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THE STRAND THEATER PROGRAM
THURSDAY, Dee 9—Elaiu Ilammer
steiu in “The Point of View.”
FRIDAY, Dec. 10—Billie Burke in
•*■ y “Wanted—A Husband”
SATURDAY, Dec. 11—Vanishing Dag
ger, Moon Riders and Comedy
VOL. ' XXVII.
PRICES TUMBLING
ALL ALONG LINE
Winder Merchants Make Great Reduc
tions in Prices of Goods—Reduc
< tions That Count.
f
Never in the history of merchandise
have our merchants showed a more
liberal spirit toward the purchaser
than they are showing now.
Our advertising columns carry in
stance afjvr instance where the price
on useful and ever saleable goods have
( been sliced more than half —in some
! instances away below the tirst whole
sale cost of the article.
| Circulars have been distributed an
j| pouncing these facts, yet the goods are
slow in moving.
J. T. Strange Company in this issue
\ announces tremendous cut in every de-
I partment of his store, notwithstanding
I the fact that he is giving away abso
'* lutely free more than twelve hundred
| dollars’ worth of merchandise as an
inducement for patronage.
The Winder Dry Goods Store has
| on a sale that is attracting the atten
j tion of the buying public.
J. W. Summerour, the first to start
j the downward slide of prices, is still
I applying the knife and ofiering to pay
[ 25c per pound for cotton, and a dollar
L and a half per hundred for cotton seed.
Autry, House & Company have de
| termined to unload regardless of cost.
| and they are disposing -of their stock
of dry goods almost as if the goods
f were sold on the block to the highest
bidder.
Saul is hammering down prices, using
newspaper space and circulars.
Kilgore & Kelly are keeping pace
with thp times and are offering “Good
1 Goods for Less Money.”
In fact, the whole mercantile list is
f. “doing it,” and if you need anything
to wear, eat or work with. Winder
is a mighty good town to visit. You
i can buy anything from an automobile
! to a hairpin just a little cheaper here
! than you can elsewhere.
Read the advertisement of J. T.
Strange in this issue. “Leaders and
Regulators of Low Prices,” Strange
has something good for you to digest
in this issue.
Even if you don’t need what he is
offering, it will do you good just to
know how cheap you could have made
the purchase if you had needed a suit
of clothes, a hat, shoes, coat suit, skirt,
~ blanket or a yard of ginghams.
A. S. Eberhart has on no “slaughter
sale,” bpt he makes it a practice to
meet the downward trend and all the
F year round sells goods at a close mar
jt pin of profit. He believes in price's
r that will keep the goods moving.
W. R. Smith has on a clearance sale
I and is offering many attractive bargains
in everything kept in general dry goods
store.
* J. C. Ray & Cos. are making attrac
tive prices on canned goods, shoes,
, groceries and feedstuffs for animals.
Read the advertisements in this issue.
They carry their own story of the
downward trend of everything to eat
and wear.
GRIM REAPER CALLS
I)R. T. A. FOWLER
Dr. T. A. Fowler died at the home
of his son-in-law, W. J. Smith, Jr., early
Saturday morning.
Dr Fowler had been in ill health for
about a year, tie lived at Cumming,
Ga., but owing to his affliction, a few
weeks ago his daughters, two of whom
live in this city, brought him to Winder
where they could assist in ministering
to him.
For many years Dr. Fowler lived at
Auburn. Ga.. and he was well and
favorably known to many people in
this section of the state.
He was a loyal member of the Ma
sonic fraternity, iyid has body was
buried in accord with the ritual of
that order.
The funeral was preached by Rev.
W. E. Moore and the interment was
at Auburn last Sunday afternoon.
He is survived by his wife and five
children. They are Mrs. T. A. Fowler,
Mrs W. J. Smith, Jr., Mrs. Carl bear
wood. Mrs. C. 8. Hunter, Miss Villle
Fowle' and Willie C. Fowler and other
relatives.
DILLARD-HUTHENS
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Mrs. M. R. Wilkie, of Robertson,
announce the engagement of her niece,
Rosemary Dillard, to Pike Livingston
Hitchens, of Statliam, the marriage
Vo be, solemnized at an early date.
lUinfocv Mom
Untrammeled by Prejudice aud Unawed by Fear We Speak the Truth and Contend for the Right
WINDER, BARROW COUNTY, GA„ THURSDAY DECEMBER 9, 1920.
MRS. GUY KILGORE
CARRIES OFF PLUM
Judges Award Her Prize for Suggest
ing Best Name for Bakery.
In the bakery naming contest, Mrs.
Guy H. Kilgore wins the prize.
■ Last Week Mr. Harry L. Moore of
fered five dollars to the person sug
gesting the most appropriate name for
his bakery, which is to open about De
cember 15th.
Out of one hundred or more names
suggested, the judges have awarded
the prize to Mrs. Kilgore, who sug
gested
“The Bestyette Bakery.”
Among the close contestants were
Mrs. J. T. Strange with “The Halmo.”
Mrs. Bessie Edwards with “The Blue
Ribbon,” Mrs. Holsenbeck with “The
Rex and R. E. Warr with "The Busy
Bee.”
The sign designating Mr. Moore’s
place of business will read something
like this:
THE BESTYETTE BAKERY”
Bakers of
“Windermaid” Cream Bread.
EXPECT CALL FOR
AN EXTRA SESSION
It is stated by what seems good au
thority that Governor Dorsey is eon
sedering calling an extra session of
the Georgia legislature for the first
of January.
The official call is expected as soon
as the surpreme court has rendered
its decision in the Butts county case.
.Revision of the tax equalization act
and provision for financial relief of
educational institutions it is said will
be -the basis of the call.
For the past four months there has
been a constant discussion of the prob
ability of the governor calling an ex
tra session to aid the schools and revise
the equalization law, and considerable
force in favor of such action has been
brought to bear on the chief executive.
When asked about the statement to
the effect he had decided to call the
session, Governor Dorsey stated he
would not enter into any discussion
on the subject, and would neither deny
nor afirm them.
PROMINENT JACKSON COUNTY
MAN ENDS HIS OWN LIFE
The many friends in this section of
Mr. Ernest Duke were grieved to learn
Monday that he had sent a bullet into
his body that would prove fatal.
There were few more popular young
business men in Jackson county than
Ernest Duke.
It is said that as a result of the
failure of an Athens cotton factor he
was a heavy loser, and that the tricky
market this fall added to his losses,
and that is given as a possible cause
for his rash act.
Shortly after the fatal shot he was
rushed to a hospital at Gainesville and
for a while hope was entertained for
his recovery, but he died Tuesday.
He was a son of Harvey Duke. For
many years he was considered one of
the properous young business men of
Pendergrass.
LITTLE DOROTHY SMITH
VICTIM OF AUTO ACCIDENT
Dorothy, the little 7 year old daugh
ter of Mrs. Homer Smith, formerly of
Winder but now of Athens, was run
down by an automobile driven by a
young University student last Friday
afternoon, and died a few minutes after
she reached a hospital .
Dorthy was the yougest daugnter
of the late Homer Smith of this city,
and her remains were brought to Win
der for funeral and interment.
The services were held at th Chris
tian church, eonductd by Rev. W. H
Faust, assisted by Rev. J. H. Wood.
The interment was in Rose Hill ceme
tery by the side of her father.
The pallbearers were uncles* of little
Dorothy, Roy and Ralph Smith, of
Winder, and Harold and Garland
Hulme, of Athena.
Besides her mother and sister, she
is survived by her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. G. W. Smith, of Winder, and
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Hulme. of Athens,
and many other relatives, all of whom
have the sympathy of friends in this
sad bereavement.
Revs. W. H. Faust, T. C. Buchanan,
Messrs. John M. Williams and W. B.
Mathews are delegates from the First
Baptist church to the state convention
which meets in Atlanta at the Baptist
Tabernacle this week.
ELECTRIC LINE
BEING REBUILT
Estimated Expenditure on the Line is
Around Eighty Thousand Dollars.
There are camped near the electric
plant in the City of Winder, about thir
ty employes of the Georgia Railway &
Power Company. They are installing
a new’ transmission line that will make
Winder’s electric current second to none
in the state.
G. I). Ross, the local representative
of the Georgia Railway and Power
Company, contends that tlieir presence
here is the fruits of rubbing the hair
the right way instead of nagging and
knocking tactics.
Last May Mr. Ross took the matter
of the very unsatisfactory service of
the Georgia Railway and Power Com
pany to the manufacturing interests of
Winder up with the officials of the
corporation, both by letter and in per
son. He received assurances from the
company that just as soon as the cor
poration was able to raise the funds
to do the work, the Winder line would
be put in first-class shape.
On May 25, President Arkwright
wrote to Mr. Ross among other things
the following:
“Your statement with reference to
the line between Winder and Gaines
ville is correct. About a year ago we
went over the lines and made some
improvements on it, but to make the
line what it Ought to be involves the
practical rebuilding of this line. This
necessitates the expenditure of a large
sum of money. It lias been our plan
to re-build the line as soon as the com
pany’s financial condition was such as
to permit the re-building to be done.
If sufficient increases are granted by
the railroad commission it is the com
pany’s intention to devote all of its
revenue over and above operating ex
penses and necessary fixed charges to
extending and improving its facilities
and service. As stated, among these
improvements will be the W inder line.
1 cannot say in what order this work
will be done, or when any particular
piece of work can lie accomplished.”
However, tin* first work of a very
expensive nature ttiat is being done by
the company after receiving its increase
in rates is the re-building of the Win
der and Gainesville line. The old line
was of aluminum wires stretched on
poles at great distances apart aud
whenever it rained or the wind blew,
out would go the current.
There are only 373 poles between
Winder and Gainesville. The company
is adding (KK) western red cedar poles,
making a total of 1,030 poles with a
maximum distance of only 175 feet.
The life of these poles is between twen
ty and twenty-five years. The alumi
num wire is being replaced by No. 1
standard coper wire.
Mr. Ragsdale, the young man in
charge of the rebuilding of the line,
says that when completed, Winder’s
electric current will be second to none
in the state.
The expensive cedar poles are shipped
in from Michigan and two car loads
of copper wire have already arrived
and are now being placed. It will take
the force of employes ninety days to
complete the work, at an estimated ex
penditure of $82,400.
The Georgia Railway and Power
Company is making good its promises
to Winder.
WILSON SINGS SWAN
SONG TO CONGRESS
After a swan song about the beauties
of Democracy and the duty of the I nit
ed States to lead the way and quoting
the words of Lincoln that “Right makes
might," in his message to Congress,
President Wilson recommends these
things:
A loan to Armenia.
Filipino independence.
The budget system.
Would encourage the manufacture of
dyestuffs, promote agricultural produc
tion, improve agricultural marketing
and muke rural life more attractive.
Expresses sympathy for the sick and
disabled of the army and navy.
Would lead the world by showing
example of democracy within our own
bonders.
It is a fine message from the stand
point of good English, but we imagine
that his treaty on real democracy
sounds a little funny to a fellow like
Debs who languishes in prison for say
ing what he thought about things in
this land of the free and the home of
the brave.
BAPTIST FACE
VITAL ISSUES
The Report on Slate Missions Was Read
by Rev. W. H. Faust of Winder.
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Atlanta, Ga., Dec. B—The Georgia
Baptist convention began its second
days session Wednesday in the Bap
tist Tabernacle, with many matters of
vital interest to the denomination in
the state scheduled for consideration
and disposition.
One of the most important matters
to oorne before the convention Wednes
day was consideration of State mis
sions and the work being accomplished
by that branch of the great Baptist
organization. This work embraces the
Baptist Young Peoples’ Union, the Wo
man’s Missionary Union, the Sunday
school department and ministerial re
lief. The report on state missions was
read by Dr. W. H. Faust, of Winder.
BIG HEARTS RESPONDING
TO WINDER WIDOW’S NEEDS
Last week the News carried a story
of the awful plight of a Winder worthy
widow struggling for bread for her
children.
The article was not intended for an
appeal, but was stating a condition.
Rut wo are pleased to announce that
the big hearts of some of our readers
were touched and cheeks and cash have
been coming in to Mr. Carrington,
author of the article.
Merchants have offered clothing,
shoes and food. One Winder lady,
signing her name “Mrs. Blank” sends
$4.00 with these words:
“Your article about the widow and
six children lias touched my heart and
I can’t get them off my mind until I
do something for them. I am almost
a stranger here and don’t know who
they are, but I feel sure that you won’t
mind me sending tiiis small contribu
tion. I wan’t to feci that those little
ones won't be entirely overlooked by
Old Santa, the greatest of the great
with the children. I want to feel the
satisfaction of having performed a
duty. “For inasmuch as ye did it unto
one of the least of these, my bretliern,
ye did it unto me.”
And from a Winder boy, Robert Set
tles, who is doing well up in the big
city of New York, came a check for $5.
Mr. Carrington has placed the funds
in the hands of Mrs. Carrington and
every cent will lie speftt to bring joy
and comfort to these unfortunates.
CHILDREN HONOR FATHER’S
EIGHTY-FOURTH BIRTHDAY
That was a happy occasion last Sat
urday for “Uncle Richard” Pentecost
w’lien surrounded by his loved ones
he joined in the celebration of his 84th
birthday.
“Uncle” Richard is Barrow county’s
oldest citizen. He holds the love and
high esteem of all who know him. He
loves his county, ills home and his
friends and it has been the rule of his
life to “do unto others as ye would
have them do unto you.”
Many a man’s success in life can
be traced to the good will and help
of “Uncle” Richard.
He is the oldest living representative
of a family that has left its imprint
on the society of this section ever since
the Pilgrim fathers carved their way
through the wiidwood and built their
log houses along the streams. His
forefathers came establishing churches,
preaching the gospel and their works
have followed them.
“Uncle" Richard is the head of the
Pentecost clan today, and the younger
generations love to honor him. A
Christian gentleman, a loving father,
a good neighbor and a loyal citizen,
he has the best wishes of all for many
returns of this joyful natal day. He
is justly proud of a fine family,
and if it were were possible, that
pride was strengthened last Saturday
when he sat down with his children and
grand-children around him to par
take of the snptuons spread lovingly
prepared by his children.
The dinner was enjoyed at the old
Pentecost home, and with him on the
occasion were:
Mr. and Mrs. James Burson. Miss
Pauline Pentecost, Mr. and Mrs. H.
H. McDonald and children— Richard,
Henrietta, Ruth, Charles H., and Eli
zabeth, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Pentecost
and daughter, Dixie: Mr. and Mrs.
It D McDanold and children—vGllmere.
Annie Lee, Sara, Mary and Jack; Mr.
and Mrs. Robert J. Pentecost and chil
dren, Asilee and John Richard.
WINDER MARKETS
MAKING BIG CUTS
John W. Carrington Starts Slide in
Prices and Others Follow.
“It is an ill wind that blows nobody
good,” reads an old saw.
And it seems that for a season the
lovers of beafsteak, pork chops, sau
sage and stewmeuts in Winder town
will be able to get tlieir money's worth
when they part with their.sheikels.
And this was made possible by the
entry of that old faithful meat cutter,
John W. Carrington, Hr., into the arena
as a dispenser of meats. He opened a
small, unpretentious shop in the rear
of J. C. Ray & o.'s store and announced
ills price list, catering to public favor
at a reasonable margin of profit. Then
the slinde in “cuts” started all round.
But even at that the bottom is afar
off, for we notice that the price of
hogs and beef cattle is dropping, drop
ping, dropping, and consistency will
suggest still greater reductions.
We should suggest to the warring
meirt men that there is nothing to be
gained by price-cutting. If you don't
mind the public will have the fact
driven into its cranium that you have
been a little too high all till' time. This
honest effort on the part of John W.
Carrington to cell his goods as cheap
as one can with safety to himself and
his business, bould hi' commended.
t
* Prices all along the line must fall
and they are falling and will continue
to fall until reason supplants delirium.
To avoid danger one must use his bead
and maintain a reasonable margin of
profit, elsei it is the scrap heap for him
and his business.
Honest weights and full measure is
better for the consumer than price
slaughter only for a season.
When money was cheap aud plenti
ful uny kind of “eats” brought fancy
prices, but now the nickel counts with
us all, and the time is with us when
one will look more carefully after bis
money’s worth when orders a steak
■or a chop.
ROSS-MOORE
A marriage of interest to hosts of
friends in this section was that Wed
nesday which Joined in the holy bonds
of wedlock Col. G. I>. Ross and Miss
Pearl Moore, both of Winder.
The ceremony was performed by A.
E. Cadwell, editor of The Walton News,
and the marriage took HOl ace at the
home of the “Marrying Editor” in Mon
roe at high noon.
Immediately after the ceremony Mr
and Mrs. Ross motored to Winder and
until January 1, 1921, will be at home
to their many friends at “The Old
Tavern.”
After that date they will move into
a cottage provided by the groom on
Center street, just off Candler.
I’he bride is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. T. F. Moore, of Winder, and she
is a woman of personal charm and
noble character.
The groom is one of Winder’s bar
risters who is making good at his pro
fession, a brother of tlds editor and
has hosts of friends in Barrow county
who will rejoice in his happiness.
CONGRESS STARTS
ON ITS FINAL LAP
Congress started on its final lap of
the Sixty-Sixth session last Monday,
Bills and resolutions are ready in great
numbers to commit the government to
policies tscaring on almost every phase
of American life, but the question is
will any of them reach enactment or
adoption.
“There is strong reason to believe
that the War Finance Corporation will
be revived through action of congress
at this session,” Senator Hoke Smith
declares.
“At a Joint session of the committee
on agriculture of the senate and house,
it was agreed to report at once favor
ably a resolution directing the renewed
operation of the War Finance Corpo
ration,” said Senator Smith, “and urg
ing the Federal Reserve Board to
liberalize discounts based upon paper
secured by agricultural products, and
also recommending that the board re
duce the rate of interest charged by
Federal Reserve banks.”
But efforts to bring about immediate
action on the resolution by the senate
were blocked by Senator Lodge, Re
publican leader, who demanded time
for study of the proposa^
THE STRAND THEATER PROGRAM
MONDAY, Dec 13—Constance Tal
madg in “Two Weeks.”
TUESDAY Dec. 14—“ Ruth of the Rock
ies.” New Serial. “A Sister to Salome."
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 15—Constance
Blimey in one of her best pictures.
BIG SLASH URGED
FOR COTTON CROP
Memphis Conference for Drastic Acre
age Reduction—Revival of War
Finance Board Favored.
Memphis, Tenn., December 7.—Re
vival of the war finance corporation
was indorsed at a conference here to
day of bankers, merchants and planters
from all parts of the cotton growing
states as a means of immediately
remedying present depressed conditions
in the cotton market and committees
were named to perfect plans to bring
about a drastic curtailment In produc
tion next year as a move to perma
nently stabilize the cotton growing in
dustry.
Oil a motion of W. B. Thompson,
former president of the New Orleans
cotton exchange, a telegram was sent
to Washington tonight urging upon
congress the need of immediately, re
viving the war finance corporation.
Another resolution introduced today
and referred to committee, usked that
a special government census be taken
of cotton of lower than tenderable
grades.
Plan to Force Reduction.
Committees to devise means of en
forcing a reduction in cotton acreage
and the raising of greater feed crops,
which leaders in the movement de
clare will amount to a curtailment of
ut least 50 per cent in the acreage
planted in cotton, were named after
addresses by Governor John M. Par
ker, of Louisiana, chairman of the con
ference, and other speakers who stress
ed the necessity of a cut in production
and diversified crops as the logical
solution of the situation now facing
the southern planter, due to the present
stagnant market.
Governor Parker suggested that bank
ers refuse to extend credit to farmers
who do not join the acreage reduction
movement.
“Reduction in the past lias always
meant reduction for the other fellow,”
said Governor Parker. “To fix it so
that the individual will not violate the
plans of the convention your bankers
should be memorialized to grunt not
one dollar of credit to the individual
who does not live up to these plans.”
Governor Parker urged the planters
to sell enough cotton now on hand to
at least repay the bankers for money
loaned for the making of the present
crop, lie also emphasized the impor
tance of a tariff devised from an eco
nomic rather than a political standpoint
as a protection against the cheap labor
of other countries.
Colonel Thompson predicted that the
crop next year would not exceed six
million bales, approximately one-half
of a normal yearly crop.
DAINTY BILLIE BURKE
IN “WANTED—A HUSBAND”
Love’s Strand will offer for its at
traction next Friday afternoon and
night one of the screen’s most populur
favorites —Billie Burke, in "Wanted—
A Husband.”
Winsome as she is charming, talented
as she is artistic, dainty Billie Burke
Is the idol of motion pieture fans. This
catgory does not include men alone,
for she is equally popular with the
feminine contingent of pieture fans
wherever the screen finds its votaries.
There are few comedinnes of the silver
sheet who are so genuinely and uni
versally populur as delightful Billie
Burke. Her knowledge of the tech
nique of her art, reinforced by years
of experience on the legitimate stage,
her painstaking care to present por
trayals that are distinguished by artis
try and versirnilitude, her earnestness
usd personal magetism, are responsible
for the success she has achieved. In
“Wanted —A Huband," Miss Burke is
first seen as a careless creature who has
forgotten that a woman’s first duty
to society is to be dignified, well ap
pearing, scrupulous as to dress and
eager to win the conmendation of her
fellows, and in the development of the
story she blossoms Into a sweet, charm
ing, well dressed athletic girl, Instead
of inviting criticism, wins praise—and
love. In this transition of character
Miss Burke’s art manifests itself de
lightfully, and that she has an an
other attractive character to her fine
gallery of screen portraits, none will
dispute.
If you want to forget your worries
spend an hour before the screen with
Miss Burke and you will come away
smilling.
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