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SEVERAL HOUSES
10
HERE TUESDAY
Public Auction Held at Legal
Hours Before Court
House Door.
Several houses in the city and
several farms in the county chang
ed hands Tuesday at the public
auction before the court house
door.
The following sales were made:
The home place of the late Mrs.
R. J. Redding, fronting 65 feet
on South Hill street and running
west 210 feet, with seven room
house, was bought by E. S. Mc
Dowell at executor’s sale for es
tate; two lots of the same estate,
fronting 57 1-2 feet on South
Eighth street and 210 feet deep,
to Mrs. Bartlett Searcy for $50d.
Two houses and lots on Craw
ford street, 70 feet wide and 420
feet deep, property of L. P. Blan
ton, at sheriff’s sale, to Mrs. Lula
Carver, one for $225 and one for
$395. Two houses and lots on
the same street, same property; to
A. Ruskin, one for $505 and one
for $395; two on Blanton street
to J. B. Carver, one for $170 and
one for $405.
North half of lot number 182,
in Orr's district, containing 101
1-4 acres of land, and 50 acres
off south side of land lot; num
ber 181, in same district, property
of estate of Julia P. Maddox, at
administrator’s sale, to George L.
Maddox, for $1,500.
G. "L. Connally place in Africa
district, one acre of land and
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dwelling, sold by Jesse O. Futral
for Griffin Banking Company,
holder of security deed, to J. P.
Nichols, Jr., for $505.
Considerable other property ad
vertised was withdrawn from sale.
SCHOOL CHILDREN
TO BE EXAMINED FOR
PHYSICAL DEFECTS
Dr. Worth Gable has been en
gaged by the board of education
to examine school children in con
nection with the sujvey of the
schools being the/state madefy Prof. M. L.
Duggan for educational
■department.
All school children from the
fourth grade, including about 1,000
pupils, will be examined for phy
sical defects likely to ird their
school work.
Dr. Gable is a brother of Dr.
L. M. Gable. He has just grad
uated and is located here tempo
rarily before going to Tampa, Fla •1
to make his home.
Only Eight Fires Reported in
Griffin During the Past Month
Fire Chief Powell’s monthly
port shows that eight fires
red in the city of Griffin during
November. The value of the build
ing was $182,820. on which there
was insurance totaling $147,700.
The report in full follows: '
E. P. Bridges,
City Manager.
Dear Sir:
Beg to hand you report of city
fire department for the month of
November, 1924.
Number of alarms responded to,
8. Of this number two were in
business district, one in mill dis
trict and five in resident district.
Cause of these fires were found
upon investigation to be as fol
lows :
Unknowm __________ 5
Sparks ____________ i
Defective Flue_____ l
Back Fire of Motor, i
Total 8
In answering these alarms the
ATLANTA HUSBAND-SLAYER
IS HELD FOR MURDER
Atlanta, Dec. 3.—Mrs. Charlie
Johns, who shot and killed her
husband at the Johns’ home Mon
day night, was held on charges of
murder following an investigation
by a coroner’s jury Tuesday night.
GRIFF IN DAILY
New President Puts “Mexico For
Mexicans?' Policy Into Effect
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ready putting his policy of "Mexico for Mexicans" into effect, He
is seen with his predecessor, Alvaro Ohregon (center), greeting
crowds from the Mexican "White Hotise" after inauguration.
PROGRAM FOR
____The program -for -the- memorial
services to be held by the Grif
fin lodge of Elks was completed
today.
The exercises will be held at the
First Methodist church at 3 o’clock
in the afternoon and the oration
will be delivered by John T. Boi
feuiiiet, of the public service com
mission, who delivered an address
for the Elks hfre several years
ago.
The program, as announced by
the memorial committee is as fol
lows.
Organ prelude, Mrs. F. S. Pitt
man.
Ritualistic ceremonies, by the
lodge officers.
Song, by the audience.
Solo, by Aldine Combs.
Quartet, “Gently Lead Us,.”
Introduction of speaker, A. K.
Maddox.
Address, by John T. Boifeuillet.
U Auld Lang Syne," by the au
dience.
Benediction by the Rev. O. K.
Cull.
The public has been extended an
invitation to attend.
department made a mileage of
22 4-10 miles,
Fighting these fires the depart
ment used the following equip
ment:
Twenty-three hundred feet of
hose, 36 feet of ladders, 1 chemi
cal, 2 Pyrenes, garden hose, 100
feet chemical hose; out on arrival,
These alarms were for fires
classed as follows:
Two story brick mills 2
Two story frame dwellings ... 1
One story brick church i
One story frame dwelling___2
Automobile Truck 1
Cotton __________ 1
Total
Investigation of these losses
gives the following information as
to values.
Value of buildings $ 76,720
Value of contents L. . 106,100
Total Value $182,820
Insurance on Buildings __$ 52,700
Insurance on contents___ 95,000
Total insurance _______$147,700
Beg to report 102 fire inspections
of buildings, basements, chimneys,
flues and heating apparatus were
made.
Respectfully submitted,
J. J. POWELL,
Chief Fire Department.
GRIFFIN. GA.. WEDNESDAY.
SENTENCE HERE
J. P. Flory, one of the bunco
men arrested several days ago for
operating a money changing
scheme at the stores of Huckaby
& Snider at Experiment, was sen
tenced by Judge J. A. Darsey in
the city court of Griffin late Tues
day afternoon to pay a fine of
$100 and six months each in two
cases.
The chain-gang sentence was
suspended upon condition that
Flory pay his fines and leave
Spalding county. He had not paid
the fines at last reports and was
still in jail.
Benton Meehan, arrested with
Flory, was allowed to go free, the
state not finding sufficient evidence
to connect him with the case.
J. S. Hamby, convicted of a vio
lation of the prohibition law, and
sentenced to six months in the
chain-gang, was paroled to 0. W.
Simonton, on condition that he
abstain from handling or using
intoxicating liquor in any way.
Other sentences imposed by the
court were as follows:
Mary Lizzie Johnson, larceny, 5
months or $40.
Harvey Patterson, drunkenness,
6 months or $50.
Mack Avery, larceny, 0 months
or $40.’
Eli Mosely, concealed weapon, 6
months or $50.
Mack Ison, larceny, C months on
chain-gang.
Robert Grimes, concealed wear
pon, 6 months or $75; straight sen
tence of 6 months for larceny.
44 GOVERNOR BfLL”
TO VISIT GRIFFIN
ROTARIANS THURSDAY
William C. Lanier, of West
Point, district governor of the 39th
Rotary International, will pay the
Griffin Rotary Club an official
visit tomorrow.
“Governor Bill” will be present
at the regular meeting of the Ro
tarians and take lunch with them.
A suitable program has been ar
ranged by E. K. Domingos and
John H. Cheatham.
MESSENGER IS MISSING
WITH $60,000 IN BONDS
New York, Dec. 3.—Stewart &
Co., bond brokers, reported to t'fj
police today that a messenger
boy named Harris, had disappear
ed yesterday with $60,000 in se
curities.
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FURNACE MYSTERY
STILL UNSOLVED
Columbus, Ohio.. Dec. 3.—(By
the Associated Press.)—The Bex
ley furnace mystery is still as
much of a puzzle as ever, although
Prosecutor King says he is in
possession with what he considers
positive proof that Mrs. Addie
; King Sheatsley, wife of the Rev.
C. V. Sheatsley, was dead before
her body entered the furnace.
(“POISON | PASTOR’S”
TRIAL BEGINS.
Mount Vernon, 111., Dec. 3-—(By
i the Associated Press.)—The trial
I of Lawrence M. Hight, deposed
Ina, 111., pastor, jointly indicted
j with Mrs. Wilford Sweetin for
poisoning his wife and Sweetin,
was scheduled to begin tod^y. A
change of venue was denied Hight
last week.
RECOMMEND SAVANNAH
MAN FOR U. S. JUDGE.
Washington, Dec. 3*—(By the
Associated Press.)—Appointment
of Archibald D. Lovett, of Sa
vannah, to the vacancy in the
fifth district of the United States
circuit court, caused by the resig
nation of Judge Alex C. King, of
Atlanta, was recommended to At
torney General Stone today by
Senator George, of Georgia.
MacDONALD TO AGAIN
LEAD LABOR PARTY.
London, Dec. 3.-—(By the Asso
ciated Press.)—Ramsay MacDon
ald, former labor premier, was
re-elected chairman and leader of
the parliamentary labor party to
day.
AMERICANS GET FULL
RIGHTS IN PALESTINE.
Washington, Dec. 3.—(By the
Associated Press.)—Americali na
tionals in Palestine are accorded
full and equal rights and privi
leges enjoyed by citizens of the
allied powers in an agreement
signed today in London by repre
sentatives of British and Ameri
can governments.
LEAGUE TO HEAR
ABOUT EGYPT.
London, Dec. 3.—(By the Asso
ciated Press.—Austen Chamber
lain, British secretary of foreign
affairs, will personally lay before
the league of nations in Rome
next week any information he
may be able to give regarding the
Egyptian situation, he said in a
speech here today.
FORD NON-COMMITAL
REGARDING SHOALS
Washington, Dec. 3.—(By the
Associated Press.)—Henry Ford
today declined to cimmit himself
on the proposal to renew his Mus
cle Shoals bid.
Miss Mabel Richardson will
leave soon for Charlotte, N. C.,
where she will visit relatives and
friends.
arket Reports
(Over Pursley, Slaton & Co.’s
Private Wire.)
New Orleans Cotton
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IQpenjHigh Low | Cl’sc | Clo st
Jan. Mch. [23.15j23.28j22.90 j23.20;23.37 22.94 23.23 23.31 23.21 23.30
May [23.46 23.59 23.20 23.56 23.54
July [23.34 23.64 23.34 23.58 23.54
Dec. {23.23 23.32 22.96{23.30 23.31
New York Cotton
(Opc-niHigh Low Icigelcioee
Jan. Mch. 23.10123.14 22.69 23.05 23.47 23.09j23.05
23.48 23.53 23.44
May f5.77,23.86 23.40 23.81 23.78
July 28.78|23.96 23.57 23.91 23.83
Dec. 22.95|'22.97 22.52J22.92 22.90
Griffin Spot Cotton
Good middling 23.00
Strict middling 22.75
’Middling ... ..... 22.50
COOLIDGE TELLS CONGRESS
THAT MOST IMPORTANT WORK
IS TO CUT DOWN EXPENSES
Washington, Dec. 3.—President
Coolidge advised congress in his
annual message today that per
haps the most important work it
could do at its present session
would be to practice such economy
as to make possible a reduction of
taxes for the next fiscal year.
“The government can do more
to remedy the economic ills of the
people by a system of rigid econ
omy in public expenditure,” he
said, “than can be accomplished
through any' other action. H
Although stressing economy,
Mr. Coolidge presented a wide
range of other recommendations,
some new and others reiterations
of proposals made. a year ago in
his first annual message.
Mpst of these related to domes
tic affairs, but the president went
into the field of International re
lations to renew his plea for
American adherence to the Perma
nent Court of International Jus
tice; to declare the United States
not to be disposed to join the
League of Nations; to appeal for
support by public authorities and
private citizens for the European
reparations settlement plan, and
to repeat his declaration of oppo
sition to cancellation by the United
States of the debts owed the coun
try by foreign nations.
New Pronouncements.
Two new pronouncements mark
BRITAIN TO PUSH
FRANCE IF SHE
. S.
Paris, Dee. 3.—Chasing war debt
ors is like nothing so much as
chasing butterflies.
Just when the skies are appar
ently clearing in the matter of
France’s $4,000,000 obligation
the United States, upon the hori
zon appears England with
war bill of six hundred odd mil
lion pounds sterling against
France, crying “Me, too. }>
The Paris edition of the Daily
Mail says:
■ It is the view of the French
government that no arrangement
can be made with the United
States without similar negotia
tions being carried on
with Great Britain. The French
government would in both cases
desire that previous negotiations
should take place between the re
spective treasury departments
with a view to an equitable re
duction of France’s debts.”
The general comment of
French press with respect
the American debt is
unfavorable, the Petit Bleu
so far as to jocosely suggest
cellation, with a gift to the
ed States of the French colony
Guiana.
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i WEATHER FORECAST
For Georgia: Fair and warmer
tonight. Thursday cloudy and
warmer, probably rain in the ex
treme northwest portion,___
Temwstnr* tea
ing Wednesday at noon:
Maximum ______________ 53
Minimum ____________... 29
Mean ................... 41
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ed the president’s discussion of
foreign affairs. One touched on
reduction of world armaments, and
the other had reference to the
outlawing of war.
“It has been and is my expecta
tion that we might hopefully ap
proach other great powers for
further conference on this subject
as soon as the carrying out of the
present reparation plan as the
established and settled policy of
Europe has created a favorably
opportunity,” he said, with regard
to armament reduction.
u But on account of proposals
which have already been made by
other governments for a European
conference, it wilt be necessary to
wait to see what the outcome of
their actions can be. I should not
wish to propose or have represen
tatives attend a conference which
would contemplate commitments
opposed to the freedom of action
we desire to maintain unimpair
ed with respect to our purely do
mestic policies.”
Proposals to outlaw aggressive
warfare, the president asserted,
should be carefully studied and
sympathetically viewed.
Tax Reduction.
Combining discussion of tax re
duction with his statement on
(Continued on Page 3.)
NEW PLANS FOR
GIVEN COOLIDGE
Washington, Dec. 3.—(By the
Associated Press.)—The Under
wood plan for operation of Mus
cle Shoals was laid before Pres
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ident Coolidge today by Senator
Curtis, republican leader, and Sen
ator McKinley, republican, of Illi
nois.
It is understood that the pres
ident has agreed to express his
opinion on the bill after the war
department experts have reported
on the measure.
Secretary Weeks has instructed
army engineers and ordnance offi
cers to tesgin a study of the bill,
a copy of which has been sub
mitted to the war department.
HAMPTON NEGRO, SHOT
BY WIFE, DIES HERE
W. B. Blalock, negro, of Hamp
ton, who was shot in the leg by
his wife Sunday, died Wednesday
morning at 2 o’clock at the Griffin
Hospital.
Georgia is $1,000,000 Better Off
Now Than at Same Time Last Year
Atlanta, Dec. 3.—While the de
tails are not yet available, it is
learned that the state treasury, in
a general book showing, is about
a million dollars better off at this
rime t h an it was on the gfmedau,
a year ago.
A part of this improved condi
tion, of course, is due to the re
turns from a new source of tax
ation—the cigar and cigarette
stamps—but more largely to the
manner in which the disburse
ments have been made under the
general appropriations bill to the
various state agencies, depart
ments and institutions, through the
operation of the state auditing de
partment, where all requisition*
are now handled and the warrants
drawn for the governor’s approval,
Economies Effected.
The system inaugurated by the
department near the first of the
year and which has been carried
out, allots in monthly installments
one-twelfth of the annual appro
priation made by the legislature
on each specific item, and the
rent monthly payments are
accordingly. There have, too,
some comparatively minor
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Alone in House and Was Too
Feeble to Make Her
Cries Heard. i®
Haralson, Dec. 3.—Enveloped in
flames and being too feeble to
make her cries heard, Mrs. Cilia
Culpepper, 84 years of age, was
burned to death yesterday in a
fire that destroyed the home of
her son, Dawson Culpepper.
Mrs. Culpepper was the only
person in the home at the time of
the fire, which is thought to have
caught from a defective flue,
in the kitchen, where she was at
the time of the fire.
The fire had enveloped the kitch
en before it was discovered and
when persons rushed Into the home
to rescue Mrs. Culpepper, she
could not be found.
Her charred body was discovered
in the ashes from the kitchen, af
ter the fire.
She was one of the best known
women of this section.
Mrs. Culpepper was an aunt of
Miss E. M. Cole, of Griffin.
She is survived by orie daughter,
Mrs, William Hurndon, of Harab
son, and one son, Dawson Culpep
per.
Funeral services were held from .
the Haralson Methodist church
Wednesday afternoon at 2o’dock,
the Rev. J, O. Pettis, of Senoia,
officiating. Burial was in the
church yard with Haisten Bros,
in charge.
GRIFFIN MEN DISCUSS
FREIGHT RATES WITH
RAILROAD OFFICIALS
Secretary Thomas and Traffic
Manager Hutchinson, of the local
Chamber of Commerce, ar$ hold
ing a conference today with offi
cials of the Central and Southern
Railways in Atlanta in regard to
readjustment of freight rate* in,
which Griffip and other smaller
cities are discriminated against in
favor of the larger cities.
AMERICAN BUSINESS
URGED TO BE READY
FOR EUROPE’S REVIVAL
Washington, Dec. 3.—Secretary
Mellon counsels American busi
ness to be prepared to meet de
mands for continued aid and co
operation in the economic recov
ery of Europe in a personal state
ment written for the Moosehart
Magazine, and made public yes
terday by the treasury.
omies effected from time to time,
which are beginning to reflect in
the final results for the year.
This year it will be recalled the
general appropriation for pensions
was distributed to all counties at
ott<t UwM , f >*,**,,
distributions—to half the counties
at one time and to the other half
at a later date—as had been the
custom for many years past.
Bills Are Being Paid.
In the total receipts and dis
bursements for the year will show
the payment of a quarter of a
million dollars to the State Board
of Health as the first half of the
amount appropriated within two
years for the new Alto Sanitarium,
and in a few more days the pay
ment of about $300,000 from the
same source to the Confederate
pensioners in addition to the dis
tribution of the general pension
appropriation,
In addition to the present treas
ury showing, which ia said to be
a gratfiying improvement over
that of the same date a year ago,
and two years ago, it ia found
that the state’s current bills have
been this year paid up in better
shape than for many years.