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Invest your money, your tal
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ence in Griffin.
ember of Associated Mr&m
COLD WAVE IS TONIGHT: RAIN IS OVER
GOOD
VENIN
|-By Quimby Melton
| Back on the job after a spell of
flu fie that gave me plenty of time to
in bed and think. With the Old
year gliding by and the New Year
toming in, my minTl naturally turned^
On things I warned to !
see accom
blished in Griffin during the next
Lwelve months.
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The first two things that
GrifBn must tackle and solve
before she can go forward are
her water problem and her acute
school situation. Solution of
.
both depend, for the present,
at least, on the decision of the
supreme court on the plan of
the, Griffin Waterworks Com
pany. This company would take
over the water situation, pro
vide a system exten.d’rg to the
river, and when the cost of same
had been paid to the company !
turn by the the city, in rentals, would j
system over tp the city.
If the supreme court rules in
favor of the plan then Griffin
cun,start on her water system 1
without issuing anv bonds for j
same and the bonding capacity
of the city will be free to pro
vide bonds Tor school buildings. |
It is to be 1 f ed that the high
court will ru in favor of the
plan.
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In solving tl water and school i
woblems Griffi) must not overlook i
)ther needs. C fin is growing and I
Rowing iannot lag quickh be id nd in a growing public city im- j
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Jrovements.
One of thc greatest needs of Grif- |
'in fs an adequate hospital. Not,
mly is the Griffii Hospital used by i
jriffin and Spa ifig county but The' by!
his entire sectlt of thc state. 1
freesnt building » inadequate, un-j
lafe and a disgi »ce to a city the j
,
;lze of Griffin.
Griffin blessif i :
licians i^ with good phy- I
and com etent nurses, but
hese are handic: 4 )ed by the hospi- ! i
al they are lurni'-hed. Surely
Jriffin can provide a new hospital
luring 1929.
Coach Alexander, of Tech,
said: “We are ready to win or
lose. There will be no alibi.”
Starting Lineup.
CALIF. Pjs. TECH
Avery ....... l.e....... Jones
FFz . .. .... l.t....... Maree
H. Gill ..... l.g. . Westbrook
Reigels ..... c. .. Pund (c)
Schwarz rjr . . Drennbn
Bancroft .... r.t. .. .. Watkins
Phillips (cf . r.e. . . Waddey
Eisan q.b. .... Durant
Lorn Ui. Mizell
Barr r.h. .. Thomason
Schmidt ---- f.b, .. Lumpkin..
_ AnfllC . JHCkSOfl
t^. LI16S At . tj 1101116 ilCfC
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Mrs. Annie Elizabeth Jackson, 31, |
wife of L. E. Jackson, died at her
home at 35 Plum street at Expert
Jackson last was night taken at ill 1 with o’clock. Influenza Mrs. j 1
about a week ago and Monday de- j
veloped pneumonia which caused [
her death. She had many
who , will .,, , be sorry to . , hear ot , her
death. .,
In addition to her husband she is.
survived by one son. Wallace Kelley,
one daughter, Opal Kc'lcy, three sis
ters. Miss Clara Brooks. Mrs. Joe
Johnsey, and Mrs. Thelma McCul
lough and four brothers, C. R.
Brooks, H. C. Brooks, Paul Brooks
and Luther Brooks, all of Griffin,
Funeral services will be held from
the Mt. Carmel Methodist church in
Henry county Wednesday morning
at II o'clock. Rev. M". Echols will
officiated Interment will be made
in the churchyard with Haisten
Brothers in charge.
Elks Will Eat
Turkey Tonight
The local Lodge of Elks will hold
their annual turkey dinner tonight
at 6 o’clock if the club rooms,
Members will l admitted by card
only it was a ounred today by
Lyndon PaCtersrli, Exalted Ruler.
“And speaking of hospitals
one is lead to think of the nec
essity of a county tuberculosis
hospital. Dr. W. C Humphries
city and county health officer,
who has made a special study of
the situation, slab* that a small
tubercular hos litU here would
be the means of curing hun
dreds of peop e who are suf
fering with tl e first stages of
the disease at pmrnt.
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And along, with thc hospitals'
Griffin could certainly use a city !
|auditorium. A p an could be work-,
■d out, we beliere, rhm-eby an
Iditorium-armory could be built and
used not only as a gathering place
(for the communi y but as a drill hall j
land headquarters for the Spalding |
Grays, Griffin s crack state militia
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unit. An audi orium that would
seat 2,000 and .be large f
persons
ough for the m.lltia to drill inside
should be proviJed
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But most of all .during 1929‘AiGrif
iin needs J a united citizenry fired J .
with ... enthusiasm ... and . determination . . . -
to work for the advancement of the
city. The greatest city without loyal
citizens is nothing. \
Funeral Held For
Miss Unie Green
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Funeral services for Miss Unie
Helen Green, beloved woman, were
held Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock
from the First Methodist church.
The Rev. H. S. Smith and Rev.
L. M. Latimer and the Rev. O. K,
Cull officiated, .with interement
in the Oak Hill cemetery, with
Haisten Brothers.In charge of ar
rangements. I
Miss Green had been in' Til
health for »'ve-al months arid altho
her death sunday was not entirely
unexpected She leaves host of
friends To grieve her passing.
She is survived by two half
brothers, J». h. |Moore. of Griffin,
and R. Moore, of Newberry,
Oregon.
GRIFFIN DAILY
Me ets Califor ni a In Eas t- West Game To day
(( ™ere will
ALEXANDER
GAME TO START
3:30 GRIFFIN TIME
The Georgia Tech-Califorriia
football game will rtart this af
ternoon at 3:30 Griffin time and
vviU . be.. broadcast . o ven -a. -national- ■
network by the National Broad
casting Company Local fans
will get the best report of the
gams from WSB, the radio sta
tion of the Atlanta Journal.
Several local radio 'dealers are
planning on having ' "football
matinees” in their stores.
^ASEDENA, Cal, Jan. 1.—
IAP)—Upon this city the foot
ball eyes of tne world centered
today as the combat of the east
“ !l< ‘ * n ‘ be a,, nuat New
Yeafa I)ay footbaU llassic loom -
ed.
The game will be played in
the Rose Bowl and will bring to
gether the undefeated team of
Georgia Tech and the unbeaten
but twice tied team of Califor
nia.
So intent was the interest in ,
the struggle thai a rer ord num
ber of 70,000 fans was expected
to witness the game. The num
ber of seats sold for the game
by far exceeded the sale of all
other Rose Bowl games. i
Teams Confident.
- Both teams will enter the I
game confident. Tech support
•rs were this morning looking
for some of the 10-8 money that
said //1
was to be offered on Cali
fornia, but could find none of it.
Both coaches made statements
at noon. i
Coach “Nibs” Price, of Cali
fornia said: “Odds are against
us buv that doesn t mean any-
U ALL-GRIFFIN” LEADING
CITIZEN TEAM PICKED
BY “GRIFFIN BOOSTER yy
A reader of The Gr.ffin Daily
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News, who signs himse lf "Griffin
Booster,” does not believe that one
citizen should be picked out as
Griffin’s Leading Citizen, but that
an “All Griffin” team; similar to
the Ail-Southern football team.
picked each fall, should be named
In backing this assertion “Griffin
Booster picl{R the fonowing All
CTrjffln team „ one that has as .
compllshed mucl> for the c ^ t y :
Burnette, re.. Bennett le., Gresham
rt.. Davis Williams, It., W. E. H.
Searcy,Jr., rg„ D. R. Camming,lg.,
Quimby-Melton, c., John Cheath
am. qb.. ** leapt.) J. P. Nichols, Jr„
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nch ' 0j ” ° K CuU and Malcolm
W ' lliamson - coaches, j
Sponsors Mrs w E ' H - Scarc *
Jr “ and Mrs " Harr y Rogers
“Griffin Booster’’ then defends
hls selection with the following
letter: , ■
“There Is such a wealth of mate
r«al to pick s from that it is
possible to pick a handful o'f citi
?ens and dubb them*' the leading
citizens of Griffin. Oriffin
wonderful strides during 1928 and
the above citizens were instrumen
tal in every movement that was
presented for- the good of our city,
during the year,.
Head Coach Cull and his
ant Williamson could not be im
proved upon. They both have good
personalities and thc absolute con
j fidence of their men.
j “The team, perhaps, could not
be considered an all time selection
of Griffin’s leading citizens, but
they do pretty well for one season.
Burnette and Bennett are two
GRIFFIN, GA., TUESDAY JANUARY 1,
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Here is where affairs of the next administration probably will be whipped into final shape, Return
ing from his abbreviated good-will tour, President-Elect Herbert Hoover and the next First Lady will
be guests of J. C. Penny, mult .-millionaire chain store owner, at his magnificent winter home at
Miami Beach, Fla. Above is an exterior view of the Penny home. Below, left, is the open air
swimming pool on the groups; and. right, an aeral view of the estate which is situated on Belle Island.
It is only a short distance^-om the gulf stream and the Florida keys', where tropical game fish may
be called upon to give the next President a tussle.
fine ends, outstanding in their de
velopment of the boys of the city
and county, respectively. The lat
ter, though primarly connected
with the farmer boys, has so un
selfishly given his time to the de
velopment of the community that
we are delighted to place him on
our team. -
“The two tackles. Williams and
Giesham, can be counted on for
anything that they are asked to
tackle for the good of Grffin.
"Judges Searcy and Cumming
are dependable guards, conserva
tive, filling their positions faith
fully.
"Quimby Melton, our roving
center, doesn’t fail to let the world
know that he Is pulling for Gritf’n,
and he backs up his enthusiasm
with his presence in those things
for Oriffin’s development.
“For out bnckfield, we pick four
men that will back up that line
one hundred per cent. John H,
Cheatham, Griffin's leading citizen
for 1927, '
is our candidate for
i quarterback and team captain.
.
There is no man in the city more
capable of running the team. J.
P.' Nichols, Jr., and Gilman Drake
are alert half backs and fit In nicely
with the system used, by the team.
Judge Lucien Goodrich is a stmdy
full back capable of pulling the
team out of the hole in the close
pinches. -y »
“Our sponsors are Mrs. W. E. H,
Searcy and Mrs. Harry Rogers.
The ladles of our community arc
indispenslble. A team could be
'picked from them that would out
(smart and outclass the above
I team, hopelessly, but this year we
J are picking men.”
Westmoreland
Is Chairman
County Board
’ C. H. Westmoreland was elected
chairman of the county board of
commissioners Tuesday morning at
the first meeting of the year. He
succeeds W. A. Jester. J A. Burnett
was elected vice-chairman.
In addition to electing Mr. West
moreland as chairman the following
officers were re-elected: Lloyd Cleve
land, county attorney- J. O. Futral,
clerk and purchasing agent; and P.
J h. Randall, warden of the county
chain gang. Dr. J. R. Anthony was
elected county physician at a pre
; vlous
meeting and C. S. Goodman
was elected superintendent of the
county farm.
Thc Griffin Banking Company was
named county treasure.
Reports read at the meeting show
ed the county in good financial
condition with much road work hav
ing been done during the past 12
months.,
■ Harlow County Agent.
Tap Bennett, who has been coun
ty agent for several years and who
has resigned, will be succeeded by
John Harlow, who was elected at
the meeting. Mr. Harlow has been
here for over, a year |as assistant) to
Tap Bennett and is well qualified to
olutions handle the responsible 'frosltlon. Res
endorsing the work of Tap
Bennett were read and adopted.
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Club House, Corporation To Meet.
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The Club House Corporation of
the Woman’s club will meet Friday
afternoon at 3 o'clock with all
the new executive members request
ed- to attend. Both the old and
new executive members will meet
Friday morn'tig at 10 o'clock for
a very Important meeting.
Mr. n Smith . i m Tumer,
Goes To Reward
Mason Smith Timer. 47. assist
ant district manager of the Life
Insurance Company of Virgnin, !
and prominent in fraternal and
religious circles in Griffm. died
last night at his home on W
Solomon street, at 11:30 o'clock.
Mr. Turner had been in poor
health for some two years but bad t
been conf ned to his room for only
the past week.
Mr. Turner was born in Henry
county but moved to Griffin early
In his youth and had been closely
allied with the growth of the j
city. He was the son of Mark
and Charity Barnette Turner.
Smith Turner numbered ids
friends in Grffin by the hundreds.
He was known as a man who would
" get up in the middle of the night
to help a friend." and by his living
example and daily life he endeared
'himself to all who knew him
j The deceased was a member of
the Method st church being a
member of the board of stewards.
He was past master, of Meridian
Sun Lodge, No, 26, F. & A. M.,
■ was a Shriner and a Knights Tem
plar. He was a member of Warren
; Ledge No. 20, I. O. O. F. and
, several other fraternal organizations,
The deceased is survived by htg
wife. Mrs. Kem Tyer Turner,
i a daughter, 1 Marthalyn Turner, a
| sister, Mrs. W. M. Adams, of
Decatur; four brothers, J. P. Tur
ner, Griffin; G. V. Turner, More
L. E. Turner, Folddale. Va,;
and T. N Turner, of Lakeland.
Fla.
The funeral will be held from
the First Methodist church Wed
nesday afternoon at 2 o’clock.
Rev. H S. Smith and Rev O. K.
Cull will officiate. Interment will
be in Oak Hill cemetery.
Griffin lodge Knights Templars
will serve as an honorary escort
and Meridian Sun Lodge will have
charge of the services at the grave.
The following gentlemen will act
as pal! bearers and will meet at
Haisten Brothers chapel at 1:30
p. m. Wednesday:
John Morrow, Paul Slaton, A. J
Dillard, Jim McCoy, N. J. Baxter.
Guy Daniel.
Mrs. Nancy Ussery
Goes To Reward
Mrs. Nancy Ussery, w'dow of the
late Zack Ussery. died at her "home
on Lane street Monday yit ternoon
at 12:30 o’clock, Mrs" Ussery,
who was one of the oldj/st residents
of the county, bein^ 92 years of
age, died from an attack of Influ
enza which she suffered a few days
ago She was well known here
and beloved by all; who knew her.
Three sisters are her only sur
vlvors, they are, Mrs. T. F. Jarrell
and Mrs. J, L. Jarrell, of Oriffin,
and Mrs. Francis Dorsett. of Ma
con, Ga.
Funeral services will be held
from th£ home Wednesday after
noon at,' 12.30 o'clock. Rev C. B.
Buliar 3 w 11 officiate. Interment
! wrtKJ bf in Forsyth cemetery with
Haisletn Brothers In charge.
mV* J- D. Weaver, o* Corbin, Ky.,
and her young daughter. Mamie Joe
who have been' visiting Mrs. Wea
ver'* mother, Mrs. C. L. Mullins,
have returned home. Floyd Mul
lins accompanied them to Corbin
where he attending school.
Miss v: '^y nets Crowder will
leave for; Athens to
ccrnt 1 Hes in the Teach
er's hJu- spending the
hoi ^ves here.
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ALBANY, N. Y„ J«U.
Franklin p, Roosevelt today became
governor of New York Roosevelt Is
a Democrat. A previous governor
bv thc same name—Theodore Roose
vclt. a relative of/the present gov-|
ernor—was a Republican.
Roosevelt succeeds Allred E. Smith ■
fouf times governor of New York and
most recently candidate of the Dem
ocratic party for pres'dent Gov
ernor Smith now retires to private
life and what he intends to do Has
not been disclosed. -•••
Governor Roosevelt and Governor
Smith are staunch personal friends.
Roosevelt nominated Alfred Smith
at the Houston convention and
dubbed him the " Happy Wsrrior."
Smith visited the Democratic con
vention in New York state and in
sisted that Roosevelt be the nomi
nee of the party for governor. Smith
lost and Roosevelt won their races.
“Era of Good Feellnfy
Governor Roosevelt in his inau^
gural address expressed the hope
that the state and nation were “fac
ing an era of good feeling.”
“There is a period in our history,”
said the governor, ‘Known as the
era of good feeling. It is my hope
that we stfcnd on the threshhold of
another such ere in, Uu« state and
for my part I pledge that the busi
ness of the state will rot be allowed
to become involved in partisan poli
tics, and I will not claim unfair
advantage of my party for the ac
complishment of measures."
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Little Arthur Cox
Passes Suddenly
Impressive funeral cervices were
held this afternoon at 2 o'clock
from the Third Methodist church I
in East Griffin for Little Arthur!
Lee Cox the three and one half
year old child of Mr. and Mrs. G.
W. Cox. Rev=. J. F. Norton officiated.
Interment was in Oak Hill ceme
tery with Haisten Brothers in
charge.
Arthur Lee died very suddenly at
his home on Spalfing street Mon
day morning presurnlii" -'mu diph
theria. He was well as usual Sun
day playing with other children in
the yard and his death has brought
sorrow to a wide circle of friends.
In addition to his parents he is
survived by two brothers. Barney L.
and Jems L. Cox, three sisters.
Misses Lucille. Mozelle rnd Nina Ka
thleen, and his grandmothers, Mrs.
Fannie Cox and Mrs Mary Meeks.
Friends of R. -H. Weaver will be
sorry to learn that he Is ill at
hls home on West Poplar street
with nfluenza and hope that he
will soon be out again.
CHUBBY BABE OF 1929
SUPPLANTS OLD MAN ’28
J By HENRIETTA
BREWER
‘The latest chubby and shiv
ering infant of old Father
Time was ushered in; last night
amid the shouting of revelers,
honking of horns and the loud
blasts of whistles. Large groups
Joined together to witness the
dawn Of the year 1929 with it^
rosy prospects when it took thc
place of the old year and much
gayety and shouting was done
by the revelers In their cele
brations. '
The old year Wearily handed
over the Time book for the
child of the New ; Year to
Established in 1871
MERCURY TO
DROP TO 24
DEGREE MARK
ATLANTA, Jan. l._(AP>—
Rain which ushered in the New
Year in Dixie gave way to clear
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at 24 degrees. The cold wave
will extend throughout the
foutheastern states. The cold
snap follows eold and heavy
snow hrougliout the east.
The rain which made New
Years Day so disagreeable, will
end for several days at least
and cold, snappy weather is the
official prediction.
JUDGE FLYNT
IS SUGGESTED
FOR NEWS CUP
Judge J. J. Flynt, veteran mem
ber of the state legislature and
man in whose honor the new
administration building at Experi
ment has been named, has been
nominated as Griffin’s leading
citizen.
Two separate letters were received
nominating Judge Flynt. One of
them fend; . , -
We would like to propose the
name of Judge J. J. Flynt to be
considered along with the other
names of prominent people nomi
nated In the contest for “best
effizen.”
f^ffln and Spald'ng county has
gained much favorable recognition
in all sections of Georgia as well
as in some other states due to
Judge Flynt’s prominence and
leadership. This leadership en
abled him to amend the General
appropriation bill in\ the Legis
lature last summer making it pos
sible to secure funds fori the new
Flynt Build'ng at the Efip^fiment
Station, which few other individ
ual leaders in any state could Twve
accom Pffshed. This accp mpjish-.
ment outstanding for the reaxan
that few Leg slatlve bodies will
permit an amendment to the gen
eral appropriation bill for building
purposes.
Judge Flynt has that type ot
vision which enables him to go out
and get big things for h‘s native
etty and county.
The second letter conveyed the
same idea and was signed by
three piominent citizens.
Three Children
Burned To Death
In Garage Fire
CROWLEY, L*.. Jan. L—
(AP)—Three children Were
burned to death here and an
other was seriously injured to
day when a cap pistol ignited
some gasoline in a garage where
they were playing.
mark time for the next 12
months. Griffin has prospered
finder the .rfgime of the 1928
■ child who has passed from hls
infancy to lus old age in hls
allotted 12 months' reign. Many
new, buddings, new businesses
have been begun under th* old
year while old established busi
nesses continued, to hold thetr
own.
The new Year Is begun with
high hopes of Its being a ban
ner year Jn all phases of life ,
and the 1929th ch'ld of Father ,
Time is busy cleaning the
pages of hls year book so that
he might begin with a
slate.