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13 KNOWN DEAD: 20.000 FLEE FROM FLOOD
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3 VENINu
-By Quimby Melton
Johnny Lynch, of the Ideal Bak
ery, has a copy oi the “Griffin
ly Sun" for July 20, 188b. The paper
is four pages, six colums wide and
despite its age is well preserved. The
late W. E. H. Searcy was
and editor and J. P. Sawtell
business manager, according to the
“mast head” on the editorial page.
A large ad on page 1 reads "Re
member that Blakely has fresh
bread and cakes every day." Other
ads on page 1 tell of the
of the Griffin Female College,
which Rev. C. V. Waugh was
dent; advertise "only one change
cars” from Griffin to New York
Washington, via the Georgia Mid
land R. R.; and advertise a
% tiful residence on a 4-acre lot
Hill street for sale. This property
has “all modern improvements” in
cluding “barn, stables and servants
quarters.”
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Way up in one corner of the first
page is an advertisement of “De-lec
ta-lave” a toilet preparation for
“whitening the teeth purifying the
breath, etc.” The signature at
bottom of this ad is "Asa G. Candler
& Co.. Wholesale Druggists, Atlanta,
Ga."
That was before Mr. Candler made
his fortune in Coco-Cola.
On the back page of the paper
appears the 1888 "Omnibus Column ■
which is headed "Pavement
graphs." Under this heading appear
paragraphs some of which follow:
“Dr. E. R. Anthony has secured
tlie contract to furnish the paint to
be used by the ne~w factory."
“Miss Emma Patrick, a charm
^ ing young lady of Cabins district, Is
Lin the city the guest of Alderman
M. J. Patrick's family.
• Hammocks have become very
elaborate affairs and the ordinary
Mexican ones have been superceded
by elegant ones with silk cords and
fringes."
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Newspapers in those days had a
hard time "getting by". Type had
to be set by hand,*there was no
sociated Press to supply state and
national news, merchants were not
educated to the advantages of atl
• ertising their wares, and many ci
tizens "carried guns” for the edit
or. But the same devotion to duty
that marks a true editor today was
possessed by tlie editors of tlio.se
days.
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■ But enough about 1888. We
can't turn time back even if we
wanted to, Sufficient to say
that 1888 Griffin did not have a
water problem like she has to
day. So. Mr. and Mrs. Reader,
forget 1888 and come on down
to 1929 and on Wednesday,
April 24th VOTE BONDS'.
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Friends of little Miss Gwendolyn
Norton, daughter of Rev. and
j. F. Norton, will be glad to
that she has been moved to
home from the Griffin
where she under went an
fVow
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friends if he is a good
drink mixer
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Belles and Beaux of the early 90’s. This was the senior class at
Sam Bailey Institute in 1892. How many of them do you recognize?
Out Of Af Town « Fans Coming /N« m To
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See World's Champion Wrestle
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Less Moore, promoter who is
bringing Gus sonnenberg, world's i
heavyweight wrestling champion j
. here for a match next Thursday j
night, is elated over news from
nearby cities telling of fans who will j
attend the match. “Already several!
hundred persons from ont of town i
have made reservations.” Moore said j
i ^hjs morning over the phone, !
“They are coming from Macon,
Atlanta, Zebulon, Thomaston, Mc
Donough and scores of other towns.
Wrestling promoter at Macon
ca n e d me and asked if I would trans
f er t j ie ma tch to Macon. He offered
me a good profit on my contract, bm
j nl going to pull that match in
' Griffin," Moore continued.
Atlanta" “Peeved.’ '
"Fat” Elrod announcer from At
lanta. who was here on Thursday
| n i g ht when Roby pulled his fight
| card announced “Atlanta can’t un
| derstand why Griffin got this fight
! and Atlanta was passed up. The
j promoters up there are “peeved," but
j man Griffin y, 0 f the fans are going to come
i to to see the new champ."
j Sonnenberg won his championship
from Ed Strangler Lewis before a
I crowd of over 20,000 in Bostop. He
to a termer Dartmouth College foot-
1 ba " star and is said t0 wrest ' c J ust
as hard as though he were playing
I with the pigskin. He won his
with a “flying tackle"
a hold-over from his gridiron days.
Dan Kolman, who wrestles Son
nenberg here) is a grappler of note.
He holds a three hour tie with Joe
Stecker, the original, and has ex
tended Lewis in two matches. He
weighs 210 pounds. Sonnenberg
weighs 205 pounds.
Turner on Card.
! Not only will Griffin fans see the
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world's heavyweight champion In ac
tion, but Joe. Turner, middleweight
i champion, will appear on the same
card. Turner, a local favorite, will
j Thus wrestle the Young fans Rocco, assur/d of New of plenty York.
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i of action. /
A 10-round boxing tch between
; two good boys wilKalso be arranged.
| iare Admission is $/ I and ringside seats
$1 extra.
I The match will be held at the Ath
I letic Court and a percentage of the
| receipts will be given the High
]School Btudents Activity Fund.
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Miss Ellene Neal spent Friday
with some folks in McDonough.
GRIFFIN, GA., SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1929.
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BROWNSVILLE, Tex., March 16.!
pilot of the I
—Capt. Eaker. famed
record breaking endurance plane, X
Question Mark , took off at 4:08
this morning on a dawn to dusk
flight to Franz Field. Colon. Pana
ma„ He hoped to reach there by
7 o’clock tonight.
Capt. Eaker carried diplomatic
mail including letters of felicitation
fiom the American government to
officials of the former four coun
tries on his route.
The distance between Brownsville
anc j Colon is 1,990 miles.
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Negro Couple Is
. Caught At Dublin
The new automobile which was
stolen from the garage of Robin
Wheaton Thursday night has been
recovered in Dublin. Chief Stanley
and Officer Chasteen will leave to
day to bring the car and a negro
man and woman held in connection
witli the theft back to Griffin.
The negroes stopped in Dublin to
get some gas and the man at the
filling station noticed they were
ing suspiciously. He took the li
cense number of the car and tele
phoned Atlanta to see to whom ttie
license was issued. He then called
Mr. Wheaton in Griffin to ask
the car. and had the negroes ar
rested when he found the car had
been stolen.
Uncle Sam Will
Survey Oil Lands
WASHINGTON, Maich 16. UP)
'.Secietary Wilbur today appointed
Commissioner Spry of the Land
o{tlce '• Qeor 8 e otls Smith ■
°* tbe r ' eo!og ‘ cul survc >' : and s °
bcit °r Finney, of the Interior de
partment; to survey all oil
granted by the Interior
to carry out policies announced
President Hoover.
Decisive Battle
Between Mexic
Forces Nears
(BY ASSOCIATED PRESS)
The long impending battle of
To.rcon drew closer today as
strong federal armies crept in
steadily upon the rebels in an
ever tightening circle.
Strong federal columns were
reported within JO miles of the
insurgent’s stronghold this
morning while General Oalies
himself was reported in the city
of Durango, having taken it
after a bloodless entry.
The rebels who had held Du
rango were reported as fleeing
northward along a spur line
leading to Tepehuarnes. This
would leave them facing a long
overland trek on foot and horse
back to reach the next railroad
point.
The federal army closing in
is estimated as high as 30.000
whUe General Escabar, the
rebel chieftain, is stated to !
have only. 5,000 men.
The only line of retreat ap
parently left him is northward
to Chinuamua. I
While rebel quarters state j
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definitely that Escabar will hold
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the place and even has been
advancing to meet the federal
General Calles informed the
government that air scouts had
noted apparent preparations lor
a retreat. . !
(jHttin ^ Athletic * ,ii ,• i
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\yi, ls Tourney
With High
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ll!( ,)askPt 33 SPaSOn m ^ n n
came to a close last night with :
game between the High school
and the Gri ® n Athieuc ciub * n a
briUiant game Wh fl tbe ClUbberS
onbythesc T
Both teams plaVed „ good basketball u. h
and for the spectators it was one
of the best games played ‘ on the ... local
floor this vear. The clubbers , ,,
ed off with a rush the first quar
ter ending 11-4 in their favor.
high team then began to get right
and ran-the score to 15 ail at the
half Both teams were playing des
perately but cleanly, the guarding
being fierce and very few easy shots
were found by either team. At the
start of the second half the score
was nip and tuck for the third
quarter and then the clubbers drew
away for a commanding lead and
were not threatened again.
For the A. C.'s Nichols, with 25 of
his teams 36 points was the star,
with McCart and Beckham
royal assistance and Goldstein was
high point man for high, while
floor work of Bailey, Johnson and
Murphy was outstanding, West
moreland, all district forward for
the high school was closely watched
and could not seem to get going.
He played a good passing game how
ever. At seven-thirty the fireworks
were started for the evening by
second- teams of the club and the
High school. The high team win
ning out in a rough and tumble af
fair by a score that sound's more
like a football game than basket
ball, the final score being 14 to 11.
A fine team for the next few
of higli was seen in the second
third teams of the school lads. Both |
games were refereed by Principle
West of the High School and were i
clean and fast with good sportsman-]
ship displayed by both teams
Airplane Takes
Bread To Town
Covered By Flood
THOMASVILE, March 16—
| (/p )—A baking company here
sent a plane loaded with 500
loaves of bread to Enterprise,
Ala., to he distributed to flood
I victims In that section. The
plane will return here for an
other load later in the day for
Ozark, Ala. If no landing
field is available, the bread will
be dropped from the plane.
Family Of. Mrs. Wallace Are Safe
In Courthouse At Elba, Friends Wire
family Wallace, who lives F.lba, Ala., the '
The of Mrs. Logan at
city that has been inundated by water, are safe, she learned this
morning when friends at Troy, Ala., called her over Ion* distance
M Wallace had wired them in effort to get in touch with her :
s. an
family. 1
According o the message she received the entire family are at
Ihc county courthouse, he water is slowly receding and there I
is plenty of food and warm clothing at the courthouse, the mes
sax** said. Tlie friends in Troy got in touch with a brother of
Mrs. Wallace at Klha.
Bonds For State
Roads In South
Carolina 0. K.
COLUMBIA. S. C. March 16.—
I/P) —South -Carolina today entered
the list of states building their
highways from direct bond issue.
Gov. John G. Richards signing the
legislative mandate authorizing a
bond issue.
The act is effective at once and
work will be started. -------------
The state highway is expected to
start as soon .as last minute meas
ure's have been finished.
Under the state-wide plan which
it is planned to use unless
action outlaws it. the issue will be
limited to $65,000,000. with not more
than $2,000,00 issued in one year. ;
\lirIfrnE Midget AuiomoDiie A litomnKile
Is Displayed Here
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automobile in the world is on
It will be here all day and this af
ternoon will be driven around the
streets of Griffin.
The car. 'called “puppy” has a
wheelbase of 58 inches and an over
all length, iron, tip to tip of six
«* 28 ^ches high at u s
highest point.
The designer and ... driver of f the car _
Roy Arbnght, , . . sits only , 3 „ , 1-2 „ inches . .
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irom tlie road when he drives . the
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midget car. The four-cylinder , car
has 10 horse power motor and a
speed of 30 miles an hour. The gas
tank ....... holds 2 gallons of gas and , the ,
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40 miles to „ the gallon. ,,
average
Albright who is driving the car
is en route to Macon where he
put on a several days' advertising
campaign for the Woco Pep people
there
I AGEI) NEGRO DIES
WAS 81 YEARS OLD
. Martin Talmadge one of the
colored citizens oi Spalding
, died at his home here Wednesday
n ‘6ht.
j He was born in 1848 He was a
devoted member of the County Line
Baptist church, a member of the
J, A A. Masons, 1256, also a mem
ber of Crockets Union U. B A So
c * el >’
i He Is survived by A. L.
I one .son,
■ Talmadge. on sister, Alice
and a host )of friends.
Funeral services wlil be field
Peasant Grove church at Orchard
Hill with Rev. J. H. Head and T.
Owens officiating. John C
| luI ? era )' director will lx* in
Boy ScOllt Finance
Committee To Meet
The -finance committee of the
local Boy Scout council will met*
for the clean up plans for
the local campalg rifor the 1929
budget of the council Tire cam
paigti has been held up by bad
weather conditions but has reached
the three-fourths mark of *3000.00
the committee feeling assured that
the full budget will be reached the
first few days of next week
J. H. Cheatham, chairman of
finance committee has asked
committee to meet at a
luncheon Monday and prepare for
follow up of the people not yet
seen so that the budget may be
fully realized.
HIGH WATER COVERS
MANY CITIES' FAIR
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THE WE A THER—Forecast for Geor
f/ia—(A l*)—Fair tonight and Sunday ,
colder Sunday.
200 Are Rescued
From Flooded
Florida Town
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CARYVILRE, Fla.. March 16.— j
Two-hundred persons were rescued
today from this flooded town.
Motor boats moved to the sedonci
story floors where tlie people were
standing.
Alter discharging their loads they
will return to get more relugees. i
The river at Caryville was still
rising today at the rate of 4 inches
an hour. The weater bureau pre
dicts that it will rise more than 18
inches before it stops.
Valdosta Man Lost
2 Days In Swamp
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VALDOSTA. Georgia. March 16— i i
Valdosta mpn employes of
the Ousley Company, were lost in
the swamps near here for two days.
co uiP an y. spent two days searching
s " b °8" in vlr e‘n woods near here. |
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JEALOUS WIVES
ATLANTA. March 16 —What is the I
ideal wife for a physician? One!
without diabetic aunts and arterio-1
grandfathers.” according to
from a questionnaire sent out
among Grady Hospital house doctors^
in Atlanta. -
A jealous wife who considers ev- 1
ery attractive feminine patient a'
rival absolutely ta ;
was -1
| booed. I
But doctors didn't prefer blondes, j
nor did they prefer brunettes. They i
split 50-50 on this momentous ques
tion.
Other qualifications of an ideal
'wife are: >
KhP nu,s ' be « racefl11 -
i She must be athletic.
She must dance well.
| She must appreciate good music
She must not smoke.
She must not eat breakfast in bed i ;
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i 1 Funeral Services For
Mrs. Susan Wilder
Funeral services for Mrs. Susan
Blackman Wilder were held at 2:30
this afternoon from the Fellowship
; Presbyterian church with the Rev.
iL. M Twiggs, and Rev. Mr Gentry
! officiating. Interment was in the
churchyard witli Haisten Brothers
j in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Wilder hpi been in ill health
for several months. She is survived
by her husband W L Wilder, one
sister, Mrs. E^ima Corley and one
brother, John Blackman, of Miami
Florida Besides these she is
vived by a host, of friends ttftough
out this sestion.
Publisher , Soldier
Dies In New York
NEW YORK. March
Major Daniel Appleton, retired pub
,Usher and soldier, died last night
Mrs Sandburii Rogers, of Bos
ton. who is visiting in Fort
ley. is spending the week end with
her uncle and aunt. Mr. and Mks
H. V Kell. Mrs. Rogers, who
the organ over the radio
Boston,, will play at tlie
service at St. Oeorge's Sunday
ternoon.
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FLOOD
BULLETINS
Relief Motorcade
For Klba !
TROY. Ala. March 16 -<4'i — j
A motorcade ol 100 autos began i
moving toward Elba over an im
provised rood at noon today to |
bringfOi^t Governor^*!raves Uie first rel ogees.
said churches
will be utilized as refugee head
quarters.
CjOVemor C alls
For Nation’s Help
MONTGOMERY. Ala March
16.—<4*1—Governor *
Graves to
day renewed a nation-wide ap
peal for aid and received re
sponses from New York and oth
er eastern cities. 1
Immediate need of the refu
g e e s could not be appeased with !
less than $225,000 he said
Ft. McPherson Supplies
For Stricken Town
WASHINGTON. March 16.(/P) j
Upon request of Alabama. Major j
General Davis, commandpr at I
Port McPherson lias authorized I
the utilization of such supplies |
as seem necessary for flood suf- |
ferers in Elba. AJa.
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Newspaper Man
Is Rescued
NATJONVin TmJARD BASE.
NEAR ELBA. Ala , March 16.— j
(4*i—Lt. James, of the national
guard and Walter Rosser pho
tographer for the Birmingham
News were rescued today after j
having been in the water since
3 p. m.. yesterday when their \
boat capsized here Lt. James
said they were flung in the water
as they aided in rescue work I
yesterday.
Contract Let For
New Bridge Over
Echeconnee Creek
ATLANTA. March 16— (/P)—John
N Holder, chairman of the State
Highway Board today announced
contract for a new bridge over
Echeconnee creek between Macon
and Perry had been awarded to G.
S. Wright of Athens ,
Mr Holder said work would bc
gin as soon as water receded en
ough.
The new bridge will be at a |Miint
on the fill approach to the main
bridge where three washouts have
occured in the past four weeks.
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Little Frances Brou n
Is Laid To Rest
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’ Funeral service; for little Prances
Brown the two and a half yca<
old daughter of F B Brown who
'died at the Griffin Hospital Thurs
day.- were held this morning irom
Shiloh church in Pike county
itermerit was in the churchyard with
Frank S' Pittman funeral director in
I charge.
The little girl underwent an emer
jg B ncy operation several day, ago and
never rallieti In addition to her
father, she is survived by two bro
thers Early and Lonnie Brown and
tvyo sisters. Auric and Haze! Brown.
tT'RTIS LEAVES FLORIDA
MIAMI Fla, March
Vice President Curtis left today for
Washington concluding a 5 day visit
(here.
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ATLANTA March lfi.—(AP)
Thirteen persons were known
dead today from the torrents of
flood waters that have over
flowed villages and lowlands in
the South and the various relief
organizations were cwtaln many
others had lost their lives.
Approximately 20,000 had been
forced to leave their homes with
the gravest situations in South
eastern Alabama, where the town
of Elba was inundated and high
waters poured into Geneva, some
miles further south to a depth
of several feet.
Twelve of the dead were in
Alabama, where the Pea and
Choc taw a tehee rivers and their
numerous tributaries were sent
out of their banks by unceasing
rain last week.
Reports reaching Dothan said
the last of the 3.500 residents of
Geneva had been removed to
the nearby towns of Sampson,
Hartford, and Flocomb.
School Children Marooned.
Col. W. A. Kayle, in charge
of relief at Elba, today an
nounced that the known death
list stood at five but that his
men were looking for more bod
ies. Fifteen hundred persons
It; ‘ -en removed to Cemetery
llill this morning. A hundred
or more sehool children were
still marooned in the school
building.
The Ited Cross was taking
steps to, keep down disease in
refugee camps. Measles ha* al
ready broken out among chil
dren in Big ( pork, north of
Elba. scrum was taken into
the area by boat.
Four outlying section* of
Montgomery were submerged by
the Alabama river today, whirh
was six miles wide at a point
north of that city,
West Point Under Water.
In Georgia, where the other
known death oecured, rivers
which last week went out of
their hanks a*ain were rising,
although the Chattahoochee,
forming file boundary between
Georgia and Alabama, was rr
eedlng. West Point, Ga., wn*
under water and many residents
had moved from their homes.
The PM) residents of Newton,
who moved to a neighboring vil
lage last week, again were leav
ing their homes.
Northwestern Florida expect
ed high water as the crest of
the Alabama rhers flowed to
ward the gull. Caryville, Fla.,
was already under several feet
uf water.
Airplanes Take Fond.
Food and medicine were be
ing dropped from airplanes on
ail inundated sections.
< . I Von Herman, weather
forecaster said rivers in south
western Georgia were highest on
record but that one, the Chat
tahoochee, was beginning to fall.
The Flint was still taking a
gtcat volume of water from re
cent rains, lie said, and would
not reach its crest until early
next week. Indications are that
all records would he broken by
it.
Rail and iiitomuNIr traffic
conditions were somewhat im
proveri in Georgia The < hat
tahoochre had a crest of 26 feet
at West Point at ia o'clock last
night and this morning had fal
len t» 25 6 fret. Columbu* re
cord,-it .8 the highest in his
lorv. according to weather of
ficials, wiiile at Eufaula, Ala.,
just over the state line, the riv
en piage which register* 60 feet,
was under water. The flood wax
e-tinialcd at 62 feet there.