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GRIFFIN FIRST
jrour money, your
talent, your time, your
influence in Griffin.
Member of Associated Press
GRIFFIN WILL SHOW 10,302 POPULATION IN CENSUS
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VENINll
-By Quimby Melton
Captain A. K. Maddox, who
will be in Charge of the Memor
ial Day parade, announces that
not a single feature of Memorial
Day observance will be left out.
Wreaths will be placed on the
graves of the dead heroes, taps
will be blown and a salute giv
en. That is as it should be.
Those men who fought for a
principal should be given every
honor and the boys and girls of
the present generation should
consider it a blessed privilege
to be allowed to participate in
Memorial Day observance.
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Someone said "Unfortunate
is that country with no heroes
but more unfortunate that coun
try that forgets its heroes.”
God forbid that Georgia and
the other Southern states should
ever forget their heroes ol the
Sixties.
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THE CAR CAME BACK
Hello is that Good Evening?’
"Yes."
"Well the car you wrote about
never coming back to Griffin was
here bright and early this morn
ing."
‘That’s fine. Who is this talk
ing?”
’Bang” went the telephone.
We wish the lady who phoned
as this interesting news would
have told us whom she was so
we could have thanked her again.
We're glad the car came back
and hope it will make many more
trips to Griffin.
Griffin is a friendly city and
appreciates the trade of people
from our neighboring cities.
Beautiful Dances
Will Feature Play
Of Woman’s Club
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A feature of ' Walk This Way" |
will be the dances to be given by;
pu'pjls of Mrs. Pierpont Spikcr's pu- (
pils at the performance on Friday
night at the high school auditor
ium. Another feature will be the
singing of "Indian dall Love" by
Mrs. Philip Cleveland, with Aldine
Combs playing the piano accoin -
paniment and Miss Elizabeth Nor
man the violin.
The dance program will be:
Polka ' Francaise, by Strauss, bi
Leila Searcy. Mary Cummins and
I^ura Cumming.
Ert Violette. by Brahms, by Jose
phine Pittman.-“Martha Francis
Slaton and Louise Baxter.
The' Glow Worm and Id-lyL by
Luncke, by Ann Shap&rd. Mary
Jeanette Shapard, Aleene Mills.
Leila Searcy and Lucia Drake.
The Kinkajou. from Rio Rita, by
Tierney, by Louise Baxter. Josephine
Rittman and Martha Frances Sla
ton.
"Walk This Way" is being spon
sored by the Woman's Club for the
benefit of its scholarship fund. Mrs.
.William Slack. Jr, is producing the
musical extravaganza.
THE WEATHER !
Partly cloudy tonight; Thurs
day cloudy possibly followed by
showers In south portion.
With the grocery men deciding
to close on, Wednesday after
noon and other groups of mer
chants considering the question
as groups we hope everyone will
be happy over whatever plan is
worked out. Each merchant or
each group of merchants can
best decide what is wise for them
and their stores.
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Now here is where we'll prob
ably get “cussed out" again.
But Thursday night when the
American Legion meets we are
going to introduce a motion to
the effect that the Legion stop
bringing carnivals to Griffin.
Carnivals hurt every line of
business and help no one. The
American Legion certainly
should have higher aims than
acting as "sponsor" for every
carnival that hits town.
The only reason that carnivals
like to play under auspices ol'
the Legion Is because they man
age to dodge some taxes by be
ing sponsored by a patriotic or
ganization.
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Speaking of the American
Legion reminds us that Davis
Williams, commander of the
Legion, was elected a vice-presi
dent of the Georgia Exchange
Clubs at thp convention in At
lanta. That means that Wil
hams will in n few years be
state president. Griffin has al
ready furnished Georgia Ex
change with one president—
Bill Beck. Williams takes an
aative part in Exchange circles
and we congratulate the state
organization In picking him for
an officer.
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Speaking of Bill Beck reminds
as that this morning we were
informed that a certain prom
inent farmer is yfiRnTn?bn run
ning for the legislature. Whilp
Mr. Beck ha* not made any
definite announcement It has
been understood for sometime
that he will be a candldata«r
With a contest looming th bjjgh
the state senate race andrthe
stete legislature race It ^HOfcs at:
though politics will fffi k up in
this neck of the w rJSs
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t REPORT OF , PERSONS MISSED
I l BY CENSUS' ENUMERATORS
i i If you belieV(F*you have been left out of the official census HU
count or know of anyone whom you believe has been left out,
In the atta d coupon and mall lt to W. C. Jackson, census
supervisor,J rtffln, Ga, or THE NEWS office and an Immediate
i check up 1 will be made. If it Is found that anyone has been
left outran enumerator will fie sent to your house immediately
to rgchedy the error.
Wf'C. Jackson.
■J Census Supervisor,
1 Oriffln. Oa.
I believe that t
.,
Living at ........
was overlooked by the census enumerator.
Address .......................
Signed .....................
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It
er Grips East
SNOW FALL
IS REPORTED
IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK, April 23.-(/P)
Freezing temperatures and snow
falls in various quantities visited
the North Atlantic states early
this morning breaking records of
50 years or more.
Rochester, with the mercury at
24. experienced the coldest April
23rd in the history of the weath
er bureau. The nearest approach
was 26 degrees in 1872. Saranac
Lake, in the Adirondacks. boasted
real whiter weather with four
inches of snow and a temperature
of 12 above.
Washington residents were start
led to see scattering snow flakes
ubout 6 o’clock as were early aris
ers in New York, where the ther
mometer stood at 30.
ROY ENGLISH
RECOVERS FROM
MAD DOG BITE
3J4CON. Ga., April 23 —
“ (AP)—Roy English, Macon boy
has been discharged from
a hospital following treatment
for rabies English was bitten
by a mad dog in Griffin two
weeks ago and was brought Wt
a hospital here Hi a semi-con
scious condition.
GRIFFIN. GA„ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23. 1930
Los Angeles
Man Confesses
Killing
LOS ANGELES, April 23.—</pl—
Renewed investigation into the 8
year-old mystery slaying or Wil
liam Desmond Taylor, motion pic
ture director, found slain in his
heme, today resulted in the arrest
of Russo Rinaldo, 41, an account
ant. who allegedly confessed to the
crime.
Acocrding to police, Rinaldo
said he was a friend of a motion
picture actress who visited Tay
lcr's bungalow early on the eve
ning of Feb. 1, 1922. He said
he followed in a taxicab when the
actress went to the Taylor home
and later overheard a violent
quarrel between the flint executive
and the woman.
The actress left after a short
stay. Rinaldo said, after which he
entered the Taylor home and re
monstrated with the director for
his actions during the quarrel.
Taylor, he said, drew a revolver.
In the scuffle. Rinaldo. said he
gained possession of the gun and
shot the moving picture director.
In spite of the confession police
are skeptical of an early solution
of the mystery.
Discrepancies in the volunteer
confession of Rinaldo led police
today to discredit his statement.
Mr. Cecil Evans,
Mill Official,
Goes To Reward
Cecil Evans, brother of J. A
Evans, died at 1 o'clock this after
noon at their apartment in *he
Marian, following a stroke of parn
lysis Mr. Evans had been UR and
was apparently in excellent health
when he was stricken. Death cant" j
almost instantly.
Mr. Evans came to Griffin a few ..
months ago and had been associa
ted in business, with his brother at,
the Spalding Knitting Mill, H
had made many friends since com
ing to Griffin to live.
The funeral will be held from
Pittman's Undertaking Parlors at
2 o'clock on Thursday with Dr.
L. M. Latimer officiating. Inter
ment will be in College Park.
Scout Executive
Board Will Meet
At Thomaston
The Excutive Board 6f the Bo;.
Scout Council is to meet Thursday I
evening at 6: 30 at the Upson Hotel
in Thomaston. Reports of the
month's work will be turned in ai
.
plans for the future made. £
Members of the Board ar
in M. Wheaton, GoJ(Wfein. presided!: K. F.
Mooney. Herman L. M
Lester, Dr. F J^ H. W4$on. J. H. West.
W P Price Futral, of Orif
fln; C. P. Grit’ddick, of BarnesviUe;
R. M. Mgfifjews, A, J Nitzschke J
K. BrjtniH, Paul Johnson, of Thom
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Valued Employee
Of Mill,
Willie Cato Aultman, 42. valued
employee ol the Georgia-Kincivd
mills, died at his home 11 Sixth
street. Tuesday afternoon at 2:45
o'clock. Mr. Aultmnn had been
ill only otic week with "pneumonia
and was the third in the family to
die with the same disease within
the last six weeks. He was born and *
reared in this section the son o;
the late George W. Ault man and
Lillie Nolan Aultman and hi^
scores of friends who will be grieved
to hear of his passing.
In addition to his wife and moth
er. three daughter. Irene. Ruth end
Catherine Aultman. three sons. .1,
W , W. C. Jr., and Foy Aultmnn
three sisters, Mrs. J P Knight
Miss Alma Aultman and Miss El
len Aultman and three brothet
George Aultman. Nonie
and Wilson Aultman. all of r
fin survive , a
Funeral services will ^ 1,1 llop ‘
the East Griffin lift lli ‘ l ‘ llm h
__ Thursday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock.
Rev. W. J. Tolbert and Rev. J. F
Norton win officiate.
Th, •jjHiUowing will serve as pall
be: rs. E. G. Simmons, C. C. Smith,
G. James. J. C Smith. B.
Collier and A S. Smith
Interment will be made In
East Griffin cemetery with
Brothers in charge.
Little j BOV, IvOSt
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REDDING. Calif.. April
-As.a Lee Lakey. 8-year-old boy
who had been lost since Iasi Sun
day was found alive today on Mt.
Burney east of here.
The child had bdrn the object
ol an extensive search in which
an army airplane and several hun
dred men participated.
He disappeared while on an Ea.s
ter outing with his parents.
eran tracker* had given the child
up as dead, saying he ••ould not
have survived the cold mountain
:.lo)ie„ without food or shelter.
Hi:, mother. Mrs. A. L. Lakely
ct Burney urged them on how
ever *ayirjg she dreamed last
night the boy would b« found sat*
a ml well.
MERCHANTS WILL CONSIDER
SUMMER CLOSING BY GROUPS;
ronrcDVMrw URULLIv I MLIN u/it WILL i LLUoL
Hi^h-Ligrht Is
Entered Bv * High r>
In State Contest
The High-Light, publication of
Griffin High, has been entered in
the state contest sponsored by the
Henry Grady School of Journalism
at,-,the State Universitv. live sftr
x
ver lbving cups have been ^offered
by the Athens Bannei^JIfw t!d for
school publications, y
The Atheris Biysner-Heiald prizes
will be awarded a.-, ioliows
ih foryfjest high school news
paper in town of 5.000 or under;
<2> best high-school
town of 5.000 to 25.000;
<3> best high school
in town of 25.000 and ubi.ve.
<4i for best school .-.ection In a
!■ local newsiiaper: and
(5> for best high school
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On the convention piogram
be teachers of journalism
tiring newspaper men who *111
speak on various phases <»i
■ school journalistic woik Shidem
■ journalists will purt.cipat. in
i , round-table discussion
i ,0 thp triiventlon will be
] tained at a luncheon duuny
I noon hour An exhibition ot high
! school publication., of Odor,ha will
be held in conjunction with
convention. All Oeorgh
schools are invited to send dele
gates to the convention.
Mrs Mollie Johnson
Goes To Reward
Mrs. Mollie Johnston, wife of J.
E. Johnston, died at her liome. 330
North 13th street, Tuesday after
noon at 5:15 o'clock Htie had been
111 for several weeks and although
i her death was not unexpected it.
t came as a shock to her many
friends She had made her liome
In this spetion nearly all her file
and counted her friends by all who
knew her
In addition to her husband she
j is survived by a daughter. Mr* L.
j m McCullough with whom she had
j made her home for the past twelve
1 year*.
Parade Friday
Will Feature
Memorial
One of the features of Memorial
Dn.v observance here will ije « pa
rade starting at 1*-o'clock in which
chool children, military units, civic
fond patriotic organizations and the
I old veterans themselves will take
i part. Captain A K Maddox, of
I the Spalding Grays will be marshal
| of the day.
Order* Ot Day
Captain Maddox this morning Is
j rued day: the following orders for the
i
The following organizations will
take part in the Memorial Day Pa
rade at 10:00 o'clock, a. m, on April
35. 1930:
Bpnldlnit Grays
R O. T. C. of OrilTln High Sdhool.
V. D C
Confederate Veterans.
D. A. R
American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion.
Spanish American War Veterans
Womans Club
Utility Club.
Pilot Club.
Exchange Club
Lion's Club. "■ I
Rotary Club.
Chamber ot Commerce..
The Spalding Grays will form on
South Hill street in front of the
Armory, and the different organ t
rations Mated above will Jorm on
. the east side of Hill Street imme
JTSS
H,,i:h 8ch °° ,< * ui ,orm ° n
of Eaxt Po b ,, t' street with M*
head of the column resting at tlit
intersection of Poplar and rtjtl
streets.
The school children of Grifftu will
assemble at the Griffin High School
and march direct to Stonewall cenu -
tery under the direction of Prof
essor L. M. Lester.
The parade will move promptly
jjt 10:00 o'clock, am, and all
ganizations are requested to have
their cars in position by that hour
Notice
All members of the .Spalding
Grays are directed to be al tin
Armory on South Hill street Ht 9'30
o'clock, a. m , Friday April 35. 1930
for the purixi.se of participating in
the Memorial Day Parade
By order of Captain Arthur K
Maddox.
Eleven ScoutsS
Promoted In Rank
By Honor Court
Eleven Scouts appeared betore
thp Court ot Honor yesterday mi
ning at the First Baptist church
ftnd Bud their advancement ai
Scouting recognized by the Cour*
I Scout Clifford Freeman received ti e
! Eagle Badge David Traer
Mprit »" Wnd Aid Pirn
| Aid to Animals, and
Ororge Traer received Merit
«»» hi Bookbinding and Poult: y
Keeping; Harris Prothro
the-Me rtt gA dge in Swlmtnlng
Miller Grant was admitted to
A( a mass meeting of merchant*.
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court-house Tuesday night, it was
<^11 d u,at ,hp matter ot sum
trier half holidays should be left
to "the individual competitive
groups,"- The clothing merchants
jewelers, drug stores, and other
.groups will decide for themselves
what they wiii do. A committee
will be appointed today by presi
dent Gilman J Drake, of the Chan;
her ol Commerce, to canvas the dif
ferent groups.
Grocers To t'lose.
The Retail Food Dealers Assoc's
tion. composed of a majority of th *
leading grocers in Griffin, lias al
I ready voted us a group to observe
Wednesday afternoon as a half
holiday. These stores will close
noon on Wednesday during May
July and August. The
cerymen took action at a
of their association lap week
Well Attended
The meeting last night was well
attended merchantY^fsc.iLssed by J^hiess men Severul
j the
()f lx)th , )r0 and con a nd
. alter/several motions had v^ r
and wllhdrawn wtlh
ot «, on it wiu. derided to
closing up to the "groups ”
I Tiv ^ ot p.clings were
I*, m.-niny W)d lt was dearh
vident that those present wanted
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t4> work out a plan lhat would
acc< ., )table to alI „ r «. K e nt .
As quickly as the several groups
work out iheir plans they will Ik*
announced. Reports will lie metli !
fa Secretary Silver at the Chain- ■
ber of Commerce
The following committe was a;>
liotntfd this morning by President
Drake, of th,. Chamber of Com
merce. to canvas the merchants
closing.
Mrs Roy Bobo. E P. Gossett. Fred
Thaxton. A. C. Oriffln, George Ash,
M F. Smith. H. A. Bolton and Billy
Bibb, and Hunter Goddard.
Mr. and Mrs. Solon Druken
miller motored to Thomaston to
day and were the guest* of Mr.
and Mrs. Julian Hightower.
Mrs Cooper Newton and Miss
Ro«l* Bell Newton motored to At
lanta on Wednesday and were tit*
guests of friends.
GRIFFIN FIRST
Invert your money,
talent, your time, your
influence in Griffin.
Prison Death
Toll Now 318
COLUMBUS O., April 23 1 .—f/pl
Thp death 1011 in thp own peni
t*™!**? ftre disaster was increased
10 318 today when Edward Wills
succumbed In the prison hospital,
Death was caused by suffocation.
Wills had been serving irom 5
to 7 years for larceny,
A spirit of unrest among the
thousands of convicts disappeared
at dawn today andthe fears of
guards that there would be trou
was d Isa pa ted.
The fact that 600 negro convict*
housed in wooden barracks in the
■yards were not locked in and
that several thousand men in the ..
house cell blocks were resttosa
and almost defiant < a used ^jtuaras
to fear a break for, ilioerty be
tween 4 a. m.. and « a. !».. to
day. The negro convicts were not
locked in because prison officials -
Are in the wooden build
The men in thd idle house
were locked behind steel cages
but were not in their cells.
Many persons whose relative*
met deatii in the fire visited the v—a
peniteritiarv this morning asking
permission to remove the bodies.
Many of tjV‘ women were crying.
All were sent to the horticultural
building at tiie Ohio state fa;r
grounds where the 318 bodies were
laid out.
(jrillin Y\ inS
AttCnfl3nCC * » (|U0
,\t AO St3tC MCCtin^ At
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First Class rank Buddy Atkinson
Eugene Combs. Alyn Jones, Nat 1
Pendergrass. Rov Tr'.ppe. Marvin
McKeenl.v and Wayne MrKeenly
were admitted to Second Clat •
rank
Dr F H Wilson presided at tl e
Court, which also included C. I.
Elliott and Roy Emmet
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Revival Services
At Colored Church
Tlie Oak Hill Baptist church, col
ored. Is holding a revival meeting
escu evening at 7 o'clock Preach
ing beg liu, at 7:30 o'clock by the
pastor, Rev, Oeorge R Brown. He
will have os hU .subject tonight
"Second Coming of Christ
Tlie public is invited to attend
the nM*ettngi».
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Established 1872.
“Son® WARD w
— HAS 2,632
Griffin proper will show a
population of more than 10,.103
persons when the final rrnstt*
lliurrs are announced It be
came evident this morning. The
last ward reported, the Fourth
Ward, lias a total of 3,632 per
sons.. - Rr port a bi wards show:
First Ward: 334*.
Second Ward; 271*.
Third Ward: >466.
Fourth Ward: 2632.
Kinraid Suli-Division 138.
Total reported: 10,302.
ADDITIONAL NAMES
It lx estimated that additional
names mav be secured that will
slightly increase the population.
Anyone knowing of anyone
whom has been missed In the
offielal count are requested to
gel In touch with census head
quarters or THE NEWS so that
every possible name can be In
cluded.
“GREATER GRIFFIN"
While official figure* for
“Greater Griffin" have not been
announced by W. C. Jackson,
supervisor for the ~
census dtay
trict, it is understood that itvrtH
show more than Ifi.tHHI persons
living in Griffin apd'thr terri
tory Immedalfiv surrounding
the city. ,
Griffin won the attendance cup
at the — B tut!■ Wxrlmm i- Clubs meet
ing in Atlanta yesterday. There
were 14 members of the local club
hi attedance Atlanta the club
entertaining the convention, wa.-.
not allowed to compete
Davis Williams of Griffin, was
riected third vice-president This
puts him in line for president of
the slate organization,
The ura^l convention *111 be held
at Waynesboro.
Officers elect(>d were- Robert Cot
ltns, UnadlUa. president; Cliff Hat
cher Waynesboro. 1st vice-presi
dent: Herbert 810411 . Macon. 2nd
vice-president: Davis William?.
3rd vice-president: E H. “Bud''
Cotinor. UniOtfill*, secretary-treas
urer. Dr B K Vann. Atlanta,
marshall and M C. Mefcer. Cedar
t town, seid-ry.