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TWICE-A WEEK VOLUME S 3. GEOLOGIST WANTS TO MINE SIEVES IN FLOYD QUARRY Rome, Ga. —Silver ore assaying 7 per cent, has been discovered on Floyd county’s chain gang quarry, four miles from Rome, according to j a geologist who is seeking a three year contract from the countj to mine the ore. The geologist says there is sufficient ore in the mine to make him a rich man n three years at a reasonable royalty. ' Commissioner O. N. Richardson, who has charge of the quarry, said Thursday that although he has a re port from a reputable chemist in At lanta, showing that the specimens submitted for analysis are as good as the geologist claimed., he will not. accept a report until he has taken some of the ore from the earth with his own hands and kept it in his pos session or under his observation un til it has been assayed. The geologist declares that the vein of silver ore is 21 feet wide and of sufficient thickness to warrant min ing. He has refused to reveal the exact location of the vein until the county commissioners enter into a contract with him-. He said that he first discovered the silver ore vein about ten years ago while prospect ing in this county. If the claims of this geologist are correct, it is believed that Floyd county will receive enough m'oney from the silver mine to pay all ex penses. FIREMEN RISK LIVES FOR 180-POUND “BABY” Augusta, Ga.—Firemen Wednes day night risked their lives to save a negro “baby” that proved to a 180 pound husky. While fighting a blaze on the 1200 block of Reynolds street, fire fight ers heard an old colored “mammy” cry at the top of her vot*:: “Save my child! He is in the building asleep! Oh, save my child!” Assistant Chief Battle and Fire man “Skip” Rogers plowed their way through the smoke of the burning building and searched at length, but could not find the child. Returning to the street, they found , the woman with her arm; around a big, black negro, crying: “I knowed you would come out without being burned, my baby.” The “baby” had jumped from the second-story window. TESTIMONIAL OF GWINNETT PLANTER Lawrenceville, Ga., December 10, 1923. —Mr. W. L. Brown, Lawrence ville, Ga., Dear Sir: I bought one sack of SALSBURY COTTON SEED from Mr. Malone, who sold Salsbury seed here last year, and from this stock of 100 pounds of seed I raised 4,300 pounds of seed cotton on my farm near Auburn, Ga. The field on which this 4,300 pounds of seed cotton was raised in my judgment was not over 3% acres. I expect to take my Salsbury seed I raised this year arid plant my en tire farm in them next year. I like this cotton as well or better than any coton I have ever raised. I measured a part of this field which contained the best cotton on it and on the measured half acre I picked more than 1,000 pounds. Yours very respectfully, P. R. CHESSER. These seed are now on sale in Gwinnett county by W. L. Brown, of Lawrenceville. SALSBURY COTTON IS THE BEST Lawrencevile, Ga., December 10, 1923. —To the Farmers of Gwinnett County: Itis of vital importance that the quality and quantity of the cotton of our section should be kept at the highest standard. A county with a reputation for growing fine cotton always has plenty of buyers— competition brings top prices. After thoroughly investigating SALSBURY COTTON and the high standing of the firm that produces it, I believe its production would be a great ben efit to our community and have un dertaken its distribution in this vi cinty. FOR FULL PARTICULARS SEE OR WRITE. W. L. BROWN, Lawrenceville, Ga. Aunt: “Bobby—Bobby, remem ber, I gave you a peryiy to be still yesterday. Bobby: “Yes, auntie, but this is today, and I just showing you that you got your money’s worth yester day.” The News-] Jerald SUPERIOR COURT BACK AT WORK Gwinnett Superior court convened again this (Monday) morning ester adjournment Friday night and the criminal docket is being taken up, several jail cases being scheduled for today. The following cases have been dis posed of since our last issue: Pool-Pound Co. vs. J. W. Crow, appeal, found in favor of plaintiff. Swift & Co. vs. H. F. Kidd, at tachmen, favor of plaintiff. Edgar Phillips vs. J. A. Arnold, il legality, in favor of plantiff. S. B. Gower i/s. J. W. Fields, Har rison claimant, property found not subject. T. C. Shadburn was appointed re ceiver in case of A. E. Roberts vs. Mts. Nancy C. Roberts, equitable pe tition. White, Wile & Warner vs. H. H. Beard, suit on account, found for de fendant. Order granting adoption was granted to Martha A. Burchell of Mirion Dala Jones. • Leßoy Glazener vs. Eudore Gla zener, divorce granted. Much interest u'as shown in the case of Mrs. G. F. Pharr vs. G. F. Pharr in a suit for alimony. Mrs. Pharr asked the court to give her s4b a month for her support and S6O per month for support of her two children. The jury refused to allow her any alimony and allowed the children $5 a month each. The plaintiff must pay S4O attorney’s fees and court cost. Dr. L. Sage Hardin vs. C. F. Gris well, suit on note, verdict for plain tiff. W. E. Sears vs. W. R. Davis, suit on note, verdict for plaintiff. Fred Byrd vs. Harrington & Smith, verdict for defendant. Gwinnett county, through its at torney, filed motion for new trial in •ase of W. G. Arnold vs. Gwinnett county, suit for damages, which case was tried last week and resulted in verdict for M. Arnold in sum of S9OO and same will be heard in vacation at Winder on January 19th. ’tfr' s ‘».' ‘ —‘ GWINNETT OFFICERS STILL ON THE JOB Sheriff Garner and deputies are still on the job after liquor violators and have been successful in their raids during the past few days. On Saturday a still was destroyed in Hog Mountain district and several gallons of whisky and beer confis cated. The operator is said to be well known in the county courts and will possibly be arrested in a few days. Two Atlanta men were arrested in a coupe late Sunday afternoon and their “Christmas liquor” poured in the gutter. They were driving through on two tires and the other two rims and made no resistance. Both went out on bond. The Parrot Brand Salesman: “Yes, siree, our line speaks for itself.” Bored Customer: “All right. Sup pose that you keep stillfor a few min utes and give it a chance.” Contempt Decision Stirs Public m m '■sjjjmS A\. fej) ■*l Fj? Charles L. Craig (above) Comp troller of the City of New York, through a decision of the U. S. Su preme Court must serve sixty days in jail for contempt of court unless public opinion now rallying to hla support forces a pardon. Below is JusticfeJulius Mayer, of New York, whose decision, almost throe-years ago. was uphold by the higher court. Prominent met, declare it complete violation of the principal of tree speech and free press LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1923. BUSY DAY IN OR- COURT The regular monthly session of or dinary’s court was held Monday, when a large amount of lesnl busi ness was disposed of. in fact Judge G. G. Robinson says it was the busi est session held this year. We give below a list of the business transact ed: T. W. White was appointed guar dian for the property of Joshua White. Mrs. A. J. Woodruff was appoint ed guardian of the property of J. W. Haynie. H. A. Maddox was appointed guar dian of the property of Mrs. A. Minor. The will of Martha Starnes Ray was probated in solemn form. The will of John R. Caylor was probated in solemn form. F. A. Medlock was appointed per manent administrator of the estate of T. A. Martin. J. M. McHugh was appointed per manent administrator of the estate of C. W. McHugh. Mrs. Z. B. Dillard was appointed permanent administrator of the es tate of Mrs. Elizabeth Sudderth. T. E. Johnson was appointed guar dian of the property of his children. Mrs. Ida E. Christian was ap pointed permanent administratrix of the estate of Mrs. Mary E. Craig. T. C. Waters was appointed ad ministrator of the estate of Atkinson Blake. One year’s support was set aside for Mrs. Lucy J. Martin and Cora Lee Martin out of the estate of T. A. Martin. An order was passed authorizing Mrs. Louise Cooper Webb, executrix of the estate of W. A. Cooper, to ex ecute titles to Newton S. Thomas. An order was passed authorizing Willie Austin to execute titles to Wade Austin. D. H. Carroll, administrator of the estate of Margaret Morgan, was granted leave to sell lands. Letters of administration were granted to Mrs. Pearl Clack as ad ministratrix of the estate of Miss Lee Matthews. WOULD-BE SUICIDE FOILED AS CORK LEG KEEPS HIM AFLOAT Tacoma, Wash.—Charles Alrdich, forty-five, a laborer out of work, feels today he is a failure at every thing, including suicide. While oth ers . were giving thanks yesterday, Aldrich, despondent, as a result, he said, of his failures, jumped into the bay. His cork leg prevented him from sinking and a bridge tender rescued him. MASONIC TROWEL ENDS TOUR OF EACH LODGE U. S., CANADA, MEXICO New York, Dec. s.—Completing an eighteen year journey to every Masonic lodge in the United States, Canada and Mexico, a silver trowel, the Masonic emblem of friendship, last night found its way back to the home of Justice lodge, No. 753, in Manhattan. After resting briefly on the grave of Theodore Roosevelt, at Oyster Bay, the emblem will continue its journey, visiting every Masonic lodge room in the civilzed world. LANGLEY-FOWLER. Mr. Claude Langley and Miss Le ona Fowler were married December 3rd, A. C. Wells, J. P., officiating. HANEY-GEISWELL. Mr. Aubry Haney and Miss Voda Griswell were married December 2d, Rev. C. P. Ewing officiating. SECREST-VANCE. Mr. T. M. Secrest and Miss Sleta Vance were married November 25th, B. J. Light, Esq., performing the ceremony. COFIELD-LEATIIERWOOD. Mr. E. R. Cofield and Miss Martha Eugenia Leatherwood were married December 2nd, Esq. F. M. Moore of ficiating. DAVIS-WOFFORD. Mr. H. J. Davis and Miss Nettie Wofford were happily married De cember 2nd, Judge A. M. Quinn per forming the ceremony. LONG-ROBERTSON. Mr. Claude Long and Mrs. Lizzie Mae Robertson were joined in the holy bonds of wedlock December 2d, Rev. V. H. Britt officiating. WANTED. Wanted 10 men to drive their new Ford* from our garage. The price is $367.16 up. H. P. STIFF MOTOR CO., Lawrenceville, Ga. SNELLY’LE SCH’L AN EXAMPLE OF CONSOLIDATION By f.uri Belle bolton Assistant State Rural Supervisor in School and Homes. The effect ofj consolidation and of organized effort for school improve ment upon the school life of a com munity is most 'clearly shown by the progress which the Snellville School has made within the last two years. Mr. M. L. puggan, State Rural School Agent for Georgia, made a survey of Gwinnett County in 1922. His report shows that at the time of his visit the school plant was inade quate for the school needs and the whole situation ,was deplorable. The school grounds tvere unimproved and the two surface toilets were in bad condition. The old building had three classrooms, was improperly lighted and was valued at only SIOO. The blackboards were home-made; the seats were rough, home-made and uncomfortable and the school had no maps, no charts, no globes, no library nor pictures nor other teaching equipment. There w’ere 90 pupils enrolled and only three teach ers. The sehdol was offering eight grades and wal giving no industrial work, no music, nor anything more vital than forxnal training in the “three R’s”. But at the time of the survey three stnall schools had been consolidated with the Snellville school and plans were ebing made for a new building. A teachers’ institute for Gwinnett County was held during the third week of September, 1923. The Snell ville School invited the directors and teachers to meet at their school for one day during the summer. The in stitute was held there on Tuesday. But the Snellville School that en tertained the county institute on that day was not the school Mr. Duggan described in his report. It was a liv ing, wide-awake school that had been reborn in the spirit of progress. The one-story building of gray done which we saw, ad twelve class- rium, space for manual training and industrial rooms in the basement and is valued at $14,000. The class rooms are properly lighted; they have an ample amount of good black boards; are seated with single patent desks, and have teachers’ desks, maps, globes and other teaching helps. The library shelves are be ginning to be filled with reference books, supplementary readers, books on scientific, historic and other sub jects; there is a piano' in the audi torum, and there are eleven teachers, including a teacher of Vocational Agriculture who is a graduate of the State Agricultural College. The school is offering eleven grades and has an enrollment of nearly 200 pu pils. The excellent dinner which was served to the teachers that day was prepared by the Snellville Parent- Teacher Assocation. iThis organiza tion has secured much of the school equipment for the new building and keeps the whole community interest ed and working for the school. Mrs. G. W. Sawyer is president of the association. Her report of the work which has been done within a year’s time should be an inspiration to other parent-teacher associations in the State. The club has a ways arid means committee. The members of this committee plan some money making scheme for every two weeks. The club has a regular “stand” on the main highway and their usual method of raising money is by sell ing sandwiches, ice cream, cake, cold drinks, etc., at this stand. A large printed P.-T. A. sign announces to passers-by their “stock in trade” for the day. The association was organized last September and continued its activi ties throughout the summer. Dur ing that time S4OO was raised for the school. This money was spent for maps, books, lights, a sanitary drinking fountain and the initial pay ment on the piano. The Snellville school has certainly said to all communities interested in the welfare of their children and in the future of their citizenship, “Go thou and do likewise.” It is entirely possible, and what’s more, it is great fun.” GASOLINE EXPLODED BY TOY PISTOL; BOY DIED OF BURNS Athens, Ga., December 6.—Grady Thurmond Strickland, twelve years old, shot his toy pistol near an abandoned automobile gasoline tank last Saturday and the explosion which followed burned him so se verely he died Wednesday, it was learned here. The victim is a son of Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Strickland, three miles from Danielsville. I T.P. HOUSTON W. M. L’YIUE LODGE Despite the rainy, disagreeable weather of Tuesday night about fif teen members of Lawrenceville lodge No. 131, Free and Accepted Masons, met and held the annual election of officers. After the election the of ficers were duly installed by Past Master C. M. Moroock, Tyler Peeples Houston, an enthus iastic young Mason, was chosen to preside in the east. He has served both as junor and senior warden, and is familiar with the uniform work. The brethren predict for him a successful administration. The lodge will meet again on the evening of December 27th, which is St. John’s day, and put on some work. The Officers Chosen. Following is the full quota of of ficers: T. Peeples Houston, worshipful master. Paul Kelley, senior warden. A. G. Robison, junior warden. G. G. Robinson, treasurer. A. C. Webb, secretary. Charley A. McKelvey, senior deason. G. W r . Gilbert, junior deacon. Preston Cash, senior steward. Howard Cannon, junior steward. James H. Patterson, tyler. Eastern Star Elects Officers. An enthusiastic meeting of Anne Winn chapter No. 203, Order of the Eastern Star, was held at the Ma sonic hall Thursday night, when of ficers were elected for the ensuing year. ■• - • ' * * Mrs. G. S. Perry, who was asso ciate matron, was elected worthy matron. She has ever been a loyal member of the order, and will make a good presiding officer. She suc ceeds Miss Myrtice Kelley. The installation will be held on the evening of Thursday, January 3rd, when refreshments will be served. The following officers were £;ect ed, with 'h? appoint.ve officers ta be announccu Ivor: Mrs. G S. Perry, worthy matron Judge G. G. Robinson, w.mthy patron. Mrs. W. JL. Nix, associate matron. Miss Nona Forrester, secretary. Mrs. Ross Craig, treasurer. Mrs. G. G. Robinson, conductress. Mrs. Alice Sammon, associate con ductress. Not So Positive as Negative Heebee: “Washer answer to your proposal positive?” Jeebee: “Yes.” Heebee: “What was it?” Jeebee: “Negative.” :puncl)tttcs Rev M-A AUTOCASTtR THE CONSPIRACY There was formed the greatest conspiracy against the resurreetior of Jesus Christ the world has eve) known. They bribed the people wh< were ut the tomb and manufacturer a ridiculous lie in order that tliej might create doubt concerning tin resurrection of Jesus. The resurra' tion of Jesus Christ was a fact, ant therefore the conspirators had t< explain the fact away, or in som« manner destroy belief in its super naturalness. Therefore, they held a conference and outlined a program of deception which has been carried down through the ages, and the ra tionalistic, unregenerated forces of today are still, propagating the lie, and are members of that conspiracy The original program involved bribery, the use of power and money. They rehearsed their story, memo rized it ami instructed the people how to repeat it. That same policy is being followed today. The original program of bribery, conspiracy, lying and attack upon the tomb of Jesus Christ is being carried on today, not only against the tomb, but against the Church and her fundamental doctrines. The purpose, of course, is to deceive the very elect. The agencies of the Church are being used, educational Institutions are being invaded, the power of money Is being employed, and the great evangelical, funda mental doctrines are being attacked by members of tlx* most- damnable conspiracy the world ever saw. The battle is being waged around the empty tomb. There is no historical fact more perfectly established than the resur rection of Jesus Christ, and yet in famous. perjuring, rationalistic, un regenerate preachers and teachers are denying the supernatural, bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ. They are members of this infamous con. spiracy Real Christians should awake to tlm-nfuet. t“> aroused to the crime and expose the conspirators and their conspiracy. COUNTY AGENT iS FARMER’S ALLY —- Atlanta, Ga., December 6.—The process of reaching the southern far mer and interesting him in improved agricultural methods, modern farm ing, crop diversification, soil build ing and the like, has been slow and tedious, according to Georgia agri culturists. “In some sections of the south, farm demonstration agents a few years ago found their welcome writ ten in the same terms that had spelled the discomfort and humilia tion of school teachers back in the days when the fundamentals of rural education lay in the ability to shoot straight and run a furrow true to line,” said a leading farmer at the state capitol today. “That was some years ago. Today in Georgia, the progressive farmer looks upon the country farm agent as his one great ally in the fight against the boll weevil and seeks him out for advice on almost every phase of farming. “The farm agent no longer con fines his activities to educating the planters in methods of Weevil con trol, but his scope has been broad ened fco in recent years that the run ning board of his flivver is the seat for dozens of farmers who depend on him for advice along every imagin ary line.” What Will the Legislature Do? Will Georgia fall in line with the announced policies of Uncle Sam and cut down taxation and expenses, or will the state add more burdens to the aching shoulders of the tax payer? That is the question, as tax folk might say. To a man up a tree it looks like the t,ax-making people are trying to “put one over” on the tax paying folks. Raising taxes instead of reducing them is the subject one hears discussed in Georgia just now. What the legislature will do re mains to be seen, but somehow or other the average citizen is not tak ing kindly to Governor Walker’s classification plan of “sticking it on the land” and taking it off the money because that can get away and the land cah be reached. The farmers, report, state, jdon’t like that a bit. Judge Render Terrell in New York. A New York dispatch received in Atlanta states that Judge J. R. Ter rell is spending some days in New York city on professional business. Judge Terrell's Georgia friends in Gotham are paying him marked at tention. During his stay he was the honor guest at an elaborate dinner at the National Democratic Club given by Burton Smith, special deputy attorney general of the state of New York and one of the leading trial lawyers of the state who is a former Atlanta lawyer. Among the prominent guests at the dinner were Judge Garvin, of ttie federal bench; James F. O’Neill, formerly a member of the Georgia legislature, former solicitor of the city court of Atlanta, now a success ful lawyer in New York; George Gordon Battle, Mrs. Sire, president of the National Democratic Women’s Club; Mrs. Hochfelder, assistant cor poration counsel, and a number of other leaders in democratic circles in New York. The dispatch states that Judge Terrell made a strong impression on the New York political leaders. Railroads Earn Less Than 6 r U. Official reports received by Atlan ta railway execuives show that last year only twenty-one of the 175 class 1 railroads operating as sepa rate companies, or about 5Vi per cent of the railroad mileage of the country, showed a net operating in come of more than 6 per cent of their book value. There were 127 roads, representing ill per cent of the mileage of the country, that earned less than 6 per cent. * There were twenty-seven roads, or 4 per cent of the mileage of the country, that earned no net what ever. - The average for all roads was about 4 per cent. The railroads on the middle of No vember, when statistics _were com piled, had 71,119 surplus freight cars in good repair and immediately available for service. The* reported ear shortage on that date was only 3,901. S. A. L. WRECK. A freight train on the S. A. L. Ry. got off the track near Winn’s Spur late Sunday afternoon and tied up traffic for several hours before same could be removed. The railway routed some of their trains over the Georgia road via Mad ison to Athens but this (Monday) morning finds all trains practically on schedule again. Our people do not really appreciate good train ser vice until an accident demonstrate® their value. TWICE-A-WEEK GET YOUR CAL CIUM ARSENATE SAYS CO.AGENT As the farmers of this county who used calcium arsenate this year have made such a success with it I think it best that every farmer in the county secure a supply of this material at once. I have just received a letter from Hon. J. J. Brown in which it ap peared from reasons given that the Gold Arsenate Corporation would not be able to fill their contracts to deliver this material at 10c a pound, and they had begun to look elsewhere for a contract and had contracted for 25 cars at 11% cents per pound F. O. B. Bayonne, N. J., and that the freight would make it cost 11.80 to 11.90 per hundred pounds delivered. I have secured an offer from the Strai.ford Co. at 11 cents per pound for this material F. O. B. Morgan ville, N. J. This is half a cent per pound cheaper than the state con tract. This offer is for this material in car lots of not less than fifteen tons to the car, and I think it best that the farmers buy this material a this price at once. Farmers who wish to buy this ma terial will send in their orders at once for amounts from 200, 400, 600 or up; but do not send any order for less than 200 pounds or its multiple as it comes in 200 pound drums and cannot be divided. Send check with order for 6c per pound or $12.00 per drum of 200 pounds payable to the First National Bank at they have agreed to handle the balance, allow ing the farmers to pay the baianee when the material is delivered. Do not make checks payable to me as I cannot handle any farmer’s money and it will be returned. According to the freight allow ance mentioned by Mr. Brown this material should be delivered at 11% to 12 cents per pound or less, and I hope the farmers of this county will take advantage of the opportunity to secure a supply at once. All orders must be in my Hands not later than next Wednesday night December 14th, as this offer will not hold open, and in case orders are not received for enough to fill a car all checks will be returned at once. This material is sold subject to all National and State laws, and as soon as the car is opened the fertilizer in spector will be asked to take sam ples for anaysis. As no one will' make one penny profit on this ma terial each farmer will be expected to » remove his order from the car as: soon as it arrives to avoid any extra charges. A. G. ROBISON, * j . County Agent, ■ Picking Hi* Pal* Mother: “Harold, stop using such awful language.” Harold. “Well, mom, Shakespeare uses it.” Mother: “Well, then, don’t play with that naughty Shakespeare boy any more. SEND US YOUR JOB WORK Mrs." Stribling Boosts * Her Fighting,Son Young Strlbling, 100 pound high school heavyweight of Georgia, wh« recently fought a sensational battle with Mike McTtgue, light rheavy welgh!*champion, comes of strong stock, -as la proved In the above photo. Ma Stribllng Is with her non In Boston while he trains tot m »- * ——— NUMBER 12.