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Short Stops 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. VISIT US THESE HOT DAYS Refresh yourself with a delightful cold drink or delicious ice cream. Linger a while under the cooling fans. A good place to meet your friends. aAA A A FVVwVw THE PLACE YOU SAVE WITIH SAFETY Now Serving This Community for Nearly 30 Years BLAKELY, GEORGIA 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. TO CHECK k IN 7DAYS A few— USED and NEW Rubber Tire TRACTORS For Sale If in need of a rubber tire tractor, used or new, it will pay you see us at once. Our prices are very reasonable. 4AAA4, FARMERS HARDWARE CO. BLAKELY, GEORGIA 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 WSB Saturday Night 9:30 j LOST DOGS— Male pointer, black and brown; female pointer, black and white. Finder please notify W. F. CLINKiSCALE, Rt. 2, Blakely, Ga.