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Pace Fm s , &f*:' v Trn IN FORT VALLEY Port Valley, Ga., Nov. 8.—Last pf} ght all Port Valley arid many si tors from nearby centers cele le many benefits that the peach city has reaped of late. The occasion was a delayed Hal e’en celebration, deferred be se of evangelistic services at Baptist church on the tradi lal fete day, and several thou d people gathered here for a imunity carnival. Streets Roped Off. At 6 o’clock, when the miniature festival was scheduled to start, the ■■ had streets been roped off and the Central of Georgia band, brought here from Macon, began to play. The festivities continued until 11 o’clock. - r There were speeches, masked at tendants and booths filled with beverages and sandwiches, which were sold to all who had thirsty palates and empty interiors and eared to buy. Several hundred dollars, were realized and this fund will be used for civic improvements. ■ Spirit of Optimism. In the spirit of carnivalry there was discernible a spirit of optim ism, adduced from the recent rati fication at the poHs of the bill creating Peach County, Fort Val ley’s strides along educational lines, the launching of the million dollar ice plant, construction of which will begin in about a week, and prophecies of an era of the greatest prosperity that Fort Val ■ & has ever known. - - - The event was in charge of the Woman’s Club and arranged un der its auspices. Mrs. Monroe Green is president of the club and Mrs. A. M. Solomon was chairman of the festival committee. Mrs. Solomon directed the celebration last year, which was on a much smaller scale than last night’s it. Edibles Sold. Ice cream, cakes, candies, bar ; ■ becue sandwiches, hot coffee and many other edibles were sold to the revellers. Many school children were in the crowds attending. Fort Valley was gaily decorated as its annual celebration of the harvest season was held. A NATURAL RESULT “How do you get the water in the watermelons?” asked the small boy. M O, I plant the seed in the spring,” answered the gardener. A REAL EMERGENCY ; Native—So you can’t go any farther. What’s broke? Tourist— -I am! Regular airplane service across the Atlantic to Europe within ten years is predicted. jSOUTH AFRICA ASRS ,U.S. MAN FOR ADVICE ;ON GOLD STANDARD *: : ■ . ■ Prof. Edwin W. Kotnmerer of ,the iPrinceton department of economics of vited by University, has been iq the Up ion of SoutR Africa to investigate the advis ability lard of reestablishing the gold there. Prof. Kommercr . 1 as currency and banking ex in the American group in tin nlation of the Young-Da wet • plan. He w41 tail fa ■ r.. g D«ad Husband's H ; 4^ JTt' jfttfao&jbf* Letter flpip $ *■ - 1 a j )/!r ‘j - ' <#> K4 C* W-:, ; \ l / x x : X ?:• Xv m Yl : X’ y ■ Y$Y Y I pi! : ; :V: x . ■ •x ■ A WPmm f «« It’s a ife." That is the answer of Mrs. Guinervere Sinclair Gould, second wife of the late George J. Gould, to the charge she signed her late husband's name to the letter by which $1,010,00(1 in Liberty bonds was transformed to her in trust. The charge was made in the court of chancery, Jersey City, where the tangled affairs of the Gould estate are being aired. aim Thomaston News I — (Thomaston Times) Mrs. Fred Hooten and Embry Hooten, of Senoia, were guests of the former's parents Friday. Mr. and Mrs. 'A. J. Zorn, Misses Mildred and Ethel Zorn spent Sun day as guests of friends in Macon. Hugh Kelly, of Georgia Tech, Atlanta, was the week-end guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Kelly. *, Mr. and Mrs. George Middle brooks ahd Mrs. Gordon Bevel and son, of The Rock, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Black. Mr. and Mrs. Amos Aycock and children Arid John A. Aycock mo tored to Bullochville Sunday, where they were guests of rela tives, Mr. and Mrs, W. G. Sappington, Miss Bessie Bryant and Robert Bryant and Miss Velma fcachry, of Chipley, and J, N. Sappington and Tom Raines, of Cordele, and Miss Martha Buford,, of Barnes ville, were Sunday guests of My. and Mrs. B. P. Sappington. Mr, and Mrs. Douglas Hand, of Griffin, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Whittle. Mr. and Mrs. Dan McDaniel and Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Smith and little - daughter motored to Hamil ton Sunday. Mrs. Edgar Allen'e spent Tues day as guest df relatives in Yates ville. Miss Mary Logan Dumas spent the week end at her home at Gray. Mrs, Alton Jenkins spent several days last week as guest of her sister, Mrs 'in Lyons of Macon. Mrs. J. B. Murdock, of Zebulon, was the guest of her sister, Mrs. F. M. Garner, Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. William Parks, of Meansville, wpre Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hardage. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Davis and little son, Luther, Jr., and Mrs. Elizabeth Harris motored to Co umbus Sunday, where they were guests of Mr, and Mrs. Homer Suggs. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Lifsey and Oscar Lifsey, of Meansville, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Emory Long and D. L. Long Sunday. Mrs. R. C. Williams, of Crest, spent Saturday in Zebulon. Miss Bessie Goode spent the week end with her parents, Mr. I and Mrs. T. B. Goode, and hud I as her guest Miss Evelyn Self. Mrs. G. B. McKenney, of The Rock, wag the guest of relatives Tuesday. Ruffin Millins and Car! Riggins, Woodbury, spent several days relatives in Thomaston. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Riggins and Junior spent the week end relatives in Crest. r '4 s'X g: SEEKS TO UPLIFT MOTION PICTURES ■■ xx: 3 :■ \ i ,x Pi; ■ :•••:; : a ; : x . :>x ■x £ | 1S Pi 3% ;XX; ■ i 1 / Hugh MacLean, English pho toplay producer, is in the U. S. to further his wor-d-wide campaign to uplift the motion picture in dustry. The movies are too low-brow,” he complains. j Forsyth News (Mqnroe Advertiser.) Mr. arid Mrs. G. C. Saunders spent Sunday in Griffin as the of Mr, and Mrs. W. H. Saunders. Robert Bivins, of Mercer Uni versity, who spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Bivins, brought home with him as his guests, Tom Jordan, of Al bany, and Charles Peek, of Cedar town. Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Nixon, of Macon, and Mrs. A. T. Minter spent the week-end in Griffin as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Varner. Frank Rudisill, of Emory, spent the week-end at home, bringing with him as guests Mr. and Mrs. Chambers, of Quitman, and Har vey Smith, of Atlanta. Mrs. E. B. Lewis, of Montezu ma, who has been the guest of her sister, Mrs. A. C. Jackson, left Friday for a visit with her daugh ter, Mrs. Willingham, of Macon. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Bailey, of View of New Lethbridge Viaduct in Canada .a. p|j 1 *- y t ! 1 a I I J j. S Ip*** ;V - y- y \ .»a of rail o, 814 te* Not. Iho tr.io, .W,t loSl ,, tlV " M \ >*p»r MAY BE USED TO FIGHT WEEVILS Athens, Ga., Nov. 8.—Success of the airplane dusting demonstra tion here last summer may lead to the location of a big commercial station in Athens next year, ac cording to Dr. Andrew' M. Soule. Officials of the State College of Agriculture and the Huff-Deland Aero Corporation of New York have been in conference for sev eral days and it is said to be very likely that Athens will become the center of operations for Georgia in the control of the boll weevil by airplane dusting. The attention of the entire south was focused on Athens last sum ’mer when the big dusting demon stration with airplanes was car ried on. Much Interest. The success of the experiment created much interest in plane dusting and led to plans now be ing made to carry on dusting on a commercial basis in this state. While plans have not been made public, it is reported that all oper ations .will be centered in Athens, with a main repair depot at South er field at Americus, from which point the dusting in south Georgia will be handled. A fleet of 17 planes will be necessary to carry out the work planned. Enthusiastic. Dr. Soule and Professor Camp bell, of the state college, and G. B. Post, who was in charge of the planes used here last summer and who now represents the Huff-De land company in this state, are enthusiastic over the outlook for establishing an airplane cotton dpsting 'center in the state, arid in' view of the co-operation in this work already established through the recent demonstration here, it is believed that major operations will be carried on from Athens next year. w. W. GRUBBS CELEBRATES NINTY-NINTH BIRTHDAY W. W. Grubbs celebrated his ninety-ninth birthday anniversary Saturday with a barbecue at the home of his son, W. J. Grubbs, at Orchard Hill. Many relatives and friends were his guests. Five gen erations were represented. Mr. Grubbs is still good health as could be expected jn his advanced age and was the recipient of many congratulations. Smarrs, and Mrs. S. J. Bailey spent Sunday with friends near Jackson. Virgil Hooks, of Emory Uni versity, spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. V. B. Hooks, bringing with him as his guests Henry Ragan, of Hawkins ville, and Frank Crittendon. Vir gil’s many friends will be delight ed to learn that in addition to his second tenor work on the Emory Glee Club, he has been# made accompanist, and also does solo work. Mrs. A. M. Zellner has rtft'JwnecC from a visit to relatives at Smith ville and Fort Valley. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wells, of Grif fin, spent a while Sunday after noon with Mrs. S. J. Bailey. *M Criswell of the “ Follies m ” /Vo. 2, rs. Fearing Blues , Goes Back to Work IP H i£9 *05 ' ' M x • j ■ mm % ■■ . . m Y :;a I * m0k m K /••• Y ,/A / m Y Y 9 ■ : ■ / V. xx. : 0 Y Y [r t i ■ i A: m 5 I :> :* : 'Xx-'x ::' Mm , Pretty June Castleton (above), who quit the Follies to be the’ loving little Wife of Dan Caswell, scion of a wealthy Cleveland 1 family, with whom she is seen at right, has gone to work, so she “won’t be bine.” Dan is in a sanitarium near ^New York endeavor-' ing to win back his health. He married June after he was divorced from Jessie Reed, another Follies beauty (left), now living in retirement as the wife of an Evanston, 111., business man. ( IT ' " ~ ~~ ' I Barnesvme News | ^ — - — ■ ...........— —' (Barnesville News-Gazette) Mrs. BeCkham spent Sunday in Griffin with her mother, Mrs. Myles. Miss Annie Middlebrooks spent the week end with her aunt, Mrs. Tom Allene, at Piedmont. W. H. Moore visited relatives at The Rock Sunday. Mrs. S. Battson and children spent Sunday with her mother in Jonesboro. Mr. and Mrs. Willis Jordan, of Fort Valley, have been in the city the past week on a visit with rela tives and frieids. Miss Gladys Ballew is spending some time with relatives in New nan. P. C. Hawkins, of Conyers, vis ited his daughter, Mrs. P. R. Chaf fin, Sunday. Eugene Whitaker, who has been COL. JAMES A. DRAIN s. *** X;X £ X- ; W -■ A fx p| Col. James A. Drain of Washing ton, who was elected commander of (he American Legion at the conven tion in St. Paul, Minn. Mrs. P. Parker was in Griffin Friday. The many friends of Miss Inell Fillyaw and Jessie Cole, who are on the sick list, 'will be sorry to know that they are not doing SO i well at this writing. Mr. McWhorter is spending the week-end with home folks at East Point. The P. T. A. met at the school auditorium Wednesday afternoon with a large number of members present. Among those shopping in Grif fin Thursday were Mrs. J. B. Wood, Misses Collie Wood, Eve lyn Wilson and Tommie Reynolds. Wallace Williams and Douglas Steger were in Griffin Friday on business. V YOUNG BOY GETS RIGHT ARM BROKEN indsay Futral, young son of W. Futral, had his right arm broken today while cranking a Ford automobile. 1924. | making his home in Alabama for the past several years, was in the city the past week end on a visit with his mother and the fam ily of his sister, Mrs. M. W. Smith. Mrs. Z. T. Elliott has returned from Grantville, where she has been with her mother, Mrs. ,T. B. Nail, who has been very ill. How ever, it will be a source of pleas ure to the people of Lamar county to know that Mrs. Nall is now im proving and they will hope for her early recovery. Miss Rosa Middlebrooks return ed from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Tuesday, where she had been spending some time with the fam ily of her brother, Edward Middle brooks, who has been seriously ill. She reports his condition as much improved and it is hoped he will soon be fully restored to health. Rev. Arthur Jackson, pastor of the First Baptist church of Barnesville, is in Macon this week assisting in the conduct of a train ing school for young people by the Baptist churches of Macon. 0 t ------- | Williamson News J Among those attending the cir cus in Griffin Friday were Mr. and Mrs. E. T. McGahee and daughter, Ruth, P. W. Vaughn and C. A. Yarbrough. Mrs. John D. Yarbrough was in Griffin Friday. Miss Lucile Eppinger’s sister, from Concord, is spending this week-end with her. Mrs. E. R. Reynolds and fam ily spent Tuesday with Mrs. R. C. Hutchison near here. Wood Mjjrvin Crowder and Miss Collie motored to Griffin Friday afternoon. GRIFFIN SB aft V *■ z IMAL S I* 0 • jEgg-t •tyy with Smcu m2 WOO PEOPLE AND JUNQIE I * TjW CREATURES y [»1 ai]>M 1 WroaMriwai p fttty Iabcesi 5truft BdiwIiB Tickets on Circus day only at Ward's Drug Store, at same price grounds. r CLUB WILL FLAY HERE ON FRIDAY Macon, Nov. 8.—A chorus of 20 voices, four end men, an (orches tra of 10 pieces and a number of extras, making a total of more than 40 men, composing the Mer cer University Glee Club of 1924, will play in Griffin Friday even ing, November 14, under the aus pices of the high school annual. The Macon Telegraph has had a representative at the daily prac tices of the club to criticise and review this season’s program and has this to say about the pros pects: Indications now are that the club of 1924-25 will be the best contingent of entertainers ever to represent the university. Nearly all of the members of last-year are returned for another season behind the footlights and with the addition of new talent from the Freshman class, the club is said to be well balanced and calculated to surpass even the exceptional performances of the clubs of the past two years. A REASONABLE ATTITUDE Judge—You don’t know whether you’re guilty or not? Defendant—No, Your Honor. - J udge—Preposterous! Defendant — Your Honor, how could I when I haven’t heard yet what a single witness has got to say? One bee-hive usually contains a queen, 300 to 400 drones, and 40, 000 workers...... — Britain has sufficient coal to last it for many generations. <5X-BARKEEP HITS GOSPEL TRAIL IN U ROLLING CHURCH ’ Xy. & X ;’v \ s X; ■ §P £:£ Xx ££ MS :£ #5 Vx’ jS^kUcs Herman Fries, ex-saloonkeeper, now from a candymaker, will start his home in Brooklyn, N. Y., in a “rolling church ■. on an evan gelistic tour with the intention of visiting every state. The auto church has an organ, pews, kitch en, Believing dining room, berths, lavatory. that no man can be! convinced of religion’s worth if he has an empty stomach, Fries! plans to feed down-and-outers on fhe way. Hence the kitchen.