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ELEVEN iB DEATHS
NATION IN Gt
Both East and West Are
Sufferers From Christ
t! mas in Years
Chicago, Dec. 26.—(By the
Associated Press.)—Partial relief
from the sub-zero temperatures
that brought the coldest Christ
mas in years was promised today
to the middle west, while lowered
temperatures were forecast for
the east and for the west, gripped
by cold that necessitates the use
of smudges to protect the citrus
crop, already seriously damaged.
Eleven deaths have been report
ed; four here, three in Ohio, two
in Chicago, and one each in Texas
and California.
The Christmas frost, it is esti
mated, destroyed 10 per cent of
the citrus crop in the Los Angeles
district.
San Francisco, Dec. 26—(By As
sociated Press)—Two boys drown
ed, several persons injured and
citrus crop damage estimated at
$100,000 was reported from
Southern California today as a re
sult of the cold weather which
forced the thermometer below ze
ro m points in California, Oregon,
Washington and Neveda.
At Astoria, Oregon, great quan
tities of ice were reported drifting
down the Columbia river into the
Pacific, which resulted in the tie
ing up of all wooden vessels
scheduled to make inland river
trips.
In Nevada some points reported
the temperature 35 b'elow zero.
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Roanoke, Va., Dec. 26.—(By As
sociated Press)—Roanoke and vi
cinity was startled shortly before
midnight by severe earth trem
ors. N
Pictures were shaken from the
walls and vases crashed from ta
bles and buildings rocked.
A watchman at the silk mill
reported that the floor of the
brick building he was patrolling
trembled and the furniture bump
ed up and down.
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Joe, From Africa’s Jungles, Hunts
In Vain For Griffin’s Xmas Oasis
It was Christmas day.
The day of carols sweet, of
peace on earth.
But Joe was lonesome.
Away in far-off Africa were
his parents, And Joe longed
for his quota of “Tampa ropes, >>
and crazy-hued neckwear.
But the day passed without ‘a
visit from the parcel post man.
Not a present.
Not a Western Union telegram.
Not even a Christmas greeting
card, that everyone rates.
So Joe did the normal .thing.
He decided to find the first
bootlegger possible, He didn’t
even care whether the stuff was
poison or not. Life meant little to
Joe.
So, Joe, the Griffin Zoo’s big
Phesus monkey, broke the bars
of his cage as though they were
matches. And for hours, like
other dry Griffinites, hunted for
the oasis in which to drown hia
sorrow.
But he didn't have the pass-
word or something, because when
he was found this morning on
East Solomon street playing with
a bunch of negro children, he was
dry and worn-out, and only too
glad to return to his cage at the
zoo.
He was caught by W. H. Butler,
keeper at the Zoo, and he returned
peaceably.
In the meantime, Joe had creat
ed genuine alarm at the home of
Clinton Bedenbaugh, 14, employee
of the News, who found him
perched on the back veranda of
the Bedenbaugh home on South
Sixth street.
Joe, by this time, was fighting
blue and starteda mad dash for
Clint, whose brother James, rush
ed reinforcements in the shape of
a broom and after a brisk fight,
drove over the African intruder.
But Joe—
Is back in his cage and he says
Christmas isn’t what it’s cracked
up to be.
Not even a cookie.
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the U. S. to escape a breach of
promise suit. A few days ago
be went on trial for the murder
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The city officials and police
were given an O’possum
supper in the dining hall of Hotel
Griffin Christmas Eve, as guests
of W. H. Hartley, proprietor of
the Poinsetta Cafe.
Judge W. H. Connor, solicitor of
the city court, was toastmaster. C.
A. Byars was first Tntroduced
with the request that he make a
public apology to the host for the
excessive quantity of ’possum and
sweet ’taters he consumed, The
charges were dismissed on the
ground that excessive avoirdupois
required excessive nourishment.
Others responding were City
Manager Ed Bridges, City Com
missioner McDowell and Sheriff
Freeman, who had been detailed
to quell any disturbances among
the patrolmen when the big plat
ters of piping hot 'possum and
sweet ’taters were set on the
table.
Two or three members of the
police force, who had not yet cul
tivated an appetite for roast ’pos
sum were served with roast tur
key and dressing.
At the conclusion of the supper
cigars were passed around.
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MOTHER, HURLED WITH BABE FROM
AUTO IN TRAIN CRASH, CLINGS TO
ENGINE PILOT 12 MILES; IS UNHURT
FREEMAN AND AID
Vaughn Manufacturer Resists
Arrest After Alleged
Domestic Row
T. J. McKibben, 60 years old,
cigar manufacturer, accused of
having gone on the war path with
a shot gun at his home at Vaughn
Christmas day, is in the Spalding
county jail on a peace warrant
sworn out by his son, Roy.
McKibben, concealed in the at
tic at his home, is alleged to have
snapped the gun on Sheriff Free
man and Special Officer McGhee,
when they went to arrest him.
McKibben Disarmed
He is said to have snapped the
gun at the sheriff twice, but the
officers succeeded in pulling him
out of the loft and disarming him.
The trouble was caused, it is
said, by domestic affairs. McKib
ben’s son is said to have gone to
get his household goods, to move
them to some place else, and the
father refused to let him have
them.
It is said that he threatened
the .wife of the young man and
this, together with his refusal to
let the son have his furniture,
caused the boy to have the war
wants issued against his father.
The officers report that they had
a hard tussle with McKibben and
it was with great difficulty that
they succeeded in placing him un
der arrest.
McKibben, it is said, received
several blows over the head
Christmas eve in an altercation
with Hill Steele, and the county
physician has been asked to ex
amine him.
McKibben was quiet today and
asked the officers why he was in
jail.
33 BODIES FOUND
IN SMOKING RUIN
OF SCHOOLHOUSE
r_ Hobart, Okla., Dec. 26—(By As
sociated Press)—With the identifi
cation of the last victim estab
lished, the death list in the Christ
mas eve fire at the Babb Switch
rural school, stood at 33 last
night. Twenty injured persons are
still confined in two hospitals. One
is expected to die, and two others
are in a critical condition. Funeral
services for 16 of the dead will be
held today.
NEGRO ARRESTED FOR
AN ATTEMPT TO PASS
FORGED CHECK TODAY
A young negro boy, giving his
name as Shaw Head, was arrested
today as he attempted to pass a
forged check for $25 on J. D.
Touchstone, well known farmer of
the Mt. Zion district.
Frank Sorrel, clerk at the Mer
chants and Planters Bank, saw
at a glance that the signature
was not that of Mr. Touchstone,
and called an officer, who "placed
the negro in jail.
Indianapolis, Dec. 26.—(By 1 As
sociated Press)—Thrown onto the
pilot of a passenger train loco
motive after R crashed inrff an
automobile in which she was rid
ing and injured three members
of the family at a crossing here,
Mrs. Kenneth Clark, 18, had a
wild 12-mile ride until she fell
DEATH TOLL IN
Richmond, Va., Dec. 26.—(By
the Associated Press.)—Four more
bodies were found today in the
muck from the dam that broke
Wednesday night and flooded the
lower section of Saltville, accord
ing to a telephone call tq the As
sociated Press today.
This brings the known death list
to thirteen.
Seven are still missing.
The bodies found were those of
children ranging from three to
ten years.
Only three of the twenty in
jured are in the Saltville Hospital
and all the sick and injured are
expected to recover.
Six houses were washed away.
The flood which bore down at
10 o’clock upon the mill settle
ment nestling below the impound
ed waters came without warning
and thc victims, trapped in their
homes, were unable to escape thc
oncoming wall of water and mud.
All the missing are believed to
have been swept into the Holston
River.
FORMER DRY HEAD
RE-ARRESTED AS HE
LEAVES SING 8ING
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Ossining, N. Y., Dec. 24.—(By
the Associated Press.)—Released
from Sing Sing on parole this
morning, William H. Anderson,
former superintendent of the Anti
Saloon League, was arrested im
mediately on indictments of grand
larceny and extortion.
f WEATHER FORECAST ]
For Georgia—Generally fair to
night and Saturday. Slowly rising
temperature Saturday and in the
northwest portion tonight. Heavy
frost in the interior tonight if the
weather clears. Rising tempera
ture in the extreme north portion
Saturday.
Temperature for 24 hours end
ing at noon Friday:
Maximum . 31
Minimum _ 22
Mean _____ 26
from the train into a ditch near
Oaklandon, Indiana.
Although unconscious when
found, she was not seriously in
jured, suffering only exposure and
slight bruises.
Her baby, 20 months pld, was
hurled from the car unhurt.
The train crew was unaware
of the-accident.
Market Reports
(Over Pursley, Slaton & Co.’s
Private Wire.)
New Orleans Cotton
iQpeniHigh i 1 Low |TS:ev
ICl’sejCloae
Jan. j 23.69 j 24.01 j 23.68 j23.88 J 23. V3
Mch. 23.88j24.18j23.88j24.02j23.88
May .. j24.22j24.50J24.20 j24.32 j2417
Jul. - 24.33T24. 50j24.33j24.41 [24.26
New York Cotton
(Open! I 1 Prev
High Low iCl’selCIoke
Jan. 23.55 23.90 23.54 23.80 23.50
Mch 23.99 24.25 23.97 24.14 23.90
May 24.34 24.62 24.34 24.48 24.25
Jul. 124.48 24.75124.46 24.01 24 37
Griffin Spot Cotton
Good middling 23.00.
Strict Middling 22.75.
22.50.
FEAR FELT FOR SAFETY
OF ARMY FLIERS, MISSING
SINCE 4:30 YESTERDAY
San Franucisco, Dec. 26.—(By
Associated Press)—Fear for the
safety of Lieuts. Oakley G. Kel
ley and H. C. Muller, who left
Vancouver Barracks, Wash., yes
terday at 1 o’clock to fly to San
Francisco was expressed today.
They had not reported up to 9
o'clock this morning. They were
last seen over Reading, Calif., at
4:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon.
PEDLEY-CHAMBERS
Ed Chambers, of Fayette coun
ty, and Miss Ora Pedley, of Sun
ny Side, were united in marriage
Thursday afternoon, the ceremony
being performed by the Rev. J. A.
Drewry at his home on Thirteenth
street.
TAKE»
AND OVERCOAT
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Long Term Convicts Flee
County Stockade
• Through Ruse
Carl Etheridge and L, L. El
lison, long-term county convicts,
escaped from the stockade oppo
site the Daniel Memorial Home
on the West Poplar street road,
Christmas Eve night, and are still
at large.
Calling for an aspirin ‘tablet on
the pretext that he was sufferings
with a severe headache, Etheridge
seized the hand of Guard Vaughn
as he handed it to him through
the iron bars, while Ellison scaled'
the wall and took the guard’s gun,
covering him with it.
Saw Shackles
The prisoners had previously
sawed off their shackles with a
hack saw.
Vaughn was forced at the point
of a gun to take a walk some dis
tance away to the public road,
where the two men took his over
coat and a wester and told him to
“beat it. **
Insulting Note to Warden
An insulting note addressed to
County Warden P. H. Randall was
found later tied to the broken
chains of Ethridge.
Mr. Randall has offered a re
ward of $25 each for the capture
of the* escaped convicts.
Description of Fugitives
Ethridge had recently completed
« year’s sentence for defacing
public property while in jail here
and was serving a five-year sen
tence for stealing an automobile
from John B. Mills. He is 24
years old, six feet tall, weighs
172 pounds and has light hair and
blue eyes.
Ellison had also completed a
year’s sentence for defacing prop
erty at the jail and was serving
three years for stealing a cow
from Mrs. R. L. Vickers. He is
20 years old, weighs 160 pounds
and has dark hair and eyes.
Ellison’s Third Escape
Ellison has escaped from prison
twice previously and Etherridge
has made several attempts to
cape. They were' regarded as
dangerous prisoners and a close
watch was kept upon them at all
times.
In fleeing the stockade Wednes
day night they left the door open,
but the other prisoners, including
several long termers, made no ef
fort to get away.
are based on Dec. 1 prices receiv
ed by famers exeept for the fruit
crop.
'ENGINEER, 86, IN
MONITOR-MERRIMAC
BATTLE, IS DEAD
Elizabeth, N. J., Dec. 26.—
(By Associated Press)—Dan
iel Lester, 86, engineer, on
Monitor in the famous battle
between the Merrimac and
Monitor, is dead here from
pneumonia.
RECEIPTS
RUN FAR AHEAD OF
EAST SEASON HERE
10,341 Bales Received
Compared With 5,835
Bales Last Year
Cotton receipts in Spalding
county are-running far ahead of
last year.
According to the official cotton
report as tabulated by J. Ellis
Maynard, government statistician,
for the week ending Thursday,
December 25, the number of bales
received here for the week totalled
103, as compared with 81 bales
last year.
The shipments were 369 bales,
against 56 bales.
The stock on hand in the dif
ferent warehouses was 5,287 bales,
against 2,607 bales.
The total receipts for the season
were 10,341 bales, against 5,835
bales.
Middling cotton was quoted at
22.75 Thursday, while one year
ago the price was 35.00.
CROP DECREASE
IN STATE PLACED
AT $51,000,000.00
Atlanta, Dec. 26. — Georgia
crops are listed this year at a to
tal value of about $263,085,896,
which shows an increase of prac
tically $51,000,000 more than the
total value of the 1922 crop, ac
cording to statistics issued by V.
C. Childs, agricultural statistician
of the United States department
of agriculture.
Greatly increased cotton produc
tion, which is well distributed over
all sections, together with greater
corn, tobacco, peanut and water
melon crops, are said to be pri
marily responsible for the con
siderable gain in total value.
Apples, pears and sugar cane
also made larger returns, it is
shown, while there it little differ
ence in the value of most of the
other crops as compared with
1923, excepting wheat, oats and
pecans, these three crops being re
duced about one-half.
D e cember I, Calculation
These calculations, it is said,
King of Bulgaria A-Wooing Goes;
Seeks Mate in Italy or Spain
Paris, Dec. 24.—King Boris, of
Bulgaria, is a young Lochinvar
coming out of the east looking for
a bride.
He doesn't know who she is yet,
but he is starting west soon on a
round of visits to all the courts
remaining in Europe looking over
possibilities.
And there are a number of eli
gibles aflutter in the courts, es
pecially in Rome and Madrid.
Word has gone ahead that Boris
wants to make the allied countries
forget Bulgaria was on the other
side in the war by marrying into
an allied or neutral family. He is
of the house of Coburg, which is
related to every other royal house.
Considerable Choke.
The choice is considerable
among dethroned royalty, which
has large selections of handsome
young daughters. Prince Nicholas
of Greece, among others, has just
introduced two attractive daugh
ters to Parisian society.
But Boris is looking for royalty
still wearing crowns. Rumor ac
credits him with having the inten
tion of an attempt to make an al
liance with Italy by marrying
Princess Giovanna, now 17, or
Princess Beatrix, of Spain, who is
15.
An Italian marriage fits in best
with his policies, since Jugoslavia
lies between Bulgaria and Italy.
The queen of Jugoslavia, being a
daughter of Roumania, creates the
proper balance so dear to the old
fashioned European policies, such
as the Balkans still possess.
King Boris, who is an intellec
tual young man, lives a secluded
life with two sisters in Rnfly
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