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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15. 1921
What the Editors Say of Winder
The Press Boys Have A
Good Many Things to
Say About Our
City .
The regular quarterly meeting of the
Ninth District Press Association at
Winder on Friday of last week was a
ry tine occasion for the Association
aad for every visitor who attended. It
was the pleasure of a number of pub
lishers from the Eighth District to be
Present by invitation.
The attendance was good and the dis
ssion of the pertinent topics was all
of a high and helpful order. The
Ninth very properly claims some of the
ablest and best men in the Georgia As
sociation, and the personnel of the 9th
is very excellent.
The outstanding feature of the occa
sion was the cordial reception and the
fine entertainment accorded the visit
ors by the good town of Winder. The
glad hand of many charming women
and high-class business men was fol
lowed by a tine luncheon at the New
Winder Hotel, and a special picture
program at the movie theater.
The visitor had many good impres
sions of Winder—the beautiful roads
that lead to her limits, her paved
streets, handsome business houses, sub
stantial business men, and the fine spirit
of her people —hospitable, substantial
and progressive.
Editor John W. McWhorter is pres
ident and Editor Jim Davidson is sec
retary of the Ninth District Press as
sociation. —Madison Madisonian.
Winder was host to the Ninth Dis
trict Press last Friday, and our sister
city not only entertained royally the
quill drivers from the ninth but from
the eighth district as well.
The business meeting was held in
the old court room.
Interesting talks on various topics
of much concern to the newspaper fra
ternity were made by John F. Shannon,
Ernest Camp, John N. Holder, George
D. Rucker, Albert S. Hardy, Paul T.
Harber and Mrs. Homer Thompson.
The entire body was invited over to
the New Winder Hotel, where a goodly
number of the local citizens met with
and enjoyed a splendid repast prepared
by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Land, who are
well known in Lawrenceville.
Winder is growing into a young city
and the former animosity between her
and Lawrenceville has about died out.
Among the recent improvements noticed
were paved streets, a modern new brick
school building and a commodious
court house nearing completion.
Manager Love, of the local playhouse,
treated the visitors to a matiuee, the
picture show being “It Pays to Adver
tise.” which was appropriate to the
occasion." —Gweinnett Journal.
The Ninth District Press association
with numerous visitors from the Eighth
District Association, was royally en
tertained by the city of Winder last
Friday.
The meeting was called to order at
llo'clock at the old Barrow county
court house. Editor John F. Shannon,
of the Commerce News, welcomed the
Eighth District editors and the re
sponse was made by the editor of The
Tribune.
The meeting adjourned shortly after
two o’clock and the editors and their
wives repaired to the dining room of
the New Winder Hotel, where an ele
gant course luncheon was served.
In addition to the forty-odd editors
and their wives present, there were
quite a number of Winder's prominent
citizens and their good ladies.
Editor McWhorter acted as toast
master for the occasion and introduced
a number of different speakers, all of
whom responded in a happy vein, the
home folks expressing their pleasure
the presence of the visitors extol
lng the spirit and enterprise of the
wide-a-wake, progressive city of Win
der
The occasion was dne of rare pleas
pre and interest to the large crowd in
attendance, and the city of W inder is
to be congratulated upon the splendid
hospitality that was in evidence upon
every hand.—Walton Tribune.
Winder certainly knows how to treat
a country weekly editor. I believe the
meeting there last Friday was the best
ever in the history of the association.—
Oconee Enterprise. ~'i , .
On Sept. 2. the Ninth District edi
tors met in the beautiful and progres
sive little city of Winder, about forty
or more of the editors of the Eighth
and Ninth Districts were present and
on reaching Winder were met by a
large and cordial committee of ladies
and gentlemen of town, who done ev
erything possible to make the day a
most pleasant and memorable one for
their visitors.
,*h Interesting business session was
held with President John W. MeWhort-
er, editor of the Winder News, presid
ing.
Following the business meeting the
party adjourned to the New Winder
Hotel, where a nice luncheon was serv
d them, being joined by anumber of
irominent citizdns and the ministers of
the city.
•uring the lunch the toastmaster,
Editor McWhorter called on a number
of the guests, who responded with
short but bright speeches.
We all knew' Winder to be one of
the vefry best pnd. most up-to-date
towns in Georgia, but on this day we
found it to be more than a town, with
its wide streets newly paved, a inngui
licent new court house, manufacturing
Industries and many other recent im
provements. Their slogan is: “We Are
Building a City Here," and all were
convinced that they are doing that very
thing.
V special picture for the press vis
itors was shown at the Strand Theater,
"It Pays to Advertise.” This was
greatly enjoyed and appreciated by
the editors, as were the many other
kind and nice things done for us by
the hospitable people of Winder. —
Maysville Enterprise.
A most interesting and helpful meet
ing of the Ninth District Press asso
ciation was held in Winder last Friday.
President J. W. McWhorter, of The
Winder News, had arranged an accept
able business program, and as an extra
feature, he assured the scribes of an
enjoyable entertainment program. In
vitations had been extended members
of the Eighth district association, and
several accepted.
There was only one business session
which lasted from 11:30 till 2 o’clock.
At noon a luncheon was tendered the
visitors as the New Winder hotel. More
than eighty persons were present. May
or Bagwell of Winder and some eight
or ten business men and the Civic club
president responded to toasts, as did a
half dozen or more of the newspaper
contingent.
Following the luncheon Manager L.
Love of the picture theater entertained
the visitors at his playhouse, screening
It Pays to Advertise,” a production
secured specially for the occasion. His
hospitality was appreciated and the
picture scored a hit.
It was generally agreed that the
meeting from a business standpoint,
proved more directly beneficial than the
annual state press gatherings. More
earnest attention was given the mat
ters which came before the convention.
The heart-to-heart matmer of going at
Hie problems made an instant appeal to
the assembled newspaper folk.
Winder showed her appreciation of
the visit of the editors. That Winder
is up and doing and growing was clear
ly demonstrated to every guest. —Com-
merce Observer.
The Advertiser was represented at
the Ninth District Press Association
in Winder last Friday by Mrs. B. H.
Howard and Bryan Redd. We were
delightfully entertained by this pro
gressive little city and had a real good
business meeting also. Most of the
Ninth District papers were represeut
d and there were also several there
from the Eighth District. We surely
had a good time. After the business
session we had a delightful lunch at
the New Winder Hotel, thence to the
Strand Theater where a picture, “It
Pays to Advertise” was well illustrat
ed.—Dawsouville Advertiser.
A joint meeting of the Ninth and
Eighth district press associations was
held In the splendid little city of Win
der Friday and some forty-odd news
paper editors with their wives and
sweethearts were on hand. IV inder was
profuse in its welcome to the visitors
and royal hospitality abounded. After
a business session of a couple of hours
duration at the county court house, the
newspaper people were entertained at a
splendid luncheon at the New Winder
hotel. Mayor Bagwell, Postmaster Mc-
Cants, Judge G. A. Johns, Attorney
Quarterman and other Winder digni
taries, together with Editor McWhort
er and associates, “put the big pot in
the little un," and gave the editors a
sure enough feast. Many impromptu re
marks were made by various speakers,
and the occasion was a great one. The
party was later entertained at a moving
picture show and witnessed the pro
duction. ”It Pays to Advertise.” The
business session of the convention was
splendid, and much was brought out of
a helpful nature to the newspaper folks.
The next meeting of the Ninth district
association will be held in Gainesville
on the first Friday in December, and we
hope to see Gainesville take hold of the
meeting and try to duplicate Winder’s
entertainment. —Gjainesville News.
The Ninth District Press Conven
tion convened at Winder Friday and
Its members were given a good time.
The next meeting takes place at Gaines
ville the first Friday in December when
‘t will not be necessary to put any ice
in their drinking water Used
o a little nice toddy was very accept
able on such occasions, but now the at
tendants have to be content with eith
er ice water or sassafras tea. —Dah-
lonega Nugget.
The quill drivers of the Ninth District
Press Convention were anxious for us
to meet them in Winder today. Bro.
McWhorter of the News gave us a spe
cial invitation, promising us all sorts
fa good time, and we appreciate his
acts of kindness very much. We shall
always have a warm spot in our
breast for Bro. McWhorter and all the
rest of the boys, ‘.-rusting that nothing
>ut good times and prosperity will
ome their way—Dahlonega Nugget
a
Arriving at Winder between ten and
eleven o’clock, we went to the New
Winder Hotel, where representatives of
both the Ninth and Eighth Georgia dis
tricts were assembling for a reception
and social good tim
Editor McWhorter, of that bright
Georgia weekly, The Winder News,
host to the convention, with Mr. Cook
and perhaps other representatives of
that journal and a number of promi
nent business men of Barrows’ ’capi
tal, were squarely on the job in meeting
and greeting the journalistists and
marking them with badges.
By the noon hour, or a little time
before hand, quite a large bunch had
gotten together, and in a body went to
the auditorium of the old court house,
or opera house building, for the public
exercises.
The welcome address, made after
a very eloquent and forceful prayer
by Rev. Wilkie Collins, of the Win
der Methodist church, was delivered
iy Hon. John Shannon, of The Com
merce News, one of the best edited
Journals in not only the Ninth dis
trict, but in Georgia. The response
to the address of welcome was made
Editor Ernest Camp, of Monroe,
His address was happily received.
Business having been finished, next
came the great get-together in the
spacious dialing room of the New
Winder Hotel, where an elegant lunch
on was served. During and after this
magnificent feast of good things, short
“snappy” talks were made, Editor Mc-
Whorter, in his unique and graceful
manner, acting as toastmaster. The
irst speaker was Mayor George Bag
well, one of the truest, best men of our
acquaintance —a man for whom we
ve entertaned the most cordal re
gard for a long time. He was follow
ed by Hon. George Johns, Hon. W. H.
tjuarterman, Hon. Claud Muyne, .B.
McCants, L. S. Uadword, Rev. Stanley
R. Grubb, Rev. Wilkie Collins and Mrs.
W. H. Quurterinau, representing the
Woman's Club, all of Winder, and ulk
if whom are doing much in building a
great city in the heart of the county of
Barrow —a city strong socially, moral
ly, religiously, materially and educa
tionally.
After the dinner hour the edtors.
their wives and other representatives
of press were complimented by Man
ager L. Love of the Strand Theater,
with a most excellent picture entitled:
Tt Pays to Advertise” —a picture that
he secured exclusively for the benefit of
I lie convention. All who saw it were
pleased with it and were loud in their
iraise of Mr. Love for his thoughtful-
At the Winder meet, one of the very
best we ever attended —a meeting
which was charaeterzed by the real
JVinder spirit—we saw the faces and
grasped the hands of some of the very
finest men and women, vsitors and cit
izens, that Georgia ever produced.
Wish time and space would allow us
to mention all of them.
It was a great personal pleasure for
us to be in Winder—a town in the
midst of which we have hundreds of
warm friends. —Walton News.
That hospitable and ideal city lo
cated in Barrow county—Winder —en-
tertained the Ninth District Press asso
ciation most generously at its meeting
September 2.
Winder is a fast growing city. In
fact, they say they are building a city
One cannot doubt their assertion when
you are once privileged to view their
manufacturng enterprises and progres
sive business as were the quill drivers
>f the Ninth.
Her business men have to our esti
mation and judgment what it takes to
make a live city: Hospitality, conge
niality, plenty of pep and determina-
They have under oonrftructon
i court house that will be a credit to
Barrow’s progressive citizenry. If
here is any factionalism in Winder we
vere unable to see or bear of It.
After adjournment we were escort
'd to the New Winder Hotel to par
ticipate in a most sumptuous feast. The
Mayor of Winder delivered the welcome
ng address in behalf of the city and
was followed by a number of short ad
dresses.
—Cleveland Courier >
THE WINDER NEWS
"Forty Years
A Message From the House
‘ of Michael
We are entering upon the forti-'
eth year of our business life. Ev
ery day, month and year of these
forty years has been devoted to
an ambitious desire to see Athens
grow, believing that in the growth
of Athens we would grow, believ
ing that in the prosperity of Ath
ens we would prosper.
Athens grew and we grew. The
Athens of today is not the Athens
of forty years ago, and the House
of Michael is not the House of for
ty years ago. The little town has
changed to an influential city;
the little store has changed to a
large modern enterprise.
The methods employed, to
change Athens from a little town
to an influential city, were not
such as cause changes to come ov
er night, but a steady pull on the
part of sturdy citizens, who labor
ed unselfishly for the prosperity
of the town they loved. Their la
bors were rewarded by that glo
rious satisfaction of duty well
done.
The methods employed to
change the little store to a large,
modern enterprise were not such
as cause changes to come over
night, but a steady pull on the
part of our firm, who labored un
ceasingly and unselfishly to give
to Athens the very best that was
in them.
And, so today, announcing the
opening of New House of Mich
ael which has “come out of the
ashes,” we rejoice that our labors
have not been in vain, our ambi
tion unfailing, our hopes still in
spired and our confidence in Ath
ens and her people still unchang
ed.
For forty years we have aimed
at one mark and have had our
eyes towards one goal, and that
was to give Athens a store worthy
of the city, worthy of the people,
and worthy of the House of Mich
ael.
We have always striven to em
ploy only those methods in the
conduct of our business that
would not only invite your confi
dence and esteem, but make us
worthy of it. Now we are enter
ing our fortieth year in business.
Every year has been spent in your
midst.
From the very moment of our
modest beginning on “Bishop’s
Corner,” in August, 1882, we
Michael’s New Store
at Athens
, Will Have It’s Opening
Monday, September Nineteenth
You are most cordially invited.
Remember the date September Nineteenth.
Michael Brothers
Athens, Georgia
SUBSCRIPTION: 11.50 A YEAR
have used, as the foundation
stone upon which our commercial
edifice has been builded, a policy
of selling ‘Good Goods Only’ and
satisfying our customers by fair,
courteous and honorable dealing.
So, the terrible conflagration of
January the 24th, could only
wipe away buildings. It could
not warp or disturb this founda
tion stone.
Next Monday, September 19th,
we will again open doors to a
New House of Michael, which
comes from the crucible finer and
stronger; with ideals unshaken.
Our debt of gratitude to our
thousands of friends and patrons
is a very great one. Their sympa
thy and encouragement gave us
the strength for our great under
takings. Their beautiful spirit
was in great measure responsible
for Our resolve to build a struct
ure that would, tho’ speaking si
lently, speak eloquently of our
deep appreciation.
We have, too, a sincere sense
sense of obligation to that loyal
body of men and women who
have associated themselves with
us. We realize that their faithful
ness, courtesy and patience has
helped us greatly in carrying out
the policies of our firm. We have
indeed, been fortunate in having
such companions in our work.
To our fellow merchants we de
sire to express our good will and
our earnest hopes for their secure
and positive successes. We will
be honored to have them visit us
in our new home, to use our every
facility wherever and whenever
we can serve them, and give us the
privilige of proving our esteem
and friendship.
“The 'Store that Good Goods
Made Popular” will continue to
sell only such merchandise that
will prove satisfactory in every
particular. We will prove to you
that you will pay no premium on
any article purchased at our
store. We will prove to you that
it is a store where you can come
and make your purchases with the
fullest confidence in the quality
of merchandise, the best of ser
vice, and the lowest price.
Hoping to see you, one and all,
hoping to continue enjoying your
friendship and confidence, be
lieve us, with deep appreciation.
