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NEW YORK, Aug, 31—If the ma~
gority of preachers lin this country
id not have a keen sswnse of humor
there would he grave danger for the
future of church work in many
Western and Southern towns an%
farming communities, according to
Pr. John R. Stratton, pastor of the
Calvary Baptist Church, who dis
cussed the situation with a United
Press representative Sunday.
“While wages have been increased
§n virtually every le of endeavor in
#n attempt to at least partially keep
E with the increasing cost of Hving,”
said, “the wages of preachers have
gpemained unchanged.
“Not only Is this troe, but in a
srumber bt cases of preachers in rural
districts or small towns and cities,
who depend directly upon the con
gregation for thetr monthly stipend,
gthey have been entirely forgotten
daring the wvacation period, the allot
gment for their wages having been
put over untll after the vacationing
©f congregations and deacons is over.
“One woman, the wife of a preach
for, writes that these same people nun
pinnxly send picture post cards, de
m( scenes at the ‘springs’ or the
tatns or seashore, and telling of
ghe fine times they are having. One
gnonth, the woman said, there was
not enongh money in the house to
: for postage stamps with which to
A replies to these postal cards.-
“Another, with a family of seven,
siving not far from Chicago, writes
shat, although her husband spent the
greater part of ten years in college
and theological mmstitutions preparing
for his life work, he is getting S2O 8
wweek. A man who lives Gown the
gtreet, and whose only preparation
for work was the packing of a bun
dla of glothing in Silesia and journey
fng to America, she said, is receiving
aearly three times as much for un
skilled labor.
*But, like the moters and wives
swho work in the household from sun
up until late at night—without pay--
we never striek. My outline of what
might be expected to occur should
‘the preachers go out on strike, in my
®ermon last wesk, was more or less
fumorously inclined, but there is a
serious side of the situation which
should be investigated by all right
thinking persons who desire to bring
up their children with the good influ
ences of the church in their early
days., There is really much silent
n)feflnt among the preachers in the
eountry districts,”
Salvage of Steamer
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% TOKIO, Aug. BlL—Salvage of the
‘steamer Heffron, a United States
llu;ptng Board wvessel, Viadivostok
to Yokchama, which went ashore om
Matsue Island, south of Japan, will
be most difficult, marine experts said
Saturday.
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HENEVER-—or if ever-—the
W eapital removal question
goes to a vote of the peo
pie, the city of Griffin, which oc
cuples a strategic position between
Atlanta and Macon, is going to
have her name also inscribed upon
the ballot, that the people may vote
for Griffin if they like.
Not that Griffin particularly de
gires the capital or expects it to be
moved, )
“But just think of the advertis
ing we'll get” suggested W, B.
Royster, secretary of the Board of
Trade. The best press agent any
circus ever overlooked was lost
when Royster went into the secre
tary business. But it was Griffin's
gailn. Royster keeps the town all
gingered up by starting something
new every week or so. And the
members all p‘uc:x in and help.
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UST now the annual booster trips
are being framed up, as the fore
runner ‘of the Griffin-Spalding
County air, which comes off Octo
ber 20 to 25, just between the
Southeastern in Atlanta and the
Georgia State Fair in Macon, there
by catching a bunch of exhibits and
amusements which otherwise would
be paying board somewhere be
tween jumps. A. P. Patterson, pres
ident of the fair organization, ls
getting the automobiles and their
passengers signed up for the trips.
The merchants fill their cars with
souvenirs and advertising matter
and eloquent orators and pay a visit
to the towns within a hundred miles
of Griffin, getting acquainted and
reminding everybody that they can
buy just as cheaply and just as
wisely in Griffin as elsewhere, and
inviting them to come over and
try it. A eouple of years ago the
boosters drove right into Atlanta,
and the Chamber of Commerce
turned out and gave them a big
welcome.” And they got a bunch
of space in t.he. A:hu:ta papers, too,
ALL of which goes to show that
QGriffin has a great deal of that
#pirit which causes a town or a city
to grow and prosper--largely be
cause it sets the business men at
team work for the common good
and keeps them from petiy-jeal
ousies among themselves. Most of
the public movements are worked
ont at the Lunch Club, which meets
every week at the hotel, with a dif
ferent chairman at the head of the
table at cach meeting,
Th),mmnen men of Griffin, too,
have” been wise enough to tie the
county to the town, through work
ing for the farmers’' intérests as
well as for the town folk. The offi
cial title of the commerclal club is
the Griffin and Spalding County
Board of Trade, and of the 250
members, 70 are genuine farmers,
living in their country, but taking a
genuine interest in the affalrs of
the town. The president is Ros
well H, Drake.
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NO‘!‘ all the folk 1 wanted to see
were at home the afternoon I
called, and the stenographers Inva
riably explained: “He's in Atlanta.”
J. B. Mills, an energetic and mag
netic young man, who s secretary
and treasurer of the fair associa
tion, explained,
. “They've gone to see the ball
game. This is the craziest baseball
town in Georgia. It's the Dbest
baseball town of its size in the
country, We would have had a
ua? team this year, but we
couldn’t round up enough other
towns to support a league. Griffin
was ready to put up any kind of
cash guarantee. But it ddn’t go
through, so we go over to Poncey
and root for the Crackers.
“And why are you not there to
day?” 1 asked.
‘“““here wasn't anybody else to
hold down my office,” explaiped Mr.
Mills.
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Tmh drove me out to see the
site of the proposed golf and
country eludb, for Griffin has fallen
for the aneclent and royal game,
First, they organized the County
Club Realty Company, with B. R,
Blakely as president, and J. H,
Morrow as secretary, and bought
the old Corbin plantation home, a
mile out on the excellent Senoia
road, There are two lakes, one
stocked with fish and the other
fine for swimming, and there Is
ample room for nine holes, An
Atlanta architeet is at work on
plans for the clubhouse, and sev
eral experts have helped to map
out the course, They haven't start
od to round up the membership,
but the backers say this will be
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Oflvotthe first things a booster
will tell you is that Griffin 18
operated under the city manager
plan and that it owns its electric
light and power system and makes
a profit on it, I went down to the
City Hall to inquire about it.
They began to try out the com
mission form of government only
about eight months ago, abolishing
the old council plan and electing
J. W. Gresham, R. I, Strickland and
B. B. Brown commissioners, with
out regard to ward lines, Mr.
Gresham, as chairman, draws $26 a
month, and the others get $1350
each. B P. Bridges Is the city
manager, and he seems to be man
aging very crflch:fl. He has the
power of hiring firing, and
with the power Eoes the responsi
bility. ‘There is nobody to whom
he could pass the bueck, even should
he desire so to do. The cig is con
ducted, In fact, very mu like a
big business.
Qriffin's operation of the munic
ipal electric business, however, did
not walit for the commission plan,
She has been in the electric busl
ness for twenty years. The city
doesn't ormo a generating plant
because buy current from
the c.an Power Coms
pany cheaper than she can make it
—~and still sell it to consumers well
helow the prices Atlantans must
pay. The lighting rates are 7 cents
per kilowatt hour for the first hun
dred, scaling down to 6 0§ and 4
cents for larger consumers, and
reaching the low “figure of 31.2
cents for all over 500 kilowatt
hours. Rates for power, used in
big quantities by the mtuufncw
ing industries, are extremely .
Mr. Bridges sald Griffin’s rates
were the lowest in Georgia.
“But we clear about $20,000 a
year on electricity,” he sald, “Wo
ehall net more than that this year,
1 think, throogh certain savings we
have effected, We are spending
about $16,000 of the surplus on ex
tension and improvement of the
sewer gystom.”
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Tuc visitor in Griffin—~and many
a thousand tourists motor
through every season-—is likely to
believe that she city government is
unusually efficient, judging from
the appearance of t#® city If noth
ing more, 'The streets are well
paved with brick, and kept clean.
The parks which split the streets
into two driveways, are well kept.
E7en the rallway station—an excep
tionally attractive building, by the
way-18 not surrounded h{ shan
tles but is «close to the business
section and just around the etorner
from the principal street.
Pvery town and city has its prin
eipal corner, the place where citi
zens congregate and swap news,
keep appointments and wait for
Rill to come along. The intersec~
tion of North Hill, which is the
main thoroughfare, and Solomon
streets is the busy corner of Grif
fin, and it is here that you are
likely to find Chief of Police T, J.
Mallory exchanging views on the
League of Nations with Prof. A. 1.
Snider, the world famous weather
prophet.
But Professor Snider is worth a
column to himself, which he shall
have tomorrow.
Valdosta Banks Are
Enlarging Quarters
VALDOSTA, Aug. 31.—Two of Val.
dogta's largest banks, the Firet Na
tional Bank and the Merchants Bank,
are now occupying temporary quar
ters while their old buildings are be
ing worked over and enlarged. The
First National will begin Monday the
work of enlarging its old quarters,
doubling the former space. New
vaults and an entire new equipment
will be in stalled, making one of the
most convenient banks in the State,
The building of the Merchants Bank
will be completely remn(l‘eled inside
and out, amounting to practically a
new building. The new bank will be
a handsome stone structure in Kkeep
ing with the progress of Valdosta and
this section.
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GAINESVILLE, Aug. 31.—Miss
Wortie Montgomery, who has spent
several webks in Dalton, returned
home Saturday.
Mrs. Hardy Padgett of Atlanta re
turned home last Sunday after spend
ing a few dayy with Mrs, J. W. Ja~
cobs.
Col. and Mrs. J. O. Adams and
Magter John Adams are visiting in
South Carolina.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Atkins,
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who have been living in Maysville,
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they will make their home.
Mrs. C. P. Wallace and Mrs. J. C,
Pruitt gave a lovely lawn party Sat
urday aftermoon for little Misses
Wallace. Quite a number of the very
young set were present, and a dainty
ice course was served.
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Mrs. Leßoy Humphries entertained
her sewing club Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Edgar Dunlap and Miss Min
nie Dunlap are visiting relatives in
Spartanburg, 8. C.
Miss Marguerite Walton, who has
been the guest of Miss Ruth Smith,
has returned to her home in Colum
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who died Saturday morning, ruched‘
Atlanta Saturday and was faken to
the residence of her'pa:enu, Mr, and
Mrs. R. E. Worley, 120 Cumran street,
until: completion of funeral arrange
ments, She is survived also by a
brother, Harold Worley, and two sis
ters, Misses Vivian and Evelyn Wor- |
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