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\WOLUME NO. 10
PIG WOMAN POINTS OUT SLAYERS IN HALL-MILLS CASE
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ROM HEWPITAL
Bfibm GIBSON
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SAYS SAW HENRY STEVENS AT
' MURDER SPOT AFTERSLAYING
% SOMERVILLE, N. J., November
, £ (#)—Mrs. Jane Gibson, support
'( by a physician and nurse, raised
grself on a hospital bed in court
y,; today to point to Mrs. Frances
;‘ evens Hall and her brothers, Willie
" ‘and Henry Stevens, as the three per
bJ}itms she saw near the spot wherc the
" bodies of Rev. Edward W. Hall and
:fy'iyrs. Eleanor R. Mills were found.
,:: Her story substantially was the
s'; " eas that she previously told, ex
i ;pt that che said she saw Henry
Btevens at the spot after she had;
B previously seen Mrs. Hall and Willie
_QMVensi n a sedan parked in De Rus-i
sey’s lane. |
Carried On Stretcher i
JERSEY CITY, N. J., November 18}
(#)——The state’s star witness in the
Hall-Mills case, Mts. Jane Gibson,
was transported: in an ambulanceg
from the hospital here today to
Somerset county court house where
she will testify relative to what she
saw in De Russey’s lane the night
Rev. Edward W. Hall and his lover,
Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills were slain.
Mrs. Gibson probably will testify
from a stretcher on which she will
be earried from the hospital, a ,dis-l
tance of thirty-seven miles, it was
said. . - 1 '»afl
The prosecution’s case hinges onl
Mrs. Gibson’s story of hawing seen
Mrs, Hall and her brothers at the
scene, 5 : .
LOVE_L%"" ‘RS FROM
CARQLW&QRT
OF TRIAL
PARIS, Nov. 18.—(AP)—Love let-|
ters from Carol of Rumania to Zizi;
Lambrino are part of the evidence
before the court here which is trying
her suit against the former crown
prince.
She seeks ten million francs dam
age and desires that her son, six
years old, shall bear the name of Ho
henzollern, which ig that of the Ru
manian royal household.
She formét"ifv wasg Carol’s ‘morganic
wife and the "’ifla’t‘t’x‘!hge “wag @nnulled
by the Rurfianian parliament in 1921.
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CORDELE DISPATCH
Cotton Removal Plan Of Coolidge Is Condemned As Temporary Shift
PERMANENT COTTON PROGRAM
IS DEMANDED AT ST LOUIS
MEETING OF FARM ORGANIZA
TIONS. ;
ST. LOUIS. Novemher 18—(#)—
| The declaration of principles which
the cighty farmer organization
representatives from si southern and
si northern states came here to
evolve as an initial step toward a
rencwed and united demando n con
gress for legislation for agricultural’
relief, was announced today. : ‘
The outstaning item is endorge
" ment of the plan sponsored by Frank
0. Lowden, former governor of Il
| linois.
In general the principles of the
‘plan agree with the new version of
the McNary Haugen bill, the first,
two editions of which failed to mus
ter sufficient strength in congress.
The declaration of principles
stressed the spirit of unity and har-!
mony which marked the session and
commended the members of con-l
’gress who voted for agricultural re
'lief legislation.
- A permanent program for cotton
was demanded and the plan’of the
| president’s cotton commission for re
moval of four million bales from the
immediate - market was condemned
} as a temporary expeédient. !
FLYING FACIST GETS
‘ AUDIENCE WITIL '
; COOLIDGE I
- WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—(AP) —|
Major Mario de Bernardi “flying|
facist” who is taking all Amcrica'sl
;sea'plane records back to Premiers
Mussolini, came to Washington today[
in order to receive with his team
mates personal congratulations fmm!
President Ccolidge on his victory in'
the recent Schneider cup races atl
Norfolk, Virginia. l
DEMOCRATS WILL ASK
"UPHREE MILLION
' |TAX CUT i
. WASHIN)STON, November (18-1
i,@’)-—'—}A ta program contemplating
‘Il pcrm.ément reduction of three hun-i
dred ‘and twenty five million dollars
‘was agreed upon today by Senatorj
Simmons of North Carolina and Rep
\ resentative Garner of Teas, ranking‘f
democratic members of the congres
sional fiommfi‘ttecs handuing tax
legislation .
MILL WORK MAKERS ENTER
ANNUAL MEETING IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga., November 18—
(P)—The opening session today of
the annual convention of Millwork
Manufacturers of the South — was
given over to reports of committees
on registration. Officers for the or
ganization will be selected tomorrow
TWO HELD FOR MURDER
IN SLAYING OF DEPUTY
NEW ORLEANS, November 18—
()—Two men were held in Arabi
jail in Saint Bernard Parrish today
cn murder charges growing out of
the killing of Deputy Sheriff Sam
Gowland and the wounding of ten
others in a gun fight at De La Croix
' Island Tuesday between trappers and
guards of trapping lands,
CORDELE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1926
QUEEN MARIE SAILS FOR HOME NEXT WEDNESDAY
‘WILL SAIL FROM NEW YORK
WITHOUT TRIP THROUGH
l SOUTH.
' i
) LOUISVILLE, Ky.. November 18
t~(/!’)——Qucen Marie will abandon
- her American tour at' Detroit Satur
' day because 'o" a serious turn in the
! condition of King Ferdinand and will
? arrive in New York Sunday morning
She epests to =ail November 24 on
the Berengarvia according to a state
ment authorized by the queen today
Queen Marie will spend today ana
tomorrow in Cincinnati and then will
go to Detroit '
New cable advices from Bucha
rest concerning the health of King
Ferdinand have been received and
the news not good, Marie eplained.
The eact nature of the advices was
GOVERNOR ISSUED PROCLAMA
TION YESTERDAY MAKING THE
AMENDMENT PART OF CONSTI
TUTION OF STATE.
The Crisp county power. amend
ment which wa§ voted-by the people
of Georgia at the general election
last November 2nd, was yesterday
proclaimed part of the constitution: of
the state of Georgia by Covernor
Clifford Walker and the last legal
step has been taken. |
The local grand jury may now pro
ceed with the naming of thefour oth
er members of hte power commissioni
and those entrusteq with the new du
ties may then go forward with the
validating of the bond issue of a
million 2ad a quarter dollars. |
Local citizens will have no further
legal steps to take outside the county.
Their work will in future be devoted
to direct work of building and oper-‘
ating the. power plant. ‘
COMING T 9 CORDELE
Rt. Rev. F. ¥, Reese, D.D., bishop
of the diocese .of Georgia, wil] pmuch‘
and celebrate the Tioly Eucharist at
Christ church next Sunday at 11:30
a. m, |
The public- is cordially inviteq t,o!
this service. i
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‘ NEW YORK COTTON |
| OPEN CLOSH P. C.
Jan, Ll 1880 I 100
lJlll_V eskiinhe XaBD 1329 1333
’Dcc. Gouimihne 1809 1263 1266
! CORDELE COTTON
Midalae clased ... 11488
e ———————— s e e e e b o s st
LOCAL CREAM MARKET
Standard butterfat ............... 44:75
PEANUT MARKET
POADOLE. & vuaniadinniamaan 310600
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‘ COTTON SEED MARKET
| Cotton seed ............... $20.00 & $22.00
SCENIC HIGHWAY
|
l FORMED AT MEET
| AFTERNOON SESSION OF ROAD
| INTERESTS HERE TODAL
I PLANS WORKIN iBODY.
i\ ot
: The meeting of : epresentatives
' along the highway fgom Macon to
' Valdosta here this affernoon in the
‘aseembly rooms of thefboard of trade
resulted in forming organization
whose purpose will bg to look after
the interests of this rogte in the final
selectiono f the Appalachian Sce_nig
,Highway through thig section -of
Georgia. ‘
This orginzation wi§l have W. H.
Dorris of Cordele .adits chairman
ywith viee presidents {ffom various
| counties along the linefas follows:
Dr. Daves, Vienna, | Ga., vice
president; Dr. Bush, Lamar county;
Dr.Elrod; Chamber ‘Cc\)mmcl‘ce, Ma
‘con, Ga.; Sam Nunn, Houston coun
| ty; Dr. McArthur, Crisp county;
{ Henry H, Tift, Tift county: Dr. G.
;C. McKonzi?, Turner county: Wal
[ lace Campbell, Cook count; Chamber
i‘Commercc' Lowndes county;
Mise Orba Cobb, secretary and
" treasurer Dr. T. J. McArthur, who is
!chairman of a bqard of trade com
i mittee in Cordeue on Ithe highway,
presided at the meeting this after-
L noon. Miss Orba Cobb served as sec
| retary. Col. Dorris stated the purpose
| of the meeting here and a committee
was sent out to mame officers for
the new permanent body to work for
the scenic highway . through this
route, as follows: Dr. W. L| Story,
~ Ashburn, Ed Dykes of Vienna, and L |
‘W. Myers of Tifton. |
The officers listed are to serve as
'a board of directors for the body
and a meeting of these has been‘
called for net Wednesday at thei
board of trade rooms in Cordele at
the hour of eleven o’clock. Directorsi
for the counties not repreesnted ati
the meeting will be notified of this;
meeting. The cause got a fine start
in the meeting held here today.’
Those present were: T. W. Hodges,
Tifton, Ga., W.: F. Taylor, Tifton,t
E. B. Dykes. Vienna G. W. Coleman
"Tifton, M. C. Mobley Tifton, L W.|
Myeds, Tifton, Dr. V. C. Daves, Vi-%
.enpa J. N. Raines Ashburn, W, L.
Story Ashburn. !
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'SEVEN HOUR BATTLE RESULTS|
' IN HEAVY LOSSES TO BOTH*
SIDES. |
-~ MONTEVIDEO, Uuruguay, No
‘vember 18—The Brazillian govern-
Lment today was reported to be rush
ing troops to-affected areas in thel
‘state of Rio Grande Do Sul, where'
i‘revolutionary elements, according to'
?border advices, have clashed withl
‘state troops.
A seven hour battle was roported'
)' at San Gabriel between state troops
' and rebllious forces, with ‘heavy
losses to both sides.
;'urguay is strengthening morder pa
1\ trols in order to prevent violation ofl
f‘Uruguayan territory. '
’ J. Fenimore Cooper’s decision toi
i\wite came after he had read a very
poorly written novel, I
NINE MEN ADMIT GUILT AND
"GET TERMS IN WRIGHT CASE
THREE OTHERS IN
- OTHERS AT LARGE
l IN LESS THAN NINETY RAYS THE
TRIAL ,AND ,CONVICTION OF
l FIRST MOB IN GEORGIA OCCURS
. DOUGLAS,; Ga., Nov. 17,—Nine men
who were charged with muxder grow
!jug out of the lynching of Dave
Wright in Coffee county on the night
iof_ August 27, pleaded guilty in the
'.superior court here today, and the
special term of court convened to try
It.he Iynching cases was adjourned.
l Major Brown, recognized as the
'lender of the mob that took Wright
from jail and killed him, was the first
ito admit his guilt and throw himself
on the mercy of the court. e had
lalready pleaded not guilty and four
jurors had been selected to try him.
His decision to plead guilty came
as a surprise to the court officials
and caused a profound shock in the
,courtroom, where a tremendous crowd
lhad gathered to hear the case. Judge
| Reeq sentenced Brown to life in the
' penitentiary. 4 ‘
—~.Alter a few..prelimingries eight of
lthe other defendants indicated that
they wished to plead guilty. They
were Archie Tanner, George Lott,‘
‘Paul Cady, Willie Arnold, Willis sz-'
‘ner, Joe Hutto. Alma Hester and
}C‘hurlie Adams. As they were recog
‘nized as being members of the mobl
but not leaders, the sentence impos- |
ed upon themwag lighter than thnt'
given Brown, each being ordered to|
serve from four to twenty years.
There are three other defendants
in the same case in jail, Jack Lastin-l
ger, John Stricklanq and Tilden |
Smi\th. They declined to plend, :xml’
disposition of the charges ug-;ninfltl
them will be made at a luter «!:;le.l
court adjourning subject to cail
Robert Bullard, the lad who turned
state’s evidence, and on whose in
formation Ithe other h‘idictmmfls were
found, was nog l_)l'()l-ll.:hl to the court
hmmo'durilig lhgi !);61!';0(%)'11}!.8‘ today.
Abhie Bfown, ‘wife of Major Brown,
the woman who made an effort to
liherate ile;n"lillisl):xn(l from jail shortly |
after his ai'rest. is still in jail in I"itz-l
gerald,
A case of attempted jail breaking
and other lesser charges are against
her and recently the court of appeals
upheld a verdict of the lower court
charging her and her hushand with '
the murder of Pete Leggett, a negro
restaurant keeper of this city. It is
likely that she will be taken to the!
state farm to serve the sentence al
ready pending. : '
There hag been absolutely no dis- |
order since the trial started 'l‘l.:t-:fi(l::y.;
Hundreds of people throughout the
gection have appearved as spectators,
overflowing the courtroom. As a gen
eral rule the public is satisfied with
the verdict, feeling that law has hm'n|
avenged. A pathetic scene was rrvut’
ed when a number of women und!
children were present in the court
room when sentence was passed upon
the group, all of them young men,
This ig believed to be the first case
in the history of the state and possi
bly the south where a mob was appre
hended and convicteq in less than|
ninety days after the commission of
the crime, and a majority of those in
volved have heen given pricon terms, |
LAST OF FOUR SENATORS READ
OUT OF PARTY IN 1924 IS NOW
BADLY NEEDED.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.-~(AP) —
Republican leaders of the senate were
ready to hold out the Olive branch to
Llynn Jj. Frazier of North Dakota, sole
'survivor of the group of four senators
’w::u! ocut of the party in the first
flush of success at the pols in 1924
I Admittedly Senator Irazier holds
'lhe strategic position i nany negotia
'iinns with the old guard as his vote
is likely to be essential to the re
publicans, if they are to organize the
senate next year ‘
Sonator Borah of Idaho recently
; wrote party leaders asking that tho{
iaction of two years ago be roscindcd.l
et ot s Aot |
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'ROYAL CAFE IS A
" YEAR OLD TODAY
.PROPRIETORS THANK PEOPLE
OF CITY AND COUNTY FOR FINE
l BUSINESS SUPPORT.
, The owners of the Royal Cafe are
' celebrating the first anniversary of
lt.he establishment of the cafe in Cor
' dele today anq the first and prineipal
Ithing is an expression of deep grati
tude to all those who have been such
ihusiness friends as have made the
success of the Royal so fine up to
;the present time, '
- The Royal, down to the very lasl,l
letter, believes in the progress of
this community and section and is
lending all its best efforts to main
taining a restaurant in keeping with
all these ideals of progress. This
first anniversary is a happy day with
all those connected with it. '
NEGRO IS GARROTED
; IN CUBAN
JAIL
SANTIAGO, Cuba, November 18
—(/P)—Jose Quesada Castillo, negro
murderer, was garroted in prison
here today. Castillo was condemned
for the murder of his daughter whom
-he killed after escaping from prison
here where he was servi_ng a life
sentence for the murder of his wife.
'NEW RAIWAY ORGANIZATION
NEW YORK, November 18—(#)—
~An important step in the reorganiza
tion of St. Paul Railway was com
pleted today when the new company
which will be known as the Chicago,
Milwaukee and Pacific Railroad com
pany was organized to succeed the
present company, now in receivers
ship.
Four alleged participants remain at
large, but every effort is being made
to arrest them,
First on Record
ATLANTA, Nov, 17.—(AP)— The
life penalty imposed on Maj. Brown in
Douglas, Ga., today is the first life
sentence ever given in Georgia for
participation in a lynching or mob
violence, Attorney (ieneral George M.
Napier told the Associated Press to
night,
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NEARLY ALL OF GREAT DEFICIT
FOUND A YEAR AGO HAS BEEN
WIPED OUT. !
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Nov. 18, —
(AP)—Churchmen and laymen have
wiped out approximately a million
dollars of the one million four hun
dred and nineteen thousand dollar de
ficit which faced the national coun.
l('il at the general convention of the
Episcopal church in New Orleans in
11925. Doctor John Gardner Murray,
‘Mflhop of Maryland and head of the
national church, informed the eighth
annual synod of the Province of Se
wanee here today.
Bishop Murray also stated that the
lcensus of 1920 showed one person
in every four hundred and eighteen
shown by the censug of eighteen
thirty. b
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U. S. MERCHANT FLEET
TO CARRY HALF
COMMERCE. .. .
~ NE WYORK, Nov. 18.—(AP) — A
fleet large enough to carry fifty per
cent of American commerce is the
goal sought by the shipping board in
building up the merchant, marine..
This mark was set by Chairman T,
V. O’Connor of ihe board who came
here today to preside at a series of
hearings conducted throughout thse
country to canvass sentiment about
the merchant marine.
FORMER CONGRESSMAN DEAD
ATHENS, Ga., November 18—(#)
Tinsley W. Rucker, seventy-eight
years old, who was former repre
sentative in congress from the
Eighthth District, died suddenly here
today. ! '
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GARDEN
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Seed—Cabbage Plants
—Plant your Garden
now — A full line of
Garden Peas for
Fall planting. Just
received — Seed
Rye — Rape — 7
Turnips — ete. ~
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