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THE SHORT SESSION
Meeting of congress in short
session has never been accompan
ied by expression of greater dis
satisfaction with an arrangement
that keeps out of power for 13
months a newly elected congress.
Until March 4 the present con
gress sits with authority over
legislation.
The president with a new man
date from the electorate can do
nothing to carry out his program
until a year hence unless he calls
a special Session after March 4,
ft proceeding to which there are
grave objections.
The Norris resolution, putting
an end to so anomalous a situa
tion, has received wide spread in
dorsement, and hope will be en
tertained that the reform will be
pressed at this session.
It has been assumed that con
gress will content itself with pass
ing routine appropriation bills for
the government’s running ex
penses.
Under the budget system these
should not furnish basis for a
great deal of contention, but po
litical conditions at the present
time may cause delay.
Action of the republicans in
reading out of the party Senators
LaFolle'tte, Brookhart, Frazier and
Ladd will not accentuate willing
ness on their part to aid in put
ting through any program con
cerning which there is a serious
difference of opinion.
In conjunction with the demo
crats, opportunity exists to make
the session futile. But thus far
no democratic leader has shown
any purpose to enter upon a fool
ish course of trouble making for
the sake of trouble.
In the circumstances it is an
ticipated that legislation that
seems to precipitate controversy
will go over to the next session.
The country would deplore de
lay In passing the supply bills in
order to compel the calling of an
extra session or other maneuver
ing for partisan purposes.
The general wish to see taxes
reduced may seem to furnish ex
cuse toforee the president’s hand,
but with such information as is
now, or that seems likely to be, in
president has good reason to feel
that the popular mandate he has
received implies popular trust in
his judgment and in the judgment
of the head of the treasury on this
issue, and willingness to wait un
til legislation lowering rates can
be entered upon with better
chftBce of agreement on how far
itT should. go.
The pronounced objection shown
throughout the . nation to publicity
of® income tax payments .gives
coftffiPess ample warrant, however,
Ut repeal this provision of the law;
It ought to be done, and done'
now.
There is some important pend
ing legislation—including dispos
al of Muscle Shoals, railroad and
fawn legislation—but such pro
nounced difference of views has
been shown to exist that it would
seem useless to undertake to legis
late upon them at this time.
Widespread desire, manifested
throughout the country, to settle
down to business, to have oppor
tunity to ascertain how stable fun
damental conditions are, whether
need of much of the experimental
legislation that has been sug
gested fcxists longer, should have
influence in Washington, prompt
ing congress to business like con
sideration of those things that
press for action.
CHOOSING A SUBJECT
There was a certain man who
felt very kindly towards every
body, and wanted other people to
feel as he did; but he had a way
of choosing his subjects that
neutralized part of his good ef
forts, says the Macon Telegraph.
For example, instead of taking
for his subject why all the world
should love a certain admirable
people under fire, he took for his
theme why all the world hates
them.
On another occasion, when he
had a burning message as to what
everybody should believe and teach
and preach, he chose for his theme
what a group who believe essen
tially the same things, should
teach.
Anyone is very happy who can
make his subject and his headlines
a true epitome of what follows
them.
It Is also very fortunate when
one can hit upon the happy phrase
that also secures attention.
But where truth and happy
phrasing have not found each
other, truth and helpfulness are
always to be chosen in preference
to happy phrasing.
.Until we can attain to objective
truth in its fullness and absolute
certainty, the finest thing we can
have on the way to thii is the
spirit of friendliness and the spirit
of truth.
There is nearly always an open
ear to one who is known to be a
friend, and there is usually a
closed one where there is even a
suspicion of unfriendliness.
WHOSWHO nthe pays
NEWS
THOMAS BROOKS FLETCHER.
Perhaps no man elected to a
seat in the national house of rep
resentatives for the first time is
more widely known than Brooks
Fletcher, of Marion, O., democrat.
'For years he was owner and
editor of a newspaper rival of the
late President Harding’s Marion
Star and a warm personal friend
of Mr. Harding.
Fletcher will represent President
Harding’s congressional district,
the eighth.
Lecturer.
Fletcher is a Chautauqua lec
turer who has delivered more than
6,000 addresses. Nearly 2,000,
000 people have paid to hear him,
nearly that many have heard him
for nothing.
Fletcher is a fighter. A native
of Carrol county, O., his life story
reads like a page plucked from
fiction—farm hand, laborer in the
■steel mills, salesman in a hard
ware store, waiter in a restaurant,
winner of honors as an athlete in
college, honor man in oratory,
chosen to represent his college in
intercollegiate contests, newspaper
circulation solicitor, then adver
tising director of that newspaper,
later reporter, then business man
ager and editor and finally owner.
Scholar.
The congressman-elect is a
scholar, business man, organizer
and a leader of men, educator and
author.
Fletcher, now 48, was graduat
ed from Mount Union college at
Alliance.
t
( Twice-Told TaleiT
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This will go down in automo
bile history, we suppose, as the
Elizabethan age.—Columbia Rec
ord.
Ford says it is hard to do bus
iness with government. Boy, page
Mr. Sinclair.—Associated Editors
(Chicago).
At any rate, our foreign rela
tions are not causing any more
if £■■
“U. S. Alien Laws Make Palestine
Jewish Center,” Declares
Samuel Untermyer.
Palestine is the most important
Jewish center in the world, a
position made possible by the
immigration laws of the United
States, Samuel Untermyer, presi
dent of the Palestine Foundation
Fund, said in a statement issued
recently.
Discussing the situation in the
Near East, Mr. Untermyer said:
“In its millenial and kaleido
scopic history Palestine is assum
ing a new role. Through the
beneficent works of economic, in
dustrial and cultural development
Palestine has become a haven
of refuge for the thousands of
Jews whom the closed doors of
America have deprived of the op
portunity - to reconstruct their
lives on a secure, dignified and
productive basis. Palestine is to
day the most important Jewish
center in the world.
American Jews Interested.
“The interest which the civiliz
ed world displays in the Holy
Land, the cradle of religions, en
titles these reports to the univer
sal consideration, apart from the
marked progress that they reveal
in the redemption, of a long neg
lected land. They interest partic
ularly the vast army of American
Jews, who, through the Palestine
Foundation, have been the chief
support of this work.
100,000 Developing Land.
“The 100,000 Jews now living In
Palestine, of whom 20 per cent till
the soil on which they live, and
especially the, 40,000 who have
come in since the conclusion of
the war, are transforming the
country. They are bringing into
Palestine the arts of civilization
and the atmosphere of peace. They
have laid the foundations of an
individual development through
the establishment of electrical
power plants, one of which is al
ready functioning near Jaffa. An
other is being completed near Hai
fa.
“The tractor, the science of dry
farming and intensive agriculture
have been introduced, and
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Two clubmen were discussing
the relative merits of their wives
when one of them remarked:
“My wife looks after me, I can
assure you. Why she takes off my
boots for me in the evening.
“Ah, when you come home from
the club?” suggested the other.
4« No, when I want to go there.
Mrs. Jones, down in Maine, was
perturbed by a missive she receiv
ed from her sister in Boston.
• • Jacob, said she to her hus
band, as she read, 1 call this
downright cruel. ,*
What’s the matter? it asked
Jacoh.
“Why, in this letter Mary tells
me she gets help in raising her
children from a mothers’ club. I
do believe in a slipper sometimes,
an’ a good birchin’ doesn’t do a
child any harm, but I never used
any club on my offspring.”
The conceited young man had
talked about himself till the girl
felt she could not enduie it much
longer.
one would think to become a broad
minded and intelligent man of the
world,” he remarked serenely.
“I suppose so,”-she said, ‘and
I don’t blame you for saving youi
money. ”
trouble than the other kind.—Bal
timore Sun.
Among other devices that ^ow
how notably civilization has ’im
proved our morals are cash regis
ters, combination locks, burglar
alarms, etc.—Columbia Record.
The corn crop this year is said
to be of inferior quality. They will
attend to that by putting attrac
tive labels on the bottles.—Detroit
News.
Greece produced 150,000 tons of
currants this year.
GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
efficacy in Palestine is attested
to by Professor Elwood Mead, of
the United States department of
the interior.
it The Jewish pioneers are laying
the foundations and preparing a
homeland where eventually hun
dreds of thousands, if not millions,
of their brethren will find a home. tt
FACTS ABOUT
GEORGIA
The Georgia Railroad received
its charter in 1833 and the con
struction of a road was begun
from Augusta, but it was not un
til J837 that cars began to run
and carry passengers and freight.
By the end of 1839 seventy miles
had been completed, the road go
ing as far as Greensboro.
There have been 31 state treas
urers of Georgia. The first state
treasurer was James Bryan, ap
pointed in 1781. William J. Speer,
now in office, had served previous
ly from 1896 to 1900.
LaFayette, in his old age follow
ing the war of the Revolution
again visited Georgia in 1825, and
by joint resolution of both
branches of the legislature, was
welcomed on his arrival in Savan
nah by Governor George M.
Troup.
In January, 1835, President An
drew Jackson appointed James M.
Wayne, of Savannah, as an asso
ciate justice of the U. S. Supreme
court, who held the office until
his death jjri 1867.
Georgia produces more than 25
different kinds of minerals in
commercial quantities, according
to Dr. S. W. McCallie, state ge
ologist.
The scarab was regarded as a
symbol of eternal life in ancient
Egypt.
The federal government collect
ed as its share of the World Se
ries $109,$10 in ajnusement tax.
66^
is a prescription for
COLDS, GRIPPE. DENGUE,
HEADACHES. CONSTIPA
TION, BILIOUSNESS.
It is the most speedy remedy
we know.
OvtM 17 Million Jars UseoYcakly,
W VapoRub
For All Cold Troubles
For Christmas
i Gift Suggestions
See
i FULLER BRUSHES
in Sets,
•nd packed in holly boxes. You ’ll
find appropriale gilts for those you
wish to remember.
Write or phone me to call at your
l home to show you these Fuller
, Christmas Sets.
Frank W. Nowell
114 N. 10th %
Phone 570
MILK PROBLEM SOLVED
Inspection and pasteurization solve the milk problem. We need
inspection to keep milk elean, and pasteurization to make milk safe.
Inspection goes to the root of the problem and helps bring us cleaner,
better, fresher and safer milk. Inspection, however, has limitations.
l i m i t a t i on s--wmy--be- part ed Tq^tirar Ey......paSTeunzIrio~h: It is
ceitain that a milk supply that is both supervised and pasteurized i IS
the only satisfactory solution of the milk problem.
JJ§E. PASTEURIZED MILK
(The only Safe Kind)
Phone 1038 THE GRIFFIN DAIRY We Deliver
COAL COAL
COAL
Why waste money buying the cheapest coal? We
have best grade
TENNESSEE JELLICO
at a reasonable price.
PEOPLES ICE COMPANY
PHONE 287
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KIRSCHBAUM CLOTHES
fewer the fast of Dressing Hill
Perfection in Overcoats l
A WORD of skill is required in mak
i ing really good It looks
a overcoat.
simple, but its difficult. It requires years of
practice, and that is why the Kirschbaum
overcoat has attained so high a degree of
u perfection. Sixty years of earnest effort
and experience in overcoat making are un
wM folded in the exhibit now ready. Each coat
is a beauty— each coat a splendid value.
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SsL- i We could write a book
■v about the beautiful fa
'll*. bric*. They are many
I % , and varied. Soft, fleecy
weaves in many hues—
wear-resisting cloths made
X for enduring service —
mm heavy double-twist knitted yams—chin- weaves —
! chillas, broad dotfas, fancy
Xv t backed fabrics and diag
onals. A multitude of
patterns and color tones.
STRICKLAND-CROUCH CO.
The De-Pend-On Store
GO TO
SMAHA’S
SHOE SHOP
132 S. 8th Street
Men’s Half Soles...... 75c
Ladies’ Half Soles.......65c
Men’s Rubber Heels 40c
Ladies’ Rubber Heels. .. .30c
J. S. WATTS, Manager
NOTICE
Due to the fact that my
Delco-Light business is requir
ing all my time, I have discon
tinued my city electrical busi
ness. effective Dec. 3. Mr.
Homar B. Leach will continue
the business at the same loca
tion.
I will also remain at the
same location, handling Delco
Light Plants’;--Water Systems,
Frigidaire, the Electric Re
frigerator, and Radio.
1 thank my customers for
their liberal patronage in the
past and trust that I may have
the pleasure of serving their
needs with the lines I am now
handling.
J. E. VARNER
129 W. Taylor Phone 666
iMHtmNiitumNiitK lutiitiiommisntiii
Friday, December 5, 1924.
AP
LARD Bring your Pail. Ig'/zclb.
REX. PURE .
44 Our Mothers” Cocoa, lb. pkg____20c
BACON SUNNYFIELD 38 c ,b
Sliced, Rindless . -
Atmore’s Mince Meat, the best, lb 25c
RAISINS 4-Ib. Market pkg. Day. ............ SEEDLESS sir
Iona Peas, No. 2 can 14c
KEROSENE Bring Per gal...... your Can. 15'
Snow Drift, No. 10 pail $1.44
CHEESE FULL NEW YORK CREAM STATE .... 33 c
10 lbs. large Irish Potatoes 28c
FLOUR or IONA, PLAIN SELF-RISING
24-Ib. Bag $1.09
48-Ib. Bag $2.12
FRUIT CAKE MATERIAL, Full Line, Lowest Price.
EGGS EVERY GUARANTEED ONE D0Z. 45 c
Syrup, 100% pure Maple, 1 lb. 4 oz. jar
for 49c
DE-MEAT NUT CUDAHY’S WOOD, CHOICE per lb.. 19 c |
We have full lino of Nuts, Fruits, Vegetable^, also Fancy
Christmas Candies.
OH, BOY! OH, HENRY! NELLY-BLY
Candy. Try them.
SOAP highest value A box containing quality Toilet 9 cakes Soap, of $1 the 25 89°
Sunnyfield Pancake or Buckwheat
Flour, pkg............ 10c
8-lb. pail Rex Pure Lard $1.53
Syrup, 100% pure Maple. Il-oz. iar 29c
THE GREAT A. & P. TEA CO.
131 W. Taylor Street Griffin, Ga.
J. F. THOMPSON, Mgr.