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VOLUME NO. 9
OVER PROTEST GEORGIA SENATORS COOLIDGE NAMES TILSON JUDGE
GENUINE FIGHT AGAINST CON
FIRMATION WILL BE MADE BY
HARRIS AND GEORGE.
WASHINGTON, June 9.—(AP)—
Over the protest of both Georgia sen
ators, President Coolidge today nom
inated William J. Tilson of Atlanta,
brother of Representative Tilson of
Connecticut, republican house leader,
to be federal judge in the new Georgia
middle district.
Bascom 8. Deaver of Macon, was
rominated as United States attorney
and Samuel Purvis of Ocilla, United
States Marshall.
Anticipating the president’s action,
a genuine fight against confirmation
has been promised by southern mem
bers of the senate which must approve
the nomination before Tilson takes
office.
The nominations will go automati
cally to the senate judiciary commit
tee where the Georgia senators will
first present their objections. They
contend that Tilson is not a resident
of the newly createq district and not
qualified by legal experience to hold
a federal judgeship.
Y MEETING IN ATHENS
Superintendent D. H. Standard of
the local schools, accompanied by
Miss Mary Ballenger anq Marvin Mc-
Arthur and Marvin Heibart, are gone
to Athens to attend the state schooll
meet. The young lady is winner of
the Third District music contest.
Marvin Heibert is winner in declama
tion, and Marvin McArthur is winner
of the hundred yard dash in field
contest. ' These are entitled to con
test in the state meet in Athens.
from Athens to Washington, Georgia,
to visit for about ten days with home
folks before i'elurn"lg to his duties
here. ot ;‘
SAVANNAH MAN WILL
HEAD EAGLES OF STATE
MACON, June 9.—(AP)— Atlanta
was chosen for the next convention
city for the Georgia Erie, fraternai
order of Eagles at the final business
session here today. -
Following officers were elected: J.
J. Horrigan, Savannah, president; W.
T. Stotesburg, Macon, vice-president;
A. W, Kline, Atlanta, treasurer; W. A,
Alexa'q-gl_er, Savannah, secretary; S. H,
Elliol"“flfigde'ta', “chaplain; Isaac Vies
tor, Havannah, conductor,
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California Backs Off From Dry Enforcement Program
SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
APPROVED FINDINGS OF SUE
‘COMMITTEE.
WASHINGTON, June 9—(P)—
The senate judiciary committee to--
day approved the sub-committee
finding that the recent executive or
der of President Coolidge, permitting
the enrolling of state officers as
federal prohibition agenis is legal
but at the same time enforcement
officials indicated that no immediate
use of the order was contemplated.
Federal dry officers said no ap--
pointments had been made and none
will be made unless field prohibition
administrators requested. |
California Will Not Use
SAN FRANCISCO, June 9—(&)—
Because its “usefulness is likely tc
be practicall destroyed” by opposi
tion, state and local officials and
the federal government’s plan te
deputize local peace officers as pro
hibition enforcement officials, prob
ably will oe dropped in California
Colonel Ned M. Green, district ad--
ministrator, said today.
He said “opposition expressed oy
state officials has caused county of
ficials, who otherwise favored the
plan, tos hy at it some are afraiw
they will lose their jobs if they take
the federal appointments.”
bnomsiNsenidignvf,co (d fiefißftKin ¢
‘HIS STATE ORGANIZATION
SPENT $154,0000, HE TOLD
SENATE INVESTIGATING COM
MITTEE.
WASHINGTON, June 9—(P)—
Pennsylvania’s recent three-way re.
publican senatorial primary in whick
Representative Vare won over Sena:
tor Peprer and Governor Pinchot
came under the eye of a special ser
ate investigating committee when it
started general inquiry into the ex
penditures of nineteeen twenty-six
senatorial campaigns this morning.
Governo? Pinchot, the first to re
port, said his state wide organiza
tion contributed something over one
hundred and fifty four thousand tc
his unsuccessfl campaign,
WILL MAKE SECOND PLANT IN
CORDELE AND EMPIRE IS BE.
ING RECONDITIONED FOR OP
ERATION.
Three ginneries will be added tc
the Cordele battery before the new
cotton season is opened. The McMil
lan Ginnery will go up in east Cor
dele on the compress site. The sce
ond new plant is to be erected by
Charlie Greer. Machinery has beer
purchased for this plant and will be
placed on the Rochelle road at th(l
Bland Villa Greer farm site. This.
will be a modern ginnery in every re
spect, ‘ I
The: Empire Mills ginnery is be
in greconditioned and wil lbe ready
for operation this season after hav
ing remained idle for several sea
sons.
PROCLAIM OLD BIBLE
TENETS.-TO OPEN
MEETING
ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 9—(»)—
Deerying socalled modernistic ten
dencies and proclaiming aggressively
the Bible tenets, Lutherans from ull
parts of the world gathered here to
day for the opening of a ten-day in-|
ternational triennial convention of
the Evangelical Lutheran synod of
Missouri, Ohio, and other states.
CORDELE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE, 9, 1926
COTTON MAKING -
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COOL WEATHER HAS DELAYED
GROWTH AND DROUTH IN
CAROLINAS DOING GREAT
DAMAGE.
WASHINGTON, June 9—(#P)—
The Department of Agriculture in o
reveiw of conditions in the couth:
ern states for the week ended yes
terday said, while the cotton crop is
much later than usual, progress is
fair to satisfactory, except where it
has continued too dry in parts ot
the cast an dtoo cool in the more
northeastern districts. I
Progress was noted in Texas, Ar
kansas, Louisana, and cast gulf
states and much of Georgia. Growth
is slow in Tennessee due to coo!
weather, while drouth is unrelieved
in much of the interior of the Caro-;
linas and parts of northern Geoxgia
Georgia corn is small, but 'muchl
improved. Pastures, truck, potatoes
cane and peanuts are improved ir
Georgia, where showers fell but it
backward in the dry counties. !
'MANY NEW ENTERPRISES RE
PORTED AND ASSIGNMENT OF
DUTIES TI NEW COMMITTEES
MADE. ‘
- Cordele Kiwanis was busy today in
its session in the dining room of thel
Suwanee Hotel. Many new enterprises
were reported—a new ten cent store,‘
two new ginneries, a new hardivood
mill and other improvements. l
Through the secretary, Miss (obb,
a letter from Congressman Crisp was
presenated in iwhich he explained t]l(!}
work in conmection with the new
fish hatchery. Members of the c:luhl
took upon themselves new duties with |
regard to this enterprise. I(
The Seaboard will be askeq to (\x-‘
tend the Helena schedule of the night
trains so as to go through to Amori-]
cus, or Columbus if possible, so as o
give the Alabama division a twelve
hour service through here to (!olum-I
bus and Savannah. The Seaboard is
asking that the trains 15 and 16 hel
taken off. A committec was assigned
to do iwork on this project. :
The publicity committee of Kiwanis |
will put up streamers in town for lhel
Union Convention when it brings a
large number of visitors here to ils‘
convention, I
The U. D. C. had a communication
in (which Migs Tallulah Atkins told
of the work which is now under way
to builg the chapter house on the
ne site which has already been pur-,
chased and paid for. Miss Elizabeth
Lawrence read this communication,
It was received with applause. I
County Agent Luck had good ro-;
ports of cotton conditions and other
crops in the county., He will deliver
an address over WSB, Atlanta Journ- |
al Radio next Tucsday at one o'clock |
on practical farming. I
- Mrs. Linda Lee Bryan was a visitor
at the luncheon. Charlie McArthur
sang two numbers in enjoyable man
ner with Miss Elizabeth Lawrence at
the piano. Guyt Gleaton won the at
tendance prize. There was a good
attendance at the segsion and lots of
pep.
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AGED PEDESTRIAN 1IS!
NEARING END I
JOURNEY |
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NEW;: YORK, June 9—(P)—ld--!
ward Payson, who first gained fum('l
*as a long distance pedestrian by
walking from Boston to Washington
for Lincoln’s first inaugration. was
found on the streets this morning in
- a dazed condition and taken to a hos
pital. He is ecighty-eight years old
was poorly clad and unable to es
plain his presence on the streeis at
the early hour to a patrolman whe
| found him, |
A. B. & A. Hearing Set By I. C. C. July Fourteen
LEAGUE COUNCIL DECIDES ON
PUBLIC SESSIONS IN LIVELY TILT
VISCOUNT HSHI AND AUSTIN
CH&MBERLAIN CROSS OVER
PRIVATE SESSION OF COUN.
CIL.
GENEVA, June 9—(#)—Dr. Af
yano Mello Franco, Brazil’s repre=-
sentative who absented himsell from
the opening meeting af the League
of Nations council, took his seat at
the conference table when today‘s
seseions began.
“Adjournment if you will,” inter
jesfed Sir Austen Chamberlain
[B)'itish foreign secretary, “but i
"ecannot consent to this matter being
treated in a private sesion.”
The Japanese statesman, looking
rather blank, explained merely that
he wanted opportunity 4o iscuss
the matter privately with is col
jeagues and te body adjourned till
the councils next public sessior
which probably wil be tomorrow.
SEPTEMBER EIGHT
FULL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
ATTENDING SESSIONS FOR
MULATING RULES FOR PRI
MARY.
ATLANTA, Ga., June 9—(P)—
The state democratic execuiive
committee met here today under the
call of chairman lid Maddox of Rome
to formulate plans for the Septem
ber eighth primary. Attorney Gen:
eral Napier delivered a brief wel
coming address and pther speakers
were heard prior to the opening of
the business session. Virtually the en
tire membership was present.
SAVE YIUR DOG
Don't forget we are going to shoot
ing untreated dogs after the 15th of
June, 1926,
8. J. HILL, City Mgr.
G-16
Graduation
Presents
You would not
know it it we did
not tell you. Look
over our line of
toilet articles,
compacls, station
ery, and candies.
We have other gifts
including Bibles,
We will be mighty
glad to show you
Stead’s
Drug Store
TPHONE NO. 1
SINGERS COME TO
BIG CONVENTION
HERE TEN DAYS OFF
PLANS UNDER WAY TO HAVE
UNION SINGERS PROVIDED A
LARGE PERMANENT HOME.
Ti¢ South Georgai Union Singing
Convention will meet in Cordele on
June 18, 19 and 20, and when the
body is in session it is hoped to have
a futre site for a large tabernacie
seating some five thousand peopie
to be used for a permanent meetine
place.
Sheriff C. 0. Noble was hefore the
Kiwanis Club today at the noo
luncheon when the matter was dis
cussed and a committee consisting of
Judge' Crum, R. L. Dekle, and C. O
Noble was named to have the mat
ter of a permanent home thoroughly
worked out and ready for presenta
tion to the body. The association has
already determined that Cordele wil!
be its permanent meeting place and
the tabernacle to accomodate the
crowds will be thrashed out in the
meantime and made as nearly I'omel
as posgible for definite action when
the convention meets,
Friday and Saturday sessions of
the convention will be held in thei
county court house. The Sunday
sessions will be held in the stadium
at the fair grounds where the very
large corwds can be comfortably
housed. 2
One of Vaughn's quartets will
give a concert on I'riday night in
the auditorium and the Morviz and
Henson quartet of Atlanta will give
another at the court house on Sat
urday night.
REDS BEAT PIRATES
TOP TEAM GETS LOWER END
OF SCORE IN BATTLE THAT
FURNISHED REAL INTEREST.
The Pirates took the lower end of
the score in the game with the Red:
vesterday afternoon in a game that
wag hot to the very end. It was four
teen and sixteen at the close, The
score wag tied several times in th
contest and first one and then the
other team was ahead, The pivat
rarcely get a licking and this Wi
news within itself,
The Braves will play the Athletic:
this afternoon and the firs o
tomorrow will he hefween the Giants
and Athleties and the second betweer
the Braves and the Pirates,
TEN CENT STORE
STORE
1
LEASES QUARTERS
NEW CONCERN WILL HAVE
STORE IN OPERATION IN
CORDELE WHEN STORE IS
READY.
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The MeCrory Ten Cent Stores wil)
have a new store in Cordele within
a shorl time. The quarters recently
vacated by the Crystal Cafe have
Leen leaged for a period of ten years
and are now being fixed up all the
way in the rear to the alley.
Contractor W, C, Hinton is ir
charge of the construction and en
largement worw and as coon as the
building iz ready. it will be occu
ied by the new Ten Cent Stores
The construetion work and enlarge
ment will represent a cost of ap
proximately $7,500, The building i
owned by Dr. D, J. Williams,
ESTABLISHED IN 1808
GEORGIA WINS ONE |
OVER CHATTANOOGA
IN DEPOT FIGHT
WRIT STOPS CITY FROM EX.
TENDING BROAD STREET
THROUGH TERMINAL.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., June 9—(#)
—A writ preventing the city of
Chattanooga from opening Broad
street, pending final hearing in the
"case wag granted today by the state
court of appeals here, in the opinion
handed down by Judge Portram,
KING’S COMEDIANS WILL PRE.
SENT CLANSMEN TOMORROW
NIGHT IN TENT SHOW.
I'veckles is admitting the ladies‘
again tonight free when accompa
nied by a paid gentleman. This 1s
an added feature, the custom being
to admit the ladies free only on Mon
day night.
The show tonight will be a specia!
feature: “Human Hearts.” Tomorrow
night the play will carry those attend
ing through old Ku Klux Klan dayb
in Tomas Dixon's play: “The Clans
man.” Both tonight an (liunmrruw'
night ave far above the a\'vmgr;(\l
found in modern tent theatres.
WADE LASSETER
SR, ‘
MADE ANNOUNCEMENT THISI
AFTERNOON FOR CORDELE
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT. |
Wade H. Lasseter, well Imown|
lnwyer of Fitzgerald, formerly of
Vienna, makes his annoncement
this afternoon as a candidate for
jndge of the Cordele Judicial Cir--
cuit, superior courts. He is a well
known member of the Fitzgerald bar
having rezided there the past four
years,
He resided in Vienna and was :"
memhber of the Dooly bar for a long
time. He is a pood lawyer and «ntvrs!
the race with - Judge D. A, R, Crum,|
of Cordele as the only promised op ‘
ponent,
GEORGIA CROP IS ESTIMRTED
AT OVER EIGHT MILLION
BUSHELS.
WASHINGTON, June 9—(P)—
The condition of the Georgia peach
crop is seventy, and the indicated
production extimated at eight million
one hundred sevenly eight thousand
bushels the Department of Am'i('ul-:
ture announced in a crop review to |
day, |
The condition of the peach ('l'u,'"
as a whole wag placed at 74.8 and
the total production fifty eight mil |
lion six hundred and forty thousand
bushels, as compared with 62.3 and
forty six million five hundred and
cixty five thousand bushels, June Ist
last year,
GRANTED CREDIT PERMIT
WASHINGTON, June 9—(AP)—
Authority to issue five hundred thous
imd dollarg in seven percent receivers
cortificates was granted by the Inter
state Commerce commisgsion today to
Charles I, Gay, Jr.,, receiver of the
Suvannah and Atlanta Railway,
PLEDGE OF LOYALTY I
1 shall welcome in my com
munity of all methods and|
measures that have proven
beneficial in other communi
ties.
NUMBER 176
COAST LINE PLEA
REORGANIZATION WILL GO
THROUGH HEARING BEFORE
INTERSTATE BODY.
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WASHINGTON, June 9—(#)—
July fourteenth was set by the In
terstate Commerce Commission for
oral arguments here on the applica
tion of the Atlanta, Birmingham and
Coast Line railroads to acquire con
trol of the Atlanta Birmingham and
Atlantic railway. The proceeding alsc
involves application of the Atlantic
Coast Line to take over the reor
ganized railroad.
EXECUTED NEGRO MAY
HAVE SLAIN 5
WOMEN i
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LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Jne 9
—(P)—Willie “Wash” Martin, Lit
fle Rock negro, conviated of the mur
der of a negro woman, were electro- !
cuted in Arkansas penitentiary at
sunrise this morning. f
Officers believe Martin was slayer
of five other women in the Fourche
Bottoms south of here during the
past four years.
Questioned by the warden after he
was strapped to the electric e¢hair,
however, he said “I is only gilty of
one murder, the one I is charged
with” Asked if he knew anything
about te other slaying, he said “Not
that I knows of.”
SARAH JANE MAYES GUEEN
OF INDIAN SOCIETY MEETING
PAWHUSKA, Oklahoma, June 9—
(P)—Miss Sarah Jane Mayes, of
Pryor, Oklahoma, today was queen
of the third annual convention of the
Society of Oklahoma Indians, in- ses
¢ion here.
Attended by forty Indian prin-.
cesses and sponsors representing ev
ery tribe in Oklahoma, ‘she wag
crowned last night amid a gorgous
ness of Indian costumes perhaps nev.
er before seen in Oklahoma. The
young maidens wore buckskin gowng
such as their ancestors wore on
gallant occasions. For the most part
they were cream colored skins set
off by beading and embroidery. q
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Puckett
AGENTS FOR THAT
FAMOUS
Henry
Clay
AND FIEY’
Merry
Widow
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