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'VOL. XXIX.
WINDER’S CITY DADS INSPECT ATEENS
FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT MONDAY
Athens Fire Chief McDorman and His Men And
Commissioner Epting Very Courteous
to Visitors.-Gave Demonstration
in Modern Fire Fighting.
PJTY OFFICIALS VERY MUCH IM
PRESSED WITH MODERN FIRE
JkM.INE AND PUMP.
Contract Signed For
Mammoth Fire Engine
MAYOR George Thompson, of Winder
and a large delegation of officials
and citizens from his town were
in the city Monday foi- the purpose of
inspecting Athens’ tire fighting equip
ment. investigating the department’s
methods of fire fighting, seeking infor
mation on insurance ratings as affected
by Athens’ modern apparatus, and get
ting acquainted with other details of
Chief McDorman’s department with a
view of obtaining like equipment and
-adopting some of his methods in their
own towns fire department.
Winder’s city government has recent
ly changed hands and the present may
or and council were faced right at the
beginning of their term with the obli
gation of improving that city’s fire-de
fense, the need of which was stressed
very forcibly right at the beginning of
the new administration by the Woodruff
Hardware Co’s, store and stock, and
during which the Winder department
did -wonderful work in saving adjoin
ing buildings with limited equipment.
Chief McDorman, assisted by Com
missioner J. H. Epting, of the Athens
department, conducted the party thru
the stations, showing them the big
trucks and pumps, hose and ladder
trucks, chemical engine and other mod
ern apparatus belonging to this city and
later gave a demonstration with one of
the big 750 gallon pumps, which is of
the latest type of motorized equipment,
and this was a revelation to the Win
der officials.
Besides Mayor Thompson. Council
men John W. Carrington, F. C. Grad
dick, J. B. Lay, T. C. Fullbright and
Vasco Segars, Fire Chief C. M. Fergu
son, Mr. W. A. Bradley and J. B. Par
ham of the Winder News, and Mr. J.
L. Plummer, representing the American
Fa France Fire Engine Company, were
in the party— Athens Banner.
The Winder party were very favora
bly impressed with the work ot the
big fire pumps, with a capacity of 750
gallons per minute. This can be put
on a fire from three hose, up to 1 %
inches, with a pressure up to 130 lbs.
In case of fire where there are no
fire plugs a hose can Ik* dropped into
a well or cistern or creek up to 31 foot
lift and is just as effective for put
ting out a fire. Chief McDorman dem
onstrated first the stand pipe pressure,
(ben added the pump in single and Si
amese connections.lt was a very suc
cessful demonstration and proved be
yond a doubt to lie absolutely necessa
ry in the successful fighting of the.
Chief McDorman also pulled a tire
plug for the visitors showing them just
. how the alarm came in and registered
5 the district it was in.
There are 34 fire fighters on the de
partment and the saving in insurance
reductions is said to quite a large sum
each year. .
After the demonstrations. Chief Jic
Dorman and Commissioner Epting ac
companied the party on an auto ride
over the city. •
The Winder delegation was royally
entertained and were given the benefit
of every information at the departments
disposal. ,
A committee from council composed
of Mavor Thompson. John W. Carring
ton. F. C. Graddiek, and Chief (’. M.
Ferguson accompanied Mr. Plummer,
representing the American La France
Company, to Atlanta Wednesday to con
fer with the Underwriters Association
and determine just what the saving
Would he to Winder citizens in insur
ance rates in case this engine was in
stalled. The saving was found to be
between $5,000 and $7,500 in insurance
rates plus the additional fire protection
ing at 10:30 and signed the contract for
the model 75, capacity 750 gallons wa
ter per minute. This is the same truck
as the Athens and Atlanta engines and
is just a little different from the one
purchased this week by Jefferson and
tlie one owned by Monroe.
NOTICE.
The Barrow County Poultry Associ
ation will meet at the Court House on
Saturday, February 1(>, at 2 P. M.
This is a very important meeting.
Farmers are urged to attend. An in
teresting and instructive moving pict
ure film has been obtained from the
government on the Poultry Industry.
Arrangements are being made to show
this picture at the close of this meeting.
Cotton growers who have not secur
ed Calcium Arsenate to tight the boll
weevil should make arrangements to
order their supply as early as possible.
Set- your banker or county agent and we
will' he able to give you information
that will be helpful along this line.
.. .1 T. PITTMAN,
County Agent.
Tmlge J. N. Ross is spending a few
days "with his brother, Dr. S. T. Ross,
and THE HARROW TIMES
OUR HONOR ROLL.
WE publish below the names
of those who have recent
ly paid their subscriptions. We
thank them sincerely.
A. M. Haynie
Roy Jackson
Ernest Sturdivant
N. D. Meadow
B. J. McDaniel
Mrs C. T. Mathews
Preston Williams
Dr. J. (’. Daniel
J. C. Williams
Wesley Gray
E. L. Ross
J. L. Haynie
E. L. Bedingfield
Tom Hikml
R. L. Manning
J. C Langford
Mrs. J. P. Eberhart
J. E. Pentecost
W. F. Hubbard
A. W. Smith
Miss Jewel Hardy
Henry M. Hill
W. H. Thomas
E. I, Adams
J. W. Austin
P. Jennings
Fred Fagan
L. E. Griffeth
T. S. Cox
W. S. Phillips
D. L. Nowell
COTTON GROWERS
Before you decide to plant either short
or long staple cotton this season, write
llfi. We have made an px ha native smdr
of the cotton, market for the past elev
en years and can give you some valua
ble advice.
PEDIGREED SEED COMPANY
Hartsville, S. C.
MR. G. W. SMITH
IS SERIOUSLY ILL
Mr Green W. Smith, one of the pio
neer and leading citizens of Winder
and Barrow county, is reported to be
seriously sick at his home on Broad
street.
Mr. Smith contracted a ease of flu
about three weeks ago and was thought
to lie doing fairly well until Monday
of this week when his condition be
came alarming.
All Winder and Barrow county are
hopeful, however, that he will soon be
restored to health.
PERRY HILL
GOING GOOD
On the Staunfon Military academy
gymnasium floor vester afternoon the
cadets defeated the Daleviile college
quint, 35 to 22. in what was a good ex
hibition of basket ball. In the begin
ning of the game the Staunton boys
had the visitors 13 to 2. but got care
less and the half ended with a score
of 15 to 11 in favor of Staunton.
The guards put up a much stronger
game, and proved hard to get past. Hill,
at right forward, is developing into a
star. He is in every play, and his goal
shooting is going to he dangerous for
future opponents if he keeps improving
at his present rate. —From a Virginia
newspaper.
IT’S FUNNY.
That a man who thinks
,He <ls a business man
Will get up in the morning
From an advertised mattress
Shave with an advertised razor.
And put on advertised underwear.
Advertised hose, shirt, collar, tie and
slioas,
Seat himself at the table and
Eat advertised breakfast food.
Drink advertised coffee or substitute,
Put on an advertised hat,
Light an advertised cigar,
(Jo to his place of business and
Turn down advertising on the ground
That Advertising Doesn’t Pay.
—Exchange.
Those from Lnwreneeville, who at
tended the funeral of Mrs. M. J. Perry
in Winder Saturday were Mr. and Mrs.
G. S. Perry and children, Mrs. Jones
Phillips, Messrs. R. B. and I. B. Whit
worth. Jesse Whitworth. Mr. and Mrs.
H. J. Hinton, Miss Roxie Etheridge,
'Mr. A. T. Green, Mr. G. W. Clower and
others.—Gwinnett Journal.
Winder, Barrow County, Georgiy, Thursday, February Ist, 1923.
Mammoth Hog
Killed Horse
A HOG weighing 500 pounds at
tacked and killed a horse on
the farm of Fred Fisher, near
Logansport, Ind. Mr. Fisher,
said the horse was lying down
near the harn when the hog at
tacked it, and before it could es
cape the hog had inflicted fatal
injuries. The hog was not hurt.
MAN GETS PERFECT
PHONE SERVICE
Minneapolis Attorney Only Man in
America Free From “Wrong
Number” and “Busy
Line.”
George S. Grimes, an attorney, of
Minneapolis, Minn., although not an
officer nor an employee of the telephone
company, is being given perfectly sat
isfactory telephone service. When he
takes the receiver off the hook he is
given instant attention! He never gets
the “wrong number.” He is never put
on a busy wire. No one ever calls him
by mistake, and “I beg your pardon”
is a phrase now unknown to him.
The president of the United States
may be kept waiting, captains of in
dustry in Wall Street may be cut off
in the midst of deals of millions, but
Mr. Grimes is a preferred customer;
nothing is allowed to go wrong on his
wire, either day or night, or at any
cost.
In stead of suffering in silence when
given the wrong number, Mr. Grimes
made up his mind that there was no
good reason why he should put up with
endless delays, busy wires, and the ex
asperating nuisance of cutting him off
in the middle of his talk. He is a law
yer, and he realized that if he paid liis
bills to the telephone company he was
entitled, under the law, to a reasonably
satisfactory service.
Mr. Grimes carefully kept account of
every hist a nee of telephone incompe
tenc.v and the loss of time he suffered
| through delays and bad service. At the
(*n<] of 33 months he brought suit
j against the telephone company for sl,-
000, and the jury awarded him the
amount he asked. Now, his telephone
service is perfect, although the tele
phone company threatens to carry the
suit to a higher court, a proceeding
which Mr. Grimes favors.
WHY NOT TRY
THESE SEEDS
Senator Walter F. George has been
notified by the Chief of the Bureau of
Plant Industry of the U. S. Department
of Agriculture that he has been allott
ed nine hundred (900) quart pack
ages of cotton seed for distribution
among the farmers of Georgia who
i would be interested in receiving same.
j.He is advised by the Agricultural De
partment that this seed of new and im
proved types of cotton and lias the mer
it of being an early variety and boll
weevil resistant as far as practical.
Of course it is not guaranteed that it
will entirely scare away the Ijpll wee
vil or that its use will avoid the nec
essity of any other effort by poisoning
/or otherwise to destroy the pest. It
simply means! that this seed lias been
improved as above stated along the
line of quick maturity in the hope that
it may get by to a large extent before
Mr. Weevil can destroy it.
The request is made by the Depart
ment that those receiving the seed shall
make a report of the results in accord
ance witli instructions furnished with
the seed and it is hoped that by an
other year sufficient seed may be pro
duced as a result of the planting of a
quart to provide for the raising of at
least one bale of the variety used.
While the seed will lie sent out in
separate quart packages and no per
son is supposed to have more than one
quart it is true that an arrangement
might be made by which a few neigh
bors could put their seed together and
in that way have enough to give them
a real test during the season of 1923
which would not be so practical if only
one separnte quart were planted.
An earnest request is made that any
farmer, whether landlord, tenant or
cropper, who desires to make an actu
al test of these seed, will furnish ins
name and address to Senator George,
Ihddressing him at Room 129. Senate of
fice building. Washington, D. C.
These seed are all to be sent out by
March Ist and if requests are not re
ceived ten days prior to that date the
seed will be otherwise disposed of.
THE WAY NEGROES
ARE EHIPPED BACK
FROM CHICAGO, ILL.
i Here is an interesting story of a
young Commerce negro, who went to
Chicago three weeks ago, died of pneu
monia, and his remains shipped back
for interment; Leo Williams, the
I young son of Griff Williams, of near
this place was tin* unfortunate. Leo, like
j liis father, was a good honest, indus-
I trioiis, law-abiding negro. He had
j heard of the good times out east and
j wanted to try it out. So during recent
Christmas days, he left for Chicago.
When lie reached the city the thermom
eter registered around zero. He was
not ijccustomed to such cold weather
and like many others he soon took
pneumonia and died. Naturally, his
parents wanted his remains shipped
back home for interment and they came
to Mr. M. T. Sanders, an undertaker of
tliis place who began negotiations with
a Chicago negro undertaker by tele
graph. Tin* Chicago undertaker wir
ed back that tin* total cost would be j
$352.00. Mr. Sanders knew this was
■ pure highway robbery, and refused to
pay it. A number of telegrams follow
lowed, costing some $13.00. Finally
Mr. Sanders wired the undertaker to
embalm the body and ship it in a pau
per's coffin and offered $05.00. The
| undertaker held the body ten days be
fore shipping trying to force tin* parents
jto pay more. Finally lie put tin* ro
'mains -—not in a coffin, but in a
square box, and shipped it. On arrival
the lid was off. one plank had fallen i
down on the body and jobbed a hole in I
I the head. On the* toe a wire tag was
■placed with tin* name of the deceased.
I Tin* express charges was $65.00 so that
the total expense amounted to $135.00.
l{ We give the details for the informa
tion ail'd warning to other negroes who
have tlie Chicago fever. They had bet
tor stay in Georgia. God made the ne
gro, and made the south and he adapt
ed this sunny south to the physical
i well being of the negro. It is a fact,
that since Christmas, six dead negro
bodies have been shipped hack from
eastern states to this immediate com
munity, all of whom, it is said died of
pneumonia.—< ’ominerce News.
Notice Royal Arch
Masons
A call convocation of Winder Chan
ter. No. H 4. Royal Arch Masons will be
held at the Chapter rooms oh Friday
night, February 2, at 7:3b.
Work in the M. M., P. M. and M. O.
degrees.
All qualified companions and brethren
are urged to be present.
W. A. BRADLEY, H I’.
PRESTON WILLIAMS, See.
DEATH OF MR.
W. D. SWEAT.
Mr. W. D. Sweat died on Tuesday of
last week, January 23, and was buried
at the Sbarpton graveyard. He lived
to be IK) years of age. He was born in
1K32, and died near Bethlehem in this
county. He leaves a wife and six chil
dren, 4 hoys and 2 girls, one brother and
33 grand children and 22 great grand
children, all of whom are living. Rev.
J. C. Harbin conducted the funeral ser
vices. Marion Rutledge, Jess Cole, Boh
Sturdivant, John Helton and the
Brown boys were the pail bearers. The
funeral was in charge of C. M. Fergu
son & Cos., of this city.
BARROW BOY WINS HONOR.
Mrs. C. Duncan, Auburn, Ga.
Dear Madam:
It is witli great pleasure that the
Commanding Officer of tips station
communicates to you the news that
your soil. William Hull ap
prentice seaman, United States Navy,
stood three on the honor roll at the
Naval Training Station at Hampton
Roads, Virginia, at the conclusion of his
period of training.
I desire to congratulate you and ex
tend to you tin* hope that his future in
the Navy will gain the same acknowl
edgement of his worth from his senior
officers as characterized liis period of
training. He lias proven himself the
type of man that the service most de
sires and one whom we are proud of.
With my sincere best wishes.
Sincerely,
A L. HAAS.
Lieut. IT. S. A. Officer in Charge
23 January 1923.
DEATH OF DR. 11. L. RUDOLPH.
Dr. H. Latimer Rudolph, one of
the prominent physicians of northeast
Georgia, died at ills home in Gaines
ville last Sunday morning. !!<■ is sur
vived by liis wife and two children.
Speeding Train
Leaps 12-Ft. Gorge
A MAIL train from Dublin, Ire
land, carrying 300 passengers
leaped a 13-foot chasm by
the destruction of a culvert. A
force of revolutionary troops dy
namited a culvert between Lisduff
and Templeinore. The railroads,
uated a culvert between Lisduff
while badly twisted by the ex
plosion, were left suspended
across the gully, and over these
the train, speeding at 45 miles an
hour, shot in safety.
PLANTATION
MELODIES
An Alabama paper misses some of
the old Southern customs and the old
plantation melodies. “Where is the
music of the banjo,” it asks, "which
joould lie heard a mile away at (’lirisj
mas times of long ago? What's be
come* of tin* pounding of the dancers at
negro parties where the participants
slapped the floor with tlieir feet to tin*
tune of the guitar?
“The sweetest music to Southern
ears in the old days was the singing of
flic negroes in their plantation quarters
carried in the evening air as the dar
kies gatli>*red outside tpielr hitinble
homes and sang as only negroes can
sing. Such melodies are not heard ex
cept in tin* South.
“These old Southern melodies still
may lie heard in some parts of the
'south, tint the custom is not general as
in the old days.”
These are the regrets expressed by
The Anniston Star. We are reminded
of them when we read tin* little Christ
mas skit of Gordon Kauss.v of Savan
nah, who put in folklore a legend of
A her corn plantation, near Savannah.
Georgia writers have done much to
preserve the negro dialect. Joel Chan
dler Harris and Harry S. Efdwards
have written ( charmingly of it and Am
brose E. Gonzales of Columbia lias giv
en some entertaining chapters on the
sea island lingo of ante-bellum days.—
Savannah Press.
Organizes Chamber of
Commerce
Nearly one hundred citizens of Win
der and Barrow county met at a lunch
eon at the Moore Hotel last Thursday
iJiglit and organized a Chamber of < om
merce which was voted as the official
'name of the organisation. 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 lie serv
ed by the membership on each second
Thursday night in each month. The
purpose of the organization is lo get
squarely behind the interests of Win
der and Barrow county and take a lead
ing part in bringing prosperity to tin*
city and county.—Jackson Herald.
WANTS WINDER NEWS
Leesburg, Fla , Jan. 27, 1923.
Editor Winder News:
I'am enclosing check on the First
National Bank for which send me the
Winder News so that I can keep up
with the happenings in Winder. 1 in
tended doing this before I left homo
but had so much to do to try to get
straight before leaving 1 just forgot
This is some pretty country to live in.
It is true that I haven’t been here long,
but I certainly like it fine so far. I
have had to work pretty hard night
and day trying to get things arranged
so that it won’t require all of my time.
There are four people working in the
office anil 1 have the softest job of the
crowd. I do all of the checking of the
other work. But the prettiest sight 1
have seen yet is the orange and grape
fruit groves. I got a chance the other
niglit to get in one and I ate until 1
ft Ar uncomfortable).
Regards to all the News force.
Yours truly,
L. E. GRIFFETH.
The class in Citizenship held its reg
ular meeting Friday afternoon with
a spleqdid attendance and mi interest
ing study. The subject studied was the
officers and their duties of our city and
county. This week will be studied the
State government, with special empha
sis on the educational features.. Every
body anxious to become a better citi
zen has this opportunity of attending
these meetings and thus find out for
herself what is required of her ami of
those whom she helps elect to office.
Go to Mrs. Qua Herman's Friday after
noon at 4 o’clock and join In the study.
STORE ROOM FOR RENT
On Broad street, second door to Post
office, formerly occupied by Flanigan
Brothers. A nice store room suitable
for most any line of business. Will
rent reasonable. Sec J. L. Saul. Win
der, Ga.
THE GEORGIA
EDUCATION
ASSOCIATION
The president of tin* Georgia Educa
tion Association, H. D. Knowles, of
Quitman, asks us to announce that t.h;
annual meeting of the association will
lie held in Atlanta. April 10, 30 and 21.
The county superintendent will meet the
same week as will also the convention
of parent-teacher associations. The
place of meeting will Ik* the Wesley Me
morial Church and the headquarters
will be at tiie Piedmont Hotel.
Some very eminent people have been
secured for the program, among them
Dr. George D. Sfrayer of Columbia, Dr.
William B. Owen, president of the N.
E. A., very probably Dr. W. 11. Kilpat
rick of Columbia, and Dr. T. Tigeri, Na
tional Commissioner of Education.
The railroads comprising the South
eastern Passenger Association have an
nounced reduced rates of one and one
*
half fare from all Georgia points.
The directors of the association are
very anxious ttint all school boards de
clare a holiday period for Thursday
and Friday, tin* nineteenth and twen
tieth, so that all teachers may attend.
PERSONAL NEWS
Mr. J. W. McWhorter made a busi
ness trip to Atlanta Monday.
• • •
Dr. and Mrs. B. Almond were vis
itors in Athens Sunday.
* * *
Mr. J. M. Hood of Athens was a vis
itor in the city Tuesday.
• • •
Mrs. <’. S. Williams spent several
days in Atlanta this week.
• • •
Col. and Mrs. Geo A. Johns were
visitors in Athens Saturday.
* * *
Mr. Walter Stanton spent Tuesday
in Gainesville.
• • •
Mr. Shannon Smith of Gainesville
spent Sunday with home folks.
• * •
Mr. Floyd Poole of Georgia Tech was
the guest of his home folks last week
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Nunually of
Statham were guests of relatives here
SUnday.
• • •
Messrs. A. G. Lamar and W. B. Mr-
Canlts were visitors Monday to Jeffer
son.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs J. T. Strange and Mr.
and Mrs. T. B. Strange spent Sunday in
Athens.
• • 9
Mrs. Gibson Nowell has returned to
her home in Atlanta after some time
spent in the city with relatives.
* * *
Miss Frank Womack had ns her din
ner guests Sunday Misses Frances
Hubbard, Margaret Walker and Mary
Qulurterman.
• * •
Mrs. Edd Bedingfleld and little sou,
spent the past week end. with relatives
in Union Point.
• • •
Mr. G. W. Smith is quite siek at
his home on Broad street. His many
friends hope to see him out again soon.
• • •
Mrs. Morris of Atlanta lias been vis
iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
McCants this week.
• • •
Mrs. Peyton returned to her home in
Atlanta Monday after a short visit
to her sister, Mrs. A. S. Kberhart.
• • •
Mrs. Addle Dickerson and little son,
of Lavnnia were recent visitors to Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Oakley.
* • *
Mi>s Suedelle Perry leaves Monday
for a month’s stay in Athens.
* * *
Misses Nellie. Annie Mae and I ness
Summeronr of Decatur spent the past
week's end here "With their grand par
ents, and other friends.
• • •
Mr. W. O. McMullan of Elberton spent
last Sunday here with his wife, who
has been quite siek at the home of her
mother, Mi's. Georgia Harris.
Mr. A. S. Eberhart is reported se
riously ill since Sunday. Mr. Eberhart
lias been In ill health for some time but
has managed to stay up for the most of
the time. His family and friends are
very much concerned over his condition.
• * •
Miss Josio Blaekstock of Jefferson
and Mr. Thad Blaekstock of Atlanta
spent the past week end with Mrs. Ho
mer Baird.
• • •
Mr. J. L. Braswell, a former citizen
of Winder, but who now holds a respon
sible position with* a refining company
of Brunswick spent several days this
week in Winder.
Have your car washed, polished and
thoroughly greased at Auto Sales Cos.
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