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THE BARROW TIMES
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A. G. LAMAR, Editor
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March .1,187 th
BOND ELECTION WINS.
The bond election on last Tuesday for good
roads and building a court house tor Barrow
County won by a good majority.
This was the most important issue ever
submitted to the voters of Harrow and the
K „.,.-ss of it moans more to the future grow
th and development and prosperity ot our
county than any of us eau imagine .it '<
present time. ~
It would have been a great calamity to all
of us and a set-back to our county irrepar
able bad the voters defeated bonds.
Some of our good citizens honestly oppos
ed bonds, some were misled by false state
ments made and some had not acquainted
themselves on the law and the real import
ance of a bond issue. .
When all of us calmly consider the issues
involved and the great benefits that will be
derived we believe there is not a man among
us but that will he pround of the result.
We should now all unite and cooperate
with the ordinary ami work together tor
betler roads and a greater county. Dispel
imaginary evils and mismanagement and try
and get good roads in every corner ot >ar
row. work together to have better schoo s in
every district, better homes and everything
Ihal ‘uplifts and makes good cilizens.
The Times did all it could to help win the
election because it felt and believed it was
for the best interest of all the people, and a
paper failing to do Ibis is worth little to a
county. „
This was not a political issue but one tor
the public good, and when an issue of this
kind arises no local paper should be afraid
to espouse what it believes is for the public
good. . ,
The Times has tried to show to its renders
the importance of the bond election and the
benefits to be derived, and lias tried to be
fair and just and not autocratic in its con
tentions
It feels good over Hie result, not from any
selfish or personal reason, but bcc-ise it feels
it was for the best for all ot ils people.
The crop prospect for Barrow Coupty was
never better.
Hood roads and a Courl House places Bar
row County on the road for greater pros
perity.
O ——
Land values are going higher in the south
because the world is at last realizing what
the Hout h really is.
EHEU!FUGACES
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Much loss interest is being taken in the
commencements here than used to he, hulh
by the public and students, '•oars hack they
commenced on Sunday and a few times on
Saturday, and lasted until 12 o’clock Wed
nesday night. The town was crowded with
visitors, and the students remained until the
last hour and a lot of them left crying. Then
they had two or three debating societies and
the hoys took great interest in the champion
debates, which cost their parents, the state
or college nothing. Now hut few people come
to town at this time, there is no debating soc
ieties, hut hall playing takes their places at a
considerable expense, saying fiothing of the
cripples and pains it causes, and when the
ball instructor leaves the hoys begin to get
aw.tv. and when the time arrives there are
so few boys lett that there is nothing to
“commence” with, and the whole tiling this
time was wound up on Tuesday and nothing
very interesting either.—Dahlonega Nugget.
No, times ain’t what they used to he.
STRAIGHT AMERICAN y
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(The Knoxville Senline)
A creed of plain, unvarnished Ameriean
iHin is the rock upon which Angelo l’ntri. wiz
ard schoolmaster who has transformed the
new York institution over which he presides
into something much greater than a school,
founded his success. Some of the thoughts on
democracy that he instills in the minds of his
pupils are reproduced in the .lulu* number of
the New Red Cross magazine and they go far
to explain how he arouses and holds the en
thusiasm of the children.
“Over in Germany,” writes Patri, ‘‘they
said : ‘ How can America he a nation It is
male of Germans. Italians, Russians, Turks;
every nation under the sun is there.
“The enemy made a mistake, a I ig one.
He thought then was no American because
there is no national f•• w! Kvery man eats
what he pleases. There is no national dress.
The American wears v it he pleases. There
is no national church. The \meriean wor
ships as he pleases. Aim ■ii is too big to he
measured by dress or food religion. Amer
ica is an idea, the democracy of life, the right
of all men to live freely, fuliv: the brother
hood of men.’’
YOU CAN T ABOLISH WAR.”
Opponents of the League of Nations will
solemnly exclaim, ‘‘None of your covenants
can abolish war”—as if that in any wise
were the issue. No sane friend of the League
ever contended that it would transform hu
man nature in a iriee or bring down the mil
lennium hy airplane express. The most claim
ed for this peace-conserving effort is that it
will lessen the occasion and likelihood of war
and create a more favorable environment
for the working-out of inar.’s destiny. But
this will he a great deal. It will be as much
indeed as can be claimed for any of t lie statu
tes and institutions hy which civilization
is buttressed.
Courts of justice have not abolished blood
shed, not in even the host ordered communi
ties. There are stealing and killing despite
the Decalogue and all the torces behind it.
Itut suppose we had no such iiistrunieutali
lics. Russia under Bolshevism is a sample of
what happens when laws and courts are flung
to the winds. Ilohoiizollorn Cerniaiiv was a
perfect type of the cynicism that laid no
store bv treaties and had no faith in the vir
tue of international goodwill. Human society,
groping and stumbling as it is, serves the
needs of man better than does savagery : and
so we measure the usefulness of this society
and its institutions, not by its failures, but
by its successes.
'Thai is the fair and sensible way to judge
the League of Nations. Because it will not
preclude the possibility of wars, are we to re
ject it as valueless? If it prevented just one
warlike that which lately blackened the
world, the League would have justified its
founders. It is a stride in the right direction,
prompted hy the best of impulse and guided
by the best of thought ; it is an upward effort
from which no nation that loves justice and
concord can withhold support. —Atlanta
Joun il.
THE TWO GREATEST REPUBLICS.
The Doublin < ’ourier-1 lerald
There are two United Stateses. both of
them in this hemisphere —the United States
of America and the United States of Brazil.
They may he called the two greatest repub
lics hi the world. The V. S. A. has more peo
ple than any other republic. The l . S. B. has
more territory.
Brazil’s area is actually larger than that
of continental United States. Its population
is only about one-fourth of ours. <>n account
of that comparatively small population, how
ever. its vast resources arc all the more im
pressive. It lias the largest rivers, and the
largest stretch of fairly uniform land.
Potentially it may he the richest country in
the world. Its soil is incalulahly fertile. There
is abundant rainfall in most parts. It is such
tropical regions as that along the Amazon
which, scientists say. are destined to even
tually feed the world, when the earth’s popu
lation has outgrown the food producing pos
sibilities of the temperate zones.
These considerations, and many more, are
suggested by the visit of l>r. Epitacio Pessoa,
president-elect of Brazil, to the United States
\ll Americans —or North Americans, as the
Brazilians prefer to call us—should welcome
such a visit and appreciate the honor of it no
less than the Brizilians, some years ago, wel
comed and appreciated the visit of one of
our most distinguished ex-presidents to their
country.
The world has moved since Theodore
Roosevelt went hunting game and rivers in
Brazil. A big war has been fought and won.
As Allies, these two republics have drawn
closer. There has come about a thorough
friendship and understanding. It is pleasant
to have l)r. Pessoa as tho nation’s guest, to
show him the hearty good will left toward
his country, and to have a chance to sweep
away the lies about the l nited States of
America that mischievous enemies have been
trying to sow in Brazil.
PASSING OF THE PRIZE FIGHT.
# (The Tifton Gazette)
The Fourth of July fight was the greatest
advertised event of modern times. Newspa
pers the country over gave it millions of dol
lars worth of space and for months the sport
ing pages played it up in an effort to ie\i\e
popular interest in such affairs. ( minting on
this publicity, the promoters spent their mon
ey and the speculators baited the trap to
which thev themselves fell victims.
But the people, with the great struggle for
Human Liberty fresh in their minds refused
to w arm up to two men who fought for dol
lars after failing to light for a principle.
Readers skipped the sporting pages or read
with indifference. Not even the national holi
day and a day of leisure could induce them
to at end. A congressman described the tight
as “ A disgrace to the nation’s birthday.” It
was all of that. Hut it has served to drive
homo ii lesson thsxt will I'** vnlno, iuhl the
blow it has dealt the profession of the prize
fighter is little short of a knockout.
The pity of it is, so far as Willard is eon
corned. (if he is entitled even to pity) is that,
had he gone ahead as a red-blooded man and
done hisdutv, he would now be a world hero
living or .lend. Army training, army life
and armv discipline would have hardened
him. kept him fit. and Dempsey would have
been as a o-hild in his hands. He had every
advantage of weight, training and experi
ence. hut years of easy living had softened
him until be was almost helpless before his
1 1 While it is idle to speculate on what might
have been, the lesson is one that should be
driven home to every thinking man:
In time of great emergency, there is but
one thing to do—that is. the Right Thing.
Then all else will come out right.
HOME BUYERS FOR ROAD BONDS.
(The Moultrie Observer.)
Some weeks ago the Observer expressed
the hope that the half million dollars of road
bonds would be absorbed by ( olquitt county
people. We were greatly pleased to have our
hopes realized. The bonds were bought by
Moultrie banks. The fact that the banks en
tered their bids together and will all share in
the deposits of the money while the road con
struction is in progress is indicative again of
the stand-together spirit that prevails in busi
ness and financial circles of Moultrie. There
will he no scrap and no political wirepulling
to get on advantage out of the county bonds.
The County Commissioners made a good
bargain when they secured 5 per cent inter
est on the money while it stays in the banks.
This interest offsets the interest the bonds,
and is equal to selling the bonds Cie money
is needed.
The bonds brought a splendid premium. It
was anticipated hack when the bond cam
paign was in progress that it might be a little
difficult to sell the bonds at a good price inas
much as the world is full of government
bonds. It seems that there is still demand for
county bonds bearing 5 per cent interest.
GREAT THOUGHTS, FEW WORDS.
(The Birmingham Ledger.)
Pew great soldiers have known how to de
liver long speeches or polished addresses, but
there seems a peculiar ability in them to pith
ilv express themselves in epochal matters and
in crises.
Being men of action they concentrate on
the matter in hand. When they do talk their
words resemble their deeds, bristling,
straight to the mark, forceful, convincing.
Un duly 4, 1917 when Gen. Pershing was
freshly landed in Europe to command our
forces battling for freedom, be participated
in the patriotic exercises held under the
shadow of the Lafeyette statue. The words
he uttered were few, but every remote corner
of the world hearkened and understood.
“Lafeyette. we are here.”
That expression required no decking, no
explanation. We who had received help in
our war of independence were on European
soil to help those who had helped us a hun
dred and fifty years before.
When Napoleon’s army was gathered
about the pyramids he said: “The centuries
look down on us.” Amplification of the idea
would have lessened, not carried weight.
On duly 2 General Pershing, speaking of
our remaining duty in Europe, said:
“Our flag is here; our work is here; our
honor is here. The world must understand
that we w ill stand by the allies in seeing the
peace treaty carried out.”
Not all the words in the English language
could have more clearly conveyed his mean
ing nor more forcefully expressed the sense
of obligation which he felt and sought to im
press on his bearers.
There are precious few words in the deca
logue. “Thou shalt not kill” covers all the
law and the prophets and all Hie nice and
learned interpretations since made in its ex
planation. “Thou shalt not steal” embraced
every varying modification of the statutes on
larceny. The four words in these pronounce
cents interpret human experience id convic
tion more than all that has been written
about them since.
We ought to treasure these pithy summa
ries of right and justice sounded by our real
ly great and earnest men. They will prove
beacons of light in the obfuscation of words
which men who would confuse 1 deceive us
create with that precise end in view.
VIOLA DANA
In the
“Parisian Tigress”
Benefit Young Matrons Federated Club, Winder, Ga.
Strand Theatre
Friday, July 25th
Prices: Adults 20 Cents. Children 10 Cents
Viola Dana’s role as a grizette gives her a part rich in
opportunity for her versatile talents. Comedy is clev
erly intermingled with drama, and Miss Dana enacts
the character of the winsome, fiery grizelte with an
artistry rarely seen on the screeen.
BOGART BAPTIST CHURCH.
Preaching at Bogart Baptist
Churchh Saturday 11 a. m.,“Qua
lities of Perfection.”
Sunday 4 p. m., “Imperiled
Truth.”
You are invited to be present. —
W. H. Faust, Pastor.
1 CARPENTERS^
I TOOLS
R| OF HIGHEST QUALITY ¥%
LOWEST PRICE gf ;
THIS is an important branch of
our business, one to which we
gi ve special care in selection.
The superior quality of our tools is universally recognized.
(’arpenters and joiners are unanimous in praising them.
They will please you, as will any purchase made in our store.
WE GUARANTEE YOU YOUR MONEYS WORTH
Woodruff Hardware Cos.
Winder. Georgia.
Public
Sale
1 will sell to the highest bidder, at the old
W. S. Dunahoo home place in Chandler’s Dis
trict, on Saturday August 2nd;2 Mules, 2
Cows, Buggy and Harness, Farm Tools and
one two-horse Wagon; the property of T. S.
Dunahoo. late of said county, deceased.
L. E. DUNAHOO.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Services for Sunday.
Sunday School 11a. in.
Preaching 12 o’clock, “The
Worth of Children.”
Preaching 9:30 p. m., “Three
Enemies of the Republic.
This is to invite you.—W. H.
Faust, Pastor. .