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LEADING SEMI-WEEKLY OF
NORTHEAST GEORGIA
VOLUME 53.
MISLAID PETITION
COSTS PRISONER
YEAR OFUBERTY
Atlanta, Ga.—A file of papers,
dust covered and forgotten, have
lain in the office files in the govern
or’s office at the capitol for more
than a year. Because they had been
overlooked, a man has worked as a
convict at the state prison farm at
Milledgeville and on a county con
vict gang for over a year longer
than he would, in all probability,
have had to do.
This situation came to light Tues
day, when W. H. Amerson, of Wil
kinson county, who is serving a sen
tence on a manslaughter charge,
wrote to the state prison commission,
asking what had become of a peti
tion for parole which his legal rep
resentative had filed over a year
ago.
Records at the prison commission
showed a parole had been recom
mended on April 25, 1923. This re
commendation was sent to Governor
Thomas W. Hardwick, who was then
in office. Why he did not act on the
matter, one way or the other, is un
known. The whole thing had been
forgotten in the turmoil of daily bus
iness and the complications of poli
tics.
Tuesday, however, the papers in
the case were found, hidden away
in the files. They show that Amerson
was convicted for killing a man ov
er a private roadway dispute. It was
brought out at the trial that the man
slain was of hasty temper, could not
speak English, but had threatened
earlier to kill Amerson. The latter
was convicted in April, 1919, and
asked for his parole after serving
three and a half years of an indeter
minate sentence of from 15 to 20
years.
A majority of the jury which tried
him recommended the parole, as did
a long list of his neighbors in his
home county; who signed petitions
on his behalf. H was shown that all
the time he has been a prisoner lie
has been a model convict. A relia
ble citizen has stated he is willing to
give him ajob on his release and be
responsible for his good behavior.
All of which means that the chan
ces are he would have been at liber
ty more than a year ago if Govern
or Hardwick had passed on his plea.
It likewise means that when Govern,
or Walker reads the record, he will,
in every probability, grant the pa
rt a.
SAYS TUTANKHAMEN
WAS GOOD ADVERTISER
«
Philadelphia.—King Tutankhamen
as an advertiser of note was des
cribed Friday by Louis Wiley, busi
ness manager of The New York
Times, in an address before the con
vention of the second district Associ
ated Advertising Clubs of the orld.
“Tutankhamen knew the funda
mentals of advertising,” Mr. Wiley
declared. “He had his ownslogar and
coat-of-arms stamped on most of his
belongings. He accompanied his text
with good illustrations, full of life
depicting himself in battle, on the
hunting field, receiving homage
from his enemies.
“He knew what people wanted
and did not go into too much detail,
leaving much to the imagination of
the future. Although centuries ahead
of his time, he knew the value of
mystery and patience.”
Turning to present day advertis
ing, Mr. Wiley praised the alertness
of modern newspapers.
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Brief
Barber (to little boy in chai' 1 ):
“Now, my young friend, how do you
vant your hair cut?"
Boy: “Off.”
Swiss Cows Wrestles for Title
An annual wrestling tourney for cows U held «t Martigny, Switzer
i land, which.!* attended by thousand* of farmers from ail irctions.
' The cows wrestle until on* trots off in defeat. The final winner is
crowned queen and given choice grariny p*- v so on jcsr 1 i.wt.
ahow* the final tussle io- -j- ‘.’'.ie
The News-Hekau)
REV. A. J. WEBB
DIES_AT HOME
Rev. Andrew J. Webb died at his
home four miles from Lawrenceville
on the old Snellville road Monday
morning at 10:30 a. m.
Mr. Webb had been in ill health
for several years being entirely help
less since last Christmas and his
death was not unexpected. He was
80 years of age at the time of his
death and had lived at this home for
over forty years.
He had been a preacher for over
fifty years hnd had served many
Baptist churches over the country.
Mr. Webb had likewise served as J.
P. and N. P. in this county for many
years, and was an honored veteran
of the Confederate cause having
served in the Thirty-fifth Georgia
regiment.
Surviving him are his widow and
five children: Mrs. Eva Sawyer, of
Snellville; A. W. Webb, of Grayson;
J. E. Webb, at home; Mrs. Mae
Langley, of Decatur and Mrs. W. B.
Cooper, of Grayson.
Funeral and interment will be at
Friendship, near Five Forks, Tues
day afternoon at 2 o’clock, Rev. G.
W. Jackson in charge.
MRS. REBECCA RAY.
Mrs. Rebecca Ray, aged 82, died
at the Gwinnett county pauper farm
Thursday and was buried there Fri
day. She was a native of Oconee
county but had been an inmate of
the farm for sixteen years.
WIND, HAIL DESTROY
CROPS NEAR BUFORD
AND UNROOF HOUSES
Buford, Ga., May 29.—High winds
which struck the outskirts of the city
this afternoon unroofed several houses
and hail which accompanied the wind
destroyed crops in this section. Far
mers estimated the damage at sev
eral thousand dollars. All crops
which were above the ground will
have to be replanted. The path of
the storm could not be definitely as
certained tonight.
YOUTH TRIUMPHS,
METHODISTS LIFT
BAN UPON DANCES
Springfield, Mass. —Youth tri
umphed over old fashioned concep
tions of right and wrong here Tues
day when the Methodist Episcopal
general conference voted, by a sub
stantial majority to lift the church
man on amusements and make the
issue one for decision of the individ
ual’s conscience.
While grave faced delegates fin
ally voted to banish the old law
which forbade a Methodist to dance,
play at games of chance, attend the
aters, horse races, or circuses, it was
the ever broadening, irresistible in
fluence, of the modern boy and girl
which actually brought about the
change.
In discussing the issue, leaders of
the progressive element explained,
the delegates took into consideration
independence of thought and action
toward religion. The creed that im
poses hard and fast restrictions is
faced, they said, with the question
of adapting itself to the present day
tendency for liberal thought m or
der to hold the interest of the young
people.
“The change indicates that the
church is keeping up with the times,”
one delegate said.
The only restriction contained in
the report adopted by the conference
relates to “such amusements as can
not be taken in the name of the Lord
Jesus.”
There was included, however, a
“solemn warning” against “attend
ance upon immoral, questionable and
misleading theatrical and motion pic
ture performances.”
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1924.
Owns Black Gold
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Mrs. R. M. Hoots 9' ..Oklahoma,
owner ..of the two year old “Black
Gold”—the first western-bred horse
to win the Historic Kentucky derby
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EVAPORATED
MILK ASS’N.
Representatives of almost all of
the Evaporated Milk Manufacturers
of the country recently met in Chi
cago and organized the Evaporated
Milk Association. Mr. L. R. Harden
bergh of the Carnation Milk Pro
ducts Company was elected Chair
man; Mr. C. T. Lee of Nestles Food
Company, Vice Chairman; Mr. E. G.
Annell, Oatman Condensed Milk
Company, Treasurer. Other members
of the Executive Committee are W.
T. Nardin, Pet Milk Sales Corpora
tion; C. S. Parsons, the Borden Com
pany; H. C. Carr, Libby, MeNeill &
Libby; and J. F. Enz, Danish Tilde
Milk Products Company.
The Association will inaugurate a
campaign of education directed to
the housewives of America, featur
ing the wholesomeness of Evaporat
ed Milk; and the economy of distrib
uting a billion quarts of milk each
year in tin cans.
It has taken /'.ore than thirty
years of painstaking effort to bring
this method of marketing mill Is the
present high state of perfection. The
new, handy, sanitary tin can now in
use, makes possible the distribution
of milk of the best quality to mil
lions of homes, combining purity
with freshness and high quality with
lowest possible cost.
Mr. Herbert C. Hoks, well known
throughout the milk industry, and a
member of the committee repres
enting the industry, in the Food Ad
ministration during the war, has
been selected to conduct the activi
ties of the new Association.
Mr. Hooks has been active as a
manufacturer of Evaporated Milk
since 1906 when he became identi
fied with the Hires Condensed Milk
Company at Philadelphia. Having
served in all the departments of a
rapidly growing business, Mr. Hooks
became General Manager in 1911
continuing until 1918 when the
Hires Company combined with oth
ers to form Nestles Food Company.
He recently resigned the treasurer
ship of this company in order to ad
minister the work of the Evaporated
Milk Association.
LEEMAN RALSTON FINED SSOO,
ALSO TWELVE MONTHS IN JAIL
Leeman Ralston, whose store
house on West Broad street, oppos
ite Alta Vista, was dynamited two
weeks ago, was convicted of having
liquor in City Court Monday after
noon. A* l!*
Sentence was deferred overnight,
but Tuesday morning he was given
a fine of SSOO and sentenced to
twelve months in the chaingang.
Ralston seems to have handled the
forbidden juice by proxy. Carl Little
was caught with 100 gallons last
September. Monday at the trial he
testified that it was Ralston’s liquor
and in Ralston’s car.
Deputy Sheriff Hopkkins testified
to arresting Little and the car and
the whisky.
Sheriff Crow testified that Ral
ston came to his office last fall and
offered him S2OO a week, cash in
advance, if he would tell him each
day where his deputies were going
to be that night.
The defense introduced several
witnesses who swore they would not
believe Little on oath. But the jury
seems -o have acted on the idea that
the biggest liar in the world will tell
the truth sometimes, and as Little’s
testimony was corroborated by other
evidence they found Ralston guilty.
Ralston came here from Dawson
county. While living there he got a
sentence from the U. S. Court of a
year and a day for hauling liquor.—
Gainesville News.
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COURT MEETS '
AND ADJOURNS
With Judge Lewis C. Russell pre
siding Gwinnett Superior Court of
the Piedmont Circuit met this (Mon
day) morning for the regular June
session.
Judge Russell announced that
court would adjourn during the day
to meet again the third Monday in
August, only divorce and default
cases are being heard today.
Continued rains have put our
planters away behind anl this move
on the part of? the court should be
a great benefit to them. With the
setting of the new date Gwinnett
will have court for four weeks in a
row as regular September term
meets the first Monday of that
month.
Activity of Southern Manufacturing
Will Be Increased by Display at
Big Industrial Show.
Atlanta, Ga., May 28.—The pro
posed Southern Industrial exposition
in New York, at which southern
states will make showings of their
resources and the progress of their
industrial life, will do much to in
crease the activity in southern manu
facturing circles and will help to
make the south industrially greater
through showing to the world what
the south has and what it is doing, in
the opinion of Atlanta business men.
As pointed oat by industrial leaders
industrial expositions stimulate in
dustrial activity. The showing of the
products of the mills and factories
evidences utilization of raw materials
that must be near at hand or easily
available, and this naturally en
courages the establishing of addition
al industries and the increased output
of those already operating.
Diversification in industry has done
and is doing for Atlanta, manufac
turers asserted, what it has done for
many cities that have become great
industrial centers. The more kinds of
factories and mills a city or town can
have, leaders here say, the more cer
tain is its prosperity, for it seldom
happens in industrial life that all'
classes and kinds of industry suffer
from depression at the same time.
“A slump may come to one class of
manufacture, or even to two or three
kinds, and still the industrial life of a
town can keep up if it has a variety
of manufacturing plants,” said an At
lanta manufacturer. “Such a thing
as complete industrial stagnation, af
fecting all lines of industry, is ex
ceedingly rare.”
Shipping Board to Meet.
Announcement was made that the
first annual meeting of the southeast
shippers’ regional advisory board will
be held in Atlanta June 10.
The board was organized a yea' 1
ago to bring about a better under
standing of the mutual problems of
the shipper and the carriers and is
one of nine similar boards that have
been organized throughout the United
Stales.
The meeting, which will be attend
ed by shippers and representatives of
the itilroads from throughout the
south, will close with a banquet at
which the principal speaker will be
James A. Emery, of Washington, D.
C., general counsel of the Nation.il
Association of Manufacturers, who
will discuss “Economic Questions and
Poli’ica! Answers.”
A. G. T. Moore, ot New Orleans,
'.luurii.an, will preside at the banque*'.
Other speakers include AV. Sheoly,
chairman of the South Carolina rail
load commission; Lincoln Green, a.-
s.slant to the president of the Sontn
fc-R railway, and M. J. Gornt.oy,
chairman of the car service division
of the American Railway Association.
Capitol Workers Bob Hair
bobbed hair “wave” is sweeping
i ver the staid and sedate old slat?
(apitol building and it, bids fair to be
cor.e a permanent wave, judging
:rom the manner in which the gj*l
employes in the ancient structure are
throwing themselves upon the mer
cies of the beauty parlors. More than
half a dozen heads were “bobbed” in
one day the current week and the
short hair crowd is now largely in the
majority.
As conservatism is the slogan
mong the office holders after they
once win a state house job, this con
servatism is handed down to the em
ployes, hence "bobbed” hair has had
rather a hard time breaking into pop
ularity at the capitol. But a con
certed movement appears to be under
way, as the girls are going in flocks
and groups to have their curls
clipped.
Swimming Pools Open Saturday.
Youngsters and adults who have
been impatiently waiting for the mu
nicipal swimming pools to open are
getting ready for the big opening
splash next Saturday afternoon at
2:30 o’clock, when the pools at all the
parks will be thrown open for the
Backed By Klan
Hi • itpinvi *
ff*"' y*%
Edward Jackson, of -Indiana,
xominee-for Governor on the Re
publican ticket, who won by a big
majority in the primaries through
support given by the Ku Klux Klan.
COCA-COLA HEAD
EXPLAINS SUIT
Atlanta, Ga.—Upon learning that
the United States government seeks
a judgment for $0,833,469.62 in a
suit filed Tuesday in district court
here against the Coca-Cola company,
the Georgia corporation, for alleged
unpaid income and excess profit tax
es for 1919, Charles Howard Cand
ler, presidnet, issued a statement in
which he decalerd that the tax re
turn for 1019 on behalf of the Geor
gia corporation was made by a per
son who was recommended as an ex
pert tax accountant of Des Moines,
lowa, and that the company depend
ed upon this expert to make a cor
rect return. Accountants and attor
neys representing the company bad
nothing to do with the return, Mr.
Candler said.
In his statement, Mr. Candler
pointed out that the suit bad no con
nection with the present Coca-Cola
corporation, which was organized in
1919 when the Coca-Cola company,
the Delaware corporation, purchased
the entire assets of the Georgia cor
poration, against whom the suit is
filed.
OAK GROVE.
Loganville, R. 4, May 28. —Sev-
eral from here attended the birth
day dinner at Mr. Seb McCarts Sun
day which was much enjoyed.
Mrs. W. B. Hutchins is spending a
few days in Lawrenceville with her
son.
Miss Ophie Hutchins and Miss
Montine Feagins spent Saturday
night with Miss Lucille Boozer and
sister, Mrs. Aufton Couch, near
Ozora.
Mr. Rochelle Feagins and Mr. Al
bert Wenslett and Misses Delphie
and Blondean James attended com
mencement at Winder Tuesday
night.
Mr. Grover James and little sis
ter, Newell, have returned home af
ter spending a few days pleasantly
with their sister, Mrs. Henry Benton,
of Hog Mountain.
Mr. and Mrs. Bart Maddox and
family, of Atlanta, spent Sunday
with their daughter and sister, Mrs.
Albert Clack, of this place.
Misses Annie Lou and Beulah Mc-
Cart spent last Thursday with the
Misses Blasingame, of Grayson.
Miss Lucille Boozer spent Sunday
night with her cousin, Miss Mon
tine Feagins, of near Ozora.
Mr. Ernest Hutchins spent Satur
day night with Mr. and Mrs. W. D.
Hutchins of this place.
Mr. Henry Wade, of Lawrence
ville, spent Saturday night with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Wade, of
near Oak Grove.
Miss Mildred Smith was among
those going on a picnic Saturday to
Stone Mountain.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wade and
children, of Lawrenceville, spent
Saturday night and Sunday with the
former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Wade, of near this place.
Several from here attended the
ice cream supper at Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn Ford’s Thursday night.
Mrs. Susie Boss, of near Logan
ville, is staying a few days with rel
atives of near this pla«e.
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summer.
The same regulations regarding
bathing suits that were in effect last
year will prevail this year. The com
mittee named Mr. Wallis sole censor
of bathing costumes that will be per
mitted at the pools.
FOUR NORCROSS
PEOPLE INJURED
Atlanta, Ga,, May 26.—Ten per
sons—seven of them women—were
hurt in a series of automobile acci
dents during the week end. Of these,
one, Miss Mildred Crisley, 17, of
Norcross, was in a serious condition,
doctors fearing that her skull had
been fractured.
Those besides Miss Crisley hurt
were: Miss Lois McClure, 15, Nor
cross; Miss Leah Rochester, 15, Nor
cross; M. H. Davenport, 16, Nor
cross, and W. D. Thompson, 5 Bish
op street and Vera Moss, negro.
Miss Crisley, Miss McClure, Miss
Robertson, Davenport and Thompson
were hurt when the automobile in
which Davenport and the three girls
were riding collided with one driven
by Thompson at Spring and Four
teenth street.
Davenport was arrested on a
charge of reckless driving and was
released under SI,OOO bond. Thomp
son’s bond was fixed at SSOO on a
similar charge.
MRS. JACQUELINE JARRELL,
OF DUNWOODY, IS BURIED
Chamblee, Ga., May 29. —Mrs. Jac
queline Talnephous Jarrell, who died
a( her home in Dunwoody last Friday,
was buried Sunday morning from
Nancy Creek church, Rev. Jame 9 Liv
sey and Rev. J. P. McConnell conduct
ing the services. Mrs. Jarrell was a
resident of Fulton county nearly all of
her life, having spent only the last
few years in DeKalb.
She is survived by six children,
Mrs. M. E. Johnson and Mrs. S. A.
Spruill, of Dunwoody; G. F. Jarrell,
of Hapeville; L. A. Jarrell, of Nor
cross; Mrs. I. A. Adams, of 41 Kalb
street, Atlanta; Mrs. M. E. Ander
son, of Ingleside; also 30 grtnucitß
dren, 49 great-grand* hildien, anJ one
great-great-grandchild.
TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE
DEDICATES NEW TEMPLE
Houston, Texas, May 29.—Sam P.
Cochran, 33 degrees, sovereign grand
inspector general to Texas, reoently
dedicated the new Scottish rite temple
of this city. The temple is one of the
finest structures in the south. It is
built of granite, with cement floors
and the equipment throughout is of
he latest style. The banquet hall of
the maxi floor will accommodate
1,000 people; the auditorium on the
second floor has a seating capacity of
1,250.
All ceremonies from the fourth to
the thirty-second degree will be held
here, letters temporary having been
granted for the Houston bodies.
Why don’t girls employed in match
factor ies get married jour.er than
other girls?
Opportunities are sensitive, and it
sighted on their first vis.t they sel
dom caR again.
Kind "’entlemar.- “What are you
crying for?”
Smell Boy: “I forget.”
>l. 'j.: “Then why do you cry?”
?. !’.: “’Cause I can't rmember.”
BRAZILIAN, 118, FATHER OF
48, TO TAKE GIRL, 23,
AS HIS FIFTH WIFE
Juiz De Fora, Brazil.—Vincenti
Henrique Ferreira, 118 years old
and father of 48 children, has just
announced his forthcoming marriage
to Georgiana Lourdes de Silva, 23.
Vincenti already has outlived
four wives, the last one of which
presented him with two healthy off
springs a few years ago.
Besides being the oldest citizen of
Juiz De Fora, Vincenti is black as
the ace of spades and served three
masters before slavery was abolish
ed.
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ISSUED EVERY
MONDAY and THURSDAY
MAN TRYING TO
RAISE WINDOW
IS SHOT DEAD
Firing through a window in his
home J. R. Cofer inflicted wounds
that caused the death of Cobb Reed,
the shooting taking place in Puck
etts district Friday night.. Cefer was
arrested by Sheriff E. S. Garner and
lodged in Gwinnett county jail.
When seen by a newspaper rep
resentative Cofer said he was thirty
seven years of age and had lived or
the A. J. Crane place, near Buford,
for the past fifteen years. His family
consists of wife, children and step
children. Mr. Cofer stated that he
had previously had trouble with
“drunks” annoying him at his home
and had repeatedly ordered them
away. At one time a large rock was
thrown through his window as he
slept; at another time his house was
rocked and he fired his gun into the
night which run off the rowdies,
Mr. Cofer said that Friday night
he was awakened by his wife who
stated that someone was attempting
to raise the window of a bed room
and that she handed him his shot
gun, a double barreled twelve gauge,
and that he fired one shot through
the window. A few minutes later he
heard cries for help about twenty
yards from the house towards the
road and one of his children and his
neighbor, M. Roebuck, found Cobb
Reed with gunshot wounds in hfe
shoulder in a dying condition. The
wounded man made a short state
ment but did not say why he was
seeking to gain admittance into the
house.
Neighbors of Cofer placed Reed
in an automobile and rushed him to
Gainesville where he died in a hos
pital shortly afterwards.
Reed is said to have been about
thirty years of ags and resided a
short distance from Cofer. An au
tomobile, said to belong to Reed,
was found in the road attout half a.
mile from the Cofer house'.
Superior Court being scheduled to
meet today (Monday) the ease will
probably come up next week and it
is believed that additional light will
be throw* on the tragedy at the
hearing,
LUMPKIN COUNTY MAN
AND WIFE HAVE MONEY
STOLEN FROM THEM
Dahlonega, Ga.—J. F. Olivette,
who lives in the western part of this
county, a few years ago buried $2,-
500. When he went to get it, he
found that somebody else had been
there first. After some days search,,
he recovered most of the money'
from some boys in the neighborhood.
Last Friday, his wife attended a
on the Cochran estate in the
same section of the county, taking
S6OO along in the wagon with heru
She had been in the house but a
short time before she discovered that
her roll was missing. A search war
rant was sworn out and all attendl
ing the sale were searched. One man
was found with about SSOO in "pock
et change,” but no suspicion attach
ed to him as the money lost was in
bills.
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OAKLAND CEMETERY.
All who arc interested will gather
at Oakland cemetery Saturday, June
7th, at 7 a. m., with tools to help
clean off the cemetery.
There will be Memorial services
at Oakland in the morning the-3rd
Sunday in June.
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