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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 V, 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 (TELEGRAPH! bulletins l 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) 11 mt II ft :'y m ■>: " c M 1 : I; I i&i L. if* ' ■ • - /.. ■ 1 j::# 'MM L 6 8* 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 i 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 ... 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.