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About Griffin daily news. (Griffin, Ga.) 1924-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 26, 1924)
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M If front within 80 mile radius of Grif fin. Beyond 80 mile tone, one year, 11.58; six months, .75; three months, A0. "THE MOST LAWLESS NATION IN THE WORLD." (By J. A. Dareey.) Under the above caption there ap peared in the Literary Digest of September 18 an article that should cause every patriotic citizen to stop and think seriously of the perils that the nation confronts. ^In support the words of of the above leu indict merit no an au thority than Judge Alfred J, Tal ley, of the court of general sessions in New York city, on recently con ducting a new jurist into office, is quoted. ' Hfe says: “One of the things that you will come to learn is that you have on the bench the greatest criminal court in the world, and the oldest court of any kind in the United States, at a time when this coun try is suffering under an indictment which proclaims it to be the most lawless on earth. You will find that the United States must plead guil ty to that indictment. Most of the desperate criminals are mere boys. You will be heart broken at dis covering that the vast majority of defendants are under 19 and 20 years old. That is going to be your most distressing problem. pi He is further quoted from an ar ticle in the New York Tribune as follows: "On a conservative estimate, there are not less than 10,000 mur der cases a year in this country. A recent bulletin of the Metropoli tan Life Insurance Company de clared that the homicide rate in America is about 12 times as high as it is in England,- and points out that the year 1923 was a busy year for man killers, and that while in 1922, 6.3 per cent per hundred thousand were slain, this percentage was increased to 7.3 per cent in 1923. Frederick L. Hoffman, statisti cian of the Prudential Insurance Company, says, that in all England and Wales in 1923, with an approxi mate population of less than half of that of the United States, there oc curred 200 deaths from homicide, as against approximately 10,000 in the United States. In all Scotland in 1922, among a population of 5,000,000 there oceur red but 18 deaths from homicide. Does any one arise to deny the assertion that we are the most law less nation on the face of the earth? Even he who runs may read and understand the figures given below for the 10 year period from 1911- 1921 in the United States covering the area from which statistics are available. They show that the average homicide mortality per 100, 000 of our population was 7.2 per cent. In our adjoining provinces of Ontario and Quebec it was 0.5 per cent; in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland it ranged from 0.5 per cent to 0.9 per cent. In Australia and South Africa it was 1.9 per cent. So much for the English speaking nations, no so far removed from ourselves in language, race and environment and customs of living. i In Italy the ratio was 3.6. In Spain it was 0.9. In Norway it was 0.8. In Holland it was 0.3 and in Switzerland 0.2. To put it bluntly, no other coun try measurably approaches the United States in the murderous ten dency of its people, and hero ie a situation that is equally depressing; similar comparative statistics be furnished with regard to of burglary and robbery, our over other nations in the of murders would be insig nificant compared to the tremen dous excerfs in crimes of this char acter which are so characteristic of the United States." On this phase Judge Talley adopts the comparative system, bringing out that throughout all England and Wales in 1921, there were 95 robberies, while in 1922 in the city of New York alone there were 1,445 robberies and in Chicago 2,417 robberies. Reverting back to the homicide figures, we find that both New York and Chicago show up much better than a large number of other cities. The homicide records for 1922-23 per 100,000 population in New York was 5.5 per cent. In Chicago it was 12.7 per cent. In Memphis it was 66.2 per cent. In Nashville it was 34.7 per cent; New Orleans it was 26.5 per cent; in Louisville it was 24.4 per cent; in St. Louis it was 21.5 per cent; in Washington, the capital of the country, it was 13.8 per cent. »> Judge Talley further says, “The fault does not lie with lax enforce ment of the law or with lax offi cials. The great difficulty in the ad ministration of the criminal law of this country is attributable to two thing.a. The first is the apathetic attitude of the people toward the strict enforcement of the law and the punishment of the criminal. The second is the unwillingness of the people themselves to respect and obey the law of the land and to train their children of the coun try to obedience and respect for lawful constituted authority." The first reason given by the emi nent jurist is full of meat for thought. As a general rule the people do not care for the strict en forcement of the law, especially when it comes home t# them. It is all right te enforce the law to wards the ether fellow, but leave it off when it comes to me and my son, John, or me and my son John’s hand maiden er servant or family, forgetting that there is but one law for the rich and poor, one law for the unlearned and the wise. As to the second reason, are the majority of the people unwilling to obey and respect the law of the land or are they willing only to obey those laws that meet their ap probation ? One man does not believe in a certain law. Does he obey that law and respect it? Are the parents of the children of this country training them to re spect and obey constituted author ity in the home? If not, will they not grow up to young manhood and womanhood without proper respect for and obedience to all law? Is not this the place where the nation is falling down the worst? 1U! rTwo A country police officer passed a cow and a calf grazing on the road side. In the distance he saw a little boy coming along. The officer stop ped him and said: “Tell me, my boy, do you know who owns that cow and calf? » it No, sir,” said the little boy. “I don’t know who owns the cow, but I know who owns the calf. “Who? »» said the officer. “I should say the cow, sir. tt ’ Mrs. Weisenheimer was starting for California, she was to winter among the California roses, and Mr. Wisenheimer was seeing her off. “Dqrling,” he said in a choked voice, “I don’t know what I’ll do while you’re away. My evenings especially, these long New York winter evenings, they’ll be so lone iy.’ “George,” said Mrs. Wisenheimer firmly, “during my absence you’ll be looked after in that as in all other respects. When you reach home mother will be there. She is to remain until I get back. She’ll cheer your evenings with her home ly gossip, and solitude need never drive you from your warm fireside out into the dreary, cold unfeeling city.” That there are two sides to every case is shown by the defense offer ed by the man who was charged with having deserted his wife. The judge asked him what he had to say to the charge. “It is not true, your honor, tt de dared the man, earnestly. u I am ■ot a deserter, but a refugee.” Sweeden has 12 margarine facto ries. GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS Twice-Told Tales THAT MAY BE IT ( If the first of the month annoys you it is proof that you lack abil ity to manage your income.—Way cross Herald-Journal. DOEB THAT VERY THING Trying "to keep up with the Joneses” keeps many a fellow where he can’t keep up with his debts.— Hartwell Sun. AND NOT ON THE GAS Remember that there may be a fool around the corner. So it is I well that you keep your foot on the brakes.—Sylvester Local. BEYOND A DOUBT The city papers are devoting more and more space to agriculture for they realize the city needs the stability of a prosperous surround ing territory.—Waycross Herald Journal. AND YOU DON’T COME BACK Everybody should behave them selves and abide by the law. It is a long ways to have to go to Milledgeville to be executed.—Dah lonega Nugget. THI SWEET POTATO The sweet potato market, with corn and wheat higher and a de creased production of the tuber, promises to return splendid profits those who have grown them for sale this season.—Augusta Chreni cle. WELL, WELL! The statistics show that every man and woman in this country above the age of 21 is entitled to three cigarettes a day, but that will be depriving a Jot of the youngsters, including some of the flappers, of their supply, unless we go ahead and produce more.—Augusta Chron icle. SHE’S PROBABLY RIGHT! That poorhouse maiden of Iowa, who is being examined by alienists because she refused to marry a man of wealth after a courtship of three days may be inclined to think that the alienists ought to be examined for not first investigating the man of wealth.—Valdosta Times. Fire Prevention Week Proclaimed By Gov. Walker The week of October 5 to II has been designated as Fire Prevention week in Georgia, through a procla mation issued by the state execu tive department Tuesday, All churches, civic organizations, and newspapers are urged by Governor Walker to aid in spreading the doc trine of fire prevention and the re moval of fire hazards. Governor Walker’s proclamation points out that the fire loss in 1923 was $508,000,000, the largest amount since 1906, when the San Francisco earthquake and fire caused a stu pendous loss. Governor Walker’s proclamation follows: “The waste of property by burn ing in the United States during 1923 reached a total higher than any re corded since 1908, when the San Francisco conflagration occurred, the aggregate values- destroyed ap proximating $508,000,000, and, in ad dition, there was serious lofs of life by fire.. “Our own state bore its propor tionate part of this huge toll, not withstanding the preventability of most fires. ii Since the major portion of the loss of human and material wealth could have been avoided by reason able precautions and a proper mental attitude of carefulness, it is evident that we can, by concerted action, prevent the continuance of this large and unnecessary burden. << Therefore, I, Clifford Walker, governor of the state of Georgia, by the authority in me vested, do desig nate and proclaim the period from October 5 to 11, 1924, as Fire Pre vention week, apd I would urge every resident of our state to take -t in earnest and active interest in the occasion. , "Civic bodies of all kinds, includ ing chambers of commerce, women’s clubs, and business organizations, school officials, the American Red Cross, the Boy Scouts, and other organizations, are endeavoring to curtail the toll of preventable fire, and they should be accorded your unanimous co-operation. I hope the churches, through sermons and ad dresses, and the newspapers by edi torial attention, will join hands to rtf- r: ! r * 'W 55 iv 1 " I Wi r vV f m ijiMidi! s'] C • i AW * ■s d 3 v DJ a v \\ l f*3 lifts XV. ML \ '/ ' f 17 <M r VM0 X \] ,0 IA A i li k\L ' t 41 II *- ijf x lb V i - 11 Sarah, the Cook, Came Back! (Based m am actual occuremce) Sarah was an artist at baking. She had a hot-biscuittechniquethatcouWn’tbebeat. Likemostirtists, last Sarah "flew was temperamen tal, and week she die coop.” Imagine the Parker family*s surprise this morning when Sarah cam* back, with this story. • < I hopes you-all fo’givo Come me. to happen like dis. I meets Pars Brown at de grocery store an* he teH me dat Mis’ CAPE COUNTY MILLING CO., JACKSON, MO CASH GROCERY CO. k PUln«rSelf-RUln£; RETAIL DISTRIBUTORS GRIFFIN, GA. FLOUR Prepare to Come For Our Next mrnmm Tuesday, the 30th, will be another notable day of opportunities to buy quality merchandise in our store at such unusually low prices tha* we want and our out-of-town patrons to know about it first make plans to come. Every department will offer timely fall merchan dise at prices to give most substantial savings. We especially invite our visitors to inspect all the new fall modes in ready-to-wear and merchandise of every kind now arriving daily. We believe there will be an agreeable surprise to find what savings may be accomplished in buying our regular lines—aside from “Opportunity Day offerings. It is our sincere purpose to give our patrons the pleasure of taking the lead in styles without ex cessive expense. Chaml erlin- Job nson DuBose Company i ATLANTA Me FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1924. impress upon the public the eco nomic and human aspects of the uation created by our willful, burn ing. American efficiency should not tolerate such a readily eliminable drain upon our material resources. M Given under my hand and the seal of the state of Georgia, this 20th day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hun dred and twenty-four. it CLIFORD WALKER, a Governor. M By the governor: Bomont need a cook an* am willin’ to pay mo’ money. Dat no-count niggah jes’ argue me into it Wei] I’se been miserable ever since. I cain’t make no delicious cakes without dat dar good Gold Leaf Flour. Mis’ Bomont say flour is flour—disflour'scheaperan’ justas good.’ Now Tse back here ’cause dey ain't no other folks like you folks an’ no other flour like dat good Gold Leaf Flour. n “S. G. McLENDON, it Secretary of State. it 0 /me The oldest known written lan guage is that of the first civilized inhabitants of Babylonia.
