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THE STRAND THEATER PROGRAM
THURSDAY, Nov. 18.—Max Lender in
“Little Cafe.”
FRIDAY, Nov. 19.—Billie Burk in
“Misleading Widow”
SATURDAY, Nov 20.—“ Vanishing Dag
ger.” “Mooou Riders.” Comedy.
VOL. XXVII.
COTTON IS DOWN AND COLLECTIONS SLIM;
CRY OF HARD TIMES IS ABROAD INLAND
Uncle Sam Sobering Up From Spending
Spree—W'e Must Climb Down
From High Horse and Get
• Back To Earth.
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T*lie cry of hard times is abroad in
the land. Cotton lias gone down and
collections are slim, very slim. The
Cotton Mills and Overall Factories are
closing down ond the south's staple is
a drag on the market. Why?
Mill men and manufacturers say they
are getting no orders from merchants
for new goods. Merchants say farmers
will not turn loose their cotton, pay
us their debts and buy more goods.
The truth of the matter is that the
time has come for somebody to lose.
The country must adjust itself to peace
basis, and, therefore skyline prices
must come down. Uncle Sam has been
on a spending spree. He is going to
sober ujo, and all of us who climbed
on a high horse with him must come
back to earth again—back to the old
days of “earning a living by the sweat
of the brow.”
We think our record will show that
we are not accustomed to soft-soaping
farmers. The farmer is human like
the rest of us, and he can generally lie
depended upon to look out for No. 1.
He has collected $1.15 per dozen for his
roasting-ears and sold his hens and
eggs at his own price. He is not the
sole loser on account of the present
condition of affairs. He deserves no
more crockodile tears than any one else
for we are all in the same boat. Neith
er does he deserve any censure for re
fusing to make full sacrifice for all
of us t>y dumping his cotton on the
manket at the prevailing low price.
Reason and common sense tells us that
the country is short of cotton, and when
the mills start upon full time again the
price wlil begin to climb.
We have no right to say to the far
mer: “Sell your cotton at the prevail
ing price, pay your war-time bills and
come and buy goods we are holding
for wartime prices.” The farmer has
more right to say to the mill man, the
manufacturer und the merchant: “You
made tremendous profits when prices
were going up. You lifted the price
of your stocks* on hand at every rise.
Now that the bottom has fallen out of
things, sell your stocks on hand at a
sacrifice and keep going the endless
chain of'supply and •demand.”
■ The south is not the only section of
the country that is being reconstructed.
A general reduction is taking place
all over the nation in labor and com
modities of every kind. Western far
mers are howling and trying ,to keep
wheat at a three-dollar basis. Organ
ized labor throughout the east and west
is being forced to accept cuts in wages
and this is one reason for the closing
down of mills and factories—to reduce
ths pay of employees.
The plain truth about cotton is this:
The profiteers who fleeced the count i>
with SIOO.OO clothing, $20.00 shoes, sl2
hats, etc., have stocked the merchants
with high-priced goods. The merchants
are trying to pass the “buck’ to the
consumer, but Mr. Consumer refuses
to buy, principally because he connot
buy. The mills and factories are clos
ing down to avoid the loss of a single
penny that they grabbed during the
flush times when Uncle Same was on
a spree. The merchants are straining
every nerve to make their losses as
small as possible, and as a consequence
the poor devils of the country are go
ing to suffer. The rainy days have
arrived, and he that did not provide
an umbrella when times were good is
bound to get wet.
However, the ..God Lord has been
kind to the southern people this fall by
bringing to them ideal weather n which
to wear old clothes. This immediate
section of Georgia has been blessed,
comparatively speaking. The most of
us have little cause to complain. For
more than two years the working man
has been drawing the largest pay in
history. Croppers who practiced thrift
and economy are now home owners,
while many others who were formerly
designated as “poor folks” have had
a dickens of a good time burning gas
oljne and sporting silk shirts.
Complaining by North Georgia far
mers reminds us of a story we heard
when a boy. As the story goes the fel
low who notified the people of the ap
proach of the Jamestown flood died
and went to heaven. He was telling the
angels of his great experience. There
was present a lttle old bearded man
who kept saying “huh" as hero related
UJtJtkr News.
Untrammeled by Prejudice and Unawed by Fear We Speak the Truth and Contend tor the Right
GOLD WATCH PRESENTED
TO DK. J. W. QUILLIAN
Dr. J. W. Quillian, who for the past
four years has been presiding elder
of the Gainesville district, was the re
cipient during the North Georgia Cosn 1
ference of a handsome gold watch.
On behalf of the prominent churches
of the Gainesville district. Hon. John
N. Holder made the presentation.
Dr. Quillian is held in high esteem
by the churches of this district and
the gife is a token of love and an ex
pression of gratitude for the four years
of efficient stewardship. Dr. Quillian
goes to Augusta another conference
year.
FARMERS NO LONGER
WORRY ABOUT COTTON
IN TOOMBS COUNTY
Lyons, Ga. —Work on the construc
tion of the grain elevator being built
by the Toombs Potato and Produce
company, at Lyons, is going forward
with rapid progress. It is stated by
S. L. Sharp, one of the principal stock
holders in the company, that the ele
vator will be completed and ready for
business by January 1. It will have a
capacity of 10,000 bushels of grain.
It is estimated that the elevator will
handle at least 500 car loads of Toombs
county raised corn, velvet beans and
peanuts this season. These crops are
immense in the county this year. It
is estimated that there are 300 ear
loads of surplus corn on the farms of
the county now and twice that many
cars of peanuts and beans.
The potato curing plant recently con
structed here by the same company
is now in operation. The farmers are
receiving 60c per bushel for the pota
toes right out of the field, and when
it is considered that many have made
an average of 300 bushels to the acre,
it would appear that there is money in
them at that price.
Cotton lio longer cuts much ice in
the farming business in this county,
and as a result there is money here
all the year through.
GINNERS REPORT
The tabulation of the card reports
shows there were 11,506 bales of cotton
ginned in Barrow county from the crop
of 1920 prior to November 1, 1920, as
compared with 14,151 bales ginned to
November 1, 1919.
his story. Finally the little old man
walked-away and the hero asked, “Who
was that?” and was told, “That is old
mail Noah.”
If the farmers of South Georgia and
Middle Georgia could hear the com
plaining on the part of our people no
doubt mumbers of them would say,
“huh”.
On account of the boll weevil, acre
after acre planted to cotton in that
territory did not produce enough lint
to pay for the seed. For miles and
miles along the public roads the heal
thy stalks are sapping the guano with
which they were fed, and, as if to add
insult to injury, took a second growtn
and gave the farmers a beautiful fol
iage. And, in addition to this, in places
army worms destroyed the corn crops.
Numbers of landlords have gone broke
and lost their farms and the renters
and croppers are ruined—ho cotton,
no money, no supplies, no credit.
We are not addicted to giving advice
to farmers, but we have no hesitancy
in making the statement that a high
standing rent, payable in cotton, is a
gamble with bankruptcy that will add
to our disaster should the boll weevil
destroy the cotton crop in this county.
Landlords should be forced to take their
full share of the risk by permitting
tenants to diversify crops on an equita
ble basis. The land lord has little to
lose thereby, for if the renter under a
standing rent contract is wise, and the
most of them are, he will patch the
landlord to a fare-you-well with a po
tato patch, a gober patch, a watermel
on patch, a roastingear patch, a cab
bage patch, hog pens, calf pastures
and rabbit traps, and then move leav
ing a little dal) of cotton in the hands
of the sheriff for a two-year term.
If the farmers do not plant next
year a sufficient supply of foodstuffs
to provide for mail and beast, and the
boll weevils take this territory as they
took middle Georgia and south Georgia
this year there WILL BE SOME HARD
TIMES HEREABOUTS.
WINDER, BARROW COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY NOVEMBER 18, 1920.
A. A. CAMP HEADS
NORTH GA. TRUST
Mr. A. A. Camp, prominent cotton
factor, last Saturday was elected pres
ident of the North Georgia Trust &
Banking Company. He fits well in this
position.
Mr. Camp is one of the pioneer pul<-
lic spirited business men of this city
and lias been officially connected with
many of her progressive enterprises.
The elevation of Mr. Camp to this
position necessitated his resigning as
one of the vice presidents of the Win
der National Bank and as a director
in that institution.
The directors of the Winder National
Bank on receiving the resignation of
Mr. Camp, met and elected Mr. H. A.
Caritilers to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Mr. Camp.
Hugh Caritliers is one of Winder’s
safe and sane young business men, and
his official connection with the Win
der National means much to the sta
bility of the bank.
GEORGIANS OFF ON
INDUSTRIAL TOUR
The Georgia Tech Industrial Special,
carrying a party of one hundred and
fifty leading Georgians from every part
of the state, left the Terminal Station
in Atlanta Wednesday afternoon at
5:50 o’clock The party will visit
Cincinnati, Buffalo, Pittsburg, Niagara
Falls, Boston, New York and Wash
ington, and return to Atlanta on Thanks
giving day.
In every city the party will be enter
tained by the chamber of commerce,
merchants associations and city officials
Officers of several idustrial plants will
tender luncheons and banquets to the
Georgians in connection with the in
spection of their plants.
The delegation is headed by Gover
nor Hugh M. Dorsey. Messrs. John
M. Williams, John A. Thompson and
A. A. Camp were given special invita
tions by the governor to represent Win
der on this trip, but on account of the
busy cotton season, it was too great
a financial sacrifice for these busy men
to make the trip at this time of the
year. At the citizens meeting Monday,
a telegram from the governor was read
by Col. L. C. Russell, calling on Win
der for representation. Mr. Claude
Mayne was selected to either attend
or secure someone to join the party.
MILLION DOLLAR GRAFT
CHARGED TO LABOR LEADER
New York, November 17. —The joint
legislative committee's investigation in
to the “building trust” resulted today
in the indictment of Robert P. Brindel,
j president of the Building Trades coun
cil, one of the highest paid labor lead
ers in the United States, on charges
of attempting to extort money from
contractors by threats of calling strikes.
Collective extortion charges against
Brindel, Special Assistant District At
torney Richter declared in appealing
to the court to place the labor leader
under heavy bail, will aggregate sl,-
000,000.
After pleading not guilty, Brindell
was held a prisoner in the criminal
courts building for more than an hour,
until his council could obtain the sl')o,-
000 bail necessary for his release. He
was given nine days in which to amend
or change liis plea or make necessary
motions.
The indictment, the second returned
by the additional grand jury handling
cases growing out of the legislative
investigation, contained three counts.
In it Brindell was charged specifically
with attempting to extort $7,500 from
Jacob Fradus, a house-wrecker by
threatening to call a strike on a demoli
tion job unless the money was paid
him.
BACK ON THE JOB
Mr. A E. Knight, the popular photog
rapher of Winder, is back with us
again, much to the pleasure of his
many friends. He is ready to serve
you at any time, and his work has
proven to be very satisfactory to his
many patrons.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Ross spent last
week-end in Turin, the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. P. E. Lambert.
Mrs. Patterick has returned to Mrs.
Hodges after a pleasant visit to At
lanta.
DOCTOR’S VISION
OF TRUE HEAVEN
Faster Says He Sees No Reason Why
People Should Not Accept the
Revelation.
Syracuse, N. Y. —The vision of lieu
veu and St. Peter as revealed to Dr.
11. G. Case, of the Medical College of
Syracuse University, as be hovered
between life and death, following a
critical injury in an automobile acci
dent was real and stands every test
of psychology.
The Rev. Dr. Downey, pastor of the
Furman stmt church, where Dr. Case
told the story of tills vision Sunday,
declared that lie saw no reason why
people should not accept the revelation.
“Dr. Case,” lie said, “bus given every
detail of it in the strictest considera
tion of a professional and scientific
mind. He lias given it every test of
phycliology. It is real to bun. I can
see no reason why the rest of us should
not accept his word for it. To me it
is one of the richest religious exper
iences I have ever known during my
ministry.”
Dr. Case in an interview with a
corresp indent of the Universal Service
again told of his vision of heaven, the
story of which has set the religious
circles of the country gasping.
“After the accident, he said, “it
seemed that Mrs. Case and 1 got out |
of the car as naturally as if we were j
alighting from a machine that has
drawn up to the curb. We went across
an open field. I noticed that Mrs.
Case was particularly radiant.
“We were met by a shepherd, he
wore a long white robe and his long
hair floated down his back. I noticed
that from his feet to a point away
in the distance was a peculiar glow of
varied golden hues.
“The shepherd began to speck. He
wanted to know it there wasn’t some
body who would help in raising the
world from the blackness of sin that
overwhelmed it.
“ ‘My heart is breaking because of
the sins of the world,’ said the shep
herd. ‘lt has been so long that the
world has sinned, won't somebody help?’
“I told him I was willing to do
something if he would only tell me
what I could do. He told me that
there were so many people who needed
helping over hard places. In the end
I told him that 1 would take any path
that might be opened to me.
“The gold of the part continuously
changed in color, until in the ultimate
distance I saw a glowing so brilliant
that I couldn’t look at it. I asked tne
shepherd what it was and he told
me that it was God’s throne.
“He then asked me if 1 would like
!lo hear some music. I said 'les,' and
he took the pitch himself and started
the singing. 1 told him that I would
i like to hear the same song over again.
: After it was sung a second time, a
cloud came between us and separated
me from the shepherd and Mrs. Case.
“As 1 stood looking at the place
where they had been 1 saw, as if writ
ten in letters of crystal on the sky,
‘l)r. and Mrs. Howard G. Case,” and
our address in South Salina street.
“Then I saw a newspaper drifting
across the field A man picked it up.
I saw the printed page. It said that
Mrs. Case was killed and that Dr. Case
was dying.
“All this happened before I went to
the hospital. As soon as I reached
here I tried to verify from human sour
ces what I already knew, but no one
would tell me. For days I tried to get
the truth from the doctors and nurses.
“I am convinced that God had some
special reason why I should live.
“I wouldn’t have Mrs. Case back
today, not after my experiences when
I parted with her. She is infinitely
happier where she is.
“The feeling is in my own heart
and I cannot help saying that if 1
could have purchased, only at the price
I paid, I would not have it otherwise.”
Mrs. E. V. Snipes has returned from
the bedside of her mother, and we are
glad to report she left her very
much improved.
Rev. and Mrs. J. 11. Mashburn and
family leave this afternoon for Elber
ton where they will make their home
in the future.
Mr. John Carrington was in Athens
one day last week.
Miss Ruth Mitchell, of Atlanta, has
been the attractive guest of Mrs. G.
C. Mosely.
WINDER BUSINESS MEN IN GREAT MEET.
WILL LINE UP TO FACE STRENUOUS TIMES
Spirit of Optinisin in All Talks and
Co-operation Fledged by Bank
ers, Merchants and Pro
fessional Men.
Tuesday morning representative
business and professional men of the
city met at the Court House for the
purpose of considering some business
matters that seemed to be of vitul
importance.
Mr. It. L. Rogers was elected chair
man of the meeting and John M. Wil
liams and Claud Mayne, in a very
concise and brief way outlined the why
of calling the meeting—
In these hard times to let each other
and tlie world at large know that as a
city we have absolutely solvent insti
tutions and a united citizenry which
stands solidly behind' every house and
concern in our territory.
For the past few weeks a feeling of
depression lias been manifest in finan
cial circles and a general blueness,
which has been groundless and torn- j
perameutnl, and ii was thought that
to get the outstanding men of the 1
county together and sound their pulses
would help.
Men are, after all, like sheep. When
the tide sets in it rushetf in one direc
tion and as it goes back it reverses
itself.
Thomas A. Maynard, president of
the Winder National Bank, who is a
close student of conditions and one of'
our safest business men, said:
“If it were necessary to put our cotton
and cotton seed on the market today
conditions would Nae very near normal,
and the banks of our section are not
pressing our customers, and with con
fidence and co-operation we shall soon
be able to tide over this tight time.”
Similar speeches were made by Guy
Kilgore, president of the Farmers Bank,
Walter Jackson, vice president of the
North Georgia Trust & Banking Com
pany ; W. M. Holsenbeck, L. C. Bus
sell, Claude Mayne, W. 11. Quarterman
L. S. Radford, J. T. Walden and G.
D. Ross.
John M. Williams, president of the
Barrow County Cotton Mills, and one
of the leading financiers of Northeast.
Georgia, stated that the Bell Overall
Company was a little shaky, but that
a committee of three —J. M. Williams,
A. A. Camp and W. L. Delail’erriere—
were in charge, and that with proper
handling he throught the institution
would soon be back on ts feet and doing
its usual business.
And Winder people from the ultra
conservatists to the extreme radicals
have profound confidence in his judg
meat, and feel that his statement is
absolutely true.
In the nature of things a few notes
of pessimism will he sounded, and only
a few were sounded during the
whole meeting.
After what some of us older folks
have passed through and now survive,
there is absolutely no use in joining
the Boohoo Brigade, and whimpering
around like the ten members of the com
mittee sent to spy on Canaan and talk
about giants that cannot he ocercome.
A Baptist preacher in the city says
he has sold four bales of cotton for
less than one brings now. Some of
us remember when we had to eat corn
bread for breakfast, dinner and sup
per, do without sugar, and in addition
see our noblest lads go away possibly
never to return; and everything in the
way of sacrifice was done to help get
peace, and now it is simply babyish
to whimper and whine at a little de
pression in the business world when
our corn and cotton crop is fine und
We have no war and no famine.
The concensus of opinion was that
while money is a hit tight our city and
county is stable and sound, and the
meeting broke up by a solid vote of
confidence in the business houses of
the city and county pledging each
other to stand by the committee of the
Bell Overall plant in their best efforts
to as speedily as possible get the in
stitution back on its feeL
God-fearing, neighbor-loving, co op
erating citizens will continue to make
Winder the most progressive town in
all Georgia. So boost, whoop ’em up
apd go ahead.
“The knocker wanders through the
earth with trouble on his ihind;
He finds this bungling universe im
properly designed.
The elephant and kangaroo should sure
ly trade their tails;
There ought to be some roller skates
THE STRAND THEATER PROGRAM
MONDAY, Nov. 22.—Tom Mix in
“The Texan.”
TUESDAY, Nov ’3.—“Lost City.” M.
'Rich in “World of Folly.”
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 24—Frank Ken
nan in “Dollar for Dollar.”
PEOPLE MUST DEC IDE UPON
SOVEREIGN, EX-KING STATES
Lucerne, Switzerland, November 17—
Former King Constantine made his
first pronouncement respecting his at
titude in the light of the Greek dic
tions to the Associated Press today.
“I cannot go to Athens* at the head
of any one political party, and, there
fore, Insist upon a plebescite for my
return or the return of one of my sons,”
he declared. “It is for the Greek peo
ple to decide. If the people want me
I shall return to Athens unless of course
prevented by unjust force.”
OUR FIRST WORD
We have sent out few state
ments this year, and we are not
going to bother our friends about
the small amount due us on sub
scription, but like all other busi
ness men we need money, and
we ask that you not overlook
us when you begin to pass the
coin around. Glance at your
label on this week's paper and
see liow you stand with us. A
dollar and a half is not much
money these days, but fifteen
hundred of them make a con
siderable amount. We are anx
ious to sign our name to your
recept.
WINDER’S NEW TREACHER
Rev. L. W Oollins is the new Methodist
preacher sent to Winder for the next
year. Mr. Collins is a young man. He
conducted a revival here some months
ago and made many friends among the
congregation. He served the charge
at Jefferson this year.
Below we give the appointments com
posing the Gainesville district:
W. T. Hamby, presiding elder, Bel
ton, W. B. Hughs’; Bethlehem, J. B.
Gresham; Buford, H. L. Edmonson;
Clarksville and Demorest, L. 11. Linn;
Clayton, R. I*. Etheridge; Hall cir
cuit, F. G. Spearman; Cleveland and
Missions, R. P. Tatum and V. 8.
Nichols, supply; Cornelia, A. A. Til
ly; Decula, T. M. Lee; Dahlonega,
A. T. Watkins; Duluth, T. L. Rut
land ; Flowery Branch, William Green
way; Gainesville, First church, T. R.
Kendall, Jr.; New Holland, W. 11. Ven
able supply; St. Paul, I). B. Cantrell;
Hoschton, W M. Jones; Jeerson cir
cuit, I). A. Mcßreyer; Monroe, W. S.
Robinson and E. A. Cndwell, supply;
Monroe circuit, J. A. Spraybcrry; Mur
ryville circuit, J. 10. Cline; Pender
grass circuit, V. B. Hamrick; Winder,
L. IV. Collins; district commissioner
of education, T. R. Kendall, Jr.
Mrs. Fisher Hubble, of Atlata, has
been spending a few days in Winder
before going to Florida for the winter.
Mrs. Hubble, as Miss Nina Axley, has
been a frequent visitor to Winder.
Mr. 11. 11. Kimball and daughter,
Jean, were in Atlanta Sunday.
- - -i ■ ■ , -f—
--upon the feet of snails;
And snow should fall from Heaven in
the mouths of greatest heat;
For that would he considerate, con
venient and discreet;
“The microbe should be niodled to a
more impressive size
Sb he could not avoid the faithful
nurse's eyes;
And then instead of treating him with
Latin smooth and glib,
The Doc should paste him in the jaw,
or swat him in the rib;
And rats with feathers on their feet
are practical and cheap;
They'd much increase the total sum
of blissful human sleep.
“The careless bird, the Stork, should
get a speedy calling down;
He fills to many orders in the poorer
part of town,
While those who have a hank account
wherewith to pay the frieght.
Can telephone, and telephone, and wait,
and wait and wait;
Creations full of errors—you can count
them by the flock;
Some struggle to correct them, and
some sit down and knock”
This is no time to sit down and knock.
Get up and git and git, and make the
best town in the state an example for
all the rest of our neighbors in co
operation, confidence anil achievement.
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