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PAGE FOUR
THE CORDELE DISPATCH
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Issued Daily Except Saturday
: BY THE
Dispatch Publishing Company
, 106 Seventh Street North
CHAS, E. BROWN Editor
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BRI MIOHLIE i mion 2D,
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Butered as .«m-JT'T-TmET{{;
June 2nd, 1920, at the post office at
Jordele, Ga., under Act of March 3rd..
1878. ‘
Members of The Associated Press
The Asscciated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use for republication
of all news dispatches credited to it
ot not otherwise credited in this pa
per and also the local news published.
Conéi_dermg what old man Doheny
pilayed for stakes in the Mexican oil
fields, Albert IFall was o small fish
in the lake. It took ten millions to
put over something down there-—and
just a Lundreq thousand for Fall. Or
was the hundred thousand all that
“leaked out?”
R sa R L |
Here we are in Crisp with fourteen
thousand bales ofscotton. And here}
we are all shot to pisces in lhe“
market—nothing to promise for next
year's crop. Our growers got around
fifteen cents for most of thelr cotton
this year—at least some of it. Those
who. work and save, of course, are
in better shape. There ought not to
be any calamity howlers. This is a
fine country—fine section — for the
tello.\'\' who finds something to do and
gets. down to the scrateh.
There never will be a Christmas
scason into which we cannot afford
to put our gifts for those less for
tunate— the poor and n2ody. I\:'o mat
ter what the agency, let's make the
gifts — make them in humility and
sincore love for all humanity. It will
be fine if all the churches, christian
agencies, civic clubs and individuals
in the community turn the gifts into
one place and direct the distribution
as has been done in the past. The
county board of trade is arranging
to handle the Christmas baskets. It
is a worthy move,.
THAT JONES SHERIFF
In the trial of Sheviff Middle
brooks of Jones (-u’uul_v. it was
proved that he was often drunk
on the job, sold immunity to boot
leggers antl in other ways an un
desirable citizen, yet the jury
cleared him. In other words Jones
county hag the kind of sheriff
1 owants, and doesun't propose to
Lieve him ditched. —Dalton Citi
zen.,
It is going to be hard for the
Jonag county public to 'lmhl the ros
pect of the pepole of other sections.
élu-riff Middlebrooks may be ever so
popuiar. lie may b 2 2 good sport
and a hale fellow well met. He may
actually have the people of Jones
county believing that his course as a
public official is all rigit.
But we warn Jjones county. Such
conduct as that charged against Mid
dlebrooks in the evidence before the
jury that still retained him in office
—if the evidence was worth anything
-=if it came from people worth while
—dJones county and Middlebrooks bet
pect of the people of « her sections
think they can be a law unto them
selves and live unto themselves, but
that is a mistake. It cannot be done.
The Middlebrooks code of honor will
hurt in time. Jones county will pay.
It is safer to be law-abiding. It is the
course of a wise public to do the
vigilance of an average community in
enforcing the law and apholding es
tablished institutions.
To throw discretion to the winds
and turn Middlebrooks wild loose is
to say to the outlaw—Come in and do
vour worst, We will insure a whole
some atmosphere. The people of
Jones county will hear more from
this stamp of approval on Middle
brooks. It is bound to come. L |
ABOUT THAT SAFE
! Some fellows stole a three thou
" <ahd pound safe in Cordele and |
hauleq itgout in the countgy and
blew it up. /Fhat is burglar effi-
certain. The idea of going to so
l much trouble is a reflection on a
l real burglar., — Bainbridge Post
Searchlight.
l And tiig isn’t all about that safe.
The loser consulted a fortune teller
about where it was—didn’t believe in
such things, but just did.it. He tells
a story now that would be readable
in print. While he wag away, this
same reader of the future told him
he had a larger safe in the same
place from where the other was
stolen. He didn’t believe that, but it
wag there when he got back home—
a larger safe in place of that stolen.
It will not do to write 30 much
just now about that safe, but there
i a far more interesting story about
it—not all of it has been related.
“INSPIRED NEWS” |
The St. Louis 'Post-Dispatch has
given the American public some ln-J
gide information on the manner in
which tie state department shovedl
the Associated Presg into a news item |
the other day about Mexico—one t.h:nl
wasn’'t true and one that ought n(')t!
to have been printed. The puzzle‘;
to us is that the Baltimore Sun wouldl
dare to make this comment almul,]
it: :
“If the state «lopar.tment propnsesl
to attack Mexico, it should do so;
openly and hold itself accountable;
if an individual press ussociation or
an individual newspaper propofes to
attack Mexico, it should act individu- g
ally on its information and hold i!-,
self accountable. To have the stateg
department and the heads of m'efl:axi
‘s’.crvices conniving to put out w:r\usel-;
worded attacks on Mexico based ll.‘)()ll.l
“moral certainties” ig to invite diu-i
tortion of the news dispatches and!
distortion of public opinion, and 10;
destroy that direct, precise respcnai-‘
bility which must be the ultimatei
safeguard of accuracy in information
given the people.” i
Ang the further surprise is the-fol-q
lowing comment we take from thel
New York World about the same*
thing: |
“There is no challenging the n'ulh'
of these statements. There is no|
way of characterizing the efiorts nl'l
a state department official to ilmnirel
an anonymous attack upon a fl‘ieh("_\"
nation for an ulterior purpose in
!which the state department disavows
!responslh‘lity. except as dishonorable.
‘ This is what happened on Tuesday,
Nov. 16, when Assistant Secretary
Olds prevailed upon the Associated
Press to flood the newspapers of this
!rounlry with a mischievous, sensa
itimml and altogether Irresponsible
islory (for which Mr. Olds himself ad
}lmilted privately that he had no
proof) {0 the effect that Mexican
%Hulshe\'ism was reaching down thru
i.\’icm’auua to threaten American de
}rmmvs of the Panama Canal. In this
‘\-nso the state department was stoop
‘ing to deception and intrigue; the
[l';w Associated Press was permitting
‘ilst‘lf to be used as a semi-official
lm-ws agency, with all of the loss of
independence and integrity which
that policy involves,
Two things need looking into, bad
ly. One is the method by which the
state department distributes its news;
the other is the personnel of the state
department bureau of the Associated
Press.”
We do not mind mnt‘vssing'lhtu we
find our surprise in the fact that the
up-east Catholic newspapers are tak
ing the state department to task for
trying to shove this country intec a
row with Mexico, the root of all of
which is the Roman Catholic effort
to dominate state affairs in Mexico.
Every coloring is a political Catholie
'mlmhm. \
! Our otherwise friendly nation to
§lhv soultn of us would be at peace
‘with us but for the agitation which
the political —the Roman Catholics
stir up in their effort to retain their
held on the Mexican government.
That country has been run from
Rome for so many years that it is
causing quite a bit of excitement as
the Calles government struggles to
cut loose and build a Mexico on the
toundations of free America.
Catholic—political Catholic— agita
tion in America hides itself behind
just such stuff as the state depart
ment undertook to . spread against
Mexico. It was a wide open injustice
and —if we understani the whole:
’thlng—we are obliged to commend
the eastern Catholic papers for going
:'after it and condemning it. Of course,
they make no mention of the under
cover political Catholic agitation in‘
thig country against Mexico. But itj
isn’t out of place for us to refer to“
it so long as it is the bone of conten
tion in Mexico. The Roman Cath-1
olics there are losing their hold on
Mexico and their hopes of carrying
American influences into that country
to bolster up their fight is an un
holy, unworthy move that ought to
be squelched. )
The c<tate department gct what it
ought to have gotten in this ecriti
cism—and not bhefore it ought to have
come. ,
, TALES RETAILED
By W. P. FLEMING
[ Dr. G. M. McMillan was Cordele’s
ifirst mayor. Neither the famous A.
[P. A. nor Moral Element party ex
isted at that time. The doctor says
f' there were only one party then—the
| Immoral Element party. He was.‘
'elected unanimously. When notified,
he went home and sat on the front
lporch to meditate. There was some
Idoubt in his minl as to whether it
’ was an honor that had been thrust
~upon him. He was the presiding of
ficer without any fixed place to pre
' side. The depot of the city was an old
box-car in which J Q. Adams offi
ciated ‘as railroad agent. The city
jail-—-a necessary adjunct to a suc
cossful administration—was anot'ner|
"old box-car, from which prisoner_s!
could escape when they craved some]
new amusement and change of&
scenery. Marion Floyd was city mar-[
chall, and he was one-eyed, although
.the eye was a good one. The city
owed debts, and there was not a pen
ay jn the treasury. 1
' The first mayor’s meditation did |
not arouse much enthusiasm on his
part. So, he began to think of what:
might be done that would excite in- !
terest for somebody else. Immediate
ly a bright idea penetrated the as-|
pect of gloom, and the mayor drove |
down a peg at the starting nnint-I
point of his administration poliey. ‘
It was growing dark, and the A. P. :
L. Shoofly was coming—reeling in
from Americus to where Adams was
in the box-car, otherwise called the
depot. From the direction of the ap—l
proaching train the mayor heard
what seemed to be a re-enactment nf:
the Battle of at !east Seven Pines.
The curtain of the night was evi
dently being shot full of holes. 'rom
every windO\v'platf()rm of the on-
Jcoming Shoofly leaped swords of
fire, and there was a migaty rattle of
musketry. To put it mildly, Sumter
was, at that time wet,. and these
were citizens on thewr return from
sundry business and other transac
tions in Sumter.
The first mayo» realized that he
was chief officer of a thorough-going
savw-mill town to which theer was a
steady resort of a wild and wooly
clement-—a sample of whose esca--
pades was now on exhibition via the
A. P. L. Shoofly. If they rezort here,
they must pay for that exalted privi
lege, decided the mayvor, If this com
munity failed to work on the facts
existing in’its case, the mayor would
be to blame for it. That's where he
drove down the peg.
Marshall Marion Floyd had literal
1y an eye single t» his duty but his
official perimi.nalions about town
were proving unevent{u! today. So
many of the village population that
Ss DM ASk G SORTE WTS T S M SRS
EVERY DAY
We serve’ you the good
old style article all .the
time—Always choice and
fresh—We sell groceries,
gas and oil.
ELDERS SERVICE STATION
NATIONAL HfGHWAY NORTH
THE CORDELE DISPATCH
were accustomed to relieve the te
dium of his experiences, were aboard
the Shoofly. So the marshall was
‘gaping when the mayor found him
and conveyed to him a vision of
busier and brighter days. Tae result
was that when the rollicking A. P.
L. staggered up to a stand-still at
Adams box-car, Marion Floyd, mar
shall, was there in a cheerful but
awfully determined frame of mind.
Alvin York, it is sadi, catptured quite
a crowd of German soldiers one
time, but he probably didn’t capture
a larger number than the one-eyed
marshall of Cordels rounded up that
night from among the load of A. P.
L. passengers. And when Mayor Me-
Millan got through with the mar
shall’s prisoners, there was a nice
nest egg in the city treasury. From
Ahat day the marskall and the may
or cooverated beautifully to the end
that any who exercised a certain va
riety of privilege here, made an al
most certain quick acquaintance with
a certain box-car, and made a very
vertain contribution towards solution
‘of the community’s financial prob
lem.
Any who are of the opinion, that
conditions now with respect to mor
als and common decency. are 2s bad
as they used to be, are referred to
Cordele’s first mayor, Dr. McMil
lan. He has some first hand infor
mation on that subiect.
The Walker
Barber Shop
v
WISHES TO ANNOUNCE
TO OUR TPFRIENDS AND
PATRONS THAT
Mrs. Ruth Reese
AN EXPERT MARCELLER
\
of Rockford, Hlinois is here and
will render service at this shop
Mrs. Reese ig a graduate of the
Moler Beauty Collese, o? Chi
cago and has been in hisiness
for herself for the past five
yvears. She gives both the plain
and wax marcells.
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Christmas Shoppers’ Guide
OF CORDELE BUSINESS HOUSES
LLOOK YOUR BEST--Do the cleaning
and pressing here. Let us fix your
clethes for the holiday wear. STAR
DRY CLEANING (CO. i
THE PRICE OF BUTTER FAT is
good. Bring in your cream and get
the money you will need for Christ
mas shopping. ' CORDELE CREAM
ERY & COLD STORAGE CO. ?
LET US DO YOUR Christmas hem
stitching. All work neatly and
promptly done. 10c yard. SINGER
SEWING MACHINE CO.
R. B. LYLES—Comnplete line of Xmas |
toys—Prices right. C(erner Sth St.|
and 12th Ave., ‘Cordele, Ga. '
MOORE'S GARAGE & SERVICE STA
TION—For day and night service.|
Woco Pep gasoline and Tioline oil.!
Phone 144, i
TIME TO GET your Xmas cards.|
Framed matter and memory hooks|
make a good Xmas gift, . R. Overby,
ART STORE & NEWS STAND I
NEW RESTAURANT— Cigars, cigar-|
ettes, short orders, good meals—
Some good rooms to let. Righth St.,|
near Depot. {
NEW LINES HOLIDAY Novelties and
Christmas presents, Make up vour
2ift list here. JONES-PATE DRUG
0. |
FOR CHRISTMAS — Nothing better
than Stowe's Nut Delights, Candy,
Salted Peanunts, Sandwiches—Call for
them. On sale everywhere. STOWE
CANDY CO., Cordele, Ga. f
GRORGIA BARDBECUE—Can be had
at stand opnosite power plant, 9th
Ave. R. A. SMITIT. l
WE APPRECIATR vonr business —
CAPITOL THEATRE—Operated by.
home folks. ‘
PETTER SHOE WORK done bv Per
sall. CORDELE LEATHER CO. ’
“AARK RVERY GRAVE'—CORDELE
- MARBLE WORKS. Ci e
ERRCOuBIISR A REED i so, vol i 2R L AL |LSR A
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
DR. M. R. SMlTH—lnternal Medicine
and Surgery. Office American Bank
& Trust Co, Bldg. ~
DRS. BRADLEY & WILLIAMS. Eye
Far,, Nose & Throat & fitting of
glasses. American Bank Bldg. |
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HARRIS & BALLENGER—-(nsurancs!
and Surety bonds, Cordele, Ga. 1
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MAX E. LAN D—Attorney-At-Law.
Quick loans Cordele real estate, five
years at 7 percent, :
REUEL E. HAMILTON—DentIst
With Dr. D. J. Williams. offices ave:
J. A. Lassgeter & Co.. paone 10, resi
dence phone 456.
£ °
OR. M. LOUise [P TON—OQOsteopath
ic Physician. American Bank &
Trust Co. Bldg., Cordele. Ga. Fhunes 1
Office 495, Residence E9-Jl. |
§ M. DEKLE—Optometrist, t.(;-:tj!-n; ‘
eyes for glasses, a specialty Pats
Buiiding. Cordele, Ga.
THOS. J. MARTHUR, M. D.—Specla
attention to surgery and gyneco!
ogy, Cordele, Ga.
DR. J. W. MANN-—YVeterinarian Ot
fice Phone 74. Res. Phone .11.
CORDELE, GEORGIA
Arrival and Deparure of Pfassenger
Trains, Cordele Union Denot
The follawing schedule figures pub
fished as information,
Southern Ratil;vny Systv;n
Arrives— —--U'-p.').."tn:“»'v}
I:22am Macon-Atlanta Jid4han;
2:25am Jacksonville hiZlam
3:4oam Jacksonville-Palatka I:2%am
2:4opm Jacksonville-Palatka 2:lspm
A:27am Atl-Cinn-Chicago 2-25 am
7:42am Valdosta TiANpm
Lti:37am Hamp-Tampa-St, P, 5:3%2pm
5:32pm Atl.-Cinn.-Chicago Y e
7:sopm Macon 7:42am l
JEWELRY FOR
~ CHRISTMAS
We invite you to see our
line of gifts for the Christ
mas season. We carry
nothing but highest qual
ity, latest design, depend
able goods for gifts. We
will be glad of an oppor
tnnity to share your holi
day business.
S. M. DEKLE
PATE BLDG. CORDIILE, GA
MAKE IT A closed Chevrolet car for
- a Christmas present. No hetter car
value in the world. (et your repairs
for Chevrolet cars at headquarters
and they will be satisfactory. CAL
HOUN CHEVROLET CO.
OUR GROCERY LINE is new and
~ full of holiday novelties get the best
here at lowest price. LEWIS GRO
CERY CO. Phone 96.
BRUNSWICK VICTROLAS— and all
the latest hits and records on dis
play for Christmas buyers. SCHWABE
FURNITURE CO.
MAKE OUR STORE Christmas head
auarters. We have & full new line
of holiday supplies, nuts, candies, ete.
CUNNINGHAM GRO. CO.
A NEW DEPARTMENT STORE —
Full of wearing apparel and novel
ties in dry goods and notions }ol‘ the
Holiday buyers— RAINBOW'S DEPT
STORE, Eleventh Avo,
lIT IS RADIO—CaII us. Phone 41.
CORDELE AUTO SUPPLY CO.
THERE IS TIME for every thing. So
save some money by buying vour
groceries and dry goods” from R. S.
SITEPPARD. . |
PIREWORKS — Jewelry, fancy gro
ceries— Nice display of Christmas
Holiday goods. J. J. BROWN, Bland
Villa,
YOUR RRUIT CAKE and Christmas
. table delicacies can be had here
with assurance that they are fresh
and of best quality. COKER GRO
‘CERY .CO. }
NEW GOODS AT LOWEST PRICES]
Everything you need in toys, shnes.l
dry goods, ete. based on the lnwl
price of cotton. Santa Claus Fead:|
gnarters, GABE SINGER. The Bar
gain Giver. ¢
UL R N SRR GNE s S 5 |
ALWAYS THE BEST Pictures at.
CIRCLE THEATRE. ; y
SID THOMPSON'S STORE—For toys'
“\QPEZH.&%‘ZM' % el St S NG TR S
A. B. & A. Raaway |
Arrives— —Departs
d:dfam Atlanta-Dirmingnam 12:4%am
12:40am Waycross-Brunswick 4:4oam
Z:sspm , Atlanta 150 w
12:40am Moultrie-Thomasville 4:4oam
T:4opm Waycross 3:oopm
2:ospm Macon-Atlanta 2:sopm
Georzia Southwestern & Guif R, R.
Departs— ? —Arrives
9:lsam Albany Local 7:100m
3:ospm Alb’'y-Thog’ville-B'nb’g 2:35pm
3:ospm Albany-Moultrie z:3spm
2:ospm Albany-Dothan 2:35pm
SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY
Departure CCRDELE Arrival
for from
4:35 pm Montg’ery and Local 11:25am
7:4¢ am Americus and Local 11:8am
3:05 pm Montg'ery and Local 2:4opm
3:15 pm Savannah and Local 2:47pm
FOR RICHLAND . FROM
11:30 am Columbus and Local I:44pn,
11:26 am FEelena and Loeal 7:235n
11:30 am Savannah and Local 4:25pm
FOR ARBEVILLE rnoMm
7:15 am Ocilla and Local I:ospne
ALL KIND
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Fruit Cake Ingredients
White Raisins—Seeded Raisins— Seedléss
Raisins—Currants—Dates—Figs — Citron
— Lemon and Orarige Peel — Shelled Al
monds—Shelled Pecans—Crystalized Pine"
apples—Cherries—Swans down Cake Flour
Wall Street Grocery
o PHONE 105+
We will aliow you 2c above market price fer your cotten
orr any re-conditioned Used Car we have in stock. This
aldo applies on down pzyment of new Chevrolet, The
most popular car today.
S TR "““‘”7?-1‘
COEN ROEP 1
JABEE Nt i ~r\ _:".‘.v,‘\;y.’- N
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Used cars bought from a Chevrolet Dealer must
be as represented.
COME TO SEE US.
CALHOUN CHEVROLET (0.
| BE NEIGHBORLY — Stop in for-a
| shave or hair cut with us during
| the Holidays. That will make it more
| like Christmas for you and us. Across
| street from Lewis & Thompson —
g,\‘ORTH SIDE BARBER SHOP.
%WATT HOLMES HDW. CO.— They
| have the most beautiful line of gifts
| ever shown heve. As appropriate gifts
| also, they offer Orthophonic Victrolas
| and Crosby Radios. £
‘ Sil‘\{)\\_i’()l?_that Christmas photo
{ and give me time to do it right—
j COFIELD STUDIO.
i KIBREE CARY—Plumbing and Heat
{ ing. We do it right. Phone 13.
| Cordele, Ga.
[ gl el - it g et
| GIFTS OF JEWELRY are gifts that
| last. Let your Xmas gift be one
{ of Jewelry. S. M. DEKLE.
PREST-O-LITE BATTERIES and ser
| vice. QUICK SERVICE BATTERY
!CO. ;
| FOR FANCY FRUITS, cigars, cigar
| ottes, groeceries and hot lunches, see
| PAUL GRIMSLEY, Bth St., north.
| PUT NEW TIRES on the car and ride
| satizfied during the holidays—We
'make special holiday prices. Ail kinds
of vulcanizing and tire repair work.
. Phone 376, SHEPPARD & GAMMAGE
lOld Wilkes-Webster stand. I
HOLIDAY GOODS — Dry_goods, gro
ceries. gas and oil. WILSON MER
CANTILE CO.. Phone 124,
FIREWORKS—HoIiday groceries, and.
i novelties. Phone 143. On highway!
' gsouth city limits. *+W. R, WILLIAM
SON. 5
DR. W. W. McCOLLUM — Déntistwd
X-Ray Equipment. i
L. W. ROGERS—For Christmas can-!
dies and fruits and fancy grocexw
We thank you. : !
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS— to you
one -and aII—BROOKS ELECTRIC
kg 8 - B *
SHOP, R. L. Brooks, Phone 395, |
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1926
Is a Prescription for :
Colds, Grippe, Flu, Dengue,
Bilious Fever and Malaria.
it kills the germs.
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&‘ dßiys memoranes. H. G. G. is anliseptic, X
o, W 9 i healing end s3othing, no pain or injuy. 4
Mooy Dackage contains al! needed.
oFf o 41.00 at Druggists or prepaid,
b 1 A WANUFACTURED BY
‘:‘k"' £CWE COEMICAL M 7, €O, Ld, New Odeaes, L.
TA SO OGRATDTOT RSN
‘FORTY GOOD ‘USED CARS—Of all
[ makes will have to go at a big re
| duction. Terms to suit the buyer. S.
'L. RYALS.
| YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING —
l made easy. Rverything at sale
| prices. GLEATON'S DEPT. STORE.
' HOUSE .OF ROOBlNS—Headquarters
| for Santa Claus and Xmas gifts—
| Everybody welcome. L. S. ROOBIN
;DEPT. STORE.
et R U e
| SPECIAL XMAS CAKE—Fruit cake
50 Ib. Pound cake .40 Ib. Layer
[r:nkes 40, .60 and $l.OO. Cream puff
|4O dozen. STANDARD BAKERY
| Phone 121, Cordele Ga.
ITHF, EVERSTYLE— Special holiday
| ~ millinery and novelties. Phone 333,
| Pate Bldg.
fA SINGER ELECTRIC MACHINE—
| The most sensible Christmas gift in
Ithe world. See us. We can make it
| possible for you. SINGER MACHINE
RGO, '.
feoeniog oo o
SOUTH GA. POWER CO. — Service
{ first. “The Light of Cordele.” —
{ Phone 101.
| FIREWORKS — Get your Christmas
| supply at ovr place. FENN'S
'3TORE. Fenn's Still. North of town
on Highway.
I; eL B L R
PATACE BARBERSHOP—Just befors
Christmas voy want.to look your
lhesf. Come to see us. Shaves 15c—
Hair cut 25c. At the corner fth St.,
13th Ave. Emmett Dupree, Mgr.
; $-.
|
IT PAYS TO LOOK WELL—We in
| vite You to the SUWANEE BARB
ER SIOP. ‘
-JAKE'S BARGAIN HOUSE‘-’-: Where
quality is guaranteed ang prices
lower. Your money’s worth or vour
money refundad. JAKE'S BARGAIN
HOUSE. - ;?d L SRR T o e