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CLASS ROOW SPACE URGED FOR SCHOOL
Chamb er Of Commer ce Rally Thursday Night
CALIED FOB 7:30
AT THE CITY
An important meeeing of the
chamber of commerce has been
called for Thursday night at the
,
city hall, by president H. L. Conn,
of the organization. All members
of the chamber of commerce and
all other persons., who are inter
ested in the upbuilding of Griffin
and Spalding county are invited
to attend.
The meeting will be called to or
der promptly at 7:30 o’clock and
business will be dispatched quickly
so that the meeting will not last
, long.
To Adopt Program.
The purpose of the meeting is
to adopt a platform for the coming
year and to make plans for the
work the chamber will carry on.
Asolutely no collection will be tak
en and no subscriptions will be
M solicited, it was announced this
morning. 1
“We simply want to acquaint
the people of Griffin and Spald
ing county with conditions as they
exist in the chamber of commerce,
and we want their advice as the
best manner in which to conduct
the chamber of commerce for the
coming year,” said President Conn
today to a reporter of THE NEWS
"No more important meeting of
the chamber of commerce has ever
been called and we sincerely trust
that a large attendance will be
on hand.
D No Funds Soliciated.
“It is riot the purpose of the
commissioners to beg for more
money at this meeting, and so far
as they are concerned, there will
be no solicittations for additional
funds.”
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Hundreds of Griffin people at
tended the first of the series of
pre-Gipsey Smith prayer meetings
last night. These meetings were
held in different parts of the city,
in the homes of individuals. At
* each meeting a leader was in
charge and all of the meetings
considered the same topic for the
night.
Probably the largest of all the
meetings was the one held at the
residence of J. P. Nichols, Sr., on
N. 13th street. It is estimated
that over 100 persons attended
that meeting.
Meet Again Friday.
be held Friday pny nigh z of this week,
It is planned to hold two meetings
every week, « nti 'J he arrival...of
Gypsey Smith. These meetings
will be held on Tuesday and Fn
day nights.
Interest in the coming
is beginning to bo manifest Fee
pie in every section of the city
and every walk of life are awaking
to the fact that the revival will
be a great stimulus to the religious
' life of Griffin, and are giving their
wholp hearted support to the move
ment.
Meeting Places.
“Cottage Prayer Meetings were
held 'ast night 'at the
J i J S. ^ D. N Jf. - h r,!Ll P« nn v, 'r- ' a ' ’ Niles ’ R.
J D e« n J J- J- C1 ~ A < 5
I Murcay. S. H. Wilson C.H. Scales,
A W. Greer J_ H. Thornes, a C
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Swmt, and at the Methodist chur. n
in North Griffin.
Mrs. M. R. Osburn and daugh
ter, Paite, of Ieesburg, Fla., arc
visiting Mrs. Osburn’, mother,
Mrs. J. C. Williams.
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DAILY NEWS
i LEAVING THE HOSPITAL—The body of Rudolph Valen
tino being placed in a hearse at the door of Polyclinic
pital for removal to the undertaking establishment.
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TO GET CHECKS
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ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. 25.— fjP)
Checks for $500,000 will be mailed
out the first week In September
to the county and independent
school systems in Georgia, Fort
E. Land, state superintended
of schools has announced. Mr.
Land staid the he believes this
money will be of great value to
school officials in financing tie
schools and thereby facilitstiig
their opening before taxes begjn
to come in. These will je
checks and not warrants to be ds
eounted, Mr. Land declared.
This is the first time in he
history of the State that futds
have been sent out to schools t»is
early, it was stated, being mide
possible by the present manage
ment of the State’s financial af
[fairs by Governor Walker, Conp
troller General William A. Wrght,
State Treasurer W. G. Speer, and
State Auditor Sam J. Slate.
State Superintendent Land fur
ther stated that he hopes to send
out one million dollars mon to
the Geogia schools before the
Christmas holidays.
Blood Poisoning
Fatal To Former
Moultrie Wonan
MOULTRre, Ga., Aug. 25—<AF»>
-Funeral services for Mrs. I. M.
s ‘ uar V w,f ? of a st Z: tetb "r
physuuan, daughter , of , W. t Ve
reeni Moultrie capitalist, andsister
0 f w. J. Vereen, former proident
^ 0 f jbe American Cotton Marjfaet- j
^ urera Association, who died Mon- j
day night in a hospital ,t St. |
Petersburg, were held at th< First |
PrMbyteri sn church here tts aft
, ernoon at 4 o’clock.
| from M rs. b,ood Stuart’s poisoning death whih asulted was j
j | developed a week ag0 aftr
hlld an abaejsed tooth xtract
' * n( i \frs W C Vereen Cme 1
were w th her when he eri
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S x 0 RM OF HURRIC/NE
FORCE RAGING‘UTTHE
THE G,JLF OF ^X.CO
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ORLEANS, A*. 2B -,
W-A storm raging up through
the Gulf > of Mexico alongihe east
e rn Louisiana coast is of mrricane
force, said messages rectved here
today from the steamslp Craw
f or d, reporting from a pint about
120 miles south of Mogan City,
B latitude of 91 and lofitude of
127.
GRIFFIN, GA., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 25, 1926.
1
I Rotary Education will be
theme for discussion at the
1 meeting of the Griffin
j Club at its regular session
j morrow. The session will be
j charge of the Rotary
j committee of which Elmer
j is chairman.
j The board of directors will
I mit a questionaire to the
| bers with the hope that they
i focus their attention upon
j definite objective until it is
i complished. The members
j naked to read the
| carefully and number in order
j their importance. There are 9
questions to be answered.
j The members are also asked to
j either memorize the Rotary Code
of Ethics by the time of the
; meeting or bring a copy with them
: to the session.
: The dub has in mind a definite
program of activity which if ear
ned out is expected to be of great
i value to the community. Some
j big problems are being contem
plated that will be worthwhile, it
is understood.
Child h Rlirnpfl
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1 o Death In Barn
U He ij6t Q j. Ufi r ,# ire
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ATHENS, Ga., Aug 25. Death
by fire of the small child of
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Sanders,
was reported in Athens
T uesday.
The little boy, aged 2 1-2 years,
fire to a bale of straw in
his father’s barn and before he
could be rescued was burned to
death. ,
The mother noticed the smoke
flames, but could not reach
the child before he was injured
recovery. He was a grand
son of William Sanders.
Mr. Sanders barn was destroyed
by the fire as were several hun
dred bushels of oats and wheat
and several head of live stock.
Scouts Court Of
Honor To Meet
A meeting of the local Boy
Scout Council Court of Honor
| las bggf, called for Friday night
at 7;16 at the city ha n. A n
Scouts in the counc n who desire
t 0 pass the second class, first class
anc ] merit, badge work are
e<J by Executive Burnette to ap
pea r before the court. This meet
ing is the first of the Court of
Honor since the Scout Camp and
m any Scouts are reported ready
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to pass the tests in Scouting.
FORMER COLUMBUS
WOMAN COMMISSIONER
' 3I1K| STILL CRITICALLY LLY ,LL ILL
ST. AUGUSTINE Fla ’ Aug 26
(AP) - The condition of
Anna Griffin, Cotamb™. former city co"d commis
of G.
todav to be critical, ’ according to
... h the hosp
a P ^ c > an * "P^t- at
where she ,s sick.
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ROMF c.u^ Ga a’ten Aug 26 A blaze
taouuand dollar
from fire, water and smoke
and which for a time threatened to
bring about a much greater dam
age was extinguished last n «ht
in the J. Kuttner Comapny store
on n road s t rc ct The fire sarted
in the men’s department of the
store in empty boxes in the rear
of the building. Because of the.
centml location of the store a sc
nous fire was expected for a
ACE FOUND ALIVE
BELLEFONTE, Pa., Aug.
25- —Lieutenant Cyrus K.
Bettis, army flying ace, miss
ing since Monday, 'was found
alive in Seven Sister Moun
tains today and is now in the
Center County Hospital here
in a serious but not a crit
ical condition.
The flyer’s left leg was
broken below the knee, his
skull fractured in two places
and he has severe lacerations
on the face and head.
The army officer owes his
life to his grit. Buried deep
ip a thick forest where no one
could find him Or the wrecked
plane, 'Lieut. Bettis crawled I
five and a half hours through
tangled underbrush until he ;
came to the roadway, where
later he was found by two
state highway employes.
Peach Growers To
Sue Railroads
RALEIGH, N. C., Aug. 25
Hundreds of peach growers in this
section are preparing to sue rail
roads and Fruit Growers’ Express
for damages in excess of $100,000,
they say.
Growers claim that their peaches j
were delivered to the shipping
platforms, inspected, and found!
in good shape. They aver that
when the refrigerator cars ar
rived two and three days later the
first fruit was not fit for ship
ment -
Growers charge that the refrig
erator cars were ordered in ample
time but failure to have them at i
the requested date has
them many thousands dollars loss. I
Railroads will probably resist!
th* claims on the grounds that the
peach market was low anyway,
that a delay of a day or two had
little or no effect on the final sell-j
ing price of the peaches, it is said.
SEVERE EARTHOUAKE !
SHOCK cuatf nr/> REG,STER E D
WASHINGTON, Aug., p5 (AP) !
—A severe earthquake was regis
at the Georgetown
.ty seismograph early today,
nsr ,hrc-e and • hal * hours. The
location of the shock, was placed
by Direetor Tonford at 6,400 miles
from Washington, probably in Tur
estan. i
WEATHER.
Georgia: Rain tonight and
Thursday; probably heavy on
Thursday; moderate south
winds Increaaiag.
SCHOOLS EXPECTING A
RECORD ATTENDANCE
FOR THE FALL TERM
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I j McRae, Ga., Aug. 25.—(AP)
George H. Carswell, candidate
for governor was injured short
j ly after noon today when a
sedan in which 'he w.*s travel
ing with Malcolm Ainsworth,
of Macon, turned over twice
1 about ten miles from McRae,
I Ainsworth was also slightly
J hurt.
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ATLANTA, Aug. 25.—(JP>—
Robert F Maddox r-hairman ofZ Atj!
the boardsdfacters
lanta and Lowry National Bank,
testified today that W. D. Manley
appeared sane and had x
a reason
able appreciation of his business
j dealings this as He late as July 11th of,
year. made this state
i ment befor * a *p«ci*i commission
which is examining the sanity of
; the president of the defunct Bank
jets Trust company, whose relatives
have ked that guardian be '
■ ' as a
j appointed on the ground that he j
is mentally incompetent.
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McIntosh Church
Closes Revival
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A refreshing revival was held j
last week at McIntosh Baptist
church, four miles west of Griffin,
on the Vaughn road.
The preaching was done by Rev.
3'. J. Walton, of the Second
Baptist church of Griffin, wo de
livered some able sermons, several
of which were reported as soul
stirring and will live in the hearts
of the people of McIntosh church.
The church was greatly revived
and theTe ware two additions dur
ing the meeting, Miss Mildred
Boothe by letter and Hershell
Wilkerson by experience. All the
services were largely attended and
greatly enjoyed by the congrega
I i tions.
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j FJffhtV-Thfee 1 * On
i Pension Rolls „ ,, Ln f
1 C-oLLnrr kjp3iuing frti.ntv lyOUttiy
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Eighty-three names are on the
pension rolls of Spalding county,
according to Judge D. R. uCm
[ ming, ordinary, who has just com-;
I Pleted the work of compiling the
rolls and sent same to the state
pension commissioner in Atlanta. j
j These veterans and widows of
! erans will receive $4,150. Judge !
Cumn^.ng « . , has no idea ., when . the
,
money w,l be forthcoming but
w,l keep the pensioners adv.sed
in ” ‘ al V paper.
VALENTINO’S BROTHER ,
EMBARKS FOR GOTHAM i
LONDON, Aug. 25 (/P) — The
White Star today announced that
Alberto Guglicimi, brother of Ru
dolph Valentino, will embark to
day on the Homeric for New
York. The Homeric will sail from
Cherbourg.
Active preparations are being
imude for the opening of the
Griffin High school and Public
; schools on Monday, September
6. Superintendent Lester and all
the teachers are busy in making
airangements for the fall session,
i Reghstration.
j Registration in all the schools
will begin next Monday. This
means steps necessary for en
trance, including the payment of
feees, certificates of vaccination
>.nd assignment to grades and sec
tions. tion be It done is urged in the that early registra-j j
part
of the week, as the latter part
of the week the teachers will be
busy with faculty meetings and,
giving examinations to those who j
we.rp conditioned in spring term .
work. i
The High School pupils are es
pecialiy urged to the fee early ( !
pay
and to complete regisrtation
the end of the week. The fee
for h° ,b resident and non-resident
will be the same as fat far
it is announced. Principal Byrd
and the teachers will be in the
K f °r consultation.
Superintendent Lester calls at
tention to the fact that Latin
RESPONSE TO
H. P. Stuckey, of the Georgia
Experiment station, responded to
the address of welcome delivered
Tuesday by W. E. Fort at the
opening session of the Georgia
Horticultural Society at Cornelia
The horticulturalists will be
session for three days. Thos. at
tending the meeting from Griffin
are H. P. Stuckey, J. G. Woodroof
and H. V. Kell.
The program Tuesday was
most interesting one.
Professor Harvey of Athens, Ga.,
read a paper from George B.
Lowe, of Baxley, Ga., on Some
observations of the Uses of Propa
gation of Native Ornamentals.”
Mr. Lowe was unable to attend the
meeting.
Martin J, Abney, of Athens,
gave an address on the culture of
dahlias and peonies.
The afternoon session was de
voted almost wholly ♦ o bulb grow
ing. A. F. Eliers, of the Mitchell
company, Philadelphia, spoke on
buih growing and the
production of cut flowers, (i Bulb
Growing in Georgia, was the
of a speech by M. H.
Baumgartner, of Brunswick, Ga.,
W. W. Hasting*, of Atlanta, gave
a talk on “The Significance of an
Embargo of Bulbs,” R. G. Lyon,
President of the Atlanta Florists
- had the Principal address at
tbe evenin K * cs * ion - Hi * address
of lawns
and th * hom * K'oun'h.
H£AR APPUCATION
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IN HALLOMISS CASE
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MORRISTOWN, N. J., Aug 25.
</P )—Supreme Justice Parker to
day said he would be in Somerville
tomorrow to hear application for
admission to bail for Henry Car- r :
pender and Willie Stevens, held
fort he murders of Rev. Edward
Wheeler Hall and Mrs.
Mills. He returned home at the
quest of the defense counsel.
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LESTES MAKES
I Superintendent Marvin Lester,
jin hi* annual'report to the
jof obvious education, and stresses as the _____
urgent need of Grif.
fin’s schools at the present time is
j P rov,s, i o n for more adequate and
mort ‘ Stable rim room space,
; Mr - lister’s report, which ia mi
under five (renensl heads, t -
Uc> - organization, building*,
„
m ' n '*Eration and instruction, deals
with P^ress made in the fat
two y f ' ara ftnd includes a list of
m ' ommen d«fion*, based on the,
c ^y'* present and immediately f
* ure needs,
In his report Mr. Leater declaras
't is almost out of place to i*.
e,| unt to the board of education
the deficiencies of the preset
school plants, but for the sake o
the public which may not
the true condition, he makes
statements,
Building Program.
“The High School building i
constructed to care efficiently )
* maximum enrollment of 250. 1
»re regularly enrolling from j
to .380. This means that
have no room at all tor shop wo
drawing, other vocational wo
physical laboratory or library. 1
have about four thousand doll*
worth of machinery and equ
menl of the- finest quality lyi
Idle because we have no room
operate thife department J
shop, the drawing laboratory, l
ohysics laboratory, the seiei
lecture room, three basei
looms intended for other pun*
have been converted Into cl
rooms, and still there are
eonugh rooms for each tea
to have a room of k«r
There is only one laboratory
13 science sections.
"The GrantJand home In W
Griffin can not be made roi
for school purposes. The
will not seat as many as a
can efficiently instruct, and the
lighting is seriously sffeting tha
vision of the children. Toliet fac
ilities are unsanitary.
"The Broad Street Colored
School, with eight room, cares for
sn enrollment of over .300 with
lometmes from 50 to 60 in eacl
the lower grades.' The rooms
In bad repair, inefficiently hea
poorly seated, and irtcorre
lighted. The toilet facilities (
unclean and dangerous to heal
•nd character. The building
tfnly 20 yards from the Cent
Railway tracks; much of the tl
the classes have to he SU«]
on account of the noise.
“The Sam Bailey Building, i
♦he Old High School buildin
require an amount for r*t
which is too great to be
from maintenance funds,
era! thousand dollars would be
required to put these bnPdlaga
and the High Sichool in first-*!.*
“Each ywr a large number of
pupils, last year a whole grade,
have to be transferred front OM
ward to another, sometimes caus
ing great inconvience.
“At a reasonabi estimate, we
W|IV •“ Gnffln school u . „
y .
*d ga worth about
tnentTf t ? PeT *" ‘"Til ™ P> ^
'the t« ZZ 7 JT °*" c ' “
’• °°t
nv®ntft|fCR have investments .! K o£
^ to $40 per capita or $125 to
»20fl per pupil. These figure. ,
.re derived from analyse, of re- •
Port* of the smaller a. well as the
larger cities of the State. Atlanta
bas increased her investment Is
eshool buildings 300"/- in the fat .
ten years, Columbus 100 Al* *
hany 150"/- ‘
“Some of Goorgi’s cities are
vidin( . schoo , ^IdinK* and
n, en t which ara equal to any
( he country. It it these citi
which are leading in the develo
■
ment tb * State. The Invei
ments in schools are real invei
(Continued On Page Six.)
and Science courses are college
preparatory. Junior*, it is point
ed out, should have reached a
decision, if not as to the name
the college, at least as ot the
kind of course to be pursued.
Entrance requirements of colleges
vary to some extent and catalogue
the colilege should be consulted ,
before choosing the electives of the
last two ‘ grade*. Parents who,
neglect this decision assume the
risk of not having credits neceg- j
sary to admission to the colleges
finally chosen. j
..Health Board Co-Operating.
The city and county health
it is stated, is co-operating :
thoroughly with the schools and i |
its present plan is to give medi
cal beginning examinations the second to all week children of j
school. The value of such an ex
animation, it is pointed out by
school authorities, depends en
upon the co-operation of
the parents when notified of the
ab-normal condition in children’s
health, and they arc urged to
consult their family physician or
* specialist with a view of having
the defects removed, A well
child is likely to be successful in
work.
TOBACCO SALES
MACON, Ga„ Aug. 25.—f/P)—
; The first 11 markets reporting to
Jday showed a total of nearly
2,000,000 pounds of leaf tobacco
j i disposed of at an average price
jof 25 cents per pound,
j Vidalia headed the list for vol
iume of leaf sold, the total being
under 1,000,000 pounds.
Thomasville reports that deliv
ery is being speeded up by the
announcement that the market
there will close on August 31. The
highest price at Thomasville was
60 cents a pound. At Quitman
j the high mark was 48 cents.
I YOUTH
!S KILLED AS
HE COMES IN CONTACT
WITH CHARGED FENCE
WINTERHAVEN, Fla., Aug. 25.
(&)~Ruth Cunningham, V7, was
instantly killed last night while
visiting the home of Nathan Nor
ton, near here. He was returning
from a farm house when his hand
cam « in contact with a wire fence'
wh * h hld bcen chBr « ed with
lightning. , .
| THIRD QUARTERLY i
CONFERENCE TONIGHT
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w l11 ^ fb b « ld at th< “ flh church « d, " t fc / tonight hurcb . .
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j an l 7 ,87 ]7,«5 l 7 . 77 i 7 .8<)
Mch. 17.99 18.03 17.89 17.92 17.89
Oct. 17.88 17.94 17.67 17.81 17.73
Dec. 17.82 17.92 17.66 17.81 17.74
NEW YORK COTTON
jJan. 17.86 18.09 18.10 18.24 18.0.3 17.80 18.00 18.17 17.78 17.99 j '
li.74 18.05 17.71 17.94 17.70
Dec. 1 7 71
GRIFFIN SPOT COTTON
Middling 18 op
Strict Middling 18.00 |
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