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The Barrow Times
Published Every Thursday
A. G. LAMAR, Editor
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Entcrred as second-class Mail matter at the post-office at Winder, Ga., under
Act of Congress March 3. 1879.
The man who continually kicks at his government not only docs
himself harm hut harms others and accomplishes little good.
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United States soldiers have crossed tin 1 border and shown the Mexi
can rebels they must not endanger the lives of United States citizens
in their efforts to tear down their own government.
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Three more states, New York, Ohio and Kansas have through their
legislatures this week, ratified the amendment allowing sufferage to
women.
The doctors are now claiming that good beer is essential in the
treatment of certain cases. They fail to state that it is very detrimen
tal in thousands of eases and excedingly injurious to millions of per
sons it allowed to form the habits. If prohibition is to prove successful,
it must prohibit all alcoholic drinks.
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BONDS DEFEATED.
The Times regrets beyond expression the defeat of our bond election
fast Saturday. This failure to carry bonds for the purpose of building
a court house for Barrow County and to make permanent highways
is to be deeply regretted by every progressive citizen, and by every
man who possesses county pride andwishes his comity to rank with
the leading counties of the State.
The Times cannot believe our people fully understood the issue and
realized its importance to the future growth and development of our
aection, or they would not have been so indifferent as to fail to turn
out and vote.
There are some strange things happen in this worldl and this is one
of them. But here’s hoping we may live long, proper roads or no roads,
and it we are so iortutiate. after having neglected our duty, as to
rearii that city when itissaid the si reels and highways are paved with
gold, we will suffer some compunction of conscience for not having
better ones down here when the < pporfunity was offered and rejected
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HAVE ANOTHER ELECTION.
If Ordinary Hill will call another election we feel there will lie no
doubt as to tiie result. Our people were busy and had not thought
over the matter, many thought there would he enough votes polled to
carry bonds without going out themselves and remained at home to
work.
If another election is called they will realize the necessity and im
portance of going out to vote and will feel enough interest in the re
sult to turn out. This is too important a matter to give up, hut an
other election should be ordered and every voter become interested
and go to.work.
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The ultimatum sent to the Hermans on last Monday with the new
treaty demands a “yes” or “no” by .Tune 2drd, and if the answer is
“no,” the armistice will he declared off and the allied armies will pro
ceed to invade Germany. The terms are so much more in accord with
justice and wright than would have been the ease had (Jermany been
victorious, there is little doubt as to that nation siguing the treaty.
The Republican Senators are fighting the league of nations purely
from political reasons and to try and elect a republican president next
year. The way a few professed democrats are fighting the league of
nations it seems that they are anxious to have the republicans win.
What about such democracy?
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Those who profess to know predict that prices on all products will
continue high for several years.
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FRIENDS.
Robert Louis Stevenson says “friends are the end and reward of
life.” and he asks this question: “Of what shall a man he proud if he
is not proud of his friends?”
One of the sadest and most pathetic trials in the life of a man is
when sorrow, misfortune or calamity comes to him and there is no
friendly hand, no word <>f cheer, no line of sympathy, and he can only
feel theerushing weight of the bitterest of all thoughts to the human
heart, “friendless and forgotten.”
Having been confined in a hospital for the past three weeks, the ap
preciation of friends and their many acts of kindness have caused me
more than ever in my life to realize the real meaning of friendship
and what it is worth to one during hours of loneliness and suffering.
The flowers, the kindly visits and the letters of cheer and sympathy
during those long and tiresome days, made the editor of The Times
feel that lie was not forgotten and that he had friends who still re
membered.
The following lines picked up somewhere, so beautifully express
how my heart feels to those many friends, 1 cannot restrain the de
aire to quote them :
I’d like to be tbe sort of friend that you have been to me,
I’d like to be tbe help that you've been always glad to be,
I’d like to mean as much to you each minute of tbe day
As you have meant, old friend of mine, to me along tbe way.
I’d like to do the big things and tbe splendid things for you,
To brush the gray from om your skies and leave them only blue;
I’d like to say the kind things that 1 so oft have heard,
And feel that 1 could rouse yours oul tbe way that mine you’ve
stirred.
I’d like to give you back tbe joy that you have given me,
Vet that were wishing you a need I hope will never be;
I’d like to make you feel as rich as 1. who travel on
Undaunted in the darkest hours with you to lean upon.
I’m wishing at this very time that I could but repay
A portion of the gladness that you’ve strewn along my way.
And could I have one wish this day, this only would it be;
I’d like to be tbe sort of friend that vou have been to me.
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President Wilson will begin a tour of the United States immediate
ly on his return from Europe in defense of tbe work of the peace con
ference to place the league of nations issue before the people. It is
unfortunate for America and the world at large that the president is
forced to pursue this policy. There ought not to have been any nec
essity for doing this as every man, woman and child should have
gladly stood by him and endorsed his course. The great consolation,
however, is that an overwhelming majority of the American people
will stand by the president.
The crop reports from over Georgia are not very encouraging and
the same is true from over the entire South.
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DISGUSTING AND DISGRACEFUL.
From Atlanta Journal.
If there was ever a doubt of the President’s sagacity in keeping his
own counsel, instead of advising with Republican Senators, on pro
blems of grave international concern, it has vanished in the glare of
what the last few days at Washington have disclosed. The Borahs and
Lodges themselves have given proof irrefutable that the President
was well warranted, and that in justice to the nation’s vital stake in
the cause of peace lie dared not take them into his confidence.
These Senators have shown a garrulity which would besort well
enough with a crowd of scolding - fish-wives, but which ill becomes
“the greatest deliberative assembly in the world.” Bad temper and
execrable taste, however, are the least of their offenses. They have
carried their pygmy poli ics and their spleen against the President so
far as to compromise the honor of the United States Government and
to bring about a situation w hich conceivably might disrupt or break
down the long-labored efforts of the world’s highest statesmanship to
effect a just and durable peaee.
They have forced into publication a provisional draft of the peace
treaty, which America’s spokesman at Versailles promised, in agree
ment with the Allied governments, should not he given out. The Re
publicans sought to create the impression, moreover, that the Presi
dent was conniving at some secret scheme. The fact is, as the publish
ed document plainly sli ws, there was no faintest lingo of anything of
the sort. The terms set forth in that tentative paper are substantially
the same as those indicated inpreviouusly published abstracts of the
proposed treaty. But for the very reason that they were tentative ra
ther than final in all details, the Allied statesmen deemed it wise to de
fer full publication ; indeed, they insisted upon the point, and the Pre
sident naturally acquiesced.
In thus tearing tlie unfinished treaty from diplomatic channels
where it belongs and where our responsible representatives had pro
mised il should remain, the Republican Senators have embarrassed the
Government at a critical jumicture, without serving any useful or de
fensible purpose whatsoever. They have done the very thing which
our friends, Fiance and Great Britain, asked not be done, and which
(lermany, witli her sinister propaganda still active, lias been doing
her utmost to accomplish. They have opened a way to popular misap
prehension of the peace terms and to popular dissatisfaction with
them. They have committed a breach of international courtesy which,
at least is calculated to chill the cordial relations which have obtained
between us and our associates in the great task of defending freedom
add establishing a secure world order. All this they have done in play
ing a game of partisanship too trilling for the smallest puddle of
politics in which a ward-boss ever dabbled.
The Cost.
Everything Is wort a what Its pur
chaser will pay for it according to an
>ld saying.
Evolution.
The processes of evolution have
worked for myriads of years to devel
op form of living beauty, until the
wanton destructiveness of naan Inter
venes, and an auk, or p dodo, or a pas
senger pigeon, Is forever erused from
the roll of living things. It Is a loss
of which the mind cannot bear to
think. —Exchange.
Famous Old English Castle.
Warwick castle Is said to have beers
built by the Saxons before the first
William landed on Albion’s shores. One
of its old towers has seen n thousand
summers come and go, while the other
portions of the structure belong to the
fifteenth and the sixteenth centuries.
It Is one of the most romantic and
picturesque edifices in England and Is
associated with the memory of the
great "kingmaker" of the wars of the
roses, Count Guy and other heroes who
have clanged in heavy armor through
the spacious rooms nnd In the banquet
hall drank the health of the beauteous
ladles of their llne-
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Judging by Appearance.
Don’t judge by appearance. The man
who looks like a bank president may
be a farmer who ha*- rots of business
Ktlb banks. —Exchange.
Silk Hosiery
Just received some good values in ladies’
Silk Hose in black, white, grey and brown
shades—unusually good values. Silk Hose at
SI.OO, $1.25, $2.00, $2.25, $3.50
Lisle Hosiery
In black, white and brown. Special values at
50c. 60c and 75c
Children’s Sox
All sizes in plaid and stripe top. Size sto 9 1-2
Good hosiery at reasonable prices
in keeping with quality.
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Easily Understood.
The store that is different always
does better than the store that is in
different.—Louisville Courier-Journav
Needs Grow.
Most of ns who haven’t any, in
our pious way that all we wra-i . ciey
for is to be independent, but we notice,
says the Ohio State Journal, that as
soon as anyone begins to get a few dol
lars ahead he discovers that he needs
lots more Independence than he
thought he did.
Compensation.
Providence has given us hope and
sleep as a compensation for the many
cares of life.—Voltaire.
When to Abandon Hope.
We quite agree with you that
time for a lover to give up hope k\4
the lady “cuts him dead” in the streets
and her father threatens to kick him
off the doorstep. These are discourage
ments which ought to check the ardor
of the most sanguine man.—London
Tit-Bits.