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Mrs. Tom Bynum is visiting rela
tives in Fitzgerald.
Miss Annie Livingston was a visi
tor in Albany Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Cook and son,
Jeff, spent Sundajf in Dothan.
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Fryer spent
last week in Panama City, Fla.
Mrs. W. H. Howell is visiting in
Americus and Albany this week.
Mrs. J. D. Rogers, Jr., is spending
several weeks in Bristol, Va., with
her sister.
Friends are glad to see Mr. D. M.
Wade out again after an illness of
several days.
Mrs. John Gleaton and little son,
Johnny, spent last week in Macon
with Mr. Gleaton.
Mrs. Walter Hayes has returned
from Tampa, where she had been
visiting relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. F. Cox and
children, of Slocomb, Ala., were vis
itors here Sunday.
Miss Ruth Smith left Wednesday
for Cairo, where she will spend her
two weeks’ vacation.
Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Houston spent
Sunday in Georgetown with Mr. and
Mrs. W. W. Bledsoe.
Miss Ann Haisten has returned
home, after spending some time in
Montgomery and Selma, Ala.
Mrs. Alexander Howell is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Carl Camp, and Miss
Betty Camp, in Asheville, N. C.
Just received from the factory a
fresh stock of International Stock
and Poultry Powders. J. R. OWEN.
Mr. Clinton Minter and Mr. Tom
Minter, of Orlando, Fla., were week
end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Minter.
Mr. Carroll Davis, of the United
States Engineering Department, vis
ited his mother, Mrs. R. W. Davis,
Sunday.
We carry all good polishes. Lei
us keep your shoes like new with
our fine shoe repairing. BLAKELY
SHOE SHOP.
Miss Jeanie Hartley, who holds a
position with the Southern Bell Tel
ephone Company in Bainbridge, spent
the week end at home.
Miss June Morgan and little Miss
Diana Morgan, of Miami, Fla., are
here on a visit to their grandfather,
Ordinary D. C. Morgan.
Miss Ruth Ann George and her
guest, Miss Betty Jane Wilson, of
Donalsonville, are spending this week
in Atlanta visiting Miss Frances
George.
Mr. Arley Hartley has returned to
the U. S. Navy, after spending a ten
day furlough at home. His friends
will be interested to know that he
enlisted as a Third Class Petty Offi
cer and is stationed at Norfolk, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Braddock and
mother, Mrs. Jennie C. Brown, of
Jacksonville, spent last week with
the families of Mrs. Brown’s daugh
ters, Mrs. 0. H. King, of Blakely,
and Mrs. E. 0. Mills, of Columbia.
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Mrs. W. E. Hayes is visiting rela
tives in Griffin.
Guy McLendon, of Waycross, is
visiting relatives here.
Miss Ted Phelps is visiting rela
tives in New Mexico.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hatton
spent Sunday in Wetumpka, Ala.
For fresh pure Milk, call HALL’S
DAIRY. All cows regularly tested
by State Veterinarian.
Mr. Sam Barbree and Mr. Ralph
Banbree, of Donalsonville, were vis
itors in Blakely Monday.
Mrs. W. L. Rhodes and Miss Alyce
Rhodes have returned from a several
days’ stay in Montgomery.
Mrs. F. P. Davis left Tuesday for
Atlanta, where she will visit her
sister, Miss Frances Carter.
Marshall Day left Sunday for
Brunswick to spend several days With
his brother, Clarence Day.
Miss Ouida Mobley, of Atlanta, is
at home on a visit to her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Austin Mobley.
Mrs. Julia Mae Williams has re
cently returned from a several
weeks’ visit to Pensacola, Fla.
Mr. George Warrick has been
transferred from Napier Field, Do
than, to Lynn, near Bainbridge.
Mrs. R. C. Howell spent several
days in Albany the past week with
her sister, Mrs. Victor Killebrew.
Mrs. Frank Tedder and children,
Fay and Bob, have returned to At
lanta, after spending several days
With Mr. and Mrs. Ross Avirett.
Messrs. Emmett Williams and
Floyd Lindsey, of Sylacauga, Ala.,
spent the week end here with home
folks.
Miss Vivian Brunson, of Macon,
is spending several days here with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Murray
Brunson.
Misses Fay and Mary Ann Thomp
son, of Cincinnati, Ohio, were guests
last week of Billy and Kathryn
Reeves.
Miss Bobbie Bush has returned
fcome, after sipending seevral weeks
in Panama City with her aunt, Miss
Louise Bush.
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Singletary, of
the Langston Chapel community, an
nounce the birth of a daughter on
Monday, August 17.
Mr. W. H. Fleming, who has been
at Sylacauga, Ala., for some time, is
spending several days at home before
leaving for the army on August 28.
Miss Virginia Gross and Judson
Gross of Washington, D. C., Miss
Mary Nell Pate of Ashford, Ala.,
Miss Virginia Baughman and Miss
Katherine Everedge of Dothan, Ala.,
are visiting Mr. and Mrs. L. H.
Baughman, in Cedar Springs.
DR. 0. H. PATRICK, of Pelham,
is located in the building next door
to the WESTERN UNION and is
prepared to test your eyes and fit
glasses. He is here ONLY ON TUES
DAY. If you are having eye trouble
visit Dr. Patrick. The date, TUES
DAY ONLY.
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Williams and
Mrs* W. J. Kenney, Jr., spent last
Thursday in Dothan.
Mrs. C. E. Gunthorpe, of Atlanta,
is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
G. F. Pickle, this week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Widener and
daughter, Jaquelin, of Ocilla, were
visitors in Blakely this week.
Johnny Will Johnston, of the U. S.
Navy, Norfolk, Va., is here on a visit
to his sister, Mrs. Bennett Smith.
Mr. T. M. Pullen, of Damascus,
was a visitor in Blakely Monday,'
entering his name on the News’ list
of subscribers while here.
Mrs. Herbert Peavy and daugh
ter, Angeline, of Vienna, are spend
ing this week with Mrs. Peavy’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Gilbert.
Mr. J. Frank Gilbert, Jr., who is
attending a Technician Radio School
in Tallahassee, spent the week end
here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. Frank Gilbert.
Mr. C. S. Jernigan and two sons,
Saxon, Jr., and Owen, of Memphis,
Tenn., spent a day or two in the city
this week, guests in the home of Mr.
D. B. Jernigan.
Mr. C. D. Duke has returned from
California, where he spent several
days with his son, Mr. Raymond
Duke, who was on shore leave from
the U. S. Navy.
Friends regret to know that Mr.
J. Frank Gilbert has been quite sick
for several days and hope to soon see
him back at his post of duty in the
county treasurer’s office.
All young people of the Hilton
community are invited to help or
ganize a B. Y. P. U. Sunday evening,
August 23, at 9 o’clock, at the
Hilton Baptist church.
Friends are glad to know that
Miss Annette Alexander has return
ed home from Augusta. Her work
will be in this section and she will
make Blakely headquarters.
Staff Sgt. Arthur (Johnny) John
ston, of the U. S. Air Corps, now
stationed in Richmond, Va., spent
last week end with his sister, Mrs.
Bennett Smith. On his return he
will be transferred to New York
City.
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Hudson
and little daughter, who have made
their home in Blakely for some
time, left Wednesday for Athens,
where Mrs. Hudson and the little
girl will make their home while
Mr. Hudson serves Uncle Sam in the
Army.
Friends sympathize with Mrs. J. A.
Hammack in the death of her broth
er, Wade Peyton Hodges, 28, of
Brinson, who died early Friday in
an Atlanta hospital following an op
eration. His funeral was held Sun
day morning in the Methodist church
at Brinson.
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RHODES-DENNIS
Enlisting social interest through
out Georgia and Alabama is the
announcement made by Mr. and
Mrs. William Lindsay Rhodes of
the engagement of their daughter,
Alyce Milligan, to Lowell Mander
ville Dennis, of Dothan, Alabama.
The marriage will take place at an
early date.
The bride-elect is the only daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes. Her
father is the son of the late John
Andrew Rhodes and Mary Milligan
Rhodes, of Greenville, Alabama, the
latter having been before her mar
riag Miss Mary Milligan, daughter
of Dr. and Mrs. William Lindsey
Milligan, pioneers of Dale county,
Alabama.
Mrs. Rhodes, mother of the bride
elect, was, before her marriage, Miss
Alyce Tate, of Camden, Alabama,
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Felix Tate. She is a descendant of
the Tate and Jones families of Wil
cox county, Alabama, and the White
and Ray families of North Carolina,
Meeds White of North Carolina be
ing one of her Revolutionary an
cestors.
Miss Rhodes was graduated from
Blakely High School, 'and attended
Huntingdon College in Montgomery,
Alabama. She received her B. S.
Degree in Education at the Uni
versity of Alabama, where she was
a member of the Alpha Gamma Del
ta Social Sorority and Pi, an inter
sorority organization.
Mr. Dennis is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Marl Dennis, of Dothan, Ala
bama, the latter having been Miss
Bertha Pitts of Houston county. Mr.
Dennis’ only sister is Mrs. Russell
Sullivan of Baltimore, Md., and his
brothers are George and Ray Den
nis of Dothan. The maternal and
paternal ancestors of the groom were
among the pioneer settlers of Hous
ton county, Ala.
Mr. Dennis received his education
from Dothan High School, George
Washington University in Washing
ton, D. C., and Alabama Polytechnic
Institute at Auburn, Ala., where he
will receive his B. S. Degree in Agri
cultural Science. He is a member
of the Sigma Phi Epsilon social fra
ternity.
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Mrs. Earl George and Mrs. Luther
Robinson were co-hostesses Wednes
day evening when they entertained at
a party given on th spacious lawn of
the home of Mrs. Robinson, the oc
casion celebrating the tenth anni
versary of their daughters, Sarah
Likens George and Patty Robinson.
Games and contests, played on the
well-lighted lawn, provided interest
ing diversion for the evening.
At either end of the refreshment
table were beautifully embossed
cakes holding ten candles, Patty and
Sara cutting the first slices from
their cakes.
Individual gifts were presented
each child as favors. Ice cream and
cake was served to fifty of their
young friends by their mothers.
LOST Pocketbook containing
$15.00 in money, also social security
card and registration card. Finder
please return to JOE BELISLE or
leave at News office.
SOME HAPPENINGS IN BLAKELY
A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO
Clippings from the Early County News of
August 16, 1917
THERE were three automobiles
filled with Fort Gaines people in
Blakely Sunday afternoon.
* • »
MRS. EDWARD DIEMMER, for
merly Miss Myrtle Scott, came down
from Augusta Sunday on a visit to
her father, Mr. W. A. Scott.
CONSIDER ABLE new cotton has
been coming in during the week
since Mr. Eph Bush broke the ice
With the first bale last Thursday,
and our business men are beginning
to sit up and take notice. that after
all there will be some cotton ginned
in Early couny this year despite
the boll weevil, and the good price
is largely making up for the short
ness of the yield.
* * *
MASTER Miles McDowell, son of
Mr. Bose McDowell, who lives out
at Bolingbroke, has a cane patch
which is attracting a good deal of
admiration. The lad brought the
News two stalks last Saturday wrich
measured five fee and five inches in
height. This is very fine for this
time of the year, especially consid
ering the long drouth in May and
June.
* * *
PROF. P. R. Anderson has received
notice that he has been accepted as
an applicant for membership in the
Officers Training Camp. This leaves
a vacancy in the superintendency of
the Blakely public schools and also
in the secretaryship of the Early
County Fair, which must be filled
right away if these institutions are
not to suffer.
* * *
MR. PERRY ALEXANDER left
Monday for Atlanta, having received
instructions from the war depart
ment to report for duty in the Navy,
he having enlisted in that branch of
Uncle Sam’s fighting forces several
weeks ago.
* * *
MR. ABE BERMAN has returned
from a visit to the Eastern mar
kets.
These Prices Good for This Week End
BEST WHITE MEAT—Lb 20c
SMOKED SAUSAGE—Lb. 20c
COOKING OlL—Gallonsl.39
PURE LARD—B-lb. bucketsl.4s
POTATOES-
10 lbs. . . . ZSc
SMOKED BACON—Lb2Sc
/
BEST MEAL—Peck3Bc
FRESH SALT MULLET—Lb 10c
SUNKIST LEMONS—Dozen 20c
CATSUP—I4 ozsloc
GROVES CHILL TONIC—SOc size 39c
5c MATCHES 3 for 12c
5c SALT 3 for 12c
MY ROSE FLOUR—24 lbsß9c
Other Attractive Prices to Make it Worth
Your While to Shop at Turner’s.
RRYANT TURNER
Cash to All One Low Price to All ®
DR. P. H. FITZGERALD, who
enlisted in the Medical Department
of the Officers Reserve Corps, U. S.
Army, some time ago, has received
instructions from the Surgeon Gen
eral at Washington to be ready to
report on August 27th. This is not
an order to report, but an order to
be prepared to report at that time
in case the call should be made.
* * *
MR. AND MRS. William J. Davis
have been down from Atlanta some
days out at their country home at
the old Ransone grove. Last Satur
day Mr. Davis gave his employees a
big fish fry at the old Erin planta
tion. Several white friends were
invited, and one of them says he
never enjoyed a better dinner in his
life.
BLAKELY CHAPTER 44 R. A. M.
Blakely Chapter 44
W Royal Arch Masons
meets on the second
and fourth Monday
nights of each month
at 8 o'clock. Visiting
companions invited.
W. P. Smith,
Hiith Priest.
J. G. Standifer,
Secretary.
HEAR
ELLIS ARNALL
Georgia’s Next Governor
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Saturday Night
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LOST DOGS— Male pointer, black
and brown; female pointer, black
and white. Finder please notify W.
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