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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.