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TR L 1 I o g T L B T BaT o T ey N
GEORGIA WEATHER
Cloudy and colder tonight, preced
ed by rain in east and south por
ticns; Thurs. cloudy ang colder.
VOLUME NO. 10
SMITH IS WARNED NOT TO ACCEPT McKINLEY U. S. SENATE SEAT
REPCHLICANS IN
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SMITH ADMITS WARNING, BUT
DOES NOT SAY WHETHER HE
WILL ACCEPT APPOINTMENT,
WASHINGTON, December 15—
(#)—Senate republican leaders today
warned Frank L. Smith, senalr
elect from Illinois, not to accept
appointment to fill the seat left
vacant bythe late Senator McKin
ley of llinois, if it were tendered him.
The resolution Introduced by Sena
_tor Dill, democrat, of Washington,
aready is pending in the senate
which would disavow Smith as
senator-elect. Other democrats have
declared they would resist his as
sumption of office because of dis
closures brought out by the senate
campaign funds investigating com
mittee, |
Smith Confirms Action ‘
DWIGHT, 111, December 15—(P)
~—Senator Elect Frank L. Smith to
" day verified information from Wasb-‘1
ington that Senator James E. Wat
son, of Indiana, repblican senate
leader, had urged him in a telephoie
conversation not to accept appoint-'
ment to the seat made vacant by il.»
death of Senator McKinley, republi
can, but he declined*to say whcthcr:
it, would weigh in his decision. i
NEW REMEDY SAVES
NARCOTIC
ADDICT
‘NEW YORK, December 15— () --
A ‘trealy g"e’\%fiéfi;or narcotic addicts,
sfictes’%f 4% seven months test in
tHe mtincipal cotrectional hospital
was described today' in the New
Aorq Medical Journaly and Record
The Narcdsan, discovered by A. 8,
Horvitz, Hungarian immigrant bLis
chemist, is said to eliminate the usual
craving for the drugs during treat
ment and to sestore the patfent 10
pre-narcotic condition within three
weeks. L
-PURVIS IS NOMINATED -
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—(AP) —
United States marshals nominated to
day ;included Sammuel Purvis of Geor
gia, middle district of Georgia.
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CORDELE DISPATCH
State Lands Heavily in Trial of Canton Murder
SURPRISE COMES
|
PAINTS BAD STORY
!M’DERMOTT DEFENSE = GETS
1 KNOCKED OUT IN TESTIMONY
| CANTON, ' December ~ 15—(P)-=
Patrick McDermott, on trial for th:
murder of Don R. Mellett, Canton
publisher carried a gun a week ke
fore the assassination and en the
night of the murder said he would
“have two hundred dollars in tao
morning” William Bitzler, state’s
“surprise witness,” testified today.
~ Bitzlers testimony painted the back
i.ground of alleged police corruption
and bootlegging as a setting for Mc-
Dermotts activities on the night tae
I publisher was slain, . |
CONDITION OF NAVY
R IS GIVEN.TO ‘
| COOLIDGE ‘
i Wy,
WASHINGTON, December 15—
‘(}P)—By unanimous vote the house
haval committee in secret session in
{stmcted Chairman Butler today to‘
present the views of the committee
on the conditions of the navy. l
WILFRED CUNNINGHAM IS
LAID TO FINAL REST
Wilired Cunnignham, aged fourtee,
youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Cumningham, favorite in the high
schools of Cordele where he was 2
ninth grade student, popular as a Boy
Scout, a fine athlete, and community
favorite, passed in death last might
at the local hospital after two weeks
of courageous struggling against the
inrcads ,of iilness following an attack
of appendicitis. His perilous condi
tion had been the concern of the en
tire community for days and death
has brought deepesf sorrow wherever
he was knowm
The funeral ocguiTed at the family
home on E!cvenfh avenue, east, this
afternoon at four o’clock and the re
mains were laid to rest in Sunnyside.
Rev. Andrew Caraker, pastor of the
First Baptist church, where the fam
ily worshipped as members, conduct
ed the services. The Boy Scouts
served as pallbearers and as an hon
-9!-31')' escort. Many beautiful flowers
\ere gent attesting the love and es
teem held for the deceased. R
Biis mother and father, s‘istexzs,' Mrs.
Beb Wiight and L. W. Darden of
Tamva, and Mrs. James Ward of Pope
Qity and brother, Coney, and Miss
Sara, of Cordele survive him. He
was the baby boy. |
‘JUDGE W. B. BENNETT IS |
BURIED AT SUNNYSIDE
T |
The remains of Judge W. B. Ben
{died in that city last night from au!
|attack of pneumonia, were. brought
!herq this afternoon and carried di
irectly to Sunnyside cemetery where
| they were laid to rest.
i Judge Bennett gvas son-in-law, of Mr.
]and Mrs. T.firetfi of - 'Cordele,
ihaving married Mtss Margarite Dur
| rett some seven years ago. Two lit
ttle gongs and the widow survive.
! Judge Bennett served through the
fWorld war as a first lieutenant and
!saw service in both France and Ger
lman_v. Judge Bennett had been ac
‘ti\'e in the legion work in Tifton and
! Mrs. Bennett is at present head of
the legion auxiliary there. The funer
al occurred this morning at the First
Baptist church in Tifton., He had
land his death will prove a source of
deep sorrow to many.
CORDELE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1926
FINAL PLANS FOR
3 vfsn THE POOR
;BOARD OF TRADE 'HAS OUT
’ BOXES FOR CONTRIBUTORS.
| . Wonn
! When Christmas is a joy—it is af
ter the needs of the poorin the
community have been looked after
—the the pleasure of Christmas is a
real pleasure. ’
. The Board of trade through the
wok f the Spiriual Welfare Com
mittee s spnsoring sending out bas
kets tc the poor this Christmas, as
has been the custom for the past
three years. Numbers of people have
been reported already who are in
‘need, and it is expected that help
iwill be needed more this Christmas
' season than in former years. !
’ Boxes have been placed in the fol
' lowing stores and business houses
' and free will offerings will be eppre
. ciated by those who have this in
f charge. Wall street Grocery, Coker’s
| Grocery, Piggly Wiggly, A. & P.
Rogers, Jenning:s Drug Store, Jones-
IPate Drug Store, J. D. Ryals Drug
i Store, Cash Drug Store, Jno S. Cain
!' Drug Store, Stead Drug Store, Ex
change Bank, Commercial & Savings
ißank, American Bank, Rosamond
| Cafe Royal Cafe, Roobins Depart
| ment Store, Gleaton’s Depa¥tment
iStore, Sid Thompson’s Store, Stan
| dard Bakery, and the Crisp county
- Board of Trade. In sending the
| names of familio's or indiidual it is
n: essential that the number in family,
| sexes and théir ages be given. These
lists should be in the Board of Trade
office on or before Tuesday, Decem
ber 21.
If there are churches, lodges, civ
ic organizations, Wwomen’s clubs
that desire to contribute to this
‘worthy movement, they should send
}ttheir contributions in money, things
' to eat, toys or clothing. These are
greatly needed and will contribute
largely to the happiness of numbers
of people during the coming holidays
!RECE!VERS WILL DISPOSE
i OF MACON AND BIRMINGHAM
~ WASHINGTON, December 15—
:(,H’)——Reeeivers of the Macon and
Birmingham railroad, which owng
ninety-si miles of railroad in Geor
wia, were given permission by the
Interstate Commerce Commission to
abandon the line. ‘
The commission’s decision allowing
abandonment said the court in
charge of the receivership wouid
probably allow sale of the line i
sections to any person desiring to
continue its operation.
MARKETS AT GLANCE
NEW YORK COTTON f
;;;.; CLOSE P. C.|
JAN, i acnn 4000 o 0200 1308
iy Gt 4126007 - 1290 1205
Dot i . 126 e 1:40]
CORDELE COTTON l:
Middling closod—— 10:;‘;01
LOCAL CREAM MARKET I
;Stz'-.ndard but1c).'fa:.........,......,...‘.. 49:50 |
PEANUT MARKET !
jPeanuts $105‘00!
‘ (;El-:l: ON SE_EP_ MT\RKET ‘
Cotton Seed, ca-r—lots ey 323,00
!DOOLY AND CRISP
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~ HOG SALE HERE
!COUNTY AGENTS ARE BUSY
i LINING UP BUSINESS FOR
i JOINT SALE HERE.
| o N
- Crisj and Dooly are holding their
first cooperative l#)g' sale next Fri
‘day in Cordele. ;
There will be fé)m 25,000 to 30,
000 pounds of hogix in this sale. The
The livestock peng on the Georgia
Southern and Flogida railroad and
the scales at W. C, Reynolds store
have attempted a ‘gale like this in
this section. 4
E. C. Mann, couv&r agentlof Dooly
county, and J. K. ,'L"uck,l county
agent of Crisp, acting with Mr. S.
C. Byrd, Mr. J. M. Hunt and f\{r. E.
A. Vinson, will have charge of this
sale. :
This committee wants everyone
that has hogs to sell to bring them
to this sale. Hogs that weigh 165
pounds and above should be enter
ed. Hogs under this weight will be
sold at sale, but this committee
.thinks that hogs around 100 pounds
should®*be fed out more, as this will
enable the grower to get the top
‘price. Corn is cheap and hogs of this
size will ‘pay mor for corn than any
way the grower can sell it. !
4
'WILD CARRIACE
- KILIS ONF MAN
! LENL alg ARNIRL
INJURFS OTHERS
|seEcHWOOW MiLLs SCENE OF
. TRAGEDY THIS MORNING RE
| SULTING IN DEATH OF BEN
. MORGAN.
. Ben Morgan, negro, age(l about thir
!ty, married, went to his instant death
‘in horrible manner at ten o’clock this
‘morning at the Beechwooq Mills when
g:l wild i:&n‘riagc carried him through
lthe band saw at frightful speed and
!(:ut his body to pieces. J. P. Stew
‘art, white employee, was knocked
from the mill shed to the ground and
sustained sbizht injuries, while John
Tlemiy Bly, colored, was: also :;everv-;
Iy injured. on tie /mu‘riup;o. hut nm.:
struck by the S 8 W !
| The (;m‘ri;m\‘;l)('uunm separated
from the snwyer’é" lever and darted
to the back end of the mill and I'o-{
bounded on the reverse, carrying the
dogger and headblock setter with it
toward the saw. The dogger had hr:on!
thrown by the force of the first shock |
directly in the path of the saw aml;
did not have time to escape. })(.‘f()!‘()i
the carriage, returning, drove him in
to the saw, slicing his body into <cv
eral pieces. Instant death came to
him. The other man on the carriage
escaped with bad bruises.
The carriage which is driven by‘
twin engines, remained in the shnd‘,‘
but the damage will require some two
days repairs before the mill will re
sume work.
LANDSDOWNE WIDOW
ENGAGED TO
MARRY
WASHINGTON, December 15—
(P)—Engagement of Mrs, Zachary
Lansdowne, widow of Commander
Lansdowne who lost his life in the
P‘estruction of the air ship Shenan
doah, to John Caswell Jr.,, was an
nounced today Caswell is in the cot
ton business in Boston, :
FALL AND DOHENY NOW LOOK
" TO JURY FOR FRAUD VERDICT
FINAL WORDS SAID
CRASH OF LEGAL WITS ENJOY
o ;lURY JUST BEFORE CASE
| WAS COMMITEED
| - WASHINGTON, December 15—(ZP)
j —The prosecution and fense spoke
{Mheir final words of accusation and
f'dcnial tody in the oil conspircsy trial
| of Albert B. Fall and Edward L.
l Doheny and the case passed shortly
| after noon into the final keeping of
the jury.
. The battle camet o its conclusion
i'with the crash of legal parenscis.
(.2 BOXERS ARE DEAD
| FOLLOWING
| KNOCK-OUT
! s y
' MINNEAPOLIS, December 1—()--
Harry Berglund, Minneapolis lighg
heavyweight boxes who was knocked
out in the last round of a scheduled
six round bout here last night, diedl
today. His death was the second in
successive days to follow a boxing
contest. |
Charles Pegglihan, French light
heavy weiklt, died yesterday afl
Hartford, Connecticut following a
bout with Elmer Friedman. i
'ELDER THOMAS PREACHING
’ POWERFUL SERMONS HERE
| Elder Thomas, of Jennings, Fla,
preached last night at the Primitive
lßaptist church the firt of a series
| of sermons on the “types and shad
ows”” of the Old Testament. His sub
ject being “The Ark of the Cove
nant” as described in the XXV chap
ter of the Book of Exodus; using 4s
a text verses 21 and 22. He said
in part: It is a transient symbol
of an Eternal Truth. It is thé cen
tral and supreme thing of the taber
nace. The holy thing in the holicst
of God’s temporary house. He who
sits upon the circle of the earth thus
limits Himself for our sakes, come:
down to us, that we may commune
with Him.
The tabernacle is symbol of God’s
sanctuary. The ark’s construction
and contents are symbolical. “Aarons |
rod that budded was a symbol of
God’s power to bring life out of
death, The “pot that had a symbol of 1‘
God’s powers to provide. “Tables oi‘i
the law” were symbols of God‘s right
to regulate all human affairs. Thr.'!
ark suggests (iod’s”presonce in the]
midst of His peope. l
In Israel’s march it preceded and
lead them by 2000 cubits. In battle, '
the ark’s presence meant 'vict’or,J'
for Israel and defeat for their c*ne-‘
mies, ‘
: When it was captured by the Phi!-;
listines and deposited in their tem-l
ple, teh image of their Idol was de
stroyed and they were glad to get
rid of it.
Lastly we learn when God’s peo
ple departed from the ark they per
ished in battle hence our great need
of God as individuals ana as a
church.
Elder Thomas’ subject tonight will
be the “Feast of the Tabernacles” as
deseribed in Deutronomy XVI-13-17,
/ These sermons are purely exposi -
tory in the licht of the NewTesia
ment and a cordial invitation is ex
tended to all to hear him,
SAYS CHRISTIAN
|
- CHARACTER BEST
|
* INDUSTRIAL ASSET
! I o
' INDUSTRIAL PROBLEMS CON
' CERN HUMAN BEINGS, SAY 3
| CAROLINA SPEAKER.
. LOUISVILLE, December 15—(@)
—Problems of industry in the south
o concerns human beings, and as such
‘is a spiritual movement, Dr. John
!W. Speake, of Spartanburg, S. C.
industrial specialist said in an ad
;|dress prepared for delivery today
| . before the churchwide gathering of
‘southern Methodists.
/ Declaring that more than a billion
"dollars were invested in southern
. textiles alone, Speake said, “‘South
" ern manufacturers have consistent
ly recognized that christian charuc
ter is their best guarantee of maxi
llmum production and quality at a
i minimum cost. They have regarded
| schools, welfare work, clinies ani
!churches nat as benevolent institu
, tions, but as necessary in the gama
; of competitive business.”
- MOVE TO ORGANIZE}
| : z
‘ U. 8. SENATR |SSiR
WETS |
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15—(AP) —
Organization of the senate “wets” for I
the first time since the passage of
the Volstead act was undertaken t.c..’
day by Senator Edge, republican of
New Jersey, with an invitation to
twenty members to attend a confer
ence,
FORMER KAISER IS ’
IN BED FROM
COLD ¥ 7
DOORN, Holland, December 15—
(/P)—Former Kaiser William of Ger
many is confined to his bed today
with what described as “influcnzal
cold.” / H
% GRANDSON MRS. DEAN DIES
| IN ATLANTA HOSPITAL MONDAY
i S
i Friends here of the family will be
' grieved to know of the untimely
| death of Mr. Lewis Lee, of Atlanta,
!which occurred Monday night in a,
lrrivate sanatorium there following
[ an operation for appendicitis several
| days ago. He was thirty-five years
‘ of age at the time of his death. He
| was a grandson of Mrs. G. A, Dean
and nephew of Mrs. A, I. Webb of
this city. He is\als,q) survived by his
wife and mother, Mrs. Mary Lou
sLee, two brothers, A. B, Lee, and M.
.‘4W’ JLeeij ghree pister, Mrs, P, J.
( Paul, Mrs. T. S. Felder, and Miss
fllylda Lee, all of Eastman, Ga. |
Funeral services were held todayl
l in Atlanta. i
MINCEY BOY IMPROVES
Information from Lyons yesterday
to the effect that the little Mincey
boy who was badly hurt in the acci
dent on the highway in which Mr. P.
M. Browning's car killed hoth father
and mother, had died, was errcneous.
He is in such state of improvement
today that there is hope of his com
plete recovery. :
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PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS
Established in 1908
MEMBERS ASSOCIATED PRESS .
LIGHT AND POWER ~
MERGER COMPLETE
- IN ATL/ANTA MOVE
GEORGIA RAIL WAY AND POW
ER COMPAN' Y GOES INTO
SOUTHEAST ERN LIGHT AND
- POWER COIAPANY, /' T
* ATLANTA,{ Ga., December 15—
(P)—-Stockho iders of the Georgia
Railway anc{ Power Company and
Georgia Reiilway and Electric Com
pany today voted approval of the
plan consolidating the twocorpora
tions . / :
"This consolidation brings practic
ally all the power utilities in the
state outside of the Macon distriet
into the Southeastern Light and Pua!»'
er Company. The companies in
volved in ‘the merger serve approiu
mately a hundred and sity cities and
to'wns of the state.
23 MEN INDICTED IN
GREAT LIQUOR - |
Ny HWAVE,
NEW Y/ORK, December 15—(#)—
Thirty-three meh, including the
‘mayor und chief of police of Edge-.
water, New Jersey, United States
'customs inspector ond a New York
city marine police sergeant, are un
der indictment today as the result
jof an eight months investigation of
the landing of a two million dollar
liquor cargo at Edgewater from che :
steamship Eker,
Mayor Henry Wissel is alleged to
have received fifty thousand dollais
from the rum runners.
ee Y 1
NEGROES SLAY POLICEMAN
. IN CHICAGO HOLD-UP FIGHT
CHICAGO, Dec. 15—(AP)—A po
liceman was shot and fatally wound
ed today by negro holdup men, one
of whom barricaded himself in a
southside house where shotgun and
rifle squads from the detectives rush
cd to besiege him.
Christ
ristmas
AT :
STEADS DRUG
STORE
Bibles, '
Christmas Cards
Toilet Articles, all
kinds —Perfumes—
Stationery — and a
good line of Crepe
Papers and decora- *
tions, Tinsel Cords,
ete,” Full line .of
Spices and Extracts
for flavoring. .
Stead’s
Drug Store
PHONE NO. 1
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