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Invest your money, your
talent your time, your
Influence in Griffin.
ember of Associated Press
NCLE SAM TO SPEND $1,750,000,000 ON ROAD $
Good
VENIN
—By Quimby Melt
Now let’s scold a little.
Griffin has not had a state
,5 house officer, except Judge Pat
terson on the prison board, nor
a congressman in lo these
many years.
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fin people have failed to get
squarely behind any candidate
from this city and county.
Now we have an excellent
chance to elect two of our citi
zens to state house offices—
Judge Hunt to prison commis
sioner and Judge Flynt to see
cretary of state.
Let’s get busy and put these
two excellent gentlemen over.
Let’s see them elected.
Judge Hunt as state comman
der of the United Confederate
Veterans should win easily if
we will back him.
Judge Flynt, because of his
long service to his state, should
be an easy winner for the of
fice he seeks.
Let’s forget all other races
and see that these two men are
elected.
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And here’s a letter that scolds
too. We reproduce It:
‘‘■I notice that you like to tell
the cock-eyed world what a
great place Griffin is every now
and then So please tell me
and the rest of the cock-eyed
world why Griffin has not got
free mail delivery all over the
city. I have been here only a
year or so and I was and st Jl
am surprised to know that this
is true Whose fault is it,
Uncle Sams’ or Griffin's? Knock
on It in your column and see
if you can do an y good It is
a nuisance to a person who get.-,
mail every day or so and has tc
call at general delivery for it."
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Griffin banks today are pub
lishing notice that beginning
next Wednesday they will close
at 2 p. m. every day Instead of
3 p. m This is done to make
it possible for bank employes to
finish their work by 6 o’clock
in the afternoon, Man y peo
pie think that when a bank
closes its doors the work of
the day Is over, They forget
that book-keeping entries cannot
be made until the -bank hps
closed, that cash must be bal
anced and all that, Very ot
ton bank employes are at the
bank until well after supper.
In larger cities they close at
2 o’clock, And Griffin Is cer
tainly large enough to adopt
city banking hours.
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The Chamber of Commerce,
city officials, and THE NEW'S
continue to get letters from pei -
sons here last Wednesday con
gratulating Griffin on the splen
did celebration, Griffin was
certainly in the limelight and
got a world of favorable publi
city.
Whlle the larger city papers
were very kind In the publicity
they gave us. still we must not
overlook the fact that the week
ly papers of the state, especial
ly those In this Immediate ter
ritory also gave us many col
umns of news on the event. We
are grateful to them as well as
to the Atlanta and Macon pa
pers.
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The municipal swimming pool
will be the mecca for thousands
on Sunday. It will open at 2:30
in the afternoon and remain
open until 10 o'clock that night.
That will give everyone a chance
to go swimming.
If you haven't taken a dip
there yet, try it out Sunday.
We went in the other day and
there Is no finer pool in the
4tate.
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And let us say again that
Griffin next’s civic Improvement
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Five Killed By New Heat Wave
Hot Weather
Again Grips
Entire Country
From the crowd filled surf of
the Atlantic sea board to the
Rocky mountains the United
States suffered today under a
blanket of heat and in east
stewed in oppressive humidity.
The weather bureau promised
genera! relief within a day or .
two with cloudiness and show
ers.
Five deaths and several pros
trations were reported today as
the result of the sweltering heat
which swept over Ohio yester
day.
WITHERING HEAT
CHICAGO, July 19.— (AP) —
A withering heat fastened It
self upon America today.
From Great Lakes to Gulf and
from ocean to ocean the con
tinent cooked. Three figure
temperature readings were com
mon. Ninety degrees or better
were recorded in virtually every
section.
On the basis of official gov
ernment figures the average high
temperature for the United
States yesterday was 90.5.
DIXIE IS “HOT i •
ATLANTA, July 19.—UP)—The
south was sunny and hot again ttfc-,
day and most of the states had tem
peratures in the high 90s after sev
eral days of comfortable weather.
The western and central belt was
officially "warm", which means
about 95 degrees, but temperatures
in the eastern districts were more
moderate.
Georgia was fairly comfortable
with an average of 86.-'""’
LET CONTRACT FOR
COUNTY SCHOOLS
The County School board has let
a contract to Robert Wheaton and
Sons on four consolidated schools.
The bid was approximately $38,000
Two five-room schools and two
four-room schools will oe built.
The larger schools will be located at
Sunnyslde and Vineyard and the
two four-room schools at Vaughn
and Midway.
Work will start immediately and
the new schools be ready by fall.
Man Cheats Gallows
By Killing Self
SAN QUENTIN. Calif., July IP —
(A*)—William "Red” O’Brian, Oak
land bank robber and slayer, sen
tenced to hang next Friday, cheated
the gallows today by committing
suicide in hig cell In the condemned
row.
The warden believed poison had
been smuggled into cell.
Rushton Loses 12
Inning Game To
Covington Team
The Rushton Mill baseball team
lost a 12-lnnlng game to the Cov
ington team yesterday The game
was played on the Rushton Mill
diamond before a large crowd of
fans.
The feature of the game for the
locals was the pitching of Baxter
who went the entire 12 Innings.
Murphy caught*. W, H, Hand is
manager of the local team.
should be an auditorium-armory.
How long will it take us to get
that? Not long if everyone who
agrees with us as to the need
will get busy and help put It
GRIFFIN, GA., SATURDAY, JULY 19 1930
New Lions'
President
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EARLE W. HODGES
New York City, newly elected presi
dent of the International Associa
tion of Lions Clubs.
DENVER. July 18.—Earle W.
Hodges of New York City, head of
the Department of Public Relations
for Henry L. Doherty and the Cities
Service Company interests, was this
afternoon elected president of the
International Association of Lions
Clubs, a service organization of
more than 2200 clubs and 80,000
members all over the United States
and Canada.
|| odg^_wafi first vice- presi
dent of the Lions in 1929-30, and
now succeeds Ray L. Rxiet. who is
comptroller of the State of Cali
fornia. •
Farm boy, printer’s devil, printing
office foreman, newspaper owner
antj publisher, state printing clerk,
deputy State Auditor, Secretary ot
State of Arkajisas, director of pub
lic utilities for his state, and finally
of public relations for the
great Henry L. Doherty interests—
that is Earle W Hodges, the new
president of Lions International.
He is one of the best known pub
lic speakers in the country, and has
visited and delivered addresses many
times in every state of the Union.
Company Will
Pay Off Monday
The Natural Gas Company pipe
construction crews will paid off
Monday. The payroll will total
well over $25,000 it is reported
Killed In
Crossing Wreck
SWAINTON, N. J., July 19.—UP)
Samuel Llbley, a farmer, his 8-year
old son. Alexander, and hl s 3-year
old daughter, Esther, were killed
last night > when their automobile
was struck by a Pennsylvania rail
road express train at Swain’s Cross
lng.
Queen Helen And
King Carol Attend
Ceremony Together
BUCHAREST, Roumenla July 19
—UP)—Queen Helen acocmpanied
King Carol today to the requiem
memorial services for the late King
Ferdinand, their first Journey to
day, which the public regarded as
an Indication of their imminent re
concile tlon.
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Fair tonight and Sunday.
Mrs. Grover McKlbben, who is
living near Jackson now, spent
Saturday mingling with friend* here
and shopping.
Policeman Kills
Man Who Tries
To Kill Girl
CHICAGO. July 19.—UP)—John
H. Roemer. wealthy club man and
well-known corporation lawyer, wa?
shot and probably fatally wounded
early today by a policemun in a
busy up town section.
Roemer was holding a pistol
against the head of a 17-year-old
girl when Officer Edward Strar.g
berg ranup, deflecting the aim just
as the 60-year-old attorney pulled
the trigger. Roemer then turned
the gun toward the policeman, who
opened fire.
"I don’t know why I tried to kill
her. I had never seen her before,"
police quoted Roemer as saying at
the hospital. "I had been drinking.
I didn’t know what I was doing.’’
Judge Hunt Opens
Campaign Before
Griffin Friends
Judge J. J. Hunt, prominent
Griffin attorney who is president cf
the United Confederate
of Georgia, opened his campaign
for pension commisisoner before
audience of Griffin friends last
night,
JUDGE HUNT SPEAKS
Judge Hunt in making his ad
dress stated:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:—
Having lived most of my years in
Griffin and Spalding county and
received at your hands so many
evidences of loving kindness, this
is an opportune and benefiting
occasion for me to express my
heartfelt gratitude and love for
all of you. An old man I am, but
my heart is warm and full of
abiding affection for my friends.
I cannot express just how I feel
for words fail me.
At my time of life men crave
quietude and rest. I never expect
ed it would be possible that I
should take on the task 'a most
trying one it is) of being a candi
date for a State office. Conditions
have sprung up recently in the po
litical affairs of Georgia which
affect the welfare o fthe few liv
ing Confederate veterans that 1,
their chosen commander, am con
strained by sense of duty to re.
spond to their call, and to the
call of all clasess of the peoule
of Georgia who love justice and
who are Indignant and resentful
because of the nullification of a
law which brought relief and
which -removed the abuses of an
old law cruelly administered—worse
wickedly manipulated. causing
grlevious suffering to old and
feeble veterans in their declining
years and last illness—postponing
the payment of pensions due and
payable until after the old men
and thetr widows died. It is a sad
story, shameful in Its details, which
I forbear to *relate. It called for
a remedy. Was there relief for
this? Yes.
Increased Pension.
The last session of the General
Assembly, be It said to their hon
or and fidelity, responded to duty,
and passed a statute of relief—
and It is the only pension law in
existence. That body of lawmakers
Increased the annual pension to
$360.00 a year, and, in order to
avoid and cure the evil of the old
law, expressly stipulated that In
future pensioners should be paid
In monthly Installments and on
the first day of each month, there
bv insuring no delay. If paid on
the first day of each month the
pensioner would receive hi* pen
sion In hls lifetime. This cured
the evil of the old law, which de
layed payments of accrued
sions until the pensioner died.
And it went further and guarded
against neglect, left no opportunity
for excuses that there ^as no
money on hand, providing In ex
press terms that this should be a
prefered debt, and if there was
sufficient funds In the treasury
pay this Installment when It
Came due, on the first of each
month, no other obligation*
be paid until this Installment
first satisfied.
This act became operative
uary 1. 1930. in was then that
lew came into effect, and is
only law providing the amount and
piecise time for payment of pen
«lons. The old law alloyed a mea
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Probably she worft get a chance
to appear like this in the
court room. But graceful Faith
Bacon wanted the cameramen
to bear witness to the fact
that she wears clothes—such
as they are—behind thosp
fans which she carried onto
the stage in Earl Carroll’s
"Vanities." Faith’s dance was
one of the reasons why the
show was raided by New York
police and why Carroll and
nine members of the cast were
charged with presenting an in
decent performance. She was
accused of having on only her
birthday suit.
Man Confesses
Killing His Aunt
NEW HAVEN, Conn.. July 19.—
OP)—Bernard Thompson, 26, ar
rested here today, confessed to the
slaying last week of his aunt, Mrs.
Eda Thompson Wright, a private
detective, in her Saugas. Mass.,
home.
Thompson signed a statement ad
mitting striking his aunt over the
head with a black-jack Tuesday
night after they had been drinking
heavily. He said his aunt had made
uncomplimentary remarks about his
mother.
Two Negroes Hurt
In Auto Wreck
George Colman and Jessie Early,
both colored employees, of the Na
tural Oa 8 Line Company here were
painfully Injured this morning when
a truck on which they were riding
was side swiped
A large unidentified truck pass
ed the Oat truck on the Atlanta
highway, side swiping the Gas truck
and knocking the negroes off.
Both the tnjurled men are at the
Griffin Hospital where their condi
tions are reported vary serious.
70 Known Dead
Many Missing
After Jap Storm
TOKIO, July 19.—(AP)—In
complete reports from typhoon
stricken Kysu today listed 70
known dead, More than a
hundred missing, with 737 in -
juried, 4,200 houses destroyed
and more than 13,000 homes
damaged.
Hundreds of boats were sunk
or missing in storm which struck
yesterday, The wind at one
time reaching a velocity of 112
miles an hour.
14 Year Old Boy
Confesses That
He Killed Mother
HOLSTEIN, Pa., July 19.—UP)—
Lester Moor, 14. confessed to the
county attorney last night that he
knocked his mother unconscious
with a brick dragged her into kit
chen of their home and shot her
to death with a rifle and shot gun.
The youth said he had quarreled
with his mother, Mrs. Ous Moor,
35, Thursday afternoon over some
work she wanted him to do.
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Man Found Guilty
Of Killing Wife
LOS ANGELES, July 19 —UP)—
William Burkhart, 22, book-keeper,
was convicted of murder last n ght
by a superior court Jury which rec
ommended that he har<g for the
shooting of hts wife. Aim McKnigh:
Burkhart, aertess. March 24
Congress Passed
927 New Laws
WASHINGTON, July 19— (fi%—
A total of 927 laws was inacted tn
the first two sessions of the seven
tieth-first congress out of 19, 284
measures introduced.
Only seven measures met with the
disapproval of President Hoover who
vetoed four by message and three
by failing to sign them after Con
gress adjourned.
City Banks Will
Close Daily at 2
Beginning next Wednesday ail
Griffin banks will close daily at 2
o’clock Instead of 3 o'clock as be
fore, This is done so that em
ployes may finish up routing cleri
cal work by 6 o’clock
At present It 1* often 7 or 8 o’
clock before the bookkeeping and
filing work has been completed.
Banks in other cities close at 2
o'clock and have found that It works
to the Interest both of the bank
and thetr customer*.
Under the new closing .schedule
all officers and employe* will cut
down thetr noon dinner hour and
will be at the bank from opening to
closing, it wa* announced by the
president of the Clearing House this
morning
Reporter Says Story
About Capone O. K.
8T. LOUIS, July 19—UP>—Harry
T. Brundlge, St. Louis newspaper
reporter, said here today that his
copyrighted Interview with “Scar
face" A1 Capone, published yester
day and denied last night by Ca
pone “wat correct as publish."
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GRIFFIN FIRST
Invest r t
talent your time, your
influene in Griffin.
BIG PROGRAM
PUSHED TO
AID BUSINESS
WASHINGTON, July 19. —
• API— The nation will spend for
highway construction an esti
mated average of nearly $80 for
every motor car registered.
Pushed ahead to offset busi
ness depression road building
was estimated by one of Presi
dent Hoover’s fact Anding-Com
mittes to be on its way to a re
cord expenditure of $1,750,009,
000 .
ALL .STATES TO SHARK
ATLANTA. July 19.—UP)— 6ie AU
stales in the union will share in
$1,750,000,000 paving program of the
federal government. Georgia will
get several millions In federal aid
for project* now underway and to
be started before the end of sum
mer. One of the routes that la
expected to be paved In Oeorgia
with federal aid thig year le Route
Three from North Georgia to Flori
da through Griffin, Amerlcua, AN
bany and Thomasvllle.
ROUTE THREE PAVING
Paving of Route 3 between the
Spalding County Une and Zebulon
will begin next week, Grading is
now underway and the actual pav
ing will start as quickly as possible.
Machinery is on the ground ready
to start work This paving will
connect Griffin with the county site
of Pike.
It is stated that paving from
north of Thomaston to the Pike
Upson Une will start' s&ETISiHitat
the hH.nv.ay between Zebulon and
the Upson-Ptke line will be relocat
ed and paved before the first o/ tha
year.
Alleged Slayer
Of Reporter Is
Caught In Chicago
CHICAGO. July 19 —Up)—Thoma*
Abbott. who has been secretly
sought the actual slayer of Al
fred Jake Lingle. was captured ear
ly today In a spectacular chase in
which hundreds lined the streets
cheering.
Abbott, driving the same type of
automobile used in the recent at
tempted assassination of Jack Zuta,
led a police flivver squad a ten-mile
chase before he was caught at the
door of hi s apartment.
Hundreds of persons recognizing
the machines by their speed and
constant re-appearance lined the
streets and cheered.
Zebulon To Hold
Big Celebration
ZEBULON. July 19 —Zebulon Will
hold a big celebration next Friday
at which citizens of Pike and oth
er middle Oeorgia counties will be
entertained with a big barbecue. The
barbecue lg being sponsored by the
Methodist church.
Many candidate* for office have
been invited to speak during the
barbecue
Cotton Report ]
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
Open High Low Close Close
Jan. 13.52 13 >< 13.51 13.52 13.42
Mth 13.76 13.78 13.66 13.71 13.61
May 1394 13.87 13.77
Jul 12 96 12.99 12 90 12.94 12.8S
Oct 13.30 13 33 11.24 13.29 13.19
Dec 13 47 13AO IJ.41 13 47 13 39
NEW YORR COTTON
Open High Lew Close pies
Jan 13.68 13.78 13.88 U.78 13.80
Mch 13.70 13.75 13.65 13.73 13,60
» May 13.88 13.91 13.85 13.91 13.78
Jul. 13.28 13 43 13.38 13.43 13.18
Oct. 13.46 1JA8 13.46 1338 11.40
13 83 13.74 1344 13.74 ULM
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Because 14-year-old Harry
Woolsey “hates girls just like
cats" he Rtabbed to death—by
his own confession—attractive
Anna Miller, above, who was
a nurse in the home of hls
wealthy parents at Ridgewood.
N. J. The boy is held In
Jail at Morristown. N. J,.
charged with murder. He led
state troopers to a spot in the
mountains where, he admitted,
he killed Miss Miller with a
hunting knife and threw her
body over a cliff. _
Barnesville Will
Entertain Press
Association Meet
BARNESVILLE, July 19—The
Georgia Press Association will hold
its annual meeting here beginning
Monday. All sessions will be held
in the auditorium of the Georgia
Industrial College.
After 3 days session here the edi
tors will go to Savannah and Bruns
wick for the annual outing.
Editor B. H Hardy, of the News
Gazette, will be official host to the
meeting.
Thomaston will Join tn entertain
ing the visitors with a barbecue
given by the Kiwanis club on Tues
day t
York Mayor
To “Clean House n
NEW YORK, July 19. - f/P)— A
"house cleaning" of his administra
tion ha s been ordered by Mayor
Jarne* J. Walker The mayor’s ac
tlon followed wide-spread investi
gations by federal and county at
torneys Into alleged Irregulatlor. tn
the board of standards and appeals
in the granting of garage permit.i.
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