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Organs, Buggies.
VOL. XX.—lO Pages
“Finances Most Important Matter to Consider”
Mayor Explains Policy of Working Convicts—Says “Before I Will License Crime, I Will Resign”
GIRL TYPIST PREVENTS
SUICIDE OF PREACHER.
Rev. .* J. Buff Dictated Death
Notes and Then Tried to
Swallow Poison^
Rev. R. J. Huff, a minister of
College Park, went to the offce
of Miss M. C. Childress, a public
stenographer, Tuesday at noon
in the Forth National Bank build
ing. She had formerly been in
his employ, and when she bad
greeted him, he began to dictate
som' letters.
Thei first letter was to his w t’e
and children whom he bade far
well. Th a tenographer thinking
h e was playing a practical joke,
preceded to write the other letter
which was a farewell to triends
of the minister, and which was
to he issued through the news
papers.
Becoming frightened at this
latter dictation Miss
glanced up. She behejd her pa
tron withdraw a bottle of laud
anum fron his coat pocket and
lift it to his l ps- She) ocreamed
and knocked the vial from his
h pds. The letter to his wife,
which lie held in h s hand, was
splotched with the fluid.
C A. Withington, a traveling
salesman, with offices across the
turn, heard h e r and ran
into her room. He summoned
an ambulance from Grady hospi
tal, to which th e minis tor' was
rushed. H e begged piteously to
be let die, taymg that he had
lost all friends and that had
J?een besieged by cred tors.
Huff, it will be remem
llbred, once lived in Winder,
Sfd was the last pastor of
Kins el Baptist church.
fjoyal mail smp.
Strikes Gkrand Manan Ledges In
Biy of Fun,dy.
Halifax, N. S., .1 an. 13. — A
w'relcs call for help from the
Royal Mail Ship Cobequid,'fast
ened on the ledges of Grand
Manan .just before dawn today,
followed live hours later by a
final flicker ofl her radio saying
that the ship was filling, has
caused grave concern for those
on board, numbering about 120
person's*.
The Cobequid was bound for
St. John, N. 8.. from the Brit
ish West indies in command of
Captain Hawson completing her
first round trip over this route.
She had a crew of 102 m e n.
Harry Thaw Sane.
|fepnecrd ) N. 11., Jan. H- —Fhp
Bugast- of Harry Kendall Thaw
Brier had would not he public,
ISertßee, according to t lie report
of the commissioner appointed hy
Federal Judge Aldrich to in
quire into the state of 1 haw s
mentality.
The commissioners, in their
report, found that Thaw is not
now afflicted with any of the
forms of mental diseases! with
which he was suffering at the
t\*;e he slew Si an ford White.
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PERMANENT REGISTRA
TION LAW NOW IN FORCE.
You Must Register By; April If
You Wish To Vote Thih Year.
A permanent registration law
was enacted by the last general
assembly- It provides that when
a voter once registers he is perma
nently registered, ami hence will
not be required ever to be regis
tered again,long as lu* ryma ns
a qualified voter. To register leg
ally, all taxes must be paid.
Every two years the board ot
e ui.nty reg sfrars are to examine
the list of voters and have tile
right to strike from the list any
voters who have not paid their
taxes or who have become other
wise and sqjualified.
Voters must register six m mth
before the general election in Oc-
tober. This will requ re, there
fore, that to vote in any election
this year, voters must register by
April 6. There a,re only three
months to register, and the people
of the county should interest
themselves in the matter and see
that they get their names on the
registration hooks in time. There
is no time to lose*.
KELLY BOYS.
Want One-Ninth of Jackson
County ’s' Courthouse Lot.
Athens. Jan. 13. —An interest
ing case i being considered this
w r eek before Judge Brand in
volving the title" to an nth. inter
est in the courthouse property at
Jefferson, in the adjoining coun
ty of Jackson. J. P. and Sam
Kelley, grandsons of a sister of
the late James Randolf, who sold
the courthouse lot to the coun
ty, are bringing the su t. There
has never been a case in the
state .brought against a county
asking ejectment, and in this fea
ture the case is becoming a cause
eelebre. •
James Randolf •made a warran
ty deed to the property andjmw
it is claimed that he had only a
life interei 1 in his sisters share
which he had obtained. Judge
Brand dismissed the case on the
case on the grounds that a coun
ty cannot be sued except where
there i., a special statute pro
viding for it. He failed to find a
special act providing for the
suing of a county by ejectment
process. Lawyers declare that
there is no doubt about th e , legal
right of the KJlys to thief
ninth part in the lot but the ques
tion of untangling the legal kie n
w.ll he interesting.
Tax Assessors Appointed.
The hoard of county commis
sioners have selected as tax as
sessors of Jackson County Mj (srs
T. C. Hardman, R, D. Moore and
J. X. Ross. These men are all
qualified for the work and no
doubt will render the county val
uable service. The people this
side of the Mulberry are partic
ularly pleased with the selection
of J. X. Ri;> s. of Statham as on<-
of the assessor^.
Winder, Jackson County, Ga., Thursday, January 15, 1914.
FINE RECORD MADE
BY OLD COUNCIL-
New Members Sworn In—Com
mittees Appointed And Sub
ordinate Officers Elected.
Last Thursday night the 1913
council wound up its business
and adjourned sine die. In a
happy little speech Mayor Fer
guson complimented the retiring
members of tin* old council
on the work of the year and the
harmony that had prevailed at
all the sessions. He feelingly re
ferred to the fact that the vol
unteer retiring of Mr. 11. S. Su
gars from the body removed one
that had been continuously af-
filiated with the city government
for seventeen years. He stated
that lie had heard criticisms of
himself and members of council
but stated that was the inevita
ble result when officers did the : r
duty lie said that he had been
criticized for Working convicts
on the streets of Winder,
rather than sell them to any one
who would take them for a paltry
sum. The mayor stated that be
fore he would lice'i e crime he
would resign. He said the may
or's court was not run for reve
nue raising but for the purpose of
suppressing crime, and that" he
would be delighted :f no case was
brought before him during 1914
hut that if any did come he woul.
deal with th e offender as his
conscience dictated and the ev -
device merited, at all times trying
to be just to the offender and
fa r to society.
After Judge Johns, city attor
ney had administered the* oath
of office to they new members,
the mayor continued his address
as follows: “Gentlemen of the
1914 council: I wish to express
to each of you my personal pleas
ure in being associated with you
in this important work for our
hustling little city.
“That you will measure fully
up to what is expected of you 1
have not the slightest doubt. T
believe you each posses iv (V of
that enthus asm neces.ary to
give the city a good adminis
tration. To accompli h any big
amount of good there must he
harmony among u , other wise
no great amount of good can
result. 1 expect each of you to
contend for what you thisrik best
for the city on the questions that
shall conn* before you. r lhis s
not only your privilege but
your duty, hut when the ma
ority has decided on a policy let
us efleh give to it our support
and not sulk simply because it
did not go our way of thinking.
“It should he our policy to
give the cty a progressive ad
m nistrath n hy all means, yet
we must proceed along .sate and
conservative bus ness lines at
all tinq-p.
“Finance. —This is hy far the
most important matter that the
council has to deal w'lth. Mu
nicipal government is the same
as a private business in th s re
spect. I wish to fully impress
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this part of the city’s govern
ment, upon each of you. If a
fact that this particular part of
the work has grown to the ex
tent that it can Ino longer he
handled in a make-shift manner.
“For the general betterment
of the city governnqait, 1 beg
leave to briefly submit to you
the l following recommendations
which 1 trust will receive your
careful consideration.
“First. I recomnnaid that the
election of all city officer,, such
as city clerk, policeman, etc., be
changed from the first regular
meeting in January to the first
regular meeting in September or
October.
“My reason for this followis:
At the annual eh et \ n of th ( .s<
officers very often >ome oi;<. ta'ls
to he re-elected, thereby o Jug
his position without notice and
at a t me of the year wh t n it a
hard to secure a position, and
also when we are in the midst of
cold weather. Th s is undoubt
edly hard on him, and I think
that this change would greatH
le s< n the hardships.
“Second. J recommend tin
creat or of an ordinance requir
ing all hotel dining rooms and "iii
cook rooms, restuarants and meat
markets be thoroughly s ! ’reeni and.
That all meat transferred from
slaughter pens to markets be
wrapped to prevent, dust and
germs from settling upon same
in transit.
“In so far as w ( > can, I trust
that we shall be able to g ve to
the people of our eity a
satisfactory admim. trati< n. Let
this he an administration for
the people and that this may he
every good citizen, h : s efforts and
true I ask the co-operation of
his advice.
“The. growth of our city for
several years has be< n very good.
We must in so far as we cab, s •
MAYOR C. M. FERGUSON.
W. E. Young,
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Shingleman.
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that this growth continues.
“On it of the surest ways to do
this 's to give the people an ad
min strati' n that will inspire
confidence and induce th f < in
vestment, of capital in building
and manufacturing. This I L.
1 eve and trust, we can do.
Mayor Ferguson then an
nounced the following committees
Finance.- Strange Chairman;
Morgan, Kioss.
Streets. —Millsap , Chairman;
Hill, Morgan.
I’olice. Ross Chairman; Mill
sips, .Moore.
Public Improvement. —Morgan,
Oharimin, Strange, Hill.
►Saiiitary. Ross, Chairman;
M lore, Milsaps.
Ordinance. II 11, Chairman;
Strange, Moore.
< Vmetnry. -Moore, Chairman;
tl'll, -Mills'ps.
Council then went into the
election of officers, and tin* re
sult was as follows:
City Clerk- H. Rainey, Jr.
Chief of INdice. —11. 0. Camp.
Fir t Pol reman A. Sim Hill.
See n l PJieeman. J. J. Se
gars. '
Street Overseer.- J. 11. Hill.
City Treasurer. —K. A. St irr
City Depository.- First Nation
al B-uk.
Board of Health. — Drs. S. T.
Jioss, C. B. Almond and L. F.
Saxon.
Council then took a recess
unt*l Tuesday night, wh ( n a
detailed report of last year's bus
mens will he submitted by. thi
clerk.
The summary outlined by the
clerk shows the city’s affairs to
he in excellent shape financially
with about SB,OOO in the treasury
more than two thousand uncol
lected taxes and the hooks n bal
ance to a penny.