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HIGHWAY CLEARED
CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION IS
AROUSED BY GRAND JURY
PESENTMENTS
STATE NEWS OF INTEREST
Brief News Items Gathered Here And
There From All Sections Of
The State
Clarkesville. —Considerable discus-
Bion has be* n aroused in Habersham
by a presentment of the recent grand
jury citing an alleged expense of $42,-
000 “for surveying and engineering”
the state highway between Clarkesville
and Cornelia. A great deal of criti
cism was directed against the state
highway department in the absence of
a detailed statement. That state
ment has now been made public and
the popular opinion is that the depart
ment has not only absolved itself
from any just criticism, but the facts
as developed strengthen the depart
ment.
A deailed statement from W. L.
Neel, chief highway engineer for Geor
gia, shows circumstances quite differ
ent from those apparently before the
grand jury when it made its report.
Mr. Neel’s statement follows:
“General Officers, East Point, Ga.,
September 10, 1923—T0 the Citizens
of Habersham County: My attention
has been called to a statement pur
ported to bo from the grand jury
of Habersham county, signed by J. A.
Grant, foreman, and J. A. West, clerk,
published in The Tri-County Adver :
User, Clarkesville, Ga., on September
6, 1923.
“In Huid statement by th'e grand
jury alleging that $42,240.48 had been
expended in surveying the state high
way from Cornelia to Clarkesville,
Ga., 1 regret very much that the
grand jury misunderstood my state
ment to their honorable body.
‘1 would like to call attention to
the fact that the expense Items shown
cover cost of surveys from Stephens
county to Hall county; from Cornelia
to Clarkesville; from Habersham sta
tion to Habersham Mill and other
short surveys on county roads; also
several streets in Cornelia and Dem
urest made in an effort to please local
citizens; also supervision of construc
tion on Cornelia-Clarkesville road.
“Th<- total amount of these surveys
and supervision is $9,703 40, and in
addition to this the highway depart
ment paid for and turned over to Hab
ersham county, without cost to the
county, machinery consisting of a
rock crusher, elevator and screen, ten
top road roller and sprinkler wagons,
amounting to $3,167.50 as listed un
der equipment in may report. These
Items amount to $17,870.90 as shown
in tin' paragraphs of the above item
ized statement.
"In the lust paragraph is shown
that $4i!,240.48 had been paid from
the federal government to the county
on or before August 1, 1923, for work
done by the county and contractors.
Paid from the federal gov
ernment prior to August
1. 1933 $42,240.48
Due to county, but not paid
on August 1. 1923 19,020.21
Total paid and due August
1. 1923 $61,260.69
Total value of work done
by county and contrac
tors up to Aug. 1, ’23 .122,251.69
“If the above statement does not
clear up the misunderstanding of the
grand jury, I will gladly answer any
questions relative to same.
“Yours very truly,
“W. R NEEL,
“Stute Highway Engineer.
“Coyp to J. A. Robertson.”
With this letter Mr. Neel submitted
an itemized statement of each item.
This has cleared up the matter and
has satisfied many who were amazed
at the grand jury report.
Truck Plunges Down Steep Hill
Summerville. —Thirteen people, ten
of whom are children, miraculously es
caped death in an automobile truck
accident on Taylor's llidge, four miles
east of here the other day. While
making a sharp curve the steering rod
came loose, plunging the truck, loaded
with household goods, down the side
of the mountain, the machine turn
ing over three time's and landing thirty
feet below. Clarence Bennett, 13-
year old boy, was caught underneath
the truck and badly injured, one of
his ankles having been crushed. Bolts
in the truck wheel lacerated the flesh
on his ankle and leg. The driver, John
Hostetter, of Aragon, Ua., sustained
a dislocated shoulder, and most all
of the other members of the party,
composed of Mrs. Fannie Bennett and
six children, Mrs. Elledge and four
children and Hostetler, were cut and
bruised.
Will Choose Site For Clubhouse
Brunswick. —A number of promi
nent Georgia editors, officials of tilt
Georgia Press association, will rue®’
in Brunswick, Saturday, October 6
and board a steamer for St. Simot
and Long islands for the purjtose o.
inspecting several sites for a perma
nent clubhouse for that organization
The party, composed of C. O. Roun
tree, of Wrightsville, president of the
association; Ernest Camp, of Monroe,
C. E. Benns, of Butler; J. J. Howell
of Cuthbert; R. M Martin, Hinesville;
J. T. Davidson, Cleveland; J. W. Byrd
Lawrencevllle; Hal H. Stanley, Atlan
ta, and Miss Emily Woodward, ol
Vienna, will arrive in Brunswick al
7:45 a. m. and will be tendered *
breakfast here. The entire day will
be devoted to inspecting St. Simon
and Long islands. A trip will alsc
be taken to the back river, to inspect
the work on the St. Simon highway.
Dinner will be served the visitors at
historic Frederica. The object of the j
visit is to select a permanent site for
a clubhouse for the Georgia editors,
where they will hold their annual
meetings or as a place of recreation
following the annual business sessions.
It is stated that the executive com
mittee of the association is unanimous
in its choice of either St. Simon or
Long Island.
Three Cotton Mills Will Be Erected
Atlanta. —Three textile plants which
will cost approximately $4,000,000, and
that may be enlarged to represent an
investment of more than ten million
dollars, are to be erected in north
Georgia, according to announcement
by Lockwood, Greene & Cos., textile
engineers and architects. The final
arrangements for the Dalton mill were
completed through the efforts of F.
F. F. Farrar, member of the execu
tive committee of the Georgia indus
trial bureau, advices from Dalton re
port. The Dalton plant will be located
on a 500-acre tract of land, accord
ing to plans, and will be erected by
the American Thread company, oi
New England. This is said to be the
first thread mill to be located in the
South. The Initial cost will be $2,000,-
000, and may be Increased to $4,000,-
000 by* the addition of two units. The
second of the mills will be located at
Hogansville by the International Cot
ton Mills company at a cost of about
two million dollars, and the third mill
will be located at Monroe in the form
of an addition to the Walton cotton
mills already located there. The Mon
roe mills will be practically doubled
by the addition.
State Jap Relief Quota Is Raised
Atlanta.--Reports received at Red
Cross headquarters showed that the
quarter million dollar quota assigned
the South in the national Japanese
relief appeal had been exceeded by
more than three thousand dollars.
The total raised thus far in the eight
southern states is $253,395. Atlanta
has raised a little over SIO,OOO of
its $12,000 quota, and officers of the
local Red Cross chapter say that they
will continue their efforts until the
desired $12,000 has been reached.
Georgia is over the top with S3O,
825.77. The state quota was $30,000-
Reports of other states are Alabama
$28,933; Florida, $28,127; Louisiana
1138,585.29; Mississippi, $17,240.28;
North Carolina, $41,583.09; South Car
olina, $23,015.66; Tennessee, $42,-
143.22.
Hog Sale In Sparta Big Success
Sparta.—The first cooperative hog
sale in Sparta was a success, al
though a number of hogs promised
were not in the sale and will come
in at u sale to be held in November.
The hogs were Bold to the Enterprise
Sausage company, of Macon, for a
flat bid of 9 cents per pound. Bid
ders were here from Moultrie, Mil
ledgeville and Atlanta and the bid
ding was lively until the highest
point was reached by the Macon con
cern. The hogs were graded and
auctioned by Fred Whelchel, of the
state bureau of markets. The farm
ers, who had hogs in the sale were
well pleased with the price received.
Rome Grand Jury Calls Two Officials
Rome. —With two members of the
hoard of county commissioners being
given a hearing by the grand jury to
determine whether or not they shall
be indicted for malfeasance in office,
and reports from reliable sources
that a court house official will short
ly be given a chance by the same or
ganization to show why he should not
be indicted, Floyd county courthouse
circles are in a state of excitement
never before known here.
Cedartown Revival Gains 81 Converti
Cedartown.—The simultaneous Bap
tist. Methodist and Presbyterian two
weeks’ revival services came to a
close here. These meetings were very
successful; and although the work
was primarily with the members oi
the church, the Baptists reported fifty
four additions to the church, the Meth
odjsts twenty-five, the Presbyterians
twenty-four and two joined for th*
Christian church. *
the danielsville monitor, danielsville. oeoeo.a.
IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIB
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
THE NEWS JIFJfHE SOUTH
What la Taking Place In Tha South
land Will Be Found In
Brief Paragraphs
Foreign—
Violent earth shocks were recently
recorded at Helouan observatory, at
Cairo, Egypt.
The Italian nation paid solemn hon
ors to General Tellinl and his three
comrades murdered on the Italian sec
tion of the Greco-Italian boundary
mission, by unknown persons, near
Janlna, Greece, August 27.
Edith Kelly Gould, former wife of
Frank Jay Gould, appeared in a Par
is vaudeville house recently, despite
the action of Mr. Gould a few days
ago in seeking an injunction to pre
vent her using the Gould name.
One hundred and ten miners are
believed to have been killed in an
[ explosion in the main shaft of the
j Reden coal mines at lombrova, Po-
I land. Fifty bodies have been recov-
ered.
Adolfo de la Huerta, secretary of
tiie Mexican treasury, announces that
he has not resigne'id his portfolio in
the Mexican cabinet. He says he has
no intention of leaving Mexico.
Viscount Morley of Blackburn, Eng
land, former lord president of the
nouncil and secretary of state for In
dia, died of heart disease at his resi
dence in Wimbledon. He was 85 years
Md.
. Three participants in the Gordon
Bennett balloon race which started
from; Brussels, Belgium, met death
shortly after the beginning of the
race. Assistant Pilot Peneranda of
the Spanish balloon “Polar” was kill
ed when his craft was struck by light
ning in mid-air over Heyst, Belgium.
The two victims on the Swiss balloon
were Lieutenants von Gruingen and
Burki. Heyst and Moll, the two towns
which witnessed the air tragedies, are
both near Antwerp.
Respect the league covenant and
settle the reparations problem quick
ly—these are the two messages of
moment which go out to all govern
ments and peoples from the league of
nations, sitting at Geneva, Switzerland.
They are contained in no formal res
olutions and backed by no formal
vote taking, but they emerge clearly
as the will of the majority of world
delegates assembled in Geneva, if
plaudits have any meaning and enthu-
An earth shock sufficient to cause
the houses to tremble was recently
felt at Hamilton, Bermuda, but no
damage is reported.
William T. Cosgrove was re-elected
by the Dail Eireann as president of
the executive council of the Irish free
state.
Admission of Ethiopio (Abyssinia)
into the league of nations was recom
mended by a sub-committee on the
provision the Ethiopian government
make known its intention to suppress
slavery within its territory.
Fulfillment of the conditions stipu
lated in the note to Greece from the
inter allied council of ambassadors as
a result of the massacre of the Ital
ian mission near Janina, began when
Minister of the Greek Interior Mavro
machalis expressed official apologies
to the British, French and Italian gov-
at their respective legations.
Washington—
Director Lord of the budget has be
fore him complete estimates of gov
ernmental expenditures for the next
fiscal year and hearings were begun
at which departmental, bureau and di
visional chiefs will have opportunity
to support the estimates they sub
mitted.
The federal reserve board’s advisory
council spent half of its first meeting
of the fall session with a discussion
of the controversial par clearance
i<uestion, but when it adjourned mem
bers declared little progress has been
made and there was no indication of
the form of recommendation that may
be made.
In a survey for 1922 by the depart
ment of commerce a trade balance is
shown against the United States. Al
though the apparent 1922 balance in
favor of the United States, in the
excess of exports over imports, was
$754,000,000, Secretary Hoover’s con
clusions, with the "invisible factors”
considered, estimated the amount on
the led ink side of the American trade
books at $586,000,000 for .commerce of
ill kinds
Practically all of the cabinet meet
ing September 18, the _ longest
since President Coolidge entered the
white house, was devoted' to discus
sion of th agricultural situation.
Manuel Quezon, Filipino political
leader, in a two hour speech denounc
ed the rule of the American govern
ment in the Philippines.
General reorganization of the entire
railroad freight rate structure is fa
vored by Secretary Hoover.
John and Calvin, Jr., the sons of
president and Mrs. Coolidge, have
left Washington by motor for Mer
cersburg, Pa., where they will re
sume their studies at the Mercers
burg Academy.
The ZR-3, German-built sister ship
to the navy airship ZR-1, is expected
to leave Freidrichshafen early in No
vember for her trans-Atlantic voyage
to her future home at Lake Hurst, N.
J.
Contributions to the Japanese earth
quake relief fund have jumped an
other $200,000 and the total now re
ported at national headquarters of the
Red Cross is $9,527,700. Of this
amount almost eight million dollars
has been collected.
Three cases to contest the author
ity of the United States to seize li
quor laden vessels outside the three
mile limit on the charge of having
violated American customs laws when
they sold liquor to persons in small
boats have been filed in the Supreme
court.
Domestic—
President A. B. Dinwiddie of the
Tulane-Newcomb colleges in New Or
leans announces the receipt of an
anonymous gift of $50,000 for con
struction of a co-operative dormitory
where girl students may work their
way through college.
Suggestion that the war department
send an airplane to fly above the can
yon through which the Colorado river
flows to ascertain the plight of the
exploration party sent by the United
States geological survey to chart the
river was recently made in a tele
gram sent to Washington officials by
acting Gov. R. E. McGillian of Ari
zona.
The location and plight of the mem
bers of the United States geological
survey party exploring the Colorado
canyon is still a mystery. The patrol
party, led by Indian guides, with pack
mules, carrying supplies to last sev
eral days, left 'for Beach Springs,
Ariz., from where a search is planned
to be made both in the upper and lower
river territory.
Conscription of newspaper press
men fronKother cities to operate the
presses of New York’s strike-hamper
ed dailies, even at the cost of suspend
ing publication of other papers was
threatened by George L. Berry, pres
ident of the Pressmen’s International
Union. Berry announces this pro
gram in an address to a virtually
empty hall, after striking pressmen
had stampeded a meeting called to
permit him to explain the new agree
ment signed with the publishers by
the International Union.
Dramatic avowal of their purpose to
aid the court, “the public and the
navy’’ to get at the bottom of cir
cumstances surrounding the destroyer
disaster off Hondo, Calif., September
8, by testifying before the court of
inquiry which has named them defend
ants in the investigation of the wreck.
Differences between Italy and Jugo
slavia over Flume are being exagger
ated greatly in foreign countries, ac
cording to an interview with Premier
Mussolini published in Corridere
d’America, published in New York
City.
As police were ending a busy night
that lauded 782 alleged violators of the
dry laws in jail, Chicago’s “beer war"
took anew turn when Ernest L.und
gren, politician and municipal court
clerk, was murdered in a gang fight.
Five bandits blew the safe of the
Farmers bank at Joy, Illinois, and es
caped with $4,000 in cash.
Former Alabama Governor Thomas
E. Kilby, in a recent statement, round
ly scores the return of flogging to
the prison camps of that state.
A hymn and benediction over the
flower-banked grave of "Mary Doe,"
unidentified woman, whose body lay in
a Nashville, Tenn., mortuary five days,
has perhaps written the final chapter
to the mysterious death of the uniden
tified woman.
Herbert K. Somborn, film producer,
has divorced Gloria Swanson on the
ground of desertion. This is her sec
ond "offense."
Capt. John W. Rumsey, the friend
of Abraham Lincoln, died recently at
his home in Seattle, Wash. He was
for many years an active member of
the Chicago board of trade.
A miner of Seattle, Wash., return
: ing from British Columbia, reports
having seen fish hanging on trees
at the foot of Salmon glacier. The
river had risen and when it receded
many salmcn were left suspended to
1 the boughs of trees.
GOOLIOGES FOND
OF PLAIN FOOD
“Mac,” Their Boston Waiter
Talks About Their Simple' ’
Gastronomic Tasies.
Boston, Mass.— Much has been writ
ten lately about the simple tastes anil
unassuming ways of Calvin Coolidee
now President of the United States’
and of Mrs. Coolidge, and those who
are well acquainted with them S av
this simplicity permeates their l[f e .
When Coolidge was governor of M as .
sachusetts he and Mrs. Coolidge made
their home at the Adams house, and
their regular waiter there, “Mac,’’ who
Is known to many hundreds of Bos
tonians, told a writer for the Boston
Sunday Advertiser a lot about their
gastronomlcal tastes. Said lie:
“Their breakfast order was always
the same—‘Two Special No. is, grape
fruit for Mrs. Coolidge and orange
for me.’
“Special No. 1 never varied. It
consisted of two small pots of coffee
graham muffins and fruit.
“Mr. Coolidge would give the order
and call for a clean glass and a whole
orange. He would squeeze the orange
himself Into the glass, and drink the
juice.
Silent at Meals.
“Mrs. Coolidge "always had half a
grapefruit.
“They were generally alone at break
fast, as their boys were at school and
only visited them in vacation time.
Once, though, when the boys were
there, they wanted ham and eggs for
breakfast. Mrs. Coolidge ordered it
for them, but when the governor found
It out, he frowned on giving the kids
meat for breakfast.
“They were seldom at my table for
lunch, as they were both often gone
all day. But they would be back for
dinner, unless they were dining out.
“Then Mrs. Coolidge used to order
a chop—the way you do,” Interpolated
“Mac,” who has an uncanny memory
for the likes and dislikes of every one
of his patrons.
1 “Sometimes she would have a steak.
But Mr. Coolidge always made his din
ner on cereal —usually grape nuts and
tea or milk.
“He was just as quiet at their family
meals as he is in public life. Hardly
ever said a word. Breakfast over, lie
would go away in silence.
“They seldom had guests, except Mr.
and Mrs.. Frank W. Stearns, who were
with them frequently.
“Sometimes there would be one or
two others with them at dinner. On
those occasions Mrs. Coolidge would
try every way in the world to get him
to join in the conversation. Nothing
doing. He would look and listen, but
hardly ever opened his mouth except
for his grape nuts. Once in a while he
would shoot a little smile—like this-”
and for a fleeting instant “Mac” was
the living image of the President.
Lapsing back to his natural expres
sion, which is intense but amiable,
‘Mac” continued:
“He is a hard man to get at, If
know whnt I mean. But when jou
once do get at him, y.ou find lie mi
one of the best hearts in the world.
All Liked Mrs. Coolidge.
“But for kindness and a charming
manner combined, Mrs. Coolidge was
the one. Every waiter in the dining
room liked to serve her. She was al
ways considerate, always appreciable
for anything done for her. If • r •
Coolidge once knew you, she knew you
everywhere, no matter where she mp
pened to meet you. In the lute co
ridor, or in the street, she would ah
ways bow. She’s a fine woman.
“I used to look at those boys, ana
their good manners, and wonder no
she did It. But then, bringing P
six. (Six little McKeoughs, remem
“l said to one of my boys the other
day, ‘Look at young Calvin Cooltd*.
His father’s President of the Ln
States, and he’s looking for fa ™
at $3.50 a day. I suppose if I
president you’d be wanting to tn:
easy In the White House.’
A Hithy cnmßi. UMt
“You must go to the the
neighborhood you can find, Vorsy the.
eminent specialist to Mr. ' us t
“And when you get there y hflve
stay there for six months
a thoroughly good rest.’ rrive d
In due course Mr. Forsyth* am
at the seaside town he hat -
and Inquired of one of the igtl .
Rants If it was a really healthy neifc
borhood. o i<J
“Well, you see me” of
man, who was a fine 1 ber e
health and vigor, “when I cam
I couldn't walk across the .ingle
I hadn’t the strength to utter - " my
word. I had scarcely a a
head and I had to be
off the bed.” „ 1(J the
“Ah, you give me hope, - leen
Invalid. “How long have J■ ••
lere?” . „ r , n lf.
“I was born bere,” was te *-*•