Newspaper Page Text
jBsfi "-7
_
It; , i
■
1 7 tg
B
TSl -ii,v ■7,: , ■
* ■■
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.
f
Former Head of Schools In
Griffin Loses Mother
And Father.
News of the deaths at McCul
lers, N. C., of the father and
mother of Prof. J. A. Jones, for
- mer superintendent of the Grifffin
schools, was received today:
At the close of his father’s fun
eral his mother was stricken with
paralysis and died within a few
days.
Superintendent Here 13 Years
Prof. Jones was superintendent
bf the Griffin public school system
t&V thirteen years. He resigned
last year to take a year’s vaca
tion. He still continues his resi
dence here and left the city only
a few weeks ago. Hundreds of
friends will regret to hear of his
great sorrow.
Writes News of Bereavement
“The Christmas season has been
one of greatest sorrow and deep
est grief to me on account of my
sad bereavement, J* said Prof.
ones, in a letter to The News. “I
want my Griffin friends to know
.about it, for I feel sure of their
sympathy and their prayers in
this hour of trial.
' << Father died Sunday night, De
cember 14, and at the close of his
funeral Tuesday mother was
stricken with paralysis and never
was conscious. She passed
away the next Sunday night, just
one week after father’s death.
This double affliction was .almost
unbearable and the fact that
there had never before been a
death in the family made it all
the harded to bear.
“I am glad that I took this
year off, for it has enabled me
to be with my dear parents dur
ing their last days and watch by
their bedside in their last mo
ments.”
GIRLS' SERVICE CLUB
WILL GIVE PROGRAM
AT BAPTIST COTTAGE
The Girls’ Service Club will
have a specia Njjrogram, “Follow
ing the Star,” at the’ Baptist j Cot
tage tomorrow night at 7 o’clock,
to which the public is invited to
attend.
The College Group, composed of
the college girls in the club, will
have charge of the program, with
Miss Emory Drake as leader.
The program follows:
Five Roads Leading to the Star.
1. The Bible Road—Douglas
Montgomery.
2. The Prayer Road—Maggie
Holman.
3. The Service Road—Gwendo
lyn Williams.
4. The Smile Road—Julia
Woodruff.
5. The Faith Road—Louise
Carver.
Solo—Louise Kesler.
Steve Wallace spent Monday
with friends in Covington.
Chicago’s Prettiest Girl Is Saved
From Potter’s Field by Blind Woman
Chicago, Dec. 29,—Angelita
Cuccinello, recently picked by Ru
dolph Valentino from among 10,
000 contestants as Chicago’s pret
tiest girl, was saved from burial
in Potter’s field last night when
Mrs. Daniel J. McGarity, blind
wife, paid a debt of gratitude by
providing a fine coffin heaped with
flowers.
Otherwise poor, Angelita was
TOKIO FEELS EARTHQUAKE
Tokio, Dec. 29.—(By the Asso
ciated Press.)—Earthquake? of
average intensity were felt aver- in
Tokio tonight. The shocks’
age duration was twenty seconds.
DID THIS WILL BRING ABOUT DEATH OF
ORPHAN MILLIONAIRE ON WEDDING EVE
III THE NAME OF OOD. JJtER.
I, WILLIAM McCLlNTOCK, being of sound and
disposing mind and aonory. do aaxo, publish and
declare this my last Will and Testeaont ■¥fr\
First. I de&iro that aU ay debts, IF any thera ba,
shall be paid out of the first funds available fop
such purpose and at the earliest’ possible aoaent oon
sistent with the proper conservation of ay estate*
Second, i give and bequeath to Nr aff ianood OOUitit^ wtfo,
ISABELLE POP®, the sum of EIGHT THOUSAMD
(98,000.00) per annua for the of tar* the of tore her lif#« hod • I,
make this bequest as a token
affsotion I have for her, and as a propor proteotio*
fob her until such time as our marriage shall be *
consummated. The arranging fori and the manner the' ff
asking the payments of this bequaet, X leave to
discretion of ay Executor hereinafter n eaed.
Third.- I give, devise and bequeath to ay footer
father, WILLIAM P. SHEPHERD, ell the rest sod
residue of ay property of vhatsodvor dosoriptKwi
both real and personal, of shioh I may die possessed*
or to which I may bo entitled. X make this bequest
for the benefit of ay foster parents sis a token or
ay V>V% and aff cotton ror then, and as a 'nark of
appreciation me,'during of the years of ear# that they have
given which time they have in nil
ne A bean all that parents could bo to at. J, do
not male s special, bequest t.o ay beloved, foster,'* that’
mother, JULIE M. SHEPHERD, khowltfg full veil
through this bsquest she viu’obtain all the
benefits thereof without the worry and ears
‘ i* nl to.possession of itself.
the property m
WILLIAM fourth i . X novo and appoint ay foWtor father.
D. SHEPHERD to bo the Executor of this ay *
last Kill and Testament! carrying'out imposing on hia the
saerSd duty of ay wishes and dwsiro*
in tho bequests above mentioned.
54S
Tbs above <tocua*nt, idenWisd consisting of two'pesos
,>ir * Praporly fry the testator's
signature on tho margin of each, was. oil this th*
w!*rT McCLlNTOCK twtapv ****** ****• *w!*rtd by WILLIAM WflrSQM
to bo hie last »m and in
our, prssshee, who in his prssenos, and in the
aontionsd »» witnesses to his signature ^ ^ to tho ebovo
Will, -
• 4
1
PILED
William D. Shepherd (at top), U. wife, and (below) William MeCIlatock; and « reproduction the w0 »
in.whicfc Mctfi4todCiPJ^a*>^ SfcevfcenL
STORY OF FDRCED
1 OF HEAT
James Curtiss Leaves Atlanta
Hospital But Has Not
Returned Home.
The condition of James L. Cut
tiss, 33, of this city, who on Fri
day was reported seriously injured
at the Grady Hospital in Atlanta,
from alcoholic burns, was improv
ed late Saturday to such a degree
that he left the hospital, but he
has not yet returned to his home
here at 336 North Eighth street.
Curtiss, who at first told doc
tors he was held and that eight
cans of hot “canned” heat were
poured down his throat by two
unknown robbers, later declared'
he was not responsible far the
first statement, because of the ef
fects of the alcohol extracted from
the canned heat and used as a
beverage by him.
“I was robbed .while under the
influence of the drink, which I di
luted with water,” Curtiss is quot
ed as saying Saturday morning
“I had drunk the extract before
and it never hurt me. The rob
bers took about 911 in money and
all my clothing.”
Curtiss is a painter by trade
and an overseas soldier in the
late war. He resides here with
his wife and two children.
Washington, Dec. 29.—(By the
Associated Press.) — Secretary
Weeks approved today the plan
for the reward of the army world
fliers, which would advance Cap
tain Lowell H. Smith 1,000 files
on the promotion list and Lieuten
ants Wade Nelson and Arnold 500
files each.
Weeks explained that the pro
posed advancement was the great
est ever given in peace time and
comparable to the promotion giv
en General Pershing in the time
of war.
Sergeants Ogden and Harding,
lieutenants in the reserve corps,
would be appointed officers in the
regular army in reserve grades.
108 PERSONS BURN, 7
50 HOMES RAZED,
IN TOKIO BLAZE
Tokio, Dec. 29.—A fire in a pri
vate institution for the insane
here latel sat night is feared to
have resulted in a serious loss of
life. Out of 343 persons reported
inmates of the institution, 108 are
declared to be missing. Thirteen
bodies had been recovered today.
Fifty other residences in the vi
cinity of the asylum were burned
before the flames were subdued.
CHEMIST, HEIR TO FOSTER SON'S FORTUNE, INDIG
NANTLY DENIES ACCUSATIONS OF FOUL PLAY
TO KEEP LEGACY FROM BRIDE.
Chicago, Dec. 29.—-(By the
Associate^ Press.) — While
state's attorneys awaited furth
fer reports of the doctors who
examined the exhumed body
of William Nelson McClintock,
the “millionaire orphan,” Wil
liam D. Shepherd, the foster
father and chief heir of the
dead youth, made plans for a
legal vindication and the ulti
mate disposal of the fortune.
He said that he would seek in
dictment of his "traducers.”
By Central Press
Chicago, Dec. 29.—Was William
Nelson McClintock, orphan mil
lionaire, murdered ? Police are
seeking an answer to the ques
tion.
When McClintock, who came in
to possession of his millions in
April, when he attained his major
ity, died after he had obtained a
license to wed Miss Isabella Pope,
the doctor diagnosed the illness
as typhoid fever. The body was
buried and the case seemingly
closed.
The will he left behind, drawn
up by W- D. Shepherd, his foster
father, left the estate, estimated
at between $2,000,000 and $3,000,
000 to Shepherd. In the document
there is a clause giving Miss Pope
an annuity of $8,000, but no pro
vision is made for a trust fund to
make this annual payment.
Seven cousins began a contest.
Somebody whispered that omnious
word, poison! Police began to
be interested.
Had the marriage, for which
Miss Pope had th4 license and was
prepared to consummate in Mc
Clintock’a sickroom, been perform
ed, she would receive, even in the
absence of a will, all personal
property and onc-half of the es
tate, about $600,000 in all. The
remainder would have gone to Mc
Clintock’s cousins. Shepherd would
would have received nothing.
Shepherd in Spotlight.
The latter is in the center of
the spotlight in the present inves-
called by her friends rich in a
sunny voice. That she lavished on
the blind woman who needed sun
ny voices.
Three days ago Angelita was
killed by a motor truck as she
stepped into the street to board
a street car to return to work
from which she long had been ab
sent because of illness.
Old friends seemed to have for
gotten but Angelita was remem
bered when a Christmas card she
had mailed Mrs. McGarity just
before she died was received yes
terday.
—- Mrs. McGarity’s effort to find
Angelita led her to the morgue
where for three days the body
had lain unclaimed.
\
— •— "■ '* * ............. 1 1 i " 1 ' 1
.. ...........■■■ ■• -
GRIFFIN, GA.. MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1924.
tigation. Shepherd first came in
to the circle cast by the ill-star
red McClintock fortune in 1907 af
ter the death of William McClin
tock, the father, in an automobile
accident.
The romance of Mr. and Mrs.
Shepherd was a pattern for- the
one Isabelle Pope planned for her
self and dying fiance. For Shep
herd was ill and it was feared
would die when he and his wife
were married in Kansas.
Mrs. Shepherd, who lived in
Salina, Kan., had met Mrs. Mc
Clintock when the latter was a
college student. When Mrs. Mc
Clintock and her husband moved
to Chicago the two women kept
up an acquaintanceship. It was
not long after that the drug bus
iness conducted by Mrs. Shep
herd’s father ran into financial
trouble and carried Shepherd, a
partner, with it.
After the failure of the drug
business Shepherd went to Texas.
Mrs. Shepherd went to Indianap
olis, to the home of her husband.
Passing through Chicago, she saw
Mrs. McClintock. Two weeks
later she came to visit Mrs. Mc
Clintock. The visit brought an in
vitation to remain.
A Weakly Child.
Shepherd was sent for. The
friendship between the widow and
the two who had come into her
home grew quickly. Shepherd, it
was said, began more and more to
be given charge of the family af
fairs. I
Then Mrs. McClintock died in
1909. Mrs. Shepherd, with Alex
ander F. Reichman, an attorney,
were made co-guardian of the 6
year old child, Billy.
The boy was a weakly child, al
though he grew stronger as he
became older. His “foster par
ents” saw to it that he had medi
cal care. Several times he was
taken to laboratories by Shepherd
that he might be examined.
Last April McClintock came of
age and released his guardians.
It was then he made the will
which gives the bulk of the es
tate to Shepherd.
=- ---------
6-STORY FALL FATAL
TO GRANDDAUGHTER
OF GENERAL GRANT
Safi Francisco, Dec. 29.—(By
the Associated Press)—-Mrs. Fan
ny G. Purdy, 34, daughter of U.
S. Grant, San Diego capitalist,
and grand-daughter of General
Grant, former president, fell or
leaped to her death yesterday
from the sixth floor of the St.
Francis hospital here, where she
was a patient.
MW CASE 1Y
STILL AT ODDS
1 FOURTH DAY
Loa Angeles. Dec. 29.—
(By the Associated Press.) —
The jury of nine women and
three men which since last Fri
day has been deliberating the
case of Kid McCoy, former
pugilist, charged with the mur
der of Mrs. Theresa Mors last
August, spent the third night
under lock and key at their
hotel, after the foreman re
ported to the court that the
jurors stood 10 to 2. No state
ment was made as to the divi
sion.
NEW BOOKS AT
A number of new books have
been received at the Hawke’B Li
brary the last few days. These
books are the latest out, and the
list contains both fiction for
grown people and interesting sto
ries for children.
npa. rite g List t-x n. roiiBws n________ * _ .
The Divine Lady, Barrington.
Priceless Pearl, Miller.
Time Worn Town, Fletchkr.
The Clouded Pearl, Ruck.
The Green Hat, Arlen.
Hopalong Cassidy Returns, Mul
ford.
The White Monkey, Galsworthy.
The Devonshers, Willsie.
Porto Bello Gold, Smith.
Prellil Girl, Wells.
Redcliffs, Phillpot.
The Passionate Quest, Oppen
heim.
Masquerading Mary, Sampson.
Saint Martin’s Summer, Ejabati
ni.
The Little French Girl, Sedg
wick.
J U. S. PAYS $117,175,741
J IN YEAR FOR COSMETICS
s.
r
The nation spent more than
$117,175,741 for its perfumes,
cosmetics and toilet preparations
last year, figures made public re
cently by the census bureau show
ing an increase over 1921 of ap
proximately $26,000,000. The total
in that year was $90,756,063.
The figures revealed that $425,-
102,073 was spent in 1923 for
d rugg ists' preparations pf all
kinds, including cosmetics, patent
medicines and compounds, as com-
TRAFFIC HALTED
ON MISSISSIPPI
BY ICE FLOES
i
Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 29 .—(By
the Associated Press.) —River
traffic as far south as Helena,
Ark., was suspended today as a
result of ice floes which blocked
the Mississippi and forced a doz
en packets and other craft to the
banks. ,
Dispatches to steam boat oper
ators reported that the river was
virtually frozen between Cape Gi
rardeau and Hannibal, Mo.
[ talks BY WIRELESS
j PHONE TO ENGLAND j
v
Atlantic, Mass., Dec. 29.—What
is believed to be the first two-way
wireless telephone communication
between amateurs in England and
the United States occurred when
Sheldon S. Heap, amateur radio
operator here,, communicated with
and heard B. B. Clapp, Warwick
Road, Coulsdon, County CurAy,
England, it became known today.
The work was done on compara
tively low wave lengths in the
neighborhood of 100 meters, Mr.
Heap said. The English station
used more power than the Amer
ican, sending on 1,000 watts, as
compared with slightly more than
450 employed here.
The signals were received with
such strength that the phones
coudl be placed on the operating
table and copied perfectly, Mr.
Heap said.
TRINITY COLLEGE’S NAME
NOW DUKE UNIVERSITY
Dutham, N. C., Dec. 29.—(By
the Associated Press.)—The board
of trustees of trinity College to
day voted unanimously to change
the name of the college to Duke
University, thereby enabling it to
receive the benefits of the recent
endowment of Jas. B. Duke, mil
lionaire power and tobacco mag
nate.
Mrs. Ralph Jones spent Mon
day with friends in Macon.
Divorce is Rarely End to Love,
Wife’s -
Affection Lasts, Says Judge
V_t,
San Francisco, Dec. 29.—Di
vorce does not necessarily mean
that husband and wife have ceas
ed to love each other; in fact the
contrary often is true, in the
opinion of Judge Thomas F. Gra
ham, known locally as the great
reconciler.
Judge Graham has been hearing
divorce cases for ,24 years.
ti It has been my experience,” he
said recently, “that love is not al
ways dead when a woman sues
for divorce. I believe that 99
per cent of the women who get
divorces leave the court room with
heavy hearts. They Jove the men
they have divorced.
“I believe that when a
once loves a man she never
VOL. 5%. m, ,
M
f
FI TO 3 ■
Tex., With $100,000
Conflagration, Latest Victim Sag
Denison, Texas, Doc. 29.—(By
the Associated Press)—Fire, be
lievod to have been started by
robbers, destroyed nine buildings
at Pottsboro, near here, early to
day, with an estimated loss of
9100,000.
Overturned safes in some of the m
burned structures indicated that
they had been looted.
$
The robbery and fire resembled
the work of the men who recently
looted banks and business houses
at Valley View and Paradise, Tex
as.
In each case, the business dis
trict was fired late at night after
the^safea were blown, the robbers
escaping.
WOMAN. 100, BURNS TO
DEATH AND MAN, 95,
COMMITS SUICIDE
Philadelphia, Dec. 29,—A cente
narian vii $ burned to death and a
nonegenarlan committed suicide
here yesterday.
-
McKIBBEN GIVES BOND
T. J. McKibben, cigar manufac- ;
turer of Vaughn, against whom a
peace warrant was issued Christ
mas day by his son, Roy, and who
ia alleged to have snapped a
shotgun at Sheriff Freeman when
he went to make the arrest, was
released under $100 bond today
action «
pared with $341,472,204 in 1921.
The manufacturing census is tak
en every two years a/. the fig
ures represent the wholesale
prices of the goods.
X
Market Reports
(Over Parsley, Slaton Sc €•.*•
Private Wire.) #
New York Cotton
open. Close. Prev.
Close.
Jan. J24.48J2A43J24.32
May Mch. J25.40J25.14J25.06 J24.90J24.82J 24.72
.
Jul. J25.40j25.24j25.17
Griffin Spot Cotton \
Good middling—24.00.
Strict middling—28.75
Middling—23.50 r A
(WEATHER FORECAST
V—---
More rough weather.
Griffin is experiencing another
cold, drizzly day today. ■
And rain is predicted for Geor
gia tonight and tomorrow.
Somewhat warmer weather is
scheduled for tonight.
Temperature for the twenty
four hours ending at noon today:
Maximum
Minimum 32
Mean _____ -----38
to love, even though she may tes- * ik
tify bitterly against her husband,
"A man does not have the pow
er of expression of love that a
woman has. Yet that .love is
there and it endures.”
The judge expressed pity for
the wife “who sUys at home
nights waiting for her husband to
come home for dinner and he does
not come until the dinner is cold;
spoiled, in the opinion of the wife. .
And .there never was a wife who
did not take pride in the dinners
she prepared for her husband,
The tardy husband inflieta a form
of cruelty on his wife that causes
her more suffering than the lash
a whip. She has a good ground
for divorce."