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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-31
EASTERN STAR
HAS new OFFICERS
LOCAL CEREMONIES WERE I'M
PRESSlVE AND SPLENDID PRO-
GRAM WAS RENDERED-SICk-
NESS INTERPRETERS.

Despite the inclemency of the wealth
a large crowd gathered to witness
the impressive installation ceremonies
Of the Order of the Eastern Star at
the Masonic hall Friday night.
Mrs. Matte Colquitt, Worthy Grand
Matron, Of the o. E. S. of Georgia, in
stalled the new board of officers, as
sisted by Mrs. Ada Jones, Associate
Grand Conductress of Grand Chapter
of Georgia, acting as Grand Marshal;
and Mrs. Tressa Jackson, as Grand
Chaplain. Misses Carrie Mae McKen-
zie and Allie Van Devender on piano
and violin, furnished inspiring and
beautiful music for the occasion.
A number of short talks were made.
expressive Of fraternal good feeling.
Mrs. Mary E. Taylor, who was to
have given an address on the Origin
and Purpose Of the Order, was una
BILE to be present. much to the regret
of all and especially of those who
heard Mrs. Taylor on former occas-
ions.
Owing to sickness a few Of the Of
ficers-elect could not be present, and
will be installed at a subsequent meet
ing The officers installed were: Mrs.
Fannie Sheppard, Worthy Matron;
Mrs. Ida Fay Starr, Associate Matron;
Miss Tallulah Atkins, Secretary;
Mis- Mary Sue Russell, Conductress;
Miss Nancy Starr, Associate Conduc-
tress; Mrs. Willie Marsh, Marshal;
Mrs. Julia Parks, Adah; Mrs. Ethel
Orcutt, Ruth; Miss Lucille Williams,
Martha Miss Minnie Browning, Elec-
ia; Mrs. Annie Perry Warder! Mrs.
J. M. Witherington, Sentinel.
The worthy Grand Matron gave to
the installation ceremonies an impress
sive beauty and dignity, and the move
ments of the Grand Marshal were
marked with precision and grace.
A beautiful floral drill was put on
by picked team as the opening num-
Der.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-31

Believing that a newspaper should
not only, through it's general excel
lency, be truly representative OF its
city, but that it should be in a measure
Of excellency which it may have at
tanned, or is seeking to attain, reach
all parts Of it's state and surrounding
ing country two propositions which
are in measure corrective, the Cor
dele Dispatch, with view of extend
ing it's circulation to its widest posi-
Bile limit is pleased to announce to
it's many readers the giving away OF
over twelve hundred dollars in prizes
An increase of circulation, such as
is contemplated in this great popular
ity contest, is, of course, not attained
without a considerable outlay of time
and money, and The Cordele Dispatch
Contest Department has laid out the
campaign upon most extensive scale,
preferring that it's many friends,
young women, married or single,
should profit by this great subscrip-
ton campaign rather than to pay over
the money to the subscription collec-
tor. The Cordele Dispatch has decid-
ed upon the popular voting contest, in
which will be awarded over $1,000 in
magnificent prizes. The entire list OF
prizes is announced on another page
in today's paper, and they are certain
ly attractive and sufficient in num-
Der to guarantee that each young wo-
man who really puts forth an effort
during the weeks covered by the con-
test is bound to be winner The
territory to be covered by this cam
paign is also shown in the full page
announcement of this issue. There
will be 16 prizes offered to participants
in this contest, and the awarding or
the prizes will be made according
to those receiving the highest number
of votes during the entire contest.
The first grand prize will be a
$4,000 Chevrolet Touring Car, fully
equipped with electric lights, self
starter, etc, and is the best little car
in the world for the money and is
certainly more than worth the efforts
of the enterprising young ladies OF
this section This car was purchased
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-31
.CORDELE Gets NEW
COURT REFEREE FOR
NEW BANKRUPTCY
DISTRICT FORMED
HAL LAMBDIN is COMING TO RE-
SIDE IN CoRDELE-NEW DIS
TRicT CREATED BY JUDGE
SPEER.

A new bankruptcy district was Gre
ated comprising the counties OF Crisp,
Dooly, Wilcox, Ben Hill and Irwin in
an order signed Thursday by Judge
Emory Speer of Macon. AT the same
time Judge Speer created the new dis
triet he appointed Hal Lambdin OF Sa-
vannah, son of the late Judge Wallace
w. Lambdin, to be referee.
The new appointee has accepted and
will qualify at once. He advised Juo?e
Speer Friday that he would move to
Cordele and make this point head
quarters. This gives this city a num-
Der of advantages in the bankruptcy
practice in the United States court for
the five counties named.
Members of the local bar are espe-
cially pleased at the manner in which
Judge Speer has handled their appli-
cation for new district and they have
expressed their sincere appreciation.
This puts Cordele on the same footing
with Albany and Americas. Each OF
the latter named cities are centers
of bankruptcy districts and it was
heretofore necessary for members of
the Cordele bar to go to Americas
and to Albany to take care of the To-
cal business of this character at home,
but that of the. four other counties
will be attended here before the new
referee.
Referee Lambdin will come here at
once. He will be given a warm well
come and the fact that he has agreed
to make this his place of residence
will fix permanently this point as the
home of the court for the new district.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-31
WARE NOW HEADS
CHAPTER MASONS
ANNOUNCED ELECTION ROALY
ARCH LOCALS HELD-NEW MAN
is POPULAR.


Barney T Ware, chief clerk in the
freight Offices OF the Georgia Southern
and Florida Railway here, heads Cor
della chapter, Royal Arch Masons, the
election having been held for the en-
suing year.
The new man is young and progress
sive and Aths members of the chapter
are elaten at having the opportunity
to thusAeonfer an honor upon him
The officers are as follows:
B. T. Ware, High Priest; D. A. r.
Crum, Kings J. R. Williams, Scribe;
J. M. Hunt, Treasurer; w. T. Perry,
Secretary; D. ]. Sheppard Captain OF
Host; R. r. Harris, Principal Sojourn-
er; ], E. Lindsey, Royal Arch Captain;
w. H. OrGutt, Master First Veil; Sid
ney Wells, Master Second Veil; Con-
rad McGougan, Master Third Veil; j.
S. Gordy, Sentinel.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-31
NEW COMPULSORY
EDUCATION LAW To
CO IN EFFECT ON
NEW YEARS. DAY
MONDAY WHEN SCHOOL STARTS
THE NEW ATTENDANCE MEAS
URE WILL BE IN EFFECT.

The new compulsory education law
will become indications that a general
There are indications that general
effort will be made to see that its re-
quirements are complied with in many
counties. Some of them have appoint
ed officers whose duties will be to see
that the law is enforced In the more
progressive counties over the state
strong effort will be made to get more
of the children into the public schools.
All over the state the law will apply
to one and all alike. Violations are
punishable as misdemeanors. The law
provides the first penalty shall not be
greater than ten dollars. Those there
after shall not be greater than twenty
dollars Each absence of child con-
stitutes a violation. Parents or guar
dams are punishable for failure to
keep the child in school the required
time, four months.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-31
TAYLOR ACOUI RES
NEW INTEREST IN
POPULAR CORDE lE
FURNITURE STORE
MANAGER OF FEAGLE FURNI-
TURE COMPANY BUYS INTER
EST AND FEAGLE-TAYLOR FUR
NlTURE COMPANY STARTS
WITH NEW YEAR.

James p. Taylor, who came here
from Greenville, S. c., last April to
take charge Of the Feagle Furniture
Company as manager, starts the New
Year as member of the firm, a trade
having been made yesterday through
which he acquired certain interests.
Mr. Taylor is now associated with
George H. Feagle, of Valdosta, who is
the other business member.
Mr. Taylor will still have full charge
of the business and the two owners
will turn every effort to make the Fea-
gle-Taylor Furniture Company one Of
the best furniture houses in the south
west Georgia. Mr., Taylor and Mr..
Feagle were associated in the furni-
ture business in Greenville for num-
Der of years and they are again hap
by to be associated in the same bus
mess in this section Of Georgia. Both
of them are more than pleased at the
progress of the business here and are
assured that the new concern will
become a far greater establishment
in the near future.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-31
DEATH COMES TO
MRS. S. ], RUSSELL
LADY OF EsTIMABLE CHRISTIAN
DEVOTION PASSED AWAY AT
AGE OF IS YEARS-FUNERAL
SERVICES FRIDAY.

Mrs. S. J. RUSSELL aged about IS
years, widow of T. o. Russell, one OF
Cordeles citizens who passed away
10 years ago, died Friday morning at
5 o'clock at the home of her daughter,
Miss Lizzie Russell, on Thirteenth av-
enue Infirmity was the cause of her
death, though shortly prior to her
death she was paralyzed on her left
side.
The funeral services were conduct
ed from the residence Friday alter
noon at 8 o'clock Rev. Walter An
thony, pastor of the Methodist church,
preaching the service, being assisted
by Rev. j. H. Coin, pastor of the Bap-
fist church. Interment occurred at
Sunnyside cemetery.
Mrs. Russell was member of the
Methodist church She had made her
home in Cordele for twenty-five years,
and her life had been one of service
and devotion to her family and friends
and conservation to her religious con-
nections.
She is survived by eight children,
five sons and three daughters, T. F.
Russell of Rhine, ]. w. Russell, d. o.
Russell and c. w. Russell of Allan
ia, DR.. J. c. Russell, of Fitzgerald,
Miss Lizzie Russell Of Cordele, Miss
Georgia Russell of Atlanta. and Mrs.
q RUSSELL of IrWinSVille
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-31

Chatham, Bryan, Bingham; 2
Liberty, Mcintosh, Tattnall; g.
.Toombs, Appling, JEFF Davis; A.
Glenn, Camden, Charlton; 5-Coffee,
Ware, clinch; 6-Echols, Lowndes,
Berrien; 7.-Grady Thomas, Brooks;
S--Decatur, Mitchell, Miller; Ear
", Calhoun, Bacon; 10-Coiquitt,
Worth, Dougherty; 11--Clay, Ran
dolph, Terrell; 12-Stewart, Webster,
Quitman; 13--Sumter, Schley, Macon;
14-Dooly, Wilcox, Pulaski; 15-Bleck
ley, Dodge, Telfair; 16-Emanuel,
Johnson, Washington; 17-Jenkins,
Screven, Burke; 18-Ruchmond, Glas-
cock, Jefferson; 19-Faliaferyo, Green,
Oeonee; 20--Baldwin, Hancock, War
rem; 21-Twiggs, Wilkinson, Jones;
22-Bibb, Monroe, Pike; 23-Houston,
Crawford, Taylor; 24-Muscogee, Ma
rion, Chattahoochee; 25-Harris, Up
son, Talbot; 26-Spalding, Butts,
Clayton; 27-Newton, Walton, Henry;
2S-Jasper, Putnam, Morgan; zS-Mc
Duffie, Columbia, Lincoln; 30--Wilkes.
Oglethorpe, Clarke; 31-Hobersham,
Franklin Stevens; 32-White, Dawson
and Lumpkin; 33-IIall Banks, Jack
son; 34-Barrow, Gwinnette, Rock
dale; 35-Cobb, Douglas, Campbell;
36-Coweta, Heriwether, Fayette; 81
Carroll, Heard, Troup; 38-Haral-
son, Polk, Paulding; 39-Milton, Cher
okee, Forsyth; 40-Union, Towns, Ra-
bun; 41-Pickens, Fannin, Gilmer; AZ
Barrow. Floyd, Chattooga; 43-Mur-
ray, Gordon, Whitfield; 44-Walker,
Dade, Catoosa; 45--Pierce, Wayne,
Bacon; 46-Lee, Crisp, Turner; Al
Tiff, Irwin Ben Hill; 4S-Bulloch,
Gambler, Evans; 49-Madison, Ebert,
Hart; 5O-Wheeler, Montgomery, Lau-
rens; 51-Fulton, DeKalb.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-31

We all like to brag about our knowl-
edge of Art. But we all Judge the
value of a picture by the magnifcence
of the frame.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-31

a newly-created bankruptcy district
with headquarters at Cordele.
Judge Hal Lambdin will move to
Cordele early next month with his
wife and child to make their home
there. He will go to Cordele next
week to open his new Office there.
Judge Hal Lambdin is twenty-nine
years old, and is probably the young
est referee in bankruptcy in the Uni
| ted States. He came to Savannah in
| September to practice law, and will
continue the practice Of law in Cor
dele in addition to his work as referee.
1t is understood that Judge Speer
has been contemplating for some time
the creation of this new bankruptcy
district, because of the richness and
importance of the five counties around
Cordele included in it. Some of the
counties were in the Waycross dis
trict and some were in the Americas
district.
Judge Hal Lambdin came to Savan
nah in September to practice law. af-
ter resigning the secretaryship to Con
gresham Randall walker, in Wash
ington, D. G. While in Washington he
graduated from the law school of
George Washington university, but his
experience and practice in courts Of
law has not been limited to his work
in Savannah since September. He was
for several years clerk in law Office
Of the former firm Of Wilson. Bennett,
& Lambdin, in Waycross, of which
firm his late father was a member,
and while in Washington during the
recesses OF congress- he acted as Of
fetal court reporter for the Waycross
superior court, thus gaining much
practical 'first-hand knowledge of
court work.
Judge Hal Lambdin graduated from
| Gordon institute at GAINESVILLE in
1906 which institute was ounded by
his grandfather and which his father
the late Judge Lambdin, attended
when young man.
| After graduation he went to Way
! cross and worked as chief clerk in his
| fathers law firm. From this position
he went to Washington in 1912 as sec
rotary to the secretary of the United
| States senate He held this position
until 1914, when he accepted the ap-
pointment as secretary to Congress
man Randall Walker from the Elev-
! enth Georgia district. He resigned
| this place to come to Savannah last
| September, where he entered upon the
practice of law, opening up offices in
the Germania bank building.
| In 1911 Judge Hal Lambdin married
Miss Charlie Heard Harris, of Talbot
ton, granddaughter of DR.. j. B. Nc
Gehee, the famous Methodist preacher
of the south Georgia conference.
Both he and his wife have many
! friends in Savannah who are very sor-
ry to learn that they are going to
Cordele, but these friends wish the
best of success and prosperity to them
in their new home, and hope that the
youngest referee in bankruptcy in the
United States may make an enviable
name and reputation for himself both
as lawyer and jurist.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-31
OVER $1,000 IN PRIZES TO
BE GIVEN LADIES Of
SURROUNDING TERRITORY
First Prize 5-Pdssenger Cheurolet Touring
Car--Second Prize $4,000 Kin1ble
Piano - Third Prize $4,000
Pathephone- --Other Prizes,

of L. 0. White, distributor, Coroele,
Ga.
The second prize is to be the up
right Kimball Piano, especially made
for us. 1t is strictly high-grade in ev-
cry respect and was awarded first hon
or at the Panama. Pacific Exposition,
and is to be dull satin mahogany
finish.
The value of this piano is
$4,000 on time or $4,000 cash. Bears
a five year guarantee from the w. W.
Kimball Co., as to Workmanship and
material. The tone quality Of it is be-
yond question and is endorsed by the
leading musicians of the world.
This piano will be ON exhibition at
the L. l.. Helms Music Store in the
Greer Block within short while.
The third prize will be a beautiful
Pathephone in Oak and Mahogany fin
ish which retails for $4,000. All ex-
posed metal parts are nickle plated.
Equipped with tone control, path
sound box, speed adjuster, sound-box
for lateral-cut records, full tone Pathe
Sapphire, half-tone Pathe sapphire,
jewel point for playing records using
diamond point, and well-balanced,
smooth-running spring motor.
Never in the worlds history have
two men contributed so much keen,
clear pleasure to the people OF every
nation as have the Pathe Brothers, OF
France, whose worldwide reputation
is we'll established through their in
ventive genius of perfecting the Pa
telephone, the Pathe Discs and the
moving pictures. For over twenty-five
years inventors and manufacturers
have been trying to produce perfect
instrument that would render a life
like reproduction Of voice and instru-
ment But it remains for the Pathe
Freres to accomplish this and bring
into being the Pathephone and Pathe
Discs.
This machine was purchased OF the
l.. L. Helms Music Co.. Cordele, Ca
The fourth prize, $500 merchan-
disc order on Mann & Holmes, Cor
dele, Ga. The young lady who wins
this prize will have the privilege OF
selecting merchandise to this amount.
There are thirteen other prizes, in
Guiding gold coin and merchandise.
There Are No Losers In This Contest
In addition to the prizes mentioned
above, The Dispatch is going to give
all contestants who do not win prize,
ten per cent on all they turn in, pro-
viding they remain active all through
the contest to the end.
The contest will be under the dlrec-
ton of C. Raymond Goodrich, Gen
eral Manager of The Goodrich con-
test and Advertising company of Jack
sonville, Fla This company has con-
Quoted some Of the most successful
contests ever staged in the south, and
enjoys a reputation for its clean meth
DDS in every instance.
Now is the time to enter, send in
your name at once. The contest opens
Monday, January 9Th. Phone 30 at
once and ask for the contest manager;
he will be glad to give you all the in
formation desired.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-31

sIxTIETH MILESTONE
is PASSED BY WILSON
Washington, Dec. 29.-President
Wilson was so years Of age today. He
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-31
CITY SCHOOLS TO
OPEN ON TUESDAY
CORDELE SCHOOL CHILDREN TO
BE GIVEN NEW YEARS DAY AND
THEN THE BELLS WILL RING
HIGH ATTENDANCE RECORD.

The spring term, 1917. of the Cor
dele public schools will open next
Tuesday morning, notwithstanding the
general rumor that has gone abroad
that the session would begin on Mon
day. Superintendent A. L. Brewer
stated at the close of the school for
The holidays that the school would OBJ
serve the New Year apd that the ses-
sion would begin on Tuesday morning
While neither pupils nor teachers
have had Christmas sufficient to thor
oughly satisfy them, there is evidence
that the session will open with all in
good spirits and striving harder for
an even better session than the fall
term. All of the teachers will be in
their respective places, and the school
will open with the proper exercises.
Miss Jessie B. Whitmore, Of Lex
ington, KY, who succeeds Miss Den
ton as principal Of the Northern
Heights school, arrived this afternoon.
Superintendent Brewer has some
monthly attendance records of the
fall session of which he is very proud.
The best of them reached 81 and IS
per cent for all the white schools.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-31

was the REGIMENT of many congratu-
latory messa Isi1n all parts of the
country and abroad. No special cele-
bration was planned for the day.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-31
sPEND-THE.DAY PARTY.

Miss Willie Belle Todd entertained
a number of her friends very delight.
fully at a spend-the-day party Friday
complimenting Misses Ruth Mat
thews, Pauline Gary and Charlie Ertz'
berger, who are at home from G. N.
|. c. for the holidays. The dinner was
we'll appointed in every particular and
delicious The young ladies present
on this occasion were Misses Charlye
Ertzberger Ruth and jamie Matthews,
Pauline Gary, Frances Markert, Kate
De Metz, and Nancy Starr.
Miss Frances Markert has returned
from a visit of several weeks to rela-
tives in brownsville.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-31
NEW REFEREE WILL.
MOVE To CORDELE.
EARLY IN JANUARY
TO TAKE UP WORK
JUDGE HAL lAMBDlN MAKING
PLoNS TO OPEN OFFICE HERE
NEXT WEEk-SkETcH OF HIS
LIFE.

Savannah Georgia. December 30
Mr.. Hal Lambdin, son Of the late
Judge W. w. Lambdin, today received
an order from Judge Emory Speer,
of Macon, notifying him he had been
appointed referee in bankruptcy for
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-31
Fl FAS AGAINST ALL
DELINQUENT TAX PAYERS

w. j. Musselwhite tax collector,
states that property-holders are now
paying up their taxes rapidly. Most
of the larger property holders he says
have aid Friday he was busy issuing
fl fas against about 300 delinquents
which is about the same number as
last year.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-10-18
All Democrats Should Vote.

At the approaching general election
all Democrats in South Carolina should
vote and vote right. Some designing
men are making an effort to create a
split in the party in this State, but we
do not believe they will have a cor
poral's guard for a following. White
men in South Carolina may have their
differences in the primary election,
behaving themselves oftentimes un-
seemly, but when the day comes for
the two great national parties to meas
ure their strength white men come to-
gether and join forces against COM
mon foe. The Republican party has
always been an enemy of the South
and we can not afford to do aught that
will even in the remotest degree
strengthen its strongholds. We do not
believe true South Carolina Democrats
can be led astray.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-10-18
That Greenwood Mass Meeting.

Shocked by several recent tragedies,
one having resulted in the death OF
four men, the citizens of Greenwood
held largely attended mass meeting
last week for the purpose of taking
such steps as will be necessary to
bring about a better enforcement OF
the law, especially the prohibition law.
1t is conceded in every part of the
State that conditions have wonderfully
improved under prohibition, but, like
every other law, if we are to receive
the greatest possible benefit from the
prohibition law it must be enforced.
The object of the Greenwood mass
meeting was to bring about a better
enforcement of the prohibition law.
The chief way in which prohibition
improves conditions is through the cur
tailment of the consumption of whis-
key. We eneed in Edgefeld county
further curtailment of liquor consump-
tion. During the past month Edge
field has had two or three homicides
among negroes that were due to whls-
key. While there are but few viola
tions of the liquor law now in this
county, there is too much being ship
ped in under the gallon-a-month law,
and acknowledgements per cent
of the shipments are consigned to ne
groes. Unless the heavy shipments of
whiskey to Edgefeld, this being the
central distributing point, are decreased
we will have other and still more shock
ing crimes resulting.
1t is singularly true that in proper
ton as people prosper they plunge more
heavily into vice and wrong doing.
Seventeen cents cotton seems to have
unclaimed the devil and all of his imps
in some places, but let US, by holding
mass meeting or through other means,
devise some way of keeping him
shackled in Edgefeld.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-10-18

though before she took Tanlac we
thought she would never get over
this disease. She was in an awful
condition, really, but she looks like
another woman now and it is all
due to Tanlac.
"She has good appetite now and
has gained lot of weight. She
gained three pounds on the first
bottle. We have neven seen any
thing like it. 1t is hard to believe
any medicine could do as much, but
Tanlac sure did give her the most
wonderful relief.
Il am glad to recommend Tanlac
because it just broke up the case of
pellagra my mother had-at least,
the sores were driven away and
have not come back-and because
it proved in my case remarkably
good medicine. My mother has not
single symptom of pellagra now,
so far as I can tell"
Penn & Holstein, Edgefield;
Johnston Drug Co., Johnston; J.
w. Bracknell & Son, Plum Branch; {;
R. P. Winn & Bro, Plum Branch,
E. F. D. 6; G.. w. Wise, Trenton;
Robertson & Co., Parksville.