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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. g ■ 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. NO. 32