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MIBLE THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY
* CALEB'S STAND—CaIeb ~ . said
.‘“fl.':. My brethren that went up with
me, made the heart of the people
mglt: but I wholly followed the Lord
de. Jos. 14:6, 8. |
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{The Old French Tiger is riled about
the American war debt in France, He
t;l'ib President Coolidge that France
will not pay under the Mellon.Ber
refiger terms because it cannot. In
Fmvce this country is the butt of
« joke In every dive and joint in
. . American tourlsty are insult
o‘flmherewr they go because of the
war debt agreement. No less wise
mfi than the editor of the Manufac
u@%r'a Record admonished long ago
lh‘“ these war debts ought to wiped
onb‘:f and forgotten. He could give
gow reagons for his position. Some
uf:‘!’ms prophecies are already coming
trfi»ahout this being the most hated
nwfin on the earth—all ahqut the war
delits other nations owe us.
fi@ are not at all much obliged
lo;pr_e Seaboard Afr Line Railway for
stopping our Cordele military com
pqm over at Helena and keeping
lhm all Saturday night. They came
oufi,@?t Savannah Saturday afternoon
anfl/[could have been home Saturdoy
night, but they were stopped at
Hel a 4 80 the train crew could stay
allllmight with thelr folks and the
jourpley resumed next morning. This
lel us occasion to express the wish
that the Savannah. Helena train might
be tended on to Cordelé or Ameri
cus, nd the two little jerk-waters—
th; from Savannah to Helena and
th from Helena to Americus done
a ‘.' Great lands, how this would
helpllour territory along the line to
de"lp! But back to the troops—
thtfluboard must have a special
tra( wlth those Helena folks to keep
a .m‘ ain number of trains and crews‘
£pen Ming the wuight over there. We
~” they bave that in Americus—
am“' they don't keep it up, they wild
ha\m‘;’ 0 pay for all the water the romli
has\e¥er used out of Americus in the
paum " alf century. Some contract!
. iy 'N A CEMENT BAG * !
f the situation gtands today,
8%’.& Highway ' Commissioner
er has the race for Governor
8 dupin a cement bag. If the |
agthHolder candidates would |
l%t the policy of the candidotes ‘ :
tq ‘lScommlsqunvr of agriculture '
and) all except one withdraw, the
l:m. opponent might be able to{‘
gv"; Mr. Holder a run for his
> ey, and it wouldn't all be over
payed roads, either.—Tifton Gu-’
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Wifi cement bags do not hola;
thro! all kinds of weather, fair and.
touly And things are pickiag up for
the er fellows — Dr. Hardman,
lpe'%‘!- He isn't goiog; it through
the frgnt pages of the ‘newspapers,—
but i i 8 fighting owq of the finest,
farie 1!1 most cleanly ‘conducted cam
paig ‘t | for the oftide of governor
Geo ’" has experie nced in many &
day. Hou body is going to wake up
surp “‘- at this man's strength when
e ““ wing is made. His friends are
at ‘”“‘ but they are not noisy. They
are “' ME 'o carry a tremendous in
gluevg V/hen the ballots are cast.
Snrei n Holder is going to get a
4
( ' ally the little places in the
wm)ugh( to go to those who lack
the bition to get ready for thf big
pla '._ nd they do. 4
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THE MEXICAN SIDE
Here is a statement from the min.
ister of foreign affairs of Mexico with
regard to the religious trouble in that
country which in brief explains the
government’s side of the mix.up with
the Catholic church:
“There is no persecution on the
part of the government,” his state.
ment read, “but the attitude of a
subversive character that the differ.
ent religlone elementg have been as.
suming in Mexico has compelled the
government to enforce what the pro
visions ol (he Mexican law establish
in the question, starting with the free.
dom principle of absolute separation
between church and the state,
“The government of President Cal.
leg has been entirely and absolutely
fevoted to an intense reorganization
facing the solution of important na
tional problems.
“In the midst of these circumstan.
ces the high dignitaries of the Cath.
lollc church have publicly refused to
recognize the present constitution ond
have publicly urged the people to dis
obey it. The unexpected attitude on
the part of the Catholic church has
compelled the government to act in
an energetic manner in order to up
hold the principle of authority and to
enforce the constitution of the coun
try.”
ABOUT YOUR CITY
Have you spoken well of your city
to anyone today?
Do you know—
That it is possible for you to knock
all day and not make a single hit!
That if a city has a community
spirit well developed, hard knocks
Just spur it on to greater' achieve
ments,
That narrow gauged citizens are
Just fellows living in the past and
only thinking of themselves. They
don’t amount to much anyway.
That if nobody cared, a city would
not last long.
That a city where the people care
‘e always a progressive city.
That a city should not expect some
thing for nothing. They won't get it.
That a clt.{v should support the
Chamber of 'Commerce ‘because it is
active, aliye, and doing the things
that go to make our home city a bet
ter place. in which to live and make
‘a living.
Praise it—your city. ! i
Impreve it. ;uil& LY “
Talk about it. , ' 3 i
Be public spirited. ‘“‘ll‘ ¢
- Remember it ig your home, ' ’ '
Tell, about its business menw
Take a real Home pride in :it.
~ Tell of its natural advantages,
Help the public officers to do the
Lmost good.
~ When struongers come to town, use
ith«m well,
Support tihe local institutions that
benefit your city.
Look ahead of self when the city
is to be considered.
And get behind the really worth
while things that those who care are
trying to do for the betterment of
your town. That will assure you a
mind's occupation in something good
and that will save you idle time for
less profitable engagement., i
BACK TO WAR DIET o
Some of the European nations m‘o‘
Rone back to war diet. They are
'seeking to finance themselves and pu,\';
‘lhulr war debts. They are muklm'.;
;thesu denials to pay their war debts
to this country—but in the doing tlu‘Y‘
are teaching themselves to do with
out our wheat, gremt quantities of it
This luck turng the losses back upon
the republicans. [The wheat growers
are their charge. The cotton growing
south will have to take care of its
own problems, \
They are going to pay their war
debts—but this country is going jo
lose its greatest item of export while
it is being done. And the question
naturally arises: Will it ever cnmo‘
back once we haviy lost the wheat
trade of Buroe?! The Atlanta Consti-,
tution has the folßowing oxprossiun:l
“Jome of the Eutopean nations are
Foing back to war diet. Italy and
Belgium have already kicked in.
Mussolini has asked the Italian peo
ple to help support the lira by limit.
ing the wheat content of their breod,
To that end white breads and pas-
tries have been prohibited, When
one considers that Italy's importations
of wheat from the United States is
the one item that creates an import
surplus over exports, and that this
movement i 8 made to bring her trade
balance down to the right side of the
ledger, it is obvious that Italy’s gain
will be America's loss. In Belgium
the kind has ordered black bread only,
from the palace down. This will serve
to build up that nation's wheat re.
serve, and cut down her imports from
America.”
GOOD SCHOOL EXAMPLE
During the past nine years, the
number of white schools in Tift
county has been cut in half—
from twenty-eight to fourteen—
due to consolidations.—Tifton Ga
zette,
And this is a good example—one we
might offer to many a county in the
state, We believe the rural schools
will be far ahead of what we are get
ting now in the next ten years—and
our estimate is that the consolidation
progrom will give the rural hoys and
girls more real schools than any oth
er one thing that can be done. More
Georgia rural school communities are
consolidating each year. They want
the nch’ooli'h‘wl‘ulch the same advan
tages can be carried to the rural boy
and girl that are enjoyed by those
in the more thickly populated com
munities,
We hope the way can be found clear
in Crisp county for consolidation
where it will bring the rural boy and
girl what they deserve to have. Edu
cation—the right kind—is far too im
portant to be possed and treated
lightly. It is better heritage for the
young than any property rights.
What a wonderful thing it is for the
youngster who has a real disposition
to climb!
In the days when those who did the
planning and sacrificing for the good
schools are long‘ gone, the boys and
girls who step into tfleir places in
the responsibilities of life will honor
them and revere them for building the
school out of which they can go as
well equipped for life’s duties as the
boy and the girl in the best school
in the land. "We can havo the good.
schools. They will not cost so much
more than what we have in the long
run, but they will be worth many
times more than the extra costs, And
they will not cost more than the
schools where real training is avail
oble now. We want the good scheols.
Consolidation is bringing that for
many theusands of boys and girls in
Georgia. That gives us new hopes
for those who have none. They will
‘get theirs when we wake up and un
derstand the advantages.
SO WITH MACHINE POLITICS
Most of the slurs that are aimed
at Georgia originates in Georgia.
The impression that spreads over
the country regarding illiteracy
in Georgia had its origin in the
| propaganda that was used in
Georgia in the interest of more
money for schools and colleges,
These institutions ought to have
more money, but we ought not
to belittle our state to get it.—
Valdosta Times.
I And so it may be with machine
politics. Morrupt handling of influ.
ences to whip the people into line
for suport of those who alreasy have
unsavory records in control over leg
islation and the election machinery
ja going to raise a protest all over
Georgia one of these days.
We would be wiser to step out of
what we have in machine politics in
Atlanta today and support men for
public office who live above corrupt
Ipructlces to remain in power. We of
fer Dr. Hardman as that type. He
will honor Georgia and Georgians in
the oftice he asks. He will not dis
honor Georgia and Georgians in a
'dlshmwst. corrupt fight for the place,
e will not use his office for selfish
low aim. He will not seek more pow
iler for himself and friends through
dishonorable methods.
‘ Georgia can come out from peanut
politics with Dr. Hardman as gover
nor, Good men—men who care for
their state—would do well to make
up their minds now that they will
cast their ballots for him regardless
of results. It is for better to stand
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by the man who, will shake ring poli
tics and come out into the fair open
sunlight with the state’s business—
far better to advocate him than to
slink away and let machine politics
go on in corrupting the public inter
ests. It isn't a matter of whether
Dr. Hardman wins or loses with the
high-minded voter. Of course, the
whole better element should aim for
him to win, but with every consci
entious voter it should already be de
termined that Hardman is the man,
whatever be his chance. If all those
who think him worthy to be governor,
support him in the primary, he will
be the next chief executive,
MEXICO AND UNCLE SAM I
Savannah Morning News: |
President Coolidge cannot, of
course, take any official action onl
the unfortunate situation in Mexico,l
unless the rights of American citi
zens should become involved in the
great dispute in progress in that
country. Mexico has every right to
*do its citizens what the United
States has and claims the right to
do to its citizens. Nobody would be
quicker than the American to deny
the right of a foreign government to
interference in American affairs:
-and Americans must accord to oth
er countries the same respect they
demand for their own. The president
let it be known that ‘“what action
the Mexican or any other govern
ent may take toward its own citi
zens is purely a domestic matter for
that country.”
This is true, wherever the sympa
thies of individual Americans may
be placed. It is a good thing to re
'meber. What Mexico does to its citi
zens, what England does to English-
I men, what Franee does to the French
‘ ~—these are not matters of Ameri
can concern; this country has
troubles of its own and can keep
busy attending to them; it would be
the utmost folly for it to try to run
the rest of the world at the same
time.
DRY LAW HERE TO STAY.
Columbus Ledger:
Federal Judge Edwin R, Holmes,
of the northern and southern- dis
tricts of Missiszippi, who has been
holding court in New York, told a
federal grand jury in the great
metropolis this week that the
Eighteenth amendment wouid never
be repealed. He also warned the
jurors that a display of ill feeling
against prohibition was futile, be
cause “th dey law is here to stay”
“You have all heard, no doubt, of
the national prohibition act which
was passed in pursuance of the
Eighteenth amendment,” said Judge
Holmes. “It was ratified by forty
siix states to put the Eighteenth
amendment into our constnucion,
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and among the states ratifying it
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