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W PAGES IN THIS ISSUE VOL 49 Rewards Total $l,lOO For Slayer Os Officer Skelton Heavy Reward Puts Many Officers On Trail of Lincoln Jackson— Was Aided In His Escape A total of $1,100.00 as a reward for the capture of Lincoln Jackson, c ol„ has been offered by the State and county authorities, and every ef i fort is being put forth to bring the murderer to justice. Jackson left shortly after he had killed Officer Snow Skelton and seriously wounded Deputy Sheriff Britt Brown on Sunday night Novem ber 2nd, and although bloodhounds and officers from several counties rushed here to aid in the hunt for him, he escaped with the aid of other parties to Toccoa, where the officers lost track. The reward was increased last week by Governor Walker from $250 to $750.00 by the State; $250 is of te sered by Hart county and the balance by other parties. Thousands of cards giving a de scription of Jackson, who is a despe rate character, have been mailed all over the country. The negro is said to have shot two men before coming to Hart county. A description of Jackson, follows: About 35 to 37 years old; 5 feet 11 inches tall, weight 170 pounds; ginger brown color; wide nose and nostrils; two small scars over one eye; broad shoulders; stammers sometimes; a bit knock-kneed, and walks wing -footed. REED AGRICULTURAL DISPLAY AGAIN WINS FIRST PRIZE Reed Creek stuck another feather in her cap and that of Hart county last week when their splendid ex hibit at the Anderson County (S. C.) Fair took first prize amongst all the j various community exhibits at this sbig annual exposition. ' The blue ribbon was awarded Reed Creek first from a standpoint of quality,—for Reed Creek has learned that quality and looks are vital points in preparing things for exhibit and sale on the market. Quality counted 50 per cent in the contest between the community con tests, and Hart county is proud of the fact that these Reed Creek folks won over even the communities right there in Anderson county. ? Everybody was loud in their praise of the work of Mr. P. N. O’Barr in the construction of the model home. The quilt shown by Mr. O’Barr’s mother received many compliments. Mr. D. P. S. Mackey had two of the best watermelons at the fair. The splendid spirit of co-operation and willingness to assist in putting on the exhibit, shown by the citizens and High School pupils of Reed Creek no doubt explains the success of the ex hibit. In addition to the community ex jMhibit several first prizes were won in .in the individual exhibits. The most important of which was the three stalks of cotton shown by Mr. P. C. Robertson. The fact that Mr. Robert son has won first place in cotton stalk exhibits at the Hart County Fair, the Reed Creek Community Fair and the Anderson Five County Fair proves his ability as a champion cotton grower and especially his abili- U ty to select stalks of cotton that re- Avresent a desirable type for use under ® bollweevil conditions. In addition to the above exhibits the Reed Creek Pure Seed Associa tion had on exhibit quite a bit of the pure corn and cotton grown during ihe past year by its members. Hun dreds of South Carolina and Georgia farmers manifested their interest in the seed being offered for sale. The pure seed exhibit at the Anderson lair last year and this year has won t' r the Reed Creek Pure Seed Asso ciation many friends and customers in our neighboring state of South NORTH GEORGIA METHODISTS TO GATHER IN ATLANTA NEXT WEEK I Meeting Lasts For Six Days Will Be Held At Wesley Memorial Church Beginning Nov. 19th The North Georgia Conference of "Jit- Methodist Episcopal Church, •''' uth, will convene at Wesley Memo r:al church in Atlanta next Wednes day November 19th, and continue igh the following Monday, when “"e appointments will be read. delegates from the Elberton Dis- I tnct are as follows: T. J. Maxwell, J Z. C. Hayes, Sr., C. E. Adams, S. s R. Jolley, J. H. Gunnels, Mrs. W. W. I nson, Mrs. J. H. Barton, and Miss M inters, members of various in the District. B 1 h<- pastor of the Hartwell church, I r J- H. Barton, will carry to the I ference a full report; under his I ! rship the church has shown I endid progress in every depart ■ ®ent. I Rev. E. 0. Vickery, of the Hart " ait, composed of Mt. Zion, Lib- I Hill, New Harmony and Cand- I Chapel, will carry a report of ■ - ual interest this year. The mem- | under Rev. Vickery’s guidance, ■ a new parsonage in the course ■ section, and otherwise have made ■W - a ble progress during the year. ■ *ne membership have expressed ■ ■ -Ives as desiring the * return THE HARTWELL SUN. Have You Joined? Hartwell and the county have re sponded willingly and gladly this week to the annual Red Cross “Roll Call” enrolling many of the old-time members as well as a large number of new ones. While the county, under the lead ership of Special Chairman A. N. P. Brown, has tried to put over the drive in a short time, there are still many who should enroll as Red Cross members both in town and county, and it is never to late to help in this great work. Hart county knows what the Red Cross does from actual experience. Chapter Chairman I. J. Phillips, Sr., states that the reports so far are very encouraging. o MILL STOCKHOLDERS TO MEET NEXT TUESDAY The annual meeting of stock holders of the Hartwell Mills will be held in the offices on next Tuesday, November 18th, at 11 o’clock, ac cording to notices sent out by Presi dent Jno. H. Cheatham and Vice- President Sam W. Thornton. The Hartwell Mills, Inc., owns the mill here and one at Toccoa, the latter known .as Hartwell Mill No. 2. ■■ O-- ' > FOOTBALL DOCTOLOGY WITH DOC The game Friday sure did have the thrills, didn’t it? Everybody expected Hartwell to beat Lavonia at least 20 point—some said 35 or 40. You must remember that Shiflet was out and Sid was hurt. Time, in everything, is sure valu able. Had the game last only one more minute, the score would have j been—l 2-0, instead of 6-0. The Gainesville team continues her rampage. She ran over Toccoa last Friday. An account of this game said “The Gainesville team didn’t play so well, the back field wasn’t working, just right”—we call it pretty good work ing to pile up a score of 61-0. It’s tough—for the ball to be on the three-yard line and to hear the final whistle blow. In my opinion the Athens-Gaines ville game will be as hard-fought and tight as the Tech-Auburn encounter. Athens plays Lavonia this Friday— wonder what the score will be? The writer of this column would predict the score of the Athens-La vonia game to be 28-0, in favor of the former. A defeat for Athens at the hands of Lavonia would just about put Hartwell on top. Many a time has a little feared team jumped up and whipped a much larger and stronger eleven. o Railroads of the United States handled 70,000,000 pieces of baggage during the year 1923. Two royal tombs from the Valley of the Kings will be erected in the Field Museum of Natural History at Chicago. Each tomb will contain several rooms and in each burial crypt the genuine mummy of a king and queen will be placed in a sarcophagus. Carolina. Then rapid increase in the use of the seed being sold by the Reed Creek Pure Seed Association is proving the popularity of the kinds of cotton and corn being grown in the community. And to cap the climax a citizen of Reed Creek, Mrs. Mary E. Os borne, drew one of the Ford touring cars given away by the Fair asso ciation, holding the lucky number last Friday. They gave one car away each day. I of these good men to their work here another year. Dr. Horace S. Smith, of Elberton, is Presiding Elder of the Elberton District, and has won for himself a warm place in the hearts of the mem bership of the various churches. Unification and a number of other important discussions will make this year’s Conference one of unusual interest. „ „ Bishop U. C. V. Darlington will preside over the session beginning next week. A large number of laymen both from town and county will very likely attend the Conference. Up-town headquarters for the Con ference will be at the new Henry Grady Hotel, which has been reserved a« a whole for the delegates. AT OLD CANON There will be an afternoon singing at Old Canon church Sunday, Nov. 16, 2:30 o’clock p. m. All singers and lovers of music are invited. ... -o The United States has an area of 3 026,789 sqaure miles, which, com bined with Alaska and her island territories, is slightly larger than the Sahara Desert. HARTWELL, HART COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1924 WATER’S FINE City Water Supt. Hoyt Baker a report first of the week from Dr. H. C. Woodfall, of the State Board of Health, in which he stated that Hart well’s water was excellent. The various figures as to the num ber of bacteria before and after : treatment by the machinery in use here show’ed that the outfit was work ing tip-top. So, don’t hesitate to drink Hart well water. o TRIP TO CHICAGO GIVEN HART CO. HOME AGENT Miss Frances A. McLanahan, Hart county’s popular and efficient Home Demonstration Agent, will leave within the next few days for Chi cago, 111., where she will attend the national session of Girl Club workers and Girl Club members. Miss Anna Milford, of Sardis community, Hart county, will represent the Club Girls of the state of Georgia. The trip is a present from the Club Girls and people of the county and the Kiwanis Club, the latter having contributed $50.09 toward her expenses at the session last Fri day. Hartwell and Hart county appre ciate the work of Miss McLanahan as evidenced in this trip they have given her to Chicago with all ex penses paid. o THE RED CROSS EMBLEM A foreigner, traveling with his wife, became violently insane on a South Carolina train recently, be tween Columbia and Florence, jumped from the moving cars, and disappeared in the swamps. All hands immediately gave chase, capturing him four hours later. At the next station, a special car was added, in which the man was placed with a doctor and nurse. Then fresh difficulties arose. Ef forts to induce the wife to go back in the car with her husband brought staunch resistance from her. She re fused to move a peg. As she could understand no English, she thought the train officials were trying to put her off, and was determined to stay with her husband. The train was being further de layed and those in charge were on, the point of giving up in despair when a Red Cross worker sought the distracted woman and spoke to her .kindly, showing the Red Cross em blem. The effect was electrical. When this woman, a stranger in a strange land, saw the emblem of the Ameri can Red Cross, she threw her arms around the w’orker and wept. In a few minutes she went quietly into the special coach and sat down re assured and composed. MINISTER CALLS FOR BETTER LIVING Calls On Church People To Quit Supporting Bootleggers—Real Citizens Will Obey the Law Says Methodist Pastor In a strong and most appropriate sermon last Sunday, Rev. J. H. Bar ton, pastor of the Hartwell Metho dist church, called upon the member ship to stand squarely to the fore front in the fight against the liquor traffic that exists in Hartwell and Hart county. Calling for a higher respect for laws amongst church people, he brought home some truths that stirred every hearer. His sermon should have been heard by every man and woman. In part, his remarks were as follows: “We have an amendment to the Constitution of the United States j and law on the statute books of the statte of Georgia, which prohibits the | manufacture and sale of spirituous > liquor and penalties for the offence have been designated by the state and nation. Whether you agree with this law or not makes no difference in the matter of your duty thereto. Every citizen of the United States who claims the protection of the Government and enjoys the benefits derived therefrom, is honor bound to support its Constitution, and the men who fails to do so is a dishonorable citizen and unworthy to be called an American. “The tragedy of last Sunday even ing, the killing of County Officer L. S. Skelton and the wounding of Sheriff Brit Brown by a negro crazed by liquor, has served, in the minds of some, and should arouse every true citizen of Hartwell and Hart county to a counciousness of the fact that there is a need for a rigid enforcement of the liquor laws. “We are doing every thing possible for the apprehension of the negro who did the shooting and to bring him to the bar of justice and this is commendable. He should be captured and made to suffer the penalty of this most horrible crime. But the negro does not bear alone the guilt of this murder. There are others involved. Should we begin a search for all the guilty parties, we would find some of them walking the streets of Hartwell, under the guise of re spectable citizens. “Every person in Hart county, whe operates a still and turns out whiskey is, before God, guilty of Snow Skel ton’s death; every man who buys and ' sells whiskey has his Jiands stained with the blood of this murdered man; ] every man who buys and drinks it, CITY ELECTION DECEMBER 3RD The annual election for the City of Hartwell will be held on Wednes i day, December 3rd. Citizens desiring to vote have from now until November 28th in which to qualify and register with City Clerk J. L. Teasley, the books closing five days prior to the election, ac i cording to announcement in this issue I by City Clerk J. L. Teasley. The registration books are at Mr. i Teasley’s office in the new Hailey i building. An ordinance of the .city also re quires candidates for the offices to be filled to announce in The Hart well Sun ten days before the Decem ber election. This year there will be two mem bers of the Board of Aidermen elect ed, the terms of Messrs. S. W. Thorn ton and R. E. Matheson expiring. There will be two vacancies on the City Board of Education, the terms of Dr. Geo. S. Clarke and Mr. Mc- Alpin Thornton expiring this year. Those desiring to vote should see City Clerk Teasley at once and qualify. Mercer Glee Club Here Night of 20th The 1924-25 organization of the “Greater Mercer’s Greatest Glee Club” will play in the Hartwell high school auditorium Thursday evening, November 20. A chorus of twenty voices, four end men, an orchestra of ten pieces, and a number of extras making a total of more than 36 men, will make the trip. Two Hartwell boys, Elmer Alfbrd, baritone, a member of the chorus, and a member of the quar tette, which proved to be so popular last season, and Julius Johnson,' first yeas man with the Glee Club who has been selected to handle one of the bass ends of this years chorus, Mr. Alford also is filling one of the most important roles in the comedy skit entitled “The Glee Club in Turkey.” For the past two years the Mercer Glee Club has heen hailed the South’s greatest and for this reason some of . the best songsters of the South have joined the organization. Dr. B. I*. Richardson and R. L. Hurst, directors of the club, say that the program of this year will far surpass that of any organization that has ever represent ed Mercer University behind the foot lights. The comedy skit, which was written by Roy L. Hurst, formerly of the professional stage well known in minstrels and vaudesville and now a minster, and who has served in the capacity of Eudman, for the Mercer club for the past two seasons, is said to be a farce comedy full of sur prises, song, and wit. This skit promises to be one of the best features of the program. The four end men, including “Parson” Chandler, and Roy L. Hurst, known from last season, and “Sunshine” McKoy, and Noble Arnold, who have had considerable experience in the amateur world but are playing their first year with the Mercerians, are gifted with the abitity to entertain. The ten piece orchestra which will accompany the club, will play for the choruses and render special selec tions. This is the same orchestra of last season with additional talent chosen from the ranks of the Fresh man class. Dan Davis, director, will slide the trombone, and Ralph Tabor, Pianist Deluxe, will be at the piano. It featured the program last season. o A new method of warfare has been adopted by the Chinese in their civil war. A trainload of firecrackers has been supplied to the Kiangsu troops for use in assault along the Shanghai battle front. They will be set off by way of camouflage, concealing the real point of attack in the offensive. o j On the day of an eclipse of the I sun the Hindu follows a strict sche- I dule to purify himself and his be i longings. lie takes no nourishment of any kind during the eclipse and throws away any cooked food or drinking water he may have on hand. Brass vessels are scoured and earthen pots destroyed. Personal purifica tion must be achieved by a bath in some stream, preferably one of the I holy rivers of India. thereby making it possible for this ’ hellish business to be carried on, ' shares in the responsibility of this murder and every citizen, who has knowledge of whiskey being made or sold and does not give that knowledge to the courts, will have to answer to his God for thus shielding a criminal j who endangers the lives of innocent people and corrupts the morals of the community. “Mr. Skelton said in my presence, less than a week before his death, that if the church members would quit drinking the bootlegger would have to go out of business. What kind of a church member can he be who makes possible a business which strikes a death blow at law and order and destroys not only human life but the souls of mankind? Surely the Spirit of Christ is not in him but to the contrary he is an enemy to the cause of Christ. “It is high time when we should take action and strike in no uncertain ( terms at the liquor buiness. Let us ! as Christian men and women go forth | in the power of our God and be not afraid to stand for the right even i tho to do so may mean personal sac- I rifices and dangers. The Master gave His life for the salvation of mankind and, ‘The servant is not greater than his Lord’.” TAXES SLOW “Practically all the cotton has been picked in Hart county and yet only about $5,000 has come into the treasury of our county as her part of the 1924 taxes,” said Tax Col lector W. J. A. Cleveland this week to The Sun representative. The people generally have delayed paying taxes this year and there will be a rush when they do start perhaps. At any rate, Tax Collector Cleve land and his force have a busy time ahead of them, as the books will re main open only six more weeks, after 1 which time interest and other costs are added by the Georgia law. Business School To Open Here Representative of Atlanta Business College Here Making Survey of Field This Week R. L. Williams, field vice president of the Atlanta Business College, B. Dixon Hall, president, and one of on ly two accredited business colleges in the state, is in Hartwell this week making a survey of the county with the idea of establishing a branch of the Atlanta school in this city. Mr. Williams has met with a great deal of success in getting pupils for the Hartwell branch and he stated that there was hardly a doubt that the branch school would be estab lished here. If the branch is established, day and night classes will be taught thus enabling young men and women who are now employed to take the course at night. Mr. Williams states that exactly the same courses given in the At lanta school will be taught here, by ; just as competent teachers as are em - ployed in Atlanta. In speaking of the proposed branch I school in Hartwell Mr. Williams said j | to a Sun representative: “The courses of study offered by | ■ this institution are standard and every advantage found in any com- . mercial college will be found right here at home. It is a fine opportuni ty and one that should not be over looked by those who are trying to make more of themselves.” Continuing Mr. Williatns philoso phized as follows on the tragedy of young folks not preparing themselves to make the most of their lives: “There is no greater tragedy than i that of a person who stays in a rut I all their lives, when with just a little effort they could bring success with-. j in their grasp. “What you have done with your ! time thus far in life accounts for , what you are today. What you do , with it today determines what you will , be tomorrow. Your hands cannot | earn the money you need, but your head can and will if you will but give | it a chance. No matter what your age, your education or your means, you can get out of that old rut and succeed in a big way if you will say I WILL. Isn’t it better to start now than to wait twelve more months and then realize what the delay has cost you?” Any one interested may find Mr. Williams at the Hartwell Hotel. Commercial College Assured “The Hartwell Commercial Col lege is now an assured fact,” said Mr. Williams Wednesday. The enrollment is progressing rapidly. Rooms have been secured;! books, supplies and equipment have COLUMBUS TO BE HOST BAPTIST CONVENTION OF GEORGIA 18-20 - < Many Important Matters Will Come Before Denomination In Sesison To Begin Tuesday Morning The 103rd session of the Georgia Baptist Convention will be held at Columbus, beginning November 18 at 2:30 o’clock and continuing through November 20. The conven tion will be preceded by the annual laymen’s and pastors’ conference, which convenes at Columbus, Novem ber 17, at 7 o’clock. The convention will he called to order by John I). Mell, of Athens, who for the past 13 years has been president of the convention. He will most likely be re-elected this year without opposition as Dr. B. D. Ragsdale will be re-elected secretary. Dr. Ragsdale, a professor in Mercer University, at Macon, has been sec retary of the convention since 1896. Dr. E. J. Forrester, of Sparta, will also be re-elected as treasurer. Dr. Mell’s address is likely to deal with the recent disturbance at Mer cer University growing out of the Fox case and will offer constructive suggestions touching this and other vital matters in the life of the de nomination. CREE REPORT ON FUND Dr. Arch C. Cree, executive secre tary of the convention, will make his annual review of this year’s work during the opening session on Tues day afternoon, November 18. His report this year will deal with the closing of the Baptist, §75,000,000 campaign and the launching of the 1925 program. Rev. B. E. Donehoo, of Talbotton, will conduct the devotional at the evening session on November 18. That evening will be devoted to the discussion of the missionary cam-I paigns of the denomination. Dr. George W. McDaniel, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, and Dr. Charles E. Burts, director of the 1925 program for Southern Bap- 12,816,000 BALES ESTIMATE Over Three-Fourths Crop Already Picked Georgia Will Produce 1,030,000 Bales Estimate Hart county ginned 10,903 bales of cotton from the 1924 crop to November Ist, as compared with 8,949 bales to the same date in 1923. This gives the county a lead of 1,954 bales over last year to this time. Ginnings have been very heavy since November Ist, and the next report will likely carry the total to 12,000 or more. Washington. D. C., Nov. 10.— Cotton production will be 12,816,000 equivalent 500 pound bales this year, according to the department of agri culture forecast. A fortnight ago 12,675,000 bales were forecast. Os this year's crop, 9,694,920 bales had been ginned prior to November 1, compared with 7,556,042 bales last year and 8,139,215 bales for 1922 to that date, the census bureau reported. The forecast of production was based on the condition of the crop on November 1, which was 55.9 per cent of a normal, compared with 54.7 on October 18 this year and 47.8 on October 23 last year. Last year’s production, according to final ginning returns, ‘ was 10,139,671 equivalent 500 pound bales. * The condition of the crop on No vember 1 and the forecast of produc tion by states follow: Condition Foreca t Virginia 49 33,000 North Carolina 49 770,000 South Carolina 44 715,000 i Georgia 51 1,030,000 Florida 66 27,000 Alabama 61 980,000 Mississippi 61 1,120,000 Louisiana 52 450,000 Texas 54 4,450,000 Arkansas 62 1,150,000 i Tennessee 59 365,000 I Missouri 56 190,000 ‘Oklahoma 66 1,300,000 I California 73 65,000 Arizona 75 95,000 New Mexico 82 56,000 All other states 75 20,000 Ginning by State*. Ginnings prior to November 1 by states follows: Alabama 815,593 Arizona 52,958 Arkansas 753,329 California 33,309 I Florida 17,348 ! Georgia 812,813 Louisiana 418,174 Mississippi 887,405 Missouri 73,573 North Carolina 374,544 , Oklahoma 97,299 ; South Carolina 526,735 Tennessee 203,543 Texas 3,784,328 Virginia 6,127 I All other states 27,532 n TO PREACH AT MT. ZION The pastor, Rev. E. O. Vickery, will preach at Mt. Zion church next Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. This will bo the last service before the North Georgia Conference in A anta. Let the membership come. Everybody cordially invited. been ordered, and the college will open next week. Interested parties I will be advised by mail the date to report.. o —— tists, will be the speakers. On Wednesday, November 19, there will be many important reports and discussion. The day will begin with a devotional led by Rev. H. J. i Arnett, of Sylvania. The report on foreign missions will be read by S. S. Mathis, of Savannah. The work of the relief and annuity board and also the work of the laymen’s mis sionary movement will be discussed that morning. At noon Dr. Charles W. Daniel, of Atlanta, will preach the convention sermon. STATE MISSION WORK. In the afternoon of the day there will be a devotional conducted by the Rev. George C. Gibson, of Toc coa. Reports on state mission work I will be heard. The report will be read by Rev. G. W. Hulme, Hazle hurst. Professor A. B. Greene, of Blue Ridge, will conduct the devo tional in the evening of the day and there will be reports on home mis sions, and Rev. M. H. Massey, of Americus, will read the report on benevolences. Rev. J. G. Graham, of Camilla, will lead the devotional on the open ing of the third day’s session and there will be reports of the Georgia Baptist Assembly, Mary P. Willing ham School and education. The re port on education will be read by Dr. J. C. Brewton, of Mt. Vernon. In the afternoon of that day the de votional will be conducted by Dr. P. A. Duncan, of Cordele, and the reports on schools and seminaries will be continued until adjournment. The holding commission report is the last item on the proposed order of business. One of the important matters be fore this convention will be th" question of the enlarging of the Georgia Baptist Hospital. It is un derstood that a proposal will be made to the convention by the hosnita) commission suggesting the launching of a building enterprise for the hos pital. W PAGES IN THIS ISSUE NO. 15