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ubrey Hammond is able to ba
again after a short illness.
[r. and Mr* Hoyt Scott gave
a'possum dinner Sunday. Those
tent were Otis Crowder and
e son, Robert, Elmer Scott, W.
Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Shell
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Ham
id, Mrs. Mattie Hammond and
ir* J. W. Moore has returned
her home after a visit to her
tghter, Mrs. W. D. Middle-
' S. G. BAILEY
114 E. Solomon St.
Real Estate and
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CITY AND FARM
PROPERTIES
S. G. BAILEY
Real Estate & Insurance
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HAVE YOU THOUGHT
ABOUT THE AMOUNT YOU
* SAVE ON A PAIR OF THESE
Stylish Slippers?
.Why it’s more than the
New Price $3.50
An actual saving of
$4.00 to $5.50 a Pair
An inspection of this group will convince you.
EVERY PAIR CORRECTLY FITTED
Griffin Mercantile Co
LADIES’ NEW SHOE DEPARTMENT! rm
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- Hattie
Campbell Sunday ware Mr. and
Mrs. Lon Wilson and children, of
Atlanta; Mr. and Mrs, Miles
Campbell and children, of Hamp
ton; Mrs. Charlie Beasley, of Ex
periment, and Mr* Georgia Kit
trell and children, of East Griffin.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Wilson and
children visited at Experiment
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Stafford White and
mother, Mrs. Childs, spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Carter.
Everybody enjoyed the Hallo
we’en parties in East Griffin Fri
day night.
Mrs. Nannie Reynolds has been
called to the bedside of her moth
er, Mrs. Jones, who is very sick
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Pritchett, at Elgin.
Mrs. Brooks spent the week end
with her children at the Daniel
Memorial Home.
Mrs. H. T. Huckaby and children
spent Sunday afternoon with her
brother and sister, Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Carter.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Christy vis
ited her niece, Mrs. B. Redwine,
at Hampton Sunday.
G. A. Autrey und sons, George,
Dallas and Lawrence, motored to
Hollonville Sunday.
Mrs. Charlie Fallens and son,
Howard, visited friends and rela
tives Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs, Mack Shaw and
baby have left for Rome, where
they will make their home.
Essie Guest spent the week end
with Leila Mae' and Sankey Cald
well.
Brother Lewis Kent will preach
at Mrs. Wiles Thursday night
They will hold prayer
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HOLD SALE HERE
The Boys’ Cotton Club is plan
ning Tor another big sate in Grif
fin Saturday, November 15.
On that day “Pink" Traer will
auction off their crop for this
year.
Happy Day.
It will be a happy day for these
sturdy youpg fellows who have
taught older ones that cotton can
be successfully grown despite the
boll weevil.
County Agent Bennett, under
whose direction the boys are
working, recently sent out ques
tionnaires to the 60 members and
has received 45 answers, showing
ah average yield of from 800 to
1,500 pounds of seed cotton.
The boys have had another good
year in the growing of cotton and
are looking forward with much in
terest to the approaching sale.
Organized Last Year.
The Boys’ Cotton Club, through
the efforts of Mr. Bennett and
others interested in farming, was
organized last year.
The bankers of Griffin financed
the boys in their work and last
year 30 bales of cotton were sold
on the streets of the city for the
aggregate sum -of $4,719.28.
Merchants Interested.
The club is being financed this
year by the bankers and all bus
iness men are awaiting with keen
interest the result of the boys’
work.
Everybody is invited.
Ned Wells, Sam Corley, Billie
Cunard and John Center Campbell
motored to Macon Sunday.
Miss Amanda Pelt, of Experi
ment, spent Sunday with Miss
Mildred and 'Estelle Grubbs.
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Roger Rawls, who is in school
at Tech, spent the week end at
home with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. G. M- Rawls.
Miss Mary Watson, of Atlanta,
was the guest of Mrs. L. D.
Wheeles this week end.
Miss Inell Fillyaw, of Bessie
Tift, is at home quite ill and her
many friends wish for her a
speedy recovery.
Tebe Dickinson and A. J. Mor
land motored to Atlanta Sunday
night.
The Ladies’ Aid of Bethany
church will meet with Mrs. John
D. Yarbrough Thursday afternoon.
Among those attending court in
Zebulon this week from here are
W. P. Ridley, E. T. McGahee and
Jim Wilson.
Mr. ftnd Mrs. Jesse Gill, Mrs. W.
L. Fillyaw, Mrs. Paul Beachamp
and William Fillyaw motored to
Forsyth Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Jim Seagraves and chil-
Quality!
It counts in Coal! AU Coal looks alike.
There’s only ONE way to test it, and that’s
by BURNING IT. And then it’s too late!
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BOLTON’S COAL
will please you in Price and Quality—your
best guarantee of getting your fell money’s
worth.
BOLTON’S COAL YARD
Phone 262
d*«t, of it Griffin, spent several
days with her parents, Mr, and
Mrs. Jim Cole. *.
Mrs. Ppul Beauchamp and Miss
WilHe Drewry were shopping in
Griffin Tuesday afternoon.
Mr*. Wheel!*, of Woodberr
spent several days last week with
her son, L. D. Wheelis.
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Yarbrough
and son, Cobb, Mr. and Mrs. H.
W. Reynolds and family, Mr. and
Mrs. C. G. Reynolds and little
daughter, Marian, were the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Hutchison
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Huff
are moving from the Dickerson
place near here to Hollonville to
make their future home.
Mrs. Warren Williamson and
children ifpent Sunday with Mrs.
Dewitt Allen near here.
GETS MORE THAN
TWICE AS MANY
ELECTORAL VOTES
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rock-ribbed Democratic states of
the solid south.
Davis lead in Missouri.
In Oklahoma Davis got a ma
jority, while Jack Walton, Demo
cratic nominee for United States
senator, was 'buried beneath a
landslide of votes.
The electoral votes for Davis in
the southern states follow:
Alabama ......... 12
Arkansas 9
Florida 6
Georgia 14
Louisiana ........ ......... 10
Mississippi 10
North Carolina 12
South Carolina .... 9
Texas ............... .20
Virginia .......... 12
Candidates Silent.
Washington, Nov.
Coolidge will make no
on the election now, it was said
the white house.
• Davig Is Silent.
New York, Nov. 5.—John W.
Da vis declined to make any state
ment on the election.
Clem L. Shaver, democrat: j na
tional chairman, also refused to
comment.
Madison, Wis., Nov. 5.—Senator
La Follette will make no com
ment on the election now, he told
newspaper men.
TOM WATSON RESIDENCE
® AND LIBRA it Y ARE SOLD
Thomson, Ga., Nov. 5.—The co
lonial residence of the late Senator
Thomas E. Watson, with 171 acres
of land, was sold here yesterday
morning to J. E. Wilkinson for
816,000.
The Watson library, consisting
of 10,000 volumes, was sold to U.
D. Thompson, of Miami, Flp., for
$5,100.
STATE AND COUNTY
TAXES ARE. DUE
Books close December 20. In
terest and cost charged after D*
cember 20.
T. R, NUTT, Tax Collector.
GIRLS’ SERVICE ;
CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS AT
MEETING LAST NIGHT
The Girls’ Service Club elected
officers for the ensuing year at a
meeting last night.
*fhe club has been organized
only one year and those engaged
in work with it feel that it has 1
deavors. been very successful ^ in its en- J
The following officers were !
elected: Miss Sara McDowell,
president; Miss Marian Gresham,
vice president; Miss Mary Alice
Beck, second vice president; Miss
Mariwill Haynes, recording secre
tary; Miss Katherine Weaver,
corresponding secretary; Miss An
nie Ruth Elder, social secretary;
Miss Katherine Wolcott, treas
urer; Miss Marian Gresham, pi
anist and Miss Nell Henslee,
ristet, *
Misses Nora Ethel English,
Myrla Bowden, Katherine Rogers,
Martha Baker and Marjorie
Hodges were elected group lead
ers.
VOTE IN NEW YORK
BREAKS ALL RECORDS
VERY FEW ARRESTS
New York, Nov. 5.—(By the
Associated Press.) — 'When the
polls closed in New York state at
6 o’clock last night party leaders
predicted that a record breaking
vote of over 3,000,000 had been
cast.
The voting in New York City
was the most orderly in recent
years.
There were comparatively few
arrests for illegal registration and
no complaints of any serious trou
ble or interference with voters at
the polls.
VOTES FOR 18TH PRESIDENT
New York, Nov. 5.—Chauncey
M. Depew, who is 91 years old,
voted yesterday in his eighteenth
presidential election, His record
goes back to 1856, when he voted
for John Fremont, the first re
publican candidate for president.
A giant spider crab measuring
12 leet across has been found in
the ocean off Japan.
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You Know in Advance
Dodge Brothers Dealers realize that a
car’s good performance is no longer
the sole basis of an owner’s goodwill.
It is equally essential that dealers give
good service.
Because of this, they I
employ the Flat
Rate Service System, which insures
accurate work at a fair, predetermined
price.
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When you leave your car with a
Dodge Brothers Dealer for service
you know just what work will be
done, when it will be finished and
what it will cost There are no un
pleasant surprises in your bill
You know in advance.
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T. J. BAILEY
Dealer
114 West Solomon St.
GRIFFIN, GA.
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November 5. 1924.
REPAIR
SHOP TO BE OPENED
HERE BY AN EXPERT
A. A. Reeves has moved from
Atlanta to Griffin to open a type
writer, adding machine and check
protector repair shop. Mr. Reeves
also will be agent for several of
these machines,
GrifTin will be his permanent
Out Of
BUSINESS
Lots of Good Styles Left!
In the ruch of the first few opening days of <iur
Closing Out Sale a number of very desirable styles
were overlooked. These are now <?n display.
COME IN TODAY AND BE FITTED
Plenty of Hosiery "As You Like It left.
$2.00 Grade, While They Last At $1.55
j Men’s Florsheim Shoes and Oxfords
S6.75
Men’s $7.50 Grades
$5.75
G. & G. SHOE GO.
PLUMBING
Call 465-J
Now is the time to see that your cut-offs work and to
make the necessary repairs before cold weather comes.
PHONE 465-J
T. E. WILLIAMS
PLUMBING AND HEATING
522 N. Eighth Street
headquarters and he expects to do , If
a large amount of work in the
surrounding towns.
He was connected with the
Burroughs Adding Machine Co., in
Atlanta, and Frenchburg, Va„ for
18 years.
Chestnut trees were originally
discovered in the Mediterranean
region.