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“w i *4: l, » m M‘ngu‘i.i “ 9 ,- ‘ _ s St 1 IS NG ARMENIAN ORPH I WHEN ATTACKED BY THEY HAD TO fight BENT ON LOOTING buildings. f. f Up EW YORK, F*J». l_»ramatic : 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. lliif Philippine ■[ Eoretata. PBUIppinee af of the •at variety of wood in me of the hard wood* lefi for besaty and dnre- 1 big trade la developing , the timber to the United i ©•nettling * Other, he height of somethin* pound cornfe<l girt tto bathtub that is at* ■ , V 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. b * '-" m 1 mm 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 ....____.........._______ 38 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 _ 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. *' & .aw iifi» ....... hasn’t T HESE are days of change—of changed hit changed It’s Innovation—of good a hit—Piedmont to find one Imitation. thing Cigarettes. that hasn’t a The lively, same appetizing fine native flavor, tobacco, the the 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. After all, there's nothing like "down* home tobacco” for cigarettes. I]; L— 0? \ m / fUm fa • ■£ tf; ■ntari - ^ 6> XIKE OLD Y ledmont 10 for 10 cents CIGARETTES 20 for 20 cent! Abo im med AIR¬ t ro TIGHT turn at BO it 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*- n 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~ Ita 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.* 9