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iETHODIST GUESTS ARE ASSIGNED HOMES V 1
MERCHANTS URGE CITY
TO NARROW PARKS AND
RELIEVE TRAFFIC HERE
Roy T. Patterson, merchant on
West Solomon street, presented &
petition to the city commissioners
at their regular meeting last
night requesting that the street
parks be narrowed on Hill street
from Poplar to Broad street and
on West Colorr^n from Sixth to
Eighth street. The petition also
asked that the crossing in the
middle of the street on West
Solomon be closed.
“Traffic is terribly^sngested
on these streets,” said Mr. Patter
son, in preventing the petition. “1
have Iieen in feusiness were five
years and unless something is
donej to relieve the traffic situa
tion 1 will either have to go out
of business or go to another loca
tion,-which I doubt that I could
find just now.’*
Chairman Tyus c.?i>ressed him
self as satisfied that something
should be done to relieve the traf
fie conditions, but said the city
would have to bear the full ex
pense in narrowing the park3,
sipce there were no abutting
property owners, and suggested
that action be deferred until tl(f
dty manager could ascertain the
financial condition of the ,city.
McOwd 1 Talks
Comm jarioner McDowell said
he _was,ji?t favor of tl*e proposition
to narrow the parks. “There are
three things that are keeping
Griffin going —the. cotton mills
fcood roads and automobiles,” he
said, “ar.d it seems that we should
^do something to relieve the
fic conditions and accomodate the
tourists and automobile owners
here.” He had suggested to a
prominent Griffin woman who did
not aprove of the narrowing of
the parks that ft she was to go
away for a few weeks and come
back and find the parks narrowed
she would not notice the difference
in the appearance of the parks
and be pleased at the improve
ment that would be made,
Commissioner Nichols was
present.
ca^aTiriaT^eeS mndf 1*
that reauest was t
the proposition.
More Paving „
The commissioners voted to pave
Meriwether street from WestTay
lor street to Eight street. This
is a narrow strip of unpaved
street opposite the filling station
in front of the Presbyterian church
and the cost will not amount to
much, while the paving will be a
great convenience to traffic, it
yas stated.
Bridges Gets Vacation
City Manager E. R Bridges' was
granted a leave of absence to
terid the City Managers’ Inter
national Association convention at
Grand Farida. Mich, , November
to 19.
SCHOOL BOND ELECTION
BOOSTED AT MT. ZION
COMMUNITY MEETING
*
;
Ihe pioposed bond election for i
a system of consolidated schools
in Spalding ,, ... county . was given . of) a
great boost last night at one
the most largely attended and
cnthusvAstic community meeting
ever h;id in Spalding county.
The meeting was oresided over
f \ ;
I Cotton Report |
'—A NEW - t ——;—-——:-^ ORLEANS COTTON 1
Open High Low Close jw*-. t
Clone
Jan. 19.G0 20.40 19.60 20.30 .19.52 i
Mch. 19.75 20.43 19.75 20.35 19460
May 19.60 20.17 19.55 20.08 19.43,
Dec. 20.90 20.75 19.99 20.60 19.95'.
GRIFFIN SPOT !
Good Middling 19.75 i
Strict Middling ...... ... 19.7ii
Middling 19.50
Payne Durlcee, of Miami, Fla.
arrived, in (Griffin Tuesday night
for a wy *k’;: visit to hip parents,
r. receiving anj I cordial red L, I.urkae, and is j
a welcome home
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GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
Patriotic Exercises tonight;
Dean Johnson Principal
Speaker. !
With American flags unfurled
and rejoicing in its heart, Grif
fin’s thoughts turn today to that
memorable day on November 11,
1918, when the Germans and the
allies laid down their guns and
the greatest war in history came
to an end, bringing peace to a
troubled world. **
Griffin has planned most fit
ting exercises in observance of
Armistice Day in patriotic excAi
sea which will be held at the First
| Baptist church tonight, beginning
a t 7:30 o’clock, and all citizen?
are 4r ged to attend and take r
part in the celebration,
i The exercises are being held
under the auspices of the • Wo
man’s Auxiliary of the American
Legion and the program arranged
for Griffin’s celebration of Armis
tice is a most excellent one.
f The city is fortunate in having
as Armistice Day speaker, Rev.
, Doan Johnson, rector of St. Phii
lips Cathedral of Atlanta. Mr
Johnson i^ a forceful speaker an .
will have a message of great in
terest. *“
Tn<3 program for the patriotic
exercises includes singing of Am
erica; invocation by Rev. O. K.
j Cull; Stevenson’s Requiem, by
[ Garland Martin; introduction of
! speaker, by Dr. L. M. Latimer;
address by Dean Johnson; rol
call; Kiplin’s Recessional, by Al
! dine Combs; and Red Cross an
nounccment,
Exercises in Schools
* Ration of Av
S C n-^ w ^ re h f ^ in th f
r; f f
liamson, this morning. Rev. Malcolm
pastor of the First
hyterian church, delivered a pat- 1
riotic address and the children
J sang patriotic songs. The
, se s were interesting and most
appropriate to the occasion
j
l>VTTlu flnmh * FnefArn ULlUry
Found In India
Calcutta, Nov. 11. (AP)—While
| the India, Earl of Reading, viceroy of
was visiting the city
( for an Armistice Day
police discovered a bomb
The bombs were vvttu confisticated miuisucutea in m
a raid and.elcvr^ r natives arrested.
by J. T. Manley,
0 f the county schools, who ex
vminv-u plained the tne obiect oojlci of oi the me meenng meeting
ar.d made an earnest pled that
the rural children be given a sys
tem of schools such as are found
in the city.
State Educators Spvaks
•
Paul Ellcrson, of th: State I):
partment of education, wa the
principal speaker. With Prof.
L. Duggan he recently took a j
school survey of the schools in the !
county, and details of the survej
thoroughly explained to the
lar Fe audience. Recommendations j
w « re ma,J e for *« x consolidated |
30110018 he stated, and this rfould
* iv o Spalding county the beet
schools that are to be found any
where in the State.
Short talks were also made by
W. B. Crowder naj J. D. Touch
stone, of the Mt. Zion community
Mr. Crowder indorsed most
ly the proposition for consolidate 1
schools,
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GRIFFIN. GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1925.
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Lest We Forget
BY QUIMBY MELTON.
At I 1 o’clock in the morning, seven years ago today, the
fighting on the western front suddenly ceased. The greatest
conflict of all times came to a close with the signing of the
( armistice by the Allied Powers and Germany.
The battle to crush German militarism and dreams of a I
..orld empire, fromed along the lines of the German idea of
I "kulture,” was won.
The cost in human life was staggering. The black clouck 1
° f war ’ * low, y >-ecedmg, left behind a torn, maimed, bleed:.:
world - a world that frorn sheer necessity was forced to L;..7
to a task of reconditioning the universe and unbuilding the
torn down super-structures of civilization,
America played an important part in the closing chapter I
I of this great malestrom of destruction. American soldiers at ■
Saint Mihiel, Chateau Thierry, Forest, t
at in the Argonnc
•fact, from the Fields of Flanders to the mountains of th !
Vosges, fought for the principle of right and thousands pai l
I (he supreme price, with no other requiem than th: rumb!:
| of guns and the staccato tap, tap, tap of the machine gun.
Those were days that tried men’s souls. Mere boys frorn
^ f arm < stores, the offices, and even our schools, shoulder
cd guns, sailed across the ocAan and entered a conflict against
an enemy that had the civilized world by the throat. Those
werc dark . , days i for r civilization and ■ , boys were .. the
■ our mean:
1 of ( pushing back the r (merman . lioard. , , releasing their death grip .
on the throat of chivalry and rolling back v *hc dark tide <•!
destruction.
These v.ho were fortunate enough to serve in France with
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these boys \s-iil never forget their loyalty, the cheerfulness, the
will displayed by these boys as they marched straight into
th: arms of certain death. Those who have seen our
tn.o.nds decimated by German machine gun3 and artillery fire
; will always thank the Good Father, who brought U3 safely
and will never forget the comrades who paid the price.
Those who were forced to be content with staying at home,
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d i 0 mg • ,i lhe:r • l-. bit here, i u helping i • with -.i »• time, money and j prayers,
, VC ^ ot . lbl£ ■ P» • cturc . . remind • j .l them of i what l . .l the i boys weni
trough. , Some may ihoughtlescly think the boys had a great
time in France.” They may be prone to forget what they did
for them. ,
The war is not over. There are thousands of boys who arc
*tiU in our hospitals, charity patients of Uncle Sam. ThmL
3 ands of men lost the golden years of their lives in this aturp
j at home handicapped ..... by injuries to mind . , and t
anc arc .
body. ✓ j
For God s ::nkc let us not forget thenvi
and scene ' i °f the c °unty were
flashcd upontho scr ^ t:! - A comedy
P |cture was °f also audience. *} loW;5 ?PT thc
P‘ easllre
Music for the meeting wa. iur
nijhed by Griffin’s famous Har
mony Four, Messrs. Dcmi:igos
/ ' ’ Gammon, and Lumpkin,
bumpkin also favorod the
audience with 'several u'r.istling
songs and gave an imitation of
bird family, including the
canary.
I
JJygeg America ,
j, U ppn H faith
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With War Dead
Denver, Col., Nov. 11. (AP)—
America should keep faith with
its war dead ani bend its efforts
to a perpetuation of world peace
' vVa; * the Armistice Day msss3g: 1
cf John R. McQuigg, national
commander of the Ameri;..n Lu
gion.
GRIFFIN ANNOUNCES
READY FOR ANNUAL
CONFERENCE NOV. 18
Custom of Previous Years
Larwel" Observed In Arm
istice Observation.
Washington, Nov. 11. (AP)—
The custom of previous years was
iargely followed in the program of
official observance today of the
seventh anniversary of the world
war armistice.
Leading the nation in its tribute
to those who fell in the struggle,
President Coolidge has arranged
to make a pilgrimage to Arllng
ton National Cemetery to lay a
wreath on the unknown soldier’r
tomb, following a custom inaugu
rated by President Harding.
'DOGEOVERRULES
IN BLAZER CARE
^-htleton, Col., No\. 11. (AI
plea
F
Blazer, charged ‘<rith the murder
of hj?w,4-year-ohl daughter, Ha
(
- amu ® 0 nRon
today when he overruled a motion
by the defense counsel asking a
directed verdict of acquittal.
Greece Announces
It Will Welcome
tiCl.rCafl disCHTsty
G.noa, Nov. 11. (AP)—Greece
has officially informed the League
of Nations .that shu would wel
come a Balkan security and corn
p “ ls “ ry wbitraUon ntong tbe line3
of the pact for MesGin Europe
negotiarid a at Locarno. r
CROSS BUDGET FOR
YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH
IS FIXED AT $7,155,211
WASHINGTON, Nov.11 (AP)
On the eve of its annual drive for
ncw mcmb , . mainrtnance , of ,
‘ rs anQ
J 3 standing army of supporters in
tact, Chairman Payne, of the Am
erican Red Cross announced last
night the Societies’ budget for the
en< hng Jane 30, 1926, had
been fixed at $7,155,210, a raaj
ority of which will go toward
special services, including disaster
relief.
Special services of the relief or
ganization will absorbe $4,957,883
of the budget This pTvase of tne
Societies’ work includes relief for
service and former service men,
and $1,100,000 is set aside direct
ly ,or • nd
srvices , in their behalf. Grants
and loans to former service men
and women are expected to total
$20,000; transient service, includ
> n f» former service men’s welfare,
$140,000; emergency work for
these men $25,000. and erection of
convakscent houses $lC0,000 f
$300,000 for Disasters i
A mm cf $300,000 is tentatively
fixed for disaster relief, which is
•i .
Homes have not been assigned
to the 500 or more delegates to
the annual session of the North
Georgia Conference, which con
ver.es in Griffin next W y
and will continue until the 23rd.
Griffin people have responded
liberally to the call for homes and
all. the delsgates will have com
fortable quarters during their stay
in the city.
Rev. John F. Yarbrough, pastor
iof the first Methodist church and
, host to the convention, furnishes
|The News with a complete list
f °f the names of the delegates to
! da > and the homes to which they
have been assigned while hire
He states that while ample sic
comodation* have arready been
Provided other delegates are lUftfle
i t® come in unexpectedly and more
homes may yet be needed. In as
* signing homes to Such a large
number of delegate! ft is possible
that some inaccurdrie a may have
occurred and that some changes
may be necessary.' The^ committee
District Rallies
Of Flint River Be
Held Next Week
Next Wep| js the time for the
district rallies of the Flint River
Baptist Association and the rally
for tho first district wflL be held
at DeVotie church Wednesday
morning, November 18, at 10 o’
clock.
The churches in the first dis
trict are First church, Griffin;
Second church, Griffin; East Grif
fin, Devotie, Rehobeth, Union, Oak
Hill, and Orchard Hill. A number
of members from each are ex
pected to tAtend the rally, which
will be an all" day affair with
lunch served picnic fashion at
Mrs. John Cheatham and L. W.
Walker are boosters for the dis
an< * M fs - A. G. Copeland
iwll talk on “Woman's Work.”
' reat Solemnity
ur
Marks Armistice
In London Today
London, Nov. 11, (AP—Great
j Britain today with observed Armistice Day
I grenu.- solemnity and
1 no n more extensive scale than
at any P rcvioo » time since the
cessation of hostilities seven
years ago.
THE WEATHER
ATLANTA, G»., Nov. 11.—
(AP)—Forecast for, Georgia
Partly cloudy tonight and
Thursday.
the amount set aside each year
because of the impossibility ofcal
lulating the relief demands in this
respect. As an example, Judge
Payne pointed to the contribution
in the mid-western tornado relief
operations which amounted to $2,
G44.920 up to June 30, last*-This
sum, with donations received sub
sequently, and added to the Red
Cross appropriation of approxima
tely $250,000, made a total of $3,
000,000 available for this siqgle
operation, the largest in the pea cc
time history of the society.
Out of the tornado relief fund
for the mid-west victims, the bud
get lists $2,702233 to meet the
continuing requirements from that
section, to whioi use it is restrict
ed, and the expense of administer
'ni>’ the fund will be borne by the
Red Cross, to permit every cehtof
the relief money th be spent for
actual relief work.
The budget appropriates $6,
per * ,i T
and $404,4 n for foreign work.
Headquarters and branch oulc t
operations are alloted
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GRIFFIN * ' *N;
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time.
in
ESTABLISHED 1871
will be glad to'correct any er
rors that have beeN made in- the
assigning of hom'es and, requests
anyone owing of any changes
that should be made to notify
either Dr. Yarbrough or any m«m
ber of the entertainment eommil
tee.
Following is a list of the names
of the delegates and the hWnw
to which they have been assigned.
Adams, J. C.— -H. C. Huckaby.
Allen, J. B.—A. C. Layne.
Allen, J. R.—Den Bolton.
Allen, M. C.—A. A. TiUey.
Allgood, J. L.—G. A. Niles.
Allison, J. H. —L. C. Hens We.
Askew, J. S.—J. F. Bazemore.
Atkins, E. C.—G. A. Niles.
Almon, W. E.—C. H. Scales.
Akin, Paul,—Griffin Hotel,
Arrington, L. S.—J. M. Thomas.
Allen Victor,—J. V. Chunn.
Allison,' G. B.—J. P. Williams.
Allison, R. W.—J. P. Williams.
Austin, Boyd—A. A. Tilley.
Baggerly, A. 0.—Mrs, J. W.
McWilliams. t
Bailey,G. H. — R. E. L. Hunter.
Bailey, J. W.—C. C. Newsom.
Barnett, W. M.^~J. W. Ham
mond.
.
Barnett, Geo. W.—J. R. Han
cock at Mrs. Cleora Deane's.
Burton, J, H.—G, T, Pursley. Thoinas.
Belk, S. R.— Dr. J. M.
Betts, B. L.—Self.
Brand, J. 0.—H, B. Hontgom
•ry.
Branham, W. R.—Alex S. Mur
ray at Mrs. Deane's. •: v
Bell, M. S —Griffin Hotel.
Bray, V. L—T. L. Ruff.
Brainsfield, J. W—II M. Lester.
Brown, W. E.—J., C.* Burnett
Broyles, R. J.—J. F. Patterson.
Burnett, J. O.-^J. F. Baggett.
Burtz, G. C.—R. E.- L. Hunter.
Byrd, H. L.—L. M, Lester.
Bridges, L. B.—E. ShapaTd, Jr.
Battle, C.W.-A. C, Layne.
Ball, H.O.—Drf M. J. Ware.
RBell, M. S.—Griffin Hotel.
Brannon,, J. A. Yar
brough.
Beauchamp, Dr. J. C.—Dr. J. C.
Beauchamp.
Ballard, Dr. O. P.—J. H. Smith.
Benson, W. W.—Dr. D. A. For*
rer at Rev. M. Williamson.
Blanks, J. J.—O. L. Colquitt.
Britt, T. J.—John Regal.
Burdette, J. T.-J. H. Walker.
Bowden, H. I.—Guy HaMten.
Balard, L. J.—Mrs, A. P. Pat
terson.
Bryan, W. J.-4, J. Powell. ’
Bureh, L. I.-J. S. Thrailkill.
Baskin, Wm. 0—J. 3. Wood
ruff.
Bennett, W. L—W. B. flirrh.
Barton Rush—Dr. L. C. Warrefl.
Cantrell, A. C.—G. C. Padgett.
Corroll, W. W.-R. P. Shapard.
Cantrell, F. D.—G. C. Padgett
Cash, W. W.—A. M. Hooten.
Chambers, G. A.—Mrs. D. S.
Johnson.
Chastain, G. L.—Mrs. D. S.
Johnson.
Cherry, S. D—Self.
Christian, H, C.—Hotel.
Christian, T. J.—j. J. Daniel.
Clark, W. H.—Mrs. D. J. Bai-*
ley.
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