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women had to take care of their dead pigs so that they
would not rot. This matter ended up in the Rustenburg court. What good comes from a drunkard? We experienced many
a sad thing with this person. His twin brother Abraham in Hebron was not much better either. I put in much effort in implementing a law on beer brewing and selling in Bethanie and particularly a law on work by the big girls. Everything failed because of the bad Captain Johnny who was the first to infringe upon the laws. He did little good because he drank.
He died in 1941 and Daniel More II became the regent because Johnny had no son.
Because I had cut the loose ties to Berlin in February 1921
in Potchefstroom because I did not want to be in the way
of an approximation between Berlin and Hermannsburg, I considered ties with the Hannover Freikirche. Everything seemed to succeed, but then Hermannsburg protested, handed over the so-called “files”, but refused to sell me a copy and
did not even send me a copy and managed to intimidate the Freikirche and they declined. The Hermannsburg Mission did not do anything to get us back, probably thinking that I was old (70) and that after my death everything would become better.