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’GRIFFIN FIRST
Invest your money, your tal
eot, „. your time,
in Griffin. your influ*
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Member of Associated Press
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(( Mail Ur P ostmaster Williams ■
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Empty Stocking Fund Needs
More „ Contributions „ „ If All tI1 , Local .
Kiddies Are To Be
S RUSH
STARTS AT
POSTOFFICE
Mail early.
Wrap parcels securely.
_Address plainly.
“Asks Postmaster Williams of
the general public.
The Christmas rush has start
ed at the local postoffice and
unless those who wish to mail
packages this year, get them in
the mail quickly things will be
come congested and presents
may not reach thier destination
by Christmas Day. |
"Christmas comes this year on
Sunday,” says Postmaster Wil
liams. "That means that Christ
mas packages should reach their
destination a day earlier than
usual, or they will not be deliv
ered until the day after Christ
mas.”
“The very best thing to do is
to get that package off imme
diately, marking it plainly
'Do not open until Christmas.’
and then it will reach its destin
ation in plenty of time.” says
the postmaster.
“Many packages are lost every
year due to the fact that they
are poorly addressed. The prop
er way to address a package is
in ink and the address of the
sender should be placed on the
package also."
"And every package should
, . be securely , wrapped. ___... This will
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prevent . , injury , to the ^ articles , in
the package and uufhre proper
deliverv
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Seek To Idipeach f
Okla. Governor
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Dec. 13.
—</P)—Bills of impeachment, nam
ing Gov. Henry Johnston and two
other state officials were voted early
teday at a self convened executive
session of the lower house of- the
Oklahoma legislature .
The members quietly assembled
in a down-town hotel in the dark
hours before dawn, while national
guardsmen called out yesterday to
prevent any meeting, slept at
•Capital. Many of the
summoned from bed wore pajamas
and bathrobes at the session.
Six charges were voted
the governed one that he had re
placed civil authority with military
In attempts to forestall impeach
ments against him.
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EAST TO WEST
FLIGHT PLANNED
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WALLINGFORD. Conn., Dec.
13.— (JP )—An east to west flight
loomed today as part ofvthe Am
erican aviation program Tor 1928.
Thomas M. Hewett, Jr., a for
mer pilot in the famous Esca
drille which was made up of
American fliers who entered the
French service before the United
States declared war, plans the
flight in a tri-motored bi-plane
with a crew of four and space for
two additional passengers.
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REMUS FLAYS
JUDGE COURT,
CINCINNATI. Dec. 13.—<#>)—Pent
up hatred against Franklin
Jr., harsh criticism of Prosecutor
Charled Taft and a threat to manda
Judge Shook before the state
supreme court were voiced in a 20
minute , . address .. . by George Remus, _
, fQrmer of ^t^rs” trial
on
murt!w .
. Remus summoned forbidden lan
jguage to voice his hatred of Dodge,
| the former department of justice
1 agent to whom he attributes the
i blame for all his troubles. Turning
to young Taft he called him and
i his assistants “those novices” and
accused them of restoring to “sub
tarrean” advantages, in their efforts
i to convict him.
Remus threatened to proceed with
contempt charges against Taft.
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Berger Files Suit.
j CINCINNATI, Dec. 13 — s.
Berger, reputed Los Angeles exposi
tion promoter, today filed suit for
$500,000 damages against Charles P.
Hamilton county prosecutor
,j or allegations in an indictment
gaging Berger perjured himself as
a witness for George Remus,
Impressive Funeral
For Miss Pennington
Noted Colored
Preacher Here
, All Of Week
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Rev. J. M. Gates, colored Baptist
preacher, whose phonograph re^
ords have a great sale among
race, is preaching in Griffin all fhls
week He was brought here In the
interest of the Cabi High
School, which Is con cting a
wide rally. Y
The preaching is ing held at the
Eighth Street Baptist church and
an Invitation has been extended all
to attend.
WILL CONSIDER
^ATLANTA’S PLEA
¥ EASTERN TpIE
WASHINGTON, Dec 13.—(A 3 )
* An Interstate Commerce Commis
sion hearing at Atlanta January
3 was ordered today cn that city’s
position to be included in the
Eastern Time Belt. Atlanta is now
placed by railroads In the Central
Time Zone.
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DAILY NEWS
The Empty Stocking Fund is
lagging!
Starting off with a rush it
looked as though Griffin would
! run up a big total to provide
Christmas presents for the un
fortunate kiddles of Gqjffin.
But Saturday brought only $1
! to the fund and Monday was al-
1 most as bad. We didn’t even
have the heart to write an Emp
ty Stocking Story those two days,
hoping until press time each day
I that contributions would be re
I ceived that would swell the total
j into a respectable showing.
But time is short and some
thing must be done to cause
Griffin people "Have A
Heart.” Unless addition people
send in their contributions THE
EMPTY STOCKING FUND
will fall short of the sum neces
sary to provide Santa Claus for
every needy kiddie in Griffin.
The Empty Stocking Fund is
for the boys and girls of the city
and not for the older folks. Grif
fin’s relief organizations that
look after the material wants of
the families in distress, but
these associations cannot buy
dolls and horns and trains, and
guns and doll carriages for the
kiddies. They have to buy cloth
lhg arid Todd and coal arid wood. ’
But Christmas without a doll
baby—-Christmas without a horn
Christmas without a “play toy”
will be a dark unhappy day for
the kiddies whose fathers and
mothers cannot provide Santa
Claus for them.
Mr. and Mrs. Griffin have you
forgotten Mary, the little girl
named after the Mother of our
Savior, who w,rote The News:
“Santa Clans has not visited
our house in two years. Daddy
has been sick and is out of work
and mother finds it hard to
make a living.”
Suppose that Mary was your
child?
If she was and Santa “had not
visited your house in two years”
wouldn’t it make you grateful
if the Empty Stocking Fund was
to play Santa to your kiddies?
If YOU and YOURS contri
bute to the Empty Stocking
Fund It will make YOUR
mas a more joyous occasion, for
you will know that you have
helped make it a Merry Chrst
mas for some unfortunate boy
'•or girl.
The Empty Stocking Fund at
■ noon today totalled $233.30. Ten
dollars has been received since
Friday.
Previously .Acknow
ledged ....... ......$233.30
Girls S. S. Class ........$3.00
BUI and Robert Perry .... 1.00
A. B. Williams . 1.00
“Atlanta Friend” 1.00
t B. B. Brown .... 1.00
Friend .......... 2.00
Cash ............ 1.00
Total .... ......$233.30
One of the contributions re
| ceived today was for $3.00 and.
was given by five little girls
| who make up the Sunday School,
1 class of Miss Henrietta Brewer,
at the Episcopal Sunday School.
1 Surely there are other Sunday
School classes that will follow
the splendid example of this
Impressive funeral services for
: Miss Nora Pennington, beloved
young woman of Hollonyille,, were
held this afternoon from the Meth
odist church at Hollonville. The
,Rev. D. P. Johnston officiated and
Interment was made in Hollonville
with Frank S. Pittman funeral di
rector.
The flowers were beautiful and
abundant, showing the high esteem
j n w m c h the deceased was held,
The following young men,
sirs of Miss Pennington, acted as
jp | a U-bearers Beecher Connell,
ard Connell, Ernest Connell, Frank
Hufr Car i t0 n Huff, John H. Oregg,
and j c sheU .
The following young women,
j C0U8 i ns acted as an honorary escort.
Mattle Connell. Miss
j Connell, Miss Owen Coppedge, Miss
j Lizzie Johnson, Miss Lucile
Miss Alma Connell, Miss Lucy Con
Zell, Miss Hattie Connell and Miss
Frances Connell.
Miss Pennington was a niece of
Mrs. Georgia Huff and Mrs. T, A.
Connell, of Griffin.
THE WEATHER
Cloudy, possibly rain in north
tonight and Wednesday, slight
ly colder Wednesday In north,
moderate winds.
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Mrs. A. T. Jackson, of
ton, sj>ent Tuesday shopping in
cal stores.
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Come on Oriffln! Shower
Down—Nickles, Dimes. Quarters
f and Halves—if there are enough
of them—will swell the total.
-•We should have over $350.00
to care for everyone. Won’t you
• • Have A Heart?”
Mis Helen Holloway, of Meansville
(spent Tuesday shopping In
GRIFFIN GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1927.
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’Of course he knows that Santa Gaus
Will very soon be here.
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Lindbergh Hops
Off For
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—f/P)—
Col. Charles Lindbergh started his
2.000 mile non-stop flight to Mexico
City today, taking the air at Bolling
Field at 12.15 p.m.
As he started over the Potomac
he seemed to be having difficulty in
attaining altitude. As the Spirit of
St. Louis progressed, however, it
disappeared high in the clouds.
ATLANTA WOMAN
! SERIOUSLY HURT
| FALLS 4 STORIES
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j ATLANTA. Dec. 13.—(/p)—Mrs.
Eliza Calloway, wife of Eugene
j Calloway, head of the Brandlmist
j Company, the Fulton Home Builders
I and the Metropolitan Trust Com-
I pany, was fatally injured today when
1 she fell from the window of her
i apartment on the fourth floor of an
j 1 their
apartment where they made
home.
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YOUNG BOY VICTIM
OF PLAYMATES GUN
STATESBORO. Dec. 13.—(/P)—
Shot accidentally by a youthful play
mate, Joseph Parker, 14. died in a
hospital here at midnight. The fa
tal weapon was a double barrel shot
! gun and the charge penetrated the
j boy’s side. The victim was Methodist the son
! of the pastor of the First
[church here.
i NEW FREIGHT RATES
! ORDERED ON CEMENT
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. (/P> A
1 new scale of railroad rates on ce
ment was laid down today by the
Interstate Commerce Commission
iron out existing inequalities in the
seutheast quarter of the
States. Railroads were instructed to
I make in effective April 14, 1928.
j j t p. CARLISIJE CALLED
-j-q BROTHER’S BEDSIDE
Ernest F. Carlisle has gone to Ro
anoke, Ala., where he was called by
the very serious illness of hi* bro
ther. Mitt Carlisle. Mr. Carlisle
II, well-known in Griffin and the
1 many friends of both him and his
j brother here are hoping that he will
soon be restored to health.
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The friends of Mrs. John Mills,
jwho has been ill at her home on S.
: Hill street for seevral days, will be
glads to know that she Is able to be
ATLANTA MAN
KILLED AS CAR
turns over
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Ralph Cook, of Atlanta, was al- I
most instantly killed when the car
in which he was riding turned over
late Monday night on the road be- |
tween Barnesville and Griffin. -1
Mi;. Cook, who had been to South
Gecrgia on a hunting trip was re, '
turning to his home in Atlanta, ac
companied by his brother, Will
The steering gear of the c.ar (
locked, causing it to turn over. Mr.
Cook’s neck was broken and he died
before the first persons, W. E. j
Stokes, a traveling salesman, reached
the scene. Will Cook was unhurt. 1
The body was carried back to
Barnesville and prepared for burial.!
Exchange Club’s
Christmas Party i
T o n i J g 5 h t At 7j
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The Griffin Exchange Club will!
hold its annual Christmas party to- ;
the 1
night at the Green Room, of
Griffin Hotel. Bowden Ragsdale, j
is chairman of the entertainment \
committee and announces a “real j
party.”
Members of the club will have |
their wives and sweethearts with |
them as honor guests and Santa
Claus is planning on attending to
i see that everyone enjoys the occa
sibn. -
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Miss Maria Price, manager of the j
1 Green Room, has prepared a special
Christmas dinner for the pariy.
Bob Walker, president of the club
; will preside, and Davis Williams,
j newly elected president .will be in- j
: augurated during the evening. I
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Mrs. Hayes Says
Blakely Doctor
BLAKELY, Dec. 13.— (/P) —Mrs.
Gladys Hayes, for whose murder
Harry Hayes, 60 year old farmer is
on trial here, died from tije effects
of an irritant poison in the opinion
of Dr. C. R. Barksdale, local physi
cian who observed Dr/B<irj/dale he/ during her
last illness. testified
this today when being questioned as
to the manner of the death of James
Hayes, 17 year old son of Harry
Hayes, for whose death the father
also is'^under indictment, together
with his aged wife.
ri/ nr . Mnrhines Will
Destroy Steel Bridge
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RALEIGH. N. C„ Dec. 13 —The
roar of army artillery and the explo
Sion of “
airplane will be heard in North Ca
Monday, when forces from
; Fort Bragg, Langley and Knoxville
! airfields begin an attack upon a
; 5250,000 steel and concrete bridge.
of the Nor th Carolina High
I y commission” which is to be de
wa
stroyed.
The* bridge spands the Pee Dee
river between Stanley and Montgom
ery counties on State Highwav num
ber 74.
DEMAND RESIGNATION
OF OFFICIAL _l_- . WHU
CAUSED PRICE BLEAK ^
Resignation WASHINGTON, of Secretary Dec. Jardine 13.— UP)— and |
Lloyd S. Tenney, of the bureau of!
economics and the department of ■
agriculture was demanded in
senate, today by Senator Heflin, j
Democrat. Alabama, because of the
break of cotton prices recently
lowing issuance of a department j
price estimate. . i
Arrested On Wedding Night
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Pat Somerset, famous English actor, matinee idol and figure in numerou*.
divorce suits, was wrreSte’d with "his T)fide of a Tew houK, Shelhy Wotvall,
Texas Beauty contest winner, at a bungalow in Hollywood, Calif., where
police said the bridal party was a’ little too wild. Sommrrset ha* been
married twice %qfore.
SOUTH CHINA IN THROES OF RED
REVOLT TODAY; CANTON FIRST
CITY SEIZED BY COMMUNISTS
(By Associated Press.)
South China today was in the
throes of a red revolt, with Can
Iton completely In control of
communists and other southern
cities threatened.
The U. S. Gunboat Sacremento
landed men and field guns at
Canton to protect foreigners
while two other boats stood by.
Refugees reported looting and
pillage in Canton while advices
from Hankow stated that outly
ing district were completely com-
munistic ing wealthy with landlords. peasants murder
Serious mutiny, reported at
Laohow in northern Hupen
about 200 miles from Hankow,"” \
adgitators were busy at Hankow
in the hope of bringing about a !
strike.
KENTUCKY GOVERNOR
PARDONS MANY
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FRANKFORT. Ky,, Dec. 13.—UPi
The passing out of office today of
Wiliiam J Fields, as governor of
Kentucky was marked by the lssu
ance of sixty-seven pardons, com
mutations, and restorations of
zenship that kept him busy
the early hours o' the morning.
STINSON OF NEW YORK
GOVERNOR OF ISLAND
WASHINGTON. Dec. 13.— {(Py
Henry L. Stinson, of New York, was
nominated, today, as Governor-Gen
era] of the Philippines.
SIX YEAR TERM BILL
FOR PRESIDENT OFFF.RED
WASHINGTON. Dec. 12.— UP>—k
resolution calling for a
amendment providing for a
year term for the president of the
United States, but prohibiting
was Introduced today by
Representative Deal, demofcrat of
Virginia.
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L.P. GOODRH
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SUGGES-T1
ARE NAM1
Two more Griffin citizen*
have been nominated by their
friend* as candidate* for the it),
ver loving cup to be given Grif
fin's leading citizen. Col. L. p,
Goodrich, prominent local at
torney. banker and chairman of
the school board, and Rev. O.
K Cull, pastor of the Pirn
Christian church are the names
added to the honor roll.
These names will be added to
.those already nominated and *
will be considered by the com
mittee to select Qriffln’*
public spirited citizen. TiiTl
committee will make the selec-’
tion shortly after the fim of
the year and the loving cup
be presented by THE NEWS,
acting as spokesman for the cit
izenry of Griffin,
Considerable interest has been t
aroused by this plan of publicly §
rewarding the man or woman ; “
in Greater Griffin who h*i done
most for the city during 1927. *
To date seven nomination* have j
been received
Previous to the nomtnattan of
Judge Goodrich and Rev. Cull,
the names of Tap Bennett, J. P. f
Nichols, John H. Cheatham, W.
H. Beck and J. W. Gresham
were suggested as Griffin 1 *
Greatest Citizen."
Great Honor.
There are so many men and
women in Griffin who have
tributed to the good of the ww
munlty that the committee to
select the leading citizen SB
have a difficult task;
commit.;e is made up of men
and women recognised as leaders
; in their several
j line* and no
doubt their selection will be the
correct one.
Griffin Is a city with a wen
developed sense of public respon
sibility and hundred* of men
and women in Griffin contribute
greatly each year to the up
building of the community.
Nominations for Griffins
“leading citizen" will be
up until Christmas Eve.
the "polls" will be clo*ed.
trainmen i
IN FREIGHT
BRUNSWICK, Oa., Dec.
Fireman J. O. Vamedo
an( j another trainman, Dave
0 f Macon, was seriously Injui
morning when a freight trs
55, of the Southern Red Ball
wrecked near Lumber City, ac«
ing to information received at
Southern office here early thi*
ternoon
Miss Mary Brooks, who to
ing the New York 8cho ° 1 of *
and Applied Arts In New York C
will arrive In Griffin the last of
week to spend the holiday*
I mothcr ’ Mrs ’ T J . Br00, _ “’ 8t
home on N. Hill street.
Kills Wife And 5
Children Then
Hangs Himself
HENNESSEY, Okla.. Dec. 13.—f/P) j
Phillip Millis killed his wife and •
live small children with an ax at I
his barn near here early today, and ’
then hanged himself on a rafter in j 1
the same barn.
Talmadge Wants 1
IJ. S. Help For Model
Farming Colony
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ATLANTA. Dec. 13.—(/P)—Eugene
Talmadge. commissioner of agricul- j j
ture, left today for Washington to
discuss with officials of the United
States Bureau of Reclamation the
proposed development into a model
flfhn colony, of 20.000 acres of land ‘
In Lee County, near Albany
SUPREME COURT MUST
RULE ON FUNDS IN
FAYETTEVILE CASE
FAYETTEVILLE, Oa.. Dec 13 —
(/^Whether state and county
placed in banks used as depositories
lose their identity as public
deposit must be decided by the ,
Georgia supreme court as a result
ol superior court action today In
embezzlement case involving
ficlato of the defunct bank of Fay
Judge W. E H. Searcy. Jr., pre
siding here, postponed consideration
of the Fayetteville case to allow ap
to the state’s highest tribunal.
commenting that inasmuch as the
had never bet%i passed upon.
It would be useless to try the
| until the state supreme court ruled
on the matter.
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