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‘Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Home aryl
■r children have returned from a week's
stay id Crawford county.
Mrs. Robert Newby is here from
Brunswick for a short visit. Mr.
■.v.vavAv.’mwwavan
returning to Pensacola, ‘Satur-
Wounded American Tells of
here he is stationed at present I Cryelty 4,000 Feet AbOVe
ns an instructor.
MISCELLANEOUS SHOWER » j
Charming in every detail was the I
Newby came up for the week-end re- miscellaneous shower with which Mrs.
turning 9uiiday. * J- Heard ^nd Miss Mary Burns j
Battlefield.
BRUTE GRINS AT
Mr. J. J. Cooper has been in
con and Atlanat this week.
tlefleld \vas related to me nt the great
hospital at Neullly, near Parts, by / an
American balloonist, whose name can-
parachute ropes. Here is his story:
"Another lieutenant observer and
myself were up In a ‘sauSage.’ We
were not worried, because the German
aviators had been very quiet lately.
"Suddenly a German pursuit plane
Mr. H. J. Cross, of Unadilla, was a
visitoHn the city,Monday.
complimented Miss Maude Morgan,-a I Yank Swln 9» He'Pl««!y '» Air Watch.
Ma. bride-elect of this month on Thanks- i '"9 the R «P<>. the Parting of Which
giving afternoon. The Wely home! • Would Plunge Him
s- _ of Mrs. Heard made an attractive set- j ' to Death.
■ Sergeant Glover Carnes was here ( l ^ P^Wysifnir,to which all, p ar | a ,—An net of refined German
from Camp Greenleaf last week on a , n contingent and quite a crue ity 4,000 feet above a certain bat
hort leave. number of the matrons were invited.
8 i , Mammoth white- chrysanthemums
: ’ 0 N . were the foundation of the decora- ....—
Mrs. G., K. Hogg, of Moultrie, has tive scheme, the dining table where not be mentioned becauso he Is not yet
been a recent visitor to relatives here, tea was served by Mrs. Joe Burns and listed as a casualty. This American
i , —9r~ / ; Mrs. Carrie Heard, being particularly was descending In a parachute when a
The friends of Mrs. M. G. Hurt j attractive, the tea table was. embel- GermaD avIator deliberately cut the
sympathize with her deeply in the loss fished with a pretty array of requisite
of her son, Palmer, who died in Amer- j for the service, with a tall crystal vase
icus last week of influenza. ! of the chrysanthemums as a central
o ornament.
Judge 6^D. Thompson, of Pine-j After the arrival of the guests, the „„ „ — —
‘ hurst, was here on business Monday.! wedding march was played and the'dropped out of the clouds overhead
bride-elect was led into the parlor by 1“ a straight nose dive toward our bal-
little Misses Frances Heard and Eliza- l 00 ”-' flrln S czploslve bullets. We lm-
beth Reese .where in a pleasing, child- j mediately took to our parachutes. The
ish manner, Miss Frances presented
u nt . .... . her with the many exquisite gifts that I ^ f ™ nK ffeU
, M . r5 ' D : B ‘J f h0mpa ° n ’ vls ' tlnB |hnd been sent by her friends. These ;‘ nS “ S “ “ D
relatives in Tifton. • werc uniquely arranged, wash-Tlay I Cuts Parachute Ropes.
—^ ‘fashion, on a line stretched across the! “I did uot see the German aviator
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hamilton are .room and the words of presentation!about a minute after my para-
here from Chattanooga. Mrs. Hamll- jwere appropriately adapted to this •*- I dw * e M T» en , II ®
rr”* b r" ta«i”rdcta
. the illness of relatives in Cordelc. | the gifts with a few graceful words overhead hud cut two ropes. The
Mr. Hamilton will return to camp in a 0 f appreciation. Following this there, parachute began to wobble and threat-
■ few days. was a toast to the bride-toi-be from * c-ned to- collapse. ,
—o— each guest present. Much pleasure "The enemy flyer drew a circle, then
Good Ford Body - for immediate was afforded by these which varied coma back, despite the ‘archies’ (high
sale. Apply to A. M. Bell. from the sublime to the contrary.; «»K Ie ««"»> whose .-.hells were menne-
-O- Mrs. I. W. King was awarded the, ' veU ttS hhl \ •
WANTED—Salesman or Saleslady prize for-the^most pertinent sentiment .j coul ^ a J^ St'before ilung^
to sell goods to .the merchants of proposed.. A beautiful course lun- ^ j W{ j S hnmfn'red by the har-
Dooly County. Prefer resident of . cheon was served. . ness. The coward deliberately grinned
Dooly County. Must be good sales-1 j Miss Morgan was becomingly attir- at my first shot. Then he fired again
man. Send reference with your rc- '-cd in n tailored gown of black velvet nt the ropes. I fell with » midden jar.
1* * A ( |^ rerjS Box 492, Atlanta. It .with corsage bouquet of. pink roses. I saw a third rope swiftly unraveling;
* v » Mrs. Heard wore' a * tailored serge H had been out. Ttist n shell
* The suspension of .Wesleyan. Col- with bouquet of pink roses. Miss bui ’ st neal * nml droVe the pin "° mvf y *
lbge for therremainder of the -fall Burns’ frock waa of Messaline^pnd "Got Foe’s number.”
term on account of the influenza epi- Georgette, her flowors were also pink i "Tmn.rt-.
demic brought the following,young la- roses. Others of the receiving party > y
dies home: Misses Sara Forbes, Ear- were Mrs. .1. J. Morgan and Miss Lu-
line Wright, Mabel Woodward, Julia Cile Morgan, Mrs. W. S. Rccso and
Lennard. Leila Morgan,'Lillian qoop- Mrs. P. A. Lennard assisted lit enter- . '
' er, Annie Harvard, Rosebud JackSon. taining. . . it
AS A SAFEGUARD JO YOUR .
f " : ' HEALTH THE NEXT FEW
m MONTHS, A GOOD, WARM
OVERCOAT IS INDISPENSABLE
We Have what You Need
Let Us Show’em To You
VIENNA SHSE STORE
DOWN PLANE WITH RIFLE j NO UPPISHNESS ABOUT SIMS
Remarkable Feat’of Marktmanthlp , American Admiral Acts ae Guide to
Naval Wireless Operator
Described by American
Newspaper Man. 1
Atlanta, Ga.—How a German alp-
plane was brought down by a squad of
American Infantrymen, armed .only
with rifles Is graphically described In
a letter from Hart H. Coffee, well-
known to newspaper men of the South
n, rwlaj
i.nfc ibi/i
In London,
London.—There’s nothing uppish
about Admiral Sims. Anybody who
has Joined the navy Tor - the purposo
of helping lick the Child killers looks
good to Sims.
BUI -Swinger, former telegraph op-
through ills former connection with the -erator, now a first-class wireless op.
Western Newspaper Union, and who.; erator, was ptpddlng wearily about tho
Is now serving In France with tho j Grosvenor Garden district trying to
Eighty-ninth division. ./'j find some one -who could talk United
A smull squad of American soldiers, I States and direct him to navy head-
among, them Mr. Coffee, was resting i quarters, when a lilg man with a red-
by the side of a road, when a German \ dish beard stopped him.
plane, flying very low, passed over and
began dropping hnnd grenades. The
Americans opened Are with their rifles
and a chance shot struck tlie/piiot tn
the bead, killing him Instantly and
bringing the machine to the ground
with a crash. This Is tho first Instance
reported where an airplane has been
brought down with rifles, and It Is not
likely to be duplicated again unless
some exceptionally good marksman
gets a'chance shot home.
He talked United States and soon
found that Bill was hopelessly lost. It
Isn’t, overybody who Is dlroctdd about
London by an admiral, commander In
chief of Uncle Sam’s warring nnyy,
and Bill Is rather pleased to have the
honor. ’ ‘
Sims got Swinger’s naval history in
a few questions, then directed him to 1
his -"homo port,” which happened to
bo 28 Grosvenor Gardens.
Mr. Julo Jordan was at homo from CARD OF THANKS ,-ycs. : go,
Emory College for the week-ftad. I feel deeply grateful to the mnnv ..
1 „ friends jn Vienna who sq kindly aa- - pgr;;.
Mr and Mrs. .1. J. Hoard at# Miss slated me during my recent bereave-; • •
Mary Burns attended a show in Mb- j ment I canftpt express 1n words my
con Tuesday night. sinccr<! appreciation of the rnafiy kind j
attentions shown me and mv family.;
FOR SALE—Four milk cows, one I will always f05k that I wifi owe you
Jersey Bull, hqgs, Gijts 9 months old, a debt of gratitude that r can never
one mule colt, 19 months old. Elmoro j repay. May God bless each one of
E. Milliams, Vienna, Route 1. i ?»“ for >’ our sympathetic interest.
! MrtX FELDSER.
.■.no nuraber— 1
WANTltU TO BUT—One hundred; 1 ha ve a few extra fine young milk
! cords of 4 or 8 foot woo4 L. T. Wilder ; cows for immediate sale. H. R. Fenn.
WOUND STRIPE ONLY DESIRE
Only Concern of Man ^.Apparently
Dying as Result of Being
Gassed.
Somewhere 111 Franfce.—He was a
marine who had been badly
during tho attack on Chateau-Thl
Ho lay In the llcld hospital, sufl
horribly, yet uttering no sound. But
presently the nurso could see that
something was worrying him.
Finally ho became!so restless that
slio summoned n surgeon.
"Better' try and And out what lio
wants,” ho directed. “Poor dovll, lio
may wuut to leave a- last mossngo for
his people. There's u good chance
that ho won’t pull through.’,’
Over him tho nurso bent, cars at
tuned for somo sob-compelling dying
sentiment
’’Say," tho ghostly whisper carao
slowly from blistered lips. „"Sny, do
you get a wound strlpo Just for being
gassed?"
Preveisls Snoring.
One of llig simplest of many new do- -
Vices to prevent sawing consists of a
pair of tubes to bo Inserted Into tho
nostrils to keep them open.
ITS AUSTRALIA
Mrs. I. W. King and Miss Alice i _—— .
Henderson complimented Miss.Maude ;On the Front Sofnewherc in France,
Oct. 24,1M8
Mrs. B. L. Wilson,
Pinehurst, Ga.
My pear Sister: ^
How are you today? Fine I hope,
■ham O. K. atpresent'by my how It
rains over hero, wo havc-to wade mud
a foot deep but it will be much bet
ter for us for the time being if we are
Morgan with a pretty party yester
day evening at the home of Mis3 Hen
derson.
.Lieut. Pate Forehand was the first
Dooly boy to be mustered out of the
service. He was stationed at Camp
Gordon where ho * had recently re
ceived his commission as 2nd Lieut. .
from the Officers Training School. He relieved, which I think wo will be
arrived homo Sunday. j "V « « ^ ave ,?? e " on * e . . flr ' nfi:
0 - line for 18 days this time and I do be-
Mr and Mrs. J. O. Roberts, 0 f I »«ve this Is the worst front in Franco,
Pinehurst were visitors in the city » surelj must be as I understand we
n'lipeulnv are t0 ^ et 8ervice cards * r0m
a • Q French for making this drive. The
- Messrs. Ezra and Harmon Summers | Boches are pretty toiigh but you
were at home for the funeral of their t know that we will keep hfr pn the run
filter, Mr3. Fred T. Mills.
A card has been received announc
ing 'the safe arrival overseas of Chns.
U Burnam.
, , . . „ Henry Yule Bruildon, the prominent
it is some sight you may bcljeve to *ee aaa ' well-known Sydney business man
thes hell holes and wreckage of war who has Just been appointed commis
sioner far Australia to the United
States, Mr. Bradilon Is a member of
the New South Wales parliament and
Us position, which is the first of Its
kind, represents the growing inter
course between Australia and the
but I think it will soon be over ov*r
here, then It Is homo for me. Home it
seems as though it it the sweetest
Iword in the world to me. Dear sister,
Lieut. A. G. McKinney ha. arrived;you cannot realize just hom -we get
here from Camp Gordon. Lieut. Me- along over here, I have been in quite
Kinney will be remembered as the • a few towns and village, and spent 7
former principal of Franklin school, (weeks in Parta. France is a beautiful
He has been honorably discharged j country alright but the more I see of
° * C,„, . r ‘ it the better I like the dear old U. S.
from the “rvice^ A recelved bunch of 0 .
Miss Bonnie Kpte Porter is here j K., I sure was glad to get them. I
fron Pelham having accepted a poll-j thank you ever “ 1 J?"
I M Whitehead & Co. ! for this time. Wnte soon and all tho
Judge D. L." kenderson spent Tues- to your dmtoted brateor.
REMOVAL SALE
BEGINS TODAY, LASTS III JAM 1.
I Am Going to Reduce My Stock Be=
fore Changing my Location Jan. S, and
in Order to do so Have Slashed Prices
On the Following Goods
COAT SUITS, COATS, DRESSES AND
ALL MILLINERY 20 PER CENT OFF
"
United States:
Flagpole ,34S Feet Hloh.
Camp Ia-vIs,' Wash.—The tallest
flagpole In the world, measuring 348
feet, has been erected here and from
Its peak flies tho Stars and Stripes.
The flag la (ID by 90 feel.' The pole Is
set In 12 feet of concrete. .
day In Moultrie on business.
The following which appeared in
the Macon News Monday will be of
V interest to the many friends of Mr.
- Duncan in Dooly: .
. “Ensign Charles Gilbert Duncan of
^Pensacola, Fla., has been the guest of
friends and relative* in the city for
* the past week.
“His man/ friends In Macon, his
t former home, will be glad to know of
his success ss a naval aviator. He Is
onc-of the youngest officers in the
service, having received his commis
sion before bis 21st birthday.
F A^ D., AmV/RF* 1 Vtal** 21 I IIIHimUIIIIIIHIMIIIIIIIIIIIHIIII|
P. S. Please excuse the prior writing 1 = INDIAN PRINCESS GOES =
as I am lying down in * dugout and ~
haven’t room to sit up. Tell Fate and
Billi* Hello for me.
JIM.
NOTICE HUNTERS
On account of the numerous re
quests for permission and the tress
passing of those who do not ask the
privilege, I find it absolutely necess
ary to not permit any hunting on
west half-’of lots of hind Nos. 6fl, 67,
68, 87, 106. Parties hunting or get-
^n's^D^^l^b«n«pending l 1 ting wood after this notice wifi be
a two week's furlough with h “ I*« nto , „ I EY BB0WN
Mr. snd Mrs. a C. Duncan, of TJna- 12-6-4t J. RILEY BROWN.
= TO SING FOR SOLDIERS §
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= Denver, Colo.—Princes. Tsl- —
— nnlnn, daughter of n Muskogee £
£ Indian chief and widely'known £
£ throughout the West ss a tsl- S
£ ented mezzo-soprano. Is en route s
£ to Europe-to sing for American =
= soldiers. Thomas Evans, half- =
= brother of the princess, recent- s
= ly wan killed in the battle of =
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FOR SALE-Hastings’ 109-bush-
ds Seed Oats. A. Walters, Vienna 4t
ROYAL SOCIETY GOODS IN
CLUDING STAMPED PIECES AT COST
ALL-LACES TO BE SOLD AT COST
PRICES ON ENTIRE STOcK REDUCED
.'Af4r?gar?i. 1 'Twapsaa
This is a genuine reduction sale, come in and see
for yourself. ■ y i
MRS. GERTRUDE TAGGART
After Jan. 1, will be located in store now occupie
by W. B. Lewis
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