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VOLUME 52.
1000ACRESOF
COTTON LOST
Rockdale farmers have lost 3.<t00
acres of cotton due the unusually
severe blizzards of the past few
■weeks, we -were informed - through
reliable sources today. 'This,extra
ordinary shock will work a,
hardship on many planters and in.
sures the local scarcity of cotton.
Much' of this acreage has Been re-"
planted but the heavy rafh3 i^^f*,^u£&-, ’
day and Wednesday hcov.edA ©taAWf
ing factor. •* *'“ r * * v-
All indications over, the'ain.tttii dot
ton belt point toward tip* ejrt-jrems;
scarcity—of the staple and —bighefi
prices in the falL A dry May.is evk
dence of a gpod* cotton, yield, local
conditions are not in with
ithis the plantation. |
Takihg each condition' 1 intuk con
sideration, Rockdale farmers are 4i§!
cussing the advisability of plowing
up alj cotton ljpw in the ground and
replanting it with corn or -other pro
ducts. Thi,s will enable them to buy
the number of bales they intended to
raise,, on the future market, which
will prove far more* lucrative in the
cases of both cotton and corn.
Should a movement of this nature
be adopted generally, or sven in one
coupty, the seare'forced on the bears
would result ,in an unprecedented
rise.—Conyers Times. ; :
NEW POULTRY
RECORD MADE
Orlando, Fla.—A new poultry re
cord has been established for Flori
da, in Orange county, it ig believed,
by the flock of F. G. Arnold, at Con
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way, near here.
A brood of ten healthy chicks have
been hatched from a setting of eggs
laid by a pujlet hatched on January
1. This pullet., l three-fourths jwhite
leghorn and one-fourth Ancona, was
one of five pullets, and some roosters
hatched January 1,-and tbese'birds
have been penned togethr and away
from all other birds from : that tirrte.
This pullet began laying when she
was ninety dayjß old and. .has l>een
laying ever since! Another qf
the same batching began laying at
ninety-two -days. 'From' April '1 to 1
May 14 the five pullets-of 'this'hatch
ing have laid more tha» -six" dbzen
eggs. • ' '.i.'
EL-BETHEL.
May 14.—Mr. J. 0. Davis>l£.
Mack Davis of Atlanta- * Attended
Memorial services at Pfospect’S’an^
j m. '
day.
Mr. Scott Simmons of Buford
spent Saturday night with his sifter
Mrs. T. B. Holland.
Miss Vance Gunter has returned to
her home after extended Visit :to
Mrs. Alma Elkin and other relatives.
OAK GROVE.
May T7»—lSlrs. A. H. Davis and
children spent Tuesday with her
moother Mrs. -C. B. Cook.
Mr. and Mrs. Xuke Burel and child
ren spent Sunday afternoon with Mr.
and Mrs. Reed.
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Daniel made a
business trip to Gainesville Tuesday.
MBiss Etta Cook spent Sunday
afternoon with Mrs. E. W. Bennett
Miss Pauline Henderson was the
guest of Mrs. Adair Tuesday.
Miss Bobbie Breedlove spent Satur
day night with Miss Ivary Render
s'ol’- 1 „ v ■?;
Mr. Grorer Gower is at work at
Buford. ,
Mr. Ray Adair of Buford is visit
ing home foH»..L r>; <r>
Mr. and Mrs. Mari Adair spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Fate
Hendrson.
Miss Rosie Williams spent Sunday
with Miss Eva Waycasler.
ROCK SPRINGS
May 15. —Messers Fate and Harlen
Davis and mother and Miss Eula Mae
Franklin attended preaching at Col
lins Hill Sunday afternoon.
Miss Gladis McDaniel of Bufoord is
spending awhile at home.
Mr. and Mrs. Hursel Thompson and
Guy McDaniel and Mrs. McDainel
and daughtr Gladis spent awhile
Sunday night with Mr. and Mrs
Henery Brooks.
Mr. Elmer Bendingfield of Bethurs
die is spnding sevral days here with
relatives. >
Miss Belle Davis and brother Mar
vin and Master Guy Franklin Spent
Sunday aftrnoon with Master Hush
es Green and sister pra.
Mr. Marvin McDainel and sop I£ab
ert visited relatives at Buford Sun
day.
Amoung those attending the pound
supper Saturday night given
es Bertha and Viola Myers-of-Hope
Well were Misses Annie Crow and
Eula Mae Franklin,' Messers NeUtie
ppd Fate r Dari«.- . 5
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Tiik Mews-Herald
School Site Is
i
Purchased by
City of Decatur
Decatur* G^.—of the. lots for
city school purposes has been pur
chased and another is under consid
eration!* 3 ' VWl '’* * ' '
- 'lt te plaiindd to build thereon a one
story strudtwe which Will be de«rgn
td-in such '»-way that units
MP added fta desired indefinitely.
>.• Q,%i4°te- ir >
of the city adjacent to Druid
3re£|ei i jg! and it is
, exj>ectqd a decision will be
1 a lot ‘in’ that section with-
! -a' , fe%-yays. It is desired by the
-school BoartT that worlc be "started on
«4Jje new building as quickly as possi-
FIRST PEACHES
ARE SHIPPED
Macon, Ga.—The first crate of
Georgia peaches for this season
passed through Macon Friday by ex
press, consigned to obert Cochran &
Sons, New York. The crate con
tained the Mayflower variety, the
earliest in Georgia, and was shipped
by E. E. Payne, of Reynolds, Ga.
Reports from Reynolds indicate
that daily crate shipments will be
made from now on until car lot ship
ments begin to move. Reynolds will
ship approximately 375 cars this
season.
PEOPLE ENJOY TRIP
TO TULLULAH FALLS
Duluth, Ga-—Quite a party of Club
Ladies, s6me children, husbands, and
fathers, enjoyed a tJiip to Tullulah
Falls last Saturday. A special train
conducted by the Club Ladies of
of .Atlanta in honor --of the ladies
_attendmg the - Biota nfal, stoped at
at Duluth where more than 75 peo
ple boarded tjie trsd), arriving in
CTußulah Falls at : i 2! o’clock, where
a delightful lunehen was served at
the Cliff Rouse. /After which a
trip, was made through the Tullulah
.Sphool. Georgia
Cjus_ Women’s own school. As the
Dtiliifh. Civic Jniprayment Club has
' 'Sdnool this year
jay Duluth ladies
Ver^^viry'Aiiueh'interested in this
wonderful school* the'only one main-
ejitifelg. bgVcdub women of
Ay-tit: 'tfufche falls was
very much enjoyed,..and at 4. 30 all
'boa’ttfecf the-Irani fqr home declare
ing enjoyable days
*Wei- NftSffi'E i^BVery - festate in the
union was represented on this trip
Mexico and; Brazil. Sing
ing,-Reading and Music on stringed
instruments -was enjoyed on the
train comng home.
WANTS PEOPLE TO VOTE
ON PROHIBITION ISSUE
Savannah, Ga.—The grand jury, in
their presentments Friday, urged a
constitutional amendment so that the
people of the state might have an
opportunity bo pass upon the ques
tion of prohibition. It urged that
the state law be made to feiSow the
national law so as to avoid conflict.j
It also suggested a readjustment
of the fee system for paying coun-j
ty officers. 4 , y" .
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MOTHER OF THIRTEEN ,-
KILLS HER HUSBAND
ON 30TH ANNIVERSARY
New York—Mrs. Mary Lanigan.
mother of 13 children, was- charged
with first degree murder today. She
is accused of having shot and killed
her husband, John, last night on the
30th anniversary of their wedding.
Their son, William, 13 years old, was
held as a witness,
Police claimed Mrs. Lanigan
claimed she killed him because of his
continued brutality to her and the
children.
Renew your subscription,
BUFORD ROUTE TWO.
May 14th. —Mr and. Mrs. C. D.
Allen and children visited in For
syth Sunday.
Misses Ora Hamilton, Maude Puck
ett, Flors, Addie Lou and /Say,
Whiten visited Misses Ruby, Mary,
and CqroH Wall Sunday afternoon.
Mis. Brittie Sutton visited at For
syth with relatives last week.
Misjs Marde}l Brown who recently
spent her vaeaton here, has returned
to Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. Grover Burell and
children; recently visited Mr. and
Mrs. Will Wall.
" Miss RiithlSutioi) and brother of
Flowery Branch, spent yesterday
, witljii their brother, Mr. Jack Sutton.
ifrs. Luna Allen of Forsyth yisit
' ed relatives near here last week.
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, MONDAY MAY 21, 1923.
Shotgun Discharge
Injures Convict
Guard in Milton
Alpharetta, A. Benton,
guard.Jrt tjje Mi’ton cotmty _q.oil'’ict
camp, was painfully injured Thurs
day morning whn- a shotgun was ac
cidentally discharged, the load strik
ing his hand and almost tearing it
from his arm.
He was given first aid by a local
physician, then rushed to Atlanta,
where, the physician states, it prob
ably wll be necessary to amputate his
hand. , ■
GA. FARMER IS
GOOD DAIRYMAN
The Augusta Chronicle tells the
following story which we pass on to
our readers.
Mr. H. R. Finn is a farmer dairy
man living near Cordele, Ga. He has
14 cows and ships the cream from his
dairy to hte Cordele creamery. His
cash for cream n November
was $261.50, for December $268.85
and for January $284.00.
Mr. Finn paid out nothing for feed,
as he raises all the feed on his own
farm. He paid out nothing for labor,
milking the cows himself. In addi
tion, he bad the skimmed milk from
these 14 cows to feed his hogs and
chickens, and the fertilizer to enrieh
his farm.
Mr. Finn’s place is a 20 horse farm.
On it in 1922 he raised 103 bales of
cotton and did not have to go in debt
one penny for the raising. The
creamery checks enabled him to pay
cash for what he bought.
THE TURNER COUNTY PLAN
CARRIED TO 2T COUNTIES
Ashbum, Ga., May 17.—The plan
of restoring rural prosperity by
means of “the hog, the cow, and the
hen on every farm,” which is being
sponsored by the Georgia Associa
tion, wag carried into twenty-seven
Georgia counties in April, aftd will
be carried into an equal number in
May. George Betts, of Ashbum,
president of the association, an
nounced today. i. -- i
The growing production of pork,
eggs, and butter by Turney county
farmers, and the resulting prosper
ity, which has come about largely
through the carrying .out of the
Georgia Association plan, has
aroused considerable southwide at
tention,. ...The Columbia State, S. C.,
hi 3 recently made a thorough, survey
of farm conditions in Turner, county,
and is now devoting several columns
of spaqe caoh day. to a description
cf -it-4«--er4er“to popularize the- pian
in the .o&wntres -of Smith,
“It’;.- the aim” of the Georgia 'As
sociation,” according to Mr. Betts,
“to dewelopt -ever y- rural- -county of
Georgia as Turner county has.been”
developed, by hogs, -eows, and hens
on-the farms. The proof of this plan
is in the success that it has achieved
here and is achieving in a large
number of other counties. Farmers
over the state who have adopted this
plan are as prosperous today as
Ibey were in the halcyon days when
cotton was a sure cash crop and (the
boll weevil wa g unknown, and the
hog, the cow, and the hen are the
reason.” ' ' ’ • -
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During the summer months the
association plans to stress feed pro
duction, panricularly in the meetings
over the state. At all of these coun
ty meetings specialists fiVm the
state college and other 'organiza-'
tions will show the farmers and the
farm wives the most, modern and
practical method of poultry raising
and feeding, the grading and mar
keting of eggs to bring the highest
price, practical dairying and hog
raising.
Conditions in Georgia are ideal for
egg production as well as for dairy
ing, according to Mr. Betts, since
the climate is such that the hens can
be kept in the open almost all the
year round. Consequently, he de
clares, there is no goed reason why
Georgia should import $25,000,000
worth of eggs each year, when Geor
gia farmers should export that
many or even more, dollars’ worth of
eggs to other sections of the coun
try.
Ungrateful Cur
Bilkins: “I shot my dog last
night.”
Smythe: “Was he mad?”
Bilkins: * “Well, he wasn’t very
well pleased.”
Such Is Fate
With'Nan’s cash Pa lit out for Mi
ami.
But in jail 'he Tenrflrked, “Now,
where am 1?”
Nan said with a jeer,
“You're in jail, pa, ffear.” /
And Pa'sadly relied, “Oh, Miami.”
SOUTHEASTER!)
CROPJIOTES
Atlanta, Ga., May 17, 1923.—This
Summary is comiled from the reports
of the Federal Statisticians of the
Southeast, Frank Parker, North
Carolina, B. B. Hare, South Carolina
i. W. Gist, Alabama, S. T. Fleming,
Florida, G. L. Marris, Tennessee. Z.
R. Pettet, Georgia, and issped
Crop Reporting Service by the local
statistician.^
The entire southeast is Complain
ing of cold,’ damp weather, which
has' been unfavorable for practical
ly all fkrm operations’ Crop statisti
cians of this Region report a great
deal f damage from excessive mois
ture, cold, and high winds.
Cotton. Cold has retared the
groth of cotton. There is quite coiti
on accoutit of rain, of young cotton
dying on account of low temperature
and of fields becoming grassy.
Florida reports that bloom is now
showing up on the bottom crop. Ala
bama and Qecrgia report fair to
good stands in the southern part of
th states with chopping resonabiy
advanced in the northen portion of
Georgia. South Carolina and Ala
bam a considerable poroportion of
the cotton remains to be planted.
The season is getting very late for
this to be done with hopes of making
as uccessful crop in advance of the
weevil. Considerable areas rmain
unplanted in Tennessee and North
Carolina. A number of mountain
counties in the northern area com
plain of frost damage during past
week. The weather conditions have
been such as to limit what would
otherwise have been a very heavy
increase cotton acreage. *
CORN KS TASSELING INFLORIDA
In the xtrewe southeast corn is
well advanced, but the upper portion
of the territory has not yet planted
half of their usual area, in some di
stricts less than one-fourth.
Oats, Oats ars partically normal in
South Carolina, with a record break
ing crop in prospect. In Tennessee
the winter oats are badly frozen out
and the spring sown looking ra*her
poor. Harvesting is paractically cm
plet in Florida and well advanced in
South Georgia aft# Alabama.
Wheat. There is widespread com
plaint of rust in Georgia and some in
South Carolina. The crop is just b
ginnihg to head in Tennessee with
some report*of Hessian fly. ’ -Tenn
essee wheat was. also-affected by the
light freeze af’May 9, and 10.
Potatoes. ( of jweet
pStatfje.4 '
irf'FldriSk* S’qutA Carolina and Geor
gia. The Irish potato crop is mak
ing normal growth, with digging well
,r Jn^Ei^a.
~Tpba|co%^he'iifAASfilaoting of
tatwfiSc©: is'wimh'^t South
Carolina Georgia with reason
ed by ToVjeinperature," In _ Tenn-
essee the plants are baskwarci
and very' few .have bean -sat. In
Florida the growth condition is good.
Hay and pastures are good and im
proveing exeept in Tennessee where
they are backward.
Live Stock. Improving somewhat
with good pasturage. Work stock
are not in good flesh.
Farm Labor. The situation has be
come extremely serious in South
Carolina, where farms ’started month
ago anre now Jeserted- .The plan of
-swapping day’s labor releiving situ
ation in somewhat j n Georgia. Lack
of.pjow bans and wet weather pre
sents serious situation in about half
of the southeast.
Peanuts. Very great interest is
being taken in the peanut crop, espec
ially in those areas where it has been
impossible, to get in a normal crop.
Centeral Gergia will have a large
area this year. Demand fr seed
peanuts are very brisk. Some replant
ing has been necessary.
RICHARD M. SAMMON SPEAKS
AT BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAY
Our young brother, Richard M.
jsammon spoke to a crowded house
on Sunday evening at the Baptist
church all of the congregations of
the town worshipped together.
He expects to enter college next
fall, where h goes to prepare him
self for the mnistry.
This was his first sermon and his
friends prophesy for him a success
ful future in his new career.
We believe that God has truly
called him to this greatest of all
works, and we trust that his friends
will encourage and pray for him,
that he may be used for the glory of
God.
eH leaves for Texas next week,
whre he will be gone during the sum
mer.
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READ THE ADVERTISEMENTS
IN THE NEWS-HERRUD.
165 To Graduate
This Year at the
U. of Georgia
Athens, Ga.—One hundred and
sixty-five students at the Univergity
of eGorgia are candidates for de
grees this year, according to figures
given out at the office of Thomas W.
Reed, Registrar of the institution.
This figure represents a decrease of
thirty-four from the total number
"graduated last year but does not in
clud members of th senior class who*
are no’t candidates for degrees in
June.
Of the number to be graduated,
twenty-one are law students and six
are in the school of pharmacy. The
remainder is divided between the dif
ferent schools at the University pro
per and at the state collge of agri
culture.
AUGUSTA MAN
IS FOUND DEAD
Augusta, Ga.—W. L. Powell, for
ty-four, known, according to local
police, as the “Wandering Man of
Lovers’ Lane,” is dead and the po
lice are of the opinion that he poison
ed himself. He was found lying on
the 100 block of Reynolds street, a
small vial labeled carbolic acid lying
close by. He died shortly after be
ing taken to the hospital.
Powell’s death culminates a trag
edy that has existed, according to
relatives, since he was injured in the
explosion which wrecked the South
ern freight depot about two years
ago. Since the injury, it is said.
Powell had been mentally deranged
and his solitary walks blow the city,
in the Lovers’ Lane section, attracted
the attention of motorists almost
daily.
MR. ALVIN JONES
BURIED AT PROSPECT
Alvin Jones, a former citizen of
Gwinnett county, was killed near
Monroe in Walton county Thursday
morning, when a bridge caved in
with a tractor which he was driving.
The young mart was in,the employ
of the county and .wa s scraping the
roads when the accident occurred.
From the best information we.can
gat ;■ seems that it was a short span
which he was crossing and the front
wheels t of the engine were over when
the bridge gave way and the machine
fell track on the driver, crashing out
his life.
Mr. Jones was a native of Gwin
nett county, being the'sori 'of Russell
Jones, who died when Alvin was a
small boy. The' deceased was about
twenty-five years old and married
ss
married Sir. Prank Clark, the
deputy warden -sf- Walton county..
Besidg/nis wife he had one lis
ter, >frs. Grace Beaty, ami the fol
lowing uncles : L. E. and Thurman
Jones, Atlanta; Gordon, Carl fcnd
Artie Jtnes, of Gwinnett,
His remains were brought back to
LawrerecviUe Friday and carried to
Prospect .church, wherg .the; funeral
was conducted at 2 j’clock.
The man'y friends of’ the family
syrhj»atbT2fe with thetrt'Tff the' sudden
taking-away of-this young life.
COLLEGES SHOULD
TRAIN IN CITIZENSHIP
Washington, May 17.—The im
portance of training in good citizen
ship was stressed at the sixth annual
meeting of the American Council on
Education in Washington, when the
council passed resolutions advocating
such training and authorized the ap
pointment es a committee to co
operate in developing these courses.
Commissioner of Education John
J. Tigert, speaking of the work being
dene by the Federal Council on Cit
zenship Training, said that a can
vas A is being made cf the citizenship
status of communities throughout
the country. The survey is made
through competition, each communi
ty keeping a score card showing its
citizenship rating according to cer
tain rules laid down by the Federal
Council on Citizenship Training.
The scoring is based on five
points: general intelligence, techni
cal fitness, physical fitness, attitude
toward government, and questions of
a moral and social nature. These
cards will be tabulated into a com
prehensive report, available for all
educational agencies that they may
have first-hahd knowledge of citizen
ship conditions in the country.
WIFE ILL, GRIEVING
VETERAN ENDS LIFE
Hamilton, Ga. —S. J. Webster, 78,
Confederate veteran and farmer, of
this county, died tonight from a self
inflicted wound in the head.,. Hehad<
keen brooding /OV«C hia'jnfe’s illness.
Brenau’s Forty-fifth
Commencement
Beginning May 26
Gainesville, Ga.—The forty-fifth
commencement of Brenau College-
Conservatory will begin on May 2B ;
and continue through May 28th.
On Sunday morning at 11 ;3Q Bish
op James E. Dickey will preach the
Baccalaureate Sermon in the Chapel"
of the College. Dr. Dickey is well
known throughout the entire south
and his coming is anticipated with
Considerable interest.
Some lively socal features have
bben planned for .the Seniors, Alum
nae and vstors. The fsst of these
wll be ,Presdent’s recep
tion which will be.given on Friday'
evening at the home of Dr. and Mrs.
11. J. Pearce.
Saturday after noqn the members
of the Local Alumnae Chapter will
entertan the visitors with an automo
bile trip and tea at the Country
Club. In the evening the Alumnae
Banquet will be held in the College
dining hall.
On Monday the Commencement
exercises will close with an address
by Dr. H. J. Pearce and the confer
ring of degress. The number re
ceiving degrees is forty-seven,
S. A. L. TRAIN
KILLS MAN WED.
Athens, Ga.—C. P. Peyton is the
name of the aged man killed late
Wednesday near Elberton by the
southbound Seaboard train, it was
learned here Thursday. The man
was identified and his body shipped
back to Elberton, his home. He was
ttruck by the Seaboard train shortly
after it left Elberton for Athens late
yesterday and brought here. He
died en route to this city. Mr. Peyton
was about sixty-five years old.
According to information given
cut in Athens Thursday Mr. Peyton,
whose mind is troubled, left the
home of his daughter in Elberton
Wednesday afternoon and wandered
toward the railroad track.
STRUCK BYJENGINE
MANUFACTURER DIES
Winder, Ga.—Charles H. Prevost.
superintendent and general manager
of the Smith-Mayne Manufacturing
company, was struck by .passenger
train No. 12 on the Seaboard railroad
last night at 10:40 o’clock, and died
from his injuries about three hours
later in the Winder general hospital.
He was sitting in the middle of the
track near the electric light plant.
When he heard the train he is said to
have gotten up as if to get off the
track, and the engineer applied the
brakes as soon as he saw him. Mr.
Prevost then sat down again, or fell,
and was struck by the engine and
thrown from the track.
Hs lower back and several ribs
were broken and his skull fractured.
He never regained consciousness.
Mr. Prevost was 45 years old. He
came here about five years ago from
Lexington, N. C., to take charge of
the Smth-Mayne Manufacturing com
pany, makers of office furniture,
and made an efficient manager,
sending the plant’s products to all
parts of the country. Besides his
wife, he leaves three small children,
Charles, Jr., John and a-small-baby:
BOY IS DROWNED .
ifffflW ' c * psize f
6a. — aie
dragging thV Otfqfiee *i/e/ here tf
daj? for trfe 'body "of’liolfilh Shelton,
aged nine, who ‘was
dam of tjie plant of the Atbeqs Man
ufacturing company yesterday when
a boat capsized. His two brothers.
Will and Charlie were saved, the lat
ter jumping from the boat to the
dam, while the former was pulled out
of the rver several hundred yards
down stream.
OZORA. ;
• Mai l6. : —toijss Montine
spoilt |hife week &np fti Atlanta .with
hen uncle®' » * £ * * f„
-Saturday and Sunday are qyr reg
ular meeting at this jplace. t
,Sliss Jewell is visiting • hi*
tifljt this week,* Mrs. C.. S. Liwesey.
~M r* ainF Mrs. ,; Frarik
spept Sunday, ; .«verinig- with Ms, 4-
G.Scbe«lo.~': i t
SlteV’, Hajjy, aie
pdjhtmen.t- here Saturday njgty- ar|<l
a hirgerowd attended the service. :
(SriisjyeJl .gpd 4#mi?V f
plihe,, vjmitpd. Mr. Sam- Jonaai-Satur
daji night? near * rv - p
ajlirf ;j«wel,i and ' tllj»d|s
Tcjwnley spent Friday ; evening with
MM Ruby Camp.* ' r '> : ' r;
sjr. j. ,C. DWTHiSbrids' and family
spi&gg&is s. ajj;:j>ig£LjdacSPr
viff Lowery.
twice-a-week
71 FIRE VICTIMS
IN SAME GRAVE
Camden, S. C.-—Funeral service
tor the 71 victims of the Cleveland
school house fire was held jointly at
6 o’clock Friday afternoon near the
ash*# of the building where they met
their death.
Announcement of the plan was
made at 9:30-o’clock this mominfg
by a committee appointed by Mayor
Garrison, of Camden, which, is in
charge of the arrangements. The
plan also is to bury all at the same
time and - in the same grAve.
Several hundred people Were pack
ed into the hal on the second floor
of the building. Most of these were
country folk'who had driven in in
their automobiles and hore drawn
vehicles to see their children take
part in the entertainment. Only a
fw people from Camdn and nearby
towns attended.
It was shortly after 9 p. m., when
th lamp fell as the hook to which it
was attached pulled out.
People nearest the windows smash
ed them and leaped to the grauid
below, while the main body of the
oudince poured in a maddened rush
for the one exit—a stairway ending;
in a narrow hall and entryway; not
more than eight feet square. Tlie
door at the foot of the stairs was
jammed in a moment and while the
flames licked over the packed victims
hundreds pressed upon them from
the stairway.
tl was an old building which fell a
ready prey to the flames, within leas
than fifteen minutes it was an infer
no. Screams of women, men and!
children, imprisoned and being slow
ly roasted to death turned the even
ing to which many had looked for
ward wth joy into a nightmare of
Jiorror. JA
Scores of children were trampled*
some of them killed outright in
jam and rush. Others were burned
their young bodies so scorched by
the flames that their parents, search
ing frantically among the heaps of
charred remains, coul not identify;
them. -,, *
4. 4**"
SCHOOLS WILL S
CONSOLIDATE
Augusta, Ga.—At the regular
meeting of the Richmond county
board of education last week, steps
were taken, to consolidate four of
the county schools. Land is to be
purchased at a convenient point and
construction is to be gone ahead with,
as soon as possible
-4 Afc-si
SNELLVILLE.
Snellville, May 17, —Mothers day
was obsrved at the Baptist church
Sunday. A nice little program was
arranged. Rev. J. P. McConnell fill
ed the pulpit at 11 o’clock and gave
a very imprissine talk on Mother.
The P. T. A. sold ice cream, cake,
chocolate and ce tea, at the pqolic
well Saturday and raised a bite*
little sum to go toward paying for
the piano.
Mr. Paul Stowe has accepted *
positon wth the Rogers stewes in:
Decatur and will move his family
right away. - \
Mrs. Nelle Gunter and Mrs. Jessie
Mcwaters of Decatur were the week
end guest of ther parents Mr. axui
Mrs. A. A. Grizzard.
Mr. Weldon Williams who was cal -
ed home to attend the funeral of his
brother, Esq. F. C. Wiliams has re
turned to Detrot.
Mrs. Willaim Cofer gave * lunch
eon Friday in compliment to her
children, Mrs. Dock Ragan. Mrs. Per
cival Rawlins, Atlanta, Mrs. Earnest
Williams and Master James Cofer
Snellville, Mr. Rawlins left Friday
afternoon where he goes to accept
a position in Macon.
Mr. Byron Whitw'orth who has
been teaching a singing school in
Clarkston spent M.onday and Tues
day at home.
Mr. Bud Born of Lawrencevilie
was here Saturday afternoon.
Among those attending service*
here Sunday were Mr. and Mrs.
James Gresham Mr. and Mrs, FI
Baker, Mr[ Sam Worthy, Tucker, Mr.
Napholen Baker, Mr. and Mrs, Buck:
Nash, Decatur, Mr. and Mrs Tom
Lanitr, Mr. and Mrs. Dock Ragout
Mrs. Eva Johnston, Misses Annie
Lou and Edna Johnston, Mr. Colonel
Baker Atlanta, Mr, adn Mrs. J. EL
Johnston, and Mr. and Mrs. Rube
Wiliams Grayson;
Mr. Paul Knight and! Miss, El a
Johnson were married Tuesday
afternoon, Esq. White officiating
Pro. A. E. Pound State High School
Supervisor will speak at the auditor
ium Thursday night. The is cordi
ally nvited.
Mr. Clarnce Williams who has beenr
ill with pneumonia is able to be <raH
•gan.
NUMBER 60.