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$63,699 Spent For Paving In Griffin In 192S26
Briand Cabinet Falls On Eve Of Leag ue Assembly
Germany’s Admission to Lea
gue of Nations Monday
Regarded As Certain
PARIS, March 6 . (AP)—
Aristride Briand, retiring pre
mier, will go to Geneva to at
tend the league of nations
Monday, as previously ar
ranged. He will depart for the
Swiss city this evening.
This announcement was made
after a cabinet meeting at which
the premier placed his resignation
in the hands of President Doumer -
guo.
The Chamber of Deputies plod
ded throughout the night trying
to vote some measure warding off
financial peril after Briand had
•declared he would resign it the
chamber did not show a sense of
responsibilities.
Premier Briand wll not take
part in the official work of the
league meetings, considering him
self no longer qualified to take
engagements on behalf of France.
He will participate in the prelimi
nary conversations in Geneva to
morrow.
President Doumergue left for
Lyons today. He had a long con
versation with Briand before he
left.
Briand had been in office since
last November. He has held the
premiership of France eight times.
Germany Stack Cards
GENEVA, March 6. (AP)—“For
the first time in the history of
the League of Nations, Great
Britain and France can do’ noth
ing All cards are in the hands of
Germany. >>
This was the statement made
today by a personage in sum
ming up the turmoil over the re
construction of the League of Na
tions which is to come up at ses
sions beginning next Monday and
which has caused the greatest
crisis in the Geneva institution
sine* its birth.
With Germany sure to obtain
admittance to the league, the pre
sent situation is taken to mean
that Germany’s consent must be
obtained for any enlargement of
the league council and in particu
lar as regards the candidacy of
Poland.
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Creates Sensation
GENEVA, March 6 . .AP)—The
fall of the Briand cabinet on the
eve of negotiations for reconstruc
tion of the league of Nations
caused immense sensation and
some anxiety here, as Briand is a
permanent French delegate to the
league under appointment, from
the president of France.
SEED REPRESENTATIVE
VISITING GRIFFIN
W. P. Wannamaker, assistant
sales manager and field repre
sentative of the Wannamaker
Cleveland Seed Farms, originators
and breeders of Pedigreed Wanna
maker’s Cleveland boll weevil cot
ton, is spending several days in
Griffin and vicinity in the interest
of his company, which has an
attractive half page ad in today’s
Daily News.
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Mch. 18.42 18.52 18.39 18.50 18.49
May 17.92 18.04 17.87 18.01 18.00
July 17.38 17.55 17.37 17.52 17.50 i
Ocb 16.66 16.77 16.60 16.76 16.71 ’
NEW YORK COTTON
Mch. 19.15 19.30 19.09 19.27 19.24,
May 18.52 18.74 18.50 18.72 18.66
July 17.92 18.12 17,90 18.12 18.02
Oct. 17.22 17.38 17.19 17.38 17.31
GRIFFIN SPOT COTTON
Good Middling 17.4.5
Strict Middling ............17.75
Middling -...............17.5$
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The widow of Anatole France, fa
mous French writer, is soon to
marry a butler, according tol an
nouncement at Paris. She herself
was a domestic before she became
the wife of the noted author.
PENSION BILL BE
ATLANTA ,aG., March 6.
—Governor Walker today announc
ed that he would sign the Con
federate pension bill Monday and
that it would be open for sale of
warrants made available by the
discounting of the state-owned
Western and Atlantic Railroad on
March 17.
The pension bill, which was
passed by both bouses unanimous .
) y> p rov ij es f or the payment of the
pension obligation for the years
1922, 1923, 1924, and 1925.
MRS. MOTE DIES
AT ADVANCED AGE
Mrs. Mahalie E. Mote, 88 , widow
of the late W. J. Mote, died at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
L. T. Westmoreland, 927 W.
Broad street, last night at 10
o’clock.
She is survived by her daugh
ter, Mrs. L. T. Westmoreland; two
sons, W. L. and J. N. Mote, both
of Atlanta, and a number of
grandchildren. Funeral services will be held j
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from Damascus Christian church
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock,
conducted by Rev. O. K. Cull.
Burial Will be in the Westmore
land cmeter Y w,th „ Haisten . _
thers in charge.
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ARNOLD LEWIS, INFANT
DIES AT SUNNY SIDE
Arnold Lewis, —;- 11 months old
son
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Lewis, died |
at their home near Sunn y Side
afternoon at 6 o’clock. Fun
eral services were held from Mid
way church Saturday afternoon at
2-30 o’clock, conducted by Rev.
Mr. Corley. Burial was in the
yard, with Haisten Brothers
in charge.
PHILANTHROPIST DIES
FROM HEART TROUBLE
TITOMARVILLE, -- Ga., March 6. j
( AP)—Jeptha Wade. Cleveland,
Philanthropist, died of hwirt dis- j
ease here today. Wade had been
a winter resident of Thomasville
for 23 years. His body will be,
carried to Cleveland for inter-,
me nt.
GRIFFIN. GA., SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1926
HERE NEXT WEEK
Dr. Gifford Gordon, noted Aus
tralian orator and student of Am
erica will be a busy individual
next week when he visits Griffin.
A number of speaking engage
ments have been made for him and
Treat audiences are expected to
hear him.
Tuesday morning he will address
the student body of the High
School, Tuesday at noon he wilt
be the principal speaker at the
Exchange club luncheon. Wednes
day morning he will go to Newnan
to speak to the High School stu
dents in the morning and the
Newnan Kiwanis club at noon.
Mass Meeting
Wednesday night he will return
to Griffin and speak at a mass
meeting of all denominations, to
e held at the First Baptist church.
His subject at this mass meeting
will be u Australia the student
of America. ’
A special musical program has
been arranged for the big meet
ing Wednesdav night.
While in Griffin Dr. Gordon will
be the guest of John F. Yarbrough
and John H. Cheatham.
GRIFFIN GIRLS
LOSE TO NORTH
A VENUE 37-17
The Griffin girls were defeated
by the North Avenue Presbyterian
School girls, 37-16, in a fast
basketball game Friday night at
the Tech Court in Atlanta.
The loesrip girls played a beauti
ful game and fought every min
ute but once again Jane Carmack.
North Avenue’s steller forward
who shot every point her team
made in a recent game here,
T ‘ 0Ved to ° m ^ch for the Griffin
team ' Miss Carmack registered
practically all of her team’s
points.
Maeola Byrd and Louise Stall
worth proved the big stars for
Griffin but the entire tea mworked
together and played a beautiful
brand of ball.
A large number of young peo
ple from Griffin motored up to
give the girls their whole-hearted
support.
This afternoon the Griffin team
meets Washington Seminary at
2 o’clock at the Seminary Court,
A recent game between these two
schools resulted in a 29-2 victory
for Griffin.
Griffin To Play In
The Finals Tonight
With Thomaston
Thomaston and Zebulon will
meet tonight in the finals of the
sixth district basketball touma
ment, which is being held this
week in Zebulon. These two teams
advanced to the finals Friday
night when Zebulon defeated
and Thomaston won
Monticello.
The tournament has been very
i tercsting and has attracted many
Griffin visitors, despite the fact
that the locals were not eligible
to enter as «they participated in
the recent G. I. A. A. tournament
j n Macon.
Henry West, capable Griffin of
ficial, and Dawson, of the Right
Way Athletic Club of Macon, are
handling the refereeing for the
games.
Zebulon won the tournament last
year and is the favorite to repeat
this year.
ZEBULON MAN DIES 1
AT LOCAL HOSPITAL
T. B. Hillman, 79, died at the
Griffin Hospital last night at
11:30 o’clock, after an illness Of
one week. He was a resident of
Zebulon and had resided with his [
niece, Mrs. F. D. Glover tot the,
past 15 years. Funeral services j
will be announced upen the ar
rival of his daughter,, Mrs. M. A.
Taylor, from Jackson, Miss, Hais
ten Brothers, funeral directors.
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Lawrence Beckwith is only a year
old, but he's sole heir to the $100,
009 estate of William Beckwith o if
Massachusetts. Little
was adopted on W i liam
with's death by Miss Anita
kin, of Berkeley, Calif., and east
ern relatives are now trying to
obtain custody of him, as he is the
only barrier between them and the
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RIFLE
A very interesting rifle match
was held this week at the high
school.
Between the ten best shots of !
the girls rifle team and the ten
best shots of the boys rifle team,
which the boys finally won, but
not without a struggle. Competi
tion was keen and much interest
shown by many besides the com
peting members.
The match consisted of 10 shots
from the prone and standing posi
tions at a bulls eye the size of a
dime, the distance being 50 feet
from the muzzle of the rifle to the
target. The highest possible score
being 100, and from the scores
shown below, some good shooting
was done, Russel Elder getting a
possible at the prone position.
Girls Surprise Boys
The young ladies rather sur
prised the boys, and they had to
shoot some to win out.Ylol. Wilson
offered a prize for the highest
sftore on each team.
Following is the results of the
shoot:
Girls
Mary Wilson, 87; Nell Hen
slee, 81; Cornelia Griffin, AS;
Mary Virginia Wilson, 77;
Beck, 76; Maeola Byrd, 75;
tha Hammond, 72; Ethlyn Ison,
72; Katherine Hemphill, 70; Louise
Stallworth, 70. T«am average—76.
BOYS
Corporal Ben Warren, 90; Maj.
George Stanford, 86 ; Russel Elder,
86 ; Lieut. Sidney Stapleton, 85p
Corporal Joseph .Smaha, 84; Sgt.
Theodore Shepherd, 83; Set. Arch
Steele, 82: Capt. Vernon Gree, 81;
Herbert Bolton, 79; Capt. Woods
Ison, 76. Team average—83.
Oo the People Want
the Dry Law
Changed?
A lot of leaders on both
cidea think they know—but
do they?
Of course they don’t.
Since the present clamor
-\bout it has arisen tfvpe has
been no chance for a nation
al expression of opinion on
the question.
The chance has come,
however.
The people of the whole
nat'on are going fo get a
chance to express themselves
—v et, dry or medium. I
Watch fdr the issue of the
News of Monday, March 8.
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HERE IN DRIVE
FORCHARITY
The people of Griffin subscribed
$5,500 in the recent campaign for
charity work here conducted by
the Griffin Relief Association
and the Salvation Army, it was
announced today by leaders in
the drive after a careful compila
tion of the figures "in the hundreds
of contributions that were iftade.
While this is $.'00 short of the
goal which was set, the workers
arc much gratified at the splen
did results achieved in the drive
and take occasion to express their
hearty appreciation to each and
everyone who contributed to the
worthy cause for which the money
will be snent and to all who had
t part in the canvass,
Will Meet Needs
The Relief association and the
Salvation Army, working in hearty
qo-operation, will use the funds
during the year in relief work
here. The fund is sufficient to
moot the needs of the community,
is believed, and no worthy ones
in need of relief, will be overlook
ed in Griffin for the next twelve
months.
The Salvation Army is in posi
tion to do splendid work with the
aid of the relief association, and
Griffin but the entire team worked
the organizations are working so
harmoniously in charity work, and
for the relief of unfortunate per
sons.
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JACKSON, Ga., March 6.—The
Atlanta Presbytery will meet in
Jackson Tuesday and Wednesday,
April 20 and 21, according to an
nouncement made by Rev. A. R.
Woodson, pastor of the Jackson
Presbyterian church.
It has been twelve years since
the Atlanta Presbytery last met
with the Jackson church. The pas
tors and members of the Baptist
and Methodist churches have
pledged to the Presbyterian church
a splendid spirit of co-operation
in helping to entertain this body.
Dr. J. Sprole Lyons, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church of
Atlanta, is moderator of the pres
bytery and will preside over its
session here.
It is likely that there will be
about 100 delegates in attendance
at the meeting.
Prof. Berry Will
Direct Scouting At
Camp Carolina
Catalogs have been received in
the city announcing the appoint
ment of Prof. J. R. Berry as the
director of Boy Scout work at
Camp Carolina for next summer.
Camp Carolina is one of the
newest large emps in the moun
I tains of North Carolina and has
become one of the most popular
and successful summer camps for
boys.
Mr. Berry is well qualified to di
rect the scouting activities of a
teummer camp, being a scoutmaster
of experence and the director of
several local fcetfut camps. Mr.
Berry recently resigned the presi
dency of the local Scout Council
so that he could devote his time
to more active scouting and is at
the present time the scoutmaster
of troops No. 2 and No. 5 of
the First Baptist and Presbyter
ian churches respectively.
James Berfy, a senior in the
Griffin High School, will also at
tend Camp Carolina as an as
S'stant courtcHot, it is announced,
Mr. Berry and James are to he
congratulated on ‘their appoint
ments on m Staff of Camp Caro
lina, as this camp is one of the
best and most pcyilar in the
South.
Senate Probe Of
| T or iff Commission
\ Proposed In Bill
WASHINGTON, March 6 . (AP)
—A senate investigation of the
tariff commission, was proposed
today in a resolution by Senator
Robinson, of Arkansas, Democrat
floor leader.
I Robinson also proposed to re
ducc the size of the commission
from, 6 to 4 members and to dis
qualify members in cases where
they or their families have a direct
pecuniary interest.
FT. VALLEY TO FEED
40.000 AT
FORT VALLEY, Go., March 6—
Plans are being completed here for
serving over 40,000 persons at the
mammoth barbecue to be held in
connection with the Georgia Peach
Blossom Festival on Thursday and
Friday of next week. Meats, bread,
pickles, coffee and sugar have been
ordered and on Tuesday afternoon
the fires will be started in the pits
to Prepare the 20,000 pounds of
barbecue.
The committee- in charge of this
feature of the pageant, headed by
W. B. Norton and John A. Houser,
joint chairman, arc planning to
make this event the greatest ever
staged at a blossom festival. Pro
fiting by their past experience
with such a gigantic undertaking.
Those in charge hope to make it a
tremendous success.
On Thursday, immediately fol
lowing the float parade which is
scheduled to be held promptly at
11 o’clock, central time, the barbe
cue grounds, will be thrown open
to the thousands of visitors. Ac
cording to the plans of the com
mittee in charge it will only ne
eessitate a period of one hour’s
time to feed the 20,00 which are
expected to be present at the
barbecue.
HIGH FALLS FISHING
CLUB NEGOTIATING ON
NEW QUARTERS SOON
Following a report by Treasurer
E. F. Travis at the annual ban
quet and meeting of the High
Falls Fishing Club at St. George’s
parish house last night, the presi
dent , was instructed to appoint „ a
committee for tne purpose of
making negotiations for new quar-!
ters for the club. This committee
wili be announced later by Presi
dent Sibley.
The five-year contract at High
Falls will expire March 1, 1927,
Mr. Travis announced, and it is
probable that the club will erect
a club house on Flint river near
Griffin when the present contract
expires or sooner, it was knnounc
ed. This cpmmittee will be ap
pointed later by President Sibley.
Free From Debt
The Treasurer’s report showed
that during the past year the club
had. 96 members and that a small
cash balance was now on hand af
j ter paying all expenses,
| The board of managers for the t
year 1926 elected include O. W. (
Sibley, I. E. Haisten, J. L, Pat-
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YOUR OWN POCKETBOOK
| Your own taxes, the taxes of the man next door, income
■ taxes, automobile taxes, movie taxes, all federal taxes have
j been substantially reduced.
Uncle, Sam has pared nearly $400,000,000 off his an
nual revenue for the next two years. Part of this slash
j comes out of what you pay.
J THF. GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS is beginning today a *e
I ries of six articles by George Britt, special writer for THE
i GRIFFIN DAILY NFW3 and NFA Service, explaining
how the tax cuts affect people of every class, from the
i hair to half a million to the young man who has fought
his way into the $5,000 clasfa and is trying to get ahead
jua rM little bit further.
I Wi ll find these articles of real interest to you. Any*
j | first ftory «» interesting is pfcge if three it affects today. your pocketbook. The \
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ESTABLISHED 18 f
Work of Paving Alleys Jmt
Completed Great Benefit
Jo Merchants .
Griffin has laid $63,699.22 worth
of street and sidewalk paving dor*
ing 1925 and 1926, it was announc
ed today by City Manager Bridges
I, as a News reporter called around
t * n search of news,
The city has made fine pro
gress in permanent work and the
city officials are being highly con
gratulated on the fine showing
made.
The latest paving work was
in the alleys back of stores
in the central part of the city,
which was completed this week
when the alley-ways back of
the houses from Taylor street
to Slaton avenue were opened
to traffic.
The mercahnts will especially
benefit by the alley paving, since
it will make the loading and un
oading of merchandise much easier
by eliminating all mud that the
vehicles formerly had to encounter
in the work of transit of goods.
Street Paving
The total amount of street pav
ing for the city during the years s
1925 1926 was one and one-fourth
miles at a cost of $27,025.42.
The following streets are in
eluded:
S. Sixth—Taylor to Oak.
Twelfth—Poplar to Meriwether.
Bank avenue—Sixth to Eighth.
Slaton avenue—Sixth to Eighth.
Postoffice avenue—Solomon to
Taylor.
Alleys between Solomon street
Slaton avenue,
The total number of miles of
streets in the city is 35 and the
total amount of street paving is
twelve and one-half miles,
Side Walk Paving
The total amount of sidewalk
paving for the city during the
terson, E. K. Domingos and E.
F. Travis. The board will meet
Monday and select officers for the
ensuing year.
Enjoyable Banquet
^ annual banquet was largely
attended and proved a most en
joyabk A aeveral C0OTSfl
dinncr WM Mrv<K j by the ladies
0 f St George’s church and tin
evening was passed most pleasant
ly by the guests
Among those present were l.
J. Vaughn, J, C. Burnett, W. E.
Bolton, J. E. Mitchell, Jr„ Jacff’,
Miller, Quimby Melton, Chas. H.
Murray, E. K. Domingos.
G. N. Niles, O. W. Sibley, John
F. Yarbrough, E. F. Travis, J. L.
Patterson, E C. Smith, Leon M,
Latimer, Marvin Williamson, B. L.
Betts, O. K. Cull, D. L. Gresham.
J. W. Lumpkin, E. F. Rogers,
E, F. Carlisle, Sam D. Johnson,
F, M. Watson, W. R. Mosely, J,
H. Goddard.
G. W. Cochran, C. B. Thomas,
J. R. Powell, P. M. Cleveland,
Bill Wells, Allen Chappell, J. H.
Walker, Jr., W. H. Connor W. T.
Freeman, J. R. Nance, R. L. Duke,