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Hartwell Stores Offering Hundreds of Hot Weather Bargains To Thrifty Buyers
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5215,000 Paid For Famous Hatton’s
Shoals Power Site North of Hartwell
Will Mean Much To This Section
Georgia Railway 4c Power Co.
Said To Be Behind Purchase
The sum of $215,000.00 was paid
•Tor the famous Hattons Shoals pow-
U4r site by the Washington Land Co.,
no immediate development
of the site, some eight miles north
of Hartwell, is announced, it is un
likely that the owners will £ay some
SIO,OOO to $15,j000 interest annually
on this investment long without be
ginning some preliminary work.
6 The Atlanta Constitution carried
the following brief account of the
transaction, which had created no
little interest especially in Hart and
Anderson coUnties:
,7j “Announcement was made Mon-
Fay "that the Washington Land com
pany, of Atlanta, which is affiliated
with the Georgia Railway and Power
company, had purchased from the
Hugh Mcßae company property in
the Savannah river known as Hatton
Shoals, located partly in Anderson,
South Carolina, and partly in Hart
county, Georgia. The consideration
was $215,000.
“No immediate development of
this property is planned, power com
pany officials stated Monday. It was
purchased merely as a part of a gen
eral program for development of the
tvater-power resources of the state,
and undoubtedly will be used for de
velopment of hydro-electric power at
some future date.”
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Elberton District Methodists
Will Hold Annual Conference
At Concord Church July 2-3
The annual Elberton District Con
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, will convene at Con
cord church just over the Hart coun
ty line in Elbert on Wednesday and
Thursday, July 2-3.
Presiding Elder Horace S. Smith,
of Elberton, will be present, and be
sides the regular program of busi
ness a number of interesting sub
jects will come before the body.
Representatives from every 7 Metho
dist church in the District, number
ing some 50 or more will be present
the two-day session, for which
people of Concord and nearby
communities have made great prep
arations.
Rev. W. W. Benson, of Bowman,
is pastor of the Concord church.
DON’T OVERLOOK THIS LAW
There is a law on the statue books
requiring all births to be properly
„ registered and death certificates
made out and burial permits secured
for all deaths and burials. The at-
Mtntion of the public is again called
V this law through request.
Don’t spend too much money in
trying to get something for nothing.
Hotel Hartwell Stockholders Gratified
With Annual Report; Alford President
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The annual meeting of Hartwell
Hotel Co. stockholders last week re
sulted in the re-election of Mr. A.
V Alford as president; Mr. J. H.
<kelton, vice-president; Mr. E. E.
<atterfield, secretary, and Mr. H. I.
Alford, treasurer.
t A large number of the 150-odd
stockholders were present and heard
tie encouraging report covering the
past year which showed each month
an increase over the same period
a year ago.
hotel is becoming more pop
trank A. Holden To
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THE HARTWELL SUN.
Georgia Legislature
Now In Session
The annual session of the general
assembly of Georgia got under way
Wednesday morning, at 11 o’clock,
when the gavels fell in the house
and senate, marking the beginning
of the 50-day period.
Both branches of the legislature
have many important matters pend
ing since the adjournment of the
1923 session. The calendar of unfin
ished business shows hundreds of
bills, local and general, awaiting
final disposition, some of them still
in committees, some up for recon
sideration and others standing ready
for immediate action after having
been read the third time.
The committee organization in
both houses is the same as last year
as this is the second session of the
two-year term for which the mem
bers of the present general assem
bly were elected. Thus George
Carswell, president of the senate, and
Cecil Neill, speaker of the house of
representatives, find their organiza
tions intact.
The clerical force in the senate
is practically the same as last year,
according to Major D. F. McClatch
ey, veteran secretary of that body,
while few changes if any will be
made in the clerical organization
of the house under E. B. Moore,
clerk.
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SI9OO More Received For
Hart County Pensioners
Ordinary J. W. Scott received a
check for $1,900 first of the week,
and is distributing the sum of SIOO
to 11 women and 8 men pensioners
in the county.
This is a supplementary pay-roll
to the ones recently paid, which
amounted to over $9,000, making a
total of more than SIO,OOO paid to
veterans and their widows in Hart
county.
Judge Scott has passed out the
checks as quickly as possible each
time, and needless to say the money
came just at the right time in every
instance.
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Eighth District Medicos To
Meet At Washington Soon
The Eighth District Medical As
sociation will hold its annual meet
ing in Washington, Wilkes county,
this year, meeting on August 13.
Washington has recently opened a
modern hospital and the visitors
will be shown over the plant and
entertained by the people of that
city.
Dr. W. H. Cabaniss, of Athens, is
president of the association and
Dr. D. M. Carter, of Madison, is sec
retary. Some interesting papers
will be read at the one day meet
ing.
ular every day, and will make a
much better report during the new
year than last, it is expected.
A vote of appreciation was given
the officers for their work.
The board of directors were also
re-elected, as follows:
A. N. Alford, Dr. B. C. Teasley,
E. E. Satterfield, A. S. Skelton, J.
H. Skelton, J. R. Leard, J. T. Brew
er, J. A. W. Brown, F. T. Kidd, J.
E. Cobb, D. C. Alford, Dr. W. I.
Hailey, C. E. Matheson, H. H. Wil
cox, R. P. Clinkscales.
New Machinery Installed
By Roller Mill Here
Mr G. H. Spradlin, owner of the
Hartwell Roller Mill, stated Tuesday
that he is installing new machinery
throughout the mill, and will be in
position next week to make as fine
a grade of flour as can be made
anvwhere.
All the machinery is new and of
the latest type, and is in charge of
Mr. R. A. Cooper, an expert miller.
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Forty Mules Die of Heat
As a result of the intense heat
last week, The Anderson (S. C.) In
dependent estimates that over 40
farm mules died in the various sec
tions of that county.
No deaths in Hart county have
been reported to The Sun following
the extremely hot weather.
the Democratic Nominee in the Dem
ocratic Primary to be held on Sep
tember 10, 1924, from the Eighth
Congressional District for service in
the 69th Congress and respectfu ly
the District, both ladies and gentle
sdicit the support of the voters of
men. Your support will b « smcerelv
appreciated and if nominated I prom
ise to give faithful service.
Very respectfully,
FRANK A. HOLDEN.
Athens, Ga.
HARTWELL, HART COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1924
Griffin Singer Will Lead
Choir in Methodist Revival
Mr. Aldine Combs, of Griffin, will
! be in charge of the singing at the
! Hartwell Methodist church during
the revival which begins there Sun-
I day, July 6th.
The pastor, Rev. J. H. Barton,
will preach both morning and even
■ ing, and the people of Hartwell gnd
| vicinity are cordially invited to at
tend all hours.
The singer, Mr. Combs, is director
of the choir at the First Methodist
church in Griffin.
3,533 In Hart Are
Qualified To Vote
The Hart county Board of Regis
trars completed their work of re
vising the voters’ list last week, and
there are a total of 3,533 who are
qualified to participate in the elec
tions this fall.
Os this number approximately 1,-
000 are women, and gives Hart
county the largest number of voters
in her history.
In Town District (Hartwell) there
are 1455 qualified voters.
Next comes Shoal Creek District
with 366; McCurrys is next with
333.
The total registration by districts
is as follows:
Town, 1112th District—l4ss.
Rays, 1113th District —320.
Smiths, 1114th District —216.
Reed Creek, 1115th District—29B.
Halls, 1116th District—296.
Shoal Creek, 1117th District-—-366.
McCurrys, 1118th District—333.
Alfords, 1119th District —249.
The board cut off some for various
reasons, but several were added since
the primary recently.
Composing the Board of Regis
trars are Messrs. H. N. Ayers, Lyt
Richardson and Jno. W. Baker. They
were assisted by Mr. A. J. Griffin,
to whom The Sun is indebted for the
above figures.
Before “First Monday”
Next Tuesday is “the first Tues
day” and a week later comes “first
Monday.”
According to legal advrtising in
The Sun this month there’s nothing
on deck for the Sheriff next Tues
day.
Judge Scott’s court will be busy,
as usual, on the first Monday, July 7.
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Gasoline Now 24 Cents
A two-cent reduction in the price
of gasoline went into effect here last
week-end.
The fluid now sells for 24c per
gallon, the drop following similar
reduction in Atlanta and other larg
er cities.
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Scott Will Recover
Beechai Broughton Scott, young
Air Line school boy, who was almost
fatally injured Friday, June 13th,
when a mule dragged him nearly
I 200 yards, will recover, it is stated.
Young Scott is the son of Mr. and
i Mrs. Harvey W. Scott, of Air Line.
His left leg was broken in three
I places, his head, shoulders and back
j were badly bruised, and it was
thought he was seriously injured in
ternally at first.
His recovery will be a source of
gratification to many friends of the
young boy and this family.
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When Harry H. Kabotchnick pre
sented a petition in Philadelphia to
have his name changed to Cabot, ob
jections were made by counsel for
the Pennsylvania Society of the Or
der of Founders and Patriots of
America. Assumption of the name,
it was argued, would “mislead per
sons as to the origin and ancestry”
of the petitioners. The court held
the petition under advisement.
“American Education Week” November
17 23 Boosts Education In United States
WHOLE WEEK SET ASIDE TO
TALK BENEFITS OF REAL
EDUCATION
Encouraged by the great success
of “American Education Week” last
year, the Bureau of Education of the
Department of the Interior, in co
operation with the American Legion
and the National Education Asso
ciation, will promote a fifth National
week for education in 1924. “Amer
ican Education Week” will be ob
served during the week preceding
Thanksgiving—November 17 to 23,
inclusive.
There are certain phases of edu
cation which, it is generally agreed,
require emphasis from a National
standpoint. Among these are Amer
icanization; patriotism; better train
ed and better pair teachers; improve
ment of rural schools; more ade
quately equipped buildings; eradi
cation of illiteracy; and physical
education and hygiene. In order
to give these phases oi education
prominence in the observance of
'American Education Week” it has
been agreed to designate certain
days in the week for calling parti
cular attention to them. Monday,
November 17, will be American Con-
Saturday Best Day
Here In Several
Weeks
“The best day since January Ist,
except dollar day,” said one progres
sive merchant Monday when The
Sun man asked him about trade last
Saturday, when Hartwell fairly ov
erflowed with shoppers from far and
near.
Another user of Sun space said
his business was extra good Sat
-1 urday, and was getting better all
I the time. “People are buying more
j now than ever before for cash, and
l they arc* getting better values, too,”
he said.
Practically every store reported
the best business Saturday in several
weeks, and the fact (and it is a
fact) that several had the best cash
trade since January Ist shows con- '
ditions are indeed favorable. A re
cent canvass by The Sun showed ev
ery month of 1924 far ahead of
1923 to this time.
Roger Babson knows conditions if
anybody in the world does. He said
I one year ago that certain conditions
' would prevail, and they have come
I to pass.
He says, in a statement last week,
that times are getting better every
day. You can figure that he’s cor
rect, too.
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Hartwell Lodge No. 189 F. & A.
M., will hold its regular communica
tion next Tuesday night, July Ist,
in the Masonic Hall. All qualified
Brother Masons are cordially in
vited.
ISHAM P. VICKERY, W. M.
B. S. HALL, Secretary.
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Saturday VFas Longest Day
The days are already getting
shorter,—even if you can’t notice
it. •' .
Last Saturday was the longest day
of the year, daylight lasting 14
hours and 26 minutes. The sun
rose Saturday morning at 5:26
©’clock and set at 7:52, giving us
over 2 hours more daylight than
darkness in the 24 hours.
Yes, the days are getting shorter,
but it will be sometime before you’ll
be able to tell it.
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Negro Man Shoots Off Side
Wife's Face; May Get Well
Roy Burch is held in the Hart
county • jail on a charge of assault
with intent to murder, having shot
his wife last Thursday at their
home on Mr. R. J. Dickerson’s place
beyond Bethesda. Both are colored.
Wanted To Attend Funeral.
The trouble arose when Burch’s
wife, at the noon hour when they
came in from the field, stated that
she wanted to attend a funeral that
afternoon. Burch is said to have
argued with her about the matter,
and finally picked up a shot gun,
shooting off one side of her face.
Burch was promptly lodged in
the jail here.
May Recover.
Physicians at first held no hope
for the colored woman, but stated
first of the week that she would
probably get well.
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The giant Sequoia, thirty-two feet
in diameter and 280 feet high, which
is the second largest tree in the
world, was dedicated to President
Harding’s memory as the Warren
Harding Tree. The giant redwood
is 5,000 years old and is second in
size to the General Sherman Tree.
°stitution Day; Tuesday, November
18, Patriotism Day; Wednesday,
November 19, School and Teacher
Day; Thursday, November 20, Illi
teracy Day; Friday, November 21,
Phpsical Education Day; Saturday,
November 22, Community Day; Sun
day, November 23, God and Country
Day.
It is hoped that this year the
press, the church, national organi
zations of all descriptions, women’s
clubs, men’s clubs, the motion pic
ture producers, distributors and ex
hibitors, and the public generally,
will join in making American Edu
’ cation Week the success it should be.
This campaign should reach every
American home an every American
life. The schools are the bulwark
of American democracy, and it be
hooves every friend of American
not only to see that the future of
America is not imperilled by any
weakening of our schools, but also
to strengthen and extend our edu
cational system so that everv boy
and girl in A.merica may have ‘he
opportunity for that kind and degree
of education that will best fit h.m
or her for life 'and for the dut e.j
and responsibilities of citizenship »r.
our Republic.
Relief Fund For Hailstorm Sufferers In
County Augmented By The Red Cross
Hart County Tax Assessors
Complete Work; Will Hear
Complaints Next Tuesday
The Tax Assessors for Hart coun
ty have completed their work and
will hear complaints on Tuesday,
July Ist, in the main court room.
Notices have been mailed to all
where revisions were made in re
turns.
Those not making returns for the
year have no recourse on the action
of the assessors.
Hardwick Opposes
Senator Harris
GOVERNOR WALKER IS OPPOS
ED BY MR. H. H. ELDERS,
OF REIDSVILLE, GA.
Governor Clifford Walker will be
opposed in the election September
10th by Herschel H. Elders, of
Reidsville, Ga., and U. S. Senator
Wm. J. Harris will have opposition
in former Governor Thomas W.
Hardwick, according to announce
ment from Atlanta headquarters,
following the closing of ’entries last
Saturday at noon.
The Line-Up.
The candidates who have qualified
by paying their entrance fees to Mrs.
Bessie Anderson, secretary of the
state Democratic executive commit
tee, are:
For United States Senator —Wil-
liam J. Harris, the incumbent, and
former Gevernor Thomas W. Hard
wick.
For Governor—Clifford Walker,
the incumbent, and Herschel H.
Elders.
For Secretary of State—S. G.
McLendon.
For Attorney General—George M.
Napier.
For Comptroller General—General
William A. Wright.
For State Treasurer—Captain W.
J. Speer.
For Associate Justice State Su
preme Court—S. Price Gilbert.
For Associate Justice State Su
preme Court—Samuel C. Atkinson.
For State Prison Commissioner
T. E. Patterson.
For judge of the court of appeals
(elect two) —Nash R. Broyles, W.
F. Jenkins.
For commissioner of commerce
and labor—H. M. Stanley.
For commissioner of agriculture-
J. J. Brown, the incumbent, opposed
by G. F. Hunnicutt.
For state school sueprintendent
N. H. Ballard, incumbent, opposed
by Fort E. Land.
For pension commissioner—Major
C. E. McGregor, the incumbent, op
posed by Colonel John W. Clark.
For state public service commis
sioner—James D. Price, the incum
bent, opposed by A. J. Woodruff.
For state public service commis
sioner—Colonel John T. Boifeuillet,
the incumbent, opposed by O. R.
Bennett.
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Kiwanis Club
Donates SSO
The sum of $50.00 was donated by
Hartwell Kiwanians last Friday to
wards helping those who lost their
crops in the disastrous hail storm
two weeks ago in the section of Hart
county between Air Line and Gold
mine. Dr. Stewart Brown, who is
one of the Club’s most active mem
bers, was placed in charge of the
fund and is trying to help those who
need aid the most.
The club endorsed a move asking
the Georgia Legislature now in ses
sion to appropriate an additional
amount of money matching federal
aid to insure every Georgia county
having demonstration and home eco
nomic agents that wanted them.
This was spoken on by Senator T.
S. Mason who pledged his efforts.
Both Senator Mason and Represen
tative W. B. McMullan will lend
their aid to this bill.
Wilson Highway.
Mayor A. S. Richardson read an
invitation from the Dublin Chamber
of Commerce to a meeting held in
that city July 20th in interest of
the Woodrow Wilson Highway. Pres
ident J. H. Skelton will appoint a
committee to attend.
Trade At Home.
Dr. W. I. Hailey urged all the
Hartwell merchants to buy every
thing possible from our wholesale
houses, thereby keeping much more
money at home, at the same time
helping the Hartwell Railway in
crease its receipts.
Visitors of the day were Mr. W.
Rollo Snow, of Lumpkin, Ga., and
Mr. J. B. Thornton, of Rock Hill,
S. C.
The club sent to Kiwanian Her
man L. Yates at the General Hospi
tal in Athens a bouquet of flowers.
He was operated on for appendicitis
there two weeks ago.
Some men can’t make good even
with free raw material.
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The marriage . ring and the prize
ring often lead to the stage.
City, County and Many
Individuals Help Losers
Important Notice.
Hon. J. H. Skelton wishes to meet
j all who will donate a day’s work
' toward helping the farmers of the
stricken area at the Court House in
Hartwell Saturday afternoon at 5
o’clock. The day to work will be
decided Saturday afternoon, and
transportation will be arranged for
everyone who will volunteer on the
day selected.
One thousand dollars has been ap
! propriated by the American Nation
al Red Cross to help relieve sufferers
of the hail storm disaster in this
county, according to announcement
by Carter Taylor, Director of Dis
aster Relief of the Red Cross, who
attended a meeting of the local com
mittee here on Tuesday. A check
for this amount will be placed in
the hands of the local Red Cross
Chapter, to be used in relief work.
At the time this gift was announced,
the local committee had raised less
than S3OO in Hartwell for the relief
fund, and Mr. Taylor said that in
view of this fact he considered the
donation made by the Red Cross a
very liberal one. Local contribu
■ tions continue to come in, however,
| and it is believed will amount to sev
eral hundred dollars more.
A preliminary survey made by the
Red Cross workers indicated that ap
proximately 4,000 acres of crops had
been affected by the hail storm, that
approximately one hundred farmers
had suffered, and that about 80 of
these would need assistance of some
sort. It is believed by the committee
that the gift from the national Red
Cross, when supplemented by local
donations which the committee is
still raising, will prove sufficient to
help the farmers overcome the han
dicap imposed by the destructive
hail-storm of last week.
It is the plan of the relief com
mittee, operating through the local
Red Cross Chapter, to give no re
lief in the form of cash, but to pur
chase seeds, and other supplies, and
give these things to the farmers who
actually need help. Those who are
able to recover without such assist
ance, will not be helped from the
small relief fund.
The Red Cross sent the following
telegram to the State College of
Agriculture, at Athens: “Please wire
me your opinion, is it too late to
profitably replant cotton destroyed
in hail storm in Hart county, Geor
gia?”
The Agriculture College replied as
follows: “Too late to replant cotton
account boll weevil. Suggest plant
ing soy beans instead.”
Following this expert advice, the
local committee will probably advise
farmers to replant other things than
cotton.
The Kiwanis Club has donated SSO
to the above fund.
The City of Hartwell and the of
ficials of Hart county have also
added several hundred dollars to the
fund.
Congressman Chas. H. Brand sent
his check first of the week for $25
to Treasurer R. C. .Thornton of the
local Red Cross for the relief of
those who lost their crops in the re
cent storm that did thousands of
dollars damage in Air Line and
Goldmine sections.
Jno. T. Burriss & Son, well-known
manufacturers of Anderson, S. C.,
also added a contribution of $5 to
the fund.
The same committee will continue
to receive contributions here, as up
pointed by Mayor Richardson and
Chairman I. J. Phillips of the local
Red Cross: R. C. Thornton, Chmn.,
J. L. Massey, J. G. Craft, T. S.
Mason, B. B. Zellars.
Through this committee it is hoped
to route all help to the committee
composed of Willis F. Bond, chmn ,
W. M. Bryan, L. A. Pruitt, Sam J.
Beggs and Epp Hays, who will see
that those who need it most will be
helped.
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Thomas Not Located
Hart county officers stated first
of the week that Mr. Glenn-Thomas,
well-known young citizen of Shoal
Creek district, charged with the kill
ing of Dave Walker, col., on Sunday
night, June 15th, had not yet been
located.
Mr. Thomas is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Sim Thomas, of Shoal Creek.
The killing took place at the home
of Walker, the only eye-witness be
ing the negro’s wife, it was stated.
The reason for the killing was not
given out by local officers.
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Convicts Stage ‘Near’ Escape
Warden E. S. Reynolds found sev
eral bars in the steel cage at the
county convict camp sawed early
Monday morning when going to un
lock the door.
The occupants, some five or 'six
white men, would have all escaped
had the sun remained under cover
another hour or two, it was said.
One of the men handed the saw
to Warden Reymolds when he walked
up.
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Few men have enough self-confi
dence to enable them to ignore their
own mistakes.
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