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SHORTSTOPS
Mr. Byrd Odum, of Albany, spent
Sunday in the city.
25 tons Velvet Bsans wanted at
once. ED CHANCY.
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Mr. Lowell Lane is down from At
lanta for a few days.
Loved by old and young—OR
ANGE CRUSH in\ bottles.
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Mrs. VW; . ’ Walter -s at home
from Decatur’ ’or the olidays.
Mr. Eugene Dillard, of Fort
Gaines, was in the city Sunday.
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Mr. Floy Stephens, of Camilla,
visited Blakely. a day or two this
week.
Mr. E. L. Fryer, Sr., and Mrs.
Carl Fryer were visitors to .Albany
Monday.
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The more you drink the better
you will like it. ORANGE CRUSH
in bottles.
Miss Thelma Roberts, who teach
es at Abbeville, Ga., is at home for
the holidays.
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Bring your hemstitching to me.
Work done while vou wait.
MRS. J. F. GILBERT.
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Solicitor Horace Bell is spending
the holidays with the home folks
in Shellman.
Mrs. Carl Gaulden, of Camilla, is
a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
J. T. Freeman.
Have your suit steam pressed and
note the difference. Phone 73.
DUNN’S PRESSING CLUB.
Miss Sarah Likens, of Leesburg,
is the Christmas guest of her sister,
Mrs. E.arl George.
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500 bushels Seed Oats to sell
quick, 85c per bushel.
ED CHANCY.
Miss Myrtice Deal is at home
from Ashburn to spend the Yuletide
season with home folks.
Mr. 0. T. Melton, of Jackson,
Miss., is spending this week with his
father, Mr. W. M. Melton.
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You spend a third of your life in
bed. Why not have a good one. See
■ DeWOLFE & ARMSTRONG.
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Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Hasty, of
Cochran, are holiday guests at the
home of Mr. J. E. Womack.
Appier and Fulghum Seed Oats
to close out at 85c per bushel.
ED CHANCY
Mrs. T. R. Smith and son, T. R.,
of Quincy, Fla., were guests, of Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Fryer Sunday.
Messrs. T. S. Fordham and W. S.
Cox are in the city today, attending
the funeral of Mrs. Fannie Smith.
Mrs. H. H. Hobbs and children,
of Alachua, Fla., are spending the
holidays in Blakely with home folks.
Mrs. Lucy Kinsey, of Macon, is
spending the Christmas holidays
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.
Bx Buchannon.
Mrs. E. F. Atkinson is up from
Jacksonville to spend the holidays
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.
B. Buchannon.
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Friends of Mrs. W. C. Odum will
be pleased to learn that she is
much improved from a recent sev
eral days’ illness.
The News has been requested to
announce that Rev. J. Houston will
preach at Mount Zion church on
the fourth Sunday in December.
A level heel denotes neatness, also
health and economy. Let us keep
them straight.
BLAKELY SHOE SHOP.
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The friends of Dr. V. F. Balkcom
will regret to learn that he is sick
at his home on River street, and
hope to soon see him back at his
post again.
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THANK’
YOU
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C. D. DUKE
Phone 231 Quick Delivery
Mr. E. E. Tedder, Jr., and family,
of the Colomokee section, left yes
terday to make their home at Or
mond, Fla., Their neighbors great
ly regret to give them up.
The weather man has given us
about every variety of weather he has
on tap short of snow and sleet dur
ing the past week. The Christmas
shoppers have been wondering what
next.
Mr. and Mrs. D. N. Leach and
Mrs. Marquis, of Bartow, Fla., are
spending some days in Blakely with
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert C. Fort. Mrs.
Marquis is Mrs. Fort’s, mother and
Mrs. Leach her sister.
Rev. F. H. Chapman and son,
Charles, have gone to Chattanooga
to spend the holidays with Mrs.
Chapman and the girls of the fam
ily. Here’s wishing them a Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Deputy Sheriff Sid Howell has re
turned from Newark, N. J., bring
ing with him Bob Morgan, a negro
life termer, who escaped from the
Early county jail in 1917 following
his conviction for murder and while
waiting for the result of an appeal
to the higher court.
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The wife of B. J. Greer, a well
known colored woman of the Jakin
neighborhood, died at 9:30 o’clock
Monday night, December 14th. She
was ill for only about a half hour
before her death. She is survived
by her husband and seven children,
also by her mother. She was quite
active in religious work among her
people.
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The News had a pleasant pop call
Tuesday from Mr. W. G. Cosby, gal
lant old Confederate soldier, who
is. staying at present with his son,!
Mr. Henry J. Cosby, near Lucile.
We were sorry to learn that he
could not attend the recent re-union
at Albany because of feebleness. He
is the only surviving member of
his company. , •
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Mr. E. W. Fleming left Tuesday
for his home in Tampa, Fla., after
a two weeks’ business trip to Geor
gia points. He was accompanied
by Mr. E. R. Adams, who for some
15 years has beefi superintendent of
Blakely’s public utility plant. Mr.
Adams will also make his home in
Tampa, engaging in construction
work with his brother. His family
preceded him to Tampa several
months ago.
A lady friend in New York sends
us a photographic copy of Mr. Luke
man’s Stone Mountain group, taken
close up in Underwood & Under
wood’s studio. The three leading
figures of Davis, Lee and Stonewall
Jackson are so true to likeness of
these famous Southerners that we
wonder at some of the so-called crit
icisms of Mr. Lukeman’s work. Those
bullies just haven’t seen the models
nor the photographs if they can find
any flaw in them. We’ll be glad to
show the photograph to any of our
friends who express a desire to see
it.
SPECIAL PRICES A I
.ill |IJ rt
36 inch Sheeting, per yard 10c
36 inch Bleached Cotton, per yard 18c
30 inch Heavy Outing, per yard 18c
40 inch Crepe de Chine, four-thread,
per yard $1.89
54 in h Rayon Silk, bordered, per
yard $1.98
54 inch Flannel, per yard $2.98
32 inch Ginghams, pretty colors, per
yard 19c
50 dozen Ladies’ Silk Hose, all ccd
ors, per pair SI.OO
Men’s heavy weight Union Suits $1.45
Good’ Overalls, pair SL39
Best Overalls, heavy weight, per
pair $1.89
50 Men’s Hats, sold up to $5.00 $3.48
81 inch Sheeting, per yard 44c
A few more pairs of those special Shoes
for ladies, per pair $1.98
. New Slippers for ladies, new Shoes
and Oxfords for men. The prettiest line
of Sweaters to be found. We appreciate
your business. All items CASH.
J. B. Jones
Phone 209 Hemstitching
EARLY COUNTY NEWS
The congregations of the Metho
dist and Baptist churches worship
ed with Pastor Chapman and his
flock at the Presbyterian church last
Sunday night. The little church’s
normal capacity is about one hun
dred, but extra chairs had been
provided and more than two hun
dred heard Dr. Chapman’s splendid
discourse, which compared ancient
and modern idolatry. Pastor Chap
man announced that with the New
Year’s services would be held twice
a month—morning and evening—on
the Ist and 3rd Sundays, and that
there would bo prayer meeting qach
Wednc sd ay e* •,> n i ng.
Blakely friends and relatives have
recently received the following an
nouncement: “Mrs. Margaret Ken
drick announces the marriage of her
daughter, Ellen, to Mr. John L. Un
derwood, Jr., on Sunday, the seventh
of June, one thousand, nine hundred
and twenty-five, Atlanta, Ga.” fix
groom is the second son of
Mrs. John Underwood, of this city,
and is a student at Georgia Tech.
His young bride is an attractive
young lady of Atlanta, and has sev
eral times visited Blakely fi iends
They both have numerous friends
among the readers of the News
who w(ll wish them . all of the joys
and successes of this life.
The friends of Miss Dorothy
Jones will regret to learn that she
was painfully injured in an automo
bile accident near Tallahassee, Fla.,
on Monday night of last week. Sev
eral students of the State College
for Women of, Tallahassee were in
a truck en route to Lake Bradford,
near Tallahassee, when the truck
ran into a stationary freight car
and turned over. Miss Dorothy re
ceived a bad scalp wound and other
injuries which crippled her up for
several days, but her friends are
glad to note that she is now able
to hobble around with the aid of a
crutch. Two of the young ladies
in the ear were seriously injured,
and eleven others less seriously
hurt.
The News enjoyed a pleasant call
from Rev. 0. B. Talley and Hon.
John D. Haddock, of Damascus,
Monday. Mr. Talley is the new
Methodist pastor at Damascus.
Through him we learned of two
recent weddings at which he was
the officiating minister. Miss Macey
Lou Ray of Arlington and Mr. Claud
Lawrence of Milford were united in
marriage at the parsonage in Damas
cus on Thursday afternoon, the 16th.
Miss Jimmie Sheffield of Early.coun
ty and Mr. Christine Milliner of
Baker county were married Sunday
afternoon at the home of the bride’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Shef
field. In the language of the much
quoted Rip Van Winkle, ‘May you
all live long and prosper.”
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Hot and dry? Try a bottle of
ORANGE CRUSH. Sold at all drink
stands.
We have anything you need to
build a house at
TARVER’S.
PROGRAM FOR UNION .
CHRISTMAS SERVICE
Sunday Evening, Dec. 27, 7 O’Clock,
Baptist Church.
Prelude—Orchestra.
Processional—Choir.
Doxolgy.
Invocation—J. S. Hartsfield.
Song: “All Hail the Power of
Jesus’ Name.”
Scripture Lesson, Luke ’2:l-20-
Rov. T. M. Christian. ;
Offeito: y--a ahe tja. •
- Anthem—Choir.
Prayer—G. M. .Sparks.
Solo-—Mrs. Jesse Smith.
Address —Rev. IL Scott-Smith. j
Mate Quartette.
Song: “Holy Night” - (.noir.
Among the college contingent of
Blakely young folks home for. the
holidays we note the following:
Misses Neta Barham and Dorothy
Jones, F. S. W. C., Tallahassee, Fla.;
Ellen Rambo and Myrtice Free
man, ■ Ga. State W. C„ Milledge-,
v-lle; Dorothy Balkcom, Lucy Cobb,
Athens; Mildred Tarver, Wesleyan,
Macon; Alary Smith. Evelyn and Mar
ion Sherman, Ward-Belmoift, Nash
ville, Tenn.; Grace Beasley, G. S. W.
C., Valdosta; Messrs. Edwin and
Norman Boyett, U. of Ga., Athens;
Kendrick Womack, Tulane, New Or
leans; Willie Jim Hammack, William
Cox, Wyatt Alexander, Jr., Georgia
Tech, Atlanta; Robert llarriss and
James Murdock, Emory, Atlanta;
Lang and Price Holland, G. M. A.,
College Park. There are perhaps
others whose names the News did
not learn.
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BLAKELY CHAPTER NO. 44 R. A. M I
Blakely Chapter No. 43 j
( Royal Arch Mason? !
meets on the secomi I
' ’ XX i and fourth Monday J
—' nights of each month }
at 8 o’clock. Visiting companion.- j
cordially invited.
A. T. FLEMING, High Priest. I
... G. STANDIFER, Secretary.
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CIIIiAIBEN’S FATAL DISEASES
Worms and parasites in the intestines’
i.t children undermine health, and s ■
weaken their vitality that they are unabi
to resist the diseases co fatal to child life.
The safe course is to give a few doses o’
White’s Cream Vermifuge. It destroys
and expels the worms without the slight
est injury to tlm health or activity of the
child. Price 35c. Sold by
Balkcom’s Drug Store, Blakelyf Ga.
Galvanized Roofing at
. TARVER’S.
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For the balance of the season we are of
fering for SPOT CASH our entire stock of
WINTER GOODS at greatly reduced
prices.
AH Velvet Hats sacrificed, most of
them at half price.
Nov/ is the time to get that nice Coat,
Hat, Dress or Sweater at a great saving.
DON’T ASK TO HAVE IT
CHARGED.
We also have many useful and appro
priate things for Christmas Gifts, includ
ing beautiful Dolls and Doll Carts for the
kiddies.
COME IN AND SEE US.
Mrs. 0. M. Wade
Blakely, Georgia
! A COMMUNITY
CHRISTMAS TREE
ITo Be Held at Court House
Friday Evening.
A community Christmas Tree will
be held at the court house in Blake
ly on Christmas night, beginning at
. 6:30 o’clock.
Appro,'’ i-ie committees from the
various, chinches of the city are
working v. ill' zeal to see chat every
child and every needy person in
the city is appropriately remembered.
■ • The program will begin at 6:30
and singing of Christmas carols
will be an interesting feature of the
occasion.
This is to be in every sense a
-mnnity affair and everybody
shoit.hl ’ free to put pres .its on
tin. tree and- share in the pleasures
>f the occasion.
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I SENECA FA'fPONS
Those a..ending the showing’ of
“Wild Horse Mesa,” Paramount spe
cial production, featuring Jack
Holt, from the story by Zane Gray,
at the Seneca Theatre Friday night
will be presented with a pretty 1926
cclomi. , “Ready for the Opera.”
“Wild , or u- Mesa.” with Jack Holt,
Billie Dove, Noah Berry and Douglas
Fairbanks, Jr., is an. exceptionally
good picture and booked especially
for Christmas day only. Admission,
15c and 35c.
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j Just received a car of NAILS
; and FIELD FENCING.
TARVER’S.
! GREETINGS
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|TO THE CITIZENS OF BLAKELY
AND EARLY COUNTY:
We wish to express our apprecia
tion for your patronage in 1925 and
do heartily wish you all a Merry,
Merry Christmas and a prosperous
New Year.
Thanking you again, we are,
Yours for better service in 1926,
BRYANT I WILLIAMS