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griffin first. Invest your money, your tal «nlf your time, your influ ence in Griffin. of Associated Press — m \ CREW RESC - 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 cently. r Pl lA ^ ' hardest The , way to get a _ fellow’s number is over the telephone > p ‘ •PEARL 1 cr ;h xwe CAtJfSHAPPEK) ON’rftUB Vou •£4OOLC^0LW^^' °wi •ptoutt HSftMONT to euirt? J v. % i ■ s&Xvl > pi •‘mmm . tl >W P$ im i'» •'fi f- Sr i y « *■; «■ I * ' m 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 4 Local Physicians Return From Sixth District Meeting \ 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 Elks Get Welcome At Miami r *^V w M J M - m >> ■tfu, •#& - pf w 'M. fcM§ kiB ,: 4 ’V"' ? V * *: • :y * mi- ‘6$ ' :■ * iH mm X .♦J ■: - $ * i • X: ■ r . m ' S/A - % m ■ m ¥ y* i-v.-ivy Looks as if the girls are in what the novelists might cal la precarious 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 I H 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. ■ I * HALF STARVED, EXHAUSTEl 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' Ei 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. *> ’ ’ -— --- SECOND TWIN GIRL DIES WEDNESDAY N * ■ * __* twelve Little Merriam Ethel Cantrell tlM|»§ 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 Mostly cloudy, probably oeea sional- showers tonight and Fri day, gentle winds, mostly swat'l l and southeast. r lAPPEK FANNY SAYStJ Si r ' fjJHH I % ’ ' /(K i a 1 ¥ j t W hi , 4 t *4 I 4 -i I ; > PI \o 1 VINr.o rr. ■ aren’t very 1 lac In —'»<*» meetinn to erd they don s ftr* » n*.