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TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 1 .1924.
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CASE IN POLICE COURT IS
DISMISSED AFTER BEING EN¬
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LOCAL, TAXI DRIVERS.
Judge Philip Cleveland, of the
city court of Griffin, Monday af¬
ternoon dismjissed a .case against
Hon. J. A. Darsey, judge of the
city court of Griffin, charged with
operating a taxi without a license.
The case was made by a local
policeman on complaint of Jim
Graves, W, T. Jones, Cecile Cren
shaw, Bud Kelley and other taxi
drivers, who complained thrft the
Judge had accepted remuneration
for hauling a person to the station.
Judge Darsey made an eloquent
plea in his own behalf, bringing
out the points in the cape which
were admitted by-'the plaintiffs as
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'being true. (He addressed the court
and stated his case «!« follows:
. “With malice towards none but
good . will ,,, x towards „ all, „ I . desire, , .
Your v Honor, to . enter a plea , of not
guilty „ and . admit . . that Thursday,
on
I think it was, December 27th,
1923, having picked up a negro mlan
at , the ., intersection . , _ of „ „ Taylor , and ,
Hill TT .„ streets, , , at . the corner next to
the Baptist* A church . , and , , having car*
ned . , ,. him , to , the depot , . m . . this city
and that he Handed mte 25 cents.
I disclaim, however, any intention
to .violate the ordinances of your
city; or to infringe upon the legi¬
timate business of operating taxies.
All of my life I have tried to ‘live
in a little house by the side o
the road and be the friend of man/
I have not always succeeded at
this, but have made an earnest,
conscientious effort in this direction
u Carrying out this purpose or
attempting to carry it out on last
Thursday morning when I came to
town in my car, I overtook two
young white men walking down the
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road near Mr. DoS’s store on the
Dixie Highway.
I, beipg alone, stopped and ask¬
ed them - if they wanted to ride?
They said yes, and got in. I came on
1 to town about nine o’clock, and
came
in on Taylor street, the young men
Saying they- wanted to get out at
the Dixie Highway, as they lived
in Jacksonville, Fla., I then stopped
at the junction of the said streets,
Taylgr and Hill, near the sidewalk,
and let them out. ~
U Just as I started to turn up
Hill ’ to
street to come the court
houses a negro m'an came running
up, my recollection is, with his hat
p|Kfi -y news an;
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in his hand and carrying a valise,
and said, ‘Boss, or Cap, will you
take mte to the depot; the train has
rolled ii^ and I cannot get there
before it leaves, and 1 am obliged'to
go to Atlanta/ I said ‘get in’ a little
abruptly. j,
« Be got in, and then asked me ,
what I was going to charge him? j
I do not remember; Whether I an- j
swered hint or not, but if I did, I •
told him nothing. He said sbnje
thing 6 more about wanting .7 to 'give
me something or wanting to pay ms
somethiner, ,, ibut nothing L . mpre was
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said between us until we arrived at
th * ® epot ’ ”
“About the . time he got out he
said, ., ‘Hold _____ minute . Cap/ „ , „ He
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then asked for some change from
> Mi;. Kelley, . I told, ,. but . fail- .
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so am f
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mg to get it from . ,. him, ran into
the depot, purchased a ticket, and
came back and handed me/ 25 cents.
I then drove off, not realizing what
had passed (between us.
I have in the four years, that I
have driven a car, ridden a hund¬
red or more people and always
steadfastly refused to accept any
pay. Of all that I have ridden, none
have been in the city, save possible
Brother W. E. H. Searcy, Sr., who
I carried home one day when it
was raining and Cot. T. W. Thur¬
man, several times from the court
house when he walked up and had
no way to get back. I have never
charged them or any one else any¬
thing. The Chief of Police I
brought back from Barnesville one
day and upon arriving here he ask¬
ed me ‘What do I owe you?’ I said
'nothing, I am not in the Taxi bu¬
siness/ - ■<
Your Honor, I am miaking a
straightforward statement to you,
and assure you that the thought up
pexmost in my mind that , day, was
to accomodate the man, though he
was a negro. He hailed m|e, I did
not .hail him. I have made it a
rule of my life, never to pass a
man on the road walking when I
have no..m for hint, but instead to
give him a lift.
‘‘It may be wrong; it may not pay
here, but somehow I \feel that’ we
will be paid somjeday. if I have of
fender the honorable gentlemen who
follow the taxi business in Grif¬
fin, I crave their pardon. I strive to
.aid and help them whenever I have
opportunity, rather than hurt them.
‘“I shall cherish nothing daft the
kindliest feelings for them, and as
we enter in upon a new year, I
wish each of theny individually and
collectively, a happy and prosperous
New Year.
“I thank you for your patience. »
As no further testimony was en¬
tered by either side, the case was
dismissed. i-.,y
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JEWS ATTACKED BY ARABS
JERUSALEM, Jan. 1.—Ddring an
Ar^b demonstration liere several
Jews who were looking on were at¬
tacked and badly beaten.
Cape Town, South Africa, has a
bean annual temperature, similar to
that of Nice and the Ri :iera.
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.
The annual meeting of the stock¬
holders of the Second National Bank
will be held at 10 o’clock a. m. Tues¬
day, January 8th, 1924, for the pur
pose of electing officers and transact¬
ing such other busipess as may prop¬
erly come before them.
M. J. JANES, Cashier.
The Same l
Old Wish
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A happy New
Year to everybody
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Erlg. Gen. W. C. Russell, American
military governor of Haiti,
How tho Brain Functions.
Although the brain Is perpetually
active, yet the whole of It to never
at work at one time. The two hemi¬
spheres, or halves, da not operate si¬
multaneously, but alternate to action.
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Real Pleasure in Life.
The truest pleasure comes from sim¬
ple things. The art of living Is main¬
ly the art of enjoyment. It Is no use
being a millionaire and able to own
palaces If one .has Most all pleasure
except that of adding to one’s mil¬
lions.
For Sale
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county, close to city.
City property — Dwellings,
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1924. ■ ~
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A few small farms close to
city for rent.
Your fire Insurance busi¬
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Real Estate and Insurance.
Women know what they
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want—and get it
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A woman buys many different food Manufacturers who want to work
products, dozens of fabrics and ar¬ for her must realize this;— They must
ticles of apparel, 'shoes, things for put in their application at once; con¬
the home, toilet preparations - - quite vince her of their intention and ability
probably in a year she makes a thous¬ to give her merchandise of known
and purchases. Personally to judge value; and then live up to the stand¬ -
the quality of each, she would need ard.
to be a chemist, an engineer, a metal¬ For Bhe is just but
lurgist a ruthless boss.
and a good many other things. She neither - forgets not forgives. , ^
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So, given the choice, of course she rewards loyal service with loyalty,
buys the goods she knows in pre- bdt her condemnation df broken faith
ference to those she does not know. is final. *
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And she is going to have that choice Her favor is the sunlight of
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for a good many years. She' is cess; her indifference, the outer dark¬
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(Tubliahed by the News & Sun in co-operation with
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“ni give you all the money you
need, but ddp’t ever come to me for
advice, for that fs one thing I never
will give yon," said the rich dnde to
his hard-up nephew.—Cincinnati En¬
quirer.
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Life's Constant Changes.
In human life there to a constant
change of fortune; and It to unreason¬
able to expect mi exemption from the
common fate. ""Life Itself decoys, and
all things are dally changing.—Plu¬
tarch.
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A Possible Explanation.
"Woman to the Sunday of man," said
Michelet. Perhaps that to why hus¬
bands .expect their wives to do most
of the church-goltag. ’ •
Thought for tho Day.
It takes a strong man to be for th«
thing that to against him and against
the thing that la for him.
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