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MEMBER ASSOCIATED 2 INJURED HERE TURNS TURTLE Thought Train Was Approach ing When Bell Starts Ring ing at Crossing. George Wilder, or the Towaliga district, and Tom Blackman, of Patillo, were injured when an au tomobile in whiojh they were rid ing was overturned at the railroad crossing ,on East Solomon street at a late hour Wednesday night. Wilder, who was driving, is said to have stopped the car suddenly when the railroad bell began ring ing, thinking a train was ap proaching. Car Turns Over. The machine was turned com pletely over and the two men pinned beneath it. Blackman received several scalp wounds and was carried to the hospital, where his wounds were dressed by Dr. L. M. Gable, He left the hospital this morning. • Wilder also received a scalp wound and was injured in the chest. The car was badly damaged. Machines Collide. A truck belonging to the Po mona Products Coompany, driven by Willie Beeks, a negro, and A Buick automobile driven by Lamar Walker, collided at the intersec tion of Hill and Broad streets early today. The two drivers es caped injury. The radius rod of the truck was broken and a tire -on the Buick -was damaged. FOR WEH STILL Griffj'n has received this sea son 2,951 bales of cotton and there are 2,250 more bales in local warehouses than at this time last year, according to the official cot ton report for the week ended to day as tabulated by J. E. May nard. The receipts for the week were 731 as compared with 216 for the corresponding week last year. The shipments were 418 bales, against 276 bales. The stock on hand was 5,059 bales against 2,809 bales. The total receipts for the sea son were 4,742 bales, against 4,- 791 bales. One year ago middling cotton was quoted at 32.25, while today the price was 23.50. 12 NEGROES ARE VICTIMS Harrodsburg, Ky., Nov. 13.— Twelve negroes were victims of rioting at the Dix River dam con struction camp. King of Newsboys and Wife Cross Continent Without Spending Cent New York, i Nov. 13.—To Seat tle by way of Los Angeles and then back to New York, without spending one cent for transporta tion or lodging, is the blew record for economical traveling hung up by Sam H. Cole, “King of the Newsboys,” and his wife, Jose phine. King Cole and his queen hiked into town yesterday with a letter from Mayor Brown of Seattle to Mayor Hylan. They dropped into a newspaper office to get a line on what had been going on since they started west seven months ago. Tell of Trip. , After getting a hearing about the election . and other events, the king and queen told of their trip, They said that by getting lifts from motorists they had toured 40 states. ., so, they .. always \ managed , to put up ^ free for the night. , V-V,..;. ■; — • ;K?| 43 NEWS 7 BERLIN WOMAN LAWYER DEMANDS CHANGE IN LAWS % ma sis Xy...: w :• : i ; xi\ ■ - : 1 •• k\ it ■ * \ a m .. 1M Dr. Marie Munk, noted Berlin 'attorney and writer, represents the German women who are de mending that the Reichstag make wholesale changes in marriage ,«nd divorce law* F C. OF C. 10 OULU MEETING FRIDAY Secretary Thomas, of the Cham ber of Commerce,announced Thursday that an important meet ing of the farm program commit tee, of which W. T. Bennett is chairman, Would be held in his headquarters Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock. At this meeting of the commit tee, which is composed of farm ers of the county, plans will be formulated for a well balanced farming program in Spalding county during the year 1925, ac cording to Mr. Thomas. << It is hoped to plan farm oper ations that will be very profitable to the farmers," said Mr. Thom as. THE DOLLS’ CIRCUS, HARBINGER OF XMAS, TO OPEN TOMORROW Christmas is just around the corner. Only 30 or so shopping days left. You may not have realized it is so close. But the Griffin Mercantile Company has. And Friday sees the formal opening of “The Doll Circus,” the star attraction of this hol iday season, at the depart ment store is toyland. The curtain will rise Fri day afternoon at 2:30 o’clock and every child in town is in vited to be there to see the doll folks having a big time at their own circus. The main floor section of the store’s furniture depart ment is being transformed into a Christmas fairyland with hundreds of durable toys and a big Christmas tree. The king, who formerly sold papers here, and has preached here, there and everywhere about abolition of reformatories and prisons and establishing “homes” for delinquents, said he had tramped around the globe three times, and from coast to coast 23 times. Wants to Settle Down. The queen has been with him only two years, and, womanlike, she expressed a desire yesterday to settle down. << Bunk,” said her husband in an unkingly way. 'Just try and make her. >* The infant daU * hter of ^ and Mrs. I, Howard, of Williamson, died at the Griffin Hospital Wed nesday morning. Funeral services were held at the Williamson Bap t ' 8t church Thursday mo/ning at H o’clock. The Rev. J. S. Winn officiated. Burial was in the churc hyard, with Frank S. Pitt m an in charge. GRIFFIN, GA.. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, TELEGRAPH BULLETINS CAL TO SPEAK ON AGRICULTURE. Washington, Nov. 13.—(By the Associated Press.) President Coolidge will speak tonight at the annual meeting of the Association of Land Grant Colleges. This will be his first public address since his election and he expects to devote his remarks chiefly to agriculture. MEXICAN DEPUTIES SERIOUSLY WOUNDED Mexico City, Nov. 13.—(By the Associated Press.)—Two members of the chamber of deputies were seriously wounded in a shooting affray last night. Louis Morones, labor leader, was shot through the stomach and Peopoldo Cuerrero, of Zacatecas, was wounded twice in the chest. , TEXAS FIRE UNDER CONTROL Fort Worth, Tex., Nov. 13.— (By Associated Press.)—A fire which threatened the business dis trict of Bridgeport, near here, last night, was under control this morning. BUTLER TO HEAD COTTON MEN Boston, Nov. 13.—(By Associat ed Press.)—Morgan Butler today was elected president of the Na tional . Association of Cotton Man facturers. He is the son of Wil liam M. Butler, chairman of the Republican national committee. HILL ACQUITTED IN CIDER CASE ..Baltimore, Nov. 13.—(By Asso ciated Press)—Congressman John Philip Hill was acquitted today by a fedefal court jury of violat ing the Volstead law by manu facturing intoxicating, wine, and cider at his ; home. LABOR PREMIER TO VISIT U. S. ^.London, Nov., 13.—(By Associ ated Press.)—Ramsay Macdonald is contemplating a visit to Amer ica on a holiday after the hard grind of nearly a year as Great Britain’s first labor premier. GEORGIA TECH DEAN DIES Atlanta, Nov. 13.—(By the As sociated Press.)—Dean W. H. Em erson, of Georgia Tech, died sud denly this morning at his home here. He had been connected with the institution since 1888, having been elected by the first board of trustees. He is survived by* his Wife and two sons. NAMES BUTLER TO SUCCEED LODGE. Boston, Nov. 13.—(By the As sociated Press.)—William M. But ler, chairman of the republican national committee, was today appointed by Governor Cox to succeed the late Henry C^bot Lodge as United States senator from Massachusetts, The ap pointment is for approximately two years as the next general election is in 1926. SAYS MYSTERY GIRL IS HER GRANDCHILD. Columbus, Ga., Nov. 13.—(By the Associated Press.)—A woman giving her name as Mrs. Ellison Lee, well known to local police, today visited the hospital and claimed “the mystery woman ♦ * as her grandchild, Mrs. Lee says that she does not recall the wo man’s first name but her last name is King. FARMER KILLS WIFE AND SELF. Kingston, N, C., Nov. 13.—(By the Associated Press.)—Raymond Jackson, a farmer of near here, today shot and killed his wife as she lay asleep in bed, then turn ed the shotgun and killed himself. They leave four small children. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR ELMER McLEAN HELD THURSDAY Funeral services for Elmer Mc Lean, 15 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. M. G. McLean, who died at the home near Griffin Tuesday morning, were held Thursday af ternoon at Mt. Gilead church, with the Rev. W. U. Kendrick officiating. Burial was in the churchyard With Frink S. Pittman in charge. - -- ... Copper King's Heiress Is Won By Suitor From Across Ocean t~ —-j R-8 : I.;' •v ■X v>;i X . . X X ■ I 1 III X -Ji &&&& ISilllBW ; xxx xx<- m XX J <• ' : F ^S m 4 i Wk ■m Another American girl has been won by a suitor from across u is sea. Miss Barbara Guggenheim, daughter of Solomon Guggen heim, “copper king," is to be married soon to R. Lawson Johnstolt of London. She is the second of her family to marry into an Eng 1 lish family, her sister, Eleanor, having wedded Sir Castle-Steward MISSING LINK IN STREETS HERE 10 SOON BE PAVED One of the “missing links” in Griffin’s chain of street paving, may soon be a thing of the past, according to announcement of city officials/ ‘ City Manager Bridges has been asked by the commissioners to get estimates on the cost of pav ing South Sixth street from East Taylor to College and report at the next meeting of the board on November 25. Mr. Bridges announced today that he would get busy in esti mating the cost of both asphalt and brick paving and be ready to submit his report. He plans for the city to do this work, since the county forces, which have been helping in the present paving on Poplar street from Hill to the cemetery, will be busy elsewhere after comple tion of the work which will soon be finished. MUCH ENTHUSIASM BEING SHOWN BY MEMBERS OF GR1F1N ATHLETIC CLUB Those attending the meeting of the Griffin Athletic Club last night report much enthusiasm and an interesting basketball game following a short period of cal isthenics. Another meeting will be held tonight at 7 o’clock and a large attendance is requested by Presi dent Cumming. I Market Reports (Over Pursley, Slaton & Co.’s Private Wire) New Orleans Cotton Prev Jan. Open|High| |24.28|24.83j24.23|24.63j24.39 Low ICl’sefClose Mch. I24.55j25.04i24.52 24.83 24.61 May 24.80j25.27j24.76 July 24.69j25.05j24.69j24.90j24.70 Dec. j24.25|24.80|24.18|24.55|24.33 New York Cotton I Open | High] Low ICl’selCIose Jan. 24.47j24.93j24.37j24.68 24.51 Mch. 24.75 25.20j24.67j24.92 24.75 May 25.02 25.53J24.96j25.30 25.06 July 24.75 25.25j24.75|25.00 24.80 Dec. 24.30 24.72j24.l8j24.46 24.33 Griffin £pot Cotton Good middling 24.25 Strict middling ___________ 24 00 Middling 23.75 10 BE HELD HERE BY V FRIDAY The Griffin High and Valdosta High schools will meet on the gridiron at Lightfoot Park here tomorrow afternoon at 3:15. It will be known as H Home Coming Day,” and a fast game is predicted. The Valdosta team is heralded as the South Georgia High School Chamapions and comes with a good record, but Coach Taliaferro and his boys announce that they will go into the game with a de termination to win. The R. 0. T. C. battalion of the High school will stage a pa rade in the business section im mediately before the game. GLEE CLUB WILE Many of the singers who con tributed to the program given by the Mercer Gl^e Club last year will be with the club when it makes its annual appearance at the Griffin High school auditorium Friday night at 8:15 o’clock. Ralph Tabor, who can get more music out of a piano than almost anyone ever heard in Griffin, is again pianist of the club. it Par son” »• Chandler, whose dancing is remembered, will be seen in an other feature. One of the end men of the club, R. L. Hurst, was with A1 Fields’ minstrels. Lassiter, the left h:'.r>ded banjo player, is another artist featured by the club. 7 he performance in Griffin is j,,; -ing sponsored by the High school annual staff. Members of the Glee Club will be guests in private homes while in Griffin. From here they go to Atlanta, to give a concert Saturday night, to be followed by appearances in eight other Georgia cities. The sugar crop of Japan this year weighed 5,352,000,000 pounds. Fully $5,000,000 is spent In New York dance halls each year. BEARD OF 42 YEARS GROWTH CUT OFF BY GEORGIAN Moultrie, Ga„ Nov. 13.— Ranse Asbury, Colquitt county farmer, is no longer carrying a beard, a noble beard that he was 42 years growing, in op position to the doctrine of open covenants. He came to Moultrie yester day, had it shaved off. Just what prompted him to do so he would not say, but he did confess that it was his second shave, although he is nearly 60 years old. The first time any whiskers on his face fell before a razor he held the razor himself. When I had finished ray face burned and smarted so that I made up my mind that 1 wouldn’t shave again,” Ash bury said. IN SALE OE LOTS i it Know anything?” said a re porter to W. G. Cartledge, real estate dealer, today. 14 Lots," he said. it What kind of lots? tt u Vacant lots." How many? ft “Have sold 16 since the 6th of November.” it The following: ft Mrs. Irene Ledbetter, Dorsey Morris, J. H, Stevens, Ben H. Gatlin, Mrs. W. B. Gatlin, Jodie C. Parker, Mrs. E. L. Cox, J. D. Wilborn, John W. Ballard, W. P. Watson, W. F. Denton, Mrs. Addie Horne, J. W. Rawls, Mrs. l Ora May Rawls, L. F. Jones, Jr,, Felix Jones. > ♦, j. • r L WEATHER FORECAST For Georgia —Probably rain to night and tomorrow, preceded by fair in the south portion tonight. Temperature for 24 hours end ing at noon Thursday: Maximum 76 Minimum . 52 Mean ..... .....64 More Than 100 Members Are Added To Red Cross Roll Here Wednesday i More than one hundred Griffin l'tes added their name to the roll of the American Red Cross Wed nesday in the drive made by Pu laski Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. Mrs. T. J. White was chairman and her as sistants were Miss Laura Glessner, Mrs. W. F. Huddleston and Mrs, J. C. Edwards. Mrs. Julia McWilliams Drewry headed the list with a contribution of $5. Following is a list of those tak ing memberships: New Members. Mrs. Anna Banks Johnson, Miss Emily Boyd, Roy Wood, James Ivey, M. J. Janes, Mrs. T. J. White, Miss Laura Glessner, Miss Florence Glessner, Mrs. Friar Thompson, Mrs. A. P. Patterson. Walter Williams, A. P. Patter son, Edward Goldenberg, F, L. Reese, Elmer Griffin, David John son, B. S. Haisfield, Miss Mamie Mills, Grantland Tebault, W. H. Wheaton, Mrs. Robert Wheaton. Mrs. W. H. Wheaton, R. J. Deane, J. E. Elder, Mrs. David J. Bailey, Dr. T. Ellis Drewry, Miss Annie Hill Drewry, Mrs. Ellis Drewry, Mrs. J. M. Brawner, J. M. Brawner, Frank Ingram, Mrs. Charles Murray. Charles White, Robert Duke, Charles Murray, Mrs. Frank In gram, Mrs. L. W. Goddard, T. H. Wynne, J. A, Goode, Clayton Brown, Mrs. J7'P. Persons, Col. Frederick Wilson. J. P. Persons, J, D. Rivers, Wal ter Touchstone, Robert Wheaton, Claud Drewry, Mrs. W. C. Beeks, | VOL. 53—1 -'J TO BE BIS of Boys’ Produc vives Interest—Tap Ben Conceived Idea. The sale Saturday of the 192, , . cotton crop of the Spalding Coun ty Boys’ Cotton Club has revived interest in the work of the young farmers. County Agent Bennett last year conceived the idea that he could take 30 young boys from 13 to 17 years of age, select one acre of land for each on their father's farm or near their homes and with a total investment of $750 teach them to earn an average net profit of $132 on each acre of land. As chairman of agricultural committee of the Chamber of Commerce, he convinced that body that it could be done with proper financial assistance. Banks Back Boys. Elmer H. Griffin, cashier of the Savings Bank and treasurer of the trade body, announced that r'M Griffin banks wduid finance the project with the co-operation of the chamber. The proposition was turned over to these two men and Mr. Griffin made the necessary arrangements to buy seed, fertilizer and poison. The work was then started. The boys became interested and followed the advice and inetrnc tions of “Tap.” Busineas Organisation. The club toon developed into a business organization that was conducted by the boys themselves. They kept complete records, made their own notes at the bank, discharged their own obli and were ready year on a calh basis with capital each, the net profit of year’s efforts of l sx on one acre There are aixty member# the club this year and the sue of 1924 will be compared rj. second sale to be held Satu: morning. ■ 8 Mrs. Alex Murray, Mrs. M. B. Jones, Mrs. George Niles, W. G. Nichols, M. J. Daniel, N. J. Bax ter, W. F. Pursle, O. W. Sibley. um S. B. Sawtell, B. H. Connor, Dr. F. H. Wilson, Miss Katherine Mul lins, Mrs. Frank Mayes, Frank Mayes, Harry Johnson, Jr., W. H. Bolton, R. L. Williams, Mrs. F. D. Peabody, George Murray. The Rev. Dr. Leon M. Latimer, Mrs. A. S. Blake and sons, L. M. Lester, Willis Banks, Dr. W. C. Miles, Tillman Blakely, Mra. de Forrest Allgood, Mrs. t; A. Drew ry, Stanley Harper. E. F. Carlisle, Evander Shap ard, Otis Crouch, J. E. Varner, Judge J. A. Drewry, Ralph Jones, W. E. Powell„ J. R. Gladdin, John Dickinson, N. Bolde, Charlyis New* man, Mr. Sachtleben. \ Archie Culpepper, Henry Amos, Henry Amos, Jr„ Mrs. Henry Amos, Mrs. Ben Brown, Sheriff W. T. Freeman, J. A. I n y map, Mrs. J. A. Ingman, Mrs. Walter Graefe. Miss Mary McGrath, A. Buskin, E. P. Gossett, Miss Arfefia Smaha, Mrs. James M. Kimbrough, Jr., and James M. Kimbrough, III. U. D. C. in Charge. Boynton Chapter, United Daugh ters of the Confederacy, is in charge of the Red Cross drive for Thursday. Mrs. J. M. Thomas is chairman, her assistants being Mrs. Harry Johnson, Mrs. J. H. , Newman and Lieut. Andrews. The Woman’s Club, Mrs. Au vergne d’Antignac, Sr., chairman, and Mrs. Alex S. Gossett, co chairman, will be in charge F r i day.