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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 1 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. ^ I I Cotton lAMUll Rpoort atUUI! I v NEW ORLEANS COTTON Open High Low Close T’rev Clo«<* Meh. 18,62 18.62 18.34 18.3'. 1 B May 18.13 18.17 17.92 17.95 19.07 jluly 17.60 17.63 17.42 17 42 17.5' , Oct. 16.77 16.77 16 62 16 __ NEW YORK COTTON Mrh. 19,38 19.38 19.20 19.30 19.33 Mav 19.80 13.82 18.63 18.64 18.76 July 19.19 18.21 18.02 18.05 18.14 Oct. 17.36 17.37 17.24 17.28 17.33 GRIFFIN SPOT COTTON Good Middling----- .....17.50 Strict Middling----- ..... 17 r . Middling .......... ---- 17.2j I GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS 1 Jazz Band Replaces Organ In Church ,v. 8S4SSS M&. f: : sis « Mm - illil 1 1 ' ;i;s ' ■ . I 'i/vi; I !Si . >; -•••If ■ ■■ it m mm v -7 I ^............... 1 • •.•< •.•xw-’y-:* j kjjw M ' M :< m y. M ;‘v m mm j* 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. f NOTED AUSTRALIAN ^DRESS^ M ASS 1 < 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, j , a _ _ JvJ^llt 10 L/CVy ' rp J aX /YSSCSSfllCfll a . pv Ull f"nil7PnC vUUtiCllo TWprrDfl L/ClCl I Ull 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. mm • a ■: . -< t * k mm HBj ■7 IjSni ‘f&mR i^//^ 2 •>! J Dr. Gifford Gordon j STATE fItATT HIGHWAY „ T . BOARD ISSUES ROAD BULLETIN -- 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. - 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 i I f 1 Mile Parlevouz and her twin sister Mile. Vin Rouge, who hail from Gay Paree, have accepted the invitation of Dr. Linwood Ga , 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 ^ rp ^ 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 Davs _ Which In | T 1 4 O ¥7*1 lie D Returns x ■ r 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 . e a r - ^ en , .° n , . incom . 18 ne ® 8 ^ ° f tw ° T C ? nt ' Mar * 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 TO 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. 10.1. C. Will I j ; i ! 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 , m 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 j | 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 nnp 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 4 erf" «. | 1 IX 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. , 1 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.