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i/AY, FEBRUARY 24, 1921. :Qlhp Wittier Neuia !os , WINDER, GA. Published Every Thursday Cmnteml at the Postofllee at Winder, Georgia, o>b as Second Class Matter, •a fur lObii' ty J. W. McWHORTER Editor [h tj It. PARHAM Business Manager l Tli |wn, Id si Subscription Rates: In Advance V 01 Tear $1.50 \x Months 75 b ’TWAS EVER THUS. foil t , •play nd now comes Brother Shannon, of the •nients uncrce News, and lays tin* blame of Com fEvery i ,,> s unpaged streets upon the ladles of laidfesl'to" 11, * lilM ever been thus with mortal V>re tT n ‘ A,laui bdd tile blame of his undoing L u * poor Eve, and Brother Hhannon follows in /die ie same old trail. When we first landed in fill Winder In* begun to Insinuate that Commerce fThevas the better town, and when we began to I 1 OUl nake comparisons, beginning with the streets ■ains *■ the towns, he admitted Commerce was be- r lO ' V jind Winder in tlie mutter of paved streets, kg e> Vratisi"! 1,1 lus * week’s issue of his paper lays all Vf„t,e blame on short skirts and fine bootees A ini account of the latter, he states, they had Yer spend all their money on sidewalks and Jjr.ive the streets unimproved. We must ad mit that we are somewhat surprised at a man of Uncle John’s ferocious looks hiding behind short skirts and high bootees. 4 You Must Pay the Price. * One of the greatest sources of unhappiness and defeat in life is the failure on the part of many people to realize that everything has its price and that the price must be paid if they would have the joy and prosperity that is possible to everyone who is living in a world governed by just and beneflcient laws. Young men, especially, seem ignor ant of this law, or, if not ignorant they doubtless think they can ignore it and yet win out. Wealth and prosperity come to the man who is willing to deny himself, live economi cally, do honest work and be willing to pay every obligation that he assumes. Specula tors and gamblers never win. At times they seem to be getting ahead but the history of all of them is that they end in abject failure, (let you some good, honest business or pro fession and go to work at it, persevere in your efforts, be efficient in everything you do, take care of your earnings, and step by step you will mount up the ladder of success 1 sure and certain. There is more joy and hap (A“*i“ss in life in a gradual and sure growth your chosen profession or business than "'{o any effort to get rich by short cuts. !:4! Many young men, today, are blighting heir lives and becoming driftwood, useless . and worthless on the ocean of humanity lie cause of their failure to realize the laws of life. They are looting banks, holding up men on the streets and in their places of business, jobbing their employers and entering into all kinds of ebonies in their efforts to get something for nothing. You cant do it. n 'ails, prisons and penitentiaries are opening ' l , rß ' ir doors to such as these, and when you wler r llu ‘ st ‘ ull the joy and thrill and drs r('i lit 'os of life fly away and leave you 111 am, •' mire of defeat and despair. j of Mp out in the open, play the game fair, kfrs. Krood, honest work for every dollar you >sts lf a k t . care of it. and step by step you will the ladder nt success and the real joy t Pin ~ to will abide with you. A e ar i llhi 0 ho Alpharetta Free Press says that it miderstaud " h - v s °me papers in the iVe a 0 Commissioner J. J. Brown every t]er ae he protests against the low price of farm iuflit'luets. We are not aware that Mr. Brown drsis received any knocks liecause he protests . Bt;niyst clump farm products. The News 1,1 -is criticised Mr. Brown for advising the 1r - 'liners so positively and persistently last t s n to hold their cotton. We think Mr. .."'own makes a mistake in advising farmers csts out tilings that tie knows no more about y „|.in anybody else. His position carries tlrs.'b it weight and influence among the fur -1 with of the state, and when conditions arise Sirs. J. as were experienced lust fall, liis advice v is v tidily taken. Every farmer with whom s win* ta lked regrets holding his cotton. Liu Mug grown advise in the things about •s. Mon SiK, ... enjoyed by “ lin speak authoritatively and we ir. and Mrs. one will object. py night wit)_ q *‘s. ny urge crowd n. farming we would resent all t 0 'ace Sunday advice given tlie farmers of *? r B. S. Sheffield how to run their business. atlvi srs ‘ ®' ran * { a any attention to Tom, Pick and he ,setl S us when to plant, how t t n ‘ on to sell, etc. We would t i • ’ realize our condition, and ■ berlains (<>ugl (I1( j a>4 mlU 'h as it suited ,ieL Natun oul( j s di when we thought in t , haß . it is. if we and every r ,1 L that aid nature not mortgaged to V , a l Chamber the latter condition ‘ on tliis plud'Kagee’s advice. V^ ieveß the lunl j'ialiens the stH* 0 f the Wrlghtsville g 1 n restoring thf |t fig t 0 that a ll onditl°n. 1 tioo n( , w disease its good QUtt|, d j ac j. him up our a cough y oCK jward, of the VI- ugh with him there us to bother with. Railroad Rates Too High. That the present railroad rates are higher than the* business and farming interests can stand up under is evident. The News is not in position to say just where the trouble lies, But it do<*s know that there is something se rious out of whack in our transportation ser vice. Fields of celery, lettuce and other products are going to waste down in Florida because the growers cannot get their crops to market at uny protit at all on account of the high rates. The present price of cotton renders the farmers unable to buy merchan dise from the merchants, and the high freight rates increase the price of this mer chandise. There must lie a sweeping re duction in railroad charges before there can be a profitable resumption of business activ ities. As stated above, the News is not prepared to say where the trouble lies. Very likely the high-up officials are being paid too much salary. We do not know what salaries these presidents and general managers get from the roads, but a full and free statement from the railroads publishing to the public what these officials receive in the way of salaries would go far towards helping the public to locate the trouble, of one thing certain, the busi ness and farming interests of the country, groaning under the burden of losses occa sioned by the deflation in the price of every thing, will not sympathize with any railroad that pays its officials big, fat salaries and at the same time says it cannot operate unless the rates are kept up to a high figure. Possibly the wages of the employees of the roads are too high. We feel sure they are out of proportion to the wages received by clerks, workers and wage earners in mercan tile and farming enterprises. Possibly both (lie officials and employees are drawing sal ries out of proportion to workers in other lines of business. The public wants to know about these tilings. They have a right to know*. In the contentions between the officials and the em ployees the public is being ground to death. Something must be done or stagnation will continue. Senator Smith, of Georgia, in a speech the other day before the United States Senate, said that he hoped congress would take up the transportation act and remodel it. The News thinks somebody ought to do some thing. We do not know who is to blame, but we know something is wrong and we are howling about it, and the public is howling, too. The present freight rates, continued Senator Smith, are more than traffic can bear and are so high on many commodities that the producers would get nothing for his out put if he shipped it to market. Senator Smith said ho had no doubt but that the present trouble grew out of government con trol, and we think be is right. There is no doubt in the mind of the News but that much of our business troubles are caused by the high railroad rates, and that something should be done to lower them. O The Social Circle New Era. in discussing the railroad situation says, “If the railroads are not making money—if they are steadily losing, as some of them claim—why bang onto them? Why not sell out to the govern at a fair price?” Nobody wants to bang onto them. You can buy railroad stock now dirt cheap. If our good brother wants to invest a few thou sands in railroads we will put him onto sev eral deals that are way below par. As to the government buying them, the people who constitute this government don’t want them. Nobody else wants them, and for this reason, the government may have to take them over some of these days and run them whether they pay expenses or not, and then levy taxes on us all to make up the deficits as it did when the government had charge of them during the war. ■—O— Mr. A. O. Blalock, collector of internal revenue, says the people are filing their in come returns early this year and that they are paying the entire amount at once in stead of in quarterly payments. He says this is- a good of returning prosperity. Pos sibly Mr. Blalock is mistaken. It may be that there is not much to return and tlie sums are so small they cannot bo very easi ly divided into four payments. O Down in Florida there are a lot of people offering to swap their land for the taxes le vied against them, says the Lyons Progress. Yes, and In some parts of the state the lands are not worth the taxes. O The IV wson News is exactly right when it says: “One of the troubles is the farmer has tt*> many saviors. His salvation is large ly in liis own hands, and is to be found on bis farm. O The Gainesville Daily Eagle is anew vent ure in Georgle Journalism. Its first issue was a good one, and we hope it will con tinue to spread its wings daily over the peo ple of that city and section. _o The Covington News comes to us in a now dress and greatly Improved in appearance. Editor Lightfoot is getting out a good paper. O The courts down at Valdosta are trying to sell a railroad that runs out from that city. They can find no buyers. Very like ly it will have to be junked. Railroads are mighty poor property since the government klms had a whack at them. THE WINDER NEWS SILKS 50 Percent. Off IN A SALE K f ' Silk as a Fabric for Wearing Apparel has always held First Place / Silks make a plain woman pretty and add so much to the appearance of the attractive woman, that com mon thing's like words fail to describe it. In this sale we combine the idea that Silks help us look better with the fact that the reductions in price make them econom ical to wear, an irresistible combination. * \ # We have a large stock of Silks and with the prices that we have reduced them to, we expect this sale to be a record breaker. . . V THESE ARE REAL REDUCTIONS IN PRICE. SO DON’T GLANCE AT THIS CASUALLY AND SAY, ‘ANOTHER SALE.’ READ THE PRICES; THEY PROVE WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO SAY. 40-in. Satin Patria, have been as high as $6.00 AQ the yard, in this sale ... - %])£*• i J 36-inch Satin Militair, was $3.00, now - 1.95 Beautiful Taffeta Silk, all colors; regular price CT OQ $3.75; in this sale ... - 36-inch Silk Poplins; in this sale 89c Beautiful Georgette and Crepe de Chine; all IQC colors; 40-inches wide; in this sale - 4* 1 •*^ , 9 Pretty Stripe Crepe de Chine for Shirts; was Cl J l $3.00 per yard; in this sale - - 4* 1 Beautiful Tub Silk for Shirts, was $2.50 1 the yard now - - - . 1 • All other Silks go in this sale at the same big re ductions. Come in and let us serve you. Sale begins Saturday , Feb. 26th and lasts one week. THE WINDER DRY GOODS ’ STORE f: d ”RIPTION: $1.50 A YEAR