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VOLUME NO. 10
HALL-MILLS MURDER CASE IS NOW IN HANDS OF TRIAL JURY
P%SRIEF TIME
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SIMPSQN .CLOSED ARGUMENT
FOR STATE BELIEVING CASE
WAS LOST WITH SAME JUR
ORS.
SOMERVILLE, N. J.-December 3
—(#P)—The Hall-Mills case was given
to a Somerset county jury at one
forty four o’clock this afternoon.
The trial was started one month ago
today when Mrs. Frances Stevens
‘Hall and 'her. brothers, Henry and
William Stevens, were charged with
the murder of Mrs. Eleanor Miils.
Mrs. Mills was slain with Rev. Ed
ward Wheeler Hal!, September 14,
1922. )
~ Prosecutor Clozes }
SOMERVILLE, N. J., December 3
—qg—Alexander Simpson, special
prosecutor in the Hall-Mills case,
completed his argument at noon and
court recessed for an hour. At the
apening of the afternoon session,
Supreme Court Justice Charles W.
Parker will deliver his charge and
the case is expected to go to the jury
at two o’clock. :
Simpson assured the jury that
“honest men among you will decide
this case,’ and left the impression
that he felt that the state’s effort
was a lost cause among some mem
bers of the jury, but that he hoped
others would” hold out for convie
tion. " : .
Simpson told the jury of the possi
bility of other trials in connection
with the case in the event of acquit
tal. “Dont you believe the adminis
stration .of justice in New Jersey
will stand jyy:and. see a miscarriage’ |
he said.s 7 s -
EDITORS COMING TO
MEETING HERE
FOR DAY
. The editors o ¥the Third District
'will be in meeting at the assembly
room of the public library here at
eleven o’clock Saturday morning.
Thep are to hold a one-day session.
The editors of the Dispateh and the
Vienna Neiyl’sl B\glj}bfi hosts: at. 2
luncheon at the noon hour. ;a1 =
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of Coca-Cola.
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Cordele, Ga. Phone 87
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YOUNG LYONS
SHOT ON
PROMISED MOVIE CAREERS—
BUT LANDED FOUR YEARS IN
PRISON—THREE OTHERS
AWAIT TRIAL. '
ATLANTTA, Ga., December 3—
(P)—Convicted of kidnaping two
young Atlanta girls and luring them
to Florida with promises of movie
careers, Bert Aiken, one of the four
persons indicted on the same charge
‘was sentenced in Fulton superioy
ccourt today to four years in the
‘state penitentiary.
_ Elsie Burke, Bob Nelson, and Bill
Anderson, his co-defendants, will be
tried next week.
PATHOLOGIST WILL
EXAMINE BODY
OF GIRL
PRAIRIE-DUCHEN, Wis., Decem
ber 3—(P)—The yellow clay caked
about the body of Clara Olson,
twenty-two years old farmer’s daugh
ter foun dead yesterday in a shallow
grave near the farm of her lovers
‘parents, must keep for at least an
other day the secret of. her death.
‘The inquest to have been held to-,
-day was postponed until a patholo
gist arrives Saturday to perform an
autopsy before the coroner‘s jury.
MRS. CHARLIE NOT TO.
ASK DIVORCE
BUT CASH
LOS ANGELES, December 3—()
—Mrs. Chalie Chaplin has no inten
tion at present of divorcing her mil
}ionare _Screene comedial- husband,
Instead she made clear after a con
feren(;a,vwiith,her attorney today that
lg',e_gal.:aetién "fér separation would be
_mstxtufed ahq a cash settlement ask-;
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RIME SCHOOL 1s
" DISCOVERED IN TEXAS CITY
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, December
2—(P)—Fagin and his gang must be
in San Antonio. ‘A crime university
with blackboards, advance courses
and a vocation department, was re
vealed here today with the arrest of
two. men who, police say, admitted
being instructors,
One wall of the place raided was
covered with slate blackboards, bear
ing diagrams of safe locks, an illu
stration of how to pick pockets and
similar graphics.
‘Chairs were arranged as in a
‘class room. Police found a note
[/book in which an embryo theif ap
parently had jotted down notes of a
lecture.
| On the first page of the book was
this admonition: *“Beware of finger
prints.”
Notes found indicated pupils had
becn offered special advance courses
in pocket picking, burglary and safe
blowing. One room was devoted to
i'nstructi;)n in firearms.
Police said one of the “instructors”
admitted his chool had assisted pu
pils in disposing of stolen goods.
4 CORDELE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1926
FARMER 13
CAMPING TRIP
W. O. STROUD IN HOSPITAL IN
CRITICAL CONDITION AT Vi-
DALIA. o ‘m
LYON, Ga., December 3—(P)—
While W. O. Stroud, young farmer,
is in a critical condition in the Vi
dalia hospital, George Morris, land
‘overseer, issued a denial to having
shot him early yesterday.
Morris was arrested shortly after
the shooting and held in the county
| jail here, A preliminary heating
awaits the outcome of Stroud’s con
| dition.
Elmo Stroud, brother of the
I wounded man, told officers that Mor
s ris was the assailant. He said he and
his brother weer camping at o spot
bordering the land in Morris care
when Morris appeared from behind a
tree and shot his brother.
HEAVY SHORTAGES IN
TWO MEMPHIS
BANKS
MEMPHIS, Tenr., December 3—
(#)—Rush H. Parke, thirty, book
keeper for the American Savings
Bank and Trust Company of Mem
. phis, has disappeared, leaving short
) ages in his accounts which may reach
' a hundred thousand ‘dollars.
Entering the bank yesterday, Parke
} saw bank examiners at work over his
'books. Excusing himself, he left the
office and has not been seen since.
Several weeks ago Courtney Glis
son, teller fo rthe Bank of Commerce
and Trust Company, disappeared,
leaving shortages reaching nearly
haif a million dollars.
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\T. J. DURRETT SUFFERS
| INJURIES IN A FALL
Mr. T. J. Durrett.is at the family
home on east Thirteenth avenue suf
}feri_ng from injuries sustained in a
fall from the top of the residénce
early. Friday morning. He had gone’
on top lo’ remove dead leaves from
the valleks and slipped; rolling to
the veranda and then to the ground.
He has a fracture of one arm, baly
sprained ankle, and is otherwise
briused. He wil be confined to hisi
room for several days. ‘
FORMER U. S. DISTRICT
ATTORNEY IN ATLANTA PEN
ATLANTA, Ga., December 3—(&)
—L. P. Summers of Abdington, Vir
ginia, former district attorney for
the western district of Virginia, ar
“ rived at the federal penitentiary to
day to begin a fifteen months sen
tence following conviction on charges
’ of presenting false vouchers for pay
[ ment of his salary.
’ bS S
l The hum of the mosquito is to be
broadcast throughout England. The
1, song of the nightingale, caught by
!ithe microphone in woods thirty miles
Lfrom London some time ago, proved
such a success that the buzz of in
} sects is now to be given a trial.
The thinnest and toughest leather
obtainable is made from the skins of
} frogs,
LEAGUE CHARGES
FLAGRANT OPEN
VIOLATIONS LAW
REED IS ADVISED OF ALLEGED
EXCESSIVE EXPENDITURES
FOR BUUTLER IN MESSAGE.
BOSTON, December 3—Republi
can organizations of Massachusetts
today stood accused of ‘“‘excessive
and unwarranted expenditures” of
four' hundred and fifty three thos-.
and two hundre and eighty six ollars
during the recent campaign in which
Senator William M, Butler, chai-r
-'man of the republican national com
mittee was defeated by former Sena
tor David I. Walsh, democrat, in a
telegram sent by Conrad W. Crooker,
general counsel of the liberal Civie
League to Chairman Reed of the
senate campaign investigating com
‘mittee.
" Crooker said the investigation
“indicates flagrant violation of our
state laws and what we already
have uncovered justifies continuing
our request for a flll investigation
here by your committee. ’
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DR. MARSHALL WELL
AS COULD BE
AT 79
Dr. W. B. Marshall saw in the Dis
patch where he was ill and early this
morning called to say he was well
as any man could be at seventy-nine.
:Dr Marshall is one of the pioneers in
the communty and has scores of‘
friends on all sides. That he is well
is better news than that which went
to his friends yesterday. 7
N. Y. METHODIST CHNRCH
TO OPEN SPOONING PARLOR
NBW YORK, Dec. 3— (AP) — A
spooning parlor for self-supporting
gorls will be opened next month by
St. Mark’s M. E. church. It will oc
cupy part of a new community build
ing, and the pastor explains, is de
signed to fill the need of a place in
which young women may entertain
without necessity for attending ques
tionable and undesirable ‘places of
amusémeht.
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LITTLE BLUE TRUNK
IDENTIFIED
£ NS AIMEE’S
LOS ANGELES, December 3—(&)
—Ownership of the “little blue
trunk’ stuffed with woman’s finery
seized more than a month ago and
said by District Attorney Keyes to
belong to Aimee Semple McPherson
and her fugitive radio operator, Ken
neth G. Ormiston, definitely has been
NEW YORK COTTON
OPEN CLOSH P. C.
Jan; e e 0 1167 1199
JUIY o 1260 1235 1265
WBeE s s 12te 1190 1220
CORDELE COTTON
Miadling closed ... 0. 10426
LOCAL CREAM MARKET
Standard butterfat .............c..... 47:60
PEANUT MARKET
Pagunts: Ll aii - $105,00
COTTON SEED MARKET
Cotton Seed, car lots ................ $21.00
TRAVIS CAPTURED
| HELD FOR RETURN
. T 0 GEORGIA PRISON
SLAYER OF FULTON COUNTY
]_ GUARD ARRESTED AT KING'S
MOUNTAIN NORTH CAROLINA
ATLANTA, Ga., December 3—(&)
—R. E. Travis who escaped from
Muscogee county chain gang Novem
| ber third where he,was, serying a life
senté,nce,for the myurder of a Fulton
county guard, was captured at Kings
,‘;‘Mountain, N. C, the state prison
cqnxmis#ion was advised today.
A telegram from the Kings Moun
tain police station said Travis was
arrested in company with another
'{Georgia escaped convict, Walt Fisher
serving a sentence in Murray county.
Requisition papers are being pre
pared for their return.
NOW WHAT DID GOVERNOR
SAY TO GOVERNOR?
RALEIGH, N. C., December 3— (&)
—Governor Thomas G. McLeod, of
South Carclina, was here today as
the guest of Governor Mac Lean.
The executive from the Palmetto
state arrived at 10:40 a. m. and went
limmediately to the executive man
sion, where he was thé honor guest
at a luncheon attended by members
of the council of state and other
( prominent state officers.
! At 3p. m. the two governors were
’scheduled to leave by motor for
! Greenshoro, where they will be
iguests at a dinner tonight in honor
{ of Julian Price, president of the Jef
{'ferson Standard Life Insurance Com
| pany. !
l Following the dinner Governor Me-
Leod has announced his intention of
departing about midnight for Colum
bia.
"AKELEY TO REST WHERE
HE KILLED GORILLA
—CHICAGO, 111., Decmeber 33—
Cari Akeley, big game hunter, nat
uralist and sgulptor, who died No
vember 17 wilile on a “color photog
raphy” expedition with two artists
will be buried on the spot in Africa
‘where he killed his biggest gorilla.
"This announcement was made today
by Mrs. Mary Hastings Bradley.
Mrs. Bardley and her husband,
Herbert Btdd]ey, accompanied Ake
ley on his African trip four years
ago, when the big gorilla was bag
ged. Mrs. Bardley at her home today
in her African room filled with hunt
trophies killed by Akeley, her hus
band and herself, related Akeley’s
wish to be buried where he killed
his biggest gorilla.
“I envy that chap his funeral
pyre,” Mr. Akeley said as he looked
down at the giant gorilla at his feet”
declared Mrs. Bradley. “I wish I
could be buried here when I die,” he
added.
“That was four years ago to the
day,” declared Mrs, Bradley.
traced to the latter, says the Times
today.
The trunk was identified as one
sold to Ormiston under the name
of H. C. Cornell heer a short time
before the evangelist disappeared at
Ocean Park. Investigators traced the
trunk to Jacksonville, and then to
New York
A Yale scientist has found that
carbon dioxide is necessary to the
life of bacteria, |
FALL AND DOHENY
USE WILBUR AS
CONTROL OF INDUSTRY I 8 RE
FERRED TO TWO BODIES IN
SHAPING LEGISLATION.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3—(AP)—En
actment of an emergency radio con
trol measure prohibiting the issuance
of broadcasting licenses after Decem
ber sixth and control of the jndustry
by two hodies, a federal radio com
mission and the commerce depart
ment, are commendations of the na
tional radio coordination committee
to the congress. These recommenda
tion's, adopted here in the first meet
ingrepresenting the industry, were
presented today to the senate and
house conferees in charge of radio
legislation.
Delay in settling the radio problem
will jeopardize national industry of
giy hundred million dollars a year and
involve the disappointment of twenty
million listeners the committee in a
letter asserted.
The emergency control measure
waq suggested as one anticipating the
enactment of a permanent control
law to prevent further complication
and confusion in the air.
Unless immediate steps are taken
the letter said, the flow of agricul
tural and market information, on
which the farmers depend, also would
be affected.
LAWS ARE 'URGED BY DAVIS
TO CHECK ACCIDENT GROWTH
ROCHESTER, N. Y., December 3
—()—The annual loss of life and
money in accidents should be check
ed by instruction and legislation,
United States Secretary of Labor
James J. Davis declared before the
tenth annual New York state indus
trial safety congress here.
l Speaking on “Industrial Safety and
Accidental Prevention” Secretary Da
vis advocated daily instruction of
children in the knowledge that safety
‘is one of the first requirements of
’life and the enactment of legislation
to install standardized safety devices
Aor the safeguarding of workers and
to bring about the elimination of
traffic dangers for the protection of
the general public.
Professor C. E. A. Winslow, of the
Yale University School of Medicine,
said the total death rate from all ac
' cidental causes has dropped from
84 per 190,000 in 1910 to 71 per
100,000 in 1920, a saving of 15,000
lives a year. '
NEW PRESIDING ELDER IS
HERE TO BEGIN WORK
Rev. H. T. Freeman, who comes
here as presiding elder to succeed
Rev. I. P. Tison in the Cordele dis
trict is here and now comfortably
housed in the district parsonage on
East Eleventh avenue. He will be at
his duties immediately and is now
meeting local people and making
plans for his work. He has been giv
en a welcome by local people to his
new field,
The Greeks and Turks used the
seed of the horse chestnuts for cur
ing glanders and other ailments of
horses; hence the name.
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WITNESS
COUNTER ATTACK
NEW TURN TODAY
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ROBINSON, STAR WITNESS, FOR
DEFENSE WILL NOT, TESTIFY
TILL WILBUR IS HEARD.,
WASHINGTON, December 3—UP)
i —An etirely new line of counter ‘l‘t
tack was opened up today by t&
defense attorneys in the Fall-Do
heny oil trial. They announced that
‘within the next few hours 'thgs'
would ask Secretary Wilbur °“"‘i
witness stand. A
Whether the naval officers lmqld
among the witnesses had receivéd
‘any new orders since they were fiui&-
moned to testify and whiat prompfia
the step was not immediately d(
closed, but the defense counse), i
l ter questioning one admiral, . uu
nounced that Admiral J. K..‘gg)gi‘&
son, one of their star | wsi@‘,w
would not be placed on tha qmd!b
-l til the jury had heard'the testimory
of Wilbur. P bty
SCHOOL BOY BREAKS
ARM IN PLAY .-
- THURSDAY &
2 E. H. Culpepper Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. H. Culpepper, sustained
a bad fracture of the arm 'Qt'tb'_é‘
elbow while at play at school Thyrs:
‘day afternoon. In company with the
family physician, his father took the
injured boy to Atlanta hospital
early this morning where the lhn
will be reset. ,
EMORY MAN HONORED :
JACKSON, Miss., December S
(P)—Dean C. C. H. Jack of Emory
University, Atlanta, was elected
president of the Southern Associg
tion of colleges and secondary
schools here at the concluding ses
sions today.
Onion Sets — Garden
Seed—Cabbage Plants
—Plant your Garden__
now — A full line of
Garden Peas for
Fall planting. Just
received — Seed
Rye — Rape —
Turnips — ete.
Stead’s
Drug Store
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