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Impose SI,OOO Tax On Sale “Jake” And Extracts In Hartwell
extra policeman ADDED I
AND firemen are named
(ity Fathers Pass Ordinance
That Almost Prohibits Sale
of Jamaica Ginger, Etc.
A special tax of SI,OOO was placed
the sale of Jamaica ginger and oth
er extracts, an extra policeman added
to the present force, and a fire fight
in.;- company organized and elected —
were three important things
transacted at a meeting of the Board
of Aidermen cf the City of Hartwell on
last Mojiday night.
Mr. George B. Gaines was elected
to the Police force.
Fireworks Ordinance
While there is an ordinance prohi
biting the firing of explosives in Hart
vved, the Council will lift the ban
again, at 6 o’clock on Christmas Eve
night, the same limitations as to size
cf cannon crackers, etc., being in effect
as last year.
Fire Company
The following were elected as mem
bers cf the Hartwell fire fighting bri
gade: Messrs. L. S. Skelton, Cap-i
tain; George Eaves, Asst- Captain;
Hoyt Baker, Supervisor Property;
Chas. W. Campbell, Isham Reynolds,
Mac Oglesby, Robert Bums, Jr.,
Clayte Bolt, Schafer Skelton, J. E.
Nelms, Garnett Wilder.
SI,OOO Tax Ordinance
The special tax of “Jake” and kin
dred alcoholic connections, used most
ly now for drinking purposes, is ef
fective now, and applies to the whole
sale and retail trade, effecting the
Atlanta wholesale druggists and those
in other centers who have been ship
ping the beverage into Hartwell and
the county freely.
The new ordinance is very strict,
and provides for weekly inspection, by
the Chief of Police and a written re
port in every instance.
It is as follows:
An Ordinance
CITY OF HARTWELL, GA.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Aidermen cf City of Hart
well, Ga., and it is hereby ordained
by the authority of the same, that
from and after the passage of this
ordinance, it shall be unlawful for
any person, to sell or offer for sale,
directly or indirectly at any place
within the limits of said City, Ja
maica Ginger, Essence of Jamaica
Ginger, extracts or sirups, or any
ether liquids or fluids, of similiar
character, by whatever name designat
ed, without first registering with the
Secretary of the City of Hartwell, and
producing therefrom a license author
izing such person, to sell or offer for
sale the preparations herein set forth,
which license fee is hereby fixed at
the sum of one thousand dollars per
annuni, or any fractional part there
of. All persons, desiring to sell or
offer for sale any of the preparations
herein specified shall, on or before
the first day of December, 1923, ana
in each year thereafter, register with
said secretary in a book kept ex
clusively for that pupose, and pay
said license fee, and procure a written
license signed by the Mayor of the
City of Hartwell, and the secretary
there f, which license when issued
shall by the licensee, be posted in a
conspicuous place in the building.
wherein he proposes to sell or offer
for sale said preparations, and if
no permanent place of business is de
ignated, said license shall be posted
before the court house door in the
City of Hartwell, and upon failure to
sr) register, nay said license fee, and
Post same, the offender shall be deem
ed to be guilty of disorderly conduct
and shall, upon conviction, be fined
not less than fifty dollars and costs,
nor more than one hundred dol
•ar<. and cost, and upon failure to
said fine, shall be required to do
work in the chaingang of said city
on the public work thereof for not less
Gan 30 days nor more than 90 days,
bach sale, thereof, or each instance
wnere anv of the* above named arti
e ' 'hall be offered for sale shall con
' -cite a separate offense, and sub
ne cffencfi to trial and punish
ment therefor and in addition thereto
ar - ■ xecution shall issue against such
N";on for the amount of such license,
* ■ evy, and sale made as in cases of
‘ e '" v and collection of other city taxes.
. section 2. That in addition forego
; - n -frictions, all oersons who shall
- ? 'U pay said license fee as is
I' • ”::>ed by this ordinance shall
- d preparation or preparations
r - mlic nlace, openly and fully ex-
V ' t tn public view so that the same
V" - ir readily and easily seen by the
,' an< f officers of said city, and
’ • keep a written record on a book
Y. ' a purpose of all sales made, the
■'hen made, the amount sold,
v ; tne name of each purchaser, as
G . a tie name of the wholesaler or
from whom bought, which rec
.. ." dl be open to public inspection
•i r,“ mes > and to the inspection of
H Pc-lice of said city of
. 1 ■ X ■ an d cn each Monday morning
‘ -rnish to the secretary of the
■ Hartwell a full report show
/? tbe facts required to be kept
■. nook, which shall be filed un-
V;- an d all wholesalers or job
t ~ or offering for sale by
be- ves or their agents or sales
ar-y of the articles herein enu-
THE HARTWELL SI N.
City Election
i ,
j Comes Off Wednesday. December
i sth—Now Is Time to Register
The city election in Hartwell will be
■ held on Wednesday. December 5, and
all citizens desiring to vote in said
primary are required to register with
City Clerk J. L. Teasley at least five
i days before said election, as announc
ed elsewhere in this week’s Sun.
Candidates are also required to an
nounce their intentions of running for
I such offices as are vacant.
The election this year will include
I the office of Mayor, for two members
1 of the Board of Aidermen' and for
I two members of the Board of Educa
tion.
if vou haven’t registered see City
Clerk Teaslev at -once in his office at
■ the new Hailey building.
Since We Can't Get Turkey
In just a little while most of us
! will be assuring ourselves that we
like chicken better than turkey, any-
I way.
merated sh»ll file with the secretary
and treasurer cf said city a copy of
I the invoice under oath of each sale
made before thes ame is shipped show
ing the name of the purchaser, the
character of the articles sold, and the
quantity thereof, provided however,
that no wholesaler or jobber shall be
allowed to make sale and delivery
thereof, or offer for sale any of the
articles herein anmed in said city until
the requirements of section one of this
ordinance shall have been complied
with.
Section 3. Any person violating
the provisions of section two of this
ordinance or who shall fail to observe
all its provisions, or who shall make
false statements relative to said re
ports, or who shall swear falsely to
any of the reports required to be made
thereunder, shall be deemed to be
guilty of disorder!” conduct, and upon
conviction shall be fined as is prescrob
ed by the laws and ordinances now of
force in said city relative to disorder
ly conduct and shall have his license
revoked by the Mayor instanter.
Section 4. No person selling or
offerings for sale any of the prepara
tions set forth in this ordinance shall
be permitted or allowed to have, re
ceive possess, or control, sell or offer
fX sale the same at any place other
than his fixed place of business, nor
shall be have, receive, possess, or con
trol, sell or offer for sale any such
preparations except as is allowed arid
authorized under the provisions of this
ordinance, and persons so doing shall
upon conviction be fined as is now pro
vided by the ordinances of said city
relating to fines and punishments for
disorderly conduct.
Section 5. It shall be the duty of
persons taking license to sell or offer
for sale the preparations enumerated
in this ordinance to permit and allow
the chief of police to make inspection
once a week of his place of busness
and all bocks and papers connected
j with the business allowed to be en-
I gaged in under this ordinance and if
' and person shall fail to allow said in
spection or shall in any manner iter
fere with said chief of police in mak
ing said inspection, such person shall
1 upon conviction be punished as is pre
| scribed by the ordinances of said city
now of force relating to disorderly
< conduct in said city of Hartwell, and
it shall be the duty of the chief of po-
I lice to make weekly inspections and
I report to the Mayor and Board of Ai
dermen each month, and upon his fail
ure to do so he shall be suspended for
two weeks for each dereliction in this
duty.
■ Section 6. That one fifth of all
fines imposed for a violation of this
ordinance shall be paid over to the
person furnishing the evidence neces
sary to convict and the remainder of
all fines and forfefture and license fees
when collected shall be paid over to
the secretary and treasurer of said
city to be applied to the public school
fund thereof. I
Section 7. That the word “person”;
i shall mean and include natural per
sons, associations, co-partnerships,
and corporations. .
Section 8. That the possession of
any of the foregoing preparations shall ,
be held to be presumptive evidence
that the same is being held for the
purposes of sale, and upon Pjoof
possession, the burden of proof shall
be shifted to the nerson in possession
I to show the satisfaction of the court
that the same is not held, owned and
possessed for he purposes of sale, or
offering the same for sale in violation
of this ordinance. , .
I Section 9. The .provisions of this
ordinance shall not be construed to li
cense the sale of any drinks, liquors,
I or beverages, the manufacture, sale, or
possession of which is prohibited by
i the laws of the State of Georgia, now
° f Section 10. Be it further ordained
that all ordinances or parts of ordin
ances in conflict with the ordinances
are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed at regular meet
:r~ pnard of Aidermen.
This November 12.
a RICHARDSON, Mayor.
J. L. TEASLEY, Clerk.
HARTWELL, HART COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1923
Ohio Radio Station Seeks
Tourist Party In Hartwell i
Message Conies Through Ether
From Cleveland Seeking Car
Tourists On Way to Fla.
Just how near to perfection the j
radio is getting, and an example of
its usefulness was very forcibly il- j
lustrated in Hartwell one night last‘
week.
Mr. J. E. Chandler, a local radio
fan, was entertaining his family with j
a number of programs being broadcast
from stations over the United States,
when the announcer for “WJAX,” ,
which is tiie Union Trust Co., of Cleve
land, Ohio, sent out a message to this .
effect:
That a couple, together with their ■
two sons, had left Cahauga Falls, a
suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, via auto
some days previous headed for Florida.
The mother of the wife in the party
had just died and relatives were anx
ious to get. in touch with them. The
announcer stated that “they, were now
suppos'd to be between Andersen, S.
C., Hartwell and Athens, Ga.”
Mr. Chandler called up The Hotel
Hartwell and while the party was not ]
located, an Ohio tourist registered
there at that time knew the family,
and his description corresponded with
that received. The two boys had red
hair, the Cleveland br adcasting sta
tion announced,
Such messages are frequent over the i
radio. and Mr. Chandler lis
tens in on programs from New York
to San Francisco and occasionally
picks up Cuba and ether points more
distant.
When a party in Cleveland, Ohio,
can talk very plainly about tourists
traveling down here in Georgia, and
without wires, verily, we can agree
with whoever it was that elucidated >
“The world do move.”
The radio message travels the same 1
S. Carolina Editor Writes
About Hart County Fair
SAYS HART COUNTY SHOW
WAS CREDIT TO PIEDMONT
Wilton E. Hall, State Editor of
Greenville (S.C.) News Tells
Os Visit Here During Fair
How the Hart County Fair impress
ed a visitor may be gathered from the
I following interesting article from the
j oen of State News Editor Wilton E.
, Hall, of the Greenville Daily News,
. who was among the distinguished
I guests here November 1-2:
By WILTON E. HALL
The people of Hart County, Georgia,
' have knocked an old theory into a
I cocked hat. For a long time, most of
! us have believed it would be impossible
j to stage a first-class argricultural and
1 livestock exposition without the fin
ancial assistance, at least, of some
' carnival company* I am frank to con-
I fess that I shared that belief until
I paid the Hart County Fair a brief
visit last week. It was then that I
learned a valuable lesson, for the peo
nle of that fertile section of northeast
Georgia were staging a fair second to
none in the entire Piedmont belt, and
furnishing entertainment features of
J their own.
Georgia has never boasted a better
! fair than Hartwell’s exhibition this
I year. It would be sheer foolishness to
' attempt to name over the features
■ that were very interesting to me.
However, the plan for making every
minute of the fair keenly alive with
- bright, entertaining features, pro
duced by the school talent of the coun
ty, appealed to me as something new,
novel and worthwhile. When I found
that during the day, in two big sep
arate auditoriums, groups of school
children from various Hart county
schools were presenting clever produc
tions gotten up during their spare mo
ments, these entertainments furnish
ing an endless chain of amusement for
several hours. I realized that a coun
ty fair without a carnival was not im
possible. The Hart county folks who
sought amusements during the fair
were not disappointed, for an old
fashioned fiddlers’ convention, manag
ed by “Fiddling John Carson,” of At
lanta, and other free entertainment
was furnished, the program ending
each night with a grand display- of
fireworks.
The Hart county fair reflected care
ful thought and hard work. I doubt
if there was ever a fair more enjoable
from start to finish than this one., and
veterans of state fairs declared that
it met every requirement, surpassing
previous exhibitions in Hart county.
It goes without saying that there are
many people attracted to annual fairs
who are not at all interested in the
exhibits; these folks come seeking!
5,000 DEATHS IN 1923
LAID TO DRINKING
BAI) WHISKEY
■—•4l- —■ ■ -
WASHINGTON. D. C., Nov.
12. —Approximately 5,000 deaths
from bad booze have been report
'ed in the United States this
year.
Treasury enforcement experts
made this estimate Monday, and
expressed the fear that another
1,000 or more fatalities might
occur before the holidays are
over.
This estimate takes into ac
count deaths reported by hospi
tals, and other sources as hav-_
ing been due to “heart disease”
which actually were attributed
to drinking liquor containing
different kinds of poison.
(Bowersville Lodge No. 595 F. & A.
’I. will hold regular communication
Wednesday, November 21st, at 7:30,
Pi M. All qualified brethren invited.
S. V. BOWERS, W.M.
T. B. ANDREWS, Sec.
—{ ——
speed as light—lßo,ooo miles per sec
old. The time announced in New
York by a station is received in Hart
vfell at the same time.
' It’s a great old world folks.
I amusement, and the wise fair associa
i tion will provide an abundance of
these features cn the fair program.
It was to fill just such demands that
athletic events of various descriptions,
horse racing, fire works, etc., became
accepted as a part of the program.
This percentage of visitors at the Hart
county fair were well pleased and had
their fill of fun and frivolity, provided
through football games, home talent
exhibitions, minstrels and out door
| events. The people attending this fair
! appeared to be well pleased with the
j enertai.nment arrangements.
But this was only one outstanding
I feature of the fair. Hart county farm
| ers did themselves proud during their
' 1923 fair, and every man, woman and
I child contributing to the success of
that event deserves credit. It was a
successful event —unusually so. It is
doubtful if there has ever been a
more complete fair than this one was.
f The livestock was very creditable, and
I the exhibit of poultry was one of the
i largest and best ever seen in the I’ied
' mont section. In ouantity and quality
j this exhibit was far superior to what
;is usually seen at a county fair. The
agricultural products put on exhibi
i tion at the fair grounds were of a
wide variety and good. This depart
ment of the fair was an interesting
show in itself. Here one might learn
how Hart county was taking the front
i ranks as an agricultural section, for
I there were charts and various exhi
i bits showing what kind of seed the
; Georgia farmer can use to a good ad
vantage under weevil conditions, and
hints about the cultivation of almost
everv principal farm crop.
While there were many things to
favorably impress the non-resident
with Hart county’s fair, it was impos-,
siblc to overlook the great progress
that county has made in education and
agriculture. This school system of
Hart county is justly the pride of the t
people of that section; the idea of con
soHdation, already advanced beyond
the experimental stages, is proving,
popular. In the field of agriculture,
Hart county, with its increasing num
ber of home-owners, is making an en-,
viable record. Hartwell is certainly
“on the map” in these two respects, al
though a resume of its progress would
be incomplete without some mention
of the strides of its enterprising church
peoule, both in the city and county,
who have built creditable edifices and
discharged their Christian obligations
in a meritorious manner.
To an outsider, the Hart county fair
will always be recalled as one of the
most successful exhibitions of its kind
ever seen. It was unique and unusual
ly clever in many respects; from every
standpoint it was above the average
Piedmont fair.
County Fair Already Being
Discussed Here For 1924
8,949 Bales
Hart county ginned 8,949 bales of
cotton to November 1, 1923, as com
pa. \.l with. !). 453 bait' to same date
last year showing the county only
504 bales short to that date.
There were 15,700 bales ginned to
November 1, 1921, in Hart county, and
15,287 bales t November 1, 1920.
Washingti n, Nov. 13— Cott n of this
year’s crop ginned prior to Novem
ber 1, aggregated 7,554,587 running
bales, compared with 8,139,215 bales
ginned to that date last year and
6,('46,354 bales to the same date in
11'21, the census bureau announced
today.
Ginnings included 19,677 round
bales, counted as'half bales; 11,521
hales of American-Egyptian and 437
bales cf Seu Island, compared with
142.369 round bales to November 1,
last year, 13,335 bales of American
Egyptian and 3,136 bales of Sea Is
land.
Revised statistics for cotton ginned
t October 18 this year placed the
number of bales at +>,415,145 instead
of 6,400,579 bales as announced Octo
ber 25.
Ginnings by states to November 1
were announced as follows:
. 494,702
Arizona 33,249
Arkansas , 392,188
t'alifiirnia 19,491
Florida 11,422
Georgia 490,142
I inisiana 299,086
Mississippi 455,856
Missouri 53,621
North Carolina 729,611
Oklahoma 295,606
South Carolina 626,604
Tennessee 122,301
Texa53,496,479
Virginia 21,839
All Other States 12,393
MRS. BLACKWELL DIES AT
HOME IN ATHENS; BURIED
HERE ON LAST SUNDAY
Mrs. Lizzie Y. A. Blackwell, age 80,
died at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Lammie Hodges, in Athens on No-
I vember 10th, 1923, and was buried in
■the Hartwell cemetery Sunday after
noon at 2 o’clock, Rev. J. Hamby Bar
ton, pastor of the Hartwell Methodist
church, .officiating at the grave.
The deceased was born in Abbeville,
S. C., later moving to Georgia, and
for some time lived in Hartwell with
her daughter, who married Col.
Toombs T. Hodges. Mr. Hodges lived
only a year after their marriage, his
widow and her mother moving later to
Elberton, then to Athens, where they
have been making their home since.
Mrs. Blackwell was a consecrated
member of the Methodist church, and
was one of Athens’ oldest and most
beloved citizens, this fact being attest
ed in the large number of friends from
that city here on Sunday for the in
terment.
She is survived by only one daugh
ter, Mrs. Lammie /lodges, and one
brother, Hon. T. Larry Gantt, of Ath
ens.
The pallbearers were J. H. Skelton,
H. B. Webb, E. B. Benson, Warren H.
Williams, Clayte M. Herndon, Jno. C.
Massey, Thos. J. Shackelford.
The funeral arrangements were in
charge of Mr. Dorsey, of Athens, as
sisted by Mr. W. C. Page, of Hartwell.
A large number of people from El
berton and other places were here for
the interment, besides the many
friends from Athens.
The bereaved family have the sys
pathy of their friends in their loss.
HAPEL
Rev. 11. C. Stratton filled his place
at Candler’s Chapel last Sunday
night. This was his last night be
fore conference. We are hoping to'
have him back with us next year.
Remember Sunday school each Sun
day. Everybody inivted.
OLD CANON CHUItCH
The members of Old Canon are
urgently requested to meet next Sun
day morning at 11 o’clock, for the
purpose of calling a pastor.
AT UNION HILL
There will be a box supper at Union
Hill school house Friday night, No
vember 30, 1523. Before the boxes are
sold you will have a chance to vote
for the prettiest lady and the ugliest
man in the community. Everybody
has a special invitation to come and
bring boxes and pocket books.
Could the tongue be dipped every
time it caused a hurt, thousands of us
would soon be dumb.
NEWS OF OUR SUCCESS
HAS SPREAD OVER STATE
Entertainment Features Will Be
Copied By Other Cities In
This Section Next Year
That, the success of Hart County’s
Fair November 1-2 had been heralded
all , ver this s; tion of Georgia and in
to South Carelli a was brought out at
the meeting last. Friday, of the Kiwan
is Club. Other counties have seen
Halt’s new departure in Fairs and
plan to cop\ the ideas used in enter
tainments and ptherwi.se this year.
And, incidentally, the Club amid a
round of aplause set its stamp cf ap
proval on a still bigger and better ex
position of Hart’s wonderful resources
next fall.
Under the direction of Chairman J.
I. Allman of the program committee,
a number of Fair guarantors talked
and enthusiasm ran high during the
, meeting when reports on the various
phases of the ’23 were made. Talk
ing wtre J. IL Skelton, R. C. Thorn
ton, M. M. Norman, E. E. Satterfield,
W .L. Hodges, Rev. J. IL Bartcn, H. I.
Alford, R. E. Matheson. J. A. W.
Brown, McL. Brown, II W. Bingham,
11. L. Fry, Dr. W. I. Hailey. W. B.
Morris and others. All were pro-
I fu-e in their praise of the Fair, and
< mecial mention was made to tho
splendid entertainments furnished by
; the various wide-awake c mmunities
of the county. >
President W. B. Morris and the oth
er Fair Association officials were
praised for their good work.
ReaoJutions were passed thanking
the Hartwtll Board of Education for
their kindness in tendering the school
buildings and grounds for the event,
and to the Georgia Railway & Power
Co., together with their big band und<Mf
the leadership of Prof. Baldwin, f<ft
their splendid co-operation in many
ways.
Red Cross Talks
Mrs. B. (’. Teasley, chairman of the
Annual Roll Call of the Red Cross in
Hart C< unty, was present, and made
I a short talk to the club.
Miss Helen R .Kersey of the Junior
American Red Cross, also talked to the
Kiwanians, telling of the wonderful
work being done in this organization,
especally along the lines of getting
the American school boys and girls in
terested in their little brothers and
sisters in the foreign countries.
Columbus Meeting
President Matheson made a very in
teresting report of the Kiwanis meet
ing in Columbus, and told of the high
' position the Hartwell Club held in the
organization in this State.
He made reference of the election of
Kiwanian Steve Skelton as District
Governor of the Northern District, ef
i fcctive January Ist, and the applause
i was ample evidence of the esteem in
' which this gentleman is held by his
I fellow citizens.
Free Smokes
Through the courtesy of Kiwanians
B. S. Hall and I. J. Phillips, Jr., of
the Hartwell Grocery Co., the Club
enjoyed a smoke, “Kanuga Smoker,”
being the brand.
CEDAR CREEK CHURCH
All members of Cedar Creek church
are requested to be present next Sun
i day, November 18th for the purpose of
I calling a pastor.
! AIR LINE SCHOOL HOUSE
I s
An interesting program will be pre
sented at Air Line school house on
, Friday night beginning at 7 o’clock.
The admission wll be 10c and 15c.
The public is invited, the proceeds to
go for school improvement fund.
MESSAGE FROM “SUPER-
NATURAL WORLD’’ IS
FOUND ON EGG SHELL
Greenville, Nov. 10.—For a mes
sage from the supernatural world to
come by the route of a sitting hen is
rather unusual. And yet William
Foster, trusty convict at the head
quarters chaingang camp, today
brought an egg bearing mysterious
words on it to the office of Sheriff Car
los Rector.
In scrawled writing, which appears
to be an imorint into the shell of the
egg is plainly visble the picture of a
cross and the words “I will not hatch.
World coming to an end in 1924.” The
peculiar part about the writing is that
the writing seems to be in the shell
and not on it. All kinds of acids have
been applied to it and it cannot be
smeared in the least.
The egg was found Foster said
when he was throwing away those
“ovals,” which did not hatch out of a
nest vacated by a sitting hen at their
camp. He started to toss it away with
he others and just happened to notice
the words. The words are in white
and the shell is dark brown.
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