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GRIFFIN FIRST
Invest your money, your
talent, your time, your
influence in Griffin.
MEMBERS ASSOCIATED PRESS
Griffin Makes App ropriation For H ealth Pro ram 3-
School Bond Election Is Called
VOTERS TO PASS
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The Spalding County Board
Education at its regular
today called a bond election
Wednesday, April 14, for the
pose of voting on the
of consolidated schools for
ing county. 4
More than twothirds of the
fied voters of the county
a petition requesting that the
tion be called. The action of
board is in line with its
for a system of the best
that can be obtaned for the
ty.
The election will be held in
the militia districts of the
except that part of the county
braced in he. corporate limits
the city of Griffin. All
voters of the county will be
lowed to participate in the
tion.
The funds arising from the
tion, if it is successful, will
used in the purchasing of
and the building and
of school housbs throughout
various districts of the county
The funds, under a resolution
the board, will be issued in
nominations of 3100 each and
bered from one to one
both inclusive, maturing as
lows: $4,000 June 1 of each
the years from 1927 to
bearing interest at 5 per cent
payable semi-annually on the
days of June and December
each year.
LEGISLATORS TO
ATTEND
ATLANTA, March 10.
When the general
adjourns tomorrow it will
meet until Monday at 11 o’clock.
The senate and the house today
concurred in adopting a resolution
introduced in the house by Rep
resentative Rawls, of Seminole,
that enabled the assembly to at
tend the peach festival at Fort
y a ll ey
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR
RALLY TO BE HELD AT
PRESBYTERIAN
Hewitt F. Cunningham, field
secretary of the Christian En
deavor, will conduct a Christian
Endeavo/ rally for all societies
in Griffin at the First Christian
church tomorrow evening at 7:30
o’clock.
Mr. Cunningham is a graduate
of the Presbyterian Seminary of
Kentucky. He served -Am
erican forces in France and was
wounded in action. He has been
decorated by the French govern
ment and President Wilson. He
has held the highest positions in
student volunteer councils, young
people’s conferences and has un
pressed every section of the South
with his wonderful ability as a
Christian Endeavor expert.
His coming to Griffin will be a
blessing to all young people's
work and the public is cordially
invited to hear him.
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Mav 19.80 13.82 18.63 18.64 18.76
July 19.19 18.21 18.02 18.05 18.14
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GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
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An up-to-date jazz band furnished the music in the fashionable Wilshire
■ church, at Los Angeles, the other day. on invitation of the pastor, Rev. Frank Dyer. He
, olher . musicians will the church during
1 J azz appear i in the year.
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Dr. Gifford Gordon, noted Aus
tralian, Avill address a mass meet
i ing tonight at the First Baptist
church. The five central, churches
of the city have called off their
prayer services and will meet as
: a unit to hear Dr. Gordon.
Dr. Gordon is considered one
i of the strongest orators of his
native land and has spoken in
( thousands'of cities in the United
States. He arrived in Gnlxin
Tuesday morning ard has already
delivered several addresses here.
Eighteenth Amendment
Dr. Gordon’s suoject wall be
“Australia the Student of
erica.’ The chief theme of his
address will have to do. with the
Eighteenth Amendment of the
Constitution.
Those who heard Dr. Gordon
s heak state that he is a sincere,
forceful speaker and well worth
hearing. He is a cultured eduea
man thoroughly enthused over
bis subjects—Australia and Prohi
bition.
The Program
. Dr. Gordon will he introduced
the Rev - John Yarbrough. The
complete program for the meeting
tonight, which will begin at 8 o’
clock. follows:
Prelude.
Song, “America the Beautiful, »
by audience.
I Scripture Lesson, by the Rev.
! Malcolm R. Williamson.
i Prayer, by the Rev. George Zach
ary.
Special music
Introduction of speaker, by the
Rev. John Yarbrough,
j ; Address, by Dr. Gifford Gordon.
Offering, by Rev. Leon M. Lati
mer.
Closing Prayer, by the ReV. O.
K. Cull,
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WASHINGTON March
( \p)__The right of the govern
>f(ne ment to levy an assessment of
^taxes million dollars in additional
on Senator Couzen* of
Michigan, was V deforr.d before the
board of tax 'appeals today by
j j solicitor Gregg, of the internal
rvpnue The
was made more than ten years
aon Pn , he ^rounds thkt the valua
| i tion of Ford stock sold by Couzens
^ »b" Ford Comnany in 1919 was
incorrectly estimated when the
.original tax was computed.
CHARGES CORRUPTION
Pi SALE REPUBLICAN
patoomaGE IN SOUTH
WASHINGTON, March
(API—Charges that the entire
north is suffering from the ef
foots of corruption by the sale of
Fepuh'ican patronage were made
T tb " }lou8p today by Representa
t!vp Rusby > democrat from Miss
Jssippi.
GRIFFIN, GA.. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1926.
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BOARD ISSUES
ROAD BULLETIN
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The State Highway Department
with offices in Griffin issued
bulletin showing the condition of
jthe The roads Atlanta-Macon in the third division. road is in
good condition. The detour be
tween Lovejoy and Hampton is
good.
Route No. 7 south of Ramesville
is in good shape. The short de
tour around the bridge construe
tion two miles north of Culloden
is good.
The Atlanta-West Point road is
good throughout.
The Moreland-Columbus road is
good throughout.
Route No. 3 from Griffin to the
Flint River is good with th e ex
ception of construction between
Griffin and Zebulon. This is pas
sable but it is advisable to detour
by way of Williamson, which de
tour is in good shape.
Route No. 1 from Bremen to
Chipley is good but truffle must
dGtouT froTn Franklin to H^ans
ville ' and contini,e on Route 14
1 on acoount of construction in
Troup County north of I.aGrange.
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MRS. KELLEY WINS
PRIZE AT THE PHOTO
MEET IN ATLANTA
Mr. and Mrs. Marion F. Kelley
have returned from Atlanta, where
thev attended the photographers’
convention, which has been in pro
gross nt th*» Ansley Hotel.
Mrs. Kelley was the fortunate
Winner of the treasure in the
treasure hunt, which was an in
teresting feature of the entertain
ment. The hunt was all over At
from one studio to another,
j The treasure was a cedar chest
1 filled with $25 in shiny nevy
Lincoln pennies.
Mr. and Mrs. Kelley attended
a dinner dance at the Ansley
Mondffy evening and another on
Tuesday evning.
FAMOUS PARISIAN
DANGERS COMING
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1 Mile Parlevouz
and her twin
sister Mile. Vin Rouge, who hail
from Gay Paree, have accepted
the invitation of Dr. Linwood Ga
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b e ’ entertainment chairman,
the local American Legjon Post,
( and will be present
nighf at the ’ big Legion stag bar
b ecue
I Dr. Gable last night notified
! Commander ScSles of the Legion,
that he had just received a wire
from Earl Carrol, of Bath Tub
fame, to the effect that the two
talented dancers had signified their
willingness to come to Griffin and
dance for the Legion boys.
To Head Program
The two Parasian dancers will
headline a feature vaudeville bill
that will be given during the bar
beeue. Other feature members
will be the Griffin Rotary Club
Quartette, under the leadership
Legionaire Domingos, a ,
dancing act by the Misses Foster ’
nieces of Legionaire S. L.
a five minute speech delivered
by Hickey Freeman, of the U. S.
Navy, and three red hot boxing
matches between well matched
boys,
| Competitive Drill
One of the outstanding events
of the evening -will be a special
competitive drill by members of
j the local military company. Can
tain Arthur Maddox will have his
! prize squad present and the boys
j of the legion will have
dreams of long ago come
(when they see someone else “put
ting out at drill” while they aim
ply look on.
Big Nignt
Commander Scales, of the
gion, states that every thing
ready for the big event.
sire Mintz will be in charge
the barbecue proper and says
will outshine the best mess
j geant in preparing and the monkey eats.
j bread pudding,
will positively not appear on the
menu, he states.
Everv member of the legion has
,been given three tickets. Admis
■ rion will be by ticket only and
the barbecue will be exclusively
«*. »' tk. legion,
men who are eligible for member
It is expected that fullv
200 ex-service men will attend
this big joy feast. Men eligible f (
membersh, R- who have not
pet atu ‘ ket fr ,° m r" 0
b ’ Jdd,P ‘ , whn 18 alr<>ady a m ° m '
ber of the local post. <-+>
_ EX^GOV0mOr _ NClT
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At Mercer In
MACON. Ga., March 10.—Ex
Governor Pat M. Neff, who pre
ceded “Md Ferguson as chief
executive of the State of
has been secured to deliver the
literary address to the 1926 grad-
Griffin and Spalding county of
ficers were asked in telegrams
from Atlanta today to be on the
lookout for three convicts who es
caped , from , the Fulton county
chaingang last night and are re
ported to be still at liberty. They
are complying with the request
by keeping on the aiert.
In a muntinous uprising at the
North Side convict camp last
night, it was stated, one guard
was critically wounded, two others
were beaten up and three convicts
are reported to be in a serious
condition in a hospital, one of
whom is not expected to live.
Three of the six men who made
the dash for liberty were still at
large at last accounts.
! The convicts, eight in all, had
returned frgm a day's work on the
roads, when at a signal from one
cf the inmates, they overpowered
their three guards and made an
attempt to escape in the truck
. which had just brought them in
for the night. ^
In a pistol battle, R. P. New
some, a guard, was seriously
wounded and is not expected to
recover - Three of the convicts
were injured without leaving the
camP) whilc the other three made
their getaway. Two of the three
convicts were shot by the guards,
while a third was run over and
j the injured others by made the truck their with which
escape.
Automobile Stolen
Shortly after their escape the
three convicts drove the truck out
Pace’s Ferry Road, and coming
uoon the car of Mrs. James R.
Gray, Sr., wife of the editor of
the Atlanta Journal, who was ac
companied by her sister-in-law,
Miss Josephine Gray, they order
e d the negro chauffeur to halt
a t the point of a gun and de
manded the machine, abandoned
the truck. The convicts then took
Mrs. Grav’s car and fled.
Only A , Five More
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Only five days remain for in
come tax returns to be made out
and forwarded to Josiah T. Rose,
internal revenue collector with of
fices in At’anta. March 15th is
the final date unless an extension
o time as een secure .
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emption of $3,500 a and 'T unmarried an
persons $1,500 this year. Twenty
li ve per cent is also deductible
for earned income.
3 More Bodies Are
T^en From Mine
Disaster Today
T^T7>cj w Va./March 10.—
(AP)—The known death toll in the
Crab Orchard Improvement Com
P«ny mine explosion reached 14
t(yiav whp n 3 more bodies were
within th, working, »hor,
29 men were entomoed Monday
Ton „„.were found al.ve
night and are m.s.ing but the
g
w !h be found alive.
uati"" clots of Mercer university
fl t ninety-third annual com
menrem n nt exercises. June 8.
The ITno-rable Mr. Neff hs^
been prominent in political and
ednfftHenil rircles of the Lone
Ft or c tote for many voars, having
se-ved as <-overnor of the state for
tv-o te-ms from 10°l-25 and as a
fn r>rv Ti'' y of the ^io”se of ropre
E r ' for a ni'mhor of times
F— wirs F^-Pf'vpfnor
served on the Baylor
univ*.rsltv board of trustees, of
*' h » ch institution he is an
GIVES $200 PER MONTH
AND NAMES J. S. HUS
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Texas Insane To
Enjoy * Good Food
, ,
And Entertainment
ASUTIN, Tex., March 10
(AP)H umanita rism mixed
with kindness, good food and
entertainment has removed the
shackles of restraint from the
*>'* insane asylums of Texas.
Straight jackets, padded cells
I and restraint beds are now
articIea of a forB < )Uen a * e in
the institution Moving picture
1 shews, dancing, and exercise
are now at the convenience of
the 9,000 inmates.
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! The R. O. T. C. Batallion of the
Griffin High School will give an
exhibition drill Thursday afternoon
3 0 clock* followed by a batab
Ron Parade, it was announced to
d ®y hy Col. F. E. Wilson,
j Prior to the parade, each corn
P an y win drill separately for a
short time, Illustrating three dif
Terent phases of the instruction
g' iv en.
Company _ C will ... drill , . close ,
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order, Company “B” will drill in
extended order and Company “A”
W * R drill in the manual of arms,
The drill will be held on the
football field and the public is
cordially invited to attend. The
exhibition will be of interest here
and a large crowd is expected.
Two Young Men
Held On Suspicion
| Of Stealing
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Two well-dressed young men,
giving their names as Charles
j_ Milton, and J. W. Little, were
arrested here today by County
Officer Perry Brown and are be
he,d on •“P iclon “ f thc theft
in M,am1 ’
They went to a local . garage in a
highpowered car to have a fan belt
fixed and are said to have acted
auspiciously. Later they are said
to have admitted to officers that
the -machine was stolen property.
Officers are waiting advices from
*be Florida city.
GRIFFIN TO “LISTEN *_
' IN” ON NEW
j STATION
'* '*~ bero wlR be B a Pccial pr^
gram tonight at 8:30, central
time, from broadcasting station
at Deering Spring,
^ an - ThiR is the new station
Deerinjr Sprin)? Co „ ej?e anrf the
program tonight will be in
tion o{ the fjf ty _ 8ec0nd
i o{ the college. There will
; speeches, songs t and the ringing
the old college bells Several
finites have attended college there
and great interest will be felt
Griffln in the excellent program.
Today Ts Last Chance to
Viite On Prohibition
Today is your last chance to vote in the nation-wide
poll on the prohibition law now being conducted in The
News in conjunction with 700 other newspapers of the
United States.
Don’t fail to fill out the blank ballot which is bein'?
printed for the last timo in today’s paper and mail it im
mediately lo the Prohibition Editor. Votes will be receiv- ,
ed until March 20 ar*d counted. They then will be tab
ulated and at an early date the result of the poll will be
announced in this paper.
Hundreds of Griffin people have already voted and
pressed themselv .3 on the prohibition law. . Never be
fore has any lest vole here been so popular.
And interest in ihr poll is as great elsewhere through
out the country as it is here. The New York World is the
latest to join hands w h the NEA Service and its client
editors in the ca'ion-wide poll.
TODAY is your LAST CHANCE TO VOTE. Send in
your ballot at once to the Prohibition Editor of The Daily
News. i
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GRIFFIN FIRST
Invert yonr money, your I I
talent, yonr time, y<mr
influence in Griffin, I
ESTABLISHECTTafl
, n,, boird dtJ
ers at its regular meeting last
, night passed resolution
a to ap
P^P^ete $200 per month, equal
to the sum appropriated or to be
appropriated by Spalding county,
for the purpose of paying the sal
ary of a health officer and put
ting on a health program In the
city and county.
| The resolution provides that the
, appropriation may be discontinued
or withdrawn at the end of any
calendar month. It provides fur
ther that a representative of the
city, designated by the commis
, sioners, shall be permitted to meet
with the county board of health
in the discussion of that body,
j The commissioners designated
Chairman J. S. Tyus as repre
sentative from the city to meet
1 with the county board.
| The city attorney called atten
tion to the fact that under the
State law the city and county
could not combine in the organiza
tion of a health board, but the
action of the commissioners as
sures hearty co-operation in the
“°™"« nt here for a permanent
health program, it was pointed out
The State law provides that the
county health board shall be com
posed of the chairman of the coun
ty commissioners, the sunerintend
ent of the county schools and one
member appointed hy the county
grand jury.
Dr. T. I. Hawkins was appoint
ed by the last grand jury here as
a member of the county health,
board
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signed by Governor Walker, a
new difficulty arose in the house
today threatening to nullify cer
tain provisions of Georgia’s newest
legislation.
Representative Howard, of Chat
tahoochee, co-author of the scrip
bil1 a y ear a ^°- received ■ *<*
ter from Sam Slate, state auditor,
stating that discounting Western
and Atlantic rental notes for si*
years would still leave a deficit
of $500,000.
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CITY COURT FINISHES
BUSINESS AND QUITS
^ city Court o{ Griffin> a# .
ter trying the following civil cases
adjourned late yesterday after*
noon until the next regular sec
siou on the first Monday in June,
j tachment, B. Slade vs. W. S. Patrick, at
verdict and judgment
for plaintiff for $274.
,
B. Slade & Co. vs. C. T. Wil
. S0T>f 8u5t on not€> verdict and
judgment for plaintiff for $114.55.
, W. F. Pennington vs. B. W.
Scruggs and American National
Insurance Company, gataishee,
verdict and judgment for plain
I tiff for $192.76.