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TWICE-A-WEEK
VOLUME 52.
FIRST MAYOR OF
LAWRENCEVILIE
. REVISITS CITY
H6n. John Clay Smith, 1
cpla, Fla.,. reached ity iast Fri
day evening, andiremeained here un
til Sunday afternoon, as the guest
qf Maj. W. E, Simmons, .with whom
he read law'While preparing for ad
-1 rtiisfe’ion to the bar.
He was born and grew to manhood
■■ in Lawrenfceville, and started his ca
reer aS. a lawyer, and though only
sixty-three, years of age now, was its
first mayor.
After proving a success in that po
sition he 'Was chosen one of Gwin
nett county’s representatives in the
legislature, where he was soon rec
ognized as one of the -best debaters
in that body, and a safe and capable
legislator.
After practicing law here for a
few years he moved to Atlanta and
hung out his shingle there, but, like
‘ many other ambitious young law
yers, he divided his time between
law and politics, and, being an elo
quent and magnetic stump speaker,
was in great demand all over the
state, and rendered conspicuous ser
vice in that capacity for Hoke Smith
in his first race for the gubernatorial
nominaton, which, from our view
point, was the greatest blunder in
his political career, but it is gratify
ing to learn that he was soon there
after on the anxious seat seeking re
pentance and forgivenes, and finally
met with a thorough cleansing.
. Several years ago he left Atlanta
and settled at Pensacola, Florida, a
growing city of 45,000 population,
which has the finest harbor on this
continent, and has gradually grown
to be ©ne of the greatest ports of
entry in the United States.
But his old penchant for politics
could not always be resisted, and he
shied his castor into the ring again,
at the,last general election, and al
though having formidable opposition
w(jp by a very handsome majority,
carrying every ward in the city.
As a member of the general as
sembly he was assigned to the most
important committees, and wields a
wonderful and controlling influence
in shaping legislation.
It was through his initiative that the
chaingarig, and whipptng posts were
abolished in that state, and the con
victs put upon public roads.
During the discussion of the bill
providing for this change, the daily
papers of that state were unanimous
in saying that his speech in the house
was the greatest and most eloquent
ever delivered in the state capitol,
and that at the conclusion of it the
house and galleries gave him a great
ovation that lasted fully fifteen
minutes before order was restored.
There is no doubt that higher poli
tical honors await him in the Penin
sular state, an>d here is hoping that
they will be awarded him.
His old friends and well wishers in
the home of his ichildhood and young
manhood are alwrays glad to greet
him and talk over old times, their
only complaint i* that they are too
infrequent, this benig his first one
for half a decade, and they are not
going to tolerate such conduct and
continue friendly.
John is a great lover of his old
home, however, and his heart instinct
ively turns to it, wherever he may be
domiciled, and it may be that when
old gets a firm grip ojd him, he may
return here and spend the remainder
of his days.
He has been » regular subscriber to
this paper since he moved away, and
his father was one of the foundation
subscribers when it was established
in 1858, and John has his receipt for
it yet, or did have until he left it
■with us, which, as a matter of curiosi
ty, we print the following copy
of it:
The Lawrencevilie News,
Published Weekly in Lawrencevilie,
Ga.
BY SIMMONS & PILGRIM
At $2 a Year, In Advance.
All Kinds of Job Work Executed
With Neatness and Dispatch.
$2.00 NEWS OFFICE,
Lawrencevilie, Ga., Nov. 16th, 1923.
Mr. James W. M. Smith,
To Simmons & Pilgrim, Dr.
Subscription to the Lowrencevlle
News, from Vol. 1 No. 1 to Vol. 2
No. 1.
Rec’d. Payment, Simmons & Pilgrim.
The Simmons of Simmons and Pil
grim, was not W. E. Simmons, but
his fath?r Jas. P. Simmons, who
bought and paid for the plant, and
turned it over to Isaac B. Pilgram,
who was its first editor and publish
er, but two years afterwards gave it
to W. E. Simmons, who became own
er and editor when eighteen years of
The News-Herald
GAINESVILLEHOST
TO 9TH DISTRICT
MASONIC MEETING
Gainesville Masonic ’Eodge, No.
2io was fidst to a large’assembly'of
people .Jast Thursday on .the occasion
of the Ninth District Masonic Con
vention their eighteenth annual
communication, which proved a most
enjoyable affair and' a pronounced
success from every viewponit.
The convention was called to or
der at the new school auditorium at
10:30 A. M. by Worshipful Master
C. A. McDaniel, of Norcross. The
invocation was offered by Presiding
Elder W. T. Hamby, following
which Richarjdson Bros, and Mincey’s
quartette rendered two selections,
with Mr. Harry Tucker presiding at
the piano.
Mr. Fred Kelley then introduced
Mayor H. H. Dean, who welcomed
the delegates in behalf of the city,
and was followed by Judge A. C.
Wheeler who delivered the welcome
address in behalf of the local lodge.
The response to these addreses
was made by Rev. Furley Baum, of
Atlanta.
The convention was then adjourn
ed to the Masonic Hall where a bus
iness session whs held. '
At 1 o’cuoek an old fashioned bar
becue was served to about 750 dele
gates and visitors at the Coca-Cola
plant. It was a bountiful repast.
Eight hundred pounds of barbecued
meat, Brunswick tsew, cold drinks
and other things made up the menu,
and there was much left after the
feast was over.
The afternoon sessions were held
at the Brenau auditorium, the prin
cipal feature of which was the able
address of Grand Master Joe P. Bow
doin. He used no flowers, but made
a straight forward talk on Georgia
Masonry, and gave the assembly
much useful information in regard
to the craft throughout this grand
juridiction.
Cornelia lodge, led by Worhsipful
Master. Brewer, en
tered apprentice degree in the uni
form work in a very creditable man
ner. ,
The grand lodge has a committee
to regroup the counties of the state
and the ninth district will no doubt
be maeriallty changed. The enta
tive report would take Gwinnett
county out of the ninth and place
her in a new district. The Gwinnett
delegation offered a protest against
hte proposed change.
The convention voted an increase
of 25 per cent to the support of the
Orphans’ Home at Macon, which is
a part of the order’s benevolent
work.
Th efoTlowing new officers were
elected and installed:
W. G. Mealor, worshipful master.
G. Fred Kelley, deputy master.
EL D. Kenyon, etiior warden.
C. M. Morcock, junior warden.
C. R. Allen, secretary and treas
urer.
Frank Robertson, senior deacon.
J. K. Miller, junior deacon.
Garnet McMillan, senior steward.
C. C. Pierce, junior steward.
Rev. J. A. Sharp, Chaplain.
METHODISTS MAY OPEN
DOORS OF CHURCH TO
ACTORS AND DANCERS
Chicago.—The Methodist Episcopal
ban on theater attendance, card
playing and dancing will be lifted
under plans for reamalgamation of
the north and south church, it was
declared here today by the Rev. E.
Cobb Zaring, editor of the North
western Christian Advocate.
Mr. Zaring said the constitution
providing for union will allow ac
tors and dancing teachers to join
the church. The amalgamation is
a “practical certainty” as a result of
the Cleveland convention, he as
serted.
age.
At that time there was no paper
publshed in this congressional dist
rict, except at Athens, and the News
was the official organ of Forsyth,
Harbershani, Towns, Rabun and
Lumpkin counties, in all of which it
had a good circulation.
When the Confederate war began,
the management of the News was
turned over to J. R. SimmonS, and
\Vhen the federal troops occupied
Atlanta he carried the whole out
fit off and buried it, and the cemeter
ry he chose for the interment, is till
unknown, except that, some three
years ago some of the old type and
column rules were nuearthed on the
Terrell farm two miles east of Law
rpnceville, and the rules, which are
of brass were returned to this office,
as good as ever, ans are now In
regular use.
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 1923.
State School
Census Shows
Big Increase
Tabulation of. the >923 school cen
sus of Gbofgia shows that there are
exactljjr 900,33fF cfitltHen between
the ages of:. 6. and 18 n this state,
according to a detailed'' statement
made public by Sj;ate Superintend
ent Ballard. This is an increase of
59,491 over the ; number of school
children in Geot-giq' in 1918, when
the last previous aomplete state wide
census was taken." '
Of the total number of Georgia
children of school age at the pres
ent time, 524,350 are white and
370,217 are colored. Fulton leads
all of the counties, with a total of
65,776 children, of which number
52,069 are in Atlanta. Chatham
¥ *
county comes second with 23,196,
Bibb wth 19,489 is third and Rich
mond with 18,864 stands fourth.
The percentage of illiteracy in the
state is declining. The total number
of illiterates for 1918 was 25,783,
and in .1923 the number had been
reduced to 15,432.
Burke county has the groatet
number of illiterates—sl9, of whom
502 are negroes Jefferson county is
second with 385, of whom 352 are
negroes; Troup county is third, with
317 illiterates of whom 300 are ne
groes.
The number of defectives of
school age increased during a five
year period from to 4,928, of
which 401 are blind, j 626 deaf and
dumb, 1/130 crippled and 1,971 fee
ble minded.
DEPUTY GARNER IS
BROUGHT HOME
Friends will be delighted to learn
that the condition of Deputy, Sjheriff
Howard S. Garner, who was shot by
Ralph Fortune in Lawrenceville
Wednesday, is such that he has left
the hospital in Atlanta and is now
at his home in this city.
Immediately after being shot Mr.
Garner was rushed to Atlanta where
an examination showed that over
150 shot had penetrated his arm,
side, back and head and though pain
fully was not seriously injured. The
gun used was a twenty gauge shot
gun and No. 5 shot and the distance
was something like twenty-five
yards:
Mr. Fortune is still confined in
the Fulton county jail and the case
will probably come up in the supe
rior court of Gwinnett county in
September.
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CLUB BOYS LEFT
FOR ATHENS MONDAY
Ninety-three strong and with
County Agent A. G. Robison in
charge the Gwinnett County Club
Boys left this (Monday) morning
for the State College of Agriculture
at Athens where they will spend a
week.
While at the college they will be
given all the practical training pos
sible by the able instructors includ
ing the judging of different breeds
of cattle and chickens.
Members of the Lawrenceville Ki
wanis club and other citizens carried
the party over in automobiles.
Agent Robison is to be congratu
lated in securing this outing and in
struction for his boys and they
should receive vast benefit from the
week’s work.
REWARD FOR MURDERER OF
DOWIS NOW TOTALS $2,000
The rewards for the slayer of Vic
tor Dowis, who was killed from am
bush a short time ago on his father’s
farm on the Chattahoochee near
Norcross, now total $2,000 from the
following sources: County, $250;
State $400; Citizens of Community,
$700; Family, $650; Total $2,000.
An additional reward by the fami
ly of the slain man of $250 is posted
for information leading to arrest of
the guilty party or parties.
The rewards of the community and
the family are deposited in the Bank
of Suwanee.
ANNUAL HOME COMING
BETHESDA M. E. CHURCH
The annual home coming at the
Bethesda Methodist church on I.aw
renceville highway, near Gloster,
Ga., will be held the second Sunday,
August 12, 1923.
The speaker of the day will be
Prof. Thomas L. Bryan, of Rryan-
Hatton Business College, Atlanta,
who is also editor of the children’s
page of the Wesleyan Christian Ad
vocate.
Music will be by the Paramount
Quartet of Atlanta and others.
Bill To Abolish
Oil Inspectors
Voted Favorably
Atlanta, Ga.—General agricuUuial
committee No. 2, of the house of
representatives, “On Friday morning
voted favorably on a bill by Lloyd,
of .Newton, which would abolish all
local oil inspectors and provide for
only one inspector to each congres-,
sional’ district. The author of the
bill argued that the bll would ef
fect a saving to the state, in that
over $90,000 was paid to oil inspect
ors last year, whereas his measure
provides that each of the twelve in
spectors shall receive $3,000 annual
salary, with no allowance for any ex.
penses.
The senate bill cutting off all ap
propriations for the state port and
harbor commission, already passed in
the upper branch, was also reported
favorably.
Bill To Override
ovemor’s Veto
Is Lost In House
Atlanta, Ga. —An effort to over
ride the veto of Governor Clifford
Walker on a bill to extend the term
of the solicitor of the Baldwin coun
ty court, for two years, was defeated
in the house of representatives by a
vote of 94 to 79, at Friday morn
ing’s session.
In vetoing the bill, Governor
Walker tated in a message trans
mitted to the house that he was com
pelled to disapprove the measure be
cause it would “fix a dangerous and
most baneful precedent”
The governor fated that the bill
was in opposition to the law, which
provides that the appointment be
made by the governor. Future harm
ful bickerings over poltical differ
ence if such a precedent were es
tablished, were declared inevitable
by the governor.
The bill, introduced by Represen
tative ESnnis, of Baldwin, extended
the term of the solicitor from two
to four years, and it was declared
by members durng the debate that
the effect of it would be to keep a
Hardwick appointee in office for a
double term, and refuse the preroga
tive of appointing a new man, to
Governor Walker.
ALLEGED BOOTLEGGER
MAY BE SHERIFF’S SON
Atlanta, Ga.—Luther Orr declared
by DeKalb county authorities to be
the son of the Dawson county sheriff,
is being held in the DeKalb county
jail on a double charge of reckless
driving and bootlegging, following
the dicovery of 97 gallons of corn
whisky in the roadster abandoned by
him Thursday afternoon after
smahsing into a truck of the Sches
singer-Meyer Baking Company, near
Lithonia. Whitney, the driver of
the truck, was badly bruised and sus
tained a broken collar bone.
Orr is held for trial under a sl,-
000 bond.
SEND US YOUR JOB WORK.
ONLY NINE DAYS
LEFT SOLONS
TO FINISH WORK
Atlanta, Ga.—The Georgia legis
lature will get down to work from
its Sunday respite, with only nine
working days left.
The lower house is slated to take
up the tax problem. The senate is
scheduled to start consideration of
the general appropriations bill.
The extra session promised by
Governor Walker if the present ses
sion fails to solve the tax problem,
seems close to materializing in the
opnion of a large number of legis
lators. There are solutions galore of
the revenue raising tangle. Predic
toins as to how long it will take the
house to select one of them, however
ranged all the way from three days
to the full week. And then the sen
ate must have its word.
The chief executive has been quot
ed as favoring a measure that will
set up machinery to collect taxes
that have escaped heretofore and to
insure a full return in the future.
He wants to see the tax equalization
machinery discarded. There are sev
eral other measures pending in the
house that would set up entirely new
revenue producing schemes.
Incidentally, the measure passed
by the house earlier in the session to
repeal the tax equalization law is
still pending in a senate committee.
SOUTHEASTERN
FORTNIGHTLY
CROP REVIEW
Corn
Maize has made splendid progress
in North , Carolina during the two
weeks ending July 31. The condition
is fair to good in Tennesee; better
than expected in Florida; poor in
South Carolina and Georgia, but im
proving where sufficient rain has fal
len. There is a great deal of late
corn in the entire southeast. Some
of it will have barely time to ma
ture under favorable conditions.
Cotton
Uorth Carolina and Tennessee cot
ton has developed splendidly. Plant
made good growth all over the belt,
and it is fruiting well. 801 l weevil
is doing little damage in North Car
olina and Tennessee; is under con
trol in South Carolina; but doing
serious damage in Florida, southern
Georgia and Alabama. Large quanti
ties of arsenate are being used, and
the weevil appears to be held in
check in most of South Carolina and
considerable areas in Georgia. Geor
gia and Florida situation becoming
extremely serious, with marked de
cline in Georgia, and weevils getting
every squar in Florida.
Sweet Potaotoe*
Sweet potato acreage isverygeneral
ly less than last year. Large acre
age of late potatoes in Florida.
Where rains have fallen, the crop is
fairly good; otherwise poor.
TOBACCO
Condition is good over entire belt.
Crop has been harvested in Florida,
where quality was very superior.
Harvesting continues in South Caroli
na, where the quality is reported
good. North Carolina tobacco 13 fine;
quality is high, and yields are excel
lent. Market conditions uncertain.
Georgia bright leaf sales season just
beginning.
Small Grain.
Threshing about over in Tennessee
and North Carolina, with good in
dicated-yields and few losses from
bad weather. Florida hay mde ex
celien growth, bu rans interfering
with harvesting. Hay and pasture
good in North Carolina, but suffered
in some of the area from lack of rain
fall.
Fruit
Georgia peach crop has surpassed
last season, yield of Elbertas being
in accordance with predictions and
particularly good. Grape prospects
are fair n Tennessee. Georgia corn
agricultural crop very poor. Com
mercial are dong well. Unsprayed
merical watermelon crop mostly
harvested in South Carolina, with
satisfactory yields. Prospects for
watermelons and cantaloupes in
Tennessee, fair. Sorghum sugar
cane have suffered from want of rain
in South Carolina, but have had too
much Southwest Georgia. Florida
citrus condition excellent, except
grapefruit short.
Legumes
Peanuts are very poor in Georgia.
Mexican been beetle has become gen
eral pest in East Tennessee and
North Georgia.
General Summary
The period from July 15th to 31st,
covered by this report, was quit
favorable. Most crops excellent,
except in Georgia, where condition
of crops is far from satisfactory. The
bool weevil seems to have been held
in check in most of the territory, but
the situation is ominous in Georgia
and Florida and southern Alabama.
Z. R. PETTET,
Agricultural Statistician, Atlanta Is
suing Office.
GAINES VILLE-MIDLAND
SUSPENSION HEARING
NEXT WEDNESDAY
Athens, Ga.—Hearing on the sus
pension of passenger and freight
service on the Gaine&v»lle-Midland
railroad from Athens to Belmont has
been postponed by Judge Barrett
from Saturday to Wednesday, Au
gust 8.
The receivers of the road have
asked for a discontinuance of this
service with Athens, Jefferson and
other places along the line fighting
the move.
Action will very probably be taken
by the committee to place it in a pos
ition to argue the merits of the move
before he judge. In other words, an
intervention will probably be filed
by the committee, objecting to the
discontinuance of the service and
giving the committee a hearing be
fore the judge instead of placing it
in the position of spectators and in
formal objectors to the move.
READ THE ADVERTISEMENTS
IN THE NEWS-HERALD.
Presidents Death
Shocks the Nation
Cow Horn Made
Place of Hiding
For 100 Bill
Atlanta, Ga.—Probably the most
valuable cowhorn that has ever
come to the attention of police au
thorities was recovered Friday
morning by Detectives B. E. Moon
and H. L. "turner in Covington, Ga.
This cowhorn, found concealed in
a room of a boarding house in Cov
ington, contanied a brand new SIOO
bill, which, according to the detec
tives, had been stolen in Atlanta.
The theft, the detectives declare,
was committed by S. S. Brookng, 30,
of 22 Houston street, about three
weeks ago. His victim was Johti
Young, of 52 West Peachtree place,
they say.
Young, so the story goes, invited
Brooking to his room one night, and
the next morning Brooking is said to
have departed as the birds began to
chirp with the break of day. Inci4
dentally two new SIOO bills disapl
peared.
Officers Turner and Moon were
immediately detailed to investigate.
They located Brooking Thursday
night and, after severe grillng, ob
tained a confession, they stated. In
this confession the officers say
Brooking made, he told them that he
had spent one of the bills while the
other had been concealed in a cow
horn in a room at a boarding house
at Covington.
PIEDMONT CIRCUIT CREATION
VOTED BY LOWER HOUSE
Thursday afternoon’s session of
the house of representatives was de
votee‘to the passage of bifejof minor
importance, with no attenfejHtto take
up the all inipc riant ques
tion. 1 -
Among bills passed wascre
ate a new judicial circuit in the state,
to be called the Piedmont circuit,
composed of counties which have for
merly been included* in the Western
circuit.
The bill to divide the Western cir
cuit was supported by members from
many of the counties interested.
They pointed out that the dockets of
contested cases in all counties of the
circuit were from three to five years
behind, and that, even after creating
the new circuit, the population in
each would be greater than in the
average Georgia circuit.
Among thos who spoke in support
of the bill were Holden, of Clarke;
Russell, of Barrow; Houston, of
Gwinnett; DeLapperriere, of Jack
son; W. R. Jones, of Meriwether, and
Woodruff, of DeKalb. Speakers
against the bill were Knight, of Ber
rien, and Shedd, of Wayne.
The bill was passed by a vote cf
12J to 25, a call for the ayes and
iajs being defeated. Under the bill,
the counties composing the new
Piedmont circuit will be Gwinnett,
Barrow, Jackson and Banks, while
Clarke, Oconee and Walton will re
main in the Western circuit. Under
motion of Mr. Knight, of Berrien,
the bill was immediately transmitted
to the senate.
Blonde Bess Opines
“Bobby’ weaning his sport model
now. He only buys one gallon of
gas at a time.”
MRS. H. T. NASH INJURED IN
AUTO ACCIDENT WEDNESDAY
Mrs. 11. T. Nash, a resident of
Lawrenceville road, received severe
cuts and bruises Wednesday in At
lanta when she was thr.wn through
the wind-shield of the automobile
which her husband was driving on
Auburn avenue near Randolph streei.
Th" accident was caused by driving
the car into a washout on Auburn
aver.ue, Nash told officers. He said
the washout was unprotected by
lights cr other markings. Nash and
his eight-year-old daughter, who was
aisn in the car, were not injured.
YRS. MARY A. CAMPBELL
DIED AT CENTERVILLE
Mrs. Mary A. Camubed, seventy
years cf age, the widow of Mr. J. T.
Campbell, died at her home in Rock
bridge district near Centerville early
Friday mornng.
Mrs. Campbell is survived by the
following children: Mrs. E. A. Sex
ton and Mrs. O. R. Williams, of Stone
Mountain; Mrs. J. H. Hannah, of
Lawrenceville; Maynard, Thomas and
Harold Campbell, of Centerville;
George and Romney Campbell, of
Atlanta.
The funeral and interment were
at Zoar church, near Centerville,
-a- . .
TWICE-A-WEEK
»«•**/• * *
San Francisco. —The funeral train
of the late President.-'Warren G.
tlarding, who died here • unexpected
ly at 7:30 Thursday, pigfif> t left fop
Washington Friday, .AugusOrd. The
body will lie in statej ii* the ccpitol
and burial will be in Magi on, Ohio,
Saturday, August lltk. »
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San Francisco, Cal;, :• August 2.
Warren G. Harding, prt-Aidtfnt of the
United • States, died "instantaneously
and without warning-toitigh*t- at 7:30
o’clock, a victim of a stroke of apo
plexy, which struck hin» .dotvn in his
weakened condition after art I illness
of exactly a week. , , •» , n.
The chief executive of-,the nation,
and by virtue of his oificq• &nd per
sonality cne of the, wood’s, leading
figures, passed away at. the time
when’his physicians, ; hi^ family and
his people thought that medical skill,
hope and prayer had won the battle
against disease.
The disease had been conquered,
the fire was out, but seven days of
silent though intense suffering had
left their mark and a stroke of apo
plexy came without an Instant’s
warning, and before physicians could
be called, members of his party sum
moned, or remedial measures- taken,
he passed from life’s stage after hav
ing for nearly two and a half years
served his nation and for many years
more his native state of Ohio, 1
To Leave Friday for -Washington.
The body of President HaTding
will leave San Francisco an a special
train at abcut 7 o’clock -Friday even
ing and go direct to Washington by
way of Reno, Ogden, , Cheyenne,
Omaha and Chicago. -. . - .h.
The car will be lighted• at night
and at all times two -soldiers and
two sailors, a part,,o{ a,,naval and
military guard of sixteen enlisted
men, will stand at attention. %
Sixth President to Die in Office.
President Harding,. the twenty
rnnth president of the United States,
was the sixth president to die m of
fice, and the third executive from
Ohio so to die.
William Henry Harrison was the
first to die while president. He died
Apri, 4, 1841, at Washington, after
serving but one month of'his term.
Zachary Taylor died at Washington
July 9, 1850, after serving one year,
four months and five days. ■* ' v
Abraham Lincoln was shot by an
assassin at Ford’s theater, Washing
ton, April 14, 1865, dying the next
day He had served four years, one
me nth and eleven days. *
James A. Garfield mm shot while
in the Pennsylvania station at Wasn
ington. July 2, 1881, and died at EW
beion, N. J., September 19, 1881. He
had served six and a half months.
William McKinley was shot twice,
September 6, 1901, while Li the Tem
p’s of Music at the Pan-American
exposition at Buffalo, N. Y. He died
eight days later, having served four
years, six months and tea days.
President Harding, who died
Thursday night at San Francisco,
had been chief executive two years,
four months and twenty-nine days.
Coolidge Takes Oath of Office.
Washington, August 3. Calvin
Colplidge took the ca'th as president
of the United States at Plymouth,
Vt., at 2:47 a. m. today. ..The new
president was sworn in by his father,
who is a notary public* and at whose
homo he was visiting! The text of
the pledge as prescribed by the con
stitution was telephoned to him by
the white house.
AGED COUPLE GET
FIVE YEARS IN
PEN FOR ARSON
Atlanta, Ga.—Feeble with age and
standing arm in arm before the bar
of justice, Morris Freedburg, 80, and
his wife, Rosa, 75, were sentenced to
serve five years each on the state
prison farm following their convic
tion on charges of arson. It was
charged that they attempted to burn
their combination store and dwelling
house to collect the insurance on a
smal stock of groceries.
The aged couple came to America
from their native vilage in Russia
only a short time ago. They speak
no English and could not understand
the word of the judge that sent them
to prison for perhaps t(K‘ remainder
of their lives.
Their attorneys filed, a motkn for
a new trial, pointing out to the court
the age and frailty of their clients
and declaring that the sentence upon
hem was virtually for life.
GIRL’S JUNIOR CLUB
Th' Girl’s Junior Club of the Bap
tist church will meet' at their efab
room on Tuesday night. Every
member urged to be present.
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