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VOL 49
HART COUNTY BOYS WIN STATE VOCATIONAL STOCK JUDGING CONTEST
The team which represented Hart '
county in the stock judging contest !
held at the State College of Agri
culture in Athens on last Monday
was awarded first prize and present
ed with a large banner reading:
STATE CHAMPIONS
VOCATIONAL
STOCK - JUDGING
CONTEST
1924.
The championship also carries with
it a free trip for the four boys as !
representatives of the state of Geor
gia to the National Dairy Exposition :
which will be held in Milwaukee, Wis- ‘
consin, at an early date in the fall.
At this meeting a contest will be held
for the purpose of picking a team
to represent the United States in
Europe.
Hart county’s prize-winning team ;
was composed of the following boys: j
George Leard, Dennis Reynolds, Jul-1
ian Burns, William Ray. The boys i
were under the personal supervision
of Prof. L. E. Hemrick, head of the i
Vocational Department of the Hart- |
well High School.
This is the first time Hart county
has entered in such a contest against 1
the entire state, and Prof. Hemrick
and the boys deserve the highest
commendation for their good work.
SPECIAL EDITION SUN NEXT WEEK
TO TELL OF HARTWELL’S SCHOOLS
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Next week’s issue of The Sun will
be one of the largest and most in
teresting our readers have ever re
ceived —an edition that will contain
the course of study for pupils in the
Hartwell Schools for 1924-25; the
rules and regulations governing
pupils, teachers and others connected
with the schools; the name of every
pupil who attended here last year;
the members of the new faculty;
articles on various school subjects;
photographs of members of the
Board of Education, and hundreds
of other things that will make the
paper a valuable keepsake.
Many extra copies will be printed
for distribution over this section of
Georgia, for Hartwell’s High School
has ceased to be purely a local affair.
Boys and girls are coming from far
and near to get the advantages of
fered them along educational lines in
Hartwell. Hart county has shown a
wonderful spirit of cooperation, and
her boys and girls are numbered
among the very best pupils in at
tendance each year.
The special edition will be a big
boost for Hartwell and her schools.
Advertisers should realize the
value of this edition. Among the
ads already received is a solid page
from the Georgia Railway & Power
Co. Copy must be in this week-end'
and not later than next Monday
night.
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Commissioners Passed On
Many Important Matters
At Meeting Last Monday
The Board of Commissioners held
their monthly meeting last Monday.
There was much business transacted
of important nature, several com
mittees coming before the Commis
sioners to present various claims for
consideration. A large committee
of both ladies and gentlemen from
Canon asked for a better road from
Canon to Hartwell. Also other com
mittees asking the same from Bow
ersville and Lavonia. They were all
given respectful attention with a
promise that the claims of all would
be given the best consideration in
the order of their importance.
The conviet camp moved this
week from Cedar Creek to a point
near Beulah which is the center of a
community where much road work
will be done during the next ten to
fifteen days. It was the unanimous
action of the board that the next
camp would be located at some point
most convenient for working the
road towards Lavonia, Bowersville
and Canon.
The citizens of Smiths and Mc-
Currys districts, as far as these dis
tricts have been worked, speak words
of the highest praise for the splendid
road work that has been done. It
will be the policy of the Commission
ers to treat all sections of the county
m the best possible way and only ask
that the people be as patient as they
i can as it necessarily takes time to do
good road work.
Ihe Commissioners expressed
themselves as greatly pleased with
the splendid cooperation received
from the communities where they
rece ntly been working.
, they also have good reason to be
heve the same cooperation will be
» gi'en by other communities w’hen the
Proper time comes. This is very en
couraging to the Commissioners as
he people are finding out very fast
<hat the way to get the best service
ls to lend all possible cooperation.
Bussell To Speak Saturday
R. L. Russell announces that
e will address the voters of Hart
j n th e cour t house in Hart-
- at 4 o’clock next Saturday af
«nmon. August 9th.
?er ‘ era l public is cordially in-
THE HARTWELL SUN.
Candidates Have A
Few More Days
According to the rules of the Dem
ocratic Executive Committee for
Hart county, candidates who desire
to enter the race for offices to be
voted on, must do so by Saturday
I night of this week.
1 The regulations locally apply to
I the election of a State Senator, a
' Congressman, Judge of the Superior
Court, Solicitor-General, and a Rep
resentative, the entrance fees rang
ing from $25 to $75, which must be
pai dto Secretary E. E. Satterfield,
of Hartwell, within the time set.
The primary election will be held
■ on Wednesday, September 10th, and
I followed in Hart county b ya second
‘ primary September 17th, in event
this is necessary, which applies only
| to the election for a Representative.
Dr. W. I. Hailey is chairman of
i the executive committee for Hart
• county.
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A physician may speak but one
i language and yet be familiar with
many tongues.
Commissioner J. J. Brown
To Speak Here August 25
Hon. J. J. Brown, commissioner
of agriculture, will address the voters
of Hart county on Monday, August
25th, at the noon recess of Hart
Superior Court.
Everybody cordially invited to
ihear him.
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Takes Charge Barber Shop
Mr. Frank Powell took charge of
the barber shop formerly operated
by Mr. T. H. Risner in the A. N.
Alford building last Friday, having
purchased the business from Mr.
Risner.
Associated with Mr. Powell, who
has just returned from a stay of sev
eral months in Greenville. S. C.,
will be Messrs. Pope J. Winn, Sam
Wallace and Leland Ethridge.
Thanks All Who Helped In
Stephens Memorial Fund
Mr. W. M. Bowers, prominent
' Royston citizen, and chairman of the
committee that has recently and very
befittingly marked the grave in the
Hartwell cemetery of Rev. L. W.
Stephens, wishes to thank everyone
who contributed in any way toward
the fund.
The committee was composed of
Messrs. W. M. Bowers, D. T. Brown
and J. P. Jones, who appointed the
following solicitors: M. V. Duncan,
Hartwell; D. T. Brown, Royston;
J. P. Jones, Hartwell; D. J. Thorn
ton, Elberton; S. L. Thornton, Dewy
Rose.
Mr. S. S. Bowers acted as secre
tary.
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H'/we The $300,000 Is
Some explanation of the heavy
! decrease in Hart county tax returns,
as noted in last week’s Sun, might
! help to clear up the matter to an
I extent.
We are informed that the tax
| payers returned practically the same
I amount this year as last, but that
! State Tax Commissioner Fulbright
I accepted the 1924 returns without
the 10 per cent increase that was
added in 1923, which would amount
to around the shortage of $300,000.
The decrease calls for retrench
ment in all departments of the coun
ty affairs, and perhaps will tend to
shorten the county school term,
which is regretted most of all.
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THE GEORGIA LAW
Below is the whole of section 393
from the general laws of Georgia,
which controls the others, and whicn
will throw some light on a matter
that has been discussed locally for
the past few weeks:
“393. Certain Purchases Prohi
bited. No ordinary, county com
missioner, board of county commis
sioners, or any other county officer
authorized or empowered by law to
use public or county funds for the
purchase of goods or property of any
kind for public or county purposes,
shall purchase said goods or property
from any store in which he is an em
ployee or in which he is directly or
indirectly interested, or from any
person or partnership of which he
is a member, or by whom he is em
ployed, unless by sanction of the ma
jority of the board of county com
missioners of the county, or unless
it «hall be made clearly to appear
that the said individual, partnership,
or owner of the store offers and will
sell the goods or property as cheap
or cheaper than it can be bought |
elsewhere. * VOTER.. |
HARTWELL, HART COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1924
3escendents William Myers
To Have Reunion On 15th
At Hartwell Campground
All members of the Myers family
and connections in this section are
invited to the all-day family reunion
, to be held at Hartwell Campground
' on Friday, August 15th.
There are many Myers in Hart and
adjoining counties, descendents of
( William Myers, a pioneer settler,
t and when they gather with their
. families and connections at the
Campground on the 15th, there will
’ be an event of no little interest.
There will be several short talks
and a program for the occasion, as
’ well as the usual bounteous meal
I served at the noon hour.
1 HRS. HORACE P. HAWKINS
DIES AFTER PROLONGED
' illness in Gainesville
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Mrs. Horace P. Hawkins, age 52,
died at the home on Riverside Drive,
? Ganiesville, Ga., at 1:30 o’clock last
1 Thursday, July 31. 1924, after being
in ill health for the past two years.
The deceased was born in Mont
gomery, Ala., July 17, 1872. She
was a daughter of the late Capt. and
‘ Mrs. T. S. Herbert, of that city.
The passing of Mrs. Hawkins
) brings sadness to many hearts in
Hartwell, where she and Mr. Haw
kins resided for some time before
moving to Gainesville. Here Mrs.
Hawkins made many friends in both
> church, civic and social circles.
' While her physical condition was
known to be impaired as the result
• of many months of suffering, the
5 end came as a great shock to all
t here.
t Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins had only !
been married a few years, coming i
> here after their wedding to make 1
Hartwell their home in September,
1920.
The remains were carried to the
F home of her sister, Mrs. Weiss,
in Montgomery,* Ala., last Friday, the
. funeral and interment being held on
I Saturday morning, Dr. McDonald, of
St. Johns Episcopal church, Mont
; gomery, being in charge. She was
• I reared an Episcopalian, joining the
’ [ Presbyterian chui-ch in Hartwell.
• Dr. Sibley of the Gainesville Presby-
• ]' terian church conducted a short ser
’ | vice in that city before the remains
’ were carried to Montgomery.
1 Besides her husband, Mrs. Hawkins 1
is survived by one sister, Mrs. Emma
H. Weiss, and three brothers, Mr.
Wm. F. Herbert, Mrs. Edward H.
Herbert and Mr. Thos. B. Herbert.
I The sympathy of many friends is
extended the bereaved husband, sis
ter and brothers.
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Brown & Cobb Are Making
Improvements On Storeroom
' A number of decided improve
, ments are being made in the Brown
& Cobb storeroom on the square.
The large show windows will be
refloored and painted, the entire in
; terior of the room worked over, and
' many changes made to make this
’ popular store more attractive.
New electrical fixtures have also
been installed.
J. W. Temples & Sons have the
work in charge.
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Good Roads Help Increase
Bank Deposits In Georgia
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 6.—Good roads
increase bank deposits.
F. D. Singleton, editor of the Tri-
County Advertiser, of Clarkesville,
Ga., tells of having made a business
trip to the little city of Hiawassee,
the county site of Towns county, in
the interest of his newspaper—eight
, years ago. He says he remembers
well the road from Clayton to Hia
wassee, which was about as far from
being a good road as distance can
be measured.
“I told a bank cashier that a good
road through that county would
i double his bank business in ten
years,” said Mr. Singleton.
At that time, according to Mr. Sin
gleton, the first bank statement his
newspaper ever published for the
bank showed that its whole business
amounted to less than $55,000. The
business of the bank now, he says,
amounts to $205,587.63, in just
eight years’ time.
“Towns county has voted bonds
and has the best roads of any moun- '
tain county in northwest Georgia,” 1
Mr. Singleton said. “The people
over there now who oppose bonds
will tell you that bonds and good
roads have done more for that coun
ty within the last six years than any
thing else. In addition to good
roads the Hiawassee College has been
rebuilt and a new dormitory erect- j
ed for the girls. Young Harris has
spent 100,000 on rebuilding and
building dormitories.”
Mr. Singleton adds, “and the man
or woman who says money properly
spent for good roads will bankrupt
the county and break up the people
financially are sadly mistaken in
their judgment.”
Advocates of good roads here and
in other sections of the state claim 1
I that sentiment for the proposed bead i
issue for a stsde-qride system of ;
paved reads is growing rapidly.
j * CALVIN COOLIDGE WAS *
* IN OFFICE ONE YEAR *
* LAST SATURDAY
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Washington, D. C.—President *
j * Calvin Coolidge Saturday com- *
* pleted his first year in office as *
* President of the United States. *
* He stuck to his desk most of *
* the day as he has throughout *
* the entire year. The president *
* today shows little change from *
* the man who entered the White *
* House one year ago, upon the *
* death of Warren G. Harding ex- *
* cept that his face is beginning *
* to show a few lines. *
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Georgia Drier Than
Ever Before
Less moonshining and bootlegging
is being carried on in Georgia at
present than at any time since the
national prohibition act went into
effect, according to statements by
1 federal prohibition officers in giving
out their report for July, says a dis
patch from Atlanta. Stills are
smaller and fewer in number and
there is less liquor being made than
formerly, they said. AH districts
under the jurisdiction of the Atlanta
headquarters are reported to be well
under control.
During the last month, federal
agents destroyed 257 illicit stills and
distilleries, most of which were small
outfits. In June, 256 stills were put
out of commission. During July,
1923, federal officers discovered and
destroyed 225 stills. Worms de
stroyed in the past month totalled
37, the same number as in June. In
, July, 1923, 58 were put out of corn
! mission.
Federal agents poured out 987 gal
lons of whisky and 82,920 gallons of
beer in July, as against 1,839 gallons
of whisky and 162,000 gallons of
beer in June, and 2,496 gallons of
whisky and 173,000 gallons of beer
in July a year ago.
The total value of property de
stroyed in July was estimated at
$25,000, as compared with $36,000 in
June and $55,000 in July a year ago.
Property seized and not destroyed
was set at $3,000. In June, proper
ty seized and appraised was estimat
ed at $2,500. In July, 1923, seized
property of this kind was estimated
j at $4,000.
I Prosecutions of liquor cases for
July totalled 120, as against 155 in
June, and 228 in July, 1923. Arrests
made totalled 81, as compared with
165 in June, and 110 in July a year
ago.
Bio And Nuberg Will Vote
On School Consolidation
Bio and Nuberg school districts;
two of Hart county’s most progres
sive communities along every line,
will vote next Tuesday, August 12th,
to consolidate their school interests.
If the consolidation election is
successful better facilities will be
afforded the boys and girls in these
districts, and an important step for
ward made.
Campmeeting "and Training
School Closed Last Sunday
The 50th annual session of Hart
well Campmeeting and the 3rd an
nual session of the Elberton District
Standard Training School to be held
at that place, both closed on last
Sunday.
The combined events drew larger
crowds than ever before. The train
ing school is now the largest in the
North Georgia Conference outside of
Atlanta, where two districts are com
bined into one large school.
The Campmeeting services, con
ducted by Presiding Elder Horace
S. Smith, of Elberton, Dr. C. C. Jar
rell, of Atlanta, and Rev. J. R. Tur
ner, of Commerce, proved exceed-1
ingly inspirational during the entire '
week.
In addition to the tenters there
were some twenty pastors from over
the district in attendance throughout
the week, some taking work in the
Training School.
Danielsville Circuit, headed by the
pastor, Rev. M. C. Allen, sent the
i largest delegation to the school, num
bering over twenty.
A special service Sunday after
noon conducted by Rev. L. W. Col
| lins, district superintendent of train
i ing, marked the close of the school,
at which time certificates were pre
sented the large classes.
Rev. A. E. Barton, of Emory Uni- I
versity, conducted the singing.
Miss Drucy Gaines was matron of
the community tents, aided by Miss
Ina Gaines, and Mr. Clarke Gaines ;
j as registrar.
Through the generosity of the
: people, the Hartwell Campground
trustees will be enabled to make i
some needed improvements by an
other year, it is hoped, and this fa
mous spot will, indeed, become the
Elberton District Assembly Grounds. |
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Over in Paris, fashionable women
; are revealing their ears. It sounds
[ dreadfully immodest, but probably
i people will soon get so used to it
that they will think nothing o£ -iU
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Canon Citizens Petition Board To Work
The Canon ■ Air Line - Bowersville Road
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VISITORS HOLD SWAY IN
MEETING HERE
A number of distinguished visit
ors and splendid talks featured the
Kiwanis Club session last Friday,
when the members were hosts to
some twelve Methodist ministers
from various cities, to the Hart
County Board of Education, and oth
ers.
Among those making interesting
talks were Dr. C. C. Jarrell, Rev.
Homer Thompson, Rev. J. C. Adams,
of Atlanta, and Rev. L. W. Collins,
of Elberton, from the body of min
isters in attendance.
(’apt. W. Y. Carter, of Tampa,
Fla., who needs no introduction to
Hartwell and Hart county folks, was
also an interesting speaker of the
hour.
The preachers, who were attend
ing the Hartwell Campmeeting and
Training School, present on this oc
j casion were Dr. Chas. C. Jarrell,
i Rev. Homer Thompson, Rev. J. C.
Adams, of Atlanta; Rev. J. R. Tur
ner, of Commerce: Rev. L. W. Col
lins, of Elberton; Rev. O. E. Smith,
| of Middleton; Rev. E. O. Vickery, of
; Hartwell; Rev. M. C. Allen, of Dan
ielsville: Rev. A. E. Barton, of
Emory University, and Kiwanian J.
IL Barton, of Hartwell.
The Hart County Board of Edu
cation members present were Hons.
R. 11. Martin, Amos Floyd, T. B.
Whitworth and R. L. Gaines, Sr.
They were guests of Kiwanians W.
B. Morris and A. S. Skelton.
Hart County Cotton Growers Get Over
$60,000 In Final Payment For ’23 Crop
FIRST ENTRANT IN SUN’S
MELON CONTEST IS 0. L.
VICKERY, OF DEWY ROSE
Well, The Sun’s great watermelon
contest opened last Thursday and
we can truthfully say it has been a
wonderful success to date.
On Saturday morning our good
friend, Mr. O. L. Vickery, of Dewy
Rose, Ga., route 2, brought in a big,
fine melon and was officially enter
ed on the list for the one year, six
and three months’ subscriptions The
Sun will award to the growers of the
three best melons.
From the sample brought in, it
is very evident that Mr. Vickery is
some melon grower. He grows the
Jones variety, and has 140 hills in
the patch where the contest melon
came from.
The of the melon is on file
and the prize winners will be an
nounced after September 16th.
In the meantime, if you have a
melon that looks “hefty” bring it
in; you might win. We want to tell
our readers about about experience
in raising melons.
Come in, you Hart county melon
growers.
FIVE LEAGUE INSTITUTES
LAST OF MONTH INSTEAD
OF MEETING THIS WEEK
District Secretary Jno. H. Baker
announces that instead of the confer
ence for Epworth League workers
scheduled for this week it the Hart
well Campground, a series of five
institutes will be held at as many
places in the District beginning on
Tuesday, August 26th, in which plans
will be laid in advance for the en- ■
campment in 1925, the definite date
for which has been announced, to
begin on Thursday before the regu
lar Campmeeting and Training
School.
A strong corps of speakers, head-I
ed by Mr. Baker and Rev. J. H. Bar-,
ton, pastor of the Hartwell Metho
dist church, will be in charge of the
divisional institutes the latter part
I of the month, which are as follows:
Tuesday, August 26th—Lincoln
ton.
Wednesday, August 27th—Be-
■ thesda.
Thursday, August 28th Lavonia.
Friday, August 29th- Danielsville, j
Saturday, August 30th—Bold
Springs.
The various Leagues will be noti
fied by Mr. Baker which institute to
attend.
The program will begin at each
place at 10 o’clock A. M., closing
each night with a strong inspira-1
i tiona) address.
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Oil Agents Move Office
Shaw &. Brown, local Texas com- ;
pany agents, will move this month I
from the Leard & Massey building
to the McAlpin Thornton warehouse
on Depot street, the latter giving
them access to the railroad.
These gentlemen last week pur-
I chksed the Hart Oil Co.’s tanks and
-other property here.
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The City of Canon and her citi
zens are exerting every effort to
make’ the “Piedmont Airline High
way” a reality,—and to this end
' sent a large delegation to Hartwell,
last Monday morning to appear be
| fore the Hart County Board of Com
missioners at their monthly meeting,
petitioning them to give attention as
! soon as possible ami consistent with
.their present program to the road,
which goes out of Hartwell via Air
Line and almost to Bower.sville.
The new route is logical, and will
I serve a double purpose in affording
the traveling public another route
■ towards Atlanta, as well as opening
up a most valuable trading section
I for Hartwell.
Canon launched the new highway
some weeks ago, and it has received
the support of everyone along the
route.
Here Monday in conference with
| the commissioners, who promised
their co-operation in the building of
j the important highway as soon as
• possible, were Dr. N. G. Williams,
Mr. W. IL Westmoreland, Mr. E. H.
, Agnew, Mr. R. E. Osborne, Mr. R.
' H. Ridgway, Mr. W. T. Ridgway, Mr.
M. T. Kenton, Mr. I). T. Bowers,
. Mrs. T. R. Burton, Mrs. D. T. Bow
! ers, Mrs. W. IL Campbell, Mrs. I). T.
' Barnes, Miss Annie Mae McGuire.
| Appearing with the Canon com
mittee was a local committee com
posed of E. E. Satterfield, J. A. W.
Brown, 11. I. Alford, A. F. Bell and
R. E. Cox.
Other delegations from Bowers
ville and Lavonia appeared before
the Commissioners asking for better
roads to these progressive sections.
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Checks aggregating $1,232,634
were being mailed out Saturday as
final distribution to farmers or. their
cotton sold during the season just
closed through the Georgia Cotton
Growers’ Co-operative association.
Hart county growers received $60,-
000 this week in the distribution.
The association handled 70,812
bales during the season ending June
30 and sold this cotton for a gross
amount of $10,306,942.08. In volume
of business and extent of influence
it is the highest development of co
operative merchandising in the his
tory of Georgia.
The average price obtained for the.
cotton of all grades was 30.05 cents
a pound. The expense of conduct
ing all of the business, including in
surance, warehousing and interest,
was 1.55 cents a pound for the cot
ton handled. The mathematical
average net obtained for the grow
ers of cotton handled thus. was 28.50
cents a pound.
The proceeds from the pools, how
ever, are not distributed on a mathe
matical average of all the cotton.
Cotton furnished by members is
placed into pools made up of lots
of even grade and staple. Each
member then is paid the average
I price obtained for each pool into
| which he contributed.
The association expects to handle
I 200,000 bales next season.
President J. E. Conwell’s state-
| ment, in part, was as follows:
“Despite the fact that Georgia
made almost a cotton crop failure
last year, the association handled
several thousand bales more than it
did the first year, and although our
interest and insurance was more per
bale, due to a higher valuation on
cotton, the expenses per pound are
slightly under what they were for
the first year.
“We have signed several thousand
good members this year and we have
a better prospect for a crop.
“We feel that co-operative mar
keting in the cotton belt has made
wonderful progress during the past
twelve months. We should ail re
member that the more cotton the as
' sociation handles, the more influence
| we will exercise on prices and the
easier it is to reduce our expenses
in hauling it.”
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Bell Always Progressing
A larger cooling tank, of 120-gal
lon-per-hour capacity, has just been
installed at the Coca-Cola plant here
l by Mr. A. F. Bell, the proprietor.
The tank keeps the water used in
bottling the drinks here at 32 de
grees, and is in keeping vzith Mr.
Bell’s progressive ideas. He has
one of the largest and best equipped
bottling plants outside of Atlanta.
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Conference At Mt. Zion
Presiding Elder Horace S. Smith,
! of Elberton, will hold the 3rd Quar
terly Conference for Hart Circuit at
Mt. Zion church on Saturday, preach
i ing at 11 o’clock.
Let all the official members be
present with their reports.
Everybody cordially invited.
E. O. VICKERY, Pastor.
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A stump speech isn’t necessarily
| a short one.
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