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Early County News
VOLUME LIX } NO. 40
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We are overstocked I
. with
Little Joe Harrows
and have a special price
on them for a few days.
SEE US BEFORE YOU BUY
We also have a stock of Weeders, Drag
and Spring Tooth Harrows, Hay Rakes,
Changeable Speed Mowere and Culti
r
vators.
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BALL-AINSWORTH HARDWARE CO. .
, PHONE FIVE-0 BLAKELY, GA.
STONE’S CAKES
We are agents for Stone’s Cakes, all va
rieties, and keep a fresh line of them
•at all times. Try them. 2 for 25c.
TIE WORLD’S BEST FLOUR
If it is a real sack of Self
, Rising Flour you want,
just phone 1 80 and get a
sack of
"V IEEj I-i "V H 5 T
We still offer you the best the market
•| affords in Meats, Groceries, Vegetables
and Fruits. Phone 180 your wants.
H. C. FRYER
Sanitary Market and Grocery
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead/’
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 22, 1919
“OVER THE TOP” IN THE
CENTENARY CAMPAIGN.
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The Blakely Methodist church has
easily gone '“over the top" in the
Centenary Drive.
Given an allotment of $12,000 to
raise, the Church has oversubscribed
the amount by $2,089.50.
The splendid success of the cam
paign is due in a large measure to
the organization plans perfected in
advance.
Messrs. W. W. Smith and M. T.
Chipstead were chosen as financial
directors, and were assisted by six
teams of six workers each, the team
captains being Mrs. .1. H. Butler, Mrs.
J. B. Murdock, Mrs. Joe Vinson, and
Messrs. R. C. Singletary, J. G. Skin
ner and W. C. Cox.
It was decided that an active can
vass would he made among the mem
bers and friends of the church in ad
vance of the opening date of the
drive, and when reports were called
for Sunday morning at the usual
preaching hour, it was found that
pledges amounting to $14,089.50 had
already been secured.
An impressive feature of the Sun
day morning service was the presen
tation of a beautiful bible to each
of the team captains, bearing the
name of the captain to whom given,
a gift of the finance directors, Messrs.
Smith and Chipstead, as ail apprecia
tion of the faithful co-operation ex
tended them in the drive. The pas
tor, Rev. N. T. Pafford presented
the bibles, and spoke a few earnest
words thanking the workers and the
church members generally for their
efforts in putting the local church
over in the great missionary drive.
While it had been confidently ex
pected that the Blakely church would
meet its allotment, it was not thought
that it would he done so quickly, and
it is a source of gratification to the
pastor and to the membership of the
Methodist church and their friends
that such a splendid showing was
made. The pastor reports more en
thusiasm manifested in the Centenary
Campaign than in any, missionary
effort he has ever seen undertaken.
BLUFFTON SCHOOL
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES.
The Bluffton school, which closes a
successful term under the leadership
of Prof. E. S. Collins, this wetP? has
arranged a series of entertaii&fients
for commencement which beg*n Fri
day night and continue through Tues
day night.
On Friday night there will he giv
en a recital by pupils of Mrs. Ida
Bailey, consisting of songs, rea'dings,
pantomines, monologues, etc., and
closing with a two-act farce, “My
Cousin Timmy.” An admission price
of 15c and 30c will be charged on
this occasion, the proceeds of whica
will go to the Bluffton school.
Sunday morning the commencement
sermon will be preached by Rev. N.
W. Hurst, of Forsyth.
Monday night an interesting pro
gram will be presented by pupils of
the school, the feature of which will
be a five-act play, “Standing By.”
On Tuesday night the graduation
exercises will take place. The liter
ary address will be delivered by Rev.
J. A. J. Dumas.
The commencement exercises of
the Bluffton school are always worth
attending, and the News is sure
that the exercises this year will
prove no exception to the rule. The
public has a cordial invitation to at
tend.
NOTICE.
I aiji now represening the Dothan
Steam Laundry and will call for and
deliver all laundry in the city of
Blakely. I will call for it on Monday
and deliver it on Saturday. Please
have it ready when called for. Use
phone No. 56 when putting in call
orders.
J. D. ABERNATHY, JR.
“THE LESSON” AT THE
COZY FRIDAY NIGHT.
Again the charming and captivating
Constance Talmadge comes to the
Cozy.
This time it is “THE LESSON” in
which she appears, a Select feature
in 5 acts.
With such successes as “Up the
Road with Sallie,” “The Studio Girl”
and “The Shuttle” to her credit, her
newest photoplay will no doubt be
another triumph Don’t miss it.
CHARLIE CHAPLIN will furnish
the laugh in “A Hash House Hero,”
and the program will be completed
with a 1 reel Red Cross film.
MR. T. W. WADE MARRIED.
Relatives and friends in Blakely
have received the following an
nouncement :
“Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Prossor
Browne have the honour of announcing
the marriage of their daughter, Janet
Hodge, to Mr. Thomas Wilkinson
Wade, on Saturday, the 17th of'May,
1919, at Trinity Church in the City
of New York.”
Wilk W T ade, as he is more familiar
ly known to our people, is the second
son of the late Capt. R. W. Wade,
and was born and reared in Blake
ly. He has been making his home
for a number of years in Charlotte,
N. C., where he has extensive prop
erty holdings.
There are many among the readers
of the Early County News who will
join us in wishing for Wilk and his
life companion the fullest measure of
earthly happiness and a safe haven on
the other shore when the voyage is
ever.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
To My Customers and Friends:
The City of Blakely requires that
all ice be paid for spot cash when
delivered. I ask that you have either
your ice ticket or money ready when
the ice man comes, else the ice can
not be left.
J. J. McLENDON, JR.
The Rush of New
Customers Continues
Steadily to Increase
The practice of pleasing service,
economical prices, of always hav
ing the goods
ZEI-A-S WON
The people have learned that they
risk nothing in buying here. We
please you or return your money
cheerfully.
WE THANK YOU AND WELCOME YOU
BALKCOM’S
(The Economical Drug Store
We Have Two Licensed Prescription's
$1.50 A YEAR
SERVICES AT THE
BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAY.
The pastor having returned from
his visit to Atlanta and other points,
announces that there will be services
at the Baptist church next Sunday
at the morning and evening hours,
and extends the public a cordial invi
tation to attend.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MEET IN ATLANTA MAY 29.
Elaborate entertainment has been
planned for county commissioners
and other good roads boosters, who
are to be in Atlanta May 29 and 30
in attendance on the annual conven
tio of the County Commissioners’ As
sociation of Georgia, at which time
important legislaton looking to bet
ter highways and improved county
conditions throughout the State will
be considered.
One of the big features a
fifty mile auto tour over Fulton coun
ty’s paved roads. This tour will
take the visitors into all parts of the
county. It will come to an end at
the Southeastern Fair grounds at
Lakewood Park, where a big Georgia
barbecue will be served. The auto
tour and barbecue have been sched
uled for Friday, the 30th. .
The visitors will be tendered a
luncheon in the Kimball House Thurs
day. The convention will open Wed
nesday night with an informal re
ception in the Kimball.
Additional interest has been added
to the convention by the announce
ment that the Georgia Highways
Association will be in session in
Atlanta at the same time as the coun
ty commissioners. Leland J .Hen
derson, of Columbus, president of
the highways association, will deliv
er one of the principal addresses be
fore the county commissioners on
“Permanent Highways in Georgia
and the Result.”
Oscar Mills, of the Fulton county
commission, president of the County
Commissioners’ Association, and
Fred Houser, secretary, anticipate the
greatest attendance in the history of
the body.