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. GEORGIA WEATHER
Fair, not so cold in central and
north portions tcnight; Saturday
increasing cloudiness and warmer.
VOLUME NO. 10
STEEL DIVIDENDS TURN WALL STREET INTO MOB OF STOCK LAWYERS
- COMPLETE DEAL
RECORD PRICE FOR ALL TIME
ISPILED -UP FOR STCTK OF
STEEL COMBINE. .
' NEW YORK, December 17—()—
Wal Street? experienced a “roaring
. bull market today as the result of
the unexpected cutting of the two
hundred mililon dollar melon by the
directors of the United States Steel
Corporation yesterday. |
The first sale of United States
steel was a block of forty thosand
shares at from a hundred and iffty
eight to a hundred and sixty, a rec
ord price for all time, this individ
ual transaction involving over sxi mil
lion dollas. J‘
Frenzied trading characteized the}
opening o fthe market the floor of}
the exchange pesenting a scene of
wild confusion as bokers struggled‘
to execute orders which had poured“
into the makets oernight from all sec-]
tions of the world. :
Post number two where transac
tions in steel common take ploce,
was surrounded by a tightly packed
mob ‘of bokers as the opening gong
sound‘éid."THe ringing of the gong was
drqwfied out by the shouts and
shriel_c_é of the brokers, ¢
;I,t'bwlzis nearly ten minutes hefoe
a’t%o_mmitec of the exchange could de
cide upon a fai opening price for
steel. '
' . Steel Pays Off |
_ NEW YORK, December 17—(®)
—«Dii‘eétors_ of the United States Steel
Corpoijflion today voted to pay a 40
percent dividend. Stociholders will
be asked to authorize at their annual
meeting néxt April an increase of
more _tbd¥ 2000,000 shéres for the
purpo!fl ' :
- 104 YEAR FINANCIER
OF OTHER DAYS
: IS DEAD
NEW YORK, December 18—()—
vJohn Akman Stuart, a hundred and
four years old, Wall street financier
and once assistant secretary of the
United States treasury, died here to- }
day of pneumonia. |
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for this refreshment!
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CORDELE DISPATCH
TILSON HAS OVER 400 LAWYERS ON HIS LIST
Nation Wide Probe of Sale of Pubiic Offices in U. 8.
- .O.P.PATRONAGE
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‘HARRIS RESOLUTION WlliLi BE
' BROADENED INTO REACH CVER
WHOLE COUNTRY.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—(AP) —
Deman'd‘; for a nation-wide investiga
tion of charges that federal offices
are heing bertered, was made in the
senétd teday from both , rcpublican
and déix)ocratflc sides. |
Harris of Georgia announced that
he would broaden the scope of his.
resolution, calling for inquiry into“
Georgia conditions to make it “more{
general,” after Norris, republican ofl
Nebraska, and Harrison, democrat, of |
Mississippi, had requested such ac
tion. l
“There is going to be anm investi
gation and I don’t want it confined
to any specific sections of the coun
eyt
HOPKINS LOST WILL
FOUND TO BE
: SPURIOUS
SAN FRANCISCO, December 17|
—(£)—The estate of Mark Hopkins,,‘
multi-millionaire railroad builder,
which has accumulated into a for--
tune estimated at three hundred mil
lion dollars since his death years ago,
rcmained today in possession of a
group of heirs headed by Samuel
Hopkins following disclosure *~ that
“lost will” upon which other alleged
heirs had based their suit for redis
tribution of the estate was a forgery
‘The suit was thrown out of court
on motion of attorneys for the claim
ant, P. B. MecCandles, when attorneys
announced after an investigation
that they had fc]und the will to be
spurious.
BANDITS TAKE CASH
IN FACE OF
CROWDS
| KANSAS CITY, December 17--(®)
;—-Si}g bandits slugged a guard and
Tobbed a ‘bank messenger of seenty
nine thousand dollars ih cash on a
dpwniowh .strect corner, here today
v&ile., thousands of Christmas shop
'f);srs were crowded about the scene.
The i)gndits escaped in an automo
bile, '* :
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' ANOTHER WITNESS GIVES
DAMAGING TESTIMONY
‘CANTON, December 17—(P)—
Thelma Harris, of Canton, testified
today in the- Patrick McDermott
murder trial that Louis Mazer,
jointly indicted with McDermott, had
a reolver the ‘night Don 'R.j‘,_’M'ellét:tj
wasmurdered and conferred in the
underworld with Floyd Streitenberg
er, then Canton police déttectie. =
She said Mazer left the house
where a conference was held on the
night of the murder and had not re
turned when she left at one a. m.
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] MORE MILLIONS FOR
' PUBLIC BUILDINGS ASKED
WASHINGTON, December 17—
(®P)—Another fifty million dollars for
public buildings would be proided in
' a bill drafted by Representative Reed
républican of New York, and carry
| ing endorsement of a majority of the
house public buildings committee,
CORDELE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1926
'SENATE FIGHT ON
,ASHURST WILL NOT CALL UP
RESOLUTION 'I:ILL SMITH PUTS
IN APPEARANCE. .
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—(AP) —
}The senate fight_ovét admitting i"rank
iL. Smith' as senator from Tllinois was
| unexpedtedly ' postponed today when
| Senator Ashurst, democrat of Arizana,}
lgave notice that he would not call up
| his resolution” lj'an'ing the appointee}
E“until Smith presents his credenti
als.” l
I FREAK SNOW STORM |
. SMOTHERING AT |
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BUFFALO, N. Y., December 17—
(P)—This city is struggling .to
emerge today from a smothering‘]
Llanket of snow, cast oer it by one of
themos t iolent blizzards isiting Ncwl
York in recent years. ‘]
The storm is described as a fl‘CakJ
in that it was provoked by south
west wind. & ‘
It left in its waek one dead ang
i property damage that will run into
‘ many thousands of dollars. The storm
lwas strictly local in character. At
iNiagnm‘ Falls,” twenty miles ‘away,
; no snow fell andth e sky was cear
1 LITHUNIAN REGIME
i OVERTHROWN
! IS REPORT
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! LONLDON, December 17—(P)—A
}Reuters dispatch from Berlin states
i that it is reported today from a re
i]fa’:lc source .in Memel that the Li
thunian government has been over
thrown, its members ‘arrcstcd, and |
martial law declaed. |
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| CONFIDENCE MEN GET
! " o,
| HALF MILLION !
IN FAKIE |
- NEW YORK, December 17—(£)—
Cashing in on publicity given August
Hecksher’s, plan for rebuilding the
cast side, a band of abiut, fifty con
fidence men and women, from the
wesf hae‘defrauded residents of the
district of fie hundred thousand dol
lars; obtaine in payment for fake im
proement bonds, the downtown cham
ber of commerce asserted today..
- NEW YORK COTTON
Lnin oo OPEN: CLOSH P. O
JaN: ot Nl 1218 1203
July. sl e s 1260 1286 1269
Dec. Renis bt 0e 1000 1235 1240
CORDELE COTTON
Middinigiloged ... il 106 D
'LOCAL CRFAM MARKET
Standarg butterfat ieess 00200
PEANUT MARKET
PORNUNS: ot i $105.00
COTTON SEED MARKET
Cotton Seed, car lots .............. $23.00
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CHARGE GF HOARPING' * MUNI
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DOWNFALL OF GOVERNMENT
BERLIN, "Décember 17-—(P)-—The
‘ Bourgcois coalition cabinet of Chdn
l cellog. Marx, ' formed ‘iast: May 'dlter
I‘tho oerthrow of the Ltither ‘ministry
l today -wag défeatde 'in ‘thé Reichstay’
! on a non-confidence motion intro
duced by the social democrats. '
The non-‘confidence motion fol
lowed charges by Philip Scheidman,
socialist* democrat, that the imon
archists clique in Germany was
secretly raising funds to create an
dllegal arm yforce and was hoardong
airplanes and munitions in Germany
« The goernment resigned after thei
motion carried two forty nine to a
hundred and seenty one. ‘
REAR THISPREACHER
Is the Bible the inspired worl of
God? This is Jilder Thomas’ yub
ject tonight at the Primitie Bap
tist’ church, Come tonight and hear
Elder Thomas answer this impor
tant' question. Song service at 7:30
preaching at '8 o‘clock,
DOUGLAS CONCERN HAS LADY
DEMONSTRATOR AT PIGGLY
WIGGLY ALL OF SATURDAY ‘
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Mrs. C. H. Cheney, representing thu‘
Dixie Fire Kindler, a Douglas, Geor-i
gia, enterprise, will be at Piggly;
Wiggly all Saturday demonstrating
the Dixie Fire Kindler. This s a
fine product which comes from t.he‘
distilled fat stumps in the area where!
the large Pine products plants are in‘
operation and this kindler will pr«msl
a happy surprise to those who make
it a point to drop into the store :mdf
see the demonstration. '
This is a south Georgia produm!
which is making good in a Irage wap
over all the country where it is nf-}
fered. It is being distributed in mis}
territory by the Heard Grocery Com-.
pany and is a householq asg well :mi
an office need in the winter. This]|
is far ahead of the old fashioned
kindling wood and much safer, ‘
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~ SEEKS TO UNITE
~ WEST AND SOUTH
McNARY-FULMER FORM MEAS
URE PRESENTS ITSELF IN CON
. GRESS.
} WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—(AP) —
A cor&panion measure to Senator Mc-
Nary’s ‘new farm rel‘l‘e’f"bil’ll,"\'vqé "in
trodiced in the house today By Rep
resentative Fulmer of South Dakota,
demo:rat. R gre
The-development grew out of an’ ef
fort to' associate the west and the
south in support of the farm relief
plan and settled a week of 'discussion
over the naming of the legislative
newcomer, |
It will be the. McNary-Fulmer bill,
succeeding as the center of the farm
relief debate, the McNary-Haugen bill
of last session. I
Fulmer’s bill differs in but one res
pect from that of Senator McNary.i‘
It wcould suspend operation of the!
cqualization fee on cotton for two
yezllxfi after passage, but Fulmer said
he understood McNary was agrucul)le'
to the alterations. '
LGCAL CONCERN GIVEN FREE
'ENTERTAINMENT FOR CUS
TCMERS AND FRIENDS.
The Cordee Tlmpement Company;
cf this city, will hold a Power Farm
Entertainment in their store on Sat-%
vrday, December the 18th, hc;cinning!
2t 10 o’clock, and the public is in-1
vited. A number of novel features
have been arranged for ihe day, und;
cvery one interested in better I'urm-¥
I.g should attend. |
The object of these schoc! v::‘_v:l‘—!
{ainments is to bring tc tho favmer
tiew and better ways to solve his
rzoblems and enable him to come in
direct contact with the men who
make possible the blessings which“
modern implements bring to usl
1 addition to this, you will be shown |
how to cave for your ma-hines, your!
tractors :md'implcm(-nts: to get b(.-t-i
ter results. You watch ar expert dis-‘
assemble a tractor and ‘explain cach |
working part in detail. = You are!
shown how to make all adjustments |
and how to eliminate l:reak-downs,i
and many other things which ownersl
ci tractors and expensive implements |
should know but by which they prob-!
2kly do not. ’
During the day instructive moving |
pictures will be shnwn-picturos!
that will be worth your time to sec.’
Tractors, trucks and harvesting ma- |
ckines, all doing the wovk of manyE
men and horses, and in many in-:I
stances performing the -vork underi
great handicap. You are shown how
this work is done all the way from
the great, cold Northwest to the sun
ny Southland. I
Before the day is over. a mllicking:
comedy will be shown, something to |
Lrighten up “the corner where you!
are” And then you will be givon;
something, a little souvenir or two, |
by ;vhich the International H':lrvosterl
“ompany of America and the Cor-vl
cele impiement Company, of Cordele |
kope that you will remember them :
by. All told, the day will be well !
spent, and you will learn a lot off
things and get a-lot of new ideas
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TONEXT TUESDAY
EFFORTS BY BOTH FALL AND
j SINCLAIR TO HAVE CHARGES
r QUASHED ON NATION.
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' WASHINGTON, December 17—
()Arraignment of Harry F. Sinclair
and Albert B. Fall on cogspiracy
charge was postponed today by the
District of Columbia supreme court
until next Tuesday.
Argumento n Sinclair’s motion to
gash the indictments was put off un
til thesame day after the presiding
justice had found today’s . docket
crowded with other cases having
priority. 5
The charge against Sinclair and
I'all is similar to that of which Fall
and Edward L. Doheny, lessee of the
Elk Hills resere, were exonerated by
a jury yesterday.
Simultaneous with the announce
ment of postponement of the argu
ment on the Sinclair motion, coun
sel for Fall made a motion to quash
in- behalf of the former cabinet of
ficer.
DONT FORGE™ CT LI N
; DONATIONS |
j HERE
Those in charge of the car of
proisions going from Cordele to the
Baptist orphans in Hapeille are re
quested not to forget that this car
will be loaded out Saturday and Mon
day. That means tomorrow and the
coming Monday.
Messrs S. J. Culpepper, T. E. Ar
aniti and others will see that the gift
gets to the proper place if it is taken
to the Parker-Willis ware House to
morrow or Monday. :
ll FINE PECANS FROM
| DAPHNE FARM
A GIFT
f The Dispatch acknowledges with
idelight receipt of a Christmas gift
consisting of some choice Schley pe
cans from the Daphne Farms. Dr. M.
J. Keyes, donor, is busy shipping
thousands of pounds of choice nuts
from the orchards at Daphne at the
present time.
LITTLE GIRL IS BURIED
{N FITZGERALD GRAVE
. Evelyn, three year old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Shirah was
#uried yesterday at Fitzgerald, her
death having occurred Tuesday morn
ing at the local hospital following a
.Tenth street, in theje ——-ai
ong illness The family resides on
Tenth street, in the western portion
of the city and Mr. Shirah is’an em
ployee of the A. B. and A. railroad
There rae two other small children,
members of the family, who are eriti
cally il. The famiy will ahe the sym- i
pathy of the people of the communi
ty in their bereaement.
that will be worth qor{lc‘?l];f;-t:;;fi
in the coming year. There wil be
ro charges whatever.
The superstition that it is unlucky
to pass beneath a ladder comes from
the time when wrongdoers were of
ten hanged from ladders phl".opped
against a wall where trees were not
handy,
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SENATORS BOTH FIGHTING CON
FIRMATION SAY 95 PERCENT'
OF PEOPLE OPPOSE. 5
MACON, Ga, December 17T—(P)!
—Combined reports made- here by :
friends of William J. Tilson,,serving;_
a recess appointment as judge of thn_i
middle district of Georgia, show oyer
three hundred lawyers in Macon: Ang"
other points in the new district have
signed the petitions to be fofiv.urd-«z
‘ed immediately to the senate judw
iary commitee, asking that the nomi-’
nation of Tilson be confirmed. 5
95 Percent Oppose WAI
WASHINGTON, December' 17—
(#)—Senator Harris, Oemoccrat,
Georgia charged today that the let
ters of wary Macon attor'm"g idfn-*
dorsing W. J. Tilson for the Middie ,:‘
Federal District judgeship of Gnrzh;
were at the request of the districs
attorney at Macon and weére ;v_n'itli.ell_,"'
only forfear. if they did not, Jydp;
Tilson would be prejudi¢ed against;
them. M e
Petition Signed Generally '
Petitions favoring the cohfiimfit;bp
of Judge Willam J. Tilson m;v‘qu _l'Glfv-‘
ing a recess appointment in theM&&-
dle Georgia district United . States
court and signed by mom;tfi&y 'B-)
percent of the Macon bar, will be
seht to Washington. D. C.,‘,wl’t'f\in the.
next few days, it was annouheed here.
yesterday. : . ,‘ ‘ :
Not only has the Maccn b'a,r‘rén-_
dorsed Judge Tilson but the bar of
practically eery town.in che middle
district has done likewise. - Many
prominent lawyers and others fl’l‘tg!"-’
ested hae mailed letters =to t;ho
senate committee which now has the
confirmation in hand, requeéfi;xfi
that Judge Tilson be confirmed. . .
As an act of revenge, a Belgian
sowed mustard seeds in a neighbqf’s
newly plowed field. He was heavily
fined and sentenced to fifteen days
n prison. - #3
Christmas
AT |
STEADS DRUG
STORE 3" *
Bibles,
Christmas Cards =
Toilet Articles, all
kinds —Perfumes—
Stationery — and a
good line of Crepe
Papers and decora
tions, Tinsel Cords,
etc. Full line of
Spices and Extracts
for flavoring. |
Stead’s
Drug Store
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