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VOL. XXV.
GERMAN U-BOATS
STRIKE_AT GATES
Fifty-Eight Dead and Missing
From Submarine Raid-Har- •
rowing Tales Told by Sur
vivors Who Saw Com
rades Drown.
Vew York. June 4.—The toll of (lead
and missing from the raid of German
submarines against shipping off the
American coast apparently stood to
night at 58, all from the steamship Car
olina, of the New York and Porto Rican
line. Sixteen of this number are known
to have perished when one of the ship's
boat capsized in a storm Sunday night
after the vessel had been sunk. It is
hoped the others have been picked up
by a passing ship and will yet reach
shore safely.
Officials of the company have placed
the number of passengers aboard the
Carolina when she was attacked 125
miles off Sandy Hook at 220 and the
of 130, making 350 in all.
Captain Barbour, of the Carolina, re
ported to the company today that he
was on board the schooner Eva B.
Douglas with 150 passengers and 04
of the crew. The schooner is expected
to arrive early tomorrow.
A boat containing 28 survivors, 21
passengers and 7 of the crew arrived at
Atlantic City this afternoon.
Another lifeboat and 18 passengers
and one member of the crew arrived at
Lewes, Del., with the report that 16 of
the 35 who had started from the ship
hud lost their lives in the storm Sun
day night.
If the company’s figures as to the
number aboard the ill-fated liner are
correct this leaves 42 unaccounted for.
Harrowing Story Told By Survivors.
Lewes. Del., June 4. —Nineteen sur
vivors. passengers and crew, of the sub
marined steamship Carolina, were land
ed here today and brought a harrow
ing tale of the sea. the news of the loss
of sixteen of their number and a re
markable rescue of a girl while they
dotted helpless on the ocean (luring a
severe thunderstorm Sunday night. Ten
boats left the Carolina before she was
sunk by the German submarine U-37,
all passed through the same storm, and
the survivors here said they had felt
sure all were lost. They expressed
great joy when informed that most of
the Carolina's company had been saved.
The ninteen persons landed here
were brought in by a British vessel,
which picked them up more than 25
miles off the Deleware capes. They
were taken in charge by the naval au
thorities and for a time no one except
these were permitted to see them.
They made a full statement, however,
to naval officers. None of the surviv
ors had any knowledge that the sub
marine shelled the lieboats.
The story of the survivors did not
become public until they were taken to
the railroad station late this afternoon
and left for New York. One of their
number, however, was detained. He is
a German member of the crew and will
be held pending an investigation.
Caught in Storm.
"The storm came; quicker than we
expected it,” said one of the survi\ors.
“TJJip wind blew like a gale and kicked
up a nasty sea. The boats became sep
arated. We who were in a motor
launch seemed to he alone in the storm.
Rougher and rougher became the wat
er and the boat rolled and pitched.
Finally she capsized and all of the
thirty-five in her were thrown into the
sea. She was righted and capsized
again while we clung to her. This oc
curred several times. The storm pass
ed away and the sea began to calm.
It was pitch dark.
“Finally we kept the lauch righted
but she was full of water. We clung
tV her and bailed the water out with
our hands. Some could not stand the
strain, became exhausted, let go their
hold and sank. It was terrible. We
bailed out enough water to lot one of
us in. Then he bailed furiously and
enough water was scooped out to per
mit a second to get into the launch. We
kept on bailing until the lauch was
able to bear the weight of a third and
a fourth.
“We kept this up all night until
finally all those who still clung to
the sides of the motor launch were able
to get in. When the last was helped
over the side we found that there
were but 19 of us. Sixteen had gone.”
With the coming of daylight the
hopes of the survivors rose with the
gun The sea had calmed, but daylight
revealed nothing but the broad expanse
®lje uKtriter Wtros.
AN AUTO THIEF
VISITS WINDER
A nervy automobile thief paid Win
der a visit early Wednesday morning
and relieved Dr. C. B. Almond of an
extra casing from the rear of his
Buick Six roadster.
Dr. Almond had left his car in front
of the Granite Hotel at 4 o’clock A. M.
when returning from a professional call
in the country and the tire was remov
ed between that tnme and 7 A. M.
The thief must have taken his time
to do the job while ALL were wrapt
in peaceful slumbers, for Dr. Almond
states the extra tire was securely
bolted to his car and it took time and
a master mechanic to detach the extra.
A party in a “little Buick” was seen
about 6 a. in. going toward Atlanta at
a rapid rate. The rim and extra cas
ing was worth about S4O.
SUITS FILED AGAINST
GAINESVILLE MIDLAND
Parties Injured in Wreck on Road In.
27th File Petitions to Superior
Court of Barrow for Damages
It will be remembered that Sunday
morning, January 27th, a passenger
coach on the Gainesville Midland Rai>-
way between Gainesville and Winder*
was derailed about a mile northwest of
the city and several passengers injured
more or less seHously.
A Mr. Charley Kimsey, his wdfe and
six children were in the coach that top
pled over, and the most serious injuries
sustained was among the members of
this family. The injured were remov-*
erl to the Granite Hotel, where they
remained for ten days, and were later
taken to a sanitorium at Gainesville.
It is learned that all parties have suf
ficiently recovered to return to their
home on the farm of Mr. DeWitt Mc-
Donald.
The petitioners claim serious and
permanent injuries to Charley Kimsey,
Mrs. Ella Kimsey and two minor chil
dren, Bessie and Louise Kimsey.
The complainants are represented by
Judge It. B. Russell and G. D. Ross.
TWO CHILDREN DEAD;
ANOTHER SERIOUSLY ILL
The friends of Mr. J. W. House, Jr.,
of Chandler’s district, known among
his intimate friends as “Little Bill’.’
House, were grieved to learn of the
recent death of two of his children and
the serious illness of another daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. House are receiving
heart-felt sympathy in their double sor
row and physicians and kind neighbors
are exerting their best efforts to give
relief to the afflicted child.
The son, Joe, died several days ago,
Neil died Tuesday. Jewell, who is ser
iously 111, was reported at this writing
to be somewhat improved. The chil
dren were taken with a malady pecu
liar to the early summer months and
all that the skill of physicians and
kind attention could do to save Joe
and Nell was of no avail.
Physicians hold out hope that Jewell
will recover. Henry, the son of Mr.
John House, is suffering witli the same
malady, but the attack is not consid
ered serious.
of the Atlantic. All hands came to the
conclusion that none of the other boattf
had safely come through the storm and
that all in them must have perished.
Girl Clinging to Dead Men.
After a while an object was seen
in the water. There was no way to
reach it as the launch had lost her
gasoline and oars. The launch how
ever. drifted close and the survivors
were startled to discover a girl alive
clinging to the bodies of two drowned
men. The bodies were encased in life
belts, but the girl wore none. She ap
peared to be a good swimmer and with
her own efforts and clinging to the two
bodies for support managed to remain
afloat. The launch got near enough
to her to effect her rescue and she
proved to be Elona Donolo Virola, of
Porto Rico. She is one of the two wom
en landed. She was one of those in
the launch and became separated when
it capsized. The identity of the two
dead men is not known. Their bodies
were left, but the launch continued to
drift until Monday afternoon when it
was picked up by a British vessel. All
the passengers and crew suffered from
exhaustion, but were well on the way
to recovery when they left for New
York. The two women brought ashore
wore but little clothing and they wore
supplied with complete outfits by the
women of Lewes.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF BARROW COUNTY
Winder, Barrow County, Ga., Thursday, June 6, 1918.
BARROW COUNTY
SOLDIER LADS
Uncle Sam Gains in Rich Young
Blood on Registration Day—
Many Seem Anxious to
Qualify for Service.
Yesterday was the day set apart for
the registering of all the young men
who had become twenty-one years of
age since June 5, 1917.
When the registrars closed down last
night, all w*ho failed to regi&ter who
are elligible are this morning subject to
a fine or immediate induction into the
United States army.
Ignorance of the time and place of
registering is no excuse. However, it
is thought that practically all the eligi
bles in this county have registered.
Here is a list of the names of those
who will swell the manpower of Uncle
Sam in Barrow:
1 — Brantley Inus Harwell, Winder,
Ga., White.
2 Leo Crawford, Winder, R. F. I).
1, Col.
s—Eustace5 —Eustace B. Sykes, Statham, Ga.
4 Alfred Wilson Dillard, Winder, It.
F. D. 3. White.
5 Jarrell Magness, Winder, It. F. D.
4, White.
6 Lonnie L. Pitman, Dacula, R. F.
I). 1, White.
7 John Dwight Camp, Winder, Ga.
White.
8— James W. Griffeth, Winder.
9 Jim Hunter, Statham, It. F. D. 1,
Col.
10 —William Albert Farker, Winder, R.
F. I). 3, White.
11— Albert Page, Winder, It. F. D. 5,
White.
12— James Carter, Winder, Ga., R. F.
D. 5, Col.
13— Obie Morris, Bethlehem, R. F. D
1, White.
14 — Pierce Eugene Cody, Statham,
Ga., White.
15— Sil Camp, Bethlehem, R. F. D.
1, Col.
16— Price Harper, Statham. White.
17— Ita Davis, Winder. Col.
18— Joe Graham, Winder, It. F. I).
1, White.
It)—A. A. Davis, Hoschton, R. F. D.
2, White.
20— Willie B. Boyd, Statham, R. F.
D. 1. White.
21— Joseph E. Jordan, Auburn, R. F.
D, 1, White.
22 Clarence G. Casey, Winder, R. F.
D. 1, White.
William David Hardigree, Winder R.
F. D. 1. White.
24 James C. Hammond, Statham,
White.
25 Gaiety Blakey, Winder, It. F. D.
4, Col.
26 Herman Norman Wages, Winder,
It. F. D. 3, White.
27 Clifford Hutchins, Winder, R. F.
D. 3, White.
28 — James Kelly, Auburn, R. F. D.,
1, Col.
29 Cornelius Crow, Winder, R. F.
D. 2, White.
30 — Jackson McDaniel, Bethlehem,
It. F. I>. 3, White.
31 — Herschel B. Williams, Campton.
White.
32 Chester Arthur Elrod, Winder,
It. F. D. 5, White.
33 Marshall Garnett Brock, Hosch
ton, R. F. I). 2, White.
34 — Bee A. Robinson, Auburn, R. F.
I). 1, White.
35 Charley Alburtis Casper, Win
der. R. F. I). 2, White.
36 Warren 1). House, Winder, It.
F. I). 1. Wlitie.
37 James B. Pressly, Winder, It. F.
i D.. 5, White.
| 38 —Everett Edgar, Winder, It. F.
1 I).. 2. White.
39 Victor C. Durham, Carl. White.
40 — Homer Miller, Winder, It. F. D.,
2. White.
41 — Claud Boyd, Statham. R. F. I).
2, White.
| 42—Benj. B. Harbin, Winder, It. F.
■ I). 5, White.
' 43 —L. Dennis Boggs, Statham, It. F.
D., 1, Col.
1 44 —George Strickland, Winder, It. F.
Id., i, coi.
I Burton Elder Hogan, Winder, It. F.
ID., 4, White.
46 Leßoy McElhannon, Winder,
White.
47 .James Howell McElhannon,
Campton, White.
48 — James A. Wood, Winder, Ga.
49 Joe Carlyle, Winder, It. F. I).,
3, White.
50— Herschel Morgan Payne, Win
der. It. F. D. 5. White.
51 — Mark Sims, Winder. White.
52 — Arthur Columbus Arnold, Win-
AMERICANS SLAY
A THOUSAND HUNS
Foe’s Dead Piled High in Path
of United States Gun s
French Hurl Boche Back
Across the Oisne.
With the American Army at the
Marne, June 5. —American machine
gunners who held the Marne bridge at
Chateau Thierry when the Germans
threatened to pour across in their
southward march on Paris are certain
of their place in America’s participa
tion in this war. Although this was
their first appearance in the battle,
their coolness nad bravery won the ad
miration of the French infantry fight
ing by their side.
One American machine gun battal
ion killed approximately 1,000 Ger
mans, losing only one man and a few
slightly wounded. They held the cha
teau bride at a heavy disadvantage.
The Germans forced their way across
the Oise river last night, but were
thrown back across the stream by a
vigorous counter assault, the French
war office announced today.
In the Villers-Cotteret district the
'Germans made three assaults, all of
which broke down under French re
sistance.
A French thrust, supported by
tanks, regained part of the railway
line in the Corey-Long Pont district.
Preaches to Knights Templars.
Dr. L. E. Hjll, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, of Athens, preach
ed a sermon to the Knights Templars
in the Christian church of this city last
Sunday afternoon.
Several members of the Athens order
accompanied Dr. Hill to Winder.
His address was pleasing, appropri
ate and full of American patriotism.
Besides the local Knights a good
sized audience of Winder men and
women enjoyed the sermon.
Commissioners Elected.
At the election held at the court
house last Monday to choose commis
sioners for the Mrlniry Drainage Dis
trict, Messrs. G. S. Millsaps, A. T. Har
rison and J. Herschel Smith were elect
ed.
PERSONAL.
Mrs. R. U. Wright and little son, of
Lithonia, are guests of friends here.
Mr. Gus Richardson has accepted a
position in Birmingham with The
News.
Mr. L. Love and little daughter,
Ruth, are in Anniston, Ala., for two
weeks.
Mrs. It. R. Barber and baby have re
turned from a short visit to Birming
ham.
der, White.
53 James Hayes, Winder, Col.
54 John W. Jackson, Statham, R. F.
D. 1, Col.
55 — Ernest Giles, Auburn, White.
5(1 —James L. House, Winder, R F.
I). 1. White.
57 W. Ellis Hardigree, Winder, R.
F. I).. 1. White.
58— Herbert Crawford, Winder, R.
F. I 1, Col.
59 Heiiry Smith, Winder, Col.
60 — John A. Attaway, Winder, R. F.
I). 4, White.
61 Robert L. McDaniel, Bethlehem,
It. F. I>. 1, \Vhite.
62 Aubrey B. Baugh, Winder, white
63—Lyman B. McEver, Winder, It.
F. I). 2, White.
65 — Willie F. Armstead, Winder, It.
F. I). 3, White.
66 — Fred Feagans, Winder, White.
67 Jessie Thurmond, Winder, R. F.
I).. 1, White.
68 — Commodore Peek, Campton,
White.
69 Mitchell Vincent, Statham, Col.
70— Bee Maxey, Winder, R. F. I)., 3,
White.
71— Golden F. Kircus, Winder, R. F.
I)., 3, White.
72 Ralph C. Pentecost, Winder. R.
F. I)., 1. White.
73 — James I>. Thompson, Bethlehem,
White.
74 Carl Sheridan, Winder, White.
75 Tommie Jackson Camp, Stat
ham. White.
76 Erley Jackson Maddox, Hoseh
ton, Ga„ It. F. I>. 2, White.
77 Thomas A. Moye, Auburn. White.
78— Thomas Clifford Pruitt, Bethle
hem. R. F. D. 1, White.
79 Nim F. Maffett, Winder, White.
BAPTISTS HAVING
A GREAT MEETING
The evangelistic services now in pro
gress at the First Baptist church of
this city,daily at 10 a. m. and 9 p. in.
are well attended.
Rev. L. E. Dutton, of Greensboro,
who has the music in charge, is getting
some mighty fine singing from the large
choir composed of all the singers of the
city.
Next Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock
at the church there will be a mass
meeting for women conducted by Miss
Dora Cain. Miss Cain has had a great
deal of experience in the conduct of
said meetings and every woman and
girl in the city is urged to be present.
Already live have been added to the
church and the prospects are fine for
a successful meeting.
The pastor is preaching the old time
gospel and (lie members of the other
churches are attending and aiding gen
erally.
The meetings continue throughout
next week. Special music on Sunday.
U-BOAT WHICH GOT
TANKER CAPTURED
Vigilant American Destroyers and Sea
planes Avenge Sinking of ffm.
Rockefeller.
An Atlantic Port, June 3. —Hovering
for two days over the sea where the
American tanker William Rockefeller
had been sunk by a German submarine,
a flotilla of destroyers and two sea
planes finally succeeded in capturing
the U- boat, according to naval officers,
survivors of the disaster, who landed
here today.
The sea for miles about the spot
where the fatal blow struckthe tanker
was watehed closely by destroyers and
seaplanes for any sign of the U-boat
speeding from the scene of its encoun
ter. Evidently no trace of the sub
mersible was seen for the boats stay
ed in the neighborhood and waited for
the U-boat to make its appearance.
At last the submarine, which had
stayed below the surface so long that
its air tanks were exhausted, rose to
the surface and was netted.
PRIZES TO BE GIVEN BY
THE NORTH GEORGIA FAIR
The officers of the North Georgia
Fair will have a meeting sometime
next week to make out a premium list
for the fair to be held this fall. It is
the desire of the fair management to
make an attractive premium list and
one that will interest any person who
wishes to make an exhibit in any line.
They would be glad for anyone who
expects to make an exhibit or anyone
interested in any special line of ex
hibits to talk with them about the pre
miums to bo offered and to make any
practical suggestion about the premium
list.
The grain crop has been especially
good this year and other crops prom
ise to 1(0 equally good, a large number
of pure bred hogs and cattle have been
brought into the county, and there is
a splendid prospect for having one of
tlie best agricultural exhibits ever
shown in the county. If Interested see
one of the managers or directors with
in the next few (lays.
DECATUR ORPHANAGE
SUFFERS FROM FIRE
Atlanta, Ga., June 3.—Fire broke
out in the Decatur Orphans' Home
shortly before 10 o’clock this morning
and according to the latest information
obtainable from the secene the building
appeared (loomed. Lack of water was
said to be the greatest difficulty in
lighting the blaze, it is said.
According to reports, the children of
the home were withdrawn from dan
ger in good order at the first signs of
the tire, which came at an hour at
which they were easily marshaled.
The home is maintained by the
North Georgia conference.
Death of Jack F. Jackson.
Mr. Jack F. Jackson, one of Clarke
county’s prominent citizens, died at his
home in Athens last Wednesday. The
funeral and interment occurred today
near Bogart, Ga.
Mr. Jackson was a cousin of Messrs.
H. I). Jackson, Mercer and Judson
Jackson, of Winder, and he has many
| friends and acquaintances in Barrow
and Jackson counties.
He is survived by one daughter, Miss
Ruth Mildred Jackson, of Athens, and
many other relatives.
J. WOOT SHEATS
TALKSPLAINLY
Objects to Interferrence by In
fluential Citizens With Politi
cal Pull to Set Aside Ver
dict of Local Board in
Selective Draft.
These are serious times —times when
every man, woman and child should
render some service to the government
that lias protected them and allowed
them to prosper; times when every
mother’s darling should be made to
shoulder a gun, or join the van of pro
ducers or backers of the brave boys
who have gone to fight our battles. Be
low we publish a communication from
Mr. J. W. Sheafs, and if the indirect
charges contained therein are true, the
guilty should hang their heads in
shame and the “favored darlings”
should lie known for what they really
are. Hear Mr. Sheats:
Editor Winder News: I am not
as a rule Inclined to ertieise or
complain. I keep my burdens and
sorrows to myself and take a just
pride in the hope that so far as
me and mine are concernd we shall
do our duty to ourselves, our state
and our nation.
My oldest son is “over there,”
having given up a position paying
him $200.00 per month to join the
colors of tin* U. S. A. at $33.00 per
month. In his last letter to me He
said: "Don't you worry about me.
If the Huns get me, you can rest
assured they will shoot me in front,
and should they lay me to rest In
flic unknown fields of France,
they'll find no streak of yellow up
my back.”
I am glad he Is there, because it
is his duty to be there. I had
rather know that lie is in ttie thick
of the fight, bearing his full share
of the burden pfticed upon our
American boys than for him to be
witli me at home enjrtying all the
pleasures that safety can afford,
after having schemed his way out
of service.
And I have another boy in train
ing at Gamp Wheeler patiently
awaiting his order. Therefore,
Mr. Editor, I feel that I am in a
position to speak plainly about
some things of a local nature that
I do not like. The plan of the se
lective draft and the rules for Its
enforcement were fair and just,
but tlie meddling of outside influ
ence was unfair and wrong.
I refer to unjust criticism and
political interferrence with the lo
cal board and its rulings. The
board (lid its duties well, and, be
ing on the ground and knowing the
boys personally, endeavored to ren
der an impartial distribution of
the selective draft.
Then it was that influential cit
izens who lay claim to patriotism
flooded our United States senators
and congressmen with apjiealing
letters, and unfounded affidavits of
dependency, pauperism and physi
cal debility were piled up galore.
The local board is not to blame.
They did their duty as they saw it,
and had they made some mistakes
those mistakes would have been
corrected later. But, apparently,
political pull combined with ques
tionable swearing has left some
very healthy and prosperous slack
ers in Barrow county. With my
boys gone to render service to their
country, I am frank to confess
that there are some young nr u
here at home rolling automobiles
over my heartstrings. It is all
rigid for my boys to go to the front
and fight for their country, but
they are too precious to fight for a
slacker, and business men and poli
ticians who have no blood and
flesh in the army should be more
careful with their appealing letters
and reckless affidavits.
I say that it is all wrong and
Uncle Sam should, and no doubt
will, call for a rehearing in many
of these cases. Anyway, I trust
that all fathers and brothers in
Barrow county who have relatives
marching under the colors will in
vestigate the records and brand
these young men for what they are
really worth.
Pardon me, Mr. Editor, if I have
taken up to much space. I am no
writer, but I felt that someone
should call attention to this mat
ter, and having lifted the load
from my heart, I feel better.
Respectfully, J. W. SHEATS.
NO. 9.