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PIANOS, Organs, Buggies. Vol. XX.—lO Pages. , f WINDER HIGH SCHOOL >, _ Hcncrs at Ninth District Contest Meet. ]n the contests inson and Miss Emma, Ola Heed, and in rec itation by Miss Willie Man Sh.eah These young people did great credit to themselves and won hon ors tor the Winder school. Mis: Reed having won first honor in tile girls’ essay contest and Miss Sheats second honor in recita tion. The fact that they were pitted against the most talented high school pupils in the Ninth speaks well for the Winder school. On account of an unfortunate accident to one of the boys who had trained for athletics, and iIT n* j ss of another, our boys did not enter any iof these con less t . / Th.os ■ going from Winder were Supt. Iluffaker, Vernie Sharpton. William P. Robinson. Erastus Smith and Misses Millie Mae and Jewell Sheats. Emma Ola heed. Vallie Mae Woodruff, Ruth Hale, and Anna Eavens-n. The association will meet next wear at Jefferson, the hot&e of 010 time oratory,with Superintendent Sydner. of Martin Institute, pres ident; Superintendent Bible of Commerce, vice president:; and Prof. Aubrey Mathews.of Gaines ville, secretary. Miss Amy Childs, of Toccoa, won first prise in recitation, and Toccoa was in evidence in nearly *':■ very event. The following is a eoaaplete list'Of the winners this year: Athletics 100 yd. Dash. —Ist. Prize, %’<ble Patrick, -Jefferson, 11 see. 2nd.. Like Couch, Toecoa, 11 2 5 seconds. High -Jump—lst Charlie Merck Gainesville, 5 feet 2 inches. Ist, Carlton Tanner, P, R. 1., sfeet, 2 inches. ' 1 i ' 2nd, -John Itofhelle Toecoa, 5 ifeet. % Running Broa*s .-lump,—lst, 'N* hie Patrick, -Jefferson 18 ft. 11 inches. .2nd, Sylvia Ray, 9th A. & M. feet 2 inches. ( 3rd, Loui Brown, P. R. It., 17 fed 2inehes. < Shot Put. —Ist, Walter Ne ville, 9th A. & M., 36 ft. 8 in, 2nd, -John Rothelle, Toecoa, 36 feet 2 inches. 3rd, Ray Flannigan, P. R. It., 33 fe<*t 3 inches. k 220 yd. Dash—lst, Sylvia Ray, A A‘ & M. f 28 sec. Loui Brown, P. R. 1., 2-8, seconds. Clarence McDorman, Toe eoa, 28 2-5 seconds. 100 yd. Low Hurdle —Ist Puck ett, P. R. It., 14 1-2 sec. John Rothelle, Toecoa, 15 .Wconds. 3rd. Orville Davis. 9th A. & JVL, V 5 2-5 seconds. (Continued on last page) wje xuuuicr %\&m. MR. T. A. HASLETT DEAD Former Gwinnett County Sheriff Passes Away at His Home in Lawrenceville Mr. T. A. llaslett, ex-sheriff of Gwinnett county, died at his jliome in Lawrenceville early Tuesday morning after a short ill I ness. die was a member of the. Bap tist church and was about 60 years of age. For twelve years he was sher iff of Gwinnett county and was counted one of that county's best officers. 11.- was 11)o father of Mrs. J. 11. Oakes, who is remembered here as Mrs. Blanche Pentecost By marriage he was an unde of Mrs. G. N. Bagwell, Mrs. P. A. Flanigan and Mrs. -J. T. Wages. A widow and eight children survive him. The funeral and interment <>c eurred Wednesday at Prospect. HARRIS BEING FOUGHT FOR CENSUS DIRECTOR. Friends close to William J Har ris. chairman of the state deni ocratic executive committee, feel confident that he will not resign Ihe chairmanship in tin* event oi his e.onfirmation and removal to Washington to take up the dutic of director of the census. Colonel Harris is not saving anything now, of course, because his appointment as director ol the census has been temporarily held up by the republicans in the senate, who are making ; fight on him. Those dn the in side say there is more in tb.b fight on Harris than appears on the surface. A large number of employees of the census bureau under civ il service will have to be appoint ed again in May. The apparent object of this fight therefore . is to retain E. Dana Durand in of fice until this large list of em ployees has been reappointed the civil service making them se cure in their places, unless charges are made and sustained to oust them. McCants Named. Mr. W. B. McCants; h;rs bfctfi ap pointed by President Wilson as postmaster of Winder. Mr. Mc- Cants, has the endorsement of both Congressman Bell and Sen ator Hoke Smith, and an early confirmation of his appointment by the senate is predicted. -Mr. McCants is a good business man, courteous and attentive and his appointment no doubt will prove pleasing to the patrons of the office. Boosters for Georgia Among the Georgia boosters from this eity who took in the Georgia-Vanderhuilt hall game Monday were G. W. Smith, Roy •Smith, Ralph Smith. Robert Camp Dr. E. F. Saxoij, If. O. Hill, 11. A. Carithers, Jr., Judge G. A. Johns, George Thompson. Cliff Wages, T. C. Dunn and J. Herrin O-Cedar Mops and Polish, sold by Smith Hardware Cos. Winder, Jackson County, Ga., Thursday, May Ist, 1913. WINDER CLUB TO PICNIC Former Windentcs New Living In Atlanta Organise Club. Atlanta. Ga.. April 20. —Editor News: Owing to the fact that so many families who formerly lived in Winder now reside here, Messrs. Albert Woodruff, E Lloyd Thomas, -V. G. Cooper and others consulted together and have decided to have Winder Re union at Grant Park on Sunday, May 4th. Each family’ has been requested to come, bringing well filled baskets, a,ml we will all spread dinner together. We also wish to take this op portunity of extending the good people of Winder an invitation and a hearty welcome down to Atlanta to join us on that day. We have decided to call this “The Winder Reunion "and hav appointed Mr. E. Lloyd Thomas as president and Mrs. Frank Cooper secretary, endeavoring to make this an annual affair. Again extending to friends in Winder a very cordial invitation to join us, very respectfully, E. Lloyd Thomas, Pres. Mrs. Frank Cooper, Sec'y. MR. W. O. HARRISON DIES IN GAINESVILLE. News has reached Winder < f the death in Gainesville last Tuesday of Mr. W. O. Harrison, formerly one of Jackson Conn ty's prominent, citizens. His remains were carried to Pendergrass Wednesday and in terred with Masonic honors. Few men had more friend.*- in Jaekon county thans 51 r. Hat rison, and they wlil learn of h death with regret. NEW BILL IS DRAWN THAT SUITS BRYAN. Sacramento, Cal., April 29 Possibility of an arnica! !e adjust ment of the alien land ownership by means of anew hill drawn in strict conformity with the treaty between Japan and the 1 nited States confronted tonight the third secret conference of Secre tary Bryan with Gov. Johnson and the California legislature. The conference was called for 8:30 o 'clock. Attorney General Webb draft ed the new measure at the sug gestion of Gov. Johnson, and a copy was placed immediately- in the hands of Secretary Bryan. The term “ineligible to <*iti zenship” which is declared by Secretary Bryan to be odious to the Japanese is not included and leaders are confident, that they arrived at a solution of tin problem that will receive the in dorsement of President Wilson. Secretary Bryan declined to com ment on the new bill except in the conference. New Counties lit is amusing to observe the efforts of a few editors of papers published in dried up tow 1 ; is whose only distinction is being a county site, trying to throw cold water on new county propo sitions. Topography, not is responsible for their own situa tion. JIM HARDEMAN Draws Saventy-Five Days for Too Much Attention tc His Spouse. •Jim Hardeman, a Winder negn who had raGier heat his wife than work, drew seventy-five days on the streets at a special session of the mayor's court Wednesday morning, and now Jim is one of Captain Hill's reg ulars. Jim will now have an oppor tunity to serve tile eoninmnit.' and Captain Hill will furnish al j the instructions necessary to I Jim s success as a street hand. At the rate Mayor Ferguson is going we will soon have a ban of road w irkers I hat can accom plish something. The mayor's mot to seems to he" Do Eight, >r Build •Streets.” FARMERS’ UNION LANDS ON COTTON SCHEDULE. New Orleans, Apr. 40. The cot eon schedule of the democratic tariff revision hill now pending ii congress null result in heavy fi nancial losses to the cotton plant ers and cotton manufacturers, ac cording to statements made by representatives of these interests today at a special hearing being conducted here by a committee representing the National Far iners’ union .J. 1). Brown, member of a spot cotton firm of New Orleans,stat ed that, the pending hill already had resulted in a decline of near ly $5 a hale in price of of raw eo< ton,representing a loss of millions of dollars to the planters. BOARD OF TRADE ELECTS NEW OFFICERS At a postponed meeting of the Winder Board of Trade at the City Hall last. Tuesday evening, the following officers were elect ed for the ensuing year. ' W. H. Toole, President. R. L. Carithers, First Vice Pres ident. 11. N. Rainey, Jr., Second We President. 1 Lee S. Radford, Secretary and Treasurer. ) I As executive Commit tee,Geo.W Woodruff, Chairman,A. A. Camp. C M. Ferguson, W. A. Brooks, W. B. McCants, W. E. Young, and A. S. Morgan, There was a large and enthusi astic attendance on the meetin and a number of other interest ing items of business were dis posed of. The naming of several standing committees is already ufodcr eon sideration by the President, -Mr. W. 11. Toole, and will he given out at the regular meeting of the body, which is to he 'next Thurs day at 8:30 P. M. at the City Hall. Had to Stay with it. The northbound train on the Gainesville Mdiland was rattling along the other day near the city limits, und a passenger who was getting a hit nervous over mis sing connection here with a Seaboard train for Atlanta, call ed th<* conductor and asked: “Can’t you make better time?’ “I could,'” said that official, “but my duties force me U> re main with this train.” W. L. I UUING, —the— SHINGLEMAN. 10 Pages. No. 3 MARY PHAGAN MURDERED Pretty Fiftaen-Yeai-Old Atlanta Girl Meets Horrible Fite. Atlanta, Ga.. May I.—No crime has so stunned and appalled this more or less hardened old town than tin* cruel and wanton mur der of pretty Mary Phagan, whose lifeless body was found in the basement of the National Pen oil company plant on Forsyth St. early Sunday morning. The Grace affair, title Apfple baum ease had only (dements of mystery dealing with wordly wist people, whose lives perhaps had not been all they should have. But Maw Phagan, an innocent child of 14, whose home was in an humble section of the city.who had worked to help keep the wolf from the family door, and whose character was unassailable brought all the elements of in tense interest. Mingled with pro found pity for the brutal assault and her horrible death, there stir red in everyone deepest anger and the desire to see the demon or demons in the (oils. Four men have been arrest'd and are being detained with a charge of suspicion marked up against them. Leo Frank, the superintend* nt of the factory in which the girl worked; New't Lee, the negro night watchman, Gantt, a dis charged bookeeper and a young fellow by the name of Mullinax/ But as the evidence crystali/.cs Ihe .finger of suspicion is point ing toward the superintendent and the negro. The only m w bits of evidence in the Phagan murder ease Wed nesday afternoon were brought out by the testimony of Gus Hopes a white boy of about fif teen years, who swore that some time before the day ot the killing of Mary Phagan, whom lie knew 'veil, had told him that Frank, superinten dent of the factory, had been trying to flirt with her, that he had become holder in his atten tions, and that she was beginning to he afraid f him. She asked him to call for her at the factory he said, and see her safely home. He further stated that he had ar eiigagem nt with her to see the Memorial Day parade together and that they were to meet on the street down town. He sa' that h** waited.two hours after two o’clock and she did not come Tin the impiest the negro, Lee, told practically what was known already -confessing nothing, and implicating no one directly. Much of his testimony was varying in accuracy. Ih* said that Supetim tendent Frank let him off for two hours Saturday afternoon, and told of other unusual things Frank did on the day and even ing—but nothing to tie him to the killing directly. Extra for Tcnight Manager Hharpton, in addition to flic regular program at the Lyrie tonight has arranged with. Howard and Nelson, two noted vaudeville singers, to appe; . Home early and enjoy the ent'ie pert* >rmance.