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r TOO MUCH EDUCATION.
The statement made before the
American Legion convention that
<< approximately one third of the to
tal voting strength in the United
States is unable to read and write”
is a subject that deserves something
in view of the fact that both .the
American LegMh and the American
Federation of Labor have agreed on
the causes.
The first of these is said to be
the exploitation and the use of chil
dren in factories, shops and mines,
and on farms, or in other words,
the commercialization of child life.
The other is an “unregulated, »» or
poorly regulated immigration.
The ballot in the hands of the
ignorant voter is a weapon often
used unwisely, if not selfishly.
The colonization in the larger cit
ies and manufacturing sections of
those who vote as directed by ward
or district political bosses is sub
versive of democracy’s ideals.
The American Legion, which ad
heres to its declaration that it is both
non-partisan and non-political, is in
a position to do valuable service in
arousing public sentiment in favor
of legislative action by the states
which will insure the ratification of
the pending child labor amendment
to the federal constitution.
There are indications that op
posing influences are seeking to de
feat this ratification, despite the
known wishes of a great majority
of the American people.
Indeed, there is a possibility that
this defeat may be accomplished but
It is manifestly ^unfair to the rising
generation.
Still there are those who maintain
that we have tog, much education.
It is a question that will have to
be solved and settled soon.
DO MEN DRESS WELL?
London tailors are both hurt and
angry; hurt because business is
dull; angry because they feel it is
the fault of selfish femininity who
spend all the family budget on their
own clothes.
This raises the question: Are
American men well dressed?”
The answer is—yes and no.
As a rule average American men
have no ideas about their clothes;
they wear a suit until it downright
shabby, because they don’t think
about it. And they hate to spend
money on clothes. Everything costs
a great deal more now than it did
10 years ago. Motoring has taken
ti«J$ and interest that would have
gone to clothes—and almost any old
thing will answer in a car.
Now men dress for comfort and
convenience.
Then there’s golf. He simply adds
a pair of knickers, a sweater anti
the same old coat. ' e
Since the war, with its lessons in
curtailment, men have become ac
customed to get along with anything
that is not really offensive, notwith
standing the fact that good, stylish
clothes are available at very low
prices. >
’
One authority contends that the
girls are largely to blame for this
carelessness on the part of men.
Girls w^l put on their best “bib
and tucker," even an evening gown
and accept the company of a young
man to the theatre in his every day
business suit without a protest, It’s
not fair to the lady of course, but
so long as she “stands for it" he’ll
not worry.
Taking them by and large, Amer
ican men are well dressed, in that
they are not shabby, at least, and
then about all has been said.
RAH! RAH! RAH!—AND WHY?
Reports from nearly all the lead
ing universities, colleges and state
schools for the year just begun,
show an amazingly increased enroll
ment of students.
Harvard reports 300 more than
last year; Columbia has a total of
35,000; Yale has about 4,000; Ann
Arbor about 13,000, and Wisconsin
nearly 8,000.
In 1900 the total enrollment of
students in universities and colleges
was 115,271; in 1910 it was 184,712;
in 1915 it was 237,168; in 1918 it
was 290,106, and this year it is over
300,000.
This mov6jfrien(is not a response
to some momentary impulse, nor to
the willingness of prosperous parents
to spend money on the aimless ed
ucation of their children, for a very
large percentage of these students
are seeking to earn their wav.
It is encouraging to believe that
there is being convincingly mani
fested an increasing- determination
on the part of the youth in America
to equip itself properly for the part
it hopes to undertake in the con
structive work of the world.
There are indications that a great
awakening is taking place.
It is realized that only by adher
ence to the fundamentals upon which
democracy is founded can the impos
ing structure that has been erected
be maintained and safeguarded.
Don’t acquire the tombstone habit
of never saying a good word about
a fellow until he is down and out.
The best time to prepare for a
day is when your sun is shin
McDonough News
(McDonough Advertiser.)
Tom Brown left last week for
where he enters school.
Mrs. Cora Hill, of Bulloch, spent
week with her daughter, Mrs.
K. Brown.
John R. Smith and Miss Elyea
of Atlanta, spent the week
with home folk.
Mrs. Hugh Carmichael, of Atlanta,
a few days last week with
E. M. Copeland.
Irwin Wooten and Jessie McMul
of Jonesboro, were here on bus
Wednesday.
Miss Loree Patillo, of Stockbridge,
the week-end with her par
Mr. and Mrs. Talmon Patillo.
The friends of Miss Eva Cathy
sorry to know of her illness, and
she will soon be out again.
Murry Copeland, of Atlanta, spent
few days last week with his par
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Copeland.
D. E. Royal, of Lumpkin, was here
the week-end.
Judge E. J. Reagan and Col.
Frank Reagan spent Friday in At
lanta.
Miss Florence Austin, of Colum
bus spent a few days last week
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
P. Austin.
Miss . Kate Reagan, of Atlanta,
down Thursday to attend the
reception given by her mother, Mrs.
E. J. Reagan, in honor of Miss Dud
ley.
Miss Irene Nelson, of Royston, at
tended the wedding of her sister,
Miss Cora Nelson, to Mr. Lacy Rod
gers, of Mullins, S. C., last Wed
nesday evening.
Mrs. Tom Woodruff and daughter,
Mary Ruth, of Atlanta, and Mrs.
H. L. Carmichael, cf East Point,
spent Friday with their mother, Mrs.
G. Harris.
GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
wo I
After waiting twenty minutes for
the fish he had ordered he com
plained to the waiter.
“In five minutes, sir,” said the
waiter.
But ten minutes passed and
there was no sign of the fish. So
when he could catch the waiter’s
eye again he beckoned to him.
“Just go,” he said, : and find out
what bait they’re using. 1 a
The visitor to the village was
greatly interested in all that he
saw. In particular he noticed that
one inhabitant of the place was
treated with great respect by the
others.
“I observe,” remarked the visitor
to the local gossip, "that you all
treat that gentleman with marked
deference.”
“Yes; he’s one of our early set
tlers,” was the reply.
• “Early settlers ? asked the oth
er, “why he’s not more than thirty
years old.”
“That may be true,’ answered
the old man. ii But he pays all his
bills promptly on the first of every
month,”
It is a common thing at coast re
sorts for bathers to forget the room
number. Then an attendant has to
unlock every door for them to iden
tify clothing. After this process
had been gone through, a lady in
a wet bathing suit declared - But
I had on street attire when I came,
into this place. H
“I am not so. sure of that, me
dam,” stated the proprietor. “Plen
ty of people can’t even remember
the establishment where they hired
the suit.”
Pithy Points
The fellow who is slow about mak
ing garden can assure his wife that
late-planted seeds will grow Just as
large and good vegetables and get
off—If she believes him.
For the man who likes to speculate
and who has forgotten the mark there
Is, of course, the franc, but the
safest of all Investments Is still the
United States bond.
Those who object because military
justice for rebels In Mexico Is some
times snappy and final, should consider
what has happened to Russia because
Kerensky objected to that sort of jus
tice.
"Seven billion cigars were manufac
tured in this country during the last
year, in spite of which a large num
ber of thrifty boobs continue to carry
dead or smoldering snipes on the street
cars.
And now after being taught for years
that the high price of bread was the
result of the high price of wheat we
are cheerfully informed that the price
of wheat has practically nothing to do
with the cost of a loaf.
In #ne year a Montana cow gave
ever 52,000 pounds of milk. It is a
heroic record worthy of a monument,
evea though one cow cannot, unas
sisted, produce enough milk to make a
dent is the price per quart.
In Brooklyn, the Y. M. C. A. has
started a class to tench young men how
to pick out wives In six weeks. For
the modern youth, that’s so long that
at the end of the course he’s likely to
have changed his mind about getting
married ut all.
INJURED THREE TIMES
IN SINGLE ACCIDENT
Savannah, Oct. 3.—J. S. Dickersoa,
this city, is in a hospital with a rec
ord for an unusual triple accident.
He is superintendent of the Vale
Royal Mills of the Savannah Lum
ber company, and while at work in
the mill was caught by machinery
on the ground floor, shot upward
and pinned against the ceiling in
the shafting, and severely injured,
while there held fast, the steam pipe
he was trying to repair burst and
he was severely scalded and burned,
and then falling he had his collar
bone broken. It is said his spine
may^be fractured also.
THE WORST TO COME.
Officer: You must accompany me.
Drunken ban joist: Allri’; what are
ye goin’ to shing?
Some Early History of Spalding County
J. A. J. ^idwell, S. F. Gray, J. 0.
A. Mill' J. J. Bowden, T. M.
Reams, W. B. Hudson, A. J. Maddox,
T. J. Brooks, T. J. Tucker, M. J.
Patrick, D. H. Shannon, J. M. Coop
er, J. F. Mann, T. M. Head, B. D.
Brewster, H. T. Patterson, W. C.
Head, G. W. Simpson and J. E. Bish
op.’ I
Of alj these the writer knows of
only two are living, B. D. Brew
ster, of Sunny Side, and J, Hope
Malaier, two miles west of Sunny
Side. Mr. Malaier was 85 years
old his last birthday, recently, and
Judge Brewster is 83 or 84. Both
are hale and hearty and active. Mr,
Malaier is a little indisposed at this
writing.
“Half past seven o’clock, Tuesday
evening, Nov. 6, 1883, at the Meth
odist church, Mr. Charles P. Beeks,
a son of Mr. J. A. Beeks, and Miss
Annie Trammell, daughter of Col.
W. T. Trammell, were united in
marriage by Rev. T. R. Kendall, as
sisted by Rev. Simon Peter Richard
son.
More city fathers follow, begin,
ning where we left off in the last
article:
1866.
Mayor, Alexander Bellamy; aider
men: A. B. Matthews, ^1. D. Smith,
C. F. Newton, J. T. Ransom, C. W.
C. Wright, Henry Moor, J. H. White,
J. N. Harris.
1867.
. Mayor, Wm. M. Cline; aldbrmen:
F. D. Dismuke, M. j. Patrick, J. G.
Sears, A. W. Jones, H. T. Brawner,
C. F. Newton, John S. Wise, A D.
Nunnally.
1868.
Mayor, Wm. M. Cline (Held over
by military order); aldermen: H. T.
Brawner, J. G. Sears, J. S. Jones,
Geo. B. Beecher, A.’ D. Nunnally,
M. J. Patrick, C. F. Newton, F. D.
Dismuke.
1869.
Mayor, Geo. D. Johnson; aider
men: N. B, Drewry, Geo. B. Beech
er, G. J. Drake, M. J. Patrick, J.
C. King, T. J. Brooks, C. A Cunning
ham, J S. Westbrook.
1870.
Mayor, J. S. Boynton; aldermen:
Geo. S. Mooney, J. A. Beeks, G. J.
Drake, J. C. King, M. J. Patrick,
N. B Drewry, G A. Cunningham,
Geo. B. Beecher.
1871.
Mayor, Jas. S. Boynton; aldermen:
Chas. R. Johnson, J. A. Beeks, W.
M. Cline, J. D. George, Jno. H.
Grant, W. R. White, Jno. W. Cox,
Geo. A. Cunningham.
PEDENVILLE NEWS.
Let’s don’t forget that next Sun
day, Oct. 5, is preaching day at
Friendship church.
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Morgan,
Georgia Morgan, Mrs. Grady Mor
gan and little daughter, Martha,
were among those from -here shop
ping in Griffin Saturday.
O. F. Turner spent Friday night
and Saturday in Griffin with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. jTurner.
Mrs. Mae Smith and Miss Allie
Smith, of near Hollingsville, spent
the day Friday with the former’s
sister^ Mrs. E. B. Turner.
Miss Marjorie Hood, who is at
tending school in Concord, spent
week-end with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Mark Hood.
By J. A. DARSEY
• • A little negro boy got his foot
caught in the turn table near the
Nelms house yesterday, July 9,
1883.” (This turntable was used by
the S. G. & N. A. R. R. to turn then
trains around on. Later a modern
Y was installed.
“Married, on August 5, 1883, at
the residence of Thos. B. Johnson,
Mr. J. R. M. Woodward to Miss M.
F. Stallings, by the Rev. W. 3. Fears
of Hampton, Ga.”
T. R. Mills, S. W. Mangum and
M. J. Patrick were county commis
sioners of Spalding county in 1883.
C. R. Judkins, J. D. Sherrill, A. J.
Maddox, G. S. W. Parker, Robert
Williamson, S. A. Scott, T. M. Head,
C. A. Cooper, John H. Mott were
justices of the peace and notary
publics of Spalding county in 1883.
E. A. Heard was treasurer, W. H.
Horne, tax collector, and M. Oj
Bowdoin, clerk.
The grand jury fixed the pay of
bailiffs and jurors at $1.50 per day,
and riding bailiffs, $2 per day for
the the year 1883.
Judge Jno. D. Stewart was judge
of the superior courts of the Flint
circuit and E. Womack, solicitor gen
eral in 1883.
C. H. Wiggers (Zealy) was tried
and found guilty at the August term'
(1883) of Spalding superior court.
He was tried for subornation, in
that he procured Jim Harrison to
swear falsely in connection with a
scheme to obtain a loan of money on
land that they did not own by im
personating Green Matthew. Wig
gers was ably represented by Judge
John I. Hall. He gave Judge Hall
mortgage on his place to represent 1
a
him and it turned out later that
Judge Hall could not procure his
fee out of the land mortgaged.
“Mr. T. J. White has become asso
ciated in , business with A. Scheur
man. (Aug. 20., 1883.)
Gov. James S. Boynton passed
thruogh here yesterday morning on
his way to Pike superior court.”
(Oct. 1, 1883.)
“A fight occurred on Sunny Side
about 8 o’clock Saturday evening,
Oet. 6, 1883, between Frank Willing
ham, a resident of that place, and
Guincy Nichols, of Pan Handle dis
trict, Clayton county. Nichols was
severely stabbed.”
“W. T. Jordan’s map of Spalding
county has been completed and will
be ready for delivery by Oct. 5th,
1883.”
Cotton was selling for 9% cents
per pound in the fall of 1883.
“The resident of Col. W. R. Han
leiter on Poplar street, was burned
to the ground on Oct. 16, 1883. The
dwelling was the property of L. R.
Brewer, Sr., and was occupied by
himself ' and daughter, and his son
in-law, W. R. Hanleiter and wife. It
was one of the oldest in Griffin, hav
ing been built in 1848. It was in
sured in the Southern Mutual of
Athens, Ga. Mr. Brewer was one
of the founders of the Southern Mu
tual Insurance Co., started here in
1851 and its first treasurer. It was
afterward moved to Athens, Ga.”
“Yesterday, Oct. 30, 1883, J. Y.
Patterson, of Sunny Side, presented
an account to a negro named Col
by and requested settlement, where
upon the negro became enraged
drawing a pistol and attempting to
shoot Mr. Patterson. W. B. Griffin
who was near by, seized the negro
and took the pistol away from him.
The negro was arrested for an as
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sault to kill. Colby also had Griffin
arrested for interfering. Colby was
later bound over to the superior
court and Griffin was discharged.”
“One hundred and nine cars of
cotton were shipped from Griffin in
the last four days, October 23, 1883.”
* * Miss Waldroup, a daughter of
Aaron Waldroup, and John Miles
were married Nov. 3, 1883, by the
Rev. John H. Edler. Also a little
later in the evening Benjamin Bell
was married to a daughter of Thos.
Reeves. Both marriages took place
‘in the middle of the road.”
“The adjourned term of Spalding
superior court convened Nov. 5th,
1883, Judge W. R. Hammond, of
the Atlanta circuit, presiding in
place of Judge Stewart. The fol
lowing is a list qf the grand jury:
Friday, October 3, 1924 .
All Sunday School
Workers Invited to
State Convention
A call to Sunday school workers
of all denominations in the state to
attend the state Sunday school con
ventkm at the Wesley Memorial
Methodist church, Atlanta, October
23-20, has been issued from the Sun
day school association headquarters
by Willis A. Sutton, Atlanta, pres
ident; John J. McKay, Macon, chair
man executive committee, and R. D.
Webb, Atlanta, general superinten
dent.
In part, the call reads as follows:
“This convention is a convention
of workers of all denominations vol
untariiy met for the purpose of cc«**
sidering the best methods of meet
ing our common opportunity and of
discharging our common task in the
promotion of a worthy program of
religious education in Georgia.
“Our part is to bring to Georgia
and i to this convention the best in
leadership, inspiration and method.
It will avail nothing without your
co-operation.
“We therefore call upon you to
pray for this convention and to
work; to come to the convention and
bring others from your school and
county; then to go back to your field
and help make possible a better
Georgia because of bigger and better
Sunday schools, vacation church
schools, and week day religkus
schools.”
The theme, “Religious Education
the Solution of "World Problems, yr
has been selected for the convention
program, and the motto is “Not to
be ministered unto but to minister. ft
BEN D. MARTIN DIES
AT OLD SOLDIERS’ HOME
Benjamin D. Martin, 89, Confed
erate veteran, died at the Old Sol
diers’ Home in Atlanta Thursday. '
He lived in Milner for 50 years
and is survived by two sons and
two daughters, all of Atlanta.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon at 3 o’clock at Milner,
the Rev. J. A. Drewry officiating.
During a recent holiday rush to
Paris, five airplanes instead of
the usual one( carried passengers
from London.
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