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GRIFFIN FIRST Invest your money, your talent, your time, your influence in Griffin. Member of Associated Press PREMIUM E good G VENIN By Quimby Melton If you want to see a good show with catchy dances, tune ful music and good comedy and at the same time want to help a worthy cause, be at the High School auditorium tomorrow night when the Woman's Club puts on its annual Pollies. Re hearsals indicate that the show will eclipse anything in the line of amateur productions that ha* been staged here in a long time. And the money that is cleared will be added to the scholarship fund of the Woman's Club. This fund Is used to send a High School girl graduate to college. — * — Now here’s some GOOD NEWS. Yesterday afternoon the coun ty .school board sold Spalding County’s school bond Issue for a premium. The par value of the bonds is $125,000. They brought $132,360, a premium of some 6 per cent. You will remember that Grif fin’s bonds sold at a premium and now the county bonds are sold at a premium. And when both bond issues were offered the bond market was not any too “favorable.” It’s great to be a Grifflnite and a citizen of Spalding County. Bond buyers are level headed business men and pay a pre mium for municipal and county bonds ONLY when they know V that , , the city ,, and . that - county stand back of the bonds are A „ No. , 1. — * — Prof. Manley states that work on the County High School will start shortly. The building is to have 18 class room. 10 for the high school and 8 for Orrs grammar school; an auditorium that will seat 800: a library, principal’s office, rest rooms, locker rooms and all that goes to make up a first class school. “We will meet all state quali fications at the very start and will be declared an accredited school within a year’s time.” Professor Manley stated. That’s good news, too. 1 Crackers Help Merchants ! “One thing Griffin merchants « won’t have to worry about this summer is losing trade from the men of Griffin," wrote ”ian" in a letter received this morning. | “The greatest help the local merchants have' in keeping the men at homp is the present Cracker ball team, Even the most rabid fan won't want to go to Atlatna to see that bunch lose ball games, Eight out of nine on the los t sW e the co1 ' umn! Shades of Charlie Frank! his letter concluded. Some of our good friends among the grocers feel that we have been unfair to them in what w e have written about summer closing. We are sorry that they feel this way. Noth ing thut we wrote was written with a view of criticising them. We recognize the fact that grocery stores open early in the maening, long before other stores and in many instances stay open at night after othei stores have closed. We also re cognize that grocery stores can close for u haif holiday with out inconveniencing anyone as groceries can be bought in ad vance. The grocerymen have voted to close at noon on Wednesday beginning in May. This action was taken sometime ago by the Retail Food Dealers Association Thto action was taken Independ ently by the grocers at a regu lar meeting. We hope every one of the gro cerymen and their clerks will haye a big time every Wednes day gfternoon. \ “l IN i*. \ V 7 •n ‘$5 b w \ i [G riffin Wi7J 1$servej\4emorialDay Friday CITY WILL | ! PAY HONORS TO Griffin will observe Memorial Day on Friday so that all school childrein can join in the eete bration. The Daughters of the Confederacy will have charge of the exercises of the day and the Confederate veterans of Spalding County will be honor guests. The day will start with a, parade in which school children, military organizations and civic and pa triotic bodies will take part. Cap tain A. K. Maddox will bp marshal of the day and will be in charge of the parade. The parade 1 will move promptly at 10 o’clock. After the parade, the exercises, sponsored bv Boynton Chapter. V, D. C., will be held at the high school auditorium. The following program will be carried out Music. Song, 'America.” by audience. Prayer, -by the Rev. L. W. Blackwelder. Music. Iiitroduetiop of Speaker., Col. Robert Cumming. Address, by Mrs. Oscar McKen zie. i Music ! Delivery of medals bv , w Mrs. Har ; rv ’ Johnson. . , Delivery of Cross of „ ...... Military Service, by Mrs. W. E. H. Searcy, Jr. Music. Mrs. McKenzie is one of the most prominent club women in the state, a past president of the state U. D. C.. and vice-president gen eral of the national U. D. C. While in Griffin sho will be the guest of Mrs. Charles Merrtmnn. Jr. Following the exercises at the High School the Confederate Vet erans and Mrs. McKenzie will be honor guests at a lunchon at the Memorial Club House. Indian Revolt Getting - BOMBAY. India, April 24.—fjJP)— British authority In India was con fronted with an increasingly grave situation today. With spread of the anti-government movement so rious Noting and fighting troops was reported in widely parated parts of tHe empire. At Pessahazar, near, the en trance to Khyber Pass, one or British soldiers and 20 native riot ers were killed, reports said, mob protested arrest of scveral anti government agitators. ’A Lahore dispatch said the break was suppressed only troops poured machine guns, an flrp into the mob. which had up an armored car, poured sene on it and, burned it. Business Men Held On “Wet” NEWARK. N. J„ April —Nine, prominent Ngw Jersey ness men today were under es of conspiracy to violate prohibition law by diverting ulco hoi for illpgal purpose. also were In the hands' of United States marshals for 56 er persons, all of whom were dicted in Buffalo on March 25. The indictment which 18 chemical companies, wct T turned after an investigation of ring alleged to have d.verted quantities of Industrial alcohol bootleggers operating in New ! gey, New York. Pennsylvania other states. GRIFFIN, GA„ THURSDAY, APRIL"24, 1980 On The Job F>r 75 Years! ' ; S •f i ' Wt: t X; V'y. & •••: :ji>2 m a m < f kv. <■ :v •Mil* ■t j Seventy-five years service with ore conihy That's .he ec rd cl “Soda who has Ash been Johnny” fireman, Horan. engineer, 92. above, cnaqhlst, test active railroad" ; nni. and now boiler inspector. since joining: •oundhoure oremaii load - he MJwaukee Tne 16 years ago to fuel cn wood burningteomotives Horan who won his nickname by introducing soda s i, in cleaning boilers was the guest at a recent banquet attend by the president president of ot the railroad. His son. W lliam. ti is an engineer. East Griffin Baseltll Team FAST TRAM READY F(; SEASON Will Open Season Saturday The East Griffin ball team pry the lid off the 1930 season Sir. urday playing Brooks at 3 o'clock Nineteen men are trying out foi the team and Manager Ross ran expects to have a fast hitting crew on his team this sea son. Roy Davenport. George Autrey, Jr.. Red Harrison and C. T. Block will pitch for the team this year Sprayberry and Simmons will catch It is believed that strong batteries can be gotten from this aggrege tion. Games At East Griffin All Saturday games will be ed at the Eas; Griffin park. Wecl- Wallace, Patrick J°hnson, Melton On Judge Steve Wallace. Grover trick. Harry T. Johnson and Quiiv by Melton have been named Spald ing members of "the Sixth district executive committe for the next ! two years by Congressman Sam 1 Rutherford. , The committee will i i meet and be organized at Macon ; j cn May 6 At that time Congress | man Rutherford will entertain th.e committee at dinner at the Hotel Dempsey. Revival Services At * Oak Hill Baptist Revival services are being con ducted at Oak Hill Baptist church by Rev. George R Brawn, pastor of the church. A cordial invitation is extended the public to attend. Yesterday afternoon THE made an error in connection this revival. It was stated that church was a colored church. . gladly correef this error and it. . iLocal Jewelers Attend Dozier Wynne and Billy Bibb, cal jewelers lef; today I’or where they are uttendlng the annual convention of the Jewelers association The . convened at the Hotel Dempsey morning at 10 o'clock. • r . V \ Judge Heads Salvation Army Board Here Judge D. R. Cumming was ed diali man of the local 4 my adv sery hoard at a cf the board last night. He reeds J. W. Gresham. J. W. mond W;i . elected \ ice-cha4mmn end Oilman J. Drake was elected recrcHry-treasurer, The new board is coirptosed of C T Elliott. Dr, L. M. Latimer. D. B. Searcy. Mrs. Cooper New ton Mrs R. R. Evans. John Mor row. J. Woods Hammond. Dr. J, W. Quillian. Mrs. G. J, Drake. D. R. Cumming, J. W. .Gresham, Amman Goldstein, G. J. Drake and Mrs. Wilbur Brown 4 Persons Burn T o Death I n Residence BOONVILLE. N. Y„ April 24— I/P) -Four persons were burned to death and a fifth was missing in a fire which destroyed the large | home of Bert Cronk. coal dealer, here early today. - Mr. and Mrs Gronk and Mrs Paul Anni and her I ytmng daughter were said by fire men to have died in the flames. Anni was missing. i Union District Shows Big Loss In * nesday gat, in case Griffin nuT . | chants ?los„ a half holiday, will be played Liehtl'oot P,n | The follovj Dip)) are trying out l j tor ,he teaiBud Autrey, George Autrey. Bill limans. Jessie Tim i mons. Earl p rPacher | ers. J. C. .V^v, Red Tolbert. i Ralph What Roy Davenport. Junior Autrejvnest Evans. Che.s j ter Kent.. Hi Sprayberry. Ray 1 Sprayberry. 1 Harrison. C„ r i ' Shivers J. B. ;0Pr and C. T Black. 1 The o penin g ne will start at o'clock, 10 ansc will b e ' ed for admissio Preliminary census figures Dn>on District. Spalding announced show a loss 672 persons in that section the county. The figures announced Ic ” 1930 are 1237 a s compared with 2013 for 1920, Other preliminary figures an nouncod this morning by W C. Jto kson, census supervisor include: Regers Militia District, Crawford county. 1109 as compared w 111 1370 Hampton, Henry county, 1002 as compared with 927. Adamson Militia District. Clay ton county, 1274 as compared with 1477. Holonyltle Militia Compared? District, Pike county. 957 as with 1.473. Stockbridge. Henry’ county, as compared with 380. Hootenville District, Upson eoun ty. 440 as compared with 625 This Way v Will Be Given Friday Final plans have been made Walk This Way", the Follies of 1930. which the Woman's Club sponsor on Friday night at 8 o'clock at the high school auditorium A brilliant cast has Ijeen secured for the play •Admission will be $1 for the rr>ws and 75c for the other i*ai: There . are no reserved seat*. Tic kets are on sale at Ward s. WhC» ior s and Mitchell's drug store i They may also, be bought at the door or from hfyth scliool students selling them. •One of the most attractive fea lures of the production will be the brilliant style review Lovely mod el have been chosen from the ino. *. popular girl* in town and they wil* ap|>ear In the latest spring mode Miss Edna Copeland will portray the bride In a beautiful wedding scene. The money derived from the play will go to Woman’s Club scholar ship fund Jy M.Smit Concord Business fan, Has OParalysis F M, Smith. Concord, sec retary-treasurer $rnith , Broth ers Nmsery, stiff. a stroke of paralysis last nigl He j s at his home in Concord reports front his bedside state t ) 1P is,-vn xp rious condition. Mr. Smith is oyf the | M . st known hu-incssmen 3 p 0r({la and has many friends 3 r itti n who wish for him a Sy recovery. Legion To !kf Tonightt 7:30 ■S* ’s-g — . ....... .. ■ Tlfny Barnett Post ,i can Ijf ._ gion, will meet tonlg- t | lr ntv hall at 7:30 oclock. I attend a nee is dc- ireri. Mk ( j of tm pcrtance will <eme up,he time S. A. Spivey, seen of th (' Chamber ol Commerqjj 1 m „ k( . a short talk on Wlia Ameri can Loltlon Can Do ! \ Com munlty." D»v s Wijli^ s com mander of the locH^t and i •Cowboy'' Edwards Is nut. j Tennessee?riff! i ( ' ! Faces “Wet” ^rgei JOHNSON CITY T< April 24.— f/p)—Ouster | prciceei f. lave bean filed In chancery-; at Jonesboro against Sherl^.i ey cf Washington county, him with Illegal dispt of confiscated liquor and o„ 1(s . Conduct. CONVICTS THREATEN OPEN REVOLT IF WARDEN THOMAS IS NOT SUSPENDED ^ COLUMBUS. O , April j Mlorney General Gilbert 1 lett the Ohio pen hastily this ternoon to confer with Gov per on a proposal to suspend Preston Thomas as warden The action was taken when several thousand prisoners announced would revolt against Thomas rt'lt. They charged warden with “oruci - ty” and held him msponsiolc in pr.r. for the 318 deaths in tne prison fire disaster. SPIRIT OK I’NKEST The general spirit of unrest in the prison had flamed into o|>en re volt. Some 2,000 convicts in the idle bouse threatened open warfare II. they were not rule used at once. They said they would kill the corps ol guards in the ceil block if they were not loosed from the 'cage into yard. Some. 100 convicts confined i.i chapel were inflamed by incendary speeches by leaders. These men were from the ceil block where a majority o!^the into’the-prison victims dted. They came out yard ar.fi ing. milled about shouting And srrenn'- j An idle house guard rushed out of the block about noon and in formed Warden Thomas that if ail guards were not removed from ther > at once they would be killed It whs reported by the dining room staffs that all convicts had refused to work Convicts In the prison yards quieted down after* noon. Mrs. Paul Ginn Guest, wife of L. B. Guest. died at her home j 454 N. Thirteenth street Wednr* day afternon at 2:25 o'clock. Mrs. Guest was one of the most be loved women in this section and during her long illnes has been visited often by her many friends, 1 i For several years she made her ‘ borne Jn East Griffin where she j has eountless friends. She is survived in addition to her husband by three daughters. Mrs. G. A. Allen. Covington, Ga.. • and Mrs. C. A. Lester and Mrs. J. M. Wiles cf Griffin, two son* Frank Guest of Griffin and Ma. Guest of t!he Hawaiian Islands a sister. Mrs. J. M. Wilborn of Griffin, and a brother C A, Ginn of Bainbridge. On. Funeral services will be held from the East Griffin Methodist i church this afternon o'clock. at 2 Rev. W, J Tolbert will officiate ■ 1 aslsted by Rev, J. A I.angford | pastor of the church, Interment t will be made In the Midway ceme j tery with Haisten Brothers tun j eral director* in charge. Cecil Evans j Is Laid To Rest i j Funeral services for Cecil Etatr, | aha died suddenly on .Wednesday. were held from Pittman v Chap' l this afternoon at 2 o’clo k The _____ Rev L M. Latimer officiated, ni ter which the bodv war taken to College Park for interment The pall-bearers were D stile F M nr (On, C. Lock ridge George Pierce, Smith and T, C Barron, j few Mr month* Elvuns came tu Griffin a i ago to spend sotne time with hi- brother I. A Evan He was purchasing agent tor a large manufacturing concern lie i had made many friends here who have Ixfui dl trcs.cd to learn' of I his sudden death. In addition ti) Mr Evan* hi is I survived by two othei brothers, i . Elmer Evan* of Augusta and Mor r,s Evans ol Fhni Mich Rosa Scruggs, Former Grifflnite, Passes At Mrs. Rosa A. Scruggs. 69. form erly Miss Ro-a Lawson, a beloved resident of Griffin and a sister of I Miss Tilly Lawson, died at her ! home In Hahira this morning at I 1 o'clock. Mrs. Scruggs had been ill for sometime. Slip had many friends throughout this section ! who have been distressed to lentil ol her death. Mrs. Scruggs is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Julia Ivey, of Valdosta. Mrs. Withe Massey, and Miss Owens S. ruggs.ot Hahim; and two son-, Kemu Hcrugg; and Jim HentgKs of Hiihuu. Funeral services and interment will take place tomorrow In Hh him Mollie Johnson iIs Laid To Funeral services for Mrs, Molllc . Johnson, wlgo dletj, Tuesday, were held Wednesday afternoon at 2*;30 Lo'clock, from ihe Williamson Methodist church. The R/>v. d a. ■ Brindle and the Rev. George P. Gary officiated. Interment was the family cemetery with* Hals ten Brothers in charge, Mrs. Johnston, the wife of J Johnston, had been In III health li.r several week. so her was not unexpected. but it has caused much sorrow. In addition to her husband, shc ts survived by on,, daughter, Mrs, 1. M Cullough. „ M __ Annual Field Day Broad St. School; Broad Street, school will ola-et e annual field day Friday aftrriiooni beginning at 1 o'clock Pupils el t*>! sclicol will give drills, gymnastic j exercises and compete In several contests. The P T A will serve refreshments Tha public is lnvit ed to attend. C. V Ooldwirr is principal or the schbol. THE WEATHER | Fair j tonight, slightly rooter ' on the coast, light frost in the north. i ' GRIFFIN FIRST i : Invest your money, your talent, your time, your influence in Griffin. 6 PER CENT BONUS PAID THE COUNTY Spalding County yesterday af ternoon *o»«| its *125.8*9 school bond issue to Itobinson-llum phrcy Company of Atlanta for *132,360. This amounts to about a 6 per cent bonus for the county bonds and reflects the tact that spulding County 4* in excellent financial shape and enjoy* a fine reputation among fitianeial lime and Individual bond buyers. Thr bonds were sold at anc turn. The waled bid* were re turned unopened to the bidder* and the r*x bonding hou.se rep nwnfativc* allowed to bid for the bonds, .fudge J. .1. Hynt, member of the county wImmiI lM,iUd - a< ted a* auctioneer, j. J. Worrt *> representing Roblnxon lluntphrev* was the successful bidder, CALI. FOR BIDS The county school board yes terday set May 8th a* the date for receiving bid* tor building the new Countv High School. i» an |c| and Beutell. architect*, will have plan* and specifica tions ready by Saturday and contractor* ran get them from that firm, It Is planned to push construction »© that the new school will be ready In time to open this fall. MODEL BUILDING The‘new County High Srh»n| will be a model one with 1$ class rooms. Ten of these rooms will ustd for high school pu pils and the other* for gram - mar school pupil*. An auditor ium seating 800 will be Included In the building as will a library, principal'* office, ladle*’ room, locker room* and dome*, tic science rooms. The build ing will bn one story, except for a tffla.1 section in the center that will break the line* and make the building of ar chitectural, beauty, ACCREDITED SCHOOL---- Prof. Manley, superintendent of county -< Iniols. announced following th n meeting that the County High School would com ply wllh jll stale regulation* for an accredited school. This will enable the school to be plac ed on the accredited list before it* first vear is completed and will allow graduates of the high school to enter colleges on the vamr ba*i* a* graduates of oth it ftale high schools. 9 A< HI ( AMIM S The s< itool hoard ha- acquired 9 acre* for the campus of the liigh school I’iil* will give am ple ground* tor .til school ,n It- .. vltles. s Woman Kills f Man Trying i j To Enter Home I ATLANTA April 24 -iJ'i .John, Wiliamson. 2f)-year-old employe of a raihoad rate organization here. whs shot to death at the home of I Harry R. Bell early today. Mrs Bell lold police she shot William son as he (vied to enter (he home | through a window while her hus banri was atvay. I The Bells were tliifertaihhig a group of friends at their homo laft night. Affer midnight as tlie guests prepared to leave, Bell vol unteered to take some of the vis- ! itors to their homes in his auto- ; mobile Mrs Bell said that short- | iy afterward site heard a window being raised and saw a man try U> enter a,le KOt th * s hotgnn T and flml told The ‘ '° ud t0 °* t ? ffect in WiUlamson's , chest and he died at once. Mrs. L. B. Guest, I Beloved Woman, Goes To Reward The new s< hoot building will Iw located 1 block off Lhr At lanta Highway near the -city waterworks plant, ii win face (he highway and wide roads will connect it with the high way. While no announcement Is ready it j- underst ood uuofTirlal Iv that he county school board TV" Ti* Brins fill t tirin* one of the letulini! rdmators ol the *■ t.*I*- is principal of ’.he school Is quickie as the principal is seleeled faculty will Is- rhos •spaldin* < utility i* (he first miiritv in Crigid to pass a Cilll tit V \t Uif •yf‘h(H>| bnntl issue. And Robber . Kilb*d In Due! ST LOIJT8. April 24 f,p, sheriff would-be wer da in in i P'stvil tit tel 8t I/iiui' tu unh shortly hr for when two tnt h t in< officer who with a i pm • on >va« parked along the hlg't to trap bandits who hove h number of holt*, ups motorist* recently. Established 1872