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BARROW COUNTY
SCHOOLS
ARE THE BEST
VOL. XXII.
MASS MEETING ENDORSES
WOODRUFF NORTH GA. FAIR.
Resolutions Enthusiastically Adopted
Promising Support to Woodruffs
for Permanent Organization.
Last Thursday night, at the Bar
row county court house, a mass meet
ing of enthusiastic Barrow county
citizens went on record as endorsing
the Woodruff North Georgia Fair
for Winder and Barrow again this
year. Amid much applause, the fol
lowing resolution was adopted, as
furnished The News by the secreta
ry:
> G ‘Whereas; The Woodruff North
Lnygia Fair has been operated in
to ni'hr for three years in the past,
ablejAe promoters of that fair are
fronting of continuing same as a
permanent institution, and in order
that they may succeed in this un
dertaking, and have the co-operation
and support of the people of the
town, be it Resolved;
First. That we endorse the fairs
as they have been operated in the
past, and believe that they have
served the farmers, the business
men of the town, and the town as
a whole to as great advantage anv
stock company fair could possibly
have done and they having originat
ed it, fostered and supported it with
their time and money to make it a
success and attain the reputation
that it now has, we think it is man
ifestly unfair for any people to un
dertake to defeat the promoters of
this fair in their laudable undertak
ing.
Further, That we pledge to the
Woodruff Brothers, in the enterprise
of the Woodruff North Georgia Fair
our hearty support and co-operation ,
on the fair for the year 1916, and j
thW iVture years so long as they see
fit to operate it and hold it up to
the present high standard of efficien
cy.
‘Further, That the citizens in mass
meeting respectfully request the City
officials to give the Woodruff North
Georgia Fair the same respectful at
tention and consideration that they
would any other similar enterprise
in Winder.”
Chances for Recovery Encouraging.
Mr. W. H. Sheats, who was stick
en with paralysis at Danielsville
some two weeks ago and brought to
Winder in a serious condition, was
removed to Atlanta last Sunday to
undergo an operation. The operation
was a delicate one and much appre
hension has been felt by Mr. Sheats’
friends and relatives as to the ulti
mate outcome. Before going to press
The News refceived word that *r.
Btaeats withstood the operation, and
hie chances for recovery are very en
couraging.
Considerable excitement was occa
sftoed \it Monroe last week by rea
son 1 of the fact that prominent par
ties had been bitten by mad dogs.
The season of the year has arrived
when you should watch your dog
closely and if he begins to cut ca
pers kill him at once. Worthless
dogs should be “dispatched,, and the
owners of dogs should guard jeal
ously their duty to the public by
preventing them from running at
large. v
• Frank Duncan for Tom Bell.
* fFrom the Gwinnett Journal)
Flowery Branch, Ga., Mar. 3, 1916.
Editor Gwinnett Journal:
Lawrenceville Ga.
Vill you please correct the report
that is going around that I am not
going ot support Hon. Thomas M.
Bell for congress? I am for Tom
Bell and will do all I can for him.
It does not make any difference with
me who runs, I am for Tom Bell. If
President Wilson was running for
congress I would be for Tom Bell.
Yours fraternally.
I. F. DUNCAN.
j
Buy voHr smoking tobacco and pipe
froja Baugh and Jones.
BARROW COUNTY UNION
SINGING CHOIR.
Held Session at Cedar Creek Last
Sunday Afternoon With Large
Attendance.
The Barrow County Union Singing
Convention met at Cedar Creek last
Sunday afternoon and enjoyed son.
of the best music in the history of
the convention.
Music was led by H. N. Sellars,
M. J. Stancil, Walter Sauls, Homer
Baird, Ed House, Emory Bedingfielt.
Ernest Brown, W. M. Sellers, Lester
Baird, Willie Bruce, John Wheeler.
Those presiding at the organ were
Miss May Carlyle, Miss Mamie Odum
Mrs. George Dalton, Mr. Ernest
Brown.
The Choir will meet with Carl Bap
tist church on second Sunday after
noon in April. Everybody invited
to meet with us.
Walter Sauls, President.
H. N. Sellers, Secretary.
Senior Priscilla Circle Entertained.
Mrs. S. T. Ross and Mrs. Martha
Odum were joint hostesses at a de
lightful meeting of the Senior Pris
cilla last Friday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Ross.
After an enjoyable hour spent in
sewing a delicious salad course with
wafers and coffee was served.
About twenty members were pres
ent.
ARE YOU REGISTERED?
If you are not registered, you had
better attend to this matter. Auto
matically the time of registering
closes April 4th. It is understood
that Registrar Williams has made ar
rangements for registering at Au
burn, Statham and Bethlehem, leav
ing blanks at the banks. Registra
tions books are open at the court
house. When yyu are in town call
there and get in shape to participate
in the election this year.
Adult Illiteracy in Georgia.
At the coming meeting <~f the Geor
gia Educational Association to be
held in Macon April 20-21-22 one of
the principal questions to be discuss
ed will be that of adult illiteracy in
Georgia and plans will be perfected
to rid the state of illiteracy by a
state-wide campaign.
Already much work along this line
has been accomplished in several
counties, notably Newton, Houston
Tattnal and Tift. In all this great
work the teachers have had a large
part.
Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart, while
superintendent of the county schools
of Rowan county, Kentucky, was the
first person in this county to start
systematic work to eradicate illiter
acy. She organized the famous moon
light schools for grown people who
could not read and write. She is
now president of the Kentucky Illit
eracy Commission appointed by the
Governor of that state to rid the
entire state of illiteracy.
Mrs. Stewart will be present at
the Macon meeting of the Georgia
Education association and will make
an address on this subject.
Every teacher in Georgia ought to
hear her.
Made a Good Haul.
This week one of these worthy
young men who have met with acci
dents but undaunted, is trying to
make his own living, dropped into
The News office. He left us a small
order for labels while he canvassed
the town selling his wares. Return
ing for his work, he began to tell
one of the News men about his suc
cess. with a greasy individual in a
certain section of the city, when the
News man informed him that the
aforesaid soft proposition was a
close relative. The grafter paid his
bill, received his labels, bowed his
profound apologies and made a quick
get-away. We refuse, to state just
how much he claimed the order net
ted hirii.
Winder, Barrow County, Ga., Thursday, March, 16, 1916.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF BARROW COUNTY.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES
AT COURT HOUSE.
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Rev. Emory to Speak to Men and
Boys Sunday Afternoon at 2:30.
Music by Auburn Quartet.
Under the auspices of the Young
Men’s Christian League religious ser
vices were held at the court house
last Sunday afternoon. A large con
gregation was present and attentive
ly listened to an earnest and elo
quent address by the Rev. W. H.
Faust upon the subject, “The Lure
of the City.”
Next Sunday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock Rev. Emory, who is at pres
ent engaged in the revival services
at the Methodist church, will speak
to men and boys only at the court
house upon the subject, “Sowing and
Reaping.’ ’
Music will be furnished by Chris
tian College quartet, of Auburn, Ev
ery man and boy in the city is cor
dially invited to be present.
Young Matrons Club.
Mrs. Hugh Carithers entertained
the Young Matrons club and a few
outside friends last Thursday after
noon at the home of her mother, Mrs
W. L. Blasingame.
The parlor, library and dining
room were all thrown together and
very artistic were the decorations of
white hyacinths and calla lillies with
palms and ferns.
On each table arranged for 500
were pots of white blooming hya
cinths and bonbon dishes filled with
white and green mints.
On the cabinets and mantles were
tall cut glass vases filled with calla
lillies and silver candle-sticks were
filled with green candles.
The decorations of white and green
were suggestive of St. Patrie’-’- *'y.
The score cards were of Snamrock
design and the favors were tiny Irish
flags.
The punch bowl was placed in the
library on a- table embedded in the
lovely white spring blossoms and wa
presided over by Miss Robbie Blas
ingame.
Miss Grace Graddick favored the
guests with several pretty Irish
songs.
Late in the afternoon a lovely sal
ad course witli tea was served. Mrs.
Carithers was assisted in entertain
ing by her mother, Mrs. Blasingame,
and Misses Robbie Blasingame and
Rubye Carithers.
Those present were: Mrs. W. D.
McKinney, Mrs. .J J. Wilson, Mrs.
G. C. Moseley, Mrs. H. M. Rankin,
Mrs. H. A. Carithers, Jr., Mrs. Wal
ter Cooper, Mrs. Reba Vonderlieth,
Mrs. Lee Del>aPerriere, Mrs. E. V.
Snipes, Mrs. Budh Jackson, Mrs. Rob
ert Camp, Mrs. Robert Arnold, Mrs.
L. W. Hodges, Mrs. P. A. Flanigan,
Mrs. Roy Jackson, Mrs. R. O. Ross,
Mrs. W. H. Quarterman, Mrs. W. H.
Toole, Mrs. A. I). McCurry, Mrs. E.
A. Starr, Mrs. A. H. O’Neal, Mrs.
L. S. Radford, Mrs. H. E. Edwards,
Mrs. W. A. Brooks, Mrs. W. M Hol
senbeck, Mrs. Guy Barnett.
Killed by Train.
Friday afternocp about 6 o’clock
a negro woman about twenty years
of age was run down and killed by
a Seaboard Air Line train in the cut
near the electric plant just beyond
the incorporate limits of Winder. Th<
negro woman lived with her father
On the farm of Mr. Judson Hardigree
and served as cook for a white fam
ily of Winder. She was on her way
to work when she met the train and
turned to run, but was overtaken
before she reached safety.
K. of P. Meeting.
All qualified Knights of Pythias
members are requested to attend the
regular meeting on Thursday, March
16, work in second degree. Some
thing will be doing.
J. E. Callahan, C. C.
A. L. Jacobs, K. of R. k S.
BLUE RIDGE MAN HERE
LOOKING FOR LOCATION.
Wants to Purchase Brick Store Biuld
ing.—lf Successful Will Move
Here in Fall.
Col. J. C. Ray, of Blue Ridge, Ga.,
accompanied by a friend, was in Win
der this week looking for a location.
Mr. Ray is a valued reader of The
Winder News and last week saw
in its columns an advertisement
of a two-story storeroom for sale
and came to investigate. When he
arrived he found this particular one
leased for a number of years. He
is in the market for a business build
ing, and with his partner, will pur
chase if a suitable one if offered.
He already owns a home here. He
w’ants to make arrangements to
mov6 here about October 1, 19 Id.
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Art Exhibit.
Nothing daunted by a blustering
March day, a goodly number of par
ents and teachers assembled in the
comfortably heated room at the
Christian church for the monthly
meeting of the Parent-Teacher or
ganization.
Those 'who breasted the winds felt
that it “was good 4o be there.” A
song from little Harriet Segars was
wholly enjoyed and all were inter
ested in the splendid rendition of a
long poem by Mary Ross. A paper
on the "Impression of Pictures,” was
aptly applied in a class of small chil
dren, by Miss Mary Russell, in a
style truly characteristic of her clev
erness.
Those who were fortunate enough
to hear this paper and see these chil
dren received impressions that will
be everlasting.
Another interesting and well ren
dered paper was “Some of My Fa
vorite Pictures by Mrs. Hugh Carith
ers, Jr. As she brought out some
of the best points in the pictures, to
make them more realistic and more
enjoyable, she passed around minia
ture prints to be seen by all pres
ent.
Such enthusiasm . was manifested,
that it was decided, at an early date,
to bring an art exhibit to our town
for the purpose of getting suitable
pictures for our elegant new school
building.
Truly this was a program long to
be remembered.
Knight Templart Meet in Athena.
The Godfrey De Bouillon Com
mandery No. 14, Knights Templar
will meet at Athens Friday, March
17, to have its regular annual in
spection by Very Eminent Sir Rob
ert Lee Wiley, Deputy Commander
of Georgia. All Sir Knights are urg
ed to be present.
Winder has a large membership
in this Commander) and they all ex
pect to attend. A banquet will be
served in the Georgian Hotel after
inspection.
Jury Drawn to Serve March Term
243 District, G. M. J. P. Court.
1 Claud Mayne.
2 I. C. Segars.
3 G. S. Summerour.
4 J. F. Anderson.
5 M. H. Carlyle.
6 F. W. Bondurant.
6 E. A. Starr.
8 T. J. Morgan
9 W. J. Herrin.
10 G. W. DeLaPerriere.
11 J. E. Williams
12 J. W. Shields.
Mrs. W. C. Horton, Mrs. Paul
Roberts, Mrs. Reba Vonderlieth and
Mrs. G. C. Moseley motored to At
lanta Saturday to see ‘Nobody Home.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Camp are
at home to their friends in their
apartments at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. B. B. Jackson on Church St.
Miss Mary Alice Strange, senior
student at Wesleyan College, will
spend the week-end here with her
parents.
ALWAYS
-P-U-S-H- .
-YOUR SCHOOL
POLITICAL POT SIMMERING;
OLD MEN ALL IN RACE.
Four Contestant* Already for Tax
Receiver. —Likely to be Some
More Entries.
Since the Democratic Executive
Committee set the date for the coun
ty primary, politics are being talk
on, and a good deal of interest is
manifest in several sections of the
county over the probable entrance
of their respective favorites for the
various offices.
Four men are already out hustling
for votes for the office of Tax Re
ceiver and several are being urged
to get in the race against Ordinary
Hill, but up to this time no one has
cast his hat into the ring.
20,000 MEN TO BE ADDED
TO THE REGULAR ARMY.
Washington, March 14. —A joint
resolution authorizing the president
to bring the regular army up to full
strengtth by adding 19,447 men to
existing organizations was passed in
the house late today without objec
tion or debate and with but one dis
senting vote.
Representative Hay, chairman of
the military committee, had asked
for immediate consideration of the
resoltuion on account of demands of
citizens along the border for addition
al protection during the march of the
punitive expedition into Mexico.
There was no objection and the res
olution was passed in five minutes.
CLOSING OUT SALE.
W. G. Graham & Cos., is closing
out its line of Dry Goods, Shoes, Gro
ceries at first cost. The reason for
this cut-price sale is, we are retiring
from business. This is a bona fide
close out sale. We are going to
retire from business whether we
dispose of our stock or not. If you
want to profit by visiting our store
come early and get first picking.
W. G. GRAHAM & CO.
UNITED STATES ARMY
CROSSES MEXICAN BORDER.
El Paso, Texas, March 15. —Unit-
ed States troops, with camps broken,
were under marching equipment on
the Mexican border west of here at
daylight today in at least two posi
tions, Military censors prohibited
transmission of any information of
actual movements throughout the
first half of the day. The troops in
readiness were at Columbus and ila
chati, N. M.
Hon. Ben A. Perry Georgia Bank
Examiner visited Winder recently.
He wrote interestingly of his visit
and the growth and progress be
ing made by Winder folks since his
last visit. His letter was published
a The Jonesboro Journal. Winder
people are appreciative of the kind
words from Mr. Perry.
Duckworth May Run for jvernor.
Union Citty, Ga., March 15.—R
F. Duckworth, of this place, former
president of the National Farmers’
Union and one of the best known
men in Georgia, is expected to an
nounce for governor in the next few
days, at least his close friends hold
this opinion.
Mr. Duckworth has been pledged
the support of a great number of peo
pie of the state.
Mr. L. H. Roberts, of the McGreg
or Company, Athens, moved his fam
ily from Winder to that city this
week. Their daughter, Rosa, will
remain here through the school ses
sion.
Mr. Jack Porter, of Jefferson is
spending a few days here with his
friends.
Genuine John Deere Steel Plow
points sold by Smith Hardware Cos.
No. 49