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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.