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MEMBERS ASSOCIATED PRESS YOL. 2 WILSON TO LABOR TWO WEEKS BEFORE TOURING COUNTRY GERMAN NATION HUS RATIFIED - PEAGE TREATY ALL DOUBT .;('[-S.IV‘[OVED AS TO ACCEPTANCE TERMS WILL RAISE BLOCKADE T.'.f-ermans D;;;d in Discus cussions as to Reparations Versailles. Paris, July 9-—The German Nation al Assembly at Weimar has adopted a resolution ratifying the peace treaty, according to advices received here tc day. This action will remove all doubt of the acceptance of the terms by Ger mnany. The ratification also makes it possible for the Allied powers to raise the bhlockade. Frech Chamber Refused Paris, (Tuesday.)—The Chamber of Deputies today rejected the bill pro viding for the immediate raising of the geige and the supprescion of censcr ship. The government represented by IForeign Minister Pichon, opposed the measure. Socialists and republican socialists became particularly arous ed in favor of the measure. Germans Delayed Pu‘j suly 9.—Transportation diffi (:ultfit‘*'v ave resulted in a further de lay of the German plenipotenaries designated to come to Versailles for the oral discussions regarding the exe cution of reparations and other fea tures of the peace treaty which the Allied powers recently signified their willingness to enter into. NEARLY FOUR MILLION IN GOLD GOES TO SPAIN New York, July 9.—Gold amounting to three million, six hundred and sev enty-five thousand dollars was with drawn from the subtreasury here for shipmeant to Spain, it was announced today. gy Mr. Hamp Westbrook and family are at Moreland, Ga., where they are visiting Rev. K. Reid, father of Mrs. Westbrook for a period of two weeks. DELICIOUS AND REFRESHING Coco-Cola is a perfect answer to thirst that no imitation can satisfy. Coco-Cola quality, re corded in the taste, is W‘E\ét holds it ab~ve im itations. Demand the genuine by full name—nicknames encourage substitution, b Cordele : “§% Coca-Cola BOTTLING CO. Cordele, Georgia |'THE CORDELE DISPATCH ATTACK IS MADE ON BREWERS IN SUITS ON FILE GOVERNMENTTJARGES VIOLA TION WAR TIME PROHI IN MAKING OF BEER District Att:;l;y Aims Pro cess at Eleven Officials of Pittsburgh Concern. Pittsburgh, July s.—United Stlates District Attorney Crawford today brought suit in the Federal court against the Pittsburgh Brewing Com pany, charging violation of the war time prohibition act in making two and three quarter percent beer. Eleven officials of the company arc named in the information. WOULD ADMIT ALL NATIONS TO LEAGUE. New York, July 9.—A resolution de manding that all the nations of the world be made elegible to the League of Nations was unanimouslv adopted ‘cday at the first session of the an nua! congress of the pan-American Federation ¢f Labor, by delegates from ter: cormtries, including the Unit ed States, JACK DEMPSEY HAS L¥4 . 3 3 IS OFFERED BOUT WITH WINNER LONDON FIGHT. Cincinnati, July 9.—Jack Kerns. manager of Jack Dempsey, announced last night that he had a cable from Promoter Cccuran in Paris offering Demrpsey a hundred and twentyltflive thousand dnllars for a bouc withh the winner of the Carpentier-John Bekett fight which is scheduled to take nlace in England this month. Dempsey expects to accept the chal lenge. QUARTER BILLION OVER THIRTY MILLION PAID OUT IN JUNE. Washington, July 9.—Payments by the War Risk Bureau to soldiers and dependents amounted to more than thirty million, eight hundred and thir ty thousand dollars in June, eight /mndred and sixty-two thousand checks being mailed. Payments for the year have amount ad to over two hundred and fifty mil lions. READY TO GON ON JULY 19 UNDER ADMIRAL RODMAN. Washington, July 9.—The newly or ganized Pacific fleet will sail from Hampton Roads for the west coast Saturday, July nineteen. It was an nounced at the Navy Department to day that final arrangements were com ted at a conference in New York yvesterday between Secretary Daniels 'nd Admiral Hugh Rodman, com mander of the fleet. 5 Secretary Daniels has not decided definitely that he will accompany the fleet. MISS GEORGIA CREWS WILL TALK ABOUT STANDARD PRODUCTS. At 4:30 o’clock Thursday afternoon Cordele time. the fireless cooker will be demonstrated to the club girls and their friends, also to all those who wish to attend from the town and sur rounding community. This will be + interesting show for the ladies. Miss eGorgia Crews, district agent for the agricultural colleges, will talk tc the club girls on the importance of standard -products. Every club girl is requested to be in attendance at the sessions tomorrow. Miss Hamilton is making the short course of great value to the club girls. CORDELE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1919. PRESIDENT PUTS HIMSELF AT DISPOSAL OF SENATE HIGHER, HIGHER STILL THEY CLIMB (‘hivugq. July 9.—Hog prices today reached another new top record, twenty-two seveuly per hundred weight. NEARLY ELEVEN THOUSAND TROOPS ARRIVE TODAY New York, July 9.—Five transports arriving here today brought nearly sleven thousand troops from France. SECRETARY LANSING WILL LEAVE PARIS FRIDAY \ Washington, July 9.—Secretary Lan sing wil Isail for home Friday. it was announced today by the State Depart ment. CHARGED WITH DESTROYING VIiL LAGES, WOMEN AND CHILDREN. Paris,. (Tuesday.)—The Montene grin government has addressed a new wcte to the peace conference protest ‘¢ against alleged excesses by Ser bhian troops in Montetnegro. . The note says certain villages were attacked by a force of tive thousanu Serbs equipped with cannor and ¢ha! the houces were demolished and the women and children killed. Y R-34 PLANS TO GO WEATHER PREDICTION MAKES START POSSIBLE. Mineola, July 9.—Prospects that th~ R-34 will get away between midnighi tonight and eight o’oclock tomorrow morning seemed brighter this fore won when Weather Forecaster Grege announced that the heavy southeast gale of yesterday had changed to ligh west winds. GERMANS TO GET ERZBERGER PLANS TO STOP PAYMENTS TO UNMPLOYED. Berlin, (Tuesday. Associated Press.)—Germany is to quickly re turn to a peace time financial system. said Mathias Erzberger, Minister of Finance before the national assembly at Weimar today. Among other things the payment of grants to the men who are unemployed will be reduce, it was indicated. CLEAN HEALTH BILL DICHARGED MEN 93 PERCENT OF TWO MILLION : MEN SOUND. Washington, July 9.—More than rinety-three percent of the two mil ion men of the army demobilized ince the signing of the armistice were ‘ischarged with a clean bill of health. iccording to announcement today -the Surgeon General's office. Six percent of the men were report »d to the Bureau of War Risk insur wmee for disabilities. CTRIKE PROTEST NOT TO B GENERAL INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA CAUSE OF TROUBLE. Paris. Ju'y 9—The executive com mittee of the general labor federation will meet today to consider plans for 1 demonstration strike Julv twentv iret when the labor men »f France. Ttaiy an? Great Britain are expected to protest against the intervention in lussia. Considerable opposition is heing ‘hown toward the movement accorsl ‘ng to morning newspapers and there s a possibility that the strike may not e general. There are 782 varieties of Artic flowers which have only two colors, white and vellow, It is estimated that the total num her of houses required in the United Kingdom to meet the demands with ‘ng the next few vears will he not less than 200,000, IN BIG WELCOME FIRST NIGHT AT WHITE HOUSE IN FOUR MONTHS Two Weeks Before Wilson Can Go On Speaking Tour Of Country. Washington July 9—Reflresihed after a night's rest. the first ne had spent at the White House in four months, President Wilson today began what promised to be one of the busi ost days of his career. In addition to the vast amount of Hutine work, the President had plan ned conferences throughout the day th congressional leaders and mem bers of tne cabinet, and others. The President found everything had been arranged so practically every minute of his time was taken up and rapid progress was made possible. The return of the President and sarty to the capital last night was rked by -one of the greatest demon strations that ever greeted a President ‘on his return from a trip. District cilicials estimated tha® the ’lln'(mg was fullv a hundred ihousand. The unexpected welcome, the Presi ‘(lent told the committee and citizens, was particularly pleasing because he felt it was an immediate assurance of his fecling that the peuple of the [l’nimli States are for the Teague of Naticens. It will probably be two weeks be fore the President can start on his tour of the country speaking for the peace treaty and the League of Na tions. The plans for the trip have not heen completed, but it is stated thit he expected to reach the Pacific nast at the time of the arrival there of the newly created Pacific fleet, narly in August. President Wilson represented as heing ready to place himself at the isnesal of the Senate Foreign Rela s Cemmittee and other committees % @ S 8 e }j‘: e g e ; RS LR A @ g = 5 '.F b .{ § f ) \\gf .’f 1 -'E:;.;i ..v B e FERER Y. \ : MY s a : ~.:;Z‘Lg»‘;,:,,;:;:;;-:;g:;:j».\,‘?: %Z&n v T RN A S R RS f-“:&;:: f N S o R o NG T l‘ ILISTEN! ARy A ® We are now showing the most complete line of > Furnishi Gents’ Furnishings . in Town Prices alwavs right. The best only. We sell the following lines: Manhattan Shirts E. & W. Shirts and col lars. \rrow shirts and collars schloss Bros., elothes losshenn shoes NEXT TO LOUIS MILLER TB, ] 2 2N EHER CANDY MAKERS OUT FOR HIGHER WAGES Cuicago, July 9.—Several thousand employes of Chicago candy factories went on a strike today for highere wages and better working conditions. MABEL LOUISE ATHERTON FOUND SHOT IN HER HOME Lendon, July 9.—Mrs. Arthur 111- eot, better known at Mrs. Mabel Louise Atherton. divorced wite of Col. Thomas Atherton, was found shot this morning in her home here, ac cording to the Evening Standard to day. FIUME TROUBLES COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE FRENCH-ITALIAN DISORDERS Paris, July 9.—The appointment by ‘he Council of Five of a committee to investigate the disorders bhetween the (talian and French troops in Fiume meets the general approval of the Jrench press Severar 1 othe papers 1:!!)"];'1’4- the incidents have been €X aggerated and misrepresented by a nmumber of Italian papers, which at ‘tempted to give them a political color ‘ing. | Disorder Subside Paris. July .9.—Dispatches from Rome report continued improvement in the situation in most Italian cities where disorders incident to the high cost of living have been occurring. An exception is noted in the case of Bari, on the Adriatic, where a gen oral strike has been proclaimed of Congress, to answer any q!estion concerning the peace treaty and the League of Nations, which he will pro sent to the Senate tomorrow in per son. & FINE MEETING AT PRIMITIVE CHURCH Did you hear Dr. Screws last night? If not. you missed a rare treat. His subject was “The Overcomer,” found <o often in Rev., and he <howed that each of the messages to tie seven churches of Asia, vepresented a cis tinct period in the history of the gos pel church. and that the message to the last one. the church at Laodicea. represented this age. She was lake: warm, and said, “U am rich and in creased with goods and have need of nothing;"” but God said <he was “poor and misserable and blind and naked.” The services are increasing in in terest and the preacher gets better and better. The singing of the 01l time songs is a special feature of the services that lifts the soul into =« sweet, spiritual atmospuere and makes vou glad you are thero. The time is passing. kKvery serinon you miss is your loss. Come out and get some good, substantial food; it is good for the soul. “Come and see.” | (01 ‘GREENTO BACCO IS ! SURE DEAD LOSS | | i e zW. W. CROXTON SENDS WORD TO | GROWERS IN CRISP. ] W. W. Croxton, writing the Dispatch f,frn:n Richmond, Va., sends a warning ': the tobacco growers in this section i«)t' the state not to crop their tobacco before it is ripe. The buyers do not want green tobacco and will not pay cost of production for it. | Mr. Croxton is general passenger '»'J-flm of the A. B. &. A. Railroad and ":n.!-:m thic interest in the growers of | Crisp because he knows many of them lu!‘w now at the business this year. ! He states that the maket for good I rade bright leaf is very encouraging | 'na the market is short on this kind. !()n the other hand the market is | ‘hocked full of low grade tobacco and ‘ilmrp is very little demand for it. This information ought to be of I\'ulus- to the growers and many of them will doubtless profit by it. They are already exercising the greatest ;rn’ care inpicking in order not to get | the tobacco before it is ripe. COTTON MARKET . T | 4 2 COUNCIL OF FIVE WANT HUN GARY TO KEEP May Send Notes Expressing Determination to Keep Securities in Hungary. Paris, July 9.—The Council of Five having been advised that Bela Kun, head of the Hungarian communist gov ernment, proposes to sell the large amount of securities he holds, has un der consideration a note to him dis approving his plan. If it sends a note to Bela Kun, the Council will probably send a note also to the nations advising their nationals not to purchase securities offered by the Hungarians. The Council, it is said, feels that it is to the best interest of the Allies and Hungary that the securities be kept in Hungary. | THISMANISSURE OF HOSPITAL NEEDS | STRONG HOPE EXPRESSED THAT! COMMUNITY WILL FIND A WAY. _—— I Dr. T. E. Jennings. one of (-entral’; south Georgia’s leading druggists. 41 loyal resident and progressive busi ness man, expresses strong hope that Cordele and Crisp county will find a ‘way to build and equip a hospital in 'keeping with the needs of the com munity. “Am I for it?” he asked, putting his question in such a way as to leave but the one way to answer it. I hope this community will fimd a way to get a hospital. I have never doubt vl the need. 1 only think of the nlans, the best plans to get it. That ‘t is wise to try for it is assured. We cannot get it till somebody makes the start. The hospital is a great need. It is easy to decide that. Give us a carefully managed, business like offort conducted in the right way, and we will get it.” BIG CONVENTION ~ OF CRISP SINGERS I TAKES PLACE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AT BETHEL CHURCH. I The annual sessions of the Crisp County Singing convention will oc cur at eßthel church, six miles north west of Cordele Saturday and Sunday next. The singing sessions will last |all day, beginnig in the morning and continuing through the afternoon. | Each day there will be dinner on the ground and those who attend are !x'rqneslml to bring their baskets in ;m'rior that the crowds may be cared [ or in this respect. . 'ohn W. Spires of Cordele is presi ;:ll nt of the organization; €. O. Noble | s vice president, and W. T. Dyar is |secretary and treasurer. I Many of the leading singers of this section will attend the two-day con- I\’t-nli(m meeting and it goes without 4511).'ing that theer will be some ex ecllent vocal music. The general pub- Hlic will be welcomed to all meetings Pan dthose who attend will enjoy the 'fdngmg which is always the principal ifnature of the convention. POTOTO PLANT ' ~ READY IN FALL |R. D. MIMS IS MAKING PLANS TO | HANDLE LIMITED AMOUNT ! e | ! The Potatp drying t~.~'|uhlishnuznt‘ ;v,lnrh Mr. R. D. Mims has been con :strurtting for sometime is nearly il'ru(i}' for occupancy, but he will not iundf-r[akv to house any of the :-mpl ;(ill late October. He will then wzmtl i some five to six thousand bushels 01'5 :S\\""W potatees and those are to hp} iselu(-te(l so as to get an ideal market ging potato. ‘ l Those who secure drying room in !thv plant will no doubt be given the imp of the market at the selling | season next January. Mr. Mims will .'cnlurgv his plant if it proves easy to 'm;mugv and a success, AFTERNOON EDITION STRIKE SENDS 1,200 EMPLOY EES OUT OF PLANT Wages Recently Advanced Effort Now to Get Closed - Shop. e ~ C‘hicago, July 9—Five autamobile loads of men taken into the corp pro ducts refining company plant at Argo, carlv today, in anticipation of the repitition of an outbreak there yes vday in which two alleged strikérs were shot. and killed and . score of persons injured. The plant employs wwo thousand persons, prineipally foreigners. About half of them struck for the recognition of their union, their wages having been advanced re: cently. 1,200 Strike : Peoria, Ills., July 9.—The majority ¢ the twelve hundred employves of the Corn Products Refining Company plant at Pekin went on a strike to when the time limit given officials to accede to the demand for a closed shop expired. SPECIAL CALLED MEETING CORDELE ODD FELLOWS There will be a special called meet ing of the Cordele lodge Odd Fellows Friday night at 8:30 o’clock at which time the first and second degrees will be conferred. . This will be a very interesting and highly instructive session and Odd Fellows in good standing will be wel come. The members of the lodge are given this notice that they may at ond and help make the special meet ing a success. i Misses Marie and Christine Gaines of Marietta, Ga. and Miss Lucile Par ker of Belton, S. (. are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. Reese Parker on Eleventh ave. In California they get their coast ing sport by sliding down hills cov ered with dried weeds. 7 (:\ © @)= 3. e g e NGI AT >1 il SN R RSSeeY The New i Autographic Kodak furnishes a con venient way to - keep records of the dates and places of your Outings, your Vacation Trips, names of friends, age of children and any other nemorandum you wish to make at ! the time you are taking the pic ture. 1 Let us show you how sim- i ple it is. | ~ JENNINGS \ DRUG STORE A REAL DRUG STORE No. 210.