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The Hartwell Sun —Established 1876 — LEON MORRIS & LOUIE L. MORRIS Editors Publishers Proprietors Entered in the Post Office at Hartwell, Ga., as Second Class Mail Matter. Member Georgia Press Association Eighth District Press Association National Editorial Association PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY Subscription Rates —In Advance Ono Year .. $2.00 Six Months .. 1-00 Three Months .50 Foreign Advertising Representatives in New York City: American Press Association. 225 West 39th Street. “ FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1925 »♦*♦• * » * * ♦ • SOME SUN * • SCINTILLATIONS * • L.L.M. * «««*« * * * * ♦ rnn: tTrrTn rnj; n Jiijnn: .71 . inncp an/jjW I\a BIBLE thought I amFor This Week™ | Bible Thought" memorized, will prove ng priceless heritage in after years. mnr~Jnnirr:i::r:l jngmntmhr HE THAT TRUSTETH IN HIS OWN HEART IS A FOOL.—Prov. 28:26. o A porch light may be very dim, and yet have an enormous “scandal power.” o The world may owe you a living, but you’ll have a tough time collect ing it all at once. o The fellow who doesn’t believe in signs had better not try driving an automobile. o Ye«, Sir! We hear that the eclipse was a success over at Hartwell. Just plum purty.—Lavonia Times. o One of our exchanges is wondering who’n world old Joe Jones is. Well, old Joseph is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jones. Now you know it all. 0 “A man,” quoths Joseph Jones, “may be a millionaire as the bank teller counts, but a perfect bank rupt as the good Lord counts.” o —— The old-fashioned man who used to go home and smashed the furni ture now goes home and helps to polish it by sitting on it and listening to the radio. 0 Speaking of the grand and glori ous, luscious buttermilk, the preach ers never get up on Sunday morn ing and express their sentiments re garding the fellow who gets too full of it. o And the Car Upkeep, too With the fiddler and the devil to pay there is little mystery why the , cost of living is stubborn about com- 1 ing down.—Little Rock (Ark.) I Democrat. Do Without. A Hartwell druggist declares and avers that he will not charge drinks. That being the case what’s n feller 1 , going to do when he gets both dry and broke in Hartwell?—Lavonia Times. o Some time ago a Montana preach- ] er, in order to advertise his sermon | on evolution, tied a monkey to the ' pulpit. We don’t believe in circus methods to get folks to attend ser- ; vices at the Lord's house. If they won’t come of their own free will and accord just to hear the preacher ; preach, let ’em stay at home. o Looks like the Georgia Railway & Power Company will win out in its . fight against the jitneys in Marietta and Atlanta. We hope so. It’s well to give the devil his dues. The time is coming and may be, now is, when the people in the congested cities must decide between the street cars and the jitneys.—Commerce News. o All on One Side. “Rufus, aren’t you felling well?" “Nossuh, Ah suah ain’t.” “Have you consulted your doctor?” “Nossuh, an’ Ah ain’t gwine to.” "What’s the trouble? Aren’t you ■willing to trust him?” “Oh, yassuh, but de trouble is dat he ain’t altogether willin’ to trust me.” o MOTHER S GOOD COOKERY Eating will not be the first aim of any rational man or woman, yet hu man comfort and health depend on having good appetizing food. People who are not well fed do not have energy or ambition. The well fed person." other things being equal stands a better chance of success in life. The majority of city folks eat one or more meals daily at lunch rooms and restaurants, and have to con sume a lot of sloppy stuff. In the country towns, the good appetizing cookery, “like what mother used to make,” is something quite different. It produces that wholesome appear ance that most rural people have. The country is the place for good healthful food that will make people able to do things and enjoy life. “FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH” A few weeks ago, I wrote of the great army of foolish and unreason able bills that each year found a place as laws on the various states’ books. That is true. At the same time, thankfully and in all fairness, it is a relief to look around us and see the great number of useful and splendid bills passed by each year’s Legislature. Out of the chaos and confusion and seemingly lack of ac complishment of anything worthy, a final summary of a state’s legislature session reveals some splendid laws passed. And many of these show vision and fore-sight. Laws that concern our very living, and our wel fare, and that in time become a part of us and lift us to a higher civiliza tion than ever before attained. And truly it is vision that prompts the ; authors of these bills. A vision that ■ can look into the future and count the years ahead, with always that constant desire of helpfulness and general usefulness to the nation in general. Someone once said, “with out vision, a people shall perish.” It is true. Nothing stands still. It ! is either a step backward or a step forward. Amonst all the array of interest ing laws passed by the various states these last few years, Louisiana, per haps, with her new marriage law, has taken the most advanced step. It is an appalllingly frank law and certainly radical but is truly a start 1 in the right direction. With only the sincere desire of helping humani ty in general and the ambition to better a coming generation, the state decrees that no marriage shall be consuinated nor shall be legal until both the contracting parties—, man and woman—, have undergone a physical examination by a reputable physician and pronounced physically fit. In this way the state hopes to substantially lessen crime, degener acy, and physical ills. It hopes in place of inherited weakness, to build in the state a new generation of strong-minded and able-bodied men and women. This law was passed only after conclusive research had proved beyond doubt, that the majority of our troubles and mis fortunes are inherited. That crime and the tendencies and characteristics ' of mankind in general are inherited, just as health itself. That the stamina of clean morals and virile living are things that are passer! on from one generation to another, with environment playing only a temporary part in the whole scheme. And so therein lies the basis of this new Louisiana law. Something to think about whether one scoffs at it or believes in it. The writer’s personal view is, that there is sound reasoning in the basic theory, but that environ- WAKING UP SCHOOL PUPILS I A good school is not created by fine equipment alone. A group of children in a little country school may do better work, if they are earnest to learn, than a bunch of drowsy kids in the finest building in the world who are indifferent about their work. Success in waking up school chil dren is a gift possessed by some teachers. But to a certain extent it depends on the home attitude. If parents never show interest in school work, children may get the idea that their lessons are of no ac count. But if parents talk with them about their lessons, if they vis it the school occasionally, the pupils will feel that going to school is a real job, and they must attend to it. o HOW TO FIGURE YOUR 1925 INCOME TAX The exemptions under the revenue I act of 1924 are SI,OOO for single per sons and $2,500 for married persons | living together, and heads of families. In addition a S4OO credit is allowed ! for each person dependent upon and receiving his chief support from the taxpayer, if such person is under 18 years of age or incapable of self-sup port because mentally or physically defective. The normal tax rate under the rev enue act of 1924 is 2 per cent on the J first $4,000 of net income in excess of the personal exemptions, credit , for dependents, etc., 4 per cent on | the next $4,000, and 6 per cent on ' the balance. Under the preceding act the normal tax rate was 4 per cent on the first $4,000 of net in come above the exemptions and credits, and 8 per cent on th§ re maining net income. The revenue act of 1924 contains a special provision for reduced taxes which did not appear in previous laws. All net income up to $5,000 is considered “earned income.” On this amount the taxpayer is entitled to a credit of 25 per cent of the amount of the tax. For example, a taxpayer, single and without dependents, may have ■ received in 1924 a salary of $2,000 ' and from a real estate transaction a profit of $3,000. His total net income i was $5,000. Without the benefit of the 25 per cent reduction his tax would be SBO. His actual tax is S6O. From his net income of $5,000 he is allowed a personal exemption of j $1,000; the tax of 2 per cent on the I first $4,000 is SBO, one-fourth of which, or S2O, may be deducted. For the pupose of computing this ‘ credit, in no case is the earned net 1 income considered to be in excess of I SIO,OOO. A taxpayer may have re ceived for the year 1924 a net in i' come from salary of $20,000, but the 25 per cent credit can be applied to only one-half of this amount. E— questions3| and Bible Answers e nts wiil «KWor»*« children to look ap !g nontetb* Bible A newer*, it will prove H ess heritage to them m after yearn H Which is the Ninth Command ment? See Exodus 20:16. THE HARTWELL SUN, HARTWELL, GA., FEBRUARY 6,1925 By E.8.8.Jr. ment is not given the importance that it deserves. For, to my mind, of all the factors, that make or break a man is just that—, environment. None of us forget our boyhood days, our early training, our mother and father’s gentle reasoning. Those things live forever. And as we grow older, those memories come doubly strong, yielding a powerful influence and gradually moulding us into the men and women that environment would have us. And looking at this law from an other angle—, doesn’t love have any part to play in marriage, anymore? Are we to legislate all romance out of our lives? Are we to become such a race of practical beings that devo tion and congenuality are to become trival things and only the minor de tails of a marriage. All of which is good food for thought. And some how the thought lingers that the world has been going on now for hundreds of years and “going on” very nicely, and with love the basis, rather than more practical things and more scientific views, people have been happy and the race become stronger as years have gone by. Something to think about. The strangest of all of the world’s ways, is civilization’s abosolute dis regard of the financial status of a man who marries. To my mind, poverty is the cause of more unsuc cessful marriages than any other reason. A man who marries, enters into a contract, doesn’t he? Imagine such a thing in the business world. To enter into a contract, the parties concerned must show tangible assets and the contractor must have a cer tain financial rating before he is eligible to enter into a contract. And yet all one has to do, to enter in a contract of marriage, is to have the paltry sum of a license fee and no other questions asked. Some day, when the world grows older and wiser, these things will be changed. A man will have to have, at least, a certain amount of cash or at any rate an assurance that he is able to provide. And the day is not far off, when every man will be required to show an insurance policy as an evi dence to his fitness and worthiness. Life insurance is the greatest blessing and boon that the world has ever known. And here I’ve gone and talked of things that I know nothing of—, marriage, for instance. What could any bachelor know of such things! Words, words, nothing else. Sorter like some old maid, with her theoecti cal ideas on raising children! Pardon, monsieur et madame, S’il vous plais! The Sun Honor Roll B. W. Evans, Hartwell 2. Mrs. Jane McDougal, Hamilton, Ala. W. E. Avery, Harton, Ala. P. L. Oglesby, Dewy Rose. F. C. Gaines, Dewy Rose. K. S. Price, Canon. N. O. Isbell, Bowersville. D. F. Isbell, Hartwell 5. C. V. Burton, Vanna. D. C. Powell, Hartwell 3. J. W. T. Reynolds, Hartwell 3. A. S. Temples, Hartwell 4. E. N. Crump, Hartwell 5. 11. D. Carnes, Royston. J. R. Ridgeway, Bowersville. Otis W. Williams, City. Mrs. Jeff Dean Smithville Ga. Miss Josephine McMullan, Decatur, Miss. C. W. Ham, Lindale, Texas. C. E. Neese, Charleston, S. C. H. M. Pearman, Carrollton, Ga. J. B. Reid, Easley, S. C. Mrs. J. A. Netzel, Tuckahoe, N. Y. J. W. Heaton, Avalon, Ga. Geo. T. Cason, Coco Solo, Canal Zone. Robt T. Wright, Hartwell. J. W. Hinton, Canon. Charlie Cordell, Hartwell 4. Mrs. 11. P. Dickerson. Hartwell 1. 11. J. Atkinson. Hartwell 2. D. B. Evans, Hartwell 2. T. J. Hilley, Royston 2. Col. Worley Adams, Royston. G. H. Crump, Hartwell 1. R. A. Neal, Hartwell 5. J. B. Gaines, Dewy Rose. Annie Mae Jones. Hartwell 5. P. A. Murray, Hartwell 4. J. M. White, City. H. M. Goodwin, Hartwell 2. W. Z. Vickery, Bowersville. F. G. Winn, Bowersville. J. T. Risner, Hartwell 2. J. W. Brock. Hartwell 4. W. C. Banister, City. i C. C. Hembree, Hartwell 2. Mrs. S. F. Hembree, Hartwell 5. J. V. Jordan, Hartwell 5. Dr. D. J. Barten. Anderson, S. C. H. L. Kenmore. City. A. N. Alford, City. A. B. C. Harper, City. J. H. Howell, City. J. M. A. Moon, Bowman. John White, Townville, S. C. Bessie Hill, City. Mrs. Reba Baker, Lavonia. J. M. Powell, Hartwell 1. Amos Koke, Hartwell 4. G. A. McCurley, Anderson, S. C. T. J. Martin, Bowersville. W. R. Parker. Hartwell 2. F. C. Gaines, Dewy Rose, Ga. B. T. Locke, Hartwell 3. T. R. Hall, Canon. C. E. Harris, Hartwell 1. R. C. Temples, Canon. C. F. Hunt, Hartwell 3. J. N. Mays, Hartwell 1. Clifford Cleveland, Hartwell 5. J. C. Bagwell, Canon. W. D. Reynolds. Asheville, N. C. E. L. Adams. Hartwell 3. Mrs. Daisy Shaw, Sanford. Fla. W. M. Buffington, Lavonia 2. J. D. Rucker, Hartwell. W. O. Mewborn. Bowman 3. G. S. Sanders, Hartwell. J. C. Sanders, Bowersville 1. Charlie Shiflet, Hartwell 2. W. A. Skelton, Hartwell 3. Isham P. Vickery, Hartwell. E. T. Jordan, Hartwell 5. A LITTLE FUN— All Layer*. FOR SALE Eighty purebred English Leghorn hens and two roost ers. All laying.—Classified Ad. Waited Too Late To Begin. Diner—“l can’t eat this egg you brought me.” Waiter —“Isn’t it cooked long enough, sir?” Di ner —“Yes, but not soon enough.” A Strenuous Ta»k. “Sixty cents seems very high for eggs. Haven’t you any cheaper ones?” “No, ma’am, I’m sorry I haven’t. You see it’s very expensive produc ing them. One egg is a whole day’s work for a hen.” Fresh Egg*. Motorist—“l’d like a dozen eggs, please.” Farmer—“l haven’t a dozen; I got only ten.” Motorist—“ Well, are they fresh?” Farmer—“ They’re so fresh the hen didn’t have time to finish the dozen.” White Sheep. “That youngest son of yours doesn’t seem to do you credit, Uncle Mose,” remarked the parson to one of his colored parishoners. “No, sah, pahson,” said Mose sor rowfully; “he is de wurstest chile Ah evah had. He’s mighty bad. Fact, he’s de white sheep ob de whole family.” In And Out. A father took his son of four years to the incubator in the cellar to see the eggs hatch. Said dad, impressively: “Isn’t it queer how the little chicks get out of the shell?” “Huh,” replied the youngster, “what gets me is how they get in there.”—The Progressive Grover. Her Chance. Joan (romantically): “I think the poets are right, George. It’s only in the great open spaces that we find ourselves.” George: “Well, we’re 20 miles from anywhere, the sun’s going down and I’ve lost the may, so now’s your chance.”—London Opinion. Not Tthat Kind of A Cow. A farmer boy had spent a sutry half-hour, hauling and driving a new calf toward the barn. A steer dash ed by, headed for the pasture, and the calf followed. “Go to thunder, you darn fool!” muttered the boy. “You’ll know the difference when supper time comes.” Unlucky Number. The Cadger—“l ain’t never ’ad a chance. No matter where I go or wot I works at, my unlucky number bobs up and does me in. some-’ow.” The Householder—“ What do you mean? What’s your unlucky num ber?” The Cadger—“Thirteen, lady. Twelve jurymen an’ a judge.” o Hear And Their By DANA ONCE UPON a time. ♦ ♦ * I WENT to college. ♦ ♦ ♦ AND WHILE there. * * * MET LOTS of boys. ♦ ♦ * AND MADE some friends. ♦ * ♦ AND LATER I finished. * * * AND WENT to work. * ♦ ♦ WITH GRIP and sample-case. * ♦ ♦ AND YEARS have passed. ♦ ♦ ♦ SINCE 1914. * * * AND I’M still traveling. ♦ * ♦ AND FROM year to year. ♦ ♦ ♦ MEETING CONTINUALLY. * ♦ » THE OLD “Ga.” pals. • « • WHO MOSTLY have prospered. » * » 'N MARRIED ’n everything. ♦ ♦ ♦ ONLY THERE are a few. * * * FROM TIME to time. ♦ ♦ * WHO PUT up sad tales. • * * OF NOTES past due. ♦ ♦ ♦ OR JOBS just lost. ♦ ♦ ♦ OR DEBTS to meet. • ♦ ♦ AND “BIG-HEARTED” me. * * • I’VE LOANED them dough. ... WHICH THEY never repay. ♦ * ♦ NOR EVER expect to. ♦ ♦ ♦ AND OUT West, too. * * ♦ IT’S ABOUT the same. • • • WITH BEGGARS and bums. • • • PASSING OTHERS by. • ♦ * AND “APPROACHING” me. • • • AND SO I'm curious. • * * JUST WHAT the reason is. IS IT because I look “easy.” • * • OR JUST merely simple? * • • ANY WAY. • • « I THANK YOU. ~ SOUND ADVICE (Atlanta Journal) In view of the growing tendency toward paternalism, with first one group and then another making in sistent demands on congress for leg j islation designed chiefly to benefit a particular class it is refreshing to , note that at least one prominent class ■ spokesman repels the suggestion that ■ the cure for existing evils of the 1 American Cotton Growers’ Exchange, resents the idea of paternalistic leg islation as a means of aiding the farmers of the country. He rightly believes that the solution of the far mers problems is to be found in co operative marketing. “We have no desire for paternal istic legislation,” says Mr. Williams, speaking for the farmers. “We be lieve in self-help. It is not to the best interest of the public, the taxpayer, to appropriate money from the treas ury for farm relief.” Unlike many advocates of the co-operative system, Mr. Williams does not advance it as an all “panacea, or a miracle worker.” Its success he thinks, “requires the same type of business management as any corporation doing the same volume of business requires.” Mr. Williams’ views will impress thoughtful persons generally as sound and well-balanced. There is a lot in what he terms “self-help.” It is up to the farmers to help them j selves rather than for the govern ment to appropriate the money of all j the people to help a particular class. But the government can and should exert every reasonable effort to en- MBHaHHI I BIG CROP I Figure it out for yourself. If three tons of 12-4-4 contains the same amount of plant food as four tons of 9-3-3 and costs less, why handie the extra ton? Simple enough isn’t it? The plant food in 12-4-4 costs less per unit than in 9-3-3. The above statement being true, then why not make 1925 a banner year by using nothing but High Analysis Fertilizer and Make every acre do its best. When sou have learned the proper fertilization for four soils, sou have learned the secret of profitable farming. ’ » ■ ■ si SiiiiiiiSiS s a a ■ ■ ■ ■ « ■■■■■■■ nIAAAAAftW j Hi m 0 IP Hflfl b o I m H us RH 0I i ■ Th 111 Ei 1 pl |S 11 " 11 11 f ! p I: ■ In July, 1921, Postmaster General Hays declared that ■ the people of the United States were holding over one bil- ■ lion dollars out of circulation, and the New York Tribune 1 commenting on the statement said: “There are many people ( who still hide their money in mattresses, or sew it into the a lining of their clothes.” ■ ■ Money is made to circulate, and when the people hoard g it up, “money gets tight” and hard times come. If you have any portion of this billion dollars hidden J away, bring it to our bank and deposit it. It will be safe. a | OLD RELIABLE” 2 OFFICERS: D. C. ALFORD, President - R. C. THORNTON, V.-President j M. M. NORMAN, V.-President - FRED S. WHITE, Cashier c DIRECTORS: D. V. ALFORD - S. W. THORNTON - R. E. MATHESON f IJ. PHILLIPS - M. M. NORMAN - DR. W. I. HAILEY g L. L. McMULLAN ■ I.KIAE XKMBeras ■ ■ ■»■■■■ S courage the co-operative movement. And co-operation, as Mr. Williams points out, is not a “miracle worker or a panacea.” A co-operative as sociation of farmers will no more succeed, if improperly managed, than an incorporated business. No busi ness can succeed unless it is care fully managed, and, as Mr. Williams remarks, “co-operative marketing re quires the same type of business management as any corporation do ing the same volume of business re quires.” Mr. Williams is particularly inter ested in the co-operative cotton movement, and it is highly gratifying that in the management of this as sociation the members are favored with the counsel of a man so gifted with hard common sense. NUBERG HONOR ROLL FOR JANUARY Sixth grade—Thornton Brown, Jim Dickerson, Lorene Lunsford. Seventh grade—Annie L. Brown, Lorene Banister, Cecil Teasley, Ida Teasley, Joel Thornton, Martha Warren. o BETHESDA CHURCH Concord church will present a morality play /‘Single Life” at Bethesda, Saturday night Feb. 7., 7:30 o’clock. You can’t afford to miss this. Funds will be divided between the churches.