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THE STRAND THEATER PROGRAM THURSDAY, Feb. 19.—Olive Thomas, In ‘THE GLORIOUS LADY” FRIDAY, Feb. 20. DOUGLAS FAIR BANKS, In “Knickerbocker Buckaroo” SATURDAY, Feb. 21.—The Invisible Hand; Marie Walcamp; Comedy. •VOL. XXVI. A SPIRIT OF COOPERATION AND CIVIC ' ZEAL MANIFESTED BY WINDER CITIZENS to Pave Broad Street From the Seaboard Air Line to the Gainesville Midland Depot. Thfc, enthusiastic gathering of Win der’s property owners and representa tives of her business Interests at the court house last week to consider the paving of Broad street from the Sea board Air Line to the Gainesville Mid land depots should convince the most skeptical or pessimistic citizen that when our people approach a subject worth while, they are ever ready to meet the issue with the old-time unity of spirit ahd civic zeal for which Win der and Barrow county have been made famous throughout the state. The meeting demonstrated beyond a shadow of a doubt that there dwells in the breast of every Winder citizen a .pardonable pride and an unfaltering faith in the city’s future growth. The citizens responded readily to the call of the Mayor and Council on short no tice and did not fall to let them know that, Winder is in favor of progress As is usual at such meetings, there was divergence of opinion as to the most urgent civic needs, but each speaker was enthusiastic in his presentation of his views for extensions and develop ment in some department of our city government The discussion ranged from increas ed pay for school teachers to paving the whole town, the extension of sewers, the purchase of a fire-fighting engine, and one fellow from a distance let us know that in the near future farmers would have electric lights upon their barns and their wives would be churn ing with electricity. He did not say how thew were going to avoid making up their beds, sweeping the floors and picking chickens. But the old-time co-operative spirit for pep and progress is still alive in Winder, and a few gatherings of the kind held last week to detract the at tention of our business men for an, hour or two from their private affairs to consider the city’s immediate interest will result in activity and a healthy growth ajong municipal lines. WeHfavor development along those lines which will meet the least, resis tance, a'nd which appear to be the most imyt The teachers in our schools should receive suffcient pay, and if no less drastic remedy will serve the pur pose, they should be required to give a bond not to jump their contracts. We can conceive of no more flagrant, and deplorable breach of faith than for a school teacher to deliberately abandon classes in term time and take French leave for home. , The extension of our water mains and the purchase qf an up-to-date Are fighting aparatus is the matter which we consider of next, importance, for the water and light system is the only self sustaining and money-making depart ment of our city government. For years the' surplus derived from this source has been dumped into the gen eral treasury to be used for other pur poses.? *Wis fund should have been used and should now be used to extend this profitable system to our citizens who are anxious for water and light and cannot get them, and a fire appar atus should be purchased to lower our insurance rates and protect the proper ty of those within the fire limit. As to street, paving. Winder is for tunate. With a little attention the streets can be kept in fairly good con dition, rain or shine. They dry out in a few hours after a rain, and paving a little strip'in the center of town at a time when cement is at the crest of high prices and the laborer dictates the price of his hire is not going to elle viate the dust in the stores or in any dody’s home. We have seen paved spots in small cities, and during a muddy season you cannot tell they are there. There is a cement walk way across Athens street (the National Highway) and we venture the assertion it is the muddiest spot in Winder during real bad weather. Let’s pay our school teachers a living wage and demand that they stay on the job. Let’s the sewerage sys tem and give to our citizens a guaran tee of healthy surroundings and the conveniences and comforts they have been praying for since we have had a water works system. Let’s get away fVom the hazardous position in which the city is now standing, unmindful of approaching danger to millions of pri- ffljc iUinkr Woos. Untrammeled by Prejudice and Unawed by Fear We Speak the Truth and Contend for the Right AERIAL CO. SEEKING A LANDING FIELD ■■ ■■■■■- * This week Mr. L. Montague Rolfe, of the Rolfe-Epps Flying Company, of Athens, was in Winder seeking a land ing field for airplanes. The company has sent a representative to many towns in sections where they have seldom deen should the agents succeed in securing suitable landing sites, the passing of a flying machine will become common in sections where they have seldom ben seen. Mr. Rolfe will be remembered as a bird-man who thrilled visitors to the Woodruff North Georgia Fair a few years ago. At that time he made his landing on a strip of ground near Pea Hill, and made every flight included In his contract with Mr. Woodruff. NEGRO TAXABLE PROPERTY IN GEORGLAT INCREASES According to a tabulation of returns from all counties in Georgia as com piled in the comptroller general’s office, negroes returned for taxes in 1919, $54,858,301 as against $47,423,499 In 1918. This represents an increase of nearly 15 per cent. BE PATIENT WITH PHONEJOMPANY Winder Telephone Exchange Will Soon Be in Better Shape to Give Sat isfactory Service.—A Run of Hard Luck. Operating a telephone exchange is not conducive to very pleasant day dreams, and there is not always a bag of gold to be found at the end of its many-colored rainbow. For the past several months the own ers and managers of the Winder ex change have been up against a series of hard luck jolts that threw service out of gear, but all the while they have been spending time and money and do ing their dead level best to bring the service up to a satisfactory standard. It became necessary the first of Jan uary for the company to purchase an exchange building and move headquar ters. This is no small undertaking, and cannot be done as readily as one can pick up an little black suitcase and change his sleeping quarters. Then, too, just at the season when the company was making the change the bad weather butted in and sleet tore down many of the wires. With inexperienced girls in a torn-up ex change and such a run of hard luck, the management is to be commended for keeping the exchange in partial op eration. True, the Bell Telephone Co might have done better, but the Bell is equipped with unlimited resources, both in material and labor, and when it gives first-class service the patrons are expected to foot the bills. The Winder telephone service has been on the blink, and no one knows it better than Manager Smith, but the patrons should exercise patience and not. ‘ball out” the poor hello girls. DEATH OF MR. WILLIAM ARNOLD Mr. William Arnold died at Indian Springs Sunday and was laid to rest in Atlanta Tuesday. He was seventy one years of age and the only surviv ing brother of the late S. W. Arnold, of Winder. Mr. Arnold was reared in Walton county and married Miss Mary Winburn, of Jefferson. Ga. His wife and four children survive him. three daughters and one son. His nieces of Winder. Mrs. Lavada Holsenbeck and Mrs. Olevia Hodges, attended the fun eral. vate and public property, by purchasing an up-to-date fire-fighting apparatus. It has been said in favor of paving Broad street that the charter provides property owners on each side shall -be required to pay one-third of the cost, and it will not cost, the tax-payers but one-third. Yes, and the charter also provides, if we mistake not, that the street car company shall pave in be tween the tracks. There is nothing said in the charter, however, about or dering a few men to pave in front of their places of business. Winder. Barrow County, Ga., Thursday, February 19, 1920. JUDGE NEWMAN PASSES AWAY Judge W. T. Newman’s death, which occurred Saturday morning at his res idence in Atlanta, has occasioned deep est sorrow among a host of friends throughout the State. No judge on any bench in Georgia ever was held in high er esteem and affection. He was a Judge of the finest type. In point of service he was the oldest United States district judge in the United States. He was appointed in 1884 by President Cleveland, and since his appointment the name Newman has been a house hold word. A majority of the cases on his crimi nal docket were against men of the mountain districts charged with making moonshine whiskey. In dealing out the law Judge Newman gave the law a lat itude fitted to the peculiar elements of human nature. His custom of giving the moonshine prisoners their liberty to spend the holidays at home with their wives and children was seldom abused by them. Judge Newman was held in the highest esteem by all who came in touch with his court for his impartial administration of justice tempered with mercy. THE BONDED WAREHOUSE. A permanaut organization having been perfected for the erection of the Government Bonded Warehouse, re newed interest is being shown from all sides. Additional amounts of stock have been subscribed and in other ways it is shown that the interest is beginn ing to grow. Your neighbor and all who are interested in the growth and sale of cotton are talking and wishing that this warehouse be built. It is no longer necessary to impress upon the cotton farmers’ mind the necessity of proper storing of his cotton. It is hoped that this interest will continue to grow until every man who raises cotton in this section will come around and ask that he be given stock in this proposition. Now is the time to make a good investment. Aside from the advantage that the investor will get from a good place to store his cotton, he will get a good return upon the money placed in this warehouse. Such warehouses in this and other sec tions are paying dividends from fif teen to twenty-five per cent. This project is being fostered and pushed by the best farmers and busi ness men of Barrow comity, which guarantees that it is not a gold brick or a fake proposition. Your invest ment will be safeguarded by the honor and the best business ideas that these men as farmers and business men have attained is enough evidenc that they will make this adventure a surcess. The limit that is placed on the amount of stock is low enough that no man or set of men can control the af fairs of this warehouse in such way that it will be an injury to any stock holder. One thousand dollars being the limit gives every man in the coun ty an opportunity to co-operate with his fellow cotton raisers and business men towards making Barrow county the foremost county of North Georgia. Concerted action is necessary at once, so that this stock can be raised 1 and the warehouse started and made j ready for the cotton crop in the early fall. Turn this matter over in your j mind, talk with your friends and do all you can to make this thing go. DEATH OF “UNCLE JACK BENNETT Mr. Bennett was familiarly known by his close friends as “Uncle Jack,” died at his home in Winder Thursday of last week and was buried with Ma sonic honors in Rose Hill cemetery. Mr. Bennett was about, sixty-five years of age. When a young man he was united in marriage to Miss Neely Bur nett, of Oconee county, and of this un ion two children were born, Mr. Em ory Bennett, of Winder and Mrs. Pearl Statham, of Atlanta. When Mr. Bennett came to this section he was possesed of very little of this world’s goods, but by hard work and honest dealings he had accumulated consider able property at the time of his death. He was a good citizen and this com munity was made better by his having lived amoung us. About two years ago Mr. Bennett contracted a second marriage with Miss Brown, and his second wife and two children survive him. Winder News Want Ads 5c a line. THE PEACE TREATY IS STILL ON ROCKS (Holloman in Constitution.) Washington, Feb. 18. —When the treaty of peace failed to evoke oratory on the floor today, the spectators gath ered around to survey the field and speculate on the outcome of the docu ment’s second trip to the senate. There is a general under-current of nonchalant expressions on both sides of the chamber that the treaty is no nearer ratification than in July of last year, or even November, and yet, de spite the new and unforeseen condi tions that have entered into the treaty situation, hope for ratification with compromise reservations has by no means waned. The statement of Sen ator Hitchcock was in reality an adroit move, as any student of the senate fight could discern. A mild sensation was created when members were informed of the govern ment’s action in confirming its threats to the allied powers to withdraw from the treaty of Versailles if the Adriatic settlement was consummated on the lines proposed. Among republicans who have been opposing the treaty and who will insist that it could not be ratified there was a disposition to ridicule the threat as an empty one. The democrats have placed them selves in the position of readiness to assist in the ratification, despite the fact, that some of the commentators are today attributing a purpose of delay to Senator Hitchcock and President Wil son in the hopes that the treaty goes into the campaign. ED ARNOLD NOW IN WALTON COUNTY JAIL Ed Arnold, who it is alleged, took an automobile from the streets of Monroe in August of 1919 and made good his escape, is now behind the bars of Walton county jail to answer for the crime of which he has been ac cused. He was brought here last week from Atlanta by Sheriff Stark who has been apprised of his arrest. Arnold took the car, it, is claimed, from near the court house square and it belonged to a man by the name of C. J. Cain. He carried it to Athens. In Athens the car was recovered, but Arnold kept “hiking” and was not seen by the local officers any more until his arrest was accomplished. Arnold protests his innocence—says he did not steal the car, etc. He is well known to many of the people here, at Winder, Social Circle and other places, having served as a mill opera tive. The outcome of the case will be watched with interest. —Walton News. NOTICE AUTOMOBILISTS All automobile drivers and dealers will take notice that it is made my le gal duty to enforce the license tag law and that it is also a misdemeanor for anyone to use the car in violation of the law, punished by a fine of one hun dred dollars and costs. See Act 1919, page 258. Under my sworn duty as sheriff I am compelled to ask and to insist that all parties comply with this law, users as well as dealers. Dealers’ tags are for ten days only from time of sale of car and use after that time is violation of the law. I hope to have the help of all concerned so that I will not have to enforce the law as against any party, but I give this notice to all concerned that they may have proper tags by March Ist, 1920, for after that date all persons using cars in violation of law in this county will be subject to arrest and punishment in the courts and will not be permitted to operate their cars until the law is complied with. February 19, 1920. 2t. H. O. CAMP, Sheriff. MISS HILL RETURNS Miss Florine Hill, the head milliner for J. L. Saul, who has been in Atlanta for a few weeks studying the new spring styles, has returned to the city, and is busy arranging for the reception of her purchases. Miss Hill says the spring hats for my lady will be pret tier than ever with a wide range in shapes to please the individual purchas er. J. L. Saul will carry this season a complete line of millinery and ladeis’ ready-to-wear. Miss Hill will be in charge of the millinery department and will be pleased to have her friends call and inspect the line she has to offer. IN CLOSE FINISH W. T. APPLEBY WINS IN RACE FOR COLLECTOR OF SHORT TERM TO HEAD GEORGIA ATHLETIC TEAMS Lawrenceville and Winder Boys Elected To Assist in Steering the Universi ty Athletes to Victory. At the elections held by the Athletic Association of the State University at Athens the following selections were made; President of the Association —L. K. Betliune, of Pavo, Ga. Vice President—W. K. Rivers, Val dosta. Secretary and Treasurer —T. W. Hill, Statesboro. Manager Track Team —J. T. Rutland, Lawrenceville. Managers Football Team —M. O. Ru dolph, Douglas; Julian Ross, Winder; C. It. Fitzpatrick, Madison and W. W. Alexander, Thomasvllle. Assistants, Rudolph Inman, Valdosta; It. W. Har ris, Wrens; George Evans, Savannah, and Don Hastings, Atlanta. All of the men are popular in col lege and have made good records in scholarship. MASOMCTEMPLE PLANS PERFECTED Masons to Meet Friday Night to Re ceive Reports of Committees and Arrange Details of Construction A matter that will prove of interest not only to the membership of the Masonic fraternity, but to the citizen ship of Barrow county, is the fact that all arrangements for the erection of a Masonic Temple at Winder have been perfected, and dirt will be broken nt an early date. The building will occupy the lot on Athens street opposite to the store of Autry, House & Cos., and between the store of J. N. Summerour and the only remaining landmark handed down to us by Jug Tavern —the old grain house. The wall adjoining the old grain house is to be a party wall, and it is said that Mr. J. W. Smith will begin to improve this property as soon as the Masonic Temple is completed. The Temple is to be of pressed brick, three stories in height and equipped with all modern conveniences for Ma sonic purposes. The lower floor and basement will be rented for the con duct of some clean and sanitary mer cantile business. The Masons will assemble in their hall Friday flight to receive reports of committees and perfect details of con struction. TO THE VOTERS OF BARROW CO. I hereby announce myself a candi date for re-election for Tax Collector of Barrow County subject to the com ing Primary, to be held April 20th, 1920. If elected I promise to fulfill* the duties of the office to the best of my ability. I solicit the help of every citizen in Barrow county. Respect fully, W. T. APPLEBY. FOR TAX COLLECTOR TO THE VOTERS OF BARROW CO. I herewith respectfully announce my candidacy for the office of Burrow County Tax Collector, subject to ac tion of the primary to be held April the 20th. For several months I have had the matter of announcing for this office under advisement, and have in timated to a large number of friends who have asked about it, that I would be a candidate. In this, my first for nal announcement, I respectfully solicit the influence and votes of all classes of citizens of Barrow County. If elect ed I shall go into the office, not as a successful candidate of any crowd or any faction, but as a free unhampered office holder who recognizes his al legianse to all people, and who will do his full duty by everyone. As the time is short, I may not have time to get around to see all the voters as I would like to do, but I expect to see as many as possible. Respectfully, M. H. LOWE THE STRAND THEATER PROGRAM MONDAY, Feb. 23 CHARLIE CHAP LIN, in ‘A DAY’S PLEASURE.” TUESDAY, Feb. 24.—Pearl White in Black Secret. Emy Wehlan 5-reel feat. WEDNESDAY, February 25. —Blanch® Sweet, in "A Woman of Pleasure.” Williams Ran Remarkable Race Took Final Count to Settle Result Between These Two Candidates. The special election called by Or dinary Hill jto fill the unexpired term of Tax Collector Alonzo Wil liams, deceased, was held Saturday and proved to be the closest political contest since the county was created. Early in the day it, was conceded that the race lay between Appleby and Williams, the youngest son of the deceased tax collector. The con test was uncomfortably close all the way, and not until the official count, was declared was the winner made certain, Mr. Appleby being given a five vote victory in the entire county. Young Williams ran a remarkable race, and it is to his credit that he showed the least strength in dis tricts where he is not personally well known. Mr. Appleby is an experienced tax collector, having held that office for a number of years in Jackson county. Hp will be a competent and popular official and the duties of the office will be well performed until the people name a successor. Mr. Appleby has won the quarter-mile dash by a very small mnrgin and elsewhere in this issue makes formal entry in the free for-all sweepstakes that will be run off the 20th of April. Mr. W. E. Moore pot, wedged into a three-corner race where a spirited contest was on between two of the candidates, and the small vote he re ceived, is not a true test of his per sonal popularity. “Rat” Moore is pood, clean fellow who has many warm personal friends in Barrow County, and under different circum stances he would have received a much larger vote. We give below the returns by dis tricts : Appleby Williams Moore Houses 224 23(1 52 Pentecost 28 9 7 Cains 30 1 2 Auburn 1!) 22 4 Ben Smiths 23 22 12 Bethlehem 40 57 2 Stathain 32 57 5- Jones 22 25 O Chandlers 33 17 O Totals 451 440 84 DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS AND CHARLIE CHAPLIN Coming Features at the Strand The ater Friday and Monday. On Friday, tomorrow, Douglas Fairbanks will be the attraction at the Strand, in the “Knickerbocker Buckeroo.” A brand spank new one of 7 reels and a suit, case full of new stunts. This picture takes him out west where an effort to do things for other people and be unselfish, gets him into various melodramatic mix ups. In one stunt he leaves the win dow of a flying train, climbs over the car side to the roof, runs along the roof to the mail coach, is swung from the car to the station by the mail con veyor like a sack of fourth class mail, dropping onto the back of a horse that gallops madly off. On next, Monday Charlie Chaplin will be shown in his last production, “A Days Pleasure.” Charlie only works when the spirit moves, so the spirit evedently has moved and kept moving, judging from this picture. You’ll say it is a days pleasure. A. L. DELAPERRIERE MAY RUN FOR COMMISSIONER OF ROADfi The friends of Mr. A. L. DeLaPer riere, of Hoschton, are endeavoring to induce him to make the race for com missioner of roads and revenue in Jackson county. Mr. DeLaPerriere is a hustling young farmer and business man possessed of all the qualifications for making an energetic and first-class road commissioner. We have not learned the names of other aspirants to the positions, but the voters of Jack son county will make no mistake should they place Arthur DeLaPerriere upon the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue. Douglas Fairbanks at the Strand Friday, February 20. N0.45