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VOL. VHI.
GOOD CHURCH GOERS SUSTAIN
LOSSES WHILE THEY ATTEND
SUNDAY NIGHT SERVICES— PO
LICE AT WORK. : '
The nat\ux'e of their thefts would in
dicate that burglars who visited the
homes of some of Cordele’s suburban
residents Saturday and Sunday night,
were rather hungry and that they
were also choice in their taste. Savory
dishes of spring chicken seemed to
app;eal to them most, and their art in
the theft of the fowls was unmistaka
bly that of the negro variety. As a
consequence, half a dozen or more
good citizens are not as well prepared
to extend hospitality to the preacher
as they once were.
In addition to these thefts bulglaries
occurred at fully a nalf dozen other
homes which left the occupants in a
serious predicament ior sufficient
wearing apparel. No less than a dozen
burglaries occurred in the residence
section of East Cordele on these two
nights and hundreds of dollars worth
of clothing, food supplies and chick
ens were stolen. Circumstances make‘
it appear that there was an organized
band of the thieves, taking advantage
of the absence of the residents of their
Saturday night-busiiess or in attend
ance upon preaching services Sunday
night.
The thieves took Saturday night
mostly for chicken stealing, and those
who “weére logers ‘of ‘about all of their
flocks as a result were A. M. Stead,
W. P. Fleming, G. A. Ballenger, C.. 0.
Noble and Fred Harder. The thieves
also visited the home of J. O. Ander
son but found members of the family
there and in view of a stubborn pro
test put up by Mi. Anderson conclud
ed not-to push matter. At the home
of Mr. Ballenger they found dressed
chickens in the refrigerator, together
with other; food supplies and these
they took wita them. Clothing and
other articles of value were stolen
from some of these homes.
Sunday night the home of Mrs. W.
C. Pierce wasburglarized, and here
they left evidences of the complete
ness of their work by taking articles
of clothing. The burglar or burglars
turned things topsy turvey in the
house and stole clotliing and shoes
belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Pierce and
their son and daugiter, Van Allen
and Miss Colene Pierce, a revolver
and other articles.
Tracks about the house indicate that
there were two of the burglars, per
haps a man and a woman.. They made
good use of the time that members of
the household spent at preaching ser
vices Sunday night to steal everything
which seemed to strike their fancy.
Entrance to the house was forced
through a screen door, which had been
locked from the inside. They cut a
hole through the screen sufficiently
large to permit the passage of a man’s
body, and after gajning entrance in
this manner unlocked the door. Wear
ing apparel bearing the names of mem
bers of the family was unmolested.
The police are making every effort
to apprebend the thieves, and are now
working on several clues which may
lead to arrests. :
In other words, the colonel can have
almost anything he wants except what
he wants most,
BAPTIST BARACA WORK
FOR LARGE MEMBERSHIP
e G e £ e
The Baraca’class of the Baptist Surg
day school has inaugurated an active
campaign for new members and for
the regular attendance of all members
of the class. The attendance last Sun
day was the largest that the class has
had in some months, numbering thir
ty-eight.
W. L. Robuck has recently become
teacher of this class and is taking a
most active interest in the work, while
the young men are also manifesting
a hearty interest. Last Sunday Miss
Nell Denton, former teacher of the
class, ,was a guest and made a splen
did t'alk.
SERMON SUNDAY
, BY REV. J. P. WARDLAW
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Rey. J. P. Wardlaw, who is complet
ing his fourth and last year as presid
ing elder of the Cordele district, will
occupy the pulp't at. the Methodist
church next Sunday morning and
. evening at 11 a. m.,, and 8 o’clock p.
m. Rev. Mr. Wardlaw’s plain gospel
sermons have always held an intense
interest for Methodist congregations
here and others who have heard him,
and the closing discourse of his term
as presiding elder of the Cordele dis
trict will ‘especially interest and at
tract large congregations.
TaE CORDELE DISPATCH
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‘ ——__EATERIOR S
The Coliseum in St. Lcuis
ONE OF TURNER, TIFT AND CRISP
. THE OTHER OF IRWIN, WILCOX |
AND BEN HILL. ' 1
Ashburn, June 13.—The sentimentl
in favor:ef the creation of some new |
senhtorial districts in Georgia has rc-‘
ceived quite an impeius in this sec-|
tion since the recent convention. At
thé.t time Col. A. S. Bussey and other
delegates from counties in this section
informally discussed ine matter and
it was suggested that a meeting ofl
citizens from counties in this territoryl
be called to meet at Fitzgerald before
the convening of the legislature and\
.draft a bill to creaie two new dis
tricts in this part of the state. ‘
According to Hon. W. R. Bowen, of’
Fitzgerald, Ben Hill and other affected
counties will welcome the movement
and any feasible plan that will give us
more senators from this section.
The tentative plan is to take Tur
ner county from the Tenth district,
which is composed of four counties;
Tift from the Sixth, which is composed |
of four counties, and Crisp from the’
Fourteenth, which is composed of five|
counties, and make a compact district
composed of the three counties of Tur~‘
ner Crisp and Tift, to be known as the|
Forty-fifth district; and to take Wil-|
cox from - the Fourteenth district,‘
‘which now has five counties, and Ben
Hill and Irwin from the Fifteenth dis-l
'trict, which is composed of six coun-i
ties, and make a new Forty-sixth dis-i
trict- composed of the three counties |
of Irwin, Ben Hill and Wilcox. |
This would leave tiree counties in
the old Ninth, Tenth and Fourteenth
district, and four counties in the Fif
teenth district.
When the constitution of 1887 was
.adopted, the general arrangement of
the senatorial districts was three coun
ties per district. In view of the num
ber of new counties created in thisl
section of the state, each of the new
counties having now a far greater pop
ulation and taxable value than than.
either of the old counties from which
they were created had in 1877, it would
be but fair to create the new districts
as proposed and it is thought no oppo
sition would develop from the state
at large.
The chairmen of the executime com
mittee of the six counties of Turner,
Tift, Crisp, Irwin, Ben Hill and Wil
cox will be asked to name delegates to
the Fitzgerald meeting to draft bills
and appoint committees to push the
matter through the approaching ses
sion of the legislature. It is expected
that the present representatives, coun-]
ty officers, newspaper men and such
citizens of the counties named as will,i
‘attend that meeting andG give as much
impetus as possible to the movement,
as a constitutional amendment will be,
necessary to accompilsh the ohject.
LADIES PLANNING PREPARED
NESS PARADE FOR JULY THE
FOURTH THAT WiLL MANIFEST
GREAT CIVIC PRIDE.
All Cordele will warmly cooperate
with the D. A. R. to make the unveil
ing and presentation of the beautiful
electric flag on July Fourth a great
occasion. The D. A. R.’s believe it
will mean much to this city and sec
tion. Not only will the day be an oc
casion of the patriotic spirit of the
city, but it will also be an occasion for
a demonstration of the civic spirit of
the city which will attract general at
tention every where.
The preparedness parade is to be
such a success that it will attract vis
itors from towns within automobile
distance of the city. This will be a
unique occasion. The [Jadies feel that
the town will rise and meet in a man
ner befitting a splendid and growing
city.
Only one other town in Georgia has
enjoyed the unique distinction of un
veiling and possessing “Old Glory”
electrified, and that city is Athens.
What a great time she made of it.
iichoes of the noise and splendor of
that day resounded throughout the
nation.
The D. A. R. in their patriotism and |
pride have made it possible and (30r-%
dele is going to meet them in thisi
splendid undertaking. !
They want the chamber of (:om-!
commerce to furnish’a band for the|
parade. The ladies are assistingl
greatly in their work by making il;!
possible for Cordele to have such ai
day. |
The occasion and the parade with |
flying Jbanners and band music, will|
furnish an object lesson in patriotism |
for the children they can never forget,
‘and will serve to arouse the loyalty of
‘the people to a renewed patriotism |
and civic pride. The chamber of com-l
merce will be urged to appoint com
mittees to work with the ladies to
this one of the best occasions Cordele
has ever known.
“The splendid undertaking of the
part of the ladies deserves it and the‘
civic pride of the town demands it,”
said one of the lady promoters yester-|
l day in speaking of the plans. l
ATLANTA MAN DIES '
IN MYSTERIOUS WAY'
Atlanta, Ga., June 13.—The police!
of Atlanta are probing the mysterious |
death of H. J. Freeman, who was haul-‘
ed into the city in the rear seat of an‘
automobile late Sunday night by two
friends with whom he had gone for a
joy ride. One of them Newt Garner
is a former attache of the Fulton coun
ty solicitor’s office. They claim that
Freman died on their way to town,
Iland that they didn’t notice a thing the
matter with him until they turned to
i ask him his address, so they could de
tliver him at home,
THE CORDELE DISPATC H, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1916.
CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION HELD
CALLED MEETING TO FILL VA
CANCIES—THREE NEW TEACH
ERS.
An clection of teacners fo rthe Cor
dele .public schools occurred Tuesday
to replace teachers who have declined
elections to positions on the faculty.
It was a called meeting of the city
board of education aad the following
selections were made:
Miss Malissa Ogburn, of Reynolds,
teacher of mathematics; Miss Ruth
E. Morse, of Dalton, teacher of latin,
to succeed Miss Dollie McLendon, of
Bluffton who declined; Miss Annie
Lee Ennis of Milledgeville, teacher of
one of the sixth grades to succeed
Miss Cowarts, of Milner, who also de
clined.
i To Vete On Prohibition.
~ Dallas, Texas., June 12.—The state
‘democratic executive committee in ses
‘sion here today voted 27 to 4 to place
‘the question of submission of state-
N'i(le prohibition on the ballot to be
?VO!Q'J on at the primary election in
Uuly.
o . o o
, Municipal vs Private Ownership
I am tinoi‘otxglrly convinced that the people of Cordele should own their
own electric light and power plant just as they own their water plant. The
money that can be made by the operation of the light and water plant com
bined, if owned by the people, would be kept in Cordele, used for internal
improvements, and would be put in circulation among the people. To the
contrary, private ownership by a corporation with its offices in some other
state, takes from the city’s business, from the people generally, every dollar
‘that is derived from the operation of the plant. The money never finds its
iway back to the business channels of Cordele. In fact, it is a continual out
}go and not one penny of income.
The city today needs the electric light and power plant and the revenue
to be derived from it to educate the boys and girls, that is, to maintain and
support the city’s public schools. We were compelled to appropriate $16,000
for the support of the schools this year; and that large ‘amount of money
lnecessarily has to be drawn from the pockets of the citizens of the ecity,
sthrnugh the scheme of a school tax. If the people owned the light plant as
! they do the water plant, the income from these plants would more than sup
| por the school system, thereby relieving: the tax payers of supplying the
| large sum of $16,000 annually out of their pockets. But to the contrary. the
income from the light plant while it is in the hands of a private, foreign cor
poration is sent away from the city and uot one dollar of it goes to the ed--
| ucation of the boys and girls or to improve the city, or to the business chan
nels for the general support of business maintenance expansion and up
build of the city from which the private corporation draws the funds.
i I certainly hope to see the people take part in settling this very impor-
Etant question that Cordele may be in tie front rank along with her sister
| cities in owning and operating its Watir and light plant. And I venture the
assertion that it will only be a few years bhefore the city will see its way
!clear to own its gas plant and possibly ;.hc ice plant, thereby giving to the
Ipeople their rights in being the owners of water light and gas utilities,
lmanaging and controlling the same for the benefit that may be derived from
it. J. GORDON JONES.
MRS. ROOSEVEL'Y STOPS COL.
Chicago, June 12.—-Mrs. Roosevelt
was responsible for Col. Rosevelt’s re
fusing to run for the p.tesic.ency on the
Progressive ticket.
This was learn~d from an authorita
tive source today.
According to the information, he
would have accepted tke nomination
but for the earnest appeal of his wife.
Mrs. Roosevelt, it was stated, would
have been willing for her husband to
‘run provided he had been nominated
by both parties but she objected to his
leading a hopeless race.
MEETING LOCAL CAMP TOMOR
ROW NIGHT TO PERFECT PRO
.GRAM FOR LOG ROLLING ASSO
CIATION MEET.
A special meeting of the Cordele
camp, woodmen of the World, is called
for tomorrow (Thursday) night and at
this time the program for the approach
ing meet of the Soutn Georgia Log Rol
ling Association July 20 and 21, will
be adopted in full. New plans for the
entertainment of the visitors will be
discussed at this meeting, and the im
portant business to be transacted jus
tifies the attendance of every member
of the camp who can possibly be pres
ent.
Several prominent local speakers
will discuss the events of the gather
ing and the meeting will be one of the
most interesting that thes camp has
held in some time.
CANTALOUPES READY SOON.
Thomasvilie, June B.—The canta
loupe crop of south Georgia will begin
moving in about two wuokfl, accord
ing to reports from those who will han
dle it, and it is said =0 be the best in
' several vears.
FIRE DAMAGED
J PEOPLE’S GROCERY
{’BLAZE DISCOVERED EARLY SUN
” DAY MORNING—INSURANCE ON
j STOCK BUT NONE ON BUILDING.
! A loss to house and contents esti
pnated at between $7,000 and $B,OOO
' was entailed when fire of an unknown
origin partially destroyed the ware
house and stock of the People’s Gro
cery company, wholesale grocers, lo
cated on Ninth avenue, adjacent to the
Iplanl of the Cordele Coca-Cola Bot
‘tling Works. A large portion of the
' stock was either destroyed or dam
iaged by fire and water.
. The flames were discovered Sunday
morning between 4 and 5 o’clock. The
fire had evidently been smouldering
for hours, and it is not known in just
‘what part of the building it originated.
The entire woodwork of the struec
ture was burned, though not totally
destroyed. S. J. Hill, owner of the
building, is at the head of the Peo
ples’ Grocery company. No papers of
importance were destroyed.
There was no insurance on the
building, though the loss to the stock
was practically covered by insurance.
No account of the cause of the fire
can bhe given.
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CORDELE WON A GAME WITH A
BETTER TEAM—THINGS LOOK
SOMEWHAT MORE ENCOURAG
iNG.
The recent acquisition to the Cor
dele team has brought around wonder
ful changes in its playing, and hag had
the desired result of copping a game
or so. With the line-up as it is, Cor:
dele will win often. Some of the
positions are yet to be strengthened.
If there is a time when the Cordele
fans should boost and encourage' the
club, this is that time.
With the present line-up, the other
teams of the “Big 4” can’t prevent our
winning at least occasionally, and
there'’s no need to fear that Cordele
will not take as many as the rest of
them. Cordele has been handicapped
because of limited ability in some of
'its pitchers, and these positi.ons to
gether with short and other positions
that have gone suffering are now well
fortified.
Cordele is going to play ball!
* % % T oW
When Cordele’s sluggers get after
a pitcher's angora, °tis best tc take
the merry-o-round complacently. There
is no helping it, as Holmes of Monte
zuma is perhaps willing to vouch since
Tuesday’s game.
* i ok k %
The supberb hitting of Steed and
Vanlandingham is calculated to break
up any old ball game any old time.
Gillis, of University of Georgia fame,
an outfielder and all-round good player
will report for Monday’'s game with
Dawson at that place.
K % sk k m
Henderson comes on June 23, and
will complete the line-up as it is ex
pected to remain for the season. He
will hold first sack and there's none
better in balldom this side of the big
leagues.
*%% ¥ =
The strongest acquisition perhaps
that has been made to the Cordele
team recently is Price, who has won
16 of the last 18 games he has pitched
for Auburn.
2R TR B G
The man holding down short now
for the locals is a little fellow named
Perry, and, to take it from those who
have seen his playing, he is all to the
merry good. f he has a fault it is
‘that of being too fast. He is heady
‘and rangy, and knows what to do with
the ball when he gets it. His errors
in the game Tuesday were caused
;largely, it is said, by his having to
‘handle’s Martin’s spit ball. Perry
‘comes from Meridian, Miss.
| €k ok K %
i Vaughn, a crack outfielder, of Mont
igonwry, and recently with the South
Atlantic, has become associated with
the Cordele club. Another outfielder
that has reported is Cillenland, form
erly with the Fitzgerald team.
* % % %k %
Cordele plays Dawson on the local
grounds Thursday, Friday and Satur
day.
'FRAZER DURRETT WON
| HONOR AT MERCER
' Quite a distinct honor was won by
‘Frazer Durrett, of this ¢’ty, a student
of Mercer University, in his recent
achievement in English composition,
being awarded the medal for the best
article in the Mercerian, the university
magazine,
Delivered By Carrier
In City 5¢ Per Week
‘ -
CORDELE NEEDS
MAYOR J. GORDON JONES WRITES
INTERESTING NOTE ON AN IM
PORTANT SUBJECT.
The city of Cordele needs a real,
live, active Commercial Club, compos
ed of its real, live, and active bankers,
merchants, manufacturers and profes
sional men. A city with many advan
tages to do business, and Cordele has
many, without a commercial club, is
like a deparimentalized business with
no general head. The mayor and city
council are merely department heads
lund may make the different depart
!mc\nts of the city successful to a cer
tain degree, but the general success
will fall far short of its possibilites..
I‘\ commercial club can do anything
‘within reason it sets out to do. There
fis almost no limit to what such a club
‘can accomplish. It can achieve the
issemingly impossible if it sets a high
‘mark. A commercial club will make
any town a better place to live. Its
‘work is to uplift work. It moves for
}pvr:mnal and civic betterment. It is
the busziness of the commercial club
to keep its hand on the public purse,
‘](eeping informed as to what the peo
ple need and help them to get it. This
does not mean catering ' to passing
popular fancies, but ministering to the
deeper and more significant = re
quirements of life.
It is one of the important functions
of the commercial club to promote in
telligence and develop higher ideals
among the citizens. A commercial club
which devotes its entire energies to
producing direct dollars and cents re
turns for its members may for a time
make business better in the stores, hut
it will not prove the permanent gain
it should and it will not elevate the
standard of the city. To promote a
lecture or chautauqua course in the
city, or to establish a library, may
seem an activity outside of the appro
priate work of a commercial club; but
just this kind of work will accomplish
more for the general betterment of the
city than a dozen of purely doliars and
cents methods, but it is worth while
for ali of us to get away from money
idea now and then.
} Mix a little. "It will pay to adopt
‘as a motto that of Trenton, Missouri:
“Get acquainted with your neighbor,
Iyou might like him.” The industries
%that support the city ought to receive
consideration from the commjercial
club. If there is any appreciable lo
cal production of goods of general
utility, it is often desirable to boost
these home products. A “Made in Cor
dele” "week, when home products are
put on sale by the merchants will be
found to be profitable. s
The work of the mayor and city coun
cil of the city is properly a part of
the care of the commercial club.
Where special legislation is wanted
for any lccal purpose, the club can
promote it much better than individ
uvals, and when the influence of the
business men is wanted to help secure
proper legislation or to defeat any
measure, a communication from the
commercial club, represzenting the emn
tire business intercsis of the city will
have a great deal more weight than
the separate individual communica
tions that might otherwise be sent im:
“In union there is streagth,™ and
particularly where political interests
are involved. In the matter of secur
ing better service from public utili
ties or public service companies, the
commercial club is usually most effec
tive. In dividuals can do very Ilit
tle with a lighting company, a railroad
or water supply co::pany. One man
is usnally almost helpless to secure
better service, but when a united body
of businsss men start out to secure it,
something is likely to result. Muni
cipal authorities arc often slow to im
prove service when there is no politi
cal advantage in doing so. In the
matter of lighting the city, the com
mercial club often goes in advance of
the authoritics. '
The municipally owned system of
electric light and power plants which
is growing in favor, is usually install
ed as the result of a business men’s ag
itation. There. is no better policing
system for a city than bright streets.
Where the streets are light, crime and
immoraliy will not thrive. There is
no better advertisement for a city in'
the minds of the transient public than
streets conspiciously bright. It is the
common idea that it is the business
streets that need to be light and that
he back sireetsé#mav be dark wihout
any loss so lecag as one can see to
grope his way through them without
running into the teclephone poles.
Mcney spent for lights is money well
and profitably spent, whether in the
indivdual store or throughout The
whole of the city out doors. Bright
streets are an evidence of a thrifty
city, and the cost of the better light
ing comes back to the tax payers in
the form of added value to their prop
erty.
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