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VOLUME NO. 9
SAMERIGHTSTOU. S. AS LEAGUE MEMBERS ON COURT, BUT NO MORE
APPROVAL SLIGHT
S i
U. 8. WANTS NO DECISIONS ON
HER AFFAIRS WITHOUT HER‘
CONCENT. 1
GENEVA, Sept. 2, — (AP) — The
opinion is held that the Unitcdj
Statos chould have the same rights
in the world court as the league of
nations mombers, but no more, as
voiced by many delegates at today’s
session of the international confer
ence convoked to discuss the Amer
ican reservations to membership on
the court.
If thiz opinion weighs in the confer
ence, it may be impossible to accept
the fifth American reservation re
quiring consent of the United States
to any request for advisory opinions
from the court on questions in which
she claims an interest.
INDIANA SUFFERS IN
RECORD RAIN FALLS
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. September
9__Rivers and streams, swollen from
a torrential rain storm which lai2
lact night hit the central portion of
Indiana, threatened today to inun
dae thousands of acres of farm.lands
Precipitation within an hour before
midniglt last night recorded 4.57
inches.
Heavy at Akron
AKRON, Ohio, September 2—(5)
—The heaviest rainfall in recer?®
years, 4.65 inches, was reported neie
today for the last twenty four
hours: . = :
RAIL MECHANIC KILLED
oop Il '
WHILE ASLEEP ON TRACK
OCALA, Fla., September 2—(AP)—
J. W. Counce, railroad mechanie, cf
Fort White, aslecp, police said they
believed, on the tracks north o
Ocala, was run over by an Atlantic
Coast Line freight train early todey
He died shortly afterward at the
hoszpital. Both legs were crushed,
but a fractured skull was thought t¢
have bdohi the catse of death.
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"THE CORDELE. DISPATCH
MEMBERS ASSOCIATED PRESS
Judge Sibley Names Wife Guardian As Manley Admits Bankruptcy
MANLEY IS STILL IN HOSPITAL
FOLLOWING BREAX DOWN ON
WI!TNLESS STAND.
ATLANTA, Ga., September 2—
(#)-~Judge Samuel H. Sibley, in
United States district court here to
day, appointed Mrs. Valerie Rankin
Manley as guardian ad litem for hor
husband, W. D. Manley, president of
the defunct Bankers Trust Company
in thee bankruptcy proceedings
against him.
Immediately afterwards Mrs. Mian
ley filed a statement which was also
signed by Manley’s attorney, agree
ing to adjudication of her husbanl’s
estate as a bankrupt because of his
inability to pay his debts.
Appointment of Mrs. Manley as
her husband’s guardian was made
cause of his mental and physical
condition. He is now confined to «
“ocal sanifarium, having ecllansed
after several hours on the witness
stand during the hearing before a
referee in bankruntey scveral days
ago. Meanwhile Manley is under hun
dred thousand dollar bond growing
out of the failure of the trust com:
pany closing a chain of cighty three
small banks.
SENATOR MCKINLEY IS |
NOW CRITICALLY 1L
e |
‘_T\I‘\'RTII\'SVILLE, Infl.v, Sept. 2, —|
—(AP)=~ The condition of Senu(m"
William B, McKinley of illinois, \\'lml
has been critically ill here for sev
eral days, was about the same this
morning, -egcept the symptoms were
somewhat better, physicians said.
e et e e e e St e !
DOZEN WITNESSES IN |
MACON PASTORS PROBEi
MACON, Ga., September 2_(m)_l
More than a dozen witnesses appear.
ed to testily betore Bibb coanty
T'g‘ra‘nd‘,ju‘ ~hgre é,his;gnoxjnim: ;w;:g‘?
| Lfi:fll sfijfié&mflfl the}\%i‘bbg nte
L_fl?g_ ch ;fl‘gnfl;‘d@ in two &'&‘b‘g‘%)’-{
- Mon ‘%éuc}imd’ b); Rev. A. C. Baker, |
pastdr oi the Baptist taberna thot ‘
c(_rt&ifi couniy efficers were "'vml
sympathizers.” ‘
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FRANCE BRITAIN REFUSE
I;TI\NGIER APPEAL BY SPAIN
l PARIS, Sertember I—(Pj—Now
| ttat the Spanish government hos
heen amicably informed by Great
Britain and France of the status of
Tangier, these two governments
are ready to dow hat they can to
. favor Spanish interests more direct
| lv in the administration of the Mo
.mccafl city without any change in
the international form of its govern
ment. Both' the British and French
notes which were sent to Spain made
l it clear that the town cannot Le an
'nvxcd to the Spanizh zone in Mo
roceo.
‘ The French note points out that
even if the Paris government f{clt
.it possible to abandon the interna
‘tinnul regime of Tangier, it could
! not take the Spainsh viewpoint be
catize the treaty by which the sultan
‘ of Morocco accepted the French pro
z teectorate specificially provides that
| the international status of Tangier
i be not changed.
CORDELE, GEORGIA, TIIURSDAY, SEPT. 2, 1926
LAWYERS ARE ARGUING CASE
THIS AFTERNOON IN MACON
COURT.
MACON, Ga., Scptember 2—|?)-—
The cvidence in the trial of Bars
Davis was in the hands of a Bi'h
county jury this afternoon whon the
court reconvened at three o’clock
Solicitor C. H. Garrett opened the
argument for the state. Each side
was allowed two hours for argu
ments. This means the case will go
to the jury tonight between seven
and eight o’clock. '
State Rests Case
MACON, Ga., Scptember 2—-The
state rested its case this merning in
the trial of Bars Davis, charged with
complicity in the murder July tenth
of Miss Hilda Smith and . W. Wil
con as the couple sat in a rented au
tomobile near the old Camp Wheeler
site. Davis was among the first de
fense witnesses.
COLUMBIA IS GIVEN
LAST. PAYMENT
ON CANAL
WASHINGTON, September 2—|
(/P)—A romantic chapter in L'ltini
American history was brought to an |
end today when the United antcs‘i
treasury paid Columbia the last in-|
stallment of twenty-{ive million Jo!-*
lars she demanded as a result of Ih(‘i
circumstances attending the build
ing of the Panama Canal. ’
Today’s payment of five miilion |
dollars was the fifth like am'\ur-ti
handed over to Columbia since ‘,hel
cclebrated Columbian treaty wasj
ratified in 1921 after a long fight. |
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AGAINST CLEMENCY FOR
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 4—I(AP)
—The state bheard, of clemency 1("];13»:
i&ifllfic?el to recommend intervention |
,rsxhr’fovcrnm' Vic Donahgy . in the
&thdduled cxecution tonight of Jnln.n“
Bryant, negro, and Richard Rhoades |
and John Hendrick, both white, of
Pomeroy. '
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CORDELE COTTON
Migaling elosad oahacaniinea ll;:75l
LOCAL CREAM MARKET |
Standard butterfat ... g 40.2.‘;!
NEW YORK MARKETS |
| NEW YORK. September 2——4/}‘;——-!
b Stocks, irregular; bonds, mixed; {'t:r-i
. eign exchanges, steady; cotton, hu:‘h-“
i er: sugar, easier; coffee, lower. f
CHICAGO MARKETS |
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CHICAGO, September 2 v'fl'h—?
Wheat, weak; corn, lower; cattle, ire|
| regular: hogs, generally higher. J
WILL NOT WAIT FOR ANSWER
ON DEMAND FOR PERMA
NENT SEAT IN LEAGUE COUN
. CIL. 4
PARIS, Scptember 2—(B)—The
Havas Agency’s Geneva correspond
ent says Spain will withdraw from
the League olg Nations withont
awaiting ‘decision of the council re
garding ler demand for a perma
nent council seat. Official notifica
tion, he adds will be given the
League within twenty-four hours.
Spain and Brazil Ab-ent
GENEVA, September 2—(P)—
Epain and Brozil were absent when
the forty first couneil of tre League
of MNations convened shortly after 11
o’cloeh this morninz.
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BOWHAN IS HELD
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IN HFJACK CASE
PERSON ARRESTED BY GOVERN.-
MENT IN JACKSONVILLE,
FLORIDA IS DPESCRIBED AS
‘KEY MAN.
JATKSONVILLE, Fla., Septensher
- 2—(AP)—Described as the “key
!ln;m" to the alleged hi-jacking of
:th(- British rum schooner Hazel E.
iH'crman. off St. Augustine several
\ weeks ago, a man giving the name
of B. L. Bowman was arrested on a
i downtown thoroughfare here today
iby povernment outhoritics. Within
| an hour e had posted a $lO,OOO
! bond.
Bowman’s arrest was the laiest |
made in an undercover investiga-{
tion being made by government op |
cratives ascigned to the case upzm}
Washingten ordoers. ’
Federal men declined to disc'.'.ht.si
the case in detail. l
Two men were unofficially report- |
ed killed in an interchange of slmt%!
between the schooner’s erew and Lh«e!
alleged Q}..i-ju.ck:':':.. Two of the Hu'/,f‘l:
.’ erew, however were wotnded !
and were taken to a St. Augu:»t,hn-!
hospital. Recently five arrests wm'v!
made in connection \‘.‘.i'Lh the case .'l',:
St. Augustine, One of the men wa: !
subsequently released, however :mcll
hearing on the others, who are out |
under bond, kas heen postponed un-!
til October by the United States com |
miszioner there. The ship’s captain
and cook, the men who were W()und-i
ed were also arrested on ]iqum'i
charges, )
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BOOTLEGGERS LEAVE |
CHARRED BODY
VICTIM
fnE iR |
CHICAGO, TIl., September 2_(,4'){
—Believed to have heen tortured o
death with fire, gasoline and a rop ,]
the body of a man was found iz 1|
field necar Chicago Heizhts lmi:._\‘.|
The police attributed the killing o :11
bootlegzer's war that has claimed
seven lives in the suburbe, ‘
A rope was around the neck :nwi}
the clothing had nearly heen burec J}
off the body which was charred sulfij
ficiently to make identification Jdi¢ |
ficuit. |
Pat says his friends Murphy s
out of jail hecause the man he killed
‘ got well,
PLEA OF INSANITY WILL BE ,
MADE IN ALABAMA MURDER
MEMBERS OF TWO FAMILIES
SAY ACCUSED MAN, HAD N©'C
WANTED FOR MONEY.
WETUMPKA, Ala.,, September 2 —
(/P)—While no diveet statement has
been made by members: of Clyde
; Reese Bachelor’s family in eonncc
%iion with his def(&‘«e in the case of
the state against him, charging th:
‘ murder of father-inlaw, Judge lLa
} mar Smith, it was indicated here to
" day that a plea of insanity would be
| advanced. Bachelor yesterday con
fessed plotting the death of Julee
Smith with Hays Leonard, neero
farm hand, who fired the shot that
| killad the Wetumpka lawyer.
’ W. . Bachelor, brother of Clyde,
eaid “the real motive” had been dis
covered and this statement was am-.
plified with the remark that Ciyde
had never wanted for money.
It was said by authorities inves
tigating the casc that both the Smith
and Bachelor families weer wealthy
Henry Bachelor, father of Clyde,
officers found bud always been lih
cral with his son and Judge Smith
was known to have been most
friendiy to his son-in-law in all mat
ters, including {inances.
No Family Estranzement
Mrz. Bachelor ic at the home of
her brother, George Barnard Smith.
A spokesman for the families said
theer had been no estrangement in
any sense. A report reached . ffi
cers today that Mys. Bachelor wos so
devoted to her husband that she prob
ably will stand by him in the trial.
Askede by a newspaper man
“Why did you do it? Were you
drunk?”
Bachelor reptied “Wei, = had
tried it once or twice hefore. This
time I took some whiskey with me
Then it happened.”
: Grand Jury Convenes
MOBILE, Ala., Scptember 2—P)
~—A sgpecial session of Klmore coun
ty grand jury will be convened ifyi
day at Wetumpka to invt-:-'tii:zite the
claying Monday night of Judge Ta
mar Smith by his son-in-law, Clyde
Reese Bachelor, and Hayes Leon
«rd, negro,
EXPECT BIG NUT CROP
AMERICUS, Ga., September 2 -—
Sumter county‘s nut crop this sca
gon promises to be one of the best
grown in this section during recend
years. The nuts are now in the
“hardening stage” which will 'nd
within a week or ten days, and with
the pasging of thic all danger of se
rious damage, will have passed, it is
declared. In groves where Schley’s
Stuarts, Success, and Froteher va
rieties predominate, the trees have
been gingularly free from insect
nests during the entive year, thouch
Delmas growers in a number of in
stances, have suffered loss through
depradations of “case horers” and
the “tent caterpiliar.” IKven this
damage i¢ declared to bave occasion
ed only minor losz. and growers
atout Americus are preparing to aar
ESTABLISHED IN 1908
MANY TELEGROMS AND!
‘ MESSAGES
COME
A curprising number of tele
erams and phonce messages reached
the offices of Judge D. A. R, Crum
here today from people over the
state who warmly endorsed his re
fusal to grant the fees of a thous
and dollars each from the banky of
Pineview, Rochelle and Abbeville t 5
| Bennett's lawyers in Atlanta as Lneir
i initial compensation. He also refused
Lo grant twenty dollars a day and ex
% penses to the auditors.
' The news of y(-‘.-;lcr«lay's action on
|thc application for fees had hard'v
~more than gotten out in some of
toe slate morning papers ‘today‘bc
?- fore the messages begian to come.
i They are still coming. '
BRIDE'S KIN LAY -
FORGERY TO MATE
’ TIFTON, Ga., September 2—-Fd
Justice, a young white man, has been
' released in SSC9 bond 0;1 a charge
cf forgery and $l5O bond for car
“lying a concealed pistol, followin:
the swearing out of a warrant by
Mrs. R. A. Troupe and son, R. D.
Troupe, of Berrien county, mother
and brother of a young woman.‘
whom Justice marired Sunday.
They charge that Justice changed
the given name of the girl he mar
ricd on the license, securing a li
cense to wed one Miss Troupe and|
narried her sicter. Deputy Shorifi"
Ross, who released Justice on bond
stated that the license was made out !
wrong by mistake and that the
change of the given names was m:ulv%
Ly the ordinary or justice p(-rfurm—?
ing the ceremony, it appearing that
the mother and brother objected to
the girl's marriage to the young man
;aml took ocut the warrant against
' him,
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COUNTRY GIRLS SCREENED
'FAITHFULLY IN NEW FILM
It is up to the country girls r;fl
the land to give a rising vote of |
thanks to Hobayt Henley, for he is
the first director v.. has ever “donn
right by them.”
Henley helieves that for too iong
. the movies have dealt with country
bhoys and girls as the hicks of twen
ty five or thirty years ago, while in
reality there is little difference be
tween them and their metropslitan
cousing. The movies have probably
done more than any other one thing
to change this condition.
Eleanor Bardman and Sally O'Neil
plays small town girls in “The Ave
tion Block” while Charles Ray. con
trary to custom, is seen as a “roan
from the city.” Ernest Gillen, James
| Corrigan, Charles Clary, David Tor
rence, Forest Seabury and Ned
’ Sparks complete the cast, It is &
MetrolGoldwyn Mayer picture.
isl e |
vest a heavy crop during the next
fow weeks. Most of the nuts grown
here will be marketed this geason
through the Pecan Exchange at Al
bany, it is stated.
g You cun tell whetheer they are
I married or not by noticing who does
the orderine in the restaurant.
NEW NDUSTR ES
Crisp County is developing,
14,000 horse power electric
plant on Flint River. New
industries are tax free, §
vears,
NUMBER 249
DUVAL COUNTY JAIL
BEAT NICHT JAILER INTO BUB
MISSION AND MAKE SAFE GET,
AWAY.
% JACKSONVILLE, Fla,, Sept. 2, -~
(AP)—Daniel T. Lowe, confessed at
tacker of young girls, and three al
leged yeggmen under penitentiary
sentence of fifteen yvears eachl escap?
!HI from Duval county jail early to.
!«lu_v after heating GeorgeW. Brown,
night jailer, into submission. §
| All had been held in the cells for
con emned men. i
t Whole the break was In progress;
lm-gm prisoners were making a get.
‘away at the city jail.
% The three men who escaped with
Lowe are the trio ordered, brought
here by Governor John W. Martin!
when he was advised by Dade county
authorities during the time the men’s
appeals were in progress they had
him sent to the state prison farm af
Raifor because they feared escape
from the Miami jail. ! : y
The men were F. G. Ward, E. L.
Smith and J. B. Williams.. A reward
of a hundred dollars each “dead or
alive” was offered for any of the
quartette by W, |D. Vinzant, chiet
deputy under Sheriff W. P. Dowling.
—TT AN
THIS POLL SHOWED
UP SIXTEEN
TO ONE
There was a poll of the actual
registered voters on an incoming.
Georgin Sonthwestern & Gulf passen-’
ger train the other evening whi 2
revealed out of a total of seventeen
one lone voter for Brown and Hold.
er. The other sixteen were divided
up on the governor, but Talmadge
had sixteen to one of them. o
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