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THE-STRAND THKATFR PROGRAM
THURSDAY and FRIDAY, July 7,
AND JULY B.—THE BEST UF
LUCK.
SATURDAY’, July 9. —Diamond Queen
White Horseman. Comedy.
VOL. XXVIII.
SOME IMPRESSIONS RECEIVED IN AND
AROUND BARROW COUNTY COURT HOUSE
Foreman of Grand Jury Thinks Wave of Crim
inality Is Receding and Sees Better Times
In Store For County and State.
Compliments Court Officials, Attorneys
And Thinks Attendants Very
Orderly and Law-Abiding.
' W. H. FAUST.
During the two weeks just closing it
has been the writer’s good pleasure to
be intimately connected with the Su
perior Court, serving as foreman of the
grand jury and between times listening
to the witnesses and lawyers and the
general proceedings.
The Judge.
Judge Blanton Fortson is serving as
presiding officer here for his first time
There are a number of reasons why he
has piade a most favorable impression
on the people of the county.
First of all. he is a man physically,
tall, genial, affable, like Saul of old, in
,the respect of standing a head taller
than the average man.
Intellectually, he measures up to tne
exalted standard set in this circuit by
Congressman Brand and An
drew J. Cobb. He transact* business
with skill and despatch and has by his
general efficiency greatly endeared him
self to tine citizens of the county.
The Solicitor.
Than W, O. Dean no district in Geor
gia has a fairer and more able prose
cutor.
He is a lawyer who can not only in
terpret and enforce the law, but he is
r. tine outstanding church worker and
can, in Sunday school and prayermeet
ing, greatly strengthen the gospel for
ces. The law violators fear and dread
him, while the upright, decent citizens
recognize in him one of the best equipp
ed jurists in the state.
The Bar.
The men who praerie in the eourts
here will stand with any other seetion
in the state on their merits.
The Shackelford Bros., of Athens,
Frank and T. J.. know how to handle
cases and jointly ot separately, they
are in great demand. Col. Tlios. .T. has
la*en a candidate for congress and Ilia
enthusiastic advocacy of the interests
of farmers and liLs abundant fund ot
info/uiafion along agricultural lines is
giving him great prestige among the
f,oß(*.
Judge Russell anil his son, Richard.
Junior, are and will he leaders in both
criminal and civil work throughout the
circuit. The father has already had
about as many honors as the people
can confer and the son is serring at
present with great success in tile lower
house of the general assembly.
Cols. Lewis Russell and Chandler
are defending numbers of cases and do
ing it with great credit.
i o', (jrillian is showing himself to
he markedly efScicui in handling crim
inal cases and in the defease of Head
who murered liis brother at Bet ale
hem.
Judge G. A. Johns and Col. J- C.
Pratt are manifestly able and popular
evidenced by the long number of impor
tant cases which they handle.
Col. Duke Ross is thoroughly at
home before a jury as is Judge George
Th omas £>f Athens. Col. Nix of Law
renceville and Col. Orrin Roberts of
Monroe.
Col. Ablt Nix, of Athens, is fast forg
ing to the front as one of fcie ablest of
the younger lawyers in the state.
Time fails one to mention the oth
ers who help to make the bar of this
county one of the best in the country.
The Sheriff.
Uniformly courteous and considerate
alike of the feelings of rich and poor,
known throughout the Ninth district
for his efficiency and consideration of
criminals and all classes there is not
a better sheriff in the United States nor
one widely loved than Otis Camp.
The Clerk and Bailiffs.
A. T. Harrison is showing himself
to be a worthy successor to Geo. N.
Bagwell and is handling the clerk’s end
of the job with credit to himself and
the body. Sims is serving as spe
cial bailiff to the grand jury and do
ing the job in an up-to-date way, in
fact each of the bailiffs sworn in are
giving eminent ( satisfaction, and no
word would be complete without a bit
of genuine commendation for the fine
wo',4 done by county policemen Rut
ledge and Sim Hill, who are turning
up many law violators and causing
Sic Mem
AND THE BARROW TIMES
FARMERS AFTER
MR. BOLLWEEVIL
Mr. A. D. Robertson, the county dem
itystration agent of Barrow county,
held some very important meetings
bearing upon the boll weevil depreda
tion in this county last Tuesday.
At 10 o’clock, in the morning the first
meeting has held at Auburn. A good
crowd *as present and all the farmers
that heard the speeches were impress
ed with the suggestions made by the
speakers. A similar meeting was helc
at the grounds in this city at 10
o’clock and also at Bethlehem at 3:30
o’clock. Mr. J. K. Giles, of the State
Agricultural College, and who has been
laboring for several years in the boll
weevil territory was present at all of
these meetings and made addresses.
The farmers of the county are l>e
coming aroused and are fighting the
weevil with determination.
SUCCESSFUL EVANGELISTIC
CONFERENCE.
The Evangelistic Conference at
Bethel church in Walton county for all
the churches of the Apalachee associ
ation was a .success from every view
point.
The churches were well represented
and the dinner and hospitality of the
Bethel community was all that could
be desired.
Rev. John H. Webb spoke on Soul
Winning at 10 o'clock, followed by Dr.
Jurn.'s C. Wilkinson, pastor of the
First Baptist church of Athens, who
chose for his subject "Jesus as Soul
Winner.” Dr. Wilkinson is the newly
elected pastor of one of the strongest
churches in the South and charmed
and delighted his great congregation
with his enthusiasm, ability and clear
way of presenting his subject.
I)r. John F. Purser, of Atlanta, pres
ident of the Home Mission Board of
the 1 Southern Baptist convention,
preached at eleven-thirty on “Prayer
in Soul Winning.” It was a masterly
message from ii great soul.
The dinner was a gem—everything
to cat from fried chicken to ice cream.
In the afternoon addresses were de
livered by Revs. E. H. Jennings. L. A.
Henderson, O. W. Henderson, Brother
Marshall and McGaughey, Faust, Bell
Walker, etc.
On account of the summer evangelis
tic campaigns that will be on. further
meetings of the Preachers and Workers
Conference will be after September.
All who attended pronounced it one
of the best days in the history of de
nominational life of this great body.
Several from this city attended dlie
birthday dinner of Mr. Dave Crow on
Mr. Arch Perry’s farm Monday. A
great day was spent by all that were
present. A delicious dinner was
spread at the noon hour. Mr. Crow
was 75 years of age. About 100 guests
enjoyed the day.
criminals to keep on the qui vive.
The Grand Jury.
Of ail the grand juries the writer
has had the privilege of serving on the
one in service these two weeks has had
no peer. The leading citizens of the
county, they have with painstaking
care gone into the performance of their
sworn duty without fear or favor and
have searched diligently into conditions
existing in the county and their find
ings and presentments to be published
will be of decided benefit to the coun
ty i? followed.
The Attendants.
Those who attended the sessions
were orderly and law-abiding and the
general impression left on the minds of
close observers is that the general
wave of criminality is receding and bet
ter times are in store for the county
and state.
On the whole the information re
ceived, and thoughts engendered, by
having experience in the courts causes
a spirit of optimism to surge in the
hearts of the most pessimistically in
clined. Surely better and brighter
days are just ahead of us.
Winder, Barrow County, Georgia, Thursday, July 7, 1921.
CRIMINAL DOCKET
TAKEN UP MONDAY
Superior Court Has Been Busy This
Week With Law
Violators.
The criminal docket was taken up by
the Superior Court of Burrow county
last Monay morning.
Several negro cases were disposed
of during the first part of the week.
The case of Oscar Smallwood charg
ed with murder was takeh up Tuesday
morning. He was charged with the
murder of Frank Drake last Christ
mas. This was a most hotly contest
ed case. Smallwood was represented
by Col. R. B. Russell, Jr., and Judge
R. B. Russell. Solicitor Dean was as
sisted in the prosecution by Col. YV.
H. Quarterman. The case went to the
jujry Wednesday night The jury
brought in their verdict Wednesday
morning of not guilty, thus clearing
Smallwood of the charge.
Henry Dillard who was charged
with cheating and swindling was found
not guilty. He was represented by
Col. Jos. I. Quillian and Judge R. B.
liussell.
Two white boys who lived in a dis
tant part of the country plead guilty
to stealing a ride on the train. They
tvere fined $5 and costs or three months
in the chaingang. They have not paid
their fines to date.
Ed Wilkerson plead guilty to assault
and battery. He was sentenced to 12
months in the chaingang and the sen
tence was suspended until the further
orders of the court.
Court is still in session as we go to
Winder Defeats Law
renceville in Hot Game
Winder defeated on
the latter's grounds Wednesday after
noon by u score of 9to 2. The scoring
of the game took jjlace in the first
three innings of the game and after the
last of the third inning not another
j run crossed the plate. “Rabbit” Milli*
| gan, a former Georgia State Leaguer,
was ihe victim of the Winder boys.
This was the eleventh game Unit the
home boys have played this season and
they have been defeated only once,
having won the other ten games.
It is the purpose of the new base
ball club, composed wholly of home
boys to have some good games of base
ball here this summer (with apologies
for the game here July 4th with a
team we thought a real team from
Athens) and with the support that the
good citizens of Winder ou give them
by just attending the games they will
be enabled to bring a class of base ball
to our little city that will be nearly
on a par with the Million Dollar League
games of last year.
Let's help the boys out and when
there is a game in town lets all go to
it an show the boys that we appre
ciate our home talent as much as we
did the men who were being paid up
to four hundred dollars a month last
year for the same thing our boys are
doing for nothing. .
Come to the gaifiY* Thursay after
noon and help the Winder boys beat the
fast Lawrenceville team. Game will
be called at Valley Park at 4:00 o’clock
sharp.
A Small Newspaper
We were shown the smallest news
paper published in the world so far as
<ve know. It is published at Liberal,
Kansas, and its young editor is Miss
Alice C. Nichols. She sent a copy of
her paper to Mr. J. W. Nichols, of this
city. It is a well-gotten up little pa
per of 4-pages. 3-columns in width and
about 6 inches long.
Winder’s Ball Team
Defeats Athens the 4th.
What purported to be a baseball game
but which in reality was a one-sided
running race, was played at Valley
Park in this city Monday, July 4th,
between Winder and Athens. The re
sult of the game was 26 to 6 in favor
of Winder.
THE BANK OF STATHAM.
In this issue of the News appears a
statement of the Bank of Statham,
one of the splendid financial institu
tions of the county. This statement
shows thnt the bank has been well
managed through these strenuous
times, and its officials are to be con
gratulated on the fine showing made.
FORD PLANT BUILDS
108,962 IN JUNE
Demands Exceeds Output as Ford
Breaks All Previous Records.
During the mouth of June, the Ford
Motor Company, through its Detroit
factories and 22 assembly plants thru
out the country reached the production
of 108,962 Ford cars and trucks, set
ting up anew high record for one
mouth.
Production of Ford cars and trucks
has been steadily increasing since early
spring, and shows substantial gains
over the same period last year. The
second quarter of 1921, viz: April, May,
and June, shows an output of 301,796
Ford cars and trucks against 220.878
for the same three months of last year,
or a net increase of 80,918.
Although the Ford plants have been
unning at maximum capacity they have
not been able to supply the demand
Especially is this true of enclosed cars,
for which the demand has been unus
ually heavy.
One reason cited by Ford officials for
the unprecedented demand for Ford
cars is the present tendency toward
economy. Many of those whose names
have been added to the long list of
buyers might well 'have afforded larger
and more costly cars than the Ford,
but it is the belief that the prospective
motor ear buyers are investigating all
of the costs incident to motoring much
more carefully than at any period dur
ing the past five years.
The estimated output of the Ford
factories for July calls for 545 cars
and trucks per work hour. In other
words, one Ford car or ruck leaves the
assembly line every seconds.
Statham News
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Nunn ally spent
Monday in Atlanta.
Miss Marguerite Bishop returned to
her home in Athens after spending a
few days here with her aunt, Mrs. J.
M. L. Thurmond.
Mr. Wallace Pool of Atlanta is the
guest of Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Daniel for
some time.
Mrs. Fannie Steed and children were
the week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs.
John Steed at their home in the coun
try.
Miss Myrtle Arnold of Atlanta spent
the week-end here with her sister. Miss
Ruth Arnold.
Clyde Bolton of Elberton is spending
awhile witli Murphy Hardigree.
Mrs. W. M. Fite, MBs Ruth.Fite, Mrs
Ruth Fite, Mrs. Jane Johnson returned
Tuesday from a two weeks visit with
Mrs. Leo Hunt of Westminister.
Messrs. B. 11. Grant and David Mob
ley motored to Savannah for a few
days. •
Misses Sarah Lowe and Susie Belle
Perkins are spending this week in Wat
kinsville as the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
E. H. Lowe.
Mrs. Doric Hardigree left last Thurs
day for her home in Bishop after spend
ing sometime here with her son, W. H.
Hardigree.
Mrs. C. E. Nicholson entertained as
her week-end guest Miss Willie Mae
Autry from Winder, Mr. and Mrs. Will
Autry, of Winder were her dinner
guests Sunday.
Misses Idalee and Rozelle Ross left
this week for Alabama where they will
be the guests of relatives for three
weeks.
Reuben Ward of Athens is spending
this week with his aunt, Mrs. B. H.
Grant.
Miss Mary and Mozelle Perry have
as their guests this week Misses Mamie
and Tabitha Sims of Winder.
Mr. We.vman Jones from Camp Jack
son, 8. C., is spending awhile with his
pa rents.
Kermit Booth from Camp Jackson is
the guest of his mother, Mrs. J. J. Booth
for a few days.
Miss Rosa Lee Chandler is the guest
of her grandfather, Mr. George Chan
dler in South Carolina.
Mrs. C. B. Chambers went to Hosch
ton this week to attend the Womans
Missionary Society of the Gainesville
District.
Mr. and Mrs. Lancaster had as their
guest for a few days their daughter,
Mrs. —i of Atlanta.
Mrs. Oscar Harrison entertained the
younger set last Saturday evening.
Games, music and conversation were
enjoyed, after which a delicious ice
course was served.
The people of Statham give I)r. and
Mrs. S. A. Boland a hearty welcome on
their return to the city from Greens
boro.
DEATH OF MRS.
J. E. DAVIS.
Mrs. J. E. Davis, one of the best be
loved ettizeus of the Zion neighborhood,
died last Friday at 6 o’clock at her
home in the community. She was tak
en sick Tuesday and in spite of the
best care of physieians and relatives
she died on Friday. The remains were
buried at Zion church, Revs. Bun.vion
Collin, the pastor, Frank Jackson and
Stokes Walker being present. Five of
her soirs were pallbearers.
Mrs. Davis was about 75 years of
age and had lived a consistent Christian
life. She leaves 10 children, 38 grand
children and 10 great-grand children.
A large crowd of relatives and friends
were present at the burial, which shows
the great love and esteem in which Mrs.
Davis was held by those who knew her.
The profound sympathy of a host of
friends is extended to the bereaved.
WINDER FOLKS ARE FINE
Mr. McDonald, the agent of the Sea
board railroad, says that Winder peo
ple are honest. Sunday morning,
while selling tickets, some gentleman
gave him a ten dollar bill for the pur
chase of a22 cent ticket. Mr. McDan
ald gave him in the change a twenty
dollar bill, mistaking it for SI.OO. He
was just $19.00 short. He failed to
get to church or Sunday school Sun
day morning trying to find out where
his money went to. Finally he renliz
tliat he had given the twenty dollar
bill, which was anew kind, for a one
dollar bill. He remembered that all
the people that bought tickets that
morning were Winder people so he set
out to see if any of them had his bill.
The first man he met was Mr. Wilson
Mr. Wilson did not look at the change
when Mr. McDonald gave it to him, so
he pull and out His pocket book to see. He
found the twenty tucked away with
some other bills. Everything was ev
ened up smilingly and Mr. McDonald
went on his way rejoicing and brag
ging about what nice people live in
Winder.
COAL STRIKERS LOSE OUT.
The striking coni miners of Great
Britain, who have been out of employ
ment for three months, an have brought
privation and suffering upon themselves
and families on account of non-employ
ment have given up the contest and
have gone back to work at the old
wages. Public sentiment was against
the strikers and no organization can
succeed in its efforts when public sen
timent is against it.
ENGINEER ON A. B. & A. SHOT.
Engineer W. T. Reid, of the Atlan
ta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad
was shot live times and mortally
wounded two miles from Fitzgerald,
Ga., Monday night by alleged strik
ers and strike sympathizers on picket
duty at Small’s mill. One hundred
shots are said to have been tired upon
the engine on which Reid was making
the trip to Fitzgerald.
Asa result of discouraging news
from the railroad wage board meet
ing in Chicago, together with a barbe
cue niul Fourth of July celebration
given by the present employes of the
A. B. and A. Railroad, the five liun
dre strikers, who left the railroad o 0
March tt, have stirred the town to
fever heat, according to county officers
Immediately after Engineer Reid
was shot Monday night, Sheriff E. H.
Dorminy threw a cordon of forty to
fifty deputies around the A. B. and
A. shops, appealed to Judge O. T. Gow-
er. of the Cordele circuit, at Cordele,
for troops, stating that the situation
was serious arid that by placing the
town under martial law was the situ
ation.
Governor Hardwick approved the re
quest of Judge Gower and troops were
sent to Cordele Tuesday to take the
places of the deputies.
WINDER NATIONAL BANK.
The statement of the Winder Na
tional Bank which appears in this is
sue of the News is a most creditable
one. Just recently a splendid semi
annual dividend was declared, and
the statement carried by the News
this week shows the care with with
which the officials of the bank manage
its affairs. The Winder National is
one of the strongest banks in this sec
tion of the state.
Mr. Ralph Moon spent last week
end with his parents near Hoschton.
THE STRAND THEATER PROGRAM
MONDAY, July 11.—Roy Stewart and
Western Picture.
TUESDAY, July 12.—Eddie Polo.
Also another good Picture.
WEDNESDAY, July 13th—THEATRE
CLOSED.
NEWS ITEMS FROM
OUR NEIGHBORS
Gathered From Exchan
ges in Adjoining
Counties.
Prof. M. C. Wiley, one of the newly
elected teachers in the N. G. A. Col
lege here, moves his family up here to
day from Winder and will occupy the
residence recently vacated by Prof. A.
W. Cain. We are glad to have such cit
izens permanently settle in Dahlonega.
—Dahlonega Nugget.
Gwinnett Couhty.
(News-Herald)
Mr. Paul Davis, of Winder, was in
Lawreneeville Sunday.
Mrs. Lcnnie Snelson, who has been
spending several days with Miss Ad
die Ivie, at Walnut Grove, returned to
her home at Winder Monday. She was
accompanied to Winder by Miss Ivie,
who will spend several days with her
sister, Mrs. Clack.
Miss Weaver, who spent several days
here as the guest of Mrs. H. H. Pharr,
went to Winder Tuesday to at fend a
house party before returning to her
home in Monroe.
(Journal)
Miss Ola Shedd, of Winder, was the
Friday guest of her sister, Mrs. Tandy
Shackelford.
Mr. and; Mrs. Tandy Shackelford
spent Sunday at Winder.
Miss Mary Lou Segars, of Winder,
was the week-end guest of Miss Vir
ginia Thompson.
The editors of the ninth district'
will meet at Winder on the first Fri
day in September. We notice where-
Editor George Rucker, of the Alpharet
ta Free Press, was present at the last
two meetings. He never attends the
state press convention and we hope to
meet him in Winder and set George up
o a dope.
Jarkson County.
(Herald.)
Mr. and Mrs. It. U. Wright and lit
tle' son, Carroll, have returned to their
home in Lithonia after a week's visit
to Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Escoe.
Miss Louise Rainey, the young daugh
ter of Mr. 11. N. Rainey of Atlanta, is
the guest of Mrs. J. R. Flanigan.
With his skull crushed and severely
gashed by the blows of a hatchet, awl
iiis right hand nearly cut from hi*
arm, Ben Lee, Chinese laundryman, was
found Monday morning about 7 o’clock
in his little shop at Commerce in a dy
ing condition.
Two negroes, one of whom was said
to have been identified by tin' Chinaman
as having committed the brutal deed,
were arrested shortly after the China
man was found, and were carried to
Jefferson and placed in the county jail
there to await investigation.
The negroes are Berry Jackson, who
the man who attacked him with the
hatchet, and Chief Goss.
Walton County.
(News)
Mr. and Mrs. it. U. Wright and son,
Carrol, were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
V. S. Wright Friday, en route to their
home in Lithouiu, after a visit of two
weeks to Winder, Jefferson an other
points
Mr. .Tames Maughon, a progressive
merchant of Auburn, was a visitor to
the city Saturday. He always has
something nice to say of Monroe and he
people and is always an appreciated
visitor here.
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Aiken, of
Winder, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
W. G. Landers.
Now, to be frank, aren’t you happy
because you live where the magnolias
bloom and where the cape jasmine
sheds its fragrance through the air?
We know of no country this side of
Paradise that is half so wonderful, or
that we harl rather dwell in With
flowers issuing forth their rich perfume
and a blessed atmosphere in which to
breathe, we have a people unequalled
for genuineness of character this side
the stars.
Dr. C. B. Mott, Dr. L. W. Hodges
and Mr. Jack Carithers and Mr. P. A.
Flanigun formed a party that spent
several days the first of the w r eek up
in the mountains around Lakemont.
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