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HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF THIS
SUMMER IN ELECTRICAL STORMS
About this season, as the old al
manacs used to say, expect thunder
storms. Inevitably they bring dan
ger to human life but the hazard can
be diminished considerably if the ad
vice of men who have made a thor
ough study of the electrical dis
charges of the atmosphere is fol
lowed.
One of these experts is Alexander
G. MacAdie, director of the Blue Hill
Observatory and professor of meter
ology at Harvard University. In the
little building on the wind-swept sum
hit of Blue Hill, the highest point in
eastern Massachusetts, he has spent
many years in watching and analyz
ing the action of the elements. He
has made a special study of thunder
storms and some time ago he formu- (
lated a set of suggestions to heip
people take care of themselves dur
ing such disturbances. Since that
time, he says, experience has borne
out the value of these suggestions
and science has not developed any
new means of safeguarding p per
son against lightning discharges.
Get under cover is his first rule.
If you can’t do that, lie down. About ,
ten lightning flashes in a hundred
come down to earth in a straight line |
and the person who stands out in 1
the open when such flashes are seen i
invites trouble. But getting under |
cover doesn’t mean seeking shelter
beneath a tree, because that will
bring you in the direct line of dis
charge and Prof. McAdie says more
people are killed by lightning in this
• way than probably any other.
The doorway of a barn or a win
dow near a chimney also are danger
ous places to stand, because lightning
follows to some extent any draft of
air, especially warm air, When the
flashes are heavy or numerous keep
away from chimneys, trees, flag
poles or metal clotheslines, and cut
out your radio.
You are safer indoors than out.
The probability of a person in an
ordinary residence building being
struck, says Professor McAdie, is
very slight, and dwelling houses in
city blocks are virtually safe. He
defends the lightning rod, once so
popular, but now largely fallen into
disuse, asserting that if a house is
provided with good lightning, rods
there* is little to fear.
Going to bed doesn't do any par
ticular good but standing on glass,
rubber, a woolen blanket or any
other good insulator will give a per
son a little more security. The ob
servatory director advises passengers
in a trolley car to sit still if lightning
comes in and burns the fuses be
cause with the roar and blinding flash
the danger is over.
He urges that every effort be
made to resuscitate a person struck
by lightning. It seldom kills out
right, usually stunning the victim in
such away that artificial respiration
will restore him to consciousness.
For the protection of livestock
which often are killed by lightning
while at pasture, he warns against
tying them near a wire fence.
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Build Sea Wall to Save
Duck Hunters’ Paradise
Richmond. Vs.—A huge sea wall
will be built to save far-famed Back
bay. Virginia’s paradise for the duck
hunters of many states, according to
W. McDonald Lee, Virginia commis
sioner of game and fisheries, who re
<eently Inspected the district after re
■ reiving from hunters thnt
snlty water from the Atlantic threat
. «ened to kill all food for wild fowl
in the vast area.
The waters of Back bay are saline,
but not enough to prevent a wild va
riety of grasses and plants from grow
ing on its shores and marshes But,
said the commissioner, the Atlantic I
ocean has broken through Its natural
barriers of sand dunes and Is pouring
in too much salt for the plant life to
survive. A sea wall to withstand the
mightiest storms will be thrown across
the weakened breaches.
HERBERT LEACH
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Herbert of Brockton, Mass.,
one of the two living survivors of the
ill-fated Jeanette polar expedition. He
believes that the new navy dirigible
could make the polar trip in a few
days.
According to legend, the American
Indian received corn directly from
the hand of the Creator. The story
goes that a young brave, who was
looking for a gift that would help
his people, hid himself in the forest
for seven days. During this time
he encountered a spirit,whom he kill
ed, and it was from this spirit’s grave
that a plant which bore the plumes
of the unknown visitor sprang. Thus
we have the Spirit’s grain.
DIRECTORY CITY
AND COUNTY
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HARTWELL
Mayor—A. S. Richardson.
Aidermen—A. N. Alford, R. E.
Matheson, J. A. Thornton, S. W.
Thornton, R. C. Linder, Louie L. Mor
ris.
City Clerk —J. L. Teasley.
Chief Police—W. H. Locke.
Chi«f Fire Dept.—Hoyt Baker;
Asst. Chief, Crayton Bolt.
i Supt. Waterworks —Hoyt Baker.
Board of Education—W. E. Mere
dith, Dr. Geo. 8. Clark, Fred S. White,
Dr. Claude Herndon, Wm. C. Page,
W. D. Teasley, Chas. E. Matheson.
Supt. City Schools—Prof. J. I, All
man.
Postmaster—Jno. C. Massey.
Parent-Teacher Association —Meets
i last Thursday in each month. Mrs.
, H. W. Bingham, president.
Presbyterian Church—Rev. James
Bradley, pastor. Services Ist and 4th
Sundays.
• Methodist Episcopal Church South—
Rev. J. H. Barton, pastor* Services
every Sunday.
Baptist Church—Rev. W. A. Dun
tan, ppktor. Services every Sunday.
Kiwanis Club —Meets Fridays, 1 P.
M. Hotel Hartwell.
Hartwell Lodge No. 189 F. & A. M.
—First Tuesday night in each month.
T. W. Mitchell Camp W. 0. W.—
Meets second and fourth Friday
nights.
Hart Co. Post American Legion—
Second and fourth Friday nights.
HART COUNTY
Created 1853. Named for Nancy
Hart. Area 261 Square Miles. Popu
lation 20,000.
Ordinary—J. W. Scott.
Clerk of Court—John G. Richard
son.
Sheriff-— A. B. Brown.
Tax Collector—Joe Whitworth.
Tax Receiver—F. E. O’Barr.
Coroner—R. H. Snow.
Surveyor—J. W. Baker.
County Game Warden—T. H.
Risner.
County Warden—E. S. Reynolds.
Board of Commissioners-—A. N.
P. Brown, Chmn.; C. E. Williams,
F. C. Gaines, P. P. Gurley, L. H.
Cobb; J. W. Baker, Clerk.
Tax Assessors —R. L. Gaines, Jas.
A. Estes, Z. B. Peek.
Registrars—H. N. Ayers, L. Rich
ardson, and J. W. Baker.
Sunt. Schools —W. B. Mor
ris. • ;
Board of Education—R. H. Martin,
8. M. Richardson, Joe D. Johnson, T.
B. Whitworth, Amos Floyd.
Farm Demonstration Agent—H. W.
Bingham.
Home Demonstration Agent—Miss
Frances A. McLanahan.
Judge Superior Court Northern Cir
cuit—Walter L. Hodges.
Solicitor General—A. S. Skelton.
Reporter—Garland C. Hayes.
Representative Hart County—B.
R. Zellars.
Senator 30th District—J. N. B.
Thompson.
Representative, Sth Congressional
District—Chas. H. Brand. (
Constables and Justices of the Peace.
1112th, Town—R. L. Ayers, J. P.;
George S. Shiflet and S. M. Martin,
Constables.
1113th,Rays—J. T. Phillips, J. P.;
O. L. Adams, Constable.
1114th, Smiths—W. A. Chapman,
J. P.; G. D. Rice and G. A. Brown,
Constables.
1115th, Reed Creek—H. N. Ayers,
*J. P.; J. T. Risner and W. E. Estes,
Constables.
1116th, Halls—R. L. Gaines, J.
P. ; W. P. McCennell and J. R. L.
Hall. Constables.
1117th, Shoal Creek—E. L. Coch
ran, J. P.; G. W. Herring, W. W.
Vickery, Constables.
1118th, McCurrys—B. A. Teasley,
J. P.; James A. Warren and Phil
Jenkins, Constables.
1119th, Alfords—J. P.; N. B.
Ayers; W. H. Bailey and Colquitt
H. Sanders, Constables.
BOWERSVILLE
Mayor—C. E. Williams.
Board of Aidermen—L. H. Ridg
way, W. B. Sanders, T. B. Andrews,
Hubert Cheek.
City Clerk—L. H. Ridgway.
Board of Education—G. P. White,
Geo. A. Shirley, R. M. Adams, R. A.
Vaughan. C. E. Williams.
Postmaster—B. M. Holland.
Baptist Church—Rev. T. M. Gal
phin, pastor.
Methodist Church—Rev. O. E.
Smith, pastor.
Parent-Teacher Association—Mrs.
1 A. F. Hilliard, president.
Woman's Club—Mrs. L. H. Ridg
! way, president.
Public Schools—Prof. W. R. Eskew
superintendent.
Notice Dissolution Partnership.
Georgia—Hart County.
The undersigned, operating under
the name of the Phillips-Vickery Co.,
have this day dissolved their part
nership, and the firm of I. J. Phillips
Co., succeeds the former concern.
Mr. X, J. Phillips is the sole owner
and manager of the agency.
‘This June 5, 1925.
I. J. PHILLIPS. SR.
E. P. VICKERY.
THE HARTWELL SUN, HARTWELL, GA., JUNE 26, 1925
Unde Sam Gives
Away Millions Os
Bulletins Annually
The value of the scientific discov
eries of the U. S. Department of Ag
riculture is where they are put into
the hands of the farmers and others
interested.
When a Farmers’ Bulletin is is
sued, a brief review is sent to the
farm papers. Notices are also print
ed in periodicals of the Department
with a circulation of 130,000 copbes,
and each bulletin is listed in the
Monthly List of Publications, which
goes to 90,000 persons. •
Bill Williams sees in his farm pa
per that the Department has put out
a new bulletin on the corn ear-worm.
Hfe writes a postcard, “Please send
me Farmers’ Bulletin 1310.”
Ole Anderson, in North Dakota,
is having trouble with his wheat. Ole
asks the Department what to do.
Herman Housman is figuring on
building a bigger and better hog
house and on improving his livestock.
His wife wants to do something to
make the farm look more attractive;
and she is wondering if the children
ought to eat the heavy food prepar
ed for the hired man.
All of these letters eventually
reach the top floor of a dingy brick
building on a back street in Wash
ington, where the work of distribut
ing the publications of the Depart
ment is carried on by the Division
of Publications, as one of its many
duties. The letters come literally by
the hundreds of thousands from ev
ery corner of the land.
Nor do the writers always confine
themselves strictly to the matter of
publications or agricultural informa
tion. One letter asked if an ace is
a face card; another wanted a book
on how to call the dances in the
“kedrells”; a woman wrote for the
divorce laws of Arkansas; and a man
for information on bartering and
how to fix up a barber shop.
But there is stark tragedy, too!
Here is a woman, in Chicago, whose
husband’s health has broken down,
and who wants to know a good loca
tion in the country where he can
get light work and where the chil
dren can grow up healthy and strong.
She has heard there is money to be
made raising chickens. Please send
some bulletins telling how to get a
start. She hasn’t much money and
can’t afford anything expensive.
Letters which the clerks are unable
to answer by routine action go to the
specialist having charge of “Miscel
laneous Distribution.” No effort is
spared to answer satisfactorily every
request that is received, says The
Farm Journal.
Last year the best seller was Farm
ers’ Bulletin No. 1136, “Baking in
the Home,” of which 539,385 copies
were distributed. No. 1211, “Home
Canning of Fruits and Vegetables,”
was second with 414,310, and “The
801 l Weevil Problem,” No. 1262, was
third with 303,245. There were
seventy-seven bulletins of which 50,-
000 or mote copies were distributed.
Os these, there were twenty bulle
tins related to various phases of home
economics, of which a total of 2,674,-
747 copies were sent out. Poultry
was the next most popular subject,
having twenty-five bulletins, with a
total of 1,967,825 copies.
More than 640,000 requests for
publications were received and an
swered.
All told, 14,500,000 copies of
Farmers’ Bulletins and 6,000,000
miscellaneous publications, not in
cluding periodicals, were distributed.
Let’s hope that the people who got
them put them to good use.
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Proper Food Great
Importance In Life
Os Your Children
Many of the cases of bad temper
and grouchy dispositions can be at
tributed to poor food and plenty of
good vegetables, fruits and milk will
often times prove a better corrective
measure than the sterner methods
which are often used on youngsters,
says nutrition specialists of the State
College of Agriculture.
You can tell the well nourished
child wherever you see him, they say,
not only by the clear, rosy skin, the
firm flesh, a well rounded chest and
bright eyes, but by the fact that he
is active, alert and enthusiastic and
energetic without nervousness. In
fact, nearly all the troubles of chil
dren concerning their mental and
physical development can be traced
to poor food, says the College.
The causes of malnutrition are not
hard to find. The child does not get
sufficient food, or the right kind of
food; they eat irregularly; they
drink tea or coffee instead of milk
and water and they don’t get enough
sleep. These cause the child to have
bow legs, or knock knees, his chest
is narrow and flat, his shoulder
blades stick out like wings and his
skin is pale and flabby.
A good supply of nature’s foods,
fruits, vegetables and milk will pre
vent malnutrition. If those are in
cluded in the regular diet, little wor
ry will be experienced about the child
being under fed.
Bulletin 286 of the State College
of Agriculture gives information not
only on feeding the child but the
grown up. It is free for the asking.
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If a man would live to a ripe old
age all he has to do is keep on liv
ing.
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Ismael Bedard, a resident of
Charlesbourg, Quebec County, Can
ada. claims the honor for his family
of having lived longer in one place
than any other family of North
America. His ancestors have held the
land without interruption since 1629,
and the house in which he lives at the
present time is believed to be the
one erected at that date.
ALFORD'S
SPECIALS
Boys long KHAKI PANTS, sizes 6to 16, Bargains in HATS in our Millinery Be
at per pair $2.00 partment.
Boys’ long WHITE DUCK PANTS, sizes i
**** la pieces French GINGHAMS, beautiful
6to 16, at per pair $2.00 „ , , . . .
small checks, 59c value, a close out, at
per yard - 39e
Young Men’s WHITE DUCK PANTS, at
per pair * -- $2.50
Dress GINGHAMS, new patterns, at per
Indian Head SUITING, “that won’t fade,” yard, only 10£
all colors, 65c value, per yard 39c
" T _ T ’ ~ Men’s Summer “MUNSINGWEAR” Un-
Few pieces PURE LINEN, a close-out, at . , __
ion Suits only SI.OO
per yard 59C
CURTAIN GOODS, specially priced, at Ladies’ SILK HOSE, all colors, at per
per yard 15c to 49c pair 500 to $2.50
Silk GEORGETTE, all colors, at per
$1 95 Men’s Otis Pin Check PANTS, special,
per pair $1.48
Men’s, Women’s and Children’s BATHING
SUITS $2.50 to $8.50 COME TO ALFORD’S FOR BARGAINS
A. N. ALFORD & CO.
“A Good Place to Trade.”
U. S. Rubber Co. Has Been Advertising
For Ten Years In “Home Town” Papers
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In 1915 there were 2,445,666 auto-'
mobiles in this country.
It seemed a tremendous number.
Some people were already talking
about “the saturation point” being
not far ahead.
But if there were some men who
couldn’t see the woods for the trees,
there were others whose faith never
faltered.
It took a lot of courage for them
to bank on the ultimate success of
the automobile in that market.
They had both.
Back in 1915, the United States
Rubber Company said “The real fu
ture of the automobile is not in the
big cities but away from them.”
It is not in short runs on city
streets, but in mile after mile on
country roads.”
In 1915—ten years ago—the first
U. S. Tire advertising began to ap
pear in the “home town” papers.
Few people saw these papers in
their true dimension.
Few realized the influence they had
on what the people thought and did
and wore and bought. Because few
people realized the place they filled in
the minds and lives of their readers.
The United States Rubber Com
pany saw.
As clearly as it saw that the devel
opment of the automobile would be
in the smaller communities, it saw
that the people in these communities
would have to have tires to measure
up to the service and tire merchants
to sell them.
And it saw that in the “home
town” newspapers it had, ready to
hand, the medium to help it put tire
merchandising where it would have to
be in the new era of the automobile.
So ten years ago people began to
read the first U. S. Tire Advertising
in their “home town” paper—over
the name of their “home town”
dealer.
They have seen these home deal
ers develop their little “side line of
tires” into real business always
with the support of “U. S.” Adver
tising in these local papers.
Co-incident with the tenth anni
versary of “home town” advertising
by the United States Rubber Com
pany, this company announces an
other long step forward in the per
fection of automobile tires the
greatest since the introduction of the
cord itself —in its perfected Latex |
treated—Web Cord Royal Balloon
Tire tfith the flat low pressure tread.
Today there are 16,000,000 auto
mobiles in this country.
80 per cent of them are owned by
men and women on the farms and
in the smaller communities.
Where there was one U. S. tire
dealer in the small towns then there i
are hundreds today—real merchants.
What was only a vision in 1915 has i
come true in 1925.
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MT. HEBRON
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Rev. Guy Atkinson preached to a
large crowd at this place Sunday. We
were very glad to have him visit us.
Come again. Always welcome.
Mr. and Mrs. Dock O’Barr, of Mt.
Vernon, spent Saturday night and
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Fretwell
O’Barr.
Mr. Odis Cleveland spent Thursday
night with Mr. R. C. Cleveland.
Mr. Carl Duncan visited his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Isom, of
New Harmony, Friday night.
Mr. Clarence York spent Saturday
night with Mr. Sanford Wilson.
Miss Eutha Vickery visited Miss
Velmer Cleveland Saturday night and
Sunday.
Mrs. Carl Ayers spent Friday af
ternoon with her mother, Mrs. M. J.
Adams.
Mr. and Mrs. B. K. Hall and chil
dren spent Thursday' night with Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Hembree, of New
Prospect.
Miss Leona Cleveland was the
guest of Misses Stella and Nola
Wilson Sunday.
Miss Ruby Adams visited her sis
ter, Mrs. Dillard Hembree, of Sha
ron, Friday night.
Miss Evelyn Cleveland spent Sat
urday night with Miss Irene Cleve
land.
Mrs. Marion Vickery spent Satur
day night and Sunday with Mrs. W.
H. Cleveland.
Mrs. Denver Bailey and son, John
Denver, spent a while Saturday af
ternoon with Mrs. M. C. McLane.
Mr. and Mrs. M. Herring, of Ce
dar Creek, spent Sunday with the lat- |
ter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Bobo.
Mr. and Mrs. Ainsworth McLane
and children visited Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn McMullan, of New Prospect,
Sunday.
Misses Guynelle Cleveland and Lat
tie Dickerson spent a while Saturday
afternoon with Misses Exie and Ru
by Adams.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Brown and
little daughter, Inez, of near Fair ;
Play, S. C., spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. P. C. Brown.
Misses Mary Maude Bobo and
Exie Adams spent a while Saturday
i afternoon with Mrs. Carl Ayers.
Mr. Austin McLane and two sons,
Harold and George, of Mt. Olivet,
I spent Saturday night with Mrs. M.
! C. McLane and family.
Mrs. Ciaran » Richardson and
j brother, Mr. Arnold Cleveland, of
Fair Play, S. C., visited their sister,
, Mrs. Glenn Cleveland, Saturday night ■
and Sunday.
Mrs. Howard Brown and children, |
i of Anderson, S. C., are spending a
i few days with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Madden.
Misses Annie Mae and Nellie Jones,
of near Hartwell, were the guests of
Misses Irene and Gladys Cleveland
aturday night and Sunday.
Misses Pearl' and Nellie McLane
spent Thursday afternoon with
Misses Stella and Nola Wilson.
Mrs. Anglis Baker and children, of
Reed Creek, visited her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Pierce Brown, Saturday af
ternoon.
Many thanks to Mr. Ellis Dicker
son for our new song books. Come
up, Mr. Dickerson, to hear us sing.
We are going to do our best.
Mrs. A. J. Cleveland spent one
night last week with Mr. and Mrs.
J. D. McLane, of Mt. Olivet.
Mr. and Mrs. Pearson Bailey and
children spent Saturday night and
Sunday with the latter’s mother, Mrs.
Dora Cleveland, of Mt. Vernon.
We had several visitors Sunday.
All come back again. Always wel
come. Sunday school at the usual
hour next Sunday morning. We
hope to have all our old pupils back
in school and a lot of new ones.
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♦ GAINES DISTRICT
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This community is still as dry as
it gets to be. Corn and cotton are
suffering for the want of rain.
Mr. and Mrs. Gip Teasley and
children spent last Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. J. O. Teasley, of Rock
Branch.
Mr. Albert Page, of Liberty Hill,
spent Sunday with Mr. George Mc-
Mullan, of Hulmeville.
Miss Sarah Gulley, of Savannah,
spent the week-end with her sister,
Mrs. Cliff Alexander, of Rock Branch.
Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Teasley and
children, Talmadge and,Ellen,’spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Par
tain, of Montevideo.
Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Thomason, of
Cooleys Academy, spent the day with
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Greenway, of
Rock Branch.
Prof, and Mrs. T. J. Cleveland, of
Montevideo, are spending the week
end in Elberton.
Mrs. C. U. Gaines, of Montevideo,
is spending the week-end with her
mother, in Virginia.
Several from here attended the
McCurley reunion, near Cedar Creek,
Hart county, last Sunday.
Miss Virginia Gaines, of Montevi
deo, spent the week-end with her
grandmother, Mrs. Gaines, of Elber
ton.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Seawright, of
Cokesbury, Hart county, spent Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. Otis Gaines, of
Rock Branch.
Misses Katherine, Grace and Mary
Teasley spent last Sunday with their
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Teasley, of Montevideo.
Mr. Gaines McCurley, of Colbert,
Ga., attended the McCurley reunion
at J. S. McCarley’s and spent Sat
urday night with Mr. and Mrs. R.
E. McCurley, of Montevideo.