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GEORGIA WEATHER |
Genérally fair and colder{
tonight and Friday. |
VYOLUME NO. 9
$15,000,000 BONDS FOR GEORGIA HIGHWAYS ASKED IN ASSEMBLY
Eighteen Millions Bonds Asked
For Education While Assign
- ment of State Road Rentals
y is Asked to Pay Pension
Script
EXTRA , APPROPRIATION TO
COMMON SCHCOLS PRESSED
THROUGH EQUALIZATION
FLAN.
ATLANTA, Ga., February 25—(&)
-.~tsills calling for the issuance (<
bonds for highway construction, for
educational expansion, and for pay
ment of Confederate pensions were
introduced in the house today. The
bills were referred to the several
committees. |
A _bill to increase the bonded debt
of the state in the sum of seventy
tive million dollars for highway pur
poses was intreduced by Barrett «\
Stevens. - |
A bill by Wiholit of ‘Warren and
Milner of Dodge, which was defeat
ed at the last session as an amend-;
ment to the confederate script bill,
was introduced today in the original
form and is understood to have the
support of the administration. I
The measure provides for the as
signment and setting aside of suffi
cient rentals from the state owned
Western and Atlantic rairoad to pay
back pensione. |
‘“A bill proposing that the_:,v_bondedj
debt be increased eighteen million
dollars for educational purposes was
offeyad by Barrett of Stevens.
.'kflifige matters occupied today’s
sossion in the senate. |
For‘Bond Commissicn !
® Bill following Governor's Waiker’s
suggestions as to the formation of a
bond commission to ‘control such
funds as would result from the is
suance of bonds for state highway
purposes was introduced by Repre
sbéntative Jones of Meriwether.
“The Jones measure urovides how
ever that the bond commission be
named by law instead of by the gov
¢ClNor,
" The legislature would make an ex
tra appropriation to common school
fund for the purpose of equalizing
educational opportunities to children
of the several counties of the state
‘under provision pf_ a bill by Repre
‘sentative Culpepper of Fayette and
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THE CORDELE DISPATCH
MEMBERS ASSOCIATED PRESS
OLD TIME FIDDLERS
READ ARTISTS HERE IN FINE
FORM SATURDAY NIGHT AT
WOODMEN HALL. °
The Gray’s Strinf Band, with a
number of the best fiddlers in Geor
gia and Alabama will appear at
Woodmen’s Hall here Saturday night
at eighty thirty o’clock. Plans have
been made to offer a full two hour
program of the best that can be had
in the old time fiddling and buck
wing dancing.
The people who have head Mr. A.
A. Gray, who is champion of Georgia
and Alabama, are enthusiastic over
the class of entertainment which he
offers and his playing here with the
violin Saturday night will delight all
who attend the program.
The chrages will be 25 and 50
cents. Twenty-five percent of the
proceeds will go to the charity fund
of the local Woodmen. This excellent
musical organization will appear to
morrow night in a program at Abbe-‘
ville. |
BOOTLEGGERS AND MURDER
ERS HAVE ESCAPED DRAG
NET OF LAW
CHICAGO, Februory 25-—(P)—
Chicago’s alien gangland, the scene
of forty one slaying was described
today by the police as a “deserted
village” There has been a general
exodus of gunmen from their usual
haunts since the raids started this
week to pick up deportable foreign
ers who figure in gang and liquor
feuds in thea avea.
Though the raiders last night add
ed ninety suspects to the twenty-one
being held for deportation, officials
said few of the aliens who were con
nected with the liquor and killing
operations have fallen into the net.
Most of these have left cr t.ken to
cover, they believe.
Langford of Toombs. This bill pro
vides no county would share in this
equalization fund unless it should
'_levy at least five mills throughout
the county for local tax for its pub
lic schools for that year.
Gets Down to Business
ATLANTA, Ga., February 25—(#)
The legislature got down to real
work at the special session today.
Adminstrationbills for payment of
Confederate pensions and highway
road bonds had not been drawn.
Jones of Meriwether announced that
he had sent letters to the chairman
and chief engineer of the Highway
Department asking information neces
sary for the preparation of the ad
ministration bill for the road bond is
sue,
WILL DOUBLE PRICE
MEMORIAL
COINS
ATLANTA, Feb. 25 (£)—The price
of Stone Mountain Confederate Mem
orial half dollars will be doubled af
ter April fifteen, President Randolph
of the association announced today.
'The present price is one dollar for
each coin.
GREECE APPEALS TO
LEAGUE IN TURK ROW
GENEVA, Feb. 25 ()—Greece has
appealed to the League of Nations
against Turkey for settlement of the
dispute over the fixation of the Greeco
Turkish frontier,
CORDELE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1926
TO ELLIS ISLAND
SHORE LEAVE WILL BE OUT BE
FORE SHE GETS HEARING ON
HABEAS CORPUS
NEW YORK, Féeb. 25 (P)—There is
now a ‘possibility that the Countess of
Cathcart will renew her acquaintance
with Eilis Island before it is decided
finally whether she will be given the
freedom of this country or be sent
back to England.
ler counsel has arranged with Fed
eral Attorney Buckner to posipone the
heearing of her writ of haheas corpus
until Friday bf next week.
As th_s' countess’ ten days “shore
leave” expires Wednesday night, she
must return to the jurisdiction of the
immigration authorities thew.
THE FAMOUS ED NUTT
COMEDY PLAYERS COME
HERE WITH GOOD SHOW
The coming of Ed C. Nutt’s come
dy players brings to our city a dra
matic and vaudeville company of un
usual merit, presenting an ideal
repertoire of high class royalty
plays. By that we do not mean a job
lot of junk, reminiscent of prehis
toric times, that has been resurrect
ed, rehashed and camouflaged under
an alluring name, but absolutely
prand new plays fresh from the au
thor’s pen that have never been
presented in your city. All branches
of the amusement world were invads
ed to secure the talen for this
superb company. The roster includes
such well known dramatic and vau
deville entertainers as Mr. “Watt”
Pruitt whose inimtable idiosyncras
cies crown him king of toby come
dians. We have the finest and high
est paid ladies orchestra on the road,
introducing some of the greatest mu
sieal novelties of the twelfth century
The whole comprising a combination
hat has won from the press such
eulogistic encomuims ‘as “The Com
pany DeLuxe” “The Tent Theater
Without an Equal.” And from
thousands of delighted patrons,
“The Show Supremg.”
Our auditorium is absolutely
water-proof, well heated, comforta
ble, and well seated, brilliantly light
ed with special electrical effects.
The Ed C. Nut comedy players are
the oldest and highest class tent en
tertainers in the United States. They
come direct from Pensacola, where
they have played for fourteen weeks
to thousands of pleased patrons.
Don’t forget the day and date we
are going to show you so come out
and be shown. Ladies free Monday
night, one lady free with each paid
ticket, or two ladies on one paid
ticket.
Professor Carver To Speak ‘
Show Held at Ft. Valley
FORT VALLEY, Ga., February 2i!
—(&P)—Professor George W. Car-|
ver, of Tuskegee, Alabama, national—[
ly known negro scientist, is to be !
the principal s peaker Thursday;
morning March 4th at the annual,
farmers conférence and home-curodl
meat show to be held at Fort Valley‘
High and Industrial school March |
4. Besides Professor Carver a num- |
ber of officials of the United States |
farm demonstration work and promi- |
nent citizens of Macon, Fort Valley,!
Perry and other places are expected |
to be present for the purpose of in-'
structing the farmers and judging
the exhibits for which prizes will be |
awarded. {
Demonstrator O’Neal is planning"
to have the finest display of homc-l
cured meats and poultry ever put on 1
exhibit here. !
A free barbecue will be served hy%
| the negro formers’ club at Peach and |
! Houston counties each day. !
The public is invited to attend the |
conference and hear Professor Car- |
|\‘er. The conference will opvn’
ipromptly at 10 o'clock each day iti
is announced,
AND DAILY SENTINEL
‘THREE PERISHIN
SWEEPS FARM AREA
|MANY PEOPLE INJURED AND RES
IDENCES WREC'KEI? IN PATH OF,
STORM
MEMPHIS, Feb. 25 (£)—Three ne
groes and a score of persons injured
was the known toll today of a tornado
which swept across the Mississippi
’river from southeastern Arkansas late
last night, sy Ritey d*’i"m
. After demolishing several buildings
incar Lake Village, it wrecked about
;u\'vnty-five residences ;at Greenville,
. Mississippi, and playefl bavoc with
‘barns and tenant houseg on a number
!nf plantations in nm'the;'n Mississipoi.
! ciautieacs Gu sgl R
FOULTRY CAR WILL BE
‘ HERE MARCH TWELFTH
By J. K. Luck -
If you are planning to have some
poultry to sell soon you should get
[it ready for this car on Friday,
! March 12th.
These sales will be held every two
weeks beginning with Friday, March
12th. Make your plans to have some
'pou!iry to cell at each sale.
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AMUNDSEN GOES TO
l MAKE NEW DASH.
FOR POLE
‘ VANCOUVER, February 25—
| (A)—Captain Roald Amunsden, dis
| coverer of the south pole, will leave
‘tonight for New York where he will
| embark for Norway to complete
*preparations for his proposzed flight
l in a semi-rigid dirigible to the north
i pole and other Ar_ctic regions in May
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'CHARLES PONZI PLACED
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z UNDER BOND IN FLORIDA
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| JACKSONVILLE, Fla, February
| 26—(P)—Charles Ponzi, sought on a
i federal warrant charging use of the
;mail:; to defraud, surrcndered here
| today. He made bond.of a thousand
f dellars, fixed when the warrant was
i issued yesterday and he left the fed
t eral building,
‘ HAMILTON RETURNS
!
, Elue
| Mr. J. H. Hamiiton is here from
| West Palm Beach to take up his
| duties at the Liggon plantation
which he recently purchazed for his
i futurc home. He wiil be here some
| ime now engaged in putting this
( large farm in fine shape.
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Garden
Seeds
And our best serv
ice along with them
Please continue to
think of our store
when there is care
to be exercised
about a preserip
fion you need.
We have good gar
den seeds for our
zardening friends
and customers,
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Stead’s
Drug Store
PHONE NO. 1
Tax Reduction Bill Will Become o
Law When Coolidge Signs Bill
STATE PENSIONERS
FOR DISTREBUTION
CHECKS MAILED TO ORDINARIES
BY STATE PENSION COMMIS
SIONER
ATLANTA, Feb. 25 (/P)—Checks ag
gregating four hundred and ninety
eight thousand nine hundred dollars
were mailed out today by Pension
Commissioner Clarke to the ordinaries
of a litndred and fi‘fty-spven»(:mm(ie:a.
They cover Confederate pensionspay
ments for the first Jquarter of 1926
under the new law. 7o o dge 28s
Fach pensioner aeceives two hun
dred dollars annually: paydbie sguar
terly. Four counties wene:fiot inelud
ed, as their pension rolls:areé not ye!
received.
DORRIS WAS GIVEN
VERY LIGHT VOTE
24 A
BUSSEY'’S SUCCESSOR RE
CEIVED NINETY-SEVEN VOTES
IN SPECIAL SESSION.
In the election called pesterday to
name a successor to Revresentative
A. S. Bussey, resigned, Hon. W. H.
Dorris who was the choice of a group
of representative people here. was
eiven ninety-seven votes, Seventy
two of these were cast in Cordele.
The new representative is alrveady
in Atlanta and is now regularly
clothed with authority te #ill his
place. The election was held on the
day of the. extra sessien of the leg
islature was convened, due to the
fact vhat it could not legally be held
sooner than that.
The chosen representative had no
onpozition.
TOW EDISON SHOWS |
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STUFF AS BALL PLAYER
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ELECTRICAL WIZARD BATS .500]
N SR CTRY-QUT! WiEiTH
ATHLETICS. A ‘
FORT MYERS, Fla.,, February 25;
—{P}—A baseball recruit by t,hr.‘;
name of Tem Kdison, who is pr(".iy&
well known in the field of electirical
mvention but whose baseball 1;11(-nts;
wore hefetofore unsuspecied, broke
into big league company here L(»(]il.\"?
and finished his initial p(-ri'rn'w:uz\.cif
with a batting average of .500.
Mr. Edison, who has made this
city his winter home for 40 years,
attended the Lee county fair today
and drifted over to the part of the
ficld vhere the Philadelphia Ath
letics were practicing, Moving pie
‘ture men prevailed upon him: o
take a hand in the game.
With Kid Cleason pitehing, and
Sonnie Mack behind the bat, the
clectrical wizard took his place at
the bag. He missed the first but
caught the second for a Texas
leaguer which floated just out of
reach of Joe Houser.
“Sign him Connic” velled the
crowd as the smiling inventor handed
back the bat to Bing Miller and
shook hands with all the players.
MARKETS AT CLANCE
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ESTABLISHED IN 1908
ONE IS DEAD, SIX ILL
FROM ANIMAL
DISEASE
PINEBLUFF, Ark.,, Icbruary 25—
(P)—Mrs. J. H. Sheppard is dead
and six others seriously ill as the re
sult of contracting trichonosis, a dis
ease common among animals, but
celdom cxperienced in the human
race.
The disease was contracted from
pork eaten at a dinner at the Shep
pard heme several days ago.
¥ort Valley Invites
Floats For Festival
FORT VALLEY. Ga., February 25
——(4)——lt is the desire of the Peach
¥estival association that every city
and section of Georgia be represent
ed in the parade of floats at the
fifth annual peach blossom festival,
thereby advertisine in a beautiful
and spectacular way the resources in
the thousands who attend the festival
and view this feature, which is al
ways one of great beauty and inter
Ralph Newton, general chairman,
states that there are no official in
vitations being sent out asking for
¢ntries, but the association wants as
many to enter as will. There is no
charge for entries, and H. H. Cope
land, chairman of floats, will glady
confer with individual or organiza
tion in regard to having a float
built and decorated here. A ® float
builder is here for the businesz, and
the floats will be taken care of and
every courtesy shown any who will
enter.
The festival affords a splendid op
portunity to put Georgia and her
wonderful resources before the eyes
of the world through the meduim of
Tort Valley will welcome any entry,
commercial or artistie, in the parade
of floats by an organization or in
dividual, it is announced.
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NOEL COBB GOES TO
HOSPITAL FOR
NERVES
~ .ASHEVILLE, N. C,, February 25
~——(/P)—Noel Cobla of Anderson,
S. €., whose marital adventures have
aroused interest throughout the
south is a patient in Highland Hos
pital here for treatment of nervous
disorders, it was learned today
PROGRESS
NEEDS FINANCE ,
loven the most altruistic
programs need finanecing,
Working alwavs for the
cood of the community, this |
bank provides means for
business like handling of
your dreans, ; ;
e .e e . s e :
GEORGTIA
STATE BANK
CORDELE, GEORGIA
| PLEDGE OF LOVALTY
| I shall welcome in my com
[ munity of all methods and
| measures that have proven
| beneficial in other communi
| ties. :
NUMBER 87
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MELLON THINKS
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TREASURY WILL °
a 4
SENATE PASSES COMPROMISES
REACHED WITH CONFEREES lu’
LOWER HOUSE o
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (B)—The
ecnactment into law of the revenids:
pill proposing tax reduction of m&b
hundred and eighty-seven mimbq dfi
lars this year awaited toddy onlr:&-
signature of (President Coolidge
was exepected to approve the médde
pre within a short iime. .
Senate approval late yesterday @f
the compromise reached iu-cdfltufl?u‘b__flu
with the lower house completed fhe.
work of Congress on its fivet afid’
probably most important piece of la’tf
islation this season. . o
| Meets Mellon Approval o
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 '(P)—Al
though the new tax bill sqm_ewh-at éx- ~
ceeds the reduction in revenue whis
Ilhu treasury believed safe, Sec:f'etkfr::r‘
hlollon said today it" was ,genqrillr
satisfactory to the administration. Ag
the bill now stands the secretary said
; the government should have little t.l'diy
Wwle in meeting its financial nékds, . °
i " He explained, however, that any L '-7
propriations by congress not n@m‘_qé}’;g
templated would creaté a defiéit tp;w
in treasury. “ ~,i,‘j}
The secretary helieves the retne+
‘ active fetures of the estate t_a:‘tesifii%
not cause embarassment. to<the tw{if
l ury. The 1927 fiscal year strrhlug\;@‘{'
| be small, if any, in the opinion of f,fifc}
itrv:mux-y head, but he suggested't#‘g%’fj
revenue reduction will have little #f-/
Il‘wt on the current fiscal yeaf.. - &%
current vear is being appliéd to :95
duction of the public debt and (gt
policy will continue to the end of the.
fiscal vear, June thirty. ‘ S ;:*
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OFF TO TOURNAMENT - -
The girls basket ball team of th¢
Cordele High School left today for
entry in the tournament which is be
ing held today and Friday in ,'Jienn'i?
The Cordele girls left in fine trify
and will fight their way through gti:
ery game into which they enter with
the hope of bringing back honors for
their school. ',?:
Mrs. W. D. Wilson, Mr. and Mus.
Livingston Leeds, of New York, ;’pd
Mr. Harmon Frederick, of Mashall
ville, formed a party leaving yestey
day for White Springs, Fla., where
{they will spend a week. :