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Mrs. Georgia Huff went to At
lanta Monday to Attend the fu-
1 of her aunt, Mrs. Dora IJelk.
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Mwyjtv Jessie ,, Pearl « Rice has
Miss re
turned from Montezuma, after
spending the week-end with Mrs.
Charles Mills and Mrs. McKen
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Ur. and Mrs. R. D. Holt have
returned to Decatur after a Short
visit to Col and Mrs. Frederick
Wilson.
A jMiss Helen Harrold has return
! ef to her home in Macon after
^fending the week-end in Griffin
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with Miss Mary Alice Beck on
West Poplar street.
Mrs. Elizabeth Huff Wilson has
returned after a visit in Atlanta
to Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Huff.
• R. H. Taliaferro, Beverly Rog
ers and Frank Jones returned
home Saturday night from Atlanta
where they attended the G. M.
A.-Newnan game Friday, the
game between the Tech-Freshmen
and an Atlanta prep team Satur
day morning and the Tech-Ala
bama game in the afternoon.
Miss Martha Connell, of 131
Bell street, was carried to the
Griffin hospital Monday morning
for a tonsil operation.
Harvey A. Mills has returned
from South Georgia, where he
spent several days on business.
Last week’s Fort Valley Lead
er-Tribune carried a picture of
the Rev. Dr. J. E. Sammons, of
Rome, formerly pastor of the
First Baptist church in Griffin.
Dr. Sammons is conducting revi
val services in Fort Valley.
Miss Emily Boyd returned Sun
day from Atlanta after a short
visit to her aunt, Mrs. J. W.
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i. Mia* Boyd w»a the
of friends for the perform
of "Blossom Time" at the
Theatre Friday night and
the Tech-Alabama football
at Grant Field Saturday af
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Sen ton Bailey has returned
after spending Saturday |
and Sunday in Atlanta with
Mr, and Mrs. Walter H. Beeks,
Macon, have returned home
spending a few days in Grif
with his mother, Mrs. Walter
Beeks, and his sister, Mrs. Jo
D. Boyd, on Oak street.
Miss Olivia Brown has returned
to Atlanta after spending the
week-end in Griffin with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Brown.
Mrs. Green T. Todd returned
home Sunday from New York
City, where she visited Mrs. Royal
Daniel, Jr,; from Washington,
where she visited Mrs. E. H.
Horne, and from Chevy Chase,
Md., where she was the guest of
Mr. and Mrs, Turner Robinson.
Jewell Bell spent Sunday in At
lanta with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Mauney, of
222 West Taylor street, announce
the birth of a son Monday morn
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Renfroe
and young son, Fry, have returned
to Atlanta after spending the
week-end in Griffin with her
mother, Mrs. Jessie Porter, or.
Fifteenth street.
James Anderson, Jr., has re
turned td Gainesville, where he
is attending Riyerside. Military
Academy, after spending the
week-end in Griffin with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. James Ander
son.
W. T. West, Jr., and E. H. Ba
ker, Jr., junior members of the
of West, Baker and Co., of
New York City, selling agents of
the Rushton Mills, are visiting M.
J. Daniel, on West* Poplar street.
Mrs. J. G. Gunter has returned
from Atlanta where she attended
the regional convention of the
Penn Mutual Company, of Phila
delphia.
Mrs.\J^. Alston and Miss
Sweade Alston, who spent the
week-end in Culloden with rela
tives, have returned^ home.
Mrs. Powell Groner and young
son, Powell, Jr., of Larchmont, N.
Y., are expected in Griffin the
middle of the week for a visit to
her mother, Mrs. Charles Wol
cott, and her uncle, Edward C.
Smith, in the Marian apartment.
J. H. Smith, of Concord, spent
Monday in Griffin on business.
Mrs. Nan Judd, of Sunny Side,
was shopping in Griffin Monday.
Miss Clara Roebuck, of New
nan, spent Sunday in Griffin with
Miss Martha Watson, en route to
Molena, where she is teaching
school.
Miss Nellie Calloway has re
turned to her home after a short
visit to Miss Velma Minter in
Sunny Side.
Mrs. C. Chapman,, of Orchard
Hill, was shopping in Griffin Mon
day.
E. L. Raven, of Concord, made
a business trip to Griffin Mon
day.
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Mrs. W. L. Joiner and young
granddaughter, of Dublin, are the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Join
er and W. L. Joiner, Jr. on West
College street.
Mrs. J .H. Smith, of Concord,
Monday shopping in Grif
Mrs. Eva Malaier was among
from Sunny Side shopping
Griffin Monday.
Miss Inez de Lais and George
of Atlanta, spent Sun
in Griffin with Mrs. T. H.
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Wynne and Mrs. Cozier Wynne on
West Taylor street
C. Chapman, of Orchard Hill,
spent Monday in Griffin on bus
iness.
Mrs. E. L. Raven, of Concord,
was shopping in Griffin stores
Monday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Weldon and
children visited her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. R. C. Connel, in Hollon
ville, Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Sam Mangham will enter
tain at the tea at the Country
Club Saturday afternoon in honor
of Mrs. A. C. Long; Jr., of Boga
lousa, La., the guest of her moth
er, Mrs. Fred L. Durkee.
The Rev. James A. Drewry went
to Colliers today to conduct fu
neral service for Mrs. Thad Dris
coll, aged resident of that section.
The services were held this after
noon at 2 o’clock.
Brooks News
The Fayette County Fair closed
Saturday after being in session
for three days. It was the bes
fair ever held in this county. Th
agricultural exhibits were ver
fine. Y. Swanson & Sons won th
first prize in agriculture. TT > •'
exhibited something of everything
that grew on their farm. , Woolsey
Inman,* of Fayetteville, and Shake
tage District made excellent show
ings on agriculture. There was a
large amount of very fancy hand
made articles and many fin
canned goods on exhibit also.
The fair opened Thursday with
Home Coming Day, which was
largely attended. Senator W. J.
Harris w f as there, mixing and
mingling with his many friends in
the county during the day. The
fair was, largely attended both
Friday and Saturday.
Friday the stock, fowls and agri
culture were judged and the prizes
awarded. There was a large num
ber of very fine live stock and
fowls on exhibition and many
prizes were awarded. Willard
Bros. Shows of Cleveland, Ohio,
furnished the attractions for the
Midwaya. Fiddler John Carson,
with other fiddlers of the county,
furnished the music for the oc
casion.
House Burns.
J. C. Gassaway, who lives be
tween Brooks and Woolsey, had
the misfortune to have his dwell
ing house and all of its contents,
ineluding between $400 and $500
in money, destroyed by fire Satur
day morning about 10 o’clock. The
cause of the fire is unknown as no
one was at home at the time.
One bale of cotton in the yard
and two large wagons loaded with
corn were burned, with no insur
ance.
O. W. Whatley Dies.
0. W. Whatley, formerly of
Fayette county but who has been
living in North Carolina for the
last few months, died suddenly in
Atlanta Friday afternoon on his
way to Fayette county to visit his
children. His body was sent to
Fayetteville Saturday morning.
Burial was in the Fayetteville
cemetery Sunday at noon. Mr.
Whatley was about 60 years of
age and had lived in Fayette moat
of his life. Besides his wife, he
leaves several children and two
brothers, J. P. and Ed Whatley, of
Nyson, and one sister, Mrs. G. W.
Cott, of Fayetteville, and a large
number of friends to mourn his
loss.
Drought Broken.
The drought of four weeks was
broken here Sunday with a good
rain and the farmers are now well
up with their cotton and are mak
ing preparations to sow a large
number of acres in grain.
Mrs. Bartow Jones and daugh
ter, of near Birmingham, have
been spending a few days at
Brooks as the guest of Mrs. W.
N. Stephens.
North Carolina has the highest
mountain p«aks east of the
Rocies.
There are no records to show
that any human beings have been
buried alive in the United States
in the last 10 7^
“SECRETS/* NORMA TALMADGE*S GREATEST
SUCCESS, HERE FOR TWO DAYS* jEtUN
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Norma Talmadge’s greatest pic
ture success, << Secrets, t* whicb
opens a two days’ engagement at
l.he Alamo today, was first produc
:d in England as a stage play.
It also enjoyed a long stage run
in Nev* York and is now being
played by the original New York
company on the road.
The story is laid in four dif-J
lerent periods. It opens in Lon
don in 1923, shifts to Wyoming,
and the American West in 1870
hen to London the same year and
as it was in 1888 and finishing
again in 1923. Miss Talmadge j
plays four different ages of wo
manhood.
Critics throughout the country
have praised “Secrets” as her
Pomona News
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Darsey
.pent Monday in Atlanta.
The Sewing Club meets with
Mrs. J. F. Anderson Wednesday
■.fternoon.
Mrs. Eddie Sutherland and Miss
fatherland spent Wednesday in
Atlanta.
Mrs. C. R. Mitchell and Mrs.
Lula Spangler were shopping in
y*l. riffin Friday.
Walter Binford, Jr., who is now
-ocsted at Savannah, spent the
■veek-end with his mother, Mrs.
W. B. Binford.
Franklin Castile and Leroy
Brown, of Griffin, spent Saturday
with Bill Patterson.
Mr. and Mrs. It. T. Patterson
spent Saturday in Griffin.
Mrs. B. F. Ogletree had as
her guest for the week-end Mr.
and Mrs. Herrill Autrey and lit
tle daughter, Betty, Mr. and Mrs.
Echlor Morris, Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
Goodrum and little son, Floyd. &
Miss Margie Spangler attend
ed the birthday party of Leroy
Lynch in Griffin Saturday.
The Sunbeam Club had an un
usually interesting meeting Sat
urday. Dr. Yarbrough, Rev. Betts
and Mrs. Sibley, of Griffin, gave
splendid talks, candy and cookies
were served. There will be an
other good program for next Sat
urday.
Williamson News
Among those shopping in Griffin
from here Friday were Mrs. W. L.
Fillyaw, Tom Hammond, Misses
Evelyn Wilson and Fannie Rey
nolds.
Mrs. Otis Rawls and little son
visited relatives in Zebnlon Wed
nesday.
Mrs. R. H. McLucas attended
the fair ‘ in Fayetteville one day
the past week.
Jessie Cole, who spent the past
week with his sister, Mrs. Jim
Seagraves, near Griffin, is at home.
B. Y. P. U. Group No. 2 enter
tained Group No. 1 at a social on
Friday night at the home of Miss
Thelma Gill. Among the visiting
guests were Marvin Crowder of
Zetella and Will Jones of near
here. The evening was enjoyed
by all.
Jim Wilson made a business trip
to Griffin Saturday.
The P. T. A. met at the school
auditorium Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. McWorter is spending this
week end at his home in East
Point.
Ben Ridley, of Zebulon, was in
Williamson Friday.
The P. T. A. will give a Hallo
we’en party at Williamson high
school auditorium Friday night,
October 31, at 7:30 o’clock. In
teresting side shows. Admission
fee from one to ten cents. Sand
wiches, peanuts, popcorn and
home-made candy for sale. Every
one cordially invited. Bring all
your pennies and nickels and have
a good time. '
Motorcycles with crates on the
sidecars are being used to carry
live stock to market in Wales.
Registration fee on a small
American car in England is $110.
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ALL y. S. VESSELS
Washington, Oct.- 27.-—(By As
sociated' Press)—The navy kept
. open ship” today, navy day, and
the birthday of Theodore Roose
velt.
In every harbor ar.d at every
naval establishment the public
was invited to inspect the work
ings of the arm of the sea de
fense.
In addition patriotic services
were held at the various stations.
Every effort is being put forth
to give the people more intimate
knowledge of the spirit and pur
poses of this branch of the ser
vice.
LEW DOCKSTADER
DIES IN NEW YORK
New York, Oct. 27.—Lew Dock
stader, famous minstrel and black
face comedian, died yesterday at
the home of his daught^ Mrs.
Warren Palmer. Death resulted
from a bone tumor in the left leg,
suffered in a fall two years ago.
He was 68 years old.
100 AMERICAN MARINES
RUSHED TO PEKING
Tienstin, Oct. 27.—(By the As
sociated Jress.) — One hundred
American marines landed at Taku
this morning and left immediately
for Peking.
Rumors are circulating but
there are no reliable news de
velopments. at the capital.
Average purchasing power of
people of India is now only $10
a year.
Bells are unknown to most na
tive tribes in tropical countries.
should not be “dosed." Treat
them externally with—
VICKS
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We have them in the new Satin
Glass in many shades and shapes
to please all.
The prices range from $2.50 to
|20.00 the set.
We have vases to match in sev
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All make beautiful gifts for any
occasion. >«
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Pennsylvania collects the great
est amount in auto registration
fees and taxes.
Users of radio receiving sets in
South Africa must pay a license
fee of $9.75 a year.
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to you. It might stand between
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Look well, therefore, to the
agency which handles your in
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Real Estate and
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FOR SALE
Three choice lots on South Hill
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The attractive Royster home,
South I2th street.
FOR RENT
Offices, 114 West Solomon street.
Will improve to suit tenant.
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