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VOLUME NO. 9
BOSTON, MASS., MAN CHARGED WITH INSULTING [TALIAN PREMIER
ITALIAN GUIDE TAKES AMERI
CAN PLACE IN LINE AND AR
GUMENT FOLLOWS.
ROME, April 27—(/P)—John Ad--
ams Abbott, aged twenty-four, son
of Mrs. Grafton Stloe Abbott, of
Boston, Mass., was arrested today
charged with assaulting a Roman
guide and insulting Premier Musso
lini. Abbott and the guide engaged
in an argument after the latter
usurped the American’s place in the
line, waiting to enter the Vaticianl
gardens. The guide charged the
guard with insulting Premier and|
fascism, !
EDITORS START FOR
TRIP HOME
TODAY
HAVANA, Cuba, Apr. 27 (P)—After
continueous rounds of eutertainment
the Georgia editors left abord a steam
er this morning for Tampa. Before
leaving they were escorted to the pal
ace where they formally met Presi
dent Machado.
An invitation extended to Havana
to send a committee to Georgia last
night was accepted. The committee
is to visit Atlanta ard Savannah.
DR. W. T. DUMAS, WIDELY
KNOWN EDUCATOR, DEAD
ATHENS, Apr. 27 (/A)—Dr. W. T.
Dumas, w'dely known educator who
occupied the chairmian of mathamatics
at the Georgia State Normal School,
here died of heart disease last night.
The ;hody was sent to Marietta this
afternvon ‘where funeral services will
$e held tomorrow.
Dellinger Shows Marks
Prove He Is Charlie Ross
CHARLOTTE, N. C., Apr. 26 (&)—
The Charlotte News says today that
Julius Coleman Dellinger, of Denver,
N. C., has ishown relatives of Charlie
Ross “birthmarks” upon his body that
tally with those of the wealthy child
who disappeareq more than 50 years
ago and for whom an international
gearch has been waged.
Although ‘he posses other “evi
dence” upon which he bases the be
lief that he' is Charlie Ross, The News
says it is these two marks upon which
he largely relieg to establish his iden
tity.
Drink Coca Cola in
bottles. Visit our
plant. You’ll enjoy
your visit. You’ll
be glad to know
just how Coca Cola
is kept pure and
wholesome. See
how Coca Cola is
bottled by a won
derful new auto
~ matice bottling ma
"f‘-n.hine. Every bot
tle steralized.
CORDELE COCA COLA
BOTTLING CO.
PHONE 87
A. C. TOWNS, MGR.
THE CORDELE DISPATCH
MEMBERS ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mexico Will Seize Closed Churches If Not Open Within Ten Days
CHURCHES WILL BE MADE NA.
TIONAL PROPERTY AND DE.
VOTED TO EDUCATIONAL
PURPOSE. ‘
MEXICO CITY, April 27—(1?)——“
The government it is officially an-'
nounced, will give those Catholic
churches in the state of Michiganl
closed in protest of the governmencs
religious policy, ten days in which toI
reopen.
If not reopened it is stated they
will be seized under a constitutional
provision making churchesn national
property and will be devoted to edu
cational purposes.
DECIDES NOT TO MEET AGAIN
'~ TILL BERENGER GETS FURTHER
INSTUCTIONS
WASHINGTON, Apr. 27 (#)—The
American debt commission held a brie
session today and decided not to meet
again until Ambassador Berenger has
received furiher instructions from
[Paris. Meanwhile Secretary Mellon is
to confer with representatives of the
Jugo Slav mission, which is endeavor
ing to reach an agreement on that
country's debt.
MAN HOLDS GEORGIA
STATE BOND
OF 1884
ATLANTA, Apr. 27 (£)—A Califor
nia man, who holds a state of Geor
gia bond of one thousand dollars, dat
ed 1854, will fing that he holds a joker
says State Treasurer Speer.
The seventy-two year old bond was
presented at the capitol this week in
form of a claim for payment. The
treasurer will demand a return of the
|document as stolen property. It was
{taken along with muech other “loot”
by troops of General Sherman during
'his famouns march through Georgia.
APPLICATION REFUSED 1
WASHINGTON, April 27—The In
terstate Commerce Commission to-,
day denied the application of the
South Georgia Railway for authority
to build a thirty five mile extension
from Hampton Springs to Dead
Man’s Bay, Florida. The commission
held the project does not appear to
have been adequately studied andj
evidence is submitted and described
as insufficient to warrant granting
authority. :
I.LOS ANGELES SAILS
ON TEST TRIP
TODAY
LAKEHURST, N. J., April 27—
(/P)—The dirigible Los Angeles was
released from its mooring mast short
ly before noon today and started on
a test flight toward Philadelphia
with Captain George W. Steefe Jr..
'i ncharge. It is planned to return to
the hangar early this afternoon.
NEW YORK COTTON
OPEN CLOSE P. C.
IR oo LBOD 1863 1851
QOLOLOY ..o 1729 1731 1718
January ............. 1678 1688 1674
CORDELE COTTON
Middling clo=e(l——“ 16 1-4
LOCAL CREAM MARKET
Standard butter-fat ... 88 1-4
CORDELE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1926
Four Lost Waycross Boys Found In Texas
FORGES CHECK IN WAYCROSS
ABOUT A WEEK AGO AND
STARTED WEST.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 27
—(P)—Tour youths from Waycross,
Ga., were held here today for Geor
gia officers, after a Sen Antonio
uncle of one ¢f the boys turned them
over to loeal authorities.
A nepiew of the locai man is want
cd in Wayerpss for forging a one
thousand dellar check on his father
about a week ago. The boys ranging
from twelve to sixteen years, obtain
tained the money, bought an automo
bile and statred for Texas. They
eluded officers by stopping at hotcl.-'i
but were detained once at Waco and
finally decided to hide with the San
Antonio uncle but he denied thcm]‘
refuge. |
HEARING FOR ADDED
MILEAGE IN CRISP
STATE HIGHWAY BOARD WILL
HAVE HEARING ON QUESTION
IN ALBANY.
Chairman J. S. Sheppard, of: the
Crisp county commissioners, is in re
ceipt of a communication au
nouncing that the State Highway
Board will have a hearing on the
question of adding mileage to the
State Aid System in Crisp county, in
the courthouse at Albany on the
twentieth of May at 12:30 p. m, This
mileage is from Albany to Cordele
and from Americus to Cordele via
Leslie. |
American Society Leaders '
Escape French Bandits [
NICE, Apr. 26.—0n1y the presencc!
of mind and daring of their chaut‘-l
feur saved Mrs. Alys Scott Anthony:
and her daughter, Miss Alys, social
ly prominent in New York and Buston.!
from robbery and possible death at ai
lonely spot on the road hetween Nice
and Monaco. ’
; Speeding in their luxurious limou
sin, the Anthonys were confronted l)yl
two masked bandits with drawn re
volvers, who attempted to stop the‘
‘automobile. Regardless of the Imn-:
‘dits’ order to stop or be killed, the
‘ch:mf[eur increased the car's :-:-pvod;
‘tlashing past the two masked men|
lwho apparently lost their nerve. l
Mrs. Anthony and her daughter
were on the way to Mentone where
they had a luncheon engagement.
They told o their adventure when
they arrived there and seemed unruf
fleq by it.
Mrs. Anthony and her daughter,
with Mrs. Anthony’s younger daugh
ter, Eleanor, and her son, J. Scott, are}
listed in the New York social register |
as guests of the “Chateau de Gt'll-’
thod,” at Geneva. l
Save Your
Baby Chicks
» Put AVICOL
9 in the drinking water
Avicol is guaranteed for the
treatment and prevention of
white diarrhoes or baby chick
cholera. Easilyl‘x‘jse:l“’:}.?d (inpx—
R poh
Back Guarantee,
£
Stops Chick&Pying
STEAD’S DRUG STORE
PHONE NO, 1
- SUNK SUB AND CREW
‘WAS SUNK OFF COAST OF BLOCK
i ISLAND LAST SEPTEMBER
. NEW LONDON, Apr. 27 (/P)—With
a fleet of boats carrying an expoit of
‘naval men and salvaging material av
riving off this port, the navy again
jtnuk up the task today of attempting
;to raize from the ocean grave the
submarine and fifty-one men, sunk off
Block Island last September, after he
ing rammed by the steamer City of
‘Rome.
Captain E. J. Kinz, commandan( of
the submarine bhase here is in charge
of the work. When the submarine is
raised it will be towed to the Brook
lyn navy yard and opened to remove
the bodies of the men lost in the dis
aster,
Florida Workman Jailed
Death Of Pet Otter
CLEARWATER, Fla., Apr. 26.—J. C.
Rogers has begun serving a 60-day
jail sentence here for killing a pet
otter,
When George P. Woodell of Safoety
Harbor missed his pet otter, which
had been traineg to crawl into his
lap, he started an extensive search
which led him to a railroad camp.
There he found the skin of the otter,
Rogers and Patrick Hawthorne, the
latter 72 years cld, were arrested and
charged with “cart ying away a beast.”
At their trial, Hawthorne, acting as
his own counsel, admitted he sold the
otter to Rogers for $lO. Rogers ad
niitteq he killed it, declaring he want
ed to realize on his investment by
selling the skin. .
The jury freed Hawthorne but found
Rogers guilty and Judge Bird decided
on a 60-day sentence.
FOREST FIRES RAGING
WINNIPEG, April 27—(/P)—TFor
est fires are raging north of Poplar
Point, Manitoba, in marshes by Lake
Winnipeg and are menacing hunting
lodaes and farmhouses, high east
winds blowing the flames. Fire fight
ers have been dispatched to widely
scattered points.
GRANTS Pass, Ore., April 27—(4)
—Forest fire in Siskiyou national
forest, near Calice Galice, on the
lower Rogue river is reported to
have burned over an area of two
hundred and fifty acres.
CGLONIAL DAMES MEET
COLUMBUS, Ga., April 27—An--
nual meeting of the Georgia Socicety
of Colonial Dames of America con
vened here this morning the first
session being given over to business.
About sixty delegates are attending
the two-day session.
OF NEW YORK
is represented in Cordele and surrounding
{erritory by
MRS. MAX E. LAND
She will be glad to shiow yvou their new pol
icy which has many new and interesting
features.
TODAY INSURABLE----TOMORROW INCURABLE
METHODIST LEADERS SAY RESULTS
DRY HEARING REMAINS UNCHANGED
WETS HAVENT THE
i
VOTES AND HAVE NO
FACTS TO CONVINCE
5 WO TR ita
ASK ALL GOOD CITIiZENS TO
STAI!D SQUARELY BACK OF THE
|' LAW
’ WASHINGTON, Apr. 27 (P)—The
board of public morals of the Method
'is! Episcopal church puts results of
the recent senate wet and dry hear
'in;:s thus “Well, the hearings are over
‘an«l we are just about wiere we were
, when the thing started-—the wets
haven't the votes and they cannot get
illm votes without convincing the peo
ple, and they haven't the facts with
which the people are to be convine
‘ed, so prohuibition will probably stay
l!l. little while longer; and let's hopo
that all geod citizens, no matter what
fs their personal cpinion as to the
law will stand squarely back of the
law until it is repeated, if ever.”
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CRISP COUNTY
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LEADS AGAIY
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IS FAST TAKING LEAD IN USE
OF IMPROVED FARM MA.
CHI!NERY.
Crisp county is fast taking the
lead as onc of the state's leading ag
ricultural countics. Only last year
one of her farmers produced cight!
bales of cotton on five acres of I:md‘
thus leading the state. She was tho}
first county in the state to have 20
adult farmers inrolled in a Five Acrv!
Colton contest. With a production
of over 10,009 bales of cotton on ;xi
little over 20,000 acres of land
farther shows that cotton ean he pm-‘
duced here economically. |
Here is another outstanding :u'cn"l-‘
plishment that she has made thi':f
year. According to records gotten to-|
gether by County Agent J. K. ].vu'i\'i
there has been sold, delivered and!
.are now in use 200 riding (~ulti\';u,nr‘~'i
in this county. These (-ultiv;ltors’
with one man and tw mules huv«-}
been doing the same amount of work
and just as good work as has four
men and four mules have heen doing
here in the past. This forward move
ment by these farmers will enable
them to do faster and better v.'m'k,i
This is onc step that will help the
farmers to produce eniton cheaper
by lowering the labor cost per acre. |
Crisp county is trying to m‘mlm'('f
more cotton per acre with a ower I:L:
bor cost per acre thus producing cot, |
ton cheaper per pound. ;
ESTABLISHED IN 1908
EVANGELINE BOOTH IS
SERTIOUSLY ILL
IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK, April 27—(P)—
[ivangeline Booth national command
cor of the Salvation Army, is in the
hotel here seriosly ill, having return
c¢d from Chicago in a special car
with an acute attack of appendicitis
ROGSEVELT BUYS
|
i WARM SPRINGS
i i
WARM SPRINGS, Ga., Apr. 26 (P)
venouncement was made here to
day of {he purchase of Georgia Warm
Springs by Franklin D. Roosevelt, of
Hyde Park, N. Y., and associates. 'l'hol
property consists of several thousand
acres of land, a hotel, numerous cot
tages and swimming pools, tegether
with the nationally-known warm
springs which flow at the rate of 1,800
gallons per minute.
Mr. Roosevelt ha= paid many pre
vious visitg to the springs and iz now
enraged on a survey of the property.
When asked about plans for the fu
ture he =aid that it is too early to an
nounce the details c¢f development,
but that he expected that Georgia
Warm Springs would hecome a very
popular all-the-year round wesort. !
- The swimming pool, one of the l:n'g-l
est in the world, will be opened ln‘
the public under new managc'menti
this summer as coon as extensive im
provements have been made, Mr.
Roosevelt says. !
A medical survey is being undertak- |
en and separate pools have heen prr)-!
vided for invalids. |
GOYERNORS INVITED
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., April 27—
Governors of the thirtecen original
states have been invited to a cele--
bration here on May fifteenth of the
sesquicentenial adoption by Virginia
of resolutions which culminated in
the Declaration of Independence,
President Coolidge will be the pdin
c'val speaker. The invitations were
extened by Governor Harry Flood
Byrd, ol Virginia.
o
Unavoidable
0
Mistakes
B T————
So long as humanity re
mains human, errvors will oe
cur. Don’t be ashamed of
vour failures of the past but,
with experience to guide, let
them safeguard you against
similar mistakes in the fu
ture. ,
e eer—— —— ——
CORDELE, GEORGIA
|
PLEDGE OF LOYALTY .
I shall welcome in my com:
munity of all methods ant
measures that have proven
beneficial in other communi
ties. R
NUMBER 139
FRANCE BELIEVES
- SETTLEMENT WAR
\ ¥
ALTHOUGH NO AGREEMENT HAS
BEEN ARRIVED AT, PROGRESS
. HAS BEEN MADE ‘%
. [PARIS, Apr. 27 (B)— ()ptimf;@
reigns that France's war debt io the
United States will be settleqd withig
a few days at Washington. I.:forina
tion available, whether from tha pA Ty
liamentary commttee rooms or ‘lVv's"hf'-
ington dispatches, is confusing nad
even contradictory but the con\'icfl(}g
prevails that although no agrecsmshy
is yet arrived at between Ambassadoy
Berenger and tha American debt coi:'
mission, notable progress has befii»
made. i
Although Ambassador Berenger
has been given authority by Franes
to negotiate a fund a funding agrée
ment, it is indicated today by Sed
retary Mellon that new elements tad
entered into the discussions, whlc'{g
probably would require Berenger o
confer further with his governmeny.
He would not say a counter ptt}poé«'
al had been made by the Americaf
commission, but indicated that body
had at least put forward substantlgl
sugpestions for Berenger to conspder
in revising his offer.
WOMEN OPPOSED TQ
ryr 8 - !
ANY CHANYEIN "
DRY LAW e
MILWAUKBE, Apr. 27 (#)—Oppost
tion to any law to weaken the prohi
bition amendment was expressed to
day in a resolution adopted at thp Bi
ennial convention by delegates réepre
senting five hundred and sixty thou
sand members of the Young Women's
Christian Association.
Cepl i e 4
WASHINGTON, Apr. 27 (#)—Ths
Latvian debt settlement was approvetl
hy the senate today after less thaa
one hour and a half debate. o