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ENTIRE NATION JOINS IN HONORING RORERT E. L ■ IMjm
METHODIST EVANGALIST
CHURCH MEMBERS TO JOIN
MAKING REVIVAL A
Rev. R.W. Rogers,
Veteran Pastor,
Dies AtZebnlon
The Rev. B. W. Rogers, 73, one of
the honored superannuated preach
ers of the North Georgia Confer
ence ' died Mond ay mo rning at 4 o'
clock at his home 111 Zebulon after a
sf)ort Blnras.^
The Rev. Rogers was born in
Thomaston March 7,1850. He joined
the South Georgia Conference of the
Methodist church in 1873. Two
y^ars later he joined the North Ge
orgia Conference and served ably as
a minister until he was superan
nuated in 1908. Since that time he
has made his home in Zebulon,
where he was widely beloved.
I Til ° wife of Rtv Rogers died in
j | lso2 - Miss He is Loise survived by five daugh
lers ’ R °e ers - 8 professor
at Wesleyan College. Mucon;
M. E. Tilly, of Atlanta, Mrs. A. A.
Rogers, of Commerce, Miss
Rogers, of Zebulon, and Miss Eliza
betii Rogers a teacher in the Co
lumbus High school; and three sons,
Edvin A Rogers of Ashburn. and R.
W. Rogers, Jr., and Emory A. Rogers
of Atlanta.
Funeral services fo r the Rev . Rog
j ers will be held from the Zebulon
j Methodist church Tuesday morning
■ at 10 o’clock. The Rev. Dr. John
' S. Jenkins, presiding elder of the | !
| Atlanta district, the Rev. Dr. L. M. j
Twiggs, presiding elder of the Grif-
1 fin district, and the Rev. A. E. Bar- i
j ton. of The Rock, will officiate, and |
interment will be in the Barnesville |
cemetery. :
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High Makes Good
| Showing In Track |
Meet At Gainesville
The Griffin high track team made
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j a fine showing against Gainesville I
I high, in Gainesville Friday after- j
j noon in an invitation meet. The
I Griffin team won first place in the |
!^* ! scus t -* lr ° w - seven second places!
and one third.
I White, discus thrower for Grif -1
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fin. won the only first honor for
j his team when he hurled the discus j
103 feet. Other places won by the
j Griffin team were: Bridges 2nd, 100
! yard dash; White 3rd. 220 yard
I dash: Johnson. S., 2nd., high jump:
I Johnson. H.. 2nd broad jump: Mul
j lins. 2nd. vault; White 2nd., shot I
put; Bridges, 2nd, 440 yard dash, and
t | le re i av team composed of Brid- i
I ges,-Johnson, S., White and John
son. H., 2nd relays.
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VICHI13 LOSCS 1 0
Kentucky Champs
The Vienna “Wonder Five,, was
! defeated Saturday afternoon in the
semi-final round of the interscholas
lic basketball tournament being
played at the, University of Chicago,
losing to Ashland, Kentucky cham
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i pions, by a 29-19 score. Ashland la-
1 j ter• won the tournament, ’ deleating
l the Illinois champs in the final
| game.
The Vienna boys were rated as
; favorites in the tournament and
1 their loss was heart-breaking, as
| they led Ashland most of the way, to
| be one point behind when the final
i whistle blew.
jj x . sheriff Wanfed
For Killing Sheriff
CROSSVILLE, Tenr... April 9.—
I iff)— Bloodhounds, ahd a possee ot
! officers Mday threshed a section
' of woods 12 miles from here for
| George who is alleged W. Walker, have former killed sheriff sheriff
i to
T. F. Brown last night
I The shooting followed Sheriff
; Brown's attempt to arrest Walker on
1 a charge of disturbing the peace
j ! at the home of Mrs. Peter Harper.
Two gallons of liquor were said to
! have been found in Walker’s car.
Rev. R. L. Russell, who is
ing a two weeks' revival at the
Methodist church, this morning
his congregation that the
could not be a success unless the lay
members of the church entered lute
the meeting determined to do per
sonal work with persons who are not
members of a church.
“You must go into ihe street-.
irito the offices and mills and' win
souls for your Savior,” he said. "The
people who need to be .saved will not
Come to our meetings, or to any oth
er meeting, We must go out and
get them.”
Dr. Bussell traced the early his
tory of the church from the days of
the itinerate preacher who went
from home to home carrying the
gospel, to the present day of magni
ficent church buildings and trained
pastors. He said that in the old
days people hungered to hear the
story but that today church people
had to take religion to others^ •
A score of pastors from the several
Methodist churches in the Griffin
district, here to attend the month
ly meeting of their association, -were
present at the morning service.
Dr. Russell will speak again to
night at 7:30 and Rev., H. S. Smith
pastor of the chitroh e^tendis a
cordial invitation to all to attend.
District Preachers
Meet Here
The preachers of the Griffin dis
trict held their regular meeting at
the First Methodist church this
morning at 9 o'clock. The Rev.
Dr. L. M. Twiggs presiding elder of
the district presided over the meet
ing.
Reports from the different preach
ers were heard at this time.
All of them proved to be excel
lent, showing that much good work
is being done throughout the
trict.
Former Griffinite
Passes In Athens
Griffin friends have learned with
sorrow of the death of Mrs, Mark
Stark Campbell, Saturday night at
her home in Athens. Mrs. Campbell
formerly lived in Griffin and she had
a host of friends throughout this
section.
Mrs. Campbell, who was about 80
years of age, was the daughter of
the late Judge and Mis. Staik. of
Griffln. Her daughter married Judge
Andrew Cobb, of Athens, and since
her death, Mrs. Campbell had made
her home with Judge Cobb.
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon from Emanuel Episcopal
church in Athens. Interment was in
Oconee cemetery in Athens.
HIGHLAND MILLS
SUNDAY SCHOOL HAS
EASTER EGG HUNT
The Highland Mills Sunday school
had a big Easter Egg hunt Saturday
afternoon .. that was enjoyed K*# by ovet ewMM.
a hui|lred pupils of the school.
This school has a large enrollment
and excellent^ attendance.
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DAILY YEWS
GRIFFIN, GA., MONDAY, APRIL 9, 192&
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n't a she at ail, it’s Francis Bront
linger, and he r s the premier dan
seuse of the University of Pitts
burgh Cap and Gown Club the
atricals. Not only is Frahcis a man,
but a denist, that is, a senior ha
•» the dental school.
Griffinites
Will Attend State
Building, Loan Meet
Bowden Ragsdale, secretary of the
Griffin Building and Loan Associa
tion will carry a delegation of 12 or
more Griffin people to the Georgia
state convention of Building and
Loan associations to be held in De
catur April 17-18. The local Build
ing and Loan association is one of
the youngest in the state, but is al
ready becoming one of the strong
est organizations.
Governor Hardman, Mayor Rags,
dale, Eugene Black, governor of the
Federal Reserve Bank, William
Candler, and other prominent men
will have parts on the program,
There are now over 13,000 Build
ing and Loan associations in the
United States and this method of
,
financing home building and owning
is becoming popular.
Big Ocean Liner
Damaged In Storm
NEW YORK. April 9.—(/P)—The
United 8tates liner Levithlan ar
rived today with many damages
caused by an immense wave Thurs
day night which even wrecked a
search light on the foremast; 85
feet above the water line. Four life
boats aqd 23 third class passengers
were drenched by water pouring
through a’ broken ventilator.
| The wall of water which many of
the 878 passengers termed a “tidal
wave" struck the great liner short
ly after 9 o’clock. It struck the liner
so hard that the deck sank 14 in
ches below the water line. No pas
sengers were injured.
ROTARY DIRECTORS
WILL MEET TONIGHT
The directors of the Rotary Club
will meet at the Country Club Tues
day night for their regular monthly
! meeting. Dinner will be served and
a number of interesting matters will
! be discussed.
| ■ THE WEATHER
Cloudy followed by rain to
night and Tuesday, not much
change in temperature.
! Senate Asked
! To Investigate
GOP Patronage
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WASHINGTON, April 9
Postmaster General New today
announced receipt ot a letter
i I from Ben Davis, negro national
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I committeeman from Georgia, in
i which he denied all charges of
crookedness in the recent dls
closure regarding the alleged
I sale of postmasterships.
i Davis' letter added that he
, would be glad to co-operate in
any Investigation instituted into
the charges.
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i WASHINGTON, April ».—(>f>>—
Senate investigation of the disposal
i of federal partonage in Georgia was
asked in a resolution introduced to
day by Senator George, of Geor
i gia. ,
I The resolution was referred to the
postofflee committee without com
ment. Senator George prepared the
resolution as a result of charges of
L. S. Peterson, Douglas postmaster
who committed suicide recently, that
he had been forced to contribute
Republican leaders to hold his Job
Senator Harris Is supporting the
move for a senate investigation
which would Le confined to the state
of Georgia.
Inquiry into patronage by the post
office department has been asked
also and Postmaster General New
has promised one.
Sinclair Trial
upens /\ T today 1
WASHINGTON, April
Harry P. Sinclair was placed on trial
today on charges of conspiring with
Albert B. Fall in the Tea Pot Dome
case and after 50 veniremen had
been examined eleven tentative Ju
rors were in the box.
Most of the questioning of pros
pective jurors was carried by Justice
Jennings Bailey over protest of the
defense. One after another of those
examined said they had formed •»
fixed opinion in the case and were
excused.
Among those early eliminated
were three women who had been as
signed tentative seats. Two of the
tentative elections were negroes.
The defense during the morning
used half of its ten challenges to re
move jurors that were held objec
tionable and the government itself
exercised this right freely.
U. S. TREASURER
RESIGNS TO HEAD
DIXIE COMPANY
WASHINGTON. April 9.—(;¥>)—
Frank White, treasurer of the Uni
ted States today presented his res
ignation to President Coolidge to
become president of the Southern
Mortgage Guarantee Corporation of
Chattanooga, Tenn.
The resignation will become ef
fective on May 1. Mr. White said
today. His successor has not yet
been chosen. Mr. White came to
Washington from North Dakota
where he had been engaged in bank
ing and insurance business.
| Cotton Report
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON
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Open High Low ClMe CW
Jan. 19.00 19.11 18.92 19.10
Mch. OUT
May 19.50 19.62 19.37 19.59 19.11
July 19.30 10.47 19.290 19.40 18.93
Oct. 19.02 19.22 18.90 19.15 18.63
Dec. 19.00 19.18 18.92 19.10 18.65
MEW YORK COTTON
Prev.
Open High Lew Close
Jan 19.05 19.30 18.99 19.29
Mch OUT
May 19.85 19.82 19.55 19.78 19.36
July 19.83 18.71 19.45 19 83 19.26
Oct. 19.40 19.52 19.20 19.49
Dec. 19.14 19.36 19.06 19.33
130 Job First
Baptist Church
During Revival
One hundred and thirty people
j joined the First Baptist church dur
ing the two weeks revival there it
was announced Sunday at the clos
ing exercises by Dr. L. M. Latimer,
pastor of the church.
The largest audience that has
heard Dr. -Warren was present for
the closing service and heard him
deliver a message ''The Call to All.*’
At the close of, the meeting Dr,
Latimer presented Dr Warren and
Mr. Woolslagel, song leader, with a
beautiful scarf pin as a token of ap
preciation for the good work done
during the revival.
Dr. Latimer also thanked the peo
ple of Griffin for their interest and
and help in making th«i revival A
success. He thanked THE NEWS
for liberal space given the meeting
and the churches that called off
their weekly prayer meeting services
so that members could attend th*
revival.
It was announced that the First
Baptist church would not hold the
usual weekly prayer meeting nor a
meeting next Sunday night so that
member* could attend the revival
services at the First Methodist
church which opened Sunday night.
Dr. Warren will open a revival at'
Hartsell, S. C., next week and Mr.
Woolslagel will go to Rocky Mount,
N. C., to sing in a revival there.
Scout Honor Court
Will Meet Tonight
The court of honor of Griffin Boy
Scouts will meet at the Chamber of
Commerce at 7:00 p. m. this evening
f< ttm purpooe of advancing;, kq rm Bjc,
i Bbitrertrtg m-nt budged upaw-all
scouts who are prepared to appear
before the court.
Scouts desiring to appear before
the court are requested to have their
applications signed by their scout
masters and where needed by quali
fied examiners.
Badges for tenderfoot, second class
and the first class ranks have been
received from the national court of
honor so all scouts who have ad
vanced to the ranks mentioned and
have not yet received their badges
are asked to call at scout head
quarters and receive them.
This is the first meeting of the
court . of , , honor , for the .. month ... of
April . one other meeting ......... will be held' ■
in . the .. month as the court . meets
twice each mont^^' , '
Trial Miami Police
Chief Opens Tuesday
MIAMI, Fla., April 9.— (JP)— Po
lice Chief A. L. Quigg. and the three
subordinate officers indicated with
him for the murder of H. Kier.
negro prisoner, alleged to have been
killed by police officers two and a
half years ago will go on trial here
Thursday.
Quigg, only one of the defendants
W ho has ever made a statement in
connection with the case denied all
knowledge of "any murder,”
Coolidge Urged
To 0. K .Shoals Bill
WASHINGTON, April 9—(.qp)—
Representative Almon, Democrat.
Alabama, in whose district is sit
uated Muscle Shoals plant, urged
j Prseldent Coolidge today to lend
his approval to the measure in
troduced lnto the hou * e b * ^P™'
sentative Mortn ' of Penn « r,v, nla.
| ! providing for the operation of the
plant by a « ov «-nment controlled
corporation.
Coolidge assured him, Almond
said, after his call that he would
give the bill his earnest considers
tlon if it should reach him after
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proval by congress.
Ben Brown spent Sunday In At-
1 lanta as guest of friends.
Charlie Phillips, Jr., has return
ed to Atlanta after spending the
week-end in Oriffln with relatives
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Hergeant l>e Troyat labove), French army aviator, is reported to
be ready for an attempted Right from Paris to New York in his
330-horse u power .. Salmson , single-seater, , , , to return . the visit of . Col- „ .
ne, Lindbergh. lie and l.indy bee,me warm friends when the
latter was In Paris.
Sergeant Do Troyat and Henri De.age, French eommeniai pilot
Ishown belocv). “reseued" l.indy from the Crowds by a ruse when
he landed at 1* Bourgei ileM. Tossing an aviator's helmet to a
nearby American, they whisked Llndy to safety. The mob, mis
taking the American for Lindbergh, almost crippled him in the
excitement of the welcome.
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NEW ORLEANS. April 9.—(/}>)—
H. G. Hester, secretary of the New
Orleans Cotton Exchange announced
today that reports made to him
showed the sale of fertilizer tags In
ten Southern states for the
months ending March 31. totalled
3,776.356 tons as compared with 2,
987,071 tons for the same period a
year ago, and 3,452,171 two years
ago.
The announcement pointed out
that the fertilizer was to be used
for all crops and not for cotton only
Sales in Georgia the last eight
months was 780,780.
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NEW YORK. April 9. -iff)— The
stock market started on another bull
rampage today under the leadership
of the railroads, copper, motor, pub-
111c utilities and merchandising is
:i ucs. Early gains ran from 82 to $8
| a share. So great was the volume
1 of trading that the ticket fell half
and hour behind the market before
noon, with the first hours trading
close to 1,000,000 shares.
Overflow Crowd
At 3rd Methodist
An overflowing crowd attended thb >
revival meeting at the Third ,
odist church Sunday night and de-,
i rived great inspiration from the ser
j mon delivered by the Rev. Jesse
Warwick, who is conducting the
meeting.
The Rev Mr Warwick talked on
“The three Losses,' telling the story
of the lost sheep, the lost coin and |
the lost son He gave a splendid talk
that proved to be of great interest
and benefit to everyone in the con
gregation.
The splendid music was also a fea
ture of the occasion, this being
greatly enjoyed.
Tonight the Rev. Mr. Warwick
will preach on "Desires of the God
ly," taking as his text
11:16
The meeting will continue thru
Thursday, with services each night
at 7 o’clock.
CEREMONIES
HELD DESPITE
BAD WEATHER
ATLANTA. April 9.—iff)—
lowering April skies which dropped .
n drizzling rain upon tbq* brilliant
scene, the nation paid homage t£»,
day to General Robert E. Lee. the
Confederate Chieftain.
Tlirough rain spattered streets
moved the long line of parade in
which the blue of the north and the
gray of the south were welded
ihot gh there never had bee
differences. The parade <
towards the TermlnAl Station .
a special train waited for the six
teen mile Journey to Stone Mountain
where the figure of Lee in relief
the side of the granite mountain
shrouded for the unveiling.
Grizzled veterans of both sides, in
the war between the states, recalled
the scenes sixty three years ago to
day when the picture was far differ
ent; On that day General Lee
rendered his sword to General
at Appomattox Court Home, Vir
ginia. ending the four long yean Of
the war. Today, those who faced
each other from the opposing lines
that day In 1886. were clasping.'hand*'
to honor the southern general whose
figure will dominate the great Con
federate The memorial. ‘ - • .C§j
scarlet regalia of the govern* •
or s footguard of Connecticut n
a flashing picture as the stalwart
militia moved along the street
bright uniforms of the Old Guard
of Atlanta, the detac chfien
the Amoskeag Vete ram i
Hampshire, and the Fifth Maryland
Regiment, added to the ensemble
while the khaki and trapping* of -
the soldiers of the United States
and National Guard units presented
a modern background for the uni-’
ttrths of Ijair tt*o; — --------- Mm
The ceremonies of the unveiling
of the huge equestrtal figure of
Southern army's commander in chief
the first unit of the collossa) memo
rial to the Confederacy, being car
the sl, eer granite side et
Moun ain. were scheduled for
later this afternoon.
to participate in the impres
«Wc ceremonies attendant on for.,
1 argP! IT ’ ln C W
_ Y ° nlRn were
WJUlh lncludlng a )art of *X*
congressional figures from Wash
ington, __... the governors ____... of three state# .
and , official _ , , _ representatives from 30
mn—
To Mayor James J Walker, of New
Vork - honor of receiving the
In the tiny hands of Robert
ward l>e, IIII. great grand son
the great leader was the
bllity of loosing the folds that hung
about the gargantuan sculpture and
exsposing it to the eyes of the as
sembled multitude 200 feet below th«
deep cut head of Lee, almost com
plete and the outline of his storied
warhorse. “Traveller.” ,» »
Dismiss Charges -
Against Cox, Jr.
NEW YORK. April 9—(/?)—*
char * e of assault, one of three
charges against James M. Cox, Jr.,
son of the former Governor of Ohl‘>
and Democratic candidate for preei
dent 1920 connec0on ^ thc
runnlng down of , taborw ntm
avenue, were dismissed ln court to
day
Young Cox still has to faoe char
ges in traffic court for leaving the
scene of an accident and driving
while intoxicated.
FLOWER LOVERS
INVITED TO VISIT MRS.
NEWTON’S GARDEN
The home of Mrs. Cooper. New
ton is attracting the attention of all
the Oriffln flower lovers because
the exquisite wisteria which is now
blooming profusely over her
Mrs. Newton invites all who
care to tee the lovely flowers
come at any time and drive
the gardens. _ ,/x,JM
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