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GRIFFIN FIRST. InTect your money, your tal ent, your time, your influ ence in Griffin. Members of Associated Press everyone AVIATOR AND 4 Military Honors For Mexican Lim NATION TO HONOR HERO AT NEW * ■«e WASHINGTON, July 16.— (AP)—Extraordinary military honors will be paid not only at the funeral services in New York Wednesday for Captain Emilio Carranza, Mexican air hero, but also at Laredo, Tex., when the casket Is turned over to his com rades of the Mexican army and all along the route of the special train that will carry the funeral party south. * r< The state department outlined the Washington government plan. More than 10.066 Ameri can troops will take part in the funeral parade in New York and Assistant Secretary William Castele, will represent Secretary Kellogg at the New York ser vices. The gun casson from West Point which has figured in many American funerals, including those of presidents, will be used in carrying the body. ‘ Mr. J. Wv Rogers Goes To Reward ± John W. Rogers, employe of the Georgia-Kincaid Mills in East Grif fin, died suddenly Monday morning. He was stricken while at his work and carried to his heme. He had (QSn jrjssed reached away before medical atten him. ■Mr. Rogers was 67 years of age. He moved here about three years ago from Monroe county and had made many friends throughout the city. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Rebecca Rogers; one daughter-. Mrs. J. P. Crews, of Experiment; five sons L. L. Rogers, of Forsyth, J. S. Rog ers, of Experiment; E. G Rogers, of Bolingreen, Fla, J. P. Rogers and W P Rogers, of Griffin. Funeral arrangements will be an nounced later by Haisten Brothers. Impressive Funeral For Mrs. Tyler Impressive funeral services for Mrs. Martha Lynn Tyler, beloved Griffin woman were held Sunday afternoon from the First Baptist church. The Rev. L. M. Latimer, j pastor of the church, assisted by the I Rev. Horace Smith and the Rev, G | V. Weathers, of Atlanta, officiated.! j Interment was in Oak Hill ceme- j tery with Haisten Brothers, in i charge. 1 Mrs. Tyler had lived .....I In Griffin since , she . was a small girl and she I had made many triends by her splendid characteristics. The large concourse of friends gathered to pay their last respects to Mrs. Tyler tes tified to the esteem in which she was held by all who knew her. j The Rev. and Mrs. Horace Smith j I and family will leave tomorrow on a motor trip to Montgomery, Ala. '! and Hattiesburg. Miss., where they j will visit relatives. Cotton Report J NEW ORLEANS COTTON Prev. Open High Low Close Close Jkh. 30.95 20 96 20.51 30.60 20.88 Mch. 20 93 20.93 20.55 20.60 20 84 May 20 81 20 81 20.42 20.48 20.68 July 21.44 21.44 30.91 21.00 21.28! Oct. 21.16 21.18 21.69 20.78 21.03 ! Dec. 21.07 21.12 20.61 20.70 20 97 NEW YORK COTTON Prev. Open High biw Close Close Jan. 21.33 21 42 20.92 20.07 21.53 Mch. 21.25 21.35 20.90 20 99 21 24 May 21 12 21.12 20 75 20 85 21.11 July 21.55 21 55 21 05 21.10 21.48 Oct. 21.70 21 75 21.25 21.36 21.67 21.48 21.56 2103 21.18 21.46 / GREFFEV DAILY N Molly d over made" it to j q ' c WHERE CARRANZA CRASHED TO DEATH v. hw mi*. |||| Mm 4 ***• :> 4 T. '■V y'&JUbAtt - ' l .J* • s>- St! 1 * Iv- f * <■*. •* m m m y M ■ :■ > < ■%r . k <' - - Mi ■ £ •> S ;• : . j t i.'.- V3 % K *• ;* mm •4: 4: wmk m ■y.-M % . yjy; % it ■ * V* 1 * ws,: .. ,* * ■IW S w. m-,:: 'J#* • V ^ f .. ■'■■2SF WOeAiiiieisivXi w i Here, in the "heart of New Jersey’s pine bell ’ Mexico’s greatest flyer. Captain Emilio Carranza, crashed to his death. The wreckage of h:s monoplane, wings torn from the fuselage as it roared into the u-ee- r tops, is shown here soon after it was discovered .by a b erry-picker.' The lone flyer h^d been less than an hour on his projected flight to Mexico City irom Roosevelt Field, Long Island, >Ahen a severe storm forced him into this fatal plunge. Zebulon Negro Badly Hurt In Accident Here One negro is thought to have been fatally injured, two other negroes received painful, though not serious, injuries and several white boys were bruised, following a head on collis sion of two light cars on the At lanta highway, near Experiment, late Sunday afternoon. A light tcuring car, owned by George Kimball and driven by hi? son, Neal, who was accompanied by several friends, went to pass a car when a sedan, owned by Emanuel Hall, colored, of Zebulon. and driven by his son Homer, was seen com ing South. The Kimball car going north, and the Hall car ran together head on- and the occupants of the two cars were badly shaken up. An unidentified negro, who was riding in the Hall car, was thrown through the windshield head first and received serious lacerations around the face. The young Hall negro, an da negro girl, who were in the car were cut and bruised but not seriously injured. They were carried to the local hospital wher^e their wounds were dressed. After having their wounds dressed the ne groes proceeded to their home in Zebulon. The local white boys were uninjured although they were bad ly shaken up. Officials at the hos pltal were unable to give the names of the negroes. The two automobiles were prac tically demolished, the Kimball car having a front wheel broken, fend ers , bent and ... the entire , front . of . the ... car was pushed in about half-way to the windshield which was bro ken by the impact. Cases were made against the dri vers of the two cars. Hall being charged with driving a car in a dangerous and reckless manner and Kimball charged with driving a in a reckless and dangerous manner while Under the influence of liquor. LITTLE JOE' 1 ; W ^arem't eeTu that voo true T} Are UKELV To BE FALSE To Voo. dentist ONE FLIGHT OP m C i A J V MORE RAIN SAYS SNIDER Jupiter Pleuve has finished vacation in Griffin and will con tinue his work here today or Tues- 1 day, according to Albert L. Snider, Griffin’s ol>.cial prognosticator. The weather prophet stated lasjMThurg day that Friday would be wet but that Saturday would see the begin ning of a short dry spell. Saturday and Sunday were hot and dry and indications this morning were that p r0 f. Snider would asrain hit right about today and Tuesday. The professor does not state when the rainy spell will be over, his only comment being that Griffin is now having strange weather and that there is no telling what stranger things might happen. But he concluded, there will be ra j n an d plenty of it for the next few' days. Following another rainy spell of a few days, Griffin should enjoy some more dry weather but the days will be hot and probably end with even more rain, Local Dairymen Will Enter Cattle In National Show Local dairymen are already pre paring for the National Dairymen’s association convention which will be held at Memphis, Tenn., from Oct. 13 through Oct. 20, according to W. T. Bennett, Spalding county dem onstration agent. “The local dairy men are working on calves for fall’s exhibit and we are hoping to' make as creditable a showing this year as we did last fall,” stated Mr. Bennett this morning. Four local men attended the ex hibit last fall and many more are expected to attend in October as “dairying in Spalding county has been steadily on the increase," he said. 1 The men 80lnf 5 10 the j which was also held at Memphis, | | I last year were W. T. Bennett. Owen | Shackleford. Frank Lindsey, and Da-j I vid Walker. W. T. Bennett. Jr., ac- 1 eompanied the men to Memphis last' year. The local dairymen made a showing last year when a local won the grand prize in the whole ex Mbit, another calf was in the state! of Georgia's breeders herd which herd took third prize In this class and another Spalding county calf was in the herd which won the sec ond prize in the free for all state group. * Vernon Merritt and Hubert* Parker, of Raleigh. N. C., spent the week end here as guests of Miss Emily Hallyburton. GRIFFIN, GA„ MONDAY, JULY 16, 1928. Exchange Club To have Supper At Scout Camp Members of the Griffin Exchange supper’ Club will be honor guests at Tuesday night at Camp Hamil, the| Boy Scout camp, The regular noon 1 1 meeting of the club has been called off. The Exchange club furnished the mess hall and kitchen of the camp. The Exchange club has always taken an active interest in the Boy Scout movement in Griffin. An interesting program has been arranged by Doug Burnett, scout executive of the Griffin council and secretary of the Grit fin Exchange club. The supper Tuesday will be a stag affair. In going to Camp Hamil, drive out the Jackson road past the Mat thews place. Turn left just beyond i the house, take dirt road to the Dan! j Hamil place—first white house on| the right-- and drive, i to camp. President Cull, of the Exchange i club requests that a.'l members of j ■ the club be at the camp at 6 o’clock ’ I Former Spaling ! Citizen Passes Charlie Maynard, brother of Mrs ■ W. H. Austin and Mrs. W. H. Land and former well known resident of Spalding county, died Saturday af ternoon at 2.45 o’clock at his home in Decatur. Funeral services for Mr. Maynard were held from his late home Sun day afternoon at 4 o’clock, The Mr. Quillian, Methodist minis ter there, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Moncrief, Baptist ministed, officiat ed. Interment was in the Decatur cemetery. Mr. Maynard was the son ol L. Maynard and the late Amanda Maynard. He was born here about 48 years ago. Twenty years ago he married Miss Mamie Coppedge, o survives him. He is also surviv two children. Miss Betty May nard and Nelson Maynard. in addition to Mrs. Land and Mrs. Austin. Mr. Maynard is survived by the following brothers and sisters, Mrs. J. A Phillips, of Cleveland, O, Mr*. A. A. Chester, of Notasulga, Mrs. Sherman Todd and Mrs Donehoo. of Atlanta, Mrs. J. S. Berryman, of Decatur, Mrs. 8. A Pintnam, of Brooks. Walter May nard, of Sharpsburg, Claude May nard of Gay, Inus Maynard and Herman Maynard, of Atlanta and H. E. Maynard and Boyd Maynard of Decatur. WEATHER FORECAST ATLANTA, JULY 16 (API-— Mostly cloudy with local thunder showers tonight or Tuesday. Light south winds. Investigation Of Italia Disaster Will R e Made ROME. July 15,—(/P)—That there will be a full Inquiry into the dis astrous end of the flight of General Nobile In the Italia Is taken for j ! granted in official circles 'here. It was stated that an early and full investigation would be to the gen eral’s own interest. The report in the Swedish news paper Drgblat that General Nobile is held on the bay ship Citta di Mi lano as a virtual prisoner of the Italian government is scoifed at here.. Intimations in Russian newspapers that Nobile abandoned his men is treated here as a piece of scrulious libel. To both these accusations, the point is made that the general is too ill to be moved. Four Arrested j . In Postal Probe In Mississippi ! JACKSON. Miss., July Four men were arrested here to |day in indicatments brought by the federal grand jury at Biloxi charging “the purchase and sale of public oWlce - The Scott Hubbard, , y are deputy United States marshall; D. Bed mond - Jackson negro attorney; A. N, Redmond, negro, Jackson; and £. L. Patton, Jackson ;negro. TWs was the sevfent» ehaiwwwMMie aaginst Patton, who was arrested! Saturday on six indictments. The! men made temporary bond in the amount of $2,500 for their appear ance at Biloxi tomorrow. Gray Leaves Today To Attend Big i Furniture Show Ben F. Gray .general manager of the Perdue-Gray chain of furniture stores, left this morning for High Point, N.C. where he will attend the annual convention of the Southern Furniture Marketing Association, which lasts from July 16 to 28. Furniture dealers from the south ern states will gather for the big meeting and will have a chance to the latest furniture innovations leading manufacturers of the High Point has a twelve story fur-' exposition building and not southern manufacturers show, their wares- there but the concerns of the north and east each year joining in the Over 150 furniture manafacturing concerns will have exhibits at High" Point. Mr. Gray, while attending the exposition will buy furniture for all of his stores. Municipal Band ■ Concert Sunday Draws Big Crowd The Griffin Municipal Band, un der the direction ol Captain A. Franceschini, gave a concert Sunday afternoon at the Monument to a large audience which had assembled for the entertainment. The band with 22 pieces taking part, played many popular airs which were accepted enthusiastic • ally by the large audience. The con cert lasted for over an hour and the majority of the audience stayed for the entire program. The band will give another con cert next Sunday afternoon, ac cording to Captain. Franceschini. The place for the concert has not yet been selected . The friends of Master James Curry Varner will be sorry to learn that he Is ill and are wishing a speedy recovery for him. $1,060,000 Fire At Helena, Montana HELENA, Mont., July 16.— (JP )— f Fire. which wiped out a quarter of a block In the heart ot Helena’s business section, was brought under control early today afire burning for more than 3 hours. Newspapers es timated the loss at $1,000,000. The city's largest department store, two large office buildings and a part of a third, with a score of smaller bu siness houses, were destroyed. FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR MRS. WATTS Funeral services for Mrs. Eliza beth Walts, who died Saturday morning were held from the grave side in Oak Hill cemetery Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock The Rev. J. O. Lupo officiated and Hals ten Bro thers were in charge of arrange ments. Mrs. Watts, who was 29 years of age. died suddenly at her home at Hollonville. She had many friends throughout this section. r~ Saves Three Drowning Women A M 1 A ?. pg§ a m mm n :• .-y/ ■ ; x ■y I • V >%X- * r'y .... * jt'Mjl! If w nf '' y i > > .•>•• Mr - vWllIiam Hackenholz, 24, of , Omaha, _ Neb., saved three drowning women in a few minutes, and then modestly disappeared after her heroism. First, she dived after a woman companion who har fallen out of her boat. Nearing shore with her, Mrs. Hackenholz heard screams from a swimming party and found a drowning woman pulL imr another under water, She saved those tiro also «e4 nrr M hr line for a Carnegie medal. Mrs. Hackenholz left the scene after the rescue but was identified by the two women next day. .. Church Should Stay Out Of Politics Says Bishop Candler Bishop Warren A. Candler, senior bishop of the South ern Methodist church, is of the opinion that Methodist preachers should ‘ ‘not dis sent from the position of the church on the question of persona) or party politics, but ^hat every minister “should preach Jesus Christ and Him Crucified." The muchly loved bishop of the chureh in response has issued a letter that plainly sets forth his views on poli tical matters and the church dabbling in politics. This communication from Bishop Candler is published in full on the editorial page of to day’s NEWS. Hoover Arrives To Visit Coolidge SUPERIOR, July 15—Secre tary Hoover arrived, here today on board his special train from Wash ington to visit President Coolidge. Sirens were blowing and bells were ringing as the train pulled into the station with a large crowd waiting. Police reinforcements made a way through the crowd and enabled secretary a no his party to abandon the train. Two bands struck up at this point, competing with the ap .plause of the crowd. Amid this roar, he was introduced to members of the reception com mittee. In the car with the secretary as the procession passed through the crowd lined streets, were Mrs. Hoo ver and Col. Latrobe, aide to the president. The Republican presidential nom inee rode in an open car barehead ed despite the warm sun. He was applauded enthusiastically the entire route through the town and re sponded bowing and smiling. Mrs. Hoover seemed to appreciate the re ception, also. Because of the intensity of the sun and the dust of the country roads, a closed car awaited the sec retary at the edge of the city to complete the remainder of the 40 mile drive to Cedar Island Lodge. VHA»* The prize ring set-up usually * ends, up laying dowr# ■P the camV wuy V 00 CAMT HEAR » w PUCeT SODktL;' * aiL-TBSa rMiiJ 1 1 Jill. K i A p. tm * safety of t SELF dio from ProiJUSIING day. The Krassan, oh. seven of the maroon*# tJ the Italia last week, waa Ing its way toward Advent ■\ today to fill op her bunkers coal in preparation for tm search for the missing sen party and the six ried off in the balloon of Italia on May 29. While Chukhnovaky and damaged plane were being fa aboard the Krassan, a searc .party headed by Mm I talians, which had been from the Brazana to aM soviet flier, approached the breaker and also were take board the ship. Food Dealers . Leave Tonigfa For Savam H11871 MOLaren, C. P., i Paul WaUcer - locai Srooeryfm M 4 ot sec ret ” ^ T J !OCa ' chamber Comn wUl ^attend^ ttw .qtjt ii vention of the Georgia Food Dealers Associatimt h city. The local delegation is bha by Mr. McLaren, who la chairh of the Griffin representatives. T1 will attend the convention both days. Tuesday and Wedfl day, while othfcr membritt of local Food Dealers Association expected to attend the on one of the two days m session, ■ A delightful round of entertal men t has been arranged for I delegates! to the convention is « many educational talk* and ,00 ferences ]for the upbuilding of t grocery men’s trade in the state, The officers of the are; H. C. Kleeman, presideilt; F. W. Monsees, secretary; ax Morris Wienberg, treasurer. & seph Mendeli, of Savannah, chairman of the entertalnmei committee. Tiie alms and purposes of tl association, of which the local ai soslatlon Is a recent member, an “To elevate the standards of t| retail food business in Georgii to foster and rrtaintain a betti social feeling and better coopen tion among the dealers within ti trade; to improve the state con mercial laws; to correct unfair an unmercantile competition; to coi rect and guard against all wrt and practice? as are against goo policy and sound business prtno pies, and to protect the trat against injustice in whataofn form it may appear; to dissent!nal trade information, encourage hi pro vementa in business and gat erally advance the interests of « tail food dealers In Georgia; t create fellowship and friendshl among Its members; and to aid t the organisation and developciCC of local associations in cities Ml towns in Georgia, and In all othc things for the good of the trade. The Georgia Association is member of the National Rete Food Dealers Association and oft! cers of the National associate are scheduled to take part on th program ot the state coimaOMHi Mr. and Mrs. Esrtc, Ap lovely little * daughter. V have returned home after a trip through the Blue Mountains. * -