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MIDDLE WEST ADDED
TO STORM’S DOMAIN;
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U • f CITIES ARE
:: ISOLATED
Temperatures Hovering Near
Zero—Snow and Sleet
U Forecast.
Chicago, Dec. 19.—(By the As
sociated Press.)—The middle west
today was added to the domain of
storm and cold, which for five
days have held the northwest and
Rocky Mountains in an icy grip.
Snow and sleet were generally
forecast for the Great Lakes
region, the upper Mississippi val
ley and portions of the southwest,
while the temperatures are hov
ering near zero and are expected
to fall still lower.
Three are dead in the Rocky
Mountain region, one in Oklaho
ma, and two in Chicago, and inju
ries are numerous.
The temperature in Mills City,
Mont., is 34 below zero.
A train was derailed by the ex
treme could but none was hurt.
Two thousand telephones are
out of commission in Oklahoma
and 135 cities and towns are cut
off.
Jefferson City, Mo., is isolated.
A crust of ice and snow sever
al inches deep covered Kansas
and Miasouri. ♦
The Associated Press is compell
ed to radiocast news and the Illi
nois wires are down.
ENFORCEMENT OF
Atlanta, Dec. 19.—An order to
his executive secretary to offer re
wards for the apprehension of
guilty parties upon receipt of
notices of acts of violence “by any
number of men, masked or un
masked,” in Georgia, and a call
for a law enforcement conference
to meet at the state capitol, Jan
uary 15, last night were issued
by Governor Clifford Walker.
Simultaneously, the governor of
fered a reward of $500 for the
leader of “a band t>f unmasked
men” that recently flogged E. J.
Shelverton, Jr., in Cobb county,
and an additional offer of $100 for
each member of the group. The
rewards call for apprehension with
proof to convict.
Reports of Floggings.
The governor's order and call
for a law enforcement conference
followed reports of several flog-1
gings in the state recently.
In one case a woman was car
ried from her home in Atlanta
and whipped by two men, accord
ing to charges.
Another instance was. the at
tack qpon a man and his fiancee
as they were talking with other'
persons in a home near Atlanta.
Mars Record.
In his orders for the reward of
fer in the Shelverton case and
any other, acts of violence within
the state by “masked or wnmask
ed men,” the governor said “the
number of lynchings and other
outbreaks of mob violence in
Georgia have greatly, diminished
during the year 1924. The Shel-
Detective’s Wife Sleuths Herself;
Uses 2 Periscopes to Watch Hubby
Binghampton, N. Y., Dec. 19.—
The wife of a local detective, tak
ing the trail herself when she be
came suspicious of her husband’
attentions to a “tall blonde, com
bined Tier husband’s sleuthing tac
tics with a periscope and obtained
evidence upon which she bases
her divorce suit, the woman testi
fied recently at a hearing of the
case in supreme court here.
Her husband- entertained the
other womari in his office, the wife
said, and so she suspended one
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Pupils Can Now “Romp Their
Route” for Two Weeks.
Satisfactory Term.
School days are over— '
For a brief period.
The holidays are now on.
And teachers and pupils are
happy.
Griffin’s public schools .closed
today for the Christmas vacation.
They will open the spring term
Monday, January 5.
Satisfactory Term.
The term just closed has been
a very satisfactory one, according
to statements of the superinten
dent and teachers.
The enrollment has been the
largest in the history. of the
schools and it is expected tha$ the
spring term will break all' at
tendance records.
•The increasing attendance each
year reflects the steady growth of
Griffin and offers a perplexing
question to school officials as to
how to accommodate the ever-in
creasing list of pupils.
The present school buildings
have been crowded to the limit
during th4 past term.
A. H. SPRADUN DIES AT
SISTER’S HOME HERE
SpraiJITng, 41, an
employe of the Gresham Manu
facturing Co., died at the home
of his sister, Mrs. C. R. Lane, on
Georgia avenue, Thursday eve
ning at 6 o’clock.
He is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Spradlin, of
Moreland; two sisters, Mrs. Lane,
of Griffin; and Miss Mary Sprad
lin, of Moreland; and four broth
ers, E. F. Spradlin, of Carroll
ton; L. C. Spradlin, of Newnan;
J. C. Spradlin, of Canton, N. C.;
and J. B. Spradlin, of Birming
ham, Ala.
The body was shipped to New
nan by Haisten Bros Friday
morning at 9:25 o’clock. Funeral
services will be held from Anti
och church Saturday and burial
will follow in the Hardagree cem
etery.
SAYS MARRIED FOLKS
GROW TO LOOK ALIKE
London, Dec. 19.—Married peo
ple grow to look alike because
years of association make for sim
ilarity in types of expressions and
habits of mind, according to Dame
Helen Owynne Faughan, lecturing
on the mechanics of inheritance.
verton case has marred this rec
ord.
Georgia Not Alone.
“The wave of crime, including,
m&rder,^robbery and other acts
of violence, now demanding pub
lic attention is by no means lim
ited to the state of Georgia,” the
governor said in his call for the
conference. Such conditions ex
ist in every state of the union. »»
periscope from the floor above
to look in through an outside win
dow, and raised another over the
transom of the door so as to be
certain of a good view.
Then she alternated between
the devices, and while at the
door heard her husband, accord
ing to her story, making love to
the other woman.
The wife said she made the per
iscopes herself, getting the idea
from those used in the world war
and learning their construction
from technical books.
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liquor pirates in the belief of the officials. Photos shpw ships of the.
of c Rando!ph some of the new fleet under eommnnd
*Pt- Ridgely Jr., and Gunner’s Mate James Binckley at one of the machine guns on
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Prospect for Action Before
Christmas Fades Almost to
Vanishing Point.
Washington, Dec. 19.—(By the
Associated Press.)—The prospect
for breaking the Muscle Shoals
deadlock in the senate before
Christmas recess had faded al
most to the vanishing point today
with the opposition to the Under
wood bill unyielding and the lead
ers prepared to invoke the persua
sion of night sessions to obtain
action.
The failure of the attempt of
Senator Curtis, republican leader,
yesterday to fix a time for the fi
nal vote had left the leaders of
the two main factions, Senator
Underwood, democrat* of Alabama,
and Senator Norris, republican, of
Nebraska, firmly entrenched today
in their determination to fight for
their respective bills, with the
situation threatening an endurance
test.
The proposal, backed by a group
of senators, for reference of the
whole Muscle Shoals question to
a commission, has been moved to
a parliamentary position, which
they hope will result in its final
ly being accepted as a compro
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mise.
K. K. K. SCRATCHED ON
_________GIRL’S - F ACE- AND HIP
Harrisburg, Pa., Dec. 19.—An
esthetics were used by the person
who broke into the bedroom of
15-year-old Dorothy Ensinger and
scratched “K. K. K.” on her face,
according to members of her fami
ly. The girl was found uncon
scious by her parents.
Three small marks, possibly in
flicted by the pin or needle used
in cutting the three “K’s” on her
face, also were found on the girl’s
hip.
OIL CONSERVATION
BOARD IS CREATED
Washington, Dec. 19.—(By the
Associated Press.)—An oil con
servation board consisting of the
secretaries of war, navy, interior
and commerce, was created today
by President Coolidge. The new
board will study the government’s
responsibilities in oil conservation
and will seek the full
of the oil industry to that end.
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SCHOOL DEBATERS TO
a DO THEIR STUFF” AT
AUDITORIUM TONIGHT
The annual fall debate of the
Demosthenian and Athenian Lit
erarf societies will be held at
the high school auditorium tonight
at 8 o’clock.
The subject will be: U Resolved,
That all nations should disarm
and settle theYt disputes by arbi
tration. >>
Miss Ruby Bolton and Joseph
Smaha will speak for the Athen
ians and James Satns and Welborn
Persons will talk for the Demos
thenians.
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NAB 2 STIU5 IN
CABINS DISTRICT
A big distillery was destroy
ed by county* officers in Cabins
district last night. No arrests
were made.
It was located just below the
home of the 'late Martin Turner,
a negro, who was shot by a county
officer last year.
About 30 gallons of whiskey
and two barrels of beer were de
stroyed.
The raiding officers were Rivers,
Brown, Woodruff and McGhee,
who spent most of the night chas
ing liquor makers.
Find Another
Another distillery it) Cabins
district was destroyed Friday
nrorntng ~Whim "County * Officers
Woodruff, Rivers and Brown ar
rested William Melson, negro, and
destroyed two 60-gallon barrels
beer and three 30-gallon barrels.
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0 TODAY. H WHAT it THE A WHOLE HTHESE TOWN'S
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COLD WAVE
FOR GEORGIA TONIGHT;
MAY SNOW TOMORROW
GRIFFIN LAWYERS
MEETING TONIGHT
(Mel-Fashioned Turkey Dinner
to Be Served at Get
Together Affair.
AH plans have been completed
by the Griffin Bar Association for
its annual get-together meeting
tonight.
The meeting will be held at the
Blue Goose Cafe, where an old
fashioned turkey dinner will be
served. *
Judge W. E. H. Searcy, Jr., of
the superior court of the Griffin
circuit, president of the associa
tion, will act as toastmaster.
W. H. Connor, Chester A. Byars
and F. P. Lindsay compose the
entertainment committee which
planned the banquet.
Incoming ahd outgoing county
officers will be guests of the asso
ciation.
CALIFORNIA COTTON
GROWERS AVERAGE
$125 PER BALE
Bakers Field, Cal., Dec. 19.—
(By the Associated Press.)—Es
timates from gin centers of Kern
county show that 14,000 bales of
cotton out of the 19,000 ginned
to date were sold at an average
price of $126 a bale, yielding the
By products factories here will
handle gross business of $500,000,
while the sale of the seed will net
another $250,000.
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REMODELING OF WELLS
HOME IS STARTED
Work has been started by the
Newton Coal & Lumber Company
on the remodeling of the old Wells
home on West Poplar street,
which will be converted into a
duplex apartment.
This property was recently pur
chased by J. P. Nichols from the
Wells estate.
ALL JOY TAKEN
OUT OF LIFE AS
FAXES FALL DUE
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Time Limit Here Expires at
5 o’Clock Tomorrow
Afternoon.
There is always something to
take the joy out of life.
Just as Christmas approaches
county taxes are due and payable.
And the tax collector must
charge interest on deferred pay
ments, and so the best thing to
do is pay ’em And save i little
cost.
Before 5 O’Clock.
Tax payers are urged by Tax
Collector Nutt to pay up by 5
o’clock Saturday afternoon, at
which time the books will close.
The tax collector no longer has
the right to waive cost when taxes
are not paid on time, nor to car
ry payment beyond the prescrib
ed’ date. This is due to the new
salaries law, it is stated. t
Added Costs.
In the event taxes are not paid
by this time, Mr. Nutt announces,
he is required to issue fi. fas. and
collect added costs.
Property owners have been pay
ing up much better this year than
last year, it is said. Many of the
big corporations have paid.
The Central of Georgia Railway
Company sent in a check today
for more than $11,000. There are
still hundreds who have not paid,
however, and the time is short.
COUNTY SCHOOL
TEACHERS TO MEET
TOMORROW
The Spalding county teachers
will hold their regular meeting at
the court house in Griffin tomor
row morning.
A special feature of the session
will be the presence of Prof. Kyle
T. Alfriend, dean of Bessie Tift
College and secretary of the Geor
gia Educational association, wh0
is interested in organizing the
county teachers into a unit of the
state association.
„ City teachers have been invited
to meet with the county
Prof. J. R. Berry is
the city teachers into the
tion.
The county schools have
a successful fall term,
tendent Manley announced,
will take a two weeks’
before beginning the spring
Christmas exercises are to
held in the various schools
and night in celebration of
holidays and marking the end of
most successful term.
Checks were paid the
teachers today for the month
December.
Market Reports
(Over Pnrsley, Slaton A Co.*s
Private Wire.)
New Orleans Cotton
i I FFreT
’Open High Low ICl’aeL Close
Jan. .. (23.9224.07 23.75 23.87123.88
Mch. . |23.99 24.14 ^3.83 23.96j23.95
May J 124.26 24.40 24.10)24.24124.22
Jul. „ [24.40 24.52 24.25 24.39|24.32
Dec. . [24.15 24.20 23.90^24.00124.05
New York Cotton
i Open I High Low Cl’se ClotTe
Jan. _ 23.60j 23.78j28.4«2 3.fi2|23^5
Mch. . 24.00(24.19)23.84 24.01123.98
May . 24.4f>|24.54(24.22 24.37)24.33
Jul. . 24.63j24.72j24.40 24.50i24.62
Dec. (23.50j23.6 7j23.40 23.55f23.50
Griffin Spot Cotton
Goodmiddling 23.25,
Strict middling 23.00,
Middling 22.75.
Forecast Sees Freezing Ten- ' fi
to the Coast
Sunday Morning.
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Rain nnd colder tonight, rain
Saturday, possibly changing to
snow in the north and central
portions, is the weather forecast
for Georgia went ont by the A*»
sociated Press this afternoon.
The forecast adds that it will § '
be colder Saturday and Saturday
night and predicts a cold wave in
the west portion with freezing
temperatures to the coast Sunday
morning. ■
The cold wave will continue .
for several days, the forecast
says.
The forecast for Griffin for 24
.
hours, ending at noon today, waa:
Maximum _____ ----- 7* ■
Minimum .... 54 '
Mean __________ i.____66
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Freezing in Florida.
Washington, Dec. 19.—(By the
Associated Press.)—Freezing tem
peratures as far south as central
Florida by Monday were predict
ed today by the weather bureau.
Weather forecasts forsee a con
tinuation of the cold weather for
several days and have issued cold
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wave warnings for Ohio and Wes
tern Pennsylvania and for all the i
,
states southward from there to
the east Gulf states.
II. S.-JAP WAR IN
NEXT 20 YEARS IS j
SEEN BY PROPHET
Paris, Dec. 19.—France's most
active prophet. Prnf Raymond,
predicts a Japanese-American war
some time between 1042 and I960.
Ris annual prognostication for
the ensuing year has just been
published, but' it is so thin, he
findk it necessary to explore the *
future fbr a generation ahead* to
make up for the uneventfulness of
1925, which he sees as more peace
ful than any year since before
the war.
No War of Revenge.
There will be no war of revenge
between Germany and France, he
prediets, but rather a reapproach
ment between 1934 and 1938.
President Coolidge will soon call
an international financial confer
ence with the participation of
big American banks to put finan
ces on a sound basis.'
In a few years inter-AUied
debts will be settled commercial
ly in a way practically relieving
the debtors of all payments.
Railway Disaster.
Prof. Raymond sees Bavaria
a monarchy again ttff tlT ***»
telbachs and protecting Austria.
Earthquakes in Italy, Russian
entrance into the Leogue of Na
tions in 1926, lightening of Amer
ican relations with Europe and a
railway catastrophe on the Pacific
railway in the United States are
among the prediction^
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22-Year-Old Girl Attempts Suicide
Because Friends Called Her Old Maid
Philadelphia, Dee. 19.—Coming
to this city from Buffalo because
friends called her “an old maid, it
and chided her for not marrying,
Miss Birdie Dederman, 22, at
tempted suicide in the receiving
ward of the University Hospital
today.
She took poison an hour after
she arrived at the West Philadel
phia station, having gone to the
hospital from her long train ride.
She asked the -nurse to get a
drink of water, and as the latter
turned her back, seized some poi-
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son from a cabinet and swallowed
ie.
Physicians were called and a
stomach pump used on her.
She is expected to recover.
<< They called me an old maid,"
she sobbed, “and tjtere are other
things, too, but I don’t care to
tell about them.”
SURGEONS USING RADIO
London, Dec. 19,—Radio it rec
ognized by British hospital au
thorities as a treatment for nerve
cases and insomnia.