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THE STRAND THEATER PROGRAM
THURSDAY, July I—Alice Brady in
‘•Red Head,’’
FRIDAY, July 2—Margaret Clark in
‘‘Three Men and a Girl.”
SATURDAY, July 3—Wm. Duncan in
“Silent Avenger.” Western Feat. Com.
VOL. XXVII.
BARROW COUNTY
SUPERIOR COURT
Starts Divorce Grind Monday—Sus
pends Over Wednesday—Back on
Job Thursday Morning.
The June term of Barrow County
Superior court convened Monday, and,
as usual, after a large number of those
empaneled had asked to be excused
from service, the sheriff succeeded in
corralling twenty-four men who were
sworn in.
Jury service is an unpleasant duty
that must, be performed, and all good
citizens should endeavor to arrange
their business affairs so as to make
the sacrifice in the proper turn in the
Interest of law and order and fair deal
ing. A man's personal affairs are
important to him be they great or
small, and when jurors drop out of
the selective draft for buslnes reasons
they force others to take their places.
It has been said that in the selection of
oopnty officers the City of Minder
wants to hog it all. However that
may be, neither the City of W inder
nor the litigants in Superior court are
anxious to see her hog it all in jury
service.
The divorce mill began grinding
slowly and struck a snag early in the
game. It was a negro divorce case that
lasted practically two days, and there
were enough witnesses subpoenaed to
testify to same circumstance to have
supplied every farmer that asked to
be excused from jury duty because he
had a mule standing idle with two
farm hands. After listening for hours
and hours to testimony from witness
after witness as to what happened at a
negro dance the jury rendered the only
verdict, it was expected to render—that
both negroes be given a divorce, and
it was a first verdict. When the sec
ond trial Is reached in this case, the
farmers and the officials of Barrow
county should institute injunction pro
ceedings against the lawyers, forbid
ding them from using more than fifty
witnesses to prove one circumstance.
After this case was concluded, the
case of R. D .Couch, administrator of
the estate of Mrs. S. E. Sliarpton vs.
W. O Perry, administrator of the es
tate of S Herbert Smith, was called,
put by reason of the absence of Judge
G. A. Johns, a very important witness,
the case went over for the term.
Then the most important, civil ease
that will be tried at this term of the
Superior court was called. The dispo
sition of five thousand eight hundred
acres of land in Shelby county, Ala
bama. is involved. Messrs. Estes, of
Greenville, Ga., are the plaintiff's and
Lamar & Perry and W. C. Horton are
defendants. The jury was stricken
and the plaintiffs submitted a part, of
their testimony before the court ad
journed Tuesday evening to reconvene
Thursday morning. From the evidence
submitted so far it seems that Lamar
& Perry and W. C. Horton purchased
the land for $20,000.00 and secured
bond for title, deal being made by Mr.
A. G. Lamar. Later Mr. Lamar sold
the land to the Messrs. Estes, accepting
a thousand-dollar payment by check
stipulating the purchase and giving a
receipt to the same efft'Ct. Later Messrs
Estes tendered the remaining $35,000.00
which was refused.
Messrs. Perry and Horton contend
that Mr. Lamar was without au
thority to make the sale for the price
paid $30,000.00.
The testimony is taking a peculiar
turn to the life-long acquaintances of
Albert Lamar. Mr. Pettigrew by cross
examination placing in issue the men
tal condition of Mr. Lamar at the time
of the sale.
The case will more than likely con
sume the remainder of the week. The
plaintiffs are represented by Judge R.
W. Freeman, of Newnan, Ga.: the firm
of It. W. Freeman, ,Tr„ & Troutman, of
Atlanta: Solicitor ,T. F. Hackett, of
Greenville,, Ga.; Judge M. Z. O Neal,
of Greenville, Ga.. and G. D. Ross, of
Winder. The defendants are represent
ed by Pettigrew & Jones, of Atlanta and
It. R. Commissioner J. A. Perry.
The criminal docket will bo taken up
Monday, and after its disposal other
civil matters will be heard. Judge
Cobb has extended the term of the
court, one week and is anxious to dis
pose of as much business as is possi
ble at this term of court.
The following cases were disposed
of up to the hour of suspension Tues
day afternoon.
J. H. Vassey vs. Ella Vassey. Di
vorce. First verdict. Granted.
W. H. McDonald vs. Jewel McDon-
®!je Winter Actus.
Untrammeled by Prejudice and Unawed by Fear We Speak the Truth and Contend for the Right
BANKHEAD HIGHWAY
CONVOY REACHES
WINDER ON TIME
The Motor Transport Convoy en
route from Washington, I). C., to Los
Angeles, Cal., reached Winder Tuesday
morniug about 10 o‘clock.
The Barrow County Chamber of Com
merce had arranged a barbecue for the
visitors, but the travelers have been
feasted so much along the way barbe
cued meats had been tabooed by official
orders, and after remaining in the city
about an hour they passed on toward
Atlanta.
Mr. C. M. Ferguson, one of the direc
tors of the Bankhead Highway Asso
ciation, met the convoy at Athens Tues
day morning and with other Winder
men escorted the convoy to Winder and
on to Lawrenceville where the party
met the Atlanta good roads enthusiasts
The couvoy, with its military and
civilian personal of more than two
hundred men, has made an unusually
good trip from Washington to IVinder
according to Mr. J. A. Rountree, field
director of the Bankhead Highway
Association over whose proposed route
the convoy is making its transconti
nental trip.
“The roads from Greenville to Win
der are the best we encountered since
leaving Washington.” said Mr. Roun
tree, “and the general excellence of
Georgia roads is encouraging in the
outlook for a greater highway system
in the south.
“The only delay the convoy has met
en route,” said Mr. Rountree yester
day, “has been caused by the wonder
ful hospitality of the people along the
line of march who have insisted on
being allowed to serve barbecues,
luncheons and banquets to the men.
The officers of the Bankhead High
way Association deeply appreciate
this evidence of the enthusiasm of
the people along the line to help us
secure the Bankhead Highway as a
Federal road.' 1
Colonel Benneham Cameron, of Stag
ville, N T . C., president of the Bankhead
Highway Association yesterday de
clared utmost confidence in the success
of plans of the Association for having
the Bankhead Highway taken over by
the Federal goeernmeut.
MATHEW STINCHCOMB
LANDS HIS NEGRO
When you distance the wiley consta
ble of Statham you must not overlook
any gullies
Jim lioliu, a negro who on or about
the 6th of June, is charged with put
ting a bullet, into anatomy of a negro
woman, is in limbo, and Mathew is
leading him home.
The shooting ocurred down close to
Statham. As the weather was warm
ing up about that time, Jim decided
to hunt for a cooler climate. In other
words, he took to the tall timber. But
the Barrow sleuth was on his trail,
and a few days ago Jim was located in
Maryville, Tenn. Under instructions
of Sheriff Camp Jim was arrested and
held to answer the charge back home.
Mathew Stincheomb was sent to bring
the negro back. Armed with requisi
tion papers, Mathew went to Mary
ville, secured his prisoner and started
home.
But Jim didn’t want to come home.
Picking a time when Mathew was en
joying the beautiful scenery and
watching fine cattle feed on the vel
vety green, Jim jumped from the train
and made a break for a getaway.
But again Mathew was on his trail
and after a chase of some eighteen
miles caught him in a field while oth
er negroes were trying to saw the
handcuffs from his wrists.
Why worry, Mathew is on his way
with the negro, and it is safe to pre
dict, that, he will have him in Barrow’s
jail in plenty of time to face a jury
before Judge Cobb writes finis to the
June term of court.
aid. Divorce First verdict Granted.
Mrs. Ola Morgan vs. G C. Morgan.
Second verdict Granted.
Mrs. Alma Dalton vs. T. J. Dalton.
Divorce. Dismissed.
Annie Ruth Williams vs. Ralph Wil
liams. Divorce. First verdict. Grant
ed.
J. H. Segars and W. M. Marlow vs.
J. H. Potter. Appeal. Settled
Daisy Sims Payne vs. Mat. Payne.
Divorce. First verdict. Granted.
Roy Moon, col., vs. Clara Moon, col.
Divorce. First verdict. Granted.
WINDER, BARROW COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY JULY 1, 1920.
WINDER’S TEAM
FINALLY WINS
looses Seven Straights, Two to Wash
ington and Five to Thomson—Team
Conies Home Today.
Winder may be great in some things,
but that particular thing doesn't seem
to be baseball in the good year 1020.
Two to Washington and five to Thom
son is the record for the last seven
games.
Who in the bloomin’ blazes has
rubbed that hoodoo foot on Winder’s
ball players.
We started out, in fine fettle, but a
terrible breakaway has occurred and
there has been nothing doing since that
dark, dismal day when outsiders took
a hand in the playing by still-hunt
methods.
Winder has a fine set of young men
on her team, and most of them are good
hall players and know the game. Sift
out the dross and lets go after that pen
nant. The game is yet young in the
North Georgia League and the pennant
is still lingering in "No Man’s Land.”
Remember that the team that has
proved to be Winder's Waterloo in
the beginning of the season has been
on the job for several moons. It was
organized, practicing and itching for
the opening long before Winder had
signed a player.
The tide is !>onnd to turn In our fa
vor before many more games. Play
the game, play it fair and take the
consequences.
Winder fans must get on the job.
Prove your sporting blood by being
boosters in defeat. Good losers always
win in the end. Let, the boys know
you are behind them all the time —win
or lose—when they get in the game
and play ball.
The rally is on the way. In fact it
started Tuesday, according to reports
reaching Winder from Thomson, but
his Umps, evidently believing in the
policy of adding to those who have the
most, donated a Winder victory to the
leaders.
Just to give you an inkling of what
Is in front of the slab artists of the
North Georgia League we’ve but
to cite the fact that Red Barron, Win
der's star fielder, out of five times at
bat Tuesday swated the horse hide for
two home runs and a single.
But there was no use. Harris, pitch
ing for Thomson was to be married
Tuesday night, and his Umphs present
ed him with the game and fans made
up a fifty-dollar purse for the would-be
young benedict. May he always win.
LATER —Just heard from Thomp
son. The tide has turned. Winder
won Wednesday’s game by a score of
7 to 0. Lippett, the young college spit
hall artist, yielded ten hits but kept
them well scattered.
The team comes home today for
three games with Washington. 55 inder
lias several new players whose faces
will look good on the local diamond.
They are touted as full of pep and
strong wielders of the willow. Give the
hoys a big boost and a fine crowd. We
want three from Washington, not that
Washington has our ill will, but just
because we need and must have these
games.
Come out to see the trick turned.
Game called at 4.15.
BARROW COUNTY JAIL
IS FULL OF PRISONERS
Not like other jails where bone dry
prohibition is in effect, Barrow coun
ty’s jail is filled with prisoners.
judge fVihh has ordered the grand
jury to assemble today to clear the
jail.
All kind of offenders are boarding
with Barrow’s handsome sheriff —some
charged with serious offenses.
If the charges are sustained, Judge
'llll might as well begin to smile for
• is sure to have additional road
workers.
There were ten In jail Wednesday
and one on the way.
PERSONALS.
Mrs. R. H. Pirkle is among the Win
der sick.
* *
Mr. J. 11. Wall, Statham's leading
merchant, wsa in Winder Wednesday.
* •
Mr. and Mrs. Lee S. Radford left
the early part of the week for a trip
of ten days through Northern cities.
* *
Miss Fay Wilkerson, once popular
teacher in Winder’s Public Schools,
is the guest of Mrs. W. A. Bradley.
WILSON’S LEAGUE
VIEW FOLLOWED
In Tentative Draft of the Democratic
Platform by the Sub-Committee of
Nine—Prohibition Plank Dry.
Marlon E. Pew, staff correspondent
International News service presents an
authorative forecast of essential planks
in the tentative draft of the democrat
ic platform which probably will be
adopted today:
Foreigns Relations —As previously
stated in these dispatches, the famous
Virginia platform, which unqualifiedly
endorses President Wilson’s League of
Nations, is the model of the foreign re
lations plank, the changes being to
make the document more simple and
comprehensive, the altered phraseolo
gy in no way modifying the meaning
of the original paper. Article Ten
stands intact. The plank purports to
declare that nothing in the covenant
may be construed to take from the
United States the control of her own
troops; that no international questions
of interest to the United States alone
shall be surrendered to the league of
Nations; that the Monroe doctrine
shall not in any wuy be affected by
the covenant.
lndication are that the
prohibition plank will be bone dry.
Labor—The tabor planks are con
strued by members of the committee
as “highly progressive.” A strong ar
gument was made to recognize the
right of labor to be represented in col
lective bargaining by “representatives
of their own choosing.”. The demands
of labor for restricted immigration
were not favored, but rather the open
door was to be proclaimed to work
men of the world. Child labor is in
veighed against. The program of the
woman's party, having to do with such
use of the injunction in labor disputes
insurance, maternity benefits, improve
ments of conditions among workers,
has been met, favorably, it is said. The
use fo the injunction in labor disputes
was the subject of long discussion, but
condemnation of it may be omitted.
Ireland—An effort has been made
to put into the platform an Irish plank
which will declare the futility of adopt
ing resolutions in favor of the Irish
republic or even recognizing the repub
lic, but the importance of turning the
question over to the league of Nations
is fuvored.
Mexico—The sentiment of the com
mittee is for a plank which will with
hold recognition from any government
of Mexico that does not comply with
such responsibilities as maintenance of
effective border patrol, honest govern
ment, enactment of law’s fit to protect
foreign investments and legitimate en
terprises, fair taxation of foreigners
and payment of international obliga
tions.
Soldiers’ Bonuses—lt is doubtful if
the platform will favor the tint pay
ment of soldier bonuses, but will pro
vide for prpoer assistance for maim
ed, crippled or sick soldiers as a gov
ernment duty, through an efficient
board. The tentative draft denies that
ablebodied mem who fought, for Amer
ica expect financial rewards, but in
sists that a scheme for putting veterans
in possession of land for agricultural
pursuits, when desired, should be ef
fected without delay.
The entire platform, it is reported,
will make about 5,000 or 6,000 words,
if the tentative subcommittee draft is
accepted, and, indeed reaches the eom
mittee on resolutions and platform, in
about the same form that it was in
this morning. Senator Carter Glass
4s the chief voice in the document.
CREDIT WILL BE CUT AND
LEVER ACT ENFORCED
Washington. June 28.—Judicious
curtailment of credit by the Federal
Reserve Board and vigorous enforce
ment of the Leaver act by the depart
ment of justice will be used by the
government to keep fall prices down
to reasonable levels.
“Curtailment and careful supervi
sion of credit at this time will have a
marked tendency to keep prices at a
normal level,” Howard E. Figg, spe
cial assistant to the attorney general,
in charge of the eompaign against high
prices, said today. Correspondingly
loose credit will inflate prices.”
Government officials admitted that
generous credit largely aided in price
Iwiosting by wholesalers and others
last year
FARM LANDS CONTINUE
TO CHANGE HANDS
AT INCREASED PRICES
It is almost a daily occurence for
Barrow county farm lands to change
hands.
On Monday Mr. June 11. Wood sold
for the owner the former home place
of Mr. Wiley Patrick, later owned and
occupied by Mr. Arnold Haymon about
live miles from Winder. Mr. Hugh
Maxey was the purchaser and the price
is said to have been $150.00 per acre.
The place contained more than 100
acres and is a splendid piece of prop
erty. and in one of the best sections of
Barrow county.
We are informed that Mr. Maxey
will make this place his home on the
first of next year. He recently sold his
present home place.
Those who keep informed in regard
to farm lands freely predict that as
soon as the crops are laid by and pro
gressive farmers who have previously
rented land will become purchasers of
their own homes. This is a healthy
state of affairs as nothing is so bene
ficial to a community as for the occu
pants to own their own homes.
WOULD YOU MARRY
RICH OLD MAN IF
YOU DESPISED HIM?
If you were a young woman about
to be married to an old man whom
you detested, what would yon do to
prevent the ceremony from being per
formed? Would you make your escape,
arrayed in your wedding finery, and
hide, in the woods? This was the
course adopted by Sylvia We.stor in
the new Paramount protoplay, “Three
Men and a Girl,” starring beautiful
Marguerite Clark, which will be shown
at the Strand Theuter next Friday.
When Sylvia found refuge in a sum
mer camp owned by her wealthy father
and which he had leased to three wo
man haters for the summer, she caused
a commotion.
CONGRESSMAN BELL
IN WINDER TUESDAY
Congressman Thos. M. Bell was in
Winder Tuesday. He is scouting over
the district feeling the pulse of the vo
ters as to their wishes in the matter
of his succeeding himself as congress
man from the Ninth.
Few representatives In the lower
house of congress are worth as much
to Georgia as the popular representa
tive from the Ninth, and in our opinion
the voters of the Ninth will again com
mission him to continue his valuable
services in sVashington.
In all probability, his official an
nouncement for congress will appear
in a few' weeks.
FIRST COTTON BLOOM
Mr. A. I). Chatman, of Pea Hill, was
the first to reach the News office with
a 1020 Bfirrow county cotton bloom,
but Mr. Luther Wood, of same neigh
borhood, was a close second. r
For the past three years Mr. Chat
man has distanced all competitors in
reaching The News office with first,
bloom, first boll and first bale to town.
While there was about fourteen hours
difference in the time of arrival of
blooms in this office, there did not seem
to be much difference in the time of
actual blooming.
At 12 o’clock Tue<ida; Mr. Sam Seli
ns sent to the office a bloom with as
surance that he had plenty of them on
Monday. He is one of Chandler’s fine
farmers who lives near Oak Grove.
At 4 o’clock Tuesday afternoon a
bloom arrived from J. M. Ilealan, Rt. 1.
SPEC 1A L AN NO INC ’EM ENT.
Beginning today, July Ist, we can
deliver Ice Cream packed in sanitary
paper cartoons guaranteed to keep two
hours from time it is delivered. On
Sunday we will carry special Fruit
Cream, consisting of Pineapple, Or
ange, Cherries and Peaches —the best
cream made in Georgia.
We are exclusive agents for Whit
man's and Norris Candles. Fresh can
dies received each week. Cut, flowers
by telegraph.
WINDER SODA COMPANY
Winder, Georgia.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Broome, Mrs. A.
p. Carrington and Mrs. J. G. White
head spent Wednesday in Athens shop
ping. Gordon is authority for the
statement that he had a h—l of a din
ner in Mrs. Whitehead’s absence.
THE STRAND THEATER PROGRAM
MONDAY, July 15—Tom Mix in “Three
Gold Coins.”
TUESDAY, July 6—Peggy Milan in
"FATE.”
WEDNESDAY, July 7th—
PERSONAL NOTES
OF MOVING VAN
Short Items of Interest About People
You Know Who Move W r itli
the Passing Throng.
Mrs. Ernest Sims is reported ill this
week.
* ♦
Master William Dean, of Monroe,
spent sometime this week with his
cousins, Masters Morgan and Arnold
HolenUck.
* *
Miss Sarah Hayes, w r ho has been
teaching school in Warren, Ohio, has
returned home.
• *
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Perry, of
Statham, visited the family of Mr. J.
T. Perry last Sunday.
• *
Mr. Jimmie Patterson, of Atlanta,
was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. M.
Ferguson on Monday.
* *
Little B. A. Juhan, Jr„ who has
been quite ill for the past week, is re
ported as improving.
• •
Mr. and Mrs. N. G. Parker are leav
ing shortly for a visit to the latter’s
parents in South Georgia.
• •
Mrs. Montgomery Haynes, nee Miss
Florrle Wood, is the attractive guest
of Mrs. Grover Moseley this week.
* *
Miss Annie Laurie Ware, after sev
eral days’ visit to Miss Gypsie Bed
dlngfleld, has returned to her home in
Atlanta.
• •
Mr. and Mrs. L. Love and little
daughter, Ruth, accompanied by Mr.
Robert Carrington spent Monduy in.
Atlanta.
* *
Mr. Tyslnger, of Atlanta, arrived In-
Winder Monday to assume hi* duties;
in association with the J. A. Riley In
surance Company.
• *
Mr. George 8. Miller, an importer of’
New York City and Rotterdam, has
been a recent guest, in the home of
Mr. W. H. Sheats and daughter.
• *
An enjoyable affair of last week
was the picnic given at Reeves’ Mill
by Miss Cleo Bush honoring Mr. Geo.
S. Miller, of New York City.
* *
Mrs. M. J. Griffeth, Mr. George S.
Miller and Misses Willie May Sheats
and Uleo Bush motored to Athens last
Saturday and spent the day with Mr*.
Henry Putman.
Miss Minerva, Sims fyis returned
from Davis- Fisher sanitorium, Atlan
ta, after undergoing an operation, and
is at’home greatly improved, to the
delight of her many friends.
Mr. and Mrs* D. F. Rogers and
nephew, Charles Norton, of Atlanta,
accompanied by Miss Williams, of
Jacksonville, Fla., were week-end
guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
It. L. Rogers.
George Anderon, colored, has moved
his barber shop into the basement room
of the Garrison building. Mr. B. E.
Patrick, the jeweler, will occupy the
room made vacant by the removal of
the barber shop./
Messrs. It. A* SmitlX and Claude
Mayne left last Thursday for New
Haven, Conn., to attend the convention
,f the Winchester Arms Company in
session in that city this week. They
will reach home next Saturday.
The local chapter W. C. T. U. com
plimented the L. T. La with an out
door supper Friday afternoon. May
nard’s pasture presented a happy scene
with the children romping and wading
i„ the branch. The L. T. Ls rendered
quite an interesting program during
tin* afternoon.
* *
Led by that veteran automobile deal
er. Mr. Fritz Potts, the party consist
ng of Dr. Freeman, of Hoschton: E. S.
Harris, of Bethlehem, Reevie Math
ews, of Bethlehem; Fred Patat, of
Garl; Oscar Gunnin and W. C. Potts
reached Winder Wednesday from De
roit, Mich., with a train of Buicks.
* *
Mr. A. L. DeLaPerrlore, of Hosch
ton, was in Winder Wednesday. Ar
thur has been pulling off some land
sales lately that have netted quite a
sum. He has several more thousand
acres that he is going to throw on the
market. Keep up with him and you
will keep posted on the fine opportun
ities to buy homes. He is connected
with the Atlanta Land Auction Com
pany which sold over three million dol
lars worth of real estate last year.
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