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Invest Your Money
Your Talent, Your Time,
Your Influence In Griffin.
Member Of The Associated Press
E By VEN GOOD I N
Quimby Melton
Next Tuesday the voters of
Griffin got to the polls again to
select a city commissioner. Er
nest F. Carlisle, Jr„ and J. W.
Low, being the two highest
candidates in the first race must
run again. Neither Carlisle, who
received 577 votes ,nor LoW, who
received 395, in the first race
got a majorty of the 1486
votes that were counted. The
total number of votes cast was
1520 but 34 were thrown out be
cause they were improperly
marked.
Indications are that the vote
next Tuesday will be even hea
vier than the one last Tuesday.
I riends of both candidates are
working hard to get out all the
voters they can. It is very pro
bable that the total this time
will pass the 2,000 mark, Per
sonally Good Evening hoges it
will soar above the 3,000 mark,
for if that number of votes is
cast it will indicate an increas
ing interest in city govern
ment, which is something to be
desired.
Both Carlisle and Low are
good men, good citizens, pro
perty owners who have a very
sinecere interest in Griffin.
Both would like to see Griffin
grow, develop and prosper. Both
are interested In all sections of
the city.
Either one would make a good
commissioner.
Take your choice. Vote for
the one you believe is best fit
ted to sejve as city commission
er.
But when the polls close at 6
o’clock next Tuesday don’t let
It be said that you did not
have enough interest in city af
fairs to cast your tote.
The right to vote ones honest
convictions is the bed rock of
our democratic form of govern
ment. America is practically
the only nation on the globe
where every citizen may register
and then cast his or her vote
as they see fit. There is no dic
tator in American and no dic
tator in Griffin who tells any
one “how to vote.”
And America is one of the
few nations in the world where
each voter's ballot counts as
much as the ballot of any other
voter.
Exercise your right to vote
r»ext Tuesday.
Vote for the man of your
choice—BUT VOTE.
Tayfor Street Is
Favorite Spot For
Accidents In Griffi n
Chief Joe Burson has prepared a
large scale map of Griffin that
shows where every automobile ac
cident has happened and gives a
complete picture of the traffic situ
ation here
The map hangs on the wall at
police headquarters. Red map pins
show the location of accidents where
were loe: blue where peo
pie were Injured and white pins
where there was only property dam
age.
There has been but one accident
In which lives were lost this year;
In that one. three persons were
killed. There have been 24 accidents
in which people were hurt and
twice that number in which only
property damage was done.
According to the Burson map the
places wh"re one is most likely to
havp an accident all lie within the
fire limits of Griffin. Taylor
Street—Highway 41 leads the list of
.. fT . rtd e nt .pot en t ial-streets:—The ’1n
tersoefion of Eighth and Broad, in
front, of the depot, Is another “hot
spot.”
Ffghth street,, where it
Fiolo men, Taylor and Poplar,
seems to be n favorite spot for
cidents.
Kain which had poured down all
j ni 8 ht stopped in time for the game
! but heavy fog settled down making
visibility almost zero the first half.
A few hundred faithful Spalding
tans and a large contingent from
j-aGrange huddled in the stands
and saw one of the muddiest games
I ever played in Griffin.
The game Wolfpack fought hard
all the way, but the heavy Grangers
and the wet ground proved too
much for Spalding. Had the Wolf
pack had lessons in swimimng the
outcome might have been different.
LaGrange scored in every quarter
except the last.
The Grangers received the kick
" ff a nd din’t give up the ball until
Herman Howard scored on a beau
tiful—beautiful to LaGrange fans,
that is—35-vard run. Billy Sharp
bucked the line for the point and
nie score was LaGrange 7, Spalding
*. When he bucked the point he
slid through a puddle of water and
it looked for a few minutes as if
lifeguards would have to dive in
and drag him "out.
Later in the quarter Sharp scored
a touchdown from the one and a
half and Howard bucked the point.
Tne score was 14 to 0 when the
ouarter ended .
In the second quarter Howard
scored from the five and the line
buck for the extra point was no
good. The score was LaGrange 20,
■Spalding 0.
Bllly Hester made a beautiful 20
yard vnrd run rim in in th» the ,i, third f ,, period . , down, ,
to Spalding’s four and Howard car- |
lied the ball over. The line buck ;
was no good and 'the score was 26
to 0.
Later in the third Sharp scored
“.gain, this time on a beautiful run 1
rom the 38. The line buck was no
good and the score was LaGrange | 1
pifasf wfTRu to sixi
Carolina Textile
Workers Receive
Increased Wages
CHARLOTTE, N, C. 0 P1 Pay
raises were announced Friday for
thousands cf textile workers in the
Caroiinas. 1
In most cases It was indicated
the increases would be about nine
"preent. in keeping with the pattern
•et early in the week when the Dan
River Mills of Danville, Va., agreed
to that amount for its 11,000 em
nlo :tUer negotiations with the.
ci extile Work Union of A
•n'>rica. The revisions will go into
°ff»ct this weekend.
Funeral Sunday
For Mr. Vickery
_ Funeral „ , services . will be held Sun- _
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day , afternoon ,, at the ,, Second , „ Bap
,. t’t . Church for Mr. William Clvde ,
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Vlckery ... , who , died Thursday as the
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will be conducted by the Rev* C. B.
Bullard nt 3 o'clock. Burial will be
in Oak Hill ce metery with Hai.sten
TTrofTiers in charge of
in addition to the survivors who
were listed in Friday's Nows.
Vickerv is survived by another bro
'her. R. G. Vickerv of Griffin.
The Weather ...
FORFCA8T FOR GEOR
C*»:—Mr and cooler today.
F?'- tent 'M, and t’-atnriav.
f-V’d'o- triiif-ht- frost in no. Ih
t nortfnn a id fi'S’'
fre—ing i,«*mpertaure' in mrfh
rn-thr SU~hUy warmer Sun
day afternoon.
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range
i* Barbs . .
Uncle Sam figures there are
around 100,000,000 rats in the U. S.
:
! j eating grain—and that doesn’t in
elude the two-legged kind who also
waste our food. r
Government scientists have de
velo P ed a new coating that protects
furniture from burning cigarets.
I That will do away with the argu-
Wolfpack Plays
Cn Drenched Field
Against Grangers
BY QUIMBY MELTON JR.
A much heavier LaGrange team
defeated Spalding’s Wolfpack 32 to
! 0 on Flynt Field which locked more
like a lake than a gridiron Friday
night.
Milk Board To Hold
Hearing On
Price Of Milk Here
A public hearing will be held
here by the State chatm? Milk Control
Board to consider • r changing the
minimum price of milk in this area,
W. B. Hyde, secretary and director
of the board, announced today.
The hearing will be held Nov. 19
at the Court House and will begin
at 2 o’clock. Hyde invited all per
sons to attend and present relevant
testimony. 1
The board will consider changing
its order which was put into effect
Sept. 23, 1946, establishing the
minimum milk price for the Grif
fin milk-shed. A retail price of 20
cents per quart was set by the I 9 tr,
order.
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Mr. S. D. Green
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Mr. Slvvester D. Green, 53. 553
West Quilley street, died Friday
Friday afternoon at the Strickland
Memorial Hospital after an illness
of two days. Mr. Green suffered a
cerebral hemorrhage.
Funeral services will be held Sun
day at 2 P M at Haisten’s Chapel
with the Rev. J. C. Duke officiat
in£r ’ Burial wil1 be in 08,1 Hlu cem '
etery. J 1 1 1 i
Mr - Green is survived by his wife,
Mrs - Zola Sanders Green; two
sons - Dowey J - Green and James D -
Green, both of Griffin: a daughter 1
Mrs. Clara Hancock. Griffin: two i
brothers, William Green and Hi
ram J. Green, both of Valdosta:
three sisters, Mrs. Essie Wilder, j
Moultrie, Mrs. Jessie Ball, Hahira
and Mrs, Effie Woodcock, Orlando, j
Fla.
Pallbearers will be: E. O. Taylor; I
Cecil Bozeman, Willie Mac Mullins,
George Pierce, Guy Daniel and
Roswell Davis.
Rebuked Lover Kills
Woman's Husband,
Father, Kidnaps Her
ROCKFORD, ILL. 0P1—A voting
farmer, disappointed in his attent- ;
i ops to another man’s wife, killed 1
her hutthand and father Friday !
night and forced her to aerompanv
on'his flight of fW) miles
over northern Illinois highways. i
At her first opportunity, dark- 1
Hai’-ed Ksthv Anderson. 26-venr-old
mother of three children, seized the
0 M 0 I with which Glenn Marsh, 28,
I shot dowp her husband and father,
.and lumped from his automobile.
Marsh made no attempt to con
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1 tinup the .. abduction ^ and , sued . off, „
He TI and . his tl automobile, . ... the win
dows , smashed . , , in n violent . , , struggle .
during the 100-mile ride with his
attractive captive, were the objects
of wldpspread po , ice bunt tod>lv
Dcad (n thp RhootlnR werP lhe
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np)(fhbor farmpr of Mnrsh and hpr
fathpr Grf , nt Muhr]( . lni 52 , pf
Northport , Mlrh .
Mf<Jc SCHOOL scott ATTENDING |
ON SCHOLARSHIP ■
Mamie Lee (
Scott, Griffin, Is one j
“f 33 Georgia high school honor
nidents attending the University j
under cne-ve/»r scholarships award
• d them hy the Board of Regents
the University System (
of Georgta. |
’•bpse scholarships are awarded to
honor rtudents of accredited high
schools throughout the state.
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Conference Here
Community Chsst
Pssscs $25,227
The Community Chest campaign
went to $25,227 today with pros
pects that the total goal of $28,-
800 would be reached not later than
, Tuesday At least is*the
noon. that
date Community Chest workers
have set to try and wind up the
Late Friday afternoon otner con
tributions from the s-hool child
ren of the county were turned in
h ., ( ( i_„ ' .. es . ciimes , and quarters
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lave Ilot yet boen counted.
s d p ' er June who has been so
llcitlrw Pledges to make their re
,orts Monday so the campaign can
be successfully completed.”
An Editorial—
The Individual I !
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Still Can Fight | j
For World Peace
Nearly every day the Griffin Daily News carries a front page story
entitled The Fight for Peace The story Usually is a consolidation of
several which this newspaper receives from its wire services. They
are consolidated because they dovetail together and vividly show
that the world indeed is fighting for peace. They are'Vunbilled be
cause when they are published s<-parately often they do not, on the
surface of things, tic in. Actually they do.
There is no doubt that the world is fighting for peace and there
is no doubt that the fight is hair-hearted, While the world Is**not
on the brink of war as some would have us think. there is every
possibility that the fight will be lost, If the fight is lofct there will
be war and if there is war there will be chaos.
One of the discouraging things in the fight for pence is the nttilude
do anything to avert war ”
of the individual who says, 'What can I do? One man or woman
.
can't do anything to avert war.”
The fallacy is, obvious.
Bor one America still ts blessed with a representative form
of government in which the individual selects his leaders. Tf the
- wrong leaders are selected, it is the fault of the maioritv of Uie ln- ,
' -^I^^^SBd- of^ie TnciivHuaK did not trouble to east their
ballots.
There are mnny other things that (he individual run do.
He can save food to feed the hungry nations of Europe so that
they will not fal^under the iron heel of communism.
i He can stop clamouring for reducing foreign aid so that his taxes
| will be lowered.
■ He can produce goods to feed and clothe a hungry world.
' He ran insist, that his lenders work for peace and If they do not
| meet the high standards required of America’s leaders today he
can see that new leaders who do take their places.
He can think peace Instead of war and he can refuse to be alarm
ed over the blaring headlines and lond-mouthed "commentators”
who seem determined to throw us into war.
And he can pray, fervently, for peace. Tliere still is a God In
heaven and He still hears prayers from Griffin and I/mdo* and
Moscow. And He still hears the average man as well as the presi
dents and kings and commissars.
-QUIMBY MELTON, JR.
Sistor Of Griff«ni*e
Dies In New YnrV
Mrs. Robert L. Glenn. Orlando.
pja., dled ln New York fts ihp
result of injuries received in an
automobile accident. Mrs. Glenn is
the sister of Mrs. J. P. Shivers,
Griffin, and Mrs. Oscar Davis.
Bradenton. Fla. Mrs. Davis is form
erlv of Griffin. Services for Mrs.
Olenn \ ill be held ln Columbus
Monday.
GRIFFIN, GA., SATURDAY, NOV. 8, 1947.
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SWIZZLESTICK” CAPTURES STRATOSPHERE TROPHY—Lieu
tenant Geipnel Charles A. Symroskf of the United States Army team,
" Swizzlestick ’" clears in the
a International Military
^ 6Vent ^ ^ Stratos P he * e trophy at the 64th National
Horse Show in New York —NEA Telephoto
Seven officials of the Knox Glass
Co. flew to Griffin from’ Jackson,
Miss.. Friday afternoon and con
ferred with Chamber of Commerce
4nJ Utility companies officials for
three hours before returning to
! Jackson
1 Tire conference concerned rates
for a proposed glass plant h ere
which the Knox company and local
officials have discussed for two and
a half years.
Tlie seven Knox officials arc C.
R. Underwood, vice president and
general manager, E. F. Underwood, |
J- H. Underwood, J, H Nogar,
general superintendent, H. L. Rob- !
inson, chief engineer, J. A, Huth
and A 'len Varner. ;
They new to Griffin in a private J
eight-passenger I
plane and landed 1
at the local airport at 4:30.
Food Group Calls Off
Chickenless Thursday
To Try Out New Program
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School Diploma
Delayed 39 Years
BOISE. Idaho fU.Rt—It took
30 years, but Adamir Lecoultre
finally got his high school di
ploma.
He quit school to join the
army in 1917 and didn’t go
back. But he always wanted a
diploma.
Recently he took a general
educational development test
given by the Veterans Admin
istration and passed with high
marks.
Now he has his diploma, sig
ned and certified by the State
Education Department.
Congress Leaders
Urge Single Agency
For European Aid
The Fiqiht For Peace
WASHINGTON ■t/P)— Congress
ional leaders who will tackle the
foreign aid problem at the Nov, 17
pedal session studied today a re
commendation that the whole job
be handed over to a single new gov
ernment •orporat.ion.
The suggestion came from a 19
man special House Foreign Econo
mic Committee which toured Eu
rope last summer for the back
ground to workout the broad ploi
'es of the stop-communism in-Eu
rope program.
The committee said the new a
eency should sift all requests for
help in western Europe, bass the
purchase of materials in this coun
try, wield any controls necessary I
to protect the economy of the U- I
nited States and make sure “that
the aid reaches those for whom
it is intended.”
The committee's rccommenda
itons were expected to carry heavy
weight, since the group was formed ,
at the Insistence of Republican
leaders who wanted Congress to ob
tain its own information to consi-
(ler along with the administration's '
Marshall Plan and stop-gap aid
proposals.
They were made public late Fri
day by Vice'-Chairman Herter <R
Mast) in the form of an informal
interim report r
Other developments in the light j
for peace:
LONDON—The Big Four deputy 1
foreign ministers bumped Into new j
and old disagreements today over j
the German peace treaty and an 1
official American observer report- 1
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' WASHINGTON Secretary of
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Textile Employes
In Augusta Receive
Nine Pet. Pay Hike
AUGUSTA. Ga..«'i.,A nine
cent wage increase adding about
$?7 fino a w*'ek to the wages of soni"
9 000 employes of 12 textile mills in
this area will go into effect Mon
riiv:
Fight plants In the nearby Horse
Creek Valley over the .South Caro
lina line and four in. Augusta will
Join other Southern mills which
already have announced a similar
wage raise.
The plants are the Granitevllle
Manufacturing Company Mills at
Granitevi'le, Warrenville,
( he Hiekmnn Mill, the Gregg
RDnt,' the Sibley and Enterprist
Mills. Clearwater Fhtlshin" Plan'
Blanche Mill, King Mill, the
and Seminole Mills.
New Program Urges
Americans To Eat
Even More Poultry
WASHINGTON —f/T»)— Victorious
ooultry men hailed the ' end of
poltryless Thursday today with a
fall for the public to eat more in
stead of fewer chickens.
Pledged to save 36,000.000 bushels
of grian by reducing the size of
their flocks, the growers faced the
problem of peddling 136,000,000
birds between now and Jan. 1 in
the face of huge cold storage sup
blies already on hand.
In a joint statement with Secre
tary, of Agriculture Anderson, the
Citizens Food Committee headed by
Charles Luckman Friday night call
ed an immediate “moratorium" on
the poultryless days while retaining
he Thursday ban on eggs.
In Los Angeles for ceremonies at
ending the start of a transcontin
ental "friendship train" with food
stuffs for overseas. Luckman said'
“This committee has been under
tremendous pressure for several
weeks to remove the ban On poul
tryiess Thursday, but no agreement
was reached until the poultry in
came tip with a definite pro
gram showing where 56.000,000 bu
shels of grain could be saved."
The commlttoe referred to its
action as a suspension "while the
new program is given a chance,” but
the betting around Washington war
'hat poultryless Thursday was as
dead as a cold storage duck.
The poultry Industry, in its sub
■titute program, pledges to:
1. Reduce the number of broiler
chicks one-third bf#yw normal sea
sonal levels by Jan. 31 and bab>
chick production for all purposes
by seven percent between Fell 1 and
June 30 for a combined saving of
-1.000,000 bushels of grain.
2 . Cut the turkey hatch 12 per
cent compared with 1917 levels for a
4,700,000 bushel saving.
3. Reduce duck production 15 per
rpnt compared with 1947 saving
.750,000 bushels.
C"!i U. S chicken flocks from
536,000,000 to 400.000.000 birds by
Jan 1, savin? 30,000.000 bushels.
The A ndenson - Luc k m anannounce
ment comtliepted that “this is by
far the largest saving from any
single part ot the current conserva
tion drive thus far pledged.”
WCIil t? jlulv fl.j. rAimrSI LOUltCll
. Meels _ . (| Here Sunday
The state council of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars will hold Its fall
meeting in Griffin Sunday. The
meeting ill be held at the
ans Memorial Club house.
Tho state council is the executive
•nmmtttee of the veterans organ
ia>lllin -.
ing Commander Flannery Pope of
Dublin, will attend. John H. God
lard, Griffin attorney, is state
'unior vice eomander. of the organ
nation. Russell Looney is com -
candor of the Ipcal post.
• Briefs . .
ATI.ANT \ A coroner’s inquest
wa.s ealle:l today Into tlv* death
Charles 8^ Reid, former
r hlpf Justir who plunged to
leath from his 12th floor law
LreFrldJ.
I.UDINGION, Mich A
CHiarr! rW <e; battled 25 to 30
“fi-ps on r i v r Michigan today in
’"em-t *-> reurh the stricken
• hter Jupiter, in danger of
ing with her crew of 28.
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Vour Influence In Griffin*
Established 1871
Students Dislike
Silhouette Style
PHILADELPHIA GNS) —
What do America's future sec
retaries think of the new sil
houette style dresses?
For dress—and if the girl has
the figure to go with it—it’s
wonderful. But, for the every
day working typist a: 1 lerk,
it’s a hinderance and • udi
cap that should be 1. ime
for evening dates. «
That is the I of 7’5
consensus
students in the secretarial school
of the Columbia Institute in
Philadelphia.
In a special poll, 52 stu
dents liked the “new look,” 20
did not care too much for It,
and three were undecided.
How long do these ladles like
their skirts?
About three inches below the
knee, was the unanimous reply.
Orchard Hill Is
Pioneering With
Grain Elevator
ATHENS. Ga.—More country el
vaters should be built in Georgia
o provide adequate storage of
omo SDOO.OOO bushels of oerts and
quantities of other grains
being produced each yr« r.
Th he opinion of Dr. Paul V.
Chapman, dean. University of Cu
College of Agriculture..
The College of Agriculture head
calls for elevators in every part of
state where grains are grown
In an article, “Orchard
Hill Pi oncers in Operating Geor
First Country ^levator” in
the November Issue of The Pro
gressive Farmer.
He wrote: "Another milestone on
the road to greater opportunities
for diversified farming in Georgia
was passed last June when the
state’s first country elevator began *
buying grain at Orchard Hill, a *
progressive rural community In
Spalding County, five miles south
of Griffin,”
He went on to commend the ele
vator builders, Albert Swlnt and
John Harlow, for offering five dis
tinct services through their eleva
tor, namely: < 1 > purchase of oats,
wheat and corn from local farmers:
( 2t sale of grain to all types of
uaeta; A3 1 ^ffage-*nf frerT «nd4Ped V
grain for farmers: (4) supply of
cleaned, treated, certified and pedi
greed seed grains: and (5) purchase
of certified seed produced by farm
ers, at a premium above market
price.
The Orchard Hill elevater. nr,
L chapman n , )t was buln af
mst f)f approxlma teIy $60,000
and has a eflpa( . lt v of 106.000 bush
! n[ Knln " Swint and Harlow.”
continued the write*, “are tegin
! ^ t0 lblnk that thpv Cou5d dou _
ble !belr capacUy and - m a , e aU
Weatherman Jicts
Frost For Griffin,
Low Temperatures
First frost of the year is probable
tonight as far south as Griffin,
the wetdher 11 -an stated today. The
mercury ei c o wiil tumble towards
the freezing point, going below 40
1 j n oriffin
; Howevcr ' ,, ,ho skles w111 . b0 oIoyi -
' with no more rain in sight until
Inext week. '
On Friday the downpour of rain
byre was more thari 1,5 inches.
Atlanta reported more than 3. tn
( ches that snarlpd traffic for some*
time.