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The Strand Theater Program FRIDAY, MARCH 31. “TREASURE ISLAND” Pirates, Mystery and Adventure Benefit M. E. Chureh Cirele No. 2. VOL. XXVIII. 2000 PEOPLE ATTEND BARROW COUNTY PRODUCTS DINNER IN WINDER MONDAY Farmers, Merchants, Bankers and Others Meet Each Other and Discuss Matters of Mutual Interest Barrow’s $150,000 New Court House Is Formally Opened. Lamar Trotti in Atlanta Georgian Barrow county gathered in Winder last Monday to enjoy its own products and open its new court house, voiced its faith in the prosperity of the county and Georgia, pledged anew its trust in mankind in general and joined hands all around to bring about the ends de sired. A conservative estimate of the attendance sets the number at between 1800 and 2000 persons. In the words of Dr. C. B. Mott, pres ident of the Barrow County Chamber of Commerce, promoters of the dinner, the meeting was held so that the far mers, merchants, bankers and others might meet with each other to restore conldenee in themselves and in each other, by a discussion of matters of mutual interest. It was a get-to-gether meeting interest. ‘This meeting has been a great inspi ration to me,” said E. W. Carroll of the Athens Chamber of Commerce. ‘I hope t'liat Clarke county can put one over like this. I believe that if every coun ty in this state would have a similar meeting, where the farmer and the man in town could get together and discuss frankly the problems facing them both, conditions would improve in un told per cent in Georgia.” A number of citizens of Barrow coun ty said they did not believe conditions in Georgia were nearly so bad as they had been painted. “We are not broke, or even in very bad circumstances,” said Dr. Mott. “Compared to the inflated condition in 1919 when we had lots of money per haps we are worse off, but business will be re-established on a healthier basis than ever before and Georgia will re alize that it is in good, sound shape.” Co-operation was the keynote of all the speeches delivered before the crowd in the new courthouse. Farmers agreed to co-operate with the man in the town. The man in the town agreed to help the man on the farms. The spirit was well, if a little crudely, stated by one of the men of the town : “I’ll scratch your back and you scratch mine.” Dinner, provided by the women of the town, was served indoors, on account of the inclement weather. It had been planned to have the dinn r on the court house lawn, but the heavy rains of night and Monday prevent ed this. An entire building was ad mirably handled. After the dinner those attending assembled in the courtroom of the new building. A number of leading citi zens of the State made brief addresses, each being limited to ten minutes. B. S. Barker, secretary of the Atlan ta Chamber of Commerce, was one of the principal speakers. W. O. Foote, president, was to have been present, but at the last he found it impossible to attend. He was represented by M. M. I)avies, who also addressed the meeting. “We can’t live alone,” Mr. Barker said. “We must, live together. To live together we must co-operate. I tell you now that every resource of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce is at the service of your town and the other towns of Georgia. Atlanta wants friends. Atlan ta wants to get close to the small towns and the farmers. Mr. Barker added that he believed the farmers could do nothing better than to co-oper ate for better marketing facilities, speaking of marketing he laid particu lar stress on the conditions in which the entered into the work of preparing dinner with real co-operation. “Barrow county has started some thing today that will bring reward to Wh‘ county. Such a meeting can not fell to inspire and encourage.” Mr. Davis, representing Mr. Foote, urged every man present to have eon picious of our neighbors because we are Science in his neighbor. “We are sus siispicious of ourselves,” he said. Judge George Thomas, mayor of Athens, was another speaker. Judge Thomas echoed the sentiments of those preceding and pleaded anew' for co-operation and confidence in each other. He said that he had lived on a farm that raised nothing but cot ton for so long that he had to leave in order to live, “I want to say a word about other crops than cotton,” he said. “Some of you are afraid there won’t be a market for your other crops. Other States have tric'd it and every one has found a market. Georgia can do the same thing and Georgia will do the same thing.” Dr. L. C. Allen, of Hoschton, one of the first speakers, spoke of the live stock industry in the state, urging that hog raising be considered seriously as a money-making product. Mr. Allen was followed by J. K. Griffeth. of Atlanta, a representative of the White Provis ion Company. He said his company was ■anxious to aid in every way the hog cattle industry. He said a great amount of meats were pouring into the' State each year that could be raised at home. That his company was glad to pay the market price for Georgia grown cattle and hogs. M M. Holloway. Fulton representa tive in the State Legislature, declared Georgia was a richer State for having a county like Barrow in it. He said he ®lie UJiitter rVctos. and THE BARROW TIMES Winder, Barrow County, Georgia, Thursday, March 30, 1922. Thanks Due The Ladies of Winder THE Executive Committee of the Barrow County Cham ber of Commerce desire to thank the Winder ladies who fur nished the Barrow County Prod ucts Dinner, and served it. Their work certainly made the dinner the great success, that it turned out to he. and is an achievement for Winder and Barrow county of which they should be very proud. REV. E. L. SHELNUTT CALLED TO CHRIS TIAN CHURCH At a meeting of the members of the Christian ehureh in this city last Sun day, Rev. E. L. Sheluutt, of Bartow, Fla. was called to the pastorate of that church. Mr. Shelnutt is well known in this section, having been pastor of several churches in the past. He was pastor of the Christian church at Wat kinsville for several years, while the editor of the News was a resident of that town, and we sincerely hope he will come to Winder. He is a fine man and a splendid preacher, and he and his family will be a great addition to the citizenry of onr city. TREASURE ISLAND’ SHOWING FRIDAY Benefit of the Methodist Church Circle No. 2.—Strand Theater. A special benefit picture is to be shown Friday at the Strand Theater, by Circle No. 2 of the Methodist church. The picture selected is a dramatization of Robert Louis Stevenson’s famous dory “Treasure Island” which will nev er lose its fascination or appeal to eith er voung or old. Almost everyone has read the story, and the picture with its romantic costuming and scenery will bring back the golden days when the sea with its pirates and buried treas ure verv real. This is one of the famous pictures that you cannot afford to miss. The price of admission will he un changed—lo and 20c. never had seen such genuine communi ty spirit as was displayed at the gath ering Monday. He added that he hoped every person present would do his part to bring about better educational condi tions in the state. M. C. Gay, of the State College of ag riculture, had an exhibit showing the proper manner of packing and the proper shipping of products. Dr. An drew M. Soule, president of the Agri cultural Collcgg, was on the program, but was prevented from attending. Dinner was served at 12 o’clock, some 2000 people, according to esti mate, being served by the women. All products served were raised in Barrow county. The menu covered everything known to man seemingly. According to Judge Thomas, of Athens, the dinner should have been awarded the blue ribbon as the best ever served in Georgia. The beautiful courthouse, which was opened Monday, is a beautiful struct ure. one of the show places of the county. It is built along the old Colo nial lines of architecture, being con structed of brown brick, trimmed with white, with some granite columns in front. There is ample ground space in the front through which walks run in semicircles from corner to corner. The building is said to have cost $1 To,ooo. Court was opened Monday with Judge Henry A. Mathews, of Macon, presid ing iii the place of Judge Blanton Fort um of Athens, who was detained on account of illness. An unusually large crowd attended court. The Barrow County Chamber of Commerce, which promoted the idea of a gathering of all citizens of the coun ty in an effort to arouse the people to a feeling of confidence and hope, is said to he one of the liveliest chambers in the state. Doctor Mott, the president, is a young business man of Winder, who is keenly alive to farm and town prob lems, according to citizens of the town. P was said that under his direction the Chamber of Commerce had developed into one of the leading organizations in North Georgia. .T. C. Sticknev. secretary, is also alive anil energetic, filled with the spirit of co-operation and growth, ft was said. He was busv for many days in making preparation for the meeting, and while he refused to acknowledge any of the nrnise as due him. still his friends made it clear that he had done splendid. The other officers of the chamber are H. A. Cmri fliers, vice president, and L. S. Radford, treasurer. Medding With Courts From Pulpit and Civic Bodies Scored by Bell. Says Delegations of Uplifters Who Visit Judges and Tell Them What to Do Should Be in Contempt of Court. Meddling by the pulpit and civic soci eties, hasty exploitation by the press, publicity seeking by lawyers—“the great trio of evils which'beset the mod ern legal world” —were severely de nounced in speeeehs by Judge George L. Bell, of Fulton Superior Court, at tlie annual dinner of the Atlanta Bar Association at the Hotel Ansley Satur day night. Judge Bell was the princi pal speaker Paying tribute to the upright and conscientious lawyer, Judge Bell said that, nevertheless, no longer was it con sidered. as it ought to be and used to be, an insult for a committee of profes sional uplifters to invade the sacred precincts of the courts and tell the judges what they ought to do. “We are fallen upon strange days, gentlemen,” Judge Bell began. “And far lie it from me to say that lawyers are not upright men. But times have changed. The very forces which are popularly considered agents for social good, are in fact the forces which are rushing us toward a state of anarchy so far as the guarantees provided for in sound law are concerned, if we continue to let them have full sway. ‘The general condition of lawlessness is not due in largest part to the state of economic unrest. It is due to the fact that the people have come to re gard the business of the eourts as every everybody’s business. We find that judges are visited by delegations from civic societies, professional uplifters, and told what they ought to do. In my opinion these people are in contempt of court, and I believe the courts should so declare. But the courts hate to do his because most of the professional uplifters, these meddlers, are well mean ing, but uninformed and certainly ill advised persons. “I have no hesitancy in telling you that the gravest danger confronting the rising generation of lawyers is the trying of cases in the pulpits, in the streets anil in the newspapers, in ad vance of the orderly and legal trial of such cases in the courts of law. This practice is nothing short of a prostitu tion of the law—it muddles, it pol lutes the stream of justice. “There is no surer sign that we are on the road to civic destruction—and I am not an alarmist —than this modern plague of societies, organizations of ev ery kind, and even preachers, which are forever offering to tell judges what they ought to do. instead of letting tne judges do what judges ought to do. “But what is the remedy? I know of only one. That is a law which shall declare it a crime for persons to dis cuss in the streets, in the pulpit, on the platform or in the press, any pend ing legal case.” “And I wish to conclude,” he said, “by giving our young lawyers just a few ‘don’ts’ Don’t hire press agents, don’t discuss your case in the streets, and don’t encourage interference with the courts. For, I tell you that when the time comes when it is the general custom to do these things, the death knell of human liberty has been sound ed.” Judge Hines then told the lawyers he desired to firmly indorse all Judge Hell had said. Judge Hines said a delega tion of women once asked him how they should go alMiut expressing to a crimi nal judge what he should do in a ‘blind tiger’ case, and declared the delega tion should have been sent to jail for 20 days for daring to speak to the judge about the case. * The Men’s Club Discusses Missions. At the monthly meeting of the Meth odist Mens club at tlie church on Tues day night, anew feature was added which aroused a‘ lively interest among the large number who were present. This was a debate on the relative mer its of Home and Foreign missions, the leaders being Prof. T. P. Page and J. W. Carrington, Jr., after the two bril liant speeches of tin* leaders, tlie mem bership was invited to take part and a large number responded including J. I), (juillian, J. H. Maynard, H. T. Mac- Donald, E. A. Starr, John KllgiAe, Ma rion Maynard anti L. W. Collins. Judge Mathews, who was present was also called upon anil made an interesting talk on tlie subject, also bringing greet ings from his home church at Fort Val ley. of which lie is a prominent layman. During the business meeting, plans were discussed for the coming revival, and committees appointed for the en listment of the non-church men of the community. Six new members were en rolled. At the conclusion a delicious course of iced tea and sandwiches was served by Mrs. Paul Roberts Mrs. Wiley Barber. Mrs. Paul Autry, Mrs. Jim Bur son. Mrs. J. M. Aiken. Mrs. W. J. Burch, Mrs. Robert Camp, Mrs. A. D. Caring ton. Mrs. John Ricli Austin anil Mrs. E. E. DeLaPerriere. Campaign Speakers At Baptist Church. Dr. .T. C. Wilkinson, of tlie First Bap tist church of Athens, Rev. M. H Mus sev. of tiie Jeff tsoii Baotist church, anil Rev. T. J. E-pv, of Hartwell, ad dressed a good audience at the First Baptist church iu this city last Tues day evening on the 75 Million Cam paign. REVIEW OF WINDER HIGH BASKET BALL The Winder High won every game on schedule but one—l 4 out of 15 games. The past year lias been the most suc cessful one in basketball in the history of the school. Taking everything into consideration we believe that Coach l’age, an old Auburn star, has turned out the best aggregation that ever rep resented the school. There was no star that far outshone any of his team mates as in previous years, but they were all stars of the first magnitude, thinking more of team work and coining out on the big end of the score than of individual shining or starring. They had that old spirit and fought hard and this spirit put them through several games that otherwise they would have lost. But they never gave up and were never beaten until the timekeeper’s cap-buster barked out the fatal shot that told those red and black jersied lads that they had fought' a good tight but had been licked out by the slight margin of one point. Fellows it was bad. Charles McWhorter was captain of the team and a star-forward and we don’t believe there was a steadier foul shot in the High school. He broke more guard’s hearts this year by spoil ing their records than any man on the team. He was unstopable as a charge of T N T. ’Twas practically impossible to hold this bird below a dozen points for he just about averaged this in 15 games. Julian Wilson, the Winder Hi Heart breaker, playing his first year on the team, seems to have the brightest fu ture than anything we’ve seen in prep circles in many a moon The way this boy covers a court is dazzling. Kinch Carpenter, the elongated cen ter, was not decisely out jumped this year. He shot 106 points to his op posing centers 24. He played center in football and as soon as a tonic for laziness is discovered he may make an athlete. “Old Fred Maxwell” at guard struck terror in the ranks of every scoring machine that stacked up against this lad. And last, hut not least, comes John Robinson, the best guard in 48 states. Really the way tills boy could pass, dribble, pivot and shoot was a reve lation. He played half back in football and is no slouch on the cinder path. We predict for him a brilliant future Wooi I tin Hill, alternating with Wil son at forward, could always be count ill mi for several counters when they were needed. He played half back in foot ball. I Alton Young was a handy man to l have in a suit. He played halfback in | football. Brookshire, though handi capped in size, when stacked up against those big fellows always gave a good account of himself. At tlie Northeast Georgia Tourna ment held in Athens the Junior Bull dogs showed up well and were only put out of (lie running by a one point de cision in a hard luck, heart-breaking game. If fate had only smiled on one of those hard fought for shots those Junior Bulldogs would have sewed up tilings. For the benefit of tlie bugs who would like tlie statistics on these flying bull dogs we submit tlie following: Games played. 15 Games won, 14 Games lost, 1. Champions of Ninth District. Champions of the South by dope. W. 11. S. points scored, 458. Opponents points scored 285. Individual scoring: Field Foul Name Goals Goals Charles McWhorter 48 38 Kinch Carpenter 51 3 Julian Wilson 3ft 5 Wood fin Hill 30 Fred Maxwell 2ft 0 John Robinson 4 Truitt Brookshire 3 0 Alton Young - 9 0 Captain McWhorter tied for tlie hon or of being the best foul shooter in the tournament and was in the first five in scoring. He dropped in 14 fret' throws. Kinch Carpenter shot 28 points to his opponents 4 and was also in the first five in scoring, and John Roldnson. our di minutive guard, was awarded the hand some silver loving cup given tin* best individual player in tlie tournament. The writer stoppeth for lie feels the cinder path blues and the liorsehide fever stealing over him. MR. J. G. PRICKETT GOES WITH LAND’S Mr. J. G. Priekett, one of the well known young men of the city, has ac cepted a position with Land’s Cash Grocery & Market. Mr. Priekett was with A. S. Eherhart for several years and is one of the popular salesmen of the city. He invites his many friends in Winder and throughout this section to call on him in his new place of bus iness and let him serve them. Rev. J. M. Rasnake At Christian Church Rev. J. M. Itasnabe, pastor of Rock well Universalist church, will fill the pulpit at the Winder Christian church next Sunday night, April 2nd. at 8:00 o’clock. Members and friends of both churches are invited to this service. See “The Treasure Island’’ tit The Strand Theater Friday, benefit M. E. church Circle No. 2. Winder Wins In Triangular Debate. On last Friday night, Winder, Law reneeville and Buford High schools met in the triangular debates that had been arranged between these schools. Win der won over Buford in this city, Misses Margaret Walker and ltunette Benton representing Winder in this contest. Miss Erwin and Mr. Pirkle represented Buford. Two of the judges favored Winder and one Buford, thus giving Winder the decision. The sub ject debated was "Resolved, That the Moving Picture Shows are Helpful to the Public.” Winder contestants es poused the affirmative of the question and Buford the negative. All four of the debaters did well, but the Winder representatives clearly out-debated their opponents. Misses Benton and Walker were heartily congratulated on their victory. At Lawrenceville at the same time tlie same subject was debated, Winder espousing the negative and being rep resented by Harold Starr and Frances Hubbard. The decision at this place was unanimous in favor of Winder, both Winder debaters easily out-wit ting their opponents. At Buford, Lawrenceville and Buford debating the same question, Buford won out over the former place. Hence, in the triangular contest, Winder won first place, Buford second place and Lawrenceville coming as third. Winder lias a splendid chance to lie one of the debaters in the Ninth Dis trict High school Meet at Toccoa the latter part of April. THE RAINEY WILL CASE IS SETTLED The celebrated Rainey Will case was settled this week before it came up for trial before the superior court. Under the settlement the Will of H. N. Rain ey, Sr., was set aside, and Mrs. H. N. Rainey, ,Jr., gets one-sixth of the es tate and the two children will receive the other five-sixths. Under the Will of H. N. Rainey, Sr., his sou, H. N. Rainey, Jr., was to have tlie estate during liis life and at tils death it was to go to iiis two children. •. H. N. Rainey, Jr., left a will also dividing the property equally among >is wife and two children. The settle •lient affected this week settles the mat ■r to tlie satisfaction of all parties •oncerned. Prize Essay Contest Ends April The Ist. All public school children taking part in the Prize Essay Contest inaugurat ed by Winder National Bank must re member that their contributions must lie handed in by April Ist. Our expecta tions mount high, for after such re search and hard work in general the results are bound to lie far more than merely satisfactory. At any rate, when the contest is at ail end, the public will feel that it lias been greatly stimulat ed by the ransacking of all its intel lectual and historical sources fur infor mation concerning George Washington and liis services as president to our country. All contestants are required to bring or send their assays to Winder Nation al Bank in time to lie read at the close of the contest April Ist. Each essay should he legibly written and bear the contestant’s name in full, tlie name of tlie school, his grade number, and the teacher’s name. The following citizens will act as judges: It. 11. Kimball, At torney J. C. Pratt, Editor J. W. Mc- Whorter. ATHENS PARTY AT WINDER JUBILEE Representatives of the Athens Chanf ber of Commerce and other prominent citizens of Athens, including Mayor George C. Thomas, went to Winder on Monday to attend the festivities which were staged in that city, marking the opening of the new Barrow county court house. It was stated that sev eral hundred people from all over northeast Georgia were in Harrow veat for the exercises. Going over from Athens were Secre tary E. W. Carroll of the Athens Cham ber of <Commerce, H. J. Reid, Senator L. c. Brown, Julian Goetchius, Record er Thornton and others. A dinner was served in Winder at noon and experts talked. The dinner was composed of home products.—Ath ens Banner. TEMPERANCE PROGRAM A perfectly splendid temperance pro gram was given last Friday morning at tlie school auditorium. The pupils wlio gave it were from the various grades. The program was. under the aide supervision of Misses Ida Kilgore and Blanks. Miss Stella. Cotter had charge of the beautiful musical chorus. The W. (’. T. U. wishes to expres thanks to all who made this entertain ment possible. DEATH OF BABE. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Page sympathize with them in their misfortune in losing their little babe which was born dead last Friday. Mrs. Page is doing nicely. The Strand Theater Program FRIDAY, MARCH 31. “TREASURE ISLAND” Pirates, Mystery and Adventure Benefit M. E. Church Circle No. 2. BARROW SUPERIOR COURT IN SESSION Superior court of Harrow county convened last Monday morning. Judge H. A. Mathews, of Macon, presided in place of Judge Fort son. He delivered a splendid charge to the grandjury, stressing the need of a strict enforce ment of the laws. Judge Mathews is' one of tlie ablest jurists in the state and is making a splendid impression iqsui our people. He is the judge that presided in Atlanta during the famous Dupre trial, and who refused to grant the latter anew trial. Solicitor W. <). Dean is present look ing after the Interests of the State in ids usual able manner. The grandjury was organized by the election of Mr. John M. Williams as foreman and Mr. C. C. Gregory as clerk. Mr. Bert Mathews is the bailiff for the grandjury Sheriff H. O. Camp is taking care of his part of the business of the court as he always does, in an efficient manner, and is sustaining Ids reputation as one of the best sheriffs in the state. He is assisted by Bailiffs Henry Feagan, J. W. Sims and George Dalton .Bailiff Rob Bradberry is helping the solicitor general in his work. Clerk A. T. Harrison is strictly on his job and is proving to lie an efficient and capable official. There is no cleverer man in Barrow county than Alburtus Harrison. Besides the local bar we note the presence of the following visiting at torneys: I. L. Oakes and Fred Kelly, of Lawrenceville; Sidney Nix, Lucian Ray and A. G. Brown, of Jefferson: T. J. Shackelford, of Athens, and Reuben Arnold, of Atlanta. Several divorce cases were tried on Monday. In the cast' of Sells vs Stew are a verdict was directed for the-de fendant. In the case of Stewart v Payne the jury rendered a verdict in favor of the defendant. Mr. H. T. Flanigan Is Much Improved Mr. 11. T. Flanigan, one of the prom inent citizens of this city, has been very ill since Wednesday night of last week, with pneumonia. We are glad to know that he is much better as we go to press. His hundreds of friends in the city are hopeful, now that lie will recover. WINDER’S WATER SUPPLY IS GOOD I)r. H. <’. Woodall, director of sani* tary engefleering and water analysis of the State Hoard of Health, makes Hit' following report to Mr. J. B. Coop er, Superintendent of Water aud Light department of this city, of water sam ples collected on March 23rtl. “Sample No. (130, from creek shows at this time a considerable degree of pol lution. Sample No. <>3l from clear wa ter basin, and No. <132 from tap at the court house both show at this time a very excellent water.” Thus it will lie seen that Winder’s water supply is excellent? While the creek water shows pollution, after it is futon'll and made ready for use, it is alt right. SONG SERVICE BY METHODIST CHOIR Before a large and enthusiastic au dience, the Methodist choir gave an evening of music on Sunday night, in cluding the elaborate cantata, “Gallia.” This is a difficult and extremely beau tiful piece of music, and is perhaps the most ambitious program ever presented iu Winder. The cantata is a musical in terpretation of the old testament book of Lamentations, and is descriptive of the captivity of the children of Israel and the dawnfall of Jerusalem. The plaintive notes in the opening strain, leading up to the famous passage “Is it nothing to you, all ye who pass by” was given a superb and sympathetic in terpretation, and the final chorus with its spirit of hope for the future brought out ihe wonderful volume and spirit of the full choir. A competent critic, who lias heard tliis pil'd' of music given in cathedrals and large city churches by profession al singers, declared that the best pro duction of this work that she had ever heard was that, given by the Winder choir. The soloists, Mrs. Land, Miss Gamp and Mr. Knit Higgins, could not, tic surpassed and the ensemble num bers were given with a spirit and diijdi tliut fajjrly swot the listeners off their feet. Sud) a program is a musical ed ucation in itself, and adds to the words of scripture set to music, an added maj esty and beauty. Tlie duet by Mrs. C. R. Mott and Miss Ora Lee Camp was also a pleasing feature of the program. Owing to repeated and urgent re quests. tii ■ cantata will he given again on the night of Palm Sunday at the close of the sermon, which will also be appropriate to the Lenten season. This wi 11 be on the second Sunday of April mid not the least interested hear ers will be these who enjoyed the music on last Sunday. SINGING CONVENTION The Walton County Go-operative Singing convention will bi> held with Gorinth Christian church a few miles south of Loganville oil the sth Sunday in April. This is one of the strongest, churches in Walton county. The people of near-by counties, singers in particu lar, are cordially invited. No. 50