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' ARE SELECTED
MAYOR JONES AND FRIENDS OF
BONDS FOR LIGHT PLANT WILL
ASK COUNCIL TO NAME THEM
SO AS TO STRENGTHEN CAUSE.
Mayor Jones and the members of
the city council at Wednesday night’s
session discussed the matter of nam
ing the three water and light commis:
sioners who are to serve should the
bonds for the electric light plant car
ry. Mayor Jones suggested to the
members that the council should se
lect these men now.
In discussing the advisability of
acting now it became necessary to
go into the legality of such selectior
and this point was discusse¥ at length
Those who wanted the commission
named now urged that there should
be no delay for the reason .that the
people of the community would want
to know whether they were going to
be dealt with fairly and it would help
the bond issue if the people were as
sured that they were to be given the
commission to handle the spending of
the money as the city charier pro
vides. . 1
The commission to handle the bonds
and consolidate the light and water
plants, it is understood, has already‘
been selected by those of council who
want the commission named now and
the matter will be threshed out at an
early meeting. These, it has also been
hinted, are three successful business
men of the community of such stand
ing and business integrity as will
make them acceptable to the entire
city.
These commissioners need not gc
on salary, it was suggested, until there
is need for their services. It was even
stated also, that, although they are
named now, they need not be formal
ly placed in office unless they are
needed if the bond issue carries.
Members of council who opposed the
bond issue, went after these plans al
so with sharp sticks, declaring thai
no bond commission is necessary.
They believed that the council is cap:
able of handling the entire affair.
ARMOUR PROVIDES PAY
FOR EMPLOYEES ENLISTED
Sam Lovett, local manager for Ar
mour & Company, has been advisec
from the main offices of the company
in Chicago that plans have been ar
ranged by the concern to take care of
the families of all employees who be
longed to the state militia prior tc
June 17, and who are, called into ac
tice service.
The plan of the company reaches
further and all unmarried employees
who were regularly enlisted in the
militia prior to June 17 will be allowed
the difference between the salary re:
ceived from the government and the
present salary that they are receiving
from the company. It is on the same
principle that the families of marriec
employees will be tdken care of dur
ing the period that they are in active
service for the government.
WILL MOBILIZE ARMY, DISSOLVE
CHAMBE AND CALL ELECTION—
SITUATION IS RELIEVED.
London,June 22.—Great Britain re
ceived with relief and satisfaction to
night the news that the Greek gov
ernment had accepted the demands of
the British government for the demob
ilization of the army, the- dissolution
of the Chamber of Deputies and a gen
eral election. The demands contained
in a note to Greece were officially an
nounced tonight to have been as fol
lows:
First, real and complete demobiliza
tion of the Greek army, which with
the least possible déiay, be placed on
a peace footing.
Second, the immediate replacing of
the present Greek cabinet by a busi
ness cabinet having no political color
and offering all necessary guarantees
for the application of benevolent neu
trality toward the allied powers and
sincere consultation of the national
wishes.
Third, the immediate dissolution
of the chamber, followed by new eléc
tions, after the period required by the
constitution and after general demob
ilization has restored the electoral
body to normal conditions.
Fourth, displacement of certain per
functionaries whose attitude, inspir
ed by tforeign influence, has facilitat
ed attempts against peaceable citi
zens, as well as insults against the
allied litigations and those under their
jurisdictions.
When on. the call of M. Venizelos
the entente landed a force on Soloniki,
the attitude of Greece was a worrying
question and caused apprehension in
all the allied countries at the prospect
of German success in the Far East.
MAYOR OF WAYCROSS |
ISSUES SPICY CARDf
Waycross, June 23.—1 n a spicy state
ment issued tonight, Mayor Scott Bea
ton state that the injunction suit
brought against the city to stop the
brick paving on several important
streets here is not the result of citi
zens interested in the public welfare,
but is the outcome of “grouch
spite and jealousy.” He says that per
sons signing the suit have fought his
administration and do not want to see
too good a record made while he is in
office. He declares the city will vig
orously fight the injunction proced
ings which will be heard by Judge
Summerall June 28. The signers of
the injunction suit are A. M. Qnight,
for many years mayor, R. B. Ballard,
J. A. Tomerlin, George W. Barnes, L.
B. Harrell, Richard Scruggs and H.
Murphy. :
THE CORDELE DISPATCH
MINIMUM OF 60 CENTS BROUGHT
UP: LIVELY DISCUSSION—ALDER
MAN KING CHAMPIONED LOW
ER RATES.
¥ A e
- Without a resolution before them‘:
the members of the city council Wed
aesday ‘night last tied up in a lively
discussion of the reduction of the wa
ter rate from a minimum of a dollar
to a minimum of 60 cents. The sub
ject came up through the suggestion
of Alderman J. N. King that the city
s now amply able to give its citizens
2 minimum of 60 cents. He was im
mediately crossed by Alderman Hunt,
chairman of the water committee of
council, and Alderman Sheppard who
strongly opposed granting the reso-
JAution. »
They argued that they had already
made plans for the present year and
did not want to undo their work with
2 change in their possible earnings |
‘rom the water plant. It was sug
gested that now it will be possible
to make as much money with a water
ninimum charge of 60 cents as it has
yeen with the dollar minimum charge,
»n account of the fact that it will add
a large number of users.
Alderman Hunt said his investiga
tions had caused him to believe differ
antly and would not agree that the
earnings could be held up to a high
jgure if the minimum was' cut to 60
cents. He argue that the city al
ready had all the water users it could
seach at the dollar minimum. 1
The matter was dropped after con-{
siderable discussion, but Alderman
<ing said he never intended to “shut
1p” about it till the minimum charge |
was reduced. |
CORDELE HOLDS RECORD IN RUN
GETTING FOR ONE TIME TO BAT
—GAINING STRENGTH.
Cordele drove the jinx a pace or two
further off in Friday’s game and made
it a score of 10 to 0 against Montezu
ma. Elevator Brown found the Cor
jele hitters with the gilt-edged goods
and was forced to retire in the third
pecause he couldn’t keep ’em from go
‘ng around. With three bases on balls
n sucdyssion and three consecutive
‘wo-base hits Cordele scored nine
times in the third and had a complete
walk-away from then on. Bloodworth
supplanted Brown and did not surren
der but two hits, though these came
2onsecutively and gave Cordele an
syther round in the eighth. Vaughn
with a bad arm and not in the best
of form was hit quite lively, though
received good support. .
Score by innings: R. H. R.
Montezuma .... 300 020 000—5 9 4
Cordele ........ 009 000 01x—10 10 2
Batteries: Brown, Bloodworth and
Morrison; Vaughn and Nunnally. Time
2 hours. Umpire Thornton.
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LITTLE FORD TRUCK
HIT VISITORS AUTOMOBILE
An automobile belonging to Arthur
Wood, of Vienna, and a Ford truck
.owned and operated by the Cordele
Chero Cola Company and driven by
Tom Elder clashed at the intersection
of Fifth street and Eleventh avenue
Thursday afternoon. The Ford was
badly demolished and considerable
damage was done to the car, but the
occupants were uninjured.
Wood was driving his machine, re
turning from the ball game along
Eleventh avenue and Elder was driv
ing south on Fifth street, and attempt
ed to turn down Eleventh, crashing
directly into Wood’s machine.
CHURCHES ARE TO
COUNCIL AT WEDNESDAY NIGHT’S
SESSION HAD LIVELY TIME DIS
CUSSING IT AND MAYOR’ VOTE
WAS REQUIRED. |
At last Wednesday night’s session
of the city council a resolution was
passed which provided free water for
the churches of the city. Heretofore
the congregations at all the churches
have been charged for their water sup
ply just as the private citizens. The
sfchools and library has been provid
ed free water for some time and the
effort to get free water for the church
es took shape only recently.
The resolution was introduced by
Alderman J. N. King. The discussion
took a spirited form, Alderman Shep
pard and Hunt taking the view that
the churches, if they were given free
water, might not use it economically
as they shotild.
Alderman King, Lifsey and Wake
field voted for the free supply of wa
ter for the churches and Alderman
Sheppard, Hunt and McMillan voted
against the resolution. It required the
vote of Mayor Jones to settle the mat
ter. This gave the churches their sup
iply of water without charge.
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Cordele took Saturday’s game from
Montezuma by a score of 2 tol. In
the ninth inning Perry did the work
that spelled victory. The game had
gone to the ninth one and one, a very
pretty contest.
Batteries: Wilson and Nunnally;
Hunt, Morrison and Rowe.
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| WILLIAMS BEGIN AN IMPROVE
~ MENT WHICH WILL ADD MUCH
TO BUSINESS CENTER.
Work has been started on Cordele’s
“white way,” for such an improve
ment Cordele is going to have. It may
be after Cordele has secured munici:
pal ownership of its” electric light and
power plant that such an undertaking
will be brought to a complete and suc
cessful culmination. Now a number of
public spirited business men of Cor
dele are taking time by the forelock
and going on the assumption that all
will end well. They are taking the
mitial step as a forerunner of a “white
way’’ that will spread from block tq
block through the business center, and
are installing their individual white
way posts, There are several pro
gressive business men - who will set
up posts and it may be that a large
section of the white way will be in
stalled before the ciy has opportunity
to talke he matter in hand.
Five-light posts that would do credit
to a white way for Cordele are being
installed in front of the Crystal Cafe
and the Greek American restaurants
A. E. Grant has the contract for this
work ana has also practically com
pleted arrangements with other bus
iness concerns for such posts.
Dr. John Williams and C. C. Wil
liams are the first to make the move
and as owners of the buildings accu
pied by the Crystal and .the Greek-
American cafes, they are giving the
business center those Jmprovements.
FATALLY HURT IN ACCIDENT.
Mcßae, June 22.—Joe Veasy, a
young white man living at Jackson
ville, this county, was seriously in
jured yesterday when an iron pipe
fell and struck a wheel of the engine
on which he was working, striking
the young men with such force that
he was knocked down and rendered
unconscious. His head struck a
wheel of the engine in falling. His
chances for recovery are slim. He was
married only a few weeks ago.
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Michael F. Doyle, of Philadelphia is
now in London to defend Sir Roger
Cosement to be tried for treason. He
has complained he was unable to con
sulit with his client alone in the Tow
er of London.
THE "CORDELE DISPATCH, SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 1916.
MILITIA STRENGTH OF AMERICAN STATES CALLED INTO ACTION AGAINST CARRANZA
Maunicipal vs Private Ownership
. We have it from those who oppose bonds for the electric iight and power
plant in Cordele that Fitzgerald has the same tax rate as Cordele. (They have
free school books for the children, too. That town has a7c rate for the user
who gets pretty well over the minimum in lights. It has 50 arc lights in its
streets that cost nothing. It has 83 white way posts that also come free to the
tax payers. And, according to figures furnished by the local bond issue oppo
nents, there was more than a fund of $7,000 turned back into the treasury as a
net, profit last year,—a hard one. That year we paid 11c for our lights, and
the tax payers handed over nearly $4,000 to the local corporation for the use of
only 24 arc lights and no white way posts. Cordele turned nothing back into
sis treasury in the shape of royalty or earning in net profits from its local
light plant. And Fitzgerald, it is agreed, has all this with an issue of $58,000 in
twenty-year bonds outsanding.
¢ We are all agreed on this. Now let us get on to the bones of little Cedar
town, up in north Georgia. They operate the two plants together as we want
to do. The following letter has been received by Mayor Jones from Hon. C .C.
Bunn, Jr., Mayor of Cedartown, Ga.
Cedartown, Ga., June 3, 1916.
‘““Hon. J. Gordon Jones, Mayor, Cordele, Ga. :
“Dear Sir:—Your letter just received making inquiry with
reference to electric light plant. :
g “The city of Cedartown erected a light plant something e
like twenty-five years ago. The machinery has been renewed
and we now have practically a new plant in successful opera
tion. The rate charged consumers is 7 cents. This rate ap
plies to all consumers but in the case of manufacturers and
very large users of current this rate is discounted up to 40 per
cent. Thus you will see that a large user of current would get
a rate of 4c. The plant pays all expenses, repairs, upkeep,
etc., furnishes the city current for street lighting and pays in
to the city treasury in cash from $4,000 to $6,000 per year.
“Perhaps I should state that the city water works is oper
ated in conjunction with the electric light plant, the pumping
station and the electric machines being located in the same
building, and the same boilers furnishing steam for both.
“Yours very truly,
“H. C. BUNN, JR.
“Mayor City of Cedartown.”
The city of Cedartown, smaller than Cordele, in deriving from. $4,000 to
$6,000 per year as a net income from its light plant for a period of tyenty-five
years, has received from this source more than $lOO,OOO, which has been avail
able to improve the city, thereby giving to the people the great benefit of the
income by reason of the fact that the people own their plant.
Cordele receives not one dollar from this source, but during the past twen
ty-five years has paid out around $lOO,OOO, and the money has not been invested
nor has it remained, in the City of Cordele.
THREE YEARS OLD; STARTED
~ ALONE ON FLORIDA JAUNT
When Roland Joseph, three year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Williams,
learned that old brother, Bruce, had
accompanied his grand-parents to Flor
ida, in accordance with his childish
fancy, he placed in a suit case a por
tion of “Teddy Bear” suit, a blue tie,
a number of soap wrappers and a
nickle, the latter supposedly to defray
his traveling expenses. For some
time the little boy ran out on the ver
anda, telling his mother that he want
ed to kiss her good-bye as the train
was coming. When questioned as to
where he was going he said he was
going to Florida to buy himself an
automobile and that he would buy his
mother lots of pretty things.
Later in the day he went to the
home of his grand-parents on Thir
teenth avenue, but after being there
a while went across the street to join
his little playmates, Mary and fTugh
Wakefield.
His grand-parents thought that he
was with the children at play until a
'phone message came from Williams
Drug store informing them that he
HURRY CALL FOR MEN;
5,000 ORDERED SOUTH
Washington, June 23.—Secretary
Baker tonight telegraphed the state
governors asking each how soon the
National Guard organizations in his
state called out by President Wilson
would be ready for muster into the
federal service.
Orders went from the War Depart
ment to Gen. Barry at Chicago, com
manding the Central Department, and
Gen. Bell at San Francisco, command
ing the Western Department, directing
that as soon as 5,000 National Guards
men have been mustered into the fed
eral service in either department they
are to be sent to the border.
was at the depot.
On his way to the depot he was
asked several times by people sitting
on their porches, seeing him passing
by alone, where he was going and each
time he replied that he was going on
the “chain.”
When he passed Wakefield's stable,
Mr. Wakefield also inquired as to
where he was going and when he told
him that he was going on the train
he at once realized that it was a child
ish run-away and notified the Williams
Drug store.
The porter was sent immediately
and found little Roland standing near
the railroad track on which was a
freight car. The vigorous puffing of
the engine had freightened him and
he was crying lustily. He yielded most
willingly to being carried back home
to his mother.
After a time the little would-be trav,
eler, somewhat soiled from his day’s
experience, bare-footed, no covering
on his head, his suit case grasped firm
ly in one chubby hand and a nickle
in the other, fell asleep.
IBRAZIL IS INTERESTED
IN MEXICAN SITUATION
Rio Janeiro, June 23.—The Mexican
and United States crisis is being fol
lowed with keen interest in Brazil.
It occupies large space in the news
papers. |
The general tone of editorial com
ment is that President Wilson, while
actuated by the best motives, has
lrun afoul of preponderating elements
in Mexico under German influence.
Official circles express the hope
that war will be avoided. It is fully
realized, however, that continued dis
|orders in Mexico must end in weary
ing the most sincere well-wisher of
the country. T _ A
iCOUNCIL PLANS FOR FINE MU
~ NICIPAL BATHING POOL AND
} WORK HAS ALREADY BEEN
~ STARTED. YOUNGSTERS DE
LIGHTED.
It took about half a minute for the
members of the city council to make
arrangements to improve Seven
Springs and convert the place into a
municipal bathing pool after the mem
‘bers found out Wednesday night that
‘the people of the community wanted
the advantages of such improvements.
}For several weeks agitation has had
‘its good effect and now Chairman Lif
sey of the buildings and improvements
committee of the city council and
Chirman Sheppard of the streets and
parks committee are joined hands in
putting the springs in fine order. They
‘were given authority by the Mayor and
Council. ?
The city is not going to spend a
great amount of money, but Aldermen
Lifsey and Sheppard are going to
make what they do spend for the ecity
count for the most. Plans they have
in mind will carry sufficient improve
ments to give the youngsters at least
a pretty good pool and appropriately
laid our grounds.
Citizens and business men interested
in carrying the bathing pool idea fur
ther, have suggested supplimenting
the fund the city is going to spend
with a like amount in order to get
some comfortable bath houses and
other needs, so that the place can be
thrown open wide for both sexes and
plenty of room made for everybody.
It is a pretty well determined pur- .
pose of the city fathers not to go into
any plans whereby a charge of any
kind can be made for the use of the
pool or the grounds. They want the
place made attractive and held open
for free use of the entire community.
Chief Sanitary Inspector Bill Bussey
is already at work and he will soon be
ready to call the youngsters out of the
creek to a better place. The boys will
celebrate the change with a plunge in
which the entire youthful population
of the city will have a part.
\
CORDELE BEAT MONTEZUMA 5 TO i
0 AT THE OPENING THURSDAY{
AND SHOWED WONDERFUL IM-I
PROVEMENT.
Cordele outplayed Montezuma at|
every turn Thursday, and while it
was largely the excellent pitching of
Price that held the visitors to a white
wash, every player un the team con
tributed his part with jam-up assis
tance.
Price kept his hits well scattered
and the men backing him up did not
make a bobble in the pinches. The
locals have not shown their hitting
ability more convincingly or succeed
ed in driving out hits at more timely
junctures than they did in this game.
Price as well as being a pitcher with |
the goods is much of a hitter. He
secured three hits out of four times
up in Thursday’s game, though Perry
went him one better and featured with
four hits out of four times up.
Bloodworth opened up on the mound
for Montezuma. He was a bit wild,
and though ordinarily a dependable
twirler, he found the Cordele bats
men in their prime. Holmes relieved
him in the third and pitched good
ball, surrendering enough bunch hits
for Cordele to score two runs.
Here’s how it happened by innings:
RYH 'R
Montezuma .....000 000 000—0 6 1
Cordele ........030 100 10x—5 11 1
Tim, 1:50. Umpire Thornton.
The United States last year pro
duced22l,s73 tons of briquettes from
waster coal.
Delivered By Carrier
In City 5¢ Per Week
LOCAL PREPARATIONS FOR LOG
ROLLING MEET ARE TAKING
SHAPE AND ENTERTAINMENT
WILL BE PROVIDED FOR ALL.
A New York “movie man,” repre
senting one of the largest film compa
nies in the United States, will be in
Cordele July 20 and 21, and will take
pictures of all features of the stu
pendous gathering of the South Geor
gia Log Rolling Association. All of
| the principal features of attraction
have been planned and arranged for,
and all local details are now being
worked out through the local camp
Woodmen for the purpose of entertain
ing the visitors.
The annual parade, in which it is
expected that five thousand Woodmen
will participate, led by the uniform
rank companies, will be the opening
feature of the gathering, while the an
nual barbecue dinner, served military
style, will also be a feature of the
opening day. A double-header balk
game between Cordele and Fitzgerald
will b an attraction for each day of
the meet. The street dancing on the
night of the 21st in front of the Su
wanee hotel will not come in for sec
ondary consideration. There will be
no disguises, and the dance will be
carried out in exceiient manner.
Two of 'the best W. O. W. bands in
the state have been engaged and will
keep the air rife with merry music.
These bands are the Bronwood and
Ocilla bands. Adding to the merry
side of the occasion, and tending to
make it a mammoth carnival of fun
and amusement, will be a number of
funny clowns. A sufficient quantity
of barbecued meats will be provided
to feed twenty thousand visitors, and
‘fully this number are expected, includ
ing Woodmen, their families and oth
er visitors from over the entire state
and especially throughout all of south
CGeorgia,
A melon cutting, provided to care for
18 many visitors, will also be arranged.
The class introduction, which is to
he the one strictly fraternal feature,
will be held Thursday night at the
Woodmen hall by the Valdosta degree
team, one of the best in the south.
Cordele will be host to every man, wo
man and child who will become her
visitor on this occasion, and no effort
will be spared to show them a hearty
reception and royal entertainment.
Excursion rates have been arranged
on all railroads leading into Cordele
and these rates are effective from all
parts of the state and beyond.
Business houses, public buildings
and many of the residences will be
decorated for the occasion and hun
dreds of homes will be opened to
visitors. Mayor Jones on the part of
the city and on behalf of the local
camp Woodmen will deliver a short
address of welcome at the court house,
though little time will be consumed in
speech-making and as much time giv
n to leisure making as possible.
The Cordele camp Woodmen have
gone into the details of arranging the
local program of entertainment and
have appointed the following commit
tees: ¢
Finance Committee—Mayor J. Gor
don Jones, C. D. Bercaw, M. N. Johns
ton.
Committee On Meats and Bread—C.
0. Nobles, B. O. McKinney, A. J. Clary,
R. N. Brady, Fred Fenn, A. J. Smith,
Hal Stoy, H. E. Isaacs, J. W. Mathews.
Committee on Decorations—E. R.
Overby, Dr. Carl Williams, W. G.
Webb, W. E. Flooding, of Atlanta.
Barbecue Committee—J. A. Riley,
A. P. Hammett, John Bradd.
Reception Committee—Rev, J. Moore
Walker, W. L. Robuck, D. L. Bulloch,
Jerry Siade, Joe Espy, J. P. Hughes.
MASS MEETING NEXT THURSDAY
NIGHT AT COURT HOUSE WILL
PROVIDE WORKING COMMITTEE
FOR DUTIES OF MOVEMENT.
At the mass meecting which is to be
held next Thursday night in the court
house all arrangements will be made
for carrying the bond issue for the
electric light and pe-wver plant before
the people of the community in a bus
iness-like campaign. A committte of
the business men of Cordele who favor
the bond issue will be appcinted and
assigned to the various duties of the
campaign.
There will be of much interest to be
done at the mass meeting Thursday
night and a large crowd of citizens
will be present. Those who favor the
bond issue urge everybody to be pres
ent, as it is planned to conduct a free
and open discussion of the matter in.
such a way as to enable those present
to learn as much as possible about
whether the city should operate its
electric light and waler plant in con
nection.
It has been demonstrated that a
well-constructed brick house will out
last one of granite.
ABOUT THIRTY GUARDS
BALK AT NEW OATH
Savannah, June 23.—Approximately
thirty members of the coast artillery
‘battalion of the Savannah Volunteer
}Guards were stricken from their com
panies’ Tosters last night when they
failed to take the new oath for three
}years’ active service in the federaliz
ed National Guard.
! The four companies of the battalion,
‘despite the average loss of from five:
to fifteen men eacn, retained more
}than 30 per cent, of their total en
‘rollment and were mustered in under
‘the state order in accordance with the
rnew national bill concentrating the
'militia under point state and federal
\control.
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