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THANKSGIVING FOOTBALL.
Thanksgiving football games
recently received a gentle rap
from the Missouri College Union,
an organization comprising the
14 major educational institutions
of that state.
Although the union is primari
ly concerned with such matters as
the essentials of a college educa
tion and the requirements for a
bachelor of arts degree, it must
pay attention to anything that
looms as large in college life as
does football.
The adverse criticism of the
Thanksgiving games which are
now played in so many different
states and communities is based
on the belief that they prevent
realisation of the spirit of the
day.
Thanksgiving should be a day
of piety and worship, they say.
Football is making it a day of
money-making and big crowds.
This seems an unnecessary dig
at football.
Thanksgiving day lost its strict
observance before football became
so generally popular.
Theaters, concerts and dances,
not to mention huge and expen
sive dinners, have long been ac
cepted methods of celebrating
Thanksgiving.
-In the midst of such a variety
of entertainments the football
game rpally has a few things in
ita favor.
It takes thousands of people
outdoors during Thanksgiving
day afternoon wno otherwise
would simply sit around at home
waiting for the over-size dinner
to be served.
These thousands at least get
some exercise and a good deal of
fresh air, as well as a better ap
petite for their dinner.
OUR FRIENDS AND OUR
FAULTS.
There are two ways In which
we learn our faults—from our
friends, who tell us in kindness,
to help us, and from our enemies,
who fling them at us vindictive
ly to hurt ns.
______It. ia what might he considered
the unimportant little things
which make or mar our lives.
We know people who have not
much gray matter but who are
moderately successful from being
merely agreable and courteous and
devoid of obnoxious faults.
Others, with twice their ability,
amb^on and industry, fall short
of their goal, or make the gain
ing of it doubly hard for no
other reason than that they are
personally disagreeable.
There is a man who is a gen
ius in his line; he has much
power and wealth.
Every door upon which he has
knocked, save one, has ultimately
opened to him, and the one which
remains cloked in his face leads
into society. He stays outside,
not because he is a self-made
man, as he believes, or because
he is “in trade,” but because he
£s personally objectionable. He
has never had, nor ever will have
a friend courageous enough to lay
his finger upon his fault and
say, “Overcome it.”
There is a woman dependent
upon her own efforts who is ca
pable and well trained in a cer
tain kind pf office work, yet she
moves from one place to another
with a rapidity that is bewilder
ing.
She has not the faintest idea
why it is that she has little
more than arrived before her em
ployer begins to talk of “reducing
the force,” curtailing expenses, »»
etc., and he always begins with
her.
It is because she has no breed
ing and her real ability does not
offset her bad manners.
She ealls her associates by
their last names and rests her
self tilted on the hind legs of
her chair with her heels hooked
in the rung.
She has never been anything
but unfortunate and can not be
anything else unless there is
someone who cares enough to
tell her and convince her that
these things, which she undoubt
edly considers trifles, are respon
sible for her failures.
We have eyes like hawks for
the shortcomings of others, but
we are astonishingly blind to
ward our own, and if there is
someone sufficiently interested in
us to point out the flaws in the
right spirit we should know him
for our friend.
TESTS FOR MOTOR DRIVING
Not everybody is p'nyarcaily or
mentally qualified to drive a
motor car.
That ought to be self-evident.
A blind man is unfit for the
job; and So is one without the
use of his hands.
A person subject to epileptic
fits or other sudden and violent
seizures is certainly better off
away from the steering wheel.
The question of deafness is
just now being much agitated,
and there are strong protests
against refusing drivers’ licenses
on the ground of that infirmity.
Of course the sense of sight is
by far more important than hear
ing, and when the latter failij the
former usually becomes nfore
keen and vigilant.
Yet there are many cases in
which it is desirable if not ab
solutely necessary to hear as well
as to see signals, as when ap
proaching sharp curves in the
road.
It would Seem to be a hardship
to debar otherwise perfectly com
petent drivers, solely because of
deafness; yet there is no doubt
that a deaf driver would often
subject himself and others to
peril which would not be incur
red if he could hear.
In New York state it is now
being ruled that ability to read
read English must be required
for the granting of licenses,
the reason that a driver should
be able to read not only
“Stop” and “Go" signals on
fic posts at street
but also the numerous signs
warning or instruction which
posted along highways. For
requirement there also seems
be strong reason.
Such tests and rules will
less seem a grievance to
individuals. %
But that is not to the point.
- The question is whether
are needed to insure the
of the public on the roads
city streets.
If they are needed, the
individuals must not stand in
way of the welfare of the
majority.
One of the unsolved
or radio is that, when a
set howls, whistles or squeaks
fades out, it is always
else’s set mussing up the air.
Detroit is building a
highway” 200 feet wide, and
tice inspires the hope that it
making Henry pay his share
the cost.
When winter makes
disagreeable, and church
come by radio, a family can
most get the Sunday paper
through.
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GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
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COMPLETE SELECTIVE IMMI
GRATION POLICY FAVOR
ED BY DAVIS, LABOR
SECRETARY.
“We are operating in the United
States under a new immigration
law, which became effective about
four months ago, aad which, while
establishing our immigration con
trol on a numerical limitation
basis, is a step toward selective
immigration.
“I favor a complete selective
system, under which we would
examine and qualify in their na
tive countries only such applicants
for admission to this country as
conform to our standards as estab
lished by law and can fit into
places in this country where they
are needed. >»
So said James J. Davis, secre
tary of labor, just before he sailed
MOW
WINSTON CHURCHILL.
For a time after ©avid Lloyd
George was forced out of office in
England the picturesque and irre
pressible Winston Churchill re
mained faithful to the Welsh bar
rister.
But it became evident that a
“comeback” for Lloyd George was
impossible or at least improbable,
and so Churchill decided to ar
range a “comeback” of his own.
There was no hope in the
Liberal party; Churchill was
astute enough to read this fact.
Accordingly, without materially
altering his political principles,
Churchill went over to the Con
servatives.
He has not been compelled to
wait for his reward. Stanley Bald
win announces his cabinet, and lo,
the name of Winston Churchill,
chancellor of the exchequer, leads
all the rest.
Was “Talkative” as Boy.
When Churchill was a youngster
he was, speaking Americanwise, a
fresh youngster. They used to
make him run round the cricket
grounds at school a set number of
times for talking too much.
When he was a subaltern wi\h
his regiment he suggested that
Lord Kitchener—even then the
great general—should be brought
>ver and introduced to him, instead
of going over to be introduced to
Kitchener.
Saw Indian Service.
He went into the army when
was 21, and saw service in
in Africa and elsewhere. He
war correspondent, has been a
turer, has written several
all of them excellent, and
biography of his father, Lord
dolph Churchill—a work that
been held to be one of the best
English life stories.
Twice-Told Tales
Most anybody can criticise what
the other fellow does, but it takes
a man of real brains and ability
to step out and take the lead—in
politics, industry or any other
line.—Tifton Gazette.
Anyway, the Democrats have
the distinction of furnishing the
first woman as United States sena
tor, and the two first women as
governors.—LaGrange Graphic.
The best place for a woman is
where she wants to be, but a few
of them never want to be in the
same place long. — Thomasville
Times-Enterprise.
Having turned his pipe upside
down, we guess Dawes thinks he
can do the same thing with the
Senate.—Savannah Press.
IIow many, many hours she
poses patiently to acquire that
charming naturalness.—Baltimore
Sun.
The value of manufactured
products in Georgia grew from
over $94,500,000 in 1899 to over
$202,850,000 in 1909, and over
$693,200,000 in 1919, according to
the United States census.
recently on a lour of seven South
American countries, which he ex -1
plains are immigrant receiving na
tions like the United States.
He will study the policies and
methods of these countries in deal
ing with immigrants and the im
migration problem, particularly in
relation to European arrivals.
Young Jake had just returned
from the city, and his chum was
asking him about the experiences,
in particular how he enjoyed eat
ing in an automat restaurant.
a How do they work?" the friend
asked.
If Well, you put your nickel in the
watchemacallit and press the
thingumbob, and the doohinkus
turns around and gives you your
food,” explained Jake.
a Isn’t that marvelous?” echoed
the chum. “I knew they were
wonderful things, but I ain’t heard
the details before. tf
As the parting instructions were
being given, the young traveler
picked up his bag and started on
his initial trip.
i* Good luck to you, said his
chief. << Wire us important news.
<» Reached here safely, good room
with bath, feeling fine.”
His chief wired back: “So glad,
love and kisses, good-by.”
A girl, winner of a local beauty
contest, in which the first prize
was a part in a big film play, left
her native town the envy and ad
miration of all.
Weeks passed without news.
Then one day she returned and
esumed her former occupation.
.1 But what about acting for the
pictures?" she was asked. “Didn’t
they give you a part?’’
(4 Yes, they gave me a part," she
answered, bitterly. “They told me
I could be the hand that held the
bottle marked ‘Poison’ in the vil
lain’s nightmare!
GETTING FED IIP
Moscow, Nov. 20.—Leon Trotz
ky, the solemn, mirthless student
of Roman nature, who built an
army for Russia suuch as no czar
ever had succeeded in creating,
may be read out of the bolshevik
party because he is too individ
ualistic to subordinate his person
ality in accordance with the true
theory of Marxian socialism.
Campaign Spreads.
A campaign against Trotzky,
originating among active party
workers in Moscow, has spread
through the soviet union, and the
dimensions of the movement now
are such that the man who, with
Lenin, was synonymous with bol
shevism and its achievements,
may be subjected to drastic dis
ciplinary action.
Ostensibly the current feeling
against Trotzky has to do with
Eli recent book, “The Year 1917,”
which is the third volume of the
“History of the Bolshevik Revolu
tion. M
Book Is Denounced.
Active bolshevists irf Moscow
condemned the book in a resolu
tion branding it as a gross dis
tortion pf bolshevism and of the
revolution.
Indignation was expressed at
Trotzky's version of Lenin’s
lations with the communist
'
Best Organizer.
The uproar of condemnation of
the man who is admittedly the
best organizer and most shrewd
ly alert of all communists may
be an effort to head him away
from the position Lenin held.
But for the fact that he is
a Jew, Trotzky probably would
have succeeded Lenin when the
latter died.
It is not improbable that the
Slav elements of the bolshevik
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JOHN W. DAVIS
New York, Nov. 20.—John W.
Davis and his wife sailed on - the
French liner Paris • yesterday for
three months of rest and recre
ation in Mediterranean countries.
En route homeward the Davises
will visit at London, where Mr.
Davis formerly was American
ambassador.
He intends when he returns
here in February to resume the
law practice which the democratic
nomination for president caused
him to lay aside last June.
Not Dodging.
A reporter jokingly accused Mr.
Davis of having tried to slip
abroad without making known
his plans.
No I didn’t,” said the lawyer.
u I told anybody who wanted to
know. But nobody appeared to
be interested. That shows how
soon a man is forgotten. ' i
Another man ventured that if
the nation had voted as New
York ship news reporters did, Mr.
Davis would have been president
elect.
U I am glad so many persons of
discretion are still attached to
the press,” said Mr. Davis, and
he laughed.
No Forecasts.
He said he had read published
forecasts of a reorganization of
the democratic party, but de
clined to comment on a question
whether the party would “have
a chance" four years t ence.
" jfe said that he was willing to
say that the party “will carry on
and will be up and fighting in the
next campaign. ..
STUDENTS OF FAYETTE
COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
ARE INJURED IN WRECK
Fayetteville, Nov. 20__Doctors
last night expressed fear that C.
B. Thornton, 16, and Frank
North, 17, injured when a heavy
school truck carrying 14 students
to the Fayette county high school
here overturned yesterday morn
ing had fractured skulls.
The youths were unconscious
when moved from the wreck.
All other occupants, though
bruised, were not injured serious
ly.
Thornton, who was driving, is
reported to have lost control of
party are endeavoring to destroy
Trotzky as an available candidate
for party leadership.
Are^ou a Father?
O. /aurrenceTfawthome I
Are A you sturdy, the father playful of little a boy— lad, O — li v
A restless bit of energy i
Who tries so hard to be like dad?
Are you the father of a boy 1
Whose life just overflows with joy? J
Are you the father of a girl—
A sweet, romantic little miss,
A dainty parcel of delight
Who runs to greet you with a kiss? V
Are yoirthe father of a girl pearl?
More precious than the choicest
You are a father, for I see vgflSi
The father-spirit in your eyes
And in your face the tenderness
That such relation signifies; ^ ^
Yours is the greatest gift that can
Enrich the life of any man!
So priceless is that child of yours,
So confident its faith in you, ^
That you must guard its happiness A#
With everything that you can do \
To bless each day, and guarantee ft l
Protection for the years to be. 4s l
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the car as it sped downhill to-* MOUNTAIN FIDDLERS TO
wards a bridge, and the machine PLAY IN FAYETTEVILLE
overturned just before reaching
it. A bunch of old time Georgia
mountain fiddlers are scheduled
A fresh water lake 30 miles in to play in Fayetteville Saturday
circumference near which live and in Newnan Monday and Tues
hundreds of blacks who never day.
had seen a white man before, was
found in Australia last summer. Hungary is to issue new coins.
TURKEY
CARVING
MADE
-i* -.»{ EASY
i •
There is just one thing you must have if you are going to
carve the Thanksgiving Turkey properly—that is a good
carving set—a strong fork and a sharp knife.
CARVING SETS
GAME SETS
ROASTERS
COMMUNITY
SILVER
GRIFFIN HARDWARE COMPANY
a Everything in Hardware” PHONE
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November 20, 1924.