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TH aSDAY, JAM'ARY 12. 1022.
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Winder, Ga.
And THE BARROW TIMES, of Winder, Ga., Consoli
dated March Ist, 1921.
" ITBUSHKI) EVERY THURSDAY
j. w. McWhorter - Editor
J. B. PARHAM Business Manager
Entered at the Poatofflce at Winder, Georgia as Second
Class Matter for Transmission Through the Mails.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE CITY OF WINDER
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNTY of HARROW
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Winder, Ga., Jan. 12, 1922.
112 Candler Street Telephone No. <?
Horn. John Holder, our neighbor over the line in
Jackson, has put in charge of the highway de
partment Of Georgia. He has the ability and we
know he will make good in this most important work.
George I). Rucker, of the Alpharetta Free Press
throws a nice boquet at lion. M L. Brittain, Geor
gia's splendid state school superintendent. Says the
Free Press: “M. 1.. Brittain is headed toward any
thing lie wants in Georgia politics. He is dean and
aide and progressive and courageous." The Free
Press is right.
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The Madison Madisonian gets a little rough but
hits the nail square on the head when it says: ‘‘The
Madisonian has no hatchet for Commissioner John
Brown, hut darned if we'll support a man for any
office who advocates a moratorium of any kind and
who advises farmers to hold 45c cotton for nOc, and
who is unwilling to have the records of Ids office
investigated.
Taking Stock-.
This is th" time of the year when merchants and
business men take stock. In fact, all of us total up
our assets and liabilities to see whether we have
gained or lost financially.
While we are taking stock from a financial stand
point it would not he a laid idea to take stock of our
selves and see how we compare with what we were
one year ago. Have we grown mentally and morally?
Or have we retrograded? At the end of life we will
not be Judged so much by what we have as by what
we are. ir we are not growing in attributes and
character we are losing much of the joy and zest <>f
life. The Joy of life is the result of growth. It is
all right to grow financially hut this, alone, will not
bring happiness. There must be a steady improve
mentf within to bring to us the things that we desire.
So. while we are counting up our gains and losses for
1021. from a financial standpoint, let us also look
within and see how we stand from that viewpoint.
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A Bad Road.
The travelers from Winder to Atlanta say that the
road from this city to Lawreneeville is in an awful
condition. Tourists traveling through this city never
fail to sjienk out in no uncertain terms about tins
roadway. The highway from the Oconee line to the
Gwinnett line passing clear through the county is
one of the most important roads in the state. It
runs from Athens, the commercial center of northeast
Georgia, to Atlanta, the capital city of the state, it
ought to be put in Hrstelnss shape and kept that way.
The good name of our county and our city demand it.
We hope our rounty authorities will give their at
tention to tills road, sq that tourists going from Ath
ens to Atlanta, or from Atlanta to Athens, and our
own people who visit these cities will not form such
an unfavorable opinion of our county. This is the
most important road in the county, and at present
about as disagreeable to ride over as any in the
county.
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Our Banks.
In last week's issue of the News occurred the state
ment of the Winder National Bank, and in this issue
we are publishing statements from the North Georgia
Trust and Banking Company. The Farmers Bank, of
this city, and the Bank of Stutham. These state
ments re fleet credit on these institutions. Banks
have had a laird time during the past year. The
drop in the fall of 1020 caught them all with heavy
loans out and they have not been able to liquidate
many of these loans during 1021. Deposits have
dropped often very materially, and with their assets
tir.l up as never before, and with deposits smaller
than they have been in several years, the hanks have
not been able to meet the demands that have been
made on them by the public for credit. That they
have done as well as they have shows that they have
been splendidly managed since the slump has come.
While many similar Institutions in others cities
have gone to the wall the banks of Barrow county
have stood the strain manfully, and they are all facing
the new year with hope and optimism. The News con
gratulates the officials of these institutions upon the
great way in vM.Ii they breasted the storm, and we
sincerely trust that prosperity will bo theirs during
{he coming year.
Credit System Going.
The old worn out bankruptcy 30-day credit business
is fast playing out. More and more the business
houses are cutting out the charging of a cigar, a nick
el's worth of salt or a paper of pins to the gent who
could never tie found on the first of the month when
money was needed to pay the wholesale bill. It wn
right convenient to step into a store, buy a cigar and
say, “charge it,” but It sent many a mercantile con
cern to the bankrupt court. Hi*-ed the day when
everybody pays cash or does without it. It will mean
a better day for both the buyer and the seller. —Worth
County Local. It would be a great thing for the
country if we could get to the point w hen' the 'charge
it’ system would be out out entirely. It might put
some of us to considerable inconvenience for awhile
but we'd get; used to it after trying it out. and when
we did all of us would get along a whole lot better.
Enquirer Sun.
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Turned Bankrupt Out of Church.
It is not so unusual to be a bankrupt these days,
but it is somewhat out of the ordinary to ho expelled
from church on account of taking advantage of the
bankruptcy law. but it sometime- hapts'iis. or rather
it has happened. A man in Moniw county was turn
ed out of his church last w ek because he went into
bankruptcy, ai'cording to a rejsirt published in the
Macon Telegraph.
It seems that the ehurch membership thought the
brother was taking advantage of tin* bankruptcy law
to keep from paying bis honest debts and not because
he was compelled to, and being firm advocates of
honesty and integrity particularly in the matter of
paving just debts, lie was dismissed from thi\ ehurcli.
Opinions may differ as to whether this was the
wisest course to pursue from a theological standpoint,
hut there is not a doubt hut that there is room in our
churches, as well as other places, for a return to some
of our old-fashioned standards of honesty and fair
dealing. The bankruptcy law is a wise and just pro
vision for those who are forced, because of unusual,
or unfortunate circumstances, to take advantage of it,
hut when a man use's it to cheat his creditors he is not
an honest man, no matter how many laws he has on
his side. —Augusta Chronicle.
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Young Boys and Crime.
Much of the crime that is committed in this country
is done by boys and young men, so states Judge Hum
phries, of the Fulton Superior Court, and he ought to
know. In a speech made at the Rotary club in At
lanta last Tuesday, lie says:
"Boys and young men of Atlanta are responsible for
much of the crime being committed here and figures
show that an astounding proportion of the crime is
being committed by hoys less than 20 years of age.’’
This is one of the deplorable problems that con.
fronts society today, and something must he done to
create in the minds of our hoys and young men higher
ideals and more lofty ambitions than are being given
them by the forces that are molding their minds and
characters at the present. The trend of today is to
have a “good time," frolic, spend as much as you can
get your hands on, work as little as possible and live
the fast life. Young men do not sc mto lie possessed
with an ambition to succeed in business, to become
men of power and influence, to own a business and a
home, and to build a character that stands for honor
and strength in their communities.
It is time that the parents of these boys and young
men were opening their eyes to the truth of the sit
uation. and put down the orgies of extravagance and
fast living through which we have passed. If there
is not a change, the penitentiary will open its doors
to a large number of our hoys, that could lie saved.
Selling For Cash.
Most merchants throughout the country are being
forced to a cash system. They are not able to sell
goods on credit, on account of the fact that credit has
been so badly abused lately that very few merchants
have the capital to carry their unpaid accounts and
continue to extend credit as heretofore.
This cash system will enable the merchants to sell
goods cheaper, eliminating much book-keeping and
many losses. However, the merchant that would
sell goods for cash must look closely after his adver
tising. When a man must pay cash for wlmt he
buys he is going to the merchant that bids for his
trade. The merchant must not only sell goods close
but he must let the public know that he is doing this
very thing. The time lias been when a man could set
up in business almost anywhere and by selling on
credit do a fair business without advertising. But
that day Ims passed. If you propose to sell for cash,
you must keep your business prominently before the
public. The buying public is watching the mlertisiug
cqlumns of the newspapers as never before to set'
where their dollar will go the furthest.
This paper readies the people in the Winder trading
territory, and an advertisement in its columns will be
the best business booster investment you can make.
Don't take our word for it. Just keep your eyes and
ears open and you will realize it for yourself. No
paper in this section with the subscription list of the
News lias as reasonable advertising rates. Figure
with us on your advertising space for 1!>22.
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“The right kind of management in business is most
important." says a headline in the Atlanta Georgian.
The discovery of such a tremendous truth entitl.’s
that pap r to go up to the head of the class.
THE WINDER NEWS
HARDWICK URGES
COOPERATIVE PLAN
Governor Tims. \V. Hardwick has
issued an official statement calling at
tention to the need of scientific meth
ods in the solution of marketing prob
lems in Georgia and the south, and in
dorsing the plan of the Cotton Grow
ers’ Co-operative Marketing associa
tion plan and to align themselves with
the organization.
We are now passing through stren
uous days in the economic reconstruc
tion of our land. Many changes are
taking place in our industrial, com
mercial and agricultural life.
Our country must get down to real
business and learn how to save and
make. Many wasteful methods in
all lines of activity in our past must be
eliminated.
1 wish to call attention to the fact
Hint the state of Georgia in the main is
almost wholly an agricultural state. It
is true our state has many resources
ether than farming, but it must he
borne in mind that our timber reserves
are pretty well used up, and the plow
is now taking the place of the forest.
Our mining is limited, and our manu
facturing is small. <>ur main resour
ce is agriculture.
Then let us give our host eeorts to
making a prosperous agriculture for
the state of Georgia. Let us do our
best in production, and let us exercise
the utmost care in the matter of mai
keting.
One of Georgia's greatest benefac
tors is the man, or group of men. who
produces an article that the whole
world needs and must have and 1 know
of no nmn. or set of men, who reaches
(i tin' remotest parts of the earth as
the cotton farmer does.
The cotton farmer touches every
quarter of the civilized world, but at
that the cotton farmer has never had
a voice in determining the value of
this most universally needed and uni
versally used article, and it is on this
subject that I wish to talk to the cit
izens of the state of Georgia and to the
farmers in particular.
The question of getting the right
price, and a profitable price, for cot
ton, to the farmers of our state, as w r ell
as to the citizens of our commonwealth
is not an individual' problem, and it
cannot lie solved by the individual mar
keting system. Individual selling of
cotton only allows speculation and
gambling to creep in, and demoralizes
■>ur markets and our prices.
How You Can Make
Money This Year
Everybody is interested in making money this year.
The past year brought losses to many, and it is very im
portant that expenses be kept down as much as possible
during 1922, so that a better showing may be made
when the year ends.
Money saved is money made. Let us save you money
on your groceries and meats and feed stuffs this year.
As we have entered the wholesale grocery business
this year we are'in position to save you money on all
your needs \n this line. Buying direct from the factory
and paying cash for it enables us to save our customers
the middleman's profit.
Try trading with us during the coming year and see
if you do not save a substantial sum for your savings ac
count at the end of the year.
We have a large shipment of baled shucks that we
are selling for $1.25 per hundred pounds.
Prompt Service
WATSON-GLOVER & CO.
Phone 80
I have studied the question from
many angles and I have become thor
oughly convinced that our only hope
for a stabilized market and a profita
ble price for the farmers and citizens
of our state, lies in the co-operative
marketing association for cotton.
It is true we may not produce so
much cotton in the future as we have
in the past, but the ravages of the boll
weevil and the uncertainty of gambling
and speculating in cotton, makes it
floubly important and necessary that
the farmers have a stabilized market
grid a fair price. I wish, therefore, to
call attention to the movement in
Georgia, and in the south, to form the
Cotton Growers’ Co-operative associa
tion.
I believe it is* the right move in the
right direction, and I further believe
it to lie the plain duty of every citizen
who loves Georgia and the south, to
put his shoulder to the wheel and help
u this great movement that will re
store the buying power of the farmers,
and bring prosperity to our state.
I am acquainted with the personnel
of the men behind this movement, and
Cheap
Groceries
We are selling groceries at prices that will
make you sit up and take notice.
Just look here:
17 A pounds Sugar .............. . ... SI.OO
Full Patent Flour per Bbl ...j $7.95
Prompt Service Satisfaction Guaranteed
W. C. Jett
Phone 55
Subscription Price: $1.50 Per Year.
know them to be of the highest type
citizens of the state.
I want to admonish every farmer
who expects to grow' a bale of cotton in
1922, to study this association and
movement carefully, and when he has.
made up his mind, as I have, to then
sign the contract and put Georgia in
the proper light with the other south
ern states In the movement to get a
fair price for our principal product.
THOS. W. HARDWICK,
Governor.
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that the part
nership of E. W. Oliver and H. M. Her
rin doing business as Winder Drug Cos.,
in the City of Winder, Ga., Barrow
county, has been dissolved by mutual
consent. E. W. Oliver resumes all the
present, past and future indebtedness
of the firm and is entitled to collect
all accounts due said firm. H. M.
Herrin is released from further liabil
ity on account of the past or future in
debtedness of said firm.
E. W. OLIVER.
H. M. HERRIN.