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THURSDAY, JANUARY l«, l»ts.
It is 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-competit.on brings top
pric-s After thoroughly investigating SALSBURY Cotton and the high
standing of the firm that produces it, we believe its introduction would be a
great benefit to our community and have undertaken its distribution in this
For Full Particulars See or Write
W. L. BROWN
Lawrenceville, Ga.
Society
MRS. LILLIE EXUM
Miss Roxie Ethridge returned to
her home in Trion, Ga.
Little Miss Jean Young has been
quite ill for several days.
Little Martha Edmonds, who has
been quite ill, is improving.
Mr. Hosea Camp is the guest of
his mother, Mrs. Lillie Camp.
Mrs. G. S. Perry was taken to
Wesley Memorial hospital Tuesday
for an operation.
Mr. Dan Harris has returned from
Orlando, Fla., where he spent Christ
mas with Mr. A. E. Ewing’s family.
Mrs. E. T. Settle, who has been
quite ill at her home on Pike street,
is recuperating, we are glad to say.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Sammon and
•children, after a week’s visit to rel
atives here, returned Tuesday to
their home in Thomson.
Misses Anna and Mattie Lou Has
lett left Friday for Danville, Va.,
and Bullochville, Ga., respectively,
where they are teaching.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Nix had as
their week end guests Mr. and Mrs.
W. D. Mobley, Messrs. Coleman and
Gilbert Mobley, of Atlanta.
Master Hilary Stiff entertained a
number of his little friends at a
“make-believe” at his home on
Crogan street Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Howard Garner and little
daughter, Mary Evelyn, left this
week for Dallas, Tex., where they
will be guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Burney.
Judge and Mrs. G. G. Robinson
had as their guests on the fifth Sun
day Mr. and Mrs. Pascal Boyce, Nor
cross; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cox, Far
. rr.ington, and Mr. Haupaugh.
The Lawrenceville friends of Mrs.
D. P. McCleskey, of Atlanta, will
regret to learn that she was oper
ated on for appendicitis Tuesday
morning at Davis-Fischer sanitarium.
Mrs. McCleskey was formerly Miss
Mildred Brown, of Lawrenceville.
PATTERSON-HAYNES.
Mr. William H. Patterson, of Law
renceville, and Miss Frances Haynes
were quietly married Sunday after
noon at the home of the bride in
Winder, the Presbyterian minister
officiating. v
The bride is one of Winder’s fair
est young daughters, while the
groom is a well known and highly
respected young man who was reared
in Lawrenceville, being the only son
of W. H. (“Cheek”) Patterson, de
ceased.
Billie and his bride motored to
Lawrenceville and were given an
infair at the residence of his mother,
Mrs. Sallie Patterson, where they
are making their home.
Loans and Discounts $158,040.62
Banking House . 3,275.00
Furniture and Fixtures - 3,616.29
Stocks and Bonds 1,650.00
Overdrafts 232.52
Cash on Hand and in
Banks . 41,530.58
$208,345.01
WE INVITE YOUR BUSINESS
OFFICERS: DIRECTORS:
C. R. WARE, President C. R. WARE,
J. IT. McGee, Ist Vice President F. Q. SAMMON,
H. H. PHARR, 2nd Vice President H. H. PHARR,
R. H. Youn r ’ashier J. H. McGEE,
R. THOMP. ON, Ass’t. Cashier L. R. MARTIN,
GEO. W. WILLIAMS,
J. S. YOUNG,
J. W. GARNER,
D. C. KELLEY,
The following were Wednesday
visitors to Atlanta, Maj. W. E. Sim
mons, G. S. Perry, L. M. Brand,
Misses Louise and Mamie Brand,
Mr. Troy Thomason.
Mr. W. G. Shamburg. of Char
lotte, N. C., an advertising man, was
a visitor to Lawrenceville Sunday
and Monday. He is an ex-service man
and served with the Fourth Division
in the 11th Machine Gun Battalion
on the battlefields of France.
FOR RENT—Four room house with
electric lights on West Pike
street, joining my residence. See
dlTc T. L. VEAL,
Lawrenceville, Ga.
DEATH OF AN INFANT.
Lola Rebecca Smith, the six
months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. D. Smith, died Monday and the
corpse was buried at Friendship the
next day. The fond parents have the
sympathy of many friends.
CLOSE THE DOOR.
A great deal of caustic comment is
printed regarding the proposed re
strictions of immigration, registra
tion of aliens and the attempt to se
cure quality rather than quantity of
incomers from the old world. Their
arguments, boiled down, usually read
“America should hold out a welcome
to all; the country is big enough for
all; we are all sons and daughters of
immigrants; immigrants made this
country; we need immigrants for
labor; to restrict or register is
czaristic, not American.”
It is true we are all “sons and
daughters” of immigrants; it is true
that the immigrants we have had
have done much to develop this
country. But a§ times change, so
must methods. When we needed
pioneers, farmers, laborers, tillers of
the soil, we received the best Europe
had to offer. Not often does such an
opportunity come; a new country, a
new freedom, land for the asking.
Of course the yeomanry of Europe
seized the chance and the land, came,
went west, grew up with the country,
helped make America, America.
<at today good land cannot be
had for the asking. The pioneer
days are over. American civilization
has grown complicated. It takes
more than willing hands and a stout
heart to succeed here now. There
must be a measure of education as
well. Meanwhile, Europe is an im
possible place for the diseased, the
ignorant, the uneducated, the vi
cious, to live. The best equipped
want to get out—out anywhere—but
especially “out to America.”
We still need, want, and welcome,
good men and women, who can and
do become good Americans. But the
time has passed when we can get
them only by opening wide the door.
The door must be shut, to keep cut
those who hurt, not help, the nation,
r?'d only put a little ajar for that
thinning stream of the best kind of
men and women, who are able t»
take advantage of the modern op
portunities of modern America, as
their forebears were able to take ad
vantage of the oppori; lities of
American pioneer days.
STATEMENT OF THE
CONDITION OF T :
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Of Lawrenceville, Ga.
At the Close of Business, December 31st, 1923.
GRAIN OF CORN IN EAR
OF YOUTH BRINGS DEATH
Berlin, Ga.—A grain of corn that
accidentally found it’s way into the
ear of Eugene Norman, son of John
Norman, while playing n a barn cost
the life of the young boy, who was
seven years old.
Several physicians attempted to
remove the grain of corn from the
child’s ear, but all attempts were
and blood poisoning
setin which caused his death Satur
day.
UNION* GROVE.
Auburn, Ga., R. 1, Jan 7 —MI :
Rena Morrison, of Atlanta, is visit
ing friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Ethridge are
the proud parents of a fine baby
girl which arrived Saturday, January
5.
Miss Sabra Farr and Neta Mae
Ethridge of Harmony Grove attend
ed Sunday school here last Sunday.
Miss Evis all is attending school
at Dacula.
Mrs. Ernest Kilgore, of Hog
Mountain, was the guest of Mr. Sim
Wall last Sunday.
WEBBVILLE.
Lawrenceville, Ga., R. 3.—Jan
uary 7, 1924.—Mr. Joseph Roberts
and Mr. Tom Glass were in our burg
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. L. D. Barrett and children
spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs.
T. S. Brown and children.
Misses Jonie and Martha Dutton
visited Miss Ruby Barrett Monday.
Mr. Belvie Brown spent Friday
night with his cousin, Mr. Henry
McDomes, of near Rocky Branch.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Long spent
Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. Lu
ther Dallas, of Lawrenceville.
The party given by Miss Mary
Brown Friday night was enjoyed by
all present.
Mr. Homer Long and family are
moving near Norcross.
Business Outlook Bright.
Legitimate business, economically
operated, was able to make a rea
sonable profit in almost all lines of
trade during the year 1923, and the
prospects for 1P24, business now be
ing found on a sound basis, offer
every indication of prosperity in the
opinion of Atlanta bankers and busi
ness men, particularly officials of the
Federal Reserve baiik of Atlanta
who have well sounded conditions in
the sixth federal district comprising
the states of Georgia, Alabama,
Florida, Tennessee, Mississippi and
Louisiana.
One fact is especially noted in the
matter of building and construction
activity. All reports received here
show that it has been carried on at a
very high rate all during the pas.
year and there is as yet no evidence
of the slowing down which is usual
at this time of year.
The output of manufacturing in
dustries continues, on the whole, re
ports 'state, to compare favorably
with last year, and employment con
ditions, particularly in, the sixth
federal district, are reported satis
factory. ! • 1 •*
Capital Stock $50,000.00
Surplus and U. P. 10,613.09
Rediscounts
Cashier’s Checks 852.17
DEPOSITS 116,855.59
$208,345.01
TOR MRWS-MRKA LB. wWU, C—rgU
THE SOLDIER’S BONUS.
There is a wide discussion of the
bohus and Mr. Theodore H.. Price, in
his magazine, Commerce and Fi
nance, sums up the arguments pro
and con in a very e'ear way.
Those who oppose the grantin',' of
a bonus to the soldiers hold that the
duty of military service is an obli
gation of citizenship or residence and
is one of the considerations given for
the protecton by the government. No
government could exist long if it did
noth ave the right to call upon its
citizens to repel its enemies; hence,
the opponents of the bonus say that
the nation is under no legal or moral
obligation to pay whom they have
thus called upon. A sovereign State
has the right to conscript its citizens.
They point out that the men in the
army and navy were exceptionally
well fed; that they were comfortably
housed most of the time and that
they were given medical attention
and education free. Those who serv
ed during the late war had their lives
insured at the lowest cost ever
known and the injured have been
and will be generously cared for.
The mdh who went abroad have had
their record enriched and their vi
sion broadened. They add that if a
c 'atuity is now allowed other gra
tuities will be dejnanded. The Civil
War pension is one of the scandals
of history. Their own feeling is that
most of the boys who followed the
flag and came back safe would re
sent the idea that the United States
owed them anything.
Those /who favor the bonus say
that the men who were conscripted
were compelled to quit their work
and enter the service of the govern
ment at $1 a day. Some of their con
temporaries stayed at home and
were able to earn as much as $lO or
sls a day in non-hazardous work.
Upon this statement, it is argued
that the conscripted soldiers are en
titled to an “adjustment of their
compensation” that will give them
as much as they would have earned
if they had been allowed to select
their own employment. Probably a
majority of the American people
feel that this nation should err upon
the side of generosity in dealing with
the boys who risked their lives in de
fense of ther country. Mr. Pries un
derstands and honors the respect in
which our moral obligations are held
by the proponents of the bonus. So
he presents both sides of the ques
tion upon which there is such a wide
difference of opinion among men
who are equally sincere and patriot
ic.—Savannah Press.
Easy, Son, Easy
An lowa youth who became much
interested in bixing while in service,
took his father to a boxing show the
other nght, thes on willingly paying
the admission.
“Now,” said the son when they
were well seated, “you’re gonna see
more action so rs 2 than you ever
saw in your life.”
“I don’t know, son,” said the fa
ther. “$2 was all L paid for my mar
riage license.”
SEND US YOUR JOB WOK*
Etiauetle
Bltaiat CfcW&cnfSl
IM_ to do At
Reeders dm ring personal replies on
points of iitiquette or heart affairs
■nay write Miss A. Leda, care of this
uewspapt . enclosing a self addressed
and stamped envelope.
Dear A. Leda :
Will you kindly tell me the kind
of a note that should be written in
ease of a dinnei - and theatre party
having to be postponed? Is it bet
ter form to send a messenger with
the note or post it?
A Reader.
When conditions arise which pre
vent the giving of a dinner a note
should immediately be despatched
either by messenger or special de
livery, either canceling or postpou
ing the affair. The note may be
written in the third person, some
thing to this effect:
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Williams re
gret exceedingly that due to fire in
their home they must postpone their
dinner arranged for Wednesday, De
cember the tenth, to Monday, Decem
ber twenty-third, on which date they
hope to have the pleasure of Mr
and Mrs. James Collier’s company
at half after seven o’clock.
Another reader asks the kind of
a note that should be sent in the
case of a stop-gap at a dinner party
This means stopping a gap which
has been caused by a guest’s sud
den Inability to keep a dinner en
gagement.
ft is quite permissible to call upon
a friend to fill a vacancy occurring
at a dinner party at the last mo
ment. However, in* such a case the
situation should be frankly explained
nnd not a formal card sent out at
the last minute. For example:
Dear Mb. Beown :
Will you lie most obliging and
help me out on Wednesday, January
the twelfth? The grippe has seized
one of my guests at the lust minute
so that I am cast upon* the good
nature of my friends. We will dine
at seven o’clock, and I shall look
forward to the pleasure of your
company, and thank you many times
for the favor you confer by coming.
Most sincerely yours,
Auce B. Dean.
helpfulHEALTHhints
Antiseptic. —Salt and water (’/a
teaspoon to glass water) is ex
cellent as a throat gargle. It will
help an already sore throat, as well
as prevent one which has not yet
developed.
SALE UNNDER POWER.
GEORGIA, Gwinnett County.
Whereas, on the 16th day of June,
1920, B. W. C. Graham, executed
ar.d delivered to The Georgia Loan
& Trust Company his deed, under
Section “3306 of the 1910” Code of
Georgia, to the lands hereinafter
described, for the purpose of secur
ing a debt referred to in said deed,
which deed is recorded in the Clerk’s
office of Gwinnett Superior Court in
book 25 of deeds, page 122.
AND HEREAS, in said deed, said
grantor gave to said grantee and as
signs the power to sell said lands in
case of default in the prompt pay
ment at maturity, of interest or prin
cipal of said debt.
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of
the power so vested in the under
signed, which is more accurately
shown by reference to said deed said
The Georgia Loan & Trust Company
will sell at public outcry to the high
est bidder, for cash, on February
12th, 1924, during the legal hours of
sale before Gwinnett County Court
House door at Lawrenceville, Geor
gia, the lands described in the afore
said deed, to-wit:
All that tract or parcel of land,
situate, lying and being in the sev
enth (7th) land District of Gwin
nett County. Georgia, consisting of
sixty-two and one-half (62%) acres,
more or less, being a part of land lot
No. one hundred one (101) and- is
bounded as follows: North by lands
of Clay; east by lands of Guthrie;
south by lands of Bradford and
Rickies; west by lands of Mitchell
and Brown, said farm being situated
about six miles north of Dacula.
Georgia, in Gwinnett county, find is
part of the same land deeded by C.
W. Bradford to B. W. C. Graham on
November 2nd, 1908, and is record
ed in deed book 20, page 32, in the
Clerk’s office, Superior Court, Gwin
nett County, Georgia. Said land be
ing the place whereon the said B. W.
C. Graham now resides.
The said deed above mentioned,
was executed and delivered to se
cure the payment of one certain
promissorynote for the sum of sl,-
500, dated June 16th, 1920, and the
principal debt, bearing interest at
the rate of six and one-half (6%)
per cent, per annum.
Said principal debt is now past
due by the terms thereof, and so de
clared to be due for default in pay
ment of interest due November Ist,
1922 and November Ist, 1923. The
total amount of principal and inter
est that will be due on said debt on
the date of sale is $1,679.50. Fee
simple titles will be made to the pur
chaser at said sale and the proceeds
of such sale will be applied first, to
the payment of said debt with inter
est and expenses of this proceeding,
and the remainder, if any, will be
paid over to said B. W. C. Graham,
or his legal representatives.
Dated this, Bth day of January,
1924.
The Georgia Loan & Trust Co.,
By SAM G. BROWN,
Its Attorney-ar law.
SHERIFF’S SALE.
GEORGIA, Gwinnett County.
Will be sold before the courthouse
door of said county at Lawrenceville,
Ga., within the legal hours of sale,
on the first Tuesday in February,
1924, to the highest bidder for cash
the following described property, to
wit:
One Reo Automobile, one Rem
ington typewriter, one Wales adding
machine, one Edison rotary mimeo
graph, one check writer, two office
desks.
Said property levied on and to be
sold as the property of W. L. Brown
to satisfy a mortgage execution is
sued from the Superior Court of
Gwinnett County, Georgia. Defen
dant notified of this levy in terms of
the law.
E. S. GARNER, Sheriff.
SHERIFF S SALE.
GEORGIA, Gwinnett County.
Will be sold before the courthouse
door in said county, in the city of
Lawrenceville, within the legal hours
of sale, to the highest and best bid
der for cash on the first Tuesday in
February, 1924, the foliowing des
cribed property, to-wit:
One complete cotton ginning out
fit, consisting of three seventy saw
Winship gins, with Munger double
box press, with all shafting, pulleys,
belts and other equipment for the
said gin outfit.
Levied on and to be sold ns the
property of L. L. Griffith and
Brother, afirm composed of L. L.
Griffith and Marvin Griffith, under
a mortgage fi-fa in favor of Moon
and Turner against L. L. Griffith
and Brother issued from the Supe
rior court of Oglethorpe county,
Georgia, on the foreclosure of a pur
chase money mortgage retaining title
to said property. This property is
now located at what is known as the
Ed Strickland gin at Hog Mountain
in said county, and being expensive
to move will be sold before the court
house door in said county, but will
be delivered to ihe purchaser where
it is now located as above and where
it can be examined at any time be
fore the sale.
This January 10th, 1924.
E. S. GARNER, Sheriff.
CAN TOU LOOK INTO A WAYSIDE MTTD PTJDPT.IB
I AJfD SEE A CLEAR SKTJ
The World’s Most Protected People
(he American people are the most perfectly protected people
in the world. Figures made public in Washington show that in
the matter of insurance this country per capita is so far ahead
of all other countries that there is scarcely a second in the race,
though Great Britain hobbles along next to the United States.
1 lie figures in themselves are startling. More important,
however, is the lesson they convey—the story they tell. First,
they bespeak' a strong sense of honor and a willing acceptance of
responsibility on the part of the American husband and father.
( omplaint is often heard that despite the great earning
power of the average American, it is impossible for him to save
sufficient money to ensure the safety of his family in case of
death or permanent disability. Perhaps there may be some basis
for this assertion. But there is no basis for the assertion that
the average man cannot protect his family, that he cannot, by
reasonable saving, provide an estate for those he must leave
behind without actually setting aside the lump sum which other
wise would be necessary, and which would greatly lower the
standard of his living.
Insurance is now well out of the realm of the luxuries. It
has passed from the stage of the gamble. It has developed into
an integral part of American l : fe, so interwoven with our social
fabric that today any man finds it possible to protect his family,
and all wise men do so.
Protection of the family, the certainty that the widow will
not want or the child be neglected means more to this country
than mere saving to the state. It means added production. The
man who looks the world in the face unafraid is stimulated to
greater deeds of daring and accomplishment. Fear of the future
has kept countless thousands of men in the ruts of mediocrity.
With fear removed, with confidence established, the man can
stretch his wings and grasp such opportunity as presents with
reasonable safety.
America’s appreciation of insurance is an evidence of Ameri
can intelligence. Today only the dullard and the utterly thought
less are unprotected.
We nre nearing the season for the publication of the picture of
Honest Labor with the dinner pail and paper hat.
The Chinese promise little and perform much. Let us hope It Is not
a fact that “never the twain shall meet.”
My country, ’tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, pass a few more re
strictive laws. It only costs us 894 a head for our legislative machinery
every year, so get busy and tighten us up a little more.
There is nothing calculated to upset our confidence in mankind as
much us tlie conversational philosopher who presses us to lend him
a five spot.
The latest recommendation of the reformer after conference with
the hygienic ntti Is that sweethearts should kiss one another good night
only through a respirator.
Me® dMot tmi
htj Whii Hadley x "2
If Walter L. Hodges had been content to remain an obscure farm
nand on an Indiana ranch nineteen years ago lie would not now he
the; Hon. Walter L. Hodges, Los Angeles millionaire. In 1003, poverty
stricken. uneducated, sickly, he was earning fifty cents a day on a little
ranch he didn t own.
His mother-in-law fell heir to a note for $3,000 given by a teaming
company. She traded the note to Hodges. Making his way to Los
Angeles he forced the company to give him sixteen mules and four
nngons. But what was he to do with sixteen hungry mules?
Biding one of them and leading the ether fifteen he found a gravel
tied on a Los Angeles flier, where he could get. gravel free. On his
nerve alone he hired three negro drivers and with them began hauling
gravel into Los Angeles at $2.50 a load. At the end of two years he
had not made a cent-
To make money he must find a shorter haul. He found a bed of
gravel four miles nearer Los Angeles. Demand for gravel at $2.50 a
load was great, but at the end of a year he was $13,000 In debt.
In a department store, where he had gone to buy overalls, he saw
an escalator. Hurrying to a junk dealer he obtained an assortment
of old machinery and rubber belting, and In a week had erected a
long, heavy movable belt running from his crushing platform down
into tlie ravine. One man could thus load more rock onto this licit
and have It dumped at the crusher than fourteen could handle before.
His business began to show a slight .profit. At night he studied in the
Los Angeles Y. M. O. A., walking twelve miles each day to do so. But
seven months later, he found himself $35,000 in debt.
One Monday a note for SIO,OOO fell due. He went to the hank and
asked to see the president. “I’m through,” said Hodges. “How much
do you need?” asked the banker. He loaned him $15,000 more.
Then (lie tide set his way. In 12 months ho paid the bank. Then
fire wiped him out, causing a $70,000 loss. But from Insurance money
lie built a better plant. Six months later a flood swept down and
buried his new plant under sand. Ills loss was $30,000. lie built o
new plant and sold the sand.
In May, 1922, his profits were so great that he sold his interest to
a Western corporation for $1,100,000 cash.
Study Of Labor Conditions
In Bituminous Coal Fields
Shows Families Live Well
,
Mrs. Marion Richardson, Hunt
ington, West Virginia, a promin
ent member of the League of Bus
'ness and Professional Women, de
clares that women should learn the
truth about labor conditions in the
soft coal fields Of the united States.
Such knowledge, she say*, will
clear up a great deal ot slanderous
propaganda against the bituminous
Industry.
Mrs. Richardson knows whereof
she speaks for she was in charge
of preparing the court records of
violations on the part of the
United Mine aV/orkers of America
•—of civil rights and criminal law,
la many of tfca coal fields In her
Mate.
L ‘Tift ce called coal problem will
ibe solved when the consumer ro
cognizes the real issue," she poino
out. “The question is whethei
union leaders shall have the right
\to enforce their demands dj
: nation-wide strikes which curtail
production and cause the price ol
coal to soar to exorbitant peaks,
Both union and non-union opera,
tors agree that it is impossible foi
the industry to render fair servios
to the public so long as the min
ers' organization is allowed ta
continue Its monopolistic policy.**
Contrary to the general belief.
Mrs. Richardson says that miner*
live In good houses, children
have the beat schools, and good
roads end other modern conven
ience* are the rule and not th»
exception in the coal field* —•
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