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A Word From Mr. R. J. Pentecost.
(This article was written for our
Booster Edition, but it came to the
office too late for that issue. The
sentiments expressed in it are so
typical of the author, we give space
to it this week, believing that our
readers at any time will be glad to
read a line from one of Barrow's
best citizens.—Editor.)
Mr. Editor: Permit me to say I am
thankful for life and reasonably good
health for me and mine, and for all
of my friends. I am pleased that, af
ter years of toil and struggle, we
have the new county of Barrow. I
am thankful for the bountiful rains,
and the genial sunshine, and great
ly pleased by the bountiful crops that
have blessed the husbandman's toil.
I am thankful for the ozone of the
mountains and the perfumes of the
valleys. lam gratified that we have
so many good people in Barrow coun
ty and that we have such an array'
of good, clean, capable men for coun
ty officers.
It pleases me that the good condi
tion of our roads has made automo
bile travel safe and sane. We feel
•sure that we owe much for the im
provement of our roads to the own
ers and dealers in automobiles.
We want to see Barrow noted for
A GOOD NAME AS VALUABLE
TO COMMUNITY AS INDIVIDUALS
“A good name is rather to be chos
on than great riches, and loving fa
vour rather than silver and gold.
It occurs to me that this should be
true in regard to a community as
an individual. The intellectual and
moral standard, is based on the con
duce of the different individuals that
make up a community, so it is the
duty of each one of us to use our
influence in working toward an ideal.
We cannot hope to become a mod
ern “Utopia” where condition® are
perfect, hut we nuay' do much toward
elevating our own life and the ilves
of those we come in contact with.
In this short article I wish to enu
merate some of the things in which
fc Aiink" equal or excel other com
munities, and also to mention some
things we might do to improve pres
ent conditions.
We have two churches, a Method;s'
and a Baptise with a membership of
more than five hundred and as a rule
the people are very steady ohurch go
ers. If each of these would should
er the responsibilities of true Chris
tians they would lead the erring and
bring about a victory for Christ. Of
course, as in every community, there
are those who do not attend, but
they are unconciously influenced by
the others and thus receive some
thing from the church.
We have three Sunday' schools, one
Methodist, one Baptist and one inter
denominational, so each one nay at
tend the one he prefers. We are
striving to make our schools banner
schools, and in the meantime make
Barrow a gold star county. We
are doing something in the way' of
grading and equipping our schools
for better work, but we hope to do
very' much more than we have done
A school can not hope to do its
best work without the hearty approv
al and cooperation of those living
about it. The attendance is very
god, but nothing to compare with
wthaf it would he if all the people
were awake to the great possibilities
for good in a well-organized effective
Sunday school.
This community is far above the
-4'
average in sab net y, morals and
good citizenship. There are scores
o' young men living here, and it is
very seldom indeed that one is seen
even slightly intoxicated. There are
no very wealthy' families but the ma
jority ' a e honest, hardworking sub
stantial citizens. We have very few
charity cases, but when one arises
each one is willing to do his part in
relieving distress.
Our school is one of the largest
rural schools in the county, the en
rollment each year ranging from one
hundred to one hundred and fifty.
The greatest draw-back is to get pa
trons to send regularly. They will
often send for just a few weeks,
thereby doing the child the
injustice and also failing to do their
part in keeping up the standard of
the school. Teachers cannot teach
absent pupils, and poorly educated
5 nacifward pupils do not give a sefoool
its home ow ners. I want to see ev
ery farm house a home and every oc
cupant an owner. I will be pleased
to see the homes equipped with ail
the modern improvements for con
venience. We want to see our far
mers more intent on growing home
supp.ies, and less of time and ener
gy devoted to growing our cotton
crop.
I wish for Barrow county a high
moral uplift, an intent material
growth that means more farm® and
better farms and farmers. Mules go
ing up and down, the road don’t make
money to fed them or to pay for
them. I am satisfied that if we count
the time we waste, we would find
that we had not worked half the hour
in the year. If our farmers would
put in time like they have to do in
the stores and shops and factories,
I am satisfied that our country would
he more prosperuos, and our farmers
would own more hank stock and au
tomobiles, and fewer mortgages.
We have many thing’s in this new
county to be thankful for. 1 trust
that the benign smiles of Provi- |
dence will bless and brighten j
every home and that every citizen
and every' reader may be happy.
R. J. Pentecost.
the “good name" it should have. Our
school building is in need of repairs,
and also needs reseating. If all the
patrons would unite in building up
the school we would soon hhve a
school second to none in the county.
I w'ould not like to close this ar
ticle without calling attention to
our splendid mail facilities. \\ e
have one among the best, if not tihe
best rural carriers in the state . He
is ever affable, courteous and oblig
ing and I am sure be may r count as
his personal friend each patron on
his route.
Our community boasts of many oth
er good things which I Wave not men
tioned, while there are numerous oth
er ways by which we could improve
ourselves if we would only plan, and
work together. “United we stand,
divided we fall.” Lizzie Shedd.
GAINESVILLE BOOSTERS HERE
TWO HUNDRED STRONG.
With a long trail of dusty' automo
biles, more than 45 in number, the
Gainesville boosters invaded Winder
last Friday ai noon.
A dozen autos met them just be
yond the city limits and escorted
them in. Mr. Rogers one of our fel
low’-citizens and himself a booster, was
with the crowd. Hon. W. B. Me-
Cants was master of ceremonies, the
tourists after dinner at the hotels an
restaurants of the city, assembled in
front of the Granite Hotel, and Col.
K. P. Carpenter introduced Rev. W.
H. Faust, who extended a cordial wel
come to the visitors to our city which
was responded to by Mr. B. S. Bar
ker and Dr. Pearce. The crowd was
jolly and good humored and did much
to bring the advantages of Gainesvill
to not oitfy the citizens of our city
but to all the people along the route.
The roll of the band and the glare
of flags and signs spoke of the pro
gressiveness of the travekf. who are
putting their city on the map. We
are always glad to have such enter
prising and progressive people in our
midst.
Traveling Man’s Experience.
“in the summer of 1888 I had a
very severe attack of cholera morbus
Two physicians worked over me from
4 to 6 p. m. without giving nu
any relief and then told me they did
not expect me to live; that 1 had
best telegraph for my family. In
stead of doing so, I gave the hotel
porter fifty cents and told him to bit
me a bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and
take no substitute. 1 took a double
dose according to the directions and
went to sleep after the second dose.
At five o’clock the next morning I
was calk and by my order and took a
train for my next stopping point, a
well man but feeling rather shaky
from the severity of the attack,”
writes H. W. Ireland, Louisville, Ky.
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Because of its tonic and laxative effect. LAXA
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rinsring in head. Remember the full name and
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The Winder Newa, Thursday Afternoon; July 22, 192 5
m SHOULD
WOMEN HOLE?
WOMAN’S SUFFRAGE FROM THE
VIEWPOINT OF LEADING
FARMERS.
Why should women vote? That la
the question that is ringing from
ocean to ocean and reverberating from
the Canadian boundary to the Mexi
can border. It is the mission of a
newpaper to give the news and the
action of the Texas Farmers’ Union
in opposing woman's suffrage when
that question was recently before the
Texas legislature is significant as
representing the attitude of the or
ganized plowmen. We reproduce in
part the argument presented by Hon.
W. D. Lewis, president of the Texas
Fanners' Union, in opposing the bill:
“It is gratifying to note that it is
not the farmer’s wife who is clamoring
for the ballot. She is too busy
trying to make happier homes, mold
ing the minds of future citizens and
sharing with her husband the cares
of life to indulge in political gossip.
The ballot will give her no relief from
drudgery, give no assistance in cloth
ing the children or bring to the home
additional comforts, conveniences or
opportunities in life. It is, as a rule,
the city woman promoted to idleness
by prosperity, who is leading the suf
fragette movement.
“Erom many standpoints, perhaps
a woman has as much right to vote
as a man. So has she as much right
to plow as a man; she has as much
right to work in a factory as a man;
she has as much right to shoulder a
musket as a man, but we would rather
she would not do so from choice
and we regret that necessity ofttimes
compels her to earn a living by en
gaging in gainful occupations. We do
not consider misfortune a qualifica
tion for suffrage or a business acci
dent a reason for granting franchise
We are opposed to woman at the
ballot box the same as we are op
posed to woman in the field, in the
factory or in the army and for the
self-same reasons. We had rather
see her plant flowers than sow' wheat:
gather bouquets than pick cotton and
rear children than raise political is
sues, although she may have as much
right to do one as the other.
Opposed to Unsexing Humanity.
“Sex qualification for suffrage may
have Its apparent inconsistencies. No
general rule adjusts itself perfectly
to all conditions. It is a favorite ar
gument advanced by the proponents of
woman’s suffrage that many cultivated
and noble women are far more capa
ble of intelligently exercising sov
ereignty than a worthless negro, but
the South never was anxious for
negro suffrage, and while culture and
refinement, and even morality, are
desirable virtues, they are not the
only qualifications for franchise.
“The primary, inherent and insep
arable fitness for suffrage is support
ing a family. The plow handle, the
forge and the struggle for bread af
ford experience necessary to properly
mark the ballot. Government is a
great big business and civilization
from the very beginning assigned
woman the home and man the busi
ness affairs of life.
“There has been much freakish leg
islation enacted during the past de
cade that no doubt appeals to woman’s
love *or the ridiculous, but to under
take to unsex the human race by law
is the height of legislative folly and
a tragedy to mankind.
“We are opposed to the equal rights
of woman—we want her to ever re
main our superior. We consider
woman’s desire to seek man’s level
the yellow peril of Twentieth Century
civilization
“Woman is the medium through
which angels whisper their messages
to mankind; it is her hand that plants
thoughts in the intellectual vineyard;
it is through her heart that hope, love
and sympathy overflow and bless man
kind. Christ —the liberator of woman
kind —w as satisfied to teach the lessons
of life and He was a man. He chose
to rule over human hearts and re
fused worldly power and men followed
after Hirn, women washed His feet,
little children climbed upon His knees
and the Ruler of the universe said
that in Him He was well pleased.
Can woman find a higher calling?”
No Joke.
A family skeleton has no funny
>o.’i -. —Dublin Courier.
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Take Grove’s
The Old Standard Grove’s Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic propertie3of QUININE
and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. 5Q cents.
Georgia’s Native Grasses
Are Valuable For Hay
Pre*. Andrew M. Soule, Georgia State College of Agriculture
The native grasses of Georgia should
be utilized to the utmost extent for
the grazing of live stock in the sum
mer time and for the production of
hay. The South can produce a very
satisfactory quality of hay in suffi
cient abundance to meet the needs of
its farm live stock atui leave a sur
plus for sale.
It is true that our pastures have
been neglected, and that we have not
spent the effort on their care and
management their importance entitles.
In favored locations where we can
grow blue grass and red clover, em
phasis should be laid on their culti
vation. In every section where red
top, white clover, alsike and timothy
can be grown, these grasses should
be cultivated For the general farm,
Bermuda should be utilized for sum
mer grazing, and a turf of this char
acter will be greatly improved if Ja
pan and bur clover are seeded there
on.
For winter grazing cereals can be
extensively utilized, which may be
seeded by themselves or combined
with crimson clover or vetch. Excel
Tree Seedlings For
Reforestering In Georgia
J. B Berry, Professor Forestry, Geor
gia State College Of Agriculture
The development of a Forest Garden
has been started at the College with
a view to eventually establishing a
forestry nursery equal to supplying
the needs of Georgia in reforestering
its worn-out and gullied fields, and
for starting forests on a commercial
basis, the idea being to supply seed
lings at cost, which will be quite low.
The construction of the nursery seed
beds has been done by students as a
part of class or laboratory work. Their
planting and care also devolves upon
the student, thus affording them nurs
ery experience. How to plant trees
on eroded soil is also a part of the
Instruction.
A variety of willow suited to mak
ing baskets and furniture is being
grown. The purpose is to cut the
crop of willows each year for use of
students who have a basketry wmrk
shop to assist in paying the expenses
of their college course.
South Georgia Excursion
Tuesday, August 4th, 1915, Via the
A.B.&A. Railroad. Very Low Rates to
Tampa, SB.OO. Jacksonville, 6.00
TWO FAST TRAINS FROM
A T LAN T A
(Terminal Station)
Cool Coaches - Overhead Electric Fans - Sleeping
Cars on Night Train Going and Returning
SCHEDULES Round fare
Lv Atlanta 7.30 AM 10.30 PM frm Atlanta
Ar Cordele 1.50 PM 4.29 AM $4.00
Ar Fitzgerald 3.30 PM 5.42 AM 4.75
Ar Douglas 4.35 PM 6.58 AM 5.00
Ar Brunswick 8.10 PM 10.45 PM 600
Ar Waycross 6.10 PM 8.25 AM 5.50
Ar Jacksonville 8.40 PM 10.45 AM 6.45
Ar Tampa Aug 6, 6.45 AM 7.05 PM 8.00
All tickets limited to return six days from date of
sale, except Tampa tickets which will be good for
eight days.
Take a daylight trip through the most beautiful
farming country in the SOUTH and see the won
derful crops now growing on the broad level fields
of the new section of SOUTH GEORGIA traversed
by the AB&A Railroad.
Write at once for list of farms for sale.
Atlanta City Office W. W. Croxton, G. P.A.
88 Peachtree Street or Room 612 Austell Bldg.
Phone Ivy-194 Phone Main-1133
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
lent hay can be made from cereals
and vetch. Then, our climatic and
soil conditions are so well adapted to
the production of corn and sorghum
to be used for silage and for combi
nations of corn, sorghum, cowpeas,
soy beans and millet to be cured as
hay that a choice quality of succulent
food and dry roughness may be avail
able on every Georgia farm, both sum
mer and winter for the maintenance
of much larger numbers of live stock
than we have ever though it necessary
to keep up to the present time.
Too great emphasis can not be giv
en to our nature pastures and the pro
duction of hay from tame grasses as
well. It is only a matter of time and
education until our merchants will re
alize that we are producing here at
home as choice a quality of hay as
elsewhere. In fact, native hays con
tain a higher content of digestible nu
trients than those brought in from
elsewhere and certainly we can pro
duce them at a reasonable cost and
still leave a profit to the farmer if
we take into consideration the price
which we now pay for northern and
western hay.
Summer Forest School
J. B. Berry, Professor Of Forestry,
Ga. State College of Agriculture.
Plans have been completed for hold
ing a summer session of the School
of Forestry at Freedom Ixxige Foresf,
near Blue Ridge, Georgia, from June
*2l to August 21. The camp will be
located in the heart of the mountain
forests on the Ocoee river. The
course is open not only to students
of the regular course in forestry at
the College, but to any who want to
take up forestry, acquire some of its
principles, or combine nature study
and a summer’s outing. It will be
helpful to high school teachers.
The school will be held in tents
and camp life will be the order, but
for those who may desire, accommo
dations in houses as well as board
can be had conveniently near. Den
drology, surveying, ornithology, men
suration, silviculture, camping prac
tice, geology, zoology, forest botany
and special lectures are offered. The
most interesting and practical phases
will be handled.
Those who desire to attend the
school should write for an announce
ment of the Summer Camp. /
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