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COMING! LaGrange Glee Club will be at the Winder School Auditorium Wednesday Evening, March 28, Auspices of the Senior Class. VOL. XXIX. GWINNETT SHERIFF. CHARGED WITH AID ING RUM RUNNERS Details of an alleged conspiracy to furnish protection to liquor runners passing through Gwinnett county, were brought to light Wednesday following the arrests by federal agents late Wed nesday night at Lawrenceville of Sher iff E. S. Garner, his son, Deputy Sher iff H. S. Garner, another deputy. J. N. -Bernard, and “Red” ’Jones, alleged rum runner. It is understood that officers are also conducting a search for a third deputy who has not yet been located. The four men were arrested in I.aw renceville by a group of federal officers and carried to Atlanta for a hearing. It is alleged that in the presence of one of the officers. Sheriff Garner re ceived a sum of cash from an alleged whiskey runner in consideration of protection, and the money hearing marks of identification placed there by federal men was later taken from the sheriff's person. R was stated. Sheriff Garner when interviewed Thursday morning, denied the charges. Mr. Garner has been sheriff of Gwin nett county since 11111, and stands high in the estimation of his fellow citizens. CHURCH ACTIVITIES On last Wednesday evening the Loy al Koreans Class had charge of the midweek prayer meeting with Mr. Bron son as leader. This was one of the best attended and most enthusiastic meetings this year. There were a num ber present who had not attended a midweek prayer service for several yiatrs. T)n Wednesday evening of this week the Loval Womens class will have charge' with Mrs. .T. T. Walden, lead er. On Wednesday evening, March 28, Loyal Guards class will lia\e charge with Messrs. John W illiams and W. C. Ross, leaders. The members of these loyal classes are not only called larval, but are Loyal indeed. The Senior Christian Endeavors will Wave charge of the Sunday evening ser vice. A splendid program has been ar ranged and all the members of the church are invited. Missionary Divisions, Mfirch 27. Division No. 1 will meet at the home of Mrs. G. A. Johns and Mrs. K. A. Jo han on Tuesday afternoon, March 27. at 3:30. „ ' Division No. 2 will meet wit a Mrs. H. O. Camp and Mrs. T. M. Foster on Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Camp. Division No. 3 will he held at the home of Mrs .T. M Jackson with Mrs. Jackson and Mrs. Rhett Nowell as hos tesses. Division No. 4 will meet at the home of Mrs. Mark Sims with Mrs. Sims and Mrs. Homer Hill hostesses. < METHODIST CHURCH. Services Sunday according to usual schedule. The pastor will speak Sunday morn fng on Soul Winning as a Means of Grace and of Highest Joy..ln the even ing the suhiect will he Mutual Inspi ration and Helpfulness. Should not ev |ry member, who possibly can be in his place? Is it a joy to attend the services and participate in the fellow ship of our Father’s House? If not there must he something radically wrong. A warm welcome for every It is just four weeks until our revival meetings begin. Is your heart ready for the part God would have you take in these services? The kind of prep aration we make will largely deter mine the success or failure of these ser vices. Shall we do our best? Special Easter Message and music on first Sunday in April. A union service held on the evening of first Sunday at Methodist church. The pastors have thought it wise to bring all our congregations together m an inspirational service just before the beginning of the simultaneous evangel istic endeavor. All the choirs will rnite to lend the congregation in sing ing several of the old hymns and a brief talk will be made by a lay repre sentative from each of the churches touching the revival. The capacity of the building should be taxed. CONFEDERATE REUNION AT NEW ORLEANS, LA.. APRIL 10-13. 1923. SEABOARD announces special rates, filing April 7. 8. 0. 10. limited April 30th. Stopovers allowed. For rates Pull man reservations, etc. see nearest SEA BOARD Ticket agent or write Fred Gelssler, Asst. Pass’r Agt, SAL, Atlan ta, Ga. NOTICE ROYAL ARCH MASONS. A regular convocation of Winder Chapter No. 84 Royal Arch Masons will be held at the chapter rooms Friday night, March 23. Work in M. E and It. A M. dojjrop. All fjurt 1 ilio<l coni pan lons ure requested to meet at 7 :30. W. A. BRADLEY. H. P. PRESTON WILLIAMS, Sec. NOTICE TO FARMERS • 0 H. Bell, of Braselton. Ga., is state fertilizer insj>ector for Jackson, Bar ron and Walton counties. Any far n§f* desiring his fertilizer inspected please communicate with him. Mrs. J. H. Pledger has been quite sick for the past few days. {The Winder Xcm. * and THE BARROW TIMES This Chunk of Coal Would Heat House For A Whole Year HERE'S one lump of coal large enough to heat an 8-room house for an entire winter. It contains nearly 21,000 pounds, and is five feet high, five feet wide, and ten feet long. It is part of ail exhibit of natural re sources at Salt Rake City, Utah, and cost $2,000 to get it from the mine. MR AND MRS POLLY TICKK GREAT SHOW One of the largest audiences assem bled in the school auditorium last Tuesday night to witness the play that was put on by local talent under the supervision of Miss Virginia Street, that has ever been present on a similar occasion. It was a musical comedy by the Wayne I’. Sewell & Producing Cos., of Atlanta. The audience enjoyed every moment of the time and the great ap plause that greeted the players from time to time was conclusive proof that the play was a tremendous success. All deserve special mention as every one acted his or her part thoroughly. Winder has many fine characters that know how to put energy and en thusiasm into stage work, and all who participated Tuesday night are to be congratulated on the splendid success that was achieved. LUTHER HOLLOWAY DIED TUES. NIGHT Mr. Luther Holloway, a well known citizen of Bethlehem, died at his home in that, place last Tuesday night at about t>:00 o’clock following a stroke of paralysis. Mr. Holloway was a splendid citizen, an upright man and was greatly liked by all his friends. The remains were buried at Bethle hem Camp Ground on Wednesday. The funeral was preached by Rev. Mr. Har rison, the pastor of the church, of which the deceased was a member. Mr. Holloway was a mason and the mason ic lodge of Bethlehem had charge of the burial. At the close of the funeral service a committee from the Kii Klux Klan came in and placed a wreath of flowers on his bier. Mr. Holloway leaves a wife anil five children to whom the deepest sympa thy of a host of friends is extended. DEATH OF MRS. S. A. WELBORN. On February 23, at 1:30 a. m. oc curred the death of Mrs. Sarah A. Well born at the home of her son, Mr. S. M. Wellborn, in Oconee county, Ga. She was 98 years, 1 month and 14 days of age. She was a great niece of Jesse Mercer and graduated at Mercer High school when it was located at Penfield, Ga. She professed faith in Christ when she was eight years old and later join ed the Baptist church at Sugar Creek, near Madison, Ga., where she lived with her husband, Win. R. Wellborn for more than 80 years. She was the mother of ten children, three of whom survive her, S. M. Wellborn, of Oconee county, Jesse B. Wellborn, of Oeilla, Ga„ and Mrs. Delia Almand, of Morgan county. Her character was pure and spotless and her love and devotion to her fam ily and church was ever loyal and true. She is now satisfied as she stands ‘face to face’ with Him for whose cause she gave 90 years of consecrated service. EVANGELILSTIC SERVICES Rev. T. F. Putnam of Westminister, S. C., will begin a series of evangelistic services at the Wesleyan Methodist church Saturday, March 24th, at 7:45 P. M. Preaching on Sunday at 11 A. M. and every night through the fol lowing week at 7 :45 o’clock. The pub lic is cordially invited to attend these services. EXCHANGE PULPITS Rev. E. 1.. Slielnutt and Rev. W. B. McDonald of Maysville will exchange pulpits on Sunday morning; Rev. Mc- Donald will l>e here and Rev. Shelnutt will he at Chapel. It is hoped that a large audience will greet both pastors. CARD OF THANKS We want to thank each and every one who so kindly came to our rescue and contributed things for our relief in our recent fire loss. May the good Lord bless each one and reward you is our prayer.—Lucas Jackson and fam ily. At Bethlehem Baptist Church. The All-Georgia Motor Tour meeting will lie held at Bethlehem Baptist church on Wednesday afternoon, Mar. 28. at 3.00 o’clock in the afternoon. Ev erybody invited to be at this meeting. Splendid speakers will he present. Mrs. Aubrey Baugh and sons. A. B. Jr., and Robert, have returned from n week’s visit to Mrs. H. L. Moore of Abbeville, B. C. Winder, Barrow County, Georgia, Thursday, March 22, 1923. BARROW SELECTED FOR STATE DEMON STRATION COTTON Through the efforts of citi zens of Barrow this county has been selected by the state hoard of ento mology as the location of one of their state demonstration tests on cotton. 'riu* board selects each year a few counties in the state in which to carry on these demonstrations on the growth and cultivation of cotton, the great money crop of the south. Those who have been instnymental in sectoring these demonstration tests for Barrow have done much for our county. These tests will he under the supervision of Dr. J. C. Maness of state entomolog ical board. All of those who participate in these tests will be required to have pure bred seed. There has been a car load of these seed bought and will l>e turned |over to the farmers at cost. We hope | that many of Harrow county farmers | will take part in these tests. We want 1 to get all the good possible out of them. If you are interested in these tests , and want to be one of those who will j participate see Mr. J. T. Pittman, the •county agent at once or any of the banks in Winder can give you the re quired information. I It behooves every man in the county I to become thoroughly interested in get : ting our county on its feet again. BARROW COUNTY SCHOOL CONTESTS On Thursday evening, April, 5, at the court house in Winder, beginning promptly at 7 :30 will be held the speak ing contest. The rural schools of the county will compete with one another and the high schools with one another. The principal of each school in the county may send one hoy one girl to i represent their schools. It will be best for the teachers and speakers to be at the court house by 6 o'clock and he enrolled and assigned to their places. Let them bring a lit ! tie lunch with them for supper. After j receiving their number and assignment they will be at liberty until 7:30 o’clock when the exercises will begin. On the following day, April 6. is Field Day. These exercises will be I held at Stathain. The teachers at. the I last institute day voted to hold these ! exercises annually at different places over the county. This will give differ -1 ent communities the advantage of hav ing these exercises at the school. I The place and manner of holding !these were left with thp teachers. If j any teachers and representatives live some distance from Stathain and wish jto go the night before and will send their names to Prof. J. W. Williams, he will take pleasure in providing homes for them. These exercises will begin promptly at 10 o’clock A. M. ! The 440 yard dash will he omitted by the graminer grades. J. B. Brookshire, 0. S. S. How To Grow and Gather Peanuts The Winder National Bank has a number of pamphlets that they desire to give away to any that are interested in the growing and gathering of peanuts. Peanuts is becoming quite a money crop in many sections of the state and we advise our farmers to call at the bank and get one of these pamphlets. Every grower of peanuts is eligible to become a member of the State Peanut Growers Association. MRS. WALTER LYLE IS CRITICALLY ILL. Mrs. W. K. Lyle was taken seriously sick last Monday night and has been in a serious condition since. While Mrs. Lyle has been In delicate health ■for several years, not until this week did her condition. grow so alarming. Little hope is held out for her recov ery. HOSPITAL SHOWER The ladies of the city gave the new hospital a shower last Tuesday after noon. A large number of useful and serviceable articles were contributed by the ladies and others of the city. We publish the following card of thanks from the physicians of the hos pital : We wish to thank the ladies who so generously showered the hospital on Tuesday afternoon. We appreciate the spirit that prompted it. and the won derful co-operation to make our little hospital a success. DR. W. L. MATHEWS, DR. W. T. RANDOLPH, DR. E. It. HARRIS. The Globe Store Sale. Read the large page ad in this issue of the Glolvo Store. They have great bargnins to ofTer the public. FOFND.—Child’s glove. Owner can iget it by paying for this ad. —Mrs. A. 'B. HarwelL UNIVERSITY GLEE CLUB WILL VISIT WINDER APRIL STH. The University of Georgia Glee and Mandolin dub will leave Athens next Friday afternoon on one of tin* most extensive trios ever tnki'ii by a similar club. The elub will be oil the road more than two weeks and will visit practically every city of importance in the state and also Jacksonville, Fla. The itinerary of the cluW is as fol lows: March 2.'!, Eherton; March 24, Atlanta; March 26, Griffin; March 27. Macon; March 28, Americas; March 2b. | Albany; March 30, Valdosta; March 31, Jacksonville, Fla.; April 2, Bruns wick; April 3, Savannah. April 4. Au gusta; April 5. Winder; April 6, Gaines ville; April 7. Athens. The elub will appear in Winder un der the auspices of the Woman's club. Winder, Statham and Grayson High Schools Debate Friday Night Friday evening begins the triangle debates in Ninth District. There are 14 schools in this district, all arrang ed in triangles, and all debating Friday night. Each school puts out two teams: af rmative and negative. The negative teams debate away from home al ways. This causes Winder’s negative team to go to Grayson and Statliam’s negative team to come to Winder. The debaters for Winder Hi are af firmative, Ruth Wages and Edward Russell. Negative, Harold Starr and Frances Hubbard. The subject is: Resolved, That boys and girls linve a better chance of suc cess in tlie country than in the city. A large audience should greet these young people Friday evening at eight o’clock at school auditorium. An admission of 5 cents anil 10 cents will be charged to pay expenses of the judges for the contest. YOU CAN GROW COT TONREGARDLESS OF BOLL WEEVILS These rules have won for others and will win for you: 1. Grow one-third to one-half less acreage per plow. 2. Select big, open fields away from woods. 3. Choose warm, well drained, quick-making land. 4. Plant cotton on low beds three to four feet apart. 5. Prepare a well-firmed seed bed with a well-pulverized surface. ♦! Apply 400 to 600 pounds of com mercial fertilizer in the drill at plant ing time and 75 to 150 pounds of ni trate of soda as soon as the cotton is thinned. 7. I'se pure-bred seed of best fruit ing varieties. 8. Plant medium early, after the weather is warm and germination will he quick. 9. Plant four to eight pecks of seed per acre to absolutely insure good stand. Cover shallow. 10. Thin cotton early—seven to ten days after it is up to a stand. 11. Leave cotton a hoe width apart in the drill, two to four stalks per hill. The poorer the land the thicker the stand should he. 12. Give first cultivation as soon as there is a standi and before grass comes 13. Keep grass out and the surface soil mellow at all times. 14. Cultivate shallow once a week until August Ist. 15. Pick cotton as fast as it opens. 16. Protect all bales from the weath er. 17. Do not depend on cotton alone for cash. Plant a reasonable quanti ty of peanuts, potatoes, tobacco, etc. 18. Milk cows and sell cream. Raise poultry and hogs for market. 19. Grow nil feed and forage for livestock on the farm. 20. Raise all kinds of food for the family. Direct Method of Weevil Control. 1. Where no calcium arsenate is used, hand pick and destroy early wee vils then punctured and fallen squares.. 2. Continue any method of applying calcium arsenate that has given sat isfactory results. Compare your meth od with the Florida improved method of weevil control. JESSE M. JONES. Agent S. A. L. Ky. Successful Operation. Some time ago one of the county con victs had a piece of steel to lodge in one of his eyes in such a manner that it became necessary to take the eye out. This delicate operation was perform ed by Dr. L. W. Hodges, of this city, at the emergency hospital, and the con vict is now doing well. BETHLEHEM BAPTIST CHURCH. There will he services at Bethlehem Baptist church next Sunday morning and at night. The public is cordially invited to these services. LaGRANGE GLEE CLUB TO BE HERE The LaGrange Glee Club will appear af tin* school auditorium next Wednes day, night at 8 :00 o’clock under the au spices of the senior class of the Win der High School. A large audience will greet these young ladies and an enjoyable occasion is promised. HARD FREEZE HITS MINDER MONDAY One of the coldest nights of the win ter struck Winder last Monday send ing the thermometer down below freez ing point. Tremendous damage has been done to the peach crop through out this section and all over the state. It is estimated that peaches in north Georgia have been damaged about 73 per cent, while in middle and south Georgia the damage is from 20 to 22 ler cent. The melon and truck crops of south Georgia were killed. All together, the cold snap will cost Georgia about $3,- 000.000. EVENTSOFBARROW COUNTY SCHOOLS ATHLETIC CONTEST APRIL 6TH, AT STATHAM. High School Boys. 440 yard dash. 220 yard dash. lot) yard dash relay race by 4 boys. Hurdle race 120 (10 hurdles in 30 inches) Shot put. Broad Jump. High Jump. Grammar School Boys Same as high school except chinning the pole instead of hurdle race. High School Girls 100 yard dash. 50 yard dash. 240 Relay Race by 4 girls. Egg race 50 yards tat the word go, girl takes spoon, picks up egg and keeps lit spoon until she Grossestine, if she drops egg she must pick it up, as she must carry her egg in spoon over the line. Bean Bag Contest. Time 90 seconds; distance hag to l>e thrown, ten feet from line to center of circle. Three concentric circles with ra dius ns follows: 6, 12, and 18 inches, respectively. Bag wholly within inner circle 15 points, middle circle 10 points, outer circle 5 points. Size of hag 4x6 inches, weight one-lialf pound. Contestants must be back of line when she throws the bag, the most points made within I*o seconds wins. Potato Race, Distance 40 feet, 10 feet from start ing point ring No. 1; 10 feet further ring No. 2; 10 feet further ring No. 3. which will be 10 feet fiom goal line where baskets are to be placed 40 feet from starting point. The contestant is to start from the first line, run to the basket at the other end, get one jsitato at a time and place in each of the three rings, return to starting point and then return the potatoes, one at a time to the basket. The one complet ing the operation first wins. Base Ball Throw. Grammar School girls same as high school girls. Little Folks I'nder 8 Years of Age. One hoy and one girl from each school. 50 yard dash. 50 yard sack race (Contestant runs in sack of regular fertilizer size. Contestants must Li* regular pupils of school representis! and grammar school pupils must he of public school age from 6 to 18 years. High school un der 20 years of age. All pupils of rural schools doing some high school work with balance of course in grades will lie permitted to participate in the high school wil iest s provided they come under the above qualifications. Winder High is cordially invited to participate in the High School con test. One l>oy will give a declamation and one girl a reading t orepresent his or her school in the literary contest to be held at the court house at Winder on Thursday evening, April sth, 1923. Supt. Brookshire in charge. Residence of Lucas Jackson Burned. Fire last Saturday morning destroy ed the large residence of Lucas Jack son between Winder and Carl on the Bankhead highway. Mr. Jackson and family were awakened about 2:30 a. in. y the sound of the tire burning between the ceiling and roof, and although they fought it for some time, doing their est with the Inadequate means at hand, it soon got beyond their control and they were forced to leave, being able to save only a small am >unt of clothing and furniture. The house was owned by Dr. Hutch ins. of Buford, Ga.. and was one of tho splendid country homes in this county. Miss Electra Hill spent Sunday with relatives at Auburn. TEMPERANCE DAY, TO BE OBSERVED BY THESTATESCHOOLS In accordance with a bill passed by tlie legislature at the request of the haul Woman’s Christian Temperance Union tiie first Temperance Day in [Georgia will he observed by the public schools of the state the last Friday in March. It states that the program shall Ist educative in its nature, teaching the good effect of temperance and prohi bition and the evil of intemperance and disobedience of the law. Georgia is tin* twentieth state in the union to pass such a law. Mrs. W. (’. Horton, county president of the W. C. T. U. m-.-t with the teach ers at their last institute when each teacher of the county agreed to pert on the program prepared by the National Women’s Chlri&ian Temperance Un ion, for the last Friday in March. Harrow county is fortunate in haying a superintendent and teachers who do not wait for the state* to make this law active but begun tbis work last year with n temperance program in every school in the county. The following speakers will make a talk on Law Enforcement on the date set by the State legislature March 30th at 2 :30 P. M : Auburn, Mrs. G. W. DoLaPerriere. Argonne, Mr. John Carrington. Bethlehem, Rev. J. M. Tumlin. Bethel, Mr ( has. Harris. Carter Hill, Mr Carl Brookaher. Cedar Creek, Mrs. H. T. Flanigan. Cedar Hill, Rev. Buchanan. Central, Mrs W. C Horton. Chandlers, to he supplied. County Line, Hon. Elton Drake. Johnson's to he supplied. Liberty, Mr. John Kilgore. Mayne’s Rev. Morton. Maddox, Mrs. P. S Roberts. Mulberry. It I. Etheridge. Mt. Bethel, Mr. J. T. Pittman. Oak Grove, Mrs. P A Flanigan Paradise, Prof. Brookshire. Stathain, Mrs. G. A. Johns. Thompson’s, to he supplied Tyro, Chas. Harris. Victron, Mrs. Geo. Fortson. BETHLEHEM NEWS Mrs. Gibson Nowell and baby of At lanta spent th(> wick end with Mr. anil Mrs. E. S. Harris. Mr. and Mrs Paul Sturdivant spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mrs. Fannie Moore. Misses Viola and Ruby Harrison ami j Ethel Sailors spent Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. Earl McDonald. Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Hendrix spent last Wednesday and Thursday in At lanta. Mrs. Maude Ilosch and Mrs. L. XV. Leslie spent Saturday afternoon with Mrs. E. IV Treadwell. Prof. J. L. Moore is visiting h-is daughter, Mrs. John Charles, who is seriously ill in Piedmont, S. C. Mrs. Sailors and children spent Sat urday night with Mrs. W. P. Clack. Mr. Leo and Ernest Thompson of At lanta spent the weekend with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Holloway ami children sjtenf Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Weymon Harrison and family. Mr. and Mrs. G. L. McDonald and children, Mr. and Mrs. It. W. 81ms and children spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Harrison. Mrs. Maude Hosch and children spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Her drix. Mrs. Susan Thompson is visiting her" daughter. Mrs. Albert Hill of Winder. Mr. Hinton and granddaughters. Misses Mathews, of Jefferson, spoilt the week end with Mr. and Mrs Emory Moore. FOR SALE. Eggs; thorough bred S. C. R. I. Reds, (Dona I sou Strain) pns $2.50, range $1.50 per 15; chicks 25c. cockerels $l5O to SIO.OO. 4\ Mrs. Ralph Freeman, Hoschton, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Smith will move at once to Montezuma, Ga., where Mr. Smith will have charge of the large 3.300 acre farm in Macon county that belongs to his father’s estate. We re gret to lose this splendid family from our midst but sincerely trust they will be happily situated in their new home and that prosperity may attend them. ALL GEORGIA MOTOR TOl’R. The All Georgia Motor Tour reaches the First Baptist church of Winder on Tuesday night, March 27. at 8.00 P. M. Prominent speakers will he present. Everybody urged to come. J. M. Dodd, Pastor. BILL GREEBON SAYS Rill Grecson emerged from his habitat over the way long enough to tei! us that the wesiiher was as fold as blazes Monday night. “Blit,” added BUI, “the salaried people and those working for the government are doing well, while the farmer was in a Universalist hell. But I have a prescription to make folks live a long time anil he healthy and good look ine, like me at 66. Wfl* give you this prescription next week.” No. 48