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TWICE.A-WEEK VOLUME 53. COTTON 36 CENTS AW) STILL HIGHER LEVELS EXPECTED New York, November 28.—Decem ber cotfco.i crossed 36 cents a pound Tuesday, establishing a new high record for the year despite thq, con tinued sensational gains in price since the upward movement began August 1, when cotton was selling at 21 cents a pound. Wall street bankers now predict that there is a long period of pros perity ahead of the south, with cot ton being planted next year in every foot of available space, including back yards. One banker said with a smile that he could see the cities of the south with their rapidly-increas ing wealth dotted with cotton-grow ing roof gardens. Speaking seriously, this banker pointed out that with December al most here and options for that month now crossing the 36-cent mark, a price of 29 cents a pound was al ready being established for October of next year. This proves conclusively that the best-posted people in cotton expect the price to remain at a comparative ly high level, or, until the south with the help of the government, the I bankers and everyone el e interested. I gets the best of the boll weevil pest, which is responsible for the short ! cotton crops of recent years and consequently the world-wide cotton shortage. No Decline Near. That cotton will continue to sell at a high price as far ahead as can now be seen is the belief of the best posted bankers here who have spent time and money to get at the real facts in the cotton situation. That this view is also held in the cotton manufacturing centers abroad is plain from the advice just given by the British premier, Stanley Baldwin, to the Manchester cotton mill owners to start planting cotton in Egypt, South Africa and India to gain in dependence from the American mar ket which would soon be consuming for its own use all of the American cotton raised. Wall street expects the next gov ernment cotton crop estimate, which will be issued on December 12, to slow only betwee i 10,000,000 and 9,500,000 bales of this year’s crop, 6,000,000 bales already have been marketed. If the crop is 10,000,000 bales and the price level is maintained the direct difference be tween this price and 21 cents will mean to the south an additional $60,- 000,000. However, indirectly, 36- cent cotton will mean a great deal more to the southern railroads, and bankers, and business men and farm ers through general increased buy ing power.. Cotton Still Rising. New York, November 29. —There was a continuation of yesterday s buying movement in the cotton mar ket today which absorbed heavy realizing sales and sent prices up to 36.72 for January or 122 points net higher, while December sold at 37.12. January closed at 36.62 or within 10 points of the best, and the general market closed strong with prices showing net advances of 60 to 115 points. WILLIAMS-CRAIG. Friends will be interested to learn of the marriage of Miss Daisy Wil liams, popular teacher in the iocal school, to Mr. E. L. Craig, one of our sterling young men, which occurred on Wednesday afternoon at the home of Rev. S. R. Belk in Atlanta. After a short honeymoon Mr. and Mrs. Craig have returned to .Law renceville whree they will make their home. . , f COPIES OF CHARGES SERVED AFTER FIGHT City policemen served copies of charges to Alfred Herrington and Horace Pratt Saturday night after their difficulty on Jackson street. From reports it seems that Her rington was in the home of Mr. G. M. Lisenbee and had parked his car in front of the home and that Pratt coming down the street in his car struck the car of Herrington. After a chase of two blocks Herrington overtook the car of Pratt in front of the home of Mr. Lee Smith, city po liceman, and following some hot words a fight started in which Her rington is said to have come out the winner. - Herrington was also placed under bond of SIOO for assault and bat tery. , Pratt, who is said to have figured in a wreck of his auto and the buggy of Mr. Foss Moon during Fair Week, is alleged to have been drirtking at the time of the Saturday night fracus which caused much excitement along the street. The News-Herald Publisher Builds Ntw Florida Road 1 i ,v ■••• W: t '.4 * lAJTOCAtTCB | Vv. J. Connors, Buffalo publisher who conceived and is now complct ,n R. a-great cross-state which connects East and Wes rlorida and opens up thousands o' new farming acres BATTLE HYMN OF THE FEDE RATION. N. W. HINES. (Tune —Battle Hymn of the Re public.) We’re a band of loyal women with a vision clear we trust, We must raise our eyes unto it—we must make it true—we must! We must not let the colors of our district trail the dust— We ML ST go marching on! CHORUS. Olcry—Glory Federation! Glory—Glory Fe ieration! Glory—Glory Federation! We WILL go marching on! We have heard the clarion coil th.i rung so clear from shore to shore, 3ur hearts are true to trusts that lie about cur every door. We pledge ourselves to onward press —yes, onward evermore! We MUST go marching on! We’ll be the first to cherish those who cry to us in need — The first to stand for right—for truth in thought—in word —indeed' Press onward loyal women —Love and Service be our creed! We MUST go marching on! COLLECT FOR CLUB WOMEN. Keep us, O God, from pettiness; let us be large in thought, in word, in deed! Let us be done with fault-finding and leave off self-seeking. May we put away all pretense and meet each other face to face, with out self-pity, and without prejudice. May we never be hasty in judgment and always generous. Teach us to put into action our bet ter impulses, straightforward and unafraid. Let us take time for all things; make us grow culm, serene and gentle. Grant that we may realize it is the little things that create differ ences; that in the big things of life we are as one. And may we strive to touch and to know the great common woman’s heart of us all, and, O Lord God, let us not forget to be kind. —Mary Stuart. COLLECT FOR OPENING OF. MEETINGS. Direct us, O Lord, in all our do ings, with thy most gracious favor, and further us with thy continual help, that in all our works, begun, continued and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy name, and finally, by thy mercy, obtain everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The president urges that each club member keep a copy of this and memorize for future use in club work. MAUD KEOWN, Corresponding Secretary of Wo man’s Club. JOINT SESSION BTH AND 9TH DISTRICT PRESS CONVENTIONS Friday, December 14th, at the Georgian Hotel, Athens, a joint ses sion of the Eighth and Ninth Dis trict Press Associations will be held. . PROGRAM: Called to order at 10:30 o’clock by the president. Invocation—Dr. E. L. Hill, pastor First Presbyterian church of Athens. Reading of minutes of last meet ing. * Payment of dues to secretary treasurer. ’ “How Can the Weekly Press Best Serve the Farmers the First Three Months of 1924”—Rush Burton, La vonia Times. “A Fair Price for Advertising: What Is It, and Do We Get It?” James P. Davidson, Cleveland Cour ier: “The Value of the Editorial Page” —John F. Shannon, Commerce News. “How the Georgia Press Can Best Co-operate For Better Highways”— W. T. Anderson, Macon Telegraph. General discussion. Selection of next meeting place. Election of officers. Adjournment. F. Q. SAMMON > Funeral Director ard Scientific EMBALMER, I carry a full line of Coffins, Cas- Keta, Burial Suits, Robes, Etc. Call* Filled Day or Nnight. Free hearse to customers. Lawrenceville, Ga. LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1923. SOUTH OFFERS LARGE PROFITS Atlanta, Ga., November 29. ‘Never before has any section of the country offered nui h splendid oppor tunities to investors; perhaps never again will investors be able to secure such a high return upon" their money without risk to principal. The south today is advancing steadily toward its goal of industrial and financial leadership. In the principal cities of this new empire there is an ever in creasing demand for new office buildings, more hotels and more apartment houses to take care of the rapidly increasing population.” The foregoing statement was made here today by Forrest Adair, Sr., president of the Adair Realty and Trust company of Atlanta, whose intimate knowledge >f real estate conditions in southern tdt ic-s is the result of fifty-eight years exper ience in the field. Mr. Adair declares that the south needs prodigious amounts of capital for the development of its gigantic projects and enterprises, but one of its most auspicious opportunities for investment, as lie points ml, is pre sented by the imperative demand in l its important cities for businec.? and I living accommodations of every per- I an.nent na’ure. Vast Changes Overnight. “And almost overnight vast changes are being wrought upon the sky-lines of southern cities,” says Mr. Adair. “New office buildings, hotals and apartment houses are rushed to completion to meet the ever increasing demand for business and living quarters. Occupancy by eagerly waiting tenants frequently begins before the building is com pleted. Everywhere the small brick buildings of another period are giv ing way before the conquest of steel and corcrete.” Mr. Adair shows that the south can afford to offer attractive terms for capital—that money works hard and earns a high wage in the south. Atlanta needed $20,600,000 in 1922 for new construction; Jacksonville, $5,800,000; Tampa, $3,100,060; Bir mingham, $7,300,000; Memphis, $20,- 900,600; Knoxville, $5,042,174—and still the demand for accommodations far outstrips the building program. Settlers Coming South. A new activity for civic clubs in Georgia and the south may soon be undertaken if the suggestions of members of leading clubs in Atlanta are followed. This is a work of securing new settlers, it being pointed out that thousands of acres of available land might be offered to people in other sections of country who are seeking i the advantages of the south as a farming section. Civic clubs here and in other southern cities have been active in promoting movements for tlie ad vancement of education and city im provements and in lending aid to charitable and benevolent organiza tions. It is known that if an organized effort is put forth by the various civic clubs in behalf of the home seeker it will result in bringing many new settlers of tse better class to the south. “There are literally thousands of farmers in the colder sections of the country who are looking with long ing eyes to the more comfortable region of the south with the desire to locate here,” said A. D. Daniel, passenger traffic manager of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic railway, in addressing civic leaders here today. —i THREE CONVICTS ESCAPE GWINNETT CHAINGANG Up to noon today, Gwinnett coun ty officials had not recaptured three convicts who made their escape from their barracks Saturday night by making a hole through the floor. A screwdriver was said to have been used in the tedious wotk of making an outlet through the wooden floor. After trailing them around the pond here, the dogs were unable to follow them further. They seemed to be headed toward Atlanta. The men who escaped are Richard Hood, serving a term of five years for automobile theft, having been sent here from Atlanta; Jack Gault, also sent from Atlanta on a similar charge, and Robert Nations, who was sentenced from Murray county. CABBAGE PLANTS. Early Jersey and Charleston Wake field Cabbage and Bermuda Onion Plants by mail 500, 80c; 1,000, $1.25. Come to Snellville to get your sup ply. J. M. Bennett, grower, Law renceville, Ga., Route 3. dlOcm i flew and Second Hand Forda. ti. iP. Stiff kfot.r C*. Cash er credit. LOCAL OVERFLOW. Come to the Bazaar Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Smith visited relatives at Auburn Sunday. Mr. J. A. Ambrose transacted bus iness in Buford Monday. Col. M. D. Irwin and Mr. J. A. Ambrose visited Athens Saturday. Meet your friends at the bazaar. Mrs. Anderson, of Atlanta, is the guest of her friend, Mrs. O. B. Nor ton. Mr. J. L. Williams, of Sherman, Texas, spent part of last week with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Robinson spent Sunday with the latter’s father and sister at Auburn. • Capt. J. G. Vose has returned from Monroe, where he accompanied Mrs. Paul Vose on Friday. Mrs. Paul ose, of Atlanta, was the guest of Capt. J. G. Vose, Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Austin, Thursday. Mr. George Cash and family will move to Atlanta -next week. Their friends will regret to give them up. ; Get your donations ready for the ! bazaar. Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Ambrose, Mr. J. A. Ambrose ami Mrs. J. L. Ex am motored to Gainesville Sunday. * Will Regers, the famous Follies comedian and lariat expert, enacts the unique role of lchabod Crane in “The Headless Horseman” or “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” which will be the attraction at the Strand Theater December 13th and 14th. Miss Laurie Belle Stubbs spent the Thanksgiving holidays at home with her parents, Prof, and Mrs. C. O. Stubbs. Col. I. L. Oakes and wife were the guests of the latter’s father, Mr. Cooley, of White county, Saturday and Sunday. Miss Louise Parks, of Carl, who has been the guest of her aunt, Mrs. F. Q. Sammon, returned to her home Saturday. t, Mrs. Snowdon and daughter, Mar tha, of Madison, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Byrd, Wednes day and Thursday. “The Headiest Horseman,” adapt ed from the American classic, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” by Wash ington Irving, is one of the best known stories in American literature. There have been over 53 editions of the book published _ besides being studied in the schools. Will Rogers plays the role of Ichabod Crane in “The Headless Horseman,” the at traction at the Strand Theater, De cember 13 and 14th. Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Dorris, of De catur, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Montgomery and Miss Eula Cain, Thursday. Miss Nellie Fay Camp has returned to her school at Covington after spending the week end with her mother, Mrs. Lillie Camp. Mrs. C. T. McConnell and child ren, Charles and Mary Beth, were the dinner guesst of Mr. and Mrs. John Lee, of Conyers, Thursday. At the regular monthly meeting of the Lawrenceville Masons on Tues day night the election of offceirs for the ensuing year will take place. Don’t fail to come to the bazaar Saturday afternoon and evening. Mr. A. S. Bradford and family have., moved into the Scruggs house on Perry street. Mr. Bradford is a traveling salesman and moved here frdm Rosebud. Misses Florence Sammon and friend, Miss Lillie D. Kelley, of State Normal, Athens, were the week end guests of the former’s parents. Mr. and Mrs. F. Q. Sammon. Rev. V. H. Britt, of Chamblee, has accepted the call to preach at the Lawrenceville Second Baptist church and will occupy their pulpit on the second and fourth Sundays. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Monfort, Mr. Reed Monfort of Greensboro, Miss Doris Cooper, Rev. Marvin Franklin attended the Georgia-Center foot ball game in Athens, Saturday. Mr. Emory Camp, a former citi zen of near Lawrenceville, who is now working for the Seaboard rail way with headquarters at Abbeville, S. C., was here for the week end. The friends of Mrs. D. M. Byrd will regret to know that she was called to the bedside of her mother, Mrs. J. R. King, of Decatur, Satur day. Report was received Sunday that her-'Condition is somewhat Im proved. HOUSE PASSES INCOME-TAX RILL Atlanta, Ga., November 28.—8 y vote of 141 to 51—three more than the requisite majority,—the Georgia house of representatives on Tuesday afternoon passed the Lankford bill providing for the levying of an in come tax for the support of the state of Georgia. As the measure is a constitutional amendment, it was necessary that the affirmative vote be a two-thirds majority of the total membership of the roll of 206 members. It will be necessary, before the provisions of the bill are finally adopted into the constitution of the state, that the action of the legislature be ratified by the voters of the state at the polls at the next general election, in No vember, 1924. As passed by the house, the Lank ford bill was changed in several fea tures from its form as passed by the senate. A number of amendments, recommended by the house commit tee on amendments to the constitu tion, being adopted before the bill came up for final passage. Prevent Tax Dodging. One of these amendments strikes the \\> rd “net” as descriptive of comes under the net. This amend ment was approved by the committee, on the a rounds that if only net in comes were to be taxed, the large corporations would so handle their statements that they would not show any net incomes at all. Another amendment strikes from the bill that clause which provided that the taxpayer could offset his in come tax payment by the amount of ad valorem taxes paid, or vice versa if the ad valorem was the greater. Still another eliminated entirely the clause setting out the schedule of exemptions, and simply provided in its place that future legislatures would have the power of allowing ex emptions, leaving the amount of ex emptions to be placed in the enabling act which will have to be passed after the bill is ratified by the people. The bill as finally passed provides for a state income tax at a rate not to exceed 5 per cent, on a graduated scale, and also that the state ad va lorem rate shall be reduced from 5 mills to 3 mills as soon as the income tax has been ratified by the people and adopted into the laws of the state. P. T. A. MEETING The P. T. A.’s. will meet Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock in the school auditorium at which time the feature of the program will be the address on “Public Health” by Dr. Faulkner, of Atlanta, the general public also being invited to the meeting. Buy jour Christmas gifts at the Bazaar. The many friends of Master Har ry Sammon will be delighted to know that his condition is very much im proved and hope for him a speedy recovery. Help the school equipment fund by buying at the bazaar. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Methvin an nounce the birth of an eight pound daughter, who arrived Friday night. Both mother and daughter are do ing nicely. Those who have large appetites will appreciate Will Rogers in “The Headless Horseman” or "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” which will be at the Strand Theater December 13th and 14th. in the role of Ichabod Crane, Mr. Rogers portrays the old maxim that the quickest way to a man’s heart is through his stomach and consequently for that reason fell desperately in love with the beautiful and wealthy Katrina. We are pleased to announce that our expert optometrist, Dr. O. J. Baggarly, of Atlanta, Ga., is to be with us again at the City Drug Store Saturday, December Bth. If you are in doubt about your eyes call and see Dr. Baggarly, as this is the ser vice he has to offer you. All work guaranteed and prices are as reas onable as is consistent with first class work and service. He has a complete repair department and can duplicate any lens on short notice. dßc LOST—A yellow and white spotted old hound, bitch, left ear split. Finder please notify Fred E. Craig, Route 4 and receive reward. FOR SALE —Six pure, strain, Rhode Island Red cockerels. See Otis Kelley, Lawrenceville. D3c s slo.oo REWARD —For large red bone hound with warts all over ears, lost near Lilburn, Saturday, night, November 24th. Notify A. L. Whitehead, Box 1737, Atlanta, Ga. dOpd Ideal Gift For Athletic Girl at f If she is athletic then the pew quarter-sleeve pull-over sweater with Vhnerk will be tile fUt to give her at Christmas. It is'fashion’s latest and most sensible model. — la bright colors T! FERCrLOiUB -SEAL "A E STARTS ON DECEMBER ■V.V> More than .-.ix and a half million tuberculosis Christmas seals will be distributed this week from the office of the Georgia Tuberculosis Asso ciation to a hundred Georgia coun ties in preparation for the sixteenth annual seal sale which is to begin on a nation-wide scale December 3rd. The sale last year was the chief means of support of the Georgia Tuberculosis Association and forty f ur local associations and commit tees and resulted in care by them of more than 4,000 causes in addi tion to the much bigger program which was carried on for the preven tion of the disease. Seals were first sold to procure funds for the tuberculosis campaign by Miss Emily P. Bissell. of Dela ware, in 1907. From 1908 to 1919- the seal sale was sponsored by the American Red Cross. The following year the Red Cross decided that the sale no longer needed sponsoring and, assuring the tuberculosis or ganizations rs its good will, with drew from the movement. Three hundred thousand seals were sold by Miss Bisell in 1907, and more than throe hundred eighty four million in 1922. Approximately two billion have been sold in the fifteen annual sales. This means that through these little sticker:. $20,000,000 has been secured for the tuberculosis campaign. More sig nificant than this sum, however, is the fact that, through its expendi ture by the various associations raising it, the death rate has been reduced one half, which means that 100,000 lives are being saved an nually. The sale in Lawrenceville this year will begin first week in De cember. It is the hope of the com mittee, of which Mrs. W. L. Nix is chairman, to sell S2OO worth of seals. EFFORT MADE TO PLACE ARSENATE ON FREE LIST Atlanta, Ga., Novembed 26.—Vig orous efforts to amend the federal tariff law so as to place calcium ah senate upon the free likt, will be made as soon as congfess convenes in December. This is dearly indi cated in the unanimous expressions of congressmen and senators from all the cotton growing states, in re plies they have sent to a letter re cently mailed by J. J. Brown, Geor gia commissioner of agriculture. In his letter, Mr. Brown pointed out how important calcium arsenate is in the fight which the farmers of this part of the country are making against the boll weevil. He also re minded the lawmakers that th" tariff of 25 per cent, placed upon arsenate by the last congress, was really the result of a misunder standing of chemical terms, it really having been the intent to place the tariff upon another product alto gether. The response to Mr. Brown’s let ter to the cotton states delegations has been practically unanimous. Every member of those delegations has written that he will not only support such an amendment to the tariff act, but that he will, if neces sary, join in introducing the desired amendment. Thus it is felt to be practically an assured fact that the effort will be made and, if it is made, congress is confidently eij peeted to lift this burden ftOm the shoulders of the cotton growers, a burden never intended and accident ally imposed in the firr.t place. SiIND US YOUR JOB WORK, TWICE-A-WEEK BAGCETT AND ROBINSON WIN FOR COUNCIL In the race for two places on the city council held Monday Mr. J. J. Baggett was re-elected and Mr. R. L. Robinson was elected to the seat of Mr. G. C. Montgomery, who de clined to offer for re-election. Four candidates’ names were on the ticket for the two places but no candidate seemed to be making any effort to be elected and a light vote was polled with very few women vot ing. The vote was: J. J. Baggett 161, R. L. Robinson 155, J. W. Nicholson 164, H. H. Pharr 133. Councilmen Walter Sims and W. M. Jordan hold over another year as does Mayor F. Q. Sammon. The administration of the affairs of the city during the past year has been entirely satisfactory and much good for the city and its people has been accomplished. City Clerk Robinson was on hand at the polls with the “Oath of Vot ers” and all voters were registered for the next election. Those who failed to vote or register today are requested to call at the city hall and register and the list will be used by the city in all its future election.;. DECEMBER COURT IS NOW IN SESSION Regular session of December Su perior Court is now in session having convened Monday morning with Judge Lewis Russell presiding. The court officials and juries were on hand and a flul calendar is be fore the court which will in all prob abilities run for several days. SAUL’S BIG SALE OPENS WEDNESDAY By circulars scattered through out this section, and through the col umns of this paper today Mt. H. R. Haul announces that his biggest sale of the season starts on December sth. Mr. Saul states that he was very fortunate in buying his winter mer chandise before the advances in price and also that he bought too’ many goods and now finding himself overstocked and needing money has further reduced the prices on his merchandise in order to sell same for." cafch quickly. Saul’s sales always attract atten tion and this one will prove no ex ception. ORPHAN HOME CONTRIBUTIONS The Southern Railway car will be at the following places for receiving contributions to the Orphans’ Home at Hapeville: Buford, Monday, December 10th, Suwanee, Tuesday, December 11, Duluth, Wednesday, December 12, Norcross, Thursday, December 13. The churches are requested to ob serve the above dates and carry their offerings to the station most conve nient. HEARD SUMMEROUR. BOX SUPPER. On Friday night, December 7th, at 7 o’clock, there will be a box sup per at Hog Mountain. The proceeds arc to be used by the school for bet ter equipment. Our school is full and overflowing and more seats, blackboards «nd oth er materials are needed. All girls are cordially invited to bring boxes.” " " Come and bring your pockethooks for' the pretty girl’s boxes at Hog Mountain are going to bring money. Gome and help us enjoy ourselves. We shall appreciate your cooper ation and assure you a splendid time. REV. E. A. KILGORE, *' Principal of Hog Mountain , School. G. C. C. MEETING. The Gwinnett County Club held its second meeting at the residence of Miss Artie Belle Garter. The officers for the year were elected as follows: President Miss Elsie Garner; vice-president, Miss Margaret Hagood, and secretary treasurer, Miss Dixie McDaniel. The club has. eight members this year and are very enthusiastic over the work planned for the year. The members this year are as follows, Misses Artie Belle Carter, Sara Sum-. raerour, Bess Christian, l>ois McGee, Ohlora Kelley, Elsie Garner, Mar garet Hagood and Diriie McDaniel. After the business had been at tended to, an enjoyable 'hour was spent during which light refresh ments were served. dixie McDaniel. NUMBER 10.