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THE STRAND THEATER PROGRAM THURSDAY, Feb. 5 Elain Hammer stein in Greater than Fame. Comedy FRIDAY, Feb. 6 Dorothy Gish in “BOOTS”. Also comedy. SATURDAY.FEB. 7. “INVISIBLE Hand; Marie Waleamp; Comedy. VOL. XXVI. DEMOCRATIC MASS MEET GOES OVER Next Saturday Afternoon on Ae * count of Weather Conditions Last Tuesday—New Committee To lie Named Also. , Owing to the small gathering of Democrats at the Court House last Tuesday, Clmirman Quarterman, of the Executive Committee suggested a postponement of organizing anew com mittee. The weather was rainy and the roads In such condition that the county and even the city was not represented at the meeting to any extent. On motion, adjournment was taken until Saturday afternoon, Februray 7th. It is hoped that next Saturday ev ery militia district in the county will be represented by large delegations. Each district has the selection of its omnmitteemau, besides participating in the selection of a County Chairman and a County Secretary. . This is a year of politics, and many prospective candidates for county of ficers are only waiting the naming of the primary date before putting in their official announcements for the ♦ ** places. The State Democratic Executive Committee is expected to meet Friday, the 6th, and if a preferential presi dential primary js decided on in Geor gia the date will be named. And no doubt, all counties that can, ■will hold their county primaries on the same date. The fact that this date had not named was a factor in the postponing of Tuesday’s meet ing in' Barrow. The chairman of our county com mittee is anxious that a lrage and representative number of Barrow coun ty citizens be on hand next Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock to help put the Democratic machinery in motion for the various primaries for 1020. , Speaking to Mr. Muller McElroy this week he informed us that he was in the race for Tax Receiver, and that, his official announcement would ap pear at the proper time. Mr. J. G. Cooper, of Winder, in all probability, will be in the race for Tax* Collector for the full term. He hqa the matter under serious consider ation. and he is being urged by many tawarin personal friends to dash his mit in the ring. And Mr. W. L. Greeson authorizes us to say that he is in the race for Treasurer. He doesn’t want the job but one term and that he will be per fectly satisfied with the easy money arising from this office. He wants the job, and wants every one to vote for him. His announcement will ap pear at the proper time, signed, seal ed and delivered. And there are others, but we will wait. The electric current has just come on, and we must get busy in the composing room. It is so uncertain there is no guarantee that this will ever-sec- print. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE * ORGANIZED AT BRASELTON } W. H. Braselton, mayor of the town, called a mass meeting which was held Saturday night, January 31, 1920, and after discussion and good talks by dif ferent ones present the followng offi cers were elected for 1920. John O. Braselton, President. C. C. Richardson, Vice President. W. K. Si vor. Sec. T. C. Langford, Treasurer. W„ W. Hosch, Chin. Entertainment Committee. H. F. Braselton, Chm. Publicity Com mittee. John C. Baird, Chm. Membership Committee. A good membership was enrolled and meetings will be held every Friday night during February. The meeting was very enthusiastic and we hope to interest people for miles around in our town and commu nity.—Pub. Com. A CALL TO U. D. C.’S All , interested in reorganizing the p ic. chapter here in Winder will please meet at the School Auditorium next Tuesday afternoon, February 10th ■ at 3:30 o'clock. BOX SI PPER There will be a Box Supper at Har mony Grove church on Saturday even ing. Feb. 14th. Everybody invtied. ®jc TOittkr Xerns. Untrammeled by Prejudice and Unawed by Fear We Speak the Truth and Contend for the Right MARY PICKFORI) BAITS OWN FISH HOOK WITH WORMS. Mary Bickford’s latest picture, ‘Heart o’ the Hills,” adapted from the story by John Fox, Jr., will be shown at The Strand Theater*Friday, February 6th. In this story Miss Bickford takes the part of a mountain girl whose family relations are unsatisfactory, whose ed ucation is limited and whose sweet heart insists on making her bait her own hook with worms. On Monday, February Oth, Dorothy Gish will be seen in “Boots,’ a very clever actress in a very fine cpmedy. On Wesdnesday, Felj. 11, Crighton Hale and June Caprice will be featur ed in “A Damsel in Distress.” On Tuesdays and Saturdays of each week serials are run together with good comedies. , Be sure to see those good pictures. WINDER KEEPING PACE WITH CLASS The 1920 census will be disappoint ing to many Winder citizens, but it takes folks to count, and folks must have houses to live in before they can he counted us citizens. The census of 1910 gave us 2443, and the one just closed will show be tween 3,100 and 3,500, a respectable gain, but not near enough. But this showing is fine, when you compare the effort that is being made here to efforts of other municipalities. For the past, few years stragglers have just come our way anyway. When a stranger comes to look us over, all the attention paid to him is individual, and that individual atten tion is confined principally to the job ber in real estate. The board of trade is long since dead. We should revive the board and make it a factor during the next ten years. There is no good reason why this city should not show ten thousand inhab itants in 1930. Braselton, Ga., a town of a hundred' inhabitants, has a live Board of Trade, as will be seen from an article in an other column, and if Winder continues to sleep on the job of going forward you had better keep an eye on the little town to the north of us. How ever. there is room for many towns of “bigness” in this section, and we should follow the lead of Monroe, which is organizing for a drive for ten thousand in 1930. GREY LETTER AROUSES THE IRE OF PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. —President Wilson regards Viscount Grey’s letter on the peace treaty as but another step in the campaign to force him to accept strong reservations to the treaty it was learned at the White House. The President has read t.he letter of Viscount Grey, which declares res ervations are agreeable to Great Brit ain, and has informed his friends that his position will not he swerved by the letter or the report coming from London that the statement had been approved by the cabinet of Great Brit ain before being made public. The President takes the view that Viscount Grey has been won over to the viewpoint of Senator Lodge by close personal contact, with the Re publican leader and has reported to his government that endorsement of the treaty with the Lodge reservations is the only possible way to gain rati fication of the peace treaty by the United States Senate. PARENT TEACHERS TO HOLD VALENTINE MEET Beginning at 7 p. m, on the evening of February 13th, and lasting through out the evening, the Parent Teachers Association will hold their annual Val entine meeting. The meeting will be held in the W in der School building. The members of the association urge all the citizens of the town to attend and help to make the occasion one of great interest to everybody. HOUSE BURNS. Sunday nigl t fire destroyed a dwell ing house on t.he plantation of Mr. Jas per Thompson, in the upper part of Barrow. The house was occupied by Mr. McDonald, clerk in the big Thomp son store. It. was completely destroyed and but few of the household articles belonging to Mr. McDonald were saved, we are informed. Winder, Barrow County, Ga., Thursday, February 5, 1920. PERSONAL NOTES OF MOVING VAN Mesdames S. T. and R. O. Ross spent Friday in Atlanta. Col. W. H. Quarterman made a bus iness trip to Atlanta Monday. Misses Ora Lee and Bauline Camp are spending a few days in Atlanta. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Williams and baby are spending awhile in Florida. Miss Cleo Bush spent a few days in Atlanta last, week. Mrs. Ed Bedingfleld and Miss Bert Birkle spent Friday in Atlanta shop ping. Mr. Fitts, principal of the Winder High School, spent the past week-end in Atlanta and College Bark. Mr. E. A. Starr and family spent the week-end in Loganville with relatives, a speedy recovery. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Morgan, of Atlan ta, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Birkle. Mr. and Mrs. Edd Bedingfleld have apartments at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Camp on Church St. Mrs. J. W. Carrington and Mrs. Wooten attended the State Missionary meeting in Atlanta this week. Miss Grady Baggerly, of Atlanta, spent a few days last week with Mrs. J. W. Carrington, Jr. Mrs. Robert Camp ha*'returned from a visit to friends and relatives in At lanta. Mr. and Mrs. Rastus Smith spent last Sunday in Jefferson with rela tives. Mrs. Kathleen Smith, with her fam ily, have moved to Athens, where she will make her future home. The many friends of Miss Nina Stew art will regret to learn she is confined to her room with illness. Mrs. Harold Herrin, who has been quite ill for the past ten days, is re ported much better. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Baird spent Sunday with the latter’s mother, Mrs. Tom Blackstock, year Jefferson. Mr. E. L. Williamon, of Jefferson, was in Minder a short while last Fri day eu route to Atlanta. Col. G. I). Ross is in Jefferson this week in attendance upon the Superior Court of Jackson county. Mrs. A. C. Kelly, of Monroe, and Miss Julia of Atlanta, were the w r eek-end guests of Mrs. Lee S. Radford. • Mrs. Elmer McKinney, who has been confined to her home with illness for the past several weeks, is reported to be improving. Mrs. Mary Harris Armour, who ! spoke in the interest of the W. C. T. IT. i last Friday evening, was the guest of ! Mrs. A. A. Camp, while in Winder. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Shields and chil dren motored to Jefferson last Sunday •and were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wil ' liite. Mrs. J. T. Strange is spending a few days in Athens with Mr. and Mrs. E. Hulme Kinnebrew, who are ill with in flenza. Their friends here wish them The many friends of Mrs. A. I’. Car > rington will be glad to learn that she i is convalescing from a recent attack of ■ influenza. Miss (’allie Saunders spent several days last week with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jackson in Atlanta.. The many friends of Mr. P. A. Flan igan will regret to learn of his illness in New York, where he was called on business several days ago. He is suf fering with influenza, i The many friends of Mrs. Tom Bur*. | son will be delighted to know that she ! is rapidly recovering from a recent op eration at a private sanitarium in At lanta. She will be able, it is said, to j return home the latter part of this j week. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Strange motored down to Athens Sunday afternoon to be with Mr. and Mrs. Carter W. Dan . iel and Mr. and Mrs. E. Hulme Kinne brew. Mr. and Mrs. Kinnebrew are both confined to their room with ill ness. Card of Thanks. We would thank our neighbors and ‘friends for their kindness shown us I during the sickness and death of our father, Mr. I). P. Roberts. We also [ wish to thank the undertakers who ! were very kind. —Mr. and Mrs. Jas. IV. Summerour. CURRENT EVENTS THE WORLD OVER • The worst storm of the winter has New York in its grip. A terriffle gale prevails. Humming birds are replacing cana ries as drawing room pets in fashion able Parisian homes. Mary Elizabeth Garner, the disclaim ed baby in the Atlanta baby mix-up case, is reported to be very ill with pneumonia. The Senate in open session Wednes day afternoon passed the house bill providing for the salvaging of Camp Gordon after June 1, 1921. Owitjg to liquidation by longs the cot ton market declined more than SB.OO a bale Wednesday, due partly to a sensa tional decline in foreign exchange. One death from influenza, and four deaths from pneumonia following in fluenza, and 218 new cases, was the record Wednesday in Atlanta. The Allied Council, sitting in Baris, has decided to wire to Berlin for war criminals, following the resignation of Germany’s representative in Baris. Agreement on the railroad bill was announced Wednesday by Senator Al bert Cummings, of lowa. There is no strike clause in the compromise meas ure. Bending a decision by the supreme court of the United States, on the con stitutionality of the farm loan act, all applications for loans from federal farm loan banks are held in abeyance. President Wannamaker, of the Amer ican Cotton Association, announced a postponement of the convention to March 9-12. The convention will be held in Montgomery, Ala. “Don't buy American goods,” reads a headline in the London Star. The article argues that England should now confine her trade with America to sell ing and buy everything she can from Germany and Austria. Additional anti-sedition legislation, simple in character and guarding the guarantees of the bill of rights, but cov ering “hiatus in present statutory laws” was urged by Attorney General Palmer Wednesday before the house judiciary committee. Ellen B. Uhivers. a stenographer testifying before the New York leg islature in the trial of the suspended socialist assemblymen, said she had seen Charles Solomon, one of the men on trial, spit on the American flag in wartime.” The Black Star steamship Yarmouth has been seized in the New York harbor with a cargo of wiskey valued at four millions eight hundred thousand dollars. The ship had sailed for Cuba but returned to the harbor for repairs when it was seized by federal officers. Mrs. Mary Harris Armour, at Macon Wednesday, sounded the keynote of the work of the W. C. T. IT. when she* de clared that the advancement of Amer icanism along broad lines and the work ing out of social morality problems will he the chief duties of the organization in the future. Another revolution has occurred in Vladivostok, the Siberian port through which the American expeditionary forces are being returned home. The outbreak is purely local, according to Major General Graves. The platform declares against civil war in Siberia and for the end of foreign interfer ence in Siberian affairs. After sitting as foreman of a super ior court jury, concurring in several verdict of guilty for violation of the prohibition laws of Harris county, Georgia, John W. Rozler, a church deacon, was himself made defendant in a moonshine case. He was con victed and sentenced to twelve months on the chaingang. CHRISTIAN CHURCH R. E. Moss, Minister Sunday School 10:30. Claud Mayne Supt. Church services: Morning, 11:30 Evening,*7 :3o. Morning subject: “The Keys of the Kingdom.” Evening sub ject, “An Old-time Hero.” A cordial invitation to every one. Notwithstanding! the bad weather last Sunday, our Sunday School and church services were well attended. It was good to have Brother Wood with us, and his sermon at night was enjoyed by an attentive and apprecia tive audience. FOR RENT. —Good one horse crop on halves. See W. G. Elder, Winder. MR. AND MRS. 11. N. RAINEY WILL TOUR THE ORIENT Mr. and Mrs. 11. N. Rainey and their beautiful young daughter, Louise Rain ey, will leave Atlanta Friday to attend the World's Sunday School Conference to be held in Tokio. Japan, in May. Be fore sailing for Japan the party will spend a fortnight at Hot Springs, Ark., tour California and spend the month of May in Japan, attending the confer ence, which will assemble some of the most notable church people in the world. Following the World’s Sunday school convention, Mr. and Mrs. Rainey and daughter and the Rev. and Mrs. John W. Ham, will go to Hongkong, and then on through the Holy Land, returning to Atlanta some time in August. Mr. and Mrs. Rainey have recently come to Atlanta to make their home, having formerly resided at Winder.— Sunday’s American. STARTLING STORY OF WANTON WASTE WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—Reckless extravagance in the construction of the government, nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, was charged in a re port by Colonel Fred 11. Wagner, for merly director of operations at the plant, tiled today with the house war expenditure committee. Of all evidence presented to the com mittee since its investigation was be gun months ago, the Wagner charges went deeper into detail, tilling more than one hundred pages and touching every possible phase of the building and operations of the seventy-million dollar war project. It was too much for Chairman Graham to read in a day, but. he declared the conclusions revealed “astounding conditions.” Backed away in the bulky document, examined only casually today by the, committee. Colonel Wagner related what he alleged to he the story of Mus cle Shoals, built on the cost-plus plan with war-time speed as the only con sideration. Big items were put down with little items, running all the way from the charge that the accounting system was so bad no business, how ever efficient, “could tolerate it and exist,” to the tale of the head barber in a company shop who raked down $5 a day extra for changing five times that much money flowing into a cash register. CROOKEDNESS CHARGED TO LABOR SEC. BY CONGRESSMAN Washington, February Six thousand strikes occuring during the war were settled in favor of the striclv ers, Representative Blanton, democrat, Texas, told the house today, charging that the labor department, always sent out conciliators who were pre judiced. He was opposing a deficiency appropriation to pay conciliators. “If the executive of that department is crooked, and we know it, are we responsible when we continue to put funds in his bands?” Blanton asked. “I would not charge that the sec retary of labor is crooked,” Chairman Good, of the apporpriations committee, interjected. “I served with him in the house. I would not make that charge. I thought he was a very able and straightforward man.” “You are not keeping up with his record in the labor department.” Blan ton retorted. . An organized clique of 5,000,000 men, headed by Samuel Oompers, is running the government, Blanton con tinued, adding “Congress has always bowed to the dictator of the slaves of the country.” NEW MATTRESS PLANT TO OPEN IN WINDER Messrs. R. A. Johnson and It. E. Nash, of Monroe, have completed ar rangements to open a mattress plant in the top story of the Stewart building on Park street. The factory will manufacture for public sale as well as renovate old ones. The company will be ready to throw its doors open by Tuesday, February 10. * LERSNER QUITS PARIS, Feb. 4.—Making good his threat to quit if the allies pressed their demand for high German state and mil itary officers for trial, Baron von Lers ner today announced he had resigned as head of the German pmce delega tion. THE STRAND THEATER PROGRAM MONDAY, Feb. 9. MARY BICKFORD HEART O’ THE HILLS TUESDAY, Feb. 10. —Bearl Whte in “The Black Secret.” Comedy. WEDNESDAY, Feb. 11.—A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS —Caprice and Hale. MASS MEETING IS CALLEDBY MAYOR City Fathers Desire Adviee of Citizenry on Subject of Paving Our Streets. You Should Be There, Our city fathers are anxious to sound the sentiment of the Winder public on the advisability of paving at once our principal thoroughfares. Every citizen interested in this pro gressive move—either for or against—• is urged to be at the Court House next Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock. We are glad city council has taken this step. It is time that something is done for our streets and sidewalks. Few towns in our class in Georgia have so many pedestrians and so few paved streets. If you are behind council in this move lie at this meeting and let coun cil know where you stand, and give them the benefit of your advice. If you are satisfied with your civic station in life, be there, so the more progressive citizens may have an op portunity to take the kinks out of your think-tank. This meeting means a step forward or a continuance of the stand-still policy pursued for the last few years. Which shall it be? The answer is up to Winder citizens next Tuesday night. ALLIES ABANDON PRESIDENT WILSON SAYS PARIS PAPER. Paris, February 4.—Commenting up on tlie letter of Viscount Grey, British ambassador to the United States to The London Times with regard to the Amer ican position on the peace treaty, the Echo de Paris says: “The allies are abandoning President Wilson.” The newspaper adds that Viscount Grey succeeded in persuading Premeir Lloyd George of Great Britain and for mer Premier Clemenceau to adopt his viewpoint when in Paris some weeks ago and the letter to The Times will, it asserts, probably be forwarded by an official note along the same lines from the French and British cabinets. The Echo de Paris continues: “It; simply means that the allies are aban doning President Wilson and are trying to come to terms with congress.” EXTRAORDINARY MOTION FILED IN LANDERS CASE. Jefferson, Feb. 4.—ln the case of Hollis Landers, convicted of the mur der of Sheriff C. D. Barber and sen tenced to be hanged here Friday, ail extra ordinary motion for anew trial has been filed in the Superior Court. The hearing will be before Judge An drew J. Cobb. A further respite to the prisoner will likely be granted, tliut he may have time to carry the case back to the Superior Court, should anew trial here be refused. A. E. CASTLEBERRY JOINS ROYAL BROTHERS, BARBERS Mr. A. E. Castleberry, who for some time has been with Chastain & Rwfcs, has purchased an interest in Royal Brothers barber shop, where he is giv ing a warm welcome to his numerous friends. PROPERTY CHANGES Mr. 11. G. Hill has sold his. Athens street home to Messrs. J. T. and J. A. Perry, and purchased the Saxon home on Broad street from Mr. G. W. Smith. Mr. Paul N. Autry has purchased a bouse and lot from I)r. S. T. Ross fronting Center street, it being a part of home lot occupied by Dr. and Mrs. Ross at present. Mr. Marian Lay has about eompleb the erection of a cottage on Kimbal street. Mr. .T. W. Nichols has sold the Atl 'etlc Park property to J. T. Perry, ami he. in turn has sold it to Mr. Willis Brown. CALLED TO TEXAS. G. N. Bagwell, clerk Barrow Supe rior Court, and H. O. Camp, sheriff of Barrow comity, are in Texas this week, lieing called there as witnesses. It wiil be remembered that Freston House, originally from this county, was glain in Texas about a year ago. The slayer was to go to trial in that state this week, and this is the case that calls the Barrow county officers to the Lone Star State. No. 43