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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. 41 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.