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THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1021. ®lfp Wittier Nans | WINDER, GA. Published Every Thursday Eutered at the Postoffice at Winder, Georgia, ns Second Class Matter. J. W. McWHOBTER Editor J. B. PARHAM Business Manager Subscription Rates: In Advance One Year $1.50 Bix Mouths 75 Government Ownership One of the best arguments against govern ment ownership is the big express steal. As long as the world stands there will hegu lot of people who believe it is honorable, right and fair to steal from the government.— Commerce < tbserver. This country has had a splendid opportu nity of noting the result of government own ership during t lie last few years. It men ns graft, stealing, poor service, exorbitant rates, demoralization. > Sound Argument * If a corporation should force a laborer to work, that would constitute peonage. Then, on the other hand, if the Inborer should force a corporation to employ Idm through the strike method, why wouldn’t that constitute peonage? Is not sauce for the goose good for tlie gander.—Commerce News. If the corporations should combine to put up rates there would be a howl from Maine to California, and every one of the corpor ations would he prosecuted under the Anti trust law. If the workers combine to put up rates, why are they not just as guilty as the corporations? They are as guilty and the public sentiment is rapidly crystalizing against organized labor on this account. The labor leaders are bound to run their organ ization on the rocks, unless there is a great change iu their methods. Be Loyal to Your Town If you have made up your mind to live In a town then stand up for it, and if you know positively that it is no good then silence is golden. Do all you can to help along every man who is engaged in legitimate business. Do not send away for everything nice you waut, and still expect the home men to keep a stock to suit the whims of one or two cus tomers, The success of your fellow towns men will be your success.—Marietta Journal. The Marietta Journal is right. Interest In our own city ought to encourage us to pat ronize our home merchants. The way to enable them to keep a good stock of goods is for our people to buy from them. The mer chants of Winder are anxious to serve our people and they can be depended on to keep 4>n hand always stocks of high class goods. The News believes In civic pride and we also believe that the way to make Winder a still greater city is to patronize our home men. Our experience ■ lias been that we can buy goods, as a rule, cheaper right ut home than •elsewhere. The rallruds of the country say that they an? unable to show a profit. They are be ginning to got in line with the balance of us. O The government yearns to help farmers, declares Mr. Hoover. Inasmuch as the far mers yearns to he helped, there ought to he some way to get those together. O The News enjoyed a brief visit last week from Editor Caldwell, of the Walton News. He gets out a splendid newspaper and is an all-round good fellow. We are always glad to greet him. O It is said that paper suits, made In Ger many, will soon be on sale In Georgia at sev enty-cents each. The members of the Geor gia Press Association can continue to bold their annual outings. O The Dahlonega Echo says that up In that country both saint and sinner believe it a God-given right to make, sell and drink whis key, and that they preach that doctrine und practice it, too. O “What France owes, she owes, and she Is too dignified to discuss them," says a French man. Same in this office. - O The Walton Tribune says the farmers of that county are going to plant too much cot ton. Send for J. J. Brown and let him rip the boys up the back about it. O Go to the hen, thou non-advertising mer chant. Consider her ways and he wise. When she lays an egg she advertises that fact. When you have something to sell, tell it to the people. O The farmer ought to be the best judge as to what he must plant to make a living and to meet his obligations, and if we were farm ing we would use our own judgment and out line our own plans and go to it. For every body to be advising him is an insult to his intelligence. Too Much Credit. The Moultrie Observer says there is too much credit in this country. Too many peo pie abusing credit. Too many uccounts standing month after month with no atten tion being paid to them. Too much time be ing lost by collectors walking up and down the streets seeking an opportunity to present bills that are often ignored when they are presented. There are scores of men in every commu nity receiving credit who are not entitled to it. No man who ignores an account should be given further credit. Our Mo'ultrie contemporary could have added that there are too many people in the country living beyond their means. This is the cause of many of the unpaid lulls. The Williams Case John 8. Williams, who was tried in New ton county last week for killing one of the negroes that worked on his farm, was found guilty with recommendation, and sentenced to life imprisonment. His sons have been indicted by a grand jury in Jasper county and are now fugitives from justice. If the negroes, who have been held on the farms of these men, are to bo believed, Williams ami his sons have been guilty of such atrocious practices as to as to shook all fair-minded, justice-loving people. But retribution, strong and fast, is coming home to them. Williams’ life is blighted and his three sons are hiding out somewhere to escape the result of their misdeeds. “The wages of sin is death,” says Holy Writ, and men cannot escape this inexorable law. Daily, as we read the newspapers, we note the results of the violations of this law. In the Williams case, we see a heartbroken wife, weeping daughters, a man in middle nge with a wrecked and ruined life, fugitive sons with blasted opportunities for success iu life! and the end is not yet. Williams may yet be hung for murder and his boys may suffer the same fate or be imprisoned for life. * It is always best to be fair, just and up right in our associations witli everybody, high or low% white or black. Handicap to Justice One of the best ways to stop lynching is to speed up our courts iu the trial of crimi nals. We believe that the people of this state are, In the main, law-abiding and op posed to lynching. But the delays that occur in the trial of criminals are enough to exas perate any man that wants to see the laws of the land respected and criminals punished. It is hard, exceedingly hard, to get punish ment meted out to criminals. There are so many technicalities that must be scrupu lously regarded by the courts that mouths nud years elapse before the case is over and (lie criminal is disposed of, and then he is turned loose or his punishment is not at all in proportion to the crime committed. The rights of the public are worthy of just as much consideration as the rights of the prisoner at the bar, and when too much time and too much consideration is shown the latter, the public suffer, and this is just as unjust as that the prisoner should suffer. We know a case in a South Georgia county where over n year ago, a depraved man kill ed in cold blood a taxi driver who was car rying him home. There was no provocation at all. Ilis own confession at the time ad mitted his guilt. Everybody knew lie ought to be hung. While there was some talk of lynching, wiser counsel prevailed, and a speedy trial was expected. That case is still pending in court, and the criminal may never be punished. The following words from the Atlanta Constitution are to the point:: “Delay hns always been a serious handicap to justice in Georgia. By delay in trials, and hy post ponements, evidence “cools," witnesses die or move away or their memory becomes hazy as to pertinent details, or they may become influenced in a way to warp their testimony, then, by the process of appeal, it too often happens that justice fails altogether, and society loses the protection it has a right to expect from the courts of law.” O One thing we like about President Hard ing is that he gives his wife credit for a large measure of the success that he has achieved in fife. A good woman. Interested in her home and in her husband’s success in busi ness, is entitled to share with him all the successes that may come their way. BARACA CLASS BAPTIST CHURCH Every member of the Bnraca Class of the First Baptist church of this city, is urged to be present next Sun day morning and bring someone with them. It is the earnest desire of the class to show a fine attendance on “Go-to-Sunday-School-Day." Do your part by being present yourself and bringing someone else with you. Be there, a treat in store for you. S. K. Grubb spent Monday and Tues day at Clayton, Rabun county, where he is interested in preparing a summer camp for Boy Scouts and some of their friends. Painting and Wall Tinting. If it is good painting you want done, old furniture repainted, wall tinting a specialty, estimates large or small cheerfully given, see G. C. Melton, Tel ephone 88. No. 52-4 t THE WINDER NEWS CONGRESSWOMAN HAS RELATIVE IN WINDER. Miss Alice Robertson, the only woman member of congress has relatives in Winder. She is a first cousin of Mr. H. L. Bentley and Mrs. W. D. Still, of this city, being the daughter of their mother's brother. Miss Robertson lias 'been living many years in Oklahoma and last year was triumphantly elect ed to congress. On account of her re lationship to Winder people, this city will watch her career in congress with interest. FAIR ASSOCIATION TO GIVE AWAY PURE BRED Dl ROC PIGS Next Monday morning the Fair As sociation will give away 10 pigs val ued at SSO each to 10 Barrow county boys. All the boys in each district will appear at the court house next Monday morning when a drawing will take place to decide which boy in each district will get the pig. It will be an inter esting occasion and many Barrow coun ty hoys will be present. The Sunday school asks every man, woman and child to give just one hour a week to the study of the Bible, of the things of the soul. Can any one pos sibly afford to do any less than this? Make anew start and go to Sunday school Sunday. rfH IPI pi PROGRAM tDrsday' FRIDAY April 14 and 15. William Farnum IN “DRAG HARLAN” This is a very fine pict ure with one of the very strong players that you seldom see on the screen SATURDAY BRIDE 13 Wm. Duncan, in Fight ing Fate. COMEDY MONDAY April 18. BUCK JONES “JUST PALS” TUESDAY April 19 Justine Johnson —IN— “BLACKBIRDS These three pictures are the best that can be pur joy an hour or two of pic chased. Come and en tures. WEDNESDAY CLOSED. # '* That Good Gulf Gasoline is delicious md refreshing to your carbureter. GULF KEROSENE does not throw off an offensive odor when burning. Shoes! Shoes! Shoes! The Values we are showing in Shoes and Oxfords are the best to be found in Winder. We carry a large Stock of Footwear. Can fit all sizes from the smallest to the largest. • We insist that you see the Extra Special values which we have in Women’s Oxfords and Pumps. These goods were received last week. New Shoes at New Prices. Priced at $3.00, $3.50, $4.00. These shoes are in Kid Leather, Black and Brown. Both Pumps and Oxfords. If in need of Footwear It will pay you to see us. Kilgore-Kelly Company “Fitters of Feet.” Let s Be Friends! A friend posted on money matters is mighty conven ient at times. And the better you know that friend the more useful he will be to you. Make friends with your bank now. Then when the time comes and you have an important money matter that you would like to talk over with someone, really well informed about such things, you will have a friend whose judgment will be valuable to you-Your Bank. , A It is a part of our daily business to keep posted in re gard to general conditions, money matters and invest ments. , Come in today and get acquainted. _ *:7' •/ nF.fi rill I % NORTH GEORGIA TRUST & BANKING COMPANY Windier, Georgia CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $224,000.00 SUBSCRIPTION: f1.50 A YEAR