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SUNDAY ED_l_'l_‘!?_!
- Ten Pages
VOL. Vill.
®PREPAREDNESS PARADE— UN
VEILING OF ELECTRIC FLAG
AND JULY FOURTH EXERCISES
ALL COMBINED IN GRAND ' OC
CASION. !
That Cordele is going to celebrate
July Fourth in a most elaborate way
is already revealed in the program
the ladies of the city have arranged
for the unveiling of the electric flag
on the tower at the Crisp County Tem
ple of Justice. This is to be an ex
traordinary occasion. Those who are
in charge of the various details of ar
rangement for the occasion are brim
ming full of enthusiasm and the pro
gram is taking shape in a splendid
way.
The celebration is going to be one
conducted on a larger scale than any
of the kind ever witnessed here. Sev
eral things are combined in the one
day to make it one of moment. The
preparedness parade, the unveiling of
the electric flag; the second one in
the state, and the July Fourth manifes
tations of patriotism will all be com
bined in the one day’s exercises.
Judge W. F. George, of Vienna, will
be the orator of the day for the un
veiling of the electric flag. Judge
Max Land will be Grand Marshall of
the day and J, W. Bivins Master of
Ceremonies. The flag will be present
ed to the city by Mrs. E. M. Espy, re
gent, and accepted for the city by
Mayor J. Gordon Jones. The flag will
be unveiled by little Miss Gertrude
Land and Master Monroe Hunt.
The preparedness parade will mob
olize on the rear of library lawn un
der directions of the Grand Marshall
of the day, who has all pYans of the
parade in charge. The parade will
march under escort of the Walker Boy
Scouts and will be headed by the May
or and his staff. Then will follow the
D. A. R. Heade@ by Miss Frances Cars
well as “Columbia,” these to be fol
lowed by thirteen college girls under
the leadership of Miss Marquerite Dur
rett, who will represeni. the “Original
Thirteen Colonies.” Next will come
the W. C. T. U. under leadership of
Miss Atkins, president, headed by
“Dixie” represented by one of the
young ladies of the chapter. Follow
ing ‘will come the Symphony club un‘
deryescort of its president, Mrs. T. J‘
Durrett. The next division will be
headed by the county®officials under‘
escort of the High Sheriff J. H. Ward,
to be followed by Judge E. F. Stro
zier-ft the head of the olcal bar.
Then will follow the fraternal or
ders, under their leaders and the Ci
vilians under leadership of the Cham
ber of commerce headed by C. D. Ber
caw. The next division will be headed
by the W. C. T. U. undef leadership
of its President Mrs. J. R. Kelley, fol
lowed by the Order of Eastern Stars,
led by Mrs. T. M. Coker, Worthy Ma
tron, followed by the Confederate
Veterans under command of Captain
Arnett. The sons of Veterans will
follow under command of Dr. A. L. Mc-
Arthur. These are to be followed by
high school girls headed by Miss Beu
la Bivins, followed by high school Hoys
headed by Gladstone Fleming. The
grammar school grades are to be led
by one of the aides to the Grand Mar
shall. All participants are asked to
report to their respective leaders.
Everybody is invited to carry a flag.
These can be secured from McLel
lan Ten Cent Store. :
All girls and ladies taking part in
the parade are asked to wear white.
The merchants and other business
men are asked to co-operate with the
ladies by decorating their places of
business for July Fourth and make
Cordele a bower of beauty for that
day.
" All marchers must decide in what
division they wish to appear and in
what unit they will miarch, Having de
cided this they will be given informa
tion as to assembling and marching
from division marshall and attaches.
persons not attached to any club, body
or organization and who wish to-Join
the parade will be given further in
formation by Judge Max Land the
Grand Marshal.
& Committees Appointed.
Mrs. R. R. Harrig, chairman of the
flag committee and general chairman
of plans for unveiling of the electric
flag, anounces her committees and
some of the plans for the occasion.
On arrangements: Mesdames Jas.
Diffee, Monroe Hunt, Geo. White, J.
W. Bivins, Geo. Holmes, M. M. Eakes,
Miss Frances Carswell.
On Decorations: Mesdames Max
Land, Steve Little, B. H. Palmer, J.
E. Lindsey, W. P. Fleming; Misses
Maggie Em Coney, Harriett Carswell,
Claude Percy,
On Music: Misses Frances Cars
will, Maggie Em Coney, Marguerite
Durrett.
The exercises will be held from the
porch of the court house on Fourth
THE CORDELE DISPATCH
(CALL 1S ISSUED
l ON NEW DISTRICT
MEETING IN FITZGERALD NEXT
FRIDAY TO START CAMPAIGN
FOR NEW SENATORIAL DIS
TRICT.
A call has been issued for a meet
ing of citizens interested in the pro
posed new Forty-Fifth senatorial dis
trict composed of Tift, Turner and
Crisp counties, and also of those in-
Iterested in the proposed new Forty-
Sixth senatorial district composed of
IWilcox, Ben Hill and Irwin counties
at Fitzgerald Friday, June 23. The
communication is as follows:
To the Citizens of Turner, Tift,
Crisp, Irwin, Ben Hill and Wilcox
Counties: :
Believing the time opportune to or
ganize the movement for the creation
of a new 45th senatorfal district of
Tift Turner and Crisp counties, and of
'a new 46th senatorial district of Wil
‘cox, Ben Hill and Irwin counties,
A meeting is hereby called to con
vene at 2 o’clock p. m., Friday June
23rd, 1916, at the court house at Fitz
gerald, Ga. for that purpose, by draft
ing the necessary constitutional amend
ment, appointing a committee to at
tend any hearing before the legisla
tive committee to which the subject
will be referred and making such oth
er committee as may be wise and
proper to take charge of the matter.
In addition to such interested citi
zens as can the following the cordial
1y invited and urged to attend that
meeting, viz: ;
’ The representatives from said six
counties; all the county officers, mem
‘bers of boards. of commissioners and
educated; the mayor and aldermen of
the cities and towns in‘said counties;
the members of the democratic execu
tive committees of said ccunties; the
editors of all newspapers therein; such
citizens as'‘may be named as delegates
to said meeting. This June 15, 1916.
W. R. Bowen, merchant, Fitzgerald,
Ga.; J. L. Herring, Editor Daily Ga
zette, Tifton, Ga.; J. Jordon Jones,
Mayor City of Cordele, Ga.; Hal Law
son attorney, Abbeville Ga.; J. J. Flan
ders, Editor Star, Ocilla, Ga.; A. S.
Bussey, Attorney, Ashburn, Ga.
CRISP COUNTY FARMER BRINGS
IN LOAD AND FINDS SALE AT
SUNRISE.
We’ll simply eat, nor ever sleep,
Not, even ever wash;
Just eat and eat a thousand years
And get enough, by-gosh! °
The Georgia watermelon is on the
boards,—the cooling boards! Crisp
county sent her first yield of the sea
son into the local market early yester
day morning,—Friday, June 16th. It
was a big wagon load from the fine
little farm of C. E. Moon who lives at
Wenona. Great is that little farm and
its lord of the manor, and great is the
uame, Wenona.
The farms of Crisp county are brim
ming full of fine watermelon and can
teloupe fields and the quality is going
to be rarer than the richest. The out
aver been and the growing is going to
put' will be far greater than it has
connect with a bank right soon.
Mr. Moon’s entire load of watermel
ons went to the Economy Grocery as
soon as his wagon hit town yesterday
and the grower stuffed his pockets
with the money he got in return. The
erocer was up early filling his orders
at the store and the entire transaction
occurred as the sun blinked its first
wee time. The watermelon wagon did
not even get up towu. The early gro
ecr spied him. That was enough. |
The Economy grocery had watermel- ‘
ons for sale,—Georgia raised water
melons—on the Ist day of January,
this year. Less than six months since
the last of the old crop went the new
-appears.
B COPPER WORKS.
Brunswick, June 16.—Brunswick
Copper Works incorporated by C. M.
Peddicord, Brunswick, and W. A. Mc
iMillan and Paul E. Twitty, of “Jack
sonville, with capital stock of $,7,000
has taken over and will operate the
plant of the late M. A. Baker, manu
facturing turpentiiie stills, etc.
street gntrance. The chapter will en
deavor to provide seats on the oppo
site side of the street for the audience.
No automobiles will be allowed on
the square. = The parade will be in
the hands of the Grand Marshall of
the day and his aides. The route of
.parade will be announced by the
Grand Marshall anG all orders con
cerning wmobilization and movement
will be given by him.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT.
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| Municipal Versus "l
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| Private Ownership ‘
A statement is herewith given, cov
ering a period of six years from 1910
to 1915, inclusive, showing the income
and expenditures of the city water
plant. Those who attack the water
plant as an argument against owning
the electric light and power plant in
connection with the water plant should
read this statement, which is a mat
ter of record in the office of the city
clerk, which any citizen may see.
The water plant earned during the
last six years $41,313.07 after paying
all expenses, improvements, repairs,
interest on bonds and allowing 5 per
cent depreciation. n 1910 there was
outsanding $28,000,000 of water bonds,
in 1911, $lB,OOO of water bonds were
retired, however, for the year 1910,
1911 and 1912 a 5 per cent alowance
for depreciation was figured on $28,-
000 when in fact for the year 1911 and
1912 there was only $lO,OOO of water
bonds outsanding. In 1913 additional
bonds were issued, making a total of
$50,000 of water bonds and for the
year 1913, 1914 and 1915 a 5 per centl
depreciation was given on $50,000. For
the past six years the city of Cor(lele}
has received into its treasury the!
handsome net prifit of $41,313.07 from
the water plant. This is municipal
ownership under municipal manage
ment.
During the past six years the city
has paid out $20,760.94 for street light
ing and has not received one penny
in return. This is private ownership
The city owns a modern, up-to-date
water station, which is the pride of
every citizen in addition to the amount
of more than $41,000 which the city
‘has received during the last six years.
If the city owned its light and power
plant in connection with the water
‘plant it would have saved at least
1 $20,760.94 during the past six years.
Statement from City Books.
: INCOME.
1910—Collections .........$ 12,709.99
‘ Estimated consump-
By City o 0 ao 0 51000.00
1911—Collections ......... 11,520.84
: Estimated consump- i
tion by eity. .:i. ... 5000:00
1912——Collections ........ 13,795.22
Estimated consump
fion-bvy ity - ..o . 5,000.00
1913—Collections ......... 14,481.06
Estimated consump
tion by :city ..-.... - 5,000.00
1914—Collections ......... 14,744.07
Estimated consump
tion by . city ... .. 5,000.00
THE CORDELE DISPATCH, SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 1916.
1915—Collections ........, 13,380.91
. Estimated consump
tion by city ..2 5,000.00
Motal ... =2 voian o 5T10i682:09
EXPENDITURES.
1910—General expense acct. $ 7,489.13
Improvement and re
paing v eLe SID RIS
Interest on bonds ... 1,580.00
5 per cent depreciation 1,400.00
1911—General expense acct. 5,185.94
Improvement and Re-
DRIV L e 749.90
Interest on bonds ... 500.00
5 per cent depreciation 1,400.00
1912—General expense acct. 7,502.43
Improvement and Re- |
PRINSYH. A Bl il osia 249.63
Interest on bonds ... 500.00
5 per cent depreciation 1,400.00
1913—General expense acct. 6,824.55
Improvement and Re
pails iiidala s ians 126.4 p
Interest on bonds ... 2,500.00
5 per cent depreciation 3,400.00
1914—General expense acct. 7,373.23
Improvement and re-
DRITS: s S e s 237.19
Interest on bonds .... 25.00
5 per cent depreciation 3,400.00
Improvement and Re-
DAITER .h i e 237.19
Interest on bonds ... 2,500.00
5 per cent depreciation 3,400.00
1915—General expense acct. 7,873.06
Improvement and re-
PAITS: . Toaa . Lnn i 99.06
Interest on bonds ... 2,500.00
5 per cent depreciation 2,400.00
Motall - s sl o ARG 9i319.09
Net profits for six years v A 13313 07
| $110,632.09
| : ey
{Average yearly earnings for
six years A e T
There is now outsanding $50,000 in
bonds issued for the water plant, and
on this investment the city is receiv
ing an average yearly earning of $6,-
885.51. Certainly the city could earn
equally as much on its light and power
plant.
Municipal ownership is decidedly
better as a revenue maker, as well as
a means of tax reduction. The op
ponents to bonds shouid carefully con
sider this statement, as the figures
here given are of record in the of
fice of the city clerk and are absolutely
lcorrect.
' The charge of $5,000 a year for the
city consumption is not too large.
This amount covers fire uses, public
buildings, street sprinkling, drinking
founts and numbers of other supplies.
But to meet those who complain, let
the public supply of water ga free.
ARMSTRONG TIMBER GOING INTO
LUMBER AT RAPID RATE WHEN
MILL & COMPLETED—OPERA
TORS LIVE IN CORDELE.
The largest saw milling enterprise
in this section is being established
in the vicinity of Coney by W. H. Star
ling, of Hahira. A saw mill copacitated
at more than 15,000 feet of lumber
per day is now under construction.
The mill, together with houses for the
employees and a commissary will cost
up in the thousands. :
The enterprise will be located in the
center of one of the most magnificent
bodies of timber in the state, consist
ing of eleven hundred acres. This
body of timber was purchased several
months ago by Mr. Starling from J.
M. Tomlinson, of Albany, at a’ cost of
$27,000. 1t includes pine, cypress,
hickory, poplar and other hard woods.
More than fif,y men will be employed
at tlie mill.
A smallanill, established temporarily
for the purpose of sawing up timber
for use in the large plant and the
construction of the employees’ houses
and the commissary, will be put in op
eration Monday. Coney will be f{he
shipping point for the mill, its locationl
being about one and one-half miles
from that place.
Food supplies and work clothes will
be carried in the commissary and for
their other supplies the empbployees
will make Cordele their trading point.
~ Mr. Starling will be in active charge
of the business affairs of the enter
iprise, acting in the capacity of gener
‘al superintendent.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
| Sunday school, 9:40 A. M.
}' Preaching by the pastor at 11 A. M.
Ean(l S 0 'R M.
' Prayer meeting Wednesday at 8:00
! P, M.
| Morning subject, “God Wants Men
'to Prosper.”
E Ilvening subject, “The Whole Work
|ln Wickedness.”
i paleidp GRNSREE bB b L ey g
Then we have paid interest on our
bonds, set aside a fund of $8,400 to re
build when our plant iS worn out and
saved in cash $11,313.06.
Other cities reducing minimum
rates from $l.OO to 60c have made in
stead of lost money in the change and
Cordele is going to try it for the sake
,()f the small consumer. It will mean a
still greater carning possibility.
iNEAR-DRUWNINB
!CORDELE PARTY UNDERWENT
EXCITING EXPERIENCE WHEN
PLANK WAS UPSET IN PLAY.
An exciting experience, in which
four persons, two women and two men,
had hair-breadth escapes from drown
ing, occurred at Daphne Friday after
noon. The near-tragedy occurred when
members of a recreation party from
Cordele were in bathing in the pool
at that resort. .
Mrs. John E. Greene and Mrs. A. S.
Denham, thoroughly frightened and
exhausted, sank for the second time
and but for theg timely arrival of aid
from other bathers, would have gone
down for the usually fatal third time.
Wayne Fant and Robert Poole, who
were in bathing with the ladies at the
time of the experience, came near
lesing their lives in an effori {0 save
the women. At every attempt on the
part of fant and Poole to pull them
to the bank, the women, following the
instinets of a drowning person, clutch
ed them desperately and twice they all
went under together.
0. J. Taylor a young man who was
among the bathers, readily took in the
situation and unhesitatingly went to
the assistance of Nirs. Denham, who
would certainly have been drowned,
according to bystanders but for his
efforts. At the same time Wilbur
Johnson swam to the aid of Mrs.!
Greene and carried her to safety.
Poole was practicaity helpless when}
Fant swam to the bank and then dis
covered him struggling in the water,
returning to his assistance. All had
swallowed a large quantity of water,
which was over eight feet deep where
the bathers were. ;
The accident occurred when Mrs.
Greene, Mrs. Denhan, Mrs. Soymour‘
Catchings and Messrs. Fant and Poole
were floating on a large plank in the
pool, the men teaching the ladies how
to swim. Wilbur Johnson dived from
the bank and came out of the water
near them, and mischievously, pulled
the plank from under them. Mrs.
Catchings succeeded in again reach
ing the plank and clung on until the ex
citement was over. |
SEVENTEEN BOX CARS LOADED
WITH PERISHABLE FREIGHT
DEMOLISHED FRIDAY NIGHT.
Seventeen box cars, loaded with
melons and other perishable freight
out of Florida, were derailed and de
molished .when through freight train
No. 92, northbound, over the Georgia
Southern & Florida railway was
wrecked at Finley, {fourteen miles
north of Cordele Friday night. Traf
fic was blocked for more than Lwelvei
hours, the fast and local passenger
trains scheduled over this road in the
early morning bheing detoured over
the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic
to Oglethorpe and over the (‘mxtral‘
between Oglethorpe and Macon. Thé‘
wreck was cleared about 1 o’clock this
afternoon. ‘
The train was running at a high rate
of speed at the time of the wreck and‘
the exact cause has not been deter
mined. The tracks were torn up for:
a considerable distance. Engineer
Hunnicutt was in charge of the wreck
ed train’s engine and conductor Har
vey in charge of thie train. Nobody
was hurt, according to information
from railroad officials today.
REPRESENTATIVES HERE ENLIST
ING INTEREST AND LATER
PLANS WILL BE CARRIED TO
COMPLETION.
Mrs. L. T. Weathersbhee, of Savan
nah, representing the American Hu
mane KEducation Socieiy of Boston,
Mass, was in Cordele this week en
listing interest in the work of the so
ciety for the pevention of cruelty to
animals. The effort is being made to
form a society in Cordele of such ac
tive membership as will in the end
secure good results.
Mrs. Weathershee came here in re
sponse to a request made last tall by
former Chief of Police L. M. Sumner.
It was his aim to make an effort to
start the work of the society in Cor
dele. Nirs. Weathersbee has held con
sultation with several of the leading
club women and has laid plans which
will in all probability assure the or
igunizntion of the socieiy. Sie will re
&lurn here in a few weeks and carry
the plan to completion.
Delivered By Carrigr
In City 5¢ Per Week
MASS MEETING
|
T START WORK
COMMITTEES WILL BE NAMED
AND DUTIES ASSIGNED TO CAR
RY ELECTRIC LIGHAT BONDS—
MANY VOTERS INTERESTED.
Another mass meeting in the inter
est of the bond issue for an electric
light plant will be held Thursday even
ing, June 29, at 8 o,clock, in the supe
rior court room of the county court
house.
The purposc of this meeting is to
further discuss the question as to
whether the people shall own the eltc
tric lighting and power plant. At this
meeting committees will he named to
take charge of the different work of
’ the campaign, and their duties will be
-assigned them.
- This is to be one of the most impor
tant meetings of the entire campaign,
iowing to the fact that business plans
lwill be laid for carrying the bond is
fsue to a successful termination. The
ladies of the city are invited to attend
i and will be given a hearty welcome by
those who are trying to secure this
’municipal imprevement.
More than one hundred voters have
Ligned a request-for this meeting, and
Ithe document is now in the hands of
IMayor Jones. Among those listed in
the request for this meeting are a
large number of representative busi
'ness men who show strong interest
hnd a willingness to do all in their
'power to bring the bond campaign to
a successful termination.
YES SIR-EE, WE'VE
y
CORDELE BEAT DAWSON IN A
PRETTY GAME FRIDAY—LOST
THURSDAY, BUT TEAM IS SHOW
ING STRENGTH.
Cordele choked off the jinx Friday
and won over Dawson, score 6 and 4.
Nunnally magnified himself in the eyes
of the fans when, in the eighth with
.two men down and two on, he hit for
a single, scoring the winning runs,
after the score had become tied in
the seventh. It was a fair games and in
dicative of Cordele’s improvement.
Wilson and Geesling seemed pretty
well matched, with Wilsen a shade
the better. Wilson and Cheeves both
featured with their hitting, each get
ting two two-base hits out of three
1 times up.
| Friday’'s Game.
RHE
Dawson ... .. .. 001 020 100 4 9. 2
Cordele: ....... 020000:02x 69 b
Batteries: Geesling and Harper;
Wilson and Nunnally. Umpire Martin.
= % -
The effect of copping a well fought
game has been to throw more “pep’
into the Cordele aggregation and to
encourage the fans wonderfully.
d ok % ox
The fans have not failed in their
loyalty to the lccal team in the way
of attendance. They nave certainly
done their duty in this respect, for
every game has been well attended.
But Cordele wans are different; they
boost when the players need it most—
when they are losing. They can pret
ty well take care of themselves when
they are winning.
XN % % ook
While some of the positions on the
team could still be considerably
strengthened, what Cordele is most
lacking in now is team work. On this
point it is as well up as could be ex
pected at this time. Naturally so,
hecause the Cordele team is still in
its early training, and the constant
try out of new nitchers and new field
ors, both in and out field, creates a
condition which has a tendency to de
tract from the team werk: Ceriainly
it does not help. Iz justice to the
tecam and with the most satisfaction
to themselves, the fans can best bear
complacently with this condition and
boost, for it must last some lenger.
‘The arrival of Henderson and several
strong men who will come with him
is expected to bring complete relief
to the team’s present handicapped con
dition.
€ gk kB
Wilder was entirety tco much for
Steed’s men in the game Thursday.
Such invincible twirling with fair sup
port is bound tc bring victory. Cordele
has a good bunch of hitters almost
ail the way round, though they found
“Baby” at his best and the ninth
showed fourteen strike-ouis to his
credit and nine goose eggs on Cor
dele's side of the score board, while
the visitors piled up eleven runs. The
personal friendship that Cerdele fans
have for “Baby” causes them to wish
iim no ill luek, but bere's hoping that
he won’t go so good in the other games
with Cordele.
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