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GEORGIA WEATHER -
Cloudy and colder tonight; Thurs.
cloudy; colder in central and south
portions; fresh northwest winds.
VOLUME NO. 10
GREAT FLORIDA LIQUOR CONSPIRACY FALLS INTO DRY NET
.~ TAKEN IN RAIDS
Frap o o ey &
FLORIDA STATE OFFICIALS
SAID TO BE = INVOLVED .IN
LIQUOR MOVEMENTS. .
. WEST :PALM BEACH, Fla., De
‘cemher 22——_(3;’)%0;1(3 ofthe ‘biggest
liquor ’_consfiii_:ficiés. in the history cf
Florida has been@méshed, is | the
Christmas message of the stae’s fed
eral pro_hi_bitioh headquarters. =
Sheriff Joe D.. Knight, of Indian
. River cou@'{fl‘fi&ef ‘deputy, and
fourteen ot};wfigunder arrest.and
nine rum rnpluz ,vqs,,s'él‘.; with cargoéa
'=“'.7, "’us{md‘ quarts of whiskey
?, Lake Worth waters
AEENAOWn of Lakeworth.
T i i e
74 gfi’cove}‘,’"?-mepgq .4 adminis.
‘s@e officialp working with the
“cofist guard in g )ninvestigation of
weeks- said the‘y had-untovered .evi
dence revealing’a vfi&;fiffreéd “‘con
spiracy involWe*b‘ffigials. :
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GREEN IS ACQUITTED
REINSTATED
Vel eN OB
~ WHASHINGTON, December 22—
(#)—Colonel ‘Ned M Green- was ac.
quitted in. San Francigco yesterday
-of charges of embezzling confisgated
liquor and '’ ordered reinstated today
- as préhi‘bitiim»ggdministrator in that
~eity. ' : f
TEXTILE MILLS “WILL
" 'DETAY COMING
' ns@OUTEH -~ 0
o BOSTON,-bec__ember.. . 22—(P)—
TheOtis 'CompanY,_‘operating~ - tex
tie mills at Ware, Massac_htisetts and
‘Greenville N. H., decided to = post
pone the proopsed removal 6f_its’ tex
tile glants to the south and the lig
uidation of other ‘new England. prop
erties, - fiép;"y Nichols, treasurcrs
said today. f e
, The ccrpéra_tfion hopes. by _new
savings! tHrough obtaining tax reduc
tions and’ greater cooperation of all
employees of that all p,lzm};.é,,of the
‘company ifi’%bw"hngland san be con
tinued infifr‘afighfi‘ i £
| )
- |Cetila,
| s i |
ns Y osd 4
L lter, a,S%.qrt.s; .call
for this refreshment!
. .ff Every bottle
sterilized—
. f hottled in our
.. spotless plant. .
B . Keepa few
B . Dottles in your
‘"ice chest at’
B home.. = -
. Cordele Coca-Cola
Bottling Company
‘ . Cordele, Ga. Phone 87
A. C. Towns, Manager
B vireay
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CORDELE DISPATCH
HEAVY FOG HOLDS PAN-AMERICAN FLIGHT
THREATENED DELAY IN RE.-
SUMPTION OF FLIGHT TO
.. SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES
¢ L ¥ $
BROWNSVILLE Texas, December
22—Heavy fog rolling in from the
Gulf of Me’xico, settling .~ on the
waters of Laguna Madx:e, where the
planes anchored overnigh, threaten
ed to delay resumption of the flight
"to.Bcuth American countries today.
‘Major Dargue, flight commander,
' said the planes would not be towed
“into’ open water until the fog lifted.
BAPTIST ORPHANS
-« GEF LOCAL GIFTS
(00l : ]
CAR SENT FORWARD WITH FAIR
' DONATION OF PROVISIONS FOR
ORPHANAGE AT HAPEVILLE '
Messrs T. E.- Arvaniti and 8. J.
Culpeppér express thanks and appre
ciation to all-those who made. dona
tions to be sent to 'tlaejj otphans at
the Baptist orphanage in Atlanta” The
‘car has .gone forward with provisions
to~ the~vallle "of Bpproximately Ҥ750"
‘The church at Cordele ‘sent’ about
$l5O of this, while the chur hes. ‘at
‘Arabi, B'et}gé{, Tremont and EVepona
cpntyribute‘d"‘fhe‘ balance, L
TWENTY- SIX MEN
-, RESCUED-AT SEA
ol LU L .
BTEAMSHIP ROMA FICKS:- UP
CREW OF SINKING SHIP,
o S e
/. .GENOA, Italy, December. 22-—(&)
—Another romance of the high seas
was told today when the Italian
gtegn}ship, Roma, carrying 26 sur-i
vivors of the 1,700-ton Italian bark
Guarneri grrived with the story. of'
‘a héroic rescue during a furious
storm “in mid-Atlanti on Decemberl
PO .
4 A “radio’ mcésap:o saying that the
Guarneri, carrying 3,009. / fong -, of
marble t¢ Rio Janiero, was in a sink
ing condition with her mgsts gone
and her cal] was picked up on the
morning of >t!le sever.tcenth when
the Roma was 150 miles distant from
t/he stricken vessel.© The British‘
freighter Virfield-also answered the
call, but the commander.was inform
ed that the situation was in hand. : 1
At :noon_ the Guarnerio ‘radioed:
fWater mounting. Crew wants to
abandon. Advise.” !
7 To: this appeal,.the Romd rushed
a message urging the captain of the
Guarneri to stand by his ship. At 71
o’clock ‘that. evening in’ a'dense fdg!
the Roma sighted a flare on the
Guarneri. & 5 '
' With the distance between the two
ships, cut to two miles, Captain Des
positto of the Rom?, cailtid for volun-“
teers and almost the entire creéw ré
sponded. Thirteen men were select
ed, manned a liféboat, number 13,‘
and set out over the étormy waters
heedless of superstition. ’
It took fiearly three hours for the
rescue boat to get /a“'awaromAthe‘
Roma be¢canse of torrential rains,
high winds and a furious sea. Agaif
andagain the boat was aimost oveg-,
turned. The rescueresnmiad’ e two fu
tile -attempts to approacn the sinkifi%
ship. On the third, attempt they .suc-,
ceeded in reaching the ship and tak
ing off the crew after tods:of oil
PR COINERSEE " F ST R s <
had been ponred op the waters. |
CORDELE, G:EORGIA, WEDNESDAY, - DECEMBER 22, 1926
Atlanta-Miami Air Mail Suspends ai End of Year
| AS ATLANTA NEW
NIGHT FLYING PREVENTED BE
. CAUSE OF 'LIGHTS KEPT AIR
' MAIL FROM SAVING TIME. =
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—(AP):—
Temporary suspension of contract air
mail -~ service on ‘the route 'befi\feex’x
Atlanta and 'Miami, effective Decem
ber 31, was.announced today by the
post_ office department. ;
“Under agreem‘e'nt.with the Florida
| Airways, Incorporated, the "service
|will be suspended until the proposed
| trunk line route’ from New York:to
Atlanta . is placed in operation: and
llfghts set upon the Florida route, so
the schedule of night operation may
!be placed in effect, the sta’tement!
said. ; ‘ . i
«Phe service has :besn operated “on
the Florida routé the past nines
months * with consistent’. regularity, |
but ‘owing to’ lagk of lights for .'night;‘
| flying .and |the resulting necessity of |
z daylight ip‘p;;ration,_; the enterprise has |
not provsd attractive from a s_tand-‘
{fii?’éfi‘pg’%fi‘révéfifi&f"fi‘ft‘fi“A‘fi?‘gfifif
" schedule “that . w'ilil permit "fgf"én‘téaxf‘
| time gavings over ordinary mail,"and
| operating in conjunction with the, Dro- ’
pesed g;mta-New_ York route,;it is
‘believe :fiié"l“lorlda route will p’rove!
- s'uéeeg'%i;’f’ G . o 1
|‘,_ngl33l3”l@- TRIO, WERE:
<+ READY FOR i+ 7
ST ARBRET [l o
" EASTON, Pa., December 22—(P)
Tivo Hiem arid a woman barficgd_é'd
| in' & - house' at Jutland ; 'Molnmt?,'inv.
near'Clinton N. J., were captured, to
day ’bs;‘.xstafie police. \
'Sergeant: Woogie of Stanhbpcl"cra;sh
.ed open a dpor ahgl disarmed -the
trio. Twenty five stale police and
'officcrg from s‘m"x‘oun'ding“ ; t(,'\wns'
had beé‘éiged the plu'ée when ‘resist- |
ance was offeréd’ah oficer who'had |
gone to 'im'/,estig;x't'c /cruélty ta -ani- !
-malS chakges - ¥« '
Theé prigoners were taken to Somer~
lviue.' hil ; En ,
WALDRIP IS DENIED {0
l EXTRAORDINARY MOTION
e b Lt i
i, . Judge D. A. R. Crum has declined
to entertain the extraordinary mo
‘tion fer new trial asked by T. C.|
Waldrip,. Hatley. merchant, _.convicted )
on statutory cffense some time ago |
Lin superior court here, and convicted |
I.again after new trial was granted‘in
|'supreme court.
} Judge Crum held that the grounds
i"pt' forward did not jstify the grant-|
ing of a new trial. It is likely that
| this phase of the .case will.be taken
% to .the .higher .cort. ; :
] chußßa s e b e !
i’DISPAfoH GETS PRESENT ’
i . OF FINE BUNCH TURNIPS.
~ Mr. J. R. Hawis, rural mail car-;
;},if‘!‘ who resides on Seventeenth ave- |
! nue east, yesterday made a presenti
.to The Cordele Dispatch of one of |
the finest bunches of turnips com-’
ing from any homee garden ¢his sea
‘s 6- "Two ‘purple tops and a white
. turnip made up the bunch. They
l weighed several ponds and ! were’
[‘éfiofl'g‘h' for two meals for any aver
age family. £ o !
o
ON SECRET MISSION
! NEVER MET - MAN = MEXICAN
{ PAPERS SAY WENT TO MEXI.
| €O ON MYSTERIOU3 JOURNEY
| WASHINGTON, Decembet 22—
(lP)-}Anotber af the “personal am
bassador” stories that spring up
whenever an important. diplomatic
lquestion is pending, .%ms denied to
{ day at the White Ho:use. :
\ - Coolidge disclosed lgthat so far is
he could recall he never ha dmet O.
H. Sawyer of Vermoht, represented
lAy Mexico “City ‘newspapers as ' the
!»close friend of the chief executive
‘,sent to t‘l'le Mexican capitol on a
mysterious mission.
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KIVANIS HOLDS :
| HOLIDAXEUNCHEO
| BUSY SEASON (CAUSES SMALL
~ ATTENDANCE INFGRMALPROG
!’ RAM IS RENW!_!&I}H e
s ;-w,:z!#: A g":n"‘ \V‘;:;:
‘Cordele Kiwanis enjoyed a#ood
f‘program at the Eosamond Cafe at
noon today, but there wass mall at
t tendance, to holiday busine '{'_,\f'ih
'R E Harris as chairman of » -
' mittee on r\)'cr.fém, ‘. cptd,
were made for the inauguration ex
l‘ ercises of the new officers at a ladies
' night’ oceasion to be held ‘Friday
"night January 6th At that time it is
cxpected that Governor Harry Reed
will be ‘here, '
" Rev. J.'B. Johnstone and Presiding
‘Elder H. T. Freeman weer . guests.
Both had madd short:taiss, this being
the first time Mr. Freeman had been
a husiness at the club lancheon. Len
Burton former Cordele newspapep
man was a gest of the club and made
a pleasing short talk. Misses Mary
Mc(foy and I'}mn;z; Maddox rendered
special music for the ivncheon, I\‘liss:
‘Mamie Laura Harris, YMiss Ruby Hn]-j
“rcok and Miss Orba Cobb and Char-j
liec McArthr were visitors —at the |
lun’('horm. |
100 FISHERMEN LOST ;
IN KOREAN |
STORM ,
* TOKYO December 22(H’)l)isp.atchcs!
from Korea, report thirty fishing
boats sunk in a heavy storm ‘'yester- l
day. A hundred fishermen . were
missing, ] I
NEW YORK COTTON ‘
3 OPEN CLOSH- P. c.'
dan. v oo 19480 1990
SV i aiain 1800 1309 1299
D 6, 1988 1300 ¢ rolqd
T e |
CORDELE COTTON
NG . i 10:75;
LOCAL CRFAM MARKET |
— |
;S‘tandard Buttertar . i 47:50;
! PEANUT MARKET ’
RIS T e iiiincsenind 3105.00!
B |
' COTTON SEED MARKET |
Cotton Seed, car lots .............. $23.00
DANGEROUS FLOOD SWEEP -
~ THREE'‘SOUTHERN STATES
SERIOUS GERMAN
" GREVANGERISES
{ AGAINSF FRANCE
LS D
PROTEST AGAINST "ACQUITTAL
| OF FRENCH LIEUTENANT FOR
| KILLING GERMAN CIVILIAN
BERLIN, December 22—(#)—Hhe
German foreign office today instruct
ed Ambassador Vonhoeschi at Paris
to make represcntations to the
YFr_ench _ government protesting
against acquittal by a French court
‘ martial of French Lieutenant Rou
cier on manslaughter charges grow
*._ihgf;put of the Lilling of a Gf-man
éfifi}&?fi.and wounding of two others
| at wmq in September, .
1 Yl RN
[ THY xfiflns direct the ambas
!sad K‘Eithat th case be re--
i upé}}& E’gonte.ntion‘ that Rou
[ ciet sélignd convietion of the
woundtednidi charg:s of striking
5 . i 'e?ToM efifi?
to the furtherance of ‘gid'ndiy rela
pions between Germany and
| France.” _ :
PRI anh T L L
’ v . Y
i SEARCH FOR COTTON
' USES ASKED IN
f Wi HOUSE'*
Y
' WA%NGTON, Decewber | 22-—
! (P)Exhaustive investigution by thcj
I‘éccrctal‘y of commerce t 5 . discover
‘new ‘uses for cotton was called for.
{ in a resoluticn intréduced today by:
‘chre:;c'ntative‘ McDuffie, democrat l
of Alakama. i i
'By opening new commercial ‘aye—_!
nues for cotton the resclution aims |
to more cvenly balance production |
and consumption and thorepy beaelit |
millions! engaged in co*ton farnji §
| REED COMMITTEE THROWS =
', OUT THREE STATi CONTESTS
WASHINGTON, December 22--
(/P)——Charges of Sn‘nz;toriul campaign
Arregularities this year in . Oregon,
Missouri- and- - Washington - were
thrown out today by the senate cam
paign' funds committeec, w'hi’ch gaid
} it found no evidence to support the
charges investigated in these states.
LEONARD’S WIFE SAYS HE |
i WILL TA;LK AT,IIGH_T TIME
c e |
FRESNO Calif., December 22—(/-1-’)1
"—When “proper time comes,"‘Hu--‘
bert ; Leopqrd,. former Detroit p_i_tc'n‘esv ‘
will make a statement conc’i’ningi‘
his connection with the revelation of-|
‘the baseball scandal connected with |
the game played betieen D"glfroit and'|
¥leveland in 1919, Leonard’s wife
said today. Leonard could ont bel
seen by newspapermen, |
PREACHING AT PRIMITIVE |
- BAPTIST CHURCH TONIGHTI
Elder J. W. Fairchilds of Louis‘ana:.
will preach at the Primitive,,?ag%séi
church tonight, tomorro’“"% d o-?
morrow night. Elder FSTenildsis
one of the leading ministers and
many who have known «f him will be i
glad tc hear him again. . J
W o
PURN‘:.L COMES . -
KING -OF HOUS EOF DAVID
HEARS STORY OF ONE OF HIS
| ' WOMAN MEMBERS OF (COLO
NY. |
BENTN HARBOR, Michigan, ;De-l‘
' cember 22—Benjamin Purnell, king
of the House of David colony fiasi
‘ carried on a stretcher into Jusb‘:icei
Weldon‘s court today to be arraign
: ed on the first of two warrans cha}g—'!
ling criminal assault. o
l-, The warrant was sworn out 'byi
Mrs. Bessei Woodworth, former
l member of the cclony who lead ghe
| state police fo Purnell’s hiding place
. last November. 1
| ! L g
: The gbmtwyas crowded as gqhe‘
| aging -eader ‘of the eult was brought -
£in éfi'g" anied b rominsflt leaders
3? f the: cfilofiy‘fiffi‘fié‘;%eré‘ ,for'cfé(i&
| ,tr; c]é'z'\.r 'péssage in the corridor lead
! ing'to the court when Mrs. We3d
l.worth--‘was called to stand to retell
j'hér story.. , iE
| HEFLIN REPEATS msl
| CHARGE AGAINST | |
; HEFLIN : |
WASHINGTON, Decémber 22— |
' ()—The" gtory that Secretary Mel-:
lon advanced- five. million dollars to
the republican national. ' committeef
for*the Harding campaign of“nine-*
teen twenty was repeated on the sen- !
.ate foor today by Senator Hef’l_in,}l
‘of Alabama, who told his colleagues |
‘that “Mecllon has not denied ' thel
‘.'trut,hl'uh'u'sfi" of the charge. ‘ ¢
MRS.. A.. F. WARE HURT IN
} oY AUTOMQBILE 'ACCIDENT
Friends throughout the community
| will regret an aceident in whieh
! Professor and Mis. A. F. Ware fig
) ured yesterday four miles out on
-the Albany highway wken their car
wag turned over and Mrs. Ware sus
tained sévere injuries which made it
necessary for her to be brought back
to Cordele. Professor Watre was not
hurt. A puncture of a | practically,
new tire by a large nail suddenly let
the car swerve inté~a bank and' it
was turned over. All the glasses were
broken out. Mrs. Ware had only se
ver briuses and she is resting as com
fortably as pospiifle at the home of
" Mr. and- Mrs.- W, »T. "Macon: - here.’
Professor was driving at 2 moderate
‘'specd at the time. They were on
their way to Albany. to spend Christ
‘mas with their daughter, Mrs. Wil
_der. P ,:
FLORIDA REALTY DEVELOPER
' HELD; SHORTAGE FOUND
~ —_— ’ l
MIAMI, Fla., December 22—(/P)—l
& N. Ehret, president of Southern
Khores, a real estate dcvelopmentl
,ptojectlnéar, Cutler, Fla., today was |
&rrested here on three - charges of
embezzlement following complaint of
asociates that shortages in the com
pany’s accotints had been discovered.
Bond was'fixed at §24,000..
~ PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS
Established In 19084 °
- MEMBERS ASSOCIATED PRESS
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HI'IAVY'DOW%é
STy ¢ TEIWE
-~ LIVES IN- FLOODS
TR R R
BRIDGE 'GONE, F_oun;-}filzjn Miss.
' ING WHILE MANY :g%oums‘m
| AREMAROONED, ' = '
) ¢ ST : 1
| LOUISVILLE, Ky, Dhédmber 22—
()—An/unseasonable, seriougsteady
rainfall moved slowly oveér Kentucky
Arkansas, and Tennels'ii;, 0 y‘l‘qd
threatened to raise thé ‘*%;‘ é,w‘om
len river to even mora dan re "
flood proportions. 'fi@ Wil
waters of thése states S'éfitm ook
atoll of five lives. M . §
| Four Men Mhli{n' g Q“
. HUNTINGTON, W Vau Decerp par
22—(#)Four men’ worg,%. #b d
miging and were believed d "
today When a sfit:t_n;'o_t" the ‘l‘}f\o' -
Atlantlc bridge over Big andy Hiver
| a}:__vcattlebur;g;?fly.,' collapsed, ydue
to the weakening of the sfrudturg by
highwaters. v d “ ' T':-'
For nearly six hours l'\-‘.‘é‘ontjn o;'iy
heavy rains has flleß’ ; sh¥oy N{t
the irio of states brekinsg\azl':‘r ’,.fr
cipitation records. From:, fv&r X “9
seven inches of -rain :afif’% oo ’ ad
from gcords of cities in %he'mgd
Hot Spriugs, Arkansheromiiz
‘almost_=even an&?fii’%‘ gfifihs';j "?z't;
since midnight Suhdw’""'No ’allef
srom the heavy, raing is in sighb‘;s‘f_oii
forty eight- hours, ph tfxg . wél{?_wl"
forecasts told of cor{finfie& rd-nm
%oday and Thursdh’;}f; ~ B '\}: :r
. Tourists MIPQOQO} :' ‘33%?’7\&
* BARBOURSVILLE, Ky.j; Dagpi.
her 22--Hundreds’, of f.%m b@";
tourists were *‘magx:qt‘edi:fn . seviapt 1
towns on the Div’ie‘jighw_ay_'r r
The highway was u _ r?w’pteté ”, :
Pineville and ‘Corbing o A
SRS Ay sl e Aa g et £l W e
Vi egl fi!i
Christma
: A'lg 'a.l’,.";‘;s;,*; f
STEADS: DRUG
STORE: ~ !
kit
‘Bibles, - .
Christmag Cards
Toilet Artidles, - all
kinds —Perfumes—
Stationerx - and“&{l‘
good line of Crepe
Papers and:decoras
tions, Tlhselwl
ete. F\% &‘#
Spices and Effracts
for -.}flavori'ng;..fg'ri«}m
Stead's’!
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