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VOL. XVI. ERiEf NEWS STEMS " General News Gathered from Our Exchanges and Told in Terse Paragraphs. The Georgia federation of labor is in session in Macon. The Atlanta baseball team is having its usual June spasm of hard luck. / No prohibition for Florida. Al bert W. Gilchrist has been elected governor on a local option platform. The house of representatives of Louisiana has indefinitely postponed consideration of a prohibition bill by a vote of 58 to 47. Some mighty good men are an nouncing for the speakership, but our money is still on John Holder. —D uhi in Cou ri er- Di spatch. Tom M. Sullivan, of Atlanta, was fined sls in recorder’s court for calling a woman who butted into his conversation over the telephone j|n ‘'old goat.” ■T The big Jail mills of the United States Steel Corporation at Ensley, Ala., resumed Operations Monday. This means that about 3,000 men have bean given work. Arthur B. Long,” son of Dr. Crawford Long, the famous Jackson county citizen who discovered an esthesia, died at Eiberton last week, where he had been in the drug bus iness for several years. R The levees on the Mississippi .'Javer below Shreveport, La., gave W'ay during recent rains and a large section of ri<-h farming country was flooded and crops ruined. There are 2,300 flood sufferers in the Black river district. i. The strike on the Western and Atlantic rail]- ad is over and the trainmen have returned to witrk. An agr amient w is reached between the brotherhood and the officials of the road and the strike breakers +\\ '■ere sent back to the places from v hence they'came. , - /Populists from all over Georgia A ana delegates from other states will gather in Atlanta July 9th, when Hon. Thos. E. Watson will be for mally notified of his nomination as a candidate for the presidency of the United States. The feature of the meeting will be Mr. Watson’s speech of acceptance. A pair of trousers made of mohair have been presented to William H. fj'aft, the Republican nominee for {'resident, in the name of the state of Texas.* The wool was clipped from a famous Angora goat and sent to Philadelphia to he made into mohair, thence to Mr. Taft’s tador in Washington. ' The Texas delegation made preparations to ad vertise their goat industry before Mr. Taft was nominated. “Blind Tom,” the famous negro piusician, died in Hoboken, N. J.. June 13. He was born a slave near Columbus, Ga., about 1850. In 18G1. he became the sensational miisical freak of the country and those who took him in charge, Reaped a rich harvest by exhibiting WINDER. JACKSON COUNTY. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. JUNE 13 1908. him in this country and Europe as a phenomenon. In Ids latter years he subsided on charity and died a pauper where his managers had dropped him. A Confedrate flag flying from the printing office of W. J. Physioe, at Ossining X. V., was hauled down by Commander S. A. Smith, of Morell Post of the G. A. It. Phy sioe was cited tv appear before the post and explain his action in hoist ing the flag. He was not at his of fice when Commander Smith ap peared there to demand that flag he lowered, and in his absence Smith hauled it down anjl carried it away. Morrell Post met and adopted a resolution sustaining Commander Smith’s action and deciding to keep the flag as a trophv. Jurors Drawn for June Term, 1908. Judge B. A. Juhan has drawn the following jurors to serve at the June term of his court, to be held on the 27th: J. A. Sugars,* Judson Jackson, ,T. W. Mill saps, J. IT. House, F. L. Sims, .J. M. McElhannon, Z. F. Jackson. W. F. Dunahoo, R. A. W. Smith. THE OPEN GATE. It has been suggested to us that the reason so many Winderites are tormented by flies, they persist in leaving their front gates wide open night and day. One irate citzen called at our office and while plead ing with us to sound the riot-call aganist open gates in Winder ex hibited his bruised and battered shinbom-s as an evidence that the open gate is a menace to a long suffering public. We would give lais exact words, but for our religious scruples and the fact that paper easily burns. SIX KINDRED BALES COTTON. The streets of Winder put on the appearance t)f fail this week in ev ery particular. With the cool wave of Monday cotton began to roll into town and the buyers were kept busy sampling and weighing the fleecy staph-. The advance in the price to 12 cents hr eight over six hun dred bales from the farmers' sheds in this neighborhood and dumped them on the Winder market dur ing Monday and Tuesday. There is more cotton in the country, hut the farmer has learned not to turn loose until the price suits him. Winder is the best cotton market in this section of the state, her buy ers ever being eager to accept de liveries at the highest market price- DEATH OF HARPER KENNY. Harper Kenny, a well known man of Jackson county, who had been engaged in railroad work near Knoxville, Tennessee, for the past few months, met a tragic death List week by the premature explosion of a blast. The body reached Win der Sunday morning and was in terred Pentecost church. We extend to Iris mother and near rel atives our sincere condolence. Miss Florine Perry, who for some time has been the guest of the Stan ton House, leaves tomorrow’ fur Athens, where she will visit friends before returning to her home in Atlanta. KOSOHTON GIRL ENTERTAINS THE BUSY BEE CLUB. IJoschton, Ga. —Friday evening, June 12th, Miss Kstiia Hosch en tertained informally the Busy Bee Club. Miss Hosch is a charming hostess, and the interest she mani fests in her club is greatly appre ciated by all her friends. As this was the time for the elec tion of new officers, the following were chosen: Russell Hosch, pres ident; Talmadge Cooper, vice pres ident; Colena Darby, secretary; Tula C. Blalock, corresponding sec retary; Dr. Y. S. Darby, treasurer; Miss Leila Hosch, chaplain. The meeting adjourned, having planned to have a social meeting on the lawn of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. A. Anderson Tuesday evening, June 16th. This club bids fair to be of more help to our town than anyth!nc that has yet been organized by the young people of Hosch ton. All of the young people are active and eager workers and the club is fast raising money to contribute to the churches of the town for little neccssary e x penses. LEAP YEBR LEEPERS. The Leap Year Leepers were enter tained at the beautiful home of Miss Annife Lou Jackson last Tuesday afternoon from and to 7 p. m. Miss Jackson's attractive home was beautifully decorated with cut flowers, red and white roses pre dominating, and quantities of oth ers being used. Ferns and other potted plants were ' also used with charming decorative effect- Much music was rendered and many games enjoyed during the afternoon; also delicious refreshments were served, aftm which all departed declaring Mis* Jackson a most charming hostess. The next mating will be with Miss Ida Kilgore, Tui sday afternoon fit b:bO p. m. Letter By Commission Pound. The following letter has been re- j eelve l l by* County School (bm missioner Warj; from State School Cos anmissioner Pound: “I shall send' you, on or about the loth of June, the questions for the annual examination, which is to occur on the 19th and 20th of the mouth. We shall take great care in this office that these ques tions and thser answers are not dis closed to any one, and we hope that when the questions ate received by you they *vill be kept with vigilance and opened onlv in the presence of the applicants in the examination room. “The questions this year are not intended to develop so mi as heretofore the exactness and scope of the scholarship of those who take the examination, as they are to show their preparation and Training for teaching. It will he impossible, therefore, to give as many exact an swers as in the past- The com missioner in estimating the answers, and in grading them, will have to exorcise good judgment in weighing their sense and reasonableness. Fitpessfor teaching, instead of mere scholarship, is the one thing th at we seek t< develop through these ques tions.’' —Gwinnett Journal. ♦ 1 ■ ■ 1 Mr. W. E. Carrington, of Athens, passed through here Monday, en ruute to Huschton. CANNON OUT Is the Rush Order from Whithe House. Washington. D.C. ~T une 17 - —The war between Speaker Cannon and the administration has now reached a stage where no quarter will be shown on either side. What might be termed the speaker’s Dernieious activity in endeavoring to have the Republican platform conform to his own ideas has aroused the ire of President Roosevelt, and it is now a question who can control the com mittee on resolutions. Dispatches reoieved at the white house over night regarding “Cncle Joe’s” activity against the anti-in junction and postal savings bank planks were so annoying that a con ference was held early in the morn ing, at which President Roosevelt, Secretary Taft ard Postmaster Gen eral Meyer were present, and as a result of that conference the admin istration representatives in Chicago have been ordered to overthrow Mr. Cannon. HELD ON SERIOUS CHARGE. Garnett Wood, a young white boy about 17 years of age, living in Commerce, was arrested Monday night, charged with assault upon Miss Daisy Ayers, daughter of Mr. Sam Ayers. The arrest was made by Sheriff Collier, and the young man is now in jail at Jefferson. EOUND DEAD SN BED. * Mr. D. B. Austin, an aged and respected citizen, living just blow Statham, was found dead in bed early Thursday morning. Mr. Aus tin had been in feeble health f* r some time and bis death was not altogether unexpected. He haves a wiL and two elildren and one brother. Mr. 0 D- J. Austin, to mourn mr him. He was a brother % in-law of Mr. J. T. Thompson, of Be', hie hem. The funeral will take place Friday at *2 o eh ck. KiLLRtN FILL IWL Columhv. , A t- Ingram recieved! Monday from the head officers of the Central of Georgia railway, at Savannah, lirw-ted tl at the ma chine shops of the company in Co lumbus be operated nin< hours a day, six days in the week, from now on. heretofore they have been operating eight hours, and only five j days in the week. The order affects machinists, boiler workers, and blacksmiths, and caused much re joicing among the railroad men. C’cses In Blaze of Glory. Atlanta, Ca., June 17, —The one hundred and seventh commence ment of the University of Georgia ended today in a blaze of glory. The chapel was crowded els never before in the history of the iutsitu tion, the enthusiastic audience ap plauding the young men to the echoe as they took part in the final exercises of the brilliant cammence ment season. JOLLY JOKERS. ' Miss Camp was the charming hostests of the Jolly Jokers Wednes day 17. The house never looked prettier than with the club colors so artistically arranged. Forty-two was played. After games delicious" ices were served. The next meet ing will he with Miss Manehe Stan ton from sto 7 o’clock, Wednes day, 24. LAWRENCEVILLE VS. WINDER. Baseball fans Enjoy Good Games a! Valley Park. Yesterday afternoon the Winder baseball nine crossed bats with Lawrenceville at Valley park. The game was a good one and resulted in a tie ore of 6 to 2 in favor of the home team- The second game is in progress as we go to press. There is much rivalry between the towns iii a baseball way, but up to date Winder has been ti e victor, having defeated their opponents when they visited Lawrenceville last week. B.ime good ball players have been developed bore, among whom is John Segars, who is now pitching first-class hall for Spartanburg, S. C., having pitched three games since he joined the professionals this season, winning two of them, one a shut-out, and drawing the one he lost out to a thirteen-inning 3-2 finish. ROOSEVELT WAS LISTENER TO THAT GATE lOK HIMSEIf Chicago,.Tune 18— It was said last night that President Roosevelt him" self was an actual listener to the wild demonstration of enthusiasm which greeted his name in the con vention yerterday afternoon. Remarkable as this may seem, it is accounted for by the following circumstances. Hanging ten feet above the heads of the delegates and immediately in front of the platform, are four black discs, lopped lW wires andj joined by a small central (“able leading from the hall. Many have wondered at these discs, believing them to he a part ! of the system of electrical display. As a matter of fact they are a combination of telephone and phon | ograph, taking up the proceedings I ah they occur and transmitting each sv, 11 of oratory and each throb of applause. According to the reports last night, one of the winsjvns cut into the white ljou.se' early yesterday afternoon and tlm pr*sidvnt in per se n, with the receiver to his ear, •c; uglrt the words of Lodge as he electrified the vast assemblage and tlk; echoing shouts which ebbed and flowed for fully 45 minutes. It is said, moreover, that the presi dent, pleased with the demonstra tion, made his f clings known to some of the leaders he re and then contented with the outcome, went out to drive. MUSICAL COMEDY. There will he* presented at the Opera house Friday night s>f next week a musical comedy in three acts, entitled “The Starry Flag.” The cast is composed of the lx\st local talent and the play is given for the benefit of the Winder Guards, the era ok militay organiza tion in which citizens feel a par donable pride. Miss Ruby Carith ers, sponsor for the company, has charge of the presentation of the play, and no boubt a musical treat is in store for Winder theatre-goers. Miss Bell O’Kelly, of Loganville, g pnt Saturday in this city. Mr. Anderson Sharpton spent Sunday in Statham with friends. Mrs- Yallie Arnold and children, of Monroe, are visiting Mr. and Mis. S. W. Arnold. Hon. Clifford Walker, of Mon roe, recently nominated for solic itor general of the Western circuit, was in Winder Tuesday. Cliff has many admirers here. NO. 11.