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THE LAGRANGE REPORTER FRIDAY MORNING DEC. IS. The Woman’s Club Notes Where They Meet Wedding Bells E TY “Entertainments The Comings and Goings Local and Personal WOMAN’S CLUB NOTES. The Woman’s Club met at the resi dence of Mrs. W. P. Gaifney Thurs day afternoon, Dec. 10. There was FINCH ER-J ERKINS. Announcement is made of tho mar riage of Miss Blanche Fincher of , DINNER PARTY. Mr. and Mrs. John Mullins of An- niston, Ala., were the guests of the Miss Viola Burks entertained on latter’s aunt, Mrs. C. N. Shearer Mountville, and Mr. Lee Jerkins of , Thursday evening at dinner. The Saturday and Sunday, this city which took place Tuesday members of the choir of the First a very good attendance in spite of evening, December 15 at the homo of Baptist church were her guests. » i 'Mrs. J. T. Hardy of Stovall, was tile groom’s aunt, Mrs. J. W. Brum-1 The approach of the Yuletide season tho guest of Mrs. Ray Underwood Frl beloc, on Hines street In the presence was suggested in the artistic table day. of a few friends. Rev. A. B. Vaughnn officiated. Mr. and Mrs. Jerkins left immediately for the inclement weather. Tti the ab sence of the secretary, Mrs. Enoch Callaway took the minutes of the meeting. Mrs. C. V. Truit acted as treasurer, Mrs. Mooty being unable to be present. Reports from the various sections were very encouraging, Mrs. Brad- field reporting good work in the j Mrs. Ray Underwood. music section, Mr3. Holmes reporting the rest room in good condition, and} ADAMS-JACKSON. decorations. Tho centerpiece was miniature Christmas tree on which' Miss Bessie Word of Chiploy, was was a dainty favor for dach guest. The a visitor to LaGrnngo Saturday." a short wedding trip to Atlanta and hostess was assisted in entertaining other points and upon their return by Mi's. Henry Burks they will be at the homo of Mr. and CHRISTMAS RECITAL. Thursday evening at the Southern Mrs. C. E. Baker and Mrs. J. II. Baker of Standing Rock, Ala., spent Saturday in the city. * * * * Mr. Frank Hudson spent Thursday Mrs. Robeson reporting a splendid! The many friends in LaGrange of Female College was the closing recital, in Atlanta meeting of the literature section at; Mr. Henry E. Jackson will be interest- of the fall term. j * * * * Mrs. Marshburn’s recently. Mrs.led in tlie announcement of his mar- The program was one of the mostj Miss Mary Lou Partridge of Mount- Wooding, chairman of domestic | riage to Miss Louise Bolling Adams, interesting and best rendered of all! ville, was a visitor to LaGgango'Satur- science was not present, nor was Mrs.! of Memphis, Tcnn., which occurred on the recitals of the year. day. Atkinson, chairman of civics. J the 9th insl. at the home of the bride’s All tho departments were repres- Mrs. Nimmons, who is chairman of mother, Mrs. E. F. Adams, on Union onted, each performer displaying an the civic committee has a fine plan avenue, the Reverend E. Sterling I case and poise that showed careful ley, Ga., were the guests of the lut- for some civic improvement which Gunn, rector of Grace church, official- and conscientious work on the part j tor’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. I. II. Lane she will launch after the holidays. The , ing. Immediately after tho cere- 1 0 f both pupils and instructors. Tho j Saturday and Sunday, president reported that the amount mony Mr. and Mrs. Jackson left for a ar t display was very interesting and received from the bazaar held in. bridal trip to Chicngo, and other niany of tho pictures exhibited showed November was $240.64 all of which points. Mr. Jackson was retired in | excellent work done in tliut depart Mr. and Mrs. Frank .Ridley of Rid- was paid on tho Club House except LaGrnngo but has made his home 'in $49.30 which is now in the National Memphis for a number of years, where bank. j he is highly regarded in both business The tea room, Mrs. Harvey Reid, and social circles while his bride is chairman, received the prize for be ing the prettiest booth, and the cake, candy, etc, booth, Mrs. C. V. Truitt, chairman, for bringing in the largest amount of money. This booth netted the club $75 without tho addition of $43.50 for the Georgia Products Day Dinner, which was served under the direction of these same ladies. one of the most charming and popular young ladies of that city. MURPHY-LEHMAN. ment. BIRTHDAY PARTY. Col. A. II. Thompson spent several days of this week in Chattanooga, Tenn. Mrs. W. J. Albright will entertain on Monday afternoon at her home on South Lewis street in compliment to ^j n her little daughter, Emily, in cole bration of her sixth birthday. The In the Atlanta papers of last Sun- house will be attractively decorated, the Christmas season being emphasiz ed in all the details. The table will Mrs. Kate C. Bell, who has been in Memphis, Tenn., for several weeks, is spending this week with her sis ter, Mrs. C. B. Ridley in Anniston, She will return to LaGgange day occurred tho following announce ment: Mr. and Mrs. Georgo W. Mur phy, of Shawmut, Ala., announce the] have for its centerpiece a mound of ^he presideiit^resented thos'e chair- engagement of their daughter Ruth’ fruit in which the birthday cake will men, for their booths, tho prizes, $5j Newc11 to , Albo ^ Leh ™“ nn ’ Jr -’ “ f bo embedded. Six red candles will ’ . ., j LaGrange, Ga., tho wedding to take burn on t h e ca ke to represent the ago ^She'^Mko’ of the beauty of each ‘ ' ,lac& at home January 14, This will of the little hostess. A feature of booth and how difficult it must.have ° f the aftCTn0 ° n "“J b ° ^ of the New Year. The groom is the t ] ie canc lles for which a box of been for the committee of Newnan la-1 M A1 h H ( <•» <• «•»"»SLTJd b .° r.™-. ! wishes and sincere interest is felt in his marriage. STAG DINNER. At each place will bo dainty favors for the little guests and a delicious sweet course will be served. Little Miss Emily, in a dainty frock of lin gerie and lace, and her brother, Wil liam will rcceivo at tho door. Assist- Mr. S. H. Dunson was host at a j n g Mrs. Albright in the entertaip- dinner on Thursday evening at the 1 men t 0 f the little folks will be Miss es Lulie Hudson, Ella Cary, Grace Lane, Dora Lane, Mesdames Lucilc Artley, J. R. Harrison, H. C. Fincher, R. Upderwood, W. Tucker, C. E. Mar ket. Among the guests will be: Louise entire club membership for the gener ous co-operation which made such a success of the bazaar. Mrs. Truitt and Mrs. Nimmons in behalf of their committees presented the prize money to the club, which was a very gracious thing to do. Several letters of congratulation were read by tho secretary, a very I home of Mr. and Mrs. . . • • cordial one being from Mr. Lester C. The unique inflation read as: follows. Bush. A letter from the Equal Suf-| Thursday, December 17, 1914 frage Party asking for co-operation “Mr. Big Boy will have live o sec, .'“ 4 - b01 W “ M„. It. F. Ab- Draior , E „„ P„ Phillips, Elizabeth, “T,™ of $2.50 was noted for the : rahams arc going to initiate him in Rakestraw, Mary Lehmann, Mary] . . ... Fund \Lthe degree Of “Great Eaters” at 8 p.m. j Ward, Mildred Phillips, Noll Childs, 1 A let ter'from the Pynctree Paper] It is at his special request that you Frances Spinks, Frances Loflcy, Vir-i Comnanv of Gordon, Ga., offering $10,be present to witness his undertaking] pinia Morty, Lillian DeLamar, Cecelia. a ton for old papers and magazines to pass through the trying courses nnd Sarah Wright, Katherine Young, similar to Saturday Evening Post and' and to render him all the assistance Lucilc Market, Orrie Mae Mallory - Ladies’ Home Journal was read and in your power, in order to certify as to his worthiness of becoming Grand Eater. Yours truly, R. P. Abrahams, Past Grand Eater. Seated at the table were MeSsrs. R. P. Abrahams, H. B. Callaway, R. P. Collier, Herman Fincher, J. D. Saturday. * * * * Miss June Crawford of Kondallvillo, Indiana, will be the guest of Miss Nancy Birdsong during tho holidays. * * * * Miss Ethel Smith of Luthersville was a visitor here Wednesday. * # * * Mrs. John Barrow of West Point, spent one day last week as the guest of Mrs. Iloyward Booker. + * * * Mrs. W. W. Arnold of Manchester, is the guest of her mother, Mrs. John Witherspoon. Mrs. J. F. McGlnty spent Friday in Ronnokc, Ain. « « * ■ * Mrs. Annie Flemming will spend the holidays with her daughter, Mrs. Newsome Cooper, in Columbus. * * * « Mr. nnd Mrs. Willis Johnson of Manchester spent Wednesday in Ln- Grnnge. Miss Vivian Holmes returned Lucy Cobb today accompanied by Lucy Ray of Stockton, Cnla., who will be her guest for the holidays. * * * * Misses Jane Harwell, Claude Dun- son and Margaret Phillips will return from Agnes Scott College on Tues day next. . Mr. Enoch Callaway will return Miss Anmo McGee has returned 1 . kt 1 . 1 , Prom New Orleans tomorrow to spend homo from Fitzgorald where she has boon for several months. * * * * Mrs. Gus Lane of Little Rock, Ark., Is the guest of Mr. und Mrs. R. R. Lino. * * * « Miss Katherine Harrison loft Fri day for her home in Louisville, Ky. * * * * Mrs. E. T. Fincher spent several days of this week in Atlanta. * « * * Miss Eva Truluck left Saturday of last woek for Palm Beach, Fla., whore she will spend tho rest of the winter. » * * * Miss Carrie Smith lms gone to At lanta where she will spend the holi days. + + * * Messrs. Swanson Pinckard and Cason Callaway will arrive in La Grnngo Saturday from Poughkeepsie, N. Y., to spend tho holidays. # »l« * * ^Miss Lucy Adams will leave Satur day to spend the holidays with her parents at Juliette, Ga. * * * * Mrs. W. A. Holmes spent Thurs day and Friday in Atlanta. An attractive photo of Misses Emily and Dorothy Atkinson was one of the features of last Sunday’s Atlanta Journal. These young ladies are the daughters of the late Col. T. A. Atkinson, for many years a prominent and popular attorney of this city, and on their mother’s side are connected with tho Willis’, one of the most prominent families of Columbus. They are among the brightest pupils in the LaGrange High Schools. * * * * Miss Margaret Phillips will visit her room-mate, Miss Louise Hooper in Selma, Ala., during the holidays. * * # * Miss Helen Reeves will return to morrow from Cox College. Christmas at homo. * * * « Messrs. Will Glunton and Cal. Har man of Odessada'e were visitors in the city Friday. ? ♦ * * * Misses Martha and Mildred Part ridge of Odossadalo spent one day this week in LaGrange. ♦ * * * Miss Carrio Glanton and little Wiley Reoves spent several days in Atlanta recently. ♦ ♦ * * Mrs. Henry Caudlo and children spent the week-end with Mrs. W. T. Smith at Roanoko, Ala. * * * * Mrs. It. L, Christophor and chil dren will leave Saturday for New born where they will spend the holi days. * « * ♦ Misses Sarah Lane and Martha Mitchell will return from Milledge- villo tho latter part of the week. * * ♦ * Mrs. Shyra and Mr. Will Pago of Bryonvillo were called to LaGrange Tuesday on account of the illness of their sister, Miss Leila K. Page. Friends of Miss Pago will be glad to know that she is improving after an operation for appendicitis at the Mis sion. * * « '* Mr. Park Dallis of Atlanta, has been tho guest of his father this week. * * * * Messrs. Howard and Pierce Harris have returned from Waleska to spend the holidays at home. * * * # Mrs. Robert Burks leaves tomor row to spend the holidays with her father in Thompson. * * * * Mrs. J. L. Lane of Lineville, Ala., will spend Xmas week with Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Lane. the ladie3 were asked to begin to save these magazines and papers. A col lection of them will be made some time early in the year from which it is hoped to get a good sum. Mrs. W. A. Holmes’ resignation as -• — _ _ 1 , - , ... T 1 not; Hudson, Sam Jones, Walter Dallis, U. ] niond Underwood, John Artley, Jr.,, M. Martin, A. M. Wynn and the host. Edwin Powell, Ralph and Roy Market, 1 Herchel Jenkins. Claude Daniel, out of Evelyn Powell, Dorothy and Louise j Park, Katherine Mitchell, Celeste, Dunson, Lena Terrell, Mario Dix,| Margaret Dallis, Eleanor Mills, Sarah Hamilton Gaffney, Nell Underwood, j Eleanor Dunson, Mary Jane Hill, | Richard Hutchinson, James Dix, Ray-] 1 HE SANTA CLAUS GOT CARLOAD OF FRUIT HERE ON TIME Our 18 Years Experience in the Fruit Business IVIakes our Service Perfect and Enables us to Secure the Best Fruit. chairman of the rest room was accepted. Mrs. Holmes is too good a chairman to lose and it is hoped she will reconsider. Mr. Jordan, who has a fruit store on Ridley avenue, .proposes to give the building fund of the club 5 per cent of ail cash sales beginning Mon day morning, Dec. 21 and extending through to Christmas day WINS ART PIN. At the closing exercises of the Southern Female College, Miss Her- Phillip Albright, berta Herring was awarded an art pin for making the most and best This is' drawings from nature during the very generous of Mr. Jordan and the ladies are urged to buy all of their Christmas fruits from him. Mrs. Enoch Callaway, chairman of the Philanthropic section reported a sum of $275.00 collected by the chair- (ring has received, man of this committee. This amount will be given to the Benevolent As sociation for use of the sick and needy. A committee of ladies will serve with Mr. Clark in dispensing this money. Mrs. Callaway asked that cases of need be reported to her or a member of the committee. A request was made from a citizen of the town that the club urge the merchants, to close their stores all day Christmas day. Mrs. C. V. Truitt and Mrs. C. M. Awtrey were appointed on the committee to look after it. The following ladies were unani- summer months. Each year Miss Black, the director of the art department, gives several pins for different phases of the art work and this is the fourth Miss Her- town guests; Katherine Lay field, May Harris, Susie and Mary Hardy, Mary Williams from Odessadale, James and from Grantville, i Minnie, Christine and Elizabeth Las- setter of Luthersville. We" have bought a big lot of Christmas Fruit and paid cash for it. By doing this we are now able to sell you your Christmas supplies at the follow ing Rock-Bottom Prices: r CLUB MEETING. Mrs. Robert Burks was the hostess, 1 to the Eighty-Four Club on Tuesday afternoon. Only the Club members were present. You are invited to announce births in this column. Mrs. Harvey Reid spent Monday in Atlanta. ❖ ❖ •> ❖ ❖ *> ❖ .<• •;< •> ♦> <♦ *:• GABBETTVILLE Mr. and Mrs. James P. Baker, Jr., announce the birth of a little girl on Monday, December 14. Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Cone announce the birth of a handsome boy who mously elected members of t e c u . ma) j e y mse ]f a member of their home Mesdames C. E. Market, Chas. Dix, W. J. Albright, Walker, J. W. Pugh and Miss Kate Floyd. They were cordially welcomed by the members present. The president in a few words borne w ith them last Thursday, thanked the members for the lovely, table cove7, so graciously presented Mrs. C. W. Emory and children visited relatives at Pleasant Grovo last week. Mrs. A. C. Williams and children were the guests of Mrs. R. L. Hart : Saturday. , Mrs. Roland Strong of LaGrange spent the weeek-end with Mrs. H. N. Brady. Miss Kate Davis entertained her, Sunday school class and other friends girl. Little Rachel came to make her ! ] as (- F r : da y night. I Mrs. M. C. Potts and Mrs. Jim Hairston shopped in LaGrange Thurs- last week. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. O’Neal of Salem announce the birth of a handsome FRUITS APPLES. Allvarie- 9f|„ ties, per doz |U^ BANANAS. We now have two cars of the best that can be bought, 4 ft per doz.__ lU*' Larger ones ISC ORANGES. All sizes and the best ST perdozen 15c to 30c GRAPE FRUIT. Large and jui-'.y, 10c each, 3 for || TANGERINES. The best that m can be bought, per is doz 20c to We make up Fancy Baskets of Fruit for Special orders. Prices 75c to NUTS WALNUTS. This year’s crop, r 20c, 25c AND 30c BRAZIL NUTS. Everyone «JC is good. Per lb. lU'* CHESTNUTS. Large and <JC tempting. Per lb PECANS. The finest t\r . grown, per lb Ld'*uU' - Extra large- ----- RAISINS. 3 CROWN. Per pound I3C 2 pounds for , 25c Buy them by the box and save money. Mrs. Bruce sang “Judith” in a very ' to her by the club recently. day. ! charming manner and there was a] Mr . Ed Tray i or spcnt the week-end She spoke of the beautiful offering beautiful solo from one of the Lu-,.^ ^ fami , His friends wi „ bo for the European war children s fund, ( Grange College students. | d whcn he moye8 the first of Janu . there being 188 nice warm garments ] The Club then adjourned to meet at 1 and $8.40 in money. An interesting. the residence of Mrs. Enoch Callaway, card of acknowledgement was read. J January 14. 1915. 1 r~ ary. Sansone Fruit and Produce Company 5 Bull Street. Phone 59 SUBSCRIBE FOR THE REPORTER «wrv f