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GEORGIA WEATHER
Probably showers tonight
night and Friday,
VOLUME NO. 9
COOLIDGE LEAVES CAPITAL FOR BEDSIDE OF DYING FATHER
S[gm msgé% MAN
CLOSE T 0 BRINK
PRESIDENT GOES TO PLYMOUTH
THIS AFTERNOON TO ATTEND
. FATHER IN LAST HOURS
PLYMOUTH, March 18 (&)-—Colo
nel John C. Coolidge suffered a sink
ing spell early today and his condi
'tion was very serious. 5
Has Short Time To Live
-PLYMOUTH, March 18 (P)—John
C.. Coolinge has from 24 to 48 hours
tol live, his physician, Dr. Albert M.
Cram of Bridgewater, said today. The
aged father of the president has suf
)‘ered two serious heart attacks since
yesterday.
After giving out his report he re
}m‘ned to the sick room, announcing
that he would remain within easy call
of the patient all day. The physician
gaid that in addition to his weakness,
the Colonel was exteremely sensitive
to pain after his long illness. |
The physician said, after talking
with the White House, that the presi
dent was expectled to arrive here be
fore tomorrow morning, Dr, Cram
said his patient might lose his slight
‘hold on life at any moment.
President Goes To Bedside
WASHINGTON, March 18 (P)—
'President Coolidge decided today to
leave Washington for the hedside of
his father in Vermont as soon as ar
rangements can be made. It was in
dicated that he might be able to get
away early in the afternoon. :
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TWO MINERS RESCUED
36 HOURS IN
_ TRAP
WALLACE, March 18 ()t
Clarence McMurray and Dan Knup
penberg, miners trapped in the 1820
foot level of the Morning Mine for
more than 36 hours, were rescued
early this morning.“*l‘hey were trap
ped by a cave in Tuesday afternoon
and most of the time the rescuers
were able to talk with the two men.
EDWARDS WANTS FLOOD
- SURVEY FIVE RIVERS
WASHINGTON, March 18 (#)—The
expenditure of twenty thousand dol
lars for a preliminary survey by ar
my engineers of five Georgia rivers
with a view of eliminating flood haz
ards was proposed in a bill today by
representative Edwards.
The rivers are the Altamaha, Sav
annah, Ogeechee, Ohopee and Cannoo
chee. LI
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ASSEMBLY ADJOURNS EXTRA SESSION: WALKER CALLS ANOTHER SESSION FOR FRIDAY
17 CHINESE STUDENTS PERISH IN
FIGHT OVER DEMANDS OF POWERS
WARRING FORCES
STUDENTS "ROTEST AND MANY
KILLED a:iti> WOUNDED IN
FIRE OF GUARD>.
PEXING, .erch 18— P—Seven
teen students were xtited and sixteen
wounded by vur'!s whe fired sn a
{lonzand s.u tonts whe tere demon--
swrating bef.re the eabiner offices.
The demonst:ation was< in protest
against the govesoment’s aguies
c-nee to the aitmatum of the pow--
ers reglirdin> the rostoration of
free communication between Poking
and Ties Ttain and the sea.
Chinese Exceeds Demands
~ TIENTSIN, China, March 18—1Tt
is semi officially announced that the
national peoples army and the Feng
tiain troops of Marshal Chang 'Tso
Lin, Manchurian dictator, have ac
cepted the demands of the powers
that they cease their war like opera
tions around Taka Bar in Psi river.
AMERICAN KILLED
U. S. REQUESTS MEXICO TO
RUN DOWN AND PUNISH
GUILTY PERSONS.
MEXICO CITY, March 18—(&)—
The Mexican government has re
cieved representations from the
American embassy requesting pun
ishment of the bandits who on Sun
day last killed Rex Mecllpone, an
American, and wounded another
American, E. H. Heidenkamp, near
the town of Ixtlan in the vinity of
Mazatlan,
BOARD OF TAX APPEALS
IN SOUTHERN HEARINGS
WASHINGTON, March 18 (£)—The
Board of Tax Appeals will visit thir
teen cities in the west and south to
hear disputed tax cases 'beginning
April 19 under a prograni announced
today. The board of fifteen members
will be divided into groups of three
with four groups going into the field
at that time for a period of four weeks
Among the cities to be visited is
Atlanta.
BRIDGES LOSES LARGE
In a fire which destroyed a large
crib on his farm, Mr. J. G. Bridges
three nights ago sustained the loss of
nine hundred bushels of corn ;uM!
‘some other feeds. He had no insur- |
ance on the property. He attributed
{he cause of the tire to possible care
lessnest of a smoker about the premi
;‘h‘m‘. The crib burned down before
«nybody discovered the fire and it
was smouldering in the morning when
it was discovered.
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Choice Clean No, 1, per ton ... $lOO.OO
CORDELE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. MARCH 18, 1926
GIVEN BRIAND'S
NINTH CABINET
PARIS, March 18 (&) —The ninth
cabinet of Aristide Briand was receiv
«od in a rather chill atmosphere when
¢{ appeareq in parliament this after
smoon to present its ministerial decla
ration containing an appeal to the
Jegislators to observe exceptional dis
cipline in order that the financial dii
ficulties of France might be solved.
QUESTION WILL BE DETERMINED
WHEN JUDGE PARKS ANSWERS
MONDAY IN SUPREME COURT
ATLANTA, March 18 (£)—Wheth
er the writ of mandamus nisi granted
counsel for Ted L. Coggeshall and
Clayton, 111., ang Floyd W. McClellan,
Union City Pa., sentenced to die in
the electric chair at Milledgeville
March 25 for the murder of Professor
W. C. Wright of Eatonton, will stay
their execution depends on the result
of next Monday's hearing before the
Supreme court.
At this hearing, under the mandam
us nisi, Judge James B. Park of the
Ocmulgee circuit, will be required
to show cause why he should not be
(presented with a bill of excpetions by
defense counsel. If the supreme court
decides in favor of Coggeshall and Mc-
Clellan on the question of the bill of
exceptions, the execution will be
stayed until that matter is disposed
of in {Putnam circuit court.
Should the highest tribunal decide
against making it- mandatory f{or
Judge Park to receive the bill of ex
ceptions the sentence, in all likeli
hood will be carried out, unless a sub
sequent hearing for executive clem
ency before the prison commission or
the governor should result in favor
able action.
iLITTLE JAMES THOMPSON
’ DIED MACON HOSPITAL
i Friends of the family here will be
ysadtlenud at news of the death of lit
’ tle James (. Thompson, Jr., son of Mr.
l.’and Mrs. J. C. Thompson of Cordele
"whiuh occurred at a Macon hopsital
in four o'clock this morning. He sut
li'm'ed from accute kidney trouble and
;\"us carried to Macon several days
ago and placed under the care of
skilled specialists, but it was Known
some time that he could not live. He
was nearly two vears of age and had
been critically ill for several days.
The remains were brought here this
afternoon and the funeral plans have
not as vet been announced. The pu
'l‘ents will have the deepest sympa
thies of people here in their bereave
im(:m. Mr. Thompson is lineman for
;glx(‘ Western Union at this point,
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‘MISS LOIS DOWDLE TO
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VISIT GIRLS CLUBS HERE
I Miss Lois Dowdle, state agent for
{ girls clubs at the State College of
iAgTiculturo._will be here tomorrow
!on a visit to the girls clubs of
ECrisp county. She will be with Miss
! Ruby Holbrook, county home demon
| stration agent and will visit a num
l ber of the communities,
" MCKENZIE AT HOSPITAL
!’ Senator Tannie McKenzie, who was
’((letained at the week-end due to an
"attack of flu, was this morning re
tmoved to the local hospital for treat
ment. He has a severe attack, Frieng
{ou all sides will wish him a rapid re
‘eovery: % Y g
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ARRANGEMENTS ’MADE TO
BEGIN TERM FOR HOSPITAL
FRAUDS. }
LEAVENWORTH, Kan., March 18
—(P)—Arrangementqd were complet
ed this morning, it i understood,
for Colonel Charles §R. Forbes,
former director of thg United States
Veterans Bureau, tofenter the fed-
He is under seXenge of two years
on charges of conspigacy to delraud
the government in ldtting contracts
for veterans hospital® '® -
PRESBYTERIANS
EFFORTS TO RAIS§ THIRTEEN
MILLION DOLLARS IN SOUTH--
ERN CHURCHES SUNDAY.
CHATTANOOGA, Tnn., March 18
—(/P)—Southern Presbyterians will
make the annual every member can
vass for current expenses and be--
nevolences throughout the church
Sunday afternoon. P
The total sought is‘ approximately
thirteen million, incldding provisien
of four mullion severd hundred and
fifty thousand fcer be2gevolences and
eigit million for curesént 2spentes in
local churches.
The Southern Presbyterian church
has a membership of four hunderd
and fifty seven thouzand and op
erates in seventeen soutiorn and
southwestern states
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EDITORS WILL MEET
IN AMERICUS SATURDAY
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!h Editors of the newspapers in the
fMhird Congressional District will he
\n their quarterly session in Americus
;Gatm':luy. Plans have been made to
ihc present as early as possible in tho
{:norning and carry out a day's pro
,gram touching matters of vital inter
£st. The district has thirteen papers
;““,'.‘ilhill its borders.
DRUGS
And
- Garden
Seeds
And our best serv
ice along with them
Please continue to
think of our store
when there is care
to be exercised
ibout a preserip
‘ion you need.,
We have good gar
den seeds for our
vardening friends
and customers, 3
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Stead’s
Drug Store
PHONE NO. 1 ¢
League Takes up Adherence
Of U. S. To Permanent
World Court Of Justice
CHAMBERLAINIS
MAKER UNEXPECTED
£ o
MOYE FOR HEARING
COUNCIL WILL TAKE UP RESER
VATIONS ALONG WITH U. S.
COURT ADHERENCE.
GENEVA. March 18-—(#)—The
Leogue of Nations council decided
this morning to discuss at its after--
noon session the question of Ameri--
ca‘s adherence to the permanent
court of international justice, in
cluding the reservations attached by
the genate.
The decision, which was unexpect
ed, was taken on motion By St
Austen Chamberlain.
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SLAYER FIANCEE
HANGED IN MANILA
LIEUTENANT THOMPSON DIES
ON GALLOWS AT FORT M’KIN
- LEY TODAY.
MANILLA, March 18— (£)—Sec
ond Lieutenant John S. Thompson of
the United States army was hanged
here today for the murder of his fi
nance whom he said he could not
live without or marry because of his
insufficient salary.
He was the first American officer
to be executed in peace time. Calm
ly, and without making a statement,
the young officer, who was 25 years
old, walked to the scaffold in the
warehouse at Fort McKinley.
SUMMER BASEBALL 1S
ON PROGRAM |
ITERE
Local citizens and business men
are making plans for a return to
their old baseball scedule during the
summer in Cordele. To make it a
success they ask that the six o'clock
closing hours in the business houses |
be observed duirng the season and
that no plans be made for Thursday l
afternoon off. This will give mm-oi
time for recrcation than a late
closing hour and one afternoon a
week off. It will also make the sum |
mer league possible. Last year's
closing Thursday afternoon destroy
ed all summer bazeball.
GIVE IN RICGHT FIRE
ATLARM WHEN .
GATLLING
The city fire department has ro-!
cently been chaged all over town '
answering calls on wrong ini'urnm--[
tion. This is said to have been (luc!
to the fact that those who turned in |
the calls failed to locate the fires. A i
fire in cast Twelith avenue should |
be so reported, clse the fire depart- |
ment might o to west Twelfth, The |
streets are numbered and and \\(\st!
north and south, There is a number |
9290 east Twolfth and a number 220
west Twelfth. There is likewise a 430
south Seventh and a 430 north
‘Seventh street. |
The fire ¢epartment undertook to |
answer a Seventh street call the nth-l
er day and hiked away into nm‘t.h:
Seventh strect, The fire victim bet- |
ter be more specific in turning in |
calls if the fire department is to do |
that effective service for which it i»‘%
intended, say city officials. f
SKATING RINK OPENS
The Cordele Skating rink will h(-!
open again Friday night at s \'(-n!
o'clock, After that time both after- |
noon at 2:30 and night at ;:(-vvmi
thirty, Our ikating frionds are in-|
vited to coma back and enjoy the |
skating programes.
—DELLAS WATWINS, Prop
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AGRICULTUREIS
FARM BOARD SAYS
FARM LOAN BOARD TELLS OF
ABILITY TO MEET OBLIGATIONS
IMPROVING
WASHINGTON, March 18 (&)-—As
ricultural industry as a whole is in
hetter condition this year than last,
the federal farm loan commission to
day reported to congress.
“Information which has ‘been ac
cumulated” the report said, “has to
in]n with the ability of almost four
Sundred thousand farmers distributed
’lhumgh forty eigit states and the
island of Porto Rico to meet themwr fi
‘raancial obligations.
! “Here and there, it is true, as prob-
Libly may be the case any year, some
|}):|d spots, due to drouth or other un
'u\'nid;tblu causes, manifest themselves
:Froadly speaking, a spirit of hetter
“mvnt ig clearly in evidence.”
i, ON VEGETABLE OIL
i'PETITION SIGNED BY NINE GOV
' ERNORS OF SOUTHERN STATES
GOES TO COOLIDGE
} WASHINGTON, March 18 (p)—A
é,l‘:(‘(itinn signed by the governors of
;‘l'im- southern states protesting agains
Ahe proposed reduction in the taritf
i\_un vegetable oil was presented to
‘%l'rv'.«:i(lnnl Coolidge today bye 1 3.
:,Zil(flmun. director of markets of eGor
;‘L."iu. i
‘Weman Appointed
| Deputy At Savannah
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| SAVANNOH, Ga., March 18—(#)
—Miss Margaret Clarke has been ap
pointed chief deputy clerk of the U.
S. court at Savannah. She succeeds
William Henry Serley, who recently
~died. Miss Clarke has been in the
office some time as assistant clerk.
‘ The appointment was made by L.
M. Erwin, of Macon, clerk of the
% court.
SERVICE
ONCE AGAIN
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This matter of serviee is an
ol mtory, Huk, iI vou
haven™ tried this bank, vou
will be astonished at what
we can do for yon. What
ever vou need, don’t hesi
tate. Ask us and we’ll help
somehow,
B L
GEORGIA
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-l
ties. ;
NUMBER 105
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HOUSE DEBATES
HOUSE MEMBERS TRYING TO SET
TLE LEGALITY OF EXTRA SES
SION CALLS .
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: ATLANTA, Ga., March 18 (#)—The
extra session of the general assem:
bly adjourned sine die today. Gov
ernor Clifford Walker announced
that he would call the assembly into 2
new session tomorrow morning &t
16 o’clock.
House Debates Measure :
ATLANTA, March 18 (#)—The
house piunged into debate today omn
a resolution for sine die adjournment
introduced by the committee yester
day, which would settle legality of the
extra session.
While the house wrangled, the sen
ate waited a message from the gov
ernor, passing several local bills in
the meantime.
| Chatham Bill Passes Senate
| ATLANTA, March 18 (#)--The
&‘;‘,hulhum saving bill, proposing au
;amendment to the constitution to ap
‘uly to Chatham county alone for the
purpose of wuthorizing the issuance
of bonds to pave Victory Drive from
! Savannah th Tyhee, was passed in the
senate today.
DESTURCTIVE QUAKE 7
REMORDED AT ST LOUIS
ST. LOUIS, March 18 (#)—Armenia
was the probably location of the earth
fluake recorded at St. Louis Universi
ty today from 8:19 to 9:20 a. m.,
James AN, MacElwane, seismologist,
believes. Tle said the severity of the
tremors indicated a 1 destructive quake,
Round The "World Sailor
Will Get Blue Water Medal
SAN PEDR®O, California. March 18
—(/P)—Huarry Pidgeon, who learned
navigation by reading books in the
public library and then sailed
around the world in a 34-foot vawl,
is on his way to New York, where
the Cruising Club of Ameriea will
present him with its blue watey
medal. The medal is awarded every
five years for the most remarkable
accomplishment in deepwater naviga
tion. g
The navigator. taking with him his
small vessel, the Islander, depaited
last night, aboard the liner Virginia,