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Tom Loyless calls him Kaleb.
He who laughs last merely smiles.
Ttfe great men admit their small
s' Ochlocknee Consolidated
schools will open October 9th, accord
ing to an announcement issued today.
This school comprises three
terestlng school districts near Ocn-
locknee and the building is located in
the town of Ochlocknee. It has
wntly been erected snd is near c
pletion.
Rurpl school routes are planned
and they will be operated pretty much
the bus lines are today,
trucks hare been secured and tl
dren will he brought to school and
taken home or as near to It as is feas-
able after the session Is closed.
There are many problems to be
•rked out yet hut it is believed that
"fschool will be a success In every
ly. It is under the direction of Pro-
isor J. Gorham Garrison. whose
rk has attracted attention through-
1 the county and who has splendid
his full duty. The experiment is
beipg watched with Interest through
out the county and from it may coire
further consolidated schools that will
increase the educational facilities of
Kali
won't fail
this |
I the
la assigned to a member h» trlni to
carry it out to the letter. Btpeoaea
are small and the aecretary, who la la
business here, gives enough time to
keep the organization going strong
and the cofrespondfenoe up. It la work
ing splendidly.
A FINE BUNCH OF FELLOW6
Tell the Rotary Chib that It must
a tlrat class organization. It
judge by the members of the Georgia
and Florida clubs here last week.'
watftbe statementJnade by a promi
nent Thomasvllie gentleman discuss*
ing that affair.
The personnel of these clubs natur-
ly is fine. The men here were presi
dents aud secretaries, the two men
responsible for the operation of the
club for the year. It is undoubtedly
true that they were gentlemen of the
highest type, and business and pro
fessional men, whose activities are de-
to unselfish service. They could
not fail to impress anybody, who came
tact with them.
BATTLING DI8EA8E
thlsfcdafeiaUofvChfer-jtutlce.'Flsh; bat
Perlupe. ve>iRoald let a certain feel
ing of personal friendliness for Judge
Russell dissuade us. %
And, yet wet cannot permit the mat
ter to pass without offering some com
ment on the utter folly—the real % dan-
fact—of onr present system of
electing our Jadges, even our Supreme
Court Judges, by direct vote of th#
people.
We have commented on it before,
time an'd time again, in fact and
purpose, maybe; but it seems to us
that this defeat of Chief Justice Fish
the hands of the people whom he
had served sp long and so faithfully
-for no earthly reason, except that
'Plain Dick" wanted the Job and lit
In to get (t, In the old-fashioned politi'
cal way—Is about the most striking ob
ject lesson of .the injustice, not to say
iniquity, of the present "popular" pri
mary eystem that has ever confrpnted
the people of Georgia.
And what makes It even .more
rageous is, that,, without rhyme
reason—-prithout even knowing why
rey did not — a majority of the voters
have turned out this faithful public
servant in the evening of his fife,
FORD OUTWIT8 THEM ALL.
The man on the Job is the
usually keeps the Job.
i million dollars from c
counterfeiter \hat invaded Rus-
< merely wasting his time mak-
i down. Henry Ford did all that for adver
tising purposes, said a very voluble
'critic or the Detroit manufacturer,
things* j even during his coal shortage shut-
jdown. The idea is that Ford bluFed
me that lh * *oal barons to a farc-you-well. In-
I eluded the Interstate Commerce Coir-
'mission, got what he wanted un.l tlifn
went back to work. It is even hinted
that be will not let any of bis em
ployes lose anything by the shutdown
Whatever the motive and whatever
the result. Ford has proven that he
can do almost anything in the busi
ness world that takes money and
rei-ve. He has tackled the most pow
erful of the Wall Street gang, the
coal barons and the 1. C. C„ in addl
tion to besting ali of the auto manu
facturers. If there is anything else
he wants to do he will probably gt
in aud we can all be reasonably
Brighter prospects are
everybody is beginning t
feet of them.
The football artists ar
to aee what the papers a
on Sundays.
of human health from entrenchment;
which disease long has held. Some of
the «(orat diseases have been definite
ly conquered, and heavy gains are be
ing made agalnal othefn. .4 few of
eaper than any other and still make the more stubborn destroyers of hu-
hand and wads of dough' on it, by paying goodrtman Mf**. like cancer and penumonla.
1 the ef-J wages, bonuses and a few other yield slowly but undoubted progress
things. They don't make many like is being made against them, and the
iw waiting' Henry Ford and there could be a lot hope that In time they too will be cob-
bout them 1 more mnd * and 8(1,1 b® ■ lot less quered seems to be Justified.
| worth while than he has proven to be In no field of human research have
erman physician'announces that
the long battle of medical science
against the once mysterious "sleeping j when the door of opportunity in all
sickness” has been wod. He claims j other directions Is forever shut to him.
preparation developed as the end when, if at] reports bei true, he
result of his experiments in a labors-J was most dependent upon the meagre
ear Cologne has proved yiccesu-! P*r of a Georgia chief justice,
ful in combatting the disease. I Some good might come .of such fool
ther or not the claims of the action on the part of the'peopie if only
German physician shall be borne out it would serve to convince them of the
rls* discovery is more trorougrly-folly of the present system of electing
tested, it is certain that the conquest ( their Judge*—and cause them to
of disease will go marching on. And change it forthwith. Then Chief Jus-
nothing in all the world Is more In- tice Fish might not have been sacri-
tehsely interesting than this endless
battle of science against disease- car
ried on in every civilised land.
Day and night, from year’s beginning;
to year's end, in laboratories and hos
pitals, where epidemics rage and the
victims of disease suffer—wherever
there is a battle ground, the men of
science are fighting. Their weapons
are microscopes, test tubes, the most
flced to the political game in t
BRIDE WANTED
Apparently it u the idea in Bulgaria
that one of the ways to make that part
of the world safe for royalty is
stall an American queen on the throne
now occupied—or half occupied—by
marriageable monarch. Premier Stem-
boulskv has been striving Vainly
elatyirate'of chemical equipment, and find, an American girl to become
steadily, they are pressing the enemies bride of young King Boris. In De
spair, so the cable states, he has
appealed to Prime Minister Lloyd
George to provide a suitable English
girl for Bulgaria’s queen. Lloyd
George is inclined to Sidestep,
not stated Where St&mboulsky will
try r
ny ^aj
The Frisco tpan that met, wooed and
won a girl in a half hour happened to 1 NEW TARIFF NOW WORKING,
find his master.
Americans' investment Ha autos
taxed for about one-twentieth of
placement value. ■*
The new tariff will make a lot of
fellows wish they had acted differ
ently two years ago.
The question arises—since it’ la- res
corded'that the prime minister of Eng
land is the medium through which- an
English bride is sought for King
Boris, as a second choice—whether
simllar/offlplal source was approached
in this country in the first instance:
If ao. it's passing strange no Inkling, of
it has come from White House or State
Department. It may, be that
Washington administration felt it
Its hands full enough ot patronage
business without taking on the- added
burden of running a matrimonial bu
reau for Old World monarch*, and dip-
always mistakes made in' lomatlcally gave Stamhoalrky «o to
any election where people do noi un- Understand.
Republican donors to the campaign de-! derstand conditions, or are not aware | If any other method waa pursued. It
manded. The pledges hare been paid 1 0 f y,* personal merit of the applicants limply la nonunderstandable why no
In full- Jfor office, remarks the Thomasvllie' American girl accepted at least an
The government has started .‘the
jcollection of the new tariff rates. t’.i*»
.highest ever imposed on the country
jin Us history of Republican party
'high tariff schedules. The bill was
'fought for a long time but it was fi-
Inally put into effect and it carried
wirff it all the protection that the
there been more startling discoveries
and achievementa than In the tight
of science ageist disease. The his
tory of the atrubble is filled with tech
nical and scientific terms, bat it reads
like romance—as. Indeed. It Is.—Al
bany Herald.
The thirty-three men that guard the Meanwhile the people wonder whet jTimes-Eenterprlae. To which R adds: option on an engagement, unless it
president make it impossible for him effect it will have. Prince* are sure to M jt la quite true that perhaps three- be that as a class our girls don't want
to "have a night c
Many will rise actually end
Lower akirt, are'not «o bwd po m ° re b ' wlni ,h '
folks, hot the, can h, „v.rdoo, ; p-WBPIloa .hat, th, frill I, ,«o,r-
we get a little used to th-m. ! a,,y * xeu ** * nou * h for anything. We
, fwill all pay more for everything air a
The price of coal will advance *f ( result of this bill as we knew we
everybody tries to get all they need| wonJd wbw) # , bp R * pub „ Mn p,r,y
for . year in a weeks' time. jm.de such reckless promise, to Us
1 industrial heads.
fourths of th* voter* jn the recent to live In the Balkans. Then, again;
state primary did not kaoy any of the perhaps Bulgaria’s court publicity dl-
candidates for state house offices, out- rector is a better press agent than he
i that
i it all finds
letimes that
him things he didn'
fcjde. perhaps, the governor.”
What the Times-Enterprise had In
mind practically, in the above, was
thd defeat or Chief Justice Fish at
the hands of "Plain Dick" Russell, one
of the best hand shaving politicians in
tate jjf Georgia; for it goes on to
A THANKLESS JOB
John Mock has resigned ii
tary of the Albany Chamber
merce, claiming that he can’t con
tinue the work without a salary and
do Justice to his family. He asserts,
also, that he will be Just as loyal and
just as interested in the Chamber of
few vacant stores in ( Commerce if It la reorganised as he
the first time in some was while serving it, during a period
The noiseless pistol is another ad
dition to Its deviltry, for then most
anybody can get away with murder.
years, but they i
If the tariff bill had been passed for' ,
., ... „ I thousand dollars. -
the purpose of raising money for the;. L „ . ...
. _ I* Chambers of Commerce have their
bonus there wouldn't have been such'
ups and downs. They are due primarl-
to the lack of sentiment and
i howl against ll
Oordcle Is having its commissioi
manager fight in great shape will
Charlie Brown, as usual, in the fore
from of the progressive!..
The i
:e is entirely too staid and
party-bound to override a veto of a
Republican president on a matter even
that affects (our million voter*.
New fancied dances are ill right for
prof—signals, but when an old-timer
•mats to CBrort * little he tackle* th*
B»d-fashioned waltz and finds that
BBS* of lb* new dancers can get
*»» m»
ful am Invented.
(tort • behind them. Then.
>H-retarys have their odds and ends
o put together and often make folks
disagreeable. John Mock was
t^at jmrt of a secretary, however. H*
Is not only very popular but be is
very earnest and sincere end energe
tic. He wee. e success, Albany la
suffering with the same thing that
lot of other- towns have bad. Thomas-
ville among them. -•
Here the/ organized on a leas
tentiops basis and told the member*
If the* wanted anything they would
i stirred up so that when anything
One of the radical mistakes in
the recent primary was the de
feat of Chief Justice W. H. Fish.
We are npt traducing or attempt
ing to imnlmize the ability of
Judije Russell; far from It. Yet
we do know that'Judge Fish has
grown old in the service of the
state and his' service* have been
Huper-excellent in every sense.
Ilia obligations had all been ful
filled to the letter’'and his work
Is* supremely Interesting and im
portant In the Judicial opinions of
the state. As a man he has no
«superior in the entire state.
The condition of his health was
Injected into It, and other politi
cal fharges that were without
foundation. In fact. It is a pity
he lost, not for.hla ask* so much
as for the sake of Georgia’s pride
. in rewarding public servants who
have grown old end proven ex
tremely useful in service. This is
n matter of Utile moment, since
It la decided, yet we- cpnnot help
bnt wonder what considerations
brought it about We a*e not so
miich concerned over the election
of Judge Russell as we are orff
the defeat of Chief Justice Flab,
Than whom no mord worthy end
able Jurist Uves In the state.
We *r* very much' Inclined to go m
hBVBde help g*t It A spirit of energy *tep farther than our Thomasvllie con
temporary and - speak plainJy about
There are certain magazines «
rather publications that are ndt tit U
be read by decent folks and they an
sold In a hundred nows stands in thli
■tate openly and without any polici
Interference, even when, they are shlp-
ria express to avoid the rules
against obscene and vulgar thing* go
ing through the mails.
The fellow that I* always balling
somebody out about getting Industries
will probably be the first one I
Ject to the one you do succeed li
ting, if It means any asslatance on
hi* part.
TwentyJ-wo billion Rollers spent on
the war would have given e few poli
ticians a lot of money'to spend
other way. but a lot of them got slot
of It, apparently.
An uncivilised tribe of negroes
Africa practices dentistry, jnt the dis
coverer didn’t cay whether for health
purposes or as* a means of enforcing
punishment (
The Turkish forces are ready for
anythin gthat will get them a
of Europe agala/and unless something
unusual happen* th* thing will be so
* man that keeps his front feeU
clean may be of the kinds that con
sult* the dentist about his tnolara, a
fellow that- keeps hie front wIMours
dean and h la bock door Ilk* a pig pen.
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