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THE BARROW TIMES
WINDER, GEORIA
A. G. LAMAR Editor
SUBSCRIPTIONS RATES
One Copy One Year S l - 50
One Copy Six Months 75
Entered as Seeon Class matter at the
postoffice at Winder, Georgia, under
the Act of Congress March 3 VJ79.
ONE OF THE PATHETIC
THINGS OF LIFE.
Did you over in your observa
tions come across fathers and
mothers, or men and women who
were toiling and sacrificing for
sons and daughtrs or a boy or gid
to whom they were devoted, giv
ing their lives for their happiness,
depriving themselves of the need
ed comforts and pleasures for the
welfare and development of these
sons and daughters, or these a
dopted boys and girls?
And have you ever seen these
sons and daughters, these hoys
and girls care little for the advan
ces and opportunities given them,
thinking only of fun and frolic,
the different ways of spending
money and had no appreciation
for those making the sacrifices ?
Yes, you have seen and known
oi numerous ones, and maybe you
are one of them.
"When you seriously think a
liout the love and devotion shown
and sacrifices made by those who
have done this, it is really pa
thetic in many instances and you
cannot help shedding a tear of
pity for them.
And when you view the other
side and observe the absence of
gratitude and the lack of true
manhood and womanhood in such
hoys and girls, you weep with sad
ness for their future and the des
tiny awaiting them.
Humanity is a strange and per
plexing mixture that so often we
cannot understand, and is com
posed of many mysteries; but such
examples as the ones of which we
are writing are peculiarly heart
rending and full of pathos because
they invariably result in ruined
and wrecked LIVES, are blots on
our civilization and bring sorrow,
Inundation, disappointment and
broken hearts to those who gave
their all in unselfish efforts and
devotion to mke of them men and
women with high ideall, laudible
ambitions and successful careers.
Bowed down by the heavy
weight of care and anxiety, after
years of struggling and planning
for those whom fathers and moth
ers wished, longed and prayed to
see among the pure and noble, has
has been the sad experience of
thousands who liver realized their
dreams and hopes, and their de
clining days instead of being en
riched with cheer and brightness
were the most unhappy ones of all
the years gone by.
GET THE PRICE ON FERTI
LIZERS BEFORE BUYING.
A fine farmer and business man
of Barrow County lias requested
tlie Times to say something about
contracting for fertilizers ns this
is a matter which deeply concerns
every farmer.
One of the objectionable fea
tures about buying fertilizers ev
ery year has been the uncertainty
as to what they will cost the plan
ter per ton.
When the farmers get ready to
haul out the different brands they
rarely ever know what they will
have to pay. but arc told that this
will be fixed later and that prices
will be guaranteed.
The manufacturers meet some
time in the feture and fix prices
‘and of course guarantee them, be
cause they have all gone into a
combine. The farmers have al
ready bought, not knowing what
they will have to pay, and are at
the mercy of the fertilizer cum
who L -- combined on a
stipulated amount per ton.
This may be several dollars per
ton more than the farmers expect
ed, but they are helpless and can
do nothing but submit.
With the present indications
pointing to low cotton in the fu
ture and the possible damage from
boll weevils, it behooves every
farmer to economize and buy at
the smallest margin possible, the
necessary things lie must have to
make his crops.
A commercial fertilizer is one of
the very necessary and essential
articles to the successful product
ion of cotton in most of the cotton
territory and is an additional ex
pense the farmer is force to incur
and take the risk as to whether it
increases or lessens the yield per
acre.
It is, therefore, highly import
ant that he gets his fertilizers at a
rate per ton that is not too high,
and lie is not able to arrive at this
unless he knows what he is to pay
before he contracts for it.
He should demand the price be
fore hauling it from the ware
houses and know just what it is
costing him.
He has the right to this know
ledge and should demand this
right or decline to buy.
PAY FOR YOUR COUNTY
PAPER.
If you have not paid your sub
scription to the Barrow Times
think over the matter seriously
and attend to it right away.
You cannot afford to do without
your county paper and of course
you wish to pay for it.
The best investment you ever
made was the money spent for
your county paper .
It does not cost you much money
and often one issue is worth more
to you than the amount you pay
for a whole year.
NEWSPAPER TROUBLES.
A newspaper has troubles of its
own like all other lines of business
and same as individuals.
We all think we have more than
the other fellow, hut in the final
wind-up our troubles are about e
qually divided.
The Times in readjusting its of
fice for the new year has had sev
eral worries and we hope from
now on to be over them.
The press had to be overhauled
at considerable expense and loss
of time, anew burner had to be in
stalled on Intertype machine at a
cost of over $50.00 and then the
rollers for newspaper press had to
he sent off for recasting.
The unsightly appearance of the
Times last week was the bad con
dition of those rollers, and we
thought best to let our readers
know these things so that they
might not criticise us too harshly.
Matters will soon he adjusted so
that everything will run smoothly
and wo trust these explanations
will prove satisfactory to our
readers.
Usa of Surnames.
TUe eastern of using surnames for
Christian names, ns exemplified Id the
cases of Harrison and Mr. Ilolden.
goes back at least three centuries, but
the people stuck pretty close to Johns,
Edwards and T.’ujrjases. In this coun
try we have seen u tendency to use, at
baptism, the mother's family name as
a middle name for the child This, no
doubt, is leading to more free use of
family names as giveu names. For the
.lost part, however, we are John lieu
iy Smiths.
Strange Street Names.
What Is the quaintest Rtreet name
you know of in London, past or pres
ent? It wouid probably he hnrd, re
lates the London Chronicle, to beat
Shalligonnked street, which, according
to the late Sir Laurence Gorames evi
dence before the local records com
mittee, appears as the name of a street
In Wapping In a sewers rate book for
174.5. In those days the naming of h
Street was not in the hands of a sedate
public authority, lienee the oddity of
some of those 'id names.
Dentists’ Instruments.
For the use of physicians and den
tists a tongue depressing Instrument
has been invented that switches on an
electric light to illuminate a patient’s
mouth whoa it is used.
TPP p \T?T?OAY TTATES. WINDER, GEORGIA', vr Vim
A NEEDED CHANGE.
By W. H. Faust.
“Change and decay is all a
round I see”, is as true now as it
was in the days of Cardinal New
man.
| Road-building, hanking, teach
ing; every line of business except
Christian work has changed, and
that for the better in the last few
years.
The early church stressed indi
vidual service. “Everyone of
You”, was the slogan of Paul.
Now it is the preacher who is ex
pected to do the work, with the
help of a few consecrated work
ers.
The question is being asked how
can our business men leave their
business long enough to do this
work. Peter left his; John left his;
Paul left his, and today the busi
ness man is in a pitiable condition
who must use Sundays and all
week-days too, for the perform
ance of his business obligations.
Pompous ecelesiastieism never
was designed to become a poten
tial substitute for personal evan
gelism. The church is simply a
eollosal impertinence that feels
that it can reach the masses
through high-powered organiza
tions and cultural qualifications.
General Focli, with all his mili
tary astuteness and unquestioned
ability, would have failed miser
ably, had he attempted to crush
militaristic Germany with his own
efforts. lie was simply the leader;
the chosen director. The trouble
with the church is the salt is stack
ed up In officesand not applied to
the rotting, petrifying sores of a
sin-seaf'red and devil-warred,
world.
The bihle refers to the preacher,
r pastor, or bishop, as a captain,
an overseer, an husbandman, a
hepherd. The shepherd feeds anj
protects his sheep ;the overseer di
rects his workmen as they lay
brick and nail shingles, and sow
and plough and reap; the captain
leads his army ,but does not do all
the work himself. The husband-
man cultivates his vines nud
prunes them that they may bring
forth grapes.
About the most heretical heresy
of this infamous age of adulter
ated and unrecognizable isms is
that of the inactive few. It is re
pulsive; this idea that when some
God-favored layman can soothe
his conscience, and buy the appro
bation of the Almighty by simply
dishing out not even the tenth of
his income to the church and feel
ing that lie has met fully his ob
ligations to his Creator and a lost
world.
j The church of today has almost
lost the divine art of prayer.
Preaching, building, organizing,
working are all ahead of praying.
Praying is well developed when
will-praying stand side by side
with this queenly sister.
How can deacons, stewards, lay.
men and women in the face of the
stupendous challenge of the pres
ent day stay at home; fail to at
tend the services of the church;
read, play and sleep on Sundays.
AVork, go to places of amusement
during the week, Lead no souls to
Christ neglect prayer ami personal
I work, and then expect to meet
with the approval of a neglected
God? Can you answer the ques
tion reader?
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SINGING AT BETHLEHEM.
There will be a singing next
Sunday afternoon at the Baptist
church at Bethlehem, beginning at
3 o’clock.
Everybody invited to come and
enjoy the afternoon in good songs.
J. L. Moore.
J. 11. Baird.
FARM WANTED—Wanted to
hear from owner of farm or good
and worth the price asked. —L.
JONES. Box 551. Olnev, 111.
Best Sole Leather 75c per pound
Smith Hardware Cos.
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THURSDAY JAN. 30, 1921.