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—OUR— WEEKLY SMILE (C.J.T.—Phila.,Pa.) It is a good thing, now and then, to get out into the country and see the real beauties of nature as are. displayed in the flowers, trees, birds, hills and streams. Having been reared in a small town, naturally, I always feel perfectly at home when I ride out into the country near Philadelphia with a crowd of friends. It is extremely interesting to me when I am out with a crowd of city born and reared people who know very little about the different kinds of trees, flowers, etc., found in the average patch of woods. “What is this?” and “what is that?” they ask. As we climb the hills and cross the branches, I experience no diffi culty in recognizing old Bro. Black Gum, old Bro. Poplar, old Bro. Hick ory Tree and old Sister Muscadine Vine. I have known them since I was a boy and I am sure that were I to pass by old Bro. Fox Grape Vine without telling the folks from the city who he was, he would be high ly insulted. On Decoration Day my wife and I motored up through the Pennsylvania hills with two friends of ours from the Logan M. E. church choir and our final destination was the most beautiful spot in the mountains that it has ever been my pleasure to view. The Pennsylvania hills are indescrib ably beautiful on account of the nu merous streams that wind around like silver lace adorning a dark green background. Are you following me? We ate our lunch at a little vil lage called Schwenksville, right be tween two mountains. This thriving little village has a beautiful memorial park, dedicated to the boys who fought and died in the World War. In this park are amusements of dif ferent kinds including merry-go rounds and swings for the children, concessions of all kinds, a baseball diamond and a band to furnish mu sic. This place is 28 miles from Philadelphia. At three o’colck we motored on to the little cross-road town called Har leyville and then on three miles be yond there to an old house (100 years old) owned by a Philadelphia friend of ours, located on the top of a mountain. No one could ever locate it unless they had a guide and we had one to direct us. Down a long “lane” through the woods and hills we drove until we came to a branch. Then, after fording this branch, we drove as far as we could around mountains until we reached a point where even a Ford couldn’t travel and then we got out and walk ed. At the top of the hill was the old house. This friend of ours who owns it bought it and 110 acres of hills and he, being a civil engineer, fixed it up with an artificial lake, sunken garden, walled up spring, etc., and it was a picture wonderful to behold. You could sit on the front porch, which was not covered, and see a mile down the valley and this valley was a valley of flowers — daisies, Indian paint brushes, flocks, etc. Wild strawberries were plenti ful and the turtles were enjoying them. When I stood there watching an old turtle eat nice ripe strawber ries, I thought of what a wonderful' world we are living in. Even the turtles and terrapins are provided with delicious berries and other fruits. Man is the only animal that has ever made any progress. Monkeys still hang on the trees by their tails in South Africa just as their ances tors did 3,000 years ago. Birds build the same kinds of nests as their ancestors built thousands of years ago. And yet they say that man de scended from a monkey. As far back as we have any records of man’s existence on earth we have proof that he has always looked for ward to a future life. Who put that in his heart? A monkey doesn’t look forward to a future life. All that he is interested in is where the GET A SACK OF FLOUR FREE! You are invited to a Free Demonstration of WHITE CREST FLOUR THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY JUNE 4th, sth and 6th at Maret’s Gro. Store HARTWELL, GA. refreshments served 24 POUNDS WHITE CHEST FLOUT 6IVEN AWAY EACH AFTERNOON WEBB-CRAWFORD CO. Wholesale Distributors. Athens, Ga. MT. OLIVET !»*•*»»♦••• Health of this community is very , good at this writing. Several visitors attended Sunday school here Sunday afternoon. We welcome them to come again. An interesting ball game was play ed here Saturday afternoon between Mt. Olivet and Reed Creek. The score was 7 and 0 in favor of Mt. Olivet. Reed Creek, get you up a little pep before you try Mt. Olivet again. Misses Lovice Sanders and Ethel Cleveland spent Saturday night with Mrs. Hailey Sanders. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Maret visited Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Jones Sunday af ternoon. Misses Roselle, Idelle, Willie and Sybel Reed visited Misses Lucile and Eloise Chitwood Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Della Cleveland and daughter, Myrtice, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Sibley Sanders. Mr. Floyd Brown, of Air Line, visited his brother, Mr. John H. Brown, last week. Mrs. Jas. T. Sanders, Mrs. Clell Morris and Mrs. Evard Morris spent one afternoon last week with Mrs. A. A. Morris. Messrs. J. L. Herring and J. L. Bright dined with Mr. W. A. Bailey, of Sardis, Sunday. Sunday school here next Sunday morning at 10 o’clock, and preaching at 11. Everybody invited to come. BLUE EYES. o CROSS ROADS CHURCH Rev. L. T. Weldon will preach at Cross Roads Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. Everybody welcome. 0 Oscar Saxe, a Belgian, invented the saxophone ninety years ago. The original saxophone is stil in exis tence. \ CRY IN THE NIGHT, griping pains in the vitals, cramps, weakening diarrhoea - whether child or adult, immediate comfort and ease in CHAMBERLAIN’S COLIC and DIARRHOEA REMEDY Pays to keep always on hand. next meal is coming from. Just because some people make monkeys of themselves is no reason to say that we all came from mon keys. It can truthfully be said that Hart well has produced more hotel man agers than any town in northeast Georgia. The “center of the world” has been marked. Now why not have a monument in memory of Nancy Hart and have it located at the intersec tion of Howell and the street which passes in front of the postoffice. Have a short history of “Nancy” in scribed thereon. Hartwell should strive to secure everything of inter est that will attract a tourist. Hun dreds of tourists should spend the winter in Hartwell every year. Aiken, S. C., a smaller town than Hartwell, gets them by the hundreds. Why not send a delegation of men to Aiken to learn how they do it. Wouldn’t it be great if Hartwell could fill about five or six hotels like the present one every winter? Golf courses will bring them. Get the government to put some fish in the Savannah river and that will also bring them. Golf, fishing, tennis, horseback riding, etc., are what tour ists want. Paved streets will be the greatest step forward that Hartwell will ever take. When a holiday comes the folks in the cities flock to the country and the folks in the country go to the cities. Hush little tadpole, Don’t you cry, You’ll be a bull frog By and by. You know, it is claimed that the noise which bull frogs make at night is music which they make serenading the females. THE HARTWELL SUN, HARTWELL, GA., JUNE 5, 1925 In The Sun’s Mail Bag We can go back for at least two | thousand years and find that regis tration and taxation was the basis of citizenship. It was never consid ered creditable to become citizens of a great county without registration or of paying at least poll tax until we reached such glorious stages of progress as is now being encouraged in so many Georgia counties. Two thousand years ago civilization de manded that every boy register as a citizen at a certain age and it was a happy event both with parents and boys for the day to come when they might register and become citizens of their country. Citizenship is so lightly esteemed in these modern days of progress that a great county that is making such marvelous strides toward the goal of modern institutions and paved roads that around twelve hundred males that have long passed the legal age for registration have utterly fail ed to register or pay a poll tax that is so much in need to pay the ex penses of their own children attend ing school. The fault is not all due to the Tax Receiver not doing his duty as an officer but mainly because so many of us do not appreciate the advantages and the honor of be coming citizens. The fundamentals of citizenship are fading. We are getting good advice from some folks that own property and that have been through high school and to our sur- J prise they have never registered or paid a single dollar as poll tax or anything upon their property to help some poor boy or girl get a common school education. It is very common for people to ask this question, “I guess you find a certain fellow mighty short on giving in his notes, don’t you?” Well, a few fellows are short in their returns upon certain lines, but the most ridiculous condi tion in Hart county is not with un dervaluation of property for taxation but a great multitude reaching far above one thousand in number that enjoy the roads that we build and send their children to school with-! out even paying a single dollar as poll tax. The people that do not pay poll tax in Hart county own thou sands of dollars worth of property and besides cheating the common school fund out of one thousand one hundred and seventy-two dollars, they are cheating the roads and state | institutions. The first principle of citizenship is to register and pay one dollar poll | tax and who so completely disowns : as good a county as Hart county that I does not dare register and own it as his own county. How dare you cheat your own county by disowning 1 it as a citizen to save a dollar. How dare you collect salaries at | the expense of honest tax payers and then set the example as a parasite, | that will feed at will at the expense r of others. There may be some ex cuse for the illiterate not to exercise through their ignorance the right to register and become citizens of a county, but when men that have all the advantages of higher education set these unholy examples it is time for us to take our bearing and see to it that higher education must not lose a grip upon the fundamentals of citizenship. It is bad enough to have ten thou sand dollars’ worth of securities and make a small return of taxes, but the meanest tax dodger is an educated man that disowns his own county as a citizen and fails to pay taxes upon his property. CITIZEN. o The wheelbarrow in China is a common vehicle for transporting peo ple. As many as eight persons are often seen riding together, being pushed by a single coolie. SUMMER COLDS are lingering and annoying. The very first night apply VICKS ▼ Va f»o Rub Over 17 Million Jan Uaed Yearly Convenient Terms LJ ATA I I Convenient Terms Can Be Arranged CllA I Wizßi Can Arranged Furniture Company BEGINNING TODAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE 10TH OF JUNE—A SENSATIONAL SALE OF Living Room Suites For this event, we have attractively priced our entire stock of Summer Furniture. We feature herewith sev eral of the many articles that have been reduced for this sale. Plan now to furnish your home for the hot summer days that are here. Buy now and save money on your Summer Furniture needs. S2OO 3-Piece OVERSTUFFED SUITE REDUCED to 5149 Pl fh'i 1 iw M ■■ I AMS Here is an Overstuffed Suite that represents a typical val ue for this week. You will agree that it is a real value — one of the greatest now being offered. This suite actual ly sells for at least $200.00. It is a beauty, too. The qual ity is there. Suite consists of beautiful Davenport, Arm Chair and Wingback Chair. Choice of several velours. Priced specially for this sale at 5149 CONVENIENT TERMS CAN BE ARRANGED 587.50 FIBER SUITE 569.00 A rare value—Bo inch Settee, 2 large Rockers, Upholster ed Spring Seats and Back in good grade ot tap. June Sale enr nn Other Fiber Suites as low as __lU_ ll._ * - BEAUTIFUL CANE SUITES Priced From 5127.50 To 5200.00 All Porch Suites And Refrigerators Reduced Hartwell Furniture The Home of „ , _ Vidrolas Company