The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, July 16, 1916, Sunday Edition, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextSUNDAY EDITION Ten Pages 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. e ‘ The boys up at Macon say they know all about that slush fun. ; GERM H RMAN MERCHANT SUBMARINE IN BALTIMORE HARBOR, CAPTAIN AND ORIGINATOR. B T ST, N R e ¢S SR R ¢ T TAN R R RA R S RK s e T IST S 3 N A R il wr eTR N N ! B 3 SRR R SBR \ B R RRg Ko A RXBR R R S R SRS SRS IR AT RSB eN T :-. 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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 { | | AW BATHING ~ POOL IS BUIT [SEVERAL HUND®ZD DOLLARS | SPENT .IN .DEVELOPING. FINE POOL ON LUTHER ADKINS FARM 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. AMERICAN DIES TO HELP THE ALLIES R R | e Ny . W R b€ e £ R VRI R ,5"” R, e B L G e 0 B % Ge, e 23 . ‘ 3% >Z¢~<¢ o, R NGRS | % BROSm Mok s s | B G g e Y e € e B T | & Soaw it ] R g’eé 0 s »”/«’ i BEdae . e b N Sl vl S e B S s 4 e i W G 4 G A T AR e | R SRR e SR | T %Sy Y I W v BN, e iiEy g ! Toh Uil g g l L 3 S, o By e i >' B R i : N \9, bt ‘ ?L!{f’{/?'.' 2, SOCOLWIEL L. ‘ 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 * * * * * * * * * * . ! * 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. " ****** * * * * * | 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. NO. 26