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TWICE-A-WEEK
VOLUME 53.
BUFORD CLUBS
SOCIETIES ELECT
Buford, Ga.—Tuesday marks the
installation of the newly elected of
ficers in the Junior Order of the
United American Mechanics. They
are: C. I. Rylee, councilor; Roy
Hope, vice councilor; T. L. Orr re
cording secretary; H. H. Beard, fi
nancial secretary; C. Theodore Den
son, chaplain; W. W. Crow, outside
sentinel; Tulaw Harris, inside senti
nel; Grady Sizemore, conductor, and
Fred Cole, warden.
Tuesday night the following offi
cers will be installed in the Buford
lodge, No. 33, I. 0. O. F.: David
Gordon, noble Grand; E. F. Hannah,
vice grand; A. C. hiting, recording
secretary; H. H. Beard, financial
secretary; Joe Levinson, treasurer,
and W. W. Crow, trustee.
Black Hawk tribe, Improved Or
der of Red Men, will install the fol
lowing officers Thursday night;
Clyde Cantrel, sachem; Bonnie B.
Cole, senior sagamore; C. E. O’Kel
ley, recording secretary; W. G. Car
lyle, collector of wampum; J N.
Deaton, keeper of wampum belt;
Roy Hope, guard of forest, and C.
E. O’Kelley, trustee.
New officers will be installed in
the encampment, No. 33, Friday
night as follows: E. H. Field, chief
patriot; J. A. Blankenship, high
priest; David Gordon, senior warden;
F. M. Hughes, junior warden; A. C.
Whiting, scribe; Joe Levinson, treas
urer, and W. W. Crow, E. H. Field,
Joe Levinson, trustees.
This will be followed on next Fri
day night by the installation of of
ficers in the Euford Rebekah lodge,
No. 49. Noble grand, Mrs. W. G.
Humphrey; vice grand, Miss Maggie
Harrie; financial and recordnig sec
retary, Mrs. W. A. Hope; treasurer,
Miss Irene Harris, and trustee, Joe
Levinson.
At a recent meeting of the F. &
A. M., Buford lodge No. 292, the fol
lowing were selected as officers to
serve during the ensuing year; W. O.
Shadburn, W. M.; M. E. Brogdon,
S. W.; A. C. Edmonds, J. W.; W. B.
Shadburn, treasurer; W. M. Shelley,
secretary; F. J. Deaton, J. D.; Bon
nie B. Cole, S. C.; J. S. Martin, J. S.;
C. C. Power, tyler; W. B. Mobley,
chaplain.
575 PUPILS PRESENT.
The Buford public school opened
this morning after a fifteen days’
vacation for Christmas with the
largest first day enrollment in the
history of the school, 575. Professor
W. N. Nunn stated that by the first
of next week he expects to enroll not
less than 700 pupils.
The opening of the school was de
la/' i <.n account of the ii'i pleticn of
a new six-room annex to the scl.ooi
building, two rooms of which the
school s now occupying. The new
building when will be
known as the hig.. school building
and will house the entire high school
equipment, including the laboratory
and domestic science rooms.
The stockholders of the First Na
tional bank met in annual session
Tuesday morning. The affairs of the
bank were found to be in good shape.
A semi-annual dividend of 4 per cent
was declared. The old officers and
directors were re-elected with the
exception of George W. Williams,
who has moved to Florida. W. T.
' Tanner and M. C. Austin were also
chosen to serve on the board.
MRS. JOHN H. WELLS.
Mrs. Charity Wells, the widow of
Mr. John H. Wells, died Monday at
her home in Bay Creek district, at
the advanced age of ninety-one. Her
remains were interred at Chestnut
Grove church near Grayson Wednes
day.
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Claims Husband Tried
To Sell Her -
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Ugtting lire. Helen *Le Male’s
churge that her film-directing hus
liand tried to sell her to a wealthy
Mexican ncjro for a half mlllioo
.dollar*.
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Balks at Paying
Mrs. Mary Summertime, of De
troit, collected her husband's SOO
army disability pension for five
years, but now balks at paying him
aJimony and will appeal.
REV. JERRY JOHNSON WILL
PREACH CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Rev. G. L. “Jerry” Johnson, field
secretary of the Northeast Christian
Missionary Society, will speak-at the
LawTenceville Christian church Sun
day morning and evening. In the
morning, he is to use as a subject,
“A New Zeal for Christian Service”
and in the evening, “Friends of
Christ.”
Mr. Johnson is well known is Law
renceville, having visited the En
deavor Society here last year, where
he met with a hearty welcome, and
his second visit will mean better work
than before. During the past year,
he hn3 served the Georgia Christian
Endeavor Union, covering more than
6,000 miles in interest of the organi
zation. invading Havana, Cuba, for
a series of rallies last fall. Yet a
young man, in his Master’s work he
has accomplished worthwhile things
and his efforts have 'been greatly
blessed. Not until recently did he
enter into the ministry, where he is
to serve the people of the churches
of Christ for the year.
Secretary Johnson is filled with
enthusiasm for Christ and his work_
among the young people has been
the outstanding feature of his past
programs. In Florida he gained the
name of “Cyclone Jerry” and since
that time has been going with suc
cess in Georgia.
A most cordial invitation is ex
tended the public to attend both ser
vices Sunday and hear messages
from “The Boy Preacher.”
CITY OFFICIALS ARE
NAMED IN WINDER
Winder, C-a., January 7. —Winder
experienced one cf the quietest elec
tions in its history Tuesday when
only 37 votes were east out of a
registration of more than 800 for the
election of three councilmen, neither
of whom had opposition. In the city
primary several weeks ago, H. E.
Blakey, T. C. Fullbright and Vasco
Segars were nominated without op
position, and no later opposition
having developed, very few turned
out to vote in the election. The
holdover councilmen are J. H. Jack
son, J. B. Lay and J. W. Carrington.
At a special session of council on
Tuesday night the following city of
ficials were elected: J. R. Arnold,
city clerk; W. W. Foster, city elec
trician; E. O. McElroy, chief of
police, with A. S. Hill. I. J. Hall, W.
M. Segars and €. Sikes, assistants.
Mark Segars was chosen as street
man. With the exception of W. W r .
Foster, electrician, all the city em
ployes were re-elected.
WILL TURNER’S BARN WAS
BURNED MONDAY NIGHT
The barn belonging to Will Tur
ner, colored, on South Clayton street,
was burned about 12 o’clock Monday
night.
About 500 bundles of fodder, hay,
farming tools and other material
went up with the building. There
were four mules in the barn, but they
had been turned out. The fire is
thought to have been of incendiary
origin. The loss is estimated at
SI,OOO.
Will and his family are in New
Orleans on a visit and he knows
nothing of what has occurred.
Would Stop AH Immigration.
A resoluttion to stop all immigra
tion into the United States for five
years, which has been introduced in
the national senate by U. S. Senator
Wm. J. Harris, of Georgia, is being
favorably commented upon by busi
ness men here. Information reach
ing Atlanta is that Senator Harris
will press the resolution before the
immigration committee, of which he
is a member.
Senator Harris contends that
greater restrictions should be ar
ranged than provided in the present
law, and although he advocated
greater restrictions he urged the
continuance of the present ouota law
to June 30, 1924, instead of letting
all the bars down.
W . L. NIX,
Attorney at Law,
Office in New Tanner Building
LAWRENCEVILLE, GA.
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1924.
GEORGIA MAN TAKES
OFFICE IN WASHINGTON
Washington, D. C., December 10.—
W. H. Witcover, 33 degrees, of Savan
nah, has assumed the duties o? the
f
• secretary general of the supreme
council, 33 degrees, A. & A. i R ,
S. J., vice Pe W. Weidne>\ 13 le
grees, resigns J. Mr Witcow w-is
the first prey-dent ot the savannah
Society of Architects and for many
years was a member of the board of
managers of the Savannah "il'ic
library. He has been active in Free
masonry in Georgia for many years.
Mr. Weidner returns to his home
in Los Angeles, Cali'., waere he will
engage in the banking business.
Reynold E. Blight, 33 degrees, has
assumed the editorship of The New
Age, which is the official organ of
the supreme council, A. & A. S. R.,
S. J. He continues as the director of
the Scottish rite clip service bulle
tins going out to ministers and
editors.
Mr. Blight was formerly* engaged
in professional work in Los Angeles,
Calif.; has been vice president of
the California state board of ac
countancy for eight years; and
served for four years as a member of
the Los Angeles city board of educa
tion. He also edited the Masonic
Digest published in that city.
Was Wounded During the Holidays
With a Toy Pistol—Carried to
Georgia Eaptidt Hospital,
Artis Hutchins, the seventeen year
old son of Mr. and Sirs. J. P. Hutch
ins, died Sunday night at the Georgia
Baptist hospital from the effects of
lock jaw.
Artis was playing with a toy pistol
during the Christmas holidays and
accidentally shot his finger with a
blank cartridge. The wound appar
ently healed up, but later / tetanus
developed, and the patient was car
ried to the Atlanta hospital, where
he later died.
The Hutchins family lives near
Five Forks and Artis was an honor
pupil of the Snellville consolidated
high school. He was greatly beloved
by teachers and pupils alike.
Besides his parents he is survived
by three sisters, Misses Lois and
Carrie Mae Hutchins and Mrs. Era
Brooks.
Funeral services over the remains
were held at Friendship church Tues
day morning, the same being con
ducted by Elder James M. Livsey,
assisted by Quill Sammon, Jr.
The many friends of the family
deeply sympathize with them in the
loss of this bright boy.
OZORA.
Lawrenceville, Ga., R. 2, Jan. 5.
Mr. Raymond McMillian from At
lanta, spent a while last Sunday with
Mr. Golden Feagins.
Mr. Collie Still spent last Mon
day in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Camp spent
last Sunday night with the former’s
parents.
Mrs. T. S. Wood spent last Fri
day night with her daughter, Mrs.
Dee Brooks, at Grayson.
Mrs. Carl Hutchins and children,
of Atlanta, spent last week with her
parents, Mr. John William Bennett.
Miss Montine Feagins spent last
Sunday with Misses Kermie and Ve
ra McMillan near Loganville.
Miss Gladys Townley has returned
home from her sister in Lawrence
ville.
Misses Kermie and Vera McMillan
spent last Tuesday night with their
sister, Mts. H. M. Camp.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Turner gave
an entertainment last Tuesday night
which was enjoyed by all present.
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THE NEWS-HERALD
Th^eek
rtui^ib
By Arthur Brisbane
The golden lid of Tutankhamen's
magnificent coffin has been raised,
showing glorious decorations in blue
and gold, with plenty of space for
an extra corpse or two. There are
still one or two doors of the coffin
to be opened. Then will be found
the remains of the creature who
once ruled all Egypt, now a dried
mass of skin and bone, preserved to
prove, three thousand years later,
that nothing maters except what you
do while you ere still alive.
The bonus bil is back in Congress.
Capital, fearing to be taxed, tells
you with tears in its eyes, “It will
cost seventy million dollars next
year f you give the soldiers their
bonus.’
Another year of war would have
cost this country FIFTY THOUS
AND MILLION DOLLARS. The men
that went aeros, lost their jobs and
watched the prosperous people prof
iteering prevented that.
The Government railroad m Alas
ka ends at Nanana. From that point
mils to Fairbanks are drwn by dogs,
taking twenty days. Now the dogs
w T ill get a rest, and the leter3 will
go flying in four hours. That’s pro
gress.
Moses with his friends .vandereu
around the desert forty yearst Start
ing after a comfortable breakfast,
flying machines would have taken
them to the Land of Promise in time
for luncheon.
Moses surely is interested in Wil
bur Wright, who helped his brother
invent the flying machine and is now
in heaven.
SNELLVILLE.
Snellville, Ga., January 7.—Mr.
James Sawyer lost a fine mule last
week.
Dr. W. V. Nash will move to At
lanta in a few days.
Mr. T. H. Evans has moved to
Atlanta and Mr. Carl Pate has mov
ed into the house vacated by Mr.
Evans and will have charge of Pates
store another year.
Mr. W. L. Harris has been con
fined to his rom with la grippe.
Messrs. E. E. Harris, Murphy Wil
kinson and Weldon Williams have"
returned to Detroit, Mich., after
spending the holidays with relatives
and friends here.
Mr. Harper Whitworth, of Atlan
ta, spent Thursday and Friday with
relatives at this place.
Messrs. J. M. Barnett and A. A.
Grizzard transacted business n Law
reneeville Friday.
Messrs. Terrell Harris and Glenn
Barnett left last week for Detroit,
Mich.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Clower an
nounce the birth of a girl Decem
ber 29.
Mrs. W. R. Whitworth and child
ren, Rachel and Ranse, spent last
week end with Mr. Mrs. G. W.
Harper, of Stone Mountain.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Gresham went
to Atlanta Monday.
Mr. T. A. Pate transacted busi
ness in Lawrenceville Tuesday.
Mr. Carl Pate had business in At
lanta Monday.
“PILGRIM’S PROGRESS” AT
METHODIST CHURCH SUN.
This immortal classic, read more
widely than any other book outside
of the Bible, will be given in a pic
ture story service at the Methodist
church next Sunday evening at 7:30.
The story of Christian and his many
strange experiences in his journey
from the City of Destruction to the
gates of the Eternal City never
grows old. There is a double inter
est when the scenes are illustrated in
the large pictures on the screen.
Come early and get a good sear.
BAPTISTS PLANNING
FOR WORLD RELIEF
More than 20,000 Baptist Sunday
schools and churches of the south are
expected to take special offerings for
the relief of distressed peoples in all
sections of the world on Sunday,
January 13, when the appeal will be
presented through the joint efforts
of the foreign mission board and the
Sunday school board of the Southern
Baptist Convention.
Inasmuch as Southern Baptists
have, in their foreign missionaries,
personal representatives in every
section of the world where there is
acute suffering, who can distribute
relief funds without any extra over
head expense, and where they see
assistance is most needed, churches,
Sunday schools and individual mem
bers of the churches are asked by the
convention to make their relief offer
ings for all peoples, including the
orphans of the Near East, through
the foreign mission board at this
time. In this way it is believed the
money contributed will go further in
meeting actual need. The needier
sections of Europe and Asia, as well
as the Near East, will be included in
the ministrations of southern Bap
tists, as a result of this special of
fering.
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J i- ■*
Dacula, Ga., R. 2, January 7. —
Mr. E. W. Bennett and Hinton Shir
field motored to Buford and Law
renceville Thursday.
Mr. A. H. Davis and family had as
their bedtime guests Thursday night
Mr. Reed and daughter and son and
Mr. John Turk and Mr. Reese Maul
din, Miss Etta Cook and Mr. Lee
Banister.
Mr. Jack Kirkpatrick has moved
into the house vacated by Mr. Fate
Henderson.
Miss Pauline Henderson spent
Sunday with Miss Bobbie Breedlove.
Mr. R. S. Waycaster and Miss Eva
Waycaster were the bedtime guests
of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Cook and Miss
Etta Cook.
Mr. Grver Gower and Mr. Frank
Mauldin were Sunday afternoon
guests of Mr. Jim Feagins.
Mrs. Ila Burel was the dinner
guest of her sister Mrs. C. L. Breed
love New Years.
Miss Emily Sikes was the guest of
little Miss Ruby Shipley last Satur
day night and Sunday.
Little Marie Shipley is doing nice
ly after several weeks in bed.
Mr. arren Tuggle spent a while
Sunday afternoon with Mr. Jim
Wall.
Mr. Hoke Waycaster spent Sun
day night with Mr. Clarence Wil
liams.
Mr. Will Williams and family are
moving to Buford.
Mr. Hubert Tullis was the guest
of Mr. Lee Banister Sunday morn
ing.
Miss Eva Way spent Sunday af
ternoon with Miss Eva Linly Tuggle.
“Wolf Woman”
Katherine Malm, "Wolf : Woman”
■'audit and killer, of Chicago, Is also
* mother. Longing to see her baby
caused her to surrender
GIRL BABY BORN IN PATROL
AUTO, MERCURY BELOW ZERO
Chicago, 111.—Just before dawn
Saturday Fred Cordes bundled his
wife into the family automobile and
started on a mad dash for a hospital.
After he had driven several miles,
his engine stalled.
Three policemen of the “Flivver”
squad hastened to his aid. Mrs.
Cordes was transferred to the police
machine and the journey to the hos
pital resumed.
Several minutes later, a baby girl
was born in the patrol wagon, in a
temperature of 12 degrees below ze
ro.
POLICE CHIEF KILLED
BY SON OF MAN HE
WAS TRYING TO ARREST
Maysville, Ga.—While attempting
to arrest Ace Burroughs here Thurs
day afternoon, Chief of Police Ed
Sims was shot and killed by Rhudez
Burroughs, nineteen-year-old son of
Burroughs. Thee hies was shot
through the head with a .32 caliber
pistol. Young Burroughs was shot
through the head by the chief and is
seriously wounded.
There had been a town case
against the senior Burroughs sever
al weeks and it seems he had come
prepared to resist arrest as after the
shooting a shot gun loaded with No.
2 shot was found in his wagon.
Young Burroughs was treated in the
office of a local physician and his
father was carried to Homer jail.
Chief Sims is survived by his wife
and seven children.
NEW EAR GROWING ON
THE BACK OF POLICEMAN
Wilburn Jones, policeman of Phil
adelphia, who lost an ear in a fight
three years ago, has a new one
blooming on his back, madeof car
tilage obtained from his own ribs.
When it is full grown it will go on
his head.
Dr. G. W. Dorrance, professor of
surgery at the Woman’s Medical
college, is performing the unusual
operation, which she says is a com
plete success and “very simple.”
HIGHWAYS CREATE AND
EXTEND PATRIOTISM
The George Washington Masonic
Memorial, being erected to Washing
ton the Mason, by the Master Ma
sons of the United States, on Shoot
er’s hill, just outside the city of
Alexandria, in Virginia, and half way
between the city which bears ths first
president’s name and the tomb in
which his remains lie at rest, is not
upon a .national road. *
The home and tomb of Washing
ton, at Mt. Vernon, is not reached
from anywhere by a national road.
There must inevitably come a tim"
when this nation will rise in revolt
against a penurious policy whien
leaves to a patriotic order of •devot
ed women the care and preservation
of the priceless relics of Washington,
which ure in his estate, and make of
Mt. Vernon what it ought to be, a
government charge and care. The
Masonic fraternity has already pro
vided for a monumental resting
place for the Masonic relics of Geo.
Washington. But will we always
leave to Virginia the making, the re
pairing, and the preservation of the
roads which connect these three
home, temple, and city?
Virginia has not, so far, been able
to list herself among those states
prominently identified with the
good roads movement, although she
has made vast strides in recent
years. The road from Washington
to the temple, and from Alexandria
to Mt. Vernon is a good road, but it
should be the work of the United
States government to see that so im
portant a road is perfect. In this is
seen another among many argu
ments, as to why this great nation
should itself build and forever main
tain the backbone roads which, a 3
national highways, will serve all the
people ull the time.
New and Sec on A
Hand Ford*
H. t. Stiff Irlvtor Cc. CMb or ere Jit
twice-a-week
BRIGHT OUTLOOK
FOR BUSINESS
Atlanta, Ga., January B.—Business
and financial experts in Atlanta
agree that the year 1924, studying
the situation in the first week of
January, should be one of the be3t
years this country has ever known;
that it finds the nation’s business up
on a firm foundation with every ele
ment at hand for business expansion
of the widest possible character and
that in practically every line of in
dustry and business the conditions
are favorable for an era of prosper
ity that should reach to every por
tion of the country and benefit the
whole people.
“The year 1923 was a good year in
many ways,” said Frank Henpstend,
well known business counsellor, to
day. “It witnessed the stabilizing of
business, industry and finance in this
country, and it was marked by great
er progress in construction, in manu
facturing and in business generally
than has been accomplished in any
previous year of the after-wac pe
riod. During he year unemployment
was practicaly eliminated and in
dustry made progress such as had
not been made for a number of
vear3.”
Mr. Hempstead points to the fact
that the new year finds American
business and industry in excellent
shape for substantial development
“In every way the country is ready
for a year of progres and dsvdop
ment,” said Mr. Hempstead. ‘ There
is every reason for confidence and
optimism among the people and it is
gratifying to note that optimism is
very pronounced and that pessimism
appears to be practically an unknown
quantity. There have been years
when the opposite was the case.”
The old-time superstition that
presidential years are bad years for
business is not causing worry this
year, in the opinion of Atlanta busi
ness men and manufacturers. They
show that business is in such fine
shape and is upon so firm a founda
tion that politics can not harm it.
Railroads Valued at Billions.
Figures made public here today by
railway executives show that the
value of the railroads of the country
are $22,350,000,000.
It is stated by railroad officials
that the tentative minimum valuation
of the railroads at the end of 1919
was found by the interstate com
merce commission to be $18,900,000,-
000. This valuation was based on
costs and prices up to 1914, and
therefore includes no war-time infla
tion of values.
The subsequent investment of ap
proximately $1,984,083,000, 1923 es
timated, brings the interstate com
merce commission valuation for rate
making purposes as of the end of this
year up to $20,884,083,000,
“Every business man can judge for
himself the fairness of the conten
tion made by Senators LaFollette,
Brookhart, and others that the inter
state commerce commission valua
tion should be reduced by from
seven billion dollars to ten billion
dollars,” said an Atlanta executive.
“Such a confiscation of values would
in effect be a denial to the railroads
of their chief means of keeping pace
with the development of the coun
try.”
The Atlanta executive asserte ’
that a fair recognition of railroa
property values is essential for adr
quate earning power and credit so
further expansion.
MRS ISHAM GOSSETT.
Mrs. Herrietta GosfpU, the wido’”
of Mr. Isham Gossett. dicJ Fund?
at her home near Lawrenceville, ar
her remains were laid to rest at Me
Kendree church Tuesday.
The deceased was sixty-two year ,
of aeo, and was a native of North
Carolina.
READ THE ACVERTISEMF.NT
To Command “Around 1
the World” Flight
Major f. L. Martin wilt cowman*
die tour U. S. planes which hop-ot
it Seattle April 1 in nu attempt t*
d> around tlie world.
NUMBER 21.