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jf janijTH.Ti tv. r i Pianog, Organs, Buggies. VOL. XX.—B Pages MAUBRIY CREEK ROBBERY fvIATTER OF IMAGINATION. ————— 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. mjrwmzc mm 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.