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3":s,"» ' T6 Street No. 210 — at ilfice in Griffin, as s« is mail matter. — MEMBER OF 5 ASSOCIATED PRESS Associated Press is exclus entitied to the use for re ition dfted of it the news otherwise dispatch to or not id in this published paper and also news herein Ail rights or re-publication of special dispatches herein ate also reserved. OFFICIAL PAPER City of Griffin, Spalding County. of U. S. Court, Northern District * m Georgia. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTIONS Daily advance----- by Carrier $5.00 One months, year, in Six in advance---- 2.60 Three months, in advance . 1.25 One month month, payable at end of J50 Dally -----—-------- by Mail One year, in advance------$4.00 Six month, iff advance „ 2.00 Three months, in advance . 1.00 One month, Semi-Weekly in advance---- .40 Edition One year, in advance — $ 1.00 Six months, in advance ... ... .60 Three months, In advance .26 If cent within 80-mile radius of ■ Griffin. Beyond ‘ 80-mile zone, 75c: one i. j six months, ree months, 46c. 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. v 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 ■ 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. * * * Men are the reason for women disliking one another. * * * Great artists have no country. * * * What use is statecraft without power ? t * 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 1min] * '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. ___ 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 £4 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? »» «< Oh, no. He doesn’t you owe anything either, then? »» - THE WRONG KID! j V ■ . ■ gjr($a I'M §S ^015 i SftNtA, uS s pOOF CV« Mt! J mm- %% //£ *// t // / a A: (t [A 'K ■■ Si 'A //AW, V. TO i i 7 \\ n I Will / y: I* y V .V ;\ fMi m 55' IMS rj Lu -m m I mm x o lii ■2^r "r. '«////' urn Wu< f t>i m m wsml i('i m w i <1-4. - : An elderly country doctor whose business was not large sat in his office reading when his henchman appeared. » I a -j & JL W' it > • “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. ^eaSdowr Q.Ji wrem Crap *** ^ 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. - «1 Vi x 8? r 71 w iv- 71 #’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. •niiminiiiMmiiuiuH Happiwork Pastime Packages Pickering’s FOR GIFTS