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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, October 28, 1909.
A woman in Wilkesbarre, Pa ,
according to an exchange, wanted
to see her condemned husband
hang. This is very singular—well
women are funny creatures, anyway-
The tax collector will allow all
citizens to register, we suppose, who
have paid their taxes, etc., without
regard to character clause in the
law, leaving the registrars and
courts to pass on the good moral
character of the citizen, white or
colored.
The Atlanta daily papers have
discussed the new registration law
at length of late, but the point of
difference was of little interest to
any one except the editors. The
voter is safe if he follows the ad
vice of either editor.
COUNCIL BISY.
The street committee will, it is
understood, recommend to council
Tuesday night the widening of Can
dler street.
The committee met at the junc
tion of Candler and Church streets
Monday morning.
All property owners along the
thoroughfare were invited to lie
present and a large majority re
sponded.
After thoroughly discussing the
matter, and obtaining the views of
those present, it was the opinion of
at least a majority of the committee
that the work should l>e done.
It is to Im* hoped couneil will take
a broad, liberal, public-spirited
view of the situation and allow no
personal or individual interest to
swerve them in a public matter that
means much to our people and
more to the development of our
beautiful little city.
POLITICAL.
Notwithstanding the press of
business in the advertising columns
and the click of the job presses the
editor of The News has time tojgive
heed to political chat. About one
month of the political year has gone
by. One year from today many
new faces may be seen in public
offices. Other editors may spend
their time in organizing mutual ad
miration societies and casting
flowers in the pathsjM the worthy
and unworthy alike. They may he
blind and mum on questions of poli
tics and may splash their strongest
superlatives in praise of the trickiest
demagogues, if it suits them, hut
as for this editor he claims the
right to call a spade a spade and to
express his views on public questions
recognizing no boss, standing ready
to pay all legitimate costs. What
he claims for himself ho grants to
others and has no personal griev
ance or kick for his friends who
may oppose his views to the utmost.
This is the season when those in
office, caution against political ag
iation; they fear that the people
will get worried with attending to
their own business of selecting offi
cers to fill responsible positions.
They say little but their hench
men stalk the county advising pros
pective candidate, to wait two years
or at least three months, say till
February 1.
At court these fixers, looking wise
as an owl, will then say to the pros
pective who waited:
“Well er I’ll tell yer, this is a
big county and yeuve waited so
late, I—er—expectl— er—expect everybody has
been obligated. Here like I tell
jar, jest wait till next time —I don t
bleve you will have opposition.’’
In manv counties there are men
who have grown gray waiting for
the fixers and a propitious time for
a race.
The people have a right to select
the best man for any position, but
the people can not select if the man
fails to offer his services.
Party lines have been eliminated
and there is now ro political organ
ization to advise with except fam
ily combinations or political speak
esies that may have sprung up about
court houses. Better see the people
al)out it this time, Mr- Candidate-
THE PURPOSE Of IT.
Nearly all of our readers under
stand the purpose of contests such
as is now l>eing conducted by The
Winder News without any explana
tion from us
Thanks to the liberal people of
Winder and vicinity,this editor has
been pleased to live in Winder and
conduct The News two years or
longer. He hopes to serve these
generous advertisers better by plac
ing the paper in every nook and
corner of the territory in reach of
our patrons. We are willing to
risk a sacrifice in an effort to con
vince others outside of this vicinity
what progressive citizens live here
and that there is room for as many
more. We would convince them
that Winder’s growth is not de
pendent on the death of anj r citi
zen, but upon the life and hustle
of all who are here and the hun
dreds whom they stand ready to
welcome here. What we say of
Winder is also true of the live towns
of Hosehton, Auburn and Statham,
which we thank for patronage and
boj-e to serve.
THE RIDGE.
Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Fulcher are
the happy parents of a girl.
Mr. Summie Kiningham, of Jef
ferson, visited home-folks Sunday.
Uncle Jessie and Mr. Fred
Thurmond spent last Saturday
night and Sunday with J. R. Doster
and family.
Several people from around here
are talking of going to Atlanta to
see the automobile “smash up.’’
Miss May be lie Fleeman spent last
Sunday with Misses Ada and
Woodie Roberts,
Mr. Jess Doster, who is collecting
for a firm in Winder, has traveled
very extensivly here of late. He
reports that the cotton crop is about
gathered.
Saj , that boy that left home be
cause his Pa would’nt let him have
a horse to run up and down the
road every Sunday and Sunday
night, had better return, for he
won’t find “Daddy and Mammy”
at every house.
Those two girls that were scrap
ping over a rat as their fellows came
in the other day, tore it up. Well
they looked better without it any
how.
Who ever it was that stole John
Sear’s fine “possum,” dog will
please return the same and receive
a genteel good “cussin.”
A great many mountain wagons
have passed thrugh The Ridge the
last week or too, with apples, chest
nuts and cabbage. Don’t guess they
carried anything else.
But let me tell you; I saw a man
the other day. Yes, he was a
married man, though he’s not l>een
married long enough to realize the
meaning of the word Pa. He was
actually picking cotton withe gloves
on, and they had finger's to them
too. It looked funny.
After resting a while, and letting
the people who advertise have our
space, we are here again and fresh
as a watermellon just pulled from
the vine, feeling mighty good over
Still Going On!
Greatest Cut Price Sale Ever
Inaugurated in This Section
of the State
Worth of Up=to-Date Merchandise
Must Be Sold by January Ist.
This sale commenced Saturday morning,
and during the entire day our large force of
salesmen were rushed waiting on the hundreds
of customers who thronged our store through
out the day. We take this method of apolo
gizing to the hundreds of customers who were
turned away during the day. We thought we
were well prepared to meet this occasion, but
this sale exceeded our greatest expectations.
So those who were unable to get in our store
Saturday we ask to come again, assuring them
we shall be prepared to serve them. Thous
ands of bargains can be obtained here yet, as
our stock was in every way complete.
Don’t fail to come. You will be surprised
to find how much money you can save here.
And remember, we guarantee every purchase
or your money refunded.
'♦K,. 'Wtew&el $> Cos.,
The Outfitters,
WINDER, - - - GEORGIA.
the present high price of cotton.
Hope it will continue to climb up
higher, through if it don’t we are
powerful thankful to get 13 and 14
cents for it.
Mr. Luther Whitehead is very ill
at this writing. Ni ff Skd.
NOTICE.
All parties indebted to the firm
of Hill A r Flanigan must settle at
once. These notes and accounts
will he found at the office of Flani
gan & Flanigan in care of Jim \V .
Saunders, who is authorized to
make settlement,
Hill & Flank;an.
Announcement.
I beg to inform my friends and the public that x
have, secured the agency for the celebrated
HUB brand shoes
ivv/wy/i For Men, Ladies and Children. Before buying
your shoes call and inspect my line. I wi'l save
you money and sell you better shoes.
F. HOFMEISTER, Winder. Ga.