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Ill • §Hf; : ;.J 1 i ■ mi ] ij V ■ , fii >.»* ||3 PilJE . pm: ' ftS ■ ... . : MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS. ARRESTED Iff Runaway Youngsters With School Books En Route to Florida in Automobile. T 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 V T 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. r ^ j 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 * __ _ 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 j i pi vH’X-X sSsesII m ■M >x fe&'i-' ; '’xf ¥: s m g§P W m X; i X; m ■Px ■ iiiii :■ if ‘vv ■ ■ X; m MmmBt Ipill: -P ■ ■ xx/ <<<<• - " :ffis;8SS?aSi -• ■;x- X;X; * r&y# gs. w? : ;X : ■XX; : v M • 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 ’ 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 % -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 LSI HE’S BEREFT;-LACKS OFF AGAIN, OF SCORES MIMD OF GIFTS -AMO TV*) DAYS EFT km ~ ' I ONLY 2 JHOmUG PAYX btf JRi. 10 MAKE DAILY ill 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 -.....- -------------------------------------------------- - - 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 ■a* P 26 == J. B. EOF 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 . 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. % 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 ---- j........"ITre T ‘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.