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CHRISTMAS-OLD-FASHIONED
■* AND NEW.
About the old-time Christmas
celebration there clings a glamour
that too often is missing in the
present-day observance of the holi
day season.
SS: The setting was better.
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Stage coaches and post chaises
were more romantic and more pic
turesque than are railroad trains
and Ford cars—or at least they
more romantic and pic
turesque when viewed through the
haze of a hundred years or so.
■ Red-cheeked coachmen and hearty
country squires were more colorful
actors in the Christmas pageant
than are harried subway guards
and go-getter business men.
Hot whisky punch served before
a log fire in a tavern tap room—
again viewed through the drift of
the years—seems a refreshment
more appropriate to the jolly yule
tide than a nut sundae at a soda
fountain.
Life was less complex and hur
ried a century ago than it is to
day, and its pleasures simpler and
more homely.
Yet, while we may look back
with a sigh on the hearty Christ
mas pleasures of our fathers, we
should not forget that Christmas
is a thing of the spirit and that
the Christmas spirit is as strong
now as it ever was in the past.
The old-fashioned Christmas had
its drawbacks as well as its pleas
< ures.
Christmas travelers in the old
days did not know that they were
picturesque; they used to curse
late coaches and muddy roads as
heartily as busy shoppers of today
curse blow-outs and subway blocks.
The red-cheeked coachmen with
their many-caped greatcoats often
were much the worse for too much
Christmas cheer, and beyond doubt
some of the hearty country squires
were unpleasant customers to be
intimate with.
Even the tavern punch bowl had
its drawbacks—then, as now, there
was a morning after Christmas.
Christmas is a holiday of the
heart, and the Christma s of the
man or woman with the Christmas
spirit burning bright need fear no
comparison with any Christmas of
the past.
The motor bus isn’t as picturesque
as was the stage coach, but it can
carry as heavy a load of Christmas
kidness and Christmas cheer.
YOUR DEBT TO THE WORLD.
This is an age of specialties,
hence the necessity for specialists,
those who have prepared them
selves for special lines of work.
The era of main strength and
awkwardness has passed, so there
is small chance for those who are
merely able to work at things.
<te . They must be able to do them,
and do them understandingly.
There never was a time when
there was a louder cry for men
and women than just now.
The type of those demanded is
the practical type, men and wo
men who can do things, and do
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them well, and some particular
things especially well.
Health is of first importance in
the matter of efficiency, for with
out it one can never accomplish
the maximum of work, and the
maximum is what each and every
one owes the world.
Yes, owes to the world, and if it
is not paid in this life, it will be
■deducted from the next.
Be sure of this, that no one
shall ever escape his dues, or
avoid the penalty for not paying
them.
You are in debt to the world
just to the extent to which you
can better it, which is the extent
of your talent for good.
If you have a talent for mak
ing money you must apply that
talent to the extent of your abil
Ity.
No matter how small youv tal
ent, if well used, you will be en
titled to rank with those who suc
ceeded, and no matter how great
your talent, if not well applied,
you must take your place with
those who fail.
It is not a question of quanti
ty, but of quality.
You may call it hell, if you
please, or what not, but just the
same, you will have to give an
account of your stewardship here,
and if your account shows that
you are short in the matter of
reasonable results you will have
to take your place among those
who have failed.
jjHEMST
MORE OF .<v
FR ENCH WIT.
Useless laws diminish the au
thority of necessary ones.
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Men are the reason for women
disliking one another.
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Great artists have no country.
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What use is statecraft without
power ? t
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A further presentation of the
proverbs of France is today’s in
stallment of this series of sum
maries of the axioms of the vari
ous peoples:
Without bread and without wine
love will come to nothing.
A man of wit would be often
much embarrassed if there were
no fools.
Men who have little business
are great talkers.
The less one thinks the more
one speaks.
Liars need good memories.
Woman is stronger by reason
of her feelings than by reason of
her strength.
The destiny of nations depends
on what they eat.
A woman is to her husband
what her husband has made her 1 •
He has everything who is con
tent with nothing
Confidence brings more to con
venation than does wit.
It is absolute necessity for a
man of genius to play to stupidity*
He who has imagination without
learning has wings, but no feet.
He does the crime who profits
by it
People without fortune must be
perfect.
Men make laws, but women
make morals.
Great thoughts come from the
heart.
We drink without being thirsty,
and make love at any time; that
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'Number of Persons ‘Broke’ st 65
Indicates Weakness in Edu
cational System,” Says
Stone.
“Take any 100 boys of 25 years,
and at the age of 35, five of them
will have passed away, ten will be
wealthy, ten well-to-do and 75
self-supporting,” Warren S. Stone,
president of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, said in a
recent address.
“Add 10 years
Si/St more, or 4 5
v of age,”
years
Stone continued,
“and 84 will be
still living, four
of them wealthy,
6 well to do, 59
self supporting
and 15 unable to
Support them
selves.
“With the addition of another
10 years, or 55 years old, four
FACTS ABOUT
GEORGIA
On the northern side of Stone
mountain, near Atlanta, where
Gutzon Borglum is carving in
granite the figures of General
Robert E. Lee, General Stonewall
Jackson, and President Jefferson
Davis, a memorial to Southern
Confederacy, there is a drop, of
1,000 feet from the summit to the
base of the world’s largest rock,
The state board of entomology
announces that calcium arsenate
the greatest danger to the boll
weevil, and that every Georgia
farmer should purchase this poi
son, which means greater wealth
for the state.
The United States government
owns 159,979 acres of forest lands
in the state of Georgia, and are
designated as national forest
lands. The average price paid by
the federal authorities is $4.98
per acre.
The Oglethorpe light infantry,
of Savannah, were the first troops
to offer their lives for Southern
Confederacy, according to histori
cal records in the archives and
history department of the state.
General Joe Wheeler, of Geor
gia, led Alabama’s soldiers in the
Spanish-American war, historical
records reveal.
Twice-Told Talcs j
Before long when the citizen
returns home after narrow es
capes in getting run over by auto
mobiles, he may find that the air
planes have knocked over his
chimneys.—Marion Star.
A hick town is one where the
flappers still think that getting a
neck shave in a barbershop is
something to giggle about.—Ma
con Telegraph.
Ash-trays for men who smoke
in bed are listed among the holi
day gifts. Why not asbestos pa
jamas.— Boston^.Transcript.
How did flies spend the winter
before short order restaurants
were invented?—Baltimore Sun.
There are snoopers even in vil
lages, but they are called^ neigh
bo ».-Baltimore Sun.
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is the only distinction between us
and the other animals.
Men do not understand one an
other. There are fewer madmen
than we think.
Children sometimes flatter old
people, but they never love them.
Things are only worth what we
make them worth.
It is to my faults that I owe my
virtues.
Mrs. Hightower and daughters,
of Barnesville, were shopping in
Griffin Monday.
pany is building at Hasbrouck,
N. J., for the United States gov
ernment
36 NEW YORKERS
DIE IN MONTH
OF POISON BOOZE
New York, Dec. 23.—Two more
deaths in Bellevue hospital today
brought to 36 the number of al
coholic fatalities in this city since
December 1.
Forty cases were under treat
ment in the alcoholic ward in the
hospital today, Eight of them
were women.
GRIFFIN DAILY NLWS
more will have diedf only one will
be wealthy, four well-to-do, 45
self-supporting and 30 non sup
porting.
Majority Become Dependent.
it When they have reached 65
years old only 64 of the original
100 will be alive , only one
wealthy, three well-to-do, but six
of the balance self supporting, and
the balance, 64, will be dependent
upon others for the rest of their
lives. >>
Stone said his figures were tiu
result of a careful study of all
available record, and had been
checked by some of the most
prominent insurance actuaries in
the country.
H When such"a thing is possible,”
he added, “there is something rad
ically wrong with our system of
education. It is necessary for us
to inculcate in our children the
spirit of thrift. ...
WHO’S m THE OA WHO
ME WS
Anthony H. G. Fokker.
ii Any man or woman who can
drive an automobile can operate
an airplane,” says Anthony H.
G. Fokker, aviation inventor and
manufacturer. He says that fi
nancial timidity and lack of ade
equate landing
f a c i 1 i t ies in
j America are the
■ only things hin
dering the rapid
development and
wide spread use
of thie plane.
M. Fokker
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was one ofthe
earliest aircraft
AtfTHbMV MA-apUM) makers t0 reai
ize the part airplanes could play
in war. A Hollander, he had be
gun the professional study of avi
ation in Berlin in 1908. During
his youth in Holland he'had made
and played with many an airplane
model of his own design.
Dazes Pioneer Experts.
In 1911 he flew his own mono
plane from the Johnnisthal aero
dome, near Berlin, despite the fact
that weather conditions were bad.
The experts of the day looked on
dazed. Then he outclassed all
competitors at the Russian gov
ernment’s military tests in Petro
grad in 1912. At this time he ap
proached the British government
with his planes, but they would
not buy. The German government
then snatched their prize. The
success of the Fokker designed
planes during the war is a matter
of history.
One of the important develop
ments of the war was M. Fokker’s
invention of the synchronized gun.
This enabled firing through the
space swept by the propeller area,
a thing never before believed pos
sible. This, of course, increased
the usefulness of airplanes as
weapons of warfare beyond any
thing hitherto imagined. M. Fok
ker thus transformed aircraft
from mere observation and bomb
ing units to mobile combat units
limited only by their speed and ra
dius of action.
Building Planes for Government.
When“the war endetf M. Fokker
transferred his activities to his
home country, Holland. Since then
he has been building planes for
European, Asiatic and South
American governments. At pres
ent he is supervising the construc
tion of Fokker designed planes
that the Atlantic Aircraft Com-
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Gilbert, of
West Griffin, gave a birthday din
ner Sunday in honor of Mrs. Gil
bert’s father, Mr. Terrell, who is
102 years of age. The house was
tiecorated with roses and pot flow
ers, and a course dinner was
served. Mr. Terrell was the re
cipient of many useful presents.
INFERENCE.
“Yes, he’s absolutely ruined; hut
still, poverty is no disgrace, it
it? »»
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owe
anything either, then? »»
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An elderly country doctor whose
business was not large sat in his
office reading when his henchman
appeared.
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“Them boys is a-stealin’ of
your green apples agin, sir. Shall
I drive ’em away?”
The doctor considered a moment
and then leveling his eyes at his
servant, responded: “No.”
An attorney was consulted by
a young woman desirous of bring
ing action against her husband for
a divorce. She related a harrow
ing tale of the ill-treatment she
had received at his hands.. So im
pressive was her recital that the
lawyer, for a moment was startled
out of his usual professional com
posure. From what you say this
man must be a brute of the worst
type!” he exclaimed.
The applicant for divorce, arose
and, with severe dignity, an
nounced: “Sir, I shall consult an
other lawyer. I came here to get
a divorce, not to hear n^r husband
abused.”
“Please let me have a bite to
eat,” asked the tramp at the back
door, and Bridget let the dis
heveled creature into the kitchen.
He had no sooner taken one step
inside the Moor, however, when
Bridget bethought herself of her
newly scrubbed floors.
“You’d better go out again and
wipe your feet,” she ordered se
verely.
a There really isn’t much u
ma’am,” the tramp replied, I
only walked a few steps; round
to the back from my automobile.”
MRS. J. W. GILBERT GIVES
BIRTHDAY DINNER FOR
FATHER, 102 YEARS OLD
SPORTS OF ALL
SORTS
Tommy Gibbons is said to be
the best fighter-golfer in the coun
try.
The world’s record for thg run
ning high jump is 6 feet 7 5-16
inchqs.
Clos^ 'to 1,000 tons of steel is
required each year for the manu
facture of golf clubs.
/ T e n to sixt ee n -major lea gu e
will have training camps in
Florida next spring.
\
' The United States is to be in
vited to send a tennis team for a
Series of competitions in Austra
lia.
Freshmen are not permitted to
play on the football teams at vir
tually all of the leading colleges.
Since 1873 Yale has captured
26 victories to 13 for Princeton
on the gridiron. There were nine
tie contests.
Uruguay victorious Olympic
football team won the South
American soccer football cham
pionship four times.
Young Stribling, the Georgia
light heavyweight, has been elect
ed cheer leader of the University
School for Boys at Atlanta.
The longest drop kick ever made
in intercollegiate football was the
63 yard kick of Mark Payne, of
Dakota Wesleyan in 1915.
Tuesday, December 23, 1924.
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^ mtlawthorne
When the busy day is ended
And my labors are suspendedv
When the shadows creep around our
humble door—
Then there comes a fund of pleasure
That my spirit cannot measure,
And I find what every man is searching
for.
i Then it is that home seems dearer,
( Then content brings heaven nearer,
i For the better things of life hold happy
: sway;
■Then it is that friendship blesses
And the glow, of love caresses—
k W? Hearts of men grow kinder at the close
of day.
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#’b. UVSlNCt HA«THOBN£_
JACKSON GIRLS WIN
BASKETBALL CROWN
Jackson, Ga., Dec. 23.—The girls
of the Jackson high school basket
bal team have won the champion
ship of the northeastern group in
the sixth district. The local team
has scored wins over Gray, Mon
ticello and McDonough, The
team will meet the winner of the
Thomaston, Zebulon, Concord, For
syth group for the championship
of the sixth district, the game to ~
be played some time after the
Christmas holidays.
HOLIDAY ROBBERS
BUSY IN CHICAGO
Chicago, Dec. 23.—Six daylight
robberies netted $133,000 in cash
and jewels and furs in Chicago
Monday.
At an outlying fur store, ban
dits tunneled through a brick
wall more than a foot thick and
escaped with garments and skins
valued at more than $100,000.
Other loot ranged from $600 in a
shore store to $20,000 in diamonds
and jewelry.
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