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COBB SAYS HE PROMISED LEON
ARD TO FIND OUT HOW MUCH
MONEY WAS BET ON GAME.
ATLANTA,/ Ga., December 23—
(#)—The Atlanta Journal in a copy
wrighted interview stoday with Ty
Cobb, .homewardi bound to spend
Christmas with his family in Augusta
quotes him as categorically denying
the charges involving bim in base
ball’s latest scandal and remarking:
“I am not done with Dutch Leon
ard.” - i
Denying generaly that he ever
fixed or connived at fixing any ballj
game, Cobb specifically stated thatl
he had no knowledge of the game
between Detroit. and Cleveland in}
1919 being fixed and added “I do not |
believe it was fixed.” the Journal
says: “Ti g |
Guilty of One Wrong i
The Journal quotes Cobb as sayingi
“I am guilty of just one thing which
I regret. I fulfilled a nromise toi
Leonard to find out from Joe Wocd, |
former tiger pitcher, aftcr the game |
how much money he had bet. Leon-i
ard had gone west before the game.” ’
Cobb said that he write Leonardi
and his leter was in guarded termsi
so as not to indicate that there wasj
any betting proposition involved, |
“But I did not try to bet on that |
game myself or intend to bet on it” |
Wood Denies Guilt l
NEW HAVEN, Conn., December |
234(11?)—Inno rnee of any wr,on:;:'];
doing, and ‘?'he never bét on or '
“fixed” a ball game in his life wera |
the claims today of Joe Wood, Yale!
baseball coach, who was connecied!
by Commissioner Landis witi the
latest scandal in professional hase—j
ball.
Wood said he bet on a game }flay-t
ed between Detroit. and Cleveland on |
September 25, 1919, but there was}
no agreement as to which team |
should win as charged by llerbertf
Leonard. ' l
R e e
The most important even in the .
history of the world Luke 2-8-20.;
Let’s all be on time Sunday the 26th
inst. t
—SB. J. HILL, Teacher;
Drink !
Delicious and Refré'shing
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Californi
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Amid snow and
ice or balmy air
and flowers and
; everywhere in
between — Coca-
Colais the favor
ite drink.
Made so by its
; taste-good feeling
and its delightful
after-sense of re
freshment.
: Cordele Coca-Cola
Bottling Company
Cordele, Ga. Phone 87
@ A.C.Towns, Manager
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LEGAL I XECUTIONER FOR STATE IS NAMED
SERIOUS TURN IN ILLNESS OF EMPEROR OF JAPAN
GAS LEAKS CAUSED
, DEATH OF CAMDEN
HUSBAND AND WIFE
BOARDMAN FITCH AND WIFE
' FOUND DEAP IN ROCM WHFN
| LIGHTS WERE BURNING.
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i CAMDEN, N. J., December 23-—(4)
—Certificate of accidental death
was given today by the coroner in the
case of Beardman L. Fitch and wife,
Maude, found dead in 2 gas filled
1 rcom yesterday.
" The authorities could not under
\ stand how the couple could have died
from gas poisoning when scme of the
gas jets in the room were fourd
lighted. :
The inveétigatiqn reveaied a leak
ing tube attached te a pgas-burning
stove from which sufficient ges had
escaped to overcome t:2 mau :md}
wife without causing it to ignite.l
The couple who were each about fif
ty six years old were former resi
dents of Savannah. i
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MCDERMOTT LAYS
SHOUTS THAT HE WAS FRAMED
- ON TWO 'OCCASIONS AS HE
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CANTON, Ohio, December 23—(&).
—Patrick McDermott, testifying to-!
day in his trial on charges of mur- |
dering Doi R. Mellett, denied anyi
complicity in the erime and pointed|
to Steve Kascholk, the state’s star |
witness, as the probable slayer. l
McDermott said it was he who |
warned Mellett by teelphone that,
three men were lying in ambush for!
him at garage door. MeDermott was |
defiant throughout the cross exami-'
nation by Prosecutor MecClintock,
shouting that he had been “framed” |
on two occasions. ‘
BIDS INVITED MAIL '
NEW YORK TO ;
. ATLANTA l
WASHINGTON, December 23—(&) |
—Postmaster General Now today in-‘
vited commercia laviation enterprises]
to submit bids for operation of over
night air mail route between Newl
York and Atlanta with stops at Phila- |
delphia, Washington, Richmond, andi
Greensboro, North Carolina. 1
CHRISTMAS SERVICE
J. HARRY ‘CHESLEY, Vicar
' There will be the office of the
Holy Communion on Christmas Day
at,'lo:3o a. m.
FEDERAL FUNDS USED l
ON SOU‘EBH'ERNF OREST ROADS %
WASHINGTON, December 23—
()—Allocation of agricultural de—i
partment funds for eonstruction of ‘
forest trails and highways during |
the fiscal year ended June 30, in—l
cluded the following for the south
ern states, i
Georgia, two hundred and eighty
thousand dollars. ;
South Carolina seventy-sev_en!
‘thousand.
Tennesse, two hundred and thirty
thousan,
GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1926
HENRY SINCLAIR AND FALL
TO FACE CONSPIRACY TRIAL
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SPRIN@E}ELD, Ohio , December
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wife weer killed at their home near
here today by an unknown assailant.
The bedies of the couple were!
found in the yard of their home by
the ‘"dead man’s brother, Leo, whol
lived with them.
Both were instantly killed, Haller--
man by a bullet in the temple and
Mys. Hallerman by blows over the
head, '’ :
MCTHER 'MR‘S. A. M. PRIDGEN
IS DEAD IN FiTZGERALD
The remains of Mrs. J. D. Mec-
Laughlin, who died at the family
home in Fitzgerald, weer laid to rest
in Sunnyside cemetery here late
this afternoon following arrixal. The
funeral was conducted this morning
in Gitzgerald. She was a Baptist and
was about 65 years of age. The
family resided in Cordele somefif
teen years age. :
Mrs, MeLaughlin was mother of
Mrs. A. M. Pridgen of Cordele. Her
husband, five daughters, one son and
a sister survive her. Deepest sym
pathy in their bereavement will be
extended by the peopie of the com
munity to those who are in sorrow.
POST OFFICE LOBBY 10
BE LOCKED CHRISTMAS DAY
Postmaster Griffin wishes to ecall
the attention of the patrons of the
Cordele Post Office that there will
be no service on the Rural Routes on
Christmas Day and none in Cordele
after noon of Christmas Day. On
Christmas morning the city caniersi
will leave the office an hour earlieri
than usual in order to effect deliv-}
ery of as much mai as possible and |
in doing so some of the street letterl
boxes will be collected from ea’rlier’
than usual: bear this in mind if you!
are particular as to yor mail beimzt
taken up by the carrier that morningi
At 12:00 o’clock noon all service to |
the public will cease and the Post‘
Office including the lobby will be
cosed and locked, |
l COURT RULES THAT TWO MEN
I MUST FACE CONSPIRACY
TRIAL.
‘ WASHINGTON, December 23—
. (P)—Harry F. Sinclair and Albert
‘B. Fall must stand ‘trial for con
spiracy in connection with the leas-
Eing of the Teapct- Dore naval oil
i reserve, Justice Jennings = Bailey
ruled in the District of (Columbia
l supreme court in refsin to. quash
| the indictment against them,
| Twwediately after the ruling the
i two defendants weer airaigned &nd
i pleaded not guilty. ° {
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CHRISTHMAS CARGLS
BEAUTIFUL SIX O'CLOCK SER
VICE WILL BE HELD ON - LI
BRARY LAWN FRIDAY.
At six o’clock tomorrow evening all
the people of the community are in
vited to attend and take part in thf‘f
, singing of the . . Christmas. carols
around the public Christmas tree on |
the library lawn up town. The tree |
will be lighted and the program will |
be carried out under the auspices_of
the Junior Symf)hony Cub. - :
Those who take part are reqestcd%
to bring i)oqks that have the s:rmgut;f
in them so that every body will be |
‘able to take part in the proyzram.‘l
\This is a beautiful service and all%
| people are invited to take part. i
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TERRIFIC EXPLOSION
KILLS TWO
PEOPLE
BALDWIN, N. Y., December 23—
(P)—A terrific explosion of undeter
mined origin today demolished
twelve one story buildings near Long
Island railroad station and caused
the death of a mother and child, and |
injured a number of persons. It was
believed gas from an escaping main‘
caught fire, or that a still in a cellar
blew up. g ;
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Is A Nunsance
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GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
| LONDON,' December 23-—c~—
H/P)—Gm:l'gc Bernard Shaw refuses
to withdraw his assertion - that
Christhas as an “unbeata>le nui
sanc(;" ought to be aboiished. To the
daily, express a man who tried to get
him to qualify the arm‘tll(;ln}ltij;}.!}ph;
the famous writer redenounced the
Yuletide celebration as a “horrible
pagan carnival”
“Not that T object is our heing
Pagan. Quite'tho contrary, I have
no quarrel with the Chiistmas feel
ing, but I think it should be spread
over the whole year. There may be
some who by nature are in such en
tirely miserable condition that they
require to be made merry at Christ
mas. I don’t”
LIGHTING RATES 70
BE LOWERED
HERE
The electric lighting rates in Cor
dele will be reduced, beginning with
‘the current used after the readings
in the present month, but to apply
on the bills that are to be paid in
February, In other words, the
meters have been read this month
‘before: the holidays set in the cur
‘rent used during Christmas will be
paid for on the January hill to be
paid in February.
There are reductions which will
change the gross charges from 13
cents gross per kilowat Four to 11.11
gross per kilowat hour. Paid on the
tenth of the month, the charges will
be net ten cents per kilowat hour.
It has beenman y years since light
ing costs were that low in Cordele.
There will be still greates reductions
for large consumers. 'T'here wil also
be power rate reductions effective
the first of the year.
CLYE ASH, WILCOX
ABBEVILLE, Ga., December 23—
(#)—Mr. Clyde Ash died at the home
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J.
Ash in the lower edge of Wilcox
county Wednesday evening. He had
been sick about two wecks from
pneumonia.
Mr. Ash was 20 years old, and
leaves his mother and father and sev
al sisters, besides other elatives.
Hé will be buried at Salem Baptist
church Friday. ‘
HIGH OFFICIALS
- ARE CALLED AGAIN
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- TOROYAL BEDSIDE
OFFICIAL BULLETIN SAYS
PULSE IRREGULAR AND TEM
PERATURE HIGHER.
TOKYO, December £3—(&)—-The
condition of Emperor Yoshihito was
officialy reported to be somewhat
worse in a bulletin at nine thirty to
night.
! The pulse is irregular and tem
’perature higher than heretofore.
' High court officials were cailed
' to his bedisde, indicating a serious
turn in his illness.
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BENNETT COUPLE
- GIVEN
* GIVEN FREEDOM
- AFTER LONG FIGHT
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GEORCGIA MAN AND WIFE HAD
BEEN SENTENCED TO TEN
- YEARS IN PEN FOR DEATH OF
MISS HOFFMAN.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Décem--
ber 23—(#)—The casge c¢if My, and
Mrs. W. H. Bennett of Rome, Geor
rai, convicted of voluntary man
slastétiter it ceriminal fourt here 2l
vear ago and sentenced bo ten yeat :“
in the Tennessee penitentiary f:*i
connection with the disappearance |
in 1915 of Miss Augus‘a Hoffman.
was dismissed here today f
Dismissalmotio n was made hy r‘!-i
terney General John Lively when she |
case was called today =fter h:wi.x,\'%
been remanded for new trial by tho !
supreme court. |
The attorney genoral said the il
state had no material cvidence (-H;-?
er than that introduce:d at the ;i»-:"
trial, i
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i'CIR&CLE ADDED ATTRACTICN
I UNUSUALLY INTERESTING
| — ;
' Aimee’s True Story presented a(:i
| the Circle yesterday, cor'ains the di'i
rect testimony given to the grand‘
ijury and press, by Aimee Semple
| McPherson in connection with her
recent kidnapping expedition. The
Angelus Temple pastor is prsesented
personally and acquits herself very
creditably. This case is of national
interest and the people should see
this testimony in pictures to appre
ciate the stand Aimee takes on the
matter, and to be in more intimate
touch with the case when it comes
back on trial-—There seems to be an
unusual local interest as it played to
capacity crowds yesterday—and will
be shown for the ast time today. Ev
ery one who did not see this yester
-Iday, shold surely see it on its last
| showing, as it will serve to enighten
‘those not well asquainted with the
'sensational inlident.
TAX COLLECTIONS AS
GOOD AS LAST |
| SEASON |
Tax Collector Henry Pitts closes'
his bookg this year with collections‘
fairly well made and conditions prac- |
tically as good as they wera l‘sli
year., It would be hard to locate any|
material differences in the i un:'-l
which were paid as compared with
last year in siate and ecounty taves, §
PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS
Established in 11908 : - -+
MEMBERS ASSOCIATED FRESS
PETER V. RICEES -
- LEGAL WARDEN OF -
STATE OF GEORGIA.
| -
!JESSUP MAN BECOMES EXECU.
~ TIONER TO UNTANGLE QUES
~ TION PENDING. i
i ATLANTA, Ga., December 28—
| (#)—Peter V. Rice, of Jessup, .Ga.-
‘today was named warden of, the é-.
tire state prison farm at Mflw.'
‘ville by State Prison Commlgq'i_ong,t;‘:}
'B. H. Dunnaway, superintendent,
will be continued in that chpaeity.’
Tt is presumed the settling of the,
question of a legal wardan, electroetis
tions there, will be continued utiin.
terupted. , g e R
bt e e Attt e tliart ¢
SENATE CONFIRMS
PURVIS FOR '
MARSHAL '
ATLANTA, Ga., December 28—
(P)—A Washington dispatch.t6 the
‘Atlanta Journal todtx}atgtea,”fl#,*fia
United States senate late yesterday
confirmed the nomination of Sfimu@l
Purvis of Oiclla, as. United States
marshal for the new middle di‘sltfi_&]
of Georgia on motion of S‘(*i\atu}
Harris, : RonnD e ¢ :
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EXCLUSIVE SCHOOT, -
FOR GIRLS.IS ;|
BURNED /. 1
P P ! G |
. GREENWICK, Conn; "' Degemhur
-23--~(A)~Ely Court,n in ci‘xglu’;}\?‘f',;
chool for girls, was burne:i! t\ '.'l’,:{fl :
cround today with a losh cptimaten b
at from five hundred thousadd to}a .
million dollars, et
The school was closed foyithe Lpila
days. 3 il
SGUTHEASTERN GETS FOUR . |
UTILITIES IN CHARLESTON
NEW YORK, December 23——(P)e
Control of four utilities ,sem'fi,@z'
Charleston, South Caorlina has béén
acquired by the Southeastern Powkr
and Light Company, and ~ will - e
merged into a new company to: be
known as the South Carélina Power
Company with a capitalization of
twenty million dollars.
Christma
ristmas
ARt
STEADS DRUG
STORE :
Bibles,
Christmas Oards
Toilet Articles, all
kinds —Perfumes—
Stationery --and.a
good line of Crepe
Papers and decora
tions, Tinsel Cordé, ;
etc. Full line of
Spices and Extracts
for flavoring. - |
. Stead’s . -
' Drug Store
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