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Wednesday, Decem ber 3. 1924,
SLAYER WHO PROVOKED
BAN ON RUM IN MACON
MAY RE GIVEN PAROLE
Macon, Dec. 3.—Press dispatches
from Ayanta tell of an effort to
obtain a pardon or parole for D.
(Doc) Brannan, the man who
was responsible in 1914 f 0 r mak
ing this city the dryest in the
state of Georgia.
Brannan drove out Wall street
early one night seated in the ton
neau of an automobile and going
out Second, street opened fire,
right and left.
A stray bullet hit and fatally
wounded Miss Ethel Eubanks,
prominent church worker, who was
on her way home from a downtown
store where she was employed.
Miss Eubanks died of the wound.
Brannan was crazed with liquor.
He was captured; convicted and
sentenced to serve a life term i in
prison.
{- But in the meantime, immediate
ly after the tragedy, the whole
city rose up in protest against the
illicit sale of liquor in near-beer
saloons.
It was before the bone-dry law
went into effect, and much liquor
was being dispensed at these bars.
The protest from the people of
Macon was so strenuous that the
lid was clamped on here, and Ma
con in reality became the first ab
solutely dry city in Georgia, before
the bone-dry law went into effect.
JANETTE PATTERSON
DIES AT HOME OF HER
PARENTS IN POMONA
Janette Patterson, the three
year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Patterson, died at the resi
dence at Pomona Tuesday evening
at 9:10 o’clock, following au ill
ness of several days.
The Pattersons formerly made
their home in Griffin on Thir
teenth street and have many
friends here to sympathize with
them in their loss.
Besides her parents, she is sur
vived by two brothers, Frank Pat
terson, Jr., and William O. Pat
terson, and one sister, Sara Jane
Patterson.
Funeral services were held this
afternoon at 2.30 o’clock from the
residence, the Rev. Dr. Leon M.
Latimer officiating, Burial was
in Oak Hill cemetery, with Griffin
Mercantile Company in charge.
HARALSON COUNTY BOY
ARRESTED FOR MURDER
OF PREACHER’S WIFE
Atlanta, Dec. 3.—(By the Asso
ciated Press.—)Steadman Hester
ly, 16, of Haralson county, was
placed in the Fulton county tower
this morning on a warrant charg
ing murder in connection with the
fatal shooting of Mrs.' Robert
Stewart, the wife of a Methodist
minister, near tlieir Draketown
home. The boy refused to make
any comments.
Ml ITCHING SKIN
The First Application Makes Skin
Cool and Comfortable.
If you are suffering from ec
zema or some other torturing, em
barrassing skin trouble you may
quiclfry~hT‘fid~6f'Tf'b"y"us
tho-Sulphur, declares a noted skin
specialist.
This sulphur preparation, be
cause of its germ destroying prop
erties, seldom fails to quickly sub
due itching, even of fiery eczema.
The first application makes the
skin cool and comfortable. Rash
and blotches are healed right up.
Rowles Mentho-Sulphur is applied
like any pleasant cold cream and
is perfectly harmless. You can
obtain a small jar from any good
druggist.-—(adv.)
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
LOST: Bird dog, white and lem
on colored pointer. Collar on. Bob
bed tail. Answers to name of
Dan. Reward if returned to J.
J. Page, Griffin Hotel.
FOR SALE: Llewellyn setter
puppies, 3 months old, thorough
ly wormed. One collie, 8 months
old. Cheap for quick sale. P.
O. Box 375, Griffin, Ga.
Read the bargains offered in the
want-ad columns. ,
NOBEL LITERATURE
PRIZE AWARDED TO
POLISH NOVELIST
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The four-volume novel, "The
Peasants,” won the 1024 Nobel
priae for literature for JL&sisIas
Reymont, first Palish author. The
volume, “Autumn,” has been,
published in this country in trans
lation.
DODGE BROTHERS
CARS ARE REDUCED
Prices on Dodge cars have been
materially reduced, T. J. Bailey
announces a cut of $130 in quo
tations for touring cars, $20 for
special touring, $30 for roadsters,
$60 for coupes, $1?5 for business
sedans and $140 for special A
sedans. These prices, it is an
nounced, include balloon tires, and
special cars are fully equipped.
The new prices include delivery
in Griffin.
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SEDAN TUDOR 580
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TANLAC HEADQUARTERS
MAY BE MOVED FROM
ATLANTA TO THE EAST
New York, Dec. 3.—Acquisition
by a group of New York and Bos
ton bankers of International Pro
prietaries, Inc., the S. A. Lunch
concern which manufacturers Tan
lac, probably will mean that the
distribution and sales organization
now located in Atlanta will be
moved to an eastern city.
This fact was indicated here
night When the Atlanta capitalist
described details of the $2,500,000
deal just consummated; by
B. O. Baker & Company, of Boston,
and Bauer, Pond & Vivian, of New
York, gained possession of Mr.
Lynch’s block of 286,000 shares of
stock in International Proprieta
ries, amounting to 96 per cent of
the entire issue.
DIES AS HE PLANS
TO COMMIT SUICIDE
Reading, Pa., Dec. 3—Accord
ing to information given •Coroner
Rorke todqy, Daniel O. Hinner
shintz, 48, died of heart disease
here whije preparing to commit
suicide. The man’s room had been
made almost airtight by blankets
and quilts placed at all openings,
but there was no odor of gas and
the jets were closed. An examin
ation of the body showed heart
caused death. He had been
dead two days when found.
Radio in Italy is growing in '
popularity so rapidly that three
companies recently had to
their capitalization to
larger volumes of business.
GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
GOES TO RUSSIA
AS FRENCH ENVOY
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M. Jean Herbette is the newly
appointed ambassador of Franco
to soviet Rnssia.
15 PERSONS INJURED
WHEN STORM TOSSES
BIGGEST STEAMSHIP
New York, Dec. 3.—Fifteen per
sons were injured in a storm
which buffeted the steamship Levi
athan throughout most of her pas
sage across the Atlantic, it was
learned yesterday when the big
liner arrived from Southampton
24 hours overdue.
The Leviathan, largest vessel in
the United States merchant ma
rine, suffered severely under the
storm’s lashings, reaching port
with many of her port holes
smashed and with considerable
damage to her lower decks.
SENATE PASSES BIG
MONEY BILL TUESDAY
Washington, Dec. 3.—Congres
sional machinery functioned
smoothly Tuesday and a fair vol
ume of work was accomplished in
the hour the two houses were in
session.
The senate finally put on its way
to the president the $180,000,000
deficiency appropriation bill, which
came over from the last session,
and which carries the first $126,
000,000 necessary to get the sol
diers’ bonus law into operation.
The house received the first of
the annual supply bills, that for
the interior department, and set
aside its routine procedure to give
the measure right of way until its
passage, probably by the end of
this week.
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Both houses received and listened
to the reading of the president’s
annual budget message.
REDUCED PRICES ON
FORDS ANNOUNCED
Reduction in prices of all mod
els of Ford automobiles was an
nounced today by David T. Bus
sey, Spalding county dealer.
The new prices are: Regular
touring, $290; regular roadster,
$260; regular coupe, $520; Tudor
sedan, $580; Fordor sedan, $660;
regular chassis, $225; regular
truck, $385.
The Irish sea is nowhere more
710 feet deep.
Mahogany trees do not reach
full height until they are
years old.
$2,000 REWARD OFFERED
FOR TRAIN
Richmond, Va., Dec. 3.—A
ward of $2,000 was announced
yesterday by the Chesapeake
Ohio railway company to be paid
for information leading to appre
hension and conviction of the per
son or persons who tampered with
a switch at the scene of Monday
night’s' wreck which cost the lives
of two men and injury to others.
SINGLE SHOT KILLS
BUCK, DOE AND FAWN
Huntingdon, Pa., Dec. 3.—Al
bert Foore, constable of Wpod
Township, with one shot today
killed a buck, a doe and a fawn.
Foore shot at the buck on Ter
race mountain. The bullet passed
through it and the doe beside it
and into the fawn.
Foore came to Huntingdon to
tell Game Warden Benson about
it. He says he doesn’t see how
he can escape a $200 fine.
LLOYD GEORGE WINS
IN LIBERAL FIGHT
London, Dec. 3.—Former Pre
mier Lloyd George was elected
HARMFUL GERMS IN MILK
Some of the harmful germs found at times in raw milk
are those causing tuberculosis, typhoid, diphtheria, scarlet
fever, septic sore throat, diarrhoea and dysentery.
Pasteurization has only one object, and that is to de
stroy the harmful bacteria.
USE PASTEURIZED MILK
(The only Safe Kind) '
Phone 1038 THE GRIFFIN DAIRY We Deliver
yesterday as sea
of the liberal me
raent after a long
ng of the liberal)
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Many How Griffin Make Folks Work Have Easier. Fou
to
What is so hard as a day’s
with an aching back ?
Or sharp twl* stabs of pain at
sudden at or turn?
There is no peace from that
ache. *
No rest from the soreness, ll
ness and weakness.
Many folks have found r
through Doan’s Pills. The\
stimulant diuretic to the kid*
Griffin people recommend Doi
Mrs. Lillie Lynch, 102 Wr
St., Griffin, says: “I felt tired
worn out. I often had :
piercing pains through housework my
when about my
steady, dull ache was a terrible
annoyance. regularly, My kidneys acted ir
too. I used Doan’s Pills,
bought at Carlisle A Ward’s Drug
s was relieved of the
tro uble.** alt
60c, at dealers. Foster-Mill
burn Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
Read the bargains offered in the •
want-ad columns.
TRY NEWS WANT ADS.