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VOLUME NO. 9
RECOVERY OF BODIES OGCUPIES STORM:WORKERS ATTENTION
IMATE FOR 1926 COTTON CROP
GOES OVER FIFTEEN MILLION BALES
GEORGIA PRODUCES
AVER ON EMILLION
o
- BALES TO SEPT. 16
A Y
Total Cotton Produced This
"iWear Over Two
.i& Million Bales
‘: HINGTON, September 23—
A | cotton crop of fifteen million
fhundred ten thousand bales,
l jundred pound gross weight as.
3 ‘, ated gy the September sixteenth
on of the erop, which is fifty
" aml tive percent of normal, the
Abartment of Agriculture an
§. ced today.
f;%é’sCotton of this year’s growth gin
‘ned prio: to September sixteenth
a;?filled iwo million, five hundred
'*von tkousand, three hundred sev
-%teen running bales. ;
" Countinz sixty-one thousind, five
hundred eighty four pound hales as
“half baics and excluding the linters
indicated that production of Georgia
cotton to Sepember sixteenth was a
condition at fifty six percent and the
production of one millin, ne hundred
sixty thusand bales, and ginning of
hree hundied forty eight thousand
cight hundred twelve.
STORM SUFFERERS
BOXES WILL BE PRO_VIi)ED ‘AT
LOCAL BANKS AND DRUC
STORES FOR PACKAGES.
Those wishing to contribute to tha
relief of Ilorida storm vietims will
find boxes provided by the Red Crosz
at all th> banks and drug stores of
Cordele.
Many other communitics are
“aoing over the top” with their part
in the oreat hour of need and Cor
dele people will more than do their
part towards alleviating the suifer
ing of thousands of storm vietims—-
many our’own relatives, :
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MEMBERS ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tennessee Governor Saysl
Florida Losing Held ‘
On Religion
CHATTANOOGA, September 23—
(P)—Florida will rise from the
wreckage and waste a sadder, wiscr[
and bette: pogplc and state, said!
Governor Peay in a statement here!
tcday. “We are all sorry, that was!
an awfal dizaster, but Florida went
on a biz spree—they were fast ]os-l
ing. taeir hqld on religion and goo:l’
order and law observance down|
there.” ‘
WILL RUSH ALL MAIL l
TO FLORIDA SUFFERERS
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Postmaster Griffin announces that:3
hé has yiven :-'péL'ial instruction to
employ22s and all service has been
provided {for any parcels for the
; storm area of Florida, all such par
cels will be dispatched on the first
oufgoiu;z mail and will receive every
attention ‘¢ is possible to give them:
Ithey will be dispached in direct
| cacks labeled hrough to destination.
t In anzwer tb'nlllnerous inquirers.
Postmaster Griffin advises further
that alli such parcels containing, food.
be sent Special' Delivery as this
guarante:s a dircct and most desira
ble scrvice while in tx'a:iént, at the
‘{erminals and a the «lo.sti.naioh.
It is ;)Oi'mi:'s:\‘zzlble to send .pz(t'rccl.:.
by air mail if it is desired to do sof
The postuge on air mail is ten cents
per cunce. -
An informzation will be gladly giv
en by the Postmacter or employess
all of wihom are anxious to render
any assiriance possible. Phone 519
or call 2t the post office.
JUDGE FINISHES SECOND
DAY ON BREAD &AND WATER
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HARTINGTION, Neb., Sepember
. 23—(#)-—County Judge W. ~ F.
;Erya | who has “sentenced” him
sclf t'x'fi\'(- ('ln;'s on a bread anq \.\':l-%
P;-for di‘?t t 4 determine if such a d{(:t
‘v"'is “cruel and inhuman,” has observad
the second day of his rigid biil of
fare 'by :nt'endin;z to court business
and is'suin’g bulletins on his condi
tion
“T am in my usual health and spir
its” and the 75 year old judge, whlo
has handcd out bread and water
sentences for 14 years in his last
bulletin. “As yet I have experienced
_no inconvenience from short ra
| tions. I am getting plenty of abusive
l letters {lom every quartr of the
| compass outside of the state. Fred
i S. Dirks is poor material for martyr.
Will tell you about him tomorrow,
Dirks i: zorving a6O-day sentence
in the ccunty jail with every other
10 days en a bread-and-water diet,
| for violating the liquor laws. Judge
' Bryant contends, that Dirks and Roy
Carson, Thomas Nelson and Max
Saltzman, who are serving bread
and water sentences at the Burt
county jail at Tekemah are playing
the roles of “martyr” by = claiming
the bread and water diet is harmful
and cruzl,
CORDELE, GEORGIA, TIHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1926
[RAGSDALE WINNER |
- IN ATLANTA RACE
!
~ BYBIG MAJORITY|
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Polls Larger Vote Than
‘ Combined Vote Of
‘ Opponents
~ ATLANTA, Ga., September 23—
| (/P)—-l’o!vling a larger vote than the
combined vote of his four opponents
I. N. Ragsdale, ‘former member of
‘ the Fulton county commission and a
.veteran «f public service here, won
i the democratic nomination for mayor
in Atlanta yesterday’s' primary, suc
. ceeding Waler A. Sims. : !
; Ragsdale’s total vote was six
thousand, three ninety-two, out of
' Twelve thcusand one hundred eighty
wo votes cast for Mayor. His oppon
" ent wer2 J. A. Couch, who ran sec-
I ondd and Dr. L. N. - Huff - third,
| Robert A Gordon fourth, and Charles
| M. Ford fifth. Voters also voted
l for an clection to be held to decide
‘the quesion of city manager form
l of goverament :
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WORLD COURT ADOPTS
~ REPORT OF COMMITTEE
GENEVA, September 23—(P)—
The wor'd court delegate conference
| today adopted its committees reports
concerning acceptance of American
reesrvations to membership in the
court and then adjourned. l
ol Dedan o b |
MARSHALL POCLE SENDS
WORD FROM STORM AREA
A mgerszge came today to Mrs.
Julia Poosie from her son, Mr. Mar
shall Poole, who lives at Little River,
Fla., which is in the center of the
storm arce which has wrought de
struction to that section.
Mr. Poole states his home and]
mercanti'> establishment were com-|
l pletely destroyed. The message stated I
i his family escaped’ without any in
| juries. i
STAN COMSTOCK AND HIS _
WIFE BELIEVED DROWNED
MIAMI, Fla-,‘-‘Soptoml')or 23——(!!’)——]
Stan Coinstock, Miami real estate
operator who last spring was report -
ed engaged to Peggy Joyce, wilh
his wife 2nd two friends, is believed
drowned, :
Mr. and Mrs. Comstock were off
on a reunion trip in Mr. Comstock’s
vacnt when the hurricane struck.
His boat i+ not in the harbor and he
cannot he located in Miami. They
' gailed for Miami Beach Friday noon.
E. C. Hecdge, brother-in-law of Mr.
‘ Comstick reported the loss of the
boat and party to the coast gunrd‘
with a rcquest that they be searched
| for. |
' FOR SALE—Samuel F. Bowen'’s
Place,l 01 acres, 80 in cultivation,
lot 52 2th District Dooly county, on
Cordele 1 d Montezuma public road
9 miles southwest from Vienna, ad
joining lunds of Gilbert, Heard, Wal
ton, Wo)lward and Bowen. For
terms writc Mortgagze department,
I State-Placers Bank & Trust Com
‘puny, Richmond, Virginia. ‘_ A
TUNNEY GO¥ES TO THE
| FIGHT SCENE IN
b PLANE .
SHAWNEE ON THE DELAWARE
Pa., September, 23—(&)—Cranging
plans at the last minute, Tunney
hopped off by airplane this morning
for Philadeplhia and the scene of his
tilte fighit with Dempsey tonight.
Tunney was heavily wrapped in a
leather jacket and over coat and
joked with Casey Jones his pilot as
they climbed into the plane. It wag
Tunney's second air trip. Jones, one
of the mo¢u experienced civillian avia
tors in {he country, expect to reach
Philadeipi-ia in an hour. )
FLORIDA COMPTROLLER
SAYS HE HAS NO FEAR
T 0 OUTCOME OF CHARGE
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., September
23—Ernest Amos, comptroller, in a
brief statement today regarding an!
indictment against him at West Palm
‘Beach for alleged violation of thc‘
state barking laws, declared that al
though “e had not seen a copy of
charges ke said he had no fears as to
' the outcome. |
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THIRKS CRISP POWER =~
~ MOVE RFUL PLAN
WONDERF UL PLAN
Mr. C. Cornwall, connected in a
large way with the apple orchards
of North Georgia, while in Cordele
vesterday took time to express plcas-1
urc and enthusiasm over the ap- ‘
proaching Crisp county power move
for inda:tvial development here, He
said thas 'communities making’ such
wise plaus as this eannot help gmw-i
ing rapidiv and in most substantizl
manner. :
Mr. Cornwall praised the ontm‘-!
prise of loeal citizens and commcml-‘
ed their esurage highly. He said such
power supplies as that which will!
core frum the Crisp county plant on
Flint river are greatly needed and ho
had 1o besitancy in saying that this
would ve a great development as that
which i under way mow in morh
| ,Georgia.
‘JF MAN ISKILLED "
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; ELECTROCUTED BY CURRENT
. FROM LIGHT; WIFE SHOCKED
I COLUMRUS, Ga., September 23—
(P)—Nimrod H. Tucker, prominent
citizen of ITurtsboro, Ala., was elee
trocuted, and his wife was seriously
shocked by an electric light cur
rent in their home early tonight.
Reports from Hurtshboro were to
the effect that Mrs, Tucker was
shocked as she was turning on the
light and "when she scereamed her
husband ran to her aid. In extricat
mg his wifc¢’s hand from the light
’ socket it was said, he received a fa
| tal shock. He lived only a few
! minutes. Mrs. Tucker will recover.
l RELIEI" FUNDS
JACKSCONVILLE, September 23—
No extracrdinary session of the
Florida iegisl®ure to be approprial
ed to hurricane relief funds is neces
sary, Governor John W, Martin said
on his amirival here today from the
l storm dovastated area, wheer he
i made a nersonal inspection. .
Six Hundred Women And
Children Being Cared
For By City
By the Asscciatéd Press
; Sanitation movements of refugees
out of che storm area and efforts
to locate and recover bodies of the
‘ uncounted dead today occupied the
} attention of workers endeavoring to
} rehabilitate the southeastern Ilorida
coast hit hy the hurricane, Saturday.
Every ¢ifert is being made, to get
into the district medicines. .and sc
surums needed 6{\ prevent &, serious
epidemic of disease and in an effort
'to, prevar sickness, Davie and Moore
haven have been ordered evacuated
by all execept workers needed to clean
up or saqarch for bodies known, The
death list stood today at more than
four hundred. |
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Hote! Shelters Thousand 1
HOLLYWOOD, September 23—(/P)
—The Wollywood Hotel last night
sheltered a thousand homeless peo
ple in tie ball room where one week
ago there was dancing two hundred
injured nursed their wounds in som
bre silence and as 'might came on
music of the orchestra has given
way to the wailing of babies and
bright iights have been replaced by
lanterns, candles and smoking oil
lamgs, as eiectricity being suspended
by the hurricane had not been re
stored. Long lines form each day just
at sunset and the people are fed in
rooms 9f the hotel occupied by morn
seriously injured through the naw
Lunscreen2d and unglassed windows.
The nigiitly swarm of }nnsquitr;cs
came to cluster in clouds around lan
terns an< lamps.
Shriners Large Contribution
WASHINGTON, September 23—
()—As much as two hundred thous
and do!lerz will be contributed by
American shriners to relief vietims
of the Fiorida hurricane, President
Coolidze was informed today by A
A. Rahn, o Minneapolis, who was ap
proached hy the Imeprial Potentate
of the shrine to direct the organiza
fon’s work in Florida. The fund will
be distributed by Red Cross.
L ory sy oy
JACKSONVILLR, 'l~‘fa‘.;‘ is(»‘p_to‘r'nb’;;.‘-,
23— d] firkt salia’ refugic) | thain
from the south Florida disaster zone.
arrived Lere today with a contingent
of six nundred victims, mostly wom
en and children, coming from West
Palm Beach aind points south by the
Seaboard Air Line. Those in need of
clothing were supplied and arrange
{ ments made to feed all those desti
! tute and who have no other destina
tions will be cared for in Jackson
ville,
MELLON TIOLDS TO
| ORTGINAL TAX
FSTIMATE
} WASHINGTON, September 23—
()—ln-reasing tax receipts flooding
into the treasury impelled Sceretary
Mellon toeday to boost his original
estomace of one hundred eighty five
million surplus for the fiscal year;
‘ he was unwilling however to predief,
what the eventual surplus might be
I and said it is to early to alk of tax
l reducion,
! is a man who
IHE Fflnl succeeds in spite
’ of the Devil,
ESTABLISHED IN 1908
FAILS IN COURT
Last Legal Obstacle Con
fronting Battle is
Removed
PHILADELPHIA, Sepember 23—
(#)——Application for an injunctionl
to stop the Dempsey-Tunney fiy:hti
tonight was dismissed today by an
unanimous opinion of three judges in ‘
common pleas court. This decision
removed the last legal obstacle ('on-‘
fronting the bout. |
Two njunction suits were lnnu;rht!
by B. C. Clements, a Chicago pro
moter, who claims a prior coptract
for Dempeey’s services yere dismiss
ed as the one aimed to restrain pro-‘
moter Tex Rickard from conducting
the fizht The court held that ovi
dence was not suffiicent o base in
junction proceedings. *
PRISON COMMISSION :
REFUSES CLEMENCY PLEA
ATLANTA, Ga., Sepemher 23—
{/P)—Stave prison (‘nmml'ission has
recommended that the petition for
clemency of Jorn Mowell, under
death senitence for murder of a Bibb
county deputy sheriff be denied, it
was learned today. Attorneys for
Howell Jailed to make final plea
before the g‘bvernn!’.
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ONLY ONE HOME IN
LAKEPORT ESCAPES STORM
! AVON PARK, Fla.,, Scptember 23
e story of thrilling escapes
and of neart-rending tragedies has
come oat of the little town of Lake
Port Wrica was wiped out, save for
| une"hnuu(-, in Sutbrduy's storm.
i The lore house to survive the
i wrath of the elements was the home
of W. 2. Wilson, who wag killed in
the collapse of Beck’s store, where
he went in search of a refuge more
secure than hiz house,
Thirteen persons, men, women and
children, survived the crash of the
store and managed to escape death
in the i'vod waters by elinging to n‘
portion o the strueture for 24 hnurs!
I'ive of the occupants were killed, |
while a sixth was so badly in_inrwl!
that li:tle hope was entertained for
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MAN AND WOMA®® IN
SUCCESSIUL
ESCAPE
JOHNSTOWN, Pa., September 23 |
—(M)—TFrank Lloyd Wright of Chi
cago, architeet, and Mme Olga Mil
anoff, nawed in habeas corpus pro
ceedings here late yesterday, have
cluded authorities and escaped, tak
ing with them the woman’s child
by forraer marriage, Harold Jack
son atturey, Chicago, said here to
day,
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MARKETS AT GLANCE
~ NEW VORK COTTON i
| PR
OPEN CLOSH P. C.|
Oct. iy IDOD 1443 1663 |
Dee, 1587 1465 1680 !
Jan, Bidii 1609 1475 1."»‘.)0'
CORDELE COTTON 1
Middling cloged .....obi..iiis 1:::tm!
| bl s s AN
~ LOCAL CREAM MARKET \
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‘zillnrl:ml Duttertat ... .. L ALTD
Crigp County 18 developing
14,000 horse power electric
plant on Flint River., New
industries are tax free b
years,
NUMBER 267
Six Hundred And Fifty
Thousand Offered
To Fighters
PHILADELPHIA, Sepember 23-=
()—Ce'ebration of hundred and fif
ty years of American independence
gained in comparatively ancient war
fare, gave wiy today to a spectacle
of modesn conflict, The settlement
of personal fighting supremacy be
tween Jack Dompsej and Gene Tun
ney, champion and cahllenger, will
start fighting shortly after eight
thirty sandard ime, for he heavy
weigh championghip of the world and
the richost prize in the sporting
world some gix hundred fifty thous
and dollars—before the greatest
throng that ever paid view to an ath
letic event anywhere, The attendance
will be near two hundred thousand
and both men say “ready.”
DEFEATED YOUNGSTERS MAKE
TWELVE TO NOTHING . IN
PRELIMINARY CONTEST.
A team made up of former'xrad
uates of the high school composed of
young Hien in town took the young
sters on the high school team to ride
uesday ufternoon in the first pre
limianry football contest. The re
sults were twelve to nothing for the
town team. :
The hizh school, however, is credit
ed with Laving a fine team and the
youngsters who beat them prediét
that this season’s high school team
will make its way well in all contests
The }ich school team plays Ash
burn IPriday afternoon at four-thir
ty and local enthusiasts are urged to
be on the grounds to help win.
BUY YOUR LICENSE—You cannot
hunt without this equipment. It is
against toe law. C. F. Stewart, Coun
ty Game Warden.
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