the way of paving and the extension of water and sewer
mains.
From the actual experience Quitman has had with this plan we
would say there is no question as to the advantage of the city man
ager plan from the standpoint of efficient business administration.
. THE FREE PRESS,
Quitman, Ga., Sept, 28, 1922.
Editor’s Note.—This article was prepared at the request of John
Cain, Jr., by his sister. She was recently in Cordele on a visit. She
writes The Dispatch: “This might help the people of Cordele in mak
ing a decision in the coming election” Verily, we say it ought to
help them. '
It is thought that all of thesc for
malifies will be concluded today for
tomorrow.
Mr. Adams on leaving for Atlante
tend to them-and the citizens gener
return to Cordele on Tuesday, October
10th, prepared to open the Georgia
State Bank branch in this eity, at
which time he will be pleased tc
meet the former patrons of the Cor
dele Bank & Trust Company, and ex
ttend to them and the citizens gener
ally the services of the Georgia
State Bank. : ‘
_. At the stock-holders meoting of the
Cordele Bank & Trust Company, af
ter ratification of the contract he
tween the two banks, Mr. Adams
mad¢ an interesting talk outlining
the facts relating to his institution
its plans and policy of doing business
He stated that in coming to Cordele
he Georgia State Bank intended to
Tollow wa construetive poliey, asuisting
in every vital and material munnc:
the upbuilding of tho city and sc: |
tion, that its rcsourdes. were amplc
to handle all business tendered it
large and small, that it wished
friends and patrons in its territory
and would by its manner of doing
business «do coWerything possible to
deserve and to maintain the confi
dence and gupport of the business
world. Mr. Adams predicted that
within the next few years the Geor:
gia State Bank would show resources
of several millions of dollars, He
.pointed to the fact that he and his
associates in the Bankers Trust Com
pany have during the present era of
deflation managed the financial di
rection of over one hundred and nine
ty banks without the failure of a
' gingle bank, or the loss of a singlc
dollar to any patron or depositor ol
tat great number of banks, and thi:
"has beop likewise true of the thirty
years dur'ng which they have acted
as financial agent of the ‘‘Witham’
~banking system.
. Mr Adams is impresseq with the
{'[)]'l'H(‘;lt and future prospects of Cor
' dele and Crisp county, and expects a
’ great development along all lines tc
take plaec in this territory during the
next few years.
i The stockholders and directors of
the Cordele Bank & Trust Company
arc already being congratulated on
}making such excellent :nrrangvmmy
for their patrons and depositors,: ‘
' has been done in bringing tho Geor
gia State Bank to Cordele,
[CI'J_‘Y PAYMASTER
LOST $75,000.00 TO
{ AUTO BANDITS
i Vancover Sept. 29.—T. A. Schoo
ey, City paymaster, was held up and
robbed of $75,000 two automobile
1 pandits made a sensational dash thru
the business district and escaped,
ESTABLISHED IN 1908,
ROME WOMEN PRESS RESOLU
TION URGING HIM TO RUN
FOR SENATE
Rome Sept. 29.—Calling on Sea
born Wright, veteran legislator and
prohibition leader for a generation.
to emerge from his retirement and
resume his place in public life, the
local chapter of the W. C. T. U.
this morning at a called meeting un
“animously adopted a resolution en
dorsing Mr. Wright for United
States Senator to succeed the late
Senator Thomas E. Watson and urg
ing his nomination by the democrats
of the state. The regolultion also
recommended that Mr. Wright be!
‘endorsed by the state W. C. T. U.‘
- Convention. ‘
WOy loearemagei
ALLIED FUNDING
- PARLEY I CAVIRD
l Washington Sept 29.—The foreign
debt funding commission was called
hy Secretary Mellon to discuss the
general situation with respect to war
| time obligations to this country.
l Recent developments abroad,—
difficulties in the near east, the mor
iatorium and reprations payments to
| France—are said to be up for dis
i cussion,
| MINISTERS SAY U. STATES
l SHOULD AID EUROPE IN
i PERIOD OF RECONSTRUCTION
| St. Louis Sept. 29.—~Recommenda
| tions that the United States should
?aid Europe during the period of
( reconstruction were contained in a
|statement issued by Dr. Ivan Lee
lHoIt, who Was a member of a com:
‘ mission of fifteen ministers who visit
| ¢d European countries and ivestiga
%vd conditions abroad under the aus
¢ picies of the Federal Council of
"1 churches.
, L el e
l CORDELE COTTON
[Gm)] middling closed —......._.. 2075
l; NEW YORK COTTON
‘Jummr,v indme.. 3035, 2093 . 2041
{ March —_..-.--. 2042 2092 2047
|May _._.._._.. 2033 2090 2048
‘October Lo e 2ORh 2090 2031
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and Industrial Development,
for over 100,000 ~~aple, .
NUMBER 276
PRINCE GEORGE
TAKES OATH AS "
KING OF GREECE
GREEK ARMIES IN . BA’TTL&
FIELDS TURN TO REVOLU
TIONISTS AND JOIN FORCES|
i
Athens Sept. 29.—Crown ptinc&
George has taken oath as King
pending the formation of a _n
'ministry, Greece is being governed
iby twelve officers representing t .
sarmy and navy. Athens continues
} quiet and perfect order is maintai*
ed everywhere, f
e e BRI !
Greeks In Thrace Join 3
Athens Sept. 29.—The Greek army
in Thrace has definitoly joined :::
revolutionary army corps in Epi
is has also thrown in its lot with thé
revolutionists, X
—— 1
! Call for Venizelos ?'
~ Paris Sept. 29.—Former premier
Venizelos received the following tele
gram: “The revolutionary committeg
‘expresses confidence and is ¢harging
‘you with the defense of the national
‘cause and solicits your imfilediae%
co-operation.”
Zaimis Is Premier 4
Athens Sept. 29.—After an lfl
night session the revoluntionary com
mittee decided to submit to Kirz
George the names of the cabin
with Alexander Zaimis as Premlei“,
and M. Politis, minister of foreignm
affairs. Politis held the foreign Port-
Folio under Venizelos. Newspapers
declared the revoiutionary commit
tee has informed Constantine that
he must arrange his departure as
soon as possible.
AUGUSTA STARTS i
#~
CAMPAIGN FUND
FOR STATE SCHOOI.
Augusta Sept. 29.—Local civic or
ganizations began a canvass to un
derwrite the sixteen thousand dollar
loan to save the Georgia school for
mental defectives, which will he
forced to close unless funds are raiss
ed. Aty oR
PRESBYTERIANS '
| _ §
1., WILL HOLD SYNOD
~ IN FAMOUS CHURCH
~ Augusta Sept. 29.—The Presbhy
terian Synod of Georgia will »:QB;“
a three day séssion October %0 in
the First Presbyterian church ‘here,
where in 1861 the Southern Preshy
tery voted to withdraw !fijofi;_w "
northern body. o
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