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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.