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Entered at the Postoffice at Winder, Ga.
as Second Cla: ; s Mail flatter.
R. 0. ROFS Editor
BEN A. JUHA.N - - Associate Editor
Thursday, Feb. 5, 1914.
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accompany the article.
Its You.
If you want to live in tin* kind
of a town
Like tlie kind of a town you
like, •
You needn't slip your clothes in
a grip
And start on a long, long hike.
You’ll only find what you left
behind;
For there’s nothing that's real
ly new.
It’s a knock at yourself when you
knock your town.
It isn’t the town —it’s you.
Heal towns are not made bry men
afraid
Lest somebody else gets ahead.
.When everybody works and no
body shirks
You can raise a town from the
dead.
And if while you make your per
sonal stake
Your neighbor can make one
tool i
Your town will be what you
Wjalnt to see.
Tt is’nt the town —its you.
Greensboro He raid-Journal.
The Mourns.
1 As another evidence that folks
are just folios and pretty much
alike tho world* over, witness the
following from the ’Wise County
Messenger, published in far-off
Texas.
It listened patiently and well
to all those who told its staff how
to run the paper. It tried, oh. so
hard to please. Hut it has hump
ed upon the rock of failure and
disappointment and its “miser
ie" is an addition to the trouble
gems of time. Hear it:
“The Messenger force is in
tears- teais of the -briniest brine,
too; the whole works, from the
devilish devil up to and including
the fellows who write the weighty
and nation-making editorials, are
down aiul out and the future
looks sad, gloomy and peculiar.
1 lie ottice cat lias taken up with
a stranger and gone into the un
explored regions of the tall and
nueut; the old towel has cracked
and fallen apart, and the paste
pot no longer attracts the neigh
borhood mice. In other words—
£ood, understandable Ameriean
we ve played h—. In an un
guarded moment we published
something that failed to meet the
approbation of a grouchy reader.
Ah, day is so dark and dreark
Ah. day is so dark and dreary;
the long stem roses out yonder in
the silent eitv of marble shafts
looks so autiful, and the willows
sway a welcome to our troubled
body. Is it best, is it more pleas
ing and profitable to remain on
this mundane sphere and he sub
jected to the crushing criticism ot
a borrower of a subscriber’s pa
p r, or shu/ft 1 | of this mortal coil,
thereby ending it, and go hence,
we; kjn>w not where. Pity for the |
poor printerman. ”
A Visit to the Apocryphal Home of
■ 0* ■ m pi mm mm mm mmpm a AmWbtid G-tUm
horror for trie Damsried Russian criminal equal to that faced
by Georgia’s unfortunate confined in Fulton’s gangs.
The tortures of the Inquisition were comparatively a bed
of roses when one reflects upon the thorns piercing the sides
of convicts in Fulton’s camps, if we must take seriously this
mongrel press.
“Investigate; probe” are sweet morsels to a refawmer.’s
tongue, and wadding for his blunderbus when he trains i: at
men and measures.
The habit is infectious, and now it has reached Fulton’s
grand jury and laid hold upon the prison commission iii a
mild form.
Reformers are being interviewed, convicts quoted and
played up as much-abused heroes and the preachers no doubt
are preparing bulletins for the edification of society.
Now what is there to this hullabaloo? Possibly nothing!
but the wire-working of a few dirty politicians assisted by a
yellow press catering to sensational rabble.
A guard may have made a mistake. But if he did, he
should be dealt with by the courts, and the convict systen
should not suffer for his error.
This agitation in Fulton may have a mutinous effect on
convicts all over the state, and no doubt if the men in the
different gangs could be quoted, they would tell tales equal
to the stunts pulled off in Fulton.
If there is anything wrong in the management of Ful
ton’s convict gangs, furnish the facts to the Prison commis
sion and we are sure the wrong could be righted and the
guilty punished without all this unsavory advertising given
the state.
We do not eudoise a policy of cruelty, poor food and the
placing of tasks beyond human endurance upon the unfor
tunate criminal, but we feel sure that to discard the lash as a
means of discipline you would impair the efficiency of the
whole convict system.
Tears shed over the old hardened criminal, like those
shed over the old toper, are tears wasted.
Time spent in trying to reform the vicious would be bet
ter spent if devoted to the cradle in an effort to rear real men
and women.
We believe in punishment for crime—and the punish
ment should fit the crime. We also believe that sentiment
spent on the “poor miserable convict” is sentiment misspent.
When you turn Georgia’s convict camps into reforma
tory bungalows you will create excellent places for the crim
niliy inclined to take the rest cure.
Hard lack just naturally seems
to be the lot of some folks. Fate
seems to dog their footsteps like
William J. burns does a criminal’s,
not so much because she wants to
catch them but just to get the re
ward, (presuming that Fate* cares
as much fora nice reward as the
detective). Anyway, Fate follows
Gordon Whitehead a lot, or at least
you’d think so, to hear him tell it,
and she always gets the best of it —
or him —and the way she got his
goat the last time is enough to get
! yours, gentle reader, especially if
! you are one of those human nature
! people who believe in the efficacy
of the left hind leg of a graveyard
rabbit to conjure seed warts and
bring good luck, or that shoving a
poker in the tire will stop a screech
owl from singing- Gordon isn't
a bit superstitious, and didn't be
lieve a cat bad nine lives. There
was one up at his house that was
lively alright —in fact, made things
entirely too much so for his peace
ful slumbers the other night. Gor
don stub' out into the darkness,
j caught the cat, carried it around to
the woodpile and simply severed
the head from its body with an axe.
Having dispatched the disturber of
sleep, he left it there thinking when
dawn came lie would dispose of the
carcass. Imagine tlm astounded
look on his face when he opened
the door that morning and found
his cat sitting on ti e step with its
head m its mouth, waiting to be fed.
On the first page of this issue
will he found something of in
tejrost to tin* buys of thus section.
Find it and read it. It may mean
dollars to you. i
The News office had a pleasant
call fc'rom Editor Bob Kjoss of the
Winder News, Wednesday aft r
noon.
Mr.Ross is on ;of the best
newspaper men in tip's section of
I the state and has done and is do
a great s rvi,- i to Winder
land surrounding territory. As
'ia.n evidence >f his popularity iu
h|i|s! home town lie was recently
elected councilman from the .city
• *
at large.
Mr. Ross is a man of strong
cdavictirjns and in a fearh ss
'mania r giv; fe expression to
them, it matters not who it
hurts or helps.
We receive his bre. zy pap h*
and regard it one of the best ex
changes that comes to our table.
—‘Walton News.
Editor It. O. Ross of the ‘Win
der News spent a whil * in Mon
roe Wednesday’ afternoon and
was an appreciated caller at tlf
Tribune office. Editor Boss gets
Out a most excellent paper and
is a man of convictions and
coiiragn- Th| Winder News has
long taken high rank among the
weeklies of the state. Walton
Tribune. * 1
A curious inquirer wants to
know “what are sister states.”
and the brilliaht country’ editor
answered:
We are not quite sure, Imt we
should judge that they are Miss
Ouri. lila Ho. Mary Land, Callie
Forma. Allie Rama, Louisa Anna,
Della ‘Ware, Minnie Sota and
Miss Sippi.—Marion County Pu
.trio.t.
, v'~
Wo went over t<> The Hub 1 ue°-
day just to Ik* in good company and
to see if we could pick up a Ibtle
politcal dope.
The outlook now poem? to indi
cate a very quiet political year in
old Jackson. Still, one can never
tell. There are just oodles of Bar
kises, but owing to the “peculiar’
political situation in this county few
of them can figure out just where
they are“at”in relation to the ballot
We have it ou the best of author
ity that Jugde Charles H. Brandis
felling Ins friends that he will stand
for re-election to succeed himself as
judge of the Western circuit. We
are glad to hear this, although we
had hoped that he might list to the
call of the appellate bench. Judge
Brand has made a record as judge
of this circuit equaled by few and
surpassed by no other occupant of
this bench, in our opinion, and we
t
believe the people of the circuit
are more anxious today for him to
continue in his office than they were
four years ago, and even then it
struck us as practically unanimous.
At the proper time Judge Brand
will make official announcement
of his candidacy.
Benjamin H. Collier had on the
smile that won’t come off. He
was shaking hands with the folks,
and we heard it on all sides that
he is out for sheriff and that he
is just entering the fastest race of
his political career. The fellow that
goes up against Ben will go up
against a stiff proposition, is the
opinion of the Collierites.
Sam Potts, the present sheriff, it
is understood, will be a candidate
to succeed himself, and this race
promises to be lively apd interes
ting,
J. W. Griffeth, of Miller’s dis
trict, who opposed Mr. W. T. Ap
pleby two years ago, was circulating
among the visitors to the court and
letting it be known that he was will
ing to make the race again if prop
erly urged.
And we were given a pretty
straight tip that Hon. Sidney Nix
and Hon. J. E. J. Lord would make
another try- for legislative honors.
And Dr. Allen was on hand smil
ing and shaking hands, and it was
said that he would be in the race.
Among other names we heard
mentioned in connection with leg
islative honors was Editor Paul Har
ber, of Commerce, and C. B. Cham
bers, of Statham. While neither of
these gentlemen have ever gone be
fore the people seeking votes, they
are fine young men, and should
they enter the race, somebody’s
goat will have to beat it to the tall
timber to save its skin, But this
was merely dope being handed
around and may not materialize.
Now that Atlanta’s vice cru
saders have succeeded in distrib
uting the inmates of the “houses
m our midst.among the resi
dential sections and leading ho
tels of that city’ they have tuHn
ed their attention to Fulton’s
poor, sick a£id badly treated con
victs. W e suggest the State Cap
ital as a sanitarium for these
poor, mistreated, erring brothers-
Wiiqji these reformers, who en
joy nothing so w. II as being in
the limelight At’ publicity, get
things arranged for the eomifort
of our* criminals just as they
would have them arranged, we
want to file application for a
place in the gang. We are tired
of the struggle to make both
end meet uiider a flag that stand
for lfr e edom and independence.
College Park, Ga., 2-2-1014. —
Dear Sirs:- Please state in your
pap r that -my addn f.s is changed
from 29 Ilolderness St., Atlanta,
Ga., to College Park, Ga., Atlan
ta's most beautiful suburb. And
oblige, Yours, Jno. 11. ’Wood.
GEORGIA IN BRIEF.
Luther H. Still, ex-premdent of tha
Atlanta Typographical union, has been
appointed deputy c.ty tax collector *at
a salary of 1,500 per annum.
At a meeting of the stockholders of
the Augusta and Summerville rail
road T. K. Scott resigned as president
and treasurer, and C. A. Wickersham
was elected to fill the place.
Secretary of State Phil Cook au
thorized the increase in capital stock
of the Bank of Campbell county from
$25,000 to $50,000. The original in
corporators asked for the increase in
capital stock.
Jewell Mell, a Georgia boy and
nephew of Dr. H. G. Carnes and Dr.
W. E. Carnes, has won the medal for
the best essay for high school students
which was offered by the Indiana So
ciety for the Prevention of Tubercu
losis. There were 12,000 contestants.
A primafy to nominate officers for
Muscogee county will be called for
April 29, if a request upon the execu
tive committee of the county is grant
ed. A number of the candidates have
asked that a primary be called for the
above date.
A prize Georgia rooster has been
sold to a Pennsylvania man for $l5O.
Mayor Miller S. Bell, grand chancel
lor of the Knights of Pythias, has ap
pointed delegates from the state-at
large to attend the golden jubilee of
that order to be held in Washington
on February 19
F. O. Walsh, former superintendent
of motive power and equipment of the
Atlanta and West Point railroad at
Montgomery., but more recently en
gaged in railroad work in Brazil, has
been made superintendent o/ motive
power and equipment of the Georgia
railroad.
A farm demonstration agent for
Baldwin county has been appointed by
the state college of agriculture to be
gin work the first of February. R. S.
Blackwell, of Morgan county, has been
named fc>r the position. He is a grad
uate of the college demonstration
class and has had ftjnsidera’ble other
training and experience. <
At a meeting of the directors of the
Exchange National bank of Fitzger
ald the following were elected as offi
cers: William R. Bowen, president;
T. S. Price, vice-president; J. B. Clem
ents, vice-president; J. E. Turner, ac
tive vice-president; J. D. Dorminey,
cashier; M. M. Stephens, assistant
cashier.
PECULIAR FATALITY.
Macon Pastor Is Killed by Falling Re
volver.
Rev. G. E. Tidwell, pastor of the
Bethel Baptist church, was almost in
stantly killed at his home in East Ma
con when a pistol dropped from his
pocket and exploded., as he was lean
ing down to kiss his 2-year-old baby
goodby. The minister was on his way
to see his widowed mother. He car
ried the pistol to prevent his young
children playing with it.
The bullet from the revolver enter
ed his brain and Tidwell died about an
hour after the accident.
Cairo to Get Syrup Test Station.
Cairo, Grady county, Georgia, will
probably get a SIO,OOO experimental
station under the general agricultural
appropriations bill, which will be re
ported to the house. A subcommittee,
including Representatives Lever, of
South Carolina; Lea, of Georgia, and
Campbell, of Mississippi, has reported
favorably upon the establishment of a
station to study the production of ta
ble syrup, the culture and diseases of
sugar cane and its standardizing.
Fearing Banks, Man Loses SSOO.
Because he had no faith in banks,
following an experience in New York
in the panic of 1893, B. Shensky, of
Savannah, is mourning the loss of
SSOO, which he had in a discarded sock,
hidden in a dresser drawer in his bed
room. A thief entered his home while
he dozed on the front veranda in the
evening and after ransacking the
house secured the money.
The tria. of Jim Conley, "the con
fessed negro accomplice in the mur
der of Mai y Phagan in the National
Pencil factory, in Atlanta last April,
was definitely set for February 23 by
Judge Hill in the criminal branch of
the superior court.