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VOLUME <• NO. 49 Little Dorothy Smith Meets Instant Death in Accident Was Little Daughter of Mrs. Kath leen Smith and Formerly Lived Here. Dorothy, the Utile 7-year-old. daughter of Mrs. Homer Smith, was run down by an automobile driven by Leonard Gordon, ot At lanta, a young student at the Uni versity shortly after 6 o’clock yes a few minutes after she had been taken to a hospital The accident occurred just after the child had left a street ear in Mil ledge avenue on her return to her home from a rehearsal for The Flower Shop,’ which was given at the Colonial Theater last night. She had taken a Lumpkin street car that comes back over the ave nue, and was crossing the street into the yard of her grandfather’s home when struck by the car. Shortly after the accident Mr. Gordon reported to the police, but it is understood no charges have been made against him, and he was released upon bis own recogniz ance pending investigation of the H itVair. " The little girl was the youngest daughter of the late Mr. Homer C\ Smith of Winder, and Mrs. Kath leen Smith, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Uulme, and who with her two little daughters, M'areia and Dorothy, has been making Iter home here with them since 4 her husband’s death, some two years ago. l>otlt of the chil dren’had parts in “The Flower Shop.” Dorothy was one of the brightest and most popular cliiH dren in the city. P>t J si<les her mother ; >nd sister, site is survived by her grandpar ents, Mr. and Mrs. (!. 11. Ilulme. of this city, and Mr. and Mrs. Breen Smith. of Winder, and a number of other relatives, all >i whom have the svmpatiiy of the whole ot Athens in their sad bereavement. -—Mhens Banner. Few deaths have occurred to bring more grief, sorrow and sad- ( ness to Winder than that of sweet little I)orothy Smith. .Most of her-short and brief life had been spent in Winder, where she was horn and lived until alter the death of her .father. Mr.llomer •'Smith She was a lovable ebild. hind and affectionate, and the favorite of all wito knew her. Since going to Athens with her mother, she visited Winder often to be with her grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. <!. W. Smith, both of whom were devotedly attached to her. In another column v\ ill be found an article from The Athens Fan ner telling how she eaine to her untimely death. It was so sudden and um).|>eol cd that it makes the grief more poignant to her loved ones and friends. The funeral and interment look place in Winder Saturday aiter nooii. The services were conduct ed at the Christian church by Revs. W. If. Faust and dim. 11 Wood, and a large concourse of sorrowing friends attended to pay the last tribute of love to this dear little girl, whose soul is now rest ing in the home of the pure. The pall-bearers were; Harold 51ml < lariand llulmeof Athens and lhdj)li and Roy Smith, o 1 this city, of little Dorothy. Dr. J. H. Moore is attending L veterinarian convention in Athens this sveek. * THE BARROW TIMES DEATH OF DR. T. A. FOWLER. Dr. Thus. A. Fowler died at the home of his son-in-law and daugh ter, Mr .nad Mrs. W. J. Smith, Jr., of this city last Saturday morning after an illness of eleven months, having been stricken with paraly sis early in January. Dr. Fowler was a native of For syth county but located at Au burn, this county, over 30 years ago and was one of the prominent physicians of this section. He moved from Auburn to Pen dergrass in 1917, but came here several months ago to be with Mrs Smith and continued to grow worse until the summons came that relieved him of his suffering. He had many friends all over this section who will learn of his death with much regret and sad ness. He leaves His wife, two sons, and four daughters, Mrs. Smith being the oldest one of the children. lie was buried with Masonic lion ors at Auburn and the funeral ser vice by Rev. W. E. Moore at Au burn last Sunday afternoon. J. J. WHITEHEAD DEAD. Just before going to press news was received in Watkiusville of the death of Mr. Jesse J White head at bis borne on the Griffeth farm in Greene county, which be recently purchased and moved to after spending practically all bis life in < )conee. , Mr. 'Whitehead bad only been confined to his bed a tew days, suf fering from a number of carbun cles on the neck, his system absorb ing and failing to throw off the poisons resulting therefrom, which finally produced death. —Oconee Enterprise. The above is taken from the ' Sco nce Enterprise of last week. Mr. Whitehead was one among the most successful farmers in this section of state and had accumula ted quite a competency. lie was the father of Mrs. J. R. Jones of our city, who has the siu orre sympathy of all her friends here. $1,500 OF DIAMONDS STOLEN. Some thief entered the home of Mr. F. V Niblaek last week and robbed Mrs. F. A. Niblaek of all of her rings and diamonds amount ing to about id 500. No trace of these valuables have as yet taken place but it is hoped the guilty party may be apprehend ed and the rings and diamonds restored to Mi's. Niblaek. ORCHARD MEETINGS At Statham in the Fity Hall Fri day, December 10. at * I’ M. and Bethel school Saturday December 11. at S P. M. orchard mecilugs will be held touching every phase of orchard work. Pictures of in terest will be shown, and fresh fruit will lie on display. It you are interested in better fruit on the farm attend one of these meetings. These are the last of the indoor meetings on orchard work, field meetings will bold in January and February when pruning shears and spray pumps will clash with diseased limbs and insects. 11 you want a field demonstration in your community let il be known. A. I). 10 IBKKTSON Founty Agent. Air. and Mrs. Ij. Love arc in At lanta for several days this week. WINDER, HARROW COUNTY, (iA„ THURSDAY. DECEMBER s>. 11120 W anted--5000 Boys and Girls To Meet Santa Claus SANTA CLAUS has promised to pay us a visit just be fore Christmas. He says he is coming to Winder Tuesday afternoon, December 21st, on the 2:35 train from Atlanta. He wants all the little boys and girls in this section to meet him at the station. Write him a letter, care Smith Hardware Company, Winder, Ga., telling him what you want for Christmas. Tell your little friends about his coming, be at the train and lets show Santa Claus what a fine lot of boys and girls we have in this section. Depositor Writes Card Bethlehem, Ga., Dec. 8, 1920. Editor Barrow Times, Winder, Ga. Dear Sir:— The people of this section and especially the depositors of the Bethlehem Banking Company appreciate very much the fight you have made through your paper a gainst the two lawyers who have recently attempted to grab the as sets of the Bethlehem Bank which properly belong to the depositors. So far as I have been able to learn, and 1 have talked with near ly all of the depositors, not a siu-| gle depositor is willing for these! lawyers to represent them or make any effort in any way to throw Mr. W. C. Horton or the Bethle hem Banking Company into bank ruptcy. Yet. these two lawyers insist on saving the depositors n spite of their objections. One of these attorneys, who wants to be receiver, represents that he is go ing to save the edpositors and the other informs Glide John Wesley Bell that lie thinks lie can save him about 10 per cent of his de posits. 11 is very strange to us down here that these two attor-J nevs differ so much in wind tlicyi think of saving us and especially when we consider the close rela tionship between them. These at tomvs have found that the people in this section arc not the tools Rev. Jno. H. Mashburn Welcomed by Elberton Thinking that our Winder friends might he interested in what we have been doing, and what has happened since we lett that goodly city. Abou two weeks ago, I send a few lines of greet ing, an item of news that all may read and I hope that each one may in will consider tligt these lines arc seal as a personal letter to all the good people who were so kind to us during our pleasant, happy stay among them. Me have been pretty busy since coining here in many wavs-—especially so in fix ing up our little home, which has been done, and we are now in il comfortable and happy. This last move is the third one we have made in Klbertou, coming here in is'rj. as pant or of the church, and t lien in UMKi as presiding elder of the district. We had to begin tins time, about like new married peo ple do. We had the beautiful suit of furniture given us by the good people of Winder as a neuclns to start with. It sure costs something in these times of high prices to tur nisii even a very humble home. Our welcome heir by Baptists. Methodists, and Presbyterians has been all that we could ask, or ex- Mr. K. Hewitt went up to Atlan ta Tuesday for several days. Prof. .1. L Moore, of Bethlehem, was in town today. OFFICIAL ORGAN OP BARROW COUNTY they first touk them to be. We re alize that to throw Mr. Ilorton into bankruptcy, which means bank ruptcy for the Bethlehem Banking Company also, means a small per cent of the assets of the Bethle hem Banking Company going to the people they belong to and all of the balance to be divided up between the lawyers and receiver. We trust that you will continue your fight against these lawyers gobbling u | > the money we have deposited in the Bethlehem Bank ing (‘ouipnny and Dial we may yet I receive dollar for dollar for what we deposited in this hank in the very host of faith. Some of our people yet remem ber the failure of the Winder Lum her < oiiipauy, where the creditors received about 10 per cent and three lawyers over s!>ftO each for signing their names as attorneys. Nor lijr <■ any of us forgotten the receivership of the Winder Cotton Mill, where we lost every penny Iwe had in it wlm it sold for prac tically nothing as compared with its worth and has since been roll ing in dividends since four of your local citizens bought it at the forced sale. Continue your tight, Mr. Kditor, as we arc all right behind you. Yours very truly, A DEPOSITOR. pert. We hail a union Thanksgiv ing service with myself as the speaker, at the Presbyterian church. The following Sunday l went over to Carlton to burry a good Christian woman, an old friend. Sunday night we had a welcome service held in our honor, with a large congregation out. After sev eral talks, 1 was called on to make the dosing one, which 1 did and re ferred to my pleasant pastorate in Winder, and the many dear, good friends we left there. Fast Friday the Baptists, Meth od isls ami Presbyterians gave us what they called a shower, and it. was some shower too, for the things poured in,so did the people; flour, coffee, sausage, back-bone, 2 doz. one-half gallon .jars peaches, pears, preserves, china, glass, table linen, towels, aluminum vessels - can’t tell yon all. wish you could have seen Hie sight. Still we liHv’nt forgotten, never will, the dear, good, clever Winder folks. Love to them all, J. H. MASMFI R\ P. S.—l forgot to tell you, a good friend, Saturday morning, fitted me up with a *75.00 suit. Dr. Sikes, of Statham, is a visitor to Winder today on business. It will he a little news to state icotton is up just a little today. Prominent Jackson County Citizen Takes His Own Life BURGLARY AT AUBURN LAST SATURDAY NIGHT. Three Stores Looted, One Safe Opened and Many Articles Taken. The little city, of Auburn, in this county, was visited by bnrg lam last Saturday night, three of the stores were entered and one safe opened. The stores burglarized were those of T. (\ Collins, J. W. B. Moore and Boole A Carroll. The safe of Poole & Carroll was opened but none of their notes or valuable papers bothered. The merchants robbed are una ble to estimate the amount of goods carried away, and us vel have no clue as to the guilty par ties. A coffin was also left in the col ored waiting room of the depot which has caused no little conster nation among those who frequent! this room waiting for trains. FOUR CONTESTANTS FOR THE OFFICE OF BAILJjFF. Last Saturday was election day all over Georgia for justice of the peace and bailiffs in the different militia districts. In Winder district the justice of the peace election was overlooked and no election held for this impor taut position. Two bailiffs were In he elected and there were four candidates; The race was a spirited one, all of them having warm friends who wished to honor them for aspiring to this very' necessary office, which is one with big emoluments and great distinction - especially dur ing present conditions. Messrs. J. W. Sims and B. I*. Bradbury were Hie winners, the vote being as follows : J. W. Sims, 179. B. B. Bnullin' \. 139. W. .VI. Marlow, 100. J. M. I)caton, (>9. MR LUCK TANNER SHOOTS SELF. Mr. Luck Tanner, of near Bethle hem, shot himself one day last week. The hall struck a rib over Ihe heart and glanced, thus missing this organ and preventing instant dealh. lie is getting on alright under treatment of his physician, Pr. Harris and will recover. j Mr. .John farrington, .Jr\, receiv ed a check tliis week from an old Winder boy mm prospering in New York ( itv to tie used for the needy of this city. Me has also receiver several other contribu tions for this purpose. All Ibis is in answer to an article lie recently published station the condition eonf'ontirig some out of employ ment. This money will be judi ciously used for relief of the un fortuuate Messrs. L. It. Marlin, Lent Ew ing, Toni Smith, A. 'I Eicon. Dr. Kelley, Emory Montgomery and others, all leading citizens of Eaw retieeville. were in Winder on bus iness Tuesday afternoon. M r. V (i Jliihls, of the I niver sity. at Athens, was the guest of his father, Mr. <'. (\ Childs. last Sunday. Mr. rims. Ethridge, a prominent farmer and business man of Sparta is here today. j #1.50 IN ADVANCE The sad and shocking news wars cut out Monday morning that Mr. Ernest Duke, one of t he prominent business men and splendid citizens* if Pendergrass and Jackson eoun y, had shot himself and was nofi expected to live. Mr. Duke bad sustained heavy losses this year financially and the present critical period bad aggra rated these losses and added to them. Being a high-toned and honora ble man these reverses worried him and brooding over bis finan cial condition unnerved him. In this terrible condition of mind hr committed this unfortunate and deplorable 1 art. Few men in Jackson county had more friends and held the respect and confidence of his people more closely than Ernest Duke. He was a lovable character and stood high in the business world. His untimely death has brought, grief and sorrow not only to his ii!mediate family and loved ones *7*lll to hundreds of devoted friends all over this section of the. state. lie was closely related to Mrs. dim. r. Whitehead, Mrs. hVIm Ymi derliet 1 1 , Mrs. I targe. Mrs. S. C. Potts and Mrs A. <!. Imnmr of Iliis city and had many friends here among our business men. lie leaves to mourn bis loss, bis wile and two children, his father, Air. Harvey M. Duke,uncle, an un clc. Mr. <!. S. Duke; an aunt. Miss Sweet Duke, all of Pendergrass. lie died Tuesday morning at the Gainesville sanitarium and wais buried at Pendergrass Wednesday. STATE BAPTIST CONVENTION IN SESSION IN ATLANTA. The ninety-ninth session of Ihe Georgia Baptist convention is in session this week in Atlanla. Hr. dolm l>. Moll, of Athens, was. re-elected head of the convention. This is the ninth time lie has been i lionord. A slate convention of the Baptist is a lag gathering as this church excels all others in numbers in < margin. GOOD OLD WOMAN DIES IN ATLANTA 1 rs. Mary and. Thompson. 77 years of age, died Tuesday aflemoon at her home in All ant a. Mrs. Thorn |won was reared in Jefferson, but had lived in Atlau- Ia for do years or more. She was a good, consecrated woman and had a number of rela tives in Winder and different, parts of .Jackson county. GETTING READY FOR ROOF TO GO ON THE COURTHOUSE. Work is now progressing on the roof of the new court house and if this can be done before the cold and bad weather begins, it will en able the workmen to continue fin ishing up the inside during the rainy season of January and Feb ruary of next year. It is hoped by every one that this can be accomplished and the work go on until completed. STREET PAVING Only a short part of three streets iel* our paving contract hit yet un finished and if the weather is not too unfavorable this will be com pleted by close of the year. Winder will boom again after It lie little flurry passes over and [continue to grow and prosper.