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GEORGIA WEATHER |
Fair tonight, possible show- |
erg in extreme north tonight
moderate southwest winds.
VOLUME NO. 9
EUGENE V. DEBS IS FIGHTING LAST BATTLE WITH GRIM REAPER
STORMY SOCIALIST
V' JEADER IS DYING
ad
« "IN SANITORIUM
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PATIENT IS NOW IN STATE OF
COMA AND END IS MOMEN
TARILY EXPECTED.
CHICAGO, October 19—(#)—Eu
gene V. Debs sank rapidly early to
day and death a fthe aged socialist
leader was momentarily expected at
a guburban sanitarium where he has
been confined for some time suffer
ing from a nervous breakdown and
complications,
Mr. Debs sank into unconscious
ness late yesterday and since then
has been in a state of coma. He has
suffered from heart trouble.
MEETING TONIGHT OF
FRIENDS OF POWER
There will be a meeting of those
interested in the power project at
the assembly rooms of the county
board of trade at eight o’clock to
night. Ladeis are invited and will
be given a welcome at this meeting.
The movement si getting fine =up
port from all sections of the county
and the meeting tonight will bhe a*-
tended by a large number who will
have reports to make. ‘
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PREACHER DENTRS
SLUSH FUND !
STORY l
VHICAGO, Oct. 19.—(AP) — Fluti
denial of the testimony of two ami-i
saloon league officials concerning the‘
four hundred thousand dollar “slush"l
fund. for the independent s'zmaeoriall
candidacy of Hugh 8. Magill of Chi
cago, was made today before (the !
senate c\lgflpaign funds committee hyi
Reverend Robert O'Brien, local Meth
odist minister. i
STILL IN HOSPITAL |
Leon Harris, so of Mr, and Mrs. . l
L. Harris, who sustained a fracturn.’
of the arm soine time agi, is still in |
an Atlanta hospital He had not un- l
dergone his operation, due to the |
fact that the wound is being cleared E
of infection. i
Drink 1
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Cegtoli!
People Deligious and Refreshing q
e » WAL L4k
say they
like it
because~
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“delightful with
food, especially
sandwiches”....
e Buyitbythecase
N —keep it on ice
fi at home.
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fi Bottling Company
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MEMBERS ASSOCIATED PRESS
Georgia Day Showers Honors on Governor Walker And Party at Sesqui
Big Business Men of World Enter Protest Against U. S. Tariff
REMARKABLE PLEA
TARIFF BARRIER
COOLIDGE SAYS THERE IS DIF
FERENCE BETWEEN EU.
..ROPEAN AND U. S. TARIFF. ..
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| NEW YORK, October 19—(P)—-
chmflrkab]c plea for removal of
tariff barriers and other restric
tions upon European trades was is
sued here today over the signatures
- of scores of leading finanicers of
FEurope and half a dozen Americans,
headed by J. P, Morgan.
There can be no recovery in Eu
‘rope, the manifesto declares, until
'the politicians realize that “i ntime
lof peace our neighbors are our cus
tomers and that their prosperity is
‘a condition of our own well being.”
Coolidge is Cold
. WASHINGTON, October 19—(®)
i—President Coolidge though without
cpecific information anent the mani
festo asking tariff changes, consider
that there there is a good deal of
difference between the methods and
purposes of the tariff duties raised
by European states and the tariff
system of the United States. |
STATE KIWANIS IN !
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SESSION AT AUGUSTA
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AUGUSTA, Ga., Oct, !19.—-(AP)—3
Augusta was host today to more than
five humdred Kiwanians and their la
dies who came from every section of
the state to attend the Georgia con-l
vention which formally opens with a.:
“get acpuainted” meeting at cight to.!
night, ‘ !
The convention continues through!
Thursday. |
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EFFORT TO POISON |
WATER AT |
SOTIOOT, |
SOMERSST, Ky., October 19-—(#) :
—An apparent cffort to poison scv-!
enty pupils at Short Creek S("nml]
near here, was heing investigated to- '
day by paretns and school officials !
Mrs. Bertha Mize, teacher, arriv-!
ing at the school yesterday, dis:‘ovcr-‘
ed several window pans broken :m]‘
the door open. When she lifted the |
top from a water cooler, she was!
almost strangled by puffs of smoke.l
Further investigation showed the
water was impregnated with sulphur
ic acid.
MARKETS AT GLANCE.
NEW YORK COTTON ‘
OPEN CLOSH P. r‘i
dAt: aha et R 1278 1286
Gy olasian 1D 1272 ]‘.’77‘
160, Lol Tols 1292 1.“.1}5:‘
CORDELE COTTON |
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Middling closed 11:.’101
LOCAL CREAM MARKET ‘
BIANAArd DOCLEPLAT iiiiivaisinies 41.5fll
PEANUT MARKET '
PRANULE. iaimnliune i $90.001‘
COTTON SEED MARKET |
Cotton seed ................ $20.00 & s2::.‘)‘i‘|
CORDELE, GEORGIA. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1926
SEVERAL MEN OF NATIONAL
PRCMINENCE ARE TO BE
HEARD AT SESSIONS.
ATLANTA, Ga., October 19—(&)
[-—Hig‘nway boosters from North
Carolina were here today for t{he
’ opening sessions of the Appalachion
’ Scenic Highway Association’s second
annual convention. .
‘ ,;llhfégninent men from northern and
castern states, among them Adolph
Ochs publisher of (the New York
‘Ties, an dHenry Morgenthau, |
former American ambassador to
Turkey, were with the motor party. |
President Roscoc Marvel was tc“
call the conizeution to order at two.
Mayor Walter A. Sims, o fAtlanta
and Franklin D. Roosevelt, of New
York were scheduled for addresses
at the opening of the session.
AMERICUS HELPS
STRONC RESOLUTION IN T.HF.,
CITY SUPPORTING MEASURE |
FOR CRISP COUNTY. i
Local committees in charge of tihe
campaign for the Crisp county pow
er project have received from Ameri
cus the following very excellent ex
rression of endorsement touclfir::.:g
the power development on F]int;
river. ]
Whereas, at the practically unani
mous request of the citizens of Crisp’
county, the last session of the gen
cral Assembly submitted to the pef)-l
nle of Georgia for their r:'.tification‘
at the approaching General Electioni
in November, an amendment to the
constitution of the state tluthorizimr}
the county of Crisp to issue honds in |
the sum of $1,250,000 fer the con-'
struction of a hydro-olectfi power
plant on the IMlint river, for the :—Ten-%
cration of 14,000 horse-power r)f“
cleetric current to be utilized in the|
industrial and agricultural devclop-%
ment of Crisp county: and l
Whereas, this undertaking mm"!.’é'
the cooperation and commendation |
of the other citizens of the state;
Therefore, be it resolved by the
Kiwanis Club of Americus, that we
view this ambitious program of the
citizens of our neighboring county,
as a sincere e¢ffort to build a greater
and more prosperous Georgia,
worthy of qur active coopertion and
we hereby endorse said enterprise
and primise our support in securin?
the ratification of the propsed
amendment;
Be it further resolved, that a copy
of this resolution be transmitted by
the seeretary to the Cordele Kiwan
is Club, the Crisp County Board of
Trade, and the Americus Times-Re
corder,
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HONOR IS PAID i
YORKTOWN, Virginia, Oct, 19, —
(AP)—Tribute was paid heroes of l]m.
Aberican revolution today by thou.
sands of persons asgembled here to
commemorate the hundred forl_v-fifthi
anniversary of the surrender of/
Cornwallis, The. exercises were un-'
der joint auspices of the Sons and;
Daughters of the American Re vulu-‘
tion of Virginia, !
'NO ORGANIZATION
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CAUSE OF BROKEN
COTTON: MARKET
$
SENATOR M"KEL&AR TELLS
l SEED CRUSHER’ TROUBLE
| WITH SOUTH, ¢
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MEMPHIS, Octoba 19—(P)—-
l Lack of proper organi ation is large
ly cause of ‘“the tduble” in the
south, cotton seed crufhers weer told
’lu_-rc today by Kennfth D. McKel
i lar, United States senfitor from Ten-
Inos:.cee. The seed erughers met here
to consider plans fog relieving the
tdoprcfision in the magkel for cotton
'seod and its productsg
EIGHT DAY mg}fi WITH
GALE ENDS WITH RESCUE
’ HAVRE,, October; 19—(A)—An
| eight-day battle in a gisabled motor
boat with the tail end of the Flori
' da hurricane, ended almost mi
raculous rescue for th& three Ameri
cans, who were takcn‘l from their
tiny craft a few mimj&iv:; before it
sank in the raging sens The threc,‘
William Santerg, of Brooklyn Mu:--.5.,1
Patrick Nash, of San Francisco and
Russell Young of Cuxn}n‘idge, Mass.,
arrived her today on the United
States Shipping Bogrd steamer
Meanticut, which pickdgl them up a'- ,
ter they had given up gheir last hope |
and were prepared for§death, l
The hurricane hit tht launch with
cut a moment’s warning as tae boat;l
waeg chugging down the l"lorid:l'
coast. The men were foreed to head |
to sea to avoid being swamped un
der the monster waves that time and
again smashed over the deck of
their eraft and buried the bow umlcr]
tens of water.
For five days they managed to!
keep the bow of the launch to the|
sea; then the cngine became dis
abled, and the only reliance left to
them was a jury sail rigged out of
a blanket. '
For nearly 72 hours they were |
without sleep for the inrush of \\':u(*!‘l
kept two of them bailing 211 the tinm!
while the third handled the whuvl.}
Finally they gave up hope, with I,ho§
water almost up to the salwcrlino,l
and hugze waves hattering trem. I‘,!
was then that the Meanticut h«,-.'ei
into sight and tock them off just in&
time as the launch p]upu(‘d to th'sl"
bottom. Even then, Sanberg nflrmw-.
1y escaped death for in his ex- |
hausted condition he fell from the |
boarding ladder under the .cinkin:-;{
launch and was hauled out with (lif'-l
ficulty. l
MRS. PEMBERTON WIL, i
DECORATE FOR BIG FALL
The city of Cordele is to be drou-‘
ed all up for the fair next week. E”-i
ery place of business up town will|
be expected to dress up in full rn-‘
galia for the week and gince Mrs'.li
Pemberton is a local decorator, andi
since she has already done an oxw-!-'
lent amont of work for the fair of- |
ficials in their work, her friends wiil
be asked to give her first chance ntl
beautifying for the week of the fair |
Last year everybody put on full;
docrative dress. This year the s:xmr-i
thing is being planned and the gpir
it of the seacon will be best m:mi--%
fested in these elegant decorations.
SAVANNAITI CONCERN
NTRONG FOR
’ POWER
| Mr. M. H, Mulkey, agent of the
Scaboard Air Line Railway here, has
received a letter from B. H, Levy
and Brother, large mercantile house
in Savannah, according strong en
dorsement for the Crisp county pow
er movement,
' Their letter says:
“We will be only too glad to give
‘our support and what influence w 2
can to the measure covered by your
recent communication, which hag ref
loronce to the congtruction of a Hy-
Flint river. _
“Our state and its potentialitics
need building up in order that we
may keep abreast with the progress
made by our neighboring states, and
we sincerely trust that the efforts
l set forth in this direction will bear
,fruit.’ UL
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SWEEPING RAIDS i
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DRAG IN BOOTLEE
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. BOOZE AND BOOTY‘
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AUTOS, MULES AND WAGONS, LI-|
QUOR AND STILLS TAKEN INI
NORTH GEORGIA RAIDS. l
! ATLANTA, Oct. 19.—(AP)— ’l‘wol
thousand gallons of still beer, hun
dreds of gallong of whiskey, fll)(l!
jn'oper(_v worih several thousand dol-|
lars were reported captured by fed-i
eral prohibition agents yesterday in|
Putnam, Tallaferro, Dawson and Ru-}
bun counties, a
Included in the seizure were two
wagons, four mules, and an :mlmnn-l
bile contaniing two hundred and thir- |
ty five gallons of whiskey. i
Two ducks found in the car also |
were seized, ;
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JURORS RECALLED IN |
INDIANA INVESTIGATION
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. ;]!L—-(Al’)—-—!
A week of investigation by the M:n'i-f
on county grand jury into :nllvu:niuns:
of corruption among high state, coun- |
tyv, and city officials apparently h:v:xi
uncarthed information which wur‘-i
rants continunation of the inquiry, for%
the jurors were summoned again !vn-“
day to hear evidence of several wit-i
nesses who have been subpoenaed, '
Among the witnesses waiting to lwl
called was John 11. Kiplinger, ('Ullll-!
sel for D. €. Stephenson at the 1’
Klan leader's trial for the murder of |
Madge Oberholtzr, |
808 WHIPPLE WILL BE i
ORDAINED TO MINISTRY
sl !
At a service over which Dr. W, L.i
Pickard will preside W(edn(':-:nl'!,vi
night at the usual prayer meeting |
hour at the First Baptist (-hun-n'i
Bob Whipple, son of Judge and .\h'.-'.j|
U. V. Whipple, will be ordained :ui
a minister. Dr. Rufus W. Wv:m'r,?
president of Mercer University, willl
preacn the ordination sermon, 'l'lli:<‘
service will follow an L-r::mfln'ft,iunl
which will be conducted at the I"irdi,l
;Bnp‘.i::t church in Macon. |
| The young minister is a student :\l,'
present at Mercer University., He is|
e paring himself for the ministry |
!nrn:l has a charge to which he willé
| go immediately after his ordination. |
ESTABLISHED IN 1908
'ALLEGED MEMBER
' DOUGLAS MOB IS
NOW FACING JURY
| MAJOR BROWN CHARGED WITH
MURDER OF DAVE WRIGHT
MOB VICTIM.
DOUGLAS, Ga., October 19—(#)
—Trial of Major Brown, charged
with being a member of the lynch
ing party that put Dave Wright,
forty-five, to death here August
20th, was scheduled to start in su
perior court today.
‘ Wright had heen placed in jail for
the slaying of Mrs. Zilphie Rollins
a few days before the masked moh
took Wright from jail and riddled
him with bullets on the outskirts of
‘ town, % ff’
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THOUSANDS WERE
AT RIC SINGING
CRISP COUNTY ANNUAL EVENT‘
HELD AT COURT HOUSE WAS
ONE OF BEST OF MANY SEA
SNS.
i The Crisp County Singing Conven
tion, in its annual meeting hree Fri
! and Saturday, had more than a
thousand people in attendance. The
~erowds included some of the finost’
singers in Georgia an the prngram;l
were delightful and enjoyable. Re
ports of those in charge say that the
convention this year was one of the
best ever held by this organization.
DEPOSITORS TO MEET |
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FOR CITIZENS BANK
Another meeting of the (lopnsiu)r;!
of the Ctizens Ban khas been cu]l(‘d.!
to be held at the court house (m:
Thursday morning next at ten o’clock [
The meeting will have to do with l.ho:
interests of all those having deposits |
and Mr. J. M. Hunt urges the prox-!
ence of all those interested, ‘
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COMP IS NOW WITH |
HOEHN MACHINE SHOP
e |
Friends of Mr. E. I, Camp will hn];
interested in the announcement th:lt]‘
Mr. 1. L. Camp, well known nut.a{
mechanie, is with Hochn Auto an‘l‘[
Machine Company. He invites his |
friends to call on hiin there. ‘
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KIWANIS LUNCHEON |
A committee from the an«'lns!
Civie Club wtih Mrs, M, S. Griffin |
as chariman, will prepare and sorv'ff
the Kiwanis luncheon Wednesday. ’
This repast proises to be most ap- |
petizing as indicated by the I'ullnw-i
ing menu: |
Broiled chicken, steamed rice, lima |
beans, bread sticks, giblet gravy, het :
biscuit, home made apple pie withi
eream, Coffee.
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TWO MORE ADDED
WASHINGTON, October I.')--~(/P)1
—George R, James of the federal ro- !
serve hoard and A. C. Williams, of |
the federal farm loan hoard were add
ed by President Coolidge toay to the |
government cotton committee which |
is ealing with the situation created
by the slump in cotton prices, l
NeW NDUCLELS
Crisp County 18 - develo
14,000 horse power electric
plant on Flint River. New
industries are tax free 6
years, :
NUMBER 289
MANY FUNCTIONS
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- MADE UP BUSY DAY
I POGRA
| PERFECT DAY IS REGISTERED BY
THOUSAND VISITORS FROM
THIS STATE
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: PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 19.—(AP)—
This was Georgia day at the Sesquis
Centennial exposition. A group of
about a thousand residents and forms
er residents of that state, headed by
Governor C(Cliford Walker, observed
'the day, The weather was ferfect for
'r-xor(:i:ws which were held out of
I doors. i
The activities began with a receps
!linn in honor of Governor Walker and
[ his party by Mayor Kendrick at the
!city hall where felicitations were ex.
ichunged on behalf of Georgia and
' Penngylvania, The party then pro
ceeded to the exposition grounds
where it was met at the gate by des
tachments of infantry, marines and
!illl army band,
l As the governor entered the
l grounds, he wag given the governor’s
salute o}} nineteen guns by the armj
battery, ¥ The exercises consisting of
music al ‘address‘es “followed at the
Georgia ‘pylon.
After laßcheon the official recep
‘tion was 86 the Philadelphia navy
}yzu-d. ’l‘he'party was received by
;RO:ll‘ Admiral MaGruder, commandant
JA vigit to Camp Anthony Wayne,
federal military camp, followed.
Later in the day a reception for
the southern visitors was held in
High street at the Sesqui-colony of
buildings representing the famous
ones here in colonial days.
KIWANIS LUNCHEON !
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Another good program is being
prepared for the regular wcckh}
mceting of the Kiwanis Club tomor
row. Business of great importah‘ce
will come before the club, so each
and every member is earnestly ’;e
quested to be preesnt, -y F’
—_—— iR
If you don’t think ‘we havw‘;,{, .§3
poor with us always,’ ask any man
who smokes cigars,
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purchase will entitle the holder
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