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The Newest Fall Shapes
and Colors.
A hat for every face—a
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THE CHEMISTRY CLASS
CONVENES v"
0 drop a tear for Henry Greer,
He’s done with all below;
The "Holland gin’’ that he laid in
Waa CH 3 H 0.
■ —Macon Telegraph.
We ve shed the tear for Harry,
But what of Mrs. Lee?
She once filled up her salt box
With—gosh, K N 0 8.
—Miami Tribune.
Willie studied chemistry,
But studies it no more;
For what he took for H 2 0,
Was H 2 SO 4.
-Exchange.
Miss Edith Tucker, popular
young daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
G. L. Tucker, will leave Saturday
for Atlanta, where she will make
her home. Miss Tucker will live
in the home of Miss Alice Baker.
will take a course at a busi
ness college in Atlanta
Mrs. Frank Flynt, formerly of
Griffin, now of Atlanta, spent
m Wednesday In the city with
friends.
Mrs. de Forrest Allgood visited
friends in Atlanta Wednesday.
Solon Drukenmiller and Mrs.
James Whitten will give a concert
Tuesday evening, November 4
The time and place will be an
nounced later.
The Rev. Malcolm R. William
son, commissioner to Atlanta
Presbytery, which met in Carrol
ton this week, returned home
Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Elizabeth Coates spent
Wednesday with friends in At
lanta.
D. J. Price, of Brooks, was s
visitor in the city Wednesday. He
called at the News office and re
newed his subscription to the
Semi-Weekly. Mr. Price has been
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t^ciar the paper for 80 yew and
declares Out it is the best ever.
Dr B. C. Murray made a busi
ness trip to Atlanta Wednesday.
Lewis Brewer, who is attending
Georgia Teeh in Atlanta, will
spend the week-end in Griffin with
his mother, Mrs. Butler Walker.
He will be accompanied by two
schoolmates.
Miss Ruth Lanier, of West
Point, has returned home after a
visit in Griffin to her aunt, Mrs.
W. L. Brown.
Mrs. W. G. Nichols will leave
for Washington, D. C., the last of
the week.
Mrs. Victor Manget, of Newnan,
is the guest of Mrs. J. C. Owen
on Eleventh street.
Ad Little, of Lovejoy, spent
Tuesday afternoon in Griffin on
business. -
Mrs Ed Magahee and daughter,
of Williamson, was shopping in
Griffin Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Bolton
and their mother, Mrs. E. L.
Rogers, have returned home after
a short visit in Locust Grove to
Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Wells.
Mr. and Mrs. W, L. Brown will
spend the week-end in West Point
with relatives.
Miss Jo Wells has returned to
her home in Locust Grove after
a short visit in Griffin to Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond Roan.
Mrs. W. W. Carmichael, of
Hampton, was shopping in Griffin
late Tuesday afternoon.
Henry McQuaid, who is station
ed at the experiment station with
the chemical warfare department
of the army, went to Mississippi
Wednesday on a business trip.
James A. Drewry made a bus
iness trip to McDonough Tuesday
Mias Nell Taylor spent Tues
day in Atlanta with relatives.
Mias Dora Chalkley, of Woolsey,
was among those shopping In
Griffin Tuesday.
Mrs. John Strickland and Miss
Sallie Mao Strickland, of Concord,
spent Tuesday afternoon in Grif
fin with Mrs. Robert F. Strickland
and Miss Hattie Head.
Mrs. A. J. Borders continues ill
at her home on West Broad
street.
Mrs. Francis Forster and Wjp.
Robert Mott, of Atlanta, will ar
rive in Griffin Saturday morning
for a visit to their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Slade, on East
College street.
Mrfc. Ad Little, of Lovejoy, spent
Tuesday shopping in Griffin
Ed Magahee, of Williamson,
made a business trip to Griffin
Tuesday.
O. M. Duke, of Griffin Route B,
was in the city Wednesday and
called at the News office to renew
his subscription to the Semi
Weekly, with which he is much
pleased.
H. C. Garrison, popular young
business man, with Mrs. Garrison,
will leave Friday for Marietta,
where he has purchased an inter
est in the Black Undertaking Com
pany.
J. A. Yarbrough, of William
son, spent Wednesday in Griffin
on business.
Mrs. Grover Patricl of Cab
ins District, was shopsing in
Griffin Wednesday. \
Mr. and Mrs. J. A? >n and
daughter, Kathlyn, of Milner,
were visitors to Griffin stores
Wednesday.
Mrs. J. H. Price, of Lovejoy,
was shopping in Griffin today.
t
Miss Martha Watson went to
Newnan Wednesday morning to
who are engaged in the lumber
industry in Line Creek district of
Spalding county have moved to
Brooks to make their home aad
will ship lumber rrom here.
spend several days with her
grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. S.
L. Watson,
Mrs. J. At Hotanovata, of
Barnesville, spent Wednesday in
Griffin shopping.
Mrs, Annie Loepstick, of Jones
boro, was a visitor to Griffin
stores Wednesday.
McClelland Smith, of Atlanta,
spent Wednesday morning in
Griffin on business.
Mrs, R. A. Nutt was among
those from Luella shopping in
Griffin Wednesday.
J. H. Price, of Lovejoy, made
a business trip to Griffin Wednse
day.
Mrs. F. L. Oliff, of Atlanta,
former resident of this city, spent
Wednesday in Griffin with friends.
Mrs. Batsom Barrett and daugh
ter were among those from
Barnesville shopping in Griffin
Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. 0. L. Colquitt,
Miss Nellie Calloway, Miss Thel
ma Miller and Miss Elizabeth Col
quitt motored to Barnesville Tues
day evening and visited friends.
Miss Irene Price, of Lovejoy,
spent Wednesday in Griffin shop
ping.
Mrs. N. A. Jones, of Luella, was
shopping in Griffin Wednesday.
Among the shoppers in Griffin
Wednesday was Mrs. J. A. Yar
brough, of Williamson.
John H. Rogers and Steve Wal
lace returned this morning from
Carrollton where they attended
the Atlanta Presbytery.
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Occasion for Sympathy
Harris—Brown must have aroused
your sympathy for you to lend him
five pounds.
Henpeek—He di<j. It was to keep
his wife on a visit for another
month.—London Answers.
Political Science
Mr. Cox—I henr that Senator
Flubdub has Installed a radio outfit
in his Washington residence, i
Mr. Fin—Yes; the next thing la
politics will be wireless pulling.
GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
Brooks Newg , ]
A Urge number o£ people from
Brooks attended the funeral of
Carl Crowder in Griffin
tyonday. She died at her home
near Zetella Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Crowder was, before her
marriage, Miss Sara Henderson,
of Brooks.
Mr. and *Mrs. D. J. Price and
Mr.- and Mrs. Joel Biles, of Brooks,
spent the week-end in Macon as
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Cor
bet Price.
E. G. Lynch, of Brooks, renew
ed his subscription to the Semi
Weekly. He is an old subscriber
to the pa pet and says he is well
pleased with the improvement of
the paper and the new manage
ment.
There was a large number of
people from Brooks district in at
tendance at the city-county meet
ing sponsored by the Griffin
Spalding County Chamber of Com
merce at Line Creek Monday
night. They were disappointed to
find the meeting was postponed on
short notice before the people in
the country could be notified. The
meeting will be held next Monday
night “rain or shine,” declare of
ficials in charge.
Rev. Earl Dunn, of Mercer Uni
versity, in Macon, visited friends
in Broks for a few days.
Mrs. W. J. Elder is the guest
of her daughter, Mrs. C. E. Cop
pedge, in Brooks, for a few days.
Miss Maggie Mae Pollard, of
Brooks, began teaching at Aber
deen school, in Fayette county,
making her second year as teacher
of that school.
C. R. Woolsey, of Griffin, is
spending the week in Brooks vis
iting friends and relatives.
Several families from Haralson
Miss Grace Kimball and Queenie
Elder visited in East Griffin Sun
day. *
Mrs. Joe Carter and little son
spent Sunday afternoon with Her
sister, Mrs. Childs, who is sick.
Miss Nettle Ruth Lifsey was
visiting friends in. East Griffin
Sunday.
Mrs. Parrish and; Mrs, Sallie
Lee spent the day Sunday with
Mrs. Parrish’s daughter, Mrs. Lif
sey, in West Griffin.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Wood and
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Kelley,
and Raymond, Jr., spent the week
end in Jackson.
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Williamson News
The Christiad Endeavor Society
of the Christian church gave a
social at the home of Mrs. Belle
Dickinson Saturday night. De
licious sandwiches and punch were
served throughout the evening.
Miss Collie Wood, who has been
spending several days in LaGrange
with her uncle and aunt, Mr and
Mrs. Frank Dickinson, has return
ed home.
Mrs. Presley Farrar and Miss
Willie Drewry were shopping in
Griffin Saturday afternoon.
The Y. W. A. girls 'met with
Miss Agnes Rawls on Saturday
afternoon. After the meeting a
delicious salad course and hot tea
Were served.
<< Doc” Dickinson spent the week
end with home folks here.
Mrs. Jesse Gill spent Tuesday
with Mrs. S. M. Gill.
Among those shopping in Griffin
from here Tuesday were Mrs. E.
T. McGahee, Misses Ruth McGa
hee, Evelyn Wilson, Tommie and
Sarah Reynolds, Mrs B. A. Rid
ley, Mrs. W. P. Ridley and Tebe
Dickinson and Edward Ridley.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Hutchison
made a business Drip to Griffin
Monday.
The P. T. A. met at the school
auditorium Monday afternoon to
plan for the Hallowe’en party to
be given Friday night, October 31.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pounds
announce the birth of a son, who
has been named Jarriett William.
Mrs. Clara Ellis, who has been
ill for some time, is unimproved.
ANITA DAMROSCH
Miss Anita Blaine Damrosch,
daughter and of Walter Damrosch,
composer conductor of the New
York Symphony orchestra, is en
gaged to wed Robert Llttell, a New
York editor. Miss Damrosch Is a
granddaughter of James G. Blaine
and of Dr. Leopold Damrosch,
founder of the New York Symphony
orchestra.
EAST GRIFFIN
MISS ESTELLE GRUBBS
( Correspondent
Wiley Evans and brother, Erlen,
of Milner, spent the week end
with Mrs. Lela Caldwell and fam
ily on Searcy avenue.
Misses Maud Lee, Essie Guest
and Arthur Lester visited Miss
Lela Mae and Sankey Caldwell
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Daisy Bell Hand and little
son, Earl, spent Sunday afternoon
in West Griffin,
Mrs. Gardner and Mrs. Gilbert
spent the week end with their
children, Mr. and Mrs, Dave Gil
bert. ~
BLUE LAWS ARE
NOW ENFORCED IN
GEORGIA TOWNS
Eatonton, Ga., Oct. 28.—For the
first time in the history of Eaton
ton’s oldest inhabitants the new
city administration clamped the lid
on tight Sunday with no soft
drinks, no gasoline sales, no
smokes, and not even any ham
sandwiches offered for sale.
It is understood that Mayor M.
S. Shivers proposes continuing to
sit tight on the lid during his ad
ministration in spite of many pro
tests.
Still in Force.
Ludowici, Ga., Oct. 29.—The
Blue Law,” which was inaugur
ated at Ludowici early in Septem
ber, is still rigidly enforced and
Sunday selling in this town is a
thing of the past. %
How long the law will remain
enforced so rigidly is a matter of
conjecture. „
No gasoline can be bought with
in the city limits on Sunday.
Movie Notes
Ronald Colman, young English
actor who played opposite Lillian
Gish in “The White Sister,’ has
a leading role in the film drama,
“Tarnish,” which opens for a two
day run at the Alamo today.
“Tarnish” is adapted from the
stage play of the same name,
which has had such a sensational
run in New York.
FRANCE TO EDUCATE
FARMERS BY USE OF
MOTION PICTURES
Paris, Oct. 29.—The cinema
world has offered its services to
aid hr the campaign against the
high coat of living now being
made by the French government.
The president of the association
of cinema directors has offered
the use of 3,000 screens to educate
the farmer and convert him to im
proved ways of raising foodstuffs.
AN ORDINANCE
On ordinance permuting prop
erty owners in the fire limits of
the city of Griffin to drill holes
near the curb in the' sidewalks for
the purpose of erecting flag poles,
to provide the purposes for which
said flag poles and flags may be
used, to require the property own
ers to keep said holes covered
when not in use, and for other
purposes.
Be it ordained by the commis
sioners of the city of Griffin, and
it is hereby ordained, as follows:
Sec. 1. That it shall be lawful
for the property owners whose
real property abuts on the streets
within the fire limits of the city
of Griffin to drill holes in the
sidewalk as near the curb as prac
tical, said holes not to exceed two
inches in diameter, for the pur
pose of erecting and holding'a
flag pole, and to erect a flag pole
in said hole: Provided, that the
said pole and hole shall never
be used for advertising purposes,
or for any other purpose except
for decoration on special occa
sions.
Sec. 2. When not being used
for decoration, said pole shall be
removed from said hole, and said
hole shall be safely and securely
covered with a cap, which shall
not extend above the sidewalk
so as to entirely and effectively
close the same.
Sec 3. Any property owner
who drills a hole in the sidewalk
in front of his property, whether
the same is done by him or his
tenant, shall at all times, when
not in use for decoration, keep
said hole covered as aforesaid.
And any property owner, or ten
ant in possession, who permits
said hole to remain uncovered, or
fails to cover the same when not
in use, shall be guilty of an of
fense against the city, and be
punished as provided by the code
of the city of Griffin.
« The ordinance was passed on
its first reading and will be adopt
ed at the next meeting, November
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'ednesd&y, October 29, 1924.
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116 E. Solomon St. Griffin, Ga
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