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McADOO FOR PRESIDENT By Fredrick J. Ilaskin. Wi! hington I* * Nov 2. The l cmoL.Cic par* : tc aske 1 iy his friends to nominate William < lihhs Me A doo for president, and. if it accepts the invitation, the people will he asked to elect him, on the basis of bis past perfor mances as a public executive. His friends will attempt to impress on the public consciousness the things that McAdoo has done, and will claim thal in these performances he has proven himself the right man for the big job. There really ought to be more talk of presidential possibilities. The politicians and the public men who have up their lightning rods are getting a hit peevish be cause the public interest is cen tered on such mere trifles as coal for the cellars of all of us, and es-' tablishiug machinery for the con duct of world affairs in the future. They want to know who is to be the standard hearer next year. As far as the Democrats are concern ed, there seems to he but a few names mentioned, and these only occasionally. The first of these is McAdoo. This man McAdoo started out by driving the first of the tunnels under the Hudson river. It was a man’s job, done like a man. lie went from Tennessee up to New York, and won bis way to this ac complishment. lie was y wiry, on the-open executive, lie got things done. Then he came down to Washing ton and became secretary of the treasury. There he made many now and big measures a reality. To lie sure, lie w orked in hereulean times. But even before the war lie had done biff things. There vvas the farm loan board, tor instance, which has put out $150,000,000 in loans to farmers at interest timel. lower than they were ever able to loot before. Ii lias made it possible for any owner of farm land to get monev on reasonable terms. Me Adoo, his friends say, is responsi ble for this, and the farmers should appreciate the fact, lie should get the farmer vote. Then there is the federal reserve system of hanking. It became a law and was first operated under the direction of Secretary Me Adoo. It has solved the currency riddle of the nation —aggravation of a century. It handled the stup endous burden of financing Urn war. (five the credit to Me Adoo. McAdoo vvas the man who first pushed the shiping board idea in congress, although that body fili bustered against his. bill and de layed t lie legislation for two years. Otherwise the war might have been won more quickly. McAdoo was the daddy of war risk insur ance as a substitute for pensions, and the war risk bureau, an ag ency of the treasury department, has been mailing out checks by the million ever since. There are lots of people who tie into the risk bureau. It forms a link to service men and their families. Then there were two stupendous non-military jobs at home, each ranking near the top among all of the big jobs—getting the money to fight tiie war and hauling war supplies down to seaboard, lathe: of these was a task tor a super man. lint, say his admirers. Mr Adoo handled both of them as side, lines while conducting the war duties ol a cabinet in mbcr. Mr. M.-Adoo Lured t c coun try when he was establishing the farm loan hoard, meeting many people. He toured it again when v . fg i r< erve banks w< re be ing established. During tbe war he went ali around the map three separate times. On all these trips he met many people, important people. He has a very wide ac quaintance. People who know him are likely to be for him. It was as a Loan speak er that the secretary was at his best He warmed up on this sub ject. He gave the impression of be- ing an American down to the roots fearfully in earnest in the midst of a titantie struggle. He was bat tling with the Hun. People got to feel that McAdoo was of the fight ing stuff from which true patriots are made —scrappy patriots with teeth. He made a lot of friends on his Liberty Loan drives. Every one of those loans was a stupend ous success, lie did tlie job. Then there was the job of run ning the railroads of the nation, operating trackage that would reach ten times around the world, an industry that maintained eight million people. There has been a lot of complaint against McAdoo, says his friends, because of de creased efficiency in the service of the railroads. hTey also point to the fact that we took over he roads to accomplish the purpose of the war. not to improve the ser vice to stay-at-hom.es. The railroad administration, they say, transported troops to the .seaboard w ith a hitch, and kept supplies piled up on the docks as fast as steamships could be procured to take them away. This was the purpose for which we took the railroads. It was ■ right well accomplished. .Just now. o ward the end of government op eration • f the i m roads, they a: ; pAtiug back to profit paying. A year from now Mr. McAdoo's course will have been justified People will lie coming to apprecia te his accompli .1 meat. I :o friends o; this versat"- j .\- ecoMve <f'e telling little st rex hue the followrg: In Fel it-w. DMA the ambassadors of fbi.it I’-itain, France and Italy cm "> - ,o too head of the railroad ad ev iration and sai ' “The absen ■ „f win at in Kuroj . is breaking the •no:ale of our people. liTe Card Sates is behind in the aim uis ti ai it was to '•cud. If we don’t jv : wheat we are lost. The vv’ •! is in the Cnited States, but :• ,t a seCoard. I is u > to you.” Mr. McAdoo .(‘ted immediacy, lb . cored all M e available emp ty cars on the Atlantic seaboard made up into trains and si ruled west. It was against all the lavs of economical railroad operation t. haul scores of empty tv.ins. Yet rf v miles if them sped ve -t to ■ iiicago, rad.i ted out to the points \ ' ere flier*; was grain, thee loaded, and in a mouth wo:-.- hack at seaboard w itli their v. hei'M From that time no allied ship " us at dock asking for wheat that did not get it. The war emergency was met. The had been accompli shed with the McAdoo wallop. McAdoo is the Roosevelt type, say those Democrats who admit the virtues of the former presi dent. He is a man of the open, an active, exuberant, life-loving man. He tikes to dress in cowboy cloth es arid ride the plains with out-of door men. He likes action, accom plish men. He is not. in the movie business as many people think. He is a law- Land for Quick Sale The large Willis Brown farm in Barrow County, Ca. This farm is noted for iis fine, productive land, is divided by Public mad from Winder to Lawrcnccvillc, known as the lower road, lias splendid improvements, good dwel ling?- ami fine barns. Ten horse farm open Tor cultivation, 30 acres of !)oitoms, situated near Carl and Auburn, Col lege, S- lioi ( 'Lurches and Rail Road facilities close by. Fine lot of timber and road. Well watered, good pastures. Excellent for subdivision. Your opportunity to secure a borne farm in this favored section. Only $(55.00 per acre. Possession given on or before in next 10 days or will rent and take off the market. Don’t miss this chance. See me at once. LAW, LANDS, LOANS W. H. QUARTERMAN, Atty. WINDER, GEORGIA THE BARROW TIMES, WINDER, GEORGIA. yer with his shingle out. He is re tained by a big movie corporation, but not exclusively. It is one of his clients, but he has many others lie is practicing law, and. probab ly. looking for a chance to put pep into a presidential campaign. His friends say lie is a League of Nations man, that his policy would he that America should as sume her share of the world bur den of responsibility for back ward peoples in accordance with the Wilsonian doctrine. They say that he would handle problems at home as a buzz-saw man of action and practical experience might be expected to handle them. They say that he has been so close to in ternational affairs that he would he able to get hold quickly and drive ahead. They say that they know, and the people know, the McAdoo way of accomplishment. They are w ill ing thal their candidate shall stand or fall on his record.—At lanta Journal. 6 BALES ON THREE ACRES WITHIN CITY LIMITS. A citizen of this city, who sells horses and mules and farms on the sideline has shown the folks from Missouri how to make two blades of grass grow' where only one had previously grown. That is to say, he has made this year, within the incorporated limits of Commerce, six bales of cotton on three acres of land. The cotton and the seed will bring in the neighborhood of fifteen hundred dollars or five hundred dollars per acre. Now Hie question arises, what is the value of land that brings such enormous returns? Mr. J. ('. Massey of the firm of Massey and Montgomery, stock dealers ot this place is the man who owns the land that produced the cotton.— Commerce Nows. CAMPAIGN FOR REVALUA TION N. C PROPERTY ON IN THAT STATE We are reproducing in this is sue of the Times an article from last Sunday’s Constitution bv -lule B. Warren beaded “Real Value in Money and Low Tax Rat s in North ('arolina. The item is rattier lengthy, but brim full of valuable information we invite your attention to this in formation from N. < ’., as it is only a question of a few years until Georgia is certain tofa ee the same problem. If the Georgia tax law is per fect, the equalizers are very im perfect. The intention of the law is perhaps, the very best for our State. But the fulfillment there is so far a miserable failure so far as real equalization goes. Read about how North Carolina has gone about the job of equali zing property values and the anti cipated results. CORRECT CONFEDERATE HISTORY. From the Vienna News. No wonder that Miss Mildred Rutherford, historian for the Uni ted Daughters of the Confederacy, stirred the meeting of the Sons of Veterans in Atlanta w hen she call ed attention to unjust articles and histories that have been written about the South, and asked tlie sons to direct their efforts toward righting the wrongs tlia have been done the cause for which their fa thers fought. The histories of Ihe past fifty years were largely written by northern men. In them have been perpetuated and given the world as fact the fiction of camp gossip and rumor and the partisan dis tortion of the days following the war between the states. The South was startled when discovery was made that these distorted histories were being taught Southern chil dren in Southern schools. How many Georgia boys and girls today know tlie real truth about Libby prison, about the ex change of prisoners, about the treatment accorded prisoners North and South, about the Hamp ton Roads conference, about Lee’s sui render, about Jefferson Davis’ capture and imprisonment and failure to bring him to trial, toge ther with hundreds of other facts of like character? LANDERS SENTENCED TO HANG. Following the denial by the su preme court of anew trial for Hollis Landers, convicted of kill ing Sheriff Cliff Barber. Judge A. .). Cobb opened a special session of court in Jefferson on last Fri day. and re sentenced Landers o hang on .Friday, January 2nd. Landers, who has been in the Clarke county jail since the crime was committed, was brought to Jefferson by Sheriff Ned Pender grass and Constable J. M. Deaton, and was then returned to Athens. MAYNARD MERCANTILE CO. 4 "The Only Shoe Store In Barrow County ” nr. a i ar We sell the celebrated Queen Quality Shoes for women. \ ' ;/ It is’nt necessary to wear clum- \ sy, cumbersom shoes in order to j Xm * ) get comfort. 1 j) If your shoes are properly fit- C ted, you can select the styles you favor most—and get all the com- m X fort in the world. We fit shoes correctly because we take time and the trouble to do it. And we have the required experience. i Maynard Mercantile Company Broad Street Winder, Ga. A leet Christmas Half Way There’s much that joyous on this the greatets holiday of the year. Do your shopping early and he prepared to enjoy yourself. Our space will he filled with timely gift suggestions, clip out the advertisement and keep it in your shopping bag for reference. GIFTS FOR HIM. Sterling Belt Buckles will Belt $4.00 to $20.00 Cuff Buttons SI.OO to $50.00 Stick Bins SI.OO to SIOO.OO Tie Clasps SI.OO to SO.OO Watch Chains $2.00 to $25.00 Watch Fobs $2.00 to $15.00 The shop of beautiful gifts is teeming with arrticles large and small, suitable to every name on your Christmas list. Bay us a \isit. Mail orders given prompt attention. E. A. MORGAN, Jeweler and Optician 10 E. Hunter Street. Atlanta, Ga., There is economy in a few steps around the corner. One DozenSecondHanded, Slightly Used FORDS For sale at Bell Home in edge of Winder on Bankhead Highway. W. F. Bell & Son THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20th