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Tom Watson—Scholar.
(W. H. Faust.
/ In some sections of the state it
would be like* a child playing: with
dynamite for a preacher to write any
thing: about Georgia’s greatest histo
rian and famous eitiz n. But the
writer happens to be a man, as well
as a preacht r, and therefore doesn't
fear to sling a bit of ink on this
subject.
We often have to get a long ways
off from a man to see him as he
really is. Men didn’t like John Ban
yan when he was alive. Shakespeare
was regarded as a common play
actor. Abfaham Lincoln was thought
v
to be an intense partisan.
And so Watson, who lias writtc
I lie greatest history of France n
rated somewhat low by persons who
think of him merely as a present day
power in politics, but when tin* great
white searchlight of the future is
turned upon bis work it will show up
as that of a master.
In his February Magazine he has
an article entitled: “Brooks History
if Georgia.” It Is worth a careful
reading on tin* part of any one, not
so much for the* criticism of Prof.
Brooks as for the worth while far; •>
which it contains in -regard to not a
hies of our state.
We are just now facing peculiar
conditions in the educational world.
The question will arise, are we pro
gressing as rapidly along education
al line's as the money we spend
should warrant. We may not all
agree with Watson when he says:
“Based upon my actual experience
and observation, my honest opinion
Ik, that education was more univev
sal and thorough before the war,
than it is today. I believe that the
teachers as a class, were more compe
tent, conscientious, and fonder of
the pupils than the teaching class of
the present time. The huge appro
priations made by the state for our
pubic schools have croat*d the pro
fessional teacher who takes to it as
a trade, who looks upon the system
as his. He runs the school for
benefit, mainly, with a secondary
regard for the pupil. The patron is
not expected to have any wishes that
tiie teacher is bound to respect; and
the scholars are allowed to attend
on probation only. So long as the
teacher can keep in favor with tie*
school board the patrons can go to
Hades. The pupils must be thank
ful for being allowed to come and
remain, in the old days, the text
books were excellent and they were
used until they went 1 worn out. One
set would serve every child in the
family. Nowadays, the Hook trust
pays a secret bribe to teachers and
boards, and the Trust robs the pat
rons by a periodical change of text
books. This arbitrary change is a
victual confiscation of the former
text books, and for this outrage there
is no redress.”
I am not quite ready to say a
hearty amen to all that he says, but
there is that in it which is worth
your careful consideration. 1 look
back over a quarter of a century and
frankly say that Webster's Blue
Back Speller is the superior of any
successful contradiction. We haven’t
all the hindrances that our former
teachers had, in fact we have mod
ern up-to-date equipment, but it not
only takes a good tool, but it takes
speller that 1 have ever seen. And
that is said without the fear of
a good workman to use it..
Watson goes on to say: “1 appeal
to all the men of my age to say
whether I am not right in my de
fense of the Old Field Schools, and
the splendid men and women who
used to teach them. Those old teach
ers have gone their way, to their
long home, in the land of the shad
ows, but they left their stamp upon
generations of preachers, lawyers, ed
itors, doctors, fathers, mothers, and
the glories that the South won in
field and forum, in war and peace,
in literature and legislation, cam <
be taken wholly away from our old
time school teachers, and our Old
Field Schools.” The fact is that
all things being taken into
ation, one generation docs not leave
another behind after all.
Whatever else may be said about
the Sage of Thomson lie is a beauti
ful word paint; r. This
in the articles referred to where he
compliments, the women. ”I>o you
see that ancient edifice, back ther?,
standing out against the horizon of
time, crumbling with age, but still
majestic in its grandeur and beauty.
iHi you set* the graceful towering col
umn which supports the frte**/'
cornice, the entablature.
“Do you have a queer feeling of
curious interest, when you recognize
the figure is that of a woman.
"Perfect in grace, strength and sym
metry, the column the statue of
the ideal feminine figure; and on
her bowed head rests the whole of
that stupendous fabric of ancient Gre
eian art. Did you ever think what
it means.
“Theorists have accounted for it
in many prosaic ways, and have not
been satisfied with their own expla
nations. Do not laugh me
if I suggest that the splendidly in
tellectual artists of tie* olden times
realized that everything in tin* state,
in the church, in the social life —ev-
erything that is elegantly refined, anc
nobly good rests upon women Car-
vatides is tin* architectural term ap
* plied to these symmetrical ferule fig
lur s that support the glories of the
I ancient world.
"Even so, in a sense, it is today.
The caryatides uphold the entire
structure of our modern civilization.
The glorious women wives, mothers,
sist rs, daughters—stand beneath
the weight of social service, indus
trial uplift, charity help, and church
work; and with their devotion to
duty, hold it up."
If you haven't read lii.s "History of
France" you have before you a treat.
Already someone may have said:
"Well, Faust, you have been out of
the educational work so long that
you are not a good man to express a
opinion on this subject.” Well, I
grant In a sense, that you are right.
Neither can I cook good biscuit or
cake, but when either is cooked I can
Judge if it is good. I know when
cake tastes good if 1 can’t cook it.
And I know literature by the same
methods of research. Our children
need to read more of the best liter
ature of the day. For Watson’s views
on missions I am not responsible,
neither do 1 subscribe to his political
propaganda always, but when he
starts out in the fields of literature
1 always want to walk a bit with him
for in that field he is a thorough mas
ter and is perfectly at home. And
candidly I feel that he is capable of
writing a real history of Georgia, in
it setting forth facts that are true to
Southern life and ideals and of all
men who are capacitated to do this,
lie comes more nearly measuring up
to the ideal. Should he ever de
cide to write such a book the people
will fall over each other to read It.
OIL TREATMENT FOR
STOMACH SUFFERER
France has been called the nation
without stomcah troubles. The
French have for generations used a
simple mixture of vegetable oils that
relieve stomach and intestinal ail
ments and keep the bowels free
from foul, poisonous matter. The
stomach is left to perform its func
tions normally. Indigestion and gas
tritis vanish.
Mr. Geo. H Ma.vr, a leading drug
gist of Chicago, cured himself with
this remedy in a short time. The
demand is so great that he imports
these oils from France and com
pounds them under the name of
Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy. People
everywhere write and testify to the
marvelous relief they have received
using this remedy—one dose will rid
the body of poisonous accretions
that have accumulated for ten years
and convince the most chronic suf
ferer from stomach, liver or intesti
nal troubles. " \
Mayr'te Wonderful Remedy is sold
by leading druggists everywhere
with the most positive understand
ing that your money will be refund
ed without question or quibble if
ONE bottle fails to give you abso
lute satisfaction.
Here is a leading physician who
says candy is one of the most ef
fective enemies of alcohol and the
drink habit. Puss the chocolates,
please.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Mr. T. J. Syfan of Gainesville spent
several hours in Winder Saturday.
SOCIAL jyOTES
Wymodausis Club.
Mrs. Henry Pledger was a most
cordial hostess to the Wymodausis
club in her apartments at the home
of .Mrs. N. .1. Kelly, on Broad street,
on last Friday afternoon.
The room was most attractive with
its decorations of pot plants and
numberless red hearts.
The guests were served hot choc
olate with whipped cream and wafers
on arriving, after which beautiful
score cards suggestive of valentine
were passed. Then the hostess asked
if she might know the kinds of heart
each guest possessed. Bach consent
ed and In turn, with her eyes closed,
drew a heart from a min ature tree
which contained hearts of various
sizes and colors. Some of the hearts
drawn were a sandpaper heart,
which signified a rough heart; a
blue heart —true heart; a fur heart —
a warm heart; a yellow heart —a jeal
ous heart; a very large heart —a gen-
erous heart; a green heart —a deceit
ful heart; a purple heart —a change
able heart; a candy heart —a sweet
heart.
Then followed several games of
“500.” For progressing tiny red
hearts were strung on red ribbons
attached to the score cards.
Late in the afternoon a variety of
most delightful heart-shaped sand
wiches with hot tea were served.
The favors were red satin heart
shaped boxes tied with red ribbons,
on the top of which were these lines;
“If you will pull this box apart,
You will plainly see who has your
heart.”
Although, the ladies knew who had
their hearts, their curiosity was too
much for them, and each hurried to
see what the box would disclose. On
opening the box each guest looked
into a tiny mirror.
Mrs. E. V. Snipes, Mrs. B. B. Jack
son, Mrs. Harry Millikin, Mrs. Her
bert Smith, Mrs. P. A. Flanigan and
Miss Cloe Irvin were guests of the
club.
Miss Mabel Jackson assisted Mrs.
Pledger in entertaining.
Mr. Johnnie Thomas, who is at
tending a business college in Atlanta,
spent the week end here with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Thomas.
Rev. VV. H. Faust attended a meet
’>ig of Perry-Rainey Institute at
Auburn Monday.
Rev. John H. Wood, of Atlanta, w; j
here Monday.
EFFECT OF GREAT KIDNEY
REMEDY IS SOON REALIZED.
I feel it my duty to let you know
what Swamp-Root did for me. I was
bothered with my back for over
twenty years and at times I could
hardly get out of bed. I read your
advertisement and decided to try
Swamp-Root. Used five bottles, and
it has been five years since I used
it, and I have never been bothered a
day since I took the last bottle of
it. I am thoroughly convinced that
Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root cured me
and would recommend it to other
Sufferers as I did.
My husband was troubled with kid
ney and bladder troubles and he
took your Swamp-Root and it cured
him. This was about five years ago.
You may publish this letter if you
choose.
Very truly yours,
Mrs. Mattie Camfield.
R. F. D. No. 3. Gobleville, Mich.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this 13th of July, 1909.
Arvin W. Myers,
Notary Public
for Van Duren Cos., Michigan
Letter to
Dr, Kilmer & Cos.
Binghampton, N. Y.
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do
For You.
Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer K-
Cos., Binghamton, N. V., for a sample
size bottle. It will convince anyone.
You will also receive a booklet of
valuable information, telling about
the kidneys and bladder. When writ
ing, be sure and mention the \Yinder
News. Regular fifty-cent and one
dollar size bottles for sale at all
drug stores. (Advt.)
Why Have Goods Roads?
There are an abundance of rea
sons why we should have good roads,
even under normal conditions
But there are urgent reasons why
we should have them this year, when
conditions are expected to far sur
pass even those of normal.
Our roads must be in condition for
prompt harvesting of Hie great crops
which the world is demanding for
America this year.
Experts in all lines of business pre
dict that 1915 will be the most pros
perous year in the history of the
United States.
President Wilson has publicly
warned the farmers of the country
that the task of feeding the world
will/ soon devolve upon us, and he
urges us to utilize every ounce of
energy and every foot of ground, that
the supply may be equal to the tre
mendous demand for food.
Europe today is non-productive,
yet the people of those countries
must be fed. They must not starve.
And America is the only nation that
is equal to the gigantic task.
And because this herculean task
falls upon the American farmer, it
is imperative that no act of ours be
left undone that may be productive
of greater or swifter results.
And herein lies the value of good
country roads.
Tremendous crops may be grown,
Some Compliment to the Editor.
It is not often an editor hands
himself a compliment.
But this is the exception, and
that is just what we are doing, be
cause a certain well known citizen
of this community has and is per
sistently recognizing the value of
this paper as a reliable disseminator
of local news, and has paid us this
compliment in a manner which
speaks! volumes for his knowledge
of the good things of life.
Hie is not destitute of this world’s
goods, but he possesses the rare fac
ulty of holding onto that which he
gets, lest the pangs of poverty over
take him in his declining years.
He possesses a wide knowdedge of
local affairs, because he is a CON
STANT READER of this paper, and
the knowledge extracted therefrom
is turned to good account in his own
behalf.
If an important event is soon to
occur, he knows of it in advance, be
cause he has read of it in this paper.
If there is a bargain to be had any
where in the community he is
■promptly apprised of the fact, be
cause of that, too, he has read in
this paper.
And if an acquaintance is sick, or
deatH has overtaken some member
of a family, or the stork has paid a
visit to the home of some friend, lie
COTTON INSURANCE
Our policies are just as staple as “green-backs.” The
policy of any Insurance Company in our agency is
acceptable to the United States government in issuing
currency against stored cotton. Let us supply your
needs in Fire Insurance.
Kilgore & Radford
Winder, Georgia.
FOR BEST
Red Ash or Blue
Gem Block
DOMESTIC COAL
Phone 65. Quick Delivery any Part of City
PEOPLES FUEL CO.
and harvested, but they must v
marketed in record time this year
And without good roads this can
not be done.
The time is opportune for the
pie of this community to take U p
this matter and see that prompt
measures are taken to insure the
best of roads in the country
tricts before the time is at hand f or
the moving of the great crops w e
are asked to produce.
Horses and mules must draw this
produce to the shipping points, and
this is a matter requiring both time
and animal energy.
An animal possesses only a certain
amount of energy, beyond which
it may not be taxed, and when that
energy is exhausted it ceases to be
of the greatest value to its owner
and future movements are retarded
because of its lost vitality,
j If country roads are placed in th*
best possible condition during the
spring and summer months, the fall
movement of crops will be accom
plished with greater ease and less
expense than heretofore. And every*
hour of time will be needed this fall
if the farmers heed the call of the
world and the warning of our pres
ident.
Let us “up and be doing” here,
that we may contribute bountifully
of our substance when humanity
turns to us for bread.
is among the first to extend his con
dolences or congratulations— because
of these, also, he has read in this
paper.
He is a man of wisdom —a pillar
of strength—with a brain which ab
sorbs to the utmost of the essence
of life.
Few things escape his notice, for
he is ever on the alert.
But the one thing which he never
overlooks is this paper, and therein
lies the compliment which we take
unto ourself. It gives us a feeling
that we are something more than a
mere worm in human shape, that
we may be even a whole cog in the
community wheel.
True, he is not a subscriber to the
paper—his dollar never reaches this
office —but he reads the paper just
the same.
For his neighbor is a subscriber,
and pays in advance, and in his gen
erosity he lends the paper to the
‘‘pillar of strength”—BY REQUEST.
But it may not always be so. In
time we have hopes that the ‘pillar’
will pay us the super-complimnet of
permitting us to add his own name to
our subscription list —paid in ad
vance, of course.
Time sometimes works wonders,
even in the newspaper field.
And we have hopes—strong hopes.