Author appearing in town next week

Georgia

author Jaclyn Weldon White will be downstairs in the

Peachtree City Library Tuesday, Jan. 18, at 7:30 p.m. to

talk about her recently published book "Whisper to

the Black Candle."

Anjette

Lyles, the subject of the book, was a popular Macon

restaurant owner during the `50s, who made headlines when

she was charged with the murder of two husbands, as well

as her mother-in-law and her 9-year-old daughter.

One of the

reporters who covered the trial for the Atlanta

Journal-Constitution was a young Celestine Sibley.

White leads

the reader through the stories of the murders spiced with

hints of black magic and voodoo. Jurors, prosecutors,

witnesses and even the jailer and his wife were

interviewed to get the information for the book.

White is

the juvenile court administrator in Gwinnett County.

Although

she has been published in many newspapers and journals

around the state, this is her first book. She would like

to meet and give an autographed copy to anyone who might

be mentioned in the book.

The Friends

of the Library are sponsoring a program to celebrate

Black History Month, scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 17, at

7 p.m. downstairs.

The

Alliance Theatre will present a two-person drama based on

the life of Harriet Tubman, the Civil War heroine who

helped free slaves through the Underground Railroad.

This

program is recommended for children 10 and up. Adults

will enjoy it, too.