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GEORGIA COTTON GROWERS GET
$2,159,000 BALANCE ON 1924 CROP
Cooperative Movement Gain* Ground
Over State Hart Get* About
$40,000 In Last Payment
Final payments aggregating $2,-
159,000 were mailed Thursday after
noon to the members of the Georgia
Cotton Growers’ Cooperative associa
tion by headquarters of the organiza
tion in Atlanta. This sum marks the
last payment due members on 1924
cotton crop contracts.
Hart county members of the asso
ciation received approximately $40,-
000.00 in this last payment on their
* 1924 crop.
Total payments made to the mem
bers during the past year, including
the final payment, reached $12,000,-
000 on the 105,982 bales of cotton
delivered by the members, according
to officials.
Remarkable progress was shown
__ the past season, according to
statement by the association
sßßas, in the matter of operating
—«oets. The cost of operation, includ-
K ing storage, insurance, interest, office
overhead and all items of expense,
amounted to 99 points, or $4.86 on
an average bale of cotton, the aver
age weight per bale of cotton handled
during the past season being 491
pounds.
wring the first two years of the
association, when the organization
was being built and worked out, ex
penses of operation were approxi
mately $7 per bale, it was said. Of
ficials accounted for reduction in
"W overhead or operating costs in a
number of ways. However, it was
emphasized that the one thing that
has been most instrumental in the re
duction of expenses is that members
delivered 40,000 bales more cotton
this year than in the previous year,
and that as members have come to
learn more of the organization, their
cooperation, as individual members,
is better, .which necessitates much
less work, thereby cutting down the
costs of operation.
The new members signed during
the past few months number over
I, growers, and in the roster of
new members are many growers who
produced as much as 100, 200 and
as high as 800 bales the past year,
association heads stated.
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Carolinians Married
* Here After Five
Days’ Notice
For some months a large number
of Georgia matrimonially inclined
citizens have hied forth to the other
side of the Savannah, where they
were happily wed, —all on account of
the fact that when the idea hit them
they did not wish to wait until the
five-day notice “before the court
house door” was fulfilled in this
State.
However, “the worm turneth,” or
at least the adage says he does, and
furthermore there is an adage that
says there are "exceptions to all
' rules.”
Notice had been posted in Judge
J. W. Scott’s office, of the Hart
county, Ga., court house, for the past
five or six days to the effect that
k Mr. Albert Burts, prominent Green
ville (S. C.) textile man, desired to
take as his wife Mrs. Sudie Garling
ton, well-known Spartanburg, (S.
C.) lady.
Consequently, on Wednesday
morning, June 24th, 1925, the wed
ding party came in and shortly be
fore 11 o’clock the happy couple
were pronounced man and wife by
Rev. W. A. Duncan, at the Baptist
Present were Mr. W. P. Snell
grove, Anderson, S. C., father of
Mrs. Garlington, now Mrs. Burts;
Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Snellgrove, of
Anderson, S. C., Miss Elizabeth Gar
lington, of Spartanburg, S. C., and
Mr. and Mrs. Reid Jackson, of
Greenville, S. C.
Following the ceremony the cou
ple left via auto for a wedding trip
of several days, after which they will
be at home in Greenville, S. C.
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Exercises Monday Night To
Mark Close Bible School Here
Program for the commencement
exercises of the Daily Vacation Bible
School on Monday evening, June 29,
8:30 P. M., Hartwell Baptist church:
1. Opening Exercises—
Call to Worship.
Devotional Reading.
Pageant of Worship Hymns.
Prayer.
2. Motto of D. V. B. S., Yell,
Booster Song.
3. Song, Memory Verses and
Playlet—Beginners' Dept.
4. Song, Dramatization of Story
of Moses, Memory Work—Primary
Dept.
5. Demonstration of White Cross
Work—Junior Girls.
6. Twenty-Third Psalm—
“ Savior Like a Shepherd”—
Juniors and Primaries.
7. Habit Talk Demonstration.
8. Dramatization of Paul at Lys
tra- I—Junior 1 —Junior Dept.
9. Beatitudes, followed by song—
“ Tell Me the Stories of Jesus” —
Juniors.
10. Junior Commencement Play.
11. Salute Flags, Pledges and
Songs—School.
12. Benediction.
Exhibit of Hand Work.
THE HARTWELL SUN.
Country Club Welcomes New
Member From A Nearby City
Several new members for the Hart
well Country Club are reported by
Secretary J. L. Teasley, among them
Dr. O. E. Bennett, prominent Roys
tonian, who is a golf enthusiast.
The tennis court has recently been
opened, and the directors plan other
improvements as speedily as they can
be accomplished.
The golf course is said to be the
finest, in this section of the country.
Others from Royston and nearby
cities are expected to join the Hart
well Country Club from time to
time.
GOES TO ST. PAUL
Hon. James H. Skelton left this
week for St. Paul, Minn., where he
represents the Hartwell Kiwanis Club
at the annual session of Kiwanis
Club all over the world.
Kiwanis Club in the United States
have 100,000 members and are a vi
tal factor in the communities they
serve, in many places taking the
place of a Chamber of Commerce
and co-operating with every agency
for community betterment.
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Third and Fourth Class
Postmasters Will Meet
A meeting of 3rd and 4th Class
Postmasters will be held at the Hotel
Dempsey, Macon, Ga., July 4th.
This being the 21st anniversary of
organization of the Georgia League
of District Postmasters, every 3rd
and 4th class postmaster is urged to
attend.
Half Holiday On Thursdays
For Clerks Beginning 9th
New Plan Will Give Hours Off Each
Week For Recreation—Custom Has
Been Observed Elsewhere For
Many Year* Past
Nearly all of Hartwell’s larger
stores have signed an agreement ef
fective Thursday, July 9th, to take
off five hours every Thursday through
July and August.
I* Old Custom Elsewhere.
This is a n&w innovation in Hart
well, but has been observed for
years in many other cities. Com
merce recently joined in the observ
ance of a half holiday on Thursdays.
In Atlanta the stores close all day
Saturday in some instances and
others take half of Saturday off.
This, however, would not be satis
factory in Hartwell.
Thursday afternoons are usually
quiet locally, and especially so dur
ing July and August. Shoppers are
urged to make all their Thursday
purchases before 1 o’clock.
The five hours off Thursday will
give merchants and clerks a little
rest from their usual ten to twelve
hours on the job daily.
The two banks will also close for
the five-hour recreation period.
Begin Second Thursday
As noted, the agreement is not ef
fective until the second Thursday in
July, which comes on the 9th.
Signing the agreement were:
J. D. Matheson & Sons.
Brown & Cobb.
The Hartwell Bank.
Hartwell Furniture Co.
The First National Bank.
Saul’s Dept. Store.
Leard & Massey.
Yates Hardware & Furniture Co.
J. A. W. Brown.
McClure’s, Inc.
A. N. Alford & Co.
O. Y. McLees.
T. G. Craft.
J. E. Mann.
T. H. Johnson, (two stores.)
Hart County Farmers Are Urged To
Wage War Now On The 801 l Weevil
INDIFFERENCE MAY COST THE
COUNTY COTTON CROP FOR ’25
Many Farmers Getting Busy In Their
Plans To Play Safe On Crop That
Has Already Cost Them Much
During the past three years Hart
county’s wide awake fanners waged
successful warfare against the boll
weevil, the result being that cotton
production was held to a high level,
with an average yield of over fifteen I
thousand bales. Making allowances
for climatic conditions, which were i
very favorable to a normal crop, the !
consensus of intelligent opinion is
that the use of poisons aided mater
ially in holding in check the ravages
of the weevil.
So far, this season, the weather i
HARTWELL, HART COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1925
Methodists Oppose
Strongly Plan of
Unification
Hartwell Methodists in no uncer
tain terms went on record last Sun
day as opposed to the plan of unifica
tion as submitted to various Confer
ences of the church both in the North
and South.
This was the first time the Hart
well congregation had been given op
portunity to voice their sentiments on
the important question before Meth
odist bodies, although it had been in
jected previously in the meetings of
the Board of Stewards apd at the
recent third Quarterly Conference.
Delegates Are Instructed
Delegates previously chosen from
the Quarterly Conference of the
Hartwell congregation to the annual
District Conference at Toccoa July
2-3 have been requested to vote
against the unification plan if it is
brought before that body. They are
John C. Massey and John M. Carlton
with T. H. Johnson and J. H. Howell
as alternates.
Delegates to Toccoa next week
from the Church Conference last
Sunday morning are also expected to
vote against the plan, following the
wish of the majority of the congrega
tion. Elected Sunday morning from
the church were Judge Walter L.
Hodges and Mr. E. B. Benson, with
A. F. Bell and F. S. White alternates.
Only Two For Plan.
Out of the congregation of some
200 Sunday morning approximately
160 voted against unification; about
40 did not vote, supposedly on ac
count of the fact that they had not
studied the question sufficiently; and
two stood as favoring the plan of
unification.
Two hundred and fifty members
of the congregation were not pres
ent, the enrollment being between
450 and 475.
WHITE BANKS DIES
The death of this colored man who
had been a citizen of Hartwell more
than forty years brings a feeling of
deep sorrow amongst a great many
of his white friends.
He was highly esteemed as a faith
ful man and thoroughly reliable in
every way. His body rests at Cedar
Springs.
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Sunday Wes Longest Day
The days are getting shorter, even
if you can’t notice it, for last Sunday
was officially the longest day of the
year.
The days are now beginning to
diminish in length, and by September
23 they will be short enough for
autumn to make her appearance and
will keep on the downgrade until
December 23 when winter will be
officially declared.
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Famous Buzzard Seen
The far-famed and muchly seen
belled buzzard is again reported in
this section of Georgia.
While we won’t quote any names
the latest one to see the well-known
bird is a man prominently connected
with The Texas Co., who visits Hart
well occasionally, whose initials start
with an “H.”
Horace said he saw the buzzard
at close range at Gainesville the
other day, and had another Texas
company official along to bear wit
ness.
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Don’t get too self-important. You
may be as wise as an owl and just
as stupid.
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The automobile industry uses fif
ty-four per cent of the upholstery
leather supply of this country.
has been dry and hot, and until with- I
! in the last few days, a great many
I people are of the opinion that there
are no boll weevils in Hart county. |
Reports coming in during the week
! indicate that where there is cotton
I there is weevil, though at this time
i the infestation is not very large, and
Ino considerable damage has been
i done.
However, with even a small infes- I
tation, we are in grave danger of
suffering severely this year from the
ravages of this pest unless prompt
i action is taken to stamp out those |
now existant.
The danger is to be found in the ,
■ disposition of many to under esti- ’
mate the strength of the enemy. In |
1922, 1923, 1924 there was waged
by Hart county farmers against the
weevil a practically unanimous fight. ■
Mr. T. 0. Fleming, of the Beulah |
BOLD BURGLAR
IS CAUGHT
Hamp McMullan, 16-year-old ne
gro boy was lodged in jail Sunday
as the result of entering A. N. Al
ford & Co.’s store early Sunday
morning through a transom in the
rear.
The thief was apprehended by
former Chief of Police Jno. A. Dick
inson, who was called into service
when it was known that someone had
been trying to effect an entrance to
this building.
McMullan was caught once before
after a visit during the night to Al
ford’s; he has also been known to
take things from other stores here.
Although young and evidently hav
ing a mental twist that urges him in
his “taking ways” he will be sent
up for a term.
Miss Lucile Carter HWs Mr.
Paul Groseclose In Columbia
A wedding of interest to a wide
circle of relatives and friends in
Georgia and South Carolina was that
Thursday, June 18, 1925, at 6:30
o’clock, of Miss Lucile Carter, of
Hartwell, Ga., to Mr. Paul Bernard
! Groseclose, of Columbia, S. C., the
happy event occurring in the pres
ence of a number of intimate friends
and the family circle.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. 1). B. Groseclose at the home in
Columbia, S. C. Present from Hart
well was Miss Nelle Carter, sister of
the bride.
The bride is the beautiful and ac
complished daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. E. Carter, of Hartwell, and with
her charming disposition numbers her
friends by her acquaintance. She is
a pianist of ability, a graduate of
Hartwell High School and Georgia
College for Women. For several
years she was a member of the Hart
well school faculty.
She has been teaching at Colum
bia, S. C., the past year.
Mr. Groseclose is a prominent
young business man of Columbia, S.
C., being with one of the large banks
in that city, the National Loan &
Exchange Bank.
Following the ceremony the happy
couple left via automobile for Hen
dersonville and Asheville, N. C., to
spend their honeymoon, after which
they will be at home in Columbia.
Many friends wish for the bride
and groom a long life of happiness
and prosperity.
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Good Roads For Alt Georgia
Discussed By Jefferson Man
Good roads for Georgia was the
principal subject discussed at the
regular meeting of Kiwanians here
last Friday, Hon. W. T. Foster, of
Jefferson, being the speaker of the
day. A system of good roads for
north, south, east and west was pre
sented and plans given that, if car
ried out, will again help put Georgia
into her rightful place as the “EnA
pire State of the South.”
Visitors of the day included Mr.
H. P. Hawkins, of Gainesville; Mr.
A. J. Sammons, of Macon, and Mr.
Foster.
Music was furnished for the ses
sion by Miss Mary Linder at the pi
ano, and Mr. Spencer Linder with
his saxophone.
Centerville Teachers’ Home
Burned Last Saturday Night
The home for teachers at the new
Centerville school just beyond the
Hart county line in Elbert county
was totally destroyed by fire late Sat
urday night.
The building, formerly used as a
school house, was replaced by the
new brick building. It had been
made into an attractive place for the
teachers and the people were getting
everything in readiness for its oc
cupancy for the fall term.
Origin of the fire is unknown; loss
partially covered by insurance.
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Talking about a debt is not paying
it but perhaps it is the next best
thing.—Omaha World Herald.
I section of the county, was in Hart
well Monday and stated that though
: he had only a small infestation, he ■
had stopped practically all his plows,
and was now engaged in applying
poison to his cotton. Mr. Fleming
has. over four hundred acres in cot- •
ton, and is one of the best and most
; successful farmers, not only in Hart
■ county, but in Georgia.
In discussing the boll weevil situ
ation, Mr. Fleming said that the dan- i
ger lay in the fact “that we are lia
ble to under estimate the strength of
I the enemy.” “You see,” says Mr.
I Fleming, “the weather so far has
, been dry and hot, yet we have some
' weevils. It is probable that July and
August may develop a rainy season; ,
i if this happens the present infestation
will be so large that a fight during
those months would be ineffective. ,
j The time to begin is now; it may be t
BRING CHICKENS TO HARTWELL
EARLY FRIDAY FOR CARLOT SALE
How They Stand In
Hart Co. League
Standing of the Club*.
W L Pc.
Reed Creek 2 0 1.000
Bowersville 2 1 .667
Mt. Olivet 11 .500
Sardis 11 .500
Centerville 0 3 .000
L**t Saturday'* Re*ult>.
Sardis 12, Centerville 2.
Bowersville 17, Mt. Olivet 14.
Reed Creek -no game. .
Saturday’* Game*.
Centerville at Reed Creek.
Mt. Olivet at Sardis.
Bowersville —no game.
HATS FOUND ON
BANKS OF RIVER
A man's straw hat hanging on the
limb of a tree near the Savannah
river bank, and a woman’s dark
brown hat partly submerged in the
water constituted a rather interest
ing find one day last week by Mr,
J. W. Cheek, who lives near Mt.
Zion, and who has some bottom lands
on the river.
I The hats were located by Mr.
! Cheek about one-half mile below Al
ford’s Bridge.
In the straw hat was the name
“J. F. Fuller,” written with ink.
There were no marks by which the
woman’s hat could be distinguished.
It was trimmed with flowers and was
evidently of a well-known make.
No missing tourists have been re
ported through this section of the
South within the past few days, and
the finding of the two hats has caus
.ed some wonderment amongst our
people.
' Sheriff Britt Brown has instructed
! Mr. Cheek to preserve the two hats
lin event there are later develop
' ments.
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Georgia Sheriffs IVant Sale
Methods Auto Tags Changed
Cordele, Ga.- - Georgia sheriffs and
[ peace officers adjourned here Thurs
i day afternoon. J. A. Beard, of Co
' lumbus, was reelected president of
[the body; C. O. Noble, Cordele, vice
president; H. G. Bradley, Atlanta,
secretary-treasurer.
‘ Valdosta was selected as next
year’s meeting place.
The convention passed a resolu
tion urging that the auto tag sales
I be carried on through the counties
I of the state.
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Delivery Boy Pushes Button;
Fire Bell Makes A Big Noise
“1 pushed a button,” said the boy
with n rrther amazed look on his
face.
Tuesday afternoon the big fire bell
sent forth its tones throughout the
eity and a number of people jumped
in I heir cars and rushed around to
the fire station to try to find out. in
which direction was the fire. Others
waited anxiously for someone to
come from that direction and tell
them the news of the fire.
When the folks arrived at the sta
tion no one seemed to know anything
about it at all; and on closer inspec
tion it was learned that a delivery
boy, bringing some delicious edibles
to a person in the central office, had
pushed the fire alarm bell and thus
the big red bell tolled out its shrill
ing appeal. Someone cried “False
alarm --the folks all went back to
thejr work, thankful that no damage
was done.
“I’ll never ring a door bell again,”
the boy was heard saying softly as he
swiftly took his departure.
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The silver lining to a great many
of the clouds is nothing but moon
shine.
■ too late in ten or fifteen days from
now.”
He is firm in his belief from ex
perience that the weevil can be con
trolled by the application of poison
at the right time and he is impress
’ ed with the importance of immediate
action, that he has halted his plow
ing, and turned his attention to de
stroying the weevil in his crop.
As stated, Mr. Fleming has only a
; small percentage of infestation, —
just a few of these little bugs but
he is striking NOW.
This warning coming as it does
from ope of our county’s most prac
tical and successful farmers, should
be received with that consideration
it justly deserves.
We have fought too well in the
past to lose this year by failure to
appraise the situation correctly.
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I Bring your chickens to Hartwell
I | bright and early Friday morning of
I [ this week.
The special poultry freight car has
! arrived to carry the feathery tribe
; to some Eastern market, and it is
hoped that Hart county will bring
in her full quota for this last carlot
I sale of the summer season.
County Agent Bingham states that
' ■ Hart county has gained statewide at
tention on account of her chicken
’ [ sales during the past year.
Why not make this sale Friday one
' of the biggest?
Hart county is the second county
in the state to join with other coun
ties in establishing poultry sale
routes. If it is encouraged by ev
eryone, this county can in a few
years market one half million dollars
worth of poultry products yearly.
i If you have a neighbor who has
I chickens and who has not been in
' formed of the sale Friday, tell him
to come to Hartwell early Friday;
the price to be paid should be most
satisfactory to everyone.
CROP OUTLOOK
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Mid-month crop indications are
■ about as follows:
WINTER WHEAT 65 per cent of
, normal .crop. Forecast 403 million
. bushels. Last year's crop 590 mil
< lion bushels.
STRING WHEAT 89 per cent in
dicating a crop of 272 million bush-
■ els. Last year's crop 283 million
bushels.
s OAT ( ROT Shows a shortage of
. about four hundred million bushels.
■ CORN CROP An increase of
nearly 6 per cent in acreage indi-
s cates a crop of one billion bushels
more than last year. Or 3,027,000,-
- 000 bushels against last year’s crop
■ which was 2,430,000,000.
I The rye crop seems to be off about
fifteen million bushels.
COTTON CROP About 76 per
cent of normal up to middle of June.
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Kiwanians of United States
All Met Last Monday Night
’ The Hartwell Club, simultaneously
i with 1,400 other Kiwanis organiza
' tions over the nation, held their meet
ing for this week on Monday even-
I ing, which marked the opening ses-
- sion of Kiwanis International in St.
- Paul, Minn. Hon. J. 11. Skelton rep
’ resents the Hartwell club.
• On the interesting and helpful pro
, gram were Kiwanians M. M. Norman,
W. A. Duncan and J. H. Barton, who
. told of the purpose, accomplishments
and future of Kiwanis in most ex-
• cellent talks.
i There will be no session of the
i club Friday.
The annual joint Kiwanis-Country
Club Barbecue was announced for
Friday. July 10, at 6 o’cloik P. M.
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MT. ZION CHURCH
Miss Myrtle Whitehead will preach
at Mount Zion next Sunday night
at 8 o’clock.
Everybi ly cordially invited.
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Hart County Legionnaries
I Will Meet Friday Night
Hart County Post No. 109 Amer
ican Legion will meet at the hall in
the McCurry building on Friday
night, June 26th.
All members urged to attend.
M. M. PARKS, Commander.
J. T. WILCOX, Adjutant.
MT. HEBRON CHURCH
Alton Morris will preach at Mt.
Hebron Baptist church next Sunday
morning at 11 o’clock.
Everybody cordially invited.
STAR THEATRE
Thursday and Friday.
“Feet of Clay,” with Rod La
Rocque, Vera Reynolds, Ricardo
Cortez, Julia Faye, Theodore Kos
loff, Robert Edeson, Victor Varconi.
A brilliant, spectacular production
I from the screen’ll master-director.
I Lavishly beautiful and loaded with
thrills, “Feet of Clay” is DeMille to
the core.
Saturday.
Yakina Canutt in “Scar Hanan.”
The tang of the plains the rush of
the* cattle round-up the clash of
he-men and evil men the clean,
fresh love of true women- all fused
and fired in a smashing drama of
the rfew west!
Episode No. 8 of “Idaho,” and a
Sunshine Comedy.
Monday.
“Locked Doors.” The drama of
a wife whose innocent flirtation
flowered into love and became a seri
ous love tangle. Betty ' Compson
fascinates a- the fashionable wife.
Theodore Roberts and his cigar make
their first appearance in over a year.
Tuesday and Wednesday.
“The Painted Lady,” with George
O’Brien and Dorothy MackailL
Coming Thursday and Friday,
July 23 and 24.
Mary Pickford in “Rosita.”
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