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HART COUNTY OFFERS MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO THE HOMESEEKER
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HART BOYS AND GIRLS WILL PLAY FOR BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
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TWO HUNDRED PLAYERS WILL
BE IN SERIES OF GAMES HERE
Spectators During Four Days Will
Total Two to Three Thousand
It Is Expected
By GEO. S. CLARK, JR.
When Referee Massey takes a deep
breath and, after glancing over the
large audience, blows the first whis- j
tie Thursday afternoon of the Hart ;
County Tournament he will usher in
the largest and most elaborate of .
tournaments ever held in this section
of Georgia and truly one that would
match up to any of its kind ever held
in the state.
Final preparations have been made
by all the coaches in getting their i
teams in good trim for the annual ‘
affair. Every year this tournament
comes as a climax to the baskecbuil
season so far as the county teams
are concerned. First the tournament
had only a few teams entered, in
creasing last year, and increasing still
more this year, when more than
thirty different teams, representing
over fifteen different schools, take
on new life and enter the scramble
for first honors.
Tourney Begins Thursday
Games will begin Thursday after
noon at four o’clock, the grammar
school teams of Union Hill and Viola
meeting at this time. From then on
till eleven o’clock the old, or rather,
new auditorium will be shaking with
the hustling of the contestants.
Beginning: where play was left off
Thursday night, the teams will re-1
new hostilities soon Friday morning |
at nine o’clock, when the Duncan and
Bowersville high school girls start
the day on the right track. Promptly
at eleven o’clock the first big game
of the tourney gets under way when
the Goldmine and Sardis boys fight
it out. In our write-up last week
we had Nuberg and Eagle Grove
playing at two o’clock. This was a
mistake—Nuberg and Air Line, in
stead of Eagle Grove, meet at the
above time.
More Favorite*
Some little “mump” germ stole
into the ranks of the Sardis quintet I
last week and when it departed left I
two of the Sardis players with the
“mumps”—the same which do not
give one any satisfaction at all, for I i
know. I’ve had ’em. Besides Sardis j
•;here are Nuberg and Reed Creek, i
two strong favorites. And, to quote
our friend, Boyce Meredith, —
“Bowersville —the dark horse entry.”
Whether dark or light, friend Boyce
says that the team of his choice will |
win the tourney.
Prizes of all sorts, shapes and ,
sizes, will be presented to the team
and players winning the highest
honors at the tournament. This, with
in itself is enough to stir them so
that they will do their best. An
All-Tourney team will be picked, and
also the player considered the most
valuable to his team.
Everything points toward an ex
tremely successful event.
Annual Meeting of Northeast Division
Baptist W. M. U. Here March 19 -20
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Mrs. W. C. Tribble, Lavonia, Vice-
President.
Miss Berta Brown, Hartwell, Young
People’s Counselor.
Program—Thursday Morning,
March 19.
Subject—-The Association Standard
of Excellence.
9:3o—Hymn—“O, Zion Haste.”
9:3s—Devotional Mrs. Claud
Bond.
9:4s—Welcome by Rev. Duncan,
Pastor, and Miss Berta Brown, Presi
dent W. M. S.
10:00—Response—Mrs. George
Allen.
10:05 —Our standing on the Stan
dard —Discussion by Superintedents
Mesdames G. H. Prior, Joe Griggs,
Amanda McMullan, J. Miles Berrong,
F. M. Cash, A. M. McDaniel, Miss A.
L. DeVore. Y. P. Leaders: Mesdames
[ John W. Jackson, J. W. Farmer, Ross
Loyd, W. S. Bearden, Carlton
Thomas, Miss Fannie Sue Rucker.
Our Highest Call to the Standard
Achievement—Division Vice Presi
dent.
11:15 —Hymn.
11:20 —Message—Building Citizen
ship—Miss Katherine Dozier.
11:40 Message Miss Emma
Leachman of the Home Mission
Board.
12:40 —Announcements. Adjourn
ment.
Noon Hour
1 ;30 —Devotional—Mrs. M. A.
Porter.
1:35 —Mission Study Symposium
Led by Mrs. M. Crawford, Chairman.
3:00 —Hymn.
3:05 —Address —Dr. T. W. Ayers,
Hwanghien, China.
3:40 —Special Song—Mrs. H. W.
Meaders.
\ 3.45 —“Object Lesson in Foreign
Mission Work”—Carnesville Y. W.
v Led by Mesdames W. B. Sud-
deth and E. H. Collins.
4.00 —Demonstration of Sunbeam
Band Meeting—Hartwell S. B.—Led
Mrs. Montine Alford Skelton.
Young People’s Evening.
Mi»« Berta Brown, Pretiding.
Hour 8 O’clock.
Music.
Quiet Hour—Led by Miss Grace
Henslee.
Vocal Duet—Misses Annie Grace
STATE BAPTISTS
MEET ON 18-19
IN ATLANTA
Baptists in this section, and all
i over Georgia, are looking forward
■ to the meeting in Atlanta next Wed-
■ nesday and Thursday at the Baptist
’ Tabernacle, for the study of evange
lism and stewardship.
i Hartwell and Hart county churches
will send good delagations to the two
! day session.
This is the first meeting of this .
nature held in Georgia by the Bap 1
tists for several years. The Baptist 1
: Bible conference has been providing I
' a midwinter assembly for the state ,
for a number of years, but the con- |
ference will not be held this year, :
and this meeting of ministers am. i
laymen is arranged to supply some
thing in the way of inspiration and '
fellowship for the year that lies
ahead.
In planning the program, chit-: at
tention has been given to emphasis
upon the practical tasks of evangel
ism and stewardship. There will be
four sessions, beginning Wednesday
evening, March 18.
Ben S. Thompson, of Madison, i
chairman of the state executive
committee of the laymen’s move
ment in Georgia, and it is under th<
auspicies of this committee that th(
March meeting is being held. Mr
Thompson will preside at the ses
I sions of the meeting in Atlanta,
i Hon. Steve Skelton, of Hartwell
I is a member of the laymen’s exe
cutive committee.
STAR THEATRE SHOWS TWO
NEWS REELS EVERY WEEK
Mr. W. ,T. Yarbrough, proprietor
of The Star, announces the showing
each week of two of the latest Pathe
news reels, to be shown on Tuesday-
Wednesday and Thursday-Friday.
These pictures show happenings all
over the world, and are exceedingl.
interesting and instructive.
I On Thursday and Friday of next
week the news reel will show scenes
during the recent Collins cave affair
iin Kentucky. The program for this
| Thursday and Friday is very inter
esting and appears in this week’s
issue.
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Wife Adda to Hia Fame
I Hepplewhite was one of the emineni
furniture finishers and designers wh<
flourished under the reign of th*
Georges In England, and whose fuml
ture was in vogue about the time ol
the American Revolution. When h<
died in 1786 his wife carried on his
work and produced other pieces an(
original designs that were very popu
lar for several decades. Much of tin |
Hepplewhite work was done In mu
hoganles and in light woods.
°l Skelton and Evelyn Burns.
Address—By Mrs. M. R. McLure,l
representative of Southern B. W.
M. U.
Pageant—“ How the Light Came”
—By Mrs. M. R. McLure, presented
by Hartwell Y. W. A. and Mrs. W.
A. Duncan.
Benediction.
Friday, March 20
9:00 —Hymn.
9:05—“1n Quietness and Confid
ence”—Miss Ruth Greene.
9:ls—Methods Conference for
Young People’s W’ork—Led by Miss |
Julia Allen, State Young people’s
Leader.
10:15—Open Discussion—Led by
White Cross Chairman, Mrs. H. I.
Alford.
10:35—Open Discussion—Led by
Personal Service Chairman, Mrs. A.
i C. McEver.
10:55—Discussion —Led by Stew
ardship Chairman —Mrs. E. E. Wood
son.
11:05 —Hymn.
11:10—Special Song—Mrs. Clar
ence W. Wall.
11:30—Message—Miss Laura Lee
Patrick, Corresponding Secretary and
Treasurer, Georgia W. M. U.
12:00—The Country Church—Dr.
L. G. Hardman.
Announcements.
Noon Hour
1:30—Devotional —Miss Mary Han
sard.
I:4o—Divisional Map Talk.
I:4s—Recognition of all organi
zations having reached the society
standard of excellence.
I:ss—Special Music—Mrs. Clar
ence Wall.
2:00 —Our Own Divisional Inter
ests and How we may Foster Them
—Mrs. W. R. Calloway.
2:15 —Gibson-Mercer Academy—
Rev. J. B. Brookshire.
2:3o—How May this Division Help
Move “Forward to the Front” Geor
gia’s Record—Rev. J. Fred Eden, Jr.
2:4s—Address—Miss Bonnie Ray,
Pingtu China.
Closing Prayer.
MRS. HUBERT YOW,
Treasurer.
MRS. H. I. ALFORD,
Chairman Hospitality.
MRS. A. C. SKELTON,
Publicity Director.
HARTWELL, HART COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1925
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Hendrys Church Is
Destroyed By Fire;
Had No Insurance
Hendrys Baptist church, about five
miles southwest of Hartwell, was
totally destroyed by fire on Monday
afternoon.
While the blaze drew a large crowd,
the fire had gained such headway
that only the piano, one table and
I the Bible were saved. The dry
i weather of the past week aided in
the quick destruction of this historic
I old church.
The fire was caused from sparks
1 which came from nearby bottoms
where the growth was being burned
off in the spring farming prepara
tions. Catching in the small trees
and leaves around the church, the
blaze mounted the sides and roof.
There was no insurance on the
building or contents. The loss is
estimated around $3,000.
Hendrys is one of the oldest
Baptist churches in Hart county and
this section of the State, having been
established in 1818. The centenial
was celebrated in 1918 with appro
priate ceremonies. For many years it
was the central meeting place for
citizens of this section before Hart
was cut off from adjoining counties.
The church was named for a Dr.
Hendry, who was a leading citizen
of that community in 1818.
Members of the church, numbering
around 150, state that the church will
be rebuilt.
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NOTICE OWNERS
OF DOGS
The Board of Aidermen at a
special session Tuesday passed an
emergency rule, requiring all dogs to
be kept confined within the premises
of the owners for thirty days from
date, which will be April Bth. Owners
of dogs running at large during the
30 days period will be notified when
animals are seen on the streets and
unless taken up at once will be killed
immediately.
During the 30 days owners of dogs
are required to have them inoculated
against rabies. This is very import
ant, and it is hoped that dog owners
will co-operate, thereby probably
saving the lives of some boy or girl,
also cattle and the dogs themselves.
The above is now in effect; keep ,
your dogs within your premises.
W. H. LOCKE, Chief of Police. |
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Hart County Ginned
14,860 Bales Cotton
Hart count, produced, to be exact.
| a total of 14,860 bales of cotton from
1 the 1924 crop, which report has been
j made to the census department in
I Washington by Gin Agent W. J.
I O’Barr.
Mr. O’Barr began his final round
i on March Ist, and found that in ad
-1 dition to the 14,860 bales already
! ginned there were 39 ready for the
| gin,—making a grand and final total
| of 14,899 bales for 1924.
In The Sun’s guessing contest for
I the past year there were many esti-
I mates ranging from 10,000 to 18,-
[ 000.
County Agent H. W. Bingham’s
| figures were 13,025, and he gets The
Sun one year for his guessing ability.
Gue** For 1925
To the Hartwell or Hart county
person guessing nearest the 1 925 pro
■ duction in Hart county we will award
I a year’s subscription.
Send in the blank below at once,
j Name
Address
Estimate Bales.
All the 1924 estimates were be
low 13,000 except Mr. Bingham’s and
one other, which went slightly over
18,000.
What do you say for 1925?
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Made Lonely Journey
A woman farmer In a lonely part of
South Africa, Mrs. Ida Francis, has
Just shown that in luck and endur
ance British women settlers are not
behind the men.
About two months ago a cyclone
devastated her farm, which lies be
yond the western fringe of the desolate
Kalahari desert; and then came floods
which destroyed the food and shelter
for hes cattle. The only way to save
her animals was to drive them 400
miles across the desert to her son’s
farm, and this she did. unaided.
She found that many of the water
holes in the desert had dried up. and
sometimes she had to ward off attacks 1
by Hons with her rifle; but she kept
steadily on, and in the end brought
nearly all her charges through safely.
—Family Herald.
Some men are made by circum-1
stances and a lot of others are un-1
made.
FERTILIZER TRADE VERY
BRISK IN HARTWELL NOW
Following last week's issue of The
I Sun, the fertilizer season opened in
i full blast in Hartwell, and each day
Depot street presents a busy appear
ance as the wagon from far and near
come to haul the sacks all over this
section.
Every train brings in several car
loads to the Hartwell dealers.
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Shoal Creek School
Bond Election 14th
Shoal Creek School District will
vote on Saturday of this week for
boiids with which to erect and equip
at some central location in that sec
tion of Hart county a compiodious
building.
The issue is to be in the sum of
$6,500.00, a notice having appeared
for the required number of times re
cently in The Sun.
Shoal Creek is populated by some
of Hart county’s finest people; citi
zens who wish to have advantages of
the best sort for their children, and
citizens who are willing to put their
money and time into a project that
will bring about this result along
educational lines.
The other sections of Hart county
will watch the result of the election
at Shoal Creek on Saturday, March
14th, with much interest.
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LEGION WILL MEET
The Hart County Post No. 109,
| American Legion, will hold its regu
| lar meeting on Friday night of this
I week at the usual hour.
All members cordially invited to
attend.
M. M. PARKS, Commander.
J. T. WILCOX, Adjutant.
MAD DOG BITES COW AND MULE
A mad dog created considerable
excitement on West Howell street
Saturday afternoon, before being
killed by Mr. Curtis Kay. The dog
bit a cow and mule belonging to Mr.
Cl/iude Dooley, and a dog belonging
to" Mr. Kay. The animals belonging
to Mr. Dooley are being treated in
an effort to save them.
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Stores To Close At
1 6 P. M. After 15th
Beginning next Monday a number
of the Hartwell stores will close at
I 6 o’clock in the afternoon, excepting
I Saturdays and public days.
This enables the storekeepers and
I clerks to put in an hour or so in the
I garden or an opportunity to have
some form of recreation, and is the
usual custom here as well as in all
other cities.
The petition circulated, signed, and
presented The Sun for publication is
as follows:
We the undersigned merchants
agree to close our places of business
at 6 o’clock P. M., except on Satur
days and public days, beginning Mon
day, March 16, until Sept. 1.
(Signed).
Brown & Cobb.
J. D. Matheson & Sons.
Hartwell Furniture Co.
O. Y. McLees.
A. N. Alford & Co.
Saul Dept. Store.
J. A. W. Brown.
Leard & Massey.
Yates Hardware & Furniture Co.
J. E. Mann.
Johnson’s (2 stores).
T. G. Craft.
McClure’s, Inc.
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Corporation* Efficient and Polite
My telephone rang just now. When
I took down the receiver, the follow
ing conversation ensued:
“Hello.”
“Our telephone rang.”
“Will you excuse us, please?”
“Yes, with pleasure.”
I didn’t mind going to the tele
| phone because of that “Will you ex
cuse us, please?”
How the big corporations try to
give satisfaction, and how we abuse
them! How we lie about them!
How we grumble at the telephone
companies! Yet their service is the
most wonderful, the cheapest thing
we have.
Same way with the water com- i
panies, the railroad companies, the
electric lighting companies, the
I street railway companies, the gas 1
companies.
We’ll finally boycott all these, be
cause they are so polite, well man
aged and work so cheap.
Don’t growl at the corporations;
try to be as useful, polite and effi
cient as they are. The corporation
men are the best we have. They
actually make the progress we are so
proud of; we in “The Herd” really 1
have little to do with it.
This is not paid piffle in the in
terest of dangerous, dishonest men;
it is God’s honest truth. Find a
howler, who amounts to as much, by
I any test, as the men they abuse, ami
I’ll agree to become a Socialist.
And hang myself.
For I wouldn’t care to live if I
! had to be a Socialist. —E. W. Howe’s I
j Monthly.
BUSINESS SHOWS
j INCREASE HERE
Business last Saturday took on that
' old-time look, and every merchant
approached stated that trade was
' fine.
One leading Hartwell merchant
reported the best business Saturday
since Christmas.
I The sidewalks were crowded with
shoppers from Hart and adjoining
I counties, and cars were parked for
blocks off the square.
I Hartwell continues to draw the
I largest Saturday crowds of any city
in this section, and business is
usually good here when there is a
dull period in other places.
Local merchants are always look
ing for special values to offer the
trading public and it is very rare
when an issue of The Sun goes out
from the local postoffice that there
aren't several ads telling where these
bargains can be found in Hartwell.
Business is always good in Hart
well.
HERE'S ANOTHER ONE
FOR THE PUZZLER
Atlanta, Ga., March 10. -When
you have time to quit looking for a
three-letter word beginning with C
and ending with W that means a
milk-producing animal, you might
turn your attention to a puzzle that
is somewhat different from the cross
word—if you are of mathematical
turn.
Some years ago “How Old Is
Ann?” became a favorite among the
brain teasers. Now the railroads
have produced a teaser that ought
to prove popular. It follows:
Under certain atmospheric condi
tions sound travels at the rate of
1,00(1 feet a second. Therefore, if a
locomotive whistles when 5,000 feel
away from you it will take five
seconds for the sound of the whistle
to reach you. If this locomotive is
coming towards you at the rate of
, 5,000 feet a minute, and it begins to
blow its whistle when it is 5,000 feet
away from you, and stops blowing
. when it reaches you, although the
; actual whistling has lasted for a
period of 60 seconds, you will hear
only 55 seconds of whistle.
Problem: What has happened to
the other five seconds of whistle?
If the locomotive is traveling away
from you and begins to whistle when
it leaves you, you will hear 65
seconds of whistle. The problem in
this case is: If the locomotive whis
tles for 60 seconds, but you hear 65
seconds of whistle, where do th<‘
other five seconds of whistle come
from?
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N. P. BROWN OPERATES
BIG DEPOT ST. BUSINESS
Mr. N. P. Brown has recently
purchased the interest of his brother,
Mr. W. M. Brown, in the well-known
firm of Brown Bros., who do a big
business at the warehouse on Depot
street.
In the future the business will be
known as the firm of N. P. Brown,
who carries a large line of heavy ,
groceries, such as flour, grain, hay,
sugar, lard, etc. He buys in car lots,
receiving two carloads of flour last
week.
Mr. Brown has an advertisement
in this week’s Sun. He invites you to
see him when in Hartwell.
Candor compels some men to ad-1
mit that they are above the average. I
Twenty Nationalities Are Represented
Party To Visit Hartwell Next Saturday
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HOME BURNS
Fire destroyed the home of Mr.
John Carnes in Reed Creek section
Monday.
Mr. Carnes, fortunately, had some
insurance, but suffered a heavy loss
in the burning.
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The Telephone
Elisabeth was three years old and.
what Is more, Elizabeth, like most I
small girls, was very fond of games
of “make believe," Her latest delight
in the realm of fancy was “playing ’
i telephones, ’’ a game of which she never
| grew tired.
Her grandmother was well aware of
Elizabeth’s fancy and one night, when
the little girl was proving obstinate
atfout going to have her bath, the old
lady thought she would try a little
strategy.
Grandmother (holding one end of the
toy telephone)—Hello ! Is that Eliza
beth?
Elizabeth (very delighted)—Yea,
grandma !
Grandmother —Well, come along,
Elizabeth, ft’s time for your bath.
Elizabeth (dropping receiver) —
Wrong number!
Why ie it that the meanest people
always have the longest memories?
MAKE YOUR TAX
RETURNS NOW
As noted in The Sun, County Ta*
Receiver Furman E. O’Barr is mak
ing his rounds now, and it is very
important that taxpayers make a re
turn of their property, both real and
personal, within the time set by law.
Parties who fail to make return,
whether it be for city, county ar
state, have no recourse on the action
of the tax assessors.
Receiver O'Barr has received an
important notice from the Comp
troller's office in Atlanta, calling at
tention to Section 1(168 of the Code
of Georgia. This section requires that
in making land returns the same shall
be by district, number and section.
If the lands have no such designa
tion, then such description as will
enable the Receiver, to identify them.
Also, Receivers arc prohibited from
receiving returns of lands which do
not designate them. This means that
every piece of land shall be given
in separately, giving the number of
acres, the district in which it lies and
its value.
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GOOD CROWD HEARD
MRS. ARMOR S ADDRESS
A large audience heard the addreoa
by Mrs. Mary Harris Armor at the
auditorium last Thursday night. Her
subject “Saving America,” wa*
handled as only this famous Ameri
can woman orator can speak, and
every hearer was no doubt very deep
ly impressed by the message.
Following a preliminary program,
including the singing of “The Star
Spangled Banner” and “America,’*
Rev. James Bradley led in prayer.
Piano solo, Miss Mildred Johnson.
Rev. J. 11. Barton introduced Mrs.
Armor to the audience.
The lecture was highly approved
as evidenced by the handclapping*
and cheers.
After the lecture a local branch of
the W. C. T. U., for Hartwell and
Hart county was organized, which
has been needed here for quite a
while. Officers will he announced
, later.
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Air Line Votes For
SB,OOO Bonds
The election at Air Line last Satur
day for school bonds resulted in a
vote of 122 for and 39 against.
The new consolidated district is
composed of Air Line, Cross Roads
and Union Hill school districts, and
■ lakes in some of best communities in
I all Hart county.
The bonds will be issued for SB,-
000.00, and it is hoped by those in
I charge that the new building can be
j built and equipped in readiness for
the fall of 1925.
Trustees of Air Line Consolidated
School District are Messrs. A. B.
Moorhead, W. P. Estes and P. I*.
Gurley.
Air Line, Union Hill and Croa*
1 Ronds communities are to be con
gratulated upon this progressive
move.
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Touring up above the cloud*
doesn’t appeal to us, but it must be
fine to travel up above the billboards.
—Dubuque Times-Journal.
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Some men are so exclusive that
they’re afraid if they break the ice
■ they will fall through. - Little Rock
I (Al k.)- Democrat.
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A large especially built bus carry
ing about twenty-five people, will
arrive in Hartwell Saturday after
noon and at 8 o’clock in the even
ing these people, representing the
“Students’ League of Many Nations,”
a Bible training school of Bible
School Park, N. Y., will give an in
teresting program at the Ha’-twell
Methodist church.
The young men and women com
-1 posing the party will be entertained
I in the homes of our city on Saturday
night. They come from twenty dif
ferent nations of the world, and will
likely bring one of the most inter
i esting programs our people have ever
| seen along this line.
The “Students’ League of Many
Nations” is a unique organization, is
headed by Rev. John A. Davis, D. D.»
and has been in existence for over
20 years.
The visit of these pupiis to Hart
well on Saturday night will afford
many people a rare opportunity to
see and hear men and women from
all over the world tell of their ex
periences in America, garbed in
native costume and showing the
customs of their countries.
The program has been given at
Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist and
other churches from New York to
Florida; they are appearing now in
Macon, Atlanta, Athens and other
cities. From Hartwell they go to
one of the large churches in Green
ville, S. C.
There will be no admission Satur
day night, but a free will offering:
will be taken after the program.
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