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Able Young Business Man and Experienced Legislator
Of Fayette County is Signally Honored and Praised
At Twenty-Sixth Senatorial Convention in Griffin
Saturday—Wilson Administration Strongly Indorsed.
The Twenty-sixth senatorial con¬
vention was held at the court house
in Griffin .at noon Saturday, being
called to order by Hon. N. W. Gable,
of Brooks, who was selected as tem
porary chairman. W. H. Wheaton,
of Spalding county, was selected as
temporary 'secretary.
On motion of Hon. J. W.
of Fayette, seconded by Hon. J. T.
Moore, of Butts, Hon. J. J. Flynt, of
Griffin, was elected permanent chair¬
man of the convention, and W. H.
Wheaton was elected as permanent
secretary.
On motion of Mr. Culpepper, the
chair was instructed to appoint a
committee of three, one from each
district, to nominate the executive
committee for the next two years.
Chairman Flynt appointed as mem¬
bers of this committee Mr. Culpepper,
of Fayette, Mr. C. L. Redman, of
Butts, and Mr. Wheaton, of Spald¬
ing. The nominating committee re¬
tired and after selecting the commit
reported as follows.
The Executive Committee.
Spalding—J. D. Touchstone, W. H.
Taylor.
Butts—J. T. Moore, C. L. Redman.
Fayette—W. M. Preston, S. H. Gor
don.
The executive committee proposed
by the nominating committee , wa;
unanimously elected by the conven¬
tion.
Mr. Redwine is Nominated.
„ Mr. Culpepper nominated for sen¬
ator from the Twenty-sixth district —
composed of the counties of Spalding,
Fayette and Butts—Hon. Charles D
Redwine. of Fayete. He delivered
an appropriate address in which he
paid glowing tribute to Mr. Redwine,
Fayette’s choice for senator. He re¬
ferred to Mr. Redwine’s brilliant ca¬
reer as' a member of the legislature
and said among other things that he
h^d accomplished one piece of le^is
) Aion of which any legislator should
oe pgoud, referring to the compulsory
leducational bill.
The nomination of Mr. Redwine
was seconded by Mr. Moore, of Butts,
and Mr. Wheaton, of Spalding, both
a of whom paid him high compliment
for his services in the legislature and
predicted for him an even more
liant career in the senate. Chairma i
Flynt added a few remarks to what
these gentlemen had said- of Mr. Red¬
wine, after which he was unanimously
declared the nominee of the conven
tion for the position of senator from
this district for the next two .years.
Notified by Committee.
On suggestion of Dr. Gable, a com¬
mittee of three, composed of Dr. Ga¬
ble, Mr. Moore and Robert L. Duke,
was appointed by Chairman Flynt to
notify Mr. Redwine of his nomination.
Mr. Redwine, who was in waiting in
the clerk’s office, wa3 Escorted to the
ccrA'crticn and in a short speech ac
ce 'ted the honor conferred upon him.
•T ;T:ank you all f.oia the bottom
of my heart for this great honor
wl -h you have conferred upon me,”
aaid Mr. Rjdwine. “I assure you ev¬
ery act done as your representative,
every vote cast, will be with an eye
singular to the best interests of the
people of my district and state. This
is an agricultural section, and I will
strive to work foe the interest of the
farmers, as well as every other man
in the district. I,was nominated for
senator without a single pledge to
any man, and my only pledge now
is to do 1 what I conceive to be the
right. ‘Do Right’ at all times shall
he my motto. As the senator-elect
took his seat.the convention burst in¬
to loud„ applause.
Indorsed For Presiding Officer.
Dr. Gable offered a resolution in¬
dorsing Mr. Redwine for the position
of president of the senate and it was
unanimously adopted, being as fol
low4: ' *
Resolved. That we of the 26th sen¬
atorial district assembled, knowing
at ve d,o, out senator-elect, the Hon.
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GRIFFIN, GA. SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SEPTEMBER 23, 1916,
Chas. D. Redwine, to be a man of
sterling worth and integrity, loyal
and true. his friends and constitu
ents, of lgh moral courage, honest
and upright to the core, and with his
marked ability and legislative expe¬
rience, we believe him to be pecu¬
liarly fitted at this time to be the
president of the next Georgia senate.
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and ™ at heartlly indorse him for
this honorable L position, and feel f that
no man in the next sefiate will have
a more just claim than he for, the
presidency and commend him to the
several senatorial districts of Geor¬
gia as a most worthy president.
Democratic Administration
Indorsed.
Mr. Culpepper introduced a ring¬
ing resolution indorsing the adminis¬
tration of President Wilson, which
^vas unaimously adopted, after which
(the convention adjourned. The dele¬
gates present at the convention were:
Fayette—J. W. Culpepper, S. H.
Gordon, B. H. Scott, Sam Boykin, W.
C. Putnam, W. C. Padgett, A. F.
Woolaey, N. D. Huckaby, E. P. Shan¬
N. W. Gable. '
non,
Butts—J. T. Moore, C. L. Redman,
W. E. Foster, A. H. Ogletree, W. E.
Watkins, A. McWatkins.
Spalding—G. C. Patrick, W. P.
Walker, J. E. Wallace, W. H. Whea¬
ton, Robert L. Duke, J. J. Flynt, D.
P. Crowder. <
Delegates Guests of Mr. Redwine.
The delegates to the convention
were entertained at dinner at the ho¬
tel Griffin at 1 o’clock as Mr. Red
wine’s guests.
Word About the Nominee.
Mr. Redwine, the senator-elect, L
one of Fayette county’s most promi
nent and influential citizens, and the
splendid race which he won^in the
recent primary shows in a most con
vincing manner the high esteem and
popularity in which he is held by his
fellow citizens. Although a young
man, he has achieved great success
in the business world and has a most
enviable record as a legislator, having
represented his county in the legisla¬
ture with marked ability and great
credit. Being an experienced legis¬
lator and a man with great intel¬
he will make this district one of
.
best representatives it has ever
j had, and Spalding, Fayette and Butts
are to be congratulated upon his ele¬
vation to this high and responsible
position.
Them well Orphanage Asks to Be
Remember September The
Thirteenth.
The custom has grown irp of having
one day in the year set aside as Or
| phan Work Day. That means that
all friends of the orphans work „n
that day and whatever they make,
they send to various denominational
orphanages. More and more ths cus¬
tom- has spread until now it mcan3
a great deal to the orphanages.
This year, Sept. 30 is Orphanage
Work Day.
Whatever you make on that dav, if
you are a Presbyterian, should be'
sent to Thornwell Orphanage, Clin¬
ton, S. C., for it is the Presbyterian
Orphanage of Georgia, Florida, and
South Carolina. Many children,
fatherless and motherless, are there
from your state, and they are being
trained in hand, head and heart. If
it were not for Thornwell Orphanage
they would not get this training.
Will you not then set yourself to
work on the 30th, and get others to
work, and send that day’s income to
your little brothers and sisters, who
must be ( cared for, and whom you
love .to help?
Dangerous Increasing Fire Hazard.
Inflammable Material Increasing
At Back Doors of Hill Street Stores
Beside being very unsightly, the
fire hazard, from the accumulation
of empty boxes and trash, daily and
nightly exposed at the back doors of
Hill street stores is appalling. In the
alle^ west of Hill street, between Sol¬
omon and Taylor street, this condi¬
tion is most noticeable on account of
its width and prominence; and the
chances are that some bright morn¬
ing, unless something is done right
now to prevent it, Griffin will wake
up and find that the entire block has
been
Swept Away By Flames.
It all right for the corner loafer
to say that one thing the town needs
is a big fire, but the merchants own¬
ing the stocks of goods, and the men
who own the buildings don’t feel tha.
way, neither do thinking/citizens. A
big fire in Griffin just now would
prove a serious disaster to everybody.
Inspection of the alley named above
shows that the back doors of the
stores occupied by Thackston’s Bar¬
ber Shop, the Alamo theater, Slaton
Powell Clothing Co., J. J. Woodrui'f,
the new store of S. W. Goldstein and
the Strickland-Crouch Co.’s premises
were found to.be
In Good Condition.
The Leader, B. Slade’s and Persons
Hammond Hardware Co. places were
in fair conditions, while the Castile
Wells Shoe Co.’s, Reese & Benson,
J. V. Chunn’s and Goldstein's old
sctore building were found to be in
very bad condition. There is little
use for some of these tenants to keep
their places free from trash and other
inflammable material if the next door
neighbor maintains a fire trap; in
fact it should not be permitted.
Col. John H. Stevens, one of Grif¬
fin’s most prominent citizens, called
‘.he attention of a reporter of the
News and Sun to this matter the
other day, remarking that something
ought to be done to improve these
very dangerous conditions.
Let’s get busy and clean out the
trash from the alleys and from every¬
where else where ther is danger and
prevent a damaging conflagration.
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ANNETTE KELLERMANN IN
ii NEPTUNE’S DAUGHTER »
Big Picture Will be Shown at the
Popular Alamo Theatre on
Monday.
Announcement is made that the
opening performance of the moving
picture feature. Annette Kellermann
in “Neptune's Daughter” will take
place at Alamo Theatre Monday,
Sept 25th
This photoplay' met with an en
thusiastic reception in New York, and
was indorsed by every critic, as an
exceptional picture, The story deals
with the Land of Make Believe. For
two hours and one-half we wande:
from one beautiful soene to another,
while the creatures of this mystic
land unfold a tale that might well
have come from the pages of Ilans
Christian Andersen.
Annette Kellermann as “Neptune’s
Daughter,” dives, swims, dances and
fences, and doc 3 some remarkable
acting. As the principal figure ir.
thit romantic drama of land and sea,
of the realms of the immortal King
Neptune and the mortal ever'on King Wil
liam, Miss Kellermann is the
screen.
The performance begins at 10 a.
m. Be sure to see it during the day
or night.
FLORIDA BANK ROBBERS ~
MAKE THIER “GETAWAY.”
Miami, Fla., Sjpt. 23.— Members of
the posse which for a week has been
chasing the four bandits who robbed
the Homestead, Fla., bank of $6,000
and killed three of their pursuers, in
one of two pistol battles, returned
here today and stated that they be¬
lieved the robbers would not be
caught. The last seen of any of them
was at I/ergo Key, where they had
taken refuse after leading their pur¬
suers through almost impassable
swamps and motorboat dashes be¬
tween the many small itlands along
the coast below here.
A GREAT SUCCESS
Leading Feature of Friday’s
Tour Was Large Number of
Prominent Ladies Who Graced
the Occasion.
Last Friday’s booster trip was gaij
to be one of the best and moat in
tense in its operation and successful
in its undertaking that ever left Grif
fin. The entire trip was made with¬
out more than the ordinary car trou¬
ble, in fact there were only three
slight punctures .on the entire trip
pnd they were singularly confined to
bne wheel on one single car.
1 The leading feature of Friday's
trip was the number of prominent la¬
dies who graced the occasion. We'd
you people have got a lot of ladies
with you, was the common remark
on entering a town, Dinner was en
joyed at Woodbury and all of the
towns were lavish in the hospitality
of the receptions that were tendered
to the Griffin tourists. ,
Many people who would have taken
this trip were deterred by the fpar of
the dust, but where the drivers are
willing to hold back a reasonable dis¬
tance behind the preceding car there
is no discomfort from this source as
the wind will clear the road of dust
in a few minutes. The next trip will
be attended by twice the number of
cars that went on Friday; this is al¬
ways the esse. When the trips were
first started a year ago the attend
|ance was small, but it increased as
the time passed until every available
car in Griffin was in the ranks.
Griffin has made seven booster
trips since this method of advertising
the town and the fair and base ball
was inaugurated by the Board of
Trade and interest grows as the Grif
fin citizens grow more familiar with
the plans and the towns visited cer
tainly do look for the Griffin bunch
when thev hear they are coming
One bf the best features of the last
booater trip was the brass band car
ried by the Board of Trade, the music
was good and thoroughlv enjoved by
everybody, and best of all it was by
Griffin boys. It is likely that the
brass music feature will be regularly
adopted as a leading feature in future
tr jp S
-The next booster trip will start
October 5th. and everybody will be
ready when the bugle sounds. The
itinerary has not been made yet, ,but
due notice will be given by the News
and Sun.
INTERESTING PROGRAM
FOR MISSION SOCIETY
The circles of the Woman's Mis
sionary Society of the First Method
ist church will hold their meeting.,
Monday afternoon. Let all member
be present, as business of importance
roust be discussed.
Program.
Summer song—Philathea class.
Violin Solo—Miss Etta Pursley.
Suppose-— Miss Nell White.
Song, God Lives—Mis 3 Pursley
class.
What: Science Owes to Missions.
Lera Yarbrough; Commerce and
ucation, Esther Pearce; and I O-.vo to
Mi sions, Louise Milam.
Solo-Miss Lilliam Scott.
Reading, The Leper—Miss Lala
Manning.
Class Report.
Sdng, We Choose Jesus-Glass.
PROFESSOR JONES TO
ADDRESS BA RAC A CLASS
Prof. J. A. Jones will address the
Baraca class of the First Methodist
church tomorrow morning at 9:30.
His addresses are always interesting
and instructive and it is hoped every
member of the class will be present
All others are cordially invited to at¬
tends.
Miss Pearl Burpee, who has been
the guest of friends here for several
days, went to Senoia Saturday morn¬
ing for a brief stay with other
friends. She will return to Griffin
early next week.
THE SUN, Established 487*.
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Notifies the News and Sun That He Will Give Ten Dol
lars to be Used in the Interest of Campaign Being
\\ aged For the Democrats—AH Others Interested In
Success of the Party at the Polls Next November
Are Invited to Make Contributions.
HEADQUARTERSFOR
WEEVIL FIGHT ARE
TO BE IN MACON.
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
to Wage Fight in 30 or 40
Counties to Prepare Farmers
for Next Year.
U. S. Agricultural Experts to
Participate in eS^State th’s Cam
paign to Awak to 1m
pending Peril.
Macftn, Sept. 23.—With the boll
weevil already as far into Georgia as
Bibb county and fanners in this coun¬
ty already panio-etricken over the
prospects for next year,* the Georgia
chamber of commerce announced yes¬
terday that within the next two weeks
an active anti-boll weevil campaign
will be instituted in thirty or forty
Georgia counties, the campaign to be
conducted from Macon, where head¬
quarters will be maintained.
Jt 13 P lanned to hold meetings in
the var,OU3 counties and business
men ’ 33 wel1 as farmers ' are ur « ed
to co-operate in every way possible.
lo 83SUt ln the campaign the servi
c<iS ^‘ ve ex P erts from the United
States de P at tment of agriculture have
been efl!isted and in addition Ijfie
chamber expects to call on the riil
roads ’ state de Partment of agri#l
ture ' °° unty lnstitu »*s a " d farm d « 1 -
0nstratl0n a * ent * to assist,
11 is f’ r0 P 0Sed distribute littffo
ture t,,r0UK ' houl a11 of the county.
Thu literature wiu be Prepared by
federai aKents and win teU in de *» i!
how *° forestall the weevil. Aufc
mobiles will be through all of file
countie3 and schools in the eotw
try d,stricte trill be used as a mean,
of Putting the literature directly into
the hands the farmers.
Macon was chosen as headquarters
this work because of her central
location. A campaign force will be
installed in offices here and for more
Chan a month the y wiil be ke P t bus . v
reaching every farmer in the counties
' n wb * cb campaign will be pushed,
^ series of public meetings in th,
counties is now being ar
ran k ed
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DEATH , OF MRS. DANIEL. ^
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Mrs. II. R. Daniel died early this
tu rning at 1 o’clock, at her home on
Dollopc street, alter an illness of only
| 1 vo da children, A; _ t e.dc,t a husband th rteen and
uur ie
ycar3 of ***; Mra> Dttnicl a
estimable . woman, a lovel\ ( h.is
tiar character and a devoted wife and
mo'-L , Her death is regretted by
a)1 wil °, knevr her and ^pathy is
extan ;,xl bereaved family.
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IRVINE ^ TO PREACH
(,N PERTINENT SUBJECT
At 11 a. m. tomorrow the pastoj of
the Fir.-: Methodist church will preach
on “The Causes and Cure of Aposta
sy. In view of present day condi¬
tions in American churches, this is
a very pertinent subject. At 7:46
to morrow night he will discuss "The
Cardinal Points in the Life of Dan¬
iel**
BUGGY FOR BALE.
Phaeton in good condition, for sale,
cheap. Miaa Corbin.
"Success la Hfe la not so much a
matter of talent and opportunity as of
concentration and perseverance."—
Solected. • . .
In response to the call of the News
and Sun for contributions to curry
on the work of the Democratic Na¬
tional Campaign, Captain W. J. Kin¬
caid, one of Griffin’s most influential
and public-spirited citizens, has noti¬
fied us that he will give ten dollars.
This is the first contribution received
and k % good starter. Others inter¬
ested in the success of the Democrat¬
ic ticket are urged to send in their
contributions.
In every city in the nation contri¬
butions are being made to the nation"
al campaign fund by the Democrats
at the suggestion of the Democratic
National Campaign Committee, and
Griffin and Spalding county, Demo¬
cratic to the core, may be expected
to do their part in the campaign now
being waged throughout the country
in the interest of President Wilson
and the Democratic ticket.
The Democratic Committee recently
appointed as local members of the
national committee Messrs. B. R.
Blakely. R. F. Strickland, W. H. Con¬
nor, J. P. Nichols, Jr., C. G. Milk and
Robert L. Duke. Any one of these
gentierr"-' —ill be pleased to receive
contributions and turn the same over
to the News and Sun, which will make
due acknowledgement in these col¬
umns and see that the money goes to
the committee at Washington to he
used in the interest of ( the national
campaign.
Captain Kincaid heads the list with
ten dollars—let all others who can
send in their contributions.
lTTEND SUHHT SCHOOL;
GEORGIA BAPTISTS liRGEO
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Great Success of State Mission Board
, Shown in Figures Which Have
Just Been, Compiled.
Griffinitea, and in fact resident of
all sections of GJbrguf, are being:
especially urged to attend a Baptist
Sunday school Sunday, which Has
been designated a* “Baptist Go-to
Sunday-School Day," In Griffin an
excellent musical program has been
arranged for the Sunday school hour
at 9:45-, and Everybody is cordially
invited to attend Sunday school,
The plan to bring about a reccmf
attendance at Sunday-schools upon
that day is being furthered under the
auspices of the Georgia state mission
board of the_ Baptist denomination,
an( j i s incidental with the extraordi- * -
nary effort the board is putting forth
t 0 increase regular Sunday school at- *
tendance throughout .the state
The state mission hoard’s records ^
show that in G-v rgia there are more
than 1 900 Sunday schools, with an
enrollment aggregating almost ISO..
000. as against a total of 1,324 schools
ten years ago. with an enrollment of
81.249. In other werds, a new school
has been reported for every Sumlay
during the last ten years.
m the state ‘are 1,903 Baptist
churches having Sunday school*, and
523 with none, or a total of 2,426 Bap¬
tist churches. The province of the
mission board is to organize new
Schools, train present and prospective
workers, and in five years it has in¬
creased the number of diplomas is¬
sued from 200 to 3,000.
Two years ago the, denomination
boasted of only four “A-l standard”
schools, while now it has more than
25 in the state. —
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, Rev. -V E. Sammons will preach *on
the subject of “Paul’* Cohoem for
Israel" at the, First Bapltit church
Sunday morning. At the i>e .evening
services his theme will “I
Through Neglect.”
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