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Organs, Buggies.
Vol. XX.—lO Pages.
FIRE AT COTTON MILLS
TUESDAY AT NOON.
Flames Started in Picker Room
While Mills Were Closed For
Dinner Hour, But Were
Checked Before Seri
ous Damage Re
| suited.
An alarm was turned in Tues
day at noon from the Winder Tot
ton Mills, a fire having started in
the picker-room while the hands
were out at dinner,and while the
mill has private water protection
the city department responded
and assisted in putting out the
flames
Superintend nt Edwards s’ys
that the loss was 4 small, and that
the mill was running again in
full capacity after a'few hours de
lay.
Land Reclaimers Pass Through.
Led by Judge J\ A. \\ ills and
N. B. Lord about a dozeai Jeffer
s n aud Jackson county land re
claiming enthud s s pass, and thru
Winder Tuesday morning en
route to Grayson, Gwinnett coun
ty, to see the big dredge ditching
and reclaiming the swampy mar
shes. it is said to he a wonder
ful sight and the prediction is
made that thousands of marshy,
swampy land will be turned into
fertile, productive soil thru the
agency of this dredge. 1
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Death of Jonathan Still
Mr. Jonathan Still, agd 61,
died at his home near tin*, cem
etery, last Thursday afternoon
For more than six months he had
been confined to his home, a vic
tim to tuberculosis. He wfcs
member of Shiloh Primitive Bap-
Tist church.
The funeral and interment took
place at Bold Springs Saturday
at 2n. m. The funeral was
preached by Rev. Joseph James.
The deceased leaves a wife and
six children.
Grounds Cleaned Up.
Pull of public spirit and ener
gy, a dozen more of the young
men of the city 'Tuesday night
went down to Athletic park and
for si veral hours worked like
Trojans feeaurttfying The grounds.
Their forethought is to be e.om
mendtd and fhe public should he
thankful
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BOARD OF TRADE
WILLMEET TONIGHT
There will be a meeting
of the Board of Trade at
the city hall tonight.
Business of importance.
Everybody is urged to be
on hand.
Join the Board and be
r* booster.
£ /
■royal arch masons
MEET FRIDAY NIGHT.
[ The KoyaJ Arch Masons will
Fmeet Friday night at 8 O'clock in
regular communication. All men
[hers urged to he present.
Win. Dunbar, High Priest.
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Mr. L. Love, merchant of this
city and of Athens, spent Sun
day in Winder with his family.
nrwuwu ■ iwsi.
PROF. J. A. MILLER HEADS
PERRY-RAINEY INSTITUTE.
Carlton and Green Resign M^-
agement of the Institution.
Professor J. A. Miller, of Cave
Springs, Ga., has been elected sup
erintendent of Perry-Rainey col
lege for another year. At a umet
ing of trustees last week Profs.
Carlton and Green, under whose
management the institution h"S
prospered for the past three or
four years, tendered their resig
nations, which we*e accepted and
Prof. Miller elected to succeed
Prof Carlton.
Mr. Miller comes! to the school
highly recommended. Tie has
been at the bead of the Hearn
academy for the past two years
and has succeeded in building up
that school wonderfully. He and
his family will move to Auburn r
the tall and occupy quarters in
1 he dormitory. The selection of the
other teachers was dferred to a
later date.
0 ’Neal-Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Har
rison O’Neal announce the en
gagement of their daughter, Gus
sie, to Mr. Lewis Harvey John
son, of Clement, Cal., and Deca
tur. Ga., the wedding to take
place early in June.
This announcement will In* rea(
with interest by the many friends
<>*f Miss O’Neal and Me. John
son in Winder and numerous
other portions of the 'State.
Miss 'O’Neal is a native of this
state. Coming from Union Plbint
when a child, she has grown up
with us and endeared herself to
our people by her winsome dis
position charm iig manner and
rare ability. After finishing the
high, school course here with hon
or and distinction, she entered
Agnes Scott ('©liege, and there,
as ■„ student iln voice and piano,
she made a record second to
none. In vocal and instrumental
solo work, as accompanist and as
a teacher in her chosen profession
she has won applause and distinc
tion wherever she is known.
Mr, Johnson. m. ’.native Ohioan,
moved to California some years
ago and graduated from Pomona
icollege in that state, with distinc
ti in. and has also studied exten
sively in New 1 ®rk in the musi
cal profession and Is prominently
known there in musical circles.
For the p*st three years lie has
been connected with Agnes Scott
College, at Decatur, fia., as direc
tor of voice. Mr. Johnson is
widely traveled and has that
ease of manner and courteous
(bearing which is at oce pleas-
ing and attractive.
The News joins numerous
friends in extending hearty good
wishes to this- popular eouple.
Scouts Wi#i
Wednesday afternoon the Hoy
Scouts baseball nine went up
against a picked team from the
city at. large, some of Winder’s
old-time baseball stars being in
cluded in the line-up against the
Scout*. The Scouts fought hard
and came off the field victorious
ater an exciting game, and the
hoys are rejoicing.
The playing of Charles Dunn,
catcher for the Scouts, proved
the feature of the game.
WE ARE BUILDTXG A CITY HERE.
Winder, Jackson County, Ga., Thursday, April 24th, 1913.
DEATH OF A GOOD WOMAN
Mrs. Esther E. Potts Passes
Away After a Long and
Useful Life.
Mrs. Esther E Potts, lovingly
known to the people of Winder
as Grandma Potts, died Tuesday
moaning in this city at the home
of her son. Sheriff S. C. Potts.
She was the daughter of Gener
al D. M. Burns, and the widow
of the late J. M. Potts. She was
married to J. M. Potts July 1,
1847, and was bereft of her luis
b;<nd -June 28. 1879. Since the
death of her husband she has
made her home with her son.
The deceased was born March
9, 1828, and died April 22 1913.
being just a little over 85 years
of age. She was the mother of
W. C. Potts, of San Marcus, Tex.,
and S. C. Potts, of this city, and
the grandmother of Messrs. Mack
Fritz and Cupid Potts of Winder
and of Mrs. -J. M. Hood of Ath
ens. She had four great-grand
children, Misses Ilortelle, Lurine.
Katie Ruth and Chrystine Hood
of Athens.
When a young girl Mrs. Potts
connected herself with the Pres
byterian church, and since that
time bad been a devoted, faith
ful Christian worker ihi Ihe N ine
yard of her Master.
The body of the deceased was
carried to Thytira church, .just
beyond Jefferson, near the horn*
of her girlhoood. where the fun
eral Was preached by Rev R. .\
Abraham, of Jefferson.
One of the beautiful things con
needed with the latter years of
the life of the deceased was the
untiring devotion and tenderness
witli which Mrs S O Potts min
istered to the aged and ‘feeble wo
nvm. For more than 30 years sli*
was the companion of her daugh
in-law, and no daughter could
have been kinder to her or loved
her more.
SEVEN DEATHS
In Ten Hours Make Up the
Record for Maysville
Athens, Ga., April 21. —Inside
of ten hours the village of Mays
ville, '•) Jackson county, lias had
seven deaths, two of them sudden
Another citizen is expected to
die at any moment.
EarJ Wilson, prominent mer
chant', Mrs. Paul Deadwyler, of
one ®f leading families; Mrs.
Sumpter, mother of Mrs. Stevens
Mrs. Wallace, mother of Hugh
Wallace, prominent, planter;
three negroes, two of them sud
denly, make up the list which sad
defied the villi age.
G. L. Bradshaw, a tinner, is
desperately low from a blow on
the head dealt by W. F. Morris,
vice president of the Maysville
bank and wealthy planter. The
two quarreled <>\er an account* ot
a few cents.
Two Crosses to Be Bestored
The Joseph E. Johnston chap
ter Confederate Veterans are in
vited to meet with the Daughters
of Confederacy at the home of
Mrs. W. M. Ilolsenbeek next Sat
unlay. Two Crosses of Honor
are to "be bestored on this occa
sion.
DUSKY DAMSELS WILL DO
PENANCE IN CITY GANG
Monday Night Was Big Night
in Mayor’s Court. /
Three of Darktown’s j
“ladies” drew berths at ijje city
prison for many nights fcb come
and day jobs of beautifying Win
der’s tlio rough fa res, at tin* hands
of Mayor Ferguson for infrac
tions of the city law’s Monday
night.
Ills Honor had 17 eases Cor dis
posal, and tiike R from us, Char
lie is about the best “disposer"
that ever presided over tin* desti
nies of this little city and dealt
summary justice to disturbers of
the peace and dignity thereof.
A municipal court usually has
the whole decalogue of crime
to contend with and Monday
night was no exception, eases run
ning all tin* way from throwing
stones at disob* dient husbands
to breaking tin* ten comma >..i
ments.
Ola Duke, EU (V Mac DeLaper
Here, Ii la Russell and Will John
son were among those present
wlm became “good roads enthu
siasts” aft<*r the ceremony.tin* ag
gregate fines were about $l5O.
Will Represent Winder, f
Miss Willie Mae Shentsj /Wil
liam Robins n, Miss Emmii Ola
Reid, ueeompanh dby about a
dozen boosters of Winder® High
School, will leave Friday for
Gainesville to participate in eon
tests between tlie schools of the
Ninth district.
Miss Sheats enters the <l**< la
mation cont< sts,Mr. Robinson and
Miss Reid will hold up Winder's
end of the Ready Writers con
test.
Erastus Smith, Vernie Sharp
ton and Harold Herrin Will look
after the interests in the alhlet
ic events.
Let us pray that the “Dinky
will land them there in time for
the contests’.
Delightful Camp.
Scout, Master Frt <1 Eden auid
the Hoy Scouts enjoyed a delight
ful camp at White’s Mill Friday
night
The Camp Fire Girls were en
tertained at the camp also, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Ware Bondurant.
chaperoning the party.
Seva ral residents along Broad
street east of the Gainesville Mid
land depot are ;sf^tightening theii
property lines and widening the
sidewalks in front of their prop
erty. Fr m the Baptist church
on the corner of Broad and Ste
phens to Wright St. there are and
number of angles in iln* property
line,and the owners have taken it
upon themselves to beautify tliis
street by setting their fences back
a few feet, and straightening the
line. Messrs. G W Smith, E F
Saxon, Claud Maytne and Ike
Hall have already begun these im
provements and others will fol
low.
Banks to Close
Winder banks will he closed
Saturday on account of legal hol
iday. Saturday is Memorial Day
SHINGLEMAN.
10 Pages.—No. 2
HOWARD NABS FORGER
Had Touched Congressman From
the Fifth Several Years Ago.
Washington, i) C., April 24-
Representative William Schley
Howard today caused the arrest
of 11. M. Thornton, a man with
many aliases, who had tried to se
cure his indorsement on two
forged Lowry National bank cash
ier’s checks on the strength of
a forged letter of introduction
from Hollins N. Randolph, of At
lanta.
The police believe that Thorn
ton is one of the boldest crimi
nals in the country, and is a mem
her of a gang that has been oper
ating throughout, the south sinee
last December by passing bad
checks.
HUNDRED MEN KILLED
IN MINE EXPLOSION-
Pittsburg, Pa., April 23. —The
lives of 100 miners, possibly 120
paid tin* toll shortly after noon
today of a disastrous explosion in
the Cincinnati mine of the Mon
ongahela River Consolidated Coa.l
and Coke company, at FinleyviL 1
TaL
Over three score of workmen
in the mine made thrilling
capes, crawling most of the time
<) their hands and knees through
deadly gas fumes and over debris
Rifle Range Nearing Completion.
The big range that the State is
having built for Go. H. near the
city limits is nearing completion
and by Saturday night most of
the finishing touches will lx* com
pleted, and t'n* range in shape foi
firing.
The company ha* ocmi working
for the past few days qualifying
on th<* indoor range and the
scores made show that there arc
sonic crack local shots.
Il will he a matter of interest
to the citizens to know ihat the
company lias on its roster three
of the finest hosts in the South,
one of who holds a world’s rec
ord in small arm firing. The
trio is Sergeant Warren S. Hale
Corporal Dawson L. Hale, ami
Private Led I late.
Outdoor firing will begin os
soon as the rang* is oouipb*t< <l,
and the big rang - wi'lba irequent
ed by members ot tin* company
ini weekly practices.
Walton is Scalded.
Lawreneeville, Ga., April 2d. —*
,T. W. Walton superintendent of
tin* Lawreneeville Oil mills, was
severely scalded this morning by
the bursting of a steam pipe.
His chances for recovery seems
doubtful. v
Proper Punishment.
An exchange springs this good
one: “The proper punishment
for Mrs. Pankhurst, militant suf
fragette, will be discovered if you
wi 11 prefix an “S” to her (name
and then drop tin* last two letters
Mr. W. M. McJClroy, of Nor
cross, Ga., came over to Winder
Wednesday to attend the meet
ing of the stockholders of the
Winder Got ton Mill. 1