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Published Every Thursday by R. O. Ross fif Son, and Entered at
the Postoffice at Winder, Ga„ as Second-class Mail Matter,
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ROBERT O. ROSS Editor
ROBERT O, ROSS, JR - Associate Editor
VOL. XXII. Thursday, February 10, 1916. No. 44-
WOODRUFF BOYS INCREASE
NUMBER OF SCHOLARSHIPS
Winder, Ga., Feb. 8, 1!)16.
Prof. W. M. Holsenbeck,
City.
Dear Sir: — ' .
Please announce to the teachers
at your next Teachers’ Institute, that
it will be our purpose at the next
Fair to increase the number of schol
arships to the State College of Ag
riculture. In the past we have each
year sent five boys from this sec
tion through the short term course
of the State College of Agriculture.
We believe that this plan is the very
best system of education possible
for the young farmers, and as our
Fair is an educational institutoin,
with the prime object of educating
the farmers, we have decided to ex
tend this work.
In adddition to the Corn Club
winners of the five counties whom
We have been sending through the
term, we want tp send ftve boys
from Barrow county, which will niaki
six boys from Barrow county and one
boy from each of the four adjoining
counties. If we can send ten boys
through the State College of Agricul
ture each year as long as we operate
the fairs, even if it be for ten
years, the one hundred boys who
profit from this college education
especially arranged for farmers, will
we think, be highly beneficial to
the agricultural interest of this "C
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The plan for the last five boys will
be for each school in Barrow county
to nominate a candidate. He must
be a farmer boy, between the ages
of fifteen and eighteen years. The
twenty-five schools will put twenty
five candidates in the field, and the
people attending the Fair will ballot
and elect five from the twenty-five.
Everyone who purchases a ticket at
the Fair will vote for the five boys.
We will allow no “single-shots,” but
will provide tickets with twenty-five
names on them. The people will
scratch off twenty- and leave five on
We hope by this means to select five
boys from the different communities
in the county to be represented.
Please explain this to the teach
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ers, and let them elect, or nomi
nate, their candidate as quickly as
possible. In order that the matter
may have more publicity before the
teachers and school boys of the coun
ty with the request that they be
printed. II
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Assuring y C u that it is our plan
to co-operate with the educational in
terest of the county, and make the
Woodruff North Georgia Fair an ed
ucational factor in the industrial and
agricultural interests of the county,
\*e beg to remain, yours very truly,
G. \V. Woodruff, Manager.
We Want to Know.
' We notice that a convict has ask-
Editor E. L. Rainey a question
l hat sounds something like this:
“We mul in Holy Writ that Adam
was the first man, and God saw that
it was not good for man. to be alone,
so He created Eve. To Adam and
HVe were born two sons, Cain and
Abel." The convict wants Editor
Kainey to tell him where woman
came from. Editor Rainey gives it
up. and to help him out, we would
like tor someone to put us wise that
w 0 may enlighten a brother editor.
Is woman simply an accident.
Waves to Commerce .
Mr. Junius Carrington, who has
been with the Bell Overall Company
siice its first organization, ha® ten
der and his resignation to that corn
puny and accepted a position with
the Commerce Company as first as
sistant to Fix-d Weatherly, superin
tendent of the work-room. Mr. Car
rington is a model: young business
man and will make Commerce a good
citizen. With his family he w ill move
next week to our sister city
Mr. Joshua Harrison died at his
bo me in Jefferson Tuesday night.
Johnny Burns
Blows Into Town
Hands Out Let of Hot Air to News
Reporter and We Pass It Along
to the Public.
(By El Nuevo Toro.)
His name is Johnny Burns, and he
has some kind of duties to perforin as
a workman in erecting one of the
large buildings now going up in Win
der.
Johnny had stepped into Nick’o
res f aurant for a package of cigarettes
and his shoe became wedged in a hole
in the flooring. As his name indi
dicates, Johnny is not a Frenchman,
and the Greek’s stand was being fill
ed with an euphonious flow of Irish
profanity concerning floors in gener
al and neglected carpenters. When
John’s safety valve had blown off,
noting that he was a stranger in the
city, 1 decided to pry into his person
al affairs and draw out his impres
sions of the South in general and of
Winder and her people in particular.
“Did you happen to an accident,
my friend.”
“Dis is a hellofaburg; it’s full of
accidents. I blows in two weeks
to git me a job on de new cooler. I
drifts into de Hotel de Granite and
asks dem for some info* on de gink
who has de contract to build dd pen.
Dey tells me dat I’m in de wrong sta
ble aud can’t find a cell dere. I telle
dem dat I wouldn’t stop at dere cara
vanserap. Dey accuses me of swear
ing and trows me out.”
“What do you think about our city,
Mr. Burns.”
. “It’s probably all de cheese when
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yer gi s wise, but its not every one
dat has wisdom in dere dome. I stan<
in front of de eWoolworth building,
where de bank is, de udder night,
when along conies a gink wid his
lamp© starin’ through goggles and
says to me, ‘Good avenin, brother,’
and I says ‘howdy,’ he says ‘Right,
always right.’ ”
“Die guy gives me demit, and I
gives him de curio slant. He bids
me down to his stop-awhile in de
court house. He sits me down upon
his choice bench, hands me some hod
carrier’s delight and a poipe, and den
breaks out in a delirious stage of
some sort of a bug, dat probly could
be called booster it is. He starts in
shootin’ Wallingford dope about
boostin,’ boards er trade, overhalls,
pacific tax, minstrlls, eradication of
tick, newspaper ginks and some bunk
about a newspaper called de Snow
Storm. He keeps dis fireworks game
up until four in de morning, when I
comes to me senses, and looks for de
main outlet to de highway. I den
make a brake and fetches up in front
of dis Greak’s biscuit and egg facto
ry.
“De next g*uy in a dead town who
tries to git me into his four-by-8
to give me de ear dope on boostin’
will have to go faster ’n ten flat.
T>ls stuff, hot iar boostin’ is de
worst disease afflictin’ de South. It
has pelagraw and hookworm floored.
He Rockefeller Research board ought
to look into de matter, as itfs filling
up the violent wards south of de
Mason and Dixie. If dey wiants ter
boost whyiuhell don’t day git a
few- wheels agoin' dat will hand out
fifteen or eighteen a week to a few
hundred guys. Frinstance git in
some shoemaker, hair oil, shirt, hat,
glove and post-toasty factories. When
day gits d?m agoin’.day won’t have
poorly togged and hungry bald-beadet
citizens. Day will den have some
thin’ dat will stick to de* tow n an’
boost it. It will also cure dis prev
alent disease, boosteritis. Hot air
prosperity simply withers a burg, an’
gives de impresshun dat ye are trv
in’ ter hide a graveyard wid boons
talk. De only boom dat booms er
town is de concerns dat brings de
wages.
"Of course a cotton mining camp
like dis one can git a few factories
in, it if it has a board of trade dat
is not suffering from de sleeping sick
The Winder New*, Thursday, February 10, 1916.
ness and a bunch of business guys
dat have sunk de first dollar day
ever made. Old Bill Shakespeare tells
us dat tight wads and sleepy trade
boards gedder no moss. Again I
can quotes you dat Goldsmith says
“ill fares de land ter hastenin’ ills
er prey where wealth accumulates an
men decay.’ I gits dat dope from me
fader, who used ter teach a coun
try school in Hoboken.
“By de way, me dad writes me de
udder day asking how it would be for
him to come down here from dear oD
Hoboken and start a meat shop. I
writes him by de next mail ter stay
where he is, as dere is anew dis
ease here called pacific tax dat de
officials shoot into de arms of de
business men. Dis germ I tells him
causes in time a slow business death
known as bankruptcy. I also puts
him wise dat he would have to live
in a tent, as dey ain’t a vacant sleep
er in de town. Of course I don’t
means to talk tco harsh about de
burg, ’cause it ain’t right to speak ill
of de dead.
“Den dis town is one of dem burgs
dat drives a man to drink. I used
ter drink me a little beer in Hobo
ken, but down here I gits only Chat
tanooga rosewater, branded whiskey.
I gits up out of me sleeping bag in
Mr. Jim Griffeth’s calf lot de udder
night to git me some booze. I meets
a gink in front of the Rex All and
asks him where a guy can get a
swipe. He tells me dat he has some
old Woodruff in his rear valise and
goes into his back pocket and pulls
out a bottle with a hole In both. ends.
He pulls de plug out of de bottom. I
takes a draw, shut me eyes, sinks to
de sidewalk and passes away.
“De nejet t’ing I knows I stands in
front of his worship, de mayor. I
gives him de once over and says to
meself, where did I see da gezook be
fore. Den I recalls dat he was de
guy dat was standing near by when
I gits de drink, and it passed thru
me mind at de time to ask him ta
have one, but, a§, I said before, me
senses, failed me. His worship read
de charge and asks me if I pleads
guilty or not guilty. I says, ‘Not
guilty, ye honor.’ He asked me if I,
has council, and I says I am me own
lawyer. Den I hums ‘Annie Laury’
and when his worship hears it he
thinks of his boyhood days and 1 gets
soft-hearted. >. I immediately slip in
the defense dat you can’t put a guy
in jeopardy twice. H© says dat I
ain’t been in jeopardy before. I tells
him dat I was jeopardized when I
swallowed the rosewater. His wor
ship den smiles and wid gladsome
gaze remarks dat de old French ad
age dat de guy who acts as his own
lawyer has a fool for a client is re
versed and proclaims in stentorian
voice dat de gentleman is discharged.
After bowing Alphonse like I wid
draws from his smiles. His worship
knows dat it's de officials fault for
permitting walking saloons to distrib
ute dere pizen to de public at large
in de highways and byways. It takes
some watchin’ to keep a thirsty town
from drinking pizen. I may say dat
I have met worse guys dan your may
or. Dere is a nudder thing dat dis
town ought to stop quick, and dat is
de far coffee and artificial eggs dat
some feederies hand out. De citizens
can’t get fat on chickory and hot
dogs.”
I then informed Mr. Burns that the
city was building a beautiful and
commodious school house and asked
him if he hod seen it.
“Now you are hitting de right trail.
Git edication into the chilluns think
tank, and, as your ’steemed towns
man, Sam Potts, says, you will
throwr rays of sunshine into the
dark pathways of ignorance. I>e main
trouble wid de new' school building
seems to be dat it should be on a
larger tract and not so close to de
street as to endanger de lives ; of de
kids froun "gas wagons.”' It is built
on de plan of a Ford automobile stor
agehouse. It should either be anud
der story high or have a high roof
wid cupalo and flagstaff. Den git
some member of the Daughters of de
Revolution to present it wid an Amer
ican flag. Me for dear Old Glory ev
ery time. AH of our public buildings
in dat dear old Hoboken has de Start
an’ Stripes flowin’ to de wind. It
strikes me dat it would have been
a better plan if day had built three
school buildings in different parts of
the city at a cost of twelve thousand
dollars and build them a year apart.
I dat wouldn't den cause some chillun
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MORE THAN ONE-HALF THE MONEY IN THE UNITED STATES
IS NOT IN THE BANKS. NEARLY EVERY PAPER YOU PICK UP
TELLS HOW SOMEONE HAS BEEN ROBBED.
WHERE IS YOUR MONEY? IS IT SAFE IN OUR BANK OR UN
SAFE IN YOUR HOME OR POCKET?
IT IS “DANGEROUS” TO CARRY MONEY OR HIDE IT. A BURG
LAR MAY KILL YOU. THAT’S HIS BUSINESS: QUIT BEING CARE
LESS AND BANK YOUR MOEEY.
MAKE OUR BANK YOUR BANK.
WE PAY 5 PER CENT INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, WINDER, GA.
I am in the husiness again
4 WHY?
To sell the FAMOUS
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Green’* High Crade t
Red Elk I *ll£|YlA
Born’s Fish Scrap
AT OLD PRICES
Bulk and Sack Acid.
I have special prices.
I can save you money on what you
will need this year. See me
J.Woot Sheats
to walk two hundred feet and ud
ders two miles in de heat of sum
mer and de balstin’ rains o’ winter.
But as long as it speaks knowledge
I 'spose it will be to de good any
way.
“Well, I guess I’ll get me to de
calf lot. Good night, ol* man. I’ll
ye agin.’’
“Good night, Mr. Burns.’* ' !
Big Day at Christian Church.
Next Sunday is Georgia Go To Sun
day School Day. We are expecting
300 at the Chrisian church a 10:20 A.
M. Special program. Mtich interest
Come and bring a friend.
Regular preaching 11.30 A. M. Ser
mon to fit young and old. Come.
You can’t afford to miss. Evening
services at usual hour. —John H.
Wood, Pastor.
Moseley-Boggs.
A wedding of peculiar interest to
many of the bride’s friends and reilt
a*ives here, was that of Miss Janie
Lee Mosaey, of Danielsville, to Mr.
J. A. Boogs, a traveling salesman of
that city last Sabbath.
Miss Moseley lias a number of rel
atives in Winder and is a granddaugh
ter of Mrs. A. T. Carrington. They
will be at home to friends in Daniefs
ville, the county site of Madison coun
ty.
We are showing the
prettiest line of Spring
goods ever shown in Win
der. But don’t take our
word for it, come and let
us show you. The Winder
Dry Goods Cos. Store.
SEHRIFF’S SALE
Will be sold on the first Tuesday
in March, 1916, before the court
house door, in Winder, Georgia., be
tween the legal hours of sale, tk> the
highest bidder for cash, the one
tenth remainder interest in the fol
lowing described land. Said land sold
as remainder man’s interest of M. B.
Griffeth, in the William Collier es
tate, which consists of 200 acres of
land, more or less, in Barrow coun
ty, Georgia, Jones district, G. M.,
and bounded as follows: On north,
by lands of T. B Smith; on east by
lands of Y. A. Daniel; on south] by
the lands of Tom Vincent; on west
by Hands of M. F. Wood. Said lands
are to be sold subject to the life es
tate of Miss Pheobe Collier, and to
satisfy a fi. fa. issued from thd City
Court of Jeferson, Georgia, December
18, 1914, against M. B. Griffeth, in
favor of Porter Fertilizer Company.
Property pointed out by plaintiff’s
attorneys. This February 9, 1916.
H. O. Camp, Sheriff.
C arpenter & Kimball, Attorneys
Porter Fertilizer Cos.
SHERIFF’S SALE.
W ill be sold before the court house
door of Barrow county, in Winder,
5 Georgia, on the first Tuesday in
1 March, 1916, at public outcry, within
the legal hours of sale, to the high
est bidder for cash, the following de
scrbied property, to-wit; One ld ian
Motorcycle and side car, said prop
erty levied on as the property of
C. W. Herndon t Q satisfy a mortgage
fi. fa. issued from the Superior court
of Barrow 1 county in favor of A. A.
Thomas against the said C. W. Hern
don. Thin the Bth day of Feb., 1916.
, H. O. Camp, Sheriff.