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SUNDAY EDITION
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VOL. VIH.
CORDELE ALL READY FOR
THE WOODMEN'S COMING
FOUR SPECIAL TRAINS WILL AR
RIVE WITH THOUSANDS OF VIS
ITORS IN TIME FOR THE BIG
PARADE THURSDAY—IS,OOO EX
PECTED.
* * * * ‘—;—: * * * *
* TO THE PEOPLE OF CORDELE *
* On Thursday and Friday of next *
* week, July 20-21, we will have to *
* gather here the South Georgia Log *
* Rolling Association, Woodmen of *
* the World. There will be from *
* 8,000 to 10,000 people who will be *
*in the city on the first day the *
* 20th. The local camp of the Wood- *
* men are being taxed to the limit *
* s 0 as to care for and handle the *
* large crowd of people. I respect- *
*fully urge upon every Cordelean his *
* or her cooperation with the Wood- *
* men to make the meeting a suc *
* cess and one that will do honor *
* and please all of us. Hospitality *
* and a clever hand shake, is char- *
* acteristic of Cordele people, and *
* it is the earnest desire of the *
* many Woodmen of Cordele that, *
* gverybody lend a helping hand to *
* make the meeting here the biggest *
* and most enjoyable ever held in *
* the state. "
. J. GORDON JONES, *
. Mayor. *|
* * * * * * * * * *
Everything is ready for the coming
of the Woodmen and their friends.
The gathering of the South Georgia
Log Rolling Association in Cordele
Thursday ‘and Friday, July 20and 21.
will draw the largest crowd of visitors
that has ever been within the gates of
the city at one time. Fully fifteen
thousand are expected, latest reports
from towns and cities throughout this
section and from all parts of the state
giving assurance of growing crowds.
Special trains from Manchester, bring
ing an immense dalegatibn from At
lanta, another special from Albany,
bringing hundreds of Woodmen, the
Traveling Mens Association and other
visitors from that city and section,
another from Fitzgeraia with hundreds
of Woodmen and visitors, will arrive
in the city Thursday in time for the
grand opening parade. . The parade
will be in charge of Sovereign W. M.
Johnson, marshal.
Stands will be established all alon.:
Seventh street from which the barbe
cue dinner will be served at 2:30 on
the opening day. Over one hundred
carcasses, pork, mutton and beef, have
been secured for the immense dinner.
Prior to this feature Mayor Gordon
Jones on the part of the city will wel
come the visitors, and will be respond
ed to on behalf of the Woodmen and
others by Sovereign J. W. Simmons,
of Brunswick.
The election of officers for the ensu
ing year and the selection of the next
meeting place will be the next in or
der at a business meeting of the Log
Rolling Association.
The parade of the .Dixie Minstrels
will-occur at 2 o’clock, with bands and
all members of the troupe.
Baseball between Cordele and Fitz
gerald will be called at 2:30, and a line
of march to the grounes will be formed
in front of the Suwanee hotel.
The second day of the meet will be
replete with interesting and spicy fea
tures. The first on the program will
be the tug-o-war between the Albany
and Fitzgerald camps on Seventh
street opposite the Cordele National
bank. A silk flag will be given as a
prize by Sovereign Newton Phillips,
state manager of the W. 0, W., and sec
retary of the association. Other
prominent Woodmen to attend will be
W. A. Fraser, Sovereign Commander;
John. T. Yates, Sovereign Clerk; Dr
J. W. Simmons, Head Consul of Geor
gia. * 5
At 11:30 on the second day the city
will be given over to the exercises of
the Woodmen Circle, in charge of Mrs.
van - Murrah, of Columbus. Baseball
between Cordele and Fitzgerald will
again furnish amusement to the visi
tors. |
On the evening of the second day
comes one of the capital features of
the gathering, the street dancing in
front of the Suwanee hotel.
wagon loads of Crisp’s finest water
melons will be provided for all who
care to partake.
The Cordele camp extends a hearty
and fraternal welcome to every Wood
man, and Cordele’s characteristic hos
pitality will go out in full measure to
every visitor. %
Arrangements are being made for
the Moxican-American long distance
powwow, which, it is hoped, will be
short and to the point,
THE CORDELE DISPATCH
DIXIE MINSTREL PUTS
ON ATTRACTIVE SHOW
The “Dixie Minstrels” which attrac
tion plays at the Cordele opera house
cn the night of July 20, the opening
day of the South Georgia Log Rolling,
’has met with popular favor both from
press and public wherever it has ex
hibited. There are thirty-five people
in the cast, composing acrobatic, mus
ica: numbers, both vocal and instru
mental; finnc*ng in all of the latest
and most artistic steps and various
other features. The “grand opening”
and “seven buck dancers’” are special
features.
GHICKEN STEALING
W. B. MTHEWS AND HENRY RAPE
LOSE NEARLY FORTY FRIERS
—BETTER KEEP CHICKEN HOUSE
LOCKED AT NIGHT.
If W. B. Mathews knew the identi
ty and whereabouts of the person or
persons who are enjoying delicious
idishes of chicken at his expense, he
would undertake to see that such en
joyment was brought to a culmination
in short order. He lost about forty
fine chickens, most of them frying
size, within the past few nights, and
the thoughts of it are not altogeth
ar in accord with the good spirits that
Mr. Mathews usually displays.
There are other citizens in and near
Cordele just at this time who believe
that hanging: would be too good for a
chicken theif and the jail house ought
to be the lodging place of every one
of them right now. They have cause
for so thinking, for chicken stealing
is a recreation in this vicinity. It is
not misput advice to tell Cordele folks
to put the lock on the chicken house
door and keep it locked and see that
the chickens den’t roost about pro
miscuously in the trees, on the fences,
ete.
'~ Henry Rape can share sympathy
equally with Mr. Mathews, as he has
lost an equal number of chickens with
in the past week. Forty of his best
are missing.
BANKRUPTGY 15.
~ GREDITORS PLEA
COURT GRANTS RECEIVERSHIP
FOR GARVIN HARDWARE COM
PANY INVOLUNTARY PETITION.
+ Judge W. W. Lamdin in the United
States court at Albany signed an or
der for a receivership for the Garvin
Hardware Company late Friday after
noon when the papers <resented by
Judges Max Land and E. F. Strozier,
representing the John Deer Ploy com
pany and other creditors were filed.
' No schedule of assets and liabili
ties accompany an involuntary peti
tion in bankruptcy and it is as yet a
matter to be determined as to how
much will be involved in the case.
James H. Brown was .made receiver.
‘The concern has been in business for
‘three or four years and its operators
have many business friends throughout
‘the community.
MANY'WITNESSES IN CASE WHICH
WAS TAKEN UP IN ALBANY
COURT BEFORE JUDGE LAMDIN
- FRIDAY.
More than a score of witnesses,
among them being several local bank
ers, appeared in the United States
court at Albany Friday when the
charge of concealing bankruptcy as
sets was taken up against Ed L. Har
well, a former merchant of this city.
The case has been pending for some
time. ;
~ Several members of the local bar
‘are attending, some of them represent
ing Harwell. The case is devloping a
‘strong legal battle and is carrying with
}it considerable local interest. The ef
fort is being made to show that Har
well did not make an accounting to
the court for. all his property at the
time he took.bankruptcy in his mer
cantile business several years ago.
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‘ The boys up at Macon say they
know all about that slush fun. ;
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MEASURE INTRODUCED IN CON
GRESS WHICH WILL OPEN WAY
FOR CRISP TO BUILD STRUC
. TURE WHEN READY.
Cengressman Charles R. Crisp has
introdnced a bill in congress provid
ing for a bridge to be constructed
across Flint river at Huguenin's Fer
ry or such other point as may be de
c¢ided upon by Crisp county. This is
the firsi step towards a bridge at a
point where it is so badly needed, but
does not mean that the actual con
struction is any way near at hand. |
When the measure becomes a law,
legal obstacles will be removed and
wlhen it is possible to undertake this
highway ' improvement there will be
nothing in tlie way. As soon as the
act passes, the county commissioners
¢t Crisp will be notified and they will
then announce the way clear.
The commissioners of Crisp have
had the bridge construction under
ccusideraiion on many different oc
casions. They have several times ask-|
ed thie aid of Sumter county in con
¢tructing this bridge, but have never
had anything better than an offer to
help build a bridge at Murray’s, sev
eral m’les up in Dooly. The matter is
by no means a dead one, however, and
the purpose now is to devise means
for building the bridge with funds se
cured by other sources than from the
nfficials of Sumter.
C. B. BOWEN NARROWLY ESCAPES
SERIOUS INJURY--LITTLE BOY
THROWN FROM CAR AND HURT.
C. B. Bowen, driving a small car,
crashed into the Confederate monu
ment late Friday afternoon while try
ing to avoid a collision with another
car at the Americus National Bank
corner and the accident cost a small
son, Hugh, very painful wounds and
a shaking up for Mrs. Bowen. The
car was badly smasnhed up, but Mr.
Bowen was uninjured.
Two children were occupying the
rear seat in the car when the crash
came. One of them was dashed to
the ground and came near striking
head first on the base of the monu
ment. He sustained a deep gash in
the scalp which required surgical at
tention. Mrs. Bowen remained in the
car and the accident was made no
worse by the fact that the speed was
hardly more than eight miles an hour.
BARBECUE TO FRIENDS
; AT BROWN'’'S MILL
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Williams enter
tained a number of their friends at a
most enjoyable barbecue at Brown’s
Mill several days ago. The day was
spent in fishing, bathing and other
means of recreation and an elaborate
dinner was served. Invited were Mr.
and Mrs. Cloyd Watson, Mr. and Mrs.
O. S. Bazemore, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Mize, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. S. Williams,
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Bowen, Mr. and
Mrs. Haslam, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Lind
sey, W. H. Cunningham and family,
'Miss Nannie Benson, Will Sheppard,
THE CORDELE DISPATCH, SUNDAY, JULY 16, 1916.
from Dremen. (Captain Paul Koenig
was the happiest man in the United
States when newspaper men asked
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Bath houses and a swimming pool
bave been established by a number of
‘(‘ordele citizens at Blue Springs on
‘the farm of Luther Adkins, about sev
en miles northwest of Cordele. Those
interested in the enterprise find much
rcreation and pleasure there. Sever
al hundred dollars have been spent in
the improvements and more will be
expended in improving the pool.
Among those interested are, O. M.
Heard, Alex Martin, B. S. Dunlap,
Frank Batholomew, J. V. Dunlap, Jer
ry Slade, Tump Hunt, J. M. Diffee,
Seab Hamilton, J. H. Churchwell, J.
A. Ward, J. J. Williams, Mrs. Brow
der and others.
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‘ S DING <
A Goodwill Spalding, adopted son
of the late:A. G. Spalding, was killed
in action with the Inniskillen Fusil
liers this month. Hec was on business
in England when the war broke out,
and he promptly enlisted as a private
in the Coldstream Guards. In De
cember, 1915, he was made a lieuten
ant for meritorious conduct under fire
and then went to the fusilliers.
MRS. BUNDRICK
MOTHER OF Z. T. BUNDRICK PASS
ED TO REWARD AT AGE OF &9
YEARS—WAS PIONEER.
Mrs. Bundrick, aged 89 years, moth
er of Z. T. Bundrick, a well known
farmer of tie western part of the
county, died at the home of her son
Wednesday night. She was the grand
‘mother of S. Bundrick of Cordele.
Mrs. Bundrick was one of the pio
ilaeer citizens of Crisp and had a large
number of {riends throughout the (:ouv
‘u’. She had been making her home
}‘.\'ith her son for the past five years.
Burial occurred at Cedar Creek cem
etery Thursday afternoon.
him about his trip. This remarkable
feat of the Germans was due to a
suggestion of Altfred Lohmann, who
~ NEARLY READY
CHARTER APPLIED FOR AND THE
AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK WILL
BE NEW INSTITUTION TO START
IN FALL.
Application for charter for Cordele’s
new savings bank, to be incorporated
under the name of tue American Sav
ings Bank, has been filed with Secre
tary of State Philip Cook. The in
stitution will be capitalized at -25,000,
and of this amount -15,000 has already
been paid in. The charter will be
granted on or about August 15 and ar
rangements will be made to open the
new bank shortly thereafter. It will
be lccated in the same building with
the American National bank.
The incorporators are all of Cordele:
F. G. Boatright, J. W. Cannon, E. A.
Vinson, William Greer, 0. M. Heard,
J. H. Churchwell.
GRISP BRIDGES
BRIDGES IN CRISP COUNTY OVER
SMALL STREAMS DAMAGED BUT
NO CONSIDERABLE LOSS IS SUS
TAINED—ROADS CUT UP.
Damage wrought in Crisp county by
'the heavy rainfall and the severe wind
storms o 1 the past few weeks has by
’no means been small, though, as com
pared with the damage done in other
sections of south Georgia by high wa
ter and hurricanes, this immediate sec
tion las been blessed.
Considerable damage has been done‘
to the public highway of the county
by the torrential rains,they being bad
ly washed in places, and bridges over
some of the streams of the county
have been partially or totally destroy
ed as a result. Warden Cox is direct
ing the work of the rebuilding 0;
these bridges, and ‘ue repairs are be
ing rapidly made. Where the roads'
are badly impaired, crews of convicts
and machines are being used in plac
ing them in good condition.
While damage has Leen done ta
some of the larger bridges of the coun
ty, the principal damage was at the
bridges spanning the nmaller streams.
The bridge across l.ime Stone creek
at the iocation known as Well's Ford,
has bLeen inudated by the waters of
Flint river, which is still more than
a mile out of its banks. This bridge is
250 feet in length aud passage has
been impossible. Reports Saturday
were that the bridge was from four
to five fet under water and that it
would probably be four or five days |
before tne water will recede sufficient
ly for passage. [
Heavy damage has been done to thel
crops along side the river. i
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* COTTON MARKET 41
# Future for October delivery gave *
* an eleven point rise Saturday over * ;
* Friday's market. Saturday prices .
* in the local market: goodmiddling, ~2
s+ 1212¢; fully middling, 1214 c; *|
* middling, 11 7-Bc. "
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Of course, it takes a little rain withé
the sunshine. l
presented the idea to the Cerman
government some months ago.
Ifl[IHHIS WILL ASK
“FOR REELEGTION
REPRESENTATIVE FROM CRISP
WILL ANNOUNCE IN FEW DAYS.
NO OPPOSITION SO FAR SHOW
ING UP.
That he will be a eandidate to suc
ceed himself as representative of Crisp
county in the legis?ature is the state
ment of Hon. W. H. Dorris to The Dis
patch. His formal announcement tc
this effect is expected in a few days.
; No opposition is announced against
Representative Dorris and none is in
prospect at this time. He has become
identified as one of the leaders in the
General Assem\bly. having fostered a
number of bills of state-wide interest
within the past two years, taking an.“
active interest in the passage of the
state prohibition bill, the W. & A. leg
islation and other measures of equal
interest and importance.
Immediately upon the gathering of
the legislature in its present session,
Representative Dorris introduced his
bill for compulsory education in Geor
gia, There were several other similar
measures offered for passage. It has
been suggested, and seems to he the
general understanding, that the au
thors of these bills will cooperate for
the passage of such a bill as will give
Georgia an educational law equal to
that of any state. It is proposed to
take the best features from all of the
bills and embody in one for passage.
RESUMING TRAFFIC
:
G. S. & W. G. ARRANGE FOR TRAV
~ EL OVER KINCHAFOONE CREEK
BY AUTO TRUCKS.
Though traffic over the Georgia
Southwestern & Gulf railway has been
seriously hampered by washouts on
this road within a few miles of Alba
ny, provisions have been made for pas
senger travel over this road and local
freight is being handled between Cor
dele and points east of the Kincha
foone dam, located within two miles
of Albany, where one of the severest
washouts occurred.
By the use of automobile trucks pas
sengers are conveyed from Albany to
this dam and there take the train.
Three trucks have been put in service
with a total capacity of sixty passen
gers per trip. The passengers are
conveyed from the train to the union
depot at Albany by the same means.
By the order of President W. M.
Legg of the road, trams Nos. 2 and 5
have bdén arndlled until the damage
to the trestle across Kinchafoone
creek can be repaired. Meanwhile
trains Nos. 6 and 1 perform mixed ser
vice between the points that traffic is
possible.
Train no. 6 will leave Cordele ai
850 a. m., following the arrival of
connecting trains. This train will be
met at the transfer point at 10:30 a.
m. Passengers for train No. 1 will
leave the terminal station by transfer
service at 12.30 ‘p. m.
Freight will be handled southbound
for points between Cordele and Stocks.
All freight northbound from Stocks to
Cordele will be handled. Through
freight traffic will be detoured.
Delivered By Carrier
In City 5¢ Per Week
CONDITIONS OF PRESENT WEEK
MORE FAVORABLE TO CROP
AND FARMERS ARE GETTING
AWAY FROM STORM IN BETTER
SHAPE. :
Farming conditions throughout this
section are rapidly improving since
the cessation of the excessive rains
of the past three weeks. The warm
weather following the rainy sason has
made a very noticeable improvement
in the cotton crop. It is considered
by the farmers that the cloudy weath
er has been decidedly best for the cot
‘ton, as hot sunshine would have caused
it to lose much of its growth and fruit,
trom scalding. As it is, the crop is
holding its fruit well. It is estimated
that the average damage to the crop
throughout this county as a result of
the heavy and continuous rains has
heen ten per cent. 1
While the corn crop has not been
generally benefitted by the rains little
damage has come to it as a conse
quence. Wind has caused the prinei
pal damage in this crop. y
MEETINGS HERE OUTLINED THE
WORK FOR THE ENSUING YEAR
—VISITORS WERE ENTERTAIN
ED IN HOMES OF CITY
Cerdele yesterday entertained the
Cabinet meeing of the South Georgis
©pworth League. The meetings were
held at the Methodist church and a
large number of visitors were in at
tendance. The cabinet constitutes
the officers of the league, and the pur
pose of the gathering here is to out
line the work of the leagues for the
ensuing year.
Following are the delegates to the
meeting, and their hosts: Miss Kellie
'Ballard, of Dublin, and Miss Julia
Johnstone, of Guyton, with Mrs. C. L.
Lifsey; Miss Lillie Bass, of Macon,
with Mrs. A. 1. Webb; J. E. Barnhill,
of Glenwood, and L. A. Harrell; of
Sparks, with J. T. Todd; Miss Archie
Clark, of Jesup, with Mrs. P. H.Greene
Miss Hortense Davant, of Butler, and
‘Miss Maude Gibson, of Macon, with
Mrs. G. M. Bulloch; Miss Florence
(C'ross, of Camilla, and Miss Georgia
Taliaferro, of Columbus, with Mrs.
J. F. Calhoun; Prof. E. H. McNeel, of
Macon, with Alfred Dorman; L. C. Pen
nington, of Eastman, and Jno. W.Yates
of Fitzgerald, at the Commercial Ho
tel; G. C. Barnhill, of Gleenwood, with
H. K. Ertzberger.
The president of the conference, S.
A. Nunn, of Perry, is being entertained
at the home of Mr. Ertzberger. Miss
Dorothy Dodd, of Cordele, is a member
of the cabinet and is taking an act
ive part in the meetings. e
CHANGE IN LAWS TO PROVIDE
BETTER PAY FOR CHAIRMAN OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
A legislative act, which is intended
to place the office of chairman of the
board of county commissioners of
Crisp county on a more responsible
and business-like basis, is now in the
hands of Representative W. H. Dorris
in the form of a bill. 7t will be intro
duced in a short time.
It is planned to so amend the act
creating the board of county commis
sioners of Crisp that the chairman may
be paid five doliars per day for those
days that he is in actual service for
the county. The pay of the chairman
now is on the same basis with that of
the other two commissioners, $3 per
day for service to the county in super
vision of work on the highways, and
$2 per day for meeting days.
It is further provided in the proposed
amendment that the salary of the
chairman shall not exceed $9OO per
year.
The change is being urged because
of complaint on the part of past chair
men that the office demanded too much
time for their persunal business for
the small compensation. It is planned
to put the office on a more dignified
basis in order that capa®le and respon
sible men may be secured through &
just remuneration for their services.
L e S
Nigeria has been added to the lands
in whicn valuable deposits of coal
Lhave been discovered in recent years.
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