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THURSDAY. MARCH 3, 1021.
Slip Tomiirr Npuih
WINDER, GA.
Published Every Thursday
Entered at the Postofflce at Winder, Georgia,
as Second Class Matter.
j. w. McWhorter Editor
J. It. PARHAM Business Manager
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One Year $1.50
Hi.\ Months 75
Judge Lindsey’s Contempt
Case
Judge Ben B. Lindsey, of the Denver Ju
venile court, has been adjudged in contempt
of court for his refusal to testify in a mur
der trial because he said he could not be
tray tin* confidence of a child. The ludge
was fined SSOO or a number of months in
Jail. He lias decided to serve out his jail
sentence instead of paying the fine. We be
lieve he is making a mistake. By serving a
term in jail be appears to he posing as a mar
tyr. and to hold himself above the law. He
has a perfect right to chosse between di
vulging what was told him in confidence, and
paying the penalty of that refusal in a court
of justice. We would have paid the fine, we
believe, thus upholding the majesty of the
law and at the same time not divulging those
tilings that were told us in confidence.
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How Far Should Labor Go?
An editorial that, appeared in the News
two weeks ago concerning the unfortunate
situation in which the Gainesville Midland
Railway lias been placed ixeause of the de
pressed condition of business enterprises, was
reproduced in last week’s issue of The Jour
nal of Labor and comments made on same
by the editor of that paper. In that edito
rial tlie News expressed the hope that the
employees of the Gainesville Midland road
would consent to a readjustment of their
wage scale to such an extent as to permit
the road to continue to operate. The presi
dent of tlie road had stated that it ehould
not continue to operate without a reduction
in the operating expenses.
The Journal of Labor, from the tenor of
its comments, seems to lie laboring under the
impression that tin* News was blaming the
employees for tin* present plight of the rail
road. We w ish to assure our contemporary
that such is not tlie case. The present con
dition of tin* road is caused by the demoral
izing shrinkage in the value of the staple
products of this section. We do not think
labor has had any hand in putting down the
price of cotton.
Our contention is that, now as the farmers,
merchants and all business enterprises, rail
roads included, are straining every nerve to
keep out of bankruptcy, many of them going
down under the strain, the employees of the
Gainesville Midland should appreciate tlie
condition in which all these other lines of
business have been thrown and lie willing to
accept a wage in line with that, received by
Other workers.
The concluding paragraph of the editorial
•of the Journal of Labor is as follows: “An
appeal should lie made to the cities along
the routes of these roads, to merchants,
manufacturers and farmers —this is the class
that has fattened on the railroads and they
an* the people who should respond when dis
tress overtakes one of these great institu
tions.’’
Tlie editor of the Journal of Labor must
not be familiar with financial condtions in
the smaller cities and rural sections of tlie
south. Farmers, merchants and manufact
urers. though facing disaster, are paying a
large increase in freight and passenger rates
in order to save the railroads, yet the em
ployees of these roads are getting the same
wages that they received when the farmer
was getting 40 cents for his cotton. He is
now getting 10 cents for it, and paying a
higher rale for railroad service than he did
when he was getting the high price for his
product. The Income of hundreds of en
gineers in Georgia today for one month is
equal to the income for the entire year of
thousands of farmers in the state for 1920,
who worked a one-horse farm on halves,
with the labor of their wives and children
4 brown in.
This is unfair and unjust, and no organi
sation can stand in this world, for long, that
is unwilling to be fair and just in its rela
tions to its fellows in all lines of endeavor.
laibor has won its battles in tin* past be
cause public sympathy was with it. It will
tost* its battles in the future unless it treats
lie public fairly und shows that it is worthy
• that sympathy that has been extended, to
■ in the past.
Jr © —
'he fact that passenger rates from the
ited States to European ports have been
iiterially incrrtised doe* not cause -any
dety In this neck of the woods.
Georgia on a Cash Basis
If Thomas W. Hardwick will put Georgia
on a cash basis when he becomes governor,
he will deserve the commendation of every
citizen of the state. We have been opposing
for years the appropriation of any funds by
the legislature until provisions have been
made for meeting those appropriations. We
are in favor of just as liberal a policy to
wards the state institutions as our ability
will permit, but tlie past legislatures have
gone on making appropriations without any
provisions for tin* payment of same 'until
the finances *f the state have gotten in bad
shape. This is the time for economy, and
we trust Governor-elect Hardwick will stand
by the promises lie has mnde in giving Geor
gia ari administration that will put our fi
nances in good shape.
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To Subscribers of Barrow
Times
As was announced last week in both papers
the Barrow Times lias been consolidated with
tlie Winder News and the one paper goes
out this week to all subscribers to both pa
pers. If you are paid in advance to both
papers your dat,. will be run up sufficient to
cover tlie time for which you have paid both
papers. If you are due the Barrow Times
any amount on subscription this is payable
at the Winder News. Some errors may occur
this week on account of the shortness of the
time we have in consolidating the two lists
but if you will let us know we will correct
any mistakes we may make. We hope by
next week to have all the Barrow Times
subscribers labeled so that all can tell by
the label how they stand with the consoli
dated paper.
We are going to leave no stone unturned
to give the people of Winder and Burrow
county a good paper. We want to print all
the and we ask that you send us any
news items that will be of interest to any
one.
The consolidated paper now has a fine sub
scription list and we can give our advertis
ers the best service in the history of the pa
per. In fact, we are sure that no paper
in this section can offer its advertiseing
patrons better service than the News.
We trust that tlie depressing times will
soon pass away and that we all may get
down to business and that 1921 will be a
prosperous year with us all. The News is
going to do its best to serve the people ac
ceptably, and sincerely trusts it will have
tin* support and patronage of all our people.
If at any time you fail to get your copy
of the paper let us know and we will lie
glad to send another copy. We hope our
county friends will call at the News office
when in town and let us get acquainted.
We want to know you.
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PROGRAM
THURSDAY •
FRIDAY
Margurite Fisher
“WEEK END.”
SATURDAY
BRIDE 13
Wm. Duncan, in Fight
ing Fate.
COMEDY
MONDAY
Jack Pickford
TUESDAY
Dorothy Dalton
“His Wife’s Friend”
Ruth of the Rockies.
WEDNESDAY
CLOSED.
THE WINDER NEWS
Just received a carload of Porto Rico Sweet Pota
t
toes. Can sell you any amount you desire.
I am also bedding 400 bushels of Porto Rico Sweet
Potatoes and will be ready to sell you the plants in the
spring, in any quantity, whether your order be small or
large.
I am making arrangement to build a large Sweet
Potato Curing House in Winder and will be ready to
store sweet potatoes in the fall in unlimited quantities.
It will be ready in ample time to take care of this year’s
crop. So you need not fear to plant potatoes this year.
Let me sell you your Seed Sweet y Potatoes now or
your potato plants later on. If you will want the plants
put in your order at once so that you will be sure to get
them. First come, first served.
Next fall I will be in shape to give you the highest
market price for all your potatoes or store them for you
until you get ready to sell.
G. W. Summerour
At Warehouse, near Gin House
Winder, Georgia
Sweet Potato
*
Curing House
FOR
Winder
SUBSCRIPTION: $1.50 A YE AH'**