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SHORTSTOPS
Mr. Ike Newberry, of Nickleville, '
was a Tuesday visitor to/ Blakely.
Weevilnip kills the boll weevil. See ;
MOYB & CALHOUN. Distributors.
Mr. J. S. Cowart, of Arlington,
was among Tuesday’s visitors to the 1
city.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Wiley, of
Damascus, were in the city this
morning.
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Messrs. D. B. Thompson and C.
8. Middleton are in the Capital
City for a short stay.
Miss Alma Church, a student at
G. S. W. C., Valdosta, was at home
several days last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Williams and
children and Miss Della Williams
visited Americus Sunday.
Fight the boll weevil with Hill’s
Mixture. See
J. H. MOYE, Distributor
Mrs. E. L. Fryer, Sr., is spending
this week in Albany with her daugh
ter, Mrs. R. M'. Underwood.
Mr. and MYs. H. P. Harrison, of
Vienna, announce the arrival of an
eight pound boy on March 29th.
Sheriff A. J. Lewis and Deputy
Sheriff Pippin, of Jackson county,
Fla., were in Blakely Tuesday.
Miss Dorothy Alexander has return
ed to Brenau, Gainesville, after spend
ing a few days with home folks.
Fight the 801 l Weevil with Hill’s
Mixture. See
J. H. MOYE, Dfctributor.
Miss Della Williams, of Jackson
ville, Fla., is spending this week in
Blakely with Mr. and Mrs. Carl J.
Williams.
Messrs. T. H. Bynum and LeSeur
Hilton returned Friday from a three
weeks’ visit to various Florida points
of interest.
Editor R. R. Powell of the Arling
ton Courier, accompanied by Mr.
Harry Livingston, was in the city
this morning.
Mr. Bill Boyett, accompanied by a
friend, came down from U. of Ga.
and spent several days with home
folks last week.
Mrs. Foy Haynes and children are
visiting relatives in Dawson, being
called there by the illness of Mrs.
Haynes’ father.
The court of ordinary meets next
Monday. Big court will also be in
session, but Judge Lane will be on
deck just the same.
Mrs. Demand Herring and children,
Mrs. Morrell Yarbrough and children
and Mrs. W. W. James are spending
today in Donalsonville.
MYs. H. L. Clifton returned to her
home In Montgomery Monday, after
a ten days’ visit to her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. H. M. Haynes.
Mr. C. D. Duke attended the gath
ering of Purina officials and salesmen
in Atlanta this week, reporting a
pleasant and profitable trip.
Messrs. J. M. Johnson, J. W. Tay
lor, W. R. Taylor and D. C. Mor
gan, of the Rowena neighborhood,
were looking after business in Blake
ly Tuesday.
FRESH CAR
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PHI SHOWS
FOR EVERY NEED
JUST RECEIVED
v
C. D. DUKE
Phone 23 J Quick Delivery
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ford, Misses |
Jewell Carroll, Grace Henry and Irene
Noles, of Pinehurst, Ga., were the
week end guegts of Mr. and Mrs.
F. B. Calhoun.
Friends of Mrs. D. M. Wade will
be pleased to learn that she is rest
ing nicely following an operation at '
a Dothan hospital Sunday, and hope 1
that she will rapidly recover.
Miss Lorena Skinner and Mr. 01- !
He Snell, from near Sloeomb, Ala., \
motored to Blakely Sunday and were i
united in marriage by Judge C. C. j
'Lane, the ever obliging ordinary.
Mr. Wright, of the Wright Buick
Co., Eufaula, Ala., who is also the
local dealer, was in the city a day
or two this week and begins an ad
vertising campaign in the News this
week.
Miss Pauline Chandler returned to
Valdosta last Saturday to take up
her work at G. S. W. C., after
spending 10 days with home folks
while recovering from an operation at
a Dothan hospital for tonstlitis.
' Mr. W. C. Hunt and sons, Willie
Jim and Thomas, and nephew, Law
rence Hunt, and Mr. H. L. Grant, of
St. Andrew, Fla., were shaking hands
with Blakely and Damascus friends
Thursday and Friday of last week.
Messrs. A. H. Moore, G. M. Yar
brough and R. L. Martin have re
turned from a week’s trip dow ? n the
east coast of Florida. They tell many
glowing tales of the prosperity and
beauty of this section of the country.
New Pressing Club Altering,
mending, cleaning and pressing;
sewing; silk shirts laundered. Prices
very reasonable. Conscientious work
manship. Please give us a chance.
Mesdames Beatty & Stephens,
at Flowers Old Mill.
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Sol Montgomery, a well known ne
gro farmer, died last week of pneu
monia on the Ransone place east or
town. He was buried at Mt. Olive
Baptist church in the city, of which
he was a member. Sol was esteemed
alike by white and black.
The Colomokee Dramatic Club
will present the play, "Because
Love You," Friday night, April 4th, at
7:30 o’clock, at the Colomokee School
auditorium, for the benefit of the
Colomokee Baptist church. Every
body is cordially invited. Admission.
15c and 25c.
Young Stribling, the sensational
school boy boxer, of Macon, decisive
ly whipped Mike McTigue, the light
heavy-weight champion of the world,
in Newark, N. J., last Monday. Strib
ling failed to score a knockout, how
er, and the Irishman still retains tho
title, although it’s just hanging on.
Mary Foster, who for many years
was cook at the Thompson hotel, and
one of the faithful characters of her
race, died last Sunday after an ill
ness of some duration. She was
the widow of Rob Foster, once a
well known character about Blakely.
She was about 54 years old. She
was burled at Wesley Chapel Sunday
afternoon.
FOR 3ALE —Hatching Eggs, from
Blue Ribbon winners. "Aristocrat
White Wyandottes,” 15 eggs $3.00,
100 eggs $17.50. My Wyandottes are
large snow white birds and are the
fastest maturing, best laying breed
of them all. J. D. NEWTON, Do
than, Ala. ‘ 3-6-6tpd
WILL SELL a few of my S. O.
Ferris Strain White Leghorn Cocker
els. They are from White Farm Hills,
Mo. Bred to be the largest leghorn
and egg producing strain. Also have
setting eggs. Will be glad to have
you call and see them. C. HEN
NING, Phone 157. 3-4tp
Seed Peanuts
I have THREE TONS
of nice Seed Peanuts
at 2 cts. F. O. B. Ban
croft, Ga.
<i. H. TAYLOR
EARLY COUNTY NEWS
The county commissioners were
in session two days this week —Tues-
day and Wednesday. A good deal of
the session was spent in effecting a
final settlement with Mr. M. T. Chip
stead for 1920 taxes, a matter which j
has been in litigation between the
board and Mr. Chipstead for some
time. An agreement was reached
and the county's suit against Mr.
Chipstead was ordered withdrawn.
The annual music contest of the
grammar and high school grades will
be held Saturday morning at 10:30
o’clock at the school auditorium.
Medals will be given in each of the
contests. The Symphony Club is the
promoter of this and offers the med
als each year. The public is cor
dially invited and especially urged
to attend. A small admission of 20c
will be charged.
The county board of education
was in session Tuesday. The full
board, Messrs. H. C. Haddock, chm.,
G. L. Ivey, O. B. Hudspeth, C. E.
Martin and W. T. Clearman, were
present. The board was in session
again today. Together with the trus
tees of the Rock Hill consolidated
school district, they inspected the
sites offered for the new school
building and chose the one some sev
en or eight miles southwest of Blake
ly on the Columbia road.
Quite a number of out-of-town peo
ple attended the showing of “If Win
ter Comes,” the Fox picture produc
tion of A. S. M. Hutchinson’s best
seller, at the Seneca Theatre last
night. The picture will be shown
again tonight at 8 o'clock. "If Win
ter Comes" ranks as one of the really
worth-while screen productions, and
is a faithful production of Hutchin
son’s widely read book. If you didn’t
see it last night, don’t miss it to
night.
Rev. Spencer B. King is serving on
the flying squadron of all Georgia
motor tours in progress among the
Baptists this week. Rev. T. J. Her
ring, of Parrott, was the speaker at
the Blakely church Monday night
and brought the Baptist people a
splendid message, impressing upon
them the individual responsibility of
each one to God for the faithful dis
charge of tasks that God has laid up
on them. He went to Hilton, New
Hope and Damascus Tuesday with
Bro. King.
'BLAKELY HIGH SCHOOL
BASEBALL NEWS
After losing the first game of the
season to the Bainbridge Hi 5-1, thq
boys of the Blakely Hi came back
and defeated the Eufaula HI last Fri
day in Blakely, 7-6. The local boys
had the game sewed up till the 7tn
inning, when they liked to have let
the Alabama boys get the game.
Milton White pitched the first six
innings for Blakely and was relieved
by Bob Bush. Allen did the receiv
ing. Harrison and Janies were the
battery for Eufaula Hi.
Today the Blakely boys tackle
the Headland (Ala.) high school on
the local diamond and tomorrow they
journey to Colquitt to play the High
School team there.
LOST—Black and white spotted
pointer puppy. Reward. CLYDE
WARD.
LOCAL WEATHER.
Review of local weather conditions
for the week ending Wednesday,
April 2nd. T means trace only.
Observations are for the 24-hour
periods ending at 7 p. m.
Day
; Max.
Min.
Rainfall
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Wind
Weathvr
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27| 82] 55j0.00j5. W.|P. Cloudy
28| 83] 57] T. |S. W.|P. Cloudy
29] 76] G2j T. ]S. W.jcioudy
30| 77] 56| ft jS. W.’P. Cloudy
31] 83| W. (Clear
1] 68] 41J0.00JN. W.|Clear
2] 65] 32j0.00|N. W.(Clear
Summary for Month of March:
TEMPERATURE—Mean maximum,
66.5; mean minimum, 40.0; MEAN,
53.2; maximum, 83 on the 28th and
31st; minimum, 24 on the 11th; great
est daily range, 38 degrees.
PRECIPITATION—TotaI, 3.03 inch
es; greatest amount in any 24-hour
MISCELLANEOUS: Number days
with 0.01 inch or more of rain, 7;
clear, 15; partly cloudy, 7; cloudy,
7. Killing frosts on the 15th, 16th,
22nd. Sleet and snow on the 13th.
J. G. STANDIFER,
Local Observer, U. S. Weather Bureau.
PAVING EXECUTIONS.
The city clerk is listing fi. fas.
against all those who have defaulted
in the payment of the first installment
of their paving assessments. The
: bond holders are clamoring for their
! money and it will have to be paid.
Look after this now and avoid un
necessary expense and lacerated
feelings.
W. W. FLEMING, Clerk.
LOST-—Strayed from Bancroft last
Sunday bay mare about ten years
old, scratch inside left hind leg and
on outside of both hind legs and
fiont shoulders. Reward if returned
*o CHARLIE WARD, Bancroft, Ga. ltp
The Qossard
Line of Beauty
We believe that no other garments
are so important to a woman as her
corsets and brassieres. They, more
than anything else, keep the figure
youthful. Gossards— which we are
pleased to show in a full range of
sizes and prices—-give the figure the
ideal linto of the type to which it
belongs. Let us show you.
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JUST RECEIVED—
a new shipment Van Raalte Gloves and
Hose, Madge Evans Hats for girls.
Our hat and dress departments are re
plete with the best the market affords.
You want to see them.
Mrs. D. M. Wade
FOLLOW THE CROWD
To our store and save money on your
purchase.
We buy in large quantities, at lower
prices, and sell on a very small margin of
profit, which enables us to make a quick turn
over, and give our customers good, fresh,
clean drugs and other lines that we carry.
We haven’t sold out of garden and field
seeds yet, but they are going good. We ex
pect a shipment of South Carolina cabbage
plants the last of this week.
We appreciate your business.
Acme Dri & Seed Store
North Main Street Blakely, Ga.
NOTICE TO PUBLIC
I am now shelling peanuts and beans, grind
ing feed at my grist mill. Have latest model
Tom Huston machine and am now shelling
every day.
W. E. WATSON
BLAKELY, GA.
*CT Arcs I Money back without question
\1 If HUNT'S GUARANTEED
wVjW- \ SKIN DISEASE REMEDIES
/ffl f Wi (Hunt's Salve and Soap), fail In
I IJ j l the treatment of Itch, Rettma,
i/\ Ringworm, Tetter or other itch*
* inc skin diseases. Try this
treatment at our rtak.
Blakely Drug and Seed Store
Blakely, Ga.
SEED FOR SALE—Wbite Spanish
peanuts, 7 l-2c lb. or 514)0.00 per
ton. Wannamaker Cleveland Big.
801 l Cotton Seed at $1.26 bushel or
$60.00 ton. I. D. FELDER. 3-2t'