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ANNUAL EVENT GUM CREEK COL
ORED BAPTIST NOT MARRED,BY
DISTURBANCE—SHERIFF CHASED
TIGERS. 1
! ll::is_g&;qm@iéa"mat full five lalou
sand colored people 'were in attend
ance at the annual meetings at Gum
Creek Baptist church Sunday. This
v&gfi’the‘oecnsion of the annual meet
ing and it is always one largely at
ténded. This is said to be the oldest
regro church in the county and has
been in existenice. almost since slavery
time. Fohptsr,
This was the first time in many a
year, it is also said, that there was
no one killed or injured in a cutting
or shooting affray. For many miles
around the colored population flock
to this annual event and it is made
the biggest negro church event of
the entire year.
.+ Sheriff John Ward is usually re
quired to attend to the tigers and oth
er 'disturbers who get on the ground
early. This time he was called to
take care of a Worth county tiger.
When he reached the scene he stop
ped his car to get his bearings and
connect up with those who needed
him. He left the car in his hunt for
the right persons and on returning
found that he had stopped right up
next the man he wanted. The tiger
car turned and “beat it” and all the
sheriff could find was the dust kicked
up.
While the sheriff was running the
tigers off the church crowds in charge
of the meeting went fo work and made
the day a very satisfactory one for
the ‘immense number of negroes who
attended.
FARMERS COME
PARTIES PROSPECTING THROUGH
CRISP FIND WONDERFUL POSSI
BILITIES. TRYING TO LOCATE
FARMS. ?
A party of ten north Georgia farm
ers of Clayton county, traveling by au
tomobiles, were in Cordele and Crisp
conuty prospecting this week with a
_view.. of purchasing farm lands -and
locating in this county. The party
spent Monday and Monday night in
the city and conferred with several
prominent farmers and business gen.
They were much impressed with the
splendid crop conditions of the county
and section, and stated that the crqps
in Crisp were equal to any they had
seen on their trip through the state.
The adaptability of South Georgia
lands for the excellent production of
a variety. of crops especially appealed
‘to them. .
The party left Tuesday morning to
continue their trip through other
South Georgia counties. They propose
to purchase farms from 100 to 150
acres and locate on them with their
families. A number of them Stated
that they did not believe they would
find better opportunities for farming
in this section that were o be had in
Crisp county and that they would re
turn to make further investigations
before purchasing. ;
R. H. Barnes, D. B. Gullatt and G.
E. Herndon, of Campbell county, form
ed a second party of North Georgia
farmers prospecting in South Georgia
with a view to purchasing farms of
*9OO to 150 acres each and locating in
this section with their families. This
party arrived Tuesday afternoon and
were shown by citizens over sections
of the county. They were likewise im
pressed with the farming conditions
and the fertility and adaptability of
the soil. It is possible that all of them
will locate in the county. .
A number of North Georgia farmers
have already purchased or rented
farms in Crisp county withing the
past several weeks and expect to lo
cate here before the opening of the
next year.
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
% WILL MEET IN MACON
Atlanta, Aug. 15—The Georgia
Chamber of Commerce is receiving
many letters asking for the time of
the annual meeting, an indication to
them that people throughout the coun
try are interested in the work which
the Georgia chamber is doing. Sec
retary-Treasurer E. Y. Clarke replies
that the meeting will be held in Ma
con on September 20 and 21. Headquar
ters will be at the Dempsey hotel, and
the members meeting proper will be
held at the Grand opera house. '
_ At this meeting the president, three
vice presidents and an executive com
mittee of 256 will be elected for the
new year. ¥
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THE CORDELE DISPATCH
PLANNING , NEW
oLIGHT PLANT
Yy
MAYOR JONES AND MEMBERS OF
counciL AR® To PROVIDE FOR
MUNICIPAL LIGHT PLANT OUT
. OF'CURRENT FUND.
Mayor J. Gordon Jones and the
members of the éity council who have
favored bonds for owning and operat
ing the city electric lighting plant, will
put through council at tonight’s ses
sion a resolution providing for the
construction of such a power plant as
will be necessary to provide street
lights and a white way for the city.
These officials state that the city
is-amply able to add the electric plant
to be‘operated ‘in connection with the
water system and they believe that in
the saving of the $5,000 a year now
spent for the present street lights,
they will be able t(: pay for the plant
and give the city more lights. ;
It is the purpose ‘of those favoring
the construction of the municipal
lighting plant to®pay for it out of the
city’s current running funds. They
are making plans to that end.
PLANS HAYE BEEN MADE TO BE
GIN BUSINESS SEPTEMBER IST
WITH PAID IN CAPITAL OF $25,
The meeting of the stock-holders of
the American Savings Bank was held
Tuesday afternoon and the following
directors were elected:
J. W. Cannon, F. G. Boatright, J. H.
Churchwell, W. A. Greer, and M. J.
Mikel who in turn elected officers as
follows:
J. W. Cannon, president; F. G. Boat
right, vice president; E. A. Vinson,
cashier.
The bank will be opened for busi
ness with paid in capital of $25,000
on September Ist, and will occupy
quarters:.adjoining the American Na
tional bank. s
‘This is a new institution which the
year has given Cordele and is a con
cern which promiges to become one
of the livest in the commmunity.
CONGRESSMAN CRISP. HAS SE
CURED PASSAGE OF LAW THAT
WILL PERMIT CONSTRUCTION
OF BRIDGE AT HUGUENIN’'S.
The way is clear for a bridge over
the Flint river at Huguenin’s Ferry.
Congressman Charles R. Crisp has
just given the city of ‘Cordele and the
people of Crisp county notice through
letter to friends here that the maas
ure has gone through and is now 4
law. ;
This will eliminate legal entamle
ments if there is ever an oppo'tuni
ty to get across the Flint at iugue
nis’s. It has been cossidered oest To
have the measure put thro:gh con
gress so that if this matte reaches
practical sailing within iy reasona
ble time, it will be onljz;éessary to
go ahead with the buil?lg.
The commissioners of Sumter coun
ty are swearing at the sommissioners
of Dooly county now aid the-commis
sioners of Dooly couniy are swearing
at the commissioners of Sumter'overl
the expense of consructing a bridge
at Murray’s. |
It is certain ttat the commission
ers of Crisp woild go Sumter even
money on a bridse at Huguesin's Ferry
and this is coisidered on this side
of the river by far the best site. Com
missioners of Crisp suggest that Sum
ter and Ameiicus ought to be willing
to get over with the bridge and let
the trfade go to the city that can put
up the he‘fr bid for it by going after
business. . The Crisp county commis
sioners say they are now ready to
foot half tie bill for a bridge here.
AMERICAN AVIATOR \
i[ KILLED IN FRANCE
Paris, Aug. 15.—Denis Dowd, an
Anieriéan aviator with the French
army, ‘was killed at the Bud aerodrome
Friday by falling with his machine.
The sage of the accident is unknown.
Dowd was considered an expert flyer,
alt hhe had not yet obtained a
pilot’s certificate. Originally he was
with the foreign legion, but recently
joined the newly constituted American
'fiy!ns corps. He was 30 years old. His
father lives at Sea Cliff, Long Island.
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of ‘the Germans in which they have
shown their thoroughness in war.
They used the submarine to lay mines,
one.’ of which, taken from her, is
BIG BILL AFTER
~ SISTER SKEETER
WITH FORCE OF LABORERS SAN
ITARY INSPECTOR SLEW THIR
TY MILLION LAST WEEK—I
BUSY MAKING LIFE MISERABMI(]
FOR THE PEST.
Sanitary Inspector Bill /issey dealt
the mosquitoes a death oW last week.
The- health officer hasinaugurated an
active campaign, agenst .old sister
“skeeter” and thiry. millions of the
insects have me’ their fate in the
fight the officer 4 waging.
He first stared by urging property
holders to I¢move the weeds from
their preiises and vacant lots. All
barrels ete., where water is kept for
fire potection ‘at ginneries and ware
houps have been disinfected with
col oil. The same method has been
sed where water has been - found
standing in or near the city. ] |
Lagt week a crew of about fifteen
laborers was furnished the sanitary
inspector and were employed in clean
ing out the “big ditch” thoroughly
from one end to the other. All stand
ing water was turh®@ o# and other
precautions taken to prevent the breed
ing of mosquitoes. :
STALLINGS GOES ‘
PURCHASES BIG TRACT TIMBER
AND WILL ENGAGE IN LUMBER
BUSINESS. :
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Ed Stallings, who severed his con
nection with the Seaboard railway as
local freight agent on August 15, will
engage in the hardwood and lumber
pusiness in Crisp county on an ex
tensive scale. He recently pui'chased
from the Bento-Price company a tract
of 800 acres of excellent pine and
hardwood timber, located on the Ben
ton-Price farms on the Flint river.
The deal was one of the largest ever
made in timber in this section. '
Mr. Stallings, has secured shipping
connections with mills at Albany,
Columbus and other places and will |
begin- cutting the timber immiediately.
Alarge crew of laborers will be em
ployed in this work. Shipping points
will be established at various places.
° It is the purpose of Mr. Stallings to
establish a saw mill in. the timber tract
as soon. as the hardwood is cut for
the purpose of sawing up the pine
timber. .
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OIL DOWN TEN CENTS.
Milwaukee, Okla., Aug. 15 .—The
Prairie Pipe Line Company today pos
ted a cut of 10 cents in the price of
crude oil, making the price of mid
continental now 95 cents.
THE CORDELE DISPAT\H, WEDNESD/, AUGUY 16, 1916.
!shown. The mines were faghed on
the upper deck of the vesggtill plac
’ed in the path of British »S9€ls in the
English. Channel. The, 5841 was 140
!feet long. } '
sumF« COURT ‘
GR/ND JURY MAY BE CALLED FOR
«~USINESS IN CRIMINAL SIDE OF'
COURT—CONTESTED CIVIL CAS
ES MAY GO OVER.
Crisp supgrior court will convene
in regular August term- next Monday,
Judge W. F. George presiding. The
court has a heavy civil docket and the
number of criminal eases: to come up
for consideration is unusually large.
It is probable that on account of;
the lhrge number of prisoners in the
county jail Judge George will draw
‘the grand jury next week to meet on
‘Monday following, ‘at which time the
criminal docket will probably be taken
up. g ',
The .local bar association met sev
eral days ago for the purpose of fixing
the calendar for civil business. A res
olution - was unanimously passed re
questing Judge .George to let: all con
tested civil’ cases go -over to the No
vember term of the court. Judge
George has been in' Washington for
some days, and it is probable that the
request has not reached him. Howev
er, it is likely that the contested cas
es on the civil docket will be carried
lover. {
FOR AUTO PARTY‘
SMITHVILLE GARAGE OPERATOR
DROVE CAR INTO WASHOUT
AND WIFE WAS KILLED—ACCI
DENT ON DIXIE HIGHWAY.
J. F. Jones who operates a garage
at Smithville, wife and 13-year ol
son, and R. T. Smith of Gainesville
‘were ‘dashed head long into a wash
out in the road four miles below
Oglethorpe on the Dixie Highway last
night ‘at 11:30 o’clock when " the car
they were riding in was driven by
Jones through a pile of brush placed
in the road to divert traffic to a tem
\pomry roadway around,the washout.
Mrs. Jones was killed outright.
The party was running ' without
lights, but had a lantern up, it was
said. ‘This did not pravide sufficient
Tight to reveal the washout and Jones
kept straight ahead and through the
prush into the washout. The radia
tor of the auto struck into the em
bankment on the opposite side of the
washout and Mrs. Jones fell lifeless
across the nose of the car thus buried
Iq the mud. Both Smith and Jones
were badly injured. ‘The small boy
was not hurt. The party was return
ing from a trip to Gainesville.
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Sixty miles of thread woven from
the fiibre of a species of Italian net
tle’ weighs only two and a ahlf
pounds. o g
CAR COLLIDE;
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SHEBIFF WARD'S CAR STUCK AT
AHABI WHILE RETURNING WITH
'P#SONER.
J&n Ward, Jr., sustained severe
brubes about the mouth when his
fatr's car was struck in Arabi Fri
dafgevening last by the car of Charles
Foltain, a fertilizer salesman of Sye
ampre. The youngster sustained a
badly lacerated lip and was dashed
{hugh windshield when the cars
10 e together.
‘ heriff Ward had a prisoner from
Ahburn and was on his way back to
(brdele. His car was near the center
town when Fountain came along
aded south. There was a third car
nd it was said that Fountain, in try
g to get around, went squarely into
he car of Sheriff Ward after the offi
er's car had stopped.
.~ A negro was driving for Sheriif
Ward and held his place. The officer
was in the rear with the prisoner and
the young son was in front. He was
knocked from the car and both ma
chines were badly smashed up.
MOSES IS MADE
EREIGHT AGENT
RICHLAND AGENT OF SEABOARD
l GETS PLACE HELD BY ED STAL.
+ LINGS HERE. /
J. N. Moses who vas held tle‘po
sition of agent for wne Seaboard rail
way at Richland for the past six years,
and who has been in the employ of
the road for a number of years prior‘
to taking the agency there, has suc
ceeded Fd Stallings, as freight agent
for the Seaboard at Cordele. Mr. Stal
lings discontinued his connection with
the road after thirty continuous years’
service, during the last eight of which
he has held the position of freight
‘agent here. He will engage on the
‘hard wood and lumber business, hav
lingpurchased an immense tract of
timber on the Benton-Price place, lo
‘cated in Crisp county on the Flint
river. |
Mr. Moses assumed the agency on
August 15, and his wife has joined
him here to make their future home. ‘
P. M. Browning, who for the past’
year has held the position of cashier
at the Seaboard freight depot, has
been promoted to chiei clerk. E. F.
Floyd, who has been in the service
of the road for some years at Abbe
ville, has taken the position of cash
jer. .
PICKERS NEEDED IN MANY
FIELDS AND LOCAL RECEIPTS
ARE MOUNTING UP.
The cotton fiields were never whiter
at this time of year and the real active
movement of the crop has not been
earlier for a number of years. 7 :er
the effect of the very warm wce :er of
the "past several days the bous have
popped open rapidly in the early crops
and are beginning to get spotted in
the late planted crops. A full fifty
percent of the crop is open in some
‘sections and pickers are at a premium.
~ Most of the ginneries of the city and
county are running on full time and
each day hundreds of bales are stored
in the local warehouses. Interviews
with merchants and other business
men of the city develops the fact that
the farmers are fast taking care of
their obligations for the past year’s
supplies. These interviews show that
the farmers are unusually prompt in
this respect and that they are excep
tionally optimistic of the future.
Up to noon today 636 bales had been
stored in the local warehouses, and
practically all of it has been placed
on the market and sold. The class
of staple is steadily improving. What
has gone to the local compress is not
counted in present receipts.
S e R
KEESE WILL SPEAK ‘
TO CRISP CITIZENS
Alex E. Keese, candidate for state
superintendent of schools, will address
‘Lhe citizens of Crisp county at the
court house at 11:30 next MonJdy
morning. Court will be in session at
that time and a large crowd is ex
pected to hear him. Mr. Keese advo
cates the election of county boards of
education by the people, and opposes
a cumpolsory education law without
free books and the employment of
Catholics as teachers in the public
schools.
NEW SELF RISING DEPARTMENT
AND BLEACHING EQUIPMENT
) MAKE CORDELE PLANT UP TO
BEST—NEW MIXED FEED PLANT
Cordele has a milling enterprise
which is within a very short time to
become one of the largest and most
up-to-date in this section of Georgia.
The 1. M. Powell & Sons Milling com-]
pany has practically completed a new
self rising department for the flour‘
mills and is now engaged in enlarging
for a bleaching plant. This will make
their flour mills an establishment in
every way as well equipped an any
thing in Macon or Atlanta, or as any
of the larger mills in the wheat grow
ing country. The capacity at present
is not as great, of course, but the pro
duct from the mill is muech more to
be prized as a pure article for the rea
son that a strict personal supervision
is maintained over the output of the
Powell mills.
A big mixed feed addition is to be
made to this mill within a short time
and a product in sweet feed will go
on the market that will be fully in
keeping with the other products of
the Powell mills.
A new railway siding is to be con
structed to the plant. Plans for this
are already under way and as soon as
the work can be completed, the new
mixed feed plant will be given to the
community. There is already one of
the best meal producing mills in this
plant that money can buy.
Great quantities of wheat and corn
will be needed to keep these mills in
operation the year round. The corn
consumption alone now lis thirty thou
sand bushels a year. President Powell
of the plant stated that the local com
munity is furnishing only one-third of
this corn supply. The local wheat
supply, while it is very good from
Dooly, Crisp, Turner and one or two
of the other adjoining counties, is by
no means large enongh to keep the
mills busy.
FOUR OR FIVE MORE YOUNG MEN
-NEEDED TO FILL UP RANKS OF
DRUMMER BOYS—FINE PERSON
NEL.
The membership for the Cordele
drum and bugle corps is practically
completed. Fifteen names of those
who desire to become members have
been furnished voluntarily and there
are five or six more places to be filled.
The names of those secured include
ten muisicians. Among these are
some men who are especially accom
plished in playing the cornet.
The company membership will
range from twenty to twenty-four.
‘The purpose has been to enlist only
‘those who wish to become members
and a special effort is being made to
get the entire membership from men
who are permanent rsidents of the
community. The personnel is especi
ally promising. It now appears that
the entire corps will be made up of
the very best young men in the com
munity.
There are yet four or five members
to be secured. No canvass of the
community will be made for these
members. Those who desire to join the
corps are asked to call in person at
the office. of The Dispatch and get
such information as they may need.
An organization meeting is to be
held one night this week. Those who
are to become members will be noti
fied.
ROAD TAX COLLECTORS
OUT AFTER FUNDS
The county commissioners met on
Tuesday for the purpose of electing
collectors of the road tax in the re
spective districts of the county, which
work will be started immediately. The
collectors have already been provided
with their books and are preparing to
make their canvass. e
The collectors are as follows:
Cordele district, D. Arnett; Eleventh
‘district, S. E. Roberts; Tenth district,
W. W. Lane; Thirteenth district, J. R.
Smith; Hatley district, B. C. Howell;
Fourteenth district, Mitt Hall. ‘
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* COTTON MARKET. *
* At the close today the future *
* market gave January 14.45; March *
* 14.60; May 14.73; October 14.18: *
* December, 14.39. Spots fook a *
* glight hop over Tuesday’s close, *
* and the following prices were paid *
* today in the local market: Good *
* middling 13 5-8; strict middling .
* 13 3-8; middling 13 1-8. -
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Delivered) By "Swm
In City 5¢ Per Week
O.D NEGRO WAS
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ASSAILANT SHOT WESLEY DO
ZIER AS HE SLEPT IN CHAIR
SATURDAY NIGHT—WOMAN UN
DER ARREST. L&
Wesley Dozier, an old negro on the
plantation of J. W. Cannion; was shot
and killed Saturday night as he sat
asleep in a chair on the front veranda
of the house in which he lived. A
negro woman is now in jail charged
with having assisted in .causing his
death and a negro man who has dis
appeared is suspected as being the
man who did the shooting.
A ball from a revolver entered the
upper left shoulder and ranged down
ward into the heart, apparently killing
the old man instantly.. There were no
eye witnesses, according to informa
tion gathered by Coroner Fitzgerald
in his investigation at the inquest.
The evidence as revealed at the in
vestigation showed that there had
been a quarrel between the woman and
the old man. They had lived together
and the quarrel resulted in the wom
an’s moving away. It was said she
had made threats to have Dozier kill
ed. The man who is missing is said
to have been the person who possibly
handled the weapon.
NEW HIGHWAY
SOON COMPLETE
WILL ENLARGE CORDELE TRADE
TERRITORY TOWARDS THE
EAST—FINE NE WROAD PROM:
ISED. : ‘
Within two weeks the work on the
cemetery road to the Wilcox ‘county
line is expected to be ccmpleted by
the Crisp county gang. When its con
struction is complete it will. be one
of the most substantial highways in
the county. It will connect with the
excellent road- that is now being con
structed through Wilcox county to Ro
chelle, by way of Union church. The
Wilcox gang have almost completed
the highway to the county line, which
road in Wilcox county will be known
as the Rochelle road. :
Upon completjon of the work on the
cemetery.load. -the Crisp gang will
immediately begin work on the Cor
dele and Seville road which connects
at the Crisp county line with the splen
did highway that has been constructed
Wilcox county to Rochelle by way “of
Pitts, which road is known at the Ab
beville road. These highways, espe
cially the Abbeville road, when com
pleted through to Cordele will make
a trip to that place only a matter of
a few minutes ride. There will not
be .a highway in this section that
will surpass it. It will make easy
traveling for the tmm\c in this sec
tion to Cordele and ought to eniarge
Cordele trading territory in this di
rection. 2 Ry
WILLIE GRIFFINT™ OF REBECCA,
SUCCUMBS TO LOSS OF BLOOD
AT LOCAL HOSPITAL—CUT
HAND WITH KNIFE.
Willie Griffin, twenty year-old son
of W. H. Griffin, prominent citizen- of
‘Rebecca, died this afternoon at the
Cordele Sanitorium from loss of blood
caused from a slight cut in the palm
of the hand made by himself several
days ago when he was trimming” &
piece of leather with his pocket knife.
He was removed here yesterday after
the family physician saw that it was
going to become a fight for life for the
patient. :
It is said that the family members
have suffered much from the loss: of
blood at the slightest scratch and in
this case it was impossible to stop
the flow of blood. To stop it in one
place meant a breaking out in a new
slace in only a brief time and neither
the family physician nor the local
sanitariura physiciane could do any
thng for the relief of the patient.
The remains will be returned to the
family home tomorrow morning for
the funeral and interment. =
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AMERICUS CQPS CURB ki
NEGRO EXPORTATION
Americus, Ga., Auig.‘is.—'l‘liefel'@ts.
of police to arrest the ‘perséns ?in
lcharge of the wholesale exportation of
negroes to the north continues while
|he last party of nearly 230 had the
| plans interrupted by the failure of ‘th
| person to provide transportation \fte!
|it became known that the police we
| making a search for him. ' %
| Many of the negroes are retu nin
! home who left several weeks ago. |
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