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. BIBLE THOUGHT.
For as crackling of thorns under a pot,
to is the laughter of the fool; this alto
it vanity.—Ecd. f.l 7 US-.
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None but a fool is always right.—Hare.
ANOTHER DRIVER TOOK
A CHANCE.
The horrible accident at Nahunta, Ga.,
last week in which school children were kill
ed and injurc4 wKen the school truck in which
they were riding, was run - down by a train
is just another example of an automobile
driver “taking chance. • •
a
True, the driver stopped the truck and
sent a boy ahead to see if the track was clear,
but he did not wait for the boy to signal
him and drove onto the track just in time
for the onrushing train to hit the bus.
The children in the bus were singing
"School Days.” when the train struck them
Eight were killed instantly and the death list
has since climbed to twelve.
This accident cannot be called unavoidable.
It could have been avoided as could 99 per
cent of every 100 accidents that happen.
Will automobile drivers never learn to be
careful) Trains do not stop at crossings and
its dangerous practice for any driver to take
a chance.
Last summer when the road between Jones
boro and Atlanta was being worked on it
was necessary to detour into the city by the
way of Rock Cut. The erasing there was a
dangerous one that called for care on the
part of every driver. One bad accident there
waked up the drivers who thereafter approach
ed this crossing carefully and with their cars
under control.
The burden of safety rests with the auto
mobile driver and not with the locomotive en
gineer. Of course the engineer should and
usually does keep a sharp lookout, but “fasi
Drains" cannot stop at road crossings, while
automobiles can and should stop at these.
It's alright to blame the railroads with any
thing and everything that goes wrong. But
nine times out of ten the blame rightly is the
automobile driver's.
A little more caution and a little less of
that “take a chance" spirit will avert man-.'
horrible accidents in a year's time.
—.......... Invest In and Around Griffin
There are times whena grouch can get qv
your nerves almost as much as a cheerfc!
idiot.
--Invest In and Around Griffin.
The only trouble with < coal bills is they
haveto be paid.
-Invest In and Around Griffin--—
Now ia the time when your small son had
rather be right tackle than president.
-Invest In and Around Griffin
Anything can happen. But it seldom dorr
Lota of people who wear glasses can’t sc •
their own mistakes.
Invatt In and Around Griffin
, Being confidential is all right, but don 'l
say anything you realty mean,
- ----------- Invest In and Around Griffin.———
, A man who slaps you on the back ought to
■
Ve slapped back.
■Invest Iq and Around Griff lit.
The fellow who says he understands women
is the same fellow who will agree to regu!r.tc
your carburetor.
-Invest In and Around Griffin
No matter how early a man comes home, hii
wife always thinks he should have gotten there
sooner. t
--—Invest In and Around Grlffi
The man with six children knows more
about shoes than the man who makes shoes.
Invest In and Around Griffin
Choose your enemies with as much care
as you use in choosing your friends.
SKIDDING.
(Hal Coch rail’s Daily Poem.)
Try comparin' yourself to an automobile
Your is just machine. * Your
system a mind,
we might say, always sits at the wheel; and it
drives with an int'rest that's keen.
An auto travels a path that is straight, will
run” while the gas keeps on flowing. If sail
ing along at a sensible gait, it usually gets
where it's going. •
The that ?
pep you have well compares with
the gas, and it keeps your old system in step
The death of your vigor and vim comes to
pass, just as soon as you run out of pfep.
We 11 take it for granted you're seeking
success, though a lot of things get in the way.
Make sure of your road and don't leave it to
guess, and you likely will get there some day
Keep feet on the ground and your head
held up high, and of all reckless driving be.
rid. In driving with pep, you can travel on
high, but be careful, Uoc brain power. Don':
skid.
WHEN YOU ARE SICK MOST OF
THE TIME THE FAULT IS YOURS.
Some of the most sensible editorials
are written on the subject of health, which
the paramount issue with every man, woman
and child, come from the virile and trenchant
o oya 1 c r* ope i a r\ npi •
. an , • - is me i
cal doctor is also a United States senator
from the state of New York. He has com
mon sense and calls a spade a spade.
wrote an editorial recently under the heading
or f Wh.n wo .how i .gnoronoo, • , . t „ . , . n ,okm, . , .
about disease, which is not a joke. In this
editorial Dr. Copeland said:
"I have long observed how common it is to
joke over sickness or bodily infirmity. Of
course, there are defects due to accidents or
to congenital causes, We are not apt to
speak of them. But frequently we hear it
said: ‘I have the rheumatism to I can hardl-’
'
walk. I am like a worn out dray horse.”
“Another will say: "I nearly sneeze my
ncHci nff oit ~,,rv every morning. rv.r.mine. 1 I &m worse .u tn&n drv
ancient lomomotive getting up steam.'
„ Every day hear somebody declare: I
you
ache all over. 1 have no more life than a
block of wood '
"All these statements are confessions to
weaknesses which a proud man should hate
to admit. How often do you hear anyone
krag about the number of broken window
panes he has in his house? Do you hear any
boasting about the broken down fences on
farm, or the weed-choked potato fie'd?
,5 To ill health is thing laugh
me not a to
over or to joke about. Just as sure as can be.
the time will come when you will be ashamed
to say you have a cold. t
. Ihe next time . have , cold, iir figure
you out
for yourself why you have it. .You will find
revernl factors. .
ing to commit suicide when it’s
over, anyhow, so what difference
does make? Ha, ha!
ske laughed hysterically and
beat out a t™-step until her
fingers throbbed. She was still
p] ay j n(f w hen the efficiency
having superintended the exami
J nation ected of L> the adenoids, last guest, joined who his
re J r
1 antiseptic and B™ vel y
monstrated the Danse
| A( ^ ^ „ . , cr
vice of sandwiches in sealed and
i sterilized wrappers, accompanied
b y lemonade and ginger ale, the
choice of which was optional
among the guests. This took place
in the dining-room, where
eroug camp-chairs had been
ranged in soldierly rows along
the walls. *
| But of all this Constance was ai i
conscious. She had escaped to
^ ar ^ orne r of the conservatory, i
where t she < wept ,, dismally .. into *
a i
tiny square of lace. It was there |
that Tommy Treadwell foind her,
and presently she was weeping i
against Tommy’s shoulder while he
tried awkwardly to soothe her.
“I can never look anybody in
the face again,” she wailed. “I i
can’t j, stand . , it. .. j. I’m going . to . run
awa
Honestly, will you?” he de
manded eagerly,
I “I’ll do anything to escape this,'
sobbed Constance.
i Will you run away with me?”
Tommy’s voice was trembling
and his eyes pleading as she look
ed up at him. j ;
. Tve askcd you to marry me
three times already,” he went on. !
‘‘Won’t you, Connie? Please! |
Connie buried her face against (
his coat again and tried to think
She was fond of Tommy Tread
well, and it was true that he had j
asked her three times. But Con
stance had never taken Tommy
seriously, because she did not
to. She had never felt 'like j
marryinK anybodj » she was 8ti „
living her girl days There would
be plenty of time to marry later
on. As for Tommy-well, when
the time came it might be else’ him,
or it, might be somebody*
flid not love Tommy, like! sh ,
was quite sure; but she did '
him tremendously.
It was hard to think, although i
she wrestled with her problem
heroically. A voice seemed to be
crying Escape! into It’s her ears, chance!” “Escape! The j j
your
idea of escape dominated her. j
And Tommy was offering the way;
ti freedom,
“Please marry me, Connie,” ha |
urped “I'll be awfully ;
good to you.”
She knew that, She knew Ton,- i
my Treadwell for true blue, and
she kne w (hat he would wall; i
Broadway on his hands and knees
^ or ktr ' ske commanded. But
she did not love him.
“Escape!” urged th? little voice.
Tommy stroked her hair and
talked pleadingly,
“Mutry n,e, (Annie, and I’ll
take - vou away from it all. Aon
just see if I don’t make vou ha >
.
py.
He talked with the fine conf-i
d ncc and sincerity of youth,
"Answer me, Connie, dear. Will
y:v. many me?” /
Cgpstancc did not answer. Sh
did not have time. The voic? of a
third person intervened.
“Miss Brooke will not marry
you,” said the efficiency man
calmly.
Constance sprang back with a
cry, and Tommy Treadwell flush
ed, but stood his ground.
"What have you got to say
about it?" h? demanded.
“Everything. Kindly get your
hat'nnd coat from the butler and
leave.”
“You mean to tell me I haven’t
a right to ask Connie to marry
me?”
'No; I did not say that. Yop
have the right. You have'exorcis
ed it. Very good. That settles it. »*
*4 But you II
“l do the answering; you do the
asking,” said the efficiency man
blankly. “You go now.
’t your
“For two or three nights you stayed out till
past midnight. Because of loss of sleep you
felt tired and cross.
You have abused your strength, sufferin'’
indigestion . because of over-eating, or taking
ood which always disagrees with you. Hon
estly, y. did « y you u not not snow show lack ot of charade, ,
oy failure to resist the temptation of a much
iked dish of some sort?
"Perhaps you permitted yourself to re
main in a poorly ventilated or smoke-filled
theater or restaurant. Or the place may have
oeen cold and draughty. You stayed iiil
you were chilled to the bone. ,
"You may have suffered the torments til
worry, with its loss of appetite and loss if
sleep. You have given way to fear of die
aster. Lack of faith in yourself and in hu -
manity is responsible for the lowered resis
tance which permitted infection.
“When we abuse the body in one of tlv
ways I have suggested, the power of resis
tance is lowered and the body is not guarded
as it should be. As a result thfe watchful |
germs awaiting their chance, rush in to begin
their attack upon the organs and structures of
the body.
or of neglecting the property he is under obli
gntion to protect, Why joke about the ef- 1
fects of neglecting your body? !
"You see now why I believe the time will
come when we will feel ashamed to admil :
we have one of many illnesses which result ,
’ ;
i because we i have failed r -i j • duties j . to oui-l
in our
selves. Right living and common sense will
sparc the loss of time and the lack of effi (
us
ciency which comes from carelessness or se J
indulgence." I
■Invest In and Around Griffin
Absence is liable to make the heart g.ow •
fonder of more absence.
—-Invest In and Aropnd Griffu^- i
Ideals are like shoes, You wear them out.
hut just the same, they are a necessity.
-Invest In and Around Griffin'
Living in the past or the future isn’t much
fun. Try the present. It is both of them
combined.
N -Invest In and Around Griffin.
.
Try giving less thought to what people thini.
of you and more to what you think of them. 1
-Invest In and Around Griffin——
The nicest thing about neighbor's ( children ,
ts they never turn out as badly as you cx
pact. «
In and Around Griffin
A promisff you hate to keep is already
m .
GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
Too Much Efficiency
By E.J. ( VJ.Va* £>.
With a suppressed shriek
horror, Constance charged upon
the music-machine, slammed the
lid and locked it.
“Throw that key out <ff the
window,” shs commanded, “and
find my .brother
Bring him rere!”
She flung herself at the piano
and began playing wildly,
scious only of a desire to make
a terrific noise.
Billy Brooke had to shout in her
ear before she was aware of his
presence.
44 Make them dance!” she scream
ed. “Make them do something! I’m
going crazy. I’m goink to play and
play and play until I die. Make
them dance, run, jump—or any
thing. I don’t care. We’re all
answer? tt
[ “Take Constance's it or leave first it—it emotion goes, ft
| was
ione of utter humiliation, which
W08 quickly succeeded by rage,
she flashed a look of defiance at
Hedge. ,
“I will marry whom I please!”
j she stormed. “I will—” —
“You go to' your room, Miss
j Brooke,” interrupted the efficien
cy man coldly. )
“I won’t. I’ll—”
Tommy Treadwell, with a sense
of true delicacy, put an end to the
scene.
“You’re all unstrung, Connie, ft
fie said gently, u Better get some
rest. Good night. Tt
j face She in hesitated, her hands then buried her
and walked
away slowly. As she passed Tom
toy, he whispered swiftly:
“I'll phone tomorrow. Be ready.”
He did not even say good l. ~ht
to H. Hedge, but strode from the
conservatory and a minute later
the house,
As for the party, it ended, ac
! cording to fixed time limit, at
e l even o’clock. There were not
j very many left at that houy, SO
that no extensive hardship was
done. Only the efficiency man was
down-,fir. when the New
Year come m with a tolling of
bens -
'He looks rather sound and sen
sible,” mused H. Hedge as h?
urned ou t the desk light. “But, as
for marr y>nE
ly not! 1 cannot permit it.”
-
Constance arose early. It was
8carcel J' ^ ven °’ clock ’ b there
usual was a e\ent. Btragetic Constance reason for was the going un-j
awav* r* ’ she baL was about woui to 10 ouit quit the me 4
* helter of the Brook ” roof-tree
for that of another, and it was
essential that the efficiency
^ unaware of the fact
it had been accomplished.
Constance was going tp be mar
r . ‘ ed ' ^ eS ’ He '° Tor ™ her y Treadwe11 refuge ’ I
course. was in
time .. of tribulation and despair. |
“It makes no difference,” mused
Constance as she dressed hastily,
“that I don’t love Tommy. He un
derstands. He knows I like and
admire, and he’s going to be
isfied with that. I think he’s al
most-heroic to marry a girl that
ke knows doesn’t love him. But I
can’t exist here. And I must—yes,
must—find a new home for Billy !
and Alice. Tommy has promised
to take both of them until father
returns. I suppose, but— Oh,
is hetter Lhan this! !>>
The breakfast gong had not I
when Constance made
inal of herself se J zed ? ‘
-
took tne . and
’ pnp mov - |
d biislcly door of her room. .
tba tbrt ' sha,d shp pau / ed »° a g
to look up and down
ha ' Sh<! dld not want to meet
t he *; Billy them or Alice; after she would all j
it was
- The baI1 was empty of life, |
/™ for stan the « rear Pepped staircase. out and
0nc she descended rap-J
which carried her as far as I
main floor, and then she be
to follow more cautiously the
flight, which was poorly
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lighted and had two shar-p turns,
At the first turn she paused ab
ruptly. She heard footsteps in the
semi-gloom below. Somebqdy was
coming up the steirs.
Constance peered over the bal
ustrade and held her breath. A
. j, ^ not min< j g it
s e ut
c ‘ er ,- fint _ it w _, as H *
Her first impulse told her
turn and run; but the
was too short and the grip tao
heaV y.
it!”' she told herself
quu-aiy. ouicklv
But she did not want to face
the efficiency man with the grip,
S o she tried to hoid the latter
behind her skirts. It was an awk
maneuver. The grip fiam
at her heels as she resumed
of the staircase. An in
staht later it struck her in the
hollow of a knee. Constance stag
swayed, and pitched for
ward, uttering a sharp cry.
She came to a halt half a doz
steps below. Tightly gripped
her waist was one arm of
the efficiency man; the other was
clinging desperately to the rail.
of Constance’s arms were
his " eck - She could feel
him struggling desperately to
maintain a balance. With a gasp
intake of his breath he pres
achieved it. The grip
Past them, rounded a turn, and
landed noisily on the floor of the
basement hall.
He twisted his head to peer into
face. Their eyes were not six
inches apart in the half light,
‘It’s Constance!” he exclaimed,
Never had the efficiency man
called her that before.
“Yes, it’s I! yy
“You’re unusually early this
Tuesday. Nov. 19i- 1925.
! j morning.”
“Possibly.”
H. Hedge seemed willing trr pro
long the conversation,
“It’s not eight yet,” he remark
€<f.
.1 know it.
^Didn't ulQn 1 vou droo ur ^P
W cours*.”
"Wl go dowm and get it for
(yoa .” But he made no move,
“Don’t bother. Ill get it.
j “ But I insist.”
“No!”
He pausad & nd considered.
Its a nice morning, 6 ’ he ob
served irrelevantly. .
“ r believe so.”
“Going for a walk?”
“Yes—no!”
"Why not say ‘perhaps’—yon
Set the same idea compressed into
one word.”
Constance was becoming anx
J 0US - knew that Tommy
Treadwell and his blue roadster
were waiting below in the court
yard.
Let me go!” - she exclaimed.
Up to that point she had beeir
too bewildered to notice that there
had been no chance it their pos
itions since H. Hedge interrupted!
her headlong plunge.
NEXT: Hedge frustrates arr
elopment.
Mrs. Willie Martin Hurt, of At
i anta > is receiving the sympathy
of her friends in Griffin, where
she has friquently visited, in the
death of her mother, Mrs. Ed
mund Martin, which occurred Sun
day at her home in Atlanta.
__,---:
Mrs A. Ruskin spent Monday
in Atlanta with friends.