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_THE NEWS, Established 1871.
\ FOR COMING
* ORGANIZED LABOR WHILE EN¬
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FORCING BATTLES IN INDUS
L Ik TRIAL FIELDS, ALSO EXPECTS
TO STAY IN POLITICS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.—Organiz
* ed labor, while forcing its battles in
,
the industrial fields during 1924, ex¬
pects likewise to stay in politics, par¬
ticipating “not only in the final elec¬
tion but in the selection of candidates
I in the primary elections everywhere, 1>
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, said
today in a public New Year’s greet¬
ing.
H Amending the Constitution to
eliminate child labor, restriction of
u unsurpation of power by judges,
and the “carrying forward of our con¬
cept of industrial democracy,” he
enumerated as among the items • of
the year’s program for labor union
members.
I I The year 1924 presents us with tre¬
mendous issues,” Mr. Gompers con¬
tinued. “During 1923 we have met
great issues and many of them suc¬
cessfully. As labor sees the outlook
the following is a partial enumeration
of the political issues of the coming
year: , , ’ _
“The injunction abuse, the child
labor amendment to the Constitution
made necessary by the adverse de¬
cisions of the United States supreme
court on two child labor laws, the
railroad question involving the rail¬
road labor board, the usurpation of,
power by judges in contempt cases as
in injunction cases, the question of
whether laws may continue to be
killed by court decisions and efforts
■ to enact anti-strike and compulsory
H, Hbitration laws.
RJn addition to these legislative
.-a'; •\g there is in the political field the
^mdowing matter of the national
m. Labor confronts this great
JRe-with the determination To
Morward the banner of progress,
>ce and democracy and to record
■^/broader last terms a victory Labor will such as
j*was won year. par
" ticipate not only in the final election,
but in the selection of candidates in
in the primary elections everywhere.
On the industrial field there will be
i great issues. We look baek upon
' 1923 with gratification. We have
achieved much for which all wage
earners may be thankful; much that
means for greater freedom and a bet¬
ter life in the future. But the future
i is not the past and the future brings
its fresh struggles.
“So long as there are men who
think and act only in terms of profit,
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labor # vigilant. And while
must be
there is a wage earner unorganized
labor must organize. Rights that
have been won must be held. Ameri¬
can labor has abundantly justified its
organized existence. The wage earn¬
ers of America enjoy higher stand¬
ards of living than those of any other
country. They have a fuller, better
, life in every respect. They labor
L with mighty machinery of our land
and produce more per man and in the
aggregate than the toilers of any
other land; they come nearer to being
masters of the machines with which
, they work than do the workers in any
other land. And, in addition, they 1
I do not have their hands at the throat
| of their government, as is the un-
1 happy case in so many other „coun
I tries.
u During 1924 we, shall seek to pel*
feet our organizations, to increase our
solidarity, to improve our standards,
(Continued on fifth page.)
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GRIFFIN, GA., TUESDAY AFTE JANUARY 1, 1924.
POSTAL RECEIPTS
FOR THE PAST YEAR
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STAMP SALES AT GRIFFIN POST
OFFICE REVEAL TWENTY PER
CENT INCREASE OVER YEAR
1922, SAYS POSTMASTER
Postal receipts at the Grjffin post
office for the year 1923 showed an in¬
crease of twenty per cent over the
year 1922, according to a statement
made today by Postmaster R. L.
Williams, who is very much gratified
at the business done the past year.
The total stamp sales for the year
1923, ending December 31, were $33,-
778.03, as compared with $28,011.86,
for the year, ending December 31,
1922. The gain was $5,766.17.
Mr. Williams reports that the
Christmas rush was the greatest in
his long experience as postmaster.
Never before perhaps were as many
Christmas cards and packages re¬
ceived and dispatched through the
mails. The postal b&siness is a
steady one and if it continues it will
not be very long before Griffin post
office will become a first-class pest
office.
Postal receipts, like the banking
business, is a pretty good barometer
of the progress of any community,
and the rapid increase in the postal
business here is evidence of the fact
that Griffin is growing steadily.
AISSAGE TO
t
NEW YEAR’S GREETINGS ARE
EXTENDED BY CHIEF EXECU¬
TIVE—EVERY REASON TO BE¬
LIEVE IN ADVANCEMENT.
"WASHINGTON; Jan.‘I—President
Coolidge last night extended New
Year's greetings to the American
people in a message which said:
“At the end of the old year and
the beginning of the hew, it is well
to take account of our spiritual, mor¬
al and material resources and seri¬
ously appraise the progress of the
past twelve months and the prospect
of advancement ,in the coming year.
The nation has made a record of
gratifying ^accomplishment. There is
every reason to believe advancement
will continue in the coming months.
u It is a pleasure to extend the
heartiest of New Year greetings to
the American people and express the
hope and confidence that 1924 will
bring them a full measure of pros¬
perity and happiness. r>
INDIAN SPRINGS LODGE ELECTS
JACKSON, Ga., Jan. l.|-Indian
Springs Lodge tyo. 807, F. & A. M.,
of Floville, has elected the following
officers for 1924: E. M. Duke, W. M.;
W. W. Preston, S. W.) C. B. Hig¬
gins, J. W.; W. J. Waits, secretary;
0. M. Duke, treasurer; Whit May
field, Tyler; N. K. Vickers, S. D.;
J. F. Preston, Jr., J. D.
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Guns are used to harpoon whales
now and there is little danger to
whales.
Cape Town, South Africa, has a
bean annual temperature similar to
that of Nice and the RMera.
.As a general thing the man who
blames Providence for his failure;
takes 1 tp the. credit to himself
in case) of success.
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ALLEGED ATTACK
HELD IHATLANTA
NEGRp ARRESTED IN MACON
FOR ITTFMPTITn ^
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LANTA FOE SAFE ,FF KEEPING. KEFP1N,
ATLANTA, Jan. 1.—(By the Asso¬
ciated Press)—A negro believed to be
William Jackson and arrested by the
Bibb county officials in connection
with an alleged attack on J. W. Cul¬
pepper and his companion, a Cordele
woqian, was brought to the Fulton
county jail here by Sheriff Hicks
early this Tnornthg/ He was brought'
to. this city for safe keeping.
HIKING LtQOII IMS
Maine Sheriff and Lawyer Sentenced
to Two Years Each in Federal
Prison In Atlanta, Ga.
BANGER, Maine, Jan. 1.—(By the
Associated Press)—Sheriff Edmond
Grant, of Aroostock county, and
Willard S. Lewin, an attorney of
Houlton, were convicted by the fed
eral jury today of a conspiracy to
defeat the of»er|,tion of the prohibi¬
tion laws and we?e~Bentenced to serve
two years each in the federal ’prison
at Atlanta. Both find exceptions and
provided bails.
PROCTOR RESIGNS
Second New York Officer to Quit Le¬
gion on Account of Question of
Soldier’s Bonus problem. <N
NEW YORK, Jan. 1.—<By the As¬
sociated Press)—Colonel J. R. Proc¬
ter, a foe of the soldiers’ bonus plan,
announced today that he had sent his
resignation as a • member >to the
Augustus P. Gardner post of the
American Legion at Washington.
Colonel Procter is the second New
York officer to quit the legion be¬
cause of the bonus.
NEW JAPANESE CABINET.
Prince Regent Hirochito Asks Presi¬
dent of Pfivy Council to Form
another cabinet.
TOKIO, Jan. 1.—(By the Associat¬
ed Press)—Kiego Kiyoura, the presi¬
dent of the privy council, was today
summoned by Prince Regent Hirohito
a cabinet to succeed that of
r ™ ■? which rc.isned
l.st week to
asstejnate th< prince regant
ANNUAL LICENSE
1924 ISSUE
CITY COMMISSIONERS HOLD
SPECIAL MEETING MONDAY
EVENING; NEWS AND SUN IS
DESIGNATED OFFICIAL ORGAN
1
A special meeting of the city com¬
missioners was held Tuesday evening
at seven o’clock at the city hall. The
meeting was held at this time, beirig
postponed from the regular meeting
night last Tuesday, which was Christ¬
mas day.
The regular routine of business was
brought up and disposed of, among
which was to issue the annual city
license ordinance for the year 1924.
The license ordinance is being drawn
up in proper form and will be pub¬
lished as soon as they are available.
The News and Sun was designated
as the official organ for the city of
Griffin for the ensuing year. The
next meeting night of "the commis¬
sioners will be Tuesday, January 8,
and from then on they will meet on
the second and fourth Tuesdays of
each month.
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NEGROES SETTLE ACCOUNTS
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JACKSON, Ga., Jan. 1.—Some of
the negroes who became involved
when the crash came in 1920, have
recently paid their accounts in full,
including interest, statements made
by merchants of Jackson disclose.
Leaving the farms a year ago the
negroes obtained employment at
good wages in the industrial centers
and saved enough money to wipe out
old stores. The fact has been point¬
ed tq as an encouraging sign of the
times, especially when some are giv
iftjt up and settling by the bank¬
ruptcy route.
TH? SUN,
SALE OF SURPLUS
IS N0T THOUGHT IN OFFICIAL
CIRCLES THAT NEW BILL WILL
IW .NTROW-CEI. IN TIRE TO
AFFECT TRANSACTION.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.—(By the
Associated Press)—It is doubtful if
the objections raised in congressional
circles will block the completion of
the sale of surplus war material to
the Mexican government.
Final details of tljp sale are being
considered at the war department.
The resolution to forbid the sale by
the government of war equipment to
any foreign power, as planned by
Representative Faircloth, a Republi¬
can of New York, can not be put
through congress, it is thought, in
time to affect the transaction.
COLD WEATHER IS
FIRST DAY OF 1924
TEXAS GRIPPED BY COLDEST
BREEZE OF SEASON AS WAVE
SWEEPS DOWN INTO SOUTH¬
WESTERN SECTION.
CHICAGO, Jan. 1.—(By the Asso¬
ciated Press)—New Year’s day was
ushered in on the shivering Middle
West and central part of the United
States where the temperatures were
hovering around the zero mark, and
jn some cases dropping below it. ,
Chicago itself^had a temperature of
three degrees. Northern Illinois was
covered vHth several inches of snoW.
Throughout Kansas and Missouri the
thermometer readings were reported
within a few degrees of zero.
The cold wave reached southward
through the Mississippi valley to
New Orleans and into Texas, which
was gripped by the coldest breezes of
the seasons.
South Africa is proud of her
large stock of Angora goats, said
to surpass in quality those of Asia
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BRITISH ANp INDIAN TROOPS
LINE DECORATED STREET* AS 1
LORD READING AND COUNT¬ >
ESS PASS THROUGH CITY.
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LUCKNOW, India, Jan. 1.—A t :
stately procession of 70 elephants, all
gorgeously decorated with ornamen¬
howdahs .
tal and trappings, was one
of the chief features of the Viceroy’s
recent visit to this city. British
Indian i
troops lined the decori
streets as Lord Reading^ and the
Countess passed through the ci •
.
The visit to Lucknow was part of
an official and extensive tour ur of Brit
ish India, and was marked by the
holding of a viceregal Durbar in
which Lord Reading greetetj the
notable citizens of the province in a
ceremonial manner in keeping with
traditions which reach back to the
early days of Indian rulers. In his ‘
address on this occasion the viceroy
expressed sympathy with the victims
of recent floods and gave a brief sur¬
vey of the national political situation,
emphasizing the new responsiblities
which have been laid upon the Indian
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people. He spoke in part as follows:
“It is with deep regret that I have
heard of the seiious communal dis¬
turbances which have recently oc¬
curred in several places in the prov
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ince. It is my earnest prayer that
these differences may be composed.
The effect of communal di»
attef ft
is manifest. Its malign influence has
a wider import. It stifles all hopes
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of political progress among the peo¬
ple. It saps the forces of national
life, for it tends to deny the existence
of a common public weal or of com¬
mon effort in co-operation for a
single purpose.
<< The age of tutelage has passed.
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Its place has been taken by an age
of test. To India has been granted a
wide measure of new liberties, of new
opportunities^ of new dignities arid of • A\£'>
new obligations. Her feet are set on
the road which leads to full repre¬
sentative government, and tp the
high destiny awaiting her in the Em¬
pire. May the people of India work
together to make her progress easy • ” ■
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PURSUES FORCES < : '■ *
OF REBEL ARMY
SMALL BANDS OF REBEL FORCES
SAIE^TO BE ATTACKING THE
RAILWAY TRAINS.
JUAREZ, Mexico, Jan. 1.—(By the
Associated Press)—In an effort to
rid this section of rebels, General Ig¬
nacio Enriquez, northern Seone com¬
mander, is to start immediately in _
pursuit of troops headed by Ernesto
Herrera and Manuel Chao, in V0’" 4
de AHends, near Parral, according to
advices received here from Chi Hua- .^
huac City. 4 i.
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Small forces of men unde£ Herreya
and Chao have been attacking r*fj^ If
way trains in an effort to obtain guns
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and ammunition. V,
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The many' friends of Andrew S. '
Blake regret to learn that he con
tinues critically ill at his home op
South Hill street. Little hoff^i was
held for his recovery at th£ tiirtl o|
going to press today. ‘ *-km
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