The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, December 13, 1916, Wednesday Edition, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text‘Wednesday Edition i Eight,Pages ! VOL. VIII "I Al H 1 EH U M SUCCEEDS JUDGE GEORGE ON CORDELE CIRCUIT—APPOINT MENT EFFECTIVE JAN. IST. Judge W. F. George, who takes his place on the Appellate court bench on January 1, Monday last, tendered his resignation to Governor Nat E. Harris as judge of the Cordele circuit superior court. Governor Harris on Tuesday after noon announced the appointment of D. A. R. Crum of this city to fill the un expired term of Judge George which continues through the following two years. Mr. Crum was in Atlanta at the time of the appointment, having been there a number of days in the in terest of his candidacy. For some time friends who have advocated his appointment for the unexpired term have felt confident of his success. Im mediately after his appointment the new judge was sworn in before Gov ernor Harris. Judge Crum has for the past fifteen years been a member of the law firm of Crum and Jones, of Cordele, prior to which time he was a member of the law firm of Busbee, Crum & Bus bee of Vienna. He served a term in the state senate from nineteen five to nineteen six, and during this time fath ered the bill which made drunkenness on the public highway a criminal of fense. He has been actively engaged in the practice of law for the past twenty-five years, is.a member of the state bar association and the Ameri can bar association. During his prac tice he has been counsél in a number of cases of state-wide interest, and has been prominently connected with im portant legislation in south Georgia. He has always taken an active inter est in local affairs and matters of state interest. He was one of the first and staunchest advocates of the abo lition of the convict lease system and putting the convicts on the -county roads. He recently gave strong sup port to the movement to secure muni cipal ownership of the electric light plant here. "REV. J. P. WARDLAW GOES TO NEW CHARGE IN MACON : BIDS GOODBYE. ; : %ﬁ_% o ~ (. \f?} 3 : REV. J. P. WARDLAW. Rev. J. P. Wardlaw, who for the past four years has served the Cor dele district of the South Georgia Con ference as presiding elder, goes to morrow to Macon to take charge of the pastorate of the First Street Meth odist éhux_‘ch. His new charge has prepared a warm welcome and his old friends here have expressed sin cere hope that he will find himself pleased and happy in the new place. Rev. Mr. Wardlaw preached his fare well sermon at the Methodist church here last Sunday evening. A large congregatin heard him. In all denom inations he is loved throughout the field covered by him and his going is a source of regret. He has a happy, whole souled smile for everybody and never has time to quarrel about any thing. - In going le bids an affectionate fare well and assures everybody of a con tinued hearty good wishes for prosperi ity Rev. Wardlaw has served as presid ing elder in the Macon district and is not a stranger in his new home. { _——— : Plans have been made whereby Sylvester is to erect a big milling and feed plant. 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Scme Frenchmen argue that General Joftre has reached the limit of his abiiity, and that a man of different Idleas must he placed in command it France is to win. Congress has appropriated money for experiments looking to the in crease of production of sugar beet used in the United States. MACON LOOKS FOR BIG SHIPPERS MEETING IN JANUARY Macon, Dec. 12.—Arrangements are rapidly being made for the meeting here next month for the purpose of Georgia shippers, for the purpose of permanently organizing the Georgia Shippers association. The associa tion now has three thousand individ ual shippers enrolled, in addition to a number of large wholesale and re tail concerns. B. Gilham, secretary, is broadcast ing invitations over the state with @ view of having a large crowd. The Georgia rate case is the most impor tant matter before the people of Geor gia today. The increase of freight rats would materially affect every in terest in/Georgia and the shippers as sociation is planning the strongest combat possible for the next hearing before the railroad commission in February. DEATH CLAIMS 9-YEAR-OLD JAMES TRAMWELL MERCER James Tramwell Mercer, 9-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mercer, died Monday afternoon about 6 o’clock at their home at the country residence of Mrs. Mercer’s father, Mr. James Ray, four miles northwest of the city. The child had been sick only a short time. Funeral services and burial occurr ed Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Whitsett cemetery, near Coney. CATO'S GARAGE GOES TO NEW OWNERS IN JANUARY The Motor Supply & Repair Works, through their manager, G. H. Hart shern, have recently made arrange ments to take over Cato’s garage, lo cated on Seventh street, opposite the court house. The deal will become effective on January 1 and the pur chasers will place the business un der the management of J. T. Bayard, of Charleston, S. C. The longest river in Japan is the Tone, its main course being about 200 miles long. Y Stop watches which register fiftieths and hundredths of a second have been perfected for very accurate timing. : 4 WILLIAM HENRY COX TURNED OVER $105.00 TO BIG RUSTY CHOCOLATE WITH GUN. TwO ARRRESTS. Charlie Mulhollen and Henry Dan iels, both negroes, are prisoners in the county jain, charged with implication in the hold-up and robbery of William Henry Cox, a south Cordele market man and grocer, last Saturday night, while a third negro who actually com mitted the crime is still at liberty and his name has not been learned by the officers. The negro highwayman secured $lO5 in currency, after he had thrust an ug ly looking revolver into Cox’s face, quietly pulled back the hammer when Cox first refused to turn over the money to him, and emphasized the threat, “ I said give me that money.” He caught the grocer with no weapon or other instrument handy to defend himself. Mulhollen, a meat cuiter for Riley Roberts, a colored marketman, and Daniels, a farmer on the place of Joe Clements, Saturday night about 12 o’clock came to Cox’s market with the negro who perpetrated the holdup. Z. T. Bridges, who is a partner with Cox in the business, was present at the time. Another negro man and woman, who had also done some trading were just leaving and Cox was in the act of closing the store, having placed the key in the front door. The negro wo man in passing out remarked that it was careless to leave the key in the door that way. Mulhollen in the mean time had gone, and Daniels and the third negro left immediately. When Cox finally went to close the 'store he found the key gone, and sus ‘pected the, negro woman. Bridges went to her house. After close ques ‘tioning it was apparent that she had ‘stolen the key. While he was gone the hold-up ‘negro returned under the ‘pretense of wanting to buy some to bacco. He had seen Cox count out his day’s income. He got the tobacco and as Cox turned to sit down by the fire, the negro called with a threat: ‘“Give me that money,” and the mar ‘ket man turned to face a revolver. He refused at first but the situation began }to look serious when the negro re ‘peated his threat. Mulhollen was arrested Monday and placed in the county jail. He refused to tell anything, admitting that he had come to the store with the holpup ne gro but saying that he had just met him and knew nothing of him; not even his name. Mulhollen told con flicting stories as to whom Daniels framed with, first saying that he form ed with a Mr. McKinney, though the negro was actually located in directly the opposite direction on Mr. Clem ents farm. Daniels was arrested Tuesday afternoon. He says that Mul hollen introduced him to the strange negro, that he knew nothing of him and did not remember his name. His tale, like that of Mulhollen, is not con sidered plausible. DAVIS BECOMES NEW YARD MASTER FOR G. S. & F. RY. C. H. Davis, recently of Macon, has been appointed by the Georgia South ern & Florida railway as yardmaster in the local yards to succeed C. H. Gay, resigned. Mr. Davis will move his family here. He was formerly yard master here about four years ago. MACON PASTOR TO BE HEARD AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Rev. 1. W. Curtis, of Macon, will occupy the pulpit at the Presbyterian church next Sunday morning and evening at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. Rev. Mr. Curtis has preached here on a number of occasions and is greatly liked among the Presbyterians of the ‘city and numerous other citizens who ‘have had the pleasure of becoming ‘acquainted with him. CONCERT COMPANY HELD | MUSIC LOVERS SUNDAY ! The Brewer Concert company, com posed of a mother and her two daugh ters, all gifted musicians, gave two ‘delightful concerts in the parlors of the Suwanee hotel Sunday, and the ‘trio gave a number of splendid selec ‘tions at the First Methodist church ’Sunday evening. The concert company is under the management of thg Alka hest Lyceum course, and were en route to Vienna to fill an engagement Monday evening. Revolving targets, onr which images of birds perch until shot down, have been invented by a Frenchman. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1916. Liberty and the Man W ho Flood-Lighted Her r B T TR U B e R R R R 3UG B SRR P 8 ”\z ian ot R B SRR B N S SRR 1 SR R | g N N S N T SRR RN R L B SRR S | | A S R SESmRRa . U R TR 3 Reßleßs S e B Ry R SR B KBTS SRR CRRRRates: 1 S A e sl . Rl EipaSina. -Gl U RiGiEaee o onßnßeaE e B 8 3 q ,vf’;% EJE g s 3 SR ,»" L ATE B ReR R R 8 FRRE R 3;, Rt | PE e Y S B v g £ SR L TR EE T o B SRR i AN e A T e B B R e e N e 8 B Sy RSR s ¢ £ BRPOIERR S e B R R 8 | Bt f5iei5fgzé5:55555:3.555;5;5:53:*}533555:;.:.;.;:‘55 ™R R | e i A Rey SR gl U O §2O JREEGERRR, TR § B e e o 2B R RN Ss o Ry SEEpaesßßne. T 76 3 8 8] SeesuERRT S T e S i R L e e Ry 4 -5.55535§555555?552.5:?5555.555:'52§5§5§E§£§5§5§5§5f3:g:’:5;'i?.; i 0 g FREEEEE . G 3? £5O st R S R ~ e R B v el G BRead S e Y 1L Sil R 0 B | §ama <OSmßag S | § AR, R T fawe e g, 4l B e PPt : ﬂHt&BEETNA&QEtCEE’ e e N T When New York decided to flood light the Statute of Liberty, which for thirty years has at night been a mere dark bulk against the sky, she got a Cleveland man to do the job. H. Herbert Magdsick, a young electrical engineer of that city, who graduated from the university of Wis consin six years ago, and is now in the employ of the General Electrical Company, arranged the system of lights which President Wilson set in motion on the evening of Dec. 2. Thes= lights will now burn every night so in coming ships and all those on boats in the harbor may see the statute even better than in the daytime. W. H. Dorris, prominent Cordele at torney and representative in the Gen eral Assembly from Crisp county, was in Americus Saturday, on important legal business—Americus - Times-Re corder. MRS. HERRINGTON ESTIMABLE YOUNG MATRON PASS ES AT FAMILY HOME NEAR EBE NEZER—FUNERAL IN CORDELE. Mrs. J. B. Herrington, aged thirty, wife of a well known farmer of the Ebenezer settlement, died at the fam ily home Sunday night about 7 o’clock. She had been seriously sick for only about forty-eight hours from hemor rhagic fever. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. M. Kelly, of Montezuma, and interment occurred Monday afternoon at 3:30 at Sunny side cemetery. Besides her husband, Mrs. Herring ton is survived by a 17-months old son and other relatives in the county. She wag a young women of exemplary Christian character, a member of the Baptist church and had many warm friends. WILL NOT MAKE ROOM FOR FINE MERRY-GO-ROUND Here’s another show trying to break through. A show man is in Cordelo' begging to be permitted o show and, | —he’s not showing yet anything but! some . pearly white teeth when he{ warms up to a cordial grin. He has been all around fighting for a chance to greet the boys and girls with the merry-go-round. (And, boys, he has a MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN * VOTED FOR IN ELECTION The general city election to affirm the nomination of J. Gordon Jones as mayor and J. Nelse Kink, J. Homer Lamb and J. E. Lindsey as aldermen. was held today. The vote polled was a good average for a local general election, most of those voting doing so from an appreciation of duty. Num bers of citizens went down and voted. —— e ——— e Prussia forbids use of foreign words in public print. JIDNEY CATTS GOY-ELECTOF ORI, WES 4ERE SUNDAY } Sidney J. Catts, Governor-elect of ' Florida, Baptist minister and lecturer, occupied the pulpit at the First Bap [tist church Sunday morning. Mr. ' Catts was en route from Macon, where ,he delivered a lecture Saturday night, i to Douglas, where he was scheduled to speak Monday night. ! The speaker was introduced by Rev. jJ. H. Coin, pastor of the First Baptist church, who referred interestingly to [ Governer-elect Catts’ remarkable campaign in Florida. Though his com ing to the city and his sermon were anncunced, his stay here being un cxpected, a large congregation greet ed Mr. Catts and were forcefully im pressed with his power of speech, his earnestness and display of strong in tellectual and spiritual qualities. He explained that he was rather exhaust ed from having spoken much during the past few days, and his hoarseness was obvious, yet he spoke with aptness and striking earnestness, and he gave the congregation a strikingly spiritual discourse, taking his text from Paul’s words, “I beseech you, therefore, brethren by the mercies of God, to pre sent your bodies a living sacrifice, ac ceptable unto God, which is your rea sonable service.” While in Cordele Mr. Catts met a large number of citizens and former acquaintances. He prefaced his ser mon with the remarks that “he put his fool self into the governor’s race,” implying that he considered politics rather strenuous. This remark was in reply to the statement of Rev. Coin in introdlucing him that the prohibi tionists of Florida had brought him out for governr. He was asked what element had been the controlling power in elect ing him to the office on an independ ent ticket in the general election after the nomination in the primary was taken from him on technical points. He replied that “the common people, God Almighty, and. Sidney J. Catts won that election.” His conversation throughout showed him a man of vig orous aggressiveness and determina tion of purpose. IRON MULE GOES TRACTOR ON CHURCHWELL FARMS BUSY MAKING WAY FOR FEEDING PLANT ROOTS. Farm Demonstrator J. A. Johnson is keeping an eye on a big farm trac tor that is working away out on the Churchwell plantation. With a long, lazy stroke this ‘“iron mule” creeps and creeps all the day long, dragging a double disc plow that delves into the soil to a much greater depth than ordinary “nigger and mule” reach. Be hind each disc is a subsoiler that tears into the earth and provides a way for the feeding roots of the plants. The tractor, which is an Interna tional Mogul, was set to work by the Palmer-Jones company some several weeks ago. It is busy all the time preparing lands for grain crops and for the crops of the early spring of the next year. Its work will have much to do with making the crops on a vact area. peach,—it’s a humdinger.) The Dispatch has been seriously enlisting the help of those who want a show to see if the guilty ones among the City Fathers can be located. No body can tell why the shows don’t come, but they just dont’t come. “The election is over,” says one man, “and the shows ought to be given a chance.” FRANCHISE ANNULLED. Washington, Dec. 12.—Ruling of New York courts annulling a state franchise given to the Long Sault De veloping company for an immense power project in the St. Lawrence riv er was put into force and operation today by the supreme court which dis missed the corporation’s appeal. Lack of federal jurisdiction of presentation of federal questions were the grounds givn. g | Two Old British Leaders l May Have to Get Out i S'R N e | R D ¢ e N R LRaa o RS R e ~.._.,.::;:;1::;I::::;::::b:-::;:;:;:;:::::_.;::;:::Q:gt;:;?;:-: N | pe Bt R e e & B B R B B B EhpRE R e P ... L aavaa B RPN e PRRToR PR Y B B R N T gf* mi«”"? 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R, FEELL R sßs L e gy, R e § BShEE TR SR . . BEmemmEae, St o iEan g SEokhoe SRR G S PR Nm B L _s_-. 2 \ v z;g.,/v\\v&“ ¥.‘ 2N o 43 PREMIER ASQUITH ARTHUR S, BALFQUR. - Premier Asquith, leader of the Lib eral party in Great Britain, and Ar thur Balfour, former leader of the Un jonist and former premier, now firsi lord of the admiralty in the Coalition Cabinet, may have to quit public life because of dissatisfaction over their part in the conduct of the war. Brit ishers are beginning to demand young er men for the management of the war. The new crisis may result in making Lloyd Georgie premier, and a place in the cabinet for Lord Northcliffe, own er of the London Times, believed by millions to be the ablest man in Great Britain. dicagern ei b sy Add list of impossible happenings: “Once upon a time a woman passed by a mirror and didn’t look at herself.” “Once upon a time a woman went to the theatre and didn't powder her nose before leaving.” CARNIVAL CAME AND WENT WHILE SAND MIAN HELD SWAY The city of Cordele held a great car nival show, a full train of twenty cars for four full hours Sunday night. The shows stayed so long that the advance agents thought of billing the town. There was full opportunity to show and almost time enough. The cars stood stone dead on the tracks here for a long time and had it not been in the wee small hours of the night when every little boy and every little girl are safely tucked away and watch STANDARD OIL PAYS BONUS. New York, Dec. 12.—The Standard oil company of New Jersey today ua thorized bonus payments to all its em ployees in the United States receiving less than $3.000 a year, who were not included in a general wage advance re cently made. Those getting less than $l,OOO a year receive a 20 per cent bo nut; those between $l,OOO and $2,000 a 15 per cent bonus, and those hetween $2OOO and $3OOO, 10 per cent. APPAM CASE ADVANCED. Washington, Dec. 12.—Request of British claimants of the German prize ship Appam and its cargo that two cases testing possession both of ship and cargo be heard on January 8 wa granted today by the supreme court. WAR RISK INSURANCE ADVANCES New York, Dec. 12.—Marine under writers received word today that war risk insurance in London had been ad vanced from 5 to 10 per cent for trans- Atlantic and Cape of Good Hope trade, due to the announcement that a Ger man commerce raider was at large. It was said that the New York rates would probably follow London lead. IMMUNITY FOR NEW HAVEN MEN. Washington, Dec. 12.—Appeals from New York federal court ruling grant ing immunity to John L. Billard, Wil liam Skinner and James S. Elton in the New Haven railroad prosecution were dismissed today in the supreme court by the department of justice. The government contended they were not entitled to immunity by having tstified in the interstate commerce commission investigation. Queen Alexandria is a frequent visi tor to London war hospitals. "ML w"f' s - v,_:’ﬂ; o _. by Dellyergd By S, In City 5¢ Per Week I ¥ i U C. B. AND A. J. WHATLEY AND J. L. WHEELER SHIP 122 FINE PORKERS—GET APPROXIMATE LY $12,000 OR 7'%c PER POUND ON FOOT. C. B. Whatley, one of the county’s most progressive farmers, knows something about boll weevil condi ‘ions. - That is the reason he did not wait until the weevil actually infest sd the cotton erop on his farm before he inaugurated plans of diversified *arming and started in for cattle and hog raising on an extensive scale and for marketing purposes. Monday Mr. Whatley sold to Wil jamson & Dennis, commission mer -hants at Jacksonville, sixty head of ine hogs, each tipping the scales for v heayy weight. These were includ \d in a car load shipment in which \. J. Whatley, Arthur Wheeler and J. .. Wheeler were also interested, the ntire car lot numbering 122 head, wnd totaling approximatly 24,000. At 714 cents per pound, on the foot, the srice paid for the shipment was aboui $lB,OOO. Packing houses are now offering as high as 8 1-2 cents for corn fed hogs in the local market, and 5 1-2 and 6 cents for beef cattle on the fot. Abut five car loads of hgs have been sold in the local market by farmers of Crisp to -epresentatives of different packing ouses and shipped during the past hree months. i JUDGE ROBERT HODGES DIES AT MACON SANITARIUM Macon, Dec. 13.—Judge Robert Hodges of the Appellate court died here at the Williams Sanitarium shortly after last midnight. He had been a patient at the institution little more than a week. , Judge Hodges was appointed to the Appellate court by Governor Harris to succeed Judge Diek Russell. He was for many years judge of the city court of Macon and also served as solititor general of the Macon circuit a number of years. ed softly by the Sand Man, they could have seen this big carnival on the cars, whether or no. The train came here in the early hours of Sunday night. The freight crews of the big trunk lines had al ready had their tilt with the little red headed sherify, and they wouldn’t budge till the clock struck twelve. It was to go south over the G. 8. & ¥., but it didn’t go, at least during the time legally termed Sunday. - NO PARDON FOR HOLLINSWORTH Tampa, Fla., Dec. 12.—Notice was received here today that application for pordon for J. L.-Hollinsworth, con victed of embezzlement of funds as city tax colector and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment, had been denied by the state pardon board at Tallahassee. : HARPER HEADS COMMITTEE. Washington, Dec. 12.—Oflicial an nouncement was made today of the appointment of Robert N. Harper, a local bank president, as chairman of the inaugural committee having in charge the ceremonies March 4 in con nection with re-iinstallation of Pres ident Wilson. . St L S $1,000,000 LOSS BY EXPLOSION. Peterboro, Ont.—December 12.—Au explosion of fire today destroyed the Quaker Oats buildings here with an estimated loss of eight dives and in juries to ten others, all employees, and with property demage amount te about $1,000,000. . e P HEADLIGHT LAW SUSTAINED. Washington, Dec. 12.—Indiana’s law requiring high power headlights. on locomotives was sustained today by the supreme. court,: whieh -held, how aver, that state laws on the subject will be superseded by the interstate commerce commission regulations when odopted. St S e R DANIELS TO BE REAPPOINTED Washington, Dec. 12.—Winthrop M. Daniels, of New Jersey, whose term as a member of the interstate com merce commission expires December 3., will be reappointed by President Wilson. XNO. 69,