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GEORGIA WEATHER
Partly cloudy tonight, Sat
urday fair.
VOLUME NO. 9
THOMAS B. FELDER
HAD B%.EN IN SAVANNAH ONLY
TWO DAYS RHEN DEATH
CAME. 4
SAVANNAH Ga., March 12 (&) —
Thomas B. Felder of New York died
suddenly here today. Death was due
t oheart disease. He cam .ehere yes
terday in connection with the Sa
vannah and Atlanta Railway of
which he was co-receiver. Felder was
a native of South Carolina. He spent
the greater part of his life in Geor
gia, where he served as a member
of the legislature and practiced law
in Atlanta. Death came four days af
ter refusal of the supreme court to
grant an appeal in the case in
which he with Gaston Means were
convicted with attempting to bribe
government officials.
~ He complained of feeling ill last
night, but his condition was not
thought serious. He became worse
early today and a physician and
nurse was summoned by the hotel at
which he was a guest.
Was in Bribery Case
NEW YORK, March 12— {(P)—
Thomas Felder who died in Savannah
today was convicted last year with
Gaston B. Means, former department
of justice agent, for conspiring to
bribe government officials in the
&€rager system glass casket fraud
case, in 1923. Felder was fined ten
thousand dollars while Means was
fined a like amount. o
SENATE WILL SIT AFTER
ADJOURNMENT T 0 TRY
- FEDERAL JUDGE ENGLISH
¢ WASHINGTON, March 12 (p) —lf
ithe house impeaches Federal Judge
English, of tllé’°,.eag§.§l'll Illinois dis
trict, the senate will sit after adjourn
ment of congress to try him under 2
plan approved today by Persident
Cooljds « #This procedure has been
agreed upon by senate leaders. Im
" peachment of lEnglish on charges of
"\high misdemeanors in office have
been recommended by the housge ju
adiciary committee, but the house has
‘,\‘et to act on ti.
FATHER OF PRESIDENT
IS REPORTED
IMPROVED
PLYMOUTH Vt. March 12—(&P)—
Col. John Coolidge’s condition was
improved today, after a night in
which he was reported to have lost
ground, the attending physician an
nounced, adding that the outlock
seemed encouraging
Stop/ .
Refres
yourself
e
Whatdo » \ ¥
you think all the
- signs are for 222’
Drink
Bottled
Del}cious and
% Refreshing
£
~ Cordele Coca=~Cola
~ Bottling Company
- Cordele, Ga. g, Phone 87
THE CORDELE DISPATCH
MEMBERS ASSOCIATED PRESS
SPAIN TO QUIT LEAGUE
IF NOT GIVEN
SEAT -
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GENEVA, March 12—(£)— It is
learned from an authorative source
that Spain has definitely decided to
| resign from the League of Nations
unless she is given a permanent seat
' in council.
From the same source ti is learn
!ed Spain has informed Sweden that
| because of Swedens unfriendly atti
| tude in connéetion with the Span
i ish candidacy for a permanent seat,
‘ Spain is thinking of breaking off
| pending negotiations for a commer
cial treaty with Sweden.
DORRIS IS URGED
FOR GOVERNOR IN
MANY SECTIONS
LOCAL LEGISLATOR IS BEING
TALKED IN SURFRISINGLY
€TRONG MANNER BY GOOD PEO
PLE
There is becoming apparent in this
section of the state a very strong sen
timent favoring ingistence upon Hon.
W. H. Dorris’ announcement for the
office of Governor of Georgia, which
may result in his being a factor to
i be ¢onsidered in the appreaching cam
paign for that office. Col. Dorris has
recognition as being one of the ablest
dwyers of the state whose long ex
!fierie’nce in legislative anq judicial
capacities together with his conserv
ative record and his freedom from un
due ambiticn that induce some to
make a stepping stone of office-hold
ing as a claim upon the people for
further reward, would seem at this
rarticular time to commend him to
the special favor of the people of
Georgia as their chief executive.
Colonel Dorris is at present serv
ing in the legislature in the unexpired
term of former representative A. S.
Bussey. He has filled nine terms in
both the house and senate, has been
mayor of Cordele anq has filled many
jother important places in a public
iway. He is a man of strong progres
j sive ideals and is in the prime of his
[ life.
l Here his friends will be greatly in
{terested and pleased at the talk of
running him for governor. He docs
not know of this recent effort to con
rnect him with the race for governor.
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$5O PRICE CUT ON
f HUDSON-ESSEX
l EFFECTIVE MARCH 10
} And applying on Hudson Brougham,
Hudson Coach and Essex Coach.
This is in addition to the tax reduc
tion made February 27, and is for
cars equipped with front and rear
bumpers, electric wind shield clean
er, rear view mirror, transmission
lock (built in), radiator shutters, mo
to-meter, combination stop and tail
light.
“At your door” cost, nothing more
to pay:
Hafex 6 Coneh i .. 0 5804
Hudson Coaeh -0 o 0 S 80
Hutgon Brougham ... ... $1569
Hudson 7-pass. Sedan ... $1,803
Convenient Purchase Terms
Don't he mislead by F. O. B. or fac
tory list prices. To such prices must
be added freight, tax, handling and
sundry other charges which greatly
increase the actual cost. Hudson-Is-
Fx prices are those you pay for de
livery at your door. They include
freight and tax at the new law rate.
No delivery, handling or other charges
are made,
Buy now for prompt delivery.
L. O. WHITE AND COMPANY
16-YEAR-OLD BOY
IS BURNED TO DEATH
AUGUSTA, Ga., March 12—(&p)—
Joseph Jester, 16, was burned to
death at his home Wednesday after
noon by flames originating from an
unknown cause. The fire depart
ment was summoned and extinguish
ed the flames on the hoy’s clothing
and in the houge, but the boy died a
few minutes later.
It is thought that he was cleaning
his clothes with gasoline and spilled
some of the fluid on himself, al
though how it became ignited is not
Kpowns oo g n 0 U 1
CORDELE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY. MARCH 12, 1926
OFFICERS BATTLE ‘
'CATHOLIC PRIEST DEFIES CLOS
ING ORDER AND WAS STAND
ING HIS GROUND.
TEPIC NAYAIRIT, Mexico, March
12—(#P)—Three representatives of
the state of Nayarit are dead and
a number of people injured as a re
sult of a disturbance occasioned
when orders for closing a Catholie
church were met by armed opposition
from church followers
Immediate cause of the tragedy
was in the neighboring town of Jaliq
uello, where a Catholic priest had
failed to comply with the closing law
of the government and was standing
his ground against presidential or
ders with the backing of kiz &'--k.
KENTUCK SOLON SAYS SECRE
TARY IS ‘RABBIT TRACKING’
TC HIDE REAL OPINION ON is
SUES.
WASHINGTON, March 12—(#)—
Secretary Jardine was accused by
Representative Kincheloe, democrat,
demicrat, Kentucky, of “rabbit track
ing” on farm legislation at hearings
today before the house agreinlture
committee. Rabbit tracking, he ex
plained, was “weaving in and out and
leaving doubt as to h isexact posit
tion.”
William Hirth, chairman of an ag
ricultural conference committee ap
pointed at Des Moines when the
charge was made, was testifying on a
bill designed to handle the surplus
crop problem through collection of
an cqualization fee on agricultural
products and the setting up of a
federal board to deal with the sub
ject. -
Asked how secretary Jardine view
ed the proposal, Hirth declared he
could not say, although a few days
ago he appeared to be against it.
Seemoc o e
Former Baptist Barred
On Virgin Birth Question
NEWARK, N. J. March 12—(P)—
Rev. Lester 'H. Clee, a former Bap
tist clergyman, has been barred by
the Newark Presbytery after a bit-
Iter debate because he refuses to
deny or affirm belief in the virgin
birth of Christ,
Five years ago Clee sought admis
sion to the Presbyterian ministry and
was rejected by Dr. Harry Emerson
’Fosdick is another prominent Bap--“
: &
i tist preacher who has been denied
admission by the Presbyterians. |
Clee came to Newark in January,
and accepted an offer to occupy the
pulpit of the Second Presbyteriar,
church. He became popular and wonl'
numerous friends who fought his bat- |
tle for him in the presbytery when!
the subject of his rejection wns!'
brought up. y [
Staunch Presbyterians, however, |
refused to weaken in their Opposi- |
tion to this Baptist, who declared
that the resurrection of Christ on '
|
Easter morning was nothing more |
than a “spiritual” resurrection, and
who refused to give his views (-on.;
cerning the feeding of the lllulli—!
tude with the loaves and the l'ishes.i
MARKETS AT GLANCE|
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NEW YORK COTTON |
VLAY i IRBBS 1863 1864
Qotobey ..o 1124 1734 ]TZ\';
JanUBYY ... 1608 1696 1695 1
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CORDELE COTTON |
Middling closed ik siiianire g 110
LOCAL CRFAM MARKET
Standard butter-fat ... . 42¢
PEANUT MARKET |
Choice Clean No. 1, per ton ... SIOO.OOI
AND DAILY SENTINEL
WILL USE RADIO TO
INSTALL NEW
i SIS
| OFFICERS
’ OKLAHOMA CITY, March 12—
l(/P\—-—Oklahoma radio post, no ‘three
' sundred of the American Legion,
( will install its officers ina radio
program here at midnight Saturday
Membership in this pos tis limited
to World War veterans who are un
‘ablo to attend in person the regular
| meetings and must “listen in” by ra
_dio. It is the only post of its kind 1}
the world.
!SCHEPP WHO GAVE
~ DIED IN NEW YORK
HAD GIVEN AWAY SEVEN MIL
LION DOLIL.ARS FOR BETTER
MENT OF HUMANITY
NEW YORK., March 12 (#)—Leo
pold Schepp, who gavi’x away millions
in Philanthropies and then appealed
in vain to the world for advice on how
‘to give away more for betterment of
,humanil_\'. is dead. The end came
Jast night after a brief illness at his
Ih()mo here. His Philanthropies, and
there are many of them were s 9 quiet
.'l_v carried out that they are unrecord
i"d. reached a total of seven million
!'dol.‘urs. it is estimated.
GEOGIA CITIES
é )
ALL ARE WET
WELLBORN LETTER TO UP
SHAW ALLEGES SOBRIETY IS
EXCEFPTION.
WASHINGTON, March 12-—Mem
bers of the house pricked up their
ears Wednesday, the anti-prohibi
tionists smiling, when a letter de
claring that drinking is almost wuni
versal in Atlanta, every town in
Georgia and throughout the south,
signed by M. B. Wellborn, governor
“of the Atlanta Federal reserve bank,
was read by Representative Tink
ham, Massachusetts wet.
It was stated in the letler, which
was addressed to Representative Up
chaw, of Atlanta, that it was written
in answer to a telegram from Up
shaw asking for a general statement
concerning “improved conditions in
business, morality and sobriety in
Atlanta and Georgia since bar-rooms
were banished.”
Upshaw, who was in the house
gallery with a visitor at the time,
craned over to hear the contents of
the letter. He went down to the flor
afterward, but did not rize from his
seat during the comment on the let
ter which followed, when several
other members asked Tinkham ques
tions.
D ol
DRUGS
Amnd
1
Garden
Seeds
And our hest serv
ice alone with them
Please continue to
think of our store
when therve 1s eare
to be exercised
Whout a preserip
o you need,
We have cood gar
den seceds for our
gardening friends
and custoniers,
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Eufma(dl S
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Drug Store
PHONE NO. 1
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POWERS DISCUSS
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GERMAN ENTRANCE
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VARIOUS SUGGESTIONS MADE
i ON ALL SIDES—REPRESENTA
i TIVES TO MEET AGAIN |
! GENEVA, March 12—(#)—Repre
sentatives of the allied powers and’
liGermany met for two hours tuduyi
|"'.md discussed the difficulties which
| have arisen over the plan for Ger
, many’s admission to the League ul'l
{ Nations and elevation to the Lcagu(-g
council. At the end of the session
a communique was issued stating |
that various suggestions had been
made by one or other, and that the
lglelegates will meet again after tillle}
» . i ;
l Tor reflection. -
| Participating statesmen gave thoi
! impression that the situation is much |
| brighter. Fact that the Germr,fis‘hzul
! for the first time joined with the al- |
llics in advancing suggestions as 10:
t how the controversy cquld be set- |
| tled. was intrepeted opt‘imisti.cnl]y by
| all delegations. |
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DR. JOHN PURSER
E @ A A !
- TAKEN BY DEATH
t ot - L& |
| - e |
iWAS 72 YEARS OLD AND PRESI-|
| DENT HOME MISSION BOARD:
| BAPTIST CONVENTION
l " 1
’ ATLANTA, March 12 (4)—Dr. .luhni
Ferderick Perser, seventy-two, presi-|
alent of the home mission board of the |
‘sonthm'n Baptigt convention, died (0-{
tlay at his home here, follwoing :m;
!fllness of more than a month. Heart |
| disease superinduced by prolonged in-!
'[luenzn and pneumonia cnnmli(-;n.i.'nm!
!\\':‘..\' assigned ag the immediate cause
im' his death. |
BOAD OF TRADE
|
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I
~ DINNER TONIGHT
'STRONG PLANS WILL BE LAID
. FOR' CARRYING THE POWERi
~ PLANT BONDS FOR CRISP COUN
i TY |
| - |
) The board of trade will be in ity
monthly meeting tonight at the new .
3():1212‘!0_1'.\- of that body in tlhe Har
;’mau Building and a large attendance
%V, expected. The important feutlm-g
y the meeting will be the layving o!',
‘the plans for carrying the power plant i
;Imn(lrl in Crisp and llxtj further details '
of working the plan throughout the
ptate for the fall elections. |
: There will also he some time gi\'vni
"{.u the movement {o get the reg‘istru—‘
tion list in Crisp done all over again
€o as to have a legal registration that ‘
cannot be questioned at any time in{
the future. j
Several of the leading citizens ate
on the program for the evening and
addresses will be made on the various
important matters coming hefore the
bhody. |
President . I°. Fitzgibbons of tho
trade hoard will be master of cere-|
monies and the ladies of the local 17!
D. ¢ will provide a dainty dinner for
the occasion, ;
SALE OF FLORIDA |
| LAND IS AUTHORIZED
| WASHINGTON, March 11-—The '
i sale at auction of two parcels of
:Flnri(ln land. ore near Jacksonville
i:md the other near Miami, was an
?nuunmwl by the interior department
| today.
1@ The Jacksonville tract comprizes
{ 841 acres near the mouth of the St. |
, Johns river. It is appraised at $5,371
{ and will be =old to the highest bid
| der at not less than the appraised
i value at the Chamber of Commerce
! Building in Jacksonville, March 16, ‘
I The Miam! parcel covers an area
tof 6.84 acres on the ocean side of
' Key Biseayns and i< appraised at
| $6.840, Tt vill he <old at the city
[ hall courtroom March 19 for not less
| than the appraiced value, Temporary
I withdrawal of other tracts located on
| Lake Dora and another small lake in
4 T.ake county iz announced today hy
ith(- interior department, The reason
for the withdrawal is that new sur
l veys of the land may he wmade,
|
ESTABLISHED IN 1908
SPECIAL COMMITTEE
TO INVESTIGATE
TARIFF
WASHINGTON, March 12—(&£)—
Scnator Lafollette republican at Wis
consin was named today by Vice-
President Dawes as ‘*‘a progressive
republican” on the special com
mittee which is to investigate the
tariff commission. Other members of
the committee named were: Senators
Wadsworth, New York; Reed, Penn
sylvania, republican; and Robinson
Arkansas; and Bruce, Maryland,
democrats. The committee will select
its own chairman and is expected
will begin inquiry next week, ;
WRIGHT SLAYERS
SUBMIT PLEA FOR
ARE UNDER SENTENCE TO BE
ELECTROCUTED ON MARCH
TWENTY FIFTH. |
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ATLANTA, Ga., March 12—Coun
sel for Ted Toggeshall and F. \V.i
MeClelland, under sentence of death
for the murder last year of Pml‘essorT
W. C. Wright, near Eatonton, Lo(lay1
~*himitted a plea to Governor Wulk-‘
cer and the state prison commission,
Jor executive clemency, Coggesha'
and McClelland are under sentence
be electrocuted March t\\'ont_v-i'ifth.l
The petition sets forth contention
that the condemned men were con 1
victed largely on testimony of
“mistaken” witnesses; that they
were not in the vieinity of E:ltonton{\
when the crime was committwl.%
Professor Wright was superintend
ent of Putnam county schools and
was shot and killed after havine
given the boys a “lift” on the road
near Eatonton, :
DIVORCES INCREASE
IN MUSCOGEE COUNTY
COLUMBUS, Ga., March 12—
Statistics comfiled by County Clerk
Early H. Johnson show that 38 more
divorces were granted in Muscogee
county in 1925 than in 1924.
The number of divorces granted
'in this county last year was 115 as
compared with 77 for 1924, a eain
for last year of 40 percent.
FORD MAKES ANNUAL
VISIT TO BERRY
SCHOOLS
ROME, Ga., March 12—(4)—Heny
ry Ford today made his annual visit
to Berry schools near here, where
rural boys and girls receive voca
tional training.
W
eSS MATTER
OF SERVICE
Everything that a bank
can do for ilts enstomers,
this bauk does, [lf there is
anything in which vou
doubt, tell us about it and
probably we’ll surprise vou
with our ability to serve
Vo,
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CORDELE, GEORGIA
’i PLEDGE OF LOYALTY
| I shall welcome in my com
munity of all methods and
! measures that have proven
beneficial in other communi
ties. 2 \
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NUMBER 100
ITHIRTY THOUSAND
~ VISITORS ATTEND
|
PEACH FESTIVAL
[FEATURE EVENT WAS PEACH
PAGEANT—FIFTEEN HUNDRED
! PARTICIPATED
i AL .
' BT VALLEY, Ga., March 12 (P)—
;Wim more than thirty thousand visit
ors in attendance, the fifth annual
é"x‘:wh Blossom Festival got under
&\'.':l‘\' lere today. The feature eveng
of the day was the peach pageant in
E\'.'hich fifteen hundred people partici
pated. The big procession of floats
representing a number of Georgia cit«
pes moved through the streets in a
pageant parada.
Lo b b e i
OWN MEN, OPINION
CIRCUMSTANCES OF ROYSTON
BATTLE WHICH KILLED ONE,
WOUNDED TWO STILL CLOAK
ED IN MYSTERY. .
ROYSTON, Ga., March 12—(#)—
although the circumstances surround
ing a gun battle here Tuesday which
resulted in the death of one man and
the serious wounding of two others,
was still cloaked in mystery today,
Sheriff T. H. Moss expressed the
opinion that members of a band
which visited Herman L. Bibgy, a
farmer became confused and shot
cach other an dalso wounded Bigby.
The dead man is Walton Adams,
a well-known farmer. Th ewounded
men are Biby, who was shot in the
head, and Ben Harrison, who also
was seroiusly wounded.
" Sheriff Moss believed Adams and
Harrison were members of the
masked band which visited Bigby to
warn him. reports said, to cease hisg
alleged attentions to a woman here.
Bigby is marvied, his wife living at
Honea Path, S. C. :
After a large number of shots had
been fired by the band, they dis
persed, many of them, it was said,
disrobing themselves, to enable them
to make a quicker get-away. Several
of the white robes were found about
the secene of the battle.
The band of robed men are said to
have surrounded the Bigby house,
and then summoned Bigby to the
door. Realizing that he housé was
surrounded Bigby is said to have
opened fire on the band of men and
he was answered with a volley of
shots from both the front and rear
of the house and a side window.
After the smoke of battle thad
cleared, and the band had departed,
the body of Adams was found lying
in a ditch in front of Bighy’s home,
his death coming instantly. Harrison
said to have been a member of the
robed band, was shot in one arm and
through the luneos.