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VOLUME 7 NO. 6
FROM MY
TRIP THRU WEST
By R. L. WOODRUFF)
Everyone believes he is the hard
est hit, are facts gathered from
my trip to Memphis, Term., Chic
ago, 111., South Bend, lud., and a
stop off at Hopkinsville, Ky. on
my way back from a free trip to
the Chicago Automobile Show.
1 visited the four above men
tioned cities, and at every place
and with every person with whom
talked on the trains, 1 learned
w that 1 hey, and their sections, were
hardest hit, to hear them tell it,
so at least we all have our
troubles.
The manufacturer thinks lie is
hurt worst of all; the jobber
thinks he is stuck deeper than the
others, and the retail merchant
knows he is stuck worse, because
he has a loss on what lie spld and
what he did not sell. The far
mers say they are ruined, so there
is but one thing to do and that is
forget it and go to work to make
back what we lost. It has always
been said that where we lost any
thing, is the place to find it, and
we have learned that where we
made money in 1917, 1918 and
1919, we lost il in 1920; they say
it is fill for the best, so if it is,
WHAT WOULD THE WORST
HAVE BEEN?
Every man is taking his losses
and the farmers are taking theirs
and are not through. The cotton
farmer is harder hit than any
p ulher farmer because he did not
sell in time. He listened to the
wrong fellow and his cotton that
would have brought him 30 cents
a pound is still his. All other
classes of farmers sold rapidly,
getting as much of the high price
as possible before it went down
and none has as low as cot
ton and a larger per cent of cotton
is being held thu any other crop.
A tobacco farmer at Hopkinsville,
Ivy., said “I remembered how
quickly tilings dropped after the
Civil war and 1 told the boy’s to
sell..and most all of them did, so
we got a lot of our crop off before
the slump. If they' had held it
they would have been in as bad
fix as the cotton farmer.” An
automobile d ealer from Texas
said they sold their crop of cotton
early and got better prices than if
they had waited, and the good
crop wisely marketed places them
in fairly good shape. A Ken
tucky' flour mill man toud me on
the train that he sold flour to job
: bers in several states and in all
sections business was normal ex
cept where they held cotton. lie
know every jobber all around us
—Athens, Atlanta, Gainesville and
Winder, and says that jobbers in
the cotton bolding section that
wc*re never known to fail to take
their discounts were begging for
extra dating, all from the fact
that the farmer had held his cot
ton and had not paid the merchant
and the merchant had not paid
the jobber or mills.
All sections are talking diversi
fication. and that is the only sal
vation now. Even some of the
big mouth-holding advocates that
said when it was 45 cents per
pound to hold it for 50cents, and
when it dropped below 40 cents
said hold it for 45 and when it was
35 said hold it for 40. and all the
way down the line until they have
caused their friends to lose for
tunes and women and children to
go hungry, all for the reason that
they did not look op but one side
of the question. Nowthey .say
the only salvation for the farmer
is to reduce the acreage. Sober
THE BARROW TIMES
! HIGHEST SPEAKING HONORS
GO TO RCSS AND STEPHENS
The las! issue of the Georgia Pub
licity Bureau had the following to
say of a Winder boy who is stand
ing shoulder to shoulder with the
best and brightest of the college
fraternity of the State University:
In the (Competitive try-outs for
1 lie Anniversarian, Julian E. Ross,
of Winder, won this honor in
Demosthenian, and W. 11. Steph
ens in l’lii Kappa. Of all the
speaking honors in the University
that of is consider
ed as perhaps the greatest, and is
certainly attended with more for
mality than any other. One
speaker is selected from each so
ciety to speak mi the chapel on the
night of February the 21st. inconi
memeration of the founding of the
Demosthenian and Phi Kappa lit
erary societies.
The contenders for these places
are left to their own discretion in
selecting the subject for their ora
tions, but they are supposed to
write them themselves.
Both of the winners in these con
tests are of high standing in the
University and rate among the
best speakers in college. Ross, of
Demosthenian, was Freshman De
bater, Sophmore Debater, S‘‘"h
--v
more Declaimer, Impromp * de
bater, Junior OratorChampidi De
bater, member of Junior Cabinet,
Senior Round Table, Scabbard
and Blade, Thalian Dramatic Club
and President Demosthenian So
ciety. Stephens of 1 ’hi Kappa,
was Freshman. Debater, Intercol
legiate Debater and a member of
Junior Cabinet.
at last; and what pity they did
not tell them Ist September and
October. So now, all factions
agree on diversification, and it is
well we do, for today the differ
ence in the raw material and the
manufactured product is more
than ever and will remain so for
several reasons. Freight is twice
as high; the Western hay is higher
on that account. Why should
you pay the high freight rates
when you can grow your own
feed-stuff? All lines of business
are being conducted on more ex
pensive basis than ever before,
so cut out the increased freight,
the increased clerk hire and the
increased store rent by raising
your food-stuff at home. That
will settle that much of the com
plaint and then compare prices
with those in normal times five
years ago, and it is not as bad as
we think. For instance, a two
horse Oliver, Syracuse or Vulcan
plow cost SB.OO to $9.00 when cot
ton was ten cents and no one com
plained, and now cotton 15 cents*
per pound and the plow $15.00.
Not so much out of line at last, so
what is the trouble anyhow? Well,
it is this: One year ago cotton was
40 cents per pound and the same
plow $15.00, and not one time did
a farmer tell us that we should he
getting $35.00 for that plow, be
cause it was $9.00 when cotton
was 10 cents per pound, so if we
had kept our merchandise up with
cotton we would have gotten
$35.00 for that plow last year and
then we could give you one free
this year, hut we made a reason
able profit then and you profited.
Now s cotton was the first to go
up and you profited in the begin
ning, it is perfectly natural that
it would he the first to come down.
After all we can do no good blow
ing the other fellow. All he wants
is a profit and they had as soon it
would be high as low, so they get
a profit. So you can see the fac
tories are laughing up their
sleeves at the cotton holding game.
WINDER, BARROW COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1921.
TOM THUMB WEDDING
ON FRIDAY EVENING
fine of the great events of Win
der will be the Tom Thumb wed
at tlie school auditorium.
* Every one will wish to see this
as it will be one of the most amus
ing and entertaining occasions
ever seen in Winder.
Get ready for this wedding,
tell your friends about it and be
present.
There will be a crowded house,
so be on hand early.
MR. T. L. MC-CURRY GUEST
OF A. D. MC-CURRY.
Mr. T. L. MeCurry, of Detroit,
Michigan, was the guest Sunday
and Monday of his brother, Mr.
A. D. MeCurry.
He is one of the divisional
managers of the Ford Motor Com
pany with a territory extending
from Washington, D. ('. to Texas.
Mr. MeCurry is a native of Hart
county, Georgia, and lias risen to
this high position on account of
his. efficiency and strict applica
tion to business.
WORDS FROM THE WISE
Life cannot be judged, it must
be lived. —Henri Bergson.
■He who gaius nothing, loses. —
Catherine of Prussia.
Sin has many tools, but a lie is
the handle which fits them all.—
O. W. Holmes.
Passioas are likened best to
floods and streams; the shallow
murmur, hut the deep are dumb. —
Sir Walter Raliegh.
1 had rather have a fool to make
merry than experience make me
sad.—Shakespeare.
What hypocrites we seem to he
whenever we talk of ourselves!
Our words sound so humble, while
our hearts are so proud.-—Hare.
Patience is the ballast of the soul
that will keep it from rolling and
tumbling in the greatest storms. —
Bishop Hopkins.
Friendship improves happiness,
and abates misery by the doubling
of our joy and the dividing of
grief.—Cicero.
Children have neither past nor
future; and, that which seldom
happens to us, they rejoice in the
present. —La Bruyere.
Just enough turned loose every
month to keep them moving. If
it continues the farmer will fi
nance the factories by holding his
stock until he can spin it up in
goods.
Well, plant potatoes, build cur
ing houses and get $200.00 per
acre from your land with one-half
of the work of cotton. Grow pea
nuts enough to fatten your meat
and then you can cut your ferti
lizer bill half in two. Reduce
your cotton acres, widen the rows
sothe sun will help you to fight
the boll weevil. Do not reduce
the fertilizer to the row. * Let
your distributor stay just like you
had il last year, for with the boll
weevil we need fertilizer more to
rush it on ahead of theweevil, but
reduce both the number of acres
and the number of rows per acre,
cutting the amount of fertilizer.
In that way we will all come
out better after all.
Remember one thing that when
we are feeling good we are not as
rich as we think we are. and when
we are blue we are not as poor as
we think we are. Get on the
ground floor; come out of the cel
lar where we fell from the upper
story and get hack where we be
long. Yours for better times,
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF BARROW COUNTY
I MR. AND MRS. J. C. PHILLIPS
ESCAPE SERIOUS INJURY IN
AUTOMOBILE COLLISION
Mr. and Mrs. J. ('. Phillips, of
Monroe;, were out riding - Sunday
afternoon with Mrs. Webb, of that
eity, as their guest. *
A negro driving a large ear for
a young man of Social Circle pas
sed another car in front of him
and ran into the car of Mr. Phil
lips who was meeting them.
Mr. Phillips ’ car was badly
damaged arid while all three of the
occupants received some bruises
they mere not seriously hurt.
The young man driven by the
negro was cut and bruised con
siderably, the windshield of his
car having been smashed in the
collision.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jackson
went down to Monroe Sunday hs
soon as they learned of the acci
dent and Mrs. Jackson will remain
there with her father and mother
this week.
LIGHTNING STRIKES CHIM
NEY
Lightning struck one of the
chimneys of the residence of Mr.
J M. Poole on Athens street last
Monday night and knocked off all
the top above the roof.
No other damage was done and
no oii( was hurt.
Carrington’s Cafe located at 106
Broad St. is one of the needed
places for Winder and is already
meeting with a liberal ptrouage.
Splendid service and weel cooked
meals is the motto of Carrington’s
Cafe.
DEATH OF COL. HAL NOWELL
The death of Col. Hal Nowell, of
Monroe, last Monday morning
brought sadness to all of that city
of Walton county and this section.
He was one of Monroe’s leading
lawyers and citizens and his death
is a distinct loss to his countyaadn and
state.
CONFINED TO ROOM WITH
CARBUNCLE
Mr. W. .1. Herrin, one of Win
der’s live and active business men
has been confined to his room
part of this week suffering from
a severe carbuncle on His neck.
BACK FROM NEW YORK
Mr. .1. T. Strange, of J. T. Stran
ge and Cos., has returned from
New York where he went ten days
ago to buy new goods for this big
department store.
This firm keeps abreast of the
times and is determined to keep
its large store filled with the la
test styles and with what the peo
ple need and must have.
TAX BOOKS OPEN
%
The tax books are open at the
Courthouse to receive tax returns
for the present year 1921—will he
at the (’outhouse until the !9th of
Fell, afterwards Saturday only.
.1 .1. Shedd, R. T. R. Barrow
(Vanity.
NOTICE
A course in Business V riting of
fered. No previous training
necessary. Three lessons, 30 min
utes each, given per week. Char
ges $7.50 for entire course, which
<vm be completed in three months,
at least—time dependent upon
aptness of pupil. Please confer,
AT ONCE, with ALMA HAY
GOOD, Teacher Penmanship in
W. 11. S. 109 Church St. City.
HAVE DISCOVERED
THE TROUBLE
The specialists of Atlanta have
located the trouble in the serious
illness of Rev. W. IT. Faust.
They have found it was a stone
in the kidney and efforts >vill lip
made to dissolve it without having j
to perform an operation.
Winder and all this section are
hoping that Mr. Faust may soon
he restored to health and hack
home again.
BOLL WEEVILS PLENTIFUL
Mr. J. F. Burnson, one of the
splendid farmers of Pentecost dis
trict, had a field last year which
he did not cultivate and let it
grow up in weeds.
He informed the Times last Mon
day while in Winder that these
weeds are literally filled withboll
weevils and that when you broke
them open there was no difficulty
in finding all of these little pests
you desired to see.
This is one of the problems with
which ..we are to contend this year
that is worrying most farmers and
which may seriously affect the
cotton fields of Barrow County.
It is the part of wisdom to pre
pare to meet this enemy and use
every precaution possible to pre
vent serious loss and damage.
Mr. Cus Richardson spent one
day at home with his grandpar
ent's Inst week. Gus is making
good and has a fine position at
Birmingham.
Mrs. Omie Richardson, of At
lanta, was a visitor the past week
end to her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
McElhanuon.
Statham high school notes will
appear next week and several
other local matters left out for
causes we could not prevent.
On Sunday afternoon at 3:30
o’clock the B. V. P. P.’s of the Ap.
palacliee Association will meet at
the First Baptist church at Win
der for the purpose of organizing
an assoeiational B. Y. P, U.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Sims and
baby, Mrs. John Shields, Mrs.
Lillie Lamar, Miss Utha Shields
'and Mr. Guy Shields motored to
At liens Sundy.
Rev. and Mrs. W. T. Ilamhy,
of Gainesville, spent the week-end
with Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Mat
thews and Mrs. Ella Whitehead.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Brady spent
Sunday in Athens.
Rev. and £lrs. Will Rutledge
have rooms with Rev. and -Mrs.
W. E. Moore.
Mr. Brady Hill has boon confin
ed to his room several days on ac
count of illness.
IMPORTANT NOTICE—IN
COME TAX RETURNS
Commerce, Georgia, Feb. 4,1921.
Mr. A. G. Lamar, Winder Ga.
Dear Sir:
I would thank you kindly to say
to the public through the columns
of your paper that 1 will lie in
your city on Feb. I,Bth and 19th
1921, for the purpose of assisting
the public in rendering their 1920
Income Tax returns. Two days
only. Yours truly
W. M. Bryant, Deputy Collector.
Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Jackson spent
the week-end in Hosehton.
$1.50 IN ADVANCE
MR. JOHN R. AUSTIN LOSES
BY FIRE
I
On last Thursday night Mr. Jno.
K Aushtin, of this city, sustained
a heavy loss by fire.
Ilis garage, a large casing, 5J
gallons of oil and a truck were
burned.
The loss runs over #4,000 and
was only partially insured.
I VISITS HIS MOTHER SUNDAY'
Mr. John W. Millsaps, the big
wholesale mule dealer and busi
ness man, of Atlanta, was here
Sunday visiting his mother.
The many friends of Airs. Ga
llic Millsaps will regret to know
that she is in very delicate health
and her condition is the eaus e of
much uneasiness to her children.
Mr. John Millsaps always re
cones a warm welcome to Winder
where most of his days were spent,
until going to Atlanta a few years
ago, and all of them are proud of
his great sucres in the business
world.
Mr. Arch Perry nd sons, Leon
and W. R„ and Mr H. H. Segars
visited Miss Sue Dell Perry at the
Normal school in Athens last Sun
day.
Mrs. Arch Perry visited friends
and relatives at Campton, last
Sunday.
Mr. R L. Manning, the big far
mer and gin man of Bethlehem
district spent Tuesday afternoon
in Winder.
Mrs. Cox, of Cmilla, left for her
home Monday after spendng sev
eral days with her sister Mrs. Roy
Smith.
Mrs. W. B. Mathews and Miss
Johnnie Lou Smith spent Wed
nesday in Atlanta.
Mrs. Jobe Hill has been confin
ed to Her room several days this
week.
Born to .Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Sims
on last Saturday, a ten-pound
baby boy who Ims been named Be
laud Ross Sims. The mother and
fine Hoy are doing nicely and Kr
nest has reduced His hours at the
bank so as to watch the young fel
low wink at him and continue to
grow. While on duty at the North
Georgia Trust and Banking Com
pany, however, he is still polite
and courteous to all patrons and
wears a broad smile.
INCOME TAX IN A NUTSHELL
WHO? Single persons who had
a net income of SI,OOO or more for
the year 1920; married couples
who had a net income of $2,000.
WHEN? March 15, 1921, is the
final date for filing returns, and
making first payments.
WHERE? Collector of Internal
Revenue for district in which Un
person resides.
IIOW, Full directions on Form
1040A and Form 1040; also the
law and regulations.
WHAT? Four per cent normal
tax on taxable income up to $4,000
per cent normal lax on balance of
taxable income. Surtax from 1
per cent to 65 per cent on net in
comes over $5,000.
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE FOR
SALE—On account of moving,will
sell furniture of 13-room house,
consisting of bed-room, parlor and
dining room suits, dressers, iron
beds kitchen tables and safe, Ma
jestic range, refrigrator, rugs,
chairs, shades, tea wagon, vacuum
cleaner etc. MRS. R. O. ROSS.