The Cordele Dispatch, 1926-09-14

| IR O R N PROMISESESOF I | - JOBSINHIS RACE] ; Aok ICANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR MAKES ANOTHER FLAT DE DEi - i DEi NIAL OF RUMORS OUT. ' Dr, L. ;. Hardman has entered in into - to into no trade or agreemént touching ~any app)ntments to be made after he is gzovernor. This satement was' made by him today, after he was in- 1 formed or persistent rumors being spread that an understanding has' been reazhed with him on the chair chairj - j chairj mans:hip'nf the State Highway Board. Dr. Hardinan said: "I have heard this and other ru ru'Mmors - 'Mmors ru'Mmors abyut appointments to be made after I am elected governor. We 'may expect to hear more rumors =am'i reperts between now and the - 6th of October - anything and any kind that may be calculated to have an effect upon my campaign. There is absolutely nothing in them. I have made no agrcement, I have g:ivenl no promise of appointment, I have] entered irto no understanding or trade on the chairmanship of thel Highway Board or any other branch of the state government in which eypoifitments are to be made. "The campaign preceding the see seeond - ond seeond primery to determine the gov governorship - ernorship governorship is going right along on the same lines the first one was con conducted, - ducted, conducted, and the issue is sbsolutely unchanged, regardless of *'whatever ef : forts have been made or may b; made to divert, tae real issue. It is ;- so'ldly 2. question of whether the state of Georgia ds to, be liberated from ' political machine, . domipation | and conducted on a straight business bass, ik i Al carcful analysis, of the vote ial c'\'v_'exf*y ,m:é m the first: prunary in rroof, beyond:any hope of successful contortion, that tae people ot Georgia have ' risen to strike machine control from their governmeni and that job, now more than half completed, will be finished cn Octoher 6th, That's the race I a running now, as it was when T started my campaign, °nd 7 mak making - ing making no pclitical trades or promizes to carry it through. The people 'shtmselros are 'goine to finish Isdh) anvli¥iid and tinfounded rumors lafd yeports will not deter them." {

T WANTS HEARING ON OCTOBER SIXTi# FOR CONDEMNED PRI'Si CNER. ¢ ATLANTA, Ga., September 14 - (P) - Governor Clifford Walker to today - day today grantec a respite of sixty days to Meil M. Gore, who was to have' been ela~trocuted at the state pris-' on farm today for complicity in thy slaying »f William H. Cheek, grocer," here last Cecember. e The Georgia. supreme court, wgh Chief Justice Russell, * re- Qt;'t!sted Governor Walker to grant the respite lin order that the high court might hold a hearing October sixth on the petition of Gore's at-l torney sceking a stay of execention, Gore': attorney aszerted that Gore 1 had nevcer been resentenced since the | last i'es'pite by the governor had ex-1 pired, that the exccution papers in 1 the hands of the penitentiary warlen called for Gore to be executed July l sixteenth. ' The solicitor general will contirue I a perso.:l investigation into the con confession - fession confession of Ruby Ray. ° : l BOBBY JONES AT HEAD OF HIS GOLI CONTEST SHOR'T HILLS, N. J, Septemberl 14 - (/P) - Bobby Jonees continued his masterly golf to retain the crownJ in the r héré '-'tbday..i by turning in thirty-seven, one over par, for the first nine holes i'n'the'l socond qupmication pldy. ' He. finished the rounds in 'seven 'seventy-three, - ty-three, 'seventy-three, placing him at the. head of the pack. = ot i l WRECK OF SPECIAL WAS PLOTTED SAY OFFICIALS LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Sept. 14.1 - (AP) - Thewreck of the Missouri Pacific special New Orleans train' which cost the life of George Bushey, Little Rock engineer, and severely in injured - jured injured H. J. Mund, fireman, was de deliberately - liberately deliberately "executed, officials announ(--\' ed tile scene fedr ,}

ATLANTA SOLON MAY INTRO-| DUCE. MEASURE IN HOUSE. l ATLANTA, Ga.. September 14 - | (P) - Because of the large number ofi persons killed and injured through automobile accidents in Atlanta and | Georgia in recent months, Frank A. Hooper, Jr., member of the Fulton county delegation iin the State Leg'-| islature, srncuneed today that he | was consiaering introduction of a i measure in the house netx year pro- | viding f:r the licensing of all auto automobile - mobile automobile drivers. : ! o Mr, Hooper said that while he had | of such a bill for the past two '_voarsl that the large number of accidents during ihe past several months had ' convineed him that such a mea%ure would »reatly curb reckless driving'.l The measure prorosed by Mr, Hooper would make it nccessary' for all automobile drivers to stand a, thorough examination and provci their qualifications for operating an; automobhile safely. The proposed | measure would also establish a sys-: tem whereby licenses could be re- | voked permanently or for diff'erent! periods 'n case of arrest of a driver | for speeding, reckloss driving or! driving while intoxicate;l. ; DRY GOODS MEN ARE LAST l CALLERS ON COOLIDGEi PAUL SMITH, September 14 - (/P) | - The last callers of President Cool- l idge's vacation, Herbert J. Tily and | Lew Ha'n, president and managing director respectively of the Nation-| al Dry Goods Association, were on'! today's Tst of visitors at the exe- | cutive offices, 14 | Their visit, it is antici ated, would | make available a report on business conditions as reflected by the dry eoods industry. John Coolidge re-| turns to Amherst today, ; '¥ bw'l

MILITARY TRAIN SENT TO RE RELIEF - LIEF RELIEF WRECKS AND KILL TWO PERSONS. MEXICO CITY, September 14 - (/P) - Reteilious Yaqui Indians in the l ¢tate of Scnora have hela up a train on whicn former President Obregon ! was a jassenger. In making the an announceinent - nounceinent announceinent of this fact the president says about. one hundred thousand In Indians - dians Indians <topped the train containing an escort of one hundred and fifty troopers near Vieam. The Indians, however, d° dnot attack. The engine lof the military train sent out to rcseue e president was derailed and turned over. Two perosns were killed. MORE ARRESTS AT WIDOW'S PARTY | l FOUR PEOPLE NOW HELD WILL MAKE NQ STATEMENT IN 1 METTER CASE. k ' i METTER, Ga., Sertember 14 - (&) - That additional arrests might take place Juring the day in connection with the killing of John Suddeth and the wounding of Alex Laressy 'at the home of Mds. W. M. Davis I Sunday morning was forecast at the i sheriff's office today. . None of the 'four now heing held | under blarket charge of murder } would ratke a statement this 'morn- Mrs. Davis, her daughter, Sadie, ~and two men,' M. D. Mozely and i Joseph Hclloway, were the four held. BRITISH FREIGHTER \ % - SENDS CALL FOR HELP NEW YORK, Septemher 14 - - An' S. 0. S. call from the British freighter, Loyal Citizen, in the vi-' cinity of Bermuda was picked up thisl by an independent wire wireless - less wireless telegraph station, i No indigation of the ship's plight wag received, but the vessel was be believed - lieved believed to have been in an area rakur!; by a Pn!!rric:nnc vesterday. '

SESRPP R S R o 4 RATIFICATION BY ;,. ALL POWERS IS e ~ } OFFICIALLY OPERATIVE AFTE. TODAY WHEN LEAGUE o'n; NOTICE OF SIGNING, : kit : o GENEVA, Sept. 14. - (AP) - The L* carno treaties of security and arbitra. tion became officially operative td. day when ratifications by all t' sighatories were deposited gsecretariat of the league of nations. The representatives of six nations assembled in the office of SBir Bric Drummond, league secrétary kenern!. and attached their signatures to the protocol, affirming deposit ang red redistration - istration redistration of the treaties. i Afterward congratulations were ¥ changed. ' e e e HEAVY SUIT GROWS! ouUT OF AUTO | INJURY ; ATLANTA, Sept. 14. - (AP) - Mr§. A. 1. Turner, whose nntm'nob!le-rdi into a group of children last Friday and caused the death of oné 'hb;z }an(l injwy to two lgtl_ler's 'wmi" 1}1*49 defendant in a suit for twenty five thousand dollars brought by Mary La Lanier, - nier, Lanier, nine, one o the _lnj.ured.l', v 5. A ROYAL UNDERGOES OPERATION AT HOSPITAL Friends throughout the county will regret to know that Mr. S. A. Royal ol Arabi, head of he Rdyal Qupply Company, and one of the leading citi zens and business men of Cnigp; county, underwent an operation at a local nespital last night for @ppens, dicitis. He is resting today as well' as could be expected and is expeet expeeted - ed expeeted to make steady improvol!'lent-," FOR SALE OR RENT - My hI)IIII'E place, 405 acres land in good'sialtp cultivation, good buildings, water, timber, etc, 169 acres in tivation. T, A. Royal, Arabi, Ga, 10-14

LATIMER SENDS ARMED BOAT TO RESCUE BRITISH FREIGHTER IN NICARAUGUA., ' biy 2 WEKASHRINGTON, Sept,' 14. - (AP) Rear Admiral Latimer, commanding the Amerfcan naval forces"at Elbluff, Nicaraugua, 'reportéd ' today' that he had sent an'arméd 'Woat' té the aid Oof'a Dritish' steanier which signalled that' revolutionary troops had board boarded - ed boarded her while loading hardwood and ordered her to move eclsewhere. The American officer told the rev. olutionists that there must be no in. te*ference with foreign shipping, THOUSAND BALES SHORT OF LAST YEAR ON GINNING "'RE "'REPORTS - PORTS "'REPORTS PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER FIRT. The ginners report for Crisp coun county - ty county shows 2.737 bales of cotton ginned prior. to Seeptember first, accord according - ing according to the census statement given out here. At tha same time last year Crisp couny @inneries had turned out 3, 746, bal>< or more than a thousand bales ahaad of the showing made this year with at least three mew gin ginneries - neries ginneries 'n operation over those of last year. - WIIF' MYSTERY NOTE ASKING HELP LEADS POLICE INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., September 14 - Detlectives today wer continuing their afforts to solve the mystery surroun:ling a note 2!])['::l7'.('lll'.l}' writ written - ten written by a woman and containing an argent plea for help was throwni from a sjeedeing automobile here Friday n''ght, '

ELECTRIC POWER MEETING WILL BE TOLD OF PLANS FOR WORKING ouT CAMPAIGN FOR POWER PLANT. ' Loeal citizens from all over the county are expected to attend the meeting tenight in the dining room of he Suwanee Hoel at which time plans for the fight for the fourteen thousand borse power hydro-electric power plant on Flint river opposite Cordele, will be discussed and those in charge will undertake to install enthusiasm among all cilizens in or order - der order to make the success of the pro project - ject project an nssured certainty. Judge W.,P. Fleming will preside over the meeting. Mr. E. S Kille Killebrew, - brew, Killebrew, hydro-electric = engineer in charge of the preliminary surveys for the ways and means committee with MF 7. J. Williams as chairman, will make a showiqg with regard to the site and, what may be expected in electric power. John W. Greer will be a visitor, and will doubtless have a short address. The eative eciti%enship of the coun county - ty county is urzed to attend. The ladies of the civie c¢lub will provide the din dinner. - ner. dinner. A nregram of rare interest and impertaice. will be carried out, this feature having been placed in the .h:.lnds of a.commiittee of which R. R. Harris :¢ chairman.

LINCOLN ESTATE ! WILL SSHOWS LATE SON OF PRESIDENT HAD HIS OWN FORTUNE. 2 WASH'II\'G,T,ON,, September, 14 - (F) - Tha estate of Robeit Todd Lin Lincoln, - coln, Lincoln, of the late president who died, 'at Vcrm(mt,' in 'Jul3'7, is valued at one million one% hundred and twenty-five thpusand' dollars, 't was 1'%005}10(1&0653,' in a hcy:c"by the widowl seoking leiters testamentary and probate of the will. The Lincoln estate at Manchester is v:'lued at one hundred and twenty five thorsiand and Lincoln's personal estate, consisting of bonds, stocks, and cash are valued at one million. Mra, Lincoln and thee children were named as the heirs. KANSAS FLOODS FOUR TO FIVE MILLION IN PROP. ERTY LOSES OCCUR IN FLOOD AREA. EMFPORIA, Kansas, Sept. 14. - (AP) - With damage cstimated at upwards of four million and five known dead, relief organizations today were rush. ing s=upplies to hundreds o families in southeastern Kansas where heavy rains Sunday transformed streamsg in into - to into raging torrents. Although the streams are rcceding today, forecasts of more rain threat threatenedq - enedq threatenedq to hamper the relief activitics.