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TRADE IN HARTWELLTHE METROPOLIS OF N E. GEORGIA f 10-sTHE HARTWELL SUNJioW VOL. 49 ' SARDIS AND REED CREEK WIN HART COUNTY SCHOOL MEET HONORS LITERARY SCORE AWARDED TO SARDIS; REED CREEK BEST IN ATHLETICS r Friday, April 24th, was a big day for the school children of the county when the annual Hart County School Meet was held. The meet this year was ■perhaps more successful than ever before. Some 500 children took part in the day’s program. Twenty-four schools out of twenty six in the county were represented ;n the day’s events. Promptly at 9:30 the program be ; n in the main auditorium with the school building crowded to its cap acity. After America was sung by the school children, Rev. W. A. Dun can conducted a short devotional ex cise. Col. A. S. Skelton delivered a splendid address on Education. Short talks were made by Prof. All man. Supt. W. B. Morris and Prof. W R. Eskew. All of the morning program was devoted to the Literary contests which included Arithmetic, Spelling, Letter Writing, Reading, Declama tion and Recitation and other school work. The afternoon was devoted to Athletics. The contests this year showed much improvement on the part of the children in every department. Es pecially good were the declamations and recitations. Competition was very keen among all of the schools. Quite a bit of interest was shown in the health contests that were put on under the direction of Miss McLana . han. This was the first year this has C been put on at the County Meet and the exhibits were very good indeed. It is safe to say that these County Meets are helping to build the right kind of school spirit in Hart county. The 1926 School Meet will be bigger, better than ever. Below we give a list of the stand ing of each school, the names of the various winners in each contest: Highest Scoring Schools. 1. Reed Creek 72 1-2 points. > 2. Bowersville 59. ' 3. Sardis 55. Winners in Literary Department. 1. Sardis 28 points. 2. Bowersville 27. 3. Reed Creek 24 1-2. Winners Health Department. 1. Bowersville and Reed Creek, tie, 11 points. 2. Goldmine 7. 3. Airline 5. Athletic Department. aL- 1. Reed Creek 37 points. 2. Sardis 24. 3. Nuberg 21 1-2. Winners of first place are allowed five points, winners of second place are allowed 3 points and third place 1 point. On this basis the schools ranked as follow's on the results of the various contests: (1) Reed Creek 72 1-2 points, (2) Bowersville 59, (3) Sardis 55, (4) Nuberg 43, (5) Mt. Olivet and Air Line 30 points each, (6) Union Hill 27, (7) Liberty Hill 24, (8) Goldmine 16, (9) Rock Springs 15, (10) Camp Ground 11 1-2, (11) Duncan 11, (12) Cross Roads 10, (13) Vanna 7, (14) Beulah 5, (15) Viola 3, (16) Cedar Creek 2, (17) Eagle Grove 1. ARITHMETIC CLASS I' Girls. .First place—Frances Payne, 6th grade, Reed Creek, Second place—Mae Sheriff, 6th grade, Bowersville. *• Third place—Bessie Charping, 6th grade, Cedar Creek. Boys. First place—Odelle Gray, 6th grade, Reed Creek. Second place—Asa Marion Vick ery, 6th grade, Rock Springs. Third place—Billy Sunday Myers, sth grade, Eagle Grove. ARITHMETIC CLASS II Boys. * First place—Carl Prather, 9th grade, Vanna. Second place—Joe Parks, 9th grade, Sardis. Third place—Kinnon Nixon, Bth grade, Reed Creek. Girls. First place—Mamie Madden, 9th grade, Rock Springs. Second place—Mattie Lou Nixon, Bth grade, Union Hill. Third place—Grace Neese, 7th M grade, Sardis. SPELLING I Girls. 1. Louise Hall—Reed Creek. 2. Lois Bright—Mt. Olivet. 3. Mabel Owens—Bowersville. Boys. 1, Vergus Cheek —Duncan. 2. James Thornton —Nuberg. 3 George Vaughn—Bowersville. SPELLING II Girls. First place—Martha Warren, Nu < berg, 7th grade. Second place—Mary McLane—Mt. Olivet, Bth grade. Third place—Nelle Langford, Bow ersville, 9th grade. Boys. First place—Lelious Smith, Sardis, 9th grade. . Second place—Bobbie Stephenson, Bowersville, 10th grade. Third place—Millard Isbell, Air <t Line, 9th grade. LETTER WRITING I Girls. First —Lizzie Richardson, Liberty Hill Second —Addie Lou Stephens, Sar- Third —Louise Hall, Reed Creek. Boys. ▼ First —W. C. Dunn, Reed Creek. CHAUTAUQUA IS COMING FOR SIX DAY PROGRAM A full six-day Chautauqua with excellent programs every afternoon and night by talent that has never been to Hartwell before, —the ‘‘White & Brown Chautauqua System” prom ises to do just that when they open here within the next four to five weeks. This will be the first appearance of the Kansas City aggregation in this territory, although Hartwell has been having Chautauquas for fifteen years or more. There will be two good plays, musical numbers, lectures and vari ous other forms of entertainment, such as “Ringsberg,” who exposes tricks in spiritualism and magic; male and female quartettes, etc. Fifty-one local citizens are backing the 1925 Chautauqua and prospects point to a successful season. A representative of the company will be here soon to assist in the sale of tickets. o F/RST MO/VD4y-ri/ESDAr Several important matters, in con nection with various estates, will come up before Judge J. W. Scott in his Ordinary’s Court on next Monday. There is very little scheduled for the next day, “first Tuesday,” so far, but Sheriff Britt Brown will be “be fore the court house door” at the usual hour. o 35,823 Couples Married In Georgia Last Year; Hart County Had Total of 203 Out of a total of 35,823 marriages in Georgia last year there were 203 in Hart county. There were ten divorces granted in Hart county during 1924. Georgia was fourth from the top in the list of 48 states from a mar riage standpoint. There were 1,833 divorces in the state last year. Second —Emerson Warren, Nu berg. Third—Julian Bradley, Goldmine. CLASS II Girls. First—Mary Richardson, Sardis. Second—Thelma Andrew, Bowers ville. Third—Martha Warren, Nuberg. Boys. First—Waller Floyd, Bowersville. Second —Hoyt Yeargin, Cross Roads. Third—Julian Dyar, Reed Creek. READING CLASS I Boys. 1. Joe Fred Hilliard— Bowersville 26 57 2. Wendell McLane— Mt. Olivet 20 45 3. Terrel Rumsey— Reed Creek 19 43 Haskell Powell—Sardis 19 43 1. Nora Rice—Beulah ...24 53 2. Laivee Brown—Vanna 22 49 Louise Mouchet—Camp Ground . 22 49 3. Harriet Johnson—Nu berg 21 47 Addie Lou Stephens— Sardis 21 47 READING CLASS II Boys. 1. Singleton Hunt—Nu berg 28 61 2. Hailey Vickery—Mt. Olivet .. 26 57 3. Charles Robertson— Bowersville 23 51 Girls. 1. Ora Cordell —Sardis .25 55 2. Eula May Roper—Mt. Olivet . 24 53 3. Celestia Harris—Van na 22 49 Leatis Dickerson —Camp Ground 22 49 DECLAMATION—CLASS I 1. Neil McCurley—Liberty Hill. 2. Horace Shirley—Bowersville. 3. Lindsey Mouchet Camp Ground. RECITATION—CLASS I 1. Dorothy Herndon Camp Ground. 2. Clara Shiflet—Liberty Hill. 3. Dora Bell Shirley—Bowers ville. DECLAMATION—CLASS II 1. Joel Skelton —Sardis. 2. Thornton McConnell—Nuberg. 3. Jack Martin—Reed Creek. RECITATION—CLASS II 1. Guynelle Martin—Air Line. 2. Mary Skelton—Union Hill. 3. Fanny Ida Ford—Goldmine. ATHLETICS 100-Yard Dash—Small Boys. 1. Clarence McLeskey Reed Creek. 2. Harold Moorhead—Union Hill. 3. Wm. Vassar—Sardis. 100-Yard Dash—Large Boys. 1. Leo McGee—Air Line. 2. Willie Floyd—Bowersville. 3. Cloifford Cleveland—Mt. Oli vet. 50 Yards—Smal Girls. 1. Mary Skelton—Union Hill. 2. Flora Hunt—Nuberg. 3. Clyde Elrod—Sardis. HARTWELL, HART COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, MAV 1, 1925 Revival At Baptist Church In Progress The series of revival services at the Hartwell Baptist church began last Sunday morning and have been increasing daily in interest and at tendance. Pastor W. A. Duncan is delivering two earnest messages daily, the morning hour being 10 o’clock and services at 8 o’clock each evening. Rowland Conducts Song. Conducting the singing is Mr. P. S. Rowland, of Macon, who has al ready organized the choir and con gregation, making this part of the service helpful and enjoyable. A special invitation has been ex tended by the pastor and church to the community generally to attend the series of services. Rev. Duncan is bringing messages at both services full of the gospel and his hearers are receiving a blessing. o Months Pass With No Trace Jackson Although officers have not ceased in their vigilence, no clue as to the whereabouts of Lincoln Jackson, col., wanted for the murder of Hart County Special Officer L. Snow Skelton and the wounding of Sheriff Britt Brown, has come to light. Several months have passed since the dastardly crime and thousands of cards have been mailed all over the Uifited States, rewards totaling sl,- 100.00 being offered for the capture of the negro desperado. Officers and others are still hope ful that Jackson will be located and they are continually on the lookout for any clue that might lead to him. o A Hartwell Lodge No. 189, F. & A. M., will hold their regular monthly meeting at the Masonic Hall on next Tuesday night at 8 o’clock. All Brother Masons are cordially invited. W. T. JOHNSON, W. M. B. S. HALL, Secretary. 50 Yard*—Large Girl*. 1. Flora Thornton —Nuberg. 2. Leottis Brock—Reed Creek. 3. Mary McLane—Mt. Olivet. 100 Yards Dash—Class ll—Girl*. 1. Mary McLane—Mt. Olivet. 2. Mary Richardson—Sardis. 3. Marjorie Rouch—Duncan. 100 Yards Dash—Class I—Girl*. 1. Nellie Holbrook —Cross Roads. 2. Mary Skelton —Union Hill. 3. Leottis Brock—Reed Creek. Broad Jump Small Boy*. 1. Inman Martin—Air Line. 2. Talmadge McMohan—Nuberg. 3. Homer Williams—Mt. Olivet. Broad Jump Large Boy*. 1. Jeff Carlton—Goldmine. 2. Bob Stephenson—Bowersville. 3. Clifford Cleveland —Mt. Olivet. High Jump Smal Boys. 1. Drayton Poore—Duncan. 2. Clarence McLeskey Reed Creek. 3. Talmadge McMohan—Nuberg; J. T. Dickerson, Camp Ground. Sack Race—Small Boy*. 1. Hoyt Johnson—Union Hill. 2. Clinton Rays—Camp Ground. 3. C. L. Mullenix—Liberty Hill. Large Boy*. 1. Irvie Shiflet—Libert yHill. 2. Joe Ayers—Reed Creek. 3. Porter Stamps—Sardis. High Jump Large Boy*. 1. Joe Ayers—Reed Creek. . 2. Leo McGee—Air Line. 3. Jeff Carlton—Goldmine. 220 —Small Boy*. 1. Harold Moorhead—Union Hill. 2. Wm. Vassar—Sardis. 3. James Phillips—Reed Creek. 220 —Large Boy*. 1. Cleo Brown—Air Line. 2. Joe Sadler—Reed Creek. 3. Jeff Carlton—Goldmine. Chinning Pole Small Boy*. 1. Bernice Richardson Liberty Hill. 2. Thanlun Brown—Nuberg; Jas. Phillips—Reed Creek. Chinning Pole Large Boy*. 1. Joel Skelton—Sardis. 2. Fay Sanders—Reed Creek. 3. Martin Adams—Air Line. Shoe Race Large Boy*. 1. Berry Sayer—Bowersville. 2. Cam Madden—Reed Creek. 3. Joel Rice—Sardis. Shoe Race Smal! Boy*. 1. T. B. Andrews—Bowersville. 2. Max Cleveland—Mt. Olivet. 3. Leo Yeargin—Cross Roads. Bateball Throw—Class ll—Large Girl*. 1. Mamie Madden—Rock Spring. 2. Elsie Jenkins—Nuberg. 3. Exie Dickerson—Sardis. Small Girl* Class I. 1. Ruby Adams—Reed Creek. 2. Audrey Vickery—Rock Spring. 3. Nell Holbrook—Cross Roads. Bean Bag Race Small Girls. 1. Louraine Banister—Nuberg; Elton Stephens—Sardis. 3. Helen Adams—Bowersville. Bean Bag Race Large Girl*. 1. Beulah Stephens—Sardis; Ber tie Alewine—Bowersville . 3. Flora Thornton —Nuberg; Re becca Johnson—Union Hill. Montevideo School Homecoming May 2 Will Be Big Event Hon. Z. B. Rogers, of Elberton, and Hon. A. E. Pound, State High School Supervisor, will be the prin cipal speakers at the Home-Coming Day exercises to be staged at Monte video school house on Saturday of this week, May 2nd. Great preparations have been un der way during the past two weeks at Montevideo, and the day will be perhaps the biggest event the com munity has yet held. Hon. Thos. J. Cleveland is prin cipal of Montevideo school, and he is ably assisted by Mrs. Ola Stow ers and Miss Alma Maxwell. Thirty-seven years ago the Monte video school opened with twenty eight pupils, one teacher, and no equipment. Since that time nearly one thousand pupils have passed through her doors. The school now has three teachers with an enrollment of about one hundred and twenty-six students. Many of the old students have expressed a desire to come to gether as in former Commencements, therefore the teachers and trustees have decided to have a Home Com ing on Saturday. Everybody is cor dially invited to attend. Bring a basket of dinner and eat. rest and talk about old times under the shade of the trees. Mr. Rogers will make an address at 11 A. M., and Mr. Pound has promised to try to be present and discuss the school issues of the day. During the afternoon there will be contests in spelling, arithmetic, gram mar, etc., interspersed with songs and readings by the pupils. The P.-T. A., a band of noble ladies who have stood for the im provement of the school in many helpful ways during the last term, will give one of the best entertain ments that has ever been rendered at the school. Two thrilling dramas will be given, with the following cast of characters: “Our Awful Aunt.” CAST OF CHARACTERS: Mrs. Haselton Mrs. C. G. Chapman Alice Haselton Miss Mary Ruth Greenway Carrie Benton Miss Lessie Greenway Matilda Johnson Mrs. C. U. Gaines Frank Haselton Miss Thelma Chapman Arthur Wallace . Miss Blanche Craft Pete Mrs. Gip Crawford David Mann ... Mrs. W. M. Chapman “A Fortunate Calamity.” CAST OF CHARACTERS: Mrs. Merkle Mrs. Seal Shiflet Alta Miss Opal Craft Ruth Miss Sabria Partain Kate Van Tyle . Mrs. Don Drennon Dinah Johnsing Mrs. Mack Carter Rastus Johnsing Mrs. Gip Crawford Joe Brown Miss Alma Maxwell Bernard Gullion Miss Ronah Teasley Albert Campbell Miss Mary Gaines During the day cold refreshments will be sold on the grounds, and at night a small fee will be charged to see the plays. All to go for the benefit of the school. So come, en joy yourself, and help the cause of education. Many people from nearby sections are expected to visit Montevideo Sat urday. o Tax Return Time Is Out This Thursday Although hundreds of Hart county tax payers have failed to make their returns for 1925, the time is up this Thursday, April 30th. Tax Receiver Furman E. O'Barr has been all over the county several times and on Saturday has been in the tax office at the court house to wait on those who failed to see him on the rounds, as well as the citizens of Hartwell. The time limit as set by law is up now and unless returns are made this Thursday they cannot legally be recognized by the Tax Equalizers when they meet soon. Mr. O’Barr has issued the follow ing and final statement to the tax payers of the county: Tax Notice. 1925 state and county tax •re turns. Make your returns now and avoid the penalty. The Georgia law reads that every male inhabitant of the state, and every female if she votes, between the ages of 21 and 60, shall appear before the tax receiver of the coun ty and return at least poll tax. At this same time returns shall be made covering all real estate and personal property of January Ist, j current year. Under this same law a person who fails to make a return is subject to double taxation. Books for receiving county re turns open on February Ist and close April 30th. F. E. O’BARR. o Lots of men go where duty calls then stand around with their hands in their pockets after they get there. --o Some people believe in luck just because they never have any. EDITOR SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR WRITES OF VISIT TO HART CO. By EDITOR HUNNICUTT The Southern Cultivator The Reed Creek Consolidated School of Hart County. On November the sth, 1924, we were attending the fair at Anderson, South Carolina, and we saw the judges pin the blue ribbon on the agricultural exhibit from the Reed Creek community of Hart county, Georgia. We looked over the beauty of the design in this exhibit, noticed the high quality of every article in it, and then saw the uniformity of packing and we understood just why the Reed Creek exhibit won the prize. Then we said to ourselves, there is a guiding hand over at the Reed Creek section that we want to see and know. So on April the 2nd, we visited the Reed Creek Consolidated School and met Mr. H. L. Fry, the efficient superintendent and voca tional teacher of agriculture. A few years ago, there were 4 small schools in the Reed Creek section, and the County School Commissioner, W. B. Morris, began a campaign to consolidate these schools into one first-class high school. As a result they now have a fine brick school house with nine class rooms. Now (he curriculum prescribes ten grades. Naturally we were most deeply in terested in the agricultural feature and just how much the school had affected the farming interest of the community. In 1924, Prof. Fry had 14 boys, who worked under his di rection. They grew vegetables and cotton. They averaged making from $200.00 to $300.00 each. Some of them are saving their money prepar ing to further educate themselves. One boy now has $1,000.00 that he has made and saved. All of these boys are paying their school ex penses. Last June Prof. Fry started a truck to Anderson in order to sell the vegetables, and any surplus farm products for the pupils and their parents. In this way, they sold over six thousand dollars worth of pro ducts. Then in order to interest und to help the adult farmers, Prof. Fry organized the Reed Creek Pure Seed Association, and secured the co-oper ation of 30 farmers, who grow seed corn, soy beans and Cleveland and College No. 1 cotton seed. This as sociation has been able to sell quite a lot of seed and thus put extra dol lars into the pockets of the farmers. Last June, Prof. Fry got a truck load of boys and they went down to the farm of S. L. Thornton in the Nu berg section and they spent the day saving burr clover seed on halves. Each boy brought home several bush els of seed and we were deeply in terested in visiting several farms and seeing this wonderful soil builder making its modest start to enrich these acres on which they had been sown. The Reed Creek Consolidated School has 300 children in attend ance. Four Ford trucks daily bring in the children from the sections where the four small school houses were located. The work is all new, but is a glorious beginning along the right lines. The results that have been attained are but a few crumbs that have fallen from a table that is loaded with good fruits for every rural section that will follow Reed Creek example. Commissioner Morris already has four more start ed and is doing campaign work in three other districts. Hart is al ready a good county, but this work will soon make her the leading coun ty in the state. Recently we were in conversation with Charley Barrett, and he said: “Everybody has some panacea for the farmers’ ills, but I can tell you in one word the farm ers’ greatest need is leadership!” Well, we can not have leadership without this community organiza tion, and the school is the natural place around which this organization should center and revolve. The only leadership that will ever be true to the farmer’s interest must be de veloped in the rural communities. Too long have we been led by the leadership of the politician and they have always sacrificed the farmer’s interest to serve their own advance ment. We hail with pleasure the fine example that Reed Creek and Prof. Fry has given us and we trust before long one thousand rural com munities in Georgia will be doing as well or even better. The Clover* on the Farm of S. L. Thornton. While over at Hartwell, Ga., we enjoyed a trip down to the Nubcrg section of the county, and saw the wonderful growth‘of alfalfa, burr | clover, crimson clover and hairy vetch, that Mr. Luther Thornton has grown on his farm. We have often seen these plants in their glorjj on South Carolina farms, but it is too rare a sight on the “old Red Hills” of our native state. Mr. Thornton evidently fell in love with the clo ver family, and he must have said: “If one will help my land, why not have them all and let them work to gether harmoniously as they put the needed nitrogen into my soil and feed into my barn.” Mr. Thornton was certainly using his head a lit tle. Not many of our farmers use their heads. If they did, they would make money. They prefer to use their hands more and grow poorer. We do not like to “rub ft in” on ' our farmers now while they are so ill, but the truth is just what is needed now. You should have seen Mr. Thornton’s burr clover and Dwarf Essex rape growing together. , He sows a large patch in rape, no I he can go out and cut a basket full ' for his chickens, hogs and cows any evening and thus give them the much relished green food in the winter time when it is so much needed. , Naturally Mr. Thornton has live i stock. He breeds Duroc hogs and : Holstein cattle, and his clover is I worth many dollars to him each year |in feeding his live stock. Now, you should see his six acres of alfalfa, ten acres in crimson clover, ten acres to burr clover and six acres where burr clover, crimson clover and hairy vetch all vie with one an other to see which can grow the greenest and put the most nitrogen into the soil. Any farmer is simply practicing a suicidal policy, who doos not have clovers on his farm. Why pay seventy-five dollars per ton for nitrogen, when you can grow it all distributed through your soil at a cost of three dollars an acre? Sev eral hundred farmers should go and sec Mr. Thornton’s clover. It is sim ply wonderful the growth it makes when it has been planted on the same land for several years. Each year it excels the record of the year before. "To him that hath shall he given” sayeth the scripture and then it adds: To him that will not use his head, he will lose the little “that he seemeth to have.” What a curse and how literally our farmers are ex periencing it now. A Striking Example of What Manure Will Do For Burr Clover. While in the Reed Creek section of Hart county, we went to see the farm of a German farmer, who lives near the school, named J. J. Mnci jewski. Mr. Macijewski is succeed ing finely with both crimson and burr clover. Just in the rear of his house he has quite a nice home orchard and he scattered burr clover seed over this orchard. He secured n good stand, and it is making a good growth for the first year. Out away from the trees the clover was three to four inches tall. Mr. Maci jewski thought he would do his trees u good turn, so he scattered manure around them for eight or ten feet. Here you will see a circle of burr clover eight to ten inches tall just ' as far as the manure went. If those who find it so difficult to get clover to do well plant less and use a little stable manure over it, then you will see something move. It is just wonderful what nitrogen will do for even a nitrogen producing plant. In fact nitrogen is the key to success ful agriculture. o Brenau Club Is In Charge Clean-Up Campaign Many a backyard has been made to resemble the front yard as a re sult of th«- annual Clean-Up Week in Hartwell which began last Monday morning. Vacant lots have been cleaned off and made more attractive, and be fore the week ends it is expected that few citizens will have failed to participate in the campaign to make Hartwell cleaner and healthier. The Brenau Club is sponsoring Clean-Up and Paint-Up Week in Hartwell this year, and through spe cial committees are seeing that the job is thoroughly done. The city has tendered the Club its hearty co-operation and Mayor Richardson has instructed the driver of the trash wagon to visit every section of the city; additional help has been secured for the week in or der to handle all the boxes and bar rels full of trash. School Children Help. School children are also lending their aid in the campaign. Members of the Brenau Club who are chairmen of the clean up com mittees on the various streets are as follows: W. Howell St.—Mrs. W. B. Mc- Curry. E. Howell St. —Mrs. Geo. S. Clark. Franklin St.—Mrs. B. B. Zellars. Benson St.- Mrs. Ed H. Vickery. Johnson St.—Miss Mildred John son. Elbert St.—Mrs. Montine Skelton, Forrest Ave.—Mrs. A. N. P. Brown. Athens St.—Mrs. A. M. Teasley. These are reporting to the general committee, Mrs. Nimqui Smith, chairman; Mrs. Will McCurry and Mrs. Amanda McMullan. If you haven’t already started cleaning up around your store or home, today is the time to begin. o There is no gratitude. Applaud a public speaker and he goes right on speaking.—Baltimore Evening Sun. O ' ' A good many people who are try ing to get into the social swim should put on life preservers. NO. 39