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STRAND THEATER PROGRAM THURSDAY & FRIDAY.—WALLACE REID, in “SICK ABED.'S' SATURDAY. JANUARY 14.—WES TERN FEATURE. WHIRLWIND. VOL. XXVIII. CITY FATHERS FOR 1922 HOLD MEETING Police Department, Water and Light Department Unchanged.—J. I). Quillian Chosen as City Attorney. The city council met last Thursday night and elected all city officials for 1922. The new councilmen, Messrs Vas •co Segars, T. C. Fulltoright and F. C. Graddick, were present and took the oath of office. Mayor Geo. N. Bagwell presided. Winder's city fathers for this year are sls follows: Geo. N. Bagwell, may or ; Councilmen —A. S. Morgan, J. T. Strange, W. E. Autry, T. C. Fullbright, % F. C. Graddick and Vasco Segars. A. S. Morgan wus elected mayor pro tein, and the following committees •were appointed: Police Committee—W. E. Autry, chairman, A. S. Morgan, T. C. Full er ight. Finance—A. S. Morgan, chairman; Vasco Segars, J. T. Strange. Street committee—T. C. Fullbright, .chairman; A. S. Morgan, Vasco Segars." Public Improvement—Vasco Segars, , chairman; F. C. Graddick, J. T. Strange. Cemetery Committee—C. M. Fergu son, warden, T. C. Fullbright, chair man ; Vasco Segars, F. C. Graddick. Sanitary Committee—F. C. Graddick Chairman; T. C. Fullbright, Vasco He-' Stars. Water and Light—J. T. Strange, chairman; T. C. Fullbright, F. C. Grad <lick. Ordinance Committee—F. C. Grad dick, chairman; Vasco Segars, T. C. Fullbright. Charity Committee —Vasco —Segars, chairman ; T. C. Fullbright, F. C. Grad dick. Public Improvement-—T. C. Full- Bright, chairman; F. C. Graddick, A. S. Morgan. Board of Health —Dr. W. T. Ran dolph, chairman; F. C. Graddick, C. M. Ferguson. Col. J. D. Quillian was elected city attorney. The other city officers were le-elected as follows: E. O. McElroy, chief of po , lice; I. J. Hall, Ist asst., Joe Cheeley, 2nd, Ralph Crawford, 3rd. ' Mark Segars, superintendent of the streets; J. B. Cooper, supe.-intendent of water and light department; J. M. Hill, assistant and lineman; W. W. Foster, engineer at plant. The teity has taken over the wiring of the city and will keep on hand all electrical appliances and articles that may be needed by anyone. They will keep everything from a fuse to a mo tor, charging only a small per cent to cover cost of handling. This will be a great convenience to the public and will enable everybody to buy their needs along electrical lines at close prices. Auburn Parent-Teacher Association. The parents and teachers of. Auburn high school organized a Parent-Teacher association Friday, January 6th, The following officers were elected: Mrs. J. X Bridges, president; Mrs. L. P. Green, vice president; Mrs. J. O. Wages, sec retary, and Mrs. Chandler, tre irer. A large number of the mothfl ' present and manifested eomst able interest in the work of the schoorr Mr. and Mrs. Holsep ipk, of Winder, were present at the ganization and made interesting ta .s on the importance of co-operation of parents and teachers. It was decided to give a program at the next meeting which will be January 20th. All parents an friends of the school are invited. Posts 83 Years Old. Mr. Hillman D. Jackson tells ns of some pine posts and railing around a grave on the Jack Jackson place in Oconee county that have been stand ing there for 86 years, and are in good state of preservation now. Mr. Jack son says if timber is cut in the winter time it will last twice as long as when cut in the summer. These posts and railings were cut in the winter time and this is one of the things that has help ed to preserve them all during the years. The friends of Rev. L. W. Collins will regret to learn of his illness. ®te Winter Jfcm AND THE BARROW TIMES Bishop Candler Has A Large Audience. Bishop Candler preached one of his characteristic sermons at tlie Method ist church last Sunday morning. Al though the day was cold and dreary the large auditorium of the church was tilled and the Sunday school rooms had to be opened up to accommodate the crowd. Bishop Candler, always an instruct ive and entertaining preacher, was up to his high standard on this occasion, and for over an hour he kept his audi ence under the- spell of his logic and eloquence. It has been a long time since this great preacher had been in Winder, and our people appreciated the opportunity of hearing him. SOMECHANGES ARE MADE IN WINDER Mr W. E. Roberts, who has been with J. W. Summerour, has accepted a position with W. C. Jett, the grocery and meat market man on Jackson street. Mr A. G. Lamar has moved his real estate office from the old court house twildlng to the Bush building across the street. Winder Marble and Granite Compa ny has moved its office from the cor ner in the old court house building over to the Bush building across the street. Flanigan & Flanigan, who have been occupying offices in the Carithers Bank building, have moved their place of business to the room recently occupied by the Winder Marble & Granite Cos., hi the corner room of the old court house building. The offices of the city officials have been moved from upstairs on Jackson street to the new court house. Mr. J. N. Summerour has moved his furniture business from over A. S. Eberliart’s store, dovhi stuirs in the building formerly occupied by Car rington Cafe. He has added groceries and will have associated with him Mr. Guy Prickett, formerly with Mr. Eb erhart. Mrs. M. E. Vaughan, who lias been upstairs in the old court lious? build ing has moved down stairs in the build ing formerly occupied by the Barrow Times. Bogart Has Big Fire. Bogart had the most destructive fire in its history last Saturday night. The buildings occupied by the postoffice, masonic hall, Malcom Bros. Drug Cos., Morris & Lanier, and Smith Grocery Cos. were completely demolished. The fire company from Athens responded to a distress, call from Bogart and it was only by their timely arrival and splendid work that the entire business part of the town was saved from de struction. The fire started in the building occupied by the postoffice. It is not known whgHier it was the result of a visit by bdvglars, as the en tire building was in flames before the fire was discovered. The loss is estimated at about $40,000 Preparations for rebuilding are expect ed to begin shortly. Baptist Ministers Northeast Georgia. The Northeast Georgia Baptist Min isters conference met in Athens last Monday at the First Baptist church of that iw. There wS.? present 11. F. Elliott, J. A. Bell. John D. Mell, J. It. King, Oli ver Prather, W. M. Kaye, C. 11. Ed wards, J. C. Wilkinson, E. H. Jennings of Athens; W. 11. Faust, J. W. Mc- Whorter, J. 8. Settle, J. B. Brook shire of Winder; W. L. Culbertson. T. C. Hardeman of Commerce and C. W. Henderson of Statharn, all well known Baptist ministers of this section of the state. Dr. J. C. Wilkinson was elected pres ident of the conference and Rev. C. H. Edwards, secretary. Winder, Barrow County, Georgia, Thursday, January 12, 1922. BROTHER OF A WIN DER MAN SUICIDES W. M. Rawlins, a brother of Mr. L. S. Rawlins, of this city, committed sui cide in his barber shop in Atlanta last Thursday. A detective had walked into the shop and laid his pistol down in a chair preparatory to being shaved. Mr. Rawlins walked over to the chair, picked up the pistol, and shot himself through the heart. He died instantly. Mr. Rawlins had been in low spirits for some time but no one had any idea that he contemplated any such act. Mr. , L. S. Rawlins, of this city, went to At lanta immediately. The remains were interred in Centerville, Gwinnett coun ty, Sunday. The many friends of Mr. L. S. Rawlins of this city sympathize witli him in his sorrow. JUNIOR B. Y. P. U. ELECTS OFFICERS. ■ At a recent meeting of the Junior B. Y r . P. U., of the First Baptist church, the following officers were elected for the year: Fred Maxwell, president; Kinch Carpenter, Ist vice president; Drew Rawlins, 2nd vice president; Carl Callahan, 3rd vice president; Charles McWhorter, reporter; Mrs. E. R. Har ris, teacher; Col. J. C. Pratt, assistant teacher. These officers are trying to make this the banner class of the year. All boys between 16 and 21 years of age are invited to join this class. It meets every Sunday morning at 10:15 o'clock.—Charles McWhorter, Reporter. WINDER NATIONAL STOCKHOLDERS IN MEETING TUESDAY The stockholders of the Winder Na tional Bank held their annual meeting j Tuesday of this week. The showing made by the bank was highly satisfac tory to the stockholders, and though the past year has been a trying one the bank has enough quick assets to pay all its indebtedness. Messrs. T. A. May nard and \V. H. Braselton, two of the directors, have been connected with the bank since its organization, and it has never failed to pay a dividend in all the years of its history. The bank has paid out during 1921 in dividends and savings around $25,000. The following directors were elected W. B. MeCants, chairman; L. C. Al len. J. M. Williams, Thos. A. Maynard, Geo. W. DeLaPerriere, W. T. Rohin son, W. L. Mathews, R. L. Manning, W. H. Braselton, Lee S. Radford, Hugh A. ('arithers, C. O. Maddox. The following officers were elected: Thos. A. Maynard, President. Lee S. Radford, vice president. Hugh A. Carithers, via* president. C. <). Maddox, cashier. H. M. Oakley, asst, cashier. E. V. Poole, asst, cashier. Senator Watson Scores In The Investigation. The committee of the United States Senate that is investigating the char ges that, American soldiers were hang ed in France without trial is becoming convinced that there is a great deal of truth in Senator Thos. E. Watson's charges. A thorough searching of war depart-: meat, records covering all court-martial trials in the A. E. F. in which the death penalty was imposed was demanded by, the committee Wednesday. Members of the investigating com mittee let it he known that they are more than half convinced by the testi mony of a score of ex-dough boys, that there were more hangings in the A. E. F. than eleven on which the army has produced data. To ferret out the exact time and place of the supposed illegal hangings will be one of the immediate objects of the investigators, it is said. Mr. A. D. Rooertson Leaves Barrow County Mr. A. I>. Hobertion, who has been county demonstration agent for Barrow county, has resigned his place and has accepted a position with the Seaboard railroad as agricultural agent. He has moved to Norfolk, Va. His many friends in this city regret to see him give up his work in Barrow county and leave our sectio|, but trust that he will be wall pleased with Ids new work and new home. NEWS ITEMS FROM OUR NEIGHBORS i Gathered From Exchan ges in Adjoining Counties. Jackson County (Herald.) At bis home on Johnston street on Sunday morning, the soul of Mr. J. C. Stephens passed into the spirit world, after an illness of one month. Mr. Stephens was 72 years of age. He was a native of Jackson county and had made his home in Jefferson for the past two years. He was a member of the Jefferson Baptist church, and was an estimable Christian character, quiet and unosten ' fatious. but always ready to do a kind ly deed and lend a helping hand to neighbors and fr-jends. Mr. Emory Williamson of Augusta was here last week with Jefferson rel atives, and on Christmas Day, accom panied by Mr. and Mrs. E. L. William i son, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Dobbs, and Mr. W. H. Williamson, was the guest of I>r. and Mrs. S. T. Ross in Winder. Mrs J. A. Jarrett and Miss Sybil Jarrett were guests last week of rela tives in Winder Messrs Boon Suddeth of Maysvllle, and R. It. Barber of Winder, gave the Herald office a call on Wednesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. R. 11. Groover, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Brock, of Athens, Mr. and Mrs. Wylie Barber and little daughter, of Winder, have been guests of their I mother, Mrs. C O. Brock. Mr. and Mrs. Deck Duke, who have rooms at the heme of Mr. Claud Han cock, accompanied tlieir son, Harold, tc Winder Sunday when; he caught the Seaboard train to return to his school duties at the Martha Berry school of near Rome. Miss Mary Ruth Wills had as her guest during the holidays, Miss Annie i >e M. i-h'niei, of Winder. Martin Institute re-opened Monday morning, after a week's holiday, witn an increased attendance. Miss Sybil Millsaps of Winder has been added to the teaching force, taking the place of Miss Lenora Griffeth, who has resign ed. Professor ('lias. O’Rear, who is making one of the most satisfactory superintendents the school lias ever had, is anticipating one of the liest terms in the history of the school. After suffering for one week from pneumonia, Mrs. Nancy A. Harrison passed away at her home at the Har rison Hotel on Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Harrison was possibly Jeffer son’s oldest inhabitant, as she lacked only four days of having reached her ninety-first birthday. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Josh ua Randolph, pioneer citizen of Jeffer son. She was born in Randolph dis trict. and came with her parents to Jef ferson at the age of three years. She was married 75 years ago to Mr. Frank Harrison, who died in IHG4. Forty-five years of her married life was spent at her country home about four miles above Jefferson on the Jefferson- Gainesville road. Several, years ago she moved with her daughters to Jef ferson, and became proprietress of the Harrison Hotel, which she managed so capably, and which was so popularly known all over Georgia by the travel ing public. Gwinnett County. (Journal) D. (). Carrington, of Winder, lias rented one of the Rube Smith store rooms on Grogan street and will open up a first class cafe and market in the room in which C. It. Smith sold auto ac cessories. His fixtures have arrived and he will get straightened out in a few days. (News-Herald.) ' Miss Rosa Mae Westbrooks, of Win der, and her cousin, Miss Estelle Mar tin, of East LawrenceviHe, were pleas ant visitors to our city Saturday. Messrs. Louis Havgood and Emer son Huff spent Sunday in Winder. Walton County. (Tribune.) Miss Annie Thomas, of Winder, was the recent guest of Mrs. A. S. Smith. The plant of the National Overall Company of this city, was recently sold to business interests at Commerce, and the machinery of the compuuy was taken down and moved to that place last week. Mr. and Mrs. John Akin and daugh- I ter, of Winder, were guests of Mr. and THE CITIZENS OF WINDER TO MEET. There will be a most Important meet ing of many of the citizens of Winder at tin* New Winder Hotel Friday night at S o'clock. Several tilings per taining to the progress of the town will lie discussed. Come out. MARVELS REALIZED IN WONDERFUL AGE It is a common tiling to hear people exclaim that this is a wonderful age in which we live, but perhaps it has never been brought home to us more direct ly than by a little dispatch to The Ath ens Daily News as follows: Winder, Ga„ Jan. (!. —The wireless station erected here by two of our alert and progressive young men, P. C. Greg ory and Victor Settle, is now' complete and in operation. Many concerts, ser mons and various news from all over the United States are received each night ami many curious and skeptical ones have “set in” and listened to the music and lectures. Mr. Settle is a government licensed operator, having had considerable ex perience In the army and at Georgia Tech. Mr. Gregory is experienced, too. J. W. McWhorter, editor of the Win der News, listened to or concert Thurs day night which he was told was in Pittsburg, Pa., at the Westinghouse station. Mr. McWhorter stated he be lieved what was told him, not knowing what else to believe.” Winder is Indeed a thriving little city, and “bigger for its size” than a good many places, but it doeos not pre tend to Ik* in the metropolitan class. Indeed, there are many of us who can remember when it was still u very un pretentious little village. Like other villages of its type, life flowed on with out much disturbance from tin* outside world. The coming of the daily papers kept open about the only means of knowledge of the great outside world. ■Cities like Pittsburg seemed almost le gendary. So it seems almost fanciful to read that, today the good people of Winder, whenever they are so minded, can go down to the wireless station set up by Messrs. Gregory and Settle and 'literally listen to great orchestras rendering the world's musical masterpieces In tilt* fur off Pennsylvania city, or for that matter, in New York. Concerts and sermons and lectures, delivered in the metropolis, are heard as distinctly in the little Georgia town as they are by the audience immediately piesent. New York newspapers for some time have been runniug advertisements of wireless outfits, costing from $25.00 up to several hundred, which can be set up in any home ulmost as easily as the telephone, and subscribers are al lowed to “listen in” on concerts, lect ures. etc., that are especially provided for them. These smaller plants of course have no such range as that at Winder, which lias been erected by young men who are experts in this line hut the fact plaids of any kind can now Ik* had at small cost, opens up a new world. When Shakespeare made Puck boast: "I’ll put u girdle round about the earth In forty minutes,” he was supposed to have had a mar velous vision of the electric telegraph, but in his finest frenzy the Bard of Avon never dreamed that Winder would tie “listening in” on wireless concerts nearly a thousand miles away.—Macon News. REMOVAL NOTOICE Mrs. M. E. Vaughan lias moved her Millinery Store down stairs to the store formerly occupied by, Mr. John Craft for his sewing machine office. She ex tends a cordial welcome to all to visit her store and inspect her line of goods. Mrs. W. G. Landers during the holidays. Monro? lost one of her noblest and Jiest women in tin* death of Mrs. J. F. Mathews, who died suddenly at her home in Monroe Friday night, Decem ber 23rd, after having received a stroke of appoplexy the afternoon before. Mr. James I). 'Maleom, one of Mon roe’s oldest and most highly esteemed citizens, died at his home on Davis street, this city, this Thursday morn ing at 11 o’clock, following a decline in health for the past twelve months. For the past few days Mr. Maleom had been in a critical condition and all hopes had been abandoned for his recovery. STRAND THEATER PROGRAM MONDAY AND TUESDAY, JANUA RY 10 and 17— BRYANT WASH BURN IN “SINS of ST. ANTHONY.” WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18. Theater CLOSED REVIVAL IN ALL THE ROME CHURCHES IS BEING PLANNED Dr. John Wood of First Christian Church Is At Head of Minis terial Ass’n. Simultaneous revivals in all the churches of Rome was discussed by the members of the Rome Ministerial As sociation at the regular monthly meet ing this morning at the First Presby terian church. The meeting was presided over by I)r. E. R. Leyburn, chairman of the or ganization. and several talks were made by tlie members. All the members of the association present were hearty in favor of the movement for a slmulta neous religious revival and it was de cided to hold a called meeting at the First Christian church nbxt Monday morning nt 10 o’clock to decide definite ly about the meeting und the date of starting. Officers who will serve the associa tion for the coining year were elected tills morning as follows; Dr. John H. Wood, chairman; Rev. H. F. Joiner, vice chairman; Rev. C. V. Weathers, secretary. The perma nent meeting place of the association will be at the First Chrlstlau church on the first Tuesday morning lu each month. The special meeting next Monday morning will be presided over by Dr. E. It. Leyburn, retiring chairman, and I)r. John H. Wood will be host to the association at an oyster luncheon in the basement of the church. —Rome pa per. COTTON GINNED IN THIS COUNTY According to the government report there were 11.42:5 bales of cotton ginn ed in Barrow county up to January 1, 1922. as compared with 1(5,794 bales up to the same period last year. Urged That G. M. Ry. Be Made Electric Line The Athens Daily News, carries in its columns Wednesday the following news item that will be interesting to our readers: Proposal ttiat the Georgia Railway and Power Company take over and op erate the Gainesville Midland railroad as ail electric railway wiil be made to the Chamber of Commerce Thursday by Asa Whitehead, chairman of a com mittee from the Merchants Protective Association. Committees repnesenting the Kiwanis club and Rotary club will also he pres ent to hack up’ the plan, it is under stood. A committee representing all of these organizations will then Ik* ap pointed if the plan is adopted, and will go to the main offices of the company in Atlanta to present the proposition. Mr. Whitehead presented this plan to tlie members of the Merchant asso ciation In a mi*eting Tuesday after noon and it was adopted. A committee composes! of Mr. Whitehead, Arthur Booth and M. G. Nicholson was ap pointed to represent thut body in the project. Would Interest Ford. If the plan is turned down by the Power Company an effort may be made to interest Henry Ford In the proposi tion and to make a visit to the North Georgia mountains where he will find it better place for his proposed opera tions than the Muscle Hiiouls property, Mr. Whitehead said. Mr. Whitehead thinks that if the Georgia Railway and Power Company will take over the Gainesville Midland they could purchase the Gainesville & Northwestern and Tallulah Falls lines also and run the electric line on to Franklin, N. C., and eventually into Tennessee. CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Tlie Bilde school meets at 10:15 a. m. All are invited. Morning sermon and The Lord’s Supper at 11:20. Evening sermon at 7 ;30. Followed by a series of pictures from Old Tes tament History. Christian Endeavor meets at 8:30. Minister, Stanley R. Grubb. No. 39