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WE GIVE YOU -THE BEST WE HAVE VOL. XVII. “TYRANT” HAS A KICK. Thinks the Price of Coffins Entirely Too High. We would not be considered a eronic kicker, but would love to know why it is that when we go to bury our loved one or a friend that it hikes'a good-sized oank account to pay for a fairly respectable cod in or casket. I’ve bought some and paid the price then without a word rtf complaint- You men who handle these goods "know our hearts are sore —you know we do not wish to appear cheap when investing mp- last penny upon a loved one; you know \\v want the people who gaze upon the departed for the last time to go away and say: “A nice, collin; wasn’t he dressed nice?” and similar words of praises- Now why let your mon ey-getting pact be so dominant? What is the actual value of the lumber and other fixtures, and how long will it take a man to build one? Not ten dollars’ worth of material, nor ten dollars in work. Then make us pay s7o or SIOO for this. What say you? I chanced to be in, a small town not long ago. A prominent and well beloved lady had died. A casket was being prepared for her. Curiosity made me ask the price. The fellow said wd are not living by selling these caskets. 1 only get for this one. Now it was fully as nice as some I have seen sold for sBo, with hearse and driver thrown in to drive seven miles. Now soo wa*s ii pretty good price for hearse, eh! My sorrow, my broken heart, my not wanting to appear cheap, my ignorance, has cost me something, eh! Then close upon the undertaker comes the tombstone man with books and samples. What will you have? We all want to honor the dead. More figures like coffin man. If you don’t believe what I say with consent of parties I’ll cite you. Some men love to spend money this way. They don’t care whether they get their money’s worth or not. They love to boast — * T paid SIOO for that hat when $lO would have been a plenty. Now, boys, just get your figures down on#hese two articles- -one a necessity, the other a pride, and if you can’t live by selling, quit the business and let some other man lose money on them awhile. If the incut packers, the oil trust or other combinations were making such pricer the men higher up would he using the* big stick. Congress would all the time be in a muddle if she were to use the stick upon us little trusts. I am amazed sometime* when I Jiear so much clamor infer this big man getting in trouble and given heavy tines or imprisonment, when just as dirtv, just as mean, just ah detrimental to the public good little things are being done by a cuss in some little town and not a word of • complaint is heard. 1 guess one reason is he s too lit tle to be noticed or too popular to he trouble. Tykant. Singing at Rockwell. There will he a singing at Rock well church March 20,which is next Sunday afternoon. Messrs. Thad k Mitchell, Rich House and Foster I n email will lead the singing. JllT rfl I I 'lm A I jjv iii vi'i' /Vn WINDER. JACKSON COUNTY. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. MARCH 17.1910. GOV. BROWN'S GRAVE MISTAKE. Chattanooga, Tenn., March 15. Editor News: 1 notice an oeca- squib in your paper and ever and anon there is wafted this wav a gust of wind from the Atlanta Blow hard relative to the governor’s grave mistake in not accepting Mr. C. E. Junes’ proposition to lease proper ty of the Western and Atlantic road situated in Chattanooga- • Mr. James’ proposition is as fol lows: “1 will, for myself j.nd associates, nay the state of Georgia 1 per cent per annum qn a valuation of -tl,- (XX),000, equal.to §IOO,<KX) net per annum, and all taxes, making an advance payment of -t 100,(XX), and pay for the Ease thereafter in ad vance to the state, far a Dd-year lease on the land belonging to the state of Georgia in the eitv of Chat tanooga, lying on the east side of the east line of the Union passen ger depot. The west line of the proposed leased property to com mence at Ninth street and extend south along the east side of the Union passenger depot thence on a curved line southeast parallel with your main track going into the pas senger depot, at a point where Mar ket street crosses your tracks. This in no way to interfere with your continued use of the Union passen ger depot. Yours truly, C. F. Jamks. The property involved is bounded by Ninth, Market and Chestnut streets. The I’atten Hotel Chatta nooga’s latest improved hostelry, reputed'to have coat one million dollars is within lot) feet of the center of the property, directly across the street; the f 12-story .James building is within one block of the property (owned by C. E. James), the Read house, the most popular hotel in the town, is im mediately across the street from the property; the two large buildings accupied a? general offices by the Southern Express Company are just across the street, one on either side; large wholesale interests are on either gide and just across the street, and I have been told that many of these buildings are erected on land leased from the state road. In other words the property is prac tically in the center of Chatta nooga • The proposition of C. E- James and associates is a cold-blooded business deal. Chattanooga is a growing town and she has got to grow on the right of way of the Western and Atlantic railroad, and no man knows it better than Mr. 0. E. James. The most pessimis tic Chattanoogan on earth will tell you, “If.we could just run a boule vard where those darned old tracks are there is no telling what that land would be worth." No wonder Mr. .James would like to pay 4 per cent on 64,000,000 for a lease for 91) years. Hut where does the state of Georgia come in? She was offered 88 1-2 acres over beyond Missionry Ridge, at Boyce, six miles from Chattanooga, for $69,000-. Can you imagine the in convenince to the road and its pat rons climbing and reclimbing these mountains? It seems to me that if the projio sition t<> allow a boulevard down the track of the Western and At lantic is a good one for C. E. James, it is a good one for the stare of Georgia, and if she wants freight yards at Boyce, then let her Board oF Trade will meet at Lodge rooms tonight at 8 p. m. Be on hand. buy the land aud build them and lout this central city property up ! into hits and sell it outright to greater advantage'. - I am not familiar with the minute details of the visit of the leg islative investigating committee, but I do know that no committee can Come here and spend two hours at a ha liquet and properly appraise central and outlying properties at a glance. And it is my candid opinion that it would he a had day’s business should the state of Georgia accept the propo sition of C. E. James. Whenever a Georgian thinks - for | : t moment that these lob-sided h 111- ! climbers are not looking for the best of it, be has got another think com ing. Why, Jefferson's jealousy of Winder’s progress is nothing to compare with the love Chattanooga entertains for Atlanta and Georgia. It is just like sticking a dagger into the craw of the average Cha.tta.noo gan to merely mention the fact that Fort Oglethorpe and Cbickamauga Park art' in Georgia, and to say that the Western and Atlantic road owns the most valuable property in the town —well, you had better not. I was a l’.rown man from the jump because I was NO Ia Hoke Smith man. Today I am a Brown man because I am a BROW N man. Verily, verily that little governor of Georgia is a chip from the old block. Dukf. Boss. WANTS INfORVIATION. Will some reader fell us some thing of the workings of the local tax for supporting schools? We are going to have to vote on this ques tion before long and we would like to be able to present this matter in its true light to some of Tyro's cit izens. One fellow says it will not do, t )ur school is receiving too little of the public funds while there are much smaller schools receiving more th in Tyro. And if we vote local tax, the Board of Education will not help as much as it does now. 1 hat we will be a little organization to our- selves and will have to help our selves. 1 took the position that our territory containing 80 pupils will receive our pro rata. 4h< board will not have tho-dietation in this mat ter.To illustrate: If there were in Jackson county 4000 children of school age and there was 621.000 j to Jackson county and we having local tax, our part would be s(i per head. Am I correct in theory? In other words, will the lioard still give us as much or as little ns our school aud teacher commands. Any light upon this local tax business will be read with interest by the patrons of Tyro school. 1 vhaxt. When you come to town get 100 pounds o£ blacksmith’s coal .from i S- Mill saps. It will cost only 2', c AGCEPTS challenge; ;wijh A SIX HUNDRED DOIIAR MAXWELL Prcsieent Briscoe, of the United States Motor Company, has accept ed for the Maxwell Company the challenge issued a few days ago by tin 1 Franklin concern for a trans continnental contest. The chal lengers issued an advert:i 'incut in which tjiev dared any type of car, regardless of cost or size, to enter into a race across the United States. President Briscoe immediately came back with an acceptance and named the S6OO Maxwell Runabout as tla one to compete against the sl,'SoO Franklin. Mr. Briscoe states in bis adver tisement that the contest must be under the sanction of the American Automobile Association and in con formance to the contest rules as adopted by the Manufacturers’ Con test Association- It is the opionion of the president of the new combine that the two passenger Maxwell runabout can out distance any car made, regardless of price or size in the trans-conti nental contest, no matter what the road conditions may bo. Flanigan & Flanigan, agents for Northeast Georgia. Tirst Baptist Chnrch. Dr. L. A. Brown will preach at the morning service on “Missions’’. Rev. S. W. Arnold will preach at the night service; the pastor will be present to assist him. The night ser vices have been moved up to eight o'clock- First Methodist Church. The pastor will speak on“ Tho East Supper” Sunday morning and “The Tongue” at the night service. Good music will be furnished by orchestra and choir. Prof. Barber will play trombone with the choir. We hope to have a trombone s>lo by Prof. Barber. Chairman Says Register. To the Voters of Jackson County: The primary for county officers has Been ordered for Wednesday’, July 20th 1 n order to vote in the pri mary and in the other elections to he held this year, you must register before the sth day of April. The lax collector informs me that his hooks will stand closed at mignight of-April Ith. See notice' of his rounds as published. Those "ho do not meet him at lus appoint ments may register at tin* court house any time till hooks close. Monday, the first day of April city court will be the last opportunity. J. (’. Bknnktt, !Oh n I)cin. Ex. Com. Jackson Cp. The John Deer Spring Tooth Cul tivator with leaver adjustment and ■ side bitch is the best cultivator on I the mafket. See it at Woodruff’s WE HAVE -THE- Best You Can Get A GOOD SHOW. There is to be seen at the local opera house tonight one of the best shows on the road. Most of the shows that have been here this season have (Vane with a foreign reputation, but our neighbors put their stamp of approval on the one that in here to night. Bet everybody ooirte out and sot* this good production: the prices are within the reach of all. Home Mission Society. *' The Methodist Home Mission Society will entertain in the Sunday School room Monday afternoon at d:tt() o’clock. This will he interest ing meeting as it is the time to in stall officers. Owing to pressing household duties Mrs. Young gives up tilt* presidency and Mrs. J. 'l'. Strange has been elected. The past year has been a prosperous one for the sooietv, and, under the. leadership of Mr j . Strange, do doubt this will he a banner year for the so ciety . Special Missionary Meeting. There will be a special meeting of the Womans’ Missionary Society of the Baptist church next Monday at ;’>:?>")at the church. This will be a special meeting for home missions and the annual offering will be taken up. At the close of the ousiness ses sion, a short program will be ren dered and light refreshments served. At the Presbyterian. Sunday morning the pastor will speak on “Shall We Live Again.” Evening subject, “The Life Ever lasting”. Street Fax Notice. Street tax have been due since January 1. All who are eligible will please bear this in mind and be ready when the man comes around. He must have an engagement with you by April 1. A. P. Copeland. Chief. PERSONAL MENFION. Little Florence Craft is very sick at this writing, Mr E I) Wyley has returned from a several days’ trip to New York. Mrs. M. A. Hinton is in Dacula, the guest of her daughter, Mrs. R. F. Hosch. Fred 11. Randolph, Col. J. A* B. Mabaffcy and Sheriff B 1L < oilier paid The News a call Wednesday. Mrs. C. B. Almond, accompanied by her son Chtrles, leaves tomorrow for Atlanta to be gene several weeks. Mr Howard Maddox, of Atlanta, will lie the guest of Master Green Smith Buchanan for a part of next week . W'liat Tom Watson did to that Pennsylvania yarikee in Sunday’s Constitution should he satisfactory to Tom’s admirers, The dog tax man will! he after von for the 11 e few days. If yout dog fails to wear a 1910 collar there is going to be*something howling in Dog alley. (Ml. J, S. Ayers, of Jt fforson.vvas in the city Wednesday. Col. Avers is promently spoken of as a candi date for solicitor of the Jefferson city court. Should he decide to enter lie will find warm support in all sec tions of the county. NO 52