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ONE DIVORCE, PLEASE.
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You made me what I am today,
As through the years we’Ve ram¬
bled.
Now rectify the mess you’ve wrought;
I want to be unscrambled.
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J. H. Aiken, of Milner, was in the
leity Friday.
Miss Rossie Bell Newton spent Fri¬
day in Atlanta.
Mrs. E. C. Smith was a visitor to
Atlanta today.
Miss Nita Hancock attended the
opera Aida Friday evening.
s Miss Louise Milan spent Thursday
evening with friends in Atlanta.
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Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McElheney, of
Jackson, were in Griffin Friday.
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% Mr. and Mrs. James Ward, J of
Xuella, spent Friday in this city.
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Mrs. Alvin Dickinson, of William¬
son, visited friends in Griffin Friday.
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Boctetti Vrank <Elo%a
MAY THE FIRST HIT BE A HOMER BY OUR TEAM
We score heavily in celebrating this event by offer¬
ing Big League Values at minor prices. The sure win¬
ners are our
New Spring Suits at $25 to $40
Their batting average is the highest we have ever had
E.H. Hallyburton & Co
OHENING DAY MAY 9TH
BICYCLE PRICES CUT!
Am giving substantial CUT on an already very CLOSE
price on my stock of Bicycles.
COME IN AND SEE ME.
also, for First Class Repairing
J. R. MESSER
Music Shop Old Stand. Phohe 90
Don’t Wait
Until your house is swarming with flies,
put your screens in now. We have a
complete line of
Doors and Windows
ALSO
Black and Galvanized Wire
tor repairing your old ones. Give your
old screen a coat of
Jap-a-Lac Screen Black
it will save you money and make your
screens look like new.
Griffin Hardware Co.
PHONE 91
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army business.
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Mrs- Sam Bell was among those
from Griffin who spent today in At¬
lanta.
Mrs. D. . , „
D. Norton, of Vaughn^
apent Friday with relatives in the
city.
Mrs. A. 8. Jones and Miss Noma
Jones, of Turin, are the guests of Dr.
and Mrs. J, C. Owen.
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank Binford and
Frank Binford, Jr., attended the op¬
era matinee, “Manon,” in Atlanta
Thursday afternoon.
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Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Burpee and
Miss Pearl Burpee have removed
from 183 West Broad street * to 223
West Taylor street.
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John Drerwry, a popular student
at the University of Georgia, is
spending the week end at home with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Drewry.
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B. C. Baas, who has been spending
several months In Clearwater, Fla.,
was in Griffin today, en route to Bor¬
den Wheeler Springs, where he will
spend some time.
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pittman', Mr.
and Mrs. Aldine Combs, Mrs. B. B.
Brown and Miss Olivia Brown form¬
ed a pleasant party motoring to
Atlanta Friday afternoon to attend
performance of Aida this evening *
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Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Touchstone
will motor to Macon Saturday to
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spent the week end with relatives.
They will be accompanied home by
Mrs. Touchstone's mother , who will
spend some time with jtl
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Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Crouch
motored to Atlanta Thursday to see
Mr s. Cro uch’s b rother. Ernest New
ton, who was operated upon recently
for appendicitis and whose friends
will be glad to know is rapidly re¬
gaining his strength.
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Quite a crowd witnessed the Field
Day events of the Spalding county
schools at Southside park Friday. At
noon a picnic lunch was served on the
grounds, and was enjoyed by large
number of spectators and young ath¬
letes.
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The friends of Judge 1 Phillip Cleve¬
land who has been ill for. two weeks
will be delighted to know he was able
to take a ride Friday and trust he
will soon be able to be in his office
as his genial presence is greatly miss¬
ed by his numerous friends.
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Col. W. H. Taylor and J, T. Wal¬
drop were among the Griffinites at¬
tending the annual meeting of the
grand chapter and R. A. M. of Geor¬
gia in Macon, which came to a close
Thursday afternoon. They report a
fine meeting and great interest in
Masonry.
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J. Henry Burnett, business mana
ger of Mercer University, president
of the Macon Baptist Brotherhood,
teacher of a great men’s Bible class'
in the First Baptist church of Macon
and a business man who can preach,
will be in Griffin Sunday for the pur¬
pose of taking part in all the services
at the First Baptist church. He will
preach at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. and
take part in all other services.
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The concert at the country club
Sunday promises to maintain the
high standard of the programs which
have been presented there recently.
Mrs. F. S. Pittman, talented Griffin
musician, will have charge of the mu¬
sic. Messrs. Aldine Combs, and Paul
Walker and Miss' Nita Hancock will
sing solos, Miss Hancock and Mr.
Combs will sing a duet, and there
will be selections by the Methodist
J. T. Waldrop, custodian of work
the grand Lodge of Masons of
Georgia, has been delegated by the
grand master to lay the corner stone
fof a handsome club house in Wil¬
liamson tomorrow afternoon. The
new club house is being erected by the
women of Williamson and will be
used in connection with the school
there. The corner stone exercises
will begin at 2:30 o’clock and all the
members of the Meridian Sun Lodge
of this city and other Masons have
been invited to attend.
Be sure to attend our aluminum
sale Saturday,/morning beautiful at 10 o’clock.
Fifty aluminum tea kettles
will be given away at this sale. Per¬
sons-Hammond Hardware Co. adv 2t
A French aviatress, was the first
woman to fly across the Andes. She
recently made the flight from Men-,
doza, Argentina, to Santiago, Chile,
in four houra.
SPECIAL SALE SILK DRESSES
AT STRICKLAND CROUCH CO.—
$9.75, $10.95 and $14.75. Previously
sold up to $40.00—FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY.
REFUSES TO ATTEND
REPARATIONS MEETING
A
PARIS, April 29.—Dr. Von Oert
zen, head of the German war burdens
commission, today refused to attend
a meeting of the reparations commis¬
sion for determination of the time
and method of German payments.
Aluminum sale Saturday morning
at 10 o'clock. Be sure to attend. To
every customer buying one of the
beautiful tea kettles we will give one
absolutely free. Persons-Hammond
Hardware Co. adv 2t
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YOU’VE SAVED SEVERAL
DOLLARS.
on that pair of shoes you thought
were “gone” because your wife had
the forethought to bring them to us
‘and have them repaired equal to
new. You saved the cost of, a new
pair, and still have the comfortable
old ones.
AH Work Guaranteed.
W. E. POWELL
1210 North 8th St. «rar Statins >
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APRIL 29, 1898..
Charlie Wolcott, for a long time
connected with several prominent
clothing firms here, and who counts
his friends by the score, returned to
Atlanta yesterday.
Lieutenant James M. Kimbrough
and Private J. Edgar Jones were two
prjffin visitors to Atlanta yetserday
who were greatly interested in the
war news and the governor's next
move in regard to the State troops.
Col. J. J. Flynt had quite a serious
accident to befall him yesterday. He
was handling an axe, when in some
manner'it slipped and seriously mash¬
ed and cut a finger on his left hand.
The cut is very painful and severe,
but he will not lose his finger.
Douglas Boyd went over to Newnan
yesterday. He was accompanied by
Col. George I. Jones, who said that
they were both thinking of going on
to Canada to escape the war excite¬
ment, if they could persuade Col.
Harry Fisher to go with them.
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Captain J. H. Smith was yesterday
ordered to Atlanta, and went up to
see what the authorities wanted with
him. ,
F. M. Blalock, of Jonesboro, was
here for a short time yesterday,
The cavalry company, • Griffin’s
“Flying Squadron,” held a very large¬
ly attended and enthusiastic meeting
yesterday afternoon and decided to
hold the meeting for the election of
officers on the 11th of May. The
meeting was the largest the company
has yet held, and the members are
hoping to soon have a superb com¬
pany:
Miss Claire Smith, of LaGrange,
'Who has been in the city for several
days visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Nich¬
ols has returned home.
The movement of troops which Un¬
cle Sam’s generals are now making
towards the Gulf seems to presage an
early invasion of the “Gem of the
Antilles,” and is causing excitement
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Boys’ Spring Suits
With Two Pairs Trousers
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W E all know that boys are hard
i on clothes and that they wear
out their trousers before their coat.
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Mi i For this reason we have se¬
cured the agency for the celebra¬
K ted—
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■M Suits $15.00
5 ti". at
and up
W Visit our Boys’ Department
t ■ on the Second Floor and let us
% show you.
Slatoa-Powell Clothing Co. 1 V
MbN’S ’AN D BOYS* OUTFITTERS
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FBIPA Y AFTERNOON, APRIL 29, 1921.
all over the country and in some for¬
eign lands.
Charlie Williams, a negro who was
arrested Thursday afternoon and jail¬
ed on a charge of robbery, was given
his trial yesterday before Judge W.
knew how to make false entires in
Mrs. M. R. Brown’s bank boon and
then pocket the money she nad given
him to deposit for her. Judge Beck
decided that for him to be running a
private bank of this character with¬
out any restrictions to protect the
public, was exceedingly dangerous,
and therefore gave Charlie the full
extent of the law which is twelve
months..
Mrs. Edwin Sasser, of Senoia, after
a visit to friends in Griffin, has re¬
turned to her home.
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Mayor W. D. Davis went to La Villa
yesterday to spend the week end with
relatives there.
Persons-Hammond Hardware Com¬
pany announce a big aluminum sale
Saturday morning at 10 o’clock, to
which attention is called in the ad¬
columns of the News and
Sun on another page.
Boll Weevil v
Insurance
■ For a cost of about $1.26 per
acre we can guarantee you an average
yield of cotton.
WHY GAMBLE?
*L6t Us Take the Risk
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