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The News-Herald
Lowrcnceville, Georgia
Published Monday and Thursday
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Lawrenceville Publishing Co., Props.
D. M. BYRD. Editor
V. L. HAGOOD, Manager
J. L. COMFORT, Snpt.
Official Organ U. S. Court, Northern
District of Georgia.
at the Post Office at Law
rencevitle, Georgia, as Second Class
Mail Matter, under the act of Con
gress of March 3rd, 1879.
THE VALUE OF THE COUNTY
AGENT.
How any community can fail to
see, understand and appreciate the
great value of the county agent is
beyond our comprehension. Such
eases, however, are isolated, but in
some counties in the state there is
found opposition to the county agent
and the work which is being done in
the interest of the farmer and the
whole community. Some time ago
the members of the grand jury in
Toombs county recommended that
the county agent in that county be
dispensed with, regarding the cost
as unnecessary expense. Such ac
tion on the part of representative
citizens, composing hte grand jury,
brought forth the following defense
of the agent from the Vidalia Ad
vance:
“Time and again we have com
mented on the work of our home
demontsrator; her work is mainly
wtih the women and girls of the ru
ral districts, and before any grand
jury undertakes to condemn her
work an dto recommend that her ser
vices be dispensed with, they ought
o call in some of the woman of the
:ounty, and hear what they have to
>ay.
“Looking at it from the finn'.c;al
,-ide alone, the tax lew made by the
commissioners this yera shows a half
mill assessment to pay the salary of
our farm demonstrators. This is 50
cents on the thousand dollars and
there is not a farmer on the grand
jury - that could not get the small
sum he pays in salaries for our dem
onstrators back over and over again
if he would take advantage of the
services which are at his command.
The business men in the towns of
Lyons and Vidalia are glad to pay
their part of this tax, because they
realize that their prosperity is bound
up with the prosperity of the farm
ers, and they are willing to be taxed
to give the farmers of the county ev
ery possible Service which will be of
help in putting our agricultural in
terests on a prosperous basis.
“We want to see Toombs county
go forward; we want to see its citi
zens progressive; we want to see the
farming interests of the county hap
py and prosperous. But in the light
«f our own observation, guided by
what progressive farmers of Toombs
and other counties say of the county
agent and his or her work, if the
recommendation of the grand jury
is followed in this instance, we know
it is a step backward. It is just as
much a blow to progress as plowing
up our improved roads and going
back to the stretches of impassable
sand; as burning our consolidated
school buildings and using again the
dilapidated, unpainted buildings with
one teacher for all the grades.”
This county, however, is an excep
tion, we are glad to know, and we
believe that so soon as the attention
of these gentlemen is called to the
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Last Longer-
Less Adjustment
Bui eh Four-Wheel Brakes
Buick four wheel brakes not only double the
braking efficiency of the new 1924 Buicks by
doubling the braking surface but for the
same reason lessen the wear on each brake
mechanism in proportion. Buick four-wheel
brakes last longer. They require less adjust
ment and the linings do not wear down
as quickly.
Simple in construction and positive In action,
Buick four-wheel brakes give added safety
under all circumstances. They are of the
Buick external contracting type and each
brake has a three-quarter wrap or grip in
stead of the usual half-way grip.
Buick four-wheel brakes are operated with
a slight pressure on the service brake pedal.
They act quickly, smoothly and easily.
All 1924 Buicks (both fours and sixes) have
these new four-wheel brakes. In addition,
the 1924 Buicks embody further advance
ments in power. in construction and in beauty
that make Buick more than ever “the
Standard of Comparison".
J.J. BAGGETT
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA
/HEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT, BUICK WILL B l ILL) 1 HEM
value of the count yagent and hia or
her work that Toombs county will
fall in line in the support of the
work and hte good which is being ac
complished in all communities where
agents are located.
HIGHWAY BUILDING TO
BE GREATEST INDUSTRY
There are more than six and a
quarter million farms in the United
States, worth in excess of seventy
billions of dollars, a sum in excess of
that invested in any other three in
dustries of the country. Any up-to
date farmer tilling more than eighty
acres knows that, given a road over
which he can travel, he must have a
truck or lose money to his compe
titor who has one. Assuming for
the purposes of argument that one
third the farms in America are
eighty acres or more, it is obvious
that more than two million trucks
are needed on farms alone*.
The present yearly production of
trucks is a quarter of a million. The
existing number of trucks serving
farms is probably not in excess of
lia'/ a million. The reason why a c e
lags so far behind necessity is the
fact that the trucks should travel
over two and a half million miles of
road asd actually do travel over less
than three hundred thousand miles
of road, for the good and sufficient
reason that only that number of miles
are sufficiently improved to make
truck hauling economical.-
Statistics gathered by the govenv
ment: show that, given a reasonably
good road, it costs, per ton mile, 15
cents to haul wheat, 15 cents to haul
corn and 18 cents to haul cotton by
truck, whereas by wagon the rates
are 30, 33, and 48 cents, respectively.
The American farmer is not a stu
pid person. Let him once realize how
much he can save by a truck and he
won’t ask for good roads, he will de
mand.-at the polls that the United
States government give him good
roads. He already is talking in ,-o
Commands G. A. R
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Galord M. Salt2garber, of Van
'ert, Ohio, is the new Commander
► Chief of the G. A. R., elected at
le National Reunion in Milwaukee
ist week. below thin
lue line'-. the O. A. R. In annua?
trade, fifty-nine years after laying
own anus.
uncertain voice, which is why it can
confidently be predicted that the in
dustry of the future which will be
the biggest in the United States is
neither railroads nor automobile
building (the two present leaders,
except farming), but road making.
When the farmers of the nation in
s’st on having their two and a half
million miles of mud tracks made in
to roads, highway building will be
come the nation’s premier industry.
GWINNETT FARMER SHIPS
MELONS TO FLORIDA
Wt take off our hats to Mr. C. Hill
Woodruff, of Grayson, who has shown
Gwinnett county farmers that money
can be made on something besides
cotton.
Mr. Woodruff conceived the idea
that there are vegetable and melon
growing sections of the country that
cannot grow late crops, and that
buyers are almost as eager for the
very late grown melons as they are
for the early varieties. With this in
nund he grew and shipped two cars
last year which proved profitable and
this year he has grown and shipped
two cars, and has another that will
go forward this week. One of the
shipments was made to Jacksonvil’e,
Fla., and the other to Atlanta, where
he received from 60 to 75 cents each
for them.
There is no way to estimate just
what business could be developed, if
the farmers of this county would
give their attention to the groowing
of late vegetables and melons.
Willie’s Dog Life
Willie had almost finished his
reading lesson when he came to a
word he could not pronounce.
“Barque,” prompted the teacher.
Willie looked at his classmates and
grinned.
“Barque, Willie!” exclaimed the
teacher harshly.
Willie, looking up at the teacher,
finally cried out: “Bow-wow-wow!”
Committee of Soft Coal Operators Formed
To Put Bituminous Fuel Supply ai Service
/ of Nation in Emergencies of War or Peace
j;g: rradl 6 Y A9tt> 3y NofWt
A committee has been formed at
last in the industry of mining bi
tuminous coal—-a gathering of the
best brains in the business to form
a closer relationship between the
operators and the public and to con
tinue close and intelligent study of
the problems which the industry
must face and solve to insure a fuel
supply for the American people.
Twenty-five of the leading soft coal
operators of the United States have
consented to serve as members of
the Policy Committee of the National
Coal Association, and to work for
these ends.
Since the appointment of the
United States CoaKCommission there
has existed what is known as the
Bituminous Operators’' Special Com
mittee, formed to co-operate with
the Commission'in finding out the
facts of the soft coal industry. The
life of this committee expires with
tie life of the Coal Commission.
ecause of the intimate acquaintance
lyyith. all details of the bituminous
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W. L. NIX,
Attorney at Law,
Office in New Tanner Building
LAWRENCEVILLE, GA.
industry the members of this tem
porary committee have gathered
from their work, its membership was
taken over into the newly formed
Policy Committee.
Three men prominent in the work
of this committee are shown above.
J. G. Bradley, of Dundon, W. Va.,
at the left, one of the members of the
Bituminous Operators’ Special Com
mittee and its first chairman, is also
a former president of the National
Coal Association. Mr. Bradley has
recently returned from Europe,
where he made a study of the situa
tion in the coal mining industry,
and is giving his colleagues the
benefit of his observations.
Harry N. Taylor, president of the
United States Distributing Corpora
tion, of New York, formerly a mem
ber of the Bituminous "Operators
Special Committee, is another of the
new Policy Committee members.
Michael Gallagher, of Cleveland, 0.,
is prominent in the work of the
Policy Committee, and has been a
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Ww&otux
An entirely new body design lends distinction in
appearance,adds measurably to individual comfort,
and provide* greater convenience in the new Ford
Coupe.
Streamline body, windshield visor, and nickeled
fittings make this new Coupe highly attractive.
Deeply cushioned seats, improved interior arrange
ment, and cowl ventilator provide i n creased comfort.
Wide doors that open forward, revolving type
window lifters, enlarged rear compartment and a
recess shelf for parcels, back of the seat make
greater convenience.
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Seo lit am Ford Coupe and other body typtt
•t yomr Nearest Ford Dealer’s showroom.
H. P. STIFF MOTOR CO.
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA
CARS * TRUCKS * TRACTORS
•TO.TAYi.orr
New and Second
H. P. Stiff Motor Co, Cash or credit
MICHAEL GALLAGHER, -
i member of the Bituminous Operators
| Special Committee since its forma
tion.
In selecting the twenty-five mem.
bers of the Policy Committee, cars
was taken to see to it that there
should be fair geographical repre
sentation of all sections where 30ft
coal is produced.
The conception of the scope of this
Committee’s field of activity is so
broad that, although it is a commit
tee of the National Coal Association,
in making up the membership the
industry reached outside the Associa
tion in order that every bituminoui
mining district should be repre
sented.
In the Policy Committee, the soft
coal operators have :ormed a body
competent to speak for the whole
industry when emergencies of wai
or peace require the mobilization of
the coal supplying business of th«
nation, and which is dedicated tc
keeping the industry in close an<|
continuous contact with the public
mind aad the public interest.
r DIGESTION
oatues blosttns— (assy pains that
crowd the heart—constipation.
Always Sad relief and comfort in
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TABLETS
No griping—no nausea—only 25 cents
CATARRH
Catarrh Is a Local disease greatly In
fluenced by Constitutional conditions.
HALL’S CATAHRH MEDICINE con
sists of an Ointment which Rives Quick
Relief by local application, and the
Internal Medicine, a Tonic, which acts
through the Blood on the Mucous Sur
faces and assists in lidding your System
of Catarrh.
Sold by druggists for over 40 Tears.
F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo. O.
These groups of stoek'iotders Illustrate the rapid growth
in owner+jlp of the Bell System.
A COMMUNITY OF OWNERS
NATION WIDE
“ Who owns the company ? ”
“What is behind it?” These ques
tions are asked in appraising the
soundness of a business and in de
termining its aims.
The American Telephone and
Telegraph Company is owned by
more than 270,000 people living
in every state in the Union. Could
the stockholders of the Bell System
be gathered to one place, they
would equal the population of a
city about the size of Providence
or Denver.
They constitute a representative
cross-section of American citizen
ship. Among them, of course, are
bankers and men of large affairs;
One Policy - One System
Universal Service
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co.
Ladco Will Double Yield Of All Grains
Liming the Land is profitable for Alfalfa, Tobacco, Com,
Cotton, Clover, Peanut 3, Fruit and Pecan tree 3. Liming
improves the soil by correcting acidity and helps the
mechanical condition.
Ladco Ground Limestone is the Best, the Cheapest
and Most Effective that Can Be Used
Let us give you prices delivered at your station. Agents
wanted everywhere. Good proposition. Easy selling.
Write for details.
LADD LIME & STONE COMPANY
, Dept. F, 1104 Citizens & Southern Bank Bldg., Atlanta, Ga.
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Convenience and correct dress
demand two watches
In the office and on the road, and when a man
pursues his outdoor hobbies, a strap watch proves
an invaluable possession.
So too should a woman wear a strap watch for sport.
The intricate mechanism of her dress wristlet should not
be put to the continued stress of such rigorous activity.
Yet with evening dress a man’s strap watch becomes
incongruous and a woman’s sport model an ornament of
doubtful taste. They who hold convenience and correct
dress as things of consequence, possess two watches—
a strap watch for business and the sports, and a dress
watch for social wear.
Our extensive showing of watches dressed in the
popular Wadsworth White Gold Cases is especially
interesting.
Wadsworth Cases )Aa\e Watches Beautiful
E. A. MORGAN ;
JEWELER AND OPTOMETRISTS
10-12 E. HUNTER ST. ATLANTA, GA.
THERE IS ECONOMY IN A FEW STEPS AROUND THE CORNER
THURSDAY, OCTOBtk 4, IMI
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BABY EASE
A* Safe Liquid Treatment For
Sick Fretful Babies and Children
Bowel and Teething Troubles
No Opiates No Dope Sold bu Druggists.
for the idea of ownership in the
Bell System appeals to sound busi
new judgment and a trained sense
of values.
In this community of owners are
the average man and woman, the
storekeeper, the clerk, the salesman,
the professional man, the farmer
and the housewife —users of the
telephone who with their savings
have purchased a share in its own
ership. The average individual
holding is but twenty-six shares.
No institution is more popularly
owned than the Bell System, none
has its shares distributed more
widely. In the truest sense it i*
owned by those it serves.
Bell System
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And All Directed Toward*
Better Service