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TWICE-A-WEEK VOLUME 53. PHILLIPS TO BE TRIEDFOR ARMY SALE FRAUD Washington.—John L. Phillips, Republican state chairman of Geor gia, and nine others indicted in con nection with the sale of surplus lum ber from army cantonments, must stand trial, the supreme court of the District of Columbia held Wednes day in overruling demurrers to their indictment. The defendants filed pleas in abatement because of the presence in the grand jury room of a ste nographer in the employ of the de partment of justice which were ov erruled last September. They then demurred to the sufficiency of the indictment which the court Wednes day overruled. They were directed to plead within twenty days. The opinion does not discuss the reasons underlying the decisions that the in dictment is sufficient. According to the indictment, the government lost $1,854 076 through the operations of the accused who are said to have disposed of govern ment surplus lumber at prices be low the market. . MRS. SMITH’S S. S. CLASS MET AND ELECTED OFFICERS The third year junior boys’ class of the Baptist Sunday school met re cently at the rastorium. The meeting was called to order by our teacher, Mrs. L. E. Smith, who acted as chairman until president was elected. The following officers were elected: D. C. Kelley, president; Robert Holland, vice president; Ambrose Green, second vice president; George Robinson, secretary; Lamar Stanley, treasurer; Weyman Jordan, reporter. The class decided to order the fol lowing class room supplies: Wail mottoes: The Golden Gospel; The Golden Rule; Rules for Today. Two dozen “Miss You’’ postals; safety deposit vault. MARRIAGES. A Christmas day marriage was •that of Mr. Henry A. Coker and Miss Julia Stowe, who were joined in holy matrimony by Rev. J. P. McConnell, of Grayson. A Buford widower and widow who got married on January 30th were Mr. S. A. Crumbley and Mrs. Sarah Sutton, who assumed the wedding vows in the presence of Rev. W. Owens. Mr. A. Garner and Mias An nie; Sells were married on December 23d by RcK'. Wx H. Faust, of Atlanta. The bride is the daughter of Mr. James Sells, of near Lawrenceville, while the groom is the son of Mr. and and Mrs. George Cash. The .happy young couple decided to keep their marriage a secret, but it leaked out. MISSIONARY PROGRAM. The regular monthly meeting of the Woman’s Missionary Society of the Methodist church will be held at the home of Miss Ida Mitchell Mon day afternoon, February the fourth, at 3:30 p , m. Program. “The illumined Christ in Mexico.” Hymn 411, O, Let Me Walk With Thee.” Devotional —Mrs. C. U. Born. Ten minute talk on the Centen ary and Superannuate Campaign— Rev. Marvin Franklin. Special Topic “Superannuate Campaign”—Mrs. R. L. Haslett. “Protestant Missions and Mexico Today”—Mrs. W. V. Ezzard. “Letter From Mexico”—Mrs. I. L. Cakes. “Letter From Cuba..” —Mrs. Elmer Pate. Roll Call—Answer with Scriptural quotation on prayer. Bulletin. Business: Minutes, Reports of of ficers, reports of committees. JACKSON STREET. hy not live on Jackson street, the most popular street in Lawrence ville. tl has: I Telegraph operator, 1 Banker, 1 Doctor, 9K H 1 School teacher, 1 Postmaster, _ f _ _ 2 Stenographers^ 1 Real estate dealer, 5 Merchants, 2 rforse dealers, 2 Barbers, 1 Policeman, 1 Miller, 1 Sawyer, 1 Lawyer, 1 Bookkeeper, 4 Farmers, 5 Widows « and , Candidates. The News-Herald *■ LET THE RAS’—4 ROADS ALONE • Hon. Edgar E. Clark, for many years chairman of the interstate commerce commission, in an address before the Philadelphia forum on November 14th, speaking on “What Shall Be Done About the Railroads,” among other things said: “If I were required to answer in three words the question ‘What Should Be Done About the Rail roads,’ I would say ‘Let them alone.’ “When I suggest that we let the railroads alone I am not to be un derstood as advocating any back ward steps in the matter of govern ment regulation. “Having effected correction of major evils, and faced with the com plications that grew out of the use made of the railroads by the gov ernment as a war measure, the con gress framed and passed the trans portation act, 1920. “The rights of the railroads and their importance in our national and industrial life are recognized to a degree n it four.*. in Timer la “Und.-r ih<- o|>r«'.on of t v nt lav: we have seen an ii, \ rovem it n trampor'nti'.P i.''toads th •; i little less -an r;;\t 'ous. ,'n 'he matter of s'.-r.n- th-- roads linn been and are t rd- r.g a per.’ >; tr ance heretofore unqualed. “The law does not givee the rail roads or any railroad any guaranty whatsoever of any earnings. On the contrary, -it limits their earnings to a moderate return upon the value of the property which they devote to the public service. “In fact, up to 1923, the railroads have not, since this law was enact ed, earned anywhere near the recog nized return. “Of course, the railroads should not be permitted to charge extor tionate rates, or rates that, on the whole, yield unreasonably high prof its. The public should, however, think twice before concluding that reduction in rates is clear profit for the public. Belowa certain level of revenues the railroads cannot furnish adequate and efficient service and the loss’ to the -pubth** from nade quate and inefficient service in one otherwise prosperous year for the country generally would greatly ex ceed any gain that might come fiom reduced rates. “The average revenue per ton mile for the railroads in the United States for the first sixm onths of this year was less than IVs cents. The aver age ton of freight was hauled 100 miles for about sl.ll. The latest in formation at hand hsows * that the revenue per ton mile tff the railroads in England is about 4 cents, in Swe den 4% cents, in Norway 5 cents and in Brazil 6 cents. Passenger fares are lower here than in most foreign countries where the service is at all comparable. The first class fares in England are higher by about 25 per cent than are our fares in cluding parlor car. The fare from Paris to Biarritz, 508 miles, i ’ more •than double that from Chicago to Leavenworth, the same distance. The fare in Italy from Rome to Flor ence, 196 miles, is three times that from Chicago to lowa, for alike dis tance. “As rates might he so low as to preclude the furnishing of good ser vice, and as good service is of more importance than is a comparatively small difference in the rates, so wages might be so low as to preclude securing the class of employees and the character of service that proper railroad operation demands. Person ally I advocate high wages lor a high class of service. A poor and in different employee is expensive at any wage. A good, loyal and compe tent employee is well worth his hire, even if that hire be relatively high. “Daylight has broken through the dark financial outlook. Wc wili best serve the interest of our country, ourselves and those who come after us by pursuing a helpful and en couraging course. We cannot des troy our railroads without bringing down upon our heads irreparable in jury. And so I say that in so far as the policy that underlies the present railroad law is concerned we should let it alone.” WOMEN SMOKE 7 BILLION CIGARETTS DURING 1923 New York, —Women smoked 7 billion cigarettes in 1923, according to the National Tobacco exposition in session here, so it was decided there should be some thing new and special in cigarettes henceforth for milady. That’s why vari-colored cigarettes—anything to match any gown—came into vogue today. Gerese. lemon, peach blossom, black and crimson are among the popular shades. LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1924. SHERIFF’S ■PpJI*WIDOW SUCCEEDS HIM Bolivar Tenn.—Tennessee’s first woman sheriff took office Monday when Mrs. J. F. Casselberry was sworn in as Hardeman county’s chief peace officer. She was elected by the county court to fill a vacancy caused by the recent death of her husband, who died of apoplexy. The term expires in August. Mrs. Casselberry is thirty years old and is the mother of two chil dren. Her first official act was to reappoint J. C. Hogan as chief deputy. HIGHWAYMEN RIDE OFF WITH VICTUM’S WAGON Atlanta, Ga.—J. W. Nash, of Tucker, Ga., is minus a two-horse wagon and a horse and mule team as a result of a holdup by two uni dentified white men on South May- avenue, near DeKalb avenue, late Tuesday Nash reported to the police that he jumped from the wag on and escaped from the highway men, returning later to fin dthat his team and wagon ha ddisappeared. PEMBROKE BANK PAYS 100 PER CENT DIVIDEND WITH LIBERTY BONDS Pembrokq, Ga.—The National Bank of Pembroke has just declared a 100 per cent dividend on its stock payable in liberty bonds. It has a capital stock of $25,000 and a sur plus cf about $15,000. During the World War Bryan county, in which Pembroke is located, won a silver cup for selling the great est number of Liberty bonds per capital of any county in the state. Julius Morgan is president of the bank. INCOME TAX RETURNS NOT BASED ON NEW PROPOSED SCHEDULE Collectors of Internal Revenue are receiving returns of income for the year 1923 computed in accordance with the proposed amendment to the existing law to reduce the normal tax rate from 4 andS to 3 and 6 per ‘■cent, and prjp'orotf changes, The government’s answer in such cases in that the tax on in come for year 1923 is being col lected under the Revenue Act of 1921, whichis still in effect, and which provides a normal tax rate of 4 per cent on the first $4,000 of ne in come in excess of the exemptions and credits and 8 per cent on the remaining net income. P. O. DEPARTMENT TO HANDLE PAPERS AS FIRST CLASS MAIL Washington, D. C.—as a result of several months of investigation and study by experts of the Post Office Department Postmaster General New has issued the first definite concise * and complete program that has ever been put out by the Department for the mailing, transmission tnd deli very of newspapers. This order is most important. It is far reaching. It gives the same expendition tq newspapers as is ac corded to first class mail. The order is the result of plain staking effort on the part of the Post Office inspectors, under the direction of First Assistant Post master General Bartlett. Carefully worded and minute instructions have been issued to ail employees engaged in handling the mails, so that there will be no possibility of misunder standing the importance of getting newspapers to the reader with a mini mum of delay. The essence of the order is that newspapers shall not be mixed with parcels post at any point in their dispatch from the publisher’s office until delivered to the addresses. Papers shall be handled by them selves, and kept in constant transit, not being sent to railway terminals to be reworked. In other words, they are to be handled in the same manner as first class mail. Under the new system, news papers will be made up in seperate sacks plainly labeled with the word “NEWSPAPERS.” If there are only a few copies of newspapers at the point of dispatch, they will be placed in pouches with first class mail or pouches with first class mail or in separate sacks, even though the sacks are only partially filled. This order means much to the American public. It is one of the most important and far reaching steps in post office history. It is for the benefit of those who desire to have their newspapers placed before them at as early a moment as pos- This should keep both the city and rural population in closer and quicker touch with their several fields of activities. REED’S FORCES ARE ROUTED BY MO. ANTI-REED’S St. Louis.—The Democratic state committee Monday voted to hold the state convention for the election of delegates to the Democratic national convention on April 15 at Spring field and adopted the Cox presiden tial vote of 1920 as the basis of del egate apportionment from the 114 counties and the city of St. Louis. The anti-Reed forces were in the saddle and drove through every proposition they desired. The only change in the origin'alp lans of the contingent opposed to the presi dential candidacy of Senator Reed was in the date of the state conven tion. David Ladd Rockwell, of Chicago, national driector of the McAdoo campaign arrived in St. Louis Mon day and was in conference with Walter K. Chorn, McAdoo’s state manager, and other McAdoo sup porters at the office of Brecken ridge Long, opponent to Reed for the senatorial nomination in 1922. Long issued a statement Sunday pledging his support to McAdoo. mu A By Arthur Brisbane ABOUT EARLY SUCCESS. 1,400 FEET DOWN. FORD AND MUSCLE SHOALS. NOTHING LIKE SUCCESS. HARSH WORDS FOR GIRLS. It doesn’t pay to make children work too hard. What they need •tn I’Ymjfir affertren, -ex* ercise, good food, long sleep. Heavy learning can come later. You have read about William James Sidis, the boy phenomenon who, at eleven years of age, was in Harvard University, debating with professors on the fourth dimension, and came out of Harvard at thir i teen. That young gentleman is work ing now a cas lerk at $23 a week and doing his “higher mathe matics” on a cash register. He says he hates the name of Harvard. He is discouraged, and, from, a pub lished interview, he appears to lack the greatest of assets, mental cour age. It’s easy to take that out of a human by over-forcing in childhood. The vanity of parents ends some times in destruction of the child s chances. Wireless signals in the code of the United States Navy have been heard 1,400 feet down in a miine in Arizona. “Sound without wires going through 1,400 feet of solid earth” seems marvelous. But we must re member that there is no such thing as “solid earth. And there is no such thing as solid matter, only elec trons, that form atoms, atoms that form molecules, and molecules that form what we call matter, the par ticles of that matter being as far from each other, in proportion to their size, as the earth is from the sun. There is no reason why radio waves shouldn’t go anywhere, since there is no solid matter to stop them. Various concerns offer to rent Muscle Shoals, suggesting in a fee ble, doubtful kind of way, that they will “make fertilizer.” The farm ers of the United States have Hen- Ford’s positive promise that he will produce cheap fertilizer at Muscle Shoals. The farmers and others want Henry Ford to make good on that proposal and he should have the opportunity. Ford shows you in the state of New York, one of his new plants, an industrial building, twelve hun dred feet long, with not a smoke stack on it, everything done by the power of water changed into elec tricity. Give Ford the chance at Muscle Shoals and he will do everything possible to keep his pledge to give the farmers cheap fertilizer. He will do what is infinitely more important, showing the people of the United States how the water power of this country should be used for the DO YOU WANT TO GET THE MARKET BULLETIN FREE? If sb, all you have to do is to write the State Bureau of Markets, State Capitol, Atlanta Ga., and the publication will he mailed you free, i Your tax money is helping to pay for issuing the Bulletin and you should write for it if you wish it sent to your address. HOW TO HELP THE COUNTRY TEACHER. The county teacher is often a young woman with little definite had considerable experience sbe has preparation. Even when she has seldom attended summer school re gularly enough to keep informed in regard to the far reaching conse quences of investigations and ex periments in such o matter as teach ing reading. Young or mature, she has Usually red few, if any, recent professional books. Most reget table of all, she has often failed to receive definite timely suggenstion from those to whom has been assign ed the duty of helping her. A country teacher should receive help several times a year if she is to become a %k:'lful instructor. The official school visitor—-superinten dent or supervisor—should help her. in a vast majority of ihe counties of the counties of tne United States to- day county teachers are receiving ex-' ceediingly little help Iron adequate professional supervision. In con sequence, county children have .far too little reading material provided; what they have is aften very far be low the best available mater.al in quality. Professional supervision see to it that the recept discoveries as to the need of effort on the part of teach ers and pupils to increase eye span and reading .rate and to develop read nig comprehension are applied by the teacher and are explained to parents assembled in such groups as those forming Parent-Teacher Associa tions. Commensurate returns for the sal aries paid country teachers can be re ceived only after high standards of preparation and exjerience ou the part of those who supervise them and far more rural supervision than obtains at present, have been secur ed. To help secure legislation look ing towards such ends is an inistent dut of parents sending their children to country schools. SEND US YOUR JOB WORK people’s benefit. A distinguished lady writer says: “When deep, powerful love cools, marriage should end in divorce.” Newspapers discuss that because it sounds new. Yet it is what monkeys said, or would have said if they could talk, half a million years ago. Mr Mon key would say: “When I am tired of one lady monkey, I go off and find another. That’s my idea of love.” Marriage is an institution not established for the amusement of monkeys or men, but for the protec tion of children, to establish respect for women, and to make men gradu ally more deent. We should be even closer to the monkeys than we are now, but for the institution of marriage, which has trained men to suppress the mon key within them. Dr. Charles J. Smith, president of Roanoke College, Virginia, has this to say about the modern girl. Read ing it, you will hope that rothitig unpleasent was left unsaid: “Some women in every age drank liquor, a few even enjoyed a smoke, many of them threw away their hon or, but the world has never known the turnirtg loose of such an army of hard drinking, cigarette puffing, licentious Amazons as walk the streets and invade the college camp uses today.” / It may be seem true, but as usual, the next generation will be a little better than thoose before it. Prov idence attends to that, and makes very good mothers of the “licentious Amazons” that worry good Doctor Smith. He must remember the famous Olympias, who danced stalk naked with serpents wrapped around her, consulted magicians, killed the baby of her husband’s seconds wife. But she was the mother of Alex ander the Great. The farmers in the country used to buy two million buggies every year. We only manufacture four million automobiles a year now. At this moment the country ought eas ly to absorb six or seven million cars a year. Every car pays for itself in time-saving and represents economy. W.GUY GREEN RUNS FOR CLERK In today’s issue is the announce ment of W. Guy Green, of Law renceville, who is running for elec tion as clerk of superior court. Guy Green is well known through out Gwinnett county and will have the support of many friends. Before coming to Lawrenceville he resided in Buford and Suwanee and his daily business has carried him over the county where his warm personality and good business judgment has made a favorable impression. For many years he was clerk of the Lawrenceville Association of Baptist churches and made an ex cellent clerk. He declined re elec tion to this body but is still serving as layman of his church. Mr. Green at present is connected with the clerical department of a fertilizer concern here and also has an interest in n mercantile concern He is thoroughly qualified for the office he seeks and should receive ,a good vote. Numerous names are bnig men tioned for the various offices and several candidates have said they were sure to announce ear'y after the date of the primary is made known. The executive committee is scheduled to meet here on Tues day, February sth, to set the rules and date. IS AN EARLY PRIMARY FAIR? It seems the fad of late years to boost up an early primary for coun ty officers, in order to get it in with the national primary, what do we gain by rushing? Nothing as I see, except to foot the bill for the big felllow. Gwinnett is a rural county and if all the roads are in the shape that they are in this neck of the woods candidates can not make a thorough canvass in a short time. There are no conventions to hold and state wide canvassing to do to require such an early start, The men who are in have naturally been electioneering while in office and have all the advantage of a new man in an early contest. It is most Lwcive. months .uatil the successful ones will take the jobs and we can make a crop and have better roads and weather to make a canvass in August or September. There is little fall work dine on the farm and anywhere after March 15th weather permitting will he busy in the field. We have had the last two primaries in the early spring. Now, boys, give Reuben a show. The town population of the county is not over 25 per cent of the county. Why not let a majority be accommodated for once? I know if the time is set in busy plow time a lot of farmers won’t turn out, and everybody ought to waut a square deal. What say you, Mr. Voter? Study the situation and post your commit teeman when it suits you best, so he won’t have to act in the dark. Respectfully, C. JONES BOLTON, Norcross, Ga. LOGANVILLE MASONS HAD FINE TIME AT INSTALLATION EXERCISES ST. JOHN’S DAY A most delightful oecasirn for members of Fergus Lodge No. 135,‘ Free and Accepted Masons, Logan ville, occuring on the afternoon of St. John’s Day, was the public in stallation of officers, at which time the ladies, members of the Eastern Star lodge, Loganville also had their installation exercises, and 1 following which delightful refreshments were served. The officers of the Fergus lodge for the year 1924 are as follows. T. P. Weaver—Worshipful Master. W. I. Bennett—Senior Warden. Johns S. Garrett—Junior Warden. A. J. Garrett —Treasurer. W. H. Wood, Jr.—Secretary. R. H. Moore—Tyler. L. B. Withworth—Senior Deacon. T. C. Cowsert—Junior Deacon. J. C. Atha—S. C. S. W. Cooper—J. S. R. J. Broyles—Chaplain. The official personnel of this strong and growing lodge is one of the very finestin Walton county and it vijas a great treat for each of them and the “privates in the ranks” to have with them at their installation exercises the charming ladies who comprise the lodge l of the Eastern Star. LAND FOR RENT. I have some land to rent in and near town; also a good one horse crop, all fresh land just out of town. See me at once. j3le L. R. MARTIN. SEND Ij YOUR JOB WORK TWICE-A-WEEK GEORGIA BOYS RANK FIRST AT STOCK SHOW Athens, Ga.—The livestock judg ing teams that Georgia has sent to the International Live S oek Expos ition in Chicago for the past four years stand first in competition with all the states ir, this country, ac cording to fig ires given out by B. H. Heide, secreatry and manager to Paul W. Chapman, state supevviso? of agricultural eudcation. Georgia n the only southern state in the first ten tor the f.ur-ycar average. lowa stands second, Minne sota, third, Illinois, fourth and Mi chigan, fifth. The Georgia hoys who have con stituted the teams that have gone to Chicago have been students of vocational agr'eultii.' e in the dis trict schools, and have all made the trip to Chicago in charge of L. M. Sheffer, assistant supervisor cf agri cultural edueitin. In 1920, the <?Go"gia team ranked first in this national contest. This year they stood first in Ihe judging of cattle and sixth in the general average for ail classes i f live vtocl:. Their rank over the f mr-year period is fourth. SHE WALKS 115 MILES RATHER THAN TRAVEL WITH STRIKEBREAKERS London—Miss Dorothy Jc-wson, new labor member of the house of commons for Norwich, started Sun day with a woman friend to walk from London to Norwich, a distance of 115 miles to fulfill an engage ment to address her constituents. Several trains were available, }iut Miss Jewson refused to use one, say- * ing she regarded the men working then a strikebreakers, in view of the fact that a railway strike is now in progress. LISBON LIVES IN FEAR OF OUTRAGE AND VIOLENCE "Lisbon —Lisbon faces a stormy ' future, in the opinion of a civil governor of the municipality who has just resigned. Unless proper pro tective measures are taken, the city may wake up some morning “in a frightful sea of exploding dymna mite.” The local politicians are play ing with file, says this former of ficial, whees name is Antonio Vi deria. During his term of nffffiee he was affordel many proofs of the existence of terrorist organizations whoes purpose is violence. Only a dictatorship supported by armed force and freed from all party poli tics can insure safety. Some of Dr. Videira’s revelations are so alarming that it is considered dangerous to make them public. The Portuguese capital has become a cen ter of international revolutionary activity of recent years, and the terrorist propanganda has intensifi ed since the establishment of the dictatorship in Spain. DR. CALEB RIDLEY REINSTATED BY BAPTIST PASTORS Atlanta, Ga.—ln view of a state ment last Monday by Dr. Caleb A. Ridley before the Atlanta P.aptist Ministers’ conference that he had severed all connection with secret organizations and wished again to consecrate his life to the ministry, the former pastor of the Central Baptist church was readmitted to membership in the body at. its week ly meeting in the First Baptist church after considerable debate. Dr. Ridley, a former official of the Ku Klux Klan, appeared before the Baptist ministers and reiterated his statement of a week ago that all he sought was the fellowship of the con ference and did not wish to be as signed to any church. He stated, however, that due to the fact that membership had been taken from him some months ago, he was not able, to accept a number of offers he had had to con duct revival services. A committee, composed of Dr. VV. H. Faust, pastor of the Gordon Street Baptist church; the Rev. J. W. Heymore, pastor of the First Baptist church of Decatur, and the Rev. W. L. Hambrick, pastor of the Central Baptist church, reported that they had investigated Dr. Rid ley’s change of heart am) recom mended that he be restored to fel lowship in the conference. They re ported that Dr. Ridley had promised “to devote much of his time, in the future to helping men who- havo wandered from the old jwthr hy tMm habit of >trong drink which was. the principal cause leading to bis trou ble, in recent months.” NUMBER 27.