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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1022. (Tltp lUmtor Nnus Winder, Ga. And THE BARROW TIMES, of Winder, Ga., Consoli dated March Ist, 1021. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY j. iv. Editor I * M - Business Munft^er Entered at tlw* Postoffice al Winder, Georgia as Second Glass Matter for Transmission Through the Mails. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE CITY OF WINDER OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNTY of BARROW Member Ninth Georgia District Preaa Association. SUBSCRIPTION KATES IN ADVANCE: ONE YEAR - Six Months *' Circulation 1968 WINDER, GA, FEBRUARY 2, 1922. 112 Candler Street- Telephone No. 73 Crime and the Law under the above caption the Atlanta Constitution of last Monday carried a fine editorial which was called forth by an article that Rev. W. H. Faust, pastor of the Baptist church, sent that paper and which was printed in the shine edition in which the editorial appeared. The following is the editorial of the Atlanta paper: We present elsewhere upon this page ft communica tion from Rev. W. H. Faust, a Baptist clergyman, of Winder, Ga., appealing to the righteous sentiment of this state in behalf of law and justice as against lax ity of Law enforcement which, lie truthfully says, is “daily putting the state in an altogether unfavorable light before the country at large." His reference is particularly directed # to Ipajor crime, such as murder, and'the case with which the criminal may ciieumvent the aims of justice and es cape penalty by resort to technicalities and any one of the innumerable loopholes in the law. He cites the record of his own county, Barrow, to illustrate his point. “Take Barrow county, for Instance—one of the youngest counties in the state,” he stfys. “During its short existence fourteen foul killings have stained its fair name; and tl.e majority of these crimes have not been penalized by the courts.' Think of it ' Assuming that Dr. Faust, a citizen,, Knows what he is talking about, during the few years of its existence, there have been more homicides com mitted in Barrow county, Georgia, than were com mitted in the whole of England during the same length of time! And the reason is as clear as the fact is appalling: That “the majority of these crimes (in Barrow <smn t y ) have not been penalised by the law,” while if a man commits a murder In England he.knows in ad vance that his punishment to the fullest extent of the law will be swift, sure and certain! What is true of Barrow county is correspondingly true of the state as a whole, and the same condition, as to the laxity and flexibility of the law, exists to a more or le.-s general extent throughout the entiu country. The trouble is that American criminal law favors the criminal rather than the slate! Our law is full of loopholes, offering every con ceivable opportunity for isistponements, continuances, retrials, stays of execution, appeals, delays upon ev ery conceivable pretext; hut they are all in favor of the defendant, none in favor of the state! What this state and this country needs to protect the public from crime is a system of law administra tion under whieli a person who violates a law may he reasonably certain, tlrst, that he will he caught and brought to hook: *mmd, that the punishment will he made to lit the crime. Every person accused of crime should, of course, bo guaranteed a fair and impartial trial according to the constitution, but there should ho no unnecessary delay in court procedure. If we had such a system as that in operation, mur der would he as rare in this country as it is in Eng land Without faith it is impossible to please the god of success. O- A young man without any aim or purpose in life is sure to become shipwrecked. O Georgia is a great old state in which to make a living if you have a mind to work. O —• A strict enforcement of the law is always best for Hie safety and welfare of the people. O It takes courteous, high-minded, dependable men and modest, loving, true-hearted women to make a natiou groat. O Co-operation among its people goes a long way to wards making any city prosperous and a tine place in which to live. . O And John I>. Walker, who is more famous than muxt men would desire, has bobbed up in I ranee. They do say there's lot’s of banks and oil and pretty women in France. If so, John will roam in green clover down beside the still waters.—Commerce News. The roads in this section are getting about as us ual at this time of year. O To-day (Thursday) is ground hog day. He sees his shadow and will hurry back to his hole real izing that winter is not over yet. O Maybe out of all the farming and marketing meet ings we will get (‘Dough good to enable us to make buckle and tongue meet. O There has been entirely too much speculation in the country for our good. We must stop it and get down to work. O We congratulate our sister county of Oconee on the determination she has shown in running down those who have besmirched her good name. O Now is the time when every city and county in the state should have charge of their affairs men of sound discretion and good business judgment. O All Winder regrets the removal of Rev. Stanley It. Grubb from our midst. Columbia, S. C., is secur ing a splendid citizen and an able preacher. O Mr. T. J. Simmons, who has been editor of the Athens Daily News since its initial publication, has resigned that position. Mr. T. J. Bryson, who has been with the News for some time has become editor and publisher. The News continues to be a splendid newspaper. O What a great place is the home! Around it clusters the fondest memories of boyhood or girlhood days. The home lias more to do with making courteous, suc cessful men and modest, lovable women than any other agency in our midst. Every effort should be put forth to make the liomelife pleasant and to make it the center of alt that is best in life. The Maysvill • Enterprise, our esteemed neighbor succeeded in marrying one of the Muysville women to the wrong man. That is to say the name of the wrong man was listed in tho marriage notice that appeared in the paper. This is the first time we have ever known a newspaper to marry a woman to the wrong man, but a country newspaper is equal to any emergency.—Commerce News. O A Fool There Was. Of course, it isn't intended to name any particular person under such a title as the above, hut before the point is discussed it will become manifest to the reader that he is the one 1 aui talking about. We live in a land of sunshine and plenty, in nat ural resources.' 1 We boast to the visitor that Geor gia has eight climatic zones out of the nine possessed by the United States. We boast that we can raise anything in this good State that can he raised any where else. And ai! of this is true. But why brag about it when we don’t raise it? “You say you can, raise turnips, rutabagas, as good as can he produced in the world, and with this it is proper to catch both thumbs in the armholes of the vest and stick out the chest. “Is that so?" says the Strang r. “Well, why is it you don’t raise them and eat them?” Why do you ship so many carloads of Canadian turnips into Georgia. “Well, I tell you, stranger, it’s this way. Dr. Walker down here in Bleckley county, just the other day an nounced he had thirty tons of rutabaga turnips he had, grown on eight acres of land. Ho sold a few of these at 2 cents per pouild, net, which gave him SIOO on his eight acres, or $l5O per acre (that’s going some, I’d say, for Georgia.) But the folks they got to talk ing about the inferior quality of Georgia turnips— said they was pethy and wasn't sweet; and so ev erybody passed up the Georgia turnips and bought the Canadian product. That’s how it happened. But Dr. Walker got a few folks to eat some of his ruta bagas (three of them weighed 20 pounds) and these folks found the Georgia turnips were not petliy and they were sweet, to boot. Dr. Walker says the Geor gia sweet potato, the best in the world, is not sweet when you first dig it, and that the turnip is the same way—that it must season a while after it is dug. “Yes, sir, all this is true, but you know' I’ve got some Canadian turnips up to my house right now, and it doesn't make a lilt of difference to me whether or not Dr. Walker sells his Georgia turnips or keeps them to rot on his hands. I just can't get, my wife to order anything from Georgia—you know, she's kin der prejudiced herself, and always lets the merchant send her her whatever he wants to, or orders him not to send any more of that Georgia stuff anyway. So we just travel along in the easiest way up to oUr house. We spend our money for out-of-state stuff and al though ready money is awfully scarce this year, we prefer to let the few dollars we have go on outside and disappear forever. It’s so, these dollars don't come, back, and if they were paid for Georgia foods they would stay around hero and circulate, and just do us worlds of good. “Tell those Canadians to keep on growing their tur nips. We’ll dig up the money some way to pay 5 cents a pound for their product, and let the Georgia kind rot at 2 cents. We don’t care."—Macon Tele graph. THE WINDER NEWS Scholarship for Sale To Athens Business College Apply to THE WINDER NEWS The Way Everyone Gets a Bargain ~r We place the whole reputation of our business at stake every time we advertise. Naturally enough we are care ful of what we say and when our statement is placed in the newspaper, where everyone may read, we realize that any untruth in it will be known to all our customers. Hence we always do what we say we will do. We will sell you the best groceries, meats and feedstuffs on the market. And having wholesale connections we are able to save you money on every purchase you make from us. If you want to realize a nice saving through the year, let us serve you. WANTED.—SOO bushels of Whippoorwill Peas in the next 15 days. Will pay $1.45 cash or $1.50 in trade. Ccme in and get our prices before buying elsewhere. # WATSON GLOVER & CO. Phone 80. J. L. SAUL’S The Busiest Place In Town Our store has been busy with WISE BUYERS ever since we announced our Clearance Sale. Three more days and your chance to dollar go as far as two” will soon be over. _ We are expecting a crowd here Saturday and Mon day, February 4 and 6, and will have a full force of courteous salespeople to wait on you. Come and make your dollar go as far as $2 elsewhere. Remember we are sell ing during this sale: $ 9.00 W. L. Douglas Shoes, price stamped on each pair at $4.50 5.00 Army shoes 2.95 25.00 Mens Suits 14.85 35.00 mens suits 21.45 10.00 boys suits at 4.95 25.00 ladies plush or cloth coats 9.75 15.00 ladies long coats, at 4.95 LADIES OXFORDS for Spring 1922 at $2.75, $3.25 & $3.75. J. L. SAUL The Clothier * Winder, Ga. Subscription Price: f1.50 Pfcr Year. 10.00 ladies dresses at 4.75 20.00 ladies dresses in silk or tricotine at 9.90 25c Ginghams at . . 14c 30c Ginghams at 19c 1.25 Serge, all wool, at ... 79c 1.25 Work shirts 69c 1.50 Sunday Shirts 89c 2.00 and 2.50 Sunday shirts at 1.4 5 20c sheeting at. 10c 25c sheeting at . . 12 ic