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TRADE IN HARTWELL -THE METROPOLIS OF N. E. GEORGIA
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Holiday Shoppers By Hundreds Throng Hartwell Streets
Governor Walker Calls Georgians To Attend Law Enforcement Conference
busy shoppers throng the
STREETS BY HUNDREDS —BIG
DAY WEDNESDAY—CARS
PARKED for blocks
Hartwell stores and the streets
have been packed with Christmas
shoppers as never before during
these last days of the annual holi
days trade rush.
On Wednesday, the climax will be
reached when the people, young and
old, will flock to Hartwell from far
and near to trade and meet then
friends.
Beginning some ten days ago,
trade has received added impetus
daily, until now the Hartwell stores
are busy every moment during the
day and into the night.
The people are finding in Hart
well stores the largest and most
varied stocks of Christmas goods
ever before brought to the city, and
from reports reaching The Sun on
every side, business has hardly ever
been better.
Hartwell has enjoyed a wonderful
trade season during the fall, and
prospects are indeed bright for the
town and county during the new
year just ahead.
Some idea of the large number of
people from far and near trading
here is gained from the unusually
crowded parking condition; cars are
parked for blocks away from the
main business section.
Meet your friends in Hartwell
Wednesday, folks. They’ll all be
here.
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Tourist Dies
In Plunge Off
High Bridge
HARTWELL GIRL RENDERED
FIRST AID TO SUFFERERS
Orlando, Fla., Woman Dead, Her
Daughter and New Yorker Hurt
Mrs. A. Stein, of Orlando, Fla.,
was instantly killed, her daughter,
Miss Tillie Stein, and Mr. Jerome
Hertz were horribly mangled when a
Buick sedan automobile driven by
the latter plunged through the rail
ing on the Georgia approach of Al
ford's Bridge some forty feet to the
ground below' last Friday afternoon
about 2 o’clock.
Gaining momentum as the car de
scended the hill to the bridge, and
with brakes practically worn out, it
was said, the car first hit the rail
guards on the right side of the bridge
bounced quickly to the left side and
plunged. Mrs. Stein was killed in
an in-iant; Miss Stein and Mr. Hertz
were dazed, and it was evidently
some minutes before they realized
just what had happened.
A car of Hartwell ladies just be
hind the wrecked auto came up in
tune to help extricate the unfortu
nate victims. Miss Annie Bert
,'' ro >, a Hartwell girl, who is a reg-
I stered nurse with the Davis-Fischer
I rium, Atlanta, was in the
jp ar ; v and quickly rendered first aid
the two survivors. Several Hart
|\. icians hurried to the scene.
I -he dy of Mrs. Stein was carried
E" Anderson, S. C., and Miss Stein
f nu r - Hertz to the Anderson Coun
ts . 0? P 1 tal, where they will probably
■ tv ' >me time.
I, D.e automobile was practically
■ ert d, and was later brought
Hartwell.
■ ; vlr Steip and her daughter have
ng in Orlando, Fla., for some
■ ■" Mr. Hertz, whom Miss Stein
I- T : -'y to wed, is from New
■ ;.o 1 1835 Seventh Avenue.
: ' ! '-y was en route to New
■f/V' - to attend the marriage of
; ' brother, it was stated.
■ ;r Stein, husband of the dead
■ n.an. arrived in Hartwell Satur-
Kif,Anderson, S. C.,
■ ’ !:L ‘ body of his wife was pre
■a^d for burial.
Bnv r' • re " arde d as miraculous that
K'he occupants escaped death.
■ a , ‘- r; - the car hit first on the
■ 'unding in such a manner
K r '' throw the occupants out of the
v‘ I! '‘,‘ are d that Mrs. Stein’s neck
K j r .' ' n. A severe gash was cut
■ d at the base of the skull.
'm and Mr. Hertz both
■ re d broken legs.
HHa Retting Nicely
■irf-H . r ’ P e °Ple visiting the in
■U! at the Anderson hos-
K 'ay reported them resting
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(Wools TAKING TWO
WORK
■ out”—and the young
, ;n ioying a vacation of two
■ 7 teachers.
• /■; Phes to both city and coun-
all open Monday, Jan-
THE HARTWELL SUN.
Brenau Musical To
Be Given Friday
Evening
Program for the Brenau Musical
Friday evening, Dec. 26, 1924, at 8
o’clock:
1. Trio and Chorus—“ Blossom
Time”—Mrs. James Skelton, Mrs.
Clarence Wall, Mrs. R. C. Linder,
Mr. Clarence Wall.
2. “Adventures in ‘Sunkist’
Land.”—Josephine Thornton.
3. Violin Selection—Mrs. May
Crawford.
4. Two Vocal Solos—Mrs. James
Skelton, Jr.
5. Recitation—Sarah C. Brown.
6. Piano Solo—Miss Louise
Jones.
7. Solo Dance—Miss Jane Mc-
Ewin.
8. Violin Quartette “Gypsy
Love Song”—Mrs. May Crawford,
Miss Mary Whitwire, Miss Nelle
Carter, Miss Sarah Pearman.
9. Group of Vocal Selections—
Mr. Charlie Teasley.
10. Myra Mc-
Curry.
11. Instrumental Solo—Mrs. Fay-
Adams.
12. Two Vocal Selections —Miss
Elizabeth Teasley.
13. Recitation—Little Miss Mar
tha Linder.
14. Group of Vocal Solos—Mr.
Clarence Wall.
15. Vocal Duet Misses Annie
Grace Skelton and Evelyn Burns.
16. Two Vocal Selections —Mrs.
Clarence Wall.
17. Male Quartette, “Holy
Night”—Messrs. R. E. Matheson, El
mer Alford, Charlie Teasley and C.
W. Wall.
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FUND BEING RAISED TO
HONOR MEMORY BRAVE
HART COUNTY OFFICER
Messrs. I. J. Phillips, Sr., R. C.
Thornton and A. N. Alford compose
of committea working in the interest
of raising a fund to be know as the
“L. S. Skelton Memorial Monument
Fund,” with which a suitable monu
ment will be placed at the grave of
Officer Skelton, who recently gave
his life in the interest of law en
forcement.
The move is a most worthy one,
and every loyal citizen is asked to
contribute to this fund.
Either of these gentlemen will re
ceive contributions.
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MAIL CARRIERS WILL GET
A DAY OFF CHRISTMAS
No mail will be delivered on the
rural routes Thursday, Christmas
Day, the carriers taking a day off
just like other folks.
At the postoffice Sunday hours
will be observed, and the force will
also have a few hours at home
The mail has been heavier than
ever before at the Hartwell office,
it is said. .
Business will open as usual, rri
day and Saturday.
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PREACHING DATES FOR
CHURCHES OF HART CIR.
New Harmony—lst Sunday, 11 a.
m. Sunday school 10 a.m.
Liberty Hill—2nd Sunday, 11 a.
m. Sunday school 10 a. m.
Candler’s Chapel—2nd and 3rd
Sunday, 7 p. m.
Mt. Zion —4th Sunday, 11 a- m.
Sunday school 10 a. m.
Members urged to attend. Visitors
HERNDON-PARKS
A marriage of much interest to a
large circle of warm friends and
many relatives in this sec-tvon
that last Sunday, December 21, 19J4-
of Miss Margaret Ruth Herndon to
Mr Archibald L. Parks, woof the .
county’s most prominent young
Pe The ceremony was performed by
Rev. Thos. J. Espy, pastor of -ne i
Sardis Baptist church, m the pres- ,
ence of a few close r^ es j^, d J
friends at the home of the bride .
wherWey Te 6 spending several
da The bride is the beautiful and
accomplished daughter of Mr. and
Mr= T O. Herndon, of Campgroun ,
while he f ““p” i‘nd ‘
lhe «u»"’J I— «««
bU The Sun joins the host of friends I
of this splendid young couple in ex
tending heartiest congratulations and
£ wishes for a long, happy and
prosperous life. *
HARTWELL, HART COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1924
Disabled Veterans
Must Make Claims
By New Year’s Day
Veterans of the recent world war
eligible for compensation for ail
ments incurred during service must
make their eligibility known by-
Thursday of next week, January 1,
1925, —or forever hold their peace.
So states J. G. C. Bloodworth, Jr.,
director of the State Service Bureau,
Atlanta, who warns all that the date
given is the limit under the U. S.
Veterans' Bureau regulations for
mental, nervous and tubercular dis
eases suffered by World War vet
erans to be presumed of service con
nection, and claims must be in by
that date without fail.
A nervous or mental disease does
not have to be serious enough to
necessitate hospital treatment for
the suffering veteran to be entitled
to compensation. Beside the mental
and nervous diseases, tuberculosis
anywhere in the body, paralysis agi
tans, encephalaltis lethargica, of
ameobic dysentary if shown to exist
before January 1, 1925, are pre
sumed to be of service connection.
Beside the World War Veterans
in the state sanatarium a survey is
being made by the State Service
Bureau to contact all tubercular
patients in various state institutions.
Blanks for filing claim will be
furnished by Service Bureau, 304
State Capitol, Atlanta, or U. S.
Veterans’ Bureau at 349 Peachtree
street, Atlanta, or Grand Building,
Macon.
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“THE GORILLA” WILL BE
PRESENTED HERE JAN. 20
Local theatre goers will be pleased
[ to learn that on the night of Tuesday,
January 20th, a mystery drama “The
’ Gorilla,” will be presented at the
auditorium in Hartwell by one of the
South’s leading company of players
under auspices of the Hartwell Ki
wanis Club.
“The Gorilla” has for its setting a
Western lumber camp amid rugged
rocky hills and miles of towering
pines that crowd to the very door
yards of the simple cabins. Unlit
nights of inky blackness; roads mere
paths where trees are less thickly
grown.
Bring into this setting a “thing”
seen hazily in the gathering dusk, or
shadowing moonlight; large of form
and “hairy.” Instinctively imagina
tion gives to it gigantic size and
every evil deed committed in the
neighborhood is charged to it. Teams
take fright and plunge down high
i cliffs; children scream at sight of
shadows, and need no rod or other
threat than the mention of “the
gorilla.”
A woman in a lone cabin is found
dead, with fright pictured in her star
ing eyes; a man is shot, and someone
standing near him feels a hairy form
brush against him. Padded footsteps
are heard in a room where windows
are sealed and there is no outside
entrance. Terror reigns.
“The Gorilla” abounds in thrills
and tense moments as you can easily
imagine; but is relieved by snappy
comedy. You are kept guessing un
til the last few moments of the play
as to the identity of the mysterious
“thing” which frightened to death
poor “Nanny” and brought terror to
the entire camp.
There is a pretty love story woven
into it, and loyalty and unselfishness
I triumph in the end over selfishness
! and criminal greed.
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' * New York Poisoned Liquor
Already Caused Death of 31
* New York, Dec. 20—Poison *
* holiday liquor has already *
i * caused 31 deaths in New York*
‘ * City since the first of this *
i * month, the city’s chief medical *
* examiner, Charles Norris, re- *
* ported Friday.
‘ * Special deail of police detec- *
I * tives has been unable to trace *
! * the poison liquor. City authori- *
ties fear that the alcoholic death *
i * toll will mount steadily through- *
out the Christmas and New Year *
i * festivities. Parts of the city are *
' said to have been literally flood- *
’ ed with poisonous concoctions *
i * whiskey.
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CHASTAIN —GUNTER
A marriage of interest to many
relatives and friends was that of
Miss Icie Chastain to Mr. Telford
Gunter, which occurred Sunday, De
cember 21, 1924, at the home of
Rev. T. R- Wright, officiating mims-
bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. B. Chastain, of Mill
town, while Mr. Gunter is the son
| of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Gunter, of Mt.
The Sun joins their many friends 1
in wishing them a long, happy and ,
| prosperous journey through life.
Hobson Vickery Is
Given 10-15 Year
Sentence
A verdict of voluntary manslaugh
ter was returned last Wednesday
night against Hobson Vickery
charged with the murder of Plumer
Sanders tried in Hart superior court.
He was sentenced to serve a niini
mun of 10 years and a maximum of
15 years in the penitentiary.
The two boys, who were first
cousins, and a friend went for an
automobile ride on Sunday after
noon, October 12, stopped at Reeves
store in the county and got into a
dispute, according to the testimony,
as to which should drive the car
home. The car belonged to Sanders’
father, it was stated.
They both come from well-known
families, Sanders being the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Colquitt Sanders, and
Vickery the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Will Vickery, all of Milltown.
OVER 12,786,000
BALES COTTON
GINNED TO 12TH
Georgia Had 1,012,802 Bales To
Her Credit On Above Date
Government Says U. S. Will Produce
13,153,000 Bales 1924 Crop
HART 3,338 BALES AHEAD 1923
There were 14,446 bales of cotton
ginned in Hart county prior to Dec
ember 13, 1924, as compared with
11,060 bales to the same date last
year, according to Gin Agent W. J.
O’Barr’s report.
Cotton ginned prior to December
12, totalled 12,786,216 bales, com
pared with 9,549,015 bales ginned
prior to that date last year, the cen
sus bureau announced from Wash
ington, D. C.
This year’s crop was estimated at
13,153,000 equivalent 500 pound
bales, on December 8 by the depart
ment of agriculture.
Ginnings by states were:
Alabama 969,542
Arizona 86,379
Arkansas .... 1,016,690
California 60,916
Florida 19,574
Georgia ... 1,012,802
i Louisiana 482,397
Mississippi 1,101,475
Missouri 141,623
New Mexico 45,028
North Carolina 761,775
Oklahoma 1,369,791
South Carolina 799,735
Tennessee 318,580
Texas 4,574,551
Virginia 26,949
All Other States 8,409
NEWSCHOOL "BUILDING
FOR ALFORD’S DISTRICT
Work is progressing rapdily on the
new Alford’s District consolidated
school, near Mt. Zion church.
W’hen completed it will be one of
the most modern of the many new
schools in Hart county. It is of brick
construction.
The progressive people of Milltown
and Mt. Zion sections are to be con
gratulated upon this progressive
move.
PRESIDING ELDER GIVES
OUT CONFERENCE DATES
Dates for the first Quarterly Con
ferences have been announced by
Presiding Elder Horace S. Smith, of
Elberton, as follows:
Royston, December 28; Q. C.
later.
Lincolnton, January 2; preaching
Sunday night, January 4.
S. Lincoln, January 3-4.
Danielsville, January 10.
Canon, January 11.
Middleton, January 17.
Comer, January 18.
Commerce, January 18, p. m.
Hart County, January 24.
Carnesville, January 25.
Homer, January 31.
Maysville, February 1.
Elbert Circuit, February 7.
Bowman, February 8.
Toccoa Circuit, February 14.
Toccoa, February 15.
Lavonia, February 22.
Hartwell—To be announced later.
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LEGION TO MEET
The Hart County Post No. 109
American Legion will hold its regu-,
Lar meeting Friday night of this
week, December 26th, in the Legion
Hall, McCurry building.
All members urged to attend.
Monkeys would be ashamed to
claim some men as ancestors.
Heart Diseases And
Pneumonia Lead In
Number Os Deaths
More people died in the United
States last year from heart diseases
than any other ailment.
Pnetunonia came next and tuber
culosis third.
According to a dispatch from
Washington, deaths from influenza
leaped from 31.4 to 44.7 per 100,000
and pneumonia deaths increased
from 102 to 109 per 100,000. In
creases also were registered by heart
diseases, wihich led all causes of
death, measles, cerebral hemorrhages,
whooping cough, cancer, automobile
accidents, nephritis and accidental
falls.
Death rate decreases occurred in
tuberculosis, diptheria, malaria and
typhoid fever.
Heart diseases led all diseases
with 170,033 deaths in the 38 states,
14 cities and the District of Columbia
comprising death registration area.
Pneumonia was next with 105,680;
tuberculosis came third with 90,732.
Crebral hemorrhages with 87,707,
nephritis with 87,378 and cancers
with 86,754 were close together.
Accidental deaths numbered 74,-
131 of which automobile accidents
caused 14,411. Automobiles killed
only 11,666 the previous year.
THREE NORTH CAROLINA
BOYS “MEET WATERLOO”
ON HARTWELL STREETS
Three young white men, giving
their names as E.R.Whiteside, Kelley
Ramsey and Mill Paysour, of Shelby,
and Bessemer City, N. C., were held
here last Friday just after noon pn
a charge of possessing liquor.
They were driving a Ford roadster
in which was found 28 gallons of the
liquid.
Blocked on their way out of town,
going east, by the officers they
quickly turned and went north to
wards Risner’s store, but the officers
were there to meet them, and the
young men spent several days and
nights in the Hotel de Hart before
being released on bonds.
The usual large crowd witnessed
the pouring on tl)e square.
HARBIN BROTHERS BUY
OUT ROYSTON LUM
BER COMPANY
Will Operate Yards At
Lavonia and Royaton
(Lavonia Times)
One of the important business
deals recently was the purchase of
the Royston Lumber Company by
Harbin Brothers Lumber Company of
Lavonia. The purchase was not only
of the stock and building material of
the Royston Lumber Company but
the business and good will, as well.
The Royston Lumber Company has
been operating since 1911. It has en
joyed a good business since it was
established. The former owners of
this firm were Messrs. 11. T. Smith
and J. W. Martin, who will retire
from the Lumber business in Roys
ton. Mr. Smith will go to Green
ville, S. C., where he has other busi
ness interests and Mr. Martin will
remain with the new firm for awhile.
Harbin Brothers Lumber Company
consists of Messrs. J. B. and F. K.
Harbin. They established a lumber
business in Lavonia six years ago.
Their Lavonia business has grown to
large proportions and covers a very
large territory. The business has
been successful from the start and
their decision to branch out further
means that Royston has acquired an
other live wire business concern.
The name of the Royston business
will be changed to Harbin Brothers
Lumber Company, of Royston, Ga.
Mr. F. K. Harbin will move to Roys
ton the first of 1925 and will be in
active charge of the Royston branch
Mr. J. B. Harbin will continue to
live in Lavonia and will be in active
charge of the Lavonia yard.
Harbin brothers are live wire busi
ness men. They believe in printers
ink and every other kind of ink that
gets business. Their business methods
are up-to-date and they always ren
der the best service possible to their
customers.
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Methodist Church
Regular services next Sunday,
both morning and evening.
In the Special Education Effort,
which will continue to January 15,
1925, in the North Georgia Methodist
Conference, unusual exertions are
being made. Dr. Elam F. Dempsey,
Secretary for this Conference, an
nounces that over 35,000 leaflets are
going out from his office this week 1
for distribution in all churches where
there are pledges to this cause. Full
cooperation full up-to-date payments
upon all pledges made to the
Christian Education Movement is
asked of every loyal member of the
Methodist church.
WILL BE HELD AT STATE CAPI
TOL IN ATLANTA TUESDAY,
JANUARY 13 —URGES ALL
OFFICERS AND LEADING
CITIZENS TO ATTEND
A statewide law enforcement con
ference, to be held at the State Capi
tol in Atlanta at 10 o’clock Tuesday
morning, January 13, 1925, has been
called by Governor Walker.
All Georgia Sheriffs, other law
enforcement officers, representative®
of all social welfare organizations
and other citizens of the State are
urged to attend the meeting.
Coincident with issuing the call
for the conference, Governor Walk
er issued an executive order direct
ing the executive secretary to offer
and publish a reward of SSOO for the
apprehension with proof to convict
the leader of any mob, whether the
band be masked or not, and $ 1 00 for
apprehension with proof to convict
any member of a mob.
Problems for Conference
Among the problems to be dis-
I cussed at the conference will be:
■ 1. Proper cooperation of state,
I I federal officials in the cnforcc-
I ment of the prohibition laws.
I 2. Building a sentiment againat
crime in general, looking to the les
> selling of murder, robbery, mob vio
’ lence, etc., within the state.
3. Enforcement, of the automo-
• bile tag tax laws, the cigar and cig-
• arette stamps laws and all other
I license laws of the state.
4. The relation of the violation of
any one law upon the defense of
other laws. The challenge to public
. sentiment for respect for al) laws.
State’s Name at Stake
, In issuing the call for the confer-
• ence, Governor Walker issued the
following statement:
"The wave of crime, Including
j murder, robbery and other acts of
violence, now demanding public at
i tention is by no means limited to the
! state of Georgia. Such condition®
exist in every state of the union.
r While we have our awful Blood
i> worth and Jones cases today, South
Carolina has within the month exe
cuted two young men for practieal
! ly similar crimes. The press of
. Wednesday noted that a number of
j additional judges had been placed on
» the criminal bench to try the over
-1 whelming number of murder case®
. now pending in the city of Chicago.
This fact, however, does not mini
[ mize the shame upon our state. Its
fair names challenges every good cit
izen to make every possible contri
bution to the moulding of a public
sentiment for respect for the law.
r “In the spirit I have for weeks
considered the calling of a law en
forcement conference to be held in
, the state capital in Atlanta to which
the sheriffs, the other law enforce
ment officers, all special welfare
4 organizations and any other citi-
• zens interested in the welfare of the
, state will be invited.”
Governor’s Order
The governor’s order follows:
“Whereas, the number of lynch
ings and other outbreaks of mob
violence in Georgia have been great
< ly diminished during The year 1924,
• and
i “Whereas, this creditable record ‘
has been marred by personal violence
i done one E. J. Shelverton, Jr., near
■ Austell, in the county of Cobb, by a
■ band of unmasked men during the
• latter days of "the year, and
“Whereas, this administration is
1 committed to the employment of
every agency of authority of the
state government to suppress such
illegal acts, it is, therefore,
“Ordered, that the executive secre
tary offer and publish a reward of
SSOO for the apprehension with proof
to convict of the leader of said hand
■ and the additional reward of SIOO
each for the apprehension with proof
to convict of the other members of
said band. It is further,
General Order for Reward
“Ordered, that in order to discour
age further future violations of the
peace of the state, the executive sec
retary is hereby directed, upon re
ceipt of notice of any such acts of
violence within the state by any
number of men, masked or unmask
ed, to offer a similar reward of SSOO
for the apprehension with proof to
convict of the leader and of SIOO for
each other member thereof shall be
entered and published. It is further
“Ordered, that the sheriffs and
other law enforcement officers are
hereby urged to cooperate and lend
every possible influence and effort to
the proper respect for the law within
their several jurisdictions, and the
press of the state is hereby earnestly
requested to give publicity to this
executive order.
“This, December 18, 1924.
(Signed) “CLIFFORD WALKER,
“Governor.”
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FEW CHECKS FOR VETS
REMAIN UNCALLED FOR
There still remain a few checks at
Ordinary J. W. Scott’s office for the
Confederate pensioners which should
be called for. They amount to $25
each and were sent in order that they
might ’ have some Christmas money.
If you know one entitled to this
money see that the check is in their
1 hands, if possible, by Christmas eve.
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