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THE-STRANI) THKATFR PROGRAM THURSDAY and FRlDAY.—August 4 and sth.—Enid Bennett, iu “The False Road.” SATURDAY, August 6—White Horse man. Diamond Queen. Comedy VOL. XXVIII. NEWS HEMS FROM OUR NEIGHBORS Gathered From Exchan ges in Adjoining Counties. Jackson County __ (Herald.) Messrs. J. B. Parham, C. H. Appleby and W. E .Cooper of Winder spent a short while in the city last Friday. ' Miss Erma Haneoek has returned from a visit to friends in Winder. Mr. It. L. Carithers of Winder was in the city Tuesday. Miss Delree Hardy and brother of Pendergrass were the guests last week of Miss Blondine Hardy of Winder. Cof W. H. Quarterman and Mr R. R. Barber of Winder were in Jefferson Tuesday. Messrs. Alton Young and Charles McWhorter of Winder were in the city Tuesday afternoon. Messrs, Harold McDonald, Keith Quarterman and Walter Stanton of Winder were in Jefferson Saturday. Col. G. D Ross of Winder was a visitor to Jefferson one day last week. In the selection of teachers for the Winder Public Schools, the board sas again elected Miss Miriam Bennett to hafb charge of the fourth grade. Miss Miriam is one of Jefferson’s most ac complished young ladies, and her ser vice as a teacher are always acceptable tg her patrons. Misses Icie Smith and Alice King, who have many friends here and who frequently visit here, were also chosen on the faculty. Walton County. (Tribune) Mrs. J. M Aiken and Miss Carolyn, of Winder, are the guests of relatives in the city. Mrs. A. C. Kelly visited her sister, Mrs. Mrs. L. S. Radford, of Winder, last week Misses’ Annie, Ermine and Julia Thomas, of Winder, and Miss S'lirly Mathews, of Comer, spent the week end with Miss Jettie Weaver at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Smith. Several days ago the Walton coun ty highways extending from the New ton to the Morgan county lines and from Monroe to the Barrow county line were formally accepted by l>i visipn Engineer R. T. Goodwyu, Jr., and df uintenance Superintendent 1. ' Avdfeck President Ernest Camp, of the Eighth District Press Association, has called a meeting of that organization for Friday morning, August sth, in the Chamber of Commerce rooms at Ath ens. Inasmuch as this will be the first meeting since the association was re organized no lengthy set program has been prepared. The dredging of Mountain Creek "Which began at the new’ bridge a few weeks ago, is proceeding nicely and the big show is daily attracting large crowds. The bill providing for four terms of Superior Court in Walton county ja-sed the House and Senate some days ago. ' The bill provides that sessions or the court shall be held on the third Monday in February, the first Monday in May, the third Monday in August and the first Monday in November. (the State Senate Tuesday confirm ed hie appointment of Col. J. H. Felk er as judge of the City Court of Mon roe, and at the same time confirmed the appointment of Coy. J. C. Knox to be solicitor of the court. The terms of both judge and solicitor begin Au guest 17, 1921, and the appointments were made by Governor Hardwick sev eral days previous. Gwinnett County. (News-Herald) Stanley's Cash Store, located at Da cula, was placed in involuntary bank ruptcy last week. This is unwelcome news to large numbers of people all over Gwinnett county, who have for years traded at this store and have al ways received good treatment and, as is well known, prices below many oth er stores. Mr. Mark Stanley, the proprietor, was in Lawreneeville Tuesday and in speaking of the failure of his business said that he hoped to . get back into business if possible, and that if he did he would continue to “Sell ’Em Cheap er,” as. it was not that policy that hurt him. but that failure to collect and other business deals outside his mer chffndising business brought about his embarrassment. Mr Stanley' is a splendid business AND THE BARROW TIMES A MESSAGE FROM The WINDER NEWS • This is a message to our subscrib ers. We know it is fair and that everyone that takes the News will agree with us in the statements we make. On account of the stringency in money matters, we have not press ed our subscribers for payment thru the summer months. By the clos est economy we have managed to pull through so far, yet we are go ing to need every dollar due us ear ly in the fall. ' W’e are expecting you to pay us just as soon as you begin to sell your cotton. W’e have given you a good, readable paper, and we feel sure you appreciate our efforts and that you will be willing at the first opportunity to show your apprecia tion by sparing us the small amount you owe the paper,. The amount is not large to anyone, but these small amounts put together mean a great deal to us. The label on your paper shows the date to which you are paid. If te date opposite your name reads 21apr21, it means that your sub scription expired on April 21, 1921, and that you are due us for the pa per from that date. There is not a family in the county but what is to take their county paper. It costs about 3 cents a copy, and we believe everyone in the county feels that it is worth this small sum to able to keep up wit the happen ings of this county and section. W’e are expecting you to help us and to help us early. W’e need it. The first time you are in town come around and see us and let’s talk over the matter. We want to give you a good paper hut we cannot do so un less we can collect the subscriptions due us. THE WINDER NEWS anil Barrow Times ASSISTS IN BAKERY. Mr. Hoyt E. Moore is in Abbeville 1 from Winder, Ga., He will be associa ted with his brother-in-law, Mr. 11. L. | Moore, in his bakery business. —Abbe- -1 ville Press Banner. LOYAL GUARDS FISH FRY. On Wednesday afternoon the mem- I tiers of the Loyal Guards Sunday \ school class gave a fish fry at Oak Grove. Some seventy-five enjoyed this | occasion. Every year this fine class of I men gives a barbecue or fish fry and | they have always proved to be enjoy able affairs. man, lias proven himself such, and the fact that conditions which it was im po sible to foresee have gotten him in | too deep water is no evidence that he will not eventually swim out. We will expect him to and believe he will. Mr. and Mrs. F. Q. Summon and fam ily and Mrs. L. A. Henderson visited Mrs. Sammon’s mother in Auburn last Wednesday afternoon Walton County. (News) Mrs. J. M. Aiken and Miss Carolyn Aiken, of Winder, visited Monroe rela tives last week. Miss Margaret Burge spent Sunday in Winder, the guest of her friends, Rev. and Mrs. L. W. Collins. Messrs J. I). F.scoe, of Jefferson, and Weldon M. Hinesley, of Winder, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. V. S. Wright Sunday afternoon. Services are in progress at Campton church this week. Pastor Gresham, who began the services, is being ft lily 'ssisteil by Rev. L. W. Collins, pastor of the First Methodist church, Win der. Large crowds are going to every service and the interest is growing from day to day. It is lielieved that the season will be one of great, far-reaching refreshing. Numbers of good people belong to the Campton church. Next week Pastor Collins, of Win der, will be engaged in special services with Rev. J. A. Sprayberry at New Hope church, Between. It is predicted that these services will ire largely at tended and that, since so mnny good things have been said of the visiting minister, the interest will wax strong from the very iieginning. The New Hope church holds claim on some most excellent people and is located in a most delightful section of country. Mr. C. 11. Cook spent Sunday in Ath ens. Winder, Barrow County, Georgia, Thursday, August 4, 1921. BARROW GINNERS TO MEET SAT. 13TH. There will be a most important meet ing of all the ginners of Barrow coun ty in Winder on Saturday, August 13, which is one week from next Saturday. The meeting will be held in the old court house room at 2 o’clock in the afternoon. Many things of importance will come up at this meeting, among them the fixing of prices for ginning the coming season. No doubt, every ginner in the county will be present. VOTE BONDS OR A BIG TAX RATE TO BE LEVIED THIS FALL On August 20th, the people of Bar row county will decide on the issue of $50,000 worth of bonds witli which to finish the court house and to pay oth debts of the county that has accumu lated. It will be necessary to issue bonds, or levy a tax sufficiently large this fall to raise the $50,000. Under the present condition of financial affairs it sedtns to us that it would be far bet ter to v ote bonds and pay them la ter than to have a heavy and oppres sive tax levied on the county this fall. Everyone that favors bonds under the present circumstances should not fail to go out and vote. To fail to vote for bonds is a vote against them as the required number of votes must la* secured for them. Look up the day, mark it on your calendar, and go out ! and vote. Wm. S. Hart Coming to Strand for Two Days Manager L. Love of the Strand The ater announces for next Monday anil Tuesday William S. Hart, who will be seen in a typical western story, “Blue Blazes Rawdon.” William S. Hart is a favorite here and the movie fans will no doubt take advantage of tins op portunity to again to see their old fa vorite. On today and tomorrow the Strand offers Enid Bennett in “The False Road,” a good picture. Those who saw Douglas Fairbanks Tuesday w ere loud in their praise of this picture. There are two more of these pictures and two more Hart pic tures which will be shown on Monday and Tuesday. Dr. Key Heard by Large Congregation at First Baptist Church Sunday Dr. D. W. Key, former pastor at the First Baptist ehurcli. Monroe, tilled the pulpit at the First Baptist church in this city Sunday, in the absence oof the pastor. Rev. W. H. Faust. Dr. Key was greeted by a large au dience who were confident of hearing a great sermon delivered by the erudite preacher and they were not disappoint ed. Dr. Key preached from the text Collossion 4:12, “Epephras.” In the beginning of the sermon we decided that Epephras was a dry text, but be fore Dr. Key had gone very far into his subject we decided that it was a very interesting subject. Epephras was a doer, a servant and was ashamed to He known as one of the little churches at Collossia. I)r. Key handled his subject well; he is a clear .forceful speaker and the First Baptist congregations were delight to have liim speak at two services Sunday. First Baptist Baracas Hold Business Meeting The members of the Baraca class of the First Baptist church held a busi ness meeting in the Sunday school rooms of the church last Friday night. Many Important matters were brought up and disposed of at this meeting. Plans were discussed for building an extension to the Sunday -school rooms as more room is badly needed, and is probable that this work will be under way in a short time. This class is one of the largest class es of men Ln the state, numbering more than one hundred members. Mrs. H. T. Flanigan is teacher of this large class of men, and there is no finer teacher, nor more loyal, unselfish worker than Miss Ruby. She is held in the highest love and esteem by each member of the class. U. S. AUTHORIZES LOAN TO GEORGIA FARMERS Loans Made to Baldwin, Washington and Han* cock Counties. Georgia farmers are beginning to re alize some money from the government On Wednesday of this week, the fed eral farm loan board granted charters . national farm loan association iu three counties of the state, Baldwin, Hancock, and Washington counties. The loan"board has authorized a loan of $60,000 to the Baldwin county farmers, and SIOO,OOO each to Hancock and Washington counties. These loans will he advanced hy the district federal farm loan bank at Columbia, S. C. A Barrow county farm loan organi zation has been perfected, and no doubt, the farmers of this county, who have applied for loans, will receive these loans in the near future. The right to make loans by a federal land bank is limited to the following purposes: (A) To provide for the purchase of lamf for agricultural purposes. (B) To provide for the purchase of equipment and live stock necessary for the proper and reasonable operation of the farm. (C) To provide buildings and for the improvement of farm lands. (D) To liquidate the indebtedness of the owner of the land mortgage exist ing at the time of the organization of the farm loan association. The loan cannot be made for a pe riod of less than five years, nor more than forty years. Hon. John Holder On Highway Commission John N. Holder, former speaker of the house of representatives and a cit izen of Barrow’s neighboring county, Jackson, ami well known to all our people, will lie appointed by Governor Hardwick to succeed Dr. Charles N. Strahan as chairman of the state high way commission, when the latter s term expires next January, or should he re sign during the intervening period. Mr. Holder will likely accept the appoint ment. If Mr Holder accepts the appoint ment he'will devote his entire time to the work of the commission, the gov ernor having decided that, since such a large amount of business of so much importance is transacted by the com mission, the present policy of devot jjng only partial attention to the duties I should he discontinued. Editor Holder is one of the strong men of the state and should he accept the place will fill it with credit to him self and will manage the affairs of the commission ill u most acceptable man ner. Lunch and Drink Stand Opened on Jackson St. This week Mr. N. A. Sharpton open ed up anew lunch and drink stand on Jackson street in the building adjoin ing J. B. Lay & Son., which will be known as the Rex. Mr. Sharpton has an ideal place for such a business and it is predicted that The Rex will prove to be a popular place. Mr. Sharpton will sell lunches of all kinds, weiners, hamburgers, egg sand wiches, roast beef, etc., and most any thing In the soft drink line, such as coca-cola, soda water, Special, Cook’s Goldblume, Revo, and is exclusive agent for the famous drink, Jax, which will he sold in bottles and on draught, jax is said to lie the most nourishing healthful, and nutritious drink on the market today. It is nonalcoholic and is as pure and sweet as is possible for a drink to he. Mr. Sharpton would he glad to serve you in anything in his line. VOTING BY TELEGRAPH. If the House of Representatives in Atlanta takes similar action as the sen ate .residents of Georgia who are out of the state can vote by telegraph on election days. Senator Dennis Flem ing succeeded in passing by a vote of ‘2O to 11, a hill providing that citizens of the state may wire their ballots to their respective election managers. ENRICO CARUSO DIES IN NAPLES, ITALY;! ACUTE PERITONITIS, AFTER LONG ILL NESS, FATAL TO WORLD FAMED TENOR. OPERA STAR FAILS TO RALLY AFTER OPERATION SUNDAY NIGHT. Enrico Caruso, the world famed tenor died Tuesday. The great singer, whose ultimate recovery had been hoped for under the benign influences of his own Italy, passed away at J) o’clock Tues day morning at the Hotel Vesuvius in Naples. He had been carried there hurriedly from Sorrento, on the hny of Naples, where less than a week ago he avowed his returning strength and er pressed the conviction that he would sing again as iu the old days. He had been able to visit the famous sanctuary of Our Lady of Pompeii, giv ing thanks offering for his recovery. He went also to the Island of Carpi, where lie attended a luncheon in His honor. But soon afterwards unfavor able symptoms in the form of a high fever, manifested themselves, and his wife telegraphed to a Rome specialist to come to Sorrento; it was then /lis covered that anew internal abscess had developed. Caruso’s removal to Rome for an op eration was advised but lie showed such weakness that it was impossible to transfer him further than Naples, where lie arrived Hy sea Sunday even ing. Four eminent physicians were called in consultation and their exam ination showed the presence of a sub phrenic abscess, accompanied hy se vere peronitis. An operation to fie performed at noon Tuesday was decided upon but the patient’s condition became suddenly worse at 4:30 in the morning and lie died soon afterward. Prior to this, heart stimulation was resorted to hourly. Trip Down in Morgan. The editor of the News with his family enjoyed a visit to relatives at Buck head, Ga., down in Morgan coun ty last Sunday. We found the roads tine between Winder and Monroe, fair ly good between Monroe and Social Cir cle, some better between Social Circle and Rutledge, and at the latter place we struck Morgan’s concrete road which extends down to Madison This is the tirst time we have had tin* pleasure of riding over tills road anil we want to congratulate our sister county of Mor gan on such a magnificent highway. It was tlie shortest nine miles we have ridden in many u day, and if we Hail roads all over Georgia like this one in Morgan, traveling would, indeed, be a pleasure. Crops were good along tHe route and we see no reason why Barrow, Wal ton and Morgan counties should not be in as good condition this fall as any other county iti the state. At Thickhead we had the pleasure of meeting quite a number of relatives, Among whom we mention Mr. A. E. Mc- Whorter, Mrs. J. O’Flaherty, Mr. amj Mrs. W B. Mcßee, Mr. and Mrs. 11. ('. McWhorter, all of whom live at Buck head; also Mr. and Mrs. It. B. McWhorter, of Watson Spring, Mrs. Lizzie McWhorter, of Wood ville, Mr. Harry M. McWhorter, of Madison, and many other friends. We enjoyed the day immensely DEATH OF MRS. JOHN SUDDETH. Mrs. John Sudileth, who lived near Jefferson, and a former citizen of Wiu der, died at her home near the former place last Friday night. Mrs. Sudileth was about 70 years of age, and had a host of friends in Winder and sur rounding country. She was buried in Winder Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Sudileth was loved and esteemed by all her friends and acquaintances, anil the sympathy of a large circle of friends is extended to the bereaved husband and relatives. FIRST OPEN COTTON BOLL. Mr. W. J. Moon brought to our office last Monday the first open cotton boll wo have heard of in this section. Mr. Moon lives out about a mile from A\ in der and is one of Barrow’s hustling farmers. THE STRAND THEATER PROGRAM MONDAY and TUESDAY, August Sand 9th.—Wm. S. HART, in "BLUE BLASES RAWDON.” WEDNESDAY, August 10.—THEATER CLOSED. THE GOVERNMENT PLANNING TO PUT ON MORE TAXES Government Officials Arranging to Increase Income by Four Bil lion Dollars. The United States congress at Wash ington is contemplating increasing the taxes that the people have to pay to the tune of $4,000,000,000. This increase is to be raised Hy a tax of 2’ cents on all bank checks, a flat li cense of $lO on all automobiles irre spective of cost or horsepower, an in crease of letter postage to 3 cents, and an added levy on cigars, tobacco and cigarettes. It is also designed to in crease the normal income tax on cor porations from the present ten per cent to fifteen per cent. The hill has not yet become a law, lint it has been recommended by Secretary Mellon. Prominent Visitor in Winder First of Week. Mr. Douglas Kilsenbury, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was In Winder first of the week. Mr. Kilsenbury is Southern rep-, resentatlve of a large concern and stopped over in Winder with friends for a day or two. Mr. Kilsenbury is a distinguished visitor in that he is a cousin of the late Theodore Roosevelt and also in that he was selected by the late liobt. F. Peary as one of the party that (lash od to tlie North Pole. Mr. Kiisenbury s father, Capt. Fred Kilsenbury, was a member of the Greely expedition to the North Pole In IH.SI and lost his life when within 144 miles of his goal A News man read a number of the letters won which were very interesting written by Capt. Kilsenbury hack to his Ids son, dated 18K1, 27 years before Capt. Robt. F. Peary’s expedition was successful in reaching the goal. The Greely expedition was lost and Capt. Peary returned all the personal effects of this expedition to relatives. Mr. Kilsenbury has had varied and wide experience, is interesting talker and a polished gentleman. ’ Dr. Lim, A Native of Korea, Visits Winder A splendid crowd heard with great interest, Mr. Lim, a native of Korea, at the Methodist church last Sunday. Mr. Lim is a graduate of Emory Uni versity, and leaves Atlanta this week to return to his own people as a min ister of the gospel. The story of his coming to America, without means, ab solutely ignorant of our language and without friends and how he lifts Vork ed his way through the schools, is a splendid example of what ambition and perseverance can accomplish. His brief history of Ids own people and the story of the great revivals now go ing on in Korea were heard by a most attentive congregation. One of bin striking memories of the Korean church was of the prayer meeting at tendance which had an average in some towns of fifteen hundred people. Mr. Lim also addressed the Baraca class of the Baptist church Sunday morning at 10:80. RETURNS TO WINDER. Mr. R. I). Moore, who has been assist ing his son-in-law, Mr. H. L. Moore, in opening up his bakery establishment returned to his home at Winder, Ga., Wednesday.—Abbeville Press and Ban ner. NOTICE. The regular monthly meeting of the Loyal Guards will be held Monday ev ening, August Bth, at 8:30 in the Com munity Tark. All the members are urged to be present. A watermelon cutting will be enjoyed at this time. No. 16