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Respectability. >
It will I>e generally' conceded that
Home men are more “respectable”
than others, hut as to just what
makes respectability, are whether
it is the result of any one particu
lar things, or of a combination
of several things, there is apt to be
some difference of opinion.
According to Mr. Andrew Carne
gie, respectability is a simple mat
ter of money, and certainly he is
in a position to know, so far at
least as his own case is concerned.
For our part we should hesitate to
say that Mr. Carnegie would lie less
respectable if he had less money,
hut we may observe without fear of
contradiction that lie would certain
ly lie less often heard of.
“There is,” says Mr. Carnegie,
“no 1 >etter test of a respectable merri
lx*r of society than a bank l>ook
showing a good balance or title deeds
to a house or farm unencumbered
by debt.’’
In other words, to be “respect
able” is not to live a clean life, to
deal justly and honorably, to win
the regard of the worthy, to do
great deeds, to think great thoughts,
to fight bravely for one’s country,
or to perform lasting service to hu
manity —but to have a good bank
balance. Than this there is “no
1 letter test,” says Mr. Carnegie, and
presumably there is no other half
as good. According to this test,
Mr. Rockefeller is the most respect
able and Mr. Carnegie the i.ext
most respectable citizen of the
world.
Few, if any, of the poets, philo
sophers, artists, and inventive gen
iuses of history hayc measured up
to Mr. Carnegie’s standpoint, and
the teachers of religious least of all.
The evangelists of the first century,
in fact, literally obeyed the injunc
tion of the Master to take no thought
for- the morrow. The Dantes
and Michel Angelos and Shakes
peare of the past were never known
to have a good bank balance. They
were absorbed in the pure joy of
doing great things, poor beggars,
and were content to leave the piling
up of money to more stilish and
less gifted seuls. In the eyes of the
rich and fat bourgeoisie they were
fai from “respectable,’’ and it was
even left to posterity to render
thanks for their achievements.
In this cotnmeicial age, when the
retired “captains of industry” have
taken to instructing the world on
all manner of subjects,perhaos it is
more true than iteyer was that “re
spectability'’is a matter of dollars
—in the estimation of tho thought
dess crowd. Nevertheless, with
all due respect for the man of thrift
who is at the same tiuie honest, we
are not quite ready to accept a hank
balance and good repute as synony
mous terms.—Kx,
C. , ■ ■
THE WICKED CADDIE.
Among Mr. Carnegie’a-in numerad
Scotch stories is one about a caddie
of St. Andrews, says the St- Louis
Globe Democrat.
1 h : s caddie’s wife —so Mr- Car
negie’s story runs,was much troubled
by her husband’s loose way of
life. He could never have a good
day on the links but lie must end it
with a wet night at the tavern. So,
to cure him, the woman lay in wait
on the road one evening, dressed in
a white sheet.
When her husband appeared she
rose from behind a , an awful
white figure, with outspread arms.
“Who the de’ll are you?” asked
the intemperate caddie.
“I’m nuld Nick.” said the figure
in a hollow voice.
“(lie's a shake o’ yer hand,
then,” said the tipsy caddie. “I'm
married tae a sister o’ yours
Hhe’ll be waitin’ for us up at the
hoose, an’ nae doot she’ll make ye
welcome.”
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TREACHERY and malice.
Malice is the foundation of treach
ery, the latter is the result of the
former. Of the two, treachery is
the greater evil. Malice is formed
in the human heart, and is one of
the worst and most detestable
characteristics of mankind- It is
the direct result of evil sentiments,
a morbid state of mind that grows
slowly but surely, increasing with
age.
Among its most venomous and least
pleasing aspects is treachery, that
most abominable of human charac
teristics. There is no way to guard
against treachery. It cames on us
unawares and strikes when least ex
ieeted. That is the greatest danger
ii it, we never know when it is
fco’ng to strike us. Sometimes our
best friends and those upon whom
we count most, prove treachcious
and unreliable. There is nothing
to do then but make the best of the
situation and try to guard against
them next time. A treacherous
friend is one of the most dangerous
specimens the ordinary individual
can run up against. He is a two
fold danger because, as a rule, his
friends confide in him. It behooves
everybody to beware of the treach
erous person, especially the treach
friend. When you find him watch
him thereafter. Trusting such a
person twice is sheer folly, and those
who suffer thereby have only them
selves to blame.
It is not necessary to argue at
any great length on this question.
All that is necessary for the average
person to do in order to be on his
guard against such characters, then
he,at least,will suffer the minimum
of danger.—Rome Tribune-Herald.
THE BEST YET.
The attraction at The Lyric
Saturday night will be the “Joshua
Siinpkins”*company. It is a strong
rural comedy drama, opening with
a realistic scene of rural home life,
showing Skinner Tavern with Uncle
Josh’s Briar Farm in the distance
The play progresses, alxunding in
interesting situations,until a climax
jis reaching, in the third act, when
ja human being is helplessly bound
ito a log to In* cut in twain by a
} mammoth buzz saw, and is only
saved by the timely arrival of Uncle
Josh. “Joshua Simpkins” was
written with a view of keeping an
audience thoroughly amused, and
it fully carries out the author's in
tention. The plot is not allowed to
interfere with the comedy parts to
any extent, thus producing a play
that is thrilling, interesting and said
to contain many laughs. The com
pany carries a fine orchestra and tne
'laughable burlesque man.
E. LLOYD THOMAS, <
DEALER IN
Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes , Hats and Millinery
Broad and Candler Sts., Next to Winder Banking Cos. Phone 163.
WINDER, GA., 1909.
To the Public:
We are out for business, and don't you think for one moment
that you can buy goods cheaper elsewhere than at our store, if
iou will only call before making your purchase we will convince
you we are the people, for the people, good goods at low prices.
We are looking for you at our store, where we can easily convince
you our prices are on bottom. e. LLOYD THOMAS.
Lyric Theatre.
Sa S y N0v.27
THE GREAT NEW ENGLAND PEAY
Joshua
Simpkins
BIG FUN AND MUSICAL SHOW.
n Special Scenery and Mechanical
Effects.
See the Great Saw v 1 ill Scene.
Hear the Joshua Simpkins Or
chestra.
Best of Singing and Dancing
Specialties.
WATCH FOR THE
Burlesque Band Parade.
Popular Prices—Hoc, 50c and 75c.
WHO’S OUTEN LINE.
Too often of late have we heard
someone say: “We must all get
in line.” Get in what line?
Haven’t we been in line with our
history, traditions, and the teach
ings of our fathers for all these
years?
From a sense of duty and a
knowledge of right doing, have we
not followed the one broad, nation
al American policy of advocating
such measures as may l>e for the
common good and benefit of all,
and opposed as best we could all
encroachments by legislation and
otherwise bv the Republican party,
which has with increasing greed,
year by year, enacted such laws as
give special privileges, and even go
ing down into the pockets of the
masses, exacting a bounty for the
benefit of the favored few, under
the guise of protection to infant
American industries on the one
hand, and a revenue to bear the ex
penses of the general government
on the other?
Do we not now see that this is no
time to either sulk in our tents or
lie down before the great juggernaut
of power behind the ever increasing
exactions of certain organized in
dust lies?
At a time when the awakening
West, lifting its eyes for the first
time toward the East, only to dis
cover that although they possess
the great graneries of the earth,
>till have little or no power to con
trol the levying of taxes to be
placed upon the people, under the
guise of revenue for the government,
but in reality as a bounty for the
trust. If we mistake not the met
tle of the man of the West, while
he has all these years been building
a home in a land flowing with milk
and honey, now that he comes to
look about him, finds that year by
year the insatiate greed of the East
continues to lay its hand upon their
earnings with ever-increasing ex
actions, he will demand his right
to live as a free man, and not the
supine slave of the combined so
called interests.
lou will find the man who has
subdued the prairies and conquered
the bucking bronco and brought
them to his service, has sufficient
mettle in his make-up to resist the
daring hold-up.
The man of the West has been
buncoed for the last time. When
the convention at Chicago gave to
him the amiable Mr. Taft, as chief
executive, they did not then see
that the Fast was careful to keep
themselves the real power behind
the throne, or more powerful than
the tin-one itself, in the person and
policies of Mr. Joseph G. Cannon.
The promises of Mr. Taft of tariff
revision, when a candidate on the
stump, is still fresh in the memory
of the multitude.
No less fragrant, however, is the
.savory smell of the odor from flesh
pots, to the highly protected inter
ests when Messrs. Aldrich and
Payne and other sainted apostles
began to fry the fat out of the com
mon people by raising the duty on
so many articles "the people must
have.
If the American people could but
realize the vast sum of money wrung
from the hard earnings of the work
ing man, and dumped directly into
the coffers of the inordinately rich
manufacturers without one penny
going into the treasurery of the
.United States, a French revolution
would be but a tame affair.
Fall in whose line, follow whose
lead? Shall we forsake all our
fathers contended for? Shall we for
get lessons taught at our mother’s
knee? Shall we by traitorous act
wipe out the blood stains that cry
out from their sacred resting places,
spilled by brave liearts in defence
of honor and of truth, and follow
the lead of Joseph G. Cannon and
his freebooters and buccaneers, bent
on the prostration and subjugation
of the on the one hand, and
the inordinate enrichment of certain
classes on the other? Under whose
dag Bezonian shall we pitch our
tents and guard the sacred bivouac
of our deathless dead?
By whose command shall we dis
honor the history our fathers have
made and written in their blood?
By whose edict shall we now
turn aside from the narrower paths
of righteousness, of rectitude, of
honor, of truth and love, for our
fellow man, and follow the great,
broad highway, sometime miscalled
Americanism, but which is more
properly called lilierticide or politi
cal lil>ertincism, the object of which
is to make certain favored rich
richer, and leave the masses in
political limbo.
The time has been when we were
so poor and needy, that the crumbs
from the table might tempt us, but
not now, gentlemen, not now. The
quick lunch pie counter has no
charms for us now. We are quUe
comfortable and intend to occupy
McGregor’s place at the table. Yes,
we propose to sit at the head of the
table. In our own way, we propose
to sit at the great national table, -
where all American citizens may sit
with equal rights and equal oppor
tunities. Yes, the South will be
there in God’s own time, following
her own time honored pathway with
the consciousness of right and in
the biotherhood of mankind, she
will be there — >
Come one, come all; both far and
near,
Highland or lowland of any the
peer.
—Rome Tribune Herald.
UPS AND DOWNS.
‘‘What,” said the teacher, “are
antonymns?”
“Words,” replied the pupil,
which are directly opposite in
meaning.”
“Give an example,” pressed the
teacher. “Anyone can reply parrot
wise ! ” J
“Up,” said the pupil, “and
down. ’ ’
“Quite correct,” approved tie
teacher. “And now, composed a
sentence making use of them.”
The pupil pondered. TJien:
“Seeing a light ahead,” he pro
claimed, “the, engineer was sorely
puzzled whether to slow up or slow
down.” —Chicago Daily Socialist.
Don’t Miss It.
The “Joshua Simpkins” com
pany, carrying their own special
scenery, a band of music and fine
orchestra, will produce the great
pastoral comedy drama of that
name at The Lyric Saturday night,
Nov. 27th.
The piece deals with country life
and people, three acts of the play
being laid in one of the .many quait
villages of Vermont. The second
act (in three scenes! portrays Uncle
Josh’s first visit to Washington
City. In the third act a sensational
saw mill effect is shown, being
nothing more or less than a com
plete saw mill in full operation,
cutting up genuine timber. Tho
saw is a genuine buzz or circular
saw, and cuts up real timber at
lightning speed.
Economy.
Wifey—Oh, this is awful! These
curtains I got at the bargain sale
don’t match our furniture.
Hubby —Return ’em.
Wifey —I should say not —cheap
as I got them! We must have some
new furniture at once! —Cieaveland
Leader.
NOTICE TO TRESPASSERS.
All parties are warned not to
hunt, fish or otherwise trespass upon
the premises of the undersigned.
This November 25th, 1909.
Mrs. Cai.lik Millsaps,
G. S. Millsaps.