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THE STRAND THEATER PROGRAM THURSDAY, August lb—Mitchel I.e in is in “Tlie Last of His People." FRIDAY, August 20—Billie Burk hi “Good Gracious Annabelle’’ SATURDAY, August 21—Eddie Polo in “The Vanishing Dagger.” Comedy. VOL. XXVII. TOM WATSON ARRESTED FOR CURSING WOMAN AND THREATENING MAN Whiskey Found in Candidate’s Room, Following His Appearance in Bu ford Hotel Lobby Last Night. (We clip the following from the Con stitution of Thursday morning. The same story is carried in the Athens Banner. Mr. Watson’s friends in Win der are supieious that the whole affair was a frame-up on the part of his en emies.) Buford, Ga., August 18. —Thomas E. Watson, candidate for the United States senate, was arrested and locked up here early Wednesday night charged with creating a disturbance and using profanity in the presence of Miss Sally Wiley, proprietor of the Merchants’ ho tel, and others; attempting to strike r.'/fss Wiley’s brother with a water pitcher, and raising a general disturb ance. i Watson’s traveling partner, E. H. Miller, was also taken into custody, charged with carrying concealed weap ons, having drawn a pistol on Police man L. D. Lawson, who made the ar rests. Both Watson and Miller were locked up. Following the arrests a search war rant was procured and Watson’s room at the hotel was searched, resulting in the finding of a pint bottle, about a third full of corn whiskey. It is stated that he was the only one who had been occupying the room, his com panion having a separate room. Officials stated late Wednesday night that another case will he made against Watson, charging him with violation of the prohibition law which will probably result in his being haled into federal court to explan the presence of the forbidden fluid in his room Following his arrest, citizens here non-Watson men, headed by Winfield Rowe, out of hospitality to a visitor, made bond for his release, but iie refus ed to leave tbe jail when the door was opened He is scheduled to speak here Thurs day in the interest of his candidacy for ■ the United States senate, at a joint meeting with Thomas W Hardwick, candidate for governor The trouble started when Watson, who had retired to his room at the 'Merchants hotel, where he and Miller had registered shortly before, appeared at the head of the stairs in his night clothes and began abusing several young men who were playing a friendly game of cards in the lobby. It is charged that r fie cursed them, saying they were dis turbing his rest He threw a book at them and continued a torrent of loud profanity regardless of the presence of Miss Wiley, who attempted to quiet him Miss Wiley’s brother interceded and Watson drew back a water pitcher he had graped in his hand as if to strike him, cursing, it is alleged, all the while Miss Wiley rushed between the uplifted pitcher and her brother. Wat son, according to witnesses then turned his wrath on her forcefully cursing her. It was then that she summoned the police When the officers arrived Watson was still in his night clothes, and they had much difficulty in getting him into sufficient clothes to be taken through the streets. He was at first taken to a store and given an opportunity to make bond, but failing to do so, he was later locked up. While expressing regret at the -occur ence, Miss Wiley appeared quite cool after the disturbance. Her timely ac tion in stepping between her brother and Watson, according to several wit nesses, undoubtedly saved him from probable injury. Following Watson’s arrest, his com panion, E. H. Miller, pulled a gun on Policeman L. D. Lawson, who made the arrest, assisted by T. W. Light, assis tant chief of jxdice, but Lawson saw him coming, and was just a little bit sooner than Miller was in presenting his gun, and the latter had to drop his pistol, at Lawson's command, with out an opportunity to use it, if .such was his intention. The officer confiscated Miller's pistol and placed the owner under arrest. His bond was later fixed at $">00. Messrs. J. O. Braselton and H. F. Braselton of Braselton Brothers, buyers for that hustling mercantile firm, have Ust returned from New York, where they made purchases to care for the large number o patrons who depend oh them for the best on the maket at reasonable prices. ® HJtttkr Meow. 9 Untrammeled by Prejudice and Unawed by Fear We Speak the Truth and Contend for the Right TWO TOMS TALKED HERE WEDNESDAY Hardwick and Watson spoke in Win der Wednesday. They were here' ami they were not by themselves. Several others were here —yes, several times several and then some. People began arriving early for the speaking, and many spent the day in Winder. The crowd hearing the speak ing was estimated all the way from three thousand to seven thousand. Any way, it was the largest gathering ever seen in this city at a puldic speaking, and we have had large crowds here many times before. Hardwick spoke first and was intro duced by one of our business men, Mr. R. L. Woodruff, who said: “In presenting to you the first speak er of the day, I present a man who has a national reputation for demoracy, a man who has given more time and money to the democratic party than probably any other man in Georgia. The democrats of the nation know his loyalty and the republicans fear his ability. For twenty years be has given liis services on the stump, fighting the republican party in every state from the Atlantic to the Pacific. A man who wears no man’s yoke save that of right, a man who has demonstrated the fact that he had rather be right than United States senator, a 100 per cent democrat —yes, better than that, a 100 per cent American—the next governor of Geor gia, the Hon. T. W. Hardwick.” Mi - . Hardwick made a vigorous de fence against the attack on him by the Atlanta post American Legion. He stated that he was used to misrepre sentation, by bitter political enemies, but stated that he could not under stand why an organization with such principles as the American Legion could stoop so low in the mire of parti san politics that it outdid some of the oldest and most skillful political liars in Georgia.” Tlie big crowd cheered heartily his references to Atlanta post. Mr. Hard wick remarks were along the usual lines —free speech, free press and free assembly. Between the speeches of Watson and Hardwick, John I. Kelly, condidate for congress to succeed Thos. M. Bell, spoke for about fifteen minutes, and his remarks were received by the big crowd. Watson was bitter in his denuncia tion of tbe Atlanta Constitution and Clark Howell, its editor, for continu ing to blacken his name and continuing each day to print distorted reports of the Watson and Hardwick meetings. He denounced the American Legion, criticised Woodrow Wilson, discussed the League of Nations, ridiculed Basil Stockbridge and Trammell Scott— in fact it was a day of denunciation. Free speech, ye gods! If a man can stand before tbrousands and denounce his fellow man, his pub lic officials and his political opponents, what's the matter witli free speech? When newspapers call each other liars, denounce candidates as renegates and as traitors, isn't the press free enough? When thousands assemble anil hear office-seekers liaraifgue, abuse and rid icule public men without a ripple of disorder, why haven’t we got free as sembly V You bet we have. too. In these days 'of free speech, free press and free as sembly, we are reminded that it is about time for free pistols and free coffee for two. But it was a big day for partisan politics and unrestrained enthusiam spent, its self, and the big crowd was satined. As we said before, it was a day of denunciation, and the denuncia tors were heartily cheered. Miss Patience Russell entertained at a prom-dance Wednesday evening com plimentary to her house guests and for mer schoolmates. Miss Pauline Thomp son. of Hawkinsville and Miss Sara Lowe of Beima Vista About thirty of Winder’s younger set enjoyed the occasion and Miss Rus sell’s hospitality Later in the evening an ice course was served. Mrsi Mamie Martin and little daugh ter. Johnnie, of Gainesville, pre spend ing the week with Mrs. A. D. McCurry. WINDER, BARROW COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY AUGUST 19, 1920. £*' . "-■MAY AL.IjS Will be seen at the Strand next Monday in “The Walk-Offs.” a successful pieturization of the successful stage play by Frederick and Fanny Helton. The admirers of May Allison will delight to see this rising young star in this vehicle, which reveals her beauty and talents in a delightful and effective manner. The play is the adaptation June Mathis and A. R. Younger for Screen Classics. Inc., of the Broadway hit which Oliver Morosco produced. It has Ikmmi directed for the screen by Herbert Blache and bears the imprint of tills excellent director’s work. The entire production was personally supervised by Maxwell Karger, Screen Classics’ Director General. The play abounds in settings done with tin- most regal magnificence and fairly exudes a convincing atmosphere of society and gay studio life in New York City. The gowns worn by the women in the cast constitute a veritable fashion show of the most advanced styles. SOCIAL and PERSONAL NEWS Mr. and Mrs. It. L. Rogers spent Thursday in Atlanta. * * Mrs. Wooten, of Alabama, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Smith, this week. * * Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Perry and Lamar leave this week'for and eastern trip. • • Mrs. W. L. Blasingame is spending this week in Atlanta with relatives. x* * I)r. E. E. DeLaPerriere, wife and daughter, spent last week in Atlanta. • • Mrs. (,'. M. Ferguson returned home Friday from Wesley-Memorial hospital. * Rev. J H. Mashburu left Monday for Augusta for a week's stay wth rela tives. • * Miss Ada Hancock is spending this week with her father, Mr. J. B. Han cock. • * Mrs. Oglesby and daughter, Katie Lou, returned this week from a months’ visit to Elberton. * t Mrs. Carrington spent last week in Athens the guest of her daughter, Mrs. McGowhan. * * Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Dobbs and Mr. Hal Moore, of Jefferson, were visitors in Winder Monday. * • Mrs. Mac Potts spent last Friday in Atlanta with her mother, Mrs. Fur lough, who is at Robinson's Sanitarium. * * Miss Wilhite, of Jefferson, was the guest of her sister, Miss Beatrice Wil hite last week. * • Mr. Johnny King, of Comer, was in] Winder last Sunday, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Mathews. • • Mr. Clyde House, of Elberton, spent last Sunday in the city with his parents Mr. and Mrs. L. A. House. i * • Mr. Richard Harris, of Hamlet, N. was the guest of Mr Keith Quar terinan Friday. * • " Mrs. Appleby, of St. Louis, is spend ing the week with her parents, Mr and | Mrs. W. T. Appleby. * * Messrs. Hubert L. Jacobs. Tom; Bealle Strange and Julian Ross motor ed to Turin Sunday to attend the Lam l>ert-Ross wedding. * Mrs. L. E. Herrin and little daugh ter, Evelyn, will return from a visit to relatives and friends in Pendergrass the latter part of the week, accompuin ed by Miss WiUonell Roberts. Dr. S. T. Ross spent Saturday in Augusta. • * Dr. J. H. Ford visited his parents in Demurest Sunday * * Mrs. Lee Fortson lias returned from a visit to relatives in Hartwell. • * Mrs. W. B. McCants and family spent this past week at Clayton. * * Mrs. Elina Betts, of Ocilla, is visit ing Mrs. J. S. Craft this week. * * Mrs. Howard Rogers is visiting her parents in Montezuma this week. • • Miss Josephine House leaves this week for a short visit to relatives in Greenwood, S. C. • * Miss Willie Mae Sheats leaves this week for a short visit to friends in Washington, D. C. * * Misses Ola Porter and Gypsie Bed dingtteld left this week for a ten days visit to Clayton. * * Mr. Howard Rogers left last week for Charleston from which point he will sail on a ten days visit. • • Miss Myrtle Wallace, jof South Georgia spent the past week-end with Miss Desma Elder. * * Miss Reha Vouderleltli left Tuesday for a vacation in the mountains of North Carolina * • Mr. J. (’. Ray anil family returned having Is-en in the mountains for two weeks. * * Mr. C. H. Cook left last week for Wrightsville Beach where he will spend several days. * * Miss Sybil Millsaps has returned from a month’s trip thru the north, east anil west. * • Mr. and Mrs. Spurgeon Williams have returned home from their vaca tion trip. * * Miss Kathleen Wilson spent Sunday in Atlanta, the guest of Miss Lola Buchanan. * • Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Mashburn anil Annie Lou and Ruth Lamback are vis iting in Elberton this week. * * Mrs. J. H. Ford and son returned home Monday afternoon after ten days’ visit to her parents at Demorest. , * * Miss Ruby Woodruff has returned home after having been at Davis-Fisb er Sanitarium for the past week. TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE RATIFIES THE FEDERAL SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT WINDER NOW RESTS IN SECOND PLACE Its a nice seesaw that is being played by Elberton and Winder in their race for leadership of the second half <>f the Million-Dollar League. Two out of three from Elberton and yet in second place Is Winder's situation. Monday’s game started off with a rush for Winder, two runs being scored in tin* first few minutes of play. “Bun kum" Morris was twirling the pill for Winder and putting the old sphere over in good style. In th ninth inning with two out and two men on liases, he was taken out and Cock ran put in to twirl to the last two hatters. He walked the first and fanned the second. After Mondey's game Winder was only one half game behind. Good playing, good pitching, good batting and that "stick in there, boy” spirit won Tuesday’s game tty a score of 3 to 1. Pantone was in the box delivering the pill, and he pitchd a real good game, pulling himself out of some tight . holes. Guyou, Smith —in {act. every one was hitting the pill in good style. And Tusday’s game gave Winder the leadership and nut tie tin- fans teartheir hair and yell their lungs out that we were going to stay on top—hut we didn't. Wednesday's game was our Jonah. It was a good farce and looked more like a track met with Elberton doing all the running, than a ball game. The team was up in tbe air, Cochran, Hig gins—all of them. It was one of those off-days every one dreads. Now Winder is in second place with si games to go. When the gong rings “Season over” next Wednesday, Win der's end of the see-saw must be on top. WE ARE PUZZLED Some friend left in our office three prongs of a cultivated huckleberry stalk, hush or weed. It is covered with oodles of clusters of black berries about the size of cherries. We are very fond of huckleberry pie—the kind mother usd to make—but in these days of bool-she vee-kism we are leary of this outfit. If they are good for anything, this sec tion must certainly be A-l for their cultivation. The friend who left the berries at our office is not known. We would appreciate his calling to tell ns what we are expected to do with this present PERSONAL Misses Nellie Knight and Ora Belle Hern, of Monroe, spent Friday in Win der. the guests of the latter's sister, Mrs. Carl Patat. • * Mrs. L. Love and little daughter, Ruth, who have been on an extended visit to relatives in Philadelphia, re turned home -last week. • * Gwendolyn, the little daughter of .Mr. and Mrs. I’. X. Autry, who has been ill for the past few days is re ported to be improving. • * Mr. and Mrs. Guy Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Miliken returned Satur day from Lakemont, where they spent ten days with a camping party. * * Rev. W. T. Hamby, pastor of the First Methodist church of Marietta, spent Tuesday in Winder, en route home from a few days’ visit at Helen, Georgia. * * Messrs. Ambrose Jackson, Edwin Strange and Bertram Radford are spending a few days in the mountains at Lakemont, six miles above Tallu lah. * * Mr. and Mrs. A. Y. Eavnson, ,Mr. Lloyd Cleveland, Misses Willie Mae and Gladys Eavenson spent Sunday jn Atlanta, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. It. G. Ganie. • * Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Brady and little son. Hugh Francis, will leave next Fri day for New York to spend two weeks with relatives and sight-seeing in the great metropolis. * * Mr. Charlie Cannon, of Conyer, and Mrs. Haynes, nee Miss Florrie Wood, of Atlanta, spent a few days in Win der last week as the guests of Miss Willie Mae Sheats. THE STRAND THEATER PROGRAM MONDAY, August 23—May Allison in “THE WALK OFFS.” / TUESDAY. August 24—George Walsh in “Manhattan Night” Comedies Close Vote in House Puts Tennessee in the Suffrage Column, Making the Necessary Thirty-Six. Nashville, Tenn., August 18.—Tennes see today ratified the federal woman suffrage amendment, the lower house of the legislature, by a vote of 50 to 4G, concurring in the action of the senate which last Friday adopted the ratifica tion resolution by a vote of 25 to 4. Although it was the thirty-sixth state to act favorably and the amendment should become effective as soon as cer tified by Bainbridge Colby, secretary of state whether 17.000,000 women of the country would vote in the presi dential election in November remained to be determined. The house still has an oiypornuiity to rescind its action. After the ballot today Seth Walker, speaker of the house, and leader of the opposition, changed hiss vote from “no” to “aye” in order to avail himself of the privilege of moving for reconsidera tion and announced that he would do so. Under the rules only Mr. Walker can ut first offer this motion and it may be done at any time he so desires. He must act, however, either tomorrow or Friday. After that time any member of the body may move reconsideration and it was regarded certain If the speaker fulled to do so the suffrage forces would offer a motion of this character Monday, the first legislative duy after Mr. Walker’s time limit ex 'pires. Motion by the suffrage leaders to reconsider would be followed by a motion of a member of their own forces to send it to the table and a majority vote would settle the question. BELL WILL SPEAK HERE SATURDAY Hon. Thos. M. Bell, candidate to succeed himself as congressman from the Ninth will talk to the voters of Barrow county at the Court House here next Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock. He will give an account of his acts as your representative in congress and state his position on the live issues of the day. Mr. Bell has many warm personal political friends in Barrow comity and a large crowd no doubt will be on hand to hear him. There are few better posted men on public questions than Tom 81l and no better congressman in Washington from this state. MK. JOHN W. CARRINGTON SUSTAINS PAINFUL INJURIES Monday morning Mr. John W. Car rington, .Tr„ while attempting to re charge a storage battery suffered a serious injury, .and probably the loss of an eye, when the battery exploded, throwing the solution into his eyes. As soon as possible after the acci dent he was rushed to medical aid and his uffering relieved until he could be carried to Dr. Calhoun, a specialist in Atlanta. Mr. Carrington returned to Winder Wednesday. Reports state that he is resting nicely, and it is hoped that his eyesight will not be impaired He was reported better this morning and it is thought by his relatives and physicians that in a few days he will be able to be back in his up-to-date battery station again. BOGART BAPTIST CHURCH A series of evangelistic services will Dr. Calloway was for years pastor of the First Baptist church of Dublin anil is one of the leading preachers of the state. Make your plans to attend these meetings. Services daily at 10:30 a. in. and 8 :30 p. m. begin at the Bogart Baptist church Saturday at 11 o'clock. The pastor Rev. W H. Faust, will he assisted by Rev T. W. Calloway, of Macon, Ga. Little Evelyn Herrin who has been spending the week with her aunt in Pendergrass, returned home Wednesday accompanied by her cousin. Miss Willo nel Roberts who will be the guest of Mr. anil Mrs. L. E. Herrin for several days NO. 19