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’, V *# * ic -- , ': i . 8 . ■88 ; • : M, m % wm MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS. DEFENDERS OF SHANGHAI WIN BATTLE Push Back Invading Forces And Strengthen u Lines. .-Shanghai, Sept. 20.—(By the Asso ) ciated Press.)—In an engagement which started at daybreak, the rein¬ forced Chekiang troops on the front between the Shanghai-Nanking rail¬ way line and Kiating, pushed the in¬ vading troops back, strengthened their - lines and regained positions near Hwangtu, fifteen miles west of here. Chang Claims Success. Tokio, Sept. 20.—(By the Associ¬ ated Press.);—In a communique is¬ sued in Mukden, Chang Tso Lin, the Manchurian leader, claims decisive .success over the forces of the cen tral government of Peking at Jehol north of Peking and on the Chihli border, between Chinchow on the Peking-Mukden railway in Manchuria and Chaoyang in Chihli, according to press dispatches received here. Chang also says his second and fourth armies 'which are crossing the Chihli border captured large quanti¬ ties of munitions at Fuhsinsin, a small border village. British Ships Endangered. Tientsin, Sept. 20.—(By the Asso ciated Press.) — Shankhaikwan, the border town on the railway, was shelled Friday morning, according to a correspondent, several civilians being killed or injured. Ap¬ peals have been made to the Ameri can and British consuls to protest against the shelling of civilians. > One of Chang Tso-Lin’s airplanes dropped a bomb the same day at Chingwangtao, in Chihli, a few miles from Shanhaikwan. The bomb fell between two British steamers anchor¬ ed off the breakwater. Dr. Cull To Preach First Sermon At Revival Services The Rev. O. K. Cull will open the revival services at the First Chris¬ tian church tomorrow by preaching two sermons. Dr. S. P. Spiegel, who will be in charge of the services, has been de¬ tained and will not arrive until Mon day. He will preach his first sermon Monday night at 7:30 o’clock. The revival will continue fo| two weeks and services will be held each night at 7:30 o'clock. A special choir, assisted by singers from other churches in the city, will furnish the music, which will be di¬ rected by Dr. Spiegel. Dr. Spiegel is well known in this city, having preached the bacca¬ laureate sermon to the(fr924 graduat¬ ing class of the GriffiiAhigh school. Advisory Board Of Salvation Army Elects Officers Officers were elected at a meeting of the advisory board of the Salva¬ tion Army held last night at the Griffin Hotel. They are: W. H. Beck, Sr., president; E., F. Travis, vice president; E. P. Bridges, secre¬ tary; C. M. “Powi/r, treasurer. Three new members named at the meeting are. Mrs. R. R. Evans, Mrs. Cooper Newton and Dr. J. F. Yar¬ brough. Rules for the government of thh board were adopted and a report read of the work done so far by the Salvation Army since its arrival in Griffin. WOMAN CANDIDATE ANSWERS LABOR CHALLENGE AND GOES INTO MINES -/■ Ac i>8 8 : 88 ;8' , 88 888: : •8: •X ;V 8888:-, 88 . . 8 M C r : r 'i • •. 88 $8 s : --88 88x £1 v'. 88 . : 88 illl : 8 ; 8 : 8.8 88 '8;.;X 8; 8& i- S8 'I iSil . 8 ' > 88 *s % : " I 18; -v. ■ SiS ssss - 8>8 ;: S 8 :.v 88 tin K •8 H M: 88 '88 88 8 - 8 ; ; 8 '; ■: - 88 8:8 . ■ - 8;8 ; 8- 8S ; * v fjk •X 88 8 : 88 : '8 ; 8. 8 8 8: : ■:>>> M M*' ; 8;8 lltSI! 8. 88 § 8:-::;8 •.• 88 8 / ■8 • ’’ .. . 88 : : ;88 < - ; c 888 1 8 : 8 ; ' mm 88 8 v Vjj :88 > 888 8y 88 : ; i ;8’8 8 : A >88A ■r f/■*%*** m V* Miss Irene Ward. London, Sept. 18.—Women are learning the ways of politics fast in England. When Miss Irene Ward, Conserva¬ tive candidate for parliament, was challenged by the Labor party about her knowledge of conditions among LATETELEGRAPH NEWS l' I" ! liilmi in WILBUR AGAIN VISITS WHITE HOUSE. Washington, Sept. 20.—(By the Associated Press.)—Secretary Wilbur, whose western speaking r r was cut short when he was asked to return t Coolidge, visited the white house today and at the termination of an interview with the president announced that a special board would be appointed to investigate the relative importance of air, submar i n e and surface craft in th e ns vy ____________________________________________________ WORLD FLIERS LEAVE FOR EL PASO. Love Field, Tex., Sept. 20.—(By the Associated Press.)—With Lieut. Low¬ ell Smith, flight commander, leading, piloting the Chicago, the world fliers took off ■Tor JJ-Paso, 645 miles away, at 6:40 this morning. SCAFFOLD VICTIM TO BE BURIED TODAY Hazlehurst, Ga., Sept. 20.—(By the Associated Press.—Conforming to his wishes expressed before stepping on the gallows yesterday afternoon, the body of Warren Waters, aged 56, executed for the murder of Mar¬ shall T. E. Kersey, will be buried in the Oak.City cemetery today. WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE OUT TO WIN. Topeka, Kans., Sept. 20—(By the Associated Press.)—Making his slo¬ gan “Free Kansas from the Ku Klux, William Allen White, Emporia edi¬ tor, in a statement issued today in connection with his independent candi¬ dacy for governor, declared he is in the race to stay and win. YOUNG MURDERER GRANTED REPRIEVE Springfield, 111., Sept. 20.—(By the Associated Press.)—Governor Len Small today granted a 90 day reprieve to Bernard Grant, Chicago youth awaiting the death sentence penalty. The reprieve is dated to January 16. 11 WARRANTS IN TAR AND FEATHER CASE Frederick, Md., Sept. 20—(By the Associated Press.)—Warrants have been issued for the arrest of 11 persons indicted for complicity in the tarring and feathering of Dorothy Grandon at Myreaville, Frederick coun ty, last July. She was accused of having received the attentions ot mar ried men of that place. Twenty persons were indicted but nine are still at large on $2,000 bond each. WATCHMAN AT EATONTON HELD I OR III RGLAR) Eatonton, Ga., Sept. 20.—Eaton ton's series of mysterious burglaries, extending over many months, have been cleared up, according to county officers. H. Lawt Byars, night watchman, a quiet, sober, steady, unassuming man and quite prominent in church work, is burglaries. in jail, accused He is of alleged a long chain of j to have been trapped in a drug store here early this morning by Reuben and Eugene Whitman, formerly of GRIFFIN, GA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1924 . working people, she donned overalls and went down into the coal pits at Ellington to investigate and study the environment in Which miners toil. selves Labor good party members proved by them¬ sportsmen accom panying her on her first tour of tht pits. <anta, and was captured after a number of shots had been fired, wak ing up the whole town, —___ VAI.DOSTANS TO VOTE ON CITY BOND ISSUE - ” FOR 8270,000 FUND Valdosta, Ga., Sept. 20. An elec :; on for October 31 has been called by the city council for the purpose of voting on * bond issue for public improvements in this city, The amount of bond'issue to be voted on totals $270,000. DAVIS PLANS TO FIGHT IN EVERY STATE Tells /ndiana Audience He Will Not Concede Anything. Gary, Ind., Sept. 20.—A declara¬ tion of intent to battle tt: m every state in the union »* a renewed as sault on “privilege on government, tf and a vigorous appeal for devotion to those “fundamental principles of hu¬ man equality, personal liberty and popular sovereignty," were predomi¬ nant in the opening address here last night by John W. Davis in his cam¬ paign in Indiana. Did Not Concede Any State. Amid cheers Or* from an audience of several thousand gathered in this in¬ dustrial center of northern Indiana. Mr. Davis declared he did not con cede any state to the adversaries of the Democratic party. it I want the word to out,” he go said, “that there are no lost Demo¬ cratic battalions cut off from head¬ quarters. It is not in mortals to command success, but in 48 states of the American union we propose to do better—we propose to deserve it. Democrats Devoted, Consistent. Appealing for devotion <3 to the prin ciples . , of equality, liberty and sov ereignty, Mr. Davis said he had come to his audience as a Democrat, be¬ cause he believed that the Demo¬ cratic party has followed with more devotion and consistency than any other organization “these great doc¬ trines that are so essential and so fundamental if this country is to endure. )> To Discuss Freight Rate Discrimination At Meeting Here Letters asking many Georgia and several Alabama towns to send rep resentatives here to attend a freight rate discrimination meeting October 8, have been sent out by the Griffin and Spalding County Chamber of Commerce. The rates are on all roads south of the Ohio and Mississippi river fork and the discrimination is in favor of Atlanta, Augusta, Macon and Columbus. Towns requested to send represen¬ tatives here are Newman, Fort Val¬ ley, Covington, Conyers, Cordele, Culloden, Eastman, Dawson, Cuth bert, Elbertson, Athens, West Point, Washington, Woodbury, LaGrange, Waycross, Brunswick, Madison, Se aoia, Barnesville, Thomaston, Monte¬ zuma, Linnette, Ala., Opelika, Ala. The meeting is the direct result of work done by the transportation committee of the Chamber of Com¬ merce, of which W. L. Graefe is chairman. Wade Hutchinson is traf¬ fic manager of the committee. The result of the meeting will be presented as a petition to the inter¬ state commerce commission in Wash¬ ington. HENRY COUNTY DELEGATES TO DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION AT MACON ARE NAMED Henry county delegates to the Democratic convention at Macon, Oc¬ tober 8, have been named and are as follows : . Paul Turner, A. G. Harris, David Arnold, Mrs. David Arnold, A. C. Norman, E. M. Smith, Ralph Turner, Mrs. Ralph Turner, A. G. Combs, J. D. McCullough, C. C. Fargason, T. J. Brown, H. C. Hightower and H. J. Turue.r ROME RAILROAD MAN AND WIFE ARE INDICTED FOR MURDER OF AUNT HOT SPRINGS IS VISITED BY TORNADO Demolishes Church And Damages Hotel; One Injury. O’ Hot Springs, Sept. 20.—A tornado dipped to earth here late yesterday, demolishing the St. Luke’s Episcopal church and unroofing a portion of the Eastman hotel. No fatalities were reported. The twister swept in from the Hot Springs National Park, dipped into the city and then passed over Hot Springs mountain, northeast of the city. In addition to wrecking the church and damaging the Eastman hotel, the wind destroyed the cottage home of Mrs. G. A. Bates, damaged the Glen wood hotel and scattered automo¬ biles about the streets. Numerous buildings were slightly damaged. Only one injury was reported. Elza Skilleren sought protection from the wind and rain by standing against the brick walls of St. Luke s church. When the building collapsed, skill¬ eren was buried in an avalanche of debris. He was taken to a hospital where it was said his injuries were not serious. Mrs. Bates was in her home when the tornado tore the roof and walls of the little cottage from the foun¬ dations. Only the floor was left with Mr*. Bates slightly bruised, standing among the wreckage. The Eastman hotel suffered the heaviest property damage. The roof was torn from a portion of the build¬ ing and the interior was flooded by torrents of rain. The hotel’s power plant was hard hit, the wind demol¬ ishing one wall and the roof of the boiler room. BOY SCOUTS TO MEET MONDAY AFTERNOON Boy Scouts of Troop L will meet at the Chamber of Commerce Mon¬ day at 5 o’clock. All Scouts who are not members of troops in Griffin are invited to join and all boys between the ages of 12 and 18 are especially asked to attend the meeting with the inten¬ tion of organizing a new troop. Welcome Services ~ For Salvation Army Here Tomorrow The Union Services of welcome for the Salvation Army to be participat¬ ed in by all the churches in the city will be held at the Methodist church tomorrow afternoon at 3 o’clock and will be presided over by Dr. Leon M. Latimer, pastor of the First Baptist church. Music will be furnished by a ehoir and selections will be rendered by Ensign Fuller and others. Welcome to the Salvation Amy wii! be expressed by P. Y. Lather, Methodist/church; J. P. Nichols, Baptist church; J. L. Algood, Chris¬ tian church; J. Woods Hammond, Presbyterian churcbf** Rev.' ii. A. Willey, Episcopal church; Col. L. P. Goodrich, city of Griffin. A response wil be made by En¬ sign S. M. Surts. WEATHER FORECAST l or Georgia—Unsettled, probably thunderstorms Saturday and Sunday. Temperature for 21 hours ending it. noon Saturday: Maximum' _____ .82 Minimum _____________ Mean____________________ .76 Rainfall. .14 of an inch. A shadow, 50 miles long, thrown by Mount Ranier, recently fell upon the city of Tacoma, Washington. VOL. 53—NO. 48 to Finding of Skeleton in July Led To Arrest of Couple. Chattanooga, Ga., Sept. 20.—(By the Associated Press.)—Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bennett, of Rome,' Qa., were indiefed by a Hamilton county grand jury this morning for the murder, at Miss Augusta Hoffman, a spinster modiste, their aunt, who disappeared in 1916. w. H. Bennett, district freight agent for the Southern railway at Rome, and his wife were detained July 24 and were taken to Chatta¬ nooga in connection with the finding pf a woman’s skeleton in a shallow grave beneath a house undergoing _ repairs. They were detained on investiga¬ tion by authorities of reports that Miss Augusta Hoffman, an aged aunt of Bennett, had occupied the house in 1916 and about that time had mysteriously disappeared. Spectacles Clew. The finding of a pair of gold rimmed spectacles in grave bearing the trade mark of an optician at Knoxville led the officers to that city, where they recovered a letter written W Mrs. Claude Parker, of State Col¬ lege, Pa., sister of Miss Hoffman. Miss Hoffman was at one time at¬ tached to the establishment of Mrs. Molly McGray, milliner, here, and it was through the latter that the de¬ tectives received the clew which they believe has established the identity of the victim. According to their theory, Miss Hoffman, who had procured a con- 3iderable sum of money, was prepar¬ ing to leave for Knoxville, her for¬ mer home, and was killed on the eve of her departure. ♦ Questions Evaded. Questions propounded in letters by detectives were evaded, it is said, one answer being that Miss Hoffman had suddenly married and gone to New York. Another was that the « >man and her husband were in Santa Mexico. / Benefit I Supper To Be Given By Band Tonight The Georgia-Kincaid band will give a benefit supper at the band hall at mill two tonight, starting at 6:30 o’clock. The merchants of Griffin have con tributed the refreshments for the oc casion, which consist of chicken, fish, or oyster dinners^, barbecue and other delicacies. The money derived from the bene¬ fit will be used to purchase uniforms for the band. A good band is an excellent asset f° r Griffin and to show their ap preciation of it the citizens are urged to give the benefit supper their sup¬ port and help a worthy cause. LETTER TO THE PEOPLE OF GRIFFIN FROM THE GEORGIA-KINCAID BAND This is the final announcement of our supper to be given at Band hall, East Griffin, tonight. Although the weather looks un favorable, don’t hold back for we are prepared to take care of you. Fa ad concert begins promptly at 6:30 o’clock. Supper to be served from 6 o’clock and continue as long as the people desire. Thanking you in advance for your kindness, we remaih, The Georgia Kincaid Band.