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• CRABGRASB PLAINS •
Things art 1 potting harder around
here and I ain't got no time to write
you a letter for you to print.
A fellow that follows a mule twelve
hours a day on eornbread for breakfast
and no sugar in his coffee has got trou*
ides of his own without trying to nose
into what other folks are doing.
Nobody hut the doctors and the
preacher are stirring around much and
the women folks are looking after
them. I think there ought to he some
way to learn a fellow’s children not to
eat hog plums and put a stop to this
doctor business, and women who have
to wring the necks of $1.25 hens to
feed the preacher are cross for two or
three days.
I ain't been nowhere and nobody
ain't been here and I may he off for
a si>ell. Don’t stop the paper ; I’ll come
again.
• HOSCHTON SOCIAL NEWS •
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Hosehton, Ga. —Misses Lenora Hosch
and Irene Tronic spent last week in
Ntatham with Miss Mayrelle Tronic at
tending the commencement.
Miss Annie Lott is spending several
days with friends and relatives at Mon
roe and Jersey.
Mrs. Arthur De La Perriere and Mrs.
Julius Arnold, of Atlanta, left Tues
day for Douglasville, where they will
spend several days with Mrs. J. E.
Phillips.
Mrs. Andrew Hosch is visiting Mr.
and Mrs. John Thompson and Mr. and
Mrs. Alvin Hosch in Arlington.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Camp, of More
land, were the guest last week of Mr.
and Mrs. B. F. Wilson.
Mrs. W. D. Bell spent Thursday with
her parents in Duluth.
Mrs. L. 8. McLain is spending a
while with Mrs. Bill McLain in Social
Circle.
Mrs. Emoline Moss, who has been
spending several days here with rela
tives here, returned to her home in
Winder last week.
Mr. Boyce Dobbs, of Atlanta, spent
Sunday with Mr. Tom Hartley.
Mrs. Etta Anderson returned home
Friday after spending several weeks
with her mother in Dawsonville.
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Thompson spent
Monday in Jefferson.
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• PARADISE •
(Last Week’s Locals.)
The party at Mr. R. C. Adams last
Wednesday night was enjoyed by all
present.
Miss Belle Cody, of Ktatham. was the
week-end guest of Misses Darline and
Oda Dial.
Mr. and Mrs. Coil Edwards and Mr.
Rill Edwards and Miss Mollie Edwards
visited relatives in Lexington, Ga., this
week.
Mr. A. ,7. Johnson visited homefolks
at Midway last Friday.
The singing at Mr. Walton Huff's
last Sunday night was enjoyed by all
present. . ,
Miss Lavada Wall, of near Eastville,
was visiting in our midst Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Luke visited the
later's parents Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Wall visited
Mrs. S. Dial and family Saturday and
Sunday.
Mrs. Estes Edwards spent Monday
with homefolks here.
Too I^ate.
“Hello! Is this Senator Rlanks?”
“Yes. What do you want?”
“I want to lie appointed postmaster
of Rreezeville.”
“Who are you?”
“I am the son of the present encum
bent. Father is very ill, and /he doc
tor says that he cannot last another
day. As no one else outside the family
is aware of the seriousness of his ill
ness I thought I would call you up to
make sure that I was the first—”
“I’m sorry, but someone has antici
pated you.”
“What! Who was it?”
“The doctor!”—Judge.
LODGE NOTICE.
A regular convocation of Winder
chapter, Royal Arch Mason, will be
held in Masonic Hall Friday evening
at i* o’clock sharp, May 24th. Work in
several degrees.
All duly qualified brethren cordially
and fraternally invited to meet with
us. Grand Lecturer E. A. McHan, of
Macon, will be with us.
W. T. ROBINSON, H. I'.
J. 11. House, Secretary.
Baby had colic during night. Fortu
nately we had “Baby Percy Medicine”
in the house. Ruby likes it.
Atlanta and Georgia’s
The stockholders of the Georgia Railway and Power Com
pany want to co-operate with the citizens of Atlanta and North
ern Georgia in building up the manufacturing interests.
Every town in Northern Georgia would be benefited by hav
ing a plentiful supply of electric power to offer to manufacturers
and to serve its residents.
Owing to the extraordinary demands caused by the war, the
entire output of electricity produced by tin* company is now in
use, and the government and many other industries are demand
ing electric power as a substitute for high priced coal.
The Georgia Railway and Power Company has been progres
sive and has rapidly extended its service to the smaller towns
and rural districts, and its programme of additions and exten
sions had only begun.
Without ample electric service for lights, for driving ma
chinery or for operating interurban railways, it will be impossi
ble for Northern Georgia to attract factories or enjoy the com
forts of living which follow the electric service. Marble quar
ries. stone quarries, gins, pumping plants, cotton mills, lioisery
mills and many other industries are waiting for our service and
we are anxious to give it, but
Georgia Railway & Power Company
Atlanta, Georgia
THE WINDER NEWS, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1918.
NEGRO KILLED BY MOB
AND HIS BODY BURNED
Negro Was Shot While Trying to
Swim Across River With
White Girl.
Johnson City, May 20.—A mob at
Erwin Sunday evening about 7 o’clock
burned the body of a negro named Tom
Devert. After he had been shot twice
through the head by one of a party of
four as he attempted to swim the riv
er. dragging with him his victim, a
white girl, the 15-year-old daughter of
a blacksmith. The girl, with her 7-
year-old brother, was on her way home
a mile beyond Erwin, when she was
attacked by the negro in a secluded
spot.
Four young men who heard the girl’s
screams, rushed to her assistance. Her
assailant dragged her to the river
bank, plunged into the stream and at
tempted to swim with her to the other
side. One of the young men shot three
times with a revolver, two of the bul
lets taking effect in the negro’s head.
When the bodies of the two were re
covered, the girl was dead and the
negro dying.
The body of the negro was dragged
back to town to the negro quarters,
and the negro population of some 00
or 70 forced to come out and line up
while the gathering mob piled wood
on the body and set fire to the pile.
The body was incinerated.
LIEUT. PAUL BROOKSHER
ARRIVED SAFELY IN FRANCE
Mr. J. M. Rrooksher, of Winder, has
received a card written by his son,
Lieut. Paul Rrooksher, from “Some
where in France” advising him of his
safe arrival overseas.
OLD FALSE TEETH WANTED
DON’T MATTER IF BROKEN.
We pay up to 15 dollars per set. Also
cash for Old Gold, Silver and broken
jewelry. Check sent by return mail.
Goods held ten days for sender’s ap
proval of our offer. Mazer’s Tooth
Specialty, Dept. A, 2007 S. sth Street,
Philadeplhia, Pa. 8-12
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Grove’s.
The Old Standard Grove’s Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic properties of QUININE
and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. 60 cents.
Problem.
HOUSE BARS SALARIES
TO 2,000 “SLACKERS”
Alleged Department of Agriculture Is
Being Used as a Bombproof for
Men Within the Draft Age.
Washington, May 20.—An adminis
tration bill carrying $11,712,233 for use
by the department of agriculture in
stimulating food production and con
servation was amended by the house
today to forbid the use of any of the
money appropriated In paying salaries
of employees of the department who
have been given deferred classification
in the army draft.
Adoption of the amendment followed
charges by Representative McLaughlin,
of Michigan, republican, that Secretary
Houston had certified more than 2,000
employees of his department Tor de
ferred classification, and a statement
by Representative Madden, of Illinois,
republican, that the second appro
priating $6,100,000 to promote conser
vation by county agents of the depart
ment would enable more men of draft
age to escape military service.
TWO NEGRO SOLDIERS
BEAT TWENTY HUNS
Washington, May 20. —General Per
shing’s communique today brought its
best story, so far, of the valor and
sacrifice of American blood on the
battlefields of France. It also gave
eloquent testimony of the spirit of
demorcracy which knows no race or
color.
it told of the gallant death of Ma
jor Raoul Lufberry, premier American
ace of the flying corps, gentleman
globe-trotter and one of the first
flyers of the celebrated La Fayette Esca
drille. It told, also, of the heroic fight
of two American negro soldiers, both
wounded, who withstood a raiding par
ty of twenty Germans and saved com
rades from surprise and capture.
Notwithstanding these two incidents,
General Pership referred to yesterday
as a “quiet day.” •
Reasonable Inquiry.
“I should like a porterhouse steak
with mushrooms,” said the stranger,
“some delicately browned toast with
plenty of butter—”
“Scuse me, suh,” interrupted the
waiter. “Is you tryin’ to give an or
der or is you jes’ reminiscin’ ’bout old
times?”
During the past twelve months the cost of material and
labor used by the company has increased to such an extent that
during the year of 1917 the company's operations showed a loss
of $407,104.00.
The company had already begun the construction of addition
al dams to produce the increased electricity needed to meet the
war conditions. These undertakings must be curtailed until the
company’s net earnings produce the money necessary to pay the
interest on their cost.
The company has tiled a petition with the Railroad Commis
sion of Georgia for increased rates and fares. The increase is
necessary to enable the company to continue its policy of good
service and continue extension of its usefulness.
In more than 500 cases applications for increased revenue
have been granted to public utility corporations in the United
States and Canada.
President Wilson has expressed himself on the subject as
being in favor of reasonable increases in rates to meet increased
expenses.
Every citizen of North Georgia is interested in this question
and it is the wish of the officers of the company that every citi
zen should be fully advised of the facts. Any inquiries will be
promptly answered.
Letter to A Soldier Some
where in France.
By ALICE TWITCHELL CASWELL
Sweetheart:
>ur soldier knows you. htloved, and
the thought makes n:e so happy I
don’t know what to do. It is just as
though we were one family together,
connected by the most solemn and
sacred ties! What can be more bind
ing than mutual experiences of anxiety
and suffering, and that is the common
measure of fellowship these days.
When I told your mother that our sol
dier had been with you “over there”
she went right to his bedside witli me
in her excited wake, and she bent over
him with an ecstacy of mother love in
her voice, as she said over and over,
“My boy, my brave boy!”
This morning I carried him your
picture. The doctor is permitting him
to talk a little now, and I thought
Esther might be willing to let me mo
nopolize enough time to show him my
soldier. As soon as I held the picture
before his eyes, his hand went up in
swift salute, and the look that came in
to his face of reverence and awe and
pride, was something which would have
done your soul good to see.
“That’s my comrade,” he said, “That
is our gallant American, who has set
an example for all the rest of us in
bravery and cheerfulness and determi
nation. That’s the man who is never
too tired to do a kind deed, never too
depressed to say a cheering word, never
too discouraged to press forward with
his comrades with assurance of victory.
That's the man that make's you feel
the spirit of justice and brotherhood
for which we are fighting.”
And then, beloved, he told us, as we
gathered around in awe, the most mar
velous record of a deed of yours, which
from your own pen has never reached
us. Beloved, when I learned that you
were made king’s sergeant through an
extraordinary act of bravery, my knees
fairly grew weak, and my heart pound
ed against the walls of my breast like
a wild thing that must be released and
fly somehow, somewhere, to find you
and bow in gratitude and praise and
adoration before you. Why had you
not told us, my beloved? Did you think
our poor hearts would break at the
thought of the awful risk you ran in
that splendid deed? No medal, or hon
or, or title of king’s sargeant could
have lessened our grief if your life had
been the penalty, but you thought of
nothing except the service you were do
ing. No reward was in your mind—
not even, perhaps, a thought of your
wife and mother whose happiness is
hanging in a balance these dreadful
days. You just thought of your duty,
find you went to meet it, with your
head high, and the light shining on
your face —unafraid, unselfish, a sol
dier all the while. Our soldier didn’t
need to tell me the solemn awe 'that
filled your comrades’ hearts —I could
feel it—l knew it all. He said you were
sitting after supper, some twenty of
you together, talking and singing a lit
tle, and looking off at the sunset. He
was not there, but just a little way off
with another group, when suddenly a
j iow T rumbling came, a sharp hissing
| through the air, and a bomb fell be
l tween the two groups of men, just a
few feet from each. It lay on the
ground sputtering and hissing, and be
fore the men realized their awful dan
ger, you ran to the bomb, picked it up
in your arms, and carried it to a little
pool of water, where you threw it in.
And so you were made King’s sergeant,
beloved, and that act of bravery will
go down in the annals of history. But
it can make me no prouder of you than
I already am.
Not a day would I have had you
other than you have been. My love
has had cause to deepen and strength
en and grow prouder, with every dead
you have ever done. The old dream of
the world is divinely true. Love is not
a vision or a chimera, but a thing of
deathless and unending beauty. At the
beginning, during those two sacred
weeks we were together-, it seemed im
possible for you to be even a little near
er and dearer, but each day of separa
tion and suffering, we have been closer
together until I realize now. as never
before, those solemn words of the mar
riage service, “Ye shall be no more
twain, but one.”
Goodnight, my husband, my “Sar
geant of the King.” In humility I bow
before you, and my soul salutes.
TOUR WIFE.