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GOVERNMENT ESTIMATES
COTTON CONDITION 75 3
Indicates a Growing Crop of 11,970,-
037 Bales, Compared With 16,134,-
930 Last Year.
Washington. Aug. 2.—This year's
cotton crop will he approimat< ly 11,-
970,037 equivalent 500-pound bales, as
compared with 16,134,930 bales last
year. That estimate, unofficially cal
culated. is based on the government’*
condition report, issued today, and
official figures of acreage and nor
mal yield. , j ; [|,'
t Whether the crop will be greater
or less depends upon growing condi
tions from now until picking time.
The condition of the growing cot
ton crop of the United States on
July 25 was 75.3 per cent of a nor
mal.
The area planted to cotton and un
der cultivation on June 25 this year,
as previously reported, was 31,535,000
acres, a decrease of 5,871,000 acres,
or 15.7 per cent from that under cul
tivation of 100 per cent of .normal
on July 25 would be equivalent to a
yield of 241.3 pounds of cotton to
the acre, the bureau of crop esti
mates has announced.
Weather conditions generally have
been favorable to the crop through
out the month except in Texas, where
there was a lack of rain.
Georgia’s first bale was marketed
July 22d.
The next report will show the con
dition of cotton on August 25 and
will be issued at noon, Tuesday, Aug
31.
ITS UP TO YOU, GORDIE.”
Not fur from my homo in Colora
do the county in which I live ends
and anew county begins. Jt must
be confessed that the roads in my
county are not at all what they
might be, although we are improving
them rapidly. But the moment you
pass into the next county the roads
are a revelation. You roll smoothly
along. You and your horses draw
sighs of relief. If you chance to be
in an automobile you throw in high
speed. The grades are easy, the
highway is oast up scientifically, the
drainage is perfect.
Time was when this was not so.
But anew man was placed in charge
of the roads, liie was one of our
boys, ©very one knew him by his
“short” name. One of the newspa
pers in that county headed its edito
rial notes for several weeks iri suc
cession with this:
“It’s up to you, Gordie.”
The neighbors took up the slogan.
In town or on the highway, whether
working or just traveling, Gordie
was greeted with: “It’s up to you.”
No one missed an occasion to fling
it at him. It got on his nerves. He
was put on his mettle. He would
show them. He has shown them.
W. J. H.
The above letter appeared iu a
recent issue of the Country Gentle
man, and the News gives it space for
the reason that there's a practical
comparison of conditions shown by it
and a suggestion of power also. Al
most every county in Georgia is mak
ing efforts to have good roads, and
many of them have excellent ones.
The gospel of improvement is being
preached everywhere, and it is be
ing heeded in most localities.
There is an analogy in Barrow
and at least one adjoining county to
the Colorado case. You’ve seen it,
and while the roads in that particular
county referred to may not be so
good as “Gordie's" they are being
improved rapidly.
It would be a fine thing to get the
bad roads off our nerves and get
“It's up to you. Gordie’’ onto the
authorities’, and let them show us.
At the election, April 6, three more
counties join the absolutely dry col
umn, making fifty-five out of 102 of
the State absolutely dry. Most of
the other counties are largely dry
and approximately one hundred sa
loons were put out of business by
th’s vote.
Troy, 0., in which town is operat
ed the largest mail and express li- ,
<juor trade of any town in the coun- 1
ty, on April 6 voted dry by a major- |
Jty of 87.
CAUGHT HERE AND THERE.
(By a Volunteer Reporter.)
It is in the shade of a certain
hu ’ding that Winderites and their
farmer friends congregate to settle
the European war, express them
selves regarding Atlanta a most re
cent se nsatic ns, theorize upon the
causes which produce army worms;
and red spiders and plan the tillage
of the adjacent territory.
Asa general rule all walks of dfe
are well represented. The preacher
the doctor, the lawyer, the banker,
the farmer and the hired man are
given a free rein to advance pte idea
concerning the municipal, quasi-muni
cipal, governmental and religious wel
fare, the frailties and crying needs
o' humanity and the effect that the
sun, moon and stars have upon veg
etation of this earth.
The city farmers have frequently
commented upon the increase of the
wheat and corn crop in this commu
nity and one day this week they were
joined by a number of renal farmers
who have been conspicuously absent
for the past few months. More at
tention was given to wheat and corn
in this territory this year than has
been known since cotton became
king, and the diversification has
caused general favorable comment.
A*s the volunteer approached the
shade of the building John Shields,
a prosperous farmer, was at the
height of an eloquent speech upon
the nutritious qualities of home
grown flour. John said that he
could hardly understand why a man
like himself, who was reared upon
the best bread that was ever spread
at old Galilee church, had wandered
so far from his early training as to
adopt an adulterated imitation in prel
erence to the real staff of 1/lfe; that
he had been eating "store-bought”
flour so long that he actuaJly told
his wife when he was preparing his
wheat for the mill this year that she
had best save the''store-bought”flour
that she had in the house at the
time with which to hake her cakes.
And John concluded:
"Bless your soul she never did any
such thing, and when Saturday came
she took that home-grown flour and
make an old time pound-cake like
mother used to bake, which rose up
and ran over the edge of the pan.lt
was fine, fine. Home grown flour
makes the best bread and the best
cakes, to say nothing of the yeast
and starch, and the beauty of it is
that when a fellow' raises his own
wheat he knows what he is eating.
Just so long an I live upon the farm
there is going to be home-grownflour
in Barrow county.”
Speaking of eating caused the law
yer to remark that ere long Italy
would he partaking of noodle soup
and spnaghetti in Berlin, and the
banker and the preacher went ui
into the air with glowing tributes to
the powess of Germany.
There is no better place to feel the
pulse of this community than in the
shade of the aforesaid building.
The volunteer reporter moved on
up town to the courthouse. There
he found the county officials and a
number of friends listening to golw
ing reports from a party of fishermer
who had been seining in Long Creek,
in Oglethrope county.
The report indicates that it would
be necessary for fishermen along the
banks of lxmg creek to hide be
hind trees in order to bait their
hooks, else the finny tribe might
jump from the stream and take the
worms from their hands.
Doc Lay said his crowd caught
eighteen pounds at one dip. I be
lieve he said the first dip. There
were a number of blue cats and
seven eels in the lot. They seined
only a short time and caught more
than they knew what to do with;
■that he and J. M. Wright, Muller Mc-
Blroy, John House and E. V. Har
digree ate a measured bushel and a
half of fried fish at one sitting.
Judge Hill told Mr. Lay if be had
gone down the creek a little further
he would have had better luck. Then
the volunteer reporter left. It seems
that Mr Hill had been iu the sfime
creek a few r days previous.
The Winder News, Thursday Afternoon, August 5 1915.
STATESBORO MINISTER
GETS REAL HELP.
Rev. J. Powell Tells How He Found
New Strength to Give to His
Labors.
Rev. J. Powell, of Statesboro, Ga...
suffered from stomach troubles so
seriously that they affected his work.
He struggled on under the handi
cap as best he could —hardly realiz
ing, perhaps, just how much his sick
ness was hurting him.
One day he learned of Mayr’s Won
derful Remedy. He took the first
dose —then decided to take the full
treamtent. He wrote:
"Since using the six bottles of
your wonderful remedy I feel like an
other man. It has been quite a won
der to me to know how one could
have a stomach disease like mine an
live and do the work ] did. I just
escaped the operating table .
"Now I can eat what I please and
P doesn’t hurt me night or day.”
Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy gives
permanent results for stomach, liver
and intestinal ailments. Eat as much
and what ever you like. No more
distress after eating, pressure of
gas in the stomach and around the
heart. Get one bottle of your drug
gist now and try it on an absolute
guarantee —if not satisfactory money
Will be refunded. Advt.
COMPULSORY EDUCATION.
Hon. Hal M. Stanley, in his 3rd
annual report as commissioner of
commerce and labor, says: "Georgia
is one of the three or four states
that does not have a compulsory ed
ucational law. By all means this state
should enact such a measure. It
would not only be the means of giv
ing an education to children w*ho are
now growing up in ignorance, but
would in a very large measure solve
the Child Labor problem. A compul
sory educational law is earnestly re
commended.”
Two glaring facts face the people
of Georgia. Her schools and colleges
are doing good work in a way, but
so long as the State allows educatioi
al matters to go on in a hap-hazzard
way as she does at present,inefficien
cy and ignorance will be the heritage
of her children.
A compulsory educational law wise
ly worded and strictly enforced might
work a great hardship on some citi
zens for a few years, but in the end
jt would result in no such thing, and
would place every child in Georgia
upon an equal plane in elementary
education with those of her sister
states, and as it is both logical and
reasonable to expect it in the future,
it should be passed now and the sys
tem in Georgia made to conform tc
it.
For a Sprained Ankle.
If you will get a bottle of Chambei
lain's Liniment and observe the di
rections given therewith faithfully you
will recover iu much less time than
is usually required. Obtainable ev
erywhere. Advt.
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For several years past Winder has
been the temporary home, at least,
of a young negro known only to
ue by the name of “Dee Dee." For
many years before this his home was
at Jefferson, but he’s not much of a
“home-loving bird,” and he is possi
bly as well known in adjacent towns
as he is here. His mental equip
ment is shy several of the things
that go to make up the present 1916
model good citizen, though he is an
inoffensive sort of character so far
as we know. It chanced, however,
that a copy of charges was served
upon him by the police, and at a
recent matinee he appeared before
the mayor to answer to a charge of
disorderly conduct. Knowing his
condition and as there was little like
lihood of Dee Dee's intention to vi
olate the law the mayor thought he
would get rid of the difficulty by
getting rid of Dee Dee if it could
be done without copying after the
Mexican revolutionists. His Honoi
told I)ce Dee that his case was a
puzzle to him; that he didn’t know
what to do with him, and asked the
prisoner what punishment he thought
should be put upon him.
Dee Dee promptly replied “Send
me to Gainesville, whoo, who©.”
H ‘ went.
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Last Excursion of the[]season to
WrightsvilSe Beach
Tuesday, August 7th,’.1915.
$6.00 SIX DAYS $6.00
From Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Winder
and intermediate stations.
SPECIAL COACHES and SLEEPERS
SEABOARD
Leave Atlanta 7.00 A. M. or 8.30 P. M. Central time
Leave L’ville 9.18 A. M. or 10.35 P.JM. Eastern time
Leave Auburn 9.40 A M. or 10.52 P. M. Eastern time
Leave Winder 9.55 A. M. or 11.04 P. M. Eastern time
Leave S’tham 10.10 A M or 11.18 P. M. Eastern time
Ar. Wilmington 12.35 night or 12.40 noon.
Thirty-five minutes ride from Wil
mington to Wrightsville by street car.
Make arrangements with your Agent for tickets
arr 5 r fl r Reservations J ~’*red.
Fred Geissler, A. G. P. A.
Atlanta.