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VOLUME NO. 9
PRISON BOARD REFUSES CLEMENCY IN BRUNCE NAPIER CASE
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CONDEMNED MAN HAS LEASE ON
LIFE TILL TWENTY-THIRD UN
DER PRESENT ORDER.
ATLANTA, July 9— (AP) — The
Georgia Prison commission today re
fused to recommend clemency in the
case of Bunce Napier, convicted in
Crisp county on charge of criminal
assault on a twelve year olq girl, and
gentenced to die July twenty-third.
Attorneys for the defense have no
tified Governor Walker that they will
ask a public hearing at which they
will urge' executive commutation of
the sentence to life imprisonment.
PROMINENT FARMER
DIES AT RICHLAND
M. James J. Turner died at the
family home, Richland, Ga. Tuesday
night after an illness of about four
years. The funeral services were con
ducted.' from the residence Thursday
evening by his pastor, Rev. H. O
Huges, who was assisted by a former
pastor, Rev. H. L. Crumbley of Cuth
bert, Ga.
Mr. Turner is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Minnie Lee Turner and
one daughter, Miss Rubye Turner
who is making Cordele her home at
present with Mr. and Mrs. M. T
Mulkey on Thirteenth avenue East
YOUTH SENTENCED ‘
TO REFORMATORY
ABBEVILLE, Ga., July 9—George
Meredith, one of the boys arrested
allbong with five others last Satur
day morning and placed in the coun
t,\" jail at Abbeville, pleaded guilty
to larceny from the store house of
Loring Peeples, in Wilcox county
vesterday. Judge Crum gave him a
term at the state reformatory at Mil
ledgeville. He exonerated the other
boys by saying ihat he had taken
the money himseli and that the oth
ers know noting about it. One of the
boys was a Macon youth, C. B. Gam
mage.
SURPRISE IS READY
FOR BOARD DIRECTORS
The advisory committee has the
surprise for the Board of Directors
of the Crisp County Board of Trade
all set for 8:30 o’clock tonight. A
full attendance is urged. All mem
bers of the Boa¥d df Trade are wel
come. ¥t - guri Rt ‘
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the Ice!
’ At your grocer's
—at the refresh
ment stand—at
the ball park-—
get it cold and
sparkling!
Buyit by the case
i and keep it on
ice at home,
Cordele Coca-Cola
Bottling Company
Cordele, Ga. Phone 87
A.C. Towns, Manager
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THE CORDELE DISPATCH
MEMBERS ASSOCIATED PRESS
13,909 Bills Were Dropped In Legal Hopper By House
REMOVAL U :DEAD SEAMEN
BEGINS IN WRECKED CRAFT
EASY TO IDENTIFY
oot I
NOT DETERMINED HOW MANY
OF ILL-FATED CREW CON.
TAINED IN VESSEL.
NEW YORK, July 9—(#)—Liecu--
tenant Frederick D. Foster of Newt
ley, New Jersey was the first of the
dead in the United States subma--
rine, S-51 to be identified when the
bodies were removed., from the bat
tered hulk today.
Soon afterward four other bodies
- were recovered. Naval authorities
said tre bodies were in better condi
tion than wag expected and that it
was hoped identification would be
. possible, e
How many bodies of the twenty
" five men unaccounted for since the
submarine was sunk last September
off Block Island, remained in the
"great steel coffin during the nine
: months it lay under sea, had not heen
definitcly determined as the work
of removal was started.
BOEBY JONES AND OTHERS ARE
SHOOTING HARD AT CHICAGO
MAN’S LEAD.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 9.—(AP)—
Bill Meihorn of Chicago, today was
unable to keep up the pace he set
vesterday in the national op2n golf
championship at Scioto club and his
lead stood in danger after he had
added a seventy-five'to his record of
sixty-eight of yesterday.
His total of a hundred and forty
three for thirty-six holes furnished a
shining mark for Bobby Jones and
possibly others to shoot at in the
later rounds of the day,
ERECTS NEW STORE AND
LOCAL BILLING STATION
0. V. Werdt of the Standard
Ba]&ory is erecting a new store build
ing, corner of Soxth avenue and
Eleventh street. The building will be
occupied by M. T. Elder, who wil’
carry a line of general merchandise
and also a Sinclair Gas Station in
conneection.
HOWELL EXECUTION
DATE IS DELAYED
MACON, July 9—John Howell, al
leged bootlegger, who is under
death sentence for the murder ot
Harry Green, Bibb county deputy
will not have another date set for
his execution until action has been
taken by the Prison Commission and
the governor on a petition for clem
eney to be presented by W. A. Me-
Clellan, chief counsel for the con
demned man.
This wag announced yesterday fo!-
lowing a conference between Judge
H. A. Matthews, and Solicitor Chas
H. Garrett, of the Macon circuit.
The prison commission and the gov
ernor are the only rccourses through
which a plea can be made since the
state supreme court has refused to
grant Howell a new trial has been
denied, a motion for a rehearing has
also been denied.
Howell was- tried in Houston Su
perior court last August upon o
change of venue from this county
He is said to have killed Green in
May of last year following a wild
chase through the streets of Macon
'He has been in the Bibb county jail
‘gince that time,
CORDELE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1926
SIX CLURBS IN INTERCLUB MEET
ING IN CORDELE YESTERDAY
AND LAST NIGHT.
Fverd cluly taking part had a cred
itakle representation of members of
Kiwanis with their ladies here yes
fevday ofterncon ard@night and the
interelub meeting was one which wil?
bear fruit in others of a similar na
ture in other sections of the state.
At the afternoon “shop talk” ses
sion in the assembly room at the li
brary, Dr. T. J. McArthur presided
Here resolution was passed asKing
the division governor and the lieu
tenant governors to provide for at
least three other interclub meetines
of this kind in this immediate sce
tion of Georgia. The discussions of
features helpful to those maintaining
Kiwanis Clubs occupied the time of
the afternoon session.
During the -afternoon visiting
ladies were delightfully cared for by
ladies of the local civie clubs and
the Kiwanis women of Cordele at the |
parlors of the Suwance Hotel. They
senjoyed automobile rides over thc
city and later returned promptly for
the beginning of the evening event|
at_seven-thirty in the Suwanee din
ing room. ;
The dining room was appropriately
decorated and tastily arranged by
the iadies of the civie club and the
ouests were seated to an advantage
for the rendering of one of the best
programs possible to have.
“T. Hoyt Davis of the Vienna clut
presided in splendid manner at this
occasion. There was club singing and
a number of special features well
planned and most delightfully ren
dered.
After a welcome by Judge W. P
fleming, a delightfully planned
pageant in which the king and queen
of Kiwanis were enthroned and at
tendants of beautiful girls represent
ing the visiting elubs cireled around
the court with cach a club motto for
the towns represented and Mrg, Glad
stone Fleming, speaking the jarts
which had been composed loeally hy
herself and Judge W. P. Felming
as each town’s court attendants
came in, made this o mist pleasing
entertainment feature. Tom McAr--
thur and Miss Elizabeth Cannon
served as king and queen and many
pretty girls were court attendants
Miss Mary McCoy sang two numbers
which reflected great credit upon
this Cordele girl as an artist making
wonderful strides in her choser
field. Mrs. Gladstone Fleming sang
as a delightful entertainer, as did
Miss Florrie Powers.
Charleston dancing and jazz music
timed for the occasion and rendercd
in artful manner and perfect good
taste, was offered as an amusement
feature by a half dozen little girls
all associated with little Miss Elza
Quay Herrington in a happy little
folk dances.
' Evans Matthews spoke for Ameri
cus. Jim Turner and A. B. & A
/ Collier spoke for Fitzgerald, while J
71, Sirmans represented Tifton. Misy
Nell Howse sang delightfully accom
panied by Imogine Baker at the pi
ano from Tifton. Rev. T. W. Tippett
brought greetingsz from Vienna, and
Mrs. J. B. Ryner offered a violin
solo with Mrs. Dykes as accompa.
nist. Then followed a fine short ad
dress from Lieutenant Governor Me-
Kenzie of Montezuma in which he
cought to reveal some of the things
Kiwanis doeg for men and communi
"ties. Nelson Shipp secretary to Sena
tor William J. Harris was the ncxt
speaker. He had a most entertaining
short address which was received
“with interest and pleasure by hom
;I'oIk;; with whom he is visiting at the
present.
Congressman Charles R. Crisp was
FOR NEW LAWS IN
CREAT INCREASE IS SHOWN IN
NUMBER OF LOANS PASSED BY
CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, July 9.-—-—(AP)—
Production of new laws gained mo
mentum during the recent session of
congress with more measures intro
duced and a greater number passed
by the house than at any previous
first session of a two year period,
Thirteen thousand nine hundred
and nine bills were interoduceq in
the house at the session which closed
last week. This eclipses the record
of the entire preceding congress in
which thirteen thousand {hree hun
dred and seventy-two were originatoed
by representatives,
A still greater increase is shown
in the number of measures passed,
eight, hundred anq ninety-five, as com
pared with three hundred and ninety
three for the preceding session.
The house in the first session of
the present congress acted on a
thousand three hundred and twenty
one measures as against five hundred
and nipnety-four for the entire Jbre
ceding congress, but closed with on-
Iy a hundred and sevenly-four billg
pending as cempared with three hiuan
dred and thirty-five.
the chief e¢peaker, After having g‘iv-I
en a short time to Kiwanis ideals, he
devoted the remaining moments teean I
impressive appreciation of Americar
citizenship. Hrs. Crisp accompanied
the congressman on his viit and they
were at.the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Bartholomew during the after
noon as visitors.
John B. and Mrs. Guerry of Mon
tezuma came down with the lieuten
‘ant governor, President Lewis of the
Aoricultural College at Tifton was ¢
vigitor with the Tifton delegation, as
was Henry Tift, president of the
‘board of trade. Americus had a. fine
jolly bunch, as did Ashburn and Vi
enna,
Those taking part in the pageant
s 0 exceilently rendered under the di
rection of Mrs. Gladstone Fleming
were as follows: |
Elizabeth annon, Tom McArthur,
Lena Lipscy, Anna Berta Diffee, ,\l'n'_\'l
McCoy, Emma Maddox, Idoline lel‘—‘
field, Eleanor Marshall, Helen Can
non, Eusign liardee, Emma Lee Shr-p-"
pard, Sara Mae Slade, Audrey l)«-kh-,‘
Gertrude Land, Frankie Davis, Mar
tha Fox, Ann Smith, Elia Grey Il(er-‘
rington, Mary Bundrick, P}liz:llwlh.‘
Hamilton, Maxwell Williams, Florrie
Powers, Wava Dane. I
ATLANTAN HURT I
MACON, Ga., July 1I~—(/I’)—Ii'\'.'inI
C. Fink, Atlanta, is being ruzhed Inl'
a local hospital here from Unadilla!
where he was seriously injured I:l:J('I
this afternoon when the automobile!
in which he was riding turned over. {
IFIT’S YOUR KIDNEYS
DO NOT DELAY A MOMENT
Kidney troubles are dangerons, That weak
or aching back, those rheumatic pains, that
scaldiig, scanty or too frequent urination,
means deadty URIC ACID in the system
Heal the kidneys so they can resume their
duties and filter out this insiduous poison.
DeWITT’S
KiDNEY & BLADDER PILLSZ
are recommended as the best remedy in the
world for kidney diseases. They are heal
ing, antiseptic and wonderfully effective,
Many base imitations of these wonderful
Pills are placed on the market by unscrup- |
ulous manufacturcers, whoeventry to imitate
the blue effcct. Avoid such worthless imita
tions. Be sure that you et the genuine, Sold |
everywhere at boc and $l.OO per pottle, Accept |
no sabstitule. . I
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IF IT’S YOUR STOMACH |
YOU CANNOT AFFGRD TO NEGLECT IT. ‘
Stomach troubles, such as Dyspepsia, Indi
gestion, Heartburn, ete,, cause inhnitesuffer- |
ing and mar many thousands of lives. Give |
Nature a chance and your Stomach a vaca
tion. Let ,
KODOL DYSPEPSIA TABLETS |
do the work. ‘Fhey are of the highest diges- |
tive power; one of theirprincipal ingredients
will digest3.oootimes inweightof albuminous |
matter, Get Kodol Dyspepsialablets- NO'L |
something clsc=at any drug store=ioc and |
ALOO per box. }
STEAD'S DRUG STORE
> TTY AT
PLHONE NO. 1 |
SCOPES CASE GROWS LARGE
CROP TENNESSEE CANDIDATES
SALUDA YOUTHTO
FACE CHARGE OF
TYRON, SOCIETY GIRL'S DEATH
SAID TO HAVE BEEN INFLICT.
ED BY SONNER. X
TYRON, July 9—(#)—Q. C. Son--
ner, Saluda youth who anthorities de
clare they will charge with the mur
der of Miss Jean Braswell, seven
teen, Tyron society givl, today was
slightly improved after a blood
transfusion operation. .
Miss Braswell was instantly kilied
and Sonner seviousgly injured in ¢
mvsterions shooting affair Wednes
day night.
Authorities after investigating the
story of Sonner, that the shooting
was done by a youth known to him
only as “Jimmy,” described the
wounds of Sonner ag sell-inflicted af
ter he killed Miss Braswell.
SDAY GAMES
OF THURS
With a short and snappy game on
ly thiriy seconds out of both rain and
sunshine, the Braves took the first
of the double header games yesier
day in the city league from the Giants,
{he score being five to six. This was
a battle worth seceing.
. The second put the Senators out
ahead of the Pirates in a score of
cight to eleven. Here- was more of
the stuff that it takes -to make a
really good bascball contest. The
fans (illed the park grounds with the
largest crowds yet.
The Athletics play the Reds, this
afternoon.
TERRELL FARMERS USE
MUCH CALCIUM ARSENATE
DAWSON, Ga., July 9-—Terrel)
county farmers are using calcuim ar
senate extensively. To date one deal
er in this prouct has reccived five
cars of poison.
The cotton flea is proving to be
one of the most harmful . insects
known to the cotton producing world
says A. K. Gibson, farm agent of
Terrell county. During the past fow
days the damage has heen astonnish
ing, the cotton yield this year will I);‘I
nothing like the forecast of Ih('I
crop reported service if the (-nlir'.'l
belt is affected iike this scction, he
says. i
It is fortunate, hovwever, savs .‘vII"
Gibson, that the crop is as far :ui<,
vanced as it is for the cannot :1,1,1
riously damage cquarcs that are «'l:l
large as a pencil. He prediets Ih(l
greatest damage {o youny r,nl_‘um'
and advises that the farmers wateh |
their ficlds clozely and use .ul,)lun'l
at the rate of 6-8 pounds per acrel
at intervals of five days until threo|
applications have been made. i
The fumes do not become affee
tive until the second application 1.1
made and he warns farmers not ‘.:I
be dizcouraged should thev not got]
immediate results, but stick to 'lw!
fight and vietory will surely result i
RADIO COMMUNICATION
AT RISK OF STATIONS
WASHINGTON, July 9—(4)—Un
til congress acts, radio communica
tion in the United States will be cop
ducted at the risk of the operating
tations, the commerce departinent
announced today in interpretine
opinion by the attorney gencral.
ESTABLISHED IN 1908
PERMEATES ALL I
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STATE POLITICS
SCOPES LAWYERS AND SCOPESI
PROSECUTORS ARE OUT AFTERI
VARIOUS OFFICERS. I
NASHVILLE, Tenn.,, July 9.- (:\l')‘
Several persons who became wu'lli
known {o newspaper readers through
cut the country from their associa
tion with the Scopes evolution trial
last summer are seceking political
honors in Tennessee this year.
Dr. John R. Neal, senior counsel for
Scopes, is a candidate for the demo
cratic gubernatorial nomination, ad
vocating repeal of the Tennessee evo
lution law,
Governor Austin Peay, who signed
the anti-evolution act, is a candidate
for renomination, Walter Wihite,
who as superintendent of education
it Dayton, was the official prosecen
tor of Scopes, is a candidate for the
republican gubernatorial nomination.
Judge John T. Raulston, presiding
Judge at the Scopes trial, is running
ot reelection on the republican ticket.,
WOMAN IS CHARGED BY HUS
BAND WITH RUINING HOME
WITH CIGARETTES.
MUNICH, July 9.-—(AP)-—Frau Lu
dendorft has been granted a divoree
from fLormer quartcrmaster general
of the Imperial army. A terse offi
cial county conrt statement said hoth
partics were to blame, which amounts
to insompatibility. J'ran Laudendorff
charged Germany's wartime quarter
master with neglect and ('l’llcflll,\'.
while the general charged that his
lome was ruined by his wife’s incey
sant cigarette smokine.
AN SLAYS WIFE AND
HIMSELF IN JEALOUS FIT
JACKSONVILLE, Fia., July 9—
(P)—G. E. Walters, a carpentey
shot and fatally wounded his wife
Margarct, and then killed himself
ab their home here late today. Wal
ters was 50 years old and his wife
49. Police <aid the tragredy was
prompted by Walters? jealously over
the affection displayed by his wife
toward her three daunohters by a
formey marriage,
Walters shot himsolt through the
head twice. He shot his wife only
once, the shot severing hep jugular
vein and causing her to bleed to
death. The woman died ten minutes
after being admiteed Lo 4 hospital,
Neighbors told the police the cou
ple had quarreled frequently, I
FLIGHT OF NAVy PLANES
DELAYED ON PACIFIC COAST
WASHINGTON, July 9—(/P)—The
navy's non-stop flight attempt with
caplane PB-1 from Seattle to San
Diego has been indefinitely postpon.
ed, the departmont was advised to
day, owing to failure of the oiling
vetem for the plane engine which
forced a landing at Pillay Point
Washinaton, yesterday.
The plane was towed to Port An
gles and it is ostimated that two
weeks will be required fop repairs
The destroyer patrol station along
the coast to safepuard the flight hae
Leen released from that duty.
PLEDGE OF LOYALTY
I shall welcome in my coms
munity of all methods and
measures that have proven
beneficial in other communi
ties.
NUMBER 202
FRANCEHAS WAR ' «
1
NEARLY COMPLETE
§
Enaa—— . f
SEVENTY-NINE BILLION FRANCY
TAKEN UP IN EXPENDITURES!
MADE. !
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WASHINGTON, July 9—(P)--
France's war reconstruction progra
which has required an expont,liw;z
of seventy-nine billion francs, wal
far advanced with little propona
vestoration work remaining) to bé
done this year, the commerce depav(f-g
ment has been advised by trade com-!
missioner Creen at Paris. Ll &
Some of the accomplishments, of
the French toward restoring di'ili
aged property were outlined in thé
report. A total of fiftythree tho\li-;
and kilometers of highways hav
been repaired out of a tota of flit)é
cight damaged, while two thousand
{hree hundred kilometers of railway;
lines of interest have been roetare(‘.
to operation out of the total 0&
(wenty-four hundred destroyed. 4
MGRE EMPLOYEES WILL {
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JOIN SUBWAY STRIKE
NEW YORK, July 9-—(A’)—-lndi!
cations that power house employes ¢
the Interborough Rapid Transit com
pany would join the striking mol}n'}’z
men and switchmen of the un?ri
ground rallroad wert seen toda
when sixty employes on night sh:ff_f
nnanimously gave a vote of confi
dence to their president, James F.
Walsh.
FORD S TUG BOAT IS TAKEN o
IN TOW BY CANADIAN SHIP
ST. JOHN, N. B, July 9~—(f)—"
Henry Ford’s big tug boat, the 1511;':,
lenas, which went ashore on Seal T 4,
land yesterday morning, was being
towed to Yarmouth today by ”\‘!
Canadian government steamer Dail*
lard. . ¥
The Ballenas was floated by the
Deliard last night. The tug ran off
her course during a dense fog wh le
on its way from the great Lakae
to New York city. l
Eighteen members of, the Ballenay’
crew of 20 men launched a boat 'ard ;
reached Sabe island in safety aft:r
the accident, while the captain“&nd
another officer stuck by thei.r:, Wot
until the Dollard arrived. The’ Dokt
lard suffered slight damage 'Mitt I
stern while floating the otnev wnip.
Childers
AND
Puckett
AGENTS TTOR THAT
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Clay ‘
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Merry
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