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VOLUME NO. ¥
J. R. SMITH IS SUICIDE AS CLIMAX OF ATLANTA BANK FAILURES
BOARD SLAYS SELF
fifi‘ron IN BOTH BANKERS
TRUST COMPANY AND FARM
ERS AND TRADERS EANK OF
ATLANTA. .
ATLANTA, July 16.—(AP)—J. R.
Smith, ‘president of the Atlanta Real
Estate board, and director of the
Bankers Tiust Company, for which a
receivership was designatod in the
federal district court here yesterday,
shot himself at his home in Morning
side suburb today.
" Smith was dead when found. The
body was found by a servant attract
ed by the shot. The door of his 100 m
was locked and the servant broke it
down with an axe. He was 2 [:trmer‘
member of the realty firm of J, R.
Smith and M. S. Ranking compuny.l
in addition to having been a direclorl
of the Bankers Trust company, he also
was a director of the Farmers and
Traders bank of Atlanta, which clos
ed early this week. I
His daughter, Mrs. Julia Lifsey,
was among the first to reach the body.
The entire load of a shotgun had en
tered his abdcmen. Delief was ex
pressedq that he fired the shot with
his toe.
Several letters found Dbegide {ihe
body were turn2d over to the cor
onei‘. who announced that an- ingquest
probably would be held later in the
day.
The‘ suicide came as a climax to
the bankruptcy procecedings of the
Bankers Trust Company and the clos
ing of sixty eight banks, many of
which were members of a chain of a
hundred and twenty in Georgia nad
Florida, for which the Bankers Trust
Company served as financing agent.
PHILLIPINE SUGAR CROP DROPS
- i ILA, P. I—(AP)—The latest
estimate cf the 1925-1926 cane sugar
crop of the Philipping Islands is
375,000 tons, which is approximately
125,000 tons below the previous crop.
Advices indicate that the 1926-1927
yield will be much larger.
~ Montana provides more - high
grade manganese ore for the manu
facture of steel than any other state
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MEMBERS ASSOCIATED PRESS
Eighty-Four Banks Have Closed Their Doors This Week
PHILIPPINECRY
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FOR FREEDOM IS
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BOTH HOUSES ADOPT RESOLU.
TION FOR [IMMEDIATE INDE.
PENDENCE
MANILA, July 16—(#)— At the
opening session of the Phillipine le
¢/'slature both howses unanimously
adopted a concurrent resolution ir
favor of “imcdiate, absolute and
complete independence.”
The resolution requests that Car:
mi Thompson, personal representa
tive of President Coolidge, who is
investigating c¢onditions in the is
lands., convey te the presdent “the
constant and intense desire of the
b Phillipines for immediate, abso
lgte, and compicte independence.”
MR A VINSON BOWEN
ISDEAD AT HOPEVILLE
' Mr. A. Vinson Bowen, aged 48
died at the family home at Hape
ville, Georgia, Wednesday morning
He is survived Lx his wile and daugk
ter, Edna. The funeral occurred
yesterday afternoon at Hapeville.
Mr. Bowen was brother of C. B
I-lowcn. formerly of Cordele, now of
West Palm Beach, and of Mrs. Mat
tie Cox of the Raines community
Mrs. H. G. Vanzandt of Macon and
Mrs. G. M. Sheppard of Edison, Ga
Mys:- Mattie Cox’ and Miss Georgie
Cox of Cordele sttende! the funera’
services ¢
Mr. Bowen was twenty years ago
a merchant in Cordele, having opera
ted a general mercantile business on
Eighth street. His native home was
‘in this county, near Raines. He had
‘resided ‘for about fifteen years at
IHapeville. His death will bhecome a
source of general sorrow throughout
‘the community and section where he
Ihm large numbers of friends.
I e s
I A gas being made from sewer
isludne and saw-dust in India can be
i used for motor focl.
Food can be cooked over a new
stove to be fited to the exhaust mani.
fold of an auiomobile that burns
the emitted gas.
Brunce Napier Denied Execution
‘Clemency, Respited to September 13
SIXTY DAYS ADDED
DATE FOR ELZCTROCUTION OF
CONDEMNED MAN HAS BEEN
POSTPONED OVER T SEPTEM.
BER THIRTEEN
ATLANTA, July 16.—(#)--The
governor has denied executive clem
ency to Bunce Napier, convicted and
sentenced to die in Orisp county su
perior court for criminal assault up
on a twelve year old girl, it was an
nounced today.
Information to Judge O. T. Gow
er here this afternoon from Repre
gsentative Dykes, of Dooly county
of defense counsel, was to the cffect
that a sixty-day lespite had been or.
dered by the governor in the case
CORDELE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1926
DOUBLE HEADER YESTERDAY IN
CITY LEAGUE BROUGHT OUT
MANY FANS.
In the first contest yesterday in
the city league between the Athletics
and the Giants, the game went to the
Al.h]et,ics in a lops ded score of nine
to sixteen.
~ In the second game the Pirates
had a hard baitle with the Braves
I:mrl the lowest score of the season |
Iwms rung up. The Pirates were vlc‘
Itors. the score heing seven to five. I
I The Senators play the Reds this af |
ternoon. I
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~ FIREMAN MISSINGI
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~ CANTON, Ga., July 15.—One mar
was killed, another is missing and ¢
I score of passengers were badly shak l
en up and miraculously escaped
‘ death this morning when the engine
lof an L. & N. passenger train left
I the rails and planged down an em
bankment to the water’s edge of the
lEtowah river, three miles north ol
here.
i' R. E. Dearmon, of Etowah, Tenn.
; engineer, was kiled, and the fireman
H. C. Wiley, of Emerson, Ga., is
Imissing, supposel to have' been car-i
lried down to the water with the
coal tender, which is partially sub-j
lmerged in the Ytowah. His body
had not been rvecovered from the
wreckage late tonight.
A mail clerk named Coker, of At
lanta, was painfully bruised, his in-
I juries being treated by a physiciar
Ihere. Some 30 passengers on thc
two coaches of the train were badly
lshakon but none required medica!
- attention. The coaches left the
rails but did not overturn.
The wreck is thought to have been
caused by a defective engine or rail,
’ as the engine left the rails and tum.
i bled down the embanlkment 25 or
30 feet, but stopped at the water's
[C(lge, the tender, however, broke
' Joose from the ergine and fell into
the water, carrying Fireman Wiley
with it.
WOCDMAN PICNIiC AND
PUBLIC SPEAKING EVENT
I There will be a Woodman of the
World pivni(: and basket dinner with
public speaking beginning at 10:30
July 22, at Antioch Zion Hope church,
The public is cordially invited to
come and bring a bhasket.
J. J. CRUMBLY, Consul Command
er. J. C. STEPHENS, Clerk,
WHITMAN CHOSEN
DENVER, C 010.,, July 16—(AD)—
Former Governor Charles B, Whit.
man of New York, was unanimously
elected president of the American
Bar assoeiution at the closing session
ol the organization’s convention today.
An inventor has given a tobacco
pipe a covered opening in the bow!
through which a cleanser inserted in
the stem can be pased, P |
80-YEAR OLD MAN IS
HUNG FOR MURDER
OF WIIE
COLUMBIA, Miss., Juiy 16—(8)-—
Jeff Wallace, eighty year old white
man, was hanged here today for the
murder of his wife.
ST. OIUS, July 17—(#»)—.Sold
“down theriver” for a castoff bal
player, Grover Cleveland Alexand.
er, one time $lOO,OO major league
pitching star, vcday is making de
termined effort to reestablish him.
self as one of the outstanding fig:
ures of the game, :
Alexander, after ten years of ser
vice with the Cubs, was charged by
Manager Joe McCarthy with re
peatedly breaking training rules
; g
He was given away to the St. Louis
Cardinals for a mere $4,000, the
smallest amount for which a major
league baseball player can be sold
The Cardinals didn’s even pay the
$:,000, or in fact anything at all
but gave the Cubs Walter Huntzing
er, a collegian who has been shunt- |
ed around the major leagues. i
Was Virtually Given Away
Ten years ago Alexander was pur
chased by the Cubs from Philadel
phia, for what was then a record
price—sso,ooo for himself and i
battery mate, Bl Killifer. Year at
ter year he was the ace of the Cubs
.5. . . |
pitching staff, with an iron arm :mdi
control as nearly perfect as any
pitcher ever attained. I
Although thiriy nine years old
last February, Alexander has al~I
I
ways taken his turn in the box. Hisi
imasterful pitching .feats advanced
him to an idal among Cub fans who I
two weeks belre his release, pre
sented him with a $5,000 motor car
as a testimonial of their esteem, I
Beats Cubs Amid Acclaim I
When Alexarder found himself ;v;
member of the Cardinalg, along with
his old battery mate Killifer, he im
mediately determined to make good
He became a faithful observer of
all training ruics. His first appear
ance in a Cardinal uniform, against
his former teammates, drew a record
breaking attendance of more th:n‘j
I
37,009. Alexander mowed the Cubs
down in a 3-2 victory, alowing only
four hits and preudly strode off the
field amid the wildest (I('nmnsl,ra-I
tion ever accorded a baseball pl:ly-I
er here, |
IFIT’S YOURKIDNEYS I
DO NOT DELAY A MOMENT
Kidney troubles are dangerous. That weak
or aching back, those rheumatic pains, that
scaldiug, scanty or too frequent urination,
means deadly URIC ACID in the system. 1
Heal the kidneys so they can resume their
duties and filter out this insiduous poison. |
DeWITT’S
KIDNEY & BLADDER PILLS
are recommended as the best remedy in the
world for kidney discascs. They are heal
ing, antiseptic and wonderfully effective,
Many base imitations of these wonderful
Pills are placed on the market by unscrup
ulous mnnuf;lutuwrt-‘,\\'lmv'.'untrf(nimll;nw
the blue effect. Avoid such worthless imita
tions. Be sure that you get the genuine, Sold
evervwhere at 50c and §l.OO per pottle. Accept
1o substitute, .
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IF IT’S YOUR STOMACH |
YOU CANNOT AFFORD TG NEGLECT IT.
Stomach troubles, such as Dyspepsia, Indi
restion, Heartburn, ete., cause infinite suffer
ing and mar many thousands 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: oncof theirprincipalingredients
willdigestia,oootimes inweightof albuminons
matter. Get Kodol DyspepsiaTablets—NoO'L
comething clse=at any drug store=ooc¢ ang
8100 per box,
STEAD'S DRUG STORE
PHONE NO. 1 ~
GUNN MEETS COOK *
GUNN ELIMINATED BLACK IP
SEMI-FINALS OF PLAY IN AT
LANTA STATE TOURNAMENT
ATLANTA, July 16.—(®)— Watts
Gunn eliminated Dave Black in the
sccond round of a match play of the
annual Georgia golf tournament her:
today, one up on the nineteenth
green, :
his victory placed Gunn in the
semi-finals of the upper bracket
where he meets Gene Cook, defend
ing champion tiis afternoon.
In the semi-finals of the lowe?
bracket Chick I.idley of the East
Lake club met Met Kayton Smith of
Savannah,
MIAMI POLICE SAY NEGRO AD.
MITS DRIVING CAR THAT KILL
ED MISS TIMMERMAN AT
AMERICUS
MIAMI, Fla, July 15—(#)—
Charles Byron, negro, captured here
today was said by police to have con
fessed to running over and ki]]iop: 2
woman school {eacher in Americus
Ga., six weeks ago. He could not
recall the name of the teacher. |
Authorities are awaiting word
from Sheriff W. P, McArthur, of
Americus.
Officer Leaves to Get Negro
AMERICUS, Ga., July 15.—That
a negro belicved to be Charley
{rown, alias “Charley Buckeye,”
wanted here in conection with the
death of Miss Alice Ruth Timmer
man on a highwuzy near the city in
April, is held in Miami, was the in
formafion received here today. The
negro was seen upon the streets at
Miami and recognized by Frank
“Squinchy” Martin, an Americus
vouth now liviny in Miami. Deputy
Sheriff Chapell ieft Americus last
night for Miami to bring the prison
er here for trial.
T St. Louis bandstand has been
given a copper roof that improves
the tones of musie produced heneath
M.
OHIO EDITOR IN WAR ON
GAMBLER, SLAIN BY ASSASSIN
E. MELLETT, EDITOR
OF COX DAILY IS
VICTIM OF THUGS
HAS MADE WAR ONGAMBLINC
AND VICE CONDITIONS FOR ¢
MONTHS
CANTON, Ohio, July 16—(#)—
Threats on the life of Don R. Mel
lett, publisher of the Canton Daily
News, because of his activities again
st alleged gamblers, -were carried
out here carly today.
IFive bullets brought to an end the
carcer of the roung npublisher whe
came here a year ago to publish the
News owned by James M, Cox, pub
lisher of a number of Ohio papers
Mellett was putting his uutnmobilci
in the garage when the assassin’s
ESTABLISHED IN 1908
TOTAL LIST NOW REACHES
EIGHTY.FOUR AMONG THOSE
CLOSED DOWN. i
ATLANTA, July 16— AP-—Thirteen
additional banks have closed in Geor
gia and one in Florida since yester
day. The cclosings brought the total
number that have suspended opera
tions this week to ejghty three in the
two states, b
The state banking department in
making the announcement atributed
the closings to bankruptecy proceed
ings of the Bankers Trust Company
‘which served as fiscal agent for a
Istrlng of a hundred and twenty banks
in the two states.
’ The closings today were the bank
of IBast Point; Exchanga Bank of Sye
’amnre; Peoples Bank of Soperton;
Commerce Bank ang Trust company;
Bank of Adarsville; Farmers and Mer
chants Bank of Rebecca; Merchants
and Planters Bank, Villa Rica; Mer
chants and Farmers bank, Sylvester;
Bank of l"ineview; Merchants and
Farmers bank, Tennille; | Turner
(‘ounty bank, Ashburn; Bank of Stock
bridge; Merchants and Planters bank,
Whigham Bank of Lake Helen, Flor
ida.
The list was brought to fourteen
when the news came from Thomas-
I viyc that the Bank of Pavo had closed
lits doors.
| All Belong to Chain '
~ Officials of the State Banking de
partment pointed out that virtually
all of the Georgia banks that closed
were members of the Georgia Trust
company chain.
The Bankers Trust company, they
said, was a ('nrporation and not un
der supervision of the state banking
department,
Judge Orville Park of Macon, chief
counsel for the Georgia Bankers as
heartily agreed with the state bank
ing department that the general
hanking situation in the state was in
better condition than it had been in
yvears. So thoroughly convinced of
the fact was the governor, Judge
Park said, that he started upon his
vacation yesterday.
Tustria now has 40,000 more un
employed than at any time last year
gung spoke.
That Mellett feared his life would
be taken was evident for weeks and
as the result of a t threat a police
guard had been stationed at the Mel
lett home.
The policeman was off duty las!|
night, however, i
Melett in editorials and news sto |
ries at intervals over a period of !
months had attacked alleged gamb |
ling and vice conditions in the city
and police are investigating the pos |
sibility of a gunman having been im |
ported to halt his activities. ,
The Canton News sometime tl'.’:(l
was made defendant in a libei ac
tion for fifty thousand doliar: I
brought by the chief of police. S
A. Lengel, after Lengel suspended |
by Mayor S. M. Swartz on charge:
of tax law enforcement. Lengel wa: I
exonerated by the civil service com I
mission and reinstated following ¢ |
two weeks’ triel, I
PLEDGE OF LOYALTY |
I shall welcome in my com.
mnuity of' all mathads and
measgures thai have provin
beneficial in ~ther cowmmun..
ties,
NT MBER 208
DOTY IS GIVEN
I TENNESSEE BOY IN FRENCH
~ FOREIGN LEGION IS FOUND
" GUILTY OF LESERTION
BIERUT, Syrvia, July 16—().—
Bennett J. Doty, of Memphis, Ten
nessee, was condemned by court
martial at Damascus today to eight
years imprisonment at®hard labor
for deserting rom the French for.
eign legion in which he enlisted un
der the nme of Gilbert Clare. -
An officer representing the gov
ernment as prosecutor demanded
the death penalty. Lieutenant oal
lifer, for the d.fenge, eloguently de
scribed the Lrave conduct of Doty
prior to his dezertion.
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ROOBIS SALE IS
DECVDFT SUCCESS
FULLY FIFTY PERCENT GAIN
OVER SIMILAR SALE LAST
YEAR IN CORDELE. '
I The great summer sale at Roobin's
which went on this morning is a de.
cided success for the first day. ' It
is fifty percent better than .a simjlar
sale at this time, last year, and if it
goeg for the next.three days as dare
ing the first day, it will be cpq.nt
the most remarkably succresful £lles
ever conducted here io ‘lhfl summer,
This is the report of those in charge
at the storn, TH
WIPING OUT LLITIRACY -
FRANKFORT, Ky.—~To the w'ping
out of illiteracy “fisg Cora W+'son
Stewart of Frarkfort, {o deveting fxfr
life. Sha is chairman of tha Zixficl: il
Hliteracy Crusads, a nationwico Pro
jection of the work of thi» Me mUszht
Schocls’of Kentucky whare mounta'n
eers have learned to read ~nd weita,
Miss Stewart's first read-r t-aches
adult illiterates to read the Ty . 1
the newspapers in six weel @ and' to
write leiters to thelr fr'snde. Tha
reader with its identations looks ke
a book for the bilnd. The grawn-vp
illiterates tracn {he lott-rz of t4.ir
own nam~s firat. Vith pride pushiag
them on from this point, their pro
gress is rapid,
AND CROCERIES
The hest that can be
had at prices you can
well ;£
Mo Chief Alm
C na’ 't and Service
e UoNar
Cinil<iers
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Puiz kott
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PHONES 170-190
CORDELE, (AN,