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VOL. XXII.
WINDER PUBLIC SCHOOLS OPEN
WITH SPLENDID ENROLLMENT, j
Opening Exercises at Court House on
Tuesday Morning Attended by
Large Number of Patrons.
The Winder sehoois opened this
■week with splendid enrollment of
pupi’s.
The opening exercises were held
at the Barrow' county court house at
10 o’clock Tuesday morning, attend
ed by the largest number of friends;
and patrpns of the school ever as-:
sembled upon a similar occasion .
Splendid educational talks were
made by Mr. Mayne, president of the
Board of Education; Rev. John P.
Yarbrough, Rev. Hiram Rainey, Su
perintendent Cash, \Y. C. Horton and
others.
The outlook a few weeks ago was i
not very*bright.for a successful school
year. The Board of Education de
serve the hearty commendations of |
the patrons of the school for the
successful manner in which they have
handled the knotty problem of seem
ing comfortable and convenient quar-,
ters'in which to house the pupils while
Winder’s commodious and modern
new school building is in the course
of erection.
It is said that the temporary quar
ters at the Lay building (old skating
rink) and the Athletic park have
been fitted up in more convenient)
and comfortable style than were the
buildings in which the fathers and
mothers of the children were taught.
As Rev. Yarbrough remarked in his
address to the pupils and patrons,
“They are 50 per cent better than
the old microbe barn in which the
children wiere housed last year.”
The exercises at the court house
by the singing of Amer
ica,' alter which Rev. Yarbrough led
in a fervent prayer.
Interesting remarks were then
made by Mr. Mayne, Rev. Yarbrough
and Rev. Rainey, the trend of which
were earnest pleas for co-operation
and the united upholding of the
hands of the superintendent and
teachers.
-Mr. W. C. Horton was called from
the audience by members of board
and made a short talk along the
line of the practical application of
education.
Superintendent Cash concluded the
exercises and made a deep and favor
able impression upon his hearers by
giving them a clear-cut, positive out
line of his conception of his mission
in Joinder .
He said he came here to serve. He
was asked to come and he came wil
lingly. It is his purpose to do his
best to make for Winder the best
school it is possible to make. It is
not his purpose to teach sectarian
views, please the board, the patrons
or the pupils, but to do his duty, and
he hoped that would please. He and
the teachers were here to meet the
responsibilities of their calling, and
W’ere asking for the co-operation of
all, and he believed they would get
it. He would follow the dictations
of his conscience, not sacrificing any
convictions concerning the manage
ment of the school. Supt. Cash then
read some of the rules he has com
piled and which have the sanction of
the board. These rules have been
p r ipted in pamphlet form and placed
in* the homes of the patrons of the
school.
It is the general concensus of opin
ion that the board has corralled the
most efficient corps of teachers this
year that has ever been in service at
Winder. Supt. Cash comes highly
recommended and so far he bids fair
to fill to the letter the advance no
tices.
The 2nd Ward school house has
been completed and primary grades
are being taught in that building by
a member of the faculty.
Winder’s schools are oil right.
♦
She ttJinkr Means.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF BARROW COUNTY AND THE CITY OF WINDER.
BOLL WEEVIL IS FOUND
IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.
Out-Classing German Army in The r
Invasion of Georgia Is. the Report
From State Cap tal.
Thomasville, Ga. Sept. 4. —That
the boll weevil has- entered Georgia
was*the official announcement made
here this afternoon by E. Bee Wor
sham, state entomologist. This an
nouncement followed an investigation
by Mr. Worsham, C. S. Spencer, of
the Thomasville experiment station,
U. Dwight Pierce and George D.
Smith, of the United States) bureau
of entomology. The first specimen
was found at the experiment station
here and experts were at once wired
for and a systematic search began
throughout the county. They report
that, unusually favorable conditions ii
Alabama have caused a very exten
sive movement of the weevil, with
the eas erinost points so far deter
min and near Boston, this county. The
exact limits are not yet found.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 7. —The situa
tion is becoming alarmingly serious
for the cotton farmers of this state.
The boll weevil is invading Geor
gia far more rapidly than the German
army ever invaded either France or;
Ibussia, and by the next cotton sea
son it is going to be a more serious
menace than even the war in Europe
was last year—so far as the cotton
crop is concerned.
The information is that the pro
gress of the weevil into Georgia ter
ritory has been more rapid than it
ever has been anywhere else, with
one exception.
Right after the Galveston flood, in
1900, the progress recorded was 100
miles. In this state the weevil has
covered 90 miles of Georgia territory
in the alarmingly brief period of
from August 23 to date; in 15 days.
It has already reached a limit toward
the interior of Georgia beyond where
it was expected to have gone by the
end o” next season and yet there can
be three or four generations of wee
vils between this time and first frost,
which is the only thing that will
stay the’r progress.
State Entomologist R. Lee Wor
sham is just back from a trip to and
careful inspection of the weevil-in
fetled territory and he says the peo
ple there are justly alarmed over the
c mdit'on of affairs. Mr. Worsham
says eight or ten counties are infest
ed tow. in the eastward progress of
the pest, and the rapidity with which
the weevil is moving demands the im
mediate and very earnest attention
of the agricultural people of the state
Decatur, Grady, Thomas and Brooks
counties were visited by him, the
cotton fields in each were personally
inspected—and the weevils have got
ten the cotton crop. He says from
what he found he will not hesitate
to say that southwest Georgia is go
ing to be in a pretty bad fix next
year; that the question of just how
bad it will be depends largely on
how readily and how vigorously the
farmers in the infested section take
hold of things right now.
“It can’t be too forcefully impress
ed upon them,’’ Mr. Worsham said,|
“that it is of paramount importance
that every farmer in that section get
his cotton out of the field just as
quickly as possible and chop down
and burn the stalks. This will have
to be done before the cold weather
comes in order to catch the weevil in
the cotton, and destroy them before
they go in for the winter. The abund
ance of Spanish moss in that section
makes an ideal winter place for the
weevil, and once they get into that
the situation is going to become
mighty serious.
“The crop as a whole in that sec
tion is pretty well open and, ordina
rily, it wiould have been gotten en
tirely out of the fields by the first
of October. Under the existing condi
tions farmers need to do even better
t.jan that. They should get every bit
Winder, Barrow County, Ga., Thursday, September 9, 1915.
“HYPOCRITES,” BY LOIS WEBER,
AT NO-NAME MONDAY 13TH
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE HOME.
Gabriel, an ascetic monk of olden
time, labors to perfect an image of
Truth, consecrating himself with fast
ing and prayer, and keeping his work
a secret. One monk, bolder than the
rest spies upon him, but is blinded
by the light of Truth and can see
nothing.
The unveiling of the statute is
made a Fete Day, and all gather to
listen to the address of the Abbot,
who himself consents to unveil Ga
briel’s gift. The covering is pulled
aside, and there stands a figure of
Truth, naked, finable to see with th
eyes of the spirit the people, with
one accord, rush upon Gabriel, and
kill him. Only two can look upon
TAKE YOUR MUSIC^
IN THE SCHOOL.
Dear Reader, we are entering on
another school year, and as the head
of the music department 1 am nat
urally anxious that the class shall
break all previous records in efficien
cy as well as in numbers, W(e have
competed for and won some honors
in this school district in spite of
the fact that some of our competitors
had advantage of conservatory train
ing, and if you will co-operate with
me wte can do it again. However ef
ficient the work of the private teaeh
er may be, they do not co-operate
with each other nor with the school
and they make it impossible to in
crease the number of music teach
ers in the school. Let’s have unity
in our department as we have in
the literary department. Sincerely.
W. 0. Cooper.
Good Woman Passes Away.
Mrs. M. C. Herrin, aged 77, a high
ly respected woman of this city, died
at 11 o’clock last Saturday morning,
after an illness of about fifteen days.
The funeral was preached Sunday
morning at the Wesleyan Methodist
church, Mrs. Frank Graham conduct
ing the services. The interment was
at Rose Hill cemetery at 12 noon.
Besides the aged husband, the de
ceased leaves to grieve for her going
away, three sons and four daughters.
They are: Mrs. L. C. Fowler, Mrs.
P. J. Roberts, Mrs. J. T. Roberts,
Mrs. J. R. Bridges, of Pendergrass;
Messrs. W. J. Herrin, L. E. Herrin,
of Winder, and T. Herrin, of Athens
Miss Mary Willie Russell left this
week for Danville, Va., where she will
be on the faculty of Roanoke Insti
tute.
of their cotton out at the first possi-
and then immediate
ly turn attention to destruction of
the stalks They could be turned un
der very deeply, but it would be bet
ter to burn them.” ,
Truth unflinchingly, a little child,
and the Woman who loves Gabriel.
A Magdalene looks upon the statue
and falls prostrate, weeping bitterly.
The woman who loves him covers the
dead Gabriel with her veil, which
turns from white to black as she
bends over him. Nearby the Magda
lene crouches. , : ,
This forms the prologue of the sto
ry, which is told in a reverent and
deeply religious vein.
“Hypocrites” is a drawing card
wiherever presented. It pictures the
hypocrisieso f eervy day life. If you
want to see yourself as others see
you, be sure to come to the No-Name
Monday night. Matinee 4 P. M. It
Is a sermon told in pictures.
FAMERRS BANK AT STATHAM
OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
Statham, our hustling neighbor city,
is to have a second bank to be
known as the Farmers Bank of Stat
ham. Mr. Andrew Thomas, who was
the efficient cashier of the Curitheis
Banking Company for years, is to be
the local manager of the new bonk,
and Mr. W. S. Lanier, Statham’s pop
ular mayor, cashier.
The new bank is a branch of the
North Georgia Trust A Banking Cos.,
of this place, which has an authoriz
ed capital of $100,000.00 and has be
h'nd it some of the best, business men
in this section of the state and is
fast, forging to the front.
There are no better people any
where than Statham affords, and the
News is pleased to note that the rap
id and at the srnae time substantial
*
growth of this spelndld little city is
mooting with encouragement for Win
der capital.
We are glad that Stathaml has se
cured the new hank and we bespeak
for the new Farmers Bank of Stat
ham a successful career and feel sure
it will prove influential in the devel
opment of Statham and her territory.
MARTIAL LAW RULES
ALONG RIO GRANDE.
Brownsville, Texas, September B.
United States troops today took full
control of the lower Texas-Mexican
boundary, and, according to reports
received at Fort Brown here tonight,
not a shot was fired across the inter
national line during the day. Reports
from the interior of the border coun
ties also stated that the day passed
without disorder.
The only disquieting incident re
ported tonight was the finding of cir
culars on the streets of Mercedes
urging Mexicans to rise and conquer
the states of California and Arizona,
Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and
Mississippi and establish the repub
lic of Texas.”
MANAGER G. W. WOODRUFF
ANNOUNCES AERIAL WARFARE
Performance of this Kind Never Be
fore Witness'd in America.—Deal
Closed for Big Stunt.
For six months we have been work
ing to secure an aviator who could
do the aerial war stunts which have
bean employed by the German, French,
and British armies, and at last we
have, by the assistance of the Young
Aeroplane Cos., of Kansas City, Mo.,
and by setting up a big wad of long
green, secured the services of one
Monseur Andre Honpert, the famous
French aviator, who contracts to fly
for our fair and to shoot war booms
similar to those used by -the warring
nations of Europe. We will build
an improvised fort on the far edge of
the fair grounds, the aviator takes
one flight to get his bearings and lo
cations. After that each flight he
will fly over the fort and drop the
destructive booms that blow the fort
into fragments.
Not until the great European war
did the world ever know of the de
structive value of booms dropped from
an aeroplane and while not yet a year
old in the world’s history, we are
able to bring it to Winder and give
the people of this section of Georgia
an opportunity to see that vvhich has
never been seen before ill this coun
try. Perhaps not a single person on
this side of the broad Atlantic has
had the pleasure to see na exhibition
of this famous aerial warfare. We are
proud to be able to give to the peo
ple who attend the Woodruff North
Georgia Fair this exhibition. We are
proud to make it possible for our
friends to see an exhibition that i*
new. We are glad to he the leaders
and to be the first in America to of
fer to the public an exhibition of
this character.
When you attend the Wodoroff
North Georgia Fair and witness this
high and thrilling attraction you
will have the satisfaction of knowing
you are first in America to enjoy
this exhibition and it s a free at
traction —costs you nothing to see it.
Remember the dates, October sth
to 9th.
G. W. Wool ruff, Manager
BARROW FARMERS VISIT \
ATHENS FARM SCHOOL.
Seventy-Five Leading Planters See
What Scientific Methods Do When
Applied to Agriculture.
Thursday was “Barrow Day” at the
State Agricultural College at Athens,
about severity-five farmers from this
county making that institution a vis
it, and spending the day looking ov<*r
the farm and listening to the experts
in charge explain the manner in
which the work of the institution wa*
being done.
Special attention was shown the
visitors, and the day was pleasantly
and profitably spent by our citizens
who went over to view the big col
lege and farm with its live slock and
other equipment.
Those who visited the farm are en
thusiastic in their praise for the
institution and the manner in which
the work for Improvement of agricu)
tural development is being done.
Barrow is yet without a farm dem
onstrator and the need for one
made more apparent to those who
went to Athens Thursday. It is veTy
likely that the county will make some
arrangement at an early date to avail
itself of the opportunity to secure a
government expert to assist the farm
ers in all lines of farm developmenL
Nick Demos, a former citizen of
Winder, is in the cKy this week. He
left here to fight 'n the Greek army
in the Balkan war, and was in six
big battles. He wnats to locate her©
again, saying that he had rather live
in Winder than any town in the
United States. ’ ; I ,
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