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“DOLLAR DAY” SATURDAY, MAY 31, YEAR’S BIGGEST TRADE EVENT
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VOL. XL VII
Schools Close Best Year In History of City
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MRS. WOODROW WILSON APPROVES NEW ROAD
Forty - Eight Boys and Girls
In Largest Graduation Class
DR. WEAVER TO PREACH HERE
SUNDAY— LITERARY ADDRESS
MAY 30TH BY DR. YOUNG
Dr. Rufus W. Weaver, president
of Mercer University, Macon, will
preach the Commencement sermon
here Sunday morning at 11 o’clock
in the new auditorium.
The Literary address will be de
livered Friday" night, May 30th, by
Dr. W. J. Young, of Emory Uni
versity, Atlanta.
Beginc Friday Night.
Opening with the Grammar School
entertainment Friday evening of this
week, the exercises this year prom
ise to be far more interesting, en
tertaining and instructive than ever
before.
The Hartwell schools close what
is, without a doubt, the best year in
their history, graduating the larg
est class that has ever come from
this institution.
Dr. Weaver.
The sermon Sunday morning will
be heard, as usual, by a large con
gregation. As the head of Mercer
University Dr. Weaver is one of the
South’s noted educators and preach
ers.
Monday Evening.
The music pupils, under the direc
tion of Miss Mildred Johnson, will
give their recital on Monday night.
Tuesday Evening, 8:30.
The Literary Societies will give
their programs on Tuesday night.
The “Maxonians” and “Victorians”
are already too well known to Hart
well people to need comment.
Play Wednesday Night.
The Senior Class will give their
play “Polly at Sunshine Cottage” on
Wednesday night at 8:30 o’clock.
Parent-Teacher Day.
Thursday morning beginning at
10:30, has been set aside as “Par
ent-Teacher” day, and a program
will be given that behooves every
Hartwell person interested in schools
being present.
Class Night Thursday.
On Thursday night the Senior
Class will have charge. Just what
program they will put on is never
made public. This will be a feature.
Grand Finale Friday Evening.
The exercises will close in a cli
max of glory on Friday night when
the 48 boys and girls of the Class
of ’24 receive their diplomas.
Dr. Young, of Emory University,
will deliver the literary address, and
will be a fitting close to the remark
able program planned. He is wide
ly known in educational circles and
is a speaker of remown.
Largest Graduating Class.
There are 48 young men and wo
men from Hartwell and the county
in the graduating class, as follows:
Sara Louise Alford, Claude Cure
ton Allman, Drupilla Brown, Pauline
Brown, Roy Jones Brown, Sara Kath
erine Brown, Ally Rubye Buffington,
Sydney James Burden, Martha Chris
tine Carter, Nell Eberhardt Carter,
Joel James Cordell, Jack Gordon
Craft, Jr., Joel Eugene Dendy, Dol-
Ive Walters Estes, Jewel Elee Estes,
Berry Floyd, Anna Clara Gaines,
Eunice Julia Gray, Hoyt Linton Gur
iev, James Columbus Jenkins, Julius
Thomas Johnson, Annie Ruby Jones,
Mary Louise Jones, John Hoyt Jor
dan, Mack Leon Kay, Bertha Mae
Madden, Austell Kathryn Mann. Al
ton Monroe Maret, Joe Bernard Mar
tin, Horace Earl Massey, Annie
Grace Moorhead, Edwin Nelms Os
born, Carlise Ruth Powell, John
Clifton Reynolds, Lillian Irene Rich
ardson, Melzie Mae Roe, Kermit
Sanders. Frank Henry Satterfield,
J- M. Scott, Jr., Lena Pearl Shirley,
Schafer Judson Skelton, Elizabeth
Benson Teasley, Joneil Teasley, An
gus Neal Thornton, Boyd Cofer
turner. Carrie Lou Vickery, Mary
Sue \ ickery, Frances Carolyn'Yates.
Class Motto—“ Not At the Top But
Climbing.”
Class Colors—e-Pink and Lavender.
Class Flower—Rose.
Class Officers—President, Sydney
James Burden; Vice President, Fran
ces Carolyn Yates; Secretary &
Treasurer, Julius Thomas Johnson.
Honor Roll—Claude Cureton All
man. Valedictory; Mary Louise
“s. Salutatory; Sara Louise Al
4°rd. Elizabeth Benson Teasley, Jul
yls Thomas Johnson, Eunice Julia
Jra y, Joel James Cordell.
Teachers’ License.
In addition to receiving their
diplomas the following will also get
teachers’ License, having completed
the course given in the High School
here for those preparing for this
work:
Pauline Brown, Sara Katherine
r ow- n Martha Christine Carter. Joel
James Cordell, Dollye Walters Estes,
ee Estes, Berry Floyd, An
' ar a Gaines, Eunice Julia Gray,
- Linton Guriev, Mack Leon
*ay. Bertha Mae Madden, Austell
' ■ nr '" n ann , Horace Earl Massey,
p Grace Moorhead, Carlise Ruth
c; l. Melzie Mae Roe, Carrie Lou
• ! ckery.
Admission Fees.
Un several nights of the exercises
THE HARTWELL SUN.
1500 In Sunday Schools Goal for June 1
Over 1200 Participated In
This Event Last Year
HARTWELL CHURCHES ARE ALL
BEHIND MOVE TO MAKE JUNE
1 BIGGEST DAY IN HISTORY
OF OUR SUNDAY SCHOOLS
Hartwell people always go to Sun- 1
Dr. George W. McDaniel, of Richmond,
Heads Baptists; Meet In Memphis 1925
ASK THAT VOLSTEAD ACT BE
’ MADE TIGHTER—CONDEMN
MODERNIST - FUNDAMEN
TALIST FIGHT
Dr. George W. McDaniel, of Rich
mond, Va., was elected president of
the Southern Baptist convention at
the opening sessions in Atlanta last
Wednesday over Dr. Z. T. Cody, of
Greenville, S. C., and Dr. J. D. Mell,
of Athens, Ga.
He succeeds Dr. E. Y. Mullins, of
Louisville, Ky.
The Convention will meet in Mem
phis, Tenn., in 1925.
The following were elected vice
presidents by acclamation. Dr.
Charles E. Dickens, president of
Ouachita University, Akadelphia,
Ark. Dr. W. L. Pickard, of Chat
tanooga, Tenn., Minitra Jones, of St.
Joseph, Mo., Dr. Alfred A. Murfree,
president of the University of Flor
ida, Gainesville, Fla.
H. C. Moore, Nashville, Joseph
Henry Burnett, Murfreesboro, Ten
nessee, were re-elected secretaries,
George W. Norton, Louisville, Ky.,
treasurer, and W. P. Harvey, Har
rodsburg, Ky., auditor.
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A Carious Egg
Mr. Dennard P. Cleveland, of Mt.
Olivet community, brought in a cu
rious egg that one of his purebred
hens laid last week.
On the shell were several figures
and the letters “a” and “g” were
also distinguishable.
Mr. Cleveland and The Sun man
couldn’t exactly figure out just
what it all meant, but such a curi
osity is always interesting, to say
the least.
A new process of manufacturing
synthetic marble has been devised
in which the marble is made by a
wet method in place of the fire
method. The product has the same
high luster as marble.
a very small admission fee will be
charged to help bear the expenses
which are always heavier than the
general public imagines. Charges
will be only a small item, however,
and will not prohibit the entire fam
ily from attending.
The Splendid Faculty.
Throughout the year the faithful
corps of teachers has labored day
and night toward making this the
most auspicious year the local school
has ever enjoyed. This they have
done, and no little credit is due ev
eryone of them from the able head,
Supt. Allman, on through. The fac
ulty is as follows:
Superintendent —J. I. Allman.
Principal—Miss Ida McGukin.
Vocational Agriculture—L. E.
Hemrick.
History and Athletic Director —
E. B. McGukin.
English—Miss Alberta Wright.
F renc h —Miss Mary Matheson.
Science —Miss Julia Lennard.
Latin—R. C. Smith.
Penmanship and Mathematics —
Miss Bellah.
Grammar School.
Sixth Grade —Miss Maude Carter.
Fifth Grade—Miss Lucile Carter.
Fourth Grade —Miss Norene
Brown.
Third Grade —Miss Lil Johnson.
Second Grade—Mrs. J. I. Allman.
First Grade —Mrs. Bessie Saine.
Music Department—Miss Mildred
Johnson, Piano; Miss Mary Whit
mire, Violin.
Mill School.
Mrs. James Walton Magill.
Our Board of Education.
Back of all, have stood during the
year, Hartwell’s unselfish and ever
progressive Board of Education that
gave of their time, energy and funds
to keep up the high standard already
established here, our high school be
ing on the A-l list of Southern Ac
credited Colleges.
In Mr. W. E. Meredith, the board
has a most able and conscientious
leader, a man with no little pride in
Hartwell’s schools. And his spirit
characterizes every other member,
who are as follows: Dr. Geo. S.
Clark, Vice President; F. S. White,
Secretary-Treasurer; Chas. E. Math
eson, W.‘ C. Page, Dr. Claude Hern
don, McAlpin Thornton.
HARTWELL, HART COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1924
State Oil Inspector Pays
Hartwell Visit; Praises
Work Inspector Jordan
Mr. L. H. Glenn, state oil in
spector, was among the prominent
visitors to Hartwell Thursday, while
here meeting a number of our busi
ness men, and also being in confer
ence with local Inspector Henry A.
Jordan.
Mr. Glenn’s last visit to Hartwell
was some 20 years ago. At that
time he was sheriff of Wilcox coun
ty, and he came here to confer with
Sheriff W. M. Kidd.
He commented on the progress
Hartwell and the county had made
during these 20 years, both in the
business section and over the com
munity as a whole.
He complimented Mr. Jordan for
the efficient way in which he was
handling the local oil inspections,
and stated that the system over the
State, generally, was working
splendidly.
Former Hart County Citizen Dies When
Skull Is Fractured From Fall In Rome
Mr. Ben W. Moss, 4G years of age,
died in Rome on May 9th from in
juries received in a fall from a coal
chyte, which he was erecting, to the
pavement below. His skull was
fractured, never regaining con
sciousness.
Mr. Moss was born and reared in
Hart county, moving from Air Line
section some ten years to the north
west Georgia city. He was a son
of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. J. W.
Moss, prominent family of the coun
ty, being the youngest member of
that family.
Some twenty years ago he was
married to Miss Bessie Shellhouse,
Bankhead Highway Association And
U. S. Good Road Boosters Meet Monday
According to reports from Albu
querque, New Mexico, everything is
in readiness for the annual meeting
of the 12th Annual Con venton of the
United States Good Roads Associa
tion, Bankhead National Highway
Association and United States Good
Roads Show, which will be held in
Albuquerque, commencing next
Monday and contiuing the entire
week. Mr. A. N. Alford, of Hart
well, a Director of the Bankhead
National Highway, will probably
attend the big meeting.
Over fifty of the most prominent
Good Roads advocates in America,
consisting of cabinet officers, govern
ors, United Statese senators, con
gressmen, State Highway Commis
sioners and engineers, county judges,
presidents of automobile and Good
Road Associations, Chambers of
Commerce and leading laymen have
accepted invitations to deliver ad
dresses and to take an active part
in the convention.
A total of over 5,000 delegates
has been appointed to this meeting.
Governors in forty-four states have
appointed delegates, and have writ
ten their endorsement and best
wishesx for the success of the con
vention. The outlook is very
Soldiers Spent Last Saturday
Night Here En Route Camp
Jesup, Ga., From Maryland
Hartwell took on a familiar war
time look Saturday afternoon when
20 large U. S. Army trucks rumbled
in to spend Saturday night on the
Court House square.
The convoy was en route to Camp
Jesup, Ga., from Camp Holabird,
Maryland. Major C. S. Hamilton
was in charge.
Some 50 officers and men compos
ed the expedition, which was the
I day school, —that is, most of them
1 do—
But on Sunday, June 1, Hartwell
will observe her second annual “Go-
To-Sunday-School Day,” and then
the ones absent from the various
Sunday schools will be only those so
iil the doctor won’t let ’em out.
Annual Event.
The special day last year brought
Hartwell Lad Is Secretary
Mercer 25 Sophomore Class
Macon, Ga., May 21—(Special to
The Sun). —Gerald H. Teasley, of
Hartwell, has been elected secretary
of the sophomore class of next year
of Mercer University by the present
freshman class. Teasley has been
prominent in student life at Mercer
and in social circles. He also play
ed on the freshman football team of
last fall from this college.
James W. Glover, of Eastman,
was named president of the next
year sophomore class and E. B.
Smith, of Bishop, was chosen vice
president.
Methodist Men To Meet
Special invitations have been
given every male member of the
Hartwell Methodist church to be
present this Thursday night at a
“get-together” social meeting in the
main auditorium beginning at 8
o’clock.
A good program has been pre
pared for the occasion, after which
refreshments will be served in the
annex.
Church Treasurer Fred S. White
says “There will be no collection.”
of Augusta, who survives together
with six children, all of whom reside
in Rome, where the remains were in
terred following Mr. Moss’ almost
sudden*death. He was a member of
the Methodist church.
The following brothers and sis
ters survive: Mr. Jack Moss, of
Lavonia; Mr. J. D. Moss, of South
Carolina; Mrs. P. M. Bennett, of
Bowersville; Mrs. S. R. Whitmire, of
Bowman; Mrs. W. B. Dickerson, of
Royston; Mrs. Crayton Jones, of
Tignall.
Many old friends in Hartwell and
the county of the deceased and this
family, deeply regret to hear of his
untimely end.
bright for a large attendance and
successful meeting, according to
statement made by Director-General
Rountree, who ha sbeen in charge
in Albuquerque of the details for
the Convention and Show for the
past 10 weeks.
The Good Roads Exhibit from the
Bureau of Public Roads has arriv
ed. It is one of the largest and
best exhibits that has ever been sent
out from Washington to any conven
tion or Good Roads Show.
Twenty State Highway Depart
ments have sent exhibits of maps,
profiles and pictures of roads in choir
respective states. Many machinery,
automobile and truck manufacturers
and dealers have already installed
their splendid displays.
The Albuquerque Chamber of
Commerce has arranged a series of
receptions, banquets, night dinners
on the mesa, automobile rides to In
dian villages and through the won
derful mountains and over the beau
tiful roads of New Mexico for the
entertainment of the delegates. The
enteratinment that will be provided
is worth making the trip from any
part of the country. A most in
teresting, instructive and enjoyable
convention is predicted.
Officers’ Class of the Q. M. Motor
Transport School from the Maryland
camp.
The trip is being made as part
of the school, and gives the men
some practical experience in trans
portation.
Naturally the party came in over
the Bankhead National Highway, the
best route South from points East.
Early Sunday morning the convoy
resumed their travels, expecting to
arrive in Atlanta Monday.
More Negroes migrated North
from Florida during 1923 than from
any other southern state.
forth such a response at all churches
that it was decided to make it an
annual event.
On June 3rd, 1923, there were
1244 in the four Sunday schools of
Hartwell. In addition, the colored
people joined in the campaign and
reported some 200 in their two .
churches last year
j Tell your neighbors that you and I
TO KNOW CAUSE
DEATHS HART
CO. COUPLE
Outcome of the examination by
experts in Atlanta of the stomach of
Mr. B. Frank McGarity, well-known
Hart county citizen who died, to
gether with Mrs. McGarity, two
weeks ago from poisoning, will be
watched with much interest by peo
ple all over this section of the State.
It is thought the examination,
which takes ten days or longer, will
be completed this week-ciw, and al
though no one has been publicly ac
cused yet of poisoning the prominent
couple, who lived at Vanna, there
seems to be little doubt but that
something they ate or drank had
been literally filled with some form
of powder or liquid.
An autopsy on Mr. McGarity’s
body showed his stomach, kidneys
and heart almost eaten away. No
autopsy was made on Mrs. McGarity.
but her body may be exhumed in
event the experts decide they were
poisoned on purpose.
The little McGarity boy has re
covered from the effects of the
poison. There are five other chil
dren in the family.
The result of the examination wlil
determine the course to be taken by
Hart county officers in the matter.
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Graded Road From
Hartwell-Royston
Now Complete
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The stretch of graded road be
tween Hartwell and Royston, some
12 miles in length, was given the
final touch this week, and is now
open all the way for the thousands
of cars that travel this most impor
tant highway every week.
Part of Big Highway.
In the new road, Hart county has
not only benefitted the large num
ber of families living on or near
this important road, but has com
pleted over half of the county’s
part in a highway of national im
portance.
The Bankhead Highway carries,
perhaps, the largest travel from
Eastern points South, and the fact
that over 40,000 people go over the
road monthly between Hartwell and
Royston is sufficient to convince any
one of the importance that is at
tached to its completion.
Local people, as well as tourists
passing through, say the new road
is the best they have seen anywhere
in this section.
The county forces are now direct
ing their attention to roads leading
from Hartwell into the other im
portant sections of Hart, and are
working on a program that, through
co-operation, will give every section
a good road. Then the cross-coun
try roads will be worked.
The commissioners are to be con
gratulated on the fact that the new
road between Hartwell and Royston
was built within one penny’s addi
tional tax.
Georgia Getting Better and Better Every
Day; 489 Less In Prison During Past Year
A decrease of 489 in the number
of prisoners confined in Georgia
penal institutions during the pasl
year is shown in the annual reporl
of the state prison commission. Th
report showed that the number o
prisoners held on January 1, 1923
was 3,654, and on January 1, 1924
the number had dropped to 3,165.
Georgians are becoming more lav
abiding, according to the report
which stated that the number o
prisoners was lower than at any tirm
since 1920, or in the years 1915
1916 and 1917.
More than one-third of the numbei
of convicts were involved in murdei
cases, or attempted murders. I
was shown that there were 18 com
mittments for murder, 245 for at
tempted murder and sixteen as ac
| cessories to murder.
Os the total number, 1,709 ar<
married and 1,456 single. Prison
ers range in years from 11 to 79
your household are going to Sunday
school June Ist, —let’s all be pres
ent that day.
Dr. W. L. Murrow is head of the
committees from the Hartwell
churches, and together they are let
ting the fact be known that it will
be “Go-To-Sunday-Schooi Day” June
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Highway From Hartwell Via
Dublin To All Florida Points
LETTER FROM MRS. WILSON IN
WASHINGTON APPROVES NAM
ING HIGHWAY FOR HUSBAND
"The Wilson Highway,” named
for the late Woodrow Wilson, and
running from Hartwell via Athens,
Milledgeville, Dublin, Lumber City
and Way cross to Jacksonville, Fla.,
has been approved by Mrs. Wood row
Wilson, who has given her endorse
ment to this first highway in the
United States to be named for the
great American.
The establishing' of th" new route
has been under way for several
months, but it was not until last
week that through Congressman W.
W. Larsen, of Dublin, and United
States Senator Wm. J. Harris that
communication from Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson came giving her hearty en
dorsement to the highway that gives
thousands of tourists a route 110
miles shorter into Florida.
Beginning at Hartwell, where the
bulk of the tourist travel is now en
tering Georgia, coming in over the
nationally famous Bankhead High
way from Washington and points
East, the new Wilson Highway will
branch off at Athens, and take this
new route directly south through
Dublin and Waycross to Florida
points.
Mrs. Wilson’s Letter.
The letter from Mrs. Wilson’s
secretary to Congressman Larsen
follows:
Washington, D. C., May 6, 1924.
My Dear Mr. Larsen: Mrs. Wil
son asks me to acknowledge the very
kind letter of May third, signed by
Harris and you, and say she deeply
appreciates the spirit which has in
spired the group to which you refer
to wish to name the highway for Mr.
Wilson.
Mrs. Wilson hopes that you may
have an opportunity to express to
those in charge of the project her
deep gratification, and very sincere
interest.
JOHN RANDOLPH BOLLING,
Secretary to Mrs. Woodrow Wilson.
Hon. William W. Larsen, House
Office Building, Washington, D. C.
Will Get To Work.
This highway will be made’ pos
sible by the new bridge that it to be
erected at Lumber City, and will af
ford the most direct route for tour
ists to Florida across Georgia. It will'
cut over 100 miles from the dis
tance, and bring the tourist through
a country that is on a natural ridge,,
instead of through swamps and low
lands, and along the marshes of the
coast.
Dublin Behind Project.
Secretary W. H. Proctor, of the
Dublin Chamber of Commerce, to
gether with the progressive citizens
of that south Georgia city, are right
behind the project, and already have
started getting the highway organ
ized and put into shape for travel.
News of the new route has been
received in Hartwell, and it will re
ceive the co-operation of our people
from every angle.
there being nine over 70 years of
age. However, approximately half
of the total number are between 20
and 30 years of age, it was re
ported.
Five of the prisoners were former
ly preachers, while farm laborers
lead in the previous occupations of
the convicts. The report showed
that there are 1,153 farm laborers
and 932 common laborers. The to
tal number includes 418 public la
borers, 69 cooks, 61 chauffeurs, 32
mechanics, 22 porters, 48 railroad
hands, 11 washerwomen, 10 va
grants, 10 barbers, 8 bankers, 16
blacksmiths, 18 brickmasons, 9
butchers, 28 carpenters, 1 dentist,
22 distillers, 12 electricians, 6 en
gineers, 87 farmers, two jewelers,
one lawyer, four merchants, 13
painters, two printers, five plumbers,
four policemen, three solders, seven
salesmen, 14 clerks, one shoemaker,
two teachers, one stage manager,
five tailors, ten taxi drivers, and
three waiters.
Fulton county leads the list with
men and women sent up.
Ain’t It the Truth!
Weep and they call you a baby,
Laugh and tKey call you a fool,
Yield and they call you a coward
Stand and they call you a mule.
Frown and they call you gruff.
Smile and the/ call you silly,
Put on a front like a millionaire,
And somebody will call your bluff.
Exchange.
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