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SUBCOMMITTEE DRAFTS
SUBSTITUTE ROAD BOND
BILL FOR $70,000,000
ATLANTA, Ga., March 9.—
Draft of a proopsed committee
substitute for all road bond issue
measures introduced in the special
session of the state legislature
was completed last night by the
subcommittee of the house consti
tutional amendments committee.
The substitute provides that the
state may issue bonds for paving
highways * not to exceed $70,000,000.
It does not involve . , any change . in .
taxation methods to provide reve
nue for retiring bonds or maintain
ing interest payments.
The bill drafted is very brief,
carrying only three or fO|Ur funda
mental provisions, and will be re
ferred by Representative Mann,
under instructions of the commit
/ tee, to some well-known lawyer
who makes a specialty of passing
upon the legality-of bond issues.
This will be done in order that
before the bill goes to the main
committee for approval it may be
known that there is nothing in it
which wou’d mitigate against sale
of the proposed bonds at the
cheapest possible price to the
state.
The bill ns finally adopted by
the subcommittee leaves practical
ly all Questions on which there has
been any difference of opinion to
the enabling bill which it also is
.proposed to pass. It was the sense
of the committee that the proposi
tion in rega-d to amending the
constitution to allow this issue of
bonds should be suomited to the
people for ratification next No
vember in the simplest possible
form.
News was received in Griffin
Tuesday morning by Mrs. Seneca
Sawtell of the death of her sis
ter-in-law, Mrs. Mary Frates Red
ding, wife of Arthur Redding, of
Atlanta, which oceured
night at 9:1-5 o’clock at a private
sanitarium in Atlanta.
Mrs. Redding, who was 42 years
of age, had been ill for several
weeks. She recently underwent an
operation and later contracted
pneumonia, which caused her
death. She has many friends in
Griffin, her husband’s former
home, where she has spent much
time. She was beloved by all
who knew her and will be greatly
missed by many friends in Grif
fin.
Mrs. Redding’s daughter, Mrs.
Herbert Horne, of Rio de Janiero,
arrived last week to be at her bed
.. side and her son, Robert Frates
4 Eeddinjg, is to arrive in Atlanta
'• ' tonight* from Rio de Janiero, hav
ing missed the last boat.
Mrs. Redding, the daughter of
Portuguese parents, was bom in
San Francisco, received her
tion in the states, and later went
with her parents to South
ica. There she met Mr. Redding,
American representative of a busi
ness,- and they were married No
vember 22, 1898 at Manaos, Am
azonas, Brazil. They lived for a
time in Rio but have lately been
living in Atlanta.
She is survived by her husband;
one daughter, Mrs. Herbert Horae,
of Rio de Janiero; one son, Rob
ert Frates Redding, of Rio; a
grand daughter, Isabel Redding
Horne,; one sister, Mrs. Eva Du
snrfce, of Atlanta; one brother,
August Frates, of San Francisco;
two brothers-in-law, Robert Red
din. of Atlanta, and Henry George
Redding, of Seattle, Washington.
Funeral arrangements will be
tnnermeed Inter.
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Cotton _ Report 1
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. NEW ORLEANS COTTON
Open High Low Close Prev.
Clo«»
Meh. 1R.44 18.58 18.43 18.58 18.33
May 17.97 18.09 17.96 18.07 17.93
Jnly 17.47 17.57 17.45 17.56 17.43
Oct.. Jfi 69 16.75 16.68 16.72 16.67
NEW YORK COTTON
Mch. 19.30 19.35 19.20 19.33 19.20
May 18.70 18.77 18.64 18.76 18.6,3
July 18.08 18.15 18.02 18.14 18.02
Oct, 17.84 17.85 17.27 17.33 17.30
GRIFFIN SPOT COTTON
Good Middling *' ll'll
Strict Middling 17.75
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GRIFFIN DAILY
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^ ans ^ ave been completed for a
proper observance in Griffin to
„ morrow of , the ., 50th anniversary
0 f the telephone, it was announc
ed today by Manager John T.
The local exchan ? e wil1 kee P
P en house a11 da y tomorrow. Tele
P u custorners and tke 1 J
Ffenera
pu 1C are visit the
ex ^; an " e during the day.
Vls,tors wi!1 be S^eted by the
operators and other telephone'
workers and will see where their
two lines come in on the switch
board and how the complicated
? em “ of a srowin ^ community
is rendered.
Mr. Banks announced this morn
. that of their
'ng as a part pro
gram in the celebration of ,the
semi-centennial of the telephone,
the president of the company,
Ben S. Read, will make a talk
during the 10:45 program tomor- i
row night from WSB radio broad
casting station of the Atlanta
Journal.
Will Wear Buttons
Every telephone worker in the
entire country, almost half a mil
lion in all, will wear an attractive
button in commemoration of the
event.
The telephone has grown from
a top in 1876 to a business and
social necessity in 1926. Visitors
to the exchange will hear the
romantic story of the birth, baby
hood and present growth of the
j telephone.
; Having been invented by Dr.
Bell in an effort tp^jsid the deaf
to hear, the telephone has proved
to be an instrument of service to
mankind The early struggles of
Dr. Bell and a few associates to
convince the business world of the
commercial value of the telephone
his disappointments, and his fore
.
an< ^ energv r wb i cb
I won success, form a story which
few parallels in the history
[ The industry telephone in America, folks anxious
are
to have their friends visit the ex
c h an ?e and join them in honoring
birthday of the telephone,
There are many things worth see
ing and it is declared that a warm
welcome awaits all who accept the
mutation,
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ECCLES, W. Va„ March 9. (AP)
j —The plosion known here last dead night in a mine ex- in
, was
creased to nine today as rescue
workers broke through the barriers
of debris and found eight addition
bodies near the shaft at the
bottom of the Crab Orchard Im
provement Company’s mine,
Workers have redoubled their
efforts to find alive some of the
twenty other miners entombed by
the blast.
Acred Woolsev Man
Dies From Worry
Over Mate’s Death
,H. C. Reeves, one of the most
rominent citizens of Fayette coun
ty, died at his home at Woolsey,
Ga., Monday msrht at 10 o’clock.
He was taken ill immediately af
ter his wife was burned to death
two months ago and his death is
attri ^ uted to worry over her death.
He was prominent in all civic af
fairs of his community. He was
83 years old and a member of
the Methodist church.
He is survived by two daugh
ters, u Mrs. J. R. Jones, of Griffin,
and Mrs. Mntt.ie Sikes, of Wool
sey; three sons, C. C. Reeves, of
Alvaton: E. L. Reeves, of Little
River. Fla., and F. G. Reeves, of
Mmmi, Fla., and one sister, Mrs.
W - Funeral W - S*uter. services of Mansion. Ark. |
will be held
trom I™*™ Methodist church
morrow afternoon at 2 o’clock. 1
R *v. J. 8. Askew pastor will
flciate * B,,rU1 w,?1 ** 1" Inman
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cemetery , with Haisteu Brothers ,
funeral directors, in charge.
PRIZES f FERED
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ATHENS, Ga., March 9.—Prizes
totaling thousand dollars to ,
one
be awarded the farmers produc
ing the largest yields of cotton on
five acres this year were official
ly announced today by Dr .An
drew M. Soule, President of the
State College of Agriculture. The
supervision and -direction of this
contest will be in charge of Prof.
E. C. Westbrook, Cotton Special
ist.. Correspondence relative to
this matter should be directed to
him. The first prize will amount
*° ^* ve hundred dollars, the sec
ond, two hundred and fiftv dollars.
one hundred and fifty dol
lar?. and the fourth one hundred
dollars. The fortilizer manufac
turers of Georgia are donating the
money.
The object of the contest is to
help in the improvement of the
°tanlo of cotton, and to encouratre
hitrher acre yields in the state,
officials in charge of the contest
stated. Poor quality of lint, and
low* nroduction per acre are de
clared to be the greatest causes
of losses to the cotton farmer and
it is in an effort to correct these
that the prizes are being offered.
The contest will bt open to any
farmer in the state, and five
acres in ore body must be cultiva
ted in order for the contestant
to be eligible for a prize. Simple
but accurate records must be
kept, and, delivered to the county
agent or person designated as
chairman of the county cotton
club. Readv mixed fertilizer with
a side application or top dressing
as resired by the grower, are to
be used.
The quality and length of staple
will be tested by the cotton spec
ialist of the State College of Agri
culture from samples submitted
by the grower.
Prizes at Farmers’ Meet
Winners in the contest will be
announced at the Farmers’ Con
ference at the State College of
Agriculture in January 1927, and
prizes awarded at that time
Farmers may enroll now by
making application to the county
agent or vocational agricultural
teacher, it was announced.
Modem Church
Edifice Planned
In Savannah Soon
SAVANNAH, Ga., March 9.-—
The First Baptist church of this
city will begin tearing down the
resent buildings on the site of the
new Sunday school on Whitaker
street in the reach of the church
April I, preparatory to the e^sc
tion of modem church and
structure, it was announced by
officials here today.
Actual work on the construction
of the new church building is ex
to begin about the middle
of April. The contract has not yet
let, but bids will 1* asked
shortly. The structure will
$60,000, the funds foT which have
already been provided
GRIFFIN. GA., TUESDAY. MARCH 9, 1926.
ORGANIZE
ATHENS," Ga., March 9, Sec
retary C. C. Thomas has called a
meeting in Athens on April 8 for
|wid£* the-.tit urpose of organizing a State
Chamber of Commerce. The
i eeting will be held under the aus
pices of the local Chamber of
Commerce and the State College
of Agriculture.
Representatives from all Cham
bers of Commerce in the State
have been invited as well as coun
ties without such organizations.
The date for the meeting was
set on the day before the welfare
conference of the State College of
Agriculture in order that citizens
attending the meeting might stay
over for the conference.
Conner Resident
Oi Sunny Side, Ga •1
Dies In Florida
P. H. Brewster, 33, formerly of
Sunny Side, died at a sanitarium
in Miami, Fla., Saturday night
fter an illness of only a few days.
He had been in Florida about six
weeks. The body arrived^hjonday
nd was carried to the home of his
’"ather, Judge B. D. Brewster, at
Sunny Side. Interment was made
in the cemetery at Sunny Side.
Surviving him are his wife, Mrs.
Florence Brewster, of Sunny Side,
small son, B. D. Brewster, Jr.; six
sisters, Mrs. D. F. McClain, Ac
worth, Ga.; Mrs. G. M. Nichols,
Atlanta; Miss Dempsey Brewster,
Deland, Fla.; Mrs. P. J. Mitchell,
Sunny Side, and Mrs. Susie Gray
and Mrs. Dial, both of Bartow,
THa., and one brother, W. S.
Brewster, of Sunny Side.
Eivht New Banks
Formed In Six
QtatPC kjiaico Pact 1 aol Wrclr YTCCIt
ATLANTA, Ga., March 9.—
Eight new banks with combined
capital of $2,200,000 are reported
by The Southern Banker, Atlanta,
Ga., this week to be in process of
organization in Florida, Kentucky,
South Carolina, Tennessee andVir
glnia, while four existing banks in
Florida, Mississippi and North
Carolina have announsed capital
increases totaling $245,000. Four
new bank buildings are also plan
ned, representing large invest
ments in Arkansas, Georgia and
Mississippi. ,
The newly organized banks arc:
Bank of Boca Ratcn, Fla.; the
Horse Cave Deposit Bank, Horse
Cave, Ky.; The Peoples-First Nat
iional Bank of Charleston, S. C., a
merger of the Peoples National
Bank and the First National Bank
0 f that city; the South Carolina
National Bank, a consolidation of
the Carolina National Bank of
Columbia. S. C., the Norwood Nat
ional Bank of Greenville, S. C.,
and the Bank of Charleston, N.
C.; the First A Peoples Trust
Company, G«llatin, Tenn.; a bank
as yet unnamed that is being ©r
gsnized by the Trades and Labor
. Council of Memphis, Tenn., and
the City Bank of Ti,
Briand to Form Ninth - '
Cabinet in France at -
of
POULTfiY SALE
Will EE HELD
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Another big poultry sale will
held in Griffin next Tuesday,
it -was announced today by County
Agent W. T. Bennett. The sale is
being conducted by the farmers of
palding county under the auspices
of the county agent. /
Four years ago these co-opera
tive poultry sales were started in
Spalding county and this will be
the fourteenth sale. Good prices
have always been received and
the farmers have found the sales
profitable.
Car Secured
The county agent announces that
a poultry car has been secured!
for the sale Tuesday and that I
highest prices are expected to be
paid for all poultry brought here.
Tt will take 4,500 chickens to fill
the car, but it is believed that no
difficulty will be experienced in
getting * a sufficient number.
“This sale will afford an oppor
tunity to poultry raisers to get
rid of all non-producers and turn
them into real cash,” said Mr.
Bennett.
All farmers and noultry raisers
in Griffin and vicinity are to bring
in their chickens and dispose o f
them at a good price.
PEOPLE GOING
TO PEACH FETE
Many Griffin people are plan
ning to go to Fort Valley to at
tend the annual Peach Blossom
Festival on Thursday and Friday.
This city will be well represented
this year as in previous years. A
number of parties have already
been planned, it is learned on the
reporter’s daily rounds in search
of news.
World Invited
Ralph Newton general chairman
of the fifth annual Georgia Peach
Blossom Festival, sends out the fol
lowing cordial invitation to the
people everywhere to attend the
Festival Thursday and Friday.
At On March 11 and 12, Fort Val
ley, will, like Lady Macbeth, and
yet without her. sinister motive,
bear welcome in her eye, her hand,
her tongue, to thousands of Geor
gians and hundreds from all parts
of America who will come to the
FMfth Annual Peach Blossom
tivul. *
a The Festival is all that this
happy and joytous world ha*
gathered into its meaning. It is
an annual celebration of bloesom
when bursting peach buds
. speak their pink prophecies of the
coming harvest. It is a glad ex-
1 pression in poetry and pantomine
■ of the romance of a great indus
j try. A fertile soil, a kindly sky,
and energetic people, and a bounti
ful providence have spent them
selves to bring forth the wealth
of bud and the festival embodies
in song and story, the gratitude of
every heart,
The Prodigal Peach
“Of the more than a thousand
men, women, and children who will
have part in the pageant, each will
feel what he is trying to express
an deach will do his utmost to in
terpret the meaning of the Prodi
gal Peach, to the thousands who
look on the beautiful parade of
floats, the exouisite court of King
and Queen, the colorful pageant
with its music and rhythmic pan
tomne are not alone for those who
participate in them, they are for
the pleasure of ml who come.
“All. therefore, who come within
og* gates to join with cheerful
spirit m this happy celebration
are heartily welcome The Festiva,
ia for you. We connot enjoy it all
by ourselves and we cannot enjoy
it to the full unle™ you, too, enter
into its spirit”
PARIS, March 9. (AP)—
Aristide Briand, veteran
French statesmen, today ac
cepted the mandate from
President Doumergue to form
his ninth cabinet to succeed
the-one which fell Saturday.
Once more, Briand proved
the only French leader will
ing to attempt to lead the
country out of the financial
bog in which it is floundering.
“1 did not feel that I had
the right to refuse,” he said.
Herriot Declines Mandate
PARIS, March 9. (AP)—Ed- i
uard , Harriot, radical ... part,'leader, , ,
Loday declined the mandate of
^resident Doumergue that he form ,
new cab.net to succeed the
Briand iTorriot ministry. proposed that Briand be |
summoned, saying the premier
must return to the League of Na
ITU 'V'' m ^ G< ncva v,ith a l
n? p * r “ ,n l( ac 1C
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‘ 0 rmn ministry res.gned
Saturday after failure of a votc of
confidence on sales tax pro
visions of its gadget program.
Demands for Briand
PARIS, March 9. (AP)—De
mand that Aristide Briand suc
ceed himself as premier with per
haps another finance minister
than M. Doumer is growing more
insistent from all quarters.
Everyone is advising President
Doumergue to request Briand to
head the government again.
Briand is said to be disgusted
with the chamber and disheartened
over its action toward his financial
rehabilitation, and thus far has
been resolute in hia refusal to run
again.
League Takes Recess
GENEVA, March 9. (AP)—With
the League of Nations assembly
in a tangle arising from Ger
many’s request for membership
and the demands of four other
countries—Poland, China, Spain
and Brazil, for permanent seats ,
in the league council, the assembly
was in recess today.
Only the subcommittees of both
the assembly and the council are
at work and they are dealing with
routine matters.
It is possible that there will
be no session until Aristide Briand
returns from France, where he
was called on account of the poli
tical crisis.
There has been no abatement in
the claims by repreesntatives of
the various countries seeking
permanent se ats in the council and
the Germans hold steadfastly to
the ground that no seat be award
ed until Germany is installed.
Any suggestion that France
might offer for the diminution of
forces in Rhineland and the re
duction of occupied area in ex
change for Germany’s acquiescence
|, Poland’s admission to the league
0 f nations falls on barren ground
so far as the German delegation
here is concerned. This was made
clear today by German spokesmen.
REVIVAL SERVICES
The opening sermon in a
of revival meetings at the
Methodist church in
was preached Sunday by Dr. J.
Eakes, presiding elder of the
fin district. The meeting will
continued indefinitely by Rev.
H. Maxwell, pastor of the
MUCH INTEREST IN PROHIBITION
POLL
Voting in the Daily News and NEA Sendee prohibition
poll began today with indications that a large of
ballots will be ca»t.
All people are invited to express their views on die
prohibition question with the
being held in strict confidence and that their
not be divulged. Only one person in The News Office will
read the ballots and no names will be printed er
known.
Fill out the ballot appearing in The News again today,
mark in. the blank spaces whether you favor
j prohibition with strict
forcemeat, repeal of the law or modification of the
| ao aa to allow the sale of light wine 1 --- ’be » it
I to fbe Prohibition Editor, and your vote wffl
‘ } n ^ Vote conducted by 700
of thee NEA. V
The result of die
Invest jtfur m r-<-^ ■ ■
talent, your t /
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influence in
ESTABLISHED =ffrf
TO FORCE
ATLANTA, Ga., March 9. (AP)
effort by bond opponents of
Governor Walkef in the house to
day to force that body into im
mediate consideration of educa
tional bonds was frustrated when
Representative Milner’s motion in
structimr the amendments commit
to report thfi edueationa , bil ,
in tbe hm!se tomorrow for debate
lg(jt by a votc of , 07 to 48>
The Geor-in Public Service com
mifls5oB w „„ Mh „ d in a resolut{on
introduced in tba hollRe bv R cpre _
SPntntive Traylor, of Richmond,
irate the freight rates
on gasoline to Georgia and from
point to point within the state,
wide varia t ion in price , the reso
, ut!on aaid> is aa much tt5 tbree
cents per gallon between points in
Georgia. The resolution was re
ferred to a special judiciary com
mittee.
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AT LUNCH TODAY
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Dr. Gifford Gordon, distinguished 1
Australian orator, was the princi
pal speaker at the Exchange club
luncheon at noon today. He spoke
on "Australia, The Student of
America, *9 and told many In
stances in which his land is copy
ing this Nation.
The principal theme of his ad
dress had to do with the Eight
amendment of the Constitu
tion °* tke United States. Dr.
Gordon made a strong appeal to
the members of the club to join
upholding the Constitution of the
( c °untry.
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Dr. Gordon wil speak Wednesday
ri * ht at * mass meeting to be held
® a PDst church. A special
, in vitati< is extended all citizens
i n
to attend.
Dr. Gordon was introduced to
I tke Warren, Exchange meeting by Mrs. L.
C. of this city.
Macon Guests
Five members of the Macon
club were present. They were
headed by Sid Phillips, secretary
of the Macon club. This delegation
extended an invitation to the
Griffin club to attend the state
meeing in Macon.
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