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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. SUI ISC Kll *T I<) X liA r r HS Out* Year, * - - SI.OO Six Mouth*. ... 60 Throe Months, - - 26 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.