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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF BARROW COUNTY AND CITY OF WINDER
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ROBhK 1 O. KUas, ...... Editor.
VOL. XXII. Thursday, June 17, 1915. No. 10.
The reason so many pulpits have
lost their power is because they have
lost the preachers who preached a
pure gospel.—Larange Graphic.
The printed and reprinted persona!
correspondence going on between cer
tain editors of the weekly press and
the paragrapher of the Alaeon Tele
graph are quite amusing.
The resignation of Mr. Bryan as
Secretary of State seems to have
’given general satisfaction, if the
comments of the newspapers of all
political stripes from Maine to (’ali
tor nia can be taken as a criterion.
The Georgia legislature meets next
Wednesday and the straws indicate
that its going to push the Frank case
from the front pages of the Atlanta
papers. Many prominent prohibition
ists have already begun expressing
their displeasure at Speaker Har
well's former committee appointments
A lively contest over the speaker
ship is brewing in which Georgia’s
prohibition status will play a promi
nent part.
Ail people should belong to the
church, but there are just lots of
peopel who do belong to the church
that should be turned out. The man
who makes a convenience of the
church; who swings on to tin* tail
end of the church for the sake of
respectability and for business rea
sons. is nothing but a wolf in sheep's
clothing; nothing but a siiuon pure
hypocrite and all such should he es
corted to the back door and kicked
out—Co nunc rce Ne ws.
. A. mob attempted to take a negro
named Smith from officers at YVinna
boro, S. C. The negro and one white
man were killed and five officers
were' wounded. The negro was charg
ed with assault and was being con
ducted to the court house for trial.
The officers of the law stuck to
their prisoner and while they evident
1> <1 id not use their weapons upon
the mob, they deserve the plaudits
of the citizens of South Carolina for
their courageous discharge of duty,
•uch a spirit upon the part of offi
cers will go a long way toward
teaching mobs that it is dangerous
to disregard the machinery of the law
Winder is not going to bo satis
fied with any small affair in the
way of a ehatauqua. So the commit
tee met and appointed Air. A. A.
Camp, chairman of arrangements. .Mr.
* amp has dug up his old-time new
county spirit and things have begun
hum tor successful entertainment
during the days set apart for the
Chautauqua. Csing the excellent tal
ent furnished by the Chautauqua
Company as a nucleus, die committee
is reaching out for added att mo
tions and plans are being perfected to
make the four days of entertainment
a feast of pleasure for old and young.
The program will carry the names of
artists of national repute.
Worse than the democratic party,
organized labor can be depended up
on to play the fool at the proper
time. Tens of thousands of persons
aie forced to walk in Chicago, inves
tors in a public enterprise are suf
fering great losses and men, women
and children are being denied the
fruits of honest labor by reason of
a street car strike. The news dis
patches say the strikers refused to
submit their grievances to arbitra
tion. If this be true, they will and
should lose their positions. There
is a strict line between employer and
employee. The employee has a per
fect right to safeguard his own inter
ests, but when he insists tiiat the
employer’s only privilege is to keep
Ae books and pay the salaries de
manded, he steps over the liue.
STILL INTERESTED IN COTTON.
Senator Hoke Smith has given out
an interview which he is offering in
plate form free of charge, express
prepaid. The article deals with the
British blockade of the South’s cot
ton to neutral ports. We would like
to see these ports opened to our raw
cotton, and we hope Senator Smith
w'ill have England open up her gates.
But somehow we have lost faith in
Senator Smith &s a cotton eftpert.
Every time his opinions go awry he
is out with a reason. Sometimes it
is “hot winds,’’ and now England is
to blame because the farmers of the
South failed to get that 12 cents last
fall. We don’t know, but we believe
that Senator Smith could do better
service to the South by talking to
President Wilson about this awful sit
uation than he can by handling a
lot of "bull” to the cotton farmers
through the Georgia weekly press.
We are sorr\ but our faith in Hoke
and what he Hfiiows about cotton or
the price it will bring, has been
Impaired, and we are laid up for re
pairs. We are improving slowly, but
every time we think of the Macon
convention we have a relapse, and ar
ticles by Hoke constipate us.
AFTER THE DOPE FURNISHER
The charges made by Dr. Brunner,
of Savannah, that the laws against
the sale of narcotic drugs are being
more than passing notice. The laws
were enacted and intended to protect
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the thousands of poor victims of
morphine and other insidious drugs,
but if the physician and druggists of
Georgia and other states will not co
operate in their enforcement, they
will fail of the purpose of those' who
pushed them through Congress. Al
eohol does not produce one-half of
the sorrow and misery that follow
in tlie wake of morphine, cocaine
and similar drugs, and he who would
do anything to nullify the efforts of
those who earnestly srtive to keep
these drugs from their victims, is
certainly lacking in these instincts
which are supposed to differentiate
the human being from the brute. No
body knows the anguish and the grief
of those who have loved ones addict
ed to tiie use of the deadly drugs,
and who use almost superhuman ef
forts to prevent these poor slaves
from getting the drugs, only to find
that some disreputable physician or
druggist is regularly keeping the vic
tims supplied.
Those who have become slaves to
I the terrible habits cannot be punish
ed for what they are doing; they
can only be pitied. I tut the peniten
tiary is too good a place for the
man who would make it possible for
any one to continue the use of the
arch destroyer of mind and morals.—
Laurens Citizen.
It's not the cherries that I care
for so much, but 1 do appreciate the
spirit in which they are offered.
“Safety First” and Next for Winder.
A large railway system is making
a tremendous effort to impress the
“safety first” idea on the people
along its roads—posting signs at ev
ery crossing and in other couspicu l
ous places. The News adopts the
“safety first” and next as a splendid
idea to kjeep before the city both
in protecting life and limb and also
the health of the citizens.
Winder has had “clean-up” days.
Several of them, and is a fairly clean
tow n, but let’s keep it so.
in the summer it is necessary that
every precaution possible be taken to
eliminate breeding places for flies,
mosquitoes and other disease carry
ing insects, and to keep the premis
es perfectly clear of rubbish, trash
and filth.
If safety is a good idea first, it
is better “First—and Next."
Air. Business Man. look around your
home and store and see if you cau
do anything to “clean-up.”
The Winder News, Thursday Afternoon, June 17th, 1915.
WORK ON POWER LINE
PROGRESSING RAPIDLY.
A construction force of the North
Georgia Power Cos. arrived in the
city last week and established a camp
at Carlyle Springs near the city lim
its, getting rgiht to work putting up
poles and stringing wire for the
transmission of electrical energy to
Winder. Another force is working to
ward the city from Belmont and in
the next two or three weeks it is
hoped to have the line completed.
This will give to Winder, in addi
tion to the facilities of her own
plant, a continuous current, available
day or night, and means much for the
upbuilding of the town and the con
venience of her citizens.
The line will be extended to Mon
roe also, and as that city is ter
minus for a line of the Central Pow
er Cos. this will be an additional ad
vantage, as it will make power from
there available in case of emergency.
So Winder is going to have “that daj
current.”
PROHIBITIONISTS ACTIVE AGAIN
We fail to see the impropriety of
the “dangerous precedents” in the
efforts of the prohibitionists of Geor
gia in taking step to have Represen
tative Shepherd of Sumpter county,
or anybody else elected speaker of
the next house. It is said that the p:o
hibitionists feel that the former'speak
er, Mr. Burwell was not exactly fair
to their cause in his appointments of
committees, and they intend to make
an effort to have a speaker who w ill
at least give them a square deal.
We do not know whether or not
Mr. Burwell was partisan in his ap
piontment of committees, but it is a
fact that the prohibitionists had a
hard road to travel last year in get
ting through legislation not satisfac
tory to the antis.
This prohibition question simply
will not down, no matter what may
be said against efforts to inject it
into state politics. A few r of the
large cities of the state, notably Sa
vannah and Agusta, have openly de
fied the rest of Georgia by continu
ing to legalize the sale not only of
beer, but of whiskey, and it is now
just as easy to buy a drink or a gal
lon of whiskey over the bar in sev-
eral places as it was before the pro
hibition law was enacted.
The law is a farce if violations
are allowed to continue as they have
been in the past. In small cities like
Dublin and country towns people are
arrainged before the courts every day
for selling a pint or two of whiskey,
while in some of the larger cities
the mayors and aldermen, the poilee
the sheriffs and all other officers wl o
are paid to do their duty and to en
force the prohibitibn law, and this
erate the open barrooms.
It is a shame and a disgrace upon
the authorities of those cities that
they do not make some effort to en
force the prohibition law, and htis
failure is in a great measure respon
sible for the determination of the
prohibitionists to wage a relentless
battle until the laws as enacted are
observed not only by the country
counties, but by the large cities. —Ex.
A NATIONAL CREED
The Chicago Herald suggests the
following as a National Creed by
which the men, women and children
of America may affirm their Ameri
canism;
"l believe in the United States,
one and indivisible; in her mission
as the champion of humanity—as the
friend of the weak and distressed;
in the singleness dignity arid inviol
ability of American citizenship; in
the validity of our national traditions
in peace with honor; in friendship
with all nations that respect our
rights; in entangling alliances with
none; in reasonable preparations for
national defense by sea and land; in
shirking no sacrifice needed to hand
down to the future the priceless treas
ures bequeathed to us by the past;
in the necessity of keeping the wes*
tern hemisphere free from the instru
sions of Europe's institutions and am
bitions; in the capacity of free men
for self-government; in the love of
home and country; and in the un
flinching resolution that government
of the people, for the people and by
the pepole shall not perish from the
earth.”
CHAUTAUQUA FEATURES
TO BE INSTRUCTIVE.
Local Committees Are Working Spir
itedly on Programs for
Big Event.
The local committees in charge
of the morning programs of the
“three day Booster Chautauqua” are
vieing with each other in an effort
to outdo the other in making their
respective programs the most inter
esting and instructive.
Mr. Claud Mayne, chairman of the
Winder Board of Education, is chair
man of the committee in charge of
the Educational Day program for Ju
ly 3rd. He has secured the promise
of State School Supt. M. L. Brittain
to be with us, and will have other
prominent educators on his program.
Mr. W. H. Toole, president of the
First National Bank, always is keen
ly interested in things that stand
for community betterment, and is
chairman of the committee in charge
of the Agricultural program, July sth.
Mr. W. C. Horton, president of the
Bell Overall Cos., and whose energies
bring success to whatever he under
takes, is chairman of the committee
in charge of the Good Citizenship
Day program July 6th.
Their several programs will be a
distinct addition to the splendid pro
gram of entertainments already ar
ranged by the Chautauqua company.
PERSONALS.
Col. Orrin Roberts, of Monroe, was
a visitor here Monday.
Miss Sarah Hansell, of Thomas
ville, Ga., is the guest of Miss Mary
Russell.
Attorneys W. H. Quarterman and
G. D Ross were in Statham Wednes
day at justice court.
Misses Mary Willie and Margurite
Russell have returned for the sum
mer vacation. The former has been
teaching in the Sandersville High
Sniool, while the latter graduated
at the G. N. I at Milledgeville re
cently.
Card of Thanks.
Through the News, we wish to ex
press our thanks to our neighbors
and friends for their acts of kindness
for words of tender sympathy and
for the beautiful floral offerings, on
the occasion of the burial of our
Mother.
With grateful hearts we thank you
and pray God’s richest blessings up
on you.
Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Ross,
Miss Pearl Farrar.
Card of Thanks.
To all those who so tenderly ad
ministered to us in anyway during
the sickness and at the death of our
dearly beloved son, husband, and
brother, we are sincerely grateful,
also for the many comforting words
and tokens of sympathy and the beau
tiful floral offerings. May God’s
richest blessings attend each of you
is our sincere prayer.
Air. and Mrs. L. J. AlcElhannon,
Airs. If. V. AlcElhannon,
Airs. Onnie Richardson.
Sale of Winder, Ga. School Bonds.
The Mayor and Council of the City
of Winder, Georgia will receive seal
ed bids until 9:00 o’clock P. Al. on
July 6th, 1915, at the Council Cham
ber of said Mayor and Council, for
$13,000.00 5 per cent School Building
Bonds in $500.00 denominations, date
July Ist, 1915, and due July Ist, 1945.
Interest payable January Ist and July
Ist each year. No bids will be ac
cepted for less than par value.
Bids will be received for all or any
part of the issue and must be ac
companied by a certified check for 5
per cent of the bid, payable to Treas
urer of said City.
The right to rejeet any and all bids
is reserved.
W. O. Perry, Mayor.
Attest:
J. J. Foy,
Clerk of Council.
May Manton Patterns.
Just received all the newest Alay
Manton Patterns. Call and see them.
The Winder Dry Goods Cos. Store.
HASH
AND RE-HASH
(By Julian Ross.)
Last’ weeks joke:
Where was the first game of tennis
played.
On a tennis court, you boob.
Aw now r , I mean when Joseph serv
ed in Fharoah’s court.
My Weekly Yarn.
During my last trip through Florida
I w r as riding in the cab with the en
gineer as we were shooting through
the country. A fine shepherd dog
crossed the track directly in front of
the locomotive, was struck and hurled
high into the air. Our first stop was
fifteen miles further on, and as I was
walking along the station platform
what was my astonishment to see the
dog junmed from the tender, nimbly
skipping on three legs and carrying
the fourth in his mouth. As he trot
ted down the street mother dog
came up and undoubtedly made some
insulting allusion, for he dropped his
leg, sailed into the rude canine, lick
ed him, picked up his leg again and
ran on.
A Tip on Your Friends.
When you’re up you’re up,
Then your friends are around;
But when you’re down you’re down
And they’re never around.
They say they’re your friends; but
they lie,
For the only friends that you get
in this world,
Are the friends your money will buy.
I was walking up the street when
it started to rain. In front of me I
thought I saw my old friend Jones,
with an umbrella. I immediately slap
ped him on the back and said in a
jokingly way, “give me that umbrel-.
la.” When I saw the man’s face he
was an utter stranger, naturally I
1 was embarrassed. The man appear
ed more surprised than I, and imme
diately handed me the umbrella, and
said, “I beg your pardon, I didn’t
know' it was your umbrella.
I was walking up the street the
other day and saw h sign: “Wanted
girls to sew buttons on the fourth
floor.” The fourth floor must be
loose.
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust.
If the beer don’t kill us whiskey must
The days may come and the days
may go
But where the H —l they come from
I don’t know.
I’ve a great friend by the name of
Dinkelspeil, he is the funniest man
that ever lived. In the middle of
the summer time he used to come
down the street with ear muffs on j
and overshoes, and a muffler around
his neck, and an overcoat. He was
all the time chilly, always feeling a
draft. Well, a couple of weeks ago
my friend died and requested that
he wanted his body cooked, and I
was to have charge of the cooking.
So I put the body in a metalic coffin
and took it up to the crematory and
I put in the oven and turned on the
white heat myself, and stood around
for about two hours, when I happen
ed to think that a friend of mine by
tbe name of Foley was going to open
a saloon, and I promised to be at the
opening, but out of respect for the
dead I wanted to give one last look
at the coffin before I left, so I went
io the oven and opened the door and
what do you think I saw—there waf ;
my friend Dinkelspiel sitting on the
the end of his coffin, and says he:
"ior God’s sake, shut the door, I
fee' a draft.”
Next week’s joke:
As hat New York river asks a ques
tion and a Vermont river answers it
Get you a geography.
PREMIUM BOOKS.
Woodruff North Georgia Fair Pre
mium books and programs now ready
for distribution. Write to the under
signed and one will be mailed to you.
We want one in every farm home in
the Five North Georgia Counties.
G. W. Woodruff,
Winder, Ga.