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Meeting Feature for Armistice
Day Celebration In Griffin Wednesday
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The federal Council of, Citizen
ship Training of the U. S. Bu
^au of Education has prepared
a community score card, designed
for the purpose of directing the
attention of Communities to the
important factors in their organi
zation and maintenance, and for
a measuring stick by which they
can rate themselves with refer
ence to other communities.
The score card has ben ar
ranged under five heads:
1. Mental development.
2. Health and physical develop
ment.
3. Vocational development.
4. Patriotic development.
*>. Social amt moral develop*
ment.
To each of these, divisions a
maximum score of 100 has been
assigned, making a total rating
of 500.
In order to lay a foundation for
constructive work in the future, it i
js necessary to know the present I
standing. The score after
tion should show both the good !
ami bad features that exist in the |
present status. high! I
The civics class of the
school has taken the scoring of -
Griffin as one of its projects for,
the year. It is the purpose of this
•score to arouse an interest in
citizenship training and in the
knowledge of the existing condi- j
J tions in Griffin and promote act
tion in remedying the evils
may be found to exist. expect-1 !
The freshman class is
ing the cooperation of the
ials and citizens of Griffin in the !
making of this score. The scor ,
on health and development wi’l
be started this week.
Let’s unite to make Griffin |
better,” is the slogan of the class. I
AIITO FAKES AND !
LEVIES ■
repeal mn^Tth' nov,,o. 16 ,ap,- d
a "
peal of of many of the special ex
™ e l«vi«s w., VOW today by th.
°UndevT a mmuST™ pro ision approved “"""'.“f by
J a lewT^U Jf \ W “kT “ Ch h’l ^ WTi ^ i ting
W W / hl ’ e !
per per cent cent In instead t 8 o* five r per cent
and levy on automobile trucks, |
wagons tires and accessories
would be wiped out.
The tax on all grades of cigars
was reduced and the levy on
coho! was cut in hall.
An Attempt To
Assassinate King ,
Rumania Stopped
Vienna, Nov. 10. '(AP)—A com
munist attempt to assassinate the
King of Rumania has been thwart
ed. Lying in wait at a country
inn for th3 King to return
hunting, a band • of communists
was captured bj r troops after
pulsing the Gendarmes with re
volvers and hand grenades
day. Advices today from Galatz,
Rumania, describe the affair. One
sofdier and one gendarme were
wounded.
WARM-BLOODED EXECUTION ff
FOR HOPELESS CRIPPLE IS
FAVORED . _______ BY CHURCH
Denver, Col., Nov, 10. (AP)—
The board of directors of a Den
ver, church have officially voted
in favor of a warm blooded”
exccution for Barney Haughey,
attorney and politician, who ii
suffering from a malignant dis 1
ease, providing Haughey wai
found to be incurable and desir*
ous of dying and a way can
found to take such action ItmHff
GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
Northern Methodist
Church Votes For
Unification
Chicago, Nov. 10. (At > -The
Northern Methodist efitmn lias
voted for unification with the
Southern Methodists. A vote has
been under way for months find
passage by the constitutional :na
jority necessary was announced
^°^ay as 16,135 for an.i 511
a ^ inst Southern Method are
still voting, with the result: ;rj
doubt.
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By BILL TYUa
Griffin High will not play any
game Friday, but will be ready for
Marist College from Atlanta FrU
day week. There are several rea
sons why we will not nlay Friday.
The two outstanding ones are in
juries and failure in studies by
several P Ia y ers - Coach White
wants to srlve these b; W s a chancs
stud v and let their injuries
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beal , ?0 as to be ln the best of
or * n Marist. ,
of / a ? th f. bem reaaon education » on week. account The
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authorlties have aske<1 us not to
llav f " ga ™ e b rlday as !t wou!d
conflict with a special . program.
to D3 held in chapel. oS it has
been decided that we will not
ba ' e a f> ame Friday, but
had better look out if she thinks
ba ^ ^ b ’ s means a cinch for them,
Gri ff m High has not had a suc
cessful this year in re
sard to victories, but tze have
gained lots of experience and any
school who wants a hard game
in her schedule should sign us up.
We are going to do our best to
end U P the season with" a victory
over Marist and anyone wishing
to see a good game should be out
Friday week. This is the last game
of the players will play for
High and they and all the
rest are going to try to end the
season in a blaze of glory.
Coach _ . White is x,ways in . a
good humor, but Morula, morning
he came to school wreathed in
sftules. We all wondered what
happiness had come into
his life for we knew that he was
srjzz
h ° WaS the father ° f a footbaI1
man-to-be who has been named
Th.ron L** Whto. J,..
Co,ch ,h0 “ ,d bc - ,,,d l3 - rcr >'
proud of the new addition to the
family and WC COngratU ’ ate him
heartily ‘ WC PFediCt ,0r the
youn S ster ' if he is ha!f * s ^ ood a
player as his father is a coach, a
wondcrful football career and we
ll hope that he will get his pre
limi mrj training a Griffin igh.
N MASONIC LODGE
EAST THOMASTON
J. T. Waldrup and Clayton
; Brown, of Griffin, assisted in the
institution of a new Masonic
in East Thomaston Monday night,
Mr. Walrup acting as grandmas
ter and Mr. Brown acting as
grand "senior deacon. Members of
Macon Masonic Lodge, No. 5 as-
1 sisted in the institution of the
ledge. Following the installation
of two officers of the lodge a ban
was served at the hotel,
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Kell Davis, of St. Augustine,
Fla., spent the week-end with his
mother, Mrs. E. H. Davis. Mrs.
Davis accompanied him home
! Monday for a week’s visit.
BANKS WILL OBSERVE
ARMISTICE
The different banks of the
will be closed Wednesday in
servance of Arpiistice Day,
is a holiday.
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Mrs. W. W. Norman has
to Americus for a tc n days'
her sister snd brother,
n ® Mrs. Lucius McClesky.
GRIFFIN. GA.. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 10. 1925.
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The annual Red Cross Call be
gins in 'Griffin tomorow morning
at 0 o'clock and will continue for
one week, during which time it is
expected by those in charge of the
campaign that every one in the
community will renew their mem
bership or become members.
ReL Geo'-ge E. Zachary is chair
man of the Red Cross campaign
and assisting him in the drive for
memberships here will be the dif
ferent ’ woman’s organizations and
civic club of the city.
Tomorrow the United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy will be in
charge of the campaign, while on
Thursday the roll call will be con
ducted by the Woman’s Club.
Booths will be placed at the
postoffice and at Ward’s Phar
macy each day during the cam*
paign for the convenience of those
desiring to join or become mem
bers of the Red Cross.
The domonant purpose of the
Red Cross is service to humanity,
it be in Griffin, the sur
rounding communities or tU other
side of the world. It aid? the suf
fers of war, fire, floods, tornadoes
and pestilence. This great human
i ta rian organization that has a
vital place in the lives of the
people the world over is no re
spector of personi ci - eed or co ] or .
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CERTAIN. SAYS
Washington, Nov. 10. (AP)—
With both the department of jus
tice and Chief Justice Taftfavor
ing the proposal there is little
doubt that congress at the corn
ing session will create an addit
ionai l fed veaerai l judgestup • d >,• in • r ^ eor *
gia, Senator Harris, democrat, of
that state declare,! in a tele
gram sent late yesterday to Gen
eral Walter A. Harris at Macon.
Senator; Harris announced h?
would opopse the suggestion now
z r’is t
from thi state at lar ^ e instead ,,f
from the territory which the pro
noW diatrkt »U1 embrace.
liav< ' b “ n Warmed,” he said,
“that it is a movement on the
Part ° f a few -Georgia republicans
Wh ° d * n0t re8ide in the district,
hothey cou!d ^ et a PP°>rited,
but the days of the carpetbagger
In Georgia are over/,*
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FROM SOUTHERN DISTRICT
Macon, Ga., Nov. 10. (AP)—
General Walter A. Harris said last
night right that his letter to
ator W. J. Harris was a personal
inquiry as to what congress might
at thi coining session in regard
j to the proopsed new federal
[ ship in Georgia.
< * Senator Harm fT5s told the
vlu t story,” said General Har
ris.
( “Naturally the people of middle
Georgia who are asking that the
new district be created want a
judge selected from Ba«/associa- withi^i that
district. The Georgia
tion recommended, judical
1 district and has a committee ,at
work.” .
j General Harris said that he
(hoped that the effor ts of middle
| Georgians to have a judge ap
pointed from this dlistrict, ‘instead
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]of from the state at large, would
not arouse ©position to the pro
posal to create a new judical
trict, as, hesaid, the docket of the
^Southern district of Georgia has
(been overloaded for years. ,
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THE’ WEATHER
ATLANTA, Ga.. Nov. 10.—
(AP)—Forecast for Georgia:
Fair tonight and Wednesday
partly cloudy and slightly
< warmer. South Carolina, fair
tonight and Wednesday. Tenn
i j esgee, fair tohight, cloudy
warmer tomorrow. ■
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To Mr. and ; Mrs. S. H. Cobb, above, of Holdrege, Nebraska, go a
niche in that modern hall of fame reserved for couples who have
remained married for 75 years. At a dinner given by (heir towns
people on the diamond wedding anniversary of Air. and Mrs. Cobb.
35 couples who had heqn married 50 years cr more were present.
THANKSGIVING DINNER WILL
COST ABOUT $5.34; ABOUT SAME
AS LAST YEAR, DEALERS FIGURE
Turkeys for Thanksgiving Day
are very scarce, but poultry deal
rrs in the city market state that
the price will be around 45 cents
per pound. Most of the turkeys
will be furnished from interior
points in Georgia, with probably
a few “birds” from Spalding and
adjoining counties.
The Menu .
The Thanksgiving dinner this
year will cost just about the same
as last year, $5.34 to $5.84. A
very appetizing meal for the
occasion is suggested by a house
FOR I. C. T. U.
FOR FISCAL TEAS i
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The W C< T U ° r Griffin i l
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b eginninR its fiscal year under I
most . . circumstance .
auspicious ,
with a co1-ps of officers and sup- >
educated, tn^rested, |
an( t, de ligent in the fftirk. ;
^ Wilbur Brown> a worker
“ *» w. c .t.
11 work ’ cveR before commg t0
Griffin, has been elected prcsi
dent; M„. Ikon M. Lrtlmer. -
„t Griffia’s moat capable womea,
is vice-presient; Mrs. B. H.
j Connor, who has served in various
offices of the W. C. x. M . since
! its organization in Griffin, will
fce the treasurer. With Mrs. Har
l ol d Griffin secretary and Miss
as
p U Eady as superintendent
of publicity, the Union is antici-j
paring its best year.
[ I Every member and everyone in
terested is cordially invited to 1
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the initial meeting of the
year Wednesday, November 11. a’
3 o’clock at the First Method t
church.
FURRY ARMISTICE
SPEAKER IN ROME
Rome, Ga.. No.-. 10
' ni ar 'mg of „the armistice . t; < '
[November Romans, and 11, especially 1913, will the be s, too oof
^lildn:., tomorrow mormy: at
1 ! ,/chrk, beneath a f’aa: pole
to be placed in Myrtle, fl/1 c( -
| met cry, by Dr. T. W. a urry, ’■
!>“ent of Shorter o ep:e, kh a
jP* ^ranged 1 "! of an for interesting ^he day by thr program !■
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>P ost °f U 15 American Legic-,.
NEGRO STRUCK DUMB
BY LICK ON HEAD
Macon,,' Ga., Nov. 10.—5Wa
Slaughter, nEgress, 22, is at the
Macon hospital with paralyzed
'vocal chords. She is conscious, but
cannot utter a word.
Early yesterday morning a ne
gro struck the girl over the head
,withJ iiich an ax. Splinters T bone
an long were dri- en im t| her
;brajn. but she will revoccr, dec tors
sayT
I The negro ha* .rnt ben ar
sestotL
REV.’DEAN JOHNSON TO
DELIVER ORATION, FINE
PROGRAM IS ARRANGED
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The Griffin Exchange Club
l staged an Armistice Day program
at its regular meeting today.
Judge D. R. Gumming was the
principal speaker of the meeting.
Judge Gumming made a forceful
talk winding up by an appeal to
the club members to work
tiringly for the final adoption of
the League of Nations or some
similar organization that would.
make future wars impossible.
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Judge Cumming’s address was one
of the ablest and most forceful
speeches ever delivered in Griffin, i
troduced The speaker by Dr. of the Linwood day was Gable, in-1
in his best and customary elo
quent manner.
i New Members
Grady Ellington, A. C. Griffin,
J. B. Dodd, and Evander Shap
ard, 111, were introduced to the j
club as new members.
Attractive place cards with a
quotation ip keeping with educa
tion week were placed at each
members plate. (Quotations on
thqse were read by the members.
President Travis presided at the
meeting.
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' Washington, Nov. 10. (AP)—
The government’s air policies, both
a * h ome an d , n f a r-off American
J aionSj were tod
defensfi t€9timo before
the Mitchell courtmartial
Captain Robert Aldya, of the air
service, called to suport Mitchell’s
^ quoted q ^ length B frlm* the
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Ind «fd . TlatSvbich • J KlS t, . ‘the ™,.. ^itnel” Z , Z
secretary y .1 war ’ but ‘ never car ar *
i "^report . . . ’ h^ said describes
the Mtuation in the critical." s , rvice
'as “unfortunate and *»
Mrs , Rhinelander's
Council Admits
Colored Blood
White Plains, N. Y., Nov. 10.
(AP)—Counsel for Mrs. Alice
JonC!i Rhinelander, now being sued
f or annulment of her marriage to
Leonard Kip Rhinelander on the
ground of fraudulent representa
tion of her race, today admitted
in open court that their client
had “some colored biood. ft
i No More Licenses
I For Broadcasting
i Stations Requested
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1 Washington, Nov. 10. (AP)—
Recommendation that no more
censes be given broadcasting sta
tions until there had been a re
duction in the number now in
operation was made in a resolu
ticSn adopted here today by a sub
committee of the fourth annual
radio conference.
Robert Mott, who has been
spending several days in Griffin
with Mrs. Mott, who is the guest
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. Slade, haa gpne to Thomas
ville on business. Soon they will
make their hr me in Albany, where
he has been transferred by his
company.
wife as follows:
Tuikey (8 pounds) $3.60; cran
berry sauce, 20 cents; English
peas or butterbeans. 35 cents; rice
10 cents; celery, 17 cents; let
tuce, 17 cents; creamed Irish po
tatoes, 10 cents; bread or rice
pudding, 25 cents; bread or rolls,
10 centp; cauliflower, 30 cents.
If desired aple sauce can be sub
stituted for the cranberries. This
item will cost about 50 cents,
Either way, however, the cost of
the dinner will be within th6
range stated.
Walrop Conducts A
Masonic School
At Shady Dale
J.T. Waldrop has returned irom
Shady Dale, Ga., where as grand
marshal he conducted a school
of instruction in Walton Lodge
No. 200, F. & A. M. commencing
November 2 and ending November
7th -
Instructions were given in open
and closing, transacting busi
^ ^ conferrjnff the third de .
e Lecturefi ware also given
on the degrees. The total number
present was thirty, the average
being twenlytfivf, A|
rizz? £«?*■£
community turned out about 75
„ P er L cent strone clZ
t he ot tb. achdel of l„.
stnlctlo „ „»olutioaa wore adopted
bv tbe i odee expressing deep ap
precia Auction ti on f or the school of in
and excellent service
ren dercd by Mr. Watdrup.
Compromise . III f
PainleVe Cabinet
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Paris, Nov. 10. (A' 1 '—Efforts
to effect a compromise between
the conflicting elements in the
Painleve majority failed today
and the bloc of the left is now
thought to be disrupt'd
! repair. "A cabinet meeting
been called for late today to cor.
ider the situation.
POLAND SHUTS OH
UNITE') SFA IT.3 FLOUR
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Warsaw, Nuv. , 1 ( \P) - Po
send also has h >J n a/ius w ‘i ,iV
■ od harvest tills ye.i: 1 , and then
no longer any ne< • ssity to
p'-rt foreign ilou. 1 , ol winch Ian
j ar America sent over is20,0(K),
‘>■>0 vorth. To make Tutthcr, im
portation Impossible the govern
IT; nt has phiced an important
t.'ix of $1.50 per hund-cd kilos
i n flour.
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Miss Georgia Fields, of Braden
t .n, Fla., who has been the guest
f her'sister, Mrs. J. P. Nichols,
j . >a nd of Miss Ethlyn Ison, has
fumed to Decatur, where she
attending Agnes Scott College,
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Wilburn Wilsc-n, who is attend
- Georgia Tech, has returned
t resume his studies after a
• visit to his mother, Mrs. W.
’V Perry, at her home on West
Poplar street. V
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ESTABLISHED 1871
Griffin will observe Armistice
Day tomorrow in the usual fitting
manner, with apropriate programs
in the individual schools of the
city and a patroitic meeting to
morrow night at the First Baptist
church under the auspices of the
Woman’s Auxilhu-y of the Am—
erican Legion^/
Flags will be displayed bjf the
merchants and business men, ap
propriately decorating the city in
observance of the day.
Patroitic Program
The program arranged by the
Woman’s Auxiliary, at the First ; >,
Baptist church at 7:30 o’clock
a most appropriate one for the
mcasion r.nd all Griffin is invited
to be present and join in the cele
bration.
The qddress will be delivered
by Rev. Dean Johnson, rector of
St. Phillips Cathedral of Atlanta,
Mr. Johnson is an able, eloquent
divine and a most forceful speak
er, and will have a message of
great ihterest.
The program in full is announ
ced as follows:
<< America,” Audience.
Invocation, Rev. O. K. Cull,
Stevenson’s "Requiem, Garland
Martin.
Introduction of Speaker, Dr. T„
Address, Dean Johnson.
M. Latimer,
Roli Call.
Kiplin’s t. Recessional »» Alditie
Combs. ct
Red Cross Announcement,
Benediction.
Ranks to Close
The banks of the city will be
closed in observance of Armistice
Day, which is a holiday. *3,
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ALBANY MAYOU
TO ENTER RACE
Albany, Ga., Nov, 10. —Mayor
E. H. Kalmon will stand for r*
election as commissioner from th*
city at large in the white primary tZ
election to be held the la.t of
month . The Mayor of Albany i.
always a member of the City
Commission and is elected by his J
fellow commissioner*. Mr. Kal
u»>T- Gordon T. Reynolds, former
Chamher nf ^ ^
the Fomh W.rd, and D. I.
Beatie well known realtor 1* com*- nm
for the Urg^ other place as
mis.ioner at ffla
None of them are oposed, am
^ j* is believed wRhout that ^it^ the Drimarv ^ wil The
part of both factions in local pol
jitics isanship here off just now work to leave unitedly part
and
I for development in Albany.
| Albany.
I In the first ward, 1 whose
r itory ‘ ie * entirely A !*
bany, Commissioner Elloitt Mal
lard is oposed by J. W. Buntin.
'There has never been an uncon
tested election in the First ward,
since that territorial division of
the city was created.
: Mayor Kalmon had planned to
retire at the end of this year, but
, was prevailed on the offer to re
election because of h.‘s great fam
iliarity with the city’s affairs and
.
particularly with the 59-block pav
ing project and the $125,000 drain
,
; age contract, both n ow under way.
!| Cotton Report I
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON
Open High Low Clime Prt*.
Jan. 18.77 19.24 18.60 19.20 18.72
Mch. 18.70 19.07 18.54 19.01 18^6
May 18.69 19.05 18.56 19.03.18.54
Dec. 18.75 19.22 18.64 19.20 18.66
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NEW YORK CtlWlN
Ian. 18.05 19.68 19<» 19.52 19.00
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19 23 19.72 19.18 19.60 19.17 ,
19 54 20.OO 1940 19.96 l9.ll
^ ay ig,08 19.49 19.00 19.43 19.00
GRIFFIN 8POT COTTON
Middling----.. „
Good
Middling
ii^rict Middling - —H**
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