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THE STRAND THEATER PROGRAM
THURSDAY, Oct 28—Alice Brady in
“The Knife.”
FRIDAY, Oct. 29—“ Blind Husband.”
All Star Cast —Special.
SATURDAY, OCT. .SO—Eddie Fok> in
Vanishing Dagger.” “Moonriders.”
VOL. XXVII.
CITY RECORDER
A PROBABILITY
Mayor and Four Councilnien To Be
Chosen at City Primary Next Wed
nesday-Over 300 Women
Registered
We understand that there are o\ ei
•three hundred women registered for
participation in the city primary foi
the selection of a uilayor and three
councilnien to serve the city of M indei
lof the next two years, the election to
be held on Wednesday, November 3rd.
The directorate of the City of Min
der, a three milliou-doliar corporation,
is composed of the mayor and six coun
cilmen. Any business man who aspires
to membership on the board makes a
peronal and financial sacrifice that
should receive the commendations of
every '‘public-spirited citizen.
We carry in our announcement col
umn the names of seven of \\ aider s
well-known citizens, each one of whom
aspires to serve on the poard of Mayor
and Council with no other purpose than
to represent the best interests of the
municipality as he sees it.
Winder is indeed fortunate that so
many representative and capable bus
iness men have permitted their names
to go before the voters this year, a
year which is destined to be one of
tight money and financial readjust
ment. Should Winder keep going her
present strides of progress the finan
cial problem is one that will require
the best thought of men of experience
and business insight on the board of
Mayor and Council.
All things being equal, personal pref
erences and close friendships are ties
jvhifch should bind, but in contests where
we are all friends, the voter should cast
his or her ballot for that citizen whom
he believes to be best equipped to
serve for the common good —the whole
citizenship of Winder—the weak and
the -strong, the great and the small, tue
rich and the poor, the white and the
black.
We learn that the question of the
selection of a city recorder will be sub
mitted to the voters at this primary,
and we think this a good move. Our
charter provides for a recorder at a
stipulated salary, and while the remun
eration is very small, we feel sure that
someone of our lawyers will join the
busiues men in making a sacrifice for
the good of the town und accept the
position if tendered to him. Tse may
or’s court has always been and ever
will‘be a source of discord and politi
cal contention until the mayor is re
lieved of the unpleasant duty of enforc
ing the city ordinances. To place a law
yer in charge of this department of our
city government would redound to the
best interests of the city and to the
best interests of the accused by guar
anteeing an impartial and legal trial.
Not that mayors willfully abuse their
power, but that men capable of giv
ing to the city a first-class business
administratin'!! who are sufficiently
versed in the law to preside as impartial
judges in criminal affairs are freaks
that are seldom found. Asa general
rule a lawyer is a hard-boiled guy whol
ly immune to criticisms of his official
acts, and at this time Winder needs
just such a trial judge to pass on in
fractions of our municipal laws.
We will remind the women who have
registered that the law requires that
they be citizens of the State for twelve
months; of the county for six months
and of the city thirty days before they
are qualified to vote. As to when they
became citizens is a nut that the News
shall make no effort to crack.
Whatever may be the result of the
primary, with the three hold-overs,
Messrs. M. J. Griflfeth, A. Y. Eaven
son and R. D. Moore, and the four to
le felected from among the candidates
November 3rd, Winder’s affairs will be
in good hands for the ensuing two
years.
PHILATHEA CLASS BAZAAR
The Pbilathea Class of the Metho
dist church will hold a bazaar Thurs
day and Friday, December 2 and 3.
1920. at the City Pharmacy. Save your
nickels and dimes and be ready to pur
chase your Christmas present.
Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Fasut, Mrs.
Carpenter and Mrs. Haralson, Revs.
T. C. Buchanan and H. C. Hodges,
were among the Winder visitors to the
general meeting of the Appalachee at
Watkinsville Wednesday.
®jt lUiniUT a erne.
Untrammeled by Prejudice and Unawed by Fear We Speak the Truth and Contend for the Right
EVERY DEMOCRAT
IS URGED TO VOTE
This is the last opportunity The
News will have before the national
election to urge every Democrat in
Barrow county to go to the polls and
cast his ballot for the democratic
nominees.
It is very important that a full vote
be cast. For years the Republicans
have been mouthing about our disfran
chisement laws and threatening to cut
down our representation in congress.
The next congress will have charge
of the proportionate sheet naming the
number of congressmen to a given pop
ulation.
Our vote in the general election, ow
ing to the fact that issues are sett.ed
in our primary, has been exceedingly
light, and a movement lias been start
ed to base the south's representation
on the vote cast in the general election
rather than on population.
Therefore, it behooves every demo
crat to go to the polls and cast his
ballot for' tlie Democratic nominees.
We want to see Barrow county roll
up tlie largest vote in her history for
the nominees of the party from Jimmy
.x down to the coroner for the coun
ty.
Every voter who participated in the
recent primaries is honorably bound to
j support the nominee whether his par
ticular choice was victorious or not,
ud if he does not do so, he is not u
good democrat and has no business
participating in a primary election.
We have heard of some who say they
will support the Republican nominees—
men who voted in the primary in April
September and October.
Should they do so, they should be
barred from participation in Democrat
ic primaries in the future.
Watson, Hardwick and Bell are en
titled to your support aud good demo
crats will rally to them in this elec
tion.
Lets give all the Democratic nomi
nees the biggest vote ever received by
nominees in a general election in Bar
row county.
AN APPEAL TO WINDER.
Now is an opportunity to help the
sufferers of Poland.
Typhus is raging among these unfor
tunate people who are without homes,
clothing and food. They have appealed
to the United States for help.
The good people of Winder have a
chance to relieve these sufferers by con
tributing second-hand clothes of all
kinds. So look over your discarded
things and help swell the contribution
which will be sent from Winder this
week.
An automobile will come to your
home on Friday to collect anything
that will add to the comfort of these
needy people. The merchants will be
asked to contribute soap; so lets lie
ready to do our part. XXX
HOW TOM MIX, FILM
STAR, FOUND SATAN
Tom Mix, the noted Fox film star,
had to make an exception to his well
known rule of training all the horses
used in his productions, when he was
forced to find a big stallion to take the
part of Satan in “The Untamed,” made
from Max Brand’s novel of that name
and to lie presented next Monday at
tiie Strand Theater.
Mix had no idea it would be so hard
to find a horse with the essential re
quirements. He delegated Pat Chrisman
his right-hand man on his ranch at
Mixville, to scour the surrounding
country.
Chrisman examined 350 horses, and
after a trip of more than 800 miles re
turned to the ranch unsuccessful. No
sooner had lie returned than Morri
son, of Santa Barbara, offered his horse
Buster for sale. Reports about the
lior.se looked so favorable that Mix
himself went to see the animal.
“Greatest horse for pictures I ever
saw,” was the star’s comment aside to
Chrisman. “Get him at once.” Buster
was purchased.
The horse is said to do some mar
velous stunts under his daredevil mas
ter in “The Untamed.”
Mr. Ralph Foster, who for several
days has been confined to his room
battling with a severe cold, is able to
report for duty at The News this morn
ing.
WINDER, BARROW COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY OCTOBER 28, 1920.
FIRE DESTROYS
GIRLS DORMITORY
Last Saturday morning fire destroy
ed the Girls Dormitory at the South
eastern Christian College.
No one seems to know how the fire
originated. The dormitory was tilled
with young students, and most of them
lost all their wearing apparel and mon
ey they had in their rooms.
The fire was discovered about the
breakfast hour.
It is understood that everything was
lost on the second story, but that some
of the first floor furniture and equip
ment was saved.
The main building caught and was
slightly damaged.
it is said the dormitory was partially
covered by insurance.
WHAT WE SHOULD KNOW
ABOUT OUR OWN COMMUNITY
Do you know what the health con
dition is in your own community V
That is to say, do you know the
death rate last year? Do you know
what diseases were most common? Do
you know how many adults died? How
many babies? Do you know the town
water supply, and whether it is pure
or poluted ? Do you know how the
milk that is used in your home is han
dled and whether or not it is tit to
drink?
Do you know what sort of food you
should eat for your own development
and what kind is best for your grow
ing child?
Perhaps if you did know all these
things you might be able to take your
place as a citizen truly valuable to your
community and one who may do a real
citizen’s part in controlling the death
rate and in securing community health.
No laws no matter how carefully they
may be made, will bring about improv
ed community health in your neigh
borhood unless you and your neighbors
decide that these laws will be rigidly
obeyed and you will have to do your
part in obeying them in order that
you may preserve the health of your
family and yourself.
Many diseases are absolutely pre
ventable, but in order that they do
not occur it is necessary for you to un
derstand about contagion, about sani
tation and about right living.
When the war was over the Red
Cross realized that the great task of
health must be udertakeu by the peo
ple und to help the people do this work
for themselves it was decided to try
to give every community a chance to
have a good Public Healtli Nurse to
advise, instruct and co-operate witli
all the people all the time in a con
certed effort to promote health. There
is such a nurse in Winder, hut no mat
ter how good her work may be it will
he made better if each one of us will
help it along by our interest, our per
sonal efforts and our desire to create
health conditions.
The season is close at hand when
for the past two years there has been
much illness and death from influenza
and when there is always a full meas
ure of colds, pneumonia, pleurisy and
other similar diseases. We may learn
how to avoid many of these diseases
and the time to begin learning is now.
Our public health nurse, Mrs. Ruby
Worsham, will be glad to help us if she
is consulted as she should be. She
may be reached by calling Phone 185.
Plans are being made to give Mrs. Wor
sham an office in our new court house
building.
A FREE MOVING PICTURE
PROGRAM FOR SCHOOLS
Tiie following moving picture pro
gram in the interest of the Red Cross
lias been announced by Mrs. Worsham,
Public Health Red Cross Nurse. The
entertainments will be free of charge
and every student and parent is urged
to lie present:
' Mill School, Monday, November 1, at
7 :30 p. m.
Bethlehem Wednesday No
vember 3, 7 p. m.
Christian College, Auburn. Thursday,
November 4, 7 :30 p. m.
Statbam school house Friday Novem
ber 5, 7.45 p. m.
Cedar Hill and County Line school
house Saturday November 6, 7 :30.
Victory and Thompson's Mill—Sha
ron church Monday, November 8, 7 p. pi
Central school Tuesday November 9,
7:30 p. m.
Oak Grove school Wednesday No
vember 10, 7:30 p. m.
CURRENT EVENTS
THE WORLD OVER
One good thing about city electons,
you always find the street tux dodger.
With the largest premium list in its
history the State Fair at Macon opened
its gutes this morning.
All of the old officers of the Grand
Lodge of Masons were re-elected at
the closing session Wednesday in Ma
con.
Terence MacSwinney the Irish lord
mayor of Cork, prominent hunger strik
er, died last Sunday mgnt in Brixtou
prison.
While condemning the League of Na
tions the democratic convention at Ma
con Monday pledged support, to the
nominees of the party from Cox on
ilou n.
NYw difficulties have arisen in the
settlement of the English coal strike.
Yesterday it looked as if a settl. ment
could be reached, but at the last mo
ment the miners presented anew de
mand.
Holloman is to summerize his politi
cal mestigation in next Sunday’s Con
stitution. Holloman is a democrat and
it is hoped that fact will not warp his
opinions like the prejudice and hatred
of his boss did in the state election
forecasts.
Without in the least endorsing his
sayings, it must be amitted that John
W. Martin, republican candidate for
congress from tlie Fifth Georgia dis
trict in Thursdays papers let Willie
Upshaw know that he was pretty well
posted on national issues and the work
ings of tlie League of Nations.
Frank P. Walsh, former joint chuir
mau with William Howard Taft of tjie
war labor board, headed a delegation
of Irish sympathizers who on Wednes
day presented argument to Secretary
Colby favoring recognition of the Irish
Republic. “We demand recognition not
las a favor but as a right,” said Mr.
Walsh.
Following the outlined policy of
Commissioner of Agriculture J. J.
Brown that cotton can lie best handled
by having it ginned and placed in bond
ed warehouses, so receipts may be used
us collateral in securing loans, Gover
nor Hugh M. Dorsey Wednesday
night replied to Governor John
M. Parker, of Louisana, stat
iug that he could not join him in issu
ing a proclamaton urging all ginneries
to close for a period of thirty days in
an effort to bolster tin' cotton market.
If Eugene Debs, socialist candidate
1 for president, is pardoned, it will not
be because he or his lawyers have
applied for a pardon, but because pres
| sure lias been brought to bear upon
tlie administration, by thousands of
people throughout America, it was de
' dared Wednesday night by Attorney
Sam Castletou, counsel for the socialist
l party in Atlanta, when questioned con
cerning rumors that Debs is about to
be released t hrough presidential cle
mency.
SUNDAY WAS A FINE DAY
FOR BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL
Sunday was a tine day for the First
Baptist Sunday school.
With a total enrollment of 180 in the
main school 182 were present besides
numerous late visitors.
There is no more enthusiastic nor
efficient superintendents in the state
tiiau . E. Maughon. He has recently
organized a spendid Teacher Training
class which meets each Tuesday night
at 7.30.
Sunday a large percent of Sunday
school students remained to the preach
ing service.
The little son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Parham was the youngest member of
the congregation. The pastor stated
the fact and the congregation gave
him a rising vote of thanks for his at
tendance and interest in the work.
The First Baptist Sunday school has
fine crowds and the collections are fur
aliove that of the average Bible school.
We doubt if very many Bible schools
can boast of an attendance above their
enrollment.
GREEK KING DIES
FROM MONKEY BITE
King Alexander of Greece died Mon
day afternoon. His death was due to
wounds received when a pet monkey
attacked him early in October. The
king was bitten when lie interfered
to protect his dog from the monkey.
The death of King Alexander gives
vise to tiie question of succession to the
Greek throne. Constantine father of
tlie dead king, who is in exile, would
like to be put back on tlie throne.
But Premier Venizelos, tin* Big Power
behind tlie Throne in Greece, expressed
himself as confident that Prince Paul,
third son of Constantine, would not
he prevented from taking the throne
by ins father, as the latter would learn
from tue coming elections that there
wi.s no prospect for his return to tlie
thrm.e.
01)1) FELLOWS OF WINDER
LODGE NO. 81 TAKE NOTICE
Brethren, we call your attention to
i resolution adopted by the Grand
Lodge directing that the second Mon
day in November be set apart as Or
phans Home Day.
Brother L. W. Leslie lias been ap
pointed as publicity mail for this coun
ty, and he has appointed me for tlie
lodge of Winder, and Winder Lodge
\o. 81. So lets respond as one man
and dedicate this day November Bth,
to the accomplishment of the greatest,
the most glorious task to which our
order lias ever been called. Each mem
ber is expected to contribute the pro
ceeds of one's (lays work.
There are approximately 25,000 mem
bers in Georgia, so we want to he a
part of this building a home in one
day. Are you one of tlie sticks in the
bundle?
As you perhaps know, we have deeds
to a magnificent property, consisting
of 100 acres of land located at Griffin,
as a site upon which buildings ure to
lie erected.
Come out to tlie lodge on the night
of November 2nd. We want you.
H. T. HINESLEY.
IRRESPONSIBLE TALK IS
CHEAP AND EASY—GET FACTS
To the Citizens of Winder:
In view of the fact that there seems
to he some misunderstanding on the
part of the public as to the condition
of the City’s affairs, 1 beg to call your
attention to the fuets as shown by the
last audit made of the books, which
show that the City is in a far better
financial condition than it has been at
any time within the last several
years.
Unwarranted and unjust attacks
have been made by certain parties
upon the present administration. In
behalf of myself, I want to say that
we have not only paid all of our cur
rent expenses as they have arisen, but
in addition, we have paid off an old
indebtedness of more than $20,000 that
lias been hanging over tlie City for the
past three administrations, a part of
which was for money borrowed by our
predecessors to cover a deficit in the
sinking fund, and the balance borrow
ed by them to ttnisli up the school
building.
Tlie water, sewerage and light sys
tems of the Uity have been extended to
bring these benefits and conveniences
to u larger number of people. Under
the present management of the Water
and Light Department, the Uity lias
received a larger net income, in spite
of the fact that the rates for current
have lieen increased by tlie Railroad
Commission and the consumer’s rate
is tiie same as in the past.
I also wish to call attention to the
increased exieiise in the running of
our school.
Reports on file at the City Hall will
show you how and where every dol
lar of the City’s money has been spent.
Irresponsible talk is cheap and easy.
Get the facts, upply your good judg
ment to them, and you will endorse
the splendid work of the administra
tion in your behalf. Respectfully,
GEORGE THOMPSON.
FOOT BALL GAME SATURDAY
Saturday afternoon in Valley Park
the local eleven will tackel the Fifth
District A. & M. college.
Winder boys have been playing some
snappy games and all who go to Val
ley Park Saturday will see a well
rounded fight between game young
sters.
THE STRAND THEATER PROGRAM
MONDAY, Nov. I—Tom1 —Tom Mix in “The
Untamed.”
TUESDAY, Nov. 2—“ The Lost City.”
Shirley Mason in “Love’s Harvest.”
WEDESDAY, Nov. 3 Mary Miles Min
ter In “A Cumberland Romance.”
AMPLE CREDIT FOR
THE COTTON CROP
Federal Reserve Bank Will Back Mem
bers With Funds for Orderly
Marketing Cotton.
The farmers of the South will be ex
tended ample credit fpr the orderly
marketing of their cotton. This im
portant statement was made by Gover
nor M. B. Wellborn, of the Sixth Dis
trict Federal Reserve Bank in a pub
lic speech made to a convention of au
tomobile men in Atlanta on October
20th.
Here is what lie said on this subject:
“Within a few months tlie F deral
Reserve Bank of Atlanta, by its lib
eral policy to aid production, has fi
nanced the farmers through the mem
ber banks, and now we wish to assure
tlie farmers ample credits to meet their
requirements will lie extended to them
through tlie member banks for the
gradual and orderly marketing of their
erops. f
“In tlie act which created the Fed
al Reserve system it was provided the
farmer should have preference in point
of time over other business paper His
notes run six months, while those in
other lines are for 90 days. It is my
belief this was intended to give him
time, not only to make his crop, but
to market it.
“1 flo not think there will tie any
dumping of cotton this year, if the
banks and business men will stand by
the farmer.”
Mr. Wellborn says the statements
made about the condition of the South
by committees which went to Washing
ton to make demands on the Federal
Reserve Board have helped to put down
the price of cotton.
“We must admit,” said he, “that cot
ton bad to go down to some extent as
everything else lias gone down, but
these visits to Washington and the
messages that have gone out to the
world have created the impression that
the South is poverty-stricken and cot
ton took another tumble.”
In further comment on the policy of
the Federal Reserve Bank he said:
“Between January' and October Ist
of the present year about 70 percent
of the banks which are members of the
Federal Reserve system have increased
their loans by an amount exceeding
$1,800,000,000. This great increase lias
been made possible by the accomoda
tions extended member banks by the
Federal Reserve Banks. In our own
district (Atlanta) since January, 1020,
the Federal Reserve Bank loans have
increased about $00,000,000. Does this
look like contraction or that Federal
Reserve Banks are ‘shutting off’ cred
its? t
“Bast spring our bank felt the ne
cessity of Inaugurating a campaign for
the control of credits, as the signs of
the times indicated expansion of loans
for luxuries was going on too fast. We
then found it necessary to call atten
tion to the heavy burden of automobile
credits that were thrown upon our
bank. We had no intention of strik
ing a blow at the great automobile in
dustry, but merely to discourage and,
if possible, to prohibit the reckless
granting.of credits to extravagant and
impecunious purchasers of cars who
could ill afford to pay for and main
tain the upkeep of an automobile. I
think our position and action taken in
this matter should be appreciated by
all substantial dealers in automobiles
who desire a sound and stable mar
ket for their goods.
“The* Federal Reserve Bank of At
lanta recognizes the great importance
of the automobile industry and does
not desire to discriminate against mo
tor paper of the proper character, and
is always ready to accept such paper
from our member banks when it meets
the requirements of our regulations,
and seasonal conditions in our district.”
Since this public statement was made
by Governor Wellborn, Secretary H. G.
Hester of the New Orleans Cotton Ex
change, who has been recognized for
a quarter of a century as an authority
on the cotton situation, published a
statement which strongly confirms Mr.
Wellborn's opinion that the price of
cotton has been depressed by an un
reasoning scare that caused producers
to dump on the market more than a
million bales between the first of Sep
tember and the middle of October.
If night riders would do a real ser
vee they should pay some attenton to
loafng negro women around Wader,
who live by their wits.
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