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Page Two The News-Herald Lowrcnceville, Georgia Published Monday and Thursday *- ■ - 1 111 ' " $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. 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 sin •=« r * A F==f *. . -fc 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 . i 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 HOME SWEET HOME Oscar Make* a “Bare” Escape by Terry Gilkison AUTOCASTER BlJir WHEW / t'oOOU£V>*’ T HAVE P i*'| l|f|i <*TAYEP OMP6C ANOTHER nilMk ‘’ BCONt> • 1 OCUIE V9(XH-P _jp THI NEWS-HMALD, tnimdß* ten* 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 Vy/ANT to <SHOW YOU OOd. J J 1.0 v ELY I COOAA- NOW ,I'LL / Til DiITUUI CAB 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. 4 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 CHAMBERLAIN’S 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. /~~~ —«V /iiSr gjyjui 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 THERE :r YOUR \\s I ( HOME? _/ ** !! 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 sm\ And All Directed Toward* Better Service