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GRIFFIN FIRST
Invest your money, your
talent, your time, your
influence in Griffin.
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House Seeks Vote On Bond Bills
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Walker Called on to Give List
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ATLANTA, Ga., March 8. (AP)
-—Opponents of Governor Walker
in the house today sought to
force that body into an early con
sideration of bonds for highway
construction 1 and educational ex
pansion.
Representative Herman Milner,
regarded all the leader of the op
position, gave notice that tomor
row he would subject a motion
that the bond bills be reported
out of the committee for debate.
u There is no disposition or in
tention on the part of our wing
of the house to regard progress
on any of the bond bills/’ said Mil
ner.
it Governor Walker has said that
he wants those measures to come
to a vote on the floor of the house
and in that we agree with him.
Therefore it is our intention to ex
pedite them as much as possible. »>
Asked For Proof
Governor Walker was asked to
day to furnish the house with a
list of the 22 counties reported
to have been pledged for the
distribution of federal and State
aid for the aid 1 of road funds.
The governor is alleged to have
sent telegrams to various boards
of county commissioners stating
that all federal aid funds for the
next eight years had been plcdg- j
ed bv the Highway Department
to- 22 counties.
Called Discrimination
a Any such allotment in the
manner alleged is a rank discrimi
nation against all other counties
in the State,” said resolutions in
troduced in the house today by.
Representative Wilhoit, of War
ren.
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Funeral Survev To I
Be Made Shortly
For the first time in this coun
try a survey is to be made of the
cost of funerals in the United
States, according to an announce
ment by the Metropolitan Life j
Insurance Company, which appro-I
printed $25,000 to defray the ex
penses of the inquiry. |
The survey will be made by a |
commission composed of physicans,
lawyers, clergymen, sanitoriums
and social workers, and will seek
to ascertain the costs entering in
to the manufacture of coffins, the
hire of funeral conveyances, the
wages paid laborers in the under-,
taking profession, and the costs
and practices of embalming. I
The investigation, the insur- •
ance company says, is to bring
about reforms, reduce the expen
sees in the average family when *
death occurs and to eliminate the .
practice of “gouging” by indivi
dual undertakers. j
At the same time the company
11 make a study of the common
cold in a specially designed labo
ratory, and will inaugurate a 1
nation-wide campaign to immunu
nize children against dintheria.
I Cotton Rcnort
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON
ODen High Low Close Prev.
Clo*'
If eh. 18.36 18.46 18.27 18.33 18.50
May 17.90 17.96 17.76 17.93 18.01
July 17.40 17.44 17.27 17.43 17.52
Oct. 16.64 16.69 16.54 16.67
NEW YORK COTTON
Mch. 19.17 19.22 19.02 19.20 19.27
Mav 18.60 18.66 18.46 18.63 18.72
July 18.00 18.07 17.85 18.02 18.12
Oct. 17.23 17.32 17.16 17.30 17.38
GRIFFIN SPOT COTTON
Good Middling — 17.75
Strict Middling .. •/ 17,75
Middling — — » ......17.50
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Aiin^ugn ohe was boin and brought up in Kansas, where her
parents and grandparents were born, Mrs. Peggy Hull McKin
ley, magazine and newspaper writer, is barred from remaining
in thet country. Her marriage to Capt. John Kinley of the
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IN AND AROUND CITY
Minor accidents in and around
Griffin marred Sunday joy-riding
for a number of automobilists. It
was a beautiful springlike day
following a terriffic wind and rdin
storm Saturday night and many
people were out to enjoy the pret
t y weather, the highways being
crowded with cars all day, but
no serious accidents were report
What was almost a serious ac
cident occurred Saturday night
when a car driven by J. B. Ivey,
local banker, and an automobile in
which Carl Martin and five others
were riding collided in West Grif
Mr. Ivey was traveling east
on W. Taylor and the Martin par
was going south on Twelfth.
Mr. Ivey’s car struck the other
car in the side. One man in the
Martin ,. car , had , , his . wrist slightly
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. hurt. . The front , . part of , T Ivey ,
s
car was wrecked , , and , the .
car was a ] so badly / damaged ‘ An
^ the dama da *« a ges was
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Accident on S Hill
A car driven by R. W.
and an automobile in which Miss
Douglas Montgomery was return
ing home from church were in a
smash-up Sunday on South Hill
street. Miss Montgomery was turn
ing into the driveway of her home
and t is said that the engine of
her car went dead. Dascher was
traveling north and in order to
prevent running into the Mont
gomery car swung sharply to the
right. The two rear wheels of
Daseher’s car were broken and a
casing on the Montgomery car
was damaged.
An automobile in which Evans
Parish, of Experiment, with a par
ty of four, was riding plunged off
the end of a fill at the Kincaid
Mill Sunday, but no one was hurt
and the car was only slighlty dam
aged.
Frank Guest ran a car that he
was driving into the rear end of a
tourist car at the intersection of
Hill and Solomon streets Sunday
afternoon. One of the front wheels
of his car was broken, but the
visitors’ car was not damaged.
No one was hurt.
Child Swallows
Small Firecracker
And Dies of
ATHENS, Ga., March 8.—
—Susie Collins, two year old
child of Willie Collins, colored,
died at her home here from
phosphorous poison resulting
from swallowing a firecracker
known my a “Son-of-a-Gun.”
The child was ill only eight
hours.
GRIFFIN, GA.. MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1926.
BRIAND SLATED
TO HEAD NINTH
CABINET TODAY
PARIS, March 8. (AP)—
The Political situation points
to a ninth cabinet under ris
tide Briand should he care to
accept an offer believed to be
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forthcoming from President
Doumergue. |
STATEWIDE DRIVEi
ROME, Ga., March 8. 0 (Special) : i
—With w ... Savannah 0 , and , Columbus „ , , in! . j
a big contest , . for , , honors in . T Legion , j I
11Kembershl ,. P* Atlanta ... , completing] ,7.
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a bl ^ campaign which it is their j
laim wUI find them ahea d of both
cities, and all other posts in the
state girding up their loins for
start, the state-wide member-.
.ship campaign of the American
Legion, Department of Georgia,
got under way today and will run
through Saturday.
( Goal 12 ’ 000
Tbe objective is 12,000 members moin .
£ r ® e or £ a ;*SiV V/thTteek
w “‘ , be achieved by the
« nd - Georgia must reach its ob
J®ctivc so that it can go to the
National Convention in Philadel
Pbia in October of this year with
an impressive claim for the nat
i ional convention for Atlanta in
1928 -
1 Tb e State department at Rome
ann ounces that only members of
tb a I.earion Auxiliary who were
members 1926-1927 are ehgi
ble for the trip to Paris for the
national convention in 1927.
Thursday March 11, has been
designated as “legion , Day” in
Georgia, and on that day the final
dri ve for 12,000 membership
objective . Will be made, Between
e ’Kbt and nine o clock, a Legion
P r °eram will be broadcasted from
Atlanta Journal Station WSB.
Oomm«'ndeT Watkins will deliver
an address and music will be fur
Snished by the Argonr.e band. Other
(features are to be added to the
J | program which will be announced
throuKh the Atlanta Journal.
Convention Advanced
I The state convention in Albany
has been put forward for a week,
owing to a conflict with the nation
al convention of the D. A. V.’s
to be held in Atlanta during the
week of June 21st. The new dates
are June 17th and 18th. A big'
time is being promised by the
Albany Legionnaires.
The State Commander and State
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FOB DAMAGE
Upon a petition filed by G. T
Pursley, et al, owners of bonds
ef the Spalding County Drainage
Distinct No. 1, Judge W. E. H.
Searcy, Jr., judge of the Griffin
circuit,, on Saturday appointed P
M. Cleveland receiver over all
the powers heretofore conferred
by law upon the commissioners of
the district, and 1 it will be his
duties, with nroner orders of court,
to collect all assessments now due
and those that are past due, and
ell the future assessments, and
nnv the funds so received to the
holders of said bonds.
This action seemed to be neces
sary for the reason that the as
sessments were not beincr oaid ns
promptly as required, and the
owners of the bonds were demand
ing payment and . iy> funds were
available to pay same.
From now on it seems that act
ion null be taken to force pay
ment of all past due assessments
and the prompt payment of all
other assessments when they fall
due.
Every effort will be made to
protect the bondholders from loss.
Those who are now due the pay
ment of assessments have been
to make immediate pay
ment to the receiver.
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WASHINGTON, March 8. (AP)
—Asserting that the shipping
board with divide responsibilites
had defied the president, Secre
tary Hoover today urged that it
be stripped of all powers except
its judicial and regulatory func-,
tions by the Fleet Corporation.
Atlanta Ministers |
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Will Confer Here I
On Stewardship
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A conference on stewardship
win be held at the First Presby
terian church tomorrow jrght at
7:30 o’clock.
The speakers for the occasion
wili-be Dr. William Hack, super
intendent of home missions of the
Atlanta Presbytery, and the Rev. j 1
j g. Patton Jr., pastor of the
Prvor street Presbyterian church,
Both of these men are said to
, f orre f u i s n e akers and their
visit here is being looked forward
.
t0 Rev" w,tn lnterest -
Mr. Williamson urges all
members of the church to be pre
sent and extends a cordial invita
ticn to the public.
T. B. GILLIAM DIES
AT LOCAL HOSPITAL
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Funeral services for T. B. Gill
iam, who died at the Griffin Hos
pital Friday night after a short
illness, were held from MilneT
Baptist church Monday morning at
11 o’clock. Rev. Mr. Brown officia
ted. Burial was in the church
yard with Haisten Brothers in
charge. He is survived by an only
daughter, Mrs. Maggls Taylor, of
Jockson, Miss. Haisten Brothers,
funeral directors.
CARTERSVTLLE, Ga., March 8.
—With his father looking on un
able to save him, Sam Sullivan,
18, was electrocuted here late Sat
urday ni^ht when his body came
in contact with a live wire which
had blown down during a severe
wind storm.
Adibtant attended the meeting of
the First District in Savannah on
Friday of last week. They found
Legionnaires in that section en
thusiastic and out for membership
honors, not only for Savannah,
|bnt for the district.
Controversy Over
Amount of ‘Wolf’s’
Estate Continues
CHICAGO, March 8. (AP)
^-Controversy 0 over whether
John W . Worthington, “The
Wolf of LaSalle Street," left
an estate of three million dol
lars or two hundred and fifty
thousand continued today. *
Alice Worthington, daughter
of the confidence man who
died Tuesday in the Atlanta
federal prison, Maintained that
the entire estate of tH^o hun
dred and fifty thousand dol
lars was left to her, but Rob
ert L. Cohan, attorney, who
represented Worthington when
he returned to Chicago from
Mexico last October, produced
whet is purported to be a wi’l
which left Cohan, he said, two
hundred and fifty- thousand
dollars.
Cohan said the estate was
much larger.
DENTAL ID EYE
LOCAL SCHOOLS
A voluntary agreement has re
cently been made between local
dentists and school authorities for
dental and eye clinics in the Grif
fin schools, it was announced to
day by Superintendent Marvin
Lester. Several prominent citi
zens have been instrumental in
bringing this agreement about, it
is stated.
Many Defects
The first examination of the
Sam Bailey School show that from
75 to 80 per cent of the school
have dental defects, many
°f which are sufficiently serious
t° affect their health, it is an
nouneed.
Preliminary examinations are
expected to be completed in about
two weeks. The first examinations
are being confined to the third
throup-h the seventh grades, and
later may extend further. Efforts
will be made to have all the de
fects in the children removed be
fore the end of the school term.
In order to stimulate interest |
m removing defects, a holiday is
being offered each grade as soon
it shall have removed all de
f e ct s in each pupil.
The idea of the examinations is
really to call attention to manv
parents the urgent need of dental
attention, it is announced.
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FUNERAL SERVICES
HELD FOR MRS. MOTE
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Funeral services for Mrs. Ma
halie E. Mote, widow of the late
w - J - Mote, and cne of the oldest
residents of Spalding county who
at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Fannie Westmoreland, at 927
W. Poplar street Friday night,
were held from Damascus Christ
ian church near Pomona Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, where a
large number of sorrowing friends
and relatives gathered and paid
their tribute of love and respect
to her.
] Rev. Mr. Hinton conducted the
services, assisted by Rev. O. K.
Cull. Burial was in tbT> Wostmore
land cemetery with Haisten Bro
thers in charge. The following
gentlemen acted as pall
Merrers J. S. Dye, D. F. Patter
«n, J. A. Scott, C. E.
Wiley Mliam, and Robert Gilbert.
ROMANS ATTENDING .
DALLAS CONVENTION
ROME, Ga., March 8.—William
F - Barron and Frank S. Barron
a re attending the annual conven
t' 0T1 °f the Southern Coca Cola
Bottlers , association in Dallas,
Texas, this week. ,
THE WEATHER
ATLANTA, Ga.. Mar^h 8.—
(AP)—Forecast for Georgia:
Fair and slightly cooler to
night with heavy to killing
frost. Tuesday, fair with mod
erate west winds.
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GEORGIA ASSEMBLY IN
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WRANGLE OVER WALKER
PROGRAM, SAYS MADDOX
A special program has been
arranged for the regular Tuesday
meeting of the Exchange Club,
that will be one of the best ever
held in Griffin, according to an
nouncement made by W. H. Beck,
Jr.. secretary of the club.
Sid Phillips, secretary of the
Macon __
Exchange club, said to be
the man who is responsible for the
forming of four new clubs near
his city, will be present to tell
of the big state convention to
he held next week in MaAn.
Dr. Gifford Gordon, noted Aus
tralian will be the principal speak*
er of the meeting. He will deliver
an address on “Australia the
dent, of America." Dr. Gordon will
be introduced to the club by Mrs.
L. C. Warren, prominent Grif
fin club woman.
In addition to his address to
The Exchange Club Dr. Gordon
will address the students of the
High School Tuesday morning and
a mass meeting of citizens at The
Baptist Church Wednesday alight.
Griffin Loses To
Washington Hard
Fought Contest
The Griffin girls lost a hard j
fought basketball game Saturday
ftemoon .. to . the » Wash.ngton ,, , Sem.- „ ,
nary girls by a 14-7 score. The
game was played at the seminary
court and a large number from
Griffm attended.
The two teams appeared very
evenly matched and Washington
Seminary won owhfcourt by virture of play
ing on her in familiar
surroundings. Previously the Grif
fin g’ris had won a game from the
Atlanta lassies by a 29-2 score'.
This will probably be the last
game that the girls will play this
year. Under the capable coaching
of Miss FI or re Joe Everett and'
with Maeola Byrd, brilliant for- '
ward, to lead them they have had
a successful season, and Griffin
has had occasion to be very proud
of them and their never failing
hard playing, clean sportsmanship,
and good spirit.
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FORSYTH, Ga., March 8.—Elec
tions have been called both for the
county of Monroe and the city of
’’orsyth for the purpose of submit
ting to the voters the question
of exempting new industries from
taxation for a period of five years,
The elections will be held Sat
urday, March 27 both for Forsyth
and the county and the methods
( will be the in holding
j j same as
elections for members of the gen
eralj assembly. Similar elections
have been held in neighboring
| ounties and the that
i prospects are
^ the result will be the same in this
county.
Miss Bessie Lovem, of Hampton,
was shopping in the city Satur
j day afternoon,
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; CAST BALLOT ON PROHIBITION
The *Griffin Daily News’ vote on prohibition begins
today*
t Seven hundred newspapers in the United Sta’ea will
. take part in this test vote. The News is a mrmbsr of
the newsppaper service which is conducting the cunwgn.
Turn to page three of today’s News ahd you will find a
prohibition ballot.
, Write how you stand on the “dry question” which is
; agitating the- whole country, and mail the same to the
Prohibition Editor of The News.
Help us show the nation how you stand about prohibi
tion, whether you favor the prohibition v it
now stands with strict enforcement, repeal of the statute, or
modification of the law. - _ yl
Vote now and mail in your ballot.
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Invest yonr money,
taleift, yonr time,
ESTABUSHED 18
Senator Arthur K. Maddox, of
the Twenty-sixth district, who
spent the week at home with rela
tives, stated on his return to the
capital this morning that there
was grave doubt that Governor
Walker’s program for State bonds
for highway construction and edu
cational expansion would be put
through at the present extra ses
sion of the assembly of Georgia.
All of the smaller colleges in
the State are clamoring for ap
propriations and declaring they
will not support the educational
bill unless they are remembered,”
said the senator, “and it is well
known that even the advocates of
the educational expansion measure
are hopelessly divided among
themselves, which in all probabil*
ity will prevent this measure be
ing adopted. *»
4< There is' also great diversity of
opinion on the road bond measure
.
antl H looks Iike nothing will be
(1nne at the cxtra session except
the enactment into law with the
governor’s signature of the bill
P assed Iast week for the payment
of Confederate pensions,” said Mr.
Maddox.
WINE AND BEER
WASHINGTON, March 8. (AP)
—Confident that the government
will obtain an upperhand on the
sources of bootleg liquor, Assistant
Secretary Andrews, in charge «f
prohibition enforcement, today be
-gan mapping a campaign against
and beer throu h the estab .
lifibmi , nt , motor Bqnad ^ve
particular atte ntion to that an
nounc< ^ , a8t week aimed at chcck .
illicit diversion of industrial
al alcohol through the sep^fte
ment of thp enforcement squad
and the creation of a tax on gen
eral beverages by the new reve
m)e ai?entat and with thii! as a
board ^ divided repreaenta tives
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he can control the future Supplies
of beer.
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\f 1 p 1<L/ F T * TUESDAY 1 VJUW X X
The city Court of Griffin, which
was in session several days last
week for the trial of criminal
cases, will reconvene tomorrow
morning at 8:30 o’clock for the
purpose of taking up the civil
docket.
There are only a few cases on
the civil docket and it was an
nounced by court officials today
that court would probably be in
session for only one day.
Miss Louise Mathews, of La
Plata, Maryland, is the attractive
guest of Mrs. David J. Bailey and
Mrs. Robert Gumming. Miss Ma
thews, who was a school mate of
I Mrs. Cummlng at Gunston Hall,
Washington, D. C., has been a
frequent admired visitor in this * „
city. She is returning from
lulu, where she snent several
months with her brother, Captain,
Fred Mathews.
J. G. Bedenbaugh is greatly im
proved after being confined to his
bed for several davs with an at
tack of acute appendicitis.