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TRADE IN HARTWELL---THE METROPOLIS OF N. E. GEORGIA 8 PAGES IN THIS ISSUE VOL 49 Preparations Under Way For Opening ■ > School Soon Preparations are already under way for the opening of the Hartwell schools and prospects point to one of the most successful years in their history. The faculty has been completed, and the final details are being work ed out. The members of the teach ing force have been selected with great care, and with a view to com plying with the requirements of an jjk accredited A-l school. “We are enthusiastic over the out look for the 1925-26 session,” said President W. E. Meredith of the Board of Education to a Sun repre sentative Monday. “In fact, we have just now reached the point where we are enabled to give to Hartwell the best school she has "ever had, and, as usual, we are anticipating a large at tendance from over Hart county. Some of the finest pupils we have are boys and girls from the county,” • stated Mr. Meredith. Information reaches us that Supt. Allman, who is at Peabody, Nash ville, for the summer, is delighted over prospects for the approaching term. He will arrive in Hartwell the last of August. The annual edition of The Sun, boosting our schools and carrying list of studies, rules and regulations, names of pupils, faculty, etc., will be issued soon. * ROLANDT URNER COMING ON 14TH Mr. Roland Turner, head of the Agricultural Department of the Southern Railroad, of Atlanta, will address the farmers of Hart county at the court house on Friday, August 14th, probably in the afternoon. “ Mr. Turner is a brilliant speaker and is one of the leading agricultural workers of the South. His address will deal with farm ing problems whifch are very pressing in Hart county at this time. He par ticularly will stress those phases which deal with supplementary cash crons to cotton, such as poultry, flows, etc. We urge you to be pres ent, and bring your neighbor. . o First Open 801 l Cotton The first open boll of cotton to reach The Sun office came in by mail Tuesday at noon from Mr. Gro ver Heaton, of Hartwell 4, Eureka community. The boll was fully developed and had evidently been open a day or so. We heard of open bolls Monday morning, but Mr. Heaton’s was the first one to actually pay in its ap pearance at this office, o Oconee County, S. C., Singers Meet Westminster August 1-2 The Oconee county annual Sing ing Convention will meet at West minster, S. C., at the high school au ditorium the first Saturday and Sun day, August Ist and 2nd. All good .» singers and lovers of good song are * invited to come, and let’s have two days of prayer and song. W. M. LEMMONS, Pres. R. N. SMITH, Sec. « o * Hartwell Lodge No. 189 F. & A. M., will hold its regular session on next Tuesday night, August 4, at 8 o’clock. All qualified Masons are cordially invited to attend. W. T. JOHNSON, Worshipful Master. “ B. S. HALL, Secretary. o ■ CUTS ARTERY IN FOOT; NEARLY BLEEDS TO DEATH Robert, little two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lon Rice, came danger ously near bleeding to death last Sunday morning, when he stepped on a broken piece of glass in the yard of his Tusten street home, and severed an artery in the heel. Be fore a physician could be secured the ■* little fellow became limp and almost lifeless from the loss of blood. Soon after the physician arrived and the flow of blood was stayed, the little fellow began to brighten up and is now all right. His mother was at home at the time, fortunately, in stead of at the Baptist Sunday school where she teaches one of the larg est and most interesting classes, and lost no time in securing medical as -4 sistance.—Elberton Star. o The hot dog—a distinctly Amer ican institution —has invaded Japan, and is meeting with high favor. > BASEBALL! See those three games of ball next week. Hartwell vs. Elberton, Tues day. Wednesday and Thursday. All man field, 4 o’clock. Admission 25c. THE HARTWELL SUN. CAMPMEETING IS IN FULL SWAY; TO CLOSE AUGUST 2 Services at the well-known Hart well Campground began last Mon day night, and together with the annual District Standard Training School for S. S. workers continues to gain in interest and attendance. Services are being held three times daily, at 11 A. M., 3 and 8:30 P. M. The classes for the training school begin early in the day, preceded by the young people’s prayer service at 7 o’clock each morning., The Epworth League Assembly closed with the opening of the other exercises on Monday evening. Dis trict Secretary J. H. Baker, of Hart well, was in charge of the League session, which was the first ever held here, both the attendance and work being very satisfactory. Dr. A. W. Rees, of Emory Acad emy, is preaching at the 11 o’clock hour daily; Presiding Elder Smith delivers his inspirational lectures ev ery afternoon at 3 o’clock, and Rev. A. G. Shankle, pastor of the Elber ton First Methodist church, preaches every night at 8:30 o’clock, preceded by the song service beginning at 8:15. Rev. Coffman, of Carnesville, is in charge of the singing. Composing the Training School force are Rev. J. C. Adams, Dr. Howard, Mrs. W. J. Culpepper and Miss Gene Ragsdale, of Atlanta; Rev. Lester Rumble, of Trion, Ga.; and Rev. Horace S. Smith, of Elberton. A large number of pastors from over the District, besides those nam ed, are in attendance for the week. All the tents are occupied this year, and much interest has been manifested in the meeting. The usual large attendance is expected next Sunday, the services closing with the evening program. o Crop Estimate Falls Off 751,000 Bales Last Report Washington, D. C.—This year’s cotton crop, which early gave indi cation of being one of the largest ever grown declined during the three weeks ended July 16, to the extent of 751,000 bales. In its second forecast of the season the Depart ment of Agriculture announced the indicated crop to be 13,588,000 equivalent 500 pound bales. The first forecast on July 2, was for 14,- 399,000 bales. The forecast was based on the con dition of the crop on July 16, which was 70.4 per cent of a normal, indi cating an acre yield of 140.0 year’s July 16 condition was 68.5 year was 75.9, indicating an acre yield of 147.7 pounds, while last year’s July 16 condition was 68.5 and the final acre yield 157.4 pounds. The condition of the crop on July 16 and the indicated yield per acre by state follow: Virginia, condition 76 per cent, and indicated acre yield of 241 pounds. North Carolina, 77 and 236. Cp~ n !ina. 7i and 152. Georgia, 74 and 126. Florida, 82 and 98. Missouri, b 0 and 254. Tennessee, 79 and 178. Alabama, 78 and 140. Mississippi, 83 and 179. Louisiana, 76 and 137. Texas, 56 and 101. Oklahoma, 76 and 150. Arkansas, 85 and 190. New Mexico, 82 and 213. Arizona, 94 and 263. California, 92 and 265. All other states 79 and 164. The area in cultivation June 25 was 46,448,000 acres. “Most of the decline in prospec tive production took place in Texas and Oklahoma and was caused by continued extreme dry weather and high temperatures,” the crop report ing board said in commenting on the report. The important central and southern portions of Texas have suf fered extreme injury. In the drought stricken counties of the south center the cotton has received but little benefit from scattered showers and much of it has died. “With a good general rain over the region which last year produced 1,- 860,000 bales and whose condition averages below 50 per cent, it could improve rapidly; however, a large percentage of the area is bare of plants and beyond power to respond. Os the 62 counties whose condition lies below 50 per cent, there are 28 below 30 per cent there these having produced 8,161,000 bales in 1924. Conditions in the remaining districts of Texas are better .averaging above 70 per cent. “In Oklahoma conditions have been very unfavorable to the growing of cotton since June 25. “In the Piedmont sections of North Carolina, South Carolina and North Georgia, a drought has been holding the crop in check, but in the other portions of this state the outlook is generally favorable. “In Alabama and Mississippi, weather conditions generally have fa vored the growth of the crop, and with the exception of a few local areas the crop is blooming and fruit ing well. Weevil infestation here is quite spotted and increasing some what, though it is not yet serious.” HARTWELL, HART COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1925 Hart Gets Check For $1,809 From Gasoline Tax ’ Clerk J. W. Baker of the County Board of Commissioners has receiv ed a check for the sum of $1,809.93 representing Hart county’s share of the gasoline tax collected by the State of Georgia during the months of April, May and June. The total sum received by the State from the tax of three cents per gallon for this period was $991,- 943.27, according to announcement from the office of Comptroller-Gen eral Wm. A. Wright in Atlanta. This is the largest amount ever col lected under the gasoline tax law. The corresponding period last year show ed a total of $832,425.49, while total collections to date for the first six months of 1925 are $1,838,803.80. This gasoline tax money, under the law, is divided into three equal parts. One-third goes to the state highway department, one-third to the redis counting of the W. & A. rental war- i rants and one-third to the counties ■ according to post road mileage to be ' expended in county road work. $ 65,000 Premium List For S. E. Fair In Atlanta More than $65,000 has been set aside for premiums and prize money for the Southeastern fair to be held in Atlanta in October, it was learned Saturday when it was announced by R. M. Striplin, secretary of the or ganization that the 1925 catalog and premium list had been com pleted and would be ready for mail ing during the coming week. The new premium list is one of the largest ever issued by the asso ciation. Very little space in the cat alog is used for advertising purposes. It contains 188 pages devoted to information concerning premiums and rules for entry in the various contests and exhibits. The largest premiums to be paid this year will be for farm and live stock exhibits. More than SIO,OOO will be paid to hog and pig exhibit ors. The National Hog and Cat tle, the Southern Swine Growers’ association and the Southern Cat tlemen’s association are to be fea tures of the fair. Another feature of the fair will be the southeastern singing conven tion. More than 20,000 community singers are expected to take active part in the gathering. There spe cial concerts wil Ibe given in the fair grounds. The Boys’ Fair school, Girls’ Sew ing and Canning clubs, dog show, horse show, and harness racing as well as two days of automobile rac ing are other features that will at tract considerable attention. o ZIGZAGGING During the hearing of a traffic case in an Ohio town the judge put this question to the chauffeur brought before him for having run down a i man: “You knew that if you struck this pedestrian he would probably be se riously injured, did you not?” “Yes, your honor,” said the chauf feur. “In that case why didn’t you zig zag your car and miss him?” "Your honor,” explained the driv er, “he was zigzagging himself and outguessed me, that’s all.”—Judge. (J _ Apparently, when it comes to evo lution the bathing suit has everything else stripped. Pittsburg Chronicle- Telegraph. TOTAL OF 177 DEATHS IN HART COUNTY 1924; RACE, CAUSE, SEX *-3 iz h CAUSE OF DEATH h ~ • 2 h • O * a? o ~ a, F- > S fc. 55 3 J*. From all cauiei 177 111 55 56 66 36 30 Epidemic and infectious disease 24 11 5 613 6 7 Typhoid fever 4 10 13 0 3 Measles 7 2 2 0 5 2 3 Whooping cough 2 0 0 0 2 11 Influenza 6 6 2 4 0 0 0 Tuberculosis 5 2 11 3 3 0 Cancer 8 6 2 4 2 0 2 Diseases of the nervous system ... 18 15 1 14 3 3 0 Apoplexy .-. 10 8 0 8 2 2 0 Diseases of the circulatory system 9 5 2 3 4 3 Organic heart disease 8 4 1 3 4 3 1 Diseases of the respiratory system 20 12 11 1 8 5 3 Broncho-pneumonia 4 3 3 0 1 0 1 Pneumonia 15 8 71 7 5 2 Diseases of the digestive system .14 6 3 3 8 5 Diarrhea and dysentery under 2 yrs. 6 3 2 1 3 1 2 Diarrhea and dysentery over 2 yrs. 2 110 1 10 Diseases of the genito-urinary tract 19 14 11 3 5 2 3 Brights disease 19 14 11 3 5 2 3 Diseases of the puerperal state .2 1 0 11 0 1 Puerperal septicemia 11 0 1 0 0 0 Malformations 110 10 0 0 Diseases and conditions peculiar to infancy 30 18 9 9 12 6 6 Senility 6 4 1 3 2 11 External causes 11 7 5 2 4 2 2 Suicides 11 1 0 0 0 0 Suicides by firearms 11 1 0 0 0 0 Accidents 6 4 2 2 2 0 2 Homicides 4 2 2 0 2 2 0 Homicides by firearms 4 2 2 0 2 2 0 Causes illdefined 1511 5 6 4 3 1 Two Hartwell Men Directors Wilson Highway Milledgeville, Ga., July 23. (Spe cial).—More than 300 delegates at tended the annual convention of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Highway association here today on the first an niversary of the founding of the or ganization. Delegations of prominent citizens from every county traversed by the proposed highway were in attendance and one of the most enthusiastic meetings held here in years resulted. George H. Carswell, of Irwinton, presided and W. H. Proctor, of Dub lin, was secretary. The meeting con vened at 11 o’clock and was in session all day, with the exception of the lunch hour, when a barbecue dinner was served on the campus of the George State College for Women. The convention affirmed the action of last year’s meeting at Dublin, when the official route from Hart well via Athens, Madison, Eatonton, ; Milledgeville, Orwinton, Dublin and j Waycross was established, under the ■ nresent name, with the permission of 1 Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. The convention adopted as the marker for the highway, a gold star o a blue background, and the ques tion of allowing branch lines to use the same designation as part of their insignia was referred to a committee for report. Several peittions for branch lines were heard and referred to committees. Among these were petitions for a branch highway to run from Augusta, Waynesville, Midville, Soperton and Glenwood, another from Hazelhurst to Valdosta, to be known as the “College Route.” The officers elected for the next year for the association were: George H. Carswell, of Irwinton, president; G. O. Stone, of Glenwood, first vice president; A. S. Richardson, of Hart well, second vice president; W. H. °’ , octor of Dubl'n, secretary, and Erwin Sibley, of Mijledgeville, treas urer. Directors elected were: Hart coun ty, A. S. Richardson and Foster C. Brown; Madison county, L. E. Green; Oconee, E. G. Crowley; Clarke, J. W. Barnett and C. E. Martin; Put nam, J. R. Griffin and B. W. Hunt; Baldwin, O. M. Ennis and Dr. Rich ard Binion; Wilkinson, Dr. J. H. Duggan and I. M. Hall; Laurens, J. F. Grier and F. A. Roberts; Wheeler, R. E. Rivers; Helfair, I). P. McArthur; Jeff Davis, W. E. Pierce and J. A. Cromartie; Coffee, R. A. Moore and N. M. Tipin; At kinson, A. T. Munchu; Lanier, Will H. Howell; Lowndes, A. S. Ashley. All counties through which the highway passes are to have two directors and those not named today will be named by the county com missioners within the next few days. Resolutions of appreciation were extended Milledgeville for the hospi tality shown. A legislative and legal committee was elected to take legal action if necessary to protect the original name of the Woodrow Wilson high way. o Schafer Skelton Moves His Pressing Club; Installs Another Steam Presser 4 Mr. Schafer Skelton, proprietor of the Hartwell Pressing Club, an nounces that he has also taken over the Standard Pressing Club and will move Saturday from the Hailey building to the room occupied by the latter, opposite W. P. Rice’s store. He has also put in an additional steam presser and is now better equipped than ever to handle the pressing, cleaning and repairing busi ness here. KIWANIS-LEGION BASEBALL GAME IS SET FOR 4 P. M. The athletic event de luxe of the 1925 season will occur in Hartwell this Thursday afternoon, July 30th, at 4 o’clock,—if it doesn’t rain. A selected team from the mem bers of the Hart County Post Amer ican Legion will again put on their “fighting clothes" and have it out with a fast bunch from the Hart well, Kiwanis Club. Admission will be only 25c to Ann man Field where this remarkable de monstration wil be held. It behooves every loyal citizen to go, for the funds will be used for a charitable purpose. Below we give the line-up: Kiwanian*. J. E. Cobb, Ist B, ' H. 1. Alford, 2nd B. R. E. Cox, S. S. F. C. Brown, 3rd B. H. L. Fry, P. B. C. Teasley, C. J. B. Shaw, C. F. W. B. Morris, R. F. O. Y. McLees, L. F. Substitutes. R. E. Matheson. J. H. Skelton, Jr. W. C. Page. F. P. Linder. M. M. Norman. Legionaires J. T. Wilcox, C. J. E. Martin, P. W. G. Hodges, Ist B. J. B. Magill, 2nd B. A. F. Bell. Jr., S. S. Chas. Sokol, 3rd B. H. G. Pearman, L. F. I. J. Phillips, Jr., C. F. I. B. Hailey, R. F. Substitutes. H. H. Page. A. B. Brown. I. B. Reynolds. H. L. Yates. M. M. Parks. T. R. Gaines. o Kiwanian J. H. Skelton Tells of Trip To Session In St. Paul An account of the recent trip bv Kiwanian J. H. Skelton to St. Paul, where he attended the annual session of Kiwanis International, featured last Friday’s meeting of the Kiwanis Club. Mr. Skelton, past president of the Hartwell club, recounted in a most interesting and enthusiastic way the incidents of the trip, both from social and business stand points. “The principal subjects,” stated Mr. Skelton, “were education and ag riculture. These two were present ed by men conversant with their topics and I have never heard ad dresses that were so full of genuine spirit and indicative of deep study as delivered at the St. Paul conven tion.” There were some eighty Georgia Kiwanians in attendince, the party going in a special train. Mr. Skelton stated that Montreal, Canada, won the 1926 convention. Mayor Richardson gave an account of the trip to Milledgeville, where he and Kiwanian Foster C. Brown at tended the annual meeting of the Woodrow Wilson Highway Associa tion. Visitors of the day were Mr. Grant land G. King, a Kiwanian of Thom aston, and who sent the Hartwell Club a box of peaches recently. He is always a welcome visitor to Hart well and the club; Mr. Aubrey I. J Roper, who has cast his lot with us as a citizen, coming from Gainesville to manage the local Rogers store, was the other visitor. Both made short and interesting talks. Kiwanian T. S. Mason won the attendance prize, a box of Hershey chocolates, given through the Hart well Grocery Co. Mrs. L. N. Adams presided at the < piano. Methodist Church There will be no services of any nature at the Methodist church Sun ' day. Preaching at the Campground at |ll A. M., 3 P. M., and 8:30 P. M. i We hope the membership will ar i range to attend all these services. The Ellen Bobo Missionary So ciety will meet next Tuesday, Aug ust 4th, at Mrs. Judson B. Shaw’s at 4 o’clock. o The first piece of gold found in Australia was discovered by a native, a bushman, who, seeing his master counting sovereigns, brought in a lump of Golconda weighing 106 pounds, and valued at $24,000. o In the late war, when the Amer | ican commanding officer of a western I regiment found the Germans tapping an American telephone wire he de tailed eight Indians to transmit orders in Choctaw which completely puzzled the Kaiser’s best linguists and language specialists. BASEBALL! Sheriff Jack Hailey, of Elberton, j says he will arrest all of his ball play ers and come to Hartwell next Tues day, Wednesday and Thursday to : arrest three games of ball from j Hartwell. “We’ll be there.’’ I Georgia Newspaper Man Weds Across Savannah Sunday Ordinarily, it falls the newspaper man’s lot to merely write-up the stories of romance, but once in a blue moon some newspaper fellow takes it upon himself to become a principal character in the scene. Last Sunday afternoon, July 26, 1925, Mr. John W. Hammond, well known State newspaper correspond ent for leading Georgia publications, with headquarters in Atlanta, cams to Hartwell, got in touch with Rev, W. A. Duncan, pastor of the Hart wel Baptist church, together with his personal friend, former Senator T, I S. Mason, of this city, and the bride i to-be, Miss Edna Braswell, of Atlan . ta, —all quickly sped via auto to the I South Carolina side of the majestic ! Savannah, just beyond Alford’s | Bridge. And there, under the shade of a 1 large oak tree, as the breezes made sweet music through the leaves, and the blue sky looked down smilingly, —there, Mr. Hammond and Miss Braswell were pronounced man and wife by the Rev. Mr. Duncan, with Senator Mason as the attendant for both groom and bride, as it were. The happy couple then left for a wedding trip. How’s that for romance for a hard working newspaper man? Pretty good, we say, and The Sun wishes to extend Bro. Hammond and his charming wife heartiest congra tulations and best wishes. O " 1 - Arch Gilmore Passes Arch Gilmore, one of the county’s oldest and best known negro men, died at the county farm about 9 o’clock last Thursday night. Arch had been in ill health for the past two years but did not get to where he couldn't travel until re cently. He was possessed of a strong body and reached the age of 80-odd years, it was stated. The remains were buried Friday in the cemetery at the county home. Services At Sardis Revival services began first of the week at Sardis, the Rev. L. M. Smith, pastor of the Baptist church at Due West, S. C., preaching. Services are held twice daily, at II A. M., and 8:30 P. M. The public is cordially invited to attend. Centreville Loses Baseball Game To Air Line Tuesday In a twelve inning contest Tuesday afternoon Airline defeated Center ville at Centerville by a score of 12-9. Hits were numerous through out the game, Airline getting nine teen hits off of Cooley while Center ville was able to garner only eight off the combined deliveries of Shiflet and Herndon. Airline, because of her victory Tuesday, came within a half of, a game of Sardis and pushed Center ville deeper into the cellar of Hart County League standing. Both of the teams meet again Saturday on the Airline diamond. DOC. o IN BASEBALL CIRCLES On Wednesday afternoon on the Bowersville diamond the Bowersville team crossed bats with the Mt. Oli vet league leaders before the largest I crowd that has witnessed a league game yet. The hard hitting Mt. Olivet nine started their bombardment in the first inning -they banged out a four run lead and never was headed with their fireworks until the game had 1 ended and Mt. Olivet won by a big margin of 12 to 2. Jim Crook playing right field for Mt. Olivet, made a sensational one hand catch in the third inning. Crook had switched for a right hand batter and he happened to hit late and Crook ran nearly to the foul line to make the beautiful catch. Wake Bailey was in good trim, not allowing the Bowersville batters but five scattered hits and turned in his sixth straight victory with no defeat. The Mt. Olivet batters turned in welve hits while Bowersville garned five safeties. Mt. Olivet Defeats Sardis 12 To 8. On Saturday afternoon on the All man field the Mt. Olivet team when the sun had sunk below the western hills had hung up another victory for seventh straight win. Jim Crook pitched stellar ball for six innings, not allowing but two hits until the seventh inning, he had the Sardis batters cutting at the breeze. Fred Cleveland was the prominent hitting star of the game. In the first inning Fred came to the bat and hung one of Fry’s curves and sent the ball sailing over Smith’s head in left field for a home run. Also Fred smacked one of Fry’s balls to right center for three sacks. Dock Bailey, the fleet-footed out fielder for Mt. Olivet, made two sensational catches of two line drives that were labeled for hits, but Dock brought them down. 8 PAGES IN THIS ISSUE NO. 52