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TWICE-A-WEEK
VOLUME 53.
12.000 POUNDS
SODATOL READY
FOR FARMERS
The Extension Department of the
State College of Agriculture has
about 12,000 pounds of Sodatol on
hand at Canon, Ga., Franklin coun
ty, for distribution to the farmers of
the state for Agricultural purposes.
It costs $8.30 per hundred pounds,
which is abou one-fourth of what 40
per cent dynamite is retailing for
in many places and is more effective.
It is in 50 pound boxes and can be
sold in that small lots.
Number six caps for detonating
this Sodatol will be furnished free
at the rate of one cap for each pound
of material ordered. Freight charg
es from Big Point, Virginia, will
have to be paid, but this will not ex
ceed 25c per hundred caps.
Sodatol is an explosive that was
left over after the war that is being
distributed to farmers for blowing
stumps, rocks and for other agricul
tural purposes. It is put up in car
tridges similar to dynamite, and is
used in about the same way. It is
hardly as dangerous as ■ dynamite;
but should be handled in the tame
way.
Any farmer that has stumps should
blow them out with this cheap ex
plosive. If you want this material
send me your order at once with a
check payable to T. W. Read, Treas.,
at the rate of $8.30 per hundred or
$4.15 for fifty pounds. The freight
from Canon will be paid when deliv
ered at your station. Orders should
be placed at once as this supply will
soon be exhausted, and the other will
have to come from a distance. This
is ready to ship immediately.
Yours very truly,
A. G. ROBISON,
County Agent.
“BILL” LOVETT, GANGSTER
AND WAR HERO, BURIED
WITH MILITARY HONORS
New York.—“Bill”’ Lovett, noto
rious gangster, protagonist of nu-ny
bitter feuds in the underwork! of
New York, met his death at the
hands of some slum enemy in a din
gy room not far from Brooklyn’s
waterfront Wednesday.
William A. Lovett, machine gun
ner in the A. E. F., possessor of the
distinguished service cross, and of
scars left by German bullets on the
battlefield of the Argonne, was bu
ried with full military honors in the
Cypress Hills military cemetery
yesterday. From the cottage in
Ridgefield Park, N. J., where Lovett
and his bride of a few months lived,
the body of Private First Class Lov
ett was taken from a flag deeped,
flower filled room to its final rest
ing place in Brooklyn by the local
unit of the Veterans of Foreign
wars. Gangster Bill was forgotten
as Private Bill was interred, beside
comrades with whom he had fought
and bled in France.
FOUR STORY BUILDING
PLANNED FOR GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga.—Announcement was
made Saturday that plans are being
drawn for a four-story office build
ing in the heart of Griffin, on the
site now being used as the Odd Fel
lows’ home.
The plans call for a modern and
up-to-date building in every particu
lar. including elevator service. Work
is scheduled to start about the mid
dle of December and it should be
finished by next May, according to
B. D. Joiner, realtor, who will have
charge of renting the offices.
The undertaking, it is estimated,
will cost between $50,000 and $60,-
000.
Command of Legion His Reward
■«.... : iM&&2' '
John R. Quinn or San Francisco la National Commander
of the American Legion. his reward for takfag the World Waryeterans
to the (JoMon Vjate for thrlr WSJ iwiftatlon Last year at New
Orleans be prevailed apow them to to Weal this year. With him are
fcte jrtfs j&4 mottos.
The News-Herald
Life Saving Work
Of Red Cross Corps
Wars on Drownings
The insignia of the American Red
Cross Life Saving Corps on the bath
ing apparel of men, women and
youths is seen everywhere at favorite
bathing places along the coasts, riv
ers, lakes and ponds. In its unrelent
ing campaign to reduce loss of life by
drowning the Red Cross is making
constant headway. The dpmands for
instruction from organizations in all
parts of the country were so numer
ous the past year that It was neces
sary to more than double the staff of
Red Cross instructors. This work of
training for water life-saving showed
an enrollment of over 30,000 voluu
teerß enlisted for duty on patrol, for
rescue and resuscitation, all compe
tent to Instruct others In the standard
water-safety methods. Ths Red Cross
by request of the War Department
gives water first aid training at the
United States Military and Naval
academies and in the military training
camps for reserve officers and civil
lans. The four cash prizes awarded
by the Red Cross last year for heroic
rescues were conferred upon two girls,
a boy and a man, indicating that the
youths of the country stand well at
the top in conserving life along our
water courses.
Red Cross Field
Of Action Covers
All the World
Represented by 93.068 members, the
American Red Cross penetrates to
nearly every part of the world. The
insular and foreign roll call statistics
for the past year are a most conclu
sive manifestation of the Red Cross
spirit carried into the most remote
lands. In Europe there are 4,088
members, in Turkey, and active in
the Constantinople Chapter, 3,545. Chi
na has an enrollment of 2,252; Africa.
136; India. 224, and Australia, 29
Even Vladivostok, in frigid Siberia,
has a live chapter with 100 members.
The Philippine Islands can mobilize
58,747 under the Red Cross banner
and Hawaii 7,863. The total funds
raised through foreign and insular
membership enrollment and sent to
national headquarters la Washington
mounted to f60.21C.54, while an addi
tional $33,350 waa forwarded for the
endowment fund «f the American Red
Cross. The high seas roll call in 1922
was an inspiring success. Tha Navy
signed on 4,331 for the Red Crest and
the merchant shipa 4,141. Of the to
tal membership outside the United
States 83,990 are registered with chap
ters in foreign lands, the insular po»
sessions and dependencies.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry He watt and
baby, of Atlanta, are the guests of
relatives and friends in our city.
There will be a workers council of
the organized classes of the Baptist
Sunday school at the church, next
Tuesday, the 13th, with some good
speakers and dinner served in the
church basement.
I
Chamberlain Medicine Co., of Des
Moines, lowa, have just issued a new
and very attractive booklet entitled
“Quality Helps for Holme Makers”
which they will take pleasure in
mailing free of charge to anyone
sending their name and address.
WANTED— By Clyde T. Hannah
and R. B. Tuck, of Loganville.
Ga., five hundred bushels of field
peas at $1.60 per bushel, delivered
at the residence of R. B. Tuck in
Loganville, Ga. n22p
FOR SALE.
Purpie Straw seed Wheat $1.50
per bushel; good seed oats 9bc per
bushel. Stored at J. R. McKelvey’s
Mill and at W. M. Leatherwocd’s
home.
nlfuM McKelvey & Leatherwood.
SINGING.
Announcement is made that on
next Sunday afternoon, November
18th, an old Sacred Harp Singing
will be held at McKendree. All sing
ers anu others are invited.
F. C. DAVIS.
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1923.
CHILDREN’S BOOK
WEEK, NOVEMBER
12 THROUGH 17TH
Americans are said to be lazy
readers. They follow the conven
tional track of the “best sellers” and
real literature finds only a very
limited public. In order to arouse a
deeper interest in children’s books
the Woman’s club purposes to cele
brate “Children’s Book Week” No
vember 11-17. The department of
applied education, Mrs. C. O. Stubbs,
chairman, will have this in charge,
and a full program of the week’s ac
tivities will appear in this week’s
papers.
The following editorial from the
November issue of the “Good House
keeping” is so very worth while, we
are going to give it to you in full:
Solomon Was a Wise Man.
This Talk is About Children’s Book
Week.
“Train up a child in the way he
should go; and when he is old, he
will not depart from it,” said a wise
man of long ago. Many of the
published under his name
ESve not borne the test of time— at
least, they sound strange to us to
day, judged by customs and stand
ards that have been evolved in the
centuries that have passed since
there was a king in Israel. But
most of them could well be held be
fore our eye as the busy days come
and go and we look into the years
that are ahead, wondering what they
have in store for us and for our chil
dren. By the light of their wisdom,
proved through many centuries, we
could see farther, and seeing, choose
our way with greater surety. For it
is possible to know whither we go
and why we go and the way we go.
The path begins here, in a cradle; it
ends there, in a grave: the lamp that
is lighted for us at the beginning
will burn to the end. But it must be
lighted for us, else we shall waste
vears in groping, and perhaps never
fint it. Given into our hands as
children, it never leaves us # entirely
in the dark; it may grow dim, it will
never go out. Solomon was right:
the child rightly trained does not de
part from his training.
But how shall the child be trained?
Not by “Thou shalt not” or “Thou
shalt,” but by your own conduct at
a time when you are the hero of the
child’s world—a place from which a
parent slips more easily than does a
playfellow, but from which he can
never be dislodged if he plays the
game. And how easily he can play
it! There is the experience of the
race to guide him, to help him out of
any tight places, finally to stand in
hh stead as guide. But do not look
for or expect success unless you
lead; it may come, but it is no: '.ikrly
to. What you want yorr child to do
jou must do first or show him that
some one else, whom vou :• '-nibs,
has done it. Now is the way made
easy for you: the shelves >f ail che
libraries of the world cons,) m with
you to inspire him, to delight nim. to
make a man of him. Of course, if
the way is unfamiliar to you, you can
not make the most of it, but to
stumble on your way is better than
not to go at all.
It Comes in November—Week 11-17.
And so we are going to enlarge
the scope of our appeal for children’s
book week to urge parents to do
more reading themselves, that they
may not only suggest good books
for their children, but widen their
own horizons. The actual compass
of any life is small; in most of our
towns and cities it is alarmingly
dull. What the towns and cities lack
can be found in books. If parents
find it there, they make it easier for
their children to hunt for it in the
same place. There is a book for ev
ery mood, if one cares for books; one
car journey the world around by
merely going to the library or the
bool- store. The significance of this
is lost upon too many parents; other
wise there would be no need for
children’s book week. We believe in
the week, just as we believe in
bread and butter. Books are as es
sential to the real life of the child—
or the parent—as meat and drink.
We go further: we believe children’s
bool week is as vital to the nation
as the health week, inaugurated by
the children’s bureau, which called
our attention to a Serious lack of
physical care and resulted in wise
national laws. Mental health is as
important as bodily health; both are
the result of thought and care on the
part of those responsible for the
child’s welfare. Much public inter
est in the physical well-being of
children was aroused by the wide
spread publication of statistics
showing an alarming death-rate and
an appalling number of under
nourished children. We have seen
no statistics regarding the mental
death-rate among children, but the
percentage of mental under-nourish
ment is alarmingly high. The most
recent statistics available show that
4,931,905 of our people ten years age
Saw Street Car j
Charlotte Thompson, American
girl, horn feud rained in the great
Inland stretches of Alaska, saw hei
first street car when her boat
ilooked Los Angeles the othet
day — «i*o her drat “sheik." At hom«
her street car U a fast dog tram auc
•Iml—which Site herself drives.
Mr. Barney Pierce, of Atlanta,
spent Sunday here with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Emory Pierce.
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert McGee and
small daughteV. of Snellville, were
the dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
W. T. McGee Sunday. .
Mrs. W. H. Powell and sons,
Houston and Tom, Mrs. Bobbie Da
vis, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hut'.hins
motored to Atlanta Saturday.
Mr. Dock Holt, who is v : th the
highwa • department in north Geor
gia, spent Sunday here with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Holt.
The lecture and demonstration in
cooking at the club room Saturday
afternoon was thoroughly enjoyed.
At the conclusion a delicious lun-
Mr. Lyman Green, of At'anta,
who is working for the National Pa
per Company there, spent the week
end here with his father, Mr P. D.
Green.
Mrs. L. R. Martin and daughters,
Leila and Mary, Mrs. W. J. Blake of
Calhoun Falls, S. C..'Miss Georgia
Byrd and Mrs. J. L. Exum motored
to Atlanta Saturday.
LEAGUE Or WOMEN VOTERS
NEWS OF INTEREST
By WINNIE VAN WINKLE in the
Atlanta Journal.
Lawrenceville, Ga.—Extending a
hearty welcome to Miss Marguerite
Woolley, regional secretary for the
National League of Women Voters,
and Mrs. Sanford Gay, president of
the Atlanta league, who made a trip
to Lawrenceville, on Thursday, No
vember Ist, for the purpose of or
ganizing a league.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Simmons en
tertained delightfully in honor of
Miss Woolley and Mrs. Gay, upon
their arrival.
In the afternoon, about 3 o’clock
Mrs. Gay spoke before the Parent-
Teacher association, in the Law
renceville school house. This associ
ation includes the mothers of the
grammar school and high school
boys and girls, as the school includes
grammar and high school grades.
There were about 30 prominent Law
renceville women present.
At 8:30 that evening a night
meeting was held in the school
house, at which both men and women
were present. Miss Woolley spoke
on ‘The Aims and Legislativve Work
of the League.” Mrs. Gay gave a
talk of the ideals of the league. This
meeting was well attended, and
there were a number of representa
tive men of the town who were very
much interested in the plans of the
league, and were heartily in favor of
them.
The Lawrenceville women are
planning a meeting for organization
of the Lawrenceville League of
Women Voters, to be held the week
of November 12th.
Among the women who have
evinced great interest in the organi
zation of a league are Mrs. L. R.
Martin, Miss Minnie Peeples. Mrs.
D. M. Byrd, Mrs. Riley Powell, Mrs.
N. L. Hutchins, Mrs. T. L. Ambrose,
Mrs. Sam Brown, Mrs. Charles Mc-
Connell, Mrs. J. M. Austin, Mrs.
George Bagwell, Mrs. Lillie Fxum,
Miss Ida Mitchell and Miss Pearl
Mitchell.
FOR RENT.
Good one or two-horse crop, good
land and pasture, to man who can
flemish himself. See H. H. Bramb
lett, Lawrenceville, Rute 2. nlsc
and over are illiterate, that of the
men and women of voting age 4,333,-
111 are illiterate, and that there are
1,242,572 illiterates among our na
tive whites. We believe that that is
a menace more grave thah any epi
demic, affording, as it does, a fertile
ground for the propagation of isms
antagonistic to our national ideas
and ideals. v * . n
-Mm* -y*. 1 _ b
PAUL VOSE DIES
SUDDENLY OF
PNEUMONIA
The numerous friends of Paul
Vose in Lawrenceville were shocked
and grieved to learn of his death,
which occurred at Atlanta, at 9
o’clock yesterday morning.
Mr. Vose’s father, Capt. J. G.
Vose, of this city, moved from South
Carolina to Lawrenceville many
years ago, when Paul was in his
teens, and the earlier days of his
manhood were spent here.
He went from here to Atlanta
soon after reaching his majority, and
engaged in the real estate business,
in which he was quite succcc.isful,
and continued in it until his decease.
In 1911 he married Miss Annette
Walker, a daughter of Hon. Sanders
Walker, of Monroe, and a sister of
Governor Clifford Walker, anc!
made Atlanta his home after that.
No child was born of this union,
so his widow is left alone in the
world, but the hearts of the legion of
friends go out to her in deepest sor
row and sympathy in this hour of
her deep bereavement.
The deceased was a Lieutenant,
Colonel of the Governor’s staff, and
along with the other members of it,
accompanied .him to Savannah,
where the party went as the guests
of the city at an exposition held
there, less than two weeks ago.
Soon after returning to his home
at Atlanta he contracted a bad cold,
which finally developed into pneu#
monia which resulted in his death.
The deceased was always a moral
young man, and never indulged in
any form of dissipation, having con
nected himself with the Presbyterian
church when in his teens, of which
re remained a valuable and consist
ent member to the end.
He had a lovable disposition and
all who knew him admired his splen
did qualities as a man, and we ;lo not
suppose he ha dan enemy in the
world, and no better epitaph tan be
written of any man.
The deceased was the only son of
Capt. J. G. ere, of this city, who was
a gallant Confederate soldier, and
has always been a chivalrous and
polished gentleman of the old school,
admired and beloved by all who
know him. This dispensation of
Providence was a severe blow to the
kindly and popular old gentleman,
who has the sincere and heartfelt
sympathy of this whole community
in this hour of deep sadness and
gloom.
The only living relatives of the
deceased are his father and sister,
Mrs. M. C. Austin, and children of
this city.
Funeral services for the deceased
were held at noon today at the
Presbyterian church at Atlanta, of
which he was a member while the
interment was by the side of I is de
ceased mother at New Cemetery to
day.
LOST—LAUNDRY BAG
LIBERAL REWARD
LOST—On Lawrenceville-Decatur
road, Thursday, November Ist,
brown canvas laundry bag contain
ing clothes. Reward will be given
for return to this office or to Mr. S.
C. Dobbs, 8 Oakdale Road, Atlanta,
Ga. nl2c
CROSS ROADS.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Brownlee and
Mrs. Eliza Mitchell spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt (galloway at
Grayson.
Mr. Lawson Bennett spent Satur
day near Luxomni.
Rev. B. W. Mercier spent Satur
day and Sunday at Centerville.
Mrs. W. R. Doby and Misses Ruby
and Willie Mae Doby spent Satur
day afternoon with Mrs. J. B. Brown
lee.
Miss Nora Brownlee spent Satur
day afternoon with Misses Essie, An
nie, Ida Davies at Lawrenceville.
Mrs. H. L. Hansard and children
spent Saturday afternoon with Mrs.
B. W. Mercier.
Mrs. Eliza Mitchell visited her
daughter, Mrs. Byrd Brownlee, Sat
urday night and Sunday.
Miss Nora Brownlee spent Sunday
afternoon with Miss Susie Mercier.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Bennett
spent Saturday night and Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bennett at
Mt. Zion.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mason and
children, of • Centerville, spent a
while Sunday afternoon with Rev.
and Mrs. B. W. Mercier.
Mr. Jeff Mitchell visited his sis
ter, Mrs. J. B. Brownlee here Sun
day.
Mrs. Ida Johnson and chlidren, of
Duluth, spent Saturday night and
Sunday here the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. W. R. Doby.
Junior Red Cross
Spreads Good Will
Throughout World
Nearly 5,000,000 pupils in the schools
of America are following the standard
of unselfish service as members of the
American Junior Red Cross, the an
nual report of the American Red Cross
discloses. This valiant, host is rep
resented in 125,072 sehoui rooms of
21,289 schools throughout the United
States. With a service program that
is local, national and international in
scope, the American Junior Red Cross
Is working unfalteringly for health
and happiness and in the promotion
of activities among boys and girls
wherever there is opportunity for use
fulness.
Increased activity on the part of
the schools enrolled and deeper recog
nition by school authorities of the ed
ucational values of Junior Red Cross
have been significant features of the
last year. Carrying on educational
and relief work In FYance, Poland,
Austria, Hungary, Jugoslavia, Albania,
Bulgaria and Rumania, the American
Juniors have influenced the forming j
of Junior departments in the Red
Cross organizations of these coun
tries. American boys and girls wear
ing the "I Serve” button of the Jun- ;
iors are proving apt messengers of j
the spirit of good will and mutual un
derstandtng through correspondence
with pupils in schools scattered |
throughout the world. At the close |
of the school year in June 2,00 f I
schools were engaged in correspond- I
ence with a like number of schools !
in Europe: 284 schools in our insular !
possessions and Alaska territory car- |
ried on an exchange of letters with j
schools In the United States and South
Africa. In fact, nearly 2,700 schools
with probably 100,000 pupils were busy
In this fine act of cheerful communi
cation, while 8,347 articles pawsed
through National Headquarters of the
Red Cross In exchanges between the
Interested pupils here snd overseas.
An Incident of the year’s advance was
ths beginning of sctlvlty which will
eventually Install Junior Red Cross
\a \be Indian schools of tbs United
State!.
From, every section of the country
reports ot the tour ot the unit ot crip
pled children with their chorus which
cams from the Bakule sch°°l ’ft
Prague, Czechoslovakia, to ahow grati
tude to the American Juniors tor their
assistance declare that nothing since
the World War has done so much to
awaken the Red Cross spirit In the
communities visited by the unit
The work of the American Juniors
in foreign fields is emphasized in the
advancement of playgrounds, scholar
ships in farm, trade and other schools,
community and school garden work,
and donations of cash and equipment
to children’s organizations. In these
projects $112,660.17 was spent during
the last year in ten European coun
tries, in China and In the Virgin Is
lands.
The Bride’s Alibi
Hubby: “Your sponge cake is
fine, dear, but ”
Mrs. Newlywed (crying): “It was
the druggist’s fault. He didn’t give
me the right kind of sponges.”
Adam the Guy
Radio Fan: “Tell me, Fanette,
who was the first great wireless en
gineer?”
Fanette: “Marconi, of course.”
Radio Fan: “It was Adam. He
made a loud speaker out of his spare
parts.”
Dan: “Can a cowhide lr a shoe
store?”
Phlrp Cleik—“No—but calfskin.”
Minnesotan to Court of St. James
I Se^f tor Fr#nk 8 KeMon* <* Mlun.-sota by
to I- r . George Harvey as Aruericm>- v AmlMi>j>.«Jo*
0,6 P r °f r ‘‘ f * i l*ea to Republican Tanks. They
srL-1”? dßck ePPetotment and Is leading to foreign entangle
ment*. Above ha most recent picture of Mr Kdhgg and wife. J
TWICE-A-WEEK
SMALLEST CROP
SINCE 1878 SAYS
GEORGIA CO-OP
Special Sotton Report.
The smallest crop since 1878—is
thb way the Georgia Cooperative
Crop Reporting Service characterizes
the present Georgia cotton crop.
Th decline since last month is due
primarily to damage to grown bolls
by the weevil in the upper part of
the territory, but it is also caused in
part by the realization of failure in
some areas and the measure of the
extent of the crop actually abandon
ed.
For several years the Department
has been preparing for the issuance
of a report of the prospects on Oc
tober 25th. when sufficient data was
secured. This is necessary in order
to bridge the gap which formerly oc
curred between the September re
port and the final estimate in De
cember. Last year the condition fig
ure returned on the October 25th in
quiry, mentioned above, was 38. and
in 1921 it was 32. This year it is 31.
In addition to the condition figure,
many other factors concerning crop
production were secured and utilized
in making the production estimate.
While correspondents in the areas
most severely injured were entirely
conversant with the local situation,
the state as a whole has not yet como
to the realization of what the cotton
siuation is, and perhaps will not do
so until the final check on the crop
is made. From second place in cot
ton production, we have fallen to
about the eighth. The essential
facts of the situation are presented
in the maps accompanying.
Z. R. PETTETT,
Agricultural Statistician.
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MAN TWICE CONDEMNED
TO BE HANGED REMAINS
AS 5 OTHERS ESCAPE
Gainesville, Ga.—Five prisoners
brbke from Hall county jail Sunday
night about 11 o’clock by sawing the
lock off the steel cage in which they
were confined. They were.
Coyle Pressley, 24 years old,
awaiting trial charged with having
stolen goods; Fred Smith, 24, await
! inp trial charged with carrying pis
j tol; W. C. Forrester, 35, charged
; with passing bad check; Robert Hix,
j 25, serving a sentence for • selling
I liquor; Grover McMurry, colored,
I charged with stealing cigars.
After sawing off the lock they
let themselves down from a second
story window.
Arthur Whitworth, twice con-*
demned to be hanged for killing hi*
wife nt New Holland two years ago,
and another trial set for this week,
was ip the same cell with those who
escaped, but made no effort to get
awtty* i
_____ TH*
FIRST CLASS FARM TO RENT.
I have a splendid two or three
horse farm to rent, situated on Yel
low River, two miles from Lawrence
ville, where J. W. Moulder now re
sides to a tenant who can furnish
his own stock. There is no better
farm in the county that can be rent
ed, there being good red upland, and
fine botton land for corn.
nl2c W. E. SIMMONS.
NUMBER 4.