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The News-Herald
Lawrenceville, Georgia
Published Monday and Thursday
~51.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
D. M. BYRD, Editor
V. L. HAGOOD
New. Editor and General Manager
J. L. COMFORT, Supt.
3f ficial Organ Gwinnett County,
City of LawrenceriHa, 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, 18
THE APPOINTMENT OF A COUN
TY POLICEMAN.
Under the law, a board of county
commissioners has the right to ap
point a county policeman, when the
situation is such that the sheriff,
his deputies and the bailiffs in the
several militia districts are unable
to arrest violators of the penal sta
tutes. *
No such condition exists in Gwin
nett county, but the county commis
sioners have seen fit to name such a
policeman, And the beneficiary of
this particular authority is one J. L.
Barnard, of Norcross, who is now
under sentence to a long term in
the federaT penitentiary, which was
imposed by the Judge of the ( .rcuit
Court of the United States, follow
ing his conviction for conspiring
with certain other persons, who were
engaged in the illicit sales of liquor,
to defraud the United States.
As to his guilt there was absolute
ly no doubt, and could not have
been, as he made a written confes
sion of it, and afterwards sought to
repudiate the same, but made a sig
nal failure.
This case was appealed to the
United States Circuit Court of Ap
peals, by the defendant, not upon
i the ground of his innocence, but
•seleiy upon a legal technicality,
wihioh attacks the verdict of the jury
•as void, because, under the law, one
person alone .cannot be convicted of
conspiracy, it requiring at least the
wonviction of as many as two.
Me was a sworn deputy sheriff
when he entered into an agreement
with a notorious bootlegger to let
him and a cargo of liquor pass un
molested for a money consideration,
which was paid to him and promptly
accepted.
.Didn't he violate his oath of of
fice when he did that? Wasn’t he al
so ,gswty of accepting a bribe, an
• other penitentiary of-fehse?
Was it right, or just to the honest
and law abiding people of this coun
•ty tvr its board of commissioners to
condone all this bad conduct, and to
elevate him to a position of trust,
•and especially in one where he can
legally buckle his gun on, and hold
.up respectable motorists for the pur
pose of making searches, and even
to puncture tires with a bullet to
bring cars to a halt when he sees
-fit?
•There are plenty of brave, honest
anfl courageous men in this county
who would willingly accept that po
sition at a decent salary, but the
commissioners preferred to let Bar
nard have it for half the profits he
cen make out of it, regardless of his
lawless character. He is to be made
a sort of free lance, furnishing his
own equipment and depend on his
own swearing, for the benefit of
himself and co-partners.
There is a great deal* of public
indignation over this transaction,
and much surprise has been express
ed at the egregious blunder made by
•the commissioners when they allow
ed this man to so pull the wool over
their eyes.
We think this mistake was honest
ly made, and with good intentions,
and that due and proper considera
tion of the situation will ultimate
ly result in a rectification of the
blunder.
MORE ABOUT MOTOR
COMMON CARRIERS
The late President Harding, in a
message to congress, on December
R, 1922, said: “With full recogni
tion of motor-car transportation we
must turn it to the most practical
use. It can not supersede the rail
way lines, no matter how generous
ly we afford it highways out of the
public treasury. If freight traf
fic by motor were charged with its
proper and proportionate share of
highway construction, we should
find much of it wasteful, and more j
costly than like service by rail. ,
Yet we have paralleled the rail- 1
ways, a most natural line of con
struction, and thereby taken away
from the agency of expected ser
vice much of its profitable traffic,
for which the taxpayers have been
providing the highways, whose cost
of maintenance is not yet realized.”
The crisis inis been reached in the
matter of competition of motor ve
hicles with the railroads because
the first development of the high
ways was really nothing more or
less than the linking - up of local
sections between communities al
ready establishes, which meant the
paralleling of. the- railways to a
very large extent. Motor trans^
portation, both freight and passen
ger, has followed highway develop
ment and this, coupled with other
conditions, such as the boll weevil,
has already resulted in the com
plete dismantlement of several Short
Line railroads within the confines
of our own state.
On the other hand, the cost of our
road building program is mounting
in leaps and bounds and there is a
growing complaint from taxpayers
because of this n«ver ending ex
pense. In communities where there
is a great deal of trucking, the road
expense is‘way out of proportion to
places where the roads are used
principally for passenger cars. Mill
an enlightened public continue to
stand for the road fund being
drained for the provisions and
maintenance of highways upon
which to subsidize the motor car
rier, thus enabling him to compete
with the rail carrier? Is there any
consistency in the present arrange
ment which lays heavy taxes on the
road bed and other property on the
rail carrier, which is operated un
der a multiplicity of both state and
federal regulations, for the provis
ion and maintenance of highways
for benefit of his motor carrier
competitor, which is operated under
no regulation? In truth, the rail
carrier, along with the property
owners generally, is actually being
Inquired to contribute towards sub
sidizing. his competing motor car
rier.
If the Georgia Public Service
Commission is not now empowered
to regulate the motor common car
rier, it should be empowered to do
so at the coming session of the gen
eral assembly-. It is to the public
interest, as well as to the interest of
the respective carriers, that the
economic limitations of each type of
CATrter be recognized, that the rail
roads he permited to discontinue un
profitable service to which the motor
is better suited, and that the motor
abandon its efforts to handle gener
al traffic over excessive distances.
However, because of the public in
terest which affects the operation of
railroads, they have performed and
must continue to perform some ser
vice which is unprofitable, chiefly in
territory where the performance of
highway transportation would also
be unprofitable. If the railroads
are to be derived of a substantial
share of their more remunerative
traffic through unfair and uneco
nomical methods, the traffic re
gaining to the railroads must take
on an added burden in the form of
higher rates or impaired service. In
ail cases where the railroad can
handle traffic with greater or equal
efficiency, all factors being consid
ered, the public interest requires
that it be allowed to do so. Further
more, the point has been reached
where the motor common carrier
should be required to assume his
proportionate share of the expense
of the improved highway program.
A PLEA.
For some time the need of a Bus
iness Men’s Evangelistic Club for
Lawrenceville has been felt.. This
long felt need is now being sup
plied. Some weeks ago the Evan
gelistic Clubs of Atlanta and
Gainesville visited our town and
were instrumental in inspiring the
organization of such a club. Since
that time we have had several well
attended interesting meetings of
the club. The organization has
been perfected with all the neces
sary officers and committees. With
preliminaries out of the way the
club begins work.
The purpose of the organization
is to unite the Christian forces of
the town in an intense effort to lead
the lost to Christ and to build up
the spiritual life of the town. Ev
ery one.must admit that the under
taking is a worthy one and deserves
the support of all Christians.
The club recognizes that one of
Lawrqnceville’s religious problems
is church attendance. No one can
maintain a deep spiritual life and
neglect the church. Further, it can
not be reasonably expected that the
lost will be influenced for Christ
and the higher life so long as church
people maintain an attitude of in
difference. In addition to this, it is
difficult for the church to solicit the
unsaved so long as its membership
is uninterested. Before we can
hope for a town-wide revival which
will reach our unsayed men we must
have church revivals in which in
difference will be replaced by inter
est and men will be willing to for
get personal interests and feelings
and with a solid front frequent the
house of God for prayer and ser
vice.
Our Evangelistic Club feels that
there is no greater undertaking
than that of soliciting church at
tendance. We feel that if you were
the only one affected by your atti
things aside on the Sabbath day
and seek a blessing for your soul.
Since indifference on the part of
church people seriously hampers
church and kingdom progress, we, in
the humblest manner, send out this
plea from the Evangelistic Club
urging that you will cease neglect
ing your church and will join with
those who have been faithful in both
Sunday school and church attend
ance* r ' * ■
All Roads Lead to Cleveland and G« Q« P» Convention
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Cleveland, O.—Politics rule Cleveland today with tibe G. 0. P. Elephant In the atar rote. With the
Republican National Committee on the scene; delegate*-and convention onlookers arriving hourly. It U •
ti&o tiiwu will bo ItiitiiMg'l w bun tikaa Caut’aotiou coil MXt TuMdlV,
WHAT A JOB FOR BURTON!
The position of Theodore E. Bur
ton in the throes of preparing the
Cleveland keynote recalls the pecu
liar plight of the hired man in a
yarn entitled “No news, or The Dog
Died,” told by the old-time tramp
comedian, Nat M ills.
Mr. Wills related that a farmer,
obliged to visit the city for several
weeks, had left the establishment in
charge of a hired man. On his re-
turn he was met at the depot bv the
hand, of whom he was asked,
“What’s the news, John?” “No
news,” replied John. “Except,” he
added reluctantly, “the dog died.”
“How did the dog die?” asked the
farmpr. “Well, sir, the dog died
when the barn burned down.”
M'hereupon the farmer wormed
from John that the barn had caught
fire from the house, which John ad
mitted, had also burned down. And
that the fire in the house wasn’t dis
covered until too late because the
farmer’s .wife was not at home. And
that the lady wag not at home be
cause she had run away with a
traveling man. Thus, John, in his
assertion that there was no news,
seemed to have rather understated
the case.
A number of odd accidents have
undertaken Mr. Burton’s party since
1920, and their nature is such that
Mr. Burton, if he essays the role of
frank reporter and is brave enough
to mention one of them, must per-
American Heads Commission Which
■p Removes Probable Cause fcr. War;
lllife Davis, Chairman, Credits League
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At the left is Norman H. Davis,
former Under-secretary of State,
who recently made his report as
chairman of the League of Nations
Commission which settled the long
standing dispute as to whether or
net Polish commerce should have
free access to the sea through
Memel, Lithuanian port at the
mouth of the Biver Niemen. At
the right is Count Sktrmunt, pre
mier of Poland. It was Poland’s
seizure of Vtlna which so incensed
Lithuania that the latter country
refused to permit Niemen traffic
for years, maintaining a virtual
state Of war.
The dispute was turned over to
the League of Nations after the
council of ambassadors, represent
ing the principal allies, had failed
repeatedly to effect a settlement.
As a result, Lithuania now has a
Clear title to Memel. but the 160,-
000 hart autonomous
government and the port Is a free
gone for world commerce.
Mr. Davis Is a warm advocate of
entrance bj lit* Urtistf States tntc
THE NEWS-HERALD, UwrexevEW, C*or»U
force'go on and relate them all, for
none of these untoward happenings
can be properly explained , without
referring to others. Hence, Mr. Bur
ton may do one of two things; tell
all, or simply refuse to admit in the
beginning that the dog had died.
In this connection, bearing in
mind Mr. Burton’s natural bent and
the exigencies of the occasion, it is
fairly safe to assert little mention
will be made of the dog in Cleve
land.
WELL! WELL! WELL!
“Woman’s at best a contradiction
still."
Familiar words, from Alexander
Pope, written a long time ago. And
sometimes it looks as if Alexander
was right. Another reason for think
ing so has just cropped up.
Out of Chicago a few weeks ago
came the announcement from one
of the transcontinental railroad
lines that it was about to install
Pullmans “for women only.”
The cars were installed. It was
assumed by railroad officials that
women would flock to these cars.
Other men, naturally, believed the
same. “The women will like to be
by themselves.” That was the
theory.
That shows how much railroad
officials and other men know about
women. Pullmans for women only
were all right, barring the highly
important fact that the women re
fused to ride in ’em. The cars were
the League of Nations.
"I am not and have not been”,
he said, "and it should not be
necessary to say that Mr. Wilson
was not —in favor of making any
commitments ever to use force in ;
an unknown contingency. I think j
if the United States were in the i
League there would not be any
necessity to use force, but if oc
casion should ever arise tt should,
of course, be left entirely to Con-;
gress to determine whether or not
we should use it. But one of the
most remarkable developments of
the last two or three years is the
realization, to which I have re- ■
ferred, that the force of public
opinion Is much more effective
than any other force. That Is the
power the United States would
bring to Geneva.
"I do not for a moment believe
that this country should try to run
the world or to Interfere in the
internal affairs of the nations of i
Europe or elsewhere, but I do be
lieve that ouV stake In the world
peace and progress Is so great, to
s«y nothing of our moral duty,
UiA’ w* esjr not afford to be absent
withdrawn from service.
Would you believe it, gentlemen,
the women complained that travel
ing with women, and women only,
was monotonous? They preferred
to have men around, “in case some
thing happened.” They sort of felt
safer.
WHO OWNS THE WATER?
One of the most expensive and
bitterly 7 contested series of water
lawsuits in Utah finally grew out of
a case involving a stream of water
that failed; even distant hydroelec
tric companies, the Salt Lake City
corporation, the state of Utah, and
the United States government tak
ing a so-called friendly hand be
cause of the dangerous precedent
that might be established in a de
cision. The controversy, not yet
settled, revolves to at large extent
around precipitation records of the
weather bureau of the United States
department of agriculture.
A mining company developed a
goodly stream of water in its un*
derground workings, and simultane
ously a mountain stream near by,
used for irrigation, failed appreci
ably. The miners sought to retain
ownership to the water and to es
tablish the fact that dry weather
had caused the irrigation stream to
dwindle. Was the tunnel flow de
veloped at the expense of the nat
ural stream discharge or are • these
phenomena masked by a fluctuating
nrecioitation?
when other nations are sitting:
around a table dealing w'ith any
questions relative to peace and
prosperity, which are of such vital
importance to us. We can not af
ford not to throw all the weight of
our moral influence toward secur
ing the aims for which we enter
ed and fought the war, and those
aims can best be secured by co
operating in the maintenance of
rules of conduct among nations,
whereby disputes may be settled
by the orderly processes of negotia
tions, conciliation and courts of
justice.
“There is every evidence that tlia
vast majority of the American
people are strongly in favor of out
lawing war. It does not seem to
be fully recognized as yet, how
ever. that the covenant of th*
League, which has now become a
law for fifty-four nations of thfl
world, does outlaw war for at
i least nine months over a given
controversy, until the League has
i had an opportunity to bring about
a conciliation. The League
not prevent all wars, but It tj
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OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
For business. We carry all grade* of
Fertilizers, including Nitrate of So
da, Sulphate of Ammonia, and 16%
Acid. Also 801 l Weevil Poison, which
is Hill's Mixture and Calcium Arsen
ate, wholesale or retail. Will accept
your order for quick shipment to any
point in the county or state. Use re
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Sale Starts June 7th and Ends on
June 14th.
We have a large shipment of rugs which we
bought at New York during the auction a few days
ago at about half-price; all new and firsts. Most
all tile 9x12 squares are seamless Axminsters.
Will give you the prices of a few:
Ardsley Axminster (seamless) was $56.50, now
during sale - $29.95
Liberty Axminster, was $42.50, during sale $26.95
All other sizes and grades in proportion.
Come during the sale for it is your chance to
buy what you need at the lowest price in years
We also are going to give you a reduction of
10 to 20 per cent on everything in our furniture
stock during this sale.
We have Living Room and Bed Room Fur
niture, Kitchen and Dining Room Suits, Kitchen
Cabinets, Safes and Tables, and lots of odd
pieces, such as Iron Bed Springs, Matti esses, Com
forts, Pillows, Chairs, Rockers, Swings, Porch
Suits, or most anything you will want in furniture.
It will pay you to buy what you want now for
this is the greatest bargain sale of furniture ever
put on in Lawrenceville. Remember the dates,
June 7th to 14th. There will be no goods charged
during this sale. It’s for the cash we make this
great reduction.
JESSE A. RICHARDSON
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