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Read The Sun Ads--Buy From Your Home Merchants---And Save Money 8 PUSES IN THIS ISSUE I 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 0 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. o 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. o 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. o 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. - -o 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. o 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 t • 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. - - 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. n 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 I ♦ * 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. * -"■■■■ ■ O- ■ - 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. | o 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 [ —Cleveland Plain Dealers *.'74 ’■<> '-4> Canon Citizens Petition Board To Work The Canon ■ Air Line - Bowersville Road *—■—— - —n • ■ i 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. O- - ■ 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. O 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. 0 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.” o 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. o 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. ■ . ... —O .I——" A stump speech isn’t necessarily | a short one. BP3CES I IN THIS ISSUE NO. 1