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GRIFFIN DALY N RWS
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.
ELECTED HEAD OF
Travis, PrAidents; Hawkins, Norman,
Vice Bill Beck
Secretary.
P. M. Cleveland, who for the
past six months has been a vice
president of the Exchange Club,
was elected president at its meet
ing today. He succeeds Dr. Leon
M. Latimer.
OtheT Officers.
Three vice presidents, a secre
tary and treasurer, and three
members of the board of control
were also elected. William H.
Beck, Jr., who has been secretary
of the club since its organization,
was re-elected; E. P. Travis was
elected first vice president; Dr. T.
I. Hawkins, second vice president;
and W. W. Norman, third vice
president.
S. H. Wilson, F. M. Gaissert
and C. R. Walker were elected
members of the board of control
for a period of 12 months. Other
officers elected were elected for a
period of six months,
Mr. Cleveland was one of the
original ten members of the club.
New Member.
W. H. Bolton, coal and wood
dealer, was present for the first
time. He was introduced to the
club by Dr. Latimer and respond
ed in a few words, pledging—his
support to the club.
J. P. Manley, county school su
perintendent; L. M. Lester, su
perintendent of the Griffin school
system, and Roy S. Wood, repre
sentative elect from Spalding
county, were present and present
ed to the club a discussion of a
proposal to consolidate the school
systems of the county and city.
Each spoke briefly and the matter
was then thrown open for a gen
be installed at the next meeting of
fflMM
Great success was made in the
handling of Christmas mail by the
local postoffice, said Postmaster
Williams today with regard to the
holiday business.
Indications are that the Christ
mas business this season was the
largest in several years.
Monday and Tuesday were rec
ord days, the largest business in
the history of the postoffice here
being transacted.
A tabulation of figures will be
made within the next few days
of the amount of business done in
For Mother >
i To Come and Tell Her Own Name
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Chicago, Dec. 30.—“Charlotte, ft
the girl of mystery, is the most
intriguing personality mental spe
cialists and hospital authorities
have ever encountered.
Well educated, well dressed,
wearing a diamond ring, possess
ed of more than ordinary beau
ty, “Charlotte” dropped into the
heart of Chicago on the evening
of November 19 not knowing who
she is or where she came from.
Day in and day out the girl
prays that her mother may find
Tier.
Hysterical.
On the evening of November 19
she was found in a state of hys
terical collapse in the union sta
.
tion. For days she seemed obsess
ed by terror.
People from all parts of Chica
go and other cities have visited
the hospital, but no one could
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U. S. TO PROTEST
BAN ON SPUDS
Washington, Dec. 30.—(By
the Associated Press.)—The
American embassy in London
has been instructed to make
representations to the British
government against the order
prohibiting the importation of
American potatoes in England
Wales on account of the pota
to bug.
ROB BANK WHILE
SHERIFF GUARDS IT
Chandler, Okla., Dec. 30.—
(By the Associated Press.) —
While a Lincoln county sher J
iff s force guarded the banks
at St. Roud, having been tip
ped off that there would be a
robbery there, four men today
robbed the bank here and es
caped with an undetermined
amount of loot.
NEW BOATS FOR
RUM PATROL.
Washington, Dec. 30.— (By
the Associated Press.)—The
coast guard today opened bids
for the construction of a max
imum of ten new hundred foot
steel patrol boats for a fleet of
rum vessels.
CAL WILL APPROVE
REWARD FOR FLIERS.
Washington, Dec. 30.—(By
the Associa ted Press.) —P resi
dent Coolidge will approve the
plan rewarding the army world
fliers as drafted by the general
staff and endorsed by Secre
tary Weeks, although he had
hoped that the plan might pro
vide more generous treatment
for the aviators.
lAi CYPCPT I 1 I OC FI LLltU I/O
LU LU
. ..... WILL . BE PRESENT it
AT IT ANNUAL 11|||| | I | rrTA FEED
All arrangements have been
completed for the annual turkey
dinner of the Elks Wednesday
night at 7 o’clock.
The committee arranging the
supper is composed of E. M.
Flynt, J. S. Tyus, Frank Mays,
James Freeman and Frank Smith.
Ben Bolton will prepare and
serve the dinner.
Eight turkeys have been se
cured and a full course dinner will
be served.
These annual affairs are always
looked forward to by the Elks,
bringing them together each year
in celebration of the holidays.
It is expected that about 125
persons will be seated around the
banquet board, including members
of the lodge and visiting Elks.
the various departments of the
postoffice.
identify her.
The girl insists her name is
Norris and that her father is an
editor on a New York paper, but
this has been disproved.
She weighs 120 pounds, is 5
feet 4 inches* tall, with light
brown hair and large gray-blue
eyes.
She speaks with a suggestion of
drawl, which hints of the East
or South.
Educated.
She reads Spanish easily, knows
Latin and Greek and says she re
members Wall street, the stock
exchange and Coney Island,
She says her family included
father, mother, a brother two
years older than herself and a
young sister.
She was attending some univer
sity and taking a course in medi
cine.
GRIFFIN, GA.. TUESDAY. DECEMBER, 30. 1924.
Over $130,000>000 Given Away, for Worthy Causes in t92i)
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The year of 1924 will go down in history as notable for many things. One of these will te
the generosity of the philanthropists of the country who hare donated or bequeathed a total of
over $130,000,000 in the past 12 months. The largest single monetary contribution to the common.
weal was that of James B. Duke, millionaire tobacco and power magnate, who recently gave $40,
000,000 in the form of a trust fund for charitable and educational purposes. Above are some of the
philanthropists who made notable contributions during the year. Top row, Jeft to right, James B
Duke, J. P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller. Lower row, George F Baker, George Eaatman | jdra>
tfacob Wesley Wilbur and William Boyea Thompson.
PREDICTS $15,000,000 TOBACCO
CROP FOR GEORGIA IN 1925
Athens, Ga., Dec. 30.—Georgia’s
1925 tobacco crop will exceed 75,
000,000 pounds and will have an
approximate value of $15,000,000,
more than doubling the record
breaking production of 1924, it
was predicted Monday night by E.
C. Westbrook, farm management
and tobacco expert at the State
College o# Agriculture at Athens. i
Mr. Westbrook, foreseeing even
beyond 1925 and according Geor
gia the ultimate leadership in to
bacco production, based his con
victions largely upon the rapid j
education of Georgia’s farmers
in correct methods of raising and
marketing increasing crops.
He also pointed to the superior
tobacco soil of Georgia in making
his estimate, which, he declared,
might prove conservative.
Explains 1923 Prices.
Mr. Westbrook also explained
why the price of tobacco in
Georgia in 1923 was less than the
average received elsewhere.
u Among the reasons for that
dissatisfying price,” he said, “were
use of a poor seed, inadequate
supply of good plants, late set-
PERJURY WARRANT
I8SUED AGAINST
JOE JACKSON
Milwaukee, Wis.,Dec. 30.~A
warrant charging perjury was is
lued yesterday against Joe Jack
ion, former member of the Chica
go Americans and now outlawed
from professional baseball with
several of his teammates. The
charge is an outgrowth of testi
mony given in connection with his
civil suit to recover back salary
from the club.
The warrant will be served on
Jackson who is now in Georgia
and was issued to obtain proper
jurisdiction in charges made by
Judge J. J. Gregory, trial judge
in Jackson’s suit.
MASQUERADE BALL
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
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A masquerade ball will be held
at the Country Club Wednesday
night from 9:30 to 1 o'clock, the
Griffin Serenaders furnishing the
music. Prises will be given for
■the most attractive costume.
This is the final dance of the
holiday season in Griffin.
ting, improper fertilization and
others which can be entirely elim
inated with education of produc
ers .
An unusual situation arose in
1924 also, in the fact that the
new planter had more success
with his crop than the farmer
who had been raising tobatJCo fdr
several years. This was due to
the fact that he was afraid to do
anything that was not exactly
right. 4 * As a result his crop and
acreage were better, for in rais
ing tobacco, hap-hazat'd, hit-and
miss methods must be discarded at
the outset if success is to be
achieved.”
Farmers’ Conference Called.
Farmers of the state will meet
at the college of agriculture at
a tobacco conference set for late
in January, Mr. Westbrook also
announced. Farmers, tobacco
demonstrators, business men and
tobacco specialists will be pres
ent, he said, to map the route for
the greatest tobacco crop yet rais
ed in Georgia.
In. 1924 30,000,000 pounds of
tobacco were harvested in Georgia
and sold for about $6,000,000.
TOBACCO ACREAGE SIGNED
UP NEAR BAINBRIDGE
Bainbridge, Ga., Dec. 30.—Two
-thousand acres of bright leaf to
bacco.......have been signed jjp for
1925, according to L. C. Bush, sec
retary of the Bainbridge-Decatur
County Board of Trade.
The acreage covers a territory
of five counties, and is a fine gain
over the three or four hundred
acres planted in this section last
year. More acreage will be signed
up within a few days among farm
ers of this county when they have
settled on larger farms and have
estimated their planting for the
new year.
Seed-beds are planted and many
new curing barns are being
erected.
4 YOUNG DAUGHTERS
BURN TO DEATH
Haxton, Colo., Dec. 30.— 1 Tfie
four young daughters of Mr. and
Mrs. A. B. Stauffer, ranchers, liv
ing near here, were burned to
death in their homo last night
Two others, a boy and an infant,
were saved.
LDERS OF
19 MEET MONDAY
The annual meeting of the Grif
fin and Spalding County Fair As
sociation will be held Monday,
January 5, at 2- o'clock, at the
Chamber of Commerce.
Notices to this effect were mail
ed out by Secretary Montgomery
this morning.
At this meeting reports of the
fair held last fall will be made
and the question decided as to
whether another fair will be held
in 1925.
While the fair last fall was not
the financial success that some of
the previous fairs have been, it is
stated that the officials did not
lose anything, and otherwise, it
was one of the best fairs held in
several years.
Secretary Montgomery urges all
the stockholders to be on hand at
the meeting.
AIR PILOT SAVED MAIL
BEFORE DEATH PLUNGE
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 30,—Before
Air Mail Pilot Clarence Gilbert
leaped to his death from his plane
over Kaneville, 111., he pulled the
electric switches in the ship and
5a ved'Tils cargo of maTf /rom
.structlon, Carl F. Eggo, general
superintendent of the Air Mail
Service, declared today, after he
received reports of investigators
into the crash.
VETERANS’ BUREAU TO
BUILD 5 HOSPITALS
Washington, Dec. 30.—Cdnscruc
t’.on of five hospitals for World
War veterans, completion of one
and purchase of another will be
undertaken shortly by the Vete
rans’ Bureau with funds recently
made available by congress. A
national training school for the
blind will also be built.
( WEATHER F0RECA8T ]
For Georgia: Rain tonight and
Wednesday, not much change
temperature.
Temperature for 24 houra
at noon Tuesday:
Maximum
Minimum
Mean
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COUNTESS, ALTHOUGH
ROBBED HERE, UKES
THE UNITED STATES
New York, Dec. 30.—The Count
ess di Robilant, who was held up
and robbed of jewels and cash
amounting to $60,000 here on De
cember 17, has sailed for Europe.
Her daughter, the Countess
Irene di Robilant, said that her
mother blamed no one for the
robbery and that she “was most
favorably impressed by America
during her short stay. )»
IE ON VESSR
IS BATTLED AE
Scantily Clad Passengers Take
To Life Boats To Avoid
Explosion.
Los Angles, Dec. 30__(By the
Associated Press).—The fire which
broke out aboard the Japanese
steamer, Gi'nyo Maru, late last
night forced 79 passengers and
most of the vessel’s crew of 103
to take to the life boats, is still
being battled early today by a
squad of 30 men, according to
radio advices received here by the
Federal Telegraph Company from
the freighter Julia Luckenbach,
which responded to the burning
ship’s distress calls and picked up
the occupants of the life boats.
5 Remain Aboard
Earlier reports radiocast from
the burning ship said that only
five members of the crew re
mained aboard and the word that
30 are fighting the fire would in
dicate that members of the crew
had returned from the life boats.
One report said that most of
the passengers were scantically
clad and forced to take to the
small boats and remain exposed
to the elements until rescued
The Ginyo was north and east
of Acapulco, Mexico.
Explosion Expected
The fire broke through the
hatch where the hold was loaded
with nitrate and an explosion was
expected momentarily.
Come quick,” was the urgent
message picked up by the Lucken
bach and by the time the vessel
got under way to the rescue, the
life boats had been launched and
those threatened by exposure safe
ly away.
PIKE COUNTY MAN
LIKES
C. L. Reese, of Pike
called Tuesday to renew for
semi-weekly News, ‘I got the
notice that my time was
out and did not want to miss a
copy. The people of my
borhood like the paper and
of them are subscribers now
many others say they are
to subscribe. Just keep up the
Uck ‘ you hitting,”
t Carries Mail 41,184 Miles
In 22 Years at $13 a Month
Berwick, Dec. 30.—Bert Noss,
who carries mail manages to smile
in spite of the fact that he is com
pelled to work early and late to
handle mail and that at the end
of the month he will receive only
$13, his monthly wage.
Bert has been carrying the mail
for twenty-two years and has
missed but once, and then the
snow and ice made it impossible
for him to get to the train in
time.
During all of those years he has
never received more than $13 a
month, but through the kindness
of friends he is never in want and
haa a small bank account.
Philosophical
Bert is philosophical over hie
salary and admits that he doesn’t
like to ‘ask for a raise for fear he
might not have any job at all.
Twelve dollars of his monthly
VOL. 53—No. 158
SPALDING GIRLS
HAVE ONE MORE
CHANCE IN 1924
Wednesday b Last Day of
Leap Year—Fewer Mar
riages Than in 1923.
Listen, gals!
Leap Year is nearly spent.
After today and tomorrow are
gone, there will be no more Leap
Year for four long years.
If Leap Year present# the one
big chance for you to nab a man
and you have not already realised
the opportunity, you had better
htirry.
That man may be too bashful
to propose to you next year.
Fewer Marriages
Despite the fact that this is
Leap Year, there have been fewer
marriages in Spalding county than
last year or the year previous.
According to the records of
Ordinary D. R. Cumming, mar
riage licenses have been issued to
598 persons in Spalding county
this year. Of this total 280 were
to white couples and 318 to ne
groes.
Last year marriage licenses
were issued to 193 white couples
and 166 negro couples, making a
total of 359 licenses, or to 718
persons.
Sixty more marriage licenses
were t herefore issued in 1923 than
in 1924, with today and tomorrow
to hear from.
Office Open Tomorrow.
The ordinary's office will be
kept open today and tomonftw
and Ordinary Cummings will be
ready to receive applications for
marriage licenses from any spin
sters who will first get the man.
But then, five days remain be
fore you can get married.
MOBILE POLICE
PISTOL BATTLE ■
Mobile, Ala., Dec. 30.—(By the
Associated Press.)—An unidenti
fied man, believed to be the ban
dit who robbed^, a bank in New
Orleans of $13,00 (a Christmas eve
and killed" a policeman, was shot
and killed in a pistol battle at the
station this morning after se
riously wounding two Mobile po
liceman.
New Orleans officials are en
route here to make an effort to
identify the man.
His body had over $2,000 and
two pistols.
A notebook in his pocket bears
the name of W. E. Wright and
said he had killed Thomas Griffin,
of Des Moines, and that two men
convicted of the crime were in
now,
wage goes for board and the other
dollar usually finds its wsy into
bank, along with money friendi
give him from time to time.
His clothing also Is provided by
friends, although sometimes the
provision is not all it might be.
There have been times when he
has worn heavy winter clothes in
the summer-time and* has faced
winter’s icy blasts with a linen
duster for an overcoat.
Bert makes four round trips a
day and doesn’t mind it, although
he believes he would fare better
if he were paid on the mileage
basis. •
Private Contract
Uncle Sam is not Bert’s task
master. A man named Ecroth has
the contract for hauling the mail
and he employs Bert. A more
faithful servant can be found no
where, Postmaster Bowen declares.