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VOLUME 4, NO. CANNING CLUB AND HOME DEMONSTRA TION WORK IN BARROW CO. Canning club work was begun in the south in 1910 with the organization of four counties in two states. By 1915 the work had spread over fifteen states with an enrollment of nearly 50,000 girls. At present the work is carried on throughout the entire south, no progressive county being without the organ ization. The purpose of the canning club is primarily to produce and utilize profita fly farm and home products. The average estimated profit from a club garden in 1915 was $311.30 per member. Girls between the ages of twelve and eighteen years may enroll as canning club mem bers. Each gir lis to have a garden containing a tenth acre (A plat 0(5 feet square, or 132 feet long ,and 33 feet wide.) First-year menibrs specialize in growing tomatoes; however, another crop may be grown for home use. A careful record of expnditures and time spent in cultivation is kept by each mem ber. At the end of the season when the work is finished the products are taken to the va rious fairs where the girls may compete for prizes. Each yea as the work pro gresses the clubs undertake larger and more difficult work, such as planting a perenial gar den, poultry raising, sewing, The home demonstration work deals not only with the prob lems arising from the utiliza tion of the products produced by the canning club girls, but it also reaches back into the home and lends a helping hand there. Its primary object is to help in the effort to make the home a more convenient, a more health ful, and a more attractive place to live in. In other words, the cannin club and home demonstrate work has proved to be an indis pensable factor to the progress and development of hundreds of hundreds of counties. It is just as essential to Bari county. Since the value of the organiaztion has been proved to you in the past two years by your former efficient demon strator, I feel assured that I shall have your sympathy and hearty co-operation in my H forts to develop this wok in our splendid county. I shall be in the county school superintendent and farm dem onstrators’ office in the court house on Mondays and i ridays. At that time I shall be glad to have any one call there to dis cuss any phase of the wi Respectfully, Rose Dillard, Home Demonstration Agent. OLD LADY DIES AT AU BUNR. Judge Hawthorne, of Auburn, was in Winder Monday before Ordinary Hill for the purpose of setting up the will of Mrs. Mary E. Willard, who died there last week. Mrs. Willard was 78 years old and most of her life had been .spent in and around Winder. Mr. Earl Kilgore and Mr. Ralph Cross, two of our very finest young men, who are stu dents at Emory college, re turned Monday after a pleas ant week-end here. They are both hard students and are making rapid progress. THE BARROW TIMES WINDER POST OFFICE GROWING RAPIDLY THIS OFFICE IS AN INDEX TO THE GROWTH AND STABILITY OF OUR CITY AND INCREASED BUSI NESS IN ALL LINES OF INDUSTRY. Winder post office is grow ing rapidly and its receipts are a strong index as to Winder’s increased population as well as to its growth and stability in all lines of business. When raised from a third to a second class office the figures, showed that up to that time the receipts had doubled in ten years, and from present indica tions i t will double its receipts now in much less time. The largest receipts in one month in its history were re corded for the month of Janu ary this year. Postmaster \Y. B. McCants and his efficient clerks have made this one among the l>est arranged offices in the stale anu with a service that few offices enjoy. The closing hours for all sec ond class offices is 0:00 o’clock p., m., but he keeps open until 0:30 p. in., so as to accommo date the laboring people who cannot get there by 0 o’clock. The general delivery is also kept open on Sunday mornings to accommodate the public when the department does not require this to be done. The work of this office is immense, and so much more than the general public can im agine. Invited To Taft Dinner Mssrs. L. S. Radford, AY. IT. Quarterman, AAA M. Holsen beck and Rev. \\\ H. Faust are delegates at large to the peace conference in Atlanta and are invited guests to the Taft din ner on tomorrow. MR. AND MRS. L. M. MAYNE AT HAMPTON SPRINGS, FLORIDA. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Mayne are delighted to know that Mr. Mayne is slow ly improving at Hampton Springs, Fla., where they have been for two weeks. DEATH AT AUBURN. Mrs. Patton, wife of the sec tion boss of the S. A. L. rail road at Auburn, died at her home there last week after a short illness. SINGING AT FIRST BAP TIST CHURCH. There will be a singing next Sunday afternoon in Winder at the First Baptist church, be ginning at 2:30 o’clock. Prof. J. L. Moore and other good singers, will be with us. Everybody cordially invited to attend. Mr. Shannon P. Smith, of the North Georgia Agricultural College at Dahlonega, is spend ing this week at home with his father. Mr. W. J. Bennett, one of Winder's good citizens, has been in feeble health for several months and his friends will re gret to learn that he does not improve. He is able to be out some and last week visited Mars Hill, down in Oconee county, for a day, which was his old home until coming to Winder twenty years ago. WINDER, HARROW COUNTY. GA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 11H1) JACKSON COUNTY LOSES GOOD CITIZEN In the death of Mr. B. I). Hos ier, of Arcade, Jackson county, last week, that county loses a good citizen and splendid farm er. His death from pneumonia occurred last Thursday at Ar cade, the funeral and burial being at Lebanon church last Friday, conducted by his pas tor, Rev. Cantrell. He was a steward of Lebanon Methodist church and one of its active and consistent members. Mr. Hosier leaves a wife and seven children and six brothers, Messrs. Dave, Jim and Will Hosier, of this county; one in Jackson, one in Griffin, and one in Texas; also two sisters, Mrs. Bob Lord, of Winder, and Mrs. Jim Jarrett, of Jackson coun ty. His wife is the youngest sister of 51 r. W. E. Autrey of our city. Mr. Hosier was just 42 years old, was reared in the county m which he lived and died, and by hard work and good judgment had prospect'd and become one o f the leading citizens of his section, lie was a leader in ev ery movement for tin* better ment of his community, and such men as he are greatly miss ed and long remembered by their friends and neighbors. jury For Justice Court The following citizens of the 243rd District, G. M., have been drawn as jurors to serve at the March Term of the Justice’ Court, which meets on Tuesday the 11th: S. T. Ross, J. F. Sheafs, J. L. Magpess, Harry Milligan, T. S. Maynard, J. W. lvesler, J. I . Maynard, R. (). Ross, Claude Mayne. Serving on a justice court jury is rather a patriotic duty that all good citizens should be ready to perform. It is a sacrifice for any man to serve but we all have to make some sacrifices in this world o rbecome so selfish we are not fit to live in it. MR S. STELLA ABBOTT FOUND GUILTY. Twelve Jurors Last Sunday Gave a Verdict for Man slaughter in Celebrated At lanta Case. The trial of Mrs. Stella Ab bott, of Atlanta, came to an end last Sunday when the jury found the defendant guilty of voluntary manslaughter. The trial of Mrs. Abbott for the killing of her husband, John Abbott some weeks ago, was a great sensation and much interest was manifested all over the state as to what tin* jury would do in the case. The jury was out for twenty one and a half hours before reaching a verdict which calls for a penalty of from one to twenty years. PRESIDENT WILSON BACK HOME. President Wilson is back home again from Europe, reach ing Boston last Monday morn ing safe and sound where In* re ceived a rousing welcome and addressed over 8,000 citizens in the afternoon. He left Boston at 4 :.‘0 p. m. that day and reached Washing ton Tuesday morning, when* he will remain for about ten days before leaving again for France to see that the league of nations is a reality. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF BARROW COLNTA MRS. J. J. HORTON DIES AT STATHAM Mrs. J. J. Horton, a resident of Atlanta, died at the home of her mother, Mrs. Sara Darby Andrews, at Statham, Ga., last Friday at noon. Mr. and Mrs. Horton lived in Winder several years ago but for tin* past five or six years had resided in Atlanta. Mrs. Horton was partly reared at Statham and had many friends in Barrow coun ty who will learn of her death with deep regret. She is survived by her hus band and two little daughters, her mother, and five sisters — Mrs. I). W. Thomas, Bogart, Ga.; Mrs. E. A. Malcom, Bo gart; Mrs. R. L. Steward, Wad lev; Mrs. A. L. Malcom, Slat ham: Mrs. (\ E. Nicholson, Statham. The funeral and interment took place at Statham last Sun day. Made Presiding Elder Rev. John F. Yarbrough, sta tioned at College Park, iias been appointed Presiding Elder of the Dalton distric t made va cant by the death of Presiding Elder S. B. Ledbetter a short time ago. Rev. J. F. Yarbrough was pas tor of the Winder Methodist church for two or throe years and was very popular with all our people and the news here of his being made a presiding elder was learned with much pleasure* by all of us. POSTOFFI ( ’ E SIT E F< )R WINDER. The postoffice appropriation bill, which has been favorably reported, carries $5,000 fo” a site for the future eretion >f a handsome postoffice building for the city of Winder. PAYING STREETS Our sister city lonroe s agitating the advisability of paving some of her main streets. A majority of the city author ities favor paving and issuing bonds for that purpose. This is a progressive step and one that speaks well for the progressive spirit of Monroe’.', citizens. The Times would like to see our city authorities and citi zens become enthused aver the same undrtaaking for Winder. We need some paved streets badly and it would add great ly to the appearance o fthings as well as getting rid of the mud BARROW COUNTY CHOIR. CHOIR. The Barrow County Singing Choir will meet with Union church on the second Sunday in March. Everybody cordially invited. T. E. Beddingfield, Secretary. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. Services for Sunday: Bible* Service at 10:30. Breaching 11 :30 —“Immortal- ity ,or I)o The Dead Live 7 " Junior B. Y. I\ U. and Sen ior at 7 p. m. Preaching 8 p. m. —“The World Problem and Christian ity.” Every member is urged to be present. W. H. Faust, Pastor. IN INTEREST OF CENTE NERY MOVEMENT The meeting at the Methodist church yesterday in the inter st of tin* great Centenary Move ment was a great success and exeedingly interesting to all those attending tin* different services. The North Georgia Confer ence i sto raise $2,000,000 dur ing the next five years of the large sum the Methodist church South, has determined on and the Winder church expects to do its duty and give the amount apportioned to it. PRESIDENT OF GEORGIA BAPTIST CONVEN TION HERE. Monday March 17. tin* Appa lachee Ministers’ Association meets with the First Baptist church. The Enlistment Campaign also opens up. At 11 o'clock Rev. John I). Moll, D.D,, presi dent of the Georgia Baptist Convention Avill preach. A large number of visiting ministers and workers will be present. The ladies of the church will serve lunch in the church pav lors. Mai co your plans to attend. Never Planted Cotton Mr. W. 11. Mahaffey, one of tin* county’s oldest citizens, was here several days ago visit, his daughter, Mrs. Drake. While in Winder In* gay? The Times some very interesting and instructive information about ti neighbor of his before lie came to Barrow county and was living over on the Chatta hoochee river in Gwinnett coun ty- lie said this neighbor came from the civil war in 1805 with out anything except a small lit tle farm. He began farming on a small scale, making corn, wheat, oats and other feed crops and every year improved his condition and had surplus mon ey. During sill of the .’it) or more years he was a neighbor to this man, In* never knew him to plant a seed of cotton, but he continues to prosper, buying si good farm and giving it to si son or daughter as one givw to manhood or womanhood and married until he had given tine to all of his large family of children and keeping a fine farm for himself and wife. In addition to the accumulation ol those farms he had saved sev eral thousand dollars that brought him a nice income for his old age. This was all accomplished without ,as above stated, ? ing any cotton during all those years, and a good lesson might be learned from the course pur sued by this old man on the Chattahoochee river( now dead, by our people, and at least cause them to adopt the wise policy of reducing cotton ac age, making everything to eat at home and keeping up the price of cotton by a smaller pro duction. HALF MILLION BEQUEST. Mr. Albert Steiner, one of At lanta's business men, died last week leaving an estate of nearly $1,000,000. Very few rich men have died leaving more than ho did for charity. He was a Hebrew, but was broad and loved humanity as evidenced by his will. He bequeathed SIOO,OOO to the Scottish Kite Home for Crip pled Children and half a mil lion dollars to Grady hospital. 81.50 IN ADVANCE WINDER PUTS ANOTHER DRIVE OVER THE TOP Despite the fact that “Drives’* arc* coming to Winder those days thick and fast, she rises nobly to the issues involved and puts each over the top. The last one was the Baptist Drive for . .025,000 in the state*. Winder was asked to raise sl,- 200 of this amount. Rev. W. 11. Faust was assist ed in this drive by a committee consisting of J. J. Wilson, W. L. Blasengame, J. D. Williams and Mrs. W. M. Holscnbccß. With the enthusiastic co-op eration of the Baptists of the city the drive succeeded. Winder always does her part for church oi* state calls. The Greatness of the South Figures prepared by the Massengilt* Advertising Agen cy of Atlanta, show that the to tal crop production of the Flu ted States during 1918 was worth in round figures fourteen billion dollars, and that nearly six billion dollars worth of i production was made in the sout h. This is a remarkable revcla ti n as to tin* wonderful possi bilities of the south and the great opportunities it offers as an agricultural section. BIG SALE BEGINS SATUR DAY. The* Herrin Ten Cents Store begins its big sale Saturday morning to continue for one week. This will Ik* an interest ing stile and hundreds are ex pected to visit the store during ! t he* time, make purchases, and hear tin* special music which will be one* of tin* attractive features for ahe eight days of tin* sale. THE MILL SCHOOL. Washington’® Birthday wa* observed in a very creditable manner by the pupils of the Mill school. An interesting program was carried out, consistiing of songs patriotic drills and recitations. All the pupils, even the young est, seemed to catch the spirit of the occasion and each did bis or her part admirably. This school, under the maii ag< incut of Miss Alice King, is doing fine work. She is an ex perienced teacher, a hard work er and thoroughly qualified for her chosen profession. Miss Mary Shields is visiting her sister, Mrs. Wilhite, in Jef ferson, for a week. Mrs. T. B. Smth, of Geneva, is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Harvey Lokey. Mrs. J. K. Miller and little daughter have returned from a visit to relatives in Birming ham, Ala. Mr. Carl Brooksher, of Camp Gordon, spent Tuesday with his parents here. The Ladies’ Aid Society of the Christian church, will meet in the church parlors on Tues day afternoon, March 4, at 3:30 o’clock. All the ladies of tie; church are invited to be pres ent at this meeting. BETHABARA BA PTI S T CHURCH. Preaching at Bethabara Bap tist church, Oconee county, Sat urday 11 a. m. —“The lour Great Questions.” Suday 3 |>. m.—“ Baptist Achievements.” Bible School at 2 p. m. Everybody invited. W. H. Faust, Pastor. .