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’ GEORGIA WEATHER i Partly cloudy tonight and | Thursday, warmer tonight "‘ cooler Thursday. VOLUME NO. 9 v 3 (R 2 I l MAEBERARRS g R Y | REORR A EN R |GHWA Y Lf;_ e sty b!f & A '\\:- ":} : ) \li. i N £ N B s & | ¢ il 3 5 WS A o) . :; | WMo ' o TB & B 4 B i _‘,-',' B j;f’ |W ® HUUSE DE EA S 4 ¥ [9; & ABSETEES STALL ALL 4OUSE ACTION - ON AMENDMENTS " ATLANTA, Apr. 14 (P)—A resolu _tion proposing a constitutional amend ment was one of the four measures available for passage in the house to day and a recess was announced when the first roll call showed an attend ance insufficient for its passage. Three senate bills are relating to the common schools and of compara {ive ‘unimportance, were also avail able for third reading’ and passage. The house defeated the senate bill which would have authorized counties to assign their one cent gas tax to the highway department by contract. The measure was a senate bill and ‘one of the faw remaining for consid oration in the closing hours of the extra session. COURT FNJOINS EFFORT TO STOP SALE MAGAZINE POSTON. April 14—(&P)—A tem perary injunction to restrain the Wateh and Ward Society from inter ferring with the distribution of American Mercury was granted by Judge Morton in Federal court to-- _-‘ll\,'. Tn announcing his decision on the case which was argued several days ago, the judge said in his opinon it wnas plainly illegal for J. Frank Chase, secretary of the society, to order news companies to refrain from handling the publications. TWO MARINE ATTACHES e PERISH IN PLANE CRASH RICMOND, Va., April 14—(@®) - -Neil W. Abbott of Rochester, N. Y.. and Clarence W. Mix of Durant, Mich., attached to the marine base at Quantico, were killed in an air-- plane crash near King and Queen Court House today. The cause of the accident has not been ascertained. Cortelyou in Thomasville HOMASVILLE, Ga., April 14— George B. Cortelyou, former secre-- tary of the treasury under Presi dents Roosevelt and McKinley, was a visitor to Thomasville this week. Mr. Cortelyou came here Irom Tlorida, having heard much of Thomasville, and he was delizghted and impressed with its great beauty How delightful and convenient ~, to serve & “ at home | 1 P . | i ‘% J | 4 S % | A vr/' N ] ’ O Ry | 714 } # .;% \:"* lH C ooy b * Buy 5 Bottled | “»y the case Cordele Coca-Cola Bottling Company Cordele, Ga. Phone 87 : A. C.Towns, Manager ] THE CORDELE DISPATCH MEMBERS ASSOCIATED PRESS Fine Radio Program Plan For Memorial Day Night ’ FOR BIG CCASION 'LOCAL CLUBS WILL HAVE JOINT LADIES NIGHT IN SUWANEE DIN | ING ROOM AND HEAR PROGRAM Local details have been worked out and a program arranged for radio night for Cordele of WSB, Atlanta Journal, on Memorial Day night, April 26th, and radio fans will be given full | opportunity to hear (Clordele talent and | listen in on the big things which will go over on that night's program. The full details were threshed out by committee heads in reports to Ki wanis this noon and the program ap proved. It follows: PR \“ ' 10 O’clock P. M. : Broadcasting over WSB, Atlanta, Georgia. . Auspices of the Kiwanis Cluh and; Boavd of Trade. Director—DNirs. Stambaugh. Outline of Radio Program 1. Cordele and Cordele Interests— Judge W. P. Fleming. 2. Piano solo—Miss Mary Ballenger. 2. Tenor Solo-—Mr. Henry Jennings. 4. Piano Solo—Miss Elizabeth Law rence. 5. Duet—Mrs. Edgar Fletcher, Mr. * H. Jennings, accompanied by Mrs. Henry Jennings. » 6.—Solo—NMiss Mary McCoy. K. QCrgan or 'Piano Solo—Miss Mamie Laurie Harris ®. Violin Solo—Mr. J. 1. Cofield, ac-; companizd by Miss Lawrence. ‘ 9. Duet—DMessrs. Henry and Floyd. Jennings. County Agent Luck has agreed to, get as many rural communities in] Crisp county listening in as possible! on that night at radio parties. A thoa " =and post cards will be prepared and sent out as advance notices all over? the country and Kiwahis and the wom | “n'y club will be at a joint ladies night affair in the dining room of the Su wanee liotel. This program will be, announced later and will be rendered # time for the party to listen in on! tha program which begins at WSB in! Atlanta at ten o'clock, eastern time. Mrs. E. H. Stambaugh, who is busy with the plans for a publicity edition ~f The Dispatch for the same after noon, will work as much advertising | into this paper as possible in order to defray exnenses in the Atlanta end | of the progran. v TETE FINF SERMON TO FATHERS AND SONS LARGE AUDIENCE HEARD REV. LOVEIN IN STRONG APPEAL. At the morning service at the. Mothodist church today Evangelist. Lovein took high ground as h rreached on “‘Some conditions of ~necessful prayer.” Mr. Lovein took the position that a successful praver is a prayer that gets an answer and denied that “No” is an answer to prayer. “If God is not going to hear and answer us when We pray, then we have no better God than a heath en in China” said the evengelist. He then named what he considered to be the conditions of prayin® such a prayer as will surely be answered. It was a new way of presenting this much discussed sub ject and the message was greatly en joyed by a larger number of people who were present. The service last night for «Fathers and Sons” was largely at tended and Mr. Lovein’s theme was «David’s, advice to Solomon.” It was an earnest appeal to the fathers to | concern themselves about the relig ious life of their sons and to set the right sort of an example before them ! The evangelist has announced his ' theme tonight to be “The Glory of the Church” and he is urging the church people of all denominations | of the city to be present. The con | gregations continue to he quite large { and it is the opinion of many that | My, Lovein is reaching more people | with his messages than any preacher | who has been heard here in a num ber of years, CORDELE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1926 Bloody Herrin Has Six Dead In Klan And A..ti-Klan Clash CONTROL WHILE INOUEST IS HELD { sk STRIFE IN ELECTION ROW IS CAUSE OF DEATH OF SIX MEN. HERRIN, Il April 14—(P)—Ho rin was again under military control today as official machinery was put in motion to investigate the city’s latest renewal of the Klan and anti- Klan factional strife which yester day resulted in the death of six and the injury of a score of persons. The bodies of six men were in mortuary establishments here today and inquest was planned for today Row Over Elections HERRIN, 111,, April 14—(P)— Five men are dead aand another near death as a result of a renewa! of Herrin's factional troubles Ilate today in connection with the hotly contested primary election here. The dead: Harlan Ford, brother of former Chief of Police John Ford. MackSizemore and brother, Ben Sizemore, both constables, Deputy Sheriffs Treadway and Briges, The wounded: Noble Weaver deputy sheriff, probably fatally. Company K, Illinois Nationnl Guard, stationed at Cairo, lil., was expected to arrive here tonight, re ports from that city saying thtat thh caurdsmen were beino meholized in preparation for the trip to the riot scene. Along with this word came announcement that Licutenant Colo nel Davig would ask Adjutant Gener al Black for enough troops teo place the eity under court martial until the disorders subside. SQince the trouble started early this afterncon, troops have been guarding the homes of two alleged Klan clavoymen. the John Smith ca. race, where the trouble started and tha Masonic temple, where the Kill inos took place. So far, however, no arvests are reported. Several hundred shots were #red in a renewal of Ku Klux Klan and anti-Klan warfare late today as a enlmination of an election disorder. Klansmen, barricaded in the ga race of John Smith, where seven men were killed in a riot Anenst 29 1924, exchanged shots with anti- Tlansmen. Several machine guns were reported in-use and vol'ev were fired at intervals of four in five minutes, About fifteen men were in the eroup outside the garage, including deputy sheriffs sent from Marion te help preserve order. An undeter mined number of men were in the garage. Smith disappeared from the streets from an election disturbance this morning and he was supposed to be in the garage with his asso ciates. MARKETS AT CTANCE "~ NEW VORK.COTTON { OPEN CLOSE P. C. May . i 18R 1895 1890 gotobey ... 1744 1747 1740 JEnUarY i 1702 1706 1699 CORDELE COTTON Middling closed s e LG | LOCAL CREAM MARKET ) S Brandard buttevtat ... 38 f PEANUT MARKET iCholce Clean No. 1, per ton .... $lOO.OO Anna Dickie Olesen to Lecture Here at the Chautauqua Anna Dickie Olesen of Minnesota, the first woman in Awerican history to be nominated for membership in the upper house of congress, will be heard at the Chautauqua here in her notable lecture, “Opportunity.” Mrs. Olesen's intensive senatorial campaign was cagerly watched by the press and the wonen'’s organizations throughout the country. Thougzhtful e SOO L N ""‘“'.,. Moo ,'\:T‘ev N A N A oSO bPN R T TS 1 S ARNEE .;:533;:"'@; ~J-‘.:frf“, ] }'K@r\l“ {43;l{& o 5 R R 2 RN G 5 SHEIINE R R R T g N ,}gc &g a 0 Rl relEe W e Giacaall o LT I G R A a RPN iR RT RS SRR T R R S o i 4 ‘*w’ R BTR T "’f?é.":rtyfi L T . e P R %‘v SRR A e N o R :s:i:fe:fi:'s:..:r’li"“-'-fi Uogp S | rdaties e \o\ N BICSAREN g s sy & S SRR A ‘?:““ % ,"3’?” t) %“, RT, o ee S AT RS S ffi' e Vit sriinia ARSI R e TGt L AR G R2R ’xw@w " f‘r;".-' R R ANNA DICK!E OLESEN people everywliere saw in her a straightforward advocate for womern’s recognition in political life, She has indeed preved to be a trail bluzer in the realm of polities for women and an ardent champion of their cause in other activities, She istan eloquent, magnetic speak er who never fails to grip her audi ences. ERIMCTE CETR DALV Wi | 7ni DER D 5 CIEAM 21 ] FROM G aLas niads BEARSLTR JOURT B GERMANY ] ;1% R 181 ? Q,GUL i GERIIAL COURT FREES AMERICAN CRAFT EVADER ON SERIOUS ACCUSA TION ‘AT TRiAL MOSBACH, Germauy, Apr, 14 (P)— Grovi { Leovs L Ah all ~arett evader, who went on trial here to day chargsd with seduction anq cor rupting morals ¢f minors, was ;wq_zli‘.- ted late today. Bergdoll Was Worried MOSBACH, Germany, Apr. 14 (/P)— Grover C. Bergdoll, American drafe evader who is under indictment for seduction and impairing morals of minors, appeared worried today as h entered the conrt whore hic fyia] will he held behind closed doors, W%l e i ' g 5”")!-4‘! the case with two lay jurors is noted for the severity ‘(»1' his sentences in cases involving moral misconduct. AUTO 18 DAMNATION i OF COUNTRY SAYS JUDGE CLARKESBURG, Woest Virginia, Apr. 14 (/P)--The automobile is the “damnation of thi country,” and D aby Chicks & Put AVICOL & in the drinking water Avieol is guaranteed for the treatment aud prevention of white diarrhoea or baby chick cholera, Easily vsed and inexe pensive, I'rice 00c and 1. Sold i nder aMoneys tack Gouarantice, - e F | B, R R (TS W.N\VZ2 i)l | gy Sl i 2\ P "“'VT# e ol mdég’flm?{flm’.fiflh«fiu ‘ s 2 5 .Q?F'r-"q . | MG IS A i topsChickiZZDying TATQ I‘DL!" CRF | STEAD’S DRUG STORE PHONE NO. 1 THDREWS FAVORS 2o AFRR VYRS A A e ECALIZED SALE BEANILR RI MToXIC ANTS AUNVAY AR AR LI YA N ENFORCEMENT CHEIEF IS LAST WITNESS USED BY WETS IN SENATE HEARING. WASHINGTON, Apcil 14—(P)— Frankly conceding that the home manufacture of intoxicants is se-- ‘hus indurious to the nationa’s moral fihre, Assistant Seceretary Andrews, in charge of prohibition enforece ment, told the senate prohibition committee today that in his opinion enforeement would be easgier if the oovernment manufacture and sale of non-intoxicating liquors were Teealized. Testifying as a last witness to be Yed by the wets and using an ex hibit a large copper still, complete and ready for operation, the prohi bition chief said it was likely that mall stills operating in the homes 2ro producing millions of gallons of LOVEIN PRESENTS aU\ weBEIY BMR HadBEN B ) KIWANIS MESSACE METHODIST REVIVAL (LEADER HELD HEARERS IN GRIPPING SHORT BUT POWERFUL AD DRESS Asking his heaver: to forget that he is a preacher and go with him in to tho cool, deliberate discussion of the auvestion the world is acking: “Who Was Jesus of Nazareth?”’ Rev. N. M. Lovein, revival leader at the First Methodist Chuch, possibly gave Kiwanis in Cordele the most striking fiftcen minute mes=age that body has ever heard. Considering that in history twn thousand years -ago there did live a heing, Jezus of Nazareth. he asked hi hearers to consider the spell that man cast ‘over the world-—a spell that is vet an appalling, eternal reality. y"here is mare talk abont him today, m~re magazines and hooks filled with a discr=sion of him, than about any other being in the wide world Never have so many people engaged in an effort to place him—inside.and gmsi(le the church—who was Je=ne of Nazareth? The speaker offered as the answe that thiz man, Jesus, disclosd the real secret of life, of happiness. He knev ho .*"“"‘ Y "?I Z’f‘”"i"“-" ‘!(‘ W 3 i" { g & vinnag i hot nnt maraly fh. xponent of simple goodness He un derstond human fraijlty. The speakey said this man -Jesus had implanted that cverlasiineg sgecret in the hearts of men over and ahove the orthodox church in many lands. In passing he hit orthodoxy a blow, saying that “a man can be as orihodoxy as the devil —and ag mean.” IHe made a most yrofound impre=sion on his hearers, Mr. Spearman, representing Rod “Ith Chantaugqua, made bhrief refer once to the excellent program and thae canse which is being aspoused in high schonl with the funds which the pupils are Lhoninz 1o make over and above the guarantee, Miss Elizaboth Lawrence rendered the music for the hour and won the attendance prize. --~-T—'l~'~:'~—~—,———” ri v'f.w'_l-!.wt lared Fedoeral Judge DPaker in sentencing Pear]l Liberger of Morganiown, moth er of a three-month old child. to nay on> hundred dollars, and he ordered confiseation of the sutomobile in which the woman ig said to have trans nort~q liguor. The United States imports ceotton from Epypt, China, Peru, and Mexi €o, A railway to be consirvucied il materially reduce the runnine time between Madrid and Vico, Spain, ESTABLISHED IN 1908 DOC D3C COPELAND DEEMED UNSAFE OFFERS SENATE RESOLUTIONS ASKING WILBUR TO MAKE INVESTIGATION OF CHARGES. WASHINGTON, April 14—(P)— Referring to reports that the gas bags on the dirigible, Shenandoah were unsafe, Senator Copeland, demoerat of New York, introduced a resolution asking Secretary Wilbur to investigate. Senator Copeland said he as sumed *“our navy would not permit the use of a dirigible which is not safe,” but thought the seeretary should have an opportunity to deny officially any reports to the cnn--i trary. | | LAST RITES FOR ‘ LUTHER BURBANK NOTED NATURALIST WILL FOR EVER REST UNDER GREAT LEBANON CEDAR HE PLANT.- ED. SANTA ROSA, April 14—(/I’)—-: Just as the last rays of the sun Erichtens for a moment the flowers of Santa Resa, Luther Burbank will o to his final rest today, born nn; the hands of old and trusted friends to a guiet orave under the Lebanon ccdar he planted many years ago. A strange mixture of agnotisticism and religion tinetures the sentiment of those who will gather to mourn his paszing. Friends from far and near, when they heard of his death {hrouger here, but only is widow, his’ sister, and cosen few will be per mitted to witness the final scene. | X 3 5F ! CEASELESS SEARCH GOES ON FOR FLYER CAPTAIN CAIRO, Egypt, Apr. 14 (/P)—Cease-| less =oarch is being made by British aviators for the missing Spanish flyer, | Capianin Ketevez and his mechanician. | Up to the present, however, no tmcu( has been found. | The men are presumiably walking thrn the orazing country where they are likely to encounter friondly Arab shepherds who would conduct them ’ %y 2 eML B 4N 477NN INN TN 4 s gk bSB *d e Jf 44 W, AW S P ‘;l:-'.'.l s i ife’ | ‘|) ! )) k“.‘w. ” 1»“'.“'.4’..‘. ;'?, —‘u".‘{u 3[; 'L..:.,.:,‘ ‘{!" fi'v,;? :&5‘:.".") (i‘(fins} L:.'.‘u 5-;.‘9 othing m natwre is niore beautiful than Georegian woods in April. In beauty = well as in opportunity, (icovein todav stands su preme among states. Py YOG P, Progy o : E & .{i' ‘:‘.f ia” i 4{ ,*t;“ Ut ',iml ";'n.ii:' 5 e TR ik} g U™ A MENTES e A TS b 4 A\ =g {7 i it D U A 4 EAINIS CORDIELE. GROLGLA PLEDGE OF LOYALTY I shall welcome in my coms munity of all methods ang measures that have praven beneficial in other commugi ties. NUMBER 128 | s ) TRUCK DRIVER IS KIDNAPPED BY ' GANG WHO TOOK AWAY BANK NOTES CHICAGO, Apr. 14 (P)—A truck_ driver and several sacks of mail, one believed to contain thirty seven thou sand in bank notes, were stolen by two armed men today at Indiana har hor, Indiana. The mail truck was being loaded at tha rear of the post office when the bandits drove up and froced Frank ‘Watson, driver, to unload the sacks in their machine. They took W-tsen away with them. . PR BETTER WEEK REPURTED - SOUTHERN COTTON AREA WASHINGTON, Apr. 14 (P--Tha department. of agriculture' . ¢viam ry of conditions in the southern states for the week ending yesterday says conditions were fairly favorable for cotton in the southeastern portion of the belt where farm work made some advance, although planting was most. ly retarded. . Good progress was izdo in scedivg in southern Alabama and this weoels was becoming general in central and southern Georgia and iz progressing in South Carolina. \ EFFORT TO SMUGGLE HACK BUFFALO, N. Y., April 14—(P) —An attempt to smuggle two hack saw blades to Richard Reese Whitti more, robber gang leader, has been frustarted by Jailer Charles Leis, it became known today. The saws were concealed in a box of stationery mailed, special delivery in Buffalo. \MI'NDSEN AIRSHIP IS READY FOR FLIGHT OSLO, Norway, Apr. 14 (P)—The dirvigible, Norge, which will be usged bv the Amundsen-Ellsworth polar ex. pedition arrived here today at one twenty-five after a flight from Pul ham, England.