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VOLOIK 1,00.37
Negro Murderer Captured By Posse and Burned
MR. H. A. CARITHERS
IMPROVING
The many friends of Air. H. A.
Carithcrs all over tlie county will
be rejoiced to know his condition
has changed for the better and
that there is now strong hope for
I is recovery. He has been gradu
ally improving for the past week
although a very sick man yet.
INTERESTING LETTER FROM
CANNING CLUB GIRL.
Dear Miss Dillard:
In the spring of 1918 I joined
the Barrow County Canning Club.
I was rewarded for my work that
year by winning a scholarship to
the State Short Course at tlie State
College of Agriculture. It is my
trip over there that I want to tell
you about.
The Short Course opened in
Athens on August nth, and fasted
for ten days. There were many
other club girls ami boys there
from all parts of the state. We had
good time from the very begin
ning.
On Sunday morning we all went
to church, 'lti the afternoon we
went to see the only tree in the
world that owns itself. Monday
morning we were taught to make
the,best of ice creams. Monday
afternoon we went for a street car
ride* and saw the pretty sights of
Athens. On two evenings the Col-
lege gave us very interesting tree
picture shows which we all enjoy
ed very much. T lie party on Satur
day was the* climax of all. 4ou
should have heard us sing.
1 shall never forget the good
times 1 had at the Short Course,
nor the tine instruction I received
there. Mrs. Bond, Mr. Harvey, and
all the other teachers were just
fine. I hope that some day I shall
see them all again—perhaps when
I am a student at the State <'ul
lage.
I think every girl and boy in
the county should belong to a club.
Club work is a great benefit to any
one. You can’t imagine how much
pleasure one gets °ut of the work.
It-is great fun to win a prize, and
have the opportunity to go to the
State Short Course. There you
/iieet a great many fine girls and
boys, and make lots of new friends
I hope there will he lots of girls
and boys from this county to join
the eluhs and to attend the State
Short Course next year.
With best wishes.
Nettie Perkins.
MISS OLA PORTER WITH
SUMMEROUR & SUMMER
OUR.
Miss Ola Porter, a popular
saleswoman, is with the strong
firm of Summerour and Suinmer
our for the season, where she will
take pleasure in waiting on the
people who visit Winder to do
their shopping. The above firm
was fortunate in securing her val
uable service.
t BACK TO HIS STUDIO.
Mr. A. E. Knight, one of the
best photographers of the State,
is back from his vacation and can
lie found all the time at his studio
in the DeLaPerriere building on
Broad Street.
There is no need to go away
from Winder if you desire good
Work of the highest type, as he
can please you. Patronize home
efficiency and you will feel better
and your picture will look better.
THE BARROW TIMES
CORRECTION IN AD OF HER
RIN'S 10 CENTS STORE.
In the Ad o* Herrin’s 10 cents
store of tliis issue is advertised
cups and saucers for $1.90 per
set when it should he $1.20 per
set. $1.90 is a typographical er
ror and we call attention to it so
that you may take advantage of
this low price of $1.20 and get ii
set before they are all gone.
EVANS TO PREACH AT UNION
Rev. W. T. Evans will preach at
Union Church next Sunday, Sept.
14th. at 11 o’clock.
Br°. Evans is a young man of
splendid prospects as a preacher
and it is hoped all who can will
come out and hear him Sunday.
ASSOCIATIONAL BANQUET.
Last Saturday night at the new
Walton Hotel at Monroe. Hon. A.
B. Mobley, Publicity Director and
Rev. W. H. Faust, Organizer of
the 75 Million Drive tendered the
workers a banquet.
Addresses were delivered after
the sunrptionus repast by a num
ber of the leading pastors, laymen
and Mrs. W. M. Holsenbeek repre
senting the women.
The following are the organizers
of the local churches:
Alcova Mountain—Josiali Blas
ingame, Jersey.
Annie Mary—John T. Mitchell,
Social Circle.
Bethabara—H. A. Hardy. Stath
ani.
Bethel—J. E. Prather, Good
Hope.
Bethlehem—E. S. Harris, Betli-
lehem.
Bold Springs—B. 11. Jenkens,
Monroe.
Bogart—Robt. Thompson, Bo-
Cart.
Bishop—E. R. Wood, Bishop.
Center Hill—W. B. Treadwell.
Campton.
Bbenezer—W. F. Powers. Social
Circle.
Freeman’s Creek—W. A.Zuber
Farmington.
Harmony—K. <i. \V. McDowell.
Monroe.
High Shoals—S. O. Osborne, High
Shoals.
Mars Hill—J. F. Haygood, Wat
kiusville.
Monroe—B. S. Walker, Monroe.
Mountain Creek—W. j. Chafin,
Monroe.
Watkinsville—M. A. Andrews,
Watkinsville.
Walker Chapel—J. J. Norton,
Monroe.
Winder First—J. C. Pratt. Win
der.
Winder Second—N T. Lancas
ter. Winder.
Rev. W. R. Deal, •(’ Hartwell,
was present and the work was
thoroughly organized and the ap
portionment of $100,000.00 f°r five
years was accepted by the execu
tive oomimmittee and more than
this amount is confidently expect
ed to be raised.
The entire second day will be
given over to the discussion of the
75 million drive.
The speakers for this day will be
Rev. W. 11. Faust, of Winder, Hon.
A. B. Mobley, of Monroe, Dr. Chas.
W. Daniel, of Atlanta, Mrs. W. M.
Holsenbeck, of Winder, Mrs. Kate
C. Wakefield, of Atlanta, W. R.
Deal, of Hartwell. Dr. Jolin 1).
Mell, of Athens, Dr. F. C. McCon
nell. of Atlanta. The largest dele
gation in its history is expected to
attend.
WINDER, lI.VHHOW COUNTY. GA„ THI’HSDAY. SEPTEMBER 11. 1010
OBE COX. NEGRO SLAYER OF WHITE
WOMAN, PAYS PENALTY IN FLAMES
Black Man is Caught Not Far
From Scene of Crime Near Lex
. .ington and is Burned to Death
. . and Riddled With Bullets.
The climax of the man-hunt
that lias aroused the whole coun
tryside was reached this morning
at 11:30. o’clock when the negro
brute Obe Cox was caught crouch
ing under a fig tree in the yard of
Charlie Sims, a farmer in Ogle
thorpe County.
The alarm was given and the
thousands who had been search
ing the whole community for the
negro rushed to the scene and car
ried the negro to the spot where
he committed his foul crime; tied
him to a stake and set fire to his
hotly, and the flames gradually en
circled his body burning for more
than an hour.
Story of the Assault. ’
Monday morning the negro
complained o f illness to his em
ployer. Woodie Calloway, and
said that lie could not work that
day. About 1 o’clock on that same
day the negro went to the home of
the murdered woman and asked
her for some turpentine, com
plaining that his feet hurt him..
Site gave him the turpentine and
went hack into her house. Drover
Sardin, the 13 year old son of a
white neighbor, was at the house
at the time the negro asked for
the turnpentine and as he started
to his own home about one quar
ter mile away lie saw the negro
sit down under a clump of trees a
few yards away and apply the
turpentine to his feet, but thought
nothing of the matter. As lie
reached the steps of his house, the
little white boy heard a scream
and rushed back in the direction
from whence the scream came.
And when lie arrived at the road
a few yards from the house of the
farmer lie found the young wo
man huddled on the ground in a
dying condition. Help was imme
diately summoned and she was
brought to a hospital in Athens,
but died a few hours later.
Description of Negro.
Obe Cox was 22 years old, gin
ger Cake color, height 5 feet 8
inches and weighed ft bout 160
pounds, lie was known through
out the section surrounding Lex
ington as a shiftless profligate. He
was under indictment f or outrag
ing a member of his own race a
few weeks ago, and had been con
nected with several crimes of a
petty nature that have occured in
that neighborhood.
Over a thousand men scoured
the countryside for the negro
since Monday afternoon when he
made a criminal assault on the
young wife of a prominent Ogle
thorpe County farmer and then
murdered her within a few yards
of her home as she screamed for
help.
Hidden in Swamp.
The Long Creek swamp covers
about two thousand acres of land
in Oglethorpe County extending
to about two miles of Lexington.
The underbrush, marshes and
vines make the swamp a veritable
jungle and this fact aided the ne
gro in eluding his pursuers.
However, early this morning
one of the party decided to look
into an old ramshackle barn, be
lieving that the negro might pos
sibly be in biding there, and sure
enough be spied him and pulling
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF BARROW COUNT!
MRS. LULA CAIN LOSES AU
TOMOBILE.
Mrs. ■ Lula Cain’s automobile
was driven to Winder last Friday
night by some of the young peo
ple of Auburn and was left in
front of the Strand Theater.
While these young people were
taking in the show some thief was
taking in the automobile and flee
ing to parts unknown.
The ear has not been found or
heard of yet.
MR. KNIGHT DIRECTS SONG
SERVICE DURING VACATION.
Mr. A. E. Knight, during lits
month’s vacation spent most or
the time directing the song ser
vice in several great revival meet
ings.
Mr. Knight enjoys this work
and while taking his vacation is
d°ing g°od for others.
LOYAL GUARDS CLASS.
Let every member of the Loyal
Guards Class be present Sunday
morning.
There were thirty in the class
last Sunday and we should have
fifty next Sunday morning. Be
there without fail.— 11. E. Milli
kin. Vice President.
BACK FROM SINGING TOUR.
Prof. J. L. Moore, of Bethlehem,
lias returned from a successful
trip of several week’s teaching
music classes. He is one of the
leading music men of the South.
the trigger of his pistol lie believ
ed that the negro had seen tiie
last of daylight, but the cartridge
refused to explode and the negro
escaped to the swamps.
It is reported that several shots
were tired at the negro as he clash
ed toward the swamp It was dark
then and the shots were of course,
incorrectly aimed.
Little Girl Finds Negro.
This morning about 11:30
o’clock the little girl o f Charles
A. Sims, who lives about one-half
mile from the spot where the ne
gro committeed his crime, went
out to a fig bush-in the backyard
to pick some figs. As she reached
for the fruit, the negro Obe Cox,
jumped from under the fig bush
where he had been in hiding and
leaped over a nearby fence. The
little girl, startled at the sight of
the negro, screamed for help and
Seab Bray, C. B. Hansford, Percy
Arnold, and Frank Hansford who
were in a store near the fence
rushed out to where the little girl
was standing. They saw the negro
and caught him before he could
escape. They held him at the store
while the thousand or more men
who had been searching for tlie
negro, could be assembled.
Taken to Scene of Crime.
As soon as the posse arrived the
negro was marched to the spot
where the murder was committed,
lie was then placed on a box near
an iron post and tied to the post
by a chain. Wood was then piled
around his body; the wood was
saturated with gosolene, but be
fore the match was applied the ne
gro was given an opportunity to
speak. He confessed to having as
saulted the young white woman.
The above account of this hor
rible crime is taken from yester
day’s Athens Herald.
GRADUATED PRICE OF 36 TO
40 CENTS SET FOR COTTON.
American Cotton Association
Closes Session At New Orleans
Tuesday.
The outstanding and most im
portant feature of the convention
of the American Cotton Associa
tion. which closed its session Tues
day in New Orleans, was the adop
tion of report of the cotton price
fixing committee recommending a
graduated price of 36 to 40 cents
Following is the report of the
price-fixing committee:
“Mr. Chairman: Your commit
tee appointed to recommend a
minimum price on cotton, beg
leave to submit the following re
port :
“On account of existing condi
tions we find it will lie absolutely
impracticable to recommed a min
imum price for cotton based upon
supply and demand, the price of
the manufactured product, a com
parative price with other commo
dities. and the high cost of living.
“Until the peace covenant has
been confirmed, the European
markets will be limited, this con
dition practically eliminating
competitive buying. A joint reso
lution by Senator E. I). Smith, of
South Carolina, lias just been
adopted by congress requiring the
secretary of agriculture to issue a
statement by October 2 showing
the acreage abandonment, which,
lie states, is record-breaking anil
our records show as one-Quarter
per cent.
We therefore, recommend as a
temporary minimum price and un
til conditions warrant a higher
minimum price, the adoption of
the following scale:
“September 36 cents, October
36 1-2 cents. November 37 cents,
December 37 1-2 cents, January
38 cents. February 38 1-2 cents,
March 39 cents, April 39 1-2
cents. May 40 cents, basis middl
ing grade Unitile States govern
ment, delivery point of origin.
“In submitting the above re
commendation, your committee is
of the opinion that while the
above scale provides for a price of
forty cents in May, 1920, we feet
that it would be to the advantage
ot all who can to hold their cotton
until more favorable conditions
will warrant a higher minimum
price.
A BEAUTIFUL HOOSIER GI
VEN OUR SCHOOL.
By W. T. Robinson, One of Win
der’s Progressive Furniture
Dealers.
Mr. W. T. Robinson, one of our
progressive furniture dealers, has
given a beautiful white Hoosier
kitchen Cabinet to our school to
be the property of the Domestic
Science Department.
These cabinets are very essen
tial to every well kept kitchen
and every home should have one.
It adds much to the Domestic
Science room of our school and we
feel sure this valuable gift by Mi*
Robinson is appreciated by the
faculty, pupils and patrons of the
Winder Public School.
If you want a Oraphonola see
John Craft. He sells them every
day and is ready to sell you one.
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Patat, of At
lanta, spent the week-end here
with relatives.
#1.50 IN ADVANCE
COTTON BUYERS FOR
WINDER
The cotton, buyers of Winder
for the present season who will
buy on the streets, are: A. A.
(’amp, R. L. Rogers, W. 11. Max
well. W. K. Lyle, ,J. M. Williams,
W. R. Smith, J. \V. Suirimerour,
\Y. (!. Graham and J. J. Wilson.
It is hoped these buyers may be
able to keep tlie market at this
place at the very top and help
sustain the reputation of Winder
which has been known for years
as the best cotton market in the
State.
The expert buyers are: A. S.
Morgan. (O. Niblack, W. A.
I’.roks, B. B. Jack.s<>n and J. P.
Williams. The above gentlemen
represent the largest exporters of
cotton in the South.
GONE TO GORDON INSTITUTE
Mr. Eugene Edwards left Mon
day for Gordon Institute, where
he entered the juni°r class.
G. W. Millsaps also enrolled as
a Gordon Institute student this
week.
Winder is sending off more
girls and boys to the different
colleges than ever be f ore in its
history.
APPALACHEE ASSOCIATION
The next session of the Appala
cliee Association convenes with
Ebenezer Church six miles below
.Monroe on Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday, Sept. 17-19, 1919.
Hon. Josiah Blasingame of Jer
sey is moderator. Rev. W. H.
Faust of Winder, Clerk.
The Introduction Sermon will
be preached by Rev. A. J. Gqss, of
Monroe, the Missionary Sermon
by Dr. 1). W. Key.
SPECIAL NOTICE TO SINGERS
OF BARROW COUNTY.
The singers, interested in The
Barrow County Singing Conven
tion are earnestly requested to
meet with the Convention at Plea
sant Hill Church, on Saturday the
13th, iust, as officers for the ensu
ing year will be elected on that
day.—J. L. Moore, Pres.
AUTOMOBILE STOLEN.
Anew Ford Automobile was
stolen last Saturday niglit, about
11 o’clock, from Mr. .1. A. Daniel
at It is home 4 miles from Winder
on Bankhead Highway.
The party or parties who got it
broke the lock. The ear was track
ed to near Duncan Creek Church
when they lost all tract of it.
There seems to be a gang of au
tomobile rogues throughout the
country and the punishment, of
these thieves should be more sev
ere.
WILL ENTER MERCER UNI
VERSITY.
Rev. J. 7. Drizzle, of Hoschton,
is making all preparation to enter
Mercer Fniversity on the first day
of the opening. He is the foremost
preacher in the Mulberry Associa
tion, and at this time be is Organ
izer of his Association on the 75
Million Campaign. Bro Drizzle has
given up all bis work, but has
been called by two other half
time churches with the view of
him serving them from Macon.