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THURSDAY, JANUARY 12. 1922 LETTER FROM W. B. VEAZEY IN REGARD TO G. M. RAILROAD To the Citizens of Winder and Vicinity. You have, no doubt, rend the articles published in the Athens papers recent ly, and quoted or commented on by the different papers along the line of road in regard to scrapping or discontinuing operation of the Gainesville Midland Railway. The Athens papers called on the Athens Chamber of Commerce to make every effort to prevent such a thing being done, the Idea being to use every legal method. In response to these articles, I ad dressed an open letter to the Athens Chamber of Commerce, indicating to them how they could very easily ac complish their purpose with little or no effort on their part, and without any expense to them ns individual bus iness men. and for your information, I quote my letter herewith: Chamber of Commerce, Athens. (sa. Gentlemen: — You have read the articles In the Athens Manner of December 22 and 22 in regard to scrapping the Gainesville Midland Railway, which seem to have originated with Col. T. J. Shackelford, and commented on at length by Mr. T,arr.v Gantt, and perhaps you have given the matter some consideration in your meetings, as erne of the articles contained the following: ‘Our Cham ber of Commerce ought to meet and discuss tliis matter, and then take steps to prevent the scrapping of the Gaines ville Midland,’ etc. As one of the Receivers of the Gaines ville Midland Railway, 1 frankly state to you that the situation is bad, Imt I do not at this time consider conditions so bad that they cannot bo corrected, or even relieved entirely by your body, or through you, to such an extent as would not only prevent the scrapping of the road, but put it on its feet, enable it to secure first-class facilities, give first-class service, and produce earn ings that would restore the road to its owners and make it a pleasure and a profit: to them to continue operations and serve the good people in its section which is the ts'st in Georgia. 1 would not have addressed you di rectly in this matter hut for the fact that it s<s‘ins to have been, in a way, laid on your shoulders. There isn't any question, even in these dull times, but that there is ample traffic moving Into and out of Athens, if divided so as to give the Gainesville Midland its full share, together with its full share of traffic from other points served by the road, to make it an interesting proposition, and a paying investment, and put it in position to furnish ser vice that would he of increased value to its patrons. The road is not now, nor has it ever been able to secure its full share of patronage at Ath ns. You are business men, and can decide the easiest way in the world to save the road. * We are in position to handle carload traffic in and out of Athens through the Gainesville Gateway with the Southern Ry„ and through the Monroe gateway with the Georgia it. It. and if veil business men will route your traf- fic so as to patronize these routes, you will not find any perceptible difference In the handling of it, the traffic being placed at your places of delivery with out any additional exiiense to you. 'lbis is what the road needs, and you are In position to do it, and this, 1 leave to your fair-mindedness, is so much better than the idea which seems to have bet'll thrown out in the Haulier articles, to tight through legal proctvd lngs the discontinuance of a money losing proposition. You might suc ceed in your efforts to do this, hut what would you have after all? It would still he a question of traffic to keep it going. This seems to me to he fair, what are you willing to do? The same conditions apply at other points, but in not so large a degree, however, we find it hard to get our people to understand the value of the Gainesville to the section it serves. Some people seem to feel that the road lias been running a great many years, and is going to continue, re gardless of anything they may do. and for tliai reason, do not give the matter serious thought. As stated above, what the road m ods Is traffic to make it go. and there is ample traffic to be had in the territory served by it even now, to make it pay. In addition t a the transportation service rendered by the road, something like 1i200.000.00 is paid out annually in tliis vicinity in wages. cross tics and other supplies, all of which is distrib uted to merchants, banks, industries, etc., along the line of road. Take the money actually spent In this section by the road monthly or annually away, in addition to the transportation ser vice, and you will find quite a change in your business conditions. The haul ing of passengers by automobiles, and the bundling of freight by trucks will Statement of the condition of The Farmers Bank Located at Winder, Harrow county, at the close of business of Dec. 31, 1921. As Called for by the Supt. of Banks. RESOURCES Time Loans and Discounts $199,146.2(1 Demand Loans 1.124,57 Loans secured by real estate 11,301.85 United Stutes and State of Georgia Bonds 10,450.00 Stock In the Federal Reserve Bunk 1,800.00 'Furniture and fixtures 9,217.18 Due from Federal Reserve Bank 7,242.32 Cash in vault and amount de- posited with Approved Re serve Agents 17.010.10 Checks for Clearing House 303.01 Other Checks and Cash Items 211.02 Overdrafts 41.30 TOTAL $258,454.81 LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in $50,000.00 Surplus Fund 8,500.00 Undivided Profits 3,997.47 Due to hanks in this state 077.23 Individual Deposits subject to Cheek 00,085.87 Time Certificates of Deposit 31,559.98 Trust Funds on Deposit 7,505.07 Cashier’s Checks 340.81 Certified Checks 55.33 Mills Payable to Banks in other States 5,000.00 Mills Payable to Federal Reserve Bank 8,500.00 Notes and Bills Rediscounted with Federal Reserve Bank 76,173.05 TOTAL $258,454.81 State of Georgia, Barrow county. Before me came It. J. Smith, Cashier of The Farmers Bank, who being duly sworn, says that tin* above and fore going statement is a true condition of said Haiik, as shown by the books of file in said Bank. It. J. SMITH. Sworn to aiul subscribed before me, (his (itli day of January, 1922. S. H. Ware, N. P. UNION LOCALS Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Dalton and chil dren, Harold and Carson, of County Line, spent Monday night with the lat ter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Page. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Chapman, of Pea Hill, spent Thursday with the former’s pa routs, Mr. and Mrs. <l. W. Chapman. Mr. Laura Williams of Statbum. spent Monday night with his uncle and mint. Mr. and Mrs. J. I>. Silence. Miss Angie Hcabin spent Saturday night and Sunday with her brother, Mr. Edd Healan. Miss Itoxie Page spent Friday after noon with Misses Stella a/nd Itelle < 'hapman. There will be a box supper at Rock well school house Saturday night, Jun. 14th. Everybody cordially invited to conic and bring boxes. Proceeds to go towards furnishing the school room. Ebenezer Baotist Church. The Raptist church of Christ at Eb enezer, located in Harbin’s district, Gwinnett county, five miles from Au burn, five miles from Dneula and sev en mill's from Winder, is one of the oldest churches in the country. It was organized March 28th. 1847. with a membership of 8. At the close of the past year the records show the most successful year iu the history of the church. Rev. W. E. Moor:', of Winder, is the pastor and the following are the (lea eons of the ehurcli: J. T. Kilcrease. Nathan Kilcrease, E. R. Crow. \\ T. Clarke. W. T Ethridge. W. T Knight. .1. M. Hall, I). T. Rutlcr, ,1. R. Still. .1. W. Knight and L. .1. Phillips. At the close of the meeting in August 43 were baptised into the fellowship of the church. We have one of the hest Sunday schools in the country. Mr have nine officers and teachers, five organized classes, with an enrollment of 221 and an average attendance lust year of 12.".. Thirty of the baptisms came out of the Sunday school. .1. C. Lovin is the superintendent and his management with that of the teachers lias made the school what it is. \Ye invite everybody to attend our Sunday school, especially those in the com munity of the church. We want to make this year greater in the building up of the Master's kingdom than lust. immediately assume quite a different attitude. Some may feel that the rail road is in no worse condition in a bus iness way than they are. but think for a moment, you do not have to give up a tiling on earth to bring about the conditions desired. It does not cost you any more to get your traffic, and you you get the same service. I throw this out for your considera tion. The road needs your co-opera tion and support. Yours very truly, W. B. YEAZF.Y. , WBV—B. Receiver. Providence News. Mrs. Maude Wages spent Monday with Mrs. G. It. Sikes. Mr. and Mrs. Otis Grizzle and chil dren spent Saturday night and Sun day with Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Butler. Miss Inn Hammond of Statham si>ctit the week with her sister, Mrs. Rober son. Misses Nellie and Bell Haynie spent Monday night with their grandmother, Mrs. Sallie Potter. Mr. Johnnie Martin spent Monday with Jonnie Hunter. Mrs. Z. A. Sikes spent Sunday after noon with Mrs. C. E. Hunter. airs. W. S. Hunter and daughter, spent Monday afternoon with Mrs G. It. Sikes. Mrs. W. A. Wages and little son si>ent Saturday afternoon with Mrs. Emma Sykes. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hammond are die proud parents of a daughter born January 4th. Mr. and Mrs. Claud Hunter annunce the Dirtli of a son on December 29th. Crow’s Academy. Miss Nellie arul Master Clifford Ca sey had as their guests Finlay Miss Mollie Mae and Master Joe Edwards. Mrs. Ada Luke spent Tuesday after noon with Mrs Georgia Ann Lee and Mrs. Annie Huff. Master Clifford Casey had as his guest Tuesday afternoon Master Wil lie Luke. Miss Annie Lou Patton spent Tues day afternoon with Miss Nellie Casey. The party at Mr. Wages Monday night was highly enjoyed. Misses Nellie and Viola Casey spent Tuesday night with Misses Annie Lou and Willie Mae Patton. Mr. Grady Smith had as his guest Thursday Messrs. Albert and Henry Dial, Hayes Luke and Birdie Smith. The chicken stew given by Mrs. Lee Saturday night was enjoyed. Misses Nellie and Viola Casey spent Friday morning in Bogart. Miss Florence Edwards spent Fri day night with Miss Nellie Casey. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Huff, Mrs. Georgia Ann Lee and Mr. Rucker Lee spent awhile Sunday night with Mr. and Mrs. A. It. Casey.| Bogart suffered a great lire last Sat urday night. Hastings’ Seeds 1 922 Catalog Free It’s ready now. 100 handsomely il lustrated pages of worth-while seed and garden news for Southern garden ers and farmers. This new catalog, we believe, is the most valuable seed book ever published. It contains 100 full pages of the most popular vege tables, flowers and farm crop plants, the finest work of its kind ever at tempted. With our photographic illustrations and color pictures also from photo graphs, we show you just what you can grow with Hastings’ Seeds even be fore you order the seeds. Our cata log makes garden and flower bed planning easy and it should be in every single Southern home. Write us a post-card for it, giving your name and address. It will come to you by return mail and you will be mighty glad you’ve got it. Hastings’ Seeds are the Standard of the South, and the largest mail order seed house in the world is back of them. They've go* to be the best. Write now for the 1922 catalog. It is absolutely free. H. G. HASTINGS CO., SEEDSMEN, ATLANTA, GA. SOUR STOMACH INDIGESTION Thedford’s Black-Draught Highly Recommended by a Tennessee Grocer for Troubles Re sulting from Torpid Liver. East Nashville, Tenn.— The effic iency of Thedford's Black-Draught, the genuine, herb, liver medicine, Is Touched for by Mr. W. N. Parsons, a grocer of this city. “It Is without doubt the best liver medicine, and I don’t believe I could get along without It I take It for sour stomach, head ache, bad liver, Indigestion, and all other troubles that are the result of a torpid liver. “I have known and used It for year*, and can and do highly recommend It to every one. I won’t go to bed with out It In the house. It will do all it claims to do. I can't say enough for tv Many other men and women through out the country have found Black- Draught just as Mr Parsons describes •—valuable In regulating the liver to Its normal functions, and in cleansing the bowels of impurities. Thedford’e Black-Draught liver medl elne is the original and only genuine. Accept no Imitations or substitutes. t Always ask for Thedford's, (, g THE WINDER NEWS Classified Ads. • • NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. On account of the great demand on our space, there will be a charge of one-half cent per word for obituaries, memoriams, resolutions of respect, cards of thanks, etc. from this date. In sending in such communications count the words and send in amount, at one-half cent per word, to pay for same. See Lanthier & Church for auto re pairing. They know how. Phone 110. Loans made on farms and city prop erty. Lowest rates of interest and commissions.—W. H. Quarterman, At torney. . • FROST PROOF CABBAGE PLANTS. On our Georgia and Carolina coast farms we have millions for immediate shipment. Early Jersey, Charleston Wakefield, Flat Dutch. Prepaid mail 200, .60 ; 400, $1.00; 1000. $2.00. Ex press 2000, $3.00; 5000, $0.25. Bun combe Collards, Big Boston Lettuce same price. PARKER FARMS, At lanta, Ga. 4t. Bring your Electric Irons to John Drake at Smith Hardware Company for repair. Time to buy farm tools at Wood ruffs. The 11. S. Poultry Garden Fence sold by Smith Hardware Cos., is heavier and stretches straight, you'll like it. Best line of plow repairs for Syra cuse, Vulcan and Oliver turning plows. WOODRUFF HARDWARE CO. Fresh Garden Seeds in bulk—just re ceived from the grower by Smith Hdw. Company. Plant English Peas now, fresh seed in bulk at Smith Hardware Cos. Lanthier & Church do good honest work on every ear brought to their garage. You will be pleased. Phone 110. If you want the best heater on the market we have it. COLE'S DOWN DRAFT. Keeps tire all winter. Wood ruff Hardware Cos. There’s more satisfaction in having the Exide Battery iu your car. Prices have been reduced. Sold by Smith Hardware Company. If it's plow points that last longest you want, we have them for Oliver. Syracuse, and Vulcan. Woodruffs. We sell those good SUNBEAM MAZ DA ELECTRIC LAMPS. Phone your order. —Smith Hardware Cos. The genuine Patented Lynchburg plow points last longer and tits Oliver and Syracuse plows. Sold by Wood ruff Hardware Cos. BARGAIN IN DRAI.IN RUGS. To see them is to appreciate them. $1.25 at Smith Hardware Cos. If you want thorough satisfaction in repairing your automobile see Lan thier & Church on Athens street. Tel ephone 110. DON’T BUY leather collars and bri dles until you have seen Smith Hard ware Company. We guarantee two Lynchburg Pat ented plow points to last as long as three of any other point Fits Syra cuse and (divers. Woodruff Hdw. Cos. The AMSTERDAM BROOM sold by Smith Hardware Company is some quality product and not much more expensive than the common broom. Buy GENUINE OLIVER PLOWS and repairs from Smith Hardware Cos. If it is the best on the market in Hardware we have it. as we buy noth ing else. Anything in plow goods at the right price. WOODRUFF HDW. Make the Automobile look new. Buy a painting outfit complete, with brush and sandpaper, for $3.75 from Smith Hardware Company. Paint prices reduced at Smith Hard ware Company. Young men. women, over 17. desiring government positions, $l3O monthly, write for free list of positions now open. J. Leonard, (former Civil Ser vice Examiner) 595 Equitable Bldg., Washington. D. C. 3tpd42 NOTICE—CITY TRADE—We will make two deliveries a day. one at 10:30 in the morning and the other at 4:30 in the afternoon. Phone us your or ders. Smith Hardware Cos. Plow lines 36 ft. long. 20 cents and 35 cents the puir.—Woodruffs. You can get an EXIDE BATTERY for $25.00 to fit your Ford or Chevro let at Smith Hardware Company. Smith Hardware Company rechar ges automobile Batteries. Also furnisn es Battery Water FREE. Try one of our Vulcan Turning plows. If it does not plow better than others, bring it back. WOODRI FIS. Highest Grade Corrugated Galvaniz ed Roofling $5.00 per square at Smith Hardware Company. Lanthier & Church make a specialty of generator and starter work on au tomobiles. Satisfaction guaranteed. Phone 110. Money to Lend on FARM LANDS Lowest rates of interest. Prompt action Hubert M. Rvlee Law offices, 405 Holman Bldg Athens, Ga. FIRE, TORNADO & AUTOMO BILE INSURANCE. Oldest and strongest companies in the Insurance Line. Will Appreciate your Business C. C. GREGORY CO. 305 Winder National Bank Building WHEN YOU THINK OF INSURANCE THINK OF NORTH GEORGIA TRUST & BANKING CO. LIFE : FIRE : HAIL : LIGHTNING : CY CLONE : PARCEL POST : ACCIDENT HEALTH : AUTOMOBILE : (Full Cover age) : LIABILITY : COMPENSATION. : Phone 82 S. F. MAUGHON, Manager. Y oung People- Don’t pawn your future for the few dollars can earn untrained. :::::: Athens Business College Athens, Georgia Subscription Price: $1.50 Per Year. S. A. L. Schedule • —— In Effect May Ist, 1921. South Bound. No. 11 arrives 6:18 A.M. No. 17 arrives 8:42 a. m. No. 5 arrives 3:00 p.m. No. 20 arrives 7 3XI P.M. North Bound No. 30 arrives 9AS a.m. No. 6 arrives 2:35 p.m. No. 18 arrives 7:00 p.m. No. 12 arrives 10:41 P.M. GAINESVILLE MIDLAND RAILWAY SCHEDULE—Effective July 24, 1921. No. 8 daily for Gainesville lea. 1:33 pm. No. 14 leaves Winder 8:45 A.M. Dal No. 14 daily except Sunday for Gaines ville, leives 8:45 PM No. 5 adily except Sunday leaves 11:30 A. M. No. 13 daily except Sunday from Gainesville leaves 3 :15 P. M.