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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-10
MORE TROOPS PICKED
TO RETURN FROM BORDEF

San Antonio, Texas, Dec. S.-A total
Of 5,767 national guard troops now en-.
gagged in border service, was today
designated by General Funston to re-
turn home He acted under orders
from The war department to select be,
tween 5000 and 5000 troops to return,
it was said
The troops designated to leave the
border follow:
New York ambulance company No.
2; field hospital No 2; battalion of
signal troops; second battalion engi-
neers and headquarters of one bri
gade to be selected by General Organ
Eighteenth Pennsylvania infantry
Ell Pasi; Battery A, Utah artillery
Nogales; first battalion California field
artillery, Nogales; first battalion ms
souri, field artillery, Laredo; Massa
chusetts ambulance company No.
Ell Paso; Second Idaho infantry, No
gales; Frsit Iowa infantry and first
battalion, Iowa field artillery, Browns
vile; District of Columbia signal com
pyn, Nogaes, and Battery A, Kansas
field artillery, Eagle Pass.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-10
$4,000 FARMERS APPLY
To FARM LOAN BOARD
THEY WANT $4,000, 900 OR SEW
ENTEEN TIMES AMOUNT AVAIL
ABLE.

Washington, Dec. S.-Officials of the
farm loan board announced today that
more than $4,000 farmers have ap-
piled for mortgage loans aggregating
approximately $150,000,000, or more
than seventeen times the amount of
money which will be Immediately avail
able for loans upon the organization
of the twelve farm loan banks.
Most of the applications have come
from the south and west. They still
continue to come in by hundreds every
day. Requests for application blanks,
contemplating requests for loans to
1000 farmers have come from Iowa
alone
Although the location of the banks
probably will not be announced before
December 20, it was said today that
almost Immediately after orbanization
the banks would find it necessary to
issue bonds for virtually their entire
capital stock to meet the demands of
borrowers.
The rate of interest on bonds is
ouUJOSI HOW SASdSlIS lll6 UOdIu al
tention. 1t is thought that it will not
exceed per cent less than the rate
charged for loans. Daily conferences
are being held by board members with
bankers from various sections to de-
termine the minimum rate at which
the bonds will be absorbed by inves-
tors, as this will determine the inter
est rate to be charged on loans.
The board also is considering wheth-
er the bonds shall be offered to indi-
vidual Investors or underwritten by
banking houses in stable blocks. AS
the capital stock of each bank is to be
only $750,000, repeated turnovers of
the capital and frequent bond issues
covering loans will be necessary if
all applications are to be taken care
of.
Intense rivalry has developed among
certain southern cities which want to
be namde as the location of a farm
loan bank. The chief competitors
were said to be New Orleans, Mont
Ala, Jackson, Miss Raleigh
N. c.. and Columbia S. C.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-10
TO FORCE BOX CARS
TO SOUTH AND WEST

New York, Dec 8.-To afford quick
relief to those parts of the country
suffering from a shortage of box cars,
the American railway association an
nounced here today plan to supply
the south and west with cars in eX-
cess of the number received from rail
roads operating in those sections.
Through the associations car ser
vice commission, of which Fairfax Har
rison, president of the Southern rail-
way company, is chairman, New Eng
land railroads which have more cars
than they own will turn over an excess
of 80 per cent; roads in the so-called
trunk line and central freight ter
ritory an excess of 2 0per cent; the
southern and western roads them
selves will surrender to their own
southern and western connections an
excess of 10 per cent, and those in
tn central west must deliver an eX-
cess of 20 per cent
"This action" hte announcement
says, will be to force large number
of box cars to the west, the northwest,
south and southwest, where there is
urgent need for them"
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-10
NO FLAT BIDS ARE MADE
FOR BATTLE CRUISERS

Washington, Dec. 8.-The Newport
News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock
company and the Cramps company, IN
proposals submitted to the navy de-
partment today for building four battle
cruisers based their bids on actual
cost plus 10 per cent for their profit.
The Union Iron Works, of San Francis
co, and the Fore River Ship Building
company offered to build the ships
at cost plus Is per cent. None of the
companies made flat bids.
The Newport News company fixed
the time for construction at 81 months
with turbo-electric propulsion. The
Union Iron Works and the Fore River
company submitted similar proposals
for one ship each to be completed
within forty eight months. They pro-
posed also a sliding scale of profit un-
der which the builders profit would
be increased by speedy construction or
decreased by delay.
The Cramps submitted the briefest
proposal for construction of capital
ship ever received by the department,
1t was in the form of letter merely
proposing to build one ship in the
shortest time possible on the basis of
cost plus 10 per cent profit.
A letter front he New York Ship
Building company said the capacity Of
it's plant was too much taken up with
commercial work and navy building to
nnrmif if tO comnete for a battle CruiS-
er at this time, although it was hoped
proposals could be submitted for the
1918 program.
Department officials took the bids
under advisement to determine wheth-
er they comply with the law 1t is
probable that each bidder will be
awarded one ship.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-10
SEA ISLAND COTTON MEN
MEET IN VALDOSTA JAN. "a

Atlanta, Dec S.-R. c. Berckmans,
of Augusta, member of the state board
of entomology, is here today comforting
with Entomologist Lee Worsham on
the conference of sea island cotton
growers to be held in Valdosta jan
uary "a, the date having been fixed to-
day. Growers and state officials from
Florida and South Carolina are being
urgently requested to attend the meet
ing in view Of the fact that, at that
meeting explanation will be made OF
the method which had been devised in
I.owndes county for the production OF
early maturing long-staple cotton.
"These experiments" says Mr. Wor-
sham, "have covered period OF sew
eral years and are now worked out in
complete form"
The Valdosta chamber of commerce
-Valdosta is the largest sea island
market in the worlds cooperating
with the state department. in arrang-
ing for the meeting.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-10
EDUCATION DISGUISED
BY BAPTIST BOARDS
STATE IN REFERENCE TO
SCHOOLS STRESSED.

Macon, Dec. S.-Three conferences
which have been in progress at Mer-
Ger university this week are the meet
ings of the educational board, the con-
ference of the state and church funds,
and the conference on Baptists. high
schools.
The education board of the Georgia
Baptist convention met on Tuesday to
frame the work for the coming year.
The board has been able to accomplish
something towards molding schools
of the denomination into system. DR..
w. L. Pickard was reelected chair
man and j. G. Harrison reelected Sec
rotary of the board.
The conference of state and school
funds was participated in by a COM
mittee from the education board, a
committee from home mission board
and representatives of high schools
of the denomination. The purpose of
this conference was to study the re-
lation of the schools under the denomi-
nation to the public schools of the
state as relates to the use of public
funds. The following resolution was
passed.
Resolved, that it is the sense of
conference that if any of our denomi-
national high schools are operating
in any way that is not in harmony with
the law with respect to separation of
church and state, that they should be
requested to put. themselves in har-
mony with same at the expiration of
the present contracts"
The conference of Bapists high
schools was held today, all of the de-
nominational high schools being repre-
sented. Ciaud Gray was made chair
man of the conference and A. C. Scog-
gins secretary.
1t was decided to hold an annual
conference for the schools of the de-
but the time and place of
meeting was left to be determined by
the officers of the education board.
A matter of peculiar interest to the
Of these high schools
was the presence of DR.. F. .McCon-
nell, of Atlanta, who is chairman of
the committee of five for collecting
funds to pay off the Indebtedness of
the institutions of the Georgia Baptist
He spoke in assuring tone
of the encouragement he is receiving
and said a man will be selected imme-
diately to lead the campaign to raise
this money.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-10
BRINSON IN PLANNING
ERECTION OF "VlNCENESS'

Savannah, Dec S.-"Vinceness," a
model town to be situated near Sa-
vannah, is being planned by George
M. Brinson, builder of the Crimson
railway and the Savannah and North
ern railway, it is stated here today.
The town will be located ten miles
from Savannah.
Mr.. Brinson states that he has set
aside 10000 acres for the colony, and
with M. w. Exley, of Pinora, will
spend approximately $25O,000 in max
ing the town. 1t is understood that
around the town will be a number of
model farms.
Plans for the town have been drawn
by Allison & Allison, architects and
landscape gardeners, who built the
town of Vandergrift, Pa, for the Uni
ted States Steel corporation.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-10
100000 RAIL WORKERS
APPEAL TO CONGRESS

Washington, Dec. S.-Petitions in be
half of the eighty per cent of railway
employees not affected by the Adamson
law, and signed by 100000 of them
were presented to the senate today by
Senator Newlands. The petitioners,
headd by Robrt Frazier, of the engi-
neering division of the N. c. & st. L..
railroad as chairman, complained of
having been Disseminated against and
contended congress should extend
such legislation to all employees. They
favored fixing wages by federal COM
mission and compulsory arbitration
Senator Gailinger presented petit
ton from trackmen asking to be in
Guided in the operation of the Adam
son law
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-10
OWNER OF A RAZOR
IN USE 65 YEARS

Albany, Dec. 8.-W. c. Harkey, OF
Norwich, Ca, has in his possession a
razor which he says has been in daily
use for sixty-fifive years. He prizes it
quite as highly as a set of silver
spoons 11S years old, which he also
owns.
Mr.. Harkey says his razor was pur-
chased by his father in the only store
that then existed in Marthasville, now
known as Atlanta Mr. Harkey is now
SO years old and it is the only razor
he ever used. One of his friends tried
to figure out how many miles of beard
the old razor has cut, but gave it up
because an adding machine was not
available.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-10
GOVERNOR HARRIS HEARS
PLEA OF M'NAUGHTOk

Atlanta, Dec. 8.-Governor Nat E.
Harris Thursday heard the petition of
Dr. w. J. McNaughton for communal
ton to present service Of the life sen
tence which he is serving at the state
farm for the murder Of Fred Flanders
in Emanuel county some years ago.
The governor has reached no decis-
ion yet, and it will likely be some
weeks before he announces what he
intends to do about the case.
Judge F. H. Saffold, of Swainsboro
appeared for DR.. McNaughton, while
the petition was opposed by S. A. Brad
ley and j. r. Powell, Swainsboro law
YerS
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-10
100 SAILORS DROWNED
WHEN Pho TX. WENT DOWN

Madrid, Spain, Dec. S.-One hundred
members of the crew of the Spanish
setamer Pho TX, from New Orleans for
Barcelona, were drowned by the sink
ing of the vessel in a storm when
200 miles off the Canary Island. Twen-
ty-two members of the crew were
saved
The Pho TX. laden with cotton, car
ried no passengers The steamship
Buenos Ayers, which was in the vicin-
ity, could give just slight assistance
because of the high sea.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-10
MRS. MATTE ADAMS BECOMES
MOTHER OF 8-POUND BOY

Macon, Dec S.-Mrs. Matte Stokes
Adams, who is under arrest on charge
of murder for shooting Captain E. j.
Spratling, of the Fifth Georgia infan-
try, on September 25, gave birth to
an eight-pound boy here at II o'clock
this morning. She was arrested by
officers of the regiment just as she had
fired the two shots nito the body of
Captain Spratling and has been held
in Jail here until month ago when
she was remover to hospital. Her
case is set for trial in Februarf.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-10
BLOCKADE TO BE PUT ON.

Athens, Dec. notwithstanding
that it is general believed that the
enene blockade. will go inc effect i'm
mediately and without notice, govern
ment officials were optimistic after a
conference between King Constantine
and the Italian minister this afternoon.
It was asserted in government circles
that Greece can withstand siege for
twenty days, although districts that
can be reached only by water will suf-
fer more quickly.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-10
TO LIMIT USE OF CASH
IN NATIONAL ELECTIONS

Washington, Dec. 8.-Promised by
republican senators that they will, in
good faith, aid in passing a corrupt
practice bill to prevent future lavish
expenditures of money in national
elections, induced Senator Owen, OF
Oklahoma, democrat, today to with
hold his proposed resolution OF inqul-
ry into expenditures of the last cleo
ton.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-10
BAD FAITH MUST BE SHOWN.

Washington, Dec. 5.-Associate JUS
tice Clarke, of the supreme court gave
his first opinion today, holding that
under the 16-hour law for railroad men
neglect to report instances of exces-
sive service, if not in bad health, does
not make the road liable to the penalty
of 500 a day.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-10
CONFERENCE WELL ATTENDED

Vidalia, Dec 8.-The south Georgia
conference of the A. M. E. church was
largely attended today. The annual
sermon Wednesday night was heard
by congregation that more than fill
ed the church. Presiding elders re-
ports were concluded Thursday morn
ing and pastoral reports began. Indi
cations for a large increase are still
apparent.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-10
STRIKERS CONVICTED
AS A DYNAMITER

Atlanta, Dec. 81. R. Gunter,
striking motorman, was today found
guilty of dynamiting street car here
on November 7th.
The jury recommended mercy in
his case. The penalty is five to ten
= years of Imprisonment.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-10

A lion cub born at the ZOO in Gin
cinnati was not treated we'll by its
mother, so the keeper gave it to dog
to raise. The cub has become greatly
attached to it's foster-mother.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-10

The fire department responded to
falsk alarm in the southwestern part
of the city Friday.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-10
suwanee Camp No. 164e7

MODERN WooDMEN OF AMERICA
meets every Monday night at 1880 in
the Elk's hall over Heard Grocery
Company. Visiting Woodmen vel
come.
S. M. WATSON, Venerable Consul.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-10
A, x. FISHER
ABBEVlLLE, GA, r. F. D., NO. 2.
54-14t-pd.
STORAGE BATTERY AND ELEC-
rpIcAI SPECIALTIES,

hISHI OF EOiEG '-S'
We have recently installed the latest
charging and repairing equipment, and
are prepared to handle all kinds OF
electrical work.
MOTOR SUPPLY G. REPAIR WORKS
G. D. Hartshorne, Mgr; Phone 115.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-10

The longest will on record was
made by Glouchester engineer ana
contained $4,000 words.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-10

Revolving targets, OH which images
of birds perch until shot down, have
been invented by Frenchman.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-10
PLANTATION
FOR SALE

WILCOX COUNTY. TWO LOTS
2oah ACRES EACH; 3Ia MILES
NORTH OF KRAMER, MIDWAY BE-
TWEEN ABBEVlLLE AND RO'
cHELLE; FULSoM CREEK RUNS
THROUGH BOTH LOTS; WELL
ADAPTED FOR STOCK RAISING;
GROWING COTTON AND ToBAc'
CO; 8 GOOD MULES, WITH MORE
FIRsT-cLAss HAY, CORN AND COT
TON SEED IN BARNS TO DO THE
PLACE; POLAND CHINA HOGS;
FEW HEAD OF CATTLE AND MOD
ERIN FARM IMPLEMENTS; SOME
GOOD CHOPPERS WHO HAVE
BEEN ON THE PLACE SEVERAL
YEARS, AND HAVE SOME MONEY,
. .ORN ETC.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-11
EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING
OF LOYALTY CLASS,
First Baptist Society Reelected Its
Officers for Coming Year.

The Loyalty class of the First Bap-
fist Bible school met at the church
Monday evening for its eighth annual
meeting Twenty members Were pres
emit.
Mrs. Frank futile, the president,
presided, ailing the meeting to order
at s o'clock. The regular reports were
read and approved.
Mrs. George w. Rathbun, the secre-
tary, gave an excellent report of the
years work of the class.
The finances as reported by the
treasurer Mrs. Minnie Amburn. were
gratifying. The class, though meeting
many calls for assistance during the
year, has still a good balance in the
treasury.
An interesting discussion was held
in which many questions for the COM
ing year were settled
The annual election was a reelection
of all officers except the president
Mrs. Frank futile refusing the nomi.
nation
The officers for the year are: Presi-
dent. Mrs. George Kammerer: vice
president, Mrs. Frank Waters; secre-
tary, Mrs. George w. Auburn: treas
urer Mrs. Minnie Amburn. Mrs. Her
bert Wiley was unanimously reap
pointed class teacher.
Following adjournment, sandwiches
| cake, ice cream and coffee wer,
| served by the class officers: Mrs. Franz
futile, Mrs. Frank Waters, Mrs
| George w. Rathbun. Mrs Minnie Am
burn and Mrs. Herbert Wiley.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-11
NOTICE

All persons liable to pay taxes in
the Town of Montville are hereby no
titled that 1 have a warrant to levy
and collect q town tax of sixteen mills
on the dollar on list of 1915, and also
a warrant to levy and collect per-
sonal tax of all persons liable to pay
said personal tax in said Town of
Montvilie, on list of 1915, and which
was due on the first of February, 1916;
and for the purpose of receiving said
taxes l will be at the store of George
w. Dart. in Uncasville, on Tuesday, the
18th day of April, 1916, from II a. m.
until II m; also on the same day at
the house of Charles N. Rogers, in Mas
sapeag, from 1 p. m. until p. m. On
Wednesd the 18th day of April, 1916,
at my house. in Palmertown, from 9 a.
m. until p. m. On Thursday. the goth
day of April, 1916, at the house of
Charles Pereaue, at Trading Cove, from
10 a. m. until IL M, and on the same
day at the house Of Hiram Amburn, at
Leffingwelltown, from 100 p. m. until
go p. m. On Friday, the 21st day of
April, 1916, at Chesterfield, from II
a: m. until ~ m. and on the same day
at the store in Oakdale, from 1.30 p
m. until $50 p. m
All persons neglecting this notice
will be charged legal additions and
GEORGE N. WOOD, Collector.
Dated at Montville. CT. March 25th
1850 apr11d
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-11
HUNDREDS OF POSTCARDS
FOR HOSPITAL PATIENTS
Home Chapter Had Busy Session at
johnson Home.

The perfect April day Monday call
ed together 10 members of Home chap
ter of the Kings Daughters at the
Johnson home on Town street in the
afternoon. Reports were presented
during the business meeting. one new
member was admitted. Tributes were
paid to the beloved members, Mrs.
Mary Pierce and Mrs J. Parker Gift
ford. It was voted to give rye dol
Iars for the work of the Salvation
Army. Then a nuEber of ladies sew
Cd on a quilt, while others mounted
hundreds of postcards to be sent to
hospitals. .
a fine lunch of sandwiches. cake and
coffee was served by this committee:
Mrs. Neville BlicQ. Mrs, RebeCca Corn
Inc Mrs. Robert Cochran, Mrs. Ed
ward Cook Mrs. Dennison Chapman
Mrs. Oscar Carpenter. Mrs. Alfred Da-
Wis, Mrs. Ernest Disque. Mrs. John
Dawson, Mrs. Napoleon DuChette, Mrs
George E. Fellows, Mrs. William Fris-
well. Mrs. Frank A. Foster, and Mrs
Charles Fox.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-11
FINDS A BROTHER
AFTER FORTY YEARS.
New London Man Receives lnforma-
tion of Unusual Character.

Former Alderman Charles H.
Thompson received a telephone mes
sage Saturday from his sister in Hart
ford containing information of unusual
character. He was, to say the least,
astoniShed to discover that their half
for more than 40 years, and who was
supposed to be dead, was alive and
well and, strange to relate, had lived
for % years in the next street to Mr..
ThompSOn's sisters home in the Cap
itol City. The relationship was dis
covered at meeting of the Maine as
sociation of this state at the Hartford
club the day previous.
The long missing half-brOther is
JudsOn A. Thompson, formerly of
Freedom, Me. He is the son of c. H.
ThOmpson's father by his first mar
riage. The father was drowned at sea
when c. H. was a baby. The half
brother was well along in his teens
then and soon left home TO make his
way in the world. Mr. Thompson was
too young to remember him at ALL but
| his sister has a faint recollection OF
him. Judson A Thompson is now 81
and q prosperous business man il
Hartford.
He of course knew of his half.
| brother and sister, but had no more
idea of their Whereabouts than they
of his. The strange meeting alst
! brought forth other news of interest
! ing character. BY the death of a rel
! ative who died intestate some years
! ago, of whose estate Judson a.
! Thompson was appointed administra
| tor, there is a small legacy coming t
! Charles H. Thompson and his sister
| Mr.. Thompson has the funds in hi
| charge and will distribute the legacie
| as soon as he receives an order iron
| the probate court.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-11
GUY WeadIiek MANAGER.
BANKING FACILITIES FOR
BRITISH TRADE WITH AMERICA
Subject of Notice Issued by Ameri
can Consulate in London.

London. April 10. 6.43 p. m.-The
American consulate here has issued a
notice calling attention to the facili-
ties offered by American banks to
British merchants trading with the
United States and the increasing eX-
tent to which the import and export
trade of the United States is being
financed through commercial letters of
credit opened with American banks.
Referring to the increasing difficulty
merchants are experiencing in OBJ
tanning commercial accommodation
from English banks as the war pro-
crosses, the notice calls attention to
the fact that the federal reserve act
| of 1914 empowers American banks to
accept drafts based on import or cX-
port transactions, with the result that
| there is now a we'll developed discount
market in the United States for this