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JOL. XXI.
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T NEW SCCHOOL BUILDING
■vcr Authorized to Appoint Com-
w utt of Ten Citizen* at Largs
Ito D.ca Plan* and R * Com '
■ mend Them to Council^
lit the re#oil* r meeting: of Ooun-
J night, the Major **a ß
“ to name a committee of
Z citizen* at large to wlork ill con
■ction with the Finance Committee
off Council and recommend the best
■ n t 0 council for the erection of a
wldsome school building ample to
Bp for the school children of the
■
Bssrs. Mayne and Bagwell of the
B r d of Education appeared before
Xcil and urged the necessity of
Bething being done at once.
of us realize that a commo-
B's school building to properly
f( L e our school children is the
B ni r necessity of ' the moment,
■ere are three ways council may
■at this matter-order an election
■ school bonds, levy special tax or
■•row the money.
■ pon the report of this committee
H depend largely the action of
council in the matter.
■n,ne vacancies were reported on
ti , Board of Education by expi ra
fts of terms, and council selected
Mksrs. W. B. McCants, H. T. Flan-
j g; L and Councilman G S. Millsaps
a?! members of the board. Mi. Flan
lgjl n succeeds himself and Millsaps
K McCants succeed Messrs H. E.
Mfllikin and S. C. Potts. The new*
mimbers are all representative busi-
IL men, capable of energetic wotk
■ the interest of the children
■he chairman of streets was in
gtiwcted by council to grant no per
il- to any one to tend any land
in the city limits where our map
■ws that a street right-of-way has
been given, and the chairman was
Kid to open all streets to the
ft- limits as fast as public interest
and facilities will permit
Ihairman Strange of the Water and
Commission appeared before
coi ncil and asked for indorsement
for the placing of water mains and
■ ers on certain streets. The mat
pr was referred to the finance com
mittee and prompt attention wfll be
men the matter.
I "ON WITH THE DANCE.”
iVlnderites “Trip the Light Fan-
K I tastic” to the Strains of an
■ Athens Orchestra.
|HPhe second of a series of enjoya
ble dances \uas given on Wednesday
pev< ling by the German club.
a number of charming girl
were present and several
ig gentlemen from the University,
music was furnished by Haugh
■ Orchestra from Athens and the
(, ers enjoyed the delightful exer
until the “wee sma’ hours of
■ morning.
|B^ :! ong those dancing were Mr. and
1* A. Flanigan, Mrs. Vonder-
Midge and Mrs. G. A. Johns, Mr.
Mrs. Snipes, Mr. and Mrs. H. A.
Jr., Misses Marie Smith,
H<mi. India, Alma Niblack, Robbie
jMhinganie. Grace Graddick, Helen
Falbe Mae Pinkerson, Hester
Arnold, Rachel Nunnally,
E 0 Felker, Medlin and Mobley,
Ej Dubose of Athens; Messrs.
°x. Barrett, Duncand, Morse,
■y ■ Langston, Nicholson, Weath-
E " l,i ' Morrow, Thompson, E.
E 'ange, T. B. Strange, Ralph
E ' Smith, Barnes, Reeves.
■ arten an and others.
■ T ax Assessors Appointed.
E * ri - ill has appointed
E tax assessors for Bar-
E Mr. C. A. Hutchins, of
E Thos. Treadwell, of
Rm ( air; ' and Mr. M. J. Glriffeth, of
' T Itese gentlemen are com-
E I,d qualified men for these
E Positions and the county
E Wf ' !l served by them .
ttkttver Hem
AN INTERESTING SESSION
OF THE COURT OF ORDINARY
Legal Fight for the Poseeseion of a
Baby the Moet Interesting Case
Decided.
a Monday was the regular session of
the Court of Ordinary of Barrow
county and a number of matters per
taining to the estates before the
court were attended to by the Or
dinary.
Perhaps the most interesting mat
ter was a habeas corpus case
brought by Mrs. Wilson, of Hall coun
ty, against her husband for the pos
session and custody of a three
year-old baby that she contended
her husband had carried away from
her.
I Clol. G*. D. Ross appeared for the
mother and Col. K. P. Carpenter
appeared for the father. The Ordina
ry, after a lengthy hearing on Wed
nesday awarded the custody of the
child to the mother.
This case was stubbornly fought
from a legal standpoint, law, senti
ment and eloquence all playing their
parts.
SUNDAY SCHOOL SPECIALIST
Will Be at The Christian Church
Next Sunday Morning.
Miss Cynthia Pearl Maus, of Cin
cinnati, Ohio, a Sunday School Spe
cialist in Pedagogy, will speak at the
Christian church next Sunday morn
ing at 11:30. It is a treat to have
these Sunday school workers of note
visit our city, and the public is most
cordially invited to be present, espe
cially the Sunday school worker’ and
members of the Christian church.
SUFFRAGETTE'S CONVENTION
TO PLAY AT STATHAM.
The local W. C T. Us. will play
their "Suffragette Convention” in
Statham on Thursday night, April
13th. All proceeds to go to the erec
tion of Winder’s new school build
ing.
This play was a great success when
played in Winder some weeks ago and
we are sure the Statham people will
enjoy this very amusing farce com
edy.
Barrow County Soon to be a Banner
Sunday School County.
The county Sunday school officials
have been working to make Barrow
county a Banner County, and have
arranged for the last Division meet
ing in the county to be held with
Pleasant Hill church on Sunday af
ternoon, April 18th, at 2:30 o’clock.
All the Sunday school workers in
Statham district are urged to be
present at this meeting. The county
officers say that they are going to
make Barrow county a Gt>ld Star
county by another year.
Winderites Should Take Notice.
From day to day I am called upon
to answer questions concerning what
this one or that one may do with
sidewalks or streets, opened and un
opened. Right or wrong, rough or
pasy, the Council has instructed us
as chairman of streets, to give no
one permission to encroach upon the
city’s property. To save possible
damage before the year is ended, it
would be well for no one to presume
on what may or may not be doi
as this street department believes
in streets —good streets, and plenty
of them.
Buy Cotton in Atlanta .
Winder cotton buyers, always alert,
energetic and wise, this week invad
ed the precincts of the Gate City,
wfaved the vaunted Atlanta Spir,t
aside, and relieved the Coco-Cola
King, philanthropist and all-round Oc
topus of several hundred bales he lib
erally retired from the market a
short while ago on a loan basis of
6 per. ( ill
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF BARROW COUNTY AND THE CITY OF WINDER.
Winder, Barrow County, Ga., Thursday, April Bth, 1915.
WINDER POSTAL RECEIPTS
SHOW STEADY INCREASE.
If Present Growth Continue* Office
Will Soon be Rated a Second
Class.
It should be a source of gratifica
tion to the citizens erf Winder and
the patrons on the rural routes out
from this city to learn that the re
ceipts of the Winder post office are
gaining by leaps and bounds in every
department, for the reason that it
takes receipts to insure a better ser
vice more accommodations and a
Federal building for the city .
Postmaster McCants informs The
News that the end of the fiscal year
showed the largest business ever
handled, and especially is the parcels
post and money-order departments in
creasing in volume.
The rural routes are well patron
ized and satisfactorily handled. The
city office gets credit for this vol
ume of business, but the people along
the routes must patronize them
enough to authorize their contin
uance and the cost to the govern
ment. No criticism has been made
of the Winder routes by the depart
ment, but in many other sections
they have been under question.
While the office is a government
institution, it is a local necessity
and Winder people and those who
live along the routes are its owners
and they can make it what they will
by giving it support.
When we make it a second class
office we get better service and are
much nearer a handsome building.
Death of An Aged Woman.
Sunday afternoon —EJaster Sunday—
Mrs. W. H. House, life companion
of “Uncle” Billy House, and a high
ly respected woman of this section,
passed away at her home a few miles
from this city. She was 82 years of
age and had been in- feeble health for
several months. Her demise is at
tributed to the infirmities of age,
grip and resultant pneumonia.
The funeral and interment occurr
ed Monday afternoon. Revs. Wynn
and Reeves conducted the services.
Her body rests in Chapel cemetery.
She leaves three sons and one
daughter, besides the aged husband,
to mourn her departure. They are
William, John and Monroe House ar.d
Mrs. D. D Jones.
Uncle William, the aged husband,
himself has been confined to his b ,j u
from illness for several weeks, but
we are pleased to state that he is
able to be up at present. The sym
pathy of numerous friends goes out
to him and his family in this hour
)f sadness.
County Attorney and.Courty Physician
Appointed by Judge Hill.
Judge H. G. Hill appointed Judge
G. A. Johns of Winder as County
Attorney, and Dt. E. F. Saxon as
county physician.
Young Man Dies.
C. W. O’Kelly, a young man about
35 years of age, died at his home on
the plantation of Mr. W. B. Patrick
Tuesday. Formerly .Mr. O’Kelly was
connected with the Seaboard Railway
and stationed at this place. Pneu
monia was the cause of his death.
The funeral and interment took
p’ace at Cedar Creek church Wednes
day.
Civic League.
A meeting is announced for the
Civic League next Wednesday after
noon at 4 o’clock at the Christian
church. Business of importance and
all members are urged to be present
Now is the time to screen vour
doors and windows. Buy your screen
doors, windows and screen wire from
the Smith Hardware Cos.
Frances Ford as Sherlock Holmes,
in “The Sutdy in Scarlet,” tonight ]
at the No-Name theater.
COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
Hold* First Regular Session at the
Court House Tuesday.
The County Board of Education
held its first monthly meeting in the
County Superintendent’s office Tues
day. Dr. J. C. Daniel, D. W. Hay
nie, L. W. Leslie, J. R. Burel and J.
B. Thompson compose the board, and
were all present. Mr. Thompson, w ho
was in Florida when the other mem
bers of the board were sworn in, was
present Tuesday and was sworn in
by Judge Hill.
The board is taking an active intnr
est in the public schools of the coun
ty. Although they started late in
the session with the school system
for 19l. r >, they hope to have, as soon
as possible, one of the best county
systems to be found in Georgia.
The regular meetings of the board
will be on the first Tuesday in each
month.
The County Hoard of Health, com
posed of H. G. H4ll, Ordinary; W. M.
Holsenbeck, School Superintendent
and Dr. S. T. Ross, held its first
meeting this morning.
A JAPANESE PARTY.
Those who were fortunate enough
to enjoy the hospitality of Mrs. Ho
mer Smith at her home on church
street Thursday afternoon last, will
long remember a scene, pretty, in
teresting and instructive. For the
time being her home took on the the
air of a Japanese festival and th-H ef
fect was "Japanese” in its every de
tail. Mrs. Smith in full Jap costume
met her guests in true Japanese fash
ion, then conducting them to a room
near by, all were soon converted into
petite Japanese ladles, each being
gowned in a pretty kimona with re
quisite ornaments for the hair. What
a charming picture awaited them in
the living room. The spirit of Japan
was all prevailing. The odor of
incense was in the air and was soon
found burning before favorite gods
of the Japanese —paintings from the
hands of the hostess. All about the
room were Japanese paintings and
every conceivable curio. In the cen
ter of the room, suspended from the
chandeliers were Japanese lanterns,
under which was hanging a gorgeous
Japanese parasol, on each rib of
which was found to be guest favors.
Again in true Japanese fashion all
furniture wtas removed, cushions be
ing used for chairs. Thus seated,
and on small tables the guests play
ed several games of 500. The score
cards used were tiny hand-painted
bags into which rice was put wlen a
progression was made. Pretty is
scarcely the word to describe the din
ing-room. It had been converted into
a Japanese tea garden —everywhere
the wistaria, chrysanthemum, and
peach blossom was in evidence Chi v
santhemums formed graceful decora
tions for doors and window*, while
peach blossoms were used effectivelv
throughout the room.
Here again were quaint Japanes >
curios and the small tables and cush
ions. Place therein twenty handsome
and prettily-“kimonaed” young mat
rons, shed over them a subdued ligh*
from Japanese lanterns and cand'es
and you can scarcely imagine a pret
tier picture.
The place cards were hand-paint
ed. '
Four courses, in refreshments, wor
served—the first consisting o” crys
talized fruits on minat.ure hand-paint
ed baskets, a the sound from Jap
anese chymes, grape fruit cock-tail
was served, followed by a sandwich
course and tea, this, in turn, being
replaced by fruit Jelatine, whipped
cream and cake.
Easter Egg Hunt.
Last week Mrs. Grover Moseley
entertained her Sunday school class
at an Easter egg hunt. The children
thoroughly enjoyed themselves romp
ing over the green in their search for
the golden egg.
WANT ADS IN
THE NEWS
PAY. TRY THEM.
ELECTION FOR JUSTICES OF
THE PEACE AND CONSTABLES.
Judge A. I. Lyle, S. C. Hill and
W. L. Grgeeon Chosen in
House*.
The election held for Justices of
the Peace and Constables in the sev
eral militia districts of Barrow coun
ty last Saturday resulted as follows:
Houses- —A. [ Lyle, Justice of the
Peace; S. C. Hill and W. L. Gree
son, Constables.
Bethlehem —W. C. Baggett,, Jus
tice of the Peace; E. W. Brown,
Constable.
Jones —J. L. Lackey, Justice of the
Peace; M. B Griffeth and J. Her
schel Clack, Constables.
Pentecost —W. A. Hayes, Justice
of the Peace; J. W. Elrod and J. W.
Doster, Constables
Ben Smith’s —G. R. Edwards, Jus
tice of the Peace; W. H. Greeson
and J. H. Parks, Constables.
Statham —W W. Stinehcomb and
A. G. Palmer, Constables.
Auburn —D. I). Reynolds, Consta
bles.
In Bethlehom district two of the
candidates for Constable tied, and in
Auburn one of the men chosen could
not qualify because he was an em
ployee of Uncle Sam.
FINE MUSICAL PROGRAM.
At the Court House Friday Night,
April 9th.
In connection with the preliminary
contest tomorrow night 1 will givo
a voice program ranging in variety
from the most classic productions
to the sweet and tender lullabies of
Frank L. Stanton.
those who habitually attend
Winder's light attractions come out
tomorrow night and lend their in
fluence to an attraction worth while.
It will help you; it wtfll help the
school and lhe singer.
Popular prices—10 cents for chil
dren and 15 cents for adults.
Robert Lewie Barksdale,
Singer Evangelist and Lecturer.
SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE.
Mayor Perry has announced the
following citizens as a committee to
work w-itli the Finance Gbrnmittee of
Council as to the best procedure to
adopt in the erection of anew school
house. The following compose the
committee:
H. N. Rainey, Chairman; W. C.
Horton, C. M. Ferguson, T. A. May
nard, W. L. Blasingame, W. 11.
Toole, L. A. House, R. L. ('anthers,
G. W. De La Perriere and W. B.
McCants.
This is a fine committee, represen
tative of business Winder, and we
feel sure that council will ba<k
them up on any plan they recom
mend to blot out Winder’s shame
by replacing it with a modern school
building.
Camp Fire Girls Meet.
On last Friday afternoon the Camp
Fire Girls met with Miss Mary Damn.
The meeting was a ceremonial one,
and two new, members were received,
namely: Misses Mae Graddick and
Caroline Branch. After the usual cer
emonies had been finished and the
honor heads had been given a de
licious salad course was served. Miss
D'unn was assisted in serving by her
mother. Those present were Misses
Carolyn Branch, Mae Graddick, Sara
Hayes, Horence Foy, Williams,
Ernestine Push, Thelma Woodruff,
Vallie Mae Woodruff, Charlotte Mc-
Cants, Louise Strange, Lurleen Gar
rison, Lila Dell Stanton, Mary Dunn,
and the guardian, Miss Ora Lee
Camp.
Jackson's New Game Warden.
Former Deputy Sheriff J W. Stock
ton, of Jefferson, has been appoint
ed as Game Warden for Jackson conn
ty, vice J R. Duke, resigned .
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