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TARIFF SCHEDULE AND
THE AVERAGE CITIZEN.
Wlmt do you, as an average
American citizen, want from the
tariff? What will yon git?
Then there’s another question,
“What do you know about the tar
iff? Have you read the Dinghy hill,
or the Payne bill, or the Aldrich
bill with its four thousand separate
Schedules? Could you find a j 'kc r
in the chemical schedule ? Do you
know tlic e xisting rates on cotton
webbing, two-ply carpets, rattan
matting, third-class wool, or sugars
not above 16 Dutch standard? Do
Volt know the duty on himtrol>enzol
or U-nzaeU hyde or smoked salmon?
()f course you do not. The
American citizen is not an Encyclo
pedia Britamdca, with a school of
Technology thrown in. Someone
else must look out for his interests.
Who will do it?
The representatives of the people
in congress might —hut they have
not the time. They are very busy
these days with formal calls from
every protected interest. ’ 1 tie* man
from the Steel Trust si nils in his
card and must he seen; hut John
Smith of Illinois is not at Washing
ton. The Senator or Representa
tive from Smith's district has not
the time to look people up; and,
anyway, Smith is so busy earning
his two dollars a day that he does
not realize that a tariff may make
his earnings worth only a dollar
and a half. The congressmen them
selves do not know so very much
about the four thousand schedules,
and so when a pleasing gentleman
from New York tells them that the
people like dear gloves and dear
stockings, the tariff makers assent,
and declare that the dear people
shall have them.
Ninety million people arc watch
ing a shell game in which one little
pea is shoved under four thousand
shells. The ninety million people are
about a thousand miles away and,
in any case, the gentleman who arc
shoving the little pea are invisible
to the untutored eye- When the
game is over the ninety million will
have the right to complain —and
pay.
In other countries they manage
these things better. In Germany
thirty-two experts enjoying the con
fidence of the people studied the
tariff situation for five years and
consulted with two thousand other
experts. Asa result the Germans
have a tariff whereas we Americans
have only a bludgeon —to be used
against ourselves. —Success.
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MEJAJLr^HINGLES
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* CORTP.ICHT,” Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.
What docs that mean? Did you
ever see it before? It is found on the
fourth ridge of every genuine
CORTRIGHT METAL SHINGLE.
And what are CORTRIGHT MET
AL SHINGLES? They’re a hand
some roofing that lasts as long as the
building itself and never needs re
pairs. Think of it—they were put on
the market 22 years ago and the roofs
put on then are as good as new today.
What’s more —they’re comparatively
cheap. Sold by
LEATHERS & EAVENSON
WINDER, GA.
LOOKING ON lilt BRIGHT SIDE.
The following article was handed
in to the editor by D. I. Hudgins,
of Winder, Ga., route 23:
A single word may disquiet an
entire family for a whole day- One
surely glance easts a gloom over the
household, while a smile, like a
gleam of sunshine, tnav light up the
darkest and weariest hours like un
expected flowers which spring up
along our pathway, full of freshness,
fragrance and beauty. Kind words,
gentle acts and sweet dispositions
make the home a place where peace
and blessings dwell.
No matter how humble the abode
if it he thus garnished with grace
and sweetened with kindness and
smiles the heart will turn lovingly
toward it from all the tumult of the
world, and it will he the dearest
spot beneath the circuit of the sun.
If we are cheerful and contented
all nature smiles with us, the air
seems more balmy, the sky more
clear, and the moon and stars all
appear more beautiful. Cheerful
ness! How sweet in infancy, how
lovely in youth, how saintly in old
age. There are a few noble natures
whose very presence carries sunshine
with them where they go —a sun
shine which means pity for the
suffering, help for the unfortunate.
The scowl and frown begotten in
a selfish heart, and manifesting it
self in daily, almost hourly, fretful
ness, complaining, fault finding,
angry criticism, spiteful comments
on the motives and actions of others,
how then the cheeks shrivel, the
face sours and saddens the counte
nance —no joy in the heart, no
nobility in the soul, no generosity in
the nature. The whole character
is cold.
Now, dear reader, which of these
countenances are you cultivating?
If you find yourself losing all con
fidence in human nature you are
nearing an old age of vinegar and
wormwood. Not a mourner will
follow your solitary bi*-r. Not one
teardrop shall ever fall on your for
gotten grave.
Look on the bright side, keep the
sunshine of a living faith in the
heart. Do not let the shadow of
discouragement ever fall on your
path and do not forget your com
panionship. It appears to be true
that our associates engage our
thoughts, not only in life, hut at
life’s close, and are last to he for
got ton when we bid farewell to earth.
Shaved Often.
“You mu&t drink hot water with
your whisky,” the doctor told his
patient, “otherwise, you musn’t
take it at all • ”
“But how shall I get the hot
water the patient queried plain
tively. “My wife won’t let me
have it for the whisky toddy.”
“Tell her you want to shave,”
the doctor said, and took his de
parture.
The next day the doctor called
and asked the wife how the patient
was.
“He's gone raving mad,” his
wife replied. “He shaves every ten
minutes.” —Philadelphia Ledger.
Color-Blind.
Three Irishmen were stopping at ;i
sicund-rate hotel and one of them
imhihed so freely at the bar that he
had to he carried to his room, in
which also slept a negro in a sepa
r ite bed. His comrades, as a prac
tical joke on him, proceeded to paint
the Irishman’s face black. In the
morning, when awakened by the
proprietor, he got up, and happened
to catch sight of himself in the
mirror- “Oh, l*ejabera," he ex
elaimed, “if the blamed idiots
havn’t gone and woke the nigger by
mistake! ’ ’
And he crawled back into bed. —
Emil M. Dale in Success.
"TRUSTEE’’ BENNETT REPLIES
TO "KICKER” W. E. WHITE
Editor Winder News.
Euless something new is injected
into this discussion I don’t think I
I will ask for any more space.
In White’s last piece he proves
himself an acrobat and past master
in the art of twisting and squirming.
Take his original slanderous charges,
then my answers —then strain your
self to a high pitch and fit in his
■summing up and conclusion; if you
can you are entitled to a Carnegie
>r I’eabody medal. Take the letter
that was presented to Done, read
it carefully and then compare it to
my statements in reference to it-
Is it an affidavit? Was it to be
sworn to? Does it say a word
about the treasurer’s books? Does
it mention the 81.oO? Didn’t it
ask for Bone’s name to be stricken
from the case? Does anything that
lilts been written prove that Bone
did not phone to Judge Brand and
ask that his name lie stricken as 1
stated? If White was the friend to
me he claims to be, and intended
no injustice, he should have print
ed the letter instead, as ho claims,
what Bone said about it. In fact,
he contents himself in making Bone
his scape gcat. If Bone is satisfied
for White to thus undertake to shift
the blame and rest content it is up
to him to do po.
1 feel sure that any right think
ing person who knows the facts will
conclude that no act of mine in the
premises as a trustee, deserves to be
seusured, and that the ingenious ef
fort to drag my name in the mire
has failed. In fact a smoked glass
is not a good medium through which
to turn on light. There are plenty
of folks deprived of their liberty
and on the public works for smaller
crimes than character assassination
who can boast that they are Ameri
can citizens and twenty-one years
old.
If what I have written sounds
harsh 1 consider the provocation
amply sullicient. Very respectful
ly, J. C. Bknnett.
Jefferson, May 17, 1905).
CLOSED.
With this issue the controversy
between Messrs. J - C 5. Bennett and
W. E. White, of Jefferson, is
brought to a close so far as The
Winder News is concerned- We
have attempted to deal perfectly
fair with these gentlemen, but are
frank to admit that for some time
we have been looking for a suitable
place to bring the controversy to a
close, as neither disputant seems to
remember the main question at is
sue (has Martin Institute a right to
accept the common school fund and
at the same time charge an inciden
tal fee larger than the free school
pm- capita), but have seen fit
to deal in charges and counter
charges as to what Mr. Bone should
have done and said, which we con
sider a purely personal affiir to be
settled by the three gentlemen con
cerned, and. of no interest to us or
our readers. We have the highest
regard for Messrs. \\ bite, Bennett
and Bone, yet it shall always be our
purpose when possible to do so, to
keep our columns open to the dis
cussion of issues —not men. Three
letters each have been published in
The News.
“Shotgun" Walker returned from
(! win nett county this week where
those large six-pound hail stones
fell a few weeks ago. Some of the
roofs of houses have been repaired
while others still have the big holes
in them made bv the stones. And
he was shown places in the ground
where the hail made impressions
like where the mules had stepped
and left their tracks.— Dahlonega
Nugget.
rr ;
MANA PERSONS keep their money in this
bank, that they may have it within ready
reach when needed for daily use; some keep
it here awaiting opportunities for investment; oth
ers, to avoid the risk and annoyance of loaning,
keep their money here as a permanent investment.
It will de seen that we accommodate all classes.
The Winder Banking Company,
WINDER, OA.
HEROES OF THE DEEP
Brave Captains Who Have Per
ished With Their Ships.
A STERN RULE OF THE SEA.
‘‘The Captain of the Vessel Shall Be
the Last to Leave,” and From This
Mandate No Captain Is Exempt.
Heroism In Face of Certain Death.
“The captain of the vessel shall be
the last to leave.”
This heroic sentiment has been ex
emplified time and again by the brave
men who go down to the sea In ships,
and to their everlasting honor there
is no attempt or desire to shirk the
fearful duty and responsibility. So it
was that Captain Sealby of the ill
fated Republic refused to leave his ship
till every man, woman, child and mem
ber of his crew had been saved.
“The last to leave!” It is the law.
universally asknowledged at sea by
officers and men alike as the basis of
self respect and honor. From it no
captain is exempt.
One of the bravest of these heroes
was Chief Officer Paterson of the
British King. One day some winters
ago he sailed from New York under
Captain O’Hagan. Great storms im
peded the passage of the ship, and so
stupendous was the violence of t lie
waves that they stove in the bow
plates, and before the leakage was
discovered tons of water rushed into
the hold.
Captain O’Hagan told his men to
shift the cargo, but barrels and cases
were hurtling this way and that, and
one of them, driving the captain back
against the wall, crushed his leg so
severely that he had to be carried to
the lifeboat.
For a brief space there was no cap
tain. Then Paterson took command.
At a critical moment his strong per
sonality and calm assurance saved
the crew from panic. Three boats
filled with sailors from the British
King were launched in safety, while
the new commander stood in silence
on the bridge. Lower and lower sank
the ill starred ship, and as she heaved
and took her final plunge Paterson
blew a farewell blast upon his whistle
to the fast departing crew.
Quite different, but uo less heroic, was ;
the manner in which Captain Griffith j
of the Atlantic Transport line steam
ship Mobcgan faced death. Though it
was scarcely darker than twilight, he
had run his vessel on the rocks near
the Needles in October, 1898, and it
was rapidly siuking. The last glimpse
of Captain Griffith showed him stand
ing on the bridge ordering the boats
to be lowered in order to save bis crew.
Heroic in death, too. was the captain
of the oil ship I.oodiana. which several
years ago was burned at sea. Before
thinking of his own safety be saw ev
ery man of his crew clear of the doom
ed vessel, and then it was too late.
Foot by foot lie was driven forward
by the flames till at last he hung over
the bow. A tramp steamship came up,
but the waters were too rough for the
lowering of the boats. Finally the
flames compelled him to loosen his
bold, and while Ills ship burned fierce-
aW. L. Young.
LUMBER.
YOXJ KXOAV HIM.
Warehouse on Candler Street.
ly on he was dashed into the angry seas
beneath
But still K ore dramatic was the death
of Captain Deloncle of the French
liner La Be prgogne, sunk in the sum
mer of 1808, As he stood one night
upon the biidge a tail bark suddenly
loomed out of the daikuess and, deal
ing La Boui gogne a fatal blow, steam I
ed hurriedly away. The men on board |
went frantic In a scramble for safety
firemen and crew lest their wits, and
people ran ip and cKwn the deck in
wild despair.
Deloncle stood calm amid the tu
mult. Suddenly he abandoned himself
to the dramatic borrer of the scene
and, seizing the whistle rope, sent into
the skies ono long, wi and, wailing groan.
It was Delo.icle’s last salute.
Perhaps the noblest death of all was
that of Captain Craven of the monitor
Tec-umseh at the at lack in August,
1804, on Mobile. The ship was fast
sinking. There was net a moment to
he lost. At the foot of the ladder lead
ing to tlie manhole above, the turret
of safety, two men met. Captain Cra
ven and his pilot. There would bo
time for but one to mount. The cap
tain knew it; the pilot knew it. But
there was no hesitation. With a smile
Captain Craven stepped to one side.
“After you., pilot.” he said.
The man sprang up the ladder, and
his life was saved, but the brave cap
tain was swept under and carried to
destruction by the cruel sea.—London
Answers.
Buying Fodder For tha Newlyweds.
The newly married couple had just
moved Into their new home. On the
morning after their arrival a baker
called to solicit their trade. He found
the young wife in the kitchen. After
explaining that his wagon delivered!
once a day the baker asked, “And may
we have your trade, madam?”
“Yes.” she replied timidly; “we will
give you a trial.”
“And about how much bread will
you want each day?”
“Well, I don’t know exactly. You
see. there are only two of us.” Then
doubtfully, “Would five loaves a day
be enough, lo you think Judge.
The Answer.
“They say the Joneses are a very
happy couple.”
“But Jones is a traveling man and
is very seldom at home.”
“Exactly.”—Cleveland Leader.
Him we call an artist who shall play
on an assembly of men as a master on
the keys of a piano —Emerson.
A Straight Tip.
Johnny (to new visitor; —“So
you are my grandma, are you?
Grandmother —“Y es , Johnny!
I’m your grandma on your father s
side.'"
Johnny —“Well, you're on the
wrong side; you’ll soon find that
out!" —Life.
According to the stories coming
from Africa, they must have herded
quite a bunch of “varmints’ for
Teddy to shoot. —Way cross Herald.
A merchant who fails to adver
tise, usually fails to succeed.