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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.
W. A. ELIS SAYS
!
WAS PREJUDICED
Aged Veteran Visits His
Friends Here; Tells
of Imprisonment.
W. A. Ellis, former resident of
'Griffin and aged Confederate vet
eran, who was recently jailed in
Atlaali on a charge of lunacy pre
ferred by V/. A. McAllister, super
intendent of the Old Soldiers’
Home, and later released, was in
the city today visiting Judge J. A.
Drev.ry.
Charges Absurd.
Mr. Ellis stated to a News re
porter that the charges brought
by Mr. McAllister were absurd
and were the result of a personal
grudge on the part of the super
intendent.
He stated that he had never had
but one argument with Mr. Mc
Allister and that was regarding
some blankets which he thought
should be furnished by the state,
but which he was forced to buy
himself.
Treated Well in Jail.
Mr. Ellis said while he was in
jail he was treated well and that
the Daughters of the Confederacy
, kind . , to , ,. him. He TT added ...
were very
that .... since , he had , , returned , to the
. home , he . had , . been treated all
The veteran, who is . 82 years
old, ., is . still i . n . with . ,
a vigorous man, ’
a clear , eye and , a firm „ , handshake. ,
Old . „ Friend . . Jim. „
IT He said ., , he was m . the city to
,. his old friend Jim
see 3
who was instrumental in getting * 8
.. him out of .... jail without the for
mality of a trmi. He added that
about 35 years ago, when Judge
Drewry was a mere lad, he had
befriended him and that it Jim
had never forgotten.
Mr. Ellis said he had a month’s
furlough from the home, but
would return to Atlanta this after
noon and come back later for a
long visit with friends here.
AT FOND PROBE
Washington, Oct. 22.—(By the
Associated Press.) — Subpoenas
have been issued by the senate
committee investigating the cam
paign expenditures for William
B. Fox, president of the Ameri
can Bankers’ Association; Charles
D. Hills, former republican na
tional chairman, and George W.
Simmons, New York banker.
With Frank P. Walsh, personal
La Follette counsel, and Samuel
Untermyer, in the role of prose
cutors, the committee got back
tf
today to : the charges that a re
publican slush fund from $10,000,-
Countess Finds Pleasure In Working
As Manager of New York Gown Shop
New York, Oct. 22.—Countess
Schornborn Frasso, a membei 4
of the Frasso family, one of the
oldest and most powerful in Italy,
who separated two years ago
from Count Schornborn, reputed
to be the wealthiest man in Aus
tria, and who has stepped with
many of her gerenation from the
Austrian court to the business
world, is amused to find herself
manager of Madgar, Inc., a gown
shop.
Impressive Looking. |
The countess, impressive look
ing, yet vivacious, received her
guests in the showrooms of the
Madgar shop and speaks often,
in French, Italian, German or
English, of the “old times when a
woman was ashamed to work. n
“Before the war my friends in
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Miss Ruth Hudson, daughter
of Congressman Grant Hudson of
Michigan, is foregoing the social
whirl in Washington to work at
cashier in the Dodge Hotel, the
y W C A. hotel for womet'.
NEXT ELECTION
Oct. 22.—(By fhe Asso
^^-Traditional rival
ry 8nd the,r dread of another
C °* , htlon seem to be intensifying
the opposition to a pact between
the ,, _ Liberals and the Conservatives
on the ,, part of
more extreme
members , of „ these , parties.
Distrust and suspicion find the
, loudest , . voice the Liberals,
among
notwithstanding . ... , ,. that Mr. Asquith,
their • , leader, , . has
given his , . ,, bless
• , to reciprocal . ,
in „ K a arrangement
_.v whereby - «. the Liberal or Conserva- „
tive candidate •
in some constituen
cies are standing ... aside so as to
ftVert three cornere(J conte9tg
worWng fer the ^ nefit tfce , a .
borites.
YOUTH WHO CONFESSED
SLAYING OF TEACHER
IS PRONOUNCED SANE
Ellsworth, Maine, Oct. 22.—Ro
land McDonald, of Amherst, 15
year old school boy, who is charg
ed with the murder of his teach
er, Miss Louise Gerrish, last
spring, has been pronounced sane
by a commission of alienists and
will o on trial in a few days,
attorney Rar.sford Shaw announc
ed today. Young McDonald has
been a prisoner here since his ar
rest.
ALL BIDS FOR STADIUM
AT MACON IN EXCESS
OF $100,000 BOND FUND
Maconfi Ga., Oct. 22.—All bids
for Macon’s proposed stadium,
for which the people of Macon
voted $100,000, were found to be
in excess of that sum when open
ed last night. It was decided,
however, to eliminate certain fea
tures from the plans which will
,
make it possible to have the sta
dium completed by next Summer.
000 to $12,000,000,000 is being
raised.
Austria thought it a disgrace to
work,” the countess explained to
a reporter for The World. “Dur
ing the war they had to work and
liked it.
<< With the going of the court,
society life in Vienna has died
out and women are occupying
themselves in every field of ac
tivity. tf
Society Life Dies Out.
«i But in America is the one
place where work is pleasure,”
the countess added enthusiastic
ally.
She has left her four children
in Vienna to come to New York
to work. \
“Everybody here works hard
and plays hard and they enjoy
themselves so much more than
Europeans.”
GRIFFIN, GA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1924.
SAY
WILL DE THEIRS
Declare They Will Sway
Body Regardless of
Who Is President.
Washington, Oct. 22.—Demo
crats declare they will capture
congress, irrespective of the result
of the presidential campaign.
While there is some doubt as to
that declaration, it i^> self-evident
that if Democrats fail to capture
congress it will continue to be a
,body of which the balance of
power is lodged in the radical
group, headed by Senator Robert
M. LaFollette, of Wisconsin.
Davis Profiting.
John W. Davis, according to
every indication, is profiting from
the above stated situation.
The business interests of the
country are apparently aware that
if the Democratic standard bearer
is elected, he will have a congress
so patently in sympathy with him
that it can function; whereas if
Calvin Coolidge triumphs, congress
will be in the hands of LaFollette
as it is at present.
It is generally known in Wash
ington that if Coolidge is eleeted,
Republicans will not organize the
two houses of congress.
Radicals Prefer Democrat.
The radicals have demonstrated
that, when it comes to the election
of a chairman of a so-called key
committee, they prefer a Demo
crat to a “reactionary” Republi
can.
DYAL ACQUITTED
ON PEON CHARGE
IN MACON COURT
Macon, Ga., Oct. 22.—Fairest
L. Dyal, Jr., who has been on
trial in United States district
court on a charge of peonage
since last Thursday morning, was
acquitted shortly before 9 o’clock
last night when the jury hear
ing the case reached a verdict.
The case reached the jurors a few
minutes after 6 o’clock.
The specific charge on which
Dyal was tried was that he had
forcibly kept Charlie Jackson,
negro, in a state of bondage on
his farm. Dyal took the stand
in his own defense yesterday
morning and was (the final de
fense witness to testify.
WILL HOLD NEXT
COMMUNITY MEET
AT LINE CREEK
Line Creek district will be the
scene of the next city-county
meeting sponsored by the local
Chamber of Commerce which will
be held Monday night at 7
o’clock.
Cars will leave the Chamber
of Commerce at 6 o’clock.
Appropriate entertainment is
being arranged by the program
committee, headed by Frank
Pittman.
John F. Yarbrough, chairman
of the rural relations
desires the people of the city to
help him make these meetings a
success by attending.
The program will be announced
later.
POLICE SPRUCE UP.
Philadelphia, Oct.
of Public Safety Smedley D. But
ler, motoring to his office
said he found every policeman
spick and span. He found
with the appearance of some
the men yesterday.
GRIFFIN SPOT
COTTON
Good middling 22:50.
Strict middling 22.25.
Middling 22.00,
Wire Bulletins
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SHKNANWSIH WAITS
FOR BETTER WEATHER
San Diego, Oct. 22.—(By the
Associated Press.)—Locked to its
mooring mast ffiT^the North Is
land flying A el <V~fche navy dirigi
ble Shenandoa^ is being groomed
for a possible'take off Thursday,
eastbound for Port Worth, Texas.
The navigators are awaiting
more favored weather conditions
over the southern air route be
fore issuing starting orders and
are a?so considering eliminating
the Fort Wo^th stop. Only minor
repairs were necessary to fit the
s- r Lp for the trip back east fol
lowing the stormy cruise down
f ie California coast from Camp
.lewis, Wash.
PEKING TROOPS RETURN
TO SHANHAIKWAN.
Peking, Oct. 22.—(By the Asso
ciated Press.)—The initial suc
cess Of Peking government troops
against the Manchurian forcea
makes it possible for the central
government’s first army head
quarters to return to Shanhaik
wan, as the critical situation
caused by massing Mukden troops
is now considered past.
I. C. C. DENIES
EXPRESS PETITION.
Washington, Oct. 22.—(By the
Associated Press.)—The petition
of the Southeastern Express com
pany to set aside the reconstruc
tion express rates in zone two
was denied today by the inter
state commerce commission.
JAPANESE DESTROYERS
ORDERED TO CHINA.
Tokio, Oct. 21.—(By the Asso
ciated Press.)—Three Japanese
destroyers have been ordered
from Port Arthur to anchor off
;shaniraikwan to prefect Japanese
residents and interests threatened
by the warring fortes of the Pe
king government resisting the in
vading Manehutian armies.
SHOOTS FORMER
LEGION LEADER
Grand Rapids, Oct. 22.—(By the
Associated Press.)—Colonel John
G. Emery, former national com
mander of the American Legion,
was shot and slightly wqunded in
his left shoulder at his office here
today.
Chedell Simpson, the husband
of Emery’s stenographer, was
charged with the shooting.
A divorce suit is pending
against Simpson.
LION CUBS ARE BORN
UNDER CIRCUS TENT
Petersburg, Va., Oct. 22.—For
the first time in the history of
circus and tent performances,
“Sheba,” an African lioness of the
Zeidman & Pollie shows, which
jhave been exhibiting for the past
week at the Petersburg fair, gave
birth in her cage yesterday
two cubs. Mother and offspring o
are reported to be doing we!l.
Wild animal experts say that
the young usually are born in
winter quarters.
CZECH-SLOVAK WOMEN
FORM DIVORCE UNION
Prague, Oct. 22.—The divorced
women of Czecho-Slovakia have
formed a “divorcees’ union,” which
they hope will serve as a valuable
experience club for the benefit of
the country.
WILBUR NOT TO TESTIFY
Washington, Oct. 22.—Secretary
Wilbur announced yesterday that
he “viewed as extremely unlike
ly” his appearance in the Pan
American case at Los Angeles, as
a witness, despite the fact that he
had been subpoenaed.
DAVIS DECLARE
INDIANA WILL
Urges Kentuckians Not to
Neglect Solemn Duty
as Citizens.
Vincennes, Ind., Oct. 22.—(By
the Associated Press.)—Making
hi3 final one day appearance in
Indiana, which state he declared
will be won for democracy, John
W. Davis, democratic candidate
lor president, brought his cam.
paign here for an afternoon dis
cussion and prepared to carry it
to Evansville tonight.
Brief Kentucky Campaign.
Winding up his brief personal
campaign in Kentucky with an
address last night, Davis warn
ed that the ballots cast on No
vember 4 would decide the des
tiny of the country for another
four years and urged voters not
to neglect on that day to “dis
charge the first and morft solemn
duty of an American citizen. n
Ballots Alone Decide.
a It is in the ballots of the
coun
try and the ballots alone,” Mr.
Davis said, “that its destiny re
sides and if we are false by ab
sentation, by carlessness or by
worse, we cannot criticise the
short comings of those who take
public office; we cannot complain
in the years to come if disaster
comes to visit us. ft
Earlier in the day, at Franklirt,
Bowling Green and Elizabethtown
the candidate had stressed the
same plea in speeches from the
rear platform of his car.
SCHOOL BOARD
IS UPHELD BY
SUPREME COURT
Atlanta, Oct. 22.—A county
school board has no authority to
hear election contests growing
out of the election of a school
trustee in a local school district,
the Georgia supreme court ruled
yesterday.
The decision was in the case of
W. Walsh, against G. G. Rob
inson, ordinary of Gwinnett coun
ty.
The petition alleged that the
ordinary had refused to hear a
contest filed by Mr. Nash against
M. L. Hornbuck, in the Shellvilie
district ofi the grounds that it
was the duty of the school board
to hear the contest
OTHER MAN’S PIN
ON WIFE’S NIGHTIE
BREAKS UP ROMANCE
Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 22.—The
college romance of Grover C.
Kaiser and Marguerite E. Kaiser
broke up four years after their
marriage, when the wife came
home fron a trip and insisted on
wearing on her nightgown a fra
ternity pin belonging to another
man, the husband alleged in a suit
for divorce he filed here yesterday.
RICH MUSICIAN
SENT TO WORK HOUSE
,
T J New York, Oct. 22.—Eighty
four year old Joseph Tatar, who
j once led a crack Hungarian regi
mental band, who has played in
New York’s greatest hotels and
whose violin brought him a small
fortune, went to the work house
here today because he was cold,
hungry and friendless.
PRINCE REPORTED ILL
Montreal, Oct. 22.—The Prince
J Wales caught a slight chill
while riding to hounds at St. Au
gustine Monday and at the sug
gestion of his medical adviser has
postponed his departure from Mon
treal until tonight. It was stated
that there is nothing serious in
his condition. This evening he re
ceived some friends with whom he
had engagements.
BIOLOGY TEACHER
FIRED BY MERCER
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A revolt of students is threat
ened at Mercer University,
Macon, Dr. Ga., Henry as a result of dismis
sal of Fox, professor
of biology, by the Dr. board of trus
tees. Because Fox is an ex
ponent of the scientific theory of
evolution, the board held ho it
aot a Ch ristian .
WER'S WEATHER
VERY FAVORABLE
f *
Washington, Oct. 22.—(By the
Associated Press.)—Georgia agri
cultural conditions for the past
week are given: warm, dry, sun
ny; very favorable for harvest
ing.
All cotton is open and prob
ably 8 per cent has been gather
ed. Practically ail cotton should
be out of the fields by November
1.
Housing of Com, di g gin g
sweet potatoes and peanuts, cut
ting of cane and saving late hay
crops made very rapid progress.
Some oats were sown but the
.
soil is getting too hard to plow.
SPORTSMEN PLAN
TO FORM BODY TO
PROTECT GAME
Fifty sportsmen from the coun
ty are expected to be present at
a luncheon Saturday at noon at
the Griffin Hotel to hear State
Game Warden Peter S. Twitty
and Deputy Game Warden E. C.
Smith tell about game protection
associations throughout the state.
The purpose of the meeting is
to form an organization in this
county that will inform the peo
ple about the existing game laws,
open and closed seasons and fed
eral laws.
The game protective associa
tions appeal to a)l hunters
through their sportsmanship to
provent unlawful shooting of
game and to promote compliance
with the laws.
PREDICT FROST TONIGHT
According to the Associated
Press weather report today, frost
is predicted in the north and cen
tral portions of Georgia.
Some One Always Doing Wrong,
Coolidge Complains to Vanderbilt
Washington, Oct. 22.—Some
one is constantly “doing the wrong
thing” in the departments of the
government, according to Presi
dent Coolidge.
Politicians here have been
greatly interested in the frank
admission made by Mr. Coolidge
in a letter he sent to Cornelius
Vanderbilt, Jr.,, printed in the
San Francisco Herald, of which
Mr. Vanderbilt is publisher. In
it the president said:
Agree on Needs.
“I agree with you as to the
needs of the country and I have
faith that we shall progress in
that direction which you indicate.
“We have to remember, how
ever, that we have been a long
time reaching our present con-
VOUi
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CRD
Four More in
Condition—E:
to Investig
Norfolk, ,311
Va., Oct. 22.
Associated Press.) — F<
deaths last night and th
mg were added to the
victims of the explosion
cruiser Trenton Mondaj
ing the total to 12.
Of the six surviving
of the turret crew on du
time of the disaster, 1
still in a critical condith
Experts to Investig
Three experts from 1
ordnance bureau at Wi
have been ordered to Ni
■Secretary Wilbur to ass;
investigation to be <
aboard the Trenton in
to determine the cause of
plosion, which occurred
forward turret, it was am
today after navy official
had declared they were
to find the slightest clue
cause of the accident.
The declared the records
navy showed no parallel l
IBS
THOMAS M:
TO TAL
BEFORE ROTi
CLUB AT NEM
C. C. Thomas, secretary oi
local .Chamber of Commerce,
accepted an invitation to ad
the Newnan Rotary Club at
Friday luncheon, on “The 1
of a Chamber of Gomimn
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In inviting Mr. Thomas
tend their meeting the sec
of the Neurnan Rotarians
favorably of all reports fro
local chamber and was imp
with the work done for i
through this body.
The address is the beg
of a campaign for the otg
tion of a Chamber of Con
for Newnan.
SAYS OLD HORSE
AND AGED PASTORS
GET SAME PENSIC
Chicago, Oct. 22.—The Joel
club of New York gave “Clov
an old horse, a pension of
a month, which is the maxim
pension of the United Luthe
church in America for its reti
ministers, according to Rev. J
gar Grimm Miller, Phil
( WEATHER FORECAST
For Georgia - Fair and cob
tinuvd cool tonight and Thursdaj
Probably frost in the nortll an
central portions tonight.
Temperature for 24 hoars en<
ing at noon Wednesday:
Maximum 70
Minimum s
Mean
dition, and we must be patient in
the face of many seeming
ures.
“As a business man you no
doubt comprehend the difficulty
of getting faithful and efficient
service.
“That difficulty is very mi
greater when the service is
quired by the government.
Need Watchful Care.
"I am especially desirous
the veretans’ bureau should f
tion as near perfect as anytl
can, and I know that all the
partments of the govemuf
need constant supervision
most watchful care. Is*
“Even then some one in t
is constantly doing the wi
thing.”