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The News-Herald
Georgia
Published Monday and Thunday
$1 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* Lawrencerille, U. S.
Court, Northern District of
Georgia.
Entered at the Post Office at Law
renceville, Georgia, as Second Class
Mall Matter, under the act of Con
gress pf March 3rd, 1&79.
THE CAUSES OF CRIME.
Jtnige Ogden Persons of Forsyth,
once president of the Senate of
Georgia and now judge of a Superior
court in Butts county and making
ofCourt circuit, has been holding
some interesting observations t> the
grand jury thereof. Judge Persons
is one of the new judges of Georgia
and has some original views. He
told the grand jury in Jackson, the
county seat of Butts, the other da>
that the State of Georgia could re
duce its court expenses from 90 to
<J& per cent, by the rigid enforcement
of' the prohibition law and the law
against carrying concealed wepons.
He declared that a large proportion
of all crimes is due to whisky and
pistols. The enormous court ex
penses, he thought, couid be reduced
by enforcing the laws against carry
ing concealed wPpons and selling
whiskey.
Judge Persons made an interest
ing statement in this connection. It
,vas that where the prohibition law
is striekly enforced, bootleggers soon
move out. They desert and stay a
way from a community or a town
where they are vigorously prosecut
ed.
The judge is probably correct in
his conclusion relative to the pre
ponderance of crime placed to liquor
and pistols. As a rule, a man who
sells liquor tarries a gun, and it is
an Invariable rule that the man who
makes it goes armed. And a little
of this homemade Georgia liquor
goes a long way toward making a
man quick on the draw. He shoots
without considering the consequences
and his victims can be found in all
sections of the State. Judge Per
sons’ conclusion is probably correct,
the difficulty is to educate the people
up to the point where they will give
rup the habit of liquor making and
pistol toting. It will take a great
campaign of eduction and enlighten
ment to bring this about.—Savannah
Press.
attractive Farm life.
Making life on the farm attractive
has been a problem since man first
began to till the soil. It is hard to
prevent the boy on the farm from
answering the call of the city 01
even the smaller town. Boys are
constantly finding excuses for gett
ing away from the soil. Toung men
would rather run a trolley car
through the streets of a crowed city
aH day with a .chance to go to the
movies than to plow in the fields
during the daylight hours with noth
to do in the evening except sit aroud
a dingy living room or go to bed.
In view of this situation a discus
sion recently led by Mr. E. E. White,
director of a committee seeking to
lighten the drb existence of the man
in the country, is of interest. Dr.
White says thht we acre building’a
civilztion and it is unthinkable that
we should ot make life in rural dist
ricts as pleasant as possible. He
says the way to do this is by an
intelligent application of elcctrial
power. Dr. White holds that there
are no insurmountable engineeriing
difficulties in the path of elcctrict
services for the farm. It iss essenti
ally an economic problem, one of
finding what are the maximum uses
for this service in the rural field.
The farmer uses a large amount of
power. For just how much of this
work electricity can profitably be us
ed is not known, but there is every
reason why we should find out.
Through the use of electricity the
farmer may have light for the home
power for running various agricultu
ral implements, and many other
comforts denied to tillers of the soil
of another age. Electricity may be
made to pump water and distribute
it through the dwelling, as well as
the outer buildings. It can supply
the power for all the machinery used
about the farmhouse, from turning a
grindstone to sawing wood.
There are other comforts, too, to
which the farmer is entitled. These
include the daily papers, which,
thanks to the rural free delivery, can
be put into the farmhouse a few
hours ater their publication; and also
the use of for gathering useul i%
formation and supplying entertain
ment. Add to these the phonograph
with a collection of up-to date
records and the living room made
brilliant through the use of electric
light, and life on the farm should
aot be so bad.
tier.- and Second
HI.IJ Ford*.
H. P. Stiff Irfotor Cc. Cash or credit
RECKLESS driving
of automobiles
During the past few weeks a nu
mber of near-serious accidents have
occurred in this city. Drivers of
automobiles are growing careless and
seem to have no regard for the safe
ty of their own lives to say nothing
of the other fellow. Another
noticeable violatio of the traffic
orddinanees is the failure of auto
mobilists to burn rear lights especi
ally when cars are parked. , A cam
paign for the enforcement of all
traffic ordinances should be com
menced and fines of more than the
ordinary amount should be imposed
for such violations. Drivers pf auto
mobiles are prone to become care
less and reckless in driving and in
obeying the ordinances restricting
the use of automobiles on the high
ways and in public places. A remin
der from the police court will prove
a splendid remedy for such violations
Every owner and driver ol an
automobile should be considerate of
the other fellow, and be willing to
give up a part of the Street and make
allowances w r hen one tries to take
the lead at crossings regardless of
which has the right of way. Just
a little care and thought on the part
of operators of cars will prevent
accidents, and in some instances may
-ave a life. A life is worth more to
the community than a funeral. Let
us hear this in mind and practice
“safety first.” We will all be better
off for having done so. Try and see
if we do not have fewer accidents.
School Hours in California, Ac
cording so Ruling of Attorney Gen.
Washington, D. C., February 28.
The United States is founded upon
the rock of religious liberty, and con
sequent separation of church and
state. Despite this doctrine, ex
pressed in the constitution and many
laws, many religious instructors are
"ontinually attempting to ,( get
around” the legal provisions, and in
clude religious instruction in connec
tion with public school education.
In California, a group of church
men of four denominations asged the
State Attorney General for a ruling
jh the question of whether it was
lawful for school children to spend
an hour or two a week away from
school to receive religious instruction
which, under the state law, cannot be
received in school.
After quoting the constitution of
California, which provides that no
“sectarian or denominational doctrine
be taught or instruction thereon be
permitted, directly or indirectly, in
any of the common schools of the
state,” Ulysses S. Webb, the attor
ney general, ruled as follows:
“We understand fully the point of
'dew of permitting parents to have
the moral character of children mold
ed through the aid of religious in
struction in a manner that cannot be
done in the public schools themselves.
But we conclude that the spirit and
intent of the statutes of this state do
not permit of any procedure which
either directly or indirectly would
amount to a discrimination of any
character whatsoever against the
children of such parents or guardians
as might not desire to have religious
instruction so given to their children.
”If the suggestion is carried out of
compelling children whose parents or
guardians do' not desire religious in
struction to remain in school while
the others are absent from school,
there is here, in our opinion, what
the law of California would regard as
an unwarranted discrimination. The
appropriation of state school funds to
the different local school districts is
made dependent by our school law
upon the attendance of the pupils of
these districts.
“It is, of course, obvious that the
hour during which a child is absent
receiving religious instruction could
not be counted in favor of the district
for the purpose of crediting that dis
trict in the matter of school funds to
which it may be entitled.
“The course of religious instruction
outside of school hours would have
to be so arranged that there would
be a minimum number of hours of
attendance at school, as required by
the school law. A child would be
attending school, not as other chil
dren under a uniform rule of attend-
ance requirement, but because of the
fact that its parents or guardians
were of the opinion that the child
should not receive religious instruc
tiori.
“Other children whose parents
were of a contrary mind would be re
leased from school authorities by rea
son of the fact that their parents or
guardians were of the opinion that
these children should receive reli
gious instruction. This is not the
carrying out of the controlling pur
poses of the California constitution
and statutes as we understand them.”
WILLIAM ROY MEADOWS
BURIED AT NORCROSS
William Roy Meadows, of Norcross,
died at an Atlanta hospital Wednes
day night. He was twenty-three
years of age and is survived by his,
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Mead
ows; two brothers, Herbert and Ross,
and two sisters, Gladys and Ruby
Meadows.
The funeral was held Friday after
noon at the Norcross Methodist
church, Rev. J. W. O. McKibben, the
pastor, officiating. Interment was
in the Norcross cemetery.
50,080,000 POUNDS FREIGHT
DAILY AT FORD PLANT
•
Detroit, Mich., February 28.—More
than half million freight cars, one
fifth the freight car ownership in the
country, are used annually by the
Ford Motor Company’s main plants
and various branches, according to
figures just gotten out here.
The average freight charges paid
through the Detroit offices direct to
railroads, that paid by branches on
minor shipments, and freight charges
on direct shipments made from man
ufacturing institutions to branches
approximates $78,200,000 annually.
Adding to this about $75,000,000 paid
by dealers on shipments of autos re
ceived by them, brings a conserva
tive figure of $150,000,000 paid every
year in freight charges through the
instrumentality of the Ford Motor
Company.
An average of 860 car loads of
Rouge plants alone, and it is esti
mated that on the Ford Motor Com
pany’s account 50,000,000 pounds of
in car load lots are handled
every day in the Detroit district.
Employment in the Ford Motor
Company organization is now at the
highest point in the company’s his
tory and reflects in a general way
the prosperous condition existing in
the country* as well as in the auto
mobile industry.
There are approximately 157,000
workers'employed in Ford industries
in the United States, according to re
cent figures. Of these, more than
24,000 work in branch assembly
plants. i
Georgia Leads jp Sweet Potatoes.
The greatest crop of sweet pota
toes from any one state this year Will
come from Georgia with 11,782,000
bushels, according to figures based
on national statistics made ffcblic
here today by agricultural agents of
the A. B. and A. railway.
Sweet potato production willl reach
97,429,000 bushels in the enlire
Spited State?, it is estimated. Hence
Georgia is a leader in producing the
luscious yellow yams, which may be
found in such abundance on the fer
ule farms along the line of the At
lanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
railroad.
Peanut production in the United
States, according to the advance es
timate—and Georgia is one of the
largest growers of peanuts in the
southern states*—will total 647,589,-
000 pounds.
Total production of apples in the
entire country, and an increasing
number is being grown in Georgia
every year, with its rich orchards in
Habersham, Polk and Haralson coun
ties, wll be approximately 33,522,000
barrels. The yield of the Porter
brothers farms at Esom Hill, near
Cedartown, is expected to break ail
records in apple growing another
season, according to owners.
“Slowly but surely Dixie is learn
ing to live at home and board at the
same place,” said agricultural agents
of the A. B. and A. railway, in a
statement issued today. “We are
now diversifying crops so generally
that we are not forced to depend en
tirely on other parts»of the earth for
all of our living necessities.”
Arrested for Stealing Own Auto.
Failure to report the recovery of
his automobile when he found it sev
eral days after stolen from
him early in January, caused L. S.
Brawner, a youth living at the Y. M.
C. A., the embarrassment of a
night’s incarceration in the police
station and the necessity of proving
to police that he was really himself.
Brawner, who was released after
he had established his identity, was
arrested by detectives. At the time
of the arrest Brawner was driving a
car that had been reported stolen sev
eral weeks before, the car still
standing on police records as “un
recovered.”
Brawner was taken to headquar
ters, insisting all the time that he
was the owner of the car, but the de
tectives had heard that explanation
by apprehended suspects before and
insisted on complete identification.
Brawner, who jitney line
with three cars on Highland avenue,
said after his release that he was
converted completely to the effi
ciency of Atlanta police.
82-YEAR-OLD PASTOR
IS STILL ON THE JOB j
i
One of the most striking illustra
tions of the spirit of liberality that
has characterized the pioneer Bap
tist preachers $f the south is fur
nished in the case of Rev. W. H. H.
Lawhon, of Corthage, N. C., who is
now eighty-two years of age, but
still active. He has spent fifty-four
years in the ministry, has baptized
more than 1,000 people, married 200
couples and buried 400 persons. He
has attended fifty-three annual ses
sions of the Sandy Creek Associa
tion in succession and has attended
twenty-five sessions of his state
Baptist convention.
Although this veteran minister ha?
drawn an average salary of about
S3OO, he and his wife made liberal
subscriptions to the $75,000,000*
campaign and have paid in advance.
They have already paid up their
subscriptions and he has made art
extra offering to each of the three
churches which he is serving.
SEND US YOUR JOB WORK
THE IffcWS-BZItAI,*. L.wr«.r**«*. •****»
I Got a
Bank Book
Note the happy smile, the expression of pride
in the possession of a Bank Account.
Has your boy made this start touard a
successful life ? If not, now *fs tjie time t»
help him get started. Send him in and let
us talk to him.
Brand Banking Co.,
Lawrenceville, Ga.
OZORA.
Lawrenccville, Ga. R. 2. Feb. 26-
Mi'3. Emma Legg died here Tuesday
\fternon, and was buried at Zion
Hill Thursday, she was seventy five
years old.
The party given by Mr. Tom
Haney Saturday night evas enjoyed
by a large crowd.
Misses Mae, Minnie and Ruby
flvmp, attended the funeral of Mrs,
Emma Legg Thursday at Zion Hill.
Mr. H. M. Camp spent Saturady
in Lawrsnceville.
Mr. John Camp spent Saturday in
Lawrsnceville.
Mr. Paul and Barnett Barrier at
tended the party at Mr. Tom Haney.
Mr. Gains McMillian, of Atlanta,
spent Friday with Mr. H. M. Camp.
Mr. J. J. Camp, of East Point,
spent Sunday with home folk.
Mr. H. M. Camp and wife, spent
Thursday night with their parent’s,
Mr. J. R. McMillian, of Loganville.
CROSS ROADS.
Lawrenceville, Ga. R. 3. Feh. 27
Misses Nora Brownlee and Etta Ben
nett spent Saturday with Mrs. H. T.
Hansard
Mrs. W. R. Doby and daughter,
spent Sunday afterhoon with Mrs.
J. B. Brownlee.
Mrs. W. J. Butler and daughter,
spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs.
H. T. Hansard. «
Miss Birtie Butler spent Sunday
afternoon with Miss Pauline Clack.
Mrs. Eliza Mitchell, of Winn Cross
ing is spending this week with her
daughter Mrs. J. B. Brownlee.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert McCemore
spent Sunday with her mother Mrs.
Huwett, of Lawrenceville.
Mr. Gordon Letherwood, of Lone
Some Vavvie, spent Saturday with
Mr. Jessie Corner.
Mr. O. A. Nix and son, of Law-
spent awhile Sunday after
noon with Mr. W. J. Butler.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bennett spent
Saturday with her brother, at
Centerville.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Bowen and
children, spent Saturday night and
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Darling
Britt.
Mr. Emmett Doby spent Saturday
with his sister, Mrs. Lauson Bennett,
at Luxomni.
Mr. Hoke Mereier spent Sunday
Always Something New
AT
The Laivrenceville Ten Cent Store
SPECIALS THIS WEEK:
A Small Lot Wool Serge at..soc yd
Last Call on Children’s Union
Suits 39c
$1.25 Heavy Weight, Good Qual
its Boys’ Union Suits, sizes
up to 16, at 79c
Lisle Hose, All Colors, at .^.25c
$1.50 Ladies’ Pure Silk Hose 79c
25c Value Outing at 15°
Good Ginghams at 19c yd.
EVERYHING YOU nAeD IN CROCKERY, TIN-WARE, ENAMEL
WARE, ALUMINUM WARE, GLASSWARE, OIL CLOTH, WINDOW
SHADES.
* Jsf *77 YOU SAVE HERE.
Lawrenceville Ten Cent Co.,
LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. «• R HALE ’
Curtain Scrim 9 3 Ac yd-
%
with Mr. Ijtohert Craig.
Mr. J. B. Brownlee spent Wednes
day with Mrs. W. R. Doby.
Misses Bertie and Hallie Butler
spent Wednesday afternoon with
Mrs. J. P. Clack and daughters.
$i;000 Left To Parrot
For Coffee, Potatoes
Poartland, Ore.—One thousand
dollars for the care of hi. - parrot
was provided in the will of the law
Thomas B. Whitney, former hotel
owner of California and Oregon, on
file here.
Since his wife died he has lavished
all his attention on his parrot, said
C. W. Kern, to whom the money for
the care of the bird was bequeathed.
The bird is accustomed to ho* - cof
fee and hot potatoes once or twice
a day, Kern said.
Old Folks’
Ailments
“I began taking Black-
Draught over fifty years ago
and my experience with it
stretches over a good long
time,” says Mr. Joe A. Blake
more, a Civil War veteran
and former Virginian, who is
now a prominent citizen of
Floyd, Texas. “It is the best
laxative I know of for old
people d . A good many years
ago, in Virginia. I used to
get bilious and I found that
Thedford’s
BLACK-DRAUGHT
was the best and quickest re
lief I could get. Since I came
to Texas I have these bilious
attacks every now and then—
a man will get bilious any
where, you know—and I find
that a little Black-Draught
soon straightens me out.
After a few doses, in little or
no time I’m all right again.”
Thedford’s Black-Draught
is a purely vegetable liver
medicine, used in America for
over eighty years. It acts on
the stomach, liver and bowels
in a gentle, natural way, as
sisting digestion and reliev
ing constipation. Sold every
where.
E-102
Good Grade Chambray, special... 19c
1 Big Lot Ladies’ Spring Dresses,
Good Styles and Fast Colors. .$1.98
A Few Wool Serge Dresses at. $6.50
Boys’ Play Suits 98c
Boys’ Union Alls, up to size 8... .98c
A Small Lot of Printed Voile. .10c yd
Cups and Saucers, per set SI.OO
8 inch Plates, per set SI.OO
9 inch Saltid Bowls 50c
220 Blue Denim Overalls $1.50
For Sheriff of Gwinnett County
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To the Voters of Gwinnett County:
I am a candidate for Sheriff, subject to the democratic primary.
If elected to this important office Mr. W, Spence Homan, Jr., wi.l be
associated with me as deputy.
I will have only one deputy and will wse the bailiffs to wait upon
the courts. »
Both Mr. Holman and myself were boro ar.d reared in Gwinnett
county and will appreciate your vote and influence, and, if elected,
promise a clean, efficient and faithful discharge of the duties of the
office. ®
Respectfully,
MINOR B. POUNDS,
Stone Mo»ntain, Ga., Route 2.
Hustings' Seeds
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It is absolutely free, and we wan!
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grown. Garden,, field and flowei
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in South are all fully describod witt
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can possibly sell good seeds, plant;
and bulbs. All our 1924 customers
will get 5 seed packets erf beautiful
flowers absolutely free. The big new
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Write for it today. ,
H. G. HASTINGS CO, SEEDSMEN,
ATLANTA, GA. .
DUNCANS CREEK.
Dacula, Ga. R. 2. Fee. 24 -
Preacher Thrasher filled his regular
THINK WHAT 10 DAYS EARLIER
MATURITY MEANS!
G. A. Huff, of Lawrenceville, Ga., used AR
MOUR’S BIG CROP 12-4-4 on his poorest land
compared to 10-2-2 on his best land, and says the
12-4-4 cotton planted ten days later, matured
earlier and made again as much cotton.
Think what 10 days earlier maturity means
under 801 l Weevil conditions.
You can only afford to use the best —
Insist on getting—
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More per acre of High Analysis goods, if its
ARMOUR’S BIG CROP FERTILIZER, will make
every acre do its best. %
'Use 600 lbs. peY acre of ARMOUR S BIG
CROP 12-4-4 FERTILIZER on your crop. If you
used it the past season, ask the man who used it.
Every last man was pleased with it.
See our Local Agents
G. W. CLOWER C. G. CRAIG
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA
MAKE
Your application for a Federal Land
Bank Loan. $50,000 on hand now.
Interest 5 1-2 per cent.
Term 33 years.
No Commission.
C. R. WARE, Sec’y-Treas.
MONDAY. MAtCH i. fU.
VOTE FOR
MINOR B. POUNDS
For Sheriff
of Gwinnett County
W. S. HOLMAN, Jr.,
Deputy
appointment haie Saturday and Sun
(•qy-
| Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Bute! attend
! ed preaching at. this place Sunday,
j Mr. and Mrs. John Kirkpa'rick
spent Saturday night with his
j parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kirk
| Patrick.
Miises Tiney Tuggle and Eva Way
caster attended preaching at Dun
cans Creek Saturday.
Miss Orah Rulin' spent Sunday p.
m. with Miss Tinney Tuggle.
Misses Eser and Gopoline Mauidin
was at this place Saturday.
The little d&ughfcer of Mr. and
Mrs. Bud Patrick is very ill at this
writing \ve_hope heir a soon recovery.
Mr. Hoke and Homer
spent the night with- their unde Mr.
Dave uyeaster, of near Zion Hill.
Mr. M. C. Cain and daughter,
Lucile, of Auburn attended preach
ing at this place Sunday.
Mr. Belt Frasher. and Billy Irvin
past through our burg Sunday.
Misses Ruth and Mary Alice
Ethridge, of Grayson, spent Satur
day night with their sister, Miss
Alba Ethridge, wlfw is teaching
school at this place.