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The News-Herald
Lawrence vide. Georgia
PuMi.hed Monday and Thur.da^
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
D. M. BYRD. Editor
V. L. HAGOOD
News Editar and General Manager
J. L. COMFORT, Supt.
Dfficial Organ Gwinnett County,
City of LawrenceriUe, U. S.
Court, Northern District of
Georgia.
Entered, at the ?°St Office at Law
rejiceviile, Georgia, as Second Class
Mail Matter, under the act of Con
gress of March 3rd, 1870.
A FINE SUGGESTION.
The truth is beginning to dawn
upon the people of Georgia that one
of the greatest needs of the State
is to get .more of her solid business
men into her law making body. Too
long the ? making of our laws has
been left mea wfhose desire to go
to the legislature was prompted
solely by their desire for-self ag
grandizement. ■
A well known Georgian, talking
oii this subject" 'recently, said “Je
hovah promiseef Abrafi&m that He
would sav’e Shdom and Gomorrah if
ten good men VouVd be found within
tßem. fen good men might' bit able
have a hard Vime doing it. Forty or
fifty could' "do it with ease. Surely
the state J hot falleih to rftfA
■giepts of impotence' th‘at we cannot
ffnd fifty, big, unselfish then who
~^Tll'confer’ to Aiake the : nei'sonal
'sacrifice to go to the tiext legisla
ture and frame constructive legisla
tion td'lift Georgia out of
the financial mire into Which she
i&s ’ ........ ,
“One or two big ones cannot ac-.
by themselves, but
f we get .tvyentyriiye ox fifty of our
bless in the next general
assembly, the people will listen t.o
them. Let’s igleci one pore assembly
that will measure up to . other days.
We need men who have no ■ political
ambition bnt whose sole desire is tb
help Georgia. Men who are playing
politics all the time,' who are schem
ing to be governor or senator or con
gressman or a judge, \vill never solve
the great problems in a big broad
way. If the weekly and daily newspa
pers’ ivjll hammer on this subject for
a few weeks, they will awaken gen
eral 'rntere'st' and th;* 'people will feel
an Inspiration that they have not
had in a generation.”
This question lies with the people.
The "financial problems of the state
wflF'bd solved when big, broad busi
ness men atfe sehf to the legislature
and not before.—Winder ' News!
BUSINESS BEFORE POLITICS,
“the' lias r in Georgia
when the tietiiagogui cart stir and
■work i]p partisan and factional feel
ings among the people and create
strife aftd discord ‘ Which require
years tT conservatism to' overcome.
There was a time when it wa3 only
Trecessary for a candidate to take the
stump and cry *“away With the ‘nig
gers' and' and with the use
of this slogah ride into dffi'ce. That'
kind of politics 'worked in days gone
by, but the people of Georgia have
totme to the re®Mzatf#h that all stich
demagogery and clap trap'' was only
a bail for theip vote on lines of 'pre
jwira. • nr" s/ta* ' 2 '
The Americus 1 Times-Recorder
commenting on the ; p<fliti'cal situa
tion in this ‘state Shyst
‘The less polities this year‘the bet
ter. Georgia i* in the midst of a bat
tle to negainher financial and eco
nomic! tdr/en vAifter three disastrous
crops, the-ntartels energies'should be
devoted to production and not polit
ical gabfests. l f. •.
“The people are fed up on poli
tics, ;taj»es andr. graft. There are
more important subjects just
fighting the, boll yve*vrl nfhd bringing
baek to tbeifarm prosperity and hap.
piness, for instance.”
The Times-Recorder is ’ absolutely
sound ttdH saiie iu dts position and
if the people of ‘ G*‘drgra r will give
consideration *to : sbi*h sensible advice,
the whole'state'will be better off. It
is he time r for ; heated political cam
paigns in that-there are no i-spes be
fore the ’public which require spe
cial legislation dr reforms. Our state )
is moving along in a business like
systematic manner, Conditions will
be better if people will devote their
time to production rather -than to
politics.
Conditions in commercial and ag
ricultural lines are beginning to
show health ■signs of revival and all
the .energies amh forces of the peo
ple should be escorted towards bring
ing the return of prosperity.
Another well krtown south Georgia
publication, the Tifton Gazette, has
this td bay 1 , on the situation and edn
ditions in this state:
“South 'Gedfgfa are',a
lots more' coAteVffe~cCbiter what is gq
ing'fo -fthppeh to' the boll jjiis,
*unifeier than Tjiey are t pW.who' ififl,
be ’ thsr 1 rlext JjoVernpr, Pqlkiqs wall
take thy,.c9oPCir%ojj_ cyf
Gepygiaps', tp
Jtw v-'.r r:vc, ;w- s .~i-v
The foietfqipft expreasipjiv wen*
■worthy dU : the. part
of the pubik apdi-heed should be
given them. There is nothing to be
gained from turmoil ana seme
ed by political campaigns. Sores are
contracted which it requires years to
heal and in some instances th po
litical cancerous growth the
I very life of long standing friendship
and pleasant relations which are par
amount for the success of our citi
zens. —Athens Banner-Herald.
THE VIEWS OF LABOR ON
UNIVERSAL CONSCRIPTION
Washington, D. C., June 12.—The
proposal that the government con
script wealtih and labor at home, as
well as menYof the ranks, during
war, would naturally seem to be one
which would appeal to the ranks of
labor. The statement made by Sam
uel Gompers, president of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, shows that
labor sees both sides of the question
and considers, what would be best for
the nation as well as what might be
good for labor. He says:
“In theory, universal conscripiton
in time of war is correct. It is right
that the government should take
wealth as well as men. But I am un
willing at this time tfo' be dogmatic
one way or the other. ' I realize that
riot every theory can be applied in
this world'of human fallibility.
“I should like to be certain the uni
versal conscription will do away with
profiteering,'and that it will not be a
means of destroying our economic life
and ruining our-standards »i life and
work after war. ,i - .
“In theory, universal conscription
just. We do mot want another war.
But. if defense pf great principles re
quires such a, sacrifice, I believe our
people will respond as they always
have responded. We want to be sure
that in preventing injustice and prof
iteering we do riot build up some
thing worse, something perhaps more
hampering.
“I should like to see a aomi.iisslon,
compose?! of men from all Walks of
life, representing all' forms of 'human
effort,'give study to this great ques
tion. We want no niore war, but if
we must have war, we want to be as
effective as possible arid we do not
want abuses and profiteering at home.
What are tha measures to be taken ?
We cannot determine that question
according to emotional desires, prob
ably not according to abstract prin
ciples and. probably not according to
any pre-arranged formula.”
MAGNA CHARTA DAY
TO BE CELEBRATED
St. Paul, Minn., June 12.—Magna
charta day, June 15, will be honored
throughout the English - speaking
world, declares J. W. Hamilton, sec
retary, International Magna Charta
Day Association, bf this city.
On June 18, 1215, the English ba
rons at Runnymede, compelled the in
famous King John to Sign the great
charter; There were present 1 two
thousand knight* of barons with their
supporters. The charter, in which
were first formulated the principles
that became the foundation of consti
tutional goyernipent, contained sixty
three definite provisions.
The right of the king to levy taxes
arid .pnajbe war ;,vps. limited, the per
»on and property of freemen were
safeguarded, the liberty and indepen
lerice of the ehurrch was declared in
violate, arid othef principles of An
rlo-American liberty were carefully
fixed.
There ate striking parallels be
veon the phrasing of. magna charta
and the language of the constitution
of the United States.
At Runnyme'de," in England, a spec
ial service will be held at which ad
dresses will be given by the Right
Hon. J. H. Whitley, speaker of the
house of commons and the Marquis
of Lincolnshire.
President Coolidge is honorary prei
dent of the International Magna
Charta Day Association,' and among
the hoaorary officers are Right Hon.
Sir James Craig, prime minsiter of
Ulster, Right Hon. Sir Horace Plun
kott, of-the Irish free state, Dr. Wil
fred R. Grenfell, and other well
known statesmen and publicists.
INCREASE IN DEMONSTRA
TIONS IS REPORTED
Farm boys and girfs tompleteu over
129,090 demonstrations of new or im
proved methods of carrying bn farm
and home practices in 1923, according
do reports. This is an increase of
about 70,000'in the' number of dem
mstrrtons completed over those of
1922. In order for his demonstration
to be clas ed as a completed one. it is
necessary for tire club member to
"arry out the work undertaken, such
is corn growing, pig or poultry rais
ng, or bread making, to keep a rsc
rd of the progress and expen.e con
nected with it, show the work in a
•omniunity fair* or other exhibition,
nd report to the club leader at the
end of the year the benefits derived
or profits made in the enterprise.
Through these activities, It is thought
by the department and the state agri
cultural college's who cooperate' ip
conducting the clubs,’ fa rrti boys’and
girls may aid In the establishment of
better pfaetiebs m fartnihg’hnd Wme
vrnakirtg.'aße'AhethseWeb Vfpt m touch 1
-with the beak life',’ and tfevbl-*
ftp leadership. eorteminSty reSporisibll
■ltyt ahd CRWeoehipf' “'■ * ,;
SUNDAY FARES ,
" To A{ian\a and
, | Athens —SEABOARD.
t See Ticket Agent, t
SEND US YOUR JOB WORK
VALUE MARAUD
ING DOG GOV-
I ERNS KILLING
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The dog already-' has ha/1 his day
in Georgia and this is the era of the
hen, the rooster, the 'hog and the
cow, the Georgia (court of appeals
ruled Wednesday in’one of the most
remarkable deejisiops in the jignnals
of the higher counts of thijl state.
The ca-e involved the right of L. IV
Johnston, of Oconee county, to kill
a Llewellyn setter that had' been
presented to J. A. Wilson by Ty
Cobb. 1
I Wilson sued Johnson fori $l5O in
the Oconee superior court,' claiming
the dog actually was worth that
I much, in addition to its sentimental
value. Johnson came hack with the
contention that the dog had killed
4 of his white leghorn chickens
worth $1 each, and was in the act'
of killing more when slain'. He ask
ed for judgment Wilsori' for
S4B. The jury valued the dog a'f‘ssb
and the' chickens, "atms4B Sfi'd gsVe
Wilson a judgment) fori *- vi * ■
Johnston api/ealed - -the ' case l -aWd
j he court of «W !
j he grounds' that Judge Fartson
ed in instructing Mh'e Joey —''{hap
Johnston . had *no right ; to* ‘Kill
cog, if it were worth, more 'thari 'Hie
dickens. •. -tut./v H:
“This is the first tin>£ tha-'rpaes 1 -
tjon of a man’s legal right-. to kill a
dbg attacking his chkkens, when, the
relative value .of a, dog-.iis : greater
than that of the- chickens, has been
raised in Georgia/’ the court of ap
peals opinion set- forth. ‘i‘Howenreit
there is no statute in Georgia chang
ing the common law. that the oyvner
of domestic animals or fowls, which
aye placed in jeopardy, hag, the right
t» protect his own property. Th,e,
first decision along .this line was,
handed down - by the King's Bench
more than 300 ,years ago ,\ylien it
hold that the keeper,.<?f q r warren.
might kill, without .liability, a dog
that attacked the conies in the war
ren.” - *, fur. i-,: .
MERCER SUMMER SCHOOL
WILL OPEN NEXT MONDAY
Macoh, Gai., June 12.—The sdmnier
session of Merrier tJniVeriity
Monday, June 16, to ran through Au
gust 30. Courses -in education will
comprise most of the work offered
which is directed toward the instruc
tion of teachers wishing college
credit.
Beginning at the same time here
... A ... • . ..1* \ ivu.! • .VI !
will be the institute tor women, under
the auspices of the Georgia Federa
tion of Women’s Clubs, arid, the Boy
r,. i- 4 • 1 f v
Sco-ut executive training school, teach-
Ing boy leadership. About BDD stu
dents are expeted to take summer
studies at Mercer.,
More than forty instructors will
make up the faculty of the college
summer school alone, according to
Dr. Peyton Jacob, director. Work to
ward certificates can be had by teach
ers and advanced professional in
struction will be offered school su
perintendents. Courses in'journalism,
theology, ‘law and other college sub
jects are also in the curriculum.
Some call it ambition and some
call it greediness.
Progress of Nation Measured
By Improvement in Its Homes
Says U, S. Specialist in Housing
S"?
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trnu~*u. jry*Lnmta:m.- - tiff ::xe;; x>:±y Avc-yn vnr: no:. y.c.. /.-■ ■-.ac.r.aa&yacaacfl*
Wholesome homes are a primary
source of strong individual char
acter and of national progress.
Because of this, the Better Homes
in America movement is trying to
reach every American family, pay
ing particular attention this year
to families of moderate means, and
extending the edwcgliopal benefits
of the campaign to' the rural sec
tions of the country. 1 Irr. JohnM.
dries, chief of the Division of-
Building and Housing bf the.l|a fi.
Department o< ; and a
director of thy BeXter’jHpnies or
ganization. says on 1 ® subject ;."
■•• A nation's progress can 1 be
measured by the approvement rtita
makes in its Juioves, ,&« thp home*,
are the-visible ppd enuring prod
uct bf the effprts of Its people, and
from them come Hid Wn and Worm 1
etr who make the nation. Hence
the better Hhe. boaia-rthe bettep :
should be our. future citizyus. ,‘Bet>-
ter Honjes’ does ,Dh* meart' piOrMy
better built hohaes, But It rrte&ns
better design, better equipment,
better ,: -»ht and .*■■>, and more
THE NEWS-HERALD, LawrencvitU, Georgia
PROGRAM STRAND THEATER.
MONDAY—Wallace Reid in “The
Dictator,” and a good 2 reel comedy
and “Felix the Cat” comedy.
THURSDAY AND FRlDAY—
‘♦Judgment <sf the Storm,” 7 reels, a
fine picture.
“JUDGMENT OF THE STORM.”
(Reviewed by Frank Elliott)
| . “Judgment of the Storm” has ev
i ery qualify that goes into making a
I fine production. To begin with there
I is a real Story "to tell and in the tell
ing the audience' is treated to a se
ries of episodes that are filled with
dramatic "T. N. T.
' There is . morie entertainment in
this picture than in several produc
tions we’ve seen that ocst close to
the million point and once seen are
soori forgotten. This picture did not
Cost a million dollars and does not
rely on elaborate settings to put it
over, tt has a plot that is off the
beaten path, a plot which has so
much meat that the director has
been able to inject a punch in each
reel big enough for the climax of
several ordinary photoplays. In fact
the thrilling situations come so thick
drtd fast’ that pne wonders what is
going to fee left for the climax and
then we go hurling into aseries of
that will drag the most
jtidfed 'fatis to' the edge of the seats.
The best snow storm scenes since
East” are pictured here
and if you think you have viewed
blizzards, well, “ you ain’t seen noth
in’ yet!”. Heart interest has been
built Into" this feature from begin
ning to ehd., The action flows
mooihly at all times and there are
some Scenes that \yill hold you. in a
vise like grip, for instance the situa.
tion in which the boy meeting his
mother for the first time in three
years, and believing her to have been
abroad, finds Her really to.be tlfe
owner of a gambling den in which
there has just occurred a mtirder
and a suicide.
GIRL CARRIES TACK IN
BODY FOR TWO YEARS
. Everett, Wash.—Miss Hazel B.
Brackett of 48 Cleveland avenue
startled, herself as well as family and
friends when she pulled part of a
thumb Jack, whfch she had swallow
ed two years ago, from one of her
thumbs.
‘Motley doesn’t bring happiness;
lack of 'it doesn’t.
TWITTY FIGHTING FISH POIS
ONERS AND DYNAMITERS
Atlanta, :Ga-—Peter S. Twitty,
state- game and fish warden, an
nounced Friday that he is offering
a. 'Standing reward of $25 for arrest
and conviction of any one in Geor
gia whtr dynamites or poisons fish
in Georgia waters.
His Offer, he states, is good un
til January 1 next. He points out
that anyone catching such criminals
also is entitled, under the Georgia
law, to half of the fine imposed up
on conviction.
Next week, Mr. Twitty said, there
will be a meeting in his office of the
state game and fish protective as
sociation for the purpose .of discuss
ing proposed new laws for preserva
tion of state game and fish, which
will be introduced at the coming ses
sion of the general assembly.
comfort—a place'where the famil
has every opportunity for devei
oping its best qualities. We a!
want better homes, but some do no
know how to make them, and other
think'they cannot afford them. Tb
Better Homes movement, help,
communities to find out and tt
demonstrate what constitutes ;
good home, and . how a common
place house can be made into a bet
ter home at a minimum expense.’
Mrs. Charles Schuttler, a mem
-ber of the Advisory Council bl
3etter Homes in America, former!}
was chairman of the Women’s JM
vision of thg. Federation of Farm
and Home Bureaus. Mrs. Schuttler
■says: 1
cj ‘‘The American Farm Bureau
Federation, : and the American
Country Life Association both are
vitally interested in seeing the
farm home approach, the ideal, ol
prosperity, peace and stgbility-that
must atm® to make it attractive
to the type of people that our
country-needs on its farm'd.’ 'That
its the sonrCe es, qpr deep interest
•in t.l)e Homes movement.” ,
FEDERAL-AID ROADS IN
ALABAMA AND GEORGIA
The Federal-aid highway system in
Alabama and Georgia embraces 9,500
miles, according to the bureau of pub
lic roads of the United State- depart
ment of agriculture. The mileage by
states is as follows:
Alabama 3,872
Georgia 5,62 S
This system of highways has been
lesignated by the states and approved
ay the secretary of agriculture as
provided by the federal highway act
>f 1921. According to this act the
state highway departments were to
designate a system of roads not ex
ceeding 7 per cent of the total rural
mileage for improvement with feder
al aid and on which the government
was to pay up to 50 per cent of the
cost.
Appropriations for federal aid to
taling $540,000,000 have been made
since 1916 and considerable progress
has already been made on the sys
tem. In these states the total appor
tionment has been as follows:
Alabama $ 9,710,910
Georgia 12,456,874
Although two of the appropriations
were made before the federal highway
act restricted the expenditure to roads
df the federal-aid system, by far the
greater part of'the expenditure has
been on the designated system. On
April 30 the bureau of public roads
reports the status of construction as
follows j
Alabama—Total mileage completed,
434; mileage under construction, 853;
mileage approved for construction, 4;
funds available for new projects,
$431,137,
Georgia—Total mileage completed,
1.200; mileage under construction,
672; mileage approved for construc
tion, 103; funds available, for new
projects, $129,065.1;' ! .i#
The above show that 3,266
miles of the 9,566 Wiles embraced in
(he system in Thd' two states are
either completed, under construction
or scheduled for construction at an
early datev In addition the states
have improved roads on the system
independent of federal-aid.
Th whole federal-aid highway sys
tem embraces approximately 170,000
niles of road- A careful study is be
ing made of its present condition of
improvement. An approximate esti
mate based upon incomplete studies
is that at the end of the year there
were about 60,00*1' miles of surfaced
roads and 8,700 miles graded, which
leaves nearly 110),O®6 ! miles yet. to be
surfaced.
To bring this system up to service
able standards, therefore, within the
full decade ahead, will man a surfac
ing program of about 11,000 miles
for each of the ten. years; this in ad
dition to additions to the systems, the
separation' of grade l crossings,., recon
struction, and. such other work neces
sary.
When You See- l£» Don’t link
«
of Insurance; ..Wben You Think
of Insurance, See Us.
'^S
LIGHTNING STRIKES UNEX
PECTEDLY, BUT OUR IN
SURANCE ALWAYS IS
YOUR FINANCIAL
PROTECTION
TNS UR E your live stock
* against lightning. Insure your
crops destruction by hail.
Take out fire insurance and make
your life absolutely tranquil, in
sure your autQ. We write all kinds
of insurance except life.
PRflcricatLmi
IN SU R
Announcing The Installation of
OTTENHEIMER REFRIGERATION CASE
'* ■ r ’>’■ l ’, - • ■
• . ( A . , : l
We want our friends and customers to call and see the new
Ottenheimef Refrigeration Case just installed and to learn just
what it means to you.
This case is the latest thing in modern refrigeraton fo.r meat
markets and is “your health protector.” It allows a full display
of all cuts of meats and keeps them clean and sanitary. -
CHOICE MEATS AT ALL TIMES /
Our' maj'ket, with experienced cutters in "cHarge, is always
•stocked with choice meats of all' kipds., Delivery is. prompt and
prices reasonable. - -«• ‘ rJ v
'■ ’ We will be glad to-serve’ your orders.*.
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STRAND SODA COMPANY
, TelephoneT73 - __l_ Prompt Pelivery
SINGING.
There will be a singing at El
Bethel the fourth Sunday in June.
This singing is the annual rally and
a large crowd and a number of good
singers will be present.
Come and bring well filled bas
kets.
TENNESSEAN RETURNS
AFTER 18 YEARS AWAY
TO WED DIVORCED WIFE
Englewood, Tenn.—John With
row, returning here after eighteen
years spent in the west, during which
time his family and friends thought
him dead, found his wife divorced
and his children grown up. He and
his former wife were remarried and
will go to California to live.
Withi’ow suffered from a lost
memory, caused by an injury, for
many years, it is believed.
NOTICE!
On account of so many requests from our
trade we have decided to extend our Special Re
duction Sale uptil the 21st.
And don’t think that it will be extended
again for it will not.
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June is the month that there is a lot of marry
ing going on and on this account we extend this
sale of great reductions on their request
We want to call your special attention to the
fact that this is the greatest reducton on Furniture
and Rugs that has ever been in Lawrenceville.
Lots of our old trade have taken advantage
of this sale and they know that I am not fooling
them. It will pay you to borrow the money and buy
what you need now.
Our special reduction on porch swings and
No goods charged. It is for the cash we
make this reduction:* Come right now when you
need it. Come see for yourself^,
JESSE A. RICHARDSON
Lawrenceville, Ga.
ۤ!
SAVE; It’s a Fine Habit
the habit of saving leads to corrifort and
independence. If you are naturally a ‘Tree
spender” try the bank-account cure. It is aston
ishing how the mere opening of a savngs-bank
account seems to make saving money both possi
ble and pleasant. 0
A Dollar Will Open an Account Jfere
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Of Lawrenceville
We Pay 4 Per Cent on Savings
MONDAY, JUNE 16, 1924.
BABY WHO DRANK TURPEN.
TINE DOSE CRITICALLY SICK
Atlanta, Ga., —Doctors at Grady
hospital Friday evening battled to
save the life of two year old J. P*
Mappin, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W.
Mappin, 142 Oakland avenue, who
early Friday morning drank a quan
tity of turpentine from a bottle
which the mother had placed on the
floor while dressing the cut finger
of her little daughter.
The litUe boy was allowed to re
turn home after hiss tomach was
washed out by the doctors, but ba
came unconscious the early part of
the afternoon and was returned to
the hospital in what doctors think to
be a critical condition.
Fear was expressed that the
child’s kidneys have been congested
from the drug and will be perman
ently impaired if he survives.