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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-13
PLAN ADJOURNMENT
OF CONGRESS- SEPT. |
ATTACKED BY NELSoN-STEER-
ING COMMITTEE OUTLINES THE
WORK FOR REST OF SESSION.

Washington, Aug. 1O.-LA plan for adj
journment of Congress by September
1 was worked out by Senate leaders to-
day in a series of conferences occu-
plying virtually the whole attention of
senators of both parties and trans
forming the opening day of debate
on the ship purchase bill, which stir
red up a bitter fight when it was
pressed two years ago, into spiritless
discussion among the corporal's guard
of members who remained in their
places. d. ..
The democratic steering committee
submitted to the Republican leaders
in writing proposal that no impor.
tant legislation be taken up at this
session except the shipping, revenue,
employers liability and appropriation
bill and conference reports, with
view of adjournment by the end of
the present month. ...., ,,,,
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-13
CORPS MEMBERS
. ARE SHOWING UP
THOSE WHO WISH TO BECOME
MEMBERS OF DRUM AND 6uGLE
CORPS ARE ASKED TO REPORT
AT DISPATCH OFFICE

If the plans Of those promoting the
organization of drum and bugle corps
for Cordele work out successfully, this
organization will soon be permanent
fixture. There is every indication
that the undertaking will meet with
success.
1t is proposed to have from twenty
to thirty in the corps Fully dozen
of these have furnished their names
to ]. w. Frances who will leaf
them. In addition several cornetists
have promised to become members.
Members of the corps will probobly
use three uniforms, the regular khaki
travelling suit, a dress uniform and a
white duck suit for special evening
occasions. Promoters are already
in communication with several con-
Germs relative to the drums asd bugles
and other Instruments and parapher-
MALTA that will be needed. Some steps
have also been taken to secure q halt
or gathering place for the organization.
All who are inter ested in becoming
members of the corps are requesfei
to leave their LANES at the Dispatch
office. Any information that will be
of service to prospective members will
also be fursished at this office.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-13
BOIL WEEVILS IN GRADY.

Cairo, Aug. lit is an absolute
certainty that the boil weevil has hit
Grady county Several farmers have
brought bottles, boxes and pars full
for exhibition.
Although the crops are not hurt by
them this year, there will be great
peril in pla1ying late cotton next year.
and all farmers are planning to plant
early crops and to plant the seed good
and thick in order that with what the
frost kills out, there will be left a
reasonably good stand.
The recent rains have been the max
ing of the sugar cane in this county
There will be fully Is per cent OF a
full crop. The barrel factories are
busy preparing sufficient barrels for
the syrup. 1t is thought that syrup
will bring a fairly good price on &C
count of the shortage last year.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-13
TIMES. were never
MORE PROSPEROUS
WEBSTER RETURNS FROM EAST
WHERE BIG FACTORIES ARE
RUNNING NIGHT AND DAY.

w. A. Webster returned several days
ago from an extensive trip through
the east and west. He first went to
East Liverpool and. other points to Sc
cure q. new line Of crockery, which
line OF business he is now engaged in
travelling. Afterward he visited Cincin-
natiss Pittsburg, New York and other
large cities and resorts.
4 People. are certainly not wasting
time talking panic in the sections
which l visited3p said Mr.. Webster. 81
was informed that times had never
been more prosperous, rand there was
evidence onb every hand to bear out
such a statement. Factories of all
kinds were running night and day.
There was no critical labor condition,
except for the lack of securing suffici
ent labor, especiafly5in the operation
of the great steel Industries in Penn
sylvania and Ohios Fhe farming sec
lions of these and other states are
enjoying the best crops they have ex
periepced for yearsi'
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-13
FLOYD COUNTY WOMAN fHi
WEEDS SAME MAN TWICE

Rome, Aug. 11.-vMrs. Sarah Middle.
| ton was yesterday Nor the second time
married to c, R. Salmon, Polk coun-
ty farmer. tG. irtiilt.it
Mrs. Middleton's story as it devel-
oped in court was a strange one. On
December IS, 1910, she married Thorn
as Middleton, of Rome, and they lived
together for four years and then sep
arated. In 1912 she filed petition in
Polk county for divorce, and, Middle.
ton sought and obtained divorce in
Floyd county. Mrs. Middleton thought
she had right to marry again, and
became, as she supposed, the wife OF
Salmon. When Middleton found she
was living with Salmon he charged
her with bigamy. She was tried on
the charge in Polk county, and jury
there acquitted her under the circum-
stances. She was given the rightAto
marry in Floyd superior court and the
marriage ceremony between her and
Salmon was performed second timee
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-13
PROPOSE new
BASEBALL LEAGUE
FANS ARE NOW AFTER ORGANl-
ZATiON WHICH WOULD IN
cLUDE cORDELE, AMERlCUS, AL
sANY, FITZGERALD, MoULTRiE,
AND TOWNSVILLE.

Since Albany's exit from the South
Atlantic league and the finish of the
Big 4 league, old-time rivalry in base
ball has revived between that city and
Americas. A number of warmly con-
tested games have been played and
the spectators have numbered more
than were attracted by the league
games, either in the South Atlantic or
the Big 4.
A project is already under way for
the organization of a league of six
cities in South Georgia next season.
1t is proposed that the origiIAl cities
of the Big be included, Cordele,
Americas, Fitzgerald and Montezuma
and that Albany and Moultrie or Thorn
asville be added Albany's entrance
into the league, with it's enthusiastic
spirit for baseball and the consequent
large attendance upon the games there
would go much toward insuring the
success of the league, and it is the
general opinion of those interested
in. the undertaking that such an or
ganization would be self sustaining.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-13
BURGLARS RAID 4
GROCERY STORES
LOOKING FOR CASH ONLY, STOLE
FROM SUBURBAN PLACES -
WooTEN LOSES CASH IN RAID.

The .Wooten Grocery, located on
Seventeenth avenue and owned by c..
c. Wooten, was burglariZed Thursday
night and ten dollars in cash stolen
from the cash drawer A bicycle was
also stolen from the store. The gro
ceries were not molested.
Thursday night seems to have been
picked by the thieves for a raid on SUI
burban stores. An attempt was made
to enter the Jenkins grocery on six
teenth avenue, though the thieves were
evidently frightened away before
they completed the job. The grocery
of Easom. Holland, in the western su-
burbs of the city was entered though
nothing of consequence was missed.
Money seemed to be the chief motive
of the thefts and none was found in
the Holland store.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-13
new COTTON IS
COMING TO TOWN
FARMERS ARE HAPPY OVER THE
PROSPECTS FOR GOOD PRICES
WEATHER GOOD PAST WEEK.

Cotton picking is general through.
out the county now, and most of the
ginneries are being operated part OF
the time. Warehouse reports show
that 378 bales have been stored and
sold in the local market. The staple
without exception is of good quality
and is CHASING, as julie, as strict
middling.
Weather conditions during the past
week have been favorable for the crop
both in picking and otherwise. The
showers have helped in maturing the
fruit and cloudy weather followed the
showers for sufficient length of time
to prevent damage to the crop.
The prices in the local market con-
tinue steady and fair, and the farmers
expect them to remain around good
mark. Consequently there is good
feeling of optimism among the farm.
ers and those in all commercial lines
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-13
FARMERS TAKE
BOIL WEEvIL TRIP
REPRESENTATIVES. OF SOUTH
ERIN COUNTIES OF GEORGIA TO
MAKE EXCURSION INTO WEEVlL
TERRITORY OF GEORGIA AND
ALABAMA.

Athens, August 12.-County agents
of South Georgia., leading farmers, rep
resentatives of the Georgia State Col
lege of Agriculture and of the united
States Department of Agriculture, will
center at cambridge, Ga, on the night
of August Is in automobile to make
a tour in boil weevil infested territory
in Georgia and Alabama. 1t will be
a four-day trip for the majority,
though arrangements have been made
for a good more extended trip into
Alabama territory for some of the
agents.
1t is proposed to have each county
agent take five or six leading farmers
from his county. Should many others
desire to make the trip, it will be
arranged that they shall go in sections
so as not to overtax the accommoda-
tions of some of the towns to be Wis
tied
j. G. Oliver, district agent who is in
charge of the Georgia end of the itin'
eracy, is in Athens completing the
details for the movement and announc
ces that complete itinerary of the
proposed trip will not be made public
until ]. A. Evans of the States Rela
lions Service at Washington is heard
from. Mr.. Oliver states, however, that
the party will center at cambridge
on the night of August 16 and leave
there for Decatur, Ca, and reach An
delusia, Ala, Thursday night. Friday
will be spent in the region of Ande
lusia and on Saturday the party will
go into Randolph county, Ca, ant
thence home.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-13
]. J.. HOLT VICTIM
Of APPENDICITIS
DEATH CAME TO WELL KNOWN
CRISP coUNTY,FARMER AT COR.
DELE sANIToRIUM.

j. j. Holt, wei known farmer of
the Zion Hope community, died at 6
o'clock last Wednesday afternoon at
the Corde1e sanitoridm. Mr.. Holt
had been in declining years for some
months and several days prior to his
death was attacked with appendicitis.
An operation was performed, though
the physicians, knowing his serious
state of health, held out only the
slightest hope of recovery to members
of the family! He was 81 years of age
and is survived by family of wild
ow and several children.
Funeral services and burial were
held at the I cemetery about two miles
east of Zion H"pe.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-13
WOULD CONSIDER WORK
OF EXTENDING w. & A..

Atlanta, Aug. 1O.-The senate today
passed the two bills by Senator Paulk
of the Sixth with regard to the Wes-
tern and Atlantic railroad. One OF
these bills empowers the special com
mission appointed to consider the flu
ture of the road, to take under advise
ment propositions to extend the road
to the sea, while the other provides
for a $1O,OOO,OOO bond issue to meet
the expenses of such extension if it
is deemed advisable.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-13
First Methodist Church.

At the Sunday evening preaching
hour at o'clock, Rev. Walter An
thony, pastor of the First Methodist
church, will preach the second of his
series of sermons on duty. The topic
will be, "My Duty as Citizen" 1t
will be discourse of Christian citi.
zenship, and will touch on some of the
local issues of the day.
Rev. Anthony's subject at the morn
ing preaching hour at II o'clock will
be, 1.-THE Gifts from Above" Members
and friends of all of the churches
of the city are cordially invited to
worship with the Methodists during
the absence from the city of the other
pastors.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-13
DRILLS FOR WATER;
GETS SOAP INSTEAD

Moultrie, Aug. 11.-Boring a we'll
for water and striking soap" is the
experience of o. C. Ruff1n, we'll
known Baker county farmer, accord
ing to report received here. Mr. Ruff
fin was sinking a we'll on his farm
and after cutting through several feet
of white clay, he struck strata of
some light gray substance which is
said to possess the qualities of soap.
1t is soft enought to be easily cut with
a knife, is free from grit, and when
placed in water readily produces a
lather strikingly similar to that made
by soap. When applied to dishes it
cleanses thoroughly and leaves a fine
gloss when rubbed with cloth or pa
per. The discovery is said to have
attracted much attention.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-13
MRS. DR.. T. NJ. BAKER -
RETURNS TO MACON

Mrs. T. N. Baker, who has been the
guest for the past several days of Mrs.
]. B. Ryals, returned Saturday to her
home in Macon. DR.. and Mrs. Baker
are among Cordele's earlier and most
highly esteemed residents. DIR. Baker
began the practice of medicine in Cor
dele twenty two years ago and owned
for some time the valuable realty now
occupied by the handsome Baptist
Baker had designs for an elegant res
Williams cottages. At one time DR..
Baker had designs for an elegast res
idence for his family on the beauti-
full corner lot where the Baptist rhurch
now stands.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-13
TROOP TRAINS
OF SOLDIER BOYS
SOUTH CAROLINA NATIONAL
GUARD STOPPED IN CORDELE
TO SMILE AT LADIES AND RE-
PORT TO WAR DEPARTMENT.
THEY LIKED coRDELE. :$3S

The movement of troops over the
Seaboard railway, carrying the South
Carolina state national guard; from the
mobilization camps at Columbia sen
their way to New Orleans and thence
to the Mexican border, has occprred
during the past Several days. The
trains were transferred from the Sea;
board to the; Louisville & Nashville
railway at Montgomery and were run
over this road to New Orleans.
Wednesday night and Thursday morn
ing four troop trains were operated
over the Seaboard from Savannah to
Montgomery. The first train arrived
in Cordele about 10 o'clock and was
greeted upon its arrival with an i'm
mense crowd of spectators. This train
carried the hospital corps and the san.
itary departments. The other trains
followed within an hour and a half to
two hours of each other. All of the
soldiers who were up and stirring
about on the trains seemed happy and
carefree, apparently we'll satisfied, that
the order had come to go to the Dor
der.
The four trains carried about two
thousand privates and officers, COM
prising the complete Second South
Carolina regiment. The train mana
gers of all four divisions of the train
reported to the war department from
Cordele information concerning the
movement of the troops.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-13
RECEIVER AND EQUALIZERS
WERE HIGHLY PRAISED

Judge John C. Hart, state tax com
missioner, has certified Tax Receiver
C. O. Perry that the tax d.
gest of Crisp county has been approx.
ed, and that the some has been for
warded back to him. In his letter
Judge Hart says: 1.-THE digest shows
that Crisp county has a good tax re-
ceiver and good board of equalizers.
l commend the work of tax equaliza
ton in your county most cordially"
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-13
DORIS GOES FOR:
new DISTRICTS
BILL. PROVIDING FOR FIVE NEW
STATE SENATORS PASSES THE
HOUSE BY LARGE VOTE.

Atlanta, Aug. 10.-If the senate pass
es the bill which went through the
house today by a remarkably strong
vote-the hardest, of all votes to get
on a piece of gislation-Georgia will
be redistricted and the state will have
five new senators in the next senate.
The bill, by Doris of Crisp, and
about dozen othbrs, provides for five
new senatorial districts, for ratifica-
ton by the people of the November
general election, and, if ratified, that
each of the proposed new districts
shall have the authority to hold cleo
tions as in cases of vacancies, elect a
senator and have him qualified in time
for the next senate.
The. bill transfers Toombs from the
Second to the Third senatorial district
and under the proposed rearrange-
ment every district will have three
counties, except four, two Of which are
in north and two in south Georgia.
The proposed new districts will be
composed as follows:
Forty-fifth- Wayne and Ba-
con. -4.e.f
Forty-sixth-Irwin, Ben Hill and
Helfair, .- ,., era'"
Forty-seventh-Crisp, Turner and
Tiff.
y-eighth-Clarke, Oconee and
Barrow.
orty-ninth-Bulloch, Gambler and
Evans.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-13
SAVANNAH MAYOR LEAVES TO
ATTEND RECALL HEARING

Savannah, August 11.-1nterest in
Savannah is considerable over the out
come of the recall bill which is expect.
ed to be taken up in the house tomor.
row. Mayor Pierpont left tonight for
Atlanta to be present for the hearing
He did not go to Atlanta last week
when the senate considered the bill
and the charge was made by Senator
Lawrence that he was afraid to show
himself before the lawmakers while
a matter of this character was up
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-13
BRITISH EDUCATOR QUITS a@ ~
WHILE HE'S UNDER FIRE

London, Aug. 12.-Arthur Hender-
son, president of the board of educa-
ton in the British cabinet has resign
ed his portfolio. Mr.. Henderson recent
ly had been strongly criticised both
in parliament and by the newspapers
for his administration of the educa-
ton department, in which he was de-
clared to have failed to meet the pres
ent demand for reform of the ma
tons educational system. 4sas
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-13
AGED WOMAN SELLS BALE.

Commerce, Aug 11.-Mrs. Sarah j.
Gordon, so years of age, who lives in
Banks county, near Commerce, today
brought to Commerce a bale OF good
middling cotton, weighing 595 pounds
which sold to Mr.. Allen P. Rice, cot
ton buyer for the firm of Williford,
Burns IL Rice, at IA 1-8 cents cash,
bringing the sum of $S4.O4.
Mrs. Gordon planted, hoed and pick
ed every pound of this cotton herself,
and has kept same stored in her home
in Banks county until it reached the
price of IA cents, for which she was
holding it.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-13
FIRST U. S. SUBMARINE RETIRED.

New York, Aug. 1.-THE United
States submarine Holland, known in
the navy as "the Mother of all Sub
marins," has been purchased by DR.
p. J. Gibbons of this city. The his
toric vessel is in the Commercial MI
scum in Philadelphia. DR.. Gibbons
said he purchased it because he heard
it was soon to be demolished. The
Holland is 81 feet long by II feet
beam.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-13
DEATH CALLS WELL KNOWN
FARMER IN RAINS SETTLEMENT

R. H. James, a well known farmer,
died at his home in the Raines settle
ment Monday of the past week, fol-
lowing a stroke of paralysis He was
a man of rather mature years and had
been in gradual declining health for
some months. Several children, most
of whom are grown and married, sur
vive him. He was Mason.
Funeral services and interment oc-
Cured at the Ebenezer cemetery Mon
day afternoon. The services were held
with Masonic ceremonies.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-13
FIRST BALE AT DUBLIN
SOLD FOR Is CENTS

Dublin, Aug. 10.-Dublin's first bale
of cotton was sold here this morning
for 16 cents to j. T. Pope. 1t was
grown in Laurens county by Ned Wig
gin and Roger Smith, and weighed
1898 pounds The entire bale was pick
ed and ginned in one day. Both farm
ers live on adjoining farms and their
day morning to help pick the new
bale.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-13
ELMER JACKSON
BADLY INJURED
FALLS TWENTY FEET FROM DER
RICK AND WAS SERIOUSLY
JURED- ACCIDENT OCCURRED
IN TEXAS

Friends in the city will regret to
learn of the terrible accident which
befell Elmer Jackson, several weeks
ago at his home in Beaumont, Texas.
In attempting to adjust some limb
ers, Elmer fell some twenty feet land
ing on his back, rendering him uncon-
scious, and for some time helpless.
Recent news to relatives here is that
the young man has regained the use
of his arms, but the lower limbs re-
main paralised. $3.50.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-13
CARRANZA HAS $4,000 ..
TROOPS SOUTH OF BORDER

Washington, D. c., Aug. 1O.-Accord-
ing to War Department reports Cen
eral Obregon, the Mexican war min
lister is authority for the statement
that there were now about $4,000 Car
rama troops in Sonora, Chihuahus
and Tamapaulis, not on the border but
in positions to the south,
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-13
VACCINATION FOR TYPHOID
IN Tiff AND IRWIN COUNTIES

Triton, Aug. 11.-Since the first of
June DR.. A. G. Fort, district health
officer has inoculated $500 people in
Tiff and Irwin counties for typhoid
fever There has been some fever
in the counties, but the health officer
states there is no doubt whatever
that the vaccinations have kept the
trouble down to a. minimum. ..", ,o'
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-13
SENATOR EAkEs OUT AGAIN.

Atlanta, Aug. Ex-senator w. j..
Fakes who has been i'll the past ten
days, at the Wesley Memorial hospital,
was out today and in his seat in the
senate for a short time. Mr.. Fakes
is considerably improved and hopes
to attend the greater part of the SEN
ate sessions from now to the, end of
the term.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-13
BILL TO EXEMPT ENDoWMENTS
OF COLLEGES FAILS

Atlanta, Aug. 1.-THE bill to amend
the constitution so as to exempt col
lege endowments from taxation lack
ed nine votes of passing in the house
today. The vote was III for the bill
and 81 agaitst it. Being a constitu-
tional amendment, the bill required a
two-thirds majority of the whole house
or 1875 votes. -
The bill passed the senate at the
1915 session. and, was voted on two
or three times in the house last year.
Each time it received very large
majority, but each time fell few
votes short of the required two-thirds
majority.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-13
SHERIFF FINDS "sTILL."

Toomsboro, Aug. 11.-John W. Dav-
idson was put under arrest few miles
from here Tuesday afternoon charged
with running still" The raid was
made by Sheriff C. H. Parker and dep
uties L. P. Player and Julian Cars
we'll, of Irwinton. The still Is copper
one of small capacity and is on display
at the sheriff's Office at Irwinton. This
is the first "moonshiner" caught in
this county in several years.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-13
SAVINGS BANK ....
SOON TO Be OPEN
WORK OF REMoDELlNG FOR THE
NEW INSTITUTION Is WELL UN!
DER WAY gl+ Hsa VA

Work of remodeling and improving
is being done at the location to be oc-
cupied by the Cordele Savings bank.
of the same floor with the American
National bank. The location is that
formerly occupied by the Dixie Trust
& Security compasy asd later by Har-
ris & Ballenger.
The officers of the new institution
have been chosen though permanent
organization has not been affected.
1t is expected to be open for business
in few weeks.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-13
S. M. WATSON COMPANY
SECURE LARGER QUARTERS

S. M. Watson & Co., hide and junk
dealers, have secured the building
formerly occupied by the Cordele Gro
Gerry company and have moved their
Offices and established their warehouse
there With the rapid enlargement of
this business, the company found
their former warehouse on the Geor-
gTa Southern & Florida tracks entire.
ly too small for their needs. The new
quarters provide ample room for the
business.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-13
FRENCH BLACKLIST
{, SAME AS BRITISH

Washington, D. c., Aug. liam
bassador Sharp, at Paris, has cabled
the State Department summary of
the French blacklist order, which is
virtually a duplicate of the British
blacklist of American firms. Sharp
is mailing a full list of the American
firms affected, but press dispatches
say the French list does not greatly
enlarge the British list. .,
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-13
REPUBLICANS BLOCK st Una
LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM

Washington, Aug. 1i.-Republicail
senators, demanding action on the i'm
migration bill today, prevented the
Republican senator's conference from
accepting the Democratic steering com
mittees legislative program with
view to adjournment September 1.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-13
COTTON MARKET

Both future and spots have taken
rapid decline in the last two days
Saturdays future market was, Janu-
airy 14.41; March 14.55; May 14.11;
December 1892.
The local market: Good middling
13 IA; strict middling Is Is; middling
10. Warehouse receipts up to Satur-
dav noon were 378 bales,