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City of Griffin. Spalding County. of
U. S. Court, Northern District
Georgia.
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THE HOTEL QUESTION
A new all-steel hotel? '• :
Where?
Right here in Griffin.
Such a thing is probable.
A prominent capitalist in the
east wrote a leading Griffin citi
zen several days ago inquiring
about a site here for such a build
ing.
The Griffinite promptly answer
ed the letter telling the capitalist
that Griffin had such a site.
It is a we)l known fact that a
modern hotel building here is one
of the city’s long felt wants.
The hotels here arq filled most
of the time and frequently they
cannot accommodate all the people
coming here.
If Griffin had more hotels it is
believed that many tourists would
stop here who now give Griffin
the “go by. ft
Being conveniently located
Atlanta and Macon, it is thought
that Griffin would be an ideal
place for people to spend Sunday,
since, even with the splendid fa
cilities that these cities have, there
are always people who prefer to
spend the week-end in a smaller
city.
If the capitalist making inqui
ries about an all-steel hotel is in
earnest he will find a good oppor
tunity .here..
MERCHANTS READY
' With the coming of the holiday
•hopping season Griffin presents
even more than her usual readi
ness for the annual buying cam
paign and nowhere are merchants
better fitted to handle the ex
pected rush than here.
Through the medium of sales,
prices have been greatly reduced
and in many cases standard mer
chandise is selling in Griffin for
considerably less than it could be
replaced on retailers’ shelves.
Shop early is the slogan of re
tailers here and those who come to
Griffin for their holiday needs are
assured of goods of high quality
at low price levels.
Perhaps never before have local
merchants had more attractive
stocks than now and it will indeed
ha r d- to- pl e as e -b uy er "that
„can not find what he wants in
Griffin.
Read the columns of the local
tewspaper; watch your opportun
ities and you will find that it will
be to your, advantage to shop at
kune.
CONFIDENCE.
For every injury men suffer
from, others through excessive
confidence and trust, countless
injuries are self-inflicted through
as^picion and mistrust.
The harm that another is likely
in do to any man, against his will,
is.,not to be compared to the in
jury aqy man may do to himself
through the trio of dark attributes
of ignorance—unfounded suspicion,
tatte, prejudice.
When ■ men nourish suspicion
tfcqy squander their vitality, both
•f. body and of soul—when they
■“TV welcome the promptings of preju-
dice they rob themselves of a
share of the best things in life.
And, when they hake up hate,
whether in secret or banded with
others, they assume a burden that
grows heavier, day by day, until,
from sheer weariness, they aban
don it for the fruitless thing it is,
lest it crush them.
Every business enterprise that
has endured over a ayan of time
has been founded upon—and, has
prospered through—the confidence
of those comprising the market it
sought to sell its merchandise or
service—confidence in honor, in
telligence, appreciation and good
will.
VANITY CONQUERS HABIT
In Germany it was necessary
for the street, car company to
place mirrors on the left side of
the cars so that the women would
face that way in alighting.
This is sent to us as a true
story from the Vermont border:
Rum runner approaches a farm
er and offers him $60 for the use
of his barn for one day.
“What do you want it for?” de
manded the farmer.
"Well, I’m bringing a carload
of booze through tomorrow night
and I want to lay up during the
day.
K All right,” says the fanner,
who watches the rum runner out
of sight and promptly notifies fed
eral agents.
The officers watch the barn all
night, all the next day, and all the
next night. Nothing doing, so
they gave it up and went home.
A few days later the rum run
ner reappears and offerseffie*farm
er his $50.
u But, you didn’t use my barn, n
stuttered the farmer.
“No,” replied the rum runner,
.* but while you had the federal
officers tied up here, I ran four
loads down the back road. Here’s
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your money. »»
Sandy had been photographed,
and he was gazinz intently at his
picter,” when MacPherson came
along
u What’s that ye hev there?”
asked Mac.
Oh, a photograph o’ masel’,”
replied Sandy, showing it to his
friend.
** Mon,” exclaimed Mac, “it’s aw
fa’ like ye, Sandy. What did it cost
ye?”
a Weil,” said Sandy, “I dinna ken
for I hevna’ paid for it yet.”
“Mon,” said Mac, in a firmer
tone, “It’s awfa’ like ye.”
Twice-Told Tales
■ Of course it is none of our bus
iness, but if Charlie Chaplin’s new
bride will listen to us she will
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keep custard pie off her dining
table.—Macon Telegraph.
As the governor of Wyoming
said to the governor of Texas,
it What are you going to wear at
the inaugural?" — Minneapolis
Journal.
Man who tried to sell water for
moonshine in Lexington was fined
and sentenced to 30 days on the
reek pile.—Louisville Courier-Jour
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When a man starts singing his
own praise it is pretty sure to be
a solo. - Lake County (Ind.)
Times.
The good die young. Ah, well,
if they would die good, they must
do it young.—Chico (Cal.) Record.
Empires may rise and fall, but
the price of round steak is on a
one-way street.—Detroit Uews.
There are many evils yet to be
eradicated in America, but the
pug dog is gone.—Baltimore Sun.
MODERN NOVEL IN SIX LINES
They met.
They shook hands.
They kissed.
They married.
They quit kissing—each other.
They shook each other.
GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
Nomad“ u
“British Labor Party Received
Set-back, But Is Bound to
Grow,” Says Editor.
ti The absurdities of their Rus
sian treaty negotiations were
mainly responsible for the defeat
of the labor government in Eng
land.” So declares Sir Campbell
Stuart, K. B. E., director of Lon
don Times, who came to the Unit
ed States recently.
*< It is widely believed that. had
the labor government followed
the advice of Mr. Snowden, their
chancellor of the exchequer, they
would never have made their as
tonishing, foolish Russian blunder.
But American observers must not
think that because labor has re
ceived a setback they are a thor
oughly discredited party, The
movement is bound to grow in
strength, and some day we shall
certainly have the labor party In
power as .well as in office,” he con
tinued.
Finance Looms Large.
it Naturally finance is a subject
which looms large in the minds of
the British public. They know
that it is a very delicate piece
of mechanism, and that it is very
easy to mishandle. Baceuse of the
ignorance of financial questions
which prevail among labor men,
they are apt to say all sorts ofi
wild things without knowing the
import of what they are saying,
or being able to measure its ef
fects.
ti Thus the opposition in the last
parliament has frequently been
able to pour ridicule upon those
labor projects which in any way
involve questions of finance. Some
of the more far-seeing of the la
bor leaders realize this, and are
WHO’S WHO
»N THE PAYS NEWS
WM. BOYCE THOMPSON
In the list of the varied inter
ests of William Boyce Thompson
there is none that gives on its
surface a clue to his latest one,
the Thompson Institute of Plant
Research, which has just begun
its work. The institute, founded
by Mr. Thompson alone is dedi
cated primarily to the purpose of
enabling America to feed her dou
bled or trebled population , a cen
tury hence.
Born in Montana.
He was born in the little min
ing town of Virginia City, Mont.
When he was ten or twelve, the
family moved to Butte, He was
educated as a mining engineer.
He was one of the first directors
of the Federal Reserve Bank in
New York and is a director of the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Com
pany.
Active in Politics.
He has been active in republi
can politics, and was chairman of
the ways and means committee in
1920. In 1921 he represented the
United States at the centenary cel
ebration of Peruvian independence.
He was a member of the advisory
committee to the American delega
tion at the Arms conference at
Washington.
Much of Col. Thompson’s for
tune was made in mines, though
he later be came interested in rail-.
ro a d s, uiL e hamk a l a -an d .. a atoai o..
biles. But the investments out of
which he seems to get the most
fun are those which yield no in
come in money, He has been
knoiwn as the “angel” of many a
republican campaign.
Helped Belgium.
He gave $100,000 in one sum
to Belgian relief during the war.
When he was sent to Russia as
head of the American Red Cross
mission with the commission of
colonel, he spent a sub
stantial part of his fortune try
ing to keep Russia in the war.The
was reported at the time
to be $1,000,000, but Col. Thomp
son denied this.
When the national woman’s par
was picketing the white house,
offered them $100 for every
picket who went to jail, and as the
total was only $9,700, the colonel,
the financier’s liking for
numbers made it $10,000.
very anxious to pursue a moderate
program.
“The danger really comes from
the noisy, wild men of the party;
but unless I misread the situation
entirely, the great moderate ele
ment of the labor party will find
means for short circuiting, in one
way or another, the activities of
this group. The average British
voter is opposed to extremism
in all its forms. It is important
to realize this in order to under
stand the tendency of modern
British political evolution. »>
FACTS ABOUT
GEORGIA
The oldest race track in the
world was built in Columbus.
A Mr. Phelps, of Columbus,
originated the first candy made of
sugar.
Georgia has one million poten
tial hydro-electric horsepower un
developed.
The United States has but nine
climatic zones and Georgia has
eight of them.
Darby’s prophylactic fluid
given the world by a boy student
at Greensboro.
The circular saw was invented
by a Mr. Cox, in Georgia, in 1755,
and his original design is the one
still used.
Motion picture color photog
raphy was perfected by W. H.
Peck, of Atlanta, 235 West Peach
tree street.
The house in Waynesboro where
George Washington visited and
spent the night, is yet standing
and in good repair.
The first orphans’ asylum in the
world was established at Ebernez
er, nine miles from Savannah, rfnd
is known as Bethesda.
The first cotton factory in the
world was built in Georgia in 1811
on Upton creek, nine miles from
.Washington, Ga., in Wilkes county.
The Indian alphabet was origi-
Andes Indians Measure Distance
By Mouthful Of Cocoa Leaves
Baltimore, Dee. 2.—The Arab
may measure his distance across
the desert by the number of times
he has to water hi3 camels, but
in Peru there are communities of
Indians who measure their jour
neys across the Andes by what
amounts to their “shots” of co
caine. Cocoa leaves, the natural
source of cocaine, are used habit
ually among these Indians.
A wad of coca leaves is placed
in the Indian’s jaw, a sip of lime
water is taken very often dnd
gradually the cocaine is extracted
and absorbed by the Indian’s sys
tern. So many “cocados” or so
many times one has to renew the
wad of'‘coca leaves, the Indian
tells the traveler, is the distance
from one place to another.
Back From South America.
This was brought out yesterday
in a conversation with Dr. Joseph
T. Singewald, Jr., professor of
economic geology at Johns Hop
kins University. Dr. Singewald
recently returned from South
■Ame.rif.a, -JBihithar.—Jxe_:went, early
last winter with the Ellsworth
expedition.
The purpose of the expedition
was to make a geologic cross
section of the Andes of Central
Peru. Results are to be shown
on printed maps of a section of
the region from the coast to the
Haullaga river across the ranges
t>{ the Andes.
“The population of this section
along the coast,” Dr. Singewald
said, “we found to be composed of
descendants of the old Spanish
settlers. In the uplands, however,
four-fifths of the people were In
dians, descendants of the Incas.
Padron in Control.
“The Indians are supposed 1 to
be free citizens in Peru, but in
reality they are little more than
slaves. Most of them are held
as peons under a Spanish padron
here or there, who controls their
lives by keeping them continually
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nated and formed by a Cherokee
(Georgia) Indian by the name of
Sequoyah. He was such a magnif
icent specimen of humanity that
California named her big trees,
Gigantea Sequoyah, in his honor.
The first motion picture show
ever opened to the public to which
admission was charged was in At
lanta in 1895. It was invented by
C. Francis Jenkins, a treasury
clerk in Washington, who exhibit
ed it to his father and--brother
behind closel doors in the former’s
drug store at Richmond, Indiana,
and they declared him crazy.
in debt to him. The padron ad
vances money, supplies, clothing,
coca and agua ardiente—the al
coholic stimulant—and the Indian
works to pay him back.
One particularly unpleasant re
suit of this system is that the out
sider, as represented by our expe
dition, cannot bargain directly
with the Indians, but must deal
with the padron. That gentleman
is shrewd enough to demand two
or three times current wages. We
have to pay it or do without help,
I ^ ut ^ n( ^’ an I'ttle or noth
| ing for it.
Numbs Sensibilities.
Whether the use of coca is
good or bad for the Indian is
hard to say. At least it numbs
his sensibilities and makes him
able to endure his wretched con
dition. Under the stimulus of
coca and with almost nothing to
eat Indian will carry a burden of
100 pouhds all day over a rugged
mountain trail.
a Down the Huallaga river and
adjoming stre ams we c atffe to the
Amazon, making the upper part of ;
our journey on a raft. Although
there are miles of unpenetrated
jungle along the Amazon, never
theless, there arc some attractive
cities there. Iquitos, for instance,
on the Amazon, is Peru’s third
largest city. Manaos, 1,000 miles ’
from the mouth, is an enterprising
city reached by ocean-going ves
sels. \
“Street car fares illustrate/ the
comparative inexpensiveness of
living in Brazil. At Mqnaos the
car fare is ‘2 cents. At Para, at
the mouth of the Amazon, a Brit
ish street railway system operates
on a fare of 1 cent. Part of this,
of course, is a result of the rate of
exchange. t
Bulgaria has a system of ma
ternity insurance, giving the wo
man insured care during childbirth
and a cash benefit for three
months after the birth of the child.
December 2, 1924.
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have no time to travel far
The toils that lead to Nowhere,
or I must learn where riches are
And follow roads that go there; til
could not well afford,” he said,
To wander where some cowpath led!”
Vas years ago and miles away
r I I heard this declaration,
But I am wiser grown today
And know its refutation;
And I have seen how tragic is 3#
y The fate of men with hearts like his.
C I chose a charming trail one day
§ They said would lead to Nowhere, /
Ml But I went blithely on my way
To find what flowers grow there,
s §> For I was seeking happiness
And courting Nature’s kind caress.
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| Forgetting quite all hope of gain
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3 For which my soul was hungering! ’ e- .
* I found the fortune which my friend ?*IUi
g 1*1 Ss Had sought in vain on highways;
G W I found Of contentment of Nowhere’s at byways. the end Op
i one ‘2? M.
t Here was the chance at last, I knew,
To do the work I wished to do!
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C O. UVWNCt
SALARIES OF FULTON
COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE
FIXED BY COMMISSION
Atlanta, Dec. 2.—Salaries of all
county officials and of all em
ployes in the offices of sheriff,
solicitor general, solicitor of the
Atlanta criminal court, ordinary
and tax receiver were fixed by the
county commission at a meeting
Monday.
-Salaries of employes of the clerk
of the superior court and tax
collector will be decided at the
next meeting of the board on
Wednesday.
Sheriff James I. Lowery, Tax
Collector W. S. Richardson, Tom
Miller, clerk elect of the superior
court; Ordinary Thomas H. Jef
feries and Solicitor Roy Dorsey,
of the city criminal court, will re
ceive $12,000 annually. Solicitor
General John A. Boykin’s salary is
fixed by law at $12,000 annually. |
W. H. Abbott, tax receiver, who
recently made a vain effort in the
courts to defeat the salary law,
will receive $7,500 annually.
CRUEL AND UNUSUAL
“What caused the accident?”
asked the judge.
«< He tried to kiss the girl while
he was driving,” replied the ar
resting cbp.
ti Right to hug while driving sus
pended for one year. Next case!”
snapped the judge.
Natural history experts have
been unable to solve the problem
of why some birds hop and others
walk.
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Edwin P. Morrow, former gov
ernor of Kentucky, is general
chairman of the board of directors
of the "Watchmen of the Repub
lie, a new organization formed
«• to promote understanding
and
regard for the Constitution, laws
and peoples, and' to eradicate
class, race and religious-prejudice.
Read the bargains offered in the
want-ad columns.