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•rarnsjMY. October is. 1921. GJhr Hintor Nwitfl Winder, Ga. * And THE BARROW TIMES, of Winder. C,a.. Consoli dated March Ist, 11*21. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY j. w. McWhorter ® dltor 1 15 PARHAM Business Manager Entered at (lie Postofflo* at Winder, Georgia as Second nass Matter for Transmission Through tile Mails. OFFICIAL OlttiAN OF THE CITT <>l- WINDER OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNTY of BARROW Member Ninth Georgia District Press Association. SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN ADVANCE: ONE YEAR Hi* Mtmths - Guaranteed Circulation 1968 112 Candler Street —— Telephone No. 73 Winder, Ga. Oct. 13, 1921. Grand Jury Passes Resolutions. We commend most heartily the resolutions passed liv (he recent grandjury of Burrow county regarding the laxity of parents- in the control of their children. We want every father and mother in the county and throughout this section to read what this body says about the matter. And for fear some may miss it by not reading the presentments that appear in this is sue we are reproducing these resolutions here. Read them and net upon them. They are endorsed by Judge Blanton Fortuon, an able and upright judge, and by twenty-three of the leading citizens of our county. “Since the attention of this Grand Jury has been ralhsl to the general complaint of the laxity of par ents with young girls, as a request from the Hon. Judge Fort son, we beg to submit the following resolu tions : “] That the effects of night mobile rides and some day rides are damaging to the morals of our country. If Hie parents will draw a line and stop night rides and clay rides they would help throw a shield of protection and safe guard in the upbuilding of the morals of (lie rising generation. Then lets go a step further and add the family altar of our fathers, thus we will have a still greater shield, one that would give the courts loss work upon divoce eases and petty crimes, loss unhappy lives and more happy homes. “We counsel parents to discourage the custom of visiting public bathing places on account of tho morn! influence that cniinutes therefrom. We recommend in the strongest terms our condem nation of the slow process practiced by the courts in trying cases and meting out justice to criminals. We believe the slow methods of the courts in trying and disposing of criminal cases are largely responsible for the heedless crime wave that is sweeping over our country. “We further recommend that the courts and at torneys practicing in same be more expedient in dis patching business, thereby avoiding so much delay in handling criminals.” O Ninety divorce cases are docketed for the October 10th term of Clarke Superior court. Among other things that the Devil's War did was to divest the mar riage vow of a great deal of saneity. Here is one small Georgia county wit It ninety divorce eases on hund at oue term of court. It is disgraceful.—Alpharetta Fins' Press. People seem to he losing all regard for the true and valuable things of life. The spirit of the times is toward frivolity, fast living, midnight joy rides, dance halls, wildcat booze. It is popular to hold our obliga tions and promises as of little value. No wonder that distressing times are coming upon us. When people become reckless and lope all regard for right living .there can be nothing ahead of them but poverty and distress. O At is 1o la* hoped the Gainesville Midland Railroad will not be scrapped. It Is a valuable asset to Jack son county and bus contributed in a large way to the development of the western section of the county.— Commerce Observer. Not only is Jackson county interested in the road but Barrow county is also vitally concerned. Public urtitiment along the line of the road must bo aroused to such an extent as to cause the public to support the road with sufficient business to keep It goiug. 0 The whole state is aroused over the recent outrages on the A. B. &. A Railroad, and the press is demanding that the perpetrators of the last crime be run down and punished. Istw and order and justice and de cency are being trampled upon and made laughing matters in Georgia. Unless there is a check we will soon have a system of outlawry that will hold itself above the law. The indications are that we already have it along the line of the A. B. & A-. It is time fot thinking p**opl> to go to thinking and acting. Wal ton Tribune. O This country ueeda a full dose of old-fashioned hon esty. a higher honesty, a higlver regard for one’s word and promises, more down-right willingness to do the right thing, less prejudice, malice, spleen, trickery, greed and deception.—Commerce Observer. This paragraph expresses the needs of the coun try thoroughly anil if these needs could be realized all of us, high and low, rich and poor will be better off. WHEN I WAS BEHIND THE BARS Editor News, Winder, Ga Dear Sir: Will you not allow me space in your valued columns for u few lines? To any on** who has never had the expe rience. it will be hard to appreciate the humiliation felt by a man, to be charg ed with a serious crime, of which he is absolutely innocent, and with which In is in no way whatever connected, and thrown behind the bars, as a common criminal. turn from family ami friends. Through this trying experience the writer lias been forced to pass, having been unjustly, and without the slight est foundation for probable cause, charged with the most brutal murder thut lias ever been committed in Bar row county, or perhaps in any other county of the state, by shooting and stabbing one Jess Dostcr to death. And finally after being allowed to lin ger in prison for some days a trial was demanded by me and when the time came to Justify the steps that had been taken, the parties who were responsible lor this proceeding simply threw up their hands, admitted in open court that they had no evidence whatever to justify them in even asking the court to hind over, and requested that the warrant dismissed. But through these dark clouds I am proud to say the suu never ceased to shine. In a community in which I lmv.c been reared and resided all my life, my fellow citizens knew that I was incapable of committing the crime that had -been so unjustly charged to me. and in many ways have given evidences of this belief, of their true friendship, for which I desire to thank most pro foundly, one and all. And especially am I profoundly grate ful to those* who had occasion to visit me and administer to my comforts while thus confined in prison, among whom were the following: I>r. and sn pooS os 0.i0.w oq.vv ‘ssoji j, 'S S UY to send me a pitcher of refreshing lem onade; Mrs. A. I>. McCurry, my Sun day school teacher, Rev. Wilkie Collins, pastor of the Methodist church, in cluding by brothers and brothers-in law, and Mrs. I>. I>. Kesler, who fur nished me wit li such tempting refresh ments, and many others too numerous to mention. I can never forget the kind ness and courtesy and consideration shown me by Sheriff' 11. <Camp and his most excellent wife. Gratefully yours, 11 pd J. KESLER. Cost of Power Farming Now At A New Level. The widespread desire of farmers to be able to buy their supplies at prices comparable with the low tigur**s ',e eelved for their products, can now be gratified in the power farming field. The International Harvester Compa ny of America has just made a second cut in its tractor prices, bringing down the International 8-16 and Titan 10-20 $250, and the International 15-30 $550. since Marc)< Ist. These an* the lowest prices ever quoted on the 8-16 and ln-30 and also the Titan 10-20, considering tlie equipment now included in the price, whirl; was formerly soltl or charged for as extras. At these low prices and with tlie prices for gasoline, kerosene and lub ricating oil reduced to practically the same level us existed before the war, tractor power is made much more eco nomical than animal power, even at the present low prices for hay aud feed. Especially is thLs true when rel ative efficiency of the two kinds of pow er are considered. The present trac tors. while filing at lower prices, are considerably improved ovvr models of a few years ago, while horses have had no corresponding improvement. Asa matter of fact, it is said by w**U posted horsemen that good horses are extreme ly sea rot' and higli priced, aud growing scarcer each year because the demand for horses in cities has declined so greatly. Most of those on the market are of inferior quality. The exceptionally hot weather this summer has b***n very hard ou ani mals, and thousands of farmers are facing a job of fall plowing iu dry, baked soil, in which good work with horses is practically impossible except at a treinendoun cost for depreciation. That horses are out of place in this work during the 'hot weather was clearly shown at the recent Fargo, No. Dak. tractor demonstration, where five horses died from the heat in plowing a ten-acre field. These radical reductions in power farming equipment and supplies come at a very opportune time; with excep tionally severe conditions to face, they offer an opportunity to farmers to sub stitute the more efficient and econom ical tractor for the horse at a time w*hen lower production costs are badly ueeded. THE WINDER NEWS PRESENTMENTS OF THE GRAND JURY. To tin* Hon. Blanton Fort son. Judge Superior Court. Barrow county. Ga. We, tin* Grand Jury, sworn for the September term, 1!>21, of the Barrow Su perior Court, b-g to submit the follow ing report: Through the committee appointed by the grand jury to investigate the books of the Ordinary, report that we find the books neatly ami accurately kept and the ( trdinary’s report will show what we cannot show here. We report in re gard to signs for the roads the Ordina ry said that he did not know they were here. As to itemized statements all are itemized that has b*en returned or where warrants have been paid off. For full and itemized statement of convict camp see shee A of committee report (Attached hereto) We, tlie committee appointed, have examined the books and reconls in the clerk's office and we find his hooks and all words correctly and neatly kept. We wish to commend him for his effi cient service and also for his wisdom in using hooks that make the entire system in libs office simple and at the same time thorough and complete. We also have examined the books of tiie treasurer and find after careful examination that tue same are neatly and correctly k-*pt and in a business like manner. We attach his report hereto and make the same a part of this presentments. Through a committee appointed, we have examined the jail and find it in good condition end well kepi. We recommend that the services of Hie county farm demonstrator be con tinued. We, the committee appointed to ex amine the books of the tax receiver and tax collector, have made an investiga tion and iind the books of both officers neatly and correctly kept. We heartily commend Mr. J. J.'Shedd, tax recievcr for tin* improvement he has made in the system of cheeking his books wini**hy lie eliminates parties who have moved Iron; the county and also to get new tax payrs on his list. We also commend Mr. M. H. Lowe, tax collector, for improving the system of collecting by instituting a good checking system. vYi* liiui in several instances that some taxable property has not been placed at a correct value and recom mend that our tax equalizers la* more careful and diligent in assessing prop erty. We examined the Special Tax hook of Mr. M. It. Lowe and find it correctly kept and attach hereto as a part of this report a copy of his report for the third quarter. We request that the tax collector make a diligent search for any uncol lected hack tuxes that may or may not appear on the digest and if any such taxes be found, we recommend that he immediately take action to collect the same. We find that the different business interest of the county failed to comply with the law on Speeiul taxes, in regard to registering their business with the ordinary of the county and paying the special taxes at the time required of business. We wish to call a word of warning to tho merchants of the county in re gard to keeping and giving away ci garette papers without paying the special tax thereon. Respectfully submitted, J. K. Hammond S. P. Smith J. N. Summcrour. Committee. We the committee appointed by the grand jury to investigate uud report to the body on roads and bridges beg permission to say: We find that most of the roads in good couditieu and the bridges that need repair are being im proved as speedily as possible owing to the scarcity of available funds. We wish to highly commend the Or dinary for the amount of work done this year along this line. We extend onr thanks to our fore man, Mr. W. J. Ethridge, who so faith fully discharge*! has duties in presiding over this body. We extend our thanks also to the special committee appoint ed on the several investigations. We extend our thanks tt our bailiff. Mr. J. W. Lackey. Jr., who has also been faith ful in the discharge of his duties. We extend our thanks to our clerk and re commend that he and the foreman he paid SI.OO each per day extra for their services. s We recommend that the Ordinary en force the collection of road taxes over the county. We also rcommend that the Ordinary have road, signs put up as quickly as possible. We recommend that the. present fee of $ll.OO that is being paid jurors and bailiys be reduc ed to $2.00 per day. We recommend that these present ments be published in Winder News and that the same be paid the sum of 15.00 for this work. Since the attention of this grand jury has been called to the general complaint of the laxity of parents wtth young girls. Asa request from the Hon. Judge Fortson, we beg to submit the following resolutions. 1. That the effi-cts of night mobile rides and some day rides are damaging the morals. If the parents will draw line and stop night rides and many day rides they would heljl throw a shield of protection and safe-guard in e upbuilding of the morals of the ris g generation. Then lets go a step further and add the family altar of our. thers, thus we will have a still great er shield, and that would give tile courts ss work upon divorce cases and petty imes. less unhappy lives and more appy homes. 2nd. We counsel parents to discour courage the custom of visiting public bathing places on account of the mor al influence thut emulates therefrom. We recommend, in strongest terms, our condemnation the slow process prac ticed by the courts in trying cases and meeting out justice to criminals. We believe the slow methods of the courts in trying and disposing of criminal eases are largely responsible for the heedless crime wave that is sweeping over our country. We further recommend that the courts and attorneys practicing in same, be more expedient in dispatching business., thereby avoiding so much de lay in handling criminals. We wish to thank his honor, Judge Blanton Fortson, for his courtesy and also for the able charge given this body. We wish also to extend our thanks to our Solicitor General, Hon. W. O. Dean, for the able assistance rendered this body. This oth day of Oct, 1021. W. J. Ethridge, Foreman, W. E. Au try, C. S. Barron, J. A. Boss, W. H. El rod. J. S. Green, C. G. Hayes, S. H. Harrison, J E. Hammond. E. V. Hardi gree. W. T. Kilcrease, G. L. McDonald, J. (’. Payne, 11. Y. Perkins. 8. P. Smith. J. N. Summcrour, O. M. Thompson, \Y . 11. Thomas, R. J. Wheeler, J. C. Wil liamson, P. (’. Hutchins, clerk. Barrow Superior Court, September Term, 1921. Ordered by the Court that these gen eral presentments he entered upon the minutes of this Court and published as recommended. October 6, 1021. Blanton Fortson, Judge S. C. W. C. W. O. Dean, Sol, Gen. Sheet A. Liist of Equipment and Supplies at the Con\ let Camp of Barrow County. 22 mules (n $225.0(1 $5,175.00 9 two-horse wagons Ca SSO 400.00 6 sets army double harness $lO 60.00 6 sets Skelton double huruess 42.00 1 one-horse wagon 40.00 8 two-horse wheel scrapes 400.00 6 new drag scrapes 75.00 4 grader plows 50.00 56 suits convict clothing 140.00 / 24 rain coats 26.00 8 pairs rubber boots 28.00 26 pairs men's shot's (new) 172.00 4 pairs brogan shoes 8.00 56 suits underwear 56.00 1 carterpillar tractor 2500.00 1 Packard truck 2500.00 1 Nash guard truck 1500.00 1 Little Nash truck 100.00 1 Dearborn truck 1500.00 1 Ford drawing ear 250.00 2 prison cars on wheels 1500.00 1 range stove and utensils 150.00 4 dozen picks 60.00 2 doze nshovels 54.00 2 dozen mattucks 45.00 20 convict bunks 150.00 120 blankets 120.00 20 blankets for guards 20.00 5 cots for guards 2500 1 cook ear on wheels 125.00 6 hogs 100.00 8 road scrapes 2200.00 100 bales hay, 5 sacks oats, 4 sacks of , mixed feed, 1 sack shorts, 5 fat hogs, 2 nice shoats, 3 bbl flour, 5 bushels of meal, 1 barrel syrup. Quarterly Report of Special Taxes as Collected bv M. H, Lowe, Tax Collector, Barrow County, for quarter ending on September 30, 1921. RECAPITULATION Barber shop $ 7.50 Bottlf*rs 25.00 Cigarettes 25.00 Corporations 175.00 Contractors 100.00 Garage ' “-00 Insurance 40.00 Midway 25.00 Monuments 10.00 Pistols 35.00 Real estate agents 10.00 Soda Fount 5-W) Warehouse, cotton 30.00 $517.50 Amount paid W. J. Speer, State Treasurer $465.75 Winder. Oa.. Sept 26. 1921. To tho Honorable Grand Jury, Septem ber term, Barrow county. Superior Court: Below I hand you statement of re ceipts and dlzbursmeats of county funds, for the current year, Jan. Ist, 1921. RECEIPTS Bal on hand from old treas $1383.95 Pm Ordinary, sales and col. 4844.97 From Clerk Court, fines and for. 738.39 From tax col. taxes 30.100.00 Pm Ordinary, bills payable, net 27726.62 $64993.93 Subscription Price: $1.50 Per Year. DISBURSEMENTS To Sup. Court Jurors 86228 To Sup Ct. Sol. extra serv. 403.00 To paupers 139.00 To roads and bridges 457,3.50 To buildings and public prop (Court house) 15440.73 To chaingang, salaries 2399.04 To chaingang maintenance, sup. 4842.06 Jail fees ami prisoners 1629.00 Cos. officers com, etc 517.24 Int. notes and acets 1702.29 Coroners fees 18.50 Genu, expenses not charged to other items 2668.48 Bills payable 30.572.11 Net balance an hand September Ist, in North Ga. Trust & Banking Cos., as shown by statement 2.15 Respect fully submitted, J. W. NOWELL,* Treas. Barrow county. CHRISTIAN' CHURCH. The school of the church meets at 10:15 A. M. There are classes for all ages. Every member of the family should come The preaching service and Lord's Supper at 11:20 A. M. Evening sermon at 7 :30. This will be followed by a series of pictures frqm the life of Christ. Friday night is community night. The picture will lie The Groceryufan’s Clerk." This is a comedy aud ought to make you laugh. During the present week a number of neighborhood meetings have been held by the members of this church in preparation for the coming evangelistic meetings to be held during the month of November. Others will be an nounced later. Minister, Stanley 11. Grubb. Have you tried J. 11. Wheelers coun try style sausage? My! they are fme.4t COMMUNITY NIGHT .School Auditorium, Friday 7:45 I*. M. The Community Nights have prosen very interesting and profitable so but the best is yet to come. Friday night Miss Mildred L. Ruther ford, of liucy Cobb College, is to Vc with us. Everybody knows Miss Millie and always are delighted to hear her. Preceding her address will be a pro gram of songs, choruses, pictures, read ings, etc. A delightful evening is promised to all who attend. Come. No charges for this program. The Dort Automobile Exhibit At The Fair. One of the mast interesting exhibits at the recent North Georgia Fair held in Winder was that made by the mak ers and dealers of the popular Dort cars. A chassis was shown presented elealy the operations of the mechan ism of the car in detail. This is the first time such an extiibit of this car lias been made in any city the size of Winder. Mr. W. T. Shackelford, of the factory, was present and assisted the dealers of this city in making the dis play. All through the days mauy peo ple gathered around the exhibit at tracted by the smoothness of its run ning gear and the ease with it was operate*!. Many were delighted with the exhibit and expressed them selves as desiring to purchase this car us soon as they were in the market for a car. The Auto Sales, Cos. of this city are the local dealers for the Dort and they have received hundreds of inqui ies since the exhibit wus put on in this city about the car. This exhibit made quite a hit with the public and it will do much towards bringing before the people the splendid value and worth of the Dort automobile. If you are in the marked for a car do not fail to see the Auto Sales Company before buying and investigate thoroughly the merits of the Dort. Automobile Collision. Mrs. Robert Camp came near having a serious accident last week when her car in which she was riding collided with a car driven by Stve Murrow. , Both cars were badly damaged but* for tunately no one was hurt. The acci dent occurred on Broad street at the corner of Athens street. SHERIFF'S SALE. GEORGIA—Barrow county; Will be sold on Saturday, October 22, 1921, before the court house door of Burrow county, within the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder for cash, the following projM*rty, to-wit: One Studebuker 6 Touring Automo bile, No. 8F2058, Georgia License No 105853, soiz*si in the jsissesshm of Tom Corn and Claud Hughes, while trans porting whiskey on the public roads In Burrow county, uud the said automobile is sold by virtue of n Judgment of fcon demnatiou as is provided by law ren dered by the Honorable Blanton Fort son, Judge of Superior Court of Bar row county, at the September term, 1921, of Barrow Superior Court. This the 12th day of October, 1921. H. O. AMP, Sheriff, 2t Barrow County.