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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-12-16
(Original)
VISITS EDEN PARK
Dear Aunt Molly

Dear Aunt Molly:
/ want to tell you a little about
the museum at Eden park at Gin
cinnati. It Is a very large and beau
tiful building in the center of Eden
park. There is one room remem-
Der that has odd furniture in it that
belonged too queen Of long ago.
The bed was very old fashioned
with posts at each end of it which
looked like post Of spools. There
Is another room In this large build
Ing in which Is kept q mummy. It
Is SO old it Is turning to stone. It
Is raped in cloth which keeps It
from smelling. The mummy is kept
In a glass coffin. There are a good
many old fashioned clothes too.
Such as the Indians use to wear,
some of George Washington
clothes. And good many other in.
teresting things. Well must close
for this time.
Sincerely yours,
MARGARET TULL.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-12-16

vices In Q school house. Then the
people built churches and the
ground around them was used for
q cemetery.
The people went to church horse
back and sometimes on foot. These
churches were heated by fireplaces
and sometimes by pots Of red hot
Goals which the people would bring.
There were travelling preachers
called circuit riders and when they
were in q woods they would follow
biased trail. The blazed trail was
made by notching trees.
: Maurice Mentenidck
B Hibberd school.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-12-16
A CHRISTMAS SURPRISE

Once upon to time there was a
little girl whose father was dead.
Christmas was drawing near and
the poor little girls mother was i'll.
Il wonder IL any one will bring
me anything for Christmas" she
said. She did not go to Sunday
school for she had no nice clothes
like other girls did.
That night as she was lying in
her her hard rude bed she heard
a tap at the door. who could it
be-" she said. She went to the
door and it was her grandma who
had bought them something to eat
and the little girl a baby doll. 1t
was just what the little girl wanted
They had a nice Christmas and the
mother soon got we'll
EDITH JOHNSON ga
Whiteater School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-12-16
CHRISTMAS

On every Christmas night
When the moon shines with q ten
der light,
And the stars twinkle in that mid
night hour
Everything has a very strange
power.
H.
Santa stands in the freight dim;
Short of stature, large OF limb,
With long snowy beard and kindly
face,
Fills all the stockings to suit his
taste.
At the very earliest peep of morn,
We hear the echo of his bugle-horn.
He always goes with an empty
sleigh
As he passes along his homeward
way.
From a friend
Economy, Ind.
(OriginaD
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-12-16
POOR PATTY

Patty was going to market to sell
der pail Of milk. She was busily
thinking what she should do with
the money. What do you suppose
she meant to buy? She planned to
buy a new pink dress and q beauti-
full hat with feathers on It. What
fun it would be to toss her head as
she went!
At this moment she gave her
head a toss, Down came the pail
and spilled all the milk. Then she
cried and cried. But all her crying
would not put the milk back into
the pail.
June Templin
Grade 5. Milton, Ind.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-12-16
ABOUT A DOG

The other day q big dog come
to our house. We fed him and /
call him my pet dog. This morn
ing when l started to school l said,
Are you going to the corner with
me?" He went then told him to
lay down on the porch. And that IL
what ! call pet dog.
RAY WILSON.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-12-16

Dear Aunt Molly:
What do you think. boy In the
sixth grade. had to stand on the
floor for about forty minutes. To
work Arithmetic problems. because
he wanted to work at them in time
of school. when our History class
was reciting.
MABLE SANDERS.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-12-16
WINTER

Summer joys are over,
Flowers bloom no more.
Wintry winds sweeping:
Through the snow drifts peeping
Cheerful evergreen
Rarely now is seen.
BENNETT JOHNSON,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-12-16
Early State Churches

The early churches Of Indiana
we're first held in the homes.
When more people came into the
neighborhood they held their SER
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-12-16
LIVED IN NEW ORLEANS

Have you ever been In New Or.
leans?
New Orleans Is awful muddy.
When l was there goats we're rum
ming everywhere.
One winter the snow was IL inch.
es deep.
JOSEF HUH
Baxter School
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-12-16

Remember Santa Claus keeps a
spy glass.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-13
DEATH CLAIMS y:
MRS. HERRINGT ION
ESTIMABLE YOUNG MATRON PASS
ES AT FAMILY HOME NEAR ERE-
NEZER-FUNERAL IN CORDELE.

Mrs. J. B. Harrington, aged thirty,
wife of well known farmer of the
Ebenezer settlement, died at the fam
lily home Sunday night about O'Clock.
She had been seriously sick for only
about forty-eight hours from hemor.
rhagic fever. The funeral services
were conducted by Rev. j. M. Kelly,
OF MonteZuma, and interment occurred
Monday afternoon at $3.50 at Sunny
side cemetery.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Herring
ton is survived by 17-months old
son and other relatives in the county.
She was o young women OF exemplary
Christian character, a member of the
Baptist church and had many warm
friends.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-13
IRON MULE GOES
DEEP IN EARTH
TRACTOR ON CHURCHWELL
FARMS BUSY MAKING WAY FOR
FEEDING PLANT ROOTS.

Farm Demonstration J. A. Johnson
is keeping an eye on big farm trac-
tor that is working away out on the
Churchwell plantation. With long,
lazy stroke this iron mule" creeps
and creeps all the day long, dragging
a double disc pillow that delves into
the soil to a much greater depth than
ordinary ''nigger and mule" reach. Be-
hind each disc is a subsoiler that tears
into the earth and provides a way for
the feeding roots Of the plants.
The tractor, which is an Interna-
tional Mogul, was set to work by the
Palmer-Jones company some several
weeks ago. 1t is busy all the time
preparing lands for grain crops and
for the crops of the early spring of
the next year. Its work will have
much to do with making the crops on
q vast area.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-13
REV. j. p. WARDLAW GOES
TO NEW CHARGE IN CON
MACON LOOKS FOR BIG
SHIPPERS MEETING IN JANUARY

Macon, Dec. 12.-Arrangements are
rapidly being made for the meeting
here next month for the purpose OF
Georgia shippers, for the purpose of
permanently organizing the Georgia
Shippers association. The associa-
ton now has three thousand individ-
ual shippers enrolled, in addition to
a number of large wholesale and re-
tail concerns.
B. Gilman, secretary, is broadcast
ing invitations over the state with a
view of having a large crowd. The
Georgia rate case is the most impor'
tant matter before the people of Geor-
gia today. The increase of freight
rats would materially affect every in
terest in Georgia and the shippers as
sociation is planning the strongest
combat possible for the next hearing
before the railroad commission in
February.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-13

CAR FINE HOGS
BRING GOOD
PRICE TO
OWNER
c, 3. AND A. J. WHATLEY AND J.
l.. WHEELER SHIP 1922 FINE
PORKERS-GET APPROXIMATE
LY $4,000 OR 7Iac PER POUND
ON FOOT.

c. B. Whatley, one of the countys
most progressive farmers, knows
something about boil weevil condi-
lions. That is the reason he did not
wait until the weevil actually infest-
ed the cotton crop on his farm before
he inaugurated plans of diversified
farming and started in for cattle and
hog raising on an extensive scale and
FOR marketing purposes.
Monday Mr.. Whatley sold to Will
hanson & Dennis, commission mer-
chants at jacksonville, sixty head OF
inc hogs, each tipping the scales for
/ heavy weight. These were includ-
ID in a car load shipment in which
\. J. Whatley Arthur Wheeler and j.
!. Wheeler were also interested, the
,ntire car lot numbering 122 head,
md totaling approximately $4,000. At
IA cents per pound, on the foot, the
price paid for the shipment was about
$4,000.
Packing houses are now offering as
high as IL cents for corn fed hogs in
the local market, and IL and cents
Tor beef cattle on the fot. Adult five
car loads of hgs have been sold in the
local market by farmers OF Crisp to
representatives of different packing
louses and shipped during the past
hree months.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-13
SIDNEY Cats
G0V-ElECTO
FLOR|DA,,WAS'
HERE.SUNDAY
ASSERTS COMMON PEOPLE, LORD
GOD ALMIGHTY AND SIDNEY j.
CATS MADE HIM GOVERNOR OF
FLORIDA.

Sidney j. Cats, Governor-elect Of
Florida, Baptist minister and lecturer
occupied the pulpit at the First Bap
fist church Sunday morning. Mr.
Cats was en- route from Macon, where
he delivered lecture Saturday night
! to Douglas, where he was scheduled to
| speak Monday night.
The speaker was introduced by Rev.
| j. II. CON- pastor of the First Baptist
! church, who referred interestingly to
Governer-elect Cats remarkable
campaign in Florida. Though his com
ing to the city and his sermon were
announced, his stay here being I'M
expected, large congregation greet
ed Mr.. Cats and were forcefully i'm
pressed with his power of speech his
earnestness and display of strong in
tellectual and spiritual qualities. He
explained that he was rather exhaust
ed from having spoken much during
the past few days, and his hoarseness
was obvious, yet he spoke with aptness
and striking earnestness, and he gave
the congregation strikingly spiritual
olSCOuIo6, tdhlllS HIS IGhI ITUul raul 3
words, 81 beseech you, therefore,
brethren by the mercies of God, to pre-
sent your bodies living sacrifice, &C
ceptable unto God, which is your rea-
sonable service"
While in Cordele Mr.. Cats met
large number of citizens and former
acquaintance. He prefaced his ser
mon with the remarks that che put his
fool self into the governors race"
implying that he considered politics
rather strenuous. This remark was in
reply to the statement Of Rev. Coin
in introducing him that the prohibit
tionists Of Florida had brought him
out for govern.
He was asked what element had
been the controlling power in elect
ing him to the office on an independ-
ent ticket in the general election after
the nomination in the primary was
taken from him on technical points
He replied that "the common people,
God Almighty, and Sidney J. Cats
won that election" His conversation
throughout showed him a man of Wig
orous aggressiVeness and determine
ton of purpose.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-13
D. A. R. CRU|V|
IS APPOINTED
/. ASlJUDCE BY
GOVERNOR
SUCCEEDS JUDGE GEORGE ON
CORDELE ClRCUIT-APPOIN
MENT EFFECTIVE JAN. 1ST.

Judge w. F. George, who takes his
place on the Appellate court bench
on January /, Monday last rendered
his resignation to Governor Nat E..
Harris as judge of the Cordele circuit
superior court.
Governor Harris on Tuesday after
noon announced the appointment of
D. A. R. Crum of this city to fill the I'M
expired term of Judge George which
continues through the following two
years. Mr.. Crum was in Atlanta at
the time of the appointment, having
been there number of days in the in
terest of his candidacy. For some
time friends who have advocated his
appointment for the unexpired term
have felt confident of his success. I'm
mediately after his appointment the
new Judge was sworn in before Gov
ernor Harris.
Judge Crum has for the past fifteen
years been a member of the law firm
of Crum and Jones, of Cordele, prior
to which time he was member of
the law firm of Busbee, Crum & Bus
pee OF vienna. lie S6FV6u loIlu III
the state senate from nineteen five to
nineteen six and during this time faith
cred the bill which made drunkenness
on the public highway a criminal Of
Tense. He has been actively engaged
in the practice of law for the past
twenty-five years, is "a member of the
state bar association and the Amerl-
can bar association. During his prac-
/, tice he has been counsel in number
of cases of statewide interest, and has
been prominently connected with i'm
portant legislation in south Georgia.
He has always taken an active inter
est in local affairs and matters OF
state interest. He was one of the first
and staunchest advocates of the abo-
lition of the convict lease system and
putting the convicts on the county
roads. He recently gave strong sup
, port to the movement to secure NUM-
cipal ownership Of the electric light
plant here.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-13

Rev. j. P. Wardlaw, who for the
past four years has served the Cor
dele district of the South Georgia Con-
ference as presiding elder, goes to-
morrow to Macon to take charge of
the pastorate of the First Street Meth
odist church His new charge has
prepared a warm welcome and his
old friends here have expressed sin
cere hope that he will find himself
pleased and happy in the new place.
Rev Mr. Wardlaw preached his fare
we'll sermon at the Methodist church
here last Sunday evening. A large
congregatin heard him. In all denom-
nations he is loved throughout the
field covered by him and his going is
a source of regret. He has happy,
whole souled smile for everybody and
never has time to quarrel about any
thing
In going he bids an affeetionate fare
we'll and assures everybody of a con-
tinued hearty good wishes for prospect
ty.
Rev. Wardlaw has served as presid-
ing elder in the Macon district and is
not a stranger in his new home.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-13

Premier Asquith, leader of the Lib
eral party in Great Britain, and Ar
thur Balfour, former leader of the I'm
ionist and former premier, now frs
lord of the admiralty in the Coalition
Cabinet, may have to quit public life
because of dissatisfaction over their
part in the conduct of the war. Brit
ishers are beginning to demand young
err men for the management OF the war.
The new crisis may result in making
Lloyd George premier, and a place in
the cabinet for Lord Northcliffe, own
er of the London Times, believed by
millions to be the ablest man in Great
Britain.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-13
NEGRO
R0BBER IN
SUCCESSFUL
HAUL
WILLIAM HENRY cox TURNED
OVER $4,000 TO BIG RUSTY
CHOCOLATE WITH GUN. TWO
ARRESTS.

Charlie Mulhollen and Henry Dan
iels, both negroes, are prisoners in the
county jain, charged with implication
in the hold-up and robbery of William
Henry Cox, a south Cordele market
man and grocer, last Saturday night,
while third negro who actually COM
mitted the crime is still at liberty and
his name has not been learned by the
officers.
The negro highWayman secured $105
in currency, after he had thrust an ug
ly looking revolver into CoX's face,
quietly pulled back the hammer when
Cox first refused to turn over the
money to him, and emphasized the
threat, l said give me that money"
He caught the grocer with no weapon
or other instrument handy to defend
himself
Mulhollen, meat cutter for Riley
Roberts, a colored marketman, and
Daniels, farmer on the place of Joe
Clements, Saturday. night about -
o'clock came to Cox's market with the
negro who perpetrated the holdup. q.
T.. Bridges, who is a partner with Cox
in the business, was present at the
time. Another negro man and woman,
who had also done some trading were
just leaving and Cox was in the act
of closing the store, having placed the
key in the front door. The negro wo-
man in passing out remarked that it
was careless to leave the key in the
door that way. Mulhollen in the mean
time had gone, and Daniels and the
third negro left Immediately.
When Cox finally went to close the
store he found the key gone, and sus-
pected the, negro woman Bridges
went to her house. After close ques-
tioning it was apparent that she had
stolen the key While he was gone
the hold-up negro returned under the
pretense of wanting to buy some to-
bacco. He had seen Cox count out
his days income He got the tobacco
and as Cox turned to sit down by the
| fire, the negro called with a threat:
GIVE me that money" and the mar
ket man turned to face a revolver. He
refused at first but the situation began
to look serious when the negro re-
peated his threat.
Mulhollen was arrested Monday and
placed in the county Jail. He refused
to tell anything, admitting that he had
come to the store with the holpup ne
gro but saying that he had just met
him and knew nothing of him; not
even his name Mulhollen told con-
ficting stories as to whom Daniels
framed with, first saying that he form
ed with a Mr. Mckinney, though the
negro was actually located in directly
the opposite direction on Mr.. Glenn
ents farm Daniels was arrested
Tuesday afternoon. He says that Null
hollen introduced him to the strange
negro, that he knew nothing of him
and did not remember his name. His
tale, like that of Mulhollen, is not con-
sidered plausible.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-13

The city of Cordele held great car
nival show, full train of twenty cars
for four full hours Sunday night The
shows stayed SO long that the advance
agents thought of billing the town.
There was full opportunity to show
and almost time enough. The cars
stood stone dead on the tracks here
for a long time and had it not been
in the wee small hours of the night
when every little boy and every little
girl are safely tucked away and watch
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-13
CARNIVAL CAME AND WENT
WHILE SAND MAN HELD SWAY

ed softly by the Sand Man, they could
have seen this big carnival on the
cars, whether or no.
The train came here in the early
hours of Sunday night. The freight
crews of the big trunk lines had al
ready had their tilt with the little red
headed sheriff, and they wouldn't
bulge till the clock struck twelve. 1t
was to go south over the G. S. & T.,
but it didn't go, at least during the
time legally termed Sunday.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-13
FRANCHISE ANNULLED.

Washington, Dec. 12.-Ruling of
New York courts annulling state
franchise given to the Long Sault De-
veloping company for an immense
power project in the st. Lawrence riv.
er was put into force and operation
today by the supreme court which dis
missed the corporations appeal Lack
of federal jurisdiction of presentation
of federal questions were the grounds
givn.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-13

When New York decided to flood
light the Statute of Liberty, which
for thirty years has at night been
mere dark bulk against the sky,
she got Cleveland man to do the
job. H. Herbert Magdsick, young
electrical engineer of that city, who
graduated from the university of Wis
consin six years ago, and is now in
the employ of the General Electrical
Company, arranged the system of
lights which President Wilson set in
motion on the evening of Dec 2. These
lights will now burn every night so in
coming ships and all those on boats in
the harbor may see the statute even
better than in the daytime.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-13
JUDGE ROBERT HODGES DIES
AT MACON SANlTARIUM

Macon, Dec. 13.-Judge Robert
Hodges of the Appellate court died
here at the Williams Sanitarium
shortly after last midnight. He had
been a patient at the institution little
more than a week. Judge Hodges was
appointed to the Appellate court by
Governor Harris to succeed Judge
Dick Russell He was for many years
Judge of the city court of Macon and
also served as solicitor general OF the
Macon circuit number Of years.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-13
STANDARD OIL PAYS BONUS.

New York, Dec 12.-The Standard
Oil company of New Jersey today ua-
thorized bonus payments to all its en-
ployees in the United States receiving
less than $4,000 a year, who were not
included in general wage advance re-
Gently made. Those getting less than
81 900 a year receive a 20 per cent bo-
nut; those between $1,000 and $4,000
a Is per cent bonus, and those between
$4,000 and $4,000, 10 per cent.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-13
CONCERT COMPANY HELD
MUSIC LOVERS SUNDAY

The Brewer Concert company, com
posed of a mother and her two daugh-
tiers, all gifted musicians, gave two
delightful concerts in the parlors OF
the Suwanee hotel Sunday, and the
trio gave a number of splendid selec.
tions at the First Methodist church
Sunday evening. The concert company
is under the management of the Aka
hest Lyceum course, and were en-
route to Vienna to fill an engagement
Monday evening.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-13

peach,--it's humdinger)
The Dispatch has been seriously
enlisting the help of those who want
show to see if the guilty ones among
the City Fathers can be located. No
body can tell why the shows don't
come, but they just dont't come. "The
election is over" says one man, land
the shows ought to be given chance. II
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-13
DAVIS BECOMES NEW YARD
MASTER FOR G. s. & r. RY

c. H Davis, recently of Macon, has
been appointed by the Georgia South
ern & Florida railway as yardmaster
in the local yards to succeed c. H. Gay,
resigned Mr.. Davis will move his
family here. He was formerly yard
master here about four years ago.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-13
DEATH CLAIMS 9-YEAR-OLD
JAMES TRAMWELL MERCER

James Tramwell Mercer, 9-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Mercer,
died Monday afternoon about o'clock
at their home at the country residence
of Mrs MERGERS father, Mr.. James
Ray, four miles northwest of the city.
The child had been sick only a short
time.
Funeral services and burial occurr-
ed Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
the Whitsett cemetery, near Coney.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-13
IMMUNITY FOR NEW HAVEN MEN

Washington, Dec. 12.-Appeals from
New York federal court ruling grant
ing immunity to John L. Billiard, Will
liam Skinner and James S. Elton in
the New Haven railroad prosecution
were dismissed today in the supreme
court by the department of justice,
The government contended they were
not entitled to immunity by having
tstified in the interstate commerce
commission investigation.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-13
WILL NOT MAKE ROOM FOR
FINE MERRY GO-ROLND

Here's another show trying to break
through. A show man is in Cordele
begging to be permitted to show and,
he's not showing yet anything but
some pearly white teeth when he
warns up to a cordial grin He has
been all around fighting for a chance
to greet the boys and girls with the
merry-go-round (And, boys, he has a
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-13
HEApLIeHT LAW SUSTAINED.

Washington, Dec. 12.-Indiana's law
requiring high power headlights on
locomotives was sustained today by
the supreme court, which held, how
ever, that state laws on the subject
will be superseded by the interstate
commerce commission regulations
when odopted.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-13
HARPER HEADS COMMITTEE.

Washington, Dec 12.-Offlcial an
nouncement was made today Of the
appointment of Robert N. Harper a
local bank president as chairman OF
the inaugural committee having in
charge the ceremonies March in con-
nection with re.installation of Pres
ident Wilson.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-13

Following fast upon the overthrow
of Premier Asquith in England rumor
has it Papa" Joffre, commander in
CHIEF of the French army in the west.
is likely to be supplanted by General
Palain, the hero of Verdun; General
Castlenau, his chief aid, or General
Nivelle, now in command at Verdun.
Some Frenchmen argue that General
Joffre has reached the limit of his
ability, and that a man of different
ideas must he placed in command If
France is to win.