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GRIFFIN FIRST
Invest your money, your tal
ent, your time, Griffin. your influ
ence in
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FLOOD WATERS THREATEN S. GEORGIA. FLORIDA
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-By Quimby Melton
Tomorrow John Harlow and Mrs.
Franklin Sibley will hold the second
co-operative chicken sale of 1929.
The first one of the year netted
Spalding county chicken raisers ov
er $5,000. It is believed the one to
morrow will go higher than that as
prices offered are better. Harlow
says he will hold six or eight chic
ken sales here during the year. That
means from $30,000 to $40,000 for
the farmers. And folks that much
money is not to be sneezed at.
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Circumstantial evidence is a thing
that is just about as often mislead
ing as reliable. For instance, the
other night burglars broke into the
filling station of George Jones on
the Meriwether road. Now Mr.
Jones sells excellent barbecue and
the burglar seemed to know that.
The main part of his loot was a
barbecued ham.
If the police follow that clue alone
they will probably arrest the
in Griffin who "loves" barbecue the I
most and they’ll come to THE
NEWS office and arrest "Gobd Eve
ning’ or will take Roy Emmet, ad
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vertising manager in tow.
For if ever two men "loved" bar- i
becue it is "Good Evening” and Em
met.
Note:—I hope some of our good
friends who are planning a barbe
cue will take note of the above.
Second \
Note;—And next to barbe
cue the two above mentioned men
"love" fish frys.
Speaking of invitations to
cues and fish frys, reminds me of
something that happened years and
yours ago when I was editor of the
Tmericus. Ga., Times-Recorder. Col.
Walter Furlow, who was city editor
of that paper for many years has
a unique stunt. Every summer he
would announce a "better watermel
on" contest.
Those who wanted to enter the
contest were required to bring their
"best and largest" melon to
newspaper office Col. Furlow and
I were the sole judges of the merit
of the melons.
We kept that contest running all
slimmer long—and oh boy, how
many fine melons we did get and
how we enjoyed them.
I wonder if the melon growers
of Spalding county would fall tor
a "better melon" contest this sum
mer.
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The Griffin Red Cross will raise
runds for flood relief in South Geor
gia. Don’t overlook the fact that
our own state suffered In the re
cent floods. While conditions were
bad in Alabama and aid should be
given there, we must not overlook
flood sufferers in Dear Old Georgia.
Mis. W. E, H. Searcy will receive
contributions.
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Now folks I have written “Good
Evening" without mentioning the
bond issue for water and schools,
to be voted on Wednesday, April
24th.
Wonder how I overlooked that Im
portant matter?
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Mrs. J. H. Smith, of Concord, was
among the shoppers in the city on
Tuesday.
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GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
PrOminelltBrOOkSWOman
Attacked By Negro Today
CHILD DRIVES
NEGRO AWAY
FROM MOTHER
A prominent woman of Brooks
was knocked down and attack
ed by a 20 year old negro, Jay
bird Oliver, at Brooks this
morning about 10 o’clock. The
woman had been to town shop
ping and was walking along
the railroad track to her home
when the negro jumped on her.
Her seven year old daughter
was with her and she struck
the negro in the head with a
rock, frightening him away.
The woman was still un
conscious this afternoon and
was reported as’ suffering from
nervous shock.
- Sher i ffs of several counties
near Brooks were in the town
with blood-hounds trying to
find some trace of the negro,
feeling was running high «nd
it was feared that there would
be violence if the boy was
found.
Griffin Dairy
Buys Thomaston
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D. G. Sullins and E. U. Bane, of
,, the Griffin _ Dairy and Ice Cream!
Company, _ today . . announced , the .. pur-! .
chase of the City Dairy and Ice
Cream Company of Thomaston. Mr,
Bane, who has been associated with
Mr. Sullins in the Griffin company
will have active management of the
Thomaston plant.
The Thomaston. concern operates
a cold storage plant and a milk
pastuerizing plant similar to the up
to-date one of the Griffin Dairy and
ice Cream Company. The Thorn
aston plant will follow the same
business principals of the Griffin
plant, buying its raw products from
farmers In the immediate neighbor
hood and giving the city it serves
the very best service.
Mr. Bane, who will manage the
Thomaston plant, moved to Griffin
last fall coming from Columbia, Mis
souri. He is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Missouri and is considered
one of the best dairy products
in the South.
D. G. Sullins, owner of the Grif
fin while Dairy associated and Ice with Cream Mr. Company, Bane in j
the purchase’ of the Thomaston!
plant will continue to devote all of |
his time to the Griffin plant.
The Griffin Dairy and Ice Cream!
Company has one of the most mod- |
ern and up to date plants in
state of Georgia and furnishes a
ready market for the milk and
cream of many Spalding county
farmers.
Good Crowd Hears
Rev. Smith Preach
A fine congregation assembled at
!the First Methodist church Monday
evening when Rev. Horace Smith
preached on “Short Crops.”
He applied the parable of the sow- !
er to the modern conditions showing i
why spiritual crops never were short
in Individual and social life. Rev.
Smith said “The effect of truth upon
life is determined by the condition j
J of the heart Into which It fares." j
Lack of home religion, immersion
j business and obsession with plea- [
sure destroys religious Impressions. |
Tonight at 7:30 "The Man Who
Acted the Fool” will be the subject
of Rev. Smith while lie will speak ‘
on "conduct of the Proper Test of
Creed." Wednesday morning at 10
o'clock.
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TUESDAY, MARCH 19,1929.
McConnell Opens
Series of Sermons
At First Baptist
MCCONNELL’S MESSAGES
God does not want a man who
would rather choose the devil; he I
wants volunteers, not conscripts.
The serpent in the Garden of
Eden lost his feet and was forced
to crawl because he became a ve
hicle for satan.
Even tho God knew that Sa
tan’s power would be so great
<that Adam could not resist sin’s
charms. He did not build a fence
around man. He opened the win
dows of Heaven.
The world : s still crying out for
its rights—right to do wrong.
Sin is a principle, a state of
being, an attitude, the thing in
one’s heart that would allow one
to do wrong. These promptings
to do wrong need curing by God.
There is only one way to keep
man and his heart pure; keep
face t.o face with the Father.
Adam thought he could hide
from God. There’s ho use to tell
God a falsehood. Don’t tell God
any longer than you haven’t your
.church letter; He knows the real
reason why you do not do your
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duty. ■ i
Dr. F. C. McConnell arrived Mon- j
day for the evening service at the
First Baptist church, where a good J
crowd had gathered for , the meet
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ing. Mr. Wolslagel conducted , , a,
splendid service alter his chalk , „ ;
song [
talk with the Warbler Choir, at 7:15.
Dr. McConnell brought a message
from the third chapter ol Genesis.
"Adam where art thou? He very
clearly and forcibly brought the pic
ture of what brought mankind to J
the condition of sin and need of
God's Son and that the conditions j
today arc no different from those,
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daily; dt 10 a. m.. and at 7:30 fl. m.
The public is cordially Invited to
services. The Juniors and
jtermediates are invited to join the
Warblar Choir and be present in the
| front of the auditorium at 7:15.
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Little Robertson
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Gilbert two old i
Robertson, year j
son of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Robertson, I i
at his home at Highland Mill j
this morning at an early hour. He j
had been ill with pneumonia for
about a week.
The little fellow is survived by
his parents;
two brothers. L. G. Jr., and
Willis Robertson: and his
! mother, Mrs. Anna Huff, all of Grif
tin. >
Funeral f services will be held from
I the Highland church Wednesday
j ternoon at 3 o’clock. The Rev. W. J.
• Tolbert, pastor, will officiate and in
j terment will be in Highland ceme
tery with Haisten Brother.4 In
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! charge.
Aunt of Mr8. Latimer
Passes In Atlanta
The Rev. and Mrs. L. M. Latimer
to Atlanta today to attend the
of Mrs. Joe Oreer, aunt of
Mrs. Latimer, which occurred
Spring Hill Chapel this afternoon
at 3 o'clock. Interment was In
West View cemetery. Mrs. Greer
was a well known resident of At
lanta and has a host of friends who
are grieved to learn of her passing
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THE WEATHER
Mostly cloudy tonight and
Wednesday, slightly warmer to
night In the interior.
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■ reducing in the past 20 years, it seems, The cur
rent Golden Fleece Pageant shows graphically the
heaviness of the Easter garb two little Georgia
beauties picked for themselves in 1908 and the airy
that Miss 1929 will inarch to church in.
i Little Misses Georgia, back in 1908, got them
selves dressed up in .suits fashioned trom woolens
’ that weighed 12 ounces a yard. Nowadays the new
featherweight materials run around three ounces to
Hoover To Spend
Recreat j on HOMS
At FIMng
WASHINGTON. March 19.~UJ>i
—Fishing holes for President
Hoover in both nearby Maryland
and Virginia have been acquired
through his secretary, Lawrence
Richey, so that during- the summer
‘week ends and dull days in the
'
white house the chiet , executive .
| may 3 be able to angle B lor trout.
| The fishing 8 waters in. *>■ Virginia
Rapidan »
aie at the source of the
river in Madison county in the
proposed nmnnccH chpnnnrlonh Shena National
Park rum atea aiea. The nit lease itn covers 18
miles of stre ? ms ' whlch meiUlciprs
between two mountain ranges in
a thickly wooded valley varying
in width from several hundred
three quarters ql. a mile
A lodge to be built and $’4000
will be built to construct a road
connecting the fishing grounds with
the Madison court house a distance
cf 9 miles.
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JHistrial Declared
I In Harry Thaw Suit
j NEW YORK. March i9—|7P)
A sealed verdict opened today rc-‘
ported a disagreement in the trial
cf chaigcs of Marcia Estardus that
» arr v K Thaw had bcaten and
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bitten her at a New Year's party
two years ago. Miss E.xtardus had
asked $100,000 damages. The trial
was held yesterday and tlv jury
left the sealed verdict to be opened
| this morning.
| Mable Norman III
From Tuberculosis
I LOS ANGELES. March 19.— UP
Mable Norman, former movie star,
is suffeiing from advancew tuber
culosis, Dr. E C. Fixhvaugh,
sictnn attending her, said today.
the yard. j
Of course those peg-lop skirts oi yesteryear
added no mean weight to the fashion burdens of
the little Misses Georgia, For to be in style in
those days, one suit called lor at • least six and
probably eight yards of wool Real stylish girls'
carried about five pounds ot woolen weight
their backs Nowadays a gnl gets away with
a little over one pound, what with reduced weight
m woolens and reduced length of skirts.
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Nearing . End „ With;
RaKpIc Qn R fitrCJit
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iBy Associated Press)
Having captured the rebels strong
hold 'at Torreon without a battle
federal armies were pressing the in
surgents toward , , the , north. ,
General . Calies commander
m
chief of the federal forces promised ,
to “exterminate the , rebels , , by , ad
vancing on Chihuahua an important
rebel base
Gen. Esehlon who , evacuated . _
reon consolidated his position to
Escalon a hundred miles north
said he expected to engage in a
major battle within 24 hours.
He asserted that he evacuated
Torreon to spare the inhabitants t.h< ,
horror of an air battle.
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Dealers To
Meet Tonight 7:30
The Griffin Retail Food dealers
have been called to meet tonight at
7:30 o'clock at the Chamber of Com
tnerce A most ini|x>rtant buxine: .
session will be held The presi
dent, Paul Walker', end- ttje secre
tary. Robert L Duke urge all mem
bers to be present.
Bruce Montgomery ,
Jr., Joins Fraternity
ATLANTA. March 19 Bruce
Montgomery. Jr., of Griffin, hn been
pledged to the Alpha Chi chapter
of the Alpha Kappa P<" fraternity
at Emory University, according to
an announcement recently made by
the chapter officers Alpha Kappa
Psl is a commercial fraternity which
J include In Its membership studen'
the school of business
tratlon.
T.VER C fo\ AH R°X E GE;
fu. town under water
Refugees
Return Home i
To Find Ruins
MONTGOMERY. Ala.. March 19. I
A small army of flood refugees
i began today lo reclaim their homes ’
tome of which were little more than
wreckage left in the path of the'
j .swol.en torrents. Scores were re-1
j turning to Elba and Geneva.
I A different situation existed along!
i the Alabama River to the south of!
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here; where the riverwas above the
I record 5G foot siage oi lHWi Selma.
| principal city in the ti rritory, was
| partly inundated, but. was believed
j in no real danger. The river was
[ten miles wide in places south of
i Selma. This section was sparsely
. populated but aviators reported
! some |>ersons" in perilous places in
(that area yesterday
. I Overflow ot the Conecuh river still
| engulfed ptirts of Brewton and all
I of River Falls.
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WEDNESDAY
Tomorrow Spalding county chick
en raisers will have a chance
sell their surplus hens at prices
which are the highest offered
Griffin in many months, according
to the statement of John
county demonstration agent. Mrs.
Franklin Sibley, home
agent will co-operate in putting
the sale. The chicken cur will he on
the Central of Georgia tracks all
day long.
The following prices, will be paid
Hens—26 L-c lb
Stags 26' c lb
Fryers 38c lb.
Ro oste r s- 15c lb
Ducks—26',.c lb.
Gees* I5c lb.
Capons 30e lb,
Turkeys— 30c lb
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On Friday night the Gniffln High
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school , , will ,, debate , , against , Roberta, ,
This-is the first of the contests pre
Itminary “to the annual meeting <>l
the high schools of the district Hie
subject of the debate will be "Re
that Georgia should
for paving through highways
Griffin will have the affirmative
4 * 1 ® ct 'ampioned by. Marguerite
ell and Lewis Beck
Scout in 1 • •
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School Postponed
Hole Revival
MetTlb< ‘ rs ol the, leadership and j
training committee of the local boy
council who .will sponsor the j j
scoutmaster training - course to be
iven in Griffin have voted to wal ’,
"ntH alter the revival services at the I
Oiiffln churches have been conclud- j
,,h ' (1 b< lore starting tnc tri.in.n./l training
course. I
j /rt./, 1 *“ fo/,,, faculty 11 ,, of Um scouting classes :
L,m *“* i_ include rlllrt - sonu of ... tin most mtvit tf- !
I l( 1,1,1 and boht advanced . , | scout men |
111 state and ail tnose enrolling! ... I
I 1,1 the the mnw course will „ ,n i„, bi „ie pleased e„ri a>tth with,
course
i Quite number of local have
a men
signified their intentions ol taking
the course and it is the aim of the'
training committee to enroll at least j
40 men for the course.
Scoutmasters taking the course ,
will be granted a National councils
Each high ,*ehool of the district
is debating on the same nigh*. In- !
each case the negative team from;
the school goes to another school to
meet its affirmative team ’The Grif
fin negative' team, consisting' of j
Charlotte T.vus and. Ann Stuckey.!
will debate the Zebulon team, in
Zebu Ion's auditorlum|.
I The wtnhers of Friday’s contest
wl!l represent * their respective
(schools at the high school meet to,
i be held at Griffin otl April 26
I The debate in Griffin will be at the
| high school auditorium and will be-'
gin at 8 o'clock. As it is necessary j
to secure Judges irom out of town ;
a charge of ten cents will be made 1
scoutmaster training certificate.
It i hoped ttial the enrollment
will include members oi the local
council and citizen; ol the city who
wish to learn more of Uip movement
v . |,,, t lirj they expect to enroll a
.scoutmasters or not
Qui’- a number of men from the
districts of the local council in near
by towns have signified their will -
insuiexx i.o come to the scoutmaster
school in Griffin and it is up to
Griffin to hold up the Griffin repu
tation m scouting.
Accepting , Hejecting
C hrist ts S u b j c t
/ o r Episcopalians
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Hi v L. W Blackwelder pastor ot
the Episcopal church will preach on
Accepting and Rejecting Christ,"
| the revival service to be held tn that
1 church tonight at 7 30.
A song service will be held
fore the sermon The public Is
<cltaily invited to attend this service,
GRIFFIN FIRST
Invert your money, your tal
ent, your time, your influ
ence in Griffin.
Established in 1872
ATLANTA. Mar. 19~(;p)—Warn
ing oi coming perils were sounder
along the lower reaches of the Flint
river today as that, stream and the
Chattahoochee poured their swollen
waters into the Apalacheeola basin
in Florida.
The Flint was still rising at Al
bany and West Bainbridge, Ga., but
tailing elsewhere At 7 o'clock this
morning the river stood 33 feet at
Albany, a rise of 1.4 in the past 24
, ‘tours* ,
River Junction Fla., where the two
Georgia streams merge into the
Apalacheeola was partly inundated.
The river there showed a reading
this morning of 34.3 a rise of 1.4
since the same hour yesterday. Its
inhabitants in exposed places had
taken reluge on higher grouiid.
A Red Cross worker, Edward H.
Calvin, left Bainbridge early today
by automobile for the lower reaches
of the stream to warn the persons
along the route of the coming high
water s._-— -I—»
The Chatahocchee was more than
three miles wide this morning above
Gaines, a record in the history
of the town; Rail communication
was cut off The city putnping sta
tion wa - under water Boats were
used to get children to and from
The Georgia Railway returned to
normal service today with the re
newal of travel between Brunswick
and Jessup
APPEALS FOR HELP
ATLANTA, Ga.. March 19— UP)—
1 Governor Hardman today issued a
prci U.on calling on the peoplo
of Georgia to contribute liberally
for the Red Cross fund for the re
lief af flood sufferers,
I The governor also urged patriotic
and civic organizations tp give for
the flood sufferers.
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Burned Body Of
Woman Found In
Charred Auto
NEW OIU , ANS M . reh
hsovery i.i a >umed human torso
1 " iae < harred " wTeck^e-of a sedan a
|' rui <> "‘ < ‘" ,<l . , ‘ l1 ln,J mjsler> t0
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I in M Baker and addition facts have ,
turned the police to the theory .. of ,
murder. ,
Early thi; morning a blazing , au
tomobile in front of her home arous
I ed Mrs E M Gilmer, known to •
newspaper readers a Dorothy .Dtx.
She called the fire department. The
! ix>di was found on the front seat
under the Meerlng wheel Mrs. Ba
ker ha*! been Irom her
all night.
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I C. Tv; of Barnesville, made a
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The lines on a husband's brow
sometimes come from his wife’ rul
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each person, to defray the ex-!
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Former day C itizen
Passes In Virginia
T H Benson, of Richmond. Va
tQrmerly ot Gay. Ga., died at hit.
home in Richmond, Sunday.
Mr Benson had,many friends-tn
Griffin who will regret to learn of
Ills death, and sympathize with his
family in their loss.