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GRIFFIN FIRST Invest your money, your talent, your time, your influence in Griffin. Member of Associated Press SLATON WILL OPPOSE HARRIS IN SENATE RACE ----- ---- i ---------- _ - ■ Judge J. J. Flynt Announces For Of State ! 2 LOCAL MAKE RACE STATE Griffin has two candidates in the race for state house offices In the Democratic primary of z — Judge J. J. Flynt that he is in the race for secretary of state. Judge John J. Hunt last week paid his entrance fee in the con test for state pension commis sioner. Judge Flynt ran in the last election for state secretary and only a last minute alignment of Carswell and Hardman forces in credited by political observers with bringing about his defeat. He has served in both legislature and senate of Georgia and is one of the most widely known men in the state. Judge Flynt lias a host of friends through out Georgia who are interested in his candidacy. Judge Hunt is state com. mander of the United Confe derate Veterans and is widely known over the state, also. Entries In the county contest here will not close until mid oight so other candidates may >hrow their liats into the ring lor Spalding county offices. f a MANY NATIVES INJURED IN INDIA REVOLT i BOMBAY. India. June 3.—(/P) An undertermined number of na tive salt raiders were seriously injured in Worli prison today in a conflict with authorities. The number of others injured in a bitter clash was not made known. The encounter occured when a group of prisoners within the barb ed wire enclosure in the detention pen at the Bombay surburb made a .rush for freedom. There seemed little question to day but that the open defiance of the uaattees-agalnst aga inst picket ing and boycotting announced by national Hussars would lead to in numerable arrests but this the tionalists welcomed as their plan to flu the jail with so many poli tical prisoners that their upkeep would become burdensome to the government. Funeral Services Are Held Today For Mrs. Janie Martin » Funeral services for Mrs, Janie Leach Martin, one of the oldest residents of Spalding county, were held from the County Line Christ inn church at Digby this The Rev. J. A. Drewry officiated and interment was in the church, with Haisten Brothers in charge. Mrs. Martin wav the widow of the widow of the late A. C. Martin, who died about nine years ago. She is i •survived A sons. ton Rivers Nixon, Will by of Martin, of two Brooks, Experiment; daughter, of and Hampton; Mrs. Mrs, three Al- R. L. E Martin, of Newnan; and W. E. Martin, of Experiment;; one broth er B p. Leach; and one sister, ^ Margie , Snnsom DR. SAMMONS HEADS MERCER L>r. J. Kills Sammons pastor of the First Baptist church here was honored in Macon yes terday when he was re-elected President of the alumni of Mercer University. Dr. mn n» Is now pastor of the Vine vllle Baptist church In Macon, •k*> * -l IN •If 9 •TV W N A "W mi 13 INSANE CRIMINALS ESCAPE FROM HOSPITAL i INSANE MEN |Lf A l/AKlnU r\ 1 nIjkT/S PRISON BREAK * IONIA. Mich., June .3,— i API—Thirteen insane erim inals, five of them slayers, armed themselves with knives and razors, imprisoned two guards, threatened the night i u per visor with death and es eaped from the state hospital for criminal insane early to day. Before leaving the institution the inmates opened cells, re leasing 24 prisoners but none of ilie others joined in the break. They also cut tele phone wires. Harry C. Robertson, super intendent of the hospital, de scribed the release as creating a very serious situation. J H. Cheatham Enters Race For State Senate John H. Cheatham, president ol the Georgia-Kincaid Mills or Grif fin. this morning announced his candidacy for the state senate. Col. Chester A. Byars, who had previously announced for this of fice. has withdrawn from the race leaving no opposition ' for Mr. Cheatham, unless some one quali fies later today as the entry' lists close tonight. Mr. Cheatham is a native of Greenwood. S. C.. but has spent mast of his business career in Georgia, moving here in 1915, and is one of the laighst and most influential textile men in ’ the state. He came to Griffin in 1919 wtth the old Georgia Cotton Mills and latsr Was instrumental in the pur chase^ by this.........company of the Kincaid Mills. The amalgamation «ar the forming of the present Georgia-Kincaid Mills with Mr. Cheatham at the head since the formation. In addition to his position with the Georgia-Kincaid Mills, Mr. Cheatham is also head of the Rushton Mills and Lowell Bleach cry Corporation of this county and has extensive holdings in tex tile mills in Toe coa and Hart well. Mr. Cheatham’s candidacy for the state senate is his first ven ture into politics but his friends are predicting a brilliant future for so able a business man. American Legion And Auxiliary Hold Membership Meet The Auxiliary to the American Legion served dinner to about 50 members of the American Le gion in an Interesting membership meeting of both organizations at the Memorial Club House Mondav night. The feature was a talk by Charles Oraddick. of Bamesvllle, ; state commander of the Legion, Mrs. Lamar Walker and Miss Louise Kesler rendered a beautiful musical iprogram. Every man present was asked to introduce htoriself, giving the most amusing thing that happened to him during the war. This was the occasion of much 'merriment. Both Auxiliary and Legion secur ed number ol new members at the meeting. j j English Flyer — ) f Hi \ '"iAwIjS V :■>/ • t-iE § :<X#: • •••'; w' • : Xd ; a; . : >-s * & ——r I it I I Amy Johnson, English girl fly er, was half way on her air trip from London to Australia when this picture was taken of her at Karachi. India. She later completed the 9900-mile solo flight in 19 days. Note her flying costume—shorts and a boy’s shirt .open at the collar. Children Are Killed When Auto Crashes Wagon DOTHAN. Ala., June 3,— (fP\~ Two children were killed, another seriously injured, and the father, J. N. Barnes, received injuries which necessitated the amputation cf his left leg when their wagon was struck by an automobile near here last night. The automobile, said to have been driven by <3. E. Hobbay. Chattanooga, Tenn., salesman, struck the;' wagon from the rear, almost demolishing it, scattering j pieces of the vehicle for 50 yards along the highway. Witnesses said a lantern on the rear of the wagon was burning. Twin Boys, Age 4 Burned To Death MORRISTOWN. Tenn., June 3. —(/P )—County authorities today were notified that two four-ybar old boys Matthew and John Wil liams, the remaining pair of a set ot triplets were burned to death yesterday at the home of their grandparents, northeast of here. Their grandmother. Mrs. Geor gia Green, went Into a field and when she returned she Jound the house burned and the charred bodies of the twins in the smolder ing ruins. Cotton Report HOLIDAY— NEW ORLEANS JEFFERSON DAVIS’ BIRTHDAY NEW YORR COTTON Open High Low Close Chw Jan 1495 14.95 14.78 14 78 15.01 Mch. 14.76 14.80 14.83 14.63 14.84 May 14.80 14.82 14.^5 14.75 14.92 Jul. 16.02 16.03 15.90 15.90 16.02 Oct. 14.90 14.91 14.73 14.73 14.92 DSC. 14.99 14.99 14.79 14.79 GRIFFIN, GA., TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1930 i Commencement Exercises Held At Auditorium Monday Night Col. Russell Delivers Address Fifty-six members of the senior class of the Griffin High School received their diplomas at Com. n encement exercises held nt the auditorium last night. Col. Char les Russell, of Savannah, brilliant and scholarly lawyer, delivered a masterful address that was an in spiiation to everyone present. Mir.s Charlotte Tyus gave the sal ataiory, welcoming the audience to the exercise;. Miss Aim Stuckey, who was to have given the Vale dictory was unable to be present. due to illness. Col. L. P. Goodrich, chairman of the board of educa- i tion, delivered the diplomas. Honors were announced by Prof. | J. H. Wes:. The Austin cup, en to the pupil making the highest average in the school and present -1 ed each year by Dr. W. H. Austin.) was won by Miss Cheney Walker,! daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert! Walker. The Woman’s Club scho-I larship, given annually to the girl in the senior class, who plans to at tend a normal school, making the highest average, was presented to Miss Mildred Reeves, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A B. Reeves. The Byrd.Wilson medal for the best drilled cadet went to Harold Bedenba ugh. Miss Malissa Patrick won the Pi lot Club prize for the best essay written by a girl in the commercial department ' on 'How Business Training Better Fits a Girl for Life.” Miss Charlotte Tyus won the scholarship to Wesleyan College, given by the local alumnae associa- < tion in co-operation with the lege. Miss Charlotte Tyus j and Miss ' Ann Stuckey tied for the highest! average in American history and 1 PRESIDENT JEFFERSON DAVIS By WIGHTMAN F. MELTON Jefferson Davis. President of the Confederate States of Amer- 1 ica. was born June 3, 1808—122 years ago today—in a small, one-story farmhouse In the “Green River Country" of Chris tian County—now Todd county. Kentucky. Captain Samuel Davis, a sol dier of the Revolution, and the father of Jefferson Davos. lived in South Georgia some years, until 1796. when the family mov. ed to Southern Kentucky. Jef ferson's mother, whose name was Jane, is described as a woman of worth and nower. Jefferson was the youngest of ten chil dren. After Samuel Davis finished his Revolutionary “.soldiering” and settled In Kentucky, he en. gaged in the business of tob acco-growing and horse-raising. In 1809 the Davises moved to Bayou Teche Parish Louisiana, but finally established' them selves on a farm near Woodvllle. Wilkinson county, Mississippi. Here are some facts in the life of Jefferson Davis that we should think over today and then never forget; AS a cadet at West Point Military Academy, Jefferson Davis was taught that the Union had no right to interfere if a State saw fit to withdraw. His textbook stated plainly, “The secession of a State from the Union depends on the will of the people of such state.” But, notwithstanding the fact otie was awarded ihe D A. ft me-1 of-! dal and the other the medal fered by Mrs. Frank Pittman, rc gent. Lewis Beck, II. won the medal for the best declamer in the high school Miss Betty Gaissert and Miss Ann Stuckey were winners of the Virgil prizes, given by the national Latin Honor Society, lor making) all average of 90 or over in Virgil, j The J, P Nichols' S10 prize for | the best editorial was won as fol- j lows. Miss Cheney Walker. $5; Miss! Lulie Latimer $3; and William Ben. nett. $2. The winners for the best i>oen, I Miss were Vivian Miss Beulah Yates Mauney, second; first; j and! Miss Marian Hartshorn, third Miss Eleanor Walker came first! in the si>ort story contest; Harold Bedenba ugh second; and Miss Mar tha Maynard, third. The B. R Blakely $iu prize tor the best one act play was won as follows, Miss Dorothy Maddox, Jo, Miss Sara Hudgins. $3: and Miss' Malissa Patrick. $2. The winners for the short story contest were Miss Marian HarLshom first; Miss Lulie Latimer, second: and Muss Rosalind MilLs third The American Legion Auxiliary prize for the best essay was won by Miss Lulie Latimer with Miss Charlotte Tyus winning second. Miss Mildred Reeves won the award Underwood ever typing won here p‘n. by the a student highest i in the commercial department It was announced that Miss Char Tyus had been presented the U. DC. medal for the best essay on Memorial Day exercises. All boys in Senior class received R. O T C certificates I that Davis was taught the doc trine of "States' Right,” by teachers employed by the Gov ernment. and the lurlh-i iact . that this doctrine was ixipular. North and South, prior to the War Between the States. Davis was not a "Cesessionist." He did all in his power to keep his • own state and the other South ern states in ihe Union. He did ! this, not as a i^iatter ol mental i conviction, but tor the sake of expediency The great Robert E. Lee. who was offered the command of the United States Army, could not and would not take up the •sword against fits own stale of i i Vtrginta. The great Jeflerson Davis, valiant officer in the United States Army. U. S. Con I and Senator gressnmn and for 1 four years Secretary of War In the cabinet ol President Pierce could not and would not take I up the sword against his lath, * er's native South Carolina, his ) own native Kentucky, and the Oeorgla, Louisiana, and Missis slppl. in which the Davises had j lived and which they loved ! Until Jefferson Davis was ; practically knew but little a grown of slavery. inan He he j ] ! did not Jlke the word “slave.'' His negTOes, who were pleased to be known servants,” were taught to be thrifty and aelf-reliant; and they were largely aelf-governed. On the plantation they had their own Judge^jsheriff. Jurymen, and (TURN TO PAGE FOUR; W. J. Seagraves Passes Todav After Extended Illness William Jackson Seagrave;. well known resident of this county, died “L his h ome No 7 Cheatham street, at Experiment this morning Mr Seagraves had been III for the past fourteen months, and only a few days ago dtveloired which caused his death In addition to his widow. Maggie Moore Sen graves, he m by three daughters Mrs h L>. Bethune. Mrs C M Jackson, Miss Katie Seagraves all of merit, three sons. Win j Seagraves, Jr , of Charlotte. N C. Grady Sca graves of Chattanooga. Tenn and Hillman Seagraves of Experiment, Ga Funeral services will be held Ironi the Ml Ollead Baptist church fit Pike comity Wednesday alter noon at 3 o'clock Rev Mr Pow. ell will officiate, Interment will be made in the Seagrave* family ceme tery with Haisten Brothers funeral directors in charge. Queen Of Spellers T i •*< & <t n or' ■ k St: Nik I / j ■m A f£C f %r- » •x' f , , ■'Albumen'' was a 81000 word to smiling 13-year-old Helen Jensen of Council Bluffs, la. She spelled it right in ihe Sixth Annual National Spell ing Bee. held In Washington, and here you see her after she had been awarded the first prize. She represented Des Moines newsaper In the contest. Twenty-four entered the competition. Col. T. J. Purdy Enters Race For Col. T J Purdy prominent, Grif fin attorney this morning announc ed his candidacy for the office representative from Spalding ty. Mr Purdy has made his in Orlffin for a number of and is one of the most populai at. torneys and men in this see Men will oppose William Beck Jr other well-known member of Orlffin bar who recently his candidacy Mr. Purdy In his platform that, he was for lower taxe;., a fied system of public school: Spalding county a system ->i books for the state; and all legis lation that preserves and the best interests of the nvr the people GRIFFIN FIRST •1 I Invest your money, your I talent, your time, your influence in Griffin. NUMBER RACES FOR STATE OFFICES ATLANTA, June 3.~(/P) Prac tically every state office had 4 fat more Ilian its usual quota ol can didates when the lists closed today ut o .on and spirited contests were forecast in many ol them. Five were qualified for the gov ernorship They being, Richard B Russell. Jr., decree H Carswell. Janes A Perry John N Holder and Ed River For Secretary 01 State there were eight qualified entries—J. J Flynt of Griffin; Dr. Talnuidge Bower. Canton. John B Wilson. Monroe; A. H Henslec. Barn^sville; LFwis S. Moore Thoniaavllle. Cnrl H Guess. Stoiie Mountain. J M Ptt mer—Washington artd Nat H Bal lard. Atlanta Others who paid their primary ent rance ices were conipt roller-gen eral—William B Harrison. Atlanta; Homer C Parker, Statesboro: B E Bullard, Atlanta and Edgar Gentry Atlanta For Attorney General—-George N Napier. Decatur Dorscv Davis. Ath ens. For Commissioner of Agriculture J. J, Brown. Baxley Eugene Tal mudge. For Superintendent of Srhools— M I, Duggan. Clayt-on and M D Collins, Falrburn For Pension Commissioner—Johi; J Hunt, Orlffin and R. Lawrence of Marietta For Prison Commission— G. A Johns. Winder and Hill C Tuggle Stone Mountain For Public Service Commission— Calvin W Parker. Waycross: Harry T Knight Valdosta For Commissioner of Commerce and Labor Hal M Stanley. Frazier M. Morgan. Atlanta For Court of Appeals—Judge Nash Broyles. Atlanta and Joe Quillian Winder For Supreme Court -Justice S Price Gilbert, Justice Saiii C At kinson Cobb County and Robert B Blackburn,'Atlanta For Treasurer—L. E Patillo Bu ford and William J Speer Chester Byars Withdraws From Senate Race Col Chester A. Byars, protnin (nt Griffin lawyer who several days ago announced his candidacy lor tiie slate senate, th's mofTUng signified his intention of with drawing from the race. i Col. Bvars stated that tie be lieved that he eould best serve a ■himself, his family, and his ■ j friends by withdrawing at this time. —— _ Scout Camp Opens ,,1 ' s Morning Large Attendance Camp Hamit local Bov —Scout camp opened thus morning wtth fifty local scouts m attendance Scout Executive Josh Moulder is In charge ol the camp h ssisted by camp leaders Camp will last lor two weeks with H routine program arranged for Pac h day. Parents and friends are invited Lo attend the camp and inspect it. Malke : Dry Officers 5,912 Arrests \nd Destroy 2,074 Stills WASHINGTON June 3.—(/Pi-— Prohibition Comnilsioner Doran aiuiaunced today that 2.074 at ills had been seized by bureau agents in April, as eonnwred with I, 948 in March. Established 1872 CLOSECONTEST SEEN IN RACE FOR SENATE ATLANTA. June 2.—lAP) — ■John Marshall Slaton, former governor of Georgia, today qual Iflfd a* a candidate for thr United States senate In the democratic primary to oppoar I’. S. Senator William J. Har rls. His entrance lee was brought in by Thomas W. Hardwick, former governor and once Uni ted States senator from Geor gta. i'olitical observers said Mr. Slaton's entrance into the race assured a lively campaign. He was a governor of Geor gia during Ihe trial of convic tion and lynching of I.eo Frank. After Frank was convicted and sentenced to die on charge of assulting and murdering Mary Fagan. Gov. Slaton commuted his sentence to life imprisonment. Feeling in some quarters against the Governor was In tense and he stationed guard men around thr mansion. Eater Frank was taken from the pen at Miliedgeville and lynched near Marietta. The rare brings two of the states best known families into political opposition. Sen. Harris is the son of Chaires II. Harris of Cedartown. His wife is the daughter of the famous General Joe Wheeler, Confederate Cal very leader. Sir. Slaton was born In Meri wether county on Christmas Day 1866. He served in the low er house of legislature from 1896 until 1909 when he was elected State senator. When president of the senate he was made act ing governor with the resigna tion in 1912 of Governor Hoke Smith. He thru was elected to that office. Attempt Made Upon Life Of Wealthy Widow CHICAGO. June 3.— 1 / Pi—An »t tempt was made early today upon the fife of Mrs Lottie Brenner Dechow, the wealthy and elderly woman who recently .divorced the young self-styled "Count Von Bou low.' ’ The gunman fired two shot*, through her bedroom window. The .bullets pierced the coverlet of her bed. Which she had just left to go to the room cf her sister. Seeking a motive, officers in quired concerning her leellnga to ward tier divorced husband. She said she and Deeiioii were now on friendly terms. A'ft f. Court n . r hnds j Session Monday i City court adjourned its June ses. j, «ion on Monday afternoon. Judge Arthur Maddox presided over the court. ’ Cases tried during the session yes terdav afternoon were: Eh Johnson charged with selling * cigarettes without tax, not guilty. * , K M Blakely charged with pci sts-uig liquor,, not guilty. Cleve Congo charged with assault and battery, not guilty. James Pettigrew charged with lar cenev plea, given 6 months or > 40 . T J Williams charged with hav ing liquor plea given K> month* or $G0 1 Johnny Moore charged with as sault and battery, not guilty. The Weather ’ I Fair tonight, Wednesday partly dowily.