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WITH COUNTY AGENT BINGHAM
Current Expenses
Farmers more and more are be
ginning to realize the importance of
having a cash income the year round
to care of their running expenses.
Stop and think a moment, your most
prosperous neighbors very probably
have something to sell every time
they go to town, such as butter, eggs,
fruits, vegetables, etc. We had oc
casion to make a list of about 25
prosperous farmers in Hart county,
and on inquiry, found that practically
every one of these 25 farmers had
products of cows, hogs and hens for
sale throughout the year. A farmer
who has this and at the same time
makes his cotton his main cash crop
is making money. It is then possible
to work in with this program a
scheme of soil building, which people
of Hart county are becoming awak
ened to.
Cover Crops
The cover crop acreage for this
year will be doubled. Think of it!
Doubled. Yet the percentage of soil
in Hart county which will be seated
to cover crop will be small. However,
we have disposed of, through the
County Agent’s office, three tons of
harry vetch and one ton of crimson
clover. This undoubtedly does not
amount to more than half of these
two crops which will be grown this
year.
In a'ddition, we have located for
farmers in Hart county more than
500 bushels of rye and oats which
are to be seated for cover crop pur
poses in addition to what will he
sold of vetch.
Dr. B. C. Teasley of Hartwell has
a large amount of small grains
vetches and crimson clover for cover
crops purposes, and a goodly amount
of this is up and growing. Noah
Ridgeway, in Duncan Community
already has growing more than 75
acres of oats, rye, vetch, and crimson
clover. He says that he will have
100 acres of rye for cover crop pur
poses this year. S. L. Thornton of
Nuberg has as much green stuff grow
ing on farm today as many people* do
throughout a period of five years.
Refer McGhee of Airline has crim
son clover springing up all over his
cotton fields. We could name you
farmer after farmer all over Hart
county who is sowing any where from
10 to 40 acres of cover crop of some
kind.
Farmers in Hart county have lost,
through the lack of a fertile soil,/nore
money in 1924 than the boll weevil
will ever cause them to lose in any
one year. The same cotton acreage
and the same fertilizer, and the same
labor which was used in 1924 in Hart
county could have easily produced
20,000 bales of cotton instead of
13,000, and this extra 7,000 bales
of cotton would have been mostly •
profit. In fact it would have made
an increase of 100 percent in the
profits of the 1924 cotton crop in
Hart county if we could get every
big and little farmer to realize the
importance of a soil building program
and to put it into practice, Hart
county could be the most prosperous
section in the State of Georgia. It
is very difficult to get our leading
people to realize the importance of
the above statement. We hear it
said, we hear it talked about and we
read it, but too often we fail to put
in into practice, and to urge our
neighbors to do so. If it is not the
duty of every farmer to do this, then
whose duty is it?
HART COUNTY FAIR
The Hart County Fair was very
successful in every respect. It paid
its expenses financially, it was well
attended, considering the busy times
with people in the country. The
crowds at night was exceedingly
satisfactory, and it was this attend
ance which greatly assisted in pay
ing the expenses.
Amusement*
Jack King’s Comedians played all ,
the week under the auspices of the
Hart County Fair. People from all
over Hart county and adjoining
towns attended Jack King’s show
every night.
Gilmore Fry’s Goat and Dog show
attracted many visitors and proved
a highly entertaining feature at the
fair. It played under a tent pro
vided by the Fair Association.
Rah Mona, the Magician, enter
tained many audiences in the audi
torium. His illusions were very at
tractive, and his escapes were very
sensational.
The Fair crowds lacked nothing
in the* way of eats, drinks, etc., on
the grounds. Local organizations
efficiently cared for the wants of all.
The merry-go-round did one of the
biggest businesses at the Fair. Men,
women, boys, girls and babies all
rode the merry-go-round repeatedly.
Doctor Soule
at eleven o’clock Dr.
Soule, President of the State College
of Agriculture, Athens, Ga., gave one
of the most magnificient addresses
2 ever heard in Hart county. It was
educational, enthusiastic, and full
of inspiration to all who heard it.
Dr. Soule is always good in any ad
dress, but his address the first day
’ of the fair was one of the best that
he ever made in this section of Geor
gia.
Demonstrations
The demonstrations on terracing
and on cover crops by Messrs. Broach
and Appleton on Thursday, while
they did not attract large crowds,
were very interesting to those who
did see them. A great many farmers
secured valuable information on
* cover crops, terracing, soil erosion,
etc., from these tw*o gentlemen and
Jheir work at the fair was highly
beneficial.
Mr. George Firor, on Saturday,
gave a very interesting demonstra
tion on orchard diseases, spray ma
terials, fruit varieties etc.
Dr, M. P. Jarnigan, Head of the
Animal Husbandry Department, gave
a very clear demonstration on judg
ing cows Friday afternoon.
k ." e have heard many comments on
■L his talk regarding the selection of
a good milk cow.
Exhibits
The arrangement of both the
Agricultural and ladies exhibits, to
gether in the same room in the High
School Building was very pleasing.
The effect was all that could be de
sired. The exhibits this year were
perhaps better than they have ever
been. While some of the communi
ties did not have the quantity as
usual, yet the quality was exceed
ingly good, and came as a distinct
surprise to many over the county
who believed that it was impossible
to have a good exhibit on account
of the dry summer. The Agricul
tural exhibits and the ladies exhibits
were very outstanding.
The boys club exhibits were very
good this year. In the cotton ex
hibit 27 of the stalks belonged t >
the boys cotton club. This was a very
big percentage. There were 35 ten
ear exhibits and 17 stalk exhibits
from the corn club boys. The corn
club exhibit constituted over half of
the corn in the corn department. The
uniformity of these exhibits caught
eye of everyone who saw them.
The girl’s club exhibit was very
distinctive in a special room to it
self, and attracted widespread in
terest.
Fireworks
The Fire Works Display each night
was very interesting and highly ap
preciated by everyone. Large crowds
remained at the fair grounds until
10 o’clock when the Fire Works were
put on.
Basket Ball
Sardis won first in the Basket Ball
Tournament at the fair with Eagle
Grove, Nuberg, and Bowersville
coming next in order. The tourna
ment was in charge of H. H. Maddox,
of Sardis.
Horse Shoe Pitching Contest
A. M. Pruitt of Bowersville won <
the horseshoe pitching contest with
Mr. N. Ayers second and L. M. Jor
dan third. The number wanting to
enter this contest was so great that
it became necesary to charge a five
cent fee in order to reduce the num
ber of contestants. This was the
first horseshoe pitching contest ever
scheduled in the county and proved
very entertaining and interesting.
Baby Clinic
A report of this is given elsewhere.
This clinic proved to be one of the
interesting features of the fair and
was exceedingly well managed.
Crowning of the Queen
The report of this was given in
last week’s issue of The Sun. This
event attracted considerable interest
and a very large crowd, which was
on hand early in the evening.
Club Exhibits
For the best ten ears in the corn
club exhibit, Joel Thornton of Nu- j
berg won first, James Richardson of
Bowersville, second, and Ralph Skel
ton of Sardis third. For the best ten
stalks of corn, Hoyt Hailey of Cokes
bury won first, A. T. Mauldin of
Cokesbury second, and Broughton
Hall of Hartwell third. In the cotton
club for the best three stalks, Alvin
Rice of Cokesbury won first, Andrew
Gaines of Airline second, and Hoyt
Hailey third.
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The prolonged spell of pretty
weather was broken Sunday. Farmers
have been “hitting on all six” and
have made a splendid record in
gathering and sowing, some are about
thru picking cotton, while many
others are not.
With wheat’soaring skyward, we
believe every owner of especi
ally should sow a few acres. Those
who believe they cannot raise wheat
will find results altogether different
if they will sow their good land
properly fertilized and prepared.
The man renting land can’t figure so
much in sowing inasmuch as he
must pay rent and the building of
lands does not profit him so much.
The world has many, and varied
characters that compose its inhabit
ation. There are folks who are
“dyed-in-the-wool” friends, sterling
100 per cent, while there are others
who would have you believe that they
are solid, but when you fail in the
least to do their biddings they will
“fly-up” and treat you with gross
indifference. About the only solu
tion to such indifferences is to be
sure, that you/are right and go
ahead. Experience has long since
taught us that everybody was not
exactly right in their views and that
everybody can’t see alike, so we
have just quit loosing sleep about
public opinion.
If our church members were as
enthusiastic about keeping their
church affairs in trim shape and
finance them as they do their “sliver”
our varied causes would be ably and
bountiously supported and some how
we believe our public roads would
be worked with hired labor instead
of criminals. Oftentimes we sit and
wonder why crime is so common,
when the second thought reveals to
us, with force that we are in a
measure in fault. The automobile is
a great convenience and a necessity,
but we believe it should be kept in
its place, and if such is properly done
the nightfall will find it in the place
of shelter and our boys and girls
under our care, at home. We as a
nation are growing much too careless
about Christian organizations, and
are spending our time and money ort
things of far less worth.
The Hart County Road force is
busy here working roads, for which
we feel very glad,
UNCLE JOSH.
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with the best music.
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No matter how bill collectors are
hated, they are invited to call again.
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Some writers have a fine flow of
other writers’ thoughts.
THE HARTWELL SUN, HARTWELL, GA., OCTOBER 31, 1924
NEW HARMONY
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Health of this community is very
I good at present. On account of bad
> weather we did not have any Sunday
school at this place Sunday.
On account of the farmers being
so far behind with thier cotton. Our
school at Mt. Vernon was postponed
until Monday of next week. Nov. 3,
1924. We hope to have a large at
tendance, and lets make this term of
school one of the most successful
terms of our people have ever known
of at Mt. Vernon. The request of
Prof. Massey is that all the parents be
at the school building Monday a. m.
If the parents will do their part in
trying to get the children more inter
ested in school work at home, we
are quiet sure Prof. Massey will do
his part at the school building. So
lets make this year and next a suc
cessful term in school work.
Rev. and Mrs. J. J. Hiott and son,
Dacus and Mrs. H. P. Parker spent
Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. M. J.
Isom.
Mrs. Howard Fleming spent Wed
nesday with Mrs. S. H. Fleming.
Mrs. Pete White visited Mrs. J. E.
Welborn, Friday.
Mrs. W. N. Isom spent Thursday
a. m. with Mrs. M. J. Isom.
Mrs. Reba Baker spent the week
end with her mother Mrs. Bytha
White.
Several from this place attended
the Reed Creek Fair Friday and Fri
day night.
Miss Anne Duncan, of Atlanta,
spent Friday night with Mrs. Bytha
White.
Those visiting Miss Beulah Isom
Saturday p. m. were Misses Eloise
Isom, Anne Duncan and Lallie Isom.
Mrs. Bytha White visited Mrs. M.
J. Isom Tuesday a. m.
Mr. and Mrs. Pete White visited
relatives near Townsville, S. C., last
week.
Mrs. John Vickery spent last week
end with Mrs. H. P. Parker.
“BLUE EYES.”
The Busy Mail Clerk
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 28.—Don’t you
feel sorry for the parcel post clerk
who serves you when you go to the
postoffice to mail your “partial” post
and “mer-chan-dise” J That’s all the
poor clerk hears from morning to
night—just “partial” or “parshall”
post and merchandise. That is the
reason this correspondent feels
“partial” towards the “partial” post
clerk.
Poor, poor man, you know he has
to know the contents of your par
cel before he can accept it, to say
nothing about insuring it. Every
time a patron approaches his window*
with something to mail, the clerk in
quires “What does it contain?” and
the answer is always “merchandise”
or “partial” post, regardless of
whether “ma” is mailing “pa”, who
is a traveling man, a clean shirt, the
safety razor he forgot, his overcoat,
or perhaps it’s a big box filled with
sweet potatoes, October beans, a
gallon of molasses she is sending her
brother or sister up in Detroit where
such good Georgia products ’are
scarce.
Anyway, it’s always “merchan
dise.” A visit to the postoffice where
one can stand in the lobby and listen
to the parcel post clerk inquire of
his customers as to the contents of
the packages they wish to mail is
located in the, Peachtree Arcade, At
lanta’s great indoor shopping center
and it is here that thousands of par
cel post packages are mailed at all
hours of the day. Perhaps it is a
little more convenient than the main
postoffice, at any rate* with 50,000
people passing through the Arcade
daily, it comes handy for the average
parcel post customer to call on the
clerk.
Whether it’s grandpa’s “specks,”
eye glasses he has sent to town to
have the optician fix, or grandma’s
false teeth to be sharpened and ad
justed or a dozen cakes of soap the
customer always says “merchandise.”
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• ADAMS TOWN •
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Health of this place is very good.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hix,
Oct. 20 1924 a little girl it has been
given the name of Mildred Elton
Hix.
Mrs. Owen and children, of near
I Lavonia, spent the week-end with J.
D. Hix and family.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Arnie Maulden
spent the week-end with the former
parents, Mr. Jim Maulden near
Lavonia.
Little Ida Ruth Thrasher, of Cross
Roads, spent the past week with her
grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. M.
Adams.
Miss Lula Mae Hilliard, of Bowers
ville, was the guest of Misses Mildred
and Mary Adams, Friday night and
Saturday.
Mr. John Wesley Moorhead and
wife spent Saturday night with Mr.
J. E. Moorhead and family.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Moorhead spent
Sunday night with Mr. Tom Moor
head and family.
James Ed Moorhead spent Sunday
night with Mr. Joe Myers.
Mr. Calhoun Martin, of Anderson.
S. C., spent one night last week with
R. M. Martin.
Mr. Love Joy Sayer dined with J.
A. Myers and family, Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Bowden and children
Mr. Guy Bowden, Canelia and Jane,
of Athens, was the guest of R. M.
Adams and family Saturday night and
Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Ann Myers is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. M. C. Reynolds
at present.
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CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our friends and
neighbors for the kindness and help
shown us during the illness and death
of our dear mother; we wish to thank
those who gave the beautiful flowers,
also Dr. Hailey for his faithful ser
vice. May God’s richest blessing rest
upon all.
J. M. ADAMS AND FAMILY’.
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