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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-29
AUTO SMASHED
BY Freight CAR
3. S. DUNLAP AND LITTLE NIECE
HAD CLOSE CALL ON SEABOARD
CROSSING.

When an automobile of which they
were occupants was struck by train
Saturday morning on the Sixth street
crossing, of the Seaboard railway, B.
S. Dunlap, vice president of the Cor
dele National bank and the little
daughter of his brother, J. V. Dunlap,
had remarkable escape from injury
Though the automobile was reduced
> to pile of debris and Mr.. Dunlap
and little niece were unable to get
out of the car, they scarcely sustained
scratch, and their escape is consid-
cred remarkable. The car was a
Chevrolet OF the touring type.
Tho yard nogine was backing a
string OF box cars when the accident
occurred and the automobile with its
occupants was damned between the
moving car which struck it and an
other which was stationed on the
same tracks.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-29
AN0 I HEI! bic
DEMOCRATIC
RALLY F(lR
TUESDAY
DEMOCRATS WILL ATTEND
LUNCHEON AT k-AMERI-
CAN RESTAURANT--NU
OF NEW SPEAKERS.

Another luncheon a democratic
luncheon is on the boards for Tues
day, twelve to one o'clock ut the
Greck-Amorican lunch room. This
timo an appeal viii be made by a
number of new speakers for a large
vote at the polls in the general cleo
ton November Z.
1t will be free-for-aH affair,-for
democrats and the luncheon will
again be on the South Carolina plan.
Is cents per plate The occasion will
be given over to a stirring rally and
hose who attend will be given an op-
portunity to pledge themselves to
make the democratic vote large in
Crisp county
Those who have paid their dollar
and those who have not will be on
equal footing at this luncheon and
there will be no further campaigning
for funds. BY that time it will have
amounted to $3.50 and that is consid
cred enough for this community. All
the funds offered will he sent in how
ever
This luncheon will be given over
to a number of live local speakers who
will not be allowed to speak more
than three minutes. These will be
stirring addresses.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-29
1000 BALES over
LAST YEAR CROP
GNNERS REPORT SHOWS CROPS
BEING GATHERED MORE RAPID
LY THAN THAT OF LAST YEAR.

The ginners report for Crisp coun-
ty, ending October IS, shows that the
county has produced one of the best
crops in years and that the opening
and gathering of the staple has been
rapid. The report for this year, as
compared with that of 1915, shows an
increase in ginning in the county of
1,415 bales. This years crop up to
October IS, according to the report,
was 1888 bales and that of last
year, 1898 bales This indicates
rapid gathering of the present crop or
much larger one than was produced
last year and the year before.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-29
Pipe organ fund
is NOW In HAND
EAPTISTS WILL ANNOUNCE
READY TO PURCHASE NEW Or
GAN AT CHURCH SERVICES
THIS MORNING.

The committee raising fund of
$4,000 for the purchase of a pipe or
gan to be installed at the First Bap-
list church are prepared to make a
final report this morning to the effec%
that the entire fund is actually in
hand The work of completing the
fund has been unavoidably delayed
on account of the absence from the
city of members of the committee
and the pressing business duties of
others. While the fund has been sub
scrtbed for some time, the matter of
getting it actually in hand was not
completed until yesterday.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-29
ALL COTTON IS
NOT SAFEST
PLAN NEXT
YEAR
j. w. CANNON is A FARMER AS
WELL AS A BANKER AND HAS
PLANS MADE TO TRAVEL I'M
SAFE MANNER AGAINST THE
WEEViL.

J. w Cannon, cashier OF the hmeri
can National Bank. takes no stock in
what may be detrimental belief that
il is possible to grow all cotton again
next year. He points out The folly Of
trying such a thing if weather condi-
tons should be anyways normal next
year and prevent the weevil from
doing more than o Fifteen per cent
damage; for in 1918 this section will
be literally covered with boil weevils.
If cotton growers plan to make this
change after one more big cotton crop
they will find it too late to do so in
SO short a time. Mr.. Cannon thinks
the cAeapest experience is that of the
other fellow, good moral, this.
Mr. Cannon practices what he
breaches. Out on his farm on Flint
river3he will grow above rs acres of
wheat on some land that has been en-
riched by the Chinese velvet bean.
And this is 'some beam" for it bears
we'll and analyses perhaps higher than
the speckled bean He will cut his
cctton acreage sharply, and he says
that if he cannot cover with wheat
oats and corn. acres left from cut
in cotton crop, he will lay off rows and
drop corn and velvet beans and give
the land and corn to the beans, and
he will go there the next year and do
some farming on the soil the beans
sheltered and improved.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-29
COUNTY Singing
CONVENTION UP
1FENlA MEETING is FOR PURPOSE
II OF ORGANIZING ALL CLASSES
INTO PERMANENT BODY.

Singers throughout the county are
igterested in plans &c organize the
dlsp County Singing CohfHn;iGn. A
meeting for this purpose will be held
at PIMA next Sunday at 2 o'clock in
the afternoon. Each singing class in
the county is expected to send dele
gate to the meeting and also a written
report.
The event will be largely attended.
Hundreds over the county who do not
Dafticipate in the singing conventions
held. but who are usually in attend
ance upon and enjoy such events are
very much interested in the success OF
proposed organization. and the sing
ers will meet with hearty cooperation
on all sides.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-29
INDIVIDUAL. DRINKING
CUPS FOR HORSES

Atlanta, Oct 2S.-That individual
drinking cups for horses will be requir-
ed by law in progressive communities
in the not distant future is the belief
expressed by prominent members of
the local society for the prevention Of
cruelty to animals. 1t is pointed out
that equine diseases are transmitted
from one animal to another through
the medium of q. ling fountains, and
tia. ore 81 he surest means of pre-
venting infection would be TO require
each animal to be furnished water in
an individual drinking cup.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-29
THIS CONCERN
DOES GOOD WORK
FARMERS EXCHANGE WORKING
FOR GOOD or FARMERS IN o.
VER3lFiEp MaTHoGS- pREPAR-
ATORY FOR WEEVlL.

Tho Formers Exchange, of which ]
2 Kelly S proprietor is doing full
ahara toward cooperating With The
farmers Of the county in bringing
about -o7olution in 5he methods Of
farming This concern promises TO
become orc Of tie greatest MEDIUMS
in the county for extending the cause
Of diversified tanning.
To back their faith in the seed
which the Farmers Exchange puts out.
they offer 10 contract with any aud ali
farmers for ;he purchase cf eyery
bushel Of rye grown frc,n tEcir Ahruz-
ri or Italian rye seed Notwitll1tand-
ing that the present year was said to
be bad one for growing grain crops,
the Farmers Exchanges experiment
with this variety OF seed nctted TWEEN
ty-ive bushels to the acre. Tho Alb
ruzzi seed have been known to net q
yield of sixty bushels to the acre.
An offer has also been made by this
concern to contract for planting white
Spanish peanuts grown from seed pur-
chased from this agency. A purchase
of three car loads of peanuts of this
variety has been made by The Farmers
Exchange.
variety of cotton seed that prom
Uses to combar the ravages Of the boil
yeeviI is the Kelly Early Bird. These
seed have been sold throughout the
county in large quantity and the farm
ers who have made purchases Lave
faith in the results.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-29
PRETTY WINDOW DISPLAY
OF KLAXON AUTO HORNS

The Klaxon horn, a page advertise
ment of which automobile requisite ap-
pears in this issue Of the Dispatch, is
being exhibited in splendid show
window display at the Cordee Hard
ware company. There is horn for
every auto owners use, be it 'jitney'
or the next thing to a rolling palace.
Mr.. Arago Eammett of the Cordele
Hardware company has prepared sew
cral unusually pretty window displays
st the store They are credit to
even the larger cities.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-29
LEAGUE TO HOLD
DISTRICT MEET
CESSlON IN VIENNA MIDDLE OF
MISUNDERSTANDING PRO
GRAM WILL BE ARRANGED.

The EpWorth League conference of
the Cordele district will be held at
Vienna, opening on Friday, Nov. II,
and closing on Saturday, November 10.
The conference arrangements will be
in charge of Miss Julia Prentiss, Of
Fitzgerald, district secretary. An ex-
cellent program is being arranged.
Rey. Palmer Greene, of this city,
will preach the conference sermon
Sunday morning, and the local Ep-
worth league will send strong dele
cation to the conference.
A number of the officers of the
South Georgia Epworth League CON
ference will be in attendance upon
the district conference, prominent
among whom will be Col. S. A. Num-,
Of Perry, president, and Miss Archie
Clark, of Jessup, secretary.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-29
REV. LITTLEj0HN
GOES TO Beyond
OF J. A. LlTTLEJoHN
OF CORDELE CLAIMED BY
DEATH AT MILLEDGEVILLE.

j. A. Littlejohn clerk of the Crisp
superior court, was called to the bed
side of his brother, Rev c. W. Lit
tlejobn at Milledgeville Friday. Rev.
Littleiohn had been irJ declining
health for a number of months and
death ensued Friday night. Accom-
Hanied by Mr. Lituejohn, of this city7
and ether relatives the remains were
clipped TO tagan, Ga, saturday for
iaterment
The deceased is survived by wild
CIV and one son. 2. Z. Littlejohn, Of
Jacksonville, Fa. lie was an active
minister and g spendid gentleman,
taving ACCOMPLISHED noble work, the
Eood results of which will continue
10 live after him
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-29
WORKING Fl)R
UNION MEET
HERE. IN
1917
2APTi5TS WANT 1917 SESSION
STATE MISSIONARY UNION
EXPECT TO GET 1T AT ATHENS.

Dc}1ga!c@ from the Missionary Un-
n of The Fir3t Baptist church Of this
ity viii so 10 the annual convention
{ thc Woman'a Missionary Union Of
,Gorg.a, 20 he Ee!d IN Athens from
'oyCu.bor 20 Il, inclusive, duly an
horizcd 10 extend to this state organ
5ation an invitation TO hold its an
mal session in 1917 in this city. In
his invitation the women's organi2n
ions OF ;he other denominations Of
he city will join and assurances will
&c extended to the gathering that the
convention will be Cordele's guests
nd that the homes of the city will be
brown open for their reception.
Mrs. George Scandrett who has the
in charge to secure the 1917
convention is communicating with
Mrs. ]. w, Neel, Of Gainesville, pres
dent of the state union, and other
state officers, and from this source Sue
expects to meet with warm co-Opcra
ion
The attendance upon the conVen-
lions of the Womans Baptist Mis-
sionary Union averages about four
hundred delegates, and there are
others interested in the work Of tho
organization who attend itS sessions.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-29
DOOLY COUNTY
HELD fine FAIR
EXHIBITS SHOW THAT FARMERS
ARE PROGRESSIVE AND PROS
EROUS-CLOSED YESTERDAY.

With an array of exhibits in agricul-
tural products, poultry, live stock and
numerous other displays that will lend
one of the brightest and most attrac-
con- Vienna and Dooly county did their
people proud with their county fair
Friday and Saturday. The domestic
department displaying the ladies' han
diwork, art paintings and cookings, oc-
crpying the main auditorium of the
court house, was especially inviting.
The priZe winners in this, as well as
all other departments, should feel
elatcd over having won against such
able competition.
There was evidence sufficient to
show that the boys corn club mem,
bers were giving their fathers a race
for .llonors,, and likewise there. was
proof plenty to show that the mem
bers of the girls canning club are
learning to be sensible and deserving
hcQsekeepcrs.
In the agricultural displays there
were stalks OF cane that easily reach
ed nine and ten feet high, corn, pea
nuts, potatoes, wheat, rye and innum,
cradle other products of the farm,
that in both quality and quantity the
farmers of Dooly are coming to the
best principles and methods of di-
versifed farming.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-29
COUNTY SUNDAY
SCHOOLS TO meet
CONVENTION AT ARAB PROMISES
GREAT DEAL OF INTEREST TO
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS OF
THIS SECTION.

The Crisp County Sunday School
Convention will be held at Arab, No
vember 16 and II, under the auspices
Of the Georgia Sunday School Asso-
citation. The organization is inter-
UNCONVENTIONAL and Sunday schools
throughout the county are invited to
send delegates to the convention.
There are promises of a good attend
ance and the promotion of organized
plans for Sunday school work that
will result in lasting good. The pro-
gram will include number of Cor
dele and Crisp county speakers from
among churches of different denomi-
nations.
Discussions will be held by three
Cordele speakers. Thursday morn
ing, the first day of the convention,
Rev. Palmer Greene will speak on
young Boys in the Sunday School"
Friday morning Rev. Walter Anthony
will make talk on "Co-workers with
God" and Friday afternoon Mrs E.
NJ Espy will deliver talk on "The
Organized Class" Among other
speakers from the county will be Rev.
J. Nelson Jones, pastor of the Meth
odist church at Arab and DR.. T. P.
Cox.
A feature Of entertainment of the
occasion will be basket dinner serv-
ed Friday.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-29
GERMAN STEEL OUTPUT.

Berlin, Oct. 27.--The German steel
syndicate reports that the output OF
steel in Germany last month was 1893,
900 tons compared with 1,414,0OO III
August. The steel output in the first
nine months of the year was approx
mately 12,4O0, 900 tons.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-29
ZION HILL SCHOOL WILL
REMOVE CHURCH DEBT

The Zion Hill school has arranged
for q box supper to be given ON Fri
day evening, November 10. The pro-
,ceeds OF The supper will be appropriat-
I I'd 60 paying the Zion Fill ehurcn
debt and also for school purposes.
The general public is invited to at
tend this event and give their assis-
tanceHo a worthy cause.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-29
WILSON FUND IS
MOUNTAIN High


TIE Crjap county Wilson cub Is a
solid and active ORGANIZATION. Sat
urdoy'o coUtribuI9rs 10 tie Wilson
fund brought The total amount to
&l36 collected since tho organization
Of tn" club Monday. and moved the
membership OF the club mp 10 a large
number The funds we're not collect
ed, Of course, without some effort on
the part Of the campaign committee,
but 1T was with a characteristic 10y
atty and patriotism that Crisp county
democrats responded There is not
a Wilson club in the state that has
experienced such success, nor one
that has met with more ready re-
Spouse from contributors.
Join the Wilson club Win with
Wilson. That's the slogan and every
citizen of Crisp county can become
member of the Wilson club, wheth-
er he contributes to the campaign
or not.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-29

The longest will on record was
made by Glouchester engineer and
contained $4,000 words.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-29

equipped with an alarm that sounds a
signal if it is extinguished accidently.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-29

Wilmington, Del, officers whiI ped
twelve prisoners charged with petty
oflcnGes.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-29

Beethoven composed some of his
greatest works when he was deaf.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-29

Total funds to date 49,. $4,000
Fergus County Democrat., 1916-01-06
H. s. ADDITION
NEARLY READY
BASEMENT WILL BE USED HERE
AFTER BY ANNUAL TRAIN.
ING DEPARTMENT,
MISS sTRAUCH ARRIVES IN TOWN

The equipment Of the manual train
ing department Of the high school has
now been installed in the basement of
the high school addition, and the reci-
tations of the agricultural department
will also be held there.
The completion of the addition will
be welcomed by faculty and students,
as 1t will relieve the congestion that
proved something of a handicap for
two years past.
The domestic science department
will not occupy its new quarters for
q couple of weeks yet, but will have
perfectly appointed rooms. Miss Bertha
Strauch, who succeeds Miss Mabel
Ladue, in charge of this department,
arrived here Sunday evening. and as
sumed charge Monday, when the high
school resumed work.
The grade school students also re-
sumed their work, after a holiday Pc
riod that has been thoroughly enjoyed.
Fergus County Democrat., 1916-01-06
MANY LARGE WHEAT CROPS
IN THE BEhCHLAhD REGION

A farmer from the Benchland coun-
try has just handed the Democrat
News the following clipping from an
Iowa newspaper:
M. A. Harvey, formerly a resident
of Wagner, but for the past four
years located near Lewistown, Mon
tana, was Lake Andes visitor Wed
nesday and while in town made this
office pleasant call Mike says he
wants to die in Montana and that's
putting it pretty strong as to ones
likes Of country. A great deal of
that country is devoted to wheat rails
ing, in which business he has been
engaged on an extensive scale. This
year he harvested $4,000 bushels, and
to show the large scale others work
on. says out there he is called dub
wheat raiser. Mr.. Harvey was one
of the hearty settlers in this county
and his many friends in all parts will
be pleased to hear of his success.
This progressive Benchland farmer
desires to state that a crop Of the
size Of Mr.. Harney's is not a rare
thing in that country. He says that
at least half dozen men in that sec.
tion had crops of about the same size
which speaks we'll for Benchland as
farming center.
Fergus County Democrat., 1916-01-06

sentatives abroad urging haste in
the gathering of information Secre-
tary Lansing made it clear that the
department had received nothing that
would tend to establish two most es.
sential points, namely, whether tor.
pedo sank the Persia, and, ii so. the
nationality of the submarine which
fired 1t.
The senate committee on foreign
relations will begin consideration of
the situation Friday, Chairman Stone
having called the meeting today. Mem
bers of the committee generally agree a
tonight that the whole subject of the
relations of the United States with
the Teutonic powers would be freely
discussed
Late today Secretary Lansing sent
to the committee an accumulation OF
information bearing upon the attitude
Of Great Britain toward neutral ship
ping, called for in resolution by
Senator Hoke Smith.
1t was reported that all the infor-
nation regarding the sinking of the
Persia thus far received had been
communicated to the committee.
Members, however. declined to divulga
the exact nature Of the documents re-
ceived from the state department or
discuss their contents.
Fergus County Democrat., 1916-01-06
THE PROBATION
OFFICER s WORK
ONE FOR GEORGE c. BERRY IN
LOOKING AFTER MINORS.
TWO HUNDRED SIxTY.THREE CASES

Probation Officer George c. Berry
has filed with the court his annual
report of the work done in his de-
partment for the year ending Nov.
30 last. During the II minths Mr..
Berry has taken up 263 cases of min
ors for the commission of offenses or
who have been neglected or aban-
doned by parents, all coming under
the juvenile act. or this number
nine were committed to the state bu.
reau OF child protection, while 100
were returned to parents, relatives
or friends. Eleven minors were sent
to relatives or parents outside this
judicial district, while 10 were COM
mitted to the state industrial school.
or the children coming under the
probation officers supervision, 26
have moved out of the district; homes
were found for three, and one died
Three are out on parole, while 100
minors remain under the supervision
of Mr.. Berry.
The report sets out some details,
with names, which are not, of course,
made public, although the grand jury
was furnished with copy of the full
report
Fergus County Democrat., 1916-01-06
INSTALLATION Of
ODD FELLOWS s
PREPARATIONS BEING MADE FOR
A REUNION OF MEMBERS
OF THIS ORDER.
TO FORM DISTRICT ASSOCIATION

The Odd Fellows Monday installed
the following officers for the ensu-
ing year: Walter B. Foley, N. G.;
George Waltz, " G.; Frank A. Barnes
recording secretary; Il. o. Kindschy
financial secretary; A. w. Stoddard.
treasurer; S. G. Ditty, o. G.; Rupert
Bowman, |. G.; J. II. Thomas, war.
den; S Stormwind, chaplain.
Great Reunion.
Arrangements are being completed
for reunion of the Odd Fellows of
Fergus county and adjacent territory
including HarlowtOn, to be held here
in the near future when an Odd Eel
lows association for the district will
be organized. It is expected that $50
Odd Fellows will be in attendance and
very interesting program is being
worked out for the occasion, the com
mittee in charge being composed of
Charles Jackson, f. o. kindschy, John
n. Thomas, c. l.. Wentworth and
George Waltz. There will be an
exemplification of the first degree by
Empire lodge. No, rs, of Moore, fol
lowed by banquet, at which Judge
Roy f, Ayers will give the address OF
the evening
Fergus County Democrat., 1916-01-06
READY FOR THE
CON TRACT 0RS
PLANS COMPLETED FOR STORE
AND WAREHOUSE OF LEWIS.
TOWN MERCANTILE co.
TO OPEN BIDS ON JANUARY II

The plans and specifications for the
new store and warehouse building Of
the Lewistown Mercantile company,
have been completed by Wasmans-
dorf & Eastman, and are ready to be
placed in the hands of contractors,
who wish to submit figures on the
erection of the structure. Plans can
be seen at the architects office.
The Lewistown Mercantile company
was formed short while ago, the
principal stockholders being w. X.
Nash and E. P. Nash, both of Mime
apolis. The capital stock is $3.50, 900.
The company will engage in the
wholesale business. The location Of
the new building across from the Mil
waukee depot grounds and the Judith
Basin flour mills. The building will
be two stories and full basement in
height. and will be 65 by 100 feet in
ground space dimension. 1t will be
built of Lewistown brick.
The excavation for the building has
already been completed, and work on
the building proper will start as soon
as the contract is awarded and the
weather will permit of good working
cg,ditions..
Fergus County Democrat., 1916-01-06
MERCURY DROPS
"a BELOW ZERO
LOW RECORD FOR THE WINTER
is ESTABLISHED EARLY YES
TERDAY MORNING..
OFFICIAL RECORD FOR DECEMBER

No wonder the people of Lewistown
put on their heavy winter clothes the
other day and buckled up their fur
overcoats. That there was to be at
least visit of King Cold seemed ap.
parent. It became a realty with the
coming or the New Year, and early
yesterday morning the mercury went
to the low mark Of the season, "a
below zero. There was sharp wind
blowing, which intensified the cold
yet many people from the other
states, said that it did not seem colder
than zero would be in their former
homes. But at that it was no sum.
mer day. At a. m. yesterday morn
ing the thermometer had crawled back
to 9 below, and at noon II was IA
above zero. The afternoon was mild
and the forecast last night was for a
much warmer 24-hour period ahead.
December Record.
Weather Observer w. w. Watson
has just compiled his report for the
month of December Mr. Watson
found that the maximum temperature
during that period was 65, and the
minimum 19 below zero. The ,precipi-
tation was 80 inch, and the total
snowfall 1-2 inches. On December
Is there was one inch of snow on the
ground and on December 81 there was
4 IL inches.
There were 12 clear days, partly
cloudy and II cloudy.