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VOL. XVII. CLOSING EXERCISES Winder high School Renders Enter taining Programs and Presents Diplomas to Ciass of Twenty. The commencement exercises of the Winder Public schools, which began Sunday last and closed Tues day evening with the awarding of diplomas to the graduating class of twenty,were the most successful and largely attended in the history of the school. The commencement sermon was delivered at the opera house Sunday morning at 11:30 o’clock hy Rev. Ira M. Boswell, of the First Christ ian church, Chattanooga, Tenn. His sermon was an eloquent heart to heart talk to the class, the leading theme of which was the importance of doing the right thing before God and man. The sermon was well recieved and the speaker left a last ing impression upon his hearers. The musical program for the oc casion was a most excellent one, members of all the church choirs participating. Monday evening the recital by the elocution and music departments of the school was given to an au dience which packed the capacity of the opera house. The program con sisted of reciatations, readings,piano renditions, choruses, and concluded with the operetta "Cinderella. Many of the numbers elicited much applause and the large audience seemed highly pleased with the en tertainment. Tuesday morning Hon. H. H. Perry, of Gainesville, delivered an address. We never had the pleasure of hearing Mr. Perry, but we have it from those who were present that he sustained his reputation as one of the foremost orators and thinkers of Georgia, and all who failed to hear him on that occasion missed an intellectual treat. The graduation exercises were held Tuesday "evening, and then it was that all Winder turned out en masse to see the class receive their diplomas and to pile flowers at the feet of the sweet girl graduates. It kept two children busy handing the boquets, and at one time the stage was a perfect bower of the choicest cut flowers. The program was a most excellent one, and we would like to personate some mem bers of the class and praise them for their original papers and clear ness of speech, but the fact is when we begin to frame a sentence to praise Marie Smith for the class prophecy our mind flies to Blanche Smith for the class hist ary, Sarah Cannon, Lida Mae McKibben and those young men who roasted the old bachelors and old maids in such an unmerciful manner on the pretense of debating the question, Resolved ,that old bachelors should be taxed for the support of old maids.” - In delivering the diplomas Prof. Robeson said he had never taught a class which had giyen him less trouble and was more studious than the one graduating this year from Winder High school. They had worked hard and were not receiv ing the diplomas because they were m the senior class, but that he had seen to it that they deserved them, and he congratulated each member upon the success attained. ' He made a little speech complimentary to the t< achers for their painstak ing assistance and said while he had been here only one year he felt as if lie belonged to Winder and he had known us always. The deliv ery of diplomas to the members of to War torch It) iXcu©. WINDER. JACKSON COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY. MAY 27, 1909 dddd WE ARE NOT OUT OF BUSINESS by any means, nor do we intend being out soon. But we have sold out our Spring and Summer Suits and Low Quarter Shoes to such an extent, that there is hardly a Suit, or low quarter Shoe in our house in which we have more than one or two sizes. Yet, our stock of Spring and Summer Suits has been so large, that even now, you can find your size in what you want in one of these broken lots. But our life time experience in the Clothing business has taught us that it does not pay to carry over. Hence , Our Prices Are Knifed Almost Half In Two: Our $12.50 Suits io solid and fancy colors are now going $ 7.9# Onr sls 00 Suits, in the latest and nobbiest shades, all wool, Q qA guaranteed, going now at Our SIB.OO Suits in the latest colors and cuts, hand-made, *| going now at Our S2O and $22.50 Suits have to be seen to be appreciated— 1 A there is none better in make or quality—going now at We have twenty one two-piece Suits carried over from last Summer, worth from $5.00 to $8.50 each, only three and |||^k four sizes of a kind. Take I your choice at m ■ Thi9 is a splendid opportunity, it will make you a good fl business Suit. Come and get one before they are all gone. Our entire line of Young Men's Knee Pants, Summer Suits, Odd Pants and Low Quarter Shoes are marked down just as cheap in proportion with our Men’s Suits. Space only does not allow us to give prices! Remember! every garment advertised here (except the $3.90 Suits) are brand new goods, bought for this season. Of cou se these Prices mean a loss of many dollars to us, but that, is our lookout and not yours. So come and we will prove to you every statement made. :: : : : : : : : : THE MAN WHO IS WELL KNOWN, THE CLOTHIER the class concluded the exerc : ses. The following young ladies and gentlemen composed the class: Sara Cannon, Lallie Harris, Roena Hill, Grace House, Allene Kilgore, Elma Mathews, Lida,Mae McKib ben, Ruth Shields, Blanche Smith, Marie Smith, Mary Smith, Royce Braselton, Cliff DeLaperriere, Clif ford Foster, Hayes Griffeth, Lati mer Griffeth, Ralph Herrin, Cupid Potts, George Smith, William Sum merour. Closing Exercises at Colored School. The Winder colored school closed last week with elaborate commence ment exercises, lasting from .Sun day at 11:00 o’clock, when Rev. W. T. Hunnicutt, of the Winder Methodist church of Winder, preached the commencement ser mon until Thursday night. The i school is in charge of Cyrus Wil liams as principal with two assist' ants, and this has been the most prosperous year of the school, IG7 pupils being enrolled. Rev. John 11. Wood delivered a lecture to the school Monday nignt on the subject, “The Kind of Edu cation the Present Age Demands,” and throughout the entire week scores of white people attended the exercises. The principal wishes to thank the board of education and his white friends for the interest thoy’ have taken in the school. WINDER VS. COMMERCE The Local Team Cops Two Straights from Visitors—A Snappy Open ing of Season at Valley Park. Winder and Commerce cracked open the baseball season Monday at Valley Park with the best game ever pulled off on the local diamond. It was a pitchers’ battle from right off the reel between Millican for Winder and Edwards for Commerce, and for fourteen innings the candy kid and the old man were in a fierce struggle for supremacy. ’Twas a nerve-racking game and no place for a man with heart disease, for the spectators were kept standing on tip-toe from the sound of the gong until Winder squeezed in the run which won the game by a slight fluke on the part of a Commerce player. The little boy went eight innings without yielding up a hit and the old man did almost as well. The teams were evenly matched and every man was in the game from start to finish —clean fielding, clean base running, clean umpiring, no squabbling-just the kind of baseball which should be encouraged by all lovers of the sport The box scire below tells the tale: WINDER- ab. r. h. po. e. Coker, cf 6 0 0 3 0 Morris, 2b 6 114 2 McCleskey, sa 6 0 0 1 2 Pledger, lb 6 0 0 11 0 Colby, c 6 0 1 13 0 McElhanon, 3b 5 0 2 3 0 Robeson, rf 6 10 10 Jackson, If 5 0 2 6 0 Millican, p 4 0 0 0 0 Totals 46 2 6 42 4 COMMERCE- ab. r. h. po. e. Truitt, 3b 6 0 14 0 Barnett, If 9 11 3 0 Collier, F.,2b 6 0 2 3 1 Carson, if 6 0 1 3 0 Baker, c 6 0 0 3 1 Duke, ss 6 0 12 2 Collier, C„ lb 6 0 0 18 1 Branch, cf 4 0 0 3 1 Edwards, p 5 0 0 0 0 Totals . 60 1 6 °4O 5 “One out when winning run scored. Score by innings: Winder 0000000100000 1-2 Commerce 0000000010000 o—l Struck out by Millican 10. By Edwards 2. Umpire— Bostwick of Georgia. Attendance 500. GAME TUESDAY The game Tuesday afternoon wa's a well-fought contest, resulting in a score of sto 0 in favor of Winder. Stewart McElhannon was sent to the box to oppose the Human Corkscrew from Curry’s Creek- The crooked one was all to the mustard in nip ping the corners from the firing line,' but the home team succeeded in sending him up in a balloon in field ing his position, and when the para chute onine down the game had gone glimmering. The features of the game were the fast fielding of the home team and the fiendish hatting of Barber, of Commerce. McElhanon pulled himself out of two of the deepest and darkest kind of holes. With three men on bases and no one out he trimmed one down and the team did the rest with fast doubles. The fast fielding of Morris for Winder and Duke for Commerce deserves spe cial mention. Keep it up, Itoys, and you will be rewarded for your hard work with liberal patronage. The Union Sunday School picnic left over the Seabord at 7:30 o’clock this morning bound for At lanta and Grant Park. There was a large crowd aboard, the baggage car was loaded with wcll-filkd bas kets and all seemed “happy on the way-” NO lO