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VOL. XXII.
WINDER SCHOOLS CLOSE
EIGHT PUPILS GRADUATE.
Dr. Mell and Prof. R. J. Park Deliver
Excellent Sermon and
j Address.
Tuesday night the 1914-15 session
of the city schools closed with a bril
liant program, by the graduating
class, consisting of six young ladies
and two young men.
Supt. Huffaker, in delivering the
diplomas, paid a high tribute to
these boys and girls, and each of
the number acquitted themselves witl
honor before the largest audience
ever present at commencement exer
cises.
The graduates are: Clyde House
first honor; Miss Anita Sims, sec
ond honor; Misses Vallie Mae Wood
ruff, Lila Dell Betts, Lillie Mae
Meadow, Sarah Hayes, Mabel Jack
son.
Sunday at 11 o’clock a large and
attentive audience at the First Bap
tist church heard the commencement
sermon preached by Dr. John D.
Mell, of Athens.
After appropriate music by the
choir and orchestra and a quartette
by Messrs. Potts, Huffaker, Mayne
and Ferguson, Dr. Mell read the 3rd
chapter of Daniel and from the text,
“And he commanded the most
mighty men that were in his army
to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed
nego; and to cast them into the
fiery furnace.” Dan 3:20, preached
one of the most logical and telling
sqrmons ever heard in the city.
( Seldom does the Law and Gospel
find a great exponent in the same
man; the preacher of the day is one
of the state’s leading lawyers, hav
ing taught law at the University for
years. Asa preacher of the Gospel
he stands at the top and for several
sessions has been president of the
Georgia Baptist convention. He drew
with the skill of a master some great
lessons from the conduct of Nebu
chadnezzar and Three Hebrew' child
ren, showing how fixedness of pur
pose was essential in the formation
of character and that the man whom
the Gods would destroy they first
make mad, cause to lose control of
self. The king, he pictured as angry
and egotistical, his desire to have the
furnace heated seven times hotter
than customary and the consequent
destruction of his own men was the
result of folljr.
The steadfast fixedness of purpose
characterized the Hebrews he
attributed to three important factors:
Their training in the home, school,
and the church or synagogue.
No one who heard him will soon
forget the powerful appeal he made
for proper training in the home. He
said the ideal parent of the pres-
ent day was the one who obeyed the
•Children. That parents were allow
ing their children to walk the streets
without restraint, without fear of
man or regard for the Creator and
that as a result we were reaping
l?nobs and criminals, a class of citi
zens who have absolutely lost re
spect for all law and authority and
who have lost all reverence for the
of human life.
He Emphasized the importance of
tdking God with you. How that the
Hebrew children were helped by the
fourth person, the Son of God. Cul
ture and training were of little avail
without God. That trials and afflic
tions and furnaces developed men.
Testing periods came to prove the
dross or real worth of a man. Char
acter could not be determined until
the end of a life here and all the
evidence was in. When finis was
written on human life God alone
could tell out .the character.
With power he then portrayed the
grcKth of character and purpose us-
Eng' the Father of Waters as an ll
f filtration showing it rising a tiny
in some far away Northern
spring and trickling down through
mountain fastness; stopped here and
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SCHOOL BONDS CARRY BY
MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS VOTE
Out of a Registration of Four Hun
dred and Fifteen Only Seven are
Cast Against Bonds.
Winder is to have an up-to-date
school building to shelter her chil
dren from winter’s blasts.
By an overwhelming majority on
Tuesday the voters of Winder de
creed that the old structure must
give way to a sightly edifice in keep
ing with the progressive spirit of our
citizenry.
We understand that the building
committee will begin work as early
as possible and leave nothing undone
that can be done to have the new
school building ready for the fall
term.
Plans are being drawn and as soon
as one is accepted, bids will be
called for and the erection of the
school houses started.
Within the next few days the work
of tearing down the old unsightly
building w r ill begin.
The new structure is to cost some
thing like twenty-five thousand dol
lars.
there by some boulder but slow
ly piling up its waters until with a
roar it burst over and went singing
to the meadows below. At first
splashing and roaring as a mountain
torrent until at New Orleans it had
lost its roar and fuss and with depth
and stillness and power it swept
along with majesty and might, a
mighty stream able to bear the
greatest ships on its bosom, the
greatest of all streams carrying the
commerce of nations on its waters.
With dignity and majesty and skill
and the touch of a master the preach
er piled logic on logic, climax on
climax until those w'ho heard it pro
nounced it is one of the simplest and
greatest sermons of the kind that ha*
been delivered in this section.
The literary address was delivered
to a great audience Monday evening
by Prof. Parks of the State Univer
sity at Athens. The Winder people
had heard him before and were pre
pared for the literary feast which
he brought them.
He opened his address with a pow
erful appeal for bonds and anew
school building and then spoke beau
tifully and powerfully on “Aspera
tion.”
In terse, choice, English he show
ed that aspiration preceded success,
that aspiration to have a county won
Barrow in one of the hardest fights
ever made in Georgia. That now its
citizens must aspire to leadership
among the counties of the state and
that for this work they must prepare
their children in the best of schools.
That the average salary of an uned
ucated man is S3OO per year; of a
seventh grade pupil of the schools
$800; of a high school pupil $1500;
of a college-bred man $3,000. How
that only one-third of 1 per cent of
our people go to college and out of
that number 70 per cent of the names
of those in “Whose Who” are found.
He then portrayed the great nat-.
ural resources of the state, its wealth
of cotton, grain, timber and natural
products, the great power on its
rivers enough to turn the spindles of
the world and how it is being slowly
developed, asking in dramatic form,
“What part will your child play in
this remarkable development.”
He urged the young pupils to be
ready when opportunity passed, show
ed that the great railroads and fac
tories had turned down the applica
tions of all whose fingers were
stained with cigarettes as inefficient.
That literature was the mouthpiece
of a country and that almost every
great poem in the language was sat
urated with the spirit of aspiration.
The song of the Chattahoochee, by
Sidney Lanier, our greatest South
(Continued on Page Ten.)
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF BARROW COUNTY AND THE CITY OF WIND ER.
Winder, Barrow County, Ga., Thursday, May 27th, 1915.
NORTH GEORGIA TRUST CO.
MAKES GOOD ANNUAL SHOWING
Declares 8 Per Cent Dividend and
Passes Up Good Sum to Un
divided Profits.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the North Georgia Trust
Company was held at their main of
fice on Candler street, in this city,
May 25th.
The financial report as read by the
president disclosed that the compa
ny has had rather a phenomenally
successful year. An annual dividend
of 8 per cent was declared and a
nice sum was passed up to the undi
vided profits account.
At this meeting the company
changed its name from the North
Georgia Trust Company to the North
Georgia Trust and Banking Company.
This change was made at the sug
gestion of some of the board of trus
tees at a meeting held some months
ago, they figuring that the word,
“Banking” would add prestige to
the name.
The following officers and direc-
tors 'were elected for the ensu
ing year: W. H. Toole, president;
J. T. Strange, vice president; W. C.
Horton, vice president and cashier;
A. A. Camp, chairman of board;
W. L. De La Perriere, vice chair
man; Jno. M. Williams and Col. L.
C. Russell.
The branch bank at Auburn seems
to have enjoyed the most prosper
ous year in its history, though all
along, this has been a most desira
ble investment for its stockholders.
The local board of directors for the
Auburn branch consists of T. C.
Flanigan, chairman; S. P. Higgins,
vice chairman; W. W. Parks, A. J.
Poole, C. A. Hutchins, E. V. Wood,
J. B. Barrett, cashier.
The meeting was said to be
a most harmonious one, and the
stockholders went away boosting the
North Georgia Trust and Banking
Company.
CHIEF AND NEGRO CLASH.
Allen Micken ar.d His Pistol Fiqd
Their Way to City Lock-up.
Allen Micken, negro fireman at the
cottcn mill, last Sunday got tangled
up with mean whiskey and a pistol
and found his way to the lockup.
Micken was causing a disturbance
up in Blasingame alley and the polic
were notified to come and tame him
down.
Chief Hill responded, and when he
run him down he showed stubborn
ness and flourished a pistol, where
upon the chief pulled his gun and
made it interesting for Allen, firing
three time at the negro before his
hands went up.
Monday night Mayor Perry gave
Allen $50.00 or four months on the
the charge of disorderly conduct
and bound him over to grand jury
for carrying a pistol without a li
cense.
Eavenson Entertains Priscilla j
Circle.
Mrs. A. Y. Eavenson was hostess
to a delightful meeting of the Pris
cilla Circle last Friday afternoon.
The guests were entertained on the
spacious vine-clad porch. Crocheting
was the main feature, but an interest
ing conversation was also an enjoya
ble feature Punch and cake were
served during the afternoon, and late
in the afternoon an elegant salad
course with iced tea was served.
Radish Freaks.
Mr. A. H. O’Neal, the reliable Win
der Bottling expert, brought to The
News office this week some two
story radishes, the like of which
the News force had never seen. We
have seen long-stem and one-knot
radishes, but these were of the
double entry variety.
ts YE SOW.”
Famous Picture Will Be Seen at No-
Name Theater Tuesday, June
the Ist.
The Baraca and Philathea classes
of the Methodist church have made
arrangements with Manager Sharpton
for the presentation of “As Ye Sow”
with Alice Brady in the leading role,
at the No-Name theater Tuesday
night, June Ist. The proceeds of this
entertainment go to these classes.
The following synopsis is a brief of
the story.
Mrs. St. John lives with her two
sons, Frank and John, and her
daughter, Dolly, in a small town on
the Cape Cod coast. John has been
studying for the ministry and is ap
pointed to take a place In the little
church. Frank, the black sheep of
the family, goes to New York to
seek his fortune.
In New York, he gets a good posi
tion in the sales office of an automo
bile Cos. Dora Mason —petted daugh
ter of a New York millionaire, per
suades her father to buy her anew
automobile. They go to the sales
rooms where Frank is working. She
is attracted to Frank immediately.
When the sale is completed, she
tells her father she needs a chaf
feur. Frank applies for tlie job and
is accepteed by Mr. Mason. In the
meantime, Frank has become mixed
up with a crowd of very fast young
men and changes his name.
Frank persuades Dora to run away
and get married. The night that
Dora leaves, her father dies of heart
disease. Frank takes to drink and
becomes very abusive. A little
girl is born and Dora is wrapped
up in her love for the baby. Frank
becomes jealous and devotes more of
his time to his fast friends. Dora
asserts herself and says that unless
he reforms, he need not come back,
in a drunken rage he threatens to
kill her and the child.
The nurse has the baby out in
the park. Frank comes on and steals
the baby. He goes to the little Cape l
Cod town and leaves the baby on the
doorstep of his mother’s home. He
runs away and ships on board a
fishing schooner. When Mrs. St.
John finds the little baby, she thinks
it is a gift from heaven to take the
place of her boy, Frank.
After mourning three years for her
child, Dora thinks a trip to the sea
shore would brighten her up and
gets off at the little Cape Cod town,
not knowing that it is Frank's home.
There are no hotels there, and by
chance she is taken in by Frank’'-:
mother as a paying guest. John, the
brother, falls in love with Dora.'
Dora’s heart has gone out to little
Katie, little dreaming that it is her
own child. The day of the wedding
arrives. A storm breaks out at sea.
The fishing schooner that Frank is
on, is driven ashore and wrecked.
Then follows the other interesting
incidents of the story. How does it
end.
Be sure to see it in pictures at
the No-Name theater Tuesday, June
Ist,
Ladies Aid Meets With Mrs. Brooks.
Last Tuesday afternoon the Ladies
Aid of the Baptist church had quite
a pleasant meeting at the home of
Mrs. W. A Brooks.
After the usual business program
the ladies discussed a picnic which
they will have at the Athletic Park
next Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Brooks
served a delicious ice course with
cake. Punch was served as the
guests arrived. About twenty-five
members were present. The next,
meeting will be with Mrs. L. A.
House.
Cows for Sale,
Some good young cows for sale
Rea*K)nable prices.
(2t —8 Bob Pentecost.
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Home Hunters.
Apply at The
NEWS OFFICE.
AMERICAN STEAMER BLOWN
UP ON HER WAY HOME.
Name of Vessel Painted in Large
Letters on Side of Ship.
Carried No Contraband.
Washington, D. C., May 26. —Com-
ing close on the Lusitania disaster,
the news that the American steam
-ler Nebraskan had been endangered,
' aroused more than ordinary attention
in Washington, but all officials were
disposed to hear details before mak
ing comment.
The Nebraskan is believed to have
been torpedoed by a submarine yester.
day off the coast of Ireland. The
crew took to the boats, but return
ed on ascertaining that the damage
inflicted by the torpedo, which hit
forward, was not serious. No lives
were lost. The Nebraskan carried
no passengers.
The Nebraskan was on her way
home to fulfill a contract of her
owners with the United States navy
department to carry coal from New
port News to San Francisco. The
agents were to have the Nebraskan'
in Hampton Roads June 5. She was
not under contract to the navy but
was to carry the coal as freight.)
She carried no contraband and the
name of the vessel was planted in
large letters on the side of the ship.
WINDER SUNDAY SCHOOLS
TO PICNIC AT HELEN, GA.
Next Thursday, June 3, is Winder’s
official Sunday school picnic day^
On that day every member of a
Winder Sunday school Is expected
to assemble at the Gainesville Mid
land depot to take special cars for
Helen, Ga., where the annual out
ing is to take place.
Helen is an ideal place to picnic
There are many interesting things to
be seen en route and at Helen. You;
pass the famous old camp ground
Hall and the historic old court house
of White. The tomb of beautiful
Nacoochee, the Indian maiden who
went to her death rather than to be
parted from her lover, can be seen
as you roll along through the valley.
Una mountain, from which the lovers
leaped rather than be captured, can
be seen as you wind around its base
.Many other interesting scenes could
be mentioned on the way and at
Helen, but everybody is going, why
worry.
Ticket* will be limited to the
members of the various Sunday
schools of the city.
BRITISH SHIP TORPEDOED
BY TURK SUBMARINE.
London, May 2C>. —The British bat
tleship Triumph has been sunk in
the Dardanelles. This official an
nouncement was made tonight.
The disaster to the Triumph is des
cribed in a brief statement by the
admiralty, which says that while op
erating in support of the Australian
and New Zealand forces on the shore
of the Gallipoli peninsula yesterday
the Triumph was torpedoed by a sub
marine and sank shortly afterwards.
Most of the officers and men, in
cluding the captain and commandeer,
are reported to have been saved.
No Better.
News from the bedside of Mrs. Z.
F, Stanton, who is seriously ill, i*
to the effect that she Is no better
and that no hope for her recovery is
entertained.
Personals.
Judge J. J. Strickland, of Athens,
was in Winder today.
Mrs. W. C. Horton is visiting rel
atives* and friends in Elberton.
Mr. Golden Knight, court stenog
rapher of the Western circuit, was
in the city this morning.
Miss Frances Cooper of Monroe is
visiting friends and relatives in this
city. , ,
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