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THE NEWS AND SUN la the
Official Organ of the City of Griffin.
Official Organ of Spalding County.
Official Organ U. a. Court, North
era Diatrict of Georgia.
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Opportunities are not always at the
top of the ladder.
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\ A leap year and an election both in
1924 is almost too much.
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A coat of arms on a flivver would
he more serviceable converted into a
coat for the radiator to keep it warm.
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A couple can live on bread, cheese
.and kisses, if they don't run out of
bread and cheese,” remarks a syndi¬
cate paragrapher. I
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RECOGNIZE THE YOUNGSTER,
Do you speak to boys and girls of
your acquaintance?
The inquiry is addressed to men
and women who have reached their
majority and who have made a place
for themselves in the community.
All too few qan answer that they
do.
They don’t give boys and girls
they know the friendly nod as they
pass them on the street.
It is hot because they don’t want
to sp eaki It is due to their thought
lessness—just plain carelessness.
How many will resolve her* and
now never to pass a boy or girl from
this day forth without some sign of
greetings If^ou ?
could but appreciate what
it means to the youngsters. You can,
if you will go back in your book of
memories and recall the days of your
childhood.
Remember the man or the woman
who always “knew” you? To this
day you have a very fond remem¬
brance of those persons who were
never too busy, never too engrossed
with their own affairs to recognize
you with a nod of the head, a wave of
the hand or a smile.
You know how their word of en¬
couragement helped you along when
you thought your burdens were heavy.
You know that their recognition made
you feel that you were of some im¬
portance* in the world after all, and
gave you a new grip oh yourself.
Don’t slight the boys and girls
who are going to be the men and wo¬
men of the community a few years
heribe. Give them a boost.
Speak to them. It makes no dif¬
ference if you don’t know their name.
The point is—speak.
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Johnny Spencer’s famous suburban
estate, which he says is seventy and
some odd by two hundred and some¬
thing, in Shirley Hills, Macon, is be
’“coming infested with squirrels. “Look¬
ing for a not,” observes the Dalton
Citizen.
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The Dalton Citizen reaches this con¬
clusion: Nevada has pulled a new
stunt in executing folks. It does look
like the folks would learn that the
stigma of hanging does more to deter
criminate than anything else. Of
course, many are hung, but if hanging
was not in vogue there would be
hundreds of morfe that would have to
be executed. Hanging is a horror,
hence it is a powerful deterrent.
A CONTRAST.
The citizen who stands on the street
corner, with his hands stuffed down in
his pockets, his shoulders stopped and
a sneer on his face, is of no value to
any community. ,
He is the fellow who says the fire
department doesn’t know how to fight
a fire and tells how it ought to be
done. But he never lends a hand.
He Is the fellow who complains
about the ruts in the streets, but he
hasn’t paid any taxes for years and
of course doesn't help keep them in
condition.
He is the fellow who finds fault
with the public schools and the teach
ert, but never did anything in his life
to improve the iehoola.
He Is the fellow who condemns
everything and sees no good in any¬
thing.
You will know h*m and his type.
The sooner he leaves as, the sooner
we will be able to move forward.
Contrast him with the citizen who
is a booster and may be counted on
to help every worthy cause.
This type of citizen pays his debts
and his taxes, stands for everything
tfcit is for the betterment of the
place where he lives and never allows
his enthusiasm for his home town to
lap
He is an asset to any community.
It is men of his class who are re¬
sponsible for all of the improvements
that are made. We owe it to him
that we have as good streets as we
do, that our school system is as mod¬
ern as it is and that we live in#a place
that we can boast of to our friends.
Classify yourself and see which
class you belong to, which type you
match. If you belong to the former,
it’s time for rejuvenation. If you be¬
long to the latter, more power to
you.
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*» The Valdosta Times wants the
State editors to hold a meeting in
that town. It certainly does peppei
’em up, Brantley.”—Savannah Press.
Don’t know about Valdosta “pepper¬
ing” ’em up, but old Savannah always
does.
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<« What is greatness?” breathlessly
—or nearly so—asks the New York
World. We pass it on to those ex¬
perts like the Duke of Griffin, Royal
Daniel, of Quitman, Johnrty Spencer,
of Macon, John Boflay, of Atlanta,
and Old Man Tucker, of Columbus,
who have personally experienced it
and know the answer,—Savannah
Press. If you are talking about true
greatness, it consists in serving
others.
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The Jesup Sentinel makes this plea
for better support for the preacher:
Now, honest folks—is it fair to let
a preacher drive several miles through
the cold to his appointment on Sunday
and the folks in the community stay
at home by their warm fires and let
the preacher make the best he can of
a bad bargain? That kind of salva¬
tion is what is the matter with the
country and our country communities
today. W
Opportunity Passed.
Dorothy was heard Impatiently call¬
ing her sister, Jane, but received no
answer. When Jane finally did answer
her, Dorothy was crying heart-broken
ly. When asked what the tronbie was
«he replied, “Well, I called Jane so
long I forgot what I wanted to call
ier tor/’
Fashions Hsr* and Th.rx
A South Sea Island maiden beauti¬
fies herself with a brass ring In hw
nose. An American woman of fashion
does the same with a pearl In her ear.
The ring Is more serviceable—you can
hold her by It, If nothing more.—
Poo Doo.
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Entailing ef Estate*
The entailing of estates began la
England In 1288. In 15S4 a law waa
passed breaking the entail In case of
treason. An entailed estate must be
•old when the holder becomes bank¬
rupt. Virginia abolished entail In
1770.
Vatu* of Conventions.
One aspect of conventions which
people who declaim against them loss
sight’ of Is that conventions make both
joy and suffering easier to bear in a
becoming manner.—Joseph Conrad.
Load Pencil la Old.
A manuscript of Theophllns, attrib¬
uted to the Thirteenth century, shows
evidence of having been ruled with
something that might have been a
black lead pencil.
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SOME WORRIED
| URGE HOUSE-CLEANING OF
k CABINET By EDWARD BY COOLIOGE. B.
i CLARK
Washington.—It has become known
definitely that certain of the Repub¬
lican leaders who are known u pro .
gjpsteas and pot as have
of
ta ; ef toe Tes¬
pot tern]
One of the progressive Republican
leader* has said to your correspond¬
ent that the desire Is not thattbe
President should change completely
the membership of hie.official family,
but that suggestion ought to be made
to one or two of Its members that their
resignations would not be unaccept¬
able.
If this is not done,” said toe pro¬
gressive leader, “toe presidential cam¬
paign must be conducted by the Re¬
publican party on defensive rather
than offensive lines.”
Some of the old-line Republicans
seem to think everything connected
with the present trouble will be
straightened out and that the aggres¬
siveness In President Coolldge in de¬
manding action will so appeal to the
people that there will be no evidence
of an effort to hold either the admin¬
istration or the Republican party re¬
sponsible for what may have been
done in connection with the oil leases.
In letters from Washington before
this time something has been said
about the fears of the Republicans in¬
trusted with directing the party cam¬
paign for presidency that tlge recent
disclosures In connection with the oil
leases might Jeopardize the success of
the party. Now it seems that these
campaign leaders, like the old-line Re¬
publicans in senate and house, believe
that the militant action of the Presi¬
dent will offset any charges which the
enemy party may make.
Grabbed as an Issue.
It is certain, however, that the Dem¬
ocrats, adroitly and aggressively, have
seized upon the Teapot Dome affair
as an issue and are making the most
of it. Some Republicans here claim
that the Democrats previously had no
issue and that therefore this thing
came to them as a life-saver. The Dem¬
ocrats. however, did hftve the League
of Nations and another issue, if it were
one, in the Mellon tax reduction plan,
but it lias been apparent enough to
everybody that the at-present minority
party has been haymaking politically
since the disclosures came itt tae Tnftt
ter of the oil leases.
There are plenty of “I-tpld-you-so's”
to be heard in Washington today, and
most of them concern themselves witji
predictions which were made by some
of the more progressively-incllaed .Re¬
publicans prior To the election in 1920.
They said then quietly, although they
were supporting the Republican ticket,
that they feared later on a return to
the days when there were some ques¬
tionable dealings between certain offi¬
cials of the government and the great
corporations which desired to possess
themselves of government gifts in the
form of concessions.
The whole trouble which has come,
as the leaders here view It, seems to
be due to the indiscretion, to put It In
no stronger words, of one man plus
the easy-going ways of other officials
of the government who could not be
brought to believe that any colleague
of theirs was a man who “knew what
he wanted and how to get it.
Division of Opinion.
President Coolldge, his party lead¬
ers say and seemingly, say rightly, has
confronted the situation squarely and
has moved aggressively. He believes,
as seemingly nearly everybody else
here believes, though some are not wil¬
ling to admit it, that no officer\>f the
present cabinet had any knowledge of
wrongful procedure In the oil lease
cases.
The Democrats in the senate, how¬
ever, seemingly believe that there was
something worse than mere Inattention
to duty on the part of at least one of
two of the members of the present
cabinet. The Democrats are making
the most of this mutter politically.
Admittedly it Is good campaign ma¬
terial.
President Coolidge Is doing his best
apparently to restore the party pres¬
tige if It Is admitted that it needs res¬
toration. Some of the Washington
politicians say the situation is not
nearly so bad as it appears on the
surface to be, but nevertheless the
Democrats are making the most of it.
The Republicans hold that the day can
be saved and the necessity for saving
it forgotten if strong action on the
part of the administration is taken,
with punitive Intent if any man should
be found guilty.
President Harding was supposed to
be favorable to Mr. Fall’* desire that
forestry should be turned over to the
jurisdiction of his department. Till*
desire was made known Just following
the transfer of the oil reserves from
the Navy to Interior. It 1* now
thought that something may have hap¬
pened to give President Harding a
change of thought on the matter of
oil leases.- Certain It Is that just be¬
fore he died he came out strongly
against any further transfer to the In¬
terior department of the Jurisdiction
over any of the natural resources.
Why?
Why Is the first street car aloag
Jammedjustllkethls.
While in the next one passing by
F-o-l-k-« a-l-t 1-1-k-e t-h-l-s?
# Real Pleasure In Life.
The truest pleasure conies 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 lias lost all pleasure
except that of adding to one's mil¬
lions
Japanese Story-Tellers,
Public story-tellers still earn a feed
livelihood In Japan. In the' Huge
cities and towns hundreds of teem ply
their trade, provided with a small
table, a fan and * paper wrapper te
Illustrate sad emphasize the potato
ef their tales
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A small Brookline youngster whelp
nNFtf»lu.tiTivM, ..... *. -.1^1 , J| OB hm ittefW. Irntmjr A te a i MWw — jt if
‘bis prayer- that night, “Please, God,
make tomorrow Sunday; don't mind
Saturday this week."—Boston Tran¬ ;.1
script. ,
Te Freshen s Musty Room.
Burn a piece of orange peel upon
t hot stove or upon s shovel of hot
coelf If you wish to Impart s very
pleasant odor to a room.
ForJSale
Farm lands in Spalding
county, close to city.
City property — Dwellings,
well located and V-lots.
Several nice farms, small
and large. Will rent for year
1924.
A few small farms close to
city for rent.
Your fire insurance busi¬
ness will be appreciated and
it will be to your interest to
see us.
e. s. McDowell
Real Estate and Insurance.
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Yes we have your new hat
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9 / 1 shapes for Spring and shades in the and newest the
v. conservative styles for older
men. i
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yss ISP®' $ 7 .00 and $ 10 .00
Out for Spring
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T. Mallory Hats
(Best Known) tor No Name Hats
*r: $r.oo
B ’3 .50 to *6 50
i Be sure to see^our new bats before buying. They can’t
be beat.
And|ourfnew Spring suits are coming in every day now.
The bestjlines we’ve ever had.
1 Students'ISuits, Frat Suits, and Stein Black
I Three of the best lines in America.
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'I Specially Priced $25.00 to $55.00
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SATURDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 23, 19 24
Whence the Papal '‘Bull."
The popes of Rome used to seal
their decrees lu lead Instead of wax
which gained for them the natne ef
papal bulls, from bulls, lead, The
first English Confess©^ king to use a set
Edward the
Observation* of Oldest Inhabitant
One reason why the fools who used
to drit-e horses instead of car* had so
few accidents was because the horses
St least had some sente. A car hasn’t
any more than the driver.—Cincinnati
Enquirer.
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Best Grade High Grade Fertilisers Cotton Seed Meal
COAL Nitrate Soda . Hulls, Dairy Feed
FOR SALE BY
V HOMER WILSON
Walker Bros. Co. Mill No. 1, Phone No. 81.
There Were More
WILLARD BATTERIES
Manufactured and Sold During 1923
Than any other year in the history of the Willard Com
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We sold part last and believe ^ will
pany- our year we over¬
sell our quota this year.
Let us take care of your battery troubles—we are
well prepared. i
((IIFFIN BUTTERY SEBIE
115 N. 8th St- (Willard Service Station) Phone 879
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As They Heard— So They Sp a
Baby Is t vo and a half and taTfcinx
aery nicely. Mother had praised Idm
and he was immensely pleased with
himself. Swelling out his little chest,
be nodded his head several times an*"
remarked sagely, ‘‘I am a goofi
boy! Where did he get itt Is now
die question In the Brown family.
Platinum Once Thrown Into Ocean
The Spanish government at one
time forbade the export of platinum
from South America, and Ordered it
thrown Into the sea to prevent lt»
ose as an adulterant far gold-