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Generally cloudy tonight and
Tuesday, slightly warmer.
VOLUME NO. 9
CHAPMAN. FAMOUS “SUPER BANDIT " LOSES LAST PLEA FOR LIFE
NOTED PRISONER SCHEDULED
TO HANG SHORTLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
WETHERSFIELD, Conn., April 5
—Gerald Chapman must hang for
murder. The board of pardons this
afternoon unanimously rejected his
application for commutation of sen
tence to life imprisonment.
. Board Considered Plea
WethersfiEWAT’C. .CMFW U UP
WETHERSFIELD, Conn., April
s—(P)—Gerald Chapman, making
his last desperate. stand to save hig
life was given the right to make a
plea in his own behalf by Governor
John H. Trumbull before the board
of pardons this afternoon.
Governor Trumbull called the
Nnural of pardons to grder at ten
hirty this modning to pass on the
petition of Gerald Chapman.
Frederick J. Groehl, ~Chapman’s
defense chief, was on hand with wit
nesses and affidavits by which he
hoped to oktain commutation.
PAPER IS DELAYED
FULL FORTY
MINUTES
The Dispatch only last week install
ed electric pots on the linotype ma
chines in the local plant. Today, one
~of the fairest possible days, the cur
rent was off thirty minutes due to
trouble in the plant at Albany, and it
took twenty minutes to heat up again
to going capacity after the current
came on. Here we go—lost fifty min
utes when everything is hurry to the
limit. If the plant can have steady
current, . electric. pots..will give far
better . printing than heretofore has
been possible under the old heating
plan..
WOMAN POKER GAME.
N FLUSHED BY |
~.* _ BANDITS |
NEW YORK, April s—(P)—Four
teeh women playing poker were
% up and robbed by three gunmen
"’a Bronx apartment early today.
The robbers escaped in an automo
bile with more than one thousand
in cash and gems.
Four children were asleep in .a
room adjoining that in which the
games Were in progress. When the
robbers discovered the sleeping chil
dren, they issued orders in whispers
sto ax:?icL 3@§fling them.
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THE CORDELE DISPATCH
MEMBERS ASSOCIATED PRESS
WET LEADERS JAM U. §. SENATE WiTH
LLOCAL OPTION AND WINE AND'
BEER PLEAS INCLUDED IN
~ FIGHT FOR MODIFICATION
~ WASHINGTON, Apr. 5 (#)—Oppon
ents of prohibition again marched on|
congress today in their first organiz-!
ed demonstration in several years.|
At the hearing before the senate sub-f
committee wet leaders marshaled a,
colorful array of arguments ranging
from a demand for modification of
the prohibition amendment itself to
a petition for wine and beer.
Before a jammed and agitated com
mittee room, Senator Bruce of Mary
land, democrat, began the attack with
a brief in support of his constitution
a lamendment for partial local option
by - states. !
Senator Edge, republican of New
Jersey, who was pending a wine and
‘beer bill, was designated to second
ihim, while Julian, Codman of Boston
was presented as general counsel for
‘the various groups of moedificationists.
l The little hearing room was packed
Jand the corridors outside were crowd
ed. Government officials, senators,
;congressmen. bishops, and ministers
Avere in the audience.
' Before Senator Bruce had gone far
=he was interrupted by Senator Walsh,
' “You will pardon me,” said Walsh
;“I have to leave for a while.”
~ “Certainly,” replied Senator Bruce,
“I have no hope of convincing you,
anyhow.
Senator Walsh joineq in th 2 laugh
ter. Al |
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| WASHINGTON, April s—Prohi
" bition goes on trial before the bar
~of public opinion Monday when the
x senate, investigation of enforcement
" conditions and modification propos--
als begins.
‘ This will be the first real inven-'
tory of prohibition since the Vol-f
! stead act became operative six years}
| ago. During that time wets have been,
i in continuous rebellion, declaring it
t had been a failure and always will
i;n‘be. Drys have defended it passion-|
i ately, proclaiming it as the g’reatest;
| single step in social advancementg
| ever undertaken and one that will be
‘; come increasingly effective with
' {ime. 1
! This debate has gone on all over
| the country, in the press, in the pul
; pit, in congress, on the street cor--
" ners, in homes. It has hcen be
- fuddled with propaganda, exaggera
? tion, misstatement, personal inter--
| est and indignation until of late the
| dicussion has reached the gencral
proportions of one terrific, earsplit-
I ting nationwide din.
' To Sift Facts
[ Now an official attempt is to be
| made to sift the facts, tune out the
3 static, and discover just what the
situation is with respect to this great
} American experiment.
|
i WOMAN BOOTLEGGER
! HAD GREAT WINE
g STOCKS
} ——
| CHICAGO, April s—(®)—Too
2 much competition is running the
; bootlegging business in her neighbor
| hood, Mrs. Rose Kromer sighed as
| federal agents removed ten thous--
{ and gallons of wine from her base
\ ment. :
“Ten cents a glass, and cheap at
that” she said. “The bootlegging
i business is no place for a lady to
] make maney”” She enumerated seven
; ty places in the neighborhood where
i the wine was selling at less than
| ten cents a glass,
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EPOULTRY CAR WILL BE
| IN CORDELE ON FRIDAY
{ Mr. J. L. Dunaway, development
!agent of the Seaboard, announces
| that the poultry car will be in Cor
| dele next Friday at the usual hour to
take in the shipments from this point,
CORDELE, GEORGIA, MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1926
HIGHWAY BOND ISSUE SIDETRACKED
BONDS ON MONDAY
VOTED EIRST TO CONSIDER AD
DITIOI‘!AL GAS TAX OF ONE
CENT FOR STATE.
ATLANTA, Ga., April s—(@P)—
Consideration by. the house of the
seventy million highway bond resolu
tion was postponed-today when the
house voted first to consider a bill
to increase the highway fund with an
additignal tax on gasoline of one
cent per gallon. :
ARROW ESCAPE
1% , ;
W. D. DRAKE AND SMALL SCN
WERE SLIGHTLY INJURED
WHEN THEIR CAR WAS HIT AT
CROSSING
As the G. S. & F. Shoo-Fly went
south Saturday night at seven-forty,
the engine struck the auto of Mr. W.
‘D. Drake, dairyman on the farm of
Mr. J. M. Hunt at the Sixteenth Ave
snue crossing over the southern and
the car was demolished, but father
and. son came out of the wreck with
slight injuries as compared to the call
&hey underwent. Both suffered cu's
‘and’ bruises, but after treatment at
I the local sanitarium; ' they went on
Qome. The crossing which they un
dertook to negotiate has buildings
- close the line so view of the trains
is aimest wholly obhstructed. Mr.
~ Drake said he did not hear the ap
proaching train and was immediately
(in front of the engine hefore he real
(ized his danger. -
READ PHOSPHATE
REMEMBERED |
DISPATCH i
As “the force” was getting awayi
from the Dispatch after the days’s%
work was over Saturday evening the!
phone rang and over it a voice:
“How long are you going to be;
there?” When the reasons were
eiven for the question, all those who!
had not gotten away remained to!
dine heartily upon Brunswick stow!
and the “trimmins” that go with it.,
The Read Phosphate had remember-|
od the hungry boys with a duantity
of the {inest Samuel Bundrick ever
made. It was the kindness of Man
ager Bundrick and W. G. Hatcher
Jr.,, and was a most pleasant sur-§
prise. |
Youth Brighter Than Age, |
Says Noted Professor!
LEXINGTON, April s——(/!’)—Il1l
any group, chosen for an intellect--
ual performance, the yocunger mem
bhors, on the average are brighter. |
Professor Robert L. Bates, Virein
in Military Institute, Lynchburg, Va.
so informed the southern society for
nhilosophy and psvchology in con-'
vontion here. He discussed the “age.
factor among V. M. I. freshmen
and some intelligence correlates,”
based on intelligence tests given the
freshman class in September, 1525 !
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CORNELE COTTON
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LOCAL. CREAM MARKET
Standard butterdat ............. 40 1.2
PEANUT MARKET
Choice Clean No. 1, per ton .... $lOO,OO
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SPANISH AIRMEN
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TAKE OFF ON LONG
| i
- FLIGHT TO MANILA
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EXPECT TO GO T OTOKIO AND
- RETURN TO SPAIN BY SIBERIA
i AND RUSSIA. |
i vm——— |
~ MADRID, Spain, April s—(&)—
Six Spanish airmen who will attempt
to fly from Spain to the Philippine
Islands took off from here at eight
fifteen o’clock this morning in
three planes. !
heir first stop will be at Alcioys
in north Africa. If the airmen are
successful in reaching Manila, thev
will fly thence to Tokio and return
to Spain by air over Siberia and
_Russia.
' Returning Heroes Honored
PALOS, Spain, April s—(P)—
Commander Ramon Franco and his
fellow fliers who 'bridged the Atlan
tice from this port to Buenos Aires
in the seaplane, Plus Ultra, received
a tumultous welcome cn their return
todav as they cameiinto the harbov
on the battleship, Bucnos Air
which was placed dt their dispnenl
by the Argentine cabfitol on February
10. ‘ |
Commander Franco and his con
panisns were reccived by the king of
Spain and ambassadors from all
| north and south American countries
Arrive at Algiers
"' ALCIERS, Apgl 5-—(/P—Tho
| Spanish aviators flying from Madrid
to the Philippines arrived hers at
oire o'clock today, completing the
! first log of the long journoy s
™ ™y §RY
LEADIR It CERMAN
\DISTRY 1§ RAD
INDISTRY IS DEAD
NOTED MANUFACTURER DIES
AT AGE OF 85, LEAVING
LARGE ESTATE DESPITE WAR
MULHEIM, Germany, ‘April 5—
(P)-—August Tyssen, an outstanding
figure in Germany's ‘ndustrial world
during the last decade, died today
Ho was 85 years old. _
Herr “Thyssen had been reported
in failing health since early last
month when an eye was removed in
an operation to prevent total blind
ness, Three weeks ago he suffered
~itacks of pneumonia and brain
fever and his recovery was declared
doubtful. ‘
Born May 28, 1840, Thyssen wa¢
brought up in the neediest circun
stances. At the age of 29 he opened
a hardware store at Dusenberg with
limited capital, but 11 years later
he was able to move his business o
Mulheim in the Rubr, where he
founded the firm of of Thyssen and
company. It had a capital of $6,000
from which expanded the ramificd
industrial structure under his direc
tion with numerous holdings in cozl
and iron mines. The Gewerkschaft
Deutscher Kaiser finally was absorb
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PHONE NO. 1
PLEAS FOR WINE AND BEER
ALLEGED MISTREATMENT OF GEORGIA
INMATES SCHOOL FOR FEEBLE MINDED
20BE OF CHARGES
PROBE OF CHARGES |
|
- ASKED N HOUSE |
iN RESOLUTIONS
FIVE MEMBERS OF HOUSE ASK
ED FCR PURPOSE OF INVESTI
GATION CHARGES MADE. * |
ATLANTA, April 5-—(P)—lnvesti
goticn by the holse of alleged condi
tions of mistreatment to inmates of
the Georgia School for feeble mind
ed at CGracewood was requested in
rosolutions today by Renvesenta!!
Traylor ef Richmond and others
Allegations of improper influence
being exercised upon members of
the institution’s staff all of whic’
is reported to be resulting in suffer
ing and mistreaiment of the feeble
minded inmates of the institution
has heen made to members of the
houee, the vesolution said, without
relief being afforded by state au
ihorities. :
The resolutions asks that the speak
r of the house appoint five mem--
bers to investigate conditions and
make o rerort to the house and to
the governor. . ‘
PICKARD PREACHES
B RWARL7ANAY ¥ ANesARsE Ran )
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WES TR LIS LGRS TR LR RIN
EASTER SFRMONS DREW LARCF
CROWDS AND MESSAGES
WERE APPEALING BOTH
HOURS.
With special musie arranged for
the day, the Easter services at the
First Baptist church both morning
and night were largely attended Sun
day and at night Dr. Pickard preach
ed on “The Reseurrection.” ° His
morning sermon was a most interest
ing discourse on “The Greatest
Monument Ever Built” This was the
Lord’s Supper, for all denominations
Dr. Pickard vresented the thourht of
worthiness—what is worthiness in
the partaker. :
At night he gave himself to a pow
erful and a most convineing presc it
tion of facts, historieal and other
wise, touching the Resurreetion
Many peopleé heard him and his grea’
message was worthy of the presenee
“ of all those who came.
ed to become the core of the present
Thyssen possessions.
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REVIVAY, CETTING
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{INDER WAY THHICHT
REV. NORMAN M. LOVEIN COMES
THIS AFTERNOON TO BECOME
LEADER OF CREAT TWO WEEKS
MEETING HERE ;
Withh the pastor in the pulpit yes
terday and at the morning services
today, Rev. J. B. Johnstone, pastor
«with revival leaders and workers got
fhe two-weeks meeting well under
way and this afternoon Rev. Norman
M. Lovein come to take chard®, e
Lwill preacly in his first service tonight
at the eight o'clock hour.
Mr. Park, who is in charge of the
musie, came yesterday and soon the
music will be a great and helpful fea
ture of the services. 'The hourg are
eleven in the morning and eight at
night.,
FCR RENT-——Two unfurnished
rooms for lieht houseleon i
‘ate bath and garage. Desriable
neighhorhood, Call 377 in forenoon.
410,
FOR OME CENT GAS TAX PROPOSAL
THIS GEORGIA NEGRO
WANTS TO GET
BACK HOME
WASHINGTON, April s—(P)—
Frank Gaynus is a Georgia negro.
He hails from Kingsland. At present
he is a guest of the government in
the Capitol—at the Walter Reed
Hospital. ‘
Today Frank paid a visit to thei
Senate office building. |
Hg was looking tor “his” Senator.
and he was much in earnest about it
For Frank’s days as governmental
guest are drawing rapidly to a close.
There are prospects that he will,
soon be shown just where on the
map the front door exists. The gov
ernment has found it impracticable
to entertain indefinitely even the,
cien who fought for democracy or,
to end the war, or whatever it was.!
“1 don’t want to be turned
aloose up here without any tticke'
bl to Georgia, where folks live I
can understand and that under—f
ctands me,” said Frank after enter-!
ine the hir stone building opnosite
the senate end of the capitol. “I got
¢t beak where when I gets out
of 2 iob, the white folks won’t dump
‘me out into the streets. These peo
i 'o ur here nobody can understand
them—and they don’t understand
whody. -
The wheels of government have
been ot to grinding to supply, if|
passikle, transportation to Frank. |
Anybody need a good farm hand? |
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TREE ON POWER LINE CUT |
t |
O7F CORDELE SERVICE
@
On Tuesday night, March 30
1926 during a cvelone a tree was'
blown across the high tension lines’
ol the South Georgia Power Com
rany between Americus and Leslie
causing the power and lights to be.
off for a period. :
On account of heavy rains and
new work on the roads between
Americus and Leslie it was impossi
ble to get repair trucks to the scene
nf the trouble, hence the delay in
restronig the service.
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( leislators seek to’ im
nreove odieational facilitios
n Georela. You had better
~ today to pay your chil
dren’s college bills later. We
pay interest on savings.
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PLEDGE OF LOYALTY
I shall welcome in my co¥
munity of all methods lfi
measures that have proven
beneficial in other oommm‘
ties. \ 5
NUMBER 120
MINERAL AREA
OF GREAT VALUE
IN BRITISH HANDS
MINERAL AREA HAS BEEN :il‘i
COVERED IN , PANAMA cr?
BRITISH HOUSE CONCESSION.
LONDON, April 6—(@)—The'
Daily Mail says an enormously l{?
mineral area has been discovered 4
Panama and that a | company &
British capitalists has reeeived the'
concession to exploit it. ol
The paper gives as ita authotity:
Henry Mond, son of Sir Allfidt
Mond, and director in the J’an_@fli
Corporations, Limited, reeently formi
ed with two million pounds upifi}.‘ a
e e e el f
BUS ROBBER TAKEF i
PLACE OF STAGE " -
ROBBER : i ¢
SALLISAW, Ark., April b—{ff=
The bus robber has appéared “iin
Eastern Oklahoma as a successori§o
the statge coach holdup of . ef
days. A youthful highwayman '}
night stopped the Rainbpw.*_uq‘k -
erating between Muskogee and ¥
Smith, Arkansas and rélieved ' /%
driver. and several passengers’ gf
about fifty dollars. "'.
The man fled when a young woik
an passenger declared she recognizgd
him, despite the coata of blaek
nolish he had smeared on his faece
as a disguise. ! e
BEGINNING OF SEIGE: | |
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WITH CHINESE BOMBS'
Tnae L
PEKING, -April S—W—Tt'
Manchurian ‘airplanes dropped bomba
today near a crowd which had gath-:
ered for an Arbor Day ceremofiy.:
There were no casualties o
Today’s bombardment from ,tke’
air, following that of yesterday, .-‘k
considered as the beginning of the
real seiza of the capital by the
armies of Chang Tso Lin.