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WHERE THE FAULT LIES In all parts of the country, from Boston to C'hieag*. from Chicago to Seattle, from Seattle ,to San Diego, from San Diego to New Orleans, from New Orleans to New York, conventions of var ious sorts, business assemblages and popular mass meetings have, within the last few weeks, sent to the senate appeal after, appeal to “for God’s sake, hurry up and ratify the peace treaty!” Still, the only response from Washington i.-> a continuance of “debate!” Every possible phase of the treaty and every issue involved in it lias been “debated” and mouth ed over until the country has not only become weary, but has ceas ed to listen. The ground has been so thor oughly covered time and time again that there is no longer any likelihood of a single senator's at titude being changed by anything that can be said: and. so far as the public is concerned, the inces sant flow of speeches has long since grown wearying. Every attempt to hasten mat ters and bring the ratification is sue to a vote has been blocked— blocked, not by the pro-ratifica tion element, which plainly is in the majority, but by the anti-ad- ministration republicans, backed by a little coterie of so-called de mocrats wFio, through personal jealousy and petty spite, are op posing the treaty and league of nations simply because President Wilson is for it, just as they have consistently opposed the adminis- Uration at every turn during t ■■ "last seven years. Were it not for the republican opposition, which is favored by parliamentary technicalities, the treaty would have been ratified and put into effect weeks, if not months, ago, and the world would now at least know its status. They have blocked the game; they are continuing to block it. For the purpose of dissolution and division between LONG £? GETZEN, Owners, we will sell at auction, Wednesday, October 29th the T. T. Leachman place, located 2 miles northeast of Pendergrass, Ga., and part of the J. L, Harrison place, located 2 miles north of Pendergrass, Ga. The T. T. Leaehman place has been divided into two farms, either one of which makes an ideal home for two-horse farmer. Lot No. 1 contains 65 acres, practically all in cultivation, except a small lot of good pasture land. A branch affording a neer failing sup ply of water Hows through the pasture land. This tract has one good six room dwelling, two tenant houses, a barn, crib, shelters, good well, \ery best water, splendid orchard variety of peaches and apples. The land is of very dark chocolate loam, with stiff red clay sub-soil. In reach of Pendergrass High School, one mile of Union Hill School. Lot No. 2 contains 52 1-2 acres, practically all in cultivation, best grade of chocolate loam, practically all level land, from ten to fifteen acres bottom land, recently drained, drainage assessment paid in full. This lot has one five room dwelling, two barns, cotton house, shelters, and other buildings, one tenant house. River and branch border this tract, good pasture, good orchard of peaaches and apples. Both of these tracts are traversed by two public roads, no other land is for sale adjoining or near these tracts The part of the J. L. Harrison tract, containing 108 acres has been subdivided into two tracts, one on each side of public road. Sale conducted by GEORGIA LAND & LOAN CO. GLENN DQROUGH, Manager ATHENS, GA. late reports from Washington being to the effect that they are even organizing a filibuster to prevent the issue’s coining to a vote! And they are pursuing this un holy course, despite the patent fact that the country and the whole world is seething with un rest and radicalism; despite the patent fact that reorganization of society never can be brought about under existing conditions of uncertainty as to the fate of the treaty; despite the patent fact— known to everyone who thinks— that delay is the thing upon which bolshevism and anarchy is feeding and that those elements in the civilized world today present a menace even more dangerous and deadly than Prussian “kultur“ ever was! If this delay continues much longer and the worst should come to pass, the only consolation the public will have will consist in knowledge of where Hie blame lies! 11 is a fearful responsibility, both to the present generation and to posterity, that those bitterly partisan republicans and their lit tle handful of recalcitrant demo cratic allies are heaping upon themselves! But it is theirs, and they cannot escape it! —Atlanta Constitution. W. T. RANDOLPH. Physician and Surgeon W'-nder National Bank Bldg. Winder, Ga., Phones: office 303 Res. 311 All Calls answered promptly Medici R e Furnished. KELLEY, KELLEY & SIMS. Attorneys at Law Winder, Ga. Office over City Pharmacy. Substitute That Shines. “These Welsh rabbits,” said the man ,vho was trying one for the first time, ‘ain't had substitutes fur the real thins' ” —Louisville Courier-Journal- THE BARROW TIMES, WINDER, GEORGIA. TN OVERGROWN JOB. President Wilson’s recent col lapse from overwork gives ptoint. to the suggestion that the day is coming when the presidency will involve too great a strain upon any one man. In Washington time the presi dent of the United States was the chief executive over fewer people than now are governed by the ma yor of New York, and about the same number that today compris es the population of Georgia. From that time down to the present not only has our country grown “by leaps and bounds.” both in point of area and of popu lation, but the duties of the presi dency have steadily increased in scope and in magnitude, until to day the exactions upon the intel lectual and physical energies of the occupant of the white house, even i.t normal times, are almost astoundingly severe. If the ordinary business man, or the man of extraordinarily large affairs and great responsibilities in private life, will compare what he lias to undergo daily with what must be the portion of the presi- dent of the United .States, he can ; nt hut marvel that any man can endure the strain which the presi dency must entail. Then let him consider the extent to which that strain must have been increased by such conditions as we have been passing through during the last seven years, and his conclu sion must he that Woodrow Wil son surely is a man of iron, with nerves of steel. The probability is that, on ac count of America’s new relation ship to the world and added acti vities in world affairs, tlie strain upon the president of the United States will he greater in the fu ture than it lias ever been in the past. Those added activities will con tinue to enlarge in scope, and at the same time the weight of do mestic affairs will increase each year as the country develops and grows in population and in indus trial importance. When, then, will the time come I w hen none hut a veritable super man could encompass the duties devolving upon the president of tbe United Stales Before that time comes the con stitution will have to be changed in such a way as to distribute the duties now incumbent upon the chief executive, which, too, could be done without altering the dem ocratic form of our government.— Atlanta Constitution. THE VALUE OF LEAVES. There is more truth than poetry in the statement of a contempo rary who s;id tlint “people who burn all their loaves and then spend money tor commercial fer tilizer need to have their heads at tended to.” The time is close at hand in Ibis latitude when autumn leaves will cover the ground, each day’s fall being a matter of dread to flic small hoy whose duty it will he to keep walks and lawn free from the trees’ discarded habiliments. The traditional and customary manner of disposing of autumn leaves that clutter the streets and private grounds is to rake them into piles and set lire to them; but that constitutes only another proof of our lack of thrift and af fords additional justification for our reputation as the most extra vagant people on earth. Leaves contain every element that is necessary in the develop ment of floral life. For that rea son they can he converted into the best fertilizer known. The process is very simple, fur thermore, consisting merely in let ting them decay. Filed, or, better still, dumped into a pit, and permitted to rot by nature’s own process of decompo- Lot No. 1 contains 78 acres, good strong roq land, one five room house, one new barn, new cotton bouse, very fine jrafcttugcs, extra fine spring, plenly of wood and timber to keep up place. About two-thirds (>f place in cultivation. Lot No. 2 contains 50 acres, six room dwelling, barn, large crib, large cotton house and other outbuildings. Good well water and fine spring. Good grade of land, peach orchard. An ideal one horse farm. Both of these tracts of land have frontage on state road. Owner re fused $120.00 per acre for adjoining farm. The 4 farms to he sold at this auctfion are in good condition, con xcieut to church and schools, and the markets, Iwo miles from Pen dergrass, fourteen miles from Gainesville, eight miles from Jefferson. Terms 1-4 cash, balance* 1-4 each year fhereafter tor four years, in terest on deferred payments. 8 per cent per annum, payable annually. Kale conducted at 10:-50a. m. on theT. T. Leucliman farm. BRASS BAND AND OTHER ATTRACTIONS, EVERYBODY IN VITED. COME RAIN OR SHINE. sition, leaves become what the gardeners call compost—a com modity of rare value both as a fer tilizer and a permanent soil build er. I’ut on the land and spaded in. this compost not only supplies all the elements of plant food, but, in addition to the chemical proper ties essential to plant growth, it puts humus into the soil—vegeta ble matter that aids in the conser vation of moisture an in keeping the ground loose and friable, thus aiding root development. All of which properties are lost -—with the exception of the non comluistihle mineral ingredients— when the leaves are burned in SS INSURANCE Your neighbor’s home burned only a few days or months ago, and a cyclone is likely to strike this section at any time, so INSURE with US a nl lie down at night with a clear conscience and a peaceful mind. Don’t DELAY. It may mean the loss of your home. Any man can build a home on ,\ WISE man insures his property in a reliable insurance company so that when calamity comes he can build again. He owes the protection that it gi\cs, to ihs peace of mind and the care of bis loved ones. Kilgore, Radford & Smith Jersey Cream Flour Home grown and home ground. A pure, wholesom and healthy flour that will please any family wishing the best. Try 50 or 100 pound made right at home and you will be satistied. WINDER ROLLER MILLLS Phone No. I 7 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23 stead of returned to the soil. The richest, type of soil known is leaf-mold, which is formed by nature’s process of making com post of the fallen leaves. Even were commercial fertilizer so abundant in the country as to be had for the asking, it would still be wasteful and extravagant to burn the autumn leaves, for they are far superior to any man ufactured fertilizer. But when fertilizer is so limited in quantity, and so expensive to buy as it is now, the destruction of the leaves—Nature’s fertilizer —is almost a crime!—Atlanta Uonstitution.