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Civic Organizations of
Athen9 Will Have Repre
sentative on Body Now
Being Organized.
TO MAKE COUNTY
SELF SUSTAINING
program of County Agent
Firor Calls For “Cow,
Sow and -Poultry” on
Every Farm.
An ,id»taor|r board, of Clarke
county cltisCns to back the farm
program recently outlined by J.
William Firor, county agent, Is
brink organised, It waa announced
Friday. ' ‘ 1
The board will conalat of repre
sentatives of th* Chamber of
commerce, Rcrtary club. Clarke
County Poultry AssodlaUon, Kl
wania chib, Banner-Herald and the
following cpunty communities:
Wlntervllle, Tpckston, Fowlere,
Hlnton-Brnwn, Sandy Creek,
Whitehall, Princeton, Oconee
^TheiilwatUa club hss appointed
John W. Plturt. well known plant
er and banker of Wlnterrllle as ita
representative on the hoard. James
W. Morton will repreaent Tock-
rton, O. L. O'Kelley. Wlnterrllle,
Dan iMaglU, Banner-Herald. The
other cluba and communities will
announce their ropreaentatlrea
The program which calls. for a
“cow. sow. and pogiltry for every
farm in Clarke,” waa endowed —
I eek by the Ktwanla club, and has
been forwarded to other organiser
tloDS.
It la a» follows:
First Objective:
Every farm with at least one
01 Every farm with ht least one
* Every farm with plenty of
chickens. .'. . .taJifltaw.—
Every farm vmn lott or trtam
* Forttoftta family from' th*
farm: feed for the animals from
the farmer’s own farm and not
from the middle west.
A Cash Drop
Second Objective:
Cotton, the cash crop for moat
farmer!. Small arrange on tood
rapfdlv. Wf fertni*ed* r, llberally. and j which were enjoyed Immensely by
weevils fought constantly. Double. the club,
the production per acre over 1ML |
Diversify with the cotton as a j OELIGHTB
central figure, obtaining addition- MEMBER8
al cash from surplus food and feed
NEW YORK—The youngest big-
Mniut on record In New York coun
ty Is in custody of the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Child
ren. She is Leant Ida Cupolh,
years old, of 89 East Houston street.
She married Tony Cerboto, 27 years
old, a contractor, of 226 Sullivan
street, on Feb. 19 at the City Hall,
and on March 1 she married Fred
Chlffo, a prosperous printer,
years old, giving the address of 98
East Houston street. In Jersey
City.
The girl hardly seemed to real
ize she had done any wrong. In
the Essex Market Court Hhe told
reporters: “I love them both. They
are very kind to me."
Character Best
Collateral, Is
Banker’s Idea
Kiwanis Club Enjoys One
of the Most Interesting
Meetings of Year. Dr.
Woofter New Member.
Character Is the best collateral
a bank can have In loaning money.
Dr. Charles L. Goodell, who is con
dudttng a revival at the First
Methodist church bere told the Ki
wanis club Thursday.
Dr. Goodell waa one of several
Interesting guests of the club at its
weekly ltmchoon at the Y. M. C. A.
He~ was accompanied by Justin
Lawrle, famous singer, who is di
recting the music at the revival.
VEIL OF SECRECY AMY PLACE FLORIDA
[SENATOR UNDER FIRE
CONVICTS DEATH
Dr. Goodell made the above re
mark In discussing -the work of Cio
Federal Council of Churches iu
America of which he is ovangelis-
tic secretary. He said a prominent
New York bahkor told him that
he had rather loan money on char
acter that) on material collateral.
“Collateral of that nature nyiy be
dissipated, squandered or lost,"
4tid the banker. "Charafter is
lasting."
Tbe eminent divine declared that
tbe Christian churchea In the
Udltod States are In the mld3t of
the greatest year of their hht'lry.
"There never was a time -h.n
the country stood more-for. the
hlgbdfct In nfs.” he asserted.
Attended by striwral Sheets end
practically tbe entire membership,
the Kiwanis club luncheon Thurs
day was one of 'the most pleasant
an denjoyable ever held. One new
member. Dr. T. J. Woofter. dean
of Uie School of Education. Uni
versity of Georgia, was Introduced.!
Justin Lawrle tang several songs
Grand Jury Adjourned
Late'Thursday. Believe.
Indictments Were Re
turned By Body-
FEDERAL~OFFICERS
CONTINUE SILENCE
Very Few of the 23 Wit
nesses Summoned Before
the Jury. Miss Ramey
on Stand.
From all indications the Gerald
Gbapman escape case has passed
from the search stage to the in
quiry stage, the investigation be
fore the federal grand Jury Thurs
day marking tne transition.
After grilling a dumber of the
twenty T three witnesses summoned
and devoting practically the en
tire day on the case Thursday the
grand jury adjourned and no in
formation whatever was given out
as to the results of the probe.
It any Indictments were made
they are being kept carefully un
der cover. If none were returned
this information In also being
withheld.
And with te case in this slfatus
it' is easily surmised that wh- the
investigation closed and before
the jurors adjourned some definite
action was taken and it Is very
probable that by now warrants
nave been Issued and those be
lieved involved in the cseapo of
Chapman have already been ar
rested or are being looked for.
I Ms no secret that the parties
wanted are those wro are alleged
to have paid Athens a visit Wed
nesday of last week, the day that
Chapman escaped and are said to
have ridden several timet past tbe
Many Box Parties to'At
tend Performance. Big
hospital, convened, wKh a third Audience to Attend the ! tln Ta,, ' rt * **“' '° hnvo bMn
party who was to <ave communl- * uulen ““ -fkibenu bins deat h. will be subject ol
crops, as surplus dairy products,
surplus hogs, surplu* chickens,
surplus corn, etc.
New Cash Crops .
Third Objective:
To develop «s community or
rnrrntr enterprises sound cash
crops other than cotton. Such de
velopment to bo accomplished
through experience, by quantity
production and over a period or
years. POVmtlal Industries are—
Dairying, bog railing. cJiIcen rais
ing, sweet potato production,
pesebes and peanuts.
CAUTION: The development of
such Industries will take time, ex
perience and careful work.
Market!
Fourth Objective:
A. Supply Athens vHUt ell kinds
of home products through load
agencies, by peddling and through
the development! of Curb Market
ll. Establish an wambling plant
.' plants for the asm of surplus,
during times when Athens' martlet
if over supplied.
Better Farms, Better Farm Homes
Filth Objective:
A. Education efforts for Improv
ing living conditions. ,
H. Maintenance of soil fertility.
ES HIS
NEWFOR Mil
Barretts Get Into Dispute
Over Right to Dam Up
Nocatchee Creek on No
where Road.
Dispute gross between unde and
nephew over the right of one to-
"dam up” Nocatchee creek in Su
perior court late Thorsdav when
trial of ft $1,000 damage suit filed
by T. H. Barnett against W. J.
burned ar U begun.
The trial was still to progress
Friday morning.
Both plalntllf and defendant ate
residents Of 8andy Creak dlitrict.
Their farms are located on Vo-
catches creek on tbe Nowhere
toad. W. J. Barrett Urge above T.
H. Barrets. He Hurt a mill and baa
erected a dam across tbe creak.
Occasionally tho dam fills up
end it becomes necessary for the
owner to open.Uia,flood gates to
let tain saiul-0W.1 A«'ontjng to T.
H. Demon the sand from "W." J. s
•lam has
creek _
toms to become soggy and wet
unfit for cultivation. He brought
suit for damages against
Pephpw for $1,000.
After the song program by Mr.
Lawrle, accompanied on tho piano
ty Mrs. Ratio Jester Oriffeth.
•Miss Carolyn Vance,, teacher of
oratory at the Btato Normal de
lighted the olub wt.|h her readings,
lillss Harriett Stephens, the ”KI-
wanls Girl,” In the .Popularity Con
test. end winner of the $100 in gold
given for second prise, was a guest
of the club together with Mrs. H.
B. Ritchie. Mis* Stephens thanked
(he club for sponsoring her In a
pretty speech.
AT WIITERVILLE
Lewis Har,deman Elected
President; Geo. O’Kelly,
Jr„ Vice President, and
J. W. Morton, Secretary.
cated with tbg prisoner a ,
$hen alleged to have left on tho
night train with tickets reading tv
New York.
These men are known here an
Abe Cohn and J. Kartue, the'first
claiming New Yora as his home
and tho second Boston, it Is al
leged that they were bere on a
mission to secure (narcotics but
this theory Is not bdfleved.
An Associated Pres dlspadch
tew daye ago stated that tbe men-
believed to be Implicated and who
were here had been located In
Now York and were under surveil
lance. It they hare been Indicted
by the grand Jury here the chances
are that they will be returned here
for trial as soon as they aro ap
prehended. •
Bnt few of She twenty-three
witnesses who were summoned to
appear before the grand Jury were
called to testify but sevpral of
those whose testimony was* heard
remained In the jury room for an
hour or more. Mlaa Coralea Ramey,
who was Chapman's nurse and who
took hie temperature shortly before
he escaped from the hospital, was
one or |the important witnesses
called. She remained In the Jury
room for several hours, It la stated
Another Important witness waa
Jesse Bennett, the taxi driver who
hauled the' two men around the
city and then identified tpem again
at the train Pat night following
the escape.
Other developments in the case
are expected hourly now and it
still occupies the limelight ndt
only In the local happenings but
|s receiving the attention of the
An organisation waa perfected secret service and Jdatlce depart
edill the members of tbe Pig, ments «■« -»v»em».»t *11
Swindler Meets
His Downfall
At Hartwell
Sells Hartwell Woman
Linen “Cheap” and Sub
stitutes Cotton For That
She Bought.,
HARTWELL, Ga. — Trying to
swindle Hartwell housewives may
have been accomplished in the
past bnt disaster met the scheme
or one slick swindler here Friday.
After trading a prominent Hart
well lady a bolt of fine linen for
$5, which had been reduced from
$20, and substituting the real
linen for a bolt of cotton cloth
while the lady, was securing the
money from another room, tbe
crook left going towards Royston,
but turned just outside the city
and wen tto Anderson, S. C.
The linen was really worth $20
or more, but he used it only for
the purpose of swindling, and not
for sale.
Sheriff Brown and others went
to Anderson, where the party had
been located. He paid back the
$5, and $80 more in costa and ex
penses.
Since this incident it has come
to light that a number of Hartwell
ladles paid a solicitor for silk
stockings several months ago and
these have never arrived.
Adoption of Resolution to
Broaden Scope of In
quiry Includes Owner of
Convict Lease Camp.
DAKOTA ACTION
ROUNDLY SCORED
Resolution Declared Pred
icated on Exparte View
and As Such “Absolutely
Unwarranted.” 4
FRENCH PROTESTING
WEEK-END TO OPEN
1
(By Attoolatad Press.)
TALLAHASSEE—Flogging of
convicts in oounty leased convict
campfl In which an employee of
one atate senator la involved will
be the center of legislative atten
tion here Friday. The Joint inves
tigating committee will enter upon
the fust phase of its inquiry Into
the denth of Martin Tabert, North
'Dakota youth, while the senate
will action a resolution adopt(d bj-
the house today, which seeks t<
broaden the scope of tne commit'
t e’s,inquiry to cover every in-
ance of flogging In the state of
Floridn.
A bitter fijfrht Is expected in the
senate ov: • »!i« vdncurrtmi resold•
tlon. It men oh that If the resolu
tlon la adopted, Senator T. J
Knahb, owner of a convict leaned
camp at MucClenny, Baker coun
ty, will be placed under fire. I>
la understood that Senator Knabb'fc
friends are rallying around him,
John Roddenberry, convict camp
boss fn Mr. Knnbb'a employ,
under indictment for cruelty
prla-nern.
The Joint investigating commit
tee after u day of preliminary
moetingn will get down to bunlnear
at 10 o'clock Frldny morning. Sher
iff J. R,' Jones, of Leon county
who in said to have received $20
“a head*' for every prisoner he de
livered to the convict camp con
trolled by the Putnam Lumber
company at Clara Fla., where Mar
gin Tabert fk said to have beer
Dance Afterwards.
From reports of the advance eale
of the Tballaiu preeenttng "Cla
rence," at the Colonial tonight will
play to a large audience. Notable
among the parties are (be Lucy
Cobb girls who will occupy the
front row of the balcony and tbe
Sphinx party In one of the lower
boxes. There will also be a party
of girls from the State Normal
School.
The performance will be < veiy
colorful event of tbe week -end on
accoont of- the large number of
visitors In town for the dahcea
Friday and Saturday. By special
arrangement tbe Freshman dab
Dance Friday night will not start
until after the performance.
The cast of "Clarence” includes
the beet ot the dramatic talent of
the University and has been well
coached by Miss Ms Nlta Bul
lock, a local girl.
This Is without doubt the Thai-
Una best offering to an Athens
audience. The place ia the Co
lonial; tho time, CIO P. M., and
the admission 75 cants and $1.00.
[inquiry.
Corn and Poul-Ty chibs of the
Wlnterrllle community on Tues
day. '
The meeting was held at the
Wlntervllle Practice School with
14 members of these various clubs
present. Lewis Hardeman, the eon
of Robert J. Hardeman, waa elect
ed president; «korge O'Kelley, Jr.,
tbe eon of Oedrge O'Kelley. Sr.,
vice-president, and Wiliam R.
Morton, the eon of James W. Mor-
aqn, eecretaty. ,
The object of tho organlxatlrn
will be to foster the club work In
the Wlntervtlle community, thi PX-
changlng of ideas among the mem
bers, and the furnishing of A com
pact organliatlon by - which., Its
members con co-operate In t$elr
dab activities and alao oo-dper-
ata Witt the county agent of Clarke
conlity. F. C. Chandler of tho
Wlnterrllle School baa been ap-
pointed community advisor to the
club. . < s * *
ANOTHER OH08T HOU$^
WISBECH. Eng.—The ei«Jit-
room home of. Joseph Scrimshaw,
a fruK farmer near here. I» under
surveillance after he reported to
aathorltlea that fnriture had been
flung about the rooms and $1000
damage waa done by _ unknown
hands during the night .Scrimshaw
tljpk^hereiwW*. his. «$-yearf»W
lias filled up the runVof the , rJntheslo*ra!W»
In hts place causing the hot- A imm trithout dotne oaro.mv.
,o become .Oggy and wqt and £dy woven ma-
ertal. whether of wool or codon,
bplng tbe best safeguard.
of the government
through the aoitftb and east
School Children Will Be
Admitted to Any Show
or Ride At Reduced
Prices.
Friday la children*! day ot the
big Elks Scoring Festivals and the
Rubin and Cherry people are out-
tlng on a lot of extra stunts es
pecially for the kiddie*.
Tomorrow. Saturday afternoon,
the pony will be given away at the
Kka country store at the ahow
grounds. The holder of the lucky
ticket must be there. If the win
ning nuipber is called an dthe own
er b not present another number
wil be called, and eo on until the
pony has bene given away.
The Bike and the public generally
are very pleased with the Rubin
and Cherry Shows, and Tt la agreed
“Beat Down’ ^Cottqn
kind yet eeeir In Athena.
Sverythiwr Is epic and epan.iand
the-toat abftenoe of the objecttoiiabt*
Element usually associated with
traveling allows has ben a noticable
feature during th* week.
A eleven attraction with the ahow
Ur that called Fanbury, in which
Eoas. the automoton astounds with
a different sort of exhibltoln. Also
In this tent will b* found Dr. Hll-
and
The commtee alao will investi
gate the of ire of County Judge J
B. Willis, of Leon county, who it
said to have held court aeaalon at
any time of day or night when
ever a prisoner was brought in by
Sheriff Jonen, and imposed the
(Torn to Pije fh-w)
MRS. H. C. CONWAY
Award By Angora Gov
ernment to Rear Admi
ral Chester, Retired,
Cause *of Complaint.
TURKS NOTWORRIED
BY FRENCH FEELING
Suggested French Com
panies Seek Stock in
American Syndicate As
Indemnity For Losses.
(■y Associated Press.)
Washington.—Rear Admiral
Mark Bristol, American high com
missioner at Constantinople, ad
vised the state department that
France had formally protested to
the Angora government against the
award of an oil concession In Tur
ov .uo Rear Admiral Cheater, re
tired American naval officer. De
partment officials said they had
received no Intimation from either
(he French or British government
that they contemplated a protest
to /.the United States regarding the
concession. . I
COULD WE USE
THEM HERE?
SASKATOON—Fire and poison
having failed, turkeye are to be
used this year to exterminate gnu
hoppers, the plague of Western
jkraln fields.
Turkey, have already been preti
ed Into service In the Province,
.with lmprealre results. A farmer
In the Wieton district cut open
the crop of a turkey last fell and
[found 248 grasshoppers and six
water bettlea—one ’day's catch.
. Herbert Dempsey of Young to
day announced hte Intention of
breeding 2,000 bird, thla season
'He figures that hts flock, working
ninety dayn. should take n toll of
45,000,000 Insects.
WILL PROTEiT
AT CONFERENCE
PARIS.—Franco Is preparing to
iirotest to the Near East confer
ence when Its sessions are resumed
at Lausanne, April 23, against the
concession recenUy ratified by the
'Darkish national assembly In favor
of the American lotarseta beaded
by Rear American Injures tea head
ed by Rear Admlral.Colhy M. Ches
ter.
Reports reaching Par), from the
Near East Indicate the Turks are
not disturbed’by the French pro
test. There la alao the suggestion
that the French companies are at-
temtUng to. get from the Amer
icans a certain amount of stock m
the chaster project to indemnity
them for their loss'of the old con
cessions. .
iTKONTZ
Jack Kontz, Well Known
Atlanta Boy, Convicted
on Charge of Involun-
DIES HERE THORS. ^
ATLANTA,—Thornton (Jack)
Kontz waa found guilty Thursday
nternocn Irt the Fulton Superloi
Court of Invoulntary manslaughter
In the commission of a lawful act,
which la a misdemeanor, in conec
tlon with the automobile crash in
whlhc W. 8. Gorman and Tom
Hunter, employes of the Georgia
Railway A Power. Company, lost
* . .their lives.
_ JJra. Martha Conway, widow ©f j Thei jury was out two hours end
the late H. C, Conway who for " 1 46 minutes. Immediately after the
™. ir w P £ rio ?x. of y .! U , r "^ mana » er | verdJct was returned Judge W; E
*”*** ' H. 8earcy, of Griffin, who presided
Beloved Athens Woman
Dies After An Illness of
Several Weeks, Inter
ment in Atlanta.
PRESENTS PROOF
OF WEEVIL MENACE
Says Newspapers Whieh
Published Report Which
ant of the ^rue
working In the Interest of those
who want to bear down tbe price
of cotton my misrepresenting reel
conditions. Cotton beers roll all
such stuff as a sweet morsel under
their tongues, and U unquestionably
has the effect of-beating down the
prfte of fcotew in Liverpool, where
It is fixed. And thin Is not aU, for
tifSt '
read tha
pearler
C
ot the Southern Bell Telephone,!
panf here, died at a local hosplta 1
Thursday afternoon after an lllne.n
of several weeks.
Mrs. Conway waa a well known
and beloved Athens woman, having
rived here the greater pa.'t of hei
life, until the death of Mr. Conway
Since then she hua divided h*i* time
between Athena, Atlanta nnd Miam
*to. She was a devJut member of j ,,'tal roshsd'to’hki sMi'snd'ihook
Price Should Correctult,
By T. LARRY OANTT- |
Criticism <H J t#, report of flat
Louisiana agent that the boll weevil
had about been' exterminated/ and
also the letter written by Mon. T.
J. Shackelford to tha Agricultural
Department at Washington denoun
cing* such propaganda have been er
domed and vindicated. That man
was unquestionably cither Ignor- liar, whose crystal taxing
ant of the true situation or be Is answering of questions, by mem
ber* of the audience has become
(he talk of the town.
Ross, alao appears In Reed'*
over the trial, imposed a fine of
$260, or six months' Imprisonment
Young Kontz gave no signs of
emotlpn. His father and mofhei
sat by hla aid# and held his hands
as the jury filed Into the court
room. Immediately after sentence
was passed hundreds of his friend*
who had followed every phase of
the Methodist church und when ar
active resident of Atheas took a
Hrg» Interest In the nffalrn of th-
First church. She had hundred* cl
friends here who were shocked i<
learn of hev death, following bet
arrival here for treatment twe
weeks ago. Hhe was before het
marriage o Miss Mann from Virgi
nia.
She la survived by on!v o.ie
child, Mr. Keith Conway < f tin
Southern B*U Telephone company
of Atlanta.
There were no funeral services In
Athens. The remains were can ‘ed
to Atlanta Friday afternoon over
hla hand. w
Judge Hearcy, In passing sentence
of young Konts geld:
**1 am convinced by the evidence
In the caae that klr. Konts was not
guilty of uny other crime than
that of which he waa found guilty
by the Jury. I think the greatest
punishment that could be Imposed
Is that of being found guilty.**
Judge Konts, father of the de
fendant. declared he had expected
an- acquittal, but said that he had
)n AmjIt. to find with tha verdict ol
“Bad English” Is
-Laid to Rest By
Hi School Pupils
Impressive Ceremony
Marks Close of “Better
English Week” At Ath
ens High School Friday.
With Impreaiave ceremony
“Bad English” was laid In hte
final resting place on the cam
pus ot the Athena High School
Friday morning.
The funeral services and In
terment of “Bad English'* mark*
ed the close of "Better Eng
lish Week" at the High School
and attracted considerable at
tention aa well aa affording
much fun for the students tak
ing part Is the ceremony and
onlookers.
“BAD ENGLISH**
A RAGDOLL
“Bad English 1 * was represent
ed by 4 rag doll who was placed
In a miniature mffin. The fu-
ners procession was headed by
Thomas St. John who delivered
the oration. Coaely following
the orator was Gus Locklin,
one of the smallest boys In
school, who was followed by
the undertaker, Henry Paine,
six feet tall.
The undertaker pushed a
wheelbarrow on which the cof
fin of “Bad English'* was rest
ing. Th* pallbearers were the
throe of the tallest and three
artOtten boya In School, Dow
aey Mod II n, Bruce Scoggins,
digs.- Young, Rollln Moon, 8.
Prather, Walter Cornett
Then came the chief mourner*
and choir. At tHe grave they sagy
"We are gathered here to dig a
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Revival Going
On At the Free
Meth. Church
Large , Crowds Attend
Services Being Conduct
ed By Rev. L. S. Hooner
Morning and Evening.
AFTER 15 YEARS AS
th, Sreboanl and the intarmsnt will
b* In w.st VI.W csirirtwy ut ajev
«n o’clock .Saturday momlUk. j ■
Tbe following pallbrew^rs servo’
wh.n Ihwbody was placed on ihV
train: Messrs. J. W. Jorrvll. Urorutt
MeDorman. Golden At. Knlaht
E'D. 8le.lx,\ A. W. Ilorler.’Gwri:,
Crane, DuPree Hunnlrutl and. ,A
K Hosier.
TO BROADCAST PLAYS
CAMBRIDGE.—Two of tbe eight
performances ot the Harvard Dra
matic Club at tbe Comedy Theatre,
New York City, nest week will bo
broodcast by WJZ station In New
ark. Tbe cldb will open Monday
night for four performances of
Be ranger." by Sacha Opltry, in-
ctothlng store window oaati after-1 eluding a WeCnrsdiy muEnee, and
noon at 4 o’clock, and an von. who I tbe remainder of tbe week will be
can make the figure hunch can'(Ivan over to the "Llf* of Man,”
step Into tbo store nuffkfr. Used, by Leonid Andreyev. Thb Monday
^ onMBC ”
the Jury.
Jack Konts is well known In
(Athens, where he attended the Unl
verslty of Georgia for several years.
HA was a member of tbo Kappa Al-
Vha. ifpdar of tbe Qlee and Mando
lin Club and a member of many of
the UMlid and honorary club, at the
school, where he was a very popu
Inr Atudsnt. i
Childs Street Wins
From A. H. S. Freshies
Child Street baseball team got to
gether and defeated the High qcboo)
Freshmen Tuesday afternoon
1:20 o’clock by th# ssors of 21 to
The gume was interesting al)
the way through. With Eberhart
pounding out tbe only boms run
followed by Elliott with.five rone.
Aa a catcher Eberhart can't be
beat for hla else. Th# gams was
played on Child street gounds. Es*
pitched , a‘ fins game fanning
out fourteen
Warren struck out three men and
walked three.
Pierce gtruck.out 4 and walked 0.
The revival at the Free Metho
dist church on Oconeo street is
going good. Fine congregation*
assemble each evening to hear the'
“old time*' gospel..
Rev. L. 8. Hoover, who was with
us during the camp meeting last
year Is doing the preaching.
Mr. Hoover certainly believes In
the “old time'* religion and believe*
neither God, nor man nor the Bible
has changed to suit modern condl
tlon*, but repentance, confession,
and restitution are necessary ele
ments in every soul coming to the
Lord Jesus.
Thursday night the text was Act*
l»-22—“And the same time thqri
arose no small stir about that wav."
Mr. Hoover declared that whar
folks “really** get religion It doei
cause a stir.
“Think of it," bs says, "a hun
dred or more folks gating religion
In a town, and no stir, an impos
sibility. Talk about a stir, wh)
(When folks begin tto confess to
folks whom they have wronged
and paid back money they have got
ten wrongfully, and paid old debt*
you certainly would see a “stir".
Modern methods, such as taking
the “saw dust trail", shaklp
with the preacher, came In for it*
part of condemnation.
Services every evening, except
Jack Bone, Prisoner on
Clarke County Gang,
Walks Away But Is
Caught Later.
HAD TICKET"FOR
NORTH CAROLINA
“You’ve Got Me,” Cried
' Bone, When Officers
Walked Into Station At
Carlton Late Thursday.
After fifteen years on the Clarke
county chain gang, where, as a
model prisoner, ho had won the
right to tho privileges of a ' trus
ty," Jack Bone, white, made a dash
for freedom Thursday. .
Bono’a attempt at escape was
frustrated, however, when officers
apprehended him at Carlton, on
tne S. A. L. railroad lato in the
day where he hod gono to catch a
train lor North Carolina.
Bona was Bitting In.Jllio station
at Carlton and had already pur
chased his railroad ticket He wka
captured by Warden Estes and
county officers R. A. Saye and IV1
Johnson. lie waa brought back to
tho county convict camp and hl»
privileges withdrawn.
Bono had been on tho Clarke
county chain gang for about fif
teen years. Ho -was sent here from
Floyd county where ho received a
sentenco of llfb for murder. He is
about fifty years old.
CONSIDERED
MODEL cpNVICT
Bono was considered a m
prisoner and hadi been tho
chonlc and blacksmith on
county farm for many yf
Thureday about 10 o'clock he
sent out to do-some work and
ed to turn up ati dinner when
"truetiea" aro checked up.
search was immediately
Bone wore a bluo denim
suit when ho waB caught.
Bone.offored no resistance
the officers walked in on him '
Carlton railroad 1 station.
Johnson was tho first to
The bailiff asked the pi
namo and was given c
name. When asked how long
had been at Carlton, Bono replied
"threo or four days.” Finally ""
officer told him to go on the
aide of tho building where aome
ono was waiting to Identify I'
You'vo got mo," replied Bone.
Saturday, at 7:45.
The public la cordially invited.
Admitting purchase of 14,000 tab
lets of morphine tmlphato ot va
rious times In tho lost two years
und sale of narcotics. Dr. E. K.
Wheel!, waa arraigned in Federal
Court hero Friday morning. On
account of having been 111 In the
last few dayo sentence on the phy
sician was deferred until April rfi
by Judgo Sibley.
Dr. Wheelis piend gudty to two
counts In the Indictment, nsulnit
him which were returned at the
hist session of tho Federal Court,
here, by a grand Jury of which J.
W. Plttard of Wlntcrvlllo was fore- 1
The first count charged the phy
sician with selling narcotics to a
negro girl named Susan Brower
on November 14. 1022. Ho was or-
rested by the polce ohortly after
this sole. He was charged ago
and plead guilty to ordering nu
cotics without keeping a dupllca
of tho order as required by law.
The indictment charged the i'
slclan with having made the
lowing orders for narcotics:
16. ;S2l. 5000 tablets of
HUiphato 1-4 grain and 5C
1-8 grain morphine sulphate
ruury to, t»22 5000 tablets 1-.
morphine sulphate and 2500 tabu
of 1-8 grain morphine sulphate am)
another odor of 1000 tablets 1-8
groin morphine sulphute on Feb
ruary 22, 1921.
The case woo on tho docket '
Thursday but carried over
tYIday morning on account
illness of tho defendant.
Young Man Di<
At Local Hospit
It. Frank Jones, Jr., son
, and Mrs. IL F. Jonos of Lull
^it a local, hospital Thursday
Parents Sending Children['’FimonGrerricMwiiib-conduct-
As. n K » 1 « re A WL.- Tf Jed from the Belmont Baptist
to COlLegC Wlien it ^urdt 83flurday morning at 11
n * ci.. sisinst# T,.... i? u
Means Real Sacrifice,
Says Dr. Soule.
That there la an awakened 'In
terest In higher education In Geor
gia and that there are many pa
rents in thla state who are sending
their children to collage at a real
sacrifice are pottte lirought .out to
men and .waOtlnal* etoteinam.ky. Dr,^
Sonia, president-ot_
State College of .Agriculture, with’
reference to the enrollment gains
.Turn to Page The,
o'clock. Rev. G. W. Wallace assist
ed by It ov. Robert Hawkins will
have charge. Interment will be to
tho cemetery there.
Tho body was taken to Dorsey's
Funeral Parlors shortly after ('
and was shipped to Lula F
morning.
Surviving the young
"lfte,-u yeawi of ag
and mother, ana i
Jonek, o»o trot
Sam; grandparents, ]
i. H. C. Jones of Atlanti
uncle, H. B. Jooor — **
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