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VOL. XVII. J. T. Strange & Cos. Making Room Sale. When we cast our lot with the good people of this section, things were quite different from the progress of today. At that time a small room was sufficient; we had fewer people; their wants were less. But now things are on wheels; we all have more; our peo ple are making more, and life is worth living. We are all glad to be here during these good times, pushing forward to greater achievements in material oper ations as well as spirtual uplift. Mother Earth is weighted down and just full of resources. Think of the boundless store of coal in this land of ours! The human mind cannot con ceive of the vast supply—2,ooo billion tons yet unmmed. At 7c per ton it is worth more than the entire possessions of these United States. Lut us all be happy—enjoy life —be an optimist. Only the narrow and miserable say that future genera tions will freeze —be without lumber to cover their heads. All the wonderful comforts we enjoy today have been ever since God finished his sixth day’s work. We .must search for and grasp them and then enjoy our efforts. Strange & Company have tried to follow this rule: Push forward —lead the procession in our line—grow or decrease, wither and pass out. To this end we are now pulling down the old steps, moving the office, new easy stairs and landings to the second floor of our building, whereby we may make a swell, up-to-date de partment for millinery, ladies’ ready-to-wear, carpets and various lines carried on second floor. We will spare neither effort nor means to make this store the best, most attractive of any in north Georgia. Our carpenters are now at work and we must make room for this extensive improvement- All summer goods are reduced way down and must be sold before our fall purchases begin to arrive. It will be worth your time to call and see what we are offering. For the success we have attained we are modestly proud, but truly thankful to our friends and patrons, who have helped us to our present growth. J. T. STRANGE & CO. Leaders in Style; Regulators and Controllers cf Low Prices. gggggg WINDER, JACKSON COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 1,1909 IN BRIEF ADDRESS Governor-Elect Pledges Himself to Administer the Duties of High Office. The address of Joseph M. Brown, in accepting the cilice of chief ex ecutive of the state, was breif and impressive. lie did n>t enter into political issues, but confined him self to making a pledge to the peo ple of Georgia to administer tho af fairs of the state as a faithful servant and according to the law. The ad dress follows: Gentlemen of the General Assembly, Ladies and Fellow Citizens: In obedience to the mandate of the soverign people, I appear be fore you for the purpose of taking the oath which binds me to the du ties of chief executive of this com mon wealt h • Before taking this oath, I pause a few moments to invoke the blessing of Almighty God upon not only the state we love so well, hut also upon every human creature whose life lines are cast within her borders, and to voice a few words of good will and of cheer to all. It i< true that clouds of discord have for a time obscured the sky of our peace, that paralysis lias stag nated the warm blood of manly endeavor; but, emerging from the shadows into the radiance of the rising sun, we know today as we have ever believed that the heart of Georgia still beats true to the mu sic of progress; that the hand of Georgia wielding righteous power will ever protect impartially and completely all who with sincere souls place themselves and their in terests under her shield. In this hour when our state’s sons have assembled to do homage to her laws, let us look not back upon the checkered past, hut face the future and its opportunities with the will to do justice and to dwell together in amity. I must here express the conviction that our fathers, in framing the or ganic law of our commonwealth, fixed the excutive, legislative and judicial departments as the balance wheel of government. Interference of either with the others was forbid den, and each within its circle was supreme, save that the governor, by the ordely exercises of the veto, was invested with the power to stay hasty or ill-considered legislation 1 pledge my obedience to the constitution in its entirety. Ishall understand to execute every duty it imposes upon me. I shall not at tempt to grasp any power it directly or by inference denies to me. Each citizen filling an office 1 es tablished under the constitution is responsible for the administration of its functions, and no one in an other department is authorized to interfere with the exercise of such admistrative powers. Equality under th" laws is the common right of our citizenship, constitutionalism is the pass-word of the patriot, justice weilds the sword which strikes down the wrong, which protects the pure, and the voice of reason we perforce must heed, for we can not ignore the truth that reason coerces while it coaxes- In obedience to the con stitution we fulfill duty, we secure pleasure,for while that great instru ment commands, it protects. I will not today consume time in proposing specific plans of procedure lin our governmental labors. You ! who are here assembled know the 'problems which confront us; and at an early day we will counsel to j gather, wo will co-operate in the endeavor to lessen the burden of the people, and to restore econom* ; ic conditions which will enable all who work to prosper. In the meantime, if there have been differences let us put them be j bind us; let harmony guide our | thoughts and accord characterize our acts; let us bear in mind that we Jure Georgians, and that the interest ;of each Georgian is the interest of ! all Georgians, and let us prove to the world that wisdom-endowed constitution-obeying and honor loving Georgia holds forever sacred the guarantee that under her aegis abide ns regnant forces justice, faith and truth. 1 ask of you therefore to remcmlxT that as great as are our opportunities, so great are our obligations that the laws of our state are not enacted to confer more power on those named as officials, but to furnish and apply the machinery whereby the officials can protect in equality of rights all the people, thoir peers. And in the application of those laws we can not eliminate the personal equation from the problem,for both the official and private citizen are hound to mu tually responsive action in the pro tection of society, to the extent that in all matters affecting the interest of the public, the piivate citizen should hold his word to be as weigh ty with fidelity to fact as the offi cial holds his oath. Let us then to safeguard that protection discard haste and impulse and with faith in God and in ourselves promulgate instead the propaganda of delibera tion and reciprocal rights of conver satism and common sense. And in promulgating that propaganda we ever face the fact that the people are the power, not the head-spring only,hut the great rolling river,clear with intelligence and masterful with might, shining with justice and sweet with truth, controlled by no one but controlling every one. My countrymen, love is not an empty idea, and fraternity not a dream. All things peaceable are possible to those who.-e will is to do the right. The glory of Georgia car. be found in a united manhood. If, then, in the exercise of the faculties with which the Deity ha endowed us, we acquire prestige, rank or power, let us cast them at the feet of our great mother state, and to her say: “These are thine, and we are thine I” Finally, I pray that all of us into whose hands the sovereign people have entrusted their governmental affairs may hold in mind that we are here to reconcile, not to antag onize, to confer with our con sciences while we confer with each other, and so realizing, that we may move forward, harmonious and loyal, with the lamp of reason, not the torch of discord, to light onr way. I am now ready to take the oath. SURPRISE PARTY. A few boys and girls gave Miss Starr Blasingame a surpri.se party Saturday night. After many in teresting games were played delicious fruits were served. Those invited were Misses Ruth Carithers, Marie Smith, Kathleene Coker, Gussie O’Neal, Kathrine Suddath, Sara Cannon, Messrs. Hipp, Potts, Ca mbers, Colby and J. K. Orr- A BONDED WAREHOUSE R. L. Rogers Building New Warehouse and Buggy Reposilory Near Seaboard Depot. Mr. R. L. Rogers has broken dirt for his new cotton warehouse ard buggy repository. It will he located on the Seaboard Air Line railroad, between the old foundry and the depot, and will occupy a space of 90x268 feet. It will be built in accordance with the standard ware house specifications of the South eastern Tariff Association and will he equipped with a complete auto matic sprinkler system, thus ren dering it almost incombustible. It will he constructed in sections, two stories high, and will have a storage capacity of 1,000 to 5,000 hales of cotton. The upper story in front will be a buggy repository, where a complete line of all kinds of ve nicles will be carried. The lower story in front will he used for weighing and handling transient cotton, while the rear sec tion will he used as bonded ware houses, in which cotton will he stored by parties who wish to hold their cotton and draw money on it. The bonded feature of this enter prise is something new in this sec tion, and will not only be of great advantage l to the farmers of this vicinity, but also to the cotton mills. Mr. Rogers shows his confidence in the continued progress of our little city by putting eight or ten thousand dollars in this new enter prise and then hacking it up with his efforts to make Winder the most attractive cotton market in north Georgia. FORMING INSURANCE COMPANY. There are few cities in Georgia as progressive as is Winder. We are informed that plans are under wav to organize immediately an old line life insurance company with headquarters here. We understand that the capital sffick will he SIOO,OOO. It is a well known fact that all the old line life insurance compa nies have to make a deposit of SIOO,- 000 with the state of Georgia be fore they can do business in this -date. It is the purpose of the par ties interested to select probably 100 men from Jackson, Walton and Gwinnett counties to compose this company, selecting from each county ten leprcsentative citizens as directors. The probabilty is that of recent years there has not been a more im portant subject brought to the at tention of our southern people than the great question of life insurance and the amount of money that is sent to the cast that never returns to the southland. There are no men anywhere with higher ideals, better business judgement nor more straight-forward in their dealings than the men of the south. There fore there is no argument necessary to present to the people the sound ness and importance of this enter prise. We trust that the public will become at once interested in the proposition and lend the pro moters whatever encouragement may be necessary. Among those whoare primarily in terested in theforming of this corpo ration are Messrs. J. B. Williams, W. L. Blasingame, S. W. Arnold, W. H. Toole and others- NO. 15