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" GEORGIA WEATHER
Local thundershowers to-
Inlght and Sunday; geutle
southeast and south winds,
VOLUME NO. 9
CAROLINA SAW MILL BOILERS SPREAD DEATH IN TERRIFIC BLOW-UP
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CAROLINA SAWMILL IS SCENE
OF DISASTER WITH ONE
WHITE TWO NEGROES DEAD.
GREENWOOD 8. C., August 14—
(#)—One white and two negroes
were killed and two whites and six
negroes were injured in a boiler ex
“plosion in the plant of the Self Lum
ber Company at Ninety Six, nine
miles from Greenwood this morning
The dead are Ernest Jarreti,
eighteen, son of Superintendent G. L
Jarrett, David Harris, twenty-four,
negro fireman and Elliott Walter,
twelve, negro.
The death toll of the explosion
of two hoilers at the plant of the
Self Lumber Company at Ninety Six
this morning increased to four at
noon when Andrew Butler, ne;rro,
died of his injuries.
Wilbur Dinneweather, negro, an
other of the injured, was reported
in serious condition as a result of
burns and a broken leg. |
A ——— I
FAMOUS PEDESTRIAN
A PICKED UP BY |
: POLICE I
NEW YORK, August 14——(/?)-—I
Edward Payson Weston, eighty-eight, I
famous pedestrian who has been re
ported missing from his home in I
Philadelphia was found today by a
policeman in Brooklyn. He fas ex
hausted and apparently dazed. I
A physician exaralned nim at po-I
Ilice station and szld he did not need I
‘medical attention but apparently
< {s famished. Weston told the yo
.\g)emen that he remembered little of |
his wanderings except that he hadl
come from Philadelphia nn an auto
mobile. l
* PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev. Carl Barth, the pastor, is toI
preach both at the morning andl
evening services. Bible study -class
Monday afternoon, August 18th. I
Sybject,, “Christ’s Teaching Aboutl
_Salvation,” (Meeting for: prayer on
JWQfin_eflday night,: b cslq oot I
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say they ‘
like it
because~
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“delightful with
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sandwiches” ....
Buyitbythecase
—~keep it on ice
at home,
Cordele Coca-Cola
; Bottling Company
Cordele, Ga. Phone 87
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THE CORDELE DISPATCH
MEMBERS ASSOCIATED PRESS
Manley Placed Under Bond of $25,000 Felony Charge
MELLETT MURDER PROMISES
GREAT UPHEAVAL IN CANTON
CANTON POLICE
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IMPLICATED IN
GRAND JURY WILL HEAR EVI
DENCE GATHERED IN GREAT
LIQUOR ICONSPIRACY ALSO.
CANTON, Ohio, August 14—(P)
—The Meilett murder case will be
carried directly before the Stark
county grand jury which convenes
next week, Prosecutor C. B. Me-
Cliptock said today. .
Upheaval is Promised
CANTON, Ohio, August 14—(&)—
Evidence sufficiently strong to con
vict several men of the murder of
Don R. Mellett, publisher has been
uncovered by Joseph R. Roach, Chl-I
cago criminal lawyer con(luctinyl
the investigation into an alleged
liquor conspiracy in Canton. I
Roach declared the evidence was
“air tight” but had not been car
ried to the Stark county grand jury
through fear of the general up
heaval ‘'which might follow in Can
ton’s political cireles.
'Roach was not in position to carry
the c:IlSe to the state couris because
he iz at present without state au
thirity and is preparinglthe liquor
conspiracy cases for the federal
grand jury investigation,
He said today he was ready and |
willing to go before the Stark coun
ty ‘grand jury when it convenees
next week to tell what he knows of
the murder plot.
On evidence now in his possession
Roach says it appears that severall
members of the Canton police dc-l
partment are involved in the liquor |
conspiracy and some of them had
knowledge and were even implicatedl
in the murder plot. : |
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1.7 BANKS WILL OPEN
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iCORNELIA AND DEMOREST
BANKS WILL BE READY FOR
BUSINESS SOON.
ATLANTA, Ga., August 14—(®)
—The Cornelia Georgia bank and
the branch at Demorest, Georgis,
said to be the largest bank in the
chain of small Georgia banks eighty
three of which closed recently when
the Bankers Trust Company of At
lanta went into receivership, will
open thier doors for business Monday
it announced today by the liquira--
tion offices of the state banking de
partment, where it was said these
two banks have resources of over a
million dollars,
DOCKWEILER IS BACK
FROM YEAR IN
GERMANY
Friends here are welcoming lir.
Peter Dockweiler back from his I«mg;
stay of eleven months in Germany.
He is in the best of health and hasl
many interesting things to tell of his
trip back to the old home in Schleis-I
weig-Holstein the northern part of
.Germany. Mr. Dockweiler is a popu-I
lar citizen of Cri¢p county, He hzuli
been away from his old home since
long before the werld war, I
CORDELE, GEORGIA, SUNDAY, AUGUST, 15, 1926
SAYS HE BELIEVES CONGRESS
WILL GIVE HIM THE LOANS
NECESSARY TO STOP RUM
BUSINESS.
WASHINGTON, August 14—(/P)—
General Liucoln C. Andrews, chiet of
the prohibition forces, returned to
his desk today and prepared to set
up immediatety the machinery to
carry out the rum smuggling agree
ment he worked out with the British
officials on his mission to England.
Enthusiastic over the trip abroad
and what he regards as a prospect
of improved prohibition enforcement |
at home, Andrews gave assurance
that he was not contemplating early
retirement from office. I
He added that he expects congres':l
“to do its part and give me the leg'-l
islation which I have asked and
which I believe is necessary.” I
POLICE SHE WALKED IN HER
SLEEP AND CME NEAR DROWN
ING. i
ATLANTA, Ga., August 14—(7P)
'—Mrs Robert H. McKinney, forty
five, was rescued by two policemen
from the lake in Grand Park early
today in an unccnscious condition.
Restored by a pulmotor, Mrs. Me-
Kinney told the officers she did not
know how she got in the water, her
last recollection being going to bed
in the home last night.
The police theory was that Mrs.
McKinney arose and walked in her
sleep. She was fully dressed in her
day clothing when rescued.
DEKLE BROTHERS GONE
TO SISTERS BEDSIDE
Messrs R, L. and G. L. Dekle are
sone to Metter on account of the se
rious illness of their sister, Mrs. Bar
field Brown. A report from her yes
terday indicated that she was criti
cally ill,
METHODIST CHURCH
J. B. JOHNSTONE, Pastor
Preaching at 11:30 by the Rev. D.
A. Lastinger. At 8:30 p. m, by D. A
Lastinger, '
The singers are to be in the choir
Sunday morning and evening.
Sunday School at 10 a. m sharp,
Junior League at 7:30 p. m.
Intermediate League Monday at
8:15 p. m,
Prayer meeting and quarterly con
ference Wednesday 8:30 p. m,
Senior Epworth League Thursday
8:30 p. m.
AT PRIMITIVE BAPTIST
Bible study at 10:30 a. m. Preach
ing by the pastor, Elder W. T. Nip
pr, at 11:30 a. m. and 8:30 p. m.
Baptism immediately after preach
ing service at night, The public is
cordially invited, |
COTTON GOING THROUGH AMER.I
ICAN LOOMS LESS FOR PAST
YEAR THAN PREVIOUS PERIOD.I
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14, —(AP)—
Cotton consumed during July totalled
four hundred and sixty thousand nine
hundred and eighteen bales of lint
and sixty one thousand two hundred
and forty of Initers, as compared with
five hundred and eighteen thousand
five hundred and eighty three thou
;sund nine hundred and twepty six,
;:md sixty three t}lousuml and thirty
four in July last year, the census
Dbureau today announced.
~ Consumption for the year ending
July thirty-first totalled six million
four hundred and fifty thousand nine
Ihundred and eighty-seven bales of
liint and seven hundred and forty nine
Ithousaml nine hundred and ninety,
Itwo of linters, as compared with sev
en million one hundred and ninety
three thousand four hundred and sev
enteen, and six hundred and fifty
eight thousand eight hundred and
forty-eight for the year ending July
thirty-first, nineteen twenty-five,
CHARACTER ACTOR HAS
A FINE ROLE IN NEW FILM
Frank Lackteen, whose portrayal
of the half-breed in the “Pony Ex
press” won him a place in the cine
ma sun, has been rewarded by Hec
tor Tarnbull, associate producer for
Paramount, with a truly great char
acter role in “Desert Gold,” which
was adapted from Zane Grey's story
of the same name.
Featured players in this story of
the great South-western desert,
along the border in the closing years
of the nineteenth century, include
Neil Hamilton, Shirley Mason, Rob
ert Frazer and William Powell.
Lucien Hubbard and 'Gem'ge B.
Seltz, respectively scenarist and di
rector of “The anishing American”
function again as a team in “Des
ert Gold,”” The picture is at the
Circle today.
KINDERGARTEN
Mrs. A. M, Stead and Miss
Laura Lula Stead are spare
ing no pains in preparing for
the 1926-27 class, which will
open Sept. 13th, 1926, Those
desiring enrollment should
arrange for same at once.
Thig is important, as each in
dividual child hag it’s par
ticular equipment;also there
ig a limit to the number that
can be accomodated in this
school.
Phone 422 305 14th Ave.llast
PHONE—~CALL--OR WRITE
Stead’s
Drug Store
PHONE NO. 1
COURT ORDERS DELAY IN
- HEARING WILL FIGHT FOR
ASSETS.
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ATLANTA, Ga., August 14———(.4"11
~Hearing on the petition for a
guardian for W. D. Manley, indicted
Atlanta banker, set for‘ todujy_,' was
postponed today on order of Judge
John B. Humphries of superior
court.
The court’s order was on applica
tion of Solicitor John A. Boykin,
who ‘asked for a writ of prohibition
delaying the guardianship hearing
until September fourth, two days af
ter receivers for the Bankers Trust
Company of Atlanta, of which Man
ley ih president, get ta hearing in
federal court on a petition to re
' quire Manely to turn over to them al.
leged assets of five hundred thous
and dollars,
Judge Humphries will determine
next Tuesday, August seventeenth
whether the writ of prohibition shal}
be granted to delay the guardian
' ship hearing until September fourth.
Manley, who was indicted yester--
‘day by the grand jury on charge of]
felony in connection with the clos
ing recently of the Farmers and
Traders Bank of, Atlanta, was under
twelve thousand dollar bond today |
Sheriff J. 1. Lowry said today he
had served the warrant for Manley’s
arrest at the banker’s Atlanta home
last night and the bond had been
arranged. Manley’s attorneys had re
ported Manley ill in a Miledgevillel
hospital.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT AT
TORNEY WILL HAVE HEAD.
QUARTERS IN SAVANNAH SOON
United States District Attorney I,
G. Boatright is moving his offices to
Savannah at the order of the depart
ment of justice. Tie will have charge
of the district attorbey’s work in both
the southern and the middle district
until a new attoney is named for the
Middle District,
Judge Boatright will be on his va.
cation next week at West Bowden
Springs, Indiana, and will visit his
mother in Sullivan at Sullivan before
he returns home,
BROTHER. SISTER
TWO YOUNG PEOPLE DROWN
WHILE EFFORT TO RESCUE
THEM FAILLS.
FRT LAUDERDALE, Fla.,
August 14—(4)—Thelma Goolsby,
thirteen, and brother, Clarence
Goolsby, nincteen, were drowned in
the surf at Pamona Beach last
night when the undertow carried
them off shore.
Several persons were attracted I;_v‘
the cries of bathers, but attempts
to rescue them failed. The hodies of
bodies of both were recovered short
ly after the accident.
Horse drawn, a machine has been
invented with which it is estimated
15,000 tree seedlings can be planted
fertilized and watered by two men in
a day.
ESTABLISHED IN 1908
SIX PEOPLE PERISH IN
LONG ISLAND RAIL WRECK
OPPOSE REMOVAL
‘TRADE BOARD DIRECTORS TOOK
~ ACTION AT REGULAR MEETING
LAST NIGHT. ‘
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l There was a good attendance at the
meeting of the directors of the Crinl
County Board of Trade on J¥riday
evening. I
A very lively discussion (:onccrningl
the plans for the annual meeting re
lsultml from a talk by the president,
Mr. P. F. Fitzgibbons. Mr. Fitzgib
bons with enthusiasm told the di
rectors cf the great opportunities that
Cordele has an@ since all of the mem
bers are working as a well-rodered
machine, there is reason who Cordele,
within a very short period, will be a
thriving city with wonderful business
opportuaities. The plans for the gen
eral meeting which wili be held in
September were referred to the ex.
ecutive committeefor them to work
out,
The matter of discontinuing the
mail service on the Southern Shoo-
F¥ly train going north in the morn
ing about 7:40 o’clock was discussed.
It wag decided to instruct the secre
tary, Miss Orba Cobb, to find the
attitude of the business people of Cor
dele and take up with the Post Of
fice department.
R. R, Harris reported that the com
mittee appointed to go before the
City Commissioners with the matter
of buying Harmon Field had perform
ed their duty. Tle stated that the
commissioners had decided to let the
matter stay in the hands of the Board
of Trade for the balance of the period.
The Directors gave a rising vote of
thanks to the secretary for the din
ner refreshments served at the meet
ing. \
MARKETS AT GLANCE
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NEW YORK COTTON \
OPEN CLOSH P. C.
‘()(4. R R 1653 1633
e .. 0 s 1651 1627
JAN. e A 0 16565 ;'5 1630
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CORDELE COTTON B\
Middliing cloged . .:.....o.iaie 10580
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LOCAL'CREAM MARKET \, ‘I
Btandard butterfat ... 40::.'51
NEW YORK MARKETS l
NEW YORK, August 14—Bonds,
irregular; foreign exchanges, steady:
cotton, higher; sufar and coffee
holiday. ‘
CHICAGO MARKETS I
CHICAGO, Aulust I~l—~-I/I’l-~~1
Wheat, hlgher; corn, lower; (-:IIIII',I
firm: hogs, higher. I
For testing the temperature of |
coal at three different depthts in |
#lcs three thermometers arve cn-)
clozed in a long tube having as many |
recording dials at the top. I
PLEDGE OF LOVALTY |
1 shall welcome in my com
mnuity of all methods: nd-I
measures that have proven
beneficial in other communi
ties, I
NUMBER 233
OPEN SWITCHIS = !
DEATH TRAP FOR:
#3¢% SPECIAL TRAIN
#3tL SPECL N
SIX ARE SERIOUSLY INJUREDI
WHEN GREENPORT SP!GIALI
LEAVS RAILS, R
CALVERTON, N, Y., Aug. 14.—-(u’)i
—Bix persons are dead today and six!
geriously injured as the result of &
wreck here l2st night of the Green-:
port Special of the Loung lslnixd rafl-_I
road attributed to an open switch., #
The dead are H. L. Pish of New'
York and East Marion; J. B. Wd'yn",:
(]ruulfi;ol‘t; George A. Shuford Ji,!
three, and Dorothy L::.ulse'Sfiulorld,l
one-year-old, children of Mr. and Mrs.l
George A. Shuford of Asheville, Nt
C.;and Engineer William J. Squires|
and Fireman John Montgomery thl
of Greenport, i
Mrs, Shuford, mother of the tWo;
children killed, was extricated from?
thewre ckage after { uohevlrsshrdl.,.,té
the wreckage afier tive hours o hn.i‘
roic efforts by aid of acetylene torches:
and - taken to a™ hospital at Seuth
Humpton. i o
Her negro majd was rewovad stier:
her leg was amputated. - b He
DR. CHARLES TURNER IS
PREACHER FOR SUNDAY
Dr. Charles H. Turner, ' fercer”
University gradvate and 'ainisterial
graduate at the Scuthern Theolpw | 1
Seminary in Lovisville, will preach
at both morning and nig 't services
at the First Baptist church. * %
He s a preacher of rare talent and
ability and is well known throughout
this section. He will bring twa good
messages Lo the congregations at the
church. g
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Mr. C. P. MeCrory of Sinford, 2,
formerly of Ellaville, ‘ pald "II!IS""‘IIJI!-
pateh a pleasand coll yesterday:'stier.
noon while on vacation in Georgla,
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