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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Griffin Man is Near Death
In Strange Attack
At Atlanta
James P. Curtiss, victim of a
strange “canned heat attack,” in
an Atlanta hotel last night, re
sides at 336 North Eighth street
in Griffin w>th his wife and two
little children.
He is a painter by trade and an
overseas soldier. He went to At
lanta Friday night for the pur
pose of treatment at government
Hospital 48, haring suffered a
rupture while in the service of
his country.
His wife had not learned of his
misfortune when seen by a News
reporter and was almost over
come with grief as the story was
related to her.
An Associated Press dispatch
received by The News this after
noon stated- that Curtiss left the
Grady hospital in Atlanta during
the day and no trace of him could
be found.
Curtiss’ wife thinks he will
come home or go to the govern
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ment hospital as he at first in
tended.
Atlanta, Dec. 27.—(By the As
sociated Press.)—James L. Curtis,
of' Griffin, was attacked by two
men in a hotel last night and is
in a hospital in a critical condi
tion. He shows no improvement
today.
Atlanta, Dec. 27.—James L.
Curtiss, 33, who gave his address
as Griffin, lies in a dying condi
tion at Grady hospital, his throat
and stomach horribly burned, the
victim of a weird and inexplicable
attack by two strange men who
broke into his room at the Gate
City hotel on South Forsyth street
Friday night, ostensibly with the
intention of robbing him, accord
ing to the story told police.
When Curtiss argued that he
had only $3 in cash, the pair,
white and unmasked, produced
eight containers of “canned heat,
ignited all of them and, when the
preparation became a hot liquid,
poured the contents of the cans
•down his throat. Then, according
to the story Curtiss told attaches
at Grady hospital and police, the
pair took the money and all of
his clothes, not even leaving him a
shirt or shoes. They departed
with Curtiss groaning on the floor
of his room.
Victim Is Dying
Curtiss, who Is so ‘
burned that the physicians say he
cannot live made a statement in
which he said that he came to
Atlanta Friday to look for work.
I retired early, said Curtiss.
«* About 9 o’clock two men, who
told the clerk they were friends
of mine, and whom I never saw
before, broke into my room and
demanded ‘all my mo t
I told them that I only $3
to my name, they became furious.
American Men Finest in World,
Says Europe’s “Most Hatea Woman
New York, Dec, 27.— “The Amer
ican male is good-looking, chivtd
rous, kind, polite and tender, Eu
ropean men are rotters.
Mrs. Thit Jensen, Scandinavian
author, said this when she arrived
yesterday on the Oscar'II. from
Copenhagen, docking at Hoboken.
( WEATHER FORECA8T 'j
For Georgia—Mostly cloudy to
night and Sunday. Colder Sunday
in the interior, still coider Suij
day night.
I Temperature for 24 hours end
ing at noon Saturday:
Maximum ______ 42
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Minimum 30
Mean ...... .<**■;.* 36
OF FOSTER SON
Germ Poisoning Suspected
In “Millionaire
Orphan” Case
Chicago, Dec. 27.—(By®the As
sociated Press). William D.
Shepherd, druggist and chemist,
arrived here today from Albuquer
que to project himself into an
investigation of the death of his
foster son, William N. McClintock,
the “millionaire orphan. H
I have come voluntarily,” said
Shepherd, “to answer such ques
tions as may be asked me and also
to ask some questions myself. I
will seek a public exoneration as
widespread as the publicity given
the accusations against me. w
Autopsy Being Completed
An autopsy over the body of
McClintock, who died three weeks
ago at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Shepherd, his foster parents, while
Miss Isabelle Pope, his fiancee,
waited to marry him, has dis
closed the presence of typhoid
germs, but has not determined the
cause of death, Coroner Oscar
Wolff announced yesterday.
The death certificate showed
young McClintock, who left his
fortune under the terms of a will
to Mr. Shepherd except for an
$8,000 annuity for Miss Pope, had
died of typhoid fever.
It will take two or three more
days to complete the ehemieal an
alysis, and determine exactly what
caused death, the coroner was in
formed by his chemists.
Probe Is Thorough
An indication of the thorough
ness of the investigation came last
night when the state attorney’s
office made public a statement
made by F. T. Breidigan, of Battle
Creek, Mich, formerly in charge
of clinical routine of the Illinois
research laboratories here.
Shepherd, Breidigan said, came
to the laboratories several times.
Shepherd watched his work and
expressed particular interest in
bacteria cultures, also discussing
typhoid germs with Breidigan, ex
plaining that he was a chemist
| and druggist and was interested
j 1 in clinical routine.
I One of them opened
a package
he had carried into my room and
produced the canned heat, which
was ignited and as one man held
me pinned *o the flbor, the other
poured the fiery liquid down my
throat, one can at a time. They
then took my money and clothes
and fled.”
Canned Heat Pumped Out
Curtiss’ story was verified inso
far as the canned heat and the
two unidentified mysterious men
are concerned. Enough canned
heat to fill eight cans was pumped
from Curtiss’ stomach at the hos
pital and hotel attaches confirmed
Curtiss’ story as to the two men
who said they “just wanted to see
our old friend Curtiss a few min
utos.” .They even gave his name
| correctly.
1 She is a prolific writer on many
subjects, including politics, eco
nomics and women’s welfare.
European critics say her pen is
dipped in vitriol and she is proud
of the sobriquet given her, “the
most despised woman in Europe. »>
She has put the European man
on the spit and thoroughly “roast
ed” him.
The American man is the finest
in the world," she said. “He is
manly. In him is personified all
the good of the old world trans
planted in the new, with the old
world vices eliminated. There is
none better than the American
husband..
u Europe is morally stagnated.
The European man seems to have
lost hi* character completely. »»
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GRIFFIN, GA.. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1924.
KING BORIS SEARCHES
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Leap YeSf,wasted away, and still a bachelor, King Boris of Bulgaria is looking for a bride.
He is to tour the courts of Europe in quest of an eligible princess to share his throne. Here are tv*
views of him, and photos of some of the unmarried daughters of ruling sovereigns: 1—Juliana ol
Holland'; 2—‘-lleana, Roumania; 8—Giovannia, Italy; 4—Heler.c (a niece, not a 'laughter of the
king) cf Denmark; S —Beatriz (left) and Marie Cristina of Spain.
TIRELESS’ XMAS
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Not a fire in Griffin during the
holidays!
Fire Chief Powell attributes this
unusual record to the response by
citizens to fire prevention instruc
tions.
Mr. Powell issued the following j
statement today: j
“To the Citizens of Griffin.— I
Just a few lines to thank you for
your co-operation during the
Christmas holidays. The fire de
partment did not receive a call. A
record which we are proud of.
Now that the holidays are over,
let us get to work and clean up
our city, remove all rubbish and
finish the year with a clean fire
record.
(4 I also want to thank the Grif
fin News for their co-operation in
publishing the many Fire Preven
tion articles through the columns
of their paper to our citizens.
*4 Respectfully,
»< J, J. Powell, Chief
41 Fire Department.”
WILLIAM CALLAHAN
WILL BE BURIED AT
HARALSON SUNDAY
Funeral services for William
T. Callahan, Sr., 63 years old,
one of Meriwether county’s
prominent farmers, who died sud
denly Fr^Wy morning, will b? held
at the Baptist church in Haral
son Sunday morning at 11 o'clock.
Mr. Callahan resided at Haral
son and was well known and
highly esteemed in that commun
ity.
Surviving him are his widow;
four daughters, Mrs T. S. Wil
liams, of Deland, Fla.; Mrs. W.
w. Gross, of Atlanta; Misses
Mary L. and Bassha Callahan,
of Haralson; six sons, J. H. and
T. R. Callahan, of Richmond, Va.;
G. M. Callahan, of California; A.
H. , W. T. Jr., and Aubrey Calla
han, of HaralSon; one sister, Mrs.
Dora Ewenr, of Haralson, and
four brothers, Lee Callahan, of
Griffin; G. D. Callahan, of Flori
da; Morgan and I. A. Callahan,
of Haralson.
The Rev. W. S. Adams, of S£
noia, will officiate at the funeral.
Burial will be in the churchyard
with Haisten Brothers, of Grif
fin, In charge.
PASTOR'S IRE STIRRED
OVER MODERN BRIDE'S
FACIAL INCONSISTENCY
Kingston, Erig., Dec. 27.—
The Rev. A. Wellesley Orr,
vicar of St.- Paul’s Church,
Kingston Hill, ha3 come out
against the use of paint arid
powder by women. Writing
to his parishioners, the vicar
says:
*« Even while we are sign
ing the marriage registers in
the church vestry the bride
may get in a few moments'
work before the mirror with a
powder puff, scissors and a
bottle. The man who came
into church in love with a
blushing blonde takes out on
his arm a blooming bobbed
brunette.
44 Some wives are so con
stantly changing their appear
ance that their husbands live
in perpetual dread of being
arrested for bigamy.”
SANTA CLAUS WAS GOOD
TO TELEPHONE GIRLS
Manager Remley reports that
Santa Claus was good to the tele
phone girls in the Griffin office.
Many cards with several boxes of
oranges, apples, candy, raisins and
confectionaries were received.
Mountain Child
Labeled Genius
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Lena Pope, found by a social
worker in s Kentucky mountain
mbln, is beiqg proclaimed a ro»‘
sical genius by critic* in Nc V
York and elsewhere who ha v*
heard her. She is a piano pup
in the I-exington (Ky) College ol
Music.
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OFFICIAL FAMILY
There will be two new faces in
the official family at the court
house next Thursday—S. D. Staple
ton, who succeeds Sheriff Free
man, and Homer Westmoreland,
who will become county commis
sioner.
All the other county officers
were re-elected and will begin new
terms then. All have taken the
oath of office.
Freeman Served 10 Years
Sheriff Freeman has served for
ten years as sheriff. He was
elected in 1901 and served three
terms of two years, each. He
was elected in 1920 for a four
year term.
C. L. Elder will retire as county
commissioner after serving for
several years.
List of Officers
The following is a list of the
county officers whose terms begin
the first of the year:
D. R. Cumming, ordinary.
F. P. Lindsey, clerk of court.
T. R. Nutt, tax collector.
H. T, Johnson, tax receiver.
J. A. Darsey, judge of the city
court.
W. H. Connor, solicitor of the
city court.
J. P. Manley, superintendent of
county schools.
W. J. Morrow, coroner.
A— K, Maddox will represent the
twenty-sixth district, composed of
the counties of Spalding, Butts
and Fayette, in the State senate.
Roy Wood will succeed Mr.
Maddox as representative from
Spalding in the general assembly
of Georgia. ,
GOTHAM BOOZE DEATHS
TOTAL 38 IN DECEMBER
New York, Dec. 27—Three men
,* re dead, 31 others are ill in Bell
vue hospital and the police court
calendars are crowded as a result
of the liquor drinking Wednesday
in this city in celebration
Christmas. In addition to the
dead and sick, between 30 and 40
persons are in the accident ward
of the Bellvue from injuries re
ceived in fights or falls due to
liquor.
Wednesday's fatalities increased
to 34 the number of deaths in the
city from poison liquor during the
month,
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FATE OF KID M’COY; ' P : : -V
DEADLOCKED SIX-1 ■
PURSLEY, SLATON A CO
TO LIQUIDATE DEC. 31;
SLATON WITH NEW FIRM
Pursley, Slaton & Co., members
of the New Orleans Cotton Ex
change, have decided to discon
tinue their private wire service
►after today and to liquidate the
firm on December 81,
Walter A. Slaton announces
that after January 1 he will be
associated with Donald McGin
nis & Co., of New Orleans, who
will furnish him with the five
minute CND service, as hereto
fore.
Mr. Slaton’s many friehds wish
him much success with the firm
which he will represent.
53 STOCKS SOAR
FO NEW PEAK ON
New York. Dec. 27.—(By
Asociated Press) —Christmas
week closed with a blaze of
glory on the New York stock
exchange, 53 individual stocks,
including virtually every cop
per issue, soaring to new peak
prices for the year on sales
that ran above 1,15 0,000
shares, a total exceeded only
by one Saturday since the
post election boom started.
GOVERNOR AGAIN
DENIES PLEAS OF
TWp SLAYERS
Atlanta, Dec. 27.—For the sec
ond time, Governor Walker haa
refused to commute the death
f
sehtence on Gervis Bloodworth
and Willie Jones, Taylor county
youths, condemned to death for
the murder of Howard Under
wood, traveling salesman.
PRIZE OF $140,000 WON
BY MAN 3 DAYS DEAD
Madrid, Dec. 27.—A dead man
won a goodly portion of the an
nual Christmastide lottery prizes.
He was Senor Quintana and he
died last Friday, leaving behind
in his effects two lottery
When the lucky numbers were
posted it was found that one
ticket called for a twentieth part
of the first prize and that the
other had won the tenth prize,
together nearly 1,000,000 pesetas,
or about $140,000.
MRS. D. W. PATTERSON
SUSTAINS BROKEN HIP
Mrs. D. W Patterson, one of
Griffin's oldest and most esteemed
residents, grandmother of Lyn
don Patterson, sustained a frac
ture of the hip when she fell at
her home on West Solomon
street today. She was carried to
the hospital. Her condition is not
regarded as dangerous.
STARTING TODAY ON PAGE THREE
ELIZABETH JORDAN’S FAMOUS MYSTERY NOVEL
THE BLUE CIRCLE
41 STORY that instantly whets the ap
I /I petite of readers of mystery fiction
is one in which the criminal, while
introduced at the beginning, is so clev
erly concealed that his identity can
hardly be suspected, even by the most
expert guessers, until the plot is deveL
oped to a climax and the tale is ended
This is such a story. Read it and see
% how the author unfolds the plot The
writer gave to the reading public that
fascinating novel, “The Girl in the Mir
ror.” You will find “The Blue Circle
amusing and thrilling as was the former
VOL. 53—No.
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Ex-pugilist Confident as De
cision it Delayed in
Murder Trial
Lo# Angeles, Dec. 27-— <* ■
Associated Press)— The jury
in the trial of Kid MtCoy for
the murder of Mr*. Theresa
Mors last August, returned to
its deliberations today** after
failure to agree last.night. One
of its nine women member*
wa* ill from a severe cold.
The jury, prior to being lock
ed up for the night, reported
it stood six to six.
McCoy Shows Relief
As the trial of nearly three
weeks came to a climax, McCoy
showed relief that a decision of
his greatest fight #as near. He
was particularly wisll groomed for
his court appearance, with hia
dark suit neatly pressed, his hair
trimmed and his linen spotless.
When the jury filed out the
fighter relaxed in his chair and
friends of the old sporting day*
crowded forward to chat with him.
At the sound of doors opening or
closing or of unusual noises in the
courtroom, McCoy stirred nervous
ly. As time passed with no sign
of a verdict, the defendant seemed
to gain courage.
“It’s certain that if they take
long enough they will decide I’m
innocent," he told his friends.
PREACHERS AND LAYMEN
TO MEET HERE TUESDAY
The Preacher*’ and Laymen’*
Institute of the Griffin district of
the Methodist church will meet at
the First Methodist church Here
Tuesday, December 30, at 9:30
o’clock. Dr. J. H. Eakes, presid
ing elder, will be in the chair.
The various charges in the dis
trict will send representatives and
organize for the year’s work.
SENATOR UNDERWOOD
MUCH IMPROVED
Washington, Dec. 27.—(By the
Associated Press.)—Senator Un
derwood, who has been confined to
his bed for several day* with an
acute attack of grippe, has recov
ered sufficiently to be up today
and expects to attend the sessions
of the senate Monday.
DR. EAKES TO PREACH
AT HANLEITEB CHURCH
Dr, J, H, Epkes, presiding elder
of the Griffin district, will preach
at Hanlelter church in West Grif
An tomorrow morning at ll
o’clock.
BROOKS INFANT DIES
Funeral services for the six
months-old child of Mr. and Mrs.
Blalock Carson, who died at the
home near Brooks Friday morn
ing, were held at the County Line
chnrch at D igby this morning at
II o’clock Buritt? was in the
churchyard with Haisten Bros, in