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- VOLUME NO. 9
CHAIN BANK ASSETS ASKED TO BE TURNED OVER TO DEPOSITORS
REPRESENTATIVES
OF DEPOSITORS
- MEETIN ATLANTA
“vorotlll covrr wenn
ATLANTA, Ga., September 16—
/P)—Applration to turn over the as
sets of the Georgia State Bank anc
its nineicen branches o depositor:
will be niade to the judge of the lul
ton courty court witiin the ncg few
days, officials of he state banking
department announced today. :
he Georgia bank and is' branches
cldgpd ity doorly carly this summer
following the failure of the Bankers
Trust Company of Atlanta. At a re
organizalion meeting here yesterday
representatives of twenty six unts of
the Geo:xia state bank voed almost
uranimoasly to take over assets of
the bank and administer ‘hem for
benefits «f the cerditois. C. N. Da-i
vis of the department said todayl
those attending he meeing selected
by depositors to represen them. ]
COURT DENIES SESQUI
EXPOSITION RIGHT 70
‘HOLD OPEN ON SUNDAY
i Pty 32 e )
HARRISBURG, Pa., September 16
—(®)—The Philadelphia sesqui-cen
tennial «xhibition association is dg:-j
nicd “right of privilege or authoti-!
ty. to open, hold sor.copdyet” tie. ex |
positipnvp nSunday ymdm' a .decision‘f
of the I auphin county court thday
the coart Péld that Sunda’,v-mpenation’
is,-,f.‘wnntdeemploymantuand tha‘t it isl
npt, a iwerk of necessily or charity;
and that umusements and recreations |
in:;the ravk are eleary a -violation ‘
of 1791. . : '
To Appcal j
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., September !
16—An uppeal ?fl. be taken from a;
(iccisir_m of the D?{uphin county covrt’-
which dericd right for the cxpositionf
to operate Sundays City Solicitor '
Gaffney said today. g’
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THE CORDELE DISPA'TCH
MEMBERS 'ASSOCIATED PRESS
American Cajitalists Given Large Concession By Soviet Government
MRS. CHEEK RAILS TO IDENTIFY GIRL AS HUSBAND SLAYER
RUBY RAY TAKEN
BEFORE WIDOW OF
SLAIN MERCHANT
"RAY GIRL REFUSES TO DRESS,
| 'LIKE SHE WAS ON NIGHT OF
‘ CLAYING. : I
- ATLANTA, Sept. 16.—(AP)—Ruby
Ray, nder a six year sentcnece for
complicity in the slaying of W. H.[
Cheek last December, today was con.
'tronted by the widow of the slain
‘mcrchant in an effort to establish
the girl’s identity as Jack Wilson,
'who firéd the shot. : If
L 1t wab -the second meeting of thio
‘two. The Ray girl yesterday rchf;e(l
ito appear before the widow in #male |
rclothing in which she said she dress-.
ed the night of the attemptghq hold
up. Mrs, Check was unabld , men-l
tify the girl in prison gailb_ i
BROTHER HE/(DIN
| DIN |
- ATLANT/A KILLING
i, T
ar——
’ POLICE EXPqufr FINGER PRINTS'
| TO SOLVE!/mysTERY. |
I’ ATLANTA’!i, September 16-—(1?)-—1
- Bloody, linéa,ggr prints on an old metal |
l?ucliet Ningy aid in solving the mys
tery sur’;:?(;unding the slaying ycster-’
day on fovowall Mill- Road of Miss
Myrtle fngs yanda, Tumlin, 39, officersl
sgid .tog? dag. 1 i : '
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L=y . Tunalin, brother of the slain
WORY jian, ‘= held withcut bond in con-l
n.ec l’t-ion with the case. He said his!
fx‘r:. (;st knowledge of the slaying came‘
- hen he réturned home from \\'ork‘
a 4 found the body of his sister. |
2 /'f Tunilin is forecman of a gang of|
;gl:onvicts 2{ work not fdr from his';
méfhome. il= told officers his sister was?
riy alive whex he left for work yestcr-l
4/ day mor=ing. '
?" Miss Tumlin’s body, govered withf
"‘b‘log'd lfrnm several wounds on thc;
| bead and a black velvet . ribbon E
twisted tightly about the tfi.'out was
| iéund near the foot Qf her bed. l
| The wcapen :lias: en; foundy
k sledf‘fig}fllhi{gézafllflj{%fi rtw
Bobsk Siee} no | EVideRMA (¢ fighitle
k_;ecn us.ed, ' i
Photographs were taken today ofl’
bloody finger prints on a buckct!
found in an outhouse. It was de-,
veloped that the slayer used H)c!
bucket to wash his hands after com-!
mitting the erime. : 1
CHARGES AGAINST
“RITCH! ED
(E_ E_ DROPP D 1
ATLANTA, Ga.,September 16—
(P)—The Loardsof education has
voted to dismis's charges of ‘“‘czaris
tie” inefficient and arbitrary” con
duct lodgzed agaigst R R. Ritchie
aseistan’ superintendent of schools in
charge o! husiness affairs and to re
cleét hif for the 1926-27 term.
The wetion was taken en recom
mendatiorn, of Superintendent Willis
A. Suttos
CLO°ING NOTICE
Roobins Department Store will
close Friday afternoon’at 6 o’clock
shary, 2nd will open again Saturday
alternoon at 6 o’clock. Roobins De
partmer{ store,
ORDELE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1926
!TZTY MILLIONS ‘
' 1§ SOUGHT FROM A
’ INDIANS CHARGE FORMER sac.‘
~ RETARY OF INTERIOR EXE
CUTED LEASE OVER PROTESTE
TULSA, (_)klahoma, September
16*—(A)--- I’ljoéccds from lead and
zine pr'c,’z'.ken' from Quap'a\v~lndiiiils
between twenty and thirty millions
are sought in a suit filed | by ten al
lo_chlcés ‘n fcderal district court here.
‘."'Albci‘f B Fall, former secrctary of
the interior, it is charged in the pe
tition, cxceuted leased over the pro
test of Indians .under authority
claimed from statutes enacted durin{:l
his incamhency. It is further charg
ed that the leases weré madeon a
basis muzi lower than other offers
at that t‘me and lower than the de
partmen’’s own estimate of what a
| {air leas= price would be.
AMERIZCUS, Ga., September 16—
- The Third Distrizt Democratic con
vention will assemble in the audi
torium of the Carnegie Library here
Thursday for the purpose of nomi
nating Judge Charles R. Crisp to
succeed himself a 8 Congressmanz
from this district.
| iudge Crisp was unopposed in the
i September 8 primary, and the work
of the gonvention is to give execu
ltion to the decision of the voters
| in the primary. Nominaion is equiva
lent to ciection, as neither Republi
' cans nor Independents exist i Ih's
l, district in sufficient numbers to
! nominat~ an oprosition ticket. Judee
{ Crsp, who is spending his vacation
E at his home n Amercus, will be host
[ to the wonvention delegates following
i the ‘Bl ess sossion.
FORMER' 'BASE BALL, ]
2 LEAGUE HEAD
o 1 SO A 0
NI jorLBASE, Sb 16 T
—Harry W. Fitzpatvick, prominent in !
New Orleans politics for years and
former president of the Southern As
sociation of haseball, shot and killed
himself here last night. The body
was found this morning by his wife,
Fitzpatrick suffered a nervous
breakdown recently,
~ DAWSON WINS -
l SHORT HILLS, New Jersey, Sept.
I](i.—-(Al‘)~—— George Dawson of Chi.
cago finighed the first round of a
lthirty-six hole match against Eddie
| Held of St. Louis in the quarter finals
of the national amateur champion-
I‘ship today with a five hole advantage.
! S g e
- SINGING CONVENTION
The Routh Georgia Musical Con
vention will hoid its 50th annual ses
gion at I'riendship church 4 miles
Enortheu:-‘; of Tippettville Pulaski
‘ county I'¢ 4th Sunday and Saturday
lin Sepiember. Ail singers are ex
pected to attend. Bring your books.
| ~—J. J. BARRY, Secretary
BOBBY JONES LEADS -
OVER CIHICK I
EVANS Y
SHORT HILLS Scptember 16—
Bobby_ Jones, defending his title as
national emateur golf champion, in
the third round today lead Chick
Evans of Chicago two up at the end
of the t'ret cighteen holes of thirty
six hov bat.tcry, the veteran (Jhi<'
cago sar, gave the Atlanta marvel
a sensaiional battle all ‘way ‘and' it
was only by posting a brilliant round
of seveniv two.under par that Bob-.
by was aple to gain advantage over
the formar title holder, i
SLAYER SENTENCED
X ) 4
ELMER WOODWARD CONFESSES
CRIME IN MICHIGAN _COUNTY
OF MYSTERIOUS ’'THURSDAY
’ MURDERS.’
{ MUSKEGON, Mich.,‘nggtombc)' 16
—(#)—ln a county where 13 par
l ticularly violent murders-have occur
red in inc last four months—all
’ singuar.y enogh on Thursday—a cir
cuit coart judge this afterncon sen
| tenced a confessed slayer to life im
| rrisonment 40 hors after commis
i sion of the crime. A
On pronouncing sentence against
Elmer V/oodward, 2.8, who Thursday*
night clubbed Mrs, Cécilia Barncsl
34, to dcaih, while she was driving‘
him and ner 15-year-old daughter to |
see, his siepdaughter, who: was sup‘-l
posedly. ill; Judge ‘Van Antwerp d‘e-i
clared: !
“I regret I cannot sentence you to l
hang. Your life is of no use to any
one.” '
Maximum penalty under the
Michigaa law is life imprisonmont.!
In his cenfession, Woodward tol(ll
Muskegon county authorities he kill
cd Mrs. Earnes “to get away from‘
my family.” He is married and has
two step daugnters. . Je. ot i
Authorities doubted the © motive (|
‘ho.wc.vm;; rand Judge Van Antwcrpl
told the prigoner at the time of p'rr»J
"n'uuncinw sentence he believed 'the‘?
‘bian had intentions on his vietim’s
daughtar, i
Following. the attack, and an al
log‘ d attzck upon the 15-year-old
daughter, Woodward fled at the ap
rroach of two motorists who took
Mrs. Baraes to a hospital, where she
died.
He wos captured Friday night
,made a complete confession, and
was sentanced within 15 minutes af
ter appearing in court this afternoon
Within an hour he was on his way
to Marauette state prison branch.
ANOTHER GIRL MAKES
- ATTEMPT TO SWIM
CHANNEIL
: CAPE NEZ, France, Sept, 16,—(AP)
—A mysterious English girl swimmer,
calling herself Jane Darwin, who
failed in a recent channel attempt
entered the water for another trial
today making the start at t:m thirty
D/ 0. ;
When you wake up in the morning
and don’t know whether it’s Sunday
or Wednesday, yvou will bhe justified
in telling the hoys at the office that
it was sure a big night,
WOMEN AND CHILDREN CLOTHE
IN TATTERS AND WITHOUT
~ SHOLS ARRIVE IN HANKOW.
‘ Snad b e
LONDON, September 16-—|—(l_l’)~—/\
dispateh Lo, the Daily, Express from
Shungh'ui says, igha\t A scv._cptvy foreign
women and sixty, phil((l,téti "wh«)\L were
isolated at Kikuna:hxjn in thc province
of Honan have been rescued by Brit
ish naval tugs and have arrived av
Hankow in a pititul conartion and
their elrthes were in tatters and taey
were without shoes.
WEATJACR EXPECTED TO BE
BETTER FOR TRANS-OCEAN
FLIG'{T.
P NEW YORK, September 16—(/P)
—Storms «ff the Newfoundalnd
coast caused postponement until Fri
day or aiter of the 2,600 New York
to-Paris flight set for today by Cap
tain Ren> Fonck. -
.Friday is the new date set for the
take-of{, 7rpendant upon weather
condition.:, -
Last minute changes in the per;on
nel of KFonck’s crew yesterday re
sulted ir. the substitution of Lieu
tenant Lawrence Willim Cartin, of
Beardstown, 111., for Lieutenant Al
len Smith, as navigator and‘co-pilot.
The other members of the erew are
Jacob Tslamoff, mechanic, of the
Sikersky organization, which built
the plare, and Charles Clavier
French :adio operator.
Licut nint Snody is suffering
from acote bronchitis and has a high
fever, 't was announced by Captain
John W. Lnochs, assistant command
er of tic third naval district at «
‘f:‘arcwoil luncheon to Captain Fonch
vesterday ' ; : " =
'FOUR THOUSAND BALES
- COTTON GO UP IN SMOKE
| st
| HOMER, La, Sept. 16. — (AP)—
‘l"iru originating in the Planters’ Com.
iplus building here last night swept
[two ity blocks and threatened to
!sprczul to nearby residential sections
;and causeq a loss estimated at five
'llllll(ll&cll thousand.
{ The blaze burned two hours before
it was brought under control. The
[compress contained four thousand
ihu]ns of cotton. All were destroyed.
IMUSSOLINI NAMES
| NOBILE ON LONG
) q . ‘ 3
t FLIGHT CREW
.
| ROMI: September 16—(P)—Pre
| ,
I mier Mugsolini has ordered General
Nobile, vae of the members of the
expeditipn which erossed the north
1 pole, to wrepare for a flight from
i]{flm(.- to Buenos Aires. The flight
{ has beea set for 1928 and it will be
! made in & dirigible, construction of
{
‘ which ' 2ady has bhegun,
| e P
{ Joe Carnon will leave the twenty
l third to ¢vter Emory University
ESTABLISHED IN 1908
EFFORTS MADETO
STOP DEMPSEY
- TUNNEY MATCH
PRESIDENT OF COLISEUM CLUB
SEEKS TO HAVE COURTS DE
CLARE EQJUT OFF,
CHICAGO, Sept. 16.—(AP)—Carry.,
ing copies of a writ from the Indiana
court uphclding the contract for the
Dempsey-Wills boxing match, B. C.
Clements, president of the Chicago
Coliseum club, left today for Phila.
delphia with plansg to halt the Demp
sey.Tunncy fight scheduled for Sep
tember twenty third. He announced
he would serve copies on the Penn
sylvania Boxing commission with a
;x‘uquust. that they declare the bout
30“‘ and that he would go before the
‘P(mnsl\'lv:;niu courts in quest of an
order restraining deiivery of money
;tu Dempsey.
- DAMAGES CROPS
'PIPE LINE BURSTS, SPREADS 3.
000,020 GALLONS OF OIL ON
SWOLLEN WATERS IN MIDDLE
; WEST. .
l CIHICAGO, Sepember 15.—(AP)—A
‘S(-pttmhvr of almost daily rains came
to its half-way mark in the middle
1wo:~‘t today on the crest of a new
!l‘resh:(, provoked by a general rain_v
lfull over six states, The downpour
{rouchv(l cloudburst proportions in
'some localities and sent rivers and
!(-rvuks on the fourth rampage in a
:fm'lni;:,ln.
1 Uncontrollable waters near Prince.
ville, 111., caught fire when a pipe
;linre burst and spread 3,000,000 gal
"lons of oil on the swollen surface
fof Nerth creck., The onrushing flames
!dun.uuml bridges, timber and crops
lin a mile wide swath for 10 miles
fduwnslrczun. finally burning out to
day. 4 Y
- POSTPONED TILL DEC. 14
| R
| NEW YORK, September 16—(/P)
f —SBouthcern exposition scheduled to
f open Oectaber 2 here has been post
- poned urtii Deeember fourteenth, to
- make it possible to work out plans
' for enlarging the scope of exhibiyis
% it was cnnounced today neaw olang
i will be considered at the conference
| of exccutives of the southern indus
| trial and manufacturing interests.
{ Elaciieri L
MARKETS AT GLANCE
|
|
Ty S
i NEW YORK COTTON
I SEERSE—— ‘
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| OPEN CLOSH P. C.
D6t Lt hbn 1623 1675
IDBE, i 1000 . 10E0. 100 N
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N s 200 D 1650 1700
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‘ CORDELE COTTON
I MAddlng cloNad .oiiiiiamnn: 14180
' e e e e e e s [ e Tt
- LOCAL CREAM MARKET
| Ssi——
lSlnn«lurrl DULLERERE isii i 3LIBO
NEW INDUSTRES ~
Crisp County 18 devéloping
14,000 horse power electric
plant on FKlint River. New:
industries are tax free 6 |
years, it
NUMBER 361«
WILL SPEND SIXTY
MILLION ON HYDRO |
LARGEST COMMISSION ,MV"
MADE TO FOREIGNERS. GIVEN
TO AMERICANS. S i
MOSCOW, September 164-(P)~-
The largust concession the gocia;t
governient has ever made to foreigp
ers was aceorded today to a'group (I
American engineers and " eapifalist
répresenicd by Hugh Cooper of Ne"
York. The Américans were agked to
undertake construction "M\(,*_ge‘fi'
of a great hydro electrie m on
the Dniper river involving five ye
“work and an cxpcnditurc‘ of sixty m
lon dollasa, ‘ ; g i
aol 8
TZGERALD MAN TAKEN |
- ATLANTA TO QUESTION '
"IN TUMLIN MURDER cns#
| ATLANTA, Sept. 10.—(AP)
Solver of Fitzgerald, was on hll'wq
!to Atlanta today for questl't‘)n‘!i!g it
‘cennection with the slaying, Tuesd
of Amanda Turfilln. Pol}ég'r;‘e{qd:i
to rcireal his cbnnect}fm wlt:h".'*t!"*e
lcase.- James Tumlin, brother ‘of tl‘e
’woman' found murdered, was atill -in
.clxst?dy .today'. ! Y :"‘
THREE CH'LDREN HAVE NEVER
" SEEN OUTDOORS LIGHT
LEHAVRE, September 16—Gen
darmes here uncoveredin the back
roo mof n filthy house inhabited by a
slovenly couple of abandoned drunk
I ards, three ' children, aged six, nine
and thirtecn, who never have been
outside the house or worn a’ _atitclt:
of clothing since birth. g
" The zurhorities investigfitedr 'W'he,l‘l}
the neizitbors thought strange tl‘ufi
alhough ‘t was understood the»-m"
jle had children, they were fiever
| scen, The savage trio of yoilr;gsterl
joined “heir mother in her efforts
! to keep out the gendarm.ez,'{cga
menting the maternal cléfifi?r with
’ inch"long claws, all the Whi;lf, ahqr
| tering simian jibberish, . 7 .
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800 il
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