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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.
OF
COTTON HAVE BEEN
GINNED IN GEORGIA
U. S. Government Report
Shows in of 412,680
Bales in State.
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The United States govern
ment report issued Saturday
showed that to December 12
this country had ginned, count
ing rounds as half hales, 12,-
796,216 bales of cotton, as
eqmpLared with 9,549,01 5 bales
ginned on the corresponding
date last year, an increase of
3,247,195 bales.
Georgia ginned 1,012,802
bales, as compared with 600,-
115 bales last year, an increase
of 412,687 bales.
Ginnings by States.
Alabama 969,542
Arizona .................. 86,370
Arkansas ........... ........ 1,016,690
California .............. 60,916
Florida ................ 19,576
Georgia .......... 1,012,802
Louisiana ............ ......... 482,379
Mississippi ............ .......... 1,101,475
Missouri .............. ......... 141,623
North Carolina ..... 761,775
Oklahoma .......... ......... 1,369,791
South Carolina ......... 799,755
Tennessee ........ 318,580
Texas ..... 4,574,551
Virginia ..... ..... T :v 26,949
Others ... .0 8,409
Total ...... . 12,796,000
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ARE GUESTS OF
LOCAL LAWYERS
Members of the Griffin Bar As
sociation held their annual meet
ing last night and were served j
a Bolton several at the course Blue menu Goose Cafe. by Benj
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The outgo,,* , . and . mcom.ng, .
county officers wore guests of the
lawyers.
Among those present were
Judges W. E. Hr Searcy, Jr • !
Lloyd Cleveland, L. P. Goodrich,
P. M. Cleveland, W. H. Beck, Sr.,
J. J. Flynt, J. J. Hunt, J. A.
Drewry.
Solicitor General E. M. Owen,
Solicitor W. H. Connor, Sheriff W.
T. Freeman, Sheriff-elect Sidney
D. Stapleton, Clerk Frank P. Lind
sey.
Ordinary D. R. Cumming, Su
perintendent J. P. Manley, County
Commissioners W. A. Jester, C. L.
Elder, J. A. Burnett, County Com
missioner-elect C. H. Westmore
land.
Tax Receiver H. T. Johnson,
Cols. C. A. Byars, Roy S. Wood,
A. K. Maddox, Jesse O. Futral.
W. H. Beck, Jr., T. J. Purdy,
Ben F. McKnight, Lyle W. Ed
wards and Robert Duke
To Be Given Pageant and Special Music
at Churches Here Sunday
A cantata, The Na
tivity, *• will be sung at the First
Baptist church tomorrow after
noon at 4:30 o’clock as part of the
Christmas celebration.
Mrs. J. P. Mason will be the
director and some of the best mu
sical talent in the church will
"Lake part.
ff Presbyterian Pageant.
*And Kings Shall Come is the
title of the Christmas pageant
which will be presented at the
First Presbyterian church Sunday
night at 7:30.
AH of the characters appearing
in the pageant will be attired in
robes descriptive of the part rep
resented by each. The program
will be interspersed by music
adapted to each scene.
A cordial invitation is extended
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i Japan military inclinations and the advance
s in its war methods are being watched closelv
by the entire world. The whole Japanese army took part in recent manoeuvers staged to demon
strate the efficiency and methods of the army. Photos show airplanes of the opposing "A” and E '
.armies, in the mock battle being made ready for inspection by the Prince Regent, and a machine g u
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company, camouflage of rice bundles;, ready to fire from a sice field.
MILE PLANTS
HERE WILL CLOSE
Will Observe Custom to Sus
pend Business so Employes
Can Take Vacation.
Employes of the textile plants
and manufacturing industries here
will have vacations for the Christ
mas holidays, and on Christmas
day all the stores will close for
the day.
It has long been the custom
here to suspend all business
Christmas day, and many of the
industrial establishments usually
take several days during the
Christmas season.
3 Mills Close Today.
Three of the Georgia-Kineaid
mills closed down today and the
other two will shut down Tuesday
for next week.
The Rushton Mills and the Grif
fin mills will close down Wednes
day at noon and not resume oper-.
ations until the following - Mont
day morning. ft-'. 1
-'Hie- Gresham* - Manufacturing
Company yvill sdspend all busi
ness ChristimjtF ^lay and be closed
for one week for the purpose of
taking its annual inventory.
Splendid Spirit.
There is said to be a splendid
spirit of co-operation existing here
between employer and employe in
the various manufacturing estab
lishments and the heads of the
various departments say they al
ways find it. a pleasure to show
their men every courtesy at all
.times, and especially during the
Christmas holidays.
TO GIV£ XMAS TRE£
AT AT riAwrrr DANIEL MEMORIAL mcmadi*.
HOME MONDAY NIGHT
Warren Lodge No. 20, Independ
ent Order of Odd Fellows, and
Warren Rebekah Lodge No. 65,
will give a Christmas tree to the
children of the Daniel Memorial
Home Monday night at 7:30
o’clock.
A Christmas program will be
rendered by the children and ad
dresses will be made by promi
nent citizens and lodge officers.
The entertainment will be held
at the hall of Warren Lodge on
North Hill street and the public
is cordially invited to attend.
Warren Lodge y desires
to know
the names of needy children in
the city so that baskets may be
provided for them. Those know
ing of worthy ones are requested
to notify J, A. Jarrell, chairman
of the entertainment committee,
at the Griffin Hosiery Mill.
STATE WIDE MEETING OF GEORGIA
COMMERCE BODIES TO BE HELD IN
MACON AT CALL OF GRIFFIN BODY
A state wide meeting of all
chambers of commerce in Geor
gia has been called to convene
in Macon January 15 by the^Grif
fin Chamber of Commerce irr*eo
operation with the chambers of
commerce of Cordele, Macon, West
Point, Elberton, Augusta, Coving
ton, Carrollton, Athens, Monti
cello, Waycross and other cities.
Already acceptances of co-op
eration have been received from
more than 25 state organiaztions
and Secretary C. C. Thomas, of
the local chamber, is receiving ■
daily acceptances from other or
ganizations. representatives It from is expected eham- that j i
every
ber'will be present when the meet
ing is called to order in Macon,
Object of Meeting.
The object of the meeting is to
discuss, analyze and consider
Georgia’s needs and to formulate
a plan for the betterment of the
state to be co-operated in by all
the chambers of commerce.
The discussion at the conference
will cover a wide range of topics,
chief of which will be better roads
in Georgia, better schools and
school houses, a fair and equitable
tax law, improved agricultural
conditions, a better sentiment in
respect to industrial development,
a stronger enforcement of law
protecting life and property, a
progressive and economical admin
istration of state government, a
more liberal support of state col
leges and other institutions and
the responsibility of the citizen
to recognize his duty to the state
and cast his ballot.
Assume Leadership.
“Inasmueh as the various cham
bers. of commerce represent the
best business judgment of the
state, are absolutely non-political
and above all are most vitally in
terested in Georgia’s welfare, they
should therefore assume leader
ship in a movement to mould sen
timent for better conditions in
every phase of the state’s depart
ment, said Secretary Thomas
today.* .. The fact that represen
tatives from every chamber of
commerce and from every city in
the state, by appointment of the
mayor, where there is no cham
ber, are being selected to attend
this meeting, will insure a dis
tinctly representative body of for
ward thinking Georgians whose
work, thought and action will
have much to dp with setting on
foot a program that will be of
incalculable good to the state, ••
Mr. Thomas continued.
Leading Men to Speak.
The program o£ the meeting is
now being arranged. Leading cit
izens representing the best in
every branch of state develop
* ment will be asked to lead the dia
I
to the public to attend the ser
vice.
Special Programs.
Special musical programs will
be rendered in the central
churches tomorrow morning with
sermons appropriate to Christ
mas.
Midnight Mass.
The Sacted Heart Catholic
church will hold mid-night mass at
12 o’clock on Christmas eve and
on Christmas morning at 10
o’clock. This is said to be an im
pressive service and the public
has been cordially invited to at
tend.
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The various Sunday schools i
the city will have Christmas trei
and other Christmas entertain
me nts during the holidays.
GRIFFIN, GA-, SATURDAY, DECEMBE R 20, 1924.
3 PIKE FARMERS
IN AUTO WRECK
Emmett Gresham was seriously
injured, Jeff Gresham sustained
several broken ribs, and Jim Bu
chanan suffered the loss of his
right eye when the car in which
they were riding turned over this
morning about 9 o’clock on the
highway between Griffin and Ze
seven miles below Griffin.
According to reports, Buchanan,
who was driving, lost control of
the machine,
Emmett Gresham and Buchanan
were rushed to the Griffin Hos
pital. Gresham’s condition is re
garded as critical,
Jeff Gresham was taken to the
home of a neighbor., J. E. Ep
pinger, and given medical atten
tion.
All three men reside near Bu
chanan’s store in the Second dis
trict of Pike county and are well
known farmers.
ing occupied by D. J. Mann, negro,
caught fire on the roof from
sparks. Chemicals were used and
the blaze was extinguished after
considerable damage to the house.
WILLIAM GAY DIES AT
HOME IN BROOKS
William Gay, Sr., 63, a promi
nent citizen of Brooks, died at the
home Friday afternoon at 1
o'clock, after an illness of several
months.
Besides his wife he is survived
by one daughter, Mrs. Crawford
Hewell, of Brooks, and two sons,
Paul Gay of Trion, and Wil Gay,
Jr., of Brooks.
Funeral services will be held
from County Line church near
3rooks tomorrow morning at 11:30
o’clock. Rev. Mr. Whittaker wifi
officiate Burial wil) be in the
church yard with Haisten Bros, in
charge.
( WEATHER FORECAST ]
For Georgia: Cloudy and cold
er tonight and Sunday. Probably
rain or snow in south and central
portions. Cold wave in the east
and south portions. Temperature
for 24 hours ending at noon Sat
urday:
Maximum____ 72
Minimum_____ .....32
Mean ________ 52
cussion,# after which every mem
ber will have the privilege of dis
cussing the subject.
Dr. A. M. Soule, president of
the State College of Agriculture,
has accepted an invitation t0 ,j
speak on ti Georgia’s Agricultural
Needs.”
Dr. M. M. Parks, president of
the Georgia State College for Wo
men, will discuss “Georgia’s Edu
cational Needs.
Hon. H. J. Fullbright, state tax
commissioner, will speak on
i. A Fair and Equitable Tax Law, »*
and Frank T. Reynolds, secretary
of the Georgi Automobile Asso
ciation, will • discuss “Georgia’s
Need for Paved Roads,
Many other subjects of vital in
terest to^ Georgia’s development
will be discussed. A full program
of the meeting will* be published
later,
The Griffin and Spalding County
Chamber of Commerce is taking
the lead in prompting the meet
ing and is backed up by the other
leading chambers of the state. The
local chamber will selert and send
to. Macon a large delegation to
represent Griffin.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
ANSWERS TWO CALLS
WITHIN 10 MINUTES
The fire department was called
at 11:40 o’clock this morning to
the Griffin Grocery company on
North Hill street, where grass
back of the building was burning.
The building was threatened and
several streams of water were
used before the blaze was ex
tinguished.
“The “department received an
other call at 11:50 o’clock to First
and Broad streets, where a dwell-
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TEMPERATURE DROPS 40
DEGREES IN THIS CITY
IN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS
ATLANTA KILLER
Shoe Merchant, Wounds
Two Others and Ten Ends
His Own Life.
Atlanta, Dec. 20.—Two men are
dead and two others seriously
wounded as the result of a shoot
ing late yesterday in the heart of
Atlanta’s Christmas shopping dis
trict.
The dead are: Fred S. Stewart,
president of a large retail shoe
company, and Edward O. Eiordan,
a discharged clerk, who shot him.
After wounding S. R. Turner
and H. E. Maddox, two depart
ment managers in the store, and
*tW0ttBg at Mrs. William King,
an assistant manager, Riordan,
said to have been a former army
officer, then killed himself.
The shooting occurred as hun
dreds of Atlantians ben£ on pur
chasing Christmas goods, were in
the crowded aisles of the Stewart
Shoe Company’s store and scores
of nearby retail establishments.
Intense excitement prevailed and
a special detachment of police was
rushed to the store. *
Talking With Wife.
Stewart was the first man shot
by Riordan. The president was on
the second floor, talking with his
wife, when the clerk, whom he
had discharged, approached. Mrs.
Stewart said she left the two men
talking. A few minutes later Ri
ordan shot, Stewart through the
neck.
Dashing down the steps, Rior
dan encountered Turner, who had
rushed to the second floor upon
hearing the shooting, and shot
him through the abdomen. The
former clerk then began shoot
ing at Maddox, who ran down the
steps. Riordan followed, but
stopped at the bottom long enough
to fire at Mrs. King. He then
shot Maddox three times.
Last Bullet.
With one bullet- remaining in
his pistol, Riordan shot himself
through the head, falling lifeless
across Maddox.
Stewart was rushed to a hos
pital, where he died on the oper
ating table. Physicians said Mad
dox and Turner probably were
wounded fatally.
Friends of Riordan said he had
been “driven mad” because he had
been discharged a week ago, fol
lowing the dismissal of his wife
from the store during the past
summer.
IMPRISONED IN TAXI.
MAN NEARLY FREEZES
Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 20.—Im
prisoned in an inclosed taxicab
which had turned over in a desert
er park, Ray M. McConnell, a
clerk, miraculously escaped freez
ing to death before bring rescued
by a passing motorist.
The taxi driver was taking a
Old Deeds, Yellow With Age, Are ~ - *"-— *■*■
Recorded in Clerk’s Office Here
Old deeds, yellow with age, but
with the ink as plainly visible as
it was when written nearly 75
years ago, were recorded in the
office of the superior court Friday
by Mrs. Mary I Slade to perfect
the titles to part of the property
of the late O. H. Ison, on West
Solomon strept.
1850.
Under date of March 30, 1854,
Francis W. A. Doyle transferred
the above property to John Dobbs
for $1,500.
The property changed hands
again December 4, 1866, when
John N. Dobbs, administrator of
the estate of John Dobbs, sold it
to the late F. D. Dismuke for $1,-
150. Mr. Dismuke was for many
years a leadirfg lawyer in Griffin
and for several terms served as
ordinary of the county. O. H. Ison
purchased the property and for
a long number of years it was his
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VOL. 53—No.
Cold Wave Moving From the
West Causes Many : Deaths
and Does Damage.
The predicted cold wave is
here.
Griffinites in the wee small
hours of the night drew up
more cover and awoke this
morning to find a real touch of
winter weather.
Changing from ideal Indian
summer, there was a drop of
40 degrees in temperature.
The thermometer at 5
o’clock yesterday afternoon
registered 7 2 aftd* early today
stood at 32.
Freezing weather is pre
dicted.
Moving East.
Chicago, Dec. 20.—(By the As
sociated Press.)—The icy grip of
winter is slowly relaxing in the
far west Rocky Mountain region
today, while it tightened in the
middle west and began to enevelop
the east.
Although nearly normal tem
peratures , may be reached in the
most cold area in 24 hours, days
will relapse befpre wire and rail
communication, paralyzed in some
sections, resume normal opera
tions.
Life Toll Mounts.
In the meanwhile, the toll of
lives continued to mount as deaths
from freezing were added to by
fatalities in fires resulting in over
heating. There ia considerable
suffering among the poor.
Three were burned to death at
Casper, Wyo., in an explosion
caused by the lowered gas pres
sure that put out fires in homes.
Eight deaths are reported in
Missouri and thousands of dollars
damage was done.
Two are dead in Chicago. There
was 30 degrees drop to 5 below in
Chicago in 24 hours.
In Illinois, Kansas and Mis
souri the Associated Press was
compelled to radiocast news. Wires
in the southeast' and southwest
are so badly crippled tHkt re
routing was necessary.
Cold Hits New Orleans.
New Orleans, Dec. 20.—(By the
Associated Press.)—Strong porth
erh f winds brought to New Or
leans territory the first real cold
°^ter. The mercury stood 39
ear] ’■ Freezing weather is
predict* foKJater in the day and
lower temperatures in other sec
tions of the state.
short cut through the park to Mc
Connell’s home when the car slip
ped from the road and fell on its
side.
home place. It is now the proper
ty of his daughter, Mrs. Mary I
Slade.
Other Transfers.
Property transfers today includ
ed the sale of a lot in the Kincaid
addition on the Macon Road by
Mrs. A. B. Kincaid to Mrs. Ada L.
Dok for $740.
H. T. Sikes to T. M. Wilds, 24
acres of land in Akins district
for $2,000.
Mrs. F. G. Bailey to Col. D.
and Willie Adams, a lot on Braw
ner street and Slaton avenue for
$601.
The Rome Tribune says: “Miss
Louise Larrimore, who since S«P- r *
tember 3 has been vising her
sister, Mrs. Lucien Goodrich, in •
Griffin, and other relatives in At
lanta, returned to Rome Thurs
day evening. *»
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