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Hartwell Stores Offering Hundreds of Hot Weather Bargains To Thrifty Buyers WPAGES IN THIS ISSUE VOL XLVII 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.” _ o 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 o 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 Run For Congress i JLjllHi r [ Os Ath?- KRAXK A. HOLDEN sue r- t ' w h° ann ounces in tnis is the F*„k i‘ e un f° r Congress from tl ?hth District. -0 . I’ . Q » of the Eighth Con r m - ral Di . st rict: a a candidate for selection as 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. o 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. o 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. - 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. o ■ ■ —— 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. o 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. o 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. o jgggl 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. o 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. — —o 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. o 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. o 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. o 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. o 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. a 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. , -n . - —— , Few men have enough self-confi dence to enable them to ignore their own mistakes. WPAGES IN THIS ISSUE NO. 47