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The Hartwell Sun —Established 1876 — LEONMORRIS& 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 ~PUBLISHEDEVERY FRIDAY Subscription Rates—in Advance One 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, JUNE 19, 1925 Ml I ' • SOME SUN • SCINTILLATIONS • L.L.M. »»»»*»•••• I BIBLE THOUGHT J | For This Week y |||l Bible Thought* memorized, will prove a 0 K priceless heritage in after yean. Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.—Psalm 37:3,5. X o Fortunately the heathen are told about civilization and not shown.— Baltimore Sun. Fed citizens know anything about their city and county governments. That is the explanation for a lot of poor government. o The man who says he runs things at his house may mean the washing machine and vacuum-cleaner.—Sum ter (S. C.) Item. o The reason some people don’t hear Opportunity knocking is because they are at it themselves.—San Diego Un ion-Tribune. o A skeleton was recently found in an express train. We always take sandwiches if there is no dining car. •—Punch. o Fire underwriters have found that two-thirds of the national fire loss is preventable, and is due to care lessness. o - Among this year’s graduates there will no doubt be a few who will ad mit that they still have much to learn. —Des Moines Tribune News. o Telling the whole truth and making it understood never harms anyone, it is half-truths or publishing that which is wholly untrue that does the injury to all alike. Poor Fellow. There’s little hope for the inno cent pedestrian, for when airplanes are thick above him, they’ll prob ably land on him while he’s side stepping the street traffic.—Atlanta Constitution. o The Fitzgerald Leader-Enterprise I says: “Advertising will ruin you— if you let your competitor do it all. Then, too, while waiting for your ship to come in, it might be a re ceivership.” o The Difference. The pessimist fusses because the paint and powder manufacturers are getting rich. The optimist says, ‘‘Ain’t the girls beautiful?”—Cal houn Times. o Mountain liquor isn’t the only thing put up in fruit jars. We frequently get a quart or two of that salubrious fluid, the grand and glo rious old buttermilk in a fruit jar,— and the effect is always much better on the stomach and nerves. o To secure the greatest electrical development for the United States, power companies and consumers must have the active and hearty coopera tion of state and national regulatory bodies. Without such cooperation little can be accomplished. o . OLD JOE JONES SAYS— I "It * s hard for rich Ti v jal ■ men to get to heaven. __j 7-L/ Also for poor ones.” ■ o One Lucky Teacher. The school teacher who is soon to be tried in Tennessee for violation of that state's “monkey law” will be primed for a good salary in the mov ies after the trial. Some people are so lucky that no matter what hap pens they just can’t but profit from it.—Crawfordville Advocate - Demo crat. o A 1925 Proverb. Attention girls: Talking on the subject of matrimony, and marrying for money, a recent speaker said: “Better marry a man without a dol lar than to marry a dollar and not get a man.” There’s gum enough in that to chew a long time. Solomon never wrote a better proverb.—Com merce News. o | I'-JL- QUESTIONS^—B Fy and Bible Answers | M I If Parents will eneouragv children to look up g K tndmmonw the Bible Answers, it will prove « Bis pnctwsj .Mtntatfv to them ui afur years ; • I How can we get an increase and f blessing from God? See Psalm €7:5, 6. i A Short Sermon. i The teacher who works simply for , I the monthly pay check is a failure, | says an exchange. Why confine it to teachers, brother? No one can achieve real success unless his or her heart is in the work.—Monticello News.' o WHAT IS CHRISTIANITY? (Griffin News.) The dictionary definition of Chris- I tianity is brjef and incomplete. In j an old sera pbook we have found I what seems to be a full and satisfac tory definition. The question is ask-1 ed, “What is Christianity?” and this is the answer: In the home—it is kindness; In business—it is honesty; In society—it is courtesy; In work—it is fairness; Toward the unfortunate —it is i pity; Toward the weak—it is help; Toward the wicked—it is resis tance; Toward the penitent—it is for- I giveness; Toward the fortunate —it is con- j gratulation; Toward God —it is reverence and love. There may have been a time when a secular paper would not have pub lished such an item as this; thinking that such things belong peculiarly to the religious press. We are finding, however, as the world progresses, that it is the business of every public voice, week-day or Sunday, to speak out for the right. 0 A Commerce minister carries an ad in this issue. That man is boost ing his business, boosting the King’s business and paying for it. When a preacher begins to use printer’s ink it’s time for the business man to sit up and take notice.—Com merce News. o Yei, He I*. An editor who is not willing to work and stick up for his town and county is a darned poor man.—Dah lonega Nugget. o The largest attendance the Eighth- Ninth District Press Association has ever witnessed was on hand for the session at Buford last Friday, when the citizens of this progressive city joined hands with Editor Jack Ma jors in entertaining so royally the members of the fraternity. The doors of hospitable Buford were thrown open to the visitors by Mayor Busha, and a program rendered that stparkled with wisdom and wit from beginning to end. At the conclusion of the business session Editor Ma jors was elected secretary of the as sociation. A delightful luncheon was served at the Buford hotel. Cor nelia was chosen as the place for the next meeting on Friday, September Uth. Editor E. A. Caldwell, of Monroe, is president of the Associa tion. o r —~\ Hear And Their By DANA I SAW HIM the first day. * ♦ G THAT I reached home. ♦ ♦ * ' AND THERE was always a crowd. : AROUND him. « * » JUST AS there always are. * * ♦ AROUND FOLKS like that. ♦ ♦ * | AND SOON 1 learned. * * » HIS NAME. * * * AND WHO he was. • » » AND CAME to know, too. » » » THAT HE was afflicted. * » * AND WASN’T mentally normal. AND ALL the while* * * * AS I HAVE watched him. • * * THIS JUNE. ■ * * • HE HAS always laughed. * * * AND NEVER gotten mad. » • » EVEN THOUGH some there were. * * * WHO WOULD torment him. * * * AND EVERY day. ♦ * * I’VE NOTICED, too. » * ♦ THAT WHEN just anybody asked. » » » HOW HE felt. * • • THERE WAS always. * • * THE SAME answer. * * * THAT HE was feeling. * » * "FINE.” • « * 1 AND SO today. \ ’» » * I’M JUST a-wondering. • * • WHY WE can’t all feel. * * * “FINE.” ■I * * * J ESPECIALLY, when we have. SO MUCH more in life. ♦ » • AND ARE SO better equipped. • ♦ • AND. AT least, to say that. • ♦ * EVEN IF WE don’t feel it. ♦ * * I THANK YOU. No doubt a good many auto acci dents occur from not starting in time to get there at a safe rate of speed.— Boston Traveler. Pugilist in San Quentin prison wants to become a writer. He is a glutton for punishment.—Erie Dis -1 patch Herald. THE HARTWELL SUN, HARTWELL, GA., JUNE 19,1925 “FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH” After traveling through the West for several months where the coun try lies either in an expanse of level plains, boundless, and monotonous, or, in the higher regions, of moun-j tains, stark, and rugged, it is restful ’ once more to get back South. A | South of gentle appearance. A South of trees and shrubbery and rolling landscapes. A country whose hills and valleys, and dales and glens I meet the eye as a pleasing vista, not for their glaring unusualness but . for the simple loveliness all around. There is a look of peacefulness here. A look of quietness and substantial growth. And with the years of re fining mellowness, »one has that non-1 mistakable feeling than here is a I section of America which has al-1 ready proven its worth and has shown its fighting qualities and is | now contentedly sitting back mod- i estly and retiring, willing to give ' some other part of the country a ■ chance. Not .asleep, but gently dreaming; not inactive, but moving a bit slower and mbre cautiously. The West is blunt and crude in many ways. She is just coming into her j own. Her natural beauty does not | lie in her “soft lines” but rather in this starkness and ruggedness. One senses a feeling of newness here and the rapturous beauty of her scenery is the greater because of its ex tremeness and its startlingness. There is never that sensation of rhythmic loveliness such as impresses one in the South. It is an inspir ing spectacle just as one experiences in seeing a superform feat of strength or a daring artist go thrdugh death-defying acts. That is the West, and its beauty—, a vague, mystifying thing. The South—, al luring in its more human splen dor. •And in North Georgia, of all the South, there is some of the most beautiful of all scenery. North Carolina, far-famed as it is and advertised as has been its advantage these years, has nothing superior to our own Georgia Blue Ridge moun tains. Around Tallulah Falls, even though the electric power company has played havoc with a lot of nat ural beauty, there is still left plenty of interesting sights and unusual show places. “Tallulah,” meaning in Indian language, “the terrible,” is very appropriately named. In all of the Georgia scenery, there is something softer in the beauty than of the West. The mountains are covered with trees, there is a thick shrubbery, there are richer colors, there is something intangibly hard to describe, but it is there. It is a beauty less striking but more “hu man.” Leaving Hartwell it is only a mat ter of perhaps three and a half hours to Mountain City. Most Hart well people are familiar with this little Georgia mountain town. Years ago it was named “Passover” by one of Hartwell’s citizens, who is now' dead, and quickly stepped into fame as a particularly pleasant place to spend a summer' vacation. There was no railroad then. Only a prim itive trail reached the town from the outside world. Visitors came and went in buggies and carriages and on horse-back and life was lived in the most simple way, and yet en joyed. Every sutnmer there were many camping trips from Hartwell and then later when the railroad came in, these camping trips with about the same personnel, was con tinued from year to year. Today, the camping parties are no more, for hotels have been built and plenty of accommodations may be had by everyone. Leaving Hartwell for Mountain City, over good roads, one quickly rides past Lavonia and then Toccoa. After Toccoa the climb begins. Over a narrow country road, through a lonely section of hap-hazard farming land. Then a little later a steady climb. Winding around hills, up and up. Now and then just a narrow trail over a road-bed of jilting rocks. On and on. Then suddenly a moun tain stream to our left which we follow for a space. Not the turbu lent, rushing river of mountain standards but a dark, slow-flowing river. Then another steady climb and down we go and before we real ize it—, Tallulah Falls. Tallulah Falls has changed very little these few years. “The Cliff House” still remains, hanging steadily on, from year to year drawing a fair patron age, but the old crowds are not here. The old glory has vanished. The summer visitor no longer lingers but keeps a-going ’till towns further Up in the mountains are reached. Pass ing through Tallulah Falls, following the highway to Clayton, our trip is resumed. Over the high bridge of the Georgia Railway & Power Co., on the left, the lake with its rip pling waters. On the right, hundreds of feet below us, the great chasm be low the dam. whose walls rise up jagged and rock-hewn from the bed of the tiny stream trickling down ward. There is still beauty at Tal lulah but civilization has been too much. Electric power has harnessed the mighty stream and no longer does a roaring stream pound the rocks and dash wildly over falls and narrow passages. , The pitiful stream and the stillness of the canon seems almost a tragedy in life and a mockery to civilization. Towards Clayton now, with a continual climb. It is late afternoon. In the west, the glowing disk of the sun, burnish ed gold itself, is slowly sinking from the sight. We are in the mountains now. A mountain stream hisses be neath us. Then upward and there comes stillness. The stillness and peacefulness of a day nearly done, all the more impressive in this set ting of wild mountain country. And then slowly the sun is lost to view and only a deep orange glow is re flected over a distant mountain and night comes. And night comes quickly in the mountains. We speed on. Clayton suddenly appears. Three By E.8.8..Jr. miles more and then Mountain City. | For complete restfulness, it would be hard to find a more fitting place I than Mountain City. With several hotels in the vicinity,. accommoda- I tions are to be had for an enormous crowd. The days are wonderful up there. Darkness comes and the air becomes cool. A stiff breeze blows I briskly through the valley. Wraps must be had. The blanket of pitch | black all around but up above the heavens aglow with thousands and ; millions of stars. The melodious ' ! clanging of cow-bells in the valley. J The pure air that assails one on all I sides. Just a quarter of a mile away i —a dance hall standing high above ' an artificial lake. Whose vari-colored ' lights twinkle and sparkle with the blowing breeze. An orchestra begins its nightly task. And slowly and surely the harmony floats back i through the night. The steady tread of dancers upon the floor. Gay youths and bewitching maids. "On with the dance.” Speeding over to Athens not long ago with a friends, just a few miles : i of Danielsville, my companion and I . saw a stranger standing with suitcase in hand. As we approached he jumped into the road and waved for us to stop. Did we? We did not! Instead, we put on more speed and whizzed by, leaving perhaps, a cha grined and maddened traveler. Which is about the same treatment being accorded all hikers or travelers wishing to be picked up. The reason it not hard to understand. It’s a natural consequence of a series of events. In the last few years there have been so many robberies and so many murders committed by strang ers who were “picked up” by kind hearted tourists that finally the time has come when it is not being done any more. It’s too bad that this treatment has to be inflicted on inno cent people, but it is the old, old story. .Wrong-doers not only bring trouble and misery and punishment upon themselves but upon innocent people as well. Leaving home as I do and home folks, too, my heart responded to this bit of poetry by Mary Carolyn Davis. It is especially appreciated by me be cause of my recent arrival at home I after several months’ absence. HELLO, HOME! “Hello, home! I’m glad to see You waiting still to welcome me! I thought of you, a thousand times, When 1 was far in alien climes: I saw your lamp-light'streaming through Your windows as it used to do. I wished that other spots could be you. ■ Hello, home! I’m glad to see you. ' Hello, home! You haven’t changed, ’ Since about the world I’ve ranged. ! Shabby, worn, and used, and old. But you’re worth your weight in gold. Dear old house with lawn uncut, ’ You’re no stately mansion, but— ’ Hello, home! to me you’re worth - All the'treasures of the Earth!” o i Essay Hart Co. Lad Wins Second Place 1 X i The essay below, written by John - McMullan, young son of Hon. and . Mrs. W. B. McMullan, won second r i-place in the 4th District of the State f as divided by the United Daughters r of th® Confederacy for their annual statewide essay contest. John was recently awarded the i | medal offered by the Hartwell Chap s ter U. D. C. His essay is as fol lows: The Cross of Honor i And , The Cross of Service J j The Confederate Soldiers fought I foj States’ rights and not to hold r their slaves as it has been claimed they did. They were willing to free . their slaves. Congress did not give ? us justice. It would distribute the . money in the treasury unequally, t Congress limited her territory. It r also passed tariff laws which were not J just. Congress was unjust in the . Compromise of 1850. The most im ! portant thing was that the president . was elected by only fifteen of the ] ' states. The South declared that the ! i Constitution gave them the right to . . secede. The North declared that se cession of the Southern states was . an act of rebellion. The South se t ceded not dreaming of the war which ) was then about to come. The South fought on the defen r sive throughout the war. The num j ber of men in the Northern armies f greatly exceeded the number of men ,I in the Southern armies. The thir . | teenth amendment, which abolished ; slavery, was voted for by the South . : after the war. > In July, 1898, while attending a I s reunion of Confederate Veterans in . I Atlanta, Georgia, Mrs. Alexander S. . ! Ervin conven ed the idea of bestow , ing upon the Veterans and represen- I tatives of Confederate Heroes, a • Cross of Honor for valor and pa . triotism. At this meeting the idea [ was introduced. It was immediately ! put into action. It was acted upon : and passed by a large majority. Mrs. [ Erwin's resolution declared it to be j < the custom of every‘civilized nation to bestow a medal or cross on its | heroes. The Cross of Honor is formed by , thirteen stars in a field of blue, bear ; ing the date 1861 to 1865. This cross is given only by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. It is given only to Confederate Veterans. Mr. Alexander S. Erwin was the first of the Veterans to receive this Cross of Honor. The cause of the World War was the desire of Germany to rule the world. This ambition was carried out by placing a big army in the field against the Allies. The plan of the campaign was to crush Bel- gium and then take Paris in a cer tain number of days. The Belgians offered a stronger resistance than was expected, caus ing Germany’s plans to be broken up. Paris was never reached. The French were determined to check the | drive or die. Germany’s second plan was to use their submarines in a campaign against England. They intended to starve England by keeping other I ships from her shores. American ships, as fell as those of other coun tries were sunk. In this way Amer ica had to take a hand. Germany thought America loved money too much, and therefore, did not fear her. Germany alsx knew that America was not prepared for war, because America would have to raise and train an army. America was feeding the Allies when she entered, April 2nd, 1917. Besides feeding the Allies, America's part in the war was a very important one. Some of the most important engagements in which America took part were Chateau-Theirry, Belleau Wood, St. Miheil, and the Argonne Forest. It was but natural that the moth- ■■a g n■■»■■■■■■■■>■■■■■■ ■■■| iKEEP COOL I • ’ REFRIGERATORS— % ■ WATER COOLERS— J ICE CREAM FREEZERS— ! ELECTRIC FANS- i : MILK COOLERS— ICE TEA GLASSES- ■ ; OIL STOVES— J LAWN MOWERS- ■ I SCREEN DOORS- ! ■ I • LINOLEUM— • I ■ I ; BABY CARRIAGES- ! : YATES HARDWARE 8 FURNITURE CO.; ■ HARTWELL, GA. ■ i * I ■■■■•■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ J ■ ■■■ ■IM ■■■■■■■ MUG ■ ■ G G.G ■ *ew iTM Kb 11J IJ N I ■ k1 I ■ H X A i ■ ■ g ■ If you never put your foot upon the first round of a | ■ ladder, you will never get to the top. 5 Deciding to start is easy; actually starting is more 1 ■ difficult; but after you have started the way grows easier R G as you progress, for success begets confidence, and confi- ■ I dence widens and broadens you. ■ 6 I Let your first bank deposit be ever so small, having g started you will desire to make each succeeding deposit a g ■ little larger—and there is no limit. • I John D. Rockefeller's first bank deposit was perhaps ■ a smaller than the-one you can afford to make today. g ■ —a IFWTWIFWgWIi a ■ tScfiro t! LI ■ ■ OLD RELIABLE” i G I a OFFICERS: ‘ | D. C. ALFORD, President - R. C. THORNTON, V.-President | a M. M. NORMAN, V.-President - FRED S. WHITE, Cashier | ■ I DIRECTORS; | D. C. ALFORD - S. W. THORNTON - R. E. MATHESON | G I. J. PHILLIPS -M. M. NORMAN - DR. W. I. HAILEY jj ■ L. L. McMULLAN | 1 I GGGGGGBGGGGG-GG G G G G G G G G G G G G 4 ers in the United Daughters of the Confederacy, who had sons in the war wanted their sons to be honored as their fathers and grandfathers had been. So at the Convention held in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1919. the thought came of a cross for the sol diers and heroes in khaki. This cross is also formed by thirteen stars in a field of blue, but bears the date 1917 to 1918. The motto is from Horace, “The brave beget the brave.” This cross means patriotic, loyal and honorable military or na val service for the United States dur ing the World War. The cross is be stowed by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, to the soldiers of Confederate lineage who served in the World War. “Little bits of bronze — Bearing a word or two, Valueless themselves, Yet priceless in memories Os what the owner went through.” These are our two Southern mili tary crosses. The Cross of Honor is given to our Veterans Who fought in the War Between the States. The Cross of Service is given to the des cendents of these Veterans who had service in the World War.