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VQLFHK 5, NO. 21
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR
BARROW COUNTY ORGANIZED
An Enthusiastic Meeting Monday
Which Means Much For Winder
and Barrow County.
Minutes of meeting of Harrow
County Chamber of Commerce.
Monday evening. May 17. 6 p. m.
The meeting was called to order
by Chairman Radford.
Minutes of May 15. read and a
dopted as read.
Committee on nominations made
the following report; 11. A. Car
ithers, chairman, L. S. Radford,
vice-chairman, Claud Mayne. sec
retary. R. Lj. Woodruff, treasurer.
Moved and carried that thenom
ination he accepted and that they
remain in office until the member
ship campaign is perfected.
Committee on By-Laws asked
for further time, which was grant
ed.
Motion carried that the name of
the organization be known as the
Ha row County Chamber of Com
merce.
Motion earned that a committee
of four be appointed to solicit mem
berships and that the individual
fees for those residing in Winder
be $5.00. and for others residing
out of Winder $2.50 per year.
Motion carried that a committee
of three be appointed to set a grad
-jiated scale of membership fees for
nanufacturers, mercantile firms,
banks, etc.
Committees to he appointed by
the chairman in connection with
other officers.
Motion carried that a vote of
thanks he tendered the entertain
ing committee, entertaining the
(Georgia Auto-Motive good road
truck train, especially to Mr. Jack
son who prepared the stew and the
ladies who assisted in serving, and
that, a copy of this resolution be
sent to Mr. Jackson and each of
the papers for publication.
Motion carried that the secre
tary write the Interstate Com
merce Commission at Washington,
requesting them to give the rail
roads a speedy hearing on their
new rate petition.
Motion carried that the Harrow
County Chamber of Commerce
heartily approve the movement of
building a bonded warehouse and
that they pledge their loyal sup
port to same.
Speeches were made by several
in the interest and general good
that could be accomplished by the
County Chamber of Commerce.
Motion carried that the meeting
adiourn and the next meeting be
held Tuesday evening. June Ist.
at 6 o’clock, and a Brunswick
stew be served to the members oi
the organization at that time.
This move means much for AN m
der and Harrow county and every
Juan should lend it Ids influence
and assistance and become a mem
ber. . .
A Chamber of Commerce brings
concerted action and unity of pur
pose and with a live membership
will produce marvelous results for
the future of Barrow county.
TO MILL IN A FLYING
MACHINE.
On October 1, 1918, Mr. bay
Camp, of Campton, was in Winder
and was interviewed by the Har
row Times. A .. .
In writing about mm at that
time we said lie first saw the light
of day nearly 90 years ago in Wal
ton county, is still quite active and
that lie first went to mill in an ox
cart, tlion in a wagon, then in a
buggy, of late in an automobile,
and that lie expected to go in a
flying machine before making bis
exit to the world where lie will
have wings and enjoy the pleas
ures of eternity.
Uncle Hay, we are glad to know,
has accomplished the last feat in
•going to mill as he recently per
formed this undertaking in a fly
ing machine.
HAD TO LEAVE OUT SOME
MATTER.
The Times was forced to leave
ont several contributions this
week on account of receiving them
too late.
All matter should reach the ot
fine by Tuesday night, and not
later than "Wednesday morning of
every week.
THE BARROW TIMES
CELEBRATES HER SEVENTI
ETH BIRTHDAY.
On last Saturday, May 15, Mrs.
J. A. J. McDonald celebrated her
TOtli birthday at her home in
Chandler’s district.-
Her husband, all of her children
and all of her grand-children ex
cept four were present. She also
had two great-grandchildren with
her and it w as a joyfulu occasion.
Those present, outside of the
immediate family, were W. ('.
Robertson, of Statlmm. a brother
of Mrs. Mrs. McDonald. Misses
Xelia and Beth Robertson, of Xtat
ham, Mrs. Jane Robertson and Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Raines, of Atlanta,
and Mr. S : e: David, of Maysville.
Mrs. McDonald is t.ne of our
pure and noble old women and
the. Times wishes for her many
more happy birl Inlays before she
enters the home of the redeemed.
LOYAL GUARDS CLASS HAD
THEIR ORPHAN BOY
WITH THEM
SUNDAY.
The Loyal Guards’ Class of
young men of the Christian church
Sunday school, had the little nine
year old orphan hoy they are sup
porting in the Christian orphanage
of Atlanta, with them last Sunday
to spend the day and meet with
t heir class.
There were 54 young men in
this class last Sunday morning and
they had a picture taken includ
ing the bright litle boy.
This little hoy has a smaller
brother in the orphanage and
these young men unanimously de
cided Sunday morning to support
him also, and they raised nearly
the entire amount of $125 Sunday
morning to take care of him for
a year.
Two orphans suported by one
class of young men is a remarka
ble showing and speaks volumes
for these active young men, of one
of the largest Sunday school Hess
es to be found in any Georgia
town the size of Winder.
They are doing a great and no
ble work that will live in the years
to come.
PRIZE ESSAY CONTEST.
Last week after a distribution
of literature several weeks previ
ous. the Winder grade and High
school under the management of
the efficient English teachers. Miss
Katharine Henry, Mrs. Fortson
and Rev. Hodges wrote 23$ essays.
Themes; “The value to young peo
ple of an intelligent study of Ilie
|harmful effects on their bodies and
morals, of alcohol and tobacco,
the dangerous effects of nicotine
poison, especially to young people
through the use of tobacco in any
form.”
Two prizes will bo given by lo
cal W. O. T. I'. Union. One to bosi
in grade and one to best in High
school. A prize will also be given
for best poster on alcohol or tobac
co. Should these win in State con
test they will also be awarded
$lO.OO in gold.
These essays consist of from
000 to 1000 words in graded school
and from 1000 to 1500 in High
school. The High school essay will
be read graduating night. The
Union extends many tbanks for
the pains-taking efforts of these
teachers, superentendent and all
who assisted in this Work. Also
to the primary, music and expres
sion teachers who assisted in the
excellent Temperance program
last week.
Thanks are extended to Miss
King and her assistant for the S.
T. J. work in the mill school, also
to our colored teachers in the col
ored school. Quite a number of
essays were written in the color
ed school.
The names of all the winning
ones will be read and prizes award
ed at commencement.
MRS. W. B. Mcf'AXTS,
Local Supt. S. T. J. Dept.
News print paper has gone
from $9O. ton to $3OO. per ton and
can hardly be had at that price.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF BARROW COUNTY
WINDER. HARROW COUNTY, GA„ THURSDAY, MAY 20. 1920
MR. W. L. BLASINGAME
DIES IN WASHING
TON CITY
Was, One of Winder’s Prominent
Citizens and Native of Walton
County.
The people of Winder were
shocked last Sunday morning
w hen the news reached here from
Washington that Mr. W. L. Blas
iugame was dead.
Mr. and Mrs. Blasingame left
Winder with a congenial party of
friends and delegates on Tuesday
of last week to attend the South
ern Baptist Convention in Wash
ington City.- He 100 keel forward
to this occasion with much pleas
ure and had enjoyed every mo
ment time after reaching the capi
ta 1 until Saturday sometime Mur
ing Ihe night when lie took serious
ly ill. lie continued to grow
'worse and about 8 o’clock Sunday
morning lie breathed his last.
Mr. Blasingame came to Winder
about fifteen years ago from Jer
sey. Walton county, where he had
always lived up to that time, and
was one of our prominent citizens
lie was nearing 60 years of age.
was a deacon of the Baptist church
and one of its loyal members. He
was a brother of (lon. Josiah Blas
ingame. of Jersey, lie leaves be
sides his wife two daughters, Mrs.
11. A. Caritliers. and Mrs. R. 11.
Kimball.
The funeral was conducted from
the Baptist eluirch by his pastor,
Rev. W. M. Faust, assisted by
Revs. Met Jarity, of Jersey, Stokes
Walker, of Monroe, and Jno. 11.
Mush burn, of this city. Besides
relatives from Walton county, a
large number of close friends from
Monroe and other places were pies
cut to pay a hist tribute of love to
one that always known.
His remains were laid to rest in
Rose Hill cemetery Tuesday after
noon ;tlie grave covered with beau
tiful flowers placed oil it by lov
ing hands.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVEN
TION TO MEET AT UNION.
The Sunday School convention
of the Mulberry Association will
meet, with Union church,four miles
north-east of Winder, on the Na
tional Highway, Saturday and
Sunday, May 29th. and 30tli.
The committee has promised a
splendid program and the people
of Union are anxious to take care
of the delegates and visitors, and
a good session is expected.
Dinner on the ground ejgdi day.
Everybody invited to attend.
LEE ROBERTS.
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COMMENCEMENT NOTES.
Friday evening at 8:15 o’clock,
at school auditorium the com
mencement exercises begin. The
program w ill begin by the expres
sion and nmsic departments.
Sunday morning at II o’clock,
at school auditorium the com
mencement sermon will be preach
ed by Rev. dolm Ellis,of ('ommerce
Monday evening at 8:15 o’clock,
the graduating exercises will he
held and this will close the session
of schools for the year 1920.
The class graduatig this year is
the largest and one of the strong
est of the school. They are; Bos
nia Brad burry, Ruth Chapman, Sa
va F. Segars, Wilba Hutchins. Mar
guerite Hill, Reta King, Louise
House. Willie M. Eavenson, Ina
Appleby, Styles Jacobs, Addie M.
Graham, Gladys Harris, Gertrude
Rogers. Harold McDonald, Helen
Jackson. 01 ha Shields. Frazier
Law, Arthur Maxwell, Hoyt
Moore, Inez Patat.
The public is invited and urged
to attend all the exercises. An ad
mission free of 10 and 15 cents
w ill be charged Friday evening.
Mrs. M. F. Shelnutt of Griffin,
is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Sauls this week. Mrs. Shelnutt
will spend some time with rela
tives and friends, before return
ing to Griffin.
Mr. Joe E. Bradbury, one of
the leading farmers in lower part
of Jackson county, is spending to
day in Winder.
THE STATE - PREFERENTIAL
CONVENTION
The State preferential conven
tion met in Atlanta Tuesday to
elect delegates to the national dem
oeratic convention,
i The Palmer, Watson and Smith
delegations were nearly equal in
number and the Watson and
Smith forces eont ruled the eon veil
tion by uniting.
This faction elected delegates
and the Palmer faction elected del
egates so this means a contest at
San Francisco.
It is very unfortunate for the
democratic party, at this critical
tilin', and if is to he regreted.
DEATH OF MRS B. F.
BRASELTON.
Du the morning of May 6th,
Mrs. B. F. Brasolton, of Auburn
departed this life. She was a noble
Christian.- always meeting you
with a smile and kind words.
Mrs. Braseltou was born in Hall
county forty years ago. She was
the daughter of Mr. Columbus
Mauldin of Hog Mountain. She
was gentle, tender-hearted and un
assuming, also very friendly to all.
She was a member of Chestnut Alt.
Babtist Church, and her memory
will always he cherished with
the deepest affection by all. and
with profound respect for her
Christian piety.
Tho she is gone from us. the
memory of her shall live, for i1
can truly he said, her life was an
inspiration.
A Friend.
AT MOUNTAIN CITY.
Dr. and Mrs. L. W. Dodges. Mr.
and Mrs. IT. E. Millikin and son,
Jack, spent several days last week
at Mountain City up in Rabun
county.
GONE TO COLUMBUS.
Judge 11. G. Hill left Wednes
day for Columbus to attend the
nieeting of County Commissioners
of the State. Tie will be away
for several days.
TO SPEND MONTH IN TEXAS.
Air. Walter Smith leaves today
for a month’s visit at Vernon, Tex.
to visit relatives and friends.
Mr. Smith lived at Vernon for
a few years when a young man in
his teens.
SYLVESTER SAULS COM
PLIMENTED SUNDAY.
Mr and Mrs. W. H. Sauls enter
tained Sunday at a lovely dinner
party in compliment to their son,
Sylvester Hauls who is spending a
few days at home. The occasion
being in celebration of his birth
day anniversary.
The beauiful country home was
decorated for the occasion with
handsome growing plants and
ferns. The centerpiece for the
tabel in the dining room was a
vase of white carnations with as
paragus fern.
Those present were; Airs. M. r.
Sheltnutt of Griffin, Sylvester
Sauls, Mr. and Mrs. John Hines
loy, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Davis and
children, Lillian Lee and Willie
Mae. Miss Pauline Hauls, Howard
Hauls, Aliss Albertie Sauls.
MAY MEETING OF W. C. T. U.
POSTPONED.
On account of the commence
ment exercises of the local schools,
it lias been thought best to post
pone the May meeting of he W. C.
T. U. to Monday, May 31. This
meeting will be held in the Chris
tian church, and it is urged that
every member be present, and
bring the name of at least one new
member, as the Union voted to
try to do at the last meeting. If
every one will do her part, we can
soon double the membership of the
Union —and what better prepara
tion can be made for the coming
of the STATE CONVENTION in
October, next?
Watch for a fuller announce
ment of the program of the May
meeting in the paper next week.
N. C. W.
MASONS LAY CORNER STONE OF
THE NEW COURT HOUSE BUILDING
An Impressive Service and Several
Interesting Speeches Made.
Large Crowd Present.
' The laying of the corner for the
new Barrow county courthouse
took place yesterday in the pres
ence of a large concourse of Bar
row citizens.
The laying of the corner stone
was in charge of the Masons head
ed by Grand Master of Georgia, (’.
L. Bass. It was an impressive ser
vice,interesting and instructive all
the way through and the speakers
were given close attention.
Judge G. A. Johns was master
of ceremonies and gave a complete
birtnry of the new county of Bar
row and the. Rigid that was waged
for several years before being
formed and the work aceomplish
de since ils birth, a little over five
years ago.
lie was followed by Rev. W. 11.
Faust iu quite an appropriate talk
and then by Judge Andrew J.
Cobb. Judge Cobb went back
to the time when Georgia went
from the Savannah river to the
Alississippi river and when there
were only seven counties in the
stat e.
11 is speech was full of history
of the past., interesting and iustruc
tive and we wish it could have
been heard by every man, woman
boy and girl in Barrow.
Airs. C. M. Ferguson represent
ing the Dr. Bush family of broth
ers and sisters read a geautiful
memorial on her father and moth
er. w ho were ihe pioneers of Win
der and did so much to make it
a city of 3500. Dr. Bush during
his long life worked day and night
in the interest of anew county and
before his death realized his
dreams of years.
This memorial and a bottle of
Dr. Bush’s Specific was part of the
contents to be placed in the cor
ner stone.
Grand Master diaries E. Bass
then took charge of the ceremo
nies and assisted by W. Ah, Mr.
W Al. Chastain and the other ofi
eers of the Winder Lodge laid the
corner stone and placed in it dii
ferent things that will he of his
torical interest to future ages.
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE.
It is a splendid move on the
part of the Red Cross to place a
public health nurse in Barrow
county, and sliduld meet with the
approval and endorsement of ev
ery citizen of the county. Right
at this time when both national
and state health authorities are
endeavoring to arouse people to
their responsibilities in the matter
of health a nurse in this county
eun do a great deal of good. I
think we are fortunate in getting
Mrs. J. W. Carrington to take
up the work.
Respectfully,
W. M. HOLSENBECK, C. S. C.
COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH
The value of a County Public
Health Nurse can hardly he over
estimated. As I travel about over
the county I see the urgent need
of just such work every day. The
duties of the Public Health Nurse
and these of the Home Demonstra
tion Agent are so closely related
that by working together can each
render a more effective service to
the county.
This is a sipend id movement on
the part of the Red Cross and de
serves the support and hearty co
operation of every business organ
ization and loyal citizen in tlie
county. With your help, and un
der the efficient leadership of Mrs.
J. C. Carrington, this work will
prove a great blessing to Barrow
county.
ROSE DILLARD,
County Home Deni. Agent.
BLUE GEM COAL.
This is to let our friends and cus
tomers know that we are still in
the coal business and if you want
a godd Coal at a good price, see
nvn THOMPSON or CLAIR
HARRIS.
CITY COAL CO.
$1.50 IN ADVANCE
THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST
CONVENTION.
(By W.TI . Faust.)
The south not only boasts of
her material prosperity, but she
is absolutely to the fore-frout in
things spiritual.
Wednesday of last week the
Baptist elans commenced to turn
their faces towards Washington,
1). (’., arriving that day at the ine
caof their religious gathering for
the year.
The throngs coming up from alt
states south of Alason andDixon
line were tremendous, and facili
ties to seat them in convention as
sembled were utterly out of the
question. They were like locusts
or sand in numbers. This
session, women were seated as del
egates and they were present in
until berg, interested, loyal and on
the job.
The meetings were held in“ Li
berty Hut”, Billy Sunday’s old
Tabernacle and this was absolute
ly inadequate to seat 1 ho crowds.
Overflow meoiings were held in
various churches and despite all
this numbers of delegates never
saw the inside of the meetings.
Dr. James B. Gamble, of Dallas,
Tex., was elected president. Drs.
Moore, of Nort li Carolina, and Bur
nett, of Georgia, secretaries.
Two convention sermons were
preached to accommodate the
crowds who wanted to get in, both
masterpieces, one preached by Dr*
John E. White, of Anderson, H. 0.,
the oilier by Dr. John W. Hobbs,
of Birmingham, Ala.
Such splendid reports of work
done through the boards were nev
er In-fore heard. The completion
of the 75 million campaign and the
overpayment of one-fifth of the a
mount was the most heroic relig
ious giving recorded in modern
times.
Great speeches were the order
from great men on great themes
all during the meeting.
The next session goes to Catta
nooga, Tenn.
• The city is filled with sights of
interest and the visitors took them
in. From the Washington monu
ment, to the Beaureau of Print
ing and Engraving, where they
make stamps and money are
things that appeal.
A trip to the senate and house
while in session proved to he of
interest.
Makes a preacher feel good to
see venerable and world formed
senators speaking and fellows inov
ing around and reading and smok
ing as though nothing really great
were happening.
Senator William T. Harris, con
gressman Thos. M Bell, W. D.
Upshaw and Glias H. Brand were
awfully nice to our whole party.
Our congresrgan Bell, from the
Ninth was specially nice to one
party. Tie is recognized as one of
the best genial, affable, and effi
cient men in the house. The "W in
der folks will not soon forget his
kindness to them.
Our party was saddened beyond
measure by the sudden and unex
pected death of Bro. W L. Blas
ingame on Sunday morning. Ho
was seemingly in perfect health
up to a little while before his
death, and no messenger enjoyed
the convention more than did he.
Sunday the pulpits of the city
were filled by distinguished visit
ors. Tfie writer heard Dr. Mark
Mathews, pastor of one of the larg
ost Protestant churches in the U.
8. A. He delivered a masterly
sermon to a crowded house.
More of the city and convention
later.
CHURCH NOTICE
“Rev. Mr. Scroggins, Superin
tendent of the Babtist Orphans
Home, at Hapeville, Ga., will
preach at the Second Baptist
church at Winder Sunday, May
23, at 11:00 A. M., and at BP. M.
All are urged to attend these ser
ees.
Yours very truly,
Rev. G. W. Wallace
Pastor.