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SESSION BEGINS THURSDAY
MORNING—PROMINENT LADIES
TO BE IN ATTENDANCE. MRS.
COLQUITT OF CORDELE HEADS
ORDER. :
Between fifty and seventyfive guests
are expected to be in attendance upon
the Third District Association of the
Order of Eastern Star which convenes
in Cordele tomorrow morning at 10
o’clock. The session will be held in
the Masonic Temple, and local mem
bers of the organization are making
elaborate preparations to entertain‘
the visitors on this occasion.
A number of the most prominent
members of the order in the state
will be present to take part in the
deliberations. Among these will be
Mrs. Mary L. Askew, of Augusta, past
worthy matron; Mrs. Fenie M. Hub
bard, of Macon, past worthy matron
and grand secretary. These ladies
will address tlie association.
Mrs. Walter Colquitt, of this city,
Worthy Grand Matron of Georgia, will
also be in attendance upon the asso
ciation and deliver an address.
CORDELE MOTOR CAR COMPANY
HOSTS AT EVENING AFFAIR OF
RARE INTEREST.
/Employees of the M. C. Huie Auto
éompany from. Albany, Dawson and
~Cuthbert, were entertained by the
" Cordele Motor Car company, the local
branch house, last night at the regular
monthly meting of the employees and
mémbers of this progressive business
flgm The M. C. Huie Auto company
fi headquarters at ny. The cus
n is to hold montAimeetings by
_role, this being Cord time.
Messrs. R. E. Huie, S. L. Ryals, A.
0. Williams, C. V. Newell, Gene Knott,
O. L. Carroll and T. C. Holt of the lo
cal house, devoted every effort to mak
ing the evening a pleasant one for the
visitors. 3
The meeting was hLeld at the Su
wanee Hotel. After the ‘“spread” ini
the dining room, a number of the men
were heard in short addresses. M. |
C. Huie of Albany was the chief |
speaker, being the head of the busi
ness and all its branches. The occas
ijon was one of rare interest to mem
bers of all the houses. Those present
were: M. C. Huie, C. B. Pritchet, J.
S. Ingram, L. L. Newell, C. O. Newell,
E. P. Bass, R. F. Armstrong, E. L.
Fleetwood, J. F. Ingram, P. E. Land,
B. Y. Jamerson, E. J. Kinneybrough,
J, L. BEdwards, W. C. Arden, G. S.
Stoks, of Albany:; T. K. Cobb, J. L.
Newton, H. M. Futch, Edd Mathews,
S H. Roberts, Dave Gamble, of Daw
son; Frank Huie, O. E. Roberts, Bob
Hardin, R. D. Gay, S. D. Clark, Dick
Henderson, of Cuthbert; R. E. Huie,
.S. L. Ryals, A. O. Williams, @ Vs
Newell, Jean Knott, O. L. Carroll, T.
C. Holt of Cordele.
FAST TOURIST TRAINS SOON |
TO BE PUT ON TO FLORIDA
In addition to the two fast trains
that are now operated each way over
the Georgia Southern & Florida rail
way each day. . the Dixie Flyer and
the Southland, the Dixie Limited will
be resumed on January 1, operating
a train each way through Cordele, both
passing in the afternoon. The Dixie
Limited will be as usual, a train made
up especially for tourists, and run
ning on fast schedule. It will run
from Macon to Tifton over theG. S. &
F., and thence to Jacksonville over
the A. C.' L.
BIVINS IS GUITY;
GETS LIFE SENTENCE
Americus, Ga., Deec.
6, 9 P. M.--The jury in
the trial of Honor Biv
\ ins brought in a ver
dict of guilty and recom
mended the negro to
{ the mercy of the court.
A life sentence to the
state penitentiary was
imposed. Bivins was
held in connection with
the Gleaton murder.
THE CORDELE DISPATCH
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A ALLEGED
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l Suspected of having perpetrated the
highway robbery on John T. Moon, an
Atlanta street car conductor, and L.
V. Cross; his motorman, a man giving
his name as Dan Carr was arrested in
Cordele Sunday morning by Officer T.
N. Turk of the police force and Sher
iff Ward.
Cross came to Cordele and positive
ly identified Carr, whose alias is
thought to be Kennedy. Cross says
he is the man who held up him and
Conductor Moon, securing $35 from
the conductor, most of which was in
change, and a revolver from Criss.
When arrested Carr had on his per
son a mask, made from a large color
ed handkerchief, a wig, which closely
fitted over a bald spot on his head. He
also carried a large quantity of small
change and a 45 Colt revolver.
The holdup occurred last Friday
night at the end of the street car
line on the Cascade road on Beecher
street in Atlanta.
. Carr arrived in Cordele early Sun
day morning on the Atlanta Birming
ham & Atlantic train from Atlanta.
He told the local officers that he had
‘gone to Atlanta from Birmingham,
‘and that he had left Atlanta Saturday,J
beating his way on a freight train. He
said that he got on the wrong train
and took another road between Ma
con and Atlanta that carried him back
to Woodbury. From there, he said,
he caught the A. B. & A. train to Cor
dele. It is suspected that he was as
sociated in the hold-up of A. H. Boyn
ton, an aged merchant of Egan, Ga.,
from whom highwaymen secured a
haul of about $1,500. Carr denies any
knowledge of the Atlanta crime.
Cross was unwilling to trust himself
to take Carr back to Atlanta and
waited for Deputy Chambers from
Fulton county. Carr was carried back
Tuesday.
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THREE DELEGATES TO REPRE-'
SENT CORDELE IN SESSIONS OF
SECURITY LEAGUE TO HE HELD
IN JANUARY.
The National Security League of the
United States of America with ofl"lces‘
in the city of Washington, D. C., have
requested Mayor J. Gordon Jones, t¢
appoint three delegates to represent
the city of Cordele at the next annual
meeting of the league which will be
held at the New Willard Hotel, Wash
ington City, January 25-27, 1917.
Mayor Jones, in a statement to the
Dispatch Monday explained the impor
tance of this great gatliering of no
table men from all over the nation
that speakers of eminence will open
the disenssion upon eech topic. Hon.
Robert Bacon of New York City, Geo.
T. Buckingham, of Chicago, Hon.
Joseph H. Coate of New York City,
Hon. Guy Murchie of Boston, Mass.,
Judge Alton B. Parker of New York
City, and Hon. Luke E. Wright of Mem
phis, Tenn:, will be among the dis
tinguished speakers who will lead the
discussion at the meeting.
The program of the congress will
include the following subjects: “The
scope and effect of universal training
and service, both civic and military;”
“International relations and obliga
tions and the necessity that their na
ture as affecting the future of this‘
nation be generally understood;”’
“Governmental and individual efficien
cly and the injuries which result from
their neglect;” “The function of edu
cation in the development of a true
American patriotism;” “Practical
means and remedies whereby national
carelessness and inefficiency may be
eliminated and whereby there may be
fostered a patriotism that shall find
expression in every-day life.”
Mayor Jones has appointed Judge
W. P. Fleming, Ordinary of the coun
ty; Prof. A. L. Brewer and Chas. E.
Brown, as delegates who it is expect
ed will attend the meeting of this con
gress as representatives of this city.
AUDITING BUTTS COUNTY BOOKS.
Jackson, Dec. s—The boks of all
üßtts county officers are now being
audited. The books of the treasurer
and tax collector and county commis
sioner have already been gone over.
It is understood that the audit will
be completed some time about the first
l of January. -
10 BE PASTOR
OF WACON
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Rev. J. P. Wardlaw, presiding elder
of the Cordele district for the past
four years and a member of the Meth
odist ministry who is widely loved,
goes from Cordele to the First Street
Methodist church in Macon with the
changes which have been made at
the sessions of the South Georgia con
ference which closed this week in
Themasville. He becomes a pastor
in charge of a single church instead
of a presiding elder at his own re
quest and has a church which is active
and sufficiently large to give him am
ple opportunity to continue the splen
did work which he has done for so
many years. ‘
Rev. E. A. Ware, who has been mis- |
sionary evangelist in the Cordele dis
trict for the past year, goes to a charge
at the Methodist church in Colquitt,
Ga.
Rev. Walter Anthony, who has al
ready served three years as. pastor
of the Methodist church in Cordele,
is returned here for another year.
This year will complete his stay in
(lordele and he returns with renewed
paipose to make this the best of the
four. Cordele people who attended
the sessions of the conference in
Thomasville were impressed with the
splendid manner in which the people
of Thomasville entertained the visi
tors during the sessions. The confer
ence was made one of the best in
many years.
Last Day Crowded With Business.
Thomasville, Dec. 4—The last day’s
session of the South Georgia confer
ence was crowded with the disposition
of much business. ‘The reports from
the pastors from the Mcßae, Savan
nah, Thomasville, Valdosta and Way
cross districts indicated decided pro
gress along many lines. Rev. J. C.
Simons, of Atlanta, was located at his
own request. Col. W. B. Stubbs, of
Savannah, was re-elected conference
lay leader.
Invitations for the entertainment of
the session of the South Georgia con
ference in 1917 were extended by rep
resentatives from Albany and Dublin.
Albany’s invitation was accepted.
/The historical society of the con
ference was organized with the fol
lowing officers: President, Rev. J. A.
Thomas; vice president, Rev. O. B.
Chester; secretary and treasurer, Rev.
W. L. Wright; custodian of archives,
Rev. C. W. Curry. Three trustees of
the Wesleyan Christian Advocate were
elected as follows: Rev. Bascom An
thony. D. D.. Rev. N. H. Williams and
R. L. McKenney, of Macon. Rev. F. H.
Sineath, of Higgston, was discontin
tinued.
The pastoral assignments were read
late this afternoon. The appointments
follow:
AMERICUS CIRCUIT.
Presiding Elder, 0. B. Chester;
Americus, First church, Paul W. Lullis;
Lee Street church, G. M. Acree; Amer
icus circuit, J. W. Patterson; Blakely,
W. E. Arnold; Blakely circuit, W. S.
Heath; Bronwood, J. B. Griner; Cuth
bert, W. A. Huckabee; Dawson, B
Stanford; Edison, A. G. Brewton; Ella
ville, G. H. Walker; Leslie, C. E. Cook!
Parrott, J. E. Summer; Plains, J. W.
Tinsley; Sasser, A. W. Quillian, Jr.;
Sellman circuit, G. F. Erwin; Smith
ville, Herbert Ethridge; Arlington, B.
S. Sentell; Shellman, L. A. Brown;‘
Benevolence, E. P. Drake; Springvale
circuit, Marvin Vincent; Fort Gaines
circuit, Leland Moore; Leary circuit,
‘C. B. G. Johnson, supply; Andrew Fe
‘male college, J. W. Malone, president;
Missionary to Cuba, J. C. Elkins.
COLUMBUS DISTRICT.
Presiding elder, J. P. Chatfield; Beu
na Vista, J. W. Arnold; Butler, W. G.
McGill; Columbus, East Highlands, E.
F. Gardner; St. Luke, J. A. Thomas;
3t. Mark, J. H. Stanford; St. Paul, T
T. Thompson; Rose Hill, C. G. Er
pest; North Highlands, Hamp Stev
ens; Cusseta, J. E. Channell; Geneva,
J. C. Seville; Lumpkin, W. P. Blevins;
Midland, J. F. Snell, Mauk, M. W.
Flanders; Omaha, C. L. Wall; Reyn
olds, W. G. Allaban; Waverly Hall, J.
Q. Mather; Woodland, H. L. Pearson;
Hamilten circuit, O. L. Evans; Talbot
circuit, W. G. Pilcher; Talbotton, 3.
H. Allen; Marion circuit, Jesse Ford;
Richland, A. H. Robinson; missionary
to Korea, J. L. Gerdine; conference
secretary of education, J.P. Chatfield.
CORDELE DISTRICT.
Presiding elder, W .F. Smith; Abbe
ville, W. A. Mallory; Arabi, J. €3
Taylor; Ashburn, T. E. Davenport;
L e b D e e
(Continued on page eight)
THE CORDELE DISPATCH, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 6, 1916.
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The appointment of Sir David Beat
ty to command of the Grand Fleet of
Great Brittain is of particular inter
est to Americans because Lady Beatty
is an American woman. She was
Ethel Field the daughter of the late
HOT POLIIICAL CONIEST
OVER ARABI OFFICE
The hottest political contest attend
ing a J. P. election in many ycars}
marked the naming of “Judge” J. 8.1
Green at Arabi last Saturday over |
Judge Pirkle. This was a racg which |
developed on short notice and the !
friends of each man had to be at work |
quickly and in dead earnest. '
Judge Pirkle considers llimselfl
strong when it comes to vote winning
and he usually puts over whatever he I
LOCAL PEOPLE ARE
NEGRO MOVED TO AMERICUS IS
ON TRIAL IN SUMTER SUPERIOR
COURT TODAY.
Nuwmbers of people have gone over
to Americus today on account of the
trial of Honor Bivins, the negro held
in conection with the murder of For
mer County Treasurer Gleaton. Biv
ins has been moved to Americus on
a change of venue to Sumter county.
* The trial was set for today. A num
ber of persons have been summoned
as witnesses. These and lawyers con
cerned went over early this morning
and wil be engaged through the trial.
‘Those who witnessed the hanging of
Luther Stephens have been summoned
to testify in the Bivins case as having
heard Stephens state on the gallows
that Bivins had nothing to do with
the killing.
ADMINSTRATOR WILL SELL
VALUABLE BLAND PROPERTY
F. H. Bland, as administrator of the
Mrs. Bland property, is making ar
rangements to offer it at a sale to be
conducted at the court house door on
Wednesday, Dec. 20. This is a suf
ficiently valuable piece of property to
enlist interest far and wide and a
large number of persons will attend
the sale.
The home place of the late Mrs.
Bland is to be sold. It is a five-acre
tract with a handsome building on it
and numbers of other improvements
that make it a valuable offer.
DR. MILLER OF ARABI
HEADS CRISP MEDICAL ASSN.
The Crisp County Medicay Society
held their regular monthly meeting
Monday and elected officers for the
iensuing yvear as follows: g
President, Dr. W. A. Miller of Ara
} bi; vice president, Dr. W. E. Edwards;
secretary and treasurer, Dr. Ford
|Ware; delegate to state convention,
| Dr. T. J. McArthur; censors, DR T
E. Bradley, T. J. McArthur and A. J.
lWhelchel. T
' Marshall Field of Chicago. They were
‘married in 1901. Admiral Beatty is
only forty-five and consequently the
youngest man who has ever had full
charge of Great Britain’s main fleet.
zoes for. This time, however, num
bers of those who have heretofore put
him through, bolted and broke away
and “Judge” Green is the newly elect
-d official resulting from Saturday’s
revolt. The race has been the talk of
the community. Both men are promi
nent and besides having verybody at
home as friends, they are popular over
the county.
WHOLE CAR LOAD l
FARMERS OF ARABI STARTING
OUT FOR PEANUT CROP ON
LARGE SCALE. ALSO PRODUC
ING MUCH MEAT.
A whole car load of seed Spanish
peanuts was unloaded in the progres
sive little town of Arabi last week, the
property of live farmers who intend
to start peanut growing in real bus
iness-like manner. S. A. Royal, M. J.
Mikel and others of the leading busi
ness men, farmers who know “the lay
of the land,” secured the peanuts for
use in the community and they will
be planted on a large scale.
Arabi farmers are among the livest
in all Crisp. They have recently sent
cut shipments of hogs that brought
in handsome sums of money and are
now also entered into the business of
raising meat in large quantities.
THANKSGIVING DINNER WAS
REAL DELIGHT AT CRYSTAL
. .Thanksgiving dinner was a real de
light to those who took advantage of
the elaborate preparations that the
Crystal Cate made. The dinner was
everything .that it was supposed to
be in the way of menu and the excel-|
lent manner in which it was served,
notwithstanding the one hundred and
twenty-five guests who ate at this
popular cafe. The occasion was great
ly added to by the splendid music fur
nished by the orchestra, consisting
of four pieces.
The dinner was certainly well up
{o-date and the number of guests was
the largest that has ever attended a
Thanksgiving dinner at a local cafe.
MANY FIRE ALARMS, BUT
LiTTLE DAMAGE BY FLAMES
The Cordele fire department broke
the record for fires during November.
There were nineten alarms during
the month and so far as the records
show there haven’t been that many
fires in one month during the past ten
years. There was little property lost
at that, the record of the department
I being one of the best in Georgia.
IENFORCIN(;‘\ BLUE LAWS NOT AN
.~ EASY ' TASK—SHINE STANDS
THAT “AINT” ANY MORE.
If you have an idea that enforcing
that blue Sunday law is a picnic, there
is another thought which may be
coming to you. It is easy, of course,
to get your walking cane or your pret
ty fall hat and go about the streets
for an airing. If you fail to see any
thing unusual on Sunday when you
are at this, don’t mark in your note
book that enforcing the blue law is a
joke, a picnic, a really pleasant task,
for it isn’t.
The trouble about it all is in the
fact that you are at home asleep when
High Sheriff John Ward has to be up
and doing,—looking after those who
would shine shoes, sell newspapers,
load a Honk Ford up with gasoline, or
run a freight train through this beau
tiful, sere little spot of sunlight on
Sunday. You see, all this Sunday bus
iness is usually done before you are
awake and Sheriff Ward has to be out
and after it.
There were two freight crews, for
instance, Sunday,—one on the G. S.
& F. and another on the Seaboard,—
who had long, heavy trains that al
most stalled as they hung heavily
almost a mile in the rear of the giant,
puffing engines. Off schedule long
hours, they broke the stillness of this
serene little city on Sunday when they
came lumbering in. And for all that
Sheriff Ward “rounded them up.” He
yvanked those tired, sleepy railroad
men out, took their names and advised
them what the grand jury had done
in Crisp county. They promised nev
er to offend again if the officer would
let them go and out went the two:
freighters with the crews wondering |
whether it was a joke or the work of‘}
a mean, little read headed officer. i
Talking about “shine” stands,—they |
weren't. Of course, you couldn’t get'
your cigar and your paper and :11]'
that. One of the managers of a local ‘
high-toned lunch counter came near |
zelting into a fight with one of hiss
luncheon customers about a (:igar,*i
but the customer didn’t get the cigar. |
But what that customer lost in his |
cigar he made up in the long list o[{
ugly epithets he applied to the man-’
ager of the lunch counter and thenl
left before the said manager coul(l1
explain that it was not his fault. |
But the drug stores are going to re- |
main open, at least a portion of the
day. They have no ulterior motive at
heart.—but it is just to be pleasing
and obliging to those who do not want
to see things looking so dull down
fown Sunday, don’t you know,—and
to serve those who really need medi
cine.
But around other portions of thnl
county, and in the city of Arabi, the
“lid” was on, so correspondents of the ’
Dispatch report and not a store could |
he found where anything alive re
mained on the inside.
But have you found out how many
people from Cordele went to Vienna
for a Sunday supply of gasoline last
Sunday? The road was full of cars
and they literally bought out the Vi
enna shops. They exhausted the
supply. having taken the Vienna sta.
tions by surprise. Among those having
to buy gasoline for the Sunday ride
were numbers of blue law advocates,
—for a fact.
ARCHIE THORNTON TELLS OF
SOLDIER LIFE ON BORDER
Archie Thornton, son of S. L.. Thorn
ton of this city, now a Georgia soldier
on the border, writes home and sends
along a poem of which the soldier boys
are especially proud because of the
fact that, in a rough way, the poem
indicates what life is in Texas and
this near Mexico. The last stanza
follows:
The rattlesnake bites you, the scor
pion stings,
The mosquito delights you with buzz
ing wings;
The sand burrs prevail and so do the
ants,
And those who sit down need half
soles on their pants.
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'STANDARD OIL STATION IS
BEING CONSTRUCTED
Work was broken Monday on the lo
cation at the corner of Seventh street
and Thirteenth avenue when the
Standard Oil company is making ar
rangements to erect a modern filling
station. The work of constructing
the buildings have begun and will be
rapidly pushed to completion. The
filling station is to be one of the most
up-to-date in this part of the state and
plans are tohave it in serves within
a few weeks. »
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{ GRIM REAPER INVADES ONE OF
| HAPPIEST OF CORDELE HOMES
AND LEAVES SADNESS—RE
MAINS TAKEN TO ATLANTA FOR
INTERMENT. :
Mrs. Lucy Mitchell Dunlap, wife of
|J. V. Dunlap, died Tuesday morning
’ at the local sanitarium after an illness
of brief duration, having undergone
an operation from the shock of which
she never recovered. Mrs. Dunlap
suffered a severe cold several days ago
and just as her husband had complet
ed plans to take up work with the
zovernment as U. S. bank examiner
n Washington, he was hurried home
by a message from her telling of her
gsevere illness. She continued to grow
worse till Monday when a specialist
was summoned and an operation was
undergone for what appeared tobe mas
toiditis. Her death followed Tuesday.
The sad news was a shock to the
entire community and to a wide num
her of friends who had known and
loved Mrs. Dunlap as a woman of rare
Christian traits of character. She had
heen in Cordele but a short time, lit
tle over a year, and she had impress
ed her acquaintance with her strong
love of home and children and the
care of her household.
The funeral was conducted this
morning at the Episcopal church, Rev.
Jolin M. Walker, rector, in charge, and
the remains were taken to Atlanta
where they were interred this after
noon in Westview cemetery. Mem
hers of th family, Rev. John Walker,
Mr. and Mrs. Howell, W. H. McKen
zie, and B. S. Dunlap and Miss Lillie
Dunlap accompanied the remains. The
children will remain with their aunt,
Mrs. Howell.
Mrs. Dunlap was Miss Lucy Mitch
ell of Columbus. She was 33 years
of age. Besides her husband, six chil
children, Katherine, 13 years old, El
canor, Mary, Lucy, Joseph, Jr., and
Gara, three months old, survive her.
Two sisters Mrs. Fred Posberg and
Mrs. Arthur Howell, both of Atlanta,
and a brother, Father Mitchell, of Sa
vannah also survive her. Her father
died when she was tender in years
and her mother, who was Mrs. Lucy
Mitchell of Columbus, also preceded
ler to the grave.
YOUNGSTERS WILL BE CHARMED
BY TALES OF JOEL CHANDLER
HARRIS.
Now the youngsters will have their
way. The city fathers, the mean old
business men,—or somebody (the
trouble about it, nobody will say who
is responsible) would not permit a cir
cus to come to town during the whole
fall. To satisfy this need, arrange
ments were made to give the children
o long distance peep at the circus
‘hrough the Palace movies. They
haven't forgotten what they saw yet,
qor will they ever.
But now comes “Brer Rabbit” and
.ile Uncle Remus stories. There isn't
o circus or a show of any kind that
can beat “Brer Rabbit” for interest
when there is some one to tell the
story as it should be told. Somebody
‘is going to tell the story at story
hour, three o’clock, at the public li
‘hmry Friday afternoon and the lit
{le boys and the little girls are going
!‘0 be there. Grown-ups may come if
ihey wish. They only have to promise
to be good just as are the little boys
and the little girls who attend.
Following is the announcement that
comes from the library,—Miss Ber
caw knows about it:
“In addition to the story of the pic
ture, “Little Mary Sunshine,” which
is to be shown at the Palace theaire ,
Qaturday morning, “Uncle Remus”
stories will be told at the library
Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock. All
| who love these stories of Joel Chan
dler Harris, whether they be young or
old, are cordially invited to attend.”
[“BIG” J. A. RILEY BECOMES
POLICE CHIEF OF ANDALUSIA
Cordele citizens remember “Big” J.
A. Riley, the former manager for the
Texas Oil company, here. He is too
unusual a man to forget. He is not
only unsual in size—six feet in his
stocking feet, but he is usually jolly
and good natured.
For the past several months he has
been serving on the Macon police force
but resigned this job to take a posi
tion as chief of police of Andalusia,
lAla., and has already gone to take up
his new duties. S
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