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Hartwell Merchants Offer Bargains To Thrifty Shoppers In January Clearances
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VOLUME XLV
FOURTEEN REED CREEK BOYS RAISE OVER $8,600.00 WORTH PRODUCTS
THREE FROM CLASS AMONG
TEN HIGHEST IN THE STATE
Lads Make Marvelous Record
First Year—Names of Mem
bers Class Given Below
Fourteen boys in the Vocational Ag
ricultural Class at the Reed Creek
Consolidated School during 1923, pro
duced $8,644.34 worth of cotton, corn
and Laredo soybeans.
Os this amount cotton from 58 3-4
acres represented $8,144.34. More
than forty bales were produced on 58
acres representing all grades of land
in the community. Many of the boys
produced a bale or more per acre.
A careful survey of the records on
these projects show that it took on
the average per acre only 102 hours
man labor; 42.2 hours horse labor;
$2.39 worth of poison; $9.85 worth of
fertilizer, and labor $12.11 per acre.
The total cost per acre was only
$39.92 which represents all cash ex
penditures, mule and man labor, rent
and taxes on land and all other costs,
while the returns per acre amounted
to $138.74, leaving’ a net profit above
all expenses of $98.82 per acre. • Thus
on the average every pupil made
$107.00 per acre as his labor income
on that acre or an average of more
than SI.OO per hour for every hour
worked in his cotton crop.
Several of the boys produced cotton
as low as 8 l-2c per pound while the
average for the entire class was only
10.9 c per pound which represents a
cost per pound much lower than that
of the average Hart county farmer.
A farmer’s, profit is dependent upon
a low cost per unit as well as a high
price per unit.
Every boy used poison to fight the
weevil. A combination of home-made
syrup mixture and dusting was the
most general method used. Heavy ap
plications of a high grade fertilizer
gave best results in every case. With
manure or cover crops the cheaper
fertilizer may be advisable.
In addition to poison and good fer
tilizers every boy used pure cotton
seed with which to plant his project.
Fifty-five acres were planted to col
lege No. 1 and 3 acres to Wannamak
er-Cleveland. Every Hart county
farmer should not be satisfied with
anything less than pure seed of some
one of the leading and better vari
ties. The secret is not so much in
one particular variety as in keeping
your seed of some good. variety from
getting mixed. Community produc
tion of one variety is the best means
of keeping your cotton pure.
College No. 1 was selected by the
the majority of the boys because this
variety represents the type of cotton
that is proving to be best for boll wee
vil condition; namely, a big boll, med
ium early, good yielding cotton, pro
ducing lint around one inch long, the
length most in demand by cotton
mills. This variety is one of a very
few that is being developed with the
idea of eliminating all the large vege
tative limbs sc common in our larger
stalk and late maturing varieties.
In conclusion and as another of
many warnings to cotton farmers
don’t let this year’s cotton crop pro
fits lead us into a “quicksand ditch” in
1924. Remember that every section of
the cotton belt having had the weevil
for a number of years has had at least
one year’s sad experience. Who knows
but what 1924 mav be intended for
Hart county. Should Hart county
fail to make a 1924 cotton crop or
should we produce in the South a
crop of sufficient size to cause a dis
astrous drop in price, just imagine
what a setback would be given our
already evident progress in building
fine country homes, churches, schools,
good roads, etc.
Under such conditions the safest
plan will be: “Make cotton the sur
plus crop, let the sidelines on the farm
pay the expenses of family and cot
ton crop. Many Georgia farmers will
pay these expenses with poultry alone
during the coming year.
Names of Boys in Vocational Agricul
tural Class Reed Creek 1922-1923
Joe Ayers, 21 years old, son of L.
J- Ayers.
Pelham Ayers, 18 years old, son of
E. R. Ayers.
Joe Ayers, 20 years old, son of E.
P. Ayers.
Cat! Gray, 19 years old, son of S.
L. Gray.
Clarence Holland, 20 years old, son
of P. H. Holland.
Coleman Madden. 18 years old son
of W. I. Madden.
Fretwell Madden, 20 years old son
°f T. N. Madden.
Dan Madden, 23 years old, son of
T. N. Madden.
Julius Macijewski, 19 years old, son
of J. J. Macijewski.
Frank Martin, 23 years old, son of
R. H. Martin.
Jack Martin, 16 vears old son of R.
H. Martin.
J. J. Phillips, Jr., 17 years old, son
of J. B. Phillips. _
Sloan Reed, 18 years old, son of J.
D. Reed.
Faye Sanders, 18 years old, son of
J. B. Sanders.
Os the class of 14 at Reed Creek
hree boys were within the 10 highest
■ the entire State of Georgia to make
ae best record on growing cotton dur
g the past year. The fact that
eed Creek furnished three out of ten
the state is a high hbnor, indeed.
These three boys Sloan Reed, Faye (
THE HARTWELL SUN.
CITY HALL PERSONNEL
RE-ELECTED AT FIRST
MEETING ALDERMEN ’24
The entire personnel of City Hall
were re-elected bv the Board of Ai
dermen at their first meeting of the
new year last week, as follows:
City Clerk—J. Loyd Teasley.
Chief cf Police—W. H. Locke.
Policeman —G. B. Gaines.
Policeman—Judson Cason.
Fire Chief —L. S. Skelton.
’ Assistant Fire Chief —George
Eaves.
Superintendent City Waterworks—
Hoyt Baker.
The report of City Clerk Teasley
was read and adopted and he was
commended, as were all the others, for
their diligence an splendid work for
the City uring the past year.
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Out of the fifteen and half million
Jews in the world, only 83,794 live in
Palestine.
Sanders and Julian Macijewski, re
ceived the following letter from the
Georgia State Board for Vocational
Education:
Atlanta, Ga.
January 10'th, 1924.
Dear Sir:—
I want to congratulate you upon
the success that you have had in grow
ing cotton this year. You are one of
ten boys making the best record on
growing cotton during the past year.
In my estimation you have not only
done a piece of work for which you
should be proud but have rendered a
service to every cotton grower in the
State of Georgia by showing that cot
ton can be produced economically un
der boll weevil conditions. In order
to make this more effective, I* would
be glad if you would write me in sim
nle form, two or three pages on just
how you grew your cotton project
Manhattan Shirt Sale
FROM JANUARY IO TO 19
Every Manhattan Shirt
in our large stock included.
Many or them were late in
coming in, but they must go
too. Beautiful and exclusive
patterns that are absolutely
fade proof.
Every Man Knows What Manhattan Shirts Are
All $3.00 Shirts now - $2.15
_ All $3.50 Shirts now - $2.65
$4.00 Shirts now - $2.95
' iIL AH $5.00 Shirts now - $3.65
$6.00 Shirts now - $4.35
WMT ~ JMI All $7.50 Shirts now - $5.65
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1 j This Sale is for 8 days only,
and none will be charged at
these prices.
Brown & Cobb
HARTWELL, HART COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1924
Ahead Os ’22
Hart county’s 1923 cotton crop has
gone over the 1922 production by 24
bales, according to the report of Gin
Agent W. J. O’Barr, to January Ist.
There were 11,204 bales ginned in
Hart to this date against 11,180 to
January 1, 1923.
Two more reports on the 1923 crop
will be made.
Cotton ginned prior to January 1
totalled 9,807,138 bales compared with
9,597,330 bales ginned to January 1,
1922 the census bureau announced
Wednesday.
Ginnings to January 1 this year by
states were:
Georgia 606,754.
Alabama 594,764.
Florida 134,459.
South Carolina 781,541.
Texas 4,084,733.
during the past year, outlining the
practices as nearly as possible, in
cluding the source and variety and
type of land, amount and kind of fer
tilizer, the date and kind of cultiva
tion and especially your experiences
with the boll weevil. The reason I
am asking you to do this is because I
would like for all the other boys in the
state to learn as much as they can
from your experiences.
I would like for you to let me have
this right away. You might ask your
Agricultural teacher to help you pre
pare this paper.
Within the next day or two I am
going to send you the names of the
winners in this year’s contest and
also a list of prizes and a copy of
the rules for our cotton growing con
test for next year.
Very truly vours.
L. M. SCHEFFER,
Assistant Supervisor.
WHAT THE SUN
ADVOCATES FOR 1924
Graded roads leading from
Hartwell to every community in
Hart county.
Paved streets in Hartwell.
A city curb market.
Municipally owned park and
playground.
Water and sewerage exten
sion.
Prettier homes and yards.
Modern apartment house.
Gymnasium.
Building and loan association.
Modern hospital.
Hart county fair.
Better schools through con
solidation in the county.
More system in the rural
churches, with services every
where at least twice monthly.
Better homes, with electricity
and other conveniences in Hart
county.
Continued co-operation with
the farm demonstration work,
md pure seed for every farm.
There will be a singing at Mt. He
bron church on next Sunday after
noon, January 20th, at 2:30 o’clock.
We are expecting several good sing
ers from Hartwell.
Come and bring your book.
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A bamboo organ in the Catholic
church of Los Pinas, near Manila,
Philippine Islands, was built about
1818 by a Spanish priest, who used
more than 900 lenghts of bamboo in
the construction. Every part is of
bamboo and the organ is still used
every week by the Belgian priest in
charge.
Saul’s Store Floor Space
Doubled By Improvements
Bryan Sells Bale
Cotton For $379
Grover Heaton Will “Go Some”
If He Beats Him—What Are
You Going To Do, O. G. ?
When Mr. O. G. Heaton, of Eureka
section received the sum of $307.88
for a bale of cotton and seed, The Sun
predicted that his record would not
be beaten.
But here comes Cortez Bryan, pro
gressive young farmer of Goldmine
section, who states that he sold a bale
of cotton and seed for the magnificient
sum of $379.17.
Beginning last fall The Sun has
tried to keep up with record sales, and
the first was sent in by Mr. Heaton,
who received $237.77 for his bale and
the seed. That looked fine. Then
came H. O. Cordell with $245.57;
Clarke Vickery with $251.47; F. h.
Norman with $271.41; and then Mr.
Heaton came back with his 815-pound
bale and knocked all of them off with
$307.88.
And now comes Cortez Bryan with
$379.17.
Bryan gets the best drinks Hailey’s
and Herndon’s can make—one at each
place at The Sun’s expense, unless,
somebody beats his rec crd by Febru
ary Ist.
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’WHOLE CORNER BUILDING
IS NOW BEING REMODELED
i New Departments To Be Added
When Completed Within
Next Sixty Days
Work of remodeling the Saul store
rooms on Carolina and Depot streets
began last week, and it is stated the
new improvements will be completed
within sixty days.
When finished the additional floor
space of Saul’s Department Store will
be doubled, the improvements taking
in both floors of the buildings on the
the comer.
A wide stairway leading from the
center of the store to the spacicus
room upstairs will be constructed, the
old staircase on Carolina street be
ing torn out.
Whole Corner Connected
The entire corner, upstairs and dov n
will be (completed, the force of hands
having been busy since last week at
the task of tearing away the various
partitions.
All the windows in the new section
will be remodeled, giving this store
the largest show window space of any
firm in this section of the State, per
haps.
To New Departments
On the second floor of the new store
Saul’s will cprry a large line of rugs,
carpets, curtains and a complete line
of house furnishings of this charac
ter.
The additional room will also afford
space for a new department of small
notions and novelties.
Expert workmen have been employ
ed by the Sauls in remodeling the
property, and when completed will add
greatly to the business section of
Hartwell.
A big opening of the new store is
being planned, announcement cf which
will appear in The Sun later.
The improvement of this valuable
property is taken as additional proof
of the faith in Hartwell as the busi
ness center of this section in the fu
ture.
DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE OF COUNTY
TO MEET JANUARY 26TH
The Democratic Executive Commit
tee i.f Hart county is called to meet
Saturday, January 26th, for the pur
pose of setting a date for county pri
mary, and for other purposes.
The State Democratic Committee
asks that the counties, in so far as is
possible, hold their primaries on the
same date as the Presidential prefer
ential, the date for which is to be set
tled at a meeting in Atlanta Saturday
of this week.
Let every member be present Sat
urday, January 26th, at 1 p. in.
W. I. HAILEY, Chmn.
E. E. SATTERFIELD, Secretary.
H.H.S.Wins
What proved perhaps the speediest
game of basketball local fans have
ever witnessed attracted a packed
auditorium last Friday night when
Hartwell Hi added Athens Hi to its
list of victims, the final score figur
ing 31 to 18.
Athens Hi came over with a record
of having won every game this sea
son.
Hartwell had the same record.
Everybody expected the hardest
game of the year, and they saw it.
At the end of the first half the score
stood 18 to 8. Shortly after the sec
ond half began a pick-up was staged
by Athens and the game looked shaky
for Hartwell. All at once the pep
came back and the score ran on up to
31 against Athens’ 18.
Hartwell Hi won over Ila Hi Mon
day night, the score being 16 to 11.
Hartwell’s Boy Scout team won over
Reed Creek’s second team to the tune
of 19 to 9.
Only 4 Lynchings
In Georgia 1923
Report Shows Total of 28 In All
States—Was 57 In 1922
Among its other wonderful records
the past year, Georgia has reduced
her number of lynchings, there being
only four recorded in 1923.
There were a total of 28 persons
lynched during the year, against 57.
for 1922, a reduction of 29.
The nine states in which lynchings
occurred and the number in each states
are as follows: Arkansas, 2; Florida,
8; Georgia, 4; Louisiana, 1; Mississip
pi, 8; Missouri, 1; Oklahoma, 1; Tex
as, 2; Virginia, 1.
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