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Partly cloudy and colder
tonight. temperature near
freezing in west portion. :
YOLUME NO. 9
HOUSE SENDS VITAL STATISTICS MEASURE TO PEOPLE TO RATIFY
VALDOSTA GETS
- WILSON COLLEGE
FULTON COUNTY GIVEN RIGHT
‘y TO LEVY ONE MILL ON
* SCHOOL FUND.
ATLANTA, Ga., March 26—(#)—
The House voted today to submit
three constitutional amendments to
the people for ratification. One
vfibuld amend the vital statistics law
and provide for the collection and
preservation of birth, death, disease,
and health records. The vote was
one forty one to nine.
_Another would authorize and em
power either the city of Valdosta or
gounty of | Lowndes, or both to issue
onie miltion in honds for the purpose
afi;éfif& N ;“Wq&drowg Wilson
Memorial' Col .:‘i;:‘:T e
L WWW&JM ami\yojnly ‘to Ful
toi{‘g’o'unty and wounld ‘Bathorize and
@’fiiifi’v’éer*the county to levy an addi
tional tax not to exceed one mill
from educational purposes. {
e Pass Local Bills
ATLANTA, Ga., March 26—(&)—
The house today took up the busi--
‘-xness begun yesterday under special
Jo!her and resumed debate on the
“bill which would permit counties to
fevy an additional small tax for the
purpose of gathering vital statistics. |
" Before debate was resumed, the
house received three new bill ' and
nassed four local bills which author
ized paving for the cities of Hart
well, Louisville, Wadley- and Millen.
¥ . The colquitt delegation introduced
a-bill to create a new charter for the
city of moultrie to provide street im
provements. : |
GEORGIA LEADS -
. IN PEACH EXPORTS
LAST Yllj:AK’_h SHOWS = SLIGHT
GAIN OVER EXPORT SALES IN
PREVIOUS YEAR.
WASHINGTON, March 26—Ex
ports in peaches last year amounted
to MEree hundred and thirty eicht
1 and bushels, valued at seven
red and thirty three thousand
ix hundred and fifty nine dollars, as
against three hundred and thirty
four thousand eight hundred and
eighty-two, worth six hundred and
seventy thousand seven hundred and
eleven dollars in 1924, the Commerce
Department figures issued today
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Wihile California lgad in - produc
tion, Georgija ;was.first: in total ex-’
ports. nagatg siow - £
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THE CORDELE DISPATCH
MEMBERS ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hugh Gibson Will “Listen in” For
A merica at Arms Conference
INSTRUCTIONS ALL
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'PRELIMINARY ARMS CONFER
| ENCEWILL BE HELD AT GENE
f VA NEAR MIDDLE OF MAY 1
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| WASHINGTON, March 26 (P)—
iHugh Gibson, minister to switzerland}
'at the head of the American delega
‘tion to the preliminary arms confers
lence to be held at Gemeva, beginning
. May eighteen, will sail from New‘
York March thirty. |
( He is prepared through instructions
' worked “out here to play the role of
listener in to a large exten, except
‘when opportunities arigse from the pre
sentation of American ideas of the
disarmament question, \ i
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iWOUL.D INCREASE
GFORGIA GAS TAX
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TEN NEW BILLS OF IMPORTANCE
i THROWN INTO LEGISLATIVE
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.~ ATLANTA, Ga., March 25 (®)—The
hionse of representatives’ hopper was
inftened Thursday by the introduc
tion of ten more bills. The new meas
ures ranged in subject from an in
crease of the state gas tax tos the
broad proposal to amend the general
state tax act.
i Latest bills introduced in the lower
body follow:
By Representative Chappell of La
'mar county: To increase the gas tax
one cent per gallon.
By Representative Quarterman of
Ware county: To increase the state
gas tax one cent per gallon. |
By Representative Quarterman of
Ware county: To authorize counties
to turn their portion of the stale gas
tax to the state highway department.
By Representative Tipnins of Evan
county: To increase the state high
way mileage from 6,300 miles to 7,509
miles. |
By Representative Jackson of Bleck
ley county: To allow district A. and
M. schools to have teachers’ training
courses.
. By Representative McClure of Walk
;er, and Hamilton of Floyd: To ap-
I'woint a joint committee of five mem
! bers of the house and three members
of the senate to investigate the var
| ious district A. and M. schools.
f By Representative Howard of Chat
ftahoochee county: To set next Tues
{day as the last day for the introduc
;tion of new matter.
9 By Representative Kempton of Ful
'ton: To amend the act providing for
l;domesticating foreign corporations in
| Georgia.
| 'By Representative Lindsey of De
{Kalb county: To authorize a stats
ihond issue for highways of $100,000,-
1 000.
é By Representative Harris of Jef
| ferson county: To amend the general
i tax act.
' Prohi Law Change Asked
. By House Of Rhode Island
' PROVIDENCE R. I, March 26—
| (AP)—The Rhode Island house of rep
| resentatives today adopted a resolu
:tion sponsored Ly Representative
! James H. Kinerman, of Providence,
. democrat, recommending to congress
the passage of legislation to amend
the national prohibition act by the
. modification of the Voltead law and
! submittng the question to a vote of
the people.
| The vote was 60 to 32 against.
. The bill was bitterly opposed by
the leaders of the dry forces.
The measure, originally a joint
one calling for concurrent action in
" the senate, was amended today and
became a house resolution. Party
lines were ignored in the line-up of
| votes before the passage of the reso
‘ lution,
CORDELE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1926
METHODISTS START
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REV. NORMEN M. LGVEIN
Rev. J. B. Johnstone, pastor of
hte First Methodist church here, to
day announced plans for the great
revival which will begin in the local
church Sunday, April 4th, one week
from Sunday. These plans include
Rev. Norman M. Lovein as preacher,
and A. E. Park as music director.
Both are from Macon and both com
paratively young church workers.
It is announced that Rev. Mr.
T.ovein will appeal to the young peo
ple. He is a revival preacher of great
rvower and effect, and will reach ev
eryhody with his appeal. The music
directar will seek to have each prog
vam draw many people and will give
his time to getting everybody to
share the joys of the good music.
The meeting will begin Sunday,
Anril 4th, and will run through Sun
day, April 18th. The hours will be
11 o’clock in the morning and 8
p’elock at night. Each dav’s services
will be made rare and beautiful in
christian worship and a bid for at
tendance upon these services will go
out to all people throughout the com
munity.
The pastor, officers of the church,
and leading members of the congre
gation are now very busy with their
plans and are looking forward to
the revival with a great deal of in
terest and enthusiasm. All the
churches of the community will be
asked to cooperate and urged to join
in making the revival mean most to
those who attend the services.
WIFE SEES STRIB IN
A WINNING
FIGHT
NEW YORK, March 26—(P)—
Mrs. William L. Stribling, bride of
the Georgia light heavy weight
pugilist and ringside spectator at hiz
{ight last night with Jimmy Slattery
expressed an opinion that Billy won
his first rng battle since their wed
ding day by his “aggressiveness and
stubborness.”
POSSE HINTS CONVICT
| ACCUSED OF ATTACK
{ ANDERSON, 8. C., Marca 26-—(#)
+ —Posses lead by city and county of
ficers today were seckiry Charlie
Sanders. negro convict, whko last
' night escaped from the chain gang
and is said to have attacked a white
. woman after luriny ker and her sna
| ter-in-"aty from tiicir home in a mill
village here,
;FOR RENT—Apartment, two rooms
!| and kitchenette. Apply 412 Elev
lenth Ave. . 4-2
AND DAILY SENTINEL
iTAYL(BR MURDER
WILL BE DROPPED
IF KEYES FAILS
' GRAND JURY WILL QUESTION
ATTORNEY ON HIS EASTERN
i * TRIP.
‘ LOS ANGELES, March 26—(&)—
. The William Dezmond Taylor wmur--
l der case will be dropped unless Los
. Angeles county grand jury is asked
-to return indiectments in the case
" when Attorney Asa Keyos returns
- from the east, the Los Angeies Times
- says today.
| The “show down” will te asked in
order to relieve the “havrowed feel
ings caused by reveated question
- ing” of persons beiiaved to have pos
~sible clues as to the slayer of the
motion picture director four years
ago.
. The times declares that the grand
jury will ask Diwrict Attorney
Keyes why he went erst several
weeks ago. :
NARCOTYCS HAMN,
LANDS SEX IN JAIL
AILLEGED DENS RAIDED IN MI
~ AMI—VALUABLE QUANTITY
NARCOTICS SEIZED.
MIAMI, Fla.,, March 26—(&)—
Tive men and one woman were ar
rested and approximately ten thous
and dellars in nareotics were seized
tv a federal narcotic squad augment
ed by city aand county police in
raids on “alleged dens” in Miami
and Hialeah yesterday and today.
Six prisoners are being held in the
city jail without bail awaiting pre--
liminary hearing before Commission
er J. F. Spitler.
FATAL CUTTING
OF COMPRESS MAN
NEGRO LABORER ESCAPED AF
rER INFLICTING WOUNDS ON
FOREMAN
ATLANTA, March 25 (#)— T. F.|
Johnson, foreman of the Southeastern
Compress Company here was prob
ably fatally injured today when a ne
gro woirkman slashed his throat with
a pocket knife.
Warehouse Superintendent Cox said
the negro escaped through the rail
road yards. ]
ARMY AIR SERVICE
PROGRAM 15
APPROVED
WASHINGTON, March 26-—(/£)—
The house military committee today
unanimously approved the five year
building program for the army air
service desgned to give the service
two thousands two hundred new
planes at the end of that period.
Baby Chicks
5 Put AVICOL .
v, in the drinking water
Avicol i 3 guarantecd for the
treatment and prevention of
white diarrhuea or baby chick
cholera, Eusily vsed and inexe
pensive, Price doe and $l,
Sold Under a Moneys
Back Guarantee,
ANEICOL,
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STEAL’S DRUG STORE
PHONE NO. 1
INHERITANCE TAX
HANDSOME INCOME
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HOUSE PASSES MEASURE ATTAIN
ING EIGHTY PERCENT OF IN
HERITANCE TAXES TO BE RE
TAINED
ATLANTA, March 25 (/P)—Authors
'of the'inheritance tax bill which has
passed the house estimate that under
't provisions the rvevenue accruing
| to Georgia annually would he increas
jed $400,000 without additipnal ex
‘pense to the taxpayers.
! The bill introduced by Speaker W.
Cecil Neill, as represeuntative from
Muscogee, and R.gm'f-sem:zl'.iv,e Roy
Harris, of Jet‘fcr:;qp. N
The state of Georgia ldcesvuot levy
an inheritance tax, strictly speaking,
(hut av:xil-:; itsell of tlie proyision by
which the federal government permits
states to collect a certain percentage
of the fedcral inheritance tax.
. Prior to the present session of the
national congress states were permit
ted to collect for their own use twen
ty-five percent of the tax levied by
the federal government. Georgiass
inheritance tax law merely provides
for retaining the fedoral allowance.
, The present cengress has enacted
;1-”(’531;’1“01) by which state are permit
ted to retain eighty percent of the
sax imrosed by the federal govern:
“ment, and the hill passed recently by
‘the house of the Georvgia leciclatur
!ameuds the present state law so as
to provide for the rctaining of the
Yighty percent.
Revresentative Harris, in discus
lsingz the bill, said that the tax expect
ved by the federal government from
Georgia this year approximated $675,-
LSOO Approximately $150,000 would go
“to the state under the present law.
I¥ the Harris-Neill hill passes the sen-
Ate and is signed by the governor,
the state could colleet a full eightyv
percent of the estimated $675,000, or
arproximately $540,000. The tax thud
collecteq would he equivalent to one
vear’s rental refurn from the Western
and Atlantic railroad, which ig approx
imately $540.000. :
: The bill passed the house, 127 votes
{lO 2 after a speedy consideration.
{ There was no oppasition expressed in
debate and Representative Harris
“aid he expected the senate to pass
the measure without opposition.
DICK -HOWELL WILL
TRY ENGLISH
CHANNEL
CHCIAGO, March 26—(P)—Dick
Howell, former Northwestern Uni--
versity swimming team captain, re
cently expelled beeause he married
without aadvising school officials
will attempt to swim the Fnglish
Channel this summer.
He will sail July third. X
BASEBALYL MEETING IS
CALLED FOR TONIGHT
Those who expeet to have part in
the summer baschball here beginning
cshortly after April Ist., are invited
to meet at the J. M. Witherington
Furniture Store tonight at e¢ight
thirty o’clock.
; Plans will be made for going for
ward to shape a schedule and assign
team Mmembers, This meeting will an
nounce plans that will insure pro
vision for all those who want to play
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ESTABLISHED IN 'l9OB
Amended Pension Law is
Ready for Walker to Sign
CHiLE AND PERU
ANAtads & L
U. S. AS ARBITER
KELLOGG ANNOUNCES UNITED
STATES ENTRUSTED WITH
SETTLEMENT AND DISPUTE.
WASHINGTON, March 9286-—Secre
tary Kellogg announced today that
the governments of Peru and Chile
had accepted the good offices of the
United States for settlement of the
Tacna-Arica controversy.
LR CED
TANNER PLAC
N SECOND TRIAL
.:;E bXN l e
SIX PANELS DRAWN BEFORE
JURY IS SELECTED. £
WRIGHTSVILLE, Ga., March 26
—(P)—J. J. Tanner was placed on
trial here today for the second time
charged with the murder of Gus
Tarbotton on February 17, last year.
The entire morning was taken u
with arguments of a plea in abate--
ment presented by A. W. Evans, of
Tanner's couneel, the bill of indict--
ment being attacked. He declared
that there were only 19 erand jurors
in the room when the bill was drawn
and that 11 voted for it and 8
against it.
The state denied the stalements
in this plea.
The plea in abatément was over
ruled by Judge Earl Camp, and the
trial was ordered to proceed.
Sixz full panels were called before
a jury was scleeted, 40 names being
stricken for cause, and four = were
struck by the state and 15 by/the
defense and one left in the box.
Themas County Farmers .
Plant Beans, Peanuts
THOMASVILLE, Ga., March 26—
A very large acreage in beans |, has
been planted in Thomas county this
year and as they were very late in
coming up they were lucky enough
to eszcape any possible damage from
cold. With bright spring weather of
late they are growing off rapidly
and the erop is expeced to be fine.
The produce marvket here veports the
sale of many thousand pounds of
seed peanuts and that crop is ex--
pected to be a large one also.
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oy
I'he Value Of
Permanence
O ile |
A bank which fails today,
wipes out all the safety of
its past. The strength of
his baok lies in ils organi
zation, which insures it, by
widespread interests,
agaitist the possiblity of
Failures
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' PLEDGE OF LOYALTY
. I shall welcome in my com
munity of all methods and
| measures that have provem
| beneficial in other communj
| ties. y
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FIGHT YEARS OF
1. AND A. RENTALS |
TO PAY OLD DEBTS:
PENSIONERS OF ALL CLASSES ON:
HARDWICK PAY ROLL WILL GET
MONEY .
ATLANTA, March 26 (#)—The,
amendeq Culpepper bill providing for
the discounting of the rental notes
of the Western and Atlantic railroad:
for the purpose of paying back. due:
‘confcderate pensions, was passed by;
the senate of the Georgia Genersl:
'Assembly today by vote of thirty-four
Jto nothing. g
When the governor signs the hill
the measure will thus insure payment:
of past due pensions to more than
nine thousand Confederate veterans'
for the years nineteeln twenty-two
through nineteen twenty-five. 4
ORT BENNING
ALSO GUESTS OF FIELD KITCHEN
LUNCHEON DURING DAY AT
AMERICUS
COLUMBUS, Ga., March 26 (£)—
Delegates to the annual convemtion
of the Georgia State Federation of
Labor were visitors to Fort Benning
this morning where they witnessed &
firing demonstration given by the aue
thorities at the military camp. A
They also were guests of a field
kitchen luncheon given by the Cham
her of Commerce of Columbus in cos
operation with Fort Benning officials.
THREE NTMRERS FIGHT
IMPEACHMPNT ENGLISH
WASHINGTON, March 26 (P)—lm-.
coehment of Federal Judge George
W. English of the Eeastern Illinois
Jistrict was opposed today in the min
or'ty report filed by three members of
the house judiciary committee. 3
With this action following gubmlu
sion yesterday of the majority recoiss
mendation of the committee, recom
mending impeachment, all conclision
drawn from fourteen months of “fii
vestigation of the case were placed
hefore the house. iy