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“DOLLAR DAY” SATURDAY, MAY 31, YEAR’S BIGGEST TRADE EVENT « Q PAGES Z IN THIS ISSUE VOL. XL VII Schools Close Best Year In History of City „ o —r>— —o—• A O— O— —G — 0— *— O— —O— 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. o 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. - o- Graded Road From Hartwell-Royston Now Complete o 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 Ist. -s rj PAGES I / IN THIS . A M ISSUE 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. NO. 42