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Many Hart County Cotton Growers Will Try For S2OO Record Production Prizes
THE HARTWELL SUN.
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VOLUME XLVII
“Clean- Up-Paint-Up”
Campaign April 28-May 3
Movor Richardson has officially '
Snared the week of April 28-
"Clean-Up and Paint-Up”
w oZ-n Hartwell and immediate
tv __and last Friday every
"""be’ of the Kiwanis Club pled-
Hs -upport to the move that
$ See this a cleaner healthier
*ty, and consequently a happier peo
plei snecial edition of The Sun will
he devoted to this idea on April 25th,
b a it is expected that when the
±k of April 28-May 3 has ended
/here will be few homes and busi
ness houses in all of Hartwell which
do not show the effects of the spe
cial clean-up-paint-up program.
Report on Country Club
Seve’al reports from various com
mit‘chairmen for the Country
Club were made, among them Robt.
L Cox who stated that the perman
ent 9-hole golf links would likely
be ready by the middle of summer,
but that in the meantime many citi
zens were enjoying the temporary
5-hole links.
R. E. Matheson, R. C. Thornton,
j H. Barton and President Skelton
ail praised the country club, and
stated they were heartily behind the
organization that will mean so much
to the social life of our» community,
and which will be operated along
lines above reproach by the best
and leading citizens of our city.
The club house will very likely be
•remodeled or torn away and anoth
er built within the next few weeks.
Dr. Stewart D. Brown, prominent
Royston citizen, but who is an active
member of the Hartwell Kiwanis
Club, told the members that he
would be over soon and let the golf
bug bite him.
President Jas. H. Skelton stated
that he had himself donated one
iron bench for the court house park
and that he hoped to have five oth
ers placed at intervals in the park
,o that the tourists might have some
>lace to rest while in Hartwell.
Announcement was also made
that the Anderson, S. C., Female
College Glee Club would appear at
the Hartwell auditorium on Monday
night, May sth. A large house will
greet these young ladies, without a
doubt.
County Agent Bingham told of the
meeting scheduled for Tuesday night
of this week, and also mentioned the
cotton growing contest, details of
which have been published.
1 Mrs. L. N. Adams at the piano
gave a number of selections during
the program.
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BAPTIST CHURCH
It was such a joy to greet a
splendid congregation of Hartwell
people from the pulpit last Sunday
morning. We were so glad to have
a number of visitors from the other
churches.
i It was kind of Bro. T. J. Espy to
preach for us Sunday night.
Little Nardin Adams joined for
baptism Sunday night. We have
five waiting for baptism. It’s good
to have them come at the quiet hour
of worship. We have children’s
service Sunday night.
A welcome awaits you az our
church at every service.
, hr. 1. W. Shahbaz will preach at
the Baptist church Sunday morning,
and at Cross Roads church in the as-
He is representing the
Home Mission Board.
“Six Cylinder Love” Here
This Thursday Night 8:30
Real Play From New York
At The New Auditorum
l arge number out-of-town
PE S PLE W,LL BE here for
POPULAR BROADWAY HIT
t ‘ world might be divided into
' Kinds of people—those who
u a . automobiles and those who
indo t lke to own them. “Six-Cyl
-t: Love” is a comedy all about
aat °mobile and the havoc it
the lives of two fami
,t is why it has had such
Ch tn d->us run in New York and
Cylinder Love” is a real
er rXc aCtS A presented by play ’
. .. n . from Broadway, New York,
i ' ‘ , in Bar twell, Greenville, Ath-
F cMul2d A f lanta ’ The r com P any , is
H ,‘ or one Performance ini
5 1 tkls Thursday night, April :
t ~ ” e new Auditorium.
are on sale at Hailey’s
j. A Real Comedy
extr . a Powerful sermon against
ti.a* tk ?ance ’ in s Pite of the fact
t , ei ? are more hearty laughs
iain P ’V than yon would ever
,'s a good, clean, whole
i clear ? a way through, with
l ‘ message that you can’t
t do\, you mjght try
ihijsen /. lhat ls w hy it has been
Player- * or the Percival Vivian
seasr.y/ as their offering for this
tore 1, Love” is all the
* : - P lO1 * 0115 and human because
n evZr- ° r '' that can be duplicated j
Bhe ■’ community in America, j
- } is that of a newly mar-
Final Count
The final and official count in the
run-over election for Hart county
Wednesday, March 26th, resulted in
the preliminary figures being chang
ed only slightly.
The Democratic Executive Com
mittee met Thursday morning and
consolidated the vote as follows:
For Sheriff—W. M. Kidd 1320;
A. B. Brown 1379. Majority 59.
For Tax Collector—W. J. A.
Cleveland 1294; Joe Whitworth
1416. Majority 122.
For Tax Receiver—T. M. Bailey
1327; F. E. O’Barr 1380. Majority
53.
MOVIES AT AIR LINE
Two good pictures at Air Line
school building April 10th at 8
o’clock. Air Line ladies will serve
hot coffee, hot chocolate, sandwiches
and cake. Everybody come.
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Opening New
Saul’s Store
The new enlarged Saul’s Depart
ment Store, fronting on both Caro
lina and Depot streets has been
completed, new merchandise receiv
ed and everything made ready for
the opening on Friday morning of
this week, April 4th, when the beau
tiful new emporium will be all
“dressed up” and with bargains ga
lore for the trading public.
Several new departments have
been added to Saul's new store here,
and visitors during the special open
ing ten-day sale will see one of
Northeast Georgia’s most beautiful
and modernly arranged department
stores.
Entrances to the store are from
Carolina street and a corner on Caro
lina and Depot, and on entering one
can imagine himself or herself in
one of Atlanta’s large establish
ments. The improvements doubled
the space of the old store, and gives
them perhaps the largest show win
dow space of any store in North
east Georgia.
The various departments are di
vided into Shoes, Millinery, Mens
and Boys’ Clothing, Men’s Hats,
Furnishings, Ladies Ready-to-Wear,
Dry Goods, Notions, Rugs, Draper
ies, Crockery and other new de
partments in addition will soon fol
low. They are expecting a large
gathering to call and inspect their
new Store and they invite every
body to call Friday during their
spring opening day display.
The sales force of Saul’s De
partment Store here, which is one
of a chain of 29, operated by J.
Saul & Co., of Atlanta, is composed
of Mr. W. Alfred Teasley, Mr. P.
P. Harrison, Mr. Jas. H. Vandiver,
Mr. Roy Teasley, Mrs. W. Alfred
Teasley, Mrs. Alston Harper, Miss
Cola Campbell.
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You can’t puncture a good tire
by pinning your faith to it.
ried couple, already deep in debt,
who feel thev must have a car, in
spite of the fact it will put them in
debt deeper. Their increased pop
ularity with their neighbors after
the purchase follows. The pay
ments fall due, and there is nothing
with which to pay, until the young
husband tampers with the funds of
the company for which he works;
then he conies to his senses and
they dispose of all their unpaid-for
property and start over again in an
inexpensive flat. This is the action
of this play which thousands have
seen and enjoyed and which you will
laugh and cry over when the com
pany appears here.
The plav ran for fifty-four weeks
in New York and then was taken
to Chicago, where it enjoyed an un
usually fine season at the New Har
ris Theatre. Through special ar
rangements with the producer and
I the author, “Six Cylinder Love was
i secured by the Affiliated Lyceum &
Chautauqua Association for this
season, to be presented under the
personal direction of Mr. Perciva
Vivian, by a splendid cast of New
York stage folk.
Character*
Mr. Burton —William Marsh.
Mrs. Burton —Clara Mathis.
Gilbert Sterling—Frank Joyner.
Mr. Donroy—Frank Martins.
Marylyn Sterling—Frances Smgle-
Stapleton, Tom the Janitor
—Edward Racey.
Act I. The Back wards of the
Burtons and the Sterlings.
Act 11. The Sterling s Parlor
Act HL The Sterling s Flat in
1 New York.
HARTWELL, HART COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1924
HEBRON MINISTERS WILL
MEET IN BOWMAN 7TH
Program for the Pastor’s Confer
ence and Worker’s Council of the Heb
ron Association to meet with the
Bowman Baptist church cn Monday,
April 7, 1924:
10:00 A. M. —Devotional services
led by Rev. E. R. Goss.
10:20—Reports of Pastors and Key
men.
11:00—An Inspirational Address by
a Persian Representative of the For
eign Mission Board.
12:00—Luncheon, followed by
meeting of the Executive Committee.
I:3o—Devotional Service by Rev.
D. C. Williams.
I:4s—Reports from representatives
of the W. M. U., S. S. Convention and
B. Y. P. U.
2:ls—Associational program and
plan outlined by Rev. J. Fred Eden,
Field enlistment man of the Georgia
Baptist Convention.
Miscellaneous Business.
Adjourn at Will.
C. W. HENDERSON,
J. F. LEE,
A. W. BUSSEY.
Committee,
REED CREEK SCHOOL
Our school was suspended several
days last week on account of sick
ness.
A meeting of the farmers of this
community was held Friday even
ing for the purpose of discussing
and planning for the county wide
cotton growing contest. Also, a
very interesting picture of “Farm
Life” was shown.
The Pure Seed Association is hav
ing much success in disposing of the
seed. On account of so many being
absent from school the higher grades
were unable to hold their monthly
examinations. For that reason the
honor roll of those grades will not
be published until next week.
Honor Roll:
First Grade —Hattie Ayers,
George Washington Cleveland,
Irene Hembree, Tonnie Madden, Sal
lie Lou Madden, Broadus McLesky,
Tommie Ruth Payne, Harold Roukos
kie, George Roukoskie, Mary Reed,
Irvin Senkbeil, Cleo Sanders, Hubert
Vickery, Ottis Vickery, Hazel Dar
by, Denver Atkinson, Roberta Allen,
Orr Mackey, Emmett O’Barr, Inez
Roland.
Second Grade—Joel Maxwell,
Howard Ayers, Allie Gean Ayers,
Durand Cleveland, Holliman Dickert,
Eloise Fleming, Leonard Madden,
Severnelle Nixon, Lester Osborne,
Effie G. Purdy, Evie Risner, Ethel
Sanders, Leila Senkbeil, Jimmie
Senkbeil, Munna Vickery, Mack
Reed.
Third Grade—Grace Nixon, Sam
uel Hudgens.
Fourth Grade—Drucilla Macijew
ski, Irene Vickery, Clarence Mc-
Lesky.
If the weather is suitable, the
play, “The Old Maid’s Club” will be
given Friday night, April 4th. Every
body come and bring your friends.
A BALE OF COTTON TO THE ACRE
By PAUL W. CHAPMAN
(Atlanta Journal)
A bale of cotton to the acre?
Nowadays this is something of
ten talked about but seldom produc
ed. Yet it can be done in spite of
the weevil and unfavorable weather.
Dewey Morgan, a nineteen-year
old boy in the senior class of the
High School at Buchanan, Ga., this
past year made three 500-pound
bales on three acres of land, and
then had 449 pounds left for a
fourth bale. In other words he pro
duced 1,949 pounds of lint on three
measured acres of land, or 649
pounds on each acre.
In making such an unusual yield
for boll weevil times he won a state
cotton-growing contest conducted
by the Georgia State Board for Vo
cational Education and defeated
many of his schoolmates in other
high schools who made as much or
more than three 500-pound bales on
three acres of land.
The cotton and seed that the
young man grew on his three acres
were worth approximately SBOO, and
in addition to this he received a prize
of SIOO in gold which was present
ed to him by the Atlanta Trust
company in recognition of his un
usual accomplishment.
On the day that the state agricul
tural supervisors went to Buchanan
to award the prize the entire town
took a part in the presentation. All
the business houses were closed in
order that everyone might have an
opportunity to go to the school to do
honor to the winner of a state con
test, and to find out how the prize
winning crop was produced.
How He Did It.
Dewey, like most folks who do
things worth while, was inclined to
be a little too modest and didn’t
want to make a speech; but he did
write down the essential points in
the production of his big yield, and
here they are in his own words:
“Two acres of my cotton patch
was alfalfa sod, and the other acre
had been in soybeans. I plowed
it in the fall with a tractor; and not
only scratched the surface but plow
ed about eight inches deep.
“The next spring—in April—l
harrowed rt with a tractor disc har
row, and put on two loads of stable
manure to the acre. I mixed my
own fertilizer at home, and applied
Mt. Olivet To
Vote Bonds
The citizens of Mt. Olivet school
district in Hart county, a consoli
dation of Midway, Flat Shoals and
Kings Bench, will vote on Saturday
of this week for the issuance of
$10,500.00 bonds with which they
expect to erect and equip a modern
building.
Some two months ago the progres
sive people of these districts came
together and consolidated their
school interests, and it is expected
that there will be little or no oppo
sition to the bonds at the polls Sat
urday. The place of election for
the issuance is at Midway school
house.
The trustees of the new Mt. Olivet
Consolidated School District are E.
F. McLane, W. J. Bailey and T. W.
Sariders.
The election Saturday will be
watched with interest by the peo
ple of Hart county, who congratu
late Midway, Flat Shoals and Kings
Bench citizens of this forward step.
cokesbiTryhonor~roll
The following pupils are on the
honor roll for the month of March:
9th Grade—Reba Hailey.
Bth Grade—Una Mauldin and L.
M. Cuningham, Jr.
7th Grade—Mildred Cunningham,
Agnes Haralson and Edgar Chap
man.
3rd Grade—Horace Mauldin, Tom
Nelson Haley, Sallie Gaines, Clyde
Seawright.
2nd Grade—James Teasley Frye,
Archie Rice, T. E. Gaines, Jr., Ed
weena Chapman, Holman Haley, Ina
Mauldin.
Ist Grade—Martha Chapman and
Marshall Jones.
“Which One Won,” an original
Comedy drama in 3 acts will be giv
en at Cokesbury school house on
Friday evening, April 4th. The
play is 2 hours long and it is full of
fun from beginning to end. Every
body invited. Admission 15c and
25c which will go for benefit of
school.
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ARMSTRONG—HAILEY
The following announcement from
Sunday’s Atlanta papers will be of
interest to many relatives and
: friends of the groom-to-be, who is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. George A.
Hailey, of Hartwell:
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin L. Arm
strong, qf St. Petersburg, Florida,
announce the engagement of their
daughter, Angela Armstrong, to Ja
son Hailey, of Atlanta, Georgia.
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COKESBURY CHURCH
Rev. J. H. Barton, pastor of the
I Hartwell Methodist church, will
preach for us on Sunday afternoon.
■ April 6th, at 3 o’clock. We hope for
, a large attendance.
' Everybody cordially invited.
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400 pounds to the acre.
“The seed I used was Wannamak
er’s Cleveland. It was pure-bred,
and had been improved by my broth
er for years.
“I plowed my cotton six times and
all during the season I kept the
squares picked up. I was bothered
by the weevil and by army worms,
but I used fifty pounds of calcium
arsenate. This checked them.”
This is a brief report of but few
words, yet anyone who will read it
O-bvOliDli|r,l2a
carefully will readily see why Dewey
Morgan won first prize and produced
four bales of cotton on three acres
of land. In this report are embod-
I ied all the principles of scientific ag
ricultural production. In the first
place the boy tells incidentally that
he grew alfalfa and soy beans,
which are two legume crops that en
rich the soil. This farm has come to
use modern machinery and as lab
or leaves the farms more tractors
must be used. Live stock is raised,
and the manure applied to enrich
the land. The cost of fertilizer is
reduced by buying the ingredients
and mixing them at home. Only the
best seed was planted. The land was
worked faithfully, and finally poi
son was used to control the weevil.
Bv the same methods properly ap
plied any farmer in Georgia can
make a good crop of cotton.
In a general way these same meth
ods were used by all of the boys in
the contest and many of them made
a yield of cotton almost equal to
that made by the Haralson county
youth.
Herbert Warren, of Hartwell, who
won second place in the contest,
made an average of 626 pounds of
lint an acre on his three-acre pro-
George O’Kelly of Winterville, in
ject. The third prize went to
Clarke county, with an average of
592 pounds. Roy Park, of. Com
merce, averaged 565 pounds, and
Julian Macijewski, of Reed Creek
Consolidated High school, in Hart
county, averaged 552 pounds on
eight acres acres. This last boy made
$1,540.58 from the cotton project
that he carried on in connection with
his school work.
Ten schools made an average pro
duction for all the boys who enroll
ed in the contest of more than 300
pounds of lint per acre.
282 Pound* Average
The average for all the vocational
Slick Swindler Reaps Rich
Harvest In This Section
PLAYS AT AIR LINE WILL
BE GIVEN FRIDAY NIGHT
The three plays which were sche
duled for Friday night, March 21st,
were postponed on account of so
much illness until Friday night of
this week, April 4th.
They are entitled "The Bachelor’s
Dream,” “Doctor Cure-All,” and
“Jack's Bluff.”
The public is cordially invited. A
small admission fee will be charg
ed.
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O’BARR-HERRING
An event that centers much cor
dial interest was the secret mar
riage of Miss Idelle O’Barr, prom
inent young Hartwell lady, and Mr.
Clarence C. Herring, well-known
young business man formerly of
Hartwell, bu tnow of Atlanta, which
occurred on Sunday, February 3,
1924, at the Baptist pastorium in
Elberton, Rev Wray officiating. A
number of close friends were pres
ent, but the happy event was kept
a secret until last week-end, and on
Sunday Mr. Herring carried his
bride to Atlanta where they make
their future home.
The bride is the eldest daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. O’Barr, a
graduate of G. W. C., at Milledge
ville, and for the past few years
had been one of the most popular
members of the Hartwell school fac
ulty.
Mr. Herring is a young man of
sterling qualities, highly respected
by all who know him. He is the
eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. E. B.
Herring, of Hartwell, and has a re
sponsible position in Atlanta with
his uncle, Mr. J. A. Fleming, who
operates the Atlanta Bottling Works.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Herring have
been very popular in their home
town, and scores of friends will join
The Sun in extending to them
hearty congratulations and best
wishes for a long, happy and pros
perous life.
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DEATHS ON INCREASE
The death rate is on the , in
crease while the birth rate de
creases, Census Bureau figures show,
according to a dispatch from Wash
ington, D. C.
The death rate for the first nine
months of last year was 12 6-10 per
thousand as compared with 11 8-10
for the same period the previous
year.
The birth rate for last year
shows 22 8-10 as compared with 23
1-10 the year previous.
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No man lives up to the reputa
tion he wants people to think he has.
agricultural boys in the high schools
of the state was 282 pounds per
acre; or exactly 200 pounds per
acre more than the average for the
state of Georgia as a whole. Had
the average farmer made as much
cotton per acre as the average boy
who is studying agriculture in the
high schools of the state the crop
for the year would have been worth
259 million more than it actually
i brought.
This contest in cotton growing,
which was conducted by the State
Board for Vocational Education, was
only one phase of the regular school
work for the boys in the high schools
of the state where Smith-Hughes ag
riculture is taught. In these classes
each boy in addition to studying ag
riculture ninety minutes each day
in school is required to do some
farming for himself under the di
rect supervision of his instructor.
In the contest twenty-nine schools
took part and 900 boy.; submitted
their records. While the best yields
were made by boys in north Geor
gia still outstanding records were
made in all parts of the state and
show clearly that cotton can be
made if only the right methods are
used.
In the school at Buchanan, where
Dewey Morgan will graduate in
June, there are seventy-three boys
enrolled in the agricultural classes.
This year they will all carry on a
home project and probably most of
them inspired by Dewey’s success
will grow cotton.
Last year there were not so many
in the agricultural classes, yet the
annual report of their instructor,
William Putney, shows that the
farm products produced by the
boys last year sold for $9,081.28.
These boys are not only interest
ed in growing cotton but are study
ing the cow-hog and hen program
and are developing the hog and poul
try business. They are working on
a crop program that includes not
only a money crop for farm but also
a home supply crop and a soil im
provement crop each year.
These are the agricultural princi
ples that are being taught to Geor
gia farm boys in the high schools
of the rtate, and their economic
value is evidenced by their cotton
yields this past year.
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NUMBER 35
Expert “Collector ’ Collects
And Then Leaves In Hurry
ELBERTON MERCHANTS LOSE
—PROMINENT NUBERG FIRM
WARNS PUBLIC OF ROGUE
Warren Bros., prominent Nuberg
merchants, together with a number
of leading Elberton business houses,
were the victims of a slick scheme
last week, each house losing a neat
sum by the experience, which came
about in this manner:
A supposed representative of a
collection agency in Atlanta called
on several Elberton merchants, and
guaranteed to collect their bad ac
counts. They were requested to de
posit a check for $35 on his com
pany as a guarantee that he could
collect the accounts.
!■ each instance, for the first par
ties signed up, he returned “four
fold;” and then some, for the in
vestment and the Elberton mer
chant; were highly pleased.
He (hen asked for letters of rcc
ofnmendation from the merchants
for whom he had collected, and nat
urally they gave him the best -for
was he not deserving? Yes, he was
not. |
Immediately after baiting and set
ting his hook, he went after pros
pects galore, and with the recom
mendations from a few leading
Elberton firms he got them galore,
too. Checks for $35 were given him,
and then he gave his customers
checks for $35 as a guarantee.
After signing up Elberton he
signed up Warren Bros., at Nuberg
and then he did the Arab stunt
“silently folded his tent and stole
away.” Cashing his checks before
leaving, however.
The man gave his name to War
ren Bros., as Geo. M. O’Brien and
it was thought he went into South
Carolina with his operations after
leaving Georgia.
Such a scheme is not plausible,
and in some instances might be al
right, but in this case it didn’t work
out.
Mr. Warren requests The Sun to
ask that South Carolina and Geor
gia papers copy this in order to give
the public warning.
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KINDERGARTEN
Mrs. IL W. Bingham has opened
a Kindergarten at her home on
Athens street. She has a well equip
ped kindergarten and began work
Monday morning with a fairly good
attendance.
The states which are most advanc
ed educationally have kindergarten
work as a part of their school curri
culum and consider it as important
as the first grade.
Mrs. Walker our own governor’s
wife is National chairman of pre
school work and devotes a great
deal of her time to it. Surely Geor
gia and Georgia towns should not lag
behind in this work.
Several of our neighboring towns
support a well patronized kindergar
ten. Hartwell people cannot afford
not to send their children to kinder
garten.
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» GAINES DISTRICT
Elbert County *
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The farmers are plowing to beat
the band these pretty days.
Oats and wheat are looking fine
at this writing.
Some of the farmers have plant
ed corn.
Misses Mary Ruth and Lessie
Greenway and brother, Tyrus, spent
last Sunday with Misses Ophelia and
Sabrie Partain.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Cauthen
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Gip
Teasley, of Montevideo.
Mr. James E. Chapman, of Monte
video is in Atlanta under treatment.
Mr. and Mrs. Olin Taylor and
children, of Hulmeville, spent last
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Archie
Turner, of Montevideo.
Miss Mary Chapman, of Starr, S.
C., spent the week-end with Mrs.
James E. Chapman, of Montevideo.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith Greenway
spent Sunday with their son, Mr.
and Mrs. Melvin Greenway, of Mon
tevideo.
Miss Ophelia Partain, of Monte
video spent last Wednesday with
Miss Leila Teasley, of Rock Branch.
Mrs. Nellie Moss, of Cokesbury,
Hart county, spent Sunday evening
with Mrs. Fletcher Cordell, of Mon
tevideo.
Messrs. J. F. Partain and W. A.
Howard, of Montevideo, spent a
while with Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie
Thornton, of Nuberg, Hart county.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Partain and
son, James, spent Sunday afternoon
with G. L. Partain and family.
FUNDS ARE PLENTIFUL
Col. Broadus B. Zellars, who is
Secretary-Treasurer of the Nancj'
Hart Farm Loan Association, at
tended a meeting in Columbia, S.
C., where the Federal Land Bank
is located. He states that the Land
Bank has made a remarkable rec
ord since its inauguration, and there
are plenty of funds to be loaned on
Hart county property.