The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, July 19, 1916, Wednesday Edition, Image 1
‘Wednesday Edition Twenty Pages VOL. viii, *Thousands of Visitors ' Pouring Into Cordele ¢ Log Rolling Meet Brings Woodmen From All South Georgia and ‘Many Viisitars---Splendid Program of Entertainment for Thursday and Friday. They are here—hundreds of them— but thousands are coming. The Wood men have taken Cordele and they are “chopping” away for a great time. The city has been trned, over to . them, lock, stock and barrer, to do with it whatsoever they will, just so they leave it here when they go. Cordele Camp No. 106 Woodmen, of ficial Cordele, and the business men and citizens generally have vied in preparation for the coming of the greatest Log Rolling that the South \ Georgia Log Rolling association has ever held. The finishing touches have been applied. Cordele is ready for the Woodmen, and is diked out in gay attire for the occasion. Woodmen welcomes are placarded everywhere, on the store fronts, in the show win dows, on the streets, and gay decora tions bedeck the business houses both inside and out. Cordele has planned for the occasion with such effective ness and elaborateness as can but reflect as a lasting credit, and bring lingering memories for its visitors of time well spent and an occasion en joyed to the fullest. Cordele seems proud to serve as the host for such a royal crowd. Cordele extends the hand of friend , ship and welcome. The Cordele camp Woodmen extend the hand of fraternal fellowship. Woodcraft will be ad vanced and fraternal feeling will soar; to its heighth in this occasion. Cordele bids every woodman and ovf"l ery Woodman’s friend welcome, thrice welcome. The spirit of Cordele’s hos pitality is a wish that the pleasuze.of the visitors may be as great as ik is Cordele’s pleasure to be their hgst. " Special trains will begin arriving early tomorrow morning over eyery road touching Cordele, and ~.coming. from all directions from throughout south Georgia. The special over the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic rail way from Montezuma will arrive in the city between 9 and 10 o’clock. The special over this road from Camilla and Fitzgerald will arrive in the early morning. The Seaboard will run its special from Richland, arriving here at 8:40. The Georgia Southern & Flori da will run a special out of Macon, ar riving in Cordele at 8:30. Provisions have been made on every special for the transportation of thousands of ‘ Woodmen and others. : l Trains will be operated between Cordele and Albany every two or three hours, over the Georgia, South western & Gulf. The first special over this road will bring the Albany camp of Woodmen and the Traveling Men's; Protective Association of that city, to gether with hundreds of others. Upon the arrival of every train the Woodmen will. be formed in line of march and take their places in the grand parade, which forms in front of the W. O. W. hall at 9:30 o’clock, and which feature opens the festivities. The Grand Parade. Sovereign M. N. Johnson will act as grand marshal and wi}l direct the pa rade. The parade will be headed by mounted police, followed by the Ocil la W. O. W. band. The uniform rank division are next in place in the pa rade, including companies from al] over south Georgia. This division will be headed by Company “G” U. R. 119th ‘ regiment, of Valdosta, J. P. Ulman,) captain, commanding. The walking di vision is then in order, including thou-‘ sands of Woodmen with banners and flags. The Bdinbridge W. O. W. band will follow. Officers of the association will ride in gaily decorated automobiles in the parade, followed by floats of the Wood men’s Circle. Thenscome the W. O. W. floats, the floats represent’ng Cor dele business houses and the agricul tural products of Crisp county. The Dixie Minstrels, including a company of thirty-five with an excellent band, swrill be followed by the Boy Scouts, f’,»;rho“ bring up the end of the parade. The parade is expected to reach from one to one and one-half miles in length. The line of march is as follows:| Forms on Wall street in front of W. 0. W. hall, Wall street to Seventh street, to Eleventh avenue, to Third street, to Fourteenth avenue, to Eighth street, back to Eleventh avenue ,to Seventh street, to court house. Here the parade will_disband for the wel come addresses and the business ses sion. Sovereign Mayor J. Gordon Jones‘ THE CORDELE DISPATCH will welcome the vigitors upon the part of the city and formally turn over the keys to them. Sov'ereign J W, Simmons, of Brunswick, will respond on behalf of the Woodmen and friends. | The election of officers for the ensu k ing year and the seleetion of the meet ’ing place for the 1917 log rolling will be taken up. Big Barbecue Ready. - The sumptuous barbecue dinner is ready for serving. It is sufficient to feed an army ofi people. Ample tables ‘have been provided to accommodate thousands. Over one hundred carcass es have been prepared in the best of style. O. H. Bushee and Sam Griffin of Bibb county, whose reputation as barbecuers throughout the state is well known, were in charge of the pits and. will he in charge. of serving the dinner. The O’Neal school grounds, where there is shade and a supply of fresh water always available, have been seélected as the place for the din ner. The three bands will lead the march to the school grounds. Between the three organizations there will be music in the air for the next two days in Cordele, and it will be first-class music. o The - tug-o-war betw‘éen the Fitzger ald and Albany camps will furnish '_g’i‘éu‘t amusement. This feature will follow the dinner, and the winner will ’%g awarded a handsome silk flag by Mr. Phillips. Plans have been arranged for a base ball game between Cordele and Fitz gerald at 11 o’clock in the morning. Another game will occur in the after noon, immediately following the min strel parade. A line of marck to the ball grounds will be formed in fromt of:the Suwanee hotel. Two ball games wfll’probably take place between Cor dele and Fitzgerald Friday, though on 1y one game is scheduled for the af ternoon. - The officers of the association have all arrived. They are: Newton Phil lips, President and General Manager, Atlanta, Ga.; R. E. Moore, Vice Presi: dent, Swainsboro, Ga.; J. W. Domin gos, Secretary and Treasurer, Macon, Ga.; Dr. J. W. Simmons, First Vice President, Brunswick, Ga.; John J.- Earl, Vice President, Albany, Ga.; W. H. Woodruff, Assistant General Mana ger, Macon, Ga.;J. Gordon Jones, Vice President, Cordele, Ga.; J. W. Pass, Vice President, Fitzgerald, Ga. J. W. Posey, of New York, represent ing the Pathe Moving picture compa-; ny, has arrived in the city, and has outlined his plans for securing a splen did picture of all features of the oc-; casion. The entire parade will come‘l under the camera, and the business men of Cordele who have floats in the ! parade will secure widespread adver- | tisement through the extensive circu lation of the film throughout United States. The film will show all of thei public buildings, prominent business% houses, fine residences and some of the public men and officials of the city. The picture will carry Cordele’s name far and near and will doubtless be a ' great advertisement and credit to the city. | y Friday’s Program. The second day of the gathering will be brimming full of spict features. At 11:30 o’clock the ceremonies will be given over the Woodmen’s Circle for exercises in charge of Mrs. Van Murrah of Columbus, and the women will participate in a parade and other features. An elaborate melon cutting will be interspread at an appropriate place on the program. 0 Baseball between the Cordele and Fitzgerald teams will furnish entertain ment during the afternoon, beginning at 3:30. A district from the postoffice on Bleventh avenue to the monument on Seventh street will be roped off for the street dancing on the evening of the second day. The bands will Sirnish catchy music and this will prove de ¢idedly one of the best features of the entire event. The class introduction will take place at the W. O. W. hall Thursday evening at 7:30. Between 250 and 300 candidates will be obligated and a number wiil be initiated. Officers ap pointed for the class introduction are as follows: Dr. J. W. Simmons, Con sul Commander, Brunswick Camp No. 320 and Head Consul of Georgia; Sov ereign J. O. Lawrence, Past (‘onsul.‘ Ocilla Camp No. 309; Sovereign C. B. Ryle, Adj.—Lieut., Gorden Camp, No.: 279; Sovereign L. H. Dugger, Banker, Valdosta Camp No. 162; Sovereign J. W. Domingos, Clerk, Macon Camp No. 14; Sovereign C. J. Fitzgerald, Escort, Moultrie Camp No. 104; Sovereign J. T. Beasley, Watchman, Blakeley Camp No. 404; Sovereign L. C. Jones, Sen try, Columbus Camp No. 3. Floor work by the Valdosta degree team. Company “G” 119th Regiment, U. R., J. P. Ulmer, captain command ing. Fifty or more Woodmen went out in Automobiles Wednesday afternoon to Arnett’s saw mill, about seven miles from Cordele, and staged a log rolling scene for the benefit of the “movie” man. The Woodmen were attired in overalls and slouch hats, and staged the scene like typical woodmen The old officers of the association and the newly elected officers will be in groups. The court house, post office, library, school buildings and other public buildipgs will be filmed. A flag raising scene will occur at the ‘postofice. Mr Pnillips. will be in charge of affairs when a new silk flag is run up, and in order to get a good {picture of the cheering crowds when the event is filmed, the “movie” man -will take a position on top of the li brary building. NINE MONTHS T 0 }'somb REQUIRES SERVICES OF TEACHERS NINE MONTHS AND . REMOVES SUMMER SCHOOL AT TENDANCE OBLIGATION. At the last meeing of the city board of education the dates were set for the ‘ojpemng and closing of the Cordele public schools during the two sessions of 1916-1817. Teachers in the school ‘during the next fiscal year will be required to teach a nine month’s ‘sclionl. The dates selected include ‘three ‘months and one week of the fall term between Septmbr 11 and December 22. The spring term will open January 2, 1917, continuing for five months and three weeks. For e tast three or four years the teachers of the Cordele public schools have been required to teach eight and one-half months for the school year, receiving pay for nine months, though they have been required to take a summer course. This reqirement has been abandoned and the school will be placed on the nine months basis. SERVED THE A. B. & A. MANY YEARS AND SOUGHT RIDE ON ENGINE WHEN DEATH CAME. Charley Bradle, an old negro fire man, nas taken his last ride. He has gone on the trip from when no one rcturns. . Charley used to fire on the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic, though he quit the job some time ago to engage in other work, locating in the vicinity of Manchester. Charley was a good negro, and was known and liked by both white and colored among many of the road’s employes. Several days ago he decided that he wanted to take a trip to Fitzgerald or some cther place, and the thought of paying fare never occurred to him. He climbed on a freight engine headed this way and told the engineer and fireman that he was going for a trip. He found a comfortable place on the rear end of the tank and lay down. When the train was brought to a stop for water, the fireman discovered that Charley was out of his mind and deli rious. Before assistance could be ren dered the old fireman died, and the body was taken on to Fitzgerald. The Woodmen have 850 camps in Georgia. There are 30,000 members. To visitors: If you don’t see what you want, “Ake” for it. THE CORDELE DISPATCH, WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1916. Ly 2,000,000 WOODMEN BUILDING AT OMAHA, NEB. - 8. . N » ’ S e R S R eR R R A iR S el 3 e ‘\Q;; %@(*s' SRR N R X 3 PSRRI R S MR | R g e z§9‘&«*<“\ Sl Yy . 31“’“3 ST W . 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March to the base ball grounds starting in front of Suwance Hotel, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1916. Tug-O-War between Albany and Fitzgerald camps, on Seventh street op posite Cordele National Bank. Prize of silk flag given to the winner by Sov ereign Newton Phillips. ; City given over to Woodmen Circle for exercises in charge of Mrs. Van Murrah, of Columbus, Ga 11:30 o’clock A. M, Baseball, 3:20 P. M. Cordele and Fitzgerald on Cordele diamond. Exercises in front of Suwanee Hotel 8:30 to 11 P. M. | MILLERS MADE { BONDS OF 5,000 ALBANY CONCERN SIGNED BONDS OF GEORGE AND LOUIS MILLER, LOCAL MERCHANTS INDICTED IN FEDERAL COURT. Charged with concealing assets from the trustee in bankrup:cy in his Lank rupcy case, Louis Miller was indicted in the United States court at Albany this week. His father, George Miller, was indicted on a charge of conspiring to conceal assets in the same case. Hoffmyer & Company, of Albany, ap peared bondsmen for the two Cordele merchants in the amount of $5,000. POLICE BELIEVE THEY HAVE MAN WHO ROBBED CHICKEN ROOSTS ALL OVER COMMUNITY. In the person of O. H. Hall, a white man, the police are confident that they have apprehended the party guilty of stealing forty or more chickens from Henry Rape, another white man, sev eral nights ago. Chickens identified as those belonging to Rape were sold by Hall, it is claimed, to A. R. Hender son and A, J. Johnson, a negro man. At the instance of Chief Sheppard of the local police force, Sheriff Davis - of Dooly county captured Hall at Vien na. He was returned to Cordele and lodged in the county jail. It is be-i lieve that Hall is connected with the theft of chickens from other Cordele residents, and the police are making‘ investigations along this line. 1 !LEADING COUNCIL rOR DEFENSE l BECAME TOO ILL TO PROCEED . WITH CASE--HEARING WENT OVER TILL DECEMBER. With the government’s side of the case proctically complete, a mistrial ‘\ms deciared today in the case of Ed .. Harwell, George P. Harwell and S. . Harwell, charged with conspiring to conceal assets from the trustees in ‘bankruptcy in the case of Ed L. Har well, bankrupt. The mistrial was declared because of the illness of E. M. Wilcox, of Valdos ta, who was associated with J. Jordon Jones, of this city, in conducting the defense. The case goes over till De cember. MRS. T. R. GILBERT BROODED CVER DEATH OF HUSBAND AND DAUGHTER. | e | Despondent over the death of al daughter about a year ago and thel death of her husband several months ago, and stating in a sealed note which 1 she left under her pillow that her‘ “troubles increased with her years,” Mrs. T. R. Gilbert, aged 36 years, took | strichnyne Sunday night and ended her life. Her corpse was discovered early I Monday morning lying in the bed at her home on the farm of Tom W. Pye,l a brother, about five miles east of Cordele. She lived with her sons Tom, Harvey and Jesse. Besides these a R. C. HARRIS IS SUMMONS CAME EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND PALL OF SAD NESS FELL OVER ENTIRE COM MUNITY—FUNERAL MONDAY AF TERNOON. In the death of R. C. Harris, which oceurred suddenly at his home early Sunday morning from heart failure, ‘(Cordele lost one of its most promi ‘nent, and progressive business men and most highly esteemed citizens. He established the Tomlin-Harris ma chine shops and foundry of Cordele, one of the largest concerns of the kind in this section of the state. From the carlier days Mr. Harris has been great ly interested in the development of Cordele and both from serving in an official capacity and in the conduct of his personal business affairs has been largely instrumental in the growth of the town. Enterprises for the upbuilding of Cordele always met with his hearty encouragement. Dur ing the early history of the city he gerved in the capacity' of alderman for a number of years and was later elect ed mayor, which office he held mos! creditably. Upon the creation of Crisp county in 1905 he served as the coun ty's first representative in the legisla ture. Sunday morning wnen Mrs. Harris awoke, she found that Mr. Harris did not arise at his accustomed time. In vestigating, she found that he was cold in death. Physicians summoneq stated that he had been dead for three or four hours, and that death was prob ably due to heart failure. Mr. Harris had complained upon retiring of be ing slightly ill, lwxgh during the day lhe had been abo®¥ his business as us ual and seemed to be in robust health. The announcement of his death was a severe shock to the family and num erous friends, and the entire commun ity. Evincing their high esteem and friendship, the Men’s Bible class of the First Baptist Sunday school, taught by R. L. Luffman, of which class Mr. Harris was a member, went in a body to the home Sunday morn ing to offer sympathy and assistance to the family and to express their es teem with numerous floral offerings. The funeral services were conduct ed from the residence Monday after noon at 4 o’clock. The services were conducted by Rev. J. H. Coin, pastor of the First Baptist church, of which Mr. Harris was a member, assisted by Rev. Walter Anthony, pastor of the Methodist church. Interment occurred at Sunnyside cemetery with Masonic honors, the ceremonies being conducted by Cyrene Commmandary No. 13 Knights Tem plars of this city. Mr. Harris had been honored for a number of years with the office of generalissimo of the com mandery. He was a member of Cor dele Lodge No. 44, Knights of Pythias, and was a past consul commander of this lodge. He was also an honorary‘ member of the Brotherhood of Loco-‘ motive Engineers, and had his mem bership at Macon. The funeral ser vices were among the most largely at tended ever held in Cordele, and many lovely floral offerings attested the es tecm in which he was held. Mr. Harris was born in Talbotton November 15, 18561. For twenty-one years he was in the employ of the Central of Georgia railway on the Sovthwestern division, and the greater part of the time he was locomotive engineer. He had been a resident of Cordere since 1889. He first engaged in the planing mill business, having a small machine shop and foundry in | connection. The plant was destroyed by fire in 1893, and tne present ma chine shops and foundry of the Tom lin-Harris Machine Company were con structed. l Besides a widow, Mr. Harris is sur vived by four sons and three daugh ters, Messrs. R. E., R. R. and G. S. Har ’ris. of this city, and L. E. Harris, of Coffee Springs, Ala., Mrs. G. A. Bal lenger, Misses Frank and Mamie Sue Harris, all of this city. Brothers who survive him are J. H. Scandrett, of Carsonville, Ga., R. A. Scandrett, of Macon, G. L. Scandrett, of Cordele, and a sister, Mrs. Susie O. Adams, of Butler, Ga. daughter, Ruby, also survives her. Mrs. Gilbert had been brooding over the death of her hushand and daugh ter for months and appeared melan choly most of the time. However, she had not intimated that she intended to committ suicide. The funeral and burial were held at Sunnyside cemetery Monday after noon. SRR e e i Are you a Woodman? { You'll run across many stumps this week in Cordele. Delivered By Carrier In City 5¢ Per Week WORK SOON TO BE COMPLETED ON ROAD FROM CORDELE BY WAY OF SEVILLE TO ABBEVILLE BUILDING FOR BETTER TRADE. Through the co-operation of the county commissioners or Wilcox coun ty and the commissioners of this coun ty, a highway will be constructed be tween Cordele and Abbeville, by way of Seville and Pitts, that will success fully compare with any highway in ‘this entire section of country. The work is expected to be completed with in the next month or six weeks. The Seville road leading out of Cordele will connect with a highway at the Crisp county line which the chaingang of Wilcox county is now working thor oughly and placing in most substantial condition. Representatives of the board of commissioners of that coun ty have appeared before the commis sioners of this county to secure op eration in the matter of having the highway worked out of Cordele to the county line. The Crisp county chaingang is now working on the Tremont road and it is probable that as soon as work on this road is complete the camp will he moved over to the Seville road. All of the highways of that section will be placed in fine repair before the camp is moved from that section. There is another road leading out from Rochelle and tapping the main highway between Cordele and Abbe ville that is being thoroughly repaired by the Wilcox gang. This road con nects with the cemetery road leading out of Cordele, and the commission ers of this county are also urged to make repairs on this road as soon as ‘ practical. } Cordele attracts an immense trade from Seville and that section and a good highway is considered one of the greatest inducements to enlarge this trade. The Seville road, while in good condition for the most part, that part lying within Crisp county, has been in rough condition for several miles, and comparatively little work will be re quired in placing this road in a splen did condition. ‘ NISBET'S CORN INEGRO FARM HAND HAD OUTFIT IN HOUSE WHICH HE OPERATED ON_ROSTING EARS. | On a hunt for thieves who had been ! making raids on the corn fields of Thos. Neshit and stealing immense quantities of roasting ears, Sheriff John Ward yesterday apprehended Lee I'elder, the negro said to be responsi ble for the thefts, and at the same time ‘bumped’ into a lard can still being op erated by the negro in the house. Fel l der was using the roasting ears in the ! manufacture of “stump juice,” a com mon term for the home-made liquor. The thefts were reported to the sher iff by B. C. Willis, overseer on Mr. Nes bitt’s farm, and the officer immediately started an investigation. In front of the home of Felder he found a large quantity of cobs and shucks of fresh corn Exending his investigation in to the house he found two crocus sacks full of roasting ears. Felder was not at home but his wife was there. She told the officer that she had heen work ing for a white woman and that for pay she had given her the roasting | ears. The negro and his wife live on the farm of Mr. Heibert at Pinia. Felder happened to be at the railway station at Pinia at the time and the sheriff lwent for him. Returning to the ne gro’s home, Sheriff Ward asked the tprisunur where the corn came from. inn replied that he was farming and ‘that he had gathered the rosting ears Il'rmn his farm. The officer discovered a can of beer meade from the corn, and closely ques tioning the negroes, they admitted dis tilling liquor from he stolen corn. The thefts have been going on for sev eral weeks. When the officer left the house o look for th negro man, his wife vndertook to hide the distilling appa ratus, but this Sheriff Ward found af ter a vigilant search. The negro man was prought in and lodged in the county jail. DEATH OF INFANT. The death of the oneyear-old son of Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Wade, of the Raines settlement, occurred Tuesday at 2:00 o'clock The remains were interred at Zion Hope cemetry today. Cordele welcomes the Woodmen this week and all their friends. NO. 27