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VOL. VI
PREPAREDNESS PARADE AND UN
VEILING OF ELECTRIC FLAG
MERGED INTO DAY OF FINE
EVENTS.
Tue first celebration of the Fourth
of July ever recorded for this commun
ity was observed yesterday by a very
creditable crowd of young and old rep
resenting every walk in life. It was
the occasion of the unveiling of the
electric flag installed on the court
house dome by the Daughters of the
American Revolution. It was also the
occasion of a preparedness parade and
the whol2 affair was merged into a cel
ebration of the Fourth which proved
a happy occasion for the people of the
community.
Long before the appointed time thei
sections and divisivns interested in|
the parade hegan to assemble i’ Wall
street ‘at the appointed place for the
line formation. Grand Marshal Max)
E. Land was on hand and began as
signing the divisions to their places
in the parade. The work was quietly
done and within seven minutes after
the announced time for assembly, the
entire line was ready to move.
The Parade Was Fine.
Headed by the boy scouts of the city,
the city officials, the police and fire
depariments, 'tt‘le march started down
Wall street in quiet steady progress
when ‘he marshal gave the word. The
local D. A. R, Fort Early chapter, pre
sented a strikingly fine appearance
with Miss Francis Carswell in the lead
dressed as Columbia. A number of the
local coliege girls completed: this body
dressed fittingly as representatives of
the chirteen original _state§.
Liti{le Monroe Hunt and Gertrude
Land smarched as the representatives
of Martha and George Washington and
Dixie was represented in the person
of Miss Margaret Needham in very im
pressive manner.
Superintendent Brewer of the local
schools had the ‘largest following of
any single section in the parade. His
was the school children and it was a
fine showing they made. Many of them
were there and their pleasure was
more than can easily be expressed.
This rection was headed by Tyson Al
len of Chattanooga, a little grand son
of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fenn of this city.
The little fellow was Uncle Sam to the
last word in dignity and importance
attaching to such an occasion.
The Symphony Club was there and
its members played no little part in
making the*parade worth while. The
members appeared in the parade along
with the ladies of the other sections.
The [acal U. D. C, helped to swell the
number with rather a creditable show
‘ng.
There were the Woodmen with a
large American flag carried in impres
sive manner by the degree team of
the local camp and the local veterans
of the civil war, with the sons of vet
erans in charge of Dr. A. L. McArthur.
The whole affair was one of splendid
arranzement and good effect. Those
who took part appeared happy to join
in making the Fourth a big occasion.
Exercises At Court House.
Whan the line was drawn up in the
street in front of the court house, it
took only a minute for Grand Marshal
Land to give the word to break ranks.
It was then a matter or only a few sec
onds before the exercises were under
way. Master of Ceremonies J. W. Biv
ins, called the gathering to order and
a brief invocation was offered by Rev.
J. H. Coin, pastor of Baptist church.
The presentation of the flag by Mrs.
E. M. Espy, as regent of Fort Early
chapter, D. A. R., was a very impres
sive address and one which revealed
a fine'interest on the purt of the speak
er anl her lady associates. Mayor
Jones accepted in behalf of the people
of the city and community in a brief
address which was fittingly made and
then the speaker of the occasion, Judge
W. F. George, of the Cordele judicial
circuit, was presented to the waiting
crowds.
His was an address truly fitting a‘
patriotic occasion of the kind and was‘
an elo:;uenlt tribute to American ideals.
The unveiling of the ilag followed
and wien the electric lights were turn
ed on the ladies of Fort Early chapter
greeted the first’ light waves with pa
triotic song. Little Monroe Hunt and
Gertrude Land presided when it came
to unveiling the flag. They pulled
strings with might and main, but “the
man” had to go on tecp and conclude
the work of stripping the bunting from
the flag before the lights went on.
Rev. J. M. Walker concluded the
ceremonies with the benediction.
The Gillespie Normal Institute, local
colored educational institution, fur
nished thie band which was used for
the exercises without charge. 'This
band helped to assemble the crowd
with a number of patriotic selections
and .later played through the exercis-
THE CORDELE DISPATCH
LOCAL MEMBERS OF ORDER ARE
. GETTING THINGS IN READINESS
FOR BIG CONVENTION—THOUS
ANDS WILL SEE BIG PARADE.
The committee to secure funds nec
essary to defray the expenses of the
big Woodmen of the World Convention
which gathers in this city on July 20,
21, composed of Maycr J. Gordon
Jones, C. D. Bercaw, president of the
Cordele Board of Trade, and M. N.
Johnston, of Johnston Brothers shoe
store, are busy seeing the business
men of the city, obtaining cash contri
butions to raise the fund to meet the
expenses.
Letters have been forwarded to the
representatives of the railroads, tele
graph, express, oil mills, fertilizer
plants, Atlantic Ice & Coal Corpora
tion, and other corporate interests who
have their head offices out of the city,
requesting donations to this fund. As
the money is obtained it will be depos
ited in the Cordele National Bank, and
will be paid out on the auditing of
each bhill, against the association.
Two brass bands have been engag
ed at considerable expense. Twelve
thousand five hundre? wooden plates
in which the barbecue dinner will be
served, have also been brought. The
wood for the barbecur pits has been
purchased and is being placed on the
ground. Two expert harbecuers have
been engaged, and will be here to take
charge of the pits on the morning of
July 19th. Lumber to erect the three
stands where the dinner will be served
is to be purchased, a 5 well as bread
and other edibles which gob to make up
the barbecue dinner, which will be
served in military style from the three
stations which will be erected in sep
arate places so as to not concentrate
the crowds all at one place.
Arrangements are heing made to
have barrels placed in different places
in the main business section of the
city, to supply ice water to the peo
ple.
A large amount of decorations will
be used, on the public buildings of
the city. which will be an item of ex
pense to the ‘management. }
The Parade.
Special preparations are being made
to make the parade a monster one, and
every interest in the city and county
are urged to arrange at once to be rep
resented in the parade. The farmers
with live stock, farm produce, and any
and all things to demonstrate what
Crisp county, farm produce will be on
hand on the morning of the 20th, by
10 o'clock to join the big parade.
The buisineses of the city—banking
mercantile, manufacturing, in fact, ev
ery business of the city will be asked
to take part in this parade, which will
be witnessed by several thousand visi
tors.
The parade will not only show the
strength of the Woodmen of the World
as an order, but is to demonstrate that
Cord:le and Crisp county are first in
progress and civic spirit.
Mayor Jones states that if the peo
ple will be liberal and aid the Wood
men with funds to carry through the
entire program, that Cordele will have
the largest crowd of pcople ever assem
bled here.
“I urge upon our merchants, bank
ers, hotel, and cafe managers, to deco
rate and make the occasion gay,” said
Mayor Jones. Let everybody give a
helping hand and the meeting will
prove a success and-one of the largest
ever in Cordele. The railroads have al
ready given reduced rates, granted
special trains, and the Cordele Camp
W. O. W. is working to meet every
emergency so as to carry through the
entire program. This great gathering
of Woodmen, and their friends, is go
ing to surprise some of our people.”
***** * * * * *
» COTTON MARKET *
* Today’'s market jumped 17 points *
over Monday’'s close. The best for *
* Mounday was 125-16, good mid- *
'* dling. Prices today in the local *
* market: good middling, 12 1-2; ful- *
* ly middling, 12 1-4; middling, 11 7-8. *
* Futures for October delivery are *
* good today for 12 1-8 to 12 3-16. *
***%* * * * * *
RETURN THE FLAGS.
The members of the Fort = Early
Chapter, D. A. R., reguest that those
who have flags belonging to the chap
ter return them. These are costly and
should be preserved.
es. The band was in charge of Rev.
A. S. Clark and he, as well as the in
dividual members, did everything they
could to make the musical portion of
the day’s exercises impressive.
There were a number of Qolored peo
ple present at the exercises.
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“CAP'N” COX MADE JULY FOURTH
ONE OF REAL PLEASURE FOR
CRISP COUNTY PRISONERS.
Forty convicts at the Crisp county
camp Tuesday were as happy and care
free apparently as most mortals get
to be, notwithstanding the restrictions
thrown around such a life. But rules
were not rigidly enforced Tuesday as
they usually are at the camp. It was
the Fourth and the inmates _of the
camn were given a holiday and provid
ed with a barbecue dinner and other
features of entertainment calculated
to make them enjoy the day with as
much pleasure as anybady else making
speciai effort to celekrate it.
“Cap’n’ Cox on Monday afternoon
brought all of the convicts from the
camp, which has been located in the
Hatley settlement, back to the coun
ty farm in order that they might min
gle with those left on the farm to make
the zrops and enjoy for the day the
ease and comfort that the county farm,
with its buildings, tents and stockade
for the mules, affords
Two fine porkers, a quarter of beef
and other meats were barbecued for
the occasion. Fifty of the season’s fin
est melons, grown on the farm, were
served with the dinner. and lemonade
in abundance was provided. There
was plenty of other good edibles and
the convicts enjoyed the dinner to the
fullest.
After resting until the cooler hoursl
of the afternoon they rntertained them !
selves in various ways. There are one!
or two good quartettes in the camp!
and they enjoyed themselves in sing
ing and entertaining the others in this
way. Others indulged in “pickin’ de
banjo” and “shufflin’ dem feet,” and
the shades of night fell on forty happy
souls, even if they were convicts.
Wednesday morning Warden Cox
had removed the men, teams and sup
plies back to the camp in the Hatley
settlement, continuing work on the
roads of that section. Splendid im
provements are being made on these
highways, and as soon as they become
settled and packed by travel they will
be equal to the very best roads of the
county.
Tabby cats are so called after a
street it Bagdad.
THE CORDELE DISPATCH, WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1916.
Bridgehampton, Loig Istand. The low
er photo of President Wilson and Mrs|
‘Wilson was taken when they drove up
ONE NEGRO FATALLY INJURED
AND DAMAGE DONE ON SEVER
ERAL FARMS. TORE DOWN WA
TER TANK. :
A aurricane or “baby” cyclone which
left destruction in its wake swept over
the southwestern part of Dooly and
northwestern part of Crisp county late
Saturday. A negro farm hand was
fatally injured as a result, barns and
other houses were demolished, trees
uprooted by the score. Heavy damage
was done to the corn and other crops
and »ther injury was done.
The hurricane was narrow in its path,
though the wind was traveling at a
great velocity, and at points every
thing in its path was leveled. The
wind displayed its powerful strength
when it picked a steel tank, contain
ing a thousand gallons of water, off its
posts and carried it a distance of
about two hundred feet before it
lighted. This occurred on the farm of
W. T. Napier. The tank was standing
twenty feet high. Damage was also
done to Mr. Napier's dwelling and
barn and in spots his corn crop was
levelzd to the ground. :
A iree was blown down on the dwel
ling of Jim Goodrum, who lives near
Drayton, and badly damaged it. On
the farm of J. T. Hall in the same
community, a tree fell across the home
of Ben Jackson, a negro, crushing him
beneath it. The negr_;vdied the follow
ing day. -
On the farm of J. B. Adkins, in Crisp
county, a buggy shed was blown down,
bhadly damaging a new bugzy which
Mr. Adkins had purchased only a few
days before.
The hurricane was going in a north
easterly direction and was several
hundred feet in its path. In places the
corn, which crop was especially dam
\aged by the wind, was not only blown
down but was torn to shreds.
LEAGUE MEETING.
The Lcague council of the Cordele
Epworth League held its first regular
monthiy business meeting since the
election of new officers Tuesday night
at the Methodist parsonage. Anthony
Hearn, president of the League, pre
sided. Business for the coming month
was discussed and plans laid for the
entertainment of the League cabinet
which meets in Cordele July 14-15.
‘to Independence Hall in Philadelphia
to make an address to the advertising
imen.
LITTLE NEGRO BOY HEARD SOME
THING “ZUNE” THAT WAS NOT
A JUNE BUG. .
For Johnnie Jones, a 12-year-old ne
gro the pastime of hurting and flying
June bugs has lost some of its pleas
ure, and the next sycamore tree that
he climbs he is going to be certain
that there are no electric wires
near.
Monday afternoon the little negro
gave, chase to a June bug. As is the
custom of children he wanted to tie a
string to its leg and hear the bug
‘‘zune.” It lighted in a sycamore
tree near the mills of the k#zpire Cot
ton Oil company, and the little negro
climbed the tree after it. In getting
out on the end of a linb to catch the
bug, he unthoughtedly caught hold
with one hand to an electric, wire run
ning near. His screams attracted a
large number of spectators, and an
employee in the office of the Cotton
(il company 'phoned the lectric plant
of the accident. The plant closed
down for a few minutes and the lit
tie negro removed from the wire.
Had he caught a firm hold on the
wire, it is believed he would almost
certainly have been killed. As it is,
he was not seriously injured.
ONE DRUNK WAS ALL.
Shrincage in Cases Before Mayor
Since New Law Went Into Effect.
One drunk on docket was the record
of Monday’s pelice matinee. The Mon
day before not a single drunk was re
cordéd. With the exception of a few
fights, the number of cases for all
offenses have been decreased since
the first of May.
. According to a statement from Chief
Sheppard the average for drunks since
the new prohibition law went into ef
fect on May 1 has been two per month.
Prior to the advent of the new law
the number of drunks was greater.
The announced purpose of Mayor
Jones to put every blind tiger on the
chain gang is having the effect of pre
venting more than a very small sale.
31VINS TAKES VACATION.
Editor J. W. Bivins of the Sentinel
has one to White- Springs, Fla., to
spend a week or ten days. He is mak
ing the trip for his health.
NEGRO GOING TO FORT VALLEY
TO WORK TRIED TO BOARD
FREIGHT TRAIN AND WAS KILL
ED.
Sam Jackson, a negro, was killed
Monday night by a freight train in the
northern yards of the Atlanta, Birm
ingham & Atlantic railway. His skull
was ~ruched, and his left arm cut off
near the shoulder and his body bruis
ed and lacerated.
Jackson, with a number of other ne
groes, attempted to jump the train
and ride to Fort Valley, expecting to
secure work in the peach orchards
there. He missed his looting and was
dashed against a cross tie, head first.
The liccident occurred at the last cros
sing on we road east of Seven Springs
and it is stated the train was running
at twaniy or twenty-five miles an hour
when Jackson attempted to board it.
TO PROBE MUNITION
} SHIPMENTS INTO MEXICO
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| Washington, July 3.—The customs
'bureau of the Treasury Department to
day hegan an examinaticn,to learn the
total amount of arm and ammunition
exported to Mexico within the last
year. It was undertuken at the re
quest of the War Department.
SENATE ARMY BILL
LARGER THAN HOUSE
Washington, July 3.—The army ap
propriation bill revised by the Senate
military committee and ordered report
ed carries $328,000,000. This is $146,-
000,000 more than the bill the House
passed. |
Municipal vs Private Ownership
The attention of the business men of Cordele is especially called to the
statement from Cedartown herewith presented which shows that city—a smill
er one than Cordele—got its water and electric light plants and its sewer sys
tem out of a bond issue of $§50,000, and that out of the earnings of the electric
light and water plants since they were built they have a water and lighting sys
tem which alone show a valuation of $74,000, to say nothing of the money orig
inally spent on the sewers. It is not too muca to say their property for which
they orginally spent $50,000 is now all told worth twice as much.
And please do not overlook the rate. And also please do not overlook the
earnings. The average merchant, banker, drug store, business office in Cordele
would get a rate of seven cents, less ten per cent instead of a rate of eleven
cents less ten per cent. The moving picture show, the restaurant, and the
large store’where lights are used would get a rate of seven cents less 25 per
cent as against eleven cents in Cordele with a ten per cent discount. The user
of power, and power is absclutely necessary in many instances in a place the
size of Cordele, would get a rate of four cents where the bill went up high as
$60.00. The letter speaks for itself:
“Honorable J. Gordon Jones, Mayor ‘
“Cordele, Georgia.
“Dear Sir:—Yours of the second instant addressed to the Mayor of Ce
dartown in which you request certain information regarding our water
and light plant has been referred to this office for reply.
“Our plant was installed in 1892 the original bond issue for water,
lights and sewers being $50,000. Each of these departments has been
increased from time to time until they now stand on our books as fol
lows: ¢
Water Plant .. .. .o nGt 54060160 3
Bilecteic Blant .. ...« .. vk . $28.80091
. Sewer System ...... ..l 000000 S3LOAI6B
Steam Plant ... ... i nas 4 GbGHoE S 4
None of these improvements were dsne by additional bond issues
except in the case of sewers for which bonds were voted to extend the
system. The revenue from water and lights is sufficient to make all
necessary improvement and extension besides paying annually into the
city treasury a sum approximating $5,000. In 1915 is was $5,500.
“Our rate is 7 cents per killowatt to all. This is subject to a slid
ing scale of discount as follows on bills from ¢
$.6.00/to sloloo° ... ... Sv i i per cenf " \
$lO.OO 0 $20:00 .. .......u:..oh .. 20 per-ceht. : ‘
$20.00 fo 330.00 .......% ... ivae 8 2E20 DAY CORLS
$30.00. to $40.00 ....... .. e sini2h PEE EBHTE ‘
$40.00 to $50.000 ..... .. o 0 00 0030 DER CHEG
$50.00 to $60:00 ........ 00, .. 30 DT OGN
$60.00 to $70:00 ... ... ooh 040 PEPRERIE
| “This you will observe, gives a rate of 4 cents per killowatt to
‘\ those whose bills amount to $60.00 or more per month at the regular 7
| cents rate.
) “Qur plant is controlled by a commission composed of three good
business men selected by council for their real business ability rather
than political influence. The term of one of them expires every year.
This insures us having two experience men on the board at all times.
The office only pays $25 per year and the commissicner is allowed wa
ter and lights at his residence free. There is never a contest for the
office, the commissioner serving as long us he cares to. One of the
present board has served about eighteen vears, another for seven or
eight years and the third one for three years and has just been reelect
ed. The very fact that the plant is managed by these men of business
end is kept entirely out of politics, I am sure, accounts for its being a
success. Our people are highly pleased with municipal ownership and
would have nothing else.
i{ “If you should desire any further information which we could fur
nish you, we will take pleasure in doing so. Very truly yours, :
' “J. C. WALKER, City Clerk.” 3
Delivered By Carrier
In City 5¢ Per Week
MET'4{OODIST AND BAPTIST CON
GREGATIONS JOIN IN SUNDAY
NIGHT SERVICES, ALTERNATING
FOR PLACE AND SPEAKER.
Throughout the month of July un
ion Sunday night services will be held
between the congregations of the
Methodist and Baptist churches of
Cordele, and the place of worship will
alternate between these two churches.
The wastors of these churches, Rev.
Walter Anthony and Rev. J. H. Coin,
will also alternate in preaching at
these services.
The first of the union services will
be held at the Methodist church next
Sunday evening and mev, J. H. Coin,
pastor of the Baptist church, will
preach. On Sunday evening following
the services will be Leld at the Bap
tist church and Rev. Walter Anthony
will preach.
With the exception of the Sunday
night services, all of the other servi
ces at both the Methedist and Bap
tist churches will remain as before,
and the union services will probably
be only during the current month.
’ FOR LIFE INSURANCE $21,363.60
1 Restaurant Man Buys a $30,000 En
| dewment Policy Outright.
What is said to be the largest sin
gle premium paid in Kansas City on a
life insurance policy, was given yes
terday to the Conneciicut Mutual Com
pany of Hartford, Conn., by Earl F.
Nance, restaurant owner. The prem
ium was $21,363.60, which paid up a
15-year endowment policy of $30,000.
Mr. Nance bhought the policy as an in
vestment.—The Kansas City Star.
NO. 23