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The News-Herald
Lawrenceville, Georgia
Published Monday and Thursday
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D. M. BYRD. Editor
V. L. HAGOOD
News Editor and General Manager
J. L. COMFORT, Supt.
Official Organ Gwinnett County,
City of Lawrenceville, U. S.
Court, Northern District o f
Georgia.
Entered at the Post Office at Law
renceville, Georgia, as Second Class
Mail Matter, under the act of Con
gress of March 3rd, 1879.
GROWTH OF A GREAT MOVE
MENT.
Ccn‘olidated school arc increasing
in number; one-room schools are dis
appearing; and more school money is
being spent for transportation of pu
pils each year. Data on consobdat
ed schools show that 1,628 were
formed in the schools year 1921-22.
Fourteen states did not report the
number of consolidations that year.
Among the 14 are Ohio, Kansas,
North Carolina and Marland known
to be makingconsidorable progress
iin consolidation. The most accu
rate figures obtainable show that
there were 1 1,890 consolidated
schools in the United States in 1920.
Estimating an increase of at least
3,000 in the next two years, there
were in 1922 approximately 15.000
consolidated schools. Louisiana,
Indiana, and Ohio each reports -over
1,000 such schools; Texas, Virgina,
and Mississippi each more than 600.
There were 187,951 one room
schools reported in 1920. Two
years later the estimated number was
179,450, a decrease of 8,501. Most
of this decrease is due to consolid-
ation. Some of it is due to a natu
3rowth of small schools into larger
two and three room schools. Re
placing approximately 4,000 little
schools each yearv by something bet
ter sia considerable achievement.
The amount spent for tramport
ation was $14,514,544 in 1920 with
8 states not reporting. For 1922 it
was $20,624,805, an increase of more
than six millions of dollars, again
with no reports from 8 states. lowa
Ohio, and Indiana each spent over
two millions in this way; Minneso
ta, North Dakota, Massachusetts,
and New Jersey each more than one
mijlcin.
NATIANL ILLITERACY CON
FERENCE.
A National lilliteracy Confer
ence held under the joint auspices
of the United States Bureau of Ed
ucation, the General Federation of
of omen’s Clubs, the American Le
gion, and the National Education
Association was held in Washington,
January 11-14, 1924. General ses
sions were held in the auditorium
of the Department of the Interior
Euilding. The corridors about the
auditorium were the setne of an in
teresting exhibit of statistical charts
posters, and material used in adult
education from a variety of sources,
assembled by the Bureau of Educ -
tion.
Group conferences on organiza
tion, management, and financing of
movements for the eradication of
illiteracy, the teaching staff, cours
es of study, and methods of instruc
tion, publicity, and recommendations
for state action were h J.
The cmference was well attendod
by representative-; of the four co
operating agencies, and leaders in
the movement for the eradication
of illiteracy from all parts of Die
nation.
It was brought out that the illit
eracy menace existed largely in the
cities because of illiterate immi
grants and in the nation at large
because of the illiterate negro and
foreign born white adult. Illiteracy
among the native born whites is
largely restricted to the south.
MINISTERS ABROAD.
Political appointments to high di
plomatic posts are justified, in the
opinion of Secretary Hughes, be
cause distinguished men, in touch
with American life, can be recruited
in this way to represent the United
States abroad.
Appearing before the House For
eign Affairs Committee in support
of the Rogers bill to reorganize the
diplomatic and consular services,
the Secretary said he realized there
had been criticism of the failure of
the government more frequently to
promote men in the diplomatic ser
to the rank of Minister or Ambassa
dor.
“I am always gratified when such
a post can be filled by the promo
tion of some deservnig trained
men,” said Mr. Hughes, “but at best
only a fexv vacancies can be filled
in this manner. You can imagine
h political -pressure that is brought
.v oear to have appointments given
some ouc outside the diplomatic
■,er ice.
"here are grounds for giving im
portant alignments to men fredh
'‘Oil private life. They have usually
nguisbed themselves ia some
ng are familiar with conditions
he United States and America,
e atm a* the cJfreoc are aft*,
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under the handicap of having been
abroad for many years and conse
quently out of touch with affairs
at home.”
Nerval Richardson, who wrote on
diplomatic affairs so intelligently in'
the Saturday Evening Post, ex
pressed somewhat the same idea
when he said that some Americans
seem to have expatriated themselves
in following diplomatic careers, and
yet claim precedence when the selec
tion of Ambassadors and Ministers
are considered. The late President
Roosevelt was decidedly of this
r pinion, it seems. —Savannah News.
MY MOTHER—A PRAYER
or the body you gave, the bone
and the sinew,- the heart and the
brain that are yours, my mother, I
thank you. I thank you for the light
in n;y eyes, theb lood in my veins,
for my speech, for my life, for my
being. All that I am is from you who
bore me.
For all the love that you gave
me, unmeasured from the beginning,
niy mother, I thank you. I thank
you for the hand that led me, the
voice that directed me, the breast
that nestled me, the arm that shield
ed me, the lap that rested me. All
that I am is by you, who nursed me.
For your smile in the morning
and your kiss at night, my mother,
I thank you. I thank you for the
tears you shed over me, the songs
mat you sang to me, the prayers
you said for me, for your vigils and
ininisterings. All that I am is by
you, who reared me.
For the faith you had in me, the
hope you had for me, for your trust
Lack of Funds Threatens to Curtail or End
American School and Hospital Work Abroad
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Presbyterian Industrial School’s Carpenter Shop at Sangli, India.
Just when a stricken world is
looking most expectantly toward
America and Americans for aid,
sympathy and relief comes the re
port that one of the oldest and
most widely spread humanitarian
agencies of the United States is in
imminent danger of having to cur
tail or even abandon much of its
work in foreign lands.
According to a statement just re
ceived by local Presbyterians from
Robert E. Speer, secretary of the
Board of Foreign Missions of the
Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A.,
whose headquarters are in New
York, a balance of $8,444,170 must
be raised by March 81, 1924, nearly
three times the amount raised in the
past eight aod a half months, if its
medical, educational and other work
of ministering to suffering humanity
I* not to he curtailed.
In stricken Japan, torn China, tha
suffering Near-East and in the
scares of other corners of the earth
wheip the missionaries are spread
ing the fruits of American civilisa
tion In tha form of relief from
hunger end disease *»d of enlighten
ment through “education and the
Christian reHgthn, t>w work of the
Rregrieriaa* Is thr ■ «ed by lack
of Bifid eat lupj. . )' thoeo at
M.
A DIFFICULT FOCUS
andp ride, my mother, I thank you.
I thank you for your praise and
your chiding, for the justice you
bred into me and the honor you
made mine. All that I am you taught
.
me.
For the sore travail that I caused
you, for the visions and despairs my
mother, forgive me. Forgive me the
peril I brought you to, the sobs and
the moans I wrung from you, and
for the strength I took from you,
mother, forgive me.
For the fears I gave you, foe the
alarms and the dreads, my mother
so give r.:s. Forgive me the joys I
deprived you of, for the hour:-, the
days, and years I claimed from
ycu, rr.othep, forgive me.
For the times that I hurt y*>u, the
times I had no smile for you, the
caresses I did not give you, my moth
er, forgive me. Forgive me for my
angers and revolts, for my deceits
ar.d evasions, for all the pangs and
sorrows 1 brought to you, mother,
forgive me.
For your lessnos I did not learn,
for your wishes I did not heed, for
the counsels I did not obey, my moth
er, forgive me. Forgive me my pride
in my youth and my glory in my
strength that forgot the holiness of
your years and the veneration of
your weakness, for my neglect, for
my selfishness, for ail the great
debts cf your love that I have not
paid, mother, sweet mother, forgive
me.
And may the peace and the joy
that passeth all understanding be
yours, my mother, forever and ever.
Amen.
TOM DILLON.
Not only would those who need
Am erican help (for there is no
other) suffer by closing hospitals
and schools, but the missionaries
themselves would have to undergo
privations. Some of the hospitals
founded and operated by the
Foreign Missions Board are said to
provide the only medical care
available for millions of people.
The statement of the Board of
Foreign Missions discloses that
there is a present deficit of $624,-
147.18, growing out of a deficit from
war years, from Increases to provide
living salaries and expenses of mis
sionaries and other additional ex
penses. The aim ia to wipe out this
deficit and to meet Immediate re
quirements. The Board’s statement
does not complain that American
Presbyterian* nave not been giving
iT increasing amounts to the work of
its foreign missions, but does make
clear that the Increase is net suf
ficient te keep up with advancing
costs of maintaining the worker* In
foreign land*.
w Unless the appeal of the Boned t*
heard anjji answered, “the work We
have spent life and prayer te build
up daring there, generation* must ha
•acriffbed," fnda the stafamaatT
THE NEWS HERALD, Lawrencerflle, Georgia
LAWRENCEVILLE HIGH
BEAT AUBURN THURSDAY
The local quintet defeated the Au
burn high boys here Thursday by a
score of 25 to 14.
The game was fast played from
beginning to end and during the firs!
quarter the local beys had hard luck
with their shots, but played a very
fine defense, getting nine-throws at
the board to the visitors’ three.
But the tide turned against
them in the Winder game it wa3 in
their favor, ftvf Holland got loose in
the second quarter and sank three
field goals before the visitors could
locate him. As soon as they began
to get ‘ Little” Holland under control
under the goal with about two
three men Captain Smith got loose
with six more points and put the
game on ice. *
Harris played his usual game at
center, coming second in scoring.
Before closing we should not leave
out the fellows who did not pile up
e. i large score, but the other fellow
didn’t either, for Pruett and Fjfng
were right there with the old timfe
defense. Every time the ball hit the
back board it looked like it just fell
into the Hon. Dean king’s paws.
Pruett also played a hard game, also
getting a field goal to his credit.
The whole team showed improve
ment and worked together fine. Let’s
buckle down and give them support
and then “Watch ’em go!”
Auburn Law’ville.
Wages, L. (6) F..,.Holland (7)
Ethridge, H F Smith (7)
Wages, H. (2) C Harris (7)
Walls G.....Pruett (2)
Ethridge, L G King
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This littie boy was carried to a
Presbyterian Mission Hospital in
Persia and has since become a nor
mal healthy lad.
Already expressions of dismay
from abroad are being received from
those who have been warned of the
financial situation of the Church’s
Board. From Japan, for instance.
Dr. G. \V. Fulton writes:
“Your letter hangs over all of us
like a dark cloud, affecting all our
thipking and plans. We are actively
taking up the matter of retrench
ment and greater self-support tor
institutions and churches. Our Jap
anese are cooperating with us, and
we are going to try to save the last
penny for the Board’s deficit. The
Japanese feel that on top of the
disastrous earthquake and fire which
has left their country limp and
bleeding, they must expect another
upheaval next year In the shape of
a disastrous, retrenchment due t»
withdrawal of aid from the mother
church in America Can thi* not be
prevraUd and a word of comfort k*
sent them sooa that this Jattei
danger win be averted at all «*t*f*
Similar expressions are lulling
into the New York headquarters
fteni China. India and other (and*.
IT IS JUST SPORT
By finding a sporting pleasure in
overioming . obstailes you wiil not
only find a new ze£t in life, but I ran
guarantee to you an honorable care
er ar.d at least a moderate and
cr dit-able rucce s,” Preside..t Char
les A. Richmond of Union Collage
told the students the other day.
Dr. Richmond has merely suggest
d tha]t everyone play the greatest
game of all the same spirit
Jhat wuoldngahgee Coferooy »-Ca.i
that he would engage in sports. Life
it would be very tame. Indeed, if
there were no obstacles to overcome.
Ar.d overcoming obstacles is sport.
There’s joy in that, just as there is
in bucking the line and carrying the
ball to the goal. Look qp each ob
stacle as part of the game, look over
coming that obstacle as good sport,
for that is just what it is. A man
who quits in front of an obstacle is
a' poor sport.
FAMILY IS WIPED OUT
BY EXPLOSION OF OIL
USED TO START FIRE
Ur.onville, Mich.—A man, his
burned to death in their farm
hime five miles west of here early
Friday when a five-gallon can of
kerosene being used to start a kitch
en fire exploded. The dead are Ed
ward Bowles, 38, his wife, who was
partly paralyzed, a boy of 5, and a
girl of 2.
SEND US YOUR JOB WORK
TAX RECEIVERS FIRST ROUND.
I will be at the following places
on the dates below for the purpose
cf receiving state and county taxes
for 1924::
Berkshire, Saturday, Feb. 2.
Garner, Monday, Feb. 4.
Lawrenceville, Tuesday, FFeb 5.
Cates, Wednesday, FFeb. 5.
Rock Bridge, Thursday, Feb. 7.
Kay Creek, Friday, Feb. 8.
Dacula, Saturday, February 9.
Martin, Monday, Feb. 11.
Pinkneyville, Tuesday, Feb. 12.
Duluth, Wednesday, Feb. 13.
Suwanee, Thursday, Feb. 14.
Goodwins, Friday, FFeb. 15.
Sugar Hill, Saturday, FFeb. 16.
Rockey* Creek, Monday, Feb. 18.
Duncan, Tuesday, Feb. 19.
Puckett, Wednesday, Feb. 2'. 1 .
Hog Mountain, Thursday, Feb. 21.
Harbins, Friday, Feb. 22.
M. H. TEAGUE, Receiver. .
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of Gwinnett
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The News-Herald carries the Autocaster news, picture and
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It is now up to the banker, merchant and other business men
to use their own judgment as to whether they will join other
fighting business men of the country and go AFTER trade.
p. s, We heard a merchant say the other day:
“I can’t afford to advertise; I am not making
enough money.” Sad! He will make enough
money when he returns to the old time FIGHTING
spirit and GOES AFTER trade by ADVERTIS
ING. Anybody can lie down and die by the star
vation route. The merchant who stops advertising
is like the revolutionist who gone on a hunger
strike. Poo pie don’t go where they are not incited.
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LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA
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FARM LOANS AND INVESTMENTS.
I am correspondent for The Georgia Loan & Trust Company and ne
gotiate loans on farm lands in amounts from $500.00 to $100,000.00 for
five years’ time. I also make one year loans for local clients.
If you have money for investment, come to see me, and I can place
your money on lands and you can get 8 per cent interest for it. I guaran
tee the titles to the land. If you want Government securities 1 can place
it and get you 4 per cent interest. There are only two securities m which
I deal, namely, farm mortgage security and Government security. I will
give you tHe benefit of sixeeen ysAT* experience.
S. G. BROWN, BANKER,
Private Bank, Not Incorporated,
Lawrenceville, Ga.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1924.