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TWICE-A-WEEK
VOLUME 52.
LETTER SAID TO
HAVE EEN WRIT
TEN BY CHRIST
Country papers throughout the
United States are printing what is
alleged to be a letter written by
Christ. In this letter was an injunc
tion that it should be published to
the. world by whoever found .it, to
gether with the statement that mis
fortune and bal luck would follow
the person having possession of it in
the event that it was not iven pub
licgity.
There wa likewise a promise that
whoever may have a copy of this in
his or her possession will prosper
and be followed by good fortune.
According to the history of the
lettjer it was written by Christ just
after his crucifixion, signed by the
Angel Gabriel, nine-nine years after
the Saviour’s birth and presumably
■deposited by Him under a stone at
the foot of the cross.
On this stone appeared the legend
“Blessed is he who shall turn me
over.”
No one knew what this inscription
meant or seemed to have sufficient
curiosity to investigate until the
stone was turned over by a little
child and the letter which follows
was discovered:
“Whosoever works on the Sabbath
day shall be cursed. I command you
to go to church and keep holy the
Lord’s day, without any manual of
work. You shall not idle or misspend
your time in bedecking yourself in
superfluities of costly apparel and
vain dressing, for I have ordered
that a day of rest. I will have that
kept holy that your sins may be for
given you.
~ “You will not beak my command
ments but observe and keep them
they being written by my hand and
spoken from my mouth.
“You shall not only go to church
yourselves, but so shall your man
ervant and maid servant observe my
word and learn my commandments.
“You shall finish your work every
Saturday at 6 o’clock in the after
noon, at which hour the preparation
for the Sabbath begins. I advise you
to fast five days in the year begin
ning on Good Friday and continuing
the five days following, in remem
brance of the five bloody wounds I
received for you and for mankind.
“You shall love one another and
cause them that are not baptized to
come to church and receive the sac
rament, that is to saj» baptism and
then the supper of the church and be
made a member thereof, and in so
doing I will give you long life and
many blessings. Your land shall be
replenished and bring forth ibun
dance and I will comfort you in the
greatest temptation, and surely he
that doeth to the contrary shall be
cursed.
“I will also send hardness of the
heart on them, and especially that
hath given to the poor shall find it
profitable. Remember to keep the
Sabbath day, lor the seventh cay I
have taken as a resting day to my
self.
“And he !l it hath a copy of this
letter writtei by my own hand and
spoken by me own mouth and ' eep
eth it without publishing it ( to oth
ers shall not prosper, but he that
publisheth it to others shall be bless
ed by me. And if their ins be as
many as the stars by night, and if
they truly believe not this’ writing
and my commandment will have my
plague upon ygou and will be con
sumed with your children, goods and
cattle, and all other worldly enjoy
ments that I have given you. Do
not once think of what I have suf
fered for you; if you do, it will be
well so you in this work and the
world which is to come.
, “Whosoever shall keep a copy of
this letter and keep it in the house,
nothing shall hurt them, neither pes
tilence, thunder nor lightning. ' a nd
if ar.V WomaH be in birth and put her
trust i me she shall be delivered of
her child, u*;* 1 * -
‘ : Vou shall hear no more news of
me except throuhg the Holy Scrip
tures until the day of judgment. All
goodness and prosperity shall be id
the house where a copy of this lettei;
shall be f&und. Finished.” -**-■
y The story goes thafj the UttW child
Vvho found passed h one who
becaffl? n Christian ‘convert. He
failed to have thi better published.
He kept, it hoWeVer, as a sacred me
mento of TlbrM and it passed down
to different generations of his family
Tor marc than 1,000 years.
1 - . w
Touring this period the family suf
fered repeated mifortune, migrated
to different countries, until finally
one of them came to Virginia, bring
ing the letter with him. They set
tled in Virginia, then moved farther
south, still folowed by misfortune,
when finally the la«t nr.'e'nabet, a
The News-Herald
\ Jla*
New
Ruler cf Elks
m^
- jNfICL "M
iames"®. McFarland of Water
town, S. D., was elected Grand Ex
alted Ruler of the B. P, O. E. for
1923 at the annual convention held
la Atlanta, Ga. Governor Mc-
Masiers of South Dakota nominated
Mr. McFarland.
ALLEGED LIQUOR
HAULER IS FINED
$550 IN ATHENS
Athens, Ga.—John Mitchell arrest
ed late Saturday night by city and
county policemen and charged with
violatnon of the prohibition iaw,
Monday afternoon pled guilty to
having whiskey in City Court and
was fined a totol of SSOO, including
condemnation of his car at S3OO.
The woman, Mattie Smith, also
arrested at the time Mitchell was
taken in tow, was released. The
pair were nabbed by the police
with an automobile filled with 105
bottles of whiskey, said to be high
grade.
ESCAPED CONVICT
NOT YET CTVGHT
Athens, Ga. —Albert Bonner,
negro convict who escaped from St.
Mary’s hospital early Monday morn
ing, was till at large at noon Tues
day.
Bonner wa confined to the hos
pital following an operation on
July 17th, and "by filling the chain
that bound him to the bed post
escaped about tow o’clock Monday
morning and no trace has been
found of hjm since.
He was serving a sentence on the
Clark county gang for larceny from
Muscogee county. *;>.!•
IT WON’T BRING THE SERMON
Western Exchange—Pete Hanlon,
who has been monkeying with home
made wireless, announces that the
doodle urn causes the most trouble.
“Buy a smoosh,” says Peter, “and
attach it to the korplex hind end up.
The doodle um is supposed to am
plify the disseminator when the bif
fiebox is propertly adjusted, but it
seldom works on Sundays.”—Boston
Evening Transcript.
OZARK MOONSHINE
Aurora, where the starts.
Summit of the Ozarks where the
sun’s rays strike first and linger
longest on its flowers, fruit and
foliage. Where the water flows in
all directions down it% green and
gental slopes to the sea. Where its
springs head the rivers with water
so pure that to attempt to filter
might rather defile. Where gushes
forth and gurgles at the need of ice
Storms come—divide and go on
either side. The birds sing sweeter
because of the purity of the air and
absence of dust. True, forg
croaks, but wiih a certain sweetness
due to the purity of his dir and wa
ter. The snore is 'unknown, it can
not b<? made witj Ozark ozone.—Au
rora Adwertise* T"*t
_
SEND US , OUR JOB WORK
daughter, aprtoached her deatljbejl
and called a icighbor, Mrs. Thomp
son, giving hf the letter and related
its history Jr more than 1,000
year*, / * 3
The i'iuifjjon woman began the
attempt to lave it published, and if
fit'st appefed in the Rome, Hid.)
Tribune, n October 31, I*sL It
chen appared in the ifaflon, (Ga.)
Citizen ad Mrs. Wortham, now liv
ing in tyrioft-, Clipped it and
kept it A her possession for
years vkhtjffft an effort to have it
She was followed by mis
fortUn, which she attributed to her
negJijf in not trying to have the Imt
ter zblished.
MS. Ruby Critchfield, of lYeze
van Tenn., is said to have had a
eoj and failed to make an effort
to*ave it published for Gfree years,
ai wa? followed by a varied lot of
which she attributed to
* fact of neglect in -abft respect. ;
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEO RGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1923.
rSHOULD BEGIN
TO CULL HENS
i
■ Farmers should begin now to cull
their hens. One of the principal
reasons for cubing that it insures
that the feed will be conumed by the
better producing hens, thereby in
creasing the profit. Thi§ makes it
possible to save the hens that are
best suited for breeders both oh
account pf their egg* predicting
ability and their supej-ior ,strdngth
and vitality.
Every poultryhan, by applynig up
to date methods of culling, should
be able to pick out his good hens,
medium hens, and poor hers. This
takes pratice, and can.'.ov be done the
first time you handle your birds; but
in cullinf “Pratice makes peifect.”
In order to lay Well a bird must
have a sound body. As a first con
sideration, the bird must be vigorous
and healthy, if it is to stand unper
the strain of production. Vigor n.od
health are howr. by a blight clear
eye; a sound well built body, and
an active disposition. The bird must
also be free from all phys’.ri:,! de
fects, such as crooked book, crocked
back, and any other condition or
disease that affects ihe health.
SELECTION SliitlM AR i
High Producer
Comb—Red, large, silky, full.
Eyes—Prominent, set well apart.
Eyerings—Earlobe and Beak—
\Vhite.
Face—Rather lean and free from
yellow color.
Shanks—White; thin and flat.
Vent—White, or bluish white,
broad, moist.
Pelvic Bones—W T ide apart, soft
and pliable.
Lateral processes of the breast
bone—Soft, prominent, pliable.
Skin—Thin, loose, absence of hard
fat. /
Back—Broad, carrying well out to
tail.
Body—Deep, front and rear, slab
sided.
Plumage—Ragged, late molt.
Low Prodducer
Comb—Pale, small, shriveled.
Eyes—Shrunken, turned in toward
beak.
Eye rings, e«i Jobe and- beak yel
low.
Face —Heavily fleshed and yellow.
Shanks—Yellow, shrunken, dry.
Pelvic Bones —Close together, hard
and rigid.
Lateral processes of the breast
bone—Hard, rigid, covered with
flehs.
Skin—Thick, underlaid with fat.
Back—Narrow and sloping.
Body—Shallow and round.
Plumage—Usually moulting or a
completed molt.
Yours very truly,
A. G. ROBISON, County Agent.
ESCAPED CONVICT
IS CAPTURED AFTER
« 32 YEAR’S FREEDOM
Newton, N. C.—W’ell dressed and
prosperous in appearance and claim
ing to have traveled all over the
world. Dan Brinkley was arrested
at Claremont, near here, Tuesday as
an escaped convict.
He escaped 32 years ago from the
North Carolina penitentiary, where
he was serving a ten year term for
robbery.
He admitted his identity to offi
cers and will be taken at once to the
penitentiary at Raleigh.
WEBBVILLE.
Mrs. L. D. Barrett spent Thursday
afternoon with Mrs. J. H Long.
Mrs. Lush McConnell has been on
the sick list but is now up again.
A crowd from around here went
jo Stone Mountain Tuesday after
noon. fc. # 4, IPRMm*.
Mi®!! Mary Brown spent Tuesday
afternoon with Miss Ruby Barrett.
Mrs. L. D. Barrett spent a while
Tuesday afternoon with Mrs, John
Brown. ' -*• fl* ' V
Mr Paul Long is speWdijjj* a while
with home folk;
Mr. Duifhk ipent Saturday after
n.tiOb wtth Mr. Ross Barrett.
Mrs. Bird Brownlee has been on
the sick list.
Miss Cora Heltdß, Miss Barthol
omew attended preaching at Rockyi
Branch Sumfhy, i
Miss Celle Letson froth Prhfilcttti,
N. G., *4tf*rt a while with her sister,
Mrs. 4- ft- Long, recently
Mhis Essie Mae HaifTison spent Sat
urday night and Sunday with her
parents, Mr and Mrs. Jess Harrison.
Mr. Belver Brown lgot bitten by a
snake manning.
Miss Ruby Barrett, Miss Long
spent a while Saturday afternoon
with Miss BhrSie Mercier.
and Secoad
JmSSmßi Hand Ford..
H. Mbit Motor Ci. Cosh or credit
toe le Jctas? tJbsfo
Wit f01k.5 thin*. a
PMOTO6H.APH DOESN'T LOOK
LUCE THEAA UNLESS IT
. ..
OLD SUWANEE.
Miss Jessie Brogden visited Miss
Pearl Hays Sunday afternoon.
Rev. Dowis filled his regular ap
pointment here Sunday.
Miss Ruth Dowis of Duluth at
tended preaching at this place Sun
day.
The ice cream supper given by Mr.
C. C. Hayes was enjoyed by all pres
ent.
Mrs. Mrs. R. L. Sudderth and Mr.
and Mrs. Arley Roberts visited Mrs.
Willie Hayes Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Cross attended
preaching at this place Saturday.
Misses Gertrude Hayes and Hor
tense Braziel are attending summer
school at Athens.
ADAMS CORNER.
A large crowd attended the sing
ing at Collins HilL Sunday and all
seemed to enjoy the day.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Wall spent a
while Sunday afternoon with Mr.
and Mrs C. S. Banister.
Misses Hattie and Ella Roberts, of
Level Creek, attended the all day
services at Collins Hill Sunday.
The singing given by Misses Lena
and Ella Vanderford Sunday night
wa enjoyed by a large crowd.
Mr. Walker Adams had business in
Atlanta Monday.
Protracted services will begin at
Collins Hill the fifth Sunday in Ju
ly. Every body invited.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Frazier spent
a while Sunday afternoon with Mr.
and- Mrs. A. P Colltus
Mrs. Ethel Freeman called on Mrs.
Ora Knight Sunday afternoon.
UNION.
Rev. and Mrs. C. C. Singleton and
family were the dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. C. L. Nah and Mrs H. C-
Peevy Sunday
Mrs Alice Garner spent Saturday
Tyith her mother, Mrs Nash.
Misses Omie Del Haney and Era
Seay visited Miss I!a Kimbn Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Nash and
Mrs A. E Garner made a business
trip to Gloster Thursday.
Mis Flora Shellnutt is spending the
week with relatives near Ivy Creek.
Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Garner made a
business,trip to Stone Mountain one
day last week
Dr. and Mrs. Eli McDaniel and
children, of Lilburn, were the guests
of Mr. W. C. Chunn and Mrs. Cald
well and children Sunday afternoon.
Mr and Mrs.'A. E Garner and fam
ily attended the Union meeting at
Friendship Sunday
Mr. W. F. Garner, of Lilburn, call
ed on Mr. A. E. Garner Sunday
morning.
OZORA.
Sunday school*at Ozora is pro- '
pressing nicely at this time. #
Miss Annie Bell Winslet is spend
ing a few days with friends at Cor
inth.
Mrs. Charlie Davis and on spent
Saturday night with Mr. Dewitt Da
vis at Winder. * r ""WS"
Mrji 11. M- Camp and Hermie Me*
Millian spent Saturday evening with
Miss Annie Bell Winslet near Ben
nett Store. ao
Mr, Dud Kilgore and family sdent,
Saturday and Sunday at Jersefi
Meeting will start at W.ora Sat
urday. , -.
Everybody Vnteyed the sirging
given by Mr John Rickies Sunday
night. .
Mr. L. Barnes from Atlanta
spen-t Sunday at home and Barnett
motored back with him Sunday.
Mr/- B. N. Chandler and wife at
tended the all day service at Friend
ship Sunday.
Mr. Goldie Feagins spent Sunday
at home from Atlanta.
Mrs. H. M. Camp and Hermie and
Vera McMillian spent Sunday with
their Uncle Tom Bowen at Roberts
Academy.
Miss Maude and Claud Eord had
a birthday party Saturday night andj
everybody enjoyed it.
Little J.'C. Lowry is not improving!
much at this time.
-M-iSs Josephine Kilgore from Jer
sey is the guest of her auitt., Mrs.
Did 'Kilgore.
WOULDDIVIDETHE
WESTERN CIRCUIT
Atlanta, Ga.—By unanimous vote,
house committee No. 1 on general
judiciary Tuesday afternoon approv
ed the bill to create a new judicial
circuit, by dividing the present west
ern circuit into two circuits.
Alarge delegation of members of
the bar from the prsent western
circuit was pesent and it was
pointed out by speakers that the cir
cuit as at present constituted serves
a population considerable more than
double that of the average Georgia
circuit. Reports from the clrk of
the court showed that the court is
at least five years behind in its
docket, with the accumulation of
cases fast growing.
The circuit at present is composed
of sevep counties, Clark, Walton,
Oconee, Gwinnett, Barrow, Jackson
and Banks. It Is proposed to form a
new circuit to be known as the Pied
mont circuit out of the counties of
Gwinnett, Barrow, Jackson and
Banks, and leave the remaining three
FORD DENIES DESIRE
TO BE PRESIDENT
Traverse City, Mich.—Henry Ford
doesen’t want to be President, •he
told a group of people here before
sailing homeward aboard his yatch.
“I have no desire to be Presi
dent,” Ford said in answer to a ques
tion on his possible candidacy.
“You see, I have a bigger job now.”
There the discussion ended.
While here, Ford tramped the
hills, climbed cherry trees and slid
down tobogganswith the “kids,” but
balked on going aloft in an air
plane.
NEGRO CRAP SHOOTERS
ALMOSTBURN UP
Steubenville, o.—Twelve of thir
teen negro labores who participated
in a dice game at the Labell Iron
Works labor camp here are in the
mill hospital Thursday suffering
from burns.
The dozen in the hospital were
aranged along one side of a table
while the thirteenth, and wielder of
the spotted ivory galleries, faced
them on the opposite of “Lady
Lucks” table.
One of the twelve, with a broad
ing house reach, grabbed for the
“pot” of money in the center of the
table. “Shooter” No. 13 reached for
a pistol. Asit flashed twelve mei;
“ducked.” All sat on a red hot fuel
pipe. * ..
Says negro admits
McDowell slaying
o Jackson, Ga.—That Evans Med -
well, Jasper county negro held in the
Atlanta Tower for safekeeping,
made a full and complete confession
of the robbery and murder of C. A.
Pottman Friday night, is the state
ment of officers.
In a pervious statement he had
implicated others, but in a confes
sion Monday night McDowell is al
leged to have acknowledged the en
tire affair, taking the full respon
sibility for the robbery >and murder
on himself. He said to have gone
into detail of the gruesome affair.
According to court officials the
grand jury will probably investigate
them urder Tuesday afternoon. A
speedy trail has been promised and
Tt is likely the trial will begain next
Monday.
BUFORD ROUTE TWO.
Misses Ruby, Mary and Caroline
Wall viited Misses Flois, Addie Lou,
Fay and Gay Whiten, - Saturday.
Mrs. Mallie Radish visited her aunt
*r-i . » .
Mrs. Tom Whiten Saturady.
Mr. Wiley PUgh, of Buford, waS
recent gdOst Of i'Calltives here.
Mfi and Mrs. Shock Adams and
children recently visited near Flowe
ry Branch.
Mrs. Jesse Ramey and childnen, and
Ms. Shock Adams visited Mrs. Belle
Priest one evening lat week.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Hamilton and
Mater Hoyt Hamilton are visiting
near New Bethany today.
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Allen ahd child
ren visited their daughter, Mrs.
Grade Moulder near Cross -Plains
church last Saturday.
Mkses Ruth and Nora &ilewood,
of Forsyty, were retont viitors to
friends in this cohdi,
Mesrs. Tom Whiten, Lester Priet
and Everest Radish spent Saturday
in GainesVffle.
Mr. an'd Mrs. Grover Burel and
yiftiftg sfen, J. B. were recent viitors
near here. *
Messrs. Charlie Wall and Bennie
Allen spent the week end in For
syth county.
Misses Eunice and Ruth Jordan
of Gaineville visited elatives at Bu
ford last week.
Struggles Ten Years
for Open Golf Title
i a—— i ■
After ten year* of struggle, Bobby
lonee of Atlanta, Ga., long known
is the boy wonder golfer of the
United States has at last been
crowned National Open Champion.
He won the title at New York last
Week.. When 12 years old be won
a district championship In the
South, but until tbls year was al
ways detested iu National couipe
tltiOlL
LIQUOR AGENTS
FREED OF MURDER
CHARGE IN GREENE
Greensboro, Ga.—At the conclus
ion of its investigation into the slay
ing of Jeff and J. B. Smith, alleged
rum runners of Athens, by six prohi
bition officers in a rum raid last
month, the Green county grand jury,
in session here, by vote of 12to 11,
today returned a no bill, which frees
them all.
J. H. Gautley, federal prohibition
enforcement officer; Sheriff W. J.
Sturdivant, of Taliaferra county
polieceman; Iverson Lovejoy, Greene
county policeman; E. N. Brooks, of
Union Point, and J. T. L. Darby, of
White Plains, were the six who were
originally held in connection with
the slaying.
Brooks and Darby were reased
shortly after the slaying in a habeas
corpus hearing before Federal Judge
Samuel H. Sibley, in Atlanta.
The other four were remanded to
the Greene county grand jury for
futher investigation. The grand
jury wrestled with the case for near
ly twenty four hours before return
ing its “no biH’ r
Prosecuting attorneys would not
discuss further action in the case.
KISSING ON SUNDAY
NOT STYLISHED IN 1620
!■«»**’ r~f
Life would be hard for even the
most sanctimonious people if laws
enforced by the Puritans and
brought to light hy Representative
Cassius Dowell, of lowa, Were
brought to bear in this twentieth
century, according to Congressman
Dowell.
These original laws of indigo hue,
governing everyyiing from the sort
of clothes citizens wear to the for
bidding of a matrimonial kiss on.
the Sabbath, were found in 8 code
Representative Dowell unearthed
while pursuing his hohb of delv
ing into laws of the past.
Some of the laws that goven the
New England Puritains follow;
“A man that strikes his wife shall
be fined 10 pounds. A woman
that strikes her husband shall be
punished at the court’s discretion.
“No one shall travel, cook, make
beds, cut hair or shave on the Sab
bath or fasting day.
“No Quaker or dessenter from
the established worship of this do
minion shall be allowed to give a
vote for the election of magis
rates or any officers.
“Every person in this jurisdic
tion according to the mind of God,
shall duly restore and attend wor
ship on the Lord’s day at least and
upC n public fasting of thanksgiving
d&ys, and if any person, without
just cause, absent or withdraw from
the same he shall for ever such,
sinful miscarriage forfit K shilling
“No one shall run oh the fc&bbath
day or walk in the or else
where except reverently to and
from meeting,
“Married persons must live to
gether Lt be imprisoned.”
AS A BO YSEES A GOOSE
A boy in a nearby school was ask
ed to wrije a composition on a
goose, and this is what he wTote:
“The goose is a low, heavy set bird,
composed mostly of meat and feath
ers. His head sets on one end and
he sets on the other. He cannot sing
in which he lives. There ain’t no be
tween his toes and he carries a toy
ballon in his stomach to keep him
from sinking. A goose has two legs
and they set so far back on his run
ning gear that they almot missed his
body. Some geese, when they get
big. are called ganders. Ganders
don’t have to set and hatch, but just
loaf, eat and go in '.swimming. If I
wae a goose I’d rather be a gander.”
TWICE. A-WEEK
DOUBLE SESSION
FIXES SALARIES
STATE OFFICERS
Atlanta, Ga.—Holding its first
double session of the 1923 assembly,
the house, Tuesday, as a committed
of the whole, adopted five ection3 of
the appropriations bill with only one
slight change of the appropriations
committee’s ecommendations, which
were in accordance with statutory
provisions fixing the salaries of
statehouse officials.
The following allowances were ap
proved:
Salary of governor, $7,5®0; secre
taries and clerks in governor’s office,
$10,000; salary of executive depart
ment messenger, $950; contingent
fund, to be expended by overnor
accorgding to law, $25,000; reward
fund, $3,000.
Salary of secretary of estate, $2,-
000; clerk to secretary of state, sl,«
000.
Comptroller general salary, $2,-
000; chief clerk in hi office, $1,000;
insurance clerk, $2,400; clerk in wild
land department, $1,000; salary pub
lic service corporation tax clerk, sl,-
200. This was changed by the com
mittee of the whole house from S6OO
in order to comply with statutory
povisions which placed the salary at
$1,200. Salary inurance commission
er, $3,000; deputy insurance com
missioner $3,000; insurance clerk in
office of insurance commissioner,
$2,000.
Salary of state treasurer, $4,800;
assistant treasurer, $3,600; clerical
expenses, $6,000. Huxford of Clinch,
lost a fight to have this expense al
lowance repealed.
Salary of attorney general, $5,000;
assistant, $2,500; stenographer, sl,-
50 °- ■ • ~-r,rww,
JEFFERSON CHURCH '"-a
GETS MACON PASTOR
Macon, Ga.—Rev. A. J. Johnson,
pastor of the East Macon Baptist
church for the last five years, at the
conclusion of the preaching service
Sunday night presented his resigna
tion to the congregation to take ef
fect with the last Sunday in August.
Mr. Johnson has accepted the pasto
rate of the Baptist Church at Jef
ferson Ga. g - ?■!' i
‘Ma I
CROWING ROOSTER
CAUSES KILLING
' i : ' “ •'TOV
>' _____
Sioux Falls, S. D., —The crowing
of a rooster every morning was the
cause of hte shootnig to death of Eu
gene F. Griffith, 42 years old, here
Wednesday, according to police, who
have Charles L. Ferguson, the alleg
ed slayer, under surveillance. -<
The rooster with its neck wrung,
was found beside the body of
Griffith.
According to Ferguson he found
Griffith in his hen house after the
latter had threatened to “stop the
crowing if the rooster wag not
disposed of.” •
When Ferguson ordered Griffith to
raise his hands, the latter refused
and the owner of the rooster fired
twice,, the second bullet striking.
Griffith in the heart.
ANGRY MOTHER SNAKE
VENTS SPITE ON BOY
Forsyth, Ga.—J. T. Jackaon, 12,
son of Mrs . Arzna Jackson, pro
prietress of the Arzen Southern
Nursing Home, was bitten by a cop
perhead moccasin yesterday after
noon. He was at Stuart’s Mill three
miles from the city at the time, at
tending a Sunday School picnic. Sev
eral boys killed a small, snake, and
immediately were attacked by a lar
ger evidently mother of the
dead one. ♦«-***'
The big '-make attempted to bite 12
VSiir old Alvin Hudgins, but >J. T.
Jackson grabbed the snake’s tail and
dashed his head against a rock. En
raged, and not stunned, the moccasin
then attacked the Jackson boy, strick
ing him in three places—the nose,
arm and finger.
The boy was rushed kite tow»,
whtre he received promp medical
attention. Last reports -said die is
not in a serious condition.
BRUSHY FORK.
Miss. Annie Spence is wilting her
sister, Mrs. Weyman Greggs at
Clarkston this week.
Misses Estelle and Alice Ray visit
ed the Misses Stephens lakt' Sunday.
Mr. Troy Spence, of Atlanta, visit
ed home folk last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Green are all
smiles. They have a fine boy at
their home.
Leon Grooks. and Miss Lilly Town
ley viited the Misses Booth last Sun-'
; i&y.
Mr. ErmO’i Moore passed thiough
our community Sunday.
NUMBER 77.