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8EMI-WEEKLY TIMES-ENTERPRtSE, THOMA8VIU.E, GEORGIA
FRIDAY,. SEPTEMBER 2ft 1922.
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Ruuniug an auto In the grouud don't
pay.
The wall flow*
f season.
always blooms out
The man that minds his own busi
r*ys has mind enough to succeed with
stiller* are shutting down un-
little flurry of activity Mows
Greece would have been all right if
i: hadn't ousted Venizelos for the pro-
G-rinau king.
The
vitli
man
need a li
iterloper.
a virtuous wife
ly pistol to shoot
that sin
she loses the right to say
it to Dad," the girl feel* then
has come to real life.
The New York teams are going to
battle it out again this season and we
hope both lose.
The best way to g««t acquainted
with any good fellow is to work with
him in a good cause.
The man that spills chewing gum ou
the sidewalk gets a lot of cussing that
he doesn’t know' about.
A living wage and a loving wage are
different for some of the young spur**
that fly the society pace.
Don’t call a man a liar unless you
know he is. and then it is useless and
expensive in a lot of cases.
Article Ten Is going to be sacrificed
by Europe in order to get Senator
Lodge to Joing the league.
The price of coal won’t have any
thing to do with wood down in this
favored section of the world.
Twin beds are not any more faBh-
ionable than they used to be, but the
furniture stores still handle them.
The Ilohenzollern memories cost
three thousand dollars per word and
there are hundred thousand works.
The woman that suffers in silence is
going to have a volcanic eruption
sometimes that will shake the roof
off.
Lloyd George doesn't want to be
chummy with George Harvey,
which Americans won’t blame him
much.
Thrace seems to be the center of
tilings militaristic about now and no
chance of growing less so in the
month
The conservative is the man that is
williug to keep what he has and not
take a chance on doubling it on u fake
rumor.
The guy who said that September
had five bath nights will be awful
peevish when he. finds that December
bay the same.
People used to get married for good,
but now they get married for such a
time as they think they will be good,
and then quit.
Obregon is much peeved because
Homebody expects him to be hasty iu
i.Tering recognition to the United
Ma
starts front home in the morn-
lug and usually returns, unless
t'-ars there will not he anything
eat at night.
The result of the eclipse iu
s’ralia and the Einstein theory Is so
interesting that we can hardly wait to
iitnl out about it.
THOMAS E. WATSON.
The news of the death of Senator
Thomas E. Watson, of Georgia, came
with a sudden shock at an early hour
this morning. Mr. Watson bad been
ill for some time but not seriously
and the sudden end was not uuexpect
ed even lo his closest friends.
Death has removed one of the most
interesting and forceful characters In
Georgia politics for a generation or
more. It takes him away at a crucial
time in Georgia's political history, one
in which many complications may
arise, resulting from the removal of
his influence and the fact that none
et qualified to hear the mantle
that he carried.
For more than thirty years this in
llectual genius baa been a domiiia
figure in Georgia political life and a
national and international character
iti the field of history. His writings
regarded as evidences of unquea-
tion genius and have been accepted
hroughout the world as the best ex
aittples of the field he covered. Since
e* memorable literary efforts. M:
Wat.-on has been a politician solely,
is iu this field that lie seemed
“ most interest and although
nd was fitted for higher un I
better things he devoted every ounce
of his brain and his energy to what
e termed the interests of the masses
f the people. It was in this work that
o made Ids enemies, hundreds c.f
them by his radical tendencies but
inun can deny that lie also made
friends, the kind that stick through
thick and thin and who gave heed to
ry political wish, regardless of
their preferences or ideas. No man
has yet wielded a more powerful influ-
of himself than did Mr. Watson
and no man used It more directly for
promotion of his political scheni-
As u problem in the politic.)!
Mr. Watson had no peer and no
man seems to have wielded his power
th less regard for clique or clan
The death of Senator Watson re
moves from public life a Georgian who
perhaps hfld the largest personal fol
lowing in our history as a state.
In the early days the population was
small, so no following could be com-
red to Mr. Watson’s.
Of the statesman of a later period
« writer recently heard a grandson
of General Toombs say that he was
personally acquainted with Stephens.
Hill. Brown and the great leaders of
that period through Ills grandfather
and that not In a single instance did
Joue have a following cemprabale *o
Senator Watson’s.
The junior Georgia senator was
nominated in 1896, for vice president
by the Populists oti a ticket headed by
W. .1. Bryan. He was later nominated
by the same party for president and
made a speech in Thoniasvlllc in 1904,
as the candidate of the "middle of the
road" Populists.
Notwithstanding the senator’s prom
inence in public life he was known
over a still broader area as a literary
man of great talent—his books being
read not only within but without the
United States.
The senator's views were so em
phatic and his conduct so spectacular
that few felt indifferently toward him.
One either admired him blindly or
hated him in the same way. For this
reason there will he very few accurate
estimates of his life work at this time.
Some will picture his as a demigod,
others as a demagogue.
With Wat sou’s death his cohesive
pow-r is gone unless a leader of here
tofore unproven ability Is able to take
up his work and carry it on. We huve
no hesitancy in saying that this seems
quit** impossible. Many friends mourn
his death, friends who have stood by
und with him in some of the most
bitter fights that Georgia ever waged
politically.
The man that spends ten dollars per
months for cigars will raise all sorts
of caiti about a ten dollar millinery
bill once or twice a year.
The goods that got ahead of the
tariff will merely mean that much in
the owners’ pockets and not tho«* of
your Uncle Sam.
Iu some schools they fine the par
ent* when their children are lute at
school and they rarely ever have to
fiae them much or often.
The Turk is getting the fruits of vic
tory a little late but atlll that’s tbo
a ay the Turk ha* always worked.
The man that buys a home and pays
for it on the Installment can hardly
ever afford to do the same with sn
act n
VACANCY TO BE FILLED
The death of Senator Watson nece*
sifates the selection of his successor
at the November election for the un
expired term of four years. The Ma
con convention may nominate and put
the name agreed upon, upon the Demo
cratic ticket along with the primary
nominees. In fact It is said in At
lanta that Major Charley McGregor
will be nominated by the convention
as Pension Commissioner to succeed
Mr. Lindsay. By the same process of
reasoning, a United States senator
might be nominated. However, should
the convention nomiuate a candidate
either for Pension Commissioner c
Senator it might invite the candidae
of an independent at the November
election.
in any event. Governor Hardwick
may honor some one with an appoint
merit to hold from now until the sena
tor elected in November takes his seat.
THE TURKISH SITUATION.
The Near East question has been
complicated by tlie jealousies and as
pirations of the three great Europeat
powers, England. France and Russia
Had it been ten years ago, Germany
and Austria, would have been in the
midst of the controversy with proba
bly the World War a few years ah’a-l
o. its schedule.
As it stands now the Greeks ha-'
miserably failed in their effort to se
cure territory inhabited by Greeks
but controlled by the Turks. They
have suffered a defeat that was seri
ous and in s<> doing have brought the
question to the counsels of London,
Paris and Rome in a way that betok
ens trouble.
If the Turk is allowed to dominate
the Dardanelles. Europe will be con
tinually in a war or a threat of war.
There can be no peace with the Turn
in power in Europe or any part of it
and as has been the case tor two hun
dred years the Turks will always be
tile means of stirring up strife if
there is no other excuse for it. That’s
the no*at in Turkey and always has
been.
Tin* Balkan situation is further com
plicated by the tentorial struggles o'
the Bulgarians. Rumanians. Jugo-Slavs
etc. Each of these countries desire
something either for himself or
against his neighbor and the bigger
powers are just as greedy and just as
jealous. The Turk will have to stay
out of Europe and England's courage
in facing this question with its forces
of military and naval strength would
at least have the moral support of the
world, even if it fails to bring the
military strength necessary to abso
lutely quell all Turkish ambitions at
Constantinople.
Civilization is threatened by Turkey
as It has always been. Thousands of
men and women have been mistreated
und shamefully abused. Lives have
been snuffed out like water and many
indignities worse almost than death
have been committed. If the world J
is not stroug and worthy enough to
stop that It had better take In Its sign
and go back to militaristic barbarism,
such as Germany practiced and would
forced on the world.
The auto speeder who admits his
wrong and says the officer did his
duty is merely a good citizen. How
many have you ever seen or heard?
The taxi driver always figures on
going the long way if you are not iu a
hurry aud then he takes a chance ou
your not stopping to question the fee.
Our Idea of a real fool is the fellow
who is courting another fellow’s wife
and doesn’t suspect that some of his
friends know it.
The skinny girl Is always so peevish
when somebody changes s*yles. Just
as she has gotten used to showing
what she doesn't want to, up comes
a'ong a dictum to hide them train.
have missed, the best opportunity
“oust the rascal*” In twenty-five
year*.
THE UNFAIRNESS OF SOME LAWS
There are said to be laws, whether
obsolete or not, that prevent or
tempt to prevent the wearing of male
attire by women. A recent case is
cited from a small Michigan town iu
hich a Judge sentenced a youug gill
wearing men’s elotlilug during her
business hours at work which she
|thought required it, to ten days in
jail. The girl frankly asked the Judge
why the idle rich could don knickers
aud caort around in their sports und
society stunts while a poor working
girl couldn't use the attire that best
suited her work?
There is some meat in that little
cocoanut aud while the story of th
Judge’s reply is lacking, he probably
had something to cogitate on while
she was spending that ten days In
jail for a crime that at least was not
premeditatedly rotten or malicious.
There is a tendency to create sensa
ions by the enforcement of such or
ders. The girl may have been in the
wrong but acts as stated above do not
justify a jail sentence, even if we
hould be judged of lose majesty o.
on tempt of court in making this ob
nervation.
SPECIAL PRIMARY FAIR TO ALL.
Clifford Walker s first political move
vus one of sound sense and political
liscretion. He suggests that th*
State convention, the party machine,
name the date for a primary at which
time successors to Pension Comraib-
sioner Lindsey and Senator Watson
be chosen as the party nominees. Till
fair, four-square way to settle It
and the only way that would he
ceptable.
The State conventions have been
steam rollers since the famous first
one of Hoke Smith. They have roller
nut all that came in contact wltn
them and eveu defeated men with a
plurality o;' votes for the United Stat
es Senate. They can and have done
anything aud they may fake a notion
to act in this matter. Air. Walker is
opposing it and his word should count
or something iu the councils of a cou
vention. where his delegates are It
he majority, unquestioned and »e
:ure, unless there are too many Wat
son men In tlie list, who would not fol
low Cliff.
At any rate there Is one clean, de
cent way to do it and that’s a specl.il
election and let everybody in that
to conie and can afford It.
army said that within three,months
the entire German army would have
been completely routed and the Ger
man assets in the bauds of the vic
torious allies. He insisted that the
terms of the armistice were too mod
erate and would he the means by
which Germany would endeavor to re
cover her warlike proclivities and pos
sibilities.
The treaty of Versailles brought
forth similar expressions and in addi
tion many expressions of distrust fo
the agreement that resulted in terms
that were at least of a character that
would permit Germany to whine her
way out of trouble as It has consist
ently done. The nation has refused
to come to terms unless forced to. It
has flouted honor steadily and reraain-
alcitrant to duty imposed by Ii«
officers.
A nation of that type deserves no
sympathy but always works on the
prejudices and jealousies of contend
ing factions to gain its ends. Germany
today is prosperous enough to do dir
ty tricks to cover up its omissions of
treaty obligations. With its past repu
tation and this tendency proven wp
can’t figure where it is entitled to
any form of consideration or reaper;.
THE WISE MAIN
Saves NOW for the Rainy Day—
THE FOOLISH MAN
waits until he heass it thunder
Be wise and start a savings account today with a
dollar or more and wc will loan you one of these
BOOK COIN SAVINGS BANKS to
help you save.
We Pay Interest on Savings at—
The Peoples Savings Bank
T. J. BALL, Prest. R. J. McCLENNEY, Cash*
REPUBLICANS PAY PLEDGES BY
TARIFF ENACTMENT.
BAN THE ALIEN FROM AMERICAN
ORGANIZED LABOR.
One of the most important efforts of
the American Federation of Labor
should be devoted to barring alleuK
from their rank*. For some years It
has been an open secret that many in
dustries were dominated by a reck
less, careless class of foreign work
ers. whose sole Ideu was to get a’.l
they could and at any cost to the peo
ple or the government of this conn-
try. This was particularly true of the
steel workers end of the mine work-
If the Federation of f^bor in Amer
ica refused to permit any men to Join
but naturalized Americans there
would be a far different ending to a
rue Republic™ parly baa fulled luj |o , of tlle disput ,. B thM have been
‘ l ’ trurl! ' to •“•"P iucome RnJ ou, =°jhad lor snmo time In tbe ranka of or
i a purity during the past year. ganized labor. We do not mean to
There is no excuse for this discrepan- \ insinuate that they were all wrong
hich amounts to nearly $650,000,- or all actuated by foreign labor. Wo
i sum more than was spent on do not hesitate to state that the most
•mire government fifteen years, trouble has unquestionably arisen
ago or less. This matter was given from this elecmenl, rioting, murder
and things of that character.
When the A. F. of I,., says that no
man shall belong to It but American i,
ffort to increase the,** hi** dignified its organization a hun
dred per cent and increaRed Its force-
some striking force by the recent veto
of the bonus bill, which would have
added materially to the outgo side
and showed no
income.
Th.- lurlff Is said to In- maintained j ,uln * 3M ( “r right aud Justice ten fold.
In its new high levels for the purpose
if luereaslng the Income, hut even
the most optimistic of the hudgelers
of the Republican forces admit that
111 merely decrc-aao the Importa
lions and therefore raise no more
money hut at the same lime material-
ly fatten the pocketbooks of the Am
erican profiteers, who were subservi-
out to Republican needs la the time
of their campaign fund collection,.
It I, the carrying out of a formulat
ed program aud the Republicans hare
played fair with their debtors in that
respect. They bare not played fair
with the people of thle country and
they are going to ba told so In no soft
tones when the elections of congress
men come up this year. If we fall to
repudiate this disgraceful attack >n
public and private funds we shall
The foreign scum, that hesitates at
no crime ought to be relegated to some
union of its owo and not he given
either support nor Influence iu any
of Its .contentions. It would soon elimi
nate a material part of the troubln
that occurs in this country and
strengthen labor to an extent that
would make its work doubly effective
with the people generally.
DID THE WAR END TOO 800NT
The reputed statement of Rudyard
Kipling that the United States enter
ed the war too late and quit It too
soon baa many believers In this coun-
try. Hr. Kipling denies that he said
U but there are people hardly less
popular than Kipling, who have said It
and made valiant efforts to prore that
their contentions were true.
A high official iu the United States
WOODLAND.
The farmers of this section, are
busy now gathering com and hay.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Akridgc, of
Thomasville, were visiting in this
community Friday afternoon.
Mrs. N. B. Brady, spent a short
while Sunday P. M. with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Ivy Elkms.
Mr. Avon Sasser, accompanied
Miss Sall.e Leonard, to prayer meet
ing Sunday night.
Mr. Leslie Crew, and Miss Zeoln
Hall attended Sunday school Sunday
P. M.
Mr. J. S. Fulford. and Misses Eva
Dunlap, and Zemmie Fulford,
tended preaching at Long Branch,
Sunday.
Mr. Lester Butler, accompanied
Miss Maitlee Griver. home from Sun
day School Sunday P. M.
Mr. Walter Booth attended
preaching at Poplar Springs, Satur.
day.
Mrs. Ida Johnson and children,
spent Saturday night and Sunday
with relatives at Gradyville.
Always a Saving—
Never An Expense
let- is tin- one home necessity that always pays for
i-self many times over.
Now that the Fall and Winter Months are coming,
around, keep that in mind for your own household
good. You will save on food bills and protect your
family’s health bvkeepinf food in tbe one proper
way—in a well iced refrigerator. No other method'
properly protects the purity of food, so ice is a
mighty low premium to pay for such Excellent heal
th insurance.
Thomasville Ice & Mig. Co.
Have You a
of every member of
your family
If Not
See
A. W. Moller
Photographer
Thomasville, Ga.
Wire Fencing
Barbed Wire
Nails and
Staples
Galvanized Corrugat
ed Iron Roofing
Wo buy all these In car
load lots and sell
them at correspondingly
low prices.
N
EEL BROTHE
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borrower ci paying pan or all ot the principal at asy Interest period,
stopping Interest on amount paid, but no annual payment ot principal
required. Loans made oa Improved city property la Thomasville.
It In need ot money, write us. or coma to see aa
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