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VOLUME 5, NO. 1 WOODRUFF HARDWARE COMPANY BANQUETS i i,V hie ot tlie very pleasant events o,tlie dosing of the old year was the banquet-given Wednesday ev ening at The New Winder Hotel, by Mr. Robert L. Woodruff, of the Woodruff Hardware Cos., to the employees and a number of friends. The success of Mr. Woodruff as a business man and hardware merchant ha* been a pleasnt revel lion to his many friends and this banquet was given not only for the big business establishment here, but for the Woodruff Hard ware Cos., No. 2, just starting at the thriving town of Statham. This latter business is directed by Mr. Pike Hutchins and the on ly regrets of Winder in his de served promotion is the loss of him as one of our citizens. He is a fine young business man and is bound to succeed. Mr. Woodruff has the very im portant factor in the success of a business man and that is the abi lity to draw all those in his em ploy close to him and their entire co-operation. There were thirty or more pre sent at this magnificent banquet, interesting after dinner speeches were made by all 1 lie ladies and gentlemen and all left singing the pr<nses of Mr. Woodruff and wish h'm a long and prosperous busi ness career. ASA PORTER, THE HIGH DIVER Mr. Asa Porter, of Chandler’s district, lias won the reputation of being the high diver of his com munity and performs feats requir ing nerve during cold weather. Last Sunday afternoon, in com pany with four other young men on the Mulberry river, he offered to perform one of his extra feats of jumping into the above river as cold as it was for the magnifi cent sum of four dollars. The four young men readily gave him the above amount, and he, as readily, performed the act and made one of his famous dives and with the assistance of ail old man passing by at the time was pulled out of the freezing water with a long pole. FRED D. SEAGRAVES IN AL ASKA. Mr. J. C. Seagraves, of this city, heard from his son, Fred !). Sea graves this week and received se verel handsome presents from him for himself and wife. Fred is in the United Stales Army and after his return from France has been stationed in Al aska. Mr. Seagraves has not seen him in six years and had not heard from him in five years and a letter (from him stating he was sound jind alive caused great rejoicing and made these splendid old per son feel happy. VISITS HERE FROM TEXAS. Mr. L. P. brooks, of llenston, Texas, has been spending a few days here with bis brother, Mr. W. A. Brooks. They bad not seen each other for 2b years and it was a happy meeting. Mr. Brooks is a prosperous mer chant of his adopted state going there from South Carolina, the place of his nativity. lie is delighted with Winder and says it is one of the livest lit tle cities he has ever seen and has a bright future before it. He will leave here this week to spend a short while in South Caro lina before returning home. THE BARROW niraS PRESIDENT W. C. HORTON OF NORTH GEORGIA TRUST & BANKING CO., GIVES BAN QUET TO -EMPLOYEES AND OTHERS Mr. W. C. Horton, president of the North Georgia Trust & Bank ing Cos., one of the big institutions of this city, gave a banquet at his beautiful home on - Church .St., last Tuesday evening to the em ployees of the bank and also to their corresponding banks. It was a happy occasion and Mr. Horton showed himself to be a genial host and fine entertainer. This institution has had a pho nominal growth and prosperity under the presidency of Mr. Hor ton and the efficient gentlemen as sociated with him and now ranks among the leading financial insti tutions of the state and numbered among the million dollar banks. The good fellowship and loyal ty of all those connected with this institutions was one of the striekiug features of the banquet and also the interest manifested by the correspond banks most of whom were represented on "this pleasant occasion. Speeches were made by all pre sent in response to the toastmaster of the occasion, Mr. llorton and no finer repast was ever enjoyed at a banquet, and all departed at a late hour feeling greater appre ciation for tlie host and rejoicing in his success. Those present as the guests of President Horton were: AY. H. Toole, fiscal agent Re serve Bank, Atlanta, W. L. .lack son, Vico President North Georgia Trust A Banking Cos.. \Y. L. Hub bard. Cashier. E. A. Tims, Assis tant Cashier, R. 0. Moon. Book keeper. S. F. Maughon, P. S. Hoseli. J, If. X. Bauglt of the trust department of the hank. .1. H. Hood, Cashier Dacula Bank and -I. V. Hood, Assistant Cashier, G. A\ . Nash, Cashier* Bank of Lil burn and Mr. Garner, a director. •J. 11. Moore. Cashier Bethlehem Bank, P>. 11. Grant, Cashier Bank of Statham, 1 . G. 11l bridge. Cash ier Flanigan Banking ('o., of Au burn. P>. F. Wilson. Cashier Bank of Hosehton. E. L. Harris, of Sta- Iham, AY. M. Stanton. R. 0. Ross and A. G. Lamar. CHRISTMAS BOOZE LANDS OZ LOTT, COLORED, IN JAIL. Christmas booze affects persons in different ways. Some get in a better humor and some are ready for the riot act and believe in fighting and shooting. Oz Lott, colored, is one of tlie latter kind, and on Christmas night decided he would visit a ne gro bouse on the large farm of Mr. Jasper Thompson in the upper part of the county, and lot tlu negroes know he was some tuff man. who had fought his way from France just to hold his sweet heart in his arms. A short while after his arrival he began to make things lively by his promiscuous shooting and brought on a regular panic among the negroes in the house. Messes Charley McDonald and Henry Fagan, the bailiff of that district, bad some difficulty in quieting him. but finally convinc ed him lie was no young Sampson, and non Sheriff Camp lias him be hind the bars in Barrow County jail. MR J. L. WHITLEY MOVES OFFICE Mr. J. L. Whitley, the optomet rist and manufacturing Optician has moved from his former place on Jackson Street to upstairs over the city drug store. When you wish glasses or your eyes examined you will always find him in his new office over the drug store ready to serve you. WINDER, BARROW COUNTY, GA„ THURSDAY. JANUARY t, 1020 SUDDEN DEATH OF C. E. NICHOLSON OF STATHAM Mr. C. F. Nicholson, one of Hie leading business men of Statham, died suddenly in Athens on Deem ber 24th. lie had gone to Athens that day on business and while in the store of Michael Brothers, on Clayton street, suddenly took ill and died instantly. He had been in rather delicate health for the past few years, but his death, so unexpectedly, was a great shock to his many friends at home and all over Barrow and adjoining counties. He leaves a wife and two chil dren, four brothers and one sister and a large circle of friends and relaives to mourn his loss. Mrs. \Y. K. Autry, of our city, is his only sister living. Mr. Nicholson was reared in Jackson county and all of his life of 59 years had been spent in this immediate section. He was a consistent member of the Baptist church and was loved and respected by all who knew him. 'The funeral and burial took place at Statham. where he had resided for a number of years and where a large coneorsc of friends met to pay tlie lasi tribute of love and respeol to this splendid man they had known so long. LECTURE TO MEN ONLY. ■Ki. ■... ._ Rev. J. M. I JAMES. . . There will be a special lecture to men only at the AYesleyau j Methodist Church at J o’clock j Sunday, by the Evangelist. J. M. j flames. This lecture has been en dorsed by Doctors’, Preachers, and I Professors ail over the south. You 'can’t afford to miss this. COTTON REPORT FOR BAR ROW COUNTY. There were 18,941 hales of cot ton. counting round as half hales, ginned in Barrow County, from the crop of 1919 prior to Decem ber L>. 1919, as compared with Ifi,- ti4l bales ginned to December Id, 1918. ALL DAY MEETING SUNDAY AT CHRISTIAN CHURCH An all-day meeting will lie held at the Christian Church next Sun day with dinner in the basement. This meeting is for the purpo.se of getting all the membership to be present and .to have the roll wall. Every member is earnestly re quested to be there and all who can to bring a basket for dinner. It is felt by the affairs of the church that every member will be benefitted and will feel enough in terest in the church to be there without fail. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF BARROW COUNTY 1 MAYOR MAYNARD AND ! HIS COUNCIL HAVE MADE GOOD Any Mayor or Council that tries to *lo anything worth while f"r a town or city will be criticised f*n the things done and always for ;the things undone. That Mayor Jno. 11. Maynard' and his most excellent council ! have made g"od there can be no ! denial. They perhaps haven’t done all they wished to do. or what many of us wanted them I<> do. hut they have done remarkably well under the tremendous handicaps of prices and scarcity of labor. One thing for which should be especially congratulated islhe fact they have craved forever the ba lance due on our magnificent school building amounting to $13,- 780. including interest. This floating debt of 13,780, as above stated, has been fully paid and let s take our hats °ff to our city fathers tor this achicvment if for nothing else. \Yc congratulate you heartily, gentlemen, and feel you deserve: the thanks and praise of all of us. j Also enough taxes are due and! on hand to set aside flic sinking! liind t°r two years, which amounts to $4300. The public schools of the city haw cost for the year $17,000 less admittance tickets, tuition fees and state appropriation amount ing approximately to $5,000. I lie police department has brought into the city treasury over more than cost of running this department. The amount of taxes on the di gest for 1919 amounts to $35,000 and those who are prone to charge extravagance in the desburse ments "f money can see from tlie above facts that the present ad minisl ration has watched closely after the finances and have made a remarkable showing. Our school expense is heavy be cause we have over 000 children in school, but no one qari object to m°ney being spent for the educa tion of every child tn Winner. Robert Arnold, the efficient clerk of the city, has handed tlie affairs in a_ business manner and to tlie satisfaction of every one who realizes the amount of work it requires. SOLD HIS FINE FARM NEAR UNION POINT. Mr. S. F Firkle sold his fine farm near I'rtion Point, Green county last week at a fancy price. This is one of the very desirable farms of that section and very valuable. Mr. Pirkle is one of Winder’s progressive citizens and business men and will make further invest ments in our city. SCHOOL BEGINS MONDAY. ' The public schools open next Monday and a larger enrollment is expected than ever before. The children are all required to bring with them vaccination certi ficates as tickets cannot be issued for admittance without having your certificate. MARKET CHANGES LOCATION Mr. R. D. Moore has moved his market from Candler St., to Jack son St., in the room formerly oc cupied by Mr. J. L. Whitley. Mrs. Vella Mac Smith and little daughter and Miss Willie Mender, lleft today for Abbeville, S. 0., to I visit Mr. and Mrs. I). F. Andrews. SAD DEATH OF YOUNG WINDER LADY One °f the sad deaths to occur here w ith the close of the old year was that of Miss Ethelene Bentley Wednesday morning at 1 :30 o ’clock. She was a bright young lady, only Hi years old and the daugh ter of Mr. 11. L. Bentley. She took ill Tuesday and rapid ly grew worse until death claimed her. Ptomaine poison was the cause of her death ami everything possi ble was done for her relief but availed nothing. She was buried at Bold Spring’s cemetery. Walton countv. Wednes day afternoon. TWO YOUNG MEN SHOT IN JONE’S DISTRICT A. E. Brmvn and Gordon Arm strong. two young men of Jones’ district, were shot on Christmas Day, near the Treadwell farm, by some negro, supposed to be under tlie intlueiic of mean liquor. The affair occurred on the pub lic highway near the Oconee Coun ty line and Joe Smith, colored, did the shooting, it is claimed. One of the young men w as shot through the left arm and the other through the right arm. Joe has not been apprehended yet, and every effort is being made by the officers to locate him. Tlie wounds of Hie two young men re not serious but very pain ful. THE WINDER MANUFACTUR ING COMPA.NY HAS A PROS PEROUS YEAR The Winder Manufacturing Go., headed by Mr. Howard Perry, has bad a very prosperous year indeed which shows the splendid business ability of Mr. Perry. This company manufactures overalls and is one of tlie estab lished plants of our city doing a large and increasing business. All the product of this factory has been sold up to April 1920, and the trade increases with every month. THE CITY PHARMACY. The city Pharmacy, formerly the Barrow County Drug (V, ap preciates the kind words and lib eral patronage of the public mid desires to let it be known through Tlu* Times and wishes every one a happy and prosperous New Y ear. Since the opening of The < ’ity Pharmacy wonderful improve ments have been made in the ap pearance of this popular place, and there are few drug stores more up to-date, more attractive in ap pearance and everything done to please its customers. The management is doing all possible to satisfy its customers and give good service. Fresh drugs efficient service, and courteous treatment to every one is the plan adopted by this establishment and a cordial wel come awaits all who enter its doors. Prompt attention is always giv en children and ladies and an ear nest effort to please and make it headquarters for the people of this and surrounding territory. The entermediate Sunday School Class was entertained | Christmas night by Margaret Wal jker, at the home of Mrs. D. D, I Kesler. 11.50 I.X ADVANCE A POPULAR YOUNG COU PLE OF WINDER MAR RIED LAST AUGUST Winder society was very much surprised last Saturday afternoon when it was made known that Miss Frances Allst oil Brooks and Mr. Hubert Eherliarl were marri ed in Atlanta, on August 15th, by Rev. \\ . T. Watkins, of Tate Ga., a first cousin of tlie groom. The young couple had not let it be known, and the bride had been a student of Shorter College until the close of tlie school for the holidays. The bride was one of Winder’s charming young ladies, of the col lege set. and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Bfcooks, of our city, Mr. Brooks being one of the leading cotton men of this sec tion. She is a young lady possessing qualities of mind and heart that make her very attractive and draw around her a large curcle of friends. Mr. E lie chart is one of the model young men of Winder find by his courtious demeanor and gentle manly deportment as well as for his moral character and business qualifications is one of our splen did young men. They left Sunday for a bridal tour of some days after which they will be at borne to their friends. NEW LUMBER BUSINESS AT AUBURN. Mr. Winifred Poole, who lias been with, the W. E. Young Lum ber house since August Ist, re turned to bis home at Auburn yes terday. and will begin a lumber business with his father there, un jder the firm name of G. M. Poole Son. lie is young and ambitious ■and with the knowledge lie has of | the lumber business, this firm will prosper. The Times w ishes 1920 a ; very prosperous one for this splen did young man in his new liusi j ness. CARD OF THANKS. - We wish to express our grati tude to our friends and neighbors j who were so kind to our wife and mother, during her illness,"‘tf for their sympathy to us all when she was taken from us to live for ever-more w ith the redeemed. Gratefully vonrs, D. S. Thomas and Family. CARRINGTON REUNION. Mr. and Mrs. .John \Y. Carring ton, dr., entertained the older members of the Carrington family at a get-together dinner Sunday. Those who held the reunion were Mr. and Mrs. •). \V. ('airing ton. Sr.. Mr. \Y. I). Carrington, of Atlanta. Mrs. Fannie Venable, of Hosehton, Mrs. Lizzie Crow, of Bishop. Others invited were Mr. I). I’, holly, of Southern I'ines, N. ('., father of Mrs. .John Car rington, Mr. and .Mrs. .1. M. Car rier. Messrs. .Jean and Sidney Crow, of Bishop, Mr. Itoy Car rington, of Atlanta, Messrs Robert and Allen Carrington. LOST Between Winder and Sell’s Store, Sunday. Dee. 28, one Automobile Tire anti Kim, d2x4. Finder please return to Paul T. | Maynard, Hosehton, (In., and get reward. Mi arid Mrs. \V. C. Rosa iuL children spent Sunday in Xtathant with Mr. and Mrs. Will Ross.