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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.
ARRESTED Iff
Runaway Youngsters With
School Books En Route to
Florida in Automobile.
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Four runaway school boys, giv
ing their home town as Grove
City, Ohio, are being held by local
police officers here until their par
ents can be heard from.
Their names are Raymond Wy
ner, Wellman MSore, Edwin Mul
vaney and Kermit Montaney.
Their ages range from 12 to 14
years.
Asleep in Car.
They were arrested by Officers
Chastain and Atkinson Sunday
night while asleep in a Ford car
on Broad street.
They were asleep ffhd hungry.
They had their school books
with them and said they were en
route to Florida, where they ex
pected to find work. «
Car Stolen from Father.
The Moore boy said the car was
stolen from his father, W. M.
'Moore.
Police Chief Stanley has wired
the chief of police in Columbus,
Ohio, asking him to get in touch
with the boys’ relatives and in
struct him what they want done
with them.
There is no charge against them
and unless some message is re
ceived they will be turned loose.
BEING USED BY
Washington, Dec. 22.—Subma
rines are now being used by rum
runners to outwit the coast guard,
it has been learned.
After having tried vessels of
every type, and even airplanes,
in a- desperate attempt to escape
pursuit by revenue cutters patrol
ling the Long Island and New
Jersey shores, evidence has been
unearthed showing that rum
smugglers employ undersea craft
of obsolete workmanship.
Hudson River.
Suspicion points its finger to
i. the Hudson river, near New York,
where recently two submarines
were reported cruising leisurely
toward the Atlantic ocean, after
transporting some cargo, presum
ably liquor, to a haven several
miles inward.
The strange craft, with decks
partly awash, bore no light or
identification mark? of any kind.
They crept slowly along the river
Pirates Along
Now Rival
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Washington, Dec. 22. Piracy
and looting of American schooners
rage almost as virulently as In the
days of Captain Kidd along the
entire Atlantic seaboard of the
United States, it has been learned.
Startling tales of boarding and
robbing of unprotected vessels
were reduced to cold statements
of facts, and carefully checked up
by officials of the coast guard
service, endeavoring vainly to stem
the constantly increasing tide of
marine depredations.
No Cutlasses.
The buccaneers of today are not
armed with cutlasses, but they
carry revolvers of high caliber.
They do not force their victims
to walk the plank, but ..they
plunder vessels in much tl same
way as the notorious pifates of
history.
Many Murders.
That the slightest disobedience
to their commands means death
TELEGRAPH!
BULLETINS
VANCE McCORMICK
TO MARRY WIDOW.
Harrisburg, Pa., Dec. 22.—(By
the Associated Press.) — The en- 1
gagement of Mrs. Gertrude Olm
stead, widow of Martin E. 01m
stead, for years Pennsylvania
congressman, to Vance
mick, former chairman of the
democratic national committee,
was announced today. The wed
ding is expected during the holi
days.
COOLIDGES RETURN
FROM CRUISE.
Washington, Dec. 22.—(By the
Associated Press.)—President and
Mrs. Coolidge returned today from
a week-end cruise down the Po
tomac on the Mayflower.
MAIL AVIATOR LOSES
LIFE IN SNOWSTORM
Auroria, 111., Dec. 22.—(By the
Associated Press.)—The body of
Charles Gilbert, air mail aviator,
Tost last night in a snowstorm
over Kanesville while en rotate
rom Chicago to Omaha, was found
this morning about a half mile
from the wrecked plane.
BANDITS BUSY
IN CLEVELAND.
Cleveland, Dec. 22.—(By the As
sociated Press.)—Four men bound
and gagged the watchman in a
department store early today, tied
him in the elevator, Jblew the safe
on the seventh floor and escaped
with an estimated sum of $10,
000. A shoe company in the same
block was robbed of $4,500 early
yesterday.
12 FAMILIES DRIVEN
FROM HOMES BY FIRE.
Jersey City. Dec. 22.—(By the
Associated Press.)—A fire that
destroyed two tenements and a
warehouse building here early to
day drove 12 families from their
homes. Police rescued 30 chil
dren asleep in the tenements be
fore the arrival of the firemen.
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L WEATHER FORECAST *
For Georgia: Unsettled, prob
ably rain or sleet tonight or Tues
day. Slow rising temperature
Tuesday and in extreme north
portion tonight.
Temperature for 24 hours end
ing at noon Monday:
Maximum _____42
Minimum ____ 31
Mean _________ 36
banks, observers state, in a noise
less manner.
So quietly did they make their
way to the ocean that persons
passing in motor cars on the near
by highway drove on without
seeing them.
Coast
of Captain
proved by the murders which are
causing increasing concern to coast
guard officials and the burning of
schooners that frequently light up
the ocean for miles in the vicinity
of rum row.
Rum smugglers, however, are
not entirely blamed by the authori
ties for the piracy.
Even the Gulf of Mexico, the
inland waterways of New England
states, and the Atlantic coast from
Florida to Maine are infested with
• ocean “menaces,” imperfectly held
in check by the inadequate number
of vessels off the coast guard
service.
Boatloads of Aliens.
While revenue cutters, it is
pointed out, enforce the sponge
laws off the Florida keys and
regulate the size of sponges to be
captured by fishermen, almost
daily boatloads of aliens are trans
ferred from Cuba and the Be
hamas to the. United States.
GRIFFIN, GA.. MONDAY. DECEMBER 22. 1924.
Holyland Visitors v
See Site oi \anger-Cradle of Chrisi
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Larger photo shows a devout
the worshiper before the entrance of
church of the nativity,
Bethlehem, the building in which,
tradition has it, contained the
manger in which the Christ
y x child was bom. This site is one
6f the many of interest to visitors
I to the Holyland, especially at
ijChistmas shows the time. infant Smaller Christ in photo the
1 manger, attended by Mary. The
photo was posed in the Holyland
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P8ESENIE0 AT 2
One of the most impressive
Christmas entertainments in Grif
fin was the presentation of the
cantata, it The Nativity,”' at the
First Baptist church Sunday af
ternoon, under the direction of
Mrs. J. P. Mason, with Miss Thel
ma Brisendine as organist.
The church was appropriately
decorated for the occasion and was
crowded with people who great
ly appreciated the program.
The singers included Mrs. J. P.
Mason, Mrs. flohn Dobbs Rogers,
Miss Louise Kesler, Mrs*' S. A.
McCracken, Misses Pearl Hutson,
Gladys Stalworth, Clemmie Pat
ton, Ethel Tyus, J. A. Gammon,
Alfred Morgan, E. C Hulsey, A.
B. Combs, Garland Martin, J. H.
Ward and R. G. Sams'
A voluntary offering was taken
f or t he Orphans’ Home at Hape
ville.
Msr. Mary Griffith Dobb4 and
j Walter Bedard, Jr., of Atlanta,
played JJe harp.
Pageant.
A pageant, “And Kings Shall
Come,” was presented at the First
Presbyterian church Sunday night
at 7:30 o’clock.
The pageant consisted of Christ
mas music and characters repre
senting prophets, shepherds, pil
grims and kings. The Rev Mal
colm Williamson was the reader.
As he read the stoj^y,
of the birth of Jesus,, the different
characters came up the aisle and
deposited their gifts in a manger.
The concealed choir sang music
adapted for each scene.
The church was decorated with
cedar trees banked against the al
tar rail and varied colored lights
were placed in front of the man
ger. The Star of Bethlehem shone
above the cedar treesj
Mrs. John Dobbs Rogers was
in charge of the music.
CHIEF OF POLICE
SHOT BY HIS OWN GUN
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Eastman, Dec. 22.—After being
connected with the police force
for about 40 years without ever
being hurt, B. A, Giddens, chief
of police here> gat down in a chajr
in a local drug store and was shot
b y his own pisto i ( which fell to
the floor and fired.
Mr. Giddens was painfully but
not seriously wounded, the bullet
i entering his hip.
ODD FELLOWS TO
DISTRIBUTE FOOD
TG POOR OF CITY
The Odd Fellows of Griffin, fol
lowing their usual. custom, will
again distribute Christmas baskets
to the poor and needy of the city.
Several hundred^ baskets were
distributed last year and plans
have been completed for an even
greater number this year.
The work is not confined to
needy members of the order, but
to any person in Griffftl who is
in want.
Anyone knowing of a family in
distress, or small children that
Santa Claus may overlook, are re
quested to phone 551, J. A.
lell, chairman of the committee.
WILL NO! MEET
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-The Exchange Club of Griffin
has postponed its meeting tomor
row on account of the holiday
business rush.
The next meeting of the club,
which will be December 30, will be
featured by the election of officers
and members of the board of
trol. A president, three vice
presidents, a secretary and treas
urer, -and three members of the
board of control will be elected.
The board of control is made up
of six members, three to be elect
ed every six months^.
The present officers of the cl wb
are: Leon M. Latimer, president;
P. M. Cleveland and E. F. Travis,
vice-presidents, and William -H.
Beck, Jfr., secretary and treasurer.
Rotary Club.
The Griffin Rotary Club has also
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Recognizing increased danger
from fires during the holiday sea
son, J; J. Powell, chief uf the
Griffiij Fire Department, has in
stituted daily fire inspections in
the business district <^-||he city
aR d will continue th itil Jan
uary 1.
Augmented Force.
The firemen making these day
inspections will be added to
the headquarters’ company at
night to be in readiness for any
emergency.
A special warning of the danger
from fires caused by candles on
Christmas trees is given byj Chief
Powell. He suggests that’the peo
ple use small electric candles for
,their Christmas trees.
it Keep candles away from cur
tains and other such inflammable
things,” says the chief.
It is , also asked that empty
Christmas boxes and trash accu
mulating at this season be espe
dally watched, >
Thanks Business Men.
In this connection Chief Powell
states he wants to thank the mer
chants and other business men for
the co-operation given the depart
ment already in eliminating dan
ger of fires from trash places.
postponed its weekly meetings un
til afte r the holidays.
The next meeting will be held
on Thursday, January 8, at which
time the club will take up its regu
lar programs.
The officers of the Rotary Club
are elected annually and the pres
ent officers will serve until next
March.
GOMPERS’ WIDOW
RETAINS LAWYER
TO PROTECT RIGHTS
Washington, Dec. 22.—(By the
Associated Press.)—Mrs. Gertrude
Gompers, widow of Samuel Gom
pers, has retained an attorney to
protect her righto in a settlement
of the estate of the late labor
leader.
She has not indicated whether
she will contest the will which left
her only the minimum allowed by
law a widow.
Gompers bequeathed the bulk of
his. estate, the value of which ia
$30,000, to his sons and grand
daughters.
PORTER
FRAMES TIP GIVEN
HIM BY COOLIDGE
Washington, Dec. 22.—Ac
cording to Charles S. Tyler,
factotum extraordinary of the
Pullman colored service, who
accompanied the Coolidge par
ty to Chicago, the president
"Sho’s one nice feller. »»
Tyler said he was most im
pressed when Mr. Colidge re
fused administration of the
whisk broom and declined to
leave his shoes outside the
-stateroom door on retiring.
The porter had mode special
preparation for this service.
While these evidences of in*
viduslism caused apprehen
sion in the Pullman corps, Ty
ler stated explicitly Mr. Cool
idge warmed the cockles of
his heart with an elaborate
honorarium which he has
framed against leaner days.
EXPERTS FINISH
WINTER WEEVIL
W1K11 STATION
Captain L. W. Walker^'Qi A.
Sachs and Bernard Gehauff, of the
United States chemical warfare
service, who have been making ex- 1
periments chemical poisons for
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boll weevil at the Experiment Sta
tion, for several months, left
Monday for Edge wood, Md.
They will analyse a number of
chemical compounds at the gov
ernment arsenal during the win
ter and will return to Griffin early
in the spring to continue the ex
periments here.
11 We have no boll weevils now
and must wait until spring to
practice on them,” said Mr. Sachs
as he was leaving Monday morn
ing.
The result of the experiments
made here will be announced later
by the chemical warfare service
It is known, however, that the
experiments made here have been
very satisfactory.
COTTON SPINNING
ACTIVITIES SHOW
SLIGHT INCREASE
Washington, Dec. 22.—(By the
Associated Press.)—Cotton spin
ning activities showed a slight in
crease in November compared with
October, the census ) bureau said
today.
The total number of active
spindle hours was smaller.
The industry operated 24% day*
in November, compared with 26%
days in October, but was run
87% per cent capacity in Novem
ber, compared with 86.4 per cent
in October.
Fish Stories From Down in Texas
---- Rival the Tales of Ananias
Yoakum, Tex., Dec. 22.—York
town, a village southwest of here,
comes out with a fish story that
has rtled this whole section.
Henry Bohn, auto salesman,
vouches fe/r the tale and five or
six old timers recite similar in
stances in their lifetimes.
During iNyery cloudy morning,
v/ith a stiff eze driving dark
clouds over th/fe town, Hohn, and
two fellow workmen of the De
Witt Motor company’s plant,
heard a thud on the iron roof.
Running out to investigate, they
found a buqalo fish, 13 inches
long, weighing one and a quarter
pounds. The fish was bleeding
from the injury it received in
striking the iron roof but was still
breathing.
The news spread rapidly and
soon old settlers were coming in
and telling of similar instances
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Well Known Citizen 111 Several
Months and End Waa
fexpecteu.
McDonough, Ga., Dec. 22.—J. B,
Lowe, 73, died at the home of his
niece, Mrs. Adam Sloan, here at
an early hour Sunday morning.
He had been in ill health for sev
eral month* and the *wd was not
unexpected.
He was born and reared
Henry county, his family having
been prominent in county affairs
since its organisation. Lowe’s dis
trict of the county was named in
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honor of the family.
He was a successful business
gnd farmer, owning land in
county, also orange groves in
Florida, where he had spent the
past several winters.
He was a member of the Mc
Donald Baptist church and stood
by the church in all its work, also
for the moral upbuilding of the
community. ,
_ .Funeral services were conducted
at the Baptist church Monday
morning at 10:30, Dr. W. W. Ar
nold, officiating. Burial wag in
City cemetery. ——........-- ------- L ~
He is survived by his niece, /
Mrs. Adam Sloan, three nephews,
Merrill Lowe, Charles Lowe, Judge
T, J. Brown, McDonough; three
sisters, Mrs. Martha Reynolds,
Mrs. Hallie Sims and Mrs. Sarah
Zachry, ail of Atlanta.
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George Imes, Jr., has arrived
from Atlanta, where he is attend
ing Georgia Tech, to spend the
holidays with his parents, ( Mr.
and Mrs. George Imes.
Market Reports
(Over Pursley, Slaton ft Co.*s
Private Wire.)
New Orleans Cotton
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‘Open High Low ICl’sejCloae
Jan. j23 86 24.08 23.79 23.82123.77
Meh. 24.06 24.20 23.89 <23.94i23.84'
May 124 37 24.49 24122 24.23 24.16
July 24.53124.61 24.34 24.34 24.29
Dec. 24.10;24.20 23.92 23.92 23.85 f
New York Cotton
f’rev
I Open High! Low Cl'sejCloSe
Jan. 23.69 23.83 23.65 23.58 23.51
Mch. 24.12 24.28 23.95 23.99 23.95
May 24.47 24.62 24.36 24.36 24.32
July 24.66 24.78 24.52 tut 24.48
Dec. 23 70 23.75 23.58 23.59 23.46
Griffin Spot Cotton
Good Middling 23.25
Strict Middling' .... .......23.00
Middling ........... 22.75
they had seen when “fish rained
down out of the clouds. tl
Here They Are.
Capt. Richter, ex-ranger, recited
an instance of seeing fish descend
from the clouds in West Texas,
large enough to furnish a meal
for several men.
Mr. Lamprecht, retired farm
er said he saw fish strewn on the
road between Yorktown and Cue
ro after * big rain 20 years ago.
C. C. Luedicke, a country gin-
ner, recalled finding fish on a hill
top, a long distance from a
stream, after a heavy rain.
Charles Geffert told of seeing
crawfish descend with the rain.
Frank Lawson, formerly a ranch
foreman, remembered seeing nu
merous small fish on the ground
after a rain and finding a big cat
fish in water running along a cow
trail.
Paul Men told of two alligators
falling out of clouds during a
small cyelone in this section.