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RING OUT THE OLD. ^
Ring <jut the old—ring in the new,
Ring happy bells across thj snow
The year is going, let him go
Ring out the false—-ring in the true.
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“Ring out false pride in -place of
blood, " x ' ' /
i The civic Wander and the pride;
Ring in the love of truth and right,
Ring in the common love of good.
“Ring out the shapes of foul disease
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
Ring out the thousand whrs of old,
Ring in the thousand years of peace.
U Ring ip the valient man and free
The larger heart, the kinder hand;
Ring out the darkness of the land,
Ring iij, the Christ that is to (be. tt
* '—Tennyson.
BRILLIANT NifW YEAR’S EVE
DANCE AT COUNTRY CLUB.
One of the most delightful affairs
of the holiday season was the New
Year’s eve dance with which the
young men of Griffin complimented
the young ladies, on Monday evening
at the Griffin Country Cluh.
The orchestra of the Tech Glee
Club furnished the music for this last
dance of a Christmas season which
has bben marked by many enjoyable
affairs. The music was exception
ally good and added greatly to the
pleasure of the evening.
The attractive ^fub house was
thrown open a im beautifully decorat
ed for the'occasion witb growing
plants,'cut flowers, and Christmas
decorations. <
There were a number of young peo¬
ple who' motored toJGrjffin from the
. neighboring towns to usher the New
Year in.
The chaperones, for the evening
were Mrs. W. E. H. Searcy, Jr., Mrs.
J. Henry Smith, Mrs. William G.
Nichols, Mrs. Elizabeth Mills Watt,
Mr. and Mrs. Kincaid Thomas and Mr.
and Mrs. Cleveland.
Attractive Visitors,
• A number of attractive visiting
young ladies were present.
Miss Catherine Canady, of Roanoke,
Virginia, the guest of Miss Rosalind
Janes, was beautiful in a gown of
cerise georgette, the skirt trimmed in
tiny bands of blue velvet. She wore
a red rose in her dark hair.
Miss Mace Briscoe, of Knoxville,
Tennessee, a member of Mr. L. D.
Gray’s house party was wearing blue
velvet.
Miss, Lynn Johnson, also of Knox¬
ville, and another guest of Mr. Gray’s,
was gowned in a dress of flesh-colored
chiffon; trimmed in gold lace and ex
quisite French flowers.
Miss Marie Rhodes, of j^tlanta, the
other member of Mr. Gray's house
party, wore a gown of NHe green 1
chiffon, trimmed in lace.
Miss Louise Smith, of McDonough,
was beautiful in a cerise georgette
gown, heavily beaded.
Miss' Mildred Zorn, of Thomaston,
was wearing blue chiffon velvet.
Miss Nell Sipith, -of Barnesville,
s wore blackVfatin, with a deep bertha
of real lace.
Miss Sara Smith, of Jackson, was
wearing black velvet, coml?ined with
silver metal cloth.
Miss Martha Ridley, of Atlanta,
wore golden brown satin, heavily
beaded. V \ ;
Miss Helen Wooten, of Barnesville,
was lovely in black satin.
Griffin Girls Present*
Miss Abby Nichols’ gown was of
biue^sktin',. trimmed in French flowers.
Miss Emily Boyd was wearing a
white sequin robe, combined with sil¬
ver metel doth.
Miss Rhoda Nichols was gowhed in'
^ orchid chiffon, trimmed in French
flowers. . .
Miss Rosalind Janes’ dress was «£
cerise georgette, trinyned in lace.
Miss Mary Hammond’s gown was a
blue sequin robe, fashioned over blue
metal cloth.
Miss Virginia Crouch was lovely in
a black chiffon model trimmed with
silver lace. /
Miss Antoinette Smith's exquisite
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gown was of blue chiffon, fashioned
oVer flesh colored satin. .
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Miss Mary Leila Patterson was
wearing green crepe-de-chene, com¬
bined with gold metal cloth.
Miss Roselyn Carlisle wore tan¬
gerine chiffon, lace trimmed.
Young Men Present.
Among the young men dancing
were Minor Wheaton, Harry Rogers,
Emory Searcy, James T. Freeman,
Henry Smtih, Eugene Underwood,
Tillman Blakely, Seaton Bailey, Will
Lewis Flemister, Robert Sawtell, Otis
Barnes, John Morrow, Crosson Berry,
Frank Binford, L. D. Gray, Harrell
Drewry, Marcus Carson, Harris Drew
ry, Paul Slaton, George Carson,
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Thomas Goddard, John Hammond,
Ramsey Black, of Dalton;
Wilson, States^ro; of Atlanta; Ralph Carruthers,
of Marlin Spencer, Frank
Neal, Taylor B. Smith, all of Jack
Son; Owen Pool, Ed Fincher, both of
Atlanta; Baylor Hichman, of Gaines¬
ville, Dakin Ferris, of Garden City,
Long Island and others.
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McKENZIE—TIFT.
The following announcement, taken
from the Macon Daily J Tefegraph of
K Wednesday
morning, will be of cor¬
dial interest to -the many friends of
Miss Elizabeth McKenzie in Griffin,
where she has often visited as the
guest of her aunt, Mrs. Charles Mills
and also as the guest of Miss Alice
Searcy:
i i Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. McKen
zie. of Montezuma, announce the
marriage of their daughter, Elizabeth
Wooten, to Mr: Richard Tift, of Al¬
bany, the wedding having taken place
yesterday morning at 11:30 o’clock at
the Mulberry Street Methodist par¬
sonage, in Macon. Dr. Walter An¬
thony officiating.
“The wedding of Miss McKenzie and
Mr. Tift will unite two of the
oldest and most prominent
and will be of interest to their
less friends in Macon and
the South.
“The ceremony was performed
the presence of a few of the
intimate friends. Miss Iona
zie, of Montezuma* the guest of
Fitzallen Kendall, and a cousin of
bride, acted as maid of honor.
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Fred McKenzie, of Montezuma,
the groom’s best man.
Immediately after the
Mr. and Mrs. Tift left for a
trip to New York City.”
BOYS EVANGELISTIC CLUB
GIVES DINNER TO GIRLS.
The members of the Young
Evangelistic Club entertained on
day evening at the Griffin Hotel at
beautifully-appointed dinner in
of the young ladies who are
of the Character Builders Club.
The long dining room of the
was effectively decorated in
flowers, growing giants, and
mas greens.
A number of the young men
young ladies present made short
on the purposes and ideals of the
organizations.
Miss Mary Nichols a nd. ^IsTlElTza -
beth Norman gave several
violin selections.
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Miss Marian Gresham and
Sara McDoVell rendered a duet on the
piano and Miss Gresham played sev¬
eral selections throughout the even¬
ing.
Later all the yourrg people joined
in the singing of several choruses.
A delicious several course dinner
was served. A
Covers were laid /or fifty.
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FAMILY REUNION. -
One of the most enjoyable occasions
of the Christmas holidays was the
family Yeunion at which Mr. T. R.
tfutt entertained cm Wednesday, De
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xtjpiber the twenty-sixth,at his
lovely country home about eight miles
east of Griffin on the Jackson road.
The decorations were suggestive of
the l Yuletide season, and the dining
room .was especially artistic.
The long table was covered with a
snowy white satin damask cloth arid
in the center was a large mound of
GRIFFIN DAILY N AND SUN
fruit, nuts and raisins. Op either
end were placed mahogany candle¬
sticks, holding red lighted tapers , 4
while the chandelier was draped with"j
red, intertwined with holly and mis- j
fletoe. I
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The serving table and buffet were \
lighted by red candles in mahogany
candlesticks. Mr. Nutt wa t s assisted
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in entertaining his guests by Mr. and
Mrs. W. P. Nutt.
About fifty relatives were present
on this delightful occasion. Among
them were Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Nutt,
Misses Frances and Margaret Nutt,
Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Hawkins, of For
syth, Mr. and My. J. C. Nutt, Miss
Evelyn Reid Nutt, Jim, Jr., and La¬
mar Nutt, of Griffin; Mr. and Mrs. T.
A. Nutt, T. A. Nutt, Jr., of Jackson;
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Williams, Misses
Mildred, Katherine, Virgie toe and
Marjorie Williams, Dr. and, Mrs/R. L.
Crawford, Sr., Msses Adelaide, Bertie
Mae and Rebecca Mitchell, Mr. and
Mrs. S. C. Mitchell, Jr., S. C. Mitchell,
III and Tom K. Mitchell, of Griffin;
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Futral, Mr. Win¬
field Futral, Misses Grace, Sara and
Catherine Futral, Mr. George Quinlan,
Mr. D. L. Patrick, Misses Ila, Minler
and Janice Patrick, Mr. T. S. Patrick,
and Mi§s Mary Welden.
ALLOFTHENEWS
FROM FAYETTE
BROOKS, Ga.—Brooks High
High school has opened far thq
Spring term after being closed for
the holidays. All of the teachers
are back after spending the holidays
w r ith their relatives. Several of the
pupils are out on account of the
measels.
There is preaching being held at
the Brooks PVDethodist church every
night this week, the services are
being conducted' by Rev. E. Z.
Speer, the pastor, Dr. John Yar¬
borough, of Griffin, Rev. J. O.' Pet-,
Hier, of Senoia, Dr. J^ !H. Bakes,
Presiding Elder, of the Griffin
district will prdach Thursday and
Friday nights and will hold First
Quarterly meeting of the Brooks
charge at County v Line Friday the
third.
Mr. Douglas W. Johnson and 'Miss
Mary iLou Gordon were united in
marriage during the Christmas
holidays. Their m'any friends will
congratulate them] and .wish them
a long and happy life.
/The Christmas Holidays passed
off very quietly around Brooks,
nothing unusual taking place.
J. P. Starr and family of At
lanty, spent the week-end at
Brooks. V
R. L. Matthews, of Brooks, who
has undergone the .second operation
at fthe Baptist hospital in Atlanta
in the -past several days is report¬
ed doing as well as could expect¬
ed. His friends hope to see him out
very soon.
Crawford .Hewell and Miss Maude
Gaym both of Brooks were urpted
in marriage Sunday, Rev. Z. Speer
officiating. They^ are two of Brooks
most (popular young people and have
a host of friends who /extend t<>
them best wishes.
Ml H. Hasten and family of
Jackson, spent the (weekend at
Brooks.
W. C. Hubbard and family have
returned home after spending the
holidays in Florida on a pleasure
trip.
There is much moving and chang¬
ing around in. Brooks with the rent¬
ing farmers just at present.
Mirs. D» M. Faulkner and family
who have been living at Memphis
Tenn., have moved back; to Fayette
to make their future home.
H. C. Hardy and famlily spent
the holidays with relatives at
Brooks. They have many friends
who are always glad to see them.
Mrs. Dora IMjalohe and son, T. C.
Malone, of Albany, have been
visiting at Brooks for a few days.
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Twenty-Five Interesting
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II. D. Martin, superintendent of -the
Griffis Manufacturing Company, a |
new comer, walked in our office today 1
and asked us twenty-five interesting!
questions concerning Griffin, which
we are leaving to some one of our
readers, since we a^e too busy in the
mad rush the day to answer them.
They are as follows: "
.1. How many .miles of concrete or
macadamized highways are there in
Griffin and leading out of it?
2. What is the present population
Griffin?
3 , Where is’ the origin of jtto city
name of Griffin?
4. Are there any self-flowing arte¬
sian wells in Griffin or near by, and
where are they?
5. What is the elevation of-Griffin
above sea level?
6. Where is the sewerage emptied ?
£ 7. When was the first cotton mill
started, and which?
8. What are the dates of the es¬
tablishment of each cotton nyll in the
cit/?
9. When werq there street railway
cars here? What were the routes and
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why were they Abandoned?
10. When were each of the railroads
built through Griffin?
They Will probably move to Fay
ettyille in a short time to make
their home." *
E. P. Shannon returned to Bir
mingham, Ala., Monday after
spending somje time at Brooks.
F. G. Hgnnicut who is a candi¬
date^ for commissioner of Agricul¬
ture to “succeed J. J. Brown* spent
Saturday at Brooks.
Rev.. James Kelley and family
spent the holidays here -wife Mrs.
L. A. Kelly.
Local Post Office receipts show
a gain of approximately $1,000.00
for the quarter just ended, over
|he same period in 1922, in figures
furnished by. Postmaster Hender
sbn. The Christmas mjaiis, (both
incoming and outgoing were much
heavier than usual, all of which in¬
dicates that our section is fast re¬
turning to prosperity.
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1 rect fit, color, fabric, can absolutely rely on their cor
’ and the skilled tailoring that
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Griffin Mercantile Company.
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n. How marty automobiles are
in Griifin ?'
12. How many mules ?
13. What are the possibilities of
any one of the nearby rivers
pass through Griifin? What engin¬
would be needed?
14. What are some of the nearest
and how far away are they
the nearest city border line?
15. Are there any known under¬
rivers passing through Grif¬
In other words, can water to
obtained here by well digging
either common or artesian
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16. Where is the highest point of
in Griffin?
17. Where is the dividing line
through the city on one side of
which the waters flow into the At
lantic and op the other side of which
the slope leads elsewhere?
18: Are there any mineral resources
here, and what are they? v.
19. What is the local cotton acreage
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and what has bedn the largest crop
and what year?
20. How much raw cotton is con¬
sumed byythe local mills here?
21. Can cotton be grown under
mosquito netting in the same way as
tobacco is grown in the State of Con¬
necticut, and would this aid in getting
rid of the boll weevil?
When was the first bank estab¬
lished and what was its name?
23. What is the water supply at
G uts Cleanse without -SORES rubbing, thoroughly--then* apply—
VIS1SS Over
17 Million Jar* tW Yearly
CONDENSED STATEMENT
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Of Second National Bank at close of business December 31, 1923
/ ASSETS;
• * $ 6,000.00
FURNITURE and ........../—• FIXTURES 3,309.18
REAL ESTATE ~-r 267.62 ,
OVERDRAFTS .....—----- 130,000.00
U. S. BONDS ........... 646.13
PREMIUM ON U. S. BONDS
STOCKS IN OTHER CORPORATIONS ---- 4,595.32
5 PER CENT. FUND — ~y~ 5,000.00
LOAHS ............. A 232,084.26
CASH ON HAND AND DUE FROM BANKS - 27,181.23
$408,923.73
LIABILITIES:
CAPITOL STOCK -— $100,000.00
SURPLUS -___________ 16,000.00
UNDIVIDED PROFITS ----- 3,100.17
DEPOSITS H _______ , 186,814.56
DIVIDENDS UNPAID 3,000.00
CIRCULATION ______ ■i- 100,000.00
$408,923.73
SECOND NATIONAL BANK
.MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
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sive is the provision for the fu
supply of a larger population?
24. What is the annual mean tem
perature, highest lowest, winter
and summer? ■ 9*9 ' -* m-
25. What -is the average min f.u
and at what periods ?
True Delicacy.
“There’s e lot more I might eay,"
concluded the bargee after his f
argo*
mem with tft# careless -■ yachtsman,
“but. bein' a perflek gentleman. I
don't 'old with clan* wartare."—Lom
don Dully Express,
Six Mila* a Minute.
An earthquafe wave has beta
known to travel across the Partite
ocean In 12 hours 16 minutes—that
Is at the rate of six miles a minute;
A NEW MARKET
JONES CASH MARKET
ItO W. Broad St.
Phone 817. 2-41.
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by the Head of a 4
Louisiana Family,
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what we would have done* had we art
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the best medicines m;
best liver medicine, ,* said Mr. Henry
Garrett, of this city.
Mr. “My whole family uses it,” o
Garrett. “My wife says she
she kept off the ‘flu’ by taking doses oi
Black-Draught regularly.
indigestion, “I, myself, and use it Black-Draught tor
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it We used plHs and tablets and other
laxatives, good, b«t but the they Black-Draught never seemed to has. do
us sure
ana it has come to our house to stay.
We give it to pur daughter for headache
and ‘ torpid liver.
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thathas been the help to my family tea
Blade-Draught has.
“My present of Black-Draught health is good. tfi the house Have
two boxes
novy.”
If your liver gets out or nx, me
Black-Draught. It will help to drive the
bile poisons and other unhealthful mat¬
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