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GEORGIA WEATHER | Cloudy tonight and Satur day, cooler Saturday andi and in extreme east i VOLUME NO. 9 SEVEN BIDS FOR ENTIRE POWER PROPERTY AT MUSCLE SHOALS *TO FURTHER BIDS SO-CALLED 'SOUTHERN POWER " BUILDERS ARE . INCLUDED IN COMPLETED LIST WASHINGTON, Apr. 10 (#)—Seven bids for the lease of the entire gov érnment property at Muscle Shoals and two bids for part have been re ceived by the joint congressional committee which closed the doors to further bids at noon today. The committee said additional bid ders for the entire property include a group of Southern power companies under the name of Muscle Shoals Pow er and Distributing Company and the Muscle Shoals Fertilizer Company. TENNESSEE BANK IS LOOTED OF $15,000 BELL BUCKLE, Tenn., April 10 (P)—Robbers early this morning ‘locted the bank of Bell Buckle of ap-J ’r-roximately fifteen thousand, in cluding the stamp supply of the local postoffice after opening the vault with an acetylen torch. The loss ie ‘covered by insurance. | BOY SCOUT NEWS I The Boy Scouts hiked out to the! Boy Scotu camp last night for a weiner roast and to make plans for a better scout camp. After exploring " around in the woods the boys didl _some scout work. | ‘" We need to organize a new troop and we want new members to come out next Thursday night and join. COURT NOTICE & .';‘f&?é }égul,ar April term of the Su 'p.j)l{;. Court to.open on Monday the 26th’ of *Aptil will be postponed until Tuesday the 27th, on account of the Memorial - day observance. All jurors parties, witnesses and attorneys will be excused until 10 o’clock, a. m. Tuesday, the 27th. D. A. R..CRUM, J. 8. C. C. C. 4-12 A\ WACO MAN CHOSEN , ATLANTA, Apr. 10 HP—W. J. Neale of Waco, Texas was elected president of the American Cotton Shipifers Association unopposed today toiguceeed ‘F., M. Inman of Atlanta. (m officers will be:elected by the board.of dirzctors, .. L Stop/ . Refres™ youl’Self /!; 5 .:b 5 PGSz \ o R ~ What do \«;fl 1 l you think all the red signs are for 22? Drink Bottled (Ceclols \ Delicious and’ k" Refreshing Cordele Coca=~Cola Bottling Company Cordele, Ga. . Phone 87 THE CORDELE DISPATCH MEMBERS ASSOCIATED PRESS Canadian Liquor Interests Tell Senate How To Handle U. S. Coup Throws Ruling Power In Peking Into Hands Gen. Wu WITHOUT FORCE EXCUSE MADE WAS RESTORA. TION OF POLITICAL SITUA TION IN CHINA. . PEKING, April 10—(#P)—Presi dent Tuan Chi Jui was deposed to ocay in CoupD’Etat which had as a baasis the calling of general Wu Pei Fu by leaders of the national army “to restore the political situation” in Peking. The chief executive was placed un der restraint as a result of an agree ment between General Wu and army leaders. The oup was executed quiet ly early this morning when the bedy guard of yhe chief executive disarmed. Former President Tsac ‘Kun Has been released from prison circumstance which may have con tributed to peaceful disarming of bodyguard which is main reliance of chief executive is fact half million taels provided by action political body for payment guards and police not distributed but allegedly re tained by president. §J. L. MCCLURE DIES | ‘,BROTER-!N-LAW OF C. L. HARRIS‘ INSTANTLY KILLED NEAR CUM MING THIS MORNING i ; . + g A tlegram reaching herz Saturday% 'noon told of the instant death of Mr. iJ. L. ‘McClure, sixty year old far-"merz ‘near Cumming when a team ran away | with him. Mr. McClure is Mr. Harris’ oldest 'gister. He will be buried Monday at eleven o’clock. Mrs. Mcllure's moth- | ar, Mrs. D. T. Harris, and two sisters, Mrs. 'W. J. McKee, and Mrs. Ethel p‘ell, also live in this community. To-; % gether with Mr. Harris these will ']eave Sunday morning to be at the guneral. Mr. McClure was a highly 4 ~steemed citizen and farmer and his f’eath will bring sorrow to a wide cir-’ \c-le of friends. Relatives here will (’mve the deepest sympathies of the .-i-ntire community. i \ T ] | CORDELE TAKES ] ik A% i | LITERARY CUP HOLDS SECOND PLACE I[N ALL | THE DISTRICT HONORS CAPTUR ' ED AT DAWSON e ——— e | ' The Cordele schools took second ! place in the Third District school | meet closing this afternoon in Daw %son, took the literary cup and came taway with three first places. Mary 'Eaueuger took first place in music. “arvin Heibert won first place im . declamation. Marvin McArthur won | the hundred yard dash, and Annie Mae Brooks took second place in cook . ing and domestic science. % This brief news came just at the " close of the day and gave elation to many of the teachers and pupils here and the public in general. The win ning of the literary cup is a great honor in the district meet. FLAMES DESTROYED | HOSPTTAT, FOR INSANE | RALEIGH, N. C, Apr. 10 (P)—Fire| "this afternoon threatened the state! hospital for the insane here. Hun dreds of occupants of the institution marched out of the building, but it is not known if others were trapped. Failure of the water supply half an hour after the fire started appeared to make hopeless the fight and firemen stood by with only one or two streams | plving lightly on the building. | CORDELE, GEORGIA, SUNDAY, APRIL 11, 1926 REVENUE ACT MORE RIGOROUS THAN VOLSTEAD ACT USED IN TEST FIGHT 1 E—— | CHICAGO, Apr. 10 (P)—A sixty nine year old revenue act more rigor ous than the Volstead act has heen resurrected by prohibition authorities for future onslaught against moon shine industry in the lllinois, Indi ana and Wisconsin area. The old law, paszsed in 1857 provid -2s that the property upon which illic it distilling has been done and all equipment for illegal manufacture can be declared forfeited to the govein ment. It algo provides that the land over which moonshine is conveyed may be taken if the owner connived in the transfer. The statute will be tested in the prosecution of eleven pending wild cat distillery cases. 1 el L e e LARGE CROWD TO MESSAGE STIRRED MANY PEO. PLE AT REVIVAL SERVICES LAST NIGHT To one of the largest congrega--! tions that have thus far attended the revival being held at the Metho dist church, Rev. N. M. Lovein preached last night on “Winning the World for Christ,” taking the lesson from, Mark’s record of the pal sied man being brought to Christ by his friends. 3 “If the world is ever saved it will be brought to Jesus” said the evan eelist, “for men, as a rule. do not come without help.”” “The heathen world has not come, and there are hundreds of people right here in Cor dele who aré not saved and ave not ready to meet God, and they seem in no hurry to come to Christ.” “We must go after these” said Mr. Love. in, “and if those of us who prnfese to be christians will not go after them, then pray tell me, who will go after them?” IL was a messaoce that stirred and thrilled the large congregation and moved them to action, for in le sponse to an invitation from the evangalist there were manv to knen! ot the altar, pledging their best of forts tolead some one to Jezus Christ during the meeting. There was a large number to come forward for prayer and many who raised their hands requesting praver for themselves. It has been a long time since an audience was moved as this one was and those in charge of the meeting are expressing gratification aver tne interest being manifested in themselves and their friends. Mr. Lovein will preach tomorrow morning at ten o’clock to the Sun day School students and at 11:30 he will preach in the church auditorium and again at 8 o’clock tomorrow night. The evangelist has signified his intention of preaching tomorrow morning on “A Bible Christian.” SUNDAY SERVICES METHODIST CHURCH Sunday School evangelistic ser vice at 10 a. m. in assembly room. Talk by Rev. N. M. Lovein. Regular services at 11:30 a, m, Preaching by Rev. N. M. Lovein. Junior and Intermediate Leagucs av { p Ma Preaching at 8 p. m. by Rev. N. M. 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'They present unusually diversified novelly entertainments to the keen delight of audiences everywhere. Clarence FFaubel:who heads the company, ig a gifted platform entertainer. His character portrayals are clear cut and versatile, ranging from the in tensity of his dramatie interpretations to the robust humor of his rural diakect characterizations. lis impersonative “fiddle” numbers are always a pleasing program feature. Associated with Mr. Faubel in the company are Mrs, Faubel, talented violinist, pianist and impersonaier, and Miss Marie Willizmson, whose special ty solo numbers on the piano-accordion coniribute greatly to the enjogment of the program. The Faubel Entertainers are sure of a hearty welcome wherever theiy gparkling program is given. ' SRR T i Gl LIFE LOST SV / | STEAMER BURNS % lAMMUNITION EXPLODED AND SET ' FIRE TO SEAL}NG VESSEL. IN NORTH ATLANTIC : ST JOHNS, N. F., Apr. 10 (P)—Onc member of the crew of the sealing steamer, Seal, lost his life when the vessel was burnced: in Bay Beverde yesterday aftor an explezsion of the ammunition i Ler magazine, Pive other seriously burned surviv org arrived here this morning aboard the steamer, Kagle. se ) ‘ ; e VIR 3-':‘_"& 033 ¥ '7:‘ 5 CIuIDREN 10 FEa URE MEVIORIAL DAY PRGGRAM AALEL !:\.yfl‘ I’A i The Memorial Day exercises here April 25 will be featured this year by a childrer’s program in the morning at the school aunditorium. 'The exer cises will be open to the public. Cross ¢5 of honor will be awarded to several old veterans and the graves in the cometery will be decorated with flow ers., LAWYER CHOSEN HEAD FRENCH AGRICULTURE PARIS, April vl(;t»-l’/!’)—w'l'h(t cabi net counceil today confirmed appoin ment of Francois Binet, lawyer and radical deputy, to replace M. Durand as minister of agriculture. Durand was sclected yesterday to succeed Louis Malvy, resigned, i minister of the interior, Save Your » Baby Chicks & Put AVICOL \\7 v ia the drinking woter Avicol is guaranteed for the treatment snd nrevention of white diarrhoea or halLy chiek cholera. Easily used and inexe § Ifc“:b' kd l!i,‘lr:"cv)rr’ul \lt,;: I\‘.- ‘\ > ack u““m;-:.,:.::..,;,/ AXF *“’\.; o) | S Gl ," 3 o fin Nl e 5 3 StopsChickzßying - STEAL’S DRUG STORE | ; PHONE NO, 1 CENATE HELD NINE | i..u.‘nlfl a | S » i lETUTE S7SSION AR B 00 ADJOURNED TO MEET AT ELEVEN II O’CLOCK MONDAY MORNING | { - | . ATLANTA, Apr. 10 (/P)—The seml?u; ’y{ a nine minute session this morn /ing refused to reconsider its action "avnthorizing the state normal school P Statesboro to borrow forty five g"rms:md dollirs, heard the introduc tion of one new bhill, and a resclution gnd adjonrned till eleven o'clock Mon -412 morning, i ' Bill and resolution were intorduced ihy Peobles of the eighteenth. The fll would amend the law ¢ ;::u’dinfl.,‘ '5"" manner of guaranteeing corpora ' tion charters and the resolution pould provide, appointment hy the go . : Arernor of ‘a’‘commisgsion “lo consider te laws of this stats asg to domestie ’ii-'-v\:.‘ itions and as to treatment of Toreign corporations.” 'iE AVERV IS TAKEN TO ANSWER CHARCF Joe Avery, well known white man was turned over to U, 8. Deputy Carl McLeod by Sheriff Noble here this morning and he was taken to Macon to answer federal warrants chaveine violation of the liguor laws. Two brothers are also wanted "on cimilar charges and they are being hunted. 3 | MARKETS AT CLANCF NEW YORK COTTCN OPEN CLOSE 1 May . 1889 1590 1870 s)ctober e 10 1557 1551 January o ThD 1720 1514 CORDELE COTTON Middling cloged 1512 LOCAL CREAM MARKET Stundard hutter-fat 29 14 PEANUT MARKET Choice Clean No. 1, per ton ... $lOO,OO ESTABLISHED IN 1908 OUEBEC PLAN IS Wy I AID BEFORE RODY WINNIPEG WITNESS STRONG AGAINST BOOTLEGGER AND RUM RUNNERS. l WASHINGTON, April 10—(®P)— The wets turned to Canada today for cvidence to put in the record of the cenate prohibition hearing in their fight for modification of the Vol stead Act. Sir William Stavert was {he principal witness called in this ‘rhaze of the heaving, as he was fa miliar with the working of the “Quebec plan,” for government nfanufacture hnd sale of liquor. Frances William Russell of Winni peg, president of the Moderation League of Manitoba, told the com mittee that Western Canada “never had such a crime wave before as we had during the last two years of pro hibition. Thank God, we have got rid of it now. It went out with the bootleggzer and the rumrunner.” He said in 1916 Winnipeg voted dry by ten thousand, but in 1923 it returned twenty-three thosand ma jority against prohibition DR MINOR COMFS TO WILL FILL PULPIT FOR DR PICK ARD HERE AT FIRST BAP TIST CHURCH. Dr. Carl .WMinor of Douglas formerly of Americus, wiil fill the ‘1 uplit at the morning services at the First Baptist church here Sun day for Dr. W. L. Pickard who is cngaged in a series of meetings at ihe Douglas church for Dr. Minor Dr. Minor is well known here and a most intervesting and eloquent pulpit speaker. There will be no night services at the church due to the revival which is under way at the First Methodist curch. Rev W. J. Ballew of Homerville, was in town a short time today on his way back home from the Albany (sessions of the Georgia Baptist Sun- Cday School Agsociation. A new discovery s sald to add 15 nercent to the conductivity of cop per. City or country, north, south, cast or west, let us think as Georgians—not merely as sectionalists, This bank is statewide in its in terest—and in its strength. Y - P s . A\ LGEORGIA | ;‘(} ‘! A “"'. -b \ -2 'n ¢w &" " PLEDGE OF LOYALTY" } I shall welcome in my et | munity of all !::thoda g . measures that Ve . pra i beneficial in other ooma ties. : ’ NUMBER 125 ! GUN FIGHT LANDS | THREE ESCAPES ' FROM TENN. PRISON LEE ALLEN, CHARLES wm‘r% AND MAC WILCOX OUT OF ss.vg ENTEEN ESCAPES, RECAPTURY ED , WAy —_— i NASHVILLE, Apr., 10 (P)—~Les 4N len of Carroll county, one of the lwnfl ers of the Friday night pemwfl delivery, and Charles N. White of Shelby county were captured just ber' fore moon in Shelby Park after & fight betwéen Allen and City % tive Gus Kiger. 3 g »ii";:,; - Allen was ghot in the l” tfl&.m‘l : Another Arrest Reported ... + NASHVILLE, Apr. 10 (#)—A ainswering the description of Mae. jcox, one of the seventeen mo’_ ] who escaped last night in a pes da livery, was arrested today. The pris oners were led by two life term Posses aided by two airplanés fypi Blackwood field are continuing “ search. JL i ¥ e j NEGRO, LIGHTNING, AND WHITE ucflmqfi. - ik MIAMI, Fla., April 10—(A)—Wh¢ lie Lifghtning negro, was jailed Kl sentenced quick as lightning here! day for selling lightning of the Wl varnety. A £ i Willie was sent up for 90 days ajd was fined $199.85 Lightning did s live up to his name in escaping“ lice where they found him with: wifc and several little bolts. . {4 ———— A 4l THESE THREE GIRLS WON LOCAL ESSAY CONTESTS Mildred Brown, daughter of M. and Mrg. John Brown, i sthe winner "of first place in the essay contest condneted by the local chapter q. D C. Her award was a five dollar gold piece. By virtue of her place, she wil) po to the state contest with her es say to compete with others .from all over the state., The Confederate Flgg was the topic used in writing the essays. Y The second prize winner — wae Katherine Vinson, daughter of Kt and Mrs. E. A. Vinson, and the thied ‘was Dorris Bryan, daughter of Mz, and Mrs, J. O. Bryan, | .;qufi“