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New Spring Goods Now On Display In Hartwell—Note Specials In This Issue
THE HARTWELL SUN.
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VOLUME XLVII
BROWN, O’BARR, WHITWORTH ELECTED
Deputy Sheriff A. Britt Brown was
e ]^ e d Sheriff of Hart county in the
second (run-over) primary held Wed
. March 26th, according to fig
,res furnished The Sun at a late hour
Wednesday night, receiving only 61
votes more than his opponent- Mr. W.
M Kidd received 1320. Brown re
ceived 1381.
Mr. oJe Whitworth was elected Tax
Collector for Hart, the total vote
standing 1419 for Mr. Whitwortlv and
1253 for Mr. Cleveland, the jresent
incumbent.
In the race for Tax Receiver Mr.
Furman E. O’Barr won over Mr. Thos.
M Bailey, incumbent. The vote here
was 1380 for O'Barr and 1327 for Bai
ley-
Great Interest Manifested.
The run-over election Wednesday
brought forth all the voters
who participated in the first primary
March 19th, a total of 2712 votes
being cast at the election this week.
It was said that practically every
woman registered in the county voted
in both elections, and no little inter
est was shown especially in Town dis
trict among the women voters.
The election Wednesday passed
quietly in all sections of the county.
Precinct returns began coming in by
4 o’clock and by six the box for
Town district was the only one to be
counted. This as completed by 9:30
o’clock, after which The Sun went to
press.
On account of tre tight race be
tween ail the candidates, a large
cr:wd remained until the last vote
was counted to get the results.
Town District Farmers To
Meet Next Tuesday Night
GOOD PROGRAM IS BEING
ARRANGED FOR SESSION
District Farmers’ Organization
To Hear Several Good Speakers
—Picture and Refreshments
The farmers of Town District, to
gether with the business men of Hart
well, will have a joint meeting in the
county, but promises to be of unusual
interest this time, County Agent Bing
ham states.
A large attendance is expected, and
there are visitors from the other
c -tnct- of Hart that will be all the
' etter—everybody will b° welcome.
Sene Refreshments
r llowing the meeting sandwiches
Broadway Success Will Be
Here Thursday, April 3d
“ S!x CYLINDER LOVE” TO °
( OME HERE FROM N. Y.
"ill Appear In Greenville, Hart
"tll and Atlanta Tickets
On Sale Now At Hailey’s
x ’ ylinder Love,” which is to be
il’here on the • evening of
April 3rd, at 8:30 o’clock
the more humorous because its
•' one that is duplicated in every
' ■.'■ u!:; ty in the country. It is just
■-“-o.an nature all over again, and
' ature wants to be funny, there
i t - in artificial comics that can
Vest it.
Thk «*. ? i
. ?" r -’ runs merrily around a
- fn newlywed, who after buy
in-self and tender better-half
t n In the suburbs, bundling
i • up in mortgages, and not
• r l '-ng where it all comes from, goes;
How Hart County Voted In
Run-Over Wednesday 26th
Unofficial
OFFICES AND
CANDIDATES E
For Sheriff— |
> W. M. KIDD I
A. B. BROWN
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For Tax Collector—
t W. J. A. CLEVELAND I
JOE WHITWORTH I
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For Tax Receiver—
. T. M. BAILEY |
F. E. O’BARR |
; BRENAU GLEE CLUB WON '
BEFORE BIG AUDIENCE I
HERE LAST FRIDAY EVE
A large house greeted the Brenau
Glee Club at the Hartwell auditorium
' last Friday night, many coming from
s Elberton, Royston, Carnesville, La
vonia, Bowersville and other nearby
f towns for the performance.
5 The program,’ augmented by gor
geous special scenery and lighting es-
• Ifects, went even beyond expectations,
I and proved one of the most delightful
U entertainments - ever staged in Hart
]! well.
The numbers were wide in range,
"! going from the popular music to
. heavy operatic heights and lovers of
I both vocal and instrumental music
j in this vicinity (and they are legion)
, had a rare evening. ;
The Brenau Glee Club is a credit!
•. to this great Southern institution at-
Gainesville. . i
y An added feature of the program,
r were several vocal numbers by Mr.]
George Rogers, director of the Glee;
e Club, and who is possessed of a re-j
q markable voice.
The organization here deserves an
0 expression of thanks for having this
great aggregation visit us,
A reception was given the Brenau'
- girls at The Hotel Hartwell follow-,
e ing the program.
o
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When there’s smoke there is some
one or something smoking.
°and drinks will be served all present.
The session is being looked forward
I to and will prove profitable to every
one attending who is interested in
1 making Hart county’s crops a success
this year.
Motion Picture
Mr. Bingham states that as an ad
ded feature cf the meeting a 2-reel
motion picture comedy will be shown
during the evening.
2 On the program will be Messrs. Jno.
1 B. Gaines, T, Mahlon Myers, Joe D.
■ Johnson, W. B. McMullan, Jas. H. |
Skelton and perhaps other well-known .
1 citizens.
r Let all the progressive farmers and
2 business men of Town district, es
pecially, be present for their meet
ing at the couwt house next Tuesday
s night, April Ist.
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still further in debt by purchasing a
six-cylinder car.
With the buying of the car comes
a new popularity with the neighbors,
who at once attach themselves as per
manent guests. As the payments fal
due, the newleyweds gets into financial
complications.
But you must see the show at the
new Hartwell auditorium Thursday
night, April 3d, if you really want to
see a successful play.
“Six Cylinder Love” ran every night
for one year on Broadway m New
York City, and then spent many
months in Chicago.
The players come to Hartwell f- m
New York, stopping for an engage
ment to Greenville, S C., and go from
Hartwell to The Atlanta Theatre, m
Atlanta. „ .. ,
are now on sale at Hailej
Drug Store, adjoining postoffice.
HARTWELL, HART COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1924
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■ MISS LUCY CANDLER TO
I WED MR. HOMER THOMP
SON AT HOME JUNE 18TH
The announcement below in last
Sunday’s Atlanta Journal will be of
interest in Hartwell gnd this section.
The bride-elect was bom in Hart
well, and she has frequently visited in
our city, whese she has relatives and
many friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Asa Griegs Candler.
Jr., announce the engagement of thei.
daughter, Lucy Magill, to Homer •
ihompson, tne marriage to take place
June 18, at the home cf the bride
elect’s parents on Briarcliff • road.
Miss Candler is a member .cf fami
lies most prominent and influential
in financial, civic and religious circles
in the south. She is the eldest daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Asa Griggs Cand
ler, Jr., her father being one of At-
■ lafita’s most prominent capitalists,
i Her mother was formerly Miss Helen
’ Magill, of Hartwell, Ga., daughter of
. the late Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Magill,
j Mr. Magill was prominent in the
| newspaper world, being connected
I with several of the south’s leading
! papers. Thriugh her mother she is
; related to the Cobbs and Eberhardts.
Her paternal grandfather, Mr. Asa
Griggs Candler, Sr., (is foremost
1 among the social and public-spirited
. leaders in Atlanta, in all that per
tains to the upbuilding of the city.
I He is one of the most prominent capi
talists in the country, and a most gen
erous contributor to the cause of char
ity in the south. From her paternal
grandmother,* the late Mrs. Lucy
Elizabeth Howard Candler, whose
name she bears, the bride-elect has in
herited great beauty and a gracious
and charming personality. Mrs. Cann
ier was a member of the prominent
Goldsmith family of Atlanta and the
Howards of Augusta, and from her
the Lucy Elizabeth Pavilion of Wes
ley Mem.ria) Hospital was named.
The bride-elect is a leading mem
ber in Atlanta’s social contingent, this
enviable position won by her beauty
and vivacious personality.
Miss Candler was educated at
Washington seminary, where she
was a member of the Pi Pi sorority,
later attending Randolph-Macon col
lege at Lynchburg, Va. She is a grad
uate of the National Park seminary
in Washington, D. C., and was a mem
ber of the Pi Beta Nu sorority. Miss
1 Candler has traveled extensively tour
j ing this country and Europe and last
| summer spent four months touring the
i Orient.
Mr. Thompson is the second son of
the late Mr. T. H. Thompson, a prom
inent contractor and of Mrs. Thomp
son, who was formerly Miss Caldwell,
cf Tennessee. He is the brother of
Miss Lois Thompson and Mr. Alfred
Thompson, of Atlanta, and Mr. Carl
Thompson of California.
During the World War, Mr. Thomp
son served as lieutenant in the avia
tion service. He is very popular in
the social and business circles of At
lanta and Charlotte, N. C., where he
is district manager for the South
Carolina and Tennessee Cocla-Cola
Company.
He is a member of the Fifty club
of Atlanta, the Piedmont Driving Club
and the Nine O’Clocks, one of Atlan
ta’s most exclusive social clubs.
The marriage of this popular young
couple will take place June 18, at the
magnificent estate of the bride-elect’s
parents in Druid Hills, and will be one
of the most brilliant social affairs
of the early summer. After a wed
ding trip Mr. Thompscn and his
bride will go to Charlotte, N. C., to
reside.
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His Security!
Milligan: If I be afther laving se
curity equal fer what I take away,
will yez trust me till nixt wage?
Sands (the grocer): Certainly.
Milligan: Well, thin, sell me two
av thim hams an‘ kape wn av thim till
I come again.—Puck.
REED CREEK IS MECCA
FOR HEBRON S. S. FOLKS
—INSTITUTE MARCH 28-30
The Baptist people cf Reed Creek
I community are making great prepara
tions for the Hebron Sunday School
Institute scheduled to begin there on
Friday of this week and lasting
through Sunday, March 30th.
Besides the prominent local Sunday
school workers there will 'be Mr.
George W. Andrews, Mrs. O. M. Ger
ald and Mr. Harry’ M. Strickland.
All the officers and teachers of the
44 Sunday schools in the Hebrcn As
sociation are being urged to attend
the institute.
Reed Creek will entertain the dele
gates in their usual hospitable man
ner during the three days.
Hartwell Kiwanians were hosts
last Friday to the Brenau Glee Club,
the occasion proving to be one of the
most enjoyable events the local or
ganizaition has ever experienced.
Some fcrtv Brenau students with
their teachers and chaperones came in
on the noon train, immediately g ing
to The Hartwell Hotel, where the
management had prepared a delight
•ful repast.
The program was varied and inter
esting, indeed. First, the entire per
sonnel of the Glee Club was introduc
ed and each young lady was accord
ed a round of applause.
On behalf of the Hartwell schools,
which contributed a large number to j
the student body at Brenau in years
past, Supt. Allman welcomed the Glee
Club.
He was followed by a violin quartet'
by Misses Aston, McQurary, Bell
and Ford, whch was very excellent.
Mayor Richardson then welcomed
the organization to Hartwell, on be
half of the cty.
Ms. A. C. Skelton welcomed them
for the Woman’s Club.
A vocal solo by Miss Hermoine Per
kins was enjoyed.
Miss Josephine Thornton welcomed
the Glee Club on behalf of the Hart
well Brenau Club.
The response svas made by Miss
Grace Everestt, of Brenau.
Miss Wingfield, one of the chaper
ones, was also called on and responded
in a few well chosen words.
Next a vocal solo by Mr. George A.
Rogers, director of the Glee Club, was
enjoyed very much.
President J. H. Skelton of the Ki
wanis Club then closed the program
with a few appr priate remarks, and
the, young ladies were assigned to
Hartwell homes where they were
guests for Friday night.
The Hartwell Brenau Club, of which
Mrs. Parke Skelton is president, had
a committee present and helped very
effectively in entertaining the charm
ing guests Friday at the luncheon.
Miss Griffin Dies
Miss Erie Viola Griffin, age 34,
died at the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. C. D. Griffin, in Hartwell
last Sunday night, March 23, 1924,
at 10 o’clock.
She had been ill for ten days with |
influenza, followed by Her .
condition was thought some better un
til Sunday afternoon when pneumonia
developed in the other lung, death re
sulting within a few hours.
The death of Miss Griffin came as|‘
a shock to the entire community, and |
while members cf the family realized
her condition as serious the death
angel came almost unawares to take
the spirit of this noble young woman
to her Heavenly home.
She was bom in Banks county, No
vember 12, 1889; lived for several
years with her parents in Royston, and
about two years ago the family moved
to Hartwell.
Miss Griffin was a devout member
of the Hartwell Presbyterian church,
and of its most faithful workers. I
She will be greatly missed by all who'
knew her in the church, community[
and the home, where she was especial
ly devoted to her nr. other, who has been
almost an invalid for years.
Surviving. are her grief-stricken
parents, two sisters, Mrs. H. L. Ken
more, of Hartwell, and Miss Lila
Griffin, of the Statesboro school facul
ty; and three brothers, Hoyt, Ray
mond and Burch Griffin.
Funeral services were from the;
' Presbyterian church at 2:30 o’clock
i Tuesday afternoon, conducted bv the j
I castor. Rev. James Bradley, f llowed ;
by interment in the Hartwell ceme
! terv. The large concourse cf friends i
and many floral offerings gave evi-i
; dence of the esteem in which this
Delegates Named To State
Dem. Convention April 23
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EVERY GEORGIA COUNTY
WI L L BE REPRESENTED
McAdoo Chief Names Those To
Cast Vote For Native Son
At Big Gathering On 23d
Delegates to the state democratic
convention, which will be held in
Atlanta on April 23, were announced
Monday by Miller S. Bell, manager of I
state campaign headquarters for Wil-1
liam Gibbs McAdoo, successful candi
date in the state-wide primaries of
March 19 for Georgia’s support for
the national democratic presidential
nomination.
Under rules of the state executive
committee, the successful candidate
was given the privilege of naming the
delegates and alternates, not only
from those counties which he carried
in the primarj, but also from those
won by his opponent.
Meeting Place Not Decided
The place where the state conven-
Total Cotton Crop For ’23
Goes To 10,128,478 Bales
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NEW TAGS MUST BE ON
AUTOS BY TUESDAY, IST
If you haven’t bought that new 1924
tag for the auto by next Tuesday,
April Ist, it will cost exactly $1 ad
ditional to get it —and you are liable
to prosecution for violating the Geor
i gia vehicle laws if the old bus is run
after said date.
The time limit was extended from
March Ist to April Ist. That was
I very kind of the state officers, but
one month is long enough, and you’d
better sit down right now and fill out
the blank, enclosing the cash or M. 0.,
and mail tfo Secretary S. G. McLendon,
Atlanta, Ga.
The local fficers have received very
strict orders in regard to enforcing
the law on and after April Ist.
Those who haven’t tags but have
ordered them must show M. O. re
ceipt to the Hart county officer:; when
stopped after next Tuesday. Have
your receipt handy.
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Hartwell Lodge Hartwell Lodge
No. 189 F. & A. M., will hold its regu
lar meeting next Tuesday night,
April 1, 1924, beginning at 7:30
o’clock.
All qualified Brethren are cordially
invited.
ISHAM P. VICKERY, W. M.
B. S. HALL, Secretary.
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If you never begin a task you will
never finish it.
young woman was held.
Pallbearers were Messrs. C. L.
Johnson, Willie G. Brown, Geo. H.
Page, Emmett B. MoGukin, Jack
Jones and Bruce Burch, the two lat
ter from Royston.
Funeral director W. C. Page was in
charge of the arrangements.
The sympathy of all goes out to the
bereaved ones. '
NEAR EAST RELIEF
Mayor’s Proclamation:
The terrible suffering of the men, women and children
of the Near East on account of the lack of clothing has been
very forcibly brought to my attention, and 1 have consented
to take up this matter unofficially in Hartwell and appeal to
the citizens to help raise a large quantity of old garments to
relieve some of the suffering in that stricken land.
I have accordingly appointed the following committee
to have charge of this appeal in this community, beginning
April 3rd.
Chairman—l. J. Phillips, Sr.; Vice-Chairmen, Mrs. P. P.
Harrison, Mrs. Steve Skelton, Mrs. J. W. Morris.
Collection Station Chairman —A. H. Williams.
Transportation Chairman —J. B. Jones.
A. S. RICHARDSON, Mayor.
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tion will be held has not yet been de
cided. The auditorium will be un
available on April 23, as that date
falls on grand opera week. Chairman
Ed Maddox, of the state committee,
however, has named a subcommittee
to secure a suitable meeting piace and
its selection will be announced
shortly. .
It will be the dutv of the state con-
I vention in instruct these delegates to
I cast the Georgia votes for William
Gibbs McAdoo, for the dem cratic
nomination for the' presidency of
these United States.
The following delegates and alter
nates'b.’.ve been *r»med Hcrt
county:
Delegates—R. E. Mathewson and
Mrs. Ben Alford, Hartwell.
Alternates—A. S. Skelton, J. L.
Teasley, A. S. Richardson and R. L.
Ayers, Hartwell.
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I INCREASE OF MORE THAN
HALF MILLION BALES IN ’23
Georgia Produced 612,969 Bales
—Texas Led With North •
Carolina Second
The total cotton crop cf 1923 was
10,128,478 equivalent 500 pound
bales, exclusive of linters last year as
shown by the census bureau’s final
ginning report of the season.
That includes 15,204 bales ginners
estimated would be turned out after
the March canvass.
The State of Georgia produced
612,531 bales.
A crop of 10,081,000 bales was es
. timated last December by the depart
ment of agriculture. Last year’s
’crop was 9,762,039 bales.
The number of running bales was
10,159,498, including 242,177 round
,' bales, counted as half bales; 22,426
bales of American Egyptian and 785
I bales of Sea Island, compared with
9,729,306 running bales including 172-
182 round bales. 32,824 of American-
Egyptian and 5,125 of Sea Isla ’ i in
the 1922 crop.
The aperage gross weight i f bale
for the cron wa j 495.5 pounds, com
pared with 501.7 for the 1922 crop.
Th! 1923 erop, in equivalent StFO
pound bales by states follows:
Alabama 586,512
A zona - 77,504
Arkansas ...-626,306
Galifornia .54,346
1 Florida 12,345
Georgia 612,531
Louisiana --367,668
Mississippi .. 602,808
Mis ouri 120.449
North Carolina 1,017,125
Oklahoma . 665,356
South Carolina .. 769,416
Tennessee 226,622
Texas -4,339,940
Virginia 50.250
All other states 33,672
Hart county produced 11,273 bales
in 1923, against 11,200 in 1922, a gain
of 73 bales.
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A domestic'broil gets a man in hot
water.
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