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TWICE-A-WEEK
VOLUME 52.
ATLANIIANS BUY
BIG BRUNSWICK
PICRIC PLANT
Atanta, Ga. —Eighteen hundred
acres of excellent land and many
valuable brick and frame buildings
comprising the famous picric acid
pant at Brunswick, Ga., again chang
ed hands several days ago, when T.
R. Sawtell and Howard Sawtell, his
son, prominent Atlanta capitalists,
turned over a large cash sum of mon
ey, in return for the entire plant, to
Gordon & Freeman, Inc., of New
York City, the original purchasers
from the government.
Mr. Sawtell was in Brunswick at
the time of the sale on his way to
Miami, and his faith in Brunswick as
“a commercia center of unlimited
possibilities,” as hedeclared Monday
prompted him to take over the prop
erty, embracing 1,800 acres of land,
the highest above sea level in that
section of the country, and approx
imately 75 buildings, in good condi
tion and ready for occupancy.
The plant was originally, estab
lished by the government for manu
facturing picric acid, a valuabe sub
stance used in the making of ammu
nition. Its building was begun after
the entrance of the United States to
the world war, but at the signing of
the armistice—the plant at that time
being virtuallvin a state of comple
tion—work discontinued.
Monroe Boy Is
New Champion
Butter Maker
Has woman lost the important art
of butter making?
urely the electric churn, milking
cows to the dulcet notes of a music
box, a la Cathedral Pines dairy and
oleomargarine have not taken from
woman .the inclination to wield the
butter paddle.
At any rate, the honor of cham
pion butter maker in the twelve dis
trict agricultural schools in Georgia
goes to a boy, E. M. Wigginson, of
Fifth District A. and M. at Monroe.
Young Mr. Wigginson won the
butter making contest an the annual
state contest between district schools
in Athens Saturday and to him, in
stead of a girl, goes the cut glass
butter mould and the glory attached
EGG HATCHERY
AT RUTLEDGE
The town of Rutledge, in Morgan
.county, is going strong into the poul
try business, and will erect a mam
moth hatchery. A newspaper cor
respondent from Rutledge says:
“Plans were first considered for
25,000 capacity, hut it seems more
likely that this will be increased to
50,000 or 75,000 capacity. Exper
ience of this season shows an over
whelming demand for baby chicks
and stock. Our poultry club has been
unable t» touch the esrders that have
poured in for various breeds. Prob
ably the greatest advertisement oar
community has had has been the
strenous efforts on the part of club
officers and members to cull every
thing but high class fowls and make
a reputation for quality. We have
been greatly handicapped in our ef
forts this year to increase stocks be
cause of our inability to get incuba
tors and brooder* fast enough.
“The installation and erection to 'a
straight out hatchery here for anoth
er season will largely overcome this,
though practically all club members
and most other poultry raisers will
continue to use thir equipment for
special pens.”
R. ft. HOLT,
Attorney-At-Law,
Collection* and winding up estate* •
specialty.
LAWRENCEVILLE. GA
Motor-Engine Speeds for 600jHours
a new engine which |j|
tarUlngnew^ecord^ji
The News-Herald
W. H. TOWNLEY
DROPS DEAD
William H. Townley, aged 73, a
highly espected citizen of Lawrenee
ville, dropped dead at his home Tues
day afternoon. Mr. Townley was at
work in his garden when he collapsed
dying before he could be removed to
the house. Heart failure is assigned
as the cause of his death.
He had been a resident here, with
the exception of a few years, all of
his life, and was a member of the
Methodist church. He leaves a widow
and one brother, Wylie Townley, of
near Dawsonvill^,, and several ne
phews and niA:e^'through the state.
Funeral services will be held Thurs
day from the Methodist church, Rev.
Marvin Franklin officiating.
Mr. Townley was well known
throughout this section and for years
had been a prominent contractor.
Pastor Charged
With Wielding
A Meat Cleaver
Stone Mountain, Ga.—J. H. Sim
mons who claims to be a retired Bap
tist minister, formerly of Porterdale,
jis in the DeKalb county jail, and
; Charlie Bradfield, a local stone cut
jter, is at home suffering from a se
vere wound in the head as the re
[ suit of a fight between the two men
here late Monday afternoon.
Simmons, who is said to have
wielded a meat cleaver in the strug
gle, is held on a charge of assault
with intent to murder. He probably
will be given a hearing in a day or
two, as soon as Bradfield, who is not
thought to be dangerously hurt, is
able to testify. Simmons also is
suffering from bruises’ about the
head and face, which he claims were
inflicted by Bradfield just prior to
the cutting.
Simmons, who was taken to Decat
ur by Chief of Police Langford,
| claims that an old gruddge was the
cause of the quarrel. He said that
Bradfield came to the home of Mrs.
Louise Bradfield, daughter of Sim
mons and a sister-in-law of Charlie
Bradfield, with whom Simmons is
living, with a letter which he claims
Simmons wrote Bradfield’s wife, and
accused Simmons of trying to break
up his home. Simmons claims he de
nied writing the letter, saying that
it was not even in his handwriting
Mrs. Bradfield also received bruis
es in trying to separate the two men.
ARREST WOMEN
FOR DYNAMITING
Paducah, Ky.—Mrs. Henrietta
Wagner, alias Thomas, and Mrs. Em
ma killian, both middle aged women,
were arrested in connection with the
death of Mrs. Rosetta Daugherty
Warren, who was killed in an ex
plosion which wrecked her home here
early Monday.
The women under arrest are
charged with wullful murder, con
spiring to cause the death of Mrs.
Varren.
Mrs. Warren’s three children, who
were asleep at the time of the ex
plosion, escaped injury.
FORMER BUFORD CITIZEN
DIED IN ATLANTA
Mr. T. L. Whitehead, seventy-five
yeais old, of Atlanta, formerly of
Buford, died at the residence of his
daughter near Stonewall, Ga., Fri
day-
Funeral was held at the Capitol
Avenue Baptist church, Atlanta,
Sunday morning. The remains were
shipped to Buford and interred in
the Buford cemetery Sunday after
noon.
Mr. Whitehead is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. J. W. Avery.
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Hand Ford *-
H. P- Stiff Motor Co. Cash or credit
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1923.
WOMEN’S CLUBS
SEE NO REASON
FOR PRICE RAISE
i
Atlanta, Ga.—Resolutions urging
members of the organization to use
less sugar until the prices come
down to a normal standard were
unanimously adopted at a meeting of
the Fifth District Federation of
Women’s clubs here Tuesday. The
resolution was introduced by Mrs. W.
B. Price Smith, who stated that un
less consumption of sugar is partially
restricted prices will continue to rise,
whether or not there is a valid cause
for the increase.
Following introduction of te reso
lution, it was referred to the reso
lutions committee, of which Mrs.
Kate Green Hess is chairman, and sf
ter being drawn up in reguar form,
was put to a vote. Mrs. Joseph C.
Meyer, chairman of the home eco
nomics department of women’s clubs
for the state, endorsed the measure
in a short talk, in which she declared
that at this time, when sugar is go
ing up by leaps and boundds, the res
olution was most opportune.
No Apparent Cause.
The resolution set orth that sugar
is ris ; r. < V/ : :hout any ape:; out cans-,
and that if clubwomn of the fifth
district will join hands with other
womn's oiganizations which have al
ready taken action on the matter, it
will not be long before pices are re
duced
Mountain Sliced
At Tugalo Dam;
Earth Trembles
Tallulah Falls, Ga.—The entire
side of a mountain near the Tugalo
dam, which is being built by the
Georgia Railway and Power compa
ny, was completely and neatly sliced
off Tuesday afternoon, when more
than 50,000 pounds of TNT was dis
charged in one terrific blast. The
earth quivered when the blast was
set off, and more than 200,000 tons
of ruck tumbled down to the side of
the Tugalo river.
Earth Trembled.
The tremendous noise of the blast,
mingled with the sound of crumbling
'rock, could be heard for miles around
One minute before the blast was set
| off, five whistles were blown to warn
'persons in the vicinity that all was
ready, and to seek cover. The cost
of the blast was estimated at $50,-
000. Enough rock was blown from
the mountain to complete the dam.
FLAPPERSTEACH
PARENTS THINGS
Los Angees, Cal.—Denver flappers
are teaching parents ■ things they
ought to know in a regularly estab
lished school, according to a sur
prising statement made here Sun
day by Judge Ben Lindsey, famous
had of Denver’s Juvenile Court, on
his arrival in Los Angeles.
“Hooray for the flapper and the
cake eater, they are the greatest
things the word has ever known.”
That is how Judge Lindsey made
his bow to Los Angeles children.
“The modern boy and girl know
more than their parents,” said the
judge.
“Eighty per cent of the fathers
and mothers don’t know enough to
raise children properly, compared
with what they ought to know.
“I believe in compulsory education
for parents in schools where they
will be taught by cake eaters and
flappers. We have already started
such a school in Denver and we have
got four flappers as teachers.
EDWARDS-OWENS.
Miss Toy Owens, of near Law
renc ville, and Mr. Henry Edwards
were married Saturday, April 21,
Rev. W. D. Mobley performing the
ceremony.
The young couple will make their
home with the latter’s mother, Mrs.
Lizzie Edwards, of Buford.
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GOOD NIGHT!
I’ve a letter in my pocket I don’t
want my wife to see!
If she finds it I’ll have trouble; she
will spoil the day for me.
I can’t burn it and I wouldn’t dare
the thing away.
What if any one should find it?
There would be deuce to pay?
Here I am upon the threshold of
my happy home, alack—
I was told to mail her letter, and
I’ve brought the darned thing
back.
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Waynesboro Divine
Commits Suicide
Before Services
Waynesboro, Ga. —ev. J. E. Seals,
pastor of the First Methodist church
here, ended his life shortly after 10
o’clock Monday morning by putting
a bullet through his brain.
He left a note saying, ‘‘lt was
either the asylum or death.” He had
been in ill health since his wife died
a year ago.
Just at the hour Mr. Seals took his
life he was scheduled o begin morn
ing servics at hte church, where he
was conducting prottracted services.
Death was instantaneous. His note
asked that his sister, who lives in Ma
con, be notified, together with some
instruction regarding his children.
A year ago Mr j Seals lost his wife.
He has never been able to overcome
the shock, and had brooded from
time to time until his act Monday
morning.
The minister was a very prominent
citizen, was 47 years od and father
of four children.
Fake Suicide
Proves Fatal
To Onlooker
Buhl, Minn.—The most singular
case in medica history was recorded
here when Carl Nelson, believing that
his wife had poisopedherself after a
quarrel, died of "fngM. "
After they got in the house, Mrs.
Nelson emptied a bottle of poison in
the sink, after which in the presence
of her husband, placed the bottle to
| her lips giving him the impression
'she had dained the vial.
Mrs. Nelson fainted when the f?w
drops of the poison burned her lips.
Nelson died while attempting to re
vive her.
MANY CARS ARE COUNTED
ON THE DECATUR ROAD
In order to find out the amount of
traffic on the Decatur road the state
highway commission is having two
persons count the number of vehicles
passing on this thoroughfare.
Miss Lorena Hutchins, of near
Lawrenceville, has kept tab on the
traffic for eight days, and another
person at Carroll’s store *s likewise
doing the same thing. The young
lady worked only ten hours each day,
listing every wheeled vehicle that
passed, with the following result :
Autos Fords Trucks Vehicles
Mch. 25 175 262 33 38
Mch. 26 183 1.67 60 63
Apr. 3 220 180 72 63
Apr. 4 243 199 86 77
Api. 12 —lB9 171 160 120
Apr. 13 —2OB 172 142 89
Apr. 21 —243 259 128 87
Apr. 22—253 257 23 33
Totals _ 1,696 1,667 704 570
Grand total, 4,637.
Governor-Elect Leases Property.
According to announcements Sat
urday, Governor-Elect Walker has
leased the handsome residence of
Mrs Walker Brookes, at 1540 Peach
tree road, for a period of two year?,
beginning at his inauguration.
Agitation for capitol removal has
up to date prevented final action
upon the renovation, of the capitol
anl building a new mansion. Those
agitating removal have opposed any
repairs to the capitol and the build
ing of a new mansion, while those
opposed to removal have advocated
putting the capitol in good condition
and building a manson in
accordance with the “dignity of the
state ”
Organization of the house and sen
ate will be the first business on the
docket when they convene. Cecil
Neill, member from Muscogee, and
speaker of the the last house, is can
didate 1 for speaker. He is opposed
by C. E. Stewart, from Atkinson
county.
George Carswell, of Irwinton, and
W. W. Mundy, of Cedartown, will
stage a lively race for senate presi
dency it is expected. Major Deve
raux F. McClatchey is a candidate
for the secretaryship of the senate
HIGHWAY BONDS
BEFORE BODY
JUNESESSION
Atlanta, Ga., April 30.—1 tis an
ticipated that the highway bond is
sue and tax revision legislation will
be the most important topics to be
taker, up before the leg’slature at
the coming session, which convenes
the fourth Wednesday in June.
The. inauguration cf the now gov
ernor, Clifford Walker, ,who suc
ceeds Governor Hardwick, will take
place according to custom, on the
Saturday following the convening of
the legislature cn Wednesday.
Governor Hardwick, throughout
his administration, has advocated
the necessity for tax revision and
has specifically urged a state income
tax to take the place of the present
system. Governor-elect Walker hgs
expressed in recent rpecch.es the
opinion that tax laws should be re
vised. It is expected that the new
governor will outline a set of recom
mendations in his inaugural address.
Highways Matter Up.
Highway bond issue legislation
has been -before the legislature for
several years. The tendency of the
last legislature was to cut down the
figure advocated by the highway en-
which was $75,000,000.
No action came out of the last two
legislative sessions.
Chairman Holder, of the highway
board, advocated a preliminary issue
of u limited amount, such as $lO,-
000,000 or $15,000000, to secure
Georgia’s share of federal aid, and
to be followed later by a larger is
sue. The Georgia State Automo
bile Association as yet ha s not made
public what figure it will urge.
Within the past week the Georgia
Good Roads Association has made
public a report of its special bond
issue committee recommending an
issue of non-interesting-bearing cer
tificates in annual installments to be
converted later into bonds on which
the interest and sinking fund shall
be paid from the proceeds of taxes
on gasoline and lubricants. The
plans contemplate an ultimate issue
of about $60,000,000.
Biennial sessions of the legisla
ture is another important subject
that will come up In the next legis
lature. The house last year passed
the biennial session bill of Represen
tative Mundy, cf Polk, but it failed
in the senate. Mr. Mundy will re
now hi s campaign as a member of
the senate.
Want January Inauguration.
There appears to be a growing
sentiment in connection with this
bill to inaugurate the governor and
all other state house officers in Jan
u-t'-y instead of June. Several gov
ernors in recent years have advocat
ed thi s plan on the ground that a
governor and all state house officers
shoulc take an even start with the
calendar year.
Renovation of the state capitol
which bears the reputation of being
the “most dilapidated in the union,”
and also the building of a govern
or’s mansion, will be other important
subjects. During Governor Hard
wick’s administration, the old man
sion property at Peachtree and Cain
streets was leased for fifty years
at a substantiol figure. The gover
nor has since lived at the Georgian
Terrace with an a\|owance from the
state to pay his housing and other
expenses, instead of a residence fur
nished by the state.
MRS. E. R. BRAZIEL DIED
NEAR BUFORD APRIL 21
Mrs. E. R. Braziel, fifty-four
years of age, died at the family res
idence, near Buford, Saturday after
noon, April 21, at 5 o’clock, after a
continued illness of one year.
Mrs Braziel was a devoted Chris
tian woman and loved by every one
in her community. Besides a host
of sorrowing friends she is survived
by her husband, Mr. E. R. Braziel,
of Pitts, Ga.; Mr. Creighton Bra
ziel, of Atlanta; Mr. Hoyt Braziel,
Arabi, Ga.; Mr. R. J. Braziel, of Ro
chelle, Ga.; Mr. T. J. Brazifel, of Bu
ford; Mr. F. S. Braziel, of Rome;
four daughters, Mrs. N. B. Brooks,
of Seville, Ga.; Mrs. L. T. Davis, cf
New York; Mrs. William Dowdy, of
Douglas; Mrs. J. M. Bullock, of Bu
ford; four sisters, Mrs. G. W T . Puck
ett, of Buford; Mrs. Lizzie Atkinson,
of Atlanta; Miss Mattie Yarbrough,
of Ptitsburg, Pa.; Mrs. A. T. Green,
of Lawrencevilje; one brother, Mr.
W. W. Yarbrough, of Atlanta.
Funeral was held at Old Suwanee
church Monday morning at 11
o’clock, Rev. Wiley W. Owens offi
ciating.
SHADWICK-MARTIN.
Miss Alma Shadwick and Mr. Wil
liam Guy Martin were joined in holy
matrimony on April 29th 'by A. M.
Quinn, Esq., of Duluth.
MR. M.E. COOPER
DROPS DEAD
Lrganville, Ga., April 30.—Mark
E. Cooper, fifty-eight years old,
prominent planter and business man
of Loganville, dropped dead in front
of hi- place of business here late this
afternoon. Apoplexy is thought ta
have been the cause of his death.
He is survived by his widow, three
sons, Fred W., Ilomer E. and Virgil
Cooper; three daughters, Misses
Ruih, Fleta and Louise Cooper, all of
Lcganville; three brothers, A. C., E.
S. and A. J. Cooper; three sisters,
Mrs. W. P. Williams, of Grayson;
Mrs. C. 0. Brand and Mr§. Pearl
Luke, of Nashville, Ga.
Mr. Cooper was a cousin of Con
gressman Charles Hillyer Brand, of
Athens, L. M. Brand of Lawrence
vilie, and of Hon. John E. Cooper,
of Macon.
Funeral services were conducted
at the Loganville Baptist church, of
which he was a leader, by Rev. J. P.
McCcnnell Wednesday afternoon.
May Lift Skirts
On Muddy Streets
Declares Judge
Los Angeles, Cal.—Regardless of
catastrophes, skirts may be lifted on
a muddy street and the law will not
interfere.
This victory for beautiful ankle
womanhood was won by Hlen Holt,
film actress, in the court of Justice
Channing Fellette.
Helen was made co-defendant in
a suit following an auto wreck be
tween two trucks in Hollywood. The
complaint alleged that Helen was
“careless and negligent of public
safety” when she lifted her skirts
while crossing Sunset Boulevard on
a rainy day.
A truck belonging to the George L.
Eastman company immediately
crashed into one belonging to' the
Hollywood Dye works, and the dye
works brought suit for damages
against the Eastman company and
it was a rainy day and she lifted her
skirt to keep from getting splashed.
“If the drivers couldn’t keep their
eyes on their driving, it certainly
wasn’t my fault,” Helen told the
[judge. “I didn’t want to get my
I skirts splashed, sp I lifted them. I
!heard an awful crash behind me, and
•n saw these two trucks. And then
those two men both said it was my
fault.”
“A woman has an inalienable right
replied the judge. “I dismiss the
compaint against you as opposed to
every American legal principle
These two companies can fight it out
without blaming it on a woman.”
SAFE ROBBES
TRY ESCAPE
Winder, Ga.—The two men who
have been in jail here for several
weeks charged with breaking into
the Motor Inn Filling Station made
an effort thsi week to saw tlieir way
to freedom. For several days they
have been endeavoring to saw their
way to freedom. They were discov
ered by Sheriff Camp, and their lit
tle scheme to get out of jail was
thwarted.
DIPLOMATEo AT WORK
Cynical Sam: “Say, Bill, how
much did you say that fish weighted
that you caught last Tuesday?”
Bill: “How much did I tell you?—
well, it ain’t shrunk none, Sam—it
ain’t shrunk none.”
Please renew your subscription.
—And Their Mother is Only 35
Mrs. O. D. Dalton, of Valdosta, Ga.. age 35, Is the mother % thee*
ten beautiful children, the oldest 15 years and the youngest 14 voa&t.
Only one pair of twins la included. Mrs. Dalton Is believed to be tho
youngest mother of ten.
twice-a-week
MARION COUNTY
LEGISLATOR IS
INDICTED LIBEL
Macon, Ga.—E. H. McMichael,
member of the legislature from Ma
rion county and who resides in Buena
ista, Ga., was indicted Tuesday by
the Bibb county grand jury on a
charge of criminal libel. The in
dictment followed the appearance be
fore the grand jury of W. A. Cross
land, federal highway engineer for
Georgia, and W. R. Neel, state high
way engineer.
The indictment is the outgrowth
of an attack made by McMichael on
Mr. Crossland, the federal highway
engineer, in an article published
early in March in various newspapers
of the state, in which Mr. McMichael
charges Crossland with grafting
through the state highway depart
ment.
The indictment charges that Rep
resentative McMichael stated in his
letter to the press of Georgia that
Engineer Crossland advised W. R.
Neel, state highway engineer, to pur
chase a defunct quarry in north
Georgia for $90,000, "and thereby
pulled in $15,000 of our tax money.”
“Graft” Was Charged.
“Graft, pure and simple,” the let
ter continued. “But he is still chief
counsellor for Nee! and the depart
ment and he makes them buy cement
from the trust of his choice. . . The
peope of Georgia know that Cross
jot that $15,000 and thy know, too*
.hat they did not get one-fourth the
vaue of their $90,000 given for that
Ebert county stone quarry.”
The etter, about 2,500 words long,
hwas presented to the grand jury in
its entirety.
$3,000,000 May
Be Inherited By '•
Family in Hart
Hartwell, Ga.—ls members of the.
Sanders family in Hart county earn
trace , Lhair ancestry back to ffiiaa
Sanders, member of a Maryland tribe
of Indians, they may inherit $3,-
000,000 said to be held in trust for
heirs of the latter by the U. S. gov
ernment.
G. S. Goswick, of Texas, assisted
by a Hartwell attorney, is in tliis sec
tion seeking information which he
believes may prove that the members
of the Sanders family here, all of
whom have high cheek bones, char
acteristic of Indians, are heirs to the;
big fortune held by the govemm.en.t~
MAXEYSMAN
HURT IN AUTO
1
Greensboro, Ga.—John Moody,
prominent planter of Maxeys, Ga.,
'was seriously perhaps fatally, in
jured here this afternoon when the
automobile he was driving hit a rope
stretched across the street where a.
sewer is being repaired. Mr. Moody
was thrown against the side of the:
car and was badly cut and bruised
about the head.
| Mr. Moody was on] his way to
Geshamville to visit a niece when
the accidnt occurred. His wife, for
merly Miss Helen Davis, is at the
Georgia Baptist hospital, in Atlanta,
having recently undergone a serious
operation. •
F. Q. SAMMON,
Funeral Director end Scientific
EMBALMER,
I carry a full line of ColSna, Cas
kets, Burial Suita, Robea, Etc.
Celle Filled Day or Night.
Free hearse to customers.
Lewrenceville. Ge.
NUMBER 55,