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"» GEORGIA WEATHER
Rain late tonight and 'Thursday,
warmer tonight; colder Thursday
with' inereasing south winds,
VOLUME NO. 10
MAJOR BROWN GETS FULL TERM FOR LYNCHING DAVE WRIGHT
~OF GUILTY MADE
.. BY ACKSSED MAN
SUDDEN END TO TRIAL OF SUP
'POSED LEADER OF COFFEE
''COUNTY MOB.
'DOUGIJAS, November 17—(#)—
Cinginz.as a complete surprise and
bfinging his.trial to an abrupt end.
lfi;ajor Brown, outstanding figure of
the twelve defendants charged with
murder in ébnne'ction'with the lynch
ing of Dave Wright, entered a plta
ofguilty Just ‘before noon today and
was given a sentence of life im
prisonment.
BLIZZARDS BLANKET
FAR WESTERN
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DENVER, Colo., Nov. 17.—(AP) —
Blizzards that blanketed Montana,,
Wyoming, Colorado, with one to sev
en’ inches of snow abated today as
the storm swept into the southwest.
Freezing temperatures prevailed to
day in the Texas Panhandle and Okla
homa points reported an average drop
of thirty degrees since yesterday.
EXPECT PIG WOMAN
. TO .TESTIFY
~ IN CASE %
SOMERVILLE, N. J., November 17
—(#)—The prosecution in the Hall-
Mills murder’ trial expects to call
Mrs. Jane Gibson, its star witness,?
tomorrow, but her physician, doctor
Charles Kelly, believes she will not.
be able to testify.'_ : i
Court ad‘j.ourneil::d'\'rg'r "today on l
assurance of special Presecutor
Simpson that Mrs, Gibson would be
able to latii?%m;j;o’ifiérrd;w. It s
through her testiltony that the prose
cution hopes to lay a solid founda
tion of the mass \.-testi-mony already
heard.
CUBA ACCEPTS APOLOGY
HAVANA, Cuba., Nov. 17.-—(AP)—I
Cuba has accepted an apology i‘roml
Uruguay e;.nd the strained relationsl
between the two countries culminat- |
ing in the severance of diplomatic x'e-i
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CORDELE DISPATCH
“King” of House of David Captive After World Search
DECLARES NEVER
POLICE MADE RAID UPON IN
FORMATION GIVEN BY FORMER
MEMBERS OF HIS HOUSEHOLD
BENTON HARBOR, Mich,, “King”
Benjamin Purnell, fugitive leader of
the Israelite House of David and
sought for five years throughout the‘
world, was captured early today byi
the state pclice in a building used}
by a colony of the cult. members
here. ! }
Missing since nineteen twenty-two
when warrants were issued charging‘
him with assault on the girl nimates
of the colony, Purnell defied for years
an investigation by senate ang state
authorities.
The raid was made as a result of
information given the police by form-‘
er members of the cult and under‘
quizzing Purnell admitted his identi-‘
ty. Rewards for Purnell’s capture
total approximately four thousand
dollars. '
Purnell indicated today that he had
never ‘left here when he was sup
posed to have disappeared. The mid‘
was conducted solely by the volice.
Purnell was released on fifty
thousand dollars bail. Today when
arraigned in justice court on serious
statutory charges broughtby two
former girl members of the sect.
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SCENIC ROUTE
- MEETING HERE
TOWNS EETWEEN MACON AND:
VALDOSTA, WILL« BE' 'RERRE
SENTED. IN CONFERENCE.
' A meeting of’ ;represeutat‘iv_eé‘v of,
the' towhs’ ffom Macon tof Valdosta
along the old National Highway will
be held in Cordele tomorrow after
‘noon at three o’clock in the assembly
rooms of the board of trade. ;
Interest in the Appalachian Scenic
Highway will be discussed' by those‘
who attend the meeting and plans
will be made to take care of thg ad
vantages of the route in the final
choice--through this section iof Geor
fi%fl A'ASKS U. 8:
\ O INTERVENE: . ..
%Am PEACE: 1y 10
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i MANAGUA,‘l};lqembe‘r;, J{ZW((}P),—‘
' Adolfo Diaz, [hewly ..inaugurated
_yresident of Nifamgua,, has request:
ed Ameri‘can intervention in order
to put his country which is now
I'struggling with revolution, on a
| peace basis.
) In the request which was made to
the American legation, the jpresi
‘ dent stated that a weak nation such
as Nicaragua could not quell a reo
lution aided by Mexico.
RUSH OF WATER HAS
. SIX MINER
: VICTIMS |
HAZLETON, 'Pa., Nov. 17.—(AP)—
The fate of six miners entombed be
hind a rush of water twelve hundred
feet under ground in Tomhicken Col
liery late Tuesday remained a mys
tery today. ‘
Rescue crews worked throughout
'the night, but efforts to stop the
flow of water were unavailing. Until
this is done there is little chance of
reaching the victims, officials said.
CORDELE, GEORGIA; WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1926
High\éggy Program Provides For Full}_{__l:_’_a_._\g_@ Route Through Cordele
PHILIPS LAYS OUT SENSIBLE EF
FORT TO LINK UP PAVED SYS
TEMS. ‘
Outllniné a two-year program of
construction.' of paved ‘roads in 1927
and 1928, a budget prepared by John
R. Phillips, member of the state high
way board, was adopted | Monday
which will provide for . expenditure
of $10,500,000, and will complete hard
surfaced highways from the Tennes
see line to Florida and from Atlanta
to the North Carolina line, according
to John N. Holder, chairman of tlie
board. ; . : 4
Under this program in six years the
’state will have 3,000 ‘miles ‘of hard
'surtaced roads and 3,000 miles , of
’soil or sand clay roads. The road
from Atlanta to Macon is paved al
‘most all the way, and work of paving
’the remaining is now in progress. The
‘new program provides for a hard-sur
faced road from Macon to Vienna,
Cordele, Tifton and Valdosta, to Flor
ida. :
From - Atlanta to Chattanooga pro
vision is made for a hard-surfaced
road from Atlanta to Chattancoga by
lway of Cartersville ang Datlon and
also a paved road to the Tennesse"e
line by way of Rome.. :
i To the North Carolina line a paved
‘froad_is provided by way~of Roswell,
'Dal;lonega and Blairsyillg which will
‘he h‘ard-slurtacved all the way. ' -
b With an additional tax of’one,cent,
a gallon available on gasoline through
the completion of payment of defer
reéd W(Qst,el;n ’,xqu Atlantic . railway
warrants® tife ‘revenue from gasoline
tax in 1927 will reach approximately
$5,000,000, it was announced. I'eder-
al aid for roads amounting to $2.-
000,000 and $3,000,000 from automo
bile license fees will bring this
amount up to $10,500,000 for construc
ticn. Money received from “counties
will amount to approximaiely the
amount needed for maintenance pur
poses hence the full amount of $lO,-
500,000 wil'l‘_‘pg available for construc
tion in,l§27_. IR 10098 i aili N
In the budget which was adoptéd
the program for 1928 alio ig 'outlined
and, amounts to about the same as
the program for 1927 i
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‘RADIO STATION WLAC TO OPEN
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MACON, Nov. 16— (AP) — E: L.
Moore, district manager of the Life
and Casualty Insurance comvany, of
‘Nashville, Tenn., at his office in Ma
con yesterday announced that the
home gstation WLAC, known as the
Thrift Station of the company, *will
have its formal opening one week
from tonight.
Bob Riner, director of raido at this
station, has advised that the program
will begin at 7 p. m, and continue
until early morning.
Governors, congressmen, mayors
and other high state and government
officials will aid in the dedication of
the newest high-powered station, for
Nashville it was announced.
The dedication addresses will be
given from 7 to 8 o’clock interspers
ed with music by the Shrine Band.
The classic De Luxe brogram will be
heard from 8 until 10 o’clock with
the popul;zr gection starting at 10 p.
m. and lasting until the wee small
hours of morning. |
South Geprgia Conference
Opens Sgssions At Americus
BISHOP BEAUCHAMP IS PRE
SIDING AT SESSIONS IN NEW
METHODIST CHURCH|{
AMERICUS, November 17—(#)—
More than 590 ministers and laymen
were heer tonighf for the .opening
session tomorrow of the South Geor
gia Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South. Bishop W.
‘B. Beapchamp, who presidéd at
the North Georgia Conference last
‘week in Atlanta, will preside over
the sessions here. ¢
The following applicants were
passed today by a committee of ex
aminations for admission on trial as
supply preachers in the conference:
. J. M. Yarborough, Nahtunta; H. k.
Brooks, Hamilton; 8. P. Clary,
Nichols: R. C. Crosby, Valdosta; R.
E. Brown, Blackshear: Reid Smith,
Macon; W. J. McClenny, Columbus;
H. W. Mangum Colquitt; A. P. Fos
ter, Jakin and H. H. Waller Macon.l
The Conference Sunday School
Board today recommended the re:'!p
pointment of G. E. Clary as: confer
ence superintendent in charge of Suni
day School work and recommended
an increase in his salary. '
The Conference is being held in‘
the First Methodist church of Ameri
cus, recently constructed at a cost-l
of $250,000.
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OUFEN MARIE HERE
WITH SMILES AND TEARS VISIT
OR TELLS PEOPLE IN CHICAGO
OF HER MISSION.,
CHICAGQ, Ney. 17.~~(AP)— Queen
Magrie, came tp thig country to <put
Rumanja_on the map.” |
The grandgah;;hmr of Queen Victo
lr:ia niz‘fii_e ‘tiiat statement here in a
speech that started with asmile and
ended .?v'vith‘ 4" "tedr whet she said
“gnd 'remembet those of you who be
little Rumania, that you are treading
on"the heart of a queen,”
After four days here the queen and
her entourage prepared today to con
tinue the journey eastward with In
dianapolis the next stop.
Leaden skies, almest continuous
rain, with a touch of snow and cold
weather, marked the royal visit, but
faileq to quench the Queen’s ready‘
smile, except when she spoke in the
drawing room of the Union Leaguful
club. ‘
PENSION MONEY RECEIVED |
" Pension money for payiment of last‘
quarter, 1926, is in hand. 'lt will be
paid to each pensioner in person orl
to a properly appointed agent,
W. P. FLEMING, Ordinary.
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Rev. J. B. Johnstone pastor of the
First Methodist church, heads a
large delegation of Methodists from{
Cordeleswho are attending the regu
lar session of the Conference which
opened this morning.
PRESIDENT WILL NOT TRY TO
WORK OUT DETAILS OF HIS
PLAN. _
i WASHINGTON, November 17—
(P)—Having disclosed that there is
enough *money in the treasury 'to
warrant a 15 percent refund on this
year’s income ‘taes, the administra
tion fegls that the next ‘mblve is up
46 congress. K
" It was said at the white house to
l day that President Coolidge thought
(congress the best judge of what
should be done with the surplus. The
pronouncement was taken as an in
dication that in his annual message
Mr. Coolidge would not attempt to
‘work out details of the refund pro
posal, but would inform the senate
and house they must fight out that
question for themselves. “
Secretary Mellon has sggested that
the money returned to the taxpay
ers be remitted in the form of a
credit on next year’s payment, half
of it to be deducted ' from the
March installment and half from the
June installment. v
12 PIRATES KILLED
.. IN BATTLE ON
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HONGKONG, Noember 18—(P)—
Twelve pirates were killed, onc
drowned, and nine captured in a des
perate battle on the decks of the
British steamer, Sunning, and the
subsequent pursuit of the fleeing
buccaneers eighty milcs off Hong
kong, it was learned here today
when the ship was towed into port
under guard.
The pirates rushed the rails last
Monday when the watch was changed
and took control of the ship, accord
ing to offiders on. board.
Two ships officers located the re
‘olvers and ammunition and, after a
hand-to-han d encounter regainedi
control of the bridge. |
I DT Y ook \
MARKETS AT GLANCE
~ NEW YORK COTTON
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OPEN CLOSHE P. C.]
Jan. i enee o 1o 1261
GO s, 1800 1323 1319}
1) PSR i | 1266 12551
CORDELE COTTON
MAAAING 810808 .ovvioooisicboisenes 11250
LOCAL CREAM MARKET
Standard butterfat ........................ 456:00
" PEANUT MARKET
PaßnUtE it caiaiiin s]Os.oo|
COTTON SEED MARKET J
Cotton seed ... $20.00 & $23.00
Democrats Warn Newberry :3
< Supporters Left in Senat%
SWOLLEN RIVERS, FLOODED
MINES, SHIPPING DABAGE
i ARE REPORTEIVJ.‘ b ‘
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i NEW YORK, November 17—(#)—
A southern gale a('t;ompanied by
heavy rainfall whippea ‘across -the
eastern states today, leéving in its
wake overflowing rivers, damaged
building and flooded mines, crippling
communication linesan d wreaking
havoc on small craft in rivers and
harbors.
No los of life was reported direct
ly attributable to the storm although
several crossing accidents were be
lieved to have been caused by the
drivers being confused by the raih
and wind,
Probably the damage potential ot
the greatest harm was done in Penn
sylvania and West Virginia, where
all rivers were reported overflowing
their banks and where railroads,
bridges and construction lines suffer
ed heavy damage. Residents of the
lowlands were warned to be ii\ readi
ness to move out due to expected
flood conditions = resulting from
swollen waters of "the tho,"l\fhnq—
gahela and Allegheny rivers. In
northern West Virginia scores were
driven from homes invaded by flood
watrers. ' ' o 2 5
NEW PASTOR MAKES FINE IM
PRESSION AMONG MEMBERS
OF LOCAL CLUB.
Rev. Andrew Caraker, pastor of
the Fir;t Baptist church, was princi
pal speakerat the noon luncheon of
Cordele Kiwanis today. Christian
ethics in the busginess life of the com
munity was his theme. He, spoke
‘fortefully for some fifteen’minutés,
He was the center of quite a bit of
fun arising' out'of the fact that he
hails from Savannah, but he met the
deands upon his good ‘nature with
excellent retort. He was asked how
many times he voted on the Crisp
county amendment in the Chatham
election. Then the fun started.
A nominating committee for offi
cers for the new year was appointed
by President McKenzie as follows;
Dr. T. J. McArthur, W. G. Gleaton,
R. A. McDonald, M, R. Smith, and
C. E. Brown. Plans were made for
the election to be held two weeks
from today
R. L. Luffman asked.to be remem
bered to the club, He is now at
Ashville, N. C., and happily placed
in the business life of the community
IC. A. Crowell ,appgaled for wise
committee work for the coming year,
President Fitzgibbons of the county
board of trade reported that fea
tures of the program for net Fri
‘day night at the general meeting
in the dining room of the Suwanee
hotel would be the Ellis Health Law
and the broadening of the usefulness
of the trade body over the entire
PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS
Established in 1908 )
MEMBERS ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 814
SMITH AND VARE .4
CONTESTS DRAW.
OUT G.O.P.GHOSTS
ONLY 12 OF 46 SENATORS VOT
ING FOR NEW BILL Afi‘
ALEFT AN BODY. .. i diidy ol
WASHINGTON, November 1=
(#)—Calling attention to "t"h'é:' : pld
pective contesst;s‘ov;er the gelt;,in' ~°.i
Frank L. Smith, of llrifléu-~_n4}‘;§u§
lism S. Vare of ‘Pennsyl¥ania, ‘res
publicanmembers of the u‘hutka,’tfiq
democratic national committed spsit
out a statement today reécording M
only twelve of the forty six unafoi?’
who voted toset Truman H. New
berry of Michigan would'rém;ain';g
office after next March four‘.-tlh,; ';f
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.COTTON EMBARGO. leg
- NOW AT NEW'"''|
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. NEW ORLEANS, La., ngu;fibo:g
17—(#)—The New Oxleans m
said today a cotton embargo ‘had
been put into gffect hg'x"é,‘p'efqfl'l"%g
ed by overcrowded -warehouses.’ Of
ficials of the Lonisville and W
ville and Southern Pacific reilfoads
denied such embarfid"wil"jfij effect
-and said every effort had been md‘
and was being made to prevent such
action. . oo -' :
The_State quoted a Louilvfllo Qn’
Nashville official. , }
county. R i
Miss Elizabeth Jennings sapj t,%
solos in enjoyable manner, vdtfi hdi'
mother, Mrs. T. E. Jennings asae
companist at the piano. ? ;
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Scotsmen are accounting for ad
large number of golf balls iglt;;;dl:l
one of the courses at Berwiek-any
Tweed, by asserting that they are
caten by cattle grazing on thg liPk:z
FOR THE:
GARDEN
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Onion Sets — Garden
Seed—Cabbage Plants
—Plant your Garden
now — A full line of
Garden Peas fpi' c
Fall planting. Just
received — Seed
Rye — Rape S ik
Turnips — ete. |
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