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GEORGIA WEATHER
Local thundershowers to
night” and Sunday, gentle
north and northwest winda.
VOLUME NO. 9
OPENING PENN CAMPAIGN, DEMOCRATS ASSAIL ELECTION BUYING
- ASU.S: SENATOR
OLDFIELD ICHARGES COOLIDGE
SILENCE WILL PREVAIL OVER
PENNSYLVANIA AND ILLI
NOIS. :
ALLANTOWN, Pa., August 21—
(#)—Pennsylvania and Illinois pri
maries. show that republicans have
no scruplés about buying an election
Representative Oldfield, of Arkan
gas, chairman of the democratic
declared here today in opening an
aggressive campaign for the election
of Wililiam B| Wilson, democrat to
the senate. ;
“There is one subject upon whict
republican campaign managers & will
be silent as President Coolidge this
year,” Oldfield said “that is the
Pennsylvania three million déllar re
publican primary and the Illinois
million dollar republican primary.”
FIVE U.S. ARMY PLANE
AROUND SOUTH
, AMERICA
WASHINGTON, August 21—A
flight by five army airplanes around
South America is being planned by
the state and war department. For
mal announcements that the air
project was actually in process un
der arrangements® betweent the
state department and various South
Amerigan governments concerned
was M‘in a joint state
ment issu@eߥ the two departments.
SLASHED FATHER FOR
< REFUSING
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+THOMASVILLE, Ga.,, Aug. 21—
(AP)—Frank Redfearn, residing near
Pavo, is in a sanitorium at Barwick
today recoverihg from a knife wound
gaid to have been inflicted by his
son, Earl, twenty-two, because the
tather refused him the use of the
family automobile,
After receiving a serioug gash in
the neck, the elder Redfern was fore
ed to hold hig son to prevent tur
ther injury until help arrived, it was
said.
¥Hé young man was arrested, but no
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THE CORDELE DISPA'I'CH
MEMBERS ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jack Lance Arrested
Catholics Will Form Party to
Seek Mezican Religious Changes
FIGHT GOES BEFORE CONGRESS
WHEN IT MEETS SEPTEMBER.
MEXICO CITY, August 21—(P) —
It is the intention of the Catholic
Episcopate to petition the Mexican
congress to amend he religious
cuauses of the constitution, it was
announced today by Bishop Diaz,
secretary of the Episcopate.
To change the constitution will re
quire two-thirds vote of congress and
after this, approval by a majority
of the state legislatures. The new
congress before which the proposal
will be placed is due to begin ite
session September first.
The canfpaign will be handled by
Catholic layment, as participation i 1
politics by ch‘urchmen is forbidden
by law.
It is planned to organize a nation
wide political party to support th»
amending of the constituticri. The
pary will avoid adopting a Cuilolic
name or violating any of the prohi
biting participation . of reli ous
bodies in the policitics of the cour
try. .
The piscopate is said to be search
ing for poligical leaders'to sponsor
the proposed amendment,
WARRANTS \{I{ILL‘ BE |ISSUED
MONDAY FCR ARREST TWO
ICANTON MEN.
CLEVELAND, Augz. 21.—(AP)—=So
lution for the murder of Don R. Mel
lett, vice cruéading (fanton publisher
slain five weeks ago, was looked for
within the next few days by Howell
Leuck, assistant United States dis
trict attorney, he declared today.
Hec also anncuaced that warrants
'Cap_‘gqn,m_gn. n A
n\-..'oqyl b.a issued : Monday. for twe
:l SloidßT TRaLT s gt eet i by
- METHODIST CHURCH
21 "'J. B. JOHNSTONE, Fastor
i Preaching at 11:30 a. m. and 8:50
p. m. by Charles M, Ledbetter. A
cordial invitation is extended to all
to attend these services.
Sunday School at 1 oa. m. sharp.
Junior League at 7:30 p. m,
Intermediate League Monday at
8:15 p. m
Prayer mecting Wednesday 8:30
P m.
Senior Epworth League Thursday
8:30 p. m.
Everybody isi urged to be faith
ful in aitendance during these sum
mer days. Y,l’)ur presence is needed.
You help yourself, you help your
church by'{)cing on hand.
SENATOR SMITH WAS
A SWIMMING
VISITOR
Former Senator Hoke Smith on his
visit here during the week found oc
casion to go down to the Cordele
Swimming Pool and after a swim he
came away asserting that this wasi
the finest, most enjcyable place Ofl
the kind he had found. He was
probably the most distinguished vis
itor Mr. Frank Williams has had at
the pool, I
CORDELE, GEORGIA, SUNDAY, AUGUST 22, 1926
’SYCAMORE AND STAPLETON
) ARE GETTING BACK TO BUSI
| NESS MONDAY.
ATLANTA, Ga., Apgust 21—(&)—
The Bank of Stapleton, one of the
chain of small banks depending on
the Bankers Trust Company of At
lanta as fiscal agent, eighty-three of
which ' closed when that institution
went into receivership, will open
again for business Monday.
Syeamore is another in this chain
reported today as having reopened.
MRS. STORY PASSES
PNEUMON’%& CLAIMS ESTIMA
~ BLE WOMAN—FUNERAL SAT
URDAY.
- Murs, Maggie Lee Story, wife of C.
' C. Siory, of Arabi, died Friday after
noon at one-thirty at the Cordele
Hospital where she had been a pa
| tient since Wednesday. She was
brought to the hospital from her
home in Arabi in a critical condi
tion from an attack of pneumonia
and an operation was performpad in'
the hope of benefitting her.
. Mts.' Story was born December
' 30th, 1879. She is survived by her
hushand, '"threec sons, Adam and
Clyde of Araki, and Tip of the U. S.
Navy now stationed in Hawaii, two
voung daughters, Ida and Bessie,,
and her mother, Mrs. - Harriette
White, of Arabi. She was a devoted
wife and mother; a woman of rare
christian character, beloved by all
who knew ler. Her death has
brought sorrow to many friends
throughout the community. Mrs.
Story was a Missionary Baptist, a
loyal member of ' 'Rocky Mount
church, Funeral services were held
Satarday morning conducted by Rev.
Mr. - Barbee and ‘inte*ment was at
Zion Hope. ! i
| Members of the family will have
,‘the ‘gincere symp'athy of a host of
friends in their beéreavement. ;
MARKETS AT GLANCE
NEW YORK COTTON
OPEN CLOSE P. C.
Qul e aal 1670 1672
Do o 100 s 1673 1672
VAR, h s 1619 1683 1679
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CORDELE COTTON
Middling ologed ..o 16100
LOCAL CREAM MARKET
gtandard butterfat ..................... 40100
NEW YORK MARKETS '
NEW YORK, August 21—(P)—
Stocks, strong; bonds, steady; f:))‘-i
eign exchanges, irregular: cotton,
steady; sugar and coffee, holiday.
CHICAGO MARKETS
CHICAGO, August 21'—""4)}"“"1
Wheat, declined; corn, weak; cattle
dull; hogs weak.
As Slayer Of Bert Donaldson
| T TR
WILL RETURN TO ATLANTA WITH
OUT REQUISITION REQUEST
ATLANTA, Aug. 21.—(AP)—Marvin
Baker, spénial investigator in the ()f.‘
fice of Solicitor Genera! John A, Boy
kin, today swore out a warrant charg-I
ing Jack Lance with the murder of
Pert Donaldson. The warrant charg
ed that Donaldson was murdered with
a shoigun. Donaldson, special invest.
igator in the solicitor gencral’s office,
was shot to death in the Georgian
Terrace hotel here thrce weeks ago.
Taken in Jacksonville ‘
ATLANTA, Aug. 21.—(AP)—Arrest|
of Jack Lance, who was taken iutoi
custody in Jacksonville last night by
Georgia officerg, has been one of his
principal objectives since the murder
here nearly a month ago of Bert Don
aldson, his chief investigator, Solicit
or General John A, Boykin said today.
The solicitor announceq that he
holds four suspended sentences over
Lance previous to his arrest Boykin
stated if necessary hcz would swear
out a warrant charging murder.
According to advices {rom Jackson
ville, however, Lance has waived ex
tradition and is due to reach Atlanta
sometime today, -
According to DBoykin, Lance is a
member of a syndfcate formerly oper
ating in Cobb county, adjacent to At
lanta. |
MRS. JESSE WHEAT AND DAUGH.
TER DIE WHEN THEIR CAR IS
HIT BY SWITCHING FREIGHT
DALTON, Ga. Aug. 21.—(AP)—Mrs.
Jesse Wheat of Dalton and daughter,
Miss Myrtle Wheat, seventeen, were
killed today when their automobile
was struck hy a switching freight
train. The Wheat automobile was
ctopped waiting at a crossing for a
signal to cross the tracks.
A Chattanooga and St. Louis freight
KINDERGARTEN
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Mrs. A. M, Stead and Miss
Laura Lula Stead are spare
ing no pains in preparing for
the 1926-27 clags, which will
open Sept. 13th, 1926, Those
desiring enrollment should
arrange for same at once.
This is important, as each in
dividual child has it’s par
ticular equipment;also there
is a limit to the number that
can bhe accomodated in this
school,
Phone 423 305 14th Ave. East
PHONE—CALL-—OR WRITE
Stead’s
Drug Store
PUONE NO. 1
New York G. O. P. Searching
For Wet And Dry Candidates
WADSWORTH CONSULTS COOL
IDGE ABOUT FUTURE CANDI
DATE WHO WILL ABIDE REF.
ERENBDUM. P,
NEW YORK, August 21—\
Lfforts of republicans to aveid se
rious dissension over the liquar isste
in state eleetions thig fall was scen
by political .writers here today in
the withdrawal of Dr. Nicholas Mur
ray Butiler as republican guberaa
torial possibility and Senater James
W. Wadsworth’, declaration that a
candidate satisfactory to wets anl
drys would be sought, “Over plans”
caid Wadswarth after a conference
with President Coolidge at cnl‘
Smiths yesterday, “is to seek a can
didate who will abide by the refer
endum,”
sl b ssiiosn
HOUSE NEW OUT AND OUT IN
FURNISHINGS AND MUSICAL
INSTRUMENT EXCELLENT COOL
ING FACILTES
The new Capitol Theatre, operat
ing with Louis Miller as manager,
will be thrown open Monday, August
30. The Inlil:jing has heen finished
in comfortable and tasty manner and
the enoling system is already install
ed, assuring a most pleasant place
on the hottest days,
The new organ is an expensive in
strument, but one which will provide
a type of music which will please
everybody. The seating and draping
of the house—and its lighting—are all
practically completed and everything
in readiness for the start.
Manager Louis Miller appeals for
support for the theatre upon the idea
that it.is operated by home folks
and belongs to hemeg folks, The fivst
attraction will be here Monday and
Tuesday — “The Volga Boatman”
This is a most excellent picture.
e e e e
was cnt at the crossing and Mrs.
Wheat evidently mistook the brake
man’s signal for the engineer to hack
the train for the signal for them to
procecd, a coal car striking the auto
moble squarely on the crossing. ;
“PLANTED” l.’l«)\"()II\’ER‘
TO DISTRACT I
ATTENTION
SOMERVILLE, N. J, Aug. 21, ~{
(AF)—The Spanish pistol U'-mlvrmll
he investigators by the Philadelphia
chauffer as the weapon which prnh:\-l
hly was used to murder Rev. Fdward
Wheeler Hall and Mrs, Eleanor Mills
was merely a “plant” to divert at
ention, in the poinion of gpecial pros
cutor Simpson,
“The man who planted it has been
dentified and feund connected with
1 detective agency,” said Simpson,
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Preaching by the pastor, Rev.
Carl Barth, both at the morning and
cvening services. Bibie Study Class
Monday afierncon, 4:30: Subject:
“The condition upon which Christ
Saves,” and, “The Sin Question.”
A cordial invitation to all to attend
any or all of these gatherings, |
ESTABLISHED IN 1908
WARRANT IS ISSUED FOR FORM
FR ATLANTA PRISONER TO
SEND HIM OUT OF 'COUNTRY.
WASHINGTON, August 21—(?)
i —As a step toward deportation pro
i ccedings the department of laber
I has issued a warrant for the arrest
of George Remus, former brewer of
Ciincinnati who served a term in
Atlanta penitentiary for bootlegging.
Deportation of Remus, is sought
on grounds that he entered the
country by means of false and mis
lcading statements and that he is
a person likely to become a public
charge and that he has been con
vieted of felony or other crime in
volving moral turpitude since his en
try into the United States.
Remus was convieted in Cincinna
ti of violating the pronibition act
and sent to Atlanta penitentiary-
While serving his erm he was
brought to Washington to become a
| star witness in the senate investi
'gation of he administration of the
department of justice under Harry
M. Daugherty. Subsequently he
' made an affidavit rcpud?:tihg' his
i testimony.
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' The Circle theatre’s Monday at
traction will give photorlay-goers
what is predicted as the higgest
gurprise of the year. Sereendom’s
most famous dramatic actress nas
turned comedienne and will be here
Monday. I
' Norma Talmadge is the star, and
her latest picture is “Kiki,” an
’ claborate cinema version of the Da-‘
Ivid Belasco stage success. Entirely
”dif(’eront from any role she everi
| portrayed on the screen during her |
long’ career, “Kiki” is said to nf—‘
ford Miss Talmadge an ideal vehicle. |
! The, Princess Yctive ()f:(;i‘austQl'i<l
has ch:ingu(l into a Paris strecti
gamin—a ragged, short skirtetd miss
who lives by her wits and bewitch
iing ways. Her adventure carry her
into theatrical life and into the
home of the rich. She winds up by—
well, she finally realizes her am
bition to be a “great lady.”
Miss Talmadge’s supporting cast
reveals many (listinquiziilc~(l screen
names— Ronald Colman, Gertrude
Astor, Marc MacDermott, George K.
Arthur, William Orlamond, Erwin
Connelly, Frankie Darro and Mack
Swain.
MEMORIAL WALK IS NOW
COMPLETED AT SCHOOL
The last finizhing touches have
been put on the walk and arch way
constructed by the graduating class
of the Cordele High School at the
building and it is now in condition
for inspection by friends.
This piece of work is a praise:
worthy undertaking and it has al
ready been the subject of special
mention in a recent meeting of the
oman’s Civie Club. The walk is
twelve feet wide by seventy-two
feet long and the arch is at the
entrance to the grounds from the
I'ifteenth avenue approach, N
PLEDGE OF _l,‘-O'YAL‘l"\“*'
I shall welcome in my com
mnuity of all methods and
measures that have provem
beneficial in, ¢ ni-
Densriciah PRI WIS "
NUMBER 239
LAKE STORM SENT -
WITH FOUR OF CREY
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'RESCUE OF ALL CREW ,_MVF
‘ FOUR WAS -.BY lel(f"gßßY ‘
~ CLEVELAND, August 21—(®)
A lifeboat in which four members
the crew of the steamer, Howa
S. Gerkin, which sank off E&MIP;.
carly today were cast adrift-in Lak
Erie when their craft was ' swept
! from the side of a rescuing voui
‘the car ferry, Maitland, was fou
floating upside down in'midlake _t!\t
i afternoon by the gtegmgr‘v‘sww.' '1
1 A man hbelieved to ‘' be J! )
I Wageman fireman of the n‘emi A
- was wathed ashore on Erie peninsw
‘la shortly before moon today. 'R‘-
though alive, his condition Wis so i‘-
rious that he was unable poslflve_i?
to identify himself. i
The fate of the remaining = thre
men of the crew of twenty_-lix ha
not been determfned,”flfi% 8
searching, but little ho'pa is held o
for their rescue unless they. wal
swept onto the Candadian shore. ;
Captain John B. Gamble"' of t '
Gerkin, veteran lake pi\lo@ said t§
storm was the worst in’his%sco
of years on the Great Lakes. .;
| Fifty Miles Gale 71%
CLEVELAND, Ohio, August 21—
(P)—The steamer, Howard 8. Gerkin
battered by gigantic waves whipped
into fury by a fifty miles an houyr
gale sank in Lake Erie eight miles
out of Erie, Pa., today. Two life
boats containing members of - th*
steamer crew were picked up by the
car ferry, Maitland, of: Ashabula.
Another boat in which four mien put
off from the sinking steamer has not
been found. i NS
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REV. J. A. CARAKER WILL |
PREACH FOR BAPTISE
R rep iy
Rev. T. A. Caraker of Squq?gg
will preach morning and night at*the
First Baptist church Supday. |He s
Marcer man, 2 young man;, but-coustts
ed as thoroughly eyneu? 8 i)
in his preaching. 'gx‘anfi
made for a speeial fmuiic prorip
that will be enjoyed by Fitjthyfolyllp
attend, the '.e’x‘firy_lces. 1 " -
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