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* I 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 4 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 I 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. i 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