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A FIELD FOR REFORMERS
This is a great season for re
formers. With myriad devices to
make the world utopian, a multi
tude of aspiring organizations are
projecting themselves into the
foreground.
They are directed and support
ed by men of many types: Prac
tical and impractical, sensible and
fanatical, sincere and insincere.
■ They propose various programs;
motion picture censor
ship, Sunday blue laws, prohibition
of tobacco, and a constitutional
amendment declaring this to be
a Christian country.
In most cases the agitators
probably believe that what they
propose is an important contribu
tion to the public welfare.
The difficulty lies in making the
multitude see it that way.
To gain this end, certain sums
totaling millions of dollars are
being raised, by which people are
' to be "educated.”
The reformers have a hard row
'
to hoe.
At -afeyj.' V vgHjHL a time when the . ,
average
man is conscious of a number of
pressing needs that cry out for
relief he is not likely to respond
enthusiastically to the attempt to
make him believe that others
things are more important.
It is too bad that the reform
ers do not pool their strength be
hind the things that the people
need instead of behind things
which they are not sure they
M want.
..........
Among the things the people
need, and for which the reform
ers could fight with a clear con
science, are:
More and better homes in
the cities.
More and better schools in
the country districts.
Lower federal taxes by
spending less.
- Conservation of resources,
.
particularly our forests.
These tasks are quite enough
to challenge the ablest reform or
ganizations in the nation.
|a With better schools and homes,
lower taxes and protection of our
inherent wealth, the people would
be far happier and better satis
fied with themselves and their lot.
w. |L........A happy
people will not go far
wrong.
They might be able, even, to
dispense with a reformer’s chalk
i line. • >
OUR DISAPPEARING FORESTS
A .
recent announcement by the
Pennsylvania Railroad company
that it must seek a foreign supply
of cross ties to support its many
miles of steel rails is but another
% indication of the passing of the
great American forests.
This one railway requires 6,000,
000 ties annually for its roadbeds.
A White oak, from which the best
ties are cut, is becoming scarcer
every year, and other woods are
I not suitable.
So the Pennsylvania railroad
will seek a new supply of cross
ties, either in Central or South
: America, and this brings us again
to a realization that our increas
KW
[ of our arrowing indus
tries.
During the war this situation
was brought to our attention more
than once, when certain woods
were needed for carrying on our
whipbuilding and airplane con
struction programs.
The Pennsylvania is only one of
the great railroad systems which
bring our states into one great
union.
There are approximately 250,
000 miles of railroad in the Unit
ed States.
In every one of these miles
about 3,500 cross-ties are needed.
The vast forests of North
America are gradually being used
up and efforts so far made to re
plant them have been on too small
a scale to be worth-while except
as an indication of what can be
done through a national reforesta
tion program carried into effect
on a huge scale by the federal
and state governments.
It is reported that Jack John
son, the former negro heavyweight
champion, dive keener, jail bird,
etc., has become an\ evangelist.
Qur readers may make* their own
comments. i
From San Francisco V vord
comes
of a new invention called the waffle
dog, a combination of waffle and
weiner—a sort of hot dog with a
college education.
One Kentucky man shot an
other who called him a common
liar. Probably objected to being
called common.
An exchange, speaking of a
nearby town, says it is so dead
that it must have been “laid out
by an undertaker.
Edison says four hours sleep is
enough for anybody and most ba
bies seem to think parents need
even less.
Some men seem to think the
two goldfish should be sufficient
company for friend wife’s even
ings.
Some folks are so wrapped up
in themselves that they make a
vary small package.
It’s hard to stick one’s nose
into a family row without putting
a foot into it also.
Agitation for birth control
too late to do some families
good.
Often clear profits are made
shady transactions.
fi Hello Cauliflower," said a fa
cetious young man to a farmer
who was driving along a country
road. “Give a fellow a lift to
Lumtown?” Without “waiting for
a reply he jumped into the cart.
“I might as well ride with you as
walk.
After two or three miles had
been covered, the young man
paused in his chatter. “It’s far
ther to Lumtown than I thought, ft
he remarked.
u It’s a good distance,” said tjie
farmer. Another 20 minutes pass
ed, and then the young man in
quired, “About how far is it to
Lumtown ? It
“Well, replied the farmer,
keeping straight on the way
we’re going now, I should say
’twould be a matter of several
thousand miles, but if you was to
get out o’_ my cart and walk it
back, it isn’t very much above
eight miles. tt
Horace had been strangely
fidgety all the evening. Usually he
was content to sit for hours and
and hours holding his loved one,
Edwardina, by the hand and
dreaming of the sweet by-and-by.
Several times he glanced at his
watch, and at last, at least two
hours before his accustomed time,
he arose to take his departure.
(4 So soon, Horace, dear,” she
sighed. “Must you really go?
"I must, darling,” he answered.
44 Though I would sacrifice 10 years
of my life to stay one more short
Twice-Told Tales]
Some things are getting cheap
er anyway. A Pennsylvania brew
ry that cost §200,000 has just
been sold at auction for* §480.—
Macon Telegraph.
The kind of a subscriber we like
is the fellow who never allows
his time to lapse, but keeps paid
in advance all the time.—Tifton
Gazette.
The mouth that is always closed
is not the right kind, although
some may be opened too much on
occasions.—Thomasville Times-En
terprise.
The Prince of Wales was given
a Ford while here. He will never
forget his visit to Detroit.—De
troit News.
When you can force your ene
my to lend you money, you may
boast of being as efficient as the
Germans.—Colombia Record.
hour with you. **
“But why, dear, have you got
to go so early tonight? tt
ii Because, dearest,” he replied,
"it’s our lodge meeting, and if I
don’t go I shall be fined a dollar. ft
In 12 months 1 highway acci
dents claimed a total of 15,000
lives and caused 1,700,000 injuries,
to recent figures.
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"MEXICO PROGRESSING RAP
IDLY, PACES CONTINUED
PEACE," SAYS GARY.
44 Mexico is approaching a period
of great social, educational, indus
trial, financial and moral advance
ment. . .
a Undoubtedly she will fully es
tablish and maintain peace
throughout her own domains and
with all the world.
“She will liquidate all just
claims and protect her interests
in accordance with sound and
equitable principles, and will do
everything necessary to secure the
abiding confidence of capital at
home and abroad. ,,
Such was the opinion expressed
recently by Judge Elbert H. Gary,
chairman of the U. S. Steel Cor
poration, at a dinner in honor of
President-elect Calles of Mexico.
Needs Tilde.
"Mexico needs at this time and
will have a leader who is com
petent and disposed to secure for
her a fulfillment of the hopes and
aspirations of a deserving people.
President-elect Calles will hold up
and carry the Mexican flag and
his people will follow.
<< If tfce president will consult
the rights and best interests of
the Mexicans and at the same time
consider the interests and rights
of foreign nations and their people
so far as propriety and justice re
quire, as we feel certain he will
do, there need be no doubt con
cerning the success of his admin
istration.
Well Qualified.
“He is in every respect well
qualified to lead in conducting the
affairs of his country. By eduea
JVHOSW) <K TW*L J»AVS
CHARLES M. KITTLE.
Thirty years ago Charles M.
Kittle was glad to get a job as
water boy for a section gang on
the - Illinois Central Railroad.
He had visions, though—visions
of himself at an executive’s desk
in the main offices of that road,
directing some part of the opera
tion of it.
That vision came true.
He worked his way up to the
„
senior vice presidency of the Illi
nois Central.
Recognition did not stop there,
however.
The other day a successor to
Julius Rosenwald as president of
Sears, Roebuck and Co., was nam
ed and Kittle was the man chos
en.
Rosenwald, president since 1916,
has been named chairman of the
board of directors.
J. T. Vaughn, Tuscumbia, Ala.
■ S. L. Akin, Griffin, Route B.
J. C. Elder, Griffin, Route A.
J. M. Biles, Brooks.
W. J. Morrow, Griffin, Route C.
G. W. Brown, Hampton, Route 2.
S. M. Chapman, Zebulon.
H. F. McCullough, Williamson,
Route 3.
W- G. Pitts, Williamson, Route
3.
E. R. Goodson, Griffin, Route C.
Mrs. J. A. Yarbrough, South
Bend, Ind.
Clay Howard, Williamson.
R. L. Burns, Heflin, Ala.
John B. Bell, Griffin, Route B.
L. J. Green, Hampton.
T. B. Conwell, Phoenix City, Ala.
H. T. Hiner, Shelby, N. O'.
A. F. Noles, West Point, Ga.
HARD TO ENTERTAIN
Mr. Ives had just been telling
his wife about a business asso
ciate whom he would like to en
tertain some time at his home.
“No, sir,” replied Mrs. Ives, “I
certainly shall hot invite him and
his wife here. •»
“Why, my dear, why not? tt
queried Mr. Ives,
"Because,” explained Mrs. Ives,
“P entertained her once and she
never recuperated. ft
tion, experience and instinct he is
well equipped to properly decide
and carry into practical effect all
questions which may confront him.
His opportunities are very great
and he will not falter nor fail.
"We think just now the Mexi
can national horizon is exceedingly
bright and that her new president
is a conspicuous part of the view
which is presented.
3 KILLED
FIGHTS IN U. S.
Chicago, Nov. 5.—One man was
shot and killed and another was
probably fatally wounded in a re
volver fight near a polling place
yesterday.
Early police reports indicated
that the shooting was connected
with the factional trouble of a
teamsters’ union.
The man killed has not been
; identified.
Claude Maddox was the man
wounded. He and the slain man
are said to have been ridin S in a *»
automobile when several men in
another machine drew up along
side and opened fire on them and
escaped.
Two Killed in Tennessee.
Jackson, Tenn., Nov. 5.—G. W.
Bartholomew, 70, judge in a poll
ing precinct at Middleburg, Tenn.,,
and his son, J. L. Bartholomew,
40, are reported to have been kill
ed and Prof. W. ,W. Rogers wound
ed shortly before noon yesterday
by Dan G. Powers, 50, who was
defeated in the August primary
as Republican candidate for mag
istrate in Henderson county, ac
cording to advices received here
from Lexington, cour.ty seat of
Henderson -county.
Rogers was acting in ilia role
of peacemaker when he was
wounded, according to reports‘re
ceived here.
Powers is said to have escaped
in an automobile after the shoot
ing.
MANY ADDITIONAL
SUBSCRIBERS ADDED
TO THE NEWS LIST
The following mail subscribers
to The News have been received
during the past two days:
M. F. Daniel, The Rock, Route 1.
J. M. Davis, Griffin, Route C.
J. H. Lacey, Griffin, Route A.
Joe Johnson, Shnny Side.
W. B. Reeves, Hampton.
James D. Jones, Woolsey.
A. J. McKibben, Locust Grove
Fred Jackson, Griffin, Route A.
Raymond Goen, Jackson, Route 6.
Mrs. Frank Johnson, Williamson,
Route 1.
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77X—.
Sliding Scale of Fees Fixed
By Physicians of the
—
of minimum and maximum fees
fftr almost every ill that a physi
cian or surgeon is called upon to
treat ha3 been fixed by the Merh
cal Society ■ of the District of
Iumbia.
Minimum fees rar.g-e * from 3C, v
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for a minor office consultation or
,
a word of advice over c telephone,
■
to $300 for certain major opera
tions.
Maximum fees for similar ser
vice range from §10 to §5,000.
Permit Charity Work.
Charity work is permitted on
the part of physicians and sur
geons, but they will not otherwise
deviate from the scale, either in
reducing the minimum or raising
the maximum except for good
cause.
The importance of the case and
the responsibility attached to it,
weigh heavily in placing the max
imumjujd r ^
pointed out, the scale will allow
persons of moderate means to ob-
Wednesday, November 5, 1924.
cost within their re?JR7
Vaccination S'? to §25.
An example for a
smallpox vacefrratibri.' where a
• ' of A §^n»d —at - : of .
minimum a maximum
$2o ... is fixed.
General visits range from . $3
to , 52o, and the removal , of
an an
pendix „ may cost from $100 to
p 0C0
TWO REASONS.
“When one meets one of the
women one must be
tiO how or.e expresses one's self,
remarked Binks.
“How do you make that out?
asked Smith.
“Why,” replied Binks I was
proposing to Ethel the other night
and I said: ‘My dear, I would go
to the ends of the earth with you.’
“She said: ‘No you wouldn’t.’
I inquired why not, and she added:
‘One reason is that I wouldn’t go
and another is that there aren’t
any. I H
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I Q|[j| DIO lIltfllLnuL IMnnCHPF
The preliminary report of cotton
ginned in Georgia has been issued
by the Department of .Commerce,
through the Bureau of Census.
The report is prior to October
18.
> V C v • . antities are in running bales,
counting round as half bales.
The ; total for the state for 1924
s 669,117'; 1923, 413,412.
The totals for Spalding and
neighboring counties follow:
1924 1923
Spalding 4,843 3,124
Butts 2,964 2,307
Coweta 6,312 3,208
Fayette 3.477 2,095
Henry 5,851 2,969
Lamar 2,816 2,032
Meriwether 8.478 6,404
Monroe 2,515 271
Pike 5,527 5,521
Upson 2,800 2,207