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Page Two The News-Herald Lawrenceville. Georgia Published Monday and Thursday ~~Ji 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 of 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. THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDEN TIAL NOMINATION. A sufficient number of delegates have been appointed to the National Democratic Convention by the states that have already acted, who are un der instruction to vote for the nom ination of McAdoo, so long as his name is before the convention, to as sure him a clear working majority upon the first ballot. McAdoo. Gov. A 1 Smith of New York, and Senator Underwood of Al abama, are the only candidates who have contested for the nomination, outside of their own states. Gov. Smith has the delegates from New York, and a majority of the Wisconsin delegation, giving him a total of 110, to which it is probable New Jersey may ultimately be add ed, as it is a very strong liquor state, its present governor having been elected to that position upon the strength of his declarations from the stump thftt he wanted it “to be as wet as the Atlantic Ocean." Senator Underwood contested sev eral states, but lost all of them to McAdoo, except Alabama, in which, under a special act of the legislature, adopted last July, the state demo cratic executive committee was pro hibited from putting the name of any non-lrsident on the primary bal lot. Early in the campaign, Charles E. .Murphy, Chief Sachem of Tammany Hall, Tom Taggart, democratic boss, of Indiana, and Brennan, of Illinois, who holds the throttle to the demo cratic machine in that state, formed a coalition through which they ex pected to dominate the national con vention, but the death of Murphey, who had the brains and strategic ability of the combination, threw a monkey wrench into the cogs of that particular machinery, thereby put ting it out of order, and it cannot be so repaired as to function effic iently. A number of important states have indorsed “favorite sons” for the nomination, who are simply '“dark horses” hoping and praying for a convention deadlock, under the antiquated, unjust and undemocrat ic two-thirds rule, some one of them may be accepted as a compromise candidate. Several otheT states, including Il linois, and Mississippi, have chosen uninstructed delegates, and these will also be in a position to trade and traffic under the “You tickle me, and I’ll tickle you” scheme. The combined strength of these two elements now outside of the Mc- Adoo ranks constitute something ov er one-third of the membership, and he cannot be nominated without some serious defection from the op posing forces, but that will begin shortly after the first ballot, when a full show down has been made. We are certain that Gov. A 1 Smith hasn’t the slightest chance of a nom ination, as he is exceedingly bitter against prohibition, and is also a Roman Catholic, and, even were he to win it the democratic campaign would be converted into a roaring farce, as the solid south would be sure to revolt against putting an ad. vocate o the open bar room and a subject of the Roman hierarchy at the head of the federal government, infinitely preferring an able, clean, protestant republican for that posi tion, and we seriously doubt hir, abil ity to carry a single state at the No vember election, except New York and New Jersey. Senator Underwood, after losing every state he contested, except his own, is persistently continuing as a candidate, in the hope of falling heir to the Smith contingent when the break comes, and, possibly, a num ber of uninstructed delegates, suf ficient with the aid of “the favorite son” figure heads to bring about a deadlock he hopes to break by being the lucky compromise man. It is cer tain that none of the delegates pledgod to McAdoo would go to the Alabamian under any circumstances, so there is no possible chance for him, and the thing for him to do is to g[et out of the race, and stop play ing! petty politics. The states which the democrats hope to carry in November have ex pressed their preference for McAdoo by #verwhelming majorities, and it has been shown, beyond all doubt, or cavil, that he is the choice of two thirds of the democratic voters of the country whose votes will be of any value to the party on the day of election; and it is also a known and indisputable fact that the dele gates to the national convention in- structed for him represent fully two thirds of the democrats of the coun. try, whose votes will be of any real, practical benefit to the democratic party at the election; and, in addi tion to all that, there are elements behind him, including the labor vote, the middle western and extreme west farmers’ votes, that no other democrat can capture, and which really make a number of former republican states probably demo cratic. The two-thirds rule should not be permitted to destroy the only chance the democrats have to elect a presi dent, and that ought to be wiped out of the way if necessary to save the national democratic party from a grave disaster, and this can be done without doing anything either wrongful or illegal. True, under parliamentary law, it requires a two-thirds majority to suspend a rule, but it is also true that by giving one day’s previous notice of an intention to move to change a rule that such change can be made by a majority vote Thi3 rule is distinctly stated in Jeffer son’s Manual, but it is only applica ble where a rule has already been adopted, either by a political party or other deliberate asenasblage, but the potent fact should not be over looked that every such body has the exclusive right to make rules for its own government. And it has al ways been the custom for all politi cal conventions of this character, the very first thing, following per manent organization, to adopt rules for their government, and it is the exclusive right and power of the ma jority to make any regulation, or rule in reference to the number of votes necessary to nominate a can didate for any office, regardless of what precedents may have boon. In state conventions it is usual to adopt the rules of the last general assembly so far as applicable, and, in national conventions to adopt those of the house of representatives of the last congress, so far as appli cable, and, under either of these, it would require a two-thirds majority to suspend a rule. But what rule? Simply any rule that has been adopted by that particular conven tion, but not one thereafter to be made by it. There was some newspaper discus sion just prior to the last meeting of the National Democratic Execu tive Committee about the propriety of that body adopting the majority rule, which was not seriously con sidered, for the reason that such ac tion would have been ultra vires, because each convention is supreme in the matter of making rules for its own government, and no such authority is lodged else where. It may be argued by the oppon ents to the majority rule that the two-thirds rule has become the com mon law of the democratic party from immemorial usage, but a ma jority of the duly accredited repres entatives of that party in a nation al convention have the undoubted authority to supersede such a prece dent by a positive enactment to the contrary, just as a legislature has to change any of our common laws. In this state, the democratic state convention that nominated Alexan der H. Stephens for governor abol ished the two-thirds rule, by a ma jority vote, and numbers of other states have since done the same thing, so it follows that common law rules are not by any means inviol ate. ABOUT BOLL WEEVILS. No boll weevils have appeared in Gwinnett county cotton fields this season, and the farmers now have strong hopes that these pests will not do any serious damage to their crops this year, the common opinion being that the zero weather we had last winter almost eliminated them, and we hope this opinion will prove correct. We notice, however, that the farmers of Laurens county enter tained the same belief, until a few days ago, but that county agent, Hart, made an inspection of a cotton field there and reports that he found about ten weevils to every ten feet square that he examined, which started the use of calcium arsenate, for which all had laid insupplies in advance. It should be remembered, how ever, that Laurens county is about one hundred and fifty miles south of Gwinnett, and did not have the extreme cold weather experienced in this latitude, so we are still hop ing for a good cotton crop up here, but the majority of our farmers are fully equipped for giving Mr. Wee vil and his family a good, strong fight if found necessary. If the next legislature does its full duty, banditry and automobile thefts will be made capital felonies, as these villians are worthless to so ciety, and the world would be better off if they were put under the sod. The honest and law abiding people of Georgia need, and should have, much greater protection from de praved criminals than they now en joy. SEND US YOUR JOB WORK. BUS LINE VS. RAILROAD. Probably it has never occurred to the people of our county, and par ticularly to the citizens of our city, the posible disastrous results likely to he brought about by having bus lines running in opposition to the railroads of this county. We do not wish to convey the idea that this paper is opposed to any form of pro gression, but on the other hand it has for more than a half century backed any project which had any earmarks of progrossiveness. This attitude will be carried out so long as the present people publish the paper, and we are just as positive that the policy will be the same as long as the paper is published. The writer having traveled a great deal through the southern part of Georgia,, had occasion to witness the junking of many short line railroads due to competition of the bus line Operating in competition to the short line railroads. It is useless to at tempt to enumerate the loss in value of property on account of the junk ing of these railroads, inasmuch as the bus lines were not equipped to handle freight and passenger busi ness as was formerly handled by tho railroads. The Northern part of Georgia no doubt at a very early date will have a similar experience unless some le gislation is enacted- at the coming session of the Georgia legislature looking towards regulating bus lines similar to many other states in the south, particular! emphasis being laid upon the present statutes now in force in the state of Virginia, whereby railroads an 1 bus lines are all regulated and supervised by the Railroad Commission of that state. A citizen of our town a few days ago made ite suggestion that every effort shouid be put forward to in duce people to move into our town on acc-v nt of the numerous advan tages to be had here, suggesting that we might ii peal to the Seaboard tc operate t ‘ commuter's” train in and out ol -otlimta for tho convenience of thos: oho wouM like to live in our c:tv, end the th n/Jit has oc curred to n.e that so long as a local train not able to contrc' the en tire px eager trafic fr;m a town the size of ours, the railroad would r.ot be interested in putting on this special train or operating the present local on a schedule which would put people into Atlanta in time to con form with the office'hours of Atlan ta. At the present time the passenger business is being divided between the Seaboard and the various bus lines, and it is useless to say that both railroad and bus line will lose money on the passenger business out of here. At a very early date we will pub lish a synopsis of the Virginia law and will ask our representative and senator to give the matter very se rious thought. MARRIAGES. Mr. D. B. Wall, of Norcross, and Miss Ethel Findley were happily married on Saturday, May 24th, Rev. ,1. W. O. McKibben, pastor of the Norcross Methodist church, officiat es. This is a well known couple who reside at Norcross and their many friends wish them much joy. Mr. McKibben likewise united in holy wedlock another couple last Sat urday when he officiated at the nup tials of Mr. Herbert D. Meaders, as sistant cashier of the Bank of Nor cross, and Miss Maxie Carter. A Buford couple who plighted their troth Saturday were J. O. T. Go'oer and Miss Clara Estelle Hosch, Rev. W. D. Mobley performing the cere mony. STANLEY BROS. Have Again Lowered Prices 12 lbs. Standard Granulated Sugar 95 100 lbs Standard Granulated Sugar $7.75 No. 10 Silver Leaf Lard - $1.25 Why pay others $1.35 to $1.50? 50 lbs. Pure Lard 56.95 Maxwell House Coffee, per lb 42c 3 lb Maxwell House Coffee $1.20 Best Santos Peaberry Coffee, per lb 27 V-2 C McCord’s Famous Blue Ridge Coffee, per lb 25c Split Silk, a standard patent flour, 48 lbs sl-60 Dunlop’s Best Flour, 48 lbs, reduced to sl-85 Valier’s Famous Dainty Flour, 48 lbs —. — $2.50 You know what others charge you for this flour. Feed, 5 bushel bag $3.50 Sweet Feed, 100 lbs 82.00 Wheat Bran, 100 lbs sl-95 Fancy String Beans, fresh and tender, per gal 20c Why pay others 25 to 40c per gallon? New Red Bliss Potatoes, per lb 4c Phone any store in town and see if they don’t ask you 5 to 7c per lb.‘ We have just received a big lot of Misses and Children's White Oxfords — The entire lot is on sale and your choice at 95c House Slippers - , 79c Best Overall made : - $1.70 The above prices good from Friday, May 30, to Fri day, June 6th. During this time we will pay: 25c doz. for Eggs; highest market price for Corn, Peas, Chickens, Hides, etc. STANLEY CASH STORES Lawrenceville, Ga. Phone 86 “We Sell ’Em Cheaper We Deliver THE NEWS HERALD, UwmettflU, Gaergte NON-TAXABLE BONDS. Much is being written by Mr. Sam G. Bro-wn, of Lawrenceville. Geor gia, prospective candidate for Con gress against Tom Bell, about non taxable bonds. If he is sincere in his position, he is grossly ignorant of the result of such legislation as he advocates. He claims to favor reduc tion of taxes, yet his proposition, if enacted into law, would absolutely increase the taxes of the people of Georgia. If our bonds for municipalities, improved roads, drainage, school buildings, and those for farm loan purposes should be taxed by the Fed eral Government, and the states, it would increase the rate of interest on these bonds to where floating them would be next to imposible, and retard our internal improvements for fifty years to come, if indeed, it did not stop them altogether. Ilis enthusiasm for tax reduction is a misnomer. In all probability the loan company he represents lending money at a high rate of interest, were contributors to the fund re cently used for propaganda by mon ey lenders of the Nation to bring about such legislation as he advo cates. He does not 6eem to know anything about non-taxable securi ties. His fears are groundless, and the people are wanting real tax re duction, and not an issue to supply a new candidate for office. Our observation is that Congress man Bell weighs these matters very carefully, and always votes in the in terest of the people he represents.— Toccoa Record. Advertisement. DIABOLICAL OR BENEFICENT? An Englishman has discovered a new kind of rays which, he says, can be used to put a whole army out of action, to destroy a force of air planes or to demoralize a fleet on the sea. To this new instrument of war fare has been given the name “Dia bolical Rays.” This is a faulty desig nation, though, if, as the discoverer asserts, and apparently with reason, these rays will be most serviceable in defense. “Beneficent Rays” they should be called for, performing as promised by Grindell Mathews, who discovered them and is developing their -utility, they may be counted on to end rather than to make war. “Diabolical Rays” bring to mind the invention of shrapnel and poison gases .and official and popular re use. Shrapnel Was thought to be so horribly destructive of human life that there was hesitancy to employ it. Poispn gases were denounced as worse than barbaric. The first offerings, made to the British government, were accepted only to be stuck away in a vault. Until the world war human beings recoiled against the use of “unfair” devices of slaughter and wounding. It had been suppbsed the gigantic implements -of destruction available would prove so terrible ho war could last more thaii a few months. This, delusion was quickly laid to rest when the European armies came to grips. Then Germany brought forth its gases. Its adver saries followed suit. The armistice and the making of peace have been followed by chemical activities de signed to produce more destructive igencies than any that have been used. Grindell Mathews’ rays may be use ful in attack, but from the descrip tions given they appear to be more suitable for defense. If the discover er has not misjudged their power no enemy force could cross the boundary l ne of a country picked for rav:so ment if it possessed the rays. This would be true at least until a count eracting force were developed. As such may be expected a conclusion that the end of wars is in sight would be premature, though the people may keep on hoping for universal perma nent peace. MR. BURNS IS OUT. The American public will hold no indignation meetings over the retire ment of W. J. Burns from the bureau of investigation of the department of justice; the people will accept the fact with quietude and will hope that the event marks the end of a most dis tasteful era associated distinctly in the public mind with political espion age. Mr. Burns may or may not merit eulogy as a policeman or a detective. He may not be responsible for the un popular conditions which in latter years have enveloped his bureau. But certainly he is identified with them before the people and his withdrawal, on that ground alone, seems like an other sign of spring. Mr. Burns may consider that he is a maligned and unfortunate mar. to be so associated by the American people with ways repugnant to the public mind. But so it is and with his passing there begins to sprout a hope that normalcy .n government bureaus is within read'. Drink Chero Cola In the Twist Bottles “The Real Quality-Drink” «5S Unparalleled . Value— -‘m i ~ The Ford furnishes convenient and reliable ' ' transportation at a price you can comfortably " v aSord to pay. Unequalled facilities for 7 quality manufacture on a large scale make 3* possible values that are unapproached in the ■'V automotive industry. ■' ' ■ ..ii" a.- ’ ~ Detroit. Michigan • r * Runabout $265 Coupe $525 Tudor Sedan $590 Fordor Sedan s6ss All price • /. o. b. Detroit * - ss *‘ * j • •EE THE NEAAEST AUTHORIZED FORD DEALER F. O B Detroit Demountable Rtm« extra Public bale OF VALUABLE CITY PROPERTY Will be sold before the court house door on the first Tuesday in June, 1924, all my property in city of Lawrenceville, part of the James H. Patterson home place, consisting of Lots Nos. 11 and 12, 50x50, fronting east on Perry street, north by C. H. Woodruff, west by T. L. Harris, south by T. L. Harris. Lots Nos. 20, 21, 22, 52x50, bounded as fol lows: On east by lots of W. T. Tanner, north by lots of W. S. Sims, west by Culver Alley, south by New street. On lots 20, 21, 22 is a new five-room dwell ing, only been built about three years. Lots Nos. 11,12, facing Perry street, are the most desirable building lots in Lawrenceville. TERMS CASH. J. A. TOWNLEY For More Particulars See JOHN M. LANGLEY, Lawrenceville, Ga. If you want to kill the Bean Beetle call at the office of Law renceville Fertilizer Co. or C. U. Bom. Get the Killer, in 1, 3 and 5 lb. packages. 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