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WINDER WEEKLY NEWS
Published Every Thursday Evening
Ross Bros. Editors and Proprietors
Entered attbe Postoffice at Winder, Ga.,
as Second Class Mail Matter.
Thursday, November 25, 1909.
THANKSGIVING DAY.
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All the states are giving thanks
today. People everywhere have
turned from shop and work bench
to thank God for blessings bestowed ;
on them during the year. All do;
not express thanks in the same way j
nor do all have tin* same cause for I
offering thanks. The clouds of do-j
spair must hang over many while
others can truly rejoice and thank
(iod for the blessings vouchsafed to
them during the year 1900. Among
those of the latter class we find our
self on this glorious Thanksgiving '
day.
Thankful for good friends, thank
ful for health of self and family,
thankful to live in a Christian com
munity where we can fellowship
with those who love God and their
fellow men.
RURAL MAIL DELIVERY.
The Fourth Assistant Postmaster-
General has issued an order permit
ting local postmasters to suspend
rural ftee mail delivery thirty days
when the carrier reports habitual
neglect of roads by any patron,over
seer or trustee. If the road is not
made good within thirty days the
local postmaster is requested to reco
mmend that the badly kept portion
be perrnantly withdrawn from the
route.
On receipt of this order, the post
master of a typical county town in
the grain belt paid this tribune to
the value of rural free mail delivery:
“A rural route is held to enhance
the value of a farm more than
♦ 1,000, and it is worth SIOO or
more a year to any farmer to have
his mail delivered, so it is hardly
probable there will be any neglect
of the roads where this order ap
plies.” The postmaster’s conclu
sion is all the more tenable in view
of the fact that while he estimates
the value of mail delivery to be
SIOO a year, Kansas farmers have
demonstrated that it is possible to
have good roads at a* cost of only
soo a mile. At this ratio rural
mail delivery enhances the value of
a farm sufficiently each year to pay
for two miles of good roads. —Car-
rier and Patron.
Preparations are being made for
MX) marines to sail from Philadel
phia next Saturday for Nicaragua.
It may he necessary for Uncle Sam
to spank this little republic for kill
ing two Americans If the Atneri
'cans were criminals and were given
a fair trial possibly they deserved
their fate
The News reaches its readers one
day earlier this week on account
of thanksgiving. Its force will cele
brate according to individual taste.
One may hunt, another may
sing praises while still another may
play pranks and hand out sweets to
the prattler at his knee.
The prize contest ended Tuesday
at 7:30 o’clock. Next week we
hope to comment on the manner
in which it was conducted the suc
cess of the young lady participants
who they are, where they live and
to whom they may l>e of kin. We
state now, that the editor of The
Winder News feels proud of the
fact, that young ladies of such char*
aett r, connected with the best fami
lies of the three counties touching
Winder, have seen tit to commend
our paper to their friends. We are
unable to say more of them this
week on account of going to press on
Wednesday instead of the regular
publication day.
The friends of John Jacob Astor
are worried over his disappearance.
If I had as much money as he has
and couldn’t please a woman I'd
hide, too.
STALH4M PERSONALS.
There is yet i - little cotton com
ing to market, and a few seed being
sold- Both arc bringing good
prices.
There have been two deaths in
our vicinity recently. On Saturday
evening, at *he home of her parents,
Mrs. Columbus Hunter passed
away after a brief illness. Mrs.
Hunter, before her marriage, was
Miss Nora Owens, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Owens. lass
than one year ago she was mar
ried to Mr. Columbus Hunter, of
this place, and they have made
this place their home. The inter
ment was at Pleasent Hill cemetery.
The services were conducted by
Elder \V. B. McDonald and Rev.
R. S. McGarity, the latter being
her pastor. A large concourse of
friends were present to pay a last
tribute to this truly good woman.
To her relatives, and especially to
the husband, we extend deepest
sympathy.
The many friends of Mr. Guy J.
Thurmond are pleased to see him
out after an illness.
Mr. W. C. Ross is slowly improv
ing from a seige of typhoid fever.
At the residence of Judge M. J.
Tucker, of this city, on Sunday
morning at 10 o’clock, occurred the
marriage of Miss Annie May Perkins
to Mr. Wesley Henry, l>oth of this
city. These young people are of
the best families, and have made
countless friends, they start out on
life’s voyage with bright and
promising hopes. They will reside
in Statham. We join their friends
in congratulations.
The Misses McElory, of Athens,
visited their grandfather, Mr. Tol
bert N. Lester, Sunday.
The family of Mr. L.W. Anthony
have arrived from Winterville, and
they have moved into their home
on South Broad street. We are
glad to welcome these good people
amoung us.
Mr. J. W. Thurmond has lost
Lindsey Johnson, his fine race
horse. Lindsey died with blind
staggers.
The first meeting of the Christian
Endavor was held Sunday night at
the Christian church with a large
crowd in attendance, The organiza
tion was perfected only a few days
ago with thirty two members.
Work is progressing nicely on the
new residence being erected by Mr.
Wright, of Winder, who is soon to
be a resident of this place-
Judge and Mrs. Tucker have re
turned from Hancock county.
While there Judge Tucker bought a
large tract of land.
Thanksgiving services were held
at the Baptist church Wednesday
morning at 11 o’clock.
The Statham High School gave
an entertainment on Wednesday
evening which was appropriate to
Thanksgiving.
On the evening of the sixth of
Novembci the spirit of the month
old baby of Mr. and Mrs. O. M.
Hale took its flight and went back
to the God who gave it. The little
one was taken into sweet relief from
the most severe suffering. It was
hard to give up one so tender and
sweet, but all things are l>est, even
though we cannot understand. The
little body was taken to the family
graveyard at Good Hope for inter
ment. The funeral was conducted
by Elder \V. B. McDonald. These
good people in their sorrow have
the sympathy of countless friends.
Be Thankful
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—'Sa.Vks—
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Strange’s
MILLINER Y
Our Bonnet trade this season has been wonderful,
and now we are going to sell you your Christmas
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Hat way down. You will find lots of new, stylish
hats you can buy at a great reduction.
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J. T. STRANGE & CO.
Leaders in Styles, Regulators and
Controllers of Low Prices . . .
Ladies’ Dresses, Suits and Skirts
Our New York buyer sent us
last Monday quite a lot of new,
long, attractive suits, plaited
skirts. Coats trimmed with jet
and ivory buttons, Bestva'ues
we have had this season. They
come in diagonal, ladies’cloth,
striped worsted; in fact, all the
new weaves. Colors—black,
navy, grey, ashes and raisin.
Prices
$5.98, $7.50, $12.50,
$16.75 and $19.75.
LADIES’ DRESSES
25 beautiful dresses. No two
alike. Made of Ladies’ Cloth,
Li* erty Silk, Foile Silk, with
Plaited and Kilt Waists, and
embroidered with rat-tai lbraid,
back and front. All man tail
ored. At a price equal to what
the goods alone would cost.
Prices
SIO.OO, $12.50, $15.00
and $19.75 . .
300 Ladies’ Kimonos, made
of heavy Kimona fleeced Out
ing. All the new and different
shades, with borders to match.
The price of short Kimonos
50 cents.
The price of long Kimonos
98c, $1.50, $1.98, $2.98 and
$8.5(1.
Ladies’Jackets one-fourth off
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