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PIADifOK Ac Pianos, 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. I wgg | I I A 'Wm I■ X wmm ■ ._ m w rw wi ■ ww ww - - - -■ —— —— 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 v v —— ; i ’ P 4 v fci • . >*' S i .' ■ ' • - *jjb ' V. 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, —the— Shingleman. 10 Pages —No. 40 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.