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fVILL BE GUEST DURING
I PYTHIAN CONVENTION.
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HON. HAL M. STANLEY.
Mr. Stanley is now at the head of the Knights of Pythias in Geor
gia, and will pay an official visit to Winder during the First District
Convention. Besides the Grand Chancellor other noted Georgians will
■e present, and the occasion will be one of intense interest to all
Hi ho attend.
MEETING TONIGHT TO BE
FULL OF INTEREST.
■Russell Lodge Preparing to Entertain
Big Convention February 18.
t There is much activity and inter
est in Pythian ranks, in this city,
Hit present on account of the coining
Hhstrict convention which meets
Hvith Russell Lodge 99 two weeks
Hrom today.
The Winder lodge has always been
■one of the strongest in the state, and
■there are a number of new ment
is hips being added.
The committees- appointed to ar-
Irange the details for the convention
■are busily engaged on their duties
■ and at tonight’s session there will be
■ completed reports rendered by them.
Degree work is also to be conferred
lon several candidates and all mem
■ hers are urgently requested to at
| tend this meeting.
I- I
I DARN THIS WAR;
GLOOM FOR HUBBY.
Hats for women are to be more
expensive thisi year, if styles display
ed at the convention of the Nation
al Association of Milliners in Chi
cago this week are followed.
Hand work would be responsible
for the increase, it was said. Hand
made grapesi and flowers will be
the chief decoration of the late sum
mer creations. Sailor hats are to
be popular, but a novelty, which it
is expected, will be worn much, is a
bis;h hat fashioned like a man’s opera
hat.
mail thief convicted
MONDAY IN ATLANTA.
Clifford Craig:, sixteen years old,
as convicted of stealing a parcel
Poh package from a counter in the
I-uvrenceville postoffice. Judge M •
1 Newman sentenced Craig to two
C -rs in the National Training School
for Boys, at Washington.
Mr. (>. w. Woodruff is, out of the
c; . on a business trip this week.
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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF BARROW COUNTY AND THE CITY OF WINDER.
COL. GOMEZ DEAD
AT MARIETTA HOME.
Marietta, Ga., Feb. 4. —Colonel N.
M. Gomez, a well known resident of
this place died yesterday at 2 P. M.
from a stroke of paralysis.
Colonel Gomez resided with his
daughter, Mrs. N. K. Smith, at 407
Whitlock avenue. For many years
he was; a resident of Rome, Winder
and Ac worth.
Col. Gomez was seventy years rf
age, and was a member of the First
Florida regiment during the battle: i
of the war between the states.
Mr. Gomez was for several years
proprietor of the Granite Hotel in
this city, and his many friends here
learn of his demise with much sor
row.
During his residence here his
daughter, Mrs. N. K. Smith, and her
husband, who is a well known sales,
man in the South, lived with him,
and their hundreds of friends deeply
sympathize with them in their be
reavement.
AUGUSTA INCREASES
ITS CITY TAX RATE.
Augusta, Ga., February 2. ( ity
council has increased the tax i ate
one-fourth of 1 per cent for the year
1913, which will make the rate $1.30
per SIOO, as against $1.23 last year.
It is estimated that this will in
crease the city’s income about $60,-
000 for the current year.
Baugh & Henson.
Mr. J. V. Henson has purchased
an interest in the grocery business
of J. R. N. Baugh, and is already
engaged in the business.
Mr. Henson has many friends in
the city and the firm of Baugh *
Henson will be kept up to the high
standard set by Mr. Baugh, the sen
ior member of the firm.
Mrs. W. H. Quarterman has re
turned from a visit to friendr
in Atlanta and Powder Springs.
Winder, Barrow County, Ga., Thursday, February 4th, 1915.
WINDER SCHOOLS GROWING.
A New Building Is Badly Needed. —
Honor Roll for Second
Quarter.
As the population of Winder in
creases the school enrollment corre
spondingly grows larger. At the close
of the second quarter ending in .Janu
ary, 1911, the total enrollment in the
white schools was 424. Now it is
540. This is an increase of 33 over
the enrollment up to the same date
last year.
In order to avoid congested condi
tions in the main school and also to
accommodate the people in the fae
* ry district a school was establish
ed in that part of town with C. C
Church in charge; and on account ot
the crowded condition in the second
and third grades in the main school.
Miss Pearl Mcßrayer was added to
the faculty and is teaching on the
rostrum in the auditorium. New
desks were purchased for the over
flow, but asi new pupils have entered
since the holidays it is impossibl
to give all a comfortable seat.
It is to he regretted that the old
building leaks in several places and
is otherwise very uncomfortable dur
ing these dreary winter days, but
Winder is looking forward to som< -
thing better. Let us all pull togeth
er for anew building next summer.
To wait until business is again
flourishing is but to add to the cost
of construction.
The second quarter has ended and
below will be found the names of
those appearing on the honor roll.
Fourth Grade, Miss Daniel, Teacher.
Edith House 97.4, May Ouzts 96. G,
Essie Lay 96.6, William McDonald
96.6,
Fifth Grade, Miss Rives Teacher.
Edna Appleby 93, Ruby Woodruff
94, El&ie Starr 94 Bernice Lay 94,
Elizabeth Reeves 94, May Boyce Yar
brough 94, Grace Mealor 93, Bessie
Sheridan 93, Imogene Herrin 91, Ber
tram Radford 91, Elula Tolbert 90,
Sixth Grade, Miss Miller Teacher.
Addie May Graham 96.6, Gertrude
Rogers 96, Freida Durst 93.8, Louise
House, 93.6, Sara Frances Segars 93.2
Shannon Smith 93, Desma Bradberry
92.6, Lagree Jacobs- 92, Lila Moore
90.8, Alma Patrick 90.6, Ralph Har
digree 90.2 Beatrice Bolton 90.2,
Willie Mae Eavenson 90,
Seventh Grade, Miss Wallace Teache
Edwin Starr 96, Gordon Toole 96
Irene Rankin "*96, Mary Louise Johns
95, Emory Stewart 95, Marion
Meadow 95, Ina Appleby 93, Kathleen
Wilson 93, Runette Woodruff 93,
Sybil Millsaps 92, Ambrose Jackson
91, Mabel Herrin 90, Thelma Moore
90, Lamar Smith 90.
High School.
Eighth Grade.—Earl Kilgore 98.
Ruth Williams 96, Beulah Ferguson
96, Wilba Appleby 93, Inez Rankin
91, Grace Sheridan 91, Maud Henson
90,
Ninth Grade. —Viola Towler 99.1,
Josephine House 97.8, Annie Lay 97.6
Montine Robinson 97.1, Evelyn Rad
ford 95.8, Essie Maughon 94.6,
Irene Moore 93.6, Louise Strange
93.1, Kieth Quarlerman 93, Desma
Elder 93, Charlotte McCants 92.5.
Lois Williams 91.8, Ernestine Bush
90.8.
Tenth Grade—Fayette Sims 97.5,
Camilla Sims 94.2, Charlie Mae Still
94.2, Chester Maynard 93.7, Thelma
Woodruff 93, Nelle McCants 92.2, Gus
Foster 91.2.
Eleventh Grade—Clyde House 98.6,
Anita Sims 97.6, Vallie Mae Woodruff
96.5, Lillian Meadow 95.2, Mabel Jack
son 95, Sarah Hayes 94.6, Lila Dell
Betts 93.
W. F. HTTFFAKER, Teacher.
Shooting Affray in Hart.
Hartwell, Ga., February 3.—John
Richardson surrendered to Sheriff
Johnson today, after having shot
Wofford Bailey. It is not thought
the wound will prove fatal. Both are
prominent young white farmers.
OPEN SESSION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL TUESDAY NIGHT
Citizens of Winder Given an Oppor
tunity to Witness City Fathers
in Action —Surprise Sprung,
Eloquence Displayed.
(Staff Correspondence.)
Mr. Editor:
As city council has ordained open
sessions of that august body it is<
due the ladies and old men of the
community who are denied the priv
ilege of attending the dramatic ex
ercises that the Winder News give
publicity to its actions.
Knowing that you are one of the
city fathers, 1 feel that it would ap
pear egotistical upon your part for
you to launch into an extended re
port of the great strides being made
by the present mayor and council
looking to the financial, moral and
educational advancement of the city.
The News being the only paper,
the official gazette of the city of
Winder and the County of Barrow,
and realizing the peculiar position in
which you are placed, as an inter
ested spectator and citizen 1 sub
mit you herewith a report of the ses
sion of Tuesday evening last.
The meeting wasi called to con
vene at 7:30 and the doors to tin
council chamber were thrown open
to the public at 6:15 o’clock.
It had been rumored that Mr. T. A.
Maynard was registering a strenuous
kick against paying 1914 city taxes
on the houses occupied by cotton
mill operatives and owned by him,
and upon which the said Maynard
collected the rents. Quite a number
of the curious, had been drawn to
the council chamber by this rumor."-
Promptly at 7:30 Alderman Rbss
and Councilman Mill saps came saun
tering in and took their seats side by
each.
Mayor Ferry, Alderman Wages and
Oouneilmen Hodges, Hill and Moore
were a little late in arriving, but
they came in almost simultaneously
and the meeting was called to order.
Mr. Claud Mayne appeared in tin
audience bringing with him a neat
and securely wrapped package and
quietly selected a seat.
Clerk Foy read the proceedings of
the previous meeting which were
adopted, and then it was that the
early arrivals, Messrs. Millsaps and
Ross heard a clap of thunder from
a clear sky.
Mr. W. O. Perry tendered his
resignation as chairman of the board
of education, to take effect immedi
ately.
Alderman Ross began sparring for
time that he might effect a line up
of the allies, but the forts had al
ready been taken, and the Mayor in
sisted upon an acceptance in&tanter,
which action was unanimous.
Alderman Wages nominated Harry
Millikin to succeed Mr. Perry.
Alderman Ross placed in nomina
tion Judge G. A. Johns and spoke i’
earnest solicitation to the mayoi and
council for the selection of a mar.
whose studious habits, mental and
moral qualifications and promfnem e
in the community would reflect credit
upon the town and redound to th<
benefit of Winder’s educational in
terests. His remarks were wasted
upon the desert air. Harry Millikin
was elected by a secret ballot. Milli
kin, 4; Johns, 2.
The new' member of the board is
an ex-soldier of the Spanish-Amer
ican war, and receives a pension
from the government for disabilities
contracted in the line of duty He
drives the Ozeola wagon and is the
owner of Tink, the scrapping fox ter
rier of Winder.
Mr. Millikin is the comedian who
amused the throngs at the Barrow
county fair by dressing 'in a comic
costume and crying "Chee-nu-ing”
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URGES THE ENRLOLMENT
OF ALL SCHOOL CHILDREN.
State Superintendent Sends Out Cir
cular Letter to All County
Superintendents. t
M. L. Brittain, state superinten
dent of public education, has sent out
a circular letter to all county super
intendents in the state urging super
them the necessity of emphasizing
the enrollment of all children upon
the school rosters.
With each letter he gives the fig
ures for 1913 of the number of chil
dren in the county to which the
letter is directed who did not attend
school a single day for that year.
In his letter he declares “we
shall never succeed in educating the
children who are not in our schools
and in the absence of a compulsory
law if the county authorities do not.
emphasize the enrollment of all chil
dren in the district the number of
illiterates will not be diminished.”
GEN. VILLA HAS SEIZED
PRESIDENCY OF MEXICO.
He Issues Proclamation Stating He
Is In Charge of the Republic
El Paso, Texas, February 3. —Fran-
cisco Villa has proclaimed himself
in charge of the presidency of Mex
ico. This was announced in a tele
gram from General Villa receiveedi
tonight by his agents here.
V)IIa gave as his reason for asum
take charge of the civil government.
Villa gave a shis reason for assum
ing the office that his forces had
been separated from the convention
government, headed by Roque Gon
zales Garza as provisional president.
gum and pop-corn for sale, but his
greatest qualification as an educator
is due to the fact that he has ever
beern tiie mayor’s staunch supporter
political, religious, secret and other
wise. .
Ex-Clerk Rainey was called upon
to read his final report of the city’s
affairs for the years 1913 and 1914.
It proved to be a most excellent re
port and was received by the Mayor
and Council with flattering commen
dations.
Claud Mayne asked the body for
permission to make a few remarks
and appeared at the rostrum with
his neatly wrapped package. Mr.
Mayne had “suspicioned ’ that Mr.
Perry would resit n from the board
of education at this meeting of coun
cil and came prepared to present him
with a token of esteem and appre
ciation for his long and faithful ser
vices in the interests, of education.
With a few well chosen remarks he
presented a walking cane to the
mayor on behalf of the members of
the board of education. The mayor s
speech of acceptance was touching
in the extreme.
The main act of the evening was
then staged—the Maynard tax kick.
After a runnine tross-fire of half an
hour with Col. Lewis Russell and
Mr. Maynard pitted against Aldermen
Wages and Ross with 1 rank Bondu
rant on the? witness stand, Mr. May
nard become excited and left the
hall, after which, in all fairness,
council corrected an error as to the
number of houses .Mr. Maynaid
owned, and sustained the assessment
of the former council.
By motion the special tax on meat
markets was- lowered from $25.00 to
$15.00.
When your scribe quit taking nob‘s
Councilman Moore was in a heatid
argument with the audience.
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