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Miss Helen Dasher will enter Wes¬
leyan to study this year.
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Mrs. F. W. Withoft spent several
days at Chiploy the past week.
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Miss Audrey Fagan is visiting dif
ferent points in Florida.
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Mrs. Edgar Duke visited in Atlan¬
ta .several days the past week.
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Mr. Frank Troutman left Saturday
for Chicago for a few days.
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Mr. and Mrs. Joe Davidson are at
White Sulphur Springs for a stay of
ten days.
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Mr. M. E. Gardell and daughter J
Tiny, of Dublin, were week-end
guests of Mr. and Mrs. 0. T. Gardell.
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Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Culpepper, Sr.,
are at home with their daughter, Mrs.
Chester Wilson, for the winter.
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Miss Thelma Wilson left Saturday
for Athens, where she is a popular
member of the public school faculty.
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Mrs. Hazel Bassett will be associat¬
ed with the Fort Valley Realty Com¬
pany, as secretary and treasurer.
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Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Williams are
planning to make their home in Fort
Pierce, Fla.
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Miss Lillian Braddock of Atlanta,
came this week for a visit to her
familv here ,
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The many friends of Miss Mamie
Bryan will be glad to konw that Bhe
will have charge of the Springs dur¬
ing the* month of September,
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Miss Carrie Culpepper has gone to
Birmingham for a visit to relatives,
after which she will spend the win -\
ter with her sister at Tampa, Fla.
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Friends of Cope Winslow Flournoy
are congratulating him on his success
in the Macon Evening News contest,
in which he won a Chevrolet coach.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Brisendino, with
Mrs. Neltie Miller, have returned
from a short motor trip to points in
Florida. , j
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Messrs. Wyman and Russell Brad
«i,l ,h,. of
Fort Valley boys who will study at
Tech this term.
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Misses Elizabeth Newton, Helen
Duke and Elizabeth Woolfolk return
ed last week-end from Camp Gray
atone, at Tuxedo, N. C. i
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Miss Margaret Shepard will be in
Greensboro, N. C., this winter, where
she will be in charge of the Y. W.
C. A. work.
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Miss Pauline Braswell spent several
days the past week with Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Braswell at their coun
try place, Nakomis,
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Miss Mary Lou Barton, of Macon,
was the charming guest of her cous¬
in, Mrs. J. A. Houser, Jr., this week. j
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Dr. and Mrs. C. Z. McArthur left
Saturday for a ten days visit to Mr. |
and Mrs. Harold Saxon in Okeeeho
bee, Fla.
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Miss Mary Parker, formerly of
Fort Valley, now of Richmond, Va., j
was a recent visitor, guest of Mrs.
J. W. Woolfolk.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Webster and
young daughter, Alta, stopped over
from Sunday till Tuesday with Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Green, enroute to
their home in Homestead, Fla., after
a month spent with relatives in At¬
lanta.
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Mrs. Edwin Martin and children
are expected to return from Atlanta
Thursday, where they have been vis
iting Mrs. Martin's parents, Judjfe j
and Mrs. Hiram Warner Hill, for sev
era! weeks.
Miss Nora Rountree is spending
few days in Marshallville,
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Mr. and Mrs. A. I,. Norris are
home after a visit to friends in
lanta for several days.
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Mr. W. M, Johnson is seeing
entertainment Florida is
the visitors this week.
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Mr. Horace Rundell will return to
Atlanta to resume his musical studies
at the Atlanta Conservatory.
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Mr. and Mrs, C. H. Matthews, Char¬
lie and Carter Matthews are enjoying
a motor trip in New York State and
Canada. They are expected to reach
home some time the last of the week.
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Miss Alamo Young, who has a posi¬
tion in Bartow, Fla., where she does
stenographic work, spent the week¬
end at home.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CABINET TO
ELECT OFFICERS
On the second Monday evening in
September, the Sunday, school cabinet
of the Baptist church will meet to
elect new officers, who will be rec¬
ommended to the church for installa¬
tion.
GOVERNOR TREUTLEN CHAP¬
TER D. A. R. TO. MEET
The Governor Treulten Chapter D.
A. R. will have their first regular
meeting of the year Wednesday af¬
ternoon, September the ninth at 4
o’clock with Mrs. Frank Vance. Mr.
Johnny Jones will give an address on
Magna Charta and LaFayette. All
members are asked to be present.
PUBLICITY SUPT.
JUNIOR It. V. 1*. V. OUTING
Mrs. Fred Hall, who leads the
B Y P U„ will chaperone the
hers Friday evening to
Mill, where they will enjoy a
ming and picnic supper party.
The young people count this one
the most enjoyable parties of
their vacation days and are looking
forward to other Junior B. Y. P. U.
outings.
W. M. S. WILL HOLD .AST
MEETING OF YEAR
The five circles of the W M. S of
the Baptist church will hold the last
meeting of the year on next Monday
afternoon.
At the general meeting, which will
be held on the third Monday in Sep
tom........... officers of tlio IV. M. ti.
will be elected, the c.rcles reorgamzed
and with the beginning of October a
new year’s work will begin.
Associational meetings are held in
at which time reports are
made and plans projected for the new
year.
The meeting of the local W. M. S.
in September, at which time officers
are elected and circles reorganized, is
full of interest to the members.
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WHERE FORT VALLEY' YOUNG
WOMEN ARE TEACHING
Miss Beulah Davidson has returned
to Tate, where she is a member of the
school faculty, doing a splendid work
among the people who work in
the marble quarries there.
Miss Jo. Allen will not return to
Eatonton to teach this term; she has
accepted a position on the school fac
ulty at Norman Park Institute.
Miss Annie Taylor will return tc
ThomasvillC, Ga„ where she teaches
reading and expression.
Miss Mary Grimes will leave this
for Eatonton, where she will be
teacher in the primary department in
the public school there.
Misses Florrie and Elizabeth Eve¬
rett are going to Griffin this week,
where they will both be members of
the high school faculty,
Miss Odelle Ousley has gone to At¬
lanta, where she is teaching in the
Normal school. Miss Mamsye Ousley
will teach expression at LaFayette.
Ga.
Miss Ruth Taylor will teach at
Florence, Ala.
Miss Thelma Wilson is teaching in
Athens.
Miss Idelle Bryant left this week
for Mulberry, Fla., where she .will
begin her first year teaching.
rHE LEADER-TRIBUNE, FORT VALLEY, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1925.
GT'MM-'TOOLE
1 From The Mllledgevllle Union Recorder)
A wedding of unusual interest was
that of Miss Merryl Gumm and Mr.
• Gnome C. Toole, Jr., which took place
i this (Thursday) evening at the Jiome
Ijof The the bride. lower floors decorated in
1 were
> southern smilax, ferns, and cut flow
\ ers. A white arch decorated with wmi
lux and wedding bells formed the
background for the wedding part?.
I Just before the ceremony, Mrs.
Edith Miller Gibson, in her usual im- I
pressive maimer, sang "At Dawning,
accompanied by Miss Lucille Gumm. |
The bridal party entered to the
strains of Lohengrin’s wedding march,
First came pretty little MiBS Maud
Holloway, who carried broad white
satin ribbons, with which she formed !
an aisle. Then came Miss Hilda’
' Gumm, niece of the bride. Miss Leone
Gumm, maid-of-honor. followed. Then
came dainty little Miss Agnes Gib¬
son, strewing flowers.
The bride, beautifully gowned in
white, her’veil held in place by a
coronet of orange blossoms, descend- (
ed the spiral stairs, where she was
met by the groom who conducted her
to the altar. The candles were lighted
by Miss Cora Kula Gumm. j
Rev. H. I). Warnock performed the
beautiful ring ceremony in the pres-1
ence of assembled relatives and
friends. I
During the ceremony Miss Lucille
Gumm softly played To a Wild
Rose” on the violin, accompanied by
Mrs. Bertha M. Davenport on the
piano.
Immediately after the ceremony
the happy couple left for a trip to
the mountains of North Georgia and
the Carolinas, after which they will |
be at home to thir friends in Fort
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Among , the ., out-of-town . , . guests ,
were Mrs. W. I.. Gumm and daughter, I
Miss Hilda, of Atlanta; Mr. and Mrs.
A. L. Mason, and Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Miller, of Augusta: Mr John H
Jones and Mr. C. B. McCook, of Fort
Valley; Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Chap
man, and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Ilar
rison of Sandersville; and Col. Wai
■ ter F. Gray, of Swainsboro. |
MISS EVERETT HONOR
CAMP LEADER
J Mi.ssllonii Liinlt, who has berrt
for nine weeks counsellor in the ix.e
Camp for Girls, returned home Sun- ;
day night.
On banquet night, at the close of
the camp, Miss Everett was elected
Honor Camp Leader, having won the
j highest recognition of any counsellor j
1 in the camp. On stunt night, Miss
Everett and her tent girls put on a
little three-act play, written by her.
self, which won the trophy for the
j most clever stunt presented, i
Miss Everett likes camp life so
much she has already signed up for
camp leader at Dixie next summer.
MISS MILDRED KENDRICK'S
BIRTHDAY PARTY j
Miss Mildred Kendrick entertained
a number of her little friends last
Thursday afternoon at her birthday
party.
They enjoyed playing rook and
after the games the refreshments
, M K l,.f„l fafte of the p.r y.
The ,ced cream was flanked with
pretty celluloid dolls and served as
attractive favors for the little folk,
Other pretty adornments and eats
made it a most memorable occasion
for the friends of the little hostess.
WILLIAM WILSON HOST lO
YOUNGER SET
Assisted by his mother, his sisters,
and Mrs. E. B. Wilson, William Wil¬
son was host to forty members of
the young set last Friday evening at
his home on North Anderson avenue.
Upon arrival the guests enrolled in a
party register presided over by Miss j
Annie Dee Wilson. After enjoying
several hours of proms the young
people were served in couples with at- j
tractively decorated baskets of re
freshments which were eaten picnic
fashion about the porch and lawn.
Throughout the evening Miss Mae
Wilson and Mrs. E. B. Wilson served
punch.
Why the Cotton Groiver
According to The Cotton News the
south produced last year 13,600,000
bales of cotton which was sold for,
approximately one billion five hun .
dred million dollars, It’s estimated
that full one billion dollars of the
total amount received by all of the
paid the :
cotton states was out to wes
\ tern grain and dairy states for food
and dairy products, which were
largely consumed on southern market farms, j
This means two-thirds of the
of the entire cotton :
value crop,
Farmers generally complain that the
prices received for their cotton this
.'season ■ have paid the actual
not cost
of production. Under such a system
Listening In On Marshallville
By RUTH MONCRIEF
Rev. R. E. Donehoo is helping in a
meeting at Woodland this week.
Dr. W. C. Lovett, pastor of the I
Methodist church, is expected home
today. He has been away for several
weeks and his friends will be glad to
have him back.
Prof. L. M. Ware and wife, and
little son, from Auburn, Ala., are
spending this week with Mr. and
Mrs. G. A. Ware,
Mrs. J. M. Ware, Mrs. Georgs
Pharr and Hiley Pharr have returned
from Atlanta.
Miss Marjorie Baker, from Maccn,
is visiting Miss Ruth Moncrief. Miss
Baker taught in the high school here
^ or ^ wo y ears » an< ^ her friends and
pupils are glad to see her. She will
teach at the Girl’s High School in
Macon another year. Since we can t
have her here, we are glad she will
be close by. |
Miss Mary Dunlap from Philadel
phia is visiting Miss Evelyn Timber
lake.
Mrs. J. W. Martin and son, John,
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Clopine Clippings
One of the most successful revi
val meetings in the history of Provi
church came to a close last
*> iday n * conducted ht aftpr * by *** Rev. , S T’™' T. . H. .
meetln ^
of Fort Valley. Even with ;
a llm,ted riumb « r °» members J
attending there was a crowd from ,
Fort Valley which added to the sue- ,
of the meetings greatly.
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All preparations are completed with
the beginning of school in Fort
Valley Monday, September 7th. Mr.
U. C. Arnold, truck driver for the
Myrtle district, requested that all
<.hji(] r en be on time Monday
morn f ; mg th [ u no (1 elays will be had.
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Messrs. Hubert Castleberry and D.
Wilson are spending some time in
Ohio.
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With the State Highway Depart
|f e nt almost to the Houston County
line in plowing and rebedding the
road from Fort Valley to Clopine
without rains the roads are very dus
ty. However, with a rain and a little
scraping they will be in fine condi¬
tion for the fall and winter.
* * *
Anderson and Ward loaded a car
of melons at Myrtle recently and sev
were being loaded at
BowlL' Wednes day morning j
This is the
that nK , lons have been loaded
• several i
,. seasons.
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( * >tton ** *ing "throughout. !
1 ^ throu{fhout th « com- 1
than has been in in several several vears years
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People are very optimistic over
conditions for the fall season. We
in the most fertil section in Peach
and in the State of Georgia.
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Messrs. J. W. Davis and family
Mr. W. H. Shirley of Montezuma
M.ona ... Springs, _ .
last Sunday at
having a luncheon spread and swun
in the lake.
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Mr. W. M. Rigdon will leave Friday
visit his brother in Thomaston.
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Miss Vera Cheek, who has been vis¬
friends and relatives in Gas¬
N. C., expects to visit Miss Eva
Biggers at Forest Park next week
later return home.
loading every expense of the farm
(including food and feed) on cotton,
no matter how high the price, it will
be profitable. It is utterly im¬
possible and so long as such a sys¬
tem of uneconomic farming is adlier
to land values will continue low
labor will continue to leave the farms.
and the farmers generally will live
j n „ continual state of unrest and fi
nancial depression. While the western
dairy states are endeavoring by dis¬
crimmatory laws to prohibit the sale
of cotton seed meal and other bv
products of cotton seed in those states
time has come for southern farm
ers to wake up and determine to make
farms self-sustaining and save
cotton crop for their own pros
Herald-Journal.
of Macon, are visiting Mrs. P. R.
Frederick.
Mrs. J. C. Lee entertained Miss
Baker, Miss Frances Hargrove and ^
Miss Ruth Moncrief at dinner on Sat
urday.
Mrs. W. H. Rice, Mrs. Harbour Lee
and daughter, Beverly, have returned
from Saluda, North Carolina, where
they spent the month of August.
Miss Elizabeth Walden, of Soper -
ton, and Mr. Hill, of Washington,
were guests for the week-end of the
Misses McKenzie.
Mr. Felder Frederick, Jr., has gone
to Pelham to accept the prineipal’s
place in the school there.
Mrs. Harmon Frederick has return
ed home after \ isiting in . t unta ui
several days.
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Miss Clyde Ware has returned
home from Auburn, Ala., where she
visited her brother, Prof. L. M. Ware.
Miss Ruth Ware and Miss Mildred
have gone to Montezuma to
in the school there.
ST. ANDREW’S CHURCH
v Episcopal
Holy Communion, 7:30 a. m.
Church School, Mr. J. W. Robinson,
Supt.; Mr. William Wood, Asst. Supt.
9:30 a. m.
Morning prayer, 11:00 a. m.
Evening prayer, 7:30 p. m.
Welcome all.
E. J. Say well. Pastor.
Real Estate A
Opportunities
AN IDEAL HOME
One house and lot, good residential locality, hunga•
loir type, four bed rooms, living room, dining room, kitch
en and bath. furnace heat, modern plumbing and electri
cal equipment. Lot 75x165 feet. Garage and garden.
Shrubbery and floners arranged by expert landscape gar -
dener. Price $6,500. Terms he arranged. i
& can
FINE FARM OPPORTUNITY
One trell developed, highly cultivated, 800-acre farm,
situated 9 miles from Fort Valley, on a main highway,
near railroad. Large 8-room dwelling house and several
tenant houses. Modern barns and machinery equipment in
good condition. Splendid water supply. 100 acres in aspar¬
agus ready for market next year. 6.000 peach trees 5
years old. 1.000 pecan trees 5 years old. 100 acres original
long leaf pine. 400 acres in state of high cultivation of oth¬
er middle Georgia crops. Price $65,000. Terms can be ar¬
ranged. .,d
This is a good, sound, practical value on both pieces
of property. If interested call the undersigned f^o r ap
pointment. Further information gladly furnished.
Willis T. Campbell
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