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WINDER WEEKLY NEWS Published Every Thursday Evening Ross Bros. Editors and Proprietors Entered at the Postoffice at Winder, Ga., as Second Class Mail Matter. Thursday, July 8, 1909. Always speak well of yourself. Your friends will tell your faults and more. A Nebraska bachelor says women and newspapers should not Ik* judged by their wrappers. East year’s purchase of ties by! the country’s railroads wen* only two-thirds as large as 11)07. Some people say that night rid ing” is excusable because it is too hot to ride in the day time. The owl may not be as wise as, he looks, but he is wise enough not to try to work hoth the night and day shifts. An exchange says Mrs. Gould had plenty of chance to show her $->OO stockings in gettir.g on and off the water wagon. Twas not port rates which gut Gyrt in had, but as he says, a little “Happy II ooligan” stunt for the Smith administration. How would you like to be a school teacher and spend s’>() dur ing the present hot month to qual ify fur a $35-a-month teaching job for next winter? No, Girtrudc, dear, Hoke never fired McLendon for dealing in rail road bonds, and surely be would not bold this as a club over Me s head for eight months. Don't suspect everything and everybody. There aren't so many hypocrites as you think, and to judge by one’s self is radically wrong, says a paper away down in Florida. Over twenty eases of pistol wounds and knife stabs were treated at Grady hospital, Atirnta, Monday night. And we suspect that “nigh b ‘cr ' was at the bottom of all of if The Georgia legislature has been in session about ten days and there has been nothing accomplished either to the benefit or detriment of the state. Tin* people are be coming tired of paying politicians logo to Atlanta and juggle, and biennial or triennial sessions would be more to their liking than the present state of affairs. We wore not willing to condemn McLendon for his attitude in the Atlanta pint rate question, which was the > >le grounds upon which ■Governor Smith suspended the rail road commissioner, hut now that bhe ‘legislature's subsequent invest *tiga*ions have unearthed n strong suspicion of crooki and (leadings in street railway bonds, \n arc ready to hack up the legislature with a hearty amen should it prove the charges and impeach the enthusias tic “refawner.' Wonder il Jackson eonntyV ordinary looked up the grand jury presentment- relative to “White Hops” lMore issuing a nigh-beer : license for Winder s border? lint 1 that is ‘ immaterial. Where then is a will there is a way- We have already heard of women s tears on account of this joint, and it is up to the good people of the neighborhood to put it out of business and do it now. The people of \\ inder are depending upon you for concerted action. Will she be disappointed? AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS. With the automobile, as in n ost everything else, the many must bear the approbium which attaches to the sins of the few. For a thousand automobile drivers there may be half a dozen reckless fellows who will reflect discredit on and engender prejudice against all. Asa rule the mobile owners of Winder are very considerate of the farmers and bring their machines to a stand-still in cases of frightened stock. They realize that the road is a public institution and each man has his rights thereon, but we learn recently swell-headed mobilists have been passing through this sec tion solely upon the assumption that the earth and its right of way belongs to them and all else must get out of the way, not stopping or earing in which direction fright ened stock took their flight- Thi-re is no disposition on the part of farmers and drivers of spirit ed animals to deprive automobiles of any of their rights to the roads, but something must he done to stop reckless driving, and it is certain that too much lineancy on the part of the authorities will not have that effect. When a driver can speed his machine on'the main highways regardless of life or liifib to others it is high time to inquire of the courts what they consider danger ous conduct. And then, on the other hand, there arc a few real dog mean fel lows in the country who will drive a horse or mule which is not scared of “Old Nick” himself in the mid dle of the road for half a mile and pay no attention to the “honk honk” of tho mobilist who is at tempting to pass. The mobiles are here to stay and it will he a long time before young stock will not prick up their ears upon their approach, so let’s adapt ourselves to conditions as they exist and show a liberal consideration for our felloivmen. NO CHINAMEN CONVERTED. Referring to the recent murder of Hide tSigel in New York by a China man she was trying to convert, one is tempted to asg whether the bu-u --ncss of msssions among the Chinese is worth while, since the history of t he movement shows that the China man is more likely to convert the mission worker to opium than the mission worker is to convert the Chinaman to Christianity. Sir l’ohrct Hart, for many years in charge of the Chinese customs on behalf of the British Govern or'll t, and piobably better acquit in t t and with China and the Chinese than any other white man, has made the frank statement that, no matter what missionaries may believe and say,not one ('hinaman has ever been really converted to Christianity. lie contends that the sole object of attending English-speaking schools is to learn English and to pick up foreign methods, and that .John Chinaman's pretense of con version is pretense and nothing more- There are more white heathen in New York than all the Chinamen mission will ever convert, here or in China. And such girls as Elsie Sigel can find better employment for their energies among the chil dren of the American poor than among the almond-eyed devils of tin Chinese hells, infested by the very worst ol the underworld. — Saturday Dade, Say, Mr. Police and Members of the City Council, don t you think it is about time to clean up? First re move the cause of unpleasant talers and it won't take quite so much lime in the future. A man tells us lie was siek two weeks and not a soul called on him. lit ordered a jug by express the next week and live came to see him the night it arrived. With the Paragraphers. Governor Brown brought to the capitol with him a gourd to install at the water cooler in the executive office. First time we are in Atlanta we are sure going around and take a drink with him —Oglethope Echo. There is a man in Decatur county who is reputed to he such a liar that when the time comes to feed his hogs he has to get some one else to call them for him. — Bainbridge Search Light. It's suprising how much a six teen-yea l-old son can tell his father that the old man won’t believe. — Exchange. Miss Buzzard of Cincinnati, aged 20, changed her name last week by marrying a young man named Bird. We could say more, hut will allow the thoughts to take wings.— Ex change. The Charleston News and Courier is trying to break the girls from wearing white shoes. It says they make a girl's feet look larger. — Augusta Herald. Mr Smith while Governor, re commended that the prison bo rad he increased from three to Hive. The legislature carried out the re quest, and then he would not he governed by these five men who in vestigated mattters and reported under oath. —Duhloncgo Nugget. The daily papers are full of horri ble stories of crime, scandals, mur ders and many things unfit for fami ly Derusal. The Macon Nows advo cates a censorship of the press in order to suppress such stories. Something ought to be done. OLD-TIME BASEBALL. John Michael, of Oconee county, the famous pitcher of the old “Pop an,-Go” baseball team, was visiting friends in Winder this week. It is said that for live years he never lost a game. In his day the rules re quired delivering the ball from be low the hip, and he could hurl the pig skin hi) yards on a level with this handicap, and was the first man to successfully use a curved ball hereabouts. Mr. Michael is a left hander. When the subject of has ball was mentioned he remarked to the editor: “There i- not a man in the game today who can steal a base on me and bob (AirithersA The “Pop-an ’-Gos ; ' were the champions of this section of the state for five years hack, in the days when ton na n composed a team. Mr. Mi chael pitched his last game in ISTh. The team was composed as follows: John Micnael, pitcher. boo C’arithcrs, catcher. Jim Jackson, first base. Joe Jones, second base. < lold ii t'arithers, third base. Jim t'arithers, shortstop. A. (i. t 'oop('i, right field. Granby Jackson, left field. Frank Gritfeth, center field lack (JritToth, backstop. bills of varying si/e and impor tance are blillging the pockets of our new legislators —Klberton Star Yep and it may be that they have “buliged the pockets’’ of some of our old ones. TRY IT. From the Sterling bulletin: “Newspaper men, as a rule, have but two things to sell —space and subscription —and it would he just as consistent to ask your grocer for a dozen oranges ‘ju>t to fill up, as to ask the editor for a dozen lines m his newspaper just to boost your business with tin idea you are doing a kindness in helping to ‘till up space. Try getting a free dinner at the hotel just to till up.” We have been requested to pub lish notice of the fern pie Baptist church, Allanta, Ga., to he held Sunday, July 11. Ail ex-mem bers are urgently requested to make an extra effort to attend. IF YOU WANT A GOOD FARM HEKE YOU A(<E! t f i'll You may talk about your western farms==(Jklahoma, Texas and elsewhere, and they aremighty fine. We sell them and know all about their worth. .But never will the Georgia farm or the Georgia home cease to be the dearest spot on earth to the vast majority, of Georgia’s patriotic men and women. They are content ed and satisfied to live beneath her blue skies, to drink her cool and pure water, breathe her health-giving air and work for her industrial and agricultural advancoment. This advertisement is about Georgia farms. We have some that are worth seeing in point of value, fertil ity, desirability and healthfulness. Take the fine farms we have for sale around Winder and Statham, and also in Oglethorpe, Wilkes, McDuffie, Taliaferro and Green counties. To give you a full description of all of them, to tell you all about their values and many advantages would take too long. Really,' if we could tell you all in this advertisement, still, to appreciate them as they deserve, you would have to see them, and we are ready to show you now at any time you desire to go and look. 50-ACRE FARMS 300-ACRE FARM*S 75 - ACRE FARM-5 500-ACRE FARM 5 100-ACRE FARM-5 i 000-ACRE FARMS \ We have any size farm you want; can give you the best of terms, and all these farms are in healthy sections in middle and northeast Georgia, convenient to schools and churches; clever citizens and kind neighbors. As to prices, we believe we can give vou the greatest ever offered. We can settle any number of families in one community, if they want to be together, where they can all be neighbors and patronize the same school. """ We sell from five to 8,000 acres of fine farm lands every year, and know what Georgia people want, and always satisfy them. LET U 5 SHOW YOU THESE FARMS AND CHOOSE YOURS FROM AMONG THEM. IN A -SHORT WHILE YOU WILL 5E THROUGH WORK, AND YOU SHOULD LoSE No TIME IN MAKING AN ENGAGEMENT. WRITE OR CoME To GEE U 5, WE ARE READY To -SERVE YOU. Lamar & Perry, WINDER. GEORGIA.