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F(:%1%1G DECREASE
“y OF ACTIVE VOTERS
fimial .
' WASHNGTON, Scptember 14—
The great decline in the number of
eligible citizens who go to the polls
on election day is laid to tae influ
ence of the automobile by Simon
Michelet, organizer of the national
gebout-of-the-vote club.
. He points out that in the presi
'd(‘ntiai clectiong of 1876 and 1896,
before the day of automcbiles, 80
percent of the qualified voters went
to the polls, while the average in
1916 was only 65 percent and in 1925
there were three automobiles to five
voters in the country, thus showing
a great increase in the so-called
“stay-at-home” vote, |
But they do not stay at home. That
is the reason. |
¢ “The automobile and the develop
ment of interstate fedcrul-nml-f
state highvays has made the Ameri
can peop’e a nation of highway trav
<lers wh.cthcr for business, plcuzuf'e,i
public duty or health. |
“Vntifi on the other hand,
duires fof its foundation @ btable
recidence. A voter cannot register
and qualify himself for voting unles:
be maintains a fixed residence. A
he maintains a fixed resideence state
county end precinet for a preseribed
PG &5 4.1 it Yy $
period* fixed by law, and—is on the
grotund, on registration and cleetion
days, with a mind attention to hig
duties as an elector.”
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./ CITATION ADMINISTRATION |
GEORGIA, CRISP COUNTY.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Dr. L. E. Williams having in prop.
er form applied to me for Permanent
Letters of Administration on the es
tate of G, W, McCraney, late of gaid
County, this is to cite all and singu.
lar the creditors and next of kin of
G. W. McCraney to be and appear ot
my office within the time allowed hy
faw, and show cause, if any they can,
why permanent administration should
not be granted to applicant on said
cslate,
Witness my hand and official sie
nature, this 6th day of Sept., 1926
W. P. FLEMING,
¥ Ordinary.
4.11;4t
NOTICE !
Mr. J. M.
Lavender
Now has charge
of our '
MARKET
and will appreeis
ate the patronage
of his old eustonr
ers and friends.
GROCERIES & FRESH MEATS
Telephone 55
We Carry A
New Line
of Wedding Gifts,
Birthday tokens, and
Jewelry with an
Expression
in it.
Qur goods are dependable de
signs in the very Latest Crea
tions. We will appreciate a
call to look them over,
S. M. Dekle
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FROCLAMATION
Submitting a proposed Imendmcnll
to the Constitution of Georgla, to be
voted cn at the General Election to
be held on Tuesday, November 2,
1926, sald amendment to authorize
Crisp county to increase public debt,
By His Excellency,
| Clifford Walker, Governor,
| State of Georgla,
| Executive Department,
| August 24, 1926,
WHEREAS, the General Agsembly
at its gesslon in 1925 proposed an
amendment to the Constitution of this
State us set forth in an Act apbroved
August 14, 1926,
Crisp Debt; Increise for Public
Utlilities.
No. 218,
An Act to propose to the qualified
voters of Georgia an Amendment to
Article 7, Section 7, raragraph L
of the Constitution of Ceorgia, 8o
us L 0 authorize an increaso in the
bonded indebtedness of the County
of Crisp for the purpose of acquir
ing water power sites and locationg
on the Flint River within, and/oy
without Crisp county; and for the
purpose of building, constructing,
equipping and operating dams and
plants for the manufacture and gen
eration of water power and electric
current; and for acqulring m;hts-'
of way for power transmiision lines,
and the building, equipping, and
operaticg of power transmission
lines and stations, with the right
ot condemnation for acquiring said
sites, locations, and rights-ot-way,
und for the purpose of selling, for
any and all purposes, water power
and electric current; and to pro
vide how the power conferred by
this amendment shall bo exercised’
and for other purposes, [
Sectlon 1. Do it enacted by the
General Agsembly of the Staté ~of
Georgin, and it is hereby enacted by
authority of the same, that article 7,
gection 17, paragraph 1, of the Con
stitution of Georgia as heretotore
amended, shall be further amended,
by adding at the end thereof a new
sub-paragraph in the following words,
to-wit: “And except that the county
of Crisp may incur a bonded indebt
edness in addition to debts hereinbe
fore in this paragraph allowed to be |
Incurred, to the amount in the aggre
gate not to exceed the sum of one
million two hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars ard at a rate of interest
not to eaceed five per centum per
annum; which said bonds shall run
for a perfod or periods of time mnot
(0 ¢xceed thirty years and mayt‘."‘..e
{ssued from time to time and in skch
Jdenomin.tion as may be determined
by the county authorities of sald
county, to be. signed by the chair
man and the Clerk of the Poard o!"
commissioners of Roads nd Reve
nues of suld county and shall be
known and designaied as Hidro-
Electric Power Donds; and which
said bonés shali be sold and the pro
ceeds thereof ficcd and handled by |
the Power Commission hercinafter
provided for, The proceeds of lall
ponds issued ana zold under this au-*
thority shal. be used for the pur
pose of acquiring water power sites
and locations on the Fiint river within
and/or without Crizp county, includ- |
ing the necessary overflow lnnds;i
and for the purpose of ac
quiring rights-of-way for pow
or transmission lines; and for
the purpose of improving, building,
constructing, equipping, maintaining,
leasing or operating the necessary
power dams, ponds, plants, machin
ery, transmission lines and distribu
tion stations, including all necessary
machinery and apparatus for the
manufacture, generation, (ransmis-i
aion, sal. and distribution of water
power and electric current. The right |
of eminent domain is conferred upon
said county of Crisp for the purpose
of acquiring such si;ds. locations,
overflow lands and rights-of-way nec
essary for the proper exercise of the ‘
rights conferred by thig amendment.
'Said county of Crisp is fully author
ized hereby to engage in the manu- |
facture, generation and sale of water
power and electric current for 'mfi-‘
‘poses of promoting the agricultural,
industrial and civic interests of sald
Lcounty and for any and all other pur- |
poses and to make all necessary con
}tmcts relating to the sale and dispo- ‘
‘gition thereof, including the right to
;(ix the rate or rates to be charged
for all water power and electric cur- {
1 rent used for lightiag, heating, power
‘and other purposes in said county.
' The bords issuc’ pursuant to this au- 1
thority shall be a first lien upon all
properties acquired, and all improve
ments mace, and all plants and lines
and stations constructed and machin
ery and apparatus purchased with
procecds therecf; and in the event of
tho sale of all or any portion of sald
properties the proceeds thercof shall
bo used for tha purpose of payment
of sald bonaed {ndetbednoess, The
bonda {ssuel purstant to this author
ity, and the interest thereon, shall
be pald by preforence out of the net
receipts of the water power and elec.
tric current used, sold or disposed of,
manufactured and generated under
this authority, after the payment of
maintenance aud operating expenses;
and the Power Commission hereinaf.
ter provided for shall provid: a sink
ing fund for the retirement of the
principal of said bonds out of said
net receipts whenever the amount of
gwid net receipts becomes sufficient
therefor, alter payment of the inter
est on said bonds and any excess of
saiG net receipts; after providing for
interest and sinking fund charges,
may be used for the purpose of addi
tions, enlargements, and betterments,
or for the Hurpose of acquiring, con
structing and equipping other water
power sites and locations, and plants,
or be »ald into the county depository
for general county purposes, All
bonds fssued pursuant to thiz amend
ment shall be and are declared to be
non-taxable for any and all purposeu.‘
Any dam constructed rursuant to the
nuthority hereof ghall be equipped
with passageways for the passage of
fish over the same, Said passageways
to be approved by the Department of
Game and Fish, |
Provided, however, that any dam
built purs ant to the authority afore.
gaid shall be located on the Flint riv
er between Drayton bridge on the
north, and the confluence of Chokee
creek with eald rviver on the south
Provided, further, that” in eveut of
gale by Crisp county or any of its
agsigns or successors of all or an
part of the propertics acquired, bullt
or Improved pursuant to the foreso
fng authority, to any person oy cnr
poration controlled by private capital,
such property so gold shall become
gsubject to taxation under existing
laws." Said county of Crisp is au
thorfze¢ and empowered to issue
bonds pursuant to this amendment, in
the event this amendment be ratified
and becomes a part of the Consti
tution; and in the event a majority
of the electors of Crisp county voting
at the election at which this amend
ment 18 gubmitted for ratification, or
at any subsequent special bond elec
tion called for that purpose, in which
special election the ballot of those
voting in favor of bonds shall bear
the words, “For Hydro-Electric Pow
er Bonds,” and the ballot of ‘those
voting against bonds shall bear the
Wwords: “Against Hydro-Electric Pow
er Donds,” vote in favor thereof., The
ordinary of said county s directed
fo consolidate the vote and to declarp
the result of all elections therefor
and if the result of any such election
s favorable to-the issuance of such
bonds, the same shall be_ validated in
the manner now provided by law. The
gale of the bonds provided for above,
and all the rights, powers and duties
incident to the use, ipvestment, and
expenditure of the proceeds thereof,
including the sites, locations and
rights-of-way and the building, eon
structing, equipping, operating, main.
taining and managing of the sites, 10-
cations, rizhts-of-ways, plants, lings,
stations, dams and ponds and all
properties of all and every kind ac
quired, built and constructegd pursuant
fo the foregoing authority shall be,
and is hereby vested in. a Power
‘Commission of seven to coneist of the
members of the Board of Commis
sioner of Roads and Revenues of said
county as constituted from'time to
time and four other citizens of Crisp
county who shall be elected by the
Grand Jury of suaid ceunty;, two of
those first clected to Be for a term
of one year and the other two for a
term of two years, and the terms of
all commissioners so elected thercaf
ter chall be for a period of two years,
and the Grand Jury of said county
ghall fix the compensation of all
Power Commissioners to be paid out
of the proceeds {rom the operations
of eaid power plant or out of the
peneral fund of said county and said
commisaion is authorized and em
powered to employ such agents, ser
vauts and employees, and to make and
enter into such contracts as are rea
sonable and proper in the exercise of
the duties and powers herein con
ferred upon said commission. The
taxing authorities of said county of
Crisp are hereby cmpowered and it
shall be their duty to provide by tax
ation for the payment of she princi
pal and interest of any bonds issued
hereunder in the event the net prof
its derived from the use, sale and
‘dispo.s:itlou of water power antd cle#-
‘tric current hereunder shall prove in
suffieient therefor. The General As
sembly may confer further and addi
tional authority upon the county of
Crisp touching the construction, main
tenance, contro! and disposition of the
Hydro-Klectric power plant and prop.
erties herein provided for not incon
sistent herewith, -
See. 2. “Be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid that when said
amendment shall be agreed to by two
thirds vote of the members elected to
each House, it shall be entered upon
the Journal of each House with the
“ayes” and “nays” thereon and pub
lished in one Or more newspapors
in each congressional district of this
state for two months previous to the
time for holding the next general
election and shall at the next generall
election be submitted to the people
for Iratification. AN persons voting
at said election in favor of adopting
the said proposed amendment to thei
Constitution shall have written or!
printed on thelf ballots the words:
“Tor ratification of amendment to
Article 7, Section 7, Paragraph 1, of
the Constitution authorizing ®*the
County of Crisp to increase its bond
ed debt for Hydro - Elecetric Power
purposes,” and all persons opposed to
the adoption of said amendment shall
have written or printed on their bal_
lots the words, “Against ratification
of amendment to Article 7, Section 7,
Paragraph 1 of the Constitution, au
thorizing the County of Crisp to in
crease its bonded debt for Hydro-
Flectric Power purposes,” and if a ma
jority of the electors qualified to vote
for members of the General Assembly,
voting thereon, shall vote for ratifi
cation thereof when the results shal
be consolidated as now required by
law In clecticng for members of the
General Assembly, then said amend
"ment shall become a part of article
7, section 7, paragraph 1 of the Con
THE CORDELE DISPATCH
LEGAL LAND SALE
GEORGIA, CRISP COUNTY. .
Under am by virtue of a power of,
\inlo (:OII',I::(‘(! in an order of the.
Court cr Ordinary of Bibb County,
yVicorgia, dated April 15th, 1926, there
will be wold before the Court House
door of Crisp County, Georgla, during
the legal hours of sale on October
Hth, 1926, to the highest bidder ror
cagh the following described prop
erty:
A certain tract of land in Crisp
Comnnty, Qeorgia, known as the East
halft of lot No. 76 of the 13th, L. D.,
\Crisp County, Georgia, containing 101
{!-4 acras, more or less,
Sald proveinty was owned by T. Al
floleman, lai» of Bibb Ccunty, Geor.
7ia, deceaged, and will be sold for
{he purpoge of payment of the debts
+f the entate of said deceased and for
‘he purpege of digtribution among the
deceased’'s heirz, as provided in said
order, :
Against said land there are two en.
suvmbranges. to-wit:
(1) Security deed in aver of Pear
sop.Taft Land Credit Company secur.
ing payment of $1,200,00 principal to
veilier with six per cent, per annhum
interest thercon, and
(2) Scceurity dead in favor of same
company, on which there is a balance
due of $48.0r, 'Saiq sccurity deeds
are recorded in Deed Book 11, pages
389.391, Clerk’s Office of Crisp Supe(
rior Court.
Said proverty will be sold subject
to said cncumbrances.” Deed will bc%
made to the purchaser. Terms cash, |
J. D. CARLISLE, ‘
Administrator of T. A, Coleman
Estate, 9.10-4 t
i - LEGAL LAND SALE
GEORGIA, CRISP COUNTY, 4
v Under and by virine of the Power!
o Attorpey contained in the certain
Dood to Secure Debt made by Coley
Wynne to the undersigned Virginim
Carolina Chemical Company, dated
October 11th, 1923, and recorded in
the office of the Clerk of Superior
Court of Crisp Coualy, Geolgia, o
Deed Record “137, pages 463 and 464,
{he undersizned as Attornev-in-fact
sor the said Coley Wynne will sell
hefore the cofirt house door of said
vounty, between the legal hours of
sale, on the first Tuesday in October,
1926, at. public ont.cry, the following
described realty, to-wit.
The South-cast Quarter of Lot Ofi
Land Number Sixty Four (64) ia the
Fleventh (11th) Distriect of Crisp
County Georgia, containing Fifty (50)
acres, more or less. :
Defaulf having heeén made in the
payment of principal and interest due
on said indeéhtedness, with interest,
toxes anée cost of advertising; to,
which ‘thes proceads will be first ap
plied, and*any balaace ‘gver will be
paild to’the said Coley Wynne or his
legal jrepre<entative. Suitable Deed
will e made to the purchaser by the’
undersigned ag Attorney-in-fact ‘for
the said Cdley Wynne under the Pow
er of Atforney contained in said
Deed to Secure Debt herein referred
to. ¢ :
This, August 30th, 1920.
VIRGINIA T.CAROLINA .CHEMICAL
CO:, \
0. 11. BCOTT, Jr., Attorney
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stitutlon of this state, and the gover_
nor shall make a proclamation there
for as provided by law,
Approved August 14, 1925,
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Clifford
Walker, Governor of said State, do
fssue this wniy proclamation hereby
declaring that the proposed foregoiug
amendment to the Coustitution i
submjtted for ratitication or rejec
tion to the voters of the Staie quali:
fied to vote for members of the Gen
eral Assembly at the General Election
to be held on Tuesday, November 2
1926.
CLIFFORD WALKER,
5 Governor,
By the Governor:
8. G. McLENDON, v
Secretary of State. -
\ COMMISSIONER'S SALE
Undor and ‘hy virae of the power
and rrthopity vested fn me by & de.
cre: of the Saperior Couri of Crisp
(County, Georgia, granted at its July
Teim, 1026, in (ao efo oi Charles C.
Crocov ageinst Israel Johnson, Sr, and
cthe ¢ parties named in the decree; I
vl cell fep vash (o the highest and
Peat Didder, hefpre the Court House
doer in the Citv of Cordele, Crisp
{onnty. Cteorsia. on the gt Tuepday
In Octibery 1083 - withihx the legal
hoary ¢f gule, the following described
tragt o land: \
Tkt pert «? lot of I'nd number
an o Femidre! ‘Seven (107) in the
[leventh (lith) land District of
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Roadsfer $439.03
Touring $459.51
Coupe $570.00
Tudor . $580.00
Fordor $635.00
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CORDELE, GEORGIA -~
Crisp Courty, Georgia, lying west and
noithwest of a certain branch run.
ning in an easterly and westerly di
vection., Said lands known as the
Israel Johnson*_ Br., homeplace. And
containing one. hundred acres, more
jor less, g
i The sale will be reported to the,
Judge of the Court, for counfirmation.
ow rejoction at five o'clock, P, M., on
the day of sule,
' The highest bidder will be raguired
‘to pey one tenth of the amonnt of
his bid at (fe close of the sale,
. This September oth, 1926.
: - C. 0. NOBLE,
; Commigsioner.
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AQLSAAOON.
* Taking the' 8. E. Yating of the
horge power on all low priced carg, the
Ford engine delivers 1.30 horse power
for every hundredwweight 'of tHe " Tour
ing Car. No other low priced car de
livers within 189 of this much horse
power and some of them considerably
less. ‘
The cost per horse power of the
Ford Touring Car is £17.27. No other
- ear comes withing 509 o fthis cost, -
On the Tudor Sedan, the Ford Mo
tor delivers 1.14 horse power for every
hundredweight. No other low priced
closed car comes within 149, of this
figure. - ; ix
ASK FOR A DEMONSTRATION
{ wUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1920
There is an ordinance requiring
_property owners or occupants to lm:p
vacant lots or parts of lots that afe
‘vacant, clean of any thing that would
be detrimental to haalth or annoying
to anyone. This incindes weeds in
‘boek vards as well as on vacanl prop
erty. If such property Qwaers or cc.
cupants do not yi:sh to comply with
\this law you bettar get the City Come
niigsion to repecl it. 1 am going to
\inforce it. s
1 s. J HILI, C. M. 9.15