Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

See Charles Ray In ‘‘R. S. V. P.” At Strand Theatre To-night and Tuesday, April 29th VOLUME 53. COMMITTEES AP POINTED COM MENCEMENT In preparation of the coin'll:: com menc n o, o «■?.. >or the f.llowing com'.i ,; i-5 are appointed from the high schod t.iculty: For Cc-nr- ''.lcement Sunday"—Mi. J. J. Brock and Miss Ruth Willis. The committee will be expected to invite the choirs of the different churches to tak e part with us, and ari. tin' ladies of th: churches to rii in the decoration of the chapei and stage for the sermon on Sun day morning, May 18, 1924, by Rev. J. H. Webb, of the First Baptist church, Monroe, Georgia. Foe Recital and Play —Mr. C. E. Monfort, Miss Willis and Miss Mcßae. At this exercise an admis sion will be charged to help defray the expense of the commencement. For Cla»* Day —Mr. M. C. Austin and Miss Youngblood. For Graduating Exercise*—Super intendent and Miss Youngblood and Miss Ballard. The address to the graduating class will be delivered by Honorable Jere M. Pound, President State Normal School, Athens, Geor gia, The committees will each appoint some ladies of the Parent-Teacher’s Association and others interested to aid in the decorations and arrange ment of the auditorium and stage. The senior class examinations will occur one week before the regu lar examinations. Applications have been made by the class and diplo mas have been ordered. It is planned to have a certificate of graduation of the grammar school department this year, and the delivery of these certificates will be a part of the graduating exercises. C. O. STUBBS, Supt. ATLANTA LAD, 14, OUT TO SEE THE COUNTRY, IS HALTED AT FPJSCO San Francisco.—“ Never saw a doggone cowboy.” That was the lament today from William Thomas Cupp, 14, whose father lives at 77 Winsor street, At lanta, Ga. Bill had “beaten his way” across the continent from Atlanta, riding the “blind baggage,” hitting the brake beams and “footin’” it with three dollai-s as his only asset. “I wanted some excitement,” said Bill “and I saw all sorts of things, but what I wanted to see was some cowboys and I never saw a doggone one.” It looks tough for Bill’s chances of realizing his ambitions, too, for on arrival in San Francisco, he bumped straight into Policeman George Gieman, who wired Bill’s father and the father wired back: “Send him home for his mother’s birthday. Am wiring the transporta tion.” WINDER’S WATER SUPPLY IS J MORE THAN DOUDLED Winder, Ga.—The city council has built another well for the city, thus more than doubling the water sup ply of inder. The new well is 53 feet in diameter and furnishes ample supply for every need. The capacity of the old well has been increased 8,000 gallons making it hold now 68,000 gallons. The new well holds 148,914 gallons. The tank holds 150,000 gallons. Hence, we can have on hand now at all times 306,914 gallons of water. Winder is enjoying cheaper light and water rates than any city in this section, which reflects credit on the management of this department of the city affairs. WOMAN WHO MARRIED AS MAN IS SENTENCED; “BRIDE” ALSO CONVICTED New Britain, Conn. —Ethel Kim ball, who on March 17, under the name of James W. Wilson, was “married” by the Rev. George W. Hill, of this city, to Pearl A. Davie, also known as Ambie P. Hill, was sentenced to five months in jail Saturday on a charge of perjury. Miss Davis was sentenced to thirty days in jail on a charge of suborna tion of perjury. Both pleaded not guilty. Miss Kimball appealed. Miss Davis said she would serve her sen tence. Miss Kimball appeared in court in male attire. Miss Davis admitted having par ticipated in the marriage ceremony with Kimball. She met the latter in Boston, she said, where she was mas querading in male atire to close a real estate deal. Let u* do your Job Work. The News-Herald AM STA:r:"u BUT HONEST Ich sez Si Lovingood sezee 1 thort you wuz gwin write erbout the hon isty of the Prodigal boy. Well, sez i whuts yer hurry. I am aimin to tuch on thet subjic atter while. Well sezee I wont to know whar his sonesty comes in at Well listen Si “And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks the Swin did eat! And no man gave unto him. Hungry, jest starving and no man offered him a bite. Ther husks did not belong to him, he would not take that that did not belong ter him. He’d starve fust, but that is an other side to this. No man gave un to him. He’d gone erway from home. He’d spent all. He had sinned, pos sibly sunkin to ther lowest depths, but no man gave unto him. Not a kind word. No incourggement to do better. Not pertracted meetin time. .You know we git powerfull jealus in hot weather when ther meetin starts. Oh, we kin git up an say we love ever body when ther weathers warm but whin it gits cooler we be gin to change. He wus honest hut he didnt git up and blow erbout it. But what shows most ther kind of stuff hes made out of is this: “Father I liave sinned against hevin and be-* fore thee. 1 am no more worthy to be called thy son. Make me ar one of thy hired servants." Any kind of cr man can sin and do aboinnable thing in ther sight of God and man hut it takes a man with guts in his gizzard ter shell ther corn. Father if 1 have sinned agin you, if 1 have caused you sleep)os nights, if 1 have caused grey ha .* prenntU'V, if 1 have nagreced th.. family i ame I am powerful sorry but I'd like ter have my pV.ce jack in :ke home at the table and with ther same privi lidges. Listin es; es wernt used by that boy at all. He didnt say es I have or es I havnt He was honest to the core and he was willin to make an honest confession. He says I have sinned. I want yer forgiv ness. I am not seekin a high place (may God pity and man who thinks he must have the highest place and no one can fill the highest plate but him) I am willin to take the lowest place I am willin to eat with the servant. Oh just let me be near you and ther old home and I am willin and will be glad ter take any place you want me to take. And that’s the reason the Father embraced that boy that the rpnson ther best robe was brought forth, and the ring, and the fatted calf and making merry. Ther boy didn’t have any efs in his con fession but said I have. When that boy lost ther joy and happiness of home life, just that place only is where he found it again. And that where we find the joy and Happi ness of a Christian life, right where we lost it and we are bound to lose that Joy and Happiness. Continued under the entitlements of “The Son that Stayed at Home, Pouting and Petted.” ICH. BEAUTIFUL NEW CURTAIN AT SCHOOL AUDITORIUM On last Thursday morning, quite a large crowd of patrons and citi zens assembled at the school audi torium during chapel to view the beautiful new curtain which has just l been completed. Appropriate exercises were held to show the appreciation of same. A representative from the city, the Ki wanis, Woman’s and Junior Clubs, and P. T. A. were asked to make a few remarks. Mr Stubbs represented the school, Mr. Morcock the Kiwanis, Mrs. S. G. Brown the P. T. A. and Mrs. T. A. Smith the Junior Club, all of whom made excellent talks Master John Holland represented the Ist grade, and Miss Dorothy Thompson the 11th. MOTHER S LIFE IS SAVED BY CRIES OF BABY, BUT FATHER GOES TO DEATH Boston.—Two glasses of deadly poison, mistaken for a harmless fam ily remedy, and mixed for head ache relief, were at the lips of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Banker Sunday when their eight months’ old baby commenced to cry. Mrs. Banker set down her glass and went to the child. Her husband drained his, a:,d 15 minutes later was dead. He had taken the supposed medi cine by error from an open pack age of unmarked poison. MEMORIAL SERVICES. There will be memorial services at Rock Springs the first Sunday in May. Everybody is invited to come and bring well filled baskets. LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1924. JOHN R. COOPER DIES OFSTROKE Macon, Ga.—John Randolph Cooper, 69, probably the best-known criminal lawyer in Georgia, whose practice extended throughout the south Atlantic states, and who was a familiar figure in the supreme court of the United States, where he had cai numerous cam**) . «-e», died sudden!,* ! a* .*/ at 3 o’clock at the home of cue of his clients, Richard Hunnic.tt, in Craw ford county. Mr. Cooper’s sudden d.atli came as a shock to friends throughout 'he state, because to most of them it was entirely unexpected. For several months he had not been in the be.-t of health. Last Sunday afternoon he drove to Crawford county, where he had a number of clients. The car broke down and he was forced to remain there until Monday morning when he returned to Macon. Wednesday afternoon he returned to Crawford county to bring the car to Macon "and while there was taken sick. Dr. Cater, of Byron, was called to attend him. He felt better and was preparing to return to Macon, when he fell dead. Death is attribu ted to apoplexy. There probably has been no more striking figure in the legal annals of Georgia than John R. Cooper. Of the most powerful build, an athlete in his college days, he was a figure that attracted attention in the court room. His reputation as a criminal lawyer was built on the never-give up policy that he followed as long as there was a court left to go to He was never willing to admit defeat. Always a defending lawyer, Mr. Cooper participated in some of the most famous criminal cases in the south and on numerous occasions, as those close to him knew, he used his own money to carry on the fight when his clients came to the end of their resources. During his years of practice Mr. Cooper had carried a scone or more of eases to the supreme court of the United States, including 15 capital cases. He had caused the yghest court in the I&nd to hand down five written opinions on constitutional questions and h2d made eight speeches before that tribunal. He was admitted to practice in the Unit ed States supreme court in 1897. The records of his office show he had probably reversed more judges in Georgia than any other criminal lawyer. In 1912 Mr. Cooper was a candi date for congress from the .sixth Georgia district against Charles L. Bartlett, but was defeated. In 1914 he ran for United States semate to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator A O. Bacon, but was de feated. His campaign speeches were classics and whether people agreed with him or supported him in his races, they went to hear him. Born in Lawrenceville, Ga., April 21, 1865, he remained on the farm until he was 21 years of age. He en tered the University of Georgia in December, 1886, and was graduated in July 1890. Coming Id Macon he began the practice of law with the late R. R. Lyon in the summer of 1890. He was made division counsel of the Central of Georgia railroad when Judge Lyon died in 1893, but later gave up the railroad practice and devoted the reinainedr of his career to the defense of the “poOr and oppressed,” as he expressed it. Mr. Cooper was the son of the late Willis B. Cooper and Laura Cooper. He had never married. Surviving are five brothers, W. O. Cooper, Sr., of Lawrenceville, Ga., former mayor of j that city; J. C. Cooper, of New York; C. C. Cooper, «f Atlanta; J. W Cooper, of Sandersville, Ga.; and J. R. Cooper, of Gainesville, Ga.; a sister, Miss Pearl Cooper, of Lawrenceville, Ga. He was associated in the practice of law in Macon with his nephew, W. O. Cooper, Jr., who came to Ma con in 1918 and had been with him ever since. Congressman C. H. Brand of Athens, Ga., and Hon L. M. Brand, of Lawrenceville, Ga., were his cousins. Funeral exercises over the re mains of Mr. Cooper were held at Haynes Creek, near Loganville, Sun day afternoon, many relatives and counties friends being present, the exercises being conducted by Rev, Marvin Franklin, pastor of the Law. renceville Methodist church. USED CARS. Unusual bargains in a few second hand cars; Fords and other makes. H. P. STIFF MOTOR CO., mlc Lawrenceville, Ga. SEND US YOUR JOB WORK COMMENCEMENT AT GRAYSON SCHOOL IS ON Announcement is made that “Class Night” will be held at Gray son High School this (Monday) eve ning at 8 o’clock, The grammar School will present the operetta “Snow White” on Tuesday evening. Graduation exercises will be held on Wednesday evening. All the exercises above outlined will be held in the schol auditorium and start promptly at 8 o’clock. Prof. Herring, assisted by an able corps of teachers, and with the back ing of the people and pupils, has made an enviable record with the school, which is being recognized as one of the best in the country. OMISSION IN DATES OF ROBINSON’S ROUNDS Due to the error of this newspa per, in the dates of Judgi G G. Robinson’s visits to the several towns for the payment of pensions, the Grayson date was lost. Judge Robinson will visit Grayson on the morning of Wednesday, April 29th, arriving there about 10 o’clock. The ordinary goes to Bus ml and Suwanee today (Monday), i« n Nor cross Tuesday morning and Duluth Tuesday afternoon, and to Grayson Wednesday morning and Dacula Wednesday afternoon. After Wed nesday Judge Robinson will be in his office in Lawrenceville. Many pensioners called at the judge’s of fice on Friday and received their checks. Judge Robinson is one of the best officials in Georgia and has always shown his love for the pensioners. THE BANK OF BUFORD IS ERECTING MODERN BUILDING Buford, Ga.— Monday Morning workmen started demolishsing the old building at the comer of Main and Garnett street to make room for the Ban& r 67 Bu?oS\S that' will occupy this corner. The Bank of Buford has let the contract for the building of the building and just as soon as the work of tearing away the building and clearing away of the debris the con struction of the new edifice will be started and will consume several months time before being completed. The new bank building will be a modern three story building with a basement. The basement which will have an entrance on Grant street heating plant of the building. The ground floor or Main street entrance will contain the banking rooms and the offices of the bank. The balance of the building will be made into offices for professional men. SUNDAY SCHOOL RALLY MULBERRY ASSOCIATION I The following is the program of the Sunday school rally, third dis trict, Mulberry association, to be held with Appalachee church, one mile west of Auburn, Sunday after noon, May Ith. 2:30. Devotional, Levi Smith. 2:45. “The Organized Class,” J. C Pratt, of Winder. 3:15. “The Responsibility of Sunday School Superintendents and Teachers,” Rev. L. E. Smith of Law. reaceville. 3:45. “Enlisting the Older Peo ple,” Mrs. Ned Pendergrass, of Jef ferson. 4:15. “The One Greatest Thing That Is Hindering Progress in Our Sunday School Work,” All Superin tendents. Every school, officer and teacher in the district are urgently request ed to attend this meeting and ev erybody is cordially invited LEE ROBERTS. W. A. BREWER, SAM MAUGHON, Program Committee. AMENDMENT ORDINANCE NO. 47. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Council of the City of Lawrenceville, and it is hereby ordained by the au thority of the same, that any person or persons, within the corporate limits of said city, who shall have, keep or maintain for himself or another any dog or dogs and who shall permit the same to run at large on the streets of said city without a muzzle, which shall be approved by the chief of police, shall be deemed an offender and punished as prescribed in Ordinaace No. 1 of these by-laws. Enacted in general council, April 21st, 1924, F. Q. SAMMON, Mayor. H. G. ROBINSON, Clerk. SATTERFIELD IS GIVEN RESPITE Atlanta, Ga.—James B. Satter field, sentenced to hang in Fulton tower Friday, was granted 28 days more of life late Thursday after noon when Governor Cliff Walker signed an executive order respiting him until 10 o’clock Friday morning, May 23. Governor Walker has been study ing the record in the Satterfield case wheneever he has been able to take any time from his other guber natorial duties, ever since the state prison commission refused to rec ommend clemency early last Week. He had been unable Thursday night, however, to complete as exhaustive a study of the case as he desired and therefore granted the 28 day respite in order that he might thoroughly familiarize himself with every angle of the case before finally deciding whether Satterfield must pay for his crime on the end of a rope, or spend his life in the state penitentiary. Satterfield could not be seen Thursday night, as the Fulton coun ty tower, where he is confined, is under quarantine for smallpox. However, he expressed his grati tude in the following signed note: “I am grateful to Governor Walk er, not alone for myself, but for my daughter, who is now in a serious condition in New Mexico.” Satterfield is said to have ex pressed great joy upon being noti fied of the governor’s action, and is confident that he will' yet win his fight for life. Could Have Saved 300,000 Bales. Because Georgia farmers last year failed to administer one more dose of poison to the billion-dollar bug, other wise the boll weevil, 300,000 bales of cotton were lost. This is the opinion of Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president of the State Ag ricultural College at Athens. One more application of calcium arsenate, according to Dr. Soule, would have brought the added fortune to Geor gia’s agricultural wealth, “My neighbors laughed at me last year,” said an Americus farmer. “They said I was poison crazy. I poisoned and kept on poisoning. I begged them to follow my plan. They looked wise, but refused. Now, when picking time came, I had the cotton and laughed. They failed and grum bled. You can tell the farmers that poison does pay—that I made it pay me, and that in the wettest ytar I ever saw. I mean to poison this year and you'll see that I will succeed.” The Georgia state board of ento mology operated a peddler car of cal cium arsenate between Thomasville and Fitzgerald last Saturday over the A. B. & A. road. One is now be ing run over the same noad between Brunswick and Senoia, making all day stops. OFFICER SHOT DEAD MAKING LIQUOR RAID Dalton, Ga., Apr® 24. —After re ceiving information that “Shorty” Gass, county policeman, was shot and killed Thursday while attempting to search the residenoe of Wes Morgan, at Weldon’s Bend, in quest of liquor, Judge M. C. Tarver left Dalton short ly after noon for Gordon county to aid in the investigation. According to information received here, Goss, with a fellow officer, armed with a search warrant to search Morgan’s premises for liquor, entered Morgan’s home and was met by Morgan at the door. It was intimated by officials at Calhoun, Ga., that Morgan and Goss became engaged in an argument and Morgan shot Goss through the head. Morgan has rw»t been found by offi cers, who have been scouring the countryside sinee the time of the slaying. Goss leaves a wife and several children. Who of you woultln’* w.ilic half a blcck to *ave 25 to 50%. You i*n do that by walking down to the Gen era! Implement Co. EBENEZER CEMETERY. The friends and others who are in terested are requested to meet at Ebenezer church on Wednesday, April 30th, for the purpose of cleaning off the cemetery. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thank each and ev ery one that has helped us in our distress of losing our home and con tents by fire on March 27th. Every donation and offer for our relief was highly appreciated. May you never experience what> we have and Heaven be your rewurd. Arbin E. Roberta and family. FOR SALE OR TRADE For anything of equal value, 3 thoroughbred Duroc sows. 2t G. S, PERRY. PIERCE HARRIS ABLE PREACHER Rev. Pierce Harris preach -d his first sermon Monday at 4 o’clock to a large congregation at the Metho dist Church and made a very favor able impression. He will preach throughout the meeting at 4 p. m. and 8 p m. Live song services will be a special feature of the meeting. A large Junior choir will be organ ized early in the week and will add greatly to the attractiveness of the meetings. One of the greatest services held in Lawrenceville in recent years was that of Sunday night when all the churches in town joined in a great union service at the Methodist church. All the churches were well represented and many visitors from out of town were in evidence. Dr. Marion McH. Hull, of Atlanta, was the leader and he, together with men comprising the Business Men’s Evangelistic Cubs of Atlanta and Gainesville put on one of the most helpful services ever held in Law renceville. Well nigh the entire con gregation pledged themselves to ear nest Christian lives, and a very large number consecrated their lives to service in God’s kingdom. The entire community is urged to attend and take part in the revival services. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thank the good people of Gwinnett county for food and clothing and household furnishings that have been given us when we lost all we had when our home was burned. It is our desire to mention those who made up food and clothing for us: T. C. Watkins, W. H. Watkins W. J. Dutton, Carl Ragan, J. W. Moore, May God bless all who have been so good to us is our prayer. Mr. anci Mrs, Marion Holman. DAWSON PAPER HAS NICE WORD FOR COL. S. G. BROWN Col. Sam G. Brown, who is a can didate for congress, is making friends all over the flistiict. An editorial is published in the Cosmopolite, of Dawson county, voluntarily by the editor of that paper who says that Col. Brown is right in his contention about non-taxable bonds. This last February in congress th< Hon. Thomas M Bell voted to keep on issuing nan-taxable bonds, while sue! men as Judge Charles H. Brand, con gressman from the eighth district, voted to stop issuing them. The law failed to pass, as it lacked only eighl votes. In the next congress Col. Sr.n. G. Brown will vote with Judge Brand to help pass this law. This is the greatest issue before tb' American people. Thirty billion dol lars are now outstanding in non-tax ble bonds and millions being issue? all the time, no end or stop to it. One billion dollars is taken away from the farmers each year that should be distributed to them; furthermore they are bearing the burden of taxation and don’t know it. William- Rocke feller died last year, left an estate of $65,000,000, and out of this there was $43,000,000 in non-taxable bonds. Mr. TaJi Payer, you pay what the late William Rockefeller failed to pay, do you get that ? All millionaires are investing their money in these non taxable bonds and robbing the gov ernment out of taxes that should go to help defray the expenses of the government. We are going to stop it at, the polls next September by elect ing congressmen wiTO will go t( Washington and pass the law to stop it, and the voters can depend on Col. Brown voting to stop the issue. The editorial from the Cosmopol ite, Dawson county, is as follows: “Sam G. Brown, an attorney of Lawrenceville, is a candidate for congress against Thomas M. Bell. The editor is not in politics, but he hazards the opinion that Brown would be hard to beat in the district. “Mr. Brown is right in his main contention that government bonds of any kind should pay taxes and Mr. Bell is wrong here. “Millions of dollars are evading taxation in this way. Any man who opposes taxing government bonds is driving money out of business, hoard ing it up, cutting the country out of development, thwarting President Coolidge’s constructive policies, and courting defeat at the polls, Hear us!” It is predicted that Col. Brown will sweep the district in September. NOTICE. I, J, E. Grant, hereby notify, Clark, Press and Charlie Allen and, their families not to bring or hire anyone to bring their invalid sister, Jane, to my house apd leave on my front porch J. E. GRANT, 319 Stewart Ave., a2Be Atlanta, Ga. ISSUED EVERY MONDAY and THURSDAY LIOIIOR HAULER TURNS STREETS INTO SPEEDWAY A few minutes after seven o'clock Tuesday morning, those on the streets were more or less startled and set into a small panic when they heard an automobile come roaring down Main street and upon looking discovered a high-powered roadster closely pursued by a large touring car. This race continued through town and country with occasional firing of pistols until about one mile south of Suwanee, when the lead car went in to a ditch with one wheel broken down. Here it was discovered that the roadster contained 100 gallons of whisky, and was driven by “Chick en” Chastain, of Atlanta and Gaines ville. The second car was manned by Hall county officers, Frank Crow and Jack Hopkins, who were suspi cious of Chastain’s movements, and when they attempted to stop the car being driven by “Chastain” he “lit a shuck” for Atlanta and the chase began, endangering the lives of peo ple and stock on the road and in the towns through which they passed, not to mention the possibility of property damage. Had these automobiles been a few minutes later the streets of Buford would have been lined with school children and others and possibly sev eral deaths would have resulted. The citizens of Buford should de mand of the city authorities that cases be made againsr these three— not only in Buford, but in every oth er town through which they passed and a heavy jail sentence be handed out. Oil top of this a city court accu sation should be sworn out charging Crow and Hopkins with discharging firearms on a public highway. We are law abiding and believe in enforcing the law to the lettar, but there is not a low on the bocks tl permits officers to throw law into discard and break Bevera! other laws in an effort to catch the offender of' another when the incentive is the enhancing of the personal fortunes of the officers—that reason alone is why some of the officers work so dilligently. Mr Mayor and Council should these law breakers hide under a badge and the local offenders feel the sting?—Buford Advertiser. Hal! Deputy Wounded in Accidental Shooting. Gainesville, Ga.—Deputy Sheriff Jack Hopkins is in a local hospital badly wounded as the result of a prank in which he engaged with Frank and Will Crow, also deputy sheriffs. They were on the highway near Flowery Branch waiting for a liquor car and to while away the time began throwing rocks at each other, to demonstrate their expert >- ness in doging the missiles. Finally Hopkins and Frank Crow doubled teamed on Will, who frred his pistol intended to shoot between Hopkin’s feet. Instead the bullet passed through the upper part of Hopkins’ thigh, making an ugly wound. DOLLAR BILLS TEAR TOO EASILY; BUREAU STARTS AN INQUIRY Washington.- —Because the new 1923 series of dollar bills are brittle and tear easily, the treasury depart ment, in conjunction with the bu reau of standards and the engrav ing bureau, has started an inquiry to learn the reason. Widespread complaint against the new bills has reached the treasury. Thousands of dollars a day in these new bills have been fed into the macerator ir. the treasury building because they are torn. Paper money should survive circu lation a year at least, officials say, while many of the new dollars last less than a week. PIE, LIKE MOTHER USED TO MAKE, FILLS JAIL Union Hill, N. J.—Jailer Prank Giler must hang a S. R. O. over his lock-up or hike the matriculation re quirements. Meals that are served in Giler’s prison have gained fame throughout northern New Jersey and bums are willing to travel miles for the privi lege of being locked up. A recent menu included roast chicken, dressing, mashed potatoes, carrots, beans, rice and gravy, peas, fresh corn, coffee and pie. The meals cost Union Hill 25 cents each. NUMBER 46.