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The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-07-20
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Judicial Committee Meets.
Franklinton, Washington Par
ish. La, July 18th.


The Judicial Committee for
the 26th judicial District OF
Louisiana, met at the Cour'
House, at Franklinton, Washing,
ton Parish, La, on the above
date and d quorum being present.
the resolutions we're adopted.
Resolved: That a White Dem.
ocratic Primary Election be helo
in the 26th judicial Distaict and
comprised of the Parishes OF
Washington and St. Tammany'
Louisiana, on the 18th day OF
September, 1916 for the purpose
Of nominating candidates fo'
Judge Of the 26th judicial Dis
trict, and for the purpose o
nominating q candidate for DIS
trict Attorney for the 2oth
Judicial District Court OF Louis
lana.
Resolved: That if a secon
primary election is neoes5ar
that the same be and the same
hereby called for the same DAT
bv the Democratic Centre
Committee, and the Compression
al Committee for the Sixth COR
oressionl District Of Louisiana
All persons desiring to becon
candidates for District Judge
District Attorney, as aoo'
nroyided shall file his declaratl'
of his intention to become sue
and deposit a fee OF $1,000 WI
the Chairman Of this Commlt'
on or before noon OF Ju
9th, 1915.
NJ. W. OFT, Chairman
H: E. Gayer, Secretary
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erankIinton, Ia. July &C. 1910
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After -Four Years Of Discouragins
Conditions, Mrs. Bullock Gave
Upin Despair. Husband
Came to Rescue.

catron, Ky.--In an interesting letter
from this place. Mrs. Bette Bullock
writes as follows: 81 suffered tor tour
years, with wonanly troubles and during
this time, | could only sit up tor a little
while, and could not walk anywhere al
ALL At times, l would have severe pains
in my left side:
The doctor was called In, and his treat
ment relieved me for a while, put wa
soon confined to my bed again. Ate
that, nothing seemed to do me any s0o0
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SUBSCRIPTION SLIGO a YEAR
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Notice-The next examination
for teachers certificate Will De
held on July q, % aud 26, for
Whites; Il, % and % for negroes
D. H. Struggled, Supt'
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Saturday, July %, 1916

at the principal front door of the court
house at Translation, La, between
th { legal sale hours for judicial saies.
the following described properly TO-
wit: cav
All the virile share or right, title
and interest of a. G. Williams IN ano
IN the successi IN or estate of his de'
ceased father, NJ. G. Williams.
Terms of sale: Cash with benefit 0
appraiSe nent.
This the 10Th day Of June, 1916.
}, E. Bateman, Sheriff.
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Sheriff Sale-No. 2525.
Union Bank
".
A. G.. Williams.

Notice is hereby given that by virtue OF ,s ah
,rder of fieri facias issued out OF the 2oIr
Iudicial District Court of louisiana IN ana Io5
Washington Parish, in the ABOVE cn a, ~
ranSe and to inc directed, 1 will proceed w
se,I at nnhlic auction to the last and hlgheS'
bidder, on
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HUSBAND RESCUED
DESPAIRlNG WIFE

had gotten so weak ! could not stand'
and gave up in despair.
At last, my husband got me a bottle OF
Cardui, the woman's tonic, and CON-
menced taking it. From the very first
dose, | could tel It was helping me.
can now walk two miles without It's
firing me, and am doing al my work."
If you are all run dewn from womanly
troubles, don't give up In despair. Try
Cardui, the woman'stonic. lthas helped
more than a million women, In its 9o
wears Of continuous success, and Should
surely help you, too. Your druggist has
sold Cardui for years. f1e knows what
i will do. Ask him. He will recon-
mend it. Begin taking G s;.'s today
Write to: Chattanooga Medicine Co.. t 1sN;s
Advisory Dept. Chattanooga. lc9n.' HH HoM
Instructions on your case ana o4'paee pooA, IL
|. treatment for Women" sent In plain wfappe'' -
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-15
PRIMARY FRIDAY
A WARM CONTEST
ALL DETAILS OF ARRANGEMENT
BERlNG UP FOR LAST LAP OF
RERING UP PFoR LAST LAY OF
RACE.

On the eve of Crisp countys prima
~ election intense interest and ex
pectancy is elected by the fast ap
preaching battle of the ballots" Can
didates, their friends, and the voters
generally Of the county arc on the Qui
vive, and the candidates are straining
every tension and nerve to be the first
to come under the wire on the home
stretch. The election takes place on
Friday. The polls at the Cordele pre-
Cinct will open at o'clock and close
at 5:3S, and the polls in the country
precincts open at at o'clock and close
at 8. Managers have been appointed
for the election in the various pre-
cincts; the registration lists were COM
pleted yesterday and the tickets
printed. Perhaps never in the his
tory OF the county has speculation over
some of the races been so prevalent.
All indications point to some races
har6-fought and close run.
The official ballot gives the list of
Candidates in the following order:
For Ordinary, w. p. Fleming; for
clerk superior court, ]. A. Littlejohn;
for tax receiver, C. 0. Perry; for sher
if, L. M. Sumner, j. H. Ward, e. C.
Yourgblood; for tax collector, c. 3.
Bowen, J. l.. Briscoe, w. ]. Mussel-
white; for county school superintend-
ent,J. w. Bivins; county surveyor, j.
D. Spire, y. F. Ware; for county COM
missioner, S. c. Byrd and G. w. Shep-
pard are running unopposed; j. M.
Conner, J. N. Clements and ]. A.
Sloan are candidates fer county COM
missioner to represent the Eleventh,
Hatley and Thirteenth districts; coro
ner, w. C. Culpepper, w. G. Fitzgerald,
j. w. Folds, j. A. Stevens. Two va
cancies on the county executive COM
mittee will be supplied.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-15
NEW BAKERY
FOR CORDELE
FLORIDA MAN HERE MAKING
PLANS TO ESTABLISH LARGE
ENTERPRISE.


=. lans are under way for the con-
struction in Cordele of one of the lai-
gest and most modernly equipped ba-
keries in this section of the state. Ben
Seals, recently of Sarastoa, Fla, al
enterprising prospector who has had
experience in the bakery business, is
no win the city, seeking desirable To-
cation and comforting with promincns
local business men in working out pre-
liminary plans for the new enterprise.
The establishment Of the new enter
prise will mean the expenditure of sew
eral thousand dollars, and half do2
en- employees would be required in its
operation.
There is a wide territory tributary
to Cordele for such an enterprise, and
such a business would be greatly IA
cilitated in taking care of its trade
for radius of forty to fifty miles OIL
account of Cordele's excellent railroad
facilities.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-15
WALKER EXPLAINS
SEASON or LENT
LOCAL PASTOR GIVES HISTORY
OF FORTY DAYS OF DENIAL FOR
CHRISTIAN CHURCHES.

Wednesday of last week, commonly
referred to as ash Wednesday"
marked the beginning of the season Of
Lent, which has been observed by
Christians, certainly as far back as
the latter half of the second century
and probably even earlier, as period
of abstinence and extraordinary acts
of religious devotion. The season, al
though it was not originally altogeth-
er so, has for centuries been connect
ed in the mind OF the deVout Chris
tan with the period of forty days and
forty nights during which the Savior
was tempted alone in the desert
The practical benefit to be derived
by the proper observance OF Lent is
unreasonable save by those who
have never given themselves to a sin
cere regard for it. Religion, i'll reality,
is such a common place sort OF thing,
one can find multitudinous points
of contact between it and that which
is recognized by the man on the street
as mere horse sense. For example, ev-
cry day experience witnesses to bene-
fit derived from the accomplishment
of self-mastery. How much less evil,
how much less pain, how much less
misery there would be rampant in this
world if the men and women who lived
in it had control of themselves? And
can any one, laying aside possible
PREJUDICE maintain for moment that
the consistent abstaining from some
delight of the table, or Of some favor
tie amusement, or, in the case OF men,
of the use of tobacco, for the period
of forty days will not inevitably in
crease his power or will, make more
sure his mastery of himself? And to
this a more diligent reading Of the BIZ
BILE. o more earnest attempt at true
prayer, mOe frequent attendance at
divine service, and you have before
Won the Significance and the possible
ty of Lent.
It is the earnest hope Of the writer
that the day will come when all Chris
tan churches everywhere and whatev
err may be their church affiliations viii
universally avail themselves OF the
spiritual privilege which Lent offers
when all Christians will unite in
practice which our ancestors in the
faith from the earliest time have III
dulged in to their spiritual gain, wne1
all Christians will set apart the forty
days Immediately preceding Easter
the feast of the Resurrection, as al
especially appropriate time for earnes
spiritual endeavor.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-15
ARNOR BIVINS CASE |
Offers LONG Fight
JUDGE GEORGE OVERRULED MO-
TON FOR CHANGE OF VENUE
GOES AGAIN TO THE SUPREME
COURT.

Judge W. f. George of the Cordele
: judicial circuit has overruled a motion
for a change of venue in the case of
Amor Bivins VS.. the STATE. Bivins is
the negro charged as accessory before
and after the fact in the murder OF
T. e. GleatOn, which occurred during
January, 1915 The motion for a
change of venue was brought by
Judge e. f. Stroller, attorney for Biv-
ms, on the alleged ground of appre
hension of personal violence to the
defendant in event he is brought bacl
to this county for trial Since thf
negros first trial on March /, 1915, he
has been confined in the Bibb county
Jail for safe keeping.
Bivins at the March, 1916 trial wa
convicted of the crime charged t.
him. Judge Stroller, on the grounds
that the defendant had not had fai,
trial, made motion for new trial
which motion was overruled by Judg'
George. Judge Stroller then appealed
the case to the state Supreme court
which tribunal reversed the decision
of the lower court, handing down it
decision last December.
At the February, 1916, term of tn,
Crisp Superior court, Judge Strozie
made motion for a change of venue TO
the trial of the defendant. The mo
ton was heard on March s, and Judg
George rendered his decision Tuesday
Judge Stroller has again appealed the
case to the state Supreme court.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-15
CORDELE MERCHANTS
SHOWING new GOODS
LARGE STOCKS OF FINE MER-
CHANDiSE READY FOR LARGE
TRADE.

Indications of spring are showing
| forth on every side, and, besides tho
identifying dress that nature is sc
gracefully assuming, one cannot but
! notice the excellent lines Of spring and
Summer wear now arraying the win,
dows Of the live, widc-awake Cordelc
merchants. Their stores are full and
overlooking with smart, stylish goods
and no city, large or small, in this sec
ton of the state can boast of more
beautiful and up-to-date lines of ladies
and gentlemens' spring furnishings
than are now on display in Cordele
stores
Several Cordele merchants have
said that, without a doubt, they have
the niftest and best selected spring
lines they have ever carried, and from
every outward appearance one can
have no reason to doubt their word
It is a we'll known fact throughout
this section of the state that Cordele
merchants have always been early
with their new stocks, and whether it
be merchandise, groceries, hardware,
or what not, they are always in the
front. The new arrivals are being ar
tistically displayed in the windows and
Gu the shelves, and in their catchy eff
feet seem to blend perfectly with the
gay outburst of this fine spring
weather.
Spring is here and Easter is only
few weeks away. The merchants are
prepared with IS good merchandise
as can be found anywhere for Cordele
and Uordele trade territory.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-15
WIDE PUBLICITY
WOODMEN meet
FROM MACON TO VALDOSTA
LARGE NUMBERS OF WOODMEN
MAKING PLANS.

Preparation for the sessions of the
South Georgia Log Rolling Associa-
ton in Cordele in July go merrily on
and the work which has already been
done has spread the news all over
South Georgia. From Macon to Val
dosta, the members of the camps are
doing their utmost TO get arrange
ments made to bring large numbers
of their ranks for the occasion. All
south and middle Georgia will be rep
resented here.
Following is a statement that has
gone all over this section of the state
and Woodmen everywhere are turn
ing their attention to this city.
Cordele is one of the wide-awake
cities, and being a railroad center,
easily reached from all parts of the
state, one Of the largest gatherings Of
Woodmen is expected, that ever assem-
bled in Georgia. Mayor j. G. Jones,
who is Vice-President of the Associa-
ton, and a delegate from the state
to the Sovereign Camp together with
the officers of Cordele Camp will
spare no effort to make the Cordele
meeting the greatest ever held in the
history Of Woodcraft in South Geor-
gia. The two days which the asso-
citation will be in session will be days
Of feast and frolic for all visitors. The
merchants and owners of all buildings
in the business section Of the city,
will be requested to decorate and
make gay for the occasion, the best
bands obtainable will furnish music
and the whole city Of Cordele will
turn cut to greet the thousands Of
choppers who will come to enjoy them
selves and partakc Of the hospitality
# Cordele Woodmen of the World.
Hon. W. A. Frazer, Sovereign Com
mander will be invited and urged to
attend the meeting by every camp rep
resented in the association mayor
Jones', has already taken the question
Of reduced rates over all the railroads
leading into the city UP with the man
agement, and has been assured that
the best rates possible to grant under
the law will be given. Cordele Wood
men and the whole city expect ten
thousand people to be with them dur
ing the session Of the association.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-15
MAYOR PUT FINE
On YOUNG MAN
WAS CHARGED WITH USING FRO
FAME TONGUE OVER TELE-
PHONE.

Charged with using profanity over
the telephone, thereby insulting one of
the young lady operators, well
known young man, on charges insti-
gated by the young lady, was arraign-
ed before Mayor Jones at a special
session of the police court this morn
irg. The young man entered a plea
Of guilty and the mayor assessed q
fine of $40, reminding the offender i'll
a weIl-put little lecture that he was
deserving of a stiger fine, though on
account Of his plea Of guilty and this
being his first offensc before the court,
he felt inclined to show some leniency.
"Yol have committed state Of
tense" said the mayor to the young
man, "in using language that was
rude, vulgar and profane. It is not
within my jurisdiction to fine you for
using profane language-that is the
state .offense, but l am fning you for
disorderly conduct. 1t remains within
the discretion of the telephone COM
pany TO prosecute you in the state
courts on behalf of this young lady
who had preferred the charge OF dis
orderly conduct against you"
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-15
GREAT INTEREST IN
METHODIST revival
LARGE CONGREGATIONS GREET
SAVANNAH REVIVALISr-FlNE
MUSIC FOR EVERY SERVICE.

Services conducted Sunday last al
the First Methodist church were com.
prehensive in their revival tendencies
Forenoon and evening sermons We're
signally evangelistic. Eleven o'clock
discourse by the pastor, Rev. Walter
Anthony, was addressed to the church.
Evening discourse was addressed es-
pecially TO the unconverted, wherein
the pastor affirmed that the law of Pc
riodicty is enforced in the spiritual
as truly as in the real of nature, that
these revival services are the harvest
ing season Of the church, and that
"sheaves ripe unto the harvest" not
garnered in the Heavenly store here
during these meetings are inevoca5ly
lost.
A large audience listened with rapt
attention Monday evening to sermon
by Rev J. B. Stanford, visiting minis
ter, which was replete with logical
reasoning and deep spiritual truths.
Excellent congregational singing
was we'll directed by Rev. John Sharp
Wednesday and Friday afternoons
there will be services especially for
the children, conducted by Mr. Sharp.
Congregational singing of the sa-
cred songs of Zion, led by Mrs Sharp,
is an inspirational feature of all the
services. This and Friday afternoons
at $3.50 o'clock there will be a chill
dren's and young peoples service, con
Quoted by Mr.. Sharp. Saturday after
noon there will be street service
held On the Citizen Bank Corner, con
Quoted by Rev. j. B. Stanford, at $3.50
o'clock, the same spot where there
was q conversion of young man dur
ing revival conducted by Rev. vii
iiams two years ago.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-15
MILLER PUTS ON
IMMENSE SALE
REMODELLING TWO STORES
MAKES SLAUGHTER PRICES
NECESSARY.

Among the many improvements con.
templated in Cordele i'll the very neaT
future, Is the remodeling of the two
stores OF Georgia Miller, situated on
Eleventh avenue.
There are but few people in this en-
tire section that are not personally
acquainted with Mr. Miller. He has
been G resident CT Cordele since 1897
and has a reputation for fair and hon
est dealings with the trading public.
In order that carpenters should be
able to have these stores at the ear
lest possible moment, Mr.. Miller has
placed his entire stock of merchan-
disc in the hands Of The Davies Sale
System Of Macon, with positive orders
to sell regardless Of cost. Messrs. Da-
vies and Deane, who have complete
charge Of the disposition of the stock,
ere hustlers from the word 60 They
know their business and are deter
mined to sell every article in the
stores at all hazards.
In this issue of this paper you will
find u double page advertisement set
ting forth the fact that Mr.. Miller is de
tcrmined to move his great stock and
turn tie building over to carpenters.
Plans have already been accepted by
contractors for one of the prettiest
store buildings i'll Cordele, and Mr..
Miller's many friends will congratulate
him on it's completion. Read his adver
tisement.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-15
SCHOOL MEET
LIVELY AFFAIR
VIENNA, FITZGERALD, AND COR
DELE PUPILS PLANNING BIG
CONTEST.

An April event promising in interess,
which is absorbing much time anu
thought among many of the pupils o.
he O'Neal High School, is what they
IRE pleased to style school meet
when pupils from the Fitzgerald, Wen
IA and other schools in this district
will meet in Cordele and enter IN q
contest in sewing and woodwork in
he girls department. and athletics
with the boys.
These school contests not only en-
Gender commendable rivalry among
the pupils, but prove pleasurable oc-
,asions for bringing the members OF
he different schools together.
Visiting pupils will be royalty en-
tertained while in the city.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-15
SPIKES LIFE STILL
HANGS IN BALANCE
HATLEY SHOOTING AFFRAY MAY
CLAIM ANOTHER WcTIM-WAR-
Rem STILL RETlCENT.

c. A. Spikes, seriously and perhaps
fatally wounded in shooting ARRAY
at Hatley on Saturday, March 4, in
which his son, Clifton Spikes, was
kelled, fingers in a precarious con-
dition at his home two miles from
tIatley, according to latest reports by
| telephCnic communication with that
place. A bullet from Warren's gun
penetrated Spikes body, puncturing
his lungs. Little hope for his recovery
was held out from the first, though
the condition Of the wounded man
has fluctuated between improvement
and decline almost necessarily since
he was shot, and it is now stated that
his condition is probably more pre-
carious than at any time since the
tragedy.
Warren who surrendered to Sheriff
Ward Immediately following the shoot
ing, is still confined in the Crisp coun-
ty Jail. He declines to discuss his
case with any one other than his at
torneys.
The original charge of murder
against Warren was before the grand
jury at the present term of Superior
court. A number of witnesses, among
them eye witnesses to the tragedy,
were examined. The jury returned
no bill
However, before the prisoners re-
lease, C. f. Jones, relative of Spikes
and his son, swore out two warrants
on charge of murder and assault with
intent to murder. Jones lives in Crisp
county, near the scene of the killing.
The warrant charging assault with in
tent to murder was sworn out before
Judge E. Segrest of the justict court
of the Hatley district. The warrant
charging murder was sworn out before
Judge w. H. Malone, justice of the
peace in the Cordele district.
An effort is being made by ]. T. Hill
and O. T. Cover, attorney for Warren,
to get the warrants consolidated and
a committal hearing given the defend
ant today or Thursday. The law firm
of Whipple & Mckenzie are counsel
engaged for prosecution.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-15
WAYCROSS MURDERER
is DENIED NEW TRIAL

Waycross, Ga, March IA mo,
ton for new trial in the w. ]. Griffin
case was heard before Judge Sum.
neral Saturday. Griffin was con
victed of murder at the December
term of Ware superior court, and sen
fenced to life Imprisonment, and Grit
fin, through his attorneys, is en-
deavoring to secure a new trial. Judge
Summerall denied the motion and the
case will probably go to the supreme
court.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-15

AIr. A. D. Harris farm and a buggy
from negro a mile or two west OF
the place On Mr. c. E. Boyetts place.
This was evidently Seab Castor, as
a searching party found him last
night driving towards Fort Games
with the stolen horse and buggy
When commanded to throw up his
hands and surrender, instead OF do
ing SO he showed fight and was shot
bv member Of the posse, dying
later from his wounds.
Two of the three negroes still al
large were concerned in murders,
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-15

from the gate receipts to make the
club anything like selfsustaining. Ant
there is no intention to organize a
professional team.
Some of the city's best enthusiasts
are backing the game, among them be
ing w. II. Parrish, F. l.. Bartholomew
p C. Clegg and others.
A very nominal sum will place the
local park in excellent condition, and
so far as material is concerned for
organizing the club, good players arc
always available. An all-home team
is not impossible.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-15
BASEBALL AGAIN!
AN ALL HOME TEAM
FAST LOCAL TALENT WILL BE
PRESSED INTO SERVICE FOR
FINE GAME-MAY BE A GO.

With the approach of spring the
sportive mind is now turning to base
ball and other athletics, and plans are
already being developed for supplying
baseball for Cordele to break the mo-
notony of the long summer months.
The plan promoted has for its purpose
the organization Of fast amateur
team that will compete with teams
from towns and cities within a radius
of forty to fifty miles.
Cordelo has had enough Of profes-
sional ball, at least for a season. OF
course, the fans like it, though the pro-
motors could never realize enough
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-15
coNVicTs ESCAPE
IN EARLY COUNTY

Blakly, Ga, March 14.-Fve long
term convicts escaped from the Early
county penitentiary camp about ten
miles southeast of Blakely Sunday
night just after the cupper hour. They
managed some way to cut their shack
les while at supper.
Their names were John Faircloth'
Van Sims. Scale Castor, Tom Hill,
and Charlie Cummings. the last
named was recaptured Sunday night.
Some of the bunch stole horse from