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THURSDAY, MARCH 22. 1023 Q[}? Uutte Nauß 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. ♦- ■ OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE CITY OF WINDER OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNTY of BARROW Member Ninth Georgia District Press Association. SI’BSCRHTION HATES IN ADVANCE: ONE YEAR Six Months Advertising rates are reasonable and will be made k "cards U of l thanks* resolutions of respect and obituary notices other than those which the paper itself may give as a matter of news, will be charged for at the rate of Vi cent a word. Notices of church and society and all other enter tainments from which a revenue is to be derived or admission fees charged, will lie charged for at th rate of one cent a word, except where such notices ait published by charitable organizations. 112 Candler Street Telephone No. 173 The Barrow Superior Court will convene next Mon day morning. a Old man winter came back last Monday night and gave us a hard slap right in the face. O Macon has abandoned her capital removal fight ani the two cities, Atlanta and Macon, are enjoying a l.ve feast. O 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. 0 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. O 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. O 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. O 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. O “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. O 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. O 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. U 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. O 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.” O 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 Subscription Price : $1.50 Per Year.