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The Strand Theater Program THURSDAY and FRIDAY.—“Why I Would Not Marry.” Somethiug Differ ent. All Star Cast. SATURDAY.—Western Feature. Se rial and comedy. VOL. XXVIII. BARROW CO. CHAMBER COMMERCE ORGANIZED Fine Meeting of Farm ers and Business Men of Barrow County. Thirty-five Members Enrolled At This Meeting and a Big Number Have Joined Since. J. W. SAUNDERS FIRST MEM BER CHAMBER COMMERCE. Mr. J. W. Saunders, proprie tor of Winder’s Pure Milk Dairy, was the first to become a member of the Barrow County Chamber of Commerce. He was enrolled last Thursday and paid the full membership fee in advance. Mrs. F. W. Bondurant was the first female member enrolled. A line meeting of the farmers of Har row county ami the business men of Winder met in the court house last Friday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock for the purpose of extending the organiza tion of the chamber of commerce re cently organized in this county’. The meeting was called to order by Dr. (’. B. Mott, president of the organ ization. Mr. J. Stiekney, the sec retary of the body was present. Talks as to the purpose of the organization and its possibilities to this county were made by Messrs. A. A. Camp, C. O. Maddox, D. F. Thompson, W. If. Quar teriuan, A. N. Porter, J. W. McWhort er and others. The Chamber of Com merce received 35 new members that afternoon and since that time many others have joined. In all, about 75 are now members of the organization. The dues were fixed at $12.00 per year for tiio.se living in Winder and $6.00 per year for all living outside of the city. These dues are payable quarterly in advance. We ought to have four or five hundred members of this organi zation 1% the city and county. It is one of the purposes of the Cham ber of Commerce to arrange a marke" for all the products of the county. Ev ery farmer .should be an active support er'of the bodv for it will mean an es tablishing of markets here for other things besides cotton. We are being told that we must diversify our farm ing operations and this cannot be done unless markets are provided for other things thin we may desire to grow. A sharp lookout will be kept for on terprises that may be brought to Bar row coupty. Winder and Barrow coun ty are now getting down to business sHid if our people will just pull togeth er in the proper spirit the clouds will roll away. Winder Market & Pro duce Company Open. R. D. Moore, the veteran meat cutter of Winder, aud who knows how to han dle a butcher knife better than the man who made it, is back in the mar ket business in Winder. He and Mr. T D Ridgeway are together ready to cater to the wants of the people of this section it matters not bow fastidious that taste may be. They are right across the street from the Winder News office, and we fear the News ed itor will lose a lot of time watching Bob Moore cut meat, he does it so dex terously. He means to give the folks tip top service, and he knows how to do this. SIMULTANEOUS MEETINGS Gradually preparations are beUR made bv the various churches of the riij for the /Soul-wilnnlng campaign the last of April and the first of May. Hev J. B. Brookshire and the mem bership of the Second Baptist church, have secured the services of Hev E. < Cowan, the Baptist Mill Evangelist to do the preaching in their meeting and Hev. I. A. Crunkleton to lead the sing- U ' Evangelist Cowan is peculiarly fitt ed for his work. He is a lug bodied and red-headed Irishman, loves the Lord, has a passion for souls and 1* tireless in his work. He. and liis sing er with the pastor, makes an extraor dinarily strong trio of workers in a “Smother churches are shaping up their plans and arranging for the con duct of their meetings, and the entire city is falling enthusiastically into the nlaiis. In the time between now and . April 30th, make your plans to attend your church at every service. A joint meeting additional will 1 held each day at the court house. Cliff Haynie Son Of Winder Citizen. Cliff Haynie, the man who shot Pep pers and Htill near Towrenceville last week is the son of Mr. G. C. Haynie, a well known citizen of Winder. Cliff Havnie has given bond to the amount *IOOOO The shooting of Mr mill was accidental. Mr. Haynie thinking t’ -t he was a brother of Peppers the ouer man who was shot. She lUinthT Metes. AND THE BARROW TIMES Winder, Barrow County, Georgia, Thursday, March 2, 1922 C. M. THOMPSON AT IT AGAIN--STROLIN’ TAKES THE FIDDLERS’ TRAIL THIS TIME, AND ON AND ON AND ON. We have sat about uutil we almost have the gout and 1 guess we had best take another stroll. Suppose we take it Indian tile and follow the “Fiddlers Trail!” This trail is one and the same as Okoloeo from the fork of the Law reneeville and Thompson Mill roads baek through Winder down the Hog Mountain road, how far. 1 know not. The Okoloeo trail follows the lines be tween the counties of Jackson and Gwinnett to the Hall county line. Thence on, I know not where. The Fiddlers Trail launches out to wards UawreiiceviUe, but leaves this road at wliat once we knew as Sykes shop, on through Fence, Sugar Hill district, across the southern railroad on to the Chattahoochee river and crosses it at or near Strickland Ferry, now bridged. Thence on we know not where. 1 have told you Wylie Wright lived at (he place where these two trails separated. That was a mistake. Wy anoved in nearer to old Concord church, niived in nearer to old Concord church. James Causby lived just back of where Marion Maynard built. The next home on this Fiddlers Trail some 50 years since is the Cal Stanley home on the right; next is Cedar Hill church, which was organized in 1851. A few of its charter members are Jesse Os born. G. H. Stewart. Thomas H. Hnr vil, Milton Osborn, J. M. Garrett, Eliz abeth Ridgeway, Nancy Simpson, Nan cy Wheeler, Mary Manders and Saiah Stewart. The present house was built in 1002. I find Harwell Jackson preached here a year or two. A. J. Kelly ti or i years. H. X. Rainey and W. S. Mc- Carty also served this church. But we must stroll on. Thomas H. Harvil's home is off to our light. Then the widow Sells moth er. Jones Sell, lived to our right. On the right and just near the Summerour home was the old Oliver Causby home. The next house was George H. Stew nrt’s; he was the father of Jesse Stew- art. , ~ , . To our left, a half mile, is the old \imK f ead home. This old gentleman was killed by the Seaboard railroad several years ago. Now, my friend, we Pave reached the highest point of Fid dlers Trail; it is down hill to a small stream in Oconee county and down stream to Ivory creek in Sugar Hill district. , , ~ Neighbor, we have traveled a ridge and must continue so for a long dis tance. Off to our left are the head waters of Marhury creek and to our right is Cedar Creek head waters. Our next home, since 50 years, is that of Peter Kilgore, grandfather of our clev er banker* Guy H. Kilgore. Now, on this road and near Dillard’s cross roads now Curl, there lived Joshua Hutchins, Goodwin Miller, Christopher Sweat. Now, we are passing the city of Au burn ami a quarter of a mile from lie depot there once* lived a family b> u name of Lothrage. Next we find Wm. A Hamilton to our left. We must not pass without noticing Appalachee church. This is an old church, hut no record hack of 1877. This church is the birth place of Perry-Ramey, now Southeastern Christian College of -U We must travel on. At the cross roads once lived Etsel Osburn. He was a union man and the true southern blood made it so hot for him that ht left and went over into Missoni i. Next we flnd John King, then Griff Roberts. Now we are approaching the H<* Moun tain house of so much note. The dis tance is so great that I will base neglect some noted-places ns we tiav el on. The Hog Mountain church near this trail was organized iu 1854. and Isabel Hadaway, " ilhs and Julia Mm Head, John and Frances Morgan, john, Thomas and Lucy Ann I ‘Gmau were charter members. Amos Hada way served this church eleven years on/i received 113 member*?. 8 We now note some old residences an we stroll on. The first, many years ago, was Abel Wuldrup; to our left next William Bruell. Here was the first Cains postoffice. Our next is James Cains and unde of our friend, John 8001. Next is Moses Willhanks. Then we come to Ivy creek and on it the Hamilton mill. We have traveled quite a distance and found no water streams. Once a traveler on the trail stopped between Jug Tavern and Dillards cross roads at a Mr. Pierce’s, the great grandfather of Mr. Bud Pierce. He asked for water. Sarah, the wife, said, “Too far tote,” aud closed the door. Next we reach a fellow by the name of Swafford, the Burton Cloud place, and soon we approach the old Sugar Hill court ground. It is yet several miles to Strickland ford. (Ferry and bridge.) This section over which we have passed being ridgeway some 60 or 70 years ago was covered with wild grasses and a black jack growth, with occasionally a pine growing up in its majesty. The black-jack grew in patch es and furbished hiding places for fox, turkey and deer. You could see them WINDER NATIONAL OFFERS PRIZES A prize Essay contest has been plann ed by the National Bank for all the school children under the age of eigh teen. The subject of the essay will be “George Washington,” which should interest all thoroughly American citi zens, The prizes to be awarded are as follows: First prize $10.00; Sec ond prize $5.00; Third prize $3.00. The inspiration for this contest was furnished our community by the pic ture on a calendar presented to ev ery class room in the public schools by (he. Winder National. This picture is a reproduction of a famous painting by E. Percy Moran, famed as a painter of colonial subjects. It is entitled “Washington Among the Workers.” “We thought a study of George Wash ington would be very beneficial to our community at this time,” said Win der National. “We want the rising gen erations to get an understanding of the great American principles for which he stood. Many of his countrymen were eager to make him king. But Wash ington firmly held to his established plans. Great as in war, lie was also distinguished as a promoter of peace and prosperity. The prize essay contest is to run until April Ist. Three of our well known townsmen will act as judges and award prizes. The three winning essays will be published in this news paper. TWO MEN ARE SHOT IN GWINNETT CO. Albert Peppers and William Still were shot, the latter fatally, by Cliff Hrtiiey at the latter’s home near Law reneeville last Friday afternoon. Mr. Peppers was shot through the head and Mr. Still received wounds in the stom ach and side from which he died Mon day. Haney shot both men, according to the report, when Peppers approached bis home and endeavored to start afresh a fight they had earlier In the afternoon. Still is said to have stated that he knew' nothing of the difficulty between Haney and Peppers when he accompanied the latter to Haney’s home. Haney is out on bond. Union Meeting At Bethabara Church In Oconee County. The First District churches of the Appalachee Baptist association will hold n union meeting at Bethabara church in Oconee county March 4 and sth. A splendid program has been ar ranged for the two-day session, fea tured by addresses and sermons by some of the leading pastors and laymen of the denominations in this slate: Saturday, March 4. 10 a. m. Devotional, Itev. J. W. Burson. 10:30. How to Finance a Church. — J. J. Nuunally. 11:00. Sermon by Rev. John 11. Webb, Lunch. 1:30. p. m. The W. M. S.—Mrs. B. H. Jenkins. 2:00. Our Associatipnal Program. —J. F. Haygood. 2 :30. Our Sunday school convention —J. E. Prather. Sunday, March 5. 10:00 (a. m. ,Bible sdiicxAl Local Superintendent iu charge. 11:00. Sermon by Rev. C. W. Ser derson. Lunch. 1 ;30 p. m. How to Run an A-l Bi ble school. —S. F. Mauglion. 2:00. How to Conduct a Teacher Training Class. —A. B. Mobley. 2 :30. Our B. Y. P. U. Convention— Webster Calloway hound or flee from one patch to anoth er for a half mile or more over the ridges. Say, neighbor, back yonder east of the Hog Mountain house several miles we are on the height from which wa ters flow in many directions. Some run in the Appalachee and others flow into the Mulberry and meet again when the Appalachee empties into the Oco nee south of Athens. This trail over which we have trav eled in part was the great highway for hog and turkey drivers from north Georgia and Tennessee to Savannah and other trading points. We will follow the Fiddlers Trail east and south in our next. In the vicinity of Hill’s shop there is a corner of a survey made many years ago of Indian land a line straight to Curahee mountains on a ridge route dividing the waters of Appalachee, Oco nee and Chattahoochee rivers. Sugar Hill district was named from the following Incident: For some time they met and held court at this place. One day a fellow had a sack of sugar at the court, when a row started up, and much fist and cuff fighting was done. In the fight the sugar was spilled and scattered over the ground. From this Incident it was called Sugar Hill. GETTING MANY NEW SUBS i Many new subscribers are com ing in to the Winder News these days. We are receiving from 3 to 7 every day, which shows the popularity of the paper. We ap preciate the high esteem in which tlie paiH*r is held by its readers, and shall do our best to make The News a welcomed visitor in every home. Tell your friends about the paper and ask them to subscribe. MR. PR SMITH DEAD AFTERLINGERING ILLNESS OF 8 WEEKS Was Prominent Farmer 'of Bartow County and I>arge Land Owner. Mr. P. It. (Lent ! Smith, one of the most prominent citizens of Barrow county, died at his home a few miles below Winder last Friday morning after a lingering illness of several weeks. He became quite ill about two months ago and bis lifeNvas almost de spaired of at that time but later he became better and hop s were enter tained of his being able to get up again. However he again began to decline and and the end came early last Frida” morning. The funeral was conducted from tin* home Saturday morning by bis pastor, Rev. W. B. McDonald, and Rev. Jim. 11. Wood, a life-long friend and for mer pastor. The burial occurred in the family cemetery near the home. A large concourse of friends and rela tives was present and the beautiful floral offerings attested the high es teem in which the deceased was held. The masonic lodge, of this city, of which he was a member, had charge of the funeral obsequies. At the close of the services at the grave four mem hers of the Ku Klux Klan appeared In paraphernalia and ploced a beautiful wreath of flowes upon nis grave. Mr. Smith was one of the largest farmers and land owners in the comi ty. and carrie t a large amount of life insurance. He was fifty-si < years of age at the time of his death. His death lias cast a gloom over the entire county. . Besides his wife, he leaves five enil dren, Mrs. Cowan, of Covington, ail Brunelle, Julia, Charles and I\ It.. Jr., of this county. Three brothers and one sister also survive him: Messrs John, Perry and Josh Smith and Mrs. Sudie C {Withers of Covington. Mr. Smith was born and reared in this section and made splendid success of life. To all tna relatives th sym pathy of a host of friends is extended. Methodist Enlistment Day. Sunday, March 4. 10:15 A. M. Spring Enlistment day in the Bible school.A return of all the old veterans and the bringing in of new recruits will help uh pass the 500 attendance goal set for this service. 11 :30 A. M. First Communion Ser vice in the new church preceded by a twenty-minute sermon by the pastor on “A Cali to the Colors of the Con quering Christ.’’ 7:45 P. M. Popular Sunday night service. The pastor will preach on the history of Romanism and the Future of Protestantism. Subject “Was Pe ter the first Pope.” This will be a day of real inspiration and delight from the time the orches tra opens the Sunday school with the spring song till the benediction at the close of the night service. Good fel lowship and always something worth while at the “church with the hearty welcome." _ . L Wilkie Collins, Pastor. Services at The Presbyterian Church Sunday from 10 to 10:30 A. M. Jun ior choir song service. Sunday school from 10:30 to 11:30 A. M„ F. C. Graddick, Supt. Sunday from 4 to 5 P. M. song ser vice led by S. C. Potts, Mrs. J. W. Grif fefh and Mrs. P. N. Autry. If you en joy songs and music come to this ser vice and join with us. Prayer meetings every Wednesday evening beginning promptly at 8 P. M. conducted by elders, deacons or lay members. Preaching every second Thursday evening at 8 P. M. by the pastor. Rev. Sam. C. Cartledge. You are most cordially Invited to attend all of these services aud join with us in the service of the Master. Come. G- The Economy Store Be sure to read the ad of the Econ omy store in this issue. They are giv ing great bargains to the public. CHRISTIAN CHURCH SUN NIGHT. Rev. J. M. Rasnnke, pastor of the Rockwell Universalis! church will preach at the Christian church Sun day night at 7:30. Members and friends of b th church es are cordially invited. BARROW'S 1922 TAX RATE TO BE REDUCED The tax assessrs and ordinaries of several counties in this section of the state met in Athens Tuesday of this week to confer about the tax rates for ttie year lit! 122. State tax supervisor Fullbright met with them. Those who attended from Barrow were J. W. Shields, E. A. House, J. J. Shedd and Ordinary C. W. Parker. It was recom mended that the tax rate for many of the counties in this section, and among them Barrow, be lowered to $15.00 per thousand. This rate is $2.50 per thou sand less than it was in 1021. Every step taken towards the lowering of taxation in this country now is a very welcome proposition. LAYING OF PHONE CARLES HELD UP The North Georgia Telephone Com pany has been held up in the laying its new telephone cables underground, some of tile citizens feeling that dig ging the ditches would injure the shade trees. The matter is now In the courts and it is not known what the outcome will be. We hope the matter will be adjusted speedily so Unit the improved service that is promised the public by the telephone company can be put in operation. THE LADIES REST ROOM FURNISHED The Young Matrons Federated Club instead of observing their anniversary by giving a banquet, which has always been their custom, is celebrating the occasion this year by opening a club and rest room which they hope will be a great benefit to the entire communi ty. Through the kindness of the ordinary Mr. Parker, they have secured the use of a room in the new court house which is admirably suited to their purpose. This room has an adjoining bath room, ulso u lovely dressing room. Furnish ings have already been bought, and ev erything needed will be done to make i tills a comfortable and inviting place in which to rest. The date of the opening of this aoom will be announced later through the columns of the News. —Reporter. Northeast Ga. High School Will Hold A Basket Ball Meet. Eight of the leading basketball teams in the northeastern section of Geor gia have entered and will compete for the championship in the northeast Georgia high school basket ball tourna ment to tic held in Athens March 3 and 4 th. The teams that have entered the tour- nament are as follows: Winder High school, Hartwell High school, Madison high school, Commerce High school, Winterville High school, Lavonia High school, Watkinsville High school and Greensboro High school. Winder will play against Lavonia on the first series. If Winder wins over Lavonia she will then contest with the other winners. Two trophies will lie awarded in the tournament, which is attracting inter est throughout this section. one silver cup to the best individual playt i of the tournament, will tie given by the Athens Daily News, The other, a silver mounted plaque, will be given the winning team by the Athens Y. M. ... a . 1 XX _ ▲ V ■.. r/itli 41 I 1 C. A. This will be the first basketball tournament ever held In Athens. W. C. T. U. Campaign On In Barrow County On tomorrow —Fridav- —there will be a simultaneous campaign in Barrow county ror the purpose of impressing upon our people the great value of the prohibition cause. Speaking will he he held in every school house in the county. All speaking will be held at 2:30 o’clock in the afternoon. Here are the speakers and the places. Go out and hear the one nearest you: Ctujiidlers—John Kilgore. Chandlers—John Kilgore. Auburn— W. H. Qua Herman. Tyro— Mrs. Paul Roberts. Central —Mrs. W. N. Bailey. Cedar Creek—Mrs. Guy Kilgore. Statlmm —Rev. W. H, Faust. May ties— Dr. G. W. DeLaPerriere. Mt. Bethel—J. J. Shedd. Carter Hill—Claud Mayne. -Bethlehem—Mrs. W. B. McCants. Bethcl—Clyde Eskridge. Johnsons —Rev. L. AV. Collins. Liberty—T. Elton Drake. Argonne—Rev. J. B. Brookshire. Paradise —Paul Brooksher. Rockwell—Rev. T. C. Buchanan. Parish —John Maynard. Cedar Hill —Julian Ross. County Line —J. C. Pratt. Victron —Mrs. W. C. Horton. Thompson’s—G. N. Bagwell. Oak Grove —Mrs. H. I/. Callahan. Doves Creek—M. J. Griffeth. MRS. W. C. HORTON, County President W. C. T. U. J. L. Saul’s Store J. L. Saul has two attractive ads in this issue that are worth reading. See the great bargains. The Strand Theater Program MONDAY and TUESDAY.—EtheI Ulay ton in “CROOKS STREET.” Avery fine picture featuring Miss Clayton. Theater Closed Wednesday. ADVERTISING IN WINDER NEWS PAYS “I want oni' of those “Foot-Fitter*’ shoes 1 set 1 advertised in the Winder News,” said a man the other day as he walked into the store of J. T. Strange Company. "I live in Sparta, Gn., and take the Winder News, ami saw your advertisement in it. 1 coining np this way and decided that I wanted a pair of those shoes. We read the Winder News at our house, and think it a fine paper. It certain ly gives tli(> news of this section." Mr. Grover Moseley hustled around and wrapped up a pair of those celebrated “Foot-Fitter” shoes and the visitor went on his way rejoicing. AN INCIDENT OF THE CIVIL WAR Dear Readers: This is a subject I hesitate to tackle. There are so many conflicting stories. Nevertheless, I shall endeavor to take a course as near the reasonable and mean distance as possible, not permit ting myself to go to either extreme. That which I now write may some day be recorded history. In Sherman's march through Geor gia there were numbers of meting par ties scattered so they had to limit their way back to the army or beat it north into Tennessee, a safe section. A Yan kee colonel by the name of Sionemnn, while meandering in Georgia found they had run upon a town, Athens. They wheeled about and some went to wards Jefferson and some up the Hog Mountain road. Some came up the old Milledgeville road, all going north. We find that a goodly number fed ta.'ir horses a ti e Jefferson and Mon roe road at the Hinton Ford across piiker cn>k This ford is between C. M. Thompson's and W. 11. Elrod s farms. When they hud fed and mount ed they met nei r Johnson’s selio- l house n man in a buggy, and in a quar rel the soldiers shot the man, took his horse and went on crossing the river at Hancock’s bn Ige. I)r. I. J. M. Goss took the wounded man to n log cabin where L. A. Whitehead now lives, dressed his wounds and set him on his journey. This bunch of soldiers went around into the DeLaPert-iere settlement, then must have crossed the river and met ivith those coming tip the Hog Mountain mid. Nigh! came on them at or near (Nazareth church) King Tanyurd. They were tired and sleepy and soon fell upon the ground to rest. Mr. King be ing at home <;n a furlough and seeing the approach of the Yankees, ran and hid where lie could watch their maneu vers. As soon as possible he mnoo haste to locate some 75 southern sol diers and led them through the picket lines, took the enemy by surprise, caus ing them to flee and leave everything behind. Several were killed and two or three were burbil between County Line school house and the road. One was buried here in Winder near the school building. A good woman who lived near Han cock bridge said there were five or six thousands but her husband who hid out on the river told Iter there were not over a hundred. The mother of P. A. Flanigan and Hiram Flanigan told me that C. C. Casper had left a little mule and that she ltid him iu the smoke house until all was quiet. Stanton and Causby ran their stock to the swamps and M. F. Hinton sent l,ee and Arse to the old fields to hide their horses. For weeks and months after this fight and flight, farmer lmys would often find a gun or saddle or blanket in the woods thereabouts. This is some Barrow records of the war of 1861. Several years ago our neighbor, R. L. Carithers, was tip north buying dry goods, and in conversation with a man whom Mr. Carithers met, the man found out that Mr. Carithers was front Jug Tavern. The man said: “I have been through that place and it was a trying time. I was worn out riding and we stopped to rest at King’s Tanyard and in the night we were routed by some southern soldiers!” Their conversa tion was pleasant and interesting, a northern soldier ami the son of a south ern gentleman. C. M. Thompson. FIVE GWINNETT BANKS RE-OPENED The Daeula Banking Company, which closed its doors last November on ac count of the tiuancuil depression, opin ed up again last Thursday morning with C. R. Ware, president; and the following !*oard of directors: W. E. Hogan, J. F. Hamilton, R. M. Stanley, and Dr. B. V. Wilson. J. G. Horn! was elected cashier and J. V. Hood assist ant cashier. There were five hanks in Gwinnett county which had financial troubles h* the last two years, but all of them are now in operation, which is a good in dication of bettor times. Mr. J. B. Holliday of Stathain has recently purchased his second Fordson Tractor from King Motor Cos. He is 6S years old and operates one himself. A picture on the baek page shows him driving it home. No. 46