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f; ELECTION EXPENSES
A bill is being prepared for in
troduction in congress to make
the government pay the expenses
of presidential and congressional
campaigns.
The idea is not so much to save
the candidates money as to pre
vent their spending too much
money.
The sum suggested to cover the
whole national campaign of a
presidential year for both par
ties is $1,000,000.
Most people will smile at that,
Iff despite its moral purpose.
Many millions have been spent
Z in recent national campaigns.
4 In some cases, unquestionably,
the expenditure was larger than
■ gg the occasion warranted, and was
pot all devoted to legitimate pur
poses.
Yet, the public remains rather
' apathetic to charges of lavish po
litical expenditure, evidently con
sidering that it is a rich, popu
lous country and it takes a lot
of money to bring an issue be
fore the electorate.
| ? The government presumably
could finance campaigns more
Cheaply than party committees
can.
In particular, it could get the
essential publicity matter before
the voters with less expense than
private distributors, through the
postoffice and other routes.
But there is a public feeling
that though .office holding is pub
lic business, running for office is
private business, and should be
paid for privately.
The average voter and taxpayer
:>■ may say that it is too easy to
run for office as matters stand.
"AMERICAN MILITARISM”
A Bolshevist is, generally
speaking, chiefly remarkable in
knowing so many things that are
not so.
Here is our gentle friend,
Trotsky, running tdue to form
iikw nightmarish vision of Amer
ican militarism.
“The United States,” he says,
“is assuming a place in the arena
of militarism beyond the dreams
oS Calkanized Europe.
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"American industrial and gold
power is being transformed into
the steam of American militarism.
“American capitalism has
reached the limit of Us power in
home markets and is compelled to
seek expansion abroad. This be
ing impossible by economic means
the United States will be compell
ed to overthrow European coun
tries by military power. n
"American militarism is rais
ing its head high above the whole
world as an advancing, destruc
tive force.”
We fought in the World War,
declares Trotzky, to gain suprem
acy over England, which country
in turn fought for supremacy
over France.
Now we are going to beat up
the world in general to make it
buy goods from us. He sees
Bolshevism as “the only real ob
stacle in our path. ft
All of this, surely, is news to
Americans, to be taken for what
it is worth. V
Of more importance, perhaps,
than the statements quoted above,
is the fact that Trotaky made
them to the Red army created by
him as the good right arm of the
Soviet government. >
The rest of the world is prob
ably more interested in Herr
Trotsky’s brand of militarism
than oars.
BUILDING WITH
ADVERTISING
Some of the greatest industries
of America have been developed
through advertising.
Some oi the large personal for
tunes are the result of judicious
advertising.
Many household articles owe
their popularity to advertising.
The bureau of advertising of
the American Newspaper Publish
ers Association has made up an
interesting list of the big ad
vertisers of America.
Ten of them spend a million
dollars or more annually.
ScoreB of them spend more than
one hundred thousand dollars a
year.
It makes an interesting study
to glance over the list of those
spending one hundred thousand
dollars or more and see how
prominently these big advertis
ers are associated in the indus
try of the country.
Here are their newspaper out
lays for 1923:
American Tobacco Co., $1,700,000
Lever Brother# Co____ 1,500,000
Standard Oil Company
of Indiana ....... 1,500,000
Victor Talking Machine
Co. 1 , 2000,000
Calumet Baking Powder
Co. 1 , 200,000
Dodge Brothers _ 1 , 200,000
U. S. Rubber Co. 1 , 100,000
Literary Digest ...... 1,080,000
Liggett A Myers To
bacco Co. _________ 1,000,000
Wm. J, Wrigley, Jr., &
Co. 1 , 000,000
Pepsodent Company___ 800,000
Buick Motor Co. _____ 600,000
B. F. Goodrich Co.___ 600,000
H. J. Heinz Co., _____ 600,000
Clicquot Club Co. ...... 500.000
Hupp Motor Car Cor,._ 530.000
Goodyear Tire & Rub
ber Co., Inc. _______ 425,000
Firestone Tire & Rubber *
Co, 500.000
IS it, eral Schaffner Cigar Company & Marx 500.000 500.000
Sun-Maid Raisin Grow
ers Association _____ 485.000
Kellogg Company _____ 450.000
Armstrong Cork Co.___ 430,000
Proctor & Gamble Co. 400,000
Packard Motor Car Co. 400,000
Colgate A Company ... 430,000
Quaker Oats Company 400,000
Chevrolet Motor Car Co. 325,000
Atchison Topeka & San
ta Fe_______________ 300.000
Cheek-Neal Coffee Co. 300.000
Portland Cement Asso. 300.000
Union Pacific R. R.._. 300.000
Franklin Automobile Co. 285.000
Borden Sales Co., Inc. 265.000
Autostrop Safety Razor
Company ___________ 250,000
International Magazine
Co., ________________ 250.000
Pompeian Laboratories. 250.000
Southern Cotton Oil
Trading Co. ....... 250,000
N. Y. Central Lines____ 240,000
California Fruit Growers
Exchange __________ 240,000
Coca-Cola Company ... 225,000
Eastman Kodak Co. j 225 ‘ 0Q0
Anheauser-Bush, „ Inc... 220,000
Simmons Company . 20.1,000
Johns-Mansville Co..... 200,000
Andrew . Pergens _ Co...
200,000
Hurley Machine Co_____• 200,000 ,
Alfred H. Smith (Djer
Kias) _____..I_______ 200,000
A Stean & Company.. _ 200,000
Pond’s Extract Co______ 200,000
Vick Chemical Company 200,000
American Radiator Co. 200,000
Famous Players-Laskey
Corporation 165,000
B. Kuppenheimer & Co. 150,000
Northern Pacific R. R.
Company ___________ 150,000
Metropolitan. Life Ins.
Company ........ 125,000
Edison Electric Appli
ance Company______ 115.000
Vacuum Oil Co._______ 105.000
McCall’s Magazine___ i 100,000
Washbum-Crosby Co. -- 100,000
If you make so much noise
knocking the other fellow you
GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
can’t hear when opportunity
knocks at your own door.
The man who thinks the way to
emphasize a point is to raise his
voice in speaking about it has the
wrong idea of emphasis.
All gall is ..divided into three
parts; that of politicians, that of
labor unions and that of the boot
leggers.
The people who live on Easy
street these days have to keep on
tearing it up to put in improve
ments.
Philanthropy, is the art of tak
ing money from one class of the
public to give it to another.
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A joker once went into a book
shop and told the clerk he wanted
some lamb, about two pounds.
“But this is a book shop,” said
the clerk.
“It must be fresh,” continued
the joker, pretending to be deaf.
“But, sir, this is a book shop,
not a meat shop. ft
Attracted by the hubub, the
proprietor came up and brushed
aside the clerk.
“Now, sir, bawled the pro
prietor M we sell books and noth
ing but books, What is it you
want?"
“Lamb,” stated the joker quiet
ly. “If you sell books you must
have the Essays of Charles
Lamb.”
Little Grace went into the coun
try for an outing this summer.
She and her little brother had
been out of sight of their nurse
for 10 or 15 minutes, when Grace
came running to her.
Nurse, ft she asked, eagerly,
“blackberries don’t have legs do
they? ft
“Of course not, dear.”
Grace replied, after a pause,
Then’* Oswald's eaten a cater
pillar.
An American woman went to
Scotland to visit some
When she returned one of her
friends accompanied her.
As they neared New York the
American woman said: “In a little
while we shall see Sandy Hook.”
Oh,' said her Scottish friend,
Do not tell me when, because i
am sure I would know a Scotsman
anywhere. 1
I i Twice-Told _ ~ -- Tales
....... .
The girl that killed the deer
with the arrow didn’t use the kind
that Dan Cupid is credited with
possessing whenever he has his
picture taken—Thomasville Times,
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Let’s talk about something else.
Why worry because neither Davis
nor Bryan carried his homo
state? This thing is over. We
have big fighting for the future.
Let’s equip for the task and be
at it.—Cordele Dispatch.
A Cleveland police court judge
has held that spanking a nine
months old baby is assault and
battery. He sent the spanker, the
baby’s father, to the workhouse
for 60 days. We are not sure
! the sentence was not deserved,
Be we are quite certain it would
necessary to enlarge the work
houses |f ^ c]evdand jdea of
j US q tice became normal. We have
met . . months .. old ... babies that—
nine
well, .. they . needed , . something.— iU .
Albany Herald.
Something else this country
needs is a disarmament move
ment aimed at the one hand driv
er who shares the front seat with
a cutie.—Detroit News.
There is significance in the
story that Joseph had a coat of
many colors. He became, later,
the greatest politician in Egypt.—
I Columbia Record.
Considering the fact that one
is born every minute, Luther
Burbank seems to be wasting his
time producing prunes.—Philadel
phia North American.
Work was recently resumed in
a British gold mine after a lapse
of 1,700 years.
IS SLAIN BY HIS
Atlanta, Nov. 17.—John Quinn,
youthful vegetable broker of At
lanta, is dead and Turner Gibbey,
his brother-in-law, is being trail
ed by blood »
hounds as the result
of a f am jj y row late Sunday
which culmihated in the shooting
to death of Quinn by Gibbey, ac
cording to witnesses. „ t
i The men were not only broth
ers-in-law, but were cousins.
Cousin.
I Quinn married the 17 year old
sister of Gibbey recently and the
j disagreement said between the men
i was to have begun over the
expressed determination of Quinn
, to submit to a blood transfusion
in an effort to save the life of
an aunt who is critically ill.
Wife Objected.
The young wife objected to her
husband’s taking what she con
sidered such a risk and her fam
ily is said to have sustained her.
Quinn today informed them that
his mind was made up and he
would undergo the. operation.
After Quinn had informed his
wife of the decision, Gibbey be
gan remonstrating with him and
the discussion and argument be
came heated, ending in the fatal
i shooting.
A young child was a witness
and states Gibbey fired the shot
which killed Quinn.
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I JOHN J BERNET.
. It is ge neral ly believed that
John J. Bernet, president of the
present Nickel Plate lines since
i 1916, will become head of the
new
great Nickel Plate system, now in
the building under the masterful
I guidance of the Van . Sweringen
brothers, of Cleveland, Ohio.
Bernet was summoned from the
vic «-P resi dency of the New York
Central lines eight years ago to
head the Nickel Plate lines and
he is given full credit for the de
velopment of that road generally
and the speeding up of its service,
freight and passenger.
' Bernet through the
came up
j New York organization in what
j has been called “the A. H. Smith
[ school of railway executives—ad
mittedly the best in the world.”
Telegrapher.
[ His October, tryout as telegrapher came
in 1889, and in 1895 he
became dispatcher at Buffalo, in
1901 trainmaster of the eastern
division. After that promotion
was rapid.
By 1903 he was assistant super
int endent of the eastern division,
1905 division superintendent, then
to Cleveland the same year as
assistant general superintendent
of the western lines, 1905 general
superintendent, finally to Chicago
as assistant vice president, and in
1914 vice president.
In a curious way his career par
allels that of the new president
of the Central, P. E. Crowley.
Both “pounded the key,” then both
were superintendents—Crowley of
the east, Bernet of the west. They
^ cach 6ther w611 - ^th came
of the Irish stock that furnish SO
many men to run the “heavies”—
the railways, mines, steel mills
and building construction.
Now it appears Mr. Bernet is to
operate a system ranking next to
that of Crowley’s—they are rivals
now. ’
At home in Cleveland Mr. Ber
net is a family man. He married
young and has three sons and two
daughters.
INJURED MESSENGER BOY
LEFT HOSPITAL SATURDAY
Frank White, Western Union
messenger boy, who was injured
in an automobile accident late
Friday night when a bicycle on
which he was riding was struck
by an automobile driven by Clar
ence Barron, left the hospital
Saturday afternoon and will be
ready to report for duty today or
tomorrow.
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u LONG RANGE FLYING WILL
PLAY PART IN THE NEXT
WAR,” SAYS GENERAL
“Discussing the next war is, of
course, talking about something
that everyone hopes will never
happen. But the millenium has
not come yet, and the last war,
terrible as it was, does not seem
to have converted the world’s gov
ernments to the arts of peace, ex
clusively. As witness of which is
the preparation everywhere of
armaments that will make the
equipment of armies during the
World War seem feeble by com
parison.”
So declared Major General Chas.
G. Summerall, in a recent inter
view. General Summerall com
manded the famous First Division
in France. He is now commander
of the Eighth Corps Area at Santa
Barbara, Calif.
“Terrible indeed will be the
methods of destruction in the next
war, if it comes,” he went on.
It was in the development of
mobility and the science of mov
ing and supplying troops that the
H. M. TURNER GETS
“KINDER” MAD, BUT
SOON CALMS DOWN
H. M. Turner, of Concord, was a
mad man Saturday.
He stormed into the News office,
planked down $1 for ttpre e months’
subscription to the Daily News
and exclaimed:
“Where is the man who stopped
my paper? I’ve been taking it
for more than forty years and
don’t want to miss a single issue! I”
Nobody would admit being re
sponsible for stopping the paper,
so Mr. Turner’s wrath subsided
and he admitted maybe he was to
blame.
“The next time you notify me
my time has expired, I’m going to
renew before you stop it. But I’m
mad because I missed it, anyway.”
TRIPLETS BORN HERE
SATURDAY NIGHT
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Triplets were born to Mr. and
Mrs. W. M. Tanksley Saturday
night, three boys. The mother
and children are doing well. Mr.
Tanksley resides at 207 West
Cherry ’street and is an operative
at the Georgia mills.
There were already five mem
bers in the household.
The Red Cross, on learning of
the birth of the triplets, sent
many needed articles.
Monday, November 17, 1924 5 : jAi'j
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general seemed to be interested -in
if the war comes.
“Long Range Flying.”
But as professional soldier he is
interested from a scientific stand
point in contemplating what a
commanding general can do with
his troops.' And he believes that
the airplane will be a big trans
portation factor.
“Long range flying,’ he said,
“has been so perfected and the
size and lifting power of airplanes
has been increased to such a de
gree that we wonder if a force of
men could not be transported in
quick time to a given spot, a thing
which was virtually impossible
during the late conflict.
“In the matter of ammunition
supply for large bodies of men
also the airplane will be a much
more important factor than for
merly.
“I think it is possible also,” said
the general, “that the greatest in
dividual development in any one
factor of warfare will be in the
tanks. The possibilities of these
machines were scarcely scratched
in the World War.”
Here’s Some More
The following have entered
their names on the mailing list of
The News in the past two days:
Mrs. Goodrich Manley, Griffin,
Route A.
Robert Miller, Edwardsville,
Ala.
A. L. Beckham, Milner.
L. B. Nelson, Ensley, Ala.
P. F. Mann, Milner, Route 2.
D. A. English, Milner, R oute 2.
G. E. Bell, Jackson, Route.
W. E. Bethune, Griffin, Route 6.
W. O. Coggins,, Williamson.
H. M. Turner, Concord, Route 1.
J. F. Peugh, Williamson, Route
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F. H. Woods, Brooks. ,
T. M. Whatley, Griffin, Route B.
J. E. Latson, Jackson, Roqte 6.
THREE NEGROES LODGED
IN JAIL HERE SUNDAY
Amos Jackson, charged with
carrying a concealed pistol, and
Alf Martin and Roger Gamble,
charged with being drunk on the
highway, were jailed Sunday by
Officers Brown and McGhee. They
are negroes.
CHARLES G. DAWES
UNDERGOES OPERATION
Chicago, Nov. 17.—Charles G.
Dawes, vice president-elect, under
went a successful minor operation
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IS CLEARED DP
Moultrie, Nov. 17.—Having been
acquitted by a jury in Cook supe
rior court of the charge -of big
amy, Rev. R. B. Chitty, Colquitt
county preacher, whose strange
marital mix-up caused him to be
arrested twice, is now a free man.
One of the first things he ex
pects to do is to bring suit for
divorce against his second wife,
with whom he lived less than a
month after he married her in
July, 1918.
Own Statement.
At his trial Chitty relied on his
own statement and the argument
of his attorney to save him.
The jury sitting in the case and
of which some of the best known
men in Cook county were mem
bers, returned a verdict exonerat
ing the minister after brief de-*
liberation, despite the fact that
the state showed that Chitty’s
second, wife was still living and
had not been divorced.
After reviewing his marital ex
periences in detail, the Rev. Mr.
Chitty declared that three years
before he contracted marriage
with Mrs. Sarah J. Roberts, the
daughter of T. J. Meadows, a Tift
county farmer, he was told by
relatives of his second wife that
she was dead—a victim of influ
enza.
No Reason To Doubt.
“I had no reason to doubt the
truthfulness of the information, t*
the preacher said, “so I then
dropped my plans for a divorce
from my second wife, who was
Mrs. Fannie J. Strickland. I left
her less than a month after our
marriage when I learned that she
had been guilty of misconduct. »
Chitty steadfastly refused to
believe that his second wife was
still living until the trial last
week when the state, by sworn
testimony, showed that she was.
While in jail here the minister
declared that “If it is shown that
my second wife is still alive, when
I get out of jail, I am going to
bring suit for divorce against her
on statutory grounds and after
i get my divorce I am going to
try to win back my third wife,
my real wife, whose relatives are
seeking to - poison her mind
against me.”
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at the Evanston hospital id
Evanston yesterday afternoon and'
last night was reported resting 1
comfortably.