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WINDER WEEKLY NEWS
Pubtishod Kvory Thursday Evening
Itoss Bros', Editors mid 'Proprietor*
li ..ir 1 ...; Postoffice at Winder, Ga.
s ? r 1 . .:s mail matter.
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Thursday, October 29, 1908.
Why don’t the lady kissing hugs
attack Sidney (’. Tapp or Jhon
Temple?
Jim Woodward is already pre
paring to cut out the surplus growth
of graft in the many Uiards at the
Atlanta city hall.
.lodge ,lames K. Hines declares
himself for Tom Watson. If lie is
registered, let him vote for Tom,
and- see who ca res.
Woman can always !>e depended
upon to go tlx- sterner sex one )x-t
--t r. Since Georgia voted prohibi
tion liehold our '‘straight-laced”
sisters.
The editor extends thank- to Mr.
.1. T. Morrow for the largest “yam”
p t:ito w" 1 ever saw. It grew on Ihe
J. S. Smith farm, a lew miles from
'•'Winder, and was sent to 'the News
office in a two-horse wagon.
John Reese was the best shorty
stop writer in tin* state of Georgia,
and was president of the I’aragrapli
ers’ inion. Sorry we put him out
of business. 11 is successor on The
Georgian is onlv fair to middling.
Some church members arc so
cold and formal it is surprising that
they did not draw hack and say,
‘T'livdon me, hut have 1 ever hern
introduced to you? ' when the Holy-
Spirit knocked at the door of their
hearts.
Tom Matson and Taft arc not
running on the. same platform, but
they are advocating the same doc
trine —the breaking up of the solid
south. A vote for Watson in Geor
gia will have the- same effect as will
a Vole for Ta ft.
Tito man who shoves money down J
in hit- jeans without paying tiis hon- j
e 4 debts is a greater clog to the
wheels of progress than the onei
who patronizes foreign agencies, lie
takes nioiiCN out of eireulutiin!
'which does not. belong to hint.
I
Officeholders are generally re
ferred to as set vai its of the people, i
btt Roosevelt's entire cabinet is
$
now on the stump in the altitude |
of dictators to the people —nil in'
the interest of Roosevelt, Taft A* j
Cos., and the people Ite-Jay Could.
T.ithonia has received mueh at-:
tention recent l.\ by re;\son of her 1
nimlde-tingored citizenry. Two!
deaf mutes from that town entered
one of Atlanta's fashonaide churches
Sunday and were united in mar
riage, the preacher performing the
cremony in the linger language.
’Tin said postmasters have been
assessed a certain per emit of their
yearly salaries as a donation to the
Republican campaign fund. And,
again 't is Bai 1, this has happened
n>t a. thousand miles a'Vay from
Winder. The fact that Roosevelt
is using every card at his comniand
would seem to indicate that \Vd
-lam Jennings Bryan will he our
n ‘Xt president.
IHE SERVICE PENSION.
Tuesday, N’ov. 3, the people of
Georgia must write their approval
or disapproval upon the service pen
sion amendment sent to them by
the last general assembly.
Georgia ha fc lieen generous to tin
old heroes of the sixties, and should
in ver ]>ermit one of them to suffer,
hut the voter should seriously con
sider the effect of his ballot before
giving bis indorsement to.the grand
stand play of a few sentimental ami
would-be statesmen who brought
the .amendment into being in the
!io|h of furthering their political as
piration*. On the subject, The At
lanta Constitution says:
“If the estimate of 11,000,000 as
the amount that will he necessary
to pay additional pensions, should
the service pension amendment be
ratified in next Tuesday’s election,
i- correct, it will require the ad
dition of one mill, or one dollar on
each #I,OOO of property returned,
to tlu-state tax rate to meet the
obligation.
“The voter, therefore, who goes
to the polls detoinincd to vote for
service pensions must do so in the
conscientious willingness to vote
likewise for a constitutional amend
ment which will permit this increase
in the tax rate.
“Tehre is only one contingency
in which the two propositions can
he uncoupled, and that is a division
of the present pension fund among
the pernioi ers now on the rolls and
those who would he added as the
result of the amendment’.- ratifica
tion.
“There is no middle ground;
those who vote to ratfy the Foster
pension service amendment un
voting for either one of these two
propositions:
“An increase in the state tax
rate, probably to the extent of #1
on each #1,0(K), oi —
i “A reduction of the average pen
| sion now paid to needy veterans
from #<>() to, perhaps, one-half of
that amount.
“There is no other way possible
in which these added pensions can
ho paid without depriving oilier im
portant and essential state institu
tions, to which the people of Geor
gia will never consent.
“Would they, l'or example, con
sent that half a million or more
should be taken from the common
school fund in order to prty service
pensions—pensions based, mind
you, entirely on service and not on
necessity?
“The question carries its own
answer.
“There is not a single dollar in
the treasury of the state which earn
Iw used for meeting this obligation,
should it be created.
“Far from being too well sup
ported, the institutions of the state
are clamoring for more as the de
mands upon them increase. De
prived of any portion of their pres
ent scant income, they could not
perform their service to the public.
"The people of Georgia should be
careful when they go to the polls
on Tuesday not to permit them
selves to be deluded by an apparent
issue of pensions or n<> pensions for
confederate veterans; that is not
the question, despite the fact that
it has been made to appear so on
the ticket.
“l’raetioally every' needy soldier
and widow in the state is today on
the pension rolls; it there are any
of these omitted, the law provides
a way in which they may partic
ipate, and none can he denied.
It is. therefore, not a question
of paying pensions to confederate
veterans, hut of changing the basis
to one of service —opening the door
of the treasury regardless of the
need of the applicant.”
Keep-( >ff-the-(irass (,’<>xey de
li venal a speech in Winder today
to a small audience.
J. W. LYLE,
The Busy Corner ;
Better goods for the same money. The
same goods for less money.
LADIES CLOAKS.
Nice line of Ladies’ and Children’s Cloaks to
go at your own price.
BLANKETS.
Cotton and Wool Blankets from SI.OO to $3.50 a pair.
PRESS GOODS.
A general line of Dress Goods. We are making a great reduction in
this department. Ginghams 5c a yard. Outing 4c a yard.
MILLINERY.
In this department we are well equipped to
please you and save you money. Call and let Miss
Dana Smith show you through.
J. W. LYLE,
WINDER, ■ GEORGIA.
GIVE IS CONSIDERATION.
Attention, Mr. Douglass, of the
Georgia Midland! During the past
two weeks Winder has purchased
over two thousand bales* of cotton
' and the most <>f it Ims been shipped
over your road, to say nothing of
i the business done at lloschfon,
Braselton and the other live stations
along your right of way And we
notice that the passenger travel
has increased considerably during
the past six months, hook at vour
books, please sir, and see if this
branch does not pay more than any
cither section of the road. W e be
lieve, and trust you can see it, to
your interest to begin negotiations
for the broadening of the small re
maining strip of narrow gauge be
tween Belmont Junction and
Monroe-
WORD FROM MR. BRYAN.
Lincoln Ncl>., (let. 20. 1908.
Fellow Citizens:
The campaign is drawing to a
close; the issues have been set forth
in the platforms; the argument of
the candidates have been presented,
and the verdict is about to be ren
dered. Every state in the Cnion
shows Democratic gains, and there
is no doubt of a Democratic" victory
if all who favor our policies vote
and have their votes counted- I
write to urge you to see to it that
every Democratic vote in your pre
cinct is polled early and counted.
We desire a popular majority as
well as a majority in the eiectorial
college, and your vote is needed to
affect a Republican vote somewhere
else, even if not needed in your lo
cality. Work! Vote! And then you
can rejoice the more heartily in the
victory. Yours truly,
\V. J. Bryan.
SPOT COTTON LETTER.
BY W. K. LYLE & CO
The cotton market was favored
this week with the gin tiers’ report,
showing ti,280,70 bales having
passed through the gins from the
11*08 crop up to October 18th. This
was in excess of the amount ex
pected by the bulk of the tra le,
but had very little effect oil the
market,which declined a few points,
We Save You Money on
i i '. .\v-
We Guarantee Every
MIDDLE BUSTER
We Sell Against
BREAKING OF STANDARDS.
They are light and easy draft. They
TURN RED LAND.
See thi Plows and get our prices be=
lore you buv.
' WOODRUFF
HARDWARE & MANUFACTURING CO.
WINDKH; GA-
hut was immediately 7 bid up by
Wall street speculators, who are
heavily long of December and Jan
uary contracts in New York. Sjiots
are still very dull and hard to sell.
W inder —Weak, 8 15-1 Go
Liverp<o I—S1 —S pot s, 5.49d.
New Orleans —Quiet, 9c.
New York —Quiet, 9.45.
Mobile —Steady, .8 13-I6c.
Savannah —Steady 7 , 8 7-8 c
Charleston —Quiet, 8 3-4 c.
Norfolk—Steady, 9 1-1 Ge.
Baltimore —Normal, 9 l-4e
Houston —Steady, 9c.
Augusta —Steady, 9 l-Bc.