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Good Roads Enthusiasts Will Be Guests
Os City On Way To Carolinas Thursday
Member* of Legislature and Leading !
Kiwanians of State Will Inspect
Roads Here And In Carolinas
The City of Hartwell will be host
to some twenty members of the Gen
eral Assembly and a number of Ki
wanians on Thursday of this week,
as they journey through this section
* of Georgia and then into South and
North Carolina on an inspection of
good roads.
The delegation, numbering per
haps as many as fifty leading citizens
of the State, will be met at The Ho
tel Hartwell and entertained during
their stop by a committee headed by
President Jas. H. Skelton, of the
Kiwanis Club, Mayor A. S. Richard
son and others.
The party, through information
gained on this inspection of our
roads in this immediate section and I
in the Carolinas, will present to the
1 Legislature on their return some data
that will very likely have much to
do with the highway situation in the
State and the passage of legislation
toward building a state system of
roads.
Canon Want* Road.
Mr. E. E. Satterfield, at the meet
ing Friday, told of a conference with
citizens of Canon last week, during
which they urged the building of a
road to that city, connecting there
with the good road to Carnesville,
thence the Stone Mountain Highway
into Atlanta. A committee from
A Canon has been invited to attend a
future session of the Club and pre
sent this proposition.
President Skelton stated that the
delegation appointed to attend the
Wilson Memorial Highway meeting
in Dublin Thursday, July 24th, would
be present in Dublin at that time.
The new highway through Georgia
begins at Hartwell and traverses
a wonderful section of the State into
Florida. U. S. Senator Harris and
other notables will attend the meet
ing in Dublin the 24th. Mrs. Wood
/ row Wilson has endorsed the plan,
and the Wilson Highway promises to
become one of the most famous
routes in the South.
The meeting was added to very
much by the singing of Mr. Aldine
B. Combs, of Griffin, who has been
here several days leading the music
at the Methodist church. He was ac
companied by Miss Lucile Carter at
the piano.
A number of visitors were pres
, ent, among them Mr. W. F. Groome,
|* of Columbia, S. C.; Mr. J. L. An
drews, of Chester, S. C.; Mr. George
Evans, of Jackson, Tenn.; Mr. M.
C. Thornton, of Atlanta; Mr. R. C.
Linder and Mr. Lamar Hailey, of
Hartwell.
The club was glad to welcome Ki
wanian Herman L. Yates back after
an absence of several weeks, spent
in the hospital.
A committee is now actively be
hind the barbecue to be given at
the country club soon.
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MISS GAINES MAKES STATE-
MENT REGARDING BOARD AT
THE S. S. COMMUNITY TENT
Miss Drucy Gaines, matron for the
Community Tents at the Hartwell
Campground during the Training
School for Sunday School Workers
of the Elberton District, states that
provisions will not be accepted in
p payment for accommodations this
year. This change is made on ac
count of confusion as to the value
of produce, etc., each year.
The rates will be $1 per day or
35c per meal, which is very reason
able.
As matron of the Community
Tents Miss Gaines, who is one of the
church’s leading workers in the Dis
trict, has been very instrumental in
making the Training School the won
derful success it has been.
The largest attendance both at the
School and Campmeeting in the his
k tory of the place is expected this
F year.
A force of hands has been busy
several weeks making ready for the
opening day, July 28th.
Auto Tag Tax Brings $2,315,603 Into
State Treasury First Six Months of Year
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Atlanta, Ga., July 16. —The total
receipts of the motor vehicle de
■ Partment for the first six months of
1&24, that is, up to July Ist, were I
52.315,603, according to announce
ment today by Secretary of State
McLendon.
In this connection it is interesting
o know, the secretary of state said,
that there are 130 different cars reg
istered in Georgia. The auto fees,
being fixed by law at 60 cents per
Bl horsepower, the value or price of an
auto tag cannot be determined until
i he horsepower of a car to which it |
I is attached is known.
g . ihe motor vehicle law provides
that the horsepower of all the cars
tegistered shall be determined by the
rule of the National Automobile
chamber of Commerce. There are
1 ■ different fees paid on passenger
cars, and a dozen different fees on
• ucks, the truck fees being deter
’r.ned by the tonnage.
°unty Distribution Impracticable.
At every session of the legislature,
the past ten years, a faint effort
Ba' 1 ' ° een made to have the auto tags
THE HARTWELL SUN.
TAieves Entered Two Stores
In County Last Friday Night
Thieves broke into two stores on
the Bankhead Highway last Friday
night. Entering the store of Messrs.
T. M. and Pearson Myers at Camp
ground they took a number of small
articles, and broke open the cash
register, securing no cash, however.
At Goldmine the thieves entered
the store of Mr. J. C. Bagwell, where
they took tires and other articles.
Officers were promptly notified,
and search for some clue as to the
guilty party or parties begun.
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* SURGEON REMOVES GROW- •
* ING GRASS FROM MAN S
* EYE; BELIEVE IT IF *
* YOU WANT TO *
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* London, England.—A sur- *
* geon, operating at the Glouces- *
* tershire Royal infirmary, dis- *
* covered and successfully remo' - - *
* ed a blade of grass, an inch *
* and a half long, growing in a *
* farm laborer’s eye. *
* The laborer discovered recent- *
* ]y that there was something in *
* his eye which he was unable to *
* remove. Afte> days of in- *
* creasing intense pain he went *
* to the hospital. There the sur- *
* geon decided to make an inci- *
* sion above the eye. *
* He found the blade of grass, *
* and a seed from which it had *
! * sprung. *
* The natural discharge from ♦
* the tear duct had watered the *
* blade of grass, and light pene- *
* trating the eyeball had made it *
* green. Following the removal *
* of the grass, the eye is as good *
* as ever. *
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* FLAT SHOALS *
Health of this community is very
•good at this writing.
We are having plenty of rain.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Meade San
ders Monday, July 7th, a fine girl.
She was given the name Frances
Maie.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Carlton spent
Tuesday night with Mr. and Mrs.
Will Vickery.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Shiflet vis
ited Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Bray
Thursday night, the latter being on
the sick list.
Those visiting at the home of Mr.
M. W. Adams Saturday were Mr.
Belton Bray and family and Mr.
and Mrs. Edgar McCurley and chil
dren, of near Hendrys.
Master Joe Brown spent Saturday
. night with Ervin Shiflet
Mrs. Polly Skelton dined with
Mrs. Icie Cornell Tuesday. Mr. Jack
Vickery, who was on the sick list
first of the week, is able to be out
again. He is visiting his son, Mr.
Lee Vickery, near Bowersville.
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Shiflet were the
guests Saturday night of the form
er’s sister, Mr. and Mrs. N. T. Bray,
near Cross Roads.
Mr. and Mrs. Cornell spent Sat
urday night with Mr. and Mrs. C.
C. Shiflet.
Mr. and Mrs. Sibley Sanders vis
ited relatives near Hebron Satur
day night.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Sanders spent
Monday night with their son, Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Sanders.
The singing by the Hart Circuit
was enjoyed very much. Also some
singing by Prof. Pergins and Prof,
and Mrs. Gray, of S. C., and Ala
bama.
The visitors here from Cross
Roads were Mr. Frank Williams,
Mrs. Tom Moorhead and son, Mrs.
Floyd Ayers and sisters, Lyda and
Willie Blanche, and several from
Hebron. Visitors are always wel
come.
We had 361 in Sunday school last
Sunday.
distributed through county agents.
At one time it is the ordinary, at
another time it is the sheriff, and
then the clerk of the court. All this
rating and determining of the horse
power of the car, it was pointed out
by officials of the secretary of state’s
office, has to be done in the auto
mobile department by experts who
are familiar with the N. A. C. C.
ratings of each of the cars reg
istered.
If a county agent system should
be adopted, it was shown, ther would
be 160 different persons who would
have the handling of these tags and
their delivery to the car owners, and
who would collect the fees. These
fees, of course, would have to be
sent to the automobile department,
along with the application filed by
the owner.
It is probable that these facts, and
many others, which relate to the
details of the handling of this busi
ne's have not been taken into, o n
| by the occasional propo-,
nent of the county agency system
HARTWELL, HART COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY. JULY 18,1924
Annual Report Hart County
Commissioners Is Published
In This Week's Issue Sun
The attention of our readers is
called to the annual report of the i
County Commissioners which gives |
some idea of the immense volume of i
business transacted in a year’s time
by this body.
Os course, this report is not in- i
tended to give the minute details,
as this would require a great deal
more space. When it is considered I
that every account and transaction I
is carefully scrutinized and given |
proper consideration it means that :
it requires much time to transact (
the business of the county which
covers all economic departments in
which our citizenship is interested
in a public way.
The report forms a special section
of this edition. I ***** * ******
Georgia Must Have Good Roads If She
Expects To Keep Pace With Other States
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Atlanta, Ga., July 16.—The future
of Georgia, in the opinion of leading
citizens generally, as shown by inter
views obtained here, absolutely de
pends upon the building and main
tainance of a complete system of
good roads.
“No matter what they cost and no
matter how deeply they may plunge
us in debt—though the bond issue
plan is well taken care of by a
change in the gasoline tax—we must
have good, hard surfaced roads,”
said one prominent lawmaker dis
cussing the subject. “Without good
roads —the best we can get—Geor
gia will go into the discard, so to
speak, and with good roads we are
destined to be one of the great
states of the Union.”
Traveling salesmen here who have
traveled over many miles of Geor
gia roads point to the fact that
those communities where good roads
are maintained are blossoming like
the rose and those sections where
the people take no pride in their
roads—perhaps due to lack of funds
—are positively falling into decay,
it was claimed.
Advocates of a bond issue here as
sert that the only cost to issuing
bonds is the interest and even then,
under the proposed plan of changing
the gasoline tax, it represents no ex
tra cost to the taxpayer.
Present day, hard surface, paved
roads, it is claimed, can be properly
maintained at less than a third the
cost of dirt roads, and will last in
definitely, returning, bond advocates
declare, an actual cash saving that
during the life of the bonds will
amount to between thirty and fifty
million dollars in cash —enough ab
solutely, it is claimed, to offset the
charges in interest.
Bio And NuPerg School Dis
tricts To Vote Consolidation
Election For Consolidation.
Georgia—Hart County.
A petition having been filed with
the County Board of Education from
Bio and Nuberg School Districts ask
ing for an election on whether or not
these two districts shall consolidate
into one school district with the pur
pose of securing better school facili
ties.
An election is hereby called for
Bio and Nuberg School Districts
?t the Law House of the 1118th
District on August 12th between the
hours of twelve o’clcok noon and 3
P. M., to determine the question of
school consolidation. By order of
the County Board of Education. This
July 12th, 1924.
50-4t* W. B. MORRIIS, C.S.S.
State Highway Engineers Are Surveying
Road From Hartwell To Alford’s Bridge
The surveyor and engineers of the
State Highway Department are now
surveying out the National Highway
from Hartwell to Alford’s Bridge
with a view of doing some needed
work at once. This is the last lap
in Hart county between the Savannah
river and Royston, a distance through
the county of about twenty miles.
The County Commissioners say they
will not be able to do the county’s
part of this work until other roads
in the county have been gone over.
However the State Highway Depart
ment expects to commence doing
their part of the work at once which
is greatly appreciated by the travel
ing public as well as the citizens
along the route.
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Russia has purchased between
$35,000,000 and $40,000,000 worth
of cotton in the United States since
the first of the year.
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Sliced raw potatoes delight the
elephant, the rhinoceros, and the hip
popotamus. Monkeys have also a
weakness for potatoes, but they must
be well cooked and “floury.”
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The consumption of wine reached
such a high point about a thousand
years before the Christian Era that
Lycurgus, King of Thrace, passed a
Prohibition Act, the thoroughness of
which cannot be questioned. A strict
abstainer himself, he forbade the use
of wine to his subjects, and rooted
up all the vines within his dominion.
Hebron Baptists Will Hold Encampment
At Gibson-Mercer Academy July 21-25
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j » GEORGIA EUGENIC MEAS- *
’ URE TO INCLUDE BOTH *
BRIDE AND GROOM
* An amendment to a senate *
I * bill passed last year, requiring *
* a man applying for a marriage *
i * license to show a certificate of *
‘ * health, was voted by the house *
| * committee on hygiene and sani- *
* tation at a meeting held Thurs- *
j * day afternoon. The amendment *
i * substitutes the word “person” *
| * for the word "man” in the bill, *
, * thus making the health certifi- *
I * cate provision apply to both *
| ♦- sexes. *
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Program For Hebron S. S.
Convention On July 22-23
Program for the Sunday School
Convention, Hebron Association,
i Bowman, Ga.:
Tuesday, July 22, 1924.
10:00—Prayer and Praise—Rev.
; J. J. Hiott.
10:15—Organization and Enroll
ment.
10:45—The Fourfold Test of a
Great Sunday School—A. S. Rich
■ ardson.
• 11:15—Saving the Unsaved
Through the Sunday School—Rev.
T. J. Espy.
12:30 —Intermission and Refresh
ments.
Tuesday Afternoon.
I:ls—Prayer and Praise —Rev. A.
; W. Bussey.
I:3o—The Teacher—His Training,
a Knowledge of the Bible.
b Knowledge of the Child.
i c Knowledge of the Sunday
, School.
d Knowledge of the Art of
Teaching.
—Rev. Y. T. Shehane.
2:30 —Round Table Discussion of
Sunday School Problems—-Rev. C.
W. Henderson.
Wednesday, July 23rd.
10:00—Prayer and Praise—Rev.
E. R. Goss.
10:15—The Teacher—His Qualifi
cations.
a Character.
b Personality,
c Inlfluence.
—W. D. Meadow.
10:45—Demonstration of Junior
Memory Work Under Direction Mrs.
T. J. Espy, Sardis Sunday School.
11:30—-Sunday School Expansion
—M. M. Norman.
12:30—Inltermission and refresh
i ments.
Wednesday Afternoon, July 23rd.
1:30—Prayer and Praise—Rev. T.
J. Rucker.
I:4s—The Sunday Schoo] Super
intendent—His Position and Prepara
tion.
a A Place of Responsibility.
b A Place of Corresponding
Authority.
c A Place of Wonderful Oppor
tunity.
d A Place of Certain Rewards.
—H. S. Hansard.
2:4s—Miscellaneous.
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Tourists spent $136,000,000 in
Canada last year.
If people would stop climbing hills
before they get to them there would
be less of that tired feeling in the
world.
Girl Asks Coffin, Grave and
Stone For Heart Balm
Newark, N. J. —A comfortable plot
in the cemetery, a substantial, graven
tombstone and an adequate coffin,
the whole to cost about $25,000, is
all that Dora Rissis asks of the man
who loved, wronged and then spurn
ed her.
Dora lies in city hospital here and
doctors give her not more than 14
more days of life. Dora will employ
her last fortnight on earth in prose
cuting a breach of promise suit
against Leo Botsis, a Greek candy
merchant.
The stricken girl asks $25,000.
“That is all Miss Rissis asks for
now,” Maurize Zucker, her counsel,
said. “Botsis dealt unfairly with
her in life. We now ask that he
make provision for her care after
death.”
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Hunnicutt Here
Among the visitors to Hartwell
Friday was Hon. G. L. Hunnicutt,
editor of the Southern Cultivator,
who is opposing Hon. J. J. Brown as
Commissioner of Agriculture. He
spoke in Elbert county Saturday.
During the past three months of
this year the police have discovered
in the province of Saratov, Russia,
more than 5,000 secrgt stills. and
3,500 gallons of homemade spirits.
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, ■ Varied Program Lasting Five Days
Arranged For Baptist Workers
In This Section
( i The summer encampment of the
I Hebron Baptist Association will con
vene at Gibson-Mercer, Bowman,
Ga., next Monday, July 21st, and
continue five days, closing on Fri
day, July 25th.
Pastors are requested to see to it
that every church in the Association
I is represented by at least one active
member. Rev. T. J. Espy is chair
| man and general director and will
’ take pleasure in giving all needed
> information about the entertainment
and accommodations at Bowman.
, The hour of meeting will be at
16:30 in the morning and 7:00 in the
i evening.
, ■ “Open Mine Eyes” will be one of
the leading and most prominent top-
I ics and will have a place on each
! div’s program.
1 The W. M. U., B. Y. P. U., S.
S., and Laymen’s work will all be
discussed by prominent and enthusi
astic workers.
Dr. A. Chamblee, Dr. W. A.
j Wray, L. I). Newton, editor of the
Index, and Rev. C. W. Benns will
deliver addresses during the sessions.
Detailed programs have been print
ed which can be furnished now by
Rev. T. J. Espy or Mrs. J. H. Skel
ton to any who will make their re
quest known. Address them at
Hartwell, Ga.
Other information concerning the
encampment appears elsewhere in
this issue of The Sun.
Wilson Highway To Receive Support of
All Cities Along This Famous New Route
Dublin, Ga., July 16th.—Senator
William J. Harris, W. T. Anderson,
a member of the State Highway De
partment, and Congressman W. W.
Larsen, of the Twelfth District, are
to be among the leading speakers at
the Wilson Highway meeting in Dub
lin on July 24.
This will be the first general gath
ering in the interest of this new
highway that is now proposed as a
result of the bridge being construct
ed at Lumber City. AH counties
touched by the proposed route
through Georgia have accepted invi
tations to have one or more repre
sentatives at this meeting. The
gathering will be held at the Coun
try Club at Dublin.
This highway starts in Georgia at
HAPPENINGS IN BOWERSVILLE
B. M. S. met with Mrs. C. E.
Williams Monday afternoon. The
program was fine, after which cream
and cake were served.
Miss Bert Winter in company with
Mrs. Stephenson, Miss May Sanders
and Miss Leo Sanders, of Comer,
went to Athens Tuesday to take in
some observation lessons at the Sum
mer School and attend lectures for
a few days. They returned Thurs
day and report an interesting and
profitable time.
Mr. C. E. Carter came Saturday
night to visit his family, who are
with Mrs. Nora Adams, Mrs. Carter’s
mother.
Miss Mary Ray returned Saturday
night from Atlanta where she has
been visiting her brother and sisters,
Holman, Lena and Della Ray.
Little Mary Randall, of Atlanta,
is Spending the week-end with Nell
Williams.
Bobbie Stephenson returned Sun
day night from Atlanta where he has
spent quite a while with his brother,
Herdas.
Miss Lena Shirley reports a fine
time with her brother, Loy, in Bir
mingham, Ala., returning Thursday.
Mr. Elbert Estes and family in
company with Miss Mattie May
Grubbs, went to Anderson, S. C.,
Friday.
The W. M. S. met with Miss Bert
Winter last Friday afternoon. Quite
a number were present and had a
splendid program. Punch, sandwiches
and cake were served.
The young people’s cream and cake
sales continue fine every Saturday,
each time swelling the fund.
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CEDAR CREEK
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Our Sunday school is growing nice
ly now. New ones coming every
Sunday, and we are so glad to have
every one who will come. Had 211
last Sunday. Something great for
Cedar Creek. Let’s go next Sun
day and make the 300 mark. There
are others we wish would come.
There will be preaching and busi
ness conference Saturday night at
this place. All the members are
urged to be present at 8:30 fast
time.
Miss Grace Hicks had as her guest
Saturday night and Sunday Misses
Alma and Leola Vickery, of Mill
town.
Mr. and Mrs. Clayte Reid and
children, of Elberton, visited Mr.
Mt. Olivet School House Will
Cost $9,000; Contract Calls
For Completion November 1
The new consolidated Mr. Olivet
School District has let the contract
for a modern 10-room building, with,
large auditorium, to Messrs. Mauldin,
Addington & Cooper, of Lavonia.
The sum involved was approxi
mately $9,000, and the building will
be completed by November Ist, The
Sun is informed.
Mr. Olivet consolidated school is
composed of the old Flat Shoals,
Kings Bench and Mt. Olivet dis
tricts, having recently voted bonds
for the purpose of erecting this new
building.
Prof. Wallace Thomas, formerly
of Lavonia, will be at the head of
the new school.
The trustees are Messrs. Earl F.
McLane, Wm. J. Bailey and E. Wof
tord Sanders.
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Rents Hailey’s Case
Mrs. Edith Adams has rented Hai
ley’s Case, on the square, taking
charge several days ago.
T n an ad this week Mrs. Adams
tells of the many things served at
this place, and extends all a cordial
invitation to eat there.
There is to be no change in the
name or policy of the case. Mrs.
Adams states.
AT SARDIS~~SCHOOL HOUSE
Ice cream and cake will he sold
at Sardis School House on next
Tuesday evening, July 22, for benefit
of Community Club. Everybody in
vited.
Hartwell, and comes by the way of
Athens, Milledgeville, Irwinton,
Dublin, Lumber City, into Jackson
ville, cutting off about 100 miles
from the present highways. It is
named for the former President
Woodrow Wilson and the proposed
route has been taken up with en
thusiasm. A large crowd is expected
here on the twenty-fourth for the
first formal meeting over the pro
ject.
The above news item from Dub
lin is explanatory.
Hartwell will send the following
delegation to the Dublin gathering:
J. H. Skelton, Foster C. Brown,
A. S. Richardson, R. E. Cox, A. N.
Alford, J. A. W. Brown and A. C.
Skelton.
Rev. F. E. Crutcher preached two
very interesting sermons here Sun
day. The S. S. had quite an inter
esting S. S. Day program, conducted
by Supt. G. A. Shirley, each class re
sponding with song and verses. Af
ter this the pastor baptized little
.Josephine Carlton, and Master Joe
Fred Hilliard joined the church.
Mrs. J. B. Williams gave one of
her old time dinners to her children
last Tuesday. Mrs. Bowers, Mrs.
Moorhead and C. E. Williams being
present.
Mrs. Clarence Ferguson entertain
ed the Bible Class at her home Mon
day afternoon. A good program
was rendered, after which cream and
cake were served.
<i|enn Hilliard is at home again,
also Col. John Gaines, of Atlanta, is
visiting his parents for a few days.
"The Poor Married Man.”
The play, "Poor Married Man,”
will be presented at the school audi
torium next Friday night, July 18th.
Don’t miss this. It is something
new to see boys taking girls’ parts
in a play. You wil cry over the
“Poor Married Man” and want to
crucify the mother-in-law, sympa
thize with the pretty girl who must
forsake her husband to please her
mother, and the negro will please
you al), say nothing of the other
girls who do their part well if they
are awkward in skirts, and the poor
old man who gives up his only daugh
ter to the old professor is very pa
thetic. If you miss this you can’t
live long enough to get over it. By
all means COME. Scouts will look
after you. 15c and 25c.
and Mrs. Mac Cobb Sunday.
Mrs. John Charping is on the
sick list, we are sorry to learn.
Mrs. Inman Maret is one of the
number who are sick. We wish to
see her in her usual health soon.
Mrs. B. A. Cash visited Mrs. J.
J. Bell Sunday.
Mrs. Eula Frye and children and
Mr. Sanders, of Sardis, visited the
family of G. C. Lewis Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. William Page vis
ited the home of Mr. and Mrs. J.
B. Herring Sunday.
Mr. W. J. Bell is visiting his chil
dren in Atlanta.
Little Miss Mary Cobb entertained
a number of her little friends last;
Friday afternoon in celebration of
her''eighth birthday. After having
enjoyed the party, the little guests
went away wishing Mary many more
happy birthdays.
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