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WrSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1021.
(Ihr HJiitiirr Nnua
WINDER, GA.
Published Every Thursday
Entered at the I'ostoffiee at 11 inder, beorgia,
as Second Class Matter.
J. IV. McIVJIORTER Editor
J. 15. PARHAM Business Manager
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SUING NEWSPAPERS
It is getting quite popular these days to
sue newspapers for libel. The Macon Tele
graph and the Athens Herald are being sued
by parties who claim those papers libeled
them by publishing criticisms of their public
acts or expressions. It is possible that, on
rare occasions, individuals, or organizations
are unfairly treated by the newspapers, but
these occasions are rare indeed. Newspa
pers, as a rule, keep out of their columns ev
erything of a derogatory nature concerning
individuals and publish only words of kind
ness and commendation. But some time it
behooves a newspaper to speak plainly and
call a spade a spade. Oftimes the public is
forewarned and protected by plain speaking
on the part of public journals. Freedom of
the press is one of the pillars of our liber
ties and the courts of the land should be
slow to penalize any newspaper because it
has spoken plainly about uuythiug that con
cerns the public welfare.
Science Is Coming Around
“Ou the 74th anniversary of his birthday,
February 11th, Edison is working on an im
mortality machine." —News item.
•Kdientists, tlV’t world over, are coming
around to the Biblical theory of immortali
ty. Not many years ago, Edison scoffed at
the idea of a life beyond the grave. Now ho
is trying to Invent a toachine that will en
able the living in this life to converse with
those that have passed on into the next life
He must believe in life beyond the grave or
he would not waste the few remaining years
of his earthly life in trying to Invent some
thing that will enable the two spheres of ex
istence to converse with each other. Step
by step the thinkers of the world are accepts
ing the teachings of the Man of Gallilee. Sir
Oliver Lodge, William Juines, Conan Doyle,
and other men of scientific minds are ac
cepting the doctrine of Immortality. We
may differ with them in some phases re
garding the future existence, but they are
standing with the followers of the Christ
In regard to a future life. And this is a
great victory for Christian teachers. The
scientists have set out to prove that the
teachings of Christianity are true. We be
lieve they will succeed.
All Must Be Fed Out of the
Same Spoon
During the past few years the price of all
commodities went skyward. We might have
known that deflation was inevitable. It has
come, and with such force as to stupefy and
stagnate the business world. But business
will recover from the shock and readjust
itself to the slump in prices. Everything is
seeking a lower level. The farmer is taking
less for his products, the merchant is selling
his goods at a smaller profit, the factories,
if they sell their output ut all. must be sat
isfied with a much smaller margin, and so
it goes. The public will not pay big prices
lidw for anything. It is sick of the mad
wliftl of ascending values and has settled
down to the grim determination to make
the dollar go further than it has during the
past few years. The only jarring element
in the readjustment of business conditions is
labor. It seems determined to stand out
against the efforts to put all lint's of business
actively on a parity. But herein it will fail.
Public sentiment, once favorable to organiz
ed labor, is now crystallzlng against it; and
no organization, however strong, can long
withstand the opposition of public senti
ment.
John Skelton Williams, Comptroller of the
Currency, in his last annual report, hits the
nail square on the head, and this ar
ticle with a quotation from that report. Bead
it and see if you do not agree with him;
I-übor, however, Mr. Williams said, must
soon determine whether a shut-down and
idleness is preferable to a lower wage scale
which take Into consideration the lower llv
ng charges. Mills and factories cannot uf
ord to operate unless they can turn out
an modifies at prices the public can afford
rgsiy, he asserted, and it is better for the
aufacturcrs to operate ami produce goods
•ost or at a very narrow margin of profit
P' u to close down entirely. Participation
labor with capital in the profits, he aug
<l as the only principle to restore busi
. O
oken. county seat of the now county
ley, which already has a water tank
■pontine still and a soda water stand
e a newspaper.—Lyons Progress,
newspaper editors are men of groat
The Gainesville Midland
Railway.
As will be seen from a news article pub
lished in this, issue of the News, the Gaines
ville Midland Railway has lost in operating
expenses over and above all income during
the last twelve months $84,487.57. Unless
immediate relief can be secured the road
can continue ! no longer to Operate. The
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road has no means of securing any addi
tional funds.
The owners and creditors of the road have
Indicated a willingness to defer any inter
est or Income on their investment for the
next six months in order to relieve the sit
uation as far as they can.
Mr. George J. Baldwin, the President of
the road, called the employees together the
first of the week in the office of Mr. W. B.
Veazey, the general manager in Gainesville
and stated to them the condition of affairs.
He proposed to devote every cent of income
from the operation of the road for the next
six months to the operating expenses and
the wages of the employees, if the employ
ees would consent to a re-adjustment of wa
ges to such an extent as to cover the loss
that the road was incurring. In other words
Mr. Baldwin asked the employees to consent
to such a reduction of wages that the road
would not he losing annually $84,487.87.
Some were willing to take the reduction, but
a sufficient number rejected it to cause the
withdrawal of the proposition.
The Winder News believes in fairness and
justice in all the relations of life, among all
classes of people. Labor should be treated
justly and given a fair share in the profits
arising from the operation of the business hi
which they are employed. Likewise, the
men who furnish the money and take the
risk, in every line of business, are entitled
to a fair dividend from their investments.
There should be absolute justice between
capital and labor.
However, in the case of the Gainesville
Midland Railway, there are other interests
to be considered besides those of the owners
of the road and its employees. Every manu
facturing plant, every business enterprise,
every farmer, in fact, every citizen in the
territory served by this road is vitally con
cerned in its continued operation. It passes
through Winder and Barrow county and the
value of every enterprise in this city and
county and the worth of every acre, of land
in Barrow county is affected by the contin
ued operation of the road. Junk it and all
our business and farming interests will be
depreciated to a large extent.
The people of this section will not stand
for the road to be thrown in the scrap pile.
It must continue operation. If it cannot
pay its employees the present scale of wages
and live, then the employees ought to be
willing to so adjust the wage scale as to per
mit the road to continue operation, and to
conserve the farming and business interests
that have been built up along Its line depend
ing on it for an outlet to the markets of the
world.
We hope the employees of the road will
reconsider their position and thus save the
road to the sections through which it runs.
The Dublin Tribune Ims suspended publi
cation. Another Instance of two papers
trying to live in a one-paper town.
O
Senator Hoke Smith, at the close of his
senatorial term, will practice law in Wash
ington, D. C. This must mean that the Sen
ator is through witli Georgia, politically.
O
There are a great many unemployed men
In Great Falls, Mont. The mayor of the city
arranged for the men to got work at $5.00
per day. The men rejected this wage, claim
ing that the scale of the American Federa
tion of Labor, of which their union was a
member, was .$5.50 per day and that they
would not work for less. The effort on the
part of the mayor and council to create work
for the unemployed was abandoned. Com
ment Is unneesary.
O
One of the most heroic acts that we have
noted in many years occurred last week
down in Washington county during the great
storm that destroyed many lives in that sec
tion. Three lady teachers were holding
school and, during the storm, one end of the
school building was crumpled in by the
wind and the roof at the other end hung
precariously low above the heads of seventy
five children. The three teachers ran to the
rescue of the children and by main strength
and unassisted, they held up the sagging
roof until all the pupils ran out into safety.
The teachers then leaped to safety them
selves. There are no braver or truer hu
nfans in tin' world than the women teachers
of Georgia.
O
MEETING OF RED (ROSS
The Bed Cross Chapter of Barrow
county will meet at the school audi
torium this (Thursday) afternoon at
4 :30 o'clock for the purpose of laying
plans for the coming year, All are In
vited to be present. The meeting will
be short and Interesting. Mr. Dwight
S. liny ley. field representative for the
North Georgia, will deliver an address
It will be helpful and encouraging.
THE WINDER Nfc x
MARY MILES MINTER
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PEGGY REBELS
STRAND THEATER, MONDAY 21
Read! Read Wonder!
and
J. L. SAUL IS ABSOLUTELY SELLING HIS GOODS
AT LESS THAN HALF PRICE-TO RAISE CASH.
We believe the truth does not hurt anybody. We need
about $15,000.00 and are needing it quick. We must
raise it right now,'it matters not of it takes $3.00 worth
of merchandise to raise SI.OO in cash.
Our reputation is at stake and that is worth more
than all the erchandise on our shelves. Hence, now is
your chance to BUY at J. L. SAUL’S BIG SALE $3.00
WORTH OF MERCHANDISE FOR SI.OO.
We are selling Best $2.75 Bell or Wimco OVERALLS
for men, all sizes, at *.* • •■• • 95 c
W. L. Douglas Shoes &
Oxfords.
$7.50 quality for $3.75
SB.OO quality for $4.25
$ll.OO quality for $5.25
The price of all Douglas
Shoes is stamped plain
figures on each pair.
MEN’S SUITS AND
OVERCOATS
$25.00 Men’s Suits and
Overcoats at sl2- 45
$45.00 Mens Suits and
Overcoats at s2l * 75
BOYS’ SUITS
$lO Boys Suits at 56.75
sls Boys Suits at $6.35
In fact everything in our store you can buy $3.00 for sl.
For we need the cash and we are not too proud to tell
you the truth. Come and profit by the biggest sale ever
held here.
J. L. SA UL
Winder, Georgia.
REMEMBER THIS SALE WILL LAST
EIGHGT MORE DAYS
ONLY TO FEBRUARY 27TH.
LADIES COATS
$15.00 Ladies Coats at
$40.00 Ladies Coats at
$12.50 Ladies Dresses,
at $5.90
$20.00 Ladies Dresses,
at $9.75
$25.00 La. Coat Suits,
at $9.50
$50.00, La. Coat Suits,
at $19.75
500 SCRAP ROLLS
$2.50 of cloth in them
for 69c
Best 25c Ginghams 9|c
Best 30c Sheeting . 10c
Best 40c Outing 12£c
SUBSCRIPTION: $1.50 A YEAR