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Georgia Man Is Named On Ticket
W. T. VEREEN,
MOULTRIE
SCOUTS IDEA
CHICAGO, July 12.—(/P)—United
States genator George W. Norris', of
Nebraska, today had become an un
willing candidate for the presidency
of the United States on the farm
labor ticket.
Despite his reported refusal to
head any third party, the Nebraska
senator was placed in nomination at
last night’s session of the conven-
1 tion. He was chosen on the third
ballot, receiving 16 votes to 14 for
Norman Thomas, the socialist nom
inee for president.
« For vice-president the farm-la
bor party named Will Vereen, of
Moultrie, Ga„ a cotton mill owner
and capitalist.
While the farm-labor party was
going ahead with its election of
standard bearers, the prohibition
party, also in a session here, cen
tered discussion of platform prob-
lems.
Possibility of a^jnerger of the pro
hibition party and the farm-labor
group ended last night when both
vetoed the proposel.
The platform of the farm-labor
ite adopted before nominations
were made, did not make a specific
declaration on the prohibition ques
tion but declared for “an enforce
ment of all laws.”
^Norris’ nomination was made af
a report had been received from
a correspondent, who had been di
rected to ascertain if the senator
would accept The reply read “ Neg
ative absolute. Reconsideration im
posible.”
While the prohibitionists took no
action toward naming a candidate
for president, the sentiment was
that the party would probably en
dorse the candidacy of Herbert
Hoover, either by direct action or
by failure-to nominate at all.
VEREEN SAYS NOMINATION
ON TICKET IS “ABSURD'
ATLANTA, Juty 1^—(>P)—His
nomination as a candidate for vice
president on the farm -labor ticket
at the Chicago convention is "absurd
so far as I am concerned.” William
J. Vereen. of Moultrie, said here to
day.
“Of course under no consideration
would I accept or even consider the
nomination,” he declared, “I know
nothing aboi|t the matter except
from press reports. I did not even
know the convention was being held
or who was holding it. The whole
matter is absurd, as far as I am
concerned. • •
Vereen is a cotton textile manu
facturer. He was a delegate at large
from Georgia to the national
ocratic convention at Houston.
T. W. Sorrow and Gordon Doson
of Fort Valley, were the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Craine and family
in Experiment for a few days
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RAIN TO END SATURDAY SAYS
PROF. ALBERT L. SNYDER: BUT
FRIDAY 13TH WILL BE “WET 99
Friday 13th will be like all other
days in Griffin the last month,
at least in weather conditions, ac
cording to Prof. Albert L. Snider,
Griffin’s prognosticator. Prof. Sni
der predicts., that the 13th will be
wet with showers lasting practical
ly all day.
Although Prof. Snider states that
he is not superstitious, he still be
lieves that Friday the 13th will
see the last of the rain and that
Griffin will go “dry” starting Sat
urday the 14th and remain so for
some days.. However, the Pro
fessor does not promise that the
rain, is through, as he states that
he believes the rain will start again
after laying off for a few days.
“We are having what might be
termed very strange weather these
days," said Prof. Snidec “but my
instruments saf that Saturday,
Relief Association
Campaign “Coming
Nicely,” Says Powell
“Reports from the team captains
in the campaign to raise a *4,000
budget for the Griffin Relief Asso
ciation are ^ery encouraging and I
feel sure that we will be able to
raise the required amount,” stated
H. P. Powell, president of the as
sociation this morning.
“Although no complete reports
have been made, Mr. Powell states
“estimates made from information
obtained from the team captains
shovi that the people of Griffin are
backing the project, heart and sou)
and are giving generously to suoh a
noble cause."
The teams have not been able to
canvas the town completely on ac*
count of the heavy rains, but the
reports are very satisfying, accord
ing to President Powell.
The soliciting teams are still hard
at work and Mr. Powell promises
that actual results will be known
j tomorow.
Killer Of Georgia
Banker Is. Held
In Baltimore Jail
BRUNSWICK, Ga„ July 12.—(/p)
I —Sheriff Joe Channey, of Camden
[ county, prepared today for a trip
to Baltimore, upon receipt of news
of the capture of Ernest J. Waller,
lone of four persons implicated in
i the killing of C. A. Perry, cashier
j of the bank of Klngslknd.
Malcolm Morrow, Homery Simp
son and »Mrs. Mamie Lee Todd,
were tried and convicted. The two
| men received death sentences while
Mrs. Todd was sentenced to serve
' three term in the penlten
a year
Evidence introduced in their
trials indicated that Waller es
• raped with * 1 ' 200 of the money
stolen from the bank.
Editor Shannon,
Commerce News
Goes To Reward
COMMERCE, Ga„ July 12.—(/p)—
John F. Shannon, editor of the Com
merce News, died here today.
Mr. Shannon, who was seventy
three years old, had published the
Commerce News, formerly the Har
I mony Grove Echo, for 26 years. The
publisher had be$h suffering from
| heart trouble for years and had not
been able to attend regularly to bu
siness the last few weeks.
Funeral services will be held to
morrow from the Commerce Meth
odist church.
GRIFFIN, GA~, THURSDAY, ^ULY 12, 1928.
July 14. will be without rain and
that Griffin will see the end. of
the deluge that has almost drown
ed her in the last few weeks."
The Professor calls attention to
the fact that he predicted rain
for yesterday and today and that
he also has rain booked for Friday.
The rain which fell in the city
this morning, although it was only
a slow drizzle, lasted long enough
to allow 0.44 inches of rain to fall.
The rain this morning added to
the previous rain this month
amounts to 3.80 inches for the
month to date. During July, 1927
only 8 inches fell here and indi
cations ari that unless the rain
slackens up considerably the
amount of rain this month will
amount to more than that which
fell here during the same month
last year,' which was considered
a “wet" month.
Building, Loan
Stockholders To
Meet Tonight
The stockholders of the Griffin
Building and Loan Association will
meet at the Chamber of Commerce
tonight at 8 o’clock. Officers for the
new year will be elected at the meet
ing tonight and one-third of the
directors, whose terms expired the
first of July will be named.
All stockholders are urged to be
present at the meeting tonight a 3
important business will be taken up.
Policies for the ensuing year will
be outlined tonight,
The officers of the association for
the past year included: D. R. dim
ming, president; J. P. Mason, vice
president; J. P. Persons, vice-presi
dent; G. J. Drake, treasurer; and
Bowden Ragsdale, secretary.
The directors whose terms ex
pired July 1, and whose offices will
be filled tonight, include: J. B. Mills,
M. M. Emerson, T. J. Denham, P.
E Arnall, W T Bennett, J W. Ham
mond, and W. J. Carreker
Large Still With
20 Barrels Beer
Taken In Cabins
A large still, consisting of the lar
gest copper worm yet found by lo
cal officers, 20 barrels of beer, and
two empty sixty gallon barrels, and
other equipment, was destroyed by
Officers Perry Brown, Amie Wood
ruff, and Oscar McGhee Wednes
day afternoon In Cabins district.
No one was at the still at the time
of the raid but officer Brown trail
ed persons to the top of a hill where
the fleeing men dropped the copper
worm, which they had been drag
ging along. Officer Brown got the
worm and brought It back to town
i \ where It was locked up in the coun
, ty court house. The worm was an
eight-foot affair and made entirely
of copper.
The still was destroyed and the
beer poured out by the officers.
Mrs. Nellie Ross
To Head Party’s
Woman’s Bureau
NEW YORK, July 12.— (JP)—
Mrs. Nellie Taylor Ross, former
governor of Wyoming was select^
today by John J. Raskov, newly
elected chairman of the Democratic
national committee, to take direct
charge of all women activities in
the campaign.
Mrs. Ross, who fs a national
commltteewoman from her state
and also a vice Chairman of the
national committee, will be as
slsted by Mrs. Florence Farley.
ot Kansas, also a national com
mltteewoman and. a vie* chairman.
Crooks F,e *.
To Small Cities
Expert Declares
"The smaller cities In the country
are becoming the haven for crooks
from the larger cities,” said Leon L.
Hortsman, of New York City, repre
sentative of the National Commis
sion on Police Welfare, to an au
dience last night at the city hall.
"Because of the tendency of crooks
to commit crimes in larger cities
and then flee to the smaller cities
to hide, we are doubling our efforts
tp make police forces in smaller ci
ties more efficient," he added.
“Griffin is to be congratulated on
its police force,” he said. “You have
the required number ef policemen
for the size of your city and the
record of your force gives Griffin 97
per cent efficiency score in national
circles."
Miy Hortsman stated that the
“home and the church” continue to
be the most effective combination in
fighting crime. “But the failure of
many homes to bring up the boys
and girls in such a manner that
they respect the laws of the land is
responsible for the great number of
‘juvenile’ crimes that are reported. ’
he said.
The representative of the nation
al association pointed out that crim
inals today are wise and well versed
in eluding police and detectives.
Crime with them is a business and
they study to make it a "safe busi
ness” for their profession. Every
good citizen must assist in sup
pressing crime, he pointed out, for
the police by themselves ore unable
to cope with criminals and crime.
Rotary Delegate
Tells Of Convention
Reverend Malcolm Williamson,
the delegate of the local Rotary
club at the International Rotary
convention at Milwaukee recently,
completed his report of- the con
vention to the club at its meeting
at noon today.
In the absence of President Ar
thur Maddox, who is at camp
with the Spalding Grays, local
military unit of which he fs the
commanding officer, Past-president
“Grif” Griffin presided.
A delightful lunch was served
to the Rotarians by the ladies of
the Episcopal church. The club
met at the Episcopal Parish House.
French Flier Plans
Paris-N. Y. Flight
Last Of Month
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Local Physicians
Return From Sixth
District Meeting
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Doctors W. C. Miles. A. H. Frye,
W. C. Humphries, H. W. Copeland,
and H. J. Copeland, have returned
to Griffin after attending the semi
annual meeting of th£ Sixth Dis
trict Medical Society'held at Indi
an Springs* \.
Dr. Miles is president of the as
sociation and three other of the
Griffin doctors were on the pro
gram for the meeting. Dr. Frye
gave a talk on “Co-existing Uterine
and Tubal Pregnancy;” Dr. Hum
phries read a paper on “Our Tu
berculosis Problem” and Dr. H. J.
Copeland talked on “New Type
Gastronomy for Carcinoma of
Oesophagus, Case Reports.” Other
Interesting papers were read by
physicians from Macon and At
lanta.
The Medical Society meets* every
summer at Indian Springs where
scientific papers are read. The
annual business meetings are held
in the spring at whjch time the
officers are elected for the year.
The last business meeting of the
society was held In Griffin at
which time the present officers
were elected. The officers are:
Dr. W. C. Miles, Griffin, president;
Dr. G. T. Miller, Macon, vice-presi
dent; and Dr. O. R. Thompson,
Macon, secretary and treasurer.
PARIS, July 12-X/p)—Le Matin,
said today that Dleudonne Costes.
who recently completed a flight
to South America and to the United
States, intends to attempt a Paris to
New York flight between July 22 and
25 if weather is favorable.
Costes will start at 4:30 a. m.,
thus getting sixteen hours of day
light. He calculated that he would
need forty-two hours to cover the
course which will probably be by
the way of the Azores. A speed of
95 miles an hour will give it a
range of nearly 5,000 miles. If the
weather is exceptionally fine he may
take a straight dash for New Found
land, instead of by way of the Az
ores.
Plane Race, For
Serum, 4s Lost
Against Death
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 12 —
(/Ph- Mrs. Bridget O’Keefe, wife of
A. N. O’Keefe, president of the Sou
thern Drug company in whose inter-,
ests an air race from Atlanta with
scrum was staged last night in an
effort to save her life died today
in a local hospital. She suffered
an attack of mentgttis physicians
said.
Cotton Report j
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
Ol High Low Close Close
Jan. 21*37 21.44 21.20 21.20 21.53
Mch. 21.30 21.30 21.12 21.12 21.45
May 21.17 21.17 21.02 21.03 21.33
July 21.85 21.94 21.71 21.71 22.08
Oct. 21.55 21.61 21.35 21.36 21.67
Dec. 21 46 21.58 21.31 21.32 21 64
NEW YORK COTTON
Prev.
Open High tow Close Clou
Jan. 21.73 21.83 21.56 21A6 21.98
Mch. 21.65 21 76 21.51 21.51 21.86
May 21.57 21.61 21.38 21.38 21.76
July 21.66 21.65 21.68 21.68 22.05
Oct. 22.05 22.18 21.81 21.01 22.24
Dec. 21.87 22.01 21.73 21.73 22.08
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position, doesn“t it? However, the elk is a “good elk” and will not
run away with them. The girls mounted the elk during the Grand
Lodge B. P. O. E. convention at Miami. They are, left to right:
Marjorie Heatly, Carolyn Losier, Miriam Riordan and Billie Johnson,
OFFICIAL TESTS L0WENSTEINS
PLANE PROVE HIS “ACCIDENT 99
WAS,ALMOST AN IMPOSSIBILITY
CROYDON, England, July 12.—
(/Pj^The theory that Capt. Alfred
Lowenstein, Belgian financier, acci
dentally fell from his plane while
over the English Channel last week,
seemed highly doubtful at the con
clusion of flying tests made here
today. \
The same Fokker machine, owned
by Captain Lowenstein from which
he disappeared during “his cross
channel trip on July 4 was used.
Major Cooper, of the accident
branch of the air ministry, was in
charge of the test.
No statements were made at the
conclusion of the flight but It was
unofficially reported that at a height
of one thousand feet one of the
party flung himself against the out
er door, which opened about 6 in
ches. He however, was “immediately
flung back into the cabin by the re
sultant rush of wind wiiich shut the
door violently.
It was stated that after a pro
longed struggle. Major Cooper op
ened the door offto the steps of the
machine but It was declared that it
had been generally decided that
it would be impossible to fall out
accidentally.
TAP" BENNETT BACK
ON JOB AFTER ILLNESS
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The many friends of W. T. “Tap”
Bennett, secretary of the Griffin and
Spalding County Chamber of Com
merce and county demonstration
agent for Spalding county, will be
glad to hear that he Is able to be
out after an illness of over two
weeks.
"Tap” is back at his desk at the
Chamber of Commerce and says
that he wants to thank all his
many friends that inquired about
him during his illness.
4 PERSONS KILLED
IN MOVIE ACCIDENT
GENOA, Italy, July 11— (fp)—
Four persons were killed and 40 In
jured when a motion picture house
collapsed Jn this town today.
Miss Martha Fields of Braden
town, Florida, and Miss Francis
Booth of Marietta are the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Nichols. Jr., at
their home on Thirteenth street.
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MEN FOUND CARRYING TH
DEAD BODY OF COMPANIO!
Aboard Russian Ice-Breaker
Krassan, July (AP)—Given
up for dead for the past 8 weeks
two of the members of the Ita
lian crew walking party were
rescued today by the ke-breaker
Krassan. The third member,
c. r uin Malmgren, noted Swe
dish meteoiegist, was found
dead, a victim of the-bitter
struggle since May 30 against
the terrors of the Artie.
While the Italia walking party
Was rescued, the Russian , air
men Cuhukhnovsky and four
others In his plane, who first re
ported sighting the missing men
yesterday, were stranded on
Northeastland. the Russian plane
being damaged while making a
landing on the Ice. The crew,
however, was able to reach land
and are now considered safe.
The rescued members of the
LOCAL W. C. T. U. FAILS TO TA
ACTION EITHER FOR OR AGAIf
AL SMITH AS A CANDIDA
While stating that each citizen
°* United States should in
vestigate the qualifications and
ideals of a candidate for public
office before voting for that candi
date, Mrs, L. C. Warren, in an
address on “Christian Citizenship”
to the Griffin Woman’s Christian
Temperance Union Wednesday,
made no comment on A! Smith,
professed * wet of
Democratic party for the presiden
cy, or hhs candidacy for the presi
dency of the United States.
Although other W. C. T. U.
organizations over the entire coun
try are fighting against Smith and
the Georgia state president of the
W. C. T. U., Mrs. Marvin Williams,
has emphatically stated that she
is heart and soul against the New
York candidate, the Griffin club
took no action yesterday as to
Smith's candidacy and failed to
take an official stand either for
or against him.
Good Citisens Will Vote
In speaking of a citizen’s d.uty
to vote, Mrs. Warren said, “One
person will say that he doesn’t
suppose he will vote as he can't
stand for one candidate and
doesn’t know anything about the
other, and that he supposes he
will go fishing on election day.
"That is not the right idea and
such a stand will not be taken by
a Christian citizen.,” Mrs. Warren
added. Explaining just what
Christian Citizenship is, Mrs.
Warren said, “Every citizen should
study and investigate the Indi
vidual candidates for office and
then find out what the candidate
will do if he is elected to office,
he should study the needs of the
state, of the country and of the
neighboring countm, the qualifi
cations of those who desire to be
in authority, and then take a
stand either for or against. Then
it is the duty of every citizen to
vote for the person who mere
nearly stands for his or her Ideals."
• • A position of authority is a
position to divine trust,” stated
Mrs. Warren and “it is the duty
of every citizen to put men into
positions of authority who are
fair-minded and who will realize
that their positions are positions
of divine trust and act accordingly
whiie in office."
Mrs. Warren explained that a
single unit is not as strong or as
liable to accomplish anything as
a concerted movement. She urged
that local members ot the W. C. T.
V. “make themselves alive, alert,
and active units ot the national
organization wiiich has power,
progress, might, and service be
hind it” She added ,flf a woman
deprive herself ot this opportunity
to help and to aid In the govern
ment of her country then she is
depriving herself of the pleasure
and contentment of
and of 4oy good or'
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party were ( apt. Alberto ]
ano. pilot of the Ill-fated 1
and Capt. Filippo Zappo, It
navy navigator.
Mariano and Sappo are
aboard the Krattnan. Both
in an exhausted, half f
and starved state when
■were’ snatched front what haft
seemed certain death for many
weeks. Captain Mariano’s leg
was frown but his companion
was quite well.
Dr. Malmgren died a month
ago but his two companions,
faithful to their dead comrade,
had kept his body and this was
taken aboard the Krassan.
The ice-breaker, as soon M it
had rescued the two Itl
again turned its prow toward
and its round ‘
east began weary
of battering the ice Does in an , %
effort to reach the group of
men under Lieut. Viglieri stHl
marooned near Foyn Island.
country." In closing her ad
she remarked that the slogs
the W. C,T. U. should be cKft
“from ‘For God, and Home.
Native Land’ to ‘God and
and Every Land’."
Rev. Horace 8. Smith had charge
of the devotional exercises and
after reading several Verses from *
the 3rd chapter of the. Acts, gave': •
a very interesting discussion Following oft
what he had Just read.
pray, Kesler - by Rev. “My Smith, An*rioa?* llip
Louise sang
Mrs. Wilbur Brown announced^?
at the close of a very short
ness' session, that the. next, mee|#j Fiiift'
ing would be held at the
Methodist church in August mft-A
that she wanted every member
to be present and to aUL Jn carry*"!,
ing out Mrs. Warren’s- suggestion
and bring one important fact that
she has learned about candidate*
for public office by investigation
and state it to the audienee at’
the next meeting. It was also aa4».
nounced that Mrs. J. It. Cheatham ^
would have charge of the de
al at the AUgust meeting. *>
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day old daughter of Mr. tttjpa
Mrs. Leland Cantrell, died at
home 917 W Solomon street, last
night at midnight. Funeral
for her and her twin Slater, Mildred
Leland, who died Tuesday, will to
held from the home this afternoon’'
at 2 o'clock. Rev. Leon M : Latimer
will officiate. Interment will to to
the East Griffin cemetery with
ten Brothers in charge.
THE WEATHER
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sional- showers tonight and Fri
day, gentle winds, mostly swat'l l
and southeast.
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