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VOLUME 7, NO. 4
News Items Of Interest
From Our Exchanges
JOHN KELLY APPOINTED
WATSON'S PRIVATE SEC.
Prom Lawrenceville Journal.
The people of Gwinnett county
will be pleased to konw that Col. j
John I. Kelly has accepted the
position of private secretary to
Senator-elect Thomas E. W aton.
This appointment comes as a dis
tinct honor to our fellow citizens,
and Mr. Kelly is to he congratula
ted cpon his preferment This
will afford him a larger
field of usefulness, and it goes
without saying tnat'ne will ne
zealous in looking after the inter
est of Senator Watson and his con
stituents.
Mr. Watson tendered the posi
tion to Mr. Kelly immediately af
ter the September primary.
3lr. Kelly will leave for Wash-|
ington about Marcli Ist in time for,
the inauguration. He will retain |
his office here, where he w r ill con-|
tinue as a member of the firm of
Kelly & Kelly, but owing to his
duties in Washington will leave
the principal business in charge of
his brother, Col. G. F. Kelly. It
will be possible for him to return
during the terms of court, how
ever, to assist in the trial of such
cases as he may be interested in.
ALLEGED RACE DISTURBER
REFUSED BAIL
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From Uainesviue Eagle
Seaborn Black, who was arrest
ed last week and placed in jail for
complicity in the race disturban
ces in Quillins district, was re
fused bail by Judge Jones Tues
day.
Black sued out a writ of habeass
corpus for the purpose of making
a bond, but before the writ was
served, the grand jury had found
a true bill against him. The jud
ge heard the case after adjourn
ment of the court Tuesday night
and refused to bail Black, and set
his trial for Janury 21at.
The grand jury has heard evi
dence in several cases of intimida
tion, and doubtless have found
more bills.
Some of the negroes who were
run out will testify that the white
men, withoct masks or disguise of
any sort met them and told them
to leave.
FIRST WOMAN DEPUTY
SHERIFF
, r ' * From uawesvuie uaraia i-
With the new county officers
of Jackson installed for this year
is Miss Lurline Collier, who will
serve as a deputy sheriff. - She is
a daughter of Bi 11. (Big Ben) Col
lier, who was elected sheriff for
the ensuing term. Though Mr.
Collier did not serve the past term,
he was previously sheriff of Jack
son for many yeahs, and is fam
ous as an “auctioneer” at sher
iffs sales and as a fearless, loyal
officer. Iliis dughter is puobably
the first hfdv deputy sheriff in
THE SAME OLD STORY
. From Dahlonega Echo
Out in Nimblewill District last
week a man had $2,500 in a Karo,
syrup bucket and it buried in hiS|
cellar. One day he chanced to!
need his money and went to get it |
find found that $1,900 of it was
gone, leaving S6OO (all one dollar |
bills) that was done up in a bundle j
to itself. After several days, sus. (
THE BARROW TIMES
pieion rested on two lads of about
12 and 14 years. Warrants were
taken for them and after two or
three days longer they agreed to
bring back the money to its right
ful owner who was the proudest
'man in Lumpkin county, for it is
'said that he refused to eat during
the entire time it was gone and on
ly drank water occasionally.
'Moral: Put your money in some
Igood bank.
MAD-DOG BITES FIVE
, . Troln Banks County Journal
Mr. Ellis Brown, one of the
guards and four convicts, two
white and two colored, were bitten
by a mad-dog at the Banks county
camp about ten days ago. Dr. Har
den, the county physician, is ad
ministering the Pasteur treatment
to the men. This is a liot-bed of
rabies and if nine-tenths of the
dogs were killed the country
would be better off.
Prom Dahlonega Nugget
The news reached Dahlonega
Monday that a man named Stone
Iliad broke his wife’s neck with a
stick of stove wood in*the West
ern part of the county. We have
heard nothing more about it. So
if true we judge that her neck has
been connected together like a
joint snakes and the trouble is
over. <£,* =•■■■
From Gwinnett Herald
The many - friends of Mr. Geo.
Pharr will regret to learn that he
h>s decided to move to Florida to
make it his future home. Mr.
Pharr has been very prominently
connected with all the progressive
moves made towards the better
ment of conditions in the county,
state and United States. We hope
however, after living in the Land
of Flowers for awhile, will find
out that lie was living in the gar
den spot of the world and will de
cide to return to his old home.
From Jackson Herald
Mr. Jim Turner who lives on the
farm of Miss Leila Patrick, above
Jefferson, was stricken critically
ill on the streets here Tue.sdy, and
was carried to his home, where his
condition is still serious and alarm
ing.
The friends of Dr. Walter C.
Smith will regret to know that he
has been suffering considerably
during the past two weeks with an
attack of tonsilitis, that has.caus
ed him much trouble. The skill
,of a throat whom he
consulted, has so far failed to give
him complete relief. ,
Dr. Sam Daniel was called here
Sunday from his home at Daniels
ville, on account of tho serious illness
of his mother, Mrs. Evie Daniel,
who is at the home of Mrs. H. \Y.
Bell, on Sycamore street.' We
are glad to know that there is
some improvement in Mrs. Dan
iel’s condition.
People generally in and around
Jefferson will be delighted to. hear
Rev. W. T. Hamby at die Metho
clist elicrch on next Sunday, on the
occassion of Ins first visit to the
town ns Presiding Elder of the
Gainesville District. they
J will give a cordial greeting to 3lrs.
Hamby, who was formerly 3liss
Alozelle 'Whitehead. She was
horn and reared in Jefferson, and
'is a graduate of Martin Institute.
WINDER, BARROW COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1921.
STATHAM LOSES
SPLENDID CITIZEN
Statham lost • another splendid
citizen last Saturdy morning in
the death of Mr. B. C. Lankford.
He, too, was a native of Oconee
county, as Mr. Michael who passed
away the week previous, but had
lived in Statham for ten or twelve
years.
Mr. Lankford was a good and
solid man, unassuming in his na
ture, honest and upright in all his
dealings and greatly respected by
all those who knew him.
He had reached tlife age of 78
years and four of these were given
to the South as a brave and fear
less soldier of the Confederate
army.
Rer. John H. Wood and Rlasen
game conducted the funeral ser
vice at which were present hun
dreds of those who knew and
loved him.
Rev. S. R. Grubb
T o Come Here
On March Ist
Rev. Stanley R. Grubb who has
been pastor of the Christian
church at Atlfens for the past
twelve years will begin his work
as the Winder Christian
church on March first.
He will hold a ten-days meeting
on his arrival, so as to become
acquainted with the members and
the people of the city and the
other churches.
Dr. and Mrs. Grubb are univer
sally popular in Athens where he
has been so long stationed and
both of them will be great factors
in strengthening the moral and
spiritual atmosphere of Winder.
MOTOR CORPS FORMED
A volunteer motor corps was
formed Wednesday afternoon by
the ladies in town who drive cars
for the purpose of taking our Red
Cross nurse out on calls among the
needy of our county. In this
way we feel that we will be drawn
closer to these people and will also
have’aided the Red Cross in this
noble work.
We have at present 28 ladies en
rolled for this work, and will be
glad to have any others who care
to join. - • .■■&
Mrs. Robt. Camp, Asst. Captain.
The members of the Motor Corps
include the following:
Miss Ora Lee Camp
Mrs. 11. A. Carithers
Sirs. Robert Camp
Mrs. Lee De La Perriere
Miss Willie Mae Eavenson
Mrs. J. W. Griffith
Mrs. John Hargrove
Mrs. W. C. Horton
MrS. Foster llardigree
Mrs. B. B. Jackson
s!rs, Guy Jackson
3.1 rs. Roy Jackson
Mrs. Guy Kilgore
Mrs. Lon Maynard
Mrs John Maynard
Mrs. MeCurry
Mrs. Hiram Flanigan
Mrs. (i. A. Johns
Mrs. Howard Rogers
Miss Evelyn Radford
Miss Montine Robinson
Mrs. Ralph Smith
Mrs W. R. Smith
31 rs. J. J. Wilson
31 rs. Spergeon AVilliams
3lrs. John Williams
3lrs. Paul Williams
3liss Runette Woodruff
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF BARROW COUNTY
CELEBRATES HIS
90TH BIRTHDAY
Mr. J. R. Gamp, perhaps the old
est man in Walton county, cele
brated his nintiieth birthday last
Sunday at his home in Campton.
Uncle Ray, as he is familarily
known by his hundreds of friends,
is one of Walton county’s clever
and remarkable men.
His mind is clear, his recollec
tion accurate and he iis still more
active than most men at 75 years
He has had many and varied
experiences during his long life,
and has always been true to his
friends and loyal to his county,
his state and nation.
The Times sincerely wishes for
him many more pleasant and hap
py birthdays, and that during the
next twenty years he may still
continue to visit Winder, where he
has scores'of strong friends who
are ever ready to give him a warm
and cordial welcome.
Dr.G . T. Vinyard
Visits Old Home
After 32 Years
Dr. G. T. Vinyard of Amarillo,
Texas, was in Winder first of the
week visiting relatives and shak
ing hands with the friends of long
ago.
It had been 32 years since he
went to school here in his teens,
when Winder —then Jug Tavern —
was a small villiage, and Prof.
McCarty—was *principl of the
school. > <
Many changes have taken place
during these 32 years—the men
who were here at that time in the
prime of life have become old and
numbers of them have gone to the
home beyond and Winder has
grown from a villiage to a thriv
ing little city.
The transition has been so mar
ked he could hardly realize it and
jwas amazed and surprised over
the wonderful growth and devel
opment of Winder and this part
of Georgia.
k)r. Vinyard is also located in a
great state and flourishing city
away out on the plains of Texas
as Amarillo has a population of
20,000 or more.
The doctor has been one of its
leading citizens and practitioners
for the past eighteen years and
thinks it the greatest place in all
the world.
He was anxious to keep in touch
with the progressive city of Win
der and what the friends of his
school days were doing and left
$1.50 with us so that he might
read every week during the year
the Barrow Times.
NOTICE TO TEACHERS
1. All teachers must have their
reports officially signed before
sending them in to this office for
approval.
2. Reports must be myde out at
once after the close of the month
including twenty school, days.
When the month closes on Friday
we wish to have the reports on
Saturday following.
3. Teachers must send the names,
on the backs of their reports, of all
the children in their School Fist,
between the ages of 8 and 14 who
are not in school.
J. B. Brookshire, County School
Supt.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mc-
Elroy, a little girl on January 4.
$2,000,000 Fire Destroys
Business Block In A.thens
COMMENTS OF OLD-TIMER
Editor Barrow Times:
Your comment concerning Win
der’s improved streets was timely.
The improvement coming at the
time that it did is a heavy burden
on the property owners in the cen
ter of the city, and to the tax-pay
ers in the other parts of the town,
but had the work not been done at
this time, the probability is that it
would nftver have been done until
many of us are in our graves.
The paving hills are making our
■property owners groan, but the
civic improvement is a great asset
Jto the town as a whole, and in a
few years even those who are
hard-hit now will rejoice to know
'that Winder kept her progressive
[head above the receding lide dur
ing the panicky season of 1920.
Winder’s paved streets are caus
ing much favorable comment, by
our neighbors and friends, upon
the improved appearance of the
business section and are destined
to prove*of great benefit to her
business interests.
Now let’s keep our faces to the
east'and look for the dawn of a
brighter day that is surely coming
just over the hills. Let’s hope
tht our mayor and council can see
their way dear to arrange for
more up-to-date fire-fighting ap
paratus than the city now affords,
j Winder has been fortunate this
fall, though her dependence for
fire protection has been mainly
upon Providence. So far she lias
escaped with two small blazes that
were extinguished without the use
of the city’s wrench I ess plugs,
un-nozzled hose and rickety reels.
Let ns hope that before the ap
proach of the next fire season
| Winder will be equipped with a
fire-fighting outfit second to that
of no city of her size in the state.
11 has been said that those who
.look for the Lord to do all things
for them without putting forth a
little effort upon their own part
I are doomed to disappointment.
One uncontrolled daze in the
heart of the city, with which we
are now unprepared to cope,
would cause more damage than the
cost of an up-to-date motor. The
reduced rate that the insurance
companies would make or could he
.made to make on Winder property
'after the installation of a real fire
department that would be protec
tion to the town would maintain a
fire company with one man on the
job all the while.
And to the good ladies: The
clean-up season is fast approach
ing. During these dull times
|when “hubby” has nothing more
to do, you should compel him to
rake up the trash about the premi
ses and burn it. Then why not re
organize Winder’s famous Floral
Club. Old citizens will recall
the time in the not far distant past
when Winder’s reputation for
floral displays was heralded to
many corners of the state. 3 ari
•eolored flowers adorned the yards
and stately chrysanthemums nod
ded in almost^:very garden Ex
pert florists from a distance were
called here to judge a gorgeous
display of plants and flowers ar
ranged in the largest hall*in town
by friendly contestants apd to a
ward the prizes offered by the
club. The rivalry was keen. The
prominent ladies of the town be
came enthused over the cultiva
tion of flowers, the men folks en
joyed the artistic beauty of their
work and all AVinder was made
beautiful and happy ,and other-
$1.50 IN ADVANCE
BUSINESS BLOCK IN HEART
OF CITY IS BURNED, MICH
AEL BROTHERS, WHOLESALE
AND RETAIL STORES CON
SUMED—LOSS $1,000,000
%
On last Monday night , Athens
was visited by the biggest fire in
its history and at one time it was
feared the entire business area
would be destroyed.
The estimates on the loss by the
different firms is as follows:
Michael Brothers, wholesale and
retail department store, $1,000,000
Lee Morris, gentlemen’s fur
lishings, $25,000.’
Andrew candy kit
chen, $25,000.
Citizen’s Pharmacy, $25,000.
Denny Motor company, $50,000.
Epting & Everhart, dry goods,
$15,000.
Sol J. TJolcy, dry goods, $75,000.
Fred Davis, gentlemen’s furnish
ings, $lO,OOO.
D. Lund, dry goods, $30,000.
Joseph Jewelry company, small
water damage.
No lives were lost in the fire,
but Chief George W. McDorman,
of the Athens fire department,
was badly cut and bruised in a
'fall from a ladder.
Messrs Fritz and W. C. Potts
were in Athens Tuesday on busi
ness. , , ,
n&j
31rs. Lillie Lamar lias moved in-
1 1 o the home of 3rr. nnd 3lrs. J. W'
■Shields, on Hamilton Ave.
Rev. W. 11. Faust was taken
quite ill Tuesday, but we are glad
to state lie is much better today
and will soon be out again.
3Tr. Erastus Smith spent Sun
day in Jefferson with his wife
and baby who are spending a feSv
weeks with their parents, 31 r. and
Mrs. Bailey.
31 rs. Della Mayne had as her
dinner guests Tuesday a few
friends at her lovely new home on
Center street. Those enjoying
this happy occasion were: Mes
dames G. W. Smith, Emma 3loss,
Thirza Odom, Arch Perry and
Miss Anna Odom.
Strictly Pure Linseed Oil, $1.25
>er gallon at Smith Hardware Cos.
PREACHERS CONFERENCE
The Barrow County preachers
held an interesting meeting at the
First Baptist church last Monday.
Rev. L. Wilkie Collins president,
called the body to order.
Prayer led by J. B. Gresham.
Following reports:
Winder 3{ethodist S. S. 287,
church 227.
Winder First Baptist S. S. 183,
church 190. "
Bogart S. S. 75, church 100.
Statlmm, good day, crowds fine.
Paper of day read by Rev. J. J.
Shedd on “Church Discipline”.
Next Sunny Rev. C. 3V. Bender-*
son prepares the paper on “The
Church And Amusements”.
All the preachers.who do not at
tend. miss a meeting that is highly
informing and inspirational.
wise benefited by the activities of
this Floral club. The spring sea
son is fast approaching, why not
re-organize?
I AN OLD-TIMER. ,