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THE> NEWS, Established 1871.
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EACH DAY SEES HUNDREDS OF
CHILDREN'S NAMES ADDED TO
THE LIST OF GIVERS; $3.00®,000
MEMORIAL PLANNED.
WASHINGTON, V Jan. 3.—Children’s
,
pennies are pouring into headquar¬
ters of the Harding Memorial Asso¬
ciation here to be applied to the na¬
tion’s monument to the memory of
the late President of the United
States. Contributions arrived yes¬
terday from an Indian mission school
[in South Dakota, a girls’ private
School on the Hudson, many public
; schools from points all over the coun¬
try, and a score of Girl and Boy Scout
troops. Each day sees hundreds of
children’s names'*added to the list of
!! givers.
.-Many grades and schools will re¬
ceive the engraved certificates of as¬
sociate membership in the Harding
Memorial Association, sent to chil¬
dren’s groups in which every mem¬
ber contributes. The Rose School,
1 Yates Center, Woodson county, Kan¬
sas, with a contribution of 50 cents
for 17 pupils and the teacher, is
typical of public school contributions
to the memorial fund. Children’s
! gifts from Rose School ranged from
one to ten cents. The teacher con
I tributed 13 cents.
Letters from many schools irrdi
cate that the certificates-of associate
membership are to be framed and
hung in school rooms.
School children of Clairton, Pa.,
contributed $77.82 to the memorial
fund. Twenty-five grades made 100
per cent donations.
Gifts from Girl Scout Troops are
typified in a dollar contribution from
Troop 21 of St. Paul, Minn., which
was accompanied by a letter from the
i scout captain saying: “We would like
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to make it more, but most of the girls
in this troop are from homes where
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very little.” One donation
was received from a troop of Girl
j Scouts whose members for the most
part were residents of an orphanage.
Many troops of Boy Scouts have
made 100 per cent contributions to
the fund. Among the latest 100 per
cent troops is Troop Nine of West
Medford, Mass., with a total contri¬
bution of $1.50.
One of the Boy Scout contributions
was Mr. William King of 726 Wilson
Boulevard, Ballston, Va., who is nine
s ty-one years old but a member of the
Ballston troop. Mr. King sent a
dollar with the request that he be en¬
rolled as an associate member of the
Harding <50 Memorial Association.
Boys and girls of the Welsh Pres¬
byterian Sunday school of Olymphant,
Pa., sent $1.65, with the explanation
that their Sunday school is one of the
smallest in Olyphant and their wishes
for the success of the Harding Me¬
morial campaign were larger than
their donation.
Thomas F. Wheeler, of 50 Park
Place, New York city, made a dollar
contribution for every member of his
family, from the 68 year old grand¬
mother down to the seven months old
~ grandson.
Children’s contributions will make
up but a relatively small partsof the
$3,000,000 fund which is the goal of
the Harding Memorial Association.
Officers of the Association, however,
believe the children’s contribution is
;the one that would have been most
pleasing to the late President Hard¬
ing.
London has fewer traffic policemen
on duty today that 10 years ago.
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ACTION HOLDS UNTIL SUCH
TIME AS SHE SHALL APPEAR
AND SATISFY COURT SHE
RESIDES IN PROVIDENCE.
PROVIDENCE, R. I., Jan. 3.—
(By Associated 'Press) Judge Bar
rows, of the superior court, today
entered an order to vacation the
divorce granted yesterday to Nina
Wilcox Putnam Saifderson, from
Rober J. Sanderson until such time
as she shall appear iiv person and
satisfy the court tihat she has been
a resident of this state for more
than two years prior to October 16.
'She is now understood to be in
Florida.
IN PEORIA TAKES
LIVESOF MANY
BETWEEN TWENTY-FIVE AND
THIRTY-FIVE BELIEVED DEAD
—INJURED ARE REMOVED TO
HOSPITALS.
PEORIA, 111., Jan. 3—(By the As¬
sociated Press)—Between twenty-five
and thirty-five are believed dead and
more than a hundred others were in¬
jured in a terrific dust explosion here
last night,
The rescurers could see the bodies
of approximately between twenty-five
and thirty-five victims lying in the
ruins but the # flames prevented any
attempts to reach them.
Injured Men Removed. 0
Eighty injured, many of them badly 1
mangled, had been removed from the
wreckage at eight o’clock and taken
to hospitals in Pekin and Peoria.
Two hundred and fifty men were
working in the plant at the time of
the explosion.
Sings To Victims;
At nine o’clock one hunderd of
the injured had been placed in hos¬
pitals. ../■ f
Trapped in the third floor of tlhe
burning plant, Frank Lichtweiss,
age twenty-six ,sang to his fellow
workers for nearly an hour to
calm them and when the last re¬
treat was cut off, he jumped from
a third story window of the blaz¬
ing building.'
He was taken to the hospital bad¬
ly burned. 'His eye3 were hurt.
OFFICIAL COTTON REPORT
FOR WEEK JUST ENDE?I
Griffin received 122 bales of cot
tort during the week ending Thurs
day t January 3, as compared with
eleven bales for the corresponding
week of last year, according to the
official cotton report tabulated es
pecially for the News & Sun by
J. E. Maynard. The shipments were
158 bales during- the past week,
against 51 bales in 1920. The
stock on hand in the various ware
ihouses amounts to 2,571 bales,
against 3,360 bales for last year. 5,
957 bales lhave bee nreceived in
Griffin to date, against 2,499 bales
for last year. Middling was quoted
at 34.50 cents in Griffin Thursday,
against 08.60 cents for a year "ago.
today.
Paper-macne is taking the place
of ice in the shipping of fresh figs
from the Pacific to the Atlantic
coasts. „ s
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GRIFFIN, GA., THURSDAY A 'BRNOOX, JANUARY 3, 1924.
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♦ MISSISSIPPI CYCLONE ♦
* * DOES MUCH DAMAGE ♦
♦ MERIDIAN, Miss, Jan. 3.— ♦
♦ —(By Associated Press)—<A-+
♦ cyclone struck Causeyville, ♦
♦ four miles south of here last ♦
♦ night, injuring several negroes ♦
♦ and doing heavy property da- ♦
♦ mage. Nurjprous families were *
+ made homeless. ♦
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HARRY K. THAW TO
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SOON SEEK LIBERTY
SAYS HIS LAWYER
SLAYER OF STANFORD WHITE
NOW IN A PHILADELPHIA
ASYLUM WILL SEEK LIBERTY
THROUGH HIS ATTORNEY.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3. (By Asso¬
ciated Press) ’Barthelmew B. Coyne
a New York lawyer, who has for a
number of years represented Harry
K. Thaw, today definitely confirm¬
ed the reports that his client, slayer
of Stanford White, now in a Phila¬
delphia asylum, would soon seek
his freedom.
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A short while later iMr. Coyne
announced that Frederick Gump,
Jr., of Kansas City, for the whip¬
ping of whom Thaw faces charges
in this state, would agree to settle
the civil damage suit out of court
and left the criminal charges lapse.
To Oppose Efforts.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 3.—(By
Associated Press) Former Judge
James Gay Gordon, counsel for Mrs.
Mary Cojplay Thaw, the mother of
Harry K. Thaw, indicated today
that any attempt to have Thaw re¬
leased from the Pennsjvania Hospi¬
_
tal for Mental and Nervous diseases
would I be opposed.
Hospitals Conducted By Americans
Wanted Despite Poverty, Gues
hoff Recently Declared.
SOFIA, Jan. 3.—American nursing
and hospital methods are being in¬
troduced in the Bulgarian Red Cross
hospital in this city as a model for,
hospital practice throughout Bulgaria.
The work is Jjeing conducted under
the auspices of the American Red
Cross and is in charge of two Ameri¬
can war nurses, Miss Rachel C. Tor¬
rance and Miss Theodora Le Gros.
Miss Torrance has been doing pioneer
WQrk in Bufgaria since m4 and Miss
Le Gros has been engaged in the
wor k in Sofia about a year.
The two nur8es were assigned , to
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the present work ftt the request of
Ivan E> Gueshoff, president of the
Bulgarian Red Cross. They "have a
c i ass 0 f 2 3 student nurses, and one of
the visible 'results of their efforts is
the elimination of the hospital atmos
phere from the Red Cijoss hospital,
as conducted by them, has become a
modern American institution in al
most every respect. V
“Miss Torrence and Miss Le Gros
are doing a great work for us," said
Mr. Gueshoff recently, “We want hos
pitalS conducted on the American
model despite all our poverty. The
only way to accomplish that is to
American -trained nurses. And
noble women are enabling us to do
it, thanks to the American
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IN THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW
AH RESOLVE TO KEEP ON DOING
SITING FOH BEST CITY EVER
It Isn’t raining violets today—it
is riining rain, or water, and
while Tit is dark and dreary, don't Ibe
so . Put ort a cheerful smile
and by and by there will -be sun
shine and happiness.
And in the beginning of tfhe new
year, while you are shut in on a
dark and gloomy day, make some
new year resolutions—to do some¬
thing for your home town.
Griffin is the (best city ever, but
everybody doesn't know it—those
here know it, but those who have,
nevqf visited our fair city do not
knaJI it. Tell ’em in:a letter or card,
or id person.
Griffin can (be made a mSuch bet
ter city if we will resolve to pull j
together a little more steadily. 1
Let’s co-operate in every undertak¬
ing having for its object the de¬
velopment and advancement of Grif.
fin and its interests.
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Griffin is a city of wonderful
opportunities and we need more
people here to enjoy them. Let’s
go after them.
Griffin needs more small manu
factoring industries—needs more
payrolls. Let’s go after new indus¬
tries and help build up Griffin.
Griffin has the finest farmKng lands
in j|he country, but in Spalding
county many acres are lying idle.
Let’s seek to attract new citizens
to our county and put the waste
land to work.
Griffin will grow as its people
determine it shall grow. Let’s get
together and go to work with a will
and determination not' before ex
erted and do more for Griffin in
the year 1924 than ever 'before.
Now, everybody,- put your should¬
er to the wheel and let’s make
Griffin grow and. prosper—-make it
bloom as the green bay tree.
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Output of Manufacturing Industries
Continues to Compare Favorably
With Last Year, It is Said.
ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 3.—Legiti¬
mate business, economically operated,
was able to make a reasonable profit
in almost all lines of trade during the
year 1923, and the prospects for 1924,
business now being found on a sound
basis, offer every indication of pros¬
perity in the opinion of Atlanta bank¬
ers and business men, particularly
officials of the Federal Reserve Bank
of Atlanta who have well sounded
conditions in the Sixth federal district
compromising the States* of Georgia,
Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Missis¬
sippi and Louisiana.
One fact is especially noted in the
matter of building and construction
activity. All reports received here
show that it has been carried on at a
very high rate all during ,- the past
year and there is as yet no evidence
of the slowing down which is usual
at this time of year.
The output of manufacturing in¬
dustries continues, on the whole, re
state, to compare favorably
with last year, and employment con
j ditiohs, particularly in the sixth fed
eral district, are reported satisfac
tory.’
THE SUN, Established 1877.
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* COMPTROLLER OF CURRENCY *
* CALLS FOR STATEMENTS *
* WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-(By *
* Associated Press)— The comp- *
* trailer of currency today issued a *
* call for the condition of all na- *
* tional banks at'the closfc of bus- *
* iness oh Monday, December 31. *
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NAPIER ASKS FOR
COLLECTIONS TO BE HELD IN
TRUST PENDING FINAL AD.
JUDICATION OF THE LITIGA¬
TION, ACCORDING REPORTS.
ATLANTA, Jan. 3. (By -Associat¬
ed Press)—Attorney General Napier
today filed in Fulton .-county su¬
perior Court a petition $iat t)te
temporary injunction which was
granted January 1, against the col¬
lection of the Milner tobacco sales
tax,. |be amended so as to permit
collection of the tax, the collections
to be held in trust pending - final
adjudication of the litigation.
Hearing on the petition was set
for tomorrow.
SAVINGS Slim ELECTS
OFFICERS FOR W
B. R. Blakley, One of City’s In¬
fluential Business Men, Retains
Presidency. Smith Leaves.
The Savings Bank of Griffin, at
a meeting a day or two ago, elect¬
ed officers for the ensuing year,
after finding that the bank had
passed another prosperous year.
“We lhad a good year,” said E, H.
Griffin, cashier, today. “Especially
was our Christmas Savings club a
success. It is growing by leaps and
bounds. We anticipate another good
year in 1924, which dawned under
the brightest auspices."
B. R. Blakely, one of Griffin’s
best loved and most widely influ¬
ential business men, iwas re-elected
for anoUier year as president of
the bank, a portion which he has
held iriost satisfactorily since the
organization of the institution In
1889.
J. H. Smith, who has been cashier
and vice president for thirty-one
years, has servered active connec¬
tion with the bank, though he has
not given up official relations. He
has gone with tht Griffin Gas
Company, in which he has a
tra ling interest, and will
his entire time to this business
the future. 5 )
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The officers for the year
are as follows: B. R. Blakely,
ent; /ML J. Daniel, vice
E. H. Griffin, cashier.
The directors elected are as
lows: B| R. Blakely, J. P.
Sr., T. T. Blakely, <M. J.
Wm. H. Beck, F. M. Binford, J.
Smith, E. H. Griffin, J. H.
SEED OF FOREIGN
K
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m ASSOCIATION
CLOVER SEED CROP IN UNITED
STATES DOBS NOT EXCEED*
FORTY-FIVE PER CENT OF
NORMAL THIS YEAR.
USB AN A, HL, Jan. 3.-—Warning
that foreign clover seed that is pour¬
ing into this country in unusually
targe quantities, is worthless and that
th.e American farmer Vill be made to
suffer enormous and unnecessary
losses, and the clover crop of the na¬
tion be greatly injured if steps are
not taken to protect him, is contained
in a letter written to Henry C. Wal
lace, secretary of agriculture, by J.
C. Haekleman of the University of
Illinois, secretary of the International
Crop Improvement association.
According to Mr. Haekleman, the
red clover seed crop in the United
States does not exceed 45 per cent of
normal this year and for this reason
there is a threatened importation of
30,000,000 pounds of red clover seed,
enough to plant 3,000,000 acres, from
France, Italy, Argentina and Africa.
This seed, Mr. Haekleman said, has
been tested in all portions of the
United States.
“Comparative tests of clover seed
from various sources, native and for¬
eign, conducted by experiment sta¬
tions in the majority of clover grow¬
ing states,” his letter says, “show
conclusively the worthlessness of im
ported European seed, particularly
that o{ Iujjap and French priginj
which represents the bulk of the im¬
portations.
The letter is the result of the fourth
annual meeting of the International
Crop Improvement association, at
which the situation was discussed and
a resolution adopted placing the asso¬
ciation on record against such im¬
portation. Mr. Haekleman’s letter
was approved an<f signed by the
“clover seed situation” committee of
the association which consists of H.
D. Hughes, Iowa State College, S. C.
Salmon, Kansas agricultural college
and J. F. Cox of the Michigan agricul¬
tural college.
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One of Griffin’s Best Known Busi.
ness Men Dies After Short
Illness Here Thursday.
Andrew S. Blake, one of Griffin’s
best known young business men, died
at his home on South Hill street at
3:30 o’clock Thursday afternoon,
after a short, illness. He had been
critically ill for several days and
while his death was not unexpected,
it came in the nafttre of a shock to
his family and friends.
Andrew Blake Was a son of the late
A. W. Blake and had been a resident
of Griffin for many years. Possessed
with excellent business qualifications
and indomitable will, he accumulated
a fortune. He was a man of kindly
disposition and had scores of friends
who will be grieved to hear of his
death.
The deceased is survived by his
wife, two sons, Otis and Arthur, and
other relatives.
Funeral arrangements will be an¬
nounced later.
WEATHER FORECAST.*
For Georgia: CJoudy in the north
?nd rain in the south portion tonight. .
j Colder tonight with Friday fair and
colder. 1 \ >