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COTTON MILL CHANGES HANDS C. M. Plowman Sells Holdings Here to the Southern Trad ing (Corporation, Winder, for 170,000. A big realty deal was pulled oft in Lawreuccvilli* Thursday, when the local cotton mill was sold to the Southern Trading (’orporation, of Winder, for $70,000. The mill was owned by C. M. Plowman, of Philadelphia, and the deal has been on for some time and has just gone through. Col. Sam G. Brown repre sented Mr. Plowman and suc ceeded in putting the trade over. poration is owned by T. A. The Southern Trading Cor poration is owned by T. A. Maynard, Lee S. Radford, John M. Williams and Dr. (1. W. De- Lappei riere, all of whom re side at Winder. Mr. Radford Mr. Williams and Judge (I. A. Johns being present at the sign ing of the papers. The backers of the corpora tion are prominent bankers and cotton mill men, having made a success of both industries. They have plenty of money to finance thje mill, and it is sta ted they will increase the out put by more than doubling the -capacity. Col. Washington Moody a prominent attorney of Tusca loosa, Ala., a brother-in-law of Mr. Plowman's was present at the sale, as well s 31 r. Robert Holmes, a well-known banker of Sparta, Ga. Col. Brown deserves credit If or having negotiated one of The largest real estate deals ever pulled off in this section of the state. Mr. Brown also has the reputation of having negotiated the biggpst farm loan ever made in Georgia, which was for SIOO,OOO. He is one of the largest money lend ers on farm lands in this sec tion, negotiating loans for large corporation 8 and life in surance companies, and is rec- The John Deere Stalk Cutter Do not burn valuable fertil izers, but cut your stalks with a JOHN DEERE Stalk Cutter and keep every thing on the land. WOODRUFF HDW. COMPANY ogni/.ed as one of the most effi cient land title lawyers in this state. He is also one of the largest individual owners of liberty bonds in the county, having purchased $56,750 worth of Uncle Sam’ 8 securities. The above is from the Gwin nett Journal of last Saturday. Col. Sam (5. Brown, of Law reneeville, who was instrumen tal in consummating this big deal has an office in Winder for the purpose of making loans on farm lands and is here on Fridays of every week for that purpose. A LIVE COMMUNITY. Too Far From Public School They Open a Private One With 52 Pupils. Cain's district in Barrow county is filled up with live public spirited people who be lieve in education an dadvance ment in all lines and aue ever ready to do things. Messrs. T. A. Deaton, J. D. Carter, R. A. McEver, W. D. Lancaster, J. W. Parks and others are the moving spirits in establishing a private school l ids year at Sharon, in a com munity where many of the smaller children were too far away to attend the publfc schools located in the district. This private school opened with 52 pupils, 22 of them be ginners, which shows it to be a thickly populated section that needs and should have a public school established there. They employed as their teacher Miss Lemon Wayne, of Flowery Bruch, a very accom plished young lady and splen did teacher, and the school is doing fine and growing in fa vor. Cheerful Conservation. Be cheerful. Mental depression ihecks digestion. Poor digestion vastes food. Cheerfulness is conser mlirm. THE CALL OF THE CEN TENARY. The Woman's Missionary So ciety of tin* Methodist church met in Sunday school rooms oil the afternoon of ’January _oth. The subject for the afternoon was one of unusual interest and one much talked of, especially in the religious world. The Call of the Centenary, Mrs. L. S. Radford, made the introduc tory remarks. Devotional and Prayer of Consecration, by Mrs. A. P. Harrison. ‘•Discovery of God,’’ by Mrs. Harry Segars. "Discovery of Will of God," by 31 rs. W. L. Blasingame. Prayer for Great Centenary Movement, by Mrs J H Mash burn. Song, ‘‘Sweet Hour of Pray er.'' Mesilames Strange, 31c- Curry and Eberhart read pa pers relative fo this great sub ject. , Interesting topics from Bul letin given by 31 rs. 11. T. Quil lian. The poem, “Land of Be ginning Again," was bentifully rendered by 31 rs. L. S. Radford, and was a fitting close to this splendid literary program. The president of the society then took charge and made an earnest appeal for Arvmenian sufferers and society voted to adopt an Aremenian orphan. Mrs. W. B. 31eCants was elect ed delegate to annual meeting of mission soeieties, which will he held at 31 aeon. Closing prayer by 3lrs. H. P. Stanton. Treasurer reported amount raised for the year 11)18, $5(52.- 45. in spite of the trying year and numerous demands. Keep Smiling. Tlappiness of heart nnd sonl can be willed. It is psychologically true that the laugh which Is at first forced may later he made genuine. Try it. Try reading the joy column of the pa pers and magazines. Treasure the good ones and pass them on to friends. Don’t destroy a play because it is for laughing purposes only. Hunt such comedies and tell others of them. Start every day in good humor, with v. smile. It will help brighten the day for others. ATTENTION! On account ot ill health, our Mr. Hope has been forced to retire from business. He has sold his interest in the firm of Hope & Ray to George Garner, of this city, and the firm will be known hereafter as J. C. Ray & Cos. Mr. Garner is well known in this territory. He was with the Woodruff Hardware & Manufacturing Cos. for a num ber of years. We wish to thank our many custo mers and friends for their liberal patron age in the past and earnestly solicit a con tinuance of the same. Our store will be closed on FRIDAY, JANUARY 31st, for the purpose of taking stock, but will be open on Saturday, with a special invitation to all to come. We will at all times carry a complete line of the best Groceries and Feed Stuff, selling for strictly cash and giving our customer the benefit of our discounts. Come give us a trial and make our store vour head quarters while in the city. Yours for more business, , J. C. RAY & CO. Cor. Athens and Jackson Sts. Phone 304 AN OPPORTUNITY TO BOOST BARROW CO. Following is an exact copy of a letter that 1 have just re ceived from Mr. \Y\ W. ( Vox ton, General Passenger Agent, Georgia Railroad, which needs no explanation. 1 will appre ciate it very much if anyone that may have any good pict ures that will help in advertis ing or boosting our county if they will send or bring them to me not later than Monday .Jan uary 27th, 1919, and I will send them to Atlanta by I lie time of next meeting, .January 28th, 1919. If we are successful in get ting our county represented in this booklet and newspaper campaign Harrow county will be advertised all over these Uni ted States: M r. W. H. Hosch, County Agt., Winder, Ga. Dear Mr. ITosch: Mr. J. L. Edwards, manager, Agricultural, U. S. R. It. Ad ministration, has delegated to me as chairmn of the standing committee of Agricultural Agents of the South, the duty of compiling and publishing a booklet describing the agricul tural resources of the state of Georgia. This booklet will be used in making reply to in quiries received in response to a nation-wide newspaper cam paign now being conducted by Mr. Edwards. A similar book let will lx* published by the rail road administration for each state. I am particularly anx ious that Georgia should hare the lest booklet among the Southern States. We want to use a large num ber of views picturing Georgia tvuiij to. IVU.U ♦ * ♦ larly want pictures of groups of hogs, poultry, cattle, sheep, horses, field scenes of growing crops and pictures of good roads. Asa rule field crops show up better when there is some object embraced within the view to make a contrast. I am particularly anxious to se cure pictures of the widest pos sible variety. The advertising campaign now Jieing conducted by Mr. Edwards is addressed with a view of attracting returning soldiers, munition workers, ship builders, and laborers in other war industries now being closed down, and it is of the greatest importance that the booklet be prepared with as lit tle delay as possible. This is not the season for making particularly desirble pictures, and I shall be unable to do justice to our great state except by your co-operation and others directly concerned in this undertaking. I will, there fore, deeply appreciate any as sistance that you can lend mi* and welcome any suggestions as may occur to you. lam par ticularly anxious for your sec tion to be represented in the booklet and ask that you kind ly send me such pictures as you can secure as early as practica ble. Our committee will hold its next meeting in my office in Atlanta on January 28th. Yours very truly, (Signed) W. W. Croxton, General Passenger Agent. I hope that each citizen of Barrow county will feel that it is to their duty to help in se- L Ui uij, outttt. jjvjvyti jjil/iuU/3 SO *S to give this county a good boost. Let us strive to make Har row the banner agricultural county of our great state. Yours for service, W. Hill Hosch. County Agr’l Agent. J f\( JuidcJbr Iray WANT TO MEAT 4 IfT i you mm 1 B We are MEATING most of the people of this old town. Our friends say we in<H*t all competition and usually go them one better when it comes to giving our patrons the VERY BEST there is in the market. We've been in the mar ket business a long time and know how to please. < hin’t wo M EAT you today? CARRINGTON BROTHERS Phone 30. Optimistic Thought. The best rexenge is to reform our rrlmee. Tims to Watch Thom. The sngnelous old New York Her ald says there is no gallantry In jxrtl- Ues. Oh, yes, there is, but when the politicians begin to act with gallantry the chances are they are getting reedy to bamboorla you or silt yon In th*