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VOL. XXII.
THE GROUCH ON LAWLESSNESS
RAPS OFFICERS AND JURORS
Who Forget Their Oaths With lm
punity and Discharge Duties Ac
cording to Popular Prejudice.
We knew the Grouch had very de
cided views on the question of law
lessness, lynching, and even war,
which might be termed radical by
those who adhere to .the doctrine,
“the end justifies the means.” So
we inquired if he had kept up with
the agitation in regard to lynchings
in Georgia and how our state is be
ing ridiculed, condemned and slan
dered on account of tiie crimes of a
small percentage of our citizens,
criminally inclined. He shook his
head and replied:
“The percentage may not be so
small as yc u imagine, nor the slan
der so grave as you would make be
lieve, Bob. When officers and ju
rors forget their oaths with impuni
ty and discharge duty according to
popular prejudice, condoning lynch
ing because they approve of it or
are too cowardly to condemn it, their
guilt in the sight of God and the law
is little less than the excited lynch
ers who know not what they do. If
I have ever seen a man who took
part in a lynching 1 don’t know of it,
but I have met many who justify
the crime and encourage sentiment
in that direction as to one heinous
crime especially.”
“But, Grouch, there are those peo
ple in Georgia who are speaking out
boldly now against this crime and
are even going so far as to require
of the candidates for Governor an ex
pression in regard to lynchings arid
methods or laws that will stop this
lawlessness.”
“We have laws sufficient both
Divine and statutary, Bob, but of
what use is either in the hands of
liars. 1 knew a man who said, when
he had a case in court he asked his
lawyer what he wanted him to prove,
then he went after the witnesses.
Just so the lyncher. If he can't find
a ready liar for a witness, he secures
one who cant recollect anything.
You never hear of a man being pun
ished in Georgia for swearing false
ly. Yet they swear that way some
times, and the grand jury lets that
pass.
“A sufficient number of liars may
cause a legal lynching in Georgia.
These same papers that are howling
now, have been circulating all the
time this lynching has been going on.
with not a word of condemnation,
but often with a notice that a lynch
ing is expedient when the criminal
is caught, thereby suggesting that a
lynching is in order —a nigh party
to the crime.”
“Here, Grouch, you have talked
much and said very little against the
lynchers. I expected to find you
ready to condemn as cowards and
cut threats the men who defy law,
dye their hands in human blood and
disgrace the grand old state of Geor
gia in the eyes of her sister states.”
“Bob, I don’t know what state
with clean hands may call Georgia
black because of failure to enforce
law. Those states that are free from
lynchings may look to their strikes,
riots and bloodshed in open day light
in defiance of law, the perpetrators
of which go unpunished very often.
1 take no stock in this newspaper
hurrah over crime to get away from
old factional political rows.
“The lyncher is paying a price
lor his crime in facing that Judge
who is never swayed by prejudice or
deceived by liars. He is paying it
in startled dreams of dread while his
victim walks like Banquo’s ghost
about his bed.
“Under a life ban of the law r , he
must keep his secret in fear—fear
that one of his confederates may tell
all, fear that in his sleep lie may cry
out and make known to his wife that
her husband is a murderer. The old
lyncher is not apt to lynch again.”
“How to stop it, Grouch, is the
question. Too many men are now
in Georgia with the brand of Cain
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HEADED FOR THE WRECK
THE JOY RIDERS.
K. OF P.S REVIVING; DEGREE
TEAM IS ORGANIZED.
Candidates Being Carried Through
Degrees. —Beautiful Work Excel
lently Exemplified.
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The Winder lodge, Knights of Py
thias, has again become 1 active and
the membership is growing apace.
Three candidates are now going thru
the degrees with two more on deck.
Judge G. A. Johns has been elect
ed captain of the degree team and
the beautiful work is being exempli
fied in a manner, we dare say, un
excelled by any lodge in the state
for its impressive applications.
The order is the owner of a valu
able lot in the center of the busi
ness section ol Winder, and it is
hoped that ere long the membership
will see fit to erect a handsome cas
tle hall to comfortably house the va
rious secret orders of the city.
The K. P. degree team is compos
ed of the following well-known cit
izens:
Chancellor Commander —J. E. Cal
lahan.
Vice Chancellor —Patat.
Prelate —L. S. Radford.
Master-at-Arms —W. L. De La Per
ricre.
Monitor—F. W. Bondurant.
Pythagras—B. A. Julian.
King—Rev. W. H. Faust.
Herald—Clyde Williamson.
First Senator —Z. F. Jackson.
Second Senator—G. D. Ross.
Third Senator —L. S. Radford.
Fourtli Senator —Rev. Jno. F. Yar
brough.
Fifth Senator —Rev. John H. Wood.
Sixth Senator—W. H. Quarterman.
Seventh Senator—Judge Geo. A.
Johns.
Eighth Senator —Dr. H. P. Quillian.
Ninth Senator —Robt. O. Rosa.
upon them. Juries will always make
unexpected verdicts with such men
to pass upon crime. Let something
be done to save eotiier men from
such rashness and Georgia from fur
ther shame.”
“To do that, Bob, I would say go
back to the time when men had a
code of honor, when no one would
strike the weak, the helpless, the
simple minded; when two would not
be allowed to impose on one. Rein
state family discipline, school discip
line, church discipline. Do honor
to the man who lias lived uprightly
from his youth up and quit making
heroes of reformed drunkards, de
bauched scoundrels and robbers be
cause they have a sensational story
to tell. Punish the criminals that
others seeing the punishment will be
deterred from crime. Frow.ii upon
the wayw r ard and commend the noble
fellow who follows mother’s advice
to walk uprightly in God’s sight and
yield not to vice for applause of men.
Winder, Barrow County, Ga., Thursday, February 24, 1916.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF BARROW COUNTY.
ROAD GANG NOW AT WORK
UNDER WARDEN DREYER.
Will Use Winder as Base and Work
Out From This City During Re
mainder of Winter.
Ordinary Hill and Warden Dreyer
have organized Barrow county’s
chaingang and began work upon the
roads of the county Wednesday morn
ing.
There are fifteen convicts in the
gang, four coming from Jackson,
three from Gwinnett and eight from
Walton, six of whom were Barrow
county convicts which had been loan
ed to Walton county. Later more
convicts will be secured from the
state.
The rear of the temporary court
house building has been fitted up
for the purpose of housing the con
victs at night, and after the winter
lias broken tents will be used for
camping purposes and the gang will
complete the working of the main
roads to the county lines.
The county has purchased fifteen
mules, averaging thirteen hundred
pounds each, twelve of which were
purchased from the Hudson Mule Cos.
and specially selected for chaingang
work by John Millsaps, a member of
that firm. A finer lot of mules has
never been shipped to Winder.
Barrow has the best equipped lit
tle chaingang and the most experi
ced warden in the state, and when
the gang gets in perfect working or
der we look for a speedy cessation ol
road complaints.
Winder Shriners in Atlanta.
A big bunch of Winder Shriners
from here attended the meeting in
Atlanta at Yaarab Temple last Fri
day and night at the auditorium in
that city. Quite an timber of rep
resentatives from various Temples
were present to greet Imperial Po
tentate Stevens, of Maine.
The out-of-town Nobles were en
tertained at a splendid luncheon at
the Piedmont hotel. The meeting
at night was one of the greatest ev
er held in any state. A great dinner
was served and sixty were carried
across the hot sands of the desert.
The following nobles are from Win
der: W. C. Horton, Loyd Horton,
G. A. Johns, J. F. Yarbrough, G. W.
YVoodrulf, W. 11. Faust, L. S. Rad
ford, Bradley, Carithers, Thompson,
Perry, McCurry, Toole, Snipes, Burts
and Thompson.
Sunday at Christian Church.
Sunday school at 10:20 A. M.
Preaching at 11:30 A. M. Subject,
“The Conquest of the World From
Viewpoint of Jesus.”
At 7:45 P. M. Ordination service.
Everybody cordially invited.
Jno. H. Wood, Pastor.
PEOPLE OF BARROW CALLED
TO MEET NEXT SATURDAY.
Will Elect Democratic Executive
Committee and Prepare for the
Primaries of 1916.
The Democrats of Barrow county
are called to meet at the court house
next Saturday for the purpose of
electing a Democratic Executive com
mittee.
Whether the question of setting a
date at this meeting for a county
primary will be considered, is a mat
ter lor those assembled to settle.
So far as we are concerned we
are opposed to holding the county
primary' at the same time the state
election is held. Held together, the
tickets are so long and cumbersome
that it is an lierculian task to the un
fortunates who have to count the
ballots.
Let every district be well repre
sented at the mass meeting next Sat
urday.
Aged Woman Dies.
Mrs. S. E. Flanigan, an aged and
highly respected woman in the neigh
borhood of Nazareth church, died
Saturday night, Feb. 12th. She was
about 75 years of age. A general
complication of diseases and infirm
ities due to age was given as the
cause for her demise.
The funeral and interment took
place at Nazareth, Rev. Jno. F. Yar
brough conducted the funeral servi
ces.
Waiter Morris Dead.
Mr. Walter Morris, age about 27,
and one of Barrow’s splendid young
men, died at his home on the Jef
ferson road about five miles from
Winder and was buried at Rockwell
Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock-
The funeral services were conduct
ed by Revs. YY r . H. Faust and J. I’.
Eley. Jle leaves liis mother, two
sisters and a host of friends to
mourn his departure.
Death of R. A. Shepard.
Mr. R. A. Shepard, an aged and
highly respected citizen, died at his
home in Washington county on the
lOth day of February. Mr. Shepard
was reared in Walton county, and
was 70 years of age at the time
of his death. He was buried at Pine
Mountain church, Washington coun
ty. He leaves six children to mourn
his demise, one of whom is T. E.
Shepard, of Winder.
W. C. T. U. Meet.
Regular monthly meeting of the
W. C. T. U. will be held next Mon
day aiternoon at the home of Mrs.
Eberhart at 3:30 o'clock.
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READERS
SUPPOSED SINS OVERTAKE
HIM; CARTER IS ARRESTED.
Old Warrant Charges Him With
Stealing Horse of The Rev.
G. L. Bagwell.
Last Sunday morning, about day
light, George Carter was arrested
near Auburn by Sheriff H. O. Camp
and now languishes in Jefferson jail
awaiting trial at the March term of
Barrow county Superior court.
Sixteen years ago a warrant was
issued by the officials of Gwinnett
county charging Carter with steal
ing a horse belonging to the Rev. G.
L. Bagwell. Carter was arrested at
that time by Bailiff “Jeenis” Wat
son, but succeeded in eluding the
bailiff by slipping from a rear door
of a house and making his get-a way.
The theft of the horse took place
at a horse-swappers convention be
ing held at Auburn in IhOO, at which
our fellow-townsman, John Williams,
was a moving spirit. Judge C. H.
Brand was solicitor general of the
Western circuit at the time, and the
old warrant charges Carter with
stealing “One large, light bay horse,
being a gilding—or that species of
horse known as a gilding—ten or
twelve years old, mane and tail a
light dark, the same not being a
mule or an ass.”
The horse and half of the grand
jury that returned the indictment,
charging Carter with the crime are
dead and there remains only one
known witness, J. O. Hawthorne.
Carter has living in this county
a married daughter whom he has nev
er seen, she having been born after
he skipped the county, leaving a
young wife behind him.
The trial will be one of the inter
esting features of the March term
iof Barrow Superior court.
BASKET BALL TEAMS
PLAY CLOSE GAME.
Christian College basket ball team
played the Fifth District A & M.
quintet on the latter’s ground -Mon
day.
The game was interesting through
out, the score being 9 to 12 in A. &
M’s. favor at the close of the first
half. The Christian College entered
the game at the beginning of thA
last half with renewed energy and
soon tied the score. The game was
clean throughout, and was pronounc
ed by those present as oue of the
best games of Ui. season. Both the
teams showed *frp in good form. The
final score stood 23 to 24 in favor
of Christian College.
These teams will meet again Sat
urday, February 2tith, on Christian
College ground. A good game is ex
pected. _ v k ,
Callahan Has the Goods. y
Mr. J. E. Callahan has the distinc
tion of dressing up Barrow’s first
road mules. After trying different
houses, home and foreign, the con
tract to furnish harness for the one
dozen beauties bought by the coun
ty, fell to Mr. Callahan, and he
rigged them up with home-made har
ness and everybody is satisfied.
First Baptist Church
Breaching Sunday at 11:30 by the
pastor. Subject: “A Greater Than
Solomon Is Here.”
7:45 B. M. Subject: “Lay Up for
Yourselves Treasures in Heaven.
Don’t forget the Sunday School In
stitute beginning on Monday night,
March 6th. Every Sunday school
teacher and worker in the city cor
dially invited to take the course and
receive the diploma at the close. The
work will be in charge of Prof J. P.
Cash and Rev. W. 11. Faust. See eith
er and enroll at once.
Yarbrough at Davidson Lodge.
Rev. John F. Yarbrough will meet
with Davidson Masonic lodge et Pen
tecost next Saturday afternoon. All
qualified brothers are urged to at-
Good time. a
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