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Rev. Robert Bradley, of Haw
thorne, Los Angeles, Calif., has been
spending several days here with his
brother, Rev. James Bradley, and
family. He has met many of our
people who are delighted to have him
visit our community. Like his broth
er, of Hartwell, Rev. Bradley is pas
tor of a Presbyterian church in Haw
thorne, which is a part of Los An-
Reles. _
Mr. Julius J. Johnson, of Hart
well, has accepted a position as chief
clerk at The New Rabun in Moun- |
tain City.
Mr. I. J. Phillips, Sr., has been
brightening up east Franklin street
with an application of paint on his !
home.
Mrs. Emily Moore died at the ad- ,
vanced age of 93 years in Anderson,
S. C., last week. A native of Pick
ens county, she had lived for some
time with her daughter in Anderson,
and was a member of Ruhamah
church. She was the mother of Mr.
John Moore, of Hartwell.
Miss Wilfred Leard’s friends will
regret to know that she has been ill
for the past two weeks.
Mr. G. H. Spradlin, of Atlanta,
was among the visitors to Hartwell
last week-end.
Col. Lonnie Fleming, of Augusta,
spent last week-end here with
friends.
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Mr. Winter Carlton spent last
week in Jasper, Ga., with friends.
Rev. J. H. Barton spent first of the
week with Mrs. Barton and the chil
dren in Griffin.
The Selma (Ala.) Times carried a j
news item last week relative to a
meeting to be held July 17-26 at the
Marengo Union Camp Ground near
that city, at which Rev. F. Rauschen
berg, of Asheville, N. C., will preach. 1
The singing wil be conducted by
Revs. Marshall B. and Willie H. Den
dy, sons of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Den
dy, of Hartwell.
Lt. Jas. H. Skelton, Jr., is at Camp
McClellan, Anniston. Ala., for the
training camp period. He is with
the 326th Regiment, 82nd Division.
Miss Elizabeth Henry is spending
several days with relatives in Savan
nah and at Tybee Island.
Mr. and Mrs. Judson B. Shaw and
children are spending several days
in Salisbury, N. C., with relatives.
Announcements have been receiv
ed of the marriage Wednesday, June
17, 1925, of Miss Valeria Stephens
to Mr. Clifford Palmer Wood in At
lanta. The bride is the daughter of
Mrs. John R. Stephens, of Hartwell.
The Sun joins the many friends here
of the bride in extending best wishes
to the happy couple.
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A news item in the Atlanta papers
last week announced the death of
Rev. M. D. Smith, who lived here
a good many years ago. He is re
membered by many of our people in
town and county. He was in business
in Hartwell before entering the
*< ministry, being a contractor and for
a time operating a large grist mill
on the site now occupied by the Hart
well Cotton Mill.
Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Burriss and fam
ily, of Piedmont, S. C., were guests
last week of Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Meredith.
Supt. Hoyt Baker, of the Water
works system, has just received a
letter from Mr. H. C. Woodfall, of
the State Board of Health, in which
he states that the Hartwell plant and
water are both in excellent shape.
A new chlorination plant for treat
ing the water was put in operation
by Mr. Baker this week.
Alton Maret has honorably com
pleted his course at the Athens Busi
ness College of Athens, receiving his
diploma July Bth.
Hon. and Mrs. Julian B. McCurry
are spending a few days in Florida.
Mr. Tom Hailey accompanied them
in their car, to remain in Miami,
where he will be with his brothers,
Messrs. Rucker and Joe Hailey.
Col. J. A. McDuff, of Atlanta, was
a business visitor here first of the
■week.
Mr. Mac Dickerson has opened a
store at Mountain City.
Miss Eloise Temples is visiting in
Abbeville, S. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Sorrells and
children, of Anderson, S. C., visited
relatives here first of the week.
Gerald Teasley, student at Mercer
University for the summer, spent
last week-end here with his parents.
Dr. and Mrs. B. C. Teasley.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Kinsey, of At
lanta, have been guests this week of
Mrs. Amanda McMullan. Mr. Kin
sey is with the Joint Railway Ter
minals in Atlanta.
Miss Wylanne Harper, of Ken
more, Ohio, is the guest of Mrs. Ar
thur Harper.
Hon. Steve Skelton is spending sev
eral days in Atlanta on business.
Misses Valeria Adams and Ellene
Clark, of Elberton, are the attractive ;<
guests this week of Mrs. John Lee
Adams.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry An
kerich, of Airline, a boy, July 2,
J 925. He has been given the name
Thornton Ankerich. __
SUN RAYS
Mrs. Sallie Cunningham is spend
ing several days in Anderson, S. C.,
with her daughter, Mrs. Anderson.
Mr. Henry Hailey, of Atlanta, was
' the guest last week of his uncle and
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Teasley,
and family.
At Mountain City.
Registered from Hartwell and vi
■ cinity last week-end at The New Ra
i bun in Mountain City, Ga., were:
Dr. and Mrs. Isham B. Hailey.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Hodges.
Mrs. W. I. Hailey.
Mrs. T. D. Johnson, Miss Mildred
I Johnson and their guest, Col. Lon
nie Fleming, of Augusta.
‘ L. M. Cunningham and family
spent last Friday at Tignall, visiting
: Rev. G. H. Bailey, brother of Mrs.
! Cunningham.
Misses Fannie Sue Rucker and Bes
sie Warren returned Sunday from
Cullowhee, N. C., where they have
been taking a six weeks’ course in
the Cullowhee State Normal School.
Mr. Jones Vickery, of Hackleburg,
Ala., is spending some time here vis
iting his brothers, Messrs. E. P.
and T. I. Vickery.
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Mr. and Mrs. Mac Suit and daugh
ter, Josephine Elizabeth, were guests
Sunday at Highland, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sokol and
Mr .and Mrs. Joseph Sokol spent
last Sunday in Highland, N. C.
Miss Margaret Dove, of Elberton,
has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Sokol, Mrs. George Bates and Mrs.
W. H. Pruitt for several days.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Reynolds and
family and Mr. and Mrs. Winn Vin
yard, of Ne’wnan, are on a visit here
to relatives, among them Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Banister, Mr. and Mrs.
Jrfo. Addison and Miss Ossie Sor
rells.
Mrs. Thos. Fischer, of Carlton, is
here visiting relatives and friends.
Miss Mary Land is spending some
time with her cousin, Miss Ruby
Gray, in Hickory, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Neese and fam
ily have moved to Hickory, N. C.
Miss Muriel Adams, of Atlanta, is
spending several days with Miss
Helen Brown.
Elmer G. Alford has returned from
a business trip to Orlando, Fla.
Mrs. H. H. Wilcox and daughter,
Louise, have returned home after a
delightful visit of several weeks to
relatives in Miami and other Flor
ida cities.
Mr. Leon Morris has been on the
sick list for the past week.
The friends of night policeman Jud
Cason regret to know that he con
tinues on the sick list.
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Mrs. A. T. Clark and son, A. T.,
Jr., of Elberton, spent Sunday here
with Mrs. Dora Pearman and family.
The many friends of Mr. B. Allen
Teasley regret to know that he con
tinues on the sick list. We hope he
will soon be up and about again as
usual.
Miss Annie Mae McGuire, of At
lanta, and Miss Sallie Powell, of Au
gusta, were week-end guests of Miss
Lil Johnson.
Mrs. W. E. Monts and daughter,
Ruth, of Dawson, spent several days
last week as the guests of her sister,
Mrs. G. C. Hayes.
Miss Sarah Bailey is visiting her
aunt, Mrs. L. L. Wallis, on Mosley
Drive, Atlanta.
Mr. W. Edwin Miller, of Gastonia,
N. C., spent the week-end visiting
relatives in the city.
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Miss Jimmie Cobb is spending the
month of July with Mrs. L. H. Max
well, in Asheville, N. C.
Among the prominent musicians of
Atlanta secured to take part in the
dedication of WSB, The Atlanta
Journal's new radio station at the
Biltmore Hotel last Monday nignt,
were Mr. and Mrs. Clarence W. Wall.
From 12 midnight to 1 A. M., was
; “West Coast Hour,” during which
time Mr. and Mrs. Wall serenaded
friends in the far west.—The Atlanta
Journal.
Mrs. G. C. Hayes had as her guest
last Friday Mrs. S. D. Brown, of
Royston.,
Elsie Alford, little daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. McCade Alford, has been
seriously ill at her home on Benson
street, but is better as The Sun goes
to press, we are glad to note.
Mrs. F. E. O’Barr and Mrs. Miles
Kay were week-end guests in La
vonia, the guests of Mrs. Walton
Whitxyorth.
Miss Fannie Quillian, of Gaines
ville, was the guest last week-end of
Mrs. E. C. Nichols.
Miss Julia Catherine Little, of El
berton, was the attractive guest this
week of Miss Nell Carter.
Mrs. Amanda McMullan, Mrs. Nim
qui Smith, Mrs. Inman Alford and
Mrs. Will B. McCurry attended the
Club Institute in Athens at the Mem
orial Hall on University Campus Wed
nesday of last week.
Mrs. Jas. R. Whitaker, son and
two daughters, of Cartersville, and
Mrs. S. T. Fleming, of Bowersville,
are the guests this week of Mrs. J. 1
T. Hays and Mrs. Selma McGukin.
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I*HE HARTWELL SUN, HARTWELL, GA., JULY 17, 1925
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Evans and lit
tle daughter, Geraldine, and Mr. J. L.
Getchel, of Walsenburg, Colorado,
arrived in Hartwell via auto Tuesday
to spend a few days with Mrs. Evans’
brother, Prof. H. C. Poole, director of
the Hartwell Band. The party left
home several weeks ago and have al
ready covered 8,000 miles in their
tour of the country.
Mr. R. A. Long, of Atlanta, was
among the guests registering at The
Hotel Hartwell for last week-end.
A tourist drove in Tuesday after
noon en route to the mountains. Stop
ping in front of a local drug store
he stepped out of the car and said,
“Well, fellows, you missed putting a
■ sign on one tree out the road to
' wards Royston.” The traveler said
it in a spirit of fun, but he nearly hit
the truth, for there is almost one
sign for every tree and post. George
|M. Callen, of Selma, Ala., was his
j name. He got his cooling drink at
' the fount and lit out for the hill
j country.
Miss Ira Mae Crawford is visiting
friends and relatives in Royston.
Miss Biondyne James, of Royston,
, is visiting Miss Lucy Crawford.
Miss Lillian Page, of Knoxville,
Tenn., has been in the city for sev-
I eral weeks, the guest of her father,
' Mr. Early Page, and family, and sis
ter, Mrs. W. J. O’Barr.
When Hartwell’s streets are paved
Henry Hailey says he’s going to buy
some of those umbrella-side-walk
seats like they have in Florida and
the mountain resorts. Won’t they
look pretty? Hartwell can become
a resort herself. Let’s go after it.
Mrs. Walter L. Hodges, chairman
of the Legislative Committee of the
Federated Woman’s Clubs of the
State, is in Atlanta this week spon
soring the bill to provide for free
libraries in the rural districts of the
State.
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Col. R. E. Matheson was a business
visitor to Atlanta this week.
Mr. Hoyt Gurley is spending the
week with friends in Griffin.
Rogers To Open 25th.
Mr. V. L. Ray, of Atlanta, was
here Wednesday inspecting the room
where the L. W. Rogers Grocery Co.
will open a store. Mr. Aubrey C.
Ross, of Gainesville, will come to
Hartwell and be Manager of the new
store, which is to open Saturday, July
25th.
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Death of Former Citizen.
Mr. William M. Nixon, age 59, died
in Anderson County (S. C.) Hospital
Friday, July 10, 1925, after being in
ill health for several months.
Interment was in the cemetery at
Reed Creek church, Hart county, Ga.,
on Sunday, July 12th, services be
ing conducted by Rev. L. T. Weldon.
Mr. Nixon moved from Hart coun
ty some 20 years ago. He is surviv
ed by his widow and ten children, all
of who mlive in Anderson, S. C.
Also two sisters, M rs - Sallie Mad
den, of Abbeville, S. C., and Mrs. W.
L. Stovall, of Hart county; four
brothers, Messrs. J. T., J. 8., A. M.,
and T. M. Nixon, of Hart county.
The friends of the bereaved family
extend sympathy.
Dr. W. I. Hailey is in Atlanta on
business.
Mrs. Dora Pearman is visiting her
sister, Mrs. J. A. Gloer, in Bowman,
this week.
Miss Addie Peek, of Elberton, is
visiting relatives in the town and
county, among them the families of
Messrs. Curtis L., John Will, Miles,
Toombs and George Kay.
Misses Katherine and Ruby Brown,
of Atlanta, are visiting their father,
Mr. W. Isham Brown, and relatives
here.
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’ SAVANNAH AUCTIONS
* FIRST BALE OF COTTON;
* BRINGS 33c A POUND *
* *
* Savannah, Ga., July 13.—The *
* first bale of 1925-26 cqtton to be *
* received in Savannah brought 33 *
* cents at auction at the Savannah *
* Cotton exchange at noon Mon- *
* day, being bought by Cooper & *
* Griffin, Inc., of this city. The *
* bale was received Sunday night *
* from J. C. Getzen, Webster, *
* Fla., who shipped the first bale *
. * here last year.
* This is the earliest a bale of *
* cotton has been received at Sav- *
* annah in 25 years.
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* LIGHTNING KILLS WOMAN, *
* SHOCKS HUSBAND AND *
* PUTS OUT BABY’S EYE *
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* Brewton, Ala., July 13.—Kill- *
* ing Mrs. Stacey Barnes instant- •
* ly and seriously shocking Mr. *
* Barnes, her husband, lightning *
* which struck the Barnes home *
* near here Sunday, also hit their *
* baby lying on a bed in the room, *
* putting out one eye and burning *
* all the hair from the child’s *
* head. The child is alive, but is *
* not expected to survive.
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WANTED
Oats, any kind. Small lots
or carlots.
Highest market price.
Call, or deliver to —
N. P. Brown’s Ware
house
L. M. Hilliard, bayer.
Depot St. - Hartwell, Ga.
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SPECIAL NOTICES
Wanted Lost Found
For Sale For Rent
Money Saving Bargains
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WANTED.—Chickens, Eggs and
Butter. STANLY J. BROWN,
Hartwell, Ga.
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FORTSON’S! FORTSON’S!
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Oh, it’s eats that we call for,
Oh, it’s eats, day by day,
For when you get your eats here
You’ll call the very next day.
We-handle Vegetables and Produce,
All kinds of Meats, they say,
For when you call FORTSON’S
You’ll call the very next day.
Our Canned Goods are fresh,
And we keep our store nice,
For when you want Fresh Butter
We send it off the ice.
For when you call FORTSON’S,
The name, of course you know,
It’s easy to pick up the receiver
And call 1-5-4.
NEXT TO VEAL’S BAKERY
Yours For Quality and Service,’
FORTON’S GROCERY STORE
Hartwell, Ga.
Written by SON CAMPBELL.
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We serve Costa’s “just a little bet
ter” Ice Cream. Six different flavors
daily. Call for your favorite flavor.
HERNDON’S DRUG STORE.
FOR SALE.—Pure sound Look
out Mountain Potatoes.
S. L. THORNTON,
50-2t* Dewy Rose 2.
$25.00 REWARD.—For evidence
to convict party or parties who have
cut bee trees, broke down pasture
fences, and burned forest timber on
my land.
50-3t* LEE COBB.
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GROCERIES
Fancy And Heavy
SEE US BEFORE
YOU BUY
High Quality
Fair Prices
Joe A. Thornton
PHONE 173 DEPOT ST.
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We serve our cream in Browers’
Cones. Cost us more, but they are
better.
HERNDON’S DRUG STORE.
Start your garden over since the
rairt. We have the Seed.
A. N. ALFORD & CO.
Clothes and fine Dresses cleaned
like new in ONE DAY, by Columbia
Dry Cleaning Co.
HARTWELL PRESSING CLUB,
Schafer Skelton, Propr.
WANTED.—Man with car to sell
complete line quality Auto Tires and
Tubes. Exclusive Territory. Ex
perience not necessary. Salary
$300.00 per month.
MILESTONE RUBBER COMPANY,
* East Liverpool, Ohio.
We have Feeny Dusters and Myers
Sprayers for feeding boll weevils.
A. N. Alford & Co.
A brick store room for rent.
LEARD & MASSEY.
Clothes and fine Dresses cleaned
like new in ONE DAY, by Columbia
Dry Cleaning Co.
HARTWELL PRESSING CLUB,
Schafer Skelton, Propr.
We have all the best varieties of
Turnip Seed.
A. N. ALFORD & CO.
FOR RENT.—Two nice furnished
bed rooms.
MRS. J. W. MORRIS.
FOR RENT.—Six-room house,
with water and lights.
MRS. SALLIE CUNNINGHAM,
City.
We serve Costa’s “just a little bet
ter” Ice Cream, exclusively. Call
for vour favorite flavor.
HERNDON’S DRUG STORE.
Few more tons SULPHATE AM
MONIA for top dressing.
HART MOTOR CO.
IF YOUR SINGER refuses to sing,
send for me. I make them “sing.”
REPAIR any kind of SEWING MA
CHINE. Parts for all kinds, needles
and bobbins, etc.
R. I. McCURLEY
Singer Sewing Machine Office
Next to Alford’z Warehouse
ts HARTWELL, GA.
WANTED. —Chickens, Eggs and
Butter. STANLY J. BROWN.
Hartwell, Ga.
Will sell some Timothy Hay at a
bargain.
LEARD & MASSEY.
FOR SALE. —House and lot on
Vickery street, now occupied by Dr.
M. M. Parks. Water, sewerage,
lights, etc.
• FRED G. VICKERY, City.
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FOR RENT. —Seven-room house on
east Howell street, where W. A. Teas
ley now lives. Lights, water, sewer
age. A nice new home.
T. R. ESTES, City.
FOR SALE.—Quart and half-gal
lon FRUIT JARS. Also small LAWN
MOWER, in excellent shape.
MRS. NIMQUI SMITH. _
Plant the Yellow Ruta Baga Tur
nip now. „ „
A. N. ALFORD & CO.
FOR RENT.—Five-room house on
Forrest Avenue.
ALSTON HARPER.
FREE! Next Friday and Saturday
—one 10c copy Sheet Music with
every 5c drink.
HERNDON’S DRUG STORE.
Few more tons SULPHATE AM
MONIA for top dressing.
HART MOTOR CO.
Our Fancy Molasses have not been
adulterated. They come to us in
the original hogsheads.
A. N. Alford & Co.
FOR SALE.—Good Milch Cow.
Will sell, or swap for dry cattle.
J. W. CHEEK, Route 4,
* Near Mt. Zion Church.
We serve our cream in Browers’
Cones. Cost us more, but they are
better.
HERNDON’S DRUG STORE.
WANTED. —Chickens. Eggs and
Butter. STANLY J. BROWN,
Hartwell, Ga.
ONE-DAY dry cleaning service.
Send us your Clothes and Dresses
for the Columbia Dry Cleaning Co.
HARTWELL PRESSING CLUB,
Schafer Skelton, Propr.
PIGS for sale.
CHARLIE CORDELL,
47- Hartwell; R- 4.
We have a new barrel of Fancy
Muscovado Molasses.
A. N. Alford & Co.
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We serve Costa’s “just a little bet
ter” Ice Cream, exclusively. Call
for your favorite flavor.
HERNDON’S DRUG STORE.
Come by and take a pint of ICE
CREAM home with you, only 30c,
at HAILEY’S NO 2, next to P. O.
Few more tons SULPHATE AM
MONIA for top dressing.
HART MOTOR CO.
We make all kind of Keys.
YATES HDW. & FURN. CO.
ITCH KILLED “
PARASITICIDE for 50c. Sold by
HAILEY BROS. DRUG CO. 55c by
quick mail.
SITICIDE CO., Commerce, Ga.
We serve Costa’s “just a little bet
ter” Ice Cream. Six different flavors
daily. Call for your favorite flavor.
HERNDON’S DRUG STORE.
We have a few more Red Valen
tine Beans for late plantings.
A. N. ALFORD & CO.
Come by and take a pint of ICE
CREAM home with you, only 30c,
at HAILEY’S NO 2, next to P. O.
WANTED.—Chickens, Eggs and
Butter. STANLY J. BROWN,
Hartwell, Ga.
Few more tons SULPHATE AM
MONIA for top dressing.
HART MOTOR CO.
FOR SALE.—Four registered Jer
sey Cows, fresh in.
48- J. WALTON WHITE.
STRAYED.—Big hound dog, black
body, white breast and white tip
tail. Has piece rope around neck.
Each foot has white spot. Return to
SCUDDY CAMPBELL, Hartwell 2,
and get reward. 48-2t*
We serve you Ice Cream in Brow
ers’ Pound Cake Cones, exclusively.
There’s a difference.
HERNDON’S DRUG STORE.
TRADE PRICES THIS WEEK
Hens 18c lb.; Friers 25c lb.; Eggs
25c dozen; Butter 25c lb.
I appreciate your trade.
ED BURTON,
Canon, Ga.
We serve Costa’s “just a little bet
ter” Ice Cream. Six different flavors
daily. Call for your favorite flavor.
HERNDON’S DRUG STORE.
FOR RENT.—House near Metho
dist church. See
W. C. PAGE.
Few more tons SULPHATE AM
MONIA for top dressing.
HART MOTOR CO.
WANTED.—Chickens, Eggs and
Butter. STANLY J. BROWN,
Hartwell, Ga.
Watch for boll weevils. We have
Feeny Dusting Machines.
A. N. Alford & Co.
We serve you Ice Cream in Brow
ers’ Pound Cake Cones, exclusively.,
There’s a difference.
HERNDON’S DRUG STORE.
We handle Costa’s Brick Ice
Cream. Take a Brick home with you.
HERNDON’S DRUG STORE.
See me for HAIL INSURANCE.
JOE A. THORNTON,
At Store, Depot Street.
FOR RENT.—House on Franklin
street. 5 rooms and bath. Vacant
September Ist.
MRS. MATTIE WEBB.
tf‘ 351 Grand Ave., Akron, Ohio.
We handle Costa’s Brick Ice
Cream. Take a Brick home with vou.
HERNDON’S DRUG STORE.
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Have money to loan Fanners
of Hart County.
C. I. KIDD
Hartwell, Ga.
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ONE-DAY dry cleaning service.
Send us your Clothes and Dresses
for the Columbia Dry Cleaning Co.
HARTWELL PRESSING CLUB,
Schafer Skelton, Propr.
FOR SALE. —Six graded Pigs,
about 6 weeks old, $5.00 each.
MRS. N. J. WHITE,
49_2t* Hartwell, Ga., R. 1.
DELHI COLONY IN DEEP
DI STR E S IN CALIFORNIA
State Land Settlement People la
Great Need—Ask Legislative
Assistance.
Delhi Colony, Calif.—California's
second state land settlement, the Delhi
colony, has resulted in a band of dis
heartened farmers, who place their
only hope in remedial legislation af
fecting payment on their places and
an appropriation of $250,000 to make
necessary improvements.
The colonists, who settled from mid
dle western and eastern states under
a plan sponsored and indorsed by the
Mate through its land settlement
board, headed by Dr. Elwood Mead,
father of the land colonization plan
in the United States, laid their story
of hardship and disaster before a leg
islative committee. Already 48 set
tlers have abandoned their farms.
Claiming to be victims of misman
agement of pyramided costs, set
tlers laid the account of their years
of effort before the committee and
pleaded for help to save their farms
and homes.
The committee came here, obtained
a general impression of the colony
plan from Capt. J. Winter Smith, its
superintendent, and then left for a
tour of the colony by automobile.
On their tour the committee for the
first time came Into direct touch with
the settlers and Individuals. They met
Charlie Stoop, a smiling, hard-work
ing young man of thirty-four, who
came to Delhi with $3,300 in cash and
invested it because he “loved to
farm.” Charlie has a $3,200 mortgag®
on his 40 acres, although he has
worked since 1920. He pays Interest
amounting to $65 a month.
Smiling as he told his story to the
members of the state legislature,
Charlie declares that “this raw sand
makes you hump,” and added that
"sometimes the wife and I don’t know
whether we'll get over the hill."
Stoop was an lowa farmer who
made money farming in that state. He
also Is an expert sign painter, but he
prefers to found a farm home in Cali
fornia if he can. His standard of
living, he admitted, was low. He has
been able to furnish only one room
of his home, and has kept grocery
bills as low as $7 In some months.
Vassar Teacher Invents
Oil-Refining Furnace
New York.—A new mlcrothermal
furnace recently Invented by Miss Tai
sia Stadnlchenko, Instructor in chem
istry at Vassar college, will eliminate
much waste in oil refining, according
to President Henry Noble McCracken
of Vassar college. The national re
search council, he said, had granted
Miss Stadnlchenko $7,000 to continue
her research In Washington.
The microthermal furnace, said Doc
tor McCracken, makes possible accu
rate observation of successive stages in
the disintegration of shale or petroleum
when subjected to temperature up to
600 degrees centigrade, enabling scien
tists to determine the exact nature of
by-products formed. Such an Instru
ment had been declared by scientists
to be impossible, said Dr. McCracken.
The device when brought to the atten
tion of Dr. David White, chairman of
the petroleum division of the National
Research council, so Impressed him
that he recommended the $7,000 grant
to the Inventor to continue her work.
Miss Stadnlchenko came to this
country as a refugee from Russia a
few years ago, said Doctor McCracken,
and for three years has been a mem
ber of th® Vassar faculty.
Finnish Women Organize
for Military Service
Helsingfors, Finland.— Two hundred
thousand Finnish women are organized
into Lotta Svaerd clubs, auxiliaries to
the voluntary military organizations
of men, and are in constant training
to support the standing army in case
of emergency.
The women are organized on a mili
tary basis and participate in manetF
versos the volunteer forces so that
they may be prepared to carry on all
work for which women are qualified
in time of war.
During the drills the women wear
coarse gray garments and sleep on
straw, just as the men volunteers do,
so as to accustom themselves to th®
hardships of military service
The fighting between the Red and
White forces which followed the estab
lishment of the Russian soviet gov
ernment saw much of Finland involved
in the bitterest sort of ctvU strife
Railway communications were severed
for months, and the entire population
was involved in conflict