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4 r y m ■'s.. fer- « f, \ ¥ V BY i I v ft 4 ....... . MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS. WOMAN AIDS PREACHER IN WIFE MURDER Confesses to Implication in Piot With Illinois -Minister. Mount- Vernon, 111., Sept. 23.—Af, ter an all night vigil, Mrs. Elsie Sweeting confessed this morning that she was implicated with the Rev. Lawrence M. Hight in the plot to poison her husband and Mrs. Hight in order that she and the minister could be married; thus con¬ firming the confession made by Hight yesterday. Arrested yesterday' evening at her Ina, 111., home she steadfastly de¬ nied any part in the plot, but brbke down this morning alter being clos¬ eted in the cell with the minister, while, state's attorney and news¬ paper men listened from the door. C. OF C. INVITES STATE BODIES TO MEET HERE The Chamber of Commerce today is sending out invitations to all Chambers of Commerce in Geovsri S ia j to send special representatives to. a meeting here October 8, to dis cuss passage of an amendment to the state constitution which provides j ‘for the amendment of the consti- | ! tution to encourage manufacturing j and industrial enterprises in Geor- ; gia by exempting them from city, j incorporate town and county taxes I for a period of time not exceeding five years.” ! This amendment will be ratified or Injected at_the next general elec tion. The purpose of thimerit! rr 13 to provide ways add means of pke ing the importance of the passage cf j ihc_.amcndmeiit br®re ti peop lp . New Books Af t I Hawkes Library The Hawkes library received sev- ^ eral new books of fiction this week. At the request of the faculty of the j high school, the library also order-] ed some books of non-fiction to be used with the history courses. A list of books received this week follows: Marriage for Two, Gladys Knight. Goin’ on Fourteen, Irvin S. Cobb. The Little French Girl, Sedgwick. Peacock Feathers. The Man from Smiling Pass, Rob insorii* A Gentleman of Courage, Cur wood. Julie Cain, O’Higgins. Several volumes of 'non-fiction. LATE GERMANY WANTS Berlin, Sept. 23.—(By the near future make efforts to enter footing with the great powers, it communique issued at a cabinet G. AND F. Washington, Sept. 23—(By the Florida railway, through its receiver, interstate commerce commission to Northern railway by the purchase of LEAGUE OF NATIONS Geneva, Sept. 23.—The assembly authorized the foundation in Paris :*f tual co-operation to be conducted CHANG’S ARMY Ipk.io, £>cj»t. 23,—-(By ,he army captured Chany ing, a town in morning, according to* a dispateh from CHINESE WAR HALTS Shanghai, Sept. 23.—(By the Pedro Zanni, the Argentine world he arrived yesterday, has been from General Yung-Hsiang, Chekiang because of the war. GRIFFIN, GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER SALVATION ARMY workers NOW STATIONED IN GRIFFIN Ensign Curts and Lieut. Andrews. Mt. Zion People Interested In Commerce Declaring that the farmers the cooperation and possible, Rev. B. L. Betts, the address of the city-community meeting the tabernacle in Mt. Zion night, also told of the people manifested in the the Griffin and Spalding of Commerce and wholehearted support and of the residents of A varied program was given, motion pictures, band ert, vocal and violin selections Among those delivering C. C. Thomas, secretary of of Commerce, and “Tap county farm agent. SE TO ATTEMPT TRANS-PACIFIC Tokio, Sept. 23—(By the Press.)—The imperial has announced plans by.....aviators Pacifi J .ocean, and from London, and possibly around Tor "next year." CARDINALS MEET FOR FIRST TIME IN HISTORY OF CATHOLIC CHURCH IN U.S. Washington, Sept. 23.—(By the Press.)—For the in the history of the in America, four together today at the .the trustees of Catholic here. TAX RATE Barnesville, Ga., Sept. rate of Lamar county has at the. same rate as last per $1,000, which is lower rate of most counties in MSSiKi I |?lt‘ NEWS EQUAL FOOTING Pre3s.)—Germany will in ih League of Nations on an eqa.v as officially Imnounced today in a ANOTHER ROAD Press.)—The Georgia and today was given authority by the control of the State hare stock. ESTABLISH INSTUTF of the League of Nation-, ay international Initiluto f- " ini.-. the auspices of the League. TOWN Press.)—General Chang Ti Lin the northern Chihli pri)Vinc>-, tb Mukden. ARGENTINE FLIER Press.)—The flight of M«j_. or to Shanghai from Hongkong, who as the result of a communication governor, urging the postponement ».. mm Hearty Welcome Given to Salvation Army Here Sunday Under the most auspicious cir¬ cumstances, and with the people of Griffin manifesting an intense inter¬ est, the Salvation Army established . a corps In this city on Sunday, Sep- j tember 21, the chief event of the j occasion being a united meeting of l welcome at 3 o’clock in the First Methodist church, participated in by j ministers and representatives from j all churches. Dr. Leon Latimer, pastor of the • First Baptist church, preside i; arid 1 in subsequent short talks of wei -; come extended the Salvation Army j jupon its advent in their nmbt, the ‘representatives of the church ns dis played a feeling of the most iriend ly co-operation and throughout the speeches there was emphasized the fact that Griffin needed the Salva¬ tion Army and intended to stand by it. Brief Outline of Work On the platform to respond to the hearty welcome were Brigadier and Mrs. Roberts, commanders of the Southern division, with headquarters in Atlanta. The Brigadier gave a brief outline of the work and prir ! poses of the Army since its incep jtion under Ge;ieral Booth, and many i in the audience gained a new con j ception of the scope and magnitude of its work. He recalled the days when the organization was persecut | ed and misunderstood and contrasted tbem w ' tb tbe present time. i ^ ^ ! rS ‘ oberts ' am ong other things, stressed the work that is being done 1 among women and girls and cited instances to show the practically world-wide supervision the Army is able to exercise in this and other di¬ rections. Preceding the meeting of welcome was an open air service on the square conducted by Ensign Curts and Lieutenant Andrews, Salvation Army officers stationed here, assist¬ ed' by the visiting Salvationists. Visits Jail An afternoon visit to the jail at which three conversions were made was followed by an evangelistic meeting at 7:30 o’clock at the First Methodist church. Many short talks were made and a large number came to 'the altar, The chorus work of the Salvationists was particularly enjoyed. The advisory board, composed of some of the leading citizens of Grif¬ fin, has enthusiastically pledged its support to Ensign Curts and Lieut. Andrews and many of the clubs and organizations of the city have en and Lieutenant Andrews. Salvation assistance in every possible way. Salvation Army Workers To Talk i To Girls’ Club | The Girls’ Service Club wilt hold an interesting meeting at the Pr es byterlan church tonight at 7 o’clock The Salvation Army workers, who recently moved to' Griffin, will talk to the club members. After the regular meeting there will be a session of the executive committee. DRY AGENTS UNEARTH BIG RUM PLOT Thousands of Cases of Liquor Near New Orleans. 1" New Orleans, Sept. 33.—Dry yesterday seized thousands Laeombe, across Lake Pont cases of liquor at Mandeville and from New Orleans, and they said, a gigantic | to ship liquor by carloads the large cities in the south and west. H. Hemmingway, said by the officers to be the brains of the al¬ leged conspiracy, was arrested as he attempted to leave Prieto’s yard in his automobile. He gave his ad¬ dress as Mandeville. Taylor Cousin, a farmer of La comhe, is being sought by the offi¬ They said that in two barns his farm they found about 1,000 of liquor. Agents said the aband had been brought from the Rigolets into Lake Pont and up Bayou Laeombe to a few yards of Cousin’s iiquor ships in the Gulf of Mexico The raid was the culmination of several weeks’ of investigation, prohibition officials said. Cars Toad ed vv,th H « uor have been shipped both Mandeville and Laeombe irom the Laeombe mills, as lumber. The consipracy, it was involved also the movement .quantities of liquor by and motor truck to points in Arkansas, Tennessee and Ken¬ It was added that cars loaded with were in two freight trains left Mandeville Saturday One shipment was bound Oklahoma City and a second to Louis, Dry agents went, along an effort to arrest the consigners seize the liquor upon the arri¬ the shipments today, but had been heard from them tonight. Audience At Christian Church Greets Evangelist The Rev. S. O. Spiegel preached initial sermon of the two weeks’ at the First Christian church night and was greeted by a audience, despite the bad The evangelist declared that the was becoming entirely too and what was needed was not prayers but more praying. stated that more things are done prayer than the v/orld dreams of. Today Dr. Spiegel preached the sermon at the Griffin dis¬ convention of the Christian in session at Concord, re¬ to the city in time for the services at the Christian MEETING AT SENOIA WEDNESDAY Senoia, Ga., Sept. 23—The visit and delegates to the annual of the Western Missionary of the western association Wednesday and Thursday will addresses by Dr. A. T. Ayers, missionary from China, and Rathtoen-'^& yjtffi fe correspond secretary of the Southern Bap-! Association •*9 of Birmingham, Ala. WEATHER FORECAST Fair and slightly cooler Wednes¬ with moderate north winds. temperature for 21 hours ending noon Tuesday: Maximum 79 mini¬ 71; mean 75. COTTON ADVANCES 175 POINTS AS BULLISH REPORT IS SENT OUT INVESTIGATE SOME MORE IN DAUGHERTY CASE Camp Perry, O., Sept. 23—(By the Associated Press.)—Senator Smith \y. Brookhart, chairman of the Daugherty investigating committee, today said that he had wired Sen¬ ator H. F. Aghhurst, of Arizona, the only other member of the conn mittee in Washington, that he might, if desired, call the committee to¬ gether to hear additional testimony. Means Silent. Concord, N. C., Sept. 23—(By the Associated Press.)—Gaston B. Means, central figure in the Daugh¬ erty probe, arrived here last night, joining his wife and child at his mother’s home. He refused to dis¬ cuss his repudiation in the case. Exchange Club Opposes Change In City Affairs Ihe Exchange Club of Griffin en ' dorsed the present form of „ city . man agement and opposed . the .. proposed , amendment .____ to the city charter, ^ at its weekly meeting , today. , Tt Under , this , . amendment the city „ would ,, . have five „ commissioners, ■ . „ elected , A _ from „ one the , - ««* ward. Lucan P. Goodrich, past president filutn fs fl C !, Ub ’. pre8Wted sively that the proposed would throw the management of the city back into the hands of ward politics. He showed that when the city-manager and commission form of government went into effect, the city was over $10,000,000 in debt. During the first year under the city management form the city was out of debt and had a balance of over $3,000. This saving to the city tax payers was not done at the expense of vital departments. The commissioners added five new policemen; five additional firemen; increased the salaries of the mem bers of both the fire and police de partments; paid the education fund $6,000 more than the former may¬ or and council form had done; spent $3,000 more on the health depart¬ ment of the city; and in spite of these facts, saved the city more than $15,000, Judge Goodrich said. The club then entered into an in¬ formal discussion of the subject and unanimously went on record as being opposed to the proposed amendment. H. P. Stuckey, director of the Georgia Experiment station, exhibit; several new varieties of grapes developed at the station. He went into detail, teliing of the work be¬ done in this department. The new varieties developed at the sta¬ tion were shown to be of a superior and flavor. Progressive Concern Four-Page The Griffin Mercantile Company a new advertising rec this issue of the News & Sun. : It uses an entire four page sec of the paper to announce its , fashion Show, to be held on afternoon and night of this and to describe the new fall ! and style trend for season. | This is the first four-page VOL. 53—NO 50 Big Buying Movement Ad¬ vances Prices $9.50 on Bale. New York, Sept. 23—(By the Associated Press.)— The government cotton report proved so bullish that a big buying movement set in on the market here, advancing prices $9.60 on the bale. Washington, Sept. 12—The cotton crop was forecast today at 12,596,000 equivalent 600 pound bales by the department of agriculture. Of this crop, 2,662,000 running bales, counting round as half bales, had been ginned prior to September 16, it was reported. ^ The condition on September 16' of the crop in Georgia was 59 per cent normal and the forecast in thou¬ sands of bales was 1,198. For Tennessee, the report was 60 per cent normal and a production of 413. Pursley Slaton’s Special Report New York, Sept. 23—Although government report indicated that < the . crop was only , about 200, nrin p00 . bales , , less and , the condit . n fig- „ A hardly •W less than ure a point expert ed, , . it sent the , market . to the limit , because of , the , larger over report interest than was genenlly , sr-jstifs , s the market ,, . 176 points, was up where hedge ge]]ing and profit uk _ ing supplied the demand, Pnces e * sed ofT quickly nearly a cent ’ but later on new bu y* n £ came in ’ tnuch of which was said ^ lor tbe m ’ bs ' It eannot be said that bearish sentiment locally has been materially changed by today's developments, most comment after the Teport' be ing against the market and many doubted the correctness of the fig¬ ures. This years’ government syst-jm of changing pars every two weeks came in for criticism. Immediate prices should be governed mostly by what ever attitude the world spiemets as¬ sume of today's crop guess. CASHIER IS INDICTED ON CHARGES OF TAKING HALF MILLION DOLLARS Hartford, Conn., Sept. 23.—G. Har¬ old Gilpatric, former cashier of the First National Bank of Putnam and former treasurer of the state of Connecticut, was indicted by a fed¬ eral grand jury today on the charge of emebezzlement of $500,000 of the bank’s funds. MAJOR M’GREGOR’S CONDITION UNCHANGED Warrenton, Ga., Sept. 23—Shortly after midnight it was reported that there had been but little change dur¬ ing the night in the condition of Major C. E. McGregor, state pension commissioner, who has been at the point of death at his home here for several days. First in History of Paper tion adveiti •f’ ment in the history of thia paper, Ten young women, selected by the Federated clubs of Griffin and associate clubs of nine counties, will act as models at the show, which is being sponsored by the clubs, A revolving stage and long run way will be used to display the new apparel, among which are a of imported gowns. d£) . .