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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS. ALL GRIFFIN 10 Business Houses to Close; Unioln Services at First Baptist Church. Better get your groceries today. And if you need anything to wear don’t wait until after to night. For tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day. And all Griffin has planned to observe it as a holiday. The city will/be closed as tight as Dick’s hat band. Union Services. Union Thanksgiving services will.be held at the First Baptist church at 10 o’clock in the morn ing when the Rev. Malcolm R. Williamson, of the Presbyterian church, will deliver a sermon. Spe cial music will be rendered by the Baptist choir and a free will offer ing taken for charitable work in the city. All denominations are requested to attend. No football game will be played here this year and many Griffin ites have planned to attend the Tech-Auburn game in Atlanta. Follow Custom. Griffin housewives will follow the custom that has prevailed in America since the 17th century, and will “sorter spread” them selves in preparation for the greatest of indoor sports, that of putting away the Thanksgiving dinner. Indications are that the weather will Be fine and a real honest-to goodness Thanksgiving is in pros pect. 5 BLOCKS OF PAVING ON WEST POPLAR TO BE COMPLETED TODAY Work on the paving of five blocks of streets on West Poplar, from Hill to Second, which has been in progress for several weeks, will be completed this af ternoon and tomorrow that street will be opened to the traveling public. This work was done under the supervision of County Road Su perintendent Randall, the city fur nishing the asphalt. From Hill to Sixth the paving is 24 feet; from Sixth to Fifth, 27 fleet, and from Fifth to Sec ond, 18 feet. THREE HOGS KILLED BY UNKNOWN PERSONS Three hogs belonging to City Sanitary Inspector Ben H. Connor, which were in a pen at the cre matory plant near the waterworks plant, were killed last night by some unknown person. • Many More Boy Babies Are Bom In the United States Than Girls, According to the Census Reports Washington, Nov. 26.—Figures compiled by the censue bureau of the department of commerce show a -great many more male than fe male children are born to Ameri can mothers. « Almost invariably, wherever birth records exist, the number of male births exceeds the num ber of female births, ’* said the report. << The ^r^Sksculinity of births varies siderably for the differ ent race stocks,’ it is explained. For example; in 1922, for the white, in the birth registration area, the greatest masculinity (1, 062 to 10,000 females) appears for children of mothers born in the United States and Ireland, while the lowest (1,021 and 1,025) are for children of mothers born C'-kSS-. ■ * " IKI '\ ii . 1 $ . m - I SATURDAY NIGHT COMES QUITE FREQUENTLY NOW; MORE SOAP BEING USED Washington, Nov. 26.—Sat urday night is coming more frequently for American fam ilies, according to an investi gation conducted by one of the most prominent soap manufacturers in the coun fry. Twenty-five per cent more soap is being used for bath ing purposes, the company’s survey shows. Five years ago the average family used only 40 cakes * a year for personal needs. Now they use 50. The bath a day movement fostered by doctors and health boards is the cause, the com pany says. It takes 2,500,000 pounds of soap annually to keep the nation clean. This includes the laundries, Pullman cars and hotels. Something Tells Us Blood Is Going to be Spilled ■ :••••• l ¥$5; '■y m mm * M ,v >y. s ' i . tel m $ V$y : '' y »w; : :v: : x m •n; .. M The turkey seems to sense that the cud is near. A turkey's life tsu t worth two usnts this tint* af the veer. PROTEST SENT TO BRITISH ACTION BULLETIN Cairo, Nov. 26.—(By Associated Press.)—The entire Cairo brigade of British troops again paraded the streets of the European and native quarters with fixed bayo nets today. Geneva, Nov. 26.—(By the As sociated Press.)—A telegram of protest against British action in Egypt following the assassination of the sirdar, Sir Lee Stack, was received today by the secretariat of the league of nations from the Egyptian parliament under the signature of the president of that body. Await New Cabinet. London, Nov. 26.—(By the As sociated Press.)—Events in Egypt nojw wait upon the completion of the new cabinet, composition of which is generally regarded favor ably here as hope for quiet ac ceptance of all British demands. Premier Zirwar Pasha is credit ed with having assured Lord Al lenby he will take the strongest measures to preserve order. SALVATION ARMY WANTS OLD CLOTHES AND SHOES The Salvation Army makes a request for donations of old shoes and clothing to be distributed among needy and destitute chil dren of the city* and also for old magazines and papers to be used at the jail and other places. The Salvation Army wagon will be here Friday, November 28. Tele phone 792. ! TELEGRAPH BULLETINS 1 in unnamed countries and Italy, respectively. “The negro, year after year, shows comparatively low mas culinity, the greatest for this race in any of the six years from 1917 to 1922 being 1,033 in 1918. “The ItaUans also show low masculinity, the lowest being 1, 025 and the highest 1,043 in 1917 and 1920.” Of the 1922 births 911,831 are males and 863,080 are females. The birth rate for 1922 was 22.5 to 1,000 of population, and the .death rate 11.9 in 1,000. There is a substantial excess of births over deaths in everjr state in birth registration area. The greatest effeess of births over deaths (19.3 in 1,000) ap pears in North Carolina, and the lowest (5.7 in 1,000) in Califor nia. GRIFFIN, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1924. held by townspeople pending the arrival of the sheriff from Frederickton. ’ EVERYTHING USED TO SINK SHIP Washington, Nov. 26.— (By the Associated Press.)—Secre tary Wilbur disclosed in a for mal statement today that tor pedoes, aerial bombs and gun fire had all been employed in tests made off. the Virginia capes on the hull of the battle ship Washington, which was sent to the bottom yesterday. The final tests will be made by gunfire. MONSTER OYSTER DINNER TO BE SERVED TOMORROW AT STATE SANITARIUM Milledgeville, Nov. 26.—Prob ably the largest oyster dinner that has been served in Georgia will be that given at the state sam tarium on Thursday, Thanksgiv ing day, when all of the patients, attendants, nurses and other em ployes of the state sanitarium will be tendered the dinner. There will be no less than 400 gallons of oysters prepared, with from 1,200 to 1,400 pounds of crackers and such other varieties that go to make up a feast of that sort, it is said. ARREST NEGRO FOR ROBBING CASH DRAWER Dock Taylor, negro, was ar rested Tuesday on a charge of robbing the cash drawer at W. D. Presley’s store on East Solomon street. The negro worked at the store, and for some time has been suspected of being too familiar with the money box. Mr. Presley does not know how much is miss ing, but thinks he has been rob bed of . about $15. .....;................. NORRIS NOT IN FAVOR OF FORD’S BID Washington, Nov. 26.—(By the Associated Press.)—Chair man Norris, of the senate agri culture committee, who led the fight against Henry Ford’s Muscle Shoals bid and succeed ed in having his own bill re ported by the committee, de clared today thaf sofar as tie was concerned the shoals was a closed issue and he would hot reopen hearings unless or dered to do so by the senate. He said he would present his bill to the senate and argue for its passage. N. C. TROOPS STILL GUARD NEGRO Newbern, N. C., Nov. 26. — (By the Associated Press.) Troops today continued to guard the jail here in which John Gpdette, negro is being held, charged with having fatally injured Edna Williams, 12-year-old school girl, when his automobile ran over her on a public highway near here yesterday. “CHRISTIAN” GENERAL TO VISIT AMERICA Peking, Nov. 26.— (By the Associated Press.) — General Feng Yu-Hsiang, “Christian” general, who overthrew the re cent Chinese government, is sued a statement today de claring there was no need of his military services during the reconstruction period and he planned to leave soon on an European and American tour. U LOS ANGELES RETURNS HOME Lakehurst, N. J„ Nov. 26.— (By Associated Press.) The German-built dirigible Los An geles is in her hangar today be side her sister ship, Shenan doah. following her trip to Washington yesterday and re turn last night. MANY RADIO FANS PICK UP EUROPE Chicago, Nov. 26.— (By the Associated Press.)—Scores of radio fans here reported cn thusiastUticaHy of success in picking up European stations last night. YOUNG SISTERS FOUND DEAD Houllbn, Me. , Nov. 26.^— (By Associated Press.)-t-Cyn thia and Neotia Foster, sisters, 14 and 10 years of age, were found dead last night in a shack occupied by Harry Wil liams at Fishferville, N. B.. 18 fhiles from here, polic«Oeports today said. He was arrested after an all-night search, being Market Reports (Over Pursley, Slaton & Co.’s Private Wire.) New Orleans Cotton I OpenlHighl ■. ■ 1 Prev Low ICl’selCIost Jan. 24.05124.22 24.0# 24.05 24.10 Mch. 24.20j24.32 24.08 24.16 24.19 May 24.37 j24.65 24.30 24.37 24.38 July 24.32 24.45 24.32 24.29 24.30 Dec. 24.05124.23 24.00 24.10 24.09 New York Cotton ; [Open|High| i ! I I Prev Low ICl’selClose Jan. 23.95 24.08 23.80 23.90 23.91 Mch. 24.22 24.4124.10 24.24 24.21 May f 24.54 24.77 24,45 24.58 24.53 July 84.55 24.75 24.50 24.57 24.53 Dec. 23.76 2^.89 23.63 23.75 23.74 Griffin Spot Cotton Good Middling 23.76 Strict Middling 23.50 Middling _____ .23.25 POLICE BELIEVE / Columbus, Nov. 26.—^Believing they have a definite lead which will reveal that Mrs. Addie Sheatsley, wife of the Luther an minister,—was tramp and her body stuffed into the furnace, authorities have be gun a search for a mysterious beggar who called at several homes in the Sheatsley neighbor hood the day the furnace victim was found cremated. After bringing in a dozen blood stained articles of clothing and furniture from the parsonage, de tectives late Tuesday found a blood spattered coat in a north side dry cleaning shop. It was scorched down the front and one of the cuffs appeared to have been singed. The man who left the coat last week was a stranger to the pro prietor of the shop, but told him that a woman on the “east side” had given it to him. On East Side. Bexley, the suburb in which the cremated body was found, is on the east side. , Several neighbors of the Sheats leys have .reported that a strange mam had been begging clothes at their back doors on that day. When refused clothing, he had asked permission to go into the basement to warm himself. From this evidence the authori ties are piecing together a theory that the tramp gained access to the Sheatsley basement, where he murdered the parson’s, wife and stuffed her body into the firebox to cover up his crime. LOCAL OFFICERS NAB NEGROES AFTER AN --- ALL-NIGHT CHASE Following an all night chase by Officers Brannon and Atkinson, three negroes were arrested and jailed last night, charged with stealing a bale of cotton from the home of Homer Futral, on East Solomon street. The cotton was stolen one night last week, but local officers did not find any clue to work on until last night. The negroes, L. Ponder, “Boy” Ponder, and one named Davis, de ny the charges. 1 WEATHER FORECAST ^ — — l- ■ ■ ■ For Georgia Fair tonight, warmer in the north and west portions. Thursday partly cloudy and warmer. Temperature' for ^?4 hours epd ing at noon Wednesday; Maximum -jr_.___ Minimum !2 Mean ... 38 THE NEWS TO APPEAR IN ABBREVIATED FORM ON THANKSGIVING DAY The Daily News will appear Thursday in abbreviated form. And it will appear before noon, probably between 10 and 11 o’clock. This is done to give “the hired hands” a chance to grab off some Thanksgiving turkey (provided they get an “in vite” somewhere). Anyway, The News will try to make its appearance in all homes before Griffinites be gin wrapping themselves around the fowl. STRONG CAST TO The famous comedy success, ti Dulcy,” which for 18 rap months in New York and a year in Chi cago, will be presented here Sat urday night by the Marionettes of Georgia Tech, “The South’s Leading Dramatic Club. ** Many of the players who were seen here last year .in “Polly With a Past,” will again be seen be fore the fool-lights in “Dulcy, it while several new stars from the Marionette’s spring production, The Seventh Veil, 1 will make their initial appearance before a Griffin audience. Lawrence Petri, who flashed jnto the limelight two years ago as Cora Wheeler in Clarence ft will be seen as Dulcy herself, the delightful dumbbell, and those who were fortunate enough to see last year the film version of “Dulcy,” with Constance Talmadge in the leading role, will long remember the many engaging qualities that person. Oscar Cleaver and Jervey Kel ley wBl be seen as Mrs. Forbes and Angela Forbes, her daughter. Mr. Forbes, the tired business man, will be played by Frazer Law. The parts of Gordon Smith, Dulcinea’s husband, and her broth er, William Parker, will be taken by Henry Ligon and Carl Rus tin. J. K. A ton will fill the role of Tom Sterrett, the advertising engineer, while William Scherf fius takes the part of Vincent Iveach, the movie scenarist. David Harlan, as Schuyler Van Dyck, J. S. Brevier in the part of Blair Patters'jn and Allen Bartlett, as Henry, the butler, complete one of the strongest casts ever assembled in a Marionette production. INSTALL FOUNTAINS IN COURT HOUSE Drinking fountains are being installed in the county court house today, two in the downstairs and two upstairs. (Continued on Page 4.) Gresham Suggests That All Doings Of City Commissioners Be Printed In Pamphlet Form and Distributed A suggestion that the auditor’s report of the operations of the city commission during its six years of existence be put in pam phlet form and distributed to the citizens of Griffin, was made Tuesday night by Chairman Ju lius W. Gresham, at the regular meeting of the city commission ers. It gives the cold facts,” said Mr. Gresham, “and while there may be opportunities for criticism as well as .commendation, I feel that the people have a right to know what the commission has done and that they should famil iarize themselves with the city’s affairs. ft Investigate Cost. After discussion with Commis sioners J. P. Nichols, Jr., and James S. Tyus, it was suggested that the city manager investigate VOL. 5 r~ ASM ; ; BOOST 01 i C. C. Thomas Suggests State wide Meeting to Form an Organization. : A state-wide meeting to dis cuss plans for placing the advan I tages and resources of Georgia in a more favorable manner be fore the investing public has been suggested by Secretary Thomas, of the local Chamber of Com merce, in a letter to various trade organisations throughout the state made public today. The letter follows: Dear Sir: I am writing you this letter to be read by yourself firat, and then to be referred to your Board of Directors, seriously considered and acted upon by them. P shall in sist that you do not pigeon-hole it or casually lay it aside, be cause it is concerning a moat im portant matter, and one which calls for prompt and immediate action. Every true Georgian loves Georgia and has a desire to Georgia grow and prosper, and while we know that our state has wonderful opportunities and pos sibilities, both agricultural and in dustrial, yet those of us who are devoting our whole time to build ing up and developing our own communities recognize that Geor gia as a state is not moving along and developing in the same de gree that? her sister states are. We know that Georgia; has won derful agricultural possibilities; her soil is rich; her climate ia un surpassed and her seasons aus picious, but as a matter of fact, we know that only about one third of Georgia's land is now producing crops and that we are importing each year more than $160,000,000 of meat, flour, poui* try, canned goods, tar and cheese, stock feed and work stock. In addition to this, of the crops of cotton, corn, po tatoes, tobacco, peanuts and live stock which we produce, morq than $100,000,000 is lost annually in improper grading, off grading, seed selection, cholera, ticks and other diseases, as well as from general waste and improper culti vation and handling. We also know that the rivers of Georgia carry to the seas each year 32,885,000 tons of soil aver aging a ton to the acre, with an approximate loss of $37,584,000. Natural Resources We know that Georgia possesses / an unlimited amount of natural resources and raw material for a great industrial development. We also know that all over Georgia there are thousands upon thous ands of excellent industrial sites, sufficient to accommodate an un limited nugiber of industrial plants, where power, labor, raw material and all environs neces sary for successful manufacture at low cost, are assured, and yet we know for a fset that Georgia is falling behind in industrial de velopment, while Alabama, North the cost of having the audit print ed. A petition was read from sever al property owners on West Sol omon street requesting that the sidewalk on that street from Thir teenth to the city limits not be paved, but no action was taken. Those signing the petition were A. C. Matthews, F. F. Passmore, Mrs. T. J. Barron, J. W. Murphy, W, G. Norman and A. W. Greer. The next regular meeting of the commission will he held on December 9, when it will adjourn sine die and the new commission to be elected December 3, will be sworn in. 40 ACRES BRINGS $2,000 J. W. Slade sold today to 'E. P. Bevil forty acres of land in, Akins district, the purchase price being $ 2 , 000 .