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New Spring Goods Now On Display In Hartwell—Note Specials In This Issue THE HARTWELL SUN. 1 n PAGES */ iN THIS ISSUE I 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 i For Tax Collector— t W. J. A. CLEVELAND I JOE WHITWORTH I I 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 e 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. o 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 unemciai c »£ V « t lii 11 I I - - en ~ n t; r- io tp t-’ x a H H I I I I I I I ~ A 563 j 50'111 |134 115|142| 70|135 1320 522'180: 45|118|140 1 125|177l 74 1381 I I I I I I lx 1111 I I I - 554105! 621109 17611021 86| 99 1293 534 123 95|143! 80 166 166 112 1419 1111 I I I I I I I I I I . I I 440,110,1151142,127 159 96 138 1327 647,119 44 4071130 108'152 73 1380 ■ ■ 1.. 1.1 _—.. —— ■ ■ 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. • o ' 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 o . M O 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 - o 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. o 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. O' - - 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. NUMBER 34 o 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. 0 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. — o A domestic'broil gets a man in hot water. « Q PAGES Z IN THIS Lw issue