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THE NEWS, Established 1871.
PEACE MAKER IS
KILLED BE A BAD
JULIETTE NEGRO
WM., BLESSETT SHOT WHILE HE
AND FATHER WERE TRYING
TO QUELL A DISTURBANCE
NEAR THEIR HOME.
POSSE IS HUNTING for
BUNK HENSON, AGE 35
There is Always Something Going
on at Julietle on Saturday Night
and Negro Laborers Decide to En¬
gage in Fray.
Forsyth, Ga„ Nov. 22.—Williams
Blessett, a young man of Juliette
' was fatally shot late last night while
he and his father were trying to quell
a disturbance in a negro settlement
near their home. Blessett died at
noon today.
The sheriff of this, (Monroe) coun¬
ty was notified of the killing this
afternoon. He is now on the hunt
for the negro, whose name is given
ak “Bunk” Henson, 35 years old, and
described as being very black.
According to the information
reaching here many negroes had as¬
sembled at .Juliette Saturday night
' for a party. Late at night there was
a row in the negro camp, one negro
woman was cut in the throat with a
knife wielded by a negro man. Panic
stricken, some of the more timid
ones ran to the Blessett home and
asked them to put an end to the dis¬
turbance .
Blessett and his son went to the
scene and the negro Henson shot
young Blessett down as the two ap¬
proached. A pistol was used by the
negro.
The negro fled after the shooting.
The police and sheriffs of several
counties are trying to locate him.
MRS. MARSHALL UNDER
KNIFE IN HOSPITAL
Vice President to Miss Opening of
„ Congress Because of Operation.
Not Expected to Be Serious.
Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 22.—Mrs.
Thomas R. Marshall, wife of the
vice president, was taken to a hos¬
pital here today, and tomorrow will
undergo an abdominal operation. The
vice president, who has abandoned
plans for returning to Washington
for the opening of congress, said the
operation was not expected to be dan¬
gerous.
TEMPERANCE AND PROHIBITION;
APPLICATION TO OUR NEW LAWS
By W. E. H. SEARCY, SR.
Temperance in the Bible means finger of God, on tables of stone
self-control and is the crowing vir¬ amidst the flashing of lightnings
tue of character. The Bible says he and the roll of thunders, is mostly a
that controleth himself is greater statute of prohibition’.
Than he-that taketh a city. Tem¬ So prohibition laws are no nelw
perance belongs to the individual life. things. Even our judges may pro¬
If I control myself—my passions, my hibit a man from wrong doing by his
appetites, my thoughts, my life, in writ of injunction.
channels of righteousness, I am a Don’t l>e prejudiced against the
temperance man. If I fail in any¬ State laying its hand upon anything
thing that is right, losing myself that is deleterious to the public good.
control, I am an intemperate. Tem¬ Our new laws are not temperance
perance does not belong to politics. laws, therefore, those who would at¬
Prohibition is a different word al¬ tempt to discredit them because they
together. It is a political matter. do not interfere with the liberty of
That is, it belongs to the citizenry, men to get liquor or drunk, are sim¬
to the State. Prohibition is as old as ply ignorant of their design. Our
man, for God in the very morning of new 1 Five’s are prohibition laws, and
human life issued an edict that man what they prohibit is the conduct of
should not partake cf the fruit of the 'men that affects others. They say to
tree of the knowledge of good and the illegal saloons, you are hurting
evil, which was in Eden—the land of the people you must close, and to the
delights. , dub, you can not destroy our boys by
S inc e then, man, himself, has, in alluring thera to. a habit of drink
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the language of the great Blackstone, worse then death. If you want to
through law: “Commander! what is ruin your own son ruin him at home,
right, and prohibited what is wrong.” but let our* alone. They say to the
Our criminal statutes with which man who would order drink for him
I nave worked for over thirty years 8 elf you are allteved plenty for your
almost daily is simply a record of own use. but none for the blind tiger.
prohihitory act*. Men are prohibited To the press they say, you can not
from larceny from the person, or the participate in eliciting sales of
h-T<ue, or simple larceny from any- liquors. Everybody else is prohibit
where; from arson*, from assaults, ed from that, why not you. I/et us
from homicides of every nature. 1 trust our prohibition laws iRnurip
m.ght mention nil the catalogue of j our citizenry to a higher and better
crimes. He decalogue written by the (plan of life.
Mother I of Heroic Nurse Shot in Belgium.
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MRS. CAVELL.
Mrs. Gavel I is the mother of Edith
Cavell, the English nurse who was
shot to death in Belgium. The British
are ,now trying to raise a Cavell
BOYNTON IS ELECTED
COUNTY WARDEN AGAIN
Is One of the Youngest Wardens in
State, But is Reliable and ✓
Efficient.
Ernest Boynton has been unani¬
mously re-elected warden of the
Spalding county chaingang for the
ensuing year, Warden Boynton is
one of the youngest officers in the
State and this recognition of his
efficiency and popularity on the part
of the eonty'■commissioners is appre¬
ciated by his many friends.
FOX HUNTERS HOLD MEET.
Columbia, Tenn., Nov. 22.—The an¬
nual field meet of the National Fox
Hunters’ association is being held
here today. A good week’s sport is
looked for, and a number of promi¬
nent hunters are here for the runs.
SYRUP CROP SHORT.
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Thomasville, Ga., Nov. 22.—Up to
a week ago Cairo had received only
750 barrels of syrup as this year’s
crop as compared with 2,500 last
year at the same date. As the cold
weather has started the growers to
t
grinding very rapidly, however,
there will be a much larger qutntity
brought in for the next weke or so.
The general idea is that the crop will
be only about a third of that of Tast
year.
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In (he Movies Tomorrow.
Vaudette—Profit From Loss, the’Fliver Am
orican; John T. Rocks and
Thanhouser; Deserted at the Auto
Beauty; Five People in Vaudeville,
Bungalow—The Accomplice, 2 reel
graph.’ Kalem; A Keyboard Strategy Vita
Electric_Howard Estaibrook Bliss
Milford and Kathryn Brown-Deeker
in The Closing Net, 5 reel Pathe.
GRIFFIN, GA. MONDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 22, 1915.
memeorial fund, which may be de¬
voted to the mother of the woman
woh said, as she faced the German
firing squad, “I am happy to die for
my country.”
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CONFERENCE
Thursday Will Be Opening Day and
President C. B. McDaniel
Will Preside.
The annual conference of the Meth¬
odist Protestant denomination of
Georgia will convene with Corinth
church, near CJarrolltom on Thursday,
November 25th, with President Chas.
B\ McDaniel, of Atlanta, presiding.
A number of the churches of this
denomination, including owl Rock
church, Campbell county, Nazeret
and Pentecost churches, Barrow coun
ty, and Sharon church, Randolph
county, have voted to unite with the
Methodist Episcopal church, South,
and it is probable that some action
will be adopted on this important is¬
sue at the coming conference. The
at Pomona, the only M. P.
in Spalding county, recently
voted against the proposed union and
elected Judge L, C. Darsey to rep¬
resent its interests at the annual con¬
ference. Rev. C. M. Towns, of Love
is the present pastor and will
probably be returned by the station¬
ing committee of conference this
week.
IN MANY SECTIONS OF GA.
FINE SHOOTING REPORTED
Atlanta Hunters Tax the Limit of the
J.aw in Southern Counties and
Find Conditions Favorable.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 22.'—Scores of J
Atlanta nimrods took the field Sat
urday, traveling to all parts of the I
son State having for quail, opened the bird that hunting day. sea- A j
on
number of the parties who went to I
South Georgia bagged ' t&Si their fullj
of the State. The birds are said to
be fairly plentiful and in excellent
condition.
WORK OF SOILING PUBLIC j
j j
ROAD PROSRESSING FUST
When Completed Will Satisfy Re¬
quirements of Dixie Highway
Commission.
Work on soiling the public road
from Henry county db the north i
Pike county on the south, is
greasing rapidly, the entire force of
the county chaingang being encamp
ed at Sunny Side. The new stretch
of roadway from Sunny Side to the
divirtinc line rtf 9n«Mino- m,i
counties has already been soiled and
the gang under Warden Boynton is
now at work near Pomona. 1. M .
.Goodman, superintendent of roads,
has charge of the construction de¬
partment and is making this road one
of the most satisfactory in the State.
It is the intention of the board of
county commissioners to complete
the work of soiling the roadway
from Sunny Side to Orchard Hill at
the earliest possible date, which will
then meet the requirements of the
1>ixie R'khway commission, officers
of which have already made a casual
inspection of the work that has been
Lf M j[y BN p[0 p [E
Si HARVEST FESTIVAL
Three Hundred Thousand Visitors
Attended and Were Pleased With
the Entire Program.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 22.—Nearly a
half million people in all, including
both Atlantans and visitors attend¬
ed the Various events of Harvest Fes¬
tival week, bringing to this city the
largest crowd in its history . Out-of
town visitors for the wek totalled
somewhere between 200,000 and 300,
000 .
CLUB CORNER.
The study of the Bible as liter
a ture has become a fashion every
where and as its beauties develop
and grotw upon the student the
enthusiasm is quickly caught by
others.
The General Federation of
Woman’s Clubs added a Bible
study department in memory of
Mrs. Frances Potter, who gave
so liberally of her time, knowl¬
edge, strength and money to bring
before the dub women the literary
beauty and perfectness of the
Bible.
Thousands of clubs all over the
country devote one of more meet¬
ings a year to this department.
It is appropriate that the meeting
to be held in” Griffin tomorrow
(Tuesday), instead of Thursday,
should be a literary program with
the Bible as the text book and
suggestive of goodness and thank¬
fulness. The following is the full
program for the meeting:
3:00 P. M.
Residence of Mrs. T. H. Wynne.
“He that getteth wisdom loveth
his own soul; he that keepeth un¬
derstanding shall find good.”
Literature.
Business.
Music.
Reading—“The wise man’s
model”—Prov. 3: 10-31, Mrs. J.
C. L. Henderson.
Music.
Proverbs: A manual of practical
rules of life, Mrs. David J. Bailey.
THE SUN, Established 1877.
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MINISTERS LEAVE
THIS WEEK FOR NEW CHARGES:
Rev, W. L. Pierce, the New Presiding Elder of the Griflin.
District, and Revs. Irvine. Cantrell and NcElreath
Are Expected to Arrive This Week. Nath Thomp
son is Back.
Rev. G. F. Venable delivered hut
farewell sermon at the First Metho
dist church Sunday night and will
leave in a few days for Elbeiton, to
assume his new duties of presiding
elder of the Elberton district. Dur
ing Mr. Venable’s pastorate of two
years in Griffin he has been veiy
popular among members of all de
nominations and while all are grati
fied over his deserved promotion it
is with regret that they bid him good
bye, Mr. Venable’s excellent family
has aLso W0n a warm P kce ln the
hearts of the People of this communi
ty who ' v ' i11 be ^ Iad 10 we!(,(>ine tJlem
whenever they chose to pay the city
a visit -
Mr. Venable will be succeeded as
P astor t>f the Firat Methodist church
Re ' _ - w - T. Irvine, who until as
si F r ned to the Griffin charge by the
conference! was presiding eldeir of
the Dalton district Mr. Irvine was
pastor of the church thirteen years
ago and is pleasantly remembered as
one of the most popular and able pas
tors who hias ever served a city
charge. It is expected that he will
occupy the pulpit next Sunday, at
which time he will be warmly greet
ed by many old and new friends.
Rev. W. L. Pierce, who comes from
the - LaGrange dStrict, is expected
to arrive in Griffin in a few days,
ATLANTA EDITORS WILL
ENTERTAIN THE NEWSIES
Prominent Millionaires Will Wait on
Table While News Boys Eat
Thanksgiving Turkey.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 22,—Teju promi
nent Atlanta business men, some of
them millionaires, will don the togs
of headwaiters on Wednesday
serve 200 ndws boys and working
boys with a “big brother” Thanksgiv¬
ing dinner. The youngsters will be
stuffed with turkey and mince pie,
and then will be entertained by
vaudeville acts and special stunts.
They will be addressed briefly by
Clark Howell, of the Constitution,
James R. Gray, of the Journal, James
B. Nevin, of the Georgian, and aft¬
erward will be taken to a big motion
picture where a special wild west
bill will be shown for their delecta
tion.
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA
PUTS ON NEW TRAINS
Old Schedule is Restored to Satisfac¬
tion of Everybody and Capt. W,
D. Ezell Gets Promotion.
The restoration of trains numbers
9 and 4 on the Macon and Atlanta
division of the Central of Georgia
railroad, discontinued last fall, on ac¬
count of the abnormal financial con¬
ditions prevailing throughout the
South, became effective Sunday. No.
9, northbound local between Macon
and Atlanta, is due in Griffin at 5:24
o’clock p. m., and No. 4, southbound
local between Atlanta and Savannah,
is due in Griffin at 10:47 o’clock p.
m.
No. 32,*gping South, that haa been
doing local advice, now make* one
stop between Atlanta and Macon,
and No. 15, going north, that ha*
doing local service only stops
at Forsyth, Bartlesville and Griffin.
Conductor W. D. Ezell, first, extra,
haa been promoted to a regular run.
Both train* passed Griffin on time
Sunday on their initial run.
FOR SALE.
One gasoline engine, 3 1-2 horse¬
power, in good condition. 410 Ex¬
periment street, Griffin, Ga. tf
and will occupy the district parson
ege with his interesting family. He
is a son of the late Dr. T. F. Fierce
and a nephew if Bishop George F.
Pierce of sainted memory. He is a
worthy successor to Dr. Fletcher
Walton, who was appointed to the
pastorate of St. John’s, Augusta, the
most important charge in the con
ference. Members of all demnomina
tions deplore the departure of IV.
Walton and his family, who served
out the time limit of four years on
th * Griffin dif,trict '
Rev. Mr. McElreath has succeeded
Rev - w - T - Bel1 - superannuated, as
pastor of Hanleiter church and will
P reach his firat sermon next Sunday
and will doubtless receive a cordial
welcome.
Re\'. J. C. Adams, having served
the time limit of four years, has been
assigned to the Bishop charge, being
suceeded as pastor of Kincaid and
the Third Methodist churches by Rev.
D. B. Cantrell, one of the most pop
ular members of the conference,
Rev. Nath Thompson has already
commenced his second year’s work ea
pastor of the Griffin circuit, his re
turn being the source of unanimous
satisfaction and pleasure not only to
the five churches of the circuit, but
to everybody in Spalding and adjoin
ing counties.
II. S. GATHERS SAMPLES
OF FOREIGN .MADE G000S
First Display Will Be of Hardware
and Will Be Followed by Others
of Interest to Americans,
Ndw York, Nov. 22.—Within the
next week there will be opened in the
United States custom house here a
commercial sample room by mearw
of which it will be possible for Am¬
erican manufacturers and exporter*
to obtain full information about the
foreign goods that they must com¬
pete with. The United States at¬
tache** in all countries competing
with American foreign trade are
sending samples and information con¬
cerning goods that Americans are
specially interested in.
What will interest manufacturers,
exporters and business men outside
of New York, however, is the ar
rangement completed by the bureau
of foreign and domestic commerce
with chambers of commerce in vari¬
ous large centers throughout the
country, which provides for a "round
robin” display of all samples by
these organizations.
The samples iwill come continuous¬
ly from the government agents
abroad, and will cover a wide range
of goods. The first display will show
hardware samples gathered from
many of the important foreign mar¬
kets, and this will be followed by
some other line of goods.
Heretofore each American manu¬
facturer haa had to gather hit infor¬
mation on his own resources. From
now on he can see a fresh stream of
samples of (foods he k competing
with in the world markets. The
prices, wholesale and retail, the over
sea freight rate, the discounts offer¬
ed by manufacturers, and the special
reasons why a particular line sells
especially well in a particular mar¬
ket will be furnished.
PIANO PLAYER FOR SALE.
New, up-to-date W. W. Kimble
lateat improved player piano for «a!e
Apply tq B. B. Brown or News and!
Sun. Can be seen at 410 Experiment
street. t*