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TRADE IN HARTWELL---THE METROPOLIS OF N. E GEORGIA I 10“ the HARTWELL BUN.io=i VOL 49 13,308,037 BALES COTTON GINNED TO JANUARY 16 ~»♦*♦***** • HART GINS 14,650 BALES * . * » The report of Gin Agent W. * ‘ J. O’Barr to January 16th, 1925, * ’ shows Hart county’s total at * » 14,650 against 11,227 to same * » date last year, or a gain of * » 3,423 bales over 1923. * *’»¥*♦ * ♦ * * * ♦ Cotton ginned prior to January 16 totalled 13,308,037 bales including 307,352 round bales counted as half bales and exclusive of linters with 9,944,032 including 234,601 round bales to that date a year ago and 9,648,261, including 168,428 round bales to that date two years ago the census bureau announced in Wash ington Friday. Ginnings by states were: Alabama 979,147 Arizona 97,740 Arkansas 1,062,245 California 70,554 Florida 19,719 Georgia 1,022,597 Louisiana 485,752 Mississippi 1,111,764 Missouri 169,390 New Mexico 52,937 North Carolina 821,937 Oklahoma 1,444,939 South Carolina 821,749 Tennessee 341,675 Texas 4,760,575 Virginia 34,918 All other states 10,399 - Phone Weather Reports Daily From Hartwell At 1 P. M. Atlanta, Ga., December 24, 1924. Hart County Telephone Exchange Hartwell, Ga. Dear Sir —In compliance with your recent request the weather forecasts will be resumed to your address on December 26, 1924. This service will be at government expense. Respectfully, • C. F. VON HERRMANN, Meteorologist. We have been giving out this weather report for twenty years to all farm lines dails at one o’clock. My observation is Mr. Von Herrmann gets the weather eight or nine times out of ten. The Government stopped it. awhile to save telegraphic ex pense. Hart Co. Telephone Exchange. Air Line Consolidated School District Will Vote SB,OOO Bonds On March 7th 0 Notice School Bond Election. Georgia—Hart County: whereas, Air Line Consolidated School District of Hart County is a school district, located in the County “art, State of Georgia, in which county is now levied a local tax for school purposes, and Whereas, a petition has been filed *uh the Board of Trustees of Air ln e Consolidated School District by Me fourth of the Registered quali lle,. vo t ers °f said school district for an election for the pur hSj > determining whether or not ends shall be issued and sold for the p , rpo , 5e v building and equipping a «hool building for said district: nerefore notice is hereby given hy law that an election rm « ! j d at Air Line SchooLHouse P^ turd ?y March 7th, 1925, to de- Cm lne ,whether or not said Air Line a ted School District shall is- Thni, ° n l s to the amount of Eight ’ ceS? d dollars - (88,000), the pro ard t o '; w h*ch shall be used to build i Air i l UI^ a sc hool building for said as afrr 6 f ’ nso^dated School District bear i e . Sau ' sa ’ d bonds to issue and be 'na Ist, 1925, and to e n .o r?’ nat * on ® ne Thousand the .at e # ’ . and to bear interest at DavaEi? °t s ‘ x Per cent per annum, and sem * annually on July Ist year \ st °f each consecutive ®atu reJ Vll T said bonds are fully bond; ♦' , 1 ie Principals of said Ore t? 6 pa ’ d as follows: ’jlst iu9o “cusand dollars due Jan. Jan. ’,? ne Thousand Dollars due < lars d,,.’J ’ i One Thousand Dol snnd Dnli n b lst ’ 1934; One Thou- i n n Ue Jan - lst > 1937; Two T *o Thr i ° L" 8 due Jan - lsL 1941; ■ 1943 1 sand Hollars due Jan. Ist, 4 . 1 and interest of said Gold Co'r • pa * d .' n United States Said pu ° r lts equivalent in value. 8a ° | e rulp' tIO J I to be held under the 1 the elects at 7 regulations governing I tr;ct sfor /u 10r bonded school dis e<Mppin£r' e , pu yP° s e of building and ; in ?ir. fax ,°ol houses. Those vot» ' r Printed r rj °, nds > shall have written I 1 Tor Scbnri n ballots, the words, ! n ? ngair. ‘ oUß ®’” and those vot k°nds, sb-11 k e lss uance of said ' n -heir .* *, b ave written or printed ■ School the words, “Against < ''one but >’ ■ To ’ers sha 1 festered and qualified 1 J ?‘ a eiecr-A Pe Permitted to vote in < sfc all be ' Ine Board of Trustees 7**ll dec. ‘ alec tion managers and -de result of said elec- of the Board of Trustees b rt Consolidated School 1 this Jan. 25th, 1925. 1 A- B. MOORHEAD, £GURLEY, a Pe^ c estes. 1 '•chool b Consolidated j ' 2<5-4t[l COKESBURY TO HAVE OYSTER SUPPER FRIDAY NIGHT SCHOOL HOUSE There will be an oyster supper at Cokesbury school house on Friday o’clock^ anUary 30th, beginning at 8 Proceeds will be used for pur chasing basketball equipment. - 1 Big Game Set For Friday Night geo - s - cl ark, jr. The Hon. “Spoke” Herndon, Esq., will bring his “Georgia Ramblers” over to Hartwell Friday night to battle with the Hartwell Athletic team. Now—just how many of you know that Hartwell had an Athletic Club? Well, it has and it also has a dandy basketball team. On this team are four of Hartwell High s 1924 quintet—Kyle Massey, Lucian Brown, Neal Thornton and William Morris. These “four horse men” are enough to convince the Hartwell fans that we have a good team. Besides these there is Jack Hodges and “Blink” Massey, who have had experience along the line of basketball and are ready for the first whistle to be blown. As the Hartwell High team battles the Athens High bunch, on the lat ter’s court, a large crowd will see the Ga.-H. A. C. game. Tickets have already been placed on sale at the drug stores and are going fast—you j had better get your’n while the get ■ ting’s good! Line-up Georgia Ramblers. H. A. C. Kain F. J. C. Massey Carrol F Morris Frain C K. Massey Nelson G Brown Middlebrooks G Thornton o MT. OLIVET CHURCH There will be Sunday school at Mt. Olivet next Sunday at 2:30 P. M., and preaching by the pastor, Rev. T. A. Thornton, following. Will hold a business session after church services. Let every member be present. When a man is unable to choose between two evils he usually hunts up a third. “The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops; no, but the kind of man the country turns out.”—Emerson. 0 **»»»»»»*» SHARON »»»**♦**♦* Mrs. J. H. Roukoskie is spending this week with her daughter, Mrs. J. C. Tippens. Miss Bert Madden has accepted a position as teacher in the school at Royston. Mrs. W. B. Norris is much better at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Allen and son, Thornton, spent Sunday Belton, S. C., with Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Jones. Mr. and Mrs. Emil Macijewski and children spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Hampton Macipewski in Ander son, S. C. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Barnes have moved into this community. We welcome them. Mr. W. B. Norris and son, Ray mond, and Mr. Frank Roukoskie made a business trip to Anderson, S. C., Thursday. Sunday school next Sunday at 2 o’clock. — HOLLY SPRING ♦ ♦***♦♦*♦* Many attended preaching services Sunday morning. Rev_ Henderson preached a fine sermon. Mrs. Billy Moss and daughter, Lizzie, son, Tom, and Colley Ayers have gone to Mt. Berry to see her daughter Eva, who is very sick. <Ve hope that she will soon recovery and get back to her studies. Miss Pauline Nelms spent a few days last week with homefolks. Rev. C. W. Henderson, wife and daughter, Caroline, and his n ’ ec s* Lois Henderson spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs. W. E. Singleton. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Ayers visited their daughter last week Mrs. G. G. Sn Mn J. C. Barton and family spent Sunday with Mr. and J. A. Seymour. Miss' Sarah Scott spent Thursday night with Miss Mildred Singleton. The young people were entertained with a'party Friday night atthe home of Miss Flora Bagwell. Every one seemed to enjoy it to the fullest eX Everybody come to Sunday school next Sunday morning at o’clock. Thirty million copies of the Bibie were sold last year. — 0 Early to table and late to rise makes a man hefty and hastens de mise.—Sioux Falls Argus Leader. Os names of towns and post offices in the United States, forty-three appear more than twenty , times each. HARTWELL, HART COUNTY, GA.. FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1925 GEORGIA TAX ON GAS BRINGS IN $3,544,596 Georgia received a total of $3,- 544,563.92 from the state tax of three cents per gallon on all gasoline sold in this state during 1924, ac ' cording to figures made public by W. B. Harris, tax clerk in the office of Comptroller General William A. Wright, Atlanta. This sum is con siderably in excess of the estimated income from this source when the bill was passed in the legislature of , 1923, the highest estimate made at ' that time being $3,000,000. > The collections for the first quar- • ter of 1924 were $737,278.68, for the i second quarter, $868,350.38, and for ■ the third quarter, $971,255.83, indi s eating a constant climb in the re ceipts. W’hen the complete returns I are received for the fourth quarter , it is expected that they will approxi- I mate almost $1,000,000. Some of the larger companies and > the amount of their gasoline tax pay [ ments for the 12 months are as fol : lows: , Standard Oil, $379,070.56; Gulf . Refining company, $298,206.42; Tex as Oil company, $116,507.54; Woco Pep, $40,763.58; Pan-American, $27,- 5 553.32; Reed Oil company, $17,- . 896.56; Peoples Oil company (Au- > gusta), $8,499.39; American Oil com- > pany (Savannah), $7,747.17; Nation- > al Oil company, (Atlanta and Savan i nah), $5,926.65; Gossett Oil company . (Griffin), $5,690.25. Os the money collected, one»third goes to the state highway depart . ment, one-third to the counties for r highwork, divided on a basis of post 3 road mileage ratio, and one-third to r the general treasury for retirement i of the state W. & A. warrants. The i last obligation will have been fully met by July next, it was stated, after which time the state highway depart ment will receive two-thirds of the gasoline tax collections. Hart county each quarter receives 1 her part of the gasoline tax money, > the amount based on road mileage. [• Hartwell’s Colored k ’ School Is Doing ! Good Work l 1 • —' 1 In company with pastor W. A. Duncan, of the Hartwell Baptist church, a Sun representative visited last Monday the’ Hartwell Public Colored School at their pretty new brick building recently erected in what is known as Rome. The visit was an agreeable surprise ' I for we found the building larger and ' more adequately equipped than anti cipated, knowing the amount of ' money that had been expended for ; all purposes. At the outset, we might state that the splendid progress the colored i schools have made would not have , been possible but for the contribu tions of both money and work by the • worthy colored citizens of our city. Arriving just as the pupils were in the midst of the period set aside for the industrial work, we found a number of boys, under the direction | of Fred Greene, who donates a few hours each week to the school, busily engaged in mixing cement for two nice posts to be erected at the en trance to the grounds. Lessons were given in bricklaying and cement work. In the work room other boys were sawing lumber for the erection , of a partition in the office. Here we noted a number of tables that the boys had made. In the girls’ room we found them weaving grass into various things, making flowers of waxed paper, etc. George E. Archibald, the principal, makes the industrial periods of great interest to the pupils who now num ber over 200. The work includes agriculture, poultry raising, etc., as taught in the Hartwell High School < and other advanced schools of the < county. It is of inestimable worth j I to the colored boys and girls, and ] a visit to the Hartwell Colored School < will convince the most skeptical that Prof. Archibald and his teachers are i doing some real, constructive work. We would urge our white people i to visit the school in Rome and see i just what the city is doing, with the the co-operation of the’colored citi- I zens, headed by Prof. Archibald, along educational lines. o SARDIS SCHOOL There is an old proverbial saying ’ that “he who laughs last, laughs 1 best.” And so it was. Our basket ball team won a decisive victory ‘ over Nuberg 24 to 14. That makes * the break even between the two • schools. Nuberg won from Sardis 1 by a four point margin on their home j court. The game was clean and hard * fought. Sardis was too much when it ’ came to putting up a defensive game. ‘ Both teams were badly off on ring- ' ing the basket, many tries that should have been sure went amiss. Nuberg 1 'is coming back stronger next time ! and we hope to keep a good morale. The vocational class is attending the State College of Agriculture this week. They are attending classes 1 as usual and also attending some of the lectures for the adults. The trip no doubt will prove a great inspira- ’ 1 tion for the boys- 1 May Open Store Here Soon (Athens Banner-Herald) Preparations are being rapidly completed for the establishment here | and at other points in Northeast Georgia of a number of Nifty-Jiffy grocery stores, according to an an nouncement of E. W. Carroll, manager of the Northeast Georgia Motor Club, Saturday. Mr. Carroll is a brother of Jas. H. Carroll, inventor of the novel self service system, and secretary of the Nifty-Jiffy Corporation with head quarters in the Candler Building, Atlanta. The patent rights for the establish ment and operation of the Nifty-Jiffy stores in Northeast Georgia has been acquired by Athens business men. The territory included in this fran chise takes in the Athens retail trade zone and it is understood stores will be opened at Monroe, Winder, Hart well and Elberton. The Nifty-Jiffy Corporation, a national organization having a large number of stores already in success ful operation in different sections of the country, is chartered under the laws of the state of Delaware and among its directors has such well nown Atlanta business men as M. I C. Kiser, Andrew Calhoun, Carling L. Dinkier, H. D. Ellis. Jr.. E. F. I Newel, Julien Binford, Jr., Judge A. i A. Northern and F. G. Corker. Under the management of E. F. ' Newell, formerly district manager of ; the Piggly Wiggly stores in the At- ! lanta territory, a number of Nifty- j Jiffy stores have recently been open- . ed in Atlanta and plans have been ■ perfected for the establishment of the stores in every important town and city in the state. o Little James Benson Teasley Passes James Benson Teasley, age 6, died at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Teasley, on Benson street Tuesday morning, January 27, 1925. Interment was in the Hartwell cemetery Wednesday following ap propriate funeral services conducted from the home hy Rev. J. H. Barton, pastor of the Hartwell Methodist church. Surviving are the grief-stricken parents, and three sisters, Misses Elizabeth, Alice and Grace Teasley. Also the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Benson and Mrs. Thos. W. Teasley. James was born April 10, 1918. Entering school only a short time ago he was one of the brightest little pupils in the primary grade, and by virtue of his cheery face and manly demeanor was one of the most popu lar little lads in all Hartwell. His death came, indeed, as a pang to the hearts of our people, who ex tend their sympathy to the bereaved ones who have watched over the bed side of the little one for these past two months. After being stricken last fall, the aid of physicians here, in Anderson, S. C., and Atlanta was employed, but with no avail. He gradually grew weaker, but through it all bore up like a brave little man. He was conscious to the end. A large number of friends and relatives from Hartwell, the county and other places attended the ser vices. Many beautiful floral offerings from far and near attested to the love for the little one by friends and relatives. Pallbearers were Dr. Claude Hern don, Dr. W. L. Murrow, R. L. Ayers, W. L. Brown, Prof. J. I. Allman and T. 9. Mason. Funeral director W. C. Page wai in charge of the arrangements. - ■■■ - Eclipse A Success i The eclipse of the sun last Satur- 1 day morning proved a “drawing ’ card” from point of interest, there ' being many a discarded window pane 1 put back into use after receiving a ’ covering of smoke. The eclipse was a success beyond 1 a doubt. About three-fourths of the sun 1 was covered as viewed from Hart well. — U. S. T» PAY $1.55 FOR SILENT BUGLE OF BILL FISKE , 1 Washington, D. C.—What happen- ] ed te Bill Fiske’s bugle? This mystery is destined to go down , with the questionable age of Ann ( as one of the great unsolved inter- t rogations. Who is Bill? WKv, he had a bugle , and what happened to it no one ■, knows. But the people of the United ( States are going to pay $1.55 for it' anyway, for the item has been ap proved by the treasury department, by house and senate committees, by < the president and innumerable other < committees, commissions and offi- i < cials. i In the claim sent to congress, itj< reads: i “Bill Fiske’s bugle, $1.55.” t o - £ Many a man fails to reach the top J because every time he stops to rest j he falls asleep. r o ■ , If our neighbors would only do « things as we think they should, how I y much easier it would be to love them! f $3,000 From Carload of Chickens A carload of chickens were shipped from Hartwell Wednesday. The car, containing about 4,000 birds, was bought by Mr. J. A. Kelley of Atlanta. Receipts aggregated about $3,000 or a little over for the car, which was assembled under the direction of County Agent H. W. Bingham. Some three to four hundred people were present Wednesday with their chickens, and the sight attracted no little attention. Hart county has previously shipped several carloads of chickens to market. PLEASANT hTIL CHURCH The pastor, Rev. James Bradley, will preach at Pleasant Hill church next Sunday afternoon, February Ist, at 3 o’clock. Everyone cordially in- 1 vited to these services. Mr. Phillips Offers Reward And Shows How Funds Handled TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: It has been charged that I. J. Phillips, Sr., the chairman of the Hart County Chapter American Red Cross, has been exchanging good flour for damaged goods, both with the Air Line Mercantile Co., and R. P. Robertson, and that the said Phillips did receive 50c to 75c per barrel profit in difference in the grade, and that he further bought gasoline for the committee who dis tributed goods for the Red Cross; that he would give the members of said committee as much as five gal lons at the time. And that the said Phillips took the money for the hail stricken district and purchased the gasoline. I have the affidavits of each member of the committee showing that I did not purchase a gallon of oil or gasoline for the said committee nor for myself from the Red Cross fund. I will offer a reward of $5,000.00 to any person who will produce evi dence to convict that I misapplied one dollar of the contribution for the hail storm district, either for persona) use or for anyone else. For the information of the public I publish the following affidavits: Jan. 23rd, 1925. To whom it may concern: Personally appeared before me B. S. Hall, Sec. & Treas., of the Hartwell Groc. Co., who under oath certifies that I. J. Phillips, Sr., Chm. Hart Co. Chapter Red Cross has never bought or exchanged directly or indirectly a barrel of flour for the Hartwell Gro. Co. in the past four years, and that all the goods bought by him for the hail relief district was bought at the wholesale price on the day the goods were purchased, and I hereby certify that the said I. J. Phillips, Sr., did not receive a penny of rebate or commission directly or indirectly and that the said I. J. Phillips, Sr. does not own a penny’s worth of stock in the Hartwell Gro. Co. Sworn to and subscribed to before me this the 23rd day of Jan. 1925. W. K. McGEE, N. P. IL C. B. S. HALL. Sec. & Treas. Hartwell Gro. Co. Jan. 23rd, 1925. To whom it may concern: Personally appeared before me Thomas J. Williams, Mgr. the Air Line Mdse. Co. who on oath certifies that I. J. Phillips, Sr., Chm. Hurt Co. Chap. Red Cross has not bought, sold or exchanged in any way, a dol lars worth of goods of any descrip tion from the Air Line Mdse. Co. in the past four years. D. V. THORNTON, N. P. H. C. Sworn to and subscribed to before me this the 23rd day of Jan. 1925. Signed J. T. WILLIAMS, Mgr. Air Line Mdse. Co. Jan. 23rd, 1925. Personally appeared before me R. P. Robertson who under oath certi fies that I. J. Phillips, Sr., Chm. Hart Co. Chapt. Red Cross has not bought, sold, or exchanged in any way a dollar worth of goods of any i description from me or my firm in 1 the past four years. Sworn to and subscribed to before me this the 23rd day of Jan. 1925. W. K. McGee, N. P. H. C. Signed R. P. ROBERTSON. Georgia—Hart County. Personally appeared before me R. C. Thornton, Treasurer Hartwell Chapter American Red Cross who on oath says that all donating made for relief for Hail Stricken Ristrict Hart County were paid on approved in- 1 voices and have been audited by auditor from Red Cross Headquarters and passed upon as being correct. He states further that no bills or invoices have ever paid by our Chair man I. J .Phillips, and that he has never handled any Red Cross funds except a few small amounts for hos pital transportation. Sworn to and subscribed to before Seed Association Is Culling 500 Bushels Cotton Seed Daily Two large power-driven culling machines are being run full time here by the Georgia Seed Growers Co-operative Association, space being rented by this company in the large Clinkscales Warehouses on the rail road. In talking with President Thos. B. Thornton, he stated that in the present run, some eight carloads of cotton seed would be culled which was grown the past season by mem bers of the Association living in Hart county. The seed are all registered and certified, and are put up in bags of uniform size and with the name, etc., of the Association printed on same. The culling machines aro of the latest type, and the quality of the seed sold by the Association will be , unsurpassed. The capacity of the cullers is 500 bushels per day. The Georgia Seed Growers Co- I operative Association has headquart ers in Hartwell, and a membership extending over a wide area. ) The organization promises to be come one of the most vital factors in the agricultural development of the State within the next few years. A SPLENDID STATEMENT In this issue of The Sun appears a statement of the condition of The Commercial Bank of Athens, which will prove interesting. Deposits of the Athens institution have increased from SIOO,OOO in ten years to over $1,000,000.00. The statement is a remarkable one, in deed. Officers and directors are among Athens’ and Clarke county’s most progressive citizens. Read their statement in The Sun this week. - ' o - Will Broadcast Here Mr. H. M. Clarke, who has recently opened a radio shop here, with head quarters at Hailey’s No. 2, will erect within the next few days a set to broadcast locally the programs that come in from a distance. A small crystal sot, costing only a dollar or two, will then receive the programs after being relayed by Mr. Clarke over his outfit here. His plan is very interesting, and will very like ly add several hundred radio fans to the already growing number here and in the county. Crystal sets only receive for a few miles and are used in the cities like Atlanta where there are broadcast ing stations. They ure too close to be affected by static and usually give perfect service. ■ I ■■■ I The Hartwell Lodge No. 189 FL & A. M., will meet in regular session next Tuesday night, February 2, at the Masonic Hall. All qualified Brethren cordially invited. W. T. JOHNSON, W. M. B. S. HALL, Secretary. TRADE-AT-HOME IDEA IS BOOSTED BY KIWANIANS A “trade at home” program was the main event of the weekly Ki wanis meeting last Friday, headed by Kiwanian W. S. Hong, chairman of I the program committee. Speaking on this all-important subject were Kiwanians Fred S. White, S. W. Thornton, A. F. Bell artd others. The visitors included Jdr. Powells Williams, of Atlanta; Mr. R. E. Oglesby, of Elberton; Mr. Horace P. Hawkins, of Gainesville, a Kiwanian; Dr. Horace 8. Smith, of Elberton, and Mr. M. R. Ensign, of Athens. All made short and interesting talks, and Mr. Ensign added to the pro gram with two good songs. A vote of appreciation was ex tended Mr. and Mrs. Julian B. Magill, of the Hotel Hartwell, for the delightful meal served. Mrs. L. N. Adams presided at the piano. ———————O——— r FROM TEXAS READER Ennis, Texas. Jan. 21, 1925. Gentlemen: Please enclosed find two dollars for some more Sunshine, as I can not do without it Best wishes to all of the good people of Hartwell. Yours truly, FRANK KOKE. ■ o—— AIR LINE CLUB MEETING Air Line Thrift Club will hold its regular monthly meeting Friday Jan. 30, at 2:30 o’clock at the home of Mrs. R. P. Robertson. Everyone urged to attend. me this the 23rd day of Jan. 1925 ~ FRED S. WHITE, N. P. Hart County Ga. R. C. THORNTON. Respectfully, I. J. PHILLIPS. NO. 26