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HART COUNTY “HARVEST FESTIVAL” OCTOBER 16, 17, 18, 1924 ✓ —— | Q PAGES X IN THIS Lm ISSUE VOL 43 Jesse Mercer’s Bible Found; Interesting Relic Brings Valuable Data To Light Educator’s First Wife Buried About Nine Miles North of Hartwell— Aging Book Contained History Family and Sermon Notes Macon, Ga., Sept. 17.—Hidden away under a heavy cloak of dust k and trash that for many years had accumulated in the attic of the li brary of Mercer university has been found the family Bible of Jesse Mer cer, founder of Mercer university. The book is at least 110 years old. It was found by W. R. Carswell, a Mercer student, while he was rum maging among a number of old books and papers. The Bible is bound in worn sheep skin and on its title page, it shows that it was printed in 1814. In its in terpretation, it tallies with the King James version. q Os principal interest in the old book were the records of Jesse Mer cer's family, which were written in his own handwriting, giving dates of births, marriages and deaths of his two little daughters and of his first wife. On a separate page is in formation about slaves belonging to the Mercer family. Sermon Outline Found. Lying loose in the Bible, were sev eral notes written by this noted di vine in bis own handwriting. A sermon outline which from its con text and conclusion appears to have been prepared to be delivered at a W’communion service, was stuck be tween the pages. The record in the family Bible shows that Jesse Mercer was born December 16, 1769, the son of Silas and Dorcas Mercer. On January 31, 1788, he was married to Sabrina Chivers and from this union there came two daughters, Mariam the first and Mariam the second, both of whom died early, the former when only nine months old and the latter when nine years old. k Sabrina Chivers Mercer died in Briber 55th years, September 23, 1826, I at Andersonville, S. C., and on Dec- I ember 11, 1827, Jesse Mercer was I again married. This time he married I the widow of a Hebrew, one Abram I Simons, with whom he lived until his I death. Mr. Mercer died in Septem- I ber, 1841. It was only after this second mar- I riage that Mr. Mercer was able to I found the university that now stands lin Macon. He was without funds had an inspiration to do a great ■ work. Wife’s Funds Used. Mrs. Nancy Mercer inherited large I sums of money from her first hus- I band, Abram Simons, and shortly be- I fore her death, willed her husband I a part of her inheritance to be used I especially for founding the institu- ■ tion. At any rate it is now established I that with the hard-earned dollars of I Abram Simons, Mercer university I was established. ■ In an unmarked spot by a road- Epde in Wilkes county, near Wash- ■ ington, Ga., are said to lie the re fl mains of Abram Simons. The Mercer Bible is the second I relic to be found during the past ■.month in the college library here. A I rare book, “Two Grey Tourists,” by I Richard Malcolm Johnston, Mercer ■ graduate of the class of 1841, was I recently found by Miss Sallie Boone, I Mercer librarian, while she was go ®ing through a lot of old books. John- LONG BOOSTS HARVEST FESTIVAL o Real Opportunity To Show What Can Be Done nl Hart —Urge* Support of All The People The Hart County “Harvest Festi is to be one of the biggest and most important events of this year for the county and now is the op portunity for every citizen in the !■ unty who has an ambition to see • ie progress we should have to lend loeir aid to that end. It matters not J*hat occupation is followed, some reipful service can be rendered and those who are shouldering the re sponsibility of holding this fair be s-neak of all this needed co-opera tion. It is in a year like this that real I' r ‘ gress in agricultural work can be w n. Difficulties had to be over s >e and the products from the E ; - garden and orchard which had f produced under these adverse 1 r conditions show the ability 1 producers to overcome them, county has some of the most and progressive farmers to be <1 in the state. The educational \ ■ m the county is the talk of the state and the public-spirit • citizenship, I feel confident in K-mg, can not be surpassed. It is F ln these facts in mind that we t to see this one of the best most instructive fairs ever held It will take that to illustrate progress being made. One who not been here to watch the year- • and monthly progress can see the ? a: progress made probably better those who have helped make it. ' ee these commendable things on hand and the only thing which if” prevent a real demonstration of > the discouraging influence of doubting Thomas” who is look- dark side. county is now famoua for its m pure-bred seed produc- THE HARTWELL SUN. RUNNING FULL TIME The Hartwell Cotton Mill here and Hartwell Mills No. 2 at Toccoa, are both running every day now ex cept Sunday. Business is getting better. o NEW GROCERY STORE READY FOR BUSINESS C. L. Johnson &. Co., is the name of Hartwell’s newest firm, having just opened a modern grocery store in the room on Carolina street for merly occupied by Mr. Stanly J. Brown, who moved to new quarters. The store is being managed by Mr. Lase Johnson, who has won for him self quite a reputation in this line. Their opening announcement ap pears in this issue of The Sun. METHODISTS PREPARE FOR LAST MEETING 1924 Presiding Elder Horace S. Smith has announced the dates for the 4th Quarterly Conferences of the Elber ton District, those in this section be ing as follows: Hart Circuit Saturday, October 18. Hartwell, Sunday, October 19th. Bowman Circuit, October 4-5. Canon Circuit, October 10th. Lavonia Circuit, October 12th. Elbert Circuit, October 16th. 472,000 WILL ENROLL IN SCHOOLS OF GEORGIA BY ENO OF SEPTEMBER Before the month of September has passed, approximately 472,000 children will be enrolled in the pub lic schools of Georgia, according to estimates made from the records of the state department of education. All of the public schools in the state will open before the end of September. Some schools in the state were started a week ago, oth ers started Monday and still oth ers will start later. Preceding the opening of the schools, teachers attended various institutes an dcolleges' where they were gkiven special courses, and were addressed by members of the state department of education, and other well known educational lead ers. The records in the educational de partment reveal that there will be a total of 17,687 teachers employed in the schools of the state. Os this number, 12,532 are white, and 5,155 colored. The figures show that there will be approximately 237,375 girls and 232,867 boys who will enter the class rooms. Os the grand total of 472,320 school children, 411,744 will enter the elementary grades, 58,798 will go to high school, and 1,778 will en ter agricultural schools. o An honest politician might as well be in some other business. ston was one of the outstanding lit erary figures of his time. Graduates of Columbia college have made sev eral requests for Mercer for infor mation on his works. tion. We have more pure seed be ing grown in the county this year than can be found in any other sev eral counties in the state. At pres ent that consists of cotton, corn and soy beans, but will be extended to other crops. These seed are to be sold at pure-bred prices and those growing them can find no better and more effective way of advertising them than through this county, fair. No effort will be spared in this edu cational work. Those engaged in club work with the County Agent, Home Demonstra tion Agent, and Vocational Teach ers wjll do a liberal part to help dis play the good work being done there. This will show the various farm pro ducts being grown and the truck crops which are being conserved in many ways. Products are being put up in every practical way by the girls and women for display and for win ter use. It remains for those not thus en gaged in these lines of club work to do a small part to help and we will see one of if not the best fair the county ever held. Since it is need ed probably worse now than ever to help boost progress and suppress dis couragement we should put forth a special effort. It has been dry this fall and many products usually available at this season of the year will not be plen tiful but a creditable showing can be made with practically every product which can be grown here if those who have them will only bring them. A most commendable spirit of county progress is being manifest in most sections and we confidently expect to see this spirit permeate the coun ty. Let every name in the county be displayed on some exhibit at this “Harvest Festival,” so that all will have a part in it. W. S. LONG, Chairman, Agricultural Committee. HARTWELL, HART COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1924 BUSINESS GETS BETTER Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 17. —The Fed eral Reserve Bank of Atlanta, serv ing the sixth federal district compos ed of the states of Georgia, Alaba ma, Florida, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana, has announced that the business outlook in the South is satisfactory. Business men here, pointing to the fact that the Federal Reserve Bank is always conservative in its busi ness predictions, assert therefore when the bank says “business condi tions may be expected to improve steadily” it may be accepted as a probability that business will im prove. The Sun Honor Roll A. D. Richardson, Hartwell 3. R. L. Anderson, Dewy Rose 2. Mrs. J. V. Brown, Hartwell 1. F. A. Weaver, Hartwell 1. B. E. Craft, Hartwell 2. W. J. Vassar, Hartwell 4. W. H. Dendy, Clinton, S. C. Cooley Harper, Hartwell 3. A. O. Neese, Charleston, S. C. C. C. Kidd, Danielsville. W. O. Herndon, Hartw’ell 1. G. R. Eaves, City. A. H. Hall, Hartwell 2. P. C. Ethridge, Hartwell 5. J. W. White, City. Levi Holmes, Hartwell 4. J. W. Chapman, Hartwell 3. R. J. Dickerson, Bowman 3. W. W. Campbell, City. M. E. Herndon, Valdosta. C. A. Brown, Hartwell 5. R. S. Phillips, Canon 3. C. W. Norman, Hartwell 4. Mrs. T. Joe Rucker. Hartwell 1. Miss Louise Meredith, Rome. A. P. Cook, Owings, S. C. J. S. Heaton, Hartwell 3. C. J. Phillips, Hartwell 5. Dr. J. 1. Jenkins, Bowman 3. Dr. H. E. Thornton, Dewy Rose 2. B. B. Mason, Hartwell 1. Mahlon Scott, Hartwell 1. E. A. Ayers, Bowman 3. C. F. Craft, Elberton 6. W. L. Teasley, Elberton 6. Geo. E. Bailey, Hartwell 5. R. L. Myers, Hartwell 4. Miss Mary Turner, Easley, S. C. J. T. Vernon, Hartwell 5. F. C. Elrod, Hartwell. Pear) Jones, Hartwell 3. Miss Pauline Brown, Anderson, S. C M. H. Atkinson, Hartwell 4. Joel Condor Richardson, Dahlon ega, Ga. A. R. Strickland, Hartwell 1. P. P. Phillips, Hartwell 3. J. L. Adams, Hartwell 2. Capt. W. Y. Carter. Tampa, Fla. W. E. White, Atlanta. J. J. Smith, Starr, S. C. C. H. Skelton, Macon. Mrs. G. W. Gardner, Jr., Green wood, S. C. H. P. Parker, Hartwell 5. A. I. Miller, Greenville, S. C. R. J. Dunn, City. J. L. Feltman, Hartwell 4. J. W. Evans, Hartwell 3. R. E. Brown, Hartwell 1. B. T. Brown, Hartwell 1. James Cleveland, Canon 1. Lee Herndon, Bowman 3. H. G. Pearman, City. Miss Inez Bradbury, City. A. C. Cash, City. W. W. Wilson, Lavonia 2. J. A. Bailey, Miami, Fla. Pvt. F. M. Brown, Yorktown, Va. Miss Pauline Brown, West Union, S. C. Miss Vonnie Sanders, Murfrees boro, Tenn. W. R. Rice, Bowman 3. J. M. Nixon, City. C. H. Temples, Hartwell 2. L. S. Richardson, Hartwell 2. A. W. Brown, Hartwell 4. Mrs. Clark Vickery, Bowersville. Mrs. Alice V. Dove, Royston 2. L. P. Cleveland, City. P. A. Isom, Bowersville 1. Mrs. Mattie Skelton, Hartwell 3. Levis Roe, Bowersville. Mrs. W. R. Martin, Winston Sa lem, N. C. W. J. Moss, Duncan, S. C. Mrs. J. W. Williams, Braselton. J. R. West, Greenwood, S. C. D. B. Evans, Hartwell 2. Charlie Gary, Hartwell 3. L. L. McMullan, Hartwell 3. J. W. Madden, Hartwell. Rev. J. N. Bailey, Hartwell. M. W. Jones, Hartwell vl. G. D. Rice, Hartwell 3. J. W. Cheek, Hartwell 4. Tensie Waller, Hartwell 2. Mrs.Wm.Anderson, Greenville.S.C. J. C. Clark, Hartwell 2. Mrs. H. P. Dickerson, Hartwell 1. F. H. Richardson, Macon. E. C. Teasley, Dewy Rose 2. P. R. Johnson, Canon 1. L. W. Stovall, Hartwell 4. R. F. Looney, Hartwell 6. W. A. Teip, Hartwell 1. W. M. Ellinburg, Hartwell 1. W. B. Chastain, Hartwell 4. John W. Craft, Hartwell 1. R. Benton Vickery, Hartwell 1. W. H. Bailey, Hartwell 2. P. L. Byrum, Hartwell 6. B. C. Bailey, Hartw’ell 2. Miss Sallie Isom, Hartwell 5. Frank Roukoskie, Hartwell 5. You will never be accused of cheating at cards as long as you lose. n Police headquarters in New York is cramped for suitable wall space to place the bronze tablets on which are engraved the names of policemen killed in performance of duty. A single panel served to record all such death* in the history of the city up to , Smee then an additional panel has been filled and another one begun. , i BTH DIS. CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION NOMINATES BRAND AT ATHENS MEET Dr. Joe I. Jenkins, member of the Bth District Congressional Conven tion, and Messrs. E. E. Satterfield, Clayton M. Herndon, T. M. Myers and J. Loyd Teasley, as delegates, attended the session in Athens Wed nesday at which time the official re turns were consolidated and Judge Chas. H. Brand was nominated as the candidate for Congress. Hon. Rush Burton, of Lavonia, has been chairman of the convention for the past two years, presiding Wed nesday. o —. New Alfords School District To Vote Bonds On Tuesday The citizens of Milltown and Mt. Zion school districts, now Alfords Consolidated School, will vote on next Tuesday, September 23rd, for bonds aggregating the sum of s3,* 300.00, with which they expect to build and equip a modern building at some central location. The Board of Trustees of the new school is composed of three of the most progressive citizens in that sec tion of Hart county, Messrs. Pelzer Herring, H. O. Cordell ..nd N. B. Ayers. Hart county will watch with in terest and pride the outcome of the bond election next Tuesday. CANDLER’S CHAPEL Mr J. Henry Baker has recently been elected Superintendent for the forthcoming year of the Chapel Sun day School, and is endeavoring to build up the attendance. The services start every Sunday afternoon at 2:30, to which all our people have a hearty welcome. o Love is blind to most of the danger signals. Many a man who eats pie with a knife wishes he had an hx. All women are not devoid of the sense of humor, if one may judge by the way some wives manage their husbands. Another Stretch Bankhead Highway Will Be Paved Paving of the nationally famous Bankhead Highway at vartsus points in Georgia is progressing and this great highway is becoming more im portant each day as both a local and transcontinental route. Construction of the second link in a hard surface road which will con nect Atlanta with the South Caro lina state line was begun at Law renceville first of the week when Gwinnett county started work on a project that will put a paved road straight through the county from the DeKalb county line on the west to the Barrow county line on the east. Chairman Holder, in a brief ad dress, congratulated the county com missioners, T. L. Harris, Lamar Jackson and J. D. Miller, on the progressive spirit they have shown in co-operating with the state and federal authorities to bring about the building of this important link in the I Georgia highway system and he told of plans now on foot in other coun- i ties along the highway between At- , lanta and the South Carolina line ' to make it an entirely paved road for the whole distance. He also paid i high tribute to,the Kiwanis dull fori ‘QUEEN OF HARVEST FESTIVAL’ HARTWELL, GA. October 16, 17, 18 , Vote for some Hart County Girl for ‘‘QUEEN OF THE HARVEST FESTIVAL” who will be the center of at traction on the second day, Friday, October 17th. The candidate receiving highest number of votes will be Queen. The six receiving next highest numbers will be “Ladies-in waiting” to the Queen. (Mail or hand to THE‘SUN at once) Coupon —IOO VOTES Coupon This COUPON is good for 100 Votes for the— “QUEEN OF THE HARVEST FESTIVAL” Hartwell, Ga., October 17th Name Address (Votes 20c per thousand) MERCHANTS GIVE VOTES TO NAME "QUEEN” OF HART CO. FESTIVAL WATERMELON CONTEST CLOSES; LARGEST ONES WEIGHED 54 POUNDS The Sun's biggest 1924 water melon contest closed Tuesday night, and the awards are made, as follows: Ist—Mr. O. L. Vickery, of Dewy Rose 2, August 2, melon weighing 54 pounds. Tied by Mr. W. C. House, of Dewy Rose 1, August 25, with melon weighing exactly 54 pounds. 2nd —Mr. W. C. House, of Dewy Rose 1, September 15, with melon weighing 51 pounds. 3rd Mr. Colley a Ayers, of Bow man 3, August 25, melon weighing 50 pounds. 4th Mrs. L. J. Vickery, Dewy Rose 2, August 9, melon weighing 47 pounds. sth Mr. W. Inman Maret, Hart well 1, August 18th, melon weighing 45 1-2 pounds. The contest was interesting from start to finish, and The Sun appre ciates the co-operation of all who took part. We will have another | contest in 1925. Subscriptions to The Sun have been awarded the various winners. LIQUOR AND 15,000,000 AUTOS CAN’T MIX WELL Atlanta, Ga., Sept, 17.—Georgia prohibitionists agree that gasoline has spiked the guns of John Barley corn, it was pointed out here today by officials of the Anti-Saloon League. With over 16,000,000 motor vehicles in use throughout the country, the general use of liquor, as in pre-Volstead days, it was as serted would cause such an orgy of reckless driving and resulting acci dents that the country would be ob liged to enforce prohibition try make human life safe. I their untiring efforts that have re sulted in beginning of actual pav ing operations. Approximately fourteen miles of i road will be paved. From the* !><•- . Kalb county line to the city of Law renceville. Th< work will cost ap proximately $300,000, or about $20,- 500 per mile, and will be completed by December 31, 1925. The state highway board is fur nishing the materials and the county of Gwinnett is furnishing the equip ment and the labor. The money to finance the project is to come from the county treasury, and no bond is sue will be required. It is worthy of note that this paving project will be one of the few in the state to be constructed without the aid of a bond issue. The road will be paved with what is known as “penetration macadam.” It is eighteen feet wide and nine i inches deep. The rock will be taken I from the quarries located along the I highway and the average haul will : not be more than two miles. It is ■ proposed to construct about one mile per month, and the entire work will I be done under government supervis | ion. Interest Grows In Contest To Name Pretty Hart County Girl As Queen And Six Others As Attendants That section of Hart county which has the greatest community pride will furnish the Queen for the “Hart County Harvest Festival.” The merchants below have agreed to give 100 votes for the Queen for every cash purchase amounting to one dollar. Back the girl of your community —cal! for your coupons and voti» them at either bank hi Hartwell. Votes cast before noon on Tuesday will be published in that week’s is sue of The Hartwell Sun. Watch For This. The first list of nominees will ap pear next week. The merchants participating so far are as follows: Hartwell. J. A. W. Brown. Brown & Cobb. J. D. Matheson & Sons. Lea rd & Massey. T. G. Craft. Yates Hardware & Furniture Co. Hartwell Furniture Co. O. Y. McLees. McClure's. Herndons Drug Store. Haileys Drug Store No. 1. Haileys Drug Store No. 2. Adams & Parks. E. B. Benson. u W. D. & R. B. Teasley. Stanly J. Brown. Joe H. Herring. Ben C. Alford. Cleveland & Teasley. Vickery Brothers. Anderson, S. C. Moore-Wilson & Co. Dora Geibberg. The Bee Hive. Fleishman Co. The Lesser Co. Sullivan Hardware Co. «*’ Lavonia, Ga. Yow & McMurry. O. D. Cannon. o—, , WHITE CONVICT’S SKULL CRUSHED IN ACCIDENT Janies Ross, a white convict in thu Hart county chain gang, was serious ly injured accidentally last Tuesday. He thoughtlessly walked up behind another convict who was digging up a stump with a two edge mattock just as the implement was drawn over the shoulder to make the lick. He received the blow on the top of his head, the point of the mattock frac turing the skull. Doctors Clark and Brown promptly attended him, performed the neces sary surgery and the opinion of th* physicians is that recovery will be as prompt as could be expected under the circumstances. The small boy is apt to doubt the wisdom of his parents when they tell him what is best for him. . i o—■ ——— — A Boston woman with a broad, social experience for some years h s been inducing girls in a finishing school to observe these five rules in judging a man: See him in work notice his attitude toward his asso ciates. See him when things go wrong. See how he acts in a try ing situation. Determine his atti tude toward his mother. And re member society manners are mere ly superficial. $ Jackie Coogan I On October 26, 1914, the wonderful little Jackie first saw the light of day —irfthe city of Los Angeles. Jackie’s father was prominent in musical life. Jackie’s first appearance on the stage was at the age of two, in a New York theater, where his dad was playing. At four Jackie was taken under the wing of Charles Chaplin. Jackis is loved the world over, ae the star of “movie" stars. I Q PAGES J IN THIS JLm ISSUE NO. 7