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VOLUME LIX }> NO. 45
Whieh Kitchen IsYours ?
WILL YOU GO THROUGH ANOTHER
SUMMER OF HEAT
The hot, stuffy one that makes you just ready
to drop? Or the cool, comfortable one, with a
Detroit Vapor Oil Stove that takes away all the
discomfort?
Thousands of women all over the country bless
the day they heard of the Detroit Vapor Oil
Stove. Odorless, wickless, absolutely safe, won
derfully economical. Burns kerosene just like city
gas. Cooks better, too, because you can regulate
the heat just as you want it.
We have a number of different styles of
Detroit Vapor Stoves on exhibition. * Call at our
store and see them.
BALL-AINSWORTH HARDWARE CO.
PHONE FIVE-O BLAKELY, GA.
TO PLEASE YOU
That’s What We Are
Here For
When you trade with us, you are trading
with a shop which always tries to please you.
Our steadily growing business is convincing
proof that we have in a large way succeeded
in our efforts to make each customer a satis
fied one. We have to offer at all times the
best the market affords in Groceries, Meats,
Fruits and Vegetables, and a phone call to
180 brings our delivery boy right to your
door with your order.
H. C. FRYER
Sanitary Market and Grocery
(farln CoHutn i\'cws
Success to AH Who Pay Their Honest Debts —
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 26, 1919
TWO CENT POSTAGE TO
RETURN ON JULY 1.
All First-Class Mail Rates Decrease.
New Rules at Local Postoffice.
Postal rates will go back to the
old basis in force before the war on
July Ist. Letters will bear a two
cent stamp instead of the three
cent stamp which has been used
since the war began. Postcards will
be one-cent instead of two and all
first-class mail will go back to be
fore-the-war prices.
On the first of July the Blakely of
fice'will be officially declared a sec
ond-class office and the public’s at
tention is called to certain changes
in the rules of the office which must
be made. Under the postal law the
postmaster can not require his as
sistants to work longer than eight
hours a day without additional pay
and before he can pay them over
time he must have the work necessi
tating this extra time approved by
the department. So in the future Mr.
Beard will be the only one in the
office privileged to extend courtesies
in the way of service after hours and
in some cases he will not be able to
do it. For one thing no stamps will
be procurable after the general de
livery window closes. The general
delivery clerk will carry the key to
the stamp drawer and no one else
will be able to sell stamps. Patrons
are asked to provide themselves with
a reasonable supply of stamps so
that they will not be inconvenienced
when wishing to mail letters after
the office is closed. There will be
no general delivery service on Sun
days and holidays in the future and
those who want the Sunday mail
should provide themselves with lock
boxes. The hoars'for opening and
closing the office will be the same
as heretofore.
CONSTANCE TALMADGE
IN “SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE”
Splendid Comedy-Drama with Select
Star, at Cozy Friday Night.
You haven’t forgotten Constance
Talmadge in “Up the Road with Sal
lie” “Good-Night, Paul,” and the
other delightful photoplays you have
seen her in. The Talmadge produc
tion to be shown at the Cozy Friday
night is “Sauce for the Goose,” a
comedy drama, one of the best of the
year, which will cause you to laugh
at the dainty little queen of comedy
drama more than ever. Constance
is already a favorite with photoplay
patrons in this city—she will be
more firmly established than ever
after this picture has been shown.
MUTT and JEFF will amuse you
in “The Shell Game."
MONDAY comes charming little
Viola Dana in “The Gold Cure.” Don’t
forget the little star of “A Weaver
of Dreams” and “Flower of the
Dusk.”
TEACHERS ELECTED.
At a meeting of the Board of Edu
cation of the City of Blakely held
last Saturday, the following teachers
were elected to teach in the Blakely
Public Schools the next school year
beginning in September:
Ist Grade—Mrs. Emmett Freeman.
2nd Grade —Miss Mildred Sealy.
3rd Grade —Miss Annette Alexan
der.
4th Grade —Mrs. Nettie Coachman.
sth Grade —Miss Annie Grier.
6th Grade —Miss Neta Stuckey
7th Grade —Mrs. J. D. Abernathy.
Bth Grade —Miss Frances Carter.
9th Grade —Miss Mary F. Womack.
10th Grade —'Miss Ella Jones.
Music —Miss Estill Blocker.
' No superintendent has yet been
chosen though it is understood there
are several applicants for the place.
Prof. T. J. Townsend, who has been
at the head of the Blakely schools
the past year, has been elected su
perintendent of the Pelham schools,
but whether he has accepted or not
the News hasn’t learned.
“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead/’
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
OF BLAKELY SCHOOLS
Interesting and Well Executed from
Beginning to End.
The Blakely Public Schools closed
its 1918-1919 session last Friday.
The commencement exercises be
gan Thursday night with a recital by
the music and expression classes of
Misses Ethleen Pafford and Mayme
Vickers. Each number on the pro
gram was most creditably rendered
and showed the careful training that
had been bestowed upon the pupils
by these two excellent teachers.
Friday night there was rendered a
most delightful program, the chief
features of which were a Japanese
wedding and a bottle chorus; other
numbers included musical selections,
readings, etc. This entertainment
was pronounced by experienced judges
to be one of the best ever given by
the Blakely schools.
The commencement sermon was
preached Sunday night at the Baptist
church by Rev. J. A. Reiser, pastor
of the Baptist church at Hartford,
Ala. Mr. Reiser’s theme was “Some
Prerequisites to Success” and his
sermon was full of deep thought and
appeal to the young to equip them
selves for real success in life by first
knowing Jesus. The music furnished
by the choir was splendid and an ov
erflow audience honored the occasion
with their presence.
Monday night the graduating exer
cises took place at the school auditor
ium. The graduating class present
ed a pleasing program. The bacca
laureate address was delivered by
Col. N. L. Stapleton, of Colquitt. His
subject was “Education.” This is a
much discussed theme, but in spite
of this fact, jCci. Stapleton gave his
hearers a newfvision of why our boys
and girls should be educated, some of
his thoughts being extremely practi
cal and so simply presented in his
pleasing way that none could fail to
grasp his meaning. We feel sure that
all who heard this excellent address
went away with a new determination
to help the cause of education. At.
OUR GUARANTEE
YOUR MONEY
BACK IF
YOU WANT IT
Everything you buy from Balkcom’s must
be perfectly satisfactory to YOU.
There will be no “ifs,” no excuses. You
are to be completely satisfied, or we re
turn your money. We want you to be
pleased because we want your good will.
We Take All the Risks of Pleasing Yon
We grow and prosper
only as we serve you
well.
B A LKCOM’S
(The Economical Drug Store)
$1.50 A YEAR
BIRDMEN PAID BLAKELY
A VISIT LAST SATURDAY.
Pronounce Landing Place One of the
Best in Southern Georgia.
The first government aeroplane to
land in Blakely paid us a visit last
Saturday afternoon about 3 o’clock.
Sergeant G. E>. Gates, the naviga
tor, and his associate first were seen
hovering over the city at an altitude
of some five or six thousand feet,
the hum of their motors being indis
tinctly heard so high up were they.
The populace soon lined up on the
streets and watched the various
“stunts” pulled off by the air men,
such as loop the loop, nose dive, tail
spin, bottom upwards and various
other daring performances.
The airmen landed with ease at
the fair grounds, where they were
met by a large number of our peo
ple. They came down town and
mingled with our people for a couple
of hours, after which they gave an
other flight exhibition and then took
their departure across country for
Souther Field.
The aviators pronounced the Blake
ly landing place entirely satisfactory
and said they discerned its markings
shortly after passing Arlington, due to
the great height at which they were
flying. They said it is one of the
best in this territory.
It is probable that there will be
frequent visits from the birdmen in
the future, though it may be several
weeks before we can look for another
visit, owing to some local circum
stances at Souther Field.
the close of Col. Stapleton’s address
Prof. T. J. Townsend, with a few
appropriate remarks, delivered di
plomas to the following members of
the graduating class: Misses Lucile
Beard, Oussie Chancy, Jetta Hayes.
Gladys Reed. Thelma Roberts, and
Messrs. A. D. Harriss, Clinton Chand
ler and Horace Coachman.