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TWICE.A-WEEE
VOLUME 53.
3D PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE IN
STATEPRIMARY
Atlanta, Ga.—New interest was
added to the presidential campaign
in Georgia Saturday when avowed
folowers of the late Thomas E.
Watson informed the Democratic
state executive committee that they
will support neither illiam G. Mc-
Adoo nor Senator Oscar Underwood,
but will place a third candidate in
the field. Although no announce
ment to that effect has been made,
it is reported that the third entry
probably will be Senator James Reed
o’ Missouri. The primary was set
for March 19, wit a state conven
tion in Atlanta, April 28.
There was a sharp division in the
ranks of tte state committee over
the date for holding the statewide
presidential preference primary, af
ter charges were made that the Mc-
Adoo supp rters were endeavoring
to rush the primary through before
other candidates have a chance to
make a campaign.
Motions to set the primary for
April 23 and April 30 were defeated
by votes of 21 to 19 and 23 to 20,
it benig necessary on the first ballot
for Assistant Secretary Gardner to
cast his vote in order to show a
quorum voting.
Primary Rules Adopted.
The lesolution fixing te date of
the primary and convention, provid
ed that a committee of seven be
appointed to arrange details; that
the county executive committees
should meet on the day following
the primary and count the vote;
that the state executive committee
should assemble in Atlanta April 12
to declare ths result in each county
and the state; that the candidate re
eeiving the plurality vote in each
county name delegates to the state
eenventieu iu Atlanta April 23; and
that th.i cadidste receiving the
largest county unit vot* name the
delegates to the national convention
in New York June 24, each county
beig allowed two delegates for each
representative in the legislature.
The entrance fee was fixexd at
SBOO and the entries will close
March 4.
People in Fair Way Toward Living
Down Reputation for Squander
ing Money—Women Best Savers
Atlanta, Ga., January 17. —Are
southerners becoming more thrifty?
This question is being asked in At
lanta papers of thrift week which is
to be observed from the 17th to the
23rd throughout the country.
In the flush times following the
world war the answer was “no.”
Four years of ups and downs in
prosperity seem to have brought
with them another story of the
habits of the people in squandering
or taking care of their money.
The latest reports received by
Atlanta bankers from the savings
banks of the country show total
deposits of over seventeen billions,
or 47 per cent of the total deposits
in all banks.
Deposits in Atlanta banks are
steadily increasing and are larger
than ever before. This is the state
ment of John K. Ottley, president
of the Fourth National bank of At
lanta, and other leading bankers of
the south. The Fourth National
bank, a recognized leader among
southern banks, shows a remark
able increase in its savings deposits
within the last year.
Prodical Natures Changing.
The people of the south and the 1
rest of the country, for that mat-!
ter, have not lived down the reputa
tion of being the most prodical in
the world in spending, but, as point
ed out by bankers here, they are in
a fair way to do so. They are sav
ing part of the earnings, buying in
surance, investing in corporation
stocks, building homes.
In other words, an increasing
number of people are fortifying
themselves against the day when
their earning power will decline.
The, hard saved dollars which
bulk so large in savings fund re
ports and bank deposits are where
they are because the women of the
country have put them there, often
against the will of their husbands, in
the opinion of the head of the wo
men’s department of one of the At
lanta banks. The average man, it is
asserted, is a much swifter spender
than a woman, and despite the jokes
of the paragraphers and comic ar
tists, do not throw away money on
innumerable hats and gowns.
The average housewife in the
south, financial experts claim, has a
very high appreciation of the value
of money and how hard it is for her
husband to earn it. It is shown
that the women are not only sLiewd
jr ~i\ “T IT
iHE EM S-IiERA LB
BRAND HAS BILL
CHANGE PUNS
EXTRA LEVIES
Washington.—A bill providing
that a taxpayer shall not have to
pay an extra assessment fixed by
the bureau of interna! revenue un
til the case has finally been settled
has been introduced in the house by
Representative Brand, of Georgia.
As the law now stands, if an extra
assessment is made, the taxpayer
must pay it in advance, with the on
ly recourse of filing a claim for re
imbursement later. FrFequentiy, it
as been found that te extra assess
ment fixed by the government i* too
large.
Representative Brand’s bill would
remove the portion of thep resent
law requiring advance payment, and
provide that the government ac
cept a bond from the taxpayer, pay
able to the government.
“In many cases," Brand said, in
commenting on his bill, “it works a
hardship to make this cash payment
because it takes that much money
out of te taxpayer’s business which
is needed to carry it on successfully.
Sometimes the taxpayer hasn’t the
money, and it is difficult to bor
row it.”
The board of tax appeals, set up
under the Mellon tax plan to hear
claims of taxpayers, would be re
quired to sit in the state capitals to
consider appeals under an amend
ment to tis provision of the law pre
sented by Representative Crisp, of
Georgia, and adopted by the ways
and means committee. Representa
tive Crisp thinks the capital of each
state would be the most convenient
point for taxpayers in the state. The
provision in the law did notd eaig
nate the seat of meeting for the
board of appeals, but provided that
the board ox - some section of it sit
in different sections of the country
to hear appeals.
Inmnit Gymnasium at Riverside.
Contracts have been placed for
what is said to ha. the largest .pre
paratory-school gynjnasium hi the
south and one of the largest in the
United States at Riverside Military
academy at Gainesville, Ga., ac
cording to reports received here. It
is expected that the structure will be
completed by April Ist.
Unusual interest is now being
taken in athletics by the cadets at
Riverside and the ‘varsity basket
ball team is said to be one of the
strongest in the south, reports
state. It is planned to make the
baseball team this summer one of
the strongest aggregations of any
southern preparatory schools.
Championship matches will be ar
ranged with many cf the schools of
the state and the south. Riverside
cadets from all parts of the United
States.
Confesaion* hue Souls
She—How kind of you to bring
me those flowers. Such lovely ones,
and to think there is some dew on
them yet.
He—why—-er— yes. But I’m go
ing to pay the florist tomorrow.
buyers, but money savers.
Will Mark Names of Rivers.
Highway developers and road ex
perts here have endorsed the pro
posal of the League of American
Pen Women to place markers at the
sides of roads crossing famous
streams informing the public as to
the name of the body of water
ahead.
As pointed out, a great many of
the rivers of the country, small as
well as large ones, are of high his
torical interest. They have served
for periods as frontiers. They were
used by explorers, missionaries,
trappers, traders and innumerable
settlers as highways.
The turning point of several not
able baltles was upon the banks of
streams, it is asserted. Rivers have
appealed to poets and caught the
fancy of artists. It is often a mat
ter of regret to the automobile tour
ist, it is stated, that he has crossed
a stream, whose name is familiar to
him, and he had not known it at the
time.
It has been the practice of most
of the makers of road maps to leave
out the names of streams, just as
often they ignore the existence of
railroads, autolsts claim. Rivers
and creeks are definite land-marks,
if they can be so called, it is de
clared. They give, according to
some autoists, a much better sense
of location to the traveler than
“red schoolhouse on the left” or
“cross - roads, keep straight
through.” A bridge should be just
as useful to the motorist, in a dis
j trict strange to him as is a bench
mark to a surveyor.
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1923.
STATE NOW HAS
CAL. ARSENATE
I ave received the following tele
gram from Ira W. illiams, State En
tomologist:
“The state board has calcium ar
senate for immediate delivery,
twelve cents carlots delivered.
Twelve one-half cents delivered less
tan carlots. Certified check with or
der. Look for price to advance. Hopo
we can sell what we have on hand
so we can make future contracts.
Hold price down appreciate your
cooperation.”
Mr. G. W. Clower and myself are,
now making up a car of calcium ar
senate at 12 cents per pound deliv
ered, and this is the best price we
have been able to get this seusonlj
From the above Mr. Williams seems
to think the price will advance.
Any farmer who wishes to secure
his supply at 12 cents per pound'
should see either Mr. Clower or my
self at once. It will bo delivered the*
latter part o fFebruary. This is a
cash price, and as no one is getting
one cent profit out of it it will h*
necessary for all who buy it to pay
cash for it, and get it out of the car
as soon as it arrives so as to avoid
any expense of storage, handling, in
terest and so cn.
If you vat a supply at the above
price send in your order at once
and expect to take it whether it goes
down or up. *
A. G. ROBISON,
County Agent.
MRS. DUNAGAN DIES
IN LAWRENCEVILLE
Mrs. Elizabeth Bramblett Duna
gan, aged fifty-nine, died at thtf
home of her daughter early Satur
day mornnig after an illneai of
three week*.
Mrs. Dunagan was t* widow of
the late J. B. Dunagan and had re
sided near New Hope for a numbel
of year*. She wag ameznber of th®
church at Martins Chapel anda be
loved woman in her community.
Surviving her are her daughters:
Mrs. Susie Sims, Mrs. W*.*fHttroif£’
ton, of Lawrenceville; Mrs. J. W.
ilhoit, of Atlanta; her sons, J. V.
and J. B. Dunagan, of Atlanta; a
brother, H. H. Bramblett, of Law
renceville, and a half sister, Mrs. J.
E. Campbell, of Alabama.
Funeral services and interment
were held at Martins Chapel Sunday
morning, Rev. J. D. Posey in charge".
MRS. PINK TOWNI.EY DIED
AT EAST POINT THURSDAY
Mrs. Amanda Townley, the widow
of Mr. T. Pink Townley, died Thurs
day at her home in East Point.
The deceased was seventy-six
years old and was formerly Miss
Amanda Austin.
She is survived by three daugh
ters, Mrs. B. W. Durham, Mrs. J. J.
Walker, Mrs. Arthur Haney; two
sons, Elbert and Reese Townley;
two step-daughters, Mrs. J. B. Whit
worth and Miss Mary Townley; one
step-son, James A. Townley. Also
two brothers, Rev. John W. Austin,
Carl; Joe P. Austin, McDonough;
one sister, Mrs. T. L. Hudlow, Carl.
Mrs. Townley was a former citizen
of Lawrenceville and moved to East
Point after the death of her husband.
$75,000 DAMAGE SUIT
FILED AGAINST SOUTHERN
Suit for $75,000 was filed Wednes
day in the superior court of Gwin
nett county by Mrs. M. Strickland, of
Duluth, against the Southern Rail
way company for the death of her
son, Willie Isaac Strickland, October
6, 1023. John S. Highsmith, of At
lanta, represents Mrs. Strickland.
This is the last of a series of suits
filed by various parties, growing out
of the tragedy at Duluth. Four peo
ple were killed, and two seriously
injured in the same collision.
It is alleged that the train was
running recklessly and was not un
der the control of the engineer as it
approached the public crossing in the
heart of Duluth; that the engineer
failed to blow his whistle or ring his
bell to give warning of the approach
of the train.
Thi* Time o’ Year
Hubby—“ Such a life. Such a life.
I wish I was a dog.”
Wife—“ George, don’t taolk like
that; it’s wicked.”
Hubby—“ Well, I do—yes, T do.
Just think all my taxes paid for
me.”
Ain’t It •
Flapper—“ Write me from every
country you visit, will you, dear?”
Sheik—“ Yes, darling, I’ll write
to you regularly.”
Flapper—“Oh, thanks—l’ll have
the best stamp collection in town.”
ASK RE-election as Probate Judge.
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Judge G. G. Robinson,
Who Has Announced for Ordinary of Gwinnett County.
| Judge George G. Robinson, who has so acceptably filled the office of
Ordinary, announces as a candidate to succed himself to this important
position.
Judge Robinson is one of the most accomodating officers in the coun
ty, and looks well after the matters entrusted to his charge.
Every estate that is wound up, as well as the Orphans who have prop
erty rights, must go to this Court to have their affairs administered, and
it takes a capablep erson to look after the same.
In addition to thia each pensioner in the county draws his money
through the Ordinary's Office. Judge Robinson takes pride in looking after
these worthy people, and there is no delay in the pensioners getti£ their
money when th etsate sends it out. 1 /
Judge Robinson is not only popular in political and gocijracircles, but
he is an active churchman and a member of several secret orders.
NORCROSS NEWS.
Norcross, Ga., Jan. 16.—The Pri
mary—We are not calling up this
subject -with personal" motives,
however, County Executive Com
mittees all about are acting. Doubt
less no office will go begging for
want of at least ONE candidate—
notwithstanding only one has cast
his hat in the ring for County Com
missioner at thep resent writing
(three to elect). So, since the ball
is rolling already, your Correspond
ent suggests that the Chairman take
up the matter of calling the com
mittee together to transact such bus
iness as naturally comes before them
in election years and while there is
very little farm work going on. We
make no suggestion a 3 to date of
either the meeting or the primary,
knownig our efficient Chairman is
well posted on existing conditions,
so leave the matter of the call for
his experienced consideration, even
though we are a member and Ex-
Chairman.
Speaking of candidates, we noted
the very-well I won’t say exactly
flattering, but god picture of a
Gwinnett county raised boy’s pic
ture in last Sunday’s Atlanta Jour
nal, carrying his announcement for
sheriff in Fulton county’s approach
ing primary. Two days later, the
Voice of the South, that covers Dix
ie like the dejv, said Mr. Plennie
Miner had reebnsidered, owing to
the short time left for campaigning,
therefore would not be in the race
for Sheriff. Plenum's young yet and
the experience cqming to him in the
next two years will tie on more
friends and better equip him for the
plum he seeks. There are scores of
Gwinnett county voters in Atlanta
and Fulton county and they are
great stickers toS.
Mrs. Rhodie Dempsey, 72, widow
of the late E. P. Dempsey, w<.s bu
ried Tuesday at Mount Carmel cem
etery. She is survived by three sons
and four daughters and several
grandchildren. Ivy Bros., successors
to O. W. Settle, Funeral Directors,
in charge.
P. W. Summarimr and party are
somewhere between the east and
west coast touring in a Ford, while
Ivy Wingo, Mr. and Mrs. A. H.
(Red) Wingo are mostlikely feast
ing on Pa Wingo’s oranges near
Ocala. They were certainly fortun
ate in escaping the late zero weath
er. Who’ll be next.
Quite a bunch of our population
are in Florida and more are going.
Mrs. M. C. Rodes goes to Macon
Friday visiting Mr. W. L. Collier, an
uncle there, while the young son,
Cecil, goes on to Palatka.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. McElroy are
planning to visit their shh, t.iewel
lyn, at Orlando, about February 1.
. Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Summerour
are occupying a cottage near Orlan-
THE HABIT OF CRITICISM.
When we form the habit of crit
icising other* we fix in our own
minds an attribute that tends to our
and our own defat. We
cannot w#x the things We desire hr
this way. No man can rise to success
by criticising others. Neither can he
win happiness in this way. We can
not evade the law of reaction. This
rebound come back to you and
makes you pay for your folly. To be
happy and successful in life we must
bie on good terms with our fellow
men, and to be on good terms with
them we must be likeable. People
do not like the critic, the fault-find
er. You cannot help people by crit
icising them nor will they help you
if you have a fault finding nature.
Husbands and wives often have
the habit of criticising each other.
It may be their aim to make each
other better in this way but they
the mistaken in their aims. It is the
constructive principle in life that
builds up. There is power in praise
ans assuring words. The husband
can make of his wife a splendid
companion by constructive words of
praise and encouragement. The wife
can do likewise with her husband.
She rises or falls with him and it is
to her interest to help hmi win suc
cess wit her words of praise and up
liftment.
A nagging, fault-finding wife is
always an element of failure in the
life of any man. He will always fail
unless he is strong enough to rise
above her and shut her out of his
life. He wins then without her and
in spite of her. She then loses her
place in his affections and life, and
if there is no separation, she is only
tolerated in order to keep out of the
divorce courts. There is no happi
ness and peace and companionship
in such a union.
We meet men whose well-mean
ing wives have criticised them into
failure in business. And we meet
wives whose husbands have criticised
them into unhappiness and careless
and nidifferent home makers.
Sometimes an ambitious woman
marries a commonplace, easy-going
man. He hasn’t the push and energy
that she wants him to have. She be
gins to criticise and nag him be
cause he is not successful like other
men. She plants and cultivates in
his mind the seed of inferiority and
he succumbs to her influence and
become an inferiour man. If she
knew the law of the mental world
she would plant only seeds of up
lifting and superiority in his mind
and cultivate them daily by her
words of encouragement. Her pow
er to make him attain her ideal is
greater than she imagines.
There are more sorry men in the
world than women, hence if is im
portant that the women learn the
laws of success. It’s a big Job to
make a success out of asorry man.
but some women do it.—Exchange.
SEND US YOUR JOB WORK
COTTON GINNED
PRIORTO JAN. 1
The Department of Commerce,
through the Bureau of the Census,
announces the preliminary report on
cotton ginned by counties, in Geor
gia, for the and 1922.
The totai for te etifdb made pub
lic at 10 a. ia., Wednesday, January
9. A'.S'.-.’V
*? X A
County 1923 1922
The Stats _ 608,818 729,757
Banks - 2,787 3,797
Barrow 4,167 4,103
Ckrk* 3,848 3,216
DeKalb 1,206 1 004
Forsyth 6,350 7,720
Franklin 12,672 12.463
Gwinnett 4,316 7,042
- 6,806 10,011
Jackson _ 11,285 9,380
Milton -..1 3,983 3,897
Oconee 2,583 1,773
Stephens 3,425 4,088
Walton 7,913 7,667
E .S. GARNER ISSUES CARD.
On accbixnt if# numbers of my
friendjjgyjshiwg W> know if I will be
a candijajjjky again, I wish to state
that ago I announced I
would not'bo a candidate again for
Sheriff, ‘and I will not be at this
time. However, at the suggestion of
numerous friends I am considering
making the race for County Com
missioner, and if I decide to make
tis race, which is liely, my announce
ment will be forthcoming within a
short time.
Respectfully,
E. S. GARNER.
BOWEN ANNNOUNCES
FOR TAX RECEIVER
In tin issue Appears the an
nouncement of Mr. R. Ed Bowen for
t ßeceiver. Mr. Bowen wan in the
# in 1920 and ran second.
He is a son of Eeqaire A. J. Bow
en and was born and rearsd in Har
bins district. Mr. Bowen has been
paralyzed since early boyhood and
eight years ago also lost his arm. He
that tha*bffice wilHJe siffeTT
entrusted to his hands as he is fully
capable of handling its duties and
will appreciate the vote of the peo
ple.
Most of the announced candi
dates are said to favor an early pri
mary and Mr. Bowen states that this
will suit him as he will probably
start on acanvas of the entire coun
ty at an early date.
ETHRIDGE ANNNOUNCES
FOR TREASURER
In this issue is the announcement
of Mr. H. T. Ethridge, who is seek
ing the place of treasurer of Gwin
nett county.
Mr. Ethridge served the county
for four years in this important ca
pacity and is fully qualified to han
dle the duties involved. He is a Con
federate veteran and states that he
Will see every voter possible but be
ing in bad financial shape perhaps
will only be able to make one round
of the county and will appreciate
the vote and influence of the pub
lic.
Two Side* To Thi*
Giff—“ He’s an awfully clever
man.”
Gaff—“ Not a bit of it. Ho only
makes people think so.”
Giff—“ Well, don’t you call that
clever?”
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 primary election, and should
I be elected I pledge myself to dis
charge all duties of the office.
Here are a few items that I am
not in favor of, and some that I am:
I don’t believe in a county com
missioner being clerk of board of
commisioners.
I ani not in favor of convicts
staying in winter quarters the year
round, and being transported to
their 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
coqnty has been run for several
years, I can’t see why a man can’t
save tlje county at least $3,000 per
year.
Respectfully,
W. B. HOPSON.
TWICE-A-WEEK
SOUTH HONORS
ITS GREATEST
ONCE MORE
Stone Mountain, Ga.—The south
again honored its imortnl leader
when high up the granite wall of
Stone Mountain there was unveiled
the sculptured head of Robert E.
Lee. v,
The dream of a great memorial
began to come true wheg a bright,
broad American flag was lifted and
gathered as a glowing coronet about
the majestic brow of I.ee, looking
out from the sheer wall of Stone
Mountain—the first of the mighty
group planned by Gutzon Borglum,
the sculptor.
The skies were tenderly gray; and
even the chill breeze out of a trace
of rain was in the air, as the distin
guished gentleman of the old south,
gave te signal for the thunder of
granite boulders down the sheer
face of the mountain, and then the
slow lifting of the national emblem
that disclosed the face of the great
leader, sculptured in heroic base re
lief upon the living stone.
The dawn of a great dream com
ing true lighted the towering gran
ite wall of the mountain, and under
its more than royal coronet the calm
face of Lee looked out across the
grey landscape, keeping watch now
and forevermore over the southland
that eh loved and te nation that he
served. „
Plans for the unveiling exercises
had been carefully perfected by the
executives of the Stone Mountain
Memorial association.
FOR CLERK OF COURT.
I hereby announce myself a can
didate to succeed myself as Clerk of
the Superior court subject to the
forthcoming primary. I am grateful
to the people for past favors; your
vote and influence will be appreci
ated.
Yours respectfully.
W- G. HOLT.
FOR ORDINARY.
To te Voters of Gwinnett County:
I hereby announce myself a can
didate for Ordinary of Gwinnett
County, subject to the democratic
party.
I am grateful to the people for
their past influence and support,
and will greatly appreciate their
votes in the coming primary.
Yours very respectfully,
G. G. ROBINSON.
■■ ■ ■ "
FOR TAX RECEIVER.
I hereby announce myself a can
didate for the office of Tax Re
ceiver of Gwinnett county, subject
to the forthcoming primary elec
tion. In case of election I promise
fair and courteous treatment to ai),
and a business administration of
this important office. Your vote and
influence will be appreciated.
CONRAD O. WOOD.
FOR TAX RECEIVER.
I hereby announce myself a can
didate for Tax Receiver of Gwin
nett county subject to te forthcom
ing primary. I feel that I am quali
fied to look after the duties of this
important office and will appreciate
your support and influence. Since
early childhood I have been paralyz
ed in the right leg and eight years
ago lost my left arm, the loss of
which practically makes it impo. si
ble to do manual labor for a liveli
hood. I was in the race four years
ago and ran second and wish to as
sure the voters that your support
will be appreciated during the com
ing election.
R. ED BOWEN.
FOR TREASURER.
1 hereby announce myself a can
didate for Treasurer of Gwinnett
county subject to the forthcoming
primary. I will appreciate the vote
and influence of the voters and will
see as many of you as my condi
tion will permit. I have served the
county as treasurer for four years
and am fully capable of undling the
duties. *
11. T. ETHRIDGE.
He Bet on Her
Poker—“ Don’t you wife ever miss
you?”
Ghip — “Why yes, once in a long
while, but I’ll have yo know that gal
is a pretty sure shot.”
Order in the Courtroom!
Mandy—“Jedge—that good
nothin’ broke every chair in
house across my haid.”
Judge — “ Well, didn’t he apolo;
or express regret?”
Mandy—“No; not yet. jedge—
see the ambulance took him aw
before he could speak.”
NUMBER 24.