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G!|u' Htuiirr £mua WINDER, GA. Published Every Thursday by THE WINDER NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY Entered at the postof%e at Winder, Georgia, as Second Class Matter. R. O. ROSS - -Editor. Subscription Rates: flue Year 51.50 Six Months 75 Four Months 50 We just knew you would turn to this page! o Secretary Wilson insists that all alien reds must go. All right—are they going? _o The wise man prates not of his own wisdom. Were it otherwise he would he only a fool. We suggest, in passing, that the better way to practice economy these days is to practice it. o Weather it be autocracy or democracy, this world teems to be sizzling in the frying pan any way it turns. O And now they fear a “holy war" in Russia— which, if it comes, will be anything but holy. O Future generation have much for which to look forward. They will pay the tremendous war debts of the present one. 0 Want a perfectly good hat cheap, old chap? Just wait until after the presidential nomination and there will be a bunch of them left in the ring. O Soviet Russia met our departed reds with open arms, they say. And doubtless by this time the departed are mourning their open pockets. Who says the rich are short, on brains? Didn’t a wise man once say that “a fool and liis money (toon part?" What a relief it would be if congress would slip a cog and do something for which we could really say a kind word. O And now that we have made the world safe for democracy, how are we going to save democracy from itself? O And yet, dearth of the real presidential timber unearth to date almost tempts one to enter the race himself. O We hope, however, that our good friends of the Peace League will not substitute scrambled eggs for brains. It would be a sad waste of perfectly good eggs. O No, we simply cannot, permit you to forget our great and good friend C’arranadi. It is about time for him to tear loose again. O Despite our crude savagery, there is one thing about us Americans for which Europe entertains an undying affection—our cash. o If the price of commodities continues to soar we’ll soon have no furthur use for this old earth. We’ll all be in the skies hunting something to wear or a bite to eat. O The department of justice at Washington says the cost of living is going down, and the department of labor insists it, is going up. That settles it —down today and up tomorow. n The shortness of news matter in this issue is due to tin* rotten electric service of the North Georgia Railway and Power Company and the CITY OF WINDER. O After Emma and Alexander and all of the rest of tin 1 red bonis have slipped quietly back into the United States, we presume congress \yill pass the necessary laws to prevent their return. It is the cutomary way. n - SHARING POSSESSIONS. Our material possessions, like our joys are en hanced by being shared. Hoarded and unimproved property can only afford pleasure to a miser.—Geo. I*. Prentice. _n BECOMING QUITE A PROBLEM. As In all large cities, the question of the traffic on our prominent streets is becoming quite a prob lem, especially on Saturday afternoons. Not only are the main thoroughfares choked with parked ears, but the great number of moving tno biles and pedestrians in the center of the city makes it extremely dangerous should drivers show recklessness in the handling of ear. So far Winder lias been fortunate in that compar atively few mobile accidents have occurred upon our streets Last Saturday afternoon the city’s old staid-by, Chief A. *Situ Hill, was acting the part of traffic officer at the corner of Broad and Candler streets. <Sim handled the job with the ease of a veteran and kept a walkway clear for pedestrians by having all cars to park in the proper places or drive to the right. TlH>n it was plain to be seen how tlie mobile drivers are kept guessing when driving around eor ners in the heart of the city. There are more jay walkers according to population in Winder than there are in ativ other city on earth. A Winder citizen % positively will not go squarely across a street at the proper crossing, if there is any other way on earth that tie can make the trip by going “catywompus.” The automobile drivers should obey the traffic laws as a protection not only to themselves, hut to oth ers as well, and those who are walking should make it easier for the, mobile man by using the proper crossings, and especially should our home citizens break themselves of the habit of going diagonally across the streets. TO THE VICTOR THE SPOILS. • Socialists, anarchists .revolutionists, faddists ev erywhere are busily engaged propagating the false views of a commercialized age. One of them is that the wealth of the world belongs primarily to the “laboring classes.” Here we need clear thinking. There are two classes of workers—those who use brawn and those who use brain. In fact, the Bible teaching “Otners have labored and we have entered upon the fruits of their labors” still holds true. Some men have soft brains and hard hands, while others have well developed brains and soft hands. If you are going to judge a fellow’s worth by the hardness of ids digital extremeties, put tlie goat to the fore. In fact, the question who is the producer? is a big one. A man goes to town and sells a bale of cotton. He thinks he produced it. The man who Invented the pldw; the man whose brain worked out the fertilizer formula; the genius whose brain brought fortli the gin ; tin* fellow whose mind worked out the loom; the leader of commerce whose fore sight made possible trade conditions, all play as big part as the fellow who plowed the cotton or picked it. A vast deal of our industrial unrest is due to a false conception of who is producer. Bank egotism and ignorance of a superlative character is fast carrying us toward caotic conditions. The student in his laboratory; the working man in the mill, the farmer in his fields must all, plus brain and brawn, make ideal conditions for society. • American democracy, the maintenance of the cher ished Ideals of our forefathers will keep us steady here, and in proportion a's we put into the common fund shall we draw out and enjoy the spoils. WHY MAKE THE PASTOR A GOAT? We were born and reared in one of the best coun try sections of Georgia. We have always believed in the church and stood for its teachings. Many a man has steered a straight course to suc cess because of its help. The need of the hour among many of our larger as well ns smaller churches Is a genuine business administration, thor oughly capable of doing efficient work. The preacher may have the eloquence of Demos thenes. the wisdom of Solomon, the poetic sense of a Shelley, the heart power of the beloved John, and a cold meeting house, a few window panes out, an unattractive building, debt, a lack of congeniality and Indifference to visitors will seriously cripple the congregation. A good live choir, fine singing of a congregational nature, too, will greatly strength en the congregation. Entirely too many churches want the pastor to do it all—from janltoring to preaching; from superintending the Sunday school .to leading the music; from financing the work to paying the insurance on the property—he is expected to do it all. There is a work for the members—to provide adequate church edifices, to ably finance the work, to linve good crowds and good music—that is the business of the local congregation. To be deeply spiritual and a great preacher and expounder of the word is the work of the preacher. Rrethren, loosen the hands of the preacher. Take the cord of the pack horse off him and give him full rein to do the work of the good minister without being handicapped by routine work rightfully belong ing to others. MOTHERS. Much is said about our present, day paramount problems, and almost every writer has a panacea for all human ills at his pen or tongue’s end. Homes of the right sort where God is feared nnd law is obeyed Schools where wisdom is dissimulated and the youth of our nation properly instructed and trained. Citizenship of an exalted character that, makes permanent the state and builds up civil life* of high est variety, are all essential and of great import, but despite the fact that we may be considered out of date the venture will be made and the statement flung out that with the right kind of mothers we need have no apprehension concerning the future citizenship of our country. Amidst the multitudinous duties of this trnnscen dentallv material age the mother at the fireside with iter faith in the Book and the God of the Book, and her hand the plastic life of childhood can start the course of life in such a channel of faith, hope and love that the end will be glorious. Long years after the music of some social func tion lias been silent: decades after the flowers have all passed with their fragrance and the gossippers have forgotten what was at the time a social event of Imnortanee. the life of a boy,or girl trained aright will be counting largely for the uplift of the world. In the hands of our blessed mothers of today Is to be found the force that is training and directing life that tomorrow will express the highest ideals, or the lowest thoughts of the world. Blessed character builders tire our mothers. May they, like faithful sentinels, stand guard over the democracy of tomorrow. THE WEIGHT OF VOI R VOICE. Iton’t he backward about speaking a good word for this town. It costs you nothing, and its value is beyond measure. You may imagine that, the weight of your individ ual voice is little avail. Hot you are in' error. Every good word counts—as does every bad one. Your individual opinion has great weight with some, and reasonable weight with others. There is no one upon whom it does not leave its impress. When you point out the beauties and the advan tages of this community, and the sterling qualities of its citizens, you stamp these facts upon the minds of those with whom you converse, and they in turn transmit them to others. In this way the good work becomes an endless chain always traveling, always boosting, always beckoning to the stranger to come where good words and deeds abound, and where ill ones are seldom heard or seen. Every voice has its weight, and yours is not the least of all. O Why all of this fussing about whether or not Holland shall give up the old War Lord. Once an egg is spoiled it can never be converted into a fight ing. THE WINDER NEWS, WINDER, QA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1920. GOOD NEWS FOR THE WELL DRESSED MAN Mr. Geo. N, Gross Schloss Bros. Baltimore Tailor Will Be At J. L. SAUL’S Store Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 9-10-11 To take measure for your Spring Suit. He brings with him Twelve Hundred Samples of the very newest Fabrics for Spring 1920. Good clothes are going to be scarce this spring Be wise. Come to our store while he is here and place your order for a Schloss Bros. Suit. y It will save you worry latter. \ J. L. SAUL Final Clean-up This is the last of our winter sales. Our spring opening is to be announced in a few days. We ad vise everybody that is in need of high class mer chandise and want their dollars to go a long way to attend this clean-up sale. We want the money and also, we need the space for our spring mer chandise, which will be here in due time. Ladies’ Coats A few more Ladies’ Coat Suits, Ladies’ Coats and Dresses to go regardless of price. Middy Suits Don’t fail to see our Middy Suits, Middy Blouses, Skirts, Shirt Waist and the many other things that we'earry you might need. Shoes We have a splendid stock of Men’s and Ladies' shoes that we are going to include in this sale at very attractive prices. Men sand Boys’ Suits Also Men's and Boys' Suits at prices that will surprise you. A few more good overcoats at your own price. We buy to sell, not to keep. We want all our customers and friends to share in this sale * ./. W. Sttmmerour’s Dry Goods Store