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THE CHRISTMAS TREE
The Christmas tree! Already
millions of little hearts beat fast
er at the thought. Wide open,
wondering eyes flash and sparkle
in dreams of its splendor, says the
Walton Tribune.
Each child is wrapped in a rush
ing, breathless anticipation of the
time when he shall again behold
it—when he shall approach this
tree of miraculous beauty, glitter
ing with candles, and And there
on, amid the tinsel and trappings,
his hearts desire.
Perhaps it’i a fascinating
French doll, or the cuddly kind
that says “Mama. »»
Perhaps it’a a trumpet, a train
of cars, a drum, a gun.
Whatever it be, if it’s the ob
ject wished for* it will bring sat
isfaction and contentment—and
the tree with Its other gifts will
be forgotten as the child hugs his
treasure to his heart and glows
with the joy of possession.
His letter to Santa Claus has
been answered.
For the moment his world is
complete.
The Christmas tree!
A symbol it is.
As the years fly onward the tree
is no longer holly.
It Is life itself with the longed
for gifts are the goals we seek.
Honor, glory, fame, love, hap
piness, in an endless train they
come—those .gifts we would flhd
on oar Christmas tree.
And if we reach the haven
of our heart’s desire, ours has
been a most satisfactory Christ
mas.
Santa Claus has answered our
letter and with us, as with the
child who found the toy he wished
for, all’s well.
However, when plans go awry
and the goal grows dim, like petu
lant children, we are inclined
to sulk and call the Christmas tree
a pitiless joke whereon the can
dles of thwarted hopes can only
sputter.
But the Christmas tree holds
not one gift but many.
Therein lies.......its absorbing
charm.
Just behind the next cluster
of bright berries and glossy green
leaves who knows what lies hid
den?
The first dream itself may be
lurking there or something so
thrillingly wonderful that it was
even unhoped for, may lie in wait.
Ah, life, the Christmas tree!
The golden, exciting, bewitching
adventure!
Toward you the rich, the poor,
the great and small stretch hands
eager for the gifts you hold
hands which will some day clasp
those gifts if the candles are kept
burning with a bright, steady
glow, a gay warm glow—a glow
of happiness and high hope.
The Christmas tree!
In the young what host of
dreams it awakes; in the aged
what a mass of memories it stirs.
To eerve one’s fellow man, with
out thought of financial remuner-
ation, is utopian—in Utopia; at
the present price df provender,
here in the United States, it’s su
icide.
Poor kid! By the time he loses
faith in Santa he begins to think
he understands women.
Doing housework at $9 a week
is called “service,” doing it for
nothing is romance.
The healthiest complexions are
made from blood, not mud.
Money talks where service
counts.
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BALKAN
WIT
Every loss teaches men to be
wiser.
Time demolishes everything.
Misfortune never had a holiday.
Every flood subsides.
Proverbs from the Balkan coun
tries, Serbia and Montenegro in
particular, make up today’s instal
ment of the series of presenta
tions of the proverus of all peo
ples.
More laws, more confusion,
more difficulties.
He who deceives me once is a
scoundrel, but he who deceives
me often is a smart man.
Where thrift, there honesty.
From hand to mouth is a long
way.
Children and simpletons speal
the truth.
Death is blind.
No bread without effort.
A castle offered for a dinar (a
coin) is dear when you have no
dinar.
Who up to his twentieth year
does not learn, and up to his
thirtieth does not save some
money will be a burden to his peo
pie.
Who makes frequent inquiries
about the road does not go astray.
Who does not take care of oth
er people’s goods will never have
his own.
It is better to have an
ounce of wisdom than a hundred
weight of muscle.
More people die of eating and
drinking (excessively) than die
of hunger and thirst.
Boast to a stranger, complain
on to your friends.
Show me a friend who will
weep with me; those who will
laugh with me I can find myself.
One cannot possibly bake bread
for the whole world.
Who possesses the shore pos
sesses the sea.
When one is not good one
self, one Hkes to talk of what is
wrong with other people.
Who does not know how to
serve cannot know how to com
mand.
If you wish to know what a
man is, place him in authority.
WHAT A BOY SHOULD KNOW
Recently a questionaire was sent
to nineteen men in mature life
with various business and profes
sional experiences.
The replies to questions concern
ing what these men wished they
had known before they were 21
revealed the following points in
the summary of what a young
man ought to know:
What he wants to do for a liv
inf.
That his health after 30 depends
on how he lived before he was 30.
How to take care of his money.
1 The advantage of Being neatly
and sensibly dressed.
That habits are mighty hard to
break after 21.
That things most worth while
require time, patience and hard
work.
That the harvest depends on the
seed sown; sow wild oats, and one
is likely to reap tears of bitterness
and unhappiness.
That a thorough education pays
in the long run.
That education should not stop
with the school years.
That father is not such an old
fogy as he may at times seem.
That mother is generally the
greatest practical idealist.
That the doors of opportunity in
this country are still open.—The
Educational Digest.
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"PROHIBITION IS A WOE; HAS
ORIGIN IN MOHAMMEDAN
ISM,” SAYS MINISTER.
Prohibition, which has its origin
in Mohammedanism rather than in
Christianity is the country’s
greatest affliction, said the Rev.
William Norman Guthrie, rector
of St. Marks’-in-the-Bouwerie, New
York City, recently, in an intro-
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break the law. Suppose that it
is successful, our extreme
Protestant brethren would like
it, what are we to do in holy
communion ? Of course, wine will
be dispensed under permit for
the serVice, but will not the peo
ple of the future fail to see the
significance of the sacrament be
cause they will not know what
wine means?
The symposium on what psy
cho-analysis offers to the normal
person followed an Epiphany de
votion called the “Visions of God.”
In introducing the speakers, Dr.
Guthrie said that while he had
arranged the program, he assum
ed no responsibility for the ut
terances of those taking part.
Too Tight.
“We should not try to tie things
up so tightly,” said Dr. Guthrie,
in his introduction. 'We have
Fundamentalists because some
people won’t take pains to be lib
erals. We can’t afford to be too
dogmatic and refuse to budge
from preconceived notions if we
WHOTWHO tN THE DAVE
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M. ANDRE CITROEN
On that day when everyone has
an automobile and city streets be
come finally impassable, the most
widely used model may not neces
sarily be the one that made De
troit famous. M. Andred Citroen
sees no reason why it should
known in France as it M o
be the car that is already as
well known in France as its For
dian counterpart in the United
States.
M. Citroen long ago woh the
title of “The French Ford” by
ing the first in this country
turn out motor cars of standard
model in immense quantities and
according to the latest
methods of efficiency engineering.
But his career has points of
similarity from that of Mr.
Ford.
Like the latter, M. Citroen be
came famous only in recent years
but he was already a successful
manufacturer when he took up the
making of automobiles. He also
became one of the largest muni
tion makers in France soon after
the war began, and even before
that had begun to lay the foun
dations of a huge fortune.
Only 46 years of age, M. Ci
troen is a native of Paris, in
whose schools he became an indus
trial engineer. He married young
and has three childen.
Of middle height, blond and
with bright blue eyea
gleaming kn afituJM— Citr oe n
trays his life long fondness for
outdoor sport by ruddy cheeks
and a clear skin, together with
unceasing activity, He swims,
skates, rides and plays tennis con
stantly and drives a car—of
course—as boldly as many rac
ing driver.
TEN STUDENTS EXPELLED
FOR CUTTING HAIR
OF 75 FRESHMEN
Oxford, Miss., Dec. 18.—T en
students of the University of
sissippi were dismissed yesterday
for taking part in a hair
party in which 75 freshmen
dents were the victims.
ty officials announced that
students will be dismissed
further investigation
them.
The hair cutting episode
charged to upper classmen,
objected to a banquet staged
freshmen.
Women first entered politics
the United States years ago.
GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
ductory talk of
a symposium on
psycho-analysis.
it It is, certain
ly not Jewish
and it is not
Christian, he
said. “It is an
affliction, not
bfecause it was
not needed, but
because it stirs
persons to
expect to see the light and get at
the truth. Don’t try to sew a^
man’s clothes on him. Let him
change them once in a while. The
main thing, as I see it, is to get
splendid truths, and let the indi
vidual dress them in the garb
that happens to suit his fancy.
“The world today is a factory
for mediocrity. We need geni
uses. A genius couldn’t live to
day. He would be crushed to
death, We 4o not seem to want
genius. All /
we need is a little
talent to be used for commercial
purposes.
FACTS ABOUT
GEORGIA
Columbus is said to have the
oldest race track in the United
States.
Hall county, created in 1818,
was named,for the late Governor
Lyman Hall. The county seat is
Gainesville. The county com
prises 437 square miles, with a
population of near 30,000. It is
located in the ninth congression
al district and the 33rd senatorial
district.
Aunt Nancy Hart was one of
the most remarkable women in
Georgia during the Revolutionary
struggle. The “Liberty Boys if
called her the “War Woman. yy
There is a creek in Elbert coun
ty, where she lived, that was
named by Indian admirers of her
<< War Woman’s Creek.”
General Elijah Clarke, Who
fought in the War for Independ
ence, was one of Georgia’s most
remarkable soldiers. He was born
in North Carolina and moved to
Georgia in 1774. He was one of
the «first of upper Georgia to take
up the cause for American inde
pendence.
Hernando de Soto and his com
panions were the first white men,
history says, to enter and explore
the territory now the state of
Georgia. They landed on May 30,
1539, at Tampa Bay, Fla., and
thence to Georgia.
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Saturday, Monday and Tuesday I
Dodges
Fords
Buicks
And Other Makes
!
RECONDITIONED AND REPAIRED £
We have attractive prices and must unload to be
ready for opening up of New Year’s business.
Now’s your chance to get a good car cheap.
TERMS IF DESIRED /
T. I. BAILEY
114 W. Solomon St. Phone 643 Griffin, Ga.
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Another thing in favor of
'
in the old porch swing
you don’t have to bother with
holding on to a wheel with one
and looking back to see if
there are any other porch swings
headed that way—Macon Tele
graph.
In Washington we read that
a Dry Agents Disguised as Gentle
men Infest Hotels.” That, we
should say, is the superlative de
gree of a disguise.—Columbia
Record.
A wise man says that men is
divided into two great classes—
those who know they are fools,
and those who don’t.—Savannah
Press.
People had “forceful personal
ities in the old days, also, but
it was called swellhead.—Balti
more Sun.
Against our 42 millions per
year, the U. S. A. spends more
than two hundred millions on
education. But then, of course,
they need it more.—Punch (Lon
don.)
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR FLOYD LASTER
TO BE HELD TONIGHT
Funeral services for .Floyd Las
ter, who died at a government
hospital in Asheville, N. C., and
whose body arrived in Griffin this
morning at 9 o’clock, will be
held from the Hanleiter Methodist
church this evening at 7 o’clock.
The Rev. J. A. Drewry will offi
ciate, assisted by the Rev. A. A.
Tilley.
Burial will be in Ebenezer cem
etery in Fayette county Friday
at 11 o’clock. The funeral party
will leave the residence on Four
teenth street, at 8:30 o’clock Fri
day morning.
3 BUILDINGS PLANNED
AT MILLEDGEVILLE
Milledgeville, Dec. 18. The
board of directors of the Georgia
State College for Women here,
have given approval for plans to
be prepared for three buildings
to be erected here to replace the
Thursday, December f8, 1924,
T
The kindly old lady in the ele
vator questioned the attendant
brightly:
tt Don’t you get awful tired, son
ny: 9 ”
“Yes, mum, H the boy in uni
form admitted.
a What makes you get so tired,
sqnny? Is it the going up?”
“No, mum.
tt Is it the going down?”
No mum.
it It’s the questions, mum.
The hobo asked the hard faecd
woman for a bite to eat.
“Yes," she replied, it I’ll fix
you some supper if you’ll saw
and split some wood, sweep off
the sidewalk, fix that hole in the
fence, and tidy up the barnyard,
and burn that rubbish piled up at
the cellar door. >>
n Lady,” said the hobo as he
started away, “I’m only a hobo;
I ain’t your husband.”
The conductor of a crawling
train demanded a ticket of a bald
headed old man whose face was
mostly hidden in a great mass of
white whiskers.
“I give it to ye,” declared the
ancient.
“I don’t reckon so,” the conduct
or answered. 'Where did you get
on: **>
“At Perkins Crossing, M he of
the hoary heard replied.
The conductor shook his head
emphatically.
“Wasn’t anybody got aboard
at Perkins Crossing ‘eept one lit
tle boy. yy
“I,” wheezed the aged man, a was
that little boy.”
Jeanette was wearing a new
frock when her dearest friend
called.
“I look a perfect fright,” she
remarked, eager for praise.
The dearest friend was thinking
of her own affairs and answered,
absent-mindedly:
“Yes, ypu certainly do. yy
Oh, you horrid thing!” Jean
ette gasped. “I’ll never—never
speak to you again!”
administration building which was
destroyed by fire December 8.
The plank include a class room
building, -an auditorium and a Y.
W. C. A. building. Rebuilding
will probably • begin next spring.
Ji- DREAMING. night
night . . . All
"i hjive been away
heal'd—what I heard
I say what I say.
My eyes were closed
That I might not see
While the waters of sleep
Swept over me. '
lb Deep and silent,
And blest, I lay,
Oh, the sharp sweet Sting
Of the salt and spray.
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The flail of billows
Beat me through.
I saw . . . and suffered—
I heard . . . and knew.
The voices surged
And shattered me—
Sing what you hear
And tell what you see.
Now—light, in the East,
And I am flung
High on the sand,
My song unsung.
Land folk, sailor men,
Turn your eyes
Leave me here
With the sea and skies.
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For you are naught
Of blood or kin
You may not go
Where I have been.
I am flung back
Upon the sand . . .
How shall I wake
How shall I stand?
How shall I go *
Foverer more
Dowp the pitless
Peopled shore ?
—Barbara Young.
Modem incandescent lights have
about four times the efficiency
of those of 18 years ago, experts
say.
FRAMED MOTTOES
“Bits o’ Sunshine”
Pickering’s
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