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VOL. XVI.
A PUBLIC NUISANCE.
Licensed Debauchery Right in the
Heart of Prohibition and Christ-
Loving Winder.
Slrnuld the time ever come when,
f business reasons, it is necessary
for us to remain silent on matters
which we believe to be a detriment
to the town and a disgrace to the
community in which we live, we
w ill close up shop and return to the
honored calling of our boyhood.
It is a well known fact to the
citizens of Winder and surrounding
country that since the passage of
the prohibition law 7 it has been an
easy matter to obtain whisky here —
for those who are familiar with the
ropes. It is no uncommon thing
to see intoxicated persons on our
streets Friday and Saturday after
noons, and even on the Lord's day.
Mayor Strange has done all in
his power t*o rid the town of blind
tigers, giving those who came be
fore him the limit of the law.
The officers have searched the city
with a fine tooth comb and brought
all violators of law they could dis
cover to justice, but so far they
have been unable to reduce the
drinking habit to any appreciable
degree.
Therefore, it occurs to the editor
that possibly the sale of intoxicants
in Wilder is not so secret after all.
And it is this black blot on her es
cutcheon which prompts this article.
For mqjjy yf aJ & we were a citizen
Atlanta and have often looked in
| doors of her infamous Decatur
fcVreet dives, hut we hefe and now
declare that we never witnessed a
more disgusting scene in any of
them than that which occurs every
Saturday night at the near-beer
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50 blaA Overcoats Ulster, storm collar, length S4*9B
down to your shoe tops. Sizes 34 to 44, $7.50 value for t
5p Boys’ Hats, 50c values. 111 this sale 25c, and a pocket book FREE with every hat.
65 Boys’ Hats, sell everywhere at ;sc; yours for 50c.
10 dozen Boys’ Hats, “Reswoh Rambler;” comes in black, brown and nutria. Easily worth $1.25. This sale 89c.
The largest and most complete lineof Men's and Boys’ Caps within fifty miles of Winder. Price ranges from 25c to St-75- For ten days
only will this sale last. Come in and see the bargains.
J. T. STRANGE & COMPANY.
Leaders in Styles; Regulators and Controllers of Low Prices.
toittkr tDcclilji
joint in Winder. White men and
boys, negro men and negro women
congregated under the same roof
and gulping down this damnable
subterfuge for beer over the same
counter. Were some of the well
known pioneers of this town who
used their every influence for the
betterment of her citizenship and
uplift of humanity to rise from l>e
ncath the sod on nearby graves and
witness the scene, they would prefer
to return to their peaceful sleep on
the bosom of mother earth.
We want to say to the preachers
and church members of this town,
as well as to the city fathers, that
where there is a will there is a way.
If this establishment cannot be
closed under the prohibition law, it
oan be condemned as a public
nuisance, and it is your duty to see
that it is done.
There has been such an atmos
phere of quietness on the part of the
authorities in reference to the near
boor dive that the editor feels his
loneliness keenly, and has to stamp
his feet upon the floor while writing
this article to keep them warm.
Winder is a town of churches,
preachers and church members. It
is said the proprietors of the near
beer dive are numbered among the
latter.
Therefore, we call upon Winder’s
WINDER, JACKSON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 12, 1908
preachers!
We call upon Winder’s city
fathers!
We call upon Winder’s church
members X
We call upon Winder’s respected
citizenry!
Yea, last and best, we call upon
the Christian mothers in this town
to bring their influence to bear that
the nefarious practice of soiling
near beer to white men and boys,
negro men and negro women on a
prominent thoroughfare of this fair
city be forever abolished!
\ Off Clothing 2
Beginning Saturday Morning Nov. 14
For 10 days we offer more than 100 first-class men’s
Suits at actual one-half price. These suits are made of
all-wool —Cheviot, Thibet and Worsted. Sizes from 33 to
38, and Stouts from 36 to 44. These suits are one of a
kind, and you certainly can find your number among them.
This’is a big sacrifice of profits, but that’s our lookout, not
vours
’ Just think-a $20.00 suit for $10.00; a $15.00 suit for
$7.50; aslo.oo suit, $5.00; sß.sosuit, $4.25. Does this ring
your No.? ~
CREDITABLE RECITAL.
Music and Elocution Departments of
Winder’s Public School Ren
der Excellent Program.
The recital given by the music
and elocution departments of the
Winder Public School, at the opera
house Monday night, reflected much
credit upon the teachers in charge.
It is seldom that children of such
tender years are so far advanced in
music and expression as those com
posing the evening’s program. Th£y
rendered selections assigned them
with credit to themselves and forci
bly demonstrated the great care
with which they arc being trained.
Tableaux vivants, “The Last Itose
of Summer,” song by Mrs. Mac
Potts, was a beautiful and impres
sive finale to the well rendered pro-
gram.
Winder has been exceedingly for
tunate in the selection of teachers,
and we congratulate Misses Ham
and Dowdell upon this excellent
demonstration of the fruits of their
labors in these two departments of
the school. The program follows:
Piano Solo, Mazurka do Concert,
Pessard —Annette Quillian.
“Mamma’s Way” Louis e
Strange.
Piano Solo, Over the Hills, Orth
—Mary Alice Strange,
“Planted Himself to Crow "
Reunette Woodruff.
“The Mistake’’ —Sarah Chand
ler.
Piano Solo, Around vhe Mulberry
Bush, Winthrop —Lena Jones
“How He Won His Freedom”—
Ab Quillian.
“The Boy and His Bank”—Hor
telle Hood.
Piano Solo, The Merry War
Waltz, Mavlath —Vella Mae Sharp
ton.
“The Lost Penny” Lourine
Hood.
“Miss Caterpillar'’ Eunice
Crow.
Piano Solo, Yalse, Tsehaikowski-
Mirtv Meadow.
“Her Name”-—Desma Elder.
“The Sioux Chief’s Daughter” —
Robbie Blasingame.
Piano Solo, 11. Yalse Brilliantc,
Godard —Louie Belle Brooks.
“The Stolen Custard” Lois
Williams.
“Baby in Church” Montine
Robinson.
Piano Solo, Butterfly, Merkel —
Nitroeris Robinson.
“Mice at Play” —Willie Mae
ShCats.
Piano Solo, Frolic of the Butter
ties, Bohm —Lillie Belle Robinson.
Pantomime, “The Last Rose of
Summer” —Twelve little girls.
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Cheap at SIO.OO. Yours for - - -
CONCERT AT THE LYRIC.
To Be Given by Local Talent Friday
Night, Nov. 20th Proceeds
Go to Winder Soldier Boys.
A concert will lie given at the
Lyric theater Friday night, No
vember 20th, by local talent.
The ladies who have the affair in
charge are untiring in their efforts
to put on a performance that will
prove both pleasing and instructive
The proceeds go to Winder’s mili
tary company, and no doubt the
opera house will be crowded on this
occasion.
The price of admission is 15 and
25 cents.
Notice.
The lucky number for the auto
matic shotgun given away by
Turner ’3 Pharmacy is 62. The one
holding this number will please
present same at once and get gun.
LXCITLMEMT SUNDAY ALIERNOON.
Large Mad-Dog Chased Through
Slreets by Crowd of Men
and Boys.
A big red hound affected with
rabies created consternation on our
streets Sunday afternoon.
After having bitten several dogs in
the factory district the mad brute
was chased through the heart of the
city by some fifteen or twenty men
and boys armed with clubs and
guns. The chase continued lieyond
the residence of Dr. J. W. Saunders
before the dog was killed.
Since the hound proved himself
to l>e a real mad-,dog if has been re
called by citizens that the same dog
was engaged in a fierce fight with
some of our town loafing canines
Saturday afternoon.
Asa precaution and protection to
our citizens it would be well for the
police to investigate and have the
bitten dogs locked up until the (lun
ger point is passed.
An epidemic of this malady broke
out in Elberton recently and one
man died with hydrophobia as a
result. The city council had the
dogs of that town muzzled. This
ordinance not having the desired
effect, the officials Ordered all the
dogs within the city limits killed.
Should the attention of the own
ers l>o called to the matter, we l>e
lieve they will gladly muzzle the
dogs bitten Sunday afternoon.
WILL RUN SPECIAL.
The Georgia Midland will run a
-special train to Gainesville Sunday,
November 22, to accommodate par
ties wishing to attend the meeting
of the North Georgia Conference of
I the Methodist church, which will
be in session in that city at that
time.
Train leaves Winder at 8:30
a. in. and returns late in the after
noon.
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