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' HART COUNTY OFFERS MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO THE HOMESEEKER
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HON. W. B'. MORRIS, SUPT. COUNTY
SCHOOLS, NOW ON STATE BOARD
Governor Walker Recognize* Great
Work Accomplished By Head of
Hart County School System
Hon. W. B. Morris, of Hartwell,
has been appointed a member of the
Georgia State Board of Education
for a period of two years, announce
ment havirtg been made public last
week by Governor Walker in his rec
ommendations to the Senate.
Mr. Morris succeeds E. E. McCar
ty, resigned.
He has been Superintendent of the
Hart county school system since
1909, and is recognized all over
Georgia as one of the state’s most
able county school men.
Largely through his efforts Hart
county has come into wide recogni
tion for her work along school con
solidation lines, now being one of
Georgia’s leading counties in this re
spect.
The appointment, while an honor
to Mr. Morris and Hart county, it is
nevertheless one wisely matfe and
one greatly deserved.
Mr. Morris was born and reared
in Hart county, coming from one of
Hart county’s oldest and best known
families. He attended the Hartwell
High school and later went to Mer
cer University.
Hartwell and Hart county are in
deed proud of Supt. W. B. Morris,
and rejoice in this recognition of his
ability.
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HALF HOLIDAff EVERY
THURSDAY BEGINS IN
HARTWELL THIS WEEK
The drug stores and grocery stores
will all remain open, as usual, on
Thursday afternoons during July and
August. The new half-holiday idea
is Tn effect this Thursday, July 9th,
and affects the places of business
designated below. ■
Hartwell, Commerce, Toccoa and
various other cities have adopted the
five-hour vacation plan every Thurs
day for the months of July and Aug
ust, and it is proving a splendid
thing for the merchants and their
corps of clerks.
Signing the agreement recently to
take effect this Thursday afternoon
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.)
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AUTO TAG PRICE
REDUCED AUGUST IST
• Sheriff Britt Brown states that
there seems to be some misunder
standing regarding the half price
rate on automobile tags. Automo
biles operated on the highway of
this state prior to August Ist must
be provided with a tag, said tag
being the full price, according to
horsepower. After August first
tags may be procured at half price
and are good for five months or
until December 31st. Some people
are under the impression the half
rate goes into effect July Ist. If
you have no tag for your car and
have not operated it on the high
ways of this state prior to August
Ist, you will be entitled to purchase
a tag at half price.
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HON. W. B. MORRIS
Mr. Morris has been named as a member of the State Board of Education,,
an honor that came unsolicited, and in recognition of the wonderful work j
he has accomplished in this section. He has been the Superintendent of
Hart County Schools since 1909.
THE HALT WELL SUN.
ROGERS TO OPEN
A STORE HERE
The L. W. Rogers Co., operating
several hundred grocery stores in
Atlanta and other cities over the
South, have decided to enter Hart
well, recognizing this city as a good
business location and with bright
prospects for the future.
The company has leased for five
years the building formerly occupied
by Dooley & O’Barr, considered one
of the best locations, occupying a
corner on the square.
The firm of J. T. Hays Realty &
Auction Co. handled the lease deal
for the owners of the property.
J. W. Temples & Sons have the
contract for getting the building in
shape, and will have everything ready
for the Kogers people to enter with
in the next week, it is stated.
The addition of the early morning
train recently enables the shipment of
vegetables, etc., directly from At
lanta to Hartwell, and this fact was
instrumental, we understand, in the
company making their decision to en
ter the city. They have been here
several times before to look into the
matter of opening a Hartwell store.
Rogers’ stores are great believers
of advertising and will not only draw
trade here for themselves, but help
all the other grocery stores and busi
ness interests of the city. The com
ing of a wide-awake concern like
Rogers is bound to result in more
business for the entire community.
The opening date will be announc
ed later.
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Members and Stockholders
of Hartwell Country Club
Will Meet Friday Afternoon
The annual meeting of the Hart
well Country Club, adjourned from
June 3, 1925, will be held at the
Club House on Friday, July 10,
1925.
The stockholders will meet at 5,
and the club members at 5:30 P. M.
W. E. McCURRY, Pres.
J. L. TEASLEY, Secretary.
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Methodist Church
The Board of Stewards will hold
their regular monthly meeting this
Thursday night, Chairman A. F. Bell
to announce the hour and place. We
hope every member will be present.
The third Quarterly Conference
was held Sunday night by Presiding
Elder Smith. Good reports, spiritual
and financial, were made by every
department. Preceding the session
Bro. Smith delivered a most helpful
sermon to the congregation.
Campmeeting and the District
Training School for S. S. Workers be
gins Monday, July 27th.
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The first annual District Epworth
League Assembly will be held at the
Hartwell Campground beginning on
Thursday, July 23, and ending Mon
day night at the first Campmeetnig
service. District Secretary John H.
Baker is in charge.
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Bro. J. W. Baker organized an
Epworth League at the Methodist
church in Canon Sunday night. They
have 30 members and more will be
added. Robert Ridgway, Jr., is
nresident of the newly organized
League. Rev. O. E. Smith is the
active pastor at Canon.
HARTWELL, HART COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1925
Georgia Making Big
Strides Says U. S.
School Census
Georgia leads every state in the
south, with the single exception of
Texas, in the number of students in
its high schools, normal schools, col
leges and universities, according to
the report on the results of an educa
tional survey which was issued Thurs
day, outlining the educational advan
tages of the state.
Supervisor A. E. Pound, of the
state department of education, com
piled the report from a survey made
by the United States bureau of edu
cation, the United States census and
the Georgia educational report for
this summer.
In addition to this, the report
shows that the average length of
school term in Georgia is longer than
that of any other southern state, with
the exception of three. Georgia has
more high school pupils than any
state except Texas, and a larger per
centage of its enrollment in the high
schools than any state in the south
with the exception of Alabama and
Louisiana.
The city of Atlanta alone had nine
times as many high school graduates
this year as the whole state had in
1903.
Georgia’s college and university
plants have a greater value than that
of any southern state with the ex
ception of Virginia, South Carolina
and Texas, and more teachers are
paid in this state than any other
southern state except North Carolina
and Texas.
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* MINISTER SEVERS HAND
* WITH AXE BECAUSE IT
HAD COMMITTED OFFENSE *
* Pulaski, Va., July 5.—1). M. *
* Nickels, minister and farmer of *
* Scott county, a strick conformist *
* and devout reader of his Bible, *
I * all the tenets of which he be-
* lieves in literally, including “if ”
* thy hand offend thee cut it off,” *
* severed that member from his *
* right arm because of some of- *
* sense it had Committed.
* A doctor was called to dress *
* an ugly wound caused by the *
* axe used in the amputation.
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All Nearby Cities Will Send
Representatives To “Feed”
Here On Friday Afternoon
One visitor, but one that makes up
for many in many respects, was pres
ent at the Kiwftnis session last Fri
day. The distinguished guest was
none other than our former towns
man, Mr. Wallace E. White, now
prominently connected with the
Georgia Cotton Growers Association
in Atlanta. Mr. White is always
warmly welcomed back home.
Plans were announced in regard to
the barbecue to be given by both
members of the Hartwell Country
Club and the Kiwanis Club at the
grounds south of this city on Friday
afternoon o fthis week. About 200
will partake of the specially pregared
food.
The attendance prize Friday was
j given Dr. S. R. Patton, a pair of
golf shoes presented through J. D.
Matheson & Sons by the Friedman-
Shelby Co., of St. Louis.
There will be no luncheon Friday
on account of the barbecue at the
Country Club that afternoon.
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HERNDONS’ DRUG STORE
INSTALLS FRIGIDAIRE IN
THEIR BEAUTIFUL FOUNT
Herndon’s Drug Store has just
completed the installation of a mod
ern Frigidaire system in their fount,
being one of the largest and most
complete outfits the manufacturers
produce.
The new system fits into the mar
ble work of the fount formerly used,
and makes its own ice, keeping the
verious kinds of cream at the right
temperature all the time. The
Frigidaire is electrically operated and
is absolutely automatic. When the
temperature gets too high it cuts
on and begins to cool off things a
bit.
With the Frigidaire Herndon’s can
also make their own ice. They in
vite your inspection.
Able Officials of Hartwell
Bank Are All Re-elected
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The annual meeting of the stock
holders of The Hartwell Bank was
held last Tuesday. The condition of
the bank as shown by the officers
was exceedingly satisfactory in ev
ery way. This old banking institu
tion during its long life has never
failed to make a satisfactory report
and pay liberal dividend? to stock
holders.
The Federal Reserve Bank of At
lanta was highly complimented for
the very satisfactory way in which
they have handled the account of The
Hartwell Bapk. D. C. Alford, Pres
ident, stated that the business rela
tions with the Federal Bank had al-
Vanderbilts Stop A
j Moment Here For
“Ham And-”
Cornelius Vanderbilt and party
stopped in Hartwell last Friday even
ing about 7 o’clock for a short time,
eating supper at the Nancy Hart
Case.
Mr. Vanderbilt is a millionaire and
interested in various enterprises, his
principal hobby now being newspa
pers
XA ith Mr. Vanderbilt were his
wife, their daughter and husband,
and the secretary.
Being just like other folks, they
looked over the menu.—and then or
dered “ham and eggs.”
Mr. Vanderbilt passes through
Hartwell several times every year.
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Wilson Highway To
Fight For Name
Although Mrs. Woodrow Wilson
some time ago gave her consent and
endorsement of the Woodrow Wilson
Highway through Hartwell to Athens,
Milledgeville, Dublin and Waycross,
citizens of Augusta and other cities
nearby have organized in an attempt
to not only take the name but change
the route entirely away from its
original course.
Actions by tjie first organization
have been taken to protect their in
terests. A meeting was held in Dub
lin last week, and plans perfected to
go right ahead with the work of the
Woodrow Wilson Highway Associa
tion, disregarding the action of the
Augusta-Waycross combine.
Besides adopting resolutions call
ing for incorporation, the association
adopted as the official insignia of the
highway, a gold star on a blue field,
this to be placed on ail markers.
By unanimous vote the association
accepted the invitation of Milledge
ville to hold its annual meeting in
that city on July 23.
Several short line or branch routes
to connect with this highway were
proposed, among them was one going
I by Douglas, Hazelhurst, Valdosta, und
another from Augusta to Midville,
Swainsboro, Soperton, Glenwood,
joining the main trunk line at tbe
latter place. None of these will be
acted upon until a later date.
In May, 1924, permission was
granted by Mrs. Woodrow Wilson for
■ use of the name “Wilson Memorial
Highway;” on July 23, 1924, the
Woodrow Wilson Memorial Highway
was formally organized at a meeting
in Dublin, and officers were elected,
and the official route chosen, which
leads from Hartwell to Florida by
the route named above.
GOLF TOURNEY
OPENS HERE
By GEO. CLARK, JR.
Much interest is being manifested
over the golf tournament which be
gine this afternoon at four o’clock
and ends some time next week. Pair
ings were made Tuesday afterßoon
and they are as follows, with the
handicaps beside the players’ names:
Thursday.
1. W. B. Morris 27 vs. J. E.
Chandler 25.
2. A. N. Alford 25 vs. Isham Hai
ley 24.
3. R. C. Thornton 25 vs. R. E.
Matheson 27.
4. F. 8. White 21 vs. G. C.
Hayes 21.
5. T. L. Matheson 27 vs. W. A.
Duncan, 27.
6. H. B. Alford 21 vs. W. G.
Hodges 25.
7. J. H. Barton 13 vs. W. E. Mc-
Curry 23.
Friday
1. J. B. Shaw 22 vs. Carey Kidd
21.
2. A. C. Skelton 25 vs. F. T.
Kidd 25.
3. H. L. Yates 29 vs. J. L.
Teasley 29.
4. R. E. Cox 15 vs. S. S. Lin
der 2Y.
5. L. L. Morris 28 vs. J. E.
Cobb 23.
6. A. N. Page 29 vs. Herndon
Brown 27.
7. W. C. Page 28 vs. H. W.
Bingham 27.
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ways been pleasant and he thought
mutually satisfactory which was fully
endorsed by all the officers of the
bank.
All the old directors were unani
mously reelected, namely: D. C. Al
ford, M. M. Norman, R. E. Mathe
son, L. L. McMullan, I. J. Phillips,
Sr., Dr. W. I. Hailey and S. W.
Thornton.
The former officials were also
unanimously reelected, namely:
D. C. Alford, President.
R. C. Thornton, Ist Vice Pres,
M. M. Norman, 2nd Vice Pres.
R. E. Matheson, Secretary Board
of Directors.
Fred S. White, Cashier. . _
ANOTHER CAR CHICKENS GOING
TO LEAVE HERE FRIDAY MORNING
Hart County Man Is
Killed By Lightning
Mr. Earl Sanders, age 49, born
and reared in Hart county, was
struck by lightning and instantly
killed Wednesday of last week at
his home in Orr mill village, Ander
son, S. C.
Mr. Sanders was formerly of Shoal
Creek section, this county, but had
made his home for the past year or
two in Anderson.
He had gone into the bath room at
his home which room is located on
one end of the back porch, according
to members of his family. They said
there was a vivid flash of lightning
and almost simultaneously they heard
a crash in the bathroom. Remem
bering that Mr. Sanders had just
entered the room they tried to open
the door to see had there been any
trouble .
Upon attempting to open the door
they found that he had fallen across
the threshold and the door opened in
ward. After some effort they were
able to push it open and founr him
lying on the floor.
Picking him up it was evident he
had been streiken unconscious and a
call was immediately made to Mc-
Dougald-Bleckley who rushed to the
home in the ambulance with a lung
motor, also Dr. Wade Thompson was
called. They worked with the body for
some time but all efforts to restore
life was of no avail.
A small burn over the left shoulder
was the only mark discovered.
He is survived by his wife, who
was Miss Fannie Thrasher, and eight
children. Mrs. Dobbie Franks, La
vonia, Ga.;; Tommie Sanders, of
Tennessee; Misses Geraldine and Zet
tie Mae, of Alabama; Layland, Dor-
I iey, Max and Grady, who made their
I home with their parents.
Within an hour of Mr. Sanders’
death in Anderson, a young man
1 named A. S. Beasley, 23, caught hold
of a wire hanging from a tree as he
walked by Beuna Vista park in that
city, killing him instantly. The
wire was heavily charged.
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Negro Dies From
Arsenic Poisoning
Fritz Earle, a negro man about
21 years of age, living on Mr. Ep J.
Hays’ place at Union Hill, died Mon
day about midnight as the result of
poisoning.
Earle ate a piece of cake on Sun
, day afternoon and immediately be
! came desperately ill. Examination
! showed evidences of arsenic poison
| ing, and although medical aid was
i quickly given he could not overcome
I the evidently heavy dose.
The cake was eaten, it was said,
at the home of Boozer Jones, whom
| Earle had visited Sunday afternoon.
There was no ill will between the
negroes, it is stated, and how Earle
became poisoned seems to be some
what of a mystery.
Sheriff Brown and Deputy Kay are
investigating the circumstances sur
rounding the negro’s death.
Judge Gary Tells How To
Live A Long Time; Says
Found Out At Birmingham
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New York City.—At 78, Elbert
i H. Gary said today that he believes
\ that he has found the elixir of
youth.
The veteran head of the United |
States Steel corporation said the elix
ir’s simple components were pre
scribed for him by the dietitian and
staff of the Gary hospital of the steel
corporation at Birmingham, Ala., dur
ing his recent tour of inspection.
Moderate exercise, plenty of air ’
and pure water, plenty of sleep, 1
equanimity of temper and hard men
tal and physical work over not too !
long a period -these were the first
elements of Mr. Gary’s prescriptions, j
Little meat, little starch or fat or i
sweets, plenty of green vegetables ,
containing mineral salts, some whole
wheat bread, fresh fruits and no al- [
coholic stimulants were the general I
dietary rules.
Mr. Gary said he would take an
other specific training course in the
Gary hospital soon.
“I’ve followed the principle that
underlies them all my life,” hp said,
referring to what he calls the Gold
en Rules "of Health. “I’ve kept my
conscience clear. I’ve worked hard.
And I’ve been abstemious. I believe
that Americans are the fittest race
>n the world today. If older men will
follow the rules these Alabama doc
tors have laid down, they will con
tinue to be fit.”
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Horses introduced into the South
west by the Spaniards escaped from
the old Spanish missions, multi
plied rapidly, and virtually became
wild, ranging over Navada, Cali
fornia, Utah and Idaho.
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, “The hurry, bustle and Incessant |
drive of the American temperament j
is responsible for the peculiar and i
characteristic American mortality
increase during the ‘dangerous age’
period, between 40 and 50 years,”
says Dr. William S. Sadler, nationally
known physician,
Bring Your Chickens To Hartwell
, Early Friday Morning—Will
Command Good Price
So successful was the carlot poul
try sale here two weeks ago that an
other carload will be shipped from
Hartwell and vicinity on Friday of
’ > this week.
Decided to Ship Another.
j It was announced some three weeks
ago that the car leaving here June
I 26th would probably be the last of
j the season, but the folks came in
with their chickens and made such a
; success of the proposition that Coun
'ty Agent Bingham and the others
working with him decided that Hart
county must keep on at least through
this sale if not another.
The carlot poultry sales have
brought into Hartwell and Hart coun
ty thousands of dollars during the
past year, variously estimated at
from $30,000 to $45,000.
The sale went off fine two weeks
ago,—
Let’s make this sale in Hartwell
Friday morning another whopping
success.
Ccme Early Friday.
Bring your chickens to Hartwell
early Friday.
Bring the roosters, bring the old
tough fellows; bring the fryers, bring
the hens, bring 'em all, and let Hurt
county again take in a cool SI,OOO
or so from her part of the carlot
sale.
The car will leave Hurtwell Friday
and go to Royston and Elberton.
Gome to Hartwell Friday; you will
get cash for your chickens and the
Hartwell merchants are making spe
cial inducements just at this time.
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Hart School Poster
Praised By Journal
The Federated Women’s Clubs of
Georgia are heartily supporting the
plan for a broader educational pro
gram for the State, and recently the
various affiliated organizations were
asked to prepure posters for exhibi
tion in Atlanta during the session
of the Legislature.
The Hartwell Woman’s Club
[ promptly complied with the request,
two of its most able members being
called into service to prepare a pos
ter setting forth most vividly some
facts and figures with illustrations
of just what Hart county has done
and is doing now to better the school
interests of not only her own domain
but the surrounding territory. These
ladies were Mrs. Garland C. Hayes,
wife of the Court Reporter for the
Northern Judicial Circuit, and Miss
Frances Annie McLanahan, Home
Enonomic Agent for Hart county.
The poster on exhibit in Atlanta
shows the old-time one-room rural
school house and a photo of the
modern consolidated school such as
may be found all over the county.
There are figures that convince, and
illustrations that prove the value of
child welfare and various other mat
ters that have attracted wide at
tention.
The Atlanta Jotffnal comments as
follows:
Those Education Posters.
“Hart county is to be congratulat
ed upon having led Georgia in an en
terprise to drive home to the legisla
ture the need of providing more ade
quately for tin* schools. It was first
to respond to a suggestion from the
citizens’ education movement that
every county send to the headquart
ers of that organization, at 249 Ivy
street, Atlanta, a poster presenting
in vivid form and fn terms of its own
i experience an appeal for such sup-
I port. These poster# are to be dis
played in the corridors of the state
capitol, where they will serve as a
continual reminder to representa
tives an 1 senators that th>' people
back at home are interested in meas
ures for the advancement of educa
tion.
“In acting so promptly on this
happy idea Hart county otters an
'example which all others, from the
mountains to the tidei, should turn to
their own and the commonwealth’s
i advantage. The best reason for up
building the schools is the simplest,
and that reason is the children them-
I selves. They are worth the utmost
I efforts that the state can put forth
to train and enrich their minds, to
ennoble their spirits, and to prepare
them for the duties of citizenship
and the tests of life. A fit word from
the children themselves, through the
suggested posters, will haue more
weight with a legislator (especially
if it is word from his home county)
than a book or laborious arguments.”
JIM CALHOUN DEAD
Jim Calhoun, one of Hartwell’s
best known and most worthy negro
men, died at his home in Rome Mon
day morning, after being ill for the
past two weeks.
Jim had been janitor of the Hart
well school buildings for the past
two years, and was highly respected
hy the boys and girls, as well as the
faculty and members of the Hartwell
> Board of Education. He was deep
ly interested in the school and the
. buildings and gave invaluable aid day
and night when the premises were
being used.
Jim Calhoun will be greatly miss
ed. His remains were laid to rest
Tuesday.
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