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Management of Association
Completing Arrangements
For Great Fair.
FINE RACE PROGRAM
ASSURED THIS YEAR
Space For Agricultural Exhibits Al-
Most Taken Up and Never Before
Has There Been Such An
Array of Farm Products.
It is reported that the management
of the fair association has already
closed contracts for a number of con
cessions and are corresponding by
telegraph and otherwise with a num
ber of others who anticipate taking
a part in tie Spalding County Fair.
Arrangements have been closed for
a splendid race program and for ex
hibition by a wonderful trained os
trich, which will appear daily on the
race course, hitched to a regulation
four-wheel wagon.
Balloon Ascensions Daily.
Balloon ascensions will be made
each day of the fair, from which
parachut ? drops of a most thrilling
character will be made. Jt is said
t’ a* the parachute jumper will make
three separate drops from three dis
tinct parachutes on each ascension.
How thic -ran be accomplished re
mains to be proven, as no well defin
ed description has been given of this
Almost the entire space for agri
cultural exhibits has been taken up
and never before in the history of the
fair has there been such an array of
farm products been made. Likewise,
this year's fair will have the largest
pigeon show that was ever exhibited
in Geoigir.. A number of entries for
cattle and hogs have also been made.
The contract has been let for the
construction of the Woman’s Club
“countrv store,” and the features
which ar • in the hands of these
ladies will be distinctly attractive and
entertaining. The ladies from the
country districts are taking an active
interest in these matters.
Inipioved Transportation Facilities
It is stated that there may be addi
tional transportation facilities to the
fair grounds provided by the Southern
Railway company, it being proposed
to extend the track of this railroad
into the fair grounds and operate
trains fron. the Solomon street depot
on convenient schedule. If this can
be accomplished it will be a great con
venience also for/the handling of ex
hibits at the fair# grounds.
The management will make arrange
ments for the location of the Board of
Trade and Alfalfa Club booth which
will be maintained as an advertising
proposition throughout the fair week.
War News Features
(By United Press.)
London, Sept. 7.—Herr Krupp, the
noted gun maker, was outwitted when
he visited England a few months ago
before the outbreak of the war. Eng
land paid the inventor great homage.
They dined and wined him to a
queen’s taste. In fact dining was
the principal thing he did while he
was here. Not because he wanted to
especially, but because that was all
his English hosts would allow him to
" Several times the gun maker ex
pressed a desire to see England’s ar
mament works, just a friendly desire,
you know. He was be
tween courses as it were. The Eng
lish didn’t give him time enough
around any armament works to find
out whether England was uping
breech-loadipg cannon or peg-guns.
The English figured, that Herr
Krupp might possibly pick up some
information which would please the
Kaiser immensely. And so that was
why they dirjed him and dined some
more. .
Antwerp, Oct. 7.—The courage of
the members of the Royal Field ar
tillery, better known as the field gun
ners, was better shown than a
few days ago, according to one of the
Twentieth Hussars.
A battery in ra-her exposed position
was galling the Germans by the ac
curacy of its aims. Finally the Ger
mans concentrated several of their
batteries on it. The result could
only be one thing as it was a David
against a hajf dozer. Goliaths. Finally
all the guns were silenced but one
The men who had l»een manning them
were lying, dead and wounded
around the ground.
One man was left. He went about
his work with a doggedness that be
spoke determination to stick there to
the end. And the end would have
come soon, as the Germans, who had
stopped firing for a minute were
about to re-commence to silence the
lone gun. But an officer interfered,
calling the lone gunner away. And
he came away regretfully.
London, Oct 7.—“ Men fell like
corn befrre the reaper,” a wounded
lance sergeant in the' King’s Own
Yorkshire Light infantry wrote home
to his mother from the hospital ship
at S. David. “Now its over I must
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THE GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
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> Completes the Family Circle of Every Home.
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GROW WITH GRIFFIN.
G*“~l RIFFIN has an exci-
3 ting election- on for
£§§3 queen of the fair and
or municipal officers. Al
ways something doing in
Griffin.
say the last few days have been hor
ror, fighting all the time,” he contin
ued. “Our last action was the worst.
I» tell you truly I never expected to
get out alive. The Germans must
have lost thousands, but they were
ten to one, so we had to retire. The
shrapnel and hail of lead and bullets,
I see it all now, and I was one of the
last to leave the field. I won’t say
more, but I got a bullet in my right
leg and kept on for twenty yards or
more. I get a great piece of shapnel
shell in my neck —laid me senseless.
I came to again and if possessed ran
through it all and made good..„lts
wonderfu l hew you can run with a
bullet through your leg. I have not
been at it long, but fellows say they
saw more in the last four days than
they did in three years in Africa.
That’s the truth. Ah, well! I’m not
maimed like so many poor fellows, so
let us rejoice over it all. Some of
our engagements lasted thirteen
hours and the last—and worst —
ten hours. So tired, must sleep.”
Sheffield, Oct. 7.—Many of the
soldiers wounded in the early battles
have been brought here and they have
interesting stories to tell. A big,
bluff sergeant in an Irish regiment
gave an account of the wanderings
of 200 British soldiers for three days
and three nights with a force of Ger
mans in hot pursuit.
“Our line in the trenches was very
thin, but our shooting was accurate.”
he said. “Our fellows were very cool
and you would have thought they
were on parade by the way they
laughed and joked. It was after this
encounter that we got lost from the
main body. For three days and
nights we wandered about. Every
time we laid down the Germans came
hopping after us and we had to move.
We just managed to live on apples
and pairs until finally we fell in with
a large Fredfeh cavalry force and they
shared their rations with us.”
London, Oct. 7.—Attention has been
called to a bit of galling red tape.
Soldiers at the front have no money
to buy postage stamps with. Their
letters are sent with the postage col
lect. It is argued by many soldiers
that the soldiers’ letters should be car
-ried free of charge as many of the
mothers who receive letters with
postage collect cannot afford it. The
postoffiee officials say they cannot
take off the charge although they
have reduced it.
Athletic Club Meeting.
The older men of the Griffin Ath
letic Club enjoyed their first gym.
class last night. After class a red
hit basket ball game was played and
tha new ones what it was to play real
several old men in the game showed
basket ball. Another meeting will
be held Thursday night at which of
ficers will be elected and the by-laws
of the club adopted.
School of Dancing.
To open Saturday morning, Octo
ber 10th. Athletic gymnasium hall,
Hill street. Miss Duke will teach the
following new dances: The Lulu Fads,
the La Russe, Parisian Hesitation,
Syncopated Waltz, Maurise Waltz, La
Dermier Tango the Argentine Tan
go, Maxixc Pavlaaurise Govatte, One
Step, Fox Trot. Afternoon classes for
children at 3 o’clock.
Overstocked.
Madge as the oldest of a family of
girls has evidently beard and taken to
heart the dlsapixilntmeat of her par
ents over the excessive femininity al
lotted by the generous fates to the
family quiver.
When recently the fifth little daugh
ter was born Madge was playing In
the garden with one of her sisters and.
as a neighbor considered, waa decided
ly rough with the child.
“Madge, don't treat your little sister
so,” remonstrated the neighbor "You
■night kill her.”
“Well. If I did.” was the cool re
sponse. ‘There's plenty more in the
house."— Philadelphia Ledger.
THE WEATHER
Forecast for Thursday—Fair.
Temperature for
TwJlb B houA ending
at noon today:
Maximum, 79.
' Minimum, 62.
Mean, f 3.
GRIFFIN, GA., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 7, 1914.
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WOMAN’S CLUB HOLOS
INTERESTING MEETING
Plans For Fair Discussed at Length
and Delegates Appointed to At
tend Meeting in Albany.
The’ Woman’s Club .held its first
regular meeting of the fall Tuesday,
which was quite interesting to those
attending.
The club discussed in full the plans
that had beer made for the fair.
There have been twenty-four entries
for the f’oral parade and the commit
tee is endeavoring to get the material
for the floweys at a very reduced
cost, so that the cost of decorating
will be small. There are a number
who are considering entering but as
yet have not turned in their names.
The chairman of. the horseback drill
and the chairman of the baby show
both reported many entries.
The chairman of the queen contest
announcedthc sale of $125 worth of
tickets. To any one purchasing a dol
lar book of moving picture show tick
ets would be given 25 votes for the
queen, and in addition the Woman’s
Club would receive a percent of all
books sold. It was decided that the
queen and h«r attendants would wear
cotton dresses
To the State Federation of Wom
an’s Clubs that meets in Albany Oc
tober 28th, Mrs. R. P. Shapard was
appointed delegate and Mrs. B. R.
Blakely alternate. Thehe is to be a
manufacturers exhibit at this meet
ing and all the mill’ in Georgia are
asked to make an exhibit. The Wom
ans Club wants every mill in Grif
fin to make an exhibit so that it may
be seen what Griffin is doing. A
conWhittee was appointed to secure
these exhibits. There will be about
300 women from Georgia attending
the federation, besides a number from
othei states, and the Griffin club
women want them to see what a fine
exhibit Criffin can make
MRS. R. P. SHAPARD,
Press Committee.
Standing of Vote
For Queen of Fair
Following is the standing of the
candidates for queen of the Spalding
County Fair up to noon today:
Jewel Hutson 1,286
Mananna Sears ....1,079
Olivia 8r0wn1,035
Elsie Johnsonl,o23
Kathleen Frothro .. .. .. .. ..1,050
Hattie Head . ..1,016
Laura Bailey .... .... 1,003
Robina Hemyl,olo
Mary Bnird .. ..*... ..1/193
Josie Lee Rogers,.l,oos
Louise Durkee 1,006
Lula 0d0m1,023
Cynthia Ellis .. 1,163
Ruby Headl,ooß
Cordelm Pattersonl,oll
Ethel Bowdenl,22o
Marie Sladel,oo7
Martha Drakel,oo4
Lucile Rogersl,o3l
Susie Diskinsonl,oos
I/iy Turnips»edl,oo6
Mae Reid 1,055
Rebecca Brown .. .. .. .. .... 1,002
Helen Drewry.l,oo6
Lillian Scott .. 1,116
ALFALFA CLUB MEETING,
President Patterson Calls Members to
Assemble at Board of Trade
Saturday at Noon.
President A. P. Patterson has called
a meeting of the Spalding county
farmers organization, known as the
“Alfalfa Club,” for Saturday noon,
October 10, at the board of trade
rooms.
-Discussions will bghaß»on ‘Growing
of Alfalfa and Other Hay Crops,”
“Growing of Crain Crops,” “Farmers
Headquarters at the County Fair,”
and “Hog and Hominy Production.”
It is proposed that the meeting ad
journ to a local restaurant where
lunch, consisting of Georgia products
only, will be served. Every member
is expected and a number of new mem
bers will be initiated.
SUNMmSfOLKS
MEET THURSDAY NIGHT
Attractive Program Arranged For
Meeting to Be Held at First
Methodist Church.
The Sunday school workers of the
city will hold their monthly meeting
for this month Thursday night in the
First Methodist church at 7:30 o’clock
The program relates to the gen
eral theme of the co-operation of the
church and Sunday school and all ad
dresses will bear on that subject. The
full program follows: Opening hymn
by congregation. Player by Rev. G.
F. Venable. Announcements of gen
eral theme by Chairman Deane, “The
Co-operation of the Church and the
Sunday School." “How the Class Can
Help the Church,” Paul FJynt. JHow
the Chnrcn Can Help the Sunday
School,” J. P. Nichols, Sr. Vocal solo,
Mrs B. E Brown. “How* the Pastor
Can Help the Sunday School,” Mrs.
L. C. Warren Instrumental duet,
Miss" Cuivm'ng and Mr. Goldstein.
“The Co-operation of the Church and
the Sunday School,’ Rev. W. A. Mur
ray “How the Sunday School Can
Help the Pastor,” H. E. Williams.
Closing hymn by the congregation.
There With the Answer.
In a public school one afternoon the
teacher was instructing a class In
physiology, and finally, la order to test
the memory of the youngsters, she
closed the book and began tn ask ques
tions.
“Willie,” said she, addressing a
bright faced boy near the bead of the
class, “can you give me a familiar ex
ample of tbs human body as it adapts
Itself to changed conditional’
“SureF was the confident rejotnder.
“My uncle Jake gained fifty pounds in
lees than one year, and bls akta never
cracked."— Philadelphia Telegraph.
False Economy. 9
They tell a story about a country lad
who went to New York and tried for
a Job on the police He passed
the physical tests hands down, but the
written examinations gave him a lit
tle trouble. One of the questions was:
“A man btrys an article for $12.26 and
sells It for $9.75. Does be gain or lose
on tbe transaction V After pondering
over tbe question our rural friend final
ly answered in this way: “He gains os
tbe cents, bat loose ou tbe dollar*.”—
Boston Advertiser.
AGGRESSIVE MOVEMENT
FOR GOnON REDUCTION
Campaign Started in Texas By Lead
ing Members of Southern Cotton
Association.
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Atlanta, Ga,, Oct. 7.—(Special.)—
An aggressive movement to bring
about a reduction of next year’s cot
ton acreage through special legisla
tion of cotton belt legislatures was
started in Texas the week beginning
October 5- by leading members of the
Southern Cotton Association, which
has recently been re-organized, and
Delegations from those points will
tends to repeat Its success of 1906.
The campaign was started in Texas
Monday when Harvie Jordan, of At
lanta, president of the association;
former Governor Noel, of Mississippi,
Walter Clark of Mississippi, John L.
Hebron, of Jackson, Miss., and John H
Sherrard, of Sherrard, Miss., began a
tour of the state.
They were scheduled to hold mass
meetings at McKinqey, Sherman, Dal
las, Fort Worth, Waxahachie, Taylor,
Paris, Marshall, Henderson, Temple,
Waco, Corsicana and other points.
Delegations from , thos epoints will
latey appear before Governor Colquitt
and the Texas legislature and urge
that the substance of resolutions
which will t>e passed be enacted into
law.
The Texas campaign will be dupli
cated in every other southerh state.
The association believes that only
through legislation can the acreage
be reduced The next state to be vis
ited will be South Carolina, the plan
being io work east and west through
the belt.
The resolutions upon which legisla
tion will Le based, were adopted by
ton Association at New Orleans on
the convention of the Southern Cot
ton Assoeiat’or at New Orleans on
Agricultural Exhibit Opened.
(By United Press.)
Wichita Kansas, Oct 7.—The most
imposing agricultural exhibit in the
history ol this section began here to
day with the epening of the Ninth In
ternational Dry farming Congress
and International Products Exposi
tion. Th" exposition will continue for
ten dajs. It offers three classes of
products in competition: Out for pro
ducts gro-vi where the rainfall is 23
inches or less annuallv, vfie for where
the railfall exceed- 23 ir ches and one
where the products are grown under
irri'.alion.
Under authority from congress, the
department of agriculture is partici
pating and has been allotted 8,000
square feet of floor space.
Japanese Send Exhibit
(By United Press.)
San Francisco, Oct. 7.—The first
shipment of materials for the Japan
ese government building at the Pana
ma-Pacific exposition, consisting of
building, materials, stones and trees
for the garden, will be brought to this
citv on the steamer Shinyo Maru,
whi-h leaves Koke October 8. On the
same steamer will be picked Japanese
workmen to erect the building.
Good roads broaden our sympathy,
lessen distance and increase our use
fulness.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
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Chicago Marketing Commission Bends
Formulated Proposal to Em
pioyers For Approval.
(By United Press.)
Chicago, Oct. 7.—Co-operating with
various charity organizations the
city marketing commission, which has
toucned the problem of the unemploy
ed in it® campaign for municipal
markets, hag formulated a program
for handling the labor problem this
winter and has sent it to the Cham
ber cf Commerce and leading employ
ers of Jaber for approval.
The marketing commission sug
gests that before winter sets in the
city will take a definite stand against
being made the dumping ground of
thousands of floaters who drift into
Chicago every fall to spend the win
ter- It believes that if the city and
employer alike announce that resi
dents, of Chicago will be given the
preference in hiring men through the
winter monthee, this movement will
be checked.
Big employers are urged to aid the
workers during the winter nionthe by
putting employes on half pay, instead
of cutting their forces in half if busi
ness conditions make anuy reductions
necessary. They are further urged
io give preference to married men, or
those supporting dependents, if lop-"
ping name® off the pay roll becomes a
necessity.
Department stores and factories em
workers during the winter months by
who must support themselves in pres
ence to those who arc seeking work to
earn “pin money." The situation
among the working girls, the commis
sion declared, demands particular at
tention .
As the fi’-s' step in carrying out
this program, the commission sug
gested that all big employes submit
careful estimates of the number of
employes th a y believe they must dis
charge January 1, if they are convinc
ed reductions in working forces must
be maoe. With this data on hand,
the commission proposes to establish
** municipal employment exchange
and make immediate efforts to secure
work for persons who may find them
selves without jobs duping the win
ter.
‘Auatrausn Wells.
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In western Queeuslsud found out that
they could get water by means of
artesian wells they were seriously
thinking of giving up their farms and
ranches on account of many successive
yean of drought. Now there are W»
oral hundred such wells In Queene
land, from which the settlers get an
unfailing supply of water. The deep
est well, which is at Blmerah, baa a
depth of 6.045 feet The shallowest
well, at Manfred Downs, has a depth
of ten feet The well at Cbarievllle is
1371 feet deep and produces 3,000,000
gallons a day. the largest flow in the
state. The dally flow from all ths
artesian wells of Queensland is esti
mated at over half a billion gallon*.
Spoiled the Effect.
Alice was playing store with her
youngest sister Mother, asked to be
come a purchaser, played well her part
but In saytug good day stopped and
kissed both children.
Sensitive Alice burst into tears.
“Ob, mamma.” she walled, “you've
spoilt everything! You never kiss the
man in the real store.”—Exchange.
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Germans Report as Retreat
What French Cali “Rstire
ment” of Section.
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Antwerp** Inner Farts T© Be Subject
to Heavy Bombard
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Paris, Oct. 7.—The German
right wing is endeavoring to en
velop the French left. Fighting
of the fiercest character consist
ing of attacks and counter- at*
tacks, advances amt tefitfSaents
continues without cessation.
The French left extends from
Lens to Dibasse with masses of
cavalry centered at Armenti
eres. Troops are being with
drawn from the centers of both
sides and concentrated back <<
the struggling lines in the
north or the plain's between the
rivers.
It is announced that a Ger
man torpedo destroyer struck a
mine in the North sea and was
destroyed. The crew was pick
ed up by other vessels.
Dispatches from Athens
claim the Albanians are massa
creeing Christians without the
interference of the government.
Many villages in the neighbor
hood of Berat are reported burn-
Germans Beach Ships.
UritaTprmuL)
T»kic, Oct 7.—-It ta repotted that
the Gcnnane beached the unprotect
ed cruiwr Cormeran and two gun
boats at Kuochau to keep them from
linking. Both had been shot to
pieces almost in the bombardment of
the harbor end forts. The bombard
ment continue*.
Claim French Retreat.
(By United Pre**.)
Berlin Oct 7.—The war office de
clares thfit the French left has b»en
forced to retreat a considerable dis
tance and has drawn reinforcement*
from their center to oppose the Ger
man right’s advance. Heavy artillery
has been placed and is about ready
to open up the bombardment on the
inner fort? of Antwerp. .
Deadloeked. (
“But I cannot understand why you
say no. Your mother baa no objection
to your marrying met" ‘
“No. and I have not the slightest ob
jection to my mother marrrinx you,
so there you are.”—ll oust on l‘oi«t.