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TWICE-A-WEEK VOLUME 53. GARNER FREED . AND BERNARD FOUND GUILTY Atanta, Ga.—Following announce ment that he would file * motion for a new trial, Deputy Sheriff J. M. Bernard, convicted in United States district court Wednesday for con spiracy to violate the Volstead act and sentenced to two years in the federal prison, furnished $5,000.00 bond late Wednesday' and was re leased. Sheriff E. S. Garner, indicted and tried jointly with the deputy sher iff, was acquitted. The case went to the jury at I:2# e’clock, and the verdict convicting Bernard and freeing Sheriff Garner was reached after a 20-aiinate deliberation. Judge Robert T. Krvin at first sentenced Bernard to a term of two years and six months in the federal penitentiary. Following adjournment of court his attention was called to a provision of section 3? of the penal £><le, which places « two year tern is the maximum penalty, and he re turned to the bench and reduced the sentence six months. Attorneys Branch and Howard, Len B. Guillebeau and the firm of Oakes & Nix, of Lawrenceville, rep resenting the Gwinnett county offi cers, immediately informed the clerk that a new trial for Bernard would be asked. It is understood that Ber nard will contend that the evidence tendered by the government did not warrant the verdict of guilty against him. A sensation was sprung Tuesday when Deputy Sheriff Bennard charg ed that “marked money” which the government alleges was paid to him in exchange for “protection” to “Red” Tosh, alleged liquor runner, had been “planted” on his person. Another development of the day was the dismissal of the case against Deputy Sheriff Howard Gar ner, son of the gheriff, who was named a defendant in the joint in dictment charging conspiracy. On motion of defense attorneys, who argued that the evidence tendered by the government did not involve the younger Garner, Judge Ervin an nounced to thej ury that the deputy would no longer be on trial. The “frame-up” charge by Deputy Sheriff Bennard was made when he took the stand to relate to the jury his story of the events resulting in the indictment. He stated, that he had signed the alleged confession in the possession of the government without reading it. According to the alleged confession. Bennard received SIOO fro Tosh in accordance with an agreement which had the sanction of Sheriff Garner. His story to the jury in the main was a different ver sion. Bennard stated that he had been a deputy sheriff for four years. He first met “Red” Tosh in Lawrence ville, he said, when Tosh told him * that he wanted to haul* whisky through Gwinnett county. “I told him ‘your job is to haul it. but mine is to catch you,” Bennard said. He denied making any agree ment with Tosh, as alleegd by the prosecution. Explain Marked Money. “A few minutes after Tosh left,” he said, “somebody knocked on my door and I opened it. There were three or four men and they rushed in and grabbed me. That man they call Golding put his hand into my right trousers pocket and jerked it out and said, ‘here’s what we want.’ His hand was closed when he put it in my pocket and he knows the mon.ey he .said he found in my pocket was in his hand all the time.” Quizzed as to the alleged confes sion, Bennard said: “Golding told me if I didn’t sign it he would take me to the federal prison right away and I told him I would sign anything as I, wanted to go home. I didn’t write it and I didn’t hear it red be fore I signed it.” Sheriff Garner, who took the stand after Bennard, denied making any agreement with Tosh, as had been al leged by Tosh in his testimony. Fol lowing his arrest, he said, Golding handed him a paper, informed him that Bennard had confessed and that he declined to sign it. He denied that, he had told Bennard he would “back him up.” Sheriff Approached. He said that Tosh approached him with a proposition to permit whisky to* pass through Gwinnett county. “Tosh came to me and said he was going to haul whisky through Gwin nett county,” Sheriff Garner said, “and I said to him: ‘Go to it, young sprout, and if I can I will catch you.” T. E. Stone, of the internal reve nue department, was , called by the The News-Herald ] FIFTEENTH £l’ I. O. O. F. L IS'S*** 1 '.IA TO MEET. ‘ I I The regular semi-annual session of I the Fifteenth division, I. O. O. F. of Georgia will convene with Panola Lodge No. 112, located at Thomp son Mills, three miles west of Brasel ton, on Friday March 14th. All lodges in the Fifteenth divis ion are urgently requested to elect representatives to attend this meet ing. CHARLES H. DRAKE Division Secretary. AGED FATHER FOLLOWS TWO CHILDREN TO GRAVE IN KINGSTON Kingston, Ga.—For the third time in two weeks, death has in vaded the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Rollins, removing first their eld est daughter, Miss Gertude, and son, Baxter, on the game day, and on Sat urday last the aged father passed away, after a short illness with i neu monia. Mr. Rollins had been in de clining health for several years, and was not able to stand the shock oc casioned by the simultaneous loss of his two children* CARD OF THANKS. We wish to express our heart-felt; thanks toeach and every one for their kindness and sympathy toward us during the sad death, and burial of our dear husband, and father. Every deed of friendship has been highly appreciated by. us May God’s richest blessings rest upon each one of you is our prayer. Sincerely, Mrs. John Helton ' *’ and children. KNIFE STUCK IN HEAD Cusseta, Ga.—The spectacle of a man going around over town viith a knife stuck in his head attracted much attention here a few days ago, especially when the knife resisted the efforts of strong men who tried to pull it out. In a fight, Early McLister, a nogro, plunged his knife two and one-half inches into the head of Scrap Franklyn, another negro. He couldn’t pull it back out. Neither could several other men. Finally Franklyn went to a, doctor’s , .office. The physician called in three husky men, and although they put their feet against the negroe’s shoulders, the knife would not budge. As a last resort a carpenter wos called in. With a nail-puller and a block of wood, he managed to prize the blade out. The negro complained little until air struck the wound. He apparent ly has recovered now, showing qp evidence of his unusual experience. Rev. M. A. Franklin Had Charge of the Kiwanis Meeting Friday Night and I'ut on an Excellent Program. An unusually interesting meeting of the Kiwanis Club was held last Friday night, when Rev. Marvin A. Franklin, pastor of the Methodist church, had charge of the program. The general topic for discussion was “The Abiding Worth of the Church,” and five speakers treated the subject from different angles. “The Church as an Ally of Law and Order” was forcefully brought out by Judge N. L. Hutchins. “The Contribution of the Church to Art and Literature” was spoken to by Prof. C. O. Stubbs, who em phasized the fact that the Bible was the basis for all literature. To Mr. C. R. Ware was assigned “The Value of the Church in Ma terial Things,” the speaker contend ing that the church was worth as much to any community as the value of its taxable property. Rev. L. E. Smith, pastor of the First Baptist church, measured up fully to his subject when he dis cussed “The Spiritual Ministry of the Church.” President Quill Samraon closed the debate when he treated the sub ject 'of “Co-operation Among the Churches,” showing that this was necessary both from a moral and ma- terial standpoint. Col. R. N. Holt was welcomed as a new member of the club, and he ex pressed himself as being highly pleased at becoming a member of the order. The members of the Methodist Missionary Society served an ex cellent luncheon. The club will meet again on Fri day night, February 29th, when Mr. J. H. McGee will have charge of the program. government in rebuttal. Stone testified that he was present when the Gwinnett officers were question ed by Golding and denied that Gold ing had been abusive or threatening in attempting to obtain statements from the prisoners. He was the final witness. f / LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1924. 4 VICTIMS ALLIED ANTI-CHRIST SAYS SLAYER St. Petersburg, Fla.—Charged with wiping out the four members of his family, two by two, on dates ex actly one year apart, Frank McDow ell, 19 years old, Wednesday was confined in the Pinellas county jail at Clearwater to await trial in one of the most amazing murder cases in southern criminal records. The youth signed a confession late Wednesday admitting that he shot and killed Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Mc- Dowell, his parents, last night and that he caused the fire in which Ma rion, 18, and Williameteen, 16, his ■two sisters, perished at Decatur, Ga., February 19, 1923. In the story which he repeated three times to Chief of Police Geo. M. Coslick and Chief of Detectives John Trotter, Frank said his mind became “hazy” at times and that during these spells he was obsessed with the hallucinatioti that the mem bers of his family were followers of the anti-Christ. Tracing the origin of these “hazy” spells, Frank said that when he was 12 years old he blasphemed the “Holy Ghost” and that since that time he has been trying to expiate his sin, but he did not explain of wh«t this “blasphemy” consisted When questioned by Chief Cos lick as to whether or not he had com mitted the murder to gain financial ly, his reply was in the negative and he reiterated the statement that the motive was purely religious and he did not realize that the people he was firing at were his parents. John McDowell, the father, was 50 years of age. He was born in Monticello, where he spent his boy hood. During his youth he entered the newspaper business. He was .widely known among weekly news paper circles. He was editor of the Monroe Advertiser at Forsyth, and was later connected with paper at Acworth before acquiring The De- Kalb New Era. He hdd been pro prietor of the Decatur paper for five years when his daughters lost their lives. TO RAISE MONEY TO BUILD SCHOOL AUDITORIUM Buford, Ga. —Buford city council decided, at its regular meeting Mon day night to issue bonds in the sum of $40,000. These bonds will be us ed for the purpose of building a city hall jail, and other public buildings purchasing a fire apparatus and for the erection of a school auditorium. The amount to be expended on each improvement is to be figured out by the finance committee before the next regular meeting night which will be February 18. A number of citizens were present at this meeting of the council and all expressed themselves as in fa\ or of the move to issue bonds for the im provemnets. The move for a fire apparatus-and the auditorium has been on foot for several months and those who- have been aggitaing the question fee] that they have started the bell to moving in the right direction and that soon they will be. rewarded with success. The bond issue will be amply large to build the buildings and to make the improvemnets planed for the water and light system. The entire council seemed to Le in favor s os the issuing of bonds and the only question that could not be decided hastily was the amount to be It is planned for the committee in whoes hands this matter has been est to make the neccessary plans for the isuing of bonds and have the city attorney draw up the ordiance that the matter might be rushed through the council and advertising started for the election. TRAINS, AUTOS, MOVIES COLLARS, TIES AND GUM ALL STRANGERS TO HIM Liberty, Mo. —Gils Bishop, who was 70 years old Sunday, lives in the house here in which he was born and says he has never ridden on a railroad train, an automobile or other mechanical contrivance and has never talked bver a telephone. Mr. Bishop also says he never worn a collar or neck tie and has never chewed gum, eaten ice cream or seen a motion picture. t The aged man has never beheld a building more than four stories high. He has visited Kansas City 20 miles away, only once. That was about sisty years ago. “I never saw any sensd in doing things that are unnecessary,” he explained. SCHOOL MEETING AT CENTERVILLE Last Thursday afternoon there was held at Centerville school house a meeting that marks an epoch in the progress of the community. A few months ago the principal of the school, the trustees, and some of the other patrons initiated a move ment to build a modern school house and equip it with all tilings neces sary in a material way to make an up to date school. The otHhr teach ers and even the school children quickly caught the spirit and are do ing all tha t is within their power ta further the eause. Some prelim inary meetings Were held, in which the movement was indorsed and many pledges in the way of work and material Were made. Some promised to give a certain amount of timber, same agreed to saw the tim ber. and others offered to dress the lumber. Some es the lumber has al ready been laid down on the yard. Funds for the completion of the work will b« raised by methods not yet decided upon. The objects of the meeting last Thursday ware to create, if possible, a little more enthusiasm, to have a good time socially, and, incidentally, to raise a little money to help the project along. Since every candi date announced for county office was specially invited to attend and twen ty-two, I am told, were present; it seemed to some extent like a candi dates’ meeting. About 2 o’clock the school and the visitors assembled in the school house, Principal W. C. Britt having charge of the meeting. Every can didate was by turn called upon for an address and most of them re sponded. Each talk was suited to the occasion and tended to the in spiration of the pupils and to the encouragement of the patrons in their most praiseworthy undertak ing. All thought of one’s race, for the time, seemed to have been en tirely forgotten. The speaking over, all repaired to the playgrounds, where a most high ly interesting game of basketball was played between the High school boys from Grayson and those of Centerville. The game was spirited from start to finish and many skill ful plays were made on both sides, to the delight of the spectators. Before and during the game the school boys and girls were very ac tive in selling tickets for the game, home-prepared candies, peanuts and delicious sandwiches. In this work every child proved a genuine booster for his school. A neat little sum was realized from the sales. The candi dates present were especially liberal in their purchases. After the game the candidates and other visitors were called into the house, seated, and served with hot chocolate and salad 1 sandwiches, as a compliment. When the repast was finished, Candidate Busha, of Bu ford, arose and in a few happy re marks praised the good citizens of Centerville for their genuine hos pitality, their progressiveness, and their rare community spirit and co operation. He proposed that a col lection be taken among the candi dates in appreciation of their kindly treatment. Candidates, Mrs. Hagood, Judge Robinson, Mr. Tom Sammon, in a few complimentary remarks, in dorsed the proposition. Several dol lars were added to the collection al ready mentioned, all of which to taled $84.00. The school at Centerville deserves high praise. The progress that school has made within the past year is remarkable. It has a -large at tendance in the elementary grades taught by three able teachers, and, in addition, has built up a high -school department of nearly thirty pupils, requiring the services of the principal for practically his whole time. The school has outgrown its house. The children are expecting a better house. Even nrw they are experiencing much joy in anticipa tion of a new building. It would be a pity to disappoint them. But they will not be disappointed. Their par ents have already proved their will ingness to make the sacrifice. MISTAKE IN NAME. Through a typographical error the name of Mr. James P. Mason, of Rockbridge, was inserted “James A. Mason” in our last issue in the an nouncement that Mr . Mason would be op the ticket of Mr. N. S. Robin son for sheriff, and we take this rpeans* of <#rrecting same. Mr. James P. Mason is well-known throughout bis section as is Mr. Mel vin A. McDainel, the other gentle man who is running as deputy on this ticket. Tijese men, with Mr. Robinson are making a canvass of the voters of the county and receiving much encouragement. . SEND US YOUR JOB WORK SOUTHEASTERN MID Mm CROP NOTES (Compiled by the local satistician, Z. R. Pettet, from reports of the statisticians in N. C., S. C., Tenn., Ala, Fla. and Ga., covering the period from Feb. Ist to Feb. th, 19- 24. Issued by the Georgia Cooper ative Crop reporting service.) Planting of corn in progress in South Florida. „ Small Grains All small grains vti damage,) b> the January freezes. Oats are in good condition in Florida, but the bulk of the crop of fayy oats was killed outright in Tennessee, Ala bama and Georgia, and badly damag ed in North and South Carolina. Replanting to spring oats is now going on. Wheat was severuly in jured and abandonment in most states is greatest since 1917. North and South Carolina suffered leas than the rest of the southeast. Tennessee barley is in better shape than wheat Rye came through with lees damage than any grain, but was severly in jured in spots. The grain planted by the open furrow method wag the least injured. Tobacco North Carolina is not satisfied with the past tobacco season, and is thinking of replacing some of that acreage with cotton. Tennessee has few plant beds prepared. There are prospects fol- increased acreage n barley tobacco, with “dark types” uncertain. It looks like Georgia will become a major tobacco state this year. Tobaccq is replacing cot ton in large areas in south Georgia as the principal money crop, and several new warehouses are being builti Truck and Gardena Reßplanting is taking place. All truck and gardens killed, except in Florida. The northern edge of Florida is also reporting damage by the cold spell. The planting of Florida spring crops is well under way. Melons are being glanted in central Floriad. Hig prices are now causing much interest in sweet potatoes. There are increases in early Irish potatoes in Georgia and Alabama. There are prospects for increased acreage in truck crops in Georgia. Fruit The conditions of citrus trees is holding up well in Florida. There has been no serious damage from cold. Georgia peaches suffered some slight bud damage. There is extensive planting of Statsumas in Florida and pecans in Georgia. Clovers, Grasses, Pastures Clovers, grasses and pastures were damaged by freezes. Cotton There is a shifting of acreage from tohacco to cotton likely in North Carolina, and from cotton to tobacco, peanuts and truck crops in South Georgia. ■ Live Stock Cold weather and poor pastures and range have resulted in poor con dition in live stock in most of the territory. North Carolina reports optimistically. There is an increase in bogs in some North Carolina counties. Fertilizer Sale lagged in Georgia during January, but are begining to pick up Indications are for greater use of fertilizer in South Carolina, farm ers are laying in supplies in that state. Farm Labor There is a gradual movement of negroes to the north, to Florida and public works. Many reports say that this movement will be increased as soon as spring comes. Some farm hands are returning, but are unsettl ed aird disatisfied. General Farm Condition;. Teh ground has been more*" less frozen all of the time in Tennessee. Farm work is well up in North Caro lina. Georgia and Alabama are be hind, but some plowing is being done now. Considerable work has been done in South Carolina during the past two weeks. Farmers are preparing to use more arsenate in Georgia. Feed is short in Georgia, witah feed sales rising above last year. Z. R. PETTET, Agriculturay Statisticiam V. C. CHILDS, Assistant Agricutltura Statistician MONEY I have several thousand dollars of local money to loan on farm lands. Come to see me at once; money is available right now; first come, first served. M.C.P. S. G. BROWN, Atty., Lawrenceville, Ga. •3RD’ PARTY ISSUES CONVENTION CALL St. Louis, —A resolution adopted Tuesday at the convention of the national conference for progressive political action calls for a convention of “workers, farmers and progres sives” at Cleveland, starting July 4. Delegates explained this action “paves the way” for a third major political party. The resolution sets forth that the convention shall “be for the purpose of taking action on the nomination of candidates for the office of presi dent and vice president, and on other questions that may come before the convention.” SURGENtJs IN BATTLE TO SAVE VICTIM OF TRAIN- BUS WRECK Atlanta, Ga.—Surgeons at the Georgia Baptist hospital Tuesday ware making valiant efforts to save the life of William Harper, enghteen years old, who, with his nine-year old sister, Catherine Harper, was injured Monday morning in the bus train crash in which another sister, Virginia Harper, and a companion, Ruby Brown, were killed at Har per’s crossing, a mile west of Lithia Springs, Ga, The accident occurred in a blind ing fog. Ruby Brown, the daugh ter Mr. and Mrs. Posy Crown, was instantly killed, and Virginia Harper, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nesbit Harper, died while be ing brought to Atlanta. Two Candidates Are in the Running for the Georgia Delegation to the National Convention^—Primary 19. * Atlanta, Ga., February 18.—The name of Senator Oscar W. Under wood, of Alabama, is the first to oe filed with the secretary of the Geor gia state democratic executive com mittee as a candidate for president in the primary on March 19th. This official action was taken by Mr. R. Cuyler Gordon, general manager f&r Senator Underwood’s campaign in Georgia, on Wednesday, the petition being accompanied by a long list of registered white voters from differ ent parts of the state. In a personal letter to Mr. Gordon, Senator Underwood declares that he ■is a thirty-third degree Mason, in good standing, trat he, his wife and two sons are members of the Episco pal church, he having been a member of that chuhch since Ke was eighteen years of age. M .«~ . Senator Underwood is a distin guished citizen of our sister state of Alabama, and has many thousands of loyal friends in Georgia who, ap preciating his . conspicuous service, during twenty-nine years as a mem ber of the national congress, will be glad to rally to his support in the primary on March 19th. Senator Un derwood is known and appreciated as one of the great leaders of his party, as well as one of the foremost states men of his time. His record in the house and senate has been such as to distinguish him as a man of great vision, broad purpose and unswerving devotion to the national welfare at all times. The Underwood committee hopes that the sentor may be able to leave his arduous duties in Washington long enough to make one or two speeches in Georgia before the pri mary in March. A great deal of favorable com ment on the Underwood candidacy has been brought out by a recent declaration of former Congressman Wm. T. Brantley, that “if Underwood can come out of the south with any thing like a general support, his nomination is reasonably certain.” The first public speech in the Geor gia L T nderwood campaign was made by Col. H. H. Elders, president of Friday evening, to a large and en second speech will be made at Mon thusiastic audience. Col. Elders’ roe, Walton county, on Monday, and he anticipates making several other addresses at different points during the campaign. The Underwood campaign in Geor gia is gathering momentum with every passing day, and the senator’s leaders express perfect confidence as to the result on March 19th. McAdoo Entered in Georgia Race. Formal entrance of William Gibbs McAdoo into the Georgia primary race for the presidential democratic nomination was made Saturday when a petition signed by severs# hundred more than the requisite SQO voters and the entrance fee of SSOO was pre sented to Mrs. Bessie Anderson, sec retary of the state democratic execu tive committee. Headquarters of the Georgia cam paign on behalf of Mr. McAdoo, in charge of Miller S. Bell, boyhood friend of the candidate, are located in the Kimball house. SiND US YOUR JOB WORK.' TWICE-A-WEEK « linos. L HARRIS ANNOUNCESFOR REELECTION.,., We publish in this issue the an nouncement of Thomas L. Harris as a candidate at the March primary for re-eection as a member of the board of county commissioners. Mr. Harris, who is now serving on the board and is clerk of same, states that he is making thia race upon the record which we believe is equalled by only a few commission ers of the state in the matter of ecomony and achievement No county in Georgia has more of graded and top soiled roads than Gwinnett, yet it has absolutely no bonded indebtedness to pay taxes upon. All the adjoining counties have made large issues of road bonds, the interest upon which imposes a heavy burden of taxation upon her people. DeKalb has issued fully SIOO,OOO of such bonds, Hall $60,000, Waltott {40,000 and Jackson $40,000 During the present adroinstration over seventy-five miles of Gwinnett roads have been graded and top soiled and in selecting these roads the board has been controlled by the local conditions in the various sec tions of the county. Roads have been soiled with the idea in mind of giving the greatest outlet shore need ed most for marketing purposes and as a matter of convenience to the farmers during the boll weevil years. - It has been the policy of the hoard of which Mr. Harris has so ably served as clerk, to purchase all supplies possible from the farmers of Gwinnett thus keeping many dollars in the county that would otherwise go to the western states. This amount is greater than one jvould suppose being nearly $20,000 fluring the last three years. Convicts being worked under the direction of the board during the three years have been fed an aver age cost of only 25 cents per day and mules at a cost of 47 cents per day. The pauper farm, with twenty two intimates, is being maintained at a rate of $75.00 each per year including the salaries of the keepers. Other departments, such as build ings and bridges, have been kept in excellent shape at a reasonable out lay of money. The financial affairs of the county have been handled in good shape and a Gwinnett county warrent, which once had to be sold, or cashed, at a discount, can now be handled at any bank at par value. This high standard of business confidence is expected to be maintained with the banking industry of the county. It is a known fact that the only way this can be accomplished is by the board of county commissioners keep ing the county out of debt. Among the new proqeets recently passed by the present board for needed improvement is a graded and soiled road from suwanee to the Peachtree road, a distance cf two and one-half miles. This road has been badly needed for some time. Also for the top-soiling of the road from Buford to the Chattahoochee river on the Cumming road. Mr. Harris states that in so far as he is able that it is the intention to give each part of the county a fair dis tribution of the funds of the county ip the matter of road work and other public improvements. Tom Harris takes a great interest in the affairs of the county and has many friends who will be glad to -ee his announcement for re-election. EPWORTH LEAGUE. Song I ove to tell the Story. Scripture Proverbs 3: 13-26. Prayer. Introductory talk Header. “Christian mobilization” Carolyn Pate. ' “Christian education” Lola Hinton. “Some Thoughts of Home” Alvin Hinton. “A girl to her mirror” Julia Morcock “Epworth League recipe” Leader Song Love lifted me. Business. Benediction. Nell Forrester, Leader EGGS FOR HATCCHING Throughbread White Leghorn eggs for hatching SI.OO for fifteen Phone, write or see, MARK FORRESTER 335 Jackson Street Lawrenceville, Georgia. FOR SALE—USED CARS. Several used FORDS at a cheap price. H. P. STIFF MOTOR CO. NUMBER 28.