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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-16
Big BILL AFTER !
SISTER SkEETER
WITH FORCE OF LABoRERs SAN
ITARY INSPECTOR SLEW THIR-
TY MILLION LAST WEEk-iS
BUSY MAKING LIFE MIsERAR'S
FOR THE PEST. -.


Sanitary Inspector Bill nssey dealt
the mosquitoes a death VOW last week.
The health officer hasinaugurated an
active campaign against old sister
"skeeter" and thiry millions OF the
insects have me. their fate in the
fight the officer waging.
He first STAYED by urging property
holders to1emove the weeds from
their preaises and vacant lots. All
barrels etc, where water is kept for
fire potection at ginneries and ware
houes have been disinfected with
col OIL The same method has been
!sed where water has been found
standing in or near the city.
Last week a crew of about fifteen
Iaborers was furnished the sanitary
and were employed in clean
ing out the "big ditch thoroughly
from one end to the other. All stand
ing water was turned OF and othel
precautions taken to prevent the breed
ing of mosquitoes.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-16
Cars Collide;
| BOY WAS HURT
sHEk,FF WARDS CAR STUCK AT
AABl WHILE RETURNING WITH
PksONER.

jan Ward, Jr, sustained severe
brubes about the mouth when his
fathr's car was struck in Arab FIJI
da9evening last by the car of Charles
Fountain, fertilizer salesman OF Syc-
andre. The youngster sustained a
badly lacerated lip and was dashed
Though Windshield when the cars
cdne together.
Sheriff Ward had prisoner from
!]hburn and was on his way back to
(brdele. His car was near the center
town when Fountain came along
loaded south. There was a third car
Ind it was said that Fountain, i'll try
hg to get around, went squarely into
Lhe car of Sheriff Ward after the Off
Rcer's car had stopped.
| A negro was driving for Sheriff
Ward and held his place. The othcel
was in the rear with the prisoner anc
the young son was in front. He was
knocked from the car and both ma
chimes were badly smashed up.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-16
DEATH FOLLOWS F
CUT IN HIS HAND
WILLIE GRIFFIN OF REBECCA'
succUMBs TO LOSS OF BLOOD
AT LOCAL HOSPiTAL-CUT
HAND WITH KNIFE.

Willie Griffin, twenty year-old son
of w. H. Griffin, prominent citizen OF
Rebecca, died this afternoon at the
Cordele Sanitorium from loss OF blood
caused from slight cut in the palm
of the hand made by himself several
days ago when he was trimming
piece of leather with his pocket knlte.
He was removed here yesterday after
the family physician saw that 1t was
going to become fight for life for the
patient.
1t is said that the family members
have suffered much from the loss OF
blood at the slightest scratch and IN
this case it was impossible to stop
the flow of blood. To stop it In one
place meant breaking out in ne"
place in only brief time and nel1her
the family physician nor the local
sanitariurl physicians could do any
thing for the relief of the patient.
The remains will be returned to the
family home tomorrow morning slor
the funeral and interment.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-16
new
LIGHT PLANT
MAYOR JONES AND MEMBERS OF
COUNCIL ARE TO PROVIDE FOR
MUNICIPAL LIGHT PLANT OUT
i oFsCuRRENTsFuND.

Mayor J. /, Gordon Jones and the
members of the city council who have
favored bonds for owning and operat-
ing the city electric lighting plant, will
put through council at tonight's ses-
sion resolution providing for the
construction of such a power plant as
will be necessary to provide street
lights and a white way for the city.
These officials state that the city
is. amply able to add the electric plant
to be operated in connection with the
water system and they believe that in
the saving of the $4,000 a year now
spent for the present street lights,
they will be able to pay for the plant
and give the city more lights. =.
1t is the purpose of those favoring
the construction of the municipal
lighting plant tospay for it out of the
city's current running funds. They
are making plans to that end.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-16
STALLINGS GOES
TO new LAB0RS
BIG TRACT TIMBER
AND WILL ENGAGE IN LUMBER
BUSINESS.


Ed Stallings, who severed his con-
nection with the Seaboard railway as
local freight agent on August Is, Will
engage in the hardwood and lumber
business in Crisp county on an ex-
tensive scale. He recently purchased
from the Bento-Price company a tract
of 800 acres of excellent pine and
hardwood timber, located on the Ben
ton-Price farms on the Flint river
The deal was one of the largest ever
made in timber in this section.
Mr.. Stallings. has secured shipping
connections with mills at Albany
Columbus and other places and will
begin cutting the timber Immediately.
.Alarge crew of laborers will be EN-
ployed in this work. Shipping points
will be established at various places.
1t is the purpose of Mr.. Stallings to
establish saw mill in the timber tract
as soon. as the hardwood is cut FOL
the purpose of saving up the pine
timber
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-16
WAY NOW CLEAR
FOR new BRIDGE
CONGRESSMAN CRISP. HAS Sc
CURED PASSAGE OF LAW THAT
WILL PERMIT CONSTRUCTION
OF BRIDGE AT HuGUENIN's.

The way is clear for a bridge over
the Flint river at Huguenin's Ferry
Congressman Charles R. Crisp has
just given the city of Cordele and the
people of Crisp county notice through
letter to friends here that the meas
ure has gone through and is now
law. y
This will eliminate legal entagle-
ments if there is ever an oppotunl-
ty to get across the Flint at iugue-
Miss. It has been Considered BEST to
have the measure put through con-
gress so that if this mattG reaches
practical sailing within aiy reasona-
Bile time, it will be onlyjnecessary to
go ahead with the building.
The commissioners of Sumter coun-
tv are swearing at the commissioners
of Dooly county now aid the commits
sioners of Dooly county are swearing
at the commissioners of Sumter over
the expense of constructing bridge
at Murray's.
1t is certain that the commission
ers of Crisp would go Sumter even
money on a bridge at Huguesin's Ferry
and this is considered on this side
of the river BY far the best site. Com
missioners of Crisp suggest that Sum-
ter and Ameficus ought to be willing
to get over with the bridge and let
the trade 20 to the city that can put
up the hest bid for it by going after
business. The Crisp county commits
sioners say they are now ready to
foot half the bill for bridge here.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-16
FATAL PLUNGE
FOR AUTO PARTY
SMITHViLLE GARAGE OPERATOR
DROVE CAR INTO WASHoUT
AND WIFE WAS kiLLED-ACCI-
DENT ON DIXIE HIGHWAY.

J.. F. Jones who operates a garage
at Smithville, wife and 13-year OLD
son.. and r. T. Smith of Gainesville
were dashed head long into a wash
out in the road four miles below
Oglethorpe on the Dixie Highway last
night at 1880 o'clock when the car
they were riding in was driven by
Jones through a pile of brush placed
in the road to divert traffic to tenn
porary roadway around the washout.
Mrs. Jones was killed outright.
The party was running without
lights, but had lantern up, it was
said. This did not provide sufficient
light to reveal the washout and Jones
kept straight ahead and through the
brush into the washout. The radia-
tor of the auto struck into the en-
bankment on the opposite side of the
washout and Mrs Jones fell life1ess
across the nose of the car thus buried
In the mud. Both Smith and Jones
were badly injured. The small boy
was not hurt The party was return
ing from a trip to Gainesville.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-16
NORTH GEORGIA
FARMERS COME
PARTIES PROSPECTING THROUGH
CRISP FIND WONDERFUL POSI-
BILlTIES. TRYING TO LOCATE
FARMS.

A party of ten north Georgia farm
ers of Clayton county, travelling by au-
tomobiles, were in Cordele and Crisp
county prospecting this week with a
view of purchasing farm lands and
locating in this county. The party
spent Monday and Monday night in
the city and conferred with several
prominent farmers and business men.
They were much impressed with the
splendid crop conditions of the county
and section, and stated that the crops
in Crisp were equal to any they had
seen on their trip through the state.
The adaptability of South Georgia
lands for the excellent production of
a variety of crops especially appealed
to them.
The party left Tuesday morning to
continue their trip through other
South Georgia counties. They propose
to purchase farms from 100 to $50
acres and locate on them with their
families. A number of them stated
that they did not believe they would
find better opportunities for farming
in this section that were be had in
Crisp county and that they would re-
turn to make further investigations
before purchasing.
R. H. Barnes, D. B. Gullatt and u.
E. Herndon, of Campbell county, form
ed a second party of North Georgia
farmers prospecting in South Georgia
with view to purchasing farms OF
900 to $50 acres each and locating in
this section with their families. This
party arrived Tuesday afternoon and
we're shown by citizens over sections
of the county. They were likewise i'm
pressed with the farming conditions
and the fertility and adaptability OF
the soil. 1t is possible that all of them
will locate in the county.
A number of North Georgia farmers
have already purchased or rented
farms in Crisp county whiting the
past several weeks and expect to To-
cate here before the opening OF the
next year.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-16
THOUSANDS WERE
AT THIS MEETING
ANNUAL EVENT GUM CREEK COL
oRED BAPTIST NOT MARRIED BY
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES CHASED
TIGERS. ls,si3. .#

( Y ii is estimated that full five lion
sand colored people were in attend
ance at the annual meetings at Gum
Creek Baptist church Sunday This
was the occasion Of the annual meet
ing and it is always one largely at
tended. This is said to be the oldest
negro church in the county and has
been in existence. almost since slavery
time. 9s'
This was the first time in many a
year, it is also said, that there was
no one killed or injured in a cutting
or shooting ARRAY. For many miles
around the colored population flock
to this annual event and it is made
the biggest negro church event of
the entire year.
Sheriff John Ward is usually re-
quired to attend to the tigers and 9th
er 'disturbers who get on the ground
early. This time he was called to
take care of Worth county tiger.
When he reached the scene he stop
ped his car to get his bearings and
connect up with those who needed
him. He left the car in his hunt for
the right persons and on returning
found that he had stopped right up
next the man he wanted. The tiger
car turned and "beat it, and all the
sheriff could find was the dust kicked
UP.
While the sheriff was running the
tigers off the church crowds in charge
of the meeting went to work and made
the day a very satisfactory one for
the immense number of negroes who
attended.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-16
DRUM CORPS is .
NEARLY COMPLETE
FOUR OR FIVE MORE YOUNG MEN
NEEDED TO FILL UP RANKS OF
DRUMMER BoYS-FINE PERSON.
MEL.

The membership for the Cordele
drum and bugle corps Is practically
completed Fifteen names of those
who desire to become members have
been furnished voluntarily and there
are five or six more places to be filled.
The names of those secured include
ten musicians. Among these are
some men who are especially accom-
plished in playing the cornet
The company membership will
range from twenty to twenty-four.
The purpose has been to enlist only
those who wish to become members
and a special effort is being made to
get the entire membership from men
who are permanent rsidents Of the
community. The personnel is especi
ally promising. 1t now appears that
the entire corps will be made up Of
the very best young men in the com
munity.
There are yet four or five members
to be secured. No canvass of tht
community will be made for these
members. Those who desire to join thu
corps are asked to call in person a
! the office of The Dispatch and ge
such information as they may need.
An organization meeting is to b
held one night this week. Those VIII
are to become members will be not
| fed.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-16
ADDITIONS TO
POWELL MILLS
NEW SELF RISING DEPARTMENT
AND BLEACHING EQUIPMENT
MAKE coRDELE PLANT UP TO
REsT-NEW MIXED FEED PLANT

Cordele has a milling enterprise
which is within very short time 10
become one of the largest and most
up-todate in this section of Georgia.
The |. NJ Powell e Sons Milling COM
pany has practically completed new
self rising department for the flour
mills and is now engaged in charging
for a bleaching plant. This will make
their flour mills an establishment i'll
every way as we'll equipped an any
thing in Macon or Atlanta, or as any
of the larger mills in the wheat grow
ing country. The capacity at present
is not as great, of course, but the pro-
! duct from the mill is much more to
| be priced as pure article for the rea-
son that strict personal supervision
| is maintained over the output of the
Powell mills.
A big mixed feed addition is to be
made to this mill within a short time
and a product in sweet feed will go
on the market llldL Will NC lully III
keeping with the other products OF
the Powell mills.
A new railway siding is to be con
structed to the plant. Plans for this
are already under way and as soon as
the work can be completed, the new
mixed feed plant will be given to the
community. There is already one OF
the best meal producing mills in this
plant that money can buy.
Great quantities of wheat and corr
will be needed to keep these mills IL
!. operation the year round. The corr
f consumption alone now is thirty thou
r sand bushels year. President Powell
: of the plant stated that the local com
t munity is furnishing only one-third o
l. this corn supply. The local whea
h supply, while it is very good from
y Dooly, Crisp, Turner and one or two
h of the other adjoining counties, is b,
t no means large enough to keep thu
e mills busy.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-16
new HIGHWAY
SOON COMPLETE
WILL ENLARGE coRDELE TRADE
TERRITORY TOWARDS THE
EAST-FlNE NE WROAD PROM
iSEu. ..a. H

Within two weeks the work on the
cemetery road to the Wilcox county
line is expected to be completed by
the Crisp county gang. When its con-
struction is complete it will be one
of the most substantial highways IN
the county. 1t will connect with the
excellent road that is now being con-
structed through Wilcox county to Ro-
chelle, by way Of Union church. Inc
Wilcox gang have almost completed
the highway to the county line, which
road in Wilcox county will be known
as the Rochelle road.
Upon completion of the work on the
cemetery road the Crisp gang Will
Immediately begin work on the Cor
dele and Seville road which connects
at the Crisp county line with the SPLEEN
did highway that has been constructed
Wilcox county to Rochelle by way or
pitts. which road is known at the Ab'
neville road. These highways, espe-
cially the Abbeville road, when COM
pleted through to Cordele will make
a trip to that place only matter OF
a few minutes ride. There VIII not
be a highway in this section that
will surpass it. 1t will make easy
travelling for the traffic in this Sec
ton to Cordele and ought to enlarge
Cordele trading territory in this di-
rectiOn.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-16
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
WILL MEET IN MACON

Atlanta, Aug. 15.-The Georgia
Chamber of Commerce is receiving
many letters asking for the time OF
the annual meeting, an indication to
them that people throughout the coun-
try are interested in the work which
the Georgia chamber is doing. Sec
rotary Treasurer E. Y. Clarke replies
that the meeting will be held in Ma
con on September 20 and 81. Headquar
tiers will be at the Dempsey hotel, and
the members meeting proper will be
held at the Grand opera house.
At this meeting the president, three
vice presidents and an executive COM
mittee of rs will be elected for the
new year
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-16
ROAD TAX COLLECTORS
OUT AFTER FUNDS

The county commissioners met on
Tuesday for the purpose of electing
collectors of the road tax in the re-
spective districts of the county, which
work will be started Immediately. The
collectors have already been provided
with their books and are preparing to
make their canvass.
The collectors are as follows:
Cordele district, D. Arnett; Eleventh
district, S. E. Roberts; Tenth district,
w w. Lane; Thirteenth district, ]. R..
Smith; Hatley district, B. c. Howell;
Fourteenth district, Mitt Hall. ..
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-16
new BANK ELECTS
ITS OFFICERS
PLANS HAVE BEEN MADE TO BE-
GIN BUSINESS SEPTEMBER 1ST
WITH PAID IN CAPITAL OF $685.
600.

The meeting of the stockholders of
the American Savings Bank was held
Tuesday afternoon and the following
directors were elected: !.
]. w. Cannon, F. G. Boatright, ]. H.
Churchwell, w. A. Greer, and M. j.
Mikel who in turn elected officers as
follows:
]. w. Cannon, president; F. G. Boat
right, vice president; E. A. Vinson,
cashier.
The bank will be opened for bust
ness with paid in capital of $4,000
on September LIST, and will occupy
quarters adjoining the American Ma
tional bank.
This is new institution which the
year has given Cordele and is con-
Germ which promises to become one
of the Invest in the community.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-16
kEESE WILL SPEAK
TO CRISP CITIZENS

Alex E. Reese, candidate for state
superintendent of schools, will address
the citizens of Crisp county at the
court house at 11:30 next Monday
morning. Court will be in session at
that tine and a large crowd is ex-
pected to hear him. Mr.. Reese advo-
Gates the election of county boards OF
education by the people, and opposes
cumpolsory education law without
free books and the employment OF
Catholics as teachers in the public
schools.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-16
COPS CURB
NEGRO EXPECTATION

Americas, Ca, Aug. t5.-The Efforts
of police to arrest the persons In
charge of the wholesale expectation or
negroes to the north continues while
the last party of nearly 230 had theiH
plans interrupted by the failure of the
person to provide transportation after
it became known that the police were
making a search for him.
Many of the negroes are returning
home who left several weeks ago.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-16
OIL DOWN TEN CENTS.

Milwaukee, Okla, Aug. Is The
Prairie Pipe Line Company today pos
ted a cut of 10 cents in the price Oh
crude OIL making the price OF mid
continental now 95 cents.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-16
AMERICAN AVIATOR
81 KILLED IN FRANCE

Paris, Aug 15.-Denis Dowd, an
American aviator with the French
army, was killed at the Bud aerodrome
FRIDAY by falling with his machine.
The cause Of the accident is unknown,
Dowd was considered an expert flyer
although he had not yet obtained a
pilots certificate Originally he was
with the foreign legion, but recently
Joined the newly constituted American
flying corps. He was 30 years old. His
father lives at Sea Cliff, Long Island
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-16
COTTON MARKET.

q At the close today the future
y market gave January 14.45; March
y 1850; May 14.73; October l4.lo;
y December, 14.39. Spots took
y slight hop over Tuesdays close,
= and the following prices were PAID
q today in the local market: Good
y middling Is SIS; strict middllng
= 1888; middling 13 1-8.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-16

Sixty miles of thread woven from
the fibre Of species of italian net
tie weighs only two and ahlf
pounds.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-16

To remove fish odor from silver
knives and forks, let stand in cold
water before washing.
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