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TIIE WINDER NEWS
Published Every Thursday Evening
—by —
R. O. ROSS & SONS.
Entered at the Postoffice at Winder, Ga.
as Second Class Mail Matter.
R. 0. ROSS Editor.
BEN A. JUHAN - - Associate Editor
Thursday, July 24, 1913.
Obituary notices, resolutions and tributes of re
aped. cards of thanks, and notices of entertain
ments where admission fee is charged, will be
published at one-half cent per word. Cash must
accompany the article.
That fellow who wrote “Life
is an idle dream” never edit'd
a country newspaper.
The philosbpher, F. P. Brown
says a cheerful disposition will do
more for you than a pedigree run
ning back to the Mayflower.
Anyway, the same Bible that
teaches there is a beautiful heav
en for the good teaches there
is a horrible Ill'll for the wicked.
Should Be Kept at Home
When any number of men are
gathered together, whether they
be lawmakers, merchants, labor
unionists or farmers, some little
fellow can be depended upon to
play the fool, or make a grand
stand play for notoriety. The la
test additions to this class, in'our
opinion, are Representatives Ed
wards of Georgia, and Hobson of
Alabama. These near- statsemen
have introduced bills to place Coi
federate Veterans on the Feder
al pension rolls. Speaking of their
measures, The Macon Telegraph
says:
“It is to he regretted that Rep
resentative Edwards of Georgia
and Representative Hobson of
Alabani; V have introduced bills
to place the Confederate veterans
on the Federal pension roll.
“Have Mr. Edwards and Mr.
Hobson done this merely in order
to gain a certain amount of po
litical advantage for themselves?
It ; s difficult to conceive of any
higher motive, for everybody
knows that no such bill can he
passed. The only definite result
possible is reawakened animosity
caused by denunciations of the
Confederates certain to be utter
ed by a few ranting Republicans
from backwoods districts of the
North and West. The Confeder
ate veterans may well be spared
this needless unpleasantness dur
ing their declining years.
“The sentiment of the intelli
gent South is altogether opposed
to this proositiou and has been re
peatedly so expressed both in the
press and on the platform. Mr.
Edwards and Mr. Hobson should
withdraw their bills.”
Editor Paul Barber
In the political columns of
last Saturday’s Atlan l a Journal
appeared the following concern
ing Mr. Paul Harber, editor of
The Commerce Observer. Paul
is legislative timber, and should
he decide to enter the race for
representative from Jackson, he
will give some body trouble try
ing to keep pace with him.
“Friends of Editor Paul T.
Harber of the Commerce Obser
ver, are booming him for one of
Jackson county’s representatives
in the next general assembly.
Mr. Ilarber is a wide-awake, pro
gressive young man. and is earn
estly striving to advance the in
terests of his section, his coun
ty and his city.’
The Bibie in the Public School,
The Bible is the best legacy ever left to man, and its
teachings man's best asset, bat, in our opinion, until denom
inationalism is a dead letter, its introduction into the public
schools of Georgia would be a positive curse to rising gener
ations.
As it is, city boards of education wrangle over the selec
tion of teachers because of the religious faith of the applicant,
but should the Bible be made a part of the school curriculum,
past wrangles in these boards would sound like a camp meet
ing love-feast compared to the sulphurous howl that could be
heard around city halls when teachers were being chosen.
When we have one God, one faith and one creed, the
time will have arrived for the addition of the Bible to the
course of study in the public schools.
No doubt the gentlemen who fathered this move at the bar
of the general assembly of Georgia, advocated the measure
from the purest of motives, but in our humble judgment,
should such a measure ever become a law, its application
would be hurtful to the schools, the church aud the state.
The Making of A Nation and Mr. Bryan.
The “cross-of-gold” advocate of free silver is at it again.
This time he wants a raise in wages. However, he’s
nice about it.
The 12,000.00 “simoleons” that this “grand and glori
ous” recompenses the Secretary of State with for his services
isn’t enough for the “certain fixed charges’’ which the Hon
orable William Jennings has to meet, tho far be it from him
to “advocate an increase”.
Instead lie simply says, with that silvery voice of his —
or, maybe he writ it with a gold-tipped fountain pen such as
all statesmen use —that “the salary is sufficient to meet the
expenses of the secretary of state when those expenses are
confined to his home and official life. This however, is not
the case with me. The fact ought not to be overlooked, and
it ought not to be necessary for me to mention, that in my
life are certain fixed charges which must be met. These
charges, with my living expenses and expenses incidental to
my position exceed my salary.”
And with this enlightening statement of personal affairs,
Mr. Bryan justifies his position in making a lecture tour that
on Thursday had kept him away from the state department
thirty-eight days, and he will contiune to fill dates on the
platform until W. J. changes his mind.
This at a time when the eyes of 90,000,000 people are
turned toward Washington with heavy focus watching devel
opments as the servants of the people wrestle with the big
gest problems that have ever confronted this nation. At a
time when the great world powers are watching the trend of
affairs in Mexico and listening with strained official ear for
some statement from the president to what the future pol
icy of the United States will be toward the present governing
force there. Pretty picture of a pretty politician in white tie
and frcck-tail coat talking on “The Makingof a Man” to folks
at SI.OO per head when lie should be back at Washington
giving his unquestioned ability to the service of his country
and his aid to his chief in THE MAKING OF A BIGGER
AND BETTER NATION.
The Lipscomb Tax Bill
By far the most important, bill
before the Georgi a legislature,
in our opinion, is the Lipscomb
bill which seeks to equalize tax
ation. ' ' ’
Of the proposed legislation and
of the present system, The Ma
con Telegraph says:
“The Lipscomb bill is on the
right track. There must be equal
ize' tax(\s. '
“The people of Georgia are
ripe aod ready for this legisla
tion, and the man or men who
suppose that they can make po
lijtical capital any longer by
strategic fighting, for a continu
anee of the old pass-the hat meth
od will find their mistake.
“It is amazing to us that the
people who call themselves “pro
gressives,” and who shout on the
street corners and at the cross
roads for “for “progressivism”
are trying to hamstring this real
genuine article of progress and
reform.
The present system is not
only antiquated, it is pernicious.
It puts a burden on honesty and
a premium on dishonesty. It is
the Teal cause of the present fi
nancial strain uppn our state gov
ernmen\ It has robbed the teach
ers of their salaries, and it has
made Georgia a reproach amonj.
her sister States. Bankruptcy,
or a heavy bonded debt will be
the ultimate end and condition
if a change is not made. The
people are waking up to these
facts, now - staring them in the
face, and the apologists for the
old crazy-quilt plan will find
that their ranks have dwindled.
“For the honor and safety of
Georgia let this legislation go
through speedily”
Yes, and the Lipscomb tax sys
tem, no doubt, would unearth
the lost acres in Jackson and
Gwinnett counties. It is said
in these two countries about 100,
000 acres have disappeared.
Should these acres be turned up
the fund arising from taxation on
these acres, even under the
present hide-and-seek plan, would
equal the combined salaries of
several hundred of Georgia’s
school teachers
Editor J. C. Flanigan, of Law
rencevilie, called into see us this
week. Jim Flanigan is a plain
talker a*>d a hard fighter, and
hs conversations are lots nicer
when he is on your side of the
political fence.
THE PELICAN.
The following limerick was handed
us this morning by a triend. of the
News, with the statement that its
composition was the work of Mr-
Beaupre, a prominent Gainesville
Midland official:
>
A clever old bird is the Pelican,
Whose bill will hold more than his
beilikin:
He can keep in his heek,
Food enough for a week.
And durned if I see how the
hellecan.
Lock Watchman in Refrigerator.
Atlanta, Ga., July 22 —Burglars
last right entered a store here and
after overpowering Night Watch
man E. M. Davis, thrust him into
a large refrigerate r. He was later
rescued by detectives who had been
warned that there would be an at
tempt to burglarize the place. Davis
was numb with the extreme cold
when the officers discovered him.
The detectives arrested T. M.
Reeves and R. W. Miller, said to
have been found ransacking the
store. A third man escaped. Reeves
was formerly marshal of East Point,
a suburb of Atlanta. Both men are
charged with burglary.
Remedy for Chigoe Bite.
In answer to wire his chigoe bite
prescription from far-off Michigan,
Dr. Benedict,of Athens, wired this,
which will be of real interest to
many a camper over the land.
Take a 10 per cent solution of
calodinum with a little aristol and
apply with a camel’s hair brush
which should be kept well soaked
in ether- If there are more than a
thousand bites —use more c dodinum
solution.”
Let Her Grew.
The Atlanta Constitution wants
the number of couties in Georgia
limited to one hundred and fifty.
No doubt this idea will meet the
approval of Chairman Myrick of
the Constitutional amendment com
mittee. —Savannah Press.
Georgia is too great and grow
ing to be pinned down to any SDe
cific size or number of counties.
Let her grow —Macon Telegraph.
Thompson Confirmed
Washington, July 23 —Howard
Thompson, Gainesville, and Joseph
S. Davis, of Albany, were confirmed
yesterday afternoon by the senate lo
be United States marshals for the
northern and southern districts of
Georgia respectively.
There is a difference between
combination and co-operation, but
combination is necessary for co
operation is but a natural result of
the development of combination,
which has been so conspicuous in
the business world during the past
quarter century.—The Progressive
Farmer.
It seems all pos-masters that
have been appointed in Georgia
under the new administration’
were thru the endorsement of
Senator Hoke Staith. If you were
not a Smith man in the race be
tween Brown and Smith for gov
ernor you had about as well to
crawl down and out,as it seems
there will be no chancefor you to
land a job. What about such
rot? —Pickens County Progress,
An official order issued by
Governor Slaton continues Joseph
Van Holt Nash as adjutant gen
eral of the National Guard of
Georgia. Under the law he
serves until removed by the exe
cutive. Gen. Nash has given emi
nent satisfaction as head of the
military establishment and the
fact that there is to be no change
will please the organization over:
the state. ' ; '
Describes Effect of Liquor
In his charge to the grand jury
recently Judge Brand, of the Wes
tern Circuit, took occasion to de
scribe tlie effect of liquor on a man.
He said, while talking about the en
forcement of the prohibition laws:
“An old Arab story explains the
condition of a drunken man as fol
lows: After Satan, with the Imlp
of Sin and Death, had constructed
a bridge over Chaos so that he and
his assistants might comfortably
visit the earth, he made his first
appearence in Paradise. In
that happy garden the grapevine
was growing quite innocently—
no alcohol was in the grapes then.
Satan watered the roots of the vine
with the blood of four animals.
First, he pored on the blood of a
peacock; when the leaves began to
grow he poured on the blood of a
monkey; while the grapes weie
green he watered the vine with the
blood of a lion; finally, when the
grapes were ripe, he watered the
vine with the blood of a hog. Asa
consequence, says the Arabs, a man
who drinks the forbidden juice first
struts like a peacock —drinks a lit
tle more and begins to dance and
act foolishly like an ape —drinks
more and rages like a lion —and fi
nally having drunk his fill, lies
down in the mire like a hog.”
Making Enemi .s
There are some people in the
world who have deadly fear of
n aking enemies.
But the man who makes enemies
has usually done something worth
while. If public officials, legislators,
judges or even editors had greater
facility for making enemies, they
would have more power to do these
worth-while things.
The placid, the suave, the
dating person mav get along with
out disturbing his digestion but he
will not disturb much else. He may
be patted on the back but he will
not right a wrong, lead a faction
or dissipate hearsay.
To go about making enemies is
the hardest possible life. It requires
steadfastness to principle, an un
failing courage, a determined will
and a definite purpose. Let any one
adhere to those things and enemies
will of necessity spring up. He will
find one in every hypocrite in the
land. But every man who makes
such enemies may be proud of his
achievement.
Every man who has ever done
good service has had his enemies.
“What have I done that my en
emies should praise? runs an old
Spanish p overb. The mau who is
wdthout enemies pursues no stern
duty. —Tampa Tribune.
Sorrows of the Rich (
The millionaire isn’t happy:
He gives 'thousands to send
a missionary to the heath
en, and the heathen adver
tise a big barbecue and serve the
missionary to the guest; then, if
the millionaire goes to church
and drops a dollar in the col
lection basket the brethren gjve
him a withering look, and the
parson know r s that he won’t like
the climate to which he will go
when he dies; and if he gives
all that he has to the poor the
said poor won’t recognize him\
when he calls to ask for a job at
a dollar a day . To every gill of
happiness the millionaire has a
bushel of trouble. Amen.—Frank
Stanton in Constitution.
Fifty persons were killed and
as many more injured in a fire
which swept the four story fac
tory building of the Binghampton
Clothing Cos., Binghampton, N.
Y., Tuesday afternoon. The vic
tims were chiefly w r omen and
girlsi ! '