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GEORGIA WEATHER
Fair tonight, Tuesday part.
ly cloudy slightly cooler.
VOLUME NO. 9
MELL GORE GETS RESPITE OF 60 DAYS FROM ELECTRIC CHAIR
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WANTS HEARING ON OCTOBER
SIXTi# FOR CONDEMNED PRI'Si
CNER. ¢
ATLANTA, Ga., September 14—
(P)—Governor Clifford Walker to
day grantec a respite of sixty days
to Meil M. Gore, who was to have'
been ela~trocuted at the state pris-‘
on farm today for complicity in thy
slaying »f William H. Cheek, grocer,”
here last Cecember.
e The Georgia. supreme court,
wgh Chief Justice Russell, * re-
Qt;'t!sted Governor Walker to grant
the respite lin order that the high
court might hold a hearing October
sixth on the petition of Gore’s at-l
torney sceking a stay of execention,
Gore’: attorney aszerted that Gore 1
had nevcer been resentenced since the |
last i‘es’pite by the governor had ex-1
pired, that the exccution papers in 1
the hands of the penitentiary warlen
called for Gore to be executed July l
sixteenth. '
The solicitor general will contirue I
a perso.:l investigation into the con
fession of Ruby Ray. ° : l
BOBBY JONES AT HEAD
OF HIS GOLI
CONTEST
SHOR'T HILLS, N. J, Septemberl
14—(/P)— Bobby Jonees continued
his masterly golf to retain the crownJ
in the r 'atidrial';?a!fiéteur héré '-’tbday..i
by turning in thirty-seven, one over
par, for the first nine holes i‘n‘the‘l
socond d.:-u’r”\fif qupmication pldy. '
He. finished the rounds in ‘seven
ty-three, placing him at the. head of
the pack. = ot i l
WRECK OF SPECIAL WAS
PLOTTED SAY OFFICIALS
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Sept. 14.1
—(AP)—Thewreck of the Missouri
Pacific special New Orleans train‘
which cost the life of George Bushey,
Little Rock engineer, and severely in
jured H. J. Mund, fireman, was de
liberately “executed, officials announ(--\‘
ed todéfl‘? .H}té?'qfiv‘efs\t‘ig'ztt’ivt’)l.}"“tit.‘ tile
scene fedr Mgfiéfied}‘}(f‘fi!’méés.“ ,}
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ICANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR
MAKES ANOTHER FLAT DE
i NIAL OF RUMORS OUT.
‘ Dr, L. ;. Hardman has entered in
to no trade or agreemént touching
~any app)ntments to be made after
he is gzovernor. This satement was‘
made by him today, after he was in- 1
formed or persistent rumors being
spread that an understanding has'
been reazhed with him on the chair
j mans:hip'nf the State Highway Board.
Dr. Hardinan said:
“I have heard this and other ru
‘Mmors abyut appointments to be made
after I am elected governor. We
‘may expect to hear more rumors
=am'i reperts between now and the
- 6th of October—anything and any
kind that may be calculated to have
an effect upon my campaign. There
is absolutely nothing in them. I have
made no agrcement, I have g:ivenl
no promise of appointment, I have]
entered irto no understanding or
trade on the chairmanship of thel
Highway Board or any other branch
of the state government in which
eypoifitments are to be made.
“The campaign preceding the see
ond primery to determine the gov
ernorship is going right along on the
same lines the first one was con
ducted, and the issue is sbsolutely
unchanged, regardless of *‘whatever ef :
forts have been made or may b;
made to divert, tae real issue. It is
;- so‘ldly 2. question of whether the
state of Georgia ds to, be liberated
from ’ political machine, . domipation |
and conducted on a straight business
bass, " ik i
Al carcful analysis, of the vote ial
c'\'v_'exf*y ,m:é m the first: prunary in
’conclflsiro rroof, beyond:any hope
of successful contortion, that tae
people ot Georgia have ' risen to
strike machine control from their
governmeni and that job, now more
than half completed, will be finished
cn Octoher 6th, That’s the race I
a running now, as it was when T
started my campaign, °nd 7 »™ mak
ing no pclitical trades or promizes
to carry it through. The people
‘shtmselros are ‘goine to finish "thut’
Isdh) anvli¥iid and tinfounded rumors
lafd yeports will not deter them.” {
MORE STATE WITNESSES
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'FROM DERUSSEY LANE
JERSEY "CITY, Sept. 14. —(AP)—
Corroboration of three major state’s
wilnesses in the Hall-Mills murder
case was expecteq today from two
new witnesses, a man and a oman
who kept a rendezvous in Derussey's
Lane, near the spot where Rev, Kd
ward “Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills
were slain four years ago tonight,
gpecial Prosecutor Simpson announc.
ed:.
He said the witnesses would be
questioned by his investigators at
Somerville. ey
MAINE REPUBLICANS
" WIN ON SMALLER VOTE
PORTLAND, Maine, Sept. 14, —
(AP)—Maine went solidly republican
in the bhiennial state election yester.
day and result as political "barometer
was interpreted differently today by
republicang and democrats,
Governor Ralph Brewster was ro.
clected by a majority of twenty
thousanq or more, and All four re
publican cengregsmen were returned.
CORDELE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1926
Six Nations Make Locarno Treaties Binding And Effective
CRISP POWER PLANT SUBIJECT
' BEFORE MEETING TONIGHT
ELECTRIC POWER
MEETING WILL BE TOLD OF
PLANS FOR WORKING ouT
CAMPAIGN FOR POWER
PLANT. ’
Loeal citizens from all over the
county are expected to attend the
meeting tenight in the dining room
of he Suwanee Hoel at which time
plans for the fight for the fourteen
thousand borse power hydro-electric
power plant on Flint river opposite
Cordele, will be discussed and those
in charge will undertake to install
enthusiasm among all cilizens in or
der to make the success of the pro
ject an nssured certainty.
Judge W.,P. Fleming will preside
over the meeting. Mr. E. S Kille
brew, hydro-electric = engineer in
charge of the preliminary surveys
for the ways and means committee
with MF 7. J. Williams as chairman,
will make a showiqg with regard to
the site and, what may be expected
in electric power. John W. Greer will
be a visitor, and will doubtless have
a short address.
The eative eciti%enship of the coun
ty is urzed to attend. The ladies of
the civie c¢lub will provide the din
ner. A nregram of rare interest and
impertaice. will be carried out, this
feature having been placed in the
.h:.lnds of a.commiittee of which R. R.
Harris :¢ chairman.
LINCOLN ESTATE !
WILL SSHOWS LATE SON OF
PRESIDENT HAD HIS OWN
FORTUNE. 2
WASH‘II\'G,T,ON,, September, 14—
(F)—Tha estate of Robeit Todd Lin
coln, of the late president who died,
‘at Mancfioster,“.V‘ermont, Vcrm(mt,'
in 'Jul3'7, is valued at one million one%
hundred and twenty-five thpusand’
dollars, 't was 1'%005}10(1&0653,’ in a
potitiofipfiléd hcy:c“by the widowl
seoking leiters testamentary and
probate of the will.
The Lincoln estate at Manchester
is v:‘lued at one hundred and twenty
five thorsiand and Lincoln’s personal
estate, consisting of bonds, stocks,
and cash are valued at one million.
Mra, Lincoln and thee children
were named as the heirs.
KANSAS FLOODS
FOUR TO FIVE MILLION IN PROP.
ERTY LOSES OCCUR IN FLOOD
AREA.
EMFPORIA, Kansas, Sept. 14.—(AP)
—With damage cstimated at upwards
of four million and five known dead,
relief organizations today were rush.
ing s=upplies to hundreds o families
in southeastern Kansas where heavy
rains Sunday transformed streamsg in
to raging torrents.
Although the streams are rcceding
today, forecasts of more rain threat
enedq to hamper the relief activitics.
OVER FIFTY THOUSAND BALES
OF COTTON OVER 'PREVIOUS
AUGUST RECORDS USED.
WASHINGTON, September 14—
(P)—Cotton consumed during
August totaled five hundred thous
and six Dundred and fifty bales of
lints and sixty seven thousand 'sevén
hundred and cighty one linters, as
compared with four hundred and
sixty tasusand nine hundred and
eighteen lint and sixty one thousand
two hunired and forty of linters in
July this year, and four hundred and
forty eizht thousand six hundred and
sixty five lirt and =ixty three thous
and five hundred eighty three of lint
ers in August last year, the census
burcau announced today.
Cotton spindles active during
August numbered thirty one million
three huadred twenty one thousand
nine hundred and six, as compared
with thivty one million eighty two
thousand four hundred eighty two in
July this vear, and thirty one million
two hun.lred sixty-nine thousand,
seeventv four in August last .
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| B'fi.lL CONgiDERED'
ATLANTA SOLON MAY INTRO-|
DUCE. MEASURE IN HOUSE. l
ATLANTA, Ga.. September 14— |
(P)—Because of the large number ofi
persons killed and injured through
automobile accidents in Atlanta and |
Georgia in recent months, Frank A.
Hooper, Jr., member of the Fulton
county delegation iin the State Leg‘-|
islature, srncuneed today that he |
was consiaering introduction of a i
measure in the house netx year pro- |
viding f:r the licensing of all auto
mobile drivers. : !
o Mr, Hooper said that while he had |
of such a bill for the past two ‘_voarsl
that the large number of accidents
during ihe past several months had ‘
convineed him that such a mea%ure
would »reatly curb reckless driving‘.l
The measure prorosed by Mr,
Hooper would make it nccessary‘
for all automobile drivers to stand a,
thorough examination and provci
their qualifications for operating an;
automobhile safely. The proposed |
measure would also establish a sys-:
tem whereby licenses could be re- |
voked permanently or for diff'erent!
periods ‘n case of arrest of a driver |
for speeding, reckloss driving or!
driving while intoxicate;l. ;
DRY GOODS MEN ARE LAST l
CALLERS ON COOLIDGEi
PAUL SMITH, September 14—(/P) |
—The last callers of President Cool- l
idge’s vacation, Herbert J. Tily and |
Lew Ha'n, president and managing
director respectively of the Nation-|
al Dry Goods Association, were on‘!
today’s Tst of visitors at the exe- |
cutive offices, 14 |
Their visit, it is antici ated, would |
make available a report on business
conditions as reflected by the dry
eoods industry. John Coolidge re-|
turns to Amherst today, ; ‘¥ bw‘l
LATIMER SENDS ARMED BOAT TO
RESCUE BRITISH FREIGHTER
IN NICARAUGUA., ' biy 2
WEKASHRINGTON, Sept,’ 14.—(AP)
Rear Admiral Latimer, commanding
the Amerfcan naval forces”at Elbluff,
Nicaraugua, ‘reportéd ' today' " that he
had sent an’arméd 'Woat' té the aid
Oof'a Dritish’ steanier which signalled
that' revolutionary troops had board
ed her while loading hardwood and
ordered her to move eclsewhere.
The American officer told the rev.
olutionists that there must be no in.
te*ference with foreign shipping,
THOUSAND BALES SHORT OF
LAST YEAR ON GINNING "'RE
PORTS PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER
FIRT.
The ginners report for Crisp coun
ty shows 2.737 bales of cotton ginned
prior. to Seeptember first, accord
ing to the census statement given
out here.
At tha same time last year Crisp
couny @inneries had turned out 3,
746, bal>< or more than a thousand
bales ahaad of the showing made this
year with at least three mew gin
neries ‘n operation over those of
last year. - WIIF’
MYSTERY NOTE ASKING
HELP LEADS POLICE
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., September
14—Detlectives today wer continuing
their afforts to solve the mystery
surroun:ling a note 2!])[‘::l7‘.('lll’.l}' writ
ten by a woman and containing an
argent plea for help was throwni
from a sjeedeing automobile here
Friday n’'ght, ‘
The 2o » was penciled lé‘n leaves of
a bankhaok of the First ~ National
Bank, O~lando, Fla., issued to Cathe
ryn Weaver, Telegraphic advices
from Orlando said the woman was a
former vatron of the bank. Another
digpatech from Orlando said that a
telegraimt was received there by Mrs.
C. K. 2lbright, sister of Catheryn
Weaver, saying that the woman was
safe at Fort Benjamin Harrizon.
The telegram was signed ‘O. G.
French ” !
Inquiry at the army post rcvonlodj
that thoere is a gergeant there by thoi
name of French but he is on loaw'i
and detoctives today were oml(-avnr-“
ing to find him. It was also said nti
teh army post that a woman by the
name f Weaver had visited Frcnch'
recently, ‘
A disoateh fro Orlando zaidi that |
Mg, Weaver left Flovida to visit her |
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Mnyno.?
The city directory and tlephone di- |
rectory 4o not contain this nam(e.!
Mrs. Weaver's sister also zaid Mrs.:
Weaver and her husband spent theiy |
vacaticn at at “Crawford Ind.” 'l'he[
postal &nide does not show Craw- |
ford, Crawfordsville is the (:ounty;
ccat of Montgomery, county. l
ESTABLISHED IN 1908
MILITARY TRAIN SENT TO RE
LIEF WRECKS AND KILL TWO
PERSONS.
MEXICO CITY, September 14—
(/P)—Reteilious Yaqui Indians in the
l ¢tate of Scnora have hela up a train
on whicn former President Obregon
! was a jassenger. In making the an
nounceinent of this fact the president
says about. one hundred thousand In
dians <topped the train containing
an escort of one hundred and fifty
troopers near Vieam. The Indians,
however, d° dnot attack. The engine
lof the military train sent out to
rcseue e president was derailed
and turned over. Two perosns were
killed.
MORE ARRESTS AT
WIDOW'S PARTY
|
l FOUR PEOPLE NOW HELD WILL
MAKE NQ STATEMENT IN
1 METTER CASE. k
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METTER, Ga., Sertember 14—(&)
—That additional arrests might take
place Juring the day in connection
with the killing of John Suddeth
and the wounding of Alex Laressy
'at the home of Mds. W. M. Davis
I Sunday morning was forecast at the
i sheriff’s office today.
. None of the 'four now heing held
| under blarket charge of murder
} would ratke a statement this ‘morn-
E‘i"“ Mrs. Davis, her daughter, Sadie,
~and two men,’ M. D. Mozely and
i Joseph Hclloway, were the four held.
BRITISH FREIGHTER
\ %
- SENDS CALL FOR HELP
NEW YORK, Septemher 14——An‘
S. 0. S. call from the British
freighter, Loyal Citizen, in the vi-‘
cinity of Bermuda was picked up thisl
;l“(')‘n()l)fi‘ by an independent wire
less telegraph station, i
No indigation of the ship’s plight
wag received, but the vessel was be
lieved to have been in an area rakur!;
by a Pn!!rric:nnc vesterday. ‘
~ NEW YORK COTTON '
! OPEN CLOSH P. C.
any, 0 1696 1675 1695
Do, o 1708 108 - 1714
‘J:m. : b leR 1700 1722
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| CORDELE COTTON
| Lo
Middling closed . i cl6lBB
} et = YA—
LOCAL CREAM MARKET
standard putterfat .0......iiv.00. 4l:5()'
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NEW YORK MARKETS i
NEW YORK, September 14—(/P)
—Stocks, strong; bonds, firm; for
cign exchunge, steady; cotton, lower
sugar, irrcgular; coffee firm.
CHICAGO MARKETS
CMICAGO, Septemberl4d—(/p)—
Wheat, higher; corn, barely steady;
cattle, form; hogs, irregular,
NLW NDUJIRES
Crisp County is developing
14,000 horse power electrie
plant on Flint River., New
industries are tax frea &
vears, |
NUMBER 259
SESRPP R S R o
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RATIFICATION BY ;,.
ALL POWERS IS
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OFFICIALLY OPERATIVE AFTE.
TODAY WHEN LEAGUE o'n;
NOTICE OF SIGNING, :
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GENEVA, Sept. 14.—(AP)—The L*
carno treaties of security and arbitra.
tion became officially operative td.
day when ratifications by all t‘
sighatories were deposited wufi'i.t;
gsecretariat of the league of nations.
The representatives of six nations
assembled in the office of SBir Bric
Drummond, league secrétary kenern!.
and attached their signatures to the
protocol, affirming deposit ang red
istration of the treaties. i
Afterward congratulations were ¥
changed. ’
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HEAVY SUIT GROWS!
ouUT OF AUTO |
INJURY ;
ATLANTA, Sept. 14.—(AP)— Mr§.
A. 1. Turner, whose nntm'nob!le-rdi
into a group of children last Friday
and caused the death of oné ’hb;z
}an(l injwy to two lgtl_ler’s 'wmi" 1}1*49
defendant in a suit for twenty five
thousand dollars brought by Mary La
nier, nine, one o the _lnj.ured.l', v
5. A ROYAL UNDERGOES
OPERATION AT HOSPITAL
Friends throughout the county will
regret to know that Mr. S. A. Royal
ol Arabi, head of he Rdyal Qupply
Company, and one of the leading citi
zens and business men of Cnigp;
county, underwent an operation at
a local nespital last night for @ppens,
dicitis. He is resting today as well’
as could be expected and is expeet
ed to make steady improvol!'lent-,“
FOR SALE OR RENT—My hI)IIII'E
place, 405 acres land in good'sialtp
cultivation, good buildings, g"i%fl
water, timber, etc, 169 acres in clflj
tivation. T, A. Royal, Arabi, Ga,
10-14
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