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WHAT CHRISTMAS MEANS
It was not until 400 years af
ter the birth of Christ that the
anniversary was first observed.
Festivities gradually became as
sociated with the day, and the giv
ing of gifts became its dominant
spirit and feature, forming the
axis of history around which all
Christendom centers.
Christmai is a, day of prophecy
and hope;
“Peace on earth; good will to
ward men," was not proclaimed
yCvith racial or provincial narrow
ness—it was a message committed
to all the peoples of this world.
There are many things that con
tribute toward the exalting of
our vision at the Christmas sea
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It is the season of kind
thoughts, kind words, kind acts.
It is the season when child
hood is enthroned, and we learn
the lesson! Christ taught
It is the season of giving, and
oar thoughts through the gifts
bestowed are turned toward the
“unspeakable gift” of God to men.
It is the season of beauty—in
our stores and shops, ajkf we try
to make our homes mc\re beauti
ful. .
bewildering and omnious social
and racial problems and perils
t press the world today, and the on
. ly solution and final adjustment
seems to be along the lines laid
down by the Prince of Peace.
- While we enjoy a partial at
tainment we live in expectation
of this glad realization.
FIRE PREVENTION GAINING
GROUND.
A doubting Thomas says: “Are
fire prevention activities producing
desirable results? M
The fact is cited that fire losses
in dollars and cents are increas
ing year by year regardless of the
efforts of insurance companies
and fire prevention organizations
to curtail the loss.
It would be a severe indictment
of the intelligence of the Ameri
can people if it could be said that
they had paid no attention to all
the effort exerted in their behalf
........ during fire losses.
But such is Htot the case.
Even though it is true that in
dollars and cents aggregate fire
loss increases year by year, it is
also true that value of burnable
property is increasing propor
tionately much faster than in
crease in fire losses.
That people are beginning to
appreciate and head campaigns
in interest of fire prevention is
evidenced by modern laws which
require slow burning, or so-called
fire-proof construction.
For some time there will re
main the menace of fire traps
filled with contents especially sub
ject to quick destruction by fire.
Commenting on this subject, the
Southern Underwriter, of Atlanta,
Bays:
Until the process of educating
the public at large against the
danger of permitting fire trips to
exist has taken root, these po
tential conflagration breeders
stand in the way of better result*
from fire prevention activities.
.. The elimination of fire breed
ing conditions greatly reduces the
cost of operating fire departments.
Probably one-half the expense of
fire departments is incurred in
answering fire alarms. A saving
in this direction means lower
taxes or releases funds which can
be otherwise used for 0 puhlic im
provements. ft
HEALTH COMMANDMENTS
The health commission of New
York has given out what is called
the Ten Health Commandments.
They are:
Keep your mouth closed when
breathing; also when angry.
Drink cool water with your
meals; also between them.
Bathe daily; a shower if possi
ble.
Eat slowly, this leads to eating
sparingly. Make your meal a
ceremonial of pleasure.
Exercise daily and breathe deep
ly while so doing, but avoid over
exertion and never eat when fa
tigued.
Never read of transact any bus
iness when eating..
Work ten hours, sleep eight,
and ,use the balance for recreation
and meals. Always rest on Sun
day.
Ever keep a contented mind.
Equanimity means longevity.
Neglect no portion of the body.
Employ a physician to examine
you at regular intervals and so
watch for the beginning of dis
eases and build up resistance and
pay some attention to his opinion
and direction.
Moderation in all things.
MERCHANTS READY
Griffin merchants are ready for
a big holiday business.
By looking through their stores
and show windows one will see a
more than usual readiness.
The stores are beginning to be
crowded with shoppers.
Spalding and many adjoining
counties are represented in those
who come to Griffin to trade.
Remember the clerks and postal
employes.
Shop early. Mail early.
TOO EASILY DISCOURAGED
Says the Walton Tribune: Ad
vertising the personal property of
his farm for sale, including “cats,
dogs and everything,” Vernon
Branham, of Leary, Ga„ says:
“Will calcium arsenate kill the
boll weevil ? Some say it will,
others say it won’t. Personally, I
think it will if you can get him to
take a dose or two of it. I have
been figuring against him and for
him, mostly the latter, for the
past six years, and have decided
to turn the dang farm over to him
and let him run it, and I believe
in this way he will eventually
starve himself to death (as lie has
nearly done me). Anyway, I think
this is the surest way of whipping
him: let him plant and gather his
own cotton. I’m through.” Bran
ham is too easily discouraged. He
should read what the Spalding
County Club boys did, how they
beat the weevil and made good
money in the growing of cotton,
despite unfavorable conditions.
• • This is the season of the year
when we should begin making
tdwTs to ligh t en ttrc 'hearts rmrt
j brighten the homes of those who
would otherwise know little of
Christmas,” says the Walton Tri
bune.* It is gratifying to know
that arrangements are being made
along this line here and there will
be no empty stockings in Griffin
Christmas.
It is going the rounds of the
press that over at Covington, Edi
tor Trox Bankston bought, as he
thought, a fine turkey for his
Thanksgiving dinner and did not
know any better until the old
tough rooster began to crow. It
seem3 editors do not know every
thing.
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UNKIND.
Allan: Ooooo—o, all my bones
are aching.
Viola; There are some head
ache powders in my upper draw
er.
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Financial Timidity, Lack of Land
ing Fields, Only Hindrances to
Airplane Development."
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F INANCIAL timidity and, in
America, the surprising lack
of really adequate landing places
are virtually the only obstacles in
the way of a widespread use of
airplanes, says Anthony H. Q.
Fokker, aviation inventor and
manufacturer.
Otherwise, M. Fokker adds, we
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war. To be sure, there is still
much to learn, but this acquired
knowledge will be in the nature
of a refinement, a whittling down
of non-essentials.
Airplanes will become more per
fect mechanisms, they will be able
to stay in the air for longer per
iods, their speed will increase.
These, however, are merely in
evitable improvements, M. Fokker
pointed out recently. But the air
plane made today more than suf
fices for the requirements of pres
ent-day civilization. Be it for use
in war, commerce, transportation
EBEST
OF
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GLIMPSES OF THE
GERMAN MIND
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As Jhe country, so the proverbs,
is a German proverb. As the pro
verb, so the people, is truer. The
proverbs of a country reveal its
temperament like a book.
This column (No. 2 of a series)
is devoted today to proverbs from
the German:
Luck follows the hopeful, ill
luck the fearful.
Talking is easier than doing,
and promising than performing.
Chickens are slow in coming
from unlaid eggs.
A lie becomes true when one
believes it.
Every woman loves the woman
in the looking-glass. (
When the eyes see the heart
believes.
They must be strong legs that
can support prosperous days.
He who gives quickly gives
doubly.
Who accepts nothing has noth
ing to return.
Compliments cost nothing, yet
many pay dearly for them.
It is easier to give good counsel
than to follow it.
Could everything be done twice,
everything would be done better.
How wise of God to plan death
at the end of life.
Everybody knows good counsel
except him who has need of it.
No one so old he may not live a
■-yesrr,-TnnTe"srr young ,,
not die today. —-
. Confidence begets confidence.
Who would be young in age
must in youth be sage.
A drop of honey catches more
flies than a hogshead of vinegar.
A golden bit does not make the
horse any better.
Whom fortune favors the world
favors.
To break in a young horse re
quires an old rider.
No greater harmony exists than
where heart and mouth are in
unison.
CERTAINLY.
Kenneth: Is your mother engag
ed?
Carmel: I think she’s married.
Electric lights over the water
in fish hatcheries have been found
to attract insects, and aid in feed
ing the fish.
could desert the
crowded open
roads for the air
highways at once.
There are no
other obstacles. It
is not a question
of knowledge, but
of money. Avia
tion has become
almost an exact
science since the
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of freight, or for travele, the air
plane can do its job.
In the proportion that airplanes
have been built in the last five
years to drop 3,000-pound bombs
with surprising precision, com
pared to the 300-pound bombs hap
hazardly dropped in the World
War, so have they progressed in
their uses as vehicles of travel
and commerce.
M. Fokker makes the point that
it is a foregone conclusion that
airplanes will be important and
terrific weapons in the next war,
but in the meantime they can be
used as weapons *>f peace with
more benefit to mankind.
WHO’S IN THE WHO
PAYS NEWS
GUY D. GOFF.
0 NE of West Virginia's senate
seats will be filled after
March 4 by a man who had lived
in the state but little over a year
before his ‘election to the upper
house. In fact his election drew
the fire of the Democrats due tq
,
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eral judge and U. S. senator,
Nathan Goff, so joins the ranks
of those who have kept the senate
toga in the family. The elder
Goff was a power in the Republi
can circles during his political
career. .
Goff succeeds Davis Elkins.
At one time Goff was U. S.
district attorney in Wisconsin and
later was connected with the De
partment of Justice there as spe
cial assistant to the attorney gen
eral.
Any Capacity.
At the outset of the war he
offered his services to the govern
ment in any capacity, or in any
department, where the government
might desire to place him, and was
placed in the office of Judge Ad
vocate General Crowder.
Following the World War, while
Goff was serving as assistant at
torney general, he was named by
Attorney General Daugherty to
direct prosecutions arising out of
war contract frauds.
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If necessity is the mother of
invention, there are a great many
freaks in the patent office that
never knew a mother.—Mobile
News-Item.
As long as the world's popula
tion is growing all the time, isn’t
it entirely possible that if sin is
increasing so is virtue?—Detroit
News.
Another good way to teach a
boy the art of defending himself
is to let him wear long curls.—
Wichita Falls Record-News.
It usually takes two Washington
dinners and one reception to tame
a wild representative of the peo
ple.—Birmingham News.
Some day a candidate will make
a speech of acceptance as follows:
“Yes.” And then we shall die hap
py.—Vancouver Sun.
In this country frequently the
way of the transgressor is hard
cider.—Philadelphia North Amer
ican.
It might be safer not to punish
big grafters. Think of the shock
to the country—Baltimore Sun.
Heathen people are those who
need fewest padlocks.—Baltimore
Sun.
It’s no sign of politeness to tell
a bill collector to call again.—
Roanoke Times.
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the fact
previous to tak
ing up residence
in Charleston he
had lived for 30
years in the west,
Wisconsin. He is
a Republican and
known as a re
actionary.
He is the son
of the late fed-
It was a very hot day and there
was not one man among the com
pany that was drilling on the par
ade- ground who did not heartily
wish himself—and the drill ser
geant—else.where.
Suddenly' the sergeant called
out:
a All men who are fond of mu
sic take two paces forward.
Instantly half a dozen soldiers,
with visions of getting a cushy
job in the regimental band, step
ped forward.
i. Now,” roared the sergeant,
“you six men bring that piano
down from the fourth floor of the
officers’ mess and put it in tfie
basement of the sergeant’s quar
ters. tt
Two Irishmen stood in front of
a drug store in Dublin, In the
window was a display of rubber
gloves.
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Now 1 wonder what is them
for?” asked one of the Irishmen.
»■ Oh,”, replied the other Irish
man, u ye can put them things on
an’ wash yer hands without get
tin’ yer hands wet.”
The teacher was instructing the
the youngsters • in natural history.
“Can any boy or girl,” she said,
“tell me what an oyster is?”
The hand of Jimme Jones shot
into the air. *
I know, I know, an oyster, IP
triumphantly announced Jimmie,
“tbt- h fish built like g TTtrt.”---
AVERAGE LIFE SPAN
NOW IS 56 YEARS
Washington, Dec. 8.—The aver
age length of life in the United
States has increased 15 years
since 1870, Surgeon General Cum
ming, of the public health ser
vice, said today in his annual re
port to congress.
Fifty-six years in now the aver
age span of life in America, the
Surgeon General said. This con
trasts with the sixteenth century,
when human life averaged be
tween 18 and 20 years, increasing
to about 25 years in the eigh
teenth century and to between 45
and 48 as late as 1900.
, If you rinse with cold water a
vessel in which you intend 6 to
cook the milk is not likely to
burn. .
December 8. 1924.
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It seems to me we do not dwell
Enough upon the past;
Intent on what tomorrow holds
We speed along so fast
That what our fathers wei;e and did
We Seldom contemplate,
Nor do we seek their sage advice—
Until it is too late.
There’s nothing to be gained thru haste;
Great movements take their time.
We ought to think before we act,
And caution is no crime!
With history wise men confer,
And from the past they gain
I Instruction and philosophy
That strengthen, yet restrain.
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FACTS ABOUT
. GEORGIA
Georgia was first to produce
cottonseed oil in 1829.
The first orphan asylum* was
opened in Georgia in 1740.
Georgia opened the first state
university in the country.
Statistics show that Georgia is
losing an annual revenue of over
$ii',ooU,000 from ’Ber forest tracts
because of the lack of proper
management, according to the
Georgia Forestry Association.
From the year 1781 to date
there have been a total of 31
men who have held the office tf
state treasurer.
More than $7,000,000 is brought
into Georgia yearly from the sale
of commercial articles made from
Georgia clay.
Alfred Holt Colquitt, twice gov
ernor, and a United States sena
tor, served as a major in the
Mexican war and a major gener
al in the Civil war.
' The first steamship to cross the
Atlantic sailed from Savannah
on May 22, 1819—“The Savan
nah.^*
The first woman in the world to
receive a diploma was Catherine
Brewer, a Georgia woman.
The first Memorial day was ob
served in Georgia..
GEORGIA NEGRO,
WANTED FOR MURDER,
ARRESTED IN FLORIDA
Tampa, Fla., Dec. 8.—Lincoln
Jackson, negro, was arrested here
yesterday morning for the murder
November 2 of Deputy L. S. Skel
ton and the wounding of Deputy
A. B. Brown at Hartwell, Ga.
The deputy was killed in a run
ning gun battle and the negro
lna< l e .....good- -his escape. Jacksorr
refused to admit the crime but
the sheriff here says he answers
the description of the man want
ed.
The governor of Georgia and
other officials offered rewards of
$1,000 for his capture, He has
been here several days, the sher
iff says, hiding.
ILLINOIS GOVERNOR
AND SON INJURED.
Kanakee, 111., Dec. 8.—Governor
Len Small was injured; his son,
Leslie Small, suffered a broken
collarbone and other injuries, and
( two other members of the gover- g,
nor’s party were reported slightly*
hurt when the automobile in
which they were returning to the
Governor’s home here overturned
over at Pontiac, 111.
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