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mm Two ■F *.• . :; K~: i. i 120 East Solomon Street PHONE No. 210 ■ Entered at postofrtce in Griffin, mi Ga., as second class mail matter. I $ MEMBER OF ,x THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press » exclus ively entitled to the use for re pu blication of the news dispatch es credited to it or not otherwise credited in this published paper and also the local news herein. All rights or re-publication of reserved. special dispatches herein ate also OFFICIAL PAPER City U. S. of Court, Griffin. Northern Spalding District County. oi & Georgia. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTIONS Dafly by Carrier One year, in advance----* $5.00 Six months, in advance 2.50 Three months, in advance _ 1.26 One month, payable at end of |j- montji ------------ .50 Daiiy by Mail One year, in advance------$4.00 Six month, in advance____ 2.00 Three months, in advance _ 1.00 One month, in advance---- .40 Semi-Weekly Edition Six One year, in in advance — - 41.00 months, advance . .50 Three months, in advance .26 If cent within 30-mile radius of Griffin. Beyond 30-mile zone, one year, three $1.60; six months, 75c; months, 40c. 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 • •OBU 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. t UNKIND. Allan: Ooooo—o, all my bones are aching. Viola; There are some head ache powders in my upper draw er. If Financial Timidity, Lack of Land ing Fields, Only Hindrances to Airplane Development." ■> 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 H? if \fr. AH.5LFOUKER 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 AD GLIMPSES OF THE GERMAN MIND * 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 GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS 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 , ! - | 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. m I v Twice-Told TaleT] / 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. SOUNDING THE KEYNOTE FOR 1925! j var-mi i $DOUGH! 5 ,*v /*■ m -v j*, .0] ;A ‘«sr <C 3 v =9 v. r A a IP I a \ ' — vv s •&SS I m \ v [ C? ■M ii Vi * 1 0' V n . T% I % mm / 1 * tfei 3?& i & -0 n 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. • • C_ 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. ‘ \ n ^ v NTx x' Si XXX 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. < -X .*■05 / ' v s? N A a m i r ^ • O. UVUNCt HAVTHORNI 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. TRY NEWS WANT ADS.