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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS. ATTRACT FARM SETTLERS ASKED Committee Requests Commerce Directors to Appoint Lead I ing Citizens. The movement to attract more farmers to Spalding county was given a new turn when the pub licity committee of the Chamber of Commerce Wednesday recom mended that a special committee be named to deal with the prob lem. Included in the membership, it was suggested, should be a lead ing farmer, a merchant, a busi ness man, a lawyer and a banker. The recommendation will go to the board of directors. Important Work. It was brought out at the pub licity committee meeting that the problem of bringing settlers to the county was one of the most important facing the Chamber of Commerce. The Central of Georgia’s re cently announced plan of co-op eration with counties to obtain settlers was discussed. This plan lays down a number of require ments the counties must meet, such as having many small tracts of lands under option and with the improvements in presentable condition. Elaborate Booklet. Progress on preparation of an elaborate booklet for use m vertising resources and advan tages of Griffin and Spalding county was reported. Secretary Thomas was instructed to ask the board of directors for $1,500 to meet this, expense. W. H. Bolton, H. B. Montgom ery and Dr. F. H. Wilson were named as a committee to have the routing of the Dixie highway changed and signs placed so as to direct tourists through the city instead of the Poplar street route. Members of the com nfpittee present were L. W. Traer, chair man; Lyndon Patterson, C. C. Givens, Jr., W. H. Bolton, John H. Rogers, H. B. Montgomery, F. H. Wilson and Ezra Goen. SHOW SCHOOL CHILDREN PROPER CARE OF TEETH About 400 school children tended a .moving picture at the Alamo this morning showing proper care and treatment of the teeth, being guests of the thea tre and Colgate & Company. Frank D. Wesley, D. D., was here in interest of the picture. r 1 WEATHER FORECAST v. j For Georgia—Fair and slightly warmer tonight. Friday increasing cloudiness, probably rain, and warmer in the east and south portion. Temperature for 24 hours end ing at noon Thursday: Maximum nrmmr.; Minimum 35 Mean 45 Starving Ex-Poilu Steals Kraut; Gets Cash, Job, Liberty in Court New York, Nov. 20.—Sylvan Rechui fought with valor in the French army at Verdun. But when, with the passing of the years, he found himself in ' New York and had gone two days without food, he was not above stealing frankfurters and sauer kraut, a German dish, from John Kellys’ stand in Central Park. He admitted this before Mag istrate Renaud yesterday, but his depection lessened when rose and said: • • I refuse to press the charge, since learning this man’s Instead I wish to give him $5. In that case I’ll discharge you, ft said the magistrate, who, \ifl^ ■ .ev y l^g rORT Pittsburg, Nov. 20.—The great est building devoted to education the world has ever known will soon be rearing itself loftily into Pittsburg’s smoky skies. The University of Pittsburg has completed plans and will begin the erection next year of a 52 story “Cathedral of Learning to house virtually all of the uni versity activities. 680 Feet High. The structure will be 680 feet high, a height exceeded only by the Woolworth building and the Metropolitan Life tower in New York city. The new building will accom modate 12,000 students. The designs call for construc tion on the Gothic style. The building will be 360 feet long and 260 feet wide. It will have four entrances and will pro vide class rooms, libraries, shops and laboratories for all of the schools of the university except those of medicine and dentistry. The main doorways will be 39 feet high. Kentucky white lime stone will be used. Comparing well in height with the Woolworth building, which rises 792 feet, and the Metropoli tan tower, which has 700 feet, the proposed educational sky scraper will have one story more than the Woolworth building and two more than the Metropolitan tower. Fourteen Acres. It is to be located on the 14 George Chalkley, 35, of Brooks, was seriously wounded about 1 o’clock today by the accidental discharge of a gun while on the first hunt of the season. The wounded man was brought to the Griffin Hospital and given medical attention by Drs. N. W. Gable and L. M. Gable, when it was found the entire load of the gun entered his left shoulder. Chalkley and Brewer Connally were in a swamp rabbit hunting the time of the accident, J and He in placed his gun on a stump some way it was dis | charged. His companion immediately noti fied- friends, placed him in a car and rushed him here. Doctors wtfre preparing for an operation at the time of going to press. ~' TOTAL OF $6,551,169 ! FOR GEORGIA TOBACCO Atlanta, Nov. 20.—Tobacco sold on Georgia markets this year brought $6,551,169, according to statistics. • The total amount pro duced in the state was 29,972,- 505 pounds, it is said. like Rechui, is French, 44 here’s $10. When court is ad journed I will give you a letter to the French Democratic Club and see if there isn’t a job for you. »* Rechui drew himself a little more erect, as if again facing enemy gum; at Verdun. Thank you, Messieurs,” said simply. ■ But even so, the was not so bad.”. PURCHASES HOUSE AND LOT Mrs. Mary Banks Wilson from Mrs. Alethea Latta a house and lot on West street. The price paid was GRIFFIN, GA» THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1924. WILL HOUSE UNIVEKSW ] -=r m pii V; - I Mm- ... j : V"- > ■V- . y /:'x ■ , '"V - : * , /;• 3 Wmm ■ ' V *< < ., : > I iiiiiil.... 1 i m • •; mm w mWm ' -y: JJy v , - x; -v‘y C, : x .. If;it! WPS . : : ' r; •' . ■■ mm i & ,-S v . 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It is an absorbing story, containing dramatic incidents in the lives of natural, everyday folks and written by one of the most popular American novelists. I TELEGRAPH BULLETINS FIVE PERSONS DIE IN FIRE. Plymouth, Pa., Nov. 20.—(By the Associated Press.)—Five lives comprised the toll in a fire which destroyed seven frame buildings in the business section here to day. Three are unidentified. An other is in a hospital in a serious condition. FEDERAL OFFICERS BUSY IN VIRGINIA. Richmond, Va., Nov. ^20.—(By the Associated Press.)—Twenty nine persons were arrested here early today by federal prohibi tion agents on charges of ing the dry and drug laws. The agents, aided by the police, ed 15 squads of four men each and pounced down on places against which evidence previously had been obtained and arrested the occupants. s TO PROBE CREMATION OF PASTOR’S WIFE. Columbus, O., Nov. 20.—(By the Associated Pres*.)—In a de termined effort* to solve the mys terious death of Mrs. Addie Sheatsley, the wife of a promi nent pastor, Prosecutor King left here today for Paris, O., to ques tion her mother regarding the family life of the dead woman, who was tound Monday cremated in the furnace of her home. Her brothers wilj also be questioned. U. D. C. TO MEET NEXT * YEAR IN HOT SPRINGS. Savannah, Nov. 20^—(By Associated Press.)—All present officers, with one exception, were s ROAD BUILDING PROGRAM IN THIS SECTION IS PROGRESSING RAPIDLY; HEADQUARTERS HERE Considerable activity is noted in the third division of the state highway department, of which Griffin is headquarters. Griffin and Spalding county are considered fortunate in having the division headquarters here, since this city and county are brought into pforainence. Also several thousand dollars are han dled through these headquarters and a portion of the funds are spent with Griff-in firms, E. H. Davis, division engineer, is in charge, assisted by an office force, maintenance corps and field engineers. Show* Appreciation. Spalding county has shown its appreciation of the state locating headquarters here by allowing the use of space in the .county court house for offices and furnishing heat and lights. The third division is centrally located, geographically speaking, as well as commercially. The Griffin division is composed of the following counties: Butts, Campbell, Carroll, Clayton,, Cow eta, Fayette, Harris, Heard, Hen ry, Jasper, Lamar, Meriwether, Monroe, Newton, Pike, Rockdale, Spalding, Troup and Upson. The state highway system of Georgia is composed of approxi mately 6,000 miles of which 500 are in the Griffin division. All state roads were taken oyer from other counties, and as funds are available, the highway de partment, with the co-operation of the counties and federal gov ernment, is constructing certain sections of this state system. On Important Route. Griffin is one of the few, cities in the state having five state highway routes, and is located on one of the most important in the state, between Atlanta and Macon. Construction progress is being made on this main highway faster than on any other section in the state. On Route No. 3 from Atlanta ^ Griffin, top Soil construction has been done and now hard surface re-elected and Hot Springs, Ark., was selected as the 1925 conven tion city by the United Daugh ters of the Confederacy here to day. TWO MOULTRIE MEN SERIOUSLY INJURED. Moaltrie, Ga., Nov. 20.—(By the Associated Press.)—Gordon Mclngale and Dutch Wilkes were seriously injured, probably fatal ly, this morning when their auto mobile was struck by an Atlan ta, Birmingham & Atlantic pas senger train here. Market Reports (Over Pursier, Slaton & Co.'s j Private Wire.) j New Orleans Cotton j ! Open I ! Prev j High ; Low ICl’sejC lost Jan. ‘ |24.35j24.36|24.08J24.26j24.34 Mch Ma j24.61124.5lj24.28j24.42j24.56 |24.66;24.67j24.4724.60;24.77 y July 24.40 24.53:24.33 24.52 24.60 Dec. i24.30j24.33l24.10 24.23 24.32 New York Cotton I I I IPrev lOpeniHighl Low ICl'selCIose Jan. 124.10124.25 24.03 24.20 24.30 Mch. . j24.50 24.60 24.30 24.52 24.65 May i24.82.24.89 24.60 24.78 24.95 July 24.65 24.86 24.48 24.75 24.81 Dec. j2S3.D8j24.04.23.80 . 23,96 24.08 Griffin Spot Cotton Good middling ----- 24.00 Strict middling ----23.75 Middling _____ — 23.50 construction Is under way. In Spalding county, thia route has been constructed to Griffin. On Route No. 3 in Clayton county, beginning at the Fulton county line, there is 10 1-2 miles to be hard surfaced which ranches a short way south of Jonesboro. This section of pavement will be completed by early spring. It is rumored that there is a tentative plan by which this coun struction will be continued through the balance of Clayton county, and that a section of about six miles through Henry county will be constructed at the same time, beginning some time next year. This will give Griffin a paved highway to Atlanta, and by this date Royte No. 3 will be paved throughout Spalding county. * Griffin-Zebulon Project. On the Griffin-Zebulon road in Pike county, a project will be started shortly to construct a state road from the Spalding county line to Zebulon. The cost of this section of road is estimat ed at |45,000, which is planned to be a top soil road. From Zebulon toward Thomas ton on Route 3, state forces have been working for three or four months, and this road has been constructed to the Upson county line with the exception of a couple of bridges. Frond the Pike county line to ward Thomaston, the road is now under constriction, and is practically 60 per cent completed at a cost of approximately $100, 000, including concrete bridges and a section of two miles of spe cial gravel material near the city of Thomaston. Within another 12 months’ time state Route No. 3 from Atlanta, Jonesboro, Griff ip, Zebulon, Thomaston to Flint river will be constructed and surfaced, either hard surfaced or top soil road. Top Soil To Barnesville. On Route 7, beginiffng at Grif fin there is already a hard surface pavement to the county line, and (Continued on Page 5.) TO HALT COHl New York, -Nov. 20.—(By the Associated Press.)—Trading on the cotton exchange will be sus pended 20 minutes tomorrow to avert the confusion in the market heretofore attendant upon the re ceipt of government crop esti mates. Five minutes before the report is due, at 11 o’clock, trading will cease until 11:15, in which time it is hoped that the traders will have time to digest the latest estimates. It is understood that the New Orleans exchange plans a similar action. LAST REHEARSAL OF GRIFFIN MINSfRELS TO BE HELD TONIGHT The dress . rehearsal of . Griffin Minstrels will be held at the high school auditorium to night. The annual performance of this eagerly awaited event will be held tomorrow night. Those who have peeped in on rehearsals say this year’s show will be the best ever. The rehearsals have been in progress several weeks. Advance sale of tickets indi cate a capacity house. BEST FOOTBALL GAME OF SEASON EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON The last football game of season will be played at park here tomorrow afternoon 3 o’clock when the Griffin Marietta high school teams Last Year Griffin defeated rietta 18 to 0, and the game morrow is expected to be one the hardest fought of the POLICE DISCOVER CLUE TO IDENTITY OF MYSTERY WOMAN Columbus, Nov. 20.—(By the Associated Press.) A clue be lieved by the police to be the so lution of the identity of the mys tery woman was made today with the statement that the woman * had occupied wards in Macon and Atlanta hospitals. The police state that a Columbus woman was in and chanced to converse with woman in charge of the clinic a hospital there and out that the description of mystery woman tallied with who left the Central here mysteriously. Questioned today, the still contends that her is gone. r t BEG YOUR PARDON In an advertisement of Stricklnnd-Crouch Company terday, the price of Overcoats was printed as $40. The price shouIiT read $30. Oldest Man in the World, 150, Is Looking for a Young Wife Constantinople, Nov. 20.—Zoro Agha, a Khurd, the oldest man in the world, celebrated * his one hundred and fiftieth birthday an niversary recently. His age is authenticated by a birth certificate, by his minute remembrance of rulers and events in Constantinople more than 120 years ago and by the testimony of a dozen aged men who say Zoro was already an old man when they were boys. “I have aways been too poor to eat much meat,” he said, explain ing his great age, it I adore I raisins and fresh figs, and stuff WATER WAR E AS RAIDERS A DIVERT SI Ranchers Abandon Determin •nation to Hold Acqueduct Gates Open. Los Angeles, Nov, 20.—(By. the Associated Press.)—The water* of the Los Angeles aqueduct, which were diverted into Owen* Lake Sunday by a raiding party of ranchers, were turned back into their course by the raiding party early today, a dispatch gays. The ranchers' decision to aban don their announced determina tion to hold the gates open until troops were sent or Los Angeles came to their terms was reached at a conference last night. It was reached as a direct re sult, says the dispatch, of a reso lution Tuesday by the Log An geles Clearing House Association promising co-operation in ing the settlement of the water rights feud, providing that gates were closed. OF Bruce Montgomery and Traer furnished a novel for the Rotary Club at ita ing today. Introducing C. C. Thomas, was stated “Rotary Bill, of amazoo, Mich,” arrived early morning and had inquired of regarding the personnel of Rotary Club. He was invited to the , _ ■■ and occupied a seat, being “dummy.” Mr. Thomas upon members to tell the fications of each one, in many fines, though most of members answered questions right. When called upon to tell classification of Frank the “dummy” came to life; t ing to be Lyndon Patterson. New Mills. Charles P. Curtis, president the Lowell Bleachery, an interesting address in he said the bleachery here operated successfully and the ficers have in mind new mills new business. The secretary was instructed send a telegram to the Rev. F, Yarbrough at the conference in Atlanta greetings and asking that he returned next conference year. New Members. * New members received Marvin Lester, J. M. Retnley Coi. Frederick E. Wilson. President Hammond that no meeting would be next Thursday on account Thanksgiving, but that “ladies night would be the next on the following Friday night. myself with them, >* I eat all the honey and sugar I $an. 8 Pounds of Bread. I have always eaten eight pounds of bread a day. “As 1 drink continually, I take a sip of water once or a month. “I have had wives in moderation. u I took three at the same when I was a young man. u When these died, I took other and several years ago took a fifth. 44 She is 65 now and too old me and I am now looking for younger one. n