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THE STRAND THEATER PROGRAM THURSDAY, Oct. 14—Alice Brudy in “Woman Wife.” FRIDAY, Oct. 15—Dorothy Gish in “Nugget Nell." SATURDAY, Oct. 16—Eddie Polo in “The Vanishing Dagger.” Episode 5 VOL. XXVII. J. J. BROWN GOES TO WASHINGTON Advises the Rapid Picking and Ginning of Cotton and Storing in Bond ed Warehouses. 1 On the eve of his departure for Washington to attend the convention tailed by nineteen farming organiza tions to consider conditions confront ing the market for agricultural prod ucts, Commissioner of Agricslture, J. J. Brown made a brief statement urg ing the farmers of Georgia to take prompt hold of the situation for their own protection. “The department has no desire what ever to appear in the slightest degree dictatorial.” Commission Brown said, “but simply to advise as to the course which seems best to pursue under pres ent conditions. CWhat we would say to farmers of Georgia is this: We advise you to pick your cotton as rapjdly as possible te' protect the grade of the staple, gin it and store it in warehouses —bonded warehouses wherever you can. Then handle your warehouse receipts in whatever way may be necessary to protect your creditors. They will un doubtedly assist you in bolding for a fair price. Less than 40 cents would mean bankruptcy generally, and wt would advise everyone to bear this in mind. “We think it highly advisable to plant at least 30 per cent of your 1920 cotton acreage to oats, 20 per cent to wheat and 10 per cent to rye, vetch, clover and rape. Under no circum stances should any farmer plant over . 40 per cent of this year’s cotton acre age to cotton in 1921. k “If an agreement can be made thru the State Departments of Agriculture whereby the fourteen cotton states, thru their Boards of Entomology, can put ou a police quarantine next year, prohib iting the planting of a single acre to cotton, then 1 would suggest that there be not a single stalk of cotton planted in 1921. Let the quarantine be estab lished for the extermination of the boll weevil which could be accomplish ed absolutely by this method; and we could then get as much for the present crop as for the two combined, if this plan were followed. “Under this plan ;the South would become absolute sellers of food and feed products, and we would then be in ‘a position to ask the world just bow much cotton is wanted and to make that much and no more. “If we could know in advance, as the mills do, that we would make and market our product on a basis of reas onable profit above the cost of pro duction, we could make just what is needed to satisfy world demand. In the absence of that knowledge, we must for our own protection, get production down to a basis of just enough to make a market that would give the farmer a reasonable margin of profit above the cost of production, and, at the same time, enable him to pay labor the same relative wages as those which pre vail in the ordinary industrial lines. “We are in hopes of being able to ac complish in the Washington meeting something which will encourage the cotton producer in the matter of the value of the present crop holdings by showing to those in authority that their arbitrary plan of deflation is as sure to destroy American agriculture as a profitable industry and reduce farm life to one of complete slave pro duction. Professor Houston’s pol eies are leading us to such deplorable conditions as fast as time can pass. “Who said, ‘Stay away from Wash ington’? May God have mercy upon his vision. Get those enemies of the farmers in, Washington in line for a square deal for the farmers, and a fair nriqe for every farm product will come in thirty days. Let thorn treat the farmer as they have other interests and we will he content, but we will stand for nothing less.” BARROW COUNTY SINGING CHOIR The Barrow County Union Choir will meet at Pleasant Hill church, near Statliam. next Sunday afternoon, Oct. 17th. All who enjoy singing or listen ing to good singing are invited to be present with us on that date —H. E. Haynie, President. We are indebted to our good friend, T. O. Pendergrass for a quart of fine sorghum syrup. It looks good and tastes better. Thanks, Mr. Pendergrass. @iic lUiniicc News. Untrammeled by Prejudice and Unawed by Fear We Speak the Truth and Contend for the Right WAR DECLARED ON GIN POSTERS Sheriffs in Counties Where Gins Have Been Posted Are Determined To Bring Guilty to Trial. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 14—With Asso ciated Press dispatches telling of mys terious fires in Texas. Arkansas and other states in the cotton belt where cotton gins and warehouses are destroy ed and with hourly reports of addition al warnings being posted on cotton gins, the “night rider” situation in the south is becoming acute. The Bulah gin, five miles east of Bowman, Ga., was destroyed by fire Tuesday. It is thought the fire origi nated in one of the engines. Several bales of cotton were destroyed. • Arrests are expected to develope from the activities of the “night riders” in western Georgia counties. One man lias already been arrested and is said to have boasted of being the head of an organized band of fifty men who would do his bidding in the matter and tliat the* government is afraid to interfere with him. In Jasper county, Georgia, a number of gins have been posted and armed guards are being placed around all the gins at considerable cost to the gin owners. No open breaks have occured so far, but the owners have all declared themselves to be ready for any trouble that might arise. Following the posting of gins in Gar roll county and efforts by “night riders’’ to intimidate cotton growers, Sheriff W. A. Garrett lias placed under unvst one man, and is on trail of others who are thought to have been connected with the outrages. W. J. Hicks, of Paulding county, was arrested by Sheriff Garrett Satur day night. The grand jury, which is now in session, indicted him for gin posting and he is now out on $590 bond. It is said that he boasted Fri day in Villa Rica that he was the lead er of a band of fifty men who took orders from him and that the govern ment was afraid to interfere with them. MABEL NORMAN MONDAY IN “THE SLIM PRINCESS” Imagine a country where beauty was interpreted in terms of fat, where wives were selected by the pound, and girl babies brought up on bananas and cream! Tlie reigning beauty of the fantas tic Oriental kingdom of Morovenia bad six chins. Her elder sister, tin' tiny Princess Kalora, was twenty years old and pretty as a picture, but sirs could not get a husband —she only weighed 98 pounds! This is the tangle that marks the starting point of “The Slim Princess.” It is unravelled with delightful humor in a picture that stars Mabel Norman. When G-eorgo Ade’s musical comedy "The Slim Princess” started its phe uominal stage career, audiences were convulsed by liis whimsical conception of an Oriental country where women were esteemed for tlieir weight, and no girl under 200 pounds had much chance of winning a husband. This delightful pieturized farce will be seen at Love’s Strand Monday night, Oct. 18th. RAISES GREEN COTTON, BUT WON’T SELL SEED * Dalton, Ga., Oct. 13—€. F. Obriant, a farmer of near Dalton, has rais'd about 100 pounds of his famous green cotton this year. Although he lias had big offers for the seed he has refused to sell. The cotton, of a brilliant green' color, is unusually tine and of much longer staple than the cotton grown here. MRS. A. J. FITE Monday night about 11 o'clock, Mrs. A. J. Fite died at her home on the Jefferson road just beyond the Mul berry river bridge. Mrs. Fite had been in feeble health for many months but bad been serious ly ill only a short while. The funeral an and interment occur red Tuesday afternoon at Ebeuezer, Rev. Cantrell, her pastor, conducted the services. The deceased was about 58 years of age and the mother of five children, four of whom, with her husband, sur vive her. They are Mrs. Brit Hodges, Mrs. George Jackson, Mr. Henry Fite and Mr. Boomer Fite. WINDER, BARROW COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY OCTOBER 14, 1920. GEORGIA NEEDS MORE FARMERS To Produce More Crops Pay More Taxes, Build Better Roads and to Carry oil Program of Schools. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 14 —Atlanta has got squarely behind the Advertise Geor gia Enterprise and pledged itself to raise the $300,000 advertising fund. Under the chairmanship of Harry Good hart, and with the Advertising Club actively in charge all the civic or ganizations of Atlanta will support the campaign for funds. Backing the campaign are the Cham ber of Commerce, which has 3.200 mem bers; the Rotary and Kiwanis Club and several other organizations. The county commissioners and the city council probably will make substantial appropriations. Reports at the headquarters in the state capitol indicate that many coun ties have practically raised their quo tas and have the subscriptions on tile. Wherever the project has been present ed flie public lias quickly taken hold of it. “Georgia has never undertaken any work of such statewide importance as this, a work which interests city and town and rural district alike,” says Governor Dorsey, general chairman of the Advertise Georgia Enterprise. “The state must have a greater population of farmers if she is to regain her old place as an agricultural state. She has dropped from fourth to sixth. Georgia must climb back, and there is no reas on she cannot attain even a better position that fourth place.” “Georgia netsls more farmers to pro duce more crops; to pay more taxes, to give the state a bigger income to carry on its program of better schools and better roads. Advertising will bring them —and when once they see what Georgia an offer, tlicey will stay, invest in land, and send home for the neighbors.” W. J. BRYAN SUGGESTS CANCELLATION OF WAR DEBTS BY UNITED STATES Washington October 13.—World peace “universal and perpetual" can be purchased with the ten billions of dollars the allied governments owe the United States, W. J. Bryan declared in an address hrre tonight before tlie World Brotherhood congress. He sug gested that cancellation of tlie war debts would go far toward tlie build ing iqi of a spirit that would remove the chief causes uf conflict between rations. “Onr nation, * submit,” said Mr. Bryan, “lias now such an opportunity to serve the world as no other nation has had and as this nation never bad before. The allies owe us nearly ten billions of dollars and they cannot pay it. If they did pay it, they would have to collect from tlieir enemies and they could not collect this sum in ad dition to their own demands without sowing the seeds of a war more bloody than the one out of which we have just come.” TOO MUCH RUT Tin* fellow who wears a path from liis work to his home will soon wear himself out. These are not the times of a hundred years ago. when life was more simple and people had time to think, lodaj we are going the pace that kills in oui chase for wealth, a pace that taxis nature to the limit. We need more recreation, more re laxation, more enjoyment free from the cares of business, for without these the pep of life will become sapped to the marrow. In our haste to accumulate wealth we have acquired the habit of leaving community affairs almost entirely to our elective officials, contenting our selves with a perfunctory kick when things do not go to suit us. We should leave the beaten path and take some of this responsibility upon our own shoulders. It would be good for the community and even bet ter for us. FOR SALE Complete equipment of tools for or dinary garage consisting of Valve Re ceder. Valve Refacer, Valve Grinder and all other necessary tools for the repairing of automobiles and Fords. Vices, anvile, etc. Apply to Hubert Stewart, box 234, Winder, Ga. A ROVING TIGER MAKES SAD VISIT Captain Clark and William Marlow Capture Walton County Tiger and Cheek His Illegal Traffic. Carl Perry, a young mnn who lives down near the Fifth District Agri cultural College in Walton county, will have cause to remember Winder's big fair in nineteen hundred and twenty. And Captain Clark, Winder’s mg policeman, and W. M. Marlow,Sheriff Camp's occasional deputy, willl always be outstanding figures to young Perry, for these officers captured him and his Ford, together with some six or seven gallons of bad smelling corn liquor. Friday evening, after a peaceful and jolly, sober week of the fair, these officers noticed that business along Tiger Lane was picking up and set about to locate the source of supply. Early Saturday morning, about the time our little leghorn rooster lets our neighbors know he is keeping tub on time, these sleuths eased up on a Ford by the side of the road just lie low Beil Hill’s store. Crouching in a gulleyv they waited the return of the tiger. They did not have long to wait. The fair gates had closed and the big crowd bad dispersed and gone home, and business for the night was over. Young Perry sought bis ear to bid the fair a short goodby, unloaded his bottles into the car, took bis seat at the steering wheel and was in the act of touching the crank when he was ordered to “Hands up and deliver.” In the car was a keg containing four or five gollons, and several bottles of wiskey. Along with Perry his Ford was taken into custody. A city and state case was made against the young man. The : mayor assessed SIOO against him for disorderly conduct and bond was given for his appearance before a Burrow county jury. Bond was also given for the car. Tuesday morning, in the presence of [this editor, Uncle John Mashburn and j Mr. f. M. Wallace, Officer Marlow poured the concoction out and tried 'to burn it. But it was not of the ; burning kind. There was no blue blaze and the (alitor wus satisfied he hud missed nothing. AUTOS CAUSE DEATH EVERY 3! MINUTES IN UNITED STATES Atlantic City, N. J- October 11 Methods of reducing automobile acci dents* which it is estimated cause a death every tliirty-one minutes in the United States, were dealt with in an address by 0. M. Talbert, director of j streets and sewers of St. Isniis, and chairman of the public safety section of the National Safety council, at the opening session here today of tin* Ainei iean Electric Railway association con j ventiou. While accidents from other causes arc decreasing hrough safety work, accident prevention in connection with automobiles has been neglected, he added. An aroused public sentiment through education is the most forceful influence I which can be brought to hear upon ac i cident prevention, Mr. Talbert said, i He declared this work cannot be ac complished by individual efforts, but must be performed through a nation wide organization working In every j community. REV. It. E. MOSS CRITICALLY ILL j Nashville, Tenn..—Editor News: Please inform the many friends of j It. E. Moss that bis condition has been so critical for several weeks that I could not write them bow much he and * I appreciated their kind courtesies. Our physicians have told me they have little hope of his ultimate recovery. He has been at death's door for the past three weeks, and is, still a* helpless as a babe. A1 tests by specialists have been favorable to him and yet he con tinues to show no signs of improve ment in flesh or strength. The doctors are puzzed. If be must go. be leaves bis bless ings to the people of Winder, and iu* give him back to God who “Doeth all things well.” But we Want him with us and cling to hope, feeling that God will hear our prayers. We hope against hope, and ask the people of Winder to pray with us fer his recovery. MRS. R. E. MOSS ms AN EYE-SORE AND A DISGRACE Worst of the Center of Town Remind ers of Jug Tavern Days Should Give Place to Modem City Hall The city fathers this week are busy uprooting all the trees in the busi ness section of our city preparing for the paving of streets. The old seed house, for years ob noxious to our people long ago gave way to progress and soon a brick building is to rise where it stood. All the disgraces In the shape of buildings is the old rattletrap known as the city fire-house. T'ie trees have been cut down in froqt of this shack and it is now re vealed in all its ugliness. This a nice lot and the city should Itui. Ia city hall and fire station on it. We have no city jail; no court room and no fire quarters. Fire apparatus is one of our great est needs. While we believe in paving streets we also believe in protecting the interests of those who have put their money in buildings. If a mayor wants to go down in his tory as the mail who rid Winder of her ugliest site, let him raise to the ground the old wood slmek and cause to rise in its stead a handsome brick City Hall and Fire House with the jail in the hack. We have paid enough excess insur ance on account of this unsightly fire trap to entitled to what kindling wood there is left in it. BARROW DELEGATES TO MACON DOUBLED As will lie seen by the minutes of the meeting of Barrow county Executive Committee, Mr. R. L. Woodruff, of this city, is put forward as one of the Ninth district committeemen. Barrow county lias never had a mem ber of the State Committee, and as this county has been among the most loyal Watson and Hardwick counties we are making a hid for the honor at this time. At the request of the nominees for senator and governor, Messrs. Watson and Hardwick, W. F. Dunimlioo and L. W. Leslie have been added as dele gates, and Dr. J. J. Bridges, of Auburn, mid Henry M. Hill were added ns altcr nates —in fact, the Barrow county dele gation to Macon has been doubled. Credentials have been issued accord ingly. The delegation will have two votes oil all propositions coming be fore the convention and will east tlieir vote as a unit. Mr. Woodruff is ifnxious that all delegates and alternates who possibly can attend the convention. THREATS OF VIOLENCE WILL HINDER RATHER THAN HELP COTTON MARKET Washington, October 12. —Federal prosecution of “night riders” and others responsible for the burning of cotton and cotton gins in the south ern states will lie ordered if an inves tigation started today discloses vio lation of any federal laws. Department of justice agents have been instructed to investigate and re port immediately instances where fed eral laws appear to have been violat ed. In most cases, officials believe the outrages have constituted crimes only under state laws, but the investiga tion was ordered when it was indicated ihert* might have been interference with shipments in interstate commerce. A special committee of the conven tion of agricultural interests in session here decided tonight to recommend rhiil the convention adopt a resolution tomorrow denouncing the work of night riders and others in cotton states. The committee resolutions will declare that the activities of those responsibe for the burning of cotton and cotton gins and for threats of violence are calcu lated to binder rather than help re habilitation of the cotton market. DEATH OF A LITTLE BABE James lahi Wood, the little thirteen montlis-Old son of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Wood, died at the honie of his parents a few mill's atyjve Winder Wednesday morning, after an illness of several weeks. The funeral and interment occur pluee at New Pentecost that morning, Rev. J. H. Mashburn officiating. THE STRAND THEATER PROGRAM MONDAY, Oct. 18—Mable Norman in “The Slim Princess.” TUESDAY, Oct 19—“Tlie Lost City.” George Walsh in “The Dead Line.” WEDNESDAY, Oct. 20—Mary Miles Mlnter in “Nurse Marjorie.” HARDING REFUSES TO COMMIT BOARD To Any Line of Action But Predicts Rising Prices in Cotton at Early Date. Washington, Oct. 14.—Somethin* will be done to relieve the present situ ation In relation to cotton and other agricultural products. This was ap parent from remarks made to the agri cultural convention by Governor Har ding, of the federal reserve board today. While Governor Harding made no promise or statement which could lx* construed us committing tlie federal reserve board to any defiuate policy, the delegates to the convention felt greatly encouraged by his definite as sertion that he will issue anew state ment of policy covering all phases of the credit situation. This is slated to be made public Saturday. LORI) MAYOR’S FAST TRAGEDY OR FARCE, SAYS LONDON POST London Oct. 13—Tiring of treating the MucSwinney case as a “crisis,” British newspapers have begun to cast doubt on the lord mayor's fast, some of them boldly declaring they have “information” that the prisoner is being fed. The Morning Post wants to know editorially, “whether this is a tragedy or a farce.” Several papers are in clined to treat the whole affair humor ously, one comparing the mayor to "a certain Japanese dog that died after a fast of 9N days.” The Express declared tliat it has information that McHwiney is taking fruit juices and wine in spite of denial by the Irish office that it lias any rea son to believe he has partaken of a single bit of ndurishment. British physicians say that it would require at least five ounces of fat a duy to keep a mail alive, even lying in bed, and argue that even if he lived on salt and water he would have been a slmdow long ago. THE ODD FELLOWS OF GEORGIA TO BUILD HOME The Odd Fellows of Georgia are pre paring to erect an Odd Fellows Home at Griffin, Ga., to be known as the Robert T. Daniel Memorial Home. ’Jhey ilready have deeds to one hundred acres of good land just outside of the •ity and will soon begin the erection )f the building. To raise funds for is purpose, November Bth lias been designated and set apart as Odd Fel lows Orphan Home Day. On this day ■very Odd Fellow of the twenty-five thousand in Georgia are requested to contribute at least the proceeds of the day’s work. The Odd Fellows now own and op erate fifty-six institutions of this kind in the United States. The value of these homes is about ten million dol lars in—Money Value. Their value as a force for good cannot be estimated. AND THE KU KLI’X WERE HERE LAST FRIDAY NIGHT Last Friday night about midnight the Ku Klux Klan invaded our city and to many onr people they pre sented quite an interesting spectac e. It is not known how many there were here. Those who saw them have a different opinion as to the exact num ber. The more or less excited de clare there looked to he four thousand of them, in cars innumerable. Those to be depended upon—they that more moderately observed these creatures of—shall we say providence?—declare there were at least forty cars. They squabbled off when they reached this city and circled in different directions. Just the extend of their work has not bet'ii learned, but we dare say that wherever they appeared there was su preme quiet therafter and will be for some time to come. It is said they were looking out after the fellow or fellows who are not walking straight as they should and that they have it in mind to apprehend and punish all who have been making threats as to what they shall do in the matter of burning gin neries etc. So somebody better be on their "p’s and q’s.”—Walton News. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Junius Carring ton on October 6th. a tine little .girl, who has been given the name of Kath rine. This is the stork’s second visit in seven years. Mother and baby are reported as doing nicely. NO. 27