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B ARNES YILLE NEWS-GAZETTE. VOLUME 35. With absolute confidence in our ability to serve you, we earnestly solicit your account and business. We have the largest store and the largest stock of goods in Barnesville. We are the only merchants who have any claim to a DEPARTMENT STORE, as we are the only people who can supply your every want. We are able, prepared and anxious to handle a thousand accounts in addition to those on our books. Come to see us. Whatever you get at STAFFORD’S, will be GOOD, and will be sold with a guarantee. We buy nothing shoddy, and don’t cater to the trade who want that class of goods. What We Sell : Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Silks, Notions, Ladies' Underwear, Ladies' Hosiery, Corsets, Trunks, Umbrellas, Dags, Jewelry, Valises, Telescopes, Butterick Patterns. We Give Trading Stamps With Every Cash Purchase— call for them OUR FORCE: Air. ,T. W. Stafford. Mr. C. T. Tyler. Mr. W. C. Stafford. Mr. H. H. Willis. Mr. K. A. Stafford. Mr. J. B. Gardner. Mr. F. M. Stafford. Mr. E. C. Elder. Mr. Pierce Hammond. Mr. C. F. Rucker. Miss Lillie Cooper, Mr. Roy Blount. Miss Velma Mills, Drayman, Miss Lula Speer. Sam Johnson. Miss Jennie Lane, Porter, 6 assistants in dress M ill Merritt, making department. MILNER. AVhat is Being Said and Done in Our Neighboring Town. Again Spring has announced herself, and how we welcome her! With her robe of green, and mild, sunny weather, she calls to mind the little verse: ■ the Spring a young man’s fancy Highly turns to thoughts of love.” Rev. W. H. Hammond preached nil able sermon at the Baptist church Sunday, to a large and at tentive congregation. The little people were tendered an Easter egg hunt last Saturday afternoon by Mrs. L. Holmes, at her home on Liberty Hill street. Miss Mildred Posey went up to Decatur and spent Saturday and Sunday with her parents. Miss Mamie Mulkey spent one day last week in Macon. Mr. and Mrs. John Abercrombie spent Tharsday with the latter’s sister. Mrs. P. T. Warde. Mrs. Warde spent Wednesday in Barnesville shopping. Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Thomas were in Barnesville one day last week, visitimrthe former’s sister, Mrs. J. M. Frisendine, on Green wood street. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Hunt, of this place, spent two days in At lanta last week, they were accom panied by their little daughter, Lucia, and little niece, Miss J. W. STAFFORD & SONS, ——M ERCHAN TS=~i: BARNESVILLE. GEORGIA. Watch Barnesville Keep Crowing! Frances Hunt. Mr. H. M. Tyus went up to Hampton Sunday afternoon. Won der what for? Misses Ada Fisher and Fannie Mae Ferguson spent Saturday in Griffin shopping. The many friends of Miss Marion Lumpkin, of Athens, who taught school at this place last year, will be grieved to learn of the death of her father, Rev. W. W. Lumpkin, which occurred on last Friday at his home in Athens. Mr. Alva Moore was in town Sunday afternoon visiting ? Mr. J. P. Williams was here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rice were in Barnesville Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Rowe Bloodworth, who has been attending business college in Macon, returned home last Fri day. Elder W. T. Godard spent Sat urday in Forsyth attending a dis trict meeting held with the Primi tive Baptist church at that place. Solicitor O. H. B. Bloodworth passed through here on Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Callie Burks, of this place, who has been visiting relatives in Griffin fqr sometime returned Sun day. Dr. J. H. Phillips spent a while in Griffin Saturday. “W.” Ideal Spring Merchandise. We are confident that the style beauty and exclusiveness of our Spring Goods will call forth your unstinted praise. Experience has taught you to expect much of us at all times —and especially at the beginning of anew season; and that season Spring, for then it is that fashion influence is greatest. As sembled here is the best merchandise procurable from all parts of this country. No market is too re mote for our buyers—neither time, distance nor expense is considered. Our ambition is to excel our progressive merchants, ever placing before our patrons most tastefully and discriminately selected as sortments of first-class goods at figures in keeping with the small profit policy that governs the making of all our prices. BARNESVILLE, GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1902. BANKS. We congratulate the people of Barnesville and community upon the re-organization of the bank and factory. We confidently believe that the plan means ioo cents in the dollar for every depositor, which is bet ter than anyone hoped for three months ago. The bank has been re-organized on a sound basis, with new officers and directors who are determined to make it a success. We still have confidence in mankind. We have confidence in the new r management of the bank and shall give it our cordial support. We also desire to speak a good word for the new bank organized this week with Mr. Benton, President, and Mr. McCrary, Cashier. We have carefully investigated the character and integrity of these two gentlemen, and find them fully worthy of your confidence and support. They have unlimited means and are in a position to extend to the people every accommodation consistent with good banking principles. Let us all pull together —put as shoulder to the wheel, and we shall yet make Barnes ville the best town in Georgia. SHORT HISTORY OP THE MITE SOCIETY OP THE BARNESVIUUE BAITIST CHURCH. i I have been requested by the society to write, as I remember, some things about the early his tory of this organization. I think we can safely attribute its origin to the suggestion of Mrs. H. H. Chandler, a Northern woman,and member of our church, who had lived South a good many years. Just after the civil war closed, she went North to visit her friends, and when sin* returned she told of the good work being done by aid societies conducted by the ladies of the churches. She, it was, who first suggested the idea of having such a society in con nection with our old Sardis Bap tist church. The idea seemed to be favored by a few ladies, and a meeting was appointed, to which which all the ladies of the Baptist church were invited. A few ladies met at Mrs. Geo. Chestnut’s, who was an invalid, hut was inter ested fn any work pertaining to her church. She lived in the house Mr. Higgins afterwards owned and which was burned in the great fire of 1884. Matthew’s Hotel now stand on that lot. I think Mrs. Chestnut never was able to attend a meeting away from her own home. The society was organized that day, August 0, 18G7. Mrs. Esther Curry being the oldest lady pres ent, had thehonorof being elected first president, Mrs. H. H. Chan dler, first vice-president; Mrs. C. W. Brown, first treasurer; Mrs. C. N. Pixley, first secretary. This society was first called the Barnes viJle Mite Society, and met at the homes of the different members. At the third meeting the name was changed to “The Baptist Mite Society.” The Secretary was, of course, appointed to draft By-laws and Constitution; this being new work to her, she called to her aid the help of her good husband, who ever willing to help in a good cause, kindly consented to prepare By-laws and Constitution, which were read and adopted at the sec ond meeting of this society ' J have always loved this uand of Christian workers, and feel that the society has been a personal benefit, and that if I have never done any good elsew here I have at least done some little work for the Master in this way. Would that it could be said of me, “She hath done what she could,” even in this society. It affords women in the church an opportunity to work according to their capacities, and there must he a work for women, as the Bible tells us they worked in the days of old, and were engaged by the Saviour himself. It has been a great blessing to What We Sell: Clothing, Hats, Shoes, Rubbers, Shirts, Collars, Cuffs, Men's Hosiery Neckwear, Carpets, Rugs, Mattings Window Shades, Portieres, Lace Curtains, Draperies, Curtain Poles. the church in different ways, not only in actual work, but it has been a means of much social pleas ure and more than this, it Imß been a means of spiritual grow'th and Christian love. Most of the time since our organization the meetings have been very well at tended, and the members have carried on the work with much zeal and interest, but there have been days of discouragement and lukewarmness; I have heard our beloved Mrs. Sul lie Browm say, that sometimes when they were meeting at the church she would he the only one present, and after offering a prayer to God for his blessings upon the organization, she would go home feeling that the w'ork was in His hands and could not fail. Should there come such days of discouragement and want of interest, I trust there will al ways he some good sister to follow the example of our sainted sister Brown. It is a liye and working body now, and I hope will so continue as long as time shall last. I I hope too, that its original name will be perpetuated as long as long as the organization shall exist. The Baptist Mite Society or ganized August 0, 1867, Mrs. Esther Curry, President; Mrs. H. H. Chandler, Vice President; Mrs. C. M. Brown, Treasurer; Mrs. C. N. Pixley, Secretary. CHARTER MEMHERS. Mrs. H. H. Chandler, Mrs. Geo. What We Sell: Sewing Machines, Furniture, Wagons, Buggies, (i roceries, Hardware, Tinware, Woodenware, Cotton Planters, Guano Distributors, Cotton Seed Meal, Hulls, Guano. Stafford’s Shop Shoes a Specialty Chestnut, Mrs. Esther Curry, Mrs. C. W. Brown, Mrs. Mollie Burton, Mrs. Ann Barnes, Mrs. Amy James, Mrs. Ann Jenkins, Miss Ezra Jenkins, Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. M. Lee, Mrs. P. F. Mat thews, Mrs. C. M. McDowell, Miss Lizzie Ozburn, Mrs. C. N. Pixley, Mrs. M. E. Stafford. DECEASED MEMBERS. Mth. Geo. Chestnut, Mrs. Sallie Askew, Mrs. Esther Curry, Mrs. Annie Colfier, Mrs. C. W. Brown, Mrs. Dr. Brown, Mrs. Eliza Coppedge, Mrs. Ann Barnes, Mrs. Mollie Burton, Mrs. J. R. Jenkins, M iss Ezra Jenkins, Mrs. Arny James, Mrs. P. F. Matthews, Mrs. Mi ley Nobles, Mrs. L. Price, Mrs. Mitt Morris, Mrs. J. C. Mc- Michaol, Mrs. Augusta Rose, Mrs. Shockley. May God’s richest blessings be upon you all and upon the society now and evermore. Your sister in love, C. N. Pixley. Asphalt Sidewalks. Several of Barnesviile’s enter prising merchants are having til ing and asphalt luid in front of their places of business. The tiling and asphalt does not only make the walk in front of their business attractive, but greatly adds to the appearance of the town. Why not all the mer chants add to the appearance of their place of business by having tiling or asphalt placed in front of their stores? 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