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VOL. XXIX.
SOMETHING MUST BE DONE TO
GET ARSENATE FOR FARMERS
THOSE farmers who expect to make
a cotton crop this year should in
at once terest themselves in the se
curing of calcium arsenate for the de
struction of the boll weevil. It will
not do to wait until you need the arse
nate. You cannot get it then. Now is
the time to make arrangements to get
it.
The banks of this county are vitally
interested in our people making a good
cotton crop this year. There are four
banks in Barrow county,v and it strikes
us that upon them is going to rest the
responsibility of financing the calcium
arsenate situation.
We understand that the Winder Na
tional Bank has already bought two
car loads of arsenate in order to take
care of its customers. This is a step
in the right direction. We would sug
gest a conference of all the banks of
the county on the subject, decide how
much arsenate will he needed to take
care of their customers and put in or
ders at once for the amount needed.
Eight or ten car loads will take care
of 40,000 acres of cotton. If the boll
weevil can be kept off the 40,000 acres
and only the best lands are planted in
Sutton from 15,000 to 18.000 bales of
cotton ought to be made this year in
the Winder and Statham territory
where the four banks are located. Such
a yield of cotton at present prices would
give great impetus to our commercial
activities.
Now is the time when men of vision
must show tueir good sense and plan
for prosperity. Our farms must be
come prosperous propositions before we
can hope to again see a return of nor
mal conditions.
We hope the banks of the county will
seriously consider thi4 question and get
behind the calcium arsenate proposi
tion. Let’s have a good cotton crop
thisryear. No one can pay debts with
out a cotton crop. Give the batiks the
first liens on the crops of 1923; make
them secure for the calcium arsenate
.that they may furnish, and with a good
cotton crop, many of the old debts will
be paid.
FARM CROPS FOR
THE YEAR OF 1923
J. T. Pittman, County Agent
The farmers of this section are pass
ing through a critical period, you re
alize this fact. Farmers in the cotton
belt west of us went through a similar
period and are getting back on their
feet, some are in much better condition
than they were before the boll weevil
infestation. The farmers of Barrow
county can do equally us well if not
better than those farmers west of us.
The first two or three years of boll
weevil infestation brings about a demor
alization. farmers are discouraged and
handicapped with the expense of the
farming operations. A discouraged
man' will unusually relax his efforts,
in other words, his energy his determi
nation or will power lacks the punch
that it once had. This only makes bad
matters worse.
Farmers and business men need to
bring their best judgment into play
npw. It is no time to get excited and
jump from one thing to another or try
to escape the job before you. Confi
dence in our ability to make our busi
ness go and the right co-operation with
others in lighting the battles will get
results. Definite, united, and concert
ed action is the thing we need, but we
must first come together on the sensi
ble and practicable things to do.
The farms must be self-sustaining,
so we will need a diversified system of
farming. Do not put all your eggs in
one basket. But you will need some
thing else besides something to eat on
the farms. Your money crops are the
next to consider, for this section I will
say: Cotton, peanuts, tobacco, dairy
products, poultry products, hogs, and
of course you ay get some money
from vegetables and fruits, etc.
Bill what are you going to plant on
your farm this year? Have you
thought the matter over carefully
worked out your plans, and come to
an- decision? This is a very impor
tant matter.
MRS. M. J. PERRY
IS SERIOUSLY ILL.
Mrs. M. J. Perry, one of the promi
nent citizens of Winder, is critically ill
at her home in this city. She was tak
en sick while on a visit to her (laughter,
Mrs. E. S. Harris, in Bethlehem, and
was brought home later.
Her many friends in this section sin
cerely hope that her life may yet be
spared.
CLEANXLL ON’ DEMOvSTATION
AT CITY PHARMACY DRUG ( TORE
A demonstration is being held at the
City Pharmacy on the new discovered
cleaning preparation—Clean-All and
a number of people have attended these
demonstrations and noted the manner
in 1 which this preparation does it work.
It is eh aimed by its demonstrators
thatwill clean anything hut your
consrfenee. and has a soothing effect
on that. We tried out a can and find
that it, loes its work well.
Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Pirkle of Union
Pojnt were visiting relatives in Win
der first of the week.
@k Wilder Wows.
and THE BARROW TIMES
Parts of His Ford
Are Found In Fish
Fond Du Lac, Wis. —Last
March Aruim Schroder, a prom
inent business man, lost his fliv
ver, when the ice on Lake Winne
bago sank beneath it Mr. Schro
der thought that was the last he
would ever see of the machine.
Today, when Louis Holcomb, a
city fireman, was cleaning a big
pike that he had caught through
the ice he discovered a bolt two
inches long in the fish’s innards.
He also found a radiator filler
cap, which Schroder identified
as belonging to his drowned Ford.
GEORGIA LEADS IN
MARINE RECRUITS
Atlanta, Ga., January 12. —Georgia
lead the entire South in the number of
recruits furnished the United States
Marine Corps during 1022. when 600
wart Georgians from all sections of
the State were accepted for a three or
four years enlistment by recruiting of
ficer. 2000 youths were examined dur
ing the year by the medical officer, but
only 600 were able to pass the physical
examination. That the Marines seem
to be the selection of the ex-service
men upon their reentry into the Feder
al service was attested to by the major
ity of those accepted being men with
prior service in the army navy marines.
2500 young men were furnished infor
mation by mail during the year, thus
bringing the total Georgia applicants
to 4500 the largest number in any year
since 1017.
While no special drives were conduct
ed by the local office during the past
year, the lure of travel and the oppor
tunity to better the (“duration bytak
ing advantage of the free courses of
study as given the members of the
Corps by the Marine Corps Institute
seemed to attract the greatest interest
of the applicants who applied for en
listment. And a number of times it
was necessary to start “waiting lists”
in order to take care of the steady flow
of applicants for the sfallest of the
three branches of Uncle Sand’s fight
ing men.
MRS. BEARD AN
i DIED JANUARY 13
Mrs. M. J. Beardan, aged 60 years,
died January 16, in this city near the
old ball park. She leaves a husband
and four children —three girls and one
boy.
Mrs. Bearden was buried at Cedar
Creek Monday, C. M. Ferguson & Cos.
having charge of the burial rites.
| This family has been in needy cir
' cumsfanees and when Mrs. Beardan
died then' was not wherewith to give
her a decent burial. Some of her f
friends of Winder donated the shroud
and amounts of money which made it
it possible for the deceased to be given
a decent burial.
Mr. Beardan and children wish to
thank those who contributed in money,
and acts of kindness to them during
their sickness and the death of their
wife and mother.
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BASKET BALL FRIDAY NIGHT.
The Winder High Basket Ball team
meets the Commerce High team in a
double header Friday night at seven
thirty o’clock on the court in the new
Masonic building. Winder's first team
will play the first team of Commerce
and Winder’s second team will play |
Commerce’s second team.
These are to be great games and we
hope to have a large attendance at
these games.
The following Friday night we play
Hartwell in a double header on the lo- i
cal court. This will doubtless be one
of the hardest games of the season.
Our team needs the presence and the
encouragement in every game of nil
the citizens of the town and county.
If you have never seen a game played,
come for you can soon catch the trend i
ami understand it thoroughly.
Remember Friday night and Friday j
night week.
BASKET BALL GAMES.
Winder has been playing winning
basket hall during the past week. In
the game with Jefferson which was
played at Jefferson, Winder won by 18
to 11. In the game with Maysville
played here Winder won by a score of
0." to 10. At Lawrenceville Winder
cleaned up that team by a score 18 to
0. In the game against Gainesville
which was nlayed here Winder won by
a score of 20 to 15.
The girls lost the game with Bogart
by a score of 2 to 14.
Mr. George Garner and fatnily have
moved to the Russ> 11 residence on
Woodlawn avenue.
* • •
Mr and Mr* Pat Rogers have moved
into the residence vacated by Mr. and
Mrs. George Garner on Midland Ave.
Winder, Barrow County, Georgia, Thursday, January 18, 1923.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Woodruff Hardware Store Burned.—
J. C. Kay & Cos. Badly Damaged.
WEDNESDAY night about 3 o’clock
the store of Woodruff Hardware
to. on Athens street was discovered on
fire. On account of the late hour Uie
nre had maue sucli headway betore uis
covered mat me entire stock of Wood
run. iiaruwaie Cos. and the building
which belonged to Smitn A Larimers
were totally destroyed. The adjoining
building owned by Mr. Sam Smith and
which was occupied by Kay A Garner,
was badly damaged together with the
stock of goods of the latter by the wail
or the larger building tailing over on
it.
w oodruff Hardware (Jo. carried about
$17,000 insurance on their slock of
goods which amounted to about $24,000.
| The buiiumg was partially insured.
Ray A Garner had uo insurance on
their stock, while Mr. Sam Smith ear
ned some insurance on his building.
The origin of the fire is not known.
It was discovered by Dr. W. L. Math
ews about 3:00 o'clock in the morning
as he was returning trom a profession
al call. He immediately gave the
alarm, but the lire had gained such
headway that it could not he controlled.
We sympamize sincerely with the
losers.
HOME JUDGE SAYS
SUIIEIY iiAlVlßLllMi
MUSI BE STUFFED.
JUDGE WRIGHT ANNOUNCES WAR
ON SOCIETY SPEEDERS BRIDGE
WHIST AND POKER PLAYERS.
Delivering his usual anti-whiskey, an
ti-gambling and anti-speeding charge
to the grand jury in Floyd Superior
court Monday morning, Judge Moses
Wright, of Rome, included some sensa
tional statements in regard to the
course he intends to pursue hereafter
in the punishment of persons convicted
in his court on any of these three
cljirges.
Judge Wright declared that he will
'not encourage the unfairness and injus
tice of punishing offenders who are
poor or of no influence by putting pen
alties on negro crap shooters while rich
or influential gamblers are not arrest
ed. Bridge-whist players, poker play
ers of high standing who play cards
with a “ceiling limit,” and auto own
ers who violate the speed laws, he said
are the ones he is after.
He gave notice that any person con
victed in his court of exceeding the
speed laws will get a jail or chaingang
sentence instead of a fine and stated
that notice of this having now been
given the speeders can govern them
selves accordingly.
While insisting that makers of corn
whiskey and bootleggers who sell it
shall be arrested and punished. Judge
Wright said that above these he is
most anxious to punish the wealthy
and influential who get red whiskey or
imported Scotch by way of Florida, de
livered here in expensive automobiles,
and said he is quite sure there are such
in Rome if the officers will be vigilant
in discovering them.
lie told the grand jury if they want
evidence they must summon the “red
noses" of fashionable society and some !
of them may tell the truth and so lead j
to tin 1 conviction of the drinkers of im- j
ported hlskies.
ANTICS OF PLANET
VISIBLE IN WINDER
Crowds of star-gazing citizens of
Winder w. re seen on the streets of the
city last Saturday craning their necks
to catch a glimpse of the brilliant phi
net Venus which was clearly visible in
the clear southern sky for some hours
after daybreak. The clear visibility of
the planet was largely due to the un
usually fair weather with which Win
der was favored Saturday. Not a
cloud appeared on the sky to mar the
brilliance of the spectacle.
According to the United States Nav
al conservatory, Verms is now hut two
weeks past its maximum brilliancy and
far excels all stars and planets in
brightness. The planet, according to
press dispatches, was observable in all
parts of the United States east of the
Rocky Mountains, with tin* exception
of Maine and the greater part of New
Hampshire and Vermont.
NEED BOOKS AND CLOTHES,
There are several children in the city
that cannot go to school on account of
a lack of books and clothes. Anyone
who has any second hand hooks or sec
ond hand clothes and want to do a
charitable deed, let the Winder News
know it.
Mr. H. J. Parham of Athens was in
the city Tuesday.
SOME BAD MAN’S
PARADISE-THIS
Mer Rouge, La., —State Sena
tor Howard Warren, conferee of
Attorney General Coco in the ku
klux klan hearing, returned Mon
day from his home in Houston,
where lie spent the week-end.
“I heard a story the people
around my home were telling,”
he said. “Folks over there tell
of a man who came riding into
Houston the other day astride of
a ferocious lion. Under each
arm he had a wildcat and in one
hand he had a rattlesnake, that
lie used for a whip.
‘‘This fellow they say, drove up
to a drug store, hitched his lioa
out in front and called for a soft
drink.
Wat’U you have?” the sola
clerk asked:
“ ‘Give me a drink of carbolic
acid, colored with iodine.’
“The clerk gave him what he
wanted and this fellow ordered
some moth balls to take the tasti
out of his mouth.
“Finally someone got up enough
courage to ask him who he was.
“ T come from Morehouse par
ish.’ the stranger replied, “hut it
got too wild for me over there,
and now I’m on my way to the
oil fields."
HIGH SCHOOL MEET
IN WINDERIN APRIL
The high schools of the 9th District
will meet in Winder this year and con
test for places in both literary and atli
>letic events. These meets are always
the source of inspiration and rivalry
I that is tine and wholesome.
The Winder High school and the cit
izens in general are looking forward
(to this gathering of the host of repre
' sentatives of the various schools with
eagerness and pleasure. Six years ago
jour school and town entertained the
Imeet to the credit of her school and
j citizens, and the privilege and oppor
tunity of doing so again is joyously an
ticipated. No meeting ever comes to a
community that affords more excellent
means of advertising a town than these
meets.
There is no doubt in the mind of any
one but that Winder will measure up to
t‘very hope and expectation of all in
j teres ted in the schools of our district.
The people know Winder, her hospital
ity in entertaining and providing for
the welfare of her guests, and there
jvvill he on this occasion.
All plans for the contests will he for
mulated within a few days by the ex
ecutive committee which will meet in
; Gainesville.
The officers of the association are as
follows: Supt.. J. A. Mershan, Gaines
ville. rresident: Supt. Edmund Wroe,
Toceon. V-President; Supt. J. IV Cash.
Winder. Secretary and Treasurer: Supt.
C. (). Stubbs. Lawrenceville, and Supt. j
J. F. Muldrow, Commerce, executive,
committeemen.
BEECH CREEK I OOF
I INSTALL OFFICERS
Beech Creek Dodge, No. 121. I. O. F.
met Saturday night, January 16, and
enjoyed a fine chicken stew after
which met at the hull and the follow
ing officers were installed for 1026.
M. L. Williamson, Noble Grand.
K. C. Pentecost, Vice Grand
,1. H. M.unless secretary.
,1. A. Spence, Treasurer
W. T. Brookshire. Warden.
J. TANARUS,. McEver. Conductor
J 1,. Pentecost. Inside Guardian
} W. Wilburn, Outside Guardian.
It 1, Mef'ane. Chaplain.
J I. Lyle, R. S. N. G.
E. J Pentecost, L. S. N. G.
E. M. Dunahon, B. S. V G.
G. J. W. Couch, L. S. V. G.
Jim Foster. R S. S.
J. It Finch. L. S. S.
Let all members attend, and let us
make this the banner year for old
Beech Creek Lodge.
II 11. MAGXESS, Sec.
MRS. MARY E. CALLAHAN
Mrs. Mary E. Callahan, of Winder.
Ga passed away on Wednesday evening
January 10th. at the home of her
daughter. Mrs. W. B. Murden. at Rob
ertson, Ga. . ~
Mrs. Callahan lived to a ripe old
age. She was a consecrated Christian
having joined the church in early life.
Shi' came to Winder from Greene
county about twenty-three years ago,
and has many friends here and other
sections of the state who will be griev
ed to know of her death.
Her husband preceded her to the
grave about forty years ago. She Is
survived h.v two .cons, J. E. Callahan of
Winder, and .T. H. Callahan of Crnw
fordville. Three daughters, Mrs. W. E.
O'Neal, of Union Point; Mrs. W. K
Murden of Robinson and Mrs. P. IV
Jennings of Winder. Eleven grand
children and three great grand children
and three brothers I. Watson, of Ope
lika. Ala . A. 1 W 'fson of Social Cir
cle. and Col Young Watson, of Quin
cey, Fla.
Hr. N. A. Shnrpton spent Tuesday in
Atlanta
BARROW COUNTY FORMS CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE AT A LUNCHEON THURSDAY
Mr. C. M. Ferguson Was Elected President; Mr.
G. W. Woodruff and Mr. R. L. Rogers Were
Elected Vice Presidents; Mr. W. A.
Bradley Was Elected Secretary
ONE DAY A WEEK
TO PAY ALL TAXES
ROGER BAB,SON SAYS WE PAY
ONE-SIXTH OF TOTAL INCOME
TO THE GOVERNMENT
llow much of your productive time
during lir22 was used in paying taxes?
Roger Babson, tin 1 statistician, an
swered the question recently in a state
ment that shows the equivalent of one
day eacii week spent to meet the direct
and indirect taxes that nation, state,
county and city levy. i
“One hour and twenty minutes of
each business day—or one entire day j
a week—is demanded of every able
bodied person in the United States to I
maintain government,”’ says Mr. Bab
son. “That is the lesson of a recent
analysis showing that one-sixth of our
national income goes for taxes, federal
state and local. The amount divides al
most equally between national taxation
and th; expenditure for state and local
purposes. The question is not, there
fore, one of any particular party pol
itics.
“This habit of getting the govern
ment to do something about it” is one
of the most costly and. wasteful ideas
that we Americans have developed. It
lias grown upon us since the war. We be
came accustomed to tilings then that
would not have had consideration be
fore. Now we are exceeded by one na
tion only. Great Britain, in our cost of
being governed. There the ‘unem
ployment doles’ and other legislation
put forward by a stronger labor vote
have exceeded anything attempted here
as yet. But this tendency must he
checked abruptly if American business
is to survive in the competition which
it faces over,the next five or ten years.
All Must Pay a Part.
“Because any one individual does not
see the tax collector lie thinks per
haps that lie does not pay, but he does
pay just the same. Taxation repre
sents an item of overhead in every
thing that any one huys. consumes or
uses in process of working up to a
finished product. The tax burden is
inevitable. There are a certain number
lof potential labor hours represented in
| the individuals making up any oom
! inanity. The number of these labor
I hours w hich it takes to protect his
Iproperty, make safe Ills home and cd
jueate his children are just so much tak
en away from the possibility of estab
lishing that surplus of wealth upon
which the community thrives.
“The truth of this situation was per
fectly clear in the old days when ev
ery man in the community was called
on for live days’ work on the roads a
year in lieu of taxes and when the
‘nightwatch’ was maintained by period
ic service of the townsmen. How would
you like to go out and patrol a police
bent one day each week, year in and
year out? Or how would you like to
take your turn as a member of the fire
department one day in every six? This
would be our lot if we paid our taxes
in the old way today. Or, applying it
to road work—nearly sixty days’ ser
vice on the roads would be required
instead of five. . . ,
“What wonder living costs are high
when this toll comes out ahead of the
productive capacity for benefit of the
community. The actual taxation does
not tell tiie whole story. Costs of col
lection, particularly under our system
of Federal taxation, some tines treble
government. Any move to restore ex
cess profit taxes or special classified
levies on trade is hound to make the
situation worse.
“We should he able to make the peo
ple understand that fads and frills all
cost money. It is all right to he pro
gressive in our ideas hut it is not al
ways true that “progressive’ legislation
means an improvement over the old
way of tending to our business at home.
The country was swept by the cry for
‘more business in government’ and ‘less
government in business.’ We have not
as yet succeeded in edging government
very far toward the door of the busi
ness office.
“A step toward remedying the con
dition of burdensome taxation which
now hampers business would lie to let
everybody know when they are paying
taxes and how much.”
General business as reflected in tlie
index of the Babson chart shows ac
tivity at 1 per cent below normal —an
improvement of 1 per cent over last
week.
CANNOT DO WITHOUT NEWS.
Washington. D. Jan. 10. 1023.
Editor Winder News:
Em losed find money order for $l5O
for niv subscription to the News. I
like your paper very much and cannot
afford to he without it. Wishing you
much success for 1023.
Yours trnlv.
E. B. BETTS.
[splendid speeches made and
FINE SPIRIT OF ( OOPER\TIOIV
AND ENTHUSIASM WAS SHOWN
THROUGHOUT THE MEETING.
NEARLY one hundred citizens of Win
der and Harrow county met at a
luncheon at the Moore Hotel last
Thursday night and organized the Bar
row Chamber of Commerce which was
voted as the official name of the organ
ization.
In the absence of Mr. R. L. Rogers,
Mr. Claud Mayne presided over the
meeting. The following permanent of
ficers were elected: C. M. Ferguson,
president; G. W. Woodruff, and R. L.
Rogers, vice presidents; W. A. Bradley,
secretary; Mr. L. H. Radford, treasurer,
Messrs. W. M. Holsenbeek, L. S. Rad
ford and .1. M. Tumlin were appointed
a committee to draft a constitution and
by-laws.
Splendid speeches were made by many
who were present and a fine spirit of
co-operation and enthusiasm was shown
throughout the meeting.
A luncheon will be served by the mem
bership on each second Thursday night
in each month.
The purpose of the organization is
to got squarely behind tb<> interests of
Winder and Barrow county and take a
leading part in bringing prosperity to
the city and county.
BRUNELLE SMITH’S
HOME DESTROYED
BRUNELLE SMITH’S splendid borne
a few miles south of Winder, burn
ed last Monday night. It cost
about SII,OOO to build this house about
three years ago. Mr. Smith had $7,000
insurance on the house and SI6OO on
his furniture. No one was at home at
the time of the fire. Mr. Smith being
in Atlanta and Mrs. Smith was spend
ing the night at a neighbors. The or
igin of the fire is unknown.
DRIVER AND MULE,
WIN IN ALABAMA
William W. Brandon, a former car
■ driver hack in the clays when street
J cars were pulled by mules, was inaug
■ mated governor of Alabama Monday,
1 January 15th. An old mule, named
.Kate, 47 years old, formerly driven by
j the governor when he was in the street
car driving business, was placed at the*
head of the parade that was pulled off
in honor of the chief executive. It
is said that (luring the parade Kate
showed plenty of pep.
R. S. Sammon Dies
In Lawrenceville.
Mr. It. S. Sammons, age about 26
years, one of the prominent citizens of
Ijiwrenceville, died tit his home in
that place last Thursday morning. The
cause of his death was influenza and
jaundice. He had been sick for about
two weeks. His father died about ten
days before from pneumonia. Mr.
Sammons was a brother to Mr. T. J.
Hammons, of Dacula, a former citizen
of Winder.
Ford Station Moved.
We have moved out Ford station
from our old location on Candler street
to the Bush Building on Broad street.
We cordially elcorne our customers and
the public to our place. Ford cars
tractors, trucks and parts of all kinds.
Come to see us.
WINDER MOTOR & TRACTOR CO.
It. L. Rogers, Banager
.GOOD COLORED WOMAN DEAD..
Aunt Lizzie Hood, a respected color
ed woman, about 60 years old, died at
her home in Glennwood during Christ
mas week. Aunt Lizzie was a good
colored woman, and had ixen washing
and laundering for the white folks for
many, many years. She had the confi
dence of all who knew’ her both white
and colored. She was very active in
church and fraternal organizations
with her race.
HONOR ROLL
The following have kindly paid their
subscriptions to the News since our last
issue. We thank them sincerely:
W. E. Moore, Ernest Moon, E. (I.
Mize, 11. G. Hill, G. P. Hill, G. L. Hol
loway. Robf. E. Horton, Mrs. G. W.
Hammond, T. O. Pendergrass, Mrs.
Fannie Couch. J. W. 15. Maughon, B. T.
Thomas. G. W. Fuller, J. P. Moore, Jr.,
Mrs. 11. 8. Worsham, John Hill, John
W. Kilgore, Mrs R. L. Callahan, H. C.
Tuck. Muller McElroy, R. M Hill, Z.
I>. Lancaster, E B, Betts, Mrs. M. A.
Millsaps, IV. A. Harper.
Mr. J. 11. Wheeler spent Tuesday in
Atlanta.
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