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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-06
GRIM REAPER INVADES ONE OF
HAPPlEST OF CoRDELE HOMES
AND LEAVES SADNESS-RE-
MAINS TAKEN TO ATLANTA FOR
lNTERMENT.

Mrs. Lucy Mitchell Dunlap, wife of
j. V. Dunlap, died Tuesday morning
at the local sanitarium after an illness
Of brief duration, having undergone
an operation from the shock of which
she never recovered. Mrs. Dunlap
suffered severe cold several days ago
and just as her husband had complet-
ed plans to take up work with the
government as U. S. bank examiner
n Washington, he was hurried home
by message from her telling of, her
severe illness. She continued to grow
worse till Monday when specialist
was summoned and an operation was
undergone for what appeared tobe mas
toiditis Her death followed Tuesday.
The sad news was a shock to the
entire community and to a wide num-
Der of friends who had known and
loved Mrs. Dunlap as woman OF rare
Christian traits of character She had
been in Cordele but short time, lit
tie over year, and she had Impress
ed her acquaintance with her strong
love of home and children and the
care of her household
The funeral was conducted this
morning at the Episcopal church, Rev.
John M. Walker, rector, in charge, and
the remains were taken to Atlanta
where they were inferred this after
noon in Westview cemetery. Mem
bers of tn family, Rev. John Walker,
Mr.. and Mrs. Howell w. H. McKen-
zie, and B. S. Dunlap and Miss Lille
Dunlap accompanied the remains. The
children will remain with their aunt,
Mrs Howell.
Mrs. Dunlap was Miss Lucy Mitch
ell of Columbus She was SO years
of age. Besides her husband, six chill
children, Katherine; 13 years old, Ell
oanor, Mary, Lucy, Joseph, Jr., and
Sara, three months old, survive her.
Two sisters Mrs. Fred Posberg and
Mrs. Arthur Howell both of Atlanta,
and brother, Father Mitchell, Of Sa-
yannah also survive her Her father
died when she was tender in years
and her mother, who was Mrs. Lucy
Mitchell of Columbus, also preceded
her to the grave.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-06

ENFORCING BLUE LAWS NOT AN
EASY tTASk-SHlNE STANDS
THAT "AlNT" ANY MORE.

If you have an idea that enforcing
that blue Sunday law is picnic, there
is another thought which may be
coming to you. 1t is easy, of course,
to get your walking cane or your pref
ty fall hat and go about the streets
for an airing. If you fail to see any
thing unusual on Sunday when you
are at this, don't mark in your note
book that enforcing the blue law is a
joke, picnic, really pleasant task,
for it isn't.
The trouble about it all is in the
fact that you are at home asleep when
High Sheriff John Ward has to be up
and doing,-looking after those who
would shine shoes, sell newspapers,
load Honk Ford up with gasoline, or
run a freight train through this beau
tiful, sere little spot of sunlight on
Sunday. You see, all this Sunday bus
mess is usually done before you are
awake and Sheriff Ward has to be out
and after it.
There were two freight crews, for
instance, Sunday,-one on the G. S.
& F. and another on the Seaboard,-
who had long, heavy trains that al
most stalled as they hung heavily
almost a mile in the rear of the giant,
putting engines. Off schedule long
hours, they broke the stiffness Of this
serene little city on Sunday when they
I,,r, har in nj Ia
Sheriff Ward rounded them up" He
yanked those tired, sleepy railroad
men out, took their names and advised
them what the grand jury had done
in Crisp county. They promised new
err to offend again if the officer would
let them go and out went the two
freighters with the crews wondering
whether it was joke or the work Of
a mean, little read headed officer.
Talking about shine" stands,-they
weren't OF course, you couldn't get
your cigar and your paper and all
that. One of the managers of local
high toned lunch counter came near
getting into a fight with one of his
luncheon customers about a cigar
but the customer didn't get the cigar.
But what that customer lost in his
cigar he made up in the long list of
ugly epithets he applied to the man
ager of the lunch counter and then
left before the said manager could
explain that it was not his fault.
But the drug stores are going to re-
main open, at least a portion OF the
day. They have no Interior motive at
heart-but it is just to be pleasing
and obliging to those who do not want
to see things looking so dull down
town Sunday, don't you know,-and
to serve those who really need medi-
cine.
But around other portions of the
county and in the city of Arab, the
lid" was on, so correspondents OF the
Dispatch report and not a store could
be found where anything alive re-
NAMED on the inside
But have you found out how many
people from COrdele went to Vienna
for Sunday supply of gasoline last
Sunday? The road was full of cars
and they literally bought out the vi
emma shops They exhausted the
supply. having taken the Vienna sta,
tions by surprise. Among those having
to buy gasoline for the Sunday ride
were numbers of blue law advocates,
for a fact.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-06
WHOLE CAR LOAD
OF SEED PEANUTS
FARMERS OF ARAB STARTING
OUT FOR PEANUT CROP ON
LARGE SCALE. ALSO PRODUC-
ING MUCH MEAT.

A whole car load of seed Spanish
peanuts was unloaded in the progress
sive little town of Arab last week, the
property of live farmers who intend
to start peanut growing in real bus
iness-like manner. S. A. Royal, M. j..
Mikel and others of the leading bust
ness men, farmers who know "the lay
of the land" secured the peanuts for
use in the community and they will
be planted on a large scale.
Arab farmers are among the livest
in all Crisp They have recently sent
cut shipments Of hogs that brought
in handsome sums of money and are
now also entered into the business of
raising meat in large quantities.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-06
BRER RABBIT IS
ON STORY HOUR
YOUNGSTERS WILL BE CHARMED
BY TALES OF JOEL CHANDLER
HARRIS.

Now the youngsters will have their
way. The city fathers, the mean old
business men,-or somebody 1.-THE
trouble about it, nobody will say who
is responsibility would not permit cir
Gus to come to town during the whole
fall. To satisfy this need, arrange
ments were made to give the children
q long distance peep at the circus
through the Palace movies. They
haven't forgotten what they saw yet,
nor will they ever.
But now comes "Brer Rabbit" and
ihe Uncle Remus stories. There isn't
a circus or a show of any kind that
can beat "Brer Rabbit" for interest
when there is some one to tell the
story as it should be told. Somebody
is going to tell the story at story
hour, three O'Clock, at the public IL
brary Friday afternoon and the HI
tie boys and the little girls are gong
10 be there. Grown-ups may come II
fhey wish. They only have to promise
to be good just as are the little boys
and the little girls who attend.
Following is the announcement thal
comes from the library,-Miss Ber-
cav knows about it,
"In addition to the story of the pic
ture, Little Mary Sunshine" which
is to be shown at the Palace theatre
Saturday morning, Uncle Remus"
stories will be told at the library
Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. All
who love these stories of Joel Chan
dIer Harris, whether they be young or
old. are cordially invited to attend
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-06
HOT POLITICAL CONTEST
OVER ARAB OFFICE

goes for. This time, however, num-
bers of those who have heretofore put
him through, bolted and broke away
and Judge" Green is the newly elect
I'd official resulting from Saturdays
revolt. The race has been the talk Of
the community. Both men are promi-
nent and besides having verybody at
home as friends, they are popular over
The county.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-06

The hottest political contest attend
ing ]. P. election in many years
marked the naming of Judge" ]. b.
Green at Arab last Saturday over
Judge Pirkle. This was race which
developed on short notice and the
friends Of each man had to be at work
quickly and in dead earnest.
Judge Pirkle considers himself
strong when it comes to vote winning
and he usually puts over whatever he
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-06
STANDARD OIL STATION is
BEING CONSTRUCTED

Work was broken Monday on the To-
cation at the corner of Seventh street
and Thirteenth avenue when the
Standard Oil company is making ar
rangements to erect a modern filling
station. The work of constructing
the buildings have begun and will be
rapidly pushed to completion, The
filling station is to be one of the most
up-to-date in this part of the state and
plans are tohave it in serves within
a few weeks.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-06
"gIc" J. A. RILEY BECOMES
POLICE CHIEF OF ANDALUSlA

Cordele citizens remember Big ].
A. Riley, the former manager for the
Texas Oil company. here. He is too
unusual a man to forget. He is not
only unsual in size,-six feet in his
stocking feet, but he is usually jolly
and good natured.
For the past several months he has
been serving on the Macon police force
but resigned this job to take posi-
ton as chief of police of Andalusia,
Ala, and has already gone to take up
his new duties.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-06
ADMINISTRATOR WILL SELL
VALUABLE BLAND PROPERTY

F. II. Bland, as administrator Of the
Mrs. Bland property, is making ar
rangements to offer it at a sale to be
conducted at the court house door on
Wednesday, Dec 20. This is a suf-
ficiently valuable piece of property to
enlist interest far and wide and a
large number Of persons will attend
the sale.
The home place of the late Mrs.
Bland is to be sold. 1t is five-acre
tract with handsome building on it
and numbers of other improvements
that make it valuable offer.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-06
BIVINS IS Guilty;
GETS LIFE SENTENCE

Americas, Co.,, Dec.
6, 9 P. M. The jury in
the trial of Honor Biv-
ms brought in a YER
dict of guilty and recon-
lmended the negro to
the mercy of the court.
A life sentence to the
state penitentiary was
imposed. Bivins was
held in connection with
the Gleaton murder.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-06
HUE FORCES ARE
LOCAL VISITORS
cORDELE MOTOR CAR COMPANY
HOSTS AT EVENING AFFAIR OF
RARE INTEREST.

Employees of the M. C. HUE Auto
Company from Albany, Dawson and
Cuthbert, were entertained by the
Cordele Motor Car company, the local
branch house last night at the regular
monthly melting ofsthe employees and
members of this progressive business
firm. The M. G. HUE Auto company
has headquarters at Albany. The Gus
tom is to hold month smeetings by
role, this being CordeH&S time.
Messrs. R. E. HUE, S. L. Ryals, A.
o. Williams, c. V. Newell, Gene Knott,
o. l.. Carroll and T. C. Holt of the To-
cal house, devoted every effort to max
ing the evening pleasant one for the
visitors.
The meeting was held at the SUI
vance Hotel After the spread" in
the dining room, a number of the men
were heard in short addresses. M.
C. HUE of Albany was the chief
speaker, being the head of the bust
ness and all it's branches. The occas-
ion was one of rare interest to mem
bers of all the houses Those present
we're: M. G. HUE, G. B. Pritchet, j.
S. Ingram, L. L. Newell, c. o. Newell,
E. P. Bass, R. F. Armstrong, E. l..
Fleetwood, ]. F. Ingram, P. E. Land,
B. Y. Jamerson, E. j. Kinneybrough,
J. L. Edwards, w. c. Arden, G. S.
Stocks, of Albany; T. K. Cobb, j. l..
Newton, H. M. Futch, Edd Mathews,
S H. Roberts, Dave Gamble, of Daw-
son; Frank HUE, o. E. Roberts, Bob
Hardin, R. D. Gay, S. D. Clark, Dick
Henderson, of Cuthbert; R. E. HUE,
!, S. l.. Ryals, A. o. Williams, c. V.
Newell, Jean Knott, o. L. Carroll, T.
c. Holt of Cordele.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-06
ARCHIE THORNTON TELLS OF
SOLDIER LIFE ON BORDEF

Archie Thornton, son of S. L. Thorn
ton of this city, now a Georgia soldier
on the border writes home and sends
along poem of which the soldier boys
are especially proud because Of the
fact that, in q rough way, the poem
indicates what life is in Texas and
this near Mexico. The last stanza
follows:
The rattlesnake bites you, the scor
pion stings,
The mosquito delights you with buzz
ing wings;
The sand burrs prevail and so do the
ants,
And those who sit down need halt
soles on their pants.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-06
REV. WARDLAW
TO Be PASTOR.
Of MACON Y
CHURCH
LOCAL PRESIDING ELDER GIVEN
FIRST STREET METHODIST
CHURCH IN MACON-REV. WAL
TER ANTHONY RETURNS HERE.

Rev. ]. P. Wardlaw, presiding elder
of the Cordele district for the past
four years and member of the Meth
odist ministry who is widely loved,
goes from Cordele to the First Street
Methodist church in Macon with the
changes which have been made at
the sessions of the South Georgia con-
| ference which closed this week in
| Themasville. He becomes pastor
in charge of a single church instead
of a presiding elder at his own re-
quest and has church which is active
and sufficiently large to give him am
pie opportunity to continue the splen-
did work which he has done for so
many years.
Rev. E. A. Ware, who has been mis-
sionary evangelist in the Cordele dis
trict for the past year, goes to charge
at the Methodist church in Colquitt,
Ga.
Rev. Walter Anthony, who has al
ready served three years as pastor
Of the Methodist church in Cordele.
is returned here for another year.
This year will complete his stay in
Cordele and he returns with renewed
purpose to make this the best of the
four. Cordele people who attended
the sessions Of the conference in
Thomasville were impressed with the
splendid manner in which the people
rtoin
tors during the sessions. The confer
ence was made one of the best in
many years.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-06
Last Day Crowded With Business.

brownsville, Dec 4-The last days
session of the South Georgia confer
ence was crowded with the disposition
of much business. The reports from
the pastors from the McRae, Savan-
nah, Thomasville, Valdosta and Way
cross districts indicated decided pro-
gress along many lines. Rev. j. G.
Simons. of Atlanta, was located at his
own request. Col. W. B. Stubs, OF
Savannah, was reelected conference
lay leader.
Invitations for the entertainment of
the session of the South Georgia con-
ference in 1917 were extended by rep
resentatives from Albany and Dublin
Albany's invitation was accepted.
The historical society of the con-
ference was organized with the fol-
lowing officers: President, Rev. J. A.
Thomas; vice president, Rev. O. B.
Chester; secretary and treasurer, Rev
w. l.. Wright; custodian of archives,
Rev. C. w. Curry Three trustees OF
the Wesleyan Christian Advocate were
elected as follows: Rev. Bascom An
thony. d. D.. Rev. N. H. Williams and
r. l.. Mckinney, of Macon. Rev. F. h.
Sheath. of Higgston, was discontin-
tinued.
The pastoral assignments were read
late this afternoon. The appointments
follow:
AMERICUS CIRCUIT.
Presiding Elder, o. B. Chester;
Americas, First church, Paul W. Ellis;
Lee Street church, G. M. AGREE; Amer
icus circuit, ]. w. Patterson; Blakely'
w. E. Arnold; Blakely circuit, w. 5.
Heath: Brentwood, j. B. Griner; Cuth-
bert. w. A. Huckabee; Dawson, T. b.
Stanford; Edison, A. G. Brewton; Ella
vile. G. H. Walker; Leslie, c. E. COOK!
Parrott, J. E. Summer; Plains, }. w.
Tinsley: Sasser, A. w. Quillian, Jr.;
Sellman circuit, G. F. Erwin; Smith
Vile Herbert Ethridge; Arlington, b.
s. Sentell; Shellman, L. A. Brown;
Benevolence, E. P. Drake; Springvale
circuit. Marvin Vincent; Fort Games
circuit, Leland Moore; Leary circuit
C. B. G. johnson, supply; Andrew Fe
male college, J. w. Malone, president
Missionary to Cuba, J. c. Elklns.
COLUMBUS DISTRICT.
Presiding elder, ]. P. Chatfield; Beu
ma Vista, ]. w. Arnold; Butler, w. e
McGill: Columbus, East Highlands, E
+. Gardner; st. Luke, J. A. Thomas
st. Mark, ]. H. Stanford; st. Paul, 1
r. Thompson; Rose Hill, c. e. Ell
nest: North Highlands, Hamp Stew
ems; Cusseta, J. E. Channel; Geneva
J. C. Seville; Lumpkin, w. P. Blevins
| Midland, ]. F. Smell, Mauk, M. w
Flanders; Omaha, c. L. Wall; Reyn
Odds. w. G. Allaban; Waverly Hall, j
s. Mather; Woodland, H. L. Pearson
Hamilton circuit, o. L. Evans; TALBOT
circuit, W. G. Pitcher; Talbotton, j
H. Allen; Marion circuit, Jesse Ford;
RicAland, A. H. Robinson; missionary
to Korea, ]. L. Gerdine; conference
secretary of education, J.P. Chatfield
CORDELE DISTRICT.
Presiding elder, w F.. Smith; Able
Vile, w. A. Mallory; Arab, J. 0. j
Taylor; Ashburn. T. E. Davenport
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-06
MANY FIRE ALARMS, BUT
LITTLE DAMAGE BY FLAMES

The Cordele fire department broke
the record for fires during November
There were nineteen alarms during
the month and so far as the records
show there haven't been that many
fires in one month during the past ten
years. There was little property lost
at that. the record of the department
being one OF, the best in Georgia.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-06
FAST TOURIST TRAINS SOON
TOB PUT ON TO FLORID

In addition to the two fast trains
that are now operated each way over
the Georgia Southern & Florida rail-
way each day the Dixie Flyer and
the Southland the Dixie Limited will
be resumed on January 1, operating
a train each way through Cordele, both
passing in the afternoon. The Dixie
Limited will be as usual, train made
UP especially for tourists, and run
ming on fast schedule. 1t will run
from Macon to Triton over thee. s. q
F., and thence to Jacksonville over
the A. G.. L..
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-06
AUDITING BUTTS COUNTY BOOKS

Jackson. Dec. 5.-The boks of all
uBtts county officers are now being
audited. The books of the treasurer
and tax collector and county commits
sioner have already been gone over.
1t is understood that the audit will
be completed some time about the first
of January.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-06
DR.. MILLER OF ARAB
HEADS CRISP MEDICAL ASSN.

The Crisp County Medicay Society
held their regular monthly meeting
Monday and elected officers for the
ensuing year as follows:
President, Dr. w. A. Miller of Ara
bi; vice president, DR.. w. E. Edwards
secretary and treasurer, DR.. Ford
Ware; delegate to state convention
DIR. T. ]. Macarthur; censors, Drs. T
E. Bradley, T. j. Macarthur and A. j
Whelchel. y
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-06

The appointment of Sir David Beat
ty to command of the Grand Fleet of
Great Britain is of particular inter
est to Americans because Lady Beatty
is an American woman. She was
Ethel Field the daughter of the late
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-06

CONTINUED on page eight
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-29

Mayor Thompson of Chicago according to the adyces on yesterdays boat charged from employees 0f the 'y over
 whom he had control This charge may be false and may not be- I60mp son has recently closed saloons on Sundays other things which were likely to cause some attempt him. but the other hand an organization bearing the prepong title of Young Peoples Civic League
 the one which people not usually the kind bring false accusations suggestion borne home to the mind by the two certainly fayobe to the mayor In addition to this there is always the suspicion that public bodies which have the privilege of hiring expense the and which raise their salaries and eoumen beyond personal reason for their supposed generosity who has followed politics
 has encountered of the most disgusting
 dishonesty amongst who have been elected by the people One of the chief methods every which alleged against Thompson The people make the tax roll as large possible the employees high they and
 then compel O ed people Thank heaven all public way of them adopt those methods to make employees possible should be chosen by the people happens that the majority of public body is only happens that the dishonest members the ones get officials They point do
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-29
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE

To J. H. STEVENS and VIM. H. CUMMING; your heirs or assigns or whom it may concern. You are here by notified that the undersigned has expended the sum of Six Hundred Dollars ($6OO.) in labor and improve ments on the following named min ing claims for the years ending Dec. 3lst, 1914 and Dec. 31st, 1915, the above sum being the amount required to complete the anual labor during years mentioned above, and proof of labor being recorded with the United States Commissioner in the Recording precinct of niamna, Territory of Al aska. To wit: Reward, Reward No. 1, Reward No. 2 and Reward No. 9. Said claims being situated about 16 miles westerly from the s. West arm of Kamishak Bay, and in the Iliamna Recording precinct, Territory of AL aska. The amounts claimed and due the undersigned from the parties above mentioned are as follows: J. H. Stevens One hundred and twenty two dollars and twenty-five cents, and Wm. H. Cumming the sum of seventy two dollars and twenty-five cents. And if within ninety days after the serving of this notice by publication, you fail or refuse to contribute your proportion of such expenditure as cO- owners your interest in said claims will become the property of the undersigned as specified in Sec. 2324 of the Revised Statutes of the United States and amendment thereto con corning annual labor on mining claims. All amounts due to be de- posted with Dexter Horton National Bank of Seattle, Wash, to the credit of the undersigned.
 CHAS. H. MCNEIL.
 Dated and signed at Ridgway, Colo. Feb. T, 1916.
 First publication Feb. 29, 1916.
 Last publication June IA, 1916.
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-29

It likely the people will vote today for the ee''O" O ' mayor separately from city and only goodness knows yet who "' m tho choice but whoever he is he will have the sympathy the public if m ,, n i, over men to whom knowledge of parliamentary rules or courtesy is as thor knowledge of the other world
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-29
HENRY FORD.

Henry Ford has been called a jack lss and a clown because he hired a ship and sailed across the sea to stop the most frightful slaughter the world has ever known The big thing in his action is not the question whether he will or will not stop the war, but the fact that he is willing to tryl It was by trying that he got where he is. But still he keeps on trying.
 In the face of overwhelming odds, in spite of a worldwide criticism, he is willing to undertake the greatest job that ever fell to the lot of human being in the worlds history. He brushes aside the thousands of columns of newspaper criticisms, he ignores the public utterance of so- called statesmen, he sets his face to- ward the most glorious goal that any man ever hoped to achieve-and goes on his way Trying.
 So far, he is the only person who las taken a definite step toward end ing the war. True it may not be the right step, you get that by trying. The men who sit in swivel chairs and sheer and make funny jokes about that man Ford are not taking steps of any kind to end the war. The job looks too big and too hopeless to them. It looks big to Ford and may be it looks hopeless to him. But he's got the nerve to try and spends his own money. Asking aid of no man, What a nation this would be, if each industry could be headed by a Ford who was willing to try what chance would any other nation under the sun have with us. What if more of us were willing to try and less of us were slaves of convention and creatures of habit. There is a word in the dictionary called can't, leave it there. Never use it. Well we've been Henry FOrding" it for the past twelve years, and expect to keep right at it, until the Powers that be, and the Engineers that direct it, awaken to the fact that Seward is the Begin ming and Final jumping off place of construction of Government railroads n Alaska. In the meantime, we have plenty time and help to serve you. Best treatment, best price, and sure ly the Best Goods.
 SEWARD COMMERCIAL CO.,.
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-29

Mackinaws, Pants, Socks, Scots, Packs, Underwear. Anything you need. SEWARD COMMERCIAL co.
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-29

Best cigarc and refreshments at Terminal Bar. See ad. 1l-l-b
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-29
THE KEY"

Seward-made candies. Johnston Chocolates fresh from the factory. Also fruits. l2-16-tf