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TRADE IN HARTWELL -THE METROPOLIS OF N. E. GEORGIA *■ “■ " ■ * - - - .... . - 8 PAGES IN THIS ISSUE VOL. 49 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. o 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 ■ ■ —o (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. 0 —— 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. ■ ——o 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. — 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. o “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. o ****** ****** ' * 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. —. o 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. O' —• 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. ■ ■ - ■ • - 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.” o 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. 8 PAGES IN THIS ISSUE NO. 21