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OFFICIAL ORG AN OF BARROW COUNTY AND CITY OP WINDER
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ROrtfcK 1 O.'ita'sx " ..Editor.
VOL. XXII. Thursday, April 22, 1915. No. 2.
Let Us Have Rea! Chautauquas.
Then? is a movement on foot to
bring: the Chautauquas up to a point
whan tin y will in. t'< cemj.iotcly < in
brace the great Idea conceived by tin*
late R v. Vincent the founder of the
plan. Ir. Viiict nt'a idea was educa
tional. The modern Chautauqua* are
descending toward the level of mere
vaudeville shows, The educational
feature is neglected and the enter
tainment or “show”’ ft fcture magni
fied. if this statement is doubted
or challenged its truth can Le proven
by reference to the advertisement
or announcements of almost any < f
the Chautauqnas held in this sta
In the past five or ten years. The
fault lies, not with the local manage
ments, but wholly with the lyccum
and lecture bureaus which furnish
the programs. The patrons of the
Chautauqnas would welcome a return
to the original idea. The Chautaa
quas should be the people’s universi
ties. The patrons should be given t!i
opportunity of hearing what the gr t
thinkers and leaders have to say
upon the live subjects under discus
sion by the American people. The
forum should be thrown open to de
bate, for one tiling. Jly dis Mission
we arrive at tho truth. There is ph*n
ty of "talent" to be had to present
both sides of any question. And there
surely is interest enough in the many
many problems of tin- day to insuro
even greater crowds at the gate. Im
agine the drawing power of joint de
hates upon such subjects as ‘‘Union
ism vs. the 055011 Shop,” “Should
.Women Vote.” “Socialism vs. De
mocracy,” Prohibition vs. Regulation,
“Armament or Peace Treaties,” the
“High Tariff vs. Low Tariff.” and so
on down the great list, with real, rec
ognized national or state or even
local authorities to present each side
fairly. A man or woman who attend
ed a Chautauqua where such subjects
were discussed would go home at the
end of the week with the feeling that
the time had been well spent. Of
course there would have to be en
tertainment features and plenty of
<;ood music but the educational aspect
of the program should not be made
secondary to mere entertainment.
* The Winder News says: “Swat
the fee system.” It needs swatting
with a great big swatter.—Madison
Madisonian.
£ven the hens are getting into the
dreadnought class. A Pennsylvania
hen has laid an eight inch egg.
Buys Sikes tot,
Mr. T. VV. Burson, believing in
the future of Winder, and being an
enthusiastic young Barrowtte, as an
investment Monday purchased the
beautiful lot at the corner of Broad
and New streets from Mr. W. L.
Sikes.
Mr. Burson is the bookkeeper at
the Winder Dry Goods Store.
Think right and pursue the right
course and success is always certain
to come to you.
A village editor tells us that hard
cider is the spirit of the country
press.
Peter Hurd.
There is an old negro living neai
Statliam, Barrow county, who claims
to be 107 years of age. He says that
he remembers when there was but
two or three houses in Marthasvilb*
now Atlanta. It was at this place,
he says, the white folks met to di
vide the slaves composing his fam
ily. He fell to Zeno Perkins and was
brought to Jackson county, where he
has since lived.
Uncle Teter A s hale a..d hearty and
can manage to get about all light
unassisted.
BARROW YOUNG IN PAYS
BUT OLD IN EXPERIENCE.
A few people,may not 1:<
it, but Harrow county is mi the map
in more ways than one|j|
Cut from three of the best counties
in the state, she started business with
out a dollar in her treasury, hut as
soon as she was permitted to go
into the money markets she borrow
ed money for her county needs at 0>
per cent per annum, a cheaper rate,
it is said, than either of the counties
from which she was cut, and as
cheap as any county in the state is
borrowing money, barring bond mon
ey.
narrow may be young in days, but
her business men are old in expe
rience.
Keep your eye on the North Geor
gia Baby. "We are Building a Oity
Here.”
! NATIONAL BANK SUES
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
The Riggs National Rank of Wash
' in ton, I). 0., has created a sensation
by filing a suit against the Secretary
of the Treasury, the Assistant Secre
tary, and the Controller of the Cur
r ncy. The Treasury Department has
the right by law, and dors exercise
a strict supervision over the affairs
of national banks. The Riggs Nation
al Rank has flatly refused to furnish
information called for by the Treas
ury Department and that Department
notified them of the imposition of a
fine of one hundred dollars per day,
until the information is furnished.
This brought on the suit. The Treas
ury Department Is entitled to infor
mation concerning all the affairs and
transactions of National Ranks They
have found that the directors and
president and vice president have
been indulging in questionable tran
sactions with the deposit money of
the bank. While this hank is a very
strong one, and is overwhelmingly
solvent, the practice complained of
would lead to Its insolvency if per
mitted to go on unchecked by the
Treasury Department. The Riggs
National Rank of Washington, I>. CV
is directly connected with the Na
tional City Bank of New York, which
Is the Great “Standard Oil” bank,,
and this fight which is now on, is
no doubt partly at least if not whole
ly instigated by the Standard Oil Cos.,
and they evidently want to show that
they are more powerful than the Fed
eral Government. When the Repub
licans were in power the Riggs Na
tional Dank had one of their o" n
clerks seated right in the office of
the Treasury Department w here hej
obtained exclusive iniormation at first a
band for the benefit of the Standard
Oil interests. The first thing that
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
did when he entered the office was
to order the Riggs’ clerks out of the
Treasury Department, and this w'as
really the beginning of the fight be
tween the Treasury Department and
the Standard Oil Go., and inciden
tally the Riggs National Hank.
IT STUCK.
"Strange, is a mother. The only
cruel thing she ever does to you is
to die and leave you.” That was a
“leader" appearing on the screen at
the No-Name the other night, ft
was from the story of a plot well
done, and we believe that every per
son who read those words and have
been "left" by mother will remember
that one thing longer than they will
the picture.
Banks Close Monday.
At the request of Winder banking
institutions we state that all banks
in Winder will be closed Monday, the
South's National holiday.
Good indigestion is needed when a
fellow has to eat his own words.
VIOLET-TIME IN BARROW.
It’s violet-time in Barrow—the woods are full of ’em;
Their purple faces greet you as they nod upon the stem.
Swayed by breeze that brings you music from a thousand feather’d throats
Of songbirds in the gre n trees that hide their new' spring coats.
It’s violet-time in Barrow —you can see gray Winter’s doom.
On the hills and in the valleys the wild rose soon will bloom,
Along the fences— by he roadside the jessamine will sprawl,
But the fragrance of the v.ipLt s the sweetest of em all.
It’s violet-time In Barrow —there’s a wholesome lesson, too,
In their modest little message to folks like me and you;
(’lose your eyes and listen —can’t you hear iom saj,
"Springtime is the gladtime; be happy while you may."
It's violet-time in Barrow —and the folks are Reelin’ spry;
Green fields all about ’em promise good tilings bye and bye.
Peace and plenty sure is cornin’ from the good God up above,”
Is the message of the violets —they whisper us His love.
Terse Comments of the Press.
AN EDITOR’S COMMISSION.
| Says the Litchfield (111.) News-
TTerald: Not 10/ ago a man came
into tins office and stopped his paper
because he said it was always print
ing a lot of things about the same
people and said he was sick of it.
Now when something goes wrong
with the country the government ap
points a commission to investigate
and find out what is the matter, and
the first thing a commission inves
tigates is the man who made the
holler to see if the holler was a
reasonable holler. So we appoint
ed a commission consisting of our
selves to investigate this man. We
just followed the man’s career ever
since we knew him. The first thing
(hat happened to that man was that
he was born, but he had nothing to
do with it. However, we mention
ed him, although his parents were
entitled to the credit. When he was
in his early twenties he got married.
We mentioned that, including the
name of the bride, the preacher, etc.,
in fact we menti ned everything but
the preacher’s fee, which was not
worth mentioning. We never mention
ed the fact that lie never won any
premiums at the county fair, be
cause he never exhibited anything.
We never mentioned his name in the
list of committees, because he nev
er attended anything. We never
mentioned his name in the list of
donors, because he never donated as
much as a doughnut. We certainly
have been (reefing this man shame
fully, but we * 'I agree to run a nice
obituary when ne time* comes.
“We Need Thee Every Hour.”
Application far anew bank at \\ in
der has been made to Secretary Phili
Cook. Winder already has three
banks and this will make the fourth.
—Walton Tribo a
Winder alre 1 lias four banks, am
this will make the fifth one. They
are all strong institutions, amt we
are too proud of them to* see a single
one of them left out of a news
notice, so w just had to see jus
tice done.” —"> rider News.
See where >u* are right, Rloss. It
there ever v: a time when, the
country new* or man should stand
in with his 1 tukois, it is now. for.
in the words of the oTd hymn, we
need thee every hour.*’ Bfut never
theless and notwithstanding, here s
to Winder, Ross and his- five banks.—
Walton Tribune
Go Ter It, Hank.
While Betsy’S basting belly-bands
for Belgians and Tillies tattiag
tidies for the Turks, as we under
stand they are doing. w f e should
think Mary might meritoriously uaake (
a few meringues for Mexicans. Ohio
State Journal.
And how about Fanny framing up
a few fancy fixin’s for the French.—
Macon Telegraph.
While Gertrude gets up a gather
ing of glossy gossamers for Ger
mans. —Dalton Citizen.
How about Ruth nulling to the |
rescue of the Russians with raw rad
ishes. —Thomasville Times-Knterprise.
While gentle Grace’s garnering
greens for Georgians; or Hungry
Hank is hoeing hard for homefolks.—
Monroe Advertiser.
j Mrs. Lela Harper, of Statham, was
'in Winder Tuesday .
PILATE’S QUESTION.
"What is truth?" asked Pontius
Pilate of the Carpenter of Nazareth,
and, sadly, down the bleeding ages
mankind has repeated the weary
Roman’s query.
“What is truth.” We do not know
but this much we do know: That
it is by' ceaseless searching after
the truth, and by' this way alone,
that the race comes out of the val
leys of ignorance and poverty to an
ever and ever higher and wider life.
“What is truth.” Science says,
“Truth is that which squares with all
the known facts," yet is truth stiil
f* ...
something broader tlian this —it is
the power to see whereunto the facts
of life are resistless leading us and
the power to dream above, and more
beautiful than that of the cold, bare
facts of the days we left behind or
of the days in which we live.
"'What is truth.” Sometimes one
dreams that truth is to the human
miiivf what love is to the heart —the
essence that glorifies it into all that
makes life worth the livirag, yet which
we can never define in human tongue
or ever fully grasp in all its mean
ing.
“What is truth.” This much we
know:: That it, with loves, is the most
ennobling of all the human longings,
the light and glory of the worlff. —
New Orleans American.
Pfebt a Battk-Bpndi'vg toad.
Debt is a back-bendi ig load, lit is
heavy weights to the feet* and heavy
oppression to Cite heart?. It puts pin
points in one’s pillow, sand between
the 3 fleets and' bitterness ons the
breakfast plate: It drags and goads
and galls. Gel out of debt ami stay
out—Midland Methodist.
Bwo of lit*.
Aia Atlanta woman who admits she
has something like $200,000 worth ol
furniture and jewels and tme stuff
and another, claims she i& the vic
tfm of poverty. I£ we could be
redtaced to a state of want like that
we'd certainly be very much oblig
ed to ourself. — MJacon Telegraphs
Not in a tWHIion Years.
Shall we live to serf Mr. Bryan
erected Presid<*nt on the Prohibition
ticket. —Boston Globe.
"The- Macon Telegraph’s
er shines like Venus.’’ —Alpharetta
Free Press.. Now, all along we’ve
maintained that Editor Rucker, of the
Free press has the most massive
intellect and the most gold watches
and chains and tie holders and smok
ing tobacco and the most engaging air
of any editor north, south, east or
vest of any given point. You pick
one man and we pick another to name
'the point, but say, looky here—Venus
Wliatcha mean Venus—We ain’t that
sort of a girl.— Macon Telegraph.
J "All deep thinkers are drowned in
the sea of contradictions," remarks
the Philadelphia Ledger. Stuff com
ing out of Petrograd, Paris, Berlin,
and London is enough to get the best
'em balled up.—Macon Telegraph.
He’s on our list: The paretic who
sits in front of you and explains the
pictures, busting peanut hulls be
tween his thumb and index finger the
while—Macon Telegrpa.h
Are They the
Oldest Residents
For several weeks brief writ' 1
of Barrow’s oldest citizens 8
besn appearing here, and as arm ' i
ed we will send the paper for re Ji
der of to the oldest rcsA I
for five years to next, and one y 1
to the next, free. The offer c I
May 15th. Only those who sen, I
their sketches will be considcmi *1
awarding the prizes.—Editor. 1
When John Randolph was
of Jackson county, and Silv unus p J* I
ley was clerk of the court, and C 1
H. McCleskey was judge of SSuperjJ
Court, there was born a boy, I
eats called him John W. Abner tm B
was in 1836. B
The father was David Abner who 8
wed Patsy Reynolds, daughter of Wit 8
liam Hewitt. 1
David Abner died several yearjl
before the civil war. The good wife)
again wed to Boon Hayes. She died
near the year 1960.
John W. Abner enlisted in Company
G. 16 Ga. volunteers, under Captaia
Thompson.
He served through the war and re
ceived no wounds of any note. He
was taken prisoner and kept a long
time. The greatest hardships he had
to undergo were cold and hunger. He
was forced out into the cold badly
clothed and made to stay and suffer
untold agonies. On his return from
the war he wed Caroline Reynolds,
daughter of James Reynolds. They
had four boys and two girls to bless
their union.
.T. W. Abner was born in east part
of Barrow county and has spent the
whole of his life near the waters of
Mulberry river.
He is today a jovial miller on the
waters of little Mulberry. He has
never made the financial success at
tained by some men, but has led an
honest: life. He joined tile Baptist
church at Bethabara many years ago.
No other society appealed to him.
He is hale, hearty and fairly stout
for a man 78 summers. May he live
many years to make meal of corn
and pass a joke with his customers.
WORD FROM PRESIDENT
COUNTY SINGJNG CONVENTION
Editor News:
I wish a few words in regard to
the Barrow* County Singing Conven
tion. Ftfst I would thunk the peo
ple for the confidence they repose
in me, and I shall do my best to
prove myself worthy of the honor
conferred upon me by selecting me
president of the organization. Good
singers- compose this organization
and with co-operation we can make
Barrow the leading county of Geor
gia in singing*. We must all work
for the upbuilding of the convention.
We are indeed glad to have brother
Faust in our ranks. We want the co
operation of old and young alike, all
working uniter the guiding hand of
God!. May many of our boys and
girls be led to noble needs, to the
development of talents and to* a
higher, sweeter life.
The success of the convention de
pends largely upon the singers, and
P want each individual singer to re
alize that success depends upon in
dividual as well as collective efforts
We have many good musicians amon>
us amt we want your individual help
to make the convention the success
it is sure to be. Respectfully,
J. H. Wheeler.
Appreciates Prompt Service.
Sycamore Bodge, No. 210, F. & A
M., Ashburn, Ga„ April 16—Te Win
der News. Gentlemen:
Enclosed you will find check f° r
$11.50 for by-laws which reached
us on time. Allow me to thank >° u
for your promptness in getting them
up and the nice form in which they
are gotten up. They are entirely
satisfactory. When in need of fa
ther work we will be pleased to ca
on you. Yours very' truly,
T a. Price, Secretary-
Jeff W. N. Lanier, of White Plain*-
Green county, spent a day with hi
brother, R. S. D. Lanier, during lie
week past.
Mrs. Dora Lanier Tucker of Han-
I cock county', visited her uncle, R-
D. Lanier, on Tuesday.