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VOLUME NO. 9
MILLS DRAWS FIRE FROM J. J. BROWN IN HOT STATE CAMPAIGN
EARNKE B PLA
COMMISSIONER OF AGRICUL.
TURE EGPECTS TO GIVE OUT
HIS PLATFORM LATER,
ATLANTA, Ga., June 29—(P)—
Commissioner of Agricuiture J. J.
_Brown today issued a statement in
which he answered charges made
against him by J. H. Mills, president
of the Georgia Farmers Union. ‘
Brown reaffirmed his loyalty tc
the agricultral intercstsagf Georgi#
and refeffedu i staken Abiye
to “treachoy’™ i nan
and defiied ML '
his work ;m:;,
and refuted 1t i
his relatives™ H )
Derpartment @”f y fishs !
Brown intime
statement ovErEEs !
his work but ‘rolhaßt { W ists
at card writinf.”? Vo7
Hopes They Will Show Voters
Brown said he had hoped Mr. Milis
Lem B. Jackson, former director of
he Bureau of Markets, and F. T
&i’rillgos, former assistant commis
gioner of agriculture, wold “try and
show to the votcrs of the state what
they intended doing for the better
ment of the farmers if elected, but
on the other hand they have just
found petty faults with an adminis
tration of which they have heen a
part for many years and also cited
these petty faults which have been
threshed out before my enemies at
previous lezislative investi;zaiions;
and before the people at the ballot
box.” ! '
He said he was issuing this state
ment before leaving for ’.%ha'ny tr-i
attend a meeting tomovfow of the’
board of entomology where plans wil'
be discussed to combat the T(\xw«“
flea or hopper “which is ravaging
thousands of [iclds of cotton
Jhroug‘hout the state.” He said he
would give his platform later.
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MIAMI, Fla., June 29—The bat
tered hulk of a forty-foot houseboat
named Invisible drifted ashore on
Miami Beach today. No sign of life
was on board. One side of the cabin
was torn away and the hull showed
signs of contact with the heavy seas
Scores of pereons boarded the
pleasure craft, but could find nc
clew to idenity. Police believe it may
have drifted from the Bahamas.
Drink !
Cegliola)
A '3 ‘Delirious and Refreshing
XRun!
v & Yellyour head
{*‘ g off! Then re
@ fresh you tired
" throat with an
ice-cold bottle
of Coca-Cola.
Fine to have
at home, too.
Try it!
Cordele Coca-Cola
Bottling Company
Cordele, Ga. Phone 87
: A. C-T\)wns, Manager
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THE CORDELE DISPATCH
MEMBERS ASSOCIATED PRESS
PONZI IS NABBED ON NEW ORLEANS SHIP
Coolidge Administration Backs Effort To Beat Nye
DENIES SALOON
BEATEN REPUBLICAN SENATOR
WAS WITNESS BEFORE REED
COMMITTEE TODAY.
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LAWASHINGTON, June ';‘.14.;.(
; Ej.“‘!_k,{‘;r;!% gwift session to«_lu Lyie
erute i@gpaion funds conmg
g ',w,j.r‘ 1l further thisl ke
@B prohibition enfokigivengyis
RRE T : ; Y
ania and received'a eSS
stigate slush and charges
. fgv. r '::‘, "1 efé;t‘ed for the
Wepabican nenomingliolr 'in the
Pennsylvania primary, took the stand
and made emphatic denial that he
connived at any arrangement by
which Pitisburgh saloons could open
wide just before the primary in the
Mellon-Pepper-Figsher stronghold of
western Pennsylvania,
Charges of a slush fund in' North
Dakoto were made to the commitiee
in behalf of Senator Nye, republican
candidates for re-election.
The Coolidge administration was
declared to be backing an effort to
defeat Nye. |
AT BASEBALL GAME
FUNERAL OF°F JUDGE RONEY
WILL BE HELD TOMORROW
NCON IN AUGUSTA. .
AUGUSTA, Ga., June 29—(#)—
Funeral services for Judge Henmry
Clay Roney former judge o fthe Au
gusta circuit supetior court, whe
died sddenly yesterdaay while wit--
nessing a baseball game here, will he
/hehl tomorrow noon at the First Bap
;List church,
He was 81 years old and lived in
Augusta ncarly fifty years.
He served in the Confederate army
throughout the War Between the
States.
ONE POLICE VICTIM OF
CRAZY NEGRO IS DEAD
BALTIMORE, June 29-—(/)—
Patrolman Webster Schuman died to
day from the effects of a bullet
from the pistol of Vance Lee, crazed
negro, who, armed with a rifle and
two revolvers, brought down nine
persons before he was slain by police
bullets.
Of Lee’s remaining vietims Policc
Clerk Thomas Dillion is expected te
die and two others also are repoit
ed in a serious condition.
CETS PRISON TERHM IN
BOOTLEG MILK SCANDAL
NEW YORK, Jume 29—(&)—Thom
as J. Cleugher, former health depart
ment secretary, convieted of bribery
in connection with the so-called
bootleg milk scandal, was sentenced
today to not less than five nor more
than ten years at hard labor in Sing
Sing prison.
NEW FRENCH POLICY TO
RATIFY WAR DEBT PACT
PARIS, June 29—(/P)—Thc
declaration of policy of the new
Briand government, approved at the
ccabinet meetine uned tre chairman
“hip of President Momergue this
morning containg a pronouncement
in favor of ratification of the Wash
inaton debt-funding agreement. The
'd(-(-l;n'v.iinn ig being read in the cham
ber this afternoon by Premicr Briand
and in the senate by Minister of Jus
tice, Laval,
CORDELE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JUNK 29, 1926
CONTRACT FOR ASPHALT PAVING
ON CRISP HIGHYWAY IS LET OUT
CONTRACTS LET
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Y § Rt o iheas
i FOR ROADPAVINE
v&‘..ffi Y ‘_&w - X .
bl P .:’??3»;‘; it 1"
"Z ! £ X v"n( g_ ',.'
e g ol 1
th F:' ;;fll“ " fq“ WiE :\"fli ) :
conitiets involMnaPheLveen a Y
dred ang seventy five and tiwvo him
dred ,miles of Ccorgia road work,
were awvarded to numerous bidders to
day by the state highway department.
The projects and awards included
Crisp county, penetration macadam,
3.9 miles; Arthur Brooke, contractor,
Atlanta; $41,486.96 for the job.
SAYS ZANIHONI TRIED
T 0 SHOOT MUSSOLINI
ROME, June 29—Tito Zaniboni
former socialist deputy, has confess.
ed‘that he planned to shoot Premic:
_Mussolini, aceording to yeport on the
attorney general’s investigation of
the case published today.
Zariboni was arrested October
fourth armed with a rifle in a hotel
from overlocking the balcony of
Chigi Palace from which the premici
was to deliver an address.
TWO DAYS OF ELECTRIC
RANGE DEMONSTRATION
Miss Ellen Ashbury, representing
the Westinghouse Eleetric Manufac
furing Company, has heen here Mon
day and Tuesday in a most pleasing
demonstration of cooking with the
clectric range. She displayed the ad
vantages of the range in the cooking
of the whole meal yesterday and to
day she engageq in a delightful range
of cake-baking.
The attendance prize yesterday was
won by Mrs. I=sador Perlis. The dem
enstration was conducted at the store
of I, L. Bartholomew,
MURPHY ACCUSED OF CROOKED
WORK AS TIRE PRESIDENT
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CHICAGO, June 290—(#)—Biz |
Tim Murphy, the big tube and cu::in:_-;
man who hit the top recently in Hh':
tire business, will have to fizht i!'i
he expects to hold his position :*.::i
president of the Chicago Tire Deal-|
ers’ association. !
The picturesque labor leader zmdi
three of his cohorts are named in :m[
injunction petition which would re-|
strain them from colleeting f'und.\'g
from members or exercising thu;
functions of their offices. ‘
The petition charges that Big |
Tim and his friends had tlu-mm-lvvs"
clected after a “ruogh house” m(-vL}
ing of the memhbers which wasg nuli
authorized by Charles J. Ri(:hmuml]
the forimer president. {
Tim is trying to make (-:mu,::'h;
money to pay the government a $2O- |
000 fine for robbing the mails und‘
says he has employed “v:\'pcn:‘iv(-"'
counsgel to f{igat the injunction suit ;
TO THE VOTE}) OF THE l
CORDELF. JUDICIAL
CIRCUIT |
. !
lannounce my candidacy for wl
licitor General of this cireuit subject
to the primary of September Bth. 1
will appreciate your vote and in
fluence, l
A. J. M'DONALD
SUGAR FERTILIZER
EXPERIMENT
IS TRIED
& MIAMI, Fla., June 29-—(#)—An
”,,:f‘-,;( 1}& .m ‘thc use of .sug‘:u- as o
Ly rfitine ;iylll be made with the re
eßanion Tere of a hundred thousand
_,,.“ fands of Cuban raw suear by Cara'
.Fisher, in Miami. Each develop
ent of the sugar will be used on
Mo (ation and sghrubbery on four
@biami polf courses. 1t was houvht
or one and onc-half conts per
pound.
DANCE LEADERS PLANNING
CHANGE IN CHARLESTON
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NEW YORK, June 28—(P)—
Whether the cause bhe that we lack
gymnactie abilily, or zimply aren’t
knock-kneed and double-jointed, sim
pler steps than the Charleston must
be invented it they are to be danced
in the ball room,
This opinion is that of dancing
masters gatheved here for the 48th
annual convenvion of the American
Society of Teachers of Dancing open
ing Monday.
An improvenient on the übigquitous
but intricate (.rh:u"iw‘mn is being
gonght says Louis T. Chalif, president
of the societly. ¢
“No' other danee has ever been so
widely discussed and ¢commented nup
on, yet so little danced in the b:-.!l~‘
room, he exolained, It is difficult,
for the average couple to coordinate
their steps except after iong practice
and the danee, therefore, has bLeen
destrieted pripcipaily to intli\‘iduu“
exhibitions.”
Cash prices vl be awarded for new
dances introduced by members of
the society and approved by the exe l
cutive cominitice. ‘
W 0 CONCRESS BILLS
TWOO CONCRESS BILL
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CAUSE BIG PROTEST
MEETING IN MANILA
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MANILA, dune 29—(P)—A huge
mass meeting wag held on Manila te
protest against the Bacon and Kies
hills now before the American con
oross, The first of these measures
would provide a separate territoria!
covernment for the Moro islandg ol
the Philippines archipeleago—Min
donoa, Sulu and Palawan—aand the
second would increase the powers oi
Z 5 i
the insular anditor and crcate a con |
tingent fund to be placed at the (Iz.'-‘
posal of the gevernor general,
’S YOUR KIDNEYS
IFIT i KIDNZY
|
DO NCT DELAY A MOMENT ;
Kidney troubles ave dangerous, That weak |
or achiny back, those rheumatic patns, thiat
scalding, scanty or too frequent -urination, |
means deadly URIC ACID in the system.
Heal the kidneys so they can resume their
duties and filter out this ingiduous poison.
DeWITT'S i
KIDNEY & BLADDER PILLS |
are recommended as the best remedy in the
world for kidney disea . They are heal
ing, antiseptic and wonderfully cffective,
Many base imitations of these wonde Zhlli
Pills are placed on the market by unscrup
ulous manufacturers, whoeventry to imitate
the biue effect. Avoid such worthless imita
tions. Be sure that you get the genuine, Sold
everywhere at 50c and $1L.05 per pottic, Reeept
no substitute.
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IF IT’S YOUR STOMACH
YOU CANNOT AFEGRL TO NEGLECT IT.
Stomach troubles, such as Dyspepsia, Indi
gestion, Heartburn, cte., cause infinite suffer
ing and mar many ti ousands of lives. Give
Nature a chance and your Stomach a vaca
tion. Let ?
KODOL DYSPEPSIA TABLETS
do the work, ‘They are of the highest diges
tive power; one of theirprinciy altngredionts
will digest 3,000 times in welghtof albuminous
matter, Get Kodol Dyspepsialablets—NO'L
something elsc=at any drug store=ioc and
MUO per box,
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STEAD'S DRUG STORE
| PHONE NO, 1
PUT OVER RIVERS
ERS
Y
AND HARBORS BILL
UNTIL DECEMBER
£ AV RAVANALS
SENATE BUSY TODAY WITH
FESS ADMINISTRATION FARM
RELIEF MEASURE.
WASHINGTON, dune 20—(4)—
Tentative agreement to take up the
rivers and harbors bill on next De
cember tenth and to limit debate af
ter December fifteenth was reached
today by leaders on both sides in the
senate. .
If this agveement is approved by
the senate, and objection by one
¢enator would upset it, the leaders
helieve congress can adjourn next
Saturday. - ;
Attention of the, senate was cen
tered today on the Fess administra
tion farm relief proopsal in an effort
to conclude action upon agricultura!
feeislation, !
COURT SETTLES LAW CASE
FOUGHT FOR 400 YEARS
PARIS, Ju’fl"‘ 29--The court of
appeals at Aix-En-Provence has just
settled a law sait instituted (ifiml
years ago. The suit concerned it
ownership of 12,900 acres of 1'i(’!"
pasture lands at Cour, near the ll,:ll-!
inn horder, a former domain of Ihvl
royal family of Anjou, which was |
first involved in the litigation in the
year 1572,
Three communcs have ever since
been dispuling posseszion of the
valuable lands. The court of npp(':tlr‘i
decided it chould he divided, ending|
a case whieh i 3 something lik ('j
record, even in this part of the world)|
where courts are not noted for ilmr’
peed. |
A loeal statistician figured out |
that lawyers’ feete duaving the cen- I
turies the case has been fought out
in the courts would have :;:lll'i('wll
to buv the »Hroperty 21 tilmes over. i
MDONALD ANNGUNCES FOR
¢ 1
SOLICITOR GENERAL HERE
Attorney A. J. McDonald of Fitz
gerald announced his candidacy for
colicitor general of the Cordele cir
“cuit superior courts here today. He
'wes in Cordele shaking hands with
friends and laying plans for his cam
paign,
Mr. MeDonald has been a citizen of
Fitzgerald for twenty-one years-—al!
:Hxi'«' time a practicing attorney there
He was seven years solicitor of the
city court of Tlitzgerald. He is at
present moderator of the Ben Hill-Ir-
L win Baptist As:zcciation and hag been
teacher of the Men’s Bible Class i
the lirst Baptist church for sceven
years, ¥ W
He says he desires to have at least
one term trying out in conducting
the office in cconomical manner for
the counties in the cirveuit.
LENGLEN 1§ OUT
FIMBLEDON, June 20 (/)
Suzanne Lenglen, French tennig
star who scratehed from the Wiable
don cingleg yesterday, today with
drew '.‘;TEM-:“' from the tournament
Mrs. Molla Mallary, former Ameri
can champion, won her way into the
semi-finals today by defeating Misy
K. Bouman of Holland,
ESTABLISHED 'IN 1908
PRIME MINISTER
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NOW IN CANADA
CONSERVATIVE LEADER TAKES
PLACE MADE VACANT BY RES
i IGNATION OF KING.
’ OTTAWA, Ontario, June 29.—(AP)
Right Honorable ‘Arthur Meighen,
!‘»uu«--r\'m\w leader, was sworn in as
prime minister of Canada at the gov
‘l‘,llllll'lll honse today to succeed form
.u' Promier MacKenzie King, whose
ilmuirll'_\' resigned yestorday, °
GIANTS WON FIRST
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- GAME OF NEW WEEK
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‘{--:JGRE OF EIGHT AND FOUR
| WOUND UP MONDAY'S GAME IIN
CITY LEAGUE.
' Andy Lotiridge got even with some
of his rivals in the game yesterday
'in the city league when his team
rompad over the Athleties in a gcore
of cight (o four. Bill Murray’s win-
Inin; crowd fell behind and let the
Giants out winners.
! The game this afternoon is be
tween the Draves and the Pirates.
CHNESE GENERALS APPROACH
MEETING IN PEKING PARLEY
PEKIN, June 29—The long-awaited
meeting between the two powerfu!
militarists who now share power in
northern China, Marshals Chang Tsc
Lin, df Manchurvia, and Wu Pei Fu 1
of the central provinces, moved »
stage nearer today with the arrival
in the capital of Marshal Wu, accom
panied by his staff.
Both thess chicftaing, once the
bitterest of enemies but now allies
against the national armies, are now
in Pekin, the Manchurian war lord
having arrtved from his capital Sat
urday.,
The expected meeting of the two
marshals is planned to take place in
the palace of the Forbidden city
where the Manchus once held state
and where headauvarters of the
Chang-Wu allianees against the “r(-d',
influence of the national armies has
heen establisned. 1L is intended to
make the occazion a spectacular
and imposing one,
OWNERSHIP OF RUM SCHOONER
[AYSTERY AS CREW IS SILENT
WILMINGTON, N. C.,, June 29—
(/P)=—Ownership of the rum laden
steamer Elma, which was towed in
to Wilmington Jlate Saturday by the
United States coast guard culter
Manning with a cargo of more than
four thousand cases of various lig
uors, wag not established at a pre
liminary hearing held hefore
United Statacs Commissioner Louis
Goodman hers today, When Distriet
Attorney Irvin B. Tucker asked cack
of the 14 memberse of the crew
wparately to declare the vessel as to
ownership, captain or anvone in offi
cial capacity, all refused to reply.
The warrant, charges that the erew
had conspired to violate the custom
laws, internal revenue laws, the na
tional prohibition law by transport
g, possessing and importing whis
ky, and also the navigation laws.
On motion of the distriet attorncy
the date for the trial was set for
Thursday, Bond was fixed at $lO,-
000 for cach of the men.
Mr. J. A, Wilson is back from a visit
of sevaeral weeks to Miss Belle Wilson
and CLIF Wilson, son and daughter
it their Florida homes,
PLEDGE OF LOYALTY
I shall welcome in my com
munity of all methods and
measures that have proven
beneticial in other communi
ties,
NUMBER 193
T 0 60 0 BOSTON -
BOSTON WIZARD AND FLORIDA
LAND PROMOTER IS NOW IN
CUSTODY OF HOUSTON SHER«
IFF.
HOUSTON, Texas, June 29.—(AP)
(‘harles Ponzi, famed Boston finane
cier and IFlorida land promoter, tos
day was in custody of Sheriff T. A,
Binforq after being trailed to New,
Orleans where he was arrested yess
terday on a ship which previounly‘
had sailed from Houston,
Ponzi said he had not decided
whether to return to Boston where
he faces sentence of several years on
;rrimiu:nl charges without extradition,
KIWANIS WILL ENJOY
FRIED CHICKEN MENU
Since the ladies of the Civie Club
have taken charge of the Kiwanis
luncheons, the members have enjoy
ed most delightful menus each time.
They are prepared in a most appetiz
ing manner and served in a very
dainty and attractive style.
The Cordele ladies themselves cook
and serve these meals which, of
course, adds greatly to the pleaéul‘e
of the partakers. FEvery member is
urged to attend the meeting tomorrow
and enjoy the delightful menu which
is in charge this week of Mrs. N, E.
Wiare. The menu for tomorrow is as
follows:
Fried Chicken Gravy and Rice
Chicken Stew Green Peas
Sliced Tomatoes
ot Biscuit Corn Bread
Strawberry Shortcake :
Ice Tea
SELECTING HEROINE
WORLD WAR ,
WOMEN
OMAHA, Nebraska, June 29—(&)
—Names of four women were sug
gested as candidates for the honor
“outstanding heroine of the World
War,” by delegates to the Woman'’s
Overseas Service League Convention
hore.
They are Maricn Crandall, of
Omaha, first American woman killed
hy shellfire; Jane Delano, head of
Red Cross nurses; Edith Cavell,
Enelish nurse, executed by the Ger
mans; and Katherine Baker, another
Red Cross Nurse,
Childers
AND
Puckett
AGENTS FOR THAT
FAMOUS
Henry
Clay
AND
Merry
Widow
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