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GEORGIA’S LEADING WEEKLY VOLUME 53. OFFICERS LAND W. J. BLANDON GWINNETT JAIL W. J. Blandon, of Gainesville, un der indictment by the local grand jury of two years ago for trans porting and possessing whisky, was arrested in Gainesville Monday and brought to Lawrenceville by Sheriff E. S. Garner, where he was placed in Gwinnett county jail, his bond being fixed at SSOO. About two years ago a large touring car was captured by Sheriff Garner and deputies after an excit ing chase in which some of the whis ky was said to have been thrown from the car. Final capture reveal ed a large amount of liquor and the driver and owner was identified as W. J. Blandon, said to reside near Gainesville. Another white man and a negro man and two white women were also taken. The two m n proved they were only riding in the car and were re leased. ' 'i The women, as will be remem bered, were later carried to Atlan- ] ta by R. B. Fortune, now practicing ] law in Atlanta, and these three have i since frequently figured in the I courts. W. J. Blandon was later indicted by the grand jury but made his es cape from the state. Acting on a tip from Sheriff Garner he was arrest ed by Deputies Crow, of Hall coun ty, as stated, and will now face trial. REV. R. B. ANDERSON ACCEPTS CALL TO LAWRENCEVILLE Rev. R. B. Anderson, of Crawford ville, Ga., has accepted the call of the Lawrenceville Presbyterian and Fairview churches, and will move here shortly. Mr. Anderson is one of the out standing ministers of this denomina tion and his coming in our midst will add much to the moral and spiritual life of the community. He is a mid dle age man and has a wife and five children. It is not known as yet when the new preacher will come, but he will move just as soon as the necessary arrangements are made. Tax Equalization Law Stands. That Georgia lawmakers have found it difficult, if, not impossible to run the state without a tax equal ization law, is again evidenced by the recent action of the state senate in turning down a measure to repeal it. It was the usual annual result efforts to repeal the law being made practically at every session of the legislature. “The tax equalization law was sponsored by that able and excellent Georgian, Former Governor Slaton, whose purpose, while governor was to equalize the tax burdens.” Lawmakers who opposed the re peal took the position, long advocat ed by Governor Slaton, that any and all taxes must be equalized whether they be on land or incomes. “Every man in the same situation must bear the same burden and pro vision must be made for equal im position of the taxes,” was a remark of Governor Slaton that has been frequently quoted by advocates of the tax equalization law. In a large portion of the states of the union, including North Carolina, to which reference is frequently made by lawmakers here, the property of the farmer is assessed. The equalization law as advocated by Governor Slaton provided for lo cal self-government, and if the law is not properly administered in each county, as he pointed out, it is be cause the tax equalizers of that county, chosen by the citizens of that county, are not performing their duties. The great complaint is that the equalizers are not severe enough, and it is the desire of many to make the law more stringent, it was point ed out. “If all the citizens were taught that they had to pay more taxes ev ery time more appropriations were granted, they would check up more strictly on their representatives against extravagant appropriations,” said Governor Slaton today in com menting on the action of the senate in upholding the tax equalization law. UNION SINGING. There will be a union singing at McKendree the fourth Sunday eve ning. All good singres invited to come and bring their books. ANOTHER PIANO SACRIFICE. Due to inability to keep up pay ments, we have had another high grade piano, in the best of condi tion, turned back to us. This instru ment we can sell for a rare bargain, giving terms to responsible parties. I'or full particulars address Ludden & Bates, Atlanta, Ga. j24e The NeWB-Herald SIX m and 165 GALLONS CAPTURED One of the biggest hauls made in ' these parts lately was the capture of three cars and six men near Nor cross last Friday night as they were returning from the mountains with 165 gallons of liquor. In the posse were Deputy Sheriffs Howard Garner, Lum Brown, Jim Kirk Garner and Policeman Henry McClung. All of the whisky was in a large Cadillac, the loaded car being sand wiched between a Dodge and a Hudson. The pilot car signalled those follow ing what was up, but before they turn around the whole crowd was nabbed. Two men made their escape in the mixup, but six were bagged. The Cadillac was injured and had to be towed in, and a large crowd as sembled on the public square Satur day morning as the liquor was poured into the sewer. The men were placed in jail, but have since given bond. The prisoners gave their names as Joe Harris, W. O. Woodall, J. H. Bowers, F. W. Hanson, H. G. Wright and J. T. Daley, and their addresses ;js Atlanta. T—V . ■> „ - . Keith Durham died AT BUFORD WEDNESDAY Buford, Ga., July 19.—Mr. Keith Durham, eighty-five years of age, died suddenly while seated on the porch of his home Wednesday after noon from heart failure. Mr. Durham was a native of Pick ens county, South Carolina, and served in the artillery of the confed erate army during the war between the states. At the close of the war Mr. Durham settled in Georgia, near Buford, and his residence has re mained in and near Buford since that time. Although in bad health for several months, Mr. Durham’s death was quite unexpected by his family and friends at this time. Since coming to Buford, Mr. Dur ham’s activities have been in the mercantile business and farming, but of late years he had retired. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon, with interment in the city cemetery. Industries Coming South. The trend of industry from the larger cities of the north and east toward the south has been especially marked, according to F. H. McDon ald, managing director of the Geor gia Industrial Bureau, and the result, as Ire points out, is that many otter cotton mills, wood-working and other plants have been and are being lo cated in southern towns close to the cotton fields, the forests and the iron mines. It is a movement—now be ing stimulated by his bureau and other organizations—that will mean much to the south in an industrial way, Atlanta business men state. Manufacturers, it is showc, have found it advantageous to have their factories and mills located where the timber, the cotton or the iron are easily accessible and where there is native labor not contaminated with the unrest so marked among the alien workers in large center*. Scores of towns in Gecrrga and throughout the south are snow at work trying to get factories ®f vari ous kinds and are providing locations. Manufacturers in eastern states, Mr. McDonald says, are finding it to their interest to move southward where the climate is favorable for all-the-year-round operations of mills. Gwinnett Is Chicken Cen%. The state department of agricul ture has published a comprehensive booklet on Georgia agriculture. All of Georgia’s numerous crops are dis cussed, with facts and figures to show what the state has done in the past, and to indicate what may be accomplished in future. Mention is also made of many other attractions such as educational institutions, good roads and other things. The book shows: Nine counties have upwards of 150,000 chickens each, and these are Coffee, Laurens, Screven, Gwinnett, Hall, Carroll, Bartow, Floyd and Walker. The eight counties having more htan 15,000 cattle are Wayne, Cam den, Charlton, Coffee, Colquitt, Clinch, Tatnall and Bullock. Six counties possess from thirty to forty thousand head of swine: Thom as, Brooks, Colquitt, Laurens, Eman uel and Bullock. Eleven have more than 3,000 goats. Four have 2,500 sheep or more. Three counties ean boast of over 100,000 pecan trees — Lee, Mitchell and Dougherty, the latter possessing over 300,000. Three counties possess from one to five million peach trees: Jones, Macon and Houston counties. ■HufanM Re* and Second Hand Ford. H. P. Stiff Wfotcr Co. CMk or credit LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, .TULY 24, 1924. YOUTH MOURNED AS DEAD MUCH ALIVE Atlanta, Ga., July 21.—Buried un der the name of John W. Hinton, in the Hinton plot in the cemetery at Bogart, Ga., there lies the body of a youth who now is supposed to be Collis Harris, of Blakely, Ga., while John W. Hinton, himself very much alive and in the flesh, is at the home of his father, W. H. Hinton, 115 Pul liam street. The story of how young Hinton was mourned as dead and his sup posed body actually buried after the body of a youth who was killed by a train at Cartersville had been posi tively identified by his stepmother, his father, his relatives and scores of friends as his own, is one of the strangest tales of mistaken identity that has ever unfolded itself in the annals of Georgia. The explanation of the situation, or rather the reason for it, lies, accord ing to press dispatches from Carters ville, with another youth named Horace Singletary, who resides near Blakely, and who was himself critic ally injured by the train that killed his young companion. Singletary was quoted in dispatches Friday as declaring that he knew all along that the dead boy wa« named. Harris and not Hinton, but that he feared to tell because he was “in love’’ with young Harris’ sister and she might “think I was responsible for the death of her brother.” But Sngletary’s story was not told until late Thursday' night, after the mistake had already been discovered through the finding of young Hinton at the home of an aunt, Mrs. N. L. Hamilton, of Smithsonia, Ga., on the same day, and at almost the exact hour that his supposed body was be ing lowered into a small grave by the side of his deceased mother in the family burial plot at Bogart. Friday morning the relatives of young Harris were on their way from Blakely to Atlanta to make arrange ments to have the body of the youth who now is declared to be Collis Harris, disinterred from the. Bogart cemetery and transferred to the Harris burial plot at Blakely. And young Hinton, he who was mourned as dead and buried, is safe at 115 Pulliam street, having been welcomed back by his family and friends, some of whom, as yet, seem unable to believe that they look upon him as a material being of the earth and not as some ethereal specter from the land beyond the grave. PAVED ROADS SOLVE THE PRODUCE TRADE Atlanta, Ga., July 21. —Paved roads j have solved the fresh produce prob-i lem in Georgia and in many other sections of the south in the opinion of leading- agriculturists here. Not many years ago when a man came home on a late summer evening with a wistful desire for watermelon or strawberries, he ran a good chance of being told by an equally wistful wife that there were none to be had. And, if fresfti farm products—mel ons, berries, squashes and beans— were to be had, his wife generally disliked their prices. Often they were exorbitant. Dealers mnder stood the strategic position in which the scarcity and demand of Itiresh food placed them. Then came the hard-surfaced noads —thousands of miles of them. Geor gia may soon have a complete state wide system iif it put through its {pro posed bond issue. Wherever roads were built fltey linked the iwwins and country. They solved the fresh pro duce problem, both for the unban family and the farm producers. Both classes have eagerty seized the opportunity. Countless farms keep fresh produce stands by the roadsides, in some of the states. Countless mtCorists drive froua town* and cities to those new markets. They return with fresher goods than they could generally buy in town, and at a lower price. The farmer boys, girls and women who keep the stands smile while they sell, for they know that they have a new and dependable aid for prosperity. What is now a means of satisfac tion to many farmers and tow aft people is rapidly growing into a na tional practice. Paved roads have at last brought the producer and the consumer together, and more of them will be brought together when Geor gia builds all of its roads. Interest on a bond issue, advocates of good roads point out, is a small annual cost to pay for the privileges and benefits that come from having a paved system, even if there were no actual savings to offset the interest charges. As a matter of fact, in ad dition to the general good, and the personal savings in operation and up keep to car owners, it is asserted, the actual dg£h savingg in maintainance of the paved system over the dirt system will pay for the interest on the bonds. CLACK FAMILY HOLDSREONION The famly of the late Joseph Clack held an enjoyable reunion at the old home near, Gwinnett Hall school house Friday, July 19th. In this nterelting family there are eight sons and one daughter and all were present among the scores of other relative# to enjoy the occa sion. Early in the morning they began to arrive and after greetng and thanksgiving a bountiful picnic lunch was spread in the grove. Ev ery delightful eatable was in the dinner and it was thoroughly enjoy ed. Photographer Jesse Richardson was present with his camera. The following brothers and sis ters were present: E. L. Clack, J., B. Clack, George Clack, Billie Clack and Mrs. Luther Keheley, of Law renceville; Clack, of Cordele, Ga.; Green Clack, of Harbin, Tex as; Joe Clack, of Bethlehem, Ga., and John Clack, of Winder. MRS. J. G. IVY. Mrs, Nancy Ivy, the wife of Mr. J. G. Ivy, died at their home in Berk shire district last Thursday and her remains were laid to rest at Friend ship Friday following funeral ser vices conducted by Rev. Walker Davis. The deceased was s : xty-seven years of age and was Miss Nancy Oliver before marriage. She is sur vived by her husband and several children. CARROLL COMMITS SUICIDE. Mr. J. L. Carrollla well known citi zen of Atlanta, kjSted himself one day last week byyghooting a pistol ball through his teriiple. The deceased/ jwas reared near Tucker and was will known through out this section, ft. Mr. Carroll is survived by his widow, his moth«|: Mrs. Mary C. Carroll, of Tuckerik and three broth ers, J. T. Carroll, of Chattahoochee; C. M. and M. C. Carroll, of Tucker. HOKE CALDWELL DIES AT HOMETUir'MWfRW Monroe, Ga., July 20.—Hoke Cald well, sixteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Caldwell, died at the residence here today after an illness of several days. He was taken ill while camping in the north Georgia mountains. , He is survived by his parents. Fu neral services and interment were held in Monroe Monday afternoon. I. O. O. F. OFFICERS. A. A. Teague, noble grand. M. R. Hale, vice grand. Iverson Russell, financial secretary. R. L. Robinson, treasurer. J. E. Pratt, recording secretary. J. A. Richardson, right support N. G. G. W. Gilbert, left support N. G. W, H. Patterson, warden. Ira Love, conductor. John Herrington, outside guardian. J. D. Teague, 'inner guard. J. H. Shacke&ord, chaplain. H. J. Hnton, right support V. G. Flowers Mahaffey, left support V G. REVIVAL MEETING AT HUBERTS’ ACABEWV Muck interest is being mautfeshd in the revival meeting whidh is be ing carried on this week at Bight at Roberts’ Academy. Monday night the house war almost it® its *£»- pacity and a (deeply spiritual service was hekL Res. Marvin A_ Frankfin is doing the preaching and is being assisted by Rev. Alvin Hinton. Mrs. C. U. Boro is rendering effective ser vice at the organ. The services are held at $-.36 <mch night and will continue throughout the week. OAKLAND PROTRACTED MEET ING BEGINS NEXT SUNDAY Protracted meeting will com mence at New Hope (Oakland* Christian church, six miles from town, Sunday morning, July 27th, at 11 o’clock. Large crowds are ex pected to attend fr&m every section of the county. Dr. J. A. Taylor, etate evangelist of the Georgia Christian Missionary Society, who is one of the best known evangelists in the southern states, will conduct this revival, which means that every sermon will be well worth hearing and not a single per son should miss the services. “Jerry” Johnson, field worker for young people of Georgia and Flori da, will serve in the revival and has announced new features for the dif ferent services in the form of a “Sunshine Choir" and Bible reading. A most cordial invitation is extend ed everyone to attend these services which will be held in the “Friendly Church.” i WEEVILS ARE HERE IN FULL FORCE During the last few days many young weevils have come out and are doing considerable damage to a num ber of cotton fields. This is a year that the weevils are going to do considerable damage be fore he is noticed unless the cotton is watched very closely. Last year most of the weevils were out of hi bernation before squares were formed. This year the weevils did not migrate until the cotton was squaring freely. These early punc tured squares have hatched out young weevils that are working rap idly. I find in going in many fields the squares appear to be in good shape, and no punctures can be no ticed until the squares are opened. When this is done in many eases quite a number can be found. If this crop of squares are not picked up and destroyed and the cotton kept dusted with calcium arsenate we are in a good position to lose this cotton crop. Many farmers have the idea that the weevils are not going to do the damage this year they did last year; but if you will make a close examination of your crop you will doubtless find that something must be done at once. You have a worse fight than last year unless we have a very dry August. If you Want to get best results from calcium arsenate it must be ap plied with some kind of machine that will blow it out into a dust cloud. Do this when the air is rea sonably still. Last year when the cotton was small the syrup mixtures gave wonderful results on the small cotton; but now you have large cot ton with squares for the weevils to stay in. When calcium arsenate is applied with a sack or bucket it goes out in patches on the loaves, and when the dew forms you have some places where there is no poison and others where the poison is so thick it forms a kind of dough that the weevils do not drink. Remember he likes pure water better than any thing and the object is to get the poison in the water he drinks. A. G. ROBISON, County Agent. rt- ... LAWMAKERS MAY VOTE BY MACHINERY / , Atlanta, Ga., July 21/ The Geor gia legislature, like the law-making body of Virginia, will be enabled to record votes and roll calls almost in stantly, instead of the usual delays incident to this procedure, in the event it installs an automatic appar atus which is now being (demon strated at the state capitoL The latest device, which.is aow be ing introduced by Alex Willingham, a former Georgia newspaper man, now of Washington, D. C., is the Thomp son parliamentary voting system, a patented machine which has been de signed to eliminate the human factor in the preparation of the official record. The raembei registers his vote by pressing a button at his desk nnd an automatic device located at the clerk’s desk perforates a printed card showing tew the member has I voted. The rotes are tabulated, I counted and totals printed on the j record card. Absent and paired ! members are automatically counted I and recorded. The underlying feature of the sys- I tem, as pointed unt by Mr. Willing ham, is collective voting. The very fact that ali members may vote sim ultaneously enables the assembly to conserve the vast amount of valuable I time now consumed in consecutive roll call, Mr. Willingham says, and at the same time allows the individ ual membe r more time to registe*- his vote than under present practice. Members do not have to be constant ly on the alert to avoid missing their names or answering, out of turn, to some similarly sounding name, which frequently occurs. Visual iadirators. Another feature of the system is the indicator boards. These boards consist of two large ornamental panels, usually placed on either side of the speaker’s rostrum. The name of all members appear in alphabeti cal order on each board in letters large enough to be plainly read from any part of the chamber. When a member presses the voting button at his seat a colored light appears op posite his name showing how he has voted. Mr. Wllingham expressed the opin ion that it was a question of a few years before congress and all state legislative bodies will vote by ma chinery. The apparatus, which he is introducing, is covered by United States and foreign patents, granted and pending. Th* system may either be leased or purchased outright by legislatures, Mr. Willingham stated. SEND US YOUR JOB WORK. SOLDIER CONFESSES TO BANK ROBBERY San Antonio, Texas, July 19.—Tom James, alias Luther Willis, a soldier arrested here by millitary police on an indictment charging bank robbery at Suwanee, Ga., January 26, 1921, has confessed, according to the police. He said he wanted a speedy trial. Two companions of James were caught but he eluded pursuers and joined the army a year and a half ago at Fort Worth. The three men obtained $2,336 from the cashier of ;he Suwanee bank in a daring day light robbery. Cashier Was Held Up By Robbers at Noon. Details of the robbery and subse quent developments, as revealed by records in the office of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency are as lollows: At 3:30 p. m. on Wednesday, Janu ary 26, 1921, F. F. Dowis, cashier of the Bank of Suwanee, was at work in his cage waiting on one of the bank’s regular customers when three strange men entered and asked for a blank note. Given the note they withdrew to a desk and apparently were engaged filling it out. When the regular customer departed, Cashier Dowis turned his back to at tend to other duties, but turned around when told to throw up his hands. Two of the strangers cov ered him with pistols while the third man entered the cage and bound him with a piece of electric wire. Cash ier Dowis was then forced to kneel, so as to be out of sight of persons passing on the sidewalk, while the three bandits entered the vault. They then rifled the cash drawer, securing in all $3,503.10. The three men left the scene in an automobile. Cashier Dowis escaped from his bonds in a few seconds, and rushing into the street gave the alarm. A posse was formed quickly, and start ed on the trail of the bandit’s auto mobile. At 11 o’clock that night, the automobile, abandoned in a ditch, was found by the posse. In a pocket of the automobile the posse found $1,816.50 of the loot. The automobile was identified as the property of Stephen James, a resident of Suwanee, and the follow ing day James and Carroll Williams, aged thirty-five were taken in cus tody. Williams was identified by Cashier Dowis as one of the bandits. The cashier, however, declared he die not recognize James. James denied any knowledge of the robbery, but did asteit ownership of the automobile. He said he had last seen it being driven away by his brother, Tom James. Shortly afterwards President Pa tillo, of the Rank of Suwanee, swore out warrants for Stephen James, Carroll Williams, Tom James and Mark Hapood. Hagood, who said he Was sixteen years old, surrendered in Indianap olis about a month after the robbery. In an alleged confession he admitted his guilt and named Tom James and Williams as accomplices. Tma James has been missing since and according to information secured at iSuwanee has not been seen in the :ommunity since the robbery. METHODIST CHURCH. Sunday, July 27. 16:30: Sunday School. 11:30: Morning worship. Sermon by the pastor. 7:45: The Epworth League. There will be no evening service at the Methodist church Sunday evening owing to the revival in progress at the First Baptist church. The Wed nesday evening prayer services have also been called off during the period of the revival meeting. We are trusting that the great gospel preaching by Brother Hinesley and the effective singing led by Brother Mullins, and the earnest work of Brother Smith will result in great good to our whole community. PROTRACTED SERVICES AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Protracted services started at the First Baptist church Sunday, and will continue for ten days or two weeks. Mr. R. C. Mullins, a sweet gospel singer, is leading the music. He can not only sing himself, but knows how to get others to do the same thing. Rev. W. F. Hinesley, of Rome, Ga., an evangelist of note, reached Law renoeville Monday afternoon, and is doing the preaching. He is deliver ing some telling messages and they are bound to do good. Pastor L. E. Smith is very active and the meeting starts off with great promise of a spiritual uplift. MR. J. A. HARBIN. Mr. J. A. Harbin, forty-five year’s of age, died at the home of his brother-in-law, Dave Butler, Satur day and his remains were interred at Jlaynes Creek Monday. Mr. Harbin came from Savannah and had been working at Buford. He leaves a wife and two children. ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY COTTON REPORT FOR GEORGIA 76 PER CENT Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1924. Very l.rtle change in che condition of Georgia’s cotton crop during the period from June 25th to July 16tb was indicated by the correspondents of the Georgia Cooperative Crop Reporting Service in a report re leased today by that agency. The condition of 76% of normal indi cates a yield of about 136 pounds and a total production of a little over one million bales, judging from the relation of conditon •on June 25th and July 25th to final yields in former years. However, the fin al outturn of the crop may be larg er or smaller, a sdevelopments dur ing the remainder of the season prove more or less favorable to the crop than usual. With the exception of northwest ern Georgia, rains were too during the period for ahy marked improvement in condition. However, cotton held its own in most 1 sections and prospects are still good. The plant has made remarkable growth, and the color is good, with very lit tle shedding reported. The plant has fruited heavily in southern Geor gia and fruiting is fairly satisfac tory in the northern part of the state, although too frequent show ers in many localties have caused an excessive, sappy growth of weed at the expense of fruiting- While weevils are being found in practically all sections, infestation is not yet considered serious in the northern half of the state. In south ern Georgia they were becoming more numerous, although blooming was still general, with fair crop suf ficiently advanced to escape serious weevil damage. Weevil damage to> report date (July 16th) had not been very great, and the number of weevils present was very much less, than usual. General Crop Note*. '** Corn has made excellent progress during the past two weeks through out most of the state. Grassy fields are in evidence in northern Georgia where frequent showers have delay ed cultivation, although the cropi i® growing fast and is of good <iokxr. . South Georgia corn is looking l good and is sufficiently advanced tt> in sure a splendid crop. Peanuts have made satisfactory progress in the old commercial :area of southern Georgia.. Fields in the Piedmont area are tether, grassy and. in need of cultivation- "■"» Hay crops are late but making good growth, with some cowpeas still being planted. ’ •- Splendid tobacco yield is being realized. Too frequent rains at the - time the crop was ripening caused a second growth in some sections, • thereby lowerng the quality. Te pecan nut case-bearer is re-' ported as prevalent and doing much 1 damage in the J Albany pectei' dfo trict, reducing the prospects for a good crop considerably. -W) V. C. CHlLfig;. « Agricultural Statistician. BRADEN. Tucker, Ga., R. 1, July Iff.— Messrs. Leroy and Harold Lanford', of Atlnnc., spent the week end with their parents, Mr. anu Mrs. J. H. Lanford. Miss Johnnie Grant and Miss Inez Mills were the guests of Miss Laura Lanford last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Grant and family have returned home from their visit to Macon and other towns in south Georgia. Miss Vashti Baggett and Miss Lorraine Arendale, of Atlanta, are the guests of Miss Jennie Mansfield this week. An ice cream supper given by Miss Jennie Manhfield Tuesday night was enjoyed by al present. Mr. Alvin Cunningham, of At lanta, was the guest of Mr. Harold Lanford Saturday night. Several from this place attended the singing at Fellowship last Sun day. Mrs. Walter Carroll and two small children, J. W. and Eugene, and Mrs. Loy Lanford and small daughter, Kathryn, of Atlanta, were the guests of Mrs. 0. O. Lanford last week. GINS SHARPENED. If you want your gins sharpened this season drop me a card as I will not have time to cover all the ter ritory to see you. I. B. JUHAN. Pd Lawrcnceville, Ga. SEND US YOUR JOB WORK. NUMBER