About The Fayetteville news. (Fayetteville, Ga.) 18??-???? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 27, 1919)
■:v> LOCAL AND SOCIAL _ Mr. and Mrs. J. of fayette- . ville announce -, the engagenie^ of . their daughter, Fiincis Bert, to Leon Dekw Millor of Sunny Side, the wed- . .ding to feke place iii early spring. •■r- itr. a: l. Matthews has purchased ;th6 Union Warehouse lot and will ■erect a large warehouse in the near futui-e. Car Mules and Horses at Blalock’s Mule Barn. Come and let us show them to you. FAYETTEVILLE, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 27, 1919. v Mrs. W. L. Hicks of Cartepeville is visiting relatives here. itiss Lucy Murphy is. at the holidays. home for Mr. Joseph Lamb of Clayton county has moved' to the Russell house. The officers found three gallons of moonshine whiskey on the premises of Walt Murphy near Cross Roads last week. The officers report sceveral empty cans also. Mrs C. D. Crawley of Atlanta is spending the holidays here. We recently bought the shop of Mr. C. E. Adams and will continue a gen eral repair shop and Mr. F. J. Garris- son will do our shoeing of horses. We are also prepared to do all kinds of repair work on your automobiles and promise cur customers good service and reasonable prices. Give us a trial. L. C. JONES, B. J. GICE WINNERS AT THE COUNTY CLUB CONTEST Pig Club: John D. Stell, best pig. Curtis Dumas, first. Gladys Tarpley, second. Grades: Irene Dixon, first: Harvey Leach, second. Miles tiarnett, third. Corn Clut>: J. B. .Mask, first. James Price, second. Emory Brown, third. Jesse Mitcham, best 10 ears. William Boyd, third best. Miles Barnett, best peanuts. Price, second best. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Harrell are vis iting relatives at Stephens, Ga. Miss Elizabeth Fife of Wesleyan is at home-for the holidays. Miss Kate.Culpepper is spending the halidays at Moultrie. Mr. C. C. Knight and wife of Atlan ta are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Dorsett. We are glad to note the conwdition of Mrs. Try. J. Stell is improving. Mr. H. P. Redwine and family have moved to their home oh Jonesboro street. Mr. Earl Bearden and family of Monroe county are visiting relatives here. They expect to move to Fay ette in the near fguture. The Woman’s Club will meet Mrs. L. A. Ingram’s on the 29th. at Mr. Frank Jones of Little Flock has moved on South Side. We welcome them to our town. Two good Hampshire sale. Wordie Dixon. shoats for There were 15,142 bales of cotton ginned in Fayette county from the crop of 1919 prior to December 1st, as compared with 13.96D bales last year. Judge W. B. Hollingsworth and fam ily left Tuesday for Havana, Cuba. They will stop over a week in Florida. The 1920 issue of war savings stamps will bear the portrait of Geo. Washington, Silas W. Davis, director, War Loan organization Sixth Federal Reserve District, announced today. The portrait will .be painted carmine and will be the main feature of the design. The present carrie tshe por trait of Benjamin Franklin, said to be the father of thrift in America. Di rector Davis pointed out that it is fit ting that the new issue shaould por tray Washington, who was, himself, a great exemplar of Thrift. Stamps of the new series will be available at all postoffices, banks and authorized agencies on January 1st. They will be offered under the same terms and conditions as the previous issues. Dur ing the month of January they will cost 4.12 and will advance one cent each month through December. The stamps matuer in five years and will have a value of $5.00 at maturity, the interest rate being about the equiva lent of four per cent compounded. The larger denominations of $100 and $1,- 000 are known at Treasury Savings certificates, the $100 certificates will be available at postoffices ond the $1,000 ^denominations at banks, Direc tor Davis said. Preparations are be ing made by the War Loan organiza- ment through 1920 along somewhat tion for carrying on the Thrift move- Bimilar 1‘ines as at present J. B. Edmundson, best stalk,corn. S. H. Ellison, best sweet potatoes. S. H. Ellison, best wheat. Canning Club: Best work, girl scoring highest, Mary Minter. Best general garden work, Mary Minter. Best tomato exhibit—Louis Jackf- son. Best pepper exhibit, Gladys Tarp ley. Second best pepper exhibit, Annie Belle Jones. Special fruit exhibit, Fannie Lou Lewis. Best cap, Gladys Tarpley. Second best cap, Mary Minter. Best apron, Gladys Tarpley. Second best apron, Fannie Lou Lewis. Best dress, Gladys Tarpley. Second best dress, Fannie Lou Lew is. Best jar strin gbeans, Gladys Tarp ley. Second best jar string beans, Uris Harrell. Best jar tomatoes, Gladys Tarpley. Second best jar tomatoes, Clifford Carter. Best jar pickles, Gladys Adams. Best Dixie relish, Annie Pearl Sla ton. Best pear preserves, Fannie Lou Lewis. Best' apple preserves,' Gladys Ad ams. Best pepper preserves, Mary Min ter. Best jar peaches, Gladys Tarpley. Best plum pickles, Edna Harper. Best apple jelly, Bertha Adams. Best cucumber pickle, Berthlar Ad ams. Best Strawberry preserves, Gladys Tarpley. Best canned berries, Edna Harper. Best preserves, Jimmie Lou Cole man. Best pickles, Winnie Clyde Cole man. Poultry Club: Charlie Tarpley. Myra Dumas. Dannie McKown., Mattie Coggins. Maggie Pollard. Ruth Thomas. Mamie Uilkintou. Algia Price. Open to Every One: Best display canned goods, jellies and preserves, Johnnie Mae Dickson. Second best display, Mrs. Eva Dix on. Best piece tatting, Ruth Thomas. Best piece crochet, Mrs. Phillips. Best light bread, Effie Dixon. Steam Not Needed.* In Death valley, Californio, the ~,um- Oier temperature in artificial shade to BIS degrees, with 1 per ceut Sunday School Division No. 2, will meet with Line Creek church the first Friday in January, 1920. Devotional services by F. M. Chandler at 10 o’clock. Song. 11:30 a. m. prayer by C. C. Long. 10:45. Report of field workers, 15 minutes each. 11:00 a. m. Report of schools. 12:00 n. Recess for dinnre. 1:00 p. m. Evening session. 1:30 p. m. Home Department. Song. 1:45 p. m. "What can we do to get late teachers to come on time?” By C. A. Adams. 2.15 p. m. "How can a teacher in terest boys and keep them in Sunday School?” By S. H. Ellison. 2:30 p. m. “The greatest need of a Sunday School.” By W. W. Walker. 3:00 p. m. Open discussion. New business: home for next place. LINE CREEK. Sunday School was good Sunday. Visitors were too numerous to men tion. There will be a Christmas tree here Friday the 26th, at 2 o’clock p. m. Everybody invited to come. Mrs. Josie Chandler of Tyrone is visiting her daughter, /Mrs. J. Q. Brown, at this writing. W. C. Moore and wife of Oak Grove visited relatives here Sunday. Mrs. J. W. Spratlin is on the sick list at this writing. Th,o singing at J. T. Whitlock's Sunday night was enjoyed by all who attended. J. W. Tate and sister, Miss Nan nie L., of Oak Grove, visited their sister, Mrs. B. J. Whitlock, here Sun day. W. R. Harmon had the misfortune of breaking his arm last week while cranking a car. Hugh and Walter Brown motored to Ben Hill last Sunday. Johnnie H. Loyd and wife of ghake Rag were here Sunday. J. D. Brown visited his daughter, near Senoia, last Saturday. A merry Christmas and a happy New Year to the editor and The News and each reader. Friendship News. Mr. J. P. Dumas, who has been on the sick list, is improving. He has moved to his son’s, Mr. Charley Du mas’, and will make that his future home. Mrs. Mollie Babb has occu pied his homeplace. Miss Lillian Burnette of Atlanta was a recent guest of Miss Mamie Kent. Miss Dennis McElroy spent one day this week jn Atlanta as a guest of her aunt. Mr. P. P. Dumas returned home last Friday after a month’s stay in Flor ida. Misses Annie Myra and Lois John son visited Misses Annie Lou and Dell Mitchell recently. Mrs. Mollie Belql Babb was the guest of Mrs. Thomas Turner Sunday afternoon. Mr. Stevens of the county farm was laid to rest at this place last Sunday. He had been a member of this church for year. The entire com munity extends sympathy to^ the be reaved wife. There will be a Christmas singing at this place on the fourth Sunday afternoon. Everybody is invited to attend. AVIATOR ALCOCK, OCEAN CONQUERER, KILLED BY FALL Rouen, France.—Captain Sir John Alcoek, the first aviator to make a non-stop airplane flight across the At lantic, died here as a result of inju ries he received when his plane crash ed near Cottevard, department of Seine-Inferieure, Normandy. Alcock, who was flying in a sea plane, was following the Seine at the time of the accident, intending to alight on the river opposite the grand palace for an aviation exhibition. Flying low, owing to a heavy fog, Alcock was unable to sight the earth. He struck the ground near Cottevard. A wing of the plane was smashed and the machine turned over, pinning Alcock under the wreckage. He suf fered a fractured skull and a local doctor gave him first aid. Alcock was then brouhgt to the British military hospital here, where hedied without recovering conscious ness. BOLL WEEVIL DESTROYER One sack will convince you. 100 lb. sack, $3.50, delivered to any point. One sack will cover one acre. Guaranteed boll weevil destroyer and bigger crop. Send money order, check or C. O, D. 1 sack, $3.50. 10 sacks, $32.50. 20 sacks, $65.00. B. B. CHEMICAL CO., 72-74 Marietta St., Atlanta, Ga. Alleged Plot To Steal U. S. Airplanes San Antonio, Texas.—An alleged plot to steal American army airplanes and sell them to the Mexican govern ment is believed to have been uncov ered through the arrest of a lieuten ant and a former lieutenant in the air service. It is stated at headquar ters of the Southern department of the army here, according to officals, that the lieutenant is being held at Kelly flying field, while the former lieutenant is under arrest at Houston. Technically the men are charged with stealing a motor. NO. 22 EXCLUSIVE AGENCY JOHN DEERE PLOW CO. Manufacturers of Farm Implements, Tractors, Buggies, Wagons, Etc. Big Allowances For Maimed Soldiers Washington.—The house bill increas ing war risk insurance allowances of American soldiers disabled in the war was reported unanimously to the senate by the finance committee with amendments asked by the American Legion. Increased appropriations of eighty million dollars are proposed and the increase would be included in the December checks of the war risk bureau. Great interest is being evinced in the measure by many civilians, as well as soldiers in all parts of the country. Tip for Employers. There are no strikes in the plant where the old man calls his employees Dick and Bill and asks about the baby’s new teeth.—Wichita ..Beacon. 494 Lives Lost When Steamer Sinks London.—Four hundred and ninety- three natives and one European were drowned when the British steamer Lien Shing, bound from Hong Kong to Saigon, Indo China, sank at sea, according to advices to Lloyd’s from Sigon. 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