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;._,::ma Wu, m 1 9 sssssssessss^ ROBERT L. DUKE , Editor aad Publisher. Entered at the postoffice in Grit ftn, G -» second class mail tew RATES ADVERTISING will be tarnished tion Mi THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated Press is exclusive, (tied to the use for rapuWlea. credited vf all news dliqmtobes credited in to It or not otherwise this pucuianeu Heroin, rw ***■“•» *•* E ublication of reserved. special dispatchee erein are also 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. i TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION; Daily, Daily, one month .....¥ .60 one year 5.00 Daily, Daily, six months months .... 2.50 three _ — 1.25 Weekly, one year - 1.00 Opportunities are not always at the top of the ladder. 0 \ A leap year and an election both in 1924 is almost too much. -0 A coat of arms on a flivver would he more serviceable converted into a coat for the radiator to keep it warm. -0 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 ■ o 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. -o 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. 0 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. ■0 *» 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. -0 <« 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. 0 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. o 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. cuf kf»n daily news and sun l =► - SEIZED IS 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 V 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. li i y w y w mm I Yes we have your new hat > * 9 / 1 shapes for Spring and shades in the and newest the v. conservative styles for older men. i S 4 w f Stetson Hats yss ISP®' $ 7 .00 and $ 10 .00 Out for Spring m T" 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. « c 'I Specially Priced $25.00 to $55.00 I i Be stare to see them. < t ff o THE D£ PEND ON STORE m m " »vV*Y »'• m 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. «■*» .i 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 / ‘ . 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 W 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-