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WTH SENATOR KENYON AND
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OUCE RILLS WITH THAT AIM.
THEY DEMAND FULL REPORTS
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•oooying Among Members of Congress
I« Not So Bold and Shameless as
Formerly, Rut Much of it Still la
slve.
By EDWARD #
‘ l R. CLARK,
publican, ^aahlngton.—Senator of Iowa, has Kenyon, Re¬
chock the Introduced a bill
; - activities of lobbyists In
i City of Washington. Senator Over
n, Democrat, of North Carolina, al
haa Introduced a bill for the same
•pose. The bills are somewhat dlf
ent but they have the same end in
J5oth of the meaaures would require
afi lobbyists to register and to give
a report of the amount of pay which
tljey ined account get for their of all work expenditures, and an item
gether to¬
with be source of the cash.
Ovr JB bill makes it the duty
turn of the in employer of tbe lobbyist to
the report on expenditures,
and makes it unlawful for any person
to seek to Influence the action of leg¬
islators except by personal appear¬
ance before congressional committees
ln open session, or by means of ordi¬
nary publicity matter or printed argu¬
ments or briefs filed with members of
cdbgress.
The Kenyon bill requires that the
rawrts of expenditures shall be made
. by the lobbyist himself. One slpirp
feature of this bill Is that It specifical¬
ly Includes former members of con¬
gress within Its provisions, Both
measures $6,000 provide fines from $500 to
for violations of the law.
More Careful but 8tlli.Offensive.
Lobbying In Washington Is not car¬
ried on with all the old time dlsre
gard of the conventions of decency.
Lobbyists nowadays are more careful
in their procedure and to some exteut
keep themselves well away from the
field of sharp critlctBm. bof newrtbe
lms a good deal of lobbying of a dis¬
tinctly offensive kind still Is going on.
Some senators, however, recently have
s^Jod Up in congress to say that they
are button-holed at every turn of the
•way thing by Importunate done that ones thing who left want
or un
In the days well within the memory
of present members of congress It
would have been considered highly un¬
usual If not unheard of for any con¬
gressman to object to lobbying meth¬
ods. They were accepted In the elder
days a# something which could not
be helped, and by some members they
were accepted as things altogether
rtf lit. Lobbying of certain kinds be¬
gan to coma into disrepute about fif¬
teen years ago, when Roosevelt was
president. Tpe public was aroused
oyer some of the stories of lobbying'
which went out and then and once
stfice then the president of the United
States has had something sharp to
say concerning the matter.
The provision ln the Kenyon bill
which says in effect that former mem¬
bers of congress shall be subject to
the same rules which govern other lob¬
byists Is a pointed thing. It can lib
said without much fear of contradic¬
tion that one or two men who again
are in congress may have felt a bit
uncomfortable when this provision of
the proposed bill was read.
It was not so very long ago that one
or two men who had been members
of congress, but who met with defeat
at election time, came back and made
use of the fact that their former mem¬
bership entitled them to admission to
the floor of the house to aid them ln
their lobbying efforts for certain In¬
terests. Moreover? a man who lias
been in the house or senate has a per¬
sonal Influence with members with
whom he has served which other lob¬
byists do not have, and consequently
the lobbying services of a former mem¬
ber of congress are of considerable
of Real Bribery. ,
■ Few Cases
i When it Is said that real lobbying
does not take qn today the nuture it
once had/the exact truth is written,
for once on a time senators and rep¬
resentatives not only were importuned
tofote this way or that way, but were !
wiled and dined by the men "who
knew vvhat they wanted." It Is only
fair to say that in all tho history of
congress there have been very few
cases where money or any other kind
of reward has been accepted by any
member of congress for Ids Influence
In behalf of any legislation.
’ However, men could not fall to be
Influenced more or less by the person-;
al attentions of some men holding high
. places In civil hold life, or such men high represent-; places.
1 those who
__ _________ ________ ______ stories told time
ere have been
again of greaf winnings at card j
games which members of congress
have made, the conclusion being that
titef were allowed to win the huge
as a means of paying them for
_ their votes. Most
their influence or
if not all, Of such stories are fiction,
Sot this does not in any way take
•ivsir from the truth of the statement
that pernicious lobbying In the past
waf the practice, and that to some ex¬
tent it prevails today.
Spain a Beggar's Paradis#.
Spain la said to have nearly a quar
far or g .pinion professional betL-ars
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United • > i Sutra ’ that on the common time of
b# ft M0M At tUc ,
fit < gtrlke some years ago,
indignities ; were shown
many flag, there was held
U in persons, each
flag parade Of 40,000 public
a * flag »*_■ proteat. A
a Joseph _ Shattuck, of
mm ■ citizen. flagstaff and to set
I interest on which
for the staff. The
psf'Sf'! accepted the offer,
e of the
common is one
to tho world.
"HONOR” A THJNG FORGOTTEN
Pruaaian Offieor Unable to UndoraUnd
Idea of Any Obllaatfono of
Hospitality.
A typical Illustration of German
rule in Poland before freedom came
to Its people is given by Mrs. Cecil
Chesterton ln tbe New Witness. The
German military authorities had is¬
sued a command to the people of War¬
saw that they should furnish a list of
their metals and plate, from door
handles to samovars.
A German officer billeted In a Polish
household, says Mrs. Chesterton,
found himself lonely on Christmas
day. Tbe family was keeping the fes¬
tival, and' tho- officer sent note ask¬
ing if he might Join the party. The
hostess was compelled to assent, and
Herr Lieut Grunsbnch partook of a
lavish supper. It happened that his
hostess had kept back a silver samo¬
var, which, usually secreted under the
bed, on Christmas day shone forth In
alt its glory.
Some one suggested that It would
be wiser to remove the samovar be¬
fore the Ilerr Lieutenant entered, but
the hostess Insisted that he was there
ns $ guest and not as an enemy, and
that even a Prussian would respect
tho bread and salt. The evening fol¬
lowing the party an unpleasant-look¬
ing man came to tbe house accom
panled'by two German soldiers. He
had called to collect the samovar that
tbe Herr Lieutenant had reported. Not
only did he remove the samovar, but
he assessed a flue because the law had
been disobeyed.
Shortly afterward the officer asked
his hostess why she avoided him.
What had he done to offend her? She
could no longer restrain her indigna¬
tion and told him what she thought
of him—to ids profound astonishment.
How could she blame him for doing
what was obviously his duty? Hos¬
pitality entailed no obligation to for¬
get one’s fatherland. Germany had
need of samovars. What muttered
else?—Youth’s Companion.
REFUSE TO SURRENDER RELIC
Citizens of Little French Town of
Alan Offer Lives In Defense
of Stone Cow.
The famous stone cow of Alan, a
little town ln the Haute Garonne,
France. W center bJ allght
between the peasants of the village
and the Ministry dea Beaux Atta in
Paris. Twice the ministry has sold
the cow, which dates back to the fif¬
teenth century, and each time the
villagers have fought with pitchforks
and clubs all attempts to remove It
from the front of the Episcopal pal
ace.
After the war a Paris antique deal¬
er, knowing the history of the stone
cow, persuaded the Ministry des
Beaux Arts to sell It to him. Once be¬
fore they sold the cow, but all the
gendarmes that they could center on
Alan failed to get the monument The
purchaser asserts that he will remove
It and place It; in front of a Parisian
mansion. The peasants of Alan have
again armed, and this time with mod¬
ern weapons, for little of the old vil¬
lage Is left from the shells of the Ger¬
mans, and they intend to protect their
relic. There is little left of the Epis¬
copal palace, before which the cow
stands, but not a shell hit the cow
during the war.
Bio war Recovers Waste Cement
The hags in which cement is ship¬
ped have a considerable return value,
because of the character of the ma¬
terial entering into the manufacture,
so that ail large consumers find it
necessnry to see that these are gath¬
ered up and returned to the cement
plant
Heretofore It has been regarded as
sufficient to turn the bag upside down
and shake it ns a means of emptying.
But recently It has been found that
this method la wasteful In the ex¬
treme, and the cement la now recov¬
ered by a blower.
By this means from one and on<*
half to two sacks of cement are re¬
covered per 1,000 sacks cleaned. Two
men can clean 2,000 sacks a day, be¬
sides sorting, counting and bundling
them. The cement recovered milks a
credit to the cost of handling of about
$2.50 a day.
8ell Many Door Locks.
The crime wave Is resulting In much
new business for the hardware store
man these days. Padlocks, heavy
chains and burglar nlarm devices are
being sold like hot cukes, uud persons
who never before thought to lock
tlielr doors are now tnktng double
lueasurt , s against intruders,
«untll a few montlis ago,” said a
hnrdwnrc man, “we sold door chains
ou , y occns ( onn |iy. Now we can’t sup
p ]y t j ie (j emalu i. New Yorkers, as a
rule, aro careless, but I think that the
p legent activity of the crooks will
teach t j )ein n ] e „ 8on . My advice to
living ln apartments is to
k the)r Aoon we u chained. Pro
fesslonal crooks will get Into almost
any j) pt n ce, but extra precautions on
ha (j oors keep the sneak thief
out."—New Yerk Sun.
Women's Hair Price Increases.
The price given by hairdressers for
women's hnir has Increased enormous¬
ly during the last 12 months. While
women in America and Britain
sell their huir, the real trade in this
commodity Is done ln Continental
countries. Peasant girls In France,
Belgium and Italy «eU their hair Ht
regular periods to dealers, This hair
is mostly of the fair nnd black vari¬
ety, while most golden hair Is ob¬
tained from Scandinavians,
From Wood to Silk.
Whole forests have been cut down
:o supply the worlS with pencils, but
timber In still larger quantities Is now
required for the manufacture pf silk
itocklngs and other attire made of an
tiflelul silk, for which wood Is the
taw material. .
We’ll 8ay They Are.
“Mamma,” said five-year-old
Charles, looking up from his story
tooks, “what does this story mean
flout • great-grandmother? Ain’t
01 grandmothers greet?” _
GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS A?
ODD BELIEFS OF JAPANESE
Popular Swperetltlene Hava Mootly
Sprung From Moral Procopto
and Arc Quito Harmtoaa.
There are many popular, as distin¬
guished from religious, superstitions
ln Japan. These originally sprang
from mostly moral precepts and are
quite harmless. They prevail more
widely among people In the rural and
mountain districts than among city
dwellers and among the older and Ig¬
norant classes .than among the young
and educated groups Some of these
superstitions are:
At a marriage ceremony a dress of
purple color is taboo, lest the mutual
love of the bride and gr»unrl5esoon
lost, as purple is u 'color most liable
to fade.
If while a person Is very 111 a cup
of medicine be upset by "accident, it
is a sure sign of bis recovery; he
needs medicine no longer.
Fire is the spirit of the god Kojlln.
It is supposed to have a purifying ef¬
fect, and must be respected. To step
on Are, to throw refuse in it, will
cause the wrath of the god and hence
a calamity. The bord is not unknown
In Japan, and the Japanese are pes¬
tered with visitors who sit their wel¬
come out and drive their hosts into
a frenzy of eagerness to get rid of
them. The Japanese recipe of getting
rid of them is as follows: Go to tbe
kitchen, turn the broom upside down,
pul; a towel over It and fan It lustily.
The tedious visitors will soon depart.
Japanese babies and children are
not allowed to look into mirrors, for
if they do, when they grow up and
marry they will have twins.
When measles, chlckenpox or whoop¬
ing cough prevails in a neighborhood
and parents do not wish to have their
children become infected they put a
notice on the front door stating that
their children are absent.
HILL RICH IN HIGH-GRAD^ ORE
Mound In Mexico That Is Said by Ex¬
perts to Be Worth in Neighbor¬
hood of $5,000,000,000.
Primitive peoples have an uncanny
instinct for naming things accurate¬
ly. Centuries after the natives had
named a hill outside the city of Dur¬
ango, Mexico, “The Devil’s Finger
Tip,” scientists came along and sol¬
emnly announced ttmt it was formed
of hematite, and had apparently been
Jabbed up through the earth’s surface
from molten masses far below.
This Iron hill rises for 700 feet sheer
above the surrounding plain, and is
said to contain 600,000,000 tons of
high-grade ore rated at 70 per cent
in Iron content. In a report made
Just before the World war a British
expert said that the iron in the hill
Is worth $5,000,000,000, or would be
If so located as to assure protection
in the operation of the property.
Put in another way, Mercado moun¬
tain, for the hill Is so named after
the Spanish explorer who was the
first white man to see it, contains
Iron which, if marketed today, would
bring more money than the entire
sum represented by all of the gold and
sliver taken out of Mexico between
1603 and 1803, when the exploitation
of Mexican mines was at Its peak.
True Trachoma Easily Transmitted.
At a recent meeting of the Ameri¬
can Medical association Dr. John Mc
Mullln, surgeon, U. S. Public Health
service, started a lively debate in the
section on preventive medicine by
rending a paper in which he asserted
that much of the so-called trachoma
which afflicted the eyes of American
children is not trachoma and not con¬
tagious.
The original cause of this inflamma¬
tion of the eyelids is unknown, but
It is known with certainty that it is
transmitted with ease from one eye to
another. There is another type, called
folliculitis, which is not contagious
and can easily be cured, while the
true trachoma necessitates a slight
surgical operation and careful treat¬
ment; and, even with this, it Is by
no means certain that It is ever per¬
manently cured.
Paderewski's Descent in Life.
Jo Davidson, the scnlptor, who re¬
cently returned to the United .States
after many months in Europe, where
many great men posed for him, relates
the following passage between Ole
menceau and Paderewski, which, Da¬
vidson says, occurred in his presence:
“Clemeneeau is a gruff old sort of
fellow,” Davidson relates. “He was
receiving Ignore Paderewski.
n t Are you Pnderewski, the great pi¬
anist?’ he asked.
«* < Yes,’ replied the artist, bowing.
it . And you have Just been elected
premier of Poland?’
“Again Pnderewski bowed and an¬
swered ln the affirmative.
“Clemeneeau looked at him a mo¬
ment and then shook his head sadly,
saving: ’My God, what a come¬
down !’ ”
Preserving the Salmon.
Completion of an Improved $40,0*©.
salmon hatchery at Madison, Cons.,
tor restocking eastern streams with
the valuable food fish that disap¬
peared from that region practically
a century ago, is awakening renewed
interest ln the cause ef that early de¬
pletion, according to Popular Me¬
chanics Magazine. The too common
construction of dams without proper
fish ladders, blocking the seasonal as¬
cent of the salmon from the sea, ex
plains the impending low of this
great natural resource, a condition
often technically difficult of correc¬
tion because tunny of the streams are
not listed at navigable waters.
Rats Live In Tree Top*
Rets are vegetarian by choice, but
Siey can readily adapt themselves te
tny conditions, ln Hawaii, for in
itance. where they were chased hablt
lally by the mongoose, they have sc
luired the habit of living in tbe tree
tofis, where they are tree from their
tormentara.
Largest Pin Factory.
The largest pin factory l« In Bin
alngham. England, where something
ike 00,000.000 pins art manufactured
vary working daj.
IM" <—Swg n
KING UNHONORED AND UNSUNG
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Milan of Serbia Probably the Greatest 1
Profligate of Which Theme la
Record.
^ er^ni “I' . 0 ®* 0 "t [ 8 7 ? ln ,e «!f i „ , ,n graee PW ‘
‘ lned J° r K1 °5 Ml,an :
Serbia i i f d e w ‘t°> * f **« wlth
n,o ^ithLr ilZ’ . J t d llar and ;
without a friend, hated by his u conn
h1 ”’ ^* PlSed 2* K by y hU u} 1 Wh 0WD ° met •° n
f 6 ™* b , ? m J a 185 \ and
In 1868 we e find him ln Paris, a blase
roue of fourteen, who got drunk,
smoked cigars, associated with
gamblers, street women and thieves,
and already an avowed atheist and
hater of virtue and decency, The
death of his second cousin, Michael
IV, put him on the throne. He mar¬
ried a beautiful girl of sixteen, who
loved him and who bore him a son.
All went well until she caught
him making loVe to a middle-aged
Austrian spy woman ln a royal for¬
est. After that he bared the cloven
hoof, choked and insulted the queen,
hated his son and began a career of
drunkenness and wickedness that
disgusted Ids subjects, He was
forced to abdicute, and although
later his son, then king, brought
him back as commander ln chief of
the Serbian army, he returned this
favor by attempting to kill his own
child. He was ordered out of the
country, and ended up as a hanger
on of low saloons and dives ln Vien¬
na, scorned even by the waiters and
coarse women that frequented the
places.
Opal More Colorful When Warm.
The opal shows Us exquisite colors
best when warm, and dealers aware
of this peculiarity will hold an opal
In the htmd before showing It, In orw
der to enhance Its chancing luster.
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION
Noticfe is hereby given, that the
firm of W. W. Perry and Company,
composed of W. W. Perry and Willis
G. Banks has beep this day by mutual
consent dissolved, W. W. Perry hav¬
ing purchased the interest of W. G.
Banks, and said W. W. Perry will con
tinue the business under the name of
W. W. Perry ana company. W. G.
Banks having retired, W. W. Perry
will collect all debts due said firm and
pay all bills due by said firm. This
January 12th, 1921. W. G. Banks, W.
W. Perry.
THE TRELLIS
(Next to Wynne’s Toy Shop.)
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SUNDAY DINNER, $1.06
Cream of Celery Soup Crackers,
Pickles —
ALMONDS
Celery Fried Chicken Cream
GraVy* •
Fruit Sandwiches Home Made
Ambrosia
Home Made Cake
MRS. ,W. H. CONNOR:
Phone 416.
PLENTY OF MONEY
Av&ilhble at
SIX PER CENT
ON
Griffin Residential
Property
No Commissions charged.
SEE
J.S.&R D. TAYLOR
Masonic Annex Phene 906
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Large and aaaii ti far
Alas vacant lota and
la the city. AD at
reasonable prices.
INSUR
All Unea, lowest rates.
Cell and *et us show yon.
Oil J. MILE!
Real Estate and Fire Insurance.
GRIFFIN, GA.
WOOD and TRANSFER
Dry Stove Wood.
Fire Wood in Blocks.
FOR QUICK DELIVERY
Phone 703 E. A.
Experiment St t t Griffin, Go.
durisa Forest Found.
A prehistoric forest, burled Under
30 feet of meadow man*, has been
found near Chestnut Neck, on the New
Yprk-Atlantic Olty motor route. Ce¬
dar and oak trees have beetWound la;
a perfect state of preservation, while
«< other points the buried timber had
>”*" reduced to charcoal. The die
covery was made by linemen erecting
P° ,e » to carr *«»«** P°*« t0 tha
f transatlantic wireless plant In Tuck
Poles 80 feet long are belngr
used across a “bottomless’’ stretch of
the Mnlllca river meadow
Water Affect. Varnish,
The varnish on some furniture Is 80 -
hard and smooth that finger marks
and soiled places may be removed
with a cloth wrung out of lukewarm
suds, made with white soap, and the
finish restored by rubbing with a cloth,
on which a few drops of light lubri¬
cating oil or furniture polish has been
sprinkled. In many cases this is a
good method to use on the tops of
dining tables, but jin genera* varnished, it is oiled un¬
wise to put water on
or waxed surfaces. Painted and «a
ameled furniture may, of course, be
washed like any other surfaoe so fin¬
ished.
Jud Tunklns on Economy.
Jud Tunkins says economy la like
a piece of music. It may turn out
fine, but the person who practices it
can’t be very entertaining for the- time
being.
RENFRO B A ROSS
First Class
TAXI SERVICE
Day and Night Calls answered
Promptly.
PHONE 181 : : 114 V, N. HILL St.
New "Georgia
Law on Workmen
Compensation
Insurance
effective March
1st, 1921, If 10 or
more are on payroll,
see E. S. McDowell
he will protect you
and appreciate your
business.
i E.S. MG DOWELL
REAL ESTATE AND INSURAJSCE
M. M. Griffin’s
MARKET
Pure 30c
Pork Sausage
Best 27c
Beef Roast.....
Steak, 25 to 30c
Pork
Roast
Fisb and Oysters
Fresh E very Day
PHC (NE 828
THE"UMI VERSAL CAR
The Ford Sedan
The Ford Sedan quite naturally is in larger demand every year, and
now with the pre-war prices, without any sacrifice of the high quality of
materials, and excellent reliability of workmanship, comforts and con
veniences, the Sedan is the car of cars, and while a luxury is itself, at the
same time is a necessity, costing less than the ordinary touring car (ex¬
cept the Ford) its value cannot be equalled.
Any of us will be pleased to take your order for the Ford Sedan, as¬
I suring you of prompt delivery as possible, and the further guarantee of
comfort and economy through the efficient afterrservice which is always
at your command. We are all equipped with the latest up-to-date machin¬ i
ery; with skilled Ford mechanics; and with the genuine Ford-made parts,
so that we can keep your car as good as gold, so far as service is con¬
cerned, every hour in the year. i
We solicit your orders. If you .are going to have x. closed car this
fail we believe the Ford Sedan is your best investment. Won’t yoc ct\
in and talk it over, or let us give you a demonstration?
B. B. BROWN CO. ) »
AUTHORIZED FORD DEALER
109 East Solomon St. lariat eo Genuine Ford Parts. Phone 732
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THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 3, 1921.
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• This Bank Serves Others '
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WHY HOT YOU?
Our Customers Are Satisfied
ASK THEM!
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City National Bank
INTEREST;: PAID ON SAVINGS DEPOSITS.
WHEN IN NEED OF
I
Electrical and
t c ; Plumbing
work call on us. Experienced work¬
men and reliable concern.
GRIFFIN FIFCIIIIC S PLUMBING CO.
Rogers is next door to us. Phone 947
129 West Taylor Street.
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nwirnppfirm iMw«ixi>«tMikw»HHB
Service
Why. that’s cur middle name.
Wednesday noon we received an order to wire a house
for seven lights. One o’clock and nothing done. Four
o’clock—all the lights In, ready to burn; our customer?
satisfied (as they always are, ask them)—and we were
on our way to our next job.
YOU ARE NEXT. ARE YOU READY?
For Information or Estimate on Work, Telephone
803—No Obligation.
Sibley Electric Co.
115 W. Taylor Street Phone 803