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ALBANY, N. y„ August 21.—
A Democratic bany from ^ffions all swarming
sections of the
tion to see tlieir new leacler
of his nomination tomorrow
* day found Smith calrnly waiting.
hour of triumph as well the
as
action to his sweeping
thrusts at critics of has long
in the New York legislature.
EarJy tomorrow evening on
f liver ast steps a speech 01 formally capital he will de
, his launching
campaign for the presidency.
Clearing his desk for the mo
nienteous event the Governor
public a detail reply to William Al
len White's charges that he fav
ored the saloon and was lenient, to
ward gambliinng and prostitution
in his votes on a long list of bills
while Lin assemblyman—an
Which he said must be considered
4 final.
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Declaring liis legislative record as
'an .opponent of immorality is fix
ed and secure' 'tUMUhat he was sat
isfied the people of New York state
did not concur :n the "slanderous
attack” the nominee assailed
Republican national committee for
"openly associateing itself with a
matter he regarded as personal."
The governor today spiked id
ports that he planned to make about
20 set speeches during his cam
paign for the presidency and that
he intended to launch his drive
sometime in September with a trip
across the continent for an initial
address in Oregon.
"I don’t- know a thing a bou t it."
he told newspapermen.
if* Asked if he had received any
lion to his reply to W A White he
"None except what came in
morning and 1 haven’t gone
over them yet."
„ Cornerstone Laid
For New School
At Hollonville
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Amid impressive ceremonies, the
cornerstone of the new Hollonville
school building was laid by school
officials and members of the Wood
* men of the World of the Griffin
and Hollonville camps recently.
A feature of the program, which
was in charge of the Woodmen.
was a barbecue which was served
by the Hollonville lodge, at the
noon hour.
Speakers for tile occasion includ
ed: Mr. Plunket, of Macon; Grady
Langford, of Meansvllle, and Col.
F. L. Adams' of Zebulon.
The new school building which
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will house a Jumor High . school, . ,
y will be ready for the fall term,
which will open early in
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'' TR0 ^ P »^x^, ___ S G E R L
TO MEET AUGUST icm 25-26 o C
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The annual , meeting of the Troup
county Sacred Harp Singing
vention will be held in the Troup
county courthouse. Saturday
Sunday, August 25 and 26.'
Mayor I. N. Ragsdale, of Atlanta,
t prominent singers from
and other
Georgia and Alabama are expected
to be present at the meeting, ac
cording to an announcement by J
w. Meleor. La Orange, president o
the convention.
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the famous Clock _ “in” _
* n Room at the Quai d'Orsay, Paris, Aug. 27,
ihe multilateral treaty to outlay war, initialed by Secretary of
State Frank B. Kellogg, will be signed with impressive ceremonies,
l Fifteen nations, and possibly Spain, will sign the pledge, to settle
disputes pe'acably. Secretary Kellogg, left, shares with
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Minister Briand. right of France, the honor of inspiring the pact.
i The Clock Room, ready Tor the signing, is /pictured above.
President Names
W. F. Whiting To
Succeed Hoover
i SUPERIOR. Wis.. August 21.—
l/Pi —President Coolidge today a c
I copied the resignation of Secretary
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j Hoover from the cabinet and ap
pointed William F. Whiting, of Ho
lyoke. Mass., to succeed him.
Mr. Whiting, who has been a
friend and political supporter of
| President Coolidge for many years.
arrived in Sujieiior this morning
! and was administered the oath of
! office at the executive offices here.
He is head of the Whiting Paper
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j company of Holyoke. ' .
He ,, has , never held , .. a political . of
; I tice . but , , been active .. .- state ^
has very m
j politics especially in western Mass
chusetts.
I Coolidge accepted .... Hoovers resig
n,t T’ , V , rU,n ,, f , , °
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. Washington in which he , praised the
commerce si'cretarv’s e fforts in pro
moling the , commercial , and . , business
activities of the nation.
j "it will always be a satisfaction
to me to have had the benefit of
your wise counsel in meeting with
j the problems which have arisen
j during my administration My best
| wishes will always attend you in
tlit- broader field to which you
been called," the message
After his appointment Secretary
Whiting said that in his hew
he would ehdeavor to maintain the
policies which the commerce de
partment h^s been carrying out un
der Hoover.
He said he would leave
tonight for Massachusetts to
straighten out iiersomal affairs.
til then he said he preferred not ills
discuss matters connected with
department.
MEXICAN FLIER TOURS
' CENTRAL AMERICA
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HAVANA, August 21.—(/P>— Mnjor
ftobert Fierro, Mexican army avia
tor, who recently made a good-will
llight from Mexico City to Havana,
eoday Irom Mexico City to Havana,
America en route to his home
station. He took off for Guate
mala City at 8:41 a. m.. with the
expectation of reaching Ills desti
nation in 7 1-2 hours.
Local Rotarians
To Give Program
For Macon Club
The Griffin Rotary club will have
charge of the program at the regu
iar weekly meeting oi the Macon
Rotary club in Macon tomorow. A
large number of the members of file
local club plan to motor down to
Macon for the meeting.
The Rotarians will leave Griffin
about ID o’clock in a body arriving
in Macon in time for the meeting
which will begin at 12:10 o’clock
central standard time. .
The Program.
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the program, which will be present
ed by the Griffin / club, Swill consist
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of an address .. , by Rev. Malcolm , , , Wil
llamson and of musical numbers by
Miss Aline Cumming, Mrs. Philip
Cleveland, Aldme Combs, and the
Rotary quartet of the local club,
"hich is composed of E K.
_ Wjlson Lum kin Lamont Gres .
ham. Minor Wheaton.
Last Rites Held
For Mrs. Jump
Last rites were held for Mrs.
Jane Jump this
^ oclock at the East
cemetery in the presence of a
Iar 8 p group of sorrowing trie lends,
i Funeral services were hri d last
j night at 7 o'clock at the home of
Jump's son. J. B. Jump, with
Rev. Guy Scott officiating, and
interment this morning was made
j by Haisten Brothers, funeral di
rectors.
Mrs. Jump suffered a stroke of
I P aral y*‘s a week ago and
rallied before her death early Mon
| day morning. She is survived by
her husband, three sons and one
daughter.
THEiiW FATHER
Partly cloudy with local thun-
1 drrshower* in north portion*
tonight and Wednesday. Gentle
variable winds.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Montgomery
and Miss Douglass
motored to Atlanta for the day
Tuesday.
GA„ TUESDAY, AUGUST 21,1928.
MRS. ROGERS ELECTED
HEAD WOMAN'S LEAGUE
AT MEETING LAST NIGHT
Mrs. Harry Roger, society editor
of THE NEWS, was chosen chair
man of the Women’s Democratic
League of Spalding County at the
meeting of the Spalding Democratic
League last night; It was decided
at the meeting to organi the wo
men of the county into a separate
organization which will
with the men’s organization. Mrs.
! E. F. Carlisle, who was chosen vice
president of the Women's
will act as chairman until the re
turn of Mrs. Rogers.
The ladies plan to meet some
morning next week, at which time
Col. L. P. Goodrich, well-known lo
cal attorney, will address them. The
women will also take steps to fur
ther the organization of their lea
gue at the meeting next week.
Present plans are for the chair
man of the various districts of the
men's league, to appoint four wo
men from their districts to
on the Women's League as repre
sentatives'of their district.
County-Wide Rally.
It was also decided at the meet
|ing last night to hold a county
\ wade rally at which time some well
known Georgia citizen will be in
I vited to address the uie assemblage assemoia 0 e.
District rallies are also to be held
i in the various districts according
j j to the present plans,
Preliminary report* from the
j j chairmen of the various districts
were made last night which showed
the organization to be prospering
and which predicted a bright future
1 for the league. Steps
to complete
the organization of the league were
also-«**de at the meeting last night,
First Football
Practice Is Called
For High School
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Football practice for the local
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high school squad will begin next
Monday afternoon. August 27 |vt
Lightfoot Park, local high school
field
slxteen members of last year - s
SUCC e SSful team are expected to
turn this season andettie prospects
Seven members of the {irst team
j for a winn ing team are bright
I last year wiI] be eli?ibl p for this
i - ^ with
year s and these as a
nucleus Coach Douglas Burnett i s
, expecting to-build up a powerful
j eleven to represent tile local high
school. _„ h „.
All students of Griffin High who
are in terested in football are asked
j to get in touch with Coach Burnett
j at the earliest possible moment.
Training Camp.
Coach Burnett states that he will
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I decide whether to have a training
: camp for the local gridders by the
I number of applications that he re-,
jeeives before Saturday. August 25.
| If enough of the applicants for
i the 1928 team wish to attend the
j camp, it will be held at Camp Hamil,
: the local Boy Scout Camp. '
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Pennsylvania Boy
i Scout Is Selected
For Byrd’s Flight
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NEW YORK, August 21.— (/P)
I Paul A. Slple, 19 year Old Eagle
Scout of Erie Pa., today was
j lected ax the Boy Scout to
1 party the Byrd An-Arctic
tion. He will be special assistant
and orderly to Commander
ard E »y rd
i Slple stood at the head of a
of six scouts who had been chosen
jfrom 88 recommended by local scout
icounxils from thousands eager to
|qualify for the position. The en
.tire scout field had been given an
opportunity to nominate scouts be
) tween the age* of 17 and 20 who had
| certain specified qualifications and
. experience. ,
A> special committee of Boy Scout
officials reviewed the applicants
of the 80 selected 17,’ These
| rated by another committee, and six
chosen for the final competition,
| j SEARCH BEGUN
FOR PILOTS OF
j | MISSING PLANE
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COPENHAGEN. August 21.—(/P)
1 he Danish inspection ship Goth
ab now in Greenland waters has
ueen instructed by the government
t0 begin immediately a search for
the missing American airmen. Bert
Hassell and Parker Cramer.
The order was issued after H.
Percival Dodge the American min
ister had called at the Danish for
office and asked the government
to assist in a wide spread search
for the men.
Eskimos sweeping along the wes
tern coast of Green ^nd in Davis
strait in their kaiaks. or hunting
canopies, today were~~seSrcfiing for
the flyers.
Parties of arctic hunters !
were ex- I
poring--the . , Fjords . . between Cape j
aiewe and Holst* nbozg '
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woistenoorg is is near near Mt mc. Evans, Evans the the | i
° f the alrmen 0,1 thelr hop i
f ro m Cochrane. Ontario.
NEW FOCNDLAND AIDS
st johns n. f August si—;
(A 1 )—The New Foundland govern
ment today instructed the steamer
Susu now op the coast of northern
Labrador to make every effort to
discover the whereabouts of the
missing monoplane “Greater Rock
ford ”
Cann Heads Young j
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League Of State
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ATLANTA, Aug ust 21.—pp>- 1
Samuel Cann. of Savannah, I j
A. was
namad president of the Young j
Men’s Democratic League of Geor
gia at a meeting here last night in I
which prominent officers for the !
organization were chosen. He had (
&Cted aS tempora ^ chairman of the
le a gue ' -
The meeting heard reports of
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of district cha "' men who declared
that organizations oi .the various;
counties behind the national earn
,)algn ls lrT crea.-,mg sentiment that
is expected to roll up an overwhel- j
ming majority for the ticket in No- j |
vember.
Opposition for Governor Smith
and Senator Robinson, is waning I
the meeting was told i
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J. R. Slator. of . Douglas, _ , , chairman! .
of ; the Democratic campaign in Ge- „ ;
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chosen vice-Dresident, J of i
orgia was
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the .. organization .. that .... the lea-(
so
gue may work . more closely , , with i
.. the national .. , drys. , |
SPALDING MEDICAL I
ASSOCIATION TO HOLD I
MEETING TONIGHT
The Spalding county Medical As
, sociation will hold its regular meet
ing tonight at 7:30 o'clock at the
Griffin Hospital. All members of
the assocition are urged to attend
j the meeting as important business
| will be taken up.
j An interesting and instructive
: program has been arranged for the
^ meeting. One of the features of the
program will, be the reading of a
medical paper by Dr. Miles Crow
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COURT OF HONOR
| to meet Tuesday
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The Court of Honor for Griffin
scouts will hold its first meeting for
the month of August next Tues
day night. August 28, ut the
ber of Commerce at I o’clock
Alt scouts wishing to advance in
; rank or obtain merit badges will
J j Ail appear scouts before the urged court to at bring that time. their
are
i certificates from their scoutmasters
and trom the qualified examiners,
All members of the Court of Hon
J or are requested to be present at
i the meeting.
Parachute Jumper ;
Who Dropped Three
Miles Seeks New Record
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Ledpirtg from t ap airplane 15,200 feet above Washington, William F.
gcott,, chief machinist’s mate at the naval air station at Anacostia,
c.. broke the navy's record for parachute jumping. Scott, who
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unhurt 3cott , pictured above ns lie appeared Just before leaping,
soon will try to break the 24,000-foot record held by Captain Albert
Stevens oi the Army Air Corps.
Feature Meeting
Of Odd Fellows
Griffin Lodge No. 346,
ent Order of Odd Fellows will con
fer fllrst, second and ‘third degrees
on local candidates and oh several
candidates from Manchester Lodge
No 490, at»their regular meeting
Wednesday night.
Several grand lodge officers have
been invited to attend the exer.
cises and all visiting brothers .are
ur 8 ed to attend the meeting by
officials of the local lodge.
In addition to the candidates
from Manchester? the entire mem
bership of Lodge No. 490 is ex
Pc cted to be present.
All members of the local lodge
are urged and requested to attend
ln ^ addition mw « n „ to , Tm conferring rf th of T' de-
8 rees - wiU **“ taken U P
Appeal Of Klan
Leader Is Delayed
By Chief Justice
T INDIANAPOLIS, . trvr . Itld., J August 21
—iJP )—Judge T . David _ . A. . Myers, chief
justice . ., of ... the _ Indiana _
supreme j
court . last . night . , , issued a writ of
...... restrainin ( Judge John
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„ of ... the Laport circuit court
from , enforcing . writ of habeas
a
corpus sought by D. C.
former grand dragon of the K K K.
is serving a life sentence
for murder in the state prison in
Miiiiigan City.
Hearing on the habeus corpus ac
tion had been set for today at La
port.
The prohibition writ was issued
by Judge Myers upon application
of W H. Daly, warden of the stale
prison who had been named de
lendant in Stevenson’s application.
Judge , , Myers set September 4 for
a hearing , , t Daly , asked , a writ .
the allegation that the supreme
court had denied a similar habeus
corpus action by Stevenson.
ITiailllC Marinp Plano 1 lailG
To Hop Tomorrow
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JACKSONVILLE. Fla . August 21.
4/TV-Lt. Frank Schllt, Marine
corp aviator, pointing a trl-motored
transjiort plane to Nicaragua for
use withe marines there, hopped
for Miami at 9:18 this morning on
the third leg of his flight.
Lt. Sdiilt expected to
without stop to his
after refueling at Miami. Accom-
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By Tornado In
Middle West
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The death of two persons In a hos
pital today brought to 8 the known
fatalities in the tornado that swept
two southern Minnesota' counties
and northern Iowa points yester
day afternoon.
Additional scores of Injured were
reported as nearly 100 farmers
arrived with injured persons brought
to town for medicahattention. The
tornado caused property damage es
timated in excess of $1,000,000.
Austin, Minn., was the communi
ty that suffered the heaviest loss.
Three persons were killed there and
more than 50 injured, Business
buildings and residences were also
wrecked.
As the tornado swept toward Aus
tin farm buildings and crops were
crushed. Heavy rains- followed and
roads were wrecked and pavement
washed away. More than 0 auto
mobiles were wrecked in Austin by
the storm which seemed to pick out
and follow Main street. Austin’s
principal thoroughfare.
Starting at 4:55 the tornado In
] PS S (.| lan g minute* had covered a
path two blocks wide and two mile*
long in Austin where the damage
was estimated at mom than. $500.
000.
AU the buiWjngg -»t the county
lalr grounds wheTe lhe fair was to
have been opened today were wreck
ed. Doctors at the hospitals work
over the injured under severe
handcaps because pf(,lack of light
electric power
CLAUDE NOLAN, JR.,
DIES THIS MORNING
Funeral services for for Claude
Nolan,, . L, Jr., , ... infant son of , ,, Mr. Ac and
Mrs , Claude . Nolan, .. . will ... ber held ,.
from the grave side at Mt. Zion
cemetery Wednesday morning at
10 o'clock The baby died early
this morning at the home of hts
parents on North 12th street.
He ls survived by his parents
I and grand|M»rents. Mr. and Mrs.
jO. G. Nolan, and Mr, and Mrs.
! A F. Dorton.
j Funeral service will be In charge
of Rev C. B. Bullard, who
officiate and Haisten Brothers,
funeral directors who have charge
of arrangements.
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panted by Sgt. Pilot Archie Pas
chal and Sgt. O. C. Adams, radio
operator. Lt. Schllt said he would
tike oft for Nicaragua tomorrow
morning if weather conditions are
* favorable.
Established in l
LOCATED IN
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George A. Hilton, who on
June ^Oth deserted his bride of
two weeks, the former Min*
I-eila Penn, taking with him a
new Chevrolet automobile, 120®
in cash, a suitcase and cloth
ing belonging to his wife, ha* |
been apprchrnded.ln Lockport,
N. T., according to information*'
received by Chief of Police
, Stanley this morning. m
Ural authorities received in
formation that lead them to be
lieve that’ Hilton was located in
Lockport so a complete descrip- ■
tion, including location of i
birthmark on left thigh, and a
full face photograph were for
warded to the chief of police
of that city, who wired the fol
lowing reply;
I,«Hkport, N. V, August 21.
Chief of Police,
Griftiu, Georgia.
Hilton, alia* Jaynes now in
county Jail awaiting grand Jury 0
action. Please rush warrant far
file against him. Letter follows.
VV. A. Burbank, chief of police.
Local authorities are completing |
plans and legal arrangement* t m
bripg Hilton to Griffln as soon aa,
he can be released trom the Lock
l>ort jail. The telegram from that •4
city indicates that Hilton faces :
grand Jury investigation there,
which may delay his being return- f
ed here, immediately.
Hilton came to Griffin in the early , ,,|
spring of this year from Chicago * '
and was first engaged in selling
photograph enlargements, later he
tor nee ted will! the Skelton
Motor company and finally repre
sented the Federal Life Insurance
company in this territory.
On the morning of June 3®th, ex
actly two weeks following his mar- >>
riage to Mias Penn. Hilton left
hoM to “go down town after cream
fof the tl breakfast coffee" and has
not been seen here smce. * i
Petition to Annul Marriage
Mrs. Hilton, nee Miss Leila Pena,
has filed a petition for annulment of
the marriage with Hilton, through
tier attorney, Ben McKnight. The
case is to be heard by Judge W,
E H Searcy. Jr., during the October ffi |
term of the Superior Court.
FIVE BANDITS ROB
BANK MESSENGERS
CHICAGO. August 21.— UP)— ®
Five robbers held up two bank
messengers in a taxi cab . :
robbing them of $19,000 ln cash f
and negotiable paper The robbery 9
took place at Lawndale and Divta- ;
ion streets as the messengers were
transferring the money from the
Service State Bank
Armed with pistols and rifle*
the five robbers drove along side
the taxi cab and ran it iflto the
curb Covering the mes&enger and
and the cab driver thdk grabbed
the money and sjieeded away.
Lewis Mosely spent the week
end with friends and relativa in
Atlanta and Gainesville.
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