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"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
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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
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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
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