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Page Two The News-Herald Lawrenceville, Georgia Published Monday and Thursday $ 50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. 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*, ~ =— " / ~ , \ NO Sin, IAA \ ! not a Bit I \ caaaeea y \ shy! / 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 *"*> ■** isslw t%IIII n 11111 . ..-.v.v -- 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 S 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. . SERVICE TO THE MERCHANTS of Gwinnett Autocaster’s and Murray’s Cut Service, America’s greatest services for up-to-the-minute advertising plans with handsome illustrations by noted artists. CUTS MADE IN THE NEWS-HERALD OFFICE. Our stereotyping department makes the cuts for your illustrations, “hot off the bat!” This department of the News-Herald will make illustrations for your advertisements just as it makes the news pictures, cartoons and comics for this paper. In this way, the bankers, merchants and all business firms of Gwinnett are offered the highest expert ad service; just as good as the service afforded by.any big business in New York or any other metropolis. The News-Herald carries the Autocaster news, picture and cartoon service- and offers to advertisers a record breaking ser vice. The News-Herald offers a Gwinnett county circulation from which advertisers may profit by using this service, which The N%ws-Herald buys, pays for and offers FREE 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. 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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.