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a S'7: 8§§ v* gSP^ p#i <-t. i '<mm 7 "' '■ > v a , ..-,v 4 h lift * ! b IS I0> ‘VS : t 7 s§lj id w', n I 'kM ^ MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS. DR. CARSON’S RESIDENCE DESTROYED Fire Razes Country Home While Family Was Away. Fire, starting about 5:30 o’clock Sunday afteronon, completely de¬ stroyed the country home of Dr. M. F. Carson. A call was sent in to the fire de¬ partment, but the firemen could do little toward saving the house on account of the inadequate water supply. The family was not at home at the time, the call being sent in by persons who saw the smoke. Those reaching the home first found the roof blazing. Apparent¬ ly the fire started in th e ceiling. Defective wiring was thought to be the cause. A one-inch pipe line was the only w-ater source available and the fire¬ men could only help by carrying out furniture. Most of the furnishings on the first floor were saved, with the ex¬ ception of some silver in the • but • ler’s pantry. Mrs. Carson’s jewelry, including her engagement and wedding rings, was lost in the fire. Dr. and Mrs. Carson arrived home as the fire had just about destroy¬ ed the home. Insurance covered part of the loss, about $7,500 being carried. McADOO BACK FROM EUROPE; WILL CONFER WITH JOHN W. DA.VIS _ Washington, Sept. 22. — William G. McAdoo is expected to conf:;r with John W. Davis, the Democratic presidential candidate, in New York after his arrival today aboard the Leviathan, it was announced by ... the democratic national committee, in making public a radio greeting sent by the nominee Sunday, to the Californian. r Mr. McAdoo also is to consult the democratic board of strategy at New York with reference to the speaking tour he i3 to make across the continent for the party’s ticket. Mr. Davis’ message to him ex pressed “hearty welcome from my self and throngs of your western friends who have recently honored with with every expression of their confidence, being assured your spldn did co-operation means victory in November. tr BENNETTS READY FOR TRIAL; FRIENDS SAY THEY ARE INNOCENT Rome, Ga., Sept. 22.—W. H. Ben¬ nett, division freight agent of the Southern railway, who is charged jointly with his wife, with the mur der of their aunt, Miss Augusta Hoffman, in Chattanooga nine years ago, has authorized the statement that he and Mrs. Bennett have com pleted their investigation prepara tory to their defense and that they are ready for trial. They were in¬ dicted Saturday by the Hamilton county grand jury. Friends of the Bennetts in Rome, where they have lived almost five years, still main¬ tain confidence in their innocence of the crime. WEATHER FORECAST For Georgia—Local thunder show¬ ers Monday; Tuesday fair and cool¬ er, with moderate south winds. Temperature for 24 hours ending at noon Monday: Maximum ’....... 91 Minimum ........69 Mean .................. 80 LATE TELEGRAPH NEWS SHANGHAI TROOPS HOLD LINE Shanghai, Sept. 22.—(By the Associated Press.)—After battering at the Chekiang defensive lines since daybreak, the Kiangsu artillery was unable to push the Shanghai troops back in the fighting which was in progress today between Hwangtu and Kiating, 15 miles west of Shanghai. i FIRE IN MINE PREVENTS RESCUE Salt Lake City, Utah, Sept. 22.—(By the Associated Press.)—L. F. Rain’s coal mine near Spring Canyon, Utah, in which five men were en¬ tombed by an explosion last night, is on fire and the rescue of the im¬ prisoned men alive is believed impossible, according to word received here. JL FLIERS LEAVE FOR CALIFORNIA Tucson, Ariz., Sept. 22.—(By the Associated Press.)—With Lieut. Lowell Smith in the lead, the three army world fliers hopped off at 7:28 o’clock this morning for San Diego. The sky was clear and there was only a slight breeze. BANK PRESIDENT DIES Thomasviile, Ga., Sept. 22.—(By the Associated Press.)—William Harri¬ son Rockwell, president of the National Bank of Thomasviile, died in a local hospital at 10 o’clock last night. His illness was brief, an operation for appendicitis yesterday revealing his critical condition. MARINES READY FOR CHINA San Diego, Cal., Sept. 22.—(By the Associated Press.)—The fourth regiment of marines, based here, are being held in readiness for duty in China, it was announced today. Although no definite word has been re¬ ceived, it is believed, that the regiment may be taken across the Pacific in the transport Argonne. M’GREGOR GROWING WEAKER Warrenton, Ga., Sept. 22.—(By the Associated Press.)—Major O. E. McGregor, state pension commissioner, who is critically ill, is gradually becoming weaker, his physician stated today. PREACHER CONFESSES TO MURDER Admits Placing Poison in Wife’s Coffee to Re¬ lieve Suffering. Mt. Vernon, 111., Sept. 22.—(By the Associated Press.)—Rev Law ■ rence M. Hight, Ina pastor, con¬ fessed at 4:10 o’clock this morning to P oisonin 8 his Wife and Wilfond Sweeting. In a statement to the officers, Hight declared the murder of his wife was prompted to relieve her suffering. According to his statement he placed poison in her coffee the morning of September 10. -v-^===.~ Hight was questioned from 9 o’clock last night until 4 o’clock this morning. A few minutes later he confessed. He claimed to be temporarily in¬ sane at the time. He admitted poisoning Sweeting July 27, but denied undue familiar¬ ity with Mrs. Sweeting. 50,000 Are Guests At Wedding At Legion Conclave \ m . iSi m 5. i: jffs ft*- B & 1 si . • < m ' •; M'&m I 5 1% in * More than 80,000 persons looked ott and the wedding march j was played by a 8,700-^ .ece band i when Mias ftnth Blanche Mas ters married Erling Maine, ad¬ jutant of the American Legion post ing’ the at legion’s Winnebago, Minn., dur¬ national coavcu tion in St. PauL GRIFFIN, GA., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1924. EXPECT LARGE CROWD AT MT. ZION MEETING Motion pictures, band music, songs, violin solos, addresses ’n everything will be on the program tonight at the city-county commu¬ nity meeting to be held at the tab¬ ernacle in Mt. Zion. Promptly at 7 o’clock the band concert will begin and at 7:30 the meeting will be called to order by the Rev. John F. Yarbrough, the chairman of The rural relations committee of the Chamber of Com merce. The Rev. B. L. Betts will deliver the address of welcome. . The Mt. Zion meeting will be the third held an the county and it is planned to hold a meeting in every community in the county to pro¬ mote a more cordial relationship between the residents of Spalding county and those of Griffin. ' The first two meetings drew ca¬ pacity crowds and it is expected the tabernacle at Mt. Zion will be fill¬ ed tonight. Automobiles will leave the Cham¬ ber of Commerce at 6 o’clock and all citizens of Griffin are urged to attend. Figure This Out Munich, Sept. 22.—By the Asso¬ ciated Press.)—The recent weddings of Karl Braun, 25 years old, and his father have started an endless chain of relationships which has got be¬ yond the reach og genealogists, and culminated in Braun becoming his father’s father-in-law. Young Braun married a widow of 45 with grown up children. Short¬ ly after his father, 50 years of age, narried the 24 year old daughter of yond the reach of genealogists, and ■‘hat as a result of the two weddings young Braun became his father’s father-in-law and that his wife' s daughter became her mother’s moth¬ er-in-law and the step mother of her own lather. WOMAN AUTO DRIVER COMMITS SUICIDE ATFER MACHINE KILLS MAN Berhn ’ Sept - 22.—Upon being in ^ orme d that a pedestrian whom she had run down in her high powered car had fed from the effects of his injuries, Frau Anita Huettmann, wife of a well known banker from Valparaiso, Chile, committeed sui¬ cide by shooting. DAVIS SAYS PEOPLE ARE DISSATISFIED Declares All Signs Point to Sweeping Democratic Victory. New York, Sept. 22.—Returning here last night from a 5,000 mile campaign through the west, John W. Davis, the democratic presidential candidate, declared “that all signs point to a sweeping democratic vic¬ tory in the coming election. *’ I return to the east confident of success,” he said, U Privilage has won its last battle. We are laying our cause before the American peo pie and they are responding nobly.” Mr. Davis said everywhere he went in the west all those with Hvhoiri' he talked brought the same message—“that the great silent vote which has turned every election in the past when the American peo¬ ple came to a cross road, has made up its mind this year to turn to the democratic party as the only? possible avenue of relief.” • i The people fully realize, tT he said “that the choice lies only be¬ tween continuing the present dis¬ credited republican regime c or in¬ stalling the democratic administra¬ tion in its stead.” Asserting that in all the states he had visited—West Virginia, Illi¬ nois, Indiana, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas and Missouri—he had foond the democratic party in tact and undivided. Mr. Davis said its members were working together in an “absolute unity of purpose and with ao interest I have never seen surpassed in any campaign.” People Dissatisfied. Everywhere that I have been, I have heard the same story, he add ad, “and it has come to me from tnen regardless of previous party affiliation—it is that of dissatis faction with the service rendered, or rather denied, by the government during the last three and a half years . ---1----------- “The farmer resents the deception that was attempted by the republi can party in placing an utterly in effective tariff duty on his products; he resents the artificial increase in the price of all the things he buys; and he is convinced that there is no sincere purpose on the part of the republican party to take any steps in his interests. << The laboring is longer man no deceived by the cry of republican prosperity and feels keenly the ris¬ ing cost of living. u The exposure of corruption in Washington made a far deeper im¬ pression on the public mind and the moral sense of the country than the leaders of the republican party are willing to admit. They have not been forgotten and will not be for¬ given. U I found, that in the moreover, middle west—contrary to the im¬ pression which prevailes in some quarters—the people were deeply in¬ terested in the foreign policy of the government and entirely out of sympathy with the timid evasive course which the present admin¬ istration has pursued.” NEW FUNERAL CAR ADDED TO EQUNIPMENT OF HAISTEN BROS. Haisten Bros., local 7 funeral id rectors, have added a third funeral car to their already well-equipped establishment. Combination gray black is the color of the vehicle which was made by the Mort Company, Bpeciahata in funeral cars and ambulances. Preach First Sermon Tonight at Christian Church V r i C * Dr. 8. P. Spiegel, who will con¬ the revival services at the Christian church, will preach first sermon at 7:30 o’clock to¬ The revival will continue for two and was started yesterday Dr. O. K. Cull, pastor of the church, preached two ser¬ mons to large audiences. STORY OF MEANS IS RIDICULOUS Roxie Stinson Denies Giv¬ ing Testimony Inspired by Wheeler. Cplumbus, O., Sept. 22,—(By the Associated Press.) — Miss Stinson, one of the senate tee’s star witnesses in the tion of the administration of Harry M. Daugherty, former attorney gen today characterized as “redic ulous” the purported from Gaston B. Means, former de¬ partment of justice agent, to *>er Attorney General which Means repudiated his testi mony. *Miss Stinson, the divorced of Jesse Smith, whose name figured conspicuously in the senate tigation, denied a statement con tained in the Means repudiation that she, like himself, had testimony “inspired by Burton Wheeler, prosecutor” and denied coercion had been used >n obt lining her testimony, Wants Another Probe. Aboard Wheeler Special to ington, Sept. 2?.—Senator announced today that Gaston Means called him last night long distance telephone and that the special senate committee be called together again that he might present evidence to prove even grosser corruption in public than he exposed last spring.. Wheeler said that Means told him that he had dealings with Coan, employee of the national committee, and with Daugh at Columbus prior to the repudiation. BOY ADMITS KILLING AUNT AND ATTACKING CHILDREN WITH AX Columbia, S. C., Sept. 22.—Chase a negro sdspected of killing Mrs. Lina Wessinger with an ax, and seriously injuring her three children, was abandoned to¬ by a posse after Asbury Wes¬ 14 year old nephew of the confessed the crime. Three other negroes held in con¬ with the ax slaying were re¬ The boy first told authorities that negro killed his aunt and attack¬ the children. Later he admitted struck his aunt while she was the cow. VOL. 53—NO. 49 STORM TOLL IS HEAVY IN WISCONSIN Total Dead Placed at 30; Property Loss Is Large. St. Paul, Sept. 22.—(By the Asso¬ ciated Press.) Sweeping across Wisconsin and Minnesota several terrific tornadoes took a toll of 19 known dead with unconfirmed re ports late Sunday placing the total dead at 30, The brunt of the storm was felt at Thorp, Wis., where 11 persons are known dead, while reports say the total in that section will reach 22 . Property losses in the Thorp sec¬ tion will aggregate several hundred thousands of dollars. A heavy rain and hail storm with a high wind preceded the tornado, which lasted only a few minutes. The twister covered an area of be¬ tween 10 and 12 miles. ** 1ff } Children Killed Couderay, Wis., Sept. 22—(By As¬ sociated Press,)—Two small chil¬ dren are dead, their mother dying and six others injured as the re¬ sult of a cyclone which passed over this section between Couderay and Lexington Sunday afternoon. The two small children of Mrs. Joe Patrice were killed when the home was carried 400 feet by a twister. POLICE HERE .tf ASKED TO NAB NEGRO; GET 4 They can’t get through Griffin. They have tried it and failed; speeders get caught and runaway boys are nabbed off the tijpin. In the wee small hours of Sunday morning the police received a wire from Forsyth to take a small negro boy off the train from Macon. Police on duty at the station boarded the train and instead of one, they found four. The oldest appeared to be about 12 and the youngest about 8. They were escorted down to the Big Jail” to await the arrival of their parents. The boys had tickets to Atlanta and were leaving home, they said, to go to the big city where they could make more money. MANY PRIZES GIVEN BY FREEDMAN DURING TRADE EXPANSION SALE Prizes awarded by Freedman’s Department Store during its big trade Expansion Sale, went to J. G. Pulliam, Milner, Route 1, fattest boy, and Jim Miller, Griffin, boy with the most freckles. In the baby contest where a com piete outfit was to be given to the fattest baby under 2 years, on ac :oiint of so many attending, three' prizes were awarded, first going to 3. G. Brooks, Griffin, Route A; second to C. M. Massett, Bleach ery No. 1.; third to the child of Mrs. J. G. Marshall, Griffin. I AUTOMOBILE STOLEN FROM DR. WEBB CONN A new Hudson coach, belonging to Dr. Webb Conn, was stolen Sun¬ day night in front of his home at the Marion apartment. The theft was not discovered un¬ til this morning. A bag of instruments was in th£ car. Poliee are working on the case.