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About Griffin daily news. (Griffin, Ga.) 1924-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1924)
PAGE TWO i B » 120 East Solomon St. A Entered at the postoffice in Griffin, Georgia, as second class mail matter. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated Pr ess is inclusive lv entitled to the use for replica tion of all news dispatches credited fc, it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. special Ail rights dispatches or re public a tion Of > i sreir are also reserved. OFFICIAL PAPER City of Griffin. Spalding County. District of U. S. Court, Northern Georgia. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTIONS Daily By Carrier One year, tn advance,*-,— $5.00 Six months, in advance, .. 2.50 Three months, in advance,---- 1.25 flue month, payable at end of month, raft .50 Daily By Mail One year, in advance, —— $4.00 8ix months, in advance, _ 2.00 Three months, in advance, — 1.00 One month, in advance, AV Semi-Weekly in Edition $1.00 One year, advance,------- M Six months, in v In advanee, ----- .26 Three months, advance, — If aent within 30 mile radius of Grif fin. Beyond 80 mile zone, one year, 91.50; six months, .75:. three months, .40. THE GAMBLING SPIRIT Judge George Anderson, of the Uniterl States circuit court in Boston, recently asserted that he did not believe the average small investor -Wmself against the fake stock swindler. People live by example. Here and there, now and then, someone makes sT tremendous oil, profit on some speeu' latioh, be it steel, wind, water, property or paper, and this acts as an incentive—a “come on”—for ignorant, would-be speculators. It is safe to say that a very large percentage of those who invest in 1 various industrial ' stocks are fully | aware of the fact that statistics for 60 years show only one chance in 20 of winning out.. But they will take that chance. It’s the gambling spirit—the same spirit that induces the sure-thing speculator to play the shell game, which is only two chances against him- It is probably true, also, that these speculators in fake stock do not lose more than speculators in so called legitimate promotion stocks that are mortgaged, bonded, jug gled and finally “cleaned-up in a bankruptcy sale. But few business men have escaped this loss—and the number of them multiplies like rab bits. The ‘difficulty of deci<|ing between these two evils, or the difficulty of drawing a line that will not involve the exchange and the curb, stands In the way of either state or feder al protective legislation. The bucket shop has its protection and the fake industrial stock promoter has his— but the investor—well, congress takes the position that it cannot leg islate brains where there is no soil. And that seems to be what Judge Anderson means. The selfish desire to get some thing for nothing is the chief con tributing factor, and ie often affects the promotor as well as the specu lator. The fact remains thaf law cannot make fish of ope and fowl of an other. ^ Neither can the evil be regulated by the “successful” dealer. THE TWENl’IEfll AMENDMENT In 1916 and again in 1919 congress in obediance to a nation wide de mand, enacted federal laws to abol ish child labor. These acts were passed in recog nition of the fact that the demand for the eradication of this evil was being met all too slowly by individ ual states, and because there was no national uniformity. Both of these measures were held to be an interference with the rights of the individual states and were de clared unconstitutional. The present proposal is not legis lative in character. It merely gives to congress the constitutional right to make legislative record of the opinion of the American people on this question. It empowers congress to do, on a nationally uniform basis, what even the opponents of the measure agree must be done—that is, to regulate child labor. State action on this question, par ticularly in those states where child labor is most prevalent, has gone forward very slowly. In fact there has been an increase in child labor during the past four years. In a few instances it may devel op temp x. ary hardships, just as the reduction of working hours did In the steel mills, but there is no rea aonable excuse in this great Chris- nation tor any condition that the employment of children factories, mills dr mines. A Laugh Or Two A student brought his mother to university and was showing "her about. The dear old lady was an xious to make-her boy thing that she understood everything. “Over there,” mother, said the son, “are our wonderful polo fields.” “Ah,” sighed the old lady, “what is there that is nicer than fields of waving polo?” “Pussyfoot” Johnson, about to sail for Europe, replied to a New York reporter, who offered to buy him a -dnnk$ “I « not worrying about prohibi tion enforcement, son. Why worry? A man once rang Russell Sage’s •door bell in the middle of the night. Russell popped up in his big white nightshirt and put his head out of the window. ‘“What’s wanted?’ he said. “ ‘Mr. Sage,’ said the man, ‘I can’t sleep.’ U ( What’s that to me?’ growled Russell, shivering as the night wind whisked about his bare, lean legs. “ ‘That note falls due tomorrow, . Mr. Sage—’ “ ‘I know it does/ snapped Rus rell. K 4 And I want to tell you, sir, I can’t sleep because 1 won’t be able to-meet it.’ “ ‘Go to the dickens/ roared Rus sell Sage. ‘Now I can’t sleep, either. Ml MUSCADINE HUNTING (By J. A. Darsey.) A few days ago the odor of ripening muscadines came floating in upon the crisp October air, awak enrng in this writer’s mind fond memories of childhood days. I grabbed my hat and bucket in hied myself way over the hills, vales, and streamlets, in quest of this luscious fruit. As I wenl, the birds were chirping in the trees, the squirrels chattering, and “Gotton Tail” was scuddipg from out the brier patches along' the way, while the crisp air was fanning my cheeks. I went, communing with and nature’s God. j searched oat with relentless eagerness the old vine that wound around a tree and which I clambered forty years ago, when a barefoot boy. My heart was sadden ed to find that it had become gnarl ed and knotted and decaying, so mU ch the worse for fifty years of suns hi ne and rain, cold and heat, Hard by, however, we spied a sturdy scion of this noble vine which had covered the tops of the Alder bushes and which was loaded with the black, luscious clusters of this famous fruitage of the vine. My, how they did appeal to me, and the saliva began to flow un bidden ns I stood unmoved in their presence. True, the frost had not, as yet fallen, but there they were in all of their pristine beauty. With one shake of the vine, they were literally rained down, and before you could say Jack Robinson, my teeth had mashed one to a pulp. And Oh. the exquisite sweetness, mixed with the flavor of the wind, that exuded from it. It recalled to mind, vividly the thrills that greeted mC' when a boy. No fruit on earth to match it, not even in the Garden of the Gods. It is a miracle of nature, how so much of sweetness, mingled with the flavor of hil! and vale, can be com pressed into so small a receptacle. Had the frost fallen on them, and their visages been marred and wrinkled by age, I do not know, but what they would have been a great deal better. I filled my gallon buck et to the brim, and started for home with the simple delight of a child. The same denizens of the forest and dale greeted me on my re turn trip and the same crisp, balmy air blew against my cheeks, and the same purling waters of the rivulets greeted my ear, as they hastened on to the deep, blue sea. Render, If you want to get a thrill, if you want to g4t close to nature’% and God, if you want to bring back to memory the sweet, joyous days of childhood, just taka your hat in you hand and hike away to the wood and field and vale in quest of the unmatched and unmatch able Muscadine. It will do you good, physically, mentally, and morally. If the youths want an outing that it is- worth while, let them try this once. They are not only good possum food, but they are the finest, flavor ed fruit of the field and forest. Possums that have, dined on them, make a dish that can not be excell ed. --- The Whippet is the fleetest dog known. DAILY NEWS BIGGER AND BETTER { £< ; X His Mother—Yes, your father gave you some severe beatings, but I think he taught you to be truthful. The Prominent Citizen—On the con trary, he taught me the necessity of telling plausible lies and more of them. At RIGHT AT HOME m3. ,1 t-f* »• Friend—Well, did you feel at, home at Mrs. DeSmith’s dinner? Naval Man—Perfectly. I was put In command of the gravy boat, you see. NOT ILL f// He—Why sweetheart, the color has left your face. Are you Ul?_ She—No, you boob I It’s all wiped off on your coat. A NIGHTMARE (S’ 77 f v L£ v Mr. Ttnklefinger—That little fan tiisy I Just played Is a thing of my own. IjcaU It “An Angel’s Dream. The Lowbrow—Say, your angel have been trying some of my wife’s home-made angel-food cake. POPULAR SUBSTITUTE * 1 H > r O o o t** ^ rr: K )(& h I U // “What substitute for anthracite has rotir coal dealer offered you? I* Only hot Mr. ■ VERY PECULIAR IvV ^ V* x fV/NOVRB i — Pup—That’s funny. That tree baa i bark and so have I, but the tree ain't growl I BET HE WILL i 2 9 & *4*lw O'Aft, Bug— A fortune-taller told me I wm (ring Lon‘t believe on a long ltl Journey aeon, but I One of Our Huge New Defense Guns Tes W A B m m : m §asj ■yA a , A." <] 'A-/-: Si Wm x V* ■ mm M: S * M m <<' m : xv. v - V$; A m •:S V'A A Wv& V >•> m m X » w. * ■■i-r. : ;-X ' A m mm •• A-A > N • - 1 ; xxx>* ■ ■ 1 ■ ■X'- v* ; .x -x ■ ■■ j£m> Tw<> of the largest defense iu ihe United States were tried out at Fort Tliden. itoclcaway the const guns 'ihe only other lo-inc i gu other day. 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