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E. LLOYD THOMAS’ To purchase your Shoes, Hats, Millinery, Dress Goods, Underwear, and all goods usually carried in a dry goods store. We have some bargains, and you should share your profits in these sales. , 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. POLITICAL A Roman consul once aaid to his architect: “Build- my house so Unit every Roman citizen may ob serve every act of uoy life ’* How changed would be the conditions in Georgia if every Legislator were im bued with this noble sentiment. A writer, possibly the editor, in a late issue of The Wesleyan Christian Advocate, asserted that it) would have lam better for the people if the last session of the Georgia legis lature had not l>een hchl. This writer may have been too much in terested in some special legislation to giye credit for any other legisla tion, which may le of great worth to the people, but we must confess that many members of our repre sentative body have demonstrated very little of the spirit of the Ro man consul. We all suspect that, in dealing with the pension bill and with the prohibition bill and the school ques tion, our legislators have not been frank and open with their constitu ents. They are mum when the old soldiers and widows wish to know why the law was not fixed so that they could get their names on the pension roll for I'dlO, in accord ance with the vote of the people of Georgia. Overwork may he given as ex cine, or the senate could not reach it on account of other important matters. The House passed it o. k., may say the representa tive who trusts himself to talk. • We all know that is mere mouthing, and we feel like saying to such leg islators, he frank for once and say you purposely left that over on ac count of the additional appropria tions for schools and the condition of the treasury; furthermore, that the school advocates can out vote the pension advocates. Georgia suffers from an over-pro duction of wordy orators who hope to succeed by flattering the i>eople instead of serving them. Orators who are mum as clams till someone else has led to disclosing the popu lar side of a subject then the cow ards rush to political rallies, whoop louder and beat the air more fiercely than any other speakers- Let us have leaders of another class; leaders of firmness and ’sin cerity of purpose; leaders who will exDress their honest convictions on public questions and reason with the people, trusting to their good sense to agree or disagree, and to their liberality to give earnest sup port to an honest, sincere man with whom they disagree on some public issues. Give us more statesmen and fewer pastmasters in the art of hobby riding and the secret of fan ning every little prejudice into flame. THE SIAIt TREASURY. What do you know about the con dition of the treasury? What does anybody know since it was examin ed by experts, discussed by Gov ernor, ex-GbWrndr, Treasurer and partisan journals? We think the average citizen can see the paper point of view. It ap pears to be nothing more than a desire to muddy the waters politic ally. One class of partisans say there will be two million dotlaja in the treasury January Ist, HHO,. the other class claim that the state will not have cash enough from taxes collected and other revenue to pay expenses of government and appro priations for the year 1910- One fears that the state will lx* disgraced hy statements made; the other fears she will not meet her obligations- The state is all right, if a little short on cash. This agitation is nothing more than the political line-up between the retrenches, who hope to lower taxation and keep appropriations down so the teachers may be paid promptly, and the philanthropies, who expect to insist that the state is aide and has the money to pay pensions and teachers. So we can pay our money and take our choice. Soon we expect to hear from the- statesmen who are ready to hare their breasts to every danger in order to pension the poor Confederates they have deceived so often and to help the common coun ty schools. SEAIE AID 10 NEGRO SCHOOLS. Quite a number of papers North and South arc giving articles in ref erance to state aid to negro schools in the South. Some claim that in justice is being done, while others defend the Southern states by en deavoring to prove that the negro schools receive more money than the colored tax payer hands into the treasury. If statistics publish ed are correct the percentage paid for negro education does appear small. We must confess that we have never quite understood the justice in taxing a man to educate other people’s children, white or colored, but wise statesmen advocate the practice everywhere and it is made a part of the law of Georgia and we make no kick. But we do kick when a public officer, pandering to popular preju dice, undertakes to discriminate against a race of people by ignoring the law that he has been sworn to Support. We have liitle hope of seeing the mass of negroes educated ; should free schools stand open nine : months in each year, but still less hope* fora trusted official who denies them by subterfuge, a single dollar granted by the state for their edu cation. When a state appropriates money for a purpose it is not within the province of an official to pay it out according to where it came from, but according to law. Those who beleive in the father | hood of God and brotherhood i^f of man will face St. Peter with fear and trembling if his question should be, ’’how did you treat your brother in black down yondet?” It's A Long Walk To As Good A Stock. That would make a first rate motto for this store. For general completeness of stock for all the time readiness to serve our customers, we can’t see how it would be possible to surpass this store’s usefulness to this communi ty. We stand prepared to cater to every home’s furniture want, how ever large, however small. There is no need for us to make excusses for our goods. All we ask is that you test our furniture by the best that you know of. We will be glad to abide hy your decision. Awaiting you, W. T. Robinson. 4 | THE RIDGE. On last Sunday at Ebenezer, the good people of this section had what they called a hide and tallow meeting The object of this meet ing was to get the remainder of the money due the preacher. Hide and tallow gathering is something new to the writer, so I don’t know how to define it. The farmers through here are about done gathering, just like a few nubbins and cracked bolls. Clever Jack Seymore and family, of Winder, were visiting C. N. Whitehead. Messrs Ed and Ben Fleeman spent last Sunday with H. I>. Flee man. Mr. Luther Whitehead, who has been sick with appendicitis is im proving rapidly. Some of our boys say the deputy sheriff ought to be arrested and put it jail. He committed a crime that none of the boys around here were able to do, the\ say. He come as a | thief in the night and carried off one of our most beautiful young i ladies. Long may they live and happy may they be. Sorry poor Sager got hurt. Hope he will soon recover and be able to write more next time- Glad begot rid ol those mites. The Ridge was well represented down oil the national highway November 3. News is scarce this week. Don’t know anything of interest to tell, and then we have to be very careful or somebody will get mad. Some Jefferson people’s feelings are wrought up to a high pitch and some crowed around like a ban tan rooster, but we havent any apologies to make. We try to give facts, and nothing but facts. But everything will be o. k. when old Santa Claus comes. Nuff Sre> PLEASANT HILL Rev- R. S. McGarity will fill his regular appointment at this place Saturday and Sunday. The singing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stark Hunter Sunday night was highly enjoyed. Mr. Wishaum Smith caught a ’possum last Friday night. After it was dressed it weighed eight pounds and three quarters- They had a big dinner Saturday and fourteen ate dinner with him. Mr. and Mrs. Columbus Hunter are the happy parents of an eleven pound hoy. Mr- and Mrs. Robert Lee Mobley were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sanders Mobley Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Owens visited Mr. and Mrs. Will Millsaps Sun day. Mrs. Linnie McDonald and Mrs Julie Ann Mobley and Mrs. Fannie McDonald were the guests of Mrs. Julie Wall Sunday. Mr. G. L Owens and daughter, Miss Mary Lou were in Winder Sat u rda y • THE RAT KING. His Method Was Successful, but It Remains a Secret. Id tbe early sixties of tbe last cen tury tbe Smithsonian institution was infested with rats. Nothing iu the building seemed to be rat proof. They ate skins cured with arsenical soap or table linen or tbe contents of I’rofessor Henry’s pantry without discrimination. Every one iu tbe city, from Professor Henry to the bootblack, had one sub ject iu common, and tbat was "rats.’ As Professor Henry, who lived iu the east end of the building, was lis tening to an account of tbe ruin wrought in his home during tbat day Professor Spencer Baird walked in and said, just as if he had been fol lowing every word of tbe family con versation, "1 have just been told tbat there is a man in Philadelphia who can rid this place of rats.” Professor Henry’s eyes expressed interest and incredulity at the same moment. -I have bis address here,” went on the assistant secretary. ‘‘He calls himself the ‘ratten konig' and won't take a cent if a rat remains and has"— "We’ll send for him if it takes our last thousand cents to do it!" said Professor Henry and laughingly pre dicted the repetition of the famous old tale of the Pied Piper of Hameiin. Several days later (he "rat king" appeared in Washington. He was al most as short as he was broad and wore clothes too loose for description; they had no shape. He carried a large oilcloth sack and a covered basket. His penetrating blue eyes were almost covered by shaggy eyebrows, and his blond hair had not beeu cut. but hag gled. His manner was short and brisk, aud he went straight to the point, talking to Professor Heury iu German. He declared that not a rat would be in the building three days hence if his directions were obeyed. Duriug that time he would stay in the basement alone; every door was to be locked, and on uo aecouut was he to be dis turbed until be gave them the signal. So they left him in absolute darkness and carried out his directions. On Suuday morning the queer old man emerged from the darkness so confident of his success that he re fused to accept the money which was his due then and there, but insisted that Professor Heury mail the check to him in Philadelphia the following week. “Now you can leave your food In the basement, and it won't be touched. And I won’t take a cent if you are troubled with rats.” were his parting words. Cheese and cake were directly placed about the building to tempt the rats. Morning after morning they were found as they had been left, and from that day to this the Smithsonian insti tution has never been ser..,usly trou bled with rats. And no one has ever found out the secret of the "rat king’s” method.—Youth’s Companion. I’ll declare that second floor de partment at Strange’s* is a beauty. More pretty Hats and Suit? than you ever saw, and they are cheap. TWILIGHT THOUGHTS Pessimism is mental indigestion- Energy is the father of success. Laughter is the music of joyous ness, Words are the leaves —deeds are the fruits. Books are the lighted lamps of ac cumulated wisdom. It is better to be fast asleep than fast awake in sin and evil- The smile tha*t gives the brighesi gleam of happieness is born in the heart. Economy in youth makes a soft easy cushion for the seat of old age. Success is not a. sign of righteous ness, and nether is prosperity a sign of peace and happiness. The sweetest and holiest* flowers of conjugal felicity very frequently grow and bloom most beautifully in the garden of poverty. The sunshine of a loving smile will melt and dissipate the biggest fogs and mists of care and trouble and sorrow Sarcasm causes indigestion in the bosom of good feelings and is sure to bring about a terrible dyspepsia of animosity and ill-will The poorest man on earth is the man burdened with riches, and the most pitiable maw is the rich man with no hope of heaven. A life, without the sunlight of Christianity, is like a night without a star to glisten amid its shadows, and tint them with its radiant beamings. A home, without the sunlight beaming of reciprocal affection, is a jail of wretchedness and filled with dismal and dreary shawdows of loneliness and gloom and sorrow and ; despair. A love-lit smile of cordial approba tion from one we love tints earth | with all the exquisite hues and j gorgeous colorings of celestial splen dors and glories .and beauties. — i Elberton Star. HULOWE’EN PARTY. Mrs. Homer Smith entertained the young matron’s club, Friday aiternoon, m honor or Iter guest, Miss Susie Davison, of Athens. The lower floor was tnrown open to the guests and was appropriately decorated, with autumn leaves, Hallowe’en lanterns, and many pot plants. Games, gussing contest and other Hallowe’en past times were engaged in during the afternoon. The scorecards were hand painted pump kins. Mrs. C. O. Niblack won first prize, a beautiful hand painted pic ture, while Mrs. H. E. Millikin re ceived the consolation, a little pumpkin man. After the games refreshments were served. The guests were: Miss Susie Davison, Mesdames Mathews and Hulmn of Athens; Mesdames, Hariy Milliken, L. W. Hodges, B. B. Perry, E. C- Mc- Donald, W. 0. Perry, Mac Potts, C. O. Niblack, \V. M. Holsenbeck, G. A. Johns, E. F. Saxon, T. A- Maynard, John 1 Maynard, John McDonald, W. D. Johnson, H. C. Smith,Otis Jackson,and Miss Anna Cook.