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VOLUME 5. NO. .**
THE BIG FAIR NEXT WEEK
EVERYTHING IS IN READINESS
GATES WILL BE OPEN TUESDAY
ON MONDAY THE EXHIBITORS WILL BE BUSY ARRANGING
THE MANY EXHIBITS WHICH PROMISES TO BE THE
GREATEST DISPLAY EVER SEEN AT ANY
PREVIOUS FAIR.
Great and Grand Parade Compos
ed of Numerous Floats, Boy
Scouts, School Children
and Everything.
The Eight Annual Fair opens on
next Tuesday, October 5, which
will be School and Educational
Day. Every school child in Bar
row county, together with the
teachers, will meet at the school
. tr .
building in this city not sooner
than 9 :30 o’clock and form the lon
gest and prettiest parade that has
ever traveled the streets of Win
der. Each and every school will
have a banner giving the name of
the school.
When each school arrives at the
school building they will form a
parade or line of their school (lead
ed with a band if they wish and
promptly at 10 o’clock the parade
will move down Church street, to
Gaudier. down Candler to Chris
tian church turn across the (1. 41
railroad down Midland Ave. to
11 road, down Broad to Baptist
church down to fair grounds
where they will be admitted free.
In the parade will be the Boy
Scouts, which will have their band.
Then the Bed Cross Float with the
red cross members. The Women’s
Federated Club with, a beautiful
float. The Girls Canning clubs in
charge of Miss Dillard with their
floats and band. The business
bouses will have about twenty
live dandy pretty thiats with the
show hands. The Wild West cow
boys and girls with the Dixie Min
strel band will bring up the rear.
If any child fails to come and join
the parade will lose a chance of a
life time and yet it will be “leal
mean” for any parents to keepj
them away on this day. The cliil-i
dren will spend the afternoon in,
the grounds riding the four big rid
ing devices and seeing the fifteen
shows which will have on special
programs for children. At night
the grandest fireworks of the fair
Avill be tired promptly at 8 :J0 so
the children can see them ami still
go home real early.
On Monday the exhibitors will
be busy arranging the many exhib
its which promises to be the grand
est display along this line that lias
been in any previous fair. If all
that have said they were going to
make an exhibit come you will not
be disappointed by any means.
Each exhibit must have eompeti
tion by someone else before you
can win first money. Hut should
you bring something that has no
competition you will win first rib
bon prize and will be paid second
money so you will win either way.
A real public spirited person is
'not looking for the money, he
w;\nts to show the county’s resourc
es and his interest in the particu
lar line and have a blue ribbon
pinned to it bv the jcdges whether
he gets any money at all. Every
day will be as interesting as Tues-
day—you just come and see.
All arrangements have been com
pleted for the amusement feature
for the gala week by the fair asso
ciation. The Miller Brothers ('ir
ons Exposition Fompanv, which is
THE BARROW TIMES
24 PACES OF
THIS ISS UE
This issue of The Times con
tains 24 pages. This was
made possible by the willing
ness of the merchants to ad
vertise their wares freely.
And, too, it is the last paper
before the big fair begins
next Tuesday.
Read the advertisements of
the merchants and business
men in this issue. They are
offering you some real values
There are no better mer
chants than Winder and Bar
row county merchants—they
have stuck to us, they have
and are paying taxes for the
building up of Winder and
Barrow county and long af
ter the mail order house is
forgotten our merchants will
he here with their shoulders
to the wheel.
Let s spend our money with
our merchants.
to furnish the attractions will ar
rive on their special train Sunday
night. Mr. Miller, the manager,
is a well known showman, who for
the past twenty years has had the
management of some of the largest
amusement enterprises in the Unit
ed States and Canada, and with
his many years experience and
managerial ability, he has assem
bled w hat press and public has rec
ognized to be one of the largest
collections of high class attrac
tions ever shown under one man
agement, consisting of twelve big
■shows and three mammoth riding
devices, among which will be seen
the big wild west with real cow
boys and cow girls giving a repro
duction of the sports and pastimes
of the far west.
The Original Dixie Minstrels
with their ow n band and orchestra
introducing America’s funniest
colored comedians. Joe Turner,
the famous wrestler, and his con
gress of athletes who will meet all
comers in boxing and wrestling.
The big trained dog, pony and
monkey circus. The big circus
side show with its many freaks
and wonders. Sam Harris, the lar
gest man in the world, weight 712
pounds—some boy. Bessie, the
smallest mother in the world, with
her baby. The big musical review
with 18 performers. I jit 11 e Eno,
the fattest midget on earth. Over
the Falls, the big fun maker. The
big one ring circus with its con
gress of clowns and athletes pre
senting a marvelo.us exhibition of
skill and daring. Wonderland,
with numerous mystifying illus
ions. Three carry-us-all. whip and
big Ely Ferris wheel will furnish
the joyrides. Two big hands to
furnish the music.
NOTICE.
The driveway to Rogers Bonded
Warehouse is now open and Mr.
Rogers will be glad to weigh and
store for his customers.
WINDER, HARROW COUNTY, A„ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1920
MR W. H. SHEATS CONTINUES
IN A CRITICAL CONDITION
Mr. W. 11. Sheats, who had a
second stroke of paralysis week be
fore last, is still in a critical con
dition and there is faint hope for
his recovery.
11 is daughter. Miss Willie May
Sheats. of Washington, D. C., is
with him, and also his nephew , Mr.
('laud Sheats, of Kansas City.
Mr. Shoots is one of Winder’s
best citizens and his serious illness
has brought much concern and sad
ness to his own family and near
relatives as well as to Lis numer
ous friends all over this section.
A SHORT COTTTON CROP
AND SHORT PRICES
The cotton crop of this section
of the state is much shorter than
anyone expected a few weeks ago.
| With the short crop and the
price getting lower every day, the
people are rather lue over the sit
uation.
Too much polities and agitation
instead of looking after more im-
Iportant matters, coupled with ex-
Itravaganoe ami a presidential year
I have helped to bring about these
results.
Look on the bright side and hope
(for better conditions.
| Thins are never as bad as w-e
imagine, blit they are bad enough
without trying to make them
worse.
VISITING ATTORNEYS AT
TENDING COURT THIS WEEK
A number of visiting attorneys
are attending court here this week
from Athens. Jefferson, Greensbo
ro, Monroe, Law reneeville and At
lanta.
Court will be in session all of
this and next week and several
cases of importance are on the cal
endar for trial.
WINDER S PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The Winder Public Schools are
taking pupils outside of the city
limits at 50 per cent less than it
costs the city to teach them.
Every one sending in children
should appreciate this fact and
not be too ready to criticise and ob
jeet to the rate charged them.
It takes $26,000 a year to run
the Winder schools and this places
a rate of taxation on our citizens,
with other expenses absolutelyj
necessary, of $1.50 on tlie hundred
dollars of taxable property.
A Young Lady Makes Her Debut.
Mr. and Mrs. Jno. W. Farring
ton announce the birth of a little
girl Wednesday morning at their
home on East Avenue. Mother
ami babe are both getting on nice
ly-
This young lady has been given
the name of Anna Lou, after her
maternal and paternal grandmoth
ers.
Airs. Fcorgia Harris, Miss Sadie
Harris, Messrs. Flair Harris and
Henry Mill, and Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Parham and Joe, Jr., spent last
Sunday at the country home of Mr.
and Mrs. Will Harris.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF BARROW COUNTY
BARROW COUNTY'S
TAXABLE PROPERTY
A matter of interest to the citizens of Barrow county
are the figures taken from Tax Receiver Still’s digest for
the year 19*20.
The assessed value per acre of land in the several dis
tricts and total value of all property follows:
Districts Average per acre Total val. prop.
Auburn *19.00 $241,935.00
Ben Smith $17.50 $191,503.00
Bethlehem $17.50 $298,984.00
Chandlers SIB.OO $215,678.00
tains $17.00 $126,905.00
Jones $17.00 $123,327.00
Pentecost $17.00 $154,083.00
St a tluun $18.50 $434,599.00
Winder $19.50 $2,230,562.00
Total property of whites $4,017,578.00
Total property of colored 201,713.00
Brand Total.’ $4,219,291.00
Value of lands $1,791,318.00
Tow n and City property $ 803,932.00
Winder district lands $610,567.00
Winder Property $605,630.00
Professional Tax $290.00
State Taxes for Barrow Countyy for 1920 are. .$21,096.45
( ounty Taxes for Barrow County for 1920 are. $73,837.65
Total State and County Taxes $94,934.10
Number of Polls 2301
Georgia Power Company Ordered to
Build New Winder-Gainesville Line
Th Mew Electric Line Must Be
Completed by February Ist.
Good News to Winder
Citizens.
The Wail road ('oimnission , of
Ge< passed an order last week
that the (Jcorgia Railway & Power
company. of Atlanta, must build a
new electric line from Gainesville
to b inder, and that the same he
completed by February first, 1921.
This will be good news all along
Ibis important line and a great
blessing to Winder.
The business of Winder has been
greatly handicapped and many
plants forced to close for one or
moi e days at a time, and that fre
quently, bv the sorry line put up
by flu* Georgia Railway & Power
Cos.
The commission deserves the
thanks of all of our people for tak
iua oid' 1 of ih; matter and order
ing a nev. line.
A STEAM LAUNDRY FOR
WINDER.
Tw o of our young business men
have bought new machinery and
will establish a steam laundry in
Winder.
This is an enterprise badly need
ed here and ought to have the sup
port and patronage of every fami
ly that believes in standing by
home enterprises.
| This is the way to build a city
and the only way. Patronize home
industries and encourage them.
Air. F. E. Bronson had an inqui
ry last week from the noted old
town of Penfield, former home of
Mercer University, wishing to
know if he could upholster some
fine old antebellum furniture. Mr.
Bronson has made an enviable rep
utation in this line of work and
helps to keep Winder on the map.
Messrs. Zaek Jackson, Earl Kil
gore and Ralph Cross left Monday
f(fr Emery University to continue
their studies.
The many friends of Mrs. W. E.
Roberts will regret to learn of her
illness, but hope for her a speedy
recovery.
POT VS KETTLE
Editor Townsend, of the Dahlau
ega Nugget, and also ordinary of
his county, lias a way ol his own
in writing the local and social hap
penings of his town and county,
!making them amusing ami otten
ludicrous.
We quote the following:
A stranger called on 11s lasi Sun
jday morning for a permit to marry
;one he hail fallen in love with at
1 first sigld, engaging our services
to perfect the rest oi the work at
I or 2 o’clock in the afternoon,
and left to steal her from her fatlo
er. But we never saw any more of
the party until in the afternoon of
the next day when he came pre
senting to us the one lie had chos
en to use the broom, dish rag and
fry “Map jacks”, saying that she
was young and timid. Tt was the
most attractive couple that ever
stood before us. The soon to be
come a bride was dark complected
and wore a beautiful short white
dress with socks to match. While
her new lover was dressed in black
with a large tie beneath liis chin of
the shoo fly variety. To keep from
shocking the coming bride we pro
duced the ceremony in as soft and
mellow tone ns we possibly could.
Not having any instrument for the
wedding march to he played at the
beginning, and in place of kissing
the bride, as used to be the custom,
of those who married people, we
extended the right hand of fellow
ship and sang God be with us till
we meel again. Wallace Winfield,
of South Georgia, was the groom,
and Lorene, daughter of Charlie
Howell, was the bride. Both color
ed.
Rev. J. E. England, a conse
crated minister of the Christian
church and a resident of Easley,
S. F., was in Winder Wednesday.
He attended prayer service at
the Christian church last night
and gave an interesting and in
streetive talk that was enjoyed by
all who heard it.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Clack, of
lloschton, spent Sunday with Mrs.
Loxet Thomas, near Winder.
f 1 ..’SO IN ADVANCE
SUPERIOR
COURT IN
SESSION
Judge Andrew .1 Cobb, one of
Georgia’s purest am] ablest jurists
opened the September term of Bar
row county Superior court last
Monday morning.
Judge Cobh's charge to the grand
jury made clear to these repre
sentative men composing it the du
ties and obligations resting on
them as law-abiding citizens.
His charge was an able one and
impressed all who heard it.
The grand jury selected Mr. E.
A. Starr as foreman, anr Mr. N. I).
Meadow, clerk, and went to work
in earnest in its investigations of
matters demanding attention.
Sheriff Camp and Clerk Bagwell
always have tilings in readiness
for court and the sounding of eas
es began as soon as the jurors
were all sworn in for service.
The first case of importance was
that of E. W. Copeland vs. G. M.
Sims et al Equitable Petition. The
jury rendered their verdict Wed
nesday afternoon in favor of plain
tiff for $2500 and some odd dollars.
The n*xi case called Wednesday
./as that of A. Blakoy vs. Will
I
Henderson, col., Equitable Peti
tion which went to the jury just
before noon today.
PARENT-TEACHER ASSN.
TO MEET OCT 1 AT 3 O ’CLOCK
The reular monthly meeting of
the Parent - Teacher association
will meet at the Presbyterian
church Friday. Oet. 1, at 3 P. M.
prompt ly.
Mrs. 11. A. Farit hers, the newly
elected president, will he in charge
announcing at this time the com
mittees for the year. Mrs. W. 11.
Quarter-man, who has just return
ed from a visit of two months
abroad, lias consented to talk of
her trip.
Special music lias been arranged
and a large attendance is urged.
A NEW CITIZEN FOR BARROW
COUNTY.
Mr. John W. Farr, of Fence,
fiwdnnett, county, will move to Au
burn, having bought the Dr. Moore
old home place.
Mr. Farr is a splendid citizen
and valuable addition to any com
munity and Barrow county end
Auburn are glad to welcome him.
WILL F REEVES LOSES
HEAVILY BY FIRE.
Mi Will F. Reeves, of Reeves
mill, just over the line in Walton
county, sustained a heavy loss by
fire last Friday night on which
there was no insurance.
The loss runs to over $4,000 and
inolcded two automobiles, one
truck, wagon and buggy, one bale
of cotton and 50 bushels of seed,
garage, gear, tools and other
things.
The orgiin of the fire is unknown.
Revs. W. IT. Faust, H. F. Hodges,
Dr. W. S. West and Miss (Trace
Thompson of Bogart attended the
Mulberry Baptist association on
Wednesday.
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Miss Ada Hancock is spending
this week with her father near Jef
ferson.