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CUT FLLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS DAHL AGENCY Winder Drug Cos. iVOL XXX TO VISIT “OLD MODOROC,” MUD VOLCANO ON J. L. HARRIS FARM, SOUTH OF WINDER Col. Gantt’s Inquiry About Smoking Volcano Near Winder, Answer ed by Headers. (By Larry T. Gantt, in Athens Banner) Some days since a gentleman I met on the street told me alxmt an extinct' mud volcano that he heard about near Winder, and asked if 1 would not in vestigate the story and find out about it. I had never heard of this natural curiosity and asked several parties om Winder if they knew anything .bout it, Hut they all replied in the negative. So I published a little para graph in the Banner-Herald asking for information. I knew if such a thing ever existed the best and surest way to find out was through our widely circu lated paper. I have several times had occasion to use our columns for such purpose, and have never as yet failed to receive re ceive replies from someone posted. And sure enough, in a few days I re ceived two answers to my inquiry, and which substantiate the story. It is a very important discovery and will doubtless result in some seientie Invlestigatlons of the spot and perhaps the discovery of the skeletons of extinct animals. There is just such another place near Loq Angeles,, which has proved a mine of wealth, for explorers 'jouiul there the hones of many creat ures that existed millions of years ago. I would suggest that some of the pro fessors connected with the State Uni versity visit and make careful investi gation of this spot. Receives Letters. Here is the first letter I received from Mrs. J. T. T. Johnson of Stut hani, Ga: “For any one who wishes to know the hot mud once boiled up, I will state that the spot is on the farm of Mr. John L. Harris, three miles from Win der on the Bankhead Highway, one inilb from New Timothy, a side station on the Seaboard railway. I have never been to the place, but was very near it. If you will get G. J. N. Wilson’s history of Jackson county you will read that years ago fearful scenes there occurr ed, and witnessed there in the long ago. He tells of the forked tongue of a dragon that disapeared in that Hack mud and of the last eruption and who! witnessed it The place lias been a wonder for many years It is a space of some four or fivt acres and is now in cultivation Mr. Will Harris will take pleasure in showing any one the spot. It is near his house. Go and see it and tell your readers through the Banner-Herald what you think of it. The eartti is full of bones of ex tinct animals, and you may find tli skeleton of the fiery-tailed Wog.” The second letter is from Mrs. Lord of Athens has kindly offered to loan me the book giving an account of this curiosity. I appreciate her kindness and will read the book and tiv.-n visit the spot and give our readers an ac count of it. Mrs. Lord says: “In answer to your request in Sun day's Banner-Herald for information regarding the place near Winder where hot mud boiled up. I will state that the place was called ‘Modoroc’ hy the In dians and was by the early settlers known as ‘Torment.’ It was a mud volcano dating back as far as 1794. when Jackson county was first settled, j A.s to the legends connected with thej place I give- to you just as handed down j * to me. Is Nc r Winder. ‘Old Modoroc is situated three and one-half miles east of Winder, and one tmlf miles east of Chapel church, and one-fourth miles south of the S. A. L. on the headwaters of Harbor's Creek. On looking down at the bottom from the surrounding hills, which are not high, it has the appearance of five acres of land covered with coal dust. The soil is blue black in color, and very poms and about five feet deep. This pi a( ‘ was first visited by the whites in 1794.” Ttie above is very interesting and I shall shortly visit Winder and make a careful investigation of this natural curiosity. A gentleman tells me that for many years a cloud of smoke and hot air escaped from the earth here, hut the interior fires seem to gradually die down. We Apologize to Cash Baggett. gome days ago we wrote up Cash Baggett about being blind-folded and backed into the garden before he would work it. We take it all back and apol ogize to Cash. He has some of the finest Irish potatoes in town, so Cash says, and we are counting on him re memNcriug us in the near future, if the hugs don’t get the best of him and put him out of the potato business. We are hoping Cash is a good potato bug fighter. AT CEDAR ( REEK ▼ m glad to inform the public gen that Rev. Frank Jackson will he edar Creek at the all day service jtk Sunday and will preach the elev en o’clock sermon. The day will be spent, as stated in last week’s issue of tht News, in decorating the graves, preaching and singing. Let everybody bring out well filled baskets and help make the day as great a day as possible.—W. E. Moore, Pas tor. 3k UJhtikr iDfetos. and THE BARROW TIMES MRS. T. E. WATSON DIES SUDDENLY Mrs. Thomas E. Watson, widow of the late senator from Georgia, who died last Septembtr, passed away at her home here at 11 o’clock Monday night. She had been ill for several days, but late this afternoon her condition sud denly became serious and she died to night of an acute attack of diabetes. Mrs. Watson wuq one of the most prominent women in the south. Short ly after the death of her husband she was offered the appointment as his suc successor by Governor Hardwick, but this honor she declined. She was essentially a home-loving person, but always was with her hus band in the thick of the numerous con flicts which he ftced. TO ASSIST THE COTTON FARMERS To assist the cotton farmers along its line in combatting the boll weevil, the Development Department of the Seaboard Air Line has just issued a circular on an “Improved Method” of boll weevil. No claim is made that the “Florida Plan” is a perfect boll weeVil remedy. It has been found practicable and eco nomical in Florida by both scientific men and farmers on their own farms. In order to test out and demonstrate this method, the Seaboard Develop ment Department is carrying on a large number of demonstrations in growing cotton, using the “Florida Plan” to control flic weevil. These demonstra tions have been located with farmers along the Seaboard in Alabama, Geor gia and South Carolina. The following demonstrations will lie carried on this year in this section of Georgia: J. F. Hewell, Bogart; M. R. Maynard, Wind' r ; G. W. Giles, Au burn. This work will be supervised by the Development Agents of the Seaboard, and will he available for the benefit of every cotton farmer in each locality. Local annouiK eni tuts will he made giv ing the date on which the squares will he removed and poison applied. The Agricultural Colleges in the several states above mentioned have approved of (his work and are co-operating in it. The demonstration farms have been carefully selected in order that accu rate results may he obtained. A. D. Robertson, Development Agent. PEACHTREE STREET TO I?E GOVERNOR'S MANSION SITE. * * The Governor’s Mansion, for the next two years at least, will be located in Peachtree Road, just south of the (Jol lier Road. Governor-elect Clifford Walker has just signed a lease for two years on the home of Mr and Mrs Walker Brooks at 1540 Peachtree Road. The transaction was handled by Geo. T. Northern and Paul F. Vose. The temporary mansion consists of a two-story home of thei Italian reu naissance period, with beautiful sunk en gardens in the rear. The lot hts a frontage of 114 feet on the road and a depth of 1400 fe t. Mr. and Mrs. Brookes are building a fine home in Palm Beach, which they will occupy. When Governor Hardwick took office, he established himself at the Georgian Terrace. Later tM old mansion site at Peachtree and Cain streets was leased to Ben J. Massed, who has since erected an office building and sold it. The state its yet has mad 1 , no per manent provision for a mansion for its governors.-—Atlanta Georgian. REV. JESSE M. DODD PREACHES COMMENCEMENT SERMON AT IiRASELTLON SUNDAY MORNING Rev. Jesse M. Dodd, pastor of the First Baptist church, will preach the Commencement Sermon at Braselton next Sunday morning. His pulpit will he filled here by some of the student volunteers of the State University. The subject for the commencement occasion will be “Rising in the World.’’ and everybody, young and old in the whole section should hear this impor tant discourse. Everybody in Winder, who can come would render a Christly service to give full co-operation to the stud; nts who fill the local pulpit Sunday morning. GRADUATING EXERCISES AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH NEXT SUNDAY NIGHT AT 8 O CLOCK. More than eighty graduates in the several schools of the church will re oeive their deplomns and certificates Sunday night. These will include the W. M. U., R. Y. P. U., and Bible school graduates, and all interested in these classes will be sure to be present in time to participate in the interesting and Inspiring graduation exercises. The graduates will occupy seats on the pulpit platform and constitute a con spicuous part of the evening congrega tion. After those ceremonies, “Uncle | Frank’’ Jackson will preach. Every- Winder, Barrow County, Georgia, Thursday, May 17, 1923. AN HONOR TO DR. G. W. DeLaPERRIERE Recently, at the stockholders meet ing of the Southern Sshool Book De pository in Atlanta G.a, a $750,000.00 institution, Dr. Geo. DeLal’erriere was elected upon the board of directors. This company has offices and distrib uting plants In Dallas, Texas, Mem phis, Tenn., Jackson, Miss, and Jack sonville, Fla. They do not publish any school books, neither have they any thing whatever to do with state adop tion of any book or the fixing of the price. But they are distributing agents of 125 publishing houses, out of the 170 in the United States. They are also the largest distributors of stationery in the South. It is needless to say that Dr. George is a safe, reliable, and successful bus iness man. TELEGRAM FROM MR. J. A. THOMPSON The many friends of Mr. Jno. A. Thompson will be glad to know that he escaped during the recent flood and tire at Hot Springs. Ark. Mr. George Thompson received the following tel egram from him: Hot Springs, Ark., May 15. George Thompson, Winder, Ga. Big flood subsiding. Water about five feet deep on Central Ave. Thousands of dollars damage. Fire broke out de stroying big hotel and several build ings. Number of lives lost in streets by drowning not known. More than 100 autos carried down and wrecked. Everything out of order. Nothing to eat since yesterday at noon. J. A. THOMPSON. APPOINTED DEPTY. COMMISSIONER Mr. W. A. Bradley has betm appoint ;ed to the important position of Depu ty Commissioner, Boy Scouts of Amer ica. His duties are the saline as those !of the council commissioners except that the latter has larger territory. Mr. Bradl ty’s work is in the interest of the scout movement in district No. 5, which includes Winder. He co-operates with the scout executive. E. P. Clark, in promoting the work locally. Prof. W. M. Holsenbeck lias been ap pointed vice president form district No. 5, and the selection is a splendid one. Prof. Holsenbieck and Mr. Brad ley will both serve with credit in the fields to which they have been call'd. Winder had 100 per cent of her rep resentatives present at the scout meet ing held in Athens Wednesday. May 9. but that is the way Winder does things. Four of the standing committees of the Northeast Georgia Council transact ed important business in the interest of the scout movement. The camping committee selected Mountain City as the* site for the sum mer camp. It is a beautiful place for a camp, and a large number of scouts are expected to attend the summer camp; so get ready, hoys, for a great trip in July. Save your money and he ready when the time comes. —Ex- ecutive. FINE BEANS. < Mr. Sam C. Potts, one of Winder’s finest citizens and llest gardeners, brought to our office on W(<dne<da.v. a bean that is large enough to eat. It's a good thing we don’t live next door to Mr. Potts. If we did we would have beans just as soon as he does. How he has such early vegetables, we can't say; we only know he has them. DEATH OF MRS MARY GARRETT MARTIN Mrs. Mary Garrett Martin died last week at her home in Cisco, Texas., af ter a brief illness. She is pleasantly remembered by many friends here and at Auburn. Her father was dean of Southeastern Christian college at Au burn for everal years. While at Auburn she was married to Mr. Sumner Martin, a student of the college who was a nephew of Mrs. Juo. W. Shields of this city. She and her husband had been living in Texas for a year or more and her death brings sadness to many friends in this city end others states. Prof. Garrett, her father, one of the faculty of Lincoln University at Har rogaterfjflrenn., and the friends here sympatA ; deeply with him and Mrs. with her husband and lit tie infar™ son. WINDER’S FIRST CITIZEN PREACHES AT FIRST BAPTIST. “Uncle Frtnk” Jackson, in several rc<ncts Winder's first citizen, will preach at the First Baptist church on next Sunday evening at 8:80. “Undo Frank” as he is familiarly and affec tionately known in every Baptist home i> Georgia, hauled the first load of lumber that went into the building of houses in in our thrifty little city, and is rich in reminiscences of Winder’s material and spiritual annals. He has done a wonderful work of soul winning all over the static* and few men are so much Ixfloved by Georgia Baptists and others who know him. His sermon will bfe a spiritual feast to all who hear THIS MAN SHAKES THE WEEVILS LOOSE A Warrenton farmer, who has he n successfully combating the boll weevil for several years related Ills method to The Constitution last week. This farmer says that the weevil case to he such a real menace if every famcr will take a pine brush and lightly heat the cotton stalk during its period of bloom and fruit maturity. This should be done once ex-lory day. He asserts that when the weevil fails to the ground lie must at once move on or else he dies of the hot ground. He also states this method will pre vent the hatching of the eggs. We have often heard if repeated that where there is a foot path through the field the cotton produced more fruit than the other rows, to say the least this is an inexpensive method of combatting the weevil and it wouldn't cost much to try it out. —Cleveland Courier. WINTERVILLE HENS NET OWNERS $1,116 Seven flocks of hens in Winterville, netted their owners profit of $1,i16.31 in five months, according to F. C Chan dler. professor in the High school there who was in Athens yesterday. Mr. Chandler was attending the Curb Market and told a Banner-Her ald reporter that .$2700 worth of pro ducts wen ‘ sold from these hens, 207 in the seven flocks. The cost of caring for the hens and out expenses amount ed to $15H3.69. The owners of the hens attended the poultry class at the High school there 1 last, winter. They kept an accurate re ! cord on each of the hens in the seven | flocks. The records have been audited Iby Harry Pittard of the Pittard Bank ing company in Winterville. The flocks, numbering 207 hens last December, are being increased rapidly to the 1,000 mark, said Prof. Chandler. Some of the eggs on the Curb Market Saturday were from the Wlnt'rvillc Egg Circle. Nearly all of the eggs from Winterville are graded and pack led in cartons. They sell rapidly.—Ath ens Banner. BOBBIE RANKIN IS RECOVERING W<< have received the following let ter which we feel sure will he inter esting to our readers in this city and section: Toledo, Ohio, May 12. Editor Winder News: We thought our friends there would lrt> glad to know that Bobbie Rankin was recovering from a serious opera tion on bis liips, with the hopes it would enable him to walk better. Perhaps you would be interested in knowing what kind of weather we had on May 9th, so am sending you Toledo Blade of that date. MRS. H. M. RANKIN. From the Toledo Blade we see that the thermometer was as low as 2<i de grees above zero, which is 0 degrees below freezing point. The vegetable’s were not seriously damaged as they were covered by four inches of snow. Heavy damage was reported of the fruit crop, though it was thought that anolcs were not seriously Injured. It was reported that the ground was fro zen hard throughout the surrounding country. While the weather .was cold hare in Winder at that time no damage was done to vegetables nor to fruit. Big Track Meet at Winder May the 26th. Saturday afternoon at 2 :80, there will be an inter class track meet, with all the grades of Winder Hi School competing. Each class will enter as many men as they wish as the first four places will count in deciding the cup winner. The events will he as fol lows : 100 yards dash. Shot put. 220 yards dash. High jump. Hurdles. Broad jump. Pole vault. 440 yards dash. Relay. And as an added feature there will be an open ono mile run for any pupil of Winder High school. This should prove to he a very interesting meet. There will be a lot of class spirit man ifested and will give some idea of the track ability of Winder Hi boys, as every class is expected jo enter a full team. Awards will he announced later. THE GLOBE STORE. The Globe Store has on a great bank rupt sale this week. Great bargains are to he found there. Read their large page advertisement in this issue. MR. PARKER’S FATHER DIES. • The many friends of Mr. N. G. Par ker of this city will sympathize with him in the death of his father, which occurred at Lovett, Ga.. the first of Mrs. Callie Millsaps, Prominent Woman of This County, Dead. Mrs. Callie Millsaps. one of the best known women of Barrow county, died jat 1 o’clock Friday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Minnie Smith, near Whaler, where she had been making her home for some time. Mrs. Millsaps was born and reared in Walton county, and in curly life married Mr. William Millsaps, who died a number of years ago. She was seventy-six years of age* May 10, and hail been in good health up until a few days ago. She was a sister of Mrs. Cammie Hill, Mrs. W. P. DeLaPer ri'.re, John S. Smith, and G. W. Smith, all of whom were prominent in this section during their lifetime. She was the mother of eight children, five of whom survive her. Mrs. P. R. Smith, and Mr. Marvel Millsaps, of Winder, and Mrs. Thomas Davis, of Texas, died several years ago. Those surviv ing her are Mrs. John H. Smith. Mrs. Minnie Smith and G. S. Millsaps. of Winder; Mrs. John E. Wright, of Mon roe; and John W. Millsaps of Atlan ta’. A numlfer of grand children and great grand children survive her. Mrs. Millsaps, before her marriage was Miss Callie Smith and by her marriage was related to a large num ber of people, now living in all parts of the state. She was the grandmoth er of W. W., O. 8., IV R-. Charles Blakh, Julian and W. J. Smith. Mrs. PH. Brooksher, Mrs. 11. H. Smith, Mrs. Montine Cowan, Mrs. S. W. Bell, Miss Julia Smith. G W. Millsaps, and Miss Sybil Millsaps. all of Winder, and Mrs. Ninunic Preston of Monroe, and an aunt of it. I’. DeLaPerrktre, Hoseh tou, representative from Jackson coun ty in the Georgia legislature. Mrs. Millsaps was a life long member of the Christian church and contributed large ly to its institutions. The funeral services were held at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon at Chapel church in Barrow county, Rev. W. B. McDonald, the pastor, officiating, as sisted by Rev. J. 11. Wood, of Rome, and Rev. E. L. Shelnutt, of Winder, with interment in the fatnliy burying ground in the churrh yard. FIFTH A. M. SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT 1 The Fifth District A. & M. School Is nearing the close of the most suc -1 ce.-siui ars in its history. The en -1 rollmont of two hundred and thirty four students is twenty more than at any previous time. Of this number eighty-two are girls, and one hundred and lifty-two are boys. The Commencement season will be gin Saturday afternoon, Mav 26th. with a very unique affair —“A Baity Show” staged by the Alumni in the audito rium of tlie school. A large number of the Alumni are planning to enter contestants —young A. & M. boosters. The Alumni Banquet will be a bril liant affair of Saturday evening, May 26th. The Commencement Sermon Sunday morning. May 27th, will be delivered by Rev. W. P. King, pastor First Meth odist church( (Gainesville, Ga. Rev. King was pastor of the First Method ist church of Monroe for four yoars, and his many friends will he* delighted to hear him on this occasion. On Monday evening. May 28tli, a negro minstrel will Im* presented by Mr. Itoy Drukenmiller. The brass hand will feature very prominently in the minstrel. The annual meeting of the Board of trustees will take place Tuesday morn ing, May 29th, at ten o’clock. A charming operetta, “Pauline or An Eventful Day, will lie presented by Miss Mary Radford, teacher of English, and Miss Eunice Walker, teacher of music, on Tuesday evening, May 29th. The Commencement will Im* delivered by Prof. W. If. Hooper, of thejgSfcbiiversity of Georgia. Wednesday evening, May .‘With. On this occasion for ty-one menders of the Senior class will receive diplomas.—Walton Tribune. BRASELTON HIGH SCHOOL Tin 1 Commenc/.ment Sermon of the Braselton High School will he preach ed at 11 o’clock May 20th, by Rev. J. M. Dodd, pastor First Baptist church of Winder. The closing exercises will be given on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights of the following week. Everybody is cordially invited. ********** * * BILL GREESON SAYS: * * * * • The following set of rules will * * g’o a long ways tow rd making * * you successful in this old world: * * I. Attend to your own business. * * 2. Let. other people’s business * * alone. * * 8. Keep out of bad company. * * 4. Do unto others as you would * * have them do unto you. * * \\k Hold a stiff upper lip and * * tight hamestring. * * 6. Early to bed and early to * * lise * * 6. Work like the devil ami eeon- * * jornize, * * 7. If anybody don’t like this * * they know whare Bill Greeson * * lives: out on the side of the ridge * * on the Loganville road. * ****** *** * WE WILL PAY FIFTY CENTS FOR PURCHASES IN OUR TOILET GOODS DEPARTMENT FRIDAY Winder Drug Cos. C. M. THOMPSON’S WEEKLY LETTER Old Noah got drunk oil wine and ev er since that time the human race has had trouble with strong drink. In Proverbs, we find. “Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.” “Look not upon the wine when it is red. At last it bitteth like an ad der.” Proverbs also tell us “That thine eyes shall behold strange women and thine heart shall utter perverse things.” Wines and wiskeyS have i|>en a profitable business all along down the line of mankind from the early days of wine presses of Egypt. And it has so powerful an eFoment of gain and de struction that many laws have been passed to stop the evil. There have been so many acts of violence by its devotees tlit laws have been passed to stop it. Just after the Revolutionary war, hi 1794, a very noted revolt known as th Whiskey Rebellion broke out in western Pennsylvania. Theda people wore mak ing whiskey in the mountains and did not think that the government had the right to tax a state for making whiskey At this time money was so scarce that whiskey became a medium of exchange. (What about a preaclrtr receiving this for the Lord at one of his rake-in days.) The excite law imposing a tax of sev en cents a gallon was passed March 3rd, 1701. Whiskey at that time was about 16V4 cents per gallon. This tax seemed to those mountaineVrs to he excessive and the spirit of 1770 got in to their hones. Now, during the three following yours there were violent pro tests. Incendiary mass meetings and riots under the leadership of David Bradford. Revenue officers whose du ly it was to inspect, private property were tarred and feathered by Bradford and his followers depsite the efforts of Albert Gallatin and William Find ley. There was a general state of lawless ness everywhere. In October, 1794, 15.000 soldiers, from adjoining (states were ordered by Washington to cuter Pennsylvania under Henry Lee and ad just the state of affairs. Bradford left the country and a number of ring-lead ers were arrested ami imprisoned. This net on the part of tire government set tled the question of sending mnlitia from one state into another and its ability to enforce the federal excise law. Now. in 1872, there were a lot of revenue officers and distillers who former a elan at St. Louis to evade the payment to the government the in ternal revenue tax on distilled liquors. It was known us the “Whiskey Bing.” Don’t you reckon we have ’em here. In 1N74, this conspiracy had a national proportion and those who failed to en ter the ring who wore interested weie threatened with the ruin of their bus iness. This organization had branch es in Chicago, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Peoria, and New Orleans. They also had an agent at Washington to corrupt the officials of the treasury. In 1875, Myron Colony, a secret agent had 238 persons indicted. It was dis covered that more than a million and a half dollars had lueen robbed from the government. Among those concerned were (Jen. Babcock, Grant’s private secretary. In this time, from 1.8(H) to 1875 or near that date, if a feilow want ed a hit of brandy he took his apples or peaches to a government distillery, got his liquors and went back, about like we get our cotton seed meal or flour of today. It was pure uiul good. It had none of the Iducstone, tobaccos or other poisonous ingredients. When a fellow took a sensible drink of this pure liquor he felt like kissing his mother-in-law. The next step to head off the gain In liquor profits and for moral and re ligious influences, a law was passed making it a misdemeanor to go about a church with it for sale. Then school houses were included, if I mistake not. Then the local optionlst came along and wanted to have is dispensed under certain regulations. About 1900, the dry element with the help of every preacher from Dan to heershelL raised a yell that echoed from the frozen hills of the north to the torrid climate of the equator. The wets and local opt ion is ts spent many hard earned dollars and cried in a lonesome tone, “where’s our freedom?” “They’ve forced the stock law on us, and they tax us heavily, put men in good jobs and give them good pay to ste we don’t slip a bit of tea to cure us of the flu.” Now, we have no liquor only as we tige it, and sit still in the midst of ti ger liquor because the law' is so weak that tin* police cannot go in and search for tiger liquor. I cannot understand why any officer of the law cannot be permitted to search in questionable places. Less than a year ago I saw a fellow under the influence of liquor drive his car against a tree as he was turning in the direction of the “Tiger Den.” My curiosity was aroused. I strolled on, saw where he stopped. I passed in a few minutes, leisurely with some men. Their conversation convinced me my man and others were tanking up. Di rectly two small boys came by the place where the men were assembled and I followed them back towards town and joking as we went. One of them said those men were getting too much hot water. I was again convinced that I was not mistaken. It certainly was the Tig< rs Den. Don’t blame the po lice for this until you make a law giv ing them the power to search suspi cious places. I thank you. r m 'tumvoKOM No. 4