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Page Two The News-Herald Lawrrnccville, Georgia Publithed Monday and Thur»day $1.53 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. Lawrenceville Publishing Co., Props. D. M. BYRD, Editor V. L. HAGOOD, Manager J. L. COMFORT, Supt. Official Organ U. S. Court, Northern District of Georgia. Entered at the Post Office at Law renceville, Georgia, as Second Class Mail Matter, under the act of Con gress of March 3rd, 1879. It has been found that automobiles to the number of 3 per cent are careless when they come to grade crossings. Out of 242,000 cars only 7,500 drivers noted took unnecessary chances at the crossings where ev eryone kne wthat caution was essen tial. According ot the New York Times, this test shows that as a class drivers of motor cars have due re gard for their own lives. But the tragedies are frequent in the small minority. The Times concludes: In several of the states included in this test laws have been passed to penalize every motor driver who does not come to a full stop before crossing a railway track. They are fine laws, but they are poorly en forced and poorly obeyed, and there fore have not proved effective as yet. A STRANGE DOCTRINE. The supreme court of North Caro lina his made a strange ruling. It has declared that when a man is in toxicated to the extent that he does not know what he is doing, he can not be convicted, for instance, of burglary. In North Carolina burglary in the first degree is punshabie by death. There have been efforts in Georgia even to adopt the North Carolina law but the attempts have always miscarried, because it is believed that an extreme penalty like this •would prevent the conviction of many burglars. In the case in point an 18 year old negro boy was sentenced to die for aleged entry into the home of a cit izen. A new trial was granted. The theory of the North Carolina law is that a man convicted of burglary in the nighttime would commit murder and the penalty is very drastic. The crime is punishable by death. But it is a strange doctrine of the court that a drunken man who does not know what heis doing is not capable ofthe intent necessary for a convic tion. FLAMES DAMAGE BUSINESS SECTION IN BARNESVILLE r _ — __ Barnteville, Ga. —Fire that broke out in the business section early Wednesday morning destroyed two garages, a grocery store, market, mail order house and poolroom. The Griffin fire department responded to a call for help. The fire was un ifier control at 2:30 a. m. An explosion in a garage caused the fire. J > We Need Not More Benefits But More Light To See Them—and Experience Is Our Light j Give Natural Law A Chance So many persons keep themselves so busy looking for some thing to improve, something to criticize, something in our sys tem of government with which to find fault that they fail to note the tendency of the country towards growth and improve ment. During the war our iron and steel industries were sud denly geared to take care of the stupendous production nec essary and incident to that gigantic undertaking. When the war ended it was thought the industries would be left high and dry, or at least find themselves in a position to take care of the country’s demands for several decades. The fact is, however, that iron and steel production for this year have been practically at capacity, and this has been so in many other industries which have been surpassing war time production. It has well been said that any one who is a bear on America will soon be behind in the procession. Our industries have become so diversified that they support each other and seem jointly to hoist them selves even by their own bootstraps. No longer does America depend on the outside world for economic support and capital. The tables have been turned. Capital is supplied, not borrowed by us, thus opening up foreign markets that for years have been a closed book. The only seem ing problem now to restore a genuine prosperity is the adjust ment of farm prices which have been woefully low and made dpubly valueless because of the increased prices of commodities. This is a situation to which the best of our economists may with profit address serious attention. Actually the economic law will take care of the situation, if it be permitted to operate. Industrial growth means the growth of industrial population if this is not prohibited, and increased population spells increased consumption. The demand for labor in the mills and factories will soon cease to drain the farms once farm prices begin to pick up. Bankers are disposed to the belief that special legislation wi'.l not help the farmer. We are inclined to agree with this theory. At best it will prove a palliative. Special legislation, as a fae has no place in America. Unfortunately it is from special leg' lation that the farmer is suffering—a created condition that fi gures the welfare of many well-watered railroads against a mdustries, not to speak of the people. The farmer can we! afford to let economic law work itself out if the politicians will permit it to operate. As it is, however, there is clear discrimi nation against the man who feeds the nation. Dollar wheat anti twenty-five dollars a day plasterers find separati laces In the news. They Incite a little more thought, however, when hey are linked together. May we suggest that the United States Reclamation Service devote s thought to reclaiming for us a little of the liberty left to us by the fathers? Dr. Charles F. Pabst, of Brooklyn, has brought forward the most itent argument yet heard to create greater respect for the eafnno >ent of prohibition- He assures us that bootleg whisky Is cne of ti •> ■eatost factors in destroying the complexion* of American girls. I. iis belief take root and good-by to the demon rum. WAS SHE EXCUSABLE? The folowing item, clipped from a well known newspaper, is eloquent in its brevity: Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 12.—Lizzie Mae Evans is dead and Mary Martin of Chicago is held on a charge of murder today. Miss Martin shot Miss Evans when she insisted upon reading aloud in the theater the sub titles of a moving pciture. Other details may be interesting, but they are relatively unimportant. The overshadowing fact is that swift retribution has overtaken a perpe trator of one of our major crimes. The criminality of one who reads subtitles aloud at the show is rival ed only by the auothors of some of the titles. Another person found guilty of felonious assault upon intelligence and restraint is that individual who clutches one’s wrist and whispers hoarsely, “Watch this closely now; there’s a cut in the film where they fake the horse jumping over the TO STAY GOOD LOOKING Your shoes must start with something more than mere smart style. Your foot shape must be built in—to stay to the end. Each Bostonian style is built for a different type of foot. That is why Bostonians are famous as the good looking shoes that fit. train.” The principle of a murderous as sault i 3 recognized and no jury will convict a person on this charge. As suredly justification exists for de fending one’s self against a murder ous assault upon one’s reason and integrity. A jury, of course, must decide that question. Meanwhile, it is to be hoped that the fate of the unfor tunate Tennessean will have a re straining effect upon movie pests who indulge in such murder inciting pastime. The Nashville incident should make them aware that they certainly are trifling with their luck. BRADBERRY-MARECHALE. Mrs. Josephine Bradberry, of Bu ford, announces the engagement of her daughter, Elizabeth Jeannette, to Leo Lewis Marechale, of Westmin ster, S. C., the wedding to be sol emnized in December. No cards. ROSTONEJUK Jriendt 9or your 9«et P. L. Keown & Son Juncfjrttrs ,A«tJcastek. RICH AND RIGHTEOUS Riches are not an evil within themselves. There is no inherent wickedness in money. It is the love of money that is the root of all kinds of evil. When one sets his heart on money, he then becomes a menace to himself and to the world. When he determines that his whole mind shall be absorbed in the ; bought of being rich, then he be comes dishonest. When he trusts In riches, then it becomes impossible lor him to enter the gates of heaven. Jesus Christ never condemned riches. He condemned the worship of riches. lie condemned covetous ness ; lie condemned the misuse of riches, lie denounced the dishonest aan, the unfaithful steward, the ■mm who exploited his own talents ) rob God. It is just as true today s it was when Christ uttered it, “It s easier for a camel to go through he eye of a needle than for a rich an to enter the kingdom of heav- That means, it is easier for he impossible to take place than it l'or a man who trusts in riches, ho makeS riches his kingdom, who altes wealth his god, to enter the agdom of heaven. Christ really taught that heaven is a condition in which a Chris ■ u might find himself, and In hieh he might faithfully serve God il attain the highest rank in Chris ■i n character. Christ regarded a ltes as a stewardship. A man's ■ ealth must be administered, not r his own ease and pleasure, nor nr any selfish end, but for the glory r' God and the benefit of humanity, t the teachings of Christ, every lent is to lie used in the Master's .‘rvice. When Christ said, “Lay >t up for yourselves treasures on irth,” He put the emphasis on ourselves.” Lay not up for your • lies, but lay up ns an honest, in dustrious stewnrd treasures for God .ml for God’s cause. Riches ran be gotten righteously. Xo one cau really get rich any other THE NEWS-HERALD, LawreneevflU, Cearfl* ROYAL ARCH MASONS EXALTED 13 CANDIDATES WEDNESDAY Last Wednesday was a red letter da> in Lawrenceville for the Royal Arch Masons, for on that occasion a class of fifteen candidates were ex alted to the Royal Arch. The chapter was opened at 2 o’clock in the afternoon and three of the degrees were conferred before 6 o’clock, when adjournment was baa The entire body then went to the club rooms where an excellent luncheon was served by the lady members of the Eastern Star. The hall was appropriated decorated FROM “The Shop of Beautiful Gifts” Buy The Gifts That Last Oriental Pearls Gracious gifts of soft and lustrous beauty. These Pearls, Graduated in size, and of varying lengths, are in a class alone as to durability, beauty and be comingness. A string of Oriental Pearls, laid close to the neck, brings out all the beauty of the skin, and softens the neck line marvelously. As a finishing touch to a smart costume, a string of pearls is perfect. We are particularly fortunate in our store of these exquisite Pearls, and it will give us pleasure to dis play them for you. E. A. MORGAN, Jeweler 10 & 12 East Hunter St., Atlanta, Georgia. ‘There’s economy in a few steps around the corner’ The Growing Conviction Among Farmers That they can make more money producing cotton under boll weevil conditions at the present price than they used to make before the boll weevil came is stimulating the price of farm lands. Nearly every day I have inquiries from some one for improved, well located, small farms. The real estate agents in Atlanta say they are now having many inquires for farms. In a few months, thousands of the farmers who have recently moved to the cities will be coming back to the coun try. They will want homes and land to cultivate. People who have money are beginning to realize that lands bought on the present mar ket will yield a large profit. Four yeas ago, the price of land was unreasonably high; now, the price is unreasonably low. It is a law of economics that one extreme follows another. Within the last two years, how many men have you heard expressing regrets over not having sold their land when the price was high? How many men have you heard expressing regrets that they bought lands when they were so high? The wise investor sells when everyone else wants to buy and buys when everyone else wants to sell. Nearly every land owner you meet now is anxious to sell his land and prices it unreasonably low. Farm lands in Gwinnett county bought at the prices prevailing now will more than double in the next three years. Then you will hear men lamenting over the land they did not buy in 1923 and 1924. Buy some land now. It is the greatest opportunity of a lifetime. if you have some land to sell, list it with me. 1 will try to find you a purchaser. 1 If you are in the market for some land, see me at vour first op portunity. I have some genuine bargains. Easy terms can be had on many of the places 1 have for sale. C. R. WARE, Georgia with the Masonic colors, and each member was furnished with a sou venir in the shape of a key stone. All were loud in their praise of the delightful repast served. They then returned* to the hall, where the Royal Arch degree was conferred that evening in ample form. Following is a list of the candi dates who were given the capitular degrees: J. F. Langley, R. L. Rob inson, R. S. Holt, J. E. Pratt, H. R. Saul, C. A. McKelvey, C. H. Landers, J. F. Atkinson, J. F. Mahaffey, J. C. Cates, C. S. Bannister, J. L. Slappey, L M. Grant, Otis Freeman and E. H. Young. BEACON SHOES Setting the Standard of Value The Standard of values in shoes has been maintained in Beacons for many years. The amount of service one pair of Beacon Shoes will give you, plus the comfort and satisfaction you will get forms the basis of the Beacon Standard of Value. Sold in Lawrenceville by (MINOT 3 LEDGE LIGHTMOUSt. NEW EM6LANO COAST MRS. HARRIETT CHESSER. Mrs Harriett Chesser, age sixty years, died at her home in Auburn October 26th. The funeral and in te’ment were at Auburn cemetery October 27th. She was the wife of Mr. P. R. Chesser, who survives her. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1923. The Fair Store J. COHEN, Prop. Every Pair Guaranteed rebekah meeting. There will be a call meeting at the Rebekah hall Friday night, Novem ber 2nd. All qualified Rebekate are requested to be present. ANNA HARVIL, N. G. VERA GUNTER, Secretary.