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A complete stock of Plow Re
pairs at TARVER’S.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Moye visited
Atlanta this week.
Drink Milk from Primrose Dairy.
Every bottle steam sterilized.—adv,
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Fryer spent
the week end in Quincy, Fla., with
relatives.
We have the points for any plow,
from a Boy Dixie to a Steel Avery.
TARVER’S.
Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Hodges and
little daughter, Benjie, were week
end visitors in Blakely.
If you get your Cabbage and
Onion Plants at TARVER’S, you
get the best.
Mrs. C. W. Monroe, of Jesup, Ga.,
is in the city on a visit to her moth
er, Mrs. Sam Lindsey.
Mr. R. C. Sherman returned Sun
day to Atlanta, after spending the
holidays here with his family.
The Crystal Wax Bermuda Onion
from Texas is the plant to plant for
results. Get them at TARVER’S.
Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Flanders have
returned to Oxford, after spending
the Christmas holidays in Blakely.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Grimes, of
the Cuba community, announce the
birth of a baby boy on Wednesday,
December 30.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Talley and
two children, of Macon, spent the
week end as guests of the family of
Mr. D. R. Deal.
Miss Nell Williams returned Sun
day from Ozark, Ala., where she
spent the week with Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Davenport.
Mrs. W. B. Munroe, of Quincy,
Fla., will arrive Friday to spend
two weeks with her niece, Mrs. Carl
Fryer, and family.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Haisten and
sons, James Marvin and Billie, of
Panama City, Fla., spent Sunday in
Blakely with relatives.
Mr. Edwin G. Barham has re
turned to Toccoa, after spending
the holidays in Blakely with his
father, Mr. F. A. Barham.
Suede polishes, all suede shoes
cleaned and color renewed. Fine
shoe repairing and laces. BLAKE
LY SHOE SHOP, So. Main street.
Miss Jessie Merle Scarborough,
of Leesburg, Fla., spent several
days the past week with Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Scarborough and Mr.
and Mrs. Otis Scarborough.
Mrs. J. L. Camp and daughter,
Miss Mary Miles Camp, have re
turned from a visit to Mrs. Camp’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ven
tress, at Clayton, Ala.
Misses Winifred Brooks and Myr
tice Deal have returned to Albany
to resume their places in the faculty
of the city schools after spending
the holidays in Blakely.
Misses Myrtice Deal and Winifred
Brooks have returned to Albany
to resume their duties as teachers
in the city schools there after spend
ing the Christmas holidays here.
Fryer’s Pharmacy
BLAKELY, GEORGIA
The best stock of Furniture and
Hardware in town at TARVER’S.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wilder and
baby left Tuesday for a ten-day stay
in Cairo.
Our Garden Seed are the best.
We know what you need. TAR
VER’S.
We know the Garden Seed busi
ness and will give you the best.
TARVER’S.
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Lawhorne, of
Moultrie, spent Sunday with Mrs. H.
L. Strickland.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Chandler an
nounce the birth of a baby boy on
January 2.
Mr. John Deal is at home from
Beaumont, Texas, on a visit to his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Deal.
Don’t chase over town looking
for a point to fit your plow. We
have it. TARVER.
Mr. Bernard Daniels, of Geneva,
Ala., was a week end guest of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Daniels.
Miss Dolly Highsmith returned
Sunday to Waycross, after a visit to
Misses Fleda and Lucille Barksdale.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Williams and
small son, of Columbia, spent the
week end with Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Tinsley.
Miss Madge King has returned to
her duties as teacher in Norman
Junior College, after spending the
holidays at home.
Miss Cathryn Willis has returned
to Donalsonville, after spending a
few days here with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. T. L. Willis.
Miss Ella Jones entertained the
| members of her “42” Club and also
i a few friends at the home of Mrs.
jlva Herring on Wednesday after
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Perry and
I son, Mr. Holcomb Perry, and Miss
j Chloe Milner, of Albany, were week
J end guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
I Jones.
Mr. Carl Spence, of the U. S. Ma
rines and stationed at present at
Quantico, Va., was a guest of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Spence,
for several days last week.
Mrs. C. T. Alexander and Mr.
Lynwood Alexander have returned
from a visit to Cokesbury, S. C.
They were accompanied home by
Mrs. Allen Palmer and two children,
who will spend some time here.
Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Maddox and
daughters, Misses Lucy and Vivian
Maddox, accompanied by Mr. John
McAllister, of Fort Gaines, attended
the L. S. U.-Santa Clara football
game in the Sugar Bowl at New
Orleans last Friday.
I have opened a Ladies’ Ready
to~Wear shop in the former Vanity
Box Shoppe location, north side of
the public square. I will carry a
nice line of ladies’ apparel and cor
dially invite you to visit “Our
Shoppe,” which will be the name of
the new business. All dresses re
duced- to half. MARGARET IVEY,
Manager.
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY. GEORGIA
CHURCH NEWS -:- ANNOUNCEMENTS
THE BLAKELY
METHODIST CHURCH
E. M. OVERBY, Pastor
Church School 9:45 a. m. each
Sunday. Walter C. Jordan, general
superintendent. Classes for every
age. If you are not already going
to a Church School you are most
cordially invited to attend and get
all we can give you.
Public Worship 11:00 a. m., 7:00
p. m., and Wednesday 7:00 p. m.
All of these worship services un
der the direction of the pastor. At
both services on Sunday it is his
purpose to preach.
The Young People will meet in
their Epworth League services Sun
day evening at 6:15 o’clock.
“Christ also loved the church
and gave himself for it; That he
might sanctify and cleanse it with
the washing of water by the word,
That he might present it to himself
a glorious church, not having spot,
or wrinkle, or any such thing; but
that it should be holy and without
blemish.”
BLAKELY FREE WILL
BAPTIST CHURCH
REV. W. T. WILEY, Pastor
Services second Sunday 11 a. m.,
7 p. m. Sunday School at 10 a. m.,
J. L. Houston, Supt.
We hope to have all the church
present at both services, as this is
the beginning of a new year.
We will speak Sunday morning
from Luke’s Gospel, 16th chapter,
on “Resolutions.” Come and hear
what happened to the unfaithful
servant. The Bible teaches ferven
cy in business and in spirit; both
are necessary. Anything well begun
is half finished. Let us get busy
for the Lord.
Conference will be called at one
of these services. Remember, our
obligations must be met. Deal fairly
with the Lord and He will deal fair
ly with us. Yes, the Lord first.
Come and worship with us. We
will do you no harm, if no good.
Bring just one more friend with
you and it will increase our congre
gation. Pray for the meeting and
pray for your pastor. May we all
make a good beginning for the
year 1937.
Let us fix that old plow for you.
TARVER.
Miss Vivian Williams entertained
Thursday night with a prom and
dance honoring her class-mates of
the eighth grade. Delicious punch
and wafers were served during the
evening. About forty guests enjoy
ed the occasion and voted it one of
the happiest of the holidays.
You find the Plow Point you want
at TARVER’S.
Mr. F. G. Plowden has bought
the interest of Mr. R. L. Thompson
in the Thompson & Plowden service
station and garage, announcement
to that effect appearing in The
News this week. Mr. Plowden will
have as mechanic in his garage Mr.
C. H. Monfort. Mr. Thompson will
be in charge of the mechanical de
partment of the county convict
camp for 1937.
Furniture, Furniture, Furniture—
we have it. TARVER’S.
After spending the holidays at
home, the following Blakely girls
and boys have returned to their re
spective colleges for the spring term:
Elizabeth and Lillian Fryer, Shorter;
Frances Balkcom and Rebecca Fry
er, and W. F. Lawrence, University
of Georgia; Sadie and Marjorie
Standifer, Wesleyan; Arthur Wil
liams, Vanderbilt; Hazel Warrick
and Janet Mann, G. S. W. C.; Alice
Rhodes, Huntingdon; Mamie Sarah
Maddox, University of Kentucky;
Eleanor Loback, Andrew; Bradley
Bridges, A. J. Singletary, and C. R.
Barksdale, Jr., Emory; Sarah King
and Wilbur Bryant, Norman Junior
College; Ned Holland and Billie
Hall, Tulane; DuPont Strong, Lu-j
| ther Warrick, Hal Clinkscales, M. G.
jC.; Jimmie Solomon, Riverside; F.
B. Martindale, G. M. A.; Frank Kel
ly, W. G. C.; Ralph Hobbs, Jr., and
Norman Alexander, A. B. A. C.;
Thomas Bynum, Jr., Lewis Fryer,
Jr., and Grady Holman, Jr., Clem
son; John H. Williams, Jr., and
William Clearman, Georgia Tech;
Sam Clinkscale, Oglethorpe; Homer
: Trippe, Georgia Southwestern.
Garden Seed in bulk at TAR-
I VER’S.
THE BLAKELY
BAPTIST CHURCH
SPENCER B. KING, Pastor
Last Sunday made a good start
on the New Year’s work in our
church. Let us ‘keep on keeping on’!
We are beginning to ‘Get acquainted
with John’, and we must read and
study and think and pray until we
get into our lives the great blessing
of strength and courage and hope
there is for us in this great Gospel.
The Sunday School lesson next Sun
day is from the Third Chapter, that
marvelous conversation with Nico
demus.
For the morning Sermon we will
talk about “Jesus, the Master Work
man”, from the text in John 17:4,
“I have finished the work which Thou
gavest me to do.” At the evening
hour, 7:00 p. m., we will talk about
“Our Saviour’s Prayer”, from the
fifteenth verse of the same Chapter.
Our Young people will remember the
Training Unions meet at 6:00 p. m.
Last Monday afternoon our W.
M. S. had a great meeting. Their
Reporter has told about it in another
column, but the Pastor wants here
to express his joy, and his congratu
lations to the ladies for the fine way
they are beginning the year’s work.
On next Monday at 3:00 the new
Circles meet. The Lena Davis Cir
cle, with Mrs. Don Bridges; the
Lydia Green Circle with Mrs. S. B.
King; the Lottie Moon Circle with
Mrs. J. D. Martin; the Marjorie Shu
mate Circle with Mrs. J. L. Under
wood; the Y. W. A. with Miss Mar
jorie Spence; the Intermediate G. A.
with Mrs. Alto Warrick; the Junior
G. A. with Miss Eugenia Thompson;
the R. A. at the Pastor’s Study and
the Sunbeams in their room.
On Tuesday at 3:00 p. m., th©
Dorcas Class meets with Mrs. Claude
Howel] with Mrs. Alto Warrick, Mrs.
Otis Scarbrough, Mrs. Clyde Grif
fin and Mrs. Luther Robinson joint
hostesses.
Wednesday night the mid-week
prayer meeting, the subject being
“The Witness of John the Baptist.”
MEETING OF BAPTIST W. M. S.
Formation and naming of the
new Circles for the year 1937 com
posed the greater part of the busi
ness session of the Baptist Mission
ary Society when it met on Monday
afternoon in the church auditorium.
Mrs. W. W. Fleming, the newly
elected president, presided over the
meeting and in her devotional urged
consecrated and hearty co-operation
of the members in making all future
phases of the work a success.
Following the retirement of the
Circles to private meeting quarters,
the following report was made by
Circle secretaries:
The names selected for the year
are:
Lena Davis Circle, with Mrs. J.
R. Donnan, leader. This Circle se
lected the name of Mrs. Donnan’s
mother, who was a faithful member
of the Blakely Baptist church.
Lottie Moon Circle, with Mrs. J.
D. Martin, leader.
Marjorie Shumate Circle with
Mrs. E. H. Dunn, leader.
Lidia Green Circle with Mrs.
Spencer B. King, leader.
Bereavement committee for the
month of January is Mrs. Clyde
Griffin and Mrs. O. H. Snyder.
Three new members, Mrs. Tooke,
Mrs. Brantley and Mrs. Cole, were
introduced and welcomed into the
Society.
There was a total of 65 members
present.
The meeting was dismissed with
prayer by Mrs. J. E. Chancy, the
retiring president.
—REPORTER.
Twin babies, a boy and a girl,
were born to Linton Averitt and
wife, colored residents of this city,
on Thanksgiving Day. The children
have been named Lewis and Lois.
Jordan’s Market PH i££ E Free Delivery
SWEET RELISH—B ozs. 10c FRESH TOMATOES—Lb. 10c
NO. 2 RED KIDNEY BEANS 15c TOMATO JUICE, Large—3 for 25c
GRAPEFRUIT JUICE 5c LUX FLAKES—2 pkgs. , 25c
NO. 2 PEAS & CARROTS 15c GERBER’S BABY FOODS, Asst 10c
PEANUT BUTTER—2 lbs. . 25c SWEET MlLK—Quart 10c
CHARCOAL—S lbs. 10c BUTTER MILK—Qt. 5c
HEINZ SOUPS—Pea, Tomato, Celery, Asparagus, Mushroom and
Chicken Noodle.
Cabbage and Onion Plants every
day in the week at TARVER’S.
Friends in Blakely will be inter
ested in the announcement of the
marriage of Miss Ida Williams,
daughter of the late K. H. Williams,
to Mr. Frank Norris, of Hartwell,
Ga. The wedding took place at the
Masonic Home in Macon.
Friends in Blakely will be sad
dened to learn of the death of
Mrs. Clara Howard Flowers, widow
of the late W. H. Flowers, at her
home in Thomasville the past week.
She was 78 years old. Mrs. Flow
ers was for a number of years a
resident of Blakely and had many
friends here.
New Year’s Resolutions!
Our resolution is to give better service
than we have given in the past. All
we want is an opportunity.
Regardless of what your problems are
in your business we will gladly assist
you in any way we can.
You are cordially invited to discuss
your needs with us.
First National Bank
Blakely, Georgia
DEPOSITS INSURED UP TO $5,000.00
January Sale
$27.50 Coats .... $20.00
$16.75 Dresses . . . $12.95
$10.95 Dresses S 7.95
All Winter Hats Greatly Reduced.
COME IN AND SEE.
MRS. D. M. WADE
New Furniture For
The New Year
Beautiful new Bed Room Suites and
other attractive Furniture received the
past week.
We shall carry a full and complete
line throughout the year everything
needed to furnish the home and our
prices are moderate.
Our sales force will be delighted to
show you through our store.
LANIER FURNITURE CO.
574 N. Main Phone 117
2-Year Field Grown
Roses 25c Each
Other Shrubbery, Fruit and
Nut Trees Equally
as Cheap
WE ALSO SPECIALIZE IN
LANDSCAPING AND
TREE SURGERY
JOHN E. CATO
Bainbridge, Ga.
In BLAKELY Each WEDNESDAY