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MEMBER ASSOCIATED -—— I ECTED P I DAVIS Camming Decisively Defeats Miss Thompson in Or dinary’s Race. Spalding county went demo cratic in Tuesday’s general elec tion as was expected. Davis received a majority of 1094 over Coolidge and La Fol lette, the latter running second. Cumming Is Winner. Miss Lucy Thompson, independ ent candidate for ordinary, was defeated by Judge D. R. Cumming, incumbent, by a majority of 1082. The eight constitutional amend ments were carried here. Women Busy. A large vote than usual was cast due to interest taken by the women in the election. Following is the official tabu lation made at noon Wednesday: Griffin: Davis 862; Coolidge 52; La Follette 69; Cumming 843; Thompson 123. Africa: Davis 154; Coolidge 6; La Follette 12; Cumming 159; Thompson 13. Aiken: Davis 32; Coolidge 4; La Follette 1; Cumming 37; Thompson 0. Cabin: Davis 67; Coolidge 6; La Follette 0; Cumming 67; Thomp son 0. Line Creek: Davis 7; Coolidge 6; La Follette 0; Cumming 7; Thompson 0. Mt. Zion: Davis 32; Coolidge 0; La Follette 0; Cumming 18; Thompson 18, Orrs: Davis 73; Coolidge 11; La Follette 3; Cumming 81; Thomp son 6. Union: Davis 30; Coolidge 2; La Follette 3; Cumming 35; Thompson 0. Governor Walker received a ma jority of 1290 over his opponent, Baylor. % Mrs. Charles Gunnels is con valescing after a recent illness at her home in the Marian Apart ment. SMITH 114.000 VOTES AHEAD New "V ork, Nov. 5.—(By the As sociated Press.)—An enormous vote in New York City sends Gov ernor Al Smith 114,000 to the fore of Theodore Roosevelt in the race governor, despite, the. lead by Roosevelt in the northern part of state, incomplete returns ear today showed. TEXAS ELECTS FIRST WOMAN GOVERNOR IN HISTORY OF U. S. Tj H /}■: i:: ; Sx; "77 *:■' : ; X XXy ; : ;.;X II XX ' m '0 m XX S;7:-'v mmm . . Wm m i XX XX . -m >, I ; .x X'* '■ ' I ■ g£ 4 XX : x vX • IIPIII : : X.;X. : >x: yX ,>7;: Dallas, Nov. 5.—(By the Associated Press.)—For the first time in the history of the country, Texas elected a woman, Mrs. Miriam A (Ma) Ferguson, governor yesterday. She went through three bitter campaigns, not from a desire to hold office, but in an effort to vindicate the Ferguson family name. He husband, James was impeached when governor and was un able to get his own name on the ballots as a candidate. She had to aurvtoe two primaries and the final election to win. V 4 II . U 7 .V'.' ' V. 9g$?£ 7 'Sasl . : : „ ' '7 H;\' ■ HP •1 ITfeP - . M 1 *; m mm Ira3 [ % ’ ’’ smbs - ■ — = = = GRIFFIN, GA.. •AY, NOVEMBER 5. 1924. —* «>yv 'f' THE WINNER J' gpt' X * LOSER - "'f f . ■a VJxV: .... 'MM 73 -:m mmm ■ : '■4 mm m 79 :/:■ m •t ' i J 7 .x x jw HH I .. X ICOOUDGl . CALVIN JOHN W. DAVIS I m ' ' ■: * Mm •j fe :: ; Washington, Nov. 5.—(By Associated Press)—John W. Davis today congratulated President Coolidge on his election to the presiden cy. «* Permit me to congratulate you,” Mr. Davis telegraphed, “on your sweeping victory and to express the hope that your admin istration may by its success insure thg welfare of the country.” President Coolidge sent this reply: “Please aceept my thanks for your message and my appreciation of the patriotic sentiments you express.” STEADY GROWTH i OF CITY SHOWN Many Improvements to Be Seen in All Parts of Griffin. * An indication of Griffin’s steady growth is shown in the building line here. While at present there is not any great building boom, new homes and improvements £re to be seen in all parts of the city and county. Two Story Home. Mrs. Joseph D. Boyd is erecting | a handsome two story home on South Hill street. A nice cottage is being erected by Mrs. Emma Guttenberg on East College street, which is fast becoming one of the choice resi dential sections of the city. Mrs. David J. Bailey is erecting a two story residence on West Solomon street, on the lot west of her residence. Four New Residences. F. M. Kincaid, Jr., is building four new residences in the new Kincaid addition on the Macon road, after already having com pleted several houses there. Wilson Matthews is remodeling the residence on West Chapel street, just back of his home. Emmett Gossett recently com pleted a home on East College street and Mrs. Wilbur Barnes also has recently completed the erection of an attractive two story home on the same street for Evander Shapard, Jr. Improvements. David T. Bussey has made ex tensive improvements in the al ready attractive colonial home of Mrs. John B. Mills on North Hill street, which he leased several months ago. There ns considerable repair work going on in various parts of the town and other homes and improvements are contemplated for the near future by Griffin property owners. Griffin is a city of beautiful homes and attractive yards. The \ FOUR CONVICTS •Atlanta, Nov. 5.—Election day was welcomed by others than the voters when Governor Clifford Walker approved the paroling of four convicts on recommendation from* the prison commission. Bellman Lamont, convicted of murder in Chatham county in 1906. Frank Wade, convicted for mur der in l90 L alleged to have been in Mitchell county. John McKinely, charged with murder in Meriwether county, sen tenced in 1909 for life imprison ment. Robert Gregory, charged with manslaughter by a Burke county jury. --— —-V Market Reports (Over Pursley, Slaton & Co.’s Private Wire) New Orleans Cotton I I | Prev. _ Open Close I Close Jan. |23.18|23.18i22.49|23.08 23.01 Moh. j23.45f2S.45f22.77j23.32 23.27 May 23.27j23.55j23.08 23.50 23.34 July (23.07123.07,22.76 23.07 23.32 Dec. 123.18 23.18122.48 23.06 22.98 New York Cotton L 0 l L. H, hlLow|CI’ ! I |Prev L en g S e | Cl,,so Mch. j23.23 23.50 23.32J22.63 23.58 22.93123.55 23.27 23.18 23.40 May 123.75 23.85,23.19 23.80 23.58 — (23.22 23.04|22.98 ■ 23.55 23.37 Dec. 123.08123.15(22.55 23.11 22.97 Griffin Spot Cotton middling____ .....22.50 middling —— 22.25 _________ ..... 22.00 WYOMING WOMAN AHEAD Cheyenne, Wyo., Nov. 5.—Mrs. Ross, candidate for gover was leading her opponent by votes at noon today. have shown renewed inter in keeping their premises a fact that is fre commented upon most fa by visitors here. . CANNING FACTORY Brunswick Man May Establish Okra Plant in Spalding County. Another big canning factory for Spalding county!. Yep, it seems probable. Attracted by Exhibit. R. V. Grimes, of Brunswick, visiting in the city,’ was attracted by the canning exhibit at the Chamber of Commerce and today began a tour of the county for the purpose of ascertaining the pos sibilities of growing okra here. Pleased With Griffin. I am greatly pleased with Grif fin, said Mr. Grimes in an in terview with a News reporter, >» ■ and am satisfied there ‘is some thing around here. » M The finest farming section you ever saw,” chirped in W. T. Ben nett, Spalding’s efficient county agent. 428 Subscribers to The News Are Obtained by John F. Hill During the Past Four Months Visit Experiment. In company with Mr. Bennett, Mr. Grimes visited the. Experiment station to discuss with Director Stuckey the question of okra growing and advisability of cstab lishin# a canning factory here. Mr. Grimes is at present con ductin<? a p , ant in Brunswick, but on account of the scarcity of okra is seeking a new location. Every effort will be made by Secretary Thomas, of the Chamber of Commerce, and the county agent to induce the new industry to locate here. VERMONT VOTERS USE SAP BUCKETS AND FIGHT SNOW Burlington, Vt., Nov. 6.—The voters in northern Vermont walked through a snowstorm to get to the ballot boxes yesterday. Plymouth, Mass., Nov. 5^—Ver mont sap buckets, such as Pres requisitioned ident Coolidge. made famous, jte re as ballot baxes here yesterday. John F. Hill Tuesday asked the publishers of The News if they knew how many subscribers he had secured for The News, since July 1, when he began act ing as subscription agent. “No, 1 > was the reply, “but we know you have turned in a great many. We have never made an actual count of those you turned in.” Goea Through Records. “Well, just as s matter of cu riosity,” Mr. Hill said, “I went through my records last night and I have turned in 428 mail sub scriptions, the great majority of them being new ones. “And I haven’t worked hard. I just s^t around the monument square and talked with the people when I felt like it. Like Semi-Weekly. “I tell you, the people like that Semi-Weekly News. A num ber have told me they had been taking an Atlanta tri-weekly, but as HARRY WOODRUFF DIES IN ATHENS; WAS FOOTBALL STAR Athens, Nov. 5—(By the Asso ciated Press.)—Harry Woodruff, prominent Columbus business man and remembered os one of the University of Georgia’s greatest football players, the original “Kid » Woodruff, died here this morning following an automobile.*'accident last Friday night. **■ GEORGIA GIVES LORN W. DAVIS Vote Will Probably Equal That Given Cox Four Yean Ago. Georgia gave John W. Davis, democratic candidate for president, a large majority in Tuesday’s gen eral election, it was indicated to day by returns from every section of the state. Equal Cox Vote. It was indicated that Davis’ vote would equal that given Cox four years ago. In that election, the democratic presidential can didate received 107,162 votes to 43,720 for Warren G. Harding, re publican. In the governor’s race, Clifford M. Walker, democratic candidate for re-election, in returns from 578 precincts, had received 43,130 votes to 1,447 for his opponent, H. Bedinger Baylor, independent Other statehouse officers had no opposition. --•* All of the proposed constitu tional amendments, eight in num* ber, have received the necessary two-thirds majorities in the votes reported. State House Officials. The following state house offi cials were elected: S. G. McLen don, secretary of state; William A. Wright, comptroller general; George M. Napier, attorney gener al; W. J. Speer, treasurer; Fort E. Land, superintendent of schools; John W. Clark, pension commissioner; T. E. Patterson, prison commissioner; J. J. Brown, commissioner of Agriculture; H. M. Stanley, commissioner of com merce and labor; 0. R. Bennett and J. D. Price, public service commissioners; Samuel C. Atkin son and S. Price Gilbert, asso justices of the supreme Nash R. Broyles and W. Jenkins, judges of the court appeals. like the Griffin Semi-Weekly News better because it gives the gener al news as well as the local news; while the Atlanta papers only give general news. Like Stopping Plan. H Another thing—nine out of ten tell me they like the plan of stop ping the paper when the time is out unless they previously renew. “Just keep on publishing the kind of paper you are now doing and the policy you are pursuing and you will eventually have your paper in nearly every home in Spalding county and adjoining counties. ■ ( WEATHER FORECAST 3 For Georgia — Fair tonigl|t, warmer in the extreme north por tion. Thursday partly cloudy. Temperature for 24 hours end ing at Wednesday: Maximum 7» Minimum S3 Mean ........•• * ...... ■ VOL. ', 53—mW-g ""' "" W W , - GETS WSte* . ■■ X X .... ' TWICE ELECTORAL % Rock-Ribbed Southi ■ \ VM Are Solid for the . ' Out of • total of 1 electoral votes, Coolidge ceived 379; Davis, 139; FoHette, 13. It is tho« that the 10 not heard will go to Davis. M Two hundred and six! six electoral votes were nee est&ry to elect. New York, Nov. 5.—-(By m the Associated Preaa.)—As re turns from states continued 9 to * roll in today they served only to swell the tide upon which Calvin Coolidge is riding to an apparent and overwhelming * victory over his two opponents in the 1924 presidential con test. In eight states, all in the west, the result waa still in doubt at midday, but the presi dent had a lead in seven of them, including Minnesota, North Dakota and South Da kota. Returns in the congressional contests were alow and at noon they were still insufficient to show whether Mr. Coolidge will have a real working ma jority m his party in either the house or senate. The Republicans have made a net gain of twelve in thV‘ house and apparently three or four in the senate. Representative Nicholas Longworth, of Ohio, Republi can leader in the house, was re-elected, as was alto Repre sentative Finis J. Garrett, df Tennessee, the Democratic house leader. * The tabulation of votes shows West Virginia, home state of John W. Davis, was swept into the Coolidge-Dawes column by a ma jority of more than 10,000 votes. It includes Kentucky, where the G. O. P. nominees won out, and New Jersey, which followed in the footsteps of its neighbor, New York, in piling up a Coolidge ma jority. Solid South Not Enough. On the face of returns John W. Davis had made certain of 130 electoral votSes, mostly from the (Continued on Page Four)