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VOREIME NO. 9
LARGE SUM IS OFFERED FOR ANOTHER DEMPSEY TUNNEY FIGHT
Bhtire Nation Responding Generously to Florida Hurricane Sufferérs
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fOORE HAVEN IS
_ EVACUATED BY
W NATIONAL GUARD
Refiaining Residents Order
@ to Leave on Account
" Fear Epidemic
L MOORE H%VEN, Fla., September
fi& v."!‘s"—-—-13(:‘;‘.‘ause of fear of an’
iie all remaining residents inf
thlz storm swept area town were!
'{g. atal today by the Nationall
forees on duty here. Thcy;
Were tason by steamer to Ortona and !
' o hoarded trains for Sebring. An
\?_E“yivdcia,ted Press correspondent who
mfiade way into town today found |
sotice of cvacuation posted on an old '
gpress that for years = served as‘
'riavigati'Sn guide for boats on lakes
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KEY WEST ESCAPES STORM‘
~ SEARS ASKS AID
Mrs. D. T. Daugherty received a‘
message from relatives at Key Westl
Fla., today which stated that that
city had entirely escaped the reccnt;
storm, wlich caused the loss of hun- ‘
dreds of lives and millions of dol
lars in property
SEVEN GEORGIANS
- DEAD FROM STORM
TWO MCRE DEATHS BRING LIST
__UP TO SEVEN.
ATLANTA, Ga., September 24—
(P)—Two more deaths reported to
day brought to seven the number of
known Georgians killed in the Flori
da storm. The body of Frederick C.
MecKenzie, son of E. E. McKenzie,
of Rome, was washed up on the beach
at Miami Beach, according to.reports
from Miami and the death of Willie
Fisher, fcimer city. judge of Greens
boro, in Miami. : \ s
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Large Downtown Crowd
Hear Details Greatest
Sporting Event
MIAMI, Fla., Scptember 24-——(/P)!
—Storm stricken Miami forgot her
sad plight last night to cheer Tun
ney as the new world’s heavyweight
champion for three minutes when
news -was flashed by the Associated
Press to vew:zpzpers and thence toJ
a large Cowntown cr who stood |
in the miist of the wmage to hear
details of the worl?s greatest
sporting event. &
BURGLAR WORKS .
WHILE MiN SLEEP
INVADES ROOMS AT LEDFORD
HOUSE AND SUCCEEDS IN;
LOOTING POCKETS OF
~ GUESTS.
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i While Mr. J. O. Bruner, traveling‘
insurance salesman, Mr. J. M Todd
E and Mr. Patterson were enojying -a
good sound sleep at the Ledford
l house, a turglar entered their room,
| ransacked the trouser pocketss of all
! three and succceded in getting away
liwitb casil rfioney and scme checks.
Mr. Bruner had $2B in one pocket
l and $11.09 in the other. The burglar
took the $ll.OO and left the $4B. He
eot $3.00 in cash from Mr. Todd and
two checks, one on the Citizens Bank
of Cordele and the other on the
. Bank of Mount Vernon Mr. Patter
son-<escaped without any loss.
Officers were notified but were noty
sticcessfal in catching the burglar. 1
DEATH MRS. POWELL
- LISTONIA THURSDAY
Mrs. Nancy Powell died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. R. N.
Brady, near Listonia Thursday night
at 11 o’clock. Funeral services were
conducted Friday at 3 p. m. by Rev.
T. H. ITorton, interment being at
Johnson cemetery, where’a'large cir
cle of syrrowing relatives 4ni f'riendié'
assemblad to pay last respects’ '
Mrs. Powell had reached the ripe
age of 87 years which Ha% Been do
voted to = useful chrsitian*life, which
will be missed wherever she' " was
known. '
She leaves three sons and four
daughters: Mrs. A. M. Powell, of
Fitzgerald; F. M. and R J Powell of
Pitts; Mrs Martha Calbhoun, of Doug
las; Mrs. Lizzie Bussell, of Fitzger
ald and Mrs. R. N. Brady of Cor
dele route B, whom she made her
home for several years
COMMISSION AS LIEU
TENANT FOR
GENE
PHILADELPHIA Pa., September
24 —(P)—"First, lieutenant of the
United States marine corps reserve”
is the ran that will be bestowed cn
Gene Tunney, who last night won the
world’s keavy wegiht championship
from Jacl. Dempsey. Colonel Cyrus
Radeford, commandant of the ma
rine corps of Philadelphia, said Tun
ney had passed the exammation for
a commission in the corps and will
receive hjs commission in a few days,
NEW CROP PECANS TO
BE LARGE
1 YIELD
Rev. C. M. Ledbetter was exhibit
ing some extra fine paper shell pe
cans grown at his grove on the
northern outskirts of Cordele. He
says the yield this year is expected
to reach and perhaps overtop all
former records. Rev. Mr. Ledbetter
is one of the pioneer growers of
fancy pecans in Crisp county.. The
yield from this crop in Crisp county
is promised to be large this year
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WHAT. AUGUSTA PAPER: ‘
SATEARE o
“IT* PAYS TO'SMILE” ''ALONG
WITH VAUDEVILLE SPECIAL.
TIES'GOES OVER BIS MON.
' DAY NIGHT. '
'Q'j‘. A s ) :
(From Augusta Chronicle)
Entire contrary to what wae gen
erally exvected of it, the Williams
Stock Company, Inc., 11résented one
of the m:st creditable performances
ever given on any, stage in Augusta',
when it gave “It Pays to Smile” a 3
its first presentation of a week’s
repertoir of stock here.
While thic Williams outfit is a
stock conipany it is pa‘tently a coma
- pany of artists as well, or practically
so, for {kere are few members of
the company thgt go into its splendid
casts who will not rate as artists.
They ar2 good and here is no other
way to figure it. And those who take
rart in the plavs by no means
-monopo! s the attractiveness and en
; tertainment values of the show.
There are vaudeville and classical
numbers hat come between the acts
which caie extremely high.
.. Mary Blossom Williams, the lead
‘ing lady izione of the cleverest and
brightest lights ever to shine on a
stage here. She goes thru her part
a‘t if she were living it and it is dif
ficult to imagine that she cen he oo
' versatle us to take the many differ
ent female leads in the Williams re
‘ petoir with the same finess as char
acterized her work in ‘lt Pays to
i Smile” }cnday night, but they say
‘ she can. Ii she’s only partially —a=<
- good in the others as she was in the
first number, then Augusta has some
thing fine in stofe THFiid dubing the
1' refi of :he wcefg}t ??Kfifi(k#' bk
3101 g . AT {
| The ST Ak Aol
ly, taked tFecake with“wit and comc
-3.d3",.!1t hag alwa_v:s“b?en_ hard to, find
! a womdn who 'cziri.'t‘arl.{c the hoards
“ ‘i'n a.‘ridiculous réle and go thru it
with, perfection. Comedy s sape
'posed to be more the forte of the
man aci»: But Miss de Gafferly gets
by with flying colors. She not only
gets by hut she puts it over bic.
Her hervers hang on every line she
utters and well they might for
nearly avery line has a kick. She docs
as much o put thes how over as any
other member of the troupe, and
there’s no question about that.
Williams Stock Co., opens wecks’
engagement here Monday, Septem
ber 29th. &
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our many
I friends for their many acts of kind
ness and sympathy rendered us lur
ing the sickness and death of Allene,
Esreciaily do we thank you for the
beautiful floral offering. May God
bless each of you.
W. B. WHITE
MR. AND MRS. W. J WHITE
MR. AND MRS. C K WHITE
MR AND MRS, L. WHITE :
CORDELE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1926
BETTER EACH DAY
Thousands of Refugees Are
Leaving for Homes
Over Country
MIAMI, Sept. 24.--{AP)-—Condition
in Miami rapidly apj.oached normal
today. The death list for greater Mi.
ami, including the c¢ity and six vill
ages or subdivisions was reduced to
a hundred and five today by recapi.
tulation of relief !l(':ulqu.'n'tém those
who remained in the hospital were
four hundred and cigil persons, The'
condition of most gavious threat dis
an epidemic of typhoid fever, but 'ig
not giving cause for alarm today,
They belicve to havp the situation
well in band. 3
““The cntire hatimzt. i;e‘.-respouding
generously to an appeal ist;uc'li by the
cxecutive committes of the city of
Miami,” said offi:i:zl ~tatement today
of Mayor E. C, Romfi,
Thousands of refugees are leaving
for their former homes in the north
where food, clothing and shelter
awaits them. Several thousand pass
ed through Jacksonville yesterday,
West Palm Beach has sheltered
'thousands in city buiuiings and tour.
ists camps. : 1
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RESOLUTION AROPTED
GENEVA, September 24—(P)—
The League of Nations assembly to
day unanimously adopted the resolu
| tion" to cenvoke a gencral disarma
ment con’erence before the next as
.sembly, wunlcss material difficulties
intervene.
FIRE INSPFCTOR
KILLED, TWO HURT
MACON FIRE CAR . TURNS
TURTLE ANSWERING CALL.
MACON, Ga., September 24—(A)
—William Norton, forty-cight, a fire
' .iuskxgctm' was almost instantly killed
__zvt'ii‘ih(tf"-vVicvor E. Armstron, assidtant’
chief of the Macon fire department
faxid Drivpr. Lawrence Self = were
probably fatally injured when their
‘car turnced turtle answering a call
odrly today, The chief got caught in
a traffic jam and tried to swerve
l from hitting a truck and turned over. |
ATLANTA GETS CONVENTION i
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WASITINGTON, September 24-—
(A)—The Southern Convention uf%
the National Fertilizer Assncinti(mi
will be ucld in Atlanta on Novcmbvr}
cighth, rinth, tenth was announced
at headquarters today. }
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JACK’S WIKFE ]IAS'I‘ICNS;
TO COMFORT HER
HUSBAND
CHICAGO, September 24—(8)—
Egtelle Taylor movie actress, an(“
wife of Jack Dempsey, was hastening ‘
to Philadelphia today to comfort ner
hushand in his disappointment* “I
don’t cace two whoops about fame,
fights or fortunes, solonz as his name 1
is Jack Dempsey and he’s as crazy
about me as I am about him” she
said. “All i want to know is that he's
all right.” |
b Tnn‘ne‘y‘ ..Agl:suhl"»on‘ Arfig@er |
. PHILADELPHIA, September 24—
[ (P)=Javk . Dempsey, | thirty-one,
_Wwants ancther fight with his twenty
eight year old- contilfrer. When e
rmhid,n the, co::af' the ring to
?mbriufe’ Tppncy sand congratulat.
him os victor, he agked for another
cllxar{ge. e filbseyfg hgn‘dlpr:; zay Tun
ney agroed. Dispatehes from Los An
geles cay at Jerzing and J. R. Me-
Kenzie cild operators are nl’furinar'
sevens nandred fifty thousand for a
return *ight before January first l
CORDELE PARTY WIRES.
FLA. RELATIVES SAFE
Mrs W. P, Fleming received a mes
sage today from Judge Fleming at
Hollywood, Fla., stating that the
party composed nf'Judgc Fleming,
Gladston» Fleming and W. L. Robuck
reached that place yesterday and
‘that Mr. and Mrs. Branch Flcmin_t:‘
escaped without injury frpm the
storm. They are bringing back with
them the little son of Mr. and Mrs.
Branch Fleming. 1
COMMODITIES ON RAILS
- TRANSPORTED INCREASE
NEW VYORK, September 24— ()
—Commodities transported by rail
roads during the first thirty seven
wecks of 1926 have shown a nin
crease over last year, with the ex
certion of live stock and forest prod
ucts, says a report issued today by
the car rervice department of the
American Railway Association to
board direciors. |
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RATE CHANGEIS
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GRANTED CflMPANY{
TELEPHONE NIGHT CHARGE I§)
- GIVEN BLIGHT RAISE.
ATLANTA, Sept. 22— Permission
to revise its scheduic o rates, for
night service on station charges,
which call for hoth increases and
decreases was granted by the state
public service commission in an ez
ceutive session held this afternoon.
+ Under the new schedule the com.
pany will establish <ti‘ion to station |
service between 7 o'.lock and 8:::0’
o'clock at night at 75 per cent of t.hu]
schedule charged for day station to
station calls, the former rate !wt,wccn!
these hours was the same as the
present day rates. I
The company was iven pv-l'missiun’
to increase its minimum rates on |
station to station ¢als between 8:720'
'n'(:luvk at night and 4:50 in the morn-!
ing, from a minimum of 30 cents for |
a distance of 30 to 26 miles, and l'rum}
a minimum of 30 cenis to a minimum |
of 30 cents on distunces from 36 m%
96 miles. i
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“THE FOOL"—-Is a picture to be |
seen with niuch profit by a r(-flr-r'ti';ol
person. i, A. R, Crum. l
ESTABLISHED IN 1908
DOCTOR’S NEEDLE
Every Effort Being Made
to Prevent Typhoid
Epidemic
MIAMI, Fla,, September 24—(#)
—Tlorida’s hurrican workers in the
gtricken lower cast coast today bent
their efforts to prevention of disease
and the removal of homeless refu-,
goes to cities to the northwiid fflzj
shelter and cargl\ thousand géstcr?‘}
day bared arm to, anti-typhoid
needle 117 stord :of incoming scrums‘
are beinz exhapdbed as fast as re
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DEAD HOT SPRINGS
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PROMINENT MOULTRIE MMAN
WAS AT SPRINGS FOR TREAT
MENT. ; l
MOULTRIE, Ga., September 24—--‘
()—T. W, Vereen, president of thq%
Moultrie’ Grocery company and son
of W. C. Vereen, wealthy South Geor‘;
gia banker and lllanufacturef, dieglg'i
today ut Hot Springs, adviges Te
ceived liere says. He was take’%hm
for treatment a few days agos é" 4
survived by a widow, who falf:q“ {
was Miss Elizabeth Hollis, of 'Am;:rf |
cus and father and mothen’? two
“brathers and two sisters: wa< a
nephew »f W. J. Vereen president
of the American Cotton Manufac
turers Association.
NFGRO SLAYER
l. R A 4 (o
~TO DIE TODAY
l SENTENCED FOR SSLAYING NE
GRESS AT CHURCH SERVICE.
LOUISVILLE, Ga., September 24
—-Althoa-h he made a desperate ef
fort to escape the electric chair by
slashing iz own throat with a lazcr
blade, Tom Johnson, a Jeilcivon
county negro, convicted her» Tast
May in Saperior court will be elee
trocuted some time today, m Mil
ledgevill2, for. the murder of Doss
Stnrio, a 4 regro woman, at a churzh
near her: iast Easter. Sherif{ Thom
as and nis deputies made an sttempt
‘to remove him to Milledgevill> las*
Wednesday, when Johnson decideid
he had ruther die by his own hands
than to he electrocuted. He was un
successful in this and doctors saved
him. Last Friday he was removed
to the Jdell cell in Milledgeville to
await his execution.
Johngon was a convict, a trusty,
on the Jefferson county gang when
the erim2 was committed. On Easter
Day he ieft the gang and procuring
a shot zun he went to a negro church
and killed the woman Doss Stone,
from whom he had become estranged.
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EDITOR AND MRS. BROWN
ATTENDING PRESS MEET
Editor and Mrs. C. li. Brown and
Miss Julia Neal left yesterday af
ternoon for Louisville, Ga., where
they will attend the fall meet of the |
Georgia Vress Association. A bi;sl
itinerary has been planned for the!
visitingg cditors, their families and
friends. Visits wll he made to Au-l
gusta and Ashevlle, N. C,
Crisp County 1s developiug
14,000 horse power electric’
plant on Flint River. ‘New,
industries are tax free 6|
years, l
NUMBER 268
DEMPSEY WANTS -
ANOTHER SCRAP
Ex-Champ First to Congrat
ulate New Champ
On Victory :
PHILADELPHIA, September 24—
(P)—The scepter of world’s cham
pionship kingdom that Jack Dcmp:
sey held since 1919, is wielded, to 4
day by aene Tunney, the idol of the
marines oand of Greenwich Village
‘ New York, through a steady down
pour of :ain that drenched the greap
r‘est figh spectacle of all time fo'u'ghé
"his way to the peak of pugilistic
3hcight§. The match completely res
versed gereral expectations and was
stunning in its suddenness. :
Gene Gicvs Marine Credit !
PHILADELPHIA, Scptomber 24-~
(A)—"“Give the marines credit,” says
Tunney, “but for the marine I could
not hava won the championship,” He
said: “It was agreat fight” said Lieg
tenant Commander Richard E. Byrd,
the first man to fly over the north
pole.
| Both in Geod Humor
PHILADELPHIA, September 24—
(P)—Here’s what the new and old
3 kings had te say after the fi'ght—--
i Dempsey: “I knew I was going to
get licjwd some time and I am glad
,;f:ld'lg B¢ championship to an
Bmerfohn} the best man won.and I
.fiavef \alibis” Tunney: “Dempsey is
cled :-;f_ighter all the way;' Don't
¢t anly one tell you that he can't hit.
{His 'blows were errific.”
PO7 Rickard alks '
PHILADELPHIA, September 24—
(P)—Tex Rickard said today he
might jromote a return title match
between Tunncy and Dempsey
“Jack ‘has asked for the match and
it may be put on next spring” the
i promoter said ‘
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‘ HAGEN WINS
| T — ¥ 75?1:'7"“
- GARDEN CITY, September 24—
(P)—Walter Hagen deefnding title
holder wazg¢ two up on Johnny Far
rell of Momoroneck New York at
end of the first round of a thirty six
hole semifinal match in the _p._rofe-a--
sional «<clf championship Salinliry
today. Ew
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