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VOL. XXII.
Wilson Is Determined That The Mexican Revolutions Shall Cease
Leaders of Warring Factions I’old Positively United States Is Tired oi Strife and It Must End.
MUST UNITE IN A LAST
EFFORT FOR PEACE.
PRESIDENT SENDS DEFINITE,
POSITIVE NOTE TO MEXICO.
In a definite, positive statement to
the warring factions in Mexico Pres
ident Woodrow Wilson spoke yester
day. Below we give some of the
striking features qrf the president’s
' warning:
“I call upon the leaders of factions
in Mexico to act, to act together and
to act promptly for the relief and re
demption of their country.
“If they cannot accommodate their
differences and unite, . This gov
ernment will be constrained to de
cide what means should he employed
b>. the United States in order to
help Mexico save herself and serve
her people.
“The purpose of the revolution was
to rid Mexico of men who ignored
the constitution. . . . and with these
purposes the people of the United
States instinctively and generously
sympathized. Rut the leaders of the
revolution in the very hour of thei r
success have disagreed and turned
their arms against each other.
“Mexico is apparently no nearer
a-.|olution of her tragical troubles
tfliTi* she was when the revolution
was first kindled.
"There is no proper protection
either for her own citizens of for the
citizens of other nations.
“Mexico is starving and without a
government.
“The United States cannot stand
indifferently by and do nothing to
serve their neighbors.
“It is time the United States
should frankly state the policy which
in these extraordinary circumstances
it becomes necessary to adopt. It
must presently do what it has not
hitherto done or felt at liberty to do
—lend its active moral support to
some man or group of men who can
rally the suffering people of Mexico
to their support in an effort to ignor
the warring factions of the country
and set up a government at Mexico
City which the great powers of the
world can recognize.”
GOVERNOR’S DINNER WILL
ASSEMBLE 200 GUESTS.
One of the largest and most bril
liant affairs of the summer season
- -will be the dinner which Governor
and Mrs. John M. Slaton will give
Tuesday evening. June 8, in honor
the members of the Governor’s
y.aff.
Invitations were issued to this af
fair on Thursday and the company of
guests will include, in addition to
the members of the Governor's staff,
and their wives, Era-Governor Joseph
M. Brown, of Marietta; Governor
elect Nat Harris and Mrs. Harris, of
Macon, and several personal friends
of Governor Salton from over the
State.
The dinner will be given at the
Piedmont Driving Club and elabor
ate details of decoration will prevail,
Covers will be laH for about two
hundred guests and there will be
special favors and an elaborate menu.
Col. G. A. Johns enjoys the honor
of being a member of the staff of
Governor Slaton as he was of the
staff of Governor Brown and he and
. G A. Johns will attend this
(
Misses Nell and Maud Mobley of
Social Circle attended the funeral
here Tuesday of Mrs. Z. F. Stanton.
ffljc \Uinkr -Vcws.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF BARROW COUNTY AND THE CITY OF WINDER.
BARROW COUNTY SUNDAY
SCHOOL CONVENTION.
To Be Held at Cedar Creek Church
on June 12th and 13th.
The Barrow County Sunday School
Convention will be held at Cedar
Creek Baptist church, one mile from
Winder on Saturday and Sunday,
June 12th and 115th. The indications
are that this will be one of the best
Sunday School meetings ever held
in the county.
The principal speakers will be Dr.
D. \V. Sims, General Secretary of
the Georgia Sunday School Associ
tion, and Miss Flora Davis, Assist
ant Secretary of the Georgia Sunday
school association.
Mr. Sims has helped in some Sun
day school meetings in Barrow coun
ty and is well known by some of the
Sunday school workers. He is rec
ognized as being one of the lead
ing Sunday school workers of the
South.
Miss Davis is a very attractive
speaker and her subjects are always
presented in a most interesting and
instructive manner. Many Winder
celebrities have a place on the pro
gram.
The program for the convention
w r as prepared with the view of mak
ing the meeting very helpful to Sun
day School Superintendents, teachers
and officers. They were printed in
Atlanta and mailed out to the differ
ent Sunday school superintendents
and we presume the occasion and tal
ent, and the good things in store
for the dear people at Oedar Creek
is pretty well advertised, therfore it
is not necessary for us to elaborate
or rehash what possibly has already
reached our readers through the At
lanta medium.
Some weeks ago The News carried
a story that was featured prominent
ly in the magazine section of one of
the Atlanta dailies Sunday. Several
prominent Winderites have called our
attention to the fact, and more than
one told us that "I did not see the
article in your paper.” We wonder
what some people do with the News,
anyway.
WILSON STRESSES AMERICAN
FEELING TO KAISER’S MAN.
President Tells Von Bernstorff That
United States Intends to Have
Reparation for Luisitania
Horror. ,
Washington, June 2. —President Wil
son emphasized in an informal talk
with Count von Bernstorff, the Ger
man ambassador, today the intense
feeling of the American people over
the sinking of the Lusitania and oth
er violations of American rights on
the high seas, and impressed on him
that the United States would insist
f>n an adherence by Germany to t;-e
accepted principles of international
law as they affect neutrals.
No announcements were made af
ter the conference which had been
arranged at the ambassador’s request,
but it was stated authoritatively that
there would be no change in the
plan to send in response to the Ger
man reply to the Lusitania note an
inquiry to ascertain definitely wheth
er the imperial government will abide
by international law or follow its
own rules of marine warfare.
The note, which is being written by
President Wilson, will be dispatched
before the end of the week.
Winder, Barrow County, Ga., Thursday, June 3rd, 1915.
MRS. Z. F. STANTON DEAD.
End Came Monday Afternoon at Six
O’Clock After Long Illness.
The death of Mrs. Mary Stanton
at the residence on Broad street on
Monday afternoon at 6 o’clock re
moved from Winder one of her best
known and loved women, and leaves
a large number of relatives and
friends among the citizens of the
county and state with a bereavement
that is deep indeed.
This good woman was 56 years of
age and is survived by three sons:
J. M. Stanton, of Cerro de Pasco,
Peru; Jamie C. Stanton, of Athens;
and Walter M. Stanton, of Winder;
three daughters, Mrs. F. W. Rondu
rant and Miss Ermine Stanton, of
Winder; and Mrs. R. L. Johnson, of
Clarkesville; and three grand chil
dren, Frank Stanton Bondurant, Al
bert Stanton, and Mary Catherine
Johnson; one brother, S. B. Cosby, of
Alvarado, Texas.
She was born July 31st, 18-58, and
married to Mr. Z. F. Stanton, of this
city Nov. Ist, 1876. Her husband
was one of Winder's most prominent
and influential citizens when he died
id August, 1903. ,
Mrs. Stanton had been in ill
health for several years, and during
the past few months had been con
fined to her bed. Her sufferings
were borne with patience and the
sweet and gentle spirit that had en
deared her to all who knew her kept
her without complaint during the
weary months of pain, and when, the
end came her beautiful faith made
the passage over the dark river mere
ly an incident to enter into a haven
of rest
The funeral was conducted at the
residence Tuesday afternoon by Rev.
Jno. F. Yarbrough, and interment
was in Rose Hill cemetery. The floral
offerings were many and beautiful at
testing the great love and high es
teem the friends of the deceased felt
for her.
SACRED HARP SINGING
ATTRACTS LARGE crowd.
Lovers of Old Time Music Enjoy
Great Day at the Court
House.
Singers from all over Barrow were
brought together Sunday morning at
the court house in this city by a call
which went out last week to the ef
fect that the day would be devoted
to singing the old time Fa So La
hymns that our fathers useu to sing
and still love so well.
There are a number of admirers
of the old songs among our older
citizens and they were present in
large numbers to sing them over
again. Messrs. J. B. Lyle and H. D.
Jackson had charge of the meeting,
and there were many other prominent
singers to help make the music a
success.
There is a peculiar charm about
the old tunes, and the way they
were sung Sunday shows, that they
are still worthy of being perpetuated.
Scores of young people were pres
ent and many of them sang along
with the older voices in a manner
that showed Barrow has some splen
did vocal talent among her people.
Tax Assessors.
The Barrow County Tax Assessors
will je in session next Wednesday
for the purpose of winding up the
business of' assessments. This, in
ail probability will be the last meet
ing. and Chairman Griffeth is anx
ious that all parties who have griev
ances, or desire information concern
ing assessments be on hand that day
CLERK’S RECORDS SHOW
THE PROSPERITY TREND.
AMERICANS ARE MURDERED;
GENERAL MASSACRE FEARED. I
Captain Lane Fears an Uprising to
Drive Out All Citizens of the
United States.
Houston, Texas, June 2.—Captain
Oscar Lane, of the American tank
steamer Winifred, which arrived hen
today from Tampico, tonight gave
out a statement in which he report
ed that three weeks ago Villa sol
diers f ired on a launch in which
Lieut. Green, of the United States
consul at Tampico were proceeding
up the Panuco river to investigate
the killing of two Americans.
At the time. Lane said, an Ameri
can flag was flying from the stern
of the launch and a white flag from
the boat's bow. One of the bullets
passed through Green’s hat, he said,
and grazed his head.
Captain Lane also reported the kill
ing of six Americans, including J. N.
Bennett, an oil man, and John Smith,
chief engineer of the East Coast
Oil company. He described conditions
in the oil fields near Tampico as se
rious and asserted that there was a
general feeling of hostility to Amer
icans.
Bennett was killed while en route
from the oil fields to Tampico to
meet his wife who was en route
from Galveston, according to Lane’s
statement. He was with a small hand
of Carranza soldiers at the time.
They were over taken by a detach
ment of Villa troops and in the ex
change of shots the American was
killed. Smith, Lane said, was shot
from ambush.
Captain Lane added that he feared
a general uprising and massacre of
Almericans in and near the Panuco
oil fields.
SUNDAY SCHOOLS OF CITY
PICNIC AT HELEN TODAY.
Special Train Carried Large Crowd
to Mountain City for Enjoyable
Outing.
m
A large number of the people of
Winder are at Helen today enjoy
ing the mountain breezes and the
splendid scenery around this little
town that has rapidly forged itself
to the front as a picnic place.
A special train left the city this
morning at 7:15 carrying the repre
sentatives of the several Sunday
schools, children, parents and teach
ers all eagerly anticipating a day
of rare pleasure.
The train will go through direct to
Hielen, and is scheduled to arrive
here on the return trip tonight at
8:30.
Small Fire.
Last Sunday an alarm of fire was
sounded and the fire laddies and the
populace were soon on the scene. The
blaze was found to be in the building
on Candler street occupied by Mr. C.
H. Appleby as prlntery and storage
room.
Just how the fire originated no
one seems to know, but the concen
sus of opinion seems to credit a rat
and a match and some corn shucks
were the cause.
The fire was soon extinguished,
with comparatively small damage.
Miss Mary Lou Betts, of Gaines
ville has returned home after a visit
to her sister, Miss Lila Dell Betts.
CANDLER STREET
Cottage for Sale.
Apply at
NEWS OFFICE.
BULLING THE MARKET IN
WINDER REAL ESTATE.
The people of Atlanta are known
far and wide for their business sa
gacity.
They know a good thing v hen they
see it, and the famous “Atlanta spir
it” permeates their real estate deal
ers.
This spirit has made of Atlanta the
commercial business center of the
South, and the far-reaching insight
of her citizens has clothed her in
habitants with wealth and affluence.
Atlanta’s phenomenal growth is
directly attributable to the acumen
and careful business stamina of her
real estate dealers.
These astute Gate City traders have
recognized the great possibility and
the immediate probability that dirt
in the new county of Barrow, ami
especially in the city of Winder, is
going to enhance in value at a rapid
rate in the no distant future.
Therefore, drawing upon their long
and successful experience in money
making and city building, they are
bulling the market by their invest
vents in Winder surburban property.
A few yearß ago Quarterman &
Toole divided a Winder farm into
city lots. John Craft bought eight
of the lots for the total sum of one
hundred dollars. Mr. Craft sold one
of the lots to a Mr. Cornelius Hix
for $65. The lot fell Into the bands
of S. J. Griffeth and thence the
record reads:
March 16, 1914, S. J. Griffeth soldi
to H. T. O’Shields one lot (45x115)
on Williams street in Glenwood for
$150.00.
December 13, 1914, H. T. O’Shlelds
sold the same property to Mrs. L.
W. DeLacey for $235.00.
May 24, 1915, Mrs. DeLacey sold
the lot to Mrs. Ida F. IWshop for
$400.00.
All of the above parties live in At
lanta and the lot in question is upon
the supposed street of Williams in
Glennwood, Just inside the incorpor
ate limits of Winder. Last week Mr.
Bishop came up from Atlanta and
had his deeds recorded.
"We are building a city here.”
TITANTIC STRUGGLE AROUND
PRZEMYSL CONTINUES TO RAGE
London, June 2.—The battle for
Przemysl, one of the most stubborn
and sanguiary struggles of the war,
continues with unabated fury. Both
sides have poured reinforcements into
the field and losses are piling up to
an unprecedented extent.
The Germans and Austrians claim
that some of the forts on the north
ern front have fallen and that on
the southeastern front their troops
are progressing towards the railway
that joins the fortress with Lemberg.
But the latest Petrograd communica
tion says that the Germans who got
into one fort were driven out and
makes no mention of the capture of
Stry or of other successes claimed
by the Teutonic allies.
To the southeast, simultaneously
with this battle, the Germans are
making another effort to break
through the FSzura lines toward
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Warsaw.
Miss Gladys Atkinson has returned
from Gainesville where she went to
be present at the commencement ex
ercises of Brenau college.
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