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Organs, Buggies.
Vol. XX.—B Pages.
WINDER MAY HAVE A FAIR
C.tizen: Interesting Themselves
in a Movement to Pull Off #
Another Fair.
A petition is being circulated
to feel the pulse of the citizens
of this town on the proposition to
hold another far in Winder this
faVl.
In regard to the movement, Mr
G. W. Woodruff, who was pres
ident of the Woodruff Tri-County
fair which proved so suuccessful
last fall w 7 rites us as follows:
Editor Winder News: In com
pliance with your recpiest for a
statement as to the advisability
of Winder having a fair this fall, 1
beg to say that 1 am very much
interested in a Fair for Winder
this year. I believe it helps a
town, and helps the farming in
terest of the country; is mutual
ly beneficial to all concerned.
I hope that some movement will
materialize at an early date for
a “1913” Fair, and since our
firm put on a Fair last Fall it
may be in order for me to expres;
myself more in detail, and in do
ing so, would say that we very
much appreciate the support
and patronage given tlie “Wood
ruff Tri-County Fair” last year
by the people of Winder and sur
rounding country for many miles.
The Fair project was new to
us, and every step we made, was
a step in tile dark. We did not
know just how to travel, all we
could do was to take chances of
success or failure; to go after
it and succeed if we could and
by the- liberal patronage of the
people of Winder, and the peo
ple throughout the country and
towns near Winder, we were able
to make enough to pay expenses,
and we enjoyed some good adver
tising for our firm. It took a
great deal of thoughtand energy
to work out the plans and details
of the Fair, and many' times dur
ing the year the writer was very
much discouraged and tempted
to abandon the job and let the
Fair go by in default, but being
yery much opposed to tin* idea
of a failure, we took courage
and pushed forward, and when
we were favored with good
weather, and a large attendance
of people all having a good time,
and patting us on tlie back with
compliments for our suuccess it
fully paid us for all the labor,
miind work, and energy that we
put into the movement. We are
very grateful to all who helped
us to make a success of th 1
“Woodruff” Tri-County Fair.’
Since the close of the Fair we
have been solicited by the people
from Winder, farmers of the cour;
try, and almost every community
for several miles around Winder
to take up the work again and
put on another Fair this Fall, but
however-much we. might want to
do so, we have decided it too
great an undertaking for an in
dividual firm to do single hand
ed •md have abandoned the idea,
1 yet, we are still anxious to see
some movement materialize that
w>ll give Winder a fair for Ibid
and our firm stands ready to co
operate with the business men of
Winder and with the farmers of
the surrounding country and will
do our part for a 1913 Fair.
Very truly yours.
G. W. Woodruff.
J. WCOT SKEATS.
Writes To The News From
The Lone Star Stats.
Galveston, Tex., June 30.—Ed
itor News: So many of un
friends asked me to drop them a
line from Texas,to tell the truth
haven't time. As you know 1
left Winder June 16th for tin
west and I will say right here 1
have had a nice trip up to date. I
left Atlanta 5:30 p. m. via Mont
gomery, Mobile and New Or
leans. I arrived at New Orleans
Tuesday morning at 8:30. Hav
ing to lay over there four hours
I proceded to see all I could. I
met up with a nice old gentleman
and he tried to show me every
thing of interest in the city. We.
went almost around the city on
car. then he carried me thru tin
three million dollar hotel. I tell
you it is a fine building.
I left New Orleans at 11:30
a.m. over the Texas Pacific route
for Houston, arriving there at
11:30 p.m. 1 had a fine time dowi
thru swamps and lagoons. ’I lie
second hundred miles or more it
is. all corn and sugarcane. I
think 1 saw enough corn grow
ing and done made to feed tin
world for five years. Then for 75
miles further on it is rice fields
and cattle. So you see cotton is
scarce here. I stayed in Houston
until Saturday morning with my
son, Claud, who is working there.
Claud has a nice and. well-paying
position with the Fred Harvey
News Company. He says this
is the best country in the world.
I left Houston Saturday night fot
Galveston, Tex., 1 have been here
two days and two nights; will
back track to Houston this even
ing.
I tell you it is fine down here.
The se a breeze is grand and
1 have spent a good portion of
my time in surf bathing since I
came. 1 hate to leave, but my
money won't last long here. 1
will leave Houston Tuesday or
Wednesday for Fort Worth, Fort
worth, to Weatherford, Weather
fortli to Mineral Wells. For my
health 1 will stay there a day or
two .From there I'll start for Geo'
gia. 1 travel thru the very best
farming section in Texas from
Houston to Mineral Wells. So
I’ll tell you boys about the crop
when 1 get home next week.
Good luck to all.
,1. Woot Sheats.
Miss Wallace .Entertains
Last Thunfcday evening Miss
Myrtle Wallace delightfully en
tertained a number of young peo
ple in honor of Miss fluth .Mead
ow, of Arnoldsville with few ex
ceptions the guests Were old
schoolmates of Miss Meadow,
she having attended the Public
school here several years ago.
During the evening Miss Leo-
l a McCutchen rendered several
readings and solos.
Conversation was the game of
the evening and was greatly en
joyed by a lk
At a late hour dainty cream
and eake were served.
About twenty young friends
were present to meet Miss Mead
ow again.
Dr. Elder of High Shoals,
spent Tuesday in Winder with
Mr. it. S. D. Lanier.
Winder, Jackson County, Ga., Thursday, July 3, 1913.
GEORGIA SOLONS
Begin Wrestling with the Big
Problems That Confront This
Session of the Lawmakers.
Atlanta, Ga., July 3. With an
earnestness that defies midsum
mer heat and social distractions
of Atlanta, the 1913 legislature
has buckled down to serious bus
iness. and in this the second week
both house and senate are ham
mering on the big reforms that
both the outgoing and incoming
governors have recommended.
Reversion of the state’s fi
nances, revision of the state
registration laws and improving
the laws governing criminal pro
cedure are three of the big sub
jects which the assembly are
sweating over.
Of course each one of these
questions are split up into va
rious phrases, and scores of meas
ures have been introduced bear
ing in one way or the other on ab
these subjects. The issuance of a
special tax to assure the prompt
payment of the school in Georgia
looms large in the financial re
form field. Other proposals are
the assessment of an inheritance
tax, reform in the manner of col-
lecting the near beer tax. and
possibility of the advisability of
an income tax.
Proposals for registration law
reform seem to be centered now
on the idea of providing for per
manent registration. Its admitted
that under the present law many
voters are disfranchised needless
ly through failure to register 60
days before the close of books.
The proposal made by both Gov
ernor Brown and Governor Sla
ton ,to bring the criminal court
procedure laws up to date will
be considered along with many
other proposed reform bearing on
penal conditions. It is considered
probable that a commission will
be created to deal Vith this gen
eral suject.
With. Randolph Anderson as
president of the senate and W.
11. Burwell as speaker of the
house, both. experienced legisla
tors and parlimentarians, the bus
iness of tile assembly has been
runnng smoothly from the start.
Jf by “lobbying” one means
argument on the part of outsid
ers to nfluenee members of the
legislature in their vot s, th n
thqre is a great deal of lobying
going, on at the Georgia eapitol
this year. Individuals interested
in local measures have come from
alll parts of the state to talk
with legislators in hopes of hav
ing their claims recognized. Pro
fessionally paid lobbyists are few
and far between, ’but people who
arc lobbying from direct perso
nal interest in one measure o
another are very numerous.
Governor Jno. M. Slaton, who
has spent practically Ih.e whole
spring and summer making a
study of the state’s financial sys
tem and needs, is keeping in very
close touch with the legislature,
and leaders in both the bouse and
nate are daily consultation
with him.* JI is proposition that
the general appropriation hill be
submitted to the governor at
least I0 days before the close of
the session in order that the pro
posed expenditures may be
squared with the income, is meet
ing with general approval.
Whatever disposition the leg
islature makes of the question of
refunding the state’s bonded in
debtedness in 1915 will be de
cided on after a lengthy cousul
t ition wifi) the governor.
“THE PALACE OF FLAME'*”
Big Feature in Movies to be Ssen
at Lyris July Bth.
“The Palace of Flames", one
of the greatest 3-reel dramas
ever produced, originally costing
$50,000,00 to produce it. will be
seen at the Lyric theatre Tues
day July Bth, beginning at 8:30
This picture comes in addition to
the regular program, making six
reels in all.
This picture has only been re
leased in the last few days, and
is a state right feature exclusive
ly
His Own Grandfather.
Atlanta, Ga., July 3—To add to
the trials of suffering from the
July beat, along comes a Georg
ian by the name*of Colquitt who
lifts bis voice to take the publii
into his confidence, bewailing the
lamentable fact that lie is his own
grandfather. lie blames some pe
culiar matrimonial mix-ups for
the position in which lie finds bin
self. j
This is the way it happened:
“I married a widow who bad a
daughter. My father married my
stepdaughter. Six- became my
stepmother because six- was my
father’s wife. My stepdaughter a l
so had a son. He was my brother
and at the same time my grand
child, for lie was the son of my
daughter. My wife was my grand
mother because she was my
mother’s mother. I was my wife’s
husband and grandchild at tin
same time and as tin* husband of
a person’s grandmother is bis
grandfather, so I became my own
grandfather.
Cotton Blooms in Plenty.
The first cotton is finding its
way to the News Office fasl tli se
days. The first to reach th<- office
was from the field of Mr. O. M.
Thompson, Route 20. But the
situ ■ day Gus Wages, Prickett
llayes and P. L. Giles sent in a
bloom. Tin’s was dune 27th. Mon
day, the 30th, W. and. Moon, J. A.
Harr and Jim .Johnson sent in
blooms. With favorable weather
the outlook for cotton in this sec
tion is fine.
Fish Fry at Hcschton
Tile annual fish, fry at Smith's
.Spring, near Iloschton, was a
pleasant affair last Tuesday.
Two hundred of more citizens of
this community gathered at the
spring for the event. This fish
fry is an annual occasion and
grows bigger and better as the
years roll on. On Tuesday there
Were plenty of fish and the
casion was thoroughly enjoyed.
Many invited guests were on
hand from nearby towns and com
inanities. Mr. G. M. Hudgins,an
old Iloschton hoy, came up from
Atlanta to enjoy the fry.
Will Preach at Baptist
Rev. Saye, of A thens, will fill
the pulpit at the Baptist cliui-c
next Sunday morning. A cordial
invitation to all is exbi.ded to
come out and hear him.
For Sah—Witt Jr., 6-horse gas
olirie engine; saw outfit, and pea
thresh and feed grinder. Gash
or good note. See or write G.
W. Summerour, Route 22, Winder
Ga.
onimjLLmao.
8 Pages.—No. 12
JEFFERSON DEFEATED
Double-Header at Athletic Park
July 4th —Winder Vs Com
merce.
Despite the rain quite a mini
her were present last Friday af
ternoon at Athletic Park to wit
ness the game of ball bewteen
the Athletics and Jefferson.
The ground was damp and the
ball was hard to handle. *
From the vrey first it was seen
that the game was destined to
be one-sided, the Winder boys,
crossing home plate four times
in the first inning.
The playing of Guy Jackson,
the youngest slugger on the Ath
letic team proved the feature of
the agme. He got three hits
and took four chances without
an error in right field.
The game was called at the end
of the seventh inning on account
of the rain. The score was 11
to 4 in favor of Winder. 1
This afternoon Winder will
cross bats with Lawrcnceville and
a good game is expected. Go
down to the Athletic, Park and
root for your team.
Friday the 4th of July, then
will be a double-header pulled oif
between Winder and Commerce,
and Winder wants to take both
games. Crowd the park with
rooters. Commerce lias a good
team and are determined to take
both games from us. Anyway,
there is going to be great hall at
the Athletic Park this afternoon
and Friday and you can’t afford
to miss it.
HAS AFFIDAVITS
That Will Spring Sensation if
Investigation Is Ordered
Atlanta, Ga., July I—Repre
sentative I. 11. P. Beck, of Car
roll County, who offered the res
olution in the*house calling for
a legislative investigation of
events surrounding the callingout
of troops during the street car
strike trouble in Augusta, says
he’s more than sixty important
affidavits fro Agutsa peo
ple declaring that intolerable con
ditions prevailed there during
the period in which the military
was in charge and martial law
prevailed.
These affidavit's he is not ready
to make public yet, and will not
until there has been action on
his resolution calling for a joint
investigation committee. If hi
resolution is finally adopted, lie
says lie will make some startling
revelations.
NOTICE.
There will be given a bai/ceue
in Bush’s pasture* July 4th. for
the benefit of Tabernacle African
church. All our white friends
are invited to come out and en
joy the feast.
N. T. Walker, Pastor.
Semtorie.l Election July 15
The bill calling for an eleeti n
for United States .Senator in
Georgia to ratify the nomination
of Senator Bacon, passed the
house and senate on Tuesday.
The election will take place .July
15th.