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COMPLIMENTS OF THE
i j! SEASON.
Tjie New Year places within our
hands a book with 365 clean white
9ftgM. i
wiWt will we write thereon?
The book is ours to make or
mar.
Will we write words and deeds
of wisdom, or will we write such
words and deeds of folly that the
angels will mercifully blot them
out with their tears? 4
What will we do with the jrear
1926?
Is your shop anchored, swing
ing lazily with the tide?
Are you drifting with the tide?
Or have you weighed anchor, set
sail and are you at the helm,
steering your ship toward a goal?
God has given you your talents,
. your abilities, to help yourself and
your fellow man.
And some day yoU will be called
upon to render back to Him who
gave those jalents with usury.
Do not waste your energies, but
devote your God given powers to
being good, doing good and mak
ing the world better for having
lived in it.
. Moment by moment, day by day
we build, and when we stand on
t5ie threshold oi a new year w«
always pause and look back to. see
what kind of structure we builded
with the days, what we wrote in
the volume of life.
May tomorrow mark the begin
ning of a new era of health and
prosperity and happiness, and the
experience of a fading past in
spire to renewed energy and ef
fort and success.
May destiny smile upon you
and shape anticipation into reali
zation of your fondest hopes.
So, courage dear friends! and
the compliments of the season.
a A happy New Year to you.
THE JAY-WALKER AND
• DRIVER.
The lad from the country, unac
customed to the bright lights/ of
the city, has long been familiar
ly known as a “rube,” or a “jay.”
Today the term is applied to the
mart, - woman w'lKna" "wfio at-”
tempts to cross the street from
diagonal corners, or at the middle
of a block in congested or bus
iness areas.
Whether he hails from the
country or the city he is now con
sidered not only a nuisance but
cause of loss and damage to traf
fic, and many municipalities are
considering ordinances providing
# for his arrest for violating traf
fic rules.
The same conditions apply to
the driver of cars who fail to
Iieed the traffic rules regarding
the crossing of railroad tracks at
grade and wherever damage re
sults to locomotive or cars the
railroads propose to institute ac
tion for recovery, or for the ar
rest and punishment of the jay
> driver.
In small towns Where there is
little traffic And where personal
safety needs but slight attention,
the inhabitants may cross the
street at all points with equal
safety but it is a bad habit
form, and it is also a bad
to attempt to beat a train to
crossing:. r
Crossing congested streets
the middle of the block is a
gerous practice.
In case of accident, the
attaches to the pedestrian—not
the automobile driver, unless
driver has violated some law.
In any case, both are
negligent and the jay-walker
not be awarded damages if he
injured.
Nearly as many
were killed last year as
were United States soldiers
tually killed in the war, but
number \seems to multiply and
deaths Increase.
One official aptly asserted
it was impossible to legislate
brains and common sense into al
cohol fiends and it seemed just
as much of a job to educate the
jay-walker and driver.
Whenever a man refers to wo
men as the weaker sex you know
he has never followed one around
on a day’s shopping tour.
You can’t tell why a man con
tributed to a campaign fund until
you see what he gets.
Never worry about a majority;
if it isn’t right, it won’t remain
a majority.
Still the illiterates miss a great
many things they are better off
without.
The unpardonable social blunder
is to be interested in the wrong:
scandal.
Two brothers were being enter
tained by a rich friend. As ill
luck would have it, the talk drifted
away from ordinary topics.
“Do you like Omar Khayyam?”
thoughtlessly asked the host, try
ing to make conversation. The
elder brother plunged heroically
into the breach.
“Pretty well,” he said, “but I
prefer Chianti.”
Nothing more was said on this
subject until the brothers were on
their way home.
“Bill, 1 said the younger brother,
breaking a painful silence, “why
can't you leave things that you
don’t understand to me? Omari
Khayyam ain’t a wine, you chump;
it’s a cheese.
An old farmer couldn't really
believe that people who were miles
apart were able to converse over
a telephone wire. One day his
wife went to a distant friend, who
had a telephone jn her house. Dur
ing the afternoon the farmer
sought shelter from a thunder
storm in the house of a neighbor,
who also possessed a telephone and
who persuaded the farmer to call
up his wife as a little surprise.
Following instructions, the far
mer put the receiver to his ear
and, after the usual preliminaries,
said: Halloa, Jane!
(Just then a flash of lightning
struck the wire and he fell to the
floor under the force of the shock.
Rising to his feet and shaking his
head wisely, he said: “It’s won
derful. That was Jane right
Twice-Told Tales
We have just read somethin t
from a man who objects to mon
ments erected to dead politicians.
As for us, the more monuments
of that sort, the merrier, say we.
—Columbia Record.
The question now confronting
the country is whether Charley
Dawes really needs any outside
hssistance in getting Iiimself
sworn into office.—Detroit News,
In a abort session congress will
hardly have the necessary time
in which to pass unnecessary leg
islation.—Brooklyn Eagle.
The way it works out is this
The more time saving devices a
race accumulates, the less leis»
ure —Detroit Times.
The worst thing about the itch
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‘Germany Should Be In
France Retards Disarmament,''
Says General Bliss.
General Tasker H. Bliss, one
the signers of the
Treaty, believes Germany
be admitted to the League of
tions. Russia also, he said on
recent
from Europe,
44 better in
i
out.”
“ So t&r
m peace in
rope is
cerned,
cannot
reasonably
until both
3PIQ (?QLT.H.flLtSft Countries are
the League,” declared Gen. Bliss.
When asked why he, a
man, is so strong for
and the League of Nations, he
plied: “I am not in favor of
arming a single American
or warship until we have
guarantee that other nations do
ing the same thing will live up to
their agreements.”
Want to See League Work
Gen. Bliss went to Geneva in a
private capacity, the first time he
has been abroad since the .Peace
Conference. He said he felt that
WHO’S WHO
fN THE PAYS HEWS
GEN. SIR GEORGE MACMUNN.
Sir Herbert Samuel’s resigna
tion of the post of British High
Commissioner for Palestine, which
he has occupied for the last four
years, and the appointment of
Gen. Sir George McMunn as his
successor, marks a radical change
in the administration of the Holy
Land. Gen. Sir George McMunn,
the now High Commissioner, is a
soldier instead of a civilian and
has been for the past four years
quartemaster general of the Brit
ish armies in India. From 1888,
when he joined the Royal artillery
in India, he has taken part in
every one of the numerous fron
tier wars of that great Oriental
empire and in the conquest of
Burmah, being repeatedly wounded
and singled out for special dis
tinction and promotion^ incidental
ly winning the Distinguished Serv
ice Order, away back in 1893. He
served with Lord Roberts and
Lord Kitchener in South Africa a
quarter of a century ago and in
the great war took part in the
Gallipoli expedition before being
appointed Commander in Chief in
Mesopotamia. As indicated by his
name, he is Scottish origin and
was brought up from i< earliest
childhood amid military surround
ings, since his father, an old ar
tillery surgeon major, was the
principal medical officer of the
Royal hospital of Chelsea, which
is the English equivalent for the
Palace of the invalides in Paris
and the home for old soldiers and
army pensioners.
The general’s mother was the
daughter of one of Queen Victor
ia’s favorite chaplains.
Sir George has several very in
structive and interesting books to
his credit, notably “A Free Lance
-H»- K«sm t r u » n d ‘ 1 Piktr
ade.” So much of his military life
having been spent in India, es
pecially in dealing with the war
like frontier tribes and in the con
quest and pacification of Burmah,
he a remarkable understand
ing of"H^e Oriental mind and
acter, haSWalways known how
win their confidence and
and has left AYhe Near East
most favorable ' memories
the natives of the three
which he spent from 1917 to
as British Commander in Chief
Mesopotamia, As High
sioner, Sir George MacMunn
receive a salary of $25,000 a
together with liberal
and an official residence of
alem.
for office is that election
make it settle in the
coA News.
Reckless drivers may be ett
titled to liberty—but no
Little Rock (Ark.) Gazetto,
DAILY NEWS
he had some responsibility in con
nection with the formation of the
League of stations and wanted to
see how it was getting along.
David Hunter Miller, legal ad
viser to the American Peace Com
mission, accompanied Gen. Bliss.
They went to Geneva to submit a
plan that would supplant the re
pudiated mutual assistance pro*
gram.
The American plan, Gen. Bliss
explained, formulated the follow
ing:
First, outlawry of war. Nations
committing aggressions to be pari
ahs and isolated by adverse world
sentiment.
Second, disarmament to follow
as the outgrowth of conferences
on disarmament.
Third, an international organiza
tion, consisting of a group of tech
nical experts, to examine the car
rying out of disarmament in a
manner similar to the present sur
veillance of Germany.
Wants Treaties Supervised
Fourth, the recognition of sepa
rate agreements or treaties be
tween various European nations,
provided such agreements and
treaties are within the supervis
ion of the League of Nations.
France, said Gent Bliss, un
doubtedly holds back disarmament,
but her course is directed by fear.
She has to have a guarantee of
safety, he said, and is willing to
consider any plan that would lead
to disarmament, provided an
agency is supplied that will allow
her to reduce her army. France
already has taken steps to reduce
the size of her army and has cut
the length of service to nine
months, he showed.
Gen. Bliss said he hoped the
United States would enter the
League, but wanted this country
to enter under conditions that
would not manifestly work against
her.
He said the United States had
reduced her army to 170,000 men
for a population of 110,000,000, a
pace setter for-other nations. Let
the foreign countries do this and
it will go a great way toward
permanent peace, concluded Gen.
Bliss.
FACTS ABOUT
GEORGIA
The work in the secretary of
state’s office since the adoption
of the constitution in 1877, is said
to have increased ten fold. The
secretary Is required to consoli
date election returns in all state
elections, and cqptify the same to
the governor or the legislature, as
the case may be. He is allowed
an allowance of $1,000 for clerk
hire, which is furnished by the
state treasury.
JL
Taylor county was created in
1952, and was named for Zach
ary Taylor. Butler is the county
seat. The county comprises an
area of 340 square miles and has
a population of about 12,000. It is
located in the third congressional
district and the 23rd senatorial
district. Chattahoochee is the ju
dicial circuit.
..........SecTet'ary of State S. G. McLen
don’s office was recently called up
on for a certified copy of a land
grant made by Governor Boone,
of South Carolina, in 1763, as well
as a certified copy of a land grant
made by Royal Governor Wright
in 1770. They were furnished.'
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 government is $4.
98 per acre,
The “Oglethorpe Sai^nnah, Light Infan
try,” of were the first
troops to offer their lives for
Southern Confederacy, according
to historical records in the ar
chives and history department of
the alate.
General Joe Wheeler, of Geor
gia, led Alabama’s soldiers in
the Spanish-Americun war, his-r
torical records reveal.
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GEORGIA PUCES
Atlanta, Dec. 31.—As a safe
guard against ravages of the Eu
ropean poultry plague in the nud
dle west, an embargo on all ship
ments of live poultry into Georgia
has been ordered by Peter F.
Bahnsen, state veterinarian, and |
already is in effect, it was learned :
Tuesday.
The embargo ordered by Dr.
Bahnsen applies only to interstate f
shipments consigned to points in
Georgia and does not affect ship
ments merely crossing the state in
transit or to shipments of poultry
from the state.
The placing of this embargo, it
was stated Tuesday, is merely a
precautionary measure thought ad
visable because of developments in
the quarantine situation in the
middle west and east in regard to
the European poultry plague. No
cases of fowl sickness have been j
found in Georgia and it is not an
ticipated that any will develop, if
ordinary precautions are practiced.
MACON EXPECTS HARD
GAME WITH GRIFFIN
HIGH FIVE FRIDAY
Macon,, Dec. 31.—With the time
fast drawing nigh the Lanier poets
are making steady preparation for
their_____ game .with
School at the Macon Sports Arena j
Friday night.
A hard,, game ■otie that wiR tax
the ability of the Macon boys to
the utmost—is in prospect when
the Griffin boys go against them.
The visitors bear a good record
from the G. I. A. A. tournament
and arc likely to put u£ a strong
fight.
Several of last year’s performers
are back and it is understood that
the team has also been strength
ened by the addition of some ex
ceptional talent.
FANCY WORK
Yeast—That’s Fred Darling just
coming in. You know his wife
made him.
Crimsonbeak—You mean that
fellow wearing corsets, with the
waxed mustache and manicured
nails ?
Yeast—Yes.
Crimsonbeak—Well, I knew wo
men did fancy work, but I never
Jknew they did anything as fancy
as that.
Wednesday, Dec. 31, 1924.
I TO i
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,>— ^ TcK' O- Lawrence Hawthorne/1|
Across the rolling hills of life
jjfC A friendly highway leads, "m
A road whose every wondrous mile J\m 'y
Is paved with noble deeds. 1
II For any man this course begins t.
j Where will and judgment meet, V)
V Where And solemn kindness purpose’points guides his feet. the way ^
I This highway is the only road
j' That leads to great success;
No other trail, no sidelong path
Will find true happiness. "I
^ Though It carries up and straight down and its route far may run > •
\ And gains at last that haven where
Life’s great possessions are.
The youth who sets a worthy goal
And formulates a plan
Of progress that enables him
To serve his fellow man
(i&A Begins at glorify once and to know bless the joys
* That
'i The lives of those who daily walk
The Road of Happiness.
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COTTON GINNING
CENSUS MEASURE
PASSES SENATE
Washington, Dec. 31.—The bill
of Senator Smith, Democrat, South
Carolina,' to require the director of
the census to include in the,cotton
ginning Tc p o rt g; tte-iB'jfigs of the
owners of ginneries with the quan
tity of cotton ginned at each gin
nery was passed yesterday by the
senate without objection.
The bill also provides ‘that he re
ports shall show the quantity of
cotton ginned from^ach crop prior
to August 1, August 16, Sept. 1,
Sept. 16, Oct. 1, Oct. 18, Nov. 14,
Dec. 1, Dec. 13, Jan. 16, and
March 1.
COLORED WOMAN DIES
AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Carthaggnia Redding, 25, col
ored, daughter of Will and Lily
Redding, died last night at
home on East Solomon street after
an illness of six months.
Will Redding, who has been jan
itor *at The News for some time,
thanks his ffiends, white and col
ored, for the many acts of kind
ness shown the family during the
illness.
Opals were early discovered is
Australia.
Summons National
Anti-Waste Meet
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Richard F. Grant, president of
^ ie Chamber of Commerce,
8 *. sumrnonc <* 130 prominent
business men to a conference in
January on distribution. He
rants to eliminate waste in mer*
,l, » I1 Jisuig and shipping.
Monkeys will not eat uncooked
meat.
Start 1923 right. Open a Sav
ings account or join our Christmas
Savings Club and have money next
Christmas. We Pay 4 per cent.
Savings Bank of Griffin.