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TWICE-A-WEEK VOLUME S 3. COURT NOW ON CRIMINAL WORK This (Thursday) morning Gwin nett superior court is still working on the criminal docket having start ed the grind on these cases Monday morning. Col. W. H. Quarterman, of Win der, is acting solicitor for P. Cooley, who continues ill. The grand jury adjourned Wed nesday afternoon after reading its report to the court. Following are the cases tried to date on the criminal docket: The jnry found W. O. EHenburg not guilty of haring liquor. John EUenburg was acquitted of selling liquor, and another hill against him was ao! prossed. Grady Mitchell entered a plea of guilty to being drunk an the high way, and Judge Lewis Bussell fined him $25. The pistol case against him was dismissed. Asbury Bailey was indicted for as sault with intent to murder, but the trial jury reduced it to assault and battery. Sentence has not yet been passed. The jury said J. W. Teal was not guilty of assault and battery. The liquor bill against Cleve Peevy was nol prossed. At the noon hour of court Mon day Hon. John Wilson, of Monroe, delivered an address for Hon. Oscar Underwood, candidate for the Geor gia nomination for president. Col. Wilson is an excellent speaker and had a good audience. * On Tuesday noon Col. Sam G. Brown, well known lawyer and bank er of Lawrenceville, addressed a large audience speaking as a can didate for congress to the seat now occupied by Hon. Thos. M. Bell. Col. Brown made a good speech and an nounced that his candidacy was now underway and that he would carry the fight into every county in the ninth district. No Posion Found In Doctor's Probe Of Woman’s Death Ga.—No trace of po sion was iound by cnemists in tne examination of the viscra of Mrs. L. D. Clements, wealthy Lousieville woman, who died heie-several days weeks ago, and whoes body was -ex humed after relatives of the woman demanded an investigation of certain suspicious circumstances in connec tion with her death, according to a report received by Judge M. C. Bar wick, in charge of the investigation. A comer’s jury empanelled by Coroner Peeples, received the report, and a verdict of death by natural causes was reched. All traces of suspicion in connection with the death of the woman have been re moved by the examination, it is reported here. Dr. J. R. Lewis had charge of the examination. BONUS MEASURE READY THIS WEEK Washington,—Plans to bring the soldier bonus bill immediately before the house upon its report this week by the ways and means committee were announced by Chairman Green, who siad he would ask for a special rule to give the measure right of way. The finishng touches on the bill, providing for paid-up life insurance policies with an option of SSO in cash for those veteras not entitled to more than that mount, will be made by a sub-committe. Chairman Green, Representatives Hawley, Oregon, and Bacharach, New Jersey, reps publicians, and Garner, Texas, and Oldfield, Arkansas, democrats make up the sub-committee. Mr. Green expressed regret that the committee had voted down the farm and home aid option which was in the measure passed Ist ses sion, declaring he desired “to adhere to the bill accepted by the American Legion s far as possible.” “I AM A LOST MAN,” READS SUICIDE NOTE ON BODY IN HIGHWAY Chrestline, Onio—The body of a well dressed red headed man, about 28 years of age, shot through the temple, was found on the Lincoln highway here Sunday. A new re volver was at his side. All marks were removed from the elothing and efforts at indetifieation were futile. “I am a lost man. No name Burry me in the cemetery with a small stone at my head,” read a note in a memorandum book, found with $244 in the pockets. Officials said they were not con vinced he shot himself. The New ,s- 1 1 era ld TO T 0 **** . IC ,KS OF GWINNETT COUNTY. Inasmuch, as I have been in court, looking after the duties of the office for two weeks.* it will be impossible for me to see each and every person as I had purposed to do, without neglecting the duties of the office, and for this reason 1 am making this appeal. I have endeavored to conduct the affairs of the office in an efficient and businesslike manner, and to ac cord polite and courteous treatment to everyone having business in the Clerks office. I will greatly appreci ate your support. Yours Very Respectfully, W. G. HOLT. —Advertisement. APPEAL PLANNED BY MRS. BYFIELD Decatur, Ga.—Damages were de nied Mrs. Clyde Byfield in a verdict rendered Monday morning by the jury in her SIOO,OOO suit against Walter T. Candler, prominenv At lanta capitalist, for aalleged assault aboard the steamship Berengaria, on the high seas, bound for France in the .summer of 1922. Ex-Governor John M. Slaton, lead ing counsel for itlrs. Byfield, an nounced immediately after the ver dict had been announced that the case would be appealed, on the ground that the court, in its charge so the jury, did not cover several points requested by counsel for the plaintiff. The case went to the jury at 6 o’clock Saturday night nd at 11 o’clock the jurors announced that they had not yet arrived at a verdict and skekd Judge John B. Hutchsson, presiding, that they be recharged. By the time a court reporter had been summoned it was after 12 o’- ,clpck. The Judge ruled that) he could noot act on Sunday. At 7 o’- clock Monday morning, however, he reviewed his charge, since the jury hd asked for no special new points. Thirty minutes later the verdict was returned for the defendant. Mrs. Byfield in her suit, charg ed that Candler attacked her in her stateroom aboard the Berengaria the damages for physical and mental in juries. ' THE EVERY MEMBER CANVASS AT THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NEXT SUNDAY On March 16th the Southern Pres byterian church will undertake to | raise its budget of $4,750,000 for benevolences for the year, beginning April Ist. At this time the local church will secure pledges for the support of the budget. Plans are be ing made to make this the very best canvass for current expenses and benevolences that has ever been made. Dr. Wm. Huck, superinten dent of Home Missions of the At lanta Presbytery, will be present and will preach at the morning worship. Dr. Huck has recently succeeded Rev. Edwin Hemphill, who resigned to ac cept a call to the Tabb Street Pres-' byterian church in Petersburg, r a. Dr. McKay will also be present. As has been the custom for several years, dinner will be served at the church and the pledges for the new church year will be secured at the church. These “get together” meet ings have proved happy occasions. If the canvass is to be a stffccess, it must have the interest and co-operation of all the agencies, snd of all the members of the local church. The motto is “A contribution from every member, every Sunday of the year, no matter how small.” Preparation is essential to success, and for the past month a fine lot of literature has been distributed giving the people the facts concerning the work of the church. There have been study classes in Stewardship in the Sunday school as well as a Respon sive Service. Dr. McKay has been preaching a series of sermons, setting forth the scriptural teaching on duties, and privileges and blessings of giving. All members of the congregation and of all agencies of the church and their-families are urged to be pres ent on this day for the services and dinner. Come to Sunday school at 10:30 and remain all day. There will be no night service. It is hoped that if there are any outstanding pledges for the year ending March 31st they will be given in at once to H. C. Smjth, church trreasurer, or V. N. Hutchins, benevolent treasurer. “And must I keep giving again and again!” My selfish and querulous answer ran. “Oh, no!” said an angel piereing me through; “Just give ’til the Master stops giv ing to you.” SEND US YOU* JOB WORK LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MARCH 13, 1924 KLUKLUXEAN AGAIN FLAYS SAMARITAN Discrediting the black reports that have circulated about the Klan and its members, Klansmen here are set ting up an envirable record as friends to the needy and seem to be always ready with financail assist nce for those who need their help. While around the fire was a widow and six small children with no one to earn their bread and clothes but two small girls of Bchool age, who must give up the greatest of all things, an education, to work for the others, out of the darkness came a number of white robed figures, supposed to have been Ku Klux, and extended to them a helping hand. Mrs. Marlowe, a resident of Law renceviUe, is the widow to whom the Klansmen carried money. On Saturday night a number of white robed men were seen to leave Lawrenceville, it is understood these men went to the aid of another widow, * Mrs. Wiloy, of near Gio ters, a widow who has had sickness in her home for ever two yers, and who has no means of support what ever. # These two are happier fqr having received a visit from these commit tees of men, who whether Kainsmen or not could do no finer deeds than helping widows in distress. These visits are but a part of what have been done in this manner in this vicnicity in the last few months and it is generally, understoond as the work of the sometimes dreaded Ku Klux Klan. AMERICAN LEGION STARTS A NIGHT SCHOOL GAINESVILLE Gainesville, Ga., March 10.—Night schools for the purpose of teaching illiterate people the rudiments of an education have been commenced by the Paul E. Bolding post No. 7, American legion, Gainesville. At a meeting of the post Friday night, March 7, the ptens for night schools, as presented by Major W. C. Thomas, were adobte.d bv ‘ the local Dost and tard and H. W. Smith, of the Gaines ville high school, all legionnaires, were placed in charge of the school, which will be held on Tuesday and Thursday nights each week in The American legion club rooms and will be open to all people of Hall County who desire to learn the three “R’s.” The American legion throughout the state of Georgia is taking marked interest in the combatting of illiter acy and the teaching of citizenship to those who have not had the advant age of an education. A great num ber of people are expected to parti cipate in this opportunity for an ed ucation as afforded by the Paul E. Bolding post No. 7 of The American legion. The first class will be held Thursday night, March 13th, at 7:30 o’clock and everybody is invited to attend this first meeting and assist in making the undertaking a success. CHALMERS POWELL AGAIN FIGURES IN HOL.UP Atlanta, Ga., March 10. Two negro bandits, thought to be the same who Sunday night held up a Gulf Refining Oil Company filling station at Moreland and Euclid avenues, Monday night met with more success when they looted the cash register of the same company’s station at Peach tree and Twelfth streets. The cash register was rifled of more than $25., C. W. Powell, of 900 Peachtree street, manager of the station, re ported to police that the robbers parked their car in front of the sta tion, and one entered the office, in which Powell, a friend, J. W. Wyrick, also of 900 Peachtree street, and J. C. Pearson, negro helper, were sit ting. The negrew drew a revolver from his pocket, holding all three men while he looted the cash regis ter. The negro backed out the door, and ran to the automobile. The engine rad been kept running for a quick escape. Powell ran out as Boon as the machine started. He obtained the license number. The robbers are thought to be the same who Sunday night robbed Charles Gray, Jr., manager of the station at Moreland and Euclid ave nues, of an overcoat. Gray refused to step from in front of the safe when ordered to. When one the rob bers snatched his watch from his pocket Gray grappled with him and recovered it, whereupon the robbers fled. a FOR SALE. Pure bred Rhode Island Bed Eggs for sale. SI.OO for setting es fifteen MRS. W L. NIX, ts Lawrenseville, 6a. TO THE VOTERS OF , GWINNETT COUNTY. There seems to be a little mis understanding in the minds of some of the citizens in regard to the duties of a county school superintendent and the powers and policies of the county board of education. The duties of the superintendent are clerical and administrative; the duties of the county board of edu- cation are legislative and judicial. The power of making all rules and regulations for governing the county school is vested in the board of education. a meeting of the board the has no vote. He ■officio secretary of the beard, lias no voice. When ever the board passes an order, it is then the duty of the superinten dent to execute it. Among tho powers of the board is that of fixing the salaries of teachers. It ia the policy of eur preaent board te pay the salaries of all teachers, whether they be teach ing in ths town schools or m the country schools, on the same basis. At the present the teachers’ salaries are baaed on the kind and grade of the teacher’s certificaate and tha responsibilities of the position. The rules in this respect apply to all. The salaries of the teachers, for example, in Norcross school are precisely the salaries of the teach ers in the Centerville school iii the country. But whether the salaries are justly fixed or not, the super intendent is not responsible. He has no power in the matter. Another power of the board is that of determing the length of the school term and the time when it shall be taught. In this the super intednent has no voice. I will state this, however, that before the summer term was discontinued we received special request from the trustees of several country schools to allow their schools to be taught in the winter term. A little later, during the teacher’s institute at the courthouse, on one day the trustees of the county were specialy invited to attend to discuss any matter in the interest of the schools. One of the questions discussed was that of discontinuing, the summer term. T> J-i .'. • ncic irum vncl country. Quite a number spoke and argued against the summer term. Only one trustee spoke in favor of it. After a full discussion a vote was taken by the trustees and a very large majority voted for .discontinu ing it, after which the board held a meeting and unanimously voted ’to discontinue it. The manner of consolidating schools is not generally understood. The question of consolidating schools, under the law, is determin ed by a majority of the voters re siding in the district proposed to be consolidated. People consolidate themselves. There is no other way to do it. If a petition comes to the board of education for a consolida tion signed by more than three fourths of the voters in the district, under the law, the board will have to consolidate them, but whenever it is shown that one-fourth of the voters ofthe district object they can force an election on the question, in which a majority vote determine either for or against. This is the law. Truly, H. D. MERIWETHER. —Advertisement. IN MEMORY OF NELLIE BYRD. On February 21, 1924, the death angel visited the home Of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Byrd and took from them their beloved daughter, Nellie, who was so sweet in their home. True hearts and willing hands stood ready to do all they could in their wisdom, but God stretched forth His arms, which are much longer than ours, and carried her home to glory, where there is no more pain, but eternal rest. Weep not, dear father and mother, for I am at rest. Thou knowest we loved her, but God loved her best. We know she is resting far up in the sky, and some day we will meet her in the sweet bye and bye. God is calling us daily; He is call ing one and all; so let us do our duty here, so we will not fear His call. We miss you, Nellie, yes, we miss you in this land, but some glad day we will meet you and join within your band. We loved you, Nellie, we loved you; no tongue can never tell, and we want to meet you in heaven, where we can forever dwell. Grieve not, dear papa and mamma, and little sister, too, who was so kind and dear; just prepare yourself to meet me, where there is never, never a tear. May God’s richest blessing rest up on the entire family is my prayer. ANNIE LOU ASHWORTH. Th^Wcek W'A&urd'SZ: ABOUT 1,000 CANDIDATES. " VENGANCE IS MINE. ' COOPER NEEDS SALE3MEN. FORD, NOTINTERESTING. IF DAUGHERTY TALKED. How many strudy American* will ing to serve their country are now planning to be President, do you suppose? There was a general feel ing that McAdoo had the Democratic nomination unless A 1 Smith could get it away from him. It seemed certain that Mr. Coolidga had the Republican nomination by an over whelming majority on the first ballot. Butt a little oil makes a great difference in the political situation, and now anybody hag a right to hope. Many an ambitious American is spending his dollars now, handing them to “political experts” in re turn for Presidential promises. There are probably at the least one thousand “serious” candidates at this moment. Friendly warning to big men in clined to injure business nd scare 'little stockholders i revengq sor 1 the Senate oil investigation. DON’T DO IT. It won’t pay you in the long run, and besides, it is written, “Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves * * * vengneeis Mine, I will repay saith the Lord.” Public officials have had a warn ing, learned a lesson. Some will get more than a lesson. Valuable truths have come out; others are coming. On the whole it’s a small thing, which really doesn’t amount to "up *sKe family'.' " Send Willie to bed nd let business go on. Another cropper concern, the In spiration Cooper Company, fol lowed the example of the big Ana conda, and skipped as its dividend. That means bad salesmanship and not enough advertising. If the cooper men would explain, through advertising in plain lnguage, what cooper means and what it SAVES in building, no company able to produce copper at 20 cents a pound, or better, need lack business. Tlje House at last will take up Henry Ford’s Muscle Shoals offer. It seems hard to get anything mov ing when no gentleman “on the in side” is to get any money in a stchel or any “loan” from a friend. Ford offer millions to the Gov ernment, cheap fertilizer to the frmer and, most important, dem onstration of the use that can be made of water power. But that isn’t enough to interest gentlemen ccustome dto “private talks,” “pri vate codes” and “private financial arrangements.” Mr. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury, says the national debt has been reduced $933,000,000 in the last year, and four thousand eight hundred millions in four and a half years. Your gloriouscoun try now owes $21,781,966,852. It to owe as much as that. And while we ought ot pay off rapidly, we , COULD owe five times that mount, and more, too, and net be bankrupt. Men and women with more self confidence than intelligenct intend to produce in New York a play, “All God’s Chillun Got Wings.” In this play a whit woman falls in love with a negro, mrries him, •and, ttneelrng before kitsses the negro’s hand. A full-blooded negro of unusual intelligence will play one part, a white woman will play the other. , There is perhaps no law that can stop this foolishness, but com mon intelligenct and decency should stop it, IP ONLY FOR THE SAKE OP THE NEGRO RACE. agd(o amevlevhtfi eta eta etaee The dullest mind connected with that theater must knkow that to show a white woman falling on her knees and kissing a negroe’s hand is a bad thing for the colored people, of whom there are tens of toanande in NeW York—to say noth- TO THE VOTERS OF GWINNETT COUNTY. In my race for re-election to the office of County Superintendent of Schools I am at one very decided dis advantage. That is, I cannot, try as I my, find but very, very little time to canvass. It is a great pleasure to me to meet the people, but the duties of the office are so numerous and necessary to be done that I can not neglect them. But I make no complaint about the work; it is as a whole most con genial to me and the greatest ambi tion of my life is to make a good County School Superintendent, and that for Gwinnett county. I am serving my first term; I have tried to be faithful and courte sous and efficient. If the people only knew how interested I am in the work, how anxious I am to serve, how much more efficient I will be with the valuable experience I have had, Ido not believe they would with hold from me an indorsement term. However, that is a question for the voters to decide. 1 am perfectly willing to leave it in their hands. I know the teachers, trustees, and others, too. I have a good acquaint ance with conditions in all the dif ferent school communities, all of which enable me to be more efficient. In my work, I put the school chil dren’s interest above those of all others. The schools are for them. The only promise I make in the cam paign is, that in all my acts I shall do everything in my power for their good with due regard for the rights of others. I am giving my whole time and at tention to my work as superinten dent. lam attending to my necess ary duties, knowing at the same time I am risking defeat in not being able to meet the voters. But I am most grateful for the friendships I have made and for the ernest sup port my friends are giving me. I can never repay them for their courtesies in the past. Most Respectfully. 11. D. MERIWETHER. —Advertisement. Paarents Blamed C «?...•! I •_ Atlanta, Ga.—Placing the burden blame upon parents, Judge Samuel H. Sibley, in his charge Monday to the March term of federal grand jury, declared that the youth of to day is wasting itself in riotous liv ing nd gve this fact as the chief cause for numerous crimes charged to boys and girls. “Young people are interested chiefly in the giddy whirl of society. They think only of drinking, somk ing, dancing and the latest aecree of fashion. Parents are to blame for this care-free manner of youth.” Judge Sibley declared that ;the people of t oday—young and old — are living beyond their means, and this is the cause of the crime wave that is facing the country. “The time is coming for the turn ing about by leaders in social life, in private life and in business life,” he said.” “A higher and new ex ample is needed for the young peo ple to follow.” EGGS FOR HATCCHING Throughbread White Leghorn eggs for hatching SI.OO for fifteen Phone, write or see, MARK FORRESTER Lawrenceville, Georgia. ing of millions elsewhere. t Attorney General Daugherty de clares that “if some Senators do not resign he, Duugherty, will cause some splash.” Mr. Daugherty knows the differ- ence between a “splash” and a little ripple. The public will watch for the splash with interest. The Attorney General could reveal more about the real character of certain officials than half a dozen oil in vestigations. He knows what sena tors and others are trying to do, whom they re trying to shield, and whom they seek to prosecute. Publication of Mr. Daugherty’s private information would cause a “splash” indeed. There is even worse news about 'whales than about bees. Whales are not coming up from the South Pole as they used to come, offer ing oil from blubber, whalebones from their mouths, and proof of evolution, in the two little hip bones concealed in their fat carcasses— although they no longer use the legs to which those hip bones were once attached. The whalebone * matter, for ladies now go loose around the waist, as a rule. But the whlitig industry is in bad shape. TWICE-A-WEEK CROP REPORT FORMARCH The supplies of corn on farms In Georgia March Ist proved to be considerable below the ten year average, according to the report re leased today by the local satistician of the Georgia Co-operative crop re porting service. Hay The hay situation is much normal, but only 58 per cent of the farmers indicate that they have enough grain and hay to last until July Ist. Tha amount of wheat, rye and oats re maining from last year’s crop Is negligible. Sweat Potato** A fair proportion of sweet pottfc. toes remain in the hands of produc ers. PEANUTS The proportion of peanuts left oil hand is not much more than sif ficient for the season’s planting needs. There is already consider able demand for seed peanuts. Rye The index figure of 77 per cent of normal conditions shows that this crop is recovering from the very unfvorable winter. Correspondents say that the crop is improving, and that only a small proportion was in jured beyond recovery. Of the ryo" that survived, approximately one half is to be harvested for grain. Oata. The April report will show the oat acreage which survivel nd the con dition of both whet and oats. Both these grains have improved con siderably in the last two weeks. P^acana The annual determination of the increase in pecans shows it to be 8 per cent. A factor of special not is the constant raise in the proportion of the improved vrieties. Only about one-sixth of the trees in the states are now of the unimproved sort. Land Vluea Remain Stationery No marked change has occurred in iand values during the last year, ad cording to correspondents. In some sections devoted to special crops Cash rents nave not mn™ . since last year, the general average being only a trifle lower. Farm wages remain about as they were last month. The index of sup ply returned was 69 per cent of normal; the demand 84 per cent of normal. BULLARD IS GIVEN DIVORCE DECREE; MATE’S TRIAL SET Marietta, Ga.—D. D. Bullard was granted the first decree in his suit for divorce against his wife, who was denied her first decree in a counter suit for alimnoy filed against her husband before Judge D. W. Blair, in Cobb county court here Monday. Bullard filed chrges against hi' wife alleging a conspiracy in a It -e plot between her an dSim Edwr wealthy man of this county, to k im. Edwards was convicted of assa and is now serving a two-year tern A mistrial ws declared in the f r trial of Mrs. Bullard, and char are now pending gainst her. 1 case is slated for this term of Cc court and will probably be called the Itter part of this week, court offici stated. Bullard was shot while sleeping his own bed. His right hand s arm ws shattered and he sufferer wound in the head. Mrs. Bull? claimed that she was in bed ash at the time of the shooting and tl she had no part in it. LEBALON. Mrs. Cyntha Lockridge spent W nsedaetfjarya etoi etr.oi etaoi eti nesday afternoon with Mrs. Mi Anglen. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Flower t visiting relatives at Grayson. Mrs. Eugean Gilbert spent Frio with Miss Birdie Lockridge. Mrs. M. L. Drummond has be on the sick list for the past week Mrs. Sam Flower has been on t sick list we re sorry to say. Mr. Will Day and son, of ne Oakland, were in our cornor Frid Mr. Sterling Boss visited realti\ at Buford Friday. Mr. Albert Taylor went to Bufo Saturday. Mr. Floyd Flowler spent Saturd night with Mr. Auston Flowler. FOR SALE Throughbred Barred Rock Eg $3.00 for fifteen. (Mrs.) B. L. EYUM ts LawrenceviHe, Ga NUMBER 34.