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America s Largest Gather
ing of Hardware Dealers
Charles T Woodward, of Carlin
ville, 111., Elected First Pres
ident of National Assn, of
Winchester Clubs.
THE GREATEST CONVENTION
OF ITS KIND EVER HELD
New Haven. ('onn.. (the home of
the SI acre plant of the Winches
ter Repeating Arms ('ompaiiy i the
last week in dune was the scene of
the largest gathering of hardware
and sporting goods dealers the I
S. has ever known, when the first
annual convention of the National
Association of Winchester (’bibs'
was held.
Some IPOO dealers, augmented
in many instances by their families
came from all parts of the ITiited
Stales to sil in on the greatest and
most, important convention of its
kind ever held It was a gather
ing unlike anything else ever
known. The Winchester idea and
the Winchester plan has been the
most talked of thing in the trade
world for many a day and quite
naturally the trade and the people
at large are interested in the ac
complishments of the convention.
Therefore, it is best right at the
start to tell of the officers who
were chosen to pilot the National
organization. ('liarles I Wood
ward of ('a lin\ ill**. 111., one of the
best known men in the eel ail Inis
incss. was elected president. For
nine years Mr. Woodward lias been
one of the controlling; factors in
the National Retail Hardware
Dealers Assoeiation. lie was presi
dent one term, vice president for
one year, three years on the advis
ory committee, and four years on
c.xeeutive committee. Ih has al
ways been an active worker in tin
Illinois Association and is rated as
one of the most progressive men
in the trade It is doubtful if any
dealer is better acquainted with
the trade situation in this couniry
than Mr Woodward and his selec
tion as president of the National
Association of Winchester t ‘tubs
is an indication of w hat may be ex
pected from this organization.
Mr. Woodward informed the del
egutes from the platform that .he
wanted the assistance of eveV.v
dealer in his efforts to Imild up the
organization and lie asked if every
one in the hull was with him. The
cries of “\es " and “We are sat
isfied him.
The other officers chosen were
tirst vice president, .1. M ('amp
M\, of Bowlin*; (Ireeri. Mo., sec
mid vice president. A. .1, Osborne,
llnlyoke, Mas.; third vice presi
dent. < ’. Iv Davison. Houma. La. ;
treasurer. W. I Sloan, Logan,
i’tah; and secretary. W. .1 ('.
Stoekley. New Haven. From each
of the clubs one member of the
Hoard of (Jovernnrs was elmsen.
It was impressed upon every one
in attendance that Ihe success of
one’s business and the association
could only be made by hard work
and every one was requested to
work with a will.
lii his remarks opening tin* con
vention .loini Iv Otterson, presi
dent of tin* Winchester Refloating
Amis Company, not to the hearts
of the donlers quickly when lie
Ml ill :
“A {fathering such as this is tru
ly an inspiration. I need not tell
you that there is some anxiety in
undertaking work of this kind
There must he in the early days
some trials and tribulations, some
doubts, some difficulties. These
doubts and difficulties are. to a eon
siderable extent, dissolved by the
presence of you Inen here today.
I think that il is a significant fact
that hundreds of busy hardware
merchants from all parts of the
I nited States are willing to leave
their work and travel hundreds of
miles in pursuit of ail idea and an
ideal and I think il speaks a great
deal for the strength of that idea
and ideal when you realize that
this convention is better attended
than is the National \ssooiatioii
of Retail Hardware merchants..
There must lie something in the
\\ ineiiesler idea. We. of course,
believe in it down to the ground
and it gives us courage, strength
and inspiration to feel that we
have the approval of such a large
group of discriminating merchants
It docs not seem neeessan to re
view our plan. 1 think you arc all
well informed. I may say briefly
that it is our purpose to make
Winchester the largest simile man
ufacturing institution in the world
manufacturing: sporting goods, cut
lery. tools and hardware special
ties. I am not sure but it is the
largest single institution today. I
iiim sure that it will he the largest
institution in the future.”
These words by Mr. <>tterson im
pressed the dealers very much.
From the laiks made it was
learned that there are more than
.'{min Winchester dealers in 1 lie *1
Sand that the list is being aug
mented at th*'- rate of l(t a day and
1 liis in cities with a population of
under 7*0,0(1(1. The Winchester idea
is to have about 7000 Winchester
*lea lers.
Many of the dealers knew some
thing' of Winchester, hut lie
lore they left New Haven 'they
knew a lot more. They were the
hosts of the Winchester ('ompaiiy
and never was a body of men, wo
men and children better eared for.
There wasn't an idle moment
for any one during the week. The
convention was carefully planned
and carried out. There wasn’t a
slip all week. Several hundred
men and women connected with
the Winchester < ompaiiy and the
wives ol many of the executives
comprised ihc various committees
and looked after the welfare of all
those who came. More Ihnn 700
dealeis and their families came to
New York and were broughl to
New Haven on the Sound Steamer
Highlander. It was a glorious
ride. They were entertained dur
ing the ride by the Winchester
Band of 40 pieces. Fpoii arrival
in New Haven they were escorted
to Woolsey Hall, where the con
vent ion was held, and after Din
ner in 1 lie Yale dining hall, an or
gan recital was given by Professor
.Jepson on the New berry Organ,
the third largest in the I’nited
Stales.
Monday the convention opened
with addresses by Flank A .May
cumber. Sales Manager; Henry
Brewer. Vice President; Frank C.
Drew, Nice President; Thomas (!.
Bennett., Chairman of (lie Hoard
of Directors and John Iv Otter
son, In the afternoon there were
ton* of the factory', class room
tails*, and in the evening a moon
light sail on Long Island sound.
Willbim Iv Mnxsoii, Manufact
uring Superintendent : W. Iv l-’ree
land. Sales Engineer; and Kdwin
h’ugsley. Manufacturing Kngineer.
'addressed the delegates after
Which the National officers were
chosen. In the afternoon shop
tours and class room talks were
continued and in the evening dele
gates and their friends thronged
the Shuhert Theater to attend the
! -it h annual Wincheste^.Musical
show All the. participants in this
show are employees of Winchester
hut they are not amateurs by any
means.
There was no business session on
Wednesday, the delegates making
the shop tours and listening to
class room talks, and in the after
noon adjourned to Lighthouse
Point where they watched a base
hall game, boxing bouts, shot at
the traps and the rifle gallery,
tried their hand at fly easting,
watched tlic.Topperweius give a
remarkable exhibition of shooting
with Winchester (inns and Ammu
nition. and then adjouurned to the
hall grounds where under the big
tent they were served with ail old
time clam hake.
Thursday morning tho final lours
<f the plant and class loom talks
were made and in the afternoon
Treasurer Anderson made an ad
dress on Winchester Spirit and
Mr Otterson and Mr. Mnycuinber
also spoke . More than two hours
were taken up in the answering of
ijiiestions asked by the dealers, al
ter which John IT Packard, the
oldest dealer at the convention and
the oldest men in the hardware
trade in the I nited States, and
each of the newly elected officers
addressed the assemblage.
All of the time that ibe men were
busy so were the women. They
wore entertained at teas, musieales
recitals, were taken in tours over
(the city, through the Winchester
! plant, to the field day. and to the
| banquet on the closing evening.
I This dinner w as addressed to Pres
ident lladlev. of Yale, Louis K
| Liggett. President of the I nited
Drug Company, ami Mr Otterson.
Mr. Maycumber was toastmaster.
An important event of the week
was the formation of a women’s
auxiliary. Mrs. Edwin I’ugsley
was the temporary chairwomen.
The several hundred women at the
convention thought the idea of an
auxiliary a line one and finished
the week's festivities by electing
Mrs. .1. M Tilson of t'arlisle. Ky„
I’resident; Mrs. F. 11. Lomas, Cer
eseo. La.. first vice president: Mrs.
\V. (\ Foie, Rethanv. Mo., second
THE HARROW TIMES, WIVDF.R. GEORGIA.
KNIGHTS OF THE KU KLUX
KLAN TO BE ORGANIZED
It was reported today that plans
are under way for organizing in
’■Vinder and Barrow county a
branch of Ihe Knights of the Ku
Kliin Klaii and that a meeting will
be held soon for the purpose of ef
fecting a permanent organization.
Several prominent citizens are
said to be interested in the forma
tion of the Klaii here and it is un
derstood that an oflieer from the
Imperial Palace will at ten* I the
meeting to instruct lliem in the
purposes of the Klan and tin* inelh
o<ls of organization.
The Knights of the Ku Kliin
Klan, which is a patriotic, ritual
istic frnlernal order, was not has
tily “jumped up” hut has been in
the making for eightcn years, the
idea of perpeluating the princi
ples upon which the old Ku Klux
Klan was founded having origi
nated in the mind of Colonel \Y <1
Simmons, professor of Southern
History at Lanier 1 'Diversity in
A t innta.
Fourteen years Colonel Simmons
thought, studied and worker! to
prepare himself for launching this
great institution and on Thanks
giving night in I!JJ7> Colonel Sim
mons and about thirty of his close
friends assembled on the top of
Stone Mountain near Atlanta and
at midnight, under a blazing firery
cross, they' took the oath of alle
giance to the Invisible Empire,
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
The charter was issued by the
St ate. of (Jeorgia December 4. PH7*.
and a special charter was granted
by the Superior ( 'ourt of Fulton
county. July 1,19 U.
The reorganized Klan had among
ils original membership three of
the charter members of the old Ku
K liin Klan formed in the Smith af
ter the Civil War and. therefore,
in its charter, was granted all the
l ights and privileges which had
legally been conferred upon the
pa rent organization.
While the conditions facing the
eiit ire coil iit ry today are not iden
tical with those which confronted
the Smith at the close of the Civil
War the need for an organization
of this character, according to its
founders, is just as pressing now
ns in 1 lie reconstruction period
when the carpetbagger and the
scalawag ran riot in the smith.
And just as tbe old Ku Klux
Klan swept from the south the hu
man vultures that followed in the
wake of the Fnioii army and re
stored to the white people of the
south the control ol their own al-
I'aii's. so the modern organization
proposes to preserve the integrity
of the white race and dedicates
its inlltieiice and its power to the
preservation of American ideals
and American institutions.
It is announced llial only native
born American citizen who be
lieve in the tenets of the Christian,
religion and owe no allegiance ol
any degree or nature to any for
eign government, political insti
tution. sect or persons are eligible
for membership.
From a small beginning nearly
five years ago the membership of
the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
now reaches into nineteen states,
h is not local to the south Init has
uois. Texas. Missmi and other dis
representatives in New Nork. lili
tant states.
GOOD MEETING AT STATHAM
COMES TO A CLOSE FRIDAY.
The meeting at the Statiiani Bap
tist church come to a close last
Friday nighl with fourteen addi
tions.
The preaching by Rev. I. A. Hen
dersou of Lawrenceville was of a
high and pleasing order.
I). L. Spooner, of the Atlanta
Tabernacle led the music.
Large crowds attended and a
great deal of good done.
\1 the close of the meeting a
committee from Statham. Bogart
and ltd ha bant churches was ap
pointed to perfect arrangements
for forming a Held and locating a
pa si or at a salary of S2OOO per year
This is a very attractive Held
for a live, progressive man and
promises to he one of the most in
fluential pastorates in the state.
vice president: Mrs. .1. L. Smith,
Sacrernento, Calif., third vice pres
ident . Mrs. \Y. R. Sloan. Logan. F.
Treasurer: and Mrs. S. \Y. Dim
mick, New Haven, Secretary.
Women played an important
part in this convention and will
play an even more important part
in coming conventions.
Mr. K. A. \Y. Smith and Mr.
Claud Mayne of the Smith Hard
ware Cos., the local Winchester
Store, attended this great conven
tion.
Here Are the NOTS of Peter
Schuttler Wagons
All Wagons are made in One Grade, The Best Not two or three difler
erit grades from one factory.
Ail Lumber is Naturally Air dried— Not forced in seasoning or pul through
kilns
Ail Axles, are Tested —N< >T used as they come and never put in a kiln.
All Hubs are Ree-Turned —NOT used of round.
Ail Hub Bands Set Tight by Automatic Machinery —NOT simply wedged on.
All Spokes Driven to Gauge with Heavy Draw —NOT driven lig, t and
quick and into a steamed hub.
All Wood Parts of Gear and Wheels Soaked in Boiled Linseed Oil NO I
the rims of wheels only.
All Gears Assembled by Experienced Wagon Makers NO’I .just ham
mered together by common laborers.
All Tires Shrunk on Hot —NOT put on cold by machinery.
All Important Ironing of Gears Fitted Hot by Hand —NO'I bent and ham
mered n cold.
All Clips, Braces and Special Bolts made of Refined Iron —N< H common
stuff.
All Box Sides and Ends made of Full One-Inch-Thick Boards N ( l tin
light regular % inch board.
All Bevel Edge Box Iron put on with Screws — NOT just nailed on.
All Paint Ground in Oil and put on by Hand— NOT dipped and NO'I
ready-mixed paint.
Will you hesitate to say Dial it represents ten years’ more wagon service?
During the lifetime of your Schuttler. you'll save many repair hills. Don t
forget ihat hundred pounds extra-tough, straight-grained, sound lumber you
gel in the Schuttler—don’t forget the shrunk-seasoned hot tires, those re-turn
ed. perfectly round, tough, seasoned hubs—don’t forget those sturdy, well
fitted Schuttler axles don’t forget the 100 per cent pure lead, hand-painted
work—don’t forget Ihut fitted-hot ironings. He honest with yourself and youll
surely buy an Old Reliable Peter Schuttler farm wagon.
THE OLD RELIABLE
Peter Schuttler Wagon
HAS STOOD THE TEST 75 YEARS
SMITH HARDWARE CO.
“The Store of Service and Quality.’’
WINDER, GEORGIA
APPE a S O N
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'it used to such performances as these. Apper
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of mechanical foresight amounting to genius.
For instance —start an Apperson in a hurry. The
car will leap from 1 to 40 miles an hour <n 20
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persen flexible clutch eouplt-s power to the rear
wheels without jolt or jerk, and the Apperson wiU
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4 seconds. Less parts —less friction —more accel
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J? "r ,yyj f 1 r 1 :\*v
AUTO SALES COMPANY
NOWELL AND CARRINGTON
Phone 150 Winder, Georgia.
TMFRSDA Y. JTI,V 29,1920