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THE PEOPLE’S WEALTH.
The growth of savings accounts
in banks and trust companies
since 1012 is a rembarkable phe
nomenon.
The eight billions on deposit
twelve years ago are far sur
passed by the present total of
nearly 22 billions.
And although money is now
worth perhaps two-thirds of what
it was then, the gain in real value
irt 12 years is nearly equal to the
whole sum on deposit at the be
ginning of the period.
A significant fact Is that the
gain in American savings occur
red during the years when the
American people were first in
dulging in supposedly spendthrift
practices and next, experiencing
an economic depression.
Neither seemed markedly fa
vorable to the accumulation of in
dividual reserves against a time
, of, need.
Hut the accumulation, did take
tffitce in spite of all purchases of
automobiles, expensive wearing
apparel and the numerous articles
which Americans have been buy
ing for their comfort and enter
tainment.
Moreover, the economic signifi
cance of the accumulated funds is
to be noted.
More than 12 billion ''dollars
liave been brought to the invest
ment market in the past 12 years
—an average of one billion dol
lars a year.
This sum has been loaned to
corporations, to individuals and to
national, state and city govern
ments to enable them to under
take or carry on projects of ba
sic importance.
The country would be greatly
handicapped if it had i to depend
on capitalists who have hundreds
of thousands or millions of dol
lars to invest.
It needs also the capitalists
who invest a few hundreds each
through banks, and these capi
talists with their billion a year
total are a bigger financial fac
tor than any magnate can hope
to be.
CULTURE IN THE HOME
The 26,000,000 American homes
are being very rapidly equipped
with the service and entertain
ment supplied by radio.
The home circle made more at
tractive, family ties strengthened, fori
and a higher grade of culture
the individual is being established
tor the American people.
Take an ordinary Sunday eve
program, and it is safe to
say the average American family
never listened to a finer general
cultural entertainment.
Broadcasting stations are more
aad more demanding high class
performers and many oi them
render the finest forms of high
ell compositions.
Ordinarily, \ on a Sunday eve
ning there are renditions on the
pinflo, vocal solos, quartets and
orchestra numbers and first class
music. •
Nearly every broadcasting sta
tion in our country is now sup-
plying at least one complete
church service on Sunday and
sometimes two or more.
These religious services are on
broad lines by preachers of all
denominations.
Further improvements in radio
programs are proposed through
superpower broadcasting stations
working in conjunction with bocal
stations.
BEBEST P or i
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IN SUPPORT
OF AN OLD
SAYING, i
If you have been following this
series of presentations of the
proverbs of. the various peoples,
you probably have noticed that
while there is a distinct flavor to
the maxims of each people, they
all have a common foundation.
After all there is only one wis
dom, as was discovered long ego.
Note the similarity in spirit of
the proverbs of India, to which
this column »a devoted today, to
those of other races.
Time flies, words last.
Who will praise the Bride
groom? His own mother,
Anything that blossoms must
also decay.
A small leak will sink a big
ship. s
Depend on others and you will
always repent.
An open enemy is better than
a secret friend.
Where there is a surfeit of
words there is a famine of intelli
gence.
Two quarrel and a third profits
by -it.
Personal experience is better to
follow than scriptures.
There are as many characters
as there are individuals.
The crow was killed by the
storm; he died by my curse,
says the owl.
One does not know the worth of
teeth while they last.
Where the corpse Is, there will
the vulture be.
AH are ready tb be partners in
a marl's success, none in his mis
fortunes.
One woman is wealth to
another is ruination.
The tongue is a sword; the
tongue kills and the tongue saves.
Where there are no trees the
castor-oil plant Is looked upon
as a big tree.
If taken to excess even nectar
is a poison.
Famine destroys when it ceases.
If one only knows the matter
it is a secret, if two it is public.
The handle of the axe is the en
emy of its family.
Marry the daughter on knowing
the mother.
Twice-Told Tales
William H. Anderson, former
superintendent of the New York
Anti-Saloon league, who was sent
to prison for juggling funds of
the organization, has been paroled
in the cAre of the Salvation
Army, probably with the under
standing that he won’t be allowed
to pass the tambourine.—Macon
Telegraph.
Another mildiy diverting fea
ture of the situation is the fact
that the magazine rights to a
Biography of Brigham Young has
been P urch * 8ed the Ladies
Home Journal.—Macon Telegraph.
Even those who deny that
woman is qualified for big exe
cutive office admit that she might
qualify as speaker of Ihe house.—
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.
The roar of Niagra Falls is to
be broadcast over the radio. We
hear something that sounds like
it in our radio every night.—
Southern Lumberman.
Never argue with a fool. Peo
ple might think two of them are
at it.—Baltimore Sun.
“Keep your mouth closed to
avoid taking cold.” It isn’t the
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PLEA FOR PRIVATE MER
CHANT MARINE MADE BY
ADMIRALTY LAWYER.
A plea for the establishment of
a permanent merchant marine in
foreign trade under private own
ership and a warning that the
present service will entirely dis
appear if the United States gov
ernment undertakes to own and
operate ships was made recently
by Ira A. Campbell, admiralty law
yer.
“Until the politicians, and by
that I mean those who think in
terms of politics and not of busi
ness, awaken to the fact that
American shipping cannot be suc
cessfully sovietized and realize
that if there is to be permanency
in its maintenance of growth, it
must come through the individual
initiative of the American business
man and not through government
W HUS WHO
IN THC PAYS MEWS
W. H. McMASTER.
s OUTH DAKOTA’S new sena
tor-elect, W. H. McMaster,
won his senatorial seat in one of
the hottest fights waged in the
states wh ere togas were vacant.
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county, South Dakota, has been
gained by a bitter struggle.
McMaster started life as a news
boy. Helped earn his way through
grammar and high school and col
lege and then went into a country
bank, later became one of its
officers.
After serving a term in the
house, McMaster ran for state
senator and was elected by a close
vote. Then he ran for lieutenant
governor and later governor, win
ning both seats by narrow mar
gins. He is a Republican.
VOTE
Jones considered himself a hu
morist. He sent a selection of his
original jokes to the editor of a
newspaper and confidently await
ed a remittance. His excitement
ran high when he received a let
ter, obviously from the newspaper
office.
He opened it with feverish
haste. There was no check how
ever. just a small note, as fol
lows :
“Dear sir: Your jokes received.
Some we have seen before; some
we have not seen yet.”
A negro waiter employed in a
certain cafe “sees good in every
thing.
One hot afternoon a customer
entered this cafe and ordered soft
shell crabs. When they had been
served he said to the waiter:
“George, thes? crabs are very
small.”
it Yessuh. ”
4 « They don’t seem very fresh,
either.
44 Well, suh, den it’s lucky dey's
small, suh, ain’t it?
The friend of the English fam
ily had been commissioned to pur
chase a small dog for an exile in
Paris. He took his small son
with him to conduct the purchase,
and afterward found him in tears.
“Oh, daddy,” sobbed the child,
“I can’t help feeling sorry for
that poor little dog. What will
it do when it gets over there and
finds that all the other dogs
speak French? It will be so dref
fly lonely. M
only thing that you can avoid that
way.—Baltimore Sun.
A goldfish farm in Indiana has
facilities for producing 5,000,000
fish annually.
ownership and operation, we are
doomed to failure on the seas in
foreign trade,” said Mr. Campbell.
Government Ownership.
There continues to be a con
certed effort to involve the gov
ernment in permanent ownership
and operation.
“No progress can be made
towards inducing the American
business man to put his money
into ships in foreign trade unless
and until this menace of govern
ment ownership is ended. But
how can this attempt to involve
the government permanently in the
shipping business be stopped? By
a full disclosure of the financial
results of government operation.
u By disclosure 1 do not mean the
kind of reports heretofore emanat
ing from those in authority. But
I do mean such public accounting
as will actually and fully disclose
the true results of the operations.
But the close
fight was not a
new ordeal to
McMaster. His
friends point out
that every office
he has held since
he was first elect
ed as a member
of the lower
house in congress
from Y a n k t o n
GRIFFIN DAILY NLWS
The Griffitarian
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(Published Weekly by the Rotary
Club ®f Griffin.)
Mr. William C. Lanier, rotarily
known as Governor Bill, made his
official visit to the Griffin Rotary
Club last Thursday.
After putting the directors
througlj the third degree, Bill was
honor guest at our regular lunch
eon. i
Bill’s remarks to the directors
and speech to the club were filled
with good advice and sound reas
oning.
Our club will improve and be
of even more service If his ideas
are carried out more fully.
ROTARY.
Fundamentally, Rotary is a
philosophy that undertakes to rec
oncile the ever present conflict
between the desire to profit for
one’s self and the duty and con
sequent impulse to serve others.
This philosophy is the philos
ophy of service, “Service Above
Self,” and is based on the prac
tical ethical principle that “He
profits most who servls best. ’*
Because he who serves must
act, Rotary is not merely a state
of mind, nor Rotary philosophy
merely subjective, but must trans
late itself into objective activity;
and the individual Rotarian and
the Rotary Club must put the
theory of service into practice.
REVENGE IS SWEET
Did you ever stop to think—
That the operator who fumbles
your telephone call with the bases
full sometimes just has to get
a number herself in a hurry?
That the doctor who appropri
ated half your bank account has
to>pay plumber’s bills?
That the plumber who took half
whatever the doctor overlooked
has to pay doctor’s bills?
That the landlord who is under
the impression that he is renting
you the lower end of Manhattan
Island gets nicked himself when
he puts up at the big hotels?
That the “painless” dentist who
amuses himself with your teeth
has to go to other “painless’*, den
tists to have his own filled and
extracted ?
That the writers of “Yes, We
Have No Bananas," have heard
it even more often than you
have?
That the shopkeeper who sold
you your radio set has to listen
to amplified static all day long?
That the Chinese had to put up
with Mah Jongg for centuries be
fore you even heard of it?—Hor
ace Woodmansee.
FUNNYBONES.
Seventy-five per cent of the
girls are working girls—the other
25 per cent are working emn.
A NUT TO CRACK.
Can This Crack Yonra?
Phoebe is older than her young
er sister. If she is the age she
says she is, Grant took Rich
mond in 1908. At this rate, when
did Columbus discover America
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FACTS ABOUT
GEORGIA
Dr. Crawford W. Long, on
March 30, 1842, at Jefferson, Ga.,
in using sulphuric ether to re
move a tumor from the neck of
Janies M. Venable, discovered the
use of anesthesia—one of the
greatest boons ever bestowed
upon mankind.
The capital sites of Georgia
from first to last were as fol
lows: Frederick, 1749; Ebenezer
(Augusta), 1779; Heard’s Fort,
1780; Savannah, after the surren
der of Lord Cornwallis in 1781;
Augusta (third time) 1786; Louis
ville, 1798; Milled geville, 1803;
Macon, 1865; Atlanta (temporary
capital), 1868; Atlanta (perma
nent capital), 1887.
The Battle of AUatoona, famous
in history and song, was fought
October 5, 1864. The evening be
fore the battle General Corse re
ceived a signal message sent him
by General Sherman from the
! summit of Kennesaw Mountain,
u through the sky,” and over the
heads of Confederate soldiers, in
structing him to hasten from
Rome and take command of the
forts at Allatoona Heights. Af
ter the war, the evangelist, P, P.
Bliss, to whom circumstances of
“the signal message through the
sky” were narrated, caught there
from the inspiration for the stir
ring song, “Hold the Fort for I
Am Coming, »» He wrote it the
night after he first heard it and
next day sang it in the “Taber
nacle” at Chicago. .
A Cherokee (Ga.) Indian by the
name of Carr, because he wrote in
such a splendid Spencerian style,
was called upon to write the
terms of surrender between Gen
eral Robert E. Lee and General
U. S. Grant.
The largest single block of
marble in the world was mined
by the Tate Marble Company at
Tate, Ga., and is now in the cap
ital building at St. Paul, Minn.
and when will this country go
dry?—Robert Cyril O’Brien.
The program last week was
good.
Malcolm Williamson thrilled
his listeners with “Bed Time Sto
ries” andwpoor W. G. gave way to
tears.
If you want to know what the
program for this week is come
to the luncheon Thursday and you
will find out.
Hotel Griffin, Thursday, 12:05.
Los Angeles is said to have
more real estate agents than any
other American city.
Wednesday, December 10 , 1924 .
NEGROES RETURNING SOUTH
Sparta, Dec. 10.—Many negroes
from Hancock county, who went
north last spring, are flocking
back and asking for their old
farms back. The first cold in the
north turned their thoughts back
home and they began to travel
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You can have a merrier Christmas next year, have money to
buy those gifts and a nice balance left for yourself, if you come
in now and join our Christmas Club.
What the Different Clubs will pay you.
INCREASING CLUBS EVEN AMOUNT CLUBS
IN 50 WEEKS (For Christmas 1925) IN 50 \&EEKS (For Christmas 1925]
* 1c Club pays $12.75 25c Club pays $12.50
2c Club pays $25.50 50c Club pays $25.00
Sc Club pays $63.75 S1.00 Club pays $50.00
10c . Club pays $127.50 $2.00 Club pays $100.00
DECREASING CLIMBS $5.00 Club pays $250.00
You can begin with the largest deposit $10.00 ClUb pays $600.00
and decrease your deposits each week. $20.00 Club pays $1,000.00
There’a a Club to fit you. Bring in your first deposit today.
Come in, get a Pass Book and join the Club today.
Bring along ALL THE FAMILY and have them join.
SAVINGS BANK OF GRIFFIN
4% on Savings
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
southward. They state they can
make just as much money in
Georgia as they can up north, af
ter the high living expenses are
paid.
Statues in the garden of Ver
sailles in France have recently
been cleaned with hose and steam.