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VOTES $300,000
BIRMINGH/AM GOES FCR BOND 'IS
SUE OF HALF A MILLION TO
ERECT MUNICIPAL LIGHT AND
POWER PLANT.
Jackscnvilie, June 'l9.—Declaring
that die success 'Gf the municipal elec
tric light plant in tms city was the
¢irect cause of the-$500,000 bond elec
ticn fer a similar plant in Birmingham
carrying bv a large majority, Jchn
W. Sibley, former president of the
Board of Trade of that city and a prom
incnt Rotarian of the south, says the
Alabama ciiy won a great victory yes
terday when they voied o expend an
enormous ‘sum for agn electric light
plant, - : !
He was very enthusiastic over the
city of Birmingham.voting $500,000
for a light plant, $2,000,000 for school
buildings and $500,000 for 2 municipal
auditorium. And in speaking of the
former said the public of that city
were tired of being charged excessive
rates for light and water power:
The success of the Jacksonville:mu
nicirsl electrig light plant was brought
before the voters of the Alabama city,
and aithough fought by the local light
company, the bond issue was carried
by a large majority.”
EXPLOSION WRECKS .
: A GREAT STRUCTURE
Baltimore, June 16.—[ire following
an explosion in a grain elevator of the
Pennsyivania railroad at Canton, a
a suburb, destroyed the huge structure
this afterncon, together with about 1,-
800,000 bushels cf grain, mostly wheat
and oats.
.-Two steamships which were lcad
ing at the elevator caught fire and
may be destroyed, as it secmed impos
sibie to remove them to a place of
safoty. ;
A pairol wagen loaded with injured
men was brought to Baitimore hospi
tal. It is reporied there has been loss
cf life. ki
lire ambulances were ‘sent from
this city in rezponse to the request
of tic Ealtimore county police mar
shal. |
VICTORIOUS MARCH OF CZAR'S
: ARMIES STILL UNRER WAR
Londcn, June 16.—Czernowitz, the
capital of Bukowina, is apparently on |
the eve of falbling info ‘.RuSSian raidsi
in the courie of General Brusiloff’s
widespread offensive -movement. Hisl
trcops are reported to have cut -the
railway running north from the city,l
severing the Austrian communications |
and his cavalry to have reached point
20 miles beyond. I
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BIBLE CONFERENCE TO
EE HELD IN BYROMVILLE
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Byromville, Ga., June 16.—Program
of Bible conference w 0 be held with
First Methodist church, at Byromville,
follows: &
Tuecsday June 20th, 8:15 p. m.—Ser
mon, Rev. W. L. Wright.
Wednesday Jufie 21st, 8:15 p. m.—
Address Col. Joe Feiton, Montezuma,
Ga.
Thursday June 22nd, 10:00 a. m:
—Devotional led by Mrs. J. J. Cooper,
Mrs. B. F. Forbes, Vienna, Ga., Topic:
Three rules in giving: (1) Everyone;
(2) Everyone Willingly; (3) Everyone
according to ability, Mrs. Hugh Las
seter, Cordele.
12:00 M. Adjourn, Lunch;2:oo p. m.
Devotional, Mrs. B. F. Forbes, Vienna,
Topic: Qur Young reople; Mrs. I. J.
Prentis, Fitzgerald, Ga., Tapic¢c: Mis
l=‘3Lon:\ries; Mrs. George H. Munn, Fer
ry, Ga., 8:15 p. m. Rev. Walter Anth
ony, Cordele. Z
WOMEN CAN’T PRACTICE LAW
IN GEORGIA, SAYS THE CCURT
Atlanta, June 16.-—ln the case of
Mrs. M. A, Hale, a graduate of the
.Atlanta Law school who contended
that her diploma gave her the right
to practice law in Georgia, the su
preme court of Georgia Wednesday
handed down an opinion to the eifect
that the civil code of Georgia, section
4932, procludes any female citizen of
the state from practicing law in Geor
gia. The opinion is by Justice Atkin
son, and is concurred in by the entire
court.
The section of the code upon which
the doctrine is primarily based says:
‘“aAny male citizen of good moral
character who has read law and un
dergone a satisfactory examination as
hereinafter prescribed is entitled to
plead and practice law in this state.”
The opinion of the court concludes:
“When the statutes of this state are
properly construed, a woman, by rea
son of her sex, is ineligible to become
a member of the bar of this state.”
NEW SATILLA RIVER
BRIDGE !S OPENED
Waycross, June 16.—The new Satil
1a river bridge on what is known as
the Iron Byldge road, eight miles north
west of here, made necessary by a
fire some time ago, has been com
pleted and opened to traffic. Ap
proaches were raised four and a half
-feet and Cemmissioner John Youmans
thinks this places the bridge above
any possible high water mark. The
ihprovement.is-a--big one and is caus-:
ing many'favorable comments. The
old’ bridge was ignited from a forest
fire and despite hard efforts made
by farmers in the vicinity and a force
rushed to the scene by Commissioner
Youmans, #t was completely destroyed.
HUGHES AND LEADERS .
TO SELECT CHAIRMAN
New York, June 16.—Charles E.
Hilles’ successor as chairman of the
republican national committee will be
selected, in all likelihood, at a con
ference here next Monday afternoon
between Charles K. Hughes, W. Mur
ray Crane of Massachussetts, chair
man of the national subcommittee or
ganization, and as many of the other
seven members of the sub-committec
28 can be present.
Arrangements for “the cpnference:
were Tnade late today by Mr- Crane.
it also was announced that the nlan-i
ager of the Hughes ce.mpaign probably |
will be selected then, and that the
personnel of the executive committee
will be discussed. "'he subcommitiee
i 5 empowered to name the chairman
and the executive committee.
No announcement cencerning the
nominee's choice for national chair
man or campaign manager has been
made, and indications are that he will
AND THE MEN DECLARE COUN
TER-PROPOSALS CF THE RAIL
ROADS UNACCEPTABLE—BREAK
SEEMS CERTAIN.
New York, June 20.—The fate of the
negoetiations between the railroad man
agers of the United States and their
employees for a settlement of the wage
question hung today on the willingness
of the railroad to present a ‘“definile
snswer” to the men’s demands.
The union heads at their conference
here tcday rejected the railroads’ “con
tingent” proposition and demanded
“something deflnite.’ The raiiroad
managers met this afternoon to de
termine what action would be taken.
The ccnference meanwhile adjourned
untii .tomorrow. : ;
This crisis in the negotiations came
‘when President Lee inquired of Elisha
L.ee, chairman af the railroad mana
gers, how many of the 105 questions
put by the union regarding the rail
rcad’s counter propesition were still
to be answered. When Chairman Lee
replied that “thirty or forty,” Presi
dent Lee said it was useless to go fur
ther.
OVER 200 NEGROES TAKEN
| FRCOM SUMTER TO WORK
- Americus, June 16.—QOver two hun
dred negroes have ieft Sumter coun
iy in the past week following offers
made by agents whd visited here in
ie interest of manufacturers in Ten
nessee, South Carolina, Massachus
ctts and Connecticutt. It is stated
that the city and county failed to col
lect licensc from the agents because
of defects in the law. :
Several arrests have been made
among the negrees who intended leav
ing, and other developments are ex
nected.
CHARGED WITH STEALING
FORTY BALES OF COTTON
Macon, Ga., June 16—Charged with
ferging a bill of lading of the Macon,
Dublin and Savannai railroad and ob
taining thereby forty bales of cottcn,
vaiued at $3O each, Ralston Williams,
a prominent Vidalia man, is lodged
in fhe Bibb county jail.
Williamson was indicted today by
fe grand-jury and.immediaieiy Depu
ty Sheriff Lon- Williams left for Vi
dalia, returning with the prisoner.
Three indiciments against Williamson
were returned, one charging him with
forgery, one with uitering a forgery
and a third with obtaining money un
der false pretenses.
MRS. Z. A. PATE.
HawkinsviMe, June 16.—Mrs. Z. A.
Pate, 70 years old, died last night in
her residence here. She was the wid
ow of John H. Pate and mother of the
late Mrs. Fugenia Stetson, of Macon.
Mrs. Pate is survived by two sons, R.
0. and R. A. Pate, and one daughter,
Mrs. Anna Steele, all of Hawkins
ville, aiso by the following grandchil
iren in Macen; Mrs. Samuel! Coleman,
Mrs. J. P. Stetson, E. W. and James
Steison.
DEAD IN THE RESERVOIR
; OF TOWN HE FCUNDED
Chicagd, June 16.—John V. Stecger,
oresident of the Steeger Piano (om
cany, rated a millionairs, was found
dead in a reservoir in the town of
Steeger today. He founded the town,
which is the center of his pianc indus
oy
THE CORDELE DISPATCH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1916.
BILL TO BE INTRODUCED AT THE
NEXT LEGISLATURE PROVID.
ING FOR CHANGE IN SYSTEM IN
USE IN GEORGIA.
Atlanta, June 19.—An especially
carnest effort is going to be made to
have passed in the general assembiy
this vear the pending land registration
act—drawn afier a careful study of the
Torrens System—and those who are
behind the measure believe the efforts
are goinz to succeed. Where there
has been objections to it heretofore,
investigation in the interval, since the
last session, has revealed the fact that
this is almost wholly due to the fact
that the system propesed in the pend
ing bill is not understood.
A brief explanation of the bill intre
duced last summer, and known as the
land registration act, will, therefore,
be interesting to a great many Geor
gians just at this time. KEspecially so
as the bill will come up for early con
sideration this summer session.
The bill is necessarily long. This
can- be easily understood, however,
when one stops to consider the many
transactions—some of them intricate—
which are likely to arise in the life
of a land title. It is affected by death,
marriage, trusts, disabilities, liens,
debts, incumbrances, tax sales and
mafly other conditions which may
prove more or less hazardous to a
prospective purchaser.
A great deal of time and skill was
necessary to prepare a faw that would
‘meet and correctly dispose of all these
comrtingencies. The commission: ap
pointed for that ipurpose, headed by
Judge Arthur G. Powell, has, in the
opinion of a great many able lawyers.
succeeded in drafting ilie necessary
bill. . In the report of the commiission,
the following explanation of the act is
given:
Explanation of Purpose.
1t is intended to provide:
First—A cheap, but thorough and
comprehensive procedure by which
anyone, who really owns a tract of
land, may have his title confirmed and
established by a decree which will
stand in any court just as if it were
the state’s plat and grant issued to
him, and at the same time will make
it extremely difficult for one who is
rot the true owner to register and
thereby steal scmeone else’s land.
Second—A system of so registering
the title that everything connected
\with it or affecting it fn any way, such
hs mortgages, liens, homesteads, en
/cumbrances and like matters, will ap-
I'pear on 2 single page.
| Third—Ownership of land by a cer
tificate, which is conclusive as to the
‘cwnership, but which shows on its
face all encumbrances put on the land
[by the owner, and which, but being
taken to the clerk’s office at any timc
lmnl stamped with a single entry, will
thow that there are no judgments or
\iencumbrances against the land, other
han those shown on the face of the
certificate.
Fourth—A method by which land
¢an be transferred almost as simply
s ordinary commercial paper, and by
which it can be used with as great
facility as if it were a stock or a boné
bf egual value.
) Fifth—A system which, while it does
> 1o altogeiher free the title from those
iroublescme and oftimes expensive
proceedings, which are brought about
’by the death of an owner or other in
) ( voluntary transmissions, simplifieg
these matters and provides a sure way
of ascertaining at all times who is the
: true owner, notwithstanding the en
tanglements that may have occurred.
; Sixth—A system that is simple,
thoracgh comprehensive, -
’f Seventh—A system that is purely
veluntary.
I It has been conceded by the lawyers
iof the state that Judge Powell has no
superior as a~land title lawyer. He
has made a spnecialty of that line of
practice for years, and his ability
is nowhere better shown than in the
presentation of this bill. He also had
able assistance in the other two mem
bers of the commission, Judge R. N.
Holtzclaw of Houston county and Hon.
S. M. Turner of Brooks county. In the
report of the commission credit for
valuable assistance is given Hon.
Thomas 8. Felder of Bibb county, who
was attcrney general of the state for
two terms. Mr. Felder spent several
days with the commission in the prep
araticn of this act.
The farmers are very much interest
ed in this act, as it will enable them
to use their land as coliateral for
|loans, which can be made more reudily‘
and at a lower rate of interest. ‘
The Georgia DBankers Association in
dorsed the bill at (heir recent meeting
in Macon, for the reason that it re
moves all doubt frcm land titles and
thereby makes real estate securities
fnore secure. The best collateral al
| ways commands the lowest rate of in-'
terest.
The Gecrgia Bar Association, a!!
their meeting at Tybee Island author
ized the printing of 1,000 copies of the
bill for distribution among the la\\n‘
lers of the state, and will et behind
its passage. ‘
‘ iS‘,everal real estate dealers associa
w2ilua ft. ’ fu G
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How America’s largest cigaretic manuvjac
turer accomplished “the Impossible” by
producing a MILD cigaretie that SATISFIES.
It is the CHESTERFIELD (igarctte :
LMOST anybody can make a cup
of coffee. RBut therc arc said to
_be not over a half-dozen restau
rants in the United States where they
know how to make it 7ight.
Similarly, almost anyonc can make a
cigarette. Just roll up some tobaceo in a
piece of pure paper—and there you aic.
There are, perhaps, over 800 brands
of cigarcttes sold in this country today.
But not one of them dees what Chester
ficlds do— for Chesterficlds are MILD ;
and yet they SATISFY. E
Some cigarettesmey be mild, batthey
don’t satisfy. Only onc cigaretie does
BOTH—Chesterficld !
This truly unique cigarcite has ail
of that refreshing tasie-delicacy (or
mildness) which any good cigaretie imust
have. Yet, without sacrificing any of
this delightful milduess, Chestertields go
one step further—they do’'more than
merely ‘¢ please your taste’’— they leot
Fou krow Yor ve beenn smoking. 'They
satisfy!
And yet they’re mild !
A Step Forward
in Cigarette - Making .
WE ARE proud to be the firm that
brought about this important
development in cigarette’ chjoyient—
for that is exactly what the Chesterficld
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This cigarette is an outgrowth of
long, earnest effort on the part of .this,
the largest cigarette manufacturing con
cern in the United Htates,
Copyright 1916 by Liggett & Myers Tobaceo Co., New York
SCHOOL IMPROVEMER
| N 1
IWhat'the Summer School Means for
| the Advancement of High Schools.
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The teachers in the high schools of
Georgia generally receive higher sala.
ries than teachers in the lower
schools, ard the terms are longer
than the terms in most of the rural
schools. These high school ieachers
shouid beccme the leaders of educa
tional reforms and activities. They
should patronize more freely the Surn
mer Schools, the chief agencies to
put them in touch with modern move
ments. There is a great and increas- ‘
inz demand to re-order cducation so
that it may minister more «li:'wii,!
o the life needs of the children; This 1
calls for the vocational trend in new
subjects, and a remodeling of u:x:l
lder subjects. The following \'.'Hl’
give some idea of the courses oifered |
and the talent secured to rcach th:*!
hizh schools through their !('m:h(::'.;!
in the Georgia Summer School. \
English. :
Miss Elvira D. Cabell, A. B. (Chi
cago), the head of the English depart- |
ment of the Chicago Normal College
and a teacher of superior reputation |
has been secured to give a course in
High School Literature, and a couise |
in the Teaching of Compozition. These |
are two most importart subjects of
ten nor well presented because of
difficulties. Miss Cabell will be a |
great help to all English teachers |
who come to the Summer School. !
English Grammar will be given b,v;
Dr. S. V. Sanford, author of the State |
adopted text. Professor Steed of |
Mercer University will give courses in |
Shakespeare and in the Novel He‘,
will also give a series of interpreta- |
‘tions, lecture readings, of great mas- |
t(,rpi—eges PB A g A St S ‘
tions have endorsed the bill and are |
'working for its passage. No one |
knows the value of this act better than |
‘a real estate dealer. Frequent trans- |
actions enabie them to sece fully the |
great saving in both time and umney}
this improved system will bring about. '
! The mild, yet satisfying Chesterfield
blend is lot the result of happy chancé.
It is one of the results of our many years
of cigarette experience —of the heavy
volume of cur purchases of cigarette to
bacco —of the prestige and advantage
these enormous purchases give us in se
curing the choicest leat from the tobacco
ficlds of the world,
Chesterfields are an achievement.
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A MNew Thing
oy e
for a Cigareite to Do
CIIF,F‘»TER'TIFJ,DS do the one thing
| vou have always wished a cigarette
would do—they seliciy !
Smoke them and we believe you will
find that ordinary cigarvettes seem by
comparison ahnost flat,
Give Chesterficlds a trial. We
believe you will be glad to learn
what they can teach you about
cigarctte enjoyment,
* * *
You have been reading here some
rather unusual, almost daring, state
ments about a cigarette. If Chesterfields
were an untried cigarette — if we had
not been observing their behavior in
other cities—if we did not KNOW that
they make 088 with smokers, we could
not afford to make these statements to
_you over cur signature.
But thesc statements, strong as they
are, can menn little or nothing to you
until you have actually smoked yeur first
Chesterfield.
You will find that your own dealer
has Chesterfields waiting for you.
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9 MERCER PHARMACISTS PASS.
Macon, June 16.—Dy. Pickasd cf Mer
cer university, last night announced
taal brilliant records had been made
by members of the university pharmo
ceutical class, nine out of the ten pass
irg the state board examination. This
record is exceptionally good, as it
is veiy seldomt that nine out of ten
pharmaceutical graduates pass the
esalninations. 3
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me, but it cured me."”
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’ When the President said no people
has achieved happiness and prosperi
ty under a trusteeship' he had evident-
I:y forgotten the Cubans.—Cleveland
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