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THE STRAND THEATER PROGRAM TCRS. June 24—Alive Thomas in “Youthful Folly.’’ FRIDAY, June 25—Doug. Fairbanks in “Arizona.” SATURDAY, June 26—Wm. Duncan in Silent Avenger. West. Feat. Cqmedy. VOL. XXVII. LEGISLATURE IS NOW IN SESSION J. H. Milner, of Dodge, Named Speaker Pro Tern, by a Ninety to Seventy- Five—Holder Speaks. Atlanta, Ga., June 23.—A proposal to use the motor vehicle license tax fund to meet the temporary deficiency in the state treasury prociitated a vig orous controversy at the very lirst ses sion of the 1920 general assembly, which convened at 10 o clock ednes day morning. The proposal was made by Represen tative George Carswell, of Wilkinson county, in a speech delivered in the house of representatives. He denied the statement that has been made re garding the shortage of funds in the state treasury, declaring that the ap propriations for 1920 do not exceed the state’s revenue. He asserted, however that the tax revenues do not come into the treasury until fall, thus making it difficult, if not impossible, for a large percentage of the apropriations to be paid to the various departments and institutions of the state. He proposed to use the motor vehicle tax fund, which has already been paid in, to meet the pressing needs of the state, re placing this fund in the fall when the major portion of the taxes are aid. Mr. Carswell’s suggestion was bit terly opposed by Representative John Knight, of Berrin county, who insisted that the motor vehicle license tax law was passed with the promise that the funds so derived would be applied to the construction of good roads through out the state and for no other purpose. He declared that the use of this fund to meet the deficiencies in the treasury would be a violation of the promise given by the general assembly ,and gave notice that, he would fight to the bitter end to prevent any such action at this session or any other session. Mr. Knight also declared that the use of the motor vehicle license tax fund for any other purpose except the construc tion of highways would mean the ab solute failure of any attempt to au thorize a state bond issue for good roads. It was indicated that this question will constitute one of the most impor tant. matters to be considered by the IP2O legislature, and will undoubtedly arouse the bitterest kind of controver sy. While the senate transacted no busi ness of importance Wednesday morn ing. adjourning at 10:10 o'clock until Thursday, the house remained in ses sion for about an hour and a half, electing a speaker pro tern, receiving five new members, listening to an ad dress by Speaker John N. Holder and receiving about fifty new bills. Both houses will meet, again at 10 o’clock, central time, Thursday morning. Immediately after being called to or der at 9 o’clock, Atlanta time, by Speak er Holder, the house proceeded to the election of a speaker pro tern John Y. Smith, of Fulton, nominated L. C. Brown, of Clark, while A. S. Anderson, of Jackson, nominated J. H. Milner, of Dodge. The vote was very close, Mr. Milner winning by avote of 90 to 75. The election was made unam imons on a motion by Mr. Brown. BANKHEAD HIGHWAY CONVOY HERE TUESDAY The Bankhead Highway, official convoy, numbering IR4 men, will reach Winder next Tuesday at noon. The local board of trade is planning to entertain the commission at noon. The commission arrives in Athens the 2St.h and spends the night, leaving for Winder the next morning, arriving here for lunch. They will spend the night in Lawreneeville. These trucks left Washington June 14tli, and the itinerary planned will include the traversing of 3,500 miles between Washington and Bos Angeles, the final destination. Besides the of ficers and men, who will number 105. (.here will be several distinguished guests in the party. Among them will he Col. Cameron, of ltaleigh, N. C., president of the Bankhead Highway Association, and A. L. Rountree, the director general of the same organiza tion. The purpose of this trip aims t show the need of a national high way, the expenses of such a highway to be financed by the federal govern ment. Mr. C. M. Ferguson, a director of the Bankhead Highway, stated that mark ers. signs, etc., were being placed along the highway this week thruogh his territory. _ Sljc tfHttkr iXcu's. Untrammeled by Prejudice and Unawed by Fear We Speak the Truth and Contend for the Right NOT DOWN-HEARTED SAYS HIRAM JOHNSON Says Future Will Find Him As Good Natured and Full of Fight as Ever Sacramento, Cal., June 23.—Speak ing publicly for the first time since the republican convention in Chicago, Senator Hiram W. Johnson today told a few hundred people of his home town who greeted him at the Southern Pa cific depot, that he was not downcast over the result. Senator Johnson was en route to his home in San Francisco. In re sponse to the enthusiastic reception given him and the cries of “speech,” Senator Johnson told the people how glad he was that, California, and par ticularly his home city, had given him such a big vote at the primary presi dential election. “Don't, iuagine I’m cast down by the results of the convention,” he said. “I’m happier than ever before. I started the campaign on a shoestring and when I got through I had the people of the United States with me, even though I could not win the majority of the delegates. “I went into the fight, in one fashion and came out in the same fashion. I made no compromises, but, fought to the last ditch. “It doesn’t make any difference if a few politicians sitting in the Black stone hotel in Chicago said: ‘The peo ple be darned,’ for the time is coming when the people will come into their own. “The future will find me as good natured and as full of fight as ever, and determined that in time to come the peole shall rule instead of a few men and international bankers, sitting in New York. “Politics is behind me for the time being, I won’t, discuss or deal with it intil l have had a little enjoyment in dear old California.” BATTLE WITH THE WEEDS HI RING JUNE It lias been well said that June is a month of weeds. And for this reason, one of the first suggestions that comes to me as one of the most im portant things to lie done on the farm during June is the fighting of noxious weeds. Weeds passed by dur ing June will mature seed a lit.tle later and restock the farm for another sea son. If we fight weeds successfully we must have the tools in proper shape. The plows should be at “ra zor edge” all the time. A dull sweep that, bruises weeds instead of clipping them off when it strikes, is not ouly lost motion, but means the difference oftimes between a slean crop and a weedy one. A little shop on every farm where the plows can receive sharpening at the noon hour and at night when the men have come from the fields, is one of the greatest assets to modern farming. What is said of the plows, can be said of the hoes. Although, personal ly, I do not like to say very much about hoes in June —for we like to cultivate the crops in such manner early as not to need the use of the hoe later —nevertheless, one must needs use the hoe some, and a dull one is not only more laborious to use. but does not do as good work ns a sharp one. For this reason, one will get excellent results by carrying a good steel file to the field, and giving the hoes a few straps every once in a while. I have little sympathy with the fellow who thinks it a loss of time to stop and file his hoe or sharp en his plow.—A. M. in The Progressive Farmer. DIXIE GOVERNOR TO CALL SUFFRAGE SESSION Knoxville. Tenn., .Tune 2?..—Governor A. It. Roberts announced here tonight that he would call a special session of the Tennessee legislature for action on the federal suffrage amendment in am ple time for the women to vote in No vember election. This announcement was made after the governor had been shown a copy of the telegram sent him tonight by President Wilson urging such action. The governor declined to comment on the constitutionality of such action, saying it is in the hands of Frank M. Thompson, attorney general, who has the matter up with the federal depart ment of justice. “It is purely a federal matter and not a state question,” said the governor “and I have nothing to do with that end of it.” WINDER, BARROW COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY JUNE 24. 1920. % > > • The above cut comes to us without instructions. We presume it is a forecast of Bryan and Edwards at. San Francisco convention. WASHINGTON TAKES TWO OUT OF THREE LEADERS HERE FOR NEXT THREE DAYS We went down to Washington, Ga., Monday to the celebration of “Red” Barron's twentieth birthday. We made the trip in John Tucker's “cutting up” Ford, and in rnuking this selection we acted wisely. The road to Jordan has been re established with added hardships and placed in a strip of country leading through Oglethorpe and Wilkes coun ties. The distance from Winder to Wash ington is said to be 75 miles. It is nearer 100 miles the way we were forced to go. To pass around a strip of roadbed that was being worked (and goodness knows it needs it) we were compelled to go twenty-eight miles out of our way over the most horrible medley of ruts, hills, holes, gullies, saudbeds and creek fords on this mun dane sphere. The best road we saw in Oglethorpe county was the worst road we had ever seen. Had the good Lord failed us and sent His rain, we would not be here today to tell this story. Some of the Winderites who went to the ball game at Washington Monday are still missing. On the rturn trip our “John Henry” passed Stuts, Packards and Buicks scattered along the woulde-be road from Lexington to Washington await ing repairs. In spots the crops along the way are fair. We saw women and children chopping cotton in Oglethorpe and Wilkes counties. Asa rule the crops do not compare favorably with those in Barrow and Walton counties. The town of Washington is filled with baseball enthusiasts. The men and women in the stands pulled hard for the home team and quarrelled with the umpire, but they took de feat like good sports and treated the Winder visitors royally. Elbert,on is to Washington as Winder is to Monroe, and the fans could be heard on all sides pulling for Thomson to beat El berton, although Thomson is one of the league leader. We said we went to the celebration U. S. ARMY CONVOY HAS FOUR-FOLD MISSION A four-fold mission has been an nounced for the government's convoy of 65 motor vehicles which left Wasn ington on June 14 and is due here shortly on its transcontinental trip over the Bankhead highway. This mission is. To demonstrate the praticalility of the motor truck as an efficient aid to the railroads. To obtain data on equipment, high way and bridge construction, and top ography, for military purposes. To stress the need of well construct ed and maintained tranccont'nent 1 highways, for both commercial and war-time uses. Folonel John J. Franklin, Jr., is in command. Aecomqanying him as of ficial war department observers are twenty officers. Operating personal consists of 13 officers and 150 enlisted men. BODY OF 11. J. GARRISON BURIED LAST SATURDAY The funeral of Mr. H. J. Garrison who died suddenly about midnight of the 16th. was preached at the Presby terian church at 11 o’clock last Satur day morning. Mr. Garrison was a member of the Methodist church, and his pastor. Rev. John H. Mashburn, preached the fun eral. His body was laid to rest in Rose Hill cemetery. of “Red” Barron's birthday. While “Red” played the game as it is plann ed by Air Robert Higgins to the queen’s taste, made two hits, purloin ed three sacks and scored three runs on his birthday, he was not the whole team by a long shot. Every man on the Winder team was in the game from start to finish, and Settles and Smith shared the honors with “Red” in the offensive. Mr. Ledbetter, Bevo Webb and Bob Higgins featured for Winder in defensive play. The tall l>oy let Washington down with what we con sidered a no-hit game, not a runner reaching second base for Washington. The team that leads Winder will win the pennant in the Million-Dollar League, and, by the way, that million dollar joke is Incoming to be almost a reality. - v s Tuesday Washington defeated Win der by a score of (i to 2. “Goat” Coch ran was on the mound for Winder and he was touched up for eleven hits. Whirling was the hitting star of the fray getting a double and two singles out of three times at the bat. Wednesday Washington repeated, only more so. The locals never had a ! show after the first inning. The whole team seems to have “gone up in the air.” Wood was pitching and yielded 17 hits. The score was 15 to 1. Thomson vs. Winder. Today Thomson comes to Winder for a series of three games. Thomson is leading the league, and Winder is hop ing to trim them down a few points. The standing of the clubs in the North Georgia League follows: “MILLION DOLLAR” LEAGUE (Including Wednesday Game) CLUBS— Won Lost Pet. Thomson 5 2 .710 Winder 4 3 .568 Washington 4 3 .568 Monroe 4 3 .568 Elberton 3 4 .426 Madison 1 6 .142 FARMER BOYS AM) GIRLS CAN MARRY Very few classes of people can in dulge in the luxury of getting mar ried these days with as little hesita tion as can the farmer lass and lad. The high cost of living has scared the city man. As one woman said, “The high cost of living for one makes the high cost of loving for two out, of the question.” To show how splendidly these mar riage troubles pass over the heads of the farmer boy wanting to take unto himself a wife, consider those articles the cost of which have increased the most: Clothing 100 per cent, food 90 per cent, fuel, light and heat 51 per cent and shelter 28 per cent. We do not have to be dressed up all the time as does the clerk or teacher in town, so a few store clothes can last, a long time. The price* of overalls would not break anyone, surely. As to food, there is nothing we have to buy but sugar, coffee, tea, occasional fruit, flour or cereal and a few sun dries. Fuel means effort but not ex pense, while even a very poor youth can buy such kerosene as the young man starting out is likely to need. t Sundries have Increased 63 per cent, and sundries include furniture and lamps. These are high. Most girls in love are willing to get little expensive furniture for a few years if the bride groom shows a disposition to provide comforts and such conveniences as he can contrive.—The Progressive Far mer. AUGUSTUS THOMAS KNOWS “ARIZONA” His Knowledge of the Western Life .Made His Play Virile. Not invariably does the man who writes of the west, know his ground or his characters intimately enough to insure their being accurate. Too often absurdities are. permitted to creep in which may not be noticeable to the eastern spectator, but which are glaring so to those who have lived in the big lands of the west or south west. Augustus Thomas, however, is one dramatist who knows whereof he wrote. “Arizona” is his most famous play, which Douglas Fairbanks has produced for Artcraft, he playing the leading role of Lieut. Denton. The stage version was acknowledge to be the nearest approach to realism of any romantic play of that country or period. The screen adaptation will he shown at the Strand theater next Frl day. The version which Mr. Fairbanks offers, not ony reserves all the fea tures investiture, costumiing and char acter, out likewise is even more con vincing than the play itself, for the extended scope of the screen enabled the producers to give full range to the bigness and beauty of the scenes,, as well as to development of the charac ters. WILSON URGES LABOR BOARD TO EXPEDITE WAGE DECISION Washington, June 23.—T1i0 railroad labor board at Chicago lias been ur gently requested by President Wilson lo expedite its wage decision. The president's mesage rosulle.l from the general unrest among rail road workers over the wage question and the walk out of yardmen and oth er employees at Philadelphia, Balti more and other cities. Its text was not made public. B. A. Jl HAN NOW CITY EDITOR ENQUIRER SI N The Enquirer-Sun takes great pleas ure in announcing this morning that effective this date Mr. B. A. Julian becomes city editor of this paper, the well-known Georgia newspaper man having arrived hi Columbus yesterday. Mr. Julian has been with the Athens Banner for throe years in the same editorial position lie lias accepted here. Before entering the daily field Mr. Julian was connected with several of the leading Georgia weeklies. He comes highly recommended as a news paper man, holding fairness and ac curacy paramount in handling news articles. Mr. Julian is a native of Georgia, being born in Lawrenceville, Gwinnett county. The Enquirer-Sun bespeaks of the paper's many friends that the same courtesies accorded representatives of this paper in the past be shown Mr. Julian.—Columbus Enquirer Sun. For several years Mr. Julian was with The News and left Winder hi 1917, accepting a position with The Athens Banner. Mr. Julian is an all round newspaper man, and he has hosts of friends here who will learn with interest, of his promotion. Mr. Juhan married a Winder girl, Miss Ethel Jackson, of this city. Mrs. H. D. Jackson, of this city. OBREGON POSSESSES A REMARKABLE MEMORY Nogales, Ariz., June 19. —Gen, Al varo Obregon, leader in the movement that recently overthrew the Carranza government in Mexico, has a remark able memory, according to H. Percy Meaker, an Englishman, who has re sided in Sinaloa for many years and who, during the recent war with Ger many, acted in an executive capacity for the British government. "One of the easiest tilings General Obregon docs,” said Meaker, “is to deal out a complete deck of playing cards to a party of seven, memorizing the cards each receives, then, begin ning backward, tell each man correctly the cards he holds. He remembers whole columns of newspaper t articles and, many days after reading them, can repeat an en tire article verbatim. He remembers accurately incidents years back. A great deal of the book ‘Eigh Thou sand Kilometers of Campaigning,’ is written from his remarkable mem ory.” THE STRAND THEATER PROGRAM MONDAY, June 28—Theda Bara in “Cleopatra.” TUESDAY, June 29—George Walsh in “The Shark.” Also comedies. WEDNESDAY, June 30— Frank Kee nan in “Smouldering Embers. WHITTLING OUT PLANKS AT FRISCO Prohibition Plank To Be fhe Only One to Find Its Way to the Convention Floor. San Francisco, June 23. —A volunteer construction corps of platform builders was busy today whitling out. plunks which they believed would meet the needs of the democratic national con vention in expressing its views as to prohibition enforcement. Leaders, in cluding Chairman Cummins, of the na tional committee, were in agreeiueu' mr, this question would monopolize the center of the convention stage until it was settled. Mr. Cupimings ex pressed the opinion that it would be the only issue t obe carried to the conven tion floor. Informal discussion by delegates showed several schools of thought among the anti-bone dry advocates as to how the question should be ap proched. They vary from the sttaes rights stand taken by Governor Ed wurds, of New Jersey, to proposals that congress be urged to proceed di rectly toward modifying the one-half of one pm- cent alcohol content re striction of the Volstead enforcement •it. so as to lift the ban from beers and light wines. The most pronounced movement at the moment, however, and the one which appeared today to have taken the most, definite shape was that originating In Washington and designed to offer a basis on which anti-bone dry forces could concentrate. Personal liberty will he t.he slogan of advocates of this compormise plank, SHACKELFORD ANNOUNCES FOR CONGRESS IN EIGHTH Tom Shackelford, one of North Georgia’s greatest lawyers,- a product of old Jackson county, has announced for congress from the Eighth Geor gia district. Tom is fine material and will fit in nicely in congressional halls. Tom Bell and Tom Shackelford represent ing the Eighth and Ninth will make a pair of Tom-Toms that would mean, much to their constituents. GOOD WOMAN DIES Mrs. S. A. McDonald, sister of Rev. J. H. Mashburn, the beloved pastor of the Methodist church of Winder, died in Atlanta Saturday morning June 19th, and the funeral was held at St. James Methodist, church in that city Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock. Mrs. McDonald had been a member of St. James for oyer 30 years. On account of the death of his sis ter, the pastor was absent from Win der Sunday and Monday. Mrs. McDonald was 68 years old. She was the mother of siiihxnerdc She was the mother of six children, four boys and two girls. Brother Mashburn has one sister and three brothers living out of a family of thirteen. TWO BARROW NEGROES CHARGED WITH FORGERY Josh Sorrells and Roy Jackson were bound over to the Superior court oil Tuesday on a charge of forgery. The negroes, it is said, tried to pasd a check for twenty dollars on the Win* der National Bank signed by D. D. Kesler, one of our prosperous planters, but Assistant Cashier Oakley didn’t like the looks of the signature and turned it, down. Sheriff Camp was notified and soon landed a bunch of live in Jail, but at the preliminary hearing only Sorrells and Jackson were held for further ii • vestigation. The bonds for the negroes wer* placed at, SI,OOO each. There lives in Barrow county a fine young man named Thurmond Adams, and he has sonie little dogs trained to trail criminals. He is ever ready with his dogs to assist the officers in run ning down transgressors of the law. He and his dogs were used in rounding np this bunch, and he has assisted in many other cases. The sheriff is high in his praises of Thurmond Adams and his little dogs. Mrs. S. T. Ross. Mrs. W. A. Brooks, Mrs. It. O. Ross and Miss Elise Starr drove over to Athens Tuesday afternoon shopping. NO. 11