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Pianog,
Organs, Buggies.
VOL. XX.—B Pages
MAUBRIY CREEK ROBBERY
fvIATTER OF IMAGINATION.
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Wrcckleis Driver. Called DowJi
By Indignant Pedestrians Is
' Prevailing Opinion.
Last week the ‘Walton Tribune
carried a bold hold-up story
staged near this city.
Mr. Albert Peters, a young man
of Monroe, was said to have
: been held up at Maubry creek,
a few miles from Winder aind re
lieved of a small amount of
change.
Just as we were congratulating
Editor Camp upon the news scoop
Me had pulled off ,on us at
our door, we heard whispering
that there was'nothing to it —-
that the people of Monroe took
Jittle stock in the story told
by this young man.
Of course the “hold-up” was
copied by the Lawrenceville
News-Herald, the editor of which
always has Ins ears to the ground
ifjor any gossip that would place
thijj Ihustling little city in a had
light.
No doubt the Tribune editor
was; inposed upon by a young
ster who had been called down
for reckless driving, # or who
Grew on his imagination, for a
blood-curdling story that would
the wrath of an irate
father, indighant at careless driv
ing and punctured tires.
However, investigation fails to
fiji any good reasons tor the
story, and our citizens may
sleep on in peace, sure in the
faith that there are no “bad,
bole?highwaymen" in our midst,
the “harrowing experience” of
young Peters to the contrary not
withstanding.
For the peace of our God-fear-
* t i) tg 1 people, JJe next time this
'yDubig man decides to be held
.up wfe Wviuld thank him to stage
the scene of “action ' just a lee
jp&gurther fr u m our borders.
fj£YE -SPECIALIST COMING.
Ths Cuccsssful Atlanta Eye Spec
ialist, Kennon Mott, Will Be
In Winder, Tuesday Jan.
27th, And Give A
FREE EXAMINATION.
Those having bad eyes and
needing glasses, and suffers from
headaches or nervousness caused
from eye strain, will be glad to
hear of the return visit of Kennon
Mott, the Eye Specialist, from
Atlaanta, as above stated. He
has had a wide experience of
twenty years, and by liis non
%
medical method he has correct
ed eyes that seemed hopeless.
Children’s eyes are given special
attention, and cross eyes are
straightened without a knife or
while in some eases glasses
can be done away with entirely.
Glass eyes scientifically put in.
Examination is free, so don’t
ftageij the date, as be can only
Tiiesdav, Jan. 27th. Ilis of-
BoK : . ujgual. wll 1..- Dr. Ih-
Dental <
Watson’s Magazine For Sale.
Secure the Jeffersonian and
Watson’s Magazine from Julian
Ross- Only SI.OO p< r y e ar each,
fcdiet me put your name on
Hiy subscription 1 st.
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DOG DETECTIVES.
Mc~y Be Used In Georgia To
ditch Game Law
Vmlatars.
Atlanta, Ga.. Jan. 21.—Dog
detectives may be introduced in
to Georgia 'in the near future a,-
the result of the law prohibiting
the of game by parcel
post. ■ 1 ' '
The law against sending quail
Cud rabbits through the mail is
being continually violated, and if
wrapped with care there is no
way for the human inspector or
•detective to tell what is inside
except by unwrapping the par
ed.
. But take a first class hunting
<t' g ahd start him nosing around
nniuing the boxes and packages
ajnd. if there iis so much as a
single bird or one moll-cotton
tail in the lot he will find t with
ujJierr’Jng jseent.
If is this idea which has sug
gested that it would be a fine
•syeme, in the event of eorr.in-
U‘d violation of the lav jo add
a setter dog or two to the detect
ive staff at the federal bu lding.
It would reguire a pretty wise
dog to be able to pass the civil
service exanr'nath n. hut poss bly
that could be got around. Any
how, Bill Jetties of Campell coun
ty: lias got a hound wb.ieh he says
can work' long division, and
sol.nebodv else may have a bird
>' . .
dog with the .lame qualifications.
HON. W. C. BRADLEY.
Georgia Chamber Com
mittee on Growing And
Handling ctf Cotton.
Atlanta, Gat, .Jan. 21. lion.
W. C. Bradley, of Oolumbus, has
! bec,n appointed chairman of the
committee cn growing and hand
-Ing of cotton of the Georgia
Chamber of Commerce, by Pres
blent Charles G. linden. Thirty
prominent Georgians thoroughly
m touch with the cotton sit
uation have been named as the
members of the committee. They
represent every , eongressFual
dis* riot u tlie state.
Th,e personnel of this commit
tee was very carefully selected by
the officials and
J,x composed of gentlemen who
are in. intimate touch w th the
cJnditioiiii.whif.h need attention.
The intention of the chamber
Os to have brought together at
th- Imeetiing of the committee in
Macon <\n January 2. ( )tb, those
whd have practical ideas of
these subjects and will t devote
t me t'l the amelioration of con
ditions now detrimental to the
farmers and business interests of
Mi.ty state. tfn selecting 1 .Mr.
Bradley the Georgia Chamber of
Commerce feels that they have
a chairman well qualified to ren
der splendid work on account of
If s knowledge interest and en
ergy.
Stricken With Paralysis.
Friday afternoon, Mrs. Martha
Wright, wddovv of late K. C.
Wright, was stricken with paral
ysis. Mrs. Wrighl, lives in Wal
ton county, near Wright’s store,
vmdf ivs the mother of Mrs. Johtn
F. Wright and the grandmother
of Mrs. W. L. Jaskson, of this
city.
Winder, Jackson County, Ga., Thursday, January 22, 1914.
MRS. NINA AIFCRD.
Askt Athens Court to Award
Her Big Sum From Elbar
* ton Papain-Law.
A suit for *.">0,000 damages for
the alieni.atiiOn of her husband's
affection; was filed in the federal
court at Athens Saturday after
noon l>v Mrs. Nina Alford against
her fatherdn-law, A. N. Alford,
of ( Ujartwell, Ga., one of the
wealthiest citizens of that section
and a reputed millionaire. Mrs.
Alford, until her marriagecn Feb
2f>, 1012, was .Miss Nina Holt,
of Nash vile, and s!i.e a I at presen
livinng with her father, E. b.
Holt, prresildeut of the Ilarley-
Holt company.
Not only docs the young wife
charge that her father-in-law
caused her husband to desert her,
but she alleg s that s lice the >sep
ratioiT, ain heir to young Owen
Alford has been horn, and that,
tier I'ather-ilnHlaw refu es to
divulge her husband’s where
abouts so she can notify him of
the birth of his child.
TIkU she alleges that on Jan
uary 28, 1912, her father-in-law
-persuaded young Alford to de
sert) her and In* left the house on
the pretext that he wiw go pig
to take a short automobile trip.
She has not seen her husbaind
: ince then and doesn t yet know
lijii whereabouts. Mrs. Alford
charges in the suit.
Tin- father-in-law is furnishing
him m >liiey to remain awiy from
the state she further says, win >re
shd cannot reach him to ;| sk that
jhe assii.it in the ma ntenance of
hits child, who was born a few
I months after the separation.
GWINNETT'S SIGNATURE
SOLD FOR BIG SUM.
As trustees of the Telfair Acad
,omy of Arts and Sciences, tbe
hoard of curators of the Georgia
Historical society has sold to Her
bert L. Pratt of New York ifor
$2,800 a recently discovered au
tograph signature of But! an
GKOnneft ,i euly geverrar <
Georgia,, emigre’ man and oin*
of the th.ree signers of the Dec
laration ( f Bidependance from
this, stati*.
Th • signature sold to Mr. PraU
was written upon an old draft
made in favor of Noble W. Jones-
Though the small price of pgper
was a lit le soiled from creat ling,
it. wars in a fab* state of preserv
ation. Photographs of the draft
were made bblfore it* was sent to
its purchaser.
LINCOLN MEMORIAL MAY
BE OF GEORGIA MAK'BLE.
Washington, Jan. 20. —Secre-
tary Garrison has reserved liis
•dooflskm on w.hether the $2,000,
000. Lincoln memorial hen shall
be built of Colorado or Geor
glili marjble. 'flic Lincoln me
morial commission selected (Colo
rado marble, but Attorney Gen
eral Me Reynold#* decided that
W mretary Garrison was charged
with the final selection. .
I. E. Jackson & Cos., will move
their furniture business next
Week' to the Arnold building on
the corner of Athens and Jackson
streets, where tlmy will be bet
ter prepared to display their
stock.
; TEAR DOWN IEE WALL.
Citizen Wculd Let school Ears
Dcwn Apd Welcome All
Comers.
Editor Newsl read with
great interest the comunica
tion of Mr. O'. M. Thompson con
cerning secret conclaves and” the
“Walled City” and your reply to
i;ame. In fact, it lias been a gdi
e'raf topic of conversation since
it reached the streets.
Your answer to Mr. Tompson
i> heartily endorsed, and *no om>
is able to find Mr. Thompson\s
wall. The bankers say they lay
by in store the first of each year
funds for the farmer's needs;
the merchants keep constantly in
mind the farmer’s needs when
f , hey \ sit the great markers of
the east; the stick dealeis all
■Living tile very best mules for
hi,s use on the farm; the tele
phone man keeps him in touch
with, this city and the parcel
postman delivers packages at his
very door. Still, the ‘‘walled
city’”.
The only idea suggested in Mr.
Thompson’s article approaching
wall relates to our public school
system, and this is far-fetched,
as Winder’s! .school is supported
by taxation from within her Jim
i]ts.
However, along this line there
v.s food for serious thought.
'vVby should Winder not have
a; sure enough free school. Free
to 1 any man, girl or child that is
out for an education. Why not
eliminate corporate lines and let
those on the outside come freely
those from any county or state
come and fill o ur town with
hoarders. The money spent in
our midst by the e stucbnt.s, cir
culating through the marts <>l
trade, would far more than off
set the amount of taxation re
(piped to support such, a school.
As it is,, to semi re the benefit of
oiir school, a f; rn < r must break
up and move among us whether
iie has anything to do in the
city oi* not. if he would give hi
t'.ddren ''..■ benefit oi a higkci
ethical hm.
Ob. someone will say, “He
pays no town taxes, why should
he reap the benefit of our school.
In answer 1 say I pay town
taxes and Imv.- no children to ed
ucate, and JO per cent of the
tax budget is made up by men
wl o have no children to educate.
.Just as freely would I be tax
i'd t(f educate the children of
irfy rural neighbor whose pat
ronage lias made my bu (.mss
to prosper. ’They cannot get
the advantages of a higher ed
oration .out there. To town they
must come or send, and I for
one say.- Men of Winder, tear
down this school wall”
v I Citizen.
New Garag-e.
Mr. I. E. Jackson has let the
contract for the coustructhri ol
a one-story brick building to be
used for a garage. The building
will be built ot brick and will
be located on Athens street, jus.
across from Smith Hardware Cos.
Yarbrough &/ Bradley, two fine
young business men who have re
cently moved here, will occupy
the built ing as SjOu as complet t.
—the—
Shingleman.
8 Pages —No. 41
MU J. W. O'SHIELDS
HAS HIS ISG BROKEN
Prominent Jackson County Plant
er Is Seriously Hurt Sun
day Morning.
Last Sunday morning, Mr.
J. ‘W. O’Shields, who lives about
six miles from ‘Winder, <-n the old
Jefferson road, was seriously in
jured as the result of a runaway.
Mr. O'Shields had purchased a
pair of young mules, and Sunday
morning hitched one of them up
to drive to Statham. Tin* mule
became frightened while in St at h
am a,nd dashed. The bridle bits
broke, and in attempting to jump
from the buggy, Mr, O’Shields’
I‘ooi caught in the running gear
lif the vehicle anti hi/ leg was
brokn rn 1 lie was skinned and
bruised considerably.
Doctors were hastily summon
ed and dressed the man’s wounds.
Undertaker Ferguson of this city,
was called and carried Mr.
O’Shields home in his ambulance.
At In t reports he was resting
as easily as could he expected.
Fights His Last Battle.
Mr. W. 11. Wood, a well known
citizen of Gwinnett county and
an old confederate s'hlh-r, died
at! the home of his son, Mr. E. \ .
’Wood, in Gains district Wednes
day January 14, and his re
main: i were interred at Mount
Moriah Thursday. He was wound
ed in 1862 and lay on the battle
Jeld for three days without wa
ter or f hid and dime near dying
from exposure. His name was
among the finst to hr placed up
on Georgia’s pension roll.
Funeral services were conduct
ed by hii, life long friend, ' Rev*
11. N. Rainey, of this city, as
sisted by his pastor. H ( > was H)
years of age and the father of
several children.
MAHstcri'l Meeting.
The Winder dim t.ibil As
socudion held an ses
sion bust .Monday att rnoon.
liev. N. F’. Mcßrayer made an
address which was very limdy
and several of the preaclires pres
ent added tlieir endorsements of
tl, ■ t’i .lights simgi sted by Mr. .Me
Brayer.
11, real ter the meeting will be
held at 10 o’clock Monday morn
ing in the .Baptist church. Lay
brethren are cordially invited t<>
attend these meetings.
The first Sunday in February
w i|’l be observed as G c to
i luirch Day in Winder, and the
prcaelims urge all citizens to go
to s -me church on that day.
Smallpox in Winder.
' To the Public: '
7*i view of the fact that exag
gerated statements arc being cir
culated concerning the presence
of smallpox in this city. I desire
iri my official capacity to say
that there is only °ne case of
smallpox in Winder, and that
tin; patient and jnem.bers of the
family an* thoroughly quaran
tined and no one except the phy
sic i'a in allowed to enter the resi
dence.
.Ail members of the family are
ordered to remain in doors to
prevent tin* spreading of the dis
ease.
C. B. Almond, M I)
Chairman Board of Health.