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TWICE-A WEEK VOLUME H. SAMUEJ. SLATE SUCCEEDSDOZIER Atlanta, Ga, —Samuel J. Slate, of Columbust, has been appointed di rector of state auditing department, it was anounced Friday by Governor Clifford Walker. The appointment is efective February 1, owing to the fact that Mr. Slate is unable to end his duties as a member of the state industrial commission before that time. The new state department of au dits wasc rested st the recent spe cial session of the legislature, snd when Governor Wslker approved the act he ssned Jarao* R Dozier, of Atlssts, s* director. Mr. Dosier, however, has foaud that it wiH he iaspeseible for him to accept the pesitioa, iassaeach as his business affairs and his father’s ; health prohibit hi* absence from Athens for his entire time. To eaeeeed Mr. Slat* aa a mem-' her of the industrial commission, the i governor has appointed Dr. George A. Paulk, of Alapaha, Berrien coun ty. It Occupies. Place in Revolutionary Hsitory—Stirring Events in Which Masonry Takes Conspicuous Part. Washington, D. C., December 20.-—' The month of December holds a num ber of anniversaries of special inter est to the Masonic fraternity and Masonic lodges and clubs in various parts of the country are holding cele brations in memory of these momen tous events. JJeath of George Washington. George Washington died on De cember 14, 1790, pnd was £>une(J with "Masonic c«r*fnohieil, under the aUS piCes of Alexandria lodge, of which at one time he had been the Worship ful Master. The laying of the eor netetone of the Washington Nation al Masgnle Memorial at .Alexandria last fyionth hat attracted national attention to Washington’* Matonis associations. The monument in its magnificent and imposing dimen sions promises to be one of the greatest Masonic memorials of the world. At the time of Washington’s death, Masonic memorial services were held throughout the country. In Boston 10,000 Masons paraded wearing mourning bands carrying the in scription “Washington in heaven; the world in tears!” When the news was carried through the country that the great liberator was no more, all parties united to do him honor. The chorus of criticism and detraction that had embittered his closing years was stilled, and those who had-been his enemies were quick to express re gret for hasty and passionate words and wholeheartedly rrndered tribute to the integrity of his character and the splendor of his service to the young republic. A memorial service was held by congress, the oration be ing delivered by John Marshall, one time grand master of Masons of "Vir ginia and later chief justice of the United States. The three physicians attending Washington during his last illitess were Masons and when the greatest life in American history came to a close one of the physicians cut the pendulum cord of the old clock in Washington’s bedchamber, marking the exact time of leader’s pass ing. After the funeral Mrs. Wash ington presented the clock to the lodge of which the physician v, as master. The Boston Tea Party. The Boston tea party occurred o , December IC, 1773, and it is a sacred ' tradition of the Masonic fraternity I that the tea party occurred as an ad- , journed meeting of St. Andrew’s | lodge. Charles T. Gallagher, who was grand master of Masons of Massachusetts in 1902 says: “From the lodge rOdm of St. Andrew at the Green Dragon tavern, ‘that nest where patriot plots were hatched,’ the disguises of Indians were as sumed by the greater part of tir.se who threw the ha d tea. into the tide, and the records of that lodge, which at one place bears the laconic statement, ‘Consignees of tea took the brethren’s time,’ contain in th > margin of the records for that active evening numerous capital T's, sig nificantly placed there by the re cording secretary.” Valley Forge. The continental army under the command of General \\ ashington went into winter quarters at Valley Forge on December lit, 1777. Shor‘- ly afteryard St. John’s Regimental Masonic lodge assembled. At first the membership of the lodge wu; re quited very largely from New \ otk troops. Later the grand lodge of Massachusetts chartered the Ameri can Union lodge. These Masonic lodges in the continental army played a very important part in thr The News-Herald COLDEST JAN. DAY SINCE 1886 Atlanta, Ga.—When Atlantians rubbed their sleepy eyes Sunday morning at 7 o’clock and got up to throw an extra blanket or two across their beds, the thermometer in the government weather bureau register ed just four-tenths of a degree above zero—the lowest record since the year 1899, when the mercury drop ped to 8 1-22 degrees below. Twenty-five ,years ago on Febru ary IS the thermometer read 8 I—2 below; in January in 1886 the raer enry dropped 4 degrua* andar the zero mark; in other words thi* is the coldest Janaary weather sine# TBBS and the lowest tempera!are record fort he year sines 1899. Tha day was marked in cities of the south, and in practically all sect ions of the country, by deaths or victim* of fir* and eold, and by high winds, which ha vs strvad to ini teas* damages by fir*. The list of dead includes: Atlanta, 2; Macon, 3; Pittsburg, 4; Philadel phia, 8; Rushville, 111., 4; and a boat bound for Mobile to New Orleans 3. Serious fires were reported in At lanta, Ocean Park, Cal., St. Louis, and in many other cities. Fur ether persons are badly burned in Atlanta, One may die. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER. Having been solicited by many good citizens from every section" of the county to make the race for county commissioner, I hereby an nounce my candidacy for said office at the p—Tnary election, and .liotlld I be elected 1 pledge myself to dis charge all duties of the Office. Here are ft few items that I am not in favor of, and soms that I am: I don’t b«lievs jq a epuntv <O7YT-*' missiotier being elerk of bf eo*nmisionynj v £ Sm hoi in favor of eoavicts staying in winter quarters the yoar round, arid being transported to them work in trucks. Am not in favor of the county be ing cut in three departments, for there is more or less friction with board of commissioners. Believe in the tax payers knowing twice a year by an itemized state ment through the papers where their money has been spent. In favor of all road taxes being spent in the district where it was collected. Under the system that Gwinnett county has been run for several years, I can’t sec why a man can’t save the county at least $3,000 per year. Respectfully, W. B. HOPSON. IN BANKRUPTCY. In the District Court of the U. S., Northern District of Georgia. As a Court of Bankruptcy'. In re: Collie L. Breedlove, Bankrupt. In Bankruptcy. The creditors of the debtor above named, a resident of Dacula, Ga., in the county of Gwinnett, said district, are hereby notified that he was on January 3, 1924, duly adjudicated bankrupt and the first meeting, of his creditors will be held at the of fice of Referee at LawrencPville, Ga., January TB, 1924, at 10 a. m., (E. T. ), at which time the said ered- , itors may attend, prove their iclaims, I appont a trustee, examined the oank rupt and transact such other busi ness as mayp roperly come before said meeting. N. L. HUTCHINS. Referee in Bankruptcy. ! Lawrenceville, Ga., Jan. 5, 1924. I. L. OAKES, Atty. SEND US YOUR JOB WORK campaigns of the revolution. Ic is j asserted that Lafayette wdtT made a i Mason by General Washington i?j oe >f these lodges, although Lafi/ytte himself slated that he had been ini tiated into the fraternity before he entered the service of our country. At Valley Forge Washington vas supported by a large group of mili tary officers who were Masons aml whose exploits on the field for the cause of liberty have won for them immortal fame. Among them may ne mentioned: Anthony Wayne, Henry Knox, Peter Muhlenberg, Lachlan Mclntosh, John Marshall, Henry Dearborn and James Monroe. Battle of Trenton. The battle of Trenton occurred on the 2ijth of December, 177<>. Two Virginia Masons planned the battle, General George Washington and General Hugh Mercer. This is one of the most daring events in world history. A wild storm was raging and the American troops under the personal direction of Washington stormed the British barricades, and achieved a glorious victory for American armies. LAWRSNCBVLLLE, GKO RGIA, MONDAY, JANUA RY 7, 1924. LOCAL OVERFLOW. j Mr. J. A. Ambrose transacted bns j ness in Winder Thursday. Col. John 1. Kelley spent the week end in Jackson, Ga. His wife and baby who have been there for sever al weeks accompanied him home. Mr. J. Roy Perry, well known to J the people of this vicinity and nura ! bering his friends by the hundreds, has bought the Strand Soda Compa ny .and is now operating same. Mr. Perry’s advertisement in this issue tells more of the details and invites his friends to call. Mr. William 1 Hopson announ cos in this issue for bounty commiss ioner of Gwinnett county. He is a 'former wardau and is thoroighly familiar with road work and other connty matter* and will make an ex ctllent official should he be chosen for this responsible office. We hear of many other men who are pros pective candidates for tha various county offices, and will comment more extendadly on the leal political situation later, OFFICERS AND TEAHCERS BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL VISIT PASTOR THURSDAY The officers and teachers of the Baptist Sunday school spent a very pleasant evening with Rev. and Mrs. L. E. Smith at the pastorium on last Thursday evening, January 3rd. Work of the Sunday school for the j year 1924 was laid out and discussed j and it is hoped these plans may. be j carried out and the attendance [ greatly increased. Each one pledged their earnest co operation. At the Conclusion of the business discussions, a social half hour was spent and the hostess served deli cous fruits. KIWANIS CLUB ENTERTAINS WIVES AND OTHER FRIEND^ Ono of the most enjoyable meet ings of the Kiwanis Club was that of last Friday evening when they entertained their wives and a few other friends, who are not members, at the community club house. Covers were laid for about fifty guests and a merrier crowd you nev er saw. A number of interesting speeches were made by President F. Q. Sam mon, Col. N. 1,. Hutchins, Col. John I. Kelley, Rev. L. E. Smith, Messrs. R. N. Holt, A. T. Green, J. A. Am brose. Several prizes were given, among them a Pyrex baking dish, won by Mrs. J. J. Baggett; a beautiful baby doll to Mrs. I. L. Oakes; a cake won by Dr. J. W. Nicholson and a huge stick of candy won by Mr. C. M. Morcoek for being the ugliest man. Numbers of the club songs were sung, giving life to the entertain ment. A most delicious four course din ner was Served by a bevy of pretty young girls, composed of Misses Ed na McKelvey, Corrie Belle Holt, Kate Rogers, Juba Morcock, Opal Hurst and others. The visitors present expressed themselves as having enjoyed one of the most delightful evenings of the season. LOST —Between Trinity school and Lawrenceville Friday afternoon, January 4, a brown suitcase con, taining lady’s clothes. Finder please notify (Miss) Jewell Nash. Dncula, Ga., and receive reward. J7c SEND US YOUR JOB WORK NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS WHO ARE IN ARREARS \ We take this method of notifying subscribers wh/i are in ar rears with their payments for The News-Herald that this will be the last, issue they will receive until satisfactory arrangement is made with the management of this paper. For the past six weeks we have had a drive on for new sub scribers and renewals and still there are a few who owe for it; some of you perhaps have just forgotten to pay. We feel that everyope has had an opportunity to settle up and we cannot send the papnany longer unless ajt least a desire is shown to get straight with us. , Pleas let us have your renewal and enable us to print a bet ter paper and yourself to receive one. t THE NEWS-HERALD TKt« Ww4f 1 it cut v«I tv y ihim/Ia 4mn«u By Arthur Brisbane* NORED FLAGFOR WHITE HOUSE GIVING GEORGE THE GATE EARTH CARE AT $35,000,000 PER POUND. INSIDE THE COFFFIN. MOSES AND WILBUR RIGHT. The public, thanks to Senator Bo rah, will loam all aboat that dread ful Russian conspiracy to plant tha red flag on tha hit* House. Already part of tha horibl* truth has leaked oat. A secret service ■tan says that Rneaiaa Gommaaists, uisgaised as a lterary society, mol in a hall in New York. You don’t need to be told that, from such a meeting, it is only one step to sefzing a nation of one hun dred and ten million and planting the bloody red flag on the White House. The people can never be grateful enough to Secretary Hughes for preventing that. Paul Revere, in his ride; the gentleman that carried the news from Ghent to Aix, or the Greek soldier who, set the first Mar athon record, must make way for Charles Evans Hughes, who kept the red flag off the roof of the White .House. King Georgfe, ot Greece, was no tified that Greece could do without him and was sent from the country, taking his queen with him, King George will not, like Henry the Sec ond of England, exclaim, “Shame on a beaten King,” turn his face to the \vall and kJie, He will turn hi* £aea toward Paris or Monte Carlo, excel lent cooking and plenty of snobs in both places, and play King in safety. That’s filter than beinjj ft real King anywhere outside of England now. Things are better thftn they were, even ftfFKingsf* Tis YSYTTfnwrtP*r~and Panton’s day their heads were cut, of. The Greek King goes away, with a pension of $28,000 a yeah for life, SIB,OOO cash being paid on his leaving. The Greeks will have to pick and dry many currants to _pay for that., Ths earth has a hard core, like a baseball, or a golf ball. It is a gigantic sphere, bearing a pressure of 25,000 pounds to the square inch, according to reports made to the Washington Academy of Sciences. While that central sphere, 4,000 miles in diameter, is probably made of iroh, a great magnet, perhaps some believe it may be largely made of gold, platinum, or both. Those heaviest metals would work down ward toward the center. What des perate eforts men would make to dig down to that central core, if ■ they could be sure that the gold and platinum were there. Men will dig a hole through the earth some day, using the sun’s power to dig, but by that time gold will no longer be mon ey, and money will no longer be so impartant. Platinum, more valuable than gold, may be worth S7OO a pound. That kcfilnds costly. But think of radium, with which the market is now glut ted.., We had almost a monopoly of I DEFENDANT HANGED rOUR YEARS BEFORE "OLD CASE IS CALLED Washington.—When the case of George Henry Terry was called Fri day in the supreme court of the Dis trict of Columbia, Attorney E.'mund Carrington arose and pleaded that Terry had been hanged in Baltimore four years ago. Justice Hoehlirg dis missed the indictment, which charged Terry with assault with a dangerous weapon. The indictment came to light during a clearing of the docket and court officials assumed Terry was out on bond. NEW YORK WORLD DAMAGED BY FIRE New York.—Flames, starting from a short circait in ths prase room of The New York World in tb# hasa ment of the Pulitzer bedding. Fri day shot up an alavator shaft to tha top of the foarteen story building, engendering dens* smoke which forced a general evacuation of the editorial and composing rooms in the upper stories. Working under the difficulty of having to draw lines of hose upstairs, fremen controlled the fre in an ht>ur and employees of the newspper re turned to their work. Three of the fourteen presses in the basement were damaged. i r * * GOVERNOR’S SISTER SEES THREE MF.N DIE ON GALLOWS Moundsville, W. Va. —For the first time in the history of West,Virginia, men simultaneously paid the penalty for murder by hanging at the state penitentiary here Friday. While tho sister of th# governor of West Virginia looked on three Clarksburg black-handers, convicted of the murder of Frank Naples, Kel leyville, barber, last February, w§r« yxecyted. The fnen, Nick' Salamantee, 33; Richard Ferri, 2(3, and Phillip Con nizzaro, 26, members of a death syn dicate, thq Operations of which it was testified at their trial extended through Wesjt Virginia, Pennsylva nia, Ohio and Maryland, went, to their .-calmly and With in a minute from te time they left their death colls the trio was ?’ ing ing on the gallows, near when; 20 of ficials and newspapermen wore con gregated to witness the' hangings. Mrs. Mattie E. Layman,’, Governor Morgan’s sister, is the first woman to watch a hanging in this state. Also it was the first execution in West Virginia in connection wth a black hand ease. the precious substance here lor a while. But great deposits or ra dium-yielding pitch blende found in the Belgian Congo have upset the market, and the price dropped to about thrty-five million dollars a pound. A short time ago it was thought there was not more than half an ounce of radium in ail the world. .. It is now believed that radium in the sun accounts for the qnduring power of that star, sending out light and heat through hundreds of mil lions of years, with a certainty of lasting hundreds of millions of years more, e had plenty of radium here, one, if it he true that lead is radium that has lost its power. If the stars arc fountains or radio-aeive power, do they grow quiet like our earth and become placets of some bigger sun when their radio active energy dies?* COTTON GINNED PRIOR TO DEC. 13 The Department of Commerce, through the Bureau of the Census, announces the preliminary report on cottn ginned by counties, in Geor gia, for thee rops of 1923 and 1922. The total for the state was made ' public at 10 a. m., Thursday, De cember 20. County 1923 1922 The State 800,216 722.146 Gwinnett 6,089 6,853 Banks 2,665 3,789 Barrow 3,954 4,096 (lark# 3,738 3,133 D#lalh 1,134 926 Elbert 9,511 4,717 Forsyth 4,193 7,67# Franklin 12,394 12,406 Hart 11,069 11,111 Jackson 10,929 9,244 Madison 8,341 6.472 Walton 7,514 7,497 Mr. J. H. Hannah and famly will leave soon for their new home in Frost Proof, Fla. Mr. Carl Stanley and family and Mrs. Lewis Stanley are spending some time in Miama and New Smyr na, Fla. 4 l' Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Byrd and sons, Madison and James, returned last Wednesday from a visit to Rev. and Mrs. J. L. King at Decatur. F. Q. Ssmmon, Jr,, will lead the prayer meeting at the Baptist ehureh Wednesday evening. Let all mem bers attend and encouragu our young brother. Mr. and Mr*. J. A. Ambrose, Mrs. J. L. Exuni entertained at dinner Sunday their guests including Mrs. Bessie Exum, Mesrs. J. *L. Slid Quin lan Comfort. The junior basketball team de feated th# Grayson junior team in a warmly contested gam# on th# lat ter’s ground last Mnday afternoon, the visiting team winning by a score of 19 to 15, Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Ambrose write from Fort Worth, Tex., that they ju-'o-having a wonderful .trip. they expect to reach” Long Beach, Cn!., l.i another week from date, January 3. Langley & Green have moved their tore from the Tanner building to the building formerly occupied by G. W. Williams, where they will be glad to welcome their many friends and. customers. Miss Louise Brand is the attractive guest of Miss Mary Will Montgomery in Decatur. She was the honor guest at a lovely party given by Mis? Montgomery en Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest A. Shroder, of New York, announce the birth of a son on the 24th of December at the Fifth Avenue Hospital. Mrs. Fhrod er will be pleasantly remembered as Miss Irene Powell. TAX CUTS NOT MADE « AT SCHOOL EXPENSE Washington, December ft.—With the cry for tax reduction and re trenchment of expenditures heard from end to end of the nation, it was expected that as new town and coun ty budgets were made up, schools would suffer, for it is most often in the school house that the first cut is felt. But such has not been the case. Dr. John J. Tigert, United .States Commissioner of Education, says: “The worst is over and the school have won. The move for drastic re trenchment, which included school budgets, is growing less and the ag ricultural sections of the west and south are recovering slowly fr on financial depression. 1 am gsttr •• reports from all sections of the country that bond issues are bein, rote 1 to improve the schools and ef forts are being made to increase teachers’ salaries. For* example Rapiis parish, in Louisiana, which 1 visile I recently, has voted a bond issue of $1,250,000 for its schools. Thi a good record for a rural district of the south. “The south has made comparative ly greater progress in its schools than any other section of the country in the past two or three years. It is rapidly catching up to other sec tions. fYThe interest of southern states has been thoroughly aroused, and they are setting about to solve problems of administration and financing which formerly were ignored. “The western slates have adopted, to : cicat extent, the desirable p'an of large state appropriations; for ;x a |do, s;io for each scSiool child. This is an excellent wav of reducing the differential in educational op portunity between the country uni the city child. It means advantages for ’•rral schools which the local population are unable to furnish, throned: lack of funds.” twice-a-week INJUNCTION PLEA LOSES IN OIL CASE Atlanta, Ga.—Denial of the peti tion for injunction filed recently by the Wofford Oil Company in United States district court, in which the company sought to restrain the Stan dard Oil Company of Kentucky, the Texas company, the Gulf Refining company and the Galena Signal Oil company from alleged rebating of customers on gasoline sales, was con tained in a ruling handed down by Judge Samuel H. Sibley, Friday as tern oon. Judge Sibley based the ruling on his interpretation of the Sherman and Clayton anti-trust arts, which th# plaintiff company alleged had be#n violated. The judge declared that in his opinion the evidence sub mitted did not show that these laws had been violated, or that the charg es came under either of the acts. Ti e plaintiff company in its peti tion charged that the defendant com panies were sellng gasoiline helow cost, and were giving secret rebates to customers in order to freeze out competition. ellaring on the peti tion was begun Thursday and con cluded Friday morning. The following atorneys represent ed the plaintiff and defendants'. Former Governor Thomas W. Hardwick and Attorney J. K. Jordan re>presented the Wofford company. Attorneys W. W. Moore. Deeman Strong and J. Y. Powell, of Houston, Texas, represented the Galena Signal Oil Company. Attorneys Spalding, McDougald & Sibley appeared for ■the Standard, and the firm of Slaton & Hopkins represented the Texas company. Attorney W. C. Latimer was in the court rftom in the inter est of the Gulf Refining company. Party Leaders Recall Amendment of Georgia Senator in 1921—Republi cans Then Turned It Down. Atlanta, Ga., January 3. —Presi- dent Coolidge's endorsement of the proposal to put a lighter tax on earned incomes, namely, those pro duced by the sweat of the brow and the toil of-the brain, than upon un earned incomes, namely,, those which co ne from investments, is identical with the proposition first made' by the democratic secretary of the .treas my in 1918, and was offered in 1921 as an amendment to the revenue bill by U. S. Senator Wm. J. Harris, of Georgia, according to statements received here from na tional democratic headquarters. The Harris amendment, it is re- Ttas (TefeafeiT t>y 5 Vet) , f f?t» republicans to 21 democrats, on th ground as stated by -SowatV./ ••Pen rise, then chairman of tie finance committee of the senate, that: "The question of earned and un earned income was most exhaustive ly considered by the committee, by the senate arid by the treasury de partment and the opinion was unani mous that any such provision is i ny possible of administration.” The question is being asked at the national capital and by Georgia dem ocrats as well, ‘‘What has produced this extraordinary reversal of opin ion on the part of the treasury de partment and the administration?” Furthermore they ask, “If thi3 pro vision was nearly impossible of ad ministration in 1921, why is it pos sible ; of administration in 5924?” Underwood's Views Are Sound. In a great many w; v, leading southern newspapers, discussing bus iness conditions editorially, have re cently followed, to a cmarkably close extent, the speeches of U. S. Senator Oscar W. Undorw-od, candi date for the presidency, latlivered at ~.'i'>us points in the country in the fall. Like Senator Underwood, editor ials, now attracting the attention of business men, notice the turning of the tide to an era of prosperity in this country beginning with the new year, provided radical legislation iocs not hinder its propit s. R. C. (lonian. Georgia campaign manag er for Underwood, today pointed to the fact that the views f several leading southern editors, as ex pressed duuibg the last few days, are strikingly in liny with whet Senator Underwood has been telling the people of the country for several years. , CARD OF THANKS. We desire to thank the good people of Lawrenceville and community for the many acts of kindness shown us 'bring the sicknes' and death of our wife and rio+hev. May God bless rich of von is our prayer. J. M. Hewatt and Children. Old mattrentf renoveted and made goad as new $2 50, with j.wvi tick $5.00. Caled for and returned, J 10c L. J. BRANNAN, Luxomni, R. 1, nenr Five Fork*. NUMBER 20.