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GRIFFIN FIRST.
Invert your money, your tal
*»t, your time, your influ
ence in Griffin.
Members of Associated Press
AL SMITH TO BE FOBMALLY NOTIFIED TODA r
^ANNUAL MEET
OF C. OF C. ON
FRIDAY NIGHT
The annual meeting of the
Griffin and Spalding County Cham
her of Commerce, to be held
Friday night at 6:30 o’clock, is to!
be one of the largest and most* in-;
teresting meetings ever held by this!
^ organization, according ito Tap
Bennett, secretary, who is in charge
of the program.
A number of interesting talks
have been arranged and the com
mittee is completing arrangements
for a genuine, Georgia berbecue
to be served to every one interested
in the Chamber of Commerce fcnd
r its work. All that is necessary for
attendance at tfje meeting and
barbecue is to phone your name
in to the office of the Chamber of
Commerce some time Thursday so
that those in charge can know how
many to prepare for.
In addition to the barbecue and
talks, the annual election of offi
cers and directors for the body are
to be elected. The officers whose
terms of office expire at the meet
ing Friday night include J. P.
Persons, president: H. F. Goldstein,
vice president. P. E. Arnall, treas
urer: A. C. Griffin and D. R.
Cumming, directors.
Troop 9 Leads
In Boy Scout
Efficiency Race j
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Griffin.'6. { j
Troop 9, of East W.
Meeks, scoutmaster, is leading in i
the Efficiency Cup contest of the !
local Scout troops for this quarter j
with 160 points is was announced
morning by Doug Burnette.
Scout executive. Troop 8,
J ihe Griffin Manufacturing Com
pany, H. J. Copeland, scoutmaster. 1
is in second place with 70 points j
while Troop 6. of the Rushton j
Mills, Doc Harris, scoutmaster, i
holds third place with 55 points.
The Loving Cup offered by The
Griffin Daily News was won last
quarter by Troop one, F. R. Ed
wards, scoutmaster.
As soon as vacation time is over
many boys who have just recently
reached the Scout age will be
taken Into the different troops
thus aiding the troops in adding
to the number of points to be
won and will cause the race for
the leading troop to be more
closely contested.
Many troops are using Camp
Hamil, local scout camp, as the
site for overnight hikes and as
training ground in the great out
door program of scouting.
HIGHLAND REVIVAL
WILL CLOSE TONIGHT
The revival being conducted at
the Highland Baptist church will
close tonight with the evangelist i
taking as his subject "At Last iej
Biteth Like a Serpent and Sting- !
eth like an Adder.” which sermon \
promises to be both forceful and
instructive.
revival music has been ’
The un
der the leadership of Mr. and Mrs. pre-1 j
Carl Stallings, Mrs. Stallings
siding at the piano, I
The service tonight will be at j
7:30 o’clock.
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Here is a new picture of Bert Hassell (right) and Parker Cramer, missing
aviators, posed in their Arctic ffying clothes just before they hopped
off from Rockford, 111., for Stockholm, Sweden. Mystery surrounds !
the fate of their monoplane, the Greater Rockford, whose radio was
last heard from off Laborador.
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JUDGE COVINGTON TO
ADDRESS MEETING OF
ANTI-SMITH LEAGUE
Judge W. A. Covington, of Madi
son. Ga._ will speak at the City
Hall Thursday night. August 23,
at 8 o'clock, under the auspices
of the Anti-Smith Democraic Club
of Spalding county.
Judge Covington is said to be
a forceful speaker and one who
holds the attention of his audience
at all times. All persons who wish
to hear the issues of the coming
presidential campaign are invited
to be present.
The advisory committee of the
local Anti.Smith organization is
composed of the following mem
bers :
Men's advisory committee: W. C.
Jackson. Chairman: Lewis Thomas,
George Murray, Paul Flynt, C. S.
Bryan, L. W. Edwards. George T.
Pursiey, Rev. von Hagen. J. W.
Hunt, Ernest Willis, John H. Rog
ers, Hal Rievierie. B. J. Maddox. H.
J. Copeland <mfgr.), J. D. Kilgore,
J. Daniel. W. A. Brooks, J. B.
Poteet, C. C. Smith, J. R. Jinks,
M. W. Boggs, Rev. J. A. Davis. W.
C. McAbee, Otis Snider, Eugene
Bowles, Verinon Greer, H. C.-Huck
aby, Rev. John Norton, John Bry
ant.
Ladies Advisory committee: Mrs.
Wilbur Brown, chairman; Mrs. J.
H . Cheatham. Mrs. J. P. Nichols.
Sr., Mrs. .J. M. Matthews. Mrs. E.
P. Edwards, Mrs. J. C. Dozier, Miss
Myrtice Bailey. Miss Rossie Bell
Newton, Mrs. J. R. Thaxton, Mrs.
C. H. Westbrooks, Mt-s. Ernest Wil
lls. Mrs. HW.M. Griffin, Mrs. A. S.
Murray, Mrs. W. R. Crowder, Mrs.
Paul Flynt. Mrs. A. C. Layne. Mrs.
W. C. McAbee. Mrs. Eugene
Mrs. E. U. Snider. Sr.. Mrs. J.
Hollingsworth. Miss Madelyn
thews, Mrs. R. J. Deane, Mrs.
B. Brown, Mrs. W. A. Brooks.
Ida Ruff.
OLYMPIC TEAM
RETURNS
NEW YORK, Aug.
main body of the Olympic
from America arrived here
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i on the Roosevelt and received
I noisy welcome. While some of
i athletes appeared down
j over their showing in the
, Major General McArthur
official praise in behalf of
I United States. ’!
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GRIFFIN, GA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22,1928.
STORM BALKS
SEARCH FOR
LOST AVIATORS
CHICAGO. August 22.—(/?>)—
Storms were sweeping the waters
of Davis Strait early today balking
the efforts of those seeking some
trace of the missing Rockford to
Stockholm fliers, Bert Hassell and
Parker Crammel.
The reports that came from the
north were uniformly discouraging.
The U. S, coast guard cutter Marian
radioed that it had failed to find
any trace of the plane, the Great
er Rockford, after a day in search
ing the /water off Cape Chidley
where the monoplane last reported
its position.
Members of the Rawson Field
Museum Expedition under the di
rection of Commander Donald Mac
Millan, which is now at Nain, La- j
brador, advised the Associated Press |
bv wireless that it too had been
unsuccessful in efforts'to learn the
the fate of the plane. "It is raining
hard and the barometer is falling."
MacMillan wirelessed last night.
Trappers To Aid. *
The-Hudson Bay Company advis
ed the Rockford chamber of com
merce, sponsor of the flight, that
if would broadcast an appeal to its
thousands of trappers scattered
scattered throughout the north to
aid in the search.
Wireless operators of the Bur
gess Battery Company station at
Madison who' have been listening
! for word from the plane since it
left Cochran. Ontario, Saturday on
the hop to Mt. Evans abandoned
! their vigil last nrght.
Ray of Hope.
| Dr. Charles Sccfech, a Chicago
raddlo amateur, provided the only
ray of hope. He said that on Mon-
1 day night he had received the letter
j "R” broadcast for nearly an hour.
"R” was the code letter by which
J the fliers had arranged to advise
their backer, that the plane was 75
'miles from Cape Childly. The sig
nal did not come on the plane's set
j wave length of 32.84.
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CHARGED WITH
PASSING BAD CHECKS
IN LOCKPORT, N. Y.
Local authoritits have received
advices from the chief of police of
LoCkport, N. Y.. that the man
identified yesterday as George A.
Hilton, is in the county jail await
ing grand jury action on a charge
of passing worthless chacks. Full
details of the charges in that city
should be in the hands of Chief
Stanley by tomorrow. !
Local warrants, charging HUton ;
with the ’’passing of ten worthless |
checks and stealing an automobile |
are already on the way north, and, i
it is probable that the New York i
authorities that he will face release the Hilton seriouf so j
may more
charges here.
The identification of the man as!
George Hilton is almost positive, |
according to Ben McJCnight, attorT j
ney for Mrs. Hilton, and every ef- !
fort will be made to bring him!
back to Griffin for trial.
The search for Hilton began on
June 20th. when he left his home!
and his bride of two weeks taking
with him an automobile, clothing.!
and $200 in cash, “all property (H i
his wtfe.^ It was later discovered j
that Hilton made a round of the j
down town stores the day before 1
his departure, cashing checks where
possible, and these worthless checks
will face him when he is brought
back from New York.
Mrs. Berry, Pioneer
Citizen, Passes at
Her Home Here ■
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Mrs. I
Mary Elizabeth Berry. 80. one 1
of the most beloved pioneer citi- j
zens of Griffin, died at her home on!
Sixth street early last night, after |
having been ili for several weeks. |
Mrs, Berry fell the early part of i
the summer and hurt her hip and I
was unable to overcome the severe;
shock.
She has always been an active
worker in the Presbyterian church
of which she was a member and had
endeared herself to a wide host of j
friends by her sweetness of man-1
ner, and her high Christian char- .
acter. Mrs. Berry always had the I
highest Christian ideals and her life |
was spent in service to others, who I
regret her passing. j
ov She was .u the widow .. of . the late .
_ T. M. „ Berry, who , died ,. . several ; years
ago, and , is , survived , , by two sons,
Professor _ , , ■ _ . I
J. R. Berry, and Crosson
_ Berry, both of Griffin and . two , bro
thers. J. J. T Gaillard of Macon and
„ Professor , „ B. „ P. Gaillard of # Dalo-!
nega.
Funeral services for Mrs. Berry
will be held this afternoon at four
o'clock at the home with Rev. Mal
colm Williamson officiating. Inter
ment will be in the Oak Hiil ceme
tery with Frank Pittman funeral
director in charge.
The pall-bearers will be E, Si
McDowell, R J. Deane. Emmett
Hemphill, John Rogers, Charlie
Murray W H. Amos, H M Amos
and Hugh McLaurin.
THE WEATHER
I’artly cloudy tonight. Thurs
day probably showers. Gentle
west winds.
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Prohibition Is
Big Issue Says
W, C. T. U. Head
Mrs. Wilbur Brown president of
the local Woman's Christian Tem
petrance Union, and a member of the
local Anti-Smith Club writes the fol
lowing article to Tiie News in con
nection with the coining national
eiection -
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Mr. Editor:
These days we e much in the
papers about the smoke screen,
There are those who accuse any who
aie fighting Governor Smith on the
wet issue with using that issue only
as a smoke screen. I want to speak I
in behalf of the W. C„ T. U. Such |
writers and speakers wish to make 1
their readers and hearers believe!
that the wet issue is no issue at all.,
Now, friends, for at least the last ;
£ ew years I've read the Union Signal 1
our national paper and the Ga„
W. C. T. U.. Bulletin, besides num
bers of pamphlets sent out by our
publishing houses and have heard 1
a number of our nationally and;
internationally known speakers and j
yet I've never heard nor read one!
unkind word about any one on ac- !
count of his or her religious views
However after Governor Smith
was nominated our good state presi- j
dent, Mrs. Marvin Williams sent to !
all local W. C. T. U., presidents the I
following rules of propriety which |
all campaign speakers are asked to I
observe in addressing W. C. T. U. ' I
meetings. !
L-Since the W. C. T. U , is
denominational, made up of women i
who subscribe to almost every re
ligious faith in the world, no ref
erence to a candidates religious af
fliliations as a person for voting for ]
or against him is considered prop- I
er.
2—Since „ _. there are women ol , all ,,
’
races on the face of the . globe , , who ,
belong . , to . the ... W. C. „ _ T. -T U., no un
Christian epithet or contemptuous , ,
statement applied ... to the .. members .
of . anv other ,, race than the one ad- .
dressed is considered proiier. As . the
W. C. T. r,. U.. stands for , racial , purity, u
not , to . . be inter- ,
provision is
preted excluding , .. the ,, dignified ... .
as re
cital of facts which . , may show . that ...
candidate ... . tends , toward . the lm- ,
moral , mingling ,. of ... the races.
3—Since „ _. there ,, of .* all ,,
are women
political .... , parties . belonging , ... to the
W. C. T. U„ no appeal to vote for ,
to . be , loyal , . to iiohtical ... , party .
or any
is considered proper. Just , . as no
speaker . with ... propriety . , appeal .
may _’
, to the W C. T. TT U., , to become , mein
. bers -of . anv particular , denomina- ,
tion. so it is equally „ out . of , order . to
appeal , for . any political ... . party, ,
4—The , speaker shall . feel , . perfect- , .
, iy . freexto . discuss any candidates ... . ,
record .. the "wet .„ and . ... "dry ,, is- .
on
sue ad . ..... libitum. He „ may also , ...
perfect , . propriety . . discuss .. the stand , .
of . all ,, political .... , parties .. on the .. ,•
bition question or any other moral
questiot).
The wet and dry issue is sufficient
grounds for fighting Ai Smith. His
promises on this issue have been
broken repeatedly in the past. How
Van we believe he will keep them
in future?
The best women ol our country
have fought and endured hardship
for the past fifty years to gel
18th amendment on 'the statute
books and to keep it there and now
shall we betray them and deliver
our beloved land into the hands of
a man who • with his co-workers
have vowed to destroy what these
mothers spent their lives working
and praying for?
The liquor issue is no smoke
screen. It is a consuming fire and
too often we've seen it burn out
the lives ol our fellow
Sincerely. Mrs. Wilbur Brown,
President, Local W. C. T.
Mrs. J. E. Mitchell and
Emma Guttenberger are
a week at the Hotel In
Springs.
THE BITE FOR ROBINSON ]
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Proving that Herbert Hoover lias no monopoly oft . fishing. Senator
Joseph T. Robinson, Democratic vice presidential candidate, recently
spent a week-end profitably* on an Arkansas river. Here is Robin
son fright), with his guide, W L. Shepherd, and his catch of black
bass. Of course,the biggest c*ie got away,
4-H Camp For
Women To Be
1 Held Aug.
Mrs. Franklin Sibley, home dem
agent for Spalding coun
ty, lias announced that the fifth an
nual 4-H club camp lor women
will be held at the Ringgold club
on August 29'and 30. The
camp for girls will meet at the
same club house on August 31st and
September 1st.
These meetings are very interest
ing and are a time for the renew
ing of bid friendships and making
new ones, learning new and better
ways for improving the home, and
a period of recreation for the wo
of the bounty, according to
Sibley.
Spalding ,, . county stands , foremost
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4-H . club , , having , held the _
m camps,
first , camp * for „ girls in . extension ser
vice in the school ... house at Orchard „ ,
Hill „ in , 191!J, ,„ and . tne first 4-H „
for „ women was , lield ., five
cam|i \
Griffin and Spald- .
years ikgo at the
ing ”, county fair grounds,
These local , , camps were the in
spiration for Camp Wilkins at the
State College „ of Agriculture, in Ath- ...
where . .. thousands . of , Georgians
ens,
gather each summer lor recreation
end study. -
„ Mrs. Sibley „ ., will . .„.. Ire in charge . of
the two , camps ' and will , have a
corps of . , home demonstration agents
as assistants, including , ,, Miss Lucile . ,,
Turner, district . agent: ... Mrs. T L. „ H.
B
Calloway, ot Clarkesvllle; Mrs. Eli
zabeth . Proctor, of . ... Warm Springs _ .
.. Mrs. Hettie .... White, of . Chtpley. „ , , ,
... Miss . Lois , Dawdle, „ .. . house editor ... of ,
the . „ Southern Ruralist. Mrs. J. T R. „
Welchel, ...... broadcaster from. Sears
Roebuck Home makers program: .
and .... Miss . Leah , Parker „ , will , be vis* ,
itors at the camps.
Methodist Camp
Meeting To Be
Held At Mt. Zion
| Una. has defeated Jack Miller, the
middleweight champion of the Pa
cific Coast, easily outpointing the
champion for ten rpunds. Attaway
and Sagues have appeared in a
Griffin ring within the last four
! months with each having gained a
knockout over his opponent before 6
rounds of their scheduled ten round
bouts were up Attaway gained a
| technical lor. of Birmingham, knockout over Ralph Tay
in the fifth
j {while rqiund of their ten round match
Sagues handed Irish Benny
j Cline, of Atlanta, the finishing touch
m the third round of their fight.
Several good preliminaries and a
battle royal will complete the card,
| The annual camp meeting of the;
| Methodist churches m this section
j will be held at Mount Zion camp
ground near here, beginning Friday
evening at 7:30 o'clock and lasting
through Wednesday night August
j j 29th of Atlanta
Rev John 8. Jenkins
| and; Rev A W. Reese of Oxford will
j ha,ve charge of the meetings asslsf
led by local pastors, Rev. Horace S.
Smith, and Rev. L. W Twiggs, pre
| siding elder of this district besides
other Methodist ministers who will
be at the meeting
(Services will be held each day at
8:30 o'clock and 11 o'clock in the
mornings and at 3 o'clock in the
afternoon* with a night service each
evening at 7:30 o'clock.
Mr. Mullins of Carrollton and
Miss Winifred Darsey of Sunny Side
will have charge of the mu$lc
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ATTAW AY' AND
TURNER HEAD
CARD
HY PAUL ELLIS
Joe Turner, middleweight wrest
ling champion of the world and
Stiles Attaway, middleweight boxing
champion of the South, have been
matched with Joe Stecker, of Chi
cago v and Ernest Sagues, of Argen
tina, respectively to defend their
title in Griffin on September 20th.
it was announced today by Less
Moore, local fight promoter. Bob
Wiiite. local boy who has appeared
here several times in amatuer
matches and who lias Just recently
started out to make a professional
career will be matched with some
worthy opponent as a preliminary
to the main events. t
Stecke.r, who formerly claimed the
title as the middleweight wrestling
champion of the world and met de
feat at the hands of the champion
in Griffin, still believes he should
wear the championship belt and
states that he will prove his right
in the comeback match here on
the 20thr. He is a young man still
in the twenties and with his re
markable ability to wrestle, which
he exhibited here in his last match.
Mias more tlian an equal chance to
j defeat Turner.
| In the main boxing mate)), which
j will feature Stiles Attaway and Er
nest Sagues. it appears that another
title will more than likely ehange
hands. Sagues, who originally
from Chile and is considered
[ middleweight champion of Argen-
BAPTIST PRAYER
SERVICE BE FEATURED
BY OPEN DISCUSSION
At the mid-week prayer service
of the first Baptist church this week
there will be a discussion by those
present on “What the church! has
meant to me." Everyone is cordial
ly Invited to attend this meeting
and contribute t^> the discu4|lon.
Rev. G E. .Von Hagen will have
charge of the service in the ab
sence of the pastor..
SMITH’S SPEECH
TO BE OPENING
OF CAMPAIGN ■
Governor Alfred E .Smith, of
New York, and democnUie ~ 3$
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nominee for the presidency of
the United States will be form
ally notified of his selection
by his party this afternoon.
The notification speech will be
delivered by Senator Key Pitt
man. with John J. Raskob, pre.
siding at the assembly.
Following Senator Pittman’s
notification speech. Governor
Smith will deliver his speech
of acceptance which will open
his campaign for the prsidency.
Smith's speech of acceptance
will be delivered before the mi
crophone and millions of Amer
icans will be able to hear this
address in their own homes.
Griffin radio deale t
paring to receive t speech
in their stores and those de
siring to hear it are invited to
be there promptly at
o'clock Griffin time. jt
RAINY WEATHER Ai
ALBANY, August 22.— (£>), —A
light but steady rain which begtut ,
early today and containued this
afternoon sent thousands of visttora
indoors to speculate gloomily over
weather prospects for the notifies- ’ p
tion of Governor Smith.
The forecaster had predicted
cloudy weather for the evening but
an absence of wind in the early af- ’
ternoon made it appear that the
steady drizzle would keep up for
several hours more.
Arrangements had been made in
the < -f that the skies loosened
up with a heavy downpour to hokt *■
the ceremony inside the assembly
chamber of the state capltol
Governor Smith received his poll*
tical schooling. But unless the
tlier was extremely bad he was ex
pected to go through with the
speech in the little flag draped en
closure on the east steps.
The assembly chamber, it «M
ixrinted out could accomodate only
a small portion of the notification
and national committees, friends ot
the goverftbr and newspapermen
who have been assigned seats in the
reserved section on the steps.
The Democratic presidential nom
inee slept late as he did not re- -
turn ,to his mansion until around *
mid-night from the nearby Berk
shires. He was expected at the ■
capital inter in the day to “meet and
greet" many of iris friends and pol
itical associates here for today's
event. e
The gaily decorated down- towft
section close by the capital grounds .
took on a dismal appearance as the
rain soaked the flags and sent
crowds to hotel lobbies.
TO CARRY SPEECH \
NEWS
Thr GRIFFIN NEWS will ]
I hr acceptance speech of AL
tomorrow’s issue.
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