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The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-25

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The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-25

MILLINERY SALE.
Helen Purdue, IS VoIusia Ave. II
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08

You have something yet to learn OF
the progressive, enterprising spirit
that can be manifested in business
in Cordele if you are not acquainted
with the grocery store and stock Of
Jake Sheppard. This is one Of the
live places, where i stock is always
fresh and where the proprietor is keep
H.. al work. There are no cob webs
AMI dusty shelves about this grocer
store.
Ills store was established eiglt eli
wears ago by John and Jake Sheppard
and is by no means q new cntcrpri"".
1t s now the business Of jake S'ic9-
pard alone. the change having been
made a year ago.
A fresh stock of groceries, fruits.
produce. nuts, confectionery. ami farm
products are always kept TIL this
store is full to the topmost shelves.
A quick delivery service is maintained
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08
HEARD GROCERY COMPANY
BIG WHOLESALE BUSINESS
WHOLESALE TRADE-3HIP PROMPTLY AND COLLECT
PROMPTLY LARGE INVESTMENT LOCAL CAPITAL.
We snip prompt ard collect prompt.

The Heard Grocery Company is a
enterprise in which local capital ha!
found investment and IS making rapic
strides in the matter of reaching on
for q wider trade and greater volume
Of business. What this company has
already done in the way Of developing
a great Wholesale trade over wide
territory is more than wonderful. i
is but revealing the possibilities OF
great accomplishments where business
method is taking hold Of rpCrLuEity.
This wholesale grocery establishment
is now serving hundreds Of retail
stores throughout . territory that has
formerly been in the grasp Of Macon
and Savannah and the centcra south
Of Cordcle.
o. NJ. Heard is president and w. =.
Heard, vice president Of the Heard
Grocery Company. Their whole time
is devoted to reaching out for all the
trade that can be brought here and
their work is meaning success IN the
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08

nent prosperity of any man or any
corporation In Cordelc where ser
vice and polite and courteous dealing
with the public is held in the highest
of esteem, the electric lighting and
power plant has been usually deemed
a splendid example of the eveness
with which good business can be main
tanned, and at the same time the good
will of the community retained.
General Manager Mason has a corps
of assistants in operating and main
tanning the system in COrdele who are
always ready and reliable, have a
knowledge of their business and work
faithfully to make the electric light
service second to none in the country,
So we'll do they work, there is seldom
an inconvenience to offer any custo-
mer anywhere. II there is something
wrong. it is a matter Of minutes be.
fore the whole trouble is cleaned up
and the service goes on again.
There is not community the size
of Cordele in many, many miles over
this and other states, where better
service can be had in the electric
lighting system than here. The costs
of the service are far lower than the
average community can afford and
hundreds of homes here have found
the electric lights so satisfactory, SO
cbean and such a necessary commodi-
ty that there is more than likely
larger percentage Of users here than
IL most cities.
Every advantage Of growth has been
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08

cigars and Ccnfectiorcries, toilet ar
tries in great profusion and Office
supplies and school books and sta
tionary for every need are always tI
be found in this store. This is the
ReXall st0Tc-thc only one il the
community and for Cordele and Cor
dele trade territory it is the drue
house that made Tanlac famous. 10
daks and supplies are also to be found
here to suit almost any customer. A
special study OF the needs Of this sec
tion in the way Of garden and field
seeds has been made by DR.. Jennings
and he always has to offer the very
best quality and the largest variety.
The soda fount, like that of ell big
drug establishments, has been made
ihc place Of refreshing, iny;gOrating
cool drinks and thousands of people
have learned to look here for salts
faction i'll this line. 1t has been a
rule to keep here an experience dis
ncnser who knows how to serve just
the kind of refreshments to- suit the
taste. This is the only fount that al
wavs serves Chero-cola, drink that
can be had only in bottles.
This store maintains a bicycle de
livery over the city that is as prompt
as can be made ana there is always a
slogan to uphold: WHETHER RAIN
ING, HOT OR COLD OUR DRUGS
TO TIE SICK MUST GO" An order
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08

drug business when Cordclo first
became a crossroads stopping point
for the railroads. Ii has always been
such q business, in the very spot
where ii was first opened and has
grown from the neat ii.tlc drug es-
adjustment OF the country village 10
one now which would dc credit to any
city many times IS large as C0rdele.
It IS q strict rule OF business that
the store is never open unless there
is q prcscripl ION druggist on duty.
This rigid rule IS enforced at the
store for the single purpose OF assur-
Tag the public that no irresponsible
person viii DO allowed TO step into
The shoes of the experienced pharma-
cist when it becames Q matter Of mix
ing all sorts OF drugs-many of them
of necessity poisonous. The regis
tered pharmacist is the only man al
lowed to ell the prescription at the
store Of the ]. b. Ryals Drug Com
pany 1t matters not how big the hur-
ry. when it comes to a matter of pro
yiding medicine for the sick by mix
ing drugs, care is always taken to see
that somebody does the work who
knows how.
This store is always stocked with
fresh supplies of drugs OF the highest
ouality-as good as can be secured
anywhere. regardless OF cost. Sun
dries Of every description, candies
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08
EEAGLE FJRNI7 URE COMPANY
CARRIES VERY LARGE STOCK

That Cordelc has become q far
greater trading ccnter than the out
side world prcSumcG is possibly moro
effectively demonstrated in the store
md business OF the Feagle Furniture
o., than in any other single enter
prise in tire community This is truly
4 large store in extent and quality
If stock The method of conducting
The furniture business in this estab.
lishment is the same as that obtain
ng in all Of the large cities of the
country. The stock is as full and
complete is as varied and as tasty
and stylish as the stock exhibited in
any Of the large cities.
II has been known for many months
hat there is no need of going further
than the store OF The Feagle Furniture
GO. for an article of furniture, it mat
,crs not how high standard Of taste
may be set by the customer. This
store enjoys an onviablG reputation
IS a quality house and everything
is carried il stock. from that required
in the cook room through to the from
porch. Such well known makes o
household furnishings as the HcSicl
Kitchen Cabinet, Brumby Chairs, AK
Minister Rugs, a full line of Vicirola'
and Records, are among the better
known articles carried i'll line. Floor
Coverings of all kinds and grea'
variety of oltl~fHF4fslfings~in al
most every price needed to suit the
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08
LB. RIVALS DRUG COMPANY
GREAT LEGAL ENTERPRISE
Responsible Business Progressive and Aoprec1af
iue--Inanensc Stock Of Fresh Drugs end Ned1-
cines and Garden and Field Seeds

Central and South Georgia no
where reveal better example Of en-
(erprise and progressive spirit in the
retail drag business jhan in the store
Of the j. b. Ryals Drug Company o.
Cordele. This section Of the state has
no retail drug STORE better known or
more widely held up as Il responsible,
busincss-likc establishment. This is =
large establishment and one who's
long years Of existence have meant
much in the matter of giving the com
muuity an excellent drug business.
The J. Il. Ryals DruS store is in the
heart of The city, on one OF the best
business corners and is q store Of
handsome appointment. i. g. Jen-
nings is owner and proprietor and has
ervcd at this post Of duty in Cor
lele for seventeen years. He has Eiy-
IN the better portion OF his past ca
reer to a study of the business he is
conducting in the j. B. Ryals drag
store. His ambition has been TO make
this one of the best drug stores i'll
existence. Those who know how to
measure his efforts can but appreciate
he methods he has employed i'll reach
ing this high plane III business.
Thousands OF people all over Geor-
gia have had opportunity in the long
time this drug store has been in the
hands OF "Doc" Jennings to study the
development of the drug business
through its growth, for it became a
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08

cheerfully ahead with his shoulder to
the wheel, and in this manner the To-
cal lighting company has been a fac
tor in the growth of the industrial in
terests of Cordele.
With the motto: "Do it electrically"
written all over their every act, the
employees of the Cordele Electric
6, Power Company never fail to find
a way to make the fullest use of the
goods their plant has to offer. If it
can be done electrically, they have a
way of doing it to the highest degree
of perfection. Their labors always
count in the matter of securing the
largest usefulness for the electric
lighting system.
1t is a we'll known fact thEt while
many of the lager corporations are
many times inclined to ignore their
responsibilities in a community, the
CordelG Electric Light and Power
Company has on the contrary always
realized to the fullest extent that it
is u part of the local community and
must, even like individual members of
the community, operate and fulfill it's
mission in the best manner possible
with a full and fair knowledge of the
common interest which exist. Those
who operate this plant try to remem-
Der that The best interests of this COM
pany are always the best of the COM
munity, and that the best interests of
the community are the best interests
of the company.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08

lged and personally conducted by mch
If experience and OF ample means
o extend Inducements far stronger
han the ordinary business can offer.
Those who travel the territory are
men fully c0Dversant with the has
ness they represent and are fully pre-
cared to render a service Of Grcai
value TO the retail trade. Il has bee.
The purpose Of those who conduct the
business to make the Heard Grocery
Company an enterprise Of the grcat
est possible service and orders are
handled in businesslikc manner ana
with prOmptness. The store carries
in stock supply Of bulk groceries
covering floor space of fifteen thou
sand square feet. The utmost care IS
exercised in the selection ana ship
ping of fresh standard goods and this
means Il satisfaction in business which
must win in the long run. The prices
Of other larger wholesale centerG are
always easily met and the fact that
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08

highest sense OF the word. Hard,
consistent effort on their part has
made it possible for this grocery con
Germ to go directly into the territory
heretofore supplied by the much lar
ger centers and they are doing more
than their portion Of the "get-up-and
get" that has put Cordele on The com
merciai map of Georgia
When this wholesale business was
established it was primarily with a
view of affording the Wholesale con
veniences to the retail trade of Crisp
and adjoining counties. 1t is man
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08
lake SHEPPARD RUNS THE
LEADING GROCERY STORE

over the city and every order, no mat
ter how small, is filled with prompt
ness. This store has a large patron
age which has grown out of prompt
and satisfactory service and the high
standard of good furnished.
It is always the purpose to sell gro
ceries at this store at the fairest pos
siblo margin of profit Quick sales
at low margins Of profit are consid-
cred far better than few or no sales
at . large profit. Particular people
and these who would save in their
grocery bills, should make it a habit
Of finding cut what Jake Sheppard
charges for 4 staple article Of food
before buying.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08

but when he is in the furniture mar
stores in other places which he or
rates, and he thereby gets the advan
age of o price obtained only by those
gho buy great quantities during Tho
eason. Mr.. Fe2gle is q man of pro
sressive spirit, believes in the future
f this community and is lending CIV
Try effort towards the making Of {.
furniture business at his store tina
will be in every way credit to thi!
:ity as a trade center.
The Cordele store is in the heart OF
me of the best business blocks in the
;ity. There is ample floor space fol
is large stock and it is so well dis
}layed that the customer is able Il
make q selection without difficulty.
The usual easy terms are extended
o good families. where Is is desired
buy The home furnishings and then
Jay for them out of the earnings C!
he future 1abors and Mr.. Renfroc ur
res those who desire to have theiJ
ZONES neatly furnished to call upon
i'm and let him make the arrange
nents. lie has a knowledge Of tho
way of furnishing q house that will
DC of help to any good house-keeper
md is glad of an opportunity to offer
he services of his house in the matter
Of. placing the. furniture. best suited
o the home needing it.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08

customer, from the lowliest home l.
he family Of larger means. are a
ways On hand.
The Fcaglc Furniture Co. believe
n Keeping faith with the public an
>njoyS The confidence OF q very larg
,rade. This store has thousands {
customers who have become friend
Of their furniture business on acc0un
Of the splendid manner in which the
lave been treated and on account {
he careful steps taken TO keep i
took what the community needs. Tina
his store furnishes the best homes i,
he community is saying but little
The truth is both here and through
)ut a wide territory, every class c
lOme-maker is reached.
The store is under The manage
ment of ]. w RcnrrOe, who has con
SANITY devoted his attention to win
hing friends by business methods tina
nave been appreciated He is digni
led ard courteous and pleasing il
address; he is obliging and consider
lie of his customers wants; he knowc
2nough about the furniture business
o make his volume of business tina
las come to him.
Mr.. George Fl. FcaGle, Of Valdosta
Ca, owns the Feagle Furniture Co.
md when he established the Cordelc
store, ii was with q view OF meeting
l need in high standard furniture. He
not only buys for the Cordele store
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08

If for no other reason than that ii
is good business to be good, the put
lie service corporation usually hes fcG
it spurpose the highest degree Of sat
isfaction to it's whole community OF
customers. The Cordele Electric
Light and Power Company believes in
the good will of satisfied customers
and the conscientious ecort Of General
Manager II. N. Mason certainly indi-
Gates that this is by no means soul
less octupus," or privileged interest"
Even unjust practices may some
times yield a temporary profit, but
they can have no part in the perma-
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08
CORDEL E ELECTRIC LIGHT
PLANT FINE INSTITUTION
SERVICE and POLITE, COURTEOUS DEALINGS HELP TO V'f
BUSINESS ON PLANE-LOW RATES MANE -
POSSIBLE TO DO THINGS ELECTRICALLY.

taken in extending and enlarglng the
usefulness of the electric light and
power plant. Wherever it has been
possible to extend the service, THIS
has been done quickly and for the pur-
pose of charging the volume OF Dusi-
ness. Every section Of the city has
its electric light service splendldly
arranged and the customer has been
able to get what he wanted with the
shortest delay. Whatever it has been
possible to do in the way OF assist
ing the growth and development OF
the community, this corporation has
always had an official here who went
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08
HALL PLUMBING COMPANY
THE PLUMBING DOCTORS
MMuR P HALL ESTABLISHES BUSINESS THAT is MAKING GOor
WITH A RusH-sPLENDID sERVIcE--GooD WORK.

such IS could not we'll be left out OF
an industrial estimate of the com
munity.
Estimates are chccrfully furnished
and every attention is given to pro
posed now work, whether it means
anything to the Hall Plumbing Com
pany or not. it is a pleasure to have
opportunity to give estimates and OF
fer suggestions as TO plans where the
experience of this concern can be
brought into play. The Hall Plumbing
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08

for any article from this store, hoWev-
n small the purchase, will be dellv-
cred Immediately and with such
promptness as can but express the
appreciation of the business given the
store.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08

DIR. T. E. Jennings has devoted MS
time to developing a business tiia'
is a special credit to the community
and the reward has come IN the Wlue
patronage given by an apprecialiVo
public.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08
We are the plumbing doctors.

The Hall Plumbing Company is a
business enterprise whose elaborate
equipment and stock make it easy for
this concern to meet the needs of all
kinds of trade in their line with
promptness. Wilmur p. Hall estab-
liahed the present Hall Plumbing
Company here one year ago From the
outset, by fair methods and honest
work, he developed a greater volume
of business each month.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08

shipments can be made quickly gives
the retail trade in every direction a
great advantage. The Heard Grocery
Company is forging forward i'll the de
velopmert of an immense wholesale
grocery business in this community
Their business methods and their vol
umc of business are strong testi
monial and they are now among the
first and strongest of the big business
concerns which go to make this the
rapid growing industrial center that
it now is.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08

When you go TO the polls, young
man. vote to hold yoUr own job. The
office seekers can care for themselves.
On question of pure selishness,
wouldn'e that suit you?
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-03-29

There is a problem play at the Dream. The problem is that; can a married man carry on, in any old way, and demand that his wife be most discretlous? If tho wife should. for piqueness, engage in a harmless fllr- tatiou with O man, should she be cast off by tho husband?
 This is the substance of Mans Prerogative" which is the title of the play. Every phase of the question is discussed on the screen. Four mighty clever people bring out all the points. Same discussion tonight.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-03-29
Mammoth No. 2 Lode

NNANttANNANN we -
 Beginning at Cor. No. 1. identical with Cor. No. of Mammoth No. J and Cor. No. 2 of Mammoth No. 5 lodes, whence U. s. l.. M. No. 20 bears N. 79' l1' w., 1S11.59 ft dist: thence N I1' 53' D., GOO ft. to Cor. No. 2, identical with Cor. No. 9 of Mammoth No. 4 lode; thence s. 67' 24' D., 15OO lt. Go Cor. No. 8, not Bet on account of snow slides, witness corner bears 6. 11e 63' w., 90 ft. dist; thence, from truo corner, S. 1t' 53' w.. 600 1t. to Cor. No. {. a post marked S. 1032 4. M. Q; thonco N. 6T' 2F w., l5OO ft. to Cor. No. 1. tho place of beginning. Area 20.501 acres.
 Mammoth No. G Lode
 Beginning at Cor. No. 1. Identical with Cor. No. l of Mammoth No. ( and Cor. No l of Mammoth No. b lodes, whence U. 8. l.. M. No. 20 bears N. 87' 09' w., 314.S0 1t. dist; thence N. 7ss 07' w., 1500 ft. to Cor. No. 2, post marked 8. 1032. 9. Nj. 6; thence N. 11' 63' D., coo it. to Cor. No. 8, q post marked 6 1032 M. 6; thence s. 7S' or E., 1900 ft. to Cor. No. 4, identical with Cor. 2 of Mammoth No. 4 lode; thonco 6. 11' 53' w.. 600 ft. to Cor. No. 1, tho place of beginning, Area 20.661 acres.
 Total area embraced in this appli- catlon-s2.2s4 acres.
 Magnetic variation ct all corners- S1' 15' East.
 The claims embraced in this survey arc surrounded on all sides by un known claims or urgurveyed public lands.
 The notices of location of tho above described lode claims are of record in tho office of the U. s. Commissioner and Ex-officio Recorder of the Juneau Recording Precinct, ct Juneau, Alas lIa, in Book 14 of Lodes, the Mammoth No. lodc at page 4B9, the Mammoth No. 4 lode at page 460. and tho Nam moth NoH. 5 and at page 461 there oE
 Any and all persons claiming ad vorsely my portion of the above do scribed promlses arc required to nle with tho Register and Receiver of tho Q. 8. Land Office at Juneau, Alas lla, their adverse claim thoroagainst iod of the publication of this notice under oath, during tho sixty day per. or within eight months thereafter, or they will be barred.
 c. B. WALKER, Register,
 U. s. LAND OFFICE.
 Juneau, Alaska, Feb. 26, 1916.
 10 .s hereby orcered that the fore going notice be publi led for the stat.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-03-29
nnnnlan Elrcmenla Beneflt

If the good people of Douglas knew what know. they would certainly at tend the Firemen's Fund benefit to be given at the Lyric Theatre next week. There is one little sketch that [ see Is going to be presented. This sketch is "The Littlest Girl" It never crows old. No matter where the sketch is presented. 1t appeals to all classes. True. 1t only runs for Q short time. but there is crowded into the lines and tho business some mighty good philosophy and some pret- ty little scenes. The sketch, if played in the good old style. is alone well worth the price of admission. No doubt some good people will give It It's proper rendition.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-03-29
METLAKAHTLA INDIANS ANSWER CARPENTERS
 LETTER ON AFFAIRS
 OF TRIBAL NATION

EDITORS NOTE - The following article. written by Rev. Edward Marsden, a regularly ordained Pres byterlan Minister and Secretary of the Council Of Metlakahtla, Is Che an. ever Of the MetIaI<ahtla tribe Of In. dlans, through their regularly chosen Council. 10 a statement attributed to Father William Duncan, for more than a half century a mlsslonary among thsm, In a widely publlshod article by Frank c. carpenter, tho worid-tnoWn travel writer. The lot. ter wac eonsldered by Che members Of the Council in conference, and is alv- en to the country as a tribal com municatlon. The statement Is given out under the title: "Father Duncan and tiis Metlakahtla Indian Con- verts.D-EDlToR.
 Tho Mayor and Council of Metlalxaht- la on Annette Isiand. Aiaska. have di-
 rected me to take notice Of tho articl
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-03-29
THE CELEBRATED SCANDAL The Wife. .... Betty Nansen The Husband. e. Edward Jose The Innocent Cause ..
 ... Wilmuth Merkyl And 8 cast of sterling
 Ability

IT there arc any gcss'fs in Juneau, near gosslps, or may be gossipe. Just take tonight ofi and witness "The Gel ebrated Scandal" at the orphenm. Gossiping raised the very mischief at the Orpheum last night. The gossip was intentional It killed one man, broke a heart, and was the cause of tho death by 9 duel of another. An innocent deed misconstruced, wag- ging Of idle tongues. and tho Hes, then tho result Betty Manson is a clever actress. Edward Jose, the man who played the fool with Theda Bara has star part in this bill. The en- lire company is possessed of great ability.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-03-29

markod S. 1Os2 {. M. 9; thence N.
 i1' 5s' w., 600 ft, to Cor No. l, tho place of beginning. Area 2O.6s1 acres.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-03-29
How Old Is Mary7

Manager Thompson and Assistant Manager Daigler of the Dream have been asked this question for several days, How old Is MaryT It has a meaning. Next week Mary Picl1iord has a birthday. If you and had a birthday. no one. or that Is very few, would give the fact a second thought. But with Mary it is different. Any way you must watch this column and oester the management of the Dream, for something is coming off next week that means a great deal, about Mary.