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G. O. P. “PASSES BUCK »»
Small merchants are to blame for
their bankruptcies, they are soon
to be told by the Department of
Commerce, which is broadcasting a
document that will prove they are
wrong If they thing the republican
administration has any responsibility
in the matter.
Bad management in some form
.appears to be the cause of most of
the failures among retail merchants,
the Department of Commerce says.
But the department does not in
form these retailers that the repub
lican tariff taxes them and their bus
iness along with every one and every
thing elsethat it has caused a buyers’
strike, that by increasing the prices
of everything the small merchant
sells it forces him to carry a bigger
investment in stock and take a
heavier risk when times are slack,
and that his percentage of gain on
the sale of a costly article which
a moves” slowly is no greater than
his ratio of profit on a cheaper ar
ticle which can be sold quickly.
Republican leaders and officials in
Washington began three years ago
to tell the farmer he was to blame
lor all his troubles—that he was
many automobiles, spending too
much money on the education of his
children, and investing in worthless
stocks, and that if he cured him
self of his extravagances he would
not be in distress.
Now the little merchants are get
ting their lecture on economy and
“scientific management.”
V.
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
During the next few months more
mothers and fathers, living in rural
communities are going to see the in
sides of schoolhouses than have seen
them for months. 9
many
This is because 1924 is a presiden
tial election year and many political
meetings will be held in school
houses.
While you are there, mothers and
fathers, look around and see if these
schoolrooms are fit places for your
children to spend the best part of
five days out of seven.
Windows , should be on one side of
the room and the amount of glass
area should be from one fourth to
one fifth of the floor area; they
should be capable of being lowered
from the top and raised from the
bottom and should have adjustable
shades.
If there is an unjacketed stove
In the center of th eroom an equal
distribution of heat for all parts ot
the room Is Impossible. This diffi
culty can be overcome by placing
m a corner a jacketed stove with
a fresh air intake nad four air out
let.
Is there an open water pail and
common dipper?
This is condemned by intelligent
public opinion, and prohibited by
law in many states.
Are the seats of one size or non-
adjustable ?
If so, the little five year old girls
ait all day with their feet dangling
and your big over grown 14 year
old boys are stuffed into seats sev
eral sizes too small.
Inspect the toilets and see wheth
er they are an insult to decency and
, mmaw to health .
It is most fitting that the people
should gather in their own build
i n gs—the public schoolhouses—to
hear reasons why they should or
should not vote for this of that par
ty, candidate or referendum meas
ure.
It is real community civics.
Out of it comes a more intelligent
electorate.
One of its important by-products
may be a revived interest in school
rooms and their equipment.
AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITS
(By R. p. Bledsoe, Agronomist,
Georgia Experiment Station)
Prizes for agricultural exhibits
are offered by fair associations for
two purposes. First, exhibits serve
a decorative purpose which gives an
agricultural atmosphere to the fair,
and second, they are educational.
It should not be forgotten that an
exhibitor is as much a showman
as the men on the midway. His first
object is to attract and interest the
crowds passing in front of his booth.
Unless people will look at his ex
hibit his booth is a failure.' Also
the first impression made on the
judge is often a lasting one. It is
always a safe plan to put your first
foot forward in arranging and dec
orating an exhibit. For this reason
the decoration of the front of the
booth should receive special atten
tion, and any specially attractive
exhibits be arranged so that they
pan be easily seen from the front.
Decoration Is An AH.
The arrangement and decoration of
an agricultural exhibit is an art in
itself which requires considerable
artistic ability and experience. Much
can be learned by examining prize
winning booths and talking to old
exhibitors. Don’t, however, -slav
ishly follow the other fellow. Re
member that originality pays, At
every fair which I have attended
in Georgia I have been struck by the
fact that booths are nearly always
decorated with corn, wheat, sor
ghums, etc., in much the same way
as booths from Ohio or Indiana. It
does not seem to have occurred to
anyone that cotton is fine material
for decorative purposes and is es
pecially appropriate for a Georgia
cane, velvet beans and pecans are
all widely grown Georgia crops
which are little used for decorating.
Neglect Educational Side.
The educational side of an exhibit
is generally neglected. While the
number and variety of specimens in
a good exhibit is usually ample, they
are often so poorly labeled and ar
ranged that they mean very little.
Each sample should have a card at
tached giving the name of the speci
men and any other information
which would be of special interest.
For example, suppose you have two
varieties of com to exhibit, one a
good variety and the other a poor
one. Two equal piles of these va
rieties would make a very poor ex
hibit, but a large pile of the good
variety and a small pile o£ xfebel the
l>oor corn, together with a
giving their names and the yield
of each variety would make a good
exhibit. Again, piles of different
seed cotton are not very interest
ing, bdt if you comb out a feV
seeds showing the length of staple
of each variety and mount on a
piece of cardboard to place in each
pile the exhibit becomes attractive.
Try to make your specimens speak
for you whenever possible.
Good specimens are often spoiled
by poor arrangement, Grains,
grasses, etc., are best shown in
full length bundles not less than
four inches in diameter at the base.
The heads should be even and the
bundle tied with a suitable piece of
tape or ribbon. Shelled grains are
best shown in peck lots and corn
and grain sorghums in ten ear lots.
It is needless to say that all sam
ples should be of good quality, froe
from mixtures and diseases, and
typical of the variety. \
GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS AND SDN
A LAUGH OR TWO
An elderly woman from the prov
inces in the train for the British
Empire Exhibition asked her fellow
passengers at every station if she
had arrived at Wembley Park. At
one stop she inquired of an ancient
man sitting opposite: “Is this Wem
bley? »»
“You’ll have to speak up; I’m
rather deaf,” replied the elder.
“Is this Wembley? ft
“No; it’s Thursday!”
The following bit of humorous dia
logue which took place between Oli
ver Wendell Holmes and a-friend is
recorded:
<• The young lady is in evening
dress,” said the friend, referring to
a rather overdressed damsel.
“The close of the day, my dear
sir,” remarked the doctor.
<< That is Holmes-pun,” laughed the
friend.
“I’m worsted,” rejoined the doctor.
Edmund Gosse, the essayist, for a
long time has been served by the
same barber, who is a great comfort
because he does his work well and
in utter silence.
“One day, said Mr. Gosse, “he
astonished me by an inclination to
talk. Asking me to pardon him for
any seeirfing presumption, he pro
ceeded:
— ‘I merely wanted to remark, sir,
that I have been hobservin’ your 'air,
for a rather iongish period. Time
was when I thought as ’ow you
might lose it, but now, sir, I am
sure you will die in your ’air. Yes,’
he repeated, ‘you will die in your
'air, sir,”’
West Griffin
(Please give West Griffin
news to any of the following:
Miss Mattie Garrett, Oscar Ja
merson store, P. F. Watson
store.)
There will be prayer meeting at
Oak Hill church Wednesday night.
Everybody is cordially invited.
Mrs. Sarah Jones has been quite
ill for several days, but is improv
ing.
The many friends of Mrs. Charlie
Stallings will be glad to know that
she has returned from the hospital,
where she has been ill.
Miss Gaynell Garrett has return
ed home after a visit to friends at
Hallvllle. Ga.
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Mr. and Mrs. Matt Carson spent
last week at their old home place in
Cordele, Ga.
Mrs. Matt Smith, of Atlanta, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. B. H. Hay
good.
Robert Hale and daughters, Misses
Maud and Ruth, Miss Mamie Watson
and Miss Elsie Watson motqfed to
Brooks Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. May Jamerson mo
tored to Thomaston Sunday to visit
her brother.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Jarvis were
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. T.
Garrett Sunday.
West Lamar News
We are glad to say that Edward
Lynch, who has been very sick, is
able to be up again.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Martin, Prof.
Bell and James Wiley Martin, of
Milner, visited Mr. and Mrs. L. M.
Brown and family Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Clark, Miss
Maggie Clark and Tom Johnson vis
ited A. & M. school at Barnesville
Sunday.
W. T. Smith went to Concord
Tuesday to attend the district con
vention.
W. D. Patterson and Miss Addie
Patterson, of near Milner, and Willie
Sikes and Mrs. Charles Sawley, of
Griffin, were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. Patterson Sunday.
Misses Mildred and Winnifred
Brown visited their aunt and uncle,
Mr. and Mrs. Tarver Woodall, at
Barnesville, last week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Cauthen, Mr.
and Mrs. T. B. Harris and Miss Lot
tie Harris made a pleasure trip to
South Georgia last Sunday, return
ing home Monday.
xenlVoter^Leaguc^onceniraFes on ChUd Labor Bam
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Ratification of the child labor ant ndment has become the chief work of the National League of We
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men Voters, and in support of this policy members will endeavor to get out 75 per cent of the women
voters in November. Women directing the work, snapped at a meeting in Washington, D. C., are: Front
row : (left to right) Miss Ruth Morgan, New York city; Miss Julia Lathrop, Philadelphia; Miss Belle
Sherwin, national president; Mrs. Anne Webster, New Mexico. Back row (1 to r) Mrs. John J. Chapman,
Mrs. Harris T. Baldwin, Mrs. W. D. Brookings, all of Washington; Miss Esther Dunshee, Chicago; Miss
Mollie Ray Carroll, Baltimore; Minnie Fisher Cunningham, Texas.
Rehoboth News
This community was visited with
a heavy rain Monday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hatcher and
children, of Griffin, spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Maddox.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Duke visited
relatives at Jackson Snuday.
Miss Mellia Goen is spending a
few days with Miss Francis Mc
Henely.
Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Bell, of Milners
visited J. B. Bell Sunday.
Misses Minnie Pearl Akin and
Evelyn Taylor entered A. & M.
school at Barnesville Monday. We
wish them both much success.
Mr. and Mrs. Riley Sanders, of
Griffin, spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Sims.
Miss Katie Sue Castleton and
week-end with their grandmother,
brother, of Locust Grove, spent the
Mrs. E. C. Aikin.
Our mail carrier, G. W. Whatley,
is suffering from a badly sprained
foot. We wish him an early recov
ery.
Franklin Biles left Tuesday for
Macon to resume his studies at Mef
cer university.
Misses Rachael Daniel and Margie
Chappel, of Griffin, spent Sunday
afternoon with Miss Minnie I’earl
Aikin.
PATILLO NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. John Davis, of Ro
ver, visited relatives in this section
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Weddon spent
Sunday with relatives at Ringgold.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hatcher and
children, Catherine, Eugene and Joel,
and Mrs. M. A. Hatcher, of Griffin,
spent Sunday evening in this sec
tion.
Misses Lurene Kinard, Prudie Ki
nard and Henen Thaxton were shop
ping at Chappel Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank McElheney
visited relatives here Sunday.
G. C. Bell made a business trip
to Jackson Thursday.
Mrs. A. H. Thornton spent Wed
nesday afternoon at the home of her
brother, John Lindsey, at Head’s
Shop.
Coy McElheney, of Griffin, made
a trip to this place Saturday morn
ing.
Mrs. Mattie Lee Head and chil
dren, Minnie and Mildred, and Mrs.
Leverette passed through here
Thursday en route to the ^Falls,
where they spent the day with rela
tives.
S. N. Martin made a trip to Jack
son Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Caldwell
had with them for dinner Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Caldwell, W. W.
Caldwell and Miss Jewel Caldwell,
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Mrs. M. E. McKinney, Mr. Douglas
McKinley and Miss Evelyn Shivers,
of near Zebulon, Mr. H. A. Davis,
Miss Rubye Davis, H. W. and J. E.
Davis, of Zebulbn, J. W. Ward, of
this place .and W. W. Grubbs, of
Orchard Hill. Mr. Grubbs is near
ing his 99th birthday, which will be
ALLIED CONTROL OFFICERS FIND
GERMAN ARMS SUPPLY VANISHED’
Berlin, Sept. 24.—Allied control
who visited the Reichswehr
outside Berlin today found
large quantity of rifles, ammu
and other supplies had “disap
At last inspection the officers dis
supplies in excess of the
of the Vertailles treaty
ordered them destroyed. To
today, the Reichswehr
said, apologetically, they did
know what had happened to
supplies. They kept no books.
only conjecture was that they
disappeared.
The allied officers, in civilian
received smart salutes, from
their former enemies and were
with utmost courtesy. They
found posted on bulletin boards
notices of their arrival and state
that this was to be the last
Lack of Memory.
When it came to checking up, the
allied officers found a regrettable
lack of memory on the part of the
Reichswehr chief. As a matter of
fact, as a Briti =
the proceedings have become a
farce.. The inspectors do not find
concrete evidence of Versailles vi
olations, nor do they expect to.
Originally it had been planned to
visit the various barracks without
warning. They had capitulated, at
the behest of Premiers Herriot and
MacDonald, to Gen. von Seeckt’s
the eighth of November and will be
celebrated at the home of his son,
W. J. Grubb, or Orchard Hill.
Donwood Kinard, of Griffin, spent
Sunday here with home folks.
Mrs. Lindsey is spending some
time here at the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. Nancy Thornton.
Rev. Morris, of LaGrange, pastor
of Rock Spring church, preached
to a large congregation Sunday. He
I ||| 18 REPAIRING « -SEStJ IIP| |
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Eight hours sleep on a bed that is SOFT,
CLEAN and WHOLESOME. Is your Mat
tress in good condition? If not, we can put
it in the best of shape—it doesn't cost much.
Call or write us for your health sake.
All Work Guaranteed
MAUNEY MATTRESS CO.
P.O.Box 324 ' Phone 938 Griffin, Ga.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 19241-
demand that 48 hours notice be giv
en andthat assurance, if the in
spection proved satisfactory, that
it would be the last.
In the circumstances, if the Ger
mans did have guarded secrets—
of which as yet there is no proof—
the inspectors would not unveil
them. The fact is, as admitted even
by confidential German sources, that
Germany is not preparing for war.
War Machine.
Gen. von Seeckt’s main idea is to
keep a kernel of the German war
machine alive, not so much for war
of revenge as for an instrument of
the reactionaries against the revelu
tionists.
The question of armaments looms
big in Germany’s attitude toward
the league. Foreign Minister Stre
semann’s organ, Die Zeit, comment
ing on the Geneva plan to have
neighboring countries police the de
feated nations, will say tomorrow
that Germany must be given a place
in the control of the councils, oth
erwise “in respect to military af
fair^, she will continue to be treated
as a football.”
— Pr o sirl on-t Ebert and
Marx are both working for entrance
in the league. But Herr Strese
mann, so The World is informed,
seeks a way out by postponing ap
plication for admission until the sec
ond session of the league in Novem
ber. Despatches say the league
may hold an additional session this
year.
also was elected on Saturday to
serve them the coming year.
Several from this section will go
over to New Hope church in Pike
county the first Sunday in October to
the annual singing. Some very fine
singing is expected, as a lot* of
famous singers have been invited.
Mrs. Ewell Latson and little son,
James, spent Monday afternoon with
Mrs. Lurene Kinard.
In a Hurry to Get His
Shoes Fixed Before Fall
He knows that rainy weather is
not far off and he wants to be
prepared with shoes that don’t
leak. We will make those old
shoes look like new and save
you from buying a new pair.
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
W. E. POWELL
106 West Solomon St.
(Rear Ward’s Pharmacy)
