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:fi SILF‘: Two ' g- i 4 M r : 120 East Solomon Street PHONE No. tit Entered .at postotttco in Griffin, Ga„ as second class mail matter. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press w exclus ively entitled te the use hr re publication credited of it the news otherwise dispatch es to or not credited in this paper and also Ail the local rights news re-pubHcation published herein. of or special dispatches herein axe also reserved. OFFICIAL PAPER City U. S. of Court, Griffin, Northern Spalding District County. ox . Georgia. TERMS (IF SUBSCRIPTIONS Dally bj Carrier One year, in advance ...... $5.00 Six months, in advance____ 2JS0 Three months, in advance . 1.25 * One month month, payable at end of .50 ... Dally by Mail One year, in advance ...... $4.00 Six month, in advance .... 2.00 Three months, in advance . 1.00 One month, in advance____ A0 Semi-Weekly Edition One months, year, in advance______ <1.00 Six in advance ........ .50 Three months, In advance ...... .25 If CBnt within SO-mlie radius of Griffin. Beyond 80-mile zone, one year, three months, $1.50; six 40c. months, 75c; * IF THE GOVERNMENT X , IS JUST * George E. Taylor 13 years ago was a stamp clerk in the Rich mond, Va,, post office at $1,100 a year. He was accused of theft and automatically removed from his post. On trial the accusation proved so obviously false that the feder al prosecuting attorney himself asked for a verdict of ‘not guilty,’ If Taylor had been an employee of any city he would have been re-instated with back pay. - As it was, he was caught in the wheels of precedent and whirled about for 10 years. Finally, in 1921, at the age of 69, he was reinstated under the personal authority of President Harding. He worked two weeks and was then laid off by the comptroller general because he was tob old for reinstatement under the law. A bill to reimburse Taylor, so far as money can repay him for an enduring wrong, is before con gress. The attorney general has made a favorable report on it. Surely this measure of belated justice should be rendered be fore Taylor, who is past the Scriptural term of years, is called to his long home. This the government must do, if it is just. Nor should congress fail to guard against such outrages in the future. IS GERMANY PREPARING TO MAKE WAR? The one specific charge made against «Germany by the Inter allied Military Control, so far as the report of that commission finds its way into the news - dis patches, is the charge that 400,000 men are being trained for military duty in the police training schools. The rest is mere confusion, which may be cleared with later news. For the present, not even the military authorities know just what to think, Om of them. quoted by the correspondents, de livers himself of this: 44 Germany certainly has not ful filled all the conditions demanded. But “her military position need not cause the least disquiet.” How ever, *« we must not be over confident.” On the other hand, 44 there is no cause for alarm. H The time approaches when, un der the terms of the Versailles treaty, the British army is to leave the Rhine. There are reports current that the British wish to stay until all other Allied armies are withdrawn, and that the Germans, agreeable to this suggestion, will not be dis appointed if this report of the Interallied Control Commission of fers Britain a pretext for remain ‘ ' ’ • in . * * - gyrate, Germany was per mitted an army of 100,000 in the treaty. No onte claims that these addi tional 400,000 men in the police training schools can all b« equipped Ipr modern war. Some of them can be, probably; there is always a certain amount of bootlegged war material in Germany, and everybody knows it. But as long as the Allied con trol is as watchful as it is today, that surplus material offers no real threat to France. What is the explanation of these sudden warnings? f IE OP BEST DR FRENCH WIT ON LOVE. It is a double pleasure to de ceive the deceiver. When the foe fears us, we must dare everything. He who complains most is not the most hurt. In love the first cured is the most completely cured. More proverbs of France make up today’s installment of this se ries of presentations of the axioms of the various peoples. We muet have reasons for speech, but we need none for si lence. , It is not the robe that makes the monk. Love is the reign of women. The eagle in one house is in the next a fool. Marriage puts every one in his place. Justice is J qver on the victor’s side. The ari/of pleasing is the art of deceiving. ~~' The first half of life is spent in longing for the second, and the second half in regretting the first. Prosperity makes few friends. Power is not shown by hitting hard or often, but by hitting straight. Reason on love, and you will lose your reason. The reason of the strong is al ways the best. Excessive justice is often ex cessive wrong. Prayer is a cry of hope. Quarrels would not last long if the wrongs were all on one side. Offended self-esteem never for gives. Authority brooks no partner. Wisdom is on the lips of those about to die. Virtue would no% go so far did not vanity bear her company. He who lives without folly fe not so wise as he thinks. Cowardice is the mother_of cruelty. Who holds a pen is ever at war. The slave has but one master; the ambitious man as many as there are people likely to be use ful to him. .• s - * ^ ^ ? j * Twice-Told Tales v .........- « ......-...... Things usually work out all right, if you stop to think about it. Think how many jams accidents and things, there -would have... been HI.!......hoopskirts hadn’t gone out before closed cars came in.—Macon Telegraph. , What the world needs is an anaesthetic that wont’ wear off en tirely until the surgeon is paid.— Rochester Times-Union. It’s a funny system that pro vides publicity for taxpayers and none for the tax dodgers.—Associ ated Editors (Chicago). One thing may be said for il literacy—it protects some folks from some sorts of literature.— Pontiac Press. The midnight oil is now burned in the transmission instead of the lamp.—Claude (Texas) News. How to get rich: manufacture 3omething people don’t need._ Wilmington Dispatch. . Sugar refineries are located at Savannah and Brunswick IT I“ I. 1 ..ij§fi;fl;m.'b;\'.mm§é PW m, m~-~“——;_~.....;.’..,.:..: W« 5 fl: fl ** WEALTH DESIRABLE ONLY BECAUSE OP THE B.*DLKE. POWER IT GIVES,” SAYS J. James B. Duke in discussing re cently his $40,000,000 gift to edu cational and other institutions in North and South Carolina dis closed that his only interest in wealth was based on the power wealth gives men to do things. He said he believed that men of large fortunes should not leave to their families more than is nec essary for their comfort. “I have never had any desire to mcu m u 1 a tej ’ | wealth simply for wealth’s sake,” 1 ; said Mr. reason] Duke.j “The only I have toac-AVfftS g d<jkb cumulate wealth is that wealth gives you the power to do things. 44 I don’t believe the men of wealth should leave their money to their sons unless it is to carry out some specific plan. But I have no sons, so that particular prob lem does not trouble me. >» Wealth’s Limitations. The limitations upon rich men in the personal enjoyment of their money was stressed by Mr. Duke, who said that only so much could be spent for personal gratification and that money could not be taken along upon death. He went on: "A man who spends a lot of money in building a fine residence is benefiting a great many per sons. He provides employment for just as many men as it takes to build that house and to manu facture the materials that go into the building. When the work is finished, the money he put into it is again in circulation. He has only a house and usually the mar ket value of that house is not any where near what it cost to build. !» Mr. Duke cited his summer home at Somerville, N. J., which is re puted to have cost $15,000,000, as an illustration. Mr. Duke believes that the in dustrial and financial progress of the United States was made pos sible by what is known as “big business” methods and the pro tective tariff. 44 The trusts built up America. They doubled wages and brought property up,” he said. In connection with trusts, Mr. Duke mentioned the American To bacco Company, which was dis solved under the anti-trust laws in 1911. He declared that the company, by operating on a large scale, had been able to go into the markets of the world to meet tha competition of foreign companies paying half the wages paid Ameri cans. 44 We were able to high pay wages and to meet competition in I ft i H|/< Sp \ ii N \ /I r y i® Is it worth while—the endless search For what is poorly termed “ success "? Is it worth while to concentrate On artificial happiness? cy The frenzied urge that drives men on In sordid striving after gold— I wonder if they find in it The satisfaction life should hold. I wonder if each day for them CL L Contributes something truly grand. * v Can men whose hearts are slaves to greed m And selfish purpose understand The great abiding peace of mind, p That The priceless the glorious ecstasy reward of soul gl ® i are jL ft Of those who seek a higher goal? Is it worth while? Will any man Confess that he believes it pays To sell for things material m A life of precious nights and days? We know such plan is not worth while! W, We know that men are richly blest % Alone when they begin to learn m That wealth of character is best GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS foreign markets largely because of the tariff,” explained Mr. Duke. Sees No Fall in Wages. Mr, Duke said he foresaw no possibility of wages being reduced in the immediate future, but ex» pected rather an upward tendency as American industry expanded provided American manufacturers were aided by a protective tariff in competition in foreign markets with products made by cheap labor. Mr. Duke said he did not believe that a man had to have a college education to succeed in business. In one of his plants no college men are employed, and he de clared that the efficiency of that plant would compare with any other plant of its kind employing college men exclusively. ll But preachers, teachers, law yers and scientific men must be educated men, ft said Mr. Duke. They must get the right kind of education. Of course, whether an education benefits a man or not depends upon the individual.” WHO’S .** THC WHO PAY* NEWS HSUAN TUNG. Hsuan Tung, “Son of Heaven, n remains an outcast from his na tive land of China—an exile in Japrfn. As little Pu Yi, two years old, he ascended the Chine throne in 1908. Four years later, with the advent of the republic, he ab been ■> 'ft 4i & i | I I £ | I;-;'; - I A A | \ , pergonal names, he chose Henry for himself and Elizabeth for his wile. A few years ago he angered the imperial dowagers by having his queue cut off. On November 5 soldiers broke into his retreat, de manding that he leave the palace, give up title and privileges and accept reduction of his annual in come from $4,000,000 to $500,000. The influence of SUri Sat Sen and the bolshevist ambassador, Karak han, have been credited with the action. Hsuan Tung moved, with the empress and second consort, to the house of his father, Prince Chun. His English tutor, R. F. Johnson, was refused admittance. The new Chinese government granted Hsu an his freedom, and his first act was to fly from the empire, a ref ugee. to live in retirement in the palace of his fathers. In December, 1923, he mar ried a daughter of Jung Yuan, a Manchu noble, and, learning that Western monarchs used —r 44 LOVE IS BOND” - ] J T r 5 ? m. % r M . i I conference proposal^ WjL. f i.l v :■ M V i j| l W' j Ll i : i ft x\ ft i / 33 Hi t i I > I I A 7 mm ft l I m \ % •V *h \ J I Is / I 1 $ m j j. i * hi i .Ji jP » i * ? i m I 1 I 1 1 m n? i i, j i > \ ii# Is t • 4 X \ i X Ilf if 111 !l! M J L\ V — ii ! il 1 l •! j i • IJL ‘| Many beginners in golf—and many who are not beginners—are grievously afflicted with the mal ady of topping off the ball. A player whose efforts to cure him self of this affliction only resulted in the reverse of the Coue formu- Envoy to Offset “Jingo” Talk ■ •: A ?:■ <■& 3 •>: A mm . ■ . : S7 a ;s. 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Britten’s resolution in the house calling for a conference of “the white people bordering on the Pacific Coast. »» Photo shows ‘he new envoy, his wife and their children. New b unds Renew Activities in U. S. Navy Yards * . ■ :• iftftft- m -*■ msi Am .x iy 4 x ft.-i :• ft: ft ■■ ■ ::ft : •S ft; '.A ft; m ft .ft w » "'y ■ " ft ;x x< ; : ■ *' iftxft ft 4 y mmA :X; X.' > m 7 ‘, ■ m ; s X yft y III ;>y>vx< :■ ft ft . . . >:■ ft m f y :• yi ft; m ■Ii (vities The in congressional appropriation of $380,000,000 for the navy has caused resumption df ne »hotosbows repairing and rebuilding the ships naVy of Unde Sam'!' tea forces, delayed by Z lack of funds [he Wjos^ a 'glimpse Jtrlnt of the Brooklyn yard with the (Wn^ghtWyomffig rn.eL4.the yards^UL be ready for.se* in January. Friday* December 26, 1924. M la, addressed a professional with gloom in his ear and despair in his eye. 44 I’m hitting the ball every time right on the top. I want you to tell me a cure for it. »> 44 Oh,” replied the professional, U just turn the ball upside down. ■ Mary had been brought up, so to speak, in the front seat of her father’s motor car. At 10 she took her first trail! journey. When they made the first stop she look ed surprised. Leaning .out of the window, she inquired anxiously of the conduc tor, who had just swung himself off the steps: “What’s the matter 1 your engine?”