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TWICE-A-WEEK
VOLUME S 3.
HUSBAND IN PEN,
WIFE PLANS FOR
GIDDY WHIRL
Cincinnati, January 24. —Attired
in a natty suit of pearl gray with
hat and overcoat to match and with
several large diamonds valued at
thousands of dollars flashing from
necktie and hand, George Remus,
millionaire convicted “bootlegger”
king, called on officials of the gov
ernment building in this city.
He sought to delay his trip to the
federal penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga.,
where he will serve a two-year term.
He asked for aweek’s stay of exten
sion to enable him to complete his
income tax report to the govern
ment. He learned that it might be
posible to delay the trip for a week
but that he would have to remain in
the county jail.
So Remus decided he would go to
Atlanta tonight with the rest of his
eleven wealthy asociates whom he
referred to as “his boys.” Remus said
he had expected a reprieve in view
of the fact that he might get execu
tive clemency soon.
He sadi he had his extensive distil
lery and wholesale drug business af
fairs in such shape that he will suf
fer litle financial loss during his
absence.
He was in good shape and joked
about his “winter in the south.” I
always had hoped to pass a winter in
Atlanta and the south if lever got
enough money to afford it,” Remus
said. “I have been working hard on
this case to get a new trial and I feel
I need a good rest.”
Stanley Borthwick, U. S. marshal,
made it clear that Remus will get the
same kind of treatment at the feder
al penitentiary at Atlanta that is
given all government prisoners there
He said he had engaged as pecial
private railroad car for the trip be
cause he found that it would be
cheaper and absolutely private in
view of the many prisoners and
guards.
Mrs. Imogene Remus, wife of hte
chief defendant, said tonight that
she wil go to tAlanta in a day of
"'two -aft» "her isiry^'itUEbsa*
started his prison term, to see about
taking up her residence there during
thetime her husband is incarcerat
ed.. She will determine when she ar
rives at tAlanta what house in the
fashionable district she will chooose
for her home.
She stated that while she would
miss some of the comforts of her
magnificent home here, that she ex
pected to entertain considerably her
society friends from this city, Chi
cago, and other cities. Her palatial
home here has aswimming pool which
she said cost SIOO,OOO to build and
is said to be the most elaborate of
any in an American private home.
DeKALB AGAIN ORDERED
TO PAY INTEREST UPON
PAST DUE WARRANTS
Atlanta, Ga.—“ Common honesty
and good morals apply as much to
any branch or subdivision of govern
ment as to a privvate individual,”
Chief Justice Russell, of the Ge:mgia
supreme court, declared in writing a
majority opinion of thee ourt hold
ing that DeKalb eeranty must pay
interest on county warrants that
were not paid at maturity.
The case was that of Neal Hartley
against L. T. Y. Nash, DeKalb
county commissioner. Presiding Jus
tice Beck and Justice Hill disserted.
Hartley sued for seven per cent in
terest on county warrants issued to
him for public supplies by R. J. Free
man, former DeKalb commissioner.
Commissioner Nash paid the princi
pal but refused to pay interest, con
tending his predecessor left $309 000
in outstanding warrants when he re
tired from office, and if he paid in
terest on one warrant, he would be
required to pay interest on the en
tire amount, despite a lack of funds.
The opinion quoted the law passed
by the legislature on July 24, 1920,
•irequiafingr al] oouttttes to pay the legal
rate; of. interest on unpaid warrants,
aqd''Stated- that this law did
\natvhind thd 1 court, as it was passed
after the DeKalb county warrants
Were issued, it did indicate the under
standing of the general assembly as
to the true law in' Georgia.
W. L. NIX,
Attorney at Law,
Office in New Tanner Building
LAWRENCEVILLE, GA.
CALCIUM ARSENATE
AT 12 CENTS POUND
We have a car of Calcium Arsen
ate priced at 12 cents CASH. Better
get yours now.
Lawrenceville Fertilizer Co.
The News-Herald
CATCHI -E
RUING FIELD
In today’s issue appears the an-
I nounrement of H. J. Hinton for tax
rollertor. Jark Hinton is well known
throughout the lounty and has many
friends. He is known as hones; and
capable and would make a good col
lector if elected. Many friends have
pledged him their support and he
will immediately start an active cam
paign.
Paul Sims, of Suwanee, announces
for county" commissioner today.
Friends have been urging Mr. Sims
to make the race for sortie time and
many feel that side of the county
is entitled to more consideration in
public offices. Mr. Sims is a prom
inent farmer, a brother of our fel
low townsmen, Walter and Fate
Sims, and will receive a good vote.
E. S. Garner announces today
for one of the places on the board
of county commissioners. Samp Gar
ner is thoroughly qualified for the
place; has worked public and pri
vate labor as a contractor for years,
also has served his county as sheriff
for several years, Mr. Garner stated
this morning that he would get out
and make an active race in a few
days. He has many friends who will
beu ntiring in their efforts to elect
Other prominent gentlemen
throughout the county are - being
spoken of as probable candidates
for commissioner and next week will
doubtless bring new announcements.
J. J. Brock in this issue announced
his candidacy for county school su
perintendent. Prof. Brock is a native
of North Georgia and well known
school official. He is an A. B. grad
uate of Mercer University and has
for the past several years attended
the summer schools at the Universi
ty of Georgia. Mr. Brock has an ex
perience as teacher and superin
tendent for the past twenty years
and would make a good official.
Many friends would be glad to see
him elected.
L. F. Herring, of Grayson an
nounces his formal candidacy for. su
perintendent of schools. Prof. Her
ring has an enviable reputation as
a teacher and should make a good
race. He has been a teacher and su
perintendent for the *past twenty
years and at present is serving the
Grayson school which has made rapid
strides under his management.
Prof. Meriwether,, our present
superintendent, states that he will
make his formal announcement for
re-election immediately after the
date of the primary is set by th ex
ecutive committee. Supt. Meriwether
is serving his first term as county
superintendent and the schools of
the county have made many forward
steps under his supervision. He is an
excellent official and mar.y friends
will rally to his support.
WINDER PLAYED BASKET
BALL HERE TUESDAY
The local boys’ quintet suffered a
defeat from the Winder five Tuesday
by the score of 26 to 17.
The game was fast played from
beginning to the end. At the end of
the first half the score stood 8 to 10
in favor of the locals, but at the be
ginning of the second half Wilson 1
and Herring, for the visitors, were |
lucky in dropping in several long |
ones and put the visitors in a lead
that the local boys were unable to
overcome.
Although the local boys had pos
session of the ball as much as the i
visiters during the last quarter, they
were unable to find the goal.
Harris was the high scorer for the
locals, getting 8 out of the 17 points,
one of which was past center of the
court. King and Pruett played a
fine game on the defense.
Captain Smith, who was out on ac
count of sickness, was a loss to the,
team, but Cooper played a good
game and has no black mark coming
against his name.
There is one more “whack” at,
Winder and the locals jippp to get
their scalp. Give ’em support, cheer
for the defeats and then watch ’em
go. ~
The lineup: , „. .
Winder L’ville. ,
Herring (10) F.. .7 .Holland (5)
Wilson (12) F Cooper (4)
Perry, W. R C.... Harris (8)
Camp (2) G Pruett
Harris G , .King
Substitutes: Winder, Perry, J. T.
(2) for Perry, W. R. Lawrenceville:
Tanner for Pruett.
We hope that the freeze destroyed
the whole boll weevil generation,
but what’s worrying us is that it al
so wiped out the winter “potlicker”
crop. Truly, it’s a poor living with
out Goergia “greens.”—Worth
County Local.
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1924.
GASOLINE PRICES
BE INVESTIGATED
Atlanta, Ga.—Conditions respon
sible for two recent increases in the
price of gasoline which brings the
retail price in Atlanta to 22 cents
per gallon are being investigated by
Attorney General George M. Napier,
it was learned Thursday.
“I am making an investigation of
the price of crude oil to see whether
fluctuations in that commodity au
thorize advances in prices of gaso
line, as distributors elaim,” the of
ficial said.
“At present I have no information
along that line, but I expect to know
shortly if there is any foundation
for the advance in Georgia,” he said.
Mr. Napier was one of a group of
staet attorneys general who made an
exhaustive study several months ago
of the conditions responsible for
wide fluctuations in gasoline prices
in different parts of the country,
and for frequent changes in price.
In the midst of that investigation,
sharp drops in price occurred, but
the investigation was continued in
order that necessary data compiled
might not be lost.
The information secured at that
time will undobtedly be used by Mr.
Napier in his present investigation
of the recent 4-cent increase in re
tail price of gasoline here.
3-INCH NAIL TAKEN
FFROM CHILD S LUNG
Macon, Ga., —A wire nail nearly
three inches long after being in the
lungs of Jonny Frank Singletary, 8
years old, for nine months, was re*
moved by doctors at a local hospital
Wednesday. The X ray picture
showed that the nail laid head down
ward, from the fourth to the seventh
rib, in the lower right lobe. The
operation required two and a half
minutes.
The child is the little son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. A. Singletary, of Cairo,
Ga. According to the father, who
was at the bedside of the boy, they
were riding in a wagon nine months
ago, when the child sucked a nail
that he-hii«L-i«~hi» mouth into the
windpipe. The boy had been having
fever, at intervals, the parents re
ported.
A bronchoscope was used in the
removal of the nail. In the after
noon the child took nourishment as
though noth had happened.
JAILER WHO ALLOWED
PRISONER TO VISIT
SICK FAMILY FINED
Anniston, Ala.,- —W. 11. Farrell,
former warden of the Calhoun coun
ty jail here, was fined S3OO in fed
eral court late yesterday by Judge
William I. Grubb on a charge of
contempt of court growing out of
the allegation that he allowed a gov
ernment prisoner in his charge to
pay frequent visits to his family un
accompanied by a guard.
W. E. Parker, ex-sheriff of Cal
houn county, charged jointly with
Farrell, was acquitted after the lat
ter had admitted the charges and as
sumed full responsibility.
The ex-warden, while admitting
that the prisoner had been allowed
to make the visits as charged by the
prosecution, denied any intention of
flouting the law. He declared that
members of the man’s family were
critically ill when he was permitted
to visit them.
Judge Grubb in imposing the fine,
declared that he did not believe Far
rel had acted with other than the
best of intentions, but that he could
not allow the “administration of
justice to be made a joke.”
Rural Carriers to Handle Produce.
Agriculturists here and in other
sections of the south, judging by 7 im
ports received at the state capitol,
are intensely interested in legislfcion,
now before congress, to reduce par
cel post rates on farm products and
at the same time, by allowing the
mail carrier a commission, to in
rcreaee the sales.
. The legislation was proposed by U.
S. Senator W. J. Harris, of Georgia,
who appeared before the senate post
office committee and discussed the
plan in detail. The committee agreed
informally to report the Harris bill
favorably with the plan to be tried
for one year. The postoffice depart
ment has agreed at a conference with
Senator Harris to try out the experi
ment.
The Georgia senator prvi-jjjs to
handle the business at special rates
on the route, with the mail carrier
getting a spe ,! al commission It
will not involve additional appropria
tions as the mail carrier is already
provided with facilities.
1 SEND US YOUR JOB WORK
GET MOLASSES
CHEAPLY NOW
A number of farmers from all
parts of the county have requested
me to get prices on Blackstrap Mo
lasses and I now have a price of
20% cents per gallon delivered at
Lawrenceville ip thirty-three gallon
Georgia cane barrels, in car Kits.
This material has a small amount
of calcium arsenate in it so as to be
shipped at the one-half freight rate;
the molasses will not be suitable for
any other use except cotton, but
more calcium arsenate will have to
be added. It will take seventy-three
barrels or more to make a car, and
I am sure that amount will go in a
very short time so if you want any
be on time with your order. We wil!
have it shipped in March or April
as thought best.
There seems to be no material
difference in the results obtained in
small cotton early in the season with
this liquid syrup mixtures and dust
ing as ageneral rule if the dust is
applied when the cotton gets to be
large. There also seems to be no ad
vantage of the bought mixtures over
the home made mixtures only they
are much higher in price. These li
quid mixtures dan be mopped on
early in the season on the small cot
ton by children while it requires a
man to apply the dust, and for that
reason the liquid mixtures will be of
advantage to many farmers early in
the season.
As there is to be a meeting here
February sth and doubtless many
farmers will attend, I think it best
to save some trips here that all larm
ers who want to buy these molasses
get together just after the other
meetnig adjourns here February
sth, and arrange about the car load
of molasses. All who are interested
will please meet here that day just
after the other meeting, and let’s
get a supply of this material as
cheaply as possible.
A. G. County Agent.
NORCROSS NEWS.
Nor cross, Ga., ■'January 21, 1924.
—We rather envy our historic little
neighbor city, Roswell, with her Bar
rington Hall, (the home of Pres.
Roosevelt’s mother) after moving
from Darion, Ga., as Mattie Bulloch,
now since the late owner and brides
maid at the Bulloch-Roosevelt wed
ding died. Your correspondent ven
tures the statement that our esteem
ed fellow townman, C. Pinkney
Lively, now past 80 and a full siege
follower of Lee in the sixties, is in
a class by himself as regards social
functions in Roswell vicinity, many
of which were graced by a young la
dy whose son became President of
the U. S. At one of these gather
ings our fellow townman met, and
as they used to say, waited on the
young mistress of Barrington Hall
even then, however it was under
stood that she aod Mr. Roosevelt,
then employed as machinist at the
cotton factory, were engaged. So,
had the dashing young cavalryman
of General P. M. B. Young’s bri
gade been introduced to Miss Bul
loch, Pres. Roosevelt’s mother, be
fore the Master Machinist from the
Bast came upon the scene, things
might have been otherwise.
Now that eGorgia has a chance to
furnish another President, who if
not eGorgia born, at least lived in
the Empire State of the South in
the good old county of Cobb, city of
Marietta, let’s get busy with our
friends and at the Presidential Pre
ferential Primary cast our ballots
for the distinguished former Cab
inet Member William G. McAdoo.
As a native Georgian, Mr. Mc-
Adoo hopes to attend the homecom
ing celebration in Cobb county, to
which he has been invited. It i: this
desire, also, to visit Milledgeville,
he scene cf his boyhood, and there
deliver an address.
The former cabinet officer out
lined these desires in a telegrmn re
ceived Tuesday morning by Thomas
J. Hamilton, of Augusta, who ha
been elected state chairman of the
McAdoo For President Club of Geor
gia. Mr. Hamilton plans to open
headquarters in Atlanta immediate
ly, and announced that an active
campaign will be waged in Mr. Mc
adoo’s candidacy.
Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 22.—M.
A. Dinsmore, Birmingham attorney,
who is opposing Oscar W. Under
wood and L. B. Musgrove in the pre
ferential presidential primary, de
clared for William G. McAdoo as the
Democratic nominee in a speech
here last night, McAdoo is the only
Democrat who has a chance to de
feat President Coolidge and should
have the support of the Alabama
delegation, Mr. Dinsmore said.
CLARKE COUNTY
TO PAVE 4 MILES
Athens, Ga.—Clarke county will
get the $30,000 for her roads claim
ed due from the State Highway De
partment, which was the main topic
of discussion at a conference here
recently between local aad state
highway officials.
The money will come in the na
ture of additional paving and means
that the Bankhead highway wi'l be
hardsurfaced through the county,
the first project to be added to the
stretches'already improved to he to
wards Bogart and to extend to the
Oconee county line.
Agreement to this effect was
reached last week when a second
conference was held in Atlanta by
the local commissioners and the
state highway officials.
As a result of the conference it
was agreed for the state, county and
Federal aid to pave four and one
half miles of this highway in Clarke
county as soon as Federal funds are
available which will be about July
first.
The first hard surfacing to be
done will he to carry the Athens-Bo
gart road from the end of the im
provement beyond Mitchell bridge to
the Oconee county line four and
one-half miles. The project towards
Danielsville will be taken up later.
With the completion of this pro
ject and of the projects already un
der way a hard surfaced road is as
sured from Atlanta to Aithens with
the exception of the strip between
Lawrenceville and Winder, to Bo
gart. This last with Barrow county’s
help, we hope will soon be one of
the projects under consideration.
Courts Established by Juvenile Pro
tective Association Helps to Re
claim Many Delinquent Children.
Atlanta, Ga., January 21.—Child
welfare workers in Atlanta today
expressed great gratification over
the records of juvenile courts, as
set forth in figures received here
from the National Probation Asso
ciation, and which, they claim, bears
Out remarkable re.Tcrlts done by the
Juvenile Protective Association in
the south.
Figures, now being analyzed show
that 200,000 children under eighteen
years of age, passed through the
juvenile courts of the United States
last year. More than 75 per cent of
the children were placed on proba
tion and given an opportunity under
proper supervision to prove that
they were not basically bad and 80
per cent of those placed on proba
tion made good.
Establishment of juvenile courts
in Atlanta and in many other cities
during the last few years has been
largely due to the work of the Ju
venile Protective . Association, of
which Rev. Crawford Jackson is
general secretary, with headquarters
in Atlanta. It is stated that all but
two states in the union, Maine and
Wyoming, provide for specially or
ganized juvenile courts with proba
tion work as a cornerstone.
In addition to its work of estab
lishing juvenile courts and the pro
bation system, the Juvenile Protec
tive Association has recently
launched a movement of the building
of the Republic of the South, an in
stitution for wayward boys and girls.
One hundred thousand dollars will
be raised for necessary buildings
and other equipment. The site ol He
institution, or model village, as it
has been called, will be at Ben Hill,
in Campbell county, fourteen miles
from Atlanta. It covers 103 acres.
Soda and Calcium Arsenate at Cost.
Because of the uncertain legisla
tive situation and the opposition in
many quarters to the aid offered to
the southern cotton farmers, it is
considered doubtful at the national
capital that action can be secured
by congress on legislation for sell
ing farmers at cost supplies of ni
trate of soda and calcium arsenate.
Measures on the subject are before
both the national senate and the
house. Senator W. J. Harris intro
duced a bill calling for a revolving
fund of $10,000,000 to be used and
it is now before the senate commit
tee on agriculture. A similar bill
was istroduced in the house by Con
gressman C. H. Brand, of the eighth
Georgia district.
It will be recalled that the revolv
ing fund bill passed the senate at
the last session but failed in the
house in the closing days. It was
first proposed to sell only nitrate c*
soda, but Senator Harris amended it
to include calcium arsenate.
Require Record for Child Birth.
Is your child’s birth recorded?
It is important that it should be.
To prove his age and citizen >hip.
To prove his right to go to school.
To prove his right to work.
To prove his right to an inherit
EMORY STUDENTS
BANQUET HERE
The Emory University students
hied abanquet at the Hotel Ewing
in Lawrenceville on the evening of
the 25th and organized an Emory
University Alumni Association for
Gwinnett county.
Dr. W. F. Melton, Professor of
English, of Emory University, was
present and delivered an address to
the body in which he spoke of the
growth of Emory and the extensive
work it was doing. His address was
very much enjoyed by all present.
Professor H. P. Meriwether,
County School Superintendent of
Gwinnett county; gave us informa
tion regarding the public schools,
spoke of the needs of our public
schools, and his talk was enlighten
ing.
Mr. Sam G. Brown spoke of the
need for better rural schools and
better country roads, this being the
only solution to better conditions on
the farm.
All present gave short speeches
which were both instructive and
helpful, and the evening was spent
most pleasantly. It was agreed by
all that the country needed consoli
dated schools with good teachers
for different grades.
Thosep resent were Mr. W. T.
Tanner, Prof. C. O. Stubbs, Profes
sor M. C. Austin, Dr. W. F. Melton,
Mr. Sam G, Brown, Rev. M. A.
Franklin, Rev. Adrian arwick, Prof.
H. P. Meriwether, and Mr. Dean
Rogers.
Officers were chosen for the Em
ory University Alumni Association
of Gwinnett county for the ensuing
year as follows: Mr. Sam G. Brown,
president; Rev. M. A. Franklin,
secretary and treasurer.
Madison Officers Believe Ring Deal
ing in Stolen Cars and Liquor Is
Operating With Oconee as Base.
Madison, Ga., January 23.—Infor
mation gained from auto thoft sus
pects here today, in the opinion of
local officers, explains in part what
has been done wiin many of the au
- tomotritesf stWteTr'tfi •Atra'fiMTYe’t'efifryr
A negro, a white man, and five white
youths are held in Morgan county
: iil here as the result of activities
of local officers last night, and the
sheriff was in search of more sus
pects today.
According to the prisoners, cars
are stolen in Atlanta by twos. Thte
cars are driven to the lower section;
of this county to a community known
as Strattonville, on the Oconee river
between Morgan and Greene coun
ties. There one of the cars is traded
for a load of whisky for the other
one, which then is returned to At
lanta, the liquor disposed of. another
ca. stolen, and the two b.'/.ighY
back to the river .'or' another trsn*
action. Officers here believe that
this practice has been going on for
some time.
About 4 o’clock Wednesday morn
ing, a negro, Alonzo Lee, claiming to
be from Atlanta, inquired here for
material with which to fix a punc
tured tire. The night police became
suspicious and went to look for the
car. They found a Ford with “city
of Atlanta 125” 1 painted on it. Two
white boys in it at that time fled
and escaped. In the car were found
eighty-five gallons of liquor. The
negro told officers that more cars
could be found in the Strattonville
section.
Officers went there and seized two
practically new Ford cars, one tour
ing and one roadster, one man and
five boys. Grady Kines gave his
home as Loganville, Ga., and the
others, Henry and Paul Johnson,
Thomas Bradley, Frank Mills and J.
Gurley, said they lived in Atlanta.
Gurley, who had a revolver on him,
gave his age as thirty-four, but the
others are boys about eighteen years
old.
FOUR CENTS FOR S2OO 000
Liverpool.—A Liverpool business
man lent $2000,000 to a German be
fore the war to start factories has
been repaid with marks actuall worth
4 cents.
SEND US YOUR JOB WORK
ance.
To prove his right to marry.
To secure his right to a widow’s
pension.
(Provisions of birth registration
laws.)
The law requires that the baby’s
birth be reported by the physician,
the nurse or midwife to the health
officer, who reports it to the stute
board of health. If you are not sure
that this has been done, call on the
health officer and if no record, he
will furnish y„u with the necessary
blank. It is not too late at any time
and may be very important for your
child in the years to come.
TWICE-A-WEEK
MRS. HUGHES IS
FIFTH WOMAN
TO HANG IN GA.
From Atlanta Constitution.
Mrs. Ida Hughes, condemned slay
er of her aged mother-in-law, the
fifth white woman in the history of
Georgia to receive the grim verdict
of death on the scaffold.
Should the sentence be carried in
to execution, she will be the third
white woman in criminal annals of
the state to pay the supreme penal
ty for murder.
Of the four women who have been
condemned to death, two have been
convicted and sentenced in Fulton
superior courts within the past two
years. Prior to that time, no white
woman in Georgia had incurred the
death penalty since daysp rior to the
civil war.
Records of The Constitution show
that in the entire criminal history
of Georgia, only two white wounn
have been hanged. They were Mrs.
Polly Barclay, of Wilkes county,
who met death sometime between
130 and 150 for the murder of her
husband, and Susan Eberhart, of
Webster county, who paid with her
life for conspiring with a man nam
ed Spann to kill his wife. The two
choked the woman to death, and the
Eberhart woman was hanged just
prior to the civil war.
Another case of a white woman in
Georgia, who has heard the dread
sentence, is Mrs. Cora Lou Vinson, of
Atlanta, who, on March 30, 1922,
drove in ataxieab to the Marietta
street drug store of her husband, Dr.
W. D. Vinson, and shot him to death
in broad daylight.
Mrs. Vinson came to trial in Mayv
1922, and on June 4 of the same
year was found guilty without re
commendation. She was sentenced
to hang on July 2, 1922, by Judge
John D, .Humphries.
A peculiar feature iiri aonnection.
with the Vinson ‘ease was that So
licitor eGneral Jhon A. Boykfft’ and
Assistant Solicitor Ed Stephens did
. uMLJidkJ-feS, alty. saucuoir
Boykin stated to the jury that he
“had never asked that woman Ibe
hanged and would not do so in this
case” despite his belief that the
crime was cold blooded and pre
meditated.
Despite this fact, however, the
jury returned a verdict of first de
cree murder, ignoring Mrs. Vinson’s,
claims that her husband had cruelly
mistreated her for 19 years, that he
had made her adope fiend and hac
caused her to contract a social dis
ease, and that he had made her the
victim of malpractice on five oc
casions.
Mrs. Vinson appealed her 'case to
the supreme court, which declined
to interfere with ihc decision of the
lower court. Prior tc the date of her
execution, the death sentence wa*
commoted to life, imprisonment by
Governor Thomas \\. Hardwick, and
the is now serving time at the state,
prison farm at Millvdgeville-
Still another condemned Georgia
woman who has escaped death by the
noose was one Kate Southern, who,
in a fit of jealousy, cut the throats
of a young woman at a dance at the
foot of Sharp mountain in Jasper
county about 1877.,1t is said that
the slain girl was receiving atten
tions from the Southern woman’s
sweetheart when the trqgedy oc
curred.
The Southern woman was tried
and condemned to death, but wom
en all over the nation became inter
ested in her case and plied the then
governor of Georgia with lengthy
petitions for commutation. Her sen
tence was changed to life imprison
ment, and it was stated that Henry
W. Grad’s writings in The Constitu
tion figured prominently in the ac
tion cf the governor.
Records are also available to show
that at the beginning of the civil
war a negro woman was executed
by law in Marietta, Cobb county,
but details of the case ar t not at
hand.
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MAN MUST NOT RIDE
IN AUTO FOR 12 MONTHS
Rome, Ga.,—On a plea of guilty in
superior court to the charge of dirv
ing an automobile while intoxicated
and being drunk on a public high
way, Roy Harris was sentenced to
seven months on the chaingang, and
John Goodwin was put on probation
for twelve months under orders not
to take a drink or ride in an auto
mobile during that time. He is also
to pay the probation officer $5 a
week during his probation.
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NUMBER 28.