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a G. JONES Superintendant
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Griffin, Ga., July 28, 1918.
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These linotype machines are treach
erous things. When one is especi
ally anxious to produce correctly
printed articles, they get contrary on
the final proof and the Lord only
knows what the paper is going to
say.
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“Some of the short skirted sisters
have mighty long tongues,” observes
Hob Duke, <4 the Griffin News and
Sun. We suppose, of course, he re
fers to the tongues in their shoes, the
short skirts enabling him to see them.
—Columbus Enquirer-Sun. Guess
again!
Cabins was the first district report
ed “over the top” in the war savings
drive. It nearly doubled its liberty
loan quota and has always responded
nobly to all calls made by the govern
ment. Some of the best people in the
world live in Cabins district and they
are genuine patriots.
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Members present at the sessions of
the legislature in Atlanta bring good
news from all over the State concern
ing the race of William .1. Harris for
the United States senate. They an
nounce that Mr. Harris is strong in
all the counties and if he holds what
he already has his election is assur
ed. And the beauty of it is, Mr. Har
ris is gaining votes every day.
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Griffin gave her young selectmen
—delegates to Berlin —a rousing
sendoff Wednesday afternoon when
they were entertained and feted by
the canteen service of the Red Cross,
and scores of their friends were at
the station Thursday morning to bid
them God speed as they left fortheir
temporary training camp at Gordon
in Atlanta. It was a delegation of
splendid young men and they will
snake ideal soldiers.
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“IN THE PERFORMANCE OF
DUTY.”
How many homes in this country
have already become sadly familiar
with this phrase? It seems to be
hurled at them in a cold and unfeel
ing manner by the military authori
ties. It is the set phrase used in an
nouncing the death, on the field of
battle, of a brave American boy who
has sailed three thousand miles at
the call of "duty."
“Your son died in the performance
of his duty.”
Mothers, fathers, do you get only
sorrow from the message? Do you
not rather gather the sadly sweet
conviction that all is well with the
brave soul who saw his duty and (
went bravely to meet it played the
man to the end of the vlorious, if
brief chapter?
And what shall we say of our
selves, we who were not called to go
“over there,” yet were called to an
equally honored task here at home?
Have we not ‘'died'’ but lived "in
the performance of duty?" The boy
gave all he had his life. He gave
it like the hero that he was. Are we
giving iife?
Think soberly for a moment. What
does it mean to give life for coun
try? It doesn't mean a dollar or two
to the Red Cross and an auto for
daughter. It doesn't mean five dol
lars to Y. M. C. A. and a sealskin
coat or a diamond for mother. It
doesn't mean a fifty dollars’ worth
of war savings stamps, while we buy
another farm. What does it mean?
Think!
“He died in the performance of
duty.”
I THE CHILDREN OF THE
PEOPLE ARE THE CHIL
DREN OF THE NATION
The Duty of Everybody is to Educate
and Save Them.
(By W. E. H. SEARCY, Sr.)
This great war for civilization and
human liberty has brought the world
to know the truth that the children
in all our homes are the children of
the nation.
When we cast our eyes over the sea
and get a glimpse of the brave boys
who stand guard for God and
manity, we do not hesitate to call
them our boys; they all stand to us
like blood of our blood and flesh of
our flesh. That man is indeed re
creant to love and duty who does not
pray daily for their safety, and who
I is not willing to do his best that they
'may have food to eat, and clothing to
I wear, and some of the many comforts
Jwe enjoy at home, while they, under
God are fashioning the destiny of
nations.
If they be our boys, what of the
little fellows at home whose little fin
gers are fresh with the touch of
father’s face, and whose eyes are still
watery in sympathy with mothei s
'anguish at the parting of the ways?
i Are they not the children of the na
tion ?
And if these be the children of the
nation what of the others whose dear
eyes reflect the hues of the heavens,
whose angels the Good Book tells us
ever, behold the face of the f’athei
of us all, and in whose life reposes
the destiny of the world in the years
to come when we older ones shall
have mouldered in the dust of the
valley ?
These thoughts as we may enlarge
them for ourselves bring us to the
great truth that God not only bless
es the individual home with an in
fant to rear that it may make glad
the mother and father; but in its
birth He blesses the nation with a
new citizen that shall be better with
all who have gone before, more cultur
ed, more patriotic than they through
whom in the multiplication of life, it
has come.
We summarize a few truths, as we
can not enlarge beyond the space the
good editor kindly gives us:
(1) No parent has the right to
rear an ignorant child.
(2) The nation can’t trust him
to rear an ignorant child.
(3) The nation must educate its
children.
(4) No parent has the right to
rear a criminal child. The State
should look after that also.
(5) No parent has the right to
rear an indolent child unacquainted
with labor. Labor is not only honor
able, but it should be dishonorable
not to labor.
(G). No parent has the right to
rear a sickly, or deformed child. Such
children are simply nests for the
hatching of germs and the spread of
disease
(7). No child .‘th Id go igror.m*
because he is too poor to buy a book.
The State should print the elemen
tary books and furnish them free to
.the children. It would not increase
I the taxation to a perceivable amount.
The losses to Georgia through the
handling of school books is appalling.
An experience of fifteen years as
chairman of the County Board of
Education, ami forty-live years in
j Sunday school work lias shown the
i writer the possibility of child life, and
our duty to it. Let us be faithful
Ito the children. Think of these
i things.
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Eugene V. Debs, three times Soci
■alist candidate for the presidency,
recently made a speech reaffirming
his opposition to conscription and
Liberty bonds, and referring to the
Bolsheviki as "comrades.” He and
the Bolsheviki may be calling "Ka
merad” yet.”
The fact that a new star found
ample space and opportunity to ap
pear among the others and outshine
'many of them goes to prove that
( there is always plenty of room at
the top.
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JIMS OF THE RED
CROSS CANTEEN
TOLD BF WILSON
ADDRESS DELIVERED BY
HOMER WILSON ONE OF
THE FEATURES OF THE
FRIDAY LUNCH CLUB
MEETING, GIVING AC
COUNT OF WORK.
LADIES OF THE CANTEEN
SERVICE MEETING EVERY
TRAIN AND DISPENSING
(HEER AND REFRESH
MENTS TO SOLDIER BOYS
PASSING THROUGH.
The following address on "The
Aid of the Red Cross eanten Serv
ice,” was delivered by Homer Wilson
at the Friday Lunch Club meeting
and was one of the intersting fea
tures of the session, showing the
splendid work which is being done
by the ladies of the canteen service
here: I
It is all-important to show our men
by frequent and convincing expres
sion the nation’s faithfulness to them
and pride in them. It is our soldier's
and sailor's right to receive this as
surance and it is our privilege to give
it.
How can we best give it? By
Welcoming them as they come to us;
by showing them how we feel; by
making them realize that wherever
they came from and wherever they
are they are ours. The American
Red Cross canteen service is voicing
this welcome and God speed to our
men as nothing else can do. No mat
ter what the hour or the weather when
a troop train stops at a point where
there is an American Red Cross can
teen, the women of the unit are there
with heartening greeting and cheer
ing refreshments for the fine men of
ours. Many a soldier, stale from a
journey of days in a troop train, has
looked wearily from the window and
has wondered how it would feel to
have some passerby stop, meet his
eyes and give him a cordial greeting.
His own home seems very far away.
He recognizes no one and in the pass
ing crowd no one pays him any atten
tion. He is forgotten. This is part
of his country. He is on the way to
the training camp, point of embarka
tion; he is going to fight for these
people, to lay down his life for them
if need be, yet no one has a single
word for him. He didn't figure on
this when he joined up. If only some
one would speak to him.
Then a fine faced wiman in the
uniform of the American Red Cross
canteen service comes gaily toward
him, smiling eagerly and says: "Hel-
Yesterday
You Signed a Pledge
You vowed that during the next six months, you will live
so proudently that you can buy patriotically ami with
regularity, more of Uncle Sam's Little War Bonds—War
Savings Stamps—to help your country win the tear. As
a citizen of honor you will keep that pledge, not alone to
day. but during the ISS days that follow before the end
of the year 11)18. Let nothing deter you.
l savingsßanK of Griffin.
Prompt. Progressive. Accommodating
Take the Daily News and Sun
10, like some sandwiches? How about
some coffee; have a smoke?” Two
big shoulders swing out of the window
and the boy answers, “Gee, yes!”
To get the eloquence of these words,
the response of his heart to her greet
ing, you have to hear and see him.
Then you realize what it means to
him and it thrills you through and
through. His country has spoken to
him, told him of her pride in him,
her faith in him, and he has heard.
You have looked on the birth of that
from which an army’s morale is
made.
One soldier summed it up when he
said to a woman of the canteen ser
vice, "it's just to know that somebody
cares.”
I am thankful to say that Griffin
has already established one of the
canteen stations. We are now after
much hard worg, getting the co p ‘-,
ration of the railroad people, (and
they all have shown their willingness
to help as soon as they have been
shown what we are doing) in secur
ing advance information in regard to
troop train movements. We have met
every train of which we have had ad
vance notice. Thanks to our secre
tary, Mr. Royster, we have been able
to give out almost ten thousand pos- i
tai cards. These cards have gone we
believe to every state in the -union
carrying the message of cheer and
comfort to those at home and prais
es for the service of the Red Cross.
In our work of the canteen we
have seen another great need and op
portunity for service to our soldiers.
We hope Griffin will immediately
take this work up also and we recom
mend that it come through our Board
of Trade. This is known as the work
< overed by the Soldiers Welfare
League.
Mr. Raymond B Fosdick, chairman
of the commissii non training camp
activities of the war and navy depart
ments, says: "We faced a great me
nace once the soldier on furlough
passed out side the military zone.” It
became instantly clear to all members
of the commission that the largest
part of our problem was not military
but civil, that the camp area was an
island, everywhere surrounded by un
regulated towns and cities. By un
regulated, 1 mean not subject to im
mediate miltary injunction.” The
government therefore through the
the commission on training camp ac
tivities issued its first call for the co
operation from all civil authorities.
We have found that especially on
week ends when the soldiers have
leave of absence for 24 hours or long
er that these men are visiting our
town, meeting with all classes of peo
ple ami influences which contribute
either to their uplift or downfall. In
numbers of cases these boys have
slept in box cars and passenger cars
stationed here overnight.
We suggest that our old Spalding
Grays’ armory be fitted up and some
plan of entertainment and sleeping
quarters be provided for these men
who either visit our city or who are
compelled to stop over here en route
from camp to camp.
Calomel Users! Listen Io Me!
I Guarantee Dodson’s Liver Tone
Your druggist gives back your money if it doesn c
liven your liver and bowels and straight! n
you up without making you sick.
There’s no reason why a person
should take sickening, salivating cal
omel when a few cents buys a large
bottle of Dodson’s Liver Tone —a
perfect substitute for calomel.
It is a pleasant, vegetable liquid
which will start vour liver just as
surely as calomel, but it doesn't
make vou sick and can not salivate.
Children and grown folks can take
Dodson’s Liver Tone, because it is
perfectly harmless.
Calomel is a dangerous drug. It
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I have one DIXIE FLYER
ROADSTER, which has been
used as a demonstrator, will
be sold cheap. This is a bar
gain. See me quick.
D. S. JOHNSON, Agent
TRANSFER AND STORAGE
If you have anything to move call
us up. We have opened a first-class
Storage house. Reasonable rates bv
the month, and a very low rate of in
surance.
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more biliousness, constipation, slug
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your money is waiting for you.