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3’ 9... Two» 10 East Solomon Street PHONE No. 210 Entered at postoffice in Griffin, Ga., as second class mail matter. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press k exclus ively entitled to the use for re publication of the news dispatch es credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news re-publication published herein. of All rights dispatches or herein alao apeclal reserved. are m OFFICIAL PAPER City of Court, Griffin, Northern Spalding District County, of U. S. Georgia. ■ TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTIONS Daily in advance------$5.00 by Carrier £ e ; months, year, in advance---- 2.50 Three months, in advance . 1.25 One month, payable at end of month _______________ .50 Daily by Mail One year, In advance ... $4.00 Three Six month, in advance____ 2.00 month, months, in advance . 1.00 One in advance____ .40 Semi-Weekly Edition One year, in advance______ $1.00 Six months, in advance,' .. .25 If sent within 30-mile radius of Griffin. Beyond 30-mile zone, one year, $1,60; six months, 75c; three months, 40c. BEAUTY AND GLORY OF FALL There is something missing in the man who does not love nature —who cannot glory in a gorgeous sunset or who fails to appreciate the beauty of rustic Georgia in I the fall. The Great Painter has been most lavish in his color scheme in ■ Georgia woods this fall, and just now wood and valley are at the height of their beauty; bui it is the wee sma’ hour with this sea son—winter is near and' unless one hies forth within • the next few weeks he will miss seeing one of nature's masterpieces. ~ Speaking of the inspiring and uplifting scenes which greet one all over this great country, For est and Stream tells the story in an editorial that is most beauti ful and descriptive. Here’s that , paper’s prose-poem: “Color lingers along tiie road and down the shores of sliding streams. A splash of scarlet hangs in the maples, a dash of gold in many an oak, a flare of smoky embers on dun-spattered hill-sides and the late goldenrod ■ paints yellow daubs in the entan glement of fence corners, but the carnival time is fast ebbing. It is the “wee sma’ hour” of a great period and a great time. Nature bows to the silent trend and som bre approach of the eleventh month. “Consider the fallen leaves. A new blanket covers cool earth. Grasses have given up the ghost and are deeper under heaps opdus ky gold. Shadowy ratffjles echo i to soft paws treading lightly the crisp raiment. The oak woodlot : stirs with leaves and squirrel feet, the scratch of grouse talons, the leather tramp of panthers. Rivers bear seaward vflsl golden rafts, and small Streams are bankfull with irt undulating yellow mass. Aye, the leaves arc November herself. Mass gives away to innumer able lines, the greenery of dark evergreens remains. Ponds gleam openly behind bough and branch, and threadlike brooks stripped of ■ • -l e a fy -yellow awning, mirror in constant skies. Cats-paws ruffle somnolent^ stretches, and silver shines fugitively amidst seas of sable. Spider balloonists cruise brown meadows and durt fields, their gossamer lines gleaming deb icately in the dimming sunlight. a The- beauty and glory of No vember is skyward. Earth has had her day. Wondrous colors beyond the gamut of a chemist’s dream wander and wash far-flung spaces, and mundane dwellers throng in tidae manner, the city streets with never a glance nor thought of the display drifting beyond the last roof line. Who of you have looked up on the east when the dawn was red? Who knows of the smoky mists of mornings rivers, shot $ with the primal lances of sun light, tossed in a confusion of in vasive water foul? Man loses nothing in lifting his eyes to the 4awn, the clouds of noonday, the splendor of sundown, the rise and the fires of night. “Sound slit the tranced —the hum of a nest-seeking or the sharp bark of young hounds on a warm trail. Birds pass beyond leafless trees heading toward southern areas, dropping plaintive calls. Occasionally comes the sound if ducks hurtling toward some sheltered salt bay, and of ten the far-flung note of wild geese painting a living V against blue and gray skies. Not far in the rear the flying squadrons is coming the first killing frost. >* FOREST FIRES Because the country has been suffering the worst seasonal drought since 1884, it is believed that fires will ravage more than the average of 10,000,000 acres which are added yearly to the barren, stump-blackened waste lands of the United States. Notwithstanding the fact that a lookout is stationed on nearly every mountain peak in the forest regions, it is almost impossible for him to chart the location of a fire if the wind blows a smoke screen in his direction. During the past three years air planes have been successfully used both in this country and in Canada for locating and directing the work of fighting fires. In one season the California air patrol located over 400 fires be fore they got under headway. The Department of Agriculture recommends that each state should immediately take steps to estab lish an air patrol. It has been conclusively shown that nearly all of these fires ci are started by careless hunters who violate every rule of the woods. In some states the question is being seriously discussed of abol ishing huntings licensee entirety as a means of preventing the awful loss to life and property. THE COST OF PENSIONS Wars in which the United States has taken part since 1790, ex clusive of the World War, have cost the nation more than $6,- 836,000,000 in pensions. Pensions for the Civii War to otaled about $6,427,000,000, and those of the Indian wars amounted to $25,000,000. This illustrates one expense of wars not usually included in the estimates for taxes, but it is an expense that is paid back to the people. Th<K aged and infirm must be ta ken care of in any event, and if i)^ is not paid one way it will have to be paid another. No one particularly objects to this tax, but when two or three times this amount of money is burned up and thrown away on idle and useless war maneuvers and pomp and show the people are liable to become weary of it. GOING AHEAD Pr. Nichols, ex-president of the American Chemical Society, pre dicts that within the next 50 years chemists and physicians will have perfected cures for every enemy of the human body, and no one will die until the machine is just natur ally worn out. These same scientists and chem ists also assert that the time is not fa r d istant w hen t he human race will be fed with prepared pills and powders. These things all sound so good that we will need wings to com plete the comfort of life-rand maphnp another Henry Ford will spring up to supply them. Nine years ago, alter a row, a Massachusetts couple resolved never to speak to each other again and now they are having their say in the divorce court. We are very thankful for the good fortune’ that has been ours during the past year, but never theless, we hope for bettor things to come. Capital punishment may be a failure, but it never has been tried in this country. Out of 1,- 800 murders in New York in six years there were only 54 execu tions. * GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS Ifflfififb‘fil‘a‘immn m AMERICAN BUSINESS IN FINE CONDITION, SAY LEADERS. What are the prospects for American business. Never bet ter is the almost unanimous be lief of Amotfcan business lead ers. Below are excerpts from recent statements by experts in various lines of industry and fi nance. “I believe we are beginning an economic period during which practically every total measur ing business activity will far sur pass former records."—Frank A. Vanderlip. » << The oil industry is in a very sound position today. It is the soundest I know of. Increasing needs have caused surplus stocks to diminish. Oil prices have ad vanced further. With a dry fall there has been a very heavy de mand for gasoline. I am very optimistic regarding the industry for the balance of the year and 1925.”—F. E. Powell. ' “The upholding of the mining industry has been accomplished in America by the strong right arm and courage of her individual citizens. The industry will not wish the injection of government into it. It would destroy the pri mary initiative that has made and will make the industry,”—Herbert Hoover. 41 The money situation never was so sound. Business is in a liquid state. There is an opportunity The story that follows is told at the expense of both Horace Greeley and Henry Watterson, but Greeley really appears to have in spired it. Greeley’s handwriting was the worst ever seen even in a news paper office, unless it was Watter son’s. There was only one compositor in the Tribune office who could read Greeley’s copy. One day while the compositor was out a bird had flown Into the office, walked into some printing ink and then on a number of loose sheets lying on the floor, the story goes. “Why,” said one of the printers, picking up a sheet, “this looks like the old man’s writing.” So saying, he fastened the sheets to gether and put them on the ab sent compositor’s case. Presently the compositor came back and with all eyes turned on him picked up the sheets and to the amazement of the room start ed setting up the supposed “copy.” Presently, however, he hesitated at a word and asked the man nearest him what it was. How should I kpow?” was the reply. “You know that you alone can read the old man’s writing. Better ask him. Reluctantly the baffled com positor took the sheet to Greeley’s sanctum. “Well,” said the great man, “what is it?” “It’s this word, Mr. Greeley.” Greeley snatched the sheet from the man’s hand, looked at the al leged word and threw himself back with a snort of disgust. “Why,” he shouted, “any fob! could see what it is! It’s ‘unconstitutional.’ ” Twice-Told Tales A calf was born at Great Oak farms, near Coatesville, Ra., with two perfectly formed heads, two tails, seven legs and two back bones.—News Item. Is there a still on this farm?—Washington Post. If there were no tightwads, where would the good spenders borrow money to tide them over till pay day?—New Castls (Ind.) C ourier. The Kansas City Star reports this sign painted on the back of a Ford coupe: “Chicken, Here's Your Coop.”—Macon Telegraph.' The “small minority” referred to so much must be those old- for sane development such as we rarely have had presented.”—J. Theus Munds. “Fair steel business may be ex pected from now until the end of January. The annual inventory period is approaching, but in spite of this many buyers are in market and placing requirements James A. Campbell, for the remainder of the year. “I believe we are now facing an industrial and economic revi val that may be so long continued as to be termed an industrial ren aissance. I myself look for great Baruch. ly improved business.”—Bernard WHO’S LN THE WHO isievJs pay-3 MARTIN B. MADDEN. Whether or not the stepping out of Frederick Gillett as speaker of the House next March will pre cipitate a bitter fight, or the Re publicans will line up solidly be hind Congressman Martin B. Mad den of Illinois, or Nick Longworth of Ohio, or a last minute choice is a question interesting Washington political circles. At this writing Madden seems to be favored for the post. Unusual Figure. Madden is an unusual figure ',n national politics. Once a poor boy in Chicago and handicapped with a crippled leg, he not only has made his way to leadership in the House, but also to a fortune that is estimated at many millions of dollars. He is much loved in his home district in Chicago, where he is the sponsor for a great num ber of • charities. H e has always been well liked in the House for his fairness and tolerance. Madden is now chairman of the powerful Appropriations Commit tee, and in this position has fought hard to uphold the Coolidge econo my program. He on all occasions has worked to prevent increases in the budget and has staved off many attemepted raids on the treasury by members of the House. Born in England. Born in Darlington, England, March 20, 1855, Madden was obliged at an early age to face hardships. At 10 he left school and began work in the stone quar ries, continuing his education at night school and business college. He was at one time president of the Western Stone Company, president of the Quarry Owners’ Association of U. S., and of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Associa tion, and vice-president of the Builders and Traders’ Exchange of Chicago. It was in 1890 that Madden launched into politics, as chairman of the Republican City Commission of Chicago. CAL MAY HAVE TO 3UY HIS OWN BIRD FOR THANKSGIVING Washington, Nov. 25.—Unless a generous somebody gets busy right away, President Coolidge will have to buy his own Thanksgiving tur key this year. ' Thanksgiving is right here, and no bird has arrived at the white house. Usually the president has half dozen gobblers pecking corn in the back yard a few days in advance. A huge box of cranberries ar rived Monday. The president re ceived a small butchered turkey a week ago. Bill Pannell, who <always has a hand in passing out surplus gift birds to the help around the white house, is growing a little anxious. He would particularly like to see the president receive a large fat possum, that being Bill’s racial dish. fashioned folk who still have their tonsils and appendices.—Balti more Sun. They don’t need parking re strictions on the road to ruin.— Los Angeles Times. OASIS OR MIRAGE? 1 ./ \ WWVJ s A rj 4 I j 3 1 v N ' CIDER o o 'TaNDWI HILL ML' I DECISION f ' j t I HUH? t I. r- v [*) a A i / BSC A b Sr- n I. ■* ZaL j I Ws (. o O' wkii. T z »• \ t u ££ V\ X V, & wml /// / *ii .La o MONROE COUNTY MAN SAYS HIS COLLARDS MEASURE 54 INCHES Some tiqie ago an article ap peared in The News stating that J. O. Stanfield was the champion eollard grower of Henry county. Some of his vegetables measured 44 inches. Now comes T. E. Grubbs, of High Falls, who says: “Mr. Editor: As J. O. Stanfield claims to be the champion col- \ Dress Up for i §r is-. il Thanksgiving : n 9 * In One of Our New Suits and Overcoats FRAT AND KIRSCHBAUM •V l A 11! * SUITS / AND Si !»S & OVERCOATS A llg In Newest Fabrics and Models A> % $ 25 t0 $45 V KNIT-TEX OVERCOATS Pi t. ii. The popular lightweight Topcoat $30 4 AND THESE DRESS ACCESSORIES WILL MEET YOUR APPROVAL Eagle Shirts......................... ....$2 and up Mallory and Stetson Hats.............. ....$5 and $7 Cheney Silk Ties.................... $1 and $1.50 Mufflers, wool, and silk and wool ...... . $2 to $3.50 Chalmers Spring Needle Winter Underwear $1.75 to $3.50 Phoenix Hose...... * ................ . .35c to $1.50 New bordered and initial Handkerchiefs. . . .....2 for 25c Pure Linen Handkerchiefs............. .... 25c to 75c NUNN-BUSH, BION F. REYNOLDS AND EDWIN CLAPP SHOES ,\y i) r A i W MS \v !IO THE D£ PEND ON STORE WE CLOSE ALL DAY THANKSGIVING i ................................................................................ II November 25, 1924. lard grower of Henry county, I’ll go him one better for Monroe. I have some measuring 54 inches across, which are of the same va riety as his, cabbage-collard, which goes to 'show what old Monroe will produce. While Pm not farm ing at present, being employed by Towaliga Falls Power Com pany, I still love to see my county come forward with ‘big things. 1 M There are 75,000 taxicabs In the United States. NEGROES DONATE $11 TO LOCAL RED CROSS The following memberships to the Red Cross by negroes were announced today: _______:_ Cabin Creek high school: A. Z. Keltzie, principal, $5; Woman’s Improvement Club, $1; Springhill public schools, C. L. D. Nimmons, principal, $1; Broad street school, $1; and Mrs. C. V. Goldwire, prin cipal, $1; St. Stephens Episcola, $1; Rev. R. E. Bunn, principal, $1.