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Thousands of Bargains Offered By Stores For Great Harvest Festival
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HART COUNTY FAIR GATES SWING OPEN TO-DAY
Citizens Buy Hartwell Railway From Southern System; Deal Closed 9th
MISS SARAH PEARMAN NAMED QUEEN OF HART COUNTY
LARGE crowds EXPECTED IN
HARTWELL FOR ANNUAL
EXPOSITION
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With a program that'surpasses all
others of former years both in var
iety, arrangement and quantity, the
great Hart County Harvest Festival
gates swing wide open this Thursday
morning, October 16th, at 9 o’clock.
The scheduled, day by day, as ap
pears elsewhere on this page, affords
every man, woman and child ample
enterainment and amusement for the
three big days,—and indications point
to record crowds Thursday, Friday
and Saturday.
Today, Thursday, is “Agricultural
Day” with something doing every
hour. A glance at the program will
give you some idea of what a big
time is in store for all who come.
Friday is “Educational Day,” and
as usual, the school children by the
thousands will be here, with their
teachers and parents.
Saturday is “Patriotic Day,” and
this has been worked out in detail
even to the grand fireworks display
on Saturday night.
There will be a Baby Show, a bas
ketball tournament, exhibits of judg
ing, lectures, a horseshoe pitching
contest, shows, merry-go-round and
everything else to make these three
days the biggest event of the year.
Last Conference ’24
Methodists in Hartwell and Hart
county are beginning to make up
their final reports for 1924, the 4th
and last quarterly Conferences hav
ing already been held on the Bowman,
Canon, and Lavonia Circuits, and
scheduled for Hart Circuit Satur
day of this w-eek. The last confer
ence will be held in Hartwell Sun
day.
Elbert Circuit Methodists meet this
Thursday.
The annual North Georgia Confer
ence meets in Atlanta November 19.
One constructive item in Rev. E.
0 .Vickery’s report from Hart Cir
cuit will be that of a parsonage now
under construction in Hartwell.
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Rum boats operating in Puget
Sound on the Pacific Coast are now
equipped with seaplanes with radio
outfits for observing the location of
Federal agents and revenue cutters.
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A heavy blast fired in a stone
quarry in Central Pennsylvania blew
a hole in the bottom of the rock and
and struck a spring, which in twenty
four hours made a lake approxi
mately four hundred feet wide and
from five to seventy feet deep.
PROMINENT VISITORS TO ATTEND
HEBRON BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
K- - O
E Will Convene With Rehoboth Near
■ Bowman For Two Days, October
K 21 and 22—Splendid Program
B Thos. A. Thornton will preach
■ f .Introductory Sermon and Rev. J.
■ Aest the Missionary Sermon at
B . v opening session of the Hebron
Association at Rehoboth
I h two miles south of Bowman
E next Tuesday.
I The association will be in session
I days and indications point to
I ' the busiest programs the Bap-
I ( have had in many years.
I ; J. C. West is Moderator of
I lebron Association and Mr. D.
I ' A. rd is Clerk.
I any important questions will
■ £,'”••• U P for consideration, such as
K ns. which will be led in dis-
I by Rev. C. W. Henderson.
M . h -'- - ation by Prof. J. B. Brook
wk >Lre.
IB dicals by Rev. J. D. Turner.
■ P, " nans’ Home by Rev. T. J.
B (-rance by Rev. A. W. Bussey.
■ t;an Liberality by I. J. Phil-
■ ■ of Religion by M. M. Nor-
F . f Peoples’ Work by C. C.
K ■ -terial Relief by S. H. Jones.
B ’:st Hospital by B. B. Mason.
W ba: man’s Work by H. S. Hansard,
fl Campaign by A - S -
H .y r day Schools by A. S. Skelton.
I I " by appointment of
HI session next week will be the
HI ,njr been organized at Hen-
■ . -reh in October. 1883, with
Bl L -ches and 2278 members.
’HART COUNTY “HARVEST FESTIVAL” OCTOBER 16, 17, 18, 1924
THE HARTWELL SUN.
Will Crown
Hart Queen
Friday Night
Miss Sarah Pearman is the “Queen
of Hart County”; Miss Lucy Mae
Moorhead, of Air Line, is her Maid
of Honor; Miss Edna Ayers, of Reed
Creek, Miss Mattie Ruth Gurley, of
Shoal Creek, Miss Jo Bailey, of Hart
well, Miss Lena Pearl Shirley, of
Bowersville, Miss Nelle Adams, of
Hartwell, and Miss Ruth Herndon, of
Campground, are the charming
Ladies-In-W aiting.
The contest, which was staged by
the local Chapter D. A. R’s closed on
Wednesday at 11 o’clock; the totals
were announced at 1:30; there was
much interest in the event and news
of the outcome was spread all over
the county within a few minutes.
Big Event Friday Evening At 7:00
The “Queen of Hart” and her sev
en beautiful attendants will be the
center of attraction in Hartwell on
Friday night at 7 o’clock, when the
large auditorium will be packed to
its capacity for the crowning. A
special program under the direction
of Mrs. J. I. Allman and Mrs. Bessie
Saine will be presented.
There were a large number of en
trants in the contest and it was not
until the final vote was counted that
the outcome could be anticipated.
The eight Hartwell and Hart
county girls receiving the highest
number of votes compose some of
the most beautiful and charming
young ladies to be found anywhere
in Georgia.
The event Friday night will be of
great interest.
The votes as reported by the
D. A. R. committee were as follows:
SARAH PEARMAN 687,500
LUCY MAE MOORHEAD 542,300
EDNA AYERS 491,600
MATTIE RUTH GURLEY 215,700
JO BAILEY 204,500
LENA PEARL SHIRLEY 139,900
NELLE ADAMS 126,500
RUTH HERNDON 92,800
LOSES HOME BY FIRE
Mr. Thomas Lankford, well-known
citizen of Pleasant Grove commun
ity, which is just over the line in
Franklin county, lost his home by
fire last Saturday morning shortly
before noon.
This is the second time Mr. Lank
ford has lost his home by fire.
BUILDING PARSONAGE
Work is progressing on the new
parsonage for the Methodist Hart
Circuit pastor, the home being
erected on east Franklin street, just
beyond the old Dr. Webb home
When completed it will add much
to the comfort of the pastor and
family, and to the Circuit in general.
The parsonage is being built by
subscription and work donated by
the members of the various church,
Liberty Hill, Candler’s Chapel, Har
mony and Mt. Zion.
Rev. E. O. Vickery is the pastor.
BUSINESS CHANGE
Mr. Jimmy Loyd Teasley, for a
number of years with T. J. Cuning
ham at the Reo Hartwell Co’s place,
has taken over the gasoline, oil and
repair department of this establish
ment.
Mr. Teasley is an expert mechanic
and also has associated with him Mr.
0. G. Putnam, who can fix anything.
Mr. Cunningham will continue the
accessory denprtment for the pres
ent, having associated with him Mr.
Henry A. Jordan.
Rev. J. H. McMullan was the first
Moderator. They now have 42
churches and 9,362 members.
Among the visitors will be Dr. Arch
C. Cree, corresponding secretary of
the State Mission Board; ’>r. John
D. Mell, president of the Georgia
Baptist Association; Dr. T. W. Ayers,
medical missionary to China, and
others.
HARTWELL, HART COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1924
PLUMER SANDERS DIES AS RESULT
BULLET PIERCING HEAD SUNDAY
Hobson Vickery Held On Murder
Charge—Gave Himself Up Fol
lowing Shooting—Boy* Were
First Cousins
Plumer Sanders, age 18, is dead,
and Hobson Vickery, 23, his first
cousin, is held in the Hart county
jail on a charge of murder, as the
result of a shooting at Eaves’ store
on the Bankhead highway last Sun
day afternoon. Sanders died at
midnight Sunday, after lingering
several hours.
The shooting, it was said, was the
result of a difference between the
two young men as to who would
drive an automoblie they were using.
They had been together all day, and
were very friendly until the differ
ence arose. It was said they were
in Hartwell Sunday morning. Vick
ery gave himself up following the
shooting.
There were two or three eye wit
nesses, it was said. A pistol was
used, the bullet going through the
head.
No statement could be obtained
by The Sun from young Vickery,
who is being held without bond in
the jail here.
Mr. Sanders is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Colquitt Sanders and Mr. Vick
ery is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Will
Vickery, all of whom live near Mill
town
The remains of the young man
were interred in the cemetery at
Milltown Monday afternoon. Revs. J.
J. Hiott and T. A. Thornton were in
charge.
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One brand of seasickness is the
result of a trip on the sea of matri
mony.
HART COUNTY FAIR
HARTWELL, GA.
Thursday, October 16
AGRICULTURAL DAY
11:00 A. M.—Dr. Andrew M. Soule addresses people of Hart Coun
ty in New Auditorium.
1:00 P. M. —Free Basketball Tournament —Nuberg, Sardis, Reed
Creek, Airline, Bowersville, Goldmine and Vanna con
testing. , , . .
10:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M.—Hart County Baby Show and Clinic in
High School Building.
10:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M.—H. C. Appleton from State College de
monstrates uses of Cover Crops, Rotation, etc.
10:00 A. M.—Judging of Agricultural Exhibits, Ladies’ Exhibits,
Poultry Exhibits.
2:00 P. M:—Big Free Act.
3:00 P. M.—Poultry Culling demonstration and lecture on 1 oui
try Feeding.
4 00 P M.—Truck Marketing demonstration by Reed Creek Mar
ket Truck —the actual load of truck which will be sold
in Anderson on Friday.
7:00 P. M.—Grand Fireworks display.
7:30 P. M.-—Big Free Act.
Friday, October 17
EDUCATIONAL DAY
10:00 A. M. —Cattle Show and Judging in grove across ball field.
11:00 A. M.—Basketball finals start.
2:00 P. M.—Big Free Act.
2:15 P. M.—Cattle Judging demonstration.
3:00 P. M.—Horseshoe Pitching Tournament starts.
4:00 P. M.—Mock Trial. M. M. Norman, of Nuberg, tried for
robbing the soil.
7:00 P. M.—Grand Fireworks display.
7:00 P. M. —Big Free Act.
7:30 P. M.—Crowning of the Queen.
Saturday, October 18
PATRIOTIC DAY
11:00 A. M. —Final awards in Baby Show and photograph of win
ners taken.
11:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M.—George Firor, from State College de
monstrates Orchard Varieties, Disease Specimens, Spray.
2:00 P. M.—Materials, etc., in exhibit rooms.
2:00 P. M.—Big Free Act.
3:00 P. M. —Football Game—Royston High vs. Hartwell High.
7:00 P. M. —Big Free Act.
7:00 P. M. —Grand Patriotic Fireworks Display.
ADDED FEATURES
JACK KING’S COMEDIANS will give concerts at 2:00 P. M. and
4:00 P. M. Feature program at 8:15 P. M., carrying
40 people. An entire change of program each exhibi
tion for whole Fair. Under big 80x180 foot tent.
RAH MONA —a Master Magician, presents latest mysteries in New
Auditorium at 2:00 P. M. and 7:00 P. M.
OTHER AMUSEMENTS
Merry-Go-Round, Trained Animal Acts, Pit Shows, Fortune Teller,
etc., give continuous performances on the show grounds.
2,311 Bales Ginned
Here To October 1
There were 2,311 bales of cotton
ginned in Hart county prior to Oct
ober 1, 1924, according to the re
cords sent in by County Gin Agent
W. J. O’Barr.
The report from Hart was made
in 1923 on September 25th. To
that date 1,243 bales had been gin
ned, thus putting the 1924 ginnings
considerably ahead of last year to
the date named. There were 3,087
bales ginned to September 25, 1922,
which is considerably ahead of both
1923 and 1924.
The final report for Hart county
will be watched with great interest.
This will not be available until the
early part of next year.
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Mexico claims the world’s largest
tree, a huge cypress at Tule, in the
state of Oaxaca. This tree meas
ures 154 feet in circumference. The
California big trees grow higher,
however.
On next New Year’s Day, the
name of Christiania, capital of Nor
way, will be changed to "Oslo.”
There is now a suburb of Christ
iania called Oslo which was founded
by Harald Haardraade in 1050.
Crabs, lobsters, shrimps, oysters,
clams, and other crustacenas and
mollusks are both a perventive and
a cure for goiter, according to the
executive secretary of the United
States Fisheries Association. High
iodine content in these classes of
marine inhabitants renders them par
ticularly valuable for this treatment.
August Adjourned
Term Hart Court
Starts Monday
Large Number Cases On Both Civil
and Criminal Dockets Await
Action of Hart Court
The August adjourned term of
Hart Superior Court will convene
next Monday morning at 9 o’clock,
in accordance with the order by
Judge Walter L. Hodges, and publish
ed in The Sun.
Due to the fact that court has
been delayed until this time there is
a full week’s hard work ahead of
the officials, both civil and criminal
dockets having a large number of
cases to be disposed of.
The Grand Jury will be in session
at this time, the names of those
drawn for both juries appearing be
low: ,
Grand Jury.
J. Mack Brown, J. O. Hewin, R. H.
Martin, F. M. Allen, Louie L. Mor
ris, Riley A. Vaughan, M. M. Parks,
G. W. Richardson, H. T. Pruitt,
James F. Moss, J. R, Leard, M. C.
Mewborn, Thos. M. Brown, Dr. Geo.
T. Harper, D. M. Denny, Joe D.
Johnson, F. M. Thornton, J. H. H.
Mewborn, R. C. Thornton, Albert A.
Morris, James F. Bailey, John 11.
McLeskey, W. I. Adams, D. O. Chap
man, H. N. Ayers, D. M. Shiflet, H.
G. Pearman, Fletcher W. Brown, R.
L. Shiflet, M. B. Sanders, T. M.
Myers, Hubert Cheek.
Traverse Jury.
Jason B. Sanders, S. F. Hembree,
J. L. Milford, G. Wofford Dickerson,
J. E. Bagwell, V. E. Sadler, A. R.
Strickland, Glen T. Cleveland, David
J. Phillips, J. s. McCurley, J. s.
Craft, Joel T. Hall, F. L. Mauldin,
S. C. Teasley, J. W. Kay, C. B.
Jones, C. H. Sanders, T. B. Booth,
Jno. M. White, W. O. Shirley, J. N.
Maret, D. E. Lankford, Thos. L. Hol
brook, R. T. Morris. J. Perry Isom,
Carl B. Powell, R. M. Maret, D. T.
Singleton, L. M. Herndon, Albert B.
Moorhead, C. Vester Burden, L. B.
Powell, B. B. Mason, A. N. P. Brown,
L. L. Gurley, W. D. Teasley, W. R.
Wright, T. W. White, Henry Ban
ister, Will O. Herndon, M. C. Ford
son, Geo. H. Harris, A. F. Bell, A.
IL Vaughan, J. E. Baker, S. B.
Gaines, D. B. Bobo, T. H. Johnson,
B. M. White, Judson M. Shiflet.
W/LL VOTE BONDS
The new Air Line School District,
composed of Air Line, Roads and
Union Hill, will vote on Saturday,
October 25th, for aggregating the
sum of $8,500, which will be used
in the erection and equipping of a
modern school house at some cen
tral point.
All three of these communities
have always been in the lead on
every forward move and there is
little doubt but that the bond issue
will carry by a big margin on the
day set.
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The trustful telephone takes any- ,
body’s word after the coin had
dropped.
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One hundred and thirty busy ,
streets of the city of New York
have been closed to traffic this year I
to provide informal playgrounds for ‘
the children of the neighborhood. I
TRADE INCREASES HEAVILY HERE
AS GOOD CROPS ARE GATHERED
Trade in Hartwell at the stores
last Saturday was reported by every
merchant questioned by The • Sun
as the best it has been since 1923,
and in some instances sales were
reported as topping any day in
two years.
Verily, it was a great day in
Hartwell; the streets for blocks
I were crowded with people who had
I their arms full of bundles, and an
■ optimistic look on their faces. The
I good weather of the past week en
' abled them to get out a quantity
lof cotton, and the receipts on the
j local market were heavy.
, While the crop was cut down
J some by the weather, it is thought
| Hart county will make at least 12,-
' 000 to 13,000 bales, giving our
people around $1,500,000.00 for
this crop alone.
Hartwell stores are offering ex
ceptional values in every line now,
and the crowds are coming from
1 not only Hart, but adjoining counties
RAILWAY CHANGES OWNERSHIP
AFTER BEING OPERATED FOR
YEARS BY THE SOUTHERN
The Hartwell Railway Co., in
cluding its right of way to Bowers
ville, depots and real estate in Hart
well, engine, coaches and other pro
perty, here and at Air Line, has been
purchased from the Southern Rail
| way System by citizens of Hartwell,
' the transfer of the stock and deeds
. having been effected last Friday, and
which consummates one of the largest
deals locally in the past several
I years.
| Negotiations have been under
> way for several months with the
I Southern Railway System, which is
gradually disposing of its short
lines, but it was not until two weeks
ago that definite announcement was
made of the sale, which brings the
ownership of the line back to Hart
well.
The officers of the new Hartwell
Railway Co., are as follows:
President—D. C. Alford.
Vice-President—Louie L. Morris.
Secretary-Treasurer—S. W. Thorn
ton.
Composing the Board of Directors
are: D. C. Alford, Jno. H. Cheat
ham, Louie L. Morris, A. N. Alford,
Dr. W. I. Hailey, R. E. Matheson,
5. W. Thornton.
L. N. Adams was appointed Audi
tor.
Supt. J. B. Jones, who has been
with the Southern Railway many
years and with the Hartwell line
for the past several years, continues
in this capacity.
Engineer Fred C. Wilson, Conduc
tor Tom B. Bowers, Fireman Joe
Edwards, and their general assistant,
Mr. S. C. Gaines, all remain; also
Agents R. C. Linder und T. B. An
drews, Chief Clerk A. IL Williams,
Clerk Neal Thornton and all the other
employees.
The law firm of J. H. & Emmett
Skelton are attorneys for the road,
while Dr. W. I. Hailey was named
surgeon.
The new company contemplates
no changes at present in the sche
dule, it is understood.
Built in 1879 by the Crafts, Ben
sons and Bowers, the line has had
a varied career. After operating
for year or so by the builders, it
was bought by the Bensons, who
later sold the line to the Richmand
6. Danville Railway Co. Mr. E. B.
Benson later operated the line for
this company as receiver.
Later the Richmond & Danville
Co., was absorbed bv the Southern,
and for a time Mr. T. J. Linder waa
lessee, as was Mr. J. D. Matheson <.
a still later date.
Finally, the Southern Railway
System took over the management,
appointing a local superintendent
and making the line a broad guage
road. Since then they have operated
the Hartwell Railway through their
officials in Washington. The stock
holders were Fairfax Harrison, D.
S. Abernethy, F. S. Wynn, R. B.
Pegram, Asa G. Candler, Jr., and
the Southern Railway Co.
During the past several years the
Southern has spent thousands of
dollars improving the road bed, last
year putting in $20,000 worth of
new rails, and otherwise making it
heavy enough to stand the tremend
ous amount of freight that comes
to Hartwell and community, as well
as the heavy cotton shipments out.
The Hartwell Railway Co. is
capitalized at $40,000; the line is
valued at $120,000 by the Interstate
Commerce Commission in Washing
ton.
BOND ISSUE 24TH
The citizens of Montevidoe school
district, which in both Elbert and
Hart counties will vote on Friday,
October 24th for bond’s amounting
to $3,000 with which they will erect
and building and equip same at
that place.
Montevidoe is one of the best
sections of Hart and Elbert, and we
congratulate her people on this pro
gressive stop. There is little doubt
but that the vote will be almost
uninimous for bonds on the 24th.
to do their shopping.
Hartwell is the logical trade center
of this section. Our stores have the
goods and the prices.
The Harvest Festival this week
end is expected to bring even larger
crowds to this city, and good busi
ness is expected daily from now on
through the fall.
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