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TWICE-A-WEEK
VOLUME 52.
ROBERTS REFUS
ES OFFER OF
SOLICITORSHIP
Col. E. W. Roberts has declined
the tener of the Solicitorship of the
City Court of Monroe, mad& him by
Governor Thomas W. Hardwck just
before the latter went out of office,
an the probabilities are that Col. J.
C. Knox will be re-appointed to the
place.
It will be remembered that Col.
Knox tendere his resignation as So
licitor of the court to Gov. Hard
wick, effective July Ist, his desire
being to remove the court from poli
tics.
Col. Roberts appreciated the ten
der of the appointment, but immed
iately notfied Ordinary Georga A.
Garrett to return the commission, as
he could not accept the same. Col.
Roberts was solicitor of court
for about eight years and made one
of the best officials that tribunal ev
er had.
Following a recommendation of
the last Grand Jury and a general
desire upon the part of the people
that expenses reduced, a bill will
be prsented to the present Legisla
ture to abolish the city court of
Monroe.
The general opinion of the tax
payers is that four terms* of Super
ior court will be sufficient for all
practical purposes and that the
maiptenance of the city court and
four terms of Superior court is un
wise and unnecessary.
A bill will' be ntroduced in the
present Legislature creating a qew
judicial circuit, to be composed of
the counties,of Walton, Clarke and
Barrow, and should this measure
pass it is felt that the judge of the
Superior court would hav sufficient
time to devote to Walton county
matters to keep the dockets cleared.
The Tribune has no personal in
terest or prejudice in the matter,
one way or the other, but it does feel
that the people are undergoing an
unnecessary burden in maintaining
two courts as now operated and that
either the city court or two terms of
the Superior court could be and
should be dispensed with.—Walton
Tribune.
FREE REIN FOR DOCTOR
IN PRESCRIBING WHISKY
GIVEN IN COURT RULING
Helena, Mont.—So long as it has
decided that alcohol may be used for
medicinal purposes, congress cannot
dictate to physicians the number of
whiskey prescriptions they nay
write or the quanity prescribed, ac
cording to a decision here by Feder
al Judge Geoge M. Bourquin. The
ruling of Judge Bouirquin was similar
to that of Federal Judge Knox, of
New York, who, on May 9, granted
an order restraining prohibition
authorities from interfering with the
practice oof Dr. Samuel W. Lambert
as to the amount of whisky that
might be prescribed to one patient.
Judge Bourquin’s decision invali
dates the prosecution of Dr. J. B.
Freund, of Butte, charged with hav
ing issued more than one hundred
prescriptions within ninety days and
with prescribing more than one half
pint of alcohol to one patient in ten
days.
The court held in substance that
congress cannot substitute Its judg
ment for that of the physician and
that those portions of the federal
prohibition enforcement act seeking
to limit the nbmber of prescriptions
written and the quantities prescribed
are invalid.
MRS. B. G. ASHWORTH DIED
AT BVFORD ON JULY 1
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Mrs, Lera Ashworth, the wife of
Mr. B. G. Ashworth, died at their
home in Bufofd on Sunday, July Ist.
The deceased was twenty-four
years old and was a native of For
syth county, being the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Phillips. Her re
mains were taken to Coal Mountain
chur;h in Forsyth county the Mon
day following for interment, the ser
vice.- being conducted by Rev. A. B.
Couch. The death of Mrs. Ashworth
was made doubly sad by reason of
the fact that her infant was interred
jhst a week previous at the same
place.
Besides her husband and parents,
th 5 deceased is survived by two
small children, four brothers and six
sisters.
AT THE STRAND THEATER
THURSDAY —Paramount special,
"Inside the Cup.”-'
FRlDAY—Katherine McDonald in
"Dornestic Relatives.”
SATURDAY —Dustin Farnum in
""rtie Yosemite Trail.”
The N ews-Her ald
RICHEST BABY
GIRL BORN SAT.
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Detroit.—Probably the richest ba
by girl in the world was born here
Saturday.
Henry Ford’s first granddaughter,
weighing eight pounds, was announc
ed by Mr. and Mrs. Edsei Ford.
In light of the reputed Ford for
tune, claimed by Wall street authori
ties to be* greater than that of any
other man on earth, this youngster,
who will join in the heritage of her
grandfather and fathr, may well be
regarded as having potential riches
beyond those of any other baby
girl alive.
She is the third child of the Edsei
Fords, the other two being boys.
Robert Loveman,
Georgia Poet, Di£s
In Hot Springs
Dalton, Ga. —News of the death
of Mr.‘ Robert Loveman, Dalton’s
gifted poet, which occurred at Hot
‘Springs, Ark., where he was univer
sally loved, not only ( as one of the
south’s sweetest singers, but as a
most lovable gentleman.
Mr. Loveman was born in Cleve
land, Ohio, but came here as an in
fant when his parents moved to Dal
ton. He contributd largely to many
of the country’s leading magazines
and was the author of many well
known books of verse, among them
being “The Gates of Silence,”
“Songs From a Georgia Garden,”
“The Blushful South,” “On the Way
to Willowdale” and “Sonnets of the
Strife.” He was best known prob
ably sot his “Rain Song,” which ap
pears in many school textbooks.
He is survived by one sister, Mrs.
Linka Friedman, of Tuscaloosa, Ala.,
and four brothers, Phillip of Okla
homa, Morris of Birmingham, Louis
of Gadsden, and Bert of Atlanta.
body will be brought here for
burial.
SHUSH ON POVERTY;
HERE’S EDITOR WITH COIN
Chehalis, Wash.—Editor C. Elling
ton of the Chehalis Bee-Nugget has
sent out an S. O. S. call to his fellow
members of the Washington State
Press association, asking for sugges
tions as to what he shall do wth his
accumulating surplus recently .re
ceived when a bankruptcy case was
closed in Seattle in which the Bee-
Nugget was a claimant. ,
Mr. Ellington is just in recept of
a check for the sum of one cent, as
the total and final settlement of his
account in full against the bankrupt
concern. One friend suggests that
he use it as part payment on a new
automobile and many other equally
valuable suggestions have been re
ceived.
SCOTT, 70, HAS SPENT
$3,000,000 FORTUNE;
STARTS OVER AGAIN
Bellingham, Wash.—Walter Scott,
better known as “Death Valley
Scotty,” who is reputed»to ha\e dis
covered a gold mine, in' Death Yal
’ey, Cal., from which he obtained a
fortune years ago, <s camped near
b>'ie on his way to Grlzv.'y Creek, in
British Columbia, where he nopes to
make another “stake.” He sai-l he
bed once “made a kil ing” at Grizzly
( reek Caribou country, and
cmild do it again. He left the Mexi
can border nine weks ago on his way
to Canadian gold field?.
“Scotty,” who is 7ft years old, is
said to have spent fortunes aggre
gating $3,000,000. •
"1 am going to spend $3,000,9(F)
more bfore I croak,” h said as he
-tood beside his wagon containing
his gold digging outfit.
MORTALITY RATE
AMONG NEGROES
NOW 17 PER 1000
Washington,—The mortalty rate
among negroes in the Unted States
now is 17 per 1,000, or 70 per ;ent,
greater than among whites, accord
ing to a report issued Friday by the
interior department based upon
statisics collected by Howard uni
versity.
“The figures further show,” the re
port said, “that while the colored
physicians and surgeons increased
only 633, or 23.7 per cent., in the
last ten years, the number of colored
undertakers has increased during
the same period by 605, or 60.9 per
cent.
“Students of this situation attri
bute the constant increase in col
ored undertakers to the insufficient
number of physicians apply pre
ventives against disease and to care
for the afflicted.” ..
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LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1923.
COBB COUNTY
FARMER SHOT
AS HE SLEEPS
Powder Springs, Ga.—D. Bullard,
a well known young farmer living
near here, was the victim of a mur
derous attack by an unknown person
about midnight Monday. Mr. Bul
lard was asleep in his room at the
time. He was shot in both arms,
.and the wounds probably will neces
sitate amputation of both hands.
The woul be asassin used Mr. Bul
/rd’s own gun, which was kept in a
dairy near his home. Entrance was
effected by cutting out the wire
screen to the door. The shot awoke
Mr. Bullard’s wife, who was sleeping
in the room with him, it also set the
bed on fire.
Mrs. Bullard states that she saw a
man drop the gun and deliberately
walk out of the back door. Mr.'Bui
lar was removed to a sanitarium in
Marietta.
Condemned Woman
Starts Wild Fight As
She Hears Sentence
Chicago.—Mrs. Sabelle Nitti Cru
delle became a frightened, fighting
creature a moment after being in
formed here today that the jury
which had convicted her of the mur
der of her husband bad sentenced
her to die for the crime. ,
It was not until shortly before
noon that an interpreter was ob
tained and Mrs. Crudelle was in
formed of the sentence.. As the
terms of punihsment became intel
ligible to her, sh collapsed, but re
covered quickly and fought her jail
ers in a wild attempt to escape from
the screened lawyer’s cage in the
woman’s quarters of the jail, where
she had been taken to hear tbe sen
tence interpreted.
WATERMELON SEED
IN LUNG IS FATAL
TO 4 YEAR OLD BOY
Macon, Ga.—Donald Evans, 1 year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. T. G. fiv ins,
of Rentz, Ga., died at the Middle
eGorgia sanatorium here Friday fol
lowing an operation for the removal
of awatr: melon seed from his lung.
The child swallowed the seed
Thursday and it lodged in his wind
pipe, eventually working its way into
his lung. He was rushed to Macon
by automobile and though the seed
was removed Friday, the child failed
to withstand the effect of the oper
ation.
SURPRISE BIRTHDAY DINNER-
On Sunday, July Ist, the relatives
and friends of Miss Lois Huff gave
her a surprise birthday dinner at the
homo of her parents, Air. and Mrs.
A. C. Huff.
Everyone gathered in with large
baskets of dinner. At the noon
hour a large table was spread under
the beautiful trees, after which ice
cream and lemonade were served.
Those present were: Mr. and Mrs.
Buchanan. Mr. and Mrs. Jchn Car
roll, Mr. and Mrs. John Buchanan,
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Cronker, Mr. and
Mrs. Quilllan Buchanan, Mr. # and
Mrs. Bud Turner, Mr. Emmett Buc
■fcr.an, and his friend, of Atlanta;
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Sparks and Mrs.
Hobbs, of Lawrenceville; Mr." and
Mm. Grover Huff and children, Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Huff and children,
Mr.-. C. D. Atkinson, *Mr. and Mrs.
G. A. Huff and children, Mr. Chester
Cooper, of Duluth; Ms. and Mrs. G.
W. Hays, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Simp
,s:n and children, Mrs. Melvin Blank
inship, Misses Gertrude Hays and
Wynell Blankinship and Mr. James
Chadwick.
Offers Billion for
U. S. Merchant Fleet
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John W. Slack, President of a
manufacturing plant at Silver Creek,
X. Y.. offers the government $1,051,-
oOO.OOO.i'or the entire U. S. merchant
fleet. "Too much,” says retiring
Chairman Lasker. It is hinted
Henry Ford bail a hand In the bid,
although Mr. Slack will neither
cttuQrm nor deny the report. 1
Freedom
| JpfiTdpT
High on the cr<4m points of the
Statue of Liberty In New York
harbor, Carl Berqulst, acrobatic
steeplejack, executed some thrilling
stunts last week. Photo shows com
parative size of man to the great
statue, which holds out the torch
of Liberty Fr;rdcm to thou
sands 61 oJa world oppressed as
they came to merge la 0 -$ great
melting pot of freemen.
Man Who Chained
Child in Barn Is
Given Term in Jail
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Sioux City, la.—Found guilty of
chaining his four year old son to a
cot in a barn, Carl Grinsavage Mon
day was to 30 days in
jail. During the first and last five
days Grinsavage will rceive only
bread and water.
GWINNETT COUNTY GIRLS
MAKE GOOD SHOWINC
AT G. S. C. W.
Gwjnnett county was represented
in the ‘stunt” exercises given by the
different county groups at the Qeor
gia State College for women summer
school at Milledgevllle by twelve
Gwinnett county girls, one of them
being Miss Artie Belle Carter, of
Lilburn, who is enstructor of Biology
at this institution and a young lady
that Gwinnett county is prowd of.
The other girls are, Misses E’sie
Garner, of Norcross, Lois McGee,
Connie Gresham and Montine \Vynn,
of Duluth, Mattie Lou Reese, of
Suwanee; Jewell Warwick, of Dactila;
Dora Gouge, of Lawrenceville; Pearl
Harris, Sarah Eaves, Geraldine
Cooper ar.d Rosa Delle Langley, of
Grayson.
The “sstunt” event is an annual
feature at the summer school al
ways enjoyed by all. This summer
Gwinnett county was the first on the
program and following is a sketch of
her stuht:
England comes on the stage to the
tune of “God Save the King.” Then
, comes America and Button Gwinnett
to the tune of “Star Spangled Ban
ner.” Next came the bells of 1 776,
who sang “Gwinnett,” after the song
was ended America introduced But
ton Gwinnett and gave a sketch of
his life. The climax was reached
when Button Gwinnett’s mascot
which was a real billy goat and
drove England from the scene.
“Gwinnett”
Tune: George”tte”
Composed by Miss JewelEvarwick
“Gwinnett, Gwinnett we’re so prowd
of you.
To you, to you we’ll always be true.
Our Maws, our Paws, and all our
families.
They told us, they told us,
we ought to go to S. N. S.
But we’e here, we’re here and so
glad we came.
We’ll try, we’ll try to add to your
fame.
And when we leave the summer
school.
Gwinnett can never be fooled,
You’ll be prowd of us Gwinnett.
COM VOTES IN
FAVOR BILL OF
REP. ELDERS
Atlanta, Ga.—The house commit
tee on amendments to the constitu
j tion Wednesday afternoon endorsed
| the bill of Representative Elders, of
j Tattnall, which abolishes the ad va
lorem system of taxation for raising
the state’s revenues, an substitutes
a method based upon the North Car
olina plan. The committee voted to
submit the bill to the house with the
recommendation that it pass. The
vote in committee was 16 to 6.
Three of thg six adverse votes
were cast, it was explained, not in
opposition to the bill as a general,
principle, but because the members
felt they could not support it as
worded at present, With a few
amendments, all three stated that
they would reverse their position and
vote for it.
Afterwards it develope that two
of these three votes would be chang
ed if the income tax clause in the
proposed bill should be amended to
set a limitation on the rate \Vhieh
the legislature could fix. Repres
entative Elders stated that he
thought the objections of all three
of these members could be met with
out altering the bill ni such a way as
to destroy its value.
By passag of this bll through com
mittee, the active fight on the ques
ton of revising the state’s taxation
system prill be transferred immedi
ately to the floor of the house, and
thus what s conceded to be the most
«
important problem bfo'e-the 1923
legislature will be the subject of
general debate in a little more than
two weeks from the date of con
vening.
Midland Railway
Asks For Cut In
Its Train Service
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Athens, Ga.—United States Judge
Barrett Tuesday set July 21 for a
hearing in the petition of Go’-rlon
Carson and.W. B. Vc-azy, of the
Gainesville Midland railway for a
discontinuance of both passenger
and freight service on that road
from Belmont to Athens.
Belmont is a junction station
where the Athens branch of the
road taps another branch going to
Winder. The road operates from
Gainesville to Athens and from
Gainesville to Monroe, via Winder
and Piedmont.
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BRITT REUNION?
The thirteenth annual reunion of
the family, relatives and friends of
ihe late Nelson J. Britt will be held
this year at Fellowship church at
Tucker, Thursday, July 19. Surely.-
we can all lay aside our work on
this day and spend a few hours to
gether renewing, enjoying, and ex
tending our love and friendship one
:o another. Let’s make the day one
long to be remembered. All friends
are cordially invited.
J. W. BRITT.
BIRTHDAY DINNER
Mr. W. S. Garner, of near Lilburn,
celebated his sixty-sixth birthday
last Friday June, 29th.
At the noon hour a delicious din
ner was spread under the shade of
the beautiful trees. Late in the
afternoon ice cream and cake were
served.
Those enjoying thp day were all of
his children and grandchildren, ex
cept one, and a few friends.
For a Stiff Ba<
WUHe Tr»e,
touching the ha,via with toee wMle
.lx™in the air In O
m • the atlff twA. Tff w
! NO EXEUTIONS,
I IN OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City, Okla.—Carrying'
out hi& announced policy of permit
ting no capital punishments, Gov
ernor J. C. Walton ordered a stay of
execution for John Pope an Aaron
Harvey, convicted in district court at
Idabell of the murder of five per
sons last April 4.
Pope an Harvey were convicted of
having killed Pope’s wife, Mrs. Ly
dia Pope, »Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Han
sell, her parents, and two children.
The victrns were hsot to eath as
they slept at the small Hansell farm
housd near Haworth, Okla.
The governor also ordere a ninety
ay stay of execution in the case of
Fre Godfrey, convicted of murder in
Tulsa and sentenced to die *u!y 18.
Indian Springs
Boy Is Held \
In Mail Fraud
Macon, Ga.—Charged with using
the mails to efraud, Houston Head,
16, of Indian Springs, was arraigned
before United States Commissioner
W. E. Martin and held under bond
of $750..
Following the destruction by fire
two years ago of the Wigwan Ho
tel at Indian Springs, formerly op
erated by Sroville Bros., and later
by , Macon interests, Head obtained
a number cf blank checks drawn
on a Flovilla bank, it is alleged. Us
ing the names of various persons, it
is alleged, the youth would send to
various houses for goods and would
invariably make out a check on the
Flovilla bank, using a check of the
destroyed hotel. The check would
always be for a larger amount than
the bill of goods. In a letter ac
companying the order and check,
Head would ask for a return of the
amount in excess of the bill.
LAWRENCEVILLE PASTOR
STATE GUARD CHAPLAIN
Macon, Ga.—Rev. James G. Pat
ton, Jr., Presbyterian minister of
Lawrenceville, has been appointed
chaplain of the One Hundred and
Twenty-second infantry, and will gd
to Camp Coney, at St. Simons island,
next Sunday with the reg-rmrt for
the annual summer training course.
He will have the rank of captain.
Captain Patton served at the front
in France during the world war, and
he is well known in military and
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church circles in Gorgia. He was
appointed by Colonel L. C. Pope be
fore he released the office of ad
jutant general.
MR. W. H. SAULS
STRICKEN IN FIELD
Windpr, Ga.—Mr. W. H. Sauls,
well known farmer of Bartow coun
ty, living two miles south of Win
der, was stricken with apoplexy in
the field while looking after some
farm work last Saturday morning
and died at his home Sunday morn
county, but bought a farm and
moved to this section about twenty
years ago. He married Miss Ida
Dye, of Clarke county, who survived
him with three sons and four daugh
ters, a brother, C. M. Sauls and sev
eral nieces and nephews. His funer
al occurred at the Winder Fihst
Baptist church Tuesday morning, at
10:30 o’clock, with S. P. Wig
gins, J. P. Chandler and Rev. Frank
Jackson, of .Atlanta, in charge, with
interment at Winder.
DR. NEWTON AT THE*
M. E. CHURCH SUNDAY
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Those attending the Methodist
church Sunday will be especially for
tunate. Dr. J. C. C. Newton, one of
the outstanding churchmen of the
world, will be preacher. He comes
on the invitation of the pastor and
of course will take no collection.
Dr. Newton has for thirty-five
years been in educational work in
Japan, at the head for much of that
of the Kwansee Ya Kuin, at one
£ime having the largest student body
of any Southern Methodist school.
Dr. Newton is an unusually strong
preacher, and a clear visioned leader.
We are fortunate in having him in
our midst Sunday.
A cordial invitation to the pub
lic generally is extended to hear
Dr. Newton.
The pastor of the Methodist church
is spending a few days at Lake
Junaluska at the Sunday school
training school—the trTft being made
possible by the gracious gift of a
large number of friends.
Next Sunday as already stated Dr,
Newton will preach and the follow
ing*Sunday Rev. J. W. O. McKibben,
pastor of the Norcross Methodist
church will fill the pulpit.
twice-a-week
OVER SI,OOO
IN REWARDS
AREOFFERED
On Tuesday the Board of Com
missioners of Gwinnett County of
fered a reward of $250.00 for the
slayer of Victor Dowis, who was
found, dead in a field Thursday af
ternoon on his father’s farm near
Duluth. Governor Walker on Wed
nesday offered a state reward of
$400.00 and a fund raised among
friends and relatives of the dead
man at Norcross an Duluth is now
said to total $450.00, this reward to
be paid for evidence to convict, etc.,
details of which will be announced
through this'paper later.
A warrant was taken out for Mell
oberson, a negro living near Nor
cross, on Friday and he was arrested
late that night, being carried to At
lanta and placed in jail. Roberson,
with a negro companion, is said to
have been seen in the boat belong
ing to Mr. Dowis on the aftenoon of
the shooting and is said to tell con
flicting tales of his movements from
Thursday to Friday night when he
was arrested.
Late Monay the jury of Coroner
Peter Smith returned a verict that
ictcr Dowis came to his eath from
gunshot wounds inflicted by parties
unknown but recommended that the
arrested negro, Mell Roberson, be
held. This investigation was held in
private and the buildng safely guard
ed during trial.
Victor Dowis, who was a former
deputy sheriff of Gwinnett county,
was shot from ambush Thursday af
ternoon as he worked in the field
with his father and children. In his
offeial capacity as an officer, it is
stated that due to the hard fight he
waged on whisky makers and run
ners he had made some bitter ene
mies and only a few months ago an
attempt was made on his life.
Officers are diligently working on
the case and it is also understood
that private detectives have been en
gaged by the family of the dead
man to make a thorough investiga
tion and that aditional arrests
expected.
PUPILS TO HOLD „
EUNION AT RUSSELL'S
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All pupils who attended Russell’s
school are urged to meet in reunion
at the springs near Pittman on Fri
day, July 20th.
Prof. Fisher, who was the last
teacher at this school, over forty
years ago, will be present. The meet
will be all day with dinner at the
noon hour, :,,.&&>***?'**
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KIWANIS TO MEET '
HERE FRIDAY NIGHT
President F. Q. Sammon announc
es that the Kiwanis Club will hold
their regular meeting on Friday
night, July 13th, beginning prompt
ly at 8 o’clock.
There are several important com
mittees to make reports at this meet
ing and all members are urged to be
present and in their places promptly.
Fresh trout, *orered espcci illy for
this occasion, will be* on the menu.
MR. TYRANUS SIMS
DIES SUDDENLY
Tyranus Sims, the fifteen year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. G. V/. Sims,
died after a short illness Tuesday.
The young man had plowed all day
Monday but complained of being
sick that night and died Tuesday.
Funeral services were held at
Sneilville Wednesday, ev. J. P. Mc-
Connell in charge and interment was
in the cemetery there.
Pieate renew your tubitripiicß.
CONVICT WUH IKUCK
RIDES RIGHT ON
Son Manguitf, negro convict, made
his escape from the Gwinnett gang
Tuesday night riding off in a Ford
truck.
The convicts are working on the
Hog Mountain road and go and come
on trucks from the local camp where
they are ijuartered for the night,. On
Tuesday night Mangum was on the
first truck to arrive and as another
truck had broken down it is stated
he was sent to bring in the men, he
being the only available man at the
camp who could drive.
When he did not arrive a search
was made and the truck was found
later at Suwanee but as yet the ne
gro has made good his escape.
Son Mangum is 35 years old, a
yeßow negro, five feet and . seven
inches tall, rock mason by trade and
has served seven years of a fifteen
year sentence for burglary.
SEND US JOB WORK. *
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