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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
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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£)
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