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VOLUME 4, NO. 24
DR ROBERTSON RILLED
# BY AUTO
Dr. P. E. Robertson, one of the
best known and most popular
physicians of Gainesville was kill
ed by his automobile about two
miles from Gainesville last Sun
day afternoon.
He unthoughtedly cranked his
■car while in gear and was instant
ly run over and killed as his car
jumped down grade.
Dr. Robertson was trice Mayor
of Gainesville and was very popu
lar as a man and physician.
He has a number of friends in
Winder who will regret to learn of
bis untimely death.
TAKING IN THE SIGHTS IN
WASHINGTON.
Mrs. W. H. Sheats, Mrs. (’. M.
Ferguson and Mrs. Z. F. Jackson
are in Washington city for a few
weeks visit.
They accompanied Miss Willie
Mae Sheats on her return to
Washington where she is making
her home. While there, they will
take in all the points of interest in
and near Washington.
FATHERS' DAY AT CARL.
fnext Sunday, June 15th,
will be Fathers’ Day servi
ces held at Carl.
Preaching at 11 o’clock by Rev.
Frank Jackson, of Atlanta, who is
very well known in this section of
the country.
Tljere will be several good sin
gersl, present, and we can assure
you good music.
Come, we will have dinner on
the ground for everbody.
Committee.
MR. CARTER DAVIS.
The sad news of the death of
j\lr. Carter Davis last Sunday
night was a great shock to his
friends throughout the county.
His death came unexpected as
liis general health had been good
since coming to Winder two
years ago.
He was reared in this section
and lias spent most of his years
here. A part of his life was spent
in South Georgia where he was a
successful farmer.
Since coming to Winder, he has
invested in a home and farm near
f. e and identified himself as one
our substancial citizens.
He was a quiet, unassuming,
gentle character and every body
liked him.
Winder and Barrow county has
lost a good citizen and he will he
greatlyl missed. He leaves a wife
and six children with whom the
Times deeply spmpathizees.
His remains were laid to rest at
Chapel last Tuesday where a large
concourse of friends gathered to
pay their last respect to this
splendid citizen.
Rev. R. E. Moss, pastor of the
Christian Church, his pastor, con
ducted the funeral.
WINDER NATIONAL MAKES
IMPROVEMENTS.
One of the prettiest banking
houses in North Georgia will be at
the Winder National, when the
i,Verior work has been completed.
New fixtures of marble are
being installed and makes an un
usual attractive banking house.
These people are to be commend
ed on their improvements.
0 Mrs. W. B. McCants and Mr.
John Met'ants attended the grad
uating exercises of Miss Nell Mc-
Cants at 0. N. & I. C. last week.
THE BARROW TIMES
CHAIRMAN DeLaPERRIERE
HAS DONE HIS DUTY
In last week’s issue of the
Times, we inquired as to who was
responsible for tin cans, piles of
back yard rubbish etc. being left
on the edge of side walks over
Sundays.
The inquiry brought forth the
answer from Chairman DeLa-
Perriere of the sanitary depart
ment that he had done all in his
power to relieve the streets of
these unsightly appearances. That
he had advertised in large letters
that the trash wagon passed every
second Friday and repeatedly ask
the people to remember the date
and place their trash ready for
the wagon accordingly. To this re
quest, the people have failed to
respond.
Some people have gone so far
as to charge the wagon with the
very grave offense of deliberality
driving by their trash and leaving
it. Can it be possible that the
change is true? Certainly it is pos
sible, but we must confess that it
doesn’t seem probable.
A few cases for this offense
would determine in the Mayor’s
court just whose fault it is.
The agitation of this question
may appear insignificant on it’s
face, but a pile of trash four feet
wide and three feet high in front
of an otherwise beautiful front
does not look insignificant on Sun
day or perhaps for a week or two.
EIGHTY GALLONS OF CORN
FINDS IT S WAY INTO
THE SEWER.
Those who suffer from their
periodical spasms of the invasion
of rum into our city should have
rejoiced last Saturday when some
eighty gallons of corn liquor was
gently poured into a city sewer
near the court house.
The officers located in oire home
about sixty gallons and the other
was collected in smaller quanti
ties.
The liquor business in Barrow
county seems to be about as profi
table as the oil business is in the
west. The profit however seems to
be confined to the wholesaler ex
clusively. You seldom hear of any
great sums of money being made
by the jobber. But if reports are
true, a few wholesale dealers have
‘made a kill ink’ in the past few
years. The retailer sells his half
pint and serves his time. The
wholesales ‘mops up’ with the
and remains a gentleman.
There is one consolation how
ever. It is a long, long lane that
never turns. Some of these times,
the man who lias been piling his
cash and remains a gentleman,
gladly turn it all loose for his
liberty. He will wish a thousand
times lie had let well enough be
sufficient for a few years at least.
It is hard to conceive of a man
forgetting himself, his family and
his God so completely in this en
lightened age, as to stake his all
for the sake of making money
from the sale of the greatest curse
the world has ever known.
MR. JOBE HILL HAPPENS TO
A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
Mr. Jobe Hill, one of our pros
perous farmers at Carter Hill
happened to a very serious acci
dent on last Wednesday morning.
He was cutting his wheat when
the clutch of the engine struck
him on the head and a number of
stitches had to be taken and for
some time he was in an unconcious
condition. The Times sincerely
hopes he will soon be alright, he
is a strong friend of ours, and is
a brother of Judge Hill, and has
many friends and relatives here.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF BARROW COUNTY
WINDER. BARROW' COUNTY. GA„ THURSDAY. JUNE 12. IHI
VOTE FOR BONDS AND UNCLE SAM
WILL PAY HALF YOUR EXPENSE
Barrow' County, Georgia,
Office of the Ordinary. Winder,
Ga„ June 11, 1919.
To the Voters of Barrow County:
It is not my purpose in writing
this article to try to dictate to any
one about the election on next
Saturday called for the purpose
of having the people pass upon the
question of what they want to do
about the issue of bonds for court
house and for the public roads of
the county but I ani writing it to
call the attention of the people to
this very important election and
to ask that they express at the
polls their wishes about these two
very important issues and their
verdict is necessarily final and
binding on all of us.
The court-house is a public
building required by the law to be
had by every county and it is for
the people to say under this elec
tion call whether they want it
built by bonds and to be paid for
by the future inhabitants of the
county who will he benefitted by
it or not. The present incommodi
ous building is only a make-shift
and has been used as such during
the first years of the county’s
life while a jail and chaingang
outfit and office fixtures, all of
which we were compelled to have
from the organization of the coun
ty, could be obtained by the usual
methods of taxations.
The county now possesses a fine
court house lot, situated in the
heart of the City of Winder, and
a jail that would be a <..ddit to any
county in the State, and other
equipment for use of the officers
in charge of your business and a
complete outfit for the use of the
chaingang forces. All of these
things have been provided by tax
ation and it must he remembered
that we started from the stump
and have provided these essentials
without unduly burdening the
people. They asked for and obtain
ed anew countv and of course it is
necessary to have public building
and public conveniences of the
character mentioned.
As to the road question. The
whole nation is aroused over the
road improvement agitation and
the Congress of the Fuited States
by repeated appropriations has
given aid to the several states in
road building and this aid is to he
a permanent feature of the legis
lation to he passed by the Con
gress. Government roads have
been built and are now being built
and projected and the road policy
of the government is a permanent
one for military purposes and for
developemnt generally. The gov
ernment. which means all of us
acting together, through our rep
resentatives, has not only estab
lished and built government roads
but the government is aiding the
States in the building of the roads
of the States but it is flowing the
policy of helping those that help
themselves and the aid to be had
from the government can be en
joyed only by the States and the
Counties that are in a position to
meet the government require
ments; that is, every dollar allow
ed to the counties by the govern
ment must be matched by a dollar
from the county receiving this aid.
For instance, if the governments
allowance to this county should
be fifty thousand dollars then this
county must be in a position to
place against that money a like
amount purely for road purposes
and it must be used and spent on
roads under the supervision of the
engineer in charge and every de
tail of the work must be passed by
the engineer and that w'ould mean
that the roads on which this mon
(Continued to last page.)
LETTER FROM FEDERAL
RESERVE AGENT.
The following is a letter re
ceived by Mr. C. O. Maddox, cash
ier of the Winder National Bank,
from the Federal Reserve Agent:
Dear Mr. .Maddox :
It gives me pleasure to advise
you that the Federal Reserve
Board has approved your appli
cation to act, when not in con
travention of State n* local law,
as
Trustee Guardian of Estates,
Executor Assignee
Administrator Receiver
Registrar of Stocks Commit
tee of Estates
and* Bonds of Lunatics
or in any other fiduciary capacity
in which State banks, trust com
panies or other corporations which
come into competition with na
tional banks are permitted to act
under the laws of the State of
Georgia, 1 lie exercise of such
rights to be subject to the provi
sions of the Federal Reserve Act
and the regulations of the Federal
Reserve Board.
Yours very truly.
Joseph A. McCord.
Federal Reserve Agent.
WILL PREACH BACCALAU
REATE SERMON AT WEST
POINT.
Rev. R. E. Moss, pastor Christ
ian Church, left Wednesday morn
ing for Rome; where he goes to at
tend the State Sunday School
Convention. From there he goes to
West Point, Georgia to deliver the
Baccalaureate sermon at the
close of the public school there
next Sunday.
Mr. Moss has few equals on the
platform as a public speaker and
he has been forced to decline a
number of invitations to deliver
addresses since his arrival in Win
der early this year.
REV. JOHN LOGAN PREACH
ING AT WINDER.
Rev. John G. Logan is in Win
der this week assisting Rev. John
H. Mash burn in the conduct of a
series of meetings at the First
Methodist church. On account of
his absence no services will be
held at the Methodist church next
Sunday.—Elberton Star.
MEETING OF INTEREST.
We will show picture slides on
Home Improvement, Good Roads,
and Alfalfa at the school houses,
9:30 p. ra. new time, according to
the following schedule:
Bethlehem Tuesday, June 10th.
Paradise Wednesday, June 11th
Auburn Thursday, June 12th.
Cedar Hill Friday, June 13th.
A large audience is expected at
each place.
Rose Dillard,
W. Hill Hosch.
MRS. ALMOND HURT BY
ACCIDENTAL FALL.
Dr. C. B. Almond, a prominent
physician of Winder, has been in
the city twice during the past
week. He was called here by the
serious illness of his mother, Mrs.
S. A. E. Almond, who sustained
painful injuries in falling in her
yard one day last week. She is re
ported much improved.—Elber
ton Star.
Rev. W. H. Faust is attending
the State Sunday School Conven
tion in Rome. Mr. Faust is on the
program for an address.
REVIVAL SERVICE AT
METHODIST CHURCH
A series of revival services be
gan last Sunday at the Methodist
Church. Two services are being
held each day, 10:00 in the morn
ing and 9:00 in the evening. Rev.
John H. Mashburn, the pastor, is
being assisted by Rev. J. G. Logan
of Elberton. who has been preach
ing some able sermons. He is a
very forceful speaker and is very
popular with his newly made
friends since his arrival in Win
der.
Prof. Ralph Porterfield, of
Comer, has charge of the song
service, and lie comes as one of the
leading singers of this section of
the country.
We hope that great good may
he accomplished during this series
of services.
WINDER REAL ESTATE AND
HARROW FARM LAND BRING
GOOD PRICES.
The demand for Winder real es
tate and Barrow County farm
land is growing every day.
Mr. M. J. Griffetli sold this week
the old Perry home place in Ben
smith’s District for $75.00 per
acre. There are three hundred
acres in this tract.
Mr. James Daniel sold his farm
this week containing 71 acres for
$200.00 per acre. This place is four
miles from Winder, on the Win
der and Auburn road.
The Flanigan property on Ath
ens street occupied by Flanigan
and Flanigan and A. Y. Eavenson
which sold for $12,000 three weeks
ago, sold again this week for $15,-
000.
No better investments is to he
found than in Winder and Barrow
County real estate.
A WONDERFUL RECORD.
At Shorter College this year
there were only four young ladies
who made perfect marks during
the year in every study. Among
these four one of them we are
very proud to learn was one of our
own Winder young ladies, Miss
Beulah Ferguson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. C. M. Ferguson. We con
gratulate her and also her parents.
MR. JOHN WILLIAMS AUTO
LOCATED.
Several weeks ago an auto thief
was passing the home of Mr. John
Williams, who presides in this
city, and seeing his ear standing
near the street, he decided that he
could make an easy get-a-way
with it. Friday of last week Mr.
Williams was notified by the Chief
of Police of New Orleans, that his
car was there. The thief abondon
ed the car there, and no clue yet
as to the guilty party.
Mr. Paul Williams left Tuesday
for New Orleans to bring the car
hack. The machine was found in
good condition with the tires
being badly abused.
MEN’S CLOTHING STORE
CHANGE HANDS
Mr. J. B. Brooksher and Sons
sold their stock of goods to Sum
rnerour Bros, on Wednesday.
Winder'regrets exceedingly to
give up Mr. Brooksher and his
splendid sons, but we welcome
these fine young men hack in busi
ness again. Mr. Brooksher moved
his family to Dahlonega two
months ago, hut we felt aslo ng as
he had some interest here we still
claimed him. Mr. Carl Brooksher
had charge of the business and we
hope he will continue to live here.
$1.50 I.N ADVANCK
MRS. F. HOEMEISTER DIED
WEDNESDAY
At her home on Stephens street,
Mrs.’ F. Ilefmeister breathed her
last on Wednesday afternoon.
She had only been ill a few days
and her sudden death is a great
shock to her loved ones and
friends. Mrs. Hofmeister was a
Miss Stinchcome, before her mar
riage to Mr. Hofmeister, about
eighteen years ago. She was a
good Christian woman and will be
missed at home and in the neigh
borhood in which she lived as she
was always ready to help those
who were sick or in trouble. She
leaves three of her own children,
and one grand child of whom she
was very fond, and a number of
step-children who loved her devot
edly. The funeral will he preached
Thursday afternoon, by Her pas
tor, Rev. W. 11. Faust.
The Times extends its deepest
sympathy to Mr. Hofmeister and
the children and brothers and sis
ters.
WINDER’S MAYOR
It is only natural that people
posses some kind of feeling to
wards those who lead or repre
sent them with distinction.
Tennessee is today raving over
a newly discovered representative
in the person of Seargeant Y'ork,
who crowned himself with glory
in France. Not only are the people
of Tennessee paying unusual at
tention to the achievements of
their hero, but the entire nation
lias bubbled over with jjy to know
that he is an American.
Why should they not rejoice
and let Xerg. York know they are
proud of him? Why wait until lie
is dead, and then say these good
things of him? If they are ever to
be of benefit to him personally, it
is now while lie can live and enjoy
them.
Bring a good Mayor of a
small municipality, we imagine, is
about as thankless a job as any
man ever held. Yet, the responsi
bility placed upon one who really
cares, is perhaps more difficult to
manage than in larger towns
where the Mayor is not held per
sonally responsible for every
thing that is, or is not done.
The question we wish to dis
cuss however, is the individuality
of our Mayor. If Mayor John H.
Maynard is filling the office ac
ceptably, why not tell him so and
inspire him on to greater things.
Asa matter of fact, are the peo
ple not actually proud of their
Mayor? If so, then tell him occa
sionally you are delighted with
him as your executive. It won’t
hurt you and will do hirn just lots
of good.
Our judgement leads us to say
that Winder could not have select
ed a better man to preside over
the welfare of our city.
John H. Maynard is a man any
citizen can take pride in introduc
ing his out of town friends to as
his Mayor. He is a good business
man. He is convervative, yet pro
gressive enough to advance the
town as rapidly as it’s finances
will permit. He enforces the law
and demands respect thereof.
What more could we ask of a
Mayor.
Never nag him, but help him
with your encouragement as he
labors for us.
Mrs. Freeman and daughter,
Miss Lizzie Howard Freeman, of
Crawford, are on a visit to their
daughter and sister, Mrs. Johiu
Hgrgrove on Candler street.