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_SUNDAY EDITION
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VOL. VIl
METHODISTS GOING TO CONFER
. ENCE WITH CRED!TABLE SHOW
ING. PRESIDING ELDER WARD
LAW HAS FINISHED FOURTH
YEAR.
Today closes the Methodist confer
ence year and concludes the third con
secutive year of Rev. Walter An
thony, as pastor of the Methodist
church of this city. It is also the
fourth and concluding year of Rev.
J. P. Wardlaw as presiding elder of
the Cordele district, and he will be
transferred at the annual conference.
Both Rev. Anthony and Rev. Wardlaw
will leave’Monday or Tuesday to at
tend the conference, which will con
tinue in seszion at Thomasville this
week. ’ \
Marked interest will attach to the
services at the Methodist church to
day. Rev. Anthony will occupy the
pulpit at 11 o’clock and will take up a
general discussion of the work during
the three years of his pastorate here.
At 4 o’clock in the afternoon an in
fant baptismal service will be held
over which Rev. Anthony will officiate.
Rev. Wardlaw will occupy the pul
pit at the evening hour at 7:30 o’clock
and will also discuss his work during
the past four years and his pleasant
and profitable associations with the
people of this district. Following the
cvening preaching service the board
of stewards clected for the ensuing
year will be installed. Rev. Anthony
will conduct the installation services.
The board includes twenty-five mem
bers.
The report that the church will
make to the conference is one of the
most satisfactory that has been made
from» the local church, and is very
gratifying to the pastor and congre
gation. The financial side of the re
port shows that during Rev. Anthony’s
pastorate between $40.000 and $50,000
has been raiszed for all purposes, of
which apnproximately $lO,OOO has been
raised this vear. The report further
shows that there have been more than
350 accessions to the church during
the nast three years. about half of
which number have been taken into
.1 Jhe church on profession of faith.
Merchants Preparing For
' Great Volume Holiday Trade
Folks, it’s shopping time! It's the
very best time to begin buying your
Christmas goods, and the merchants
of Cordele are wel prepared to serve
your needs for the - holiday season.
Their stores are brimming ful of large
Christmas stocks, complete in every
line, and right now you’ll find the most
desirable articles that the trade af
fords, and, if you begin now, you can
avoid the rush, have time in which to
select just what you want and avoid
the probability of missing what you
want after someone else has already
purchased it.
Only twenty-four shopping days, ex
cepting Thanksgiving, before Old
Santa will step in to introduce us to
Christmas, 1916. Take: a look about
<JOE V. DUNLAPIS
.
LOCAL BANK CASHIER HAS BEEN
APPOINTED AS NATIONAL BANK
EXAMINER:
J. V. Dunlap, cashier of the Cor
dele National bank, received notice
from the office of the comptroller of
the currency of the United States dur
ing the past week that he had been
given an appointment as a national
bank examiner, and that he was ex
pected to take up his duties at once.
Mr. Dunlap left Friday night for
Washington to formally receive his
official appointment and confer with
the comptroller as to the territory
to which he will be assigned. If pos
sible he expects to continue making
his home in Cordele with his family.
Mr. Dunlap became cashier of the
Cordele National slightly more than
a year ago, succeeding his brother,
B. S. Dunlap, who became a vice pres
ident and director of the institution.
He has been very successful in his
association with the bank’s affairs. He
has many friend here and over the
state who will be pleased to know
+ of his new success. He will be miss
\ ed from the business life of the com
munity.
PROMINENT CITIZEN IN
i ATLANTA FOR OPERATION
JoR: VVfiliams, accompanied by his
sons, Bruce and Cecil Williams, went
to Atlanta last Monday to undergo an
operation, which was performed Tues
day. Latest reports are that he is do
ing nicely and he is expected to return
home next week. Mr. Cecil Williams
i§ remaining in Atlanta with his fath
er.
THE CORDELE DISPATCH
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Senator George E. Chamberlain of
Oregon will offer early in this ses
sion of Congress an amendment to
the Constitution providing for direct
election of the president. He point
ed out that although President Wil
son had a plurality of some 400,000
‘popular votes, a change of a few
“housand in California might have de
feated him.
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15 UP FOR MONDAY
:
'SUPERIOR COURT FINISHES
~ CIVIL BUSINESS AND PETTY
~ CRIME WILL BE INVESTIGATED.
| Criminal business will be taken up
in the superior court on Monday, a
large amount of civil business has
‘heen cleared from the docket during
the past week in such cases as Judge
‘George could wind up before going off
‘the bench. There are still numbers of
cases which have not been tried ow
;s‘ng to Ithe fact that there is a strong
likelihood in a number of them that
' Judge George could not fiinsh the
-work, and he is therefore passing
much of the new litigation over for
the new judge. ’
‘The grand jury has been busy on
criminal business and that which
stands ready to be heard in the court
will be taken up Monday. A large num
ber of petty offenses are listed for
trial, no case of serious consequence
|being on the docket.
town and see the gay window displays.
They give an atmosphere of the glaTd
yuletide, and evidence that the mer
chants were never before better pre
pared to accommodate their trade with
up-to-date Christmas goods.
The early shoppers will not only
greatly advantage themselves in every
way, but by helping to stretch the
Christmas shopping season over the
twenty-four days that remain before
Christmas they will lend an aid to the
faithful clercial forces that can scarce
ly be estimated. The rush season is
so stremuous on the salespeople that
Christmas to them, rather than a sea
son of good cheer, peace and good
will is probably just the opposite in
many instances.
“VETERAN'S RETURN"
HISTORICAL PRODUCTION ON
MOVIE SCREEN WEDNESDAY.
MANY PEOPLE FROM CORDELE
WILL SEE THIS.
«The Veteran's Return” or “The Ro
mance of the 60's” the historical pro
duction with a cast made up exclu
sively of Macon people, will be shown
at Vienna next Wednesday afternoon
and night under the auspices of the
Vienna chapter, United Daughters of
the Confederacy. The film is the
property of the R. A. Smith camp of
Confederate veterans and the Doro
thy Blount Lamar chapter of the chil
dren of the Confederacy, both Macon
organizations.
The picture has only recently been
produced but has met with strong fa
vor over a wide section, and it will
make a tour of Georgia cities within
the next few months. Usually it will
be shown under the auspices of the
Confederate veterans or the Daughters
of the Confederate Veterans.
It is expected that a number of Cor
dele folk will go to Vienna to witness
the picture and assist the Vienna .
D. C. in their effort.
In the victure are spiendid views
of the auditorium, the Macon Daugh
ters of the Confederacy, Miss Land
man and her kindergarten pupils.
The Children of the Confederacy in
“Flower Day” exercises, led by Col.
C. M. Wiley in their march around
the “Women of the Confederacy”
monument; views of Wesleyan and
the girls in Shakespearéan plays; the
Mercer students leaving the chapel,
headed by the college president, Dr.
Pickard:; the veterans on their march
from the Confederate monument ot
the Y. M. C. A. building, scenes on
Memorial day, ¢owntown and at the
EFFORT WAS MADE TO INDICT
FOR OPERATING PLACES ON
SUNDAY. SOLEMN AGREEMENT
IS ENTERED.
The grand jury is on with the lid
tight and hard. The past has been
one of momentous importance to the
drug stores, the garages, the gas fill
ing stations, tie restaurants, fruit
stands and cigar counters, for the last
one of them came near,—dangerously
near—being indicted for violations of
the Sunday laws. There was a mo
tion to indict and it was being pressed,
hard and furiously, in the grand jury
room: urtil those who would give a‘
man a fair showing first saw that it
was becoming a serious thing. |
The proposition of one member of
the body was to send out a committee
to advise with the drug stores, the
garages, the restaurants, lunch coun
ters, cigar and fruit stands and re
quest them not to hold open the places
of business longer on Sunday. As it
has “leaked” on the outside, those who
wanted to make the request first had
a lively time of it, but won their way
and a committee was sent to see the
said Sunday offenders.
The mission of this committee was
pleasant, so far is dealing with the
places of business was concerned, for
there was not a man who objected to
giving a clear and straight-forward
promise to close up on Sunday. Most
of them wanted to quit, but were hang
‘ing on because the other dealer held
‘on. All the dealers said they simply
‘tried to do only accommodation work
on Sundty,—The kind that serves to
make a good name for the town with
strangers and visitors who drop in
not looking for a “closed town.”
The grand jury committee went
back and reported that everybody had
promised to be good and this settled
the determination to indict. But the
business community was shaken to its
foundation and some of the strangers
from sunny Italy who sell fruits on
Sunday were scared out of their wits.
The committee of the grand jury was
pleasing and obliging in the perform
ance of its duty and a great deal of
excitement was thus allayed.
The battle for an open town inside
the grand jury room made the blue
smoke fly. Attention was called to
the fact that not a town of any size
in Georgia puts out the fires and goes
home to sleep all Sunday. “A dead
town”’ in reality is what some mem
bers of the body thought Cordele
would be dubbed by those who are in
the habit of coming here Sunday for
an auto ride, and by those who pass
through here looking for their Sun
day refreshments. The fight was be
coming a warm one when the sugges
tion was made that the alleged vio
lators be given a fair, fighting show
ing.
And the lid is on for at least a little
while, tight and hard.
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cemetery.
There are numerous other scenes
in the play, among them the capture
of Jeff Davis and his arrival in Ma
con, which is of particular historical
interest.
THIEF GOT AWAY WITH
SLADE’S FORD AUTO
An unknown thief or thieves stole
a Ford automobile belonging to S. A.
Slade, traveling representative for
Pridgen Brothers, from in front of his
home early Thursday morning. Mr.
Slade heard the noise from the ma
chine as it was driven off, but thought
at the time that it was a passing ma
chine.
Slade got a tip to the effect that the
thief or thieves had probably gone in
the direction of Valdosta with his ma
chine, and securing another car, he
and a party of friends gave chase. At
Valdosta he secured information which
led him to believe that he was close
on their trail. A garage owner told
Slade that a car filling the description
had stopped at his place, and that the
occupants had gotton out of the city
about two hours before. However, the
pursuers have as yet been unable to
affect a capture of the thief or thieves
or learn the whereabouts of the car.
FILM BOY PAID OLD
HOME A SHORT VISIT
Walter Hiers, of New ork city, a
former Cordele bov, who is connected
with one of the largest film corpor
ations, spent Monday and Tuesday in
Cordele. He returned Tuesday after
noon to Macon en route back to New
York. His company will winter at
Jacksonville, going there during the
parly part of January. Walter has
‘played a leading role in some of the
‘best productions that his company has
‘put out in the past several mnoths.
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Revolving targets, on which images
of birds perch until shot down, have
been invented by a Frenchman.
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An American egg-preserving plant
has been established in China and is
handling 300.000 eggs daily.
THE CORDELE DISPATCH, SUNDAY, NOV. 26, 1916.
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The Rev. Frank M. Goodchild, pas
tor of one of the largest Baptist
churches in New York City, has at
tacked General Frederick Funston,
ocmmander of the troops on the bhord
er, because of differences there with
Baptist minitsers who wished to
preach to the soldiers. e said in
a sermon:
“When young men of my congrega
tion now at the border return I shall
ask them to get out of the army, be
cause I would not fight for a govern
ment that would not protec me.”
SHOWERS LAID DUST IN STREETS
AND ON HIGHWAYS AND MADE
LATE GARDENS LOOK WELL.
Georgia is a “dry” state and has
been since May 1. But the prohibition
law is not the only thing that has been
responsible for the drought in south
Georgia during the past few months.
A fairly heavy rain Thursday morning
was the only evidence that J. Pluvius
has given within more than two
months that he hadn’t become a reg
ular “tight wad” and wasn’t doing his
duty at all. ‘But ‘the farmers especial
ly and everybody in general will for
give the past experience for Old Plu
vius’ gpurt of liberality. The rain was
a source of real rejoicing.
Many of the wells throughout the
county and section have gone com
pletely dry on acg¢ount of the strenu
ous drought, and, /the water has gotten
so low in others that the bucket
wouldn’t sink. The recent rain will
probably not help matters much so
far as the wells are concerned, but
several like it will.
GIRL SODA JERKERS
JUST AS CAPABLE AS MEN
Atlanta, Noc. 25.—Another step has
been taken in Georgian feminist move
ment bzsed on the idea that women
are just as capable as men, and some:
times more so, to engage in the bus
iness and professional occupations
once regarded as belonging strictly
to the other sex.
Atlanta now has girl soda water
jerkers, who have taken the place
of men at a number of downtown
stands and who are possibly the first
in the United States outside the wo
men’s department stores of the large
eastern cities. :
About two years ago some local
theatres tried out the plan of having
girl ushers in uniforms, and the plan
worked with indifferent success, suc
ceeding in some places and failing in
others, so that the new experiment is
being watched with keen interest.
CHANGES COMING IN CABINET
Places cf McAdoo, Danieis and Hous
ton Expected to Be Filled After
~ March Fourth Next.
Washington, Nov. 24—Four mem
bers of President Wilson’s cabinet will
probably retire on March 4, and four
new men will be appointed to fill the
vacancies. ;
The men expected to retire are the
following:
Wm. G. McAdoo, secretary of the
treasury and President Wilson’s son
in-law.
Josephus Daniels, secretary of the
navy.
David F. Houston, secretary of ag
riculture.
Wr. C. Redfield, secretary of com
merce.
GA. SHIPPERS PLAN MEETING.
Macon, Nov. 24.—The Georgia Ship
pers’ association, said to be the larg
est commercial organization in Geor
giz. is planning a meeting in Macon
in the near future to discuss the Ight
against higher freight rdtes. Secre
tarv B. Gilham stated yesterday that
it will probably be, held on Dec. 14.
ENe shippers’ association is grow
ing every day,” said Mr. Gilham, “for
the lights are on now and the farm
ers, merchants, manufacturers and
shippers have awakened to the impor
tance of the matter.”
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A. B. & A. RAILWAY HAS AGENT
IN CRISP WORKING OUT PLANS
TO GET FARMERS TO GROW
SMALL FIELDS.
W. R. Tucker, farm agent for the
Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic rail
way, and J. M. Jones, a tobacco expert
connected with this railway, were in
Cirdele Friday, making preliminary
plans to organize farmers of Crisp
county in a movement to grow tobacco
in this county next year. Mr. Jones,
'who has just taken the position with
‘the railway, comes from Readville, in
the very heart of the tobacco indus
try of North Carolina. He has been
a tobacco grower from his youth, and
when the A. B. & A. started on an ac
tive search to secure the services of
the best man possible to promote this
end of the co-operative work Mr. Jones
was highly recommended. His work
is to promote tobacco growing in the
counties touched by the A. B. & A.
This railway is conducting an active
campaign to assist the farmer in every
way possible in the general plan of
diversification, to prepare for boll wee
vil conditions.
In discussing tobacco growing in
this section the experts said: ‘“While
there is perhaps a little more expense
and more care must be exercised in
its growing, there is more profit in
producing tobacco than in producing
cotton. This statement can be easily
proven by the experience of farmers
in Coffee county, whose profits from
growing tobacco have averaged about
$lOO per acre. Tobacco growing in
that county is an established indus
try, and in a large measure the tobac
co grower of that county is prepared
for the boll weevil’s coming. What
has been done in Coffee can certainly
be done in Crisp county, and our de
partment of the A. B. & A.’s co-opera
tive work will lend every effort possi
ble to making tobacce growing exten
sive and profitable in your county.”
Mr. Jones expects to return to Cor
dele in a short time and will join A.
J. Johnson, the farm demonstrator, in
a canvass over the county to secure
farmers who will plant tobacco.
December is the month to plant the
tobacco heds and the movement is ex
pected to be well under way before
that time. The time of transplanting
is in the spring. The quality of to
bhacco grown in this section is exoel-|
lent for smoking purposes,. |
Peter Sellers Has Served” Suwannee Hotel 26 Years
“Yes, sir, boss!” This greeting was
about the first thing that traveling
men heard Friday when they stepped
off the several trains arriving in Cor
dele about the noon hour. It was the
same salutation that those among
them who have been long on the road
have heard for many years, and it
was the same old faithful servant who
gave it. To the traveling men it was
nothing unusual, and as for the ex
pression of respect, Peter Sellers has
said it over and over so much that he
must repeat it in his sleep. But the
day held especial interest for Peter,
for it was his twenty-sixth anniver
BROKEN CABLE IN
FORMER REPRESENTATIVE JACK
SMITH OF DOOLY COUNTY HURT
AT STUMP PULLING ON HIS
FARM.
Former Representatives Jack Smith
of Dooly county and an extensive farm
er, sustained severe injuries Wednes
day when he was engaged at stump
pulling in one of his fields. A broken
cable struck him, it is reported, and
he was so badly hurt that he was car
ried to the residence and a physician
called.
At last reports he was resting easy
but will be confined to his room for
several days. Mr. Smith is one of
the best known farmersg in Dooly coun
ty and large numbers of friends re
gret to learn of the accident.
BRYAN IS TO TURN
TO MORAL ISSUES
New York, Nov. 24.—William J.
Bryan has given up attempting to
solve economic problems and hereafter
will devote himself to moral issues,
‘he declared today in an address be
fore the Rotary club. The tariff, he
‘said, was discussed a hundred years
before he took it up, “with all the zeal
‘ot a young man,” and probably would
;be discussed for another hundred
‘years, but as to the moral question,
‘when that is settled it stays settled
iand so “I expect quicker and more
satisfactory results from my efforts.”
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The success of Gordon Selfridge in
showing London how to rTun an
American department store has been
so great that he has now bought a
real old British castle, where Kaiser
Wilhelm was housed when he was a
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M'KENZIE AND MUSSELWHITE
COMMUNITIES EACH WANT A. B
& A. STATION FIGHT BEFORE THE
RAILROAD COMMISSION.
The citizens of McKenzie, a small
place on the A. B. & A. railroad are
asking the railroad commission tc
make McKenzie a flag station and dis
continue the station at Musselwhite
This matter will be heard in Atlanta
before the railroad commission Nov.
23th.
These two communities are making
a hard fight. The McKenzie commun
ity want the Musselwhite station mov
ed to McKenzie and the Musselwhite
community insist that the station re
main where it is, claiming that it is
the half way point between Cordele
and Hatley, and that the Musselwhite
station is easier reached and accom
dates more patrons of the road than
it the station was moved to McKenzie
Teeth on the lower blade of new
shears enable them to grip heavy ma
terial firmly and cut them smoothly.
sary of continuous service as head por
ter for the Suwanee hotel. In fact
Peter has been with the Suwanee
gince it has been a hotel, and if he
should fail to show up for a week,
traveling men would want to know if
the Suwanee hotel was still located at
the corner of Eleventh avenue and
Seventh street. A week would just
about cover all of the time that Peter
has lost from his work in the entire
twenty-six years, and if he has made
a disrespectful remark or committed
a disrespectful act during those twen
ty-six years he said it under his breath
or did it when no one was looking.
YOUNG CRISP .FARMER .WORKS
FOR UNCLE SAM IN MAKING
FRUIT INSPECTION.
Herbert Adkins, a prominent young
farmer of Crisp county, has received
an appointment through the United
States government of agriculture to
inspect fruit trces in Crisp and ad
joining counties. His principal duties
will be to inspect orange, grape an<
other citrus trees. The object of this
inspection is to locate and eliminate
diseases common to such fruit.
Lee Worsham, state entomologist,
was in Cordele Friday for the pur
pose of familiarizing Mr. Adkins with
his duties and s}arting him to work.
PRESENT SYSTEM BLAMED
FOR MOST OF PROBLEMS
Washington, Nov. 24.—The present
system of ‘“corrective” regulation be
tween state and federal governments
was blamed for most of the problems
troubling the public and the railroads,
said Alfred P. Thom, counsel for the
railways executive advisory commit
tee at the hearing today before the
joint congressional investigation com
mittee.
Political rather than business con
siderations largely control railway
business, he said. This, he declared,
made the rairoad credit so poor and
returns so small they cannot extend
lines and enlarge facilities. Increased
transportation facilities would tend
to reduce the cost of iving, he said.
Delivered By Carrler_
In City s¢c Per Week
ONE OF COMMUNITY’S MOST HIGH
LY ESTEEMED MATRONS IS
STRICKEN. WHOLE COMMUNI
TY IN SORROW—FUNERAL FRI
DAY.
The death of Mrs. D Merideth
Clarke, which occurred Thursday ai
ernoon at 1 o’clock at the family home
on Twelfth avenue, east, occasioned
leepest sorrow among numerous rel
itives and friends. Mrs. Clarke was
)7 years old, and was one of Cordele's
most excellent young women and pop
ilar matrons. Her death s one of the
;addest to occur in this city.
She had been sick for several weeks,
Lhough her illness became critical only
en days ago, since which time she
vas confined to her bed.
Mrs. Clarke was ‘a member of the
"irst Baptist church and also a mem
er of the Woman’s missionary socie
y of that church. Besides her hus
yand and little son, Merideth, Jr., aged
. years, she is survived by her par
:nts, Mr. and Mrs. Joe C. Fenn, of
his city, two sisters, Mrs. Howard
Veisler and Mrs. Clyde Wilson, of
teynolds, three brothers, J. Russell
"enn, Leonard E. Fenn and Ples Fenn
Ml of this city, and numerops other
-elatives in the county and state.
The funeral services were conduct
d from the residence Friday after
oon at 3 o’clock, Rev, J. H, Coin, pas
or of the First Baptist church, offi
jating, assisted by Rev. Walter An
hony, pastor of the First Methodist
‘hurch, and Rev. John M. Walker, rec
or of the Episcopal church of Cor
ele. Interment occurred at Sunny
ide cemetery, attended by a large con
ourse of sorrowing friends and rela
ives.
Those from out-of-town attending
he funeral services were Mr. and
\lrs. Howard Neisler and Mr. and Mrs.
lyde Wilson, of Reynolds, Mrs. Viv
an Allen and little son, Tyson,-. of
‘hattanooga, Tenn., Mrs. Ida Mae
iriffith, of Columbus, Mr. and Mrs.
‘rnest Tyson, of Americus, Mrs. Alice
incent, of Ft Gaines, Miss Sarah
Tontford, Mrs. Olivia Riley, and Mrs.
leland, of Butler, Misses Eula and
illian Clarke, of Gainesville, Fla,,
farcus A. Clarke and Riggin Clarke,
f Lawrenceville, Tenn., Mrs. Oscar
furner and daughter, Miss Hazel Tur
ver, and Mrs. Lula Brown, of Ameri
cus.
hemamaancsiar. o YOTSR) T WL VSR
ROBINSON'S CIRCUS
JANY WENT TO AMERICUS WED
NESDAY TO SEE ROBINSONS’
SHOWS THAT WERE BILLED TO
SHOW IN CORDELE, BUT DIDN'T
SHOW.
e .
Did you go to the circus in Ameri
.us Wednesday? Did you see anybody
~ho went? Did you hear of anybody
vho went from Cordele? If you didn’t
hat’s just a sign that you are a slow
me. Somebody went. More than
‘hat: Many people went from Cordele,
and Crisp county was well represent
'l,~—in fact so well represented that
‘he circus folks who saw Cordele sev
eral weeks ago about showing here
were happy that they passed this city
up. They said they had no idea that
‘hey could draw from here to Ameri
cus so well and they did not care
whether they ever tried again to show
in Cordele so long as they could bring
werybody over,—all of us—when they
showed in that city. '
Hundreds of people went from Crisp
county to Americus on Wednesday to
see the circus that failed to connect
up in Cordele. Why and how they got
there is a mystery. Some of those
who went say they bought candy and
peanuts in the Americus shops, went
into the drug stores and restaurants
and, in a fewrinstances, went into the
dry goods stores. They say there
‘were big crowds in Americus and ev
erybody was busy as Busy could be,—
oven down to the pickpockets. How
it was with other people most of us
io not know, but local people carried
along a little money to spend and they
spent it in Americus. The circus got
some of it and the town got the re
mainder.
But who should worry? The sleepy
whittling old business men of Cordele
don’t want the crowds to hother them.
They jam the walks, always want to
bother about information and are al
together the kind that have no money
to spend, any way. Nobody need wor
ry about the circus and the kind of
people who come to town when the
circus is here,—if the circus ever gets
to town again.
T.J. WHATLEY NOW IN
WARWICK WITH BUSINESS
T. J. Whatley, who has been inter
ested in operating a grocery business
on Eighth street, has gone to Warwick
to conduct a similar business there.
He has moved a large stock to that
place and will conduet a eomplete gro
cery.
" NO. 64.