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Seasonable and will be famished upon application.
'GRIFFIN, GA., MARCH 5 , im
Burleson is a wise old guy. He has decided not
to test his popularity by running for any office
again.
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We have much for which to be thankful today—
Tom Hardwick is no longer senator from Georgia.
So long, Mr. Hafdwick.
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The Columbus Ledger says an exchange note s
that one reason why the high cost of living keeps
one jump ahead of us is because our daughters
have acquired the habit of wearing silk where it
doesn’t show. *
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WILSON’S SURE PLACE IN HISTORY.
“No great man ever labored to serve his fellow
men and escaped bitter opposition from the
ydwmi nded and bigoted men of his own day and
time, ^ says the Albany Herald. The descendants
ot these same opponents^ become the loudest in
their praise of the truly great in later generations,
when time has smoothed out the harshness of the
udjust faultfindings and vicious slanders of their
shortsighted and prejudiced forebears. The lit
tif Borahs, Lodges, Knoxes, Shermans, Reeds and
Hardwicks of two generations hence will be heard
in; their school rooms on Friday afternoons recit¬
ing with great eclat the masterpieces of Woodrow
WJlson and be seen industriously writing compo¬
sitions describing him as the greatest man of the
age. As they write these school-boy compositions
of the greatness of Wilso/i they will not mention
the names bf the men who assailed him as he la¬
bored to make this world a better world, for their
names will have been forgotten as completely as
thle names of those who assailed George Washing¬
ton in his day. They will have dropped into that
oblivion that awaits all who for self-seeking rea¬
sons stand in the path of progress and seek to
Btay the march of right and justice.*
“While to no man is given tlji prophetic power
to; foretell the place Woodrow Wilson will hold in
history, yet, if it is true that "coming events cast
their shadows before,” he will take his place in
the hall of fame with the truly great men of our
nation and of the whole world. If the world-wide
scope of his labors in behalf of humanity f means
anything, it is not taking from the lustre of such
names as Washington and Lincoln to say that he
will hold a place in history unique, unapproached
by any other in 'greatness, as men’s names be¬
come great in world history.
“Real greatness comes from service. Both
Washington and Lincoln served well their coun¬
try, and both, in serving their own country, ad¬
vanced the cause of humanity throughout the
world. Woodrow Wilson bids fair to rank with the
great men of this world because the service he
seeks to render is service that will bring liberty
to millions who have been in the bondage of auto¬
cratic governments* and who look to him as their
supreme human advocate in the court of the na¬
tions. >i
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The Paris newspapers seeing the light of ob
jection in the United States are changing their
time and giving Mr. Wilson his dues even though
he disagrees with some of the French ideals.—
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A NEW AMERICA.
44 All over the country the^ boys are coming
“home,says the Columbus Ledger.
“Coming home from France, from the seven
seas, from England, from Germany, from Bel- ,
gium, from Italy.
44 Swinging Up the home town street with the
thousands cheering, with the mothers weeping,
and the fathers damp about the eyes; and wel
come and good will and love radiating everywhere,
“We didn’t pay enough attention ta this home
coming in our study of the psychology of the war.
“We have watched these boys coming home now
for weeks. Have seen them grow illuminated
when they saw the old town again.
“They know what mother love means now; and
what the flag says, as it rustles way up there
under the vault of God’s free heaven.
“They have learned big lessons—lesons that
the youth of the land were missing a little time
ago.
<4 And those who stayed at home have been
taught as well.
“We think a lot more of each other than we did
two years ago.
“We have suffered for each other; have given
up our beloved; many have given their fortunes,
aotqe their limbs, some their lives; and all that the
woiid might be -a better place to live in after
while.
“And the home coming is focusing these radi-
a ting throbs and motives and underst into
a bright, burning spot of white hope for humanity
while the flame endures.
“Aye, the going was mayhap embittered, and
the waiting was a horror, but the returning is
worth it al|.
it America and Americanism means more to us
and to them now."
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-• HAVE PATIENCE, PLEASE
t If our soldiers in France were asked what they
most desired, nine hundred and ninety-nine out of
a thousand would shout, “passage in a transport
or airship to the United States, with a ticket from
the port of entry home! it
That is the dominant note In the soldier’s let¬
ters from abroad. And you cannot be surprised.
They went over to fight while the fighting was
good, and now the war is at an end, the American
soldier for home and mother!
And if the same question were put to the peo¬
ple at home, the response Would be, “most of any¬
thing, I want my soldier boy home again.”
Don’t think that the government has overlook¬
ed these conditions. It is combing the highways
and byways of the sea for transports to hurry the
men home. It is sending them on American ships,
Holland ships, Italian ships,—whatever it can se¬
cure.
Remember that it took over a year to get the
army into France, and that the British trans
P 0 * 8 which carried much of it over are no long
** available,
Patience, mothers and fathers and kinsfolks
here in Griffin. It will noKbe long at the longest
before Uncle Sam returns your good Tom or your
nice Dick or y° ur fine Harry, bigger and browner
than when he left > and as overjoyed to reach home
as you are to see him.
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♦ PRESS COMMENT ♦
Wanted Another. ^
Rome Tribune: Chattanooga man shot up his son-in
law. Probably wanted anotherr"
Out of the Ashes.
Albany Herald: Announcement that the business build¬
ings recently destroyed will be rebuilt—built better and
probably larger than before—is no more than was ex¬
Fortunately, those most directly concerned in
recent disasters are fully imbued with the Albany
and realize the importance of prompt rehabilitation.
announcements yesterday that handsomer structures
rise on the ashes of the old were no more than tile
public confidently expected. K V
Good Advice.
Soperton News: The Georgia state board of health
issued bulletins that there is strong liklihood of ty¬
phoid epidemic this year. That flies will be more numer¬
it is certain and the fly is the breeder of typhoid
This should be a warning to every person and
all premises should be kept as clean as possible in order
that we may escape such an epidemic. Don’t wait until
summer comes and we have a few cases of fever in our
midst to wake up to this fact, but get busy now and
stay busy. Co-opefate with the city officials in having a
sanitary town.
The Public His Debtor.
Atlanta Constitution: It scarcely need be said that the
shares with Colonel Gentry’s telephone business
keen regret over his withdrawal from a station
where he has rendered so fruitful service, not only to
companies under his administration, but to the South’s
interests as well. Forty-six years of construc¬
talent he has given to the telephone and allied indus¬
Within the span of his career telephony has had
its practical beginnings and its truly marvelous develop
into the continent-linking system of today. More¬
he has contributed to that development, on both its
technical' and executive side, a wealth of energizing
thought that makes the industry and also the public his
grateful debtor.
The German Ships.
Atlanta Constitution: American naval officials are said
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be of the opinion that the best and most sensible means
disposing of .those ship* would be to strip them of all
fittings and sell their hulls as junk to the highest
after which the disposal of the money yielded
be a matter easy for the nations to agree upon,
doubt the ships would thus produce a sum that
go 'a considerable way toward rehabilitating the
areas of France and Belgium; and no better
could be made of it. But whatever is done, the sink¬
of the vessels would, in the language of a high offi
in the navy department, “represent sheer economic
for which there could be no excuse, ft
Praise for Taft
Waycrosa Journal: No finer example of patriotic non¬
has been seen in this generation than the
of former President Taft with regard to President
work for a league of nations.
Mr. Taft takes the position that Mr. Wilson has been
laboring: in Paris not as a democrat, but as an American,
trying to get for America what the vast majority of
Americans want. Mr. Taft is therefore collaborating with
as an American and not as a republican. He does not
with every detail of the president’s plans. He does
not profess blanket approval of the entire constitution
the president is reporting and explaining to the na¬
tion. But he does plead for a square deal for that con¬
and foT the man who presents it, because even
its present rough shape it seems to him to offer more
for mankind than any other device yet put forward.
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Stylish Apparel in Brilliant Array
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The fashion show is on—Spring is here and critical
women who Tiave for years relied upoiKthis store for au¬
thentic styles, are invited to come and make full inspection
of our beautiful Spring showing in
Suits, Capes, Shoes, Hats
All that is new in wearing apparel is here. We must say that the models
for this Spring, as well as the merchandise, Is the most attractive for many years, and
truly it can be said that the most fastidious women can find something to please.
The early Spring models are built on conservativeness, slim straight mod¬
els, and the skirts are a bit longer and narrow.
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They are of beautiful blues, grays, taupes and other colors.
NEW SILK BLOUSES—These blouses are mentioned because they are
especially designed to be worn with the new Spring suits and are worthy of your
inspection.
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Digby & Jones
For Your
Groceries.
Fancy and
Staple . . .
GROCERIES.
j QUICK DELIVERY.
Sam Fry’s old stand.
Phone 303 and 304.
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Let us have a talk about the follow
ing:
FOR SALE
Residence with servant house on
5th street; price, $1,350.00; rented for
$13.00 per month.
Two houses and lots North 8th
street, rented.
Onc^half acre of land and
close ift, '$2^00.00.
Vacant lot West Taylor street.
Nelms house lot at a
able price.
e. s. McDowell
Real Estate and laaui
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We wish to Announce a Showing
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LADIES’ EARLY SPRING FOOTWEAR
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Oxfords, Pumps and Colonials
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Black Brown and White
We have also very attractive styles
In
I WHITE BOOTS
Kid and Canvas
We cordially invite you to call and
inspect our stock
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The Shoe and Stocking Shop.
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MERCHANTS & PLANTERS BANK
Griffin, Ga.
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Prompt and personal attention to aR customers
Accounts solicited
R. F. STRICKLAND, President J. C. BROOKS, V. P. and Cashier ?
J. S. TYUS. V. P. O. S. TYUS, Assistant Cashipr
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W. J. KINCAID F, SR
R. STRICKLAND
J. C. BROOKS J. S. TYUS
HASKELL H. BASS ALLAN LITTLE
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