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STAGE All SET
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Business Men Urged to At
tend—Sponsors Are Busy
Arranging Details.
The stage is all set for the
auction sale tomorrow of this
year’s product of the Spalding
County Boys’ Cotton Club.
M Tap” Busy.
u Tap” Bennett, . county agent
and chairman of the agricultural
committee of the Chamber of
Commerce, which is backing the
club, was busy today and made
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- Tap” Bennett,” Instructor.
final arrangements for the sale,
with the assistance of Elmer H.
Griffin, who interested the Grif
fin banks in financing the hoys,
and is called the “daddy of the
club.”
The sale will take place at the
intersection of Hill street and
Bank Alley, beginning at 9
o’clock, . Pink” Traer will act
as auctioneer. Hill street will
be roped off from Taylor to Bank
Alley, and traffic will be stopped
during the sale.
Business men of Griffin are
urged to attend the sale and bid
so that the boys may obtain a
fancy price.
Man M^ith Nerve.
“Let the man with nerve enough
to bid on the whole lot come
to the front,” said JUmer Griffin
today in discussing the sale.
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Elmer Griffin, N Daddy” of Club.
The object of the Boys’ Cotton
Club is to reduce the acreage and
produce a larger yield.
Last year there were 30 mem
bers of the club, and the total
weight of their product was 12,-
779 pounds of cotton. The av
erage price per pound was 36.63.
The total price received was $4,-
719.29.
Eave “The Goods.
This year, of the 60 members,
57 have leported to “Tap” Ben
nett that they will be here to
morrow with “the goods.
“My boy’s bale weighs 512
pounds,” said L. P. Moon today
in speaking of the results achiev
ed by the cotton club, “and he has
taught me to reduce my acreage,
use the proper amount of fer
tilizer and work. I can use the
knowledge received from the
boys. >>
u If I had known 15 years ago
what I know now as a result of
the results achieved by these
young boys,” said J. J. Allen,
I would be an independent man
today.
The cotton is now in local ware
houses and early tomorrow morn
ing “Tap” Bennett and Elmer
Griffin will begin- lining it up on
the streets preparatory for the
sale.
STORE 527,000 POUNDS
OF PEANUTS IN TIFTON
Tifton, Nov. 14.—The Banner
Warehouse, which is the local
storehouse for the Peanut Co-op
erative Association, Tuesday
morning had 527,000 pounds of
peanuts stored for the associa
tion. Besides these, a local buy-'
er has 113,000 pounds of the nuts
on storage in the warehouse.
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Rotarians Entertain Faculty at
Lunch—Pledge Co-opera
tion of blub.
The urgent need of a new high
school building was stressed yes
terday by Prof. Marvin Lester,
superintendent of Griffin’s excel
lent system of schools, who deliv
ered an educational address at the
regular meeting of the Griffin Ro
tary Club, at which the members
of the faculty were invited guests.
Mr. Lester gave attendance rec
ords to show the* rapidity with
which the schools here are grow
ing and the great need of addi
tional facilities.
Statistics.
. Twenty years ago there were
only 31 pupils in the high school
with two teachers,” he said.
■ Ten years ago the attendance
had increased to 127 with four
teachers.
<< Today there are 400 enrolled
and 15 teachers are employed.
Inadequate Facilities.
He estimated that in 10 years
more the attendance would be 800
and said Griffin did not have suf
ficient facilities for handling the
present enrollment.
J. R. Byrd, principal, spoke on
aims in high school education;
Col. F. E. Wilson, commandant,
explained the work of the R.O.
T.C. and R. H. Taliaferro con
fined his remarks to athletics and
the parents.
The committee on entertain
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New York, Nov. 14.—(By the
Associated Press.)—Society was
surprised today at the wedding,
October 14, of Leonard Kipp
Rhinelander, 22, to Alice Beatrice
Jones, the daughter of a New Ro
chelle cabman.
They were rried at the city
hall of New Rochelle by Mayor
Scott.
No member of the Rhinelander
family was present.
Since the wedding, the couple
has lived in a small frame dwell
ing with her two sisters and their
husbands, one a chauffeur and
the other a laborer.
The Rhinelander and the Kipp
families date back to the early
Dutch settlers of New Amster
dam.
Rhinelander recently inherited
$300,000.
J. K. WALLER OPENS NEW
GROCERY ON BROAD STREET
J. K. Waller, well known gro-*
cer, has opened his new store on
Broad street opposite the Grif
fin Grocery company. He an
nounces that he will carry a full
line of staple and fancy groceries
with 'delivery service.
SINGER WANTS $250,000
New York, Nov. 14.—Nicolo
Zerola, singer, has filed suit for
$250,000 against Metropolitan
Opera company.
| Market Reports
(Over Pursley, Slaton & Co.’s
Private Wire)
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Open | High | Low |CPse| Close
Jan. 24.80 24.98 24.57 24.62 24.58
Mchy 35.08 25.21 24.82 24.86 24.83
May 25.36 25.40 25.05 25.10 26.05
July 25.06 25.20 24.93 24.93 24.90
Dec. 24.75 24.99 24.56 24.62 24.55
New York Cotton
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Low ICl’selClose
Jan. 24.95(25.14 24.69 24.75 24108
Mch. ■ 25.20125.45 25.02 25.04 24.92
May 25.60 25.77 25.32 25.35 25.30
July 26J25 25.44 25.06 25.08 25.00
D'ec. 24.70 24.95 24.52 24.56 24.46
Griffin Spot Cotton
Good middling 24.25
Strict middling 24.00
Middling _____ 23.75
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Mrs. Louise Littauer Doeller, who ran away and married and
was disowned by her very wealthy father, William Littauer, of,
Washington, D C., has deserted society to open a gown shop in the
capital and augment her husband’s meagre Income
TRIED IN PIKE
Pike superior court has dis
posed of quite a number of im
portant cases this week.
Life Sentence.
Three have been tried^o r mur
der.
Willie Wright was convicted
of the murder of Luther McGill
and given a life sentence.
A. L. Wooten was tried for the
murder of Henry Harvell. The
jury brought in a verdict of not
guilty after being out only 30
minutes.
Self Defense.
The defense contended that the
deceased had attacked Mr. Woot
en with a pair of knucks.
The other murder case was that
of D. G. Leach, who was charged
with the murder of* his wife and
John Moore.
Leach contended that Moore as
saulted him with a knife and
that he shot him in self defense
and accidentally killed Mrs.
Leach.
The jury found him guilty of
manslaughter and fixed his pun
ishment at five years in the peni
tentiary.
TO STAGE SHOW
The members of the Mercer
Glee Club will arrive in Griffin
late this afternoon for the first
performance of their 1924-25 sea
son at the high school auditorium
tonight at 8:15 o’clock.
The club comes to Griffin wide
ly heralded as one of the best
in the south. An excellent, well
balanced program will be given.
A number of stars, including
Ralph Tabor, “Parson” Chandler,
and Lassiter, who made such hits
with the club last year, will, be
featured again.
The members of the club are
being entertained in private
homes while in Griffin.
Their appareance is under the
auspices of the staff of the high
school annual.
THOMAS TO ADDRESS
BARACA CLASS SUNDAY
Secretary Thomas, of the
Chamber of Commerce, will speak
at the meeting of the Baraca
class at the First Baptist church
Sunday. A special musical pro
gram will be given.
WORK STARTED ON
NEW FILLING STATION
Work was started today by the
Standard Oil Company on the
erection of a pressed brick fill
ing station at the corner of Thir
teenth and Experiment streets.
GA.. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 14. 1924.
mEGRAPH
BULLETINS
DR. COOK DOESN’T
LIKE PRISON.
Fort Worth, Nov. 14.—(By the
Associated Press.)—The attorneys
for Dr. Frederick A. Cook, Arctic
explorer, sentenced a year ago to
day to 14 years in prison for
mail frauds, will face a federal
judge today to argue a brief for
the reversal of the sentence.
The court will conclude the
hearing in a few hours but will
not make known its decision for
several days.
COTTON CONSUMPTION
SHOWS BIG INCREASE.
Washington, Nov. 14.—(By the
Associated Press.) Cotton con
sumed during the month of Octo
her aggregated 532,629 bales and
55,095 bales of linters, compared
with 435,216 of lint and 49,976 of
linters in Septembers and 543,280
lint and 67,501 linters in October,
1323, the census bureau announc
ed today.
MRS. HARDING
IMPROVING.
Marion, Nov. 1L— (By the As
sociated Press.)—Mrs. Warren G.
Harding’s condition was improved
today over last night when girt
suffered “air hunger,” physicians
said this morning.
KLANSMEN FOUND
GUILTY OF THEFT.
Burlington, Vt., Nov. 14.-r-(By
the Associated Press.)—A verdict
of guilty of petty larceny was
returned this morning in the cases
of William McCreedy and Gordon
Wells, alleged Ku Klux Klan pro
bationers, charged with theft of
investments and other articles
from St. Mary’s Cathedral here
August 8.
HICCOUGHING
IN CONNECTICUT.
...Meridian, Conn., Nov. 14.—(By
the Associated Press.)—Ten au
thentic cases of hiccoughing have
been reported by physicians here
with unofficial reports of many
additional victims, The attacks
last three days. The cause of the
epedemic is a mystery. The only
theory advanced is that the unus
ual drought is responsible.
r v. WEATHER FORECAST
For Georgia: Unsettled tonight:
,
rain in the northwest portion. To
morrow partly cloudy.
Temperature for 24 hours end
ing at noon Friday:
Maximum _____ 80
Minimum _____ ..... 54
Mean _________ 67
FRIGID WEATHER
Atlanta, Nov. 14.—The local
weauther bureau warns of a cold
i wave, Atlanta bound, from the
northwest, due to strike here
about Sunday. The bureau re
| ports sub-zero temperatures, pre
vailing in the northwest, temper
atures of 16 degrees being report
ed in Montana.
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COUNTY
IS BENEFITED BY
Iowa Farmer Amazed at Pros
pects—Spalding County
Plans Similar Project.
. L. W. Traer, chairman of the
publicity committee of the Grif
fin and Spalding County Chamber
of Commerce, announced today
that he had just received from H.
McDowell, manager of Swift &
Company’s large packing plant
at Moultrie, a letter giving infor
mation with reference to the
splendid results obtained from the
showing of the motion picture
film of Colquitt county.
Similar Project.
H The Chamber of Commerce is
planning a similar project in
Spalding county,” said Mr. Traer,
and the reason that it has not
yet been made is because the
people of the city and county have
not fully realized the importance
of this great movement.”
In his letter Mr. McDowell said:
<( We made the first picture last
fall, and you saw it in Griffin.
We showed this picture to every
one in this county, and it had the
effect of heavily simulating pro
duction. The value of ,our agri
cultural products this year is one
million dollars more than last
year’s crop, and we actually
tribute one half of this to the ef
fects obtained from the showing
of this picture to our people.
Success.
ti The success of the first pic
ture on our home folks encourag
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DR. IRVINE OUFF,
WELL KNOWN HERE,
DIES IN ATLANTA
News was received in Griffin
Friday of the death of Dr. Ir
vine S. Oliff at his home in Atlan
ta early this morning, following
an attack of acute appendicitis.
Dr. Oliff was a prominent den
tist of Atlanta and had many
friends in Griffin and throughout
this section.
He married Mrs. May Ogletree,
well known Griffin woman, some
time ago, and she survives him.
The funeral will be held in At
lanta Saturday morning at 11
o’clock with a number of Griffin
ite in attendance.
320 DRYS WIN
Washington, Nov. 14.—Analyz
ing results of the election, 320
members of the house indorsed by
drys had been successful.
100 New Members Is the Result
Of Thursday’s Red Cross Drive
One hundred dollars was the
result of yesterday’s drive in the
annual Red Cross roll call, con
ducted by the James Boynton
Chapter of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy with Mrs. j.
M. Thomas as chairman, assisted
by Mrs. J. H. Newman, Lieuten
ant Andrews, Mrs. S. B. Sawtell,
Miss Ettienne Goddard, Mrs. Ben
Joiner, Mrs. T. H. Wynne and
Mrs. Ralph Jones.
The Griffin Hosiery Mill
a donation of $10 and Mrs. Julia
McWilliams Drewry gave $10.
The list of memberships fol
lows:
New Members.
Griffin Hosiery Mill, Mrs. Ju
lia McWilliams Drewry, Miss Jeart
Donaldson, Mrs. T. J. Brooks,
Mrs. N. J. Baxter.
Mrs. M. E. Wilson, Mrs. Jim
Tyus, Mrs. J. P. Nichols, Sr., Mrs.
C. W. Slaton, Mrs. L. C.
Robert Ogletree, Wm, Atkinson,
(Lowell Bleachery).
C. D. Brant (Lowell
Mrs. George E. Burdett, W. W.
Norman, O. S. Tyus, P. E.
John Cheatham, J. H.
Jr., Alien Little, Mrs. J.
Thomas, Joseph Kincaid
Lewis W. Thomas, W. F.
ley, Mrs. John B. Mills, Sr.,
R. Williams, W. E. Binford,
B. Fisher, J. A. Darsey, Judge
Lucien Goodrich, F. P. Lindsey,
E. Drewry, Mrs. J. D. Boyd, Mrs.
M. O. Crabbe.
Mrs. J. H. Edwards, Miss
Penn, Judge W. E. H. Searcy,
J. E. Powell, Chief L. L.
Miss Ruby Alston, Will
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I Circus Day Facts
Sells-Floto, now the great
est show in the world.
Arrives tomorrow morning
from Columbus via Southern
Line.
Trains, three sections.
Personnel, more than 1,000
people.
Show ground, old ball park.
Performances, afternoon at
2:15; night 8:15.
Parade, tomorrow morning
at 11 o’clock. Fourth street
and Poplar to Taylor street
to Hill to Poplar street to
Eighth street to Broad to
Hill to Taylor and Fourth
street to circus grounds.
Ticket sales, show grounds
and Ward Drug Store.
Departs Saturday night for
Montgomery, Ala,
The whole show will be
here just as it appeared in
Atlanta, Jacksonville, Tampa,
Charleston, Macon — all the
original aerial and arena
stars. %
COMPLEIE SURVEY
OF CITY SCHOOLS
Plana for making a survey of
the lo^al schools were accepted
last night at the mdStk g the
city school board. M. Ik usrsra^
representing the general educ*t
tion board and working through
the state department, will mak^
the survey. ®
“Thought test.”
tt Mr. Duggan proposes to make
a thorough test of the school
buildings, financial situation, rec
ords, etc., without cost, except
for the material used in the work
and it will be very beneficial, M
said L. M. Lester, secretary of
the board.
Col. F. E. Wilson was authoriz
ed to purchase instruments for a
band and bugle corps for the R.O.
T.C. unit at a cost of approxi
mately $100.
More Drinking Fountains.
Mr. Lester stated there were
no drinking fountains at any of
the schools except indors and
suggested -that some be purchas
ed with a view of installing two
at each of the schools next spring
and his recommendation was ac
cepted by the board.
It was voted to employ an ad
ditional teacher at the Fourth
Ward school to take care of the
overflow there.
New Addition Discussed.
Plans for making an addition
to the high school with « “wing
on either side and the moving of
Fifth street from East Taylor to
Poplar sixty feet further east
were discussed, but no action
was taken by the board.
Newton.
T. C. Bowden, Mrs. F. G. Bai
ley, Hon. J. J. Fiynt, Mrs. J, L.
Williams, Mrs. Earl Turnipseed,
C. D. Ingram, Dr. C. L. Tucker,
P. J. Slaton, P. T. Archer, Prof.
J. A. Jones, O. W. Sibley.
J. A. Scott, Mrs. Cooper New
ton, Harvey Mills, J, P. Nichols,
Sr. ( Mrs. J. W. McWilliams, Sr.,
Dr. A. D. Forrer, Miss Mar
guerite Spalding, Mrs. J. H. New
man, John Stevens Manley, Mrs.
H. T. Johnson, H. T. Johnson, Sr.,
J. L. Hines.
Mrs. W. E. H. Searcy, Jr., Wil
liam Sanders, Frank S. Pittman,
Mrs. Ralph Jones, Homer C. Blan
ton, A. S. Murray, John H. Rog
ers, Larry Duligan.
Mrs. S. G. Holt, Mrs. Charles
Phillips, Jr., Charles Phillips, Jr.,
Dr. E. R. Anthony, Sr., George H.
Niles, Mrs. W. H. Beck, Sr., Alex
Murray, Sr., Alex Murray, Jr.,
Mrs. Sam McCracken, Mrs. John
H. Rogers.
Miss Lucile Burnett, Miss Vera
Chapman, J. F. Johnson, J. I.
Cheney,.
Gifls In Charge.
The Girls' Service Club will
have charge of the campaign for
membership tomorrow with Mias
Sara McDowell as chairman. Miss
McDowell spent today in Atlanta
at the Red Cross headquarters
discussing junior Red Cross work
in Spalding county.
Mrs. J. A. Drewry’* name was
inadvertently omitted from yes
terday’a list of workers.
Pleased.
Mrs. Searcy, chairman of the
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Fifteen Persons Injured at Two
rire ueparimentt Daitic
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the Flames. ■
Jersey City, Nov. 14.—(By tbo
Associated Press.)- A conflagra
tion which started In the salt
petre plant of the Richardson
Chemical company, today leaped
beyond the control of the Are
forces of two cities to the aban
doned plant of the American
Sugar Refining Company, destroy
ed several smaller factories and
two tenement house:, and raged
four hours before firemen declar
ed It was under control at 1
o'clock.
The loss, it is estimated, will
run into the millions.
Fifteen persons were seriously
injured or burned and scores o(
others cut by glass blown over
a half-mile radius by a series of
explosions.
Nine hundred families were
made homeless.
The fire jumped through dozens
of streams of water, while explo
sions blew out the walls and roof
of the saltpetre plant.
Fire boats and ambulances were
sent from New York City.
The smoke rolled over the en
tire city and across the Hudson
river. HI
Forsyth, Ga„ Nov, 14.—-It’s a
sad story, women, but it is a fact
that a mere man in Forsyth has
won distinction above a large
number of women here in the cul
inary art.
A mercantile firm offered three
prizes for the best cake baked and
carried to their store.
Fred R. Stokes, a rural mall
carrier, whose chief duties in the
kitchen of his home have been
washing dishes and sweeping the
floor, took advantage of his wife’s
absence from the city and entered
the contest.
Not only did Mr. Stokes enter
the contest but he carried off
first honors over a large number
of women—also he carried off
100 pounds of flour as the first
prize.
Mr. Stokes engineered the mix
mg, baking and icing of his cake
all by himself, and a couple of
domestic science experts pro
nounced his production the best
in the contest.
Mrs. J. M. McCarty and Mrs.
Ponder Smith won second and
third, respectively.
FO ATTEND STATE
BAPTIST MEETING
The Rev. Leon M. Latimer, pas
tor of the First Baptist church,
will leave Monday for Columbus
to attend the State Baptist con
vention in annual session in that
city Tuesday.
J. P. Nichols, *r,, moderator of
the Flint River Association, stat
ed that about 30 persona will go
from Griffin,
“The Baptist church will make
an excellent report at the con
vention,” said Dr. Latimer today.
This year marks the end of the
great five year 75 million dollar
campaign of the Baptista,” he
said, “and while the state is
33 per cent behind in the raising
of its quota, the First Baptist
church of Griffin lacks only 8 per
cent of meeting its assessment
of $75,000, having raised $68,
000 .”
BARBER KILLS FOUR.
Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 14^—Four
persons were shot and killed here
tonight by Henry Weber, barber,
who committed suicide.
roll call, stated today she was
much pleased with the work here.
She said the Georgia Federation
of Women’s Clubs in session in
Atlanta yesterday, indorsed the
Red Cross.