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(WARRANT SWORN OUT FOR POLICEMAN HENDERSON
FOR RILLING EMMETT ISON HERE SUNDAY NIGHT 7F
|r tVEWNU GOOD
I__By Quimby
Had a pleasant chat fester
day afternoon with Prof. J. R.
Berry, principal of Fourth Ward
School. Prof. Berry has cer
tainly created a school spirit
iiere that is the finest we have
ever seen, Ever the school
spirit at the High School is no
finer than that at Fourth Ward.
Prof. Berry is one of the best
grammar school principals in
the country.
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During the course of our con
versation found out several
tilings about Fourth Ward
that we did not know.
For instance they have the
“makings" of a radio broadcast
ing station in the school. loud
speakers have been provided for
three of the larger Clare rooms,
these connect with a radio re
ceiving set in the principals
office and such programs as
Damrosch orchestra are relayed
to the children in the rooms.
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Not satisfied with that, Prof.
Berry has secured a microphone
that is used to make announce
ments. He is planning on get
ting a better microphone so that
concerts can be given and broad
cast into the other roopis.
It’s just such things as |his
that make Prof .’Berry one of the
most successful grammar School
principals in the state.
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We judged from our conver
sation with Prof. Berry that he
now plans, as quickly as pos
sible, to install a small broad
casting station that will enable
Fourth Ward School to broad
cast programs, to everyone
within a radius of 25 miles of
the school. That would certain
ly be fine for Griffin.
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“There’s one thing we need
in Griffin" said Prof. .Berry.
“And that’s more musical or
ganiaztions. We haye some of
the finest soloists In the state
right here but we need orches
tras. Choral societies and more
bands so that every boy and girl
will have a chance to learn to
play some musical instrument."
That suggestion of Prof. Ber
ry’ ’* is well worth considering.
No city has too many orches
tras, brass bands, or choral soc
ieties. They certainly contribute
to the cultural advancement of
the community.
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Ever get up early in the morn
ing to cut the grass or work the
garden? Well if you don’t you
are missing a real treat. Grif
fin early in the morning, with
the sun just rising, the birds
singing, streets quiet except for
an occasional car passing by, Is a
thing of beauty. It seems as
though the air is fresher early
in the morning.
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That’s one reason we wish
that Oriffin was on daylight sav
ing time. One can do much
work and one can enjoy file
I more early in the morning.
Some of the mills have adopted
day light saving time, That
gives employes an extra hour oi
Jaylight in the afternoon to en
joy themselves.
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Remember when we lived
in Jacksonville. They had both
eastern time and daylight sav
ing time there. That means
that we went to work two hours
earlier than we do here. But
every afternoon we iiad two
hours extra In which to, drive
down tc» the beach and “take
* dip.” it was certainly fine.
Remember It didn’t get dark un
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COLUMBUS. O., April
Unruly convicts in the idle
at Ohio pen renewed their
again this afternoon after 150
umbiis police reserves had been ta
, ken from the prison yards.
convicts refused to obey orders of
guards and refused to listen to De
puty Warden J. C, Woodard who
here to fore has held their confi
dence.
"The convicts are very excited
and I fear we will have bloodshed
before this thing is settled,” the pri
son priest said.
“Hard boiled” convicts, leaders of
the revolt, were placed in solitary
confinement by Columbus police
and prison guards. Machine guns
bristled in the prison yard as well
as outside the walls, where Ohio
national guards were prepared to
prevent any attempt to escape.
Action was taken after a night of’
disorder ,in the idle house, during
which prisoners ripped down cell
doors, because they said they feared
to be locked in as were the 320 men
who met death a week ago by fire
and smoke.
Eight Killed In
Plane Smashup
FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn.. April 28.
— (/P )—The death list in yesterday’^
airplane accident near here was in
. creased to eight today with the
death of Jasper Hirlson, a 40-year
old farmer, who was injured about
the head.
The accident occurred here Sun
day afternoon at an “air circus’’
sponsored by the local post of the
American Legion.
The plane, piloted by Milton Co
bert, of Columbia, Tenn., fell from
a height of about 10 feet. Cobert
and two companions were nearing
the landing field In the plane when,
witnesses said, a gust of wind sent
the ship awry, and it crashed into
the crowd which was standing on
a railroad embankment viewing the
airshow. The flying field was just
beyond the railroad. Neither the
pilot nor his companion were in
jured.
Members of th e legion- post, un
der Clarence Coughran, comman
der. took charge of the field, and
rendered aid to the Injured and re
moved the dead. The crowd be
came frantic after the crash and
milled about the scene in an ef
fort to learn who was killed.
Captain Al Gombert, of Akron. O.,
who was in charge of the circus,
said American Legion officials had
warned the spectators not to stand
on the embankment, because all
planes had to sweep close over
in landing on Eastley field.
More than 1.000 persons had gath
ered for the show,, and approxl
roately Kv had assembled upon the
embankment because of its com
manding position, which gave a
clear view of the field.
All the dead were farm boys, and
men from nearby communities In
Lincoln county.
Sheriff M W. Rhea said
that Milton P. Covert, pilot, of a
plane that crashed Into a crowd
afternoon killing 8 persona had
placed In Jail In another
The sheriff said he believed the
cident was “purely accidental.”
that there was some talk of
lence.
RELEASED ON BOND
FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn., April
—(>P)—Milton T. Covert pilot of
plane was released in $3,500
following a hearing today before
magistrate and his prellmtns-7
amination aet for May 0.
GRIFFIN, GA„ , APRIL 28, 1930
GRIFFIN NEWS’ TREE ROMANCE CLUB
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2 Killed, Many
Hurt In Clash f
At India Town:
Two BOMBAY. Indians India. April 28.—(TP)— j
were killed and three
were wounded and scores of police
were injured at least slightly in
Madras yesterday after a clash be
tween police and a mob.
When the demonstrators became
unruly the police fired on them and
were aaswered by stones. An In
dian police inspector was badly
man-handled and stabbed in thfe
back. A commissioner and his de
puty were also , injured . . by stones. ;
It was reported that ‘—"H nearly everv
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carried away some sort of Injury. !
The wife of Mahatama Gandhi!
accompanied by women volunteers
in two motor buses left this morn-!
in B heir for Onjar. where they will liquor. car-j
r >’ t campaign against J
Mr. W. G. Pitts i
Is Laid To Rest
Funeral services for W. G. Pitts,
prominent farmer who killed hint
self early Saturday morning, were
held from the Mt. Gilead church t
this morning at 10 o'clock. The Rev.
Mr. Powell officiated and interment!
was in the churchyard with Hals
ten Brothers in charge.
Mr. Pitts had been in poor health
for sometime. Since the death of
his wife, many years ago, he has
brooded over his health and her
death and it Is believed that despon
| dency over these caused him to take
his life.
He ls surv i ve d by three daughters,
Mrg H L Buchanan. Griffin; Mrs.
w r pe^ins orifflne and Mrs. Isa
ac Davis, Molena; three sons. W.
G Mtts Jr and j 0 p, tl , s 0rlflBn j
an<J M c Pltts , of Mlami . Fla .
two 8l8ters> j H Pcrre „ and Mrs
E p Barron Grlfnn; and onp bro _
ther j P Pltt8 , 0{ zebulon.
Fourth of Series on Women's
Organizations of Griffin
Appears. .on Society Pare
The fourth article of a series
on the history and the works of
the women's patriotic civil and
fraternal organizations In Grif
fin is given today on the society
page Of THE GRIFFIN NEWS
The series ls being compiled by
Mrs. J. Harry Rogers, society
editor, and wlll Include the
L’berty Chapter O. E. 8., whl< h
ls taken up today: the Utility
Club, which will feature next
Monday's page: the Auxlliarv to
the American Legion: the Pilot
Club; the Rebekahs: the W. C.
T.U., the Garden C3ub and the
Woodmen Circle. Boynton
| Chapter U. D. C„ the Woman’s t>.
i Club, and Pulaski Chapter,
A. R., have already been taken
UP.
—Photo bv Kelley
When Sparks Circus came to
Griffin a few days ago. some
thirty br more couples, mar
ried more than 40 years, en
rolled for the i’True Ro
mance" Club of The News.
Daspite the rainy weather-,
those pictured above, were on
hand when the club w-as or
ganized. Mr. W. H. Mitcham
was elected president of the
club and Mr. J. E. Parham,
secretary. Then the "True Ro
mance” members were carried
to the circus where Paul Con
way, publicity man for Sparks
Circus, entertained them. The
club has been made a perma
nent organization and during
the year will enjoy special
events that will be planned
for their pleasure.
Any . couple . that . has been ,
married more than 40 years
^ eligable for membership and
TEEmS,™
NEWS.
Pleasant May Is
Promised By
Prof. Snider
The month of May promises
to be a delightful one as far
as climatic conditions are con
cerned. according to the pre
dictions of Professor Albert
Snider. -
The following is a daily pre
diction for the month:—
1— Fair
2— Fair
3— Showers
4— Partly cloudy
5— Fair and cooler
6— Fair
7— Fair and warmer
8— Fair and warmer
9— Thunder showers
10— Fair and pleasant
11— Fair and warmer
12— Fair
13— Fair >»
14— Fair and very warm
15— Partly cloudy
16— Showers
18— Fair and warmer
19— Fair and warm
20— Fair and very warm
21— Partly cloudy
22— ’Thunder showers
23— Showers
25— Fair and warm
26— Fair
27— Fair and very warm
28— Fair and hot
29\FarUy cloudy V*
30— 8hower*
31— Fair and pleasant
Si-Fair and pleasant
THE WEATHER
Partly cloudy tonight, posnlbly
showers tn southeast portion:
Tuesday cloudy, possibly sbow
era.
i Believe Ancient
i Biblical Cities
Have Been Found
JERUSALEM. April 28.—(jP)—
The correspondent oi the Jewish
telegraph agency, said today '■that
an expedition irom the Rome P(m
I tifleial and Biblical- institute be
lieved it had di-'cefyered the Biblical
cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.
The expedition, supervised by
Father Mellon, has been excavating
the Oriental city of Ghor. near the
Dead Sea
i he work uncovered a lar^c city
destroyed by fire at the close of the
first bronze age and never rebuilt
Human skeletons, the foundations
of several hoitse, the oven of a
! grainery mill, ceramics, silex instru-
1 ments, and various minerals were
unearthed
Later digging turned up the foun.
dations of stone walls bet ween which
j straight streets ran in all direc
■ tions and couches of ashes. It Is
I believed the city was destroyed
about 20 centuries before Christ.
New Tires Stolen ;
From Automobile
Sometime |
Saturday night some
one jacked up the automobile of
Charles Murray and stole four new
tires. The car was left jacked up
without the tires and was found 1
early Sunday mornipg when Mr.|
Murray went into his garage on j
Taylor street. !
Mrs. Frank Rodgers
Wins In Gun Shoot
„ Mr.v _ Frank , Rodgers, o. Griffin,
was wmner In the second division
at the Atlanta Gun Club Saturday
and received a beautiful .silver gob
let as her reward for beating * tour
I good “shots ’’ Mrs Rodgers
men
broke a brilliant 90 x ion hard
windy targets, which was remark
able score considering the wind.'"
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0. P. Chairman
Refuses To Quit
While ‘Under Fire’
WASHINGTON. April 28 ■(/}>,—
Claudius Huston, chairman of the
Republican national committee, in
formed party leaders at conferences I
here over the week-end that he
would not consider resigning his
pc.st under the fire of the senate
lobby committee.
A grow,) ot Republican chieftains,
including Secretary Hydp. Postmas
ter General Brown and Senator
Watson, oi Indiana, talked with
Huston.
The party’s situation as it relat
ed to Huston was reported by sonip
ot those at the sessions to have
been "frankly discussed.”
Some division oi opinion as to
the course which should be follow
ed is understood at the capital to
have been -“vealed The Republi
can chai man left no doubt that
he would remain at his post.
Huston disclosed In testimony to
the senate lobby committee that he
solicited $36,100 from the Union
Carbide Company for use of the
Tennessee River Improvement As
sociation at a time when both or
ganizations were Interested in a
private lease of the Muscle Shoals
power property.
He also divulged that he used this
contribution as part of his broker
age account before turning it over
to the Tennessee River Improve
ment Association
It was reported at the capitol that
complains were voiced at the Repu
blican conference that a.s a result
0 f Huston’s lobby committee test!*
mony there have been some dlfficul
ties in raising funds for party <*x
penses.
Burglars Enter
Geo. Niles’ Home
Burglars entered the residence of
George Niles.'on S, Sixth street,
sometime Saturday afternoon or
early Saturday night, while the
family was away from home and
stole a small amount of money. En
trance was gained by breaking a
window into the dining room The)
man or men evidently tried to gain
entrance through the breakfast
room window as this was also brok
en but the window was unopened.
Week’s Revival
At Hanleiter
The t wit weeks’ revival at the
Hanleiter Methodist church got un
der way Sunday with splendid
crowds present Fine music was
a feature of the first day’s meeting
Monday, Tuesday and Wednes
day a(ternoon; , wvlCM wlll ^ , wW
u) 3 O . c)ock for , h( . Tupg .
day evenlnK the Rpv/J M Crowe
wm preaCh and Wpdnrsday even _
, tng ,, the Rev. „ Dr L M. Twiggs, pre
siding . elder ot the Griffin district, .....
wl „ preach and hold thB w . rond
quartPrlv conler( . ncc
The pastor of ... the church, . . the ..
Rev A D Echols, cordially Invites
the public to attend.. fv
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Mr. A. H. Ogletree,
j Goes To Reward
The friends of R D. Ogletree are
sympathizing with him in the death
of his brother. A H. Ogletree. 80
former representative from
county and former Judge of
Flovllla city court. Mr Ogletree
was one of the leading cttlnens of
this section and had been a resident
of Butts county all his life
Funeral services were held in
J “ r ' cl ‘ on tht# afternoon
Mrs. W J. Smith, of
Orova, spent Saturday afternoon
shopping In the Griffin stores.
COMMITMENT TRIAL SET
FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING;
WILL CLAIM SELF DEFENSE
I
A warrant chanting murder
was sworn out for Policeman
Jim. Hrnderson this morning by
It. H. Ison, father of Emmett
Ison, who was killed by the of
ficer Sunday night. The war
rant was served on Policeman
Henderson al the county jail,
where he had already surrend
ered to the sheriff.
The rnmmltment trial will be
held Wednesday morning al ft
o'clock before Judge W. H. Tay
lor. Justice of the peace.
Officer Henderson will claim
sell defense. He will in- repre
sented by Col. Chester A. Byars.
ISON KILLED
Emmett Ison was shot and
killed early Sunday night as hr
in his automobile on West Col
lege street, immediately in the
rear of the Griffin Hospital by
Officer Henderson. Three
policemen, In the city call car,,
had chased Ison to the spot af
ter they had attempted to stop
him uptown when It is alleged
he was driving his car while
drunk. He was shot five times
and died before he could be
taken to the hospital.
HENDERSON'S STORY
Policeman Jim Ufnl w ma . In
the county jail, gavr a reporter
of THE NEWS the following
account of thr fatal shooting.
"Several of us were standing
near thr police booth when a
car drove up Solomon street and
turned into the alley by Whit
mire’s Jewelry store Officer
Harper wrnt over to tell the
driver that thr street was clos
ed to automobiles, Before lie
reached the car, it baeked out
of tho alley Into Solomon street.
Officer Harper stepped up to the
car and first thing wr knew a
man’s arm shot out and hr was
pulled into thr automobile.
Officer Harper, it Is said, tried
to atop Ison as hr drove from
Solomon street to thr point
where hr was killrd. He at
tempted to turn the key In the
swttek of the rar but only suc
ceeded In breaking the key off
In the lock.
( NAKED I.SON
“That’* Emmett Ikoii and he
will kill Frank,' une of the of
Brers yelled,” said Henderson.
"No Wilson. Williams and I
started the rlty ear after Ison
and Harper. He drove down
Solomon to Tenth, out Tenth to
College and turned back of the
hospital. We were both making
60 miles an hour. Officer* Wil
son was driving and I was sit
ting on the front seat with him.
"Just a* the ear got back of
the hospital Ison stopped anil
we drew up in front of him. I
Jumped out and started for him.
knowing he was a desperate
character, and hoping to gel him
before he rould do anything to
Harper.
“A* I ran towards the car.
he rose up behind the steering
wheel, ( cursed mi- with an un
mentionable oath and reached
for his hip pocket. I knew hr
meant to shoot me and I beat
him to the draw. I shot five
times in quirk succession feel
ing certain that Emmett intend
j ed to kilt me.
“I then an to the hospital
and told tffim to get ready for
a man who was shot. Officer
Wilson brought Ison in hut he
was dead when they got there.
“I regret that I had to kill
Ison, but I felt it was hi* life or
mine. Chief Stanley had warn
ed un many times that sfson
would ‘gel a polieeman' sooner
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influence in Griffin.
Established 1872
Newton Crouch
I To Get Second
I Heroism Medal
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— Photo by Kelley
N »'»» Or n a Hi , ot Griffin, is
one of 13 boy trouts of America
who will be awarded the fuM
honor medal for unusual hero
ism In time' of danger, He
saved the life or Miss Willie
Childers, of Griffin, when she
almost drowned last summer in
the Country Club -lake.
The - award will be made by
thr national court of honor and
is the highest award bestowed
on scouts. Young Crouch ha*
alrrady received one medal for
his brave deed.
He is the son of Mr. and Mr*.
John Henry Crouch, of Griffin.
Masked Bandits
I Kill Patron Of
, Road House Club
BEI.LMAWR, N J . April 28 — (fi]
—Six masked bandits shot to death
a patron in the Bellmawr country
| club, a rood house near here dur
| ing a hold-up early today
The gunman robbed 17 guests and
rifled the cash register. The vic
tim William Verman. 39. of Cam
den. N J . was shot near the heart
when he offered resistance.
Another patron became the tar
get for a . second bullet when he
jumped to his feet and tore a mask
from the face df the bandit leader.
The bullet went wild and the men
escaped.
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