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GEORGIA WEATHER
Fair tnight, warmer in in--
terior Friday,
VOLUME NO. 9
LAWYERS TO GET STUPENDOUS FEES, IF THEY DEFEAT CRISP
IS FIGHTING UNDER
HIGH PRESSURE
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MORE ENCOURAGING REPORTS
FROM ALL SECTIONS OF
STATE COME IN FOR LOC)\L‘
WORKERS. ‘
While encouraging reports m-c‘
coming in from all sections of the
state with regard to the Crisp coun-l
ty power aimendment which will bci
voted in Tuesday’s election all ovcrl
Georgia, at the same time closc
friends intimated last night that thcj
attorneys who are frantical]y tryin,:}
to defeat the.amendment over thc‘
state and here in Crisp county, have
stupéfidous fees from the power
company, Stone & Webster, which
will be theirs if they succeed in de-‘
feating the power amendment, Thefle‘
large fees are said to be held up for‘i
them to make them fight harder to!
defeat the cause.
Ths friends of the cause in the
meantime are harder at work than
ever and each day more of them
get into the work and today men,
women and even children are doing
what they can to acqaint thcir‘
friends over the state with the WiNhCS‘
of the people of Crisp county in vot-l
ing the amendment next Tuesday.
Thousands of letters have gone out
today as result of the work.
Personal workers in Crisp countv‘
ar?[-lwtting their duties well in- hand
and oing out to win in Crisp. As
the vote‘rs' understand = the cause.%
they, come over readily and agrec
to help make the cause a winner. The
old gag of being double taxed—a
story which the power attorneys put}
-o®! in the beginning of the fight—is
being overcome by the faithful work
atfi-,a'fivurance given by the friends
of the cause that there will not be
any form of taxes imposed on any
body for the power plant. They urge
that the power plant is worth as
much as all the farming lands in the
county for taxation. They point out
that the wpower plant cannot be
taxed under the law. That gives
Crisp. county a great monéy-earningi
business institution which will fur--i
nish cheap power for all this section
whic hat the same time will not he‘
taxed and thus, at least, will be a‘b!c}
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Scalolal
Delicious and Refreshing | ‘
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off ‘
the Ice! 1
At vour g-ocer's {
—at the refresh
ment stand—at
the ball park—"
get it cold and
¥ ' sparkling!
Buyit by the case
and keep it on
ice at home.
Cordele Coca-Cola
Bottling Company
Cordele, Ga. Phono 87
B A.C.Towns, Manager
%‘ 3 7 million
A a day
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"THE CORDELE DISPA'TCH
MEMBERS ASSOCIATED PRESS
POSTAL CLERK IS SHOT BY
FOUR MEN WHO ACCUSED
HIM AS WITNESS.
PAXTON, Illinois, October 28--—
(#)—Four gunmen early today shot
and probably fatally wounded Har
ry Swanson, night postdl clerk, af
ter blaming their victim for the con
viction of three men involved in the
postal robbery here some time ago.
Swanson, on lene duty, said the
quartet apparently had no intention
of shootigtg upsghe office when they
came in, although they covered him
with revolvers. .
Swanson ad identified three men
who had been sentenced for te five
undred tousand dllar gem rbbery.
COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS IS
THE NAME WHICH WILL BE
TAKEN EBY INSTITUTON.
The Commercial and Savings Bank
opens its doors for business in the
quarters formerly cccupied by the
Georgia State Bank in Cordele on
Monday morning’ at regular banking
hours. Mr. J. H. Childs will be in
charge, with Miss Sara Orr as his
assistant.
The business plans have been made
so that the bank is o.*;-{)ected to move
forward regularly with a large num
ber of checking accounts opened on
the first day. The old depositors of
the Georgia State Bank and all oth
er friends who have an interest in
seeing the new bank presper and get
off to a good start will find a cordial
‘and a hearty welcome. i is hoped
‘they will al} join in making the open
ing day a great event.
toprofit for the tax payers to an ex
tent of earning all the tax money in
the county.
They argue, too, that with the
power supply belonging to the pub
lic here, the people of the county
will have great inducements to offer
{for the fostering of many indus
tries. They have every assurance
that they will have a revnue coming
in for power from the very outset
large enough to pay all expenses of
interest on bonds and maintenance,
the latter being very small. The peo
ple of the county will enjoy the re
turn from the plant, because the
plant will belong to the people of
the county. |
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ROAD AND BRIDGE MONEY
REACHES 660 MILLIONS
Wi 1
. WASHINGTON October 28—(#)—-
Total expenditures by the states last
year for road and bridge construc- |
tions on the state highway systefs:
reached six hundred and forty nine
million one hundred and twenty five
thousand one hundred and one dol-;
lars, it was announce today by the a
riculture department, “
ROBBERY HEARIN
~ ATLANTA, Ga., October 28—(&)
~-Hearing on the habeas corpus pe
tition filed by three men and a wom
an held here for alleged connection
with a bank robbery in Indianapolis
was postponed this morning to await
the action of Governor Walker who
today.
CORDELE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCPOBRR 28, 1926
GANGSTERS OPEN WAR
- AND BURN RESIDENCES
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COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE GIV
EN ORDERS FOR LEADERS
TO MOVE OUT.
WEST FRANKI'ORT, 111., October
28—The smouldering feud tetween
the Birger and Shelton gangs of
Williamston county flared up ugain'
carly today when a band of some fif
teen men attacked “Shaws Garden”
a roadhouse frequented by Birger
men, They riddled four dilapidated
frame buildings with machine gun
fire and, finding no one to fight back
burned them to the ground.
at:hing Gangs
MARIU{, I, October 28—Wil
liamston, Franklin and Saline coun
ties today assumed a watchful wait
ing policy with the two southern ll
linois gangs almost at pistol point.
The Charles Birger faction declar
ed vengeance was theirs. Shelton
brothers crew had armed and was
on guard. The death Monday of two
Birger factions members was the in
cident that fanned the feud to fever
ish heat.
Ordered to Leave
BENTON, Illinois, October 28+
(flhh'mfih “county ‘officials today
gave notice to the Shelton gang, en
gaged in warfare with the Birger
faction thathey must leave the coun
ty at once and not return. The Shel
ton gangsters immediately left their
roadhouse west of the city and went
toward Williamston eounty linc.
‘GOOD NIGHT? SAYS
3!
YOUTH, KILLING SELF
ELMER BOWERS, 17 YEARS OLD,
CLOSES DOOR AND SHOOTS
HIMSELF DEAD.
'CAMDEN, N. J,, ctober 28—(#)—~ “
Seventeen years old and- burdened
by a quarrel with his best girl, Elmer
Bowers stalked into his home af.cr
telling her “good night,” closed the
door of his room and shot himseif
through the head. |
His father and mother were awak
ened by the pistol shot and they took
him in the family automobile to ;L;
hospital, where little hope was ex
tended that he would recover. ‘
Bowers was an honor student anrd
a senior at the high school in Clay
ton, a small community south of
here, The girl was a sophomore
named Ruth Beck.
‘The boy was congcious, but re
fused to tell his parents why he had
attempted his life. When the girl
reached the hospital she told them.
Both were soon smiling and an
nounced that they had “made up”
not knowning that physicians bee
lieved death would soon part them
again.
MCCLINTOCK WILL IS
UPHELD BY HIGH COURT]
SPRINGFIELD, 111., October 28—‘
Validity of the will of William Mc-i
Clintock bequeathing most of his mil
lion dollar estate to his foster fathor,j
William D. Sheppard, Chicago at-%
torney, was upheld by the Illinni(:}
supreme court today. |
ORMISTON TRUNK
l ATTORNEY REFUSES TO DI.
* VULGE NATURE OF TESTI--
MONY DISCLOSED.
’ " LOS ANGELES, Ocober 28-(/P)—
? The trunk of Kennetk C. Ormiston,
| located and seized in New York, has
! given District Attorney Asa Keyes
l documentary evidence of the highest
' importance, he announced today., He
l refused to disclose the nature of the
? evidence.
1 Lived in New York
NEW YORK, October 28-(P)—
I Kenneth Oxifi'tiston. missing radio op-
I erator in the McPherson case, lived
] at a New York hotel for almost s
month pp until September 17th,
when he disappeared, leaving the
trunk behind him, the district attor
ney’s office announced today.
’ Officers from Los Angeles traced
Ormiston from Pasadena to Jackson
l ville and thence to New York.
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‘ Hearings to Close
LOS ANGELES, October 28—(&)
'—Preliminary hearings for Aimee
Semple McPherson, accused of con
spiracy in connection with the story
of kidnapping, entred the final stage
l”todgy(,w.i!s}; the last defense wingsss,
es summoned to testify today. De
! fense counsel indicated that neither
Mr. McPherson or her mother would
ibe placed on the witness stand.
iCLUB GIRLS WON
' KIWANIS HEARS OF EXCELLENT
WORK OF CLUB GIRLS IN
* CRISP COUNTY.
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| At the Kiwanis luncheon today
!at the booth of the Methodist ladies
| in the fair grounds it was announced
lthat the club girls of Crisp had al
| ready taken some three hundred dol
flzmz in prizes during the fall up to
this time. ‘
! This includes the Kiwanis second
!prize for attendance at Camp Wil
kins this summer with Miss Holbrook
I in charge. The other prizes are Nel
lie Puckett, $2OO scholarship to
Athens, with a ten dollar pear prize
at the Macon fair; Lizzie Oglesby,
scholarghip at Camp Wilkins; Bessie
Porter, scholarship at Camp Wilkins:
Agnes@ Puckett, six dollars for
third year sewing, six dollars for figz
exhibitat Macon fair; and Eunice
Wright, four dollars for peach exe
hibit at the Macon fair.
Mis Rosa McGehee, supervisor of
agents for the State College, attend
ed thg Kiwanis luncheon and had a
short ;mv.h'('ss. Dr. T. J. McArthur
in charge of the agrienltural com
mittee for state Kiwanis, detailed
the excellent work done by Miss Hol
brook and her club girls this year
Mis Holbrook made a short talk. i
The Kiwanis members enjoyed a
delightful luncheon served by the ‘
ladies in charge of the booth for the
Methodist chure. ‘
TOLEDO QUAKE
! TOLEDO, October 28-—(/P)—-
What was believed to have been an
carthquake chook buildings in To
ledo at two forty this morning. To
ledo was shaken by earth shocks
some months ago, /
HIGHWAY BOARD AMONG THE
- PROJECTS IN SEVERAL COUN.
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~ ATLANTA, Ga., Octiber 28-—(/P)
}, Contracts for more than fifty
miles ol paving ¢ nGeorgia highways
‘will be let by the State Highway
Department it was announced today
ifnllowing a meeting of the board.
LThe contracts will be let November
24 and approximate two millions dol
lars will be expended.
‘ Counties in which the projects are
located are Meriwether, Tift, Mif
chell, Richmond, befférson, Cobb
Lowndes and 'Cook.
IFORMER GEORGE MILLER STORE
NOW OCCUPIED BY MERCHANT
, WITH ATTRACTIVE NEW STOCK
{ Samuel Rainbow is the newest ad
diticn to the mercantile profession in
Cordele, a store full of new stocks of
ichoice merchandise being opened in
ithe George Miller place in Eleventh
The store wag thrown open yester
day morning and all during the day
?many customers called and made pur
chases. The new store will afford
imany bargaing for the people. There
is a large advertisemen( in this is
‘sue of the Dispatch to which refer
ence should he made by those who
are seeking bargains,
TWO SHIPS COLLIDE
ONE SINKS AS RESULT
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NEW ORLIEANS, cteher a 8 fii
—The steamship, Lot swok o
side South Pass cariy Llu.uy afted
colliding with the steamship, Madisua
officials of the Gulf Steamship Com
pany, owner of hoth vessels were in
formed today. No loss of life was re
ported, although one member of the
ciew of the Louisiana is reported
missing. ’
The Louisiana was ¢aid to have
been proceedings slowly through fog
when struck amidships. |
THAT BIBLE INSTITUTE
Beginning on Monday the Bth of
November, at 10:00 a. m., a Bible in
stitute, of great importance will be
held at Eurql(u Springs, Dodge coun
ty, Georgia. |
The Book of Romans, the Book of
Acts, and the Church are the three
subjects for cach day through five
days. ‘
At night either a sermon or some
inspirational address will be ;,rivcn.‘
Board on the cooperative plan in th(-}
cottages on the ground, is heing pro
vided for. ‘
Every one who will do so, is urged
to spend the entive week. Let (evm'y~l
one who will study, bring hig cot and |
necessary linen for lodging. !
If preferred, hoard can be had at|
the two hotels for $2.00 per day.’
For further information, write P. A. |
Jessup Eastman, Ga., or Rev, O. A.‘
Grant, Milan, Ga., or W J Barton,
Abbeville Ga l
ESTABLISHED IN 1908
MCNARY PROBES
FOR U. S. SENATE
CAMERON CHARGES POWER
AND COPPER INTERESTS ARE
~ AFTER HIM,
ST. LOUIS, October 28—(#)—In
vestigation of the senatorial cam
‘ paign in Arizona was ordered today
by Senator Recd, chairman of the
;campaig‘n funds committee.
~ Senator McNary, who is now prose
cuting the inquiry in his own state,
was asked to proceed to Arizona
“as soon as the present work is com
pleted.
‘ Senator Sameron, republican
inominec, asked for the inquiry
’charging that one' hundred thousand
- dollars had been contributed by the
!copper and hydro-eeletric interests
[[-jjo! use against him on the present
campaign. ;
,TRV TO FIND WHETHER
WOMAN’S TONGUE
’ CUT OUT
SOMERVILLE, N. b., October 28
~—The ‘body of Mrs. Eleanor Miils
today lay in a four year led grave,
opened for the second time in order
to learn whether her tongue was
cut out after she was slain with Rev,
Edward Hall, over four years ago.
Throughout the night a deputy
armed with a pistol and flashlight,
'_ stood guard over the rouch wooden
"box in which her casket was en
i closed.
; Permission to exhume the body of
Dr. Hall, which is buried in Brooklyn,
also was sought by authorities who
wish to determine the axact course
of the bullets through the bodies.
DANISH SHIP GOES DOWN IN%
COLLISION IN DELAWARE‘
_ RIVER, ]
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- PHILADELPHIA, Pa., October 28
FL(@’)-—The Danish steamship Frc-{
“den#¥oro was sunk in the Delaware
river off Kaighn's Point today in s!]
collision with the British steamer
Manchester Shipper. Members of the
Fredensboro’s crew, 35 in number,
were rescued by tugs.
The Manchester Shipper, bound
from Baltimore, proceeded to its
dock here, where a survey was made
to determine the extent of its Jam
age.
The Fredensboro had a net ton
nage of 2,133 tons.
NEW YORK COTTON
OPEN CLOSH P. C.
BN, ... s R 1236 1227
GUBL i 1314 1308 1201
e a 0 e Iv2B 1219
CORDELE COTTON
Middling alosed ..caniiin: 31100
e ettt e, S e
LOCAL CREAM MARKET
Standard butterfat’ ........cconiee 43100
PEANUT MARKET
POBnULE. iiiiiniiasisiiiininiisss - §9OUO
COTTON SEED MARKET
Cotton seed ............ $20.00 & $23.00
NEW INDUSTR.ES
Crisp County is developing
14,000 horse power electric
plant on Flint River. New
industries are tax free 6§
years, :
NUMBER 297
CHURCH BISHOP '
FROM SHANTONG
BISHOP SCOTT IS SEIZED WHILE
ON HIS WAY TO SHANTUNUG.
HANGHAL, ctober 28—(P)—.
Bishop T. A. cott of the Church of
England mision was captured by
bandits today. He was proceeding‘j
from headaquarters for a survey of"
Shantung district when he was clr-t‘
ried off. ‘
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U. S. POWER PERMIT FOR. 1
SEVERAL POWER DAHS;
WASHINGTON, October 28—-(!?)!
—The federal power commission hll_!
granted to E. L. Hill and C. L. Sxi'en-i
cer a preliminary permit for two,
years for the purpose of investigat~
ing a proposed water power jroject
on the Suwanee and St. Mary's
rivers in Florida and Geargia i
The plans include the propgsed .
construction of several
dikes in the two rivers.
Gk ¥4 % '*.'aoj
COURT REFUSES EFFORT
TO CLOSE SESQUI SUNDAY
~ PHILADELPHIA, Octiber 28—(#)
—Justice Simpson of the state su
preme courl today handed downll
ruling here staying the injunction of
the court of common pleas in Dajt
phin county yesterday against the
Sesqui-Centennial Exposition desigh
ed to prevent its operation on Sun
day. ' i
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RAIL MANAGER DIES
LOUISVILLE, Ky., October 28—
(#)—o. B. Hollingsworth, general
manager of the Louisville and Nash.
ville Railroad, died at 9:30 tonight
at Corbin, Ky., the Courier Journal
learned here tonight.
Mrs, Jordan Baker of Worcester,
Mass., acted as her own lawyer in
defeating her husband’s divorce suit.
When a witness was reluctant to tes
tify, Mrs. Baker said: “Remember
I'm not myself; I'm my attorney.”
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