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GEORGIA WEATHER
Mostly cloudy and warmer tonight
and Tucsday. Light variable winds.
WOLUME NO. 11
THREE COAL STRINERS SLAIN IN CHARGE UPON STATE POLIGE
Conference Sends Rev. C. W. Curry to Cordele as Methodist Pastor
PUBLISHER FAVORS DAUGHTER’S “COMPANIOTATE” MARRIAG E
Low Ginning Report
~ Sends Cotton Higher
$3.00 To $3.50 Per Bale
UNDER 11,060,000 1
FAILURE TO MEET EXPECTED]
FIGURE RESULTS IN GAINS FOR
STAPLE, : \ -
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21— (AP) —1
Cotten of this years crop ginned prior
to November 14, the census hureau an- ‘
nounced today totaled 10,899,182 bales
cluding 401,005 round bales counted as
half males and excluding linters. ‘
Ginning, to November 14, last yeal
totaled 12,999,182 bales including 401.
005 round bales counted as half bhales.
Ginnings to November 14 last year
totaled 12,956,444 bales including 427.
33 round bales and in 195 that totaied
13,360,353 bales including 318 round
bales. o 0f EIN
This year's corp as indi'cated y
conditions November 1, has been es
timated by the department of agri
cul{ure at 12,842 equivalent to 500
pound bales. § :
Ginnings by statte to November 14,
included - Georgia, ' 1,053,748 bales.
. Jump In New York
NEW YORK, November 21—(AP)
—Cotton prices advanced more than
$3.00 per bale on the New York cot
ton -Exchange today on the govern
ment ginning reprt showing smallc
figures than had bee generally anti'
‘-’,Qfi:{qg intepding to confirm the
'sma'ler estimate of the crop. »
New Orleans Rse
NEW ORLEANS, November 21
—-(AP)—The cotton market advanced
over $3.50 a bale in the early trading
today on account short covering in
duced. by the smaller ginning total
that the trade had looked for. ’
Even an ant has sense enough to
store up something for the future.
Are you dumber than an ant?
The tinished musicians are dead.
b Drink@ ke %1
Stop Delicious and Refreshing !
at the
red sign and /.
refresh yourself!
Just keep right
" on the way
: you’'re going
: and soon a red
‘ sign will show
you where to
o = stop—and re
.. fresh yourself,
Cordele Coca-Cola
Bottling Company
Cordele, Ga. Phene 67
A. C.Towns, Maneger
Q é |
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/ 7 million
a day
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CORDELE DISPATCH
FRED DALEY FOUND BY AUTOMO
BILE WITH BULLET THROUGH
HIS HEART.
WRIGHTSILLE, Ga., November 21—
(AP)—With a bullet wound chrough
his heart Fred Daley, 36, promin~nt
man here, was found dead at nidnight
Sunday in tront of his home, on West
Elm Street. The body was lying near
the rear of his automobile which was
found locked. A woman’s glove was
found near the body and a woman’s
track leading from the home where
Daley boarded were traced a considzra
nle distance. No pistol was found.
Neibhbors reported to Coroner L. H.
Clayton that they heard a pistol late
in the night but made no investiga
tion. The Daley automobile was parked
in tfront of the old Daley home which
is now owned by Fluker Tarbutton and
in which Daley was a boarder. Mr. and
Mrs. Tarbutton yere nof at home last
night, it was stated, being out of the
city on a visit. :
One witness reported that he et
a woman comin girom the direclion of
the Daley automobile about the time
the pistol was heartd. No othe: clues
other than the guove and the womans
tracks leading from the home where
Daley boarded are said to have heen
found.
Mr. Daley was the son of the lite
Judge A. E. Daley, former presid:nt
of the Wrightsville and Tennille rail
road and abrother of E. E. Daley and
Col. Rusell Daley of Dublin, Ga.; Mil
lard Daley of Wrightsville and Mir.
J. E. Varner of Atlanta.
Coroner Clayton, together with au
thorities, this morning begun and im
mediate investigation to determinc
how he met his death. An ingucst
opened this afternoon.
SENIOR BISHOP OF SOUTHERN
METHODISM CELEBRATES FIF
TIETH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
ATLANTA, Ga., November 21—(AP)
—Friends in the church and out of it,
throughout the United States were to
day congratulating Bishop Warren
Akin Candler, on the fiftieth anniver=
sary of his marriage.
Bishop and Mrs. Candler weer al
home today to their friends during tre
morning and afternoon, of a day cli
‘maxed with a large and colorful re
ception in the evening at the Biltmore
Hotel to which 400 of the couple’s
friends were invited.
GERMAN MISSIONARY
MURDERED IN
CHINA
TIEN TSIEN. November 21—(AP)
— Father Herenigilde, German Cath
olic missionary in northern Shansi,
has been murdered by Shansi Pro
vinee soldiers, the Belgian mission
at Tien Tsien learned today.
WANT ADS CASH }
You may phone yowr want ads
hut please remember they are cash
in advance. Come in and pay for
them first time you are down town.
A collecting force trying to find
you and going back on promises is
expensive, .
CORDELE, GEOR IA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1927
SEVERAL; ;1 HUNDRED ' STRIKER:
STORMED COAL MINE THIRTY
MILES: NORTH OF DENVER.
DENVER, C 010.,, November 21—(452)
—Governor W. H. Adams ‘today de
clared martial law in the northern
Colorado coal tsrike area.
Three unidentified strikers w=re
killed and nearly a score were wound
ed, early ‘today when state police
man opened fire on several hundred
strikers and their sympathizers who
stormed a Columbia Coal Mine, thirty
miles north of Denver.
The casualties were the firsi sirce
the I. W. W. called a strike in the
Coloraclo coal field, October 18. Wain
ings had been issued by officials of
the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company
operators of the mine that any at
tempt of the strikers to invade the
property would be made by gun {ire.
One of the injured was a woman
dressed in men’s clothing.
Nearly 500 strikers gathered outside
the mines about five a. m.. They were
met at the gates by Lewis M. Scherf.
chief of the state law enforcement de
partment, and a dozen of his men. The
strikers were commanded to halt »hut
surged through the entrance and on
gaged in a hand to hand conflict with
the guards. Guns were wielded by che
police but the were overwhelmed. The
strikers used rocks, clubs and knives.
Scherf rallied his officers and tney
withdrew to take up a new position as
the strikers approached. Again Scl.eri
warned them to stop and fired twe
guns over their heads. The advance
was continued and the state officers
leveled their guns directly into the
ranks of the invader and opened ‘ire
After nearly a score had dropped the
strikers fled through the gates.
Martial Law Declared
Decision to call out the Tnation
guards was reached by Governor Ad
ams after the fight between state jo
lice and I. W. W strikers.
Three strikers weer known to have
bheen killed and more than a score
were injured. Strikers asserted that
from seven to ten had heen slain but
thsi could not be verified. Miny ol
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Stead’s
DRUG STORE
The combination
county and eity store;
carries pure drugs
and chemicals, and
fills preseriptions
carefully. Personal
and phone orders ap
preciated.
FITZHUGH LEE,
Manager.
Phone 1
: Service Al
Qulaity AAI
REV. J. B. JOHNSTONE, PASTOR
HERE FOR TWO YEARS, GOES
TO CAIRO FOR NEW CHARGE.
VALDOSTA, Ca., Nov. 21—(AP) —
Among the appointments for the
South Georgia Methodist Episcopal
conference announced today were:
Cordele District, H. T. Freeman,
presiding elder; Ashburn, J. S. Grahl;
Cordele, C. W. Curry; Fitzgerald, W.
Al Tyson; Hawkinsville, W. H.
Ketchum; Marshvilie, W. M. Haywood;
Montezuma, H. C. Jones; Ocilla, L. A.
Brown; Oglethorpe, J. J. Sanders:
Perry, P. M. Christian; Pinehurst, J.
E. Fain; Rochelle, E. P. Drake; Syca
mere, T. C. Gardner; Unadilla, W. A.
Mallory; Vienna, A. D. Wall.
Rev. J. B. Johnstone, who has
served the past two years in Cordele,
will have Cairo as a new charge.
’ The new pastor taking his place in
Cordele comes from the Valdosta dis
trict where he has served as presid
ing elder. He is an able minister and
is beloved all over the conference.
INQUIRY INTO HEALTH WILL Bi
MADE AND AMERICAN GIVEN
RELEASE.,
PARIS, Ncvember ' 21—(AP)—Ben
nett J.. Doty, American member o:
the French foreign legion will prob
ably be brought before a military re
vue at the first favorable opportunity:
for an inquiry on the basis of his
health and to the possibility of his
release from serving the remainder of
his enlistment, it was learned today
from an unquestioned source.
the state officers were injured.
Governor Adams ordered out por’ of
the Colorado national guards and cde
clared martial law in the coal fizlds
of northern Colorado.
Troopers were on their way to fthe
Celumbkine mine when the governor
signed an order shortly after 10 a. m.
giving the natioal guards absolute au
thority in the strike district.
! Charged to Strikers
. DENVER C 010.,, November 21-—(AP)
| —Responsibilities for the death o 1
those killed at the Columbine Coal
mine today rest merely with the
| strikers themseuves, Governor W. T
| Adams declaied ina formal statement.
( “Chief Lewis Scherf of the state
;law enforcement squad had every pa
-Itience with the advancing strikers and
| he ordered his men to fire only when
[it appeared tkat his own life and those
‘of his deputies were in danger,” the
| governor said.
I oe S Ao LS A 0
’ POLICE ARREST FIVE
‘ MEN AND SAVE
GANGSTER
CHICAGO, November 21—(AP,—
Al Capone, marked for an assassin
bullet in a new gang war outhreak,
owed his life today he said to the ar
rest of tive men, police melieved had
. been chosen as his executioner.
! NEW FAMILY COMES
i Mr. Fanning and family are now
| oceupying apartments with Mr. ana
I'Mys. J.. C. Tyler. Mr, Fanning is
'(sunn(_-(lned with the Seahoard in the
‘lm'ul freight office,
‘ ek be R b RO R
| SPECIAL MEETING
l Speeial meeting tonight at the
| Methodist church of the Board oy
Stewards—at 7:30 o'clock.
] Big Oyster Supper--Come,
—B, CATCHINGS. Sec,
RESPONSIBILITIES
EDITOR GIVES NO CLEAR STATE:-
MENT OF WHAT HE MEANS
BY COMPANIONATE MARRIAGE
{ Shead
GIRARD, Kan., November 21 &
(AP)—Belief that economical re
spensibilities should not hamper
marriage amoug young people has
decidad E. Haldeman-Julius, promi
nent Kansas publisher and author,
to approve the wedding of hibj‘
eighteen-year-old daughter and a
youth of twenty o na companionate }
basis, he explained in an announcv-l
met prited by a Kansas City p:mm.i
The thirty-eight-year-old pub]ishex'l
who first gained prominence in ex-‘i
tracts from classical works, de
clared he believed his daughter, Joy
sephine, would be hetter off married
to the youth she loves than to await
the time when they would be finan
cially independent,
Josephine, a junior in high schooy
at Girard, Kan.. where her father’s
plant is located, will finish her;
schooling there and then enter col
lege, Mr. Haldeman-Juliug said. The
bridegroom is Aubrey -C. Roselle, u‘
sophimore at the University of Kan
sas. |
Announcement of the manr
said the ceremony had heen set for
Thanksgiving Day and that the Rev
erend L. M. Mirkhead, pastor of
All Souls Unitarian church here
would officiate.
While Mr, Haldeman-Julius did
not give a specific explanation of
his conception of a ‘“companionate
union,” he explained that neither of
the young people will assume any
financial responsibilities,
FLOGGING TRIALS ARE
OPENED IIN
LUVERNE, Ala,, November 21—
(AP)—Trial was opened today ol
the firgt of thirty-four men indictea
by a recent grand jury for assauli
and battery and kidnapping in con
nectio with a score of masko
gings in Crenshaw county, Alabama.
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Participation-
K aeh sharceholder
participates in the
carnings of this as
sociation according
to his investiment,
You are entitled to
the full carn ing
power of your mon
ey — why accept
less,
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Lazy Persons Can’t Win
Race For The Three Cars
In Christmas Campaign
BIGGEST VOTE OFFER (_;LOSES
IN. TWO WEEKS—WILL NOT BE
EXTENDED OR REPEATED
The effcrt put forth during the
present “Big Vote Period” will easily
pring success to club members in
The Dispatch Campaign. -
The laggard unwilling to devote
time or thought to the campaign,
however. will finish as an “also
ran.” This is a campaign for “live
wires,” the kind of people who do
things. |
it you are alive and awake to the
great opportunity offered in The
Dispatch Campaign, then you should
be a club member in the race, a live
and energetic worker. This is Your
Opportunity. Are you taking ad
vantage of it? :
You can secure one of the three
autos, an Orthophonic Victrola, a
wrist watch or a cash award. Yw‘
have the same equal chance as any
one to earn the largest award. It
cost you nothing to enter. What it
does require is steady plugging and :
hammering away during the next
five weeks.
Your opportunity then, to win a
prize that will repay you many
times over for the effort put forth |
is here. But to get your rightful |
;sh;m\ you must get busy right now— |
today. |
} Don't get behind in thig racc——get|
ahead. Go right to it and keep right
after the prize of your choice. Give
'_vour campaign as much of your
time and attention as you can spare.
i IFfor right here no doubt, is the
ereatest opportunity that will ever
‘mmu your way. Stop and consider—
did you ever before in a few short
weeks, have the opportunity to cash
in your spare time for ove: 7‘21)()_00‘
per week? ‘
| Do not think you haven't a gmm‘
chance if you enter now. You have
‘uw-ry chance. .The campaign is only
just now getting under way.
‘ The only thing that will keep you
from winning one of the big prizea'
lin this race is you-—yourself, If you
i enter the campaign determined to
[r:um-(:.‘asfnl, then you will be. Wip
‘.\'uu must—the greater your effort
!Ilu- greater the reward.. Send i-;
{ymu' nomination at once—do it nnw.{
| The present big vote period wil
jcontinue in effect until December
;.':r(l. and all subscriptions turned in
{ before that will count on this offer.
| After that time less votes wibl he
lgiw-n for each subscription just ex
| actly as published in the first cam
'p;ziun announcement. The big vote
Inm'iml will not be extended or
|pn':|!ml. it will not wait for you;
‘}‘t)u'll have to jump in and take ad
{ vantage of it while you can. And
it’s mighty important that you do
fake advantage of it if you want fo
win one of the hetter prizes. IT I 8
UP TO YOU TO GET YOUR SHARRE
OF THE PRIZES.
! Wealth may not he good fer some
'l'ull\'~. but most ever'one is willin’
[ to' make th' experiment,
Candidates Are
Bunched Help
Your Favorite
Before Dec. 3rd.
PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS
Established In 1908
MEMBERS ASSOCIATED FRESS
REMUS STORY OF '
NOTHING EMOTIONAL, A VERY
PLAIN STATEMENT OF FACTS'
IS COURT ORDER. y e i
CINCINNATI, November 21—(AP)—i
The emotiona! elaboration of the his«!
tory of his recent life which George’
Remus had planned to lay before ‘he ¢
jury in his murder trial, was barred’
today from his opening statement.
When Walker K. Sibbald, assistant’
prosecutor arose to make the atntm‘,\._l
opening statement, Judge Chester R: :
Shook rule: Py
«“Each side will be limited to .two
‘hours; each side will mage a plain
statement of its case; there will be
nothing emotional and no argumenty
there will be a simple sta.bem:"@to;
the facts that the evidence will brng:
| out.” E ’ >
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DEMPSEY AND KEARNS
BOTH OUT OF
COURT
NEWARK, N, .J, November 21
Charges of attempted tampering w.th
justice o nthe part of Jack Dempiey
and Tex Ricard, brought an end to
day to Jack Kearns' $333,333.33 colrt.
action against Dempsey. ; 2
Just berore Judge Runyan issued his’
his ultimatum the court was thrown
into an uprcad by George L. (Tex)
Rickard, who had resented a remark
of Kearns counsel that the promater
had boasted of having the case “m
the bog” that he was “a contempti=
pble liar in open court.
| GOES FOR TREATMENT,
Mr. A. I. Webb, accompanied by
. Mrs. Webb and Mrs. D. W. ' Lott,
left Saturday for Plains where Mr.
. Webb will underge treatment at
the Wise Hospital. Mr. Webb has
" peen ill for some days and friends
on all sides hope for early news of
his improvement, g 7
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F rozcn
Creait
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A bank which ties
up its assets in
longtime invest
ments is freezing
its credits — crip
pling its ability
to serve its clients |
and its commu
nity. Constant
availability of as
sets is the policy
of this bank,
el il
Banking C
anring Co.
CORDELE, G& “y ¥
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