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Thursday, December I 1. 1924. FIVE MEN KILLED AS NAVAL PUNE DIVES INTO SEA San Diego, Cal., Dec. 11.—jw officers and enlisted men attached to squadron No. 2 of the battle fleet air squadron were killed and three others injured, probably fatally, when the huge twin motored H-16 type seaplane, in which they were engaging in aerial target practice, nose-dived 1,200 feet into the sea yesterday ^'morning. The accident was the worst in the histpry of naval aviation. The plane was flying at a speed of about 85 miles an hour when a right vertical turn was at tempted. The ship at that instant was .about 1,200 feet above the ocean. Either the controls jammed or ■ope or more of the wires running to the rudder and ailerons snapped. The plane, weighing more than a ton, went into a spin, plunging with terrific speed toward the sea, finally crashing in the surf. Splinters from the wrecked plane covered the sea for several hundred feet. It is believed that all five men in the forward cockpit were killed instantly and not drowned as the recovered bodies were horribly mangled. GRIFFIN BASKETBALL QUINTET TO PLAY IN FT. VALLEY TONIGHT Ten basketball players will go to Fort Valley tonight for the game between the Griflin Athletic Club and the fast Fort Valley Y. M. C. A. quintet. Those making the trip will be Kirkland, Sachs, Byrd and Bailey, forwards; Wallace and Searcy, centers; Burnett, Cumming, Gold stein and Guinn Powell, guards. Jim Powell, one of the best play ers, ih disabled and will not be be able to accompany the team. ‘ Later in the season -a—return game with Fort Valley will be played at the Griffin Athletic Court. This is the first game for the local players, who have been mak ing e^llent progress in practice and promises to be one of the best teams ever developed in this sec tion. They plan to open their home season here next week, the exact date and the opposing team to be announced later. BEQUEATHS $1,50®,000 BY EIGHT-WORD WILL Pittsburg, Dec. 11.—A will filed yesterday contained eight words and disposed of an estate valued at $1,500,000. The will, that of the late John Andrew Beck, fi nancier, read: it All my belongings I leave to my family. ” NOTICE. All officers who have been re cently elected, including justices of the peace, constables, etc., are required to meet in the commis sioners’ room at the court house at 10 a. m. to be sworn as re quired by law. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY ELEGANT residence for rent. 10 rooms, closets, cellar, garage, barn, cow hous.e, etc., 6 to 8 acres of land attached. Can deliver at once. Price $50.00 a month. Ad dress K. L. M,, care of News & Sun office. FOR SALE: Large paper shell pecans. 35c and 40c per pound. Phone 370. FOR SALE: Three H. P. Inter national engine. Ralph M. Jones, photie 312. FOR SALE: Crepe Myrtle bushes and young sycamore trees. Call 166. STATE AND COUNTY taxes are due Books close December 20. In terest and cost charged after De cember 20. T. E. NUTT, ’iax Collector Sand Clock Was Wrong Probably there is only one place In the United Kingdom where the sand glass Its stlU used for timing purposes, says London Tlt-Blts. In the house of lords a sand glass —» squat, podgy-looklng affair reposes on the clerk’s table, and is used to- indicate the three minutes allotted to a member during which, after the declaration of division, ha is entitled to record his vote. A few years ago a inember chal lenged the correctness of the glass, and upon a test being made he was found to be right, the sand being ac tually all down in two and three quarter minutes. Hts vote was al lowed and more sand was put in the glass. Penurious Philanthropist A widely known bunker in .•in Eastern city is looked upon as a great Is philanthropist and his nobie. name a symbol of all that is Strong men stop on street comers to extol his virtues. Yet I had some correspondence with him several years ago about buying a house he was handling for an estate and when the (leal was closed he charged me for every stamp he had used on letters he wrote me. I In sist that a man who watches pen nies that closely cun’t be such a lovely character as his neighbors suppose.—Kansas City Star. Nature’s Own Filter Natural turf has been proved to be a most efficient filter for sew age. Experiments in Prance have shown that three or four cubic meters of sewage can be purified daily by one sou a re meter of turf. He—Do you know, I envy the birds. She—So do I. They’re so gay and free, can fly here and there, and— He-t-And have only one bill the year round. Aid to Forest Rangers Forest rangers carry an instru ment called a sling psychrometer for determining the relative humid ity of the air and so learning when forest fires are most likely to oc cur. Timely Suggestion Customer—This is our wedding anniversary. What wculd you sug gest for our dinner? Waiter—Well, sir, on nur anni versary my wife and I had warmed up scraps. Not as Good as It Seemed "Good news," said the laughing.”' office boy. “I hear the art editor ■ But that was not a comic draw ing," sighed the artist-in-waiting. —The Humorist. For Goldfish Fanciers Goldfish will not breed in small iquariums. 200 OVERCOATS SPECIAL BARGAIN PURCHASE FROM A LEAD $ ■ v y ING y •• OVERCOAT MANUFACTURER WHO L „ i WAS OVERSTOCKED DUE TO MILD WEATHER ' ; ik .r ■i ’ - mis! * ■ / 2d* m . ■ V y • The manufacturer wired us an offer to buy this lot of overcoats at a big dis ’”71 v count. We wired back at once; “Rush them by Express.” They have just •y. • f / S HKP . mi arrived and the discount has been passed These 4k w * on to you. overcoats sell •s“'2r * regularly for $25, $30 and $35. We bought them so low we are grouping \( \ ■ them in one price lot for a 3-DAYS CLOSE-OUT, all for only y. / XU. . * y ■ P, ' i 9HH % mm Regular $1 50 Regular ■U- ; ■■ >’•■ $25 $30 A V ; $35 -M $25 $30 ‘ S :tpp ’ J i Guaranteed $35 V OVERCOATS ■f All Wool OVERCOATS ; > 'vV. w Styles Colors Patterns m m FOR YOUNG MEN PLAIDS V BLACK—BROWN—TAN ffl FOR BUSINESS MEN TAN CHECKS FOR ELDERLY MEN and GREY MIXTURES \ K ' m SOLIDS X \ ;.v> • \ OUR ADVICE IS: BUY TODAY WHRE YOU 'i*' * V'. ■ ’ v. iiip ■€ HAVE THE WHOLE LOT TO PICK FR0M mm THERE’S ONE YOU’LL BE y-'' ' _J SURE TO LIKE STRICKLAND-CROUCH CO THE DEPEND ON STORE GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS Expression Actually Invitation to Death I The origin of some common ex pressions is always interesting, and whether the following is authentic or not is an open question. When in ancient days tiie weaving indus try of Halifax, England, was a cot tage craft—a farmer’s family work ing on clumsy handlooms—the ‘■‘pieces’’ used to be spread out on the hillside, and were therefore pe culiarly liable to theft. Particular crimes led to particu lar remedies, and a custom, which had the authority of a local law, grew np, that anyone convicted of stealing cloth to the value of 13 pence halfpenny was liable to im mediate execution, a drastic law which naturally safeguarded the cloth Industry. Punishment was carried out, not by hanging, but by a sort of guil lotine. This was the Hal.lfux glb bet law, the name of which is prS^' served by a still standing street In the town, while thd actual knife of the gibbet may be seen in the lord manor rolls office at Wakefield. Halifax thus acquired a reputation among thieves and vagabonds as the last town In England desirable to visit. And to tell anyone to go to Halifax is equivalent to bidding him to ‘‘Go hang!"—Chicago Jour nal. When Pillory Was Used The use of the pillory for the punishment of evil doers wns only abolished In England during corn paratively recent times, and was In active operation In June, 1837. The peculiar form of punishment has a venerable history, and was known before the Conquest, in the form of an instrument of torture called the stretchneck. The pillory was usually dedicated to fraudu lent dealers, sellers of sham gold rings, or counterfeiters of papal bulls, until star chamber tyrants made it a political weapon, where by many a noble heart was tried and tempered. Curious pleas have sometimes been put forward in support of the reprieve of notorious criminals. One of the strangest was that on behalf of George Iluloff, an Amerieun school teacher, who was convicted in 1870 of a series of robberies and murders, Ids own wife and daughter being among the victims. For cold blooded cruelty Ids record would be bard to beat, but Iluloff had his other side. He was an ardent philologist, and had been engaged for years on the invention of a universal language. No one could attempt to palliate his crimes, but a widely signed pe tition was presented to the governor of Virginia for his reprieve on the ground that as bis invention, if com pleted, would be of the utmost bene fit to mankind it would be criminal folly to extinguish such a light of learning. ' The governor thought otherwise and Iluloff was duly hanged. □od6e Brothers NEW > The following prices of Dodge Brothers Passenger Cars became effective December 1st, 1924: Roadster . , » . . $ 855.00 Touring Car 885.00 Type-B (Business) Coupe 995.00 Type-B Sedan .... 1095.00 Type-A Sedan .... 1245.00 4-passenger Coupe . . 1375.00 | f. o. b. Detroit All Passenger Cara are now equipped with balloon tires. T. J. Bailey, Dealer 114 W. Solomon St., Griffin, Ga. Phone 643 •j