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TRADE IN HARTWELL -- - THE METROPOLIS OF N. E. GEORGIA 10 THE HARTWELL SUN. mi VOL. 49 NEW $1,000,000 POWER LINE THROUGH HARTWELL New Subsidiary to Georgia Railway Power Co. Begin* Work On Project Through This Section ENCOURAGING NEWS ABOUT HATTON SHOALS POWER SITE Developments Under Way and Those Planned Will Make This Section Famous More Than Fifty Million To Be Spent A petition for incorporation has been filed by the East Georgia Power Co., in Fulton county court, the peti tioners being Hons. H. M. Atkinson, P. S. Arkwright, C. G. Adsit, W. H. Taylor and F. L. Butler, ail well known Georgia citizens, and promi nent power company operators. The capital stock is to be $1,100,- 000.00, with the privilege of in creasing to $5,000,000.00, the pur pose of the organization being to erect a power line from Toccoa to Augusta, a distance of 112 miles, and supplying cities in this section with additional hydro-electric power. Also to connect at Augusta with the Georgia-Carolina Power Co. The new company is a subsidiary of the Georgia Railway & Power Co., which is expending millions in the development of power sites to the north of Hartwell. Material is already being laid down for the erecting of the new line, and the right of way being purchased for the high towers that will carry the wires. Passes Hartwell Much interest is being taken in the project since the new line is to pass Hartwell just west of the city, going by Cross Roads community. Air Line, and through Campground section. Plans call for completion of the line by September Ist, and erection will proceed as fast as details as to right of way, etc., are closed. Other Developments The petition states that other de velopment of certain water power sites in eastern Georgia is contem plated, also, but distribution system will be first completed. Simultaneous with the announce ment that the petition had been filed and material was actually being laid for the new line, it is also brought out that local attorneys for the Georgia Railway & Power Co., are making abstracts of deeds to certain properties up and down the Tugalo river that affect the famous Hattons’ Shoals power site. Renewed acti vities within the past week along this line are indicative of early work on the project, it is thought. The construction of the new power line is of the A-frame type, each tower consisting of two steel poles with cross members sufficient to carry three lines of wire for high tension current. It is expected that the line will be completed by Sep tember 1. Officials of the company believe that the extension of high power transmission systems through the eastern section -of the state will add greatly to the industrial possibilities of the territory and will constitute an important factor in the develop ment of the state. o— ———r Two million dollars’ worth of gold and silver was carried by airplane from London to Amsterdam in a single flight. EVENTS ANNOUNCED FOR HART COUNTY SCHOOL MEET APRIL 24 All plans for the big annual Hart County School Meet are being lined up, and prospects point to the most successful day the boys and girls have ever had in an event of this kind. It is thought every school in the Hart county system will take part in at least one or more of the literary ; and athletic numbers. The following information will be of interest: The Literary Contests will be in ■ the following: Arithmetic, Letter Writing, Spelling, Reading Tests, De- , clamation and Recitation. 1. These contests will be in two divisions. The first six grades will constitute one division. The 7th, Bth, 9th and 10th grades will constitute the second division. 2. Each School will be allowed one 1 boy and one girl in each division. Boys Athletics include—loo yards race, high jump, running broad jump. ; chinning pole, sack race, shoe race, 220 yard race. 3. Boys Athletics will be in two divisions. Boys of 110 lbs. will con stitute the first division. Boys of, over 110 pounds will constitute the second division. 4. Each school will be allowed one boy for first and second divisions. ! Girl* Athletic* The following: 100 yards race, 50 yards race, baseball throw, circle ball, bean bag throw. 5. The Girls Athletics will be in two divisions. Girls of 100 pounds and less constitute the first division. ! Girls of over 100 pounds constitute the second division. The County School Meet is always held at the Hartwell school grounds, and is a gala day not only for the coupty school pupils but those at« tending the Hartwell schools as well. Joyous Easter Time Will Be Celebrated In Fitting Way Hartwell churches will likely be well filled on next Sunday, when Christians everywhere participate in the joyous Easter exercises. Easter this year falls on April 12th coming a week earlier than it did last year when it fell on April 20th. Eas ter Sunday is the first Sunday after Paschal full moon, and therefore can not be earlier than March 22, or later than April 25th. Easter is the festival of Christ’s resurrection and is one of the most joyous days observed by the church. It usually comes about the same time as the Passover of the Jews. The term Easter was first used when Christianity was introduced among the Saxons. Gregory, who was bishop of Nussa in A. D. 380. in writing about the Easter festival says: “All Christians assembled everywhere as members of one family. The poor man dressed like the rich and the rich wore his gayest and brightest attire, whilst those who had no good clothes of their own borrowed of their neigh bors. Even the little children put on their new clothes and were bright and happy.” It was therefore evident that the present custom of wearing new and bright clothes on Easter is at least fifteen centuries old. LEGION WILL MEET Hart County Post Nc. 109 Ameri can Legion will hold its regular meet ing Friday night in the hall. McCurry building. All members cordially invited and new members are welcome. M. M. PARKS, Commander. J. T. WILCOX, Adjutant. c. Hartwell Students Rank Third In Production Hartwell Agriculture Students Raise $6,761.77 Products A compilation of statistics just re ceived by Prof. L. E. Hemrick, Vo cational Agriculture teacher in the Hartwell schools, shows that Hartwell ranks third in the value of produc tion. $0,761.77 is the total value of the farm products raised by the pupils of the Hartwell school. This is a wonderful showing for the pupils, and speaks well for the work being carried out by Prof. Hemrick. o PAYS TO KEEP HENS THAT LAY EGGS OFTEN During the five months of Novem ber, December, January, February and March, 19 hens laid 2,033 eggs. (No, children, this is not a lesson in arithmetic—it’s a news story.) The hens are of the Rhode Island Red breed, and the property of Prof. L. E. Hemrick, Vocational Agricul ture teacher in the Hartwell schools. He realized a net profit of $23.74 on the eggs. Anybody beat it? TOURIST TRAVEL IS ON THE INCREASE DAILY Tourist travel back east from Florida is on the increase daily, and within the next few weeks it is ex | pected that the peak will be reached. The good roads through this sec thm have influenced many who went j the lower route to come baek this i way. Nightly there are a large number | of cars with campers on the park, at the hotel and rooming houses. Hartwell gives the tourist and visitor a warm weleojue within her gates. o Some Duck Eggs Recently under a barn of S. L. Thornton was found 121 duck eggs laid in a heap. The next day 12 | duck eggs and 6 hen eggs, in another nest. Besides these many duck eggs • promiscuously dropped in yard are i found all winter. This is fine for | only three ducks and three drakes. 0 The Island of Formosa in the South Pacific possesses the highest sea cliffs in the world. o • In the bakeshops of Rangoon, Burma, men sit with their bare feet . in the flour, rolling the dough and ' frying puffs and doughnuts. o When the baseball hero makes an i extraordinary’ play and the crowd roes wild, the extra strain on the grand stand amounts to 300 pounds a square inch. HARTWELL, HART COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1925 NEW INCREASED POSTAGE RATES ARE EFFECTIVE NEXT WEDNESDAY Bottling Plant Here Given Perfect Score Hartwell has a bottling plant that is 100 per eent .n every particular, and that i. something that few enter prises in all Georgia can claim. Last week the regular quarterly inspection of the Coca-Cola Bottling Co., here, of which Mr. A. F. Bell is proprietor, was made by the head quarters company of Atlanta,- —and on every point the report gave our Hartwell plant perfection. So, when you drink from a bottle that was manufactured by the “Bell of Hartwell’ you can rest assured that it is perfectly clean and perfect ly proportioned. The report gave them: Sanitation 100 Product 100 Building and Equipment 100 Average 100 The only reason they didn’t get 100 on anything else is that there is nothing else to it. The Sun has frequently commented on the fact that Mr. Bell continually is on the lookout for any and every improvement for the plant, and dur ing the past few years has spent thousand- of dollars making the place just what his idea of a real bottling plant should be. Besides Coca-Cola the plant pro duces al) the other leading drinks, covering a wide territory in this sec tion with their fleet of trucks. That the business is on the in crease i cvi'denead ,in the fact that the month of March wat more than 60Q cases ahead of the same month last year. The local plant does a tremendous business and is an enterprise that turns much sroney loose in the city through a steady pay-roll every week in the year. o MR. W. J. NEESE DIES SUDDENLY Mr. William J. Neese, age 65, died at the home in this city Tuesday njght, April 7, 1925, about 10 o'clock. The deceased had been in ill health for the past two years, and while his conditicAi was known to be of a seri ous nature, death came as a shock to his immediate family. Retiring at the usual hour, mem bers of the family heard Mr. Neese move, and on entering his room found him unconscious. Medical aid was quickly summoned, but he passed away within a f<*w moments. Mr. Neese was born and reared in Hart county. Thirty-nine years ago he married Miss Alice Alford. His widow and the following children sur vive: Mrs. J. F. McGukin, Anderson, S. C., Mrs. Woodfin Carter, Mrs. Jim Loyd Teasiey, and Miss Billie Neese, Hartwell, Ga., and Mrs. Asbury H. Parks, of Tampa, Fla.; Messrs. Alpha O-, and Clifford Neese, of Charles ton, S. C., Messrs. Dan and Dewey Neese, of Hartwell. One sister, Mrs. Mollie Gray, and a brother, Mr. Buster Neese, reside in Telephone, Texas; another brother, Mr. Sam J. Neese lives in Anderson, S. C. Mr. Neese was a member of the Hartwell Methodist church for many years, and until his health failed at tended services regularly. His passing brings sadness to all who knew him. Funeral arrangements were not an nounced before The Sun went to press, pending arrival of relatives. The bereaved family have the sympathy of many friends in their loss. Hart County Commissioners Make First Move In Plan To Invite New Industries At the regular meeting of Hart County Commissioners Monday a resolution was passed endorsing the law passed by the Georgia Legisla ture last summer giving counties the right to vote for tax exemption for new industries for a period of five years on entering the State of Geor gia. Representative B. B. Zellars and Senator J. N. B. Thompson were ask ed by the Commissioners to introduce and secure the passage of an en abling act in the approaching session of the Legislature, whereby authori ties could call an election for citi zens of Hart county to vote on this important matter. A similar resolution was passed by the Hartwell Board of Aidermen at their regular session last Monday. Elbert was the first county in the State to vote on this matter. The bill wa c ’ntrodi.<d by Dr. A. S. J. Stovall, Elbert county representative. Many other important matters «er» pa.- I up n by the efficient ih.r' Co® ‘ toners th< ■ meeing MontJuy. Higher postal rates recently grant- . i ed by an act of Congress, will be ef fective Wednesday of next week, April 15th. To begin with, there is no change in the rate on first-class mail, or on i government postal cards. The rate such as souvenir picture cards, has lon private mailing cards, however, ! ■ been changed from one cent to two | cents. One of the biggest increases is in | second-class mail, which includes ‘ newspapers and magazines mailed ( |by the public. The former rate t was four ounces for one cent; the | new rate will be two ounces for two , I cents. Unsealed printed matter, third- ' ■ class mail, is one cent for two ounces , |at present. On April 15th the rate j will be one and one-half cents for j two ounces. It will be noted in this , i connection that a one-and-one-half ' cent stamp will be issued by the j government to take care of this class of mail. The revised rates, with other in | formation, are given in full below, and should he cut out for reference by Sun readers: Insurance Fee* I Value SO.OI to $5.00 5c Value $5.01 to $25,00 8c Value $25.01 to $50.00 10c Value $50.01 to 100.00 25c Registry Value SO.OI to $50.00 15c i j Value $50.01 to SIOO.OO 20c ; Foreign Rate 10c i Registry or Insured Return Receipt 3c C O. D. ■ Amount SO.OI to SIO.OO 12c i Amount $lO 01 to $50.00 15c Amount $50.01 to SIOO.OO 25c : Parcel Post Special Delivery I Weight not over 2 lbs. 10c j Weight over 2 lbs. & not over ilO lbs. . . 15c Other mail than Parcel Post 10c Third Class |lor 2 oz. . 1 ‘Ac j 3 or 4 oz. 8c , 5 or 6 oz. 4 He 7 or 8 oz. 6c Newspaper I 1 or 2 oz. 2c j lb or 4 oz. 4c | 5 or 6 oz. 6c 7 or 8 oz 8c I Money Order Amount SO.OI to $2.50 5c Amount $2.51 to $5.00 7c Amount $6.01 to SIO.OO 10c I Amount $lO.Ol to $20.00 12c Amount $20.01 to $40.00 16c Amount $40.01 to $60.00 18c Amount $60.01 to 80.00 20c Amount SBO.OI to SIOO.OO 22c Miscellaneous information FIRST CLASS RATES REMAIN UNCHANGED—2 cents per oz. or fractional part thereof. GOVERNMENT POSTAL CARDS -—1 cent. Other private post cards 2 cents. EVERYTHING (except first and j second class mail) weighing up tn 8 oz. is 3rd class mail 1 for each 2 oz. EVERYTHING (except first and second class mailt weighing over 8 i oz. is 4th class mail or Parcel Post. EXCEPT THAT books, catalogues, I seed, bulbs, plants, roots and scions, weighing not oyer 8 oz. % cent per I oz. ALL PARCEL POST (except that collected on R. F. D. Routes) require i 2 cents extra in addition to all other postage. ALL SPECIAL HANDLING 25 I cents extra in addition to all othec postage. o RUMMAGE SALE SATURDAY The Brenau Club will hold a • rummage sale Saturday afternoon, I April 1 Ith, at 2 o’clock P. M. at the I Dooley & O’Barr store. Useful gar ments at a bargain will be on display. , Your patronage will be appreciated. Come one! Come all! r Southern Is Putting ■ : In Heavier Rails Atlanta, Ga., April 7.—Heavier rail • was laid on 795 miles of track by the j Southern Railway System during 1924. , Os this total, 412 miles of track | were laid with new 100 pound rail, more than doubling the mileage of 100 pound rail in service; 85 pound ■. rail was laid oh 325 miles of track, i and rail of other weights was laid on 58 miles of track, rail of lighter section being released in every case. The LOO pound rail was laid in double track mail lines carrying the heaviest traffic, and at the end of ; 1924 Southern Railway System had a total of 728 miles of track laid with 100 pound rail. The program of heavier rail laying ’ is being actively’ continued, and for the year 1925, 37,300 tons of 100- ’ pound rail have already been pur- Hon. J. H. Skelton Mentioned For Congress i Two papers. The Athens Banner ' Herald and The Carnesville Herald have, within the past week, carried articles regarding the possibility of Hon. James H. Skelton, Sr., of Jlart i well, being a candidate for Congre ’ from the Eighth Congressional D;.«- i trict. The articles have brough’ forth ; great deal of comment all over the District, and while the election is ! some distance in the future, they are I of interest to our people. Mr. Skelton has made no definite ' statement in regard to the matter. The article appearing in lust week’s 1 Carnesville Herald follows: “Considerable sentiment is de veloping jn this section in favor of 1 the candidacy if Hon. J. H. Skelton ' of Hartwell for Congressman from I the eighth district. “Mr. Skelton is a native of Hurt ■ county and has for many years been recognized as one of the outstanding i members of the Georgia bar. H > has served two terms in the Georgia State Senate, and has been interested in national politics for n number of years, and was a delegate to the Nati< mil Democratic Conventh n in 1904. "Should he decide to enter thi content. he would make a vigorous campaign, and would creditably re l present the district . hould he be i elected. TRADE IS GOOD Spring iiaide in Hartwell has been ' the best in a number of years, ac cording to nearly every mercantile house nterviewed by The Sun man this week. The Easter trade will show a larger volume than in muny seasons past, and our tradespeople are greatly en couraged over the year’s outlook as a whole. 'Jfriftwell stores have never had larger and prettiar stocks. Thr Sun each week is a splendid guide for the buyers. o— ——— Money Coining In Farmers who recently made appli cation for loans through the new Intermediate Credit Bank are receiv ing the’r checks now, and the money turned looi.< for the purchase of fer tilizers and other necessities is help ing the local market considerably. Mr. J. E. Carter, local field repre sentative, is still busy taking appli cations for loans and it is not too late now to see him if you are inter ested. The rate of interest is low, it is ' stated, for loans of this nature. Mr. J. D. Crawford Buried Saturday Mr. James I), Crawford, age 85, died at the home just beyond the eastern city limits on Friday morning, April 3, 1925, and was burled Sat urday afternoon, following appro priate funeral services from the home. |in the Hartwell cemetery. Hartwell Lodge of Masons in charge. His pastor, Rev. J. H. Barton, of | the Hartwell Methodist church, con • ducted the services at the home, as sisted by Rev. J. D. Turner and Rev. I J. J. Hiott. 1 The deceased had been ill for the : past several years, paralysis being the ‘ cause of his passing. Mr. Crawford was one of Hart county’s oldest and most respected citizens. He was born in Anderson county, S. C., April 30, 1840, moving to this county many years ago. He was married in 1870, his wife pre ceding him to the grave a number of years ago. He was for many years engaged in I the manufacture of brick, having a large kiln at his home east of Hart well. Many of the large buildings in this city were erected with brick of his manufacture. Mr. Crawford was a charter mem- ' her of the Masonic organization in Anderson county, S. C. Surviving are one son, Mr. William , H. Crawford, and one daughter, Mrs. .Chas. W. Norman, of Hartwell, Ga.; : one brother, Mr. Thomas E. Craw ford, of Anderson, S. C. The passing of Mr. Crawford re moves another pioneer citizen, and I one highly regarded by all who knew \ him. The sympathy of many friends is extended the bereaved ones. Funeral director W. C. Page in; charge of arrangement-,. By laughing at two bandits •! plucky Boston girl saved an eighteen hundred dollars payroll. W'hen a revolver tickles your ribs it’s quite ■ proper to laugh. San Antonio Ex- i press. ! chased, "tough to lay 233 miles. Al-I so 20,708 tone of new 85 pound rail have been bought, enough to lay 155 miles. Georgia Buys Over 154,943,842 Lbs. Meat Annually Georgia in 1921 bought 154,943.- 842 pound: of packing house pro ducts in addition to all the home grown meats. Georgia in 1924 bought 52,708,- 571 pounds of common, dry salt meat from outside the State. It would require 2,895,832 hogs weighing 165 pound:: to supply the last named article alone. Georgia's meat bill was $30,000, 000.00 last year. Georgia bought outside the State last year $16,000,000 worth of dairy products, such a:- butter, cheese, etc. Georgia bought outside the State last year 259,000 tons of feed meal, valued at $1,250,000. In 1924 Hart county had 4,900 milch cows. In 1924 Hart county had 5,100 : In order to supply Georgia s own demand, every county in the State | every county -must produce an i nualiy 18,000 hogi. There and many additional facta of much mtere.st and great concern were brought out in a talk by Dr. Peter F’. Bahnsen, State Veterinarian, ' nt the inviting •>!' the Kiwqnis Club i last Friday. l>r. Bahn.-i i wm introduced by | chairman W. S. Long, of the program committee, aid the organ : zntion has rarely hoard a more earnest and pro fitable talk that of this State ex pert. He urged inspection of all meats before being offered for sale locally. Visitor; of the day were Mr. Thou H Estes, of Chicago, 111, Mr. | R. 11. Smith, of Atlanta, Mr. James Kinard and Mr. W. B. Ellison, of i Williamston, S. C., Dr. J. H. Moore, i of Elberton, all of whom made short, interesting talks. Judge Walter L. Hodges intro duced a resolution expressing to The Atlanta Constitution the club's ap preciation of their efforts in setting i forth facts regarding the State’s interests and for the publication of , a recent Article by Mr. J. A. Hollo mon, who forecast a bright future : for the State. Miss Mildred Johnson presided nt the piano during the session. The attendance prize was awarded i Kiwanian A. C. Skelton, an electric I toaster given through the Hartwell , Furniture Co., by the Gillman-Schoen. Electric Co., of Atlanta. Mr. Wm. H. Pruitt Mr. William 11. I‘ruitt, age 7tJ, died at the home in Cokesbury com munity on Monday, April 6, and was buried the day fidlowing in the cemetery at Cokesbury church. He had been a member of the Metho dist church there for many yours. His pastor, Rev. Johnson, was in charge, a large concourse of friends and relatives attending thi funeral from Hart, Elbert and Anderson counties. Mr. Pruitt was born in Anderzorr county, S. March 22, 1849, mov ing to Hart county 42 years ago. He was well and favorably known to many of our people, and will be missed in th<* home, in the communi ty, church and county as a whole. Mr. Pruitt had been married three times. His first wife, whom he married in 1869, was .Miss Lannie Ritchie; in 1906 he married Mrs. Fannie Mauldin, and in 1922 to Miss Irma Bates, of Hartwell, the latter surviving him. He is also survived by the follow ing sons and daughters; Messrs. L. A. and J. A. Pruitt, of Hart county; Mrs. King Dooley and Mrs. J. S. Chapman, of Hart county; Mrs. J. O. Teasley, of Elbert county, and Mrs. Will Ritchie, of Abbeville, S. C. He is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Lou Pruitt, of Anderson, S. C., and one whose name could not be obtained. Also two brothers, Messrs. Van and Joshua Pruitt, of Anderson, S. C. The death of Mr. Pruitt takes away another of Hart county’s oldest citizens. The sympathy of many friends is extended the bereaved family. Funeral arrangements in charge di rector W. C. Page, of Hartwell. Fortson Buys Store •Mr. Lon A. Fortson, formerly of Atlanta, has purchased the stock of groceries from C. L. Johnson & Co., next to the bakery, taking charge Wednesday morning of this week. Mr. Fortson is well known to our people, having formerly resided in Elberton, and later in Winder before going to Atlanta. He married Miss Callie Campbell, of Hartwell, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Campbell, and we wel come this family to our city. Mr. Fortson invites the continued patronage of the old customers of the store and solicits new business. The Sun appreciates prompt pay ment on the part of our customers. We must have cash to pay off with every Saturday in the year. NO. 36