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iT BIG WORD—THINK!
ig man, if you aspire to be
ms you have got to be a good
!f you have been through the
iks yourself, you understand
at it means to be a good ser
if and you will not have any
able being a boss when the
le comes.
four men will follow you.
fou won’t have to drive them,
intelligence is all that is needed
i every normal person has a
r amount of it.
»ick the thing you can do best,
think you can do best.
Chink! People don’t think
Think before you take a job.
And above all, think after you go
to work on that job. Then you
won’t have to change jobs. Change
is a bad thing usually for both
you and the job. WM
makes changes un
Requirements are higher today.
But there are jUst as many oppor
tunities for the boy who starts out
td succeed. There are fewer get
rich schemes. Boys must work
for the so-called fat job. And if
you follow the landing of these
so-called fat jobs, you’ll find the
lander ha* been ftfi the trail a
long time; that it has been no
overnight business. He’s probably
dime more hard than easy things
that ‘trail.
Vision, stick-to-itiveness, cour
age, have gone into the making of
it. And an understanding of hu
nature.
This is an age when men who
are advanced to positions
of responsibility.
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THE AMERICAN IDEAL
Among all the ideals Americans
a by. or attempt to live by,
ge is none more poorly formu
ed than that determining fam
ily life. A superficial and merely
statistical survey of our affairs in
this field might lead to false con
dusion that we are in domestic
Sir- “the world’s worst fail
ure.” No other nation has so high
a divorce rate as ours (unless
Japan is still the exception); few
nations are so unsuccessful in
fostering the life of mothers, and
Z are far from the top of the
with respect to success in the
care of babies. So far as prac
tical discipline is concerned, the
younger generation continues to
present a problem by no means
solved.
1 But it is possible to dive below
the troubled surface of domestic
life and discover an atmosphere
and an ideal not to be dispised
and that makes for better condi
tions. The spiritual values which
are prevailing more and more in
American life are giving to the
world a new woman—one who
votes, it is true, but who is not
primarily concerned with polls. It
fa : the woman who sees that the
regeneration of the world, whether
at home or abroad, is to be accom
by love—a love of divine
origin and impartial scope, This
fa the woman least apt to be
the infinite, and t
world, with all it# ru#h and flare,
no wider opportunity for
victory.
The successful girl in business j
more about what she can
into her head than on it. |
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People’s Forum
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the PubHc:
Having had a goodly number of
to publish in book form
The Early History of Spalding
I have decided definitely
do so, provided that I can do it
pecuniary loss to myself.
I have not been able to ascertain
exact cost of printing, per
and hence can not at this
determine the cost. I do not
to make any money out of
matter, but rather to leave a
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to my county and posterity
will be enduring.
To this end, I Invite and solicit
co-operation of all good citi
and all civic societies, the
of education, county and
and all others who might be
One good citizen has
said that he would like to
a contribution for its pub
in addition to taking sev
vdlumes.
I intend to re-write it, employ
largely the material already
hand and what other I can get.
hope to get it off the press by
1, 1925.
In the meantime I will accept
and donations, if any are
included, to be paid for when
er ed or in advance, if any so
J. A. DARSEY.
Great laughter was produced at
dinner gathering of the more or
authentic literati when a bon
mot of one of the authentic fisher
men was repeated. A reporter
from Boston had hailed the fisher
for information.
"Do you think that Miss So-and
naming a woman whose ac
count of her struggle out of the
of darkness had just been
published and highly paid for,
li can see me?”
“Dunn,” said the fisherman.
can if she ain’t too drunk.”
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iHarry L. Foster, author of
travel books, was once traveling
in South America and chummed
up a bullfighter on the boat from
Panama to Peru.
“I am a great writer,” Foster
confessed to the gentleman, who
had announced himself as tfie
foremost of j". toreadors. J
s w ers
travel third class?” asked the
Spaniard.
u I explained,” says Mr. Foster,
<4 that nothing 1 had written had
ever been published.
“Ah, the senor is like me. I
have never killed ze' bull. >»
Weather is usually a safe topic
of conversation, but little Doris
proved that accidents can happen.
Some neighbors came in and the
conversation drifted from one
channel to another until someone
referred to the next door neigh
bor, saying:
(i How does dear old Mr. Jones
stand the terrible heat?
It Was at this moment that
Doris edged into the conversation:
Oh, we don’t know yet. He’s
only been dead a week.”
WHOSWHO ®L JjHC T3
NEWS
WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE.
Sans campaign manager, head
quarters and all the other “usu
al machinery” of candidates, Wil
liam Allen White is running for
governor of Kansas on an inde
pendent ticket.
He has adopted .for his chief
campaign slogan: “Free Kansas
from the Ku Klux Klan. *»
White, newspaper man and au
thor, is one of the most outstand
ing figures in Kansas politics.
He drew national attention by
the prominent part he took in
the “Bull Moose” campaign of
1912 and continued an important
figure in the progressive move
ment up to 1916.
His closest friend is ex-gov
ernor Henry T. Allen and the two
have enlivened Kansas politics
many times. While governor Al-
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THE IDEAL
EDITOR DECLARES
Chicago, Oct. 17.—It is better
to be a Babe Ruth in a newspaper
bush league than a rookie in
journalistic New York, Verne E.
Joy, publisher of the Centralia'
(111.) Evening Sentinel, declared
in an address before students of
the Medill School of Jaurnalism
of Northwestern university to
night on the subject, “The Small
City Daily—the Ideal. M
Ideal Newspaper Work.
It is not lack of vision,” Mr.
Jay said, “nor its it just a pro
vincial viewpoint, I believe, which
leads me to • say that the small
daily offers the ideal newspaper
work. My beliefs are corrobo
rated in this by the expression of
many successful newspaper men
in the service of metropolitan
journals, a great many of whom
dream of the time when they may
retire from the superficiality and
cynicism of the city life as it
is all too clearly revealed fce&them
as they pursue their newspaper
work.
Opportunity for Service.
The small cit’y daily offers
more opportunity for service and
most of us like to feel and know
that we are serving our fellow
men.
U It offers an opportunity for a
greater variety of talents than is
possible in the great city unless
one has the millions necessary to
own one or more of the great
In the latter event
he then does only that which the
small publisher can, the sphere of
influence being only the difference
he gets for his additional capi
tal. He does not get more fun.
u The small city daily offers a
more contented life, quite as much
experience and a home life far
more satisfactory. Yes, and it
offers an opportunity for fame,
literary, political or commercial,
if that he one’s pursuit, as wit
ness those so-called country
tors whose names are ensprolled
as household words over the en
tire nation,
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Political and naval circles irj
Washington are stirred by the re
port that John K. Robison, who
holds the temporary rank of rear
admiral, has been placet! at the,
head of the list for permanent
promotion. He is the man who
took the responsibility for initiat
ing the lease of the naval oil re
serves to Dohcnv and Sinclair.
len had White ordered jailed
when the latter posted a placard
in the window of his Emporia
newspaper expressing sympathy
with striking railroad workers.
The two worked together in
welfare projects during the war
and White later wrote a book on
their experiences, calling it “The
Martial Adventure of Henry and
Me. ft
White is now a trustee of the
Rockefeller Foundation. He was
a member of the committee which
awarded the prize in the Bok
peace award contest. He'is also
the author of the prize winning
editorial in the Put!iter contest
for 1923.
He first attracted attention as
& writer with His editorial,
■‘What’s the Matter With Kah
.SB?”
He is 66 and married.
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At the Churches
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First Baptist Church.
Sunday school, 9:30 a. m. (Pre
session work, 9:15).
Morning worship, 11 o’clock.
Pastor’s subject, u The Chained
Book.” ... .
Westbrook Junior B. Y- P. U„
3 p. m.
Rally and organization of classes
for Sunday School Training School
at 3 p. m,
Arnold and Westbrook Senior
Unions, 8 p. m.
Evening service, 7 o’clock. Pas
tor’s subject, "Does the Bible De
mand Perfection? ft
A cordial invitation is extended
to the public.
Leon M. Latimer, Pastor,
Christian Churcli.
Bible school, 9:45 a. m.
Morning worship, 11 a.
Mathew F. Land, representative
of Near East Relief, will speak.
Juniors meet at 3 o’clock.
Evening services at 7:30 p.m.
The pastor will preach.
All visitors are assured of fel
lowship and worship.
O. K. CULL, Pastor.
First Methodist Church. .
Sunday school in all depart
ments begins at 9:30 a. m.
Regular morning worship at 11
o’clock, conducted by the pastor.
Epworth League meets at 6:15.
" Evening service, conducted by
the pastor, at 7 o’clock.
Jno. F. Yarbrough, Pastor.
First Presbyterian Church.
Morning worship, 11 o’clock.
Sermon by Rev. M, S. Woodson, of
Decatur, followed by instillation
of pastor. “Behold the Master
Passeth By,” sung by Mrs. S. A.
McCracken.
Evening worship, 7 o’clock. Ser
man by the pastor, Subject,
Knowledge Made Perfect.” At
tention is called to change of; hour
from 7:30 to 7 o’clock.
Sunday school, 9:45 a. m.
Christian Endeavor, 6:15 p. m.
Prayer service Wednesday even
ing, 7 o’clock.
A cordial welcome always at
a The Church With the Open
Door. ?»
Malcolm R. Williamson, PastoF.
REVIVAL MEETING STARTS
AT HANLEITER SUNDAY
Beginning Sunday morning pro
tracted meetings will be held at
the Hanleiter church, continuing
for two weeks, After Sunday
the preaching will be done by
the Rev. John F. Yarbrough, pas
tor of the First Methodist church.
The evening services will start at
7 o’clock.
MRS. LUCY MIDDLEBROOKS
DIES THIS MORNING
Mrs. Lucy Middlebrooks, 61,
wife of J. A. Middlebrooks, died
at the home, 119 Ellis street,
Saturday morning at 5 o’clock.
Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by two daughters, Mrs. E.
D. Cox and Mrs. G. C. Wright; I
four sons, L. L., W. E., G. A.,
and P. R. Middlebrooks, all ‘ of
Griffin.
Funeral services will be held
from the New Salem Baptist
church near Vaughn tomorrow af
ternoon at 3 o’clock. Rev. J. A.
Drewry, assisted by Rev. John
W. Ballard, will officiate. Burial
will be in the churchward with
Haisten Brothers in charge.
DOUGLAS WEEMS, LUELLA,
WINS CAKE AT FAIR
Douglas Weems, of Luella, held
the lucky number and won the
cake given away at the Parish
Guild booth at the Griffith-Spald
ing County Fair.
Those winning flour , baking
powder or coffee were: Mrs. J. A.
Lofley, of Griffin; Mrs. Archie
Culpepper, of Griffin; Mrs. C. J.
L. Henderson, of Griffin; Mrs.
Mark Reigel, of Experiment; Mrs.
Jim Elder, of Birdie; E. E. O’Dell,
{ Griffin; Charley Stevens, of
Griffin, and J. J. Thornton, oi
Griffin.
Mrs. Arthur Renfroe leaves
Monday for an indefinite stay in
lirmingham, Ala.
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Mrs. Florence E.
Syracuse fa the Republican nonub
nee for secretary of state in New
York. The tieket is headed by
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. i
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Gustave Pabst, Jr., son of the
Milwaukee brewer, and third sec
retary of the American embassy
in Peru, has been transferred t<
the embassy in Chile because o
• fist fight he had with the soi
Of the Peruvian president.
HOLLONVILLE NEWS
Among those who attended the
meeting of the Pike County Fed
eration at Molena Saturday were
Mrs. Maude Scott, Mrs. C. P.
Scott, Mrs. I. D. Cochran, Mrs.
T. B. Patton and Mrs. W. J.
Coggin. .
Warren Coppedge, of Atlanta,
spent Sunday with friends.
Mrs. P. A. Johnson, of
was the guest of her
Mrs. C. P. Scott, Monday.
Dt. and Mrs. M. J. Ware
little son, Jack, of Griffin,
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spend the day guests of Mr. and
Mrs. T. B. Patten Sunday.
___Mrs. Will Jackson, of Griffin,
visited her mother, Mrs. Sallie
Crawford, last week. Mr. Bob
Cranford, of Atlanta, also spent
Sunday with his mother.
Mrs. J. M. Weldon and little
daughter, of Griffin, visited her
mother, Mrs. R. C. Connell, Wed
nesday.
Miss Madge Patton, of Beeks, is
spending several days with Mr.
and Mrs. T. B. Patton.
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Scott and
Mrs. W. F. Johnson were the
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JUST LIKE NEW!
That’s what you’ll say of the old suits we
DRY CLEAN. They surely have the ap
l pearance of a shapely new suit. Every
speck of dirt, every unnecessary crease has
disappeared from each garment under our
scientific methods.
We know you’ll be pleased.
All work is under the personal supervision
of a Registered MASTER Dyer and Dry
Cleaner.
Send us your Dry Cleaning today or call 267.
Griffin Laundry & Dry Cleaning Co.
“Master Dry Cleaners”
HEAT--?
DOLLARS PER MONTH!
You can figure it that way pretty closely
if you’ll buy household warmth instead of
64 just coal.”
It’s not the size of your coal pile, but the
heat units in it that keep your home com
fortable.
You buy HEAT when you invest in
COAL
It goes into warm rooms, not the ash pile
in the alley. It’s free from rock, slate and
clinkers—IT’S COAL.
BOLTON’S COAL YARD
Phone 262
spend the day guests of Mrs.
D. A. Yarbrough Thursday.
E. J. Scott is attending United
States court in Macon this week.
Mr. and Mrs.. James A. Yar
brough spent Thursday in Grif
fin.
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Yar
rbough of near Williamson vis
ited her mother, Mrs. Sallie
Crawford, Sunday.
Mrs. I. D. Cochran visited Zeb
ulon Monday.
Several from here'' attended the
funeral of Tom Dingier at Wil-
1 liamson, Wednesday.