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WITH COUNTY AGENT BINGHAM
Terracing.
More folks are running terraces
this time of year in Hart county than
we ever saw. This is particularly
true in the lower and eastern ends
of the county. One man stated that
a little terracing he did last spring
payed him more money than any he
ever done, and that he proposed to
terrace as much this winter as the
land would permit.
Terracing Demonstration.
Last Wednesday, at L. J. Brown’s,
in Bio community we gave a terracing
demonstration. We ask you t® go
over and look at these terraces any
time when passing. We will be glad
to give a terracing demohstration in
any community in Hart county. De
monstrations have already been ar-
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VIOLA
Mt. Olivet basket ball team played
Viola Friday afternoon, the score 17
and 24 in favor of Viola.
Those spending Thanksgiving with
Mr. J. O. Hewin and family, were
Mr. and Mrs. Haygood, of Athens;
Mr. and Mrs. L. T. McLane, and
children, of' Toccoa; Mr. and Mrs.
Birchel Hewin, of South Carolina.
Misses Helen and Ethel Etheridge
spent Thursday night with Misses
Lenona and Lillie Copeland.
Mr. and Mrs. I. R. Thomas were
guests of relatives in South Caro
lina, Thursday.
Mrs. Horace Reed, Mrs. J. C. Reed
spent one day last week with Mrs.
H. C. Copeland.
Mrs. Linton Crawford and children,
of Washington, Ga., visited Mr. and
Mrs. S. T. Crawford, Saturday after
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Mauldin have
moved in to our community, we wel
come them.
The party given by Miss Lillie
Copeland Thursday evening was en
joyed by all present.
From Our Readers
LAW AND ORDER
Much is being said these days about I
law and order, especially so when
some important life is snatched by a
drunken fool. The court officials
put the blame on the average man
for not living up to a higher stand
ard and the average man puts the
blame upon the careless methods of
conducting trials by the court offi
cials. We believe that both opinions
are well founded and that each are
to blame.
If a certain criminal on trial has
bought whiskey from one of the jur
ors that is helping to try the case, we
have a mess that needs completere
novation.
The first steps to be taken in bring
ing about a better condition in many
counties would be to get men ap
pointed to serve as Jury Revisors
that were qualified to serve as
jurors themselves. We have men
serving as revisors in some sections
of Georgia that are more in sym
pathy with bootleggers than they are
with law and order. Under such
conditions entirely too many men get
on the jury that are in sympathy with
bootleggers. In order to revolu
tionize the courts we must have the
right kind of jurors and in order to
get the right kind of jurors we must
have better men in many cases to
pass upon their fitness. A jury com
missioner has a big influence in
shaping the verdict of a jury and if
he is in sympathy with bootleggers
he can secure a lot of votes for the
men that appointed him. There has
been too much vote catching in many j
of these appointments which has help
ed destroy the power of our courts to
enforce the law. One time a certain
lawyer was defending a bootlegger
There was plenty of evidence to con
vict this fellow, but the lawyer knew
that if he could get a certain fellow
on the case as a juror that a verdict
for his client would be secured and
it was. In spite of evidence, this
bootlegger was given his freedom
and no doubt sold whisky to some
fiend that would kill some of our
folks.
The most important appointments
that are to be made is in selecting
men that believe in law and order to
serve as jury revisors of any county. I
Making appointments as a vote |
catching machine and carrying the
pocket book into the court room has i
destroyed at least eighty per cent of |
the power of our court officials to ;
re-establish law and order. A few
years ago a certain band of robbers ;
broke into barns, stores and garages
and carried off at will everything
in sight. The law-abiding people be
came alarmed and offered a reward.
The fellows were caught, the reward
paid and many of us are wondering
about the trial. An officer got busy,
a few of the stolen goods returned
and the case was settjed.
There was some vote catching in
this case at the expense of law and
order, and the law abiding citizens
as they sleep are still at the mercy of
this gang, when they see fit to go on
another raid. If the officials had
done their duty these fellows would
have been at least put on trial and
given a sentence commensurate with
the crime committed. We are winning i
verdicts more by the selection of J ur y
than by evidence in a routine called
a trial. \
Who nexj\ IGZhat important life
is end on account of dis
regard fotstrial\u- justice.
CITIZEN.
DR. C. A. GREEN COMING
If you are troubled with your
eyes don’t fail to have him examine
them. He will be at HERNDONS
DRUG STORE Wednesday December
10 th.
Attend our Exhibit and Dernon
tration of Majestic Ranges, Dec. 8 .
to 13.
Yates Hardware & Furniture Co. >'
I ranged at Nuberg and Bow-ersville
and will be put on sometime next
week. Details will be announced
next week.
Orchards.
Several persons are w-orking in
the orchards now. This is the time,
and if your orchard has not been
sprayed last year, its should be spray
ed before Christmas.
Grapes.
Now is the time to get some good
grape cuttings, set them out in a
damp box of sand bottom upwards,
and next spring transfer them where
you want them to grow.
Strawberries.
Have you plenty of strawberry
plants? If not why, not? Ask for
bulletin on berries, of all kinds.
Presbyterian
There will be a change in the time
for services in the Hartwell Presby
terian church. Instead of first and
third Sundays, thg first and fourth
Sundays will be the days for our
preaching services in Hartwell. The
pastor will give the third Sunday to
the Sharon church.
November is the month set aside
for the study of Stewardship, which
study has just been completed.
“Spiritual Life,” department 1 of
the Progressive program, is the sub
ject for study during the month of
December.
Our thought is directed too to the
“Equipment Fund.” 50 per cent of
all contributions for this fund will be
used to equip our Foreign work, the
other 50 per cent will be used to
equip our Synodical and assembly’s
Home Mission work.
Our Sunrise Thanksgiving service
was well attended and was enjoyed
by all. Our Thanksgiving offering
was $23.25 for Thornwell Orphanage.
The pastor will preach at Pleasant
Hill on Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock
Dec. 7th. All are cordially invited
to attend the preaching service at
Pleasant Hill.
An installation service will be held
at Sharon church on Thursday at
7 o’clock p. m. Dec. 11th.
Rev. Mr. Simpson, of Commerce;
Rev. Mr. Anderson, of Toccoa; and
i Mr. W. T. Johnson, of Hartwell com
pose the commission appointed by
Presbytery to install the pastor at
Sharon. All are cordially invited to
attend these services.
PASTOR.
“Doc s Ology”
The Athens-Gainesville game was
one of the most exciting ever seen
in North Georgia football circles.
For the first five minutes after the
kick-off Gainesville was rushed off
her feet, Athens making four conse
cutive first downs and bringing the
ball to Gainesville’s sixteen yard line.
At this interval the ball went over
and on the first Gainesville play
Rothstein,* fleet-footed back, ran
through the entire Athens team for
an eighty-four yard run and a touch
down.
Two costly fumbles, by Athens,
lost the game and the championship.
Another beautiful play besides
Rothstein’s long run resulted in a
touchdown. The ball was in Gaines
ville’s possession on Athens’ twenty
five yard line. On a fake placement
i kick Paris received the ball and threw
i a pass to Sanders over the goal line,
thus making another touchdown.
As the game wore on Athens
' seemed to revive and at times threat
' ened to snatch victory from the hands
of the Gainesvillites. But, when
‘ ground gained meant much, Athens
was penalized for off-sides and
Gainesville was able to stave off de
feat.
By winning Thursday’s game,
Gainesville ran her winning streak
to nineteen games and also winning
the North Georgia Championship for
the second time.
Dies From Burns
A little colored boy, son of P. B.
j Harper and wife, worthy colored
I neople, w-as horribly burned last Mon
day afternoon, dying early that night
I as a result.
The baby was visiting his grand
parents, Jacob Burton and wife, near
Bio. The Harpers live near Carnes
ville, moving there from Nuberg two
years ago.
Playing around the wash place,
garbed in outing rompers, the blaze
suddenly enveloped the child and be
fore aid could arrive had burned him
beyond recovery.
Cooley Harper, a brother of P. 8.,
and living on Mr. E. L. Adams, Sr’s.,
place at Cokesbury, had a child to
catch on fire the same afternoon his
hand being severely burned.
Many friends, white and colored,
1 sympathize with P. B. Harper and his
' wife, who are a worthy colored couple
I in their loss.
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After making his first public speech
the average man cannot understand
why he isn’t famous the next morn
ing.
Don’t forget the date of our give
away of prizes Dec. 18, 1924.
Yates Hardware & Furniture Co.
If you know that there is some
thing wrong with your eyes, don’t
pretend that there isn’t. You know
perfectly well the longer you neg
lect vour eyes the worse they will
g-et. ' Have them examined by our
skilled ontometrist, Mr. Chas. A.
Green. He will be at our store again
ion Wednesday, December 10th.
Herndons Drug Store.
THE HARTWELL SUN, HARTWELL, GA., DECEMBER 5, 1924
Baptist Church
A little falling off in the prayer
meeting and Sunday school at the last
meeting. This however was not con
sidered so for the lack of interest,
but on account many hinderances
that could not well be overcome.
The Sunrise Thanksgiving service
Thursday morning was very interest
ing and well attended.
Sunday morning pastor Duncan
gave an interesting review of the
things that were considered at the
Georgia Baptist convention recently
held at Columbus, Ga.
At the evening hour a report was
made by some of the officers of the
church showing some history made
during the last decade, also since the
75 million campaign was launched
five years ago. The report showed
that 177 members had joined the
church by baptism and 79 by letter
and restoration. The church lost by
letter and fellowship 78. By death 23.
Leaving a net gain of 156.
The Treasurer’s books show that
the church has paid for current ex
penses during the last five year about
$25,000.00. Have paid into the 75
million campaign $48,771.68.
At the close of the day’s worship
the congregation had the benefit of
an interesting and forceful sermon
by the pastor on the subject of "Gain
and Loss.” Gaining the world and
losing the soul.
MORE FACTS ON
TERRACING
I didn’t intend appearing again so
soon, but from the fact that I sug
gested in my last article that I
might have something more to say
on the subject of terracing, I have
been insisted upon to have my say
out. If you will recall I had some
thing to say about the separation of
the different parts of the soil. For
that reason it is necessary to move
or change the terraces after a few
years, provided we have constructed
the terrace in such a manner as to
not allow the lighter and smaller
particles of the soil to be carried
away with the rain water. What I
shall say will be on presumption of
the level terrace, but not necessarily
a broad terrace. While the broad
and cultivated terrace will not require
moving as often as the narrow un
cultivated terrace from the fact that
as the finer particles of the soil is
brought down against the terrace
bank they are distributed over a
greater area. Have you never no
ticed that often a terrace especially
a narrow terrace, has been in one
place for several years that for from
three to six feet above the terrace
that the land will become very com
pact after each rain and get so hard
by the time the other parts of the
field get dry enough to cultivate? If
you haven’t, if you will take the
trouble to stop by my farm I will
show you some and also that the old
terrace bank with this strip of land
with ordinary seasons will not pro
duce as good crops for a year or so
after they have been torn down.
Now this will not occur with a drain
terrace from the fact all of this
finer and lighter portions of the soil
with a great deal of vegetable matter
has been carried off to the creeks
and branches and that kind of a
terrace might never require moving,
but the fertility of the soil would
gradually get poorer and poorer. But
with level terrace moved every few
years the fertility of the soil will
gradually improve. You will find
that it will be necessary to move the
terrace more often where the land
has been allowed to wash before a
system of terracing has been put on
the field. This comes about from the
fact that it is practically impossible
to stop these old washes entirely
from bring down the finer particles
of soil. Another reason is from the
fact if we adhere strictly to the level
line on washed lands will have a
lot of short cross or crooks which
makes cultivation more difficult. I
have seen so many people when they
moved a terrace they would select
a cotton or corn row above or below
the old terrace and build a new
terrace on it. If you will just stop
and think for a moment you will
know that you will have neither a
drain or level terrace, but a bank to
collect the water and turn it loose
at some low place in the middle of
the field and break every thing be
low. It is just as essential and im
portant to use as much care in estab
lishing the new terrace as the old
one. The question then would nat
urally arise where to locate the new
terrace. Midway between above or
below the old terrace or where? Al
ways go above the old terrace, but
never below or midway between. If
you will just observe a little you will
see that from year to year the little
washes as they form a little level
land above the terrace stop just a
little farther back from year to year.
Now when you go to establish your
terraces, go to the lowest or biggest
wash that was in the field at the
time of building the first terrace
and start just about where the wa h
has stopped and run each way from
there and you will be surprised so
to how much straighter the new
terrace is than the old one. If you
will follow up this system on washed
lands about the third moving of the
terrace all of the old washes will be
gone and your terraces will be follow
ing as graceful lines as if the field
had never had a wash in it.
W. B. McMULLAN.
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BUSBY-MACIJEWSKI.
Miss Laura Mae Busby and Mr.
Willie Macijewski were married Sun
day Nov. 23, 1924 at the home of Mr.
John Rainey, of Anderson county, S.
C. The bride is the daughter of Mr.
J. F. Busby, of Elbert county, while
the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
August Macijewski, of Hart county.
We wish for Will and his bride
much joy and a long and happy life.
Don’t forget the date of our give
away of prizes Dec. 18, 1924.
Yates Hardware & Furniture Co.
PASTOR
BEFORE BUYING
HOLIDAY GOODS
SEE OUR LINE—AND
LOW PRICES
We have added some new patterns
to our China stock. Have some
wonderful Values to offer you in
China, Crockery, Alurniiiumware.
DOLLS AND TOYS
And Lots of Other Merchandise
Johnson’s
T. H. JOHNSON, Prop. TWO STORES HARTWELL, GA.
—WHERE YOUR DOLLAR DOES Il'S DUTY-
Cotton Market
The last report of the cotton situa
tion for this year indicates a genuine
note of thanksgiving in a review of
the course of 1924 on the part of the
entire cotton trade. In recalling con
ditions existing at this time a year
ago, following three successive sea
sons of deficient production and a
resulting scarcity of raw material
throughout the world, the change
presented by fortunate events of the
last six months gives rise to a feeling
of such satisfaction as has not pre
vailed in all branches of the industry
for many years. While it is true the
monetary return to the grower of a
10,000,000 bale crop such as occurred
last year at an average market price
of say 32c, represents a gross sum of
$1,600,000,000, while a 13,000,000
bale yield at an average price of 23c
returns only $1,500,000,000, the
larger crop comes as a result of
weather conditions favorable to a
greater number of planters and the
return is therefore more widely and
more evenly distributed to the ad- ■
vantage of the greatest number. S
From the merely selfish point of view
of the producer, therefore, the ex
cellent crop grown this season spell ,
prosperity in virtually ail sections to
a degree not experienced for some \
time while from the standpoint of the
welfare and prosperity of the cotton
consumer it would be difficult to
exaggerate the benefits flowing from
an ample supply of raw material at
reasonable prices. Instead of inevit
able curtailment, such as faced do
mestic and foreign mills a year ago
at this time, with idle machinery and
mill hands on part time, the outlook
for the coming season is for increased
production of manufactured goods in
volume dependent only on the ability
of the public to consume.
The consumption of the different
countries is about as follows: Amer
ica 6,100,000; Great Britain 2,240,-
000; France 750,000; Germany 700,-
000; Russia 150,000; Poland 170,000 ;
Finland 35,000; Italy 550,000; Cze
cho-Slovakia 200,000; Austria 70,-
000; Spain 275,000; Belgium 150,-
000; Switzerland 60,000; other coun
tries 250,000; Orient 800,000.
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Why shouldn’t this country be the
most prosperous on earth when it is
saved regularly every four years?—
Detroit News.
When a thing plainly needs to be
done, the practical man goes to w’ork
and does it, but the efficiency expert |
wants to survey first.—Columbus
Dispatch.
Dr. C. A. Green will be here again
on Wednesday, December 10th. If
you need glasses, call in and have
your eyes examined.
Herndons Drug Store.
Attend our Exhibit and Demon
stration of Majestic Ranges, Dec. 8
to 13. . „
Yates Hardware & Furniture Co.
If you are having eye troubles j
that require glasses, have them ex-|
amined Wednesday, December 1 Oth.
Herndons Drug Store.
NEW
Coats
JUST RECEIVED by
express a beautiful lot
of NEW COATS.
Some have beautiful Fur
Collars, others are plain.
They are all especially
priced from—
sl2. 50 to sl7.™
A. N. Alford & Co.
HARTWELL, GA.