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Semi-Weekly, Monday and Thursday VOL. XXXVIIL CITY COUNCIL TAXES DOCS Officials Propose to Rid City of Worthless Curs and Raise Revenue, At it* last regular meeting the city council of Lawrenceville passed an ordinance ip Taobug t» tax! on all dogs of high and low j ■degree, emd unless oacfi canine' wears a bag showing that the duty: lhas been paid lies or her: head, as ithecase may hi, 'willipay the fop- j if est We'fio not errvy the dog chaser 'bis ;jdb, but 'we commend (fee 'mayor and council ‘for their ;e,o ‘tion. •0. 'R. Julian 'has 'been given «n order for trucking 'the collars «nd Tthe'law will bcectme ■effective July list. 'Following 'is 'thetfull' text >#£' the ordinance. "Be it ordained by the mayor and • council of'tßie oifcy of Lawrenceviile, •Georgia, and'itis hereby ordatced by authority tff the~»auce ttiat fre-m and •after the,passage of this orditwtnce no dog'Shall be alloweC to run at large in the oityof 'LawreneeviUe, unless -such dog shall wear a tag or plate, •such as prescribed in this ordinance, and anytkig found without s«qh tag shall be caught by the marshal of said (Tty, or any-other peison, and 'imprisoned'in a pen, to be 'kept for , that puiipose, and the <city clerk of •said city-shall employ one ot more .persons,-at a stipulated price not to exceed ifcbe sum cf*s2 per day for the caipture sf-such dogs, and tbe dispo sition'thereof. -such persons to fur nish thaiC'Own appliances-aatd help. “(Each year the clerk of said city •shall basre dog tags or plates prepar ed and have a list of same, who shall ■copy the sameiin & book and-to whom sold wiitfi oonseoutive numbers of such'tags. and sold by him for $1 far each itag and the procesds there of from time to time be turned over to the projper custodian of the funds of said-city from time to'feirne, which shall be first applied 'to 'the cost of such .tags and the remainder thereof if any, sdaall be applied to any other ■expense incident to the enforcement of tihk'ordinance, .then any remain der shail be placed with .the general funds of said city. Said tag or plate shall ociiy be good far 'the year in which dt is sold. "Theowner of any dog .caught as aforesaid, shall fee entitled to the possession of such animal upon the proof of ownership, and theipayment of $1 to the elerk of said euty for said city, and the purchase of a tag at the price aforesaid. "Any person wlso shall eoainterfeit or use any tag not purchased afore ’ said, he or she, shail on conviction therefor be fined in accordance with ordinance No. 1 of the ordinances of said city. "All dogs not claimed within twenty-four hours after beingcaught and imprisoned as aforesaid, shail be conveyed by the person employed by the clerk of said city as aforesaid, outside the city limits and killed. "The foregoing ordinance shall be, and is ordinance No. 55 of the ordi nances of the said city of Lawrence ville (3a. “The foregoing ordinance adopted by the mayor and the council of the city of Lawrenceviile, Ga. This the day of June 1909. A Correction. Norcross, Gi., June 2*2.— Editor News-Herald. Dear Sir: I notice an article in your issue of June 21st in which is a misstatement. I* pre sume the article comes from Mr. Taylor, the manager of the Lawrence viile team, in whicli he states lie has arranged a game of-ball with an un defeated team, the Piedmonts, of At lanta, which team has defeated the strong Norcross team. We have never met the Piedmonts, conse quently have never been defeated by them. Knowing this statement to be quite an ad for the Lawrenceviile team at our expense ask you to kind ly give this correction the publicity you gave Mr. Taylor’s article. Yours truly, W. T. Holrrook, Manager Norcross B. B. Club. Accidents will happen, but the best regu laMd families keep Dr. Thomas’ Electric 01 . for such emergencies. It subdues the pair anil heals the hurts, The News-Herai j>. TO LAY CORNER STONE SATURDAY, JULY 17 Grand Master Jeffnes to Be In Charge at Pcrtf-Rainey Institute. i The corner stone ot Perrr-Rainey Institute, at Aurbirm, will be l»htl with Masonic cerem-onies eu Satur day, July 17th, ©pand Master Thom as J. Jeffries, of Atlanta, to be in dhargt. Judge 'Charles H. Brand will also make an address. It had been ,planned tofnave the ex ercises a few weeks earlier but cm ac count of toe'rains'delaytfng the farm ers it was 'thought beet to wait until all could tovs'an opportunity “to at tend. A fine «d»noeff will 'be a feature of the gathorirtg-and it'ie expend that a large orowt! wilbbe^resetit. Mayor'Cheek and the city officials will see 'bhatall the'visitors receive a hearty'w-elsome. Tfce town of Au burn p.re«eErted'the’3chodl with the stone. Despite'the bad weather, work is progressing nicely -on the building. They we?e >ready doc the-stone to be laid eoraerf-ime ago and have built on over it, leaving it ■or thatit-ean be re moved ami formally placed in posi tion. As scon as .arranged, the News- Heraid well publish the program in full. JUDGE rae HEARS WUHICIUU CASE YesborJlay -at -the -court house J udge C. H. Bcand heard the injunction proceedings brought .against the town of Logan ville by Dr. A. M. Brooks-awd obfceas, seeking to restrain the officials tfraim collecting a local school tax authorized by a special election for blaat purpose a few months ago. Quite a delegation froum our sister city was present to hear the case, and after hearing from both sides the judge held up his decision, to be ren dered later. Col. R. L. Cox represented the plaintiffs and Col. Joe Felker appeared for the defense. INJUNCTION REFUSED IN SCHOOL TAX CASE Yesterday before Judge Brand in this city was tried the injunction case of W. F. Payne, et. al. vs. J. C. Wood, et. al., a case in Banks super ior court, arising over the levying of local school tax under the provisions of the McMichael bill and brought to prevent the collection of an execution under that law. Messrs. F. M. Johnson and A. J. Griffin appeared for the plaintiff and Messrs. W. W. Stark and Oscar Brown for the defendants, who are trustees of the school district. Judge Brand refused the injunc tion and under his decision the tax can be collected. —Athens Banner. NOTICE. Owing to the special services in progress at the Baptist church the Presbyterians will omit their prayer services Friday night and regular preaching service next Sunday night. We will hold our regular Sunday morning service. Begins promptly at 11:45 a. m. Every family of the church is urged to have one or more adult representatives present as bus iness of importance is to be consider ed. A cordial welcome is extended to all who attend our services. Fkjtz Rauschenberg, Pastor. FOR RENT. A good seven room house at $7 per month and half of a six room room house at $4 per month. T. K. Mitchelt, Jr. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER’S cAST O R I A LAWRENCEVILLE, 0.A.. THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1909. DOFS NOT WANT OFFICE ABOLISHED T hinks Proposed Bill to Abol ish CountyTreastrrers Should Be Ddc-ated. To th*e ipe*ple of ■Gwinnett county at large and especially to the com mun'di*es*Hoiti'tow»3 individually: There es an agitation on foot to abolish'bite Office-of county treasurer throughout the state of Georgia whiefc 'VAill probably come up this session-of legislature. It is said by some !i»t the oflice Is useless and instead>of having the expewseof said office, use the following method:: The 'business can be handled by a batik'in Which all county funds shall be deposited, and that all warrants issued by tire county concmissioners | cam tbe'in'the form of ctieaks on said tMM&k, 'thus saving a large expense; a®£ also asserti ig that infcereeton all deposits shouid be paid by said bank, thereby addixgaconsidoffable amourX (x» <she 'income of the county. The ■wwsrtrtntion of the state -of Georgia wii'i have rtc be amended before one coaiiity can have this cilE-ce and the other oounty abolish, for all offices shall be uniform* So this is the prop osition we were compelled to face: namely, Shall one bank m Gwinnett handle all of Gwinnett’s money, or 6hall all the banks have the right to handle said oaoney? Each bank in the oou«rty lias as muai'i right <bo handle the county's money as tfce other bank. Why? Because eaofc bank helps to pay the tares. If the-office of oounty treas urer is abolished, then all the money wild be plaeed iti one bank. I)o you people at Buford, Grayson, Korcross, Auburn, Duluth, Suwanee, Dacula and Lawreneeviffe know that you have a legitimate right to handle your share of this money? Is not each one willing to pay the required percent.? Our efficient and upright county tteasurer, C. R. Smith, in forms me that he is dividing the county's money, thus placing some in each bank in the county. This is nothing but right and we should see to it that our representatives be asked to vote against such a bill to abolish the office of county treasurer, provid ed it should come up. Every bank president in Gwinnett county should write a personal letter to Dr. O. O. Simpson, of Norcross, and Rev. J. P. McConnell, of Grayson, rela tive to the proposed change, this be ing done in behalf of his bank, hiß shareholders, and his community. In other words, every man ought to be interested and take it upon him self to let the law remain unchanged, for Mr. Smith is certainly doing the square thing by all. Sam G. Brown, Attorney-at-Law. Salaries of Preachers. There are in North Georgia Con ference 11 districts and 24(5 pastoral charges, making a total of 257. Omitting appropriations made to weak charges by the Board of Mis sions and counting the districts and pastoral charges together, we have the following exhibit for pastorial support in the Conference for tbe year 1908, calculated from the Min utes: The 1 number who received salaries of $2,000 or more, 18; of $1,500 to $2,000, 17; of SI,OOO to $1,500, 2(5; of SSOO to SI,OOO, 120; of SSOO or less, 7(5. Total average of salaries for the year, $812.42. Following is the average by dis tricts: Atlanta, 1,313.27; Augusta, 982.10; Lagrange. 8(50.38; Griffin 858 36; Ath ens, 829.35; Oxford, 806.32; Gaines ville, 728.35 Rome, 699.47: Elberton 669.78; Dalton, 553.72; Marietta. 537.59.—J. S. Bryan in Marietta Journal. :THE LAND SALE LAST TUESDAY Lots Cut From Austin Webb Estate Bring Fancy Prices at Auction Sale. The auction sale of city lots be longing to the Austin Webb es tate, conducted by W. I. Phillips, ■«<: Jacksonville, Fla., last Tuesday ■was a most successful venture. The plat of thirteen acres was lout up into fifty-five lots and | thirty-three of them w«**e sold, ‘bringing $2,580. Some of the purchasers have already (seen of fered nice premiums on dheir in j'Vestments. Parties desiring one or more of the remaining lots should see T. W. Webb, who has the'property in charge. Mr. Phillips conducted tfce sale upon a fair basis, refraining front misleading statements or (ques tionable methods, and the good ,price paid for the property i« an •evidence that our people Jhave faith in the city’s future and are willing to back their judgment | with their money. Free carriages were furnished to land from the grounds and the (Lawrenceville band supplied /music for the entertainment of ifehe bidders. M.S. Cornett won the $5 in gold ottered for the person hauling tbe largest number of people to the sale. Sixty-five men and hoys rode over on bis wagon, drawin by a traction engine. Luther Whitlock diew the S2O in gold and he feels amply repaid for hie visit to the sale. some of the purchasers will im prove their lots this summer and when nice houses begin to go up the other property will enhance in vaule. The following parties bought lots: J. D. Rutledge 4, O. A. Nix 2, J. L. Cooper 2, T. L. Evans 2, J. A. Ambrose 10, James Craig 4, R. A. Robinson 1, C. P. Williams 2, W. O. Cain I, R. L. Robinson 1, C. R. Thompson 1, J. A. Townley 1. JUDGE BRAND CONTRIBUTES TO THE WILLIAMS FUND In a letter to Rev. H. N. Rain ey, Judge Charles H. Brand has the following to say in regard to raising a fund to help pay for a home for Mrs. J. M. Williams, widow of the well known Baptist minister, to whose memory a mon ument wan unveiled at his home church near Auburn a few weeks ago. The letter is published at the request of Mr. Rainey : Athens, Ga., June 14th, 1909. Rev. H. N. Rainey, Mulberry, Ga. Dear Mr. Rainey. I no ticed you call upon the friends of Rev. Mr. James Williams, de ceased, for money to lift the mortgage on his widow’s home. 1 think this is of much more impor tance than the erection of the monument to which I contributed in a small way, though I hope both movements will be a success. I authorize you to put me down for live dollars for the purpose of discharging said indebtedness. Yours truly, C. H. Brand. Notice of Farmers Union Meeting. The Board of directors of the Fann ers’ Union Warehouse Co , will meet in regular session on Thursday July j, in the office of the warehouse in Lawrenceviile. W. R. Duncan, President. Kills to stop the Fiend. The worst foe for 12 years of John Deye, of Gladwin, Mich., was a run ning ulcer. He paid doctors over S4OO without benefit. Then Bucklen’s Ar nica Salve killed the ulcer and cured him. Cures fever sores, boils felons, eczema, salt rheum. Infallible for pilss, burns, scalds, cuts, corns. 25c at Winn’s drug store. DEATH CLAIMS YOUNC MOTHER Mrs. Roger Irwin, nee Miss Tinnic Ware, Called to Rest This Morning. The announcement this morn ing that Mrs. Roger Irwin, of Woodbury, Ga., had died at 12:80 o’clock brought universal sorrow' to the hearts of all who knew and admired this most excellent young woman. Last Sunday a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Irwin, and from the first it was seen that there was little hope of saving the life of the young mother, and though every means which could be resorted to was employed the brittle thread of life was broken and the gentle spirit has winged its way to mansions on high. As Miss Tinnie Ware, Mrs. Ir win was very popular and after her marriage to Mr. Roger Irwin lust September she grew in the love and confidence of her friends. They resided in Lawrenceville until just before Christmas when they removed to Woodbury, win re Mr. Irwin has been engaged in business. The funeral aid inter ment will occur there tomorrow. M rs. Ware left yesterday for the bedside of her daughter and was there when the end came. The infant daughter is reported to be doing well. Mrs. Irwin was about nineteen years of age, and is survived by her husband, mother and the fol lowiug brothers and sisters : Prof. C. R. Ware, of Lawrenceville; Mrs. Rus Smith, of Hoschton; Mrs.'Roy Carroll, of. Atlanta; Mrs. Sam Sherrard, of Seneca, S. C.; Mrs. J. T. Woodruff, of Winder; Dr. S. J. Ware, of Athens: Misses Nina and Julia Ware, of Law renceville. Prof. Ware and Misses Nina and Julia leave this afternoon for Woodbury to attend the funeral. The Baptist Revival. Good congregations are attending the revival services being held at the Baptist church and listening to the earnest appeals made by the pastor, Rev. E. H. Jennings. Prof. A. A. Lyon, of Atlanta, is leading the singing and lie lias a well organized choir to help in this im portant part of the meeting. The services will continue through Sunday and possibly longer. “The flarathon Race” The long-distance foot race was a popular form of contest more than 2,000 years ago, and its revival in this country has been graphically il lustrated in a picture called “The Marathon,” by Samuel Nelson Ab bot, a copy of which is on display in J. H. McGee’s show window. It shows the victor in the filial des perate spurt of a great contest of speed and endurance. The nearest contender has run himself to exhaus tion, and has collapsed on the course within a few stiides of the goal; far ther back is another runner, badly beaten, but still going to his last ounce of gameness. The excitement of the crowd, the cheers, the waving of hats and hands for the victor; the gloom of the friends of the losers, are realistically shown. Thlfc ancient Greek race was one of the principal events of the Olympic games which have beeu revived. The victory of an American athlete last year at London over the best runners of the nations of the world has renewed the popularity of the race in this country. The picture is founded on that finish The drawing in its original form is one of value, and was made for Hart Schatfner A Marx. Baseball Saturday, The Piedmonts, of Atlanta, one of the fastest amature teams in the state will meet the locals on the home grounds Saturday. The game will be called at 4:15 Semi-Weekly. Monday and Thursday ALBERT E. DAVIS | OBEYS SUMMONS I Well Known Ciiizen Called’to ) His Reward Tuesday Eve ning—Otner Deaths. Albert E. Davis died at his home near Hog Mountain Tuesday evening the 22d inst.. and the remains were interred at Prospect church Wednes day, after burial services by Revs J. S. Askew and H. N. Summer. He is survived by bis wif« and six: children. H. W. and J. B. Davis be ing his sons. Mr. Davis had been a familiar dg ure in Lawrenceville for many yeare.. He resided here until a few years ago when he moved to the country and has been engaged in farming. He was a quiet, innoffenslve man and if he ever wronged any one in word or deed we never heard of it. For a long while he was a local Methodist preacher and frequently conducted services in the absence of his pastor. The deceased was sixtv-one years of age. He died of dropsy. To the bereaved family we offer a word of sympathy. firs. C. H. Smith. Mrs. Charles H. Smith, widow of* tne late “Bill Arp, ‘‘died at tier home in Cartersville on Tuesday morning. Mrs. Smith had been in failing health for some time and her death was not unexpected. She survived! Major Smith only a few years. Both Major and Mrs. Smith were' horn and reared in Lawrenceville They married and began housekeep ing here. Major Smith’s father, Asa Smith, was a wealthy merchant and Mrs. Smith was the daughter of Judge Nathan L Hutchins. She was a sister of C. L. Hutchins, of Su wanee, and the late Judge N. L. Hutchins and P. R. Hutchins, whose children live here now. Mrs. Smith is survived by nine children, as follows: Mrs. G. H. Au bry, Mrs. VV. W. Young. Mrs. S. O. Brumby and Miss Marian Smith, of | Cartersville, Dr. Ralph Smith, of Jacksonville, Fla.-Royal R. Smith, of Athens, HiYies Smith, of Rome, Carl Smith, of Mexico, and Frank. Smith of Texas. Otis Partridge. Little Otis Blue Partridge, the eleven-mmths-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Partridge, died at the res idence of tiis parents 89 Pearl-st., Wednesday morning at 12:20 o'clock, after an illiuss of several days. The death of little Otis Blue leaves only one of the famous Partridge triplets living. The Partridge triplets were Orbrey, Otis Blue and Oscar. Orbrey diet! April 18, slightly over twu months ago. Otis Blue died Wednesday morning, leaving only one of the children about whom so much has been written, living. The body will be sent Thursday morning to Norcross, where the fun eral will be held in the afternoon, the services being conducted at the Pleasant Hill church, the Rev. Mr. Burdett officiating.—Georgian. Mrs. W. H. flassey. Mrs. W. H. Mas ey, of Lilburn, died very suddenly last Monday from a stroke of paralysis, and the remains were interred at Liberty churcb Wednesday after religious service by Rev. G. A. Goss, of Atlanta. She was about forty-six years of age and is survived by her husband. She was a sister to John C. Mc- Daniel, of Lilburn. nrs. M n. Britt. The funeral services of Mrs. Sf.. M. Britt, aged 82 years, the wife of Mark Britt, of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., who died at her residence, 208 West Kimball st., Sunday morning at 5 o’clock, were conducted Monday morning at 9 o'clock at the private chapel of the Barclay & Brandon Co., Rev. Len G. Broughton, of the Baptist tabernacle, officiating. The body was sent to Stone Moun tain, Ga., for interment.—Atlanta. Georgian. Hrs. Susie Richardson Brown. Duluth, Ga., June 21. —Mrs. Susie Richardson Brown wife of J. T. Brown, aged 59years, died hereafter a lingering illness yesterday, and was buried from the Methodist church. Mrs. Brown is survived by a husband and five children, three brothers and four sisters. She was a consistent member of'the Methodist church, a useful member of the Ep worth League and an officer in the Woman’* Home Missionary society. NO. 61