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: lipSp***®* bed in the experiences stories Juat ■ received are de
mt* from three American girls who
TOtected the Armenian orphanages
K Earn, Armenia, when the Turkish
roope captured that city in Octo
last.
The American young women not
only had to calm the panic-stricken
erphatts to fight off Armenian refu
ge*« who wanted to hide in the or¬
phanages and Turkish soldiers bent
on looting the buildings. One of the
giria, Miss Elsie M. Kimball, of Mt.
Vernon, N. Y,, put to rout a group
of about 20 Turks who were attempt¬
ing to steal the blankets from the
children’s beds. She attacked them
frith a, whip and being unarmed they
fl*d. Her two companions were Miss
Cora L. Beach, of Ogdensburg, N. Y.,
and Miss France# Anderson, of New
Canaap, Conn. All three are workers
for the Near East Relief which con
doete the orphanages.
'Miss Kimball tells In her letter of
the panicky situation which existed
in Kara when the Armenian defense
collapsed and word was received that
the Turks were coming in. “Just
imagine,” she writes, “a great mass
of 1,000 women and children hud¬
dled together in uncontrollable fear,
momentarily expected to be massa¬
cred by a conquering army and with
absolutely no possibility of escape
from what they had every reason to
believe would he certain death.”
Mir? Kimball had just managed to
quiet them when the Turks arrived
•t the door of the orphanage—three
vicious-looking soldiers,
“J ran to (them and explained
\ through an interpreter that I was an
American woman and this waa an
American orphanage. Two of the fel¬
lows were evidently bent on mischief
ahd started toward the buildings
where the children yrere gathered. I
snatched the arm ot the other fellow
find begged him to protect the chil¬
dren. Immediately he ran after the
two soldiers and dealt them ferocious
blows with his heavy whip and his
'•-pUMP gfunj^ursing They them all loathe the way to to but the
were go,
he whipped them clear out of sight
f and I thanked him for his help. Then
came more soldiers and I repeated my
speeches until I was about worn out
when along came a fine-looking Turk¬
ish officer. I explained the situation
to him and aaked that Turkish guards
be placed at our gates and he put
two of his men on guard to police the
place.
“The guards drove back all would
be invaders vigorously and merciless¬
' ly with the butts of their guns, their
fists and the toes of their shoes,
many of the fellowa*who came through
©fit grounds from the open field in
the hack were the wildest looking in
dividual*. thiB wild country could pos¬
sibly produce, and believe me, it pro¬
duces some mighty evil specimens of
humanity, and in generous quantities,
most treacherous of all are the
Is, the boldest and most Mood-
1 ty and ruthless tribe in the Near
Tb* Turkish guards had their
1 full In pushing them back.
They regarded me with great curios¬
ity, having never seen an American
%nd my goggles interested them ex¬
ceedingly. all day, but J
“The shooting went on
probably not over 800 people were
Rilled altogether in the city and val
. Once when I was standing near
the gate a shot struck within a few
feet of * 1 It was the closest shave
me.
I had that day though other shots
flying around.
“In making my rounds of the four
buildings, I found a Turk rifling one
Of the rooms of Blankets. I yelled
•t him to ‘get out of hen- quick,
Heady! ahd to my surprise, he jump
ed through the window like a shot,
leaving his loot behind. I had not
afltpected such quick action for I was
■lone and he was a big burly man.| a
A little later another Turkish sol¬
dier heldl up Miss Kimball at the
point of his rifle and compelled her
to give him a blanket.
“Cora (Miss Reach) was the only
American in one of the other orphan -
•ga buildings last night with bands
of Turks knocking at the door nt in¬
0% ula and prowling about for loot.
1 rough Kurd took hold of her hand
aaid ‘gel’ (come, but she made
‘gel’ Instead.
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CITY OF GRIFFIN PROVES
SUCCESS MANAG ERIAL FORM
(Continued from first page.)
the first fiscal year under the new
form of government, and while it
does not show any startling or even
unusual features, It doe* indicate that
so fjfr the experiment has been a suc¬
cess. It Is perhaps too early yet to
Judge the matter either with abso¬
lute fairness or with any degree of
finality. It will take three, possibly
five years of experimentation before
any one can say definitely that the
new fora of government has been
either a success or a failure; but,
judging by results so far obtained,
there need be little doubt of ita ulti¬
mate success. The old form was given
a thorough trial, lasting through
many yarn. Whether it proved satis¬
factory or not is best answered by
the fact that the citizenry of the com¬
munity believed that a change waa
desirable.
The general fund of Griffin, ac¬
cording to the latest, appears to be
in better shape this year than last.
The last report shows that same was
overdrawn to the extent of $7,072.47,
and there were also debts outstanding
against it to the amount of $3,578.00.
Ail obligations have been paid, the
deficit has been wiped out, and there
is a balance in this fund of $3,162.51
—a clear gain of $13,812.98 within
the year. In addition all claims against
the fund have been met as they came
due during the period.
The water and light department of
Griffin made a most excellent show¬
ing during the year just previous to
the one under consideration, when
$10,352.45 was passed to the surplus
account, but the showing at the end
of the year just closed is still better.
After deducting all charges for op¬
eration, material, merchandise and
depreciation, the sum 'of $24,269.38
was carried to the surplus, raising
same to $109,877.65. Every section ot
the department shows a'gain on ope¬
ration.
Wherever the audit has touched the
city manager it is found that he has
performed his duties satisfactory and
with the utmost efficiency. He is de¬
voting all his time to the duties of
his office, and from i.he “inside” is
handling the finances of the business
of approximately a quarter of a mil¬
lion dollars very capably. Very few
errors of any character were check¬
ed by the audit, and these were all
of minor importance.
The 'conditions at Griffin are ap
parently very similar to those at New
Bern. Griffin is one of the small, but
progressive towns of Georgia. There
is no good reason to believe that the
managerial form, would not be suc¬
cessful in cities of any size, but it has
been proven to be p. good thing for
towns the size of New Bern through
the fact that a large majority of the
municipalities that have tried it out
are small towns.
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 1.—The
American Legion has received more
than a hundred favorable answers to
its memorial calling attention-to the
situation which surrounds the rehab¬
ilitation of disabled world war veter¬
ans, according to F. W. Galbraith, Jr.,
national commander of the legion.
The memorial was presented to the
President, president-elect and con
gress.
According to Mr. Galbraith practi¬
all of the letters from the sec¬
retary to the president, from sena¬
tors, representatives and heads of va¬
rious government departments and
bureaus stated that the writer was
squarely behind the legion's national
plan of rehabilitation.
The memorial outlined in re g a rdto
the disabled, suggested a remedy and
urged the support of the president
and the congress. Copies of the me¬
morial are being distributed to all de¬
partments of the legion and to patri¬
otic and civic organizations in 1,600
cities.
Letters of approval received at Na¬
tional headquarters of the legion here
include those from Senators William
S. Kenyon, Robert M, l^Follette,
Mi dill McCormick, Harry S. New and
T. J. Walsh.
FREE SHRUBS AND PLANTS;
GET YOUR SHARE OF THEM
(By Mrs. Franklin Sibley.)
Just because you may not have
money enough to order all the trees,
shrubs and plants you want is no rea¬
son for not making a start in beauti¬
fying the home grounds now. Nature
offers you many beautiful plants free
of charge.
Dogwood, gray beard, crab apple,
bush honey suckle, black haw and
sweet shrub are all very desirable
native shrubs and may now be taken
from 'he woods and set in the yards.
A group of these planted so as to re¬
semble a wild thicket will become a
most attractive ornament for the
grounds, serve as a screen or hedge
and be a haven for our friends—the
birds.
There can be no more attractive
evergreen found than the holly and
February will prove a good season for
transplanting it. Select some other
evergreens from the forests, beg cut¬
tings from your neighbors or any¬
thing to get a few shrubs that stay
green ail winter to plant around your
home and so have beauty that lasts
the whole year instead of just a few
months.
Ask your demonstration agent, she
will be glad to aervo you.
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GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS AND 8UN
DEFEAT OF TARFF
BILL IS ADMITTED
/
THAT CLOTURE PETITION TO BE
VOTED ON WEDNESDAY WILL
MEET DEFEAT IS CONCEDED
BY BOTH REPUBLICANS AND
DEMOCRATS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. I.—Senate
republican leaders in accordance with
their program for procedure wiih the
Fordney emergency tariff bill, Mon¬
day asked unanimous consent for a
vote February 16 and upon objection,
presented their petition for cloture or
limitation of debate.
Senator Pomerene, Democrat of
Ohio, objected to the proposal for a
vote February 15, after an address in
which he denounced the bill as “tax¬
ing about everything that goes on the
breakfast table of the working man.”
The cloture pAition presented by
Senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania, in
charge of the bill, bore names of 34
Republican senators and will be vot¬
ed on at 1 o’clock Wednesday. It re
quires a two-thirds vote for adoption
and ita defeat was conceded last
night by both Republicans and Demo¬
In presenting the cloture plan, the
first time an attempt has been made
to invoke it since the senate contro¬
versy over the Versailles treaty, Sen¬
Penrose said he had exhausted
reasonable effort to get an
for voting. He did not in¬
what would be done with the
in event of defeat of the cloture,
Senators McCumber, of North
Dakota, and Borah, of Idaho, Repub¬
licans, served notice they would at¬
to hold the bill before the sen
and make every effort to get a
vote before the session ends. The
of these two senators were
as likely to change plans for
laying aside the bill in event of fail¬
of cloture. It was said that instead
sidetracking the bill it probably
be laid temporarily from day to
to give consideration to the sp¬
bills. Private predictions
general however that there was
little prospect of enactment of the
Senator Simmons, Democrat, of
North Carolina, announced his sup
of the proposal to vote February
15 and Senator Underwood, of Ala¬
bama, minority leader, offered no ob¬
jection. The later however, denounced
vigorously the proposal for cloture,
declaring it contemplated “gagging
and throttling the senate.” The minor¬
ity leader added that duties proposed
in the bill were prohibitive and declar¬
ed they would make the toiling masses
carry the great financial burden for
the relief of special interest.
“It is the first time, said Mr. Un
derwood, that the Republican lead¬
ership has faced the country with the
direct proposal to erect a tariff wall
not for revenue but to estabiish an
embargo in a time of peace.”
The sugar tariff, Senator Under¬
wood asserted, would cost consumers
about $400,000,000 and would increase
retail prices to 12 or 13 cents a pound.
J^imilar predictions also were made by
Senator Simmons.
It is legislation for “the sugar
trust, the woolen combine and other
monopolies,” Senator Underwood de¬
clared, the farmers being mentioned
“incidently.
CLEVELAND, Feb. 1.—Prohibition
not ring the curtain down on the
industry was the opinion of
attending the recent con
of the National Grape Grow¬
Congress here.
“Though we lost the sour wine
trade, it L. G. Young, grower of Erie
Pa., declared there has been
an insistent'demand for ttrapes
the making of home made wine
the foreign elements, who are wine
that the_price of grapes is
than ever before,”
Last season grape prices reached
mark about $200 a ton it was
In 1919 they were $80-a ton and
1914 about $35 a ton.
W. O. Johnson, of Geneva, O., pres¬
of the organization said the
of cars last season caused
loss to the growers, because
large quantities of fresh fruit were
to spoil due to inability to
WEATHER FORECAST
For Georgia; Rain tonight, probab¬
ly clearing Wednesday. Not much
in temperature. Temperature
for twenty-four hours ending at noon
today;
Maximum___*_________________ 45
Minimum __________________ 32
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An interesting fifteenth century
tombstone has been discovered at
Eagland, which is being
as • memorial to local men
fell in the war.
RICKARD TO PfiOMOTE
BIS BOUT BY HIMSELF
TAKES OVER INTERESTS OF
BRADY AND COCHRANE IN
DEM PSEY-CARPENTIER FIGHT
I
IN JULY FOR CHAMPIONSHIP.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1.—Tex Richard
will promote the Dempsey-Carpen
tier bout for the heavy-weight cham¬
pionship of the world alone. He made
this announcement late yesterday
after a conference with Wm, A.
Brady, at which he agreed to Lake
over the interests of both Brady and
Charles B. Cochran, of London, Eng¬
land, who is seriously ill.
The necessary legal papers will be
drawn up within the next few days
and with the signing of these Tex
Richard will remain as sole promoter
of the international contest. Under
the new agreement he will become
responsible for the entire amount of
the promoter’s guarantee or forfeit
which totals $100,000.
There will be no change in the con¬
tract between the boxers and Richard
except such a$ may be necessary by
later developments. The date of the
bout remains July 2 and the site of
the contest any portion of the Amer¬
continent or Cuba 'as may be
named by Rickard not later than
March I.
Rickard said that while Brady did
not show any special authorization
Cochran fo* the latter’s with¬
drawal from the promotion of the
bo lit he accepted Brady's statement
that he represented Cochrane’s inter¬
ests in this country and had a legal
right to turn over the Englishman’s
one third share along with his own
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LABOR VIEWS ON CNLDER
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1—Views of
labor on the provisions of
Calder bill for the regulation of
coal industry were sought further
today by the senate committee con¬
cerning the measure from Samuel
Gonrpers. *'
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same same
mellow fragrance that has kept men
smoking Piedmonts, and nothing else, for
so many years—it's all there. Hasn’t
changed a bit.
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AGAIN APPEARS
ANNIE ABBOTT, WHOSE MAR¬
VELOUS POWERS ONCE AS¬
TONISHED WORLD, GIVES EX¬
HIBITION — GEORGIANS BE
CALL LULA HURST.
ATLANTA, Ga, Feb. 1.—Miss An¬
nie Abbott, known throughout the
world as “The Georgia Magnet” is
hack in the public eye after years of
retirement, according to news just re¬
ceived here. She has just; given an ex¬
hibition at Hotel Astor, New York,
and apparently her powers over the
natural laws of weight resistance and
the force of gravitation are undimin¬
ished, for those who saw 'her, it is
stated, were as much impressed as
were her audiences thirty years ago,
and as many explanations are offered
as to the source of strength of this
frail woman.
Away back in 1890, Miss Annie Ab¬
bott, who shared with Lula Hurst the
title of the “Georgia Magnet,” aston¬
ished the world with remarkable ex¬
hibitions of strength from some un¬
known power. Miss Abbott claimed
that it came from prayer, while Mi3s
Hurst’s friends said her power was
due to personal magnetism.
At any rate, either of the women
could hold down a table that five men
could not raise, and raise a table that
five men coulcUhot hold down; resist
the strength of five men exerted to
push her from a standing position and
raise at table and hold it in the air
by touching it with the tips of her
fingers, and otherwise perform feats
that were marvelous.
Both women toured Europe and the
Continent and gave wonderful exhib¬
itions. Miss Hurst was the pioneer in
the movement, but Miss Abbott, it is
stated, was a worthy lieutenant and
resisted the best efforts of Sandew
and Flanchott, famous strong men,
and defeated the wrestlers of China
and Japan who called her “The Evil
One."
But Miss Hurst and Miss Abbott
passed from the public view and the
majority of the people in Georgia for-
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY I, 1921.
got about them. Now Hiss Abbott
has appearc I once more.
It is remarkable that Georgia should
produce two such women as Miss
Hurst and Miss Abbott, and that they
should have no successful imitators.
You Answer.
It had been raining ail day. and
dnally htt’e Nettle asked: "Mamma,
when God gets all the Juice squeezed
out of a cloud what does he do with
it*-
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No Amount of Money
Is Too Small to
Be Saved
).
The idea that any sum of money can be too small to
count” is an idea that keeps the money-lenders busy and
the poor housea full. ---------- -7*- r~
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Don’t think that the surplus you can save out of your
income is too email ever to amount to anything. It is not
so much the amount you save as the REGULARITY with
which you save it, that counts.
A dollar will start an account here.
Savings Bank
of Griffin
ORCHARD HILL NOTES.
ORCHARD HILL, Feb. 1 .—Thera,
was a good attendance at the Baptist
Sunday school here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Grubb and
children returned from Cufchbert, Ga.,
Thursday where they have been
spending several days with relatives.
No living thing can exist in the
Dead Sea.*
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