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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.