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Solomon said: “Of making many
books there is no end and much
study is a weariness of the flesh.”
He had tried out the book propo
sition and thus spake with authority
on this vital theme. Bacon came on
later and added this word of wisdom
to the edification of us all: Read
ing makes a full man, speaking a
ready man, and writing an exact
man.” The importance then of good
books can not he overestimated.
They are not all worth while, but
there is great good in many of them
that is not ever gotten out.
"Books are not seldom talismans,
and spells.
By which the magic art of shrewder
wits
Holds an unthinking multitude en
thralled.
Some to the fascination of a name
Surrender judgment, hoodwinked.
Some the style
Infatuates, and thru labyrinths and
w ilds
Of error leads them, by a time en
tranced.
While sloth seduces more, too weak
to bear
The insupportable fatigue of thought,
And swallowing therefore without
pause or choice,
The total grist unsifted, husks and
all.”
Reader, this bit of advice—read in
books —have the sense that Sam
Jones’ cowbbabed —be able to eat the
hay and let the briars alone. Take
the good and leave off the had ev
ery time.
If I had the choice of giving up
r£l books or becoming one of the
crowned heads of Europe I would,
without a moment’s hesitation, take
the books.
Companionship of Books.
Books are the delight of old age,
the food of youth, the blessings of
prosperity, and the consolation of
adversity. They cheer in hours of
loneliness and when the world prom
ises all that satisfies they come in
with a mild suggestion and remind
one that life is short and only that
is worth while which is for eternity.
Most of us like friends and we are
so constituted that we enjoy friends
from all classes of life. It is sooth
ing to have a friend who can give
the advice that comes from experi
ence and age, and also it is delight-
ftil to associate with one of your
own ape, and this fellowship means
much to any one’s life. In this age
it is hard to find time to sit and
talk for hours with busy men and if
such were possible we could have
this privilege only when people were
tired and feeling the need of rest,
but we can sit down at the close of
day with a good book and feel that
we are getting the best of an au
thor’s life and thought. Men some-1
times get grouchy and fail to put the
ftesi foot forward, they fail to put on
company manners at all times, but
a book is always a delightful friend
and one can go to a book and get
counsel and advice, and feel that
one’s confidence will never he violat
ed. nor his trust betrayed. Hill
Smith may come in and stay too
long at times, but when you tire of
a book you can without discourtesy
lay it aside and feel easy. Shake
speare will come and chat with you
w while and after having given you
the best that he has in the way of
w'isdom and entertainment be will
quietly take bis departure and leave
you to pleasant reflections. No mat
ter how' poor I may be Milton will
come and sing his immortal sonnets
for me. Bacon will come and dis-
ponse all his treasures of learning
to me just as he would to Rockefel
ler or Carnegie. Quaint old Ren
Franklin will come and give me the
benefit of his practical knowledge,
and departing leave behind him no
bill.
I try to so act that all people
will think: I am sane. I guess tho
I make a failure. Read and ponder.
A few days ago this experience came
A bond-seller came around and want
ed. me to take bonds in his company
to the extent of $49 per year. Am in
surance agent came with the request
that I take SIOOO worth of insurance
with him; then another assuring me
that I was able to take a SIOOO pol
icy with him. Thee a book agent
BOOKS-DANCING
(By Rev. W. H. Faust.)
who wanted me to buy books to the
tune of $4O, and then a Chatauqua
man telling me that I could be one
of fifteen to underwrite a series of
| entertainments for my tow n and with
the guarantee of 4-3 Ik* able to up
lift my city, and at the same time
make a good sized fortune for my
children. In the same day’s mail
came requests to subsorilK* to papers,
endow colleges, build universities to
the tune of another fifty dollars. The
fact of the matter is I must look
awfully wealthy or the fellows who
come to town have mighty poor judg
ment one, I don’t know which is
true. Hut books are always enter
taining and never argue with you
foolishly, they never tell you what
you know is not true, if they do you
ran shut them up and get away. Hal
leluiah: Forevermore.
Read Wisely and
Judiciously.
A honey bee can get sw r eetness out
of a common house flower, hut abut-
Hcfly could not get honey out of all
the flowers in a king’s garden. Be
a bee when it comes to extracting
pure and good thoughts from the
world of books about you.
Kvery one is careful al>out the food
lie eats, and wants it well prepared,
and feels that it must be clean. Our
bodies resemble the focal which we
eat. Our minds are like* the books
which we read. Tell me what paper
a man reads in (Jeorgia and I will
tell you witli what party he votes.
Show me your library and I w ill tell
you what kind of preacher you are.
Mighty few Catholics read Tom Wat
son’s magazine, and mighty few Cath
olics read the Baptist Standard. Very
few' Protestants read The Catholic
papers.
In certain sections of Georgia there
used to he “clay-eaters,” in other
words dirt-eaters. In the realm of
literature their successors have not
died out and are still very numerous.
A great, or a would-be-great preacher
in Atlanta a few weeks ago advocat
ed a public dance hall for the city.
Up in Philadelphia Billy Sunday was
saying: “What would i>eople think
of me, a preacher of religion, if I
were to go down to the ball-room
and wrap my arms around a woman.
The dance is nothing but a hugging
match set to music, and a secondary
sexual love feast. The dance is too
low down for me, Bud, and I am go
ing to monopolize the hugging of my
wife. It is a libel on Jesus Christ
to dance for charity at any such
high-toned affairs where you have to
look under the table to see if a wom
an has anything on.” Sunday uses
plain language, to he sure, but he is
nearer the truth than the man who
advocates the dance. Read pure lit
erature and thoughts will be pure.
A person can no more read some
hooks and have Sunday school thots
than he could dance and have them.
>lf there is one thing above an
other that parents should look after
lit is the class of literature that their
children are devouring. Yellow-back
ed novels, dealing with sex problems
land literature that is hurtful, is cut
ting a wide swathe in the pure living
l of this generation. Read all good
books and no bads ones, but with
- them all he sure to read the book of
books —the Bible.
ODD BITS OF NEWS.
New Castle, Ind.—The most daring
thief in the world is operating here.
The police department has a wonder
fully fine and savage watch dog. The
thief stole the collar from the dog’s
neck.
Washburn, Wis.—Lafayette Reu
ter, 23, died here last week after
his relatives had kept him alive for
50 days by artificial respiration. Day
and night, for over seven weeks, on
or another of the man’s relatives has
pumped air into his chest with their
hands.
Sunbury, Pa. —Miss Alice Rhodes,
18, is in the hospital here. At her
home in the country' she attempted
to take a drink from a glass In the
dark. Picking up the wrong tumbler
she swallowed several hundred tacks
and pins.
Cares OK Sam, Other ntottfles Wm’t Can
The worst cases, no matter of how long standing
are cured by tbe wonderful, old reliable Dr.
Porter’s Antiseptic Oil. It re!ievr
Vaia and Heals at the same time. Me. •
TEN WEEKS IN BED—EMINENT
PHYSICIANS FAILED— WON
DERFUL RECOVERY.
I wish to inform you of the great
benefit I have derived from the use
use of Swamp Root. I had been a
sufferer for more than twenty years
from kidney and liver trouble and
was almost constantly treated by the
most eminent physicians who could
only give me temporary relief. I had
been in bed ten weeks when I began
the use of Swamp-Root. Inside of
twenty-four hours I could see that I
had been greatly benefitted. I con
tinued to use Swamp-Root until I had
used several bottles when I really
felt that my old trouble was com
pletely cured and I am positve that
any person suffering with kidney or
liver trouble can be cured by the use
of this preparation.
I am now' in the best of health,
better than I have been in for ten
years or more. I do not know how
to express myself as strongly as I
desire, in favor of I>r. Kilmer’s
Swamp-Root, as I am sure that it
saved my life and that my good
health is due entirely to this great
remedy. I heartily recommend it to
every sufferer and am confident they
can he benefitted as I have been. It
is a pleasure for me, gentlemen, to
hand you this recommendation.
MRS. H. .1. Pit ICE.
1406 Center St. Portsmouth, Ohio.
Personally apeared before me this
13th of September, 1919, Mrs. H. J.
Price, wdio subscribed the above
statement and made oath that the
same is true in substance and in fact
R. A. CALVERT,
Notary Public.
Letter to
Dr. Kilmer & Cos.
Binghampton, N. Y.
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do for
You.
Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Cos.
Binghamton, N. Y., for a sample size
bottle. It will convince anyone. You
will also receive a booklet of valua
ble information, telling about the
kidneys and bladder. When writing,
be sure and mention the Winder
News. Regular fifty-cent and one
dollar size bottles for sale at all drug
stores. (Advertisement.)
BETHEL.
Mr. Guy Fulcher is very sick at
this writing with pneumonia.
Miss Lillie Mae Morrow visited
Miss Effie Rutledge Sunday.
, Mr. Fayette Sims attended Sun
day school at this place Sunday.
Mr. John Roy Perry spent Sunday
with Mr. Earl McDonald of Bethle
hem.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bowman spent
Saturday and Sunday with relatives
here.
Rev. Shores will preach at this
place the second Sunday at eleven
o’clock.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Darby were the
guests of relatives at this place
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. V Rutledge at
tended the Easter service at Cedar
Creek Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Ridgeway visited
Mr. Cicero Rutledge and family Sun
day afternoon.
Miss Nancy Edwards of Carl spent
the week end with her sister, Mrs.
Hiram McDaniel.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Stewart vis
ited Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Stewart on
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F Reeves
family were guests of Mrs. Reeves
mother ,Mrs. J. O. Perry, Sunday
High Grade Watches
Diamonds and Jew
elry, Lowest prices
just around the
corner from
Whitehall
Street.
E. A. Morgan
JEWELER
10 E. Huntrr St., Atlanta, Gs.
Winder Ice &. Mfg. Cos.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Ice and the Purity Ice Cream.
H. D. ATKINSON, Manager.
Bottlers of Sodas and Ginger Ale
We Use Pure Distilled Waters in All Our Products
Your Ice Coupon Books Help You Buy Coal from Us-Save them
Phone 49 - Winder, Ga.
GUANO--GUANO-GUANO
I am now ready to furnish you in all
grades Also plenty of
Nitrate of Soda. Stop and think; then
you will always purchase your fertili
zers from an old reliable company-one
willing to share a part of the burden
that may take place after purchasing
your fertilizers-
Bay the best Guano that can be purchased," from
G. W. SUMMEROUR, Agent
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Cos.
ATTENTION
Farmers
We carry the very best grades of Guano
any firm can buy and save you big money
on every sack. We represent the South
ern Refining Cos., manufacturers of all
analysis. Each sack bought of us is fully
guaranteed. -
The farmer who buys from us
will get the best products made
SEE US AT
FARMERS WAREAOUSE
G. S. Millsaps
NEW County-Earrow
NEW County Site-Winder
NEW Fresh-Merchandise
Staple dry goods, noions, shoes, fancy
and family groceries, feed stuffs, staple
hardware and farmers’ supplies, in fact
almost anything to meet the humand needs.
We carry the famous W. H. Miles shoes, the
only place in Winder you will find them.
We are new in the town but are ex
perienced in this business. We cordially
invite a share of your trade. Give us a
trial and we will give you honest service at
prices right. Remember the place, Wilson
Bros. & Sammon old stand.
BRING US YOUR PRODUCE
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Phone Number 104
Winder, Georgia
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