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VOLI MK . NO. 11 FACTS OF INTEREST ABOUT 'WINDER AND BARROW COUNTY GIVEN FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE REPRESENTATIVE WOMEN DELEGATES HERE NEXT WEEK TO THE W C. T. U STATE CONVENTION WHO BELIEVE IN PROGRESS ALONG ALL LEGITIMATE LINES OF ENDEAVOR The Times wishes 1o give a few facts of interest about Winder and Harrow county in this issue, more for the benefit of the representa tive delegates of the Georgia Woman’s Christian Temperance Union in the annual convention here next week. These intelligent women from all sections of the State are progres sive and public-spirited, feel an interest in the development of every section of their state and we are sure will be glad to know what Win der and Barrow county are doing on all lines of endeavor for the betterment of society. Forty years ago the present city of Winder was a cross roads with two or three homes and was called dug Tavern. A few years afterwards the O and. & S. railroad, now known as the Gainesville Midland, was built, opening up new possibilities and the cross roads or dug Tavern soon grew to be a town of two or three hundred persons. In the fall of 1891 the Seaboard Air Line, one of the systems of Southern loads reached here on its wav to Atlanta, and the little town took on renewed growth. [t had live and progressiwe cit izens. who felt and believed it bad a bright future and were ready 1( do all in their power to help make it what it is today. < )ne of the great factors in build ing a town is a newspaper to en courage and enthuse those who wish to do big things for their town also to get others to come in and help build and develop. A im pel'that will keep eternally preach ing the advantages and the possi bilities of a town instead of knock ing it. There was little to en courage one to engage in an enter prise of this kind in a town so small and which, under the circumstan ces, would require much sacrifice w ith little hope of reward. A. G. Lamar, with the assist ance of friends over Jackson coun ty, organized and began the pub lishing of a paper here in Februa ry. 1893, starting the first issue with 900 subscribers. .Jug Tavern was then a town of only 500 inhabitants and during the twelve years following he bad many difficulties with which to contend and many sacrifices to make. The paper continued to grow in prestige and circulation and never failed to tell of the wonderful ad vantages of Winder and this sec tion of Georgia and that wo would eventually have a prosperous and magnificent little city. In a short while the name was changed from Jug Tavern to Win der a name that gave il a push and new impetus and it began to grow by leaps and bounds. What Is The Result? Now it Inis all the advantages of the larger cities—eleetric lights, a perfect water and sewerage sys tem, the main business streets all being paved, a public school sys tem equal to any in the state, with one of its school buildings erected :i few years ago under the admin istration of W. O. Perry as mayor, worth $125,000.00, and a credit to a city of ten times our population. •\Ve have three church buildings that will compare with those of any city of 25000 inhabitants, the Methodist, Baptist and Christian churches, as well as magnificent homes and business houses, and a population which has grown trom 500 to 35000 in twenty-seven years. THE BARROW TIMES Public Enterprises. Twenty-seven years ago we had no banks, no handsome churches, no electric lights, no water and sewerage system, no beautiful school building, no costly residen ces, no attractive business houses and no manufacturin enterpries. Now we have three strong hanks, and mercantile establishments ranking with the largest in the State. Barrow County Cbtton Mill We have the Barrow County Cotton Mills with 10,000 spindles and dOO automatic looms and 300 operatives, with dno. M. Williams president. T. A. Maynard, and G. W. DeLaPerriere, vice presidents; and L. S. Radford, secretary and treasurer. This is an industrial institution worth much to Winder and Har row county, the pay roll per week amounting to $6,500. Bell Manufacturing Cos. The Bell Manufactcroing Cos. manufacturers of overalls,' pants, and shirts, has an authorized capi tal of $1,000,000.00. It is one of the long established plants of our city, having started in 1907 and continuing to grow and expand. It has three large plants, the one here, one at Gainesville and one at Charleston, S. C. Winder is the home plant and through it the oth ers arc managed. The three combined plants have 450 operatives and all three have proven a most remarkable success with W. C. Horton, president; R. L. Havenson ami W. L. DeLaPer riere. vice presidents; J. J. Horton, secretary; W. L. Jackson, treasur er; and L. A. Fortson, general man ager. The Winder Manufacturing Cos. We have The Winder Mfg. Cos., another overall plant which has made a wonderful success with its Wimco brand of overalls. The vol ume of business for the first nine months of this year exceeds the volume for the entire year of 1919. This plant works over 30 opera tives and lias as president, <i. W. Woodruff; vice president, H. A. ('anthers; secretary and treasurer, 11 A. Perry. The Klimax Oveall Cos. We also have the Klimax Over all Cos., with O. M. Henson, presi dent; R. J. Bates, vice president ; and B. 11. Meadow, secretary and treasurer. This company w as organized the first of the present year and began operation March 1. It has. too, proven successful and become one of the established industrial insti tutions of Winder, employing 50 operatives. These three overall plants pay good wages, and give employment to about 225 young ladies and women of our city. Winder Oil Mill Company. The oil mill is also one of the big concerns of Winder, employing a number of hands anti in eonnec- WINDER, HARROW COUNTY. GA„ THURSDAY. OCTOIIHR I 1, 120 tiou with il runs a large ginnery. This is one among the first maim factoring plants of the city and has always prospered. Mr. dno. A. Thompson, the president, has suc ceeded in this line of manufactur ing and besides lots had time to en gage in hanking and other enter prises. Mr. Clair Harris is secre tary. and M. George Thompson is superintendent. Wooduff Manufacturing Company The Woodruff Manufacturing Company, G. W. Woodruff, pres ident; A. L. Jacobs, manager; is one of the thriving industries of our city, manufacturing webbing harness, backhands and cotton pickers’sacks and its products are sold all over Georgia, South and North Carolina and Alabama. Woodruff Mchy. & Mfg. Company. The Woodruff Machinery & Mfg. Cos., owned bvy G. W. and A. J. Woodruff and A. P. Guffin, does a large business all over this section of the state and is one of the very important industries for Winder and Barrow county. The Winder Marble & Granite Cos. The Winder Marble and Granite Cos., J. W. Nichols, manager, is another enterprise that has made great progress and does a large business all over northeast and middle Georgia. The New Winder Lumber Cos. The New Winder Lumber Cos., is a strong concern furnishing build ing material for all the surround ing country and contracting and building fine homes and business houses not only in Winder, but in many adadjoining towns and also in the country districts. Williams-Thompson Company. Tbe Williams-Thompson Cos., al so big contractors and lumber deal ers. carry building material of all kinds, carrying a tremendous stock and extending their field of operations as the months pass by. W. E. Yeung. Mr. W. E. Young is also a great lumber man and contractor and is known all over this and adjoining counties as “The Shingle Man.” He buys shingles in earload lots and sells them in every nook and corner of this territory. The Winder Bottling Works. Tbe Winder Bottling Works, es tablished here 2G years ago, when a small town by A. H. O’Neal, and now owned by R. 11. Pirkle, ships its products all over Barrow Gwinnett and parts of Jackson and Hall counties. 11 has become one of our large and successful en terprises. Summerour's Ginnery. Another big ginnery other than the one owned by the Oil Mill ( o. is that, of G. W. Summerour which is kept to its full capacity during the season and owned and operat ed by one of Winder’s live wires. Winder has three large cotton warehouses operated by gentlemen of known business integrity and who do all in their power to han dle the thousands of bales of cot ton stored by the fanners and buyers. The Smith-Mayne Mfg. Company. The Smith-Mayne Manufactur ing Cos., is one of the big concerns of the South manufacturing high class office furniture exclusively, and its products go into every state in the union. Mr. R. A. W. Smith is president, Jno. M. Williams, vice president; (’laud Maync*. secretary and W. C. FOOTBALL SATURDAY. OFFICIAL. ORGAN OF BARROW COUNTY J. L. SAUL IS SLASHING PRICES AS NEVER BEFORE J. L. Saul’s great Pre-War Price Sale was on in full blast t his morn ing at 9 o’clock. The Saul Stoic has had many sales in the past to clean up old stock, reaise money, and for va rious reasons, and made very at tractive prices, hut there is no doubt that this sale is a real bona fide sale w here prices have actual ly been marked down below cost; than any previous sale ever held in Ihis city. In conversation with Mr. Saul a Times reporter was convinced 1 hat .1. L. Saul had the prices that would move the goods, everything being marked down to pre-war prices. Mr. Saul stated to us that he intended selling these goods, he needed money to pay up and Un people needed the goods and one way to dispose of them was to sell them dirt cheap or give them away and hence the prices elsew here in this issue was the result, head this advertisement and note the prices; if it don't sound like old times we miss our guess. Horton treaurer. The Winder Compress Cos. The Winder Compress < ’o.. is on ly <i few years old, hut this com press lias had phenomenal success jand an important factor to Win der’s commercial development. Uottonjs shipped here from differ ent pails of the state to be com pressed and exported. The Winder Post Office is an in dex to what Winder is doing and the postal receipts show a large in crease every year. Postmaster W. P. McCants has worked hard to keep this office up to standard required by the pub lic. The postal receipts for the year ending June 30, last, amount i eel to over SII,OOO. There are no towns in this part of Georgia whose postal receipts exceed Win der, except Athens and Gaines ville. The lied Cross lias a nurse for Barrow county. There are only seven counties in the state with a Red Cross nurse and Winder and Barrow county are proud to know we are one of them. in 1915 Barrow county came in to existence being formed from u small part of each of the splendid old counties of Jackson, Walton and Gwinnett. It is a small county in area, but one of the very productive sections of the state and having as up-to date and progressive farmers as any part of Ihe union. It lias in its territory the thriv ing towns of Statliam, Bethlehem. Carl and Auburn with Winder as 'the county scat. A beautiful court house is under course of erection and many firsl class public roads have already been built, with Ilie hope that in a few more years there will not he a bad road in its entire territory. It is Imped the delegates will he given the opportunity of seeing as much of our county as possible during their visit here next week and Iliut they will take a look into our beautiful and well kept stores and see the high class goods our merchants handle and when they get back home will feel they were fully repaid for having seen Win der and Barrow county. | FOOTBALL SATURDAY—WIN 'DER vs G M A.—3:30. Valley Pk. PROGRAM W. C. T. U. CON VENTION HERE OCT. 19-22 PROGRAM Thirty-Seventh Amiunl Convention of the Georgia Woman’s Christian Temper ance Union, Baptist church Winder,. Ga. October 19-22, 1020. State Motto: “Speak Into the Chil dren of Israel That They Go Forward.” Exodus XIV, 15. NIM: “To abolish ignorance by knowledge; to eradicate vice try virtue; to displace disease bv health: to dispel darkness by light.” Membership Conditions: Payment of Annual Dues and Signature of the fol io wing: Pledge: “I hereby solemnly promise God helping me, to abstain from all dis tilled, fermented and malt liquors, in cluding wine, beer, cider and to employ all proper means for the enforcement of the Kigtheenth Amendment.” STATE OFFICERS. President —Airs. Bella Dillard. Em ory Eni versify. Vice President —Mrs. Marvin Wil liams. 522 Ponce de l.eon Ave., Atlanta. Recording Secretary—Miss Theresa Griffin, 1550 Third Ave., Columbus. Corresponding Secret art Mrs. .luluts Magath, Oxford. Treasurer —Mrs. August Burghard, -131 dohnson Ave., Macon. EX PRESIDENTS Mrs. William C. Sibley. Augusta, IS,S3 ,1900. Mrs. .Tcnnie Hart Sibley. Piiion Point 11)00-1905. Mrs. Mary Harris Armour, Eastman, 1905-1909. Airs. Thomas E. Patterson, Griffin, 1909-1916. STAATE FIELD SECRETARY Airs. Mary Harris Armour. E. L. D., Crawfordville. BRANCH SECRETARIES Loyal Temperance Legion Mrs. Paul Roberts, Winder. Young People's Branch: College- Mrs Bella A. Dillard, Emory University. STATE MUSICAL DIRECTOR. Mrs. A. B. Cunyutt, Carters! file. I’IANIHT. Mrs. Annie Jones Pyrou, Cartersville. PRESIDENTS OF BOARD OF SUPER INTENBENTS Mrs. Marvin Williams, Atlanta. AGENTS For I In' Union Hignni: Mrs. Bessie S. Aired, Sandersville. For the Young Crusader: Mrs. Paul Roberts, Winder. LITERATURE TABLE Mrs Harriet Sears, Mnenn, Assistant Mrs. 11. IT. Segars and Mrs. V\ 1.. Mat thews. On Homes; —Mrs. John Aikin and Mrs. W. L. Jackson. RECEPTION—Mrs. A. A. Camp. PUBLICITY—Mrs. John H Wood. CITY DECORATIONS—Mr. A. V. Ea veil son. MUSIC —Mrs. T. A. Maynard. PAG ES - Members of E. T. L. POSTMISTRESS .Miss Annie Thom as. KEYNOTE OF CONVENTION “Enlarge the place of thy tent and let them spread forth the curtains ot thy habitation; spare not. lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; for thou shult break forth on the right hand and on the left.” WINDER NIGHT, TUESDAY, OCT. 19, 7:45 P. M.,.BAPTIST CHURCH. Music —Methodist Sunday School or- chest ra. Chorus —Winder L. T. L., Mrs. Paul Roberta, LeadeT. Scripture —Rev. .1. 11. .Washburn. Prayer. \j us i ( ,_Anthcni. Combined choirs of nil the churche’s. Greetings —From the ( ity, Mnvoi .L 11. Maynard. From the churches, Rev. \V. 11. Faust. From the schools, Prof. .T. I’. Cash. From Women’s Societies and clubs, Mrs. A. T>. MeOurry. Music —Trio, Mesdames Land, Potts and MeCurry. Greetings From the W. ('. T. 1 . Mrs. .loh n 11. Wood. Music—Hong. Congregation. “All Hall the Power of Jesus Name.” Introduction of State President bv Mrs. VV. Horton. Response and Greetings from State President. Mrs. Leila A. Dillard. Solo. Mrs. A. B. Cunyus, State Mu sical Director, with Aecompainent by Mrs. Annie Jones Pyron. Announcements. Benediction: “The Lord bless thee and keep thee; the Lord make His face to shine upon thee and be gracious unto thee; the Lord lift up His countenance upon thee and give thee peace.” WKDNLSDAV MORNING, OCT. 20. H. 20. Meeting of Executive Com. $1.50 IN ADVANCE WESLEY HIGGINS TAKES OWN LIFE. Mr. Wesley Higgins, son of Mr. S. F. Higgins, of Bold Springs, Walton county, was found uncon scious and at the point of death Monday night near Loganivlle. ■He was carried to the above town hilt only lived tt few minutes after reaching there. The coroner’s jury brought in a verdict that Mr. Higgins’ death was caused from a pistol wound in his side committed by himself. He leaves his wife and two small children. The funeral was at Bold. Springs Tuesday afternoon, con ducted by Rev. Goss, of Monroe. VERY LITTTLE HOPE FOR REV. R E. MOSS.. A card received yesterday from the mother of Rev. R. Iv Moss, of Nashville, Tenn., gives the sad news that Mr. Moss has been in a very critical condition for the past three weeks and little hope is en tertained tor him. This news will he learned with much regret and sadness by Bit 1 people of Winder w here he lived for one and a half years and up to the time of his illness in July. DEATH OF MRS. W. E. ROBERTS TUESDAY NIGHT Winder was shocked and sadden ed Wednesday morning early when tbe news went out that Mrs. W. K. Roberts was dead. She bad been ill for a few weeks bid not considered at all serious. Sin* grew worse Tuesday and bretatlied her last about 8 o’clock Tuesday night. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts came Imre from Grayson about one year ago and bad in this brief time made many strong friends. She leaves her husband and eight little children. Her remains were carried to Grayson today for bur ial Ibis being the place where most of Iter life bad been spent. Mr. Roberts and the children have the warm sympathy of all our people in their sad bereavement. DEATH CLAIMS MRS. N. E. McCURRY, MOTHER OF MR A. D. McCURRY. Mrs. A. I). Met furry died at her home in Hartwell last Saturday morning at three o’clock. The funeral was at Bethcsada church in Hart county. She came up in the antebellum days, a period quite different from the present period. Mrs. McGurrv was 90 years old and bad been a member of the M. Iv Church for 7fi years. Sin* leaves five sons: F. G. Me Curry, Hart well; C. S. MeCurry, Montana: A. W. MeCurry, Atlan ta; A D. MeCurry, Winder, and T. L. MeCurry, Detroit. One daugh ter, Mrs.. M. <>. Jones, Columbus, Ohio. Sin* was a good and noble Chris tian woman and left an impress on all who had tlie pleasure of knowing her. 9.50. Call to Order by State Prcsi dent. Crusade Hymn, “Give to the Winds Thy Fours.” Crusade Psalm, 1 Pi, read in con cert. Adoption of Program. 10.00. Memorial Service, frur Promot ed Comrades: “These all died in taith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, (Continued on next page)