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GRIFFIN FIRST
Invest your money, your ia|.
ent, your time, your influ
ence in Griffin.
MF.MBI- .RS ASSOCIATED PRESS
GRIFFIN TO OBSERVE AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK , . '■
Tft 10 SPEAK rt nr... HERE
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Miss Gammie Gr.tv. < f " u!la
Chinn '
hr. SP , ,° 1 . interesting- •
i,. * *rl( Customs , of ChlPll Jit ni^ht thp
Christian church Thursday gil
will remain over tonight'to
another talk at the church at
7:.it) o’clock on the same subject.
Miss Gray is one cf the most
entertaining speakers that h;js
ever been in Griffin and she de
lighted the audience with her
s tori- of Chine-e life. She has
spent the past ten years in (j'hina
doing missionary work among the
women and children : n the needy
patt of Wnhti. She is throughly
familiar with every phase of Chi
hese life and she presented it most
graphically to her U-teners.
Miss Gray brought many beau
tiful articles of clothing with her,
’displaying these and telling what
part they played in. the life of
China. She also showed chop
sticks, the iron slippers that the
women wear t j keep their feet
from growing, nil manv other
nrtTc.es of interest.
°n( of th- l atu-es of ^ M.ss
Grays anpearanee wa-- her
ing in Chinese of many familiar
hymns.
Everyone in town is invited to
hear Miss Gray as she brings
many interesting messages from
China,
-Miss Adilie All . „ Patterson, til, ii:nl
viry suddenly at her home at
Milner at an early hour Friday
morning, Shiv had been in bad
health for sometime, 1 ut her pass
ing was wholly unexpected.
Surviving her are three broth
(rs, J. A. Patterson, W. D. Pat
terson and J. T. Patterson, and one
sister, Mrs. I.ee Buchanan, all of
Milner.
Funeral set vibes will be held
Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock
from New Hope Baptist church,
with Rev. Joe Powell officiating.
Interment will be in New Hope
cemetery, Frank S. Pittman, fun
eral director.
Thirteen Awaiting
Initiation Tonight
At K. P. Meeting
"Twenty-two pages are now
ready for the rank of esquire and
Thirteen for the rank of pa-e.
which means busy times ahead for
Griff,n Lodge No Mk Knights
of Pythias, said Chance lor Com
mandor M. l). Wynne today in dis
cussing the recent membership
campnign conducted by the lodge
and the meeting to he held to-
night.
“Friday night at 7:dtl o'clock we
will confer the rank of tiage and
thirteen candidates are ex-pectcd
to bir on hand for initiation into
the mysteries rif the order. said
Chancellor Conimandrr Wynne.
Griffin lodge sent the largest
cla-s to the Pythian celebration
recently for initiation into the
rank of page and has received
more than thirty-five new mem
bers in the past few weeks, We
have got the ball started rolling
nnd expect to keep it up, • > sniil
Mr. Wynne, who is expecting a
largo attendance of members at
the meeting to be held in the
castle hall tonight.
RESUME PARLEYS TO
SETTLE COAL STRIKE
LONDON, v Nov. r o.- him (At )- M- -
jrot4.fi. ions between the Briti-h bo
ernment and miners for settle
ment of the coal strike, which has
continued last May day, have been
resumed, trade union officials an
nounced to^ay.
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1 . . DAILY A * ii
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NORTHSIDEOF
Work has started on the ever
' tion of tl >e whiteway on the north
side of East Solomon street.
; Nine whiteway lights are be
i in!r '"'tailed from H U street to
-Sixth stret anil, soon this popular
thoroughfare will be one of the
mo-1 brilliantly lighted streets in
,ht ‘- business sections of the city,
I'he cost of the erection of the
i mw whiteway will he borne by the
l» ro P e rty ’ owners and the system
will he maintained by the city, i( .
was announced.
A magnifies nt Mew theatre huil-1
ing and hotel is in .ern'i'Ts? of co n
struction on Fast Solomon street
and otliei- property owner- arc
improving- their pronorty on this
strict by having it painted ;uid
repaired.
These new buildings and the
whiteway lights are expected to
make a great improvement in
the appearance of the street, whi h
for many y.ars pact has be ,,,
regarded as i ne of the best bun
ness sections of the eitv.
Girls 1 Basketball
Begins Practire;
To Have Good Team
The girls of the Griffin IFgh
school started basketball practice
: this week and indicatian- Iioint
| to a successful team for the !<f?al
school.
■ Miss Ameila Walker is coaching
the tonm <his year wa3 nn .
i xious v ; to get the girls off to an
early start on fall practice, as do
: (h( , oth(>r tcams j in this section
The local girls have always been
handicapped by a late start but
always round out a winning team
the end.
Nora Ethel English and Clovis
Grier are the only members of
last year’s squad back in school
hut there is some splendid new
material out for practice, so the
v.-ant places promise to he fil'ed
with good players.
The games this year will be
played by girls’ rules but will
be played on a two-division court
instead of on a three division court
as last year. The game as played
way has much nnre action.
■ A captain and a manager will
be elected at a later date,
Soends Honeymoon
t Behind Prison Bars
‘ Minus Youns: Bride
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ATLANTA Nov 5 L. ^
Douglass, 27, is spending b .*
honevmoon in so litarv confinement
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| behind gray prison wallsof the
Cordele Man Is
Freed On Charge
Of Embezzlement
ALBANY, Ga., Nov 5.—(AP)—
■I. M. Hunt, of Cordele, was ac
quited on charges of embezzlement
by a jury in Daughetty count su
perior court last night. Charges
aeainst him were the outgrowth
„f similar charges against Robert
hr MeCar n J i h ^' „ secretery-trPu
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*' 0w>r,r “ P “ a " Ut 0roW '
ers as-cciation, who pleaded guilty
at . thi> opening of court Monday.
The trial of H. F. Byrd, of
hany, end I.. K. and 1!. G. Stvin
ling, of Cordi le, indicted on nils
demeanor counts ir. connection
w th alleged shortage in the ac
ecunts of the association ware-'
house, will come up at the regular
spring, term of court, which begins
the last .Monday on March.
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10 CELEBRATE
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. NF\Y ORLEANS Nov. d.—Avi
at - DaV will be "lebrated
0 „ c and
\j v ; n Callender field dedicated
in New Orleans Saturday.
On the west bank of the Miss
issippi river, .eight miles from '
this city, a splenili 1 new airport
has been built from public con
tributions.
Distinguished aviation officials
will assist New Ore’.a ns in Christ
ening her new field 1 tomorrow and
(dace before the citizens the prob
lems of aviation.
Twenty _ a.rplanis , have been sent;
here by the war department for
a stunt flying exhibition over | j
the C,t . V ’ in Oration of the
'
. of the airport.
opening new
Six seaplanes from Pensacola,
will also he on hand to demon
strate the value of aviation on
sea. t
Elaborate Program j
An elaborate program has been
at ranged for the day The New j
Rehrani highway, leading to the ,
field, will be dedicated the same ;
day. Traveling over the highway, 1
New Orleans Airport commission
ft deli Ration from the Young'
Men's Business Club, state and
city officials and yosts of honor
will pr eeed. to the airport.
The Young Men’s Business
will dedicate the at port as a
whole. The American I.egion will
dedicate the portion to be known
as the Alvin Callender field, in
honor of the New Ovlenas aviator
!ast h5? ,if< ’
After the ceremonies at the field
a two hour stunt flying exhibi
t; on w ill be held over the city
Army aviators will stage the
thrilling event over the downtown
business district.
Tho Youn Men's Business Club
will sponsdr a banquet for the city
nnd sta t e officials together with ■
the visaing officials of the war
department in he evening at the,
Until Roosevelt. At that t’me the
0 ffj ca lp from Washington will at
tempt to sell New Orleans on
aviation. t
Noted Guests
Among the noted guests to he
presented at the banquet arc May
ni . O'Keefe, Governor Simpson, F. ,
Trubee Davidson, assistant sec-,
ntarv f or war for air, Willims P.
McCracken, assistant secretary of
commerce for air, Brig. Gen. J ,
K Foehet, assistant chief of air
service. United States army, Capt
F. B. Upham, commandant of the
Pensacola naval air station and
p or | Pr p, Adms, president of the
Mationa! Aeronautic
The banquet will >e served to
800 guests.
TWELVE STUDENTS ARE
EXPELLED .. F°R GAMBLING
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CHOCAGO, ..ov. f>. . (API—
lT w'ive students at the University
of Illinois were expelled today for
drinking and (ramblbijr, according
1 story published in the Her
to a
ald and Examiner.
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GEORGIA
MACON, Ga.. Nov. a. The
Georgia cotton air age reduction
committee at a meeting here v. s
tprday afternoon adopted a -an '
farming system for Geo; "ia n -xt
year, with a recommendation tha*
the banks of the State limit Hi. §
credit to these farm is who cur
tail thei; turn acri :i'>e end \vh ■
engaged in diversified fa 1 mini.
Plans wer put on foot to - t
up organizations in .each ei'iiot v
to carry out the roc on mend-'! i n ■'
; rf ' t,ip '"mmiUj-e.
'I In' meeting" was en ry me -ut.
the program adopted at t.h - M "Ml •
phis state-wid 1*01 t<> U coufet—'ic
and to arrange f the. v nrdeti r
of the county organizations.
Following the in. cing tbo Coin
mitlce,,composed' of c. (). C.r\p-’>n-'.
ehairmah; .1. I’hil Camiih dl.
F. Cun wed], gave out the
f" How ti" statement:
“A committee Mai cotton acreage
reduction from its hive-t ivaf ian
has dete:mined that th. r ■ xviill U.
;l mat rial reduction of cott in
acreage in Georgia during the
‘‘otning season, and we find that
many of the glowers, of cotton
arc anxious to pin th. ni-elve
on record as reduein their acn -
age. For th s reason ay.d in order
that the reduction in acreage for
the coming year may )> .• ni‘ a*tired
we r; commend that the cotton
act etige reduction pledge a
i rhmended by th" M cm phi- m < ‘ -
j n p- j )0 submitted to growers m
(; ou’ia, .with the further rec'.m
mendation that each farmer limit
his acreage to a veasonao! , , I , -
giee, .making ... th of , cot
s acreage
ton. a part of a balanced fa: tiling
system, including.' the pr ulu t ion
<t f f v( .,j e[:0 p.. and a reas mable
acreage of such oth r money e:op
to which their farms are adapt
ed and for which markets ac pro
vided. '
Bankers Asked to \-si-t.
"We further recommend that in
each county the pledge he a part
of a plan developed ’by the local
farming interests, togetne: with
the county agent and the local
hunkers, this plan to b a fa: n.
plan host suited f >r the local
territory. It is out npina.n that
by following such a plan Georgia
will have ac'omplishcil its full
sh ., n . towal(i th( , reduction f cot
ton acreage in the South.”
Moonshiner KWs
Self Rather Than
Go To Prison
BRUNSWICK, Ga.. Nm. 7.
(AH)—Keeping his vow to .ill ‘
rather than suffer capture hv the
police A. A. Stokes, tin al'etrei
moonshiner, was sho.' and killed
tit Thalman, near here, late yes-
terday afternoon by Chief of
county police W. H. Norris, an:
officer R. L. Freeman.
The two Glynn county officers
had gone to Thalman to scrvi
a wan ant on stoke* , for alleged
violation of th. prohildt on law
As the two officers neared the
outskirst of the swamp they *aw
Stoke* and called to turn. lie b
gan runn ng and fir'd at the i f
fiecrs. The officers rit.nrned the
fire and Stokes fell. The dying
man continued to fire at them u
he lay on the ground.
SLAYER NOT ALLOWED
TO SEE WIFE BURIED
ATLANTA, Nov. . i Leoliatil
Ew ing will never lo .k upon th"
face of his wife again.
Three niothoi less little children
stood over the grave a- she was
hurried and sobbed in a eh lly
ra j n But the father was not
tbeje.
Ewing sobbed in a cell at the
county j a i| where he has been held
since Sunday when he fired
pistol bullet that killed his wife, ,
n e i.^aded for peraminn trj ut
len(J the funeral, which was d
nied. He claims he Ian’*- rnmt'
ber any of the ahoot ng, that hi*
j m , Jr | was crazed wi‘t liquor.
fc<Urn , pii son here - nunu* hi
i.i uic of three weeks
It wouldn’t be so bad for a tmn
ey-moon but he may have to
wait s - eVoral ycars before he, will
he allowed to return to his bride.
Fifteen days ago Douglass os
fSl p P( | from the prison honor
farm”. He went to Demopolis
Ala., where he found his sweet
heart wa iting for him.
Out on parole,” he sh >uti H
alK ) tnil ). h er -in his aims.
They were married immediately
iui( j begun planning a home in
(be west.
Douglass stole tin automobile
n w hj c h to make the trip, He
th ,. n stole two othi u s just to keep
sis hand in.
But a circular, homing his de
j scriptioil and picture, reached
Demopolis nnd a wise sheriff re
mom bered the bride-groom of only
a few days and wen’ for him.
The three autos were confiscat
th '’ ptate !in<l burned to
th£> rightful owners. .Douglass was
returned to prison to complete
t j, e three yt*r a he owes the state
After t h»t he may be triad f<r
3te aHo* time cars.
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'• Miss May Cochran, of Concord,
spent Friday shopping in the Ctv.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3. 1926
Escaped Prisoner
Recaptured After
^ a, ‘ ec *
TllOM A SV1 HI.F. Nov
Hob Sumtu y, who escaped from
the county chaingang here ten
diy- «u*o where he was serving
a three year smtence. has been re
turned after varier i xporicnrcs
■. Through lbs fi iend
in Cedar
K('\ S. I a., I, was - diclcd far a
in mile'' of t he jioli - force,
t
He vris wealing unifoi m
"id : ,si-tcd in a i lee crusade
w leu he wa- re.'o; a - au
scan d , tnvict and r: c*t, J. II ,
• ■-ctiped but was re-arr, -ted |
return d he e to •oiiilib 11 ■ s
■: iltenec.
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BOSTON. Nov. .». (AIM Five
students at the Massachusetts ln
stlijite cf Teehnoloey had t< up
near in court, todav on eha ge- of
mill cion - destruction f proper! .
. n-'.-itional
rmg a s riot in Com
bridge and Host - n.
During a battle with p li" • -
-a ivo's several t'e u -and doli ■ n' '
worth rf pro|vrty i- nl’e ■ d to
i i".ve ne i n de-t i\'e 1. Th t "ind I •
lotted when 4110 f I'es’iiivn at
'■"luted to break up th * a nntnl
ophom"if banquet with tear "a
bomb--.
I'll buiiqiu t wa- bein- h Id at
'lie ffvmnasiom f t'le in-Mr ;M o'!
. anibvidfre when the
m (
mi n demanded admit! a tree
we rofus“d. Bomb* were th ri
hn l d t hi ouch oji.'it wind ws.
The upper eln-smen evacuat'-d
and went after th > fr shnv n.
A fter a few nrnutes' fight
which six Sophomores become on
•on-'cii it- th ■ student*. (Phi .strong
started for Harvard ’Sqita.e.
On the way automobile, wer.
wreck'd, the wav <f tir'dey- stm
ped. windows broke, and wi'- ...
cut.
The University Theatre was
then stormed as w. It as the pu
li e station,.
First (Session Of
Rotary School Is
Interesting; Event
The fii-t session of the firiffin
Rotary Club’s school of edit ation
held last ..night at the High
School auditorium proved a mn*t
interesting and nstrr. tivc meeting
aecordihjr to repoTT' from
huge number of punt - attending.
This histnrv. gov ‘rnment and
ilevi lopmcnt i f Rntan 'find of the
local dub were the tl.enies studied
and discussed by various member-.
‘1 m l <;riffi ” the pr.
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liminary address in which h ex
pli 'mod the pmgram if th yea''
and the ptirpi *e and proc'i'diire
f th" "'hoe). Li"l,lers f. r the
vening 1 wer. Shop Sh: patd, ......I
II cm d. and \V. IL Beck.
The Rotary Sol’sol • f Ivin a'boi
will continue f r fr..... eon*e. o' ii e
nights. A nr.bgtarn f' r n. xt Thur
sdav night is nu.v being arranged
and is exneete.l t . p vr equally
a* inti-ii--tii g ami iu-nefi dal a
the fust sch'I'd last •>ighf.
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I Cotton Report
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NEW ,ni:i.F\V> COTTON
Open High L"» Close Hf<"
Closi
Jan. 12.2:1 12.:i7 1 •I i2.;;o 12 00
Midi. 12.70 12.77 12.7(1 12 12.7.'!
May 12.70 12.71 12.70 12 i ) 1 2.7‘j
Dee. 12.28 12.114 12.2d 12 > 12.::!
NFU YORK COTTON
Jan. 12.27 !2.::7 12.27 12 I” )
Meh. 1 12.77 12.78- 12 77 1 •>
Mav J2.HO 12.12.77' lf>.7* 12>1
Dec 12.18 12.24 12.17 12.21 12
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GRIFFIN STOT COTTON
ftood Middling
.Strict Middling
Middling
ILL- BUT NULL
CASE GOES ON
SOMERVILLE. X. .I..
(AIM M s. Jane Gib- on w Mm.
s ick to come to court but the Hill
Mills vase went ahead without her,
Mrs Gibson, wh 1 i is t x nee ted
I i testify that she was an eye
witness to tli,. slaying of the
Rev Edward Wheeler Hall ,and hi
' hoi,' singer, Mrs. Kleanor Mil’s
r ur tears ago, was reported as
-uni what improved hut no ' in
ti me t ion cam.* f orn the hospital
a - t i when she w ui.l bo able ! (I
testify, if i I all. Mrs. Gibson pas
In< n* unofficially designated u« the
-tar witness for the state.
James Mills, husband of t'u
-lain iv- man, testified just• before
luriidi. lie te’d h - ■ torv in a dis
passionate voice of ’ is days as
church sexton, He "t< Id of the
visit of Mrs. Hall to his house
with the r"w- that her husband
had not returned. Then he leant
eil that his wife, also, had failed
t i come Ik. me. Here Mrs. Hall
ei m"d on tho. verve of tears but
-he soon r eoviocd Imi composure.
Mills was on the stand only a
In rt time.
He quoted the dcf. nilant, Ml'
Hall, as saying, tn reply , t > a
.im"-'tioi'i a- t > the possibility
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her , n■ i band and hts w te , h"d , , |..)i
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t t ] know the . ar ■ dead oi
*liev v.iuld have ni home,
The trial moved slowly t id.i\
and without incident.
, : PROVE RIGHT
' TO TITLE BOUT
NEW YORK, Nov. r> Gene
Tunney’s next oppnne.it in defense
ef his title will be. J'-ck Dempsey.
pr \ iiled the iorm.'i champion
satisfies Tex Rieka; ' a* t> his
condition.
It i-^ uri<l» rstood ‘hat T- x has
an aSTeomont with Jack, whfrohv
he i' to hie himsrlf m th' moon
tains for scveial npoiths and Tail
the simple life. T'u n lie is f
return to the nriLT to inert tw-».
(tossihly three Opponent*. * | deeteil
In Tex.
These bouts will -i've a* trial*
t* detetmine Dempsey's right to
demahd a return bout. If Hr
I'hatVii) polishes off the rival con
tenders, the hallyho , for another
Isntt between Tunnev and DemtL
will begin. 1
Many of the ring experts are
not sure that Tunnev is the letter
man. The consensu- of opinion
is that Dempsey did not train
rlv for the bout and that
this cau*' il him to lose.
The opinion is held, (liat while
hi jihysiral cindition wa all that
i old he expected of a man nut
f the ring for three veins, hi*
i xing technique wa sadly off
TENNESSEE C'TY HAS
GREAT BUILDING BOOM
JOHNSON CITY. T< tin., N -v ■>
With building pi i nits t i dling
*4! t.lllio, the month of October
In Johnson ( itv wa- one of th 1
biggest boosters t< the 'boom" in
the history 'if the i i'y.
One factory, two new indust tie
three apartment bou-es, two Pig
• lunch additions and many re«
illence.- were included ii the hutl.l
; i n g last month.
3-YEAR OLD CHILD
KILLED BY TRUCK
11 AZFLJIUR.Si, G :„ Nov, t.
I tn thrive year id I .- n of Mr. and
Mrs. IF B. V art- Wa? struck !MV ! ■
in tautly kill'd here .t- •’ iv dt
ernoon about 4:30 'i'clo-k, I"
truck driven by V rmtl. Evans. 1*
is reported that the child w.t
trying to pull a t-’ulk of ruga'
cane f nm the rtti’k when he wa
.truck.
Mrs. Davis Flayed
By State At Trial
Of Joe Hollowav
MKTTKIt, Ga., Nov. .7. (AIM
Cross exam nation of Mr-. \V. M.
Davis, (“>-dcfcndant, and attacks
upon her character, md the char
liter of her daughter, .Susie lane
Davis, vveie outstanding maneu
vers oj i hi* state today ill the
trial'of Joseph 11 . 111 ,-. .ay, member
of a joeminent family, charged
, with the murder of John Stltldi'h
here, in Septi-nibi-.-, for which
M. K. Mosely. » hoaiib-i in. 'he
Davis home, has h en "iim'ieted
and sentenced t life impvi*.>n
merit.
Mrs. Davis gave practically the
-anu- st .ry on the di'eet testimony
that she had given dining th
Mosely trial.
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ATLANTA, Nov, 4. (AH)
Dl velepment f. a gigantic hydro
leetiie power project mi the Sav
annuli Riv. r, 21 mih - above \n
"tirta near Clark's Hid, S. C., is
sought , , by the , Savannah Rivet
’nv.i r C. tntianv ir. en application ’
'o th the Fcdernl Tmne Com
ni-si n.
Marking t- entran. e i.nt S .nth
"an linn-the company, a -ubsidai v
f the Southeastern Bower and
Fight Ceiii|)nny, anri iiim , il that
t . prepared
it wa- to begin eori
traction immediate!' the federal
license is ga nil'll and estimated
that the ent ire p: oi el. t i Cl > t
S20,1Mit).000 would 1. 'onipll ted by
11 •:; (i.
The program include- the erec
tion of new power lines to At
ilanta. ( ha rle - tor and Mm on, the
company announcing that its pur
pose wa- to give ntlvr sect on- of
Si nth Carolina end Ge-rgia thi
powt'r advantages ; ow enjoyed
by the Piedmont section and North
we*t Georgia by supplying amp! i
power‘‘for new indust ies in grow
ing town- and citie- in th leci ui
w hich we *(■! vc.
The prop's< (I dcvclnpinrut, with
, a <■ a|>acity of 12.0,00(1 hoi »«-p -w t
will outstr p hv 1 ti,0Cn hor-« nowor
tho l’Tips'. '
pr»'sent pi.wr: pm
j> it in Mrjria at I alTiihih Full
whhh ;; > /») i # • .- lOK.OO hoi >dj>oW'T,
■ the onipain’s annovneement seal
Th<** ultimatr installation ff pow
er machine! y in th** n* \v develon
mi nt it wa- said will consist ,,<•
four i'.O.OOO h’orsepower units.
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MISS ALICE KINCAID
IS SUMMONED TO
BEDSIDE OF FATHER
Mis- Alice Kincaid, of Savannah
is expected to arrive h' c tonight
from Savannah, summoned honv
on account of the illnc*- "f h< i
father, Mr. |K. M Kincaid, wh<
ua.s injured in an automobile
eideiit last wok on c,*h -t'eet
when two boys from the A & M
football team ran into him. Mr
Kinca d's shoulder wa- in jun i
in the crash and la*t Sunday h<
suffered a hemorrhage H" ha
I an I'Onfined t" hi- i" on a I th.
week.
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ISSUES ARMISTICE
DAY PROCLAMATION
ATLANTA, Nov 7 Uiging
that the people Of Georgia fit
tinglv i.Iisei" "tin debt of grati
tude WT U U to th" .\rrieriran
so^diir* who went to the (ie
fen.-o' ef our country and made
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the supreme sacrifice in that
struggle Governor Clifford Walk
er in an official proclamation has
set apart November 11 a* Arm
istice Day in Gecjfgiji. The gov
* rnor ordered ’ the State eapi
toi eloM'd f-n htat day.
WEATHER
FoMcrstt lor Georgia: l air
tonight and Saturday. Possib
ly light frost tonight, gentle
tn moderate north wind* be
I coming variable.
GRIFFIN FIRST
Invest your money, your tal*
ent, your time, your influ
ence in Griffin.
ESTABLISHED IN 1871
STRESS NEEDS
Ahut i an Edtnaimn W e, 1-, st art
ing next Monday wil; be observed
lot-ally thi s year according to plans
arranged to meet the
needs of the local schools, it was
announced today by Superintend
ent Marvin Hester.
The national program will not
be followed, it is announced tilt
e pn-ial emphasis will he given to
two subjects, first of which will
stiees.s the importance of play*
ground-- and parks in an educa
tional civic program, with special
' ill) basis on adequate size of play
grounds and properl 1 landscaped
site-.
The second suhjei t will look
to the (level ipment of health work
.
in the school's, with special cm -
phasis upon nutrition and dental
campaigns.
I’arcnt-Teacher Movement.
In addition to the” ■ two gen
eral subjects to he expressed in
programs, ela-s roam discussions
and bass n assignment.*, a move*
ment ho- been star t, d by the pro
g ra m committe to organize a
I’arcnt-Teachers association here
Mrs. H. H. Jeter, of Decatur,
pi r-ulcnt , , "t the Geoigia „ Rarent
... l,i a - hers A--ii . .... iation has . agreed ,
to address ,, the , parents . and , tea- ^
chers of Gt ffin on Tuesday aft
, ■rnoon at ■'! o'clock .n the work
of these associations.
A special invitation has been ex
ti nded every patron of. the Grif
t in schools to he present at this
meeting and hear Mrs Jeter, who
, is said to he a speaker of un
usual note uni) enthusiastic in
*- organization work.
SEVERAL killed
MANAGCA, Nicantagua, Nov 5]
l \IM Several person* were kill
'd and severe 'property damage
wa- cnnseil early today when the
earthquake since that of
April IK'.ih, occurred The dura
tint, iif the 'quake w- s •’.(! second*
aril - the t'cmots were general
thridjgh lit Nicauragoa.
The national palace and the ca-n
jhedral n Managua weie badlv
damaged by the shock*. The 'quake
extremely severe in the de
partment of Ma-sava near the
Masaya volcano, houses
Wl'iC destroyed
Griffin Plavin?
Gainesville In
Game Here Today
The Griffin High School team
and the Gainesville High School
eleven are playing >n the peal
g idiron here today.
Th tl ine-ville • <y * ar vi d
tli* morning and went on the field
at Lightfo- t pat k it o’clock
te meet the local team in what
was expected t i he one of the
lost games of the s a son.
Griffin went into •h- game ;n
much better shape *h n for *ev
- tal week Several players who
have been out on ac.. tint of :»c
eidents and injuries, were in h?
line-up and Grit-fin went into the
nnt. -t with a del' mir.atim t >
win.
Gainesville el*" Kt- a »‘r n.'
team and fans expect d to set a
bottle royal as the came st_art«L
.... ...........
SESQUI SHOW WILL
OBSERVE SUNDAY LAWS
HHII.ADI.IT1IA. Nm. 7. (A T *)
.
All hui dings at th'.' Serqui-Cq-t
tennia Exi'-s.sition in which inf'
ihamJ. is offered for -ale will
be closed on Sundays the director*
announced today. Thi* action
was taken to insure st ict enforre
ment of the state supreme court’*
ruling against Surnhy sale*.