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VOL. XXIII.
JOHN N. ROSS DISCUSSES
• CONGRESSIONAL CONTEST
Barrow Cit z:ns Should Apologize for
Having Allowed Russell to
Prevail Upon Them to Press
Him Into the Contest
Editor Winder News:
Asa citizen of Barrow county i
ask to have a word relating to the
race in the Ninth district now on for
nominee for the democratic party.
I have said before that a county
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can establish a character the same as
an individual. I can't see that our
county is to be helped in anyway by
the race now on, when 1 consider the
end of the contest. These who pre
cipitated this contest knew from the
first mention of it that the candida
cy of Mr. Russell would bring on a
bitter fight in our county, however
unequal the contest may prove in the
district. It is ridiculous for a few
fjxers or interested parties to precip
itate political strife and hope to win
the fight by crying harmony and
peace. They know the record of Mr.
Russell, they knew the temper ot
this people and they arrogate too
much to themselves of influence in
this county if they think they will
be allowed to pose as dictators and
force the acceptance of distasteful
candidates
Better for' the county to take her
place with her sister counties in the
Ninth quietly than to become laugh
ing stcck fer others by becoming too
fresh or playing a grab game. The
whole proceeding is ridiculous and
full of sheer cheek.
Barrow has the right of course to
offer a candidate, but when she does
she should manifest a spirit of fair
ness and display good judgment and
a sense of gratitude. Not long ago
our people were offering thanks to
Hall ccunty ind expressing eternal
gratitude for favors. Now you would
folicw in a fight against Hall’s fa
vorite son led by one who has palli
ated your late enmity by fair promis-
shorn of explanation or apolo
gy.
Does this speak well of your grat
itude cr add to your character as a
county? . -i
The measure of manhood belonging
to Bell and Russell is well known to
the public men of Georgia. One whq
is nigh sixty years of age has been
sufficiently tried to take his full
measure.
The question is, which of these
men who Have already served his
day and generation will Barrow coun
ty endorse.
Bell’s successor shculd be a youngei
man, full of vigor and bram, who
has promise of rising to a point of
lofty statesmanship.
It is a reflection on the brilliant
young men of the Ninth to propose
the trial of an old man whose prom
ises plainly point to self or preju
dice, whose political life can be
laid bare by any Georgian familiar
with lobbying in Atlanta.
Read what is said in the papers un
der Russell’s picture. Not a word
addressed to the democrats of the
district. We know that a democratic
primary is called. Does he intend
to ignore it, or simply soft-pedal on
democracy? He is an advocate of
dead issues and pull on the treasury,
but side steps such live issues as
prohibition, child-labor and votes for
women.
That proclamation measures Itus
sell correctly and puts him out of
the running.
Our Barrow county citizens should
apologize for having allowed him to
prevail upon them to press him into
this discouraging contest.
J. N. ROSS.
Mrs. T. E. Hill and Master Jos
eph Hill have returned from Atlan
ta after a pleasant visit to Mr. and
Mrs. G. W. Simmons, the parents
of Mrs. Hill.
UJtekt Wcws.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF BARROW COUNTY.
CANDIDATE RUSSELL SPEAKS
TO JACKSON COUNTY VOTERS.
’Twas Cold and Unresponsive Crowd
He Faced. Band Played Dixie
But No Enthusiasm.
Jefferson, Ga., August 7.—(Staff
Correspondence!.—Superior Court is
in session here today, and it being
the first day of court, as usual, , a
large crowd of Jackson county citi
zens were in attendance.
Judge Russell, candidate for con
gress from the Ninth, was advertis
ed to speak at the noon hour, and
many remained to hear what he had
to say.
The Judge and his Lawrenceville
brass band arrived just before noon,
and the band rendered several se
lections down on the square, then
led the crowd into the court house.
Some five or six hundred people
heard him.
In all our life we never heard such
quiet attention given a candidate foi
congress. The Judge spoke for more
than an hour, and seemed to be the
only one present enthused over what
he w r as saying.
In this same court room we have
heard Emery Speer, Allen Candler,
Thad Pickett, Hoke Smith, Joseph
Brown and Tom Bell, and on no occa
sion have we been so impressed with
the solemnity of the voters.
We have heard “Dixie” played
nigh on to a thousand times and we
heard it played today in the court
house just after “Uncle” Tommy
Johnson introduced the speaker to
the audience, but this w'as the first
time in our fifty-one years that we
ever heard Dixie played that it did
not bring forth a yell. Even that
(
good old Confederate veteran “Un
cle” Wilkes Lord, failed to yell.
Then, just as the speaker rose to
address the audience, ‘Uncle’ Wilkes
proposed three cheers for Russell
One wliocp from “Uncle” W’ilkes
was the only answer. It was, in
deed a solemn political meet.
But Richard was game. He had
something to say and he went about
it. He talked pork barrel, and said
that if the voters of the Ninth would
send him to congress that within
three months'he would get them an
appropriation to drain Middle Oco
nee, and that within six months he
would get them an appropriation to
build highways over the Blue Ridge
mountain; lie talked Anglo-Saxon,
but left off the pure and undefiled;
he was strong against immigration,
and said that the only immigrant
that he stood for was a ten-pound
Georgia baby He opposed Catholi
c’sm and wept when he recalled that
three of his great uncles had met
death in France during some of the
religious wars. In illustrating his
ugliness he told a good joke and pro
voked laughter. When the speaking
was over most of the audience rush
ed to the courthouse grounds.
Mingling with the crowd after
the speaking, it was easy to find
out that Tom Bell had oodles of fol
ic.wers on hand This, in a meas-
ure, may account for the solemnity
of this political occasion.
Dave Venable, that Jefferson phil
osopher, informed us that he had
just made arrangements with Carter’
warehouse for a place to store the
gold Dick was going to bring into
the Ninth. There would be no use
to trcuble the banks. This money
Was intended for the farmers and he
was going to see to it that eacli and
every cne got a wagon load of the
money Dick sent back.
To The Barrow County Canning Club
Mrs. Sheats wishes to announce to
the Canning Club girls of this coun
ty that henceforth her office hours
will be from nine in the morning
until four in the afternoon on Satur
days cf tach week. She will be glad
to have them call at any time
between these hours on each Satur
day at her home.
Mi 8. W. O. Perry has been very
much indisposed for the past few
days.
Winder, Barrow County, Ga., Thursday, August 10, 1916.
PEOPLE YOU
KNOW ABOUT
Prof. W. M. Holsenbeck is spend
ing a few days at his home in Macon
Miss Ella Mae Summerfur is visit
ing friends near Monroe for a few
days.
Mr. Mr. Robert Settle of Atlanta is
spending the week in Winder with
home folks.
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Baugh, Com
meice were guests of relatives here
last week-end.
■Mr. Vernon Foster is home again
after a pleasant visit in Macon with
the soldier boys.
Miss Ploy Strickland was the at
tractive guest of friends in Monroe
list week-end.
Mr. John Carrington, of Athens,
Ga., spent Sunday and Monday with
home folks here.
Page Gregory, Jack Sheats, Hubert
Williams arje eygnoin a two weeks’
camp near Helen, Ga.
Mr. vVa.’r-'n l urhw, of Jackson,
spent the : asi week here wth his
sister, Mrs. Vao Colts.
Mr. and .% rs Os ar McP..e and ba
by, of Fiber-m sp<mt last Sunday
here with friends.
Mr. Herschel Williams, one of
Winder’s soldier boys, is home from
camp on a few days’ furlough.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kilpatrick, of
Atlanta, spent the week end here as
the guests of Mr. R. L. Carithers.
Mrs. J. B. Cooper and children are
on an extended visit to friends and
relatives in Rockmart and Buchanan.
Miss Rosa Mae Westbrooks return
ed home Saturday after a delightful
visit to friends ar.d relatives in At
lanta.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Beers and
children. College Park, motored to
Winder, Sunday and visited friends
h: re.
Mr. J. N. Harris, Jr., and Miss
Thelma Harris, of Commerce, attend'
ed the Winder-. Monroe game here
Monday,
Mrs. A. E. Smith and little daugh
ter have returned to their home in
Gainesville, after a pleasant visit tc
Mrs. W. E. Mathews.
Misses Eddie Bell Harrison and
Druwillie Bell, Bethlehem, have re
turned home after a short visit to
Mrs. A. T. Harrison.
Mr fU'ci Mrs Le.wis Johnson, of
Decatur, Mr. and Mrs. Marsh, Atlan
ta spent last Sunday hero as guests
of Mr. pn 1 MjP. A. H. Onto 1 .
ittss Sarah Louise Furlow, of
Jackson Ga., has been the attractive
guest of relatives in Winder for the
past few days.
Mrs. John H. Wood, who for some
time has been the guest of relatives
in Grand Rapids Mich., is expected
home in a few days.
Miss Blanch Smith, who for the
past week has been the charming
gufst of Miss Antiie Thomas has re
turned to her home in Florida.
Prof. E. L. Martin, President of
the Georgia-Alabama Businesss Col
lege, of Macon, Ga., was in Winder
Monday and paid the News a visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Green Hill ana child
ren, Mr. and Mrs. George Thompson,
Mrs. M. J. Perry, Mrs. Minnie Dan
iel motored to Stone mountain last
Sunday and spent the day.
Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Sumrnerour,
Mrs. W. E. Moore and Miss Ella Mac
Sumrnerour motored over to Coving
ton, Loganville, Grayson and Monroe
Tuesday for a week's stay with rel
atives.
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Griffeth, Mrs.
H. P. Stonton left last Sunday in an
automobil etrip to Rome, Da Fayette
ville and Chattanooga. They were
accompaine! by Miss Maggie Ruth
Phipps, wlO returned to her home in
Da Fayette.
-THE NATION'S PERIL.”
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Mammoth Photo-Play Featuring the
Actual Sinking of Ship Coming to
The Strand.
S.nsations have been out-sensation
ed and motion pictures have nearly
gone the limit in their realism if
criticisms of the big Lubin War film,
"The Nation’s Peril,” are a criterion.
Taking for their theme a delicate
subjject, the topic of the present day
and deftly moulding that subject so
that no man may feel offense in the
teaching, the Lubin Company have
produced a five-reel picture dealing
with the question of the hyphenated
American and unpreparedness, “The
Nation’s Peril.” The picture record
vivid and thrilling scene ol' a ship be
ing sunk by actual shell fire of the
United States Atlantic fleet; mine
explosions, artillery engagements;
thousands of sailors, soldiers and ma
rines, a head-on train collision; the
burning of an entire town and in ad
dition the personalities of Secretary
Daniels, Admiral Winslow, Fletcher
and all the officers of the Atlantic
fleet, the Naval War College at New
port, Rhode Island, and of the Naval
Trailing Station.
Manager Love has secured this
great pin toplay for the patrons of
The Strand next Monday, afternoon
and night. Earle Metcalfe and Ormi
Hawley are to be seen in the leading
roles.
Miss Dorothy Taylor spent Mon
day in Atlanta.
Mr. J. R. N. Baugh was in At
lanta Sunday and Monday.
Mr. Harry Hodges is critically ill
at his home on Brpad street.
Miss Barbara Culpepper spent last
Tuesday with friends in Winder.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith spent
Sunday in Jefferson with relatives.
Miss Nell McCants spent last week
end with Miss Susie Sikes at her
country liomq.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Stockton and
little son are the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. R. It. Barber, this week.
Mrs. J. W. Moore and daughter,
Minnie, are spending several weeks
with friends in Ball Ground.
Mr. Walter Cooper, who lias been
in Knoxville, Tenn., for some time,
will return to Winder soon.
Mr. Paul S. Roberts is on a trip
to the east in the interest of the
Winder Dry Goods Cos. store.
Mr. Anderson Sharpton, superin
t ndent of the Winder ICe Cos. plant
spent Tuesday in Monroe on business
Miss Jennie Smith returned home
Saturday afternoon after a pleas
ant visit to relatives in Oconee couh
ty.
Misses Lillie Belle and Montine
Rcbinscn are the guests of Misses
Mae and Bertie Pirkle, of Carl, for
a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Stewart and
family have recently made their
home in Winder. They were former
ly of Athens.
Mr. J. L. Saul, proprietor of the
Saul rtcre, is in Baltimore and New
York for ten days buying fall and
w'nter stcck cf goods for his cus
tomers.
Mrs. W. F. Hamby has returned
to Winder after a pleasant visit to
friends in Gainesville. Her bus
band, Rev. Hamby, returned with
her.
Little Miss Blanche Smith will
leave Thursday to attend the house;
party given by Mrs. George Storey,
in Athens, for her little daughter.
Martha Carter.
Mr. R. A. W. Smith, Miss Joe
Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Herschel
Smith, spent Sunday with the latter’*
parents, Mr. and 'Mrs. G. B. Smith*
near Watkinsville.
Mrs. W. S. Frye will leave the lat
ter part of the week for a tour ol
Eastern cities. She will join her
brother, G. R. Delneau and with him
visit Baltimore, New York, Buffalo,
and other interesting cities. She will
be away about a month.
WINDER AND MONROE
PLAYING FAST BALL
Tore? cf the Series Played and Mon
roe Has Captured Two. —Meet
Again This Afternoon.
Monday at Athletic Park Winder
took the first of the six games sched
uled this week from Monroe, by a
score of 2 to 0.
Tuesday, in Monroe, that city’s
team returned the compliment, shut
ting Winder out by the same score.
And Wednesday, in Athens, on
Sanford Field, before a crowd esti
mated at fitteen hundred, Monroe
wen again by the score of five to
two '
WILLIAMS AND MORGAN
LEAVE FOR THE EAST
Messrs. J. M. Williams and A. S.
Morgan left Wednesday for the New
England and Canadian cotton mills
centers in the interest of their cot
ton firm.
J. M. Williams <fc Cos. have recent
ly added two new members to the
firm, Messrs. J. P. Williams and W.
A. Bre oks, and will handle cotton
this season on a large scale.
Messrs. Williams and Morgan will
be gone about three weeks, visiting
Cincinnati, Detroit, Buffalo and Ni
agara, Toronto and Montreal, Cana
da; thence to Boston, Providence,
Fall River, New York, Philadelphia
Ealtimore, Washington and the Caro
lina mill section This firm will have
oftices in Athens and Atlanta. They
have secured a competent office
force for each of their offices
Mr Brooks will visit New Orleans,
Charleston and Savannah the latter
part of August.
The headquarters of the firm is
in Winder and their offices are lo
cated in the Winder National Bank
building.
Extraordinary Memory.
A good memory is a thing very
few people have and he who does
possess one should consider himself
fortunate, indeed. P< rl ap* the mod
unusual arid thoroughly reliable mem
ory in this section is in the posses
sion of Mr. W. C. Greescn, who for
many years has been a resident o/
Houses district.
Mr. Greeson. is nearing his eighty
fourth year and he remembers clearly
and correctly the terrbile drouth of
184:., which was seventy-one years
ago. Beginning with that year he
can tell of every intervening year and
the kind of crops made during that
year. The next year, bringing drouth
and no crops, was 1856. Then in 1839
there was no rain from the middle
of June until middle cf September..
The year of 1884 was also very dry
-190.1 brought with it more rain than
had been seen in many former years.
The farmers lost their crops because
of the rapid growth of grass. 15A'
was the finest crop year which this
section of Georgia had witnessed iD
forty years. 1907 and 1911 were abu
good crop years, but not as good as
1904. 1912 proved to be another un
usually wet year and grass again
ruined the crops,
1914 was very dry and duty. Crop*
were not worth much. 1916 has been
a wtt year, Mr. Greeson says, but no
as wet as some and not any wetter
than a good many, gone before
These years, unusual because ol
their different extremes, have Im
printed themselves upon the memory
of this aged and respected citizen
He las proven the positive fact that
history is constantly repeating Itself
and he has used his splendid memory
to cheer the farmers cf Barrow coun
ty. He wishes to tell them not to de
spair, to see the silver linings of
all these clouds and rememebr that
all things come right in the entl t
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Strand Will Open Friday.
Manager Love asks us to say
that the Strand will open its doors
Friday night instead of Sataxday,
and that “The Mysteries ol My"
will be part of the bill.
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