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Early County News VOLUME LIX } NO. 40 I 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. .tr- -- ' ' | 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. i 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.