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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-07
MAKING PLANS FOR
o. ANNUAL Dinner
GOOD MUSIC-COMMUN FEEL
LOWSHIP AND BUSINESS AD-
VANcEMENT TO BE DISCUSSED
PROGRAM SOON.

Good music is to be one of the fea
lures of the program for the annual
dinner of the business men of Cordele
at the Suwanee Hotel Thursday even
ing, January 25. Every particle of ii
will be furnished by local talent, il
present plans are carried out.
President Bercaw of the chamber OF
commerce is busy working on the de.
tails and within few days he will be
out slapping the old, sleepy ones on
the shoulder, waking them up and
warning them that this is an, occas,
ion no business man can miss. t
1t is the purpose of those who have
the dinner in hand to make it one of
the best ever. First of all they want
it to be a representative affair, and
every business in the community will
be sought out and a representative
will be secured to attend the dinner
Community fellowship and loyalty
will be stressed at the diner and bus
mess advancement for 1917 will be
discussed. The full program will be
announced later.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-07
LEAP YEAR CAME LIKE A LION;
WENT LIKE A LAMB

Atlanta, Jan. Notwithstanding
the fact that the newspapers neglect
ed their duty in the last few weeks
of the year when they failed to re-
mind the girls of the rapidly approach
ing close of the Leap Year season,
with all the privileges and oportuni-
ties that were supposed to be open to
the fair sex, the fact has just come to
light that Atlanta's marriage record
increased no less than 30 per cent dur
ing 1916.
And while there were only half a
dozen or so recorded cases where the
bride-tobe popped the question" to
the idol of her heart and admitted it,
there is strong presumption who did
the same and kept their counsel.
During the first part of the year the
newspapers weer full of advice and
direction and encouragement to the
fair sex, but other things claimed
their interest at the close Of the sea-
son, the girls being left to shift for
themselves, SO to speak. -..-
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-07
Account from Arab.

January 8. at 1870 o'clock death
claimed Mr.. B. S. Pate. While he
had been in declining health for sew
eral weeks, and was respondent for
several days, yet his sudden going was
a great shock to the family
He was under treatment of doctors
who told him his case was serious,
yet his courage was such that he
would not go to bed. He went down
town for his mail at $50 a. m. on the
morning of his passing away.
His death was typical OF his life,
quiet and unassuming. He was a
man known to be most fervently de-
voted to his family. .r.
Mr. Pate was an extensive farmer
and naval store operator. He was a
member of the Masonic lodge and was
given the honors of Masonic fun
eraI. Interment was at Oklahoma
church in the old family cemetery, the
funeral services being conducted by
Rev. Burlington. He is survived by
his widow and six children.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-07
NOW A FIGHT ON
PEANUT Rates
LOCAL DEALERS SAY THERE is
TOO HEAVY CHARGE ON RAIL
ROADS FOR TRANSPORTATION
LETTER TO RAILROAD CON-
COMMISSION.

Local complaints have been made
about the alleged high rates being
charged on peanuts by. the railroads
over whose lines large quantities are
now coming into the local territory.
J. R. Kelly of the Farmers Exchange
has written a letter to the Georgia
Railroad Commission in which he
shows that he paid $500 for car of
seed peanuts from Edison, Ca, to
Cordele, and also presents two other
instances in which he had bills for
$4,000 in the one case and $158.O0 in
another: Both the latter came from
Selma, Ala.
The complaint is made that the
high freight,-approxima ten cents
a bushels going to prevent local
farmers next fall from having the ad-
vantages of competitive market. Mr..
Kelly has taken the rates up with
the railroad commission in the hope
of finding a way to relieve those who
do not want to be forced to take a
price offered by local oil mills.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-07
FAILURE OF BANK
CAUSES ARRESTS

Americas, Jan. 5.-The DeSoto Bank
ing company, at DeSoto, several miles
east of Americas had it's doors closed
this morning following the action of
meeting of the board Of directors.
Vive President w. ]. Smith stated
that he believed the shortage to be
about seventeen thousand dollars.
A Joint warrant was issued this
morning in Americas with Smith sign
ing the affidavit charging Cashier B.
L. Carter with embezzlement and Fred
B. Arthur of Americas with accessory
before the fact in embezzlement Ar
thur denied the charge and made bond
for two thousand dollars, and Garter
has not been arrested yet.
Vice President Smith said that he
believed the depositors would be paid
in full although the stockholders
would likely suffer in the final liQuida
ton of affairs.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-07
WADE Case COMES
TO TRIAL MONDAY
WOMEN AND MINORS ARE BARR
ED FROM THE HEARING BY
COUNTRYWIDE INTEREST is
SHOWN.

The Wade case which promises to
develop one of the most sensational
trials ever held in South Georgia and
which is expected to bring to light
the motive and circumstances Of a
most hideous crime. will be attended
by hundreds of people from this Sec
ton.
The case will be opened Monday
before Judge q. A. Littlejohn, who has
issued an order barring women and
minors from the trial. Scores of citi-
zens from Cordele and Crisp county
will attend the trial from day to day
and watch with profound interest the
unraveling of the dark mystery which
surrounds the case and the develop
ments of testimony which is expected
to place the guilt for the crime On
number of citizens of Americas and
Sumter county. +...
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-07
sEsosTRls, SUNK SEVEN
YEARS AGO, is RAISED

Guatemala City, Guatemala, jan 4.
The steamer Sesostris of the KOS
mos Steamship company of Hamburg
which sank off this coast seven years
ago. has ben raised by the Skinner
Syndicate of Seattle, Washington, ana
after the vessel has been repaired IN
the drydock at Panama, the dlrellct
will be registered as an American yes
sci in the coastwise trade. She Will
he renamed Estrara Cabrera, in hon
or of the president Of Guatemala. She
has a net tonnage of 5,O25. The Phila,
deIphia Breakwater company maze
attempts to raise the vessel many
Years ago, but the work was aban-
doned as hopeless and the Skinner
Syndicate was formed for the purpose
engaging the British Colombia Wreck
ing company for the work. 1t is es-
t,mated that after repairs have been
made the recovered steamer Will De
worth nearly million dollars
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-07
STORM HITS SCHOOL

Muskogee, Okla, Jan. 5.-Ffteen
children were killed and tllirty.four
injured when a tornado wrecked the
Lee-Baldwin school house near Block
er, Okla, today. according to J. Stett,
a city official of Blocker, who tele-
phoned the news to this city this az
ternoon.
Another report was that eight of
the fifty children, who were in the
school house when the storm broke
were killed, and more than i score in
jured. The majority OF those report
ed killed were girls. Miss Vera VIII
liams, a teacher, is missing.
Mrs. John Private was injured when
her home near Featherstone was
wrecked. - -
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-07

For energetic and ambitious ladies
in Crisp county and surrounding ter
ritory, this is the time to enter The
Cordele Dispatch subscription voting
contest, which will formally open to-
morrow, January Sth.
Are you one Of the nominees? if not
place your name with the contest
manager, who has the habit of offer
ing you every courtesy. Do it now
while the habit is general and you will
never regret it.
What Is Your Time Worth?
Is seven weeks of pleasant work
among your friends worth five-pas-
seger Chevrolet Automobile? Is it
worth a $3.50 Kimball Piano? What
is it worth? You will be paid accord
ing to your own desire. and energy
put forth. There are sixteen prizes in
all, including real gold money and
merchandise bought of Mann and
Holmes, everyone in this section
knows that this enterprising firm
handles nothing but the very best
merchandise. There will also be mer-
chandise orders issued on ]. A. Las
safer Co., who's reputation along
these lines are extensively known.
One of the sixteen valuable prizes
will be given to each young lady who
shows she is winner. Be one Of them
and get your name before the contest
manager, who has nothing else to do
but advise you on your campaign. Il
The first week of the contest is
featured with the largest extra votes
offer of the entire contest which is as
follows:
For every SIG in subscriptions turn
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-07
HANDSOME BRICK
STRUCTURE here
WHIPPLE AND M'kENZIE WILL
ADD FINE BUILDING TO OCCU-
Ply SITE OF C. o. NOBLE STABLE

The construction of a handsome
building at the corner of Ninth ave-
nue. and Seventh street will be start
ed at an early date. The structure will
be erected and owned by the well
known law firm of Whipple & McKen'
zle. .s3
The dimensions of the building will
be 100x100, and will contain five or
or more spacious store rooms. The
building will be single story. Five Of
the store roms will probably front
on Seventh street and two on Ninth
avenue. The corner store will prob
ably be constructed with view to
occupancy by an up-to-date drug
store Locations will also be provided
in the building for a barber shop and
probably an auto garage or automo'
bile show room.
Plans have already been drawn for
the building, and a. call for bids for
the construction work will oson be
made. Preliminary arrangements
have already been made for the rem
tai of a number of the store rooms.
One or two of the locations will be
equipped for mercantile establish
ments and as many others for other
business.
Judge Whipple stated that his firm
had been urged for some time to con-
struct the building, and that he had
seen for some time that the business
development OF the city was spread
ing into the section north Of the Sea-
board railway.
"The business section of the city
must expand, and it is going in that
direction" said Judge Whipple. "ln
the course of time, in my opinion, bus
mess houses in the section north OF
the -Seaboard railway will be as de-
sirable as in other parts of the bus
mess portion of the city"
The new tructure will replace the
wooden building now occupied by G.
O. Mobiles stables. The building will
be entirely of brick and will cost be-
tween $1,000 and $4,000
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-07
lack HARDEN IS
NOW RECOVERING
ARAB FARMER WHO LOST LEG
ON HUNTING TRIP LAST WEEK,
10 SOON TO BE OUT OF DANGER.

Zach Harden, we'll known young
farmer of the Arab community,
whose left leg was amputated several
DAVIS ago about half way between the
knee and ankle after his foot had
been mangled from the accidental dis
charge of gun in the hands OF a
Young man named Holloway while
they we're out hunting together, is
practically out Of danger from more
serious results, according to tele-
phonic communication from his ply
stefan. DR.. Miller, of Arab, Saturday
afternoon.
Mr. Harden is recovering rapidly
Saturday morning he was able to SIT
nm for a short time, while members OF
the family made his bed, and it is ex-
nected that he will be able to be up
and about within few days. He has
a wife and several children.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-07
death I'll. Calls 4! TO
ARAB Citizen
8. S. PATE, PIONEER OF OLD Doo-
LY COUNTY, PASSED QUIETLY
AT HOME WEDNESDAY-FUN-
ERAL AT OKLAHOMA CHURCH.

B. S. Pate, one OF the county's most
prominent and highly esteemed citi-
zens and a progressive farmer and
business man, died Wednesday morn
ing about o'clock at his home at
Arab. Heart trouble superinduced by
Bright's disease was the cause Of his
death. The entire county, and espe-
cially the community in which he liv-
ed mourns his passing.
Mr.. Pate was reared in the south
eastern portion Of old Dooly county.
He spent his early business life in
stock raising and accumulated com
Portable fortune from this enterprise.
During his later years he engaged ex-
tensively in farming and also in bus
mess at Arab. He leaves considera-
Bile farming and business property in
and around Arab Mr.. Pate was mar
ried to Miss Nancy Pitts, daughter of
the late Hardy Pitts, of this county.
For twenty years he took an active
part in sustaining the town Of Arab
and it's business and educational in
situations. While he was a member OF
no church, he stood for the Christian
religion and contributed handsomely
to the support of the good work OF
the churches there. He was a care
full, judicious business man, a loyal
friend and worthy citizen. He was an
enthusiastic Mason and belonged to
the Arab Lodge.
Besides the widow he is survived
by three sons and three daughters,
Col. James H. Pate, prominent
young attorney of Ashburn; Cleve-
land Pate, a young bosiness man Of
Sylvester, Benjamin Pate, the young
est son, Miss Ella Pate, postmis-
tress at Arab Misses Pearl and Myr-
tie Pate.
The funeral services were conduct
ed from the Oklahoma churches in
the southwestern portion of Wilcox
county Friday morning and interment
occurred at the Oklahoma cemetery
The burial was attended with Masonic
honors.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-07
HOLTON ASKS FOR
PRISON PARDON
MAN WHO KILLED PEYTON EIGHT
YEARS AGO HAS APPLICATION
PLACED BY MAYOR JONES.

Mayor ]. Gordon Jones went to At
lanta Wednesday night to appear be-
fore the prison commission with an
application for pardon for |. H. Hol-
ton, who was sentenced eight years
ago in the Dooly county superior court
to serve life sentence for the murder
of man named Peyton. Holton is
now at the state farm at Milledgeville.
The application covers general
ground, and the pardon is recommend
ed by Judge U. v. Whipple, who was
on the bench presiding over the case,
Judge w. F. George, who was proseut-
ing attorney at the time, the grand ju-
ry in session at the time and the trial
jury in the Holton case.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-07
WORSHAM IS AFTER
The LIFE OF WEEvIL
IN CRISP; SENDS HIS
REPRESENT TIvE HERE
TEN-AcRE TRACT WILL BE Guilt
WAITED BY |. M. POWELL UNDER
SUPERVISION OF STATE.

j. C.. Maness, representing E. Lee
Worsham, of the state board of en-
tomology was in Cordele Wednesday
afternoon making plans to start on
a,ten-acre patch which l. M. Powell
has promised to cultivate according to
directions from Mr.. Worsham's depart
ment as an experiment. in the max
ing of cotton under weevil prevalence.
1t will be Mr.. Powell's cotton, for it
is to be grown on his place, but Lee
Worsham's department is giving it's
service to the farmers of Crisp and
this ten acre tract will become the
states local training camp in this
county.
Each step in the planting and grow
ing from the first breaking of the soil
to the destruction of the stalks next
fall will be followed with faithful pre-
cision by Mr.. Powell and every detail
of the work will be given to the pub
lie at any time it is desired. The
whole enterprise belongs to the farm
ers of Crisp for their information. II
anything good comes of the expert
ment, it will then be urged upon the
farmers to adopt the methods follow
ed.
Mr.. Worsham's department has
found the weevil in 10 counties the
past season in Georgia, this leaving
only AZ not now infested. The state
entomologist employs all methods
commonly recommendedby other agen-
cies for fighting the weevil and in ad-
dttion teaches the farmers how to
control other ests that live on cot
ton. He plants only wilt resistant
cotton which resists wilt or black root
and by system Of crop rotation elm
mates the mematode which causes
thereof knot.
According to Mr.. Maness from these
two troubles the farmers OF south
Georgia lost already as much as they
ever will from the boil weevil If they
do their duty in controlling. by the
control of the wilt and the elimina-
ton of the root knot half the battle
is won," said Mr. Maness, 'the weevil
being to fight only single handed"
p The work being done on the /. M.
Powell farm is under way in rs coun-
ties of the state. Mr.. Worsham and
his co.workers have held meetings in
30 counties this fall and they worked
with crowded houses every time.
There will be IS more meetings and
the dates run into March.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-07
No Losers in Contest.
GOOD COWS WANT TO JOIN
COOPERATIVE CREAMERY

Mr.. Brogdon, stated during his en-
thusiastic visit, that the boil weevil
will surely make creameries a neces-
sity in the southeast, and that next
year the people would stern1y realize
this fact. He believes that by little
educational work through the press
and otherwise that all the farmers in
this and the surrounding counties
will support the proposed creamery
and, you know, it is the farmer who
will compose the creamery and who
will benefit from it.
2 The above is tip. 1t is money-in-
formation. And every farmer that
lines up with Mr.. Brogdon will pay
off that farm mortgage or send Mary
to sure-enough girls school.
The cows of today will be the riches
of tomorrow.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-07

F.H
Ten extraordinarily-good milk cows
ambled into the Dispatch Office the
other day and asked to be lined up for
the creamery. Strictly speaking, the
cows themselves. did not put in an
appearance, but they were emphatical
ly represented by their owner, H. S.
Brogdon, a we'll known dairyman OF
Redwood.
And ten COWS, you know, means ten
shares of stock at $40 a share for the
creamery-$10O Who'll be the next
ACCOMPLISHMENTS assume this wise
attitude? fa
At at little village called Saltwater
the great Mississippi river comes out
of a hole in the ground, a mere
branch. Everything must have it's be-
ginning, small though it be,-but we
were talking Of creameries.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-07
LISTEN LADIES! NOW IS The time TO
ENTER THE DISPATCH $1,000 CONTEST
Don't Wait Until the Last Minute; Do it While
al Others are Getting Their Plans Ready for
The Greatest Dash for Subscriptions
LARGEST EXTRA VOTE OFFER GOES IN EFFECT THIS WEE|
E0er Witnessed.

, ed in before p. m. Jan. 18th 100000
extra votes will be given, these extra
votes are in addition to the regular
votes printed elsewhere in this issue.
Every contestant should make the
best of this offer, as it is positively
the largest during the entire contest,
and will be materially decreased each
week. Anyone who is thinking of en-
tering should do so at once. The first
list of contestants will be published
in next Sundays paper A noml-
nation blank is printed on another
page of this issue. Just fill in your
name and mail it to the contest de-
partment of The Cordele Dispatch.
A Complete list of prizes are shown
below.
The First prize, $55O.O0 Chevrolet
Touring Car, bought Of l.. o. White,
distributor, Cordele, Ga; Second
Prize, $450.0) Nimball Piano, bought
of L. l.. Helms Music Company; Third
Prize $4,000 Fathephone, bought or
L. l.. Helms Music Company, Cordele,
Ga, Fourth Prize $500 in merchan-
disc, bought of Mann and Holmes.
Fifth Sixth and Seventh prizes $1,000
in gold each. Eighth, ninth and tenth
and eleventh prizes, $500 in gold each.
Twelfth. thirteenth, fourteenth fifteen
TIL, sixteenth prizes $500 each in mer-
chandise, bought of ]. A. Lassater and
Co.
No Losers in Contest.
In addition to the sixteen prizes The
Dispatch will give commission of
ten per cent to all contestants who
do not win a prize, provided they re-
main active all through the contest.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-07
WATCH, this. man DO
WONDERS TO DREADED
BOIL WEEvIL PEST ON
HIS. FARM Urn NEAR Il. . HERE
DooLY COUNTY FARMER HAS
FARMING, SCHEDULE FOR THE
YEAR THAT PROMISES SUCCESS
GRAIN AND PEANUTS BIG
CROP .4.t. Aia

w. T. Napier, Dooly county farm
err, located just over the Crisp coun-
ty line, is preparing for the boil vice.
viPs coming. To begin with, he has
cut his cotton acreage one-third. and
he has planted more grain crops,
wheat, rye and oats, than he has ever
planted before. He has laid out the
ground and prepared it for the plant
ing OF aver one hundred acres in
Spanish peanuts, which crop he is
raising for marketing purposes. Be-
tween every row of his corn he is
going to plant row OF velvet beans,
and this crop will probably net him
upwards CT a hundred tons.
Last year Mr., Napier raised over 50
tons of velvet bears and placed them
on the market for an average OF 500
per ton, total of $1,000. He reserv-
ed a quantity which he is having
ground into feed for hogs and cattle
at the Vienna Milling company.
Mr.. Napier is beginning the New
Year right. He doesn't propose for
the boil weevil to minimize his
chances of making good living and
realizing a profit from farming. To-
gether with his plans for diversified
farming he threatens to make as
much cotton per acre as he over did
and invites his friends and ineighbors
to watch hip do it,
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-07
SUES RAILROAD FOR SOC;
COSTS $500 TO FILE PAPERS

Atlanta, Jan. 5,-Henry Bedington
Baylor F. F. ", civil engineer and
Confederate veteran, has blished
a new record for the unique and pc
culiar by filing a damage suit against
three great railroad corporations for
the tremendous sum. of so cents. 1t
cost him $500 to file the papers in
the suit, but SO cents is all he wants
claiming that the three roads over
charged him for that amount in ex'
cess baggage when he took trip to
Wrightsville Beach last summer.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-07
J. 3. RIVALS, JR., HAD CLOSE
CALL AT RAILROAD crossing

a Ford automobile belonging to J.
B. Ryals, Jr, who is associated with
the Ryals Wholesale company. was
considerably damaged Thursday af-
ternoon when it collided with an cleo
trio railway between Ashburn and
that place. The car was driven by Mr..
Ryals and luckily neither his machine
nor the electric car we're going at a
rapid rate of speed at the time. One
of the wheels of the automobile was
crushed. Mr.. Ryals escaped without
injury.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-07
NEGRO CHARGED WITH
ROBBERY AT FITZGERALD

A young negro whose real name is
Robert Howard, but whose name mys-
teriously became Robert Shirley when
he went to Fitzgerald, was arrested
Friday by Sheriff Ward and taken
from an A. B. & A. train. He was
charged with robbery at Fitzgerald,
and an officer from that placed carried
him back Saturday.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-07
URGES INCREASED SALARIES
ss BECAUSE OF HIGH PRICES

Raleigh, N. c., Jan. 5.-Governor
Craig, addressing the North Carolina
general assembly today, recommend
ed increased salaries for state officers
because of the high cost of living. He
also urged the return of part OF the
earnings of the state convicts to their
dependent families.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-07
GOING HOME FROM BORDER.

Houston, Texas, Jan. 5.-The First
Virginia regiment, travelling in two
sections, passed through Houston late
last night, en- route home to- muster
out after a long stay on the border.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-07

We may be wrong. But we don't be-
lieve that fuzzy white dog was ever
intended to live in town where soft
coal is burned.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-07

MEETING MISSIONARY SOCIETY
The regular monthly meeting of the
Missionary Society will be held Mon
day afternoon at o'clock at the Meth
odist church. The3members are urg
ed to attend.
Mrs. w. P. FLEMING, Pres.
MRS j. S. Conner, Secretary.