davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-18
WILSON TO RECEIVE
BRITISH LEADERS
Commission Headed by soIfour Will
Visit the White House Today
French Expected Also.

Washington, April 1S.-It was an
nounced yesterday that President Will
son will receive the British commits
sioners, who arrive to discuss the con-
duct of the war, at the White House
Wednesday. Foreign Minister Balfour
heads the commission.
1t was also announced that the
President will receive the French
commission on the same day, if by
then they shall have arrived. The
French commission includes former
Premier Viviani and General Joffre.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-18
GEORGIAN ENLISTS IN
U. S. AVIATION CORPS

Washington, D. c. April 17.-Blanto
Fortson, formerly of Washington, Ga,
and Atlanta who has lived here for
several years and is prominent social
ly, today enlisted as a private in the
aviation corps of the United States
army, for the regular PERIOD of seven
years. Mr.. Fortson will be sent to
Mineola, Long Island, where he will
be trained in the army aviation school.
If he masters the art of flying, rapid
pormotion awaits him. He probably
will be given a commission as first
lieutenant. Fortson is an expert auto
mobile driver and has had some expe-
rience in aviation.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-18
PLANNING FOR big
CONVENTION IN MAY
MANY PROMINENT PEOPLE TO
SPEAK AT THE STATE SUNDAY
SCHOOL CONVENTION, .sAvAN-
NAH, MAY 9, 9, 10.

The committee in charge of the pro-
gram for the State Sunday School
Convention, Savannah, May s, 9, 10, is
being congratulated upon it's success
in securing for the program three Of
the best Sunday School workers in
America, Mr.. John L. Alexander,
Chicago, ILL.,, Secondary Division Su-
perintendent of the International Sun
day School Association, The worlds
greatest teen-age specialist; Miss
Mamie Lee Frayser, Louisville KY,
Elementary Superintendent of the
kentucky Sunday School Association,
who is well known as an author of
books on Junior Sunday School work
and also lesson writer; Prof E. o.
Excel, Chicago ILL.,, famous compos-
er and Worlds greatest convention
chorus leader will have charge of the
music assisted by his pianist, Prof.
w. P. Erwin, talented musician.
Many of the leading Sunday School
workers of Georgia are to speak at
the convention, among them are, Mr.. j.
J. Eagan, Atlanta, president of Geor-
gia Sunday School Association; DR.. E.
C. Dargan, Macon, Pastor of First
Baptist church, Bishop F. F. Reese,
Savannah, Bishop of Georgia for the
Episcopal churches; DR.. Plato T. Dur
ham, Atlanta, Dean Gambler School
of Theology, Emory University; DR..
Joseph Broughton, Atlanta, Vice
President Of the Georgia Sunday school
association; Mr.. T. M. Furlow, chair
man Executive Committee of State
Sunday School Association; DIR. Mari
on McH. Hull, Atlanta, Superintend-
ent of North Avenue Presbyterian
Sunday School, and in all more than
sixty of the best Sunday school work
ers in the state.
Every Sunday School in the state is
asked to send three delegates besides
pastor and superintendent who are
delegates by virtue of their Office. The
Sunday schools are also requested to
elect three alternate delegates who
can take the place of any delegate who
finds it impossible to attend. Trains
will be met by the entertainment COM
mittee After registering the delegates
will be assigned entertainment for
lodging breakfast. This arrange
ment, same as last year, was made
because experience has shown that
delegates prefer getting their own
lunches and supper at down town res
taurants near the convention church.
The various railroads of the state have
granted a low round trip rate to Sa-
vannah on account of the convention.
Two afternoons there will be spe-
cial conference for pastors and super
intendents and for Elementary, Secon-
Diary and Adult Division workers, and
also q lunch and conference for all
officers of County Sunday School AS
SocIatlOnS.
A Bible Glass parade has been plann-
ed for Wednesday afternoon, May 9th.
1t is expected that thousand men
will be in line
The program committee has arrang-
ed for a special train to take all dele
gates who care to go to Tybee Beach,
and spend a little while in social in
tercourse and recreation on the ocean
beach. This is planned for Thursday
afternoon, the 10th, so all will be re-
freshed and ready for the great eli
max session the last night.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-18
MANY CORPORATIONS
ORGANIZE IN DIXIE
ltnor' e Industrial inGc% Shows That
lndust.ial Activity CT this Section
Ccntinuce Unahsted.

Columbus, april 17.-The Industrial
Index says in it's issue for this week:
"Twenty-rour corporations with
minimum capital stocks aggregating
S2,O67 900 have been formed in the
southeast in the past week, These
new corporations, representing num-
erous lines of industry, give an idea
of the answer to the question as to
what ecect the war will have on bus
ness
reconstruction operations are reach
ing a new high point, with increasing
activity as the spring season opens.
A gain of 113 per cent was made in
the March building permit valuations
in Jacksonville and the highest mark
for any month was reached in Miami.
In many cities of the southeast con-
struction operations are upon an I'M
usually extensive and substantial
scale.
"The construction of a nine-story
apartment house to cost $2500OO, and
the erection of nine-story hoCel
building has been begun in Atlanta.
plans have been completed at Mo-
bile for the construction by that city
of docks and terminals at a cost OF
about $6O1,47O.
"Bay county, Florida, has awarded
contracts for the construction Of roads
to cost $4,000.
"a casino and bath house, the latter
to contain 300 rooms, which will be
one Of the finest structures of the kind
in the country, is to be built at Miami
New York investor will erect an
office building and an apartment house
on some of his realty holdings In Mi
ami
birmingham and Nashville men
have organized company with CAPT
tai stock of s25O,oOO to mine graphite
in Alabama.
among the items of construction
work to be done, as reported this
week, are:
Apartment house Sarasota, Fla;
bridges, Murray and Whitfield coun-
ties, Georgia, and Sarasota, Fla:
church buildings, Augusta, Jefferson
vile, Milledgeville and Summerville,
Ca; clubhouse, Eufaula, Ala; garage
building, Columbus, Ga; hotel build
ings, Lake Alfred and Sarasota, Fla;
roads, Marengo county, Alabama, and
Pinellas county, Florida; school build
ings. Florence and Greenville, S. c.;
seawalls, Miami and Sarasota, Fla;
sewers, Dalton, Ca; paving, Dalton,
Ga, and Troy, Ala; warehouse, Fort
Pierce, Fla, and Greenwood, S. c.
Construction contracts have been let
as follows: pier, Pensacola, Fla; post
office, building, Statesboro, Ga; side
walk paving, Dalton and Meter, Ga;
school building, Opelilka, Ala; ware
house, Columbus, Ga.
industrial plants will be established
as follows: Pier, Pensacola, Fla; post
Barrel factory, near Blakely, Ga;
feed mill, Thomas, Ga; ginnery, Matt
son, Miss; peanut oil mill, Coleman,
Ca; planning mill, Waycross, Ga.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-18
GENERAL STRIKE AND
RIOTS OCCUR IN BERLIN

London, April 17.-Travelers arriv-
ing in Holland from Germany say that
a veneral strike was commenced in
Berlin this morning and that riots
have taken place in Berlin, according
to an Amsterdam dispatch.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-18
DisRURSEM ENTs
Board Of Commissioners, Crisp Coun-
ty for the Month of March, 1917.
GENERAL FUND


J. A. Johnson,
Farm demonstration ...........$ 62.5O
DR.. M. R. Smith,
County Physician ........... 50.oo
J. j. Williams, Trustee,
Library appropriation ......... 1888
E. f. Tison,
Clerks salary ................ zo.oo
Frank Lewis,
Janitor ......... ............ Zo.oo
Southern Bell T. & T. Co.,
Telephone rent ............. ltoo
S. L. Thornton,
Winding clock ............. S53
]. H. Ward, Sheriff.
Jail Bills ................... 'iS.So
S. c.. Byrd, Commissioner,
Services as commissioner -. 1000
G. w. Sheppard, Commissioner,
Services as commissioner ~. 11.00
J. \. Sloan, Commissioner
Services as commissioner 49,. HOO
OFFICERS FUND
]. A. Littlejohn, Clerk,
Cost in vagrancy cases ...... $3.50
J. A Littlejohn,
Services Superior Court Feb
ruary term ,................ lS.fo
EXPENSE FUND
Sheriff Sumter county,
IJo,o,, Divine IN o.Q1 90 On
J. M. Witherington,
Office supplies ...........:.. 2o.5o
j. Gordon Jones, Jr.,
Preparing court calendar 80. ) GO
Dispatch Publishing Co..
Advertisements .............. ll25
3. f. Doolittle,
Repairs on Window Sash -. LIS
Suwanee Hotel,
Meals for Jury and Baliff -. 1900
Foote & Davies Co.,
Stationery ........ ......... 1000
Cordele Electric Co.,
Lights court house and Jail -. 2l.70
ROAD FUND
Austin Bros,
Road machinery .......... zZ.3o
Read Phosphate Co,
Fertilizer for county farm -. 22.00
Mark West,
Road work .-.............. l.0O
?. B. Gleaton,
One dozen spools cotton go
Jake Sheppard,
Seed for county farm ........ S.75
PaImer-Jones Co.,
Horse collars, etc. ........... 1919
Cash Drug Store,
Drugs ............ ...''''i'' I1'1o
J. H. Lamb Co.,
Supplies for camp ............ 1884
Crisp County Lumber Co.,
Bal. of account .............. 3.3l
Watt & Holmes Hardware Co.,
Hardware, etc. ..............- l52.5f
F. E. Fem,
Pump supplies ............... 1l.OU
Gulf Refining Co.,
GaSOllne ana OIL ......'...''' fo'1o
Morris & Company,
Supplies for camp ........... SO.O9
Armour & Company,
Supplies for camp ............ 94.33
Parker Willis Co.,
Supplies for camp, ........... 657.6O
Standard Oil Co.,
Kerosene, oil, ETC., ......... 3.6O
Heard Grocery Co.,
Supplies for camp .,..... 40.7S
Pridgen Bros. Co.,
Supplies for camp ........... 24.l5
T. E. Spradlin
Road work ................. 3.5O
Williams Drug Co.,
Drugs ........... .......... 4'4o
William Borough,
Cordele Fish and Oyster Co.,
Cordele Fist and Oyster Co.,
Fish for convicts .......... 5.7O
Suwanee Pharmacy,
| Drugs .......... .......'... 400
f. L. Bartholomew,
NJ ri
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-04
UNAWARE OF WAR
MAN WHO DID NOT REGISTER
PROVES THAT HE WAS
NOT POSTED.

Sioux Falls, Aug. 4-The United
States authorities in this city We're
today notified of the finding of a
mar who was not aware that the
United States and Germany We're al
war. He is Joseph ~Sefranek, a
rancher living near Alzada, Mont,
who was arrested by a deputy mar
shall on the charge of failing TO reg
lister.
When taken before United States
Commissioner Moore, of Lawrence
county, he was able TO prove that he
was totally unaware of the declara-
tion of war and that 10, 000,0 600
Americans had been required 10 reg
lister their names for service in the
army. He said he was not in the
habit of keeping posted on current
events. In view of the apparent
truth of his statements the cas-
against him was dismissed after h
had gone through the formality of
being registered.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-04
ATTENDS CONVENTION
r.. L.. PECK SPENDS -FOUR DAYS
IN SIOUN CITN-PURPLE
CROSS NOT URGED.

E. L. Peck returned late yesterday
afternoon from attending an under
takers convention at Sioux City.
Though the meeting was for and rep
resenting three states. Iowa, Nebras-
ka and South Dakota, the attendance
was small.
There was some informal discus
sion of the proposed formation OF the
Purple Cross movement for the care
and return of the bodies of soldiers
killed on foreign soil. but nothing
definite was undertaken. Some little
jealousy of the originator of the
movement is engendered. Mr.. Eckles
of Philadelphia, the father of the
idea. is at the head of a school for
embalming, is suspected of selfish
motives, and until this is removed
the rank and file of the profession
will not enter into the project with
any great eagerness.
Mr.. Peck was unable to get a train
north from Sioux Falls, as the train
to that place was late. and the train
at this side had gone. He rode with
a motoring friend as far as Colman.
from where he caught the train from
the east to Madison.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-04

We have a number of excellent
ranch propositions for sale on easy
terms or trade. List furnished on
application. Inquire John Kellstrom
of Western Loan 4 Investment COM
pany.
Smoked hams, % cents per pound
at Millard's.
Spring chickens at Peck's Market.
s25 reward for return of physi-
clans black leather satchel, lost sun
day night, July %, between Madison
and Ramona.-Dr. Elmer V. lyman,
Lannon-Cook block. Madison, 5. ID.
Song, dance and dramatics at the
high school auditorium.
Wanted. A good boy about 16
years old, to work in milk depot and
drive Ford car. Inquire Wilkinson's
Milk Depot.
Bacon, 33 cents per pound at Mil.
lard's.
Special prices on picnic hams at
Scudder Bros Sanitary Market.
Three girls wanted at Fuller's
Laundry.
For Sale. My residence property
rear the German Baptist church.
Mrs. C. Stevenson.
For Saturday, picnic hams. =
eents.-Peck's Market.
For Sale. Art Garland hard Goa.
heater. sewing machine, oil heater
all in good condition.-Mrs. Andy
Folsom. Phone 3239.
So in cash to any person bringing
to my store a standard make watcf
| cannot repair.-Guy K. Hanson.
Go to Millard's for shoes.
Phone 1865, Henry Morgan. cit.
express. All calls answered prompt
IL. Best of service.
Special for Saturday and Sunda,
at our fountain: Cantaloupe bisqu'
sundae, my lady's favorite, chocolate
hydrox sundae. vernique p%arfait. ad
vocate cream sundae, at Porter's, IN
coolest place in the city.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-04
THE c

First Presbyterian Church-Morn-
ing worship at 1890. Sermon sub
iect. "A Scholars Homage to Jesus. :
Sunday school at 1870. Union even
ing service in the library park at 3
O'Clock. Rev. X. l.. Palmerton will
be the preacher.-C. McKibbin, Min
lister.
First Baptist Chrch-There will be
the reglar services tomorrow morn
ing. Rev. O. II. Westerlund, of
Northwood. Ia, will preach in the
morning. In the evening the service
will be in the park and the pastor
will preach. All are cordially invit-
ed to attend.-Roy L. Palmerton,
Pastor.
Norwegian Lutheran Church -
There will be services in the Norwe-
gian language tomorrow evening at
s o'clock.-Olin Reigstad an Alfred
Nelson, Pastors.
Methodist Episcopal Church1The
morning service of this church is al
10 o'clock. The pastor will preach
on why I Believe There Is a God
Sunday school at IL a.. m. Union
service at s o'clock in the library
park. We cordially invite you to
worship with us.-Homer w. Min
ish, Minister.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-04
LOCAL NEWS.

Eal al JACK >.
For Sale. Good milch COW Sam
Brown. Phone 1924.
Eat at Jacks.
Bacon. 80 cents per pound at Mil
lard's.
Sodas, ice cream, watermelon,
canteloupe and all kinds of yege-
tables served at Rays.
Wanted. A waitress and a dish
washer.-Ray's Restaurant.
For Sale. Good cow and calf
Phone 3421.
Fried spring chicken at Rays.
Smoked hams, % cents per pound
at Millard's.
Baskets at Beck's. Clothes ham
pers. waste paper baskets and other
baskets. See Beck's window.
Go TO Millard's for shoes.
For Rent. Garage. Phone 1889
Two girls can find employment al
Regan, the Tailor's.
Broken Lenses accurately dupli
Gated while you wait. Eyes exam.
ined and frames fitted.-Yaeger''
Optical Parlor.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-04
NO TRAVEL, NO PAY
DELINQUENT TAX COLLECTION
CAUSE OF MuXUP.

Pierre. Aug. i.-That a sheriff Is
not entitled to mileage on collection
of delinquent personal property tax
unless he goes after it is the holding
of the state legal department. In
this case, while not so specifically
stated in the request for an opinion,
the notice was evidently sent out, and
when the delinquent came in TO pay
his taxes a Is per cen penalty was
attached. The law of the last session
requires the treasurer to issue a dis
tress warrant for personal property
taxes delinquent August /, and place
the same in the hands of the sheriff
for service, and provides a Is per
cent penalty on such a as compen-
sation for such service, and that this
must be in person before ii ean be
collected is the holding. No travel,
no pay for same.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-04
GENERAL STRIKE
INDUSTRIALS QUITTING COUN-
TRY FOR COUNTRY'S GOOD
BE GONE BY 9TH.

According to local peace officers
who have been in touch with the
class of society which has its cuisine,
dormitories and official business ad-
dress at stock yards and in gullies
and brush adjacent thereto, the In
dustrial Workers of the World are
moving out of North and South Da-
kota. The exodus is to be complete
by the 9Th of August. it is said.
The move is ostensibly on account
OF dissatisfaction with labor condi-
tions and pay in the Dakotas, and
with the fact that they are restricted
in free transportation appreci-
ated. i'm fact. by the farmers. Their
national secretary. w. ID. Haywood,
has called the move a general strike.
They are going to show the farmers
lust how it will seem to be without
them i'm harvest time-without them
and their rarely acceeded to demands
for SIS a day for moving slowly in
harvest.
But local officers say that it is a
mobilization of the forces of this ilk
in threatened trouble with iron
workers in the mines of the iron
range. Trouble threatens there
even as it did in the mines in Ari-
iona. And while they may be leaV.
ing the farmers of the Dakotas in
fancied condition of being stranded
they are probably out for larger
game, and are to give assistance tC
their distressed brethren in thu
mines. And the funny thing abou.
the matter and its ~ostensible purpose
is that both sides are we'll satisfied
with the arrangement. They want I,
leave the state, and the farmers ar
more than willing to have them go
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-04
TO THE PUBLIC.

The Lake county commissioners
have had made and placed at the dis
posal of the public three drag lines
fer use in case of drowning accidents
at the lakes. The drag lines have
been placed at the fire station in
Madison. at the farm home of John
Anderson at Lake Herman and at the
boathouse at Lake Madison, where
they may be obtained for use at a
moments notice.-County Commits
%sioners.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-04
AUCTION SALE.

on Saturday afternoon, August II,
AT 3 o'clock, | will sell az public auc-
ton lots 7. 8 and .. block y, Coburn
& Van Doren's addition to Madison.
This is a quarter Of a block, located
four blocks west Of Egan avenue or
FIRST street SW. 1t is improved with
a seven room house, small barn. we'll
and cistern, trees and cement side
walks.
Terms: Purchaser will assume a
mortgage of $1,000. held by the
Building & Loan association. of
Madison. payable on or before April
L. 1927, 30 per cen of balance on
date of sale and balance on or before
November ], 1917. Possession given
September Is. 1917.
&C. r. Westaby, Owner,
DR.. Kinney. Auct.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-04
made BIG GAINS
RAINS WHICH HAVE FALLEN
OVER LARGE PART OF STATE
WE'RE OF GREAT BENEFIT.

Sioux Falls, Aug. 4.-The rains
which have fallen Owe n great part
of South Dakota have proven very
beneficial to late spring wheat and
other late grain, cor and to potatoes
and gardens i'm general. P|asturage
also was revived and greatly bene-
fitted.
Harvesting of barley and oats and
winter rye. and some early fields OF
spring wheat now is nearing com
pletion i'm all parts of South Dakota
BY the time the harvesting of these
grains is completed the great bulk OF
the spring wheat crop will be ready
for the harvester. Reports generally
are to the effect that the small grain
crop which was harvested in advance
of the excessive heat of last Saturday
and Sunday is N of the best ever
raised in the state.
The rains. however, and a change
to cooler weather this week brought
great relief to suffering corn and
late spring wheat. 1t is believed that
i'm those parts of the state which had
heavy rains this week corn Will re-
cover and yet be a big crop, the acre
age being the greatest in the history
of the state. Corn in some localities
vet is behind its customary growth
for this period of the growing season.
but is making rapid growth and the
crop generally is expected TO get out
of the way and mature we'll i'm ad-
vance of killing frosts during the lat
ter part of September or forepart OF
october.
The stockmen of the extreme
Northwestern section of South Dakota
are facing a serious situation because
Of hot and d~ry-weather during a part
of June and throughout the greater
part of July. The hay crop was ruin
ed. leaving the cattle raisers without
sufficient feed for their cattle.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-04
WOMAN CANVASSER
MRS. BENNETT, SELLING RE
CIPES, STOPPED by HU-
RON POLICE.

Huron. Aug. All is not gold
that glitters, neither are all people
who pretend to be representatives, of
the Red Cross authorized agents OF
that organization.
Yesterdays train brought to HUI
ron a woman giving her name as
Mrs. Helen Bennett, who claimed 70
be from Pierre, and a loyal repre-
sentative of the American Red
Cross" For purely patriotic rea-
sons" Mrs. Bennett said She was sell
ing recipes to the housewives of
Huron.
Chief of Police John W. Boyle
heard of the woman's work and ques-
toned her. She could give 10 refer
ences from persons in Pierre, and so
the chief requested her to discon-
tinue selling her wares i'm Huron.
This she willingly consented to do.
Chief Boyle Immediately sent in a
phone call to Pierre for information
regarding the woman, but the day
passed without any word from the
capital city.
The first train east from Huron
last evening carried Mrs. Bennett.
Two messages reached police head
quarters this morning. One was
from Lake Preston saying that the
woman left the train there and was
on her way TO Vienna. The other
message was from Pierre, and stated
that the woman was Unknown in thai
city.
Mrs. Bennett, when she left Hu.
ron. wore a white waist and a black
skirt, and a black straw hat with 4
white rolling band. She is darl
complexioned, has black eyes, and j.
about 5 feet 6 inches tall. Hel
weight Is about 100 or 100 pounds
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-04

western passenger train. He board
ed the train at company camp at the
Jim river, six miles east of here, and
must have fallen between the bag
gage coach and tender just as the
train entered town. The body was
cut in two at the vast and the right
arm severed above the wrist.
Anderson was born in Yankton.
His mother is a widow. He served
at the border and had been with the
division of Company Nj on guard duty
at Chamberlain since spring, joining
the home company yesterday.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-04
THE CITY.


Unsettled with thunder show
ers this afternoon west portion;
this afternoon or tonight east
portion: cooler tonight; Sunday,
fair and cooler east portion.
Washington bureau: The
heated spell is at an end in all
parts of the country, although
conditions in the far northwest
indicate a return Of warmer
weather i'm northern districts
within d few days.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-04

The board of education will receive
bids for painting and vanishing the
school buildings, according to speci-
fications on file in the clerks office.
Bids received up to 8 p. m, Au-
gust 8, 1917. The board reserves
the right TO reject any and all bids
II. Fl. Holdridge, Clerk.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-04
HAS RECOVERED HER HEALTH.

So many women suffer frismomr
So many women suffer from similar
Affections that this testimonial from
Mrs. Laura Beall. plattsburg. Mis-. viii
be read with interest: Il got in bad
health. Ny left side hurt all the time.
| took Doctors medicine. but 1t did me
no good. | took two bottles Of Foley
Kidney Pills and | feel all right now"
Sold