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THE STRAND THEATER PROGRAM THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, FEBRU ARY 16 and 17.—Buck Jones in “Rid ing With Death.” A Red Hot One. VOL. XXVIII. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR WINDER * AND BARROW COUNTY IS ORGANIZED I>R. C. IS. MOTT WAS ELECTED CHAIRMAN; H. A. CARITHERS V CHAIRMAN; L. S. RADFORD TREASURER Mr. J. C. Stickney Is Active Secretary. Full Co-operation of Fanners and the .Merchants Will Be Needed. Ai T a meeting Wednesday, a number J\ the city’s leading business men met in the directors’ room of the Winder Natinal Bank, and as a result the Barrow County Chamber of Com merce has been organized. Mr. J. C. Stiekney, an experienced man, lately with the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, was appointed active secretary to begin work at once. Chambers of Commerce have fre quently been talked in Winder. It is now a reality. The scope of the work will be county wide, hence the name The full support and co-operation of farmers and merchants will be needed. One of the first things that will be done is to find a market for the coun ty's agricultural products other than cotton. Dr. C. B. Mott was elected chairman, Mr. 11. A. Carithers,. vice chairman; 'Mr. L. S’. Radford, treasurer. The following executive committee was elected: C. B. Mott, H. A. Carith ers, It. L. Rogers, I*. F. Thompson, Claud Mayne, L. S. Radford, W. H. Qjiarterman. An active membership campaign is now at work and it is the purpose of the organization to enlist the aid of every citizen of the county. Temporary offices of the organization will be at the office of King Motor Cos. PRICE OF FORDSON TRACTOR REDUCED Reduction in Price of Fordson Tractors Made by Radio Message, Thursday January 26th. The first announcement of the big cut in the price of the Fordson Trac tor was made through Mr. Henry Ford’s radio message Thursday evening, Jan. 26th, from the Dearborn Radio to Ford dealers attending a Fordson Tractor Industrial Show in Cleveland, Ohio. A part of his talk, which was very plain ly heard in Cleveland and surrounding districts, is given below: “It is certainly wonderful to sit here in my office and say a few words of greeting to you Ford dealers of the Cleveland territory. The radio Is an outstanding tribute to mail’s inventive genius. T “Manufacturing operations have un dergone some wonderful revolutionary changes duiing the past few years. We are ail famliiar with the big improve meiits in transportation methods, but the oldest industry has been the most backward in the acceptance or adoption of the new and up-to-date methods of doing things, and that is the farming industry. Being a farmer. lam vitally interested in all farm improvements, and with this in mind, I have spent years of time and millions in money in the development of the Fordson trac tor, which I really think is one of the biggest possible helps to profitable farm -1!1“As n general thing, the farmers have bettered their financial condition dur ing the past IK months, but the produc tion costs of farm products are still too close to selling prices to allow fair margins of profit. What the farmer must do to put his business on a pay ing basis is to lower the cost of plant ing. cultivating, and harvesting of his crons. This alone will increase his profits, and with this thought in mind it has been our constant aim to lower the price of the Fordson so that every farmer in ttie land could afford to own fin e Mi is a pleasure, therefore, to an nounce through you Ford dealers that we have today decided that the trac tor price should again lie reduced, and in considerating a reduction, natural lv my thought has been to make it possible for the largest number of far mers to share in the benefits to he de rive dthrough the tise of our tractor, and consequently effective tomorrow, January 27th. 1922, the new price of the Fordson tractor will be $395, fob Detroit. This is a cut of $230 off the present price, and while in making this big reduction we have taken upon ourselves a gigantic task in the reduc tion of manufacturing costs, still that task, in my opinion, is not larger than the farmer's pro idem of today, and I am glad to do my part in bringing about a period of increased prosperity for tlie farmer. Your part is to car ry this message to the farmer, thereby enabling him to produce more with less cst and shorter hours. “I am glad to have had this opportu nity of talking with you and you have my best wishes.” WINDER BARBERS REDUCE PRICES The barber shops of Royal Bros.. & Wallace and G. W. Anderson have reduced their prices as follows: All 35c jobs to 25c aud all 20c jobs to 15c. mt Whiter AND THE BARROW TIMES Winder, Barrow County, Georgia, Thursday, February 16, 1922. DEMPSEY-CARPEN TER FIGHT PICTURE COMING TOSTRAND Owner of the Films Will Come to Win der Friday, March 3, for Showing Lovers of sport will be interested in learning that the Dempsey-Carpenter tight Aims are now in Atlanta and will be brought to Winder n Friday, March 3, to be shown at the Strand Theater. It is said by those who have seen the Aim that Dempsey was almost knocked out by Carpenter in the third round; that Dempsey was given a mighty punch by Frenchman, who later went down under the hammering of Demp sey’s mighty right fist. The film is five reels and show’s all the preliminaries, views of Boyles 30 acres from every angle. WINDER ATHLETICS WIN FROM SOCIAL CIRCLE A C, 38 TO 37 One of the best games of basket ball staged on the local court was witness ed by the Winder fans Tuesday night when the Winder Athletic Club defeat ed the strong Social Circle quintet by the close score of 38 to 37. The fiist quarter started in a rush with the Winder boys shooting goals from all angles hut were soon checked and the first quarter ended with Minder eai rying the big end of the score It to 8. The usual light was maintainel through out the second quarter and Winder held the big end by 25 to 20. Social Circle displayed sonic neat pass work and checked the local boys and the third quarter ended in a tie 33 to 33. The fourth quarter started with more fight than ever and Social Circle took it back on the next tip off but were overcome for the second and last time bv the Social Circle five and at this stage it looked as if another victory was gone from here lint with tea sec >nds to plav Harrison hooped one more that gave Winder a one point margin when the last whistle sunded. The Winder Athletic Club has been verv fortunate in winning a majority of their games the High School hoys have downed every team that they have met, now the question is can the High school down the Athletic club? If this game could lie arranged we are sure that l would be well attended by the fans of Winder and something that they would like to see. Here’s hoping that the ' U alingers can get together and arrange i game in the near future. THE WINDER DRUG I. COMPANY MOVES The Winder Drug Company moved this week from its old quarters in the •Winder National Bank building to the Carithers building corner Broad and Candler streets. The room has been thoroughly overhauled, re painted anil made into one of the most attractive places for a store in the city. Not onlv is their line of drugs un excelled but their prescription depart ment is given the closest and best at tention, and all prescriptions are care fully filled by a reliable pharmacist. Tbeir ice cream parlor and soda fount are as neat and attractive as can lie made and it is a delight to visit their store at any time. It is a pleas ant place to meet your friends for a smoke, a cold drink or for a social chat. The most courteous treatment is accorded all visitors. Go in and see how splendidly every thing is arranged in the new store. Dr. Oliver invites his friends to come in and make themselves at home. Mr. J. L. Saul Makes , .Improvements in Store When a representative of the News walked into the store of Mr. J. L. Saul the other day he could harduy realize that he was in the same store ns of old. AH the walls of the store had been painted, the fixtures were re-ar ranged, the shelves had been lowered, the goods were nicely arranged on the shelves and even Sam and Reece look ed handsomer. All the improvements have added much to the appearance of the store and it is one of the most attractive places in the city. Mr. J. G. Cooper Enters The Grocery Business Mr. J. G. Cooper, one of the best mown citizens of Winder has entered he grocery business in the city. He s located on Jackson street, in the Oore formerly occupied by W. ('. Jett. Ie will keep a first-class stock of gro >erios and will sell them at the clos est possible prices. He asks all of his ild customers to call round and give lim some of their business. LARRY GANTT RAPS HOLLOMAN ON BOLL WEEVIL ARTICLES Says Washington Correspondent Is Leading Farmers to Believe They Can Raise Another Huniper , Crop. Larry Gantt, writing in the Athens Banner, has the following to say regard ing the Holloman letters on the boll weevil. I have recently talked with a large number of our leading and representa tive farmers from all over this section and they ask me, through tlie Banner- Herald, which papers these farmers know are their friends, to reply for them to the letters written by Mr. Hol loman in the Atlanta Constitution which they claim, are not only keeping down the price of cotton but are en couraging the planting of another bum per cotton crop this year. To read Mr. Holloman’s articles one will be led to believe that flu* boll wee vil does not really prevent the growing of cotton and they will encourage thou sands of farmers to plant the staple who would turn to other crops did they know the fallacy of the reasoning of this writer. I am told that Mr. Holloman is a cit izen of Washington, D. C., and bis line of work is to collect political news. All he knows about cotton raising is what he can imbibe from street talk. Until he left the National Capital I doubt if the gentleintn could tell the difference between a cotton stalk ami a Jimson weed or a boll weevil from an elephant or rhinoceros. To send such a man out to report on crop conditions is like sending a plain one-gallows Georgia farmer to report a ball given tty the Four Hundred of New York City. Mr. Holloman’s letters lead the far mer to the belief that he can continue to grow cotton successfully under boll weevil conditions and to read his ar ticles the farmer who lias only a short and speaking with the pest will be guiled into the belief that he can con tinue to raise bumper cotton crops by certain incantations and hoodoo prac tices. Now I do not set myself up an ex pert farmer, but I have lived a number of years among the boll weevil infested farms in Mississippi and owned farms in that state. Without egotism, I as sert that as to knowledge of both farm ing and the boll weevil. I have forgot ten more than this gentleman from Washington can learn in a century by viewing crops from the windows of a parlor car or stopping at some palatial hotel and interviewing kid glove tillers of the soil, who earn their daily bread by the sweat of the honest farmers’ brow. 1 say to our farmers to pay no heed to the Holloman articles on the boll weevil, unless you have made np your mind to make a sure break for ruin and bankruptcy. Every third year we have a wet spring, and it is a waste of labor and your hard-earned money to plant cotton unless you have assurance of a dry spring and summer. After some thirty years’ work by scientists no preventative has been found for the pest, for you just can’t poison or get rid of something that is hid in a punctured boll or a square. The weevil is here to stay, and to that 'fact make up your mind, i I)o not plant over four acres of cot ! ton to the plow, for you can afford to lose that. But if you are beguiled into planting another bumper crop you had os well turn over your farm to the sher iff and pack for the poor house. STATHAM HAS HOT MAYORALTY RACE. Statham had one of the hottest po litical contests which ended Tuesday in her history. Tiiere were two can didates for mayor, and both men had strong support. Messrs. C. B. Cham bers and A. N. Porter were the con testants. Both had many friends in the town who worked early and late for their favorite. When the votes were counted Tuesday afternoon it was found that C. B. Chambers received 101 votes and A. N. Porter received 70 votes, Mr. Chambers being elected by ■a majority of 31 votes. Two councilman were elected at the same time without opposition, Mr. B. H. Grant and Mr. Perry. Statham’s af fairs will lie well managed by these gen tlemen. The Dixie Melody Boys One of the cleanest and most enjoy able entertainments that has been giv en in Winder in some time was the musical one given by the Dixie Melody Boys, made up of local talent A splen did audience greeted their first appear ance and everyone present enjoyed the occasion thoroughly. The boys know how to make melody and they know bow o entertain an audience. Col. George M. Napier Makes Fine Address. Col. George M. Napier, attorney-gen eral of the state, made a fine and pa triotic address at the school auditorium last Friday afternoon. The occasion was the celebration of Georgia Day bv the public school, back by the D. A. R organization of this city. The entire exercises were highly entertaining. Col. Napier’s address was one of the best ever delivered in the city on such an occasion. EVENTS FOR BARROW COUNTY SCHOOL ATHLETIC CONTEST IN WINDER APRIL 7 I The following program has been ar- I ranged fr tlit* field day in Winder on April 7, by Prof. Williams, of Stathum, who lias this work in charge: High school Boys:— 440 yard dash 220 yard dash. 100 yard dash. 440 yard relay race i.by four boys.) Hurdle race, 810 yards (10 hurdles, 30 inches.) (Shot put. Broad jump. High jump. Grammar school boys’ same as High school, except Chinning the pole in stead of hurdle race. High school girls:— 100 yard dash. 50 yard dash. Egg race, 50 yards (at the word go, girl takes spoon, picks up egg and keeps in spoon until she crosses line, if she drops egg she must pick it up as she must carry her egg in spoon over the line.) Bean tiag contest: — Time !H) seconds, distance for bag to he thrown is ten (10) feet from line to center of circle. Three (3) concentric circles with radii as follows: six (0), twelve (12) and eighteen (18) inches, respectively. Bag wholly within inner circle, 15 jaunts; middle circle, 10 points; outer circle, 5 points. Size of bag, 4x6 inches, weight one-half pound. Contestant must tie back of line when she throws bag. the largest number of points made within 00 seconds win. Potato race (distance 40 feet.) 10 feet from starting point, ring No. 1; 10 feet further, ring No. 2; 10 feel further, ring No. 3; which will be 10 feet from basket where the potatoes are to be placed, 40 feet from starting p int. The contestant is to start from the first line, run to the basket at the other end, get one potato at a time and place in each of the three rings, re turn to starting point and then return the potatoes, one at a time, to tlie bas ket. The one completing the opera tion first being tlie winner. Base ball throw : Grammar school girls same as High school girls. ! Little folks under eight years of age. 1 boy and 1 girl from each school. 50 yard dash. 50 yard sack race. The contestant is to be in suck of regular fertilizer size, and run in same for the goal, i Contestants must be regular pupils of school represented and High school folks under twenty 20 years of age. BIG VAUDEVILLE IS COMING TO STRAND Pitoff, The Miracle Man, and His Show of Wonders, Here Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Next Week. Coming direct from the Imperial The ater at Anderson, S. C., where they played to over five thousand people n their three-day engagement, Pitroff, the Miracle Man, and his show of wonders, will he the attraction at the j st , r I f nl Theater Monday, Tuesday and WeL nesday, February 20, 21, and 22. 1 itroff claims to fool you to such an extent that he makes you believe he actually saws a living and breathing young lady in half right before your very eyes. Some of our local people who witnessed act at the Vaudette in Atlanta, where it run for one week, say it is the most sensational and realistic, act they ha\e ever witnessed and will see it again h ere to try and fathom how it. is done. Zen da Sisters Crystal Gazers ami mind readers will read your thoughts like an open book ami 1 itroff th .1 notist will hypnotize a committee com posed of local people. Tiiis is for comedy purposes only and will furnish more laughs than a < haplm picture. The prices have been rejluod and a great feature picture will l< shown in addition to the show. J. T. Strange Returns From Eastern Markets • Mr J. T. Starnge returned the latter part of last week from New York where lie went to purchase some S P' a " 1 summer goods for ins firm, ti ports business conditions as improving. The business firms of the metropolis are inclined to think that the country has passed through the worst of the depression and that we are going to have a fair business year for 1.1-2. Ibn locs not mean that better conditions are coming to us if we sit down and wait for them. Kv. ry man. the mer chant the hanker, the farmer, every man must get down to hustling and work out his own business salvation. Bv degrees credit can be restored if we will only gn <o work in earnest and i ke care of our obligations. Mr. Strange bought a splendid line of goods for his large trade which he will tell the peope <>f tiffs section about hrough the columns of the News. “LINCOLN CARS” TO BE SOLD IN WINDER The King Motor Company, Ford and Fordson dealers of Barrow county, have received wire from the Ford Mo tor Company announcing that Lincoln cars will be sold through authorized Ford Dealers. Tlii is the m- at won derful car built. The prices ranging from S33(X) to $5200, F. O. B. Detroit. APRIL 30 DATE SET FOR SIMULTANEOUS MEETINGS TO BEGIN i MEETINGS WILL CONTINUE FOR , TWO WEEKS.—WIDE PUB LICITY TO BE GIVEN MEETINGS. The committee preparing for the si multaneous evangelistic campaign April 30th for two weeks, met at the office of School Superintendent Brookshire and worked out a number of details Mon day afternoon. The churches participating are sc ouring the best talent from over the state to assist in these meetings and in addition to the regular meetings in the respective meeting hours, it is proposed to have at least one service a day at the court house where the men can come at once from their places of business, and those desiring to do so can have the opportunity of hearing the visiting preaeers. Plans for wide publicity are being made and all the people from the coun ty are urgently requested to make their plans to attend these meetings. i It is anew experiment, hut has prov en to lie a great success in numbers of cities and towns over tlie entire south. Announcement;* of the preachers and helpers will be made from time to time, but keep the two weeks following April 30th open for worship and spiritual uplift. NOTED PREACHERS TO BE IN WINDER AT EFFICIENCY MEET i CONFERENCE BEGINS SUNDAY, AND CONTINUES TIIORUGH OUT THE WEEK The Methodist church is bringing to Winder some of the greatest preachers in the south, who will speak at the effi ciency <Vmference which begins Sun day and will last throughout the week. I Every session will lie open to the gen oral public and there will be variety enough in the program to interest all classes and all ages. I The young people will not be neglect ed and every night at 7:15 famous sto rytellers from throughout tiie state will conduct a story hour. The first of these will be the well known "Uncle Nath Thompson,” who will also ad dress the general conference at the fi nal rally Monday night. | Great preparations are being made to interest all who want to equip them selves for any kind of service in the church. There will he services for teachers, for organized class workers, for everybody who goes to church or who loves the church. At 3:30 each day there will be a lecture by Mrs. W. T. Hamby on “Child Nature and Child Nurture,” for mothers, teachers and everyone who is interested in the child. At 7:15 there will he a study class on “A Methodist church and its work.” This class also is open to all church workers and to everyone who is inter ested in advancing the kingdom of God. The final session each day will be in the nature of a grand rally when noted speakers will address the crowd. Ibis service will lie at 8:00 o clock ami such speakers ns Rev. W. P. King. Miss Ma rie Parham, Nath Thompson and W. T. Hunnieutt will lie on hand. Rev. IV'. T. Hamby will open the conference at 11 :30 o’clock Sunday morning with a sermon on “Stewardship.” I Tliis is the first conference of its kind ever held at this church, and this great program, it is hoped will bring church workers together from all parts of the county. It is the sort of a revi val that will bring results that are lasting and will make the church a greater force for righteousness In fu ture years. MRS <’. 11. STEWART REDUCES SHOP PRICES. I have cut the price of horse-shoeing to SI.OO. Setting tires 50 cents each. All other work being cut in the same proportion. All work guaranteed; I would appreciate your work, i I have also made a storage room for ears ill connection with my shop and can store your cars or any other ar ticle that you may desire to have stor ed. Best service and guaranteed sat isfaction. MRS. C. H. STEWART. COMMUNITY SINGING AT THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH There is something of a treat in store for the singers of the town Fri day night, the first community song will be held at the Christian church. | A number of the towns liest leaders wifi he there and the public is invited to come out and take part in thte ser vice. After the sing two pictures will be shown. Singing starts at 7:30. P. M. Marshal Rives has accepted a posi tion in Gainesville. See Pitroff IT, The Miracle Man, saw a young lady in two parts at the Strand : Theater Monday, Tuesday and Wednes day. See demonstration in show win dow on Broad street Monday evening THE STRAND THEATER PROGRAM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18— Wes tern Feature; serial and comedy. MON. TI ES. & WEDNESDAY, EEB. 20, 21, and 22.—Pitroff, The Miracle Man, and # a big company. NEWS ITEMS FROM OUR NEIGHBORS Gathered From Exchan ges in Adjoining Counties. j Walton County (Tribune) Miss Evelyn Radford of Winder, was the guest of the week-end of her aunt, Mrs. A. C. Kelly. Miss Viola Towler has returned to Winder, after a short visit to her par ents. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Towler, of this city. Mr. J. C. Phillips, is at St. Joseph's Infirmary, Atlanta, where lie is under going treatment. Mr. Phillips’ many friends will lie pleased to learn that he is getting along nicely. Jackson County. (Herald) We have in our office Ibis week an open boll of cotton with eleven perfect locks, and strange to say, it escaped tlie long bill of the boll weevil. It was grown by Mr. Stone Roberts. Hon. Joe Hill Hall paid bis respects to the present tax law in no uncertain terms, and his reference to the lax on dogs created much merriment. He said the slute was had off when it could find nothing to tax but a dog. He said the tax receiver of Bibb county asked him if he had a dog. “No,” said Mr. Hall, "There Is one here, hut he is my friend ■id stays with me. If you want tux out f him, you had better see liim about it.” Dr. J. C. Bennett, of Jcfterson, for more than thirty years a subscriber to The Index, lias been appointed as Third Grand Steward of the Masonic Didgc of Georgia to fill the vacancy caused by the 'death of the late Dr. Henry It. Palmer, of Athens. He is a brother to Rev. ,1. J. Bennett, pastor of the Jackson Hill Bap tist church, Atlanta, and one of the best known Masons in the state. —Christian Index. LEXINGTON HIT BY $20,000 FIRE A fire, starting in a barn belonging to 8. W. Avery burned the barn, three stores and threatened to destroy the en tire business section of Lexington, enr- Ijy Friday, before it was finally gotten under control by the volunteer lire fighters. Moore than $20,000 worth of proper ty was destroyed, and much of tne property destroyed carried no insur ance. This is one of the worst fires in the history of the town. In the Avery barn there were about five bales of cotton, a horse, mule, cow and calf, all of which were burned. The Reynolds store had insurance on the building but carried none on the stock of goods in the building. Th© Roberts store carried insurance on both tlie building and the stock of goods in the store. The tire is supposed to have started in some hay that was stored in the loft of the Avery barn, and from incendia ry causes. BANKS TO CLOSE WEDNESDAY. Next Wednesday being Washington’s birthday, the banks of the city will be closed for the day. Dr. John B. Thrasher, Douglas M. E. Pastor Dies in Sanitarium. I)r John Bugg Thrasher, prominent member -if the South Georgia confer ence and pastor of the First Methodist church at Douglas, Gn., died enily Mi day morning at a private sanitarium in Atlanta, where he came from InH home Monday night. lie is survived by his wife, formerly Miss Tallulah Quillian, daughter nf I>r. and Mrs H. IV Quillian of five children, Mrs. Hoy Thurmond, if Co lumbus, Miss Sarah Thrasher, a stu dent at Wesleyan college, at Macon, arid Paul, Helen, John B. Jr., and War ren Thrasher, nil of Douglas; his fath er, Judge B. E. Thrasher : three broth s. Roy Trasber, of Watkinsvdle; fc<i Thrasher of Plains, and Grady '‘'brash er 0 f Macon, and a sister, Mrs. Anne Parham, of Lauderdale, Fla. I I>r. Thrasher, who was forty nine vears nf age, was one of the ablest and must inUueiitiul preachers of the Sooth Georgia conference, in winch he had been interested since bis graduation from Emory university in 1896. possessing a strong but gentle nature I)r Thrasher easily readily won the love of his congregations. He was en tering bis second year uh pastor at Douglas. His death lias caused deep sorrow to his friends all over the South. The remains were taken to Watkiim -1 die Friday, and funeral services were ’conducted Saturday at bis old home in i Watkinsville by Rev. George W. Mat thews, of Fort Valley. Interment was in the family cemetery, i Among Dr. Thrasher’s Atlanta rela tives are Dr. W. E. Quillian and Dr. Garnet Quillian, well-known physicians of that city. 1 I)r. II P. Quillian and family of tins city, also attended the funeral. I - S. Gunter of Buford is vis iting her sisters, Mrs. W. J. Smith and Mrs. Carl Yearwood. No. 44