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Partly cloudy and warmer
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Saturday,
VOLUME NO. 9
POWER ATTORNEYS THREATEN A FREEZE OUT IN CRISP COUNTY
VOF"RSARETOLD
THAT THEIR PLANT
l
G ; ‘
WILL BE SHUT OUT
NEW ARGUMENT IS PEDDLED‘
OVER CRISP COUNTY BY.
ENEMIES OF POWER PLANT. l
The very latest brand of poison'
now being used by the power com
pany attorneys is to the effect thati
the people of Crisp county are going |
to carry their power amendment and 1
bonds in the county. The power at-l
torneys admit that tit is going to car
ry over the state. They.also admit
that he power plan is going to be
built entirely within the appropria--
tion—can be built for less than the’
amount of-.bo'nds, called for. They al—l
#0 admit tfia_t the -people can piace
competent. men in charge, and will
likely, have the plant built with ev
erything in good hands. ; ‘ l
Butv'é;(‘)v’pf égai.nst these admissions‘
; the enemies of the Flint river de
velopment, assert that the power‘
trust will most assuredly come into‘
this territory and throttle it by mak-f
ing rates and selling power at such
prices; as to destroy the earnig ca-!
pacity of the Crisp county p]ant-—j
and thus force the people of Crisp
county to operate it at less than cost
or sell it at a sacrifice. ‘
“The.suber power plans have never
included this territory. If they did,
the pt;wer‘companies are not going
to come to Crisp county and sell
power at a price lower than that at
which the Crisp county power de
velopment'—-which is 'non-taxible—
& they gflll have ‘to sell power in
othier ¢ sin south Georgia at the
same prack '&_’fg;je,d_‘ in, Crisp. They
could ..hpt ‘ffgfi&fi§e:_,h9tc and., retain
high lp’;i,ces . elewheray. ‘Tb.' puli ‘c
servic(i ,c_pm{nission: would npt permit
that. But if they did sell power here
at a price lower than that which
can be offered at the Crisp county
* plant—and- still a handsome profit
left—if they did sell power lower
than it can be broduced and dis
tributed on: the Crisp county site,
this would be one of the most favor
er industria}"commlinities in all this
gection of country. The advantages
would be so extremely valuable in
industrial “buildings that the Crisp
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THE CORDELE DISPA'T'CH
MEMBERS ASSOCIATED PRESS
THOUSANDS IN PARADES AS -
SCHOOLS ATTEND BIG FAIR
BAY SPRINGS GIVEN SECOND
PRIZE IN EXCELLENT PARADE
WHICH WAS ATTRACTIVE,
‘the .\-’abi‘ float won the first
prize in the big parade of communi
ties and business concerns conducted
by the fair officials today. The wom
an’s clubi'at' Arabi was responsible
for the: hanésome float which won
the ten dollar prize. ;
"The second prize for the . entire
coitnty was won by Bay Springs.
This ' took off five dollars in cash.
The best business float in the parade
wags that of Blackmon Hardware Com
pany, this taking the first prize.
The schools of all the county were
here early this* morning and their
parade which formed at ten o’clock
‘at the court house and went through
the business section of the city to
the fair grounds was an inspiring
sight. Every school in the county ap
parently was here a full hundred
perceht in attendance,
Great throngs of people filled the
fair grounds and the buildings and
grounds throughout the day.
The cotton pageant was held im
‘mediately after the crowds reached
the fair grounds in the parades. Miss
Martha Fox and Mr. Edgar Fletcher
were, crowned king afid queen of
}the'cotton pageant, a most interest
‘ing and excellent feature of the fair
arranged by Mrs. Gladstone Fleming,
Dr.-T.'J. McArthur and others as a
’ fair feature. ' :
county plant would still be a mostl
profitable inves{ment.” |
Thais is the way_‘campaign‘ers for'i
the Crisb’ power dévplopment looked
at this new power companw argu
ment this morning. They are close
ly watching the efforts of power at
torneys .to mislead the voters. They
found this new argument being
spread over the county—the threat,
of a freeze out here if ‘Crisp county
biuld their own power dam’and pro
vidc'c!}:eap"industrial power for this
'sdt'fiqn.- L
SER THIS CARTOON ON
{ CRISE POWER :
poons PIUANT ; :
‘On the show glass of the'. front
door at the Jones-Pate Drug Com
pany is a cartoon drawn by John B.
Cumming which is art and thought
combined and one of the finest and
most unique contributions to the
cause yet shown. This cartoon has
held visitors a.t the drug store ql&
the day long. It is worth seeing,
Mr. Cumming is a representative of
one of the loan companies having in
terest in this territory.
SNOW OVERNIGHT IN HARD
FREEZE UP IN WYOMING
DENVER, Colo., October 29—(#)
—Drizzling rain which started yes
terday turned into snow overnight in
Wyoming and parts of Colorado and
Acontim‘led unabated today. Weather
forecasts however, were that the
storm would be of short duration.
While no rain or snow was reported
from Montana, below freezing tem
peratures weer reported in some
‘places with twenty above zero at
- Butte.
CORDELE; GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1926
SENATO RFACES
S |
LIQUOR CHARGES
- LIQUOR ;
FORMER PROHIBITION Dl-?
RECTOR GIVES DAMAGING
TESTIMONY. ]
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CHICAGO, October 29— ()—
Ralph M. Stone, indicted former pro
hibition director of Illino}s, today
testified that he ' paid twenty-si
thdusand dollars in graft for ap
proval of ‘permits for withdrawal of
sacramental wine to Lowell B. Ma
som, “dry” state senator, who is a
candidate - for ‘re-elc_ction next Tués
day. Fai ol g
Stone was called as the govern-.
ment’s star witness in the trial of
Mason and Major Percy Owen, also
former Illinois prohibition director,
for conspiracy to violate prohibition
‘act.
EARTH TREMORS FELT
IN PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
MANILA, October 29—(1P)—An!
‘earthquake which sook Manila early‘
today apparently covered a wide |
area in the Philippines, being felt in!
the entire island of Luzon. i
‘Many persons in the = city were
frightened by the heavy shock, scores
leaving buildings. One member of the
'‘municipal council jumped out of
window in the city hall. No damage‘
has been reported. |
COUNT SALM GIVEN’ TWELVE
'DAYS TO APPEAR IN SUIT
NEW YORK, October 29—(/P)—
'Cont Salm aws given twelve days“in®
whisch_to appear in a_ scparation
.suit he has brought against his wife,
former Milicent Rogers, aski'n{‘r cus
today of their child, Peter. When
the case was called, counsel fbr the
countess made & motion for dismissal
on theg round that the .cpu‘nt was
‘not here, although he could ‘come any
‘time he wished. The motion was de
i nied.
T BELGIAN (CROWN !’!IKINCE ,
~_GOES TO TAKE HIS BRIDE.
) BR ' SSELS, October 20—(1)—»
Crown Px;incc Leopold,-heir appuarent
'to tfic“Bel}zian throne, was enrotue
to Stoekholm today to take his bride
} Princess’ Astrid, niece of the king of
- Sweden.
’ The civil ceremony will ba there
nert Tharsday, followed h':rct No
vember tenth by religious cere
’ monies, Protestant and Catholic,
;vou‘rH OF NINETEEN YEARS -
HAGED FOR SLAYING OFFICER
CHICAGO, ctober. 29—(&)—
Richard Evans, nineteen, paid with
his life today for the murder of a
Chicago policeman. He was hanged
at 'Cook county jail at seven ten.
Before going to the gallows Ev
ans confessed that he and not his
, drunken companion. as he had main
, tained, shot and killed Patrolman
' Finnigan last March when the officer
arrested the two for speeding.
After searching desperately all
night for a man reported missing
when a Hartford building collapsed
‘one of the rescue party, learned that
f},e himself was the supposed victim.
BOSWELL MADE:
CHIEF OF BUREAU
;] ] |
}) STATE MARKETS
WEAVER IS ‘MADE ASSISTANT?
COMMISSIONER OF AGRICUL.
TURE
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ATLANTA, Ga., October 29-—(.4’)'?
—M. E. Boswell of Greenshoro, wasi
appointed director of the bureau of
markets, J. J. Brown, commissiofiefl
of agriculture, announced today.,']
Mr. Boswell is a merchant, farmer,l
and banker and has served six years
in the legislature. ’ !
J. C, Weaver was appointed assist-;
ant commisioner of agriculture. = /|
T AROYAL FAVORS
OWER PROJECT
HIGHLY ESTEEMED ° ITIZEN
¥ WORKING' FOR' BETTERMENT.}
| THROUGH PWER ~ DEVEOP
;, MENT. 0
¢, Mr. T. 1?.»Royal, one. of the best
kriown and ;most highly esteemed;cita
zens .of the: county, favors the’ Crisp
count')","power development on ‘Flint
river and ‘si working for the dause
in the Tuesday election. Mr. Rcya!
has celebrated his ' golden wedding
and has always been one of the most
successful farmers in Crip.i He said
today that farming had reached the
end of the way and that sensible
men ought to begin to think of using
other resources for relief.
That the Crisp power development
is worth working for is his belief
and hopes to see it win and change \
business conditions for the better in ‘
this section. He has given the caus> ‘
long and careful thought. |
e e e ’
TWO ROBBERS SLAIN IN :*
EFFORT TO RAID PETROIT BANK ‘
« DEROIT, Michigan, October 29—
(P)—Two robbers were shot and |
killed by a guard today when theyg
attempted to hold up the Bank of De- i
troit branch in a downtown bhsiness |
district. ;
NEWSBOYS WILL GET |
" WAY THROUGI |
' SHOWS/ (.~ |
* The World at Homg Shows .in the'}
fair-grounds will be host to the news- |
boys of the Dispatch force to'ni;:ht.g
They have tehir way into all the |
shows as a gift from the management [
of the shows and will be the happiest |
young crowd on the show ground to- :
night. I
silki i s 9 s |
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MARKETS AT GLANCE
NEW YORK COTTON {
OPEN 'CLOSR P. C.}
BBN Liiaie o Tebd 1249 ]2:,:6;
RIS v, 102 D 1319 1308 |
. 100 TN 122 Si
CORDELE COTTON g
Middung eloged. .....onsinenwic TIVIO )
LOCAL CREAM MARKET ‘
Standard butterfat .....auGiiiai.. 43.00;
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PEANUT MARKET |
PURUE it sso.ooi;
R TR |
COTTON SEED MARKET |
Cotton seed ............ $20.00 & $23.00]
CLASHING GANGS
!
’ BIRGERS AND SHELTONS WILL
i NOT BATTLE AGAIN ON OLD
? GROUNS.
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MARION, Illinois, October 29—
l (P)—Threg counties of southern Illi
|nois today wondered what the net
' move Would be in the latest denion
stration of animosity between the
] Birger and Shelton factions, with re.
iports current that Carl Shelton, cre
~of the leaders, had 'gene' tu wizit a
' sick brother in Arkantas ahd that
! the other trio wag'ill 4t homie in’ East
;St. Louis,
| The deaths of two members of the
‘Birger gang the burning of a .déscrt-.
led road 'house' frequented by the
i"Birgef!‘ites,'dnd'the cxpulsidn of tha
Sheltons from Franklin county by
' Sheriff Dorris were the events that
| marked thé trend of the anxious for
| four, ; '
Gone From County
EAST ST LOUIS, Octbber 29—-
| (P)—Earl Shelton Thirty-two one of
l the three Shelton brothers who have
been the stormly petrels in the Wil-
I liamston county affairs for years.
announced from his sick bed here
il:oday that the Sheltons were out of
'the count yto stay.
I " He has been ill from malaria for
l three weeks at the home of a friend.
| “We are not going tack to Wil
? liamston,” he said “there is too much
| shooting. around. there and we in
l variably get the blame for it. Charlie
! Birger’s talk is all hot air.
QUEEN MARIE WAS 51
YEARS OLD
TODAY ¢
‘; ABOARD QUEEN MAI‘.[E'S
iT‘RAIN October 29—(P)—Queen.
Marie celebrated her fifty first birth
day today on the special train bound :
for Winnipeg in rcs?;flgl aswciuloni
wth her chldren, Princess Ilena and
Prince Nicholag, The: tran was duol
in Wirfnipog tomerrow nigit. '
PASSENGER LINEC CRIZLLD |
STUCK FAST UFON RQCKS !
PORT EADS, La. October 29--—!
(/P)—The passenger liner, Creole
went aground nn'West Jetty in South
Pass here today. The sfiifi and pas
sengers appeared in no danger, pilots
said, although stuck fast. Tugs will
be required to tow theé ship back to
the channel. ; :
CALL FOR AID ANSWERED'
FOR SICK IN BAHAMASi
WEST PALM BEACH, October 29 |
—(P)—United States coast guard
cutter, two ninety six, carrying two
doctors and medical and food sup
plies, left the municipal docks this
morning for Grand Islands, . Ba
hamasg, in answer to a plea of thel
British government for air for morc‘
than threé hundred islanders report- |
ed stricken with disease.
GEO'RGIA NEGRO TIGER
FLOWERS TO TACKLE WALKER |
NEW YORK. October 29——(/?)—'
Negotiations have been ilosed for'
Tiger Flowers, Georgia negro, to de- |
fend his worsd middleweight cham
pionship in a ten rohnd bout with}
Micky Walker, former welterweight’
champion at the coliseum in Chicago,
December 3rd. Announcemnet was
made by Walker Miller, manager for
Flowers,
§ ESTABLISHED IN 1908
STORM DEATHS
!CHARGE IS MADE I.N FLORIDA
NEWSPAPER BY ED SHARPE
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Oct.l
20—I(/P)Sensational charges against
the present drainang board andi
state engineer by Edward Sharpe,‘
editor of the Everglades News, fea
tured the morning session of the
drainage conference here,
l Sharp exploded a bombshell when
|hc placed responsibility for many‘
lives lost and large'propcrty dam-‘
age on the shores of Lake Okeecho
‘bee in the recent hurricane on thc‘
alleged incompetency of Fred Elliot,
state engineer, |
BALDWIN cog:w
'ICOUNTY EXECUTIVE COM.-
MITTEE DECLARES ALLEN
NOMINEE FOR REPRESENTA
TIVE, STATE COMMITTEE FOR
M’CLUNEY.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga., October
29—(#P)—While the state democratic
executive committee today declared
Rev. J| F. McCluney the nominee
for state representative from Bald
win county, the county executive
committee, in session this afternoon,
tabled the instructions of the state
committee for another recount aud
lin a second resolution declarad
| Marion H. Allen the nominee.
The county executive committee
ignored the state committee all the
way through in today’s session, it
was stated by men connected with
both sides of the controversy, even
to the extent of barring ' lawyers
from each side from appearing be
fore that body.
G. E. Maddox, chairman of the
state democratic executive com
mittee wired W. W. Stembridge,
chairman of the state democratic
executive committee has declared J.!
F. McCluney the nominee for statel
representative “because of viola
tions of rules and instructions from‘
the state executive committee.” ‘
It was indicated late tonight that
there will be efforts made to use
two sets of tickets at the general
election, one bearing the name of
Marion H. Allen) and the other bear-‘l
ing the name of J. F. McCluney,
both claiming to be official ballots.
Over the long distance telephone
Mr. Maddox stated that it was the
first time in the history of Goom.:i:),l
democracy that a local committee
had defied the state committee.
Further defiance is indicated by a
threat tonight to bar “official bal
lots” bearing the name of J. F. Mc-
Cluney, from the general election.
The situation, it declared, pre--
sents a crisis that involves the de
mocracy of the state.
BOMB DESTROYS FRONT
OF CATHOLIC CHURCH
SAN FRANCISCO October 29—
(P)—For the third time in a period
of about two years St. Paul’s Catho
lic church here was bombed early
this morning. A dynamite blas was
set off at the door of the edifice
shortly before worshippers began to
arrive for early mass,
It did several thiusand dollars
worth of damage to the structure.
NEW NDUSTRES ¥
Crisp County is developing|
14,000 horse power electrie
plant on Flint River. New
industries are tax free 6
years,
NUMBER 298
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T —— »
MEYER WILL GO TO MEMPHIS
WITH PLANS WELL DEFINED
MEMPHIS, Tenn., October 29—
()—Having already launched fi
nance corporations in eight states
with promises of approximately thieo '
million bales of the 1926 cotton '
crops to be retired from the markei.j
Eugene Meyer, chairman of tl‘.e§
president’s cotton committee, went, in’
to session with the bankers of 'Arkfl;‘_i,-;
sas, Tennegsee, and Mississippi houg
today. , " Ly 4
With a goal of holding out four’
million bales, Mr. Meyer in’ calling :
the meetihg here indicated thi‘,,}fié;
Memphis meeting will add three hun
dred thousand bales to the hold outs.
ALLEGED BANK ROBBERS |
WILL RETURN TO"INDIANA|
~ ATLANTA, Ga., October 29—
—Three men and a women held hm,
lfor the recent robbery of an_. In-:
idianapolis bank, waved -otnditiont
here today and weer expected to hf
‘ started back in custody of Indiapo-)
’lis police this :{fternoon.",,‘_._.’ sl
‘they would resist a retrn to Indiana
i and a requisiton hearng bi_sfo;’o Gov
ernor Walker, was anndlil'lced' for
tomorrow. ¢ 8 .
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'TRUNK CONTAINS SOME ' = '
}r WOMEN'S WEARING APPAREL
- LOS ANGELES, October 20—(P
—The Times says that the ' trunk
seized in New York belonging tb
Kenneth rmiston, fugitive radio 'opc
erator in the McPhergon case, con
tains several articles of women's
clothing. :
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.WOMAN IS AWARDED r
FIFTY THOUSAND DAMAG’ES
ATLANTA, Ga., October 29—(iP)
—he state court of appeals today
affirmed the decision in Fultb_ll'
court awarding Mrs. Eula ownsend
fifty thousand for the death of her
husband, a freight train conductor oTn.
the western and tlantic railroad,” '
‘TO INTRODUCE ICE
CREAM KISSES -
This advertisement clippad fro;n
the paper and presented at our
store together with a 26c cash
purchase will entitle the holdo_r
to one of our NEW CHOCO.
LATE COVERED ICE CREAM
KISSES, made in the store from
KINNETTS VELVET ICH
CREAM & Chocolate coating. .
RETAIL PRICE 6o e
TRY THEM AND YOU’LL
.. BUY THEM
’ :
New Today
Stead’s
Drug Store
PHONE NO. 1 '