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Official Orgsn of Franklin County. VOLUME 19 AJ L1IQMEPHIXT_,____ (-AKXt’svil LK HAl ......'-riDAY___FimiBJJAKY '9, T9I7 ^ TT 1 R 916 A wedding of unusual was that of Miss Della Effie Parham of Milhver to Mr. diar¬ ies Reece McMurray of ilvs place which was quietly solemniz :d at tho Parsonage on Timrsd iy alter noon at six o’clock. Oo accou.it of a recenr deatii in the family of the hnde the wedding was a qntenffur. Owing m the |> ,p„. larity ot bo' h p u ties a few- Prepress t to witness,- the ev-nt. The brid. wore a navy bit* siit wit a gove; and shoes to match and a handsome -pictiire Tne bride is the eldest daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. A. Parham, of Milliver. She is a fivorite ot C.trnesville having visited here up orseveral occasions and she will be the receipent of many warm we! corns. She is a beautiful young- woman and has many charming traits ot character. Mr. McMurray is the young st son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Greene McMurray and is a mem ber of the force of The Carnes- ville Advance and is one of the best and fastest typographers in Northeast Georgia. He is successful in business and has a bright tutu re. The bride and groom are at home to their mxny friends in Carnc-s viile. How Dear To Our Heart Is The Steady Sub- •/ seriber Who Pays In Advance How dear to our heart is the stead v subscriber "Who pays in advance on the birth ot each year, Who lavs down the money and does it quite gladlv, And cast ’round the office a halo ot cheer. lie never 83 vs, “Stop it; I can’t af¬ ford it, I’m getting more papers now than 1 ran read;” But always says Send it; our people all like it— In fact we all think it h<!tp and a need.” How welcome his cheek when it reaches our sanctum, How it makes our pulse throb; how it makes our heart dance; We outwardly tha t k him; we in¬ wardly bless him— The steady subscriber who pays in advance. The above poem has been going the rounds of the press since Buck was a calf, and it expresses a whole lot.. Tap steady subscriber who pays in ad vance, is always ap predated.—The Herald Journal. Fifty-Fifty An Irishm in who had walked a’ong distance, feeling very thirs¬ ty and seeing a milkman, asked the price of a quart of milk. “Three pence,” replied the milk¬ man. ‘■Then * nave me a ‘ auart " in rants ' ’ ” " . t,'on p P drinking one pint, j TheZlkmln «u nw do we stand? -J l Z.” ophed, -1 owe ' ('And l voaone,” said Cat, owe i„, we are rfuits.”—Obioaga Nows V y 'oniCBtiillc SDnanct PUBLISHED IN THIS INTEREST OF FRANKLIN COUNTY AND ITS READERS. Civic League Will Serve Meats The members of the Civic Leag¬ ue will serve a regular dinner in the Ladies Panor of the house the first Tnasd u in ary. j The mume will cons st* ; many things good to eat and ovs- t ers w ,|j i>g mcTrLd among other good eatables. Tlio wom>n th.-t have Oil- ««• ■» charge are capable ofserr- I*«»»<*« *» » *■*">* .t will be a success. Ecery. fhbig ui!i be clean, and well pro I p ing arecl dinner and no wit one zr the sn!l Civic r ^ ret League eat Tuesday February fitb. body is tn viced to eat dinner with the Civic League the proceeds will be used for a wmthv cause. They deserve great for any undertaking as a League is a grett asset to any town. Encourga them bv eating dinner witn them next Tuesday. Entertained Thim= ble Club One of the most enjoyable and delightful planned parties of Sat turday afternoon was that of Miss Edis« Dickson, when she was love l.v hostess to the Thimble Club. The beauty and fragrance of Narcissos added to the attracti¬ vely furnished rooms. After an informal hour spent with merry conservation delicsous refresh¬ ment? were served, the bright event proved one ot The happiest social affairs of the season. Young People Plan Romantic Marriage Mr. T. H, Bullard, Jr*, came down from Lavoma Saturday night and was due to return Monday rrmruing but he had an interview with his sweetheart Sun day night, and by manual agree¬ ment, h : s plans were changed, and lie decided to remtin over until Monday afternoon, and she would return to Lavonia with him. It was agreed that nobody should know about it. About J2 o’clock M' 1 . Bullard called on Ordinary Edwards and secured a marriage license for Miss Madge Biickle and himself and informed Mr. Ed wards that they would call on him promptly at 2:15 to .perform the ceremony. Ri<>ht on the tick the clock they were there. Miss Edwasds, daughter of the Ot di¬ nary was the only witness besid-s the umalcourt nouse officials. , Miss Brickie is a seho A girl and on!v sixteen years old. She went to senool Monday, as usual and her parents were kept in the dark as to the marriage until she went on home and curried her books and put them away. She then dressed up and went up town and just before the train Left for La- voniaatS o’clock, telephoned to her father that she was ried. Miss Brickie is a ver v charmi j a daughter of .Mr. 0. Brickie, and|Mr. Bullard is a prom -.s von?a,' nx roan* bus'.ncss man of 1 , bein'/ connected wah ’ brother in a successful fruit # ,d store. -Elborton Star. Teachers Meeting The Franklin Counts Teacher's A-s ,cation will m et in regula’ tn mihly meeting Saturday Feb. 10t!i, lo o’closk A. M. at the court lions 1 ia office ut 0. S. S. The fol lowing- program will he lende’fd Devotional ox ere ses. Roll Call—-Teachers responding with quotations from Sidney La neir. How to reach the patrons oflh • eotnmt, r.,ty l.r. Abort i Mlanl. ^ ’ C To „. hoxt ,,, is Tewhtr f or the Spiritu ii wel- of the pupil M : ss Lucy Ave-s Story II mr Miss Flor.wee VIo *- gan. ■ Cooperation betwei n teacher ard coun ^ Llemcnstratoi C. A The publ’c invited. Respectfully, J. W. Smith, Pres, Tinnie Rucker Mak¬ ing Big Hit in Con¬ gress Washington, Jan. SO. —No eon gressman of recent years lias gain ed in so and popularity of Col. Tinsley W. Rucker, the new mem ber from the Eighth Georgia dis¬ trict, and that gentle reader, ac¬ counts for the fact that he has received more attention th in usual in these colums. His progress in the path of fame marries att-n- short a space of time, tho prom nenceiion. (VI Rucker has made progress without apparent effort. and the pity is that i iscong es* ional career is to be of su short du¬ ration. The Colonel *hc capital “C” is used advisedly, for lie is Known as “TheColonel” isoneoflour distm guisiied members of tho lower house of congress to he invited to participate m the midwinter en¬ tertainment of the National Pres; elidy Tne entertainment will be Wednesday evening, and the Col¬ onel is shown m the program to speak about whatever may appeal to him. Talent for press club en tertainments is picked carefully, and it is considered an honor to be invited to participate as a head liner. A keen sense of humor, a deep sense of appreciation, a highly de veloped originality the sharpest of intellects on entertaining gift of gab, a wealth ot good stories and an attractive personalty have contributed lo Coi. Rucker’s prominence and popularity in t' e housp. He is sought after by m "!)i> ;s who enjoy good compan iunship and who appreciate some thing out of die ordinary in speech an 1 observation about the hunt drum doings of congress, It isn’t surpr sing that Col. Rucker attractions weie not slow to become noised in the gallerv and in the press club, and his selcclion for the midwinter enter la ninent followed as a matter of course, Well Named “A wonderful man is mv uncle” said little Binks, ‘so very origi- nal and witty.” Ho «.«! be called his “sausage ’ because it was half hrend.'os aoat “Xenri,” was “all bntt” and h,s cocnerel ‘ Robinson because ft i ‘•Crowe,"-tootianne. A Road Of Rock May Be Built If the citizens in this section of Franklin county ever realized tho ner d of good roads it is now. I'lie roads have almost been im passable with a team for several d tys and tins caused g’eat incon venience for more than one person Tiie tax parers are entitled to g " d roa; s and during the past ‘ew days a movement was started bv a prominent merenant to build a road to Royston that would nev» r be impassable by mud. His idea is to have the rock from the rive.r crus hed and build a road worth while. This can oe done and a rock built roa I would mean one of the greatest convenience the merchants he e and the tann¬ ers in this ieition ever enjoyed. When it rains any length ot time you have to stay at home, you cannot travel Good roads make Ut f er c t zens, liappie- people and business will prosper and wnl make land more valuable. The citizens of Franklin county are good people, they are fair mirvd ed, honest, worthy and intelligent, and deserve better than they are , getting. j Let’s stand firm and determin cd for a gcod road. The Ball Weevil ’ll Git You If You Don’t Watch Out (Apologies to James Wmtcomb Riley) The Demonstration. Agent came to out house to dav, To tell mv D idd - how to farm, raise corn and peavme bay, And goobers too, to feed the hogs, alfalfa lo • the sheep, And how to tell when soil was sour and h >w t o make it sweet. And all us children ga’h -re l round to hear the agent chatter As he told Daddy this was wrong and something else the matter, All listened close to everythin g he had to talk about, And the boll weevil that gits vea if you don’t watch out. Once there was a farmer did n’t raise no ha' 1 , Diden’t own a mower and thought it didmi’t pav, Pulled the fodder off the corn; diden’t believe it kept The grain from growing sound and good, rather thought it helped’t, Bought some mouldy bay from Kansas, twenty five a ton, Called the doctor for his mule, brought him on the run, Doctor siid your mule is dead, ten dollar* is my pav, You’ll have less loss of mule ahd hess if you’ll feed home grown hay.” Then he scooted down the road in his old Ford runabout And the boll weevil ’ll git you if you don’t watch cut Once there was a farmer kept a brindle cow, Nearly covered up with ticks, cculden’t see and how The pesky things did and harm, he’d seed ’em all his life, Tick eradication was a lot of useless strife. Brindle got the hollow tail, also lost her cud, Split her tail and bored her horns and greased her back bone good, Brindle soon gave up the ghost, then this farmer man Bought milk for the babv in a little old Hn can. Biby got the colic and mighty nigh passed out. And the weevil sure will git vou if you don’t watch out. Once there was a cotton planter woulden’t raise no feed, Agent told him that he ought, but he woulden’t heed. Run a credit at the store, mortgage on his crop, Woulden’t lot his tenants do a thing but plow and chop, Weevil lit down in the held, middle of July, Court in session in the town, cotton all laid by, All the hands gone a fisbin, or to barbecue, No use hanging around the place, nothing there to do, Weevil kept a multiplying heppy as vou please, Eating up the tender squares, thick as Rover’s fleas. Picking time came op at last, planter sure was sore. Couffien’t pav the mortgage off nor settle at the store. Had to sell the mules and leave, wife was sure in a pout. And the weevil sure will git you if you don’t watch out. And the demenstrotion agent said he’d show Daddy how To set the cultivator and run the two horse plow. ' He’d help him build a silo and tell him what to grow > To fill it with, and feed the cows and make the sweet milk flow, j And he’d show him how to build a vat to kill the ticks ant ice, j And keep the cows and piggies too ud looking hue am rice, He’d show him how to spray the trees »«U'» thei celM, And nelp him get the best ot secds^a sow i know. , lis oats, so he'd hare some to sell nest sn.rmer, .Wayoo ^ And And lue keep weevils -he niggers rvoul busr fen ' and *e, imo not leuto", .. ... >rHiiug. roam ^oul, HyoMrtwr ot Dr.W.M.Bnwoc, Vowm**, »»**. *riillti!*T Neal-Mason An interesting event of this week was the marring of Miss Lillian Neal to Mr. G. T. Mason, which occured at the home of Mr Guv Alexander on Monday afternoon at six-thirty o’clock.. The ceremony was derfonned by Rev. L. M. Twiggs in in the presence of only a few friends and relatives. Immediately a Ter the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Mason left for Flor¬ ida. accompanied as far as Atlan¬ ta by Mr. and Mrs. Alexander. IMoieher marriage Mis*' Neal was Fnglist teacher in Jonesboro High School, and has been a fre- f l uer, t v,s f° r in Com fiv. She ,s a young lady with charm ing personality and has made many friends here, who wish them much success and happiness, They will make their home in Mont'Zama. where Mr. Mason is a prominent young business man eng 'ged in ihe cotton business.— Gonyers Times Mrs. J. R. Hall Entertained The members of the Crochet Clnb were royally entertained Wednesday afternoon at the love- home of Mrs. ,T R, Hall on Frank lin Springs street. Me rv conversations were enjoy ed a^d retbailments were served. ! OflctelOrpm^ Frsaklim County. Administrator’s Sale By virtue of an order of the court of Ordidary, granted at tiie December terrrf 1916 of said court will be sold st public outcry to the highest and best bidder, on the lirstTuesdav in February 1917 upon the premises to be sold in the City of I/a von ia, said county •md state within the legal hours of sale the following described property to wit: -YU that tract or p treel ot land I. ing and being m said sta’e and countv aforesaid, and in the Oitv of La von ia known as lot number three in block “15” of the “Robert surveyi’ made by Dave Conger in 1908. and known as ‘East End” Fronting on the east side ot Gro¬ gan street 6ixty feet and extend¬ ing back one hundred and seven tv feet to east avenue. Bounded on the west by lands of M»e W. A. Mason,on the not tb by Grogan street, on the east by lot number two and on south by east avenue. This lot has situated there on a good modern, seven room dwel ling house, and is situated in the best resident section of the Oitv. Sold as the property of J. F. Macom on, late of said county, Upon petition rf the undersign ed, the Ordinary lias granted ant order, duly entered upon the min ules of said court, directing that said property be sold upon the premises, to be sold as provided bylaw. Terms of sale cash. W. S, Macomson. As administrator of J, F,M acom son deceased. Divorce Notice Mittie J. Powers vs Henry Powers Petition for divorc3 in Franklin Bupenor Court, Swptem ber term, 1916. To the Sheriff ot said County—Greeting: The defendant Henry Power is hereby cited and required per¬ sonally or by attorney to be and appear at the Superior Court to be held in and for said county on the Fourth Monday in March, 1917.then andthere to makeans wer or defensive a negation, in wri ting to plaintiff’s libel, as xn de- ault thereof the court will pro¬ ceed according to the statute in such oases made and provided. Witness the Honorable, Jos. N, Worley,Judge of said Court, tins 18th, day oi October, 1916 C. J. Culpepper, C. S. C. Notice to Debtors and Creditors Notice is hereby given to ail persons having demands agamst Susan Floyd, late of said county, deceased, to present them to me properly made out, within tbo time prescribed by law, so as to sho.v their character and amount. And alf persons indebted to said deceased are hereby required to make immediate payment, This Dec, 28th t'jUk J, G. W. Sewell, AdmittJM&uw oi Snaan Floyd *