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temperature,
VOLUME NO. 9
COOLIDGE SPEECH EXPECTED TO CAUSE U. S. WORLD COURT MOVE
WORLD COURT TALK IN WASH
INGTON REVIVES AS COOLIDGE
RETURNS. :
° WABHINGTON, Nov. 13.—(AP) —
Interest at the capitol in the world
court situation wag revived today as
President Coolidge resumed his duties
at the ‘White House after a three
day trip to Kansas City.
President Coolidge was pictured as
confident tfiat his declaration in the
west would Jead to final and decisive
steps soon toward determination of
the question of America’s membership
in ‘the protocol of adherence.
MARIE MERELY NODS
FOR CHICAGO
GREETING
CHICAGO, November 13—(#)—
Chicago donned its best today “for
Queen Marie, albeit somewhat self
conscious about the endeavor to give
her majesty a truly democratic mid
western welcome.
Perplexity of city officials who
were wondering whether to kiss the
royal visitor’s hand or merely clap
it, was disposed of by the announce
ment that the queen will not ac
kr_xow]edgement qf introductions.
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GOLDSTEIN LOSES REHEARING
: PEE‘A;IN- DISTILLING CASE
CHICAGO, Nov. 12.—(AP)— Peti
tions for a hereariné for Nathan Gold
stein and‘:@;ers convicted of
conspiracy in the Jack Daniels dis
tillery case were denied by the Unit
ed States circuit court of appeals to
day. ¥,
Besides Goldstein, others who fail
ed in their effort to obtain a rehear
ing were Daniel O’Neil, Morris Mul
tin and Harry Levin.
The Jack Daniels case involved the
withdrawal of more than 1,000 bar
rels of whiskey from the distillery
which got into bootlegging channels
ang involved a number of St, Louis
politicians and others. The various
defendants we're séntenced to prison
by Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell,
of Indfanapolis. : ‘
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THE CORDELE DISPA'TCH
MEMBERS ASSOCIATED PRESS
“Uncle Joe” Cannon’s Funeral On Tuesday Afternoon
DAIRY AND LETTERS OF DEAD
MINISTER TO WOMAN ADMITTED
MAY NOT BE ABLE TO TESTIFY
NEXT WEEK AT MURDER
~ TRIAL.
SOMERVILLE, N. J., November
13—(P)— A ten cent store note
book which was exhibit one hundred
claimed a large part of today’s ses
sion in the Hall-Mills murder trial.
Writing in the book “which for
convenience we will call a diary” was
identified by Charlotte Mills, ‘daugh
ter of the slain Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills,
as that of Rev., Edward W. Hali,
slain with Mrs. Mills.
More than four years ago the
book was introduced to show the
feeling between the minister and the
choir singer, but the contents were
not revealed. Fifteen letters said to
have been written by Hall to Mrs.
Mills, also were admitted on the
same basis.
Pig Woman Reported Stronger
JERSEY CITY, ‘N. J., November
13—(#)—The blood transfusion op
eration yesterday served to strength
en somewhat the condition of Mrs.
‘Jane Gibson, star witness in the Hall-
Mills case, it was indicated today by
her physicians. They refused to
comment on the prospects for her to
testify at the trial next week.
A WHOLE RAILROAD
STATION IS
STOLEN
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., November
13-—(!P)—Sometimé between Hal
lowe‘en and yesterday a complete
railroad station was stolen at Mag
nolia Springs near here. The station,
and addition to Magnolia Springs
Hotel, had been razed by two ne
groe§ who said a man ref)resenting
himself as a railroad authority had
ordered them to tear it down, and
giving them the material, which was
found in-their yards. ;
Detectives no seek the man who or
dered the destruction. :
PEACHES BROWNING
NEEDS $lO,OOO
A WEEK .
NEW YORK, Nov. 13.—(AP)—Why
Peaches Browning needs the thousand
dollars a week alimony she is seek
ing might be shown by the song,
“You made me what I am today.”
Her lawyers say her husband
taught her to appreciate limousines
and pate de foi gras instead of the
subway and automats and the law
says that alimony must be sufficient
to enable the wife to live in the style
she enjoyed with her hushand.
FAILED TO GET TRUE BILL
BROWDER AIRPLANE DEATH
ATLANTA, Ga., November 13—
(P)—The fourth eorps headquarters,
hnited States army, has received
notice from the solicitors at Mont
gomery, Ala., advising that the
grand jury there failed to return a
true bill in connection with the death
of F. W. Browder, by airplane sup
posed to have been piloted by army
fliers from Maxwell Field,
CORDELE, GEORGIA, SUNDAY; NOVEMBER, 14, 1926
MEETING OF FULL MEMBER
SHIP OF BOARD WILL BE
- HELD FRIDAY NIGHT NEXT.
} At the regular monthly meeting
‘ of the directors of the Crisp county
' board of trade on Friday evening
| plans were made for a special meet
‘ ing of the general membership to be:
“held on November 19th for the pur-
Tpose of formulating the work for
i‘the new year, As the general meet
"ing was postponed in September on
' account of preparation for the gen
’ eral election in November, the offi
"cers have not been elected forsthe
! new year. A committee was appoint
| ed to plan the program and to make
- arrangements for a plate dinner.
IMessrs E. A, Vinson, S# L. Ryals,
"and W. E. Pridgen were "appointed
to nominate the officers and di
rectors. ?
Definite plans were laid for going
forward with the development of the
‘Flint river water pm'aver and com
'mittees were sent to various tasks
looking to this end.
' Since the board of tradeis a coun
ty organization, a drive is being plan
'ned to organize brances at Penia,
j Arabi, Hatley and the other districts
for the purpose of getting the pec
ple in the county interested in the
county’s development. Definite plans
for the organization of these branch
es will be made in the Friday night
meeting of the membership
Those present at this meeting were
Messrs C. M. McKenzie, T. E. Arva
niti, P. F. Fitzgibbons, E. A. Vinson.
W. H. McKenzie, W. G. Gleaton, W.
P. Fleming, S. J. Hill, J. M. Hunt,}
J. A. Lasseter, W. L. Robuck, C. E.
Brown, W. 'A. Thompson, J. A, Ward
T. J. McArthur, and Miss Orba Cobb. |
RAINBOW FINDS NEW WAY
TO IMPRESS BARGAINS
Samuel Rainbow. who has just open
ed a new department siore in Elev
enth Avenue has inaugurated a novel
method of getting people to find out
where the new store is located. He
has an advertisement in the Dispatch
this issue in which is something in
teresting. . He estimates that this will
bring many people into the store. The
bargain is a rare one and worth hunt
ing up Monday.
METHODIST CHURCH
J. B. JOHNSTON, Pastor
Preaching at 11:30 a. m, by the
pastor. The evening service will be
devoted to a review of the year’s
work. A black board will be used
to sum up the results of our efforts
as a church, s
Intermediate Jnior Leagues at 7
p. m. : D
A meeting of the Board of Stew
ards at the close of the evening ser
vice. g
Every member of the church is
' uriged to be present at the stated gér
vices. This is the last Sunday be
fore the Annual Conference which
convenes in Americus next uednes
day, November 17th. .
B(S"T)XT‘g lfl %:mon
FUNERAL WILL BE HELD |IN
METHODIST CHURCH WHICH
HE JOINED LATE IN LIFE.
DANVILLE, IM, Nov. 13.—(AP) —
In an ivy-covered church, where his
wife planted sprigs that in the years
have grown into a massive hower of
foliage, wil} be held the final rites
for “Uncle Joe” Canfhon whose event
ful life of ninety years endeq in peace-‘
ful sleep yesterday. The funeral ser
vices will be held Tuesday afternocn,
but the exact hou.r has not yet been
set. é
The body of the veteran statesman
will lie in state at Cannon mansion
Sunday. At a late hour the funeral
was definitely set for three o’clock
Tuesday faternoon at St. James Meth
odist Episcopaj church.
~ Rev. T. N, Ewing, pastor of the
church of St. Jamés, Methodist Epis
‘copal, will officiate, Mrs. Cannon
‘was a member of this congregation
and after his retirement, “Uncle Joe”
too, became a Methodist.
| “Uncle Joe” first ran for public of
fice the year Lincoln was elected to
the presidency, he has now found the
rest he sought when he retired from
public life three years ago and “came
home to die.”
The funeral services will be brief
and marked by simplicity. Past com
mander of th; American Legion post
will be pall bearers. The body will
lie in state from ten a. m. to five
p. -m Sunday. ;
CATHOLIC ACTION IN
MARRTAGE
it TAKEN
l NEW YORK, November 13—(&)--
;'Annulment of the marriage of the
' Duke of Marlborough ton Consuelo
lVanderbilt by a Roman Catholie
idiocesan court at Southwark, Eng
land, and confirmation of the de
.cree by the Holy Rota tribunal in
Rome, caused considerable comment
; in church circles in New York today.
’ MAN CONFESSES HE SLEW
RELATIVE WITH GRANITE ROCK
CINCINNATI, November 13—(&)
—Edward Lovelace, 35, today con
fessed, police say, that he killed his
brother-in-law Everett Heath, 20,
of Waynesburg, Ky.
Lovelace said he killed Heath
with the granite block which later
he had utilized as a .weight when
he cast the body into the river. He
said that he and Heath were friepd
ly when the started for the river that
night. They had planned to fish un
til dawn. Lovelace said that after
they had cast their ]in‘es he sat down
on the heavy stone which was des
ltined to be used later by him as a
weapon of murder.
' Heath, he said engaged him in an
argument over their family affairs.
\One word lead to another, he said.
| Eventually, according to Lovelace,
E Heath arose and struck at him.
Lovelace then knocked Heath down
with the stone. Next he stabbed him.
Following this and perceiving his
victim was dead, he bound Heath’s
fegs, weighted him with the stone
and eased the body into the river.
SUIT AGAINST AIKEN COUNTY -
~ FOR LYNCHING THREE NEGROES
TOREBATE TAXES
—
REPUBLICAN WAYS AND MEANS
COMMTTEE ARE DOUBTFUL.
WASHINGTON, Novlember AlB— ‘
(#)—Leading republicans of the
house ways and means committee‘
which must initiate any tax legisla
tion, eyed askanse today the admin
istration suggestion for a rebate to
be paid next year on individual and
corporation incomes earned in 1926.
e ot pgfsioniosct
REV. ANDREW CARAKER WILL BE
IN CHARGE OF SERVICES FIRST
TIME AT CHURCH
Rev. Andrew Caraker, the new pas
tor, will be in charge of the services
Sunday at the First Baptist church.
lHis morning subject will be: “When
|The Preacher Comes to Town.” At
‘night it will pe: “C. .. C.”
A reception at eight o’clock Sat
urday niéht for the' pastorwis planned
:and a large number of the members
of the church will be present, This
will be held at the pastorium.
SANITY OF MANLEY BEFORE
JURY MONDAY IN ATLANTA
| ATLANTA, Ga. November 13—
| (P)—With all teh evidence in, the
question of the sanity of W .D. Man
léy, former head of the defunct Bank
ers Trust Company of tlanta, will go
to the jury Monday.
Judge G. H| Howard in superior
court yesterday adjourncd ecurt tn
til Monday, after the state rasiod its
case. |
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ATHLETIC RELATIONS MAY
BE RESTORED AT COLLEGES
i PRINCETON, N. J., November 13
—(P)—Prospects for restoration of
’ relations between Princeton and Har
vard appeared brighter today. In
vitation for “a complete and frank
discussion of the grievances of each
university,” was tendered by Har
i vard to Princeton and will be ac
cepted by Princeton, judging from
‘ the opinion of a spokesman.
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IJUNIOR CARNIVAL MADE A i
’ HANDSOME FUND LAST NIGHT
The membersg of the Junior (Iluflm‘
}ot the Cordele High School were de
lighted to announce that their carni-{
Ival conducted last night at the Stan
‘dard Stadium netted them the hand-‘
Enome gum of $85.00. This was mudo}
‘possible by the aid of a number ol
[the teachers and the goods furnished
ihy a number of merchants. Many
[nltendud the event,
' SURPLUS COTTON SURVEY |
} WASHINGTON, Nov. 12—(AP) —
‘A. survey of available warehouse fa
}cilitivs in the south for the storage
‘of the surplus cotton croy, undertak
en at the guggestion of the presi
-Ident'(-; cotton committee, is practically
complete, it wag said today at the de
;pzu'tmcnt of agriculture. ‘
ESTABLISHED IN 1008
WILLIAMSON COUNTY WAITS
FOR NEXT DEVELOPMENT IN
GANG WARFARE,
MARION, 11, November 13—(&)
~—A review of developments left
Williamson county wondering today
if the Birger-Shelton gang warfare
‘would not take to the air.
The thought was prompted by the
airplane bombing raid yesterday on
Shady Rest, Charles Birger‘s road
house, ter miles west of here.
CROKER MILLIONS
- LOST TO CHILDREN
’ JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Nov. 12. —
(AP)—The federal district court here
!received today the mandate of the
}United Stateg circuit court of appeals
at New Orleans which upheld the de
icision of the local court that the
ithree children of Richard Croker, late
Tammany Hall chieftain, cafl not
!share in his several million dollar es
'tate. ‘
' NEW ORLEANS, La., Nov. 12. —
} (AP)—The decision.of the federa] dis
’t,rlct court in the Richard Croker will
‘cuse was affirmed by the circuit court
of appeals here in a decision handed
down in June. Transmission of the
mandate to the Jacksonville court is
a part of the routine.
In upholding the decision of the dsi
trict court, the circuit appelate judici
ary ruled that Ethel Croker White
and two other children of the former
Tammany hall chieftain could not
share in his several million dollar es
tate, portions of which already had
been sold by Bula Croker, his witlow.i
to other persons. l
. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
‘ “Work out Your own Salvation”
is the subject on which the pastor,
' Rev. Carl Barth, expects to preach
at the hour of morning worship,
11:30. Theme at night, eight o’clock,
is “The Accounting which the Chris
tian Renders to His Lord.” Sunday
School takes in at 10:15, and the
Christian Endeavor prayer meeting
starts at seven o’clock,
NEW YORK COTTON
OPEN CLOSH P. C.
VAN, iiiilaiaacs TRER 12567 1270
BV G oY 1320 1237
BIEE, i lano 1248 1254
CORDELE COTTON
Middlng closed ...t 210
LOCAL CREAM MARKET
Standard butserfat .............iivee: 46000
PEANUT MARKET
PaRBULE .o ahinnaianing . BEOBIOO
COTTON SEED MARKET
Cotton seed ............ $20.00 & $23.00
~ DeWONDUSTRES i
Crisp County is developing
14,000 horse power electric
‘plant on Flint River, New
industries are tax free §
years,
NUMBER 311
SUIT PROMISED AGAINST CARO
LINA COUNTY FOR WORK OF
MASKED MOB. )
COLUMBIA, S. C., November 18
—(#)—A suit against Aiken S, C.,-
for the lynching of the three Low
man negroes by amaske 'd mob
October eight, loomed today.
Probate Judge George R. Wehb
issued citations for persons inter
ested to show cause why Thomas L
Hahn, North Augusta attorney,
should not be appointed administra
or for the estate of Demon and Ber
tha Lowman.
———
MADAME DUBARRY’S BED
TO APPEAR IN NEW SHOW
PARIS, November 13—(P)—
Bringing one of the most filhdl
beds i nthe world to use in a prodfief
tion on Broadway, Cecil Sorel, called
the logical successor to Bemhag'df.
will sail Saturday for the United
States, % ¢
In addition to her husband, Count
Guillamac de Segar, the actress will
be accompanied b ya large company
of actors and actresses who will take
part in her repetoirre.
Madame Sorel’s-bed, which once
was the proprey of Madame Dubarry
celebrated favorite of Louis XV, is a
four poster with perfume burners
at the top of each post. It is cover
ed with a throw of ermine contain
ing a thousand tiny pelts.
Whe nthe favorite ruied the court
of Louis XV this piece of furnitnre
soon to be seen in New York’s the
ater crowds, occupied a room in
the Chateau of Versailles. After Ma
dame Dußarry‘s death it was sent
to her castle in Touraine, where Ma
dame Sorel purchased it.
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