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TWICE-A-WEEK
VOLUME 53.
DENVER READY
TO ENTERTAIN
.KIWANIANS
Denver, Col.—A giant pageant
portraying the old west and depict
ing the early Spanish history of t ol
orado will be one of the outstanding
features of the big international
conclave of Kiwanis Clubs to be held
here June 16 to 19. Representatives
will be in attendance from all of
Georgia’s 43 Kiwanis Clubs, coming
by special train.
Big plans are already taking defi
nite shape for this “million dollar”
eighth annual international conven
tion, it is announced, and more than
6,000 delegates and visitors from all
parts of the United States and Can
ada are expected to attend.
Twenty-five special trains have
been chaptered already, according to
convention headquarters in Denver.
The twenty-fifth train will bring a
quota of delegates from the lower
part of Mississippi. In the way of
accomodations, contracts for 2,600
rooms in 69 Denver hotels have been
made to take care of the conven
tionites and their wives and daugh
ters, who will come here represent
ing Kiwanis Clubs in 1,180 Ameri
can cities.
MR. JAMES A. RVLEE
IS BURIED AT BUFORD
"’Buford, Ga.—Funeral services for
Mr. James A. Rylee, who died here
Thurssday afternoon, were held at
the Baptist church Saturday morn
ing.
Mr. Rylee was 67 years of age
and one of the oldest and mosi high
ly xjiuected rftigrM of this section.
He was an employ* of the Bona Al
len, Inc., tannery for » number of
year* Besides his w:fbe is sur
vived by three cbi'dren, Mrs. Y*\ A.
Hope, of Buford: C. I. Rylee, e* Bu
ford, and F, B Rylee. of Atlanta.
Interment wa» in f bt city cemetery.
HEARD COWNTY CITIZEN
LOSES ItO.SOO FROM HIS
TRUNK SAVINGS BANK
Franklin, Ga.—J. I*. Sheßnut, one
of the oldest citaaens of Heard
county, has had SIO,BOO stolen from
him. He had an iron box in his trunk
where he kept his money. Sunday,
he went to count it and the bottom
had been taken out al»d no money
was to be found. Mr. Shellnut is a
man who does not believe in keeping
his money in banks. The money was
the savings of a lifetime.
y&u Meed Mot Mtil
by UlMi Hadletj x
Frank C. ESblet, from Gallon, Ohio, had every right to —hi
didn't. Riblet’s father owned a store In Gallon and couldn’t mil
it pay. His family were iii abject poverty. Taken from school whe
a small child he started as a freight train coupler in the yards i
Gallon. Then he became a vender of candy on a train from ('result
to Indianapolis. Next he fired a locomotive and then became an eng
neer. holding his Job eleven years. He built a shanty to live in an
spent half of each night studying how to make more money, an
starving himself to save every penny.
Then he went to Cleveland and as a free lance tried to sell re:
estate. He hit upon a novel scheme of taking an option on a lot. tradin
the lot for a grocery store, developing the store and selling it. Hi
profits were meagre but they were profits.
With them he bought a half interest in a livery stable, paying
down. He found himself handicapped by a competitive livery mai
so with three city lots bought on option he traded them for his con
petitor’s business and gave him notes in addition. With the profit
from both stables he took up the options and bought more real estat
on option. Then Riblet took a 99-year lease on land next to a big hote
erected a five-story livery barn and doubled his income.
When his wife’s health failed he sold out and went to Arizona
living there three years, then returned to Cleveland. He made plan
to erect the finest garage in town I ut stopped to have his picture taker
Becoming interested in photography lie went across the street, rente
a store, hired the photographer’s clerk who had waited on him, to ru:
it, and started to do business. It 1 ecame necessary for him to hire si.
assistants.
Recently Riblet became interested in Texas oil wells. He strncl
oil the first shot at T3OO feet. He used a peculiar argument in securin)
capital. He impressed upon each investor that the risk they ran wai
great. He suggested that each oDe put in only what he could assort
to lose in case of failure.
Today Riblet is a well preserved man of seventy-one. •od is wortl
one million dollars.
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Jlin Tinker's got a thoughtful spouse—
a reg Tar gem, old Jlra declares ; whenever
Jim's around the house, he's one of her
•special cares. She criticizes how ha
chews, an’ hates to see hiß whisker* grow
—She fusses lots about his shoes. —she
likes to see 'em shine, ye know. She loves
to see her hubby work, and bring the
toothsome baoon in, but he must eet it
with his fork, and not spill gravy on hts
chin | She notices if on Us breath there
ain't the scent of new-tnown hay — why, It
truuM pester me to death to bresh my
teeth atx Oaves a day! . . . Jtm likes to
m 4 the paper some—of evenin'* la hie
■•chain chair, —till she suggests he get the
amah, an' rake the straw-seed from his
hair. . . . She recommends a chilly bath
aaah Bight adore ha bit* the hm —and
ngfctam a?pbaw at truth, on bow ha
atevg his close away. ... I’ll my thm
am m Maal pair, atfeetjonate—aa’ rightly
matsl . . . There wouldn't be ne dlacem
there, If the could keep Jim regulated.
7' se News-Herald
LAMAR JACKSON
ELECTED BOARD
County Commissioners T. L. Har
ris and J. D. Miller on Monday,
April 14th, elected Mr. Lamar Jack
son to fill the vacancy on the board
of commisioners caused by the death
of his father, Hon. John K. Jackson.
This selection will now go to Gov
ernor Walker, who will issue the
commission for same.
Lamar Jackson is a well known
young man of the county and has
worked with the county in various
capacities during the past three
years. He lived with his father and
mother near Prospect church and
farmed there.
The board is to be congratulated
ni being able to secure so capable
a man to fill this vacancy.
UNCLE BERRY MEWBORN'S
SEVENTY-SEVENTH BIRTHDAY
On Sunday, April-otn, the children,
nieces, nephews and friends of Mr.
Berry Mewbo.i assembled at his
he me near Duluth, in honor cf his
scvi nty-seventh .birthday. This Was
indeed a pleasant miss on for all who
attei ded, and especially a lovely day
for “Uncle Berry, ’ is 1 e is better
known.
Mr. Mewborn v. as burn April Mi*,
1847, in Elbert county, Gr.., and came
to Gwinnett county January 1. 1851,
and here he has been a resident since
a child of four years. He is one left
who remembers the days of 1861-
1865, and the hardships of the recon
struction days and years, that fol
lowed the war between the states.
Even though Mr. Mewborn has
been in feeble health for the past sev
eral years, having suffered the pains
of paralysis, from which affliction he
is practically an invalid, he still re
tains the spirit of life in which he has
lived, that contented with whatever
befronts him, always jolly, and a
smile for all who meet with him.
It was a great pleasure for him to
honor his seventy-seventh birthday and
he expressed a desire that he might
be spared to see many more, and
those who. met with him on oc
casion might be with him again.
A regular picnic lunch was spread
out in the open sunshine and as the
day neared its close, all wished him
many happy hours, and returned to
their respective homes, hoping to be
with him again in 1925.
Willie’* iVewpoint
Willie finds it much easier learn*
ing figures than letters.
“What is that?” asked the teach
er, pointing to the letter B.
“That,” replied W’illie proudly,
“is justs 13 jammed together.”
( comb -ruen \
V ‘•ato*. out o' J
$20,000 STATE
CLUB CAMP
Realizing that a State Club camp
for club boys and girls ideally situ
ated and splendidly equipped was
sorely needed Dr. So.ule talk
ing to his friends about it and in
terested Mr. John J. Wilkins, a lead
ing banker of Athens, who agreed to
give the firsts $5,000.00 toward
building such a camp on the campus
of the Georgia State College of Ag
riculture, Athens, Ga. Additional
funds were given by other friends
of club work so that now a $20,-
000.00 State Club Camp is assured.
This fund will be used in erecting a
large modem camp building that will
acomodate 200 people at a time.
This camp will be open during Au
gust to the club boys at actual cost
of operation.
Last year seventy-five club lpoys
from this county spent a week at
the eGorgia State College of Agri
culture camping in tents, and this
year we expect to have enough boys
to occupy all the space allotted to
this county.
Boys are now being enrolled in
the Cotton, Corn, Pig, Hay and oth
er clubs. Any boy desiring to enter
the club between the ages of eight
and eighteen should mail me his
name and address stating what
clubs he wishes to enter and in
struction will be furnished him at
once,
A number of free trips to the In
ternational Livestock Show at Chi
cago are being offered as prizes as
well as $25.00 scholarships to the
short course, and free trips to the
Southeastern Fair school conducted
for aweek and other cash prizes.
Those interested should write me at
once.
Yours very truly,
A. G. ROBISON,
County Agent.
Slonth Holds Special Interest for Ma
sons—ltems of Unusual Significance
and News Value.
>lany Masonic lodges were foamed
in the continental army. They were’
known as army lodges and followed
their respective regiments throughout
the war. In most instances the mem
bership was limited to men in the
sendee. Lafayette and many other
famous men of revolutionary times
were raised in these lodges.
The lodges that flourished during
the American revolution received
many heroes into membership during
the month of April. Army lodge No.
2", which was warranted April 27,
1780, by the grand lodge of Pennsyl
vania for the Masons of the Maryland
line, had for its first worshipful
master General Mordecai Gist. Gen
eral Gist became a Mason in lodge
No. 16 of Baltimore, Maryland, April
25, 1775. The first senior warden
of Army lodge was General Otho Hol
land Williams, who had served as
junior deacon of American Union
Military lodge at the camp in Rox
bury, Mass.; the first junior warden
being Major Archibald Anderson,
who was probably made a Mason in
American Union Military lodge. This
lodge, which had its inception in
April, 1776, had on its rolls as origin
al member such names as Colonel
Joseph Hoyt, Major General Samuel
Holden Parsons, and Captain William
Hoyt Captain Elias Stilwell, of the
3rd Connecticut battalion, was made a
Mason in this lodge April 21, 1779.
These men were from Connecticut.
Colonel John Parke, of Philadelphia,
was also an original member.
St. Andrews lodge of Boston, re
ceived Dr. John Warren into member
ship on April 18, 1777.
Captain Joseph Davis, who was
killed at the battle of Wyoming on
April 23, 1779, was later buried Ma
sonically by Military lodge No. 19, of
the Pennsylvania artillery.
General Benjamin Chew Howard, of
the American war of 1812, was raised
a Mason in Cassia lodge No. 45, Bal
timore, Maryland, in April, 1813. He
later became grand secretary of the
grand lodge of Maryland, and then
grand master, in which capacity he
served from 1824 to 1841.
lUF ;
i iffef
Brigadier General Nicholas Herki
mer, the hero of Oriskany, was raised
in St. Patrick’s lodge No. 8, Johns
town, N. Y„ April 7, 1768.
Columbia lodge No. 91 of Philadel
phia had the celebrated portrait
painter John Neagle as its master in
the year 1841 and 1843. He became a
member of this ■ lodge • in 1839 on
April 22.
Robert Newman, sexton of Christ
church, the man who hung the signal
lanterns in the steeple the night of
Paul Revere’s ride, was a member of
St. Johns lodge, Boston.
James Knox Polk, eleventh presi
dent of the United States, became a
Royal Arch Mason April 14, 1825, in
Lafayette chapter, No. 4, Columbia,
Tennessee. He received Masonic
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1924.
i COUNTY FARM
PROBLEMS UP
Meetings have been arranged in
different parts of the county for the
next fifteen days to take up the
Farm Program that was adopted by
the Gwinnett County Advisory
Board at the first meeting they held
with the Lawrenceville Kiwanis Club
some time ago. At these meetings
farmers of county who have been
unusually successful will be present
to discuss the methods they used in
the' different lines of work. All
meetings will be held at night and
will not be long. The meetings are
as follows i Hopewell, Tuesday, April
15th; Oak Grove, Wednesday, April
16; Dacula, Thursday the 17th; Du
luth, Friday, the Ith; Suwanee, Sat
urday, 19th; Centerville, Monday,
21st; Hog Mountain, Tuesday, 22nd;
Oakland, Wednesday, 23; Glcver,
Thursday, 24; Graysion, Friday, 25;
Lilburn, Saturday, 2sth; Five Forks,
Monday, 2th; Zion ' Hill, Tuesday,
29th, Snellville, Wednesday, 30th;
Harris Academy, Thursday, May Ist.
At these meeting's we will have a
general discussion of farm prob
lems with a number ©f leading farm
ers present who have made a suc
cess in some line of work to give his
experience and it is hoped a good
attendance will be at each place.
A. G. ROBISON,
Cbunty Agent.
FOR RENT OR SALE.
Good six-room hqtose, with bath
and all conveniences, on nice Perry
street east front lot .for rent or for
sale on easy terms. .See
R. SMITH,
a2lc Lawrenceville, Ga.
LOST.
LOST —Between Lawrenceville and
Atlanta one 30x3% Royal Cord Cas
ing, tube and rim. Reward for re
turn to J. J. BAGGETT,
a 14c LawrenccviTle. Ga.
—
Maybe He kteul It
Doctor—“ Well, Mr. Johnson, how
are you today?"
Mr. Johnsop—."Much better sir.
The oply thing now is my breathing,
sir.” I
Doctor( in a- force of habit tone)
“Yes-yes, well, we will have lo see
if we can’t do something to stop
that.”
burial.
Joseph Brant, the Mohawk Indian
Chief Thayendanega, was made a Mu
son in London on April 26, 1776. His
certificate was signed by James Hasel
tine, grand secretary of the grand
lodge of England. Joseph Brant res
cued John McKinstry from being
burned at the stake, after McK iistry
had given the Masonic sign.
The famous {relic explorer, Elisha
Kent Kane, took the Masonic degrees
in Franklin lodge No. 134, Phila la!
phia, on April 13, 1853. His father
Dr. John K. Kane, had been Master
of this lodge in 1825.
Rob Morris, American author and
poet laureate of Freemasonry, be
came a member of Oxford lodge No.
33, Oxford, Mississippi, in April,
1846, at the age of twenty-seven.
He was a most zealous and distin
guished circuit rider in the cause of
Freemasonry in the south and west,
covering thousands of miles on horse
back to visit lodges, in the days be
fore railways. ‘-■M
On Sundays he addressed the people
in churches or school houses upon
“Freemasonry as Identified with
Bible Truth.” In each village he held
one meeting at which the women
were allowed to attend, which was the
inception of the Eastern Star of
America.
William J. Florence, celebrated
American actor, was a member of Au
rora Grata lodge of Perfection, Brook
lyn, New York. The records of Au
rora Grata consistory show that the
Lodge of Perfection held a special
meeting at the Metropolitan hotel on
.Sunday, April 21, 1867, at 2 o’clock
in the afternoon, to confer the ineff
able degrees upon Brother Florence,
who was about to depart for Europe.
When he returned from this trip
Brother Florence brought back moni
torial, historical and explanatory
manuscripts which were used in
founding the Ancient Arabic Order of
the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine in the
United States.
April 28 has an interest for Masons
in that on that day in the year 1737
Frederick, Prince of Wales, was initi
ated a Mason by Dr. Dessaugliers,
the famous Masonic scholar, at Castle
Kew. This ceremony has an added
interest for Americans because Lord
Baltimore (Charles, Fifth Lord Balti
more), proprietary governor of Mary
land from 1715 to 1751, inclusive, was
present. Lord Baltimore was a Ma
son and was the first of the protes
tant line of the family. „* ■
MONTHLY CROP
REPORT FOR
GEORGIA
Two great contrasts are presented
by the cyop report released today by
the local statistician of the Georgia
Cooperative Crop Reporting Service,
a union, State, Federal and College,
agency. The outlook for the apple
and peach crops is the best that has
ever been recorded. Correspondents
of the Bureau now expect 86# of a
full peach crop and 87% of afull ap.
pie crop. While it is yet too early to
forecast the crop with any certainty
there is little doubt that peaches will
surpass anything on record, unless
unusually unfavorable conditions en-
sue.
To offset this splendid prospect,
we have one of the poorest small
grain crops we have had since 1918.
After assessing the damage done by
the winter freezes, it is found that
oats will be very much less than half
usual, and that both wheat and rye
are far below any recent year.
A jump of 20% in the early Irish
potato acreage has occurred. For
many years Georgia has grown some
thing over a thousand acres of early
commercial Irish potatoes . These
were chiefly grown in the Savannah
section, but this year quite a num
ber of other counties in the coastal
plain, such as Thomas, Brooks, Col
quitt, Coffee, Pierce and Glynn, will
have considerable acreage.
In addition to this, correspondents
report that many north Georgia
counties, such as Polk and Carroll,
will have a material amount of first
early Irish potatoes. The condition
of the crop is somewhat below usual
on account of unfavorable weather,
but is now improving.
Luxomni, Ga., R. J, April 4
News-Herald, Lawrenceville, Ga.:
Will you please announce in your
paper that the Woman's Missionary
Society of LoganviUe will present a
play at the Snellville school audi
torium Tuesday night, April loth.
The proceeds will be given to the
SneHville Methodist church __
The subject of the play is “The
Dutch Detective” and directed by
Mrs. J. R. Garnett.
Come every body and help a wor
thy cause and get lots of fun.
R. L. SHELL.
THE CANDIDATE.
When he first decides to make the
race,
And better his condition in life,
He greets every man and looks him
in the face,
And ask about the family and the
wife|
“Howdy do, Bro. Smith! Howdy do,
Bro. Jones;
I’m delighted to shake your hands;
I’m running for office and feel it in
my bones
That I’ll be the successful man.”
He tells the voters what a mistake
they’ll make,
“Should you fail to vote for me;”
He’s running, he says, for the peo
ple’s sake,
And hopes to make them see.
He’s got a grip in his hand like Her
cules,
And a smile that covers his face;
He tells the folks he’s beund to please
If only he can win the race.
He’s got more friends than all the
rest,
In fact, he’s simply “It;”
And thinks the office deserves the
best,
And he’s the only fellow that’s fit.
He meets the children and shakes
their hands,
How he loves the little tots!
He waves his hat “to beat the band; ’
It\> h.s desire to better their lot.
As the d" y u,aws near his sir'ie
grows crc.-U,
He feels he's Lound to win;
His plans are l.xed —his oppon : i s
over ..wed,
And shakes end shak a again.
.Alas, the diy fjr the ela: ji roii '
’rouv!,
The pe >. a ' u*n out to the po!!*;
The ballots are counted —the winner
is found—
There’s a lot of sick “old souls.”
We know it’s a “fate” that some must
meet,
For all can never win;
But the fellow that can smile in the
face of defeat,
The folks’ll want him to run again.
But the fellow that’s defeated gener
ally pouts awhile,
Even “snubs” his very best friends;'
He has no smile for the little child,
And loses his former grins.
The thing to do, it seems to me,
Is to continue to shake and smile;
And in the by and by the people will
CAA
Bvv|
And the votes will pile and pile.
J. T. JONES,
. : f. , Buford, Ga.
McADOO’S CHANCE IS TO
ABOLISH TWO-THIRD RULE
By EDWARD PERCY HOWARD
Washington.—According to in
formation just received here from
reliable sources, William Gibbs Mc-
Adoo’s forces have in mind plans
which, if it be found wise to put into
operation, will give the “bosses” of
the Democratic National Conven
tion the surprise of their lives.
Mc-Adoo will enter the convention
whh more delegates pledged to his
candidacy than any other aspirant
for the nomination, possibly with as
high as forty per cent of the dele
gates pledged to support him, at his
present rate of winning primaries.
If thia continues, then McAdoo
will be in a strong positio, quite as
strong, in fact, as Murphy, Brennan
and Taggart. His power to throw a
monkey wrench in the manchinery
will be quite equal with others. The
only point is, can he keep it there,
or will the old-timers be able to
stseal his strength and flatten him
out.
The deciding factor, of course,
will be the uninstructed delegates,
and it will be in that arena that the
real circus performance will take
place. The issue will rest on the abil
ity of the McAdoo managers to trade
FREE TRIP TO CHICAGO
FOR COTTON CLUB BOY
MAKING HIGHEST YIELD
Athens, Ga.—C. V. Cunningham,
state boys’ club agent, announces
that the Georgia and the Atlanta
and West Point railroads have joint
ly offered a grand champion free
trip to the National Boys’ and Girls'
club congress at Chicago, to be held
in connection with the International
Live Stock show to the Cotton club
boy producing the most cotton on
one acre of land in counties which
these railroads traverse.
Full rules for the contest may be
had on application to Mr. Cunning
ham. Boys ten to eighteen years old
are eligible. The Cotton dub boys
last year averaged 1,116 pounds of
cotton to the acre.
SEND US YOUR JOB WORK
Actor First to Use *
Psychoanalysis
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Ev-'ryrujHll ovir you,— Weepoviryou,- 6«,butl’mblu*.
Elsie White, Noted Sing
er, Explains Reactions
I
New York City.—“ Psychoa
nalysis was discovered by the first
actor way back in the Garden of
Eden days," declares Elsie
White, who wonders why every
body acts as if all these “isms”,
they talk so much about nowa
days are something new.
‘Believe me, if you couldn’t
dive down into unconsciousness
ind subconsciousness, you
wouldn’t get very, far on the
stage,”- she points out. “You’ve
got to catalog your audience to
see whether you speak their lan
guage or not, and before long it’s
no trick at all to do it success
TWICE-A-WEEK
more skillfully than Murphy, Bren
nan and Taggert.
McAdoo, of course, reeognizes the
fact that neither Wall Street nor
Tammany want him and that con
sequently he will face bitter oppos
ition from New York. He knows,
too, that under the two-thirds rule
he has scarcely a chance to land the
nomination under any circumstanc
es. However, if he can manage to
gain sufficient additions to his back
ing from among the unnstructed
delegates to total 51 percent of the
votes, there is little doubt that be
fore the voting begins the proposal
will be made to abrogate the two
thirds rule and to permit a majority
vote to decide the nomination
The convention by majority vote
can abolish the two-third rule.
If that fight be won, then the
nomination of McAdoo in practically
a certainty.
The master card will be played at
the convention.
If the two-third rule prevails, then
the Taggart-Murphy-Brennan forces
will block McAdoo and, in turn, Mc-
Adoo will have sufficient' delegates
to block their candidate with the
consequent result that a “dark
horse” would be nominated.
OPERALOGUE, "1L THOVA
TORE” TO BE GIVEN BY
WOMAN’S CLUB WEDNESDAY
The regular monthly meeting of
the Woman’s club will be held Wed
nesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.
The operalogue, “II Trovatore",
will be given as an especial feature
of the program for the afternoon,
under the direction of Mrs. Wey
man Gower The Anvil and Soldier's
Chorus will be composed of the fol
lowing young ladies: Misses Jean
nette Harris, Mary Alice Julian,
Elizabeth Pentecost, Frances Haa
lett, Margaret Williams and Lenora
Williams. The soprano aria will be
sung by Mrs. J. L. Exum, while Mrs.
Charles MsComrell will sing tbe con
tralto solo, “Home to Our Moun
tains.”
The public is piost cordially in
vited to be present
fully. People’s eyes give them
away almost always.
“I am singing one song now
that I call the emotional tesV—
‘Every Night I Cry Myself to
Sleep Over You’ it is named. It
is not really as plaintive as the
title sounds, but for all that it
certainly goes down into folks’
hearts and pulls out what’s there.
“The woman whose husband
has the lodge habit, the young
girl who is in love with a mar
ried man and the mother whose
son is on the wrong track—as I
ring 1 look out and sec each
one react. The sentiment in the
sorg and the sound of a sympa
thetic voice combined with mel
ody which brings memories con
stitute a completer probe than *
psychoanalyst could ever devise.''
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