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THURSDAY, MARCH 22. 1023
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Winder, Ga.
And THE BARROW TIMES, of Winder, Ga., Consoli
dated March Ist, 1921.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
j W. MeWHORTER Editor
J. B. PARHAM Business Manager
Entered at tlx? Postoffice a * W’lnder, Georgia as Second
Class Matter for Transmission Through the Mails.
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The Barrow Superior Court will convene next Mon
day morning.
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Old man winter came back last Monday night and
gave us a hard slap right in the face.
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Macon has abandoned her capital removal fight ani
the two cities, Atlanta and Macon, are enjoying a l.ve
feast.
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Uncle Joe Cannon, after forty-six years in congress
and more than eighty years on this earth, lias quit
public life and gone home to get ready to enjoy life.
lie lias earned it.
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Tin* Winder Commercial Club is functioning rigid
along. Anew manufacturing enterprise that wants
34,000 feet of floor space will likely lie brought to
this city from the north.
Congressman Upshaw thinks that congressmen ought
to receive $lO, (KH) iter year and will introduce a bill
in the next congress to that effect. There are a great
many people in the state that think the average con
gressman is very much overpaid already.
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Governor Hardwick lias stopped the whipping of
convicts, and since then someone has asked liiin to
stop whipping of children in school, and Bro. Town
send, of the Dahlonega Nugget, is expecting someone
to ask the governor to stop the use of the hickory by
parents.
O
In all our life we have never seen as little respect
for law as is manifested in the country today. There
need to lie some hangings in Georgia and less inter
ference with the verdicts of the juries and the judg
ments of tlie courts.
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The man who committed suicide left a note saying,
that the mystery of the life beyond tempted him to
do the deed. We don’t see why a man should want
to go hence to see mysteries. The present chaotic
condition of the world should be enough to satisfy
anybody.
O
More fool movements, reforms, isms and ologies
originate in the big cities than in the smaller towns
and rural sections. And yet there is a disposition
on the part of the larger cities to tldnk that the towns
and rural sections are far behind in the march of
progress. They are not quite so jazzy, not quite as
smooth and sleek as their city cousins, h|it they are
far more solid and substantial and come nearer be
ing worth one hundred cents in the dollar.
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The Moultrie Observer says that something must
be done to tiring the state’s revenues up to the ex
penditures. Wouldn’t it be better to bring the ex
penditures down to our revenues? The idea expressed
by the Moultrie Observer seems to U> the uppermost
thought in the minds of our public men. It never
seems to enter their minds that tlie orgy of extrav
agance into which we have entered as a state should
lie stopped. It’s high time for us to quit spending
our time in trying to raise men* money to appropri
ate and give a little thought towards cutting down
expenses.
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“A woodpecker peeks
Out a great many specks
Of sawdust when building a hut.
He works like a nigger
To make the hole bigger—
He’s sore if his cutter won"t cut.
He don’t bother with plans
Of cheap artians z
But one thing can rightly lie said;
The whole excavation
Has this explanation
He tydlds it by using his head.”
—Rush Burton.
Publishing Statements
There is one thing about our sister county of Oconee
that we like, and that is that her board of commis
sioners publish monthly a statement showing in an
itemized way all money received and all money paid
out. We like this plan. The people, to whom the
money belongs, is entitled to know all the facts about
where their money comes from and how it is spent.
It takes very little time to make out these monthly
statements, and we are sure that every citizen in the
various counties would like to look over them.
What is true of the counties is also true of the cit
ies. Nobody would be hurt by publishing these
monthly statements and the public would be highly
gratified to know exactly how their business is get
ting along.
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The Cotton Crop
The people of this section of Georgia are not go
ing to abandon the cotton crop. Of that one thing
we can rest assured. W ? e are going to plant plenty
of corn, wheat, onts, potatoes, raise our own meat,
keep good cows, have a good garden, raise a lot of
chickens, and then go in for a profitable cotton crop.
We will plant only as much as we can work under
boll weevil conditions, and we will fight the boll wee
vil! to a finish on what we do plant. After all is said
we believe that high fertilizing and rapid cultiva
tion is worth more in whipping the boll weevil than
anything Tlse. In just a few years we will see tiiis
country again prosperous, making a fair crop of cot
ton with plenty of food stuff’s for a man and beast.
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Georgia’s Great Need
WIIAT Georgia needs to-day is not a greater income
brut a smaller expense account. The burden of
taxation is getting unbearable. On account of the
burdens that are resting upon the people, property is
being sold at sheriff sales at prices that are almost
criminal. And yet our public men continue to talk
about big bond issues, enormous expenditures, and
outrageous extravagances. If our institutions and
roads are going to put us in bankruptcy, we had bet
ter let them all alone a little while until w r e can get
on our feet again.
The people of this state are going to watch the
general assembly that meets in June. The people are
demanding sound economy, elimination of all waste
and a strict account of all money that is spent.
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Tax On Real Estate Burdensome
GOVERNOR ELect Walker is exactly right when
he says that the tax burdens borne by real estate
in this state is causing stagnation along this line of
business. It is the only property that is visible and
it cannot escape the eye of the tax assessor. Hence
tlie burden of supporting the government falls upon it.
Its valuation is placed high and a high rate of taxa
tion is levied and its owners must come up with the
money. This is the greatest reason just now why all
real estate is hard to sell. Nobody wants it on ac
count of high taxes. Business will lag in this state
as long as lands and houses and lots are undesirable
property.
We know of a case in a town in this state where a
house and lot was assessed at SS,(KM), and the owner
was forced to pay taxes on this amount. He put tlie
house and lot on the market, advertised it extensively,
got out a large crowd of people at the auction sale,
proposed to take one-fourth cash and the balance on
five years’ time, and the highest hid was $3,800. No
body is going to buy houses in the cities nor farms
in the country under such conditions. The man who
owns the house and lot above mentioned says lie never
expects to put another dollar in real estate.
In stead of being interested in real estate, buying
and improving and selling, he is entirely out of the
market for such property and is putting his money
in non-taxablo bonds.
If Governor-Elect Walker can remedy this state of
affairs he will do much towards bringing prosperity
to our state.
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This Is The Truth
WBOURKE Cochran, representative from Now
• York, just a few hours before his death deliv
ered a speech in congress from which we take the
following fine words:
“God knows whether the world will succeed in free
ing itself from the calamities that are multiplying
around it and the dangers that are constantly in
creasing in its pathway; but if it is to escajie it can
le by one way only—and that is by the employment
of every pair of human hands with active industry on
the soil or some product of the soil.
“You cannot induce tlie employment of human hands
in industry unless you guarantee to every man tlie
peaceful and secure enjoyment of all he produc s.
When the day dawns that any number of citizens are
taught to Relieve that there is a more rapid road to
prosperity, to wealth, ,o the possession of eapital til .n
tlie employment of industry and the exercise of ncl(-
I’.tninl, and that a m vc'rapid way is through the
Treesiiiy by the oompla ritnee of, or th- connivaa i
of politicians, then the knell of this country’s pros
perity is sounded.”
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Tlie Winder Hospital, conducted by Drs. Harris,
Randolph and Mathews, is one of the new entertaiu
prises of our city and it is filling its mission in the
community thoroughly.
THE WINDER NEWS
HOW’S THIS?
HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE will
do what we claim for it—rid your system
of Catarrh or Deafness caused by
Catarrh.
HALL’S CATARRH MEDICINE con
sists of an Ointment which Quickly
Relieves the catarrhal Inflammation, and
the Internal Medicine, a Tonic, which
acts through the Blood on the Mucous
Surfaces, thus assisting to restore nor
ma) conditions.
Sold by druggists for over 40 Tears.
F. J. Cheney & Cos.. Toledo, O.
THURMOND - JACKSON COMPANY
51 and 6 percent Farm Loans
Reasonable Commission Charges
Prompt, Dependable Service
704 Holman Building Athens, Georgia
1989 1923
How About Your Valuables?
Get one of our safety deposit boxes and
you can say:
“Now I lay me down to sleep,
Winder National Bank guards my slumber deep,
My valuables are safe, I’m not concerned
If my house catches fire, they won’t be burned.”
The small fee we charge for a year’s rent
on a safety deposit box is a mere trifle com
pared to the anxiety experienced, or the risk
you run in leaving your valuable papers or
jewelry lying around the house, in your desk
drawer or some other place of insecurity.
Get one of these boxes, where you may
have access to it at any time during banking
hours, in a good fire and burglar proof vault.
RESERVE^p
Winder National Bank
1989 1923
Make Every Acre Do Its Best
Under 801 l Weevil conditions the best is none too
good. 300 pounds 12-4-4 gives you the same plant food
as 400 pounds 9-3-3 and you save about 75c an acre be
sides time hauling, applying, etc.
You can only afford to use the best—insist on getting
Fertilizers |
Use ARMOUR’S BIG CROP 12-4-4 this season and
at picking time you surely will be pleased.
ARMOUR’S BIG CROP FERTILIZER on the bag
means Quality in the bag.
See us, we will be glad to figure out the saving for you
thru using high analysis fertilizers.
Local Agents
W. B. McCants Homer Baird
Farmers Warehouse Cos., Winder, Ga.
FARM LOANS
II7E arc nrennred to handle an unlimited amount of farm loan business at OM,
per cent per annum with a reasonable commission.
wTcan loan for 5. 7 or 10 years’ time, in amounts ranging from Jl.OOtfto
s4o,(>oo,yOn JJ e n 2 e u,e markei for a loan on your farm, let us submit you our
PrOP “OUICK SERVICE” is our Motto. Call or write—
W. H. QI ARTERMAN
Correspondent for STATE & CITY BANK & TRI ST CO.
(Formerly Old Dominion Trust Cos.) Richmond, Virginia. f
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