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Monday, December'22, 1924.
1 GOV. WALKER
Atlanta, Dec. 22.—Details of a
meeting of business men from all
parts of the state, scheduled to be
held in Macon on January 15, were
outlined Saturday in the office of
Governor Clifford Walker by C. C.
Thomas, secretary of the Griflin
Chamber of Commerce, instigator
of the movement.
The purpose of. the meeting, said
Mr. Thomas, is to study and
analyze the question of “What
Georgia needs.”
Governor Walker will speak on
“Law Enforcement. f*
Governor Walker already has
called a state-wide conference at
Atlanta for law enforcement offi
cers on the' subject of proper re
spect for, and enforcement of, the
law, for January 13.
Owing to a typographical error
by a stenographer in the gover-
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nor’s office, this meeting: was an
nounced in the press as for Jan
uary 15.
The governor stated, however,
that if it was too late to correct
the error, he would change the
date of his conference, if neces
sary, in order to avoid conflict.
WILLIAM GREEN NAMED
PRESIDENT OF LABOR
New York, Dec. 22.—William
Green was elected president of the
American Federation of Labor by
the executive council here Satur
day afternoon.
Upon Green’s election, James
Duncan, the first vice president, at
once resigned. A close associate
of the late Samuel Gompers for
40 years, Duncan told his col
leagues he felt entitled to the of
fice himself because of seniority
and long service.
FAIR ENOUGH
“My buddy went to church Sum
day for the first time' in four
years.
«< How’d he get along? ft
Not so good. When the guy
came around for collection, Joe
wanted to match him double or
nothing. If
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Atlanta, Dec. 22.—A. E. Sar
tain, former warden at the United
States penitentiary here, and L. J.
Fletcher, former deputy warden,
stod indicted Friday night on
charges of soliciting and receiv
ing bribes from Inmates of the
penitentiary.
They were held in new bonds of
$5,000 each.
$5,000.
Sartain was charged with hav
ing received from Chestley C. Tu
ten, convicted of violating the pro
hibition law, $5,000 for an appoint
ment as chauffeur to Dr. A. F.
Quillian, prison physician.
Fletcher is accused of accepting
a bribe of $5,000 from Emanual
K. Kessler, known as M Goth
am’s millionaire bootlegger,” for
an appointment as assistant li
brarian at the prison, which tne
government charges is a “soft and
easy job. t?
The grand jury was in session
practically all day during which
time’ a number of prisoners, in
cluding George Remus, known as
ll the king of Bootleggers;” Kess
ler, his partner^ -Morris Sweetgood
and others were held in the ante
room awaiting call.
EXPERIMENT
MRS. HATTIE WILSON
Correspondent
The many friends of Mrs. John
Bryant, Jr., will be sorry to learn
she is very ill at her home and
wish for her a speedy recovery.
Charley Bryant, who has been
in Cleveland, Ohio, for some time,
is home for the holidays -#ith his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Bryant, Sr.
The school here held itsT annual
Christmas tree Friday. The tree
was loaded with presents for the
children and teachers. A good
program was rendered and every
body seemed to enjoy the occa
sion.
We are glad little Howard Park
er was not seriously injured when
he was struck by C. C. Imes’ car
while crossing the Dixie High
way at Experiment Friday. The
accident was unavoidable and Mr.
Imes deeply regretted it.
HOSPITAL
NOTES
Mrs. J. J. Parham will leave
Tuesday.
R. L. Ritchey, operative case, is
improving.
Emmett Gresham, who was in
jured in an automobile; accident
Saturday morning, is doing nicely.
Mrs. S. J. Bailey will leave for
her home in Forsyth Tuesday.
J. B. Crane, of Sunny Side, is
improving.
J. A. Wilson, who was injured
in an automobile accident Sunday
afternoon, is doing nicely.
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GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
REV. T. L SETTLE
Rev. T. L. Settle, pastor of the
Church of the Good Shepherd of
Lexington, Ky., whose defense of
the pari-mutuel betting won for him
a $12,000 residence snd a $350,000
church. Tht gifts wars mads by
grateful horsemen and the cam
paign for the funds was conducted
at the various racs tracks.
GEORGIA LEADS
IN STILLS AND
LIQUOR SEIZED
Washington, Dec. 22. — Either
Georgia is one of the wettest
states in the union or its dry offi
cers are most energetic in pursuit
of their duties, it is gathered from
records of the fiscal year ending
June 30, this year, Ijrhich shows
that the state led all others in the
number of stills, the amount of
malt liquor seized, in the total
value of property seized and de
stroyed, and was high up on the
list in other particulars.
A grand total of 1,794,136 gal
lons of malt liquors were appro
priated by prohibition agents in
the state during the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1924, and 1,472
stills were ferreted out by govern
ment officers, while property seized
and destroyed was valued at $437,-
660.46, it is shown in the records
of the year laid before the house
appropriations committee by J. E.
Jones, assistant prohibition com
missioner in charge of eneforcing
the law.
A lighthouse, whose elevation is
1,500 feet, has been constructed
in France to guide airships.
Indoor parks in buildings of steel
and glass are advocated as all
year recreation centers.
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ATLANTA KILLING
Atlanta, Dec. 22.—Samuel R.
Turner, 32, manager of .the ladies’
department of the Fred S, Stewart
Shoe company, died at Grady hos
pital at 5:30 o’clock Sunday morn
ing, the third victim of the tiny
automatic pistol of Edward 0.
Riordan, advertising manager, who
ran amuck in the shoe store Fri
day afternoon, killed Fred 8.
Stewart, wounded Mr. Turner and
E. Ed Maddux, manager of the
junior department, and then took
his own life.
Physicians at Grady hospital re
ported Sunday night that the con
dition of Mr. Maddux, the fourth
victim of the death campaign,
was about the same as it was Sat
urday and hope was expressed for
his recovery, provided no compli
cations *set in.
Denies Riordan Charges.
Mr. Maddux Sunday night em
phatically denied the sensational
charges made against him and
Manager Turner in the Riordan
death notes, contents of which
became known Sunday.
In the letters the^ slayer assert
ed that he had detected these two
men in dishonest dealings in the
store and that as a result of thejr
fear that he would expose them
to Mr. Stewart, they had conspired
to “bump him off. He claimed
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that he had gone to the store to
force the two men to confess to
Mr. Stewart
Funerals are Held.
The funerals of the first two
victims of the death carnival—
Mr. Stewart and Mr. Riordan-—
were held Sunday afternoon.
TEACHERS OF LAMAR
V FORM county unit.
Barnesville, Dec. 22.—The La
mar county unit of the Georgia
Teachers’ Association has been
formed here, following an address
by Kyle T. Alfriend, dean of
Bessie Tift College and secretary
of the association, who explain
ed the purposes at the organiza
tion.
The officers of the Lamar unit
are Mrs. J. W. Reeves, Barnes
ville, president; H. * F. Bell,
Milner, vice president, and Mrs.
F. E. Joy, Milner, secretary and
treasurer.
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k\ that is SOFT, CLEAN
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condition > If not, we
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for your health's sake.
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