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UNION RECORDER, MILLEDGEVILLE, GA., FEBRUARY 2, 1928
FRANKCRANESAYS
Moral A»p«t of The W*|
Usually the money-making indivi
dual gets a very black eye from
high-brow writers. They think if a
man doe* a thing in order to
money he should be somewhat ashnm*
ed of it.
I wish to say a good word for the
desire to make money. It seems to
me it is about the most wholesome
desire in the human bosom.
What would we do unless people
could make money? The gas we
bum in the houMe would remain in
the coal if there were no profits
in taking it out and piping it to the
residence.
i profit by supplyii
thing for us which We cannot do or
do not want to do ourselves.
Formerly we had a system of
slavery by which men did what we
want to do.
The conscience of the world re
belled against that, and now to get
a man to do for us whut we do not
want to do ourselves, or cunnot do,
we simply pay him. Without this
system of paying people for their
labor there would be none of it done
for us.
The wage system beautifies our
lives, fils it with comforts and lux
uries and the whole fabric of society
Every man cr woman should not
only be busy but should be busy
about something that the world is
wiling to pay for.
When somebody pay* for what you
may be sure your work is needed. If
you are just working for nothing you
may be more of a nuisance than a
benefit.
The wage system is a teat by which
you know that your work is appreci
ated.
No man should be ashamed of get
ting wages. Everybody of any ac
count work for a wage in one form
or another.
Of course he should do nothing
dishonorable or disgraceful, but he
should not do that, anyhow. So,
eliminating all wicked or criminal or
selfish acts, the best way to test
the usefulness of your activities is
to see whether anybody wants to pay
for them or not.
Pei
lid that :
Inge of
the people is a clap trap.
It doubtless is. llu
of, by and for a king
or any such thing is 1
Paul’s recently
of, by and fi
been the most astounding in the
world’s history.
Altogether the efficiency of
democracy seems to be that it can
easily get rid of bad rulers, al
though it is not so efficient in pick
ing good ones always.
The question often overlooked i:;,
“What is .'» government for?”
A government is not a people
organized to accomplish something or
to gain some advantage over another
combined people, l>u tit is organized
to advance the interests of the peo
ple who make it up. The American
v- rnment is a good one because
■ individuals who compose it are
II off. The Russian government
a bud one because the individual
®ple are bad off.
If we would keep our eye upon
‘ individual more and less upon
■ combined individuals as a nation
should think more clearly of the
problem.
The question after all is not what,
better for u nation, but what is
tter for tf •• people that compose it.
About Vour
WaUh
Thing* You Should Know
VOTE
BUT
of G. S. C. W.
by John Joseph Gaines, M. IX 7
Nostrums and QuackT~
Fake cure-alls still abound
druggists’ shelves, and to
credit be it said, they remain there
longer than they would have done
fifteen years ago. Our people are
learning better than to trust their
health to dangerous experiment—
the experiment with bottled guess
work.
At present the radio seems to
be favorite instrument of the chai-
latan; he can rtach the patient
| with his oily tongue, his persua-
j hive voice—his glittering promise.
The problem of >
>ry for c<
d. alwyas for the fee in advance!
Our enterprising broadcasters, per-
ting is a? neces- willing to get “overhead” ex-
elfari. as the prob- pens(<( , sccm to t „ k( , on the vast array
of peddlers—even the evil propagan
da of those who prey on the sick
and afflicted.
The listening sick man can pro
strong, cap- himself, jf he will exercise com-
It is then mon-sense and reasonable business
•n of voting sanity; the following suggestions
• ch008e * c may be helpful:
(1) No really capable, honest
physician or surgeon advertises, over
radio, or by any other method; he
lead-
in of eating for live!
•rtunatily, so many cit
■alize this.
All organizations mus
•s. They should have
ile, and honest lenders,
the duty of every citize
every election to
best qualified leaders.
So often it happens that a citizen
11 leave it to the “other fellow” to
the voting. “To what exent will
y one little vote influence the elc-
>n, anyway?" He* asks. That one
tie vote influences the election
are than the slacker may realize.
Suppsoe everbudy left the problem of
•ting to the “other fellow." Soon
would follow thut the “other fel-
w" would become so powerful that
■ would be able to establii4i a mon
archy of his own land absolutism
would dominate the United States
it did the Mother country during
the reign of the Stuarts.
Many citizens of Georgia fail to
fully appreciate the splendid oppor
tunity voting affords them. They
unmindful of the fact that their
'fathers for centuries in other
lands were subjected to the selfish
wishes and orders of a domineering
king and were forced to accept the
king's pampered favorites, who were
elves filled w it h avrice
agreed. How fortunate the
citizens of this country are today in
. elect their own leaders, j V. V.
They can blame no othrr than them- | tended
if the right
doesn't need to.
(2) All quacks advertise, be
cause their q>tsh receipts depend
upon the number of people who do
not know them, that they can in
veigle: their former dupes are no
more profitable to them.
(3) If you have a chronic dis
ouse. and hear an alluring proposi
tion over the radio to cure you,
write to your State Board of Health
for reliable information before
nibbling at the bait.
(4) The quack and charlatan do
not affiliate with county or state
medical societies, for the ample
reason that those societies have
nothing to do with crooks; the quack
is not trusted by life insurance socie
ties,—in fact, the radio charlatan is
the finest fellow on earth, to let
alone; your pocketbook and your
physical well being are not safe in
his hands.
Milledgei
cho:
Evi
thi>
i oligarthy
clap trap,
almost all
kinds of government are' open t<
accusation of being elap trap.
As far as getting anything done
immediately is concerned, th»- dicta
tor plan, such ns is accomplished by
Mussolini and Premio de Itivera,
seems to be the best.
A democracy is not the most effici
ent form of government, but it is the
only form where the majority rule.
It is the only form under which
people are allowed to make their
own mistakes.
The only way to improve is to ;
hump your own nose, stub your own
toe and learn from your own de
feats.
Foolish and unstable as the p. ople
are they remain the best basis for
any government, and a government
slowly built up as a democracy has
much more promise of long life than
any absolutism.
America may be headed for dis
aster. Plenty of prophets tell us
that it is. hut so far its record has
lege of voting, hut too
of the opportunity,
nterested in the electio
rare to meddle in dirty
.any declare. Yet, the
hi- particular election
refuse to vote may influence t
cut extent the welfare of the 1
children.
i? challenge is placed in yoi
e visited their sister, Mrs.
rwood Sunday and at-
ilay School at Friendship.
Mrs. A. P. Bland is spt nding somc-
ime with Mr. nnd Mrs. S. J. Blare!,
n Mill edge ville. We are sorry to
»ote Mrs. S. J. Bland iw ill We hope
I'm ! she will soon be restored to her much
I do | wanted health.
ics," ‘ Mrs. B. L. Prosser, th-.- president
ome j of our W. M. A. is planning to at
tend a meeting of the Executive
Committee in Milledgeville Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. T. II. Hall were
Sunday guests of Mrs. T. H. Meeks.
Mr. C. I. Blizzard were dinner
l make
■hich '
FRIENDSHIP NEWS
AdvIt Sunday School Class
ave charge of the prayer Her
at the church next Saturday | Horan
1 guests of Mr. T. H. Peeler Sunday
Mrs. A. J. Trawick nnd her mother,
Mrs. W. It. Veal, were joint hostess
I in entertaining the ladies in our
| community with a party last Satur-
! day aft rnoon given honor of Mrs.
Veal.
Th,
subject to b
:• of Christ," O
s. V. V. Undi
■pecial music, t
body is cordi
• diA'ussed The afternoon was very pleasantly
ir efficient spent. Much advice was given the
rwood will bride about anaging a husband. De-
ongs, duets licious refreshments were served.
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