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GEORGIA WEATHER
Fair and somewhat warm
er tonight Thursday
cloudy slightly colider
VOLUME NO. 9
LAST HOPE GONE, WRIGHT SLAYERS WILL DIE IN ELECTRIC CHAIR
GOVERNOR WALKER
ESCAPE OF DEATH
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'FINDINGS OF PRISON BOARD
- GO :(',O GOVERNOR FOR FINAL
* . APPROVAL.
'ATLANTA, Ga., March 24—
! (#P)—Governor Walker today de
nied executive clemency to Ted
i L. Coggeshall < Clayton, 111,
qlld Ffoyd McClelland, of Brock
tom, N. Y. The two will be elec
_‘trocuted tomgcrrow at Milledge
'...v.i_ll'e for the murder a year ago
' of :Professor W. C. Wright, su
.perintendent of Putnam county
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ATLANTA, Ga., March 24—(P)—
“The Georgia prison commission today
refused to recommend commutation
" of the sentences of Ted L. Cog
igeshall, of Clayton, Illinois, and
. Floyd McClelland, of Brockton, New
York, to life imprisonment.
The two young men are now at
. Milledgeville under sentence of exe
cution tomorrow for the murder a
year ago of Professor W. C. Wright,
superintnedent of Putnam county
schools. '
. The decision of the prison board
-'goés to Governor Walker for final
appreval.
» Now Up To Walker
ATLANTA, Ga., March 24—(&®)—
The lives of Ted Coggeshalll and
_Floyd McClellan rested in the hands
of the governor today after one of
the most vigorous battles ever to
come’ before the prison commission
ipnd the executive had - been waged
Tuesday by William Schley Howard
and Associate Defense Attorney Pot
tle for executive clemency.
-, This plea was met with a stern pe
tition one the part of Solictitor Gen
eral Joe B. Duke 6f the Ocmulgee
'cii'cu‘it that the law be allowed to
take its course. Mr. Duke announced
his resen.Mént “both in any official
capacity and as a Georgian” to what
e termed slander” which he said had
Meen disseminated and published yin.
~#he press of other states that the'
Indemned men had not had a fair
“trial.
“If ever there has been a case of
a fair trial in this state—and I am
prepared to say that there has—
Ithis case has been all of that. There
wag not a harsh word spoken during
the whole trial. These men were
‘given the same consideration they
would have received if they were na
tive Georgians.,” . - ;
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THE CORDELE DISPATCH
MEMBERS ASSOCIATED PRESS
FOR CHILD STOLEN
LONG LOST CHARLIE ROSS IS
ONCE MORE IN MIND OF MAN
MAKING A SEARCH :
SHELBY, N. C., March 24 (P)—
Search for Charlie Ross, whose dis
appearance in Pennsylvania as a child
in eighteen seventy-five was the cause
of a nation-wide search, has been re
sumed here.
J. P, Gaffney who noted something
suspicious in the arrival at Gaffney,
South Carolina fifty years ago of &
man, woman and child, announced to
day that he had got in touch with an
elderly man who claims to have been
the child, and believes he is Charlie
Ross.
The' man, according to Gaffney, is
in communication with Walter Ross,
hrother of Charlie, and is trying to
prove his identity.
Scout Finding of Charley |
' [PHILADELPHIA, March 24 (P)—
whe family of Walter L. Ross. elder
l&n‘other of Charlie Ross, kidnapped:
'more than fifty years agzo, place lit
’tle faith in the latest development
from the south that the long lost Char :
}!ie may have been found. |
* Mrs. Walter Ross, said today thatii
laverytime some one claims to be Char:
lie the family is annoyed by many
;inquiries.
KIWANIS FOSTERS
LOMMITTEE OF LIVE RETAILERS
SENT OUT TO COMPLETE LOCAL
ORGANIZATION 4
¥ The moon, luncheon at Kiwanis to
lay was given to a fins discussion of
@é advantages of a retail merchants
rssociation with C. A. Crowell as. the
bpeaker. He spent some thirty, min-
Ltes'in detailing the work which such
»n association would have ahead of
#_and sought to. intergst, Kiwanis .in
fostering such ah association. ...
Following the address on motion
?!1e club provided by vote that a com
mittee be named to accomplish the
Iwork in the immediate future. This
icommittee as named by Vice Presi-
Yent Bob Dekle, presiding, is as fol
vows: W. G. Gleaton, chairman, C. A.
Crowell, E. H. Stambaugh, T. M. Cok
er and Wylie Johnston,
This committee will report its ac
tivities "at an early date. It is the
;)urpo_se to seek the organization at
once with all retail merchants includ
| 'd 'in the membership.
T. M. Coker came back into the
ranks of the club membership. Judge
J. R. Smith, member of the county
hoard of registrars, was a visitor. Mr.
Lamar of the South Georgia Power
Company was ‘a visitor with Ernest
\rraylor.
¥ Miss Martha Lifsey served at the
giano for the musical program. She
<won the attendance prize, a fine bot
sle of perfume,
SUBMARINE GOES TO
MAKE DIVING
TESTS
PROVINCTON, Mass., March 24—
(P)—Submarine V-2 put out to sea
early today for deep diving tests.
The weather was clear and the sea
smooth,
Conditions were described by offi
cers of the vessel as ideal for the
trials, The V-2 will be subjected to
tests similar to those of hér sister
ship, the V-1 underwent successfully
off Block Island recently.
ATLANTA VOTING ON
- TEN MILLION
BONDS
ATLANTA, March 24—(P)—At--
lanta today is voting on the proposed
ten million dollar bond issue for
schools, viaducts, additional sewers,
and a new ecity hall.
The proposed issue carries three
and a half million for schools, one
million for city hall, and the remain
der for general improvements.
CORDELE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1926
House Puts 20 Minute Muzzle
On All Of Its Spell Binders
BRUTAL MURDERS
F AMERICANS IN
RAILWAY EMPLOYEE BRUTALLY
~ STONED TO DEATH, CONSUL RE
~ PORTS TO WASHINGTON
MEXICO CITY, March 24 (#)—Joe
liall, an American employed by the
Mexican natiohal railways, has been
“brutally stoned to death,” the Ameri
can embassy was notified today by
Vice Consul Ives at Mhuzatian.
The -vice consul’s message said Hall
was killéd 'yesterady morning by un
known' persons. Consul Blocker, he
reported had g'm'w.to Tepic to investi
gate ‘and take up the matter with the
Nayarit state authorities.
The embassy notifieq the Mexican
foerign office of the affair, requesting
the government to apprehend and
punizsh the guilty persons.
Hall was killed near Ixtlan, in the
same region where Rev. Mcllpone was
'illed and E. H. Heidenkamp( another
American, were seriously wounded a
week ago.
The embassy tdoay also received a
telegram from J. M. Feecley of Acam
paro, in the state of Guanajunto, say
ing he and an American on his ranch
were. assaulted Sunday night by 25
armed .men, who during a raid fired
100 shots,
Fee}ey said he had notified the lo
cal authorities, but had requested the
embassy’s protection. : ;
—
NEWCALL MADE
TO PRESRYTERIANS
HOME MISS_I_ON WORK IS HALT--,
ED BY HALF MILLION SHORT--
AGE.
ATLANTA, Ga., March 24—The
executive committee of home mis
sions of the Southern Presbyterian’
church met here teday to make an
nual appropriations for the various
home mission institutions, but ad--
journed until April 6 because of teg
shortage of funds, it was announced.
Members of the committee ex
plained that a million dollars had
been asked of the various Preshy
teries and Missions, but the treasur
er had announced that receipts were
four hundred. and nineteen thousand
short of the amount. A new call to
the churches will be made, they said.
DUNAWAY COMES TO BE
DEVELOPMENT AGENT
Mr. J| L. Dunaway of Rome,
Georgia, has been made Seaboard
agricultural agent in this territory
with headquarters in Cordele, to
succeed Mr. F. M. Conner, who has
been transferred to Tamlet, N, C.,
for the same kind of work in a new
field. rELEEE
Mr. Connor has served efficiently
here for five years or six years and
many friends will regret to see him
#o, though he goes to a larger field.
Mr. Dunaway is a man of experience
in the agdicultural development and
will prove a valuable man here.
'MARKETS AT GLANCE
’ NEW YORK COTTON
MAY s s 4888 1857 1864
Qotober ... 1789 1739 1750
ganuary .0 1000 1708 1716
CORDELE COTTON
Hdaling cloNeft &....ciiiiiiiginnine 110
’ LOCAL CREAM MARKET
¢standard butter-fat ... 39 1.2
PEANUT MARKET
Choice Clean No. 1, per ton .... $lOO.OO
AND DAILY SENTINEL
WILL LIMIT SPEECHES FOR RE
MAINDER OF SESSION TO EXPE
DITE EUSINESS :
ATLANTA, March 24 (£)—The
Irouse voted to limit speeches of in
dividual members of the assembly.
Further efferts to expedite business
were put forth in debate on the reso
)ation also sponsored by the rules
‘committee for double sessions daily.
Two Sessions A Day
ATLANTA, Ga., March 24 ()—Be
ginning next Monday the house of rep
resentatives of the Georgia generalj
assembly will hold two daily sessions
with a view to hastening disposal of‘
the flood of new bills and important
‘neasures, now in committee. This de
cision was agreed upon by a vote tak-:
en Tuesday. |
EDWARDL. COMER
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ALLEGED SUICIDE
WOUND&D..M@\_N DIES IN ATLAN
TA AFTER DISCOVERY BY HIS
DAUGHTER.
ATLANTA, Ga., March 24—(P)—
Edward Lee Cowen. of Center died
Wednesday morning from an alleged
self inflicted bullet wound in the
temple. 4
County police said that the trage
dw qccurred in an . outbuilding at
his home and that the body " was
found by Cowen’s eleven: year' -61 d
daughter. Police say they can find no
motive for the supposed suicide. @
TWO PERISH IN
AN AUTO ACCIDENT
THREE OTHERS INJURED WHEN
CAR PLUNGES DOWN EMBANK
MENT
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., March
24 (P)—Two persons were killed and
three others injured mear here early
today when the automobile in which
they were riding plunged down an em
bankment.
The dead were Miss Delilah Fian
ces Hogan, 19, of Charlottesville, and
Harry L. Thomason, 23, of Roanoke.
Miss Hogan was almost instantly kill
later,
ed and Thomason died several hours
THOMAS IS IMPORVING
HENDERSON IS FREED
J. A. Thomas, who was seriously
cut in a difficulty with his father-in
law at their home Sunday night, is
steadily improving at the local sani
tarium and will soon be able to go
home. Due to his request that mno
charges be preferred against Hender
son, he'was ‘given his liberty today
and went home.
Save Your
Baby Chicks
» Put AVICOL
% in the drinking wwater
Avicol is guaranteed for the
treatment and prevention of
white diarrhoea or baby chick
Deßsive. Lrice e i sr;
nßack Guarastes,
StopsChickgPying
STEAD’S DRUG STORE
PHONE NO. 1
CORDELE WOMEN l
TO AID PROGRESS
%—'IFTY-FOUR WOMEN IN FIRST |
MEETING TUESDAY—WILL COM'
PLETE ORGANIZATION FRIDAY !
—_— .’
jJFifty-four women, representing all |
svalks of life in Cordele, were in the
s:'st meeting yesterday afternoon call}
ed for the purpose of organizing a civ- [
ic club whose duties will be tull and !
effective cooperation in all vital move'
ments {or progress. $E sl !
Among those making bricf talks on |
(he purnose and good results of sucllé
an organization \\'er_e)Mle‘s;lgmes Max
Land, Bd Jones, Perry Clogg. A. (T‘.!
Atkins, W. P. Fleming, C. L. Harris, |
Nellie Patterson, and Misses Martha‘;
Fox and Orba Cobb. {
Mrs. A. C. Atkins was temporary '
mresiding officer. Mrs. W. -H. West- |
brook acted as secretary. A nominat
fng commnittre is composed of Mes-‘.
dames FEd Jones, Julian Jordan, and |
®. J. Whelchel. On by-laws and con- !
stitution, Mesdames C. L. Harris, Wil
’f'? Shipp, C. E. Brown, J. M. Hunt and
*J. V. Whipple. |
. A committee on ideas and plans will,
make a report at the next meeting. |
This is as follows: Mesdames P. (“‘;
Ulegg,. W. H Westhrook, Jack Shep-g
Fard. Lee Ryals, Carl Reyvnolds; J. M.’
Diffes, Max T.and, and Olin McCoy. l
. The organization will meet again |
griday afternoon at the :Issemblyl
room of the public library when offi- |
cers will be chosen and plans putl
!'mj\}"m'd for the work ahead. i
LOYLESS FUNFRAL
i
1S HELD IN MACON
MANY ' PROMINENT PEOPLE ;
. FROM ALL OVER STATE AT-:
TEND SERVICES HELD TODAY |
MACON. Ga., March 24—(P)—At- ‘
tended by prominent people from all !
ceetions of the state, the funeral ser- |
vices for Thomas W. Loyless, promi
nent newspaper editor, were heldi
thi= morning at 11 o‘clock from St
Joseh’s Catholie church. !
Floral tributes banked the casket'
from all sides, many having come |
from friends throughout the state. !
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WANT START SPRING |
BASEBALT, NEAR |
APRIT 174 M ;
City leaguers will make an effort
to get their start in the new baseball
cchedules by April Ist. A meetine
will be called within a few days and
plans will be made for the start. All
those who expect to play should be
getting ready for the fray. Those
who make application will be in-'
cluded in the first teams to play this
season. . i
POULTRY CAR COMES
HERE ON NEXT FRIDAY
The Seaboard poultry car will be
in Cordele next Friday morning and
those who have poultry for sale
should be here at the usual hour
ready for business.
SOLD ON TRIAL
According to R. A, MecDonald of
Cordele Auto Supply Co., local Ga--
briel distributor, Gabried Snubbers
are now sold to car owners on a 30-
day trial basis, at the end of which
time their prices will be refunded if
the buyer is not completely satis--
fied,
“There are no conditions of any
kind attached to this offer,” says|
Mr. McDonald., The buyer is not ob
ligated in any way, and if, after 30
days’ trial, he is(mot convinced that
Snubbers give the utmost in riding
comfort, we remove them and refund
his money,
ESTABLISHED IN 1908
EROBBE RSLAYER
' OLICE
~ NABBED BY POLIC
LEADER OF GANG TAKING $85,000
~ HARVESTER PAY ROLL IS AR
~ RESTED
~ CHICAGO, March 24 (£)—William
J. White, alleged slayer of a motor
cycle policeman, and believed to have
taken part in eight robberies which
netted two hundred and twenty-four
thousand, is in custody of Chicago
‘police today. ! i
Shortly after arrest he was identi
fied as leader of a band which re
cently secured eighty thousand in a
spectacular pay roll holdup at the In
ternational Harvester Company.
Three witnesses later pointed him
cut as the murderer of Edwaf'-l
Pflaume, surburban police officer, slai
last December thirteen. White was
arrested in a suburban round house
yesterday.
LIGHT SENTENCE,
CONVICTED FOR SLAYiNG ANNA!
MAY DIETRICH— GIVES
NCTICE OF APPEAL OF CASE.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., March 24
—(P)—David L. Marshall was teday
convicted of murder in the second
degree for the killing of Anna May
Dietrich. carries with it a pnealty of
ten to twenty years in the state
prison. The jury was out more than
thirteen hours.
Reports had preceded the Jury to
the courtroom that it had reached a
cecond degree verdict, but the delay
in making its report made court of
ficers apprehensive that it had not
agreed. : :
Marshall received the verdict with
an :finjnst impassive ‘countenance.
Abraham Wernick, counsel for Mar
shall, announced that he would ask
for a new trial, Kk Vv ERa
WARNING TO LOOK OUT ™
FOR BAHAMA ROBBERS
ATLANTA, March 24 (/P)—Warning
was igsned today by the treasury de
wartment to Atlanta secret service
lflpr‘:':xlivus to be on watch for bhandits
who Yobhed the treasury of the Ba
hama Islands on March sixteen, The
theory was advanced that the robbery
may have been committed by Ameri
cans. Ay A h
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[t i wasted opportunity to ‘
fritter away your surplus,
or to leave it idle in a sugar : |
bowl. We pay interest on
savings or time deposits. :
Let us put your moncey to
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STATE BANK
CORDELE, GEORGIA |
PLEDGE OF LOYALTY
1 shall welcome in my com
munity of all methods and
measures that have proven
beneficial in other communi
ties. ;
NUMBER 110
' AMAGE
$50.000 DAMAGE
SUIT IN ATLANTA
'MAYOR PROTEM IS SUED BY BUS
. INESS MAN WHO CHARGES HE
i BROKE INTO HIS APARTMENT
% ATLANTA, March 24 (#)—Suit for
;ffly thousand damages was filed
against Mayor Protem W. D. Harts
;ffeld and four city policemen here to
’l'z\y by J. A. Campbell, local business
‘man, as the result of a raid conducted
L&non the Campbell apqgrtment last
‘sunday. i
{ The suit charged the mayor prptem
wvas the leader of a raiding party con
jglucted through the Campbell apart
went after entrance had been forced
snto the room where Camphell and
his wife were sleeping.
Hartsfielq told Campbell, the suit
t:aid, that the party was searching for
¥liquor and women.”
NEW SHRINE 70 HOLD
TREASURES OF
UNCLE REMUS . ~
ATLANTA, Ga., March 24—(#)—
A new shrine will be consecrated
here to Joel Chandler Harris, creator
of the delightful Uhde \ Remup
folk lore tales. Members of the Har
ris family and other holders of
rriceless original manuscripts, have
agreed to give their treasures to
Emory University for perpetual
preservation.
In a glass case {n the new univer
sity library the children of future
generations will view the pen
strokes that gave birth to the printed
words of many volumes, the bequest
of Joel Chandler Harris to the con
tinual joy of childhood. : v
Included in the papers are: many
intimate letters and other documents
- TWO QUAKES RECORDED
WASHINGTON, Marez 24—TFwo
-earthquake shocks were rvegistered
on Georgetown University seismo
graph today. The first was placed at
approximately one thousana six hun
dred miles from Washington. The
‘second was a distanct quake. &
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SECRETARY IS DEAD
¥ NASHVILLE, March 24 (AP)—Jeft
7). Talley. private secretary of Gov
ernor Austin Peay, died here this
morning. His health had been fafi;ing
for some time and recently he had’ suf
;t‘cx'ed two strokes of paralysis.. 1