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TWICE-A-WEEK VOLUME 52. THISJfEEK A Giant Airfish. Mr. Eel-Worm is Here. The Devil’s Ink Stain. Your Eye and Auto. By Arthur Brisbane The United States built a giant dirigible, in ENGLAND. It fell, killed 62. Another, budt in ITALY, fell, killed 34. Last week, the Unit ed States Zeppelin ZRI, built HERE, by the American Government, flew over New York and started for Phil adelphia, having first traveled 100 miles over New Jersey. Those who think the ovegrnment can’t do any thing and must always hire private assistance, take notice. That great machine, looking like a silver coated fish, slowly travel ing through the air above New 1 ork, was a warning to the six millions of that eity, and the whole country. In the morning, with the sun ob scured by clouds, the air giant was barely visible. Had the captain chosen to go a few htousand feet higher, it would have been absolute ly invisible. Such a traveler coming out of the misty dawn, above the edge of the ocean, would first make itself knowrn by dropping enough bombs to des troy New York, enough deadly gas to kill three qfiarters of the inhabi tants. The next war will be an air war. This country should be ready for it. i Important. Bad news for farmers in rapid spreading of the eel worm disease, imported from South A fri es. ThS eel worm, fatal to alfalfa and other plants, in two years has spread from Eastern Oregon to Cal ifornia and Colorado. Kansas, great alfalfa state, Colo rado and other states, should fight this enemy as htey would Asiatic cholera. The tiny deadly pest might cost farmers hundreds of millions yearly. Yesterday you coUld buy a thous and million marks for SIOO. In 1914, one thousand million marks were worth $250,000,000. German money, then worth two and one-half million dollars, is worth $1 now. That’s wiat war does when you lose. But that won’t discourage the next war like nation. The castle of Wartbog is closed for lack of money to keep it in re pair. The public can no longer see the room in which Luther translated the Bible, nor the big black spot on the wall made by him when he threw the inkwell at the devil. American Lutherans perhaps will contrbwfte to repairing the old cas tle and SHpply ink to freshen up the ink stains, which have doubtless been made A»sh many a time in the past. It is a 3>ity to let old stories die. American school children saved $9,5ftb,000 in the last school year. The ’money is nothing, the saving habit iis everything. T* teach children that poverty is slavery, and can be avoided by reas onable saving, is the first duty of parents. The second duty is to teach children that after they have saved, they must help others. Exercise your eye muscles, and avoid automobile accidents That’s the advice ivegn by Dr. Needles., When you are in a car godrtg forty miles an hour, you go about fifty-' eight feet every second. Unles your, eye ican roll from one side to the other at least twice in a second, you canh. keep track of both sides of the road and travel safely at that speed. Prizefighters, fliers, automobile driv ers, all require eye exercises to strengthen the eye muscles. At best they -get weak with old age. And a closed car requires better eyes than an -open car. The Prince of Wales, under the name of Baron Renfrew, is in Can ada resting. In spite of his disguise a crowd met him when he arrived. The English know the value of Can ada now, and in future. The real England -may be Canada some time, with the British Isles maintained as a central business office in Europe. As the great Roman Empire saw the seat of power change from Italy to Constantinople, so Britons of an other century may see their impe rial Parliament and whatever is left of the royal family transplanted to Montreal or Australia. WILSON-JACOBS. Mr. J. Donald Wilson, of Atlanta, was happily married to Miss Mable Jacobs, of Grayson, September 22nd, Rev. Itlarvia Frankdn, pastor of the loo.u Methodist church, performing the ceremony. _ The News-Herald GEORGIAN-”!’**' NEW U.S. JUDGE » Washington.—Five additional fed eral judges are needed to expedi tiously handle the business of the federal courts throughout the coun try in the opinion of the conference of senior circuit court judges pre sided over by Cbipf Justice Taft which adjourned today after fiv n ses sions. Thorugh the reports of the circuit judges, supplemented by those from the district judges an dthe attorney general the conference gained a com prehensive view of the conditions prevailing in the federal courts. It also arranged for the transfer of judges from one circuit to another for the coming year, where judges are needed for crowded dockets. The conference found that the cir cuit courts of appeals were, in gen eral, up with their dockets and dis posing of business in a satisfactory way without' any substantial delay, and that except in one circuit there was no need of any additional judi cial force. With respect to the district courts, it found that the new act increasing he number of district judges, passed in 1922, had not had a full oppor tunity for effective operation be cause of the necessary time taken in filling the new judgeships, three of which still remain vacant. It was able to conclude, however, that on the whole the new act ws working well and that in every district, except the southern district of New York and the northern district of Georgia, the prospect was that in the course ?f a year or two the courts would latch up with their dockets through the use of judges from other dis tricts and from other circuits, and that hnless there wei n gfeat increase in biisihes* tftb present force could thereafter keep the dockets reason ably clear. One New Judge for Georgia. The northern district of Georgia was, in the opinion of the confer ence, in an unsatisfactory condition. The conference reached the conclu sion that the only mefhntf ively conquering the arrears in these two districts was appointment of one additional district judge in the north ern district of Georgia, and two in the southern district of New York. Young Women Are Suspected In Store Robbery Atlanta, Ga.—“ Looking for a par-; ty of seven, including two bobbed haired young women, and hold for in' vestigation.” The message was phoned i* to Night Chief Jett Friday night from Bali Ground, Ga., where the store of the J. F. Kftmsley Mercantile oem psasy was entered early Friday morn ing and looted of the greater part of its contents. According to R. M. Thompson, a representative of the firm, this party arrived in Ball Ground Thuisday, spent some time driving over the town in their automobile sand disap peared Friday. The stock of goods moved from the stesre included women’s silk dresses, a crate of trimmed hats, coats and sweaters, a (mien fall and winter suits for men, five hand bags and suitcases, underwear and -ether arti cles of furnishings for men and wo men. BAPTIZING AT THE FIRST BAPTIST SUNDAY NIGHT Twenty-six united with the First Baptist church during the protract ed services which came to a close Tuesday right, and the ordinance of baptism was administered te the can didates Sunday night. Pastor L. E. Smith did the preach ing, ar,d the young minister has more than made good. He is a conse crated man of God, and presents his messages with telling effect. Mr. Moncrief led the singing. There are twenty-two candidates to be immersed, Alvin Sammon., who hid previously joined the church, will be among the number. Follow ing are the names of those who joined during the meeting: By experience: Harry Sammon, Cleo Smith, Annie Lou Biggers, A. T, Green, Jr., O. C. Wright, Thelma Williams, Ruby Jordan, Camell Holt, Beatrice Biggers, Joseph Hannah, Gower Smith, Annie Webb, Herbert Smith, Dixie Ethridge, Cinthy Wil liams, Charles McConnell, Jr., Rufus Smith, Felton’ Pounds, Ethel Holt, Annie Frances Flanigan, Blanche Williams. By letter: Miss Lois Matthews, Miss Gladis Youngblood, Mrs. Gam ma: Edwards, H. T. Ethridge, C. E. Monfort. LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1923. Cabled man ON PENSION HIKE New York.—A wrec kof a man. his body shattered in service of the Unit ed States army, is trudging his way from San Francisco to Washington in an effort to persuade a benevo lent government that he is worth more than SI2 a month. He drove into New York Friday, in a rusty, wheezy old automobile al most as crippled as himself, and an nounced: “I’m Walter E. Johnson,about 28. Used to be in the Philippines, a pri vate in the regular army. I tested guns. Went out to test a 12-inch field piece one day in 1916. It ex ploded.” A picture of remnant of a man, his legs gone, blind ine one eye, half paralyzed in his arms and neck, told the rest of the story. Johnson, with a chauffer com panion, has spent 31 days crossing the continent, en route to Washing ton. Contributions along the route, and proceeds from selling chewing gum and other small articles, helped buy gasoline. Johnson has spent seven years in a hospital, in Manilla part of the time and later at the Letterman gen eral hospital in San Francisco, his home town. He was finally discharged as “cured,” with a sl2 monthly pen sion. Johnson thinks that some what meager and will tell the war department so. MODEL STAGE COUPLE AGREE TO “LIVE APART” AND DIVIDE FAMILY '.TBS** > it- . York.—After many years of married life, the rearing of a family of three, their marital blessedness pointed out as a model in theatrical circles, Richard Bennett, actor, and his wife have agreed to an harmon ious “living apart.” The family will be equally divided Constance, eighteen, will reside in a small apartment with her mother. seventeen, will live with Bennett in another small apartment four blocks away. Joan, thirteen, will be sent to St. Margaret’s school, Waterbury, Conn. “The servant problem in keeping up our large apartment was unsolva ble. I decided the best thing to do was divide the family,” said Bennett. Today the Bennetts were packing their effects in their luxurious Park avenue apartment preparatory to waving on October 1. “Our mutual agreement is hound by one ironclad rule,” the aeter de clared, “we are to have dinner to gether every day.” The budget for the two families, Bennett said, will be divided forty sixty, with his wife getting the larg er end “because it costs more for a woman to live.” “My wife and I will be better sweethearts than we have been in years, I am sure,” said Bennett. “There would be fewer divorces if more married couples followed our plan. Too many parents wear them selves out giving all luxuries and no responsibilities to their children. 1 believe we are going to solve that problem by our move.” Children would be far better off if reared by the state and permitted to visit their parents only infrequent ly, according to Bennett. “There would be fewer worn out mothers and children would hove a less conceited idea of their import ance,” he said. 30 DAYS MULTIPLIED. Savannah, Ga.—Thirty days each o nevery one of twenty-one charges, a total of 630 days, is the record in police court made in the case against William Floyd. Charges against the young man were for the infraction of a solitary city ordinance, which he repeatedly violated. MOTHER SHOOTS SON TO AERT CRIMES; IS FREED BY JURY Chicago.—A prosecution virtually turned defense counsel Friday, and, with the “moral law” given prece dence over the criminal code, Mrs. Rose Simiz, who shot her son, Dcszo, several weeks ago to save him as she said, from a life of crime was dis charged in municipal court. Deszo, who recovered from his wounds, had been arrested once in connection with an automobile theft. He told the judge he had “learned hig lesson,” had a sob and then plead ed for his mother. “She shot me because she loved me,” he declared. Judge Prindiville dismissed the case and mother and son departed happily together. Too Many Laws, Too Much Debt; Are U. S. Burdens Kansas City, jWo.—A plea for few er laws and more saving by the peo ple and government was made by W. L. Harding, former governor of lowa, in an address before the City club here. “The Americans have two bad hab its,” Mr. Harding said, “enactment of laws and going into debt. “More than tw million laws and ordinances are in effect, unde’ - the presumption that citizens know these laws and that ignorance of them is no excuse for violation,” he said. “We have borrowed from tomor row to pay debts of yesterday. In 1921 the national debt was $25,000,- 000,000. county and city and school debts added another $40,000,- 000,000.” With the annua! income of the cit izenship about $60,000,000 and tax es about $10,000,000,000, he said, we work one day of each week in the year to pay taxes.” VET NOT TO DIE IN PRISON Savannah, Ga.—Clifford Walker, governor of Georgia, told newspaper reporters he would see to it that J. C. Hunter, a Savannah man, and the only Confederate veteran in state’s prison does not die a felon. The gov ernor has been appealed to for a pa role for Hunter who is now serving as waiter at the Confederate home near Atlantaf." Hunter was convicted of murder in Chatham county and sent to the penitentiary for life and .had been convicted and sentenced to hang. Governor Slaton commuted his sentence. “The merits of the case do not permit lie to grant Hun ter a parole,” said the governor, “but I have determined he shall not die in prison. lam keeping in touch with his physical condition and if it become apparent that there is likeli hood of his dying in prison, J will parole him.” * Hunter’s physical Condition is re ported good at this time. DON’T NEED ' COUNTY POLICE Guyton, Ga.—Citizens of Efing ham count have reached the conclu sion that they can get along as well without their county police force, according to the p Jtition they are signing to have the force abolished, which will be presented to the county commissioners at the next session on Tuesday. Ibis a ton is being taken, accord ing to the petition because the tax payers have decided it is too expen sive to have policemen. The county force of Effingham county consists of two men, a chief old tfoe ' force.” The Dickey breth ers comprise the department. It is cited that the police force costs the county in salaries and expenses, S3OO a month, and that this work could be carried on as well by deputies acting under Sheriff Jaudon of that coun ty. SANITARIUM NOT IN DANGER Savannah, Ga.—Governor Walkre who was here Friday, said there is no likelihood of the state sanatari um at Milledgeville closing because of a lack of funds. This has been the claim of Representative Ennis, of Baldwin county. The governor declined to discuss politics. When asked about Representative Ennis’ statement that he had refused to sign deficiency warrants, he said: “This is too lon ga story. I will prob ably make a statement when 1 re turn to Atlanta,” he said. However, there is no danger of the st#to san itarium at Milledgeville being closed. HEART ACTION VISIBLE THRU GAPING HOLE WHEN WORKER’S ARM IS TORN OFF Orlando, Fla. —Ben Williams, 40, a cement mixer, of Orlando, had his left arm torn from his body while at tending to his machine. A workman standing nearby rescued him from being dragged into the mixer. Carey Hand, undertaker, answered a call and found the man lying on the ground, his severed arm by his side and still conscious. The cavity be tween the shoulder and below the heart measured 20 inches in diame ter. His heart could be seen in ac tion. After he reached a local hos pital the man was still conscious and able to give the address of his fath er, who lives in Hampton, Fla. The man is not expected to recover. Coolidge Favors Open Door Plan In Vet Hospital Washington.—Opening of govern ment veterans hospitals to former service men regardless of whether their disabilities are of service or of non-service origin likely will be adopted as a permanent policy, in the opinion of President Coolidge. Such a proposal was presented to the president several days ago by a delegation representing the Veterans of oreign Wars and has appealed to the president as worthy of considera tion. The delegation suggested that the government hospitals be ppened to veterans of all wars and for all sorts of disabilities. There are thous ands of vacant beds in veterans’ hos pitals. Inasmuch as it often is diffi cult to ascertain whether the disabil ity of a fromer service man is of ser vice origin and as the determination of such a point sometimes works an injustice to veterans, the president believes that it would be a benefi cial policy to open up the hospitals. He feels that congress would ap prove such a step. OCTOBER TERM OF SUPERIOR COURT BEGINS The called term of Superior court opened this (Monday) morning with a number of visitin lawyers, mem bers of the local bar, officials and spectators in attendance. Judeg Lewis C. Russell is presid ing and Solicitor P. Cooley is also on hand. There is a heavy docket in this county and the court was called to help relieve same. The court of Ordinary Robinson is also in session and the Board of County commissioners are likewise meeting in regular session. SHERIFF CAPTURES FORD WITH LIQUOR “He could run a Ford and also run himself,” said Sheriff Garner of the driver of a flivver containing over one hundred gallons of “white light ning” captured by the sheriff and his deputies Thursday night near Carroll’s store on the Decatur load. The occupants of the car escaped 'r the darkness and ran off into the v. oods. The car and liquor was con fiscated. COUNTY SCHOOLS TO OPEN OCTOBER 15TH The Public termof Gwinnett coun ty schools begins October 15, 1922. Schools that open before or after that time will lose their share of public funds for the time. By order of the County Board of Education. H. D. MERIWETHER, C. S. S. FAST COTTON PICKER. Griffin, Ga.—Georgia Holland, a negro woman employed on a farm in Cabin’s district, broke all records for cotton picking in this section when she picked 2,530 pounds of cotton in four days. Her daily record for the four days was 609, 647, 697 and 587 pounds. ALCOVA. September 29.—Mr. C. F. Griswell made a business trip to Atlanta Sat urday. Mr. and Mrs. W. A Griswell and daughter, Vada, and Mrs. C. F. Gris well, and Mrs. Kate Mehaffey at tended the Association at Yellow Riv er Thursday. County Agent Aobinson and wife were out to see us one day this week. Jewell Mahaffey attended the League at Martins Sunday night. Mr. Johnson from Buford was a visitor here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Hawley Cook, of Winder, was in our burg Wednes day. WEBBVILLE. September 29- —Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Barrett and two smallest children spent Wednesday night and Thurs day with the latter’s father, who is very ill. Mr. Rastus Bowen, of Covington, was in our burg Thursday. Miss Mary Brown spent Wednes day night with Miss Ruby Barrett. Mr. Belvie Brown visited Mr. Foss Barrett Friday night. Miss Helen Long visited Miss Ruby Barrett Thursday night. Miss Ruby Barrett visited Miss Mary Brown Thursday afternoon. Mr. Homer Long spent Friday night until bedtime with Mr. L. D. Barrett. Mrs. Homer Long is spending some time with friends and relatives in North Carolina. N.Y. YORK STORE SALES JKIPPLED i New York.—Continued lack of ad vertising space in New York's strike hampered newspapers will be reflect ed in all branches of finance, com merce and industry, in the opinion of business executives who have ob served the effects of the walkout. In competent financial quarters the fear was expressed that unemploy ment might result from longer crip pling of the daily liasson between merchant and buyer. Department store heads, even those catering to permanent customers, said the inability to promote sales through the newspaper columns were providing a serious handicap at the opening of the fall season. And Wall street, always dubious as to the real value of the. small amount of space it uses in the dailies, was convinced its clients had learned to depend on newspaper advertising for their in formation on financial offerings. Several big offerings of bonds which were to be put out were postponed because of lack of advertising space. Bernard F. Gimbel, vice president of the Gimbel Brothers, Inc., was quoted in published statements as saying he thought the strike would be injurious to both large and small stores. “We depend upon newspaper ad vertising for much of our selling power,” he added. “It is newspaper advertising combined with the stand ing of the store doing the advertis ing, which makes the buyer realize his need of some article which oth erwise he might have neglected to purchase.” Others were quoted as follows: Harold W. Bonwit, secretary of Bonwit, Teller & Company: “I have no doubt that if the strike lasts much longer we will feel a huge effect. Newspaper advertising is doubtless the most valuable advertis ing in the world, and as the letail stores are deprived of this medium they will feel the loss more and more. There has been a slight falling off of sales in our store. P. A. Conne, vcie president, Saks & Company: “The loss of newspa per advertising is especially impor tant at the beginning of a season, as now, when the stores are introducing their new styles and paving the way for the new season.” Funds Are Raised For Long Statue In Hall Of Fame Atlanta, Ca.—Arrangements have been completed by which a njerble statue of Dr. Crawford W. Long, dis coverer of anesthesia, will soon be placed in the capitol building at Washington. This statement is authorized by Dr. Joseph Jacobs, in behalf of the Crawford W. Long Memorial associ ation, and by Dr. Frank K. Boland, president of the Georgia Medical so ciety, and also is president of the memorial association. The general assembly of Georgia more than twenty years ago selected Dr. Long and Alexander Hamilton Stephens as the two Georgians to represent hte state in the national Hall of Fame.” CHILD IS POISONED BY “DOCTORED” BRBEAD Pensacola, Fla.—Edward Henly, three years old, died at Pensacola hospital from the effects of eating bread which had been smeared over with poison and placed in the home of the parents. KILLS ANOTHER BEAR. Waycross, Ga.—Known the coun try over through hte national sport ing journals as a bear hunter of the first magnitude, Perry Barber, of Waycross, has added another notch ni his gun and a scalp to his belt in the slaying of a giant black bear in the Altamaha river swamp. The bear, which is said to be the largest killed in this part of the state in years, weighed 512 pounds and was well over seven feet from tip to tip. SUED WHILE IN JAIL. Huntsville, Ala.—George Spence, well to do planter, who is in the Madison county jail under sentence of fifteen years’ imprisonment for second degree murder in connection with the killing of Henry Spence in Maysville precinct, has been made defendant in an unusual suit. Mrs. Louise Spece, widow of slain man, has brought suit against Spence for the recovery of $25,000, alleging that her husband was unlawfully killed by the defendant. Papers tftre served on Spence at the county jail. TWICE-A-WEEK HOLDER BACKS MOUNTAIN ROAD A large delegation of prominent citizens from Monroe, Grayson, Lo ganville, Snellville, Stone Mountain and other towns in Wlaton; Gwin nett and DeKalb counties appeared Thursday before Chairman Holder of the state highway board to urge the building of a highway from Gray son to the town of Stone Mountain running past the great Confederate memorial. Chairman Holder pledged the dele gation to introduce before the high way board at its next meeting a res olution requesting the federal au thorities to give the road federal aid, and said he believed they would d» so if the board passed the resolu tion. Money to match the aid, he explained, must com-, from the three counties in the event federal aid js obtained, and the citizens from all three counties expressed cnfidence that there would be no difficulty on this score. The road from Grayson to the town of Stone Mountain joins an im proved state highway at Grayson and the paved boulevard at *li» town of. Stone Mountain. It is al ready a fairly good road but not up to state highway standards, being in need of some grading, a wider road bed and a smooth surface. The citizens called attention to the large number of tourists coming into the northeastern part of the state and hunting a highway to iKq Stone Mounain memorial. As the state highway houtes now stand there is none approaching the me morial from the northeast, and peo ple coming from that direction must drive to Atlanta and double back to Stone Mountain, —Atlanta Journal. OCTOBER 9IS KIWANIS DAY ' AT SOUTHEASTERN FAIR Atlanta, Ga., September 25.—Ki wanians from all over Georgia will celebrate October 9, which has been set aside as Kiwanis Day at the Southeastern) Fair, and if -the plans of the Atlanta club do not go astray, there will be “big doings.” Invitations have been) issued' to' every club in the state to send a: large .delegation. The empire Atlanta club will be present and luncheon - will be prepared for 500 visiting Kiwandanp at the Southeastern fair grounds. ..,<*»■"-• Fair authorities have promised to turn loose everything in sight to the Kiwanians. The Royal Scotch High lace.- Band, which wi ll be one of the features of the fair this season, will lead the singing at the Iwchcon, it . is promised. 1 ' \\ ■’ Ir. additlc-'n, t>ave Webb, with a large committee, is devising ways and means to crowd into one day all the varied entertainment possib’e especially appealing to Kiwaniams-, while -the fair itse’f will be bigger and better than ever this year, ac cording to the plans of the fair authorities. TRIBUTE TO MRS ELIZABETH BUREL “Leaf by leaf the roses fall, cr.e by one beyond recall.” A).other link has fallen from tho ch; in that binds us to our old time associations—the Grim Reaper sever ing the sweet soul of Aunt Elizabeth Burel from its earthly moorings and transplanting it to a realm of peace, rest, comfort and endless joy. The passing of these spirits of the oliler-, goiden days brings a tinge of sadness to us who have lived long enough to appreciate such rare Chris tian characters. During the historic sixties, as did our mothers and grandmothers, she endured hardships and struggled through the pitiless storm of war, tmergng from its devastation with a faith, —beyond human conception— in the future of her beloved south land, always clinging with tireless h.u:d.- to the o'.d “Rugged Cross,” rm which she trusted and believed im plicit y through all the temptations and bfsetments that flesh is heir to. We are glad for having known this good woman and trust that generations ye: unborn will learn the history of her beautiful life, and strive to emulate her many virtues. I placed no flowers upon her grave. My imperfect garland of kindness was twined about her living blew worth more than a mountain of ealla liics heaped upoi her funeral casket. Her last words to us were: “Good bye: I wish you wed,” are still ring ng in my ears. We hope to see her cheerful face again. Not along the mi ty, beclouded paths of this life’s rugged roads, but beyond the crystal river where sunshine ever smi'es and fragrant Towers bloom l’crevermore. Vale, vale, my good fr'erd, “I wish you well.” F. T. P. NUMBER 96.