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TRADE IN HARTWELL---THE METROPOLIS OF N. E. GEORGIA 8 PAGES IN THIS ISSUE VOL. 50 $200,000 For Roads 'MONEY WILL BE PAID TO LOCAL LABOR; MULES AND WAGONS WILL BE KEPT BUSY UNTIL ANOTHER CROP CAN BE RAISED IN COUNTY TAX RATE FOR • HART COUNTY IS LOWERED Hart County Tax Levy, 1925. Georgia—Hart County. To Joe Whitworth. Tax Collector of Hart County: Jt is ordered fey the Board of Corn et missioners of Roads and Revenues of Hart county, and you are hereby di rected to collect for county, state and school taxes for the year 1925 the following amounts, to-wit: Four (4) mills on each dollar’s worth of taxable property for Road fund. Three (3) mills on each dollar's ■worth of taxable property for Bridge fund. » Three (3) mills on each dollar’s ■ worth of taxable property for Coun- •ty Purpose fund. One (1) mill on each dollar s worth of taxable property for Indi gent Poor fund. One (1) mill on each dollar’s worth of taxable property for Jury fund. . One (1) mill on each dollar’s worth of taxable property for Court House fund. One and one-half (1 1-2) mills on dollar’s worth of taxable prop erty for Educational fund. Five (5) mills on each dollar’s worth of taxable property for State tax. Five (5) mills on each dollar’s worth of taxable property for Public .School purposes. This five mills, however, is not to be levied on property inside of incorporated towns where they have a public school sys tem. This makes a total of oew dollar and forty-five cents for each hun dred dollars’ worth of taxable prop erty for all county uses, plus the school tax and state tax. In addition to above amounts must be collected for school purposes as indicated which has been fixed by the proper authorities in each school district, and recommended by the County Board of Education. . School Tax Levies by Districts for 1925. Air Line Consolidated School Dis trict, seven mills for school bonds and five mills for district local school tax. , Bowersville Consolidated School .District, five mills for district local school tax. Bio School, five mills for district local school tax. < Cokesbury School District, .five rmills district local school tax. Cedar Creek School District, eleven tmills for school bonds, three and one ihalf mills local school district lax. Duncan School District, five mills district local school tax. Eagle Grove Consolidated School District, 10 mills school bond tax Goldmine Consolidated School Dis trict, nine mills school bonds tax, fve mills local district school tax. A Montevideo School District, fiw mills district local school tax. Alt. Olivet Consolidated School Dis trict,, eleven mills school bond tax. Mt. Hebron School District, elewn milli school bond tax, five mills dis trict local school tax. Nuberg School District, eight mills bond tax, .five mills district school lo cal tax. Reed Creek Consolidated School District, eight mills bond tax, three mills district local tax. ± Sardis Consolidated School Dis trict, eight mills bond tax, five mills district local tax. Vanna School District, four mills school bond tax. Viola School District, five mills district local tax. Shoal Creek Consolidated School ten mills school bond tax. Alford School District, eleven mills school bond tax. This order as given shall constitute the authority of the Tax Collector or his successor to collect the same together with all other taxes and turn over to the proper legal author ities. j This September Ist, 1925. V A.N.P.BROWN, Chairman, F. C. GAINES, ■C. E. WILLIAMS, P. P. GULLEY, L. H. COBB. THE HARTWELL SUN. Jones To Danville; Harrison New R. R. Supt. For Local Line / ________ Mr. J. B. Jones, for the past five year# Superintendent of the Hart well Railway, has resigned this posi tion 'effective Friday of this week, and will leave with his family within | a few days for Danville, Va., wlwre Mr. Jones has accepted a position wifih the city as Traffic Manager. In this new capacity Mr. Jones will have charge of the Freight Bureau for Danville, a position that carries a handsome and deserved increase in salary, and at the same time carries Mr. Jones and his family back among old friends. For many years Mr. Jones was prominently connected with the Danville & Western Rail way, having offices in that city. Sutceeding Mr. Jones as Superin tendent of the Hartwell Railway will be Mr. Paul P. Harrison, 'Well-known Hartwell citizen, and for nnany years iu charge of the line under the own ership of the Souther® Railway. Mr. Harrison is eminently fitted to again take up the walk as Super intendent, and the railway which is now owned by local capital is to be congratulated on securing his ser vices. There are no other • changes in the personnel of the office force of tAie railway, Mr. L. N. Adams, the effi cient Auditor, being on the job as usual, and is recognized as one of the most capable men that company could secure anywhere. Mr. Neal Thornton, the Chief Clerk, is also re tained and in this work is making a splendid record. Hartwell and community regret deeply to lose Mr. Jones and his family, but extend best wisher as they leave us for their home in Dan ville. * » * At a call meeting of the directors of the Hartwell Railway Co., to con sider the resignation of Mr. J. B. Jones, Superintendent, the following expression of appreciation of hi? val unable services was unanimously adopted: “In accepting .the resignation of Mr. Jones, our (efficient Superinten dent, it presents ran occasion of deep regret to all in any way .con nected with the Hartwell Railway as owners, directors, employees or pa trons. “Mr. Jones in all his duties has displayed faithfulness and efficiency of the highest passible degree. The severing of our relations with him not only calls for business regret hut ; also regrets in the personal and so cial relations of life which haw- .al ways been the most cordial in every way. ! “We want inscribed on the minutes i of our records that Mr. Jones and his interesting family will carry .with them wherever they go not only the very best wishes »of the Hartwell Railway but the entire citizenship of our community, hoping that their .fu ture may be rewarded abundantly with the greatest happiness and prosperity in every way.” u How N. J. Ridgway Is Doing Things jfir. N. J. Ridgway, <of Hart coun- I ty, who lives near Cam.n, brought 50 I bushels of oats and watch mixed to I Hartwell Saturday and returned i home that afternoon with $75.00 j cash. Mr. Ridgway is always planning to have something on hand when the other fellow hasn’t, —ani then he simply turns it loose and gets the cash. He raises hogs and every year kills them in large quantities. A talk with Mr. Ridgway will en courage any man who wants to bet ter his condition on the farm. " ° ( Legion Meeting Hart County Post No. 109 Amer ican Legion will hold its regular semi monthly session on Friday evening of ] this week, September 11 th, in the ■ hall, McCurry building. Every member is urged to be pres ent for this meeting. There are several important mat-1 ters for discussion. HARTWELL, HART COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1925 Campbel! Succeeds Cox As Manager of Ford Company Here An important business change ef fected this week was the taking over of the managership of the Hart Mo tor Co., local Ford dealers, by Mr. Clarence G. Campbell, former prom inent Lavonian, who succeeds Mr. Robt. E. Cox, who filled this place during The past five years. Mr. Cox recently resigned to enter | other fields after a most successful career in Hartwell as head of the ; Ford interests. The new manager, Mr. Campbell, is already in Hartwell, and with his family occupy a home on west How ell street. He is well known to many of our people, having been born in ; Franklin county and lived in this ’ section practically all his life. He is j a progressive citizen and will prove an acquisition to the civic, social and religious life of Hartwell and Hart county. He comes to Ha.Tt.wel from Lavo nia, where he has successfully man aged the Ford plant for several years; as manager of the Hartwell place he will ab*< direct the business in Lavonia. The local Fwd plant* is one of the most magnificent and modern struc tures in this section of Georgia. On behalf of the community we j extend Mr. Campbell and his family I a most cordial welcome. Many Attend The Revival Services At Methodist Church Revival services are in praftress ; this week at the Hartwel Methodist | church and wil continue through next 1 I Sunday night. ! The attendance has been very good, both morning and evening, the hours of services being 10 A. M., and 8 P. M., the song service. Led by Rev. Eugene Barton, preceding each | message. The pastor, Rev. J. H. Barton, has been delivering sermons that carry convincing power and of a nature that will result in great good to all who avail themselves of the oppor tunity to hear the gospel. The other churches of the city have heartily joined in the meeting, an invitation being extended every man, woman and child in the commu nity to attend. 0 New Case Is Open Mr. Job C. Holbrook, formerly of Royston, who has moved to Hartwell with his family, has just opened an up-to-date case in the McCurry building where the postoffice was lo cated for some time and later oc cupied by Mr. Kolgaklis. The new case is well equipped with every convenience both for the em ployees and patrons, having both ta ble and counter service. A large range, refrigerator, elec tric fans and other items found in the modern case have been installed by Mr. Holbrook, who is ably assisted by his brother, Mr. Geo. N. Holbrook, who has many years’ experience in this line. Mr. J. C. Temples is also employed by Mr. Holbrook. Mrs. Holbrook has supervision of the preparation of all foods. They invite the patronage of our people, both in town and county. PRAY FOR RAIN This week The Sun has been re quested by a number of readers to urge the Christian people of Hartwell and Hart county to pray for rain that the drought might be broken. We gladly comply with this re quest. No general meeting place has been arranged, but several parties have asked that the people in their J1 homes, and as they gather in various : 1 religious services, offer prayers for I the showers to eome. o PREACHING NOTICE i Miss Myrtle Whitehead will preach i the home of Mr. J. W. Cheek, near ■ Mt. Zion, on the second Sunday night in September, the 12th inst. CHAS. S. PEEK. TWO STATES ARE BUYING BRIDGES SPANNING RIVER NEAR HARTWELL ( Final Details Not Completed Before Sun Went To Pre»»—Much Interest In Two State* Over The Matter HIGHWAY BOARD WANTS TO HELP THOSE IN DROUGHT | Go to Washington and Ask Federal Aid For Roads In This Section of State of Georgia Atlanta, Sept. B.—Purchase of two Savannah river bridges between Hart county, Georgia, and Anderson county. South Carolina, by the state highway departments of the two states will be completed Wednesday whec. Rear Admiral Samuel McGow an, U. S. N. retired, chairman of Hie 1 Sot-th Carolina state highway board, j actives in Atlanta for a conference with members of the Georgia state highway board. The neighboring states have an op i tion on the bridges signed by A. N. ‘lMford, the owner, who wil) sell them for $140,000. Os this price, $20,000 is to be paid by the two counties and the remaining $120,000 by the two states, in equal portions. Th* bridges will be operated by the two states on a toll basis for a year air J a half longer, in which time they are expected to pay for themselvps. After that they will be made free bridges. Seek Relief For Farmer*. Following the conference Wedges [ day with Admiral McGowan, Chair i man John N. Holder and members J. ; H. Phillips and Stanley B. Bennett of j the Georgia state highway board will | leave Wednesday night for Washing ' ton to confer with the U. S. bureau ' of public roads on its position rela i tive to advancing federal aid on new highway projects for the relief of the drouth stricken section of Georgia. The highway beard will be accom panied to Washington by Congress • men Gordon, Lee and W. D. Up shaw, and will be joined there by Congressmen Tom Bell and Vinson, all of whom will support Georgia’s plea for advancement of 1926 federal aid so that farmers of north (ieorgia may be given employment in road building to earn a living through the fall and winter months, their crops having been practically destroyed by the long drouth. On the return from Washington Mr. Holder will announce the -date for a meeting of county commission ers of the counties in the dnuuth affected area to be held in Atlanta the early part of week after next. At this meeting plans for raising county funds for the highway* pro jects will be made and the county coifamissioners will be advised of the proper course to pursue in issuing bonds and raising the necessary coun ty money. Addition to Mileage. Hearings on requests for oprtkms of the 800 miles addition to the state highway system provided for by the recent general assembly occupied a great portion of Friday’s meeting of j the highway board. Chairman Holder announced that the board will not I give consideration to the placing of ; the additional 800 miles until after October 1, and that the board will ; obtain all possible information on the | subject and make a personal inspec- j tion of every route asked before granting any of the mileage. Requests were presented for con- ■ siderably more mileage than the leg- j islature provided. The additional 300 I miles will increase the present state system mileage of 6,200 miles to an even 7,000 miles. -o Year Books Are Ready For Distribution; Write Hon. Chas. H. Brand For Copy The 1924 Year Book of the De-' partment of Agriculture . are now ready for distribution and 1 will be glad to send a copy to anyone who requests it, as long as my supply lasts. These books are of particular ’ interest to farmers as they contain many valuable suggestions and much information relatives to crops and , stock raising. C. H. BRAND, Congressman Bth District. i Washington, D. C. i PEOPLE OF HART COUNTY WILL MAKE BIGGEST MOVE IN HISTORY F. P. LINDER SAYS COUNTY SHOULD BUILD ROADS Hartwell, Ga., Sept. 8, 1925. To the People of Hart County ' The very fact that this country is -in a peculiar situation is a hotter reason why we should carry bonds now more 1 than ever before. This money is brought into the county, put into Improvements and I gets the money in circulation. IT GIVES PEOPLE WORK THAT OTHERWISE CANNOT GET IT. IF THEY CAN’T GET WORK THEY HAVE To LEAVE THE COUNTY. The loans are gradually repaid ex tending over a period of ten, twenty and thirty years, long after a great many of us have expired, are dead I and buried. THE ADDED VALUE TO OUR PROPERTY AND EVENTUAL IN FLUX OF NEW CITIZENS MORE TUAN COMPENSATES OUR i COUNTY FOR THE OUTLAY. It is not always what we want to ( do, sometimes it is what we have to do for self preservation. IF YOU DO NOT VOTE BONDS FOR A PAVED HIGHWAY, THE TRAVEL WILL GARDUALLY LEAVE YOU, YOUR LANDS AND YOUR PROPERTY WILL GRAD UALLY DEPRECIATE LN VALUE. This coupled with the paved high ways they are now building will leave you sitting high and dry to meditate ■on what a fool you were. No individual, nor country can sit still; the inexorable laws of competi tion force you onward with the march of civilization. AS I SEE IT, HART COUNTY CANNOT AFFORD TO LET THIS 'OPPORTUNITY SLIP BY. F. P. LINDER. o BE SURE TO HEAR COTTRELL HERE FRIDAY AT 3 P. M. How to make money under drought conditions might well be the subject ■of an address to be made in Hartwell on Friday afternoon of this week at 3 o’clock in the Court House. Mr. H. M. Cottrell, who will talk, has had years of experience in hail, drought and flood stricken sections of our country, and comes to Hart county Friday with a message that will be of great worth to every man and woman who wishes to receive encouragement to enter the year’s work on the farm. He has been in the midst of dis ; aster for a long time, telling people how to get along under conditions that were seemingly almost unbear able. Mr. Cottrell will tell Hartwell and Hart county people his experi ence and show that sections can over- I come these disasters with actual fig ures and illustrations. Mr. Cottrell comes to Hartwell as i a representative of the Georgia Bank- i era’ Association, this organization ' employing him because of his knowl- . edge ajong the lines mentioned, and i because of their desire to help the ■ people of Hart county rally from the losses they have suffered in the I drought. He was heard by a number of lead- ! ing Hart county farmers recently and j so favorably impressed were they with his practical message that they , have told about him all over the county. Be sure to come to Hartwell Fri day afternoon and hear Mr. Cottrell in the court house at 3 o’clock. Both men and women are urged to I attend. o Dueling has become the rage in ; Europe again. Some day a man will I challenge an American there and get I hurt.—San Antonio Evening News, j o A filamentless bulb, the light be ing produced on two poles, one posi tive and the other negative, has been invented. There is no connec tion between the upper ends of the poles, which are heavy wires radiat ing a powerful light. $15,000.00 Will Be Spent A. Quickly After Election A* Practical In Each Militia District To Build Good Road* Hart county again takes the lead in Northeast Georgia. Faced with a shortage in her cot ton crop and a total loss of feed crops, the people of Hart will issue bonds and construct roads, thereby giving employment and turning loose I thousands of dollars right when it iis most needed for local labor and tiding over the condition until an ohter crop can he made. $15,000.00 will be spent in each Militia District .upon issue. i Reports are that the citizens of Hart county are almost unanimous | for the movement, the most progress- I ive step the county has ever made. The election will be held Wodnes- I day, October 14th, the call being as follows: NOTICE OF BOND ELECTION FOR COUNTY ROADS GEORGIA Hart County. Whereas, the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Hart County have passed a resolution calling for an election for the purpose of issu ing bonds in the sum of $200,000.00 for the purpose of improvement and construction of roads in Hart county; Therefore, notice is hereby given as required by law that an election will be held in Hart county on Wed nesday, October 14th, 1925, to de termine whether or not said county shall issue bonds to the amount of $200,000.00, the proceeds of which to be used by the Commissioners of roads and revenues as follows: Fifteen thousand dollars to be used in the improvement and construction of roads in each of the eight militia aistricts of Hart county, a total of $120,000.00. Eighty thousand dollars to bn used by said Commissioners of roads and Revenues as an equalizing fund in the construction of said roads, also as a fund for the construction of | roads in the county and for the pur pose of meeting state and federal aid in the construction of hard sur face roads in the county. The bonds to issue and bear the date of Decem ber 15th, 1925, and to be in denomi nation of one thousand dollars each and to bear interest at the rate of five per cent per annum, payable semi-annually on the 15th day of ; June and the 15th day of December J of each consecutive year, until said bonds are fully matured. The prin cipals of said bonds to be paid as follows: Twenty thousand dollars December j 15th, 1928; twenty thousand dollars December 15, 1931; twenty thousand I dollars December 15, 1934; twenty thousand dollars December 15, 1937; ' twenty thousand dollars December 15, 1940; twenty thousand dollars December 15, 1943; twenty thousand dollars December 15, 1946; twenty . thousand dollars December 15, 1949; twenty thousand dollars December ■ 15, 1952; twenty thousand dollars December 15, 1955. Principal and interest are to be paid in United States gold coin or its equivalent in value; Said election to be held under the rules and regulations governing the election of a county for the issuing of bonds for the purpose of improv ing and construction of roads in the county. Said election to be held at the various militia districts in the county at the legal voting place in said districts. Those voting in favor of bonds shall have written or printed on their ballots the words, “For Road Bonds,” and those voting against the issue of said bonds, shall have writ ten or printed on their ballots the words, “Against Road Bonds.” None but registered and qualified voters shall be permitted to vote in said election. The Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall name the election managers, the Commission ers of Roads and Revenue shall de clare the results of said election. By order of the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Hart County, this September 7, 1925. A. N. P. BROWN, Chairman. Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Hart Co., Ga. 6-4 t 8 PAGES IN THIS ISSUE NO. 6