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£ 1 # .: ■ m m f r sS ■ ■■ . ' t ■ )i #‘ .. , r: . t ■•« • • \X S'HS j M t , L 'mm : r ■ v - - Wkm% MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS. ASKED TO VOTE FOR THE TAX EXEMPTION AMENDEMNT Local C. of C. Prepares Appeal at Request of Other Bodies. An appeal to the people of Georgia to vote for the proposed amendment to the constitution to exempt certain manufacturers and industries from taxation for five years has been prepared by C. C. Thomas, of the local Chamber of Commerce, at the request of other Chambers of Commerce and civic bodies throughout the state. Copies of the appeal willJbe sent to all newspapers through out the state to stimulate inter est in the amendment. The article in full, follows: AN IMPORTANT QUESTION BEFORE THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA. (By C. C. Thomas, Secretary, Griffin-Spalding County Cham ber of Commerce.) To the people of Georgia: At the general election to be held on November 4, the voters of Georgia are called upon to ex press their wishes in respect to eight amendments to the constitu tion of the state. Among those submitted for your consideration is the proposed amendment to ar ticle 7, section 2, paragraph 2, of the constitution to exempt certain manufacturers and industries from taxation for a period not exceeding five years. Majority of Votes. This amendment provides that, << Any person, natural or artifi cial, a resident of this state, who may, after January 1 , 1924, build, equip, establish or enlarge a plant for the manufacture or process ing of cotton, wool, linen, silk, rubber, clay, wood, metal, metallic or non-metallic mineral, or com bination of same, creamery, or cheese plant; or for the produc tion or development of electric ity may, as fBTRtch building, en largement or equipment, be ex empt from county, incorporated town or city ad valorem taxes for a period of time not exceeding five (5) years from the date of the beginning of the building, equipment or enlargement of such plants, provided, same shall be approved by a majority of the voters in such county or town or city desiring such exemption. The ratification of this amend ment merely gives the right to each county and city to make this exemption after a majority people of the county or city have voted in favor of it and is pure ly a local option law. Dr. Stovall Author. The question before the voters of Georgia on November 4 is whether they will ratify it and allow counties and cities to make this . exemption if they see fit. The author of this bill is Dr. A. S. J. Stovall, of Elberton, Ga., and its purpose is solely to aid ufacturing plants and stimulate a in bringing to Georgia more man greater industrial development permitting a county or city or in corporated town to make 'this ex emption if they so desire. Practically no publicity has been given this proposed amend inebt ajid very little discussion of that which has appeared has pro- Married Girls Under Sixteen % Ordered to School in Chicago Chicago, Oct. 23.—All married girls in Chicago under 16 are to be compelled to attend publje school, says W. L. Bodine, super RETAIL GROCERS ADVISED TO USE NEWSPAPER ADS Cincinnati, Oct. 23.-—Grocers of the future will have to use newspaper advertising to sell their goods, S. H. Rouster, a speaker, told delegates to the Ohio Retail Grocers and Meat Dealers’ association today. tt The retailers will have to de pend on newspaper advertising to movd their goods from their shelves,” Mr. Rouster asserted, as the model?) family gets its news from the newspapers and not from the market places as in the past,” BOY KILLED BY EXPLOSION IN KENTUCKY MINE Madisonville, Ky., Oct. 23. —(By the Associated Press.) —The bpdy of Paul Wheeler, a 19 year old miner, was re recovered from the Hart Coal Company’s mines toddy, where a gas dust explosion last night entombed at least 15 miners. Tw|> others are missing and are believed buried under a fall of slate. Fourteen of the entombed men escaped last night. BIG DIRIGIBLE MAY AGAIN FLY Shenandoah Expected to Pass Over Atlanta at 3:30 a. m. Saturday. El Paso, Tex., Oct. 23.—The navy dirigible Shenandoah, early today, was approaching Texas on her return voyage to Lake Hurst, N. J., from the Pacific coast. It is expected to arrive at Fort Worth about 4 o’clock this after noon. The ship will take on 200,000 cubic feet of helium there tonight, according to schedule, and prob ably .will depart eastward again tomorrow morning. For the second tune tne “mon ster of the <Lfr” will pass over Georgia. At the present speed the ship will probably fly over Atlanta about 3:30-o’clock Saturday morn ing. ceeded upon an erroneous idea of what the law is. - County and City Only. In the first place it is stated that the proposed amendment ex empts new manufacturers from state taxes,...... ^ Such is not the case inasmuch as the exemption is only for county and city taxes and has no reference whatever in respect to state taxes. In the next place it is urged that upon ratification of the amendment the exemption, per se, becomes a law and forthwith all new manufacturers will becom? immediately exempt. This is not true, inasmuch as each county and city will have to submit it to a majority vote in their respective counties or cities or towns before such ex emption can be made. Again it is urged that it would not be fair to the industries al ready established and paying heavy taxes to bring competing (Continued on Page Four) intendent of compulsory educa tion of the Board of Education. While Mr. Bodine admits that he dislikes to have to force hus bands to get their young wives off to school each day, he says the man who marries a wife of school age is the one who is responsible for her attendance. Explains Law. The law, Mr. Bodine explains, provides that every person having custody of a child between the ages of 7 and 16 is accountable for the child’s regular attendance at school. He holds that when a man takes the cuatondy of a bride under 16 he ia the “person” responsible. Ten brides of 14 and 15 years were last week compelled to give up housework and return to school. ...................• ■[ ’■■ GRIFFIN GA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1924. OFF COMPLETELY Forces Are Said to Have Been Defeated Inside the Great Wail. Shanghai, Oct. 23.—(By the As sociated Press.)—Peking was sud denly cut off completely from tele graphic communication with all outside points this morning. The announcement from Shang hai of the cutting off of Peking follows closely on advices and spe cial dispatches from Mukden that the forces of the Peking govern ment had suffered serious setbacks at the hands of Mukden troops. An all-night battle launched by 15,000 Peking troops resulted in the Mukdenites turning off the left flank of the Peking troops and their pressing the right flank upon prepared mine fields, the explosion killing thousands. The Peking forces are also said to have been defeated inside the great wall and on the Jenol front. AF LINE CREEK Another varied program has been prepared for the city-county community meeting to be held at Line Creek Monday evening start ing at 7 o’clock. These meetings have been in creasing in popularity and a ca pacity crowd is expected to attend Monday. » Griffin automobile owners who will furnish cars for the band are asked to call Frank S. Pittman, at 822. The program follows: Band concert, 7 to 7:30, by the Georgia-Kincaid Band. Meeting called to order by Rev. John F. Yarbrough. Song, “America,” led by E. K, Domingos. Invocation, Rev. L. M. Latimer. Music, Georgia-Kincaid Band. Address of welcome, W. M. Spear. Music, Harmony Four. Address, C. C. Thomas. Solo, Eugene Rogers. Moving pictures, three reels. Address, W. T. Bennett. Music, Georgia-Kincaid Band. Address, Mrs. Myrtle S. Sibley. Music, Harmony Four. Benediction, Rev. M. R. Wil liamson. e WARM SPRINGS Warm Springe, Oct. 23.—Sever al hundred people gathered last night at the Warm Springe hotel and gave a tremendous ovation to Franklin D. Roosevelt, candi date for vice president on! the ticket of the democratic p irty when James M. Cox ran for pres ident. Mr. Roosevelt will return to New York Saturday, but will re turn to Georgia later to spend about two months, he stated. Big Dinner. A big dinner was arranged and guests were received by invita tion. Mr. Roosevelt has made a large impression on the citizens of Meriwether county during his visit of three weeks and no per son : who has ever visited this resort has received a greater mark of respect. • Guests were assembled in the dining room of the hotel and Mr. Prison Life Putt Its Mark oa Loeb and Leopold, I - \ X;: M ! ' ; : S m mm Iff o% ; y.\ : : ) ■>> Prison life has already marked the' millionaire murderers, Rich ard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr., as these photos show. Contrast the photo (in the center), made at the time of their arrest, with those jost made in the Illinois prison at Joliet and sent to the •• ■ (galleries” in the police bureaus in various cities. Loeb V Leopold below. Beginning Today on Page 5 « THE EVIL SHEPHERD 99 Oppenheim’s Latest Mystery Novel You IViU Enjoy This Story The Evil Shepherd By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM There about is the no people false glamor in an Oppenheim he the tale. Generally presents worst side of theircharacter first. He shows how they drink and carry on [the scene is England not America] just as normal folks do in some countries; and then by ' slow degrees 9 he , begtns . to reveal | their , , better sides. The final result is a pretty likable, clean lot of folks who are more devoted to outdoor sports and healthy living than they are to dissi* pation. And the author has the genius to fit these people into romantic, even heroic roles, without making them either priggish or immora j and without destroying their naturalness and reality.^“The P„;l r.vil ohepherd is a lively, „ _ charming, thrilling tale. CASHIER SHOT WHEN BANDITS ARE Chicago, Oct. 23—(By th-> As sociated Press.)—Stephen Kovao, cashier, was pro bably fatally wounded in an exchange of shots in which bandits who invaded an outlying state bank today were driven off by employes. Roosevelt, while remaining seat ed, spoke for an hour and a half the political situation being giv en special emphasis in his re marks: The New Yorker reiterated his confidence*in the election of John W. Davis, democratic candidate for president. f •. A big victory for the West Vir ginian was predicted, When nominated he did not think Davis had a chance, but now he is firmly convinced that he will be the next chief execu tive, Mr. Roosevelt said. ON PROHIBITION IS CRITICIZED A Famous Lawyer Says Nation-wide Scandal Still Exists. Washington, Oct. 23__A state ment declaring .. a nation wide scandal” in regard to prohibition enforcement “still exists” and that President Coolidge “ha* proved he will not put an end to it' was issued here last night by Samuel Untermeyer, New York attorney. The letter from Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, assistant at torney general in charge of pro hibition enforcement, to the Law Enforcement League of Philadel phia last July on the enforcement question, and the league’s reply, were quoted by Mr. Untermeyer in drawing the conclusion that President Coolidge has “used his power to prevent the people from learning the facts. >» More Lawlessness. “After 14 months of President Coolidge as the law enforcing ex ecutive of the government, this nation wide scandal still exists, H the statement said. “It was bred and is breeding more lawlessness, corruption, crime and more ery than any other one thing to day. ... :• ■v * % : v mmm Y , w mm E. Phillips Oppenheim Although he Is nn Englishman and makes hls home exclusively In hls ™ vn c ®J u,t 7. he mav bf> an International novelist, , foi he un doubtedly has as many readers in America as across the sea; In fact, ls about as greut '» tl , oitr native writers, If the average British novelist were as wise as Oppenheim in the tostes of hls public and did not fill his books with so much about tea, tennis and domestic infldelitied, he might also be popular at home and nhroad. Oppenheim is modern, enough, especially when treating of the modern girj, but he sticks most ly to the old standbys of love, ro mance, adventure and mystery; and *? a proof that it pays, may be rlte(1 the fact that he Is author of seventy novels, probably an no equaled record. PHYSICIANS SEE EARLY RECOVERY FOR JOHN EMERY Grand Rapids, Mich., Oct. 23.— (By the Associated Press.)—Ph> sicians today predicted the spedy recovery of Colonel John G. Em ery, former national commander of the American Legion and vet eran of several major engage ments in the world war, who was shot yesterday by Chedell Simp son, the husband of Emery’s stenographer. T----- KIWAMAN 8 TO MEET AT ALBANY IN 1925. Rome, Ga., Oct. 23.—Albany was selected As the next conven tion city of the Georgia district of Kiwanis International at the closing session hare yesterday af ternoon. Macon whs the winner of the attendance cup. ------ v. *Zl"~ HERE TH FAR EX Considerable Sta] in Fields and PI Is Progress!) '■ISi Griffin has received 1,4£ bales of cotton this year tl year. The price one year ago cents per pound for good it while today the same quoted at 22 cents. 0 According to the ofl report as tabulated es the News by J. E. Mayna ‘ ' ! fin received for the today 875 bales, as co 382 bales for the © week last year. ' >;.0 f The shipments for 1 were 252 bales, against The stock on hand in ous warehouses was 3,® against 3,078 bales. The total receipts for the were 5,273 bales, against bales last season. ( Farmers have had r two weeks of favorabli for marketing the crop have taken advantage < portunity. There is still consider! in the fields and pickir In six months a fearless pres ident, not afraid to remove de partment heads and other officials failing to do their plain duly In office, would end this scandal and again restore respect for the con stitution and laws of the law. DAVIS ON LAST LEG OF DRIVE 4 Aboard the Davis train en route to Cleveland, Oct.'28.—(By the Associated ress.)—With but one more formal address, that scheduled at Cleveland tonight, John W. Davis is on his way east, completing the last leg of two weeks final campaign in the mid dle west. The train passed outside Indi ana early today, headed for Cleve land, and thence on to New York, where the final drive of the per sonal campaign will be started Saturday. WEATHER FORECAST ] For Georgia: Fair and continu ed cool tonight and Friday. Light to heavy frost in the north and central portions tonight, Tem perature for 24 hours ending at noon today: Maximum 6 T; mini mum 37; mean 52. Church Built of Materials From Dance Hall, Saloon and Brewi Denver, Colo., Oct. 23.—A com munity church and its parsonage have been built out of timber and materials from a once notorious gambling resort and dance hall and from an erstwhile brewery, at Durango, Colorado, % Free Methodists. The church, built by a Free Methodist congregation, recently was dedicated. Its altar rail was made out of part of the bar of the old days. The foot rail of the bar has been converted into the hand rail of the steps leading into the church. Bible on Bar. A Bible now rests on the polish ed walnut where liquor used to be placed, for part of the bar itself is “mm ‘ w .y ‘WR'???€£,1 " . VOL u u '371‘,‘;».- .s ‘m’: .‘ I ' ' . t gressing rapidly. — THE SANIT Mount Vernon, ILL., Oct. Lawrence M. Right, fora odist Episcopal minister 12 miles south of here tried in circuit court to ber 29, not for the muni wife, Anna, and Wilford She with whose widow he jointly indicted on two char of murder, but to test his san This ruling was made yes &*y by Judge J. C. Kern, w Higllt’s attorney requests sanity trial before a jury. His arraignments on the it der charges will be postponed til the sanity trial is decided. * Meantime the judge also nounced no action would be \ in connection with the rnotio a separate trial of Elsie Sw< In granting Hight’s m< Judge Kern declared he ,•<* I,; i rather have a jury decide w er the defendant was sane take the responsibility himt — GRIFFIN SPOT COTTON Good middling 22:50. ' Strict middling 22.25. " Middling 22.00. the pulpit, The altar was cons! other parts of the bar. The church rests on a tl^n of stone, heavy timbers a: iron beams Aaken from both £ dance hall the brewery. T^e^rindow sills and l|ll| were made from the heavy bottoms of huge beer vats. Site of Old Brewery. The 1 building occupies .h. , of the old brewery. It is situated at the foot o bluff. The parsonage of the presk elder of the district, built oi the office of the brewery, s nearby at the top of the bln Winding stairs lead upward an old brewery coil hi used hand rail. ^ The church seats 700 pent