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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF BARROW COUNTY AND CITY OF WINDER
Published Every Thursday Afternoon by R. O. Ross U Son, and Entered at
the Postoffice at Winder. Ga.. as Second-class Mail Matter.
Subscription Price 1.00 Per Year. Advertising Rates Furnished on Request
Form May 1 1916 obituary notice*, resolution* and tributes of renpect, and notices of entertainments
to vrhich admission fees are charged, will be published at one half centpeT word, ca*h in advance
ROBERT O. ROSS Editor
ROBERT O. ROSS. JR Associate Editor
VOL. XXII. Thursday, December 2, 1915. No. 34.
THE LODGE OF SORROW.
The first Sunday in December is
becoming widely renowned as the date
for the annual 1 memorial service® for
Benevolent and IVoteotlvo Order of
Klka. The ceremonies are conduct;
ed throughout the nation on Sunday
afternoon, the first! Sunday l in
December, each year, and It
is a safe assertion to declare that
no other organization, church or oth
erwise, assembles such a vast audi
ence as the combined aggregate or
the attendance at all these services.
Tlhe Lodge of Sorrow is unques
tionably a fitting title and Ihf cere
numbs arc always impressive, beau
tifully simple, elevating and inspiring
Some philosopher long ago declared
that those w3u> are saddest have al
ways the gayest laugh. The Klks
are dispensers of sunshine and hap
piness, but at tlhe same time the or
der is composed largely of men of
largcaliber, of the thinking type, the
men Who weigh heavy matters and
have on their shoulders grave re
sponsibilities to their communities
their state and the nation.
When they gather to write anew
Hie memory of their fellowmen on
the tablets of memory and wipe out
whatever unpleasant remains they
build better than they know, for the
lessons they convey go out beyond
the circle of their sphere and hu
manity grasps a higher conception
of the life that is to be. People un
derstand then what it meant when
it is 'declared that “it is not aIL of
life and not all of death to die."
Athens Lodge of Bike will hold me
morial services next Sunday, and
all E’ks In this soction are cordialLy
invited to meet with that lodge* in
the "Lodge of Sorrow” December 5.
Tlio dispatches report eighty per
soas entoxnbed tax a coal mine at.
Bloomer, W. V 0.., by an expiloeion
TBrou hundred were at work. TUie
mine officials deeailire all but aboul
forty are accounted for. Life at its
iMist U> a hazardous chance, but the
appatliag death rate caused by -exploe
ions, wrecks and smash -ups tend to
prove the charge that Americans ais
parsing through a wave of reckless
abandon and criminal anegilenc*.
A LONG ROLL,
Just think of a -petition over four
Diilct> long and inscribed wUth over
one million names asking for votes
for women. Makes one dizzy to im
agine unrobing such a scroll of trig
natures. This is the number of
names the Congressional Cm ion lias
e-'cured on behalf of woman suffrage.
Knocks out the argument tlhat \>>tes
for women Is not a lively and popular
demand. The petition wtfll l>e un
rolled: on the Mast steps of tint Cap
itol at Washington amd will boa
aight worth seeing. Ab (lie proces
sion or suffragists starts from the
Oapitol stops, the petition will Blow*-
ly stretch all along Pennsylvania av
enue to the White House wihere
President Wilson will be enabled
to view the lengthy demand/ It if
a long, long way for suffrage.
Gasoline coaitimuce to go up. Ton
persons we no injurd. two fatally, in
aa explosion at Joliet. 11l
W. O. DEAN.
Hon. IV. O. Roan, of Monroe, is
being urgod to outer the raw for
Solicitor General of the Western Cir
cuit. 001. Dean has tihe matter undioff
c>nside.aiion, and in a’J probability
lie vrfll get in the race.
Colonel Doan in well known over
th‘ circuit, and is popular in his
home county, and if he should throw
his hat in the ring things in the wes
tern circuit are going to get lively
next year. Gamble, Cooley and 1 Van
when they get warmed up, will
make a noise that all the vk>tem w ill
bear. Go to it. We ara '‘betuevo
lontly” neutral.
• The Winder Newt, Thursday Afternoon, December 2nd, 1915.
NONE OF OUR BUSINESS.
Preparations are now being made
for the planting of next year's crop
and the newspaper editors have al
ready begun the publication, of double
column advice to the farmers con
cerning diversification. We consider
that question an individual proisisi
tion which each farmer must solve
for himself. The lrd placed the
same kind of a head on the farmer
that he did upon the newspaper man,
and. as a g“ir ral rule, the farmed
can make more clear money off of
fivo acres of ground than a newspa
per editor could off of five hundred
Cotton raising is a gambling gains
and the farmer tak e the chance. Jf
he gets a gooil profit on his cotton
lie is lucky and he knows it.
if he fails to receive in return pay
far its tillage, lie know® that tine de
mand is off and he is not going to
lose money raising cotton two years
in succession. When lie fails to make
a profit lie vv'll quit blamed quick
To save time and expense in haul
ing to and from market the success
ful farmer raises enough corn and foi
age to maintain, h s stock, but tiie
newspaper talk about planting good
cotton land in corn for market la aill
tommy-rot. I low' did tlie farmer wiho
took a chance on cotton get by this
year. He got. u better price for his
cotton sisd than the farmer who
ra's and corn for sale got. for his corn
As wo said in the beginning, it is
a game of chance which each indi
vidual must solve. The farmer knows
his circounistancefi and the lay of his
land, and lie known that a panic and
an over-supply of peanuts, corn or
anything else wiliich he raises for nia
ket will knock his profits into a
cocked hat and put him in debt.
The great Cod of the Universe plac
ed the cotton belt in the south. Wh©J
the cotton crop is short in Texas and
Mississippi, Georgia shines. This
state cannot compete with Alabama,
West Virginia and Pennsylvania in
naming coal. It cannot compete with
California and Florida in the market
ing of fruits and vegetables. Neith
er can it compete with Virginia in
producing tobacco, the vast west In
raising wheat, nor with Indiana and
111 no is Lu the production of corn.
Georgia is a cotton country and
Northeast Georgia is the cream of
the cotton bt It. Were we a farmer,
just so long as wo could make a liv
ing and more money planting cottou
than wo could ralsijig anything else,
wo would plant cotton, and if the
bottom fell out of the price we would
hold on to our cotton as long as wo
could, and make our plans, according
ly, as most farmers are now? doing.
But we are attempting to run a
n 'wspai>er. We know-, our surround
ings and we are not expecting any
i advice from the fanners telling us
| howi we sliould conduct the paper,
and just at this time we are not go
ing to dish out columns of dictatorial
rot to 'the farmers concerning their
| business, as if our little editorial era
i uium was the fountain-head of all
knowledge and business sagacity.
A. dispatch from Washington says
tlie good prices for crops are caus
ing the farmers of the South to
buy freely, and the Christ mas trade
■ s expected to be the h.aviest in
years. That is no good sign to ms. as
'•buying freely" lias kept the South
P >ov
The new freight rates to be placed
into oftoet by the railroads January
1 have called forth a snith-wide pro
t.st. The traffic bureaus of all
southern cities interested have lwan.
o tiled together for a general confer
ence at Hirininghani. Ala., today for
the purpose of shaping plans to op
1' sc What they term excessive rates
at a hearing before the interstate
ccmmeroe commission, to be held later
It is said the new rate calls for an
increase of 1 per oeait of its total
value on sugar from New Orleans to
this territory and a lake increase is
made for the hauling of coffee, etc.
CUREO SORE 66 YEARS OLD.
m i 1
Read Testimony.
I ■ ——
Monroe, Ga., Nov. 6th, 1913.
To \4hotn it may concern:
I am a man 77 years old aneb have
t>e?n suffering with a sore on my
leg since I was 12 years of age. This
sore gave me a great deal of pain
I tried treatments of a number of
physicians and also tried various reni
edies that had been recommended to
me for the sore, but none of them
did any good.
1 used one half of one bottle of
Marlowe's Magic Healer and now my
leg is sound and well.
I ch er'ully recommend this Mag
ic Hea’er to all that may be suffer
ing as I have suffered, with any sore
or skin disease. Yours truly,
G. A. Gibson.
We can cure Erysipelas, Eczema,
Tetter or any skin disease just ad,
easy as wie cured this sore that had
pained Mr. Gibson for 03 years. Writi
for free sample bottle.
The J. L. Marlow Medicine Company
Monroe, Ga.
The columns of slobber publish
ed by the daily papers concerning
the commonplace movements of 'Pres
ident Wilson and his fiance, Mrs.
Gault, is no doubt a source of great
embarrassment to them, and it is re
ally disgusting to tlie general public.
AJOvciAe? 'Ka.Ym&V
Succeeds The Winder Banking Company
Organized in 1899, its history since organization
has been a story of progress and usefulness. There
have been no changes in its executive management,
officers and directors of the State bank continuing in
their respective positions, to serve the national bank.
CAPITAL STOCK - - $100,000.00
SURPLUS 25,000.00
Total resources independent of stockholders’ liability
over $300,000.00.
A Brief Resume:
Organized in September 1899 with a paid in
capital stock of $25,000. Capital increased to
$50,000 in 1902, and to 8100,000 in 1910. Has
paid more than the amount of its present capital
stock in dividends to stock holders since organi
zation.
Has always stood in the forefront with every
important step of progress in the city's develop
ment, and has had part indirectly in furnishing
capital to almost every enterprise that has been
undertaken.
“Every Accommodation Consistent
With Sound Banking.”
Begun business under National Bank Charter
and present name on November 29th, 1915,
Make Our Bank Your Bank.
Every account handled with the utmost accuracy
and every customer treated courteously.
If you have not an account with us already, why
not begin now?
AJO’vwkv ’K&Vvow&V
Winder, Georgia.
YOU HAVE SEEN MEN LIKE THIS-ARE YOU
OF THIS KIND? IF YOU DON’T COMMENCE NOW P r U JJ™£ MONEY
IN THE BANK AND PREPARING FOB YOUR OLD AGE, ‘OU WILL
SOMEDAY BE WHERE THIS MAN IS. OLD AGE IS 80--ND TO
COME UNLESS YOU SHOULD BE TAKEN AWAY IN YOUTH.
DON’T YOU THINK YOU SHOULD SIART A BANK ACCOUNI?
WE PAY 5 PER CENT E INTER B E A ST K 0 Y N ITIME 1 TIME DEPOSITS.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, WINDER, GA.
With sixteen years of experience to guide us,
with the prestige and patronage of its thousands
of staunch friends and customers, with its able,
conservative and progressive executive manage
ment, with its splendid facilities for service, with
its well established connections, and with the
added facilities that its entry into the
National Banking System gives it, it makes
its formal bow to the public and invites a con
tinuance of the splendid patronage it already en
joys, invites new accounts and bids assurance to
all that its well merited slogan that it has used
in its advertising for years will continue to be
its guiding motto —