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GEORGIA WEATHER
Georgia showers tonight
&nd Tuesday, fresh east
and southeast winds.
VOLUME NO. 9
1,000 DEADINFLORIDA
Miami Area Alone Gives
5000 600 Victims to
Hurricane of Friday
And Saturday
By the Associated Press
WEST PALM BEACI, Sept. 20.—Southwest Florida,
lashed by violent hurricane nine hours Friday night and
Saturday, early today estimatad-its dead at more than a
thousand, with two thousand injured, and more than
thirty-eight thousand homeless.
The property damage is in excess of a handred and
twenty-five million. Five hundred dead are estimated
in Miami alone; two hundred and fifty at Hollywood; a
hundred and cighty-four at Hialeah; a hundred at Fort
Lauderdale and the same number at Moorehaven, #j#¥
Hundreds of special police were sworn i and scarch
made for vietims byl candle light. Speecial trains are rush
ing food, doctors, nurses, and medical supplies to the
estricken area. ;
The sheriff at Miami appealed to Governor Martin
for aid in obtaining six hundred coffins. Pleasure re
sorts were turned into temporary morgues and hospitals.
The Red Cross is on the job. !
500 to 600 in Miami Area. 1
MIAMI, Sept. 20.—Estimates ranging from six hun
dred to five hundred dead prevailed in the Miami disast
_er area this morning as the first contact with the outside
world was estabiished by airplanes, automobile, and re
lief trains. The damage is estimated at a hundred and
fifty million.
Ineluded in the storm area are Hollywood, Fort Lau
derdale, Redlands, Moorehaven and Clewiston. The air
planes were unable to land.
g West ‘Coast Unhurt
JACKSONVILLE, Sept. 20.—The citrus fruit crop
suffered severg damage throughout the storm swept area,
the west coast of Florida, although in the grip of a seven
ty-five to ninety mile gale several hours Saturday, it es
caped with eomparatively slight damage.
Water is knee decp in Miami and
Miami Beach, all pubic utilities are
disabled and ' restaurants closed,
Drinking water is served in half por."
tions. Looting broke out in negro
sections of Miami last night and
several arrests were made.
Hurricanz Hits Mobile
MOBILE, vie Hattiegburg, Miss, by
telephone.—Sept. 20. — With velocity
of the wind at ninely-six miles an
hour at twelve-thirty today and with
the barometer registering twenty.
nine-naught six, Mobile and vicinity
is finding itself imivhsamidst of the
- iDrink ; |
top diou SRRt
at the .
red sign and /% ¢ .
refresh yourself! -
Just keep right
on the way
you’re going
and soon a red
sign will show
you where to
stop--and re
fresh yourself.
Cordele Coca-Cola
Bottling Company
Cordele, Ga. Phone 87
A.C.Towns, Manager
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/ : 7 million
é a day
Yaell
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THE CORDELE IDISPA'TCH
MEMBERS ASSOCIATED PRESS
lardest part of the hurricane. Thus
fa¥ no lives arc reported lost and |
vonly fdur minof injuries are reported.‘
‘Propetty, damage is comparatively
amall. ‘
tgecial Chicago Train
CHICAGO September 20—(&P)—
The Chitago Herald-Examiner and
Illinois Central railroad are sponsor=
ing a special train to leave here
soon for Florida with doctors, nurses
and suppiies and funds for relief se
cured ©7 radio appeals last night. -
‘They expcet to have ten thousant
doNats b might fall, Dr. Herman N.
Bundenuc 5, health commissioner o 4
~Chicago, Vas placed in charge of 1 .
doctors AnG nurges. =
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CORDELE FOLKS
INFORMATION REACHING HOME
FOLKS INDICATES THAT
MANY ARE SAFE IN STORM
AREE.
Several messages coming through
from Hollywood, Palm Beach and
Miami teaay indicated that the
senders, former residents of Cordele
and Crisn county, are safe following
the storm of Friday night and Satur
day morning. But only a few mes
sages have come. Many more local
people are in the storm area. The
messages which have come are from
different localities, indicating that
first reports may be greatly cut down’
when the real facts are known as to
the number of dead.
W. C. Winfree, of Leesburg, Fla.,
formerly a resident of Cordele is
here for a few days.
‘ Friends will regret to learn of the
illness of Mrs. F. H. Bland Jr. .
CORDELE, GEORGIA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1926
NATION WIDE RELIEF MOVE POURS HELP INTO FLORIDA
$lOO,OOO EC I}‘ %IIEIDS
NAVY, COAST GUARD AND SPE
CIAL TRAINS AND MOTOR
TRUCK 3 WITH FOOD AND
MEDICAL SUPPLIES SENT. ;
WASHINGTON, September 20—
(#)—An initial contribution of one
hundred thuesand dollars to the
Florida velief fun was made here
today by the nattional headquarters
of the Anierican Red Cross. Secre
tary Wilbur called at the White
House taday and outlined to the
president the relief measures that
have been taken by the navy. l
Eight Relief Vessels [
WASHINGTON, September 20—I
(P)—Ticht coast guard vessels werel
ordered zo proceed to the’cast coast
of Florida tedav to render assistance l
in the hurricane area, The coast |
guard fleet was placed under direc- |
tion of Commander H. G. Hamlet and
ordered to cooperate with the Ameri- l
can Re Cross and other relief]
agencics.
Food Being Sent ‘
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Sep--
tember Zo—DMore than seventy five"
truck louds of water, coffee, milk,
and breud have been sent into the
storm stricken area surrounding Mi
ami since yesterday by West Palm
Beach rclief workers, dispatches
from -l\Tf;lllli say troops are guarding
the city have the situation well in
hand, ‘
‘ Coolidge Appeals
’ WASIUNGTON, September 20—
) —Presilent Coolidge today appealed
to the American people to come to
the assi¢tance of the sufferers in
‘the Florida hurricane disaster. In a
presidential! proclamation he asked
! that contributions to the relief fund
- be sent to the American Red Cross
! of he local chapters.
| Atlanta Sends Money
' ATLANTA,. Ga., September 20—
’ (P)—Thy, finance committee of city
council today approved an appropria
!tion of Egn tj\ousand dollars to aid
Miami and Florida storm sufferers
‘ and instructed Mayor Sims to send
‘the money at once by telegraph. The
committea asked Fulton county to
give a similar amount.
" Nation Wide Relief
WASHINGTON, September 20—
(A)—Nationwide relief machinery of
the Red Cross today is carrying aid
to stricken Florida, Appeals for
money wiii be made when it is as
certained the amount needed. Henry
M. Bakar, national director of the
disaster relief, is hastening to Flori
da in an airplane, ;
l Coast Guard Relief
HAVANA, September 20—(/4)—
| The United States coast guard cut
| ters, Sauicee and Badgaduce, left Key
l West for Miami last night carrying
- National Guardsmen, marines, cail
ors and supplies of medicine and
l food.
| War Departmend Relief
‘ WASHINGTON, September 20—
l (P)—Secretary Davig telegraphed
lfluvornvr Martin of Florida today
! offering any assistance in the hur-
MOOREHAVEN HAS
36 DEAD AND 200
COMMUNICATION WITH PENSA.
COLA IS LOST WHILE WIND
REACHES 100 MILE VELOCITY.
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AVON PARK, Fla,, Sept, 20.—(AP)
—With fifty.six bodies in an impro
vised morgue here *oday and yhe
missing totaling ln(enl'f}' two hundred,
rescue workers in Mcorehaven wore
bending every effort to remove all
persons from the flooded area.
Nearly five hundrad refugees arriv.
ed here last night, The water fs
receding, said officials who returned
this morning and the collection of the
dead will be resumed immediately.
No one has been able to reach Clew
iston, twenty miles southeast of
Moorehaven.
Mobile is lost ‘
BIRMINGHAM, Sept. 20. —(AP)— |
A radio message from Warrior I'ivc~rl
service bhoat, twelve miles north of
Mobile said that all lines of commu.
nication with Mchile had been lost
there and that the storm was rapidly
gaining intensity. ;
Pensacola is Lost
MOBILE, Sept. 20—(AP) — Wind
velocity at Pensacola was 100 miles
an hour, the weather bureau repor:e(ll
just before all communication was
lost with the Florida city. ‘
Efforts made to communicate with
Pensacola by radio from here l'ailed.l
The wing at Mobile had reached a
velocity of sixty-nine miles. !
ot |
Fire in St, Petersburg '
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 20,—(AP)
—The city will be without telephone
service for two weeks as a result of
fire that swept the tLird floor of the
Peninsula Telepione company early
‘today. The cause was attributed to
'short circuit.
I TAMPA, Sept. 20.—(AP)—Detailed
'rr-pmi;; on the citrus Ouit damage re
sulting from Saturlay’s storm indi.
cate 2 loss of fifteen percent of the
lh'uit c¢rop and a total propeety loss
‘to indystry: of ten wmillion, says a
| survey made today ny the Florida
tGrower, 'the eitrus orzan.
Clewiston Safe
l CLEWISTON, Fla.’Sept, 20.—(AP)
place survived the storm safely with
no casualties.
Mobile and New Orleans Down
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 20,.—(AP)—
All telegraph and telephone communi
cation between New Orleans and Mo
bile were severed shortly before noon
today, The Tropical Radio company
reported a short time later that Mo,
bile reported a hundrea mile gale at
ten o’'clock.
S. A. ROYAL IMPROVES
Frienls of S. A. Royal throughout
the co-miunity and county will be
pleased to learn that he is steadily
improvinz from the operation he un
derewens last week for appendicitis.
e is still at the local hospital.
ricane disaster “Within the means
at the dizposal of the war depart
ment.” At the same time the sec
retary insructed Major General Ha
good commanding the fourth corps
arca in Atlanta to investigate stores
conditionz in Florida and take any
neecssaiy lelief action permitted un
der army regulaions.
METALS HEARING
CHARGED WITH APPROVING
* SECEN MILLION CLAIM WHEN
THEY? HAD EVIDENCE IT WAS
INVALID.
NEW YORK, September 20—(A)—
Documentary evidence was submit
ted today at the trial of Harry M.
Daugheriy and Thomas W. ‘Miller to
show that at the time they approved
the elaim for seven million they
bad in_ thqir filds pioofs that the
lath was invalid. © e
' ,This. fi;mgnce oy ;‘”“”l?iced
through John J. Fitzgerald, New
York attorney who represented the
American Metal company in the ne
gotiations with alien property cus
todian, s ‘
e is |
BIBLE CONFERENCE OF PRIMI
TIVE BAPTISTS AT CORDELE
NOVEMEER 2, 3 AND 4TH.
The eighth annual ression of the
Bible Conference of Primitive Bap.
tists will convene with the Cordele
church in a three day session hegin-?
ning Nov. 2nd, and clesing Nov. 4!11.!
The conference was organized here
seven years ago and has convened
regulraly each year snice, in diffur-i
ent parts of the state. The :umoun(:c_l
ment that it will meet here again this?
year will be received with I)Xeusnm‘
by those who remember what a pmf.‘
itable occasion th 2 other meetingj
was.
There will be some two hundred
or more visitors in attendance and a
committec is already at work secur
ing homes for them. Members of oth.
er denominations are gladly opening
their homes and giving assurance that
they will assist in ertertaining those
who attend, cwlow WY
The Bible Conference Program
committee has already announced a
most intéresting program in “which
loading: Blders of thkis . and other
states will appear.
i The officers of the conference are,
Dr, Thos. J. McArthur, Cordele, chair.
man:’ Elder R. 11 Barwick, (lurdvlo,i
‘sm'rutury and Elder Virgil I A;;:m,%
Atlanta, assistant secretary. ‘
7his session promises to he, in
‘many respects, the niost pmfitahlul‘
and interesting yet eld. ‘
MRS. HAMMOCK RETTER
FROM SATURDAY WOUNDS
B |
Friends throughout the community
will be greatly gelieved to know
{hat M:: 0. If. Hammock has shown
i improvament steadily since she was
) removed Lo the local sanitarium Sat
\urtluy suffering from a pistol shot
‘; firod in'» he rside in a moment of
E spondenzy Her attendine physicians.
' hold ou* every hope for her recovery.
é i
{(‘llll,l) WITHDRAWS
| HIS SUIT FOR
} DIVORCE
' STROUDSBURG, Penn., Septem-s
her 20— (/) —Withdrawal of his suit
for divoree was entered on the rec
ords of Monroe county common
pleas court today by Richard Wash
burn Child, former American am
-1 baszador {o Italy, ‘
ESTABLISHED IN 1908
I WILL Bi: ASKED OF GRAND
JURY HANDLING WIDOW’S
PARTY AT METTER. .
METTER, Ga., September 20—(P)
—lndictments for four persons, Mrs.
W. M. Lavie, Joseph Holloway, M.
P. Mosely and Miss Sadie L, Davis,
who are peing held here charged
with the murder of John Suddenth
\und the shooting of Alex Laressy,
, will, will be asked of the grand jury
| this aftarnoon.
| itk et bt
DR. DUNCAN HOPES
’ T 0 SERVE CHURCH
[ ENCOURAGING LETTER FROM
EMINENT TEXAS PREACHER
ON CALL TO CORDELE
CHURCH.
At the services last night at the
First Baptist church Chairman T. J.
Durrett o 1 the board of deacons
read a most encouraging letter from
Dr. A. *. Duncan of Greenville, Tex
as, in wkich the hope was expressed
that it would be possible for him to
' come hare and syrve as pastor. Dr.
Duncan has been called to the pas
| torate of the church. His letter indi
catedthat Le was coming here within
i ten days tg¢ go over the matter with
' he churcn before final decision was
! made.
i In he annual election of officers
é yesterday, Mr. T. J. Durrett was
l chosen superintendent of the Sunday
" School, W. G. Hatcher, clerk of the
i church, wna 0. E. Scott, treasurer.
" R. E Uarris was made assistant su
perintendent of the Sunday School
l and Mrs O. E. Scott, assistant treas-
L urer.
: The clection of a new board of dea
cons resvlted in the naming of
| ¢welve men as follows: T. J. Dur
rett, 8, J. Hill, = Britt Williams,
i George Bcling R. 'E. Harris, W. W.
| McCollum W L. Robuck, A. C At
! kins, W H. McKenzie, J. S. Shop-‘
| pard, J. J. Williams, and George
l Hatcher
DURRETT BEATS COOPER
|
DECLAMATION CONTEST
| Thomas J. Durrett, son of Mr.
} and Mrs. T. J. Durrett of Cordele,
"at the “Wiret Baptist church in At
lanta, won the city-wide Baptist‘
\ Young Fcople’s union championship
l for declaiming at the quarterly
‘ meeting of the union held on Thurs
i day eveirmg at the Second Ifuptist.
i. church, M. Durrett defeated Wultor‘
. GG, Coopery Jr., representing West
l End Bavnust church. 1
t Approximately 509 members of
i the cityuni on were present to hoar"
the oratorical contest. The subject
' was “Knoawing Jesus.”
I The c¢wo finalists were the sur
| vivors i a total of 70 who entered
[l.}lo firs¢ elimination rounds of the
{ contest, Hioth Mr. Durrett and Mr.
| Cooper wiil be preesnted medals at
?thu next nieceting of the union.
[LOST—One $20.00 bill at Primitive
:“(l])lif‘( church Sunday. Finder please
"nmil’y W, I' Fountain at Dispatch,
NeW NDUSTR ES
Crisp County is developing
14,000 horse power electric
plant on Klint River, New
industries are tax free 6
years,
NUMBER 264
THREE AMERICAN
"U. S. GUNBOAT OS FIRED UPON
- SOLDIERS IN YANGTSE RIVER
| C———
; PEKING, September 20—(#P)—
} Three American sailors were slight
1y wounded when the gunboat Pigeon
“was firel on Sunday morning while
| passing the city of Yang on the
Yangtze river, according to reliable
'for(,-ign telegrams from Hankow,
FUNERAL COL.. MCKENZIE
WAS LARGELY ATTENDED
The »Iditorium of the First Bap
tist church was largely filled with
people 3 osterday afternoon when the
funeral services of Colonel H, C.
McKenzie were held. The rostrum
of the church was a solid bower of
beautiful flowers which had been
sent by friends.
Dr. W. L. Pickard conducted the
services, making the message a beau
tiful chr.stian tribute to a long life
of usef Ilness—a message filled with
the chrisiian’s hope as written down
over and over again in the Bible.
A quartet composed of Mrs. Coker,
Mrs. Durrett, and R. E. Harris and
W. L. Rohuck sang several numbers
The remains were laid to rest in
Sunnyside.
SMALL FARM SBLLS '
AT HUNDRED PER ACRE
Mr. M. A. Burke of Winter Park,
Fla., has purchased tnd J. W. Wood
fifty five acre farm o nthe Nation
al Higihwoy south of Cordele near
Wenona at a cash price of fifty five
hundred dollads. Mr. Murke- ex
pects to riake this his home and will
raise poultry and hopgs. He will also
operate a camp site and filling sta
tion. Te sale was made by McKenzie
and Hamnock, .
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