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ROBERT 1.. BIKE.
Editor and Publisher.
A. G. JONES Superintendent
Entered at the postoffice in Griffin,
Georgia, as second-class mail matter.
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Gjiffin, Ga,, July 26, 1918
There is nothing wrong with eith
er the morale or the morals: of the
American army.
Europe has never been surprised
that the unspeakable Turk should be
allied with the unthinkable Hun.
$350,000 worth of chewing gum --
57,000,000 pieces has been ordered
of a New York firm for the Use of
British soldiers in France. “Chew
when the dawn is breaking, chew
when the shadows fall.”
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The German chancellor states
that Germany is holding Belgium
merely as “a pawn." Ordinary pawn
brokers hold the article pawned in
good condition and return it as re
ceived. Can the imperial pawnbrok
er do this with Belgium?
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A service to distribute neighbor
hood news to the American fighting
forces abroad has Been organized.
When one is three thousand miles
away from home it would be interest
ing to know even what has happened
to Neighbor Jones’ yellow dog.
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'I he Macon News does not seem to
be economizing on white paper. They
are sending us two copies. It is an ex
cellent newspaper without which our
exchange table would be incomplete,
but one copy, for which we have just I
paid the subscription price, is suffi
cient. Kindly discontinue one paper,
Mr. Simmons.
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“A glance at the masthead of the
Griffin News of the last three or four
days maks us glad Editor Duke did
not attend the press convention at
Wrightsville. We would hate to have
the hospitable Wrightsville people
blamed for such an elaborate display
of pi."—Savannah Press. We don’t
blame you, Sutlive, but our foreman
seems to be unusually fond of “pi"
and every time we step out of the of
ffice he proceeds to "pi” things. You
just ought to see his face now,
though.
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Says the Moultrie Observer: “Hoop
er Alexander says that the Ned! pri
mary law is no law at all. We
thought so all the while. It was just
a frame up by designing politicians.
An effort to control the politics and
offices of Georgia without the n<‘c > -
sity of getting the consent of the Gov
erned.” It is the most iniquitous and
diabolical piece of legislation ever en
acted and should be repealed. The
[cor’t should have the right to •innv'
their officers and the majority s 1 -mid
rule.
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I’OIITH M VDVERTISEMENTS
It is not amiss :ist at this time to
cal) attention of .■ ir readers to the
fact that the -.ent intents of the editor
are not always to be guaved by tin
political advert'sements winch the pa
per carries. ( >ne f the re ions of a
newspaper -• : > be ’he medium of
communication f n s ■■■ i.a v., ■ h
reach the read 1 ■ -t ; . rr: •or
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THE SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN
I Hon. Wright Willingham, of Rome,
I sizes up the senatorial situation ac
curately. The following address by
■ this distinguished Georgian brings
out some interesting fact- ami logi
cal reasons why the present junioi j
. representative in the I n.te I Sta.es
* senate should not be returned to of
fice :
• "It was a chalenge to the souls of
men — those imperial words sn-ken
iover the tomb of the immortal
i Frenchman, by the man whose name
now stands as the symbol of A.meri-
B I
‘ can chivalry.
i "Just four words—-'tis true—but an
oration wheih will be reckoned as a
masterpiece of eloquence adown the
e ages; for these four words contain
ed an acknowledgement of gratitude
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to France by an American soldier
I'
I speaking for the American people,
and contained a potential promise of
vast proportions.
“ Lafayette, we are here.’
I "General Pershing did not attempt
to explain to the people of France our
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long delayed arrival; did not attempt
to say why we continued to wait, with
a world on fire, and the heart of
France bled white.
"While we arrived none too soon -
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thanks be to God—we did not arri.’e
too late. Though the butchery goes
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on yet awhile and further inroads
made by brutal vampires, into the. vi
tals of that nation—France shall live
and Americans have opportunity to
redeem the waiting and repay the
debt incurred some century and a half
ago—when that immortal spirit, to
whom our Pershing spoke—sustained
the broken spirits of our forefathers
and made them willing to die that lib
erty might live.
“And at such a time as this it re
mained for the commonwealth of
Georgia to contribute to the United
States senate a man who said that
the commander in chief of our army
and navy should be denied the right
•to raise an army and send across the
| seas to stay the blighting advance of
German cruelty and destruction, which
had already cast its oncoming shad
ows across the Atlantic, and bathed
our statute of liberty in melancholy
eclipse.
“It remained for the commonwealth
of Georgia to contribute a man to the
United States senate who said that
the rights of the American people
were being abridged, when we at
tempted to organize our men into this
holy alliance with the people of
France and send them to fight along
side that nation—already left too long
unaided by our sons, in its battle for
the honor of man, and the virtue of
woman.
“It is to replace this man that the
people of Georgia now stand on trial.
“The commander in chief of our
army and navy has not had a helpmg
hand from this Georgia senator. In
stead of helping, he has hindered and
in spite of this, lias the affrontery to
offer himself as tit successor to the
•position he now dishonors.
“I do not believe that the great ma
jority of the people of this State con
sider this candidate with any 1 >grve
of seriousness or respect.
“But how shall this majority as
semble itself at tin 1 assembling time?’
"For whom shall the t I’iibaiiy
votes be cast
"To what extent will the people if'
Georgia seek to contribute a man ' >■
the senate who shall redeem the c-f-.
fi-nse of the present incumbent .’
“ \nd again 1 ask, will the peo
'Georgia .end a man to 'he - a.tie
in the respect, ■•on!-.ienee iml e
■
\ er 1 - m .i■ ■ y and -
"At a time Ike thn i-• it in op. f :
la le.uiy fm f. ’<■ I ■ •
• r.e f v... A- i a ■ - al
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"Will Georgia now slap the otherj
cheek by putting forward the man
whose broken pledge produced that
withering rebuke from President Wil
son ?
“This man may have the eloquence !
jof Demosthenes, as he admits; may!
have the wisdom of Solomon ami the i
courage of Caesar, but Georgia does i
not need him in the senate!
"And what does his loyalty amount
to now, or in case of his election?
"In this time of supreme crisis,
what could we expect our commander
in chief to profit from his counsel, aid
and co-operation?
Will the great white hear 1 or Geor
gia sustain a man who stands today
in disrepute with the president of our
country and send him to the senate in
place of the man who has for the past
three years been a stench in the nos
trils of the national administration?
"If not —then it is time that the
people of this State shall let it be
known that sentiment shall be con
gealed and that candidate put forward
who has never been known to betray
a trust in private or in public life,
and who is known to command the re
spect, confidence and esteem of our
president.
“This man who will be an aid, en
couragement and support to the presi
dent, who has had ample opportunity
to test his worth and weigh his vir
tues.
"I refer to the gentleman who the
ambitious Atlanta aspirant concedes
to be the choice and the judgment of
the president.”
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VAUGHN VENTURES.
Vaughn, Ga., July 23. -The recent
rains have changed that grouchy look
of the farmers into a very pleasant
smile. So cheer up, gentlemen, we will
make a bumper crop yet.
Thos E. Head, Mrs. J. O. Freeman
and daughter, Grace, of Kingston,
Ala., who have been spending a week
here as the guest of their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. B. C. Head, returned home
Sunday, motoring through the coun
try.
Mrs. Mattie Touchstone, of Moul
trie, is spending her summer vacation
here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
George 11. Steele. She recently spent
a few days camping at Lifsey Springs
as the guest of Mrs. Janie Touch
stone from Rover.
Sergeant Valjean Sheppard, of
Camp Wheeler, visited friends here
last week.
Carl Bradbury, who has been called
into army service left last Sunday to
visit his parents at Sanford. Fla., be
fore reporting at Camp Jackson, Co
lumbia, S. C. i
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lewis, of Dub
lin, Ga., are spending two weeks here j
as the guest of friends and relatives, j
our bright young men we hate to :
Lewis before her mariage will be |
pleasantly remembered as Miss Opal
Steele.
Otis L. Bates left Tuesday for a
training camp. He is another one of
our bright young men we hate to de
part with but we know that it is for
a righteous cause that he goes.
The attendance of our i w ■ Sunday
schools are far below wha: it should
be. We have enough people here for !
two good Sunday schools each Sunday j
if we will only make up our minds to '
attend regularly, and there are enough 1
young men that stay around the stores i
and depot on Sunday aft ernoons to I
make up a splendid class, so boys ’
why not attain the habit of going and j
I let us all go and co-e,aerate with the!
' superintendent. Without <■ i>• m-es-|
once and co-operation he anti ' have
j success.
Hoke Hardy, son of Mr. B. ? '
my had the misfortune of getting his
i arm broke last week while placing at
-clmol. It was indeed a painful m i-j
|d<nt tor the little fellow and it isi
hoped that it will soon be healed.
Mr. and Mrs I 11. Steele spent the i
mast week end w:’h relatives at Me- I
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diately on a wedding trip to Washing-;
ton, Baltimore and New York. They |
will make their home for the present
at Gettysburg, Pa.
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[■EO. [ECHOES HOOVER
Food Administrator Tells Allied Food
Controllers There is No Longer
Any Fear from German U-boats.
London, July 23.— Herbert Hoover,
United States food administrator, told
allied food controllers here today that
the corner of food production and sup
plies had been turned. There is no
longer any fear from Gerifan U-boats
he declared, in an address at a lunch
eon at the Mansion house.
Peach Brandy — Woman-
Gambling—Brings Death
To One, Jail For Two
Jackson, Ga., July 23.—Charlie
White and Walter Barron, negroes,
are in jail here charged with the mur
der of Sank Bailey, another negro.
'1 he shooting took place Thursday
night and Bailey died Saturday morn
ing. The trouble is alleged to have
started when the men became involv
ed in a quarrel over some peach
brandy, a gambling game and a wo
man.
Keep the Blood Stream Pure.
Rheumatic pains, backache, swol
len joints and sore muscles often are
the results of impurities in the blood
gathering in the region affected, a re
sult of failure of the kidneys to elimi
nate waste products from the blood
stream. Foley Kidney Pills heal,
strengthen and invigorate weak, dis
eased kidneys and bladder. W. H.
Hill, Justice of the Peace, Detroit.
Tex., writes: “I used Foley Kidney
Pills and say unhesitatingly that of
all I have used they are the best, and
have done the work where the rest
failed.” Sold everywhere.
Miss Virginia Crouch is being de
lightfully entertained in Atlanta as
the guest of Miss Arcadia NeaM
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As the sun shines on thy hat /"Z
Let not thy head be troubled.
Ye believe in cool clothes,
Ye believe in straw hats also. j \ -
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All Stiff Straw Hats
Have Been Reduced 1-3
Panamas, Bankoks and Leghorns
Have Been Reduced 1-4
I'hese hats will be a great deal higher next season,
but we have a large stock on nand and no room to carry
them over. So men. avail yourself of this opportunity
and purchase yourself a good bright new straw hat to
finish the season with and then some.
ENCOURIEiNG REPORTS
IT HIRRIS HEiaOIMTERS
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Harris Had Race for Senate Mon
When Election Started Says
Campaign .Manager.
Atlanta, Ga., July 24.—William J.
Harris had the race for the United
States senate won when he started,
and his election today is more certain
than ever before, according to his
campaign manager, Dr. L. S. Ledbet
ter, who states that the mail receiv
ing at all. It simply shows that in a
day, both in quantity and confidence.
"Ninety per cent of our mail brings
the most encouraging reports from
every section of the State," states Dr.
Ledbetter. “The rest is not discourag
ing at al. It simply shows that in a
Help Win The War!
Plant a big garden—
Phone 91 for your
Garden Tools and
save money.
Pledge yourself to purchase your quota of W. S. S.
Griffin Hardware Co.
few counties there is some fight. It
is a question of taking them away
from Hardwick.
“The reports we get from the
speeches of William Schley Howard
are all to the same effect. He is be
ing heard by very small audiences
and his candidacy is arousing no en
thusiasm." X 1
Mr. Harris spoke yesterday at
Watkinsville. In the course of hm
speech he repeated the statement
which he has made on previous oc
casions that a vote for Howard or
anv of the other candidates is prac
tically a vote for Hardwick as )t
would only serve to divide the loyal
vote of the county. This seems to be
the view of unprejudiced politicians
in Atlanta.
Now that wheat is safe, don’t corn
plain if we have extreme heat. It
means good corn growing weather for
the Middle West.