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Barnesville News-Gazette. Volume 55 Closing Out ■lillllllllJllifgMTfrWll Win i■ ■! The sale which we have put on for the purpose of selling out our Large Stock of Dry Goods and Shoes has been very successful. People have come from many miles around to take advantage of this very unusual opportunity. ECONOMY This is above all the time to use your monej to secure the very best results in purchasing. Useful Christmas Presents HANDKERCHIEFS Ranging in price from the 5c quality to the very handsome pure linen 50 cents. Useful Christmas presents. HOSIERY Silk, Wool,Lisle, Heather,Mixed. Price 10c to $2.00. Always acceptable. DRESS GOODS Give a dress for Xmas. We have a complete line of Silk, Wool, Serge, Pongee, Gingham and Chambray at prices less than cost. WINDOW SHADES We have a stock of real Linen Shades at 58c. You will never get a better chance to buy this quality at such a price. SHOES We have some unheard of bargains in small sizes women Shoes and Slippers. 98c and $1.48. Also some Men’s Shoes and Oxfords which cost us over $6.00 which we are cleaning out at prices from $1.89 to $3.48. S. M. Marshburn BARNESVILLE, GEORGIA Registered 434 percent Victory Notes Called for Redemption December 15, 1922 Your attention is invited to the fact that all registered and coupon 4% per cent Victory Notes bearing the disinguishing letters A, B, C, D, E or F, prefixed to their serial numbers, are called for redemption on December 15, 1922, at which time they will cease to bear interest. We shall be pleased to serve you along this line. The First National Bank Capital, $50,000.00 Surplus, $100,000.00 Deposits, November 22, $367,236.35 X-MAS HERE AGAIN —Give useful Gifts that will make any motor ist’s Christmas a merry one. —Motor Meters —Spark Testers —Spark Plugs Tires —^ u t Outs —Tubes - S P ot Lights -Horns *“" n —Step Plates -Radiator Ornaments —Jacks —Batteries —Don’t let Christmas shopping worry you. Come in and see us for the ideal gift. BROWN'S GARAGE,PHONE 64 Barnesville, Georgia BARNESVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1922 LAMAR COUNTY TEACHERS’ INSTITUTE The Lamar County Teachers’ In stitute will be held the first week in January, beginning Tuesday, Jan uary 2. The meetings will be held in the Sunday School Annex ofj the First Baptist church. Supervisor J. O. Martin and his most efficient as sistant, Miss Lurline Parker, will conduct the institute. Mr. Aldine Pound, State High School Super visor or Dr. Parks, State School Superintendent, will be here. The County Board of Education, the City Board of Education, the Trustees ,of the various schools in the county, the patrons of fhe Lamar county schools, and all who are interested in educa- : on are invited and urged to attend this institute on Friday, January sth, especially, and will be welcomed any other day. FIRST NATIONAL PAYS DIVIDEND The directors of the First National Bank at a meeting Thursday after noon, December 21st, declared a semi-annual dividend of 5 per cent, payable December 22nd, which was sent out by Mr. L. C. Tyus, cashier, immediately as a Christmas gift to the stockholders of the bank. The report of the cashier showed the bank to have had a very success ful year and the dividend evidently proved most acceptable to everyone receiving it. . INSTALLED POWERFUL PLANING MACHINE The Bartlesville Planing Mill Cos. has just installed a wonderful planer, the Fast Feed Yates Planer, which largely inci'eases the planing capaci ty of the plant. This great machine cost several thousand dollars, prob ably $5,000 or $6,000, but it is per haps worth it when you consider the quantity of lumber it will plane, its fastest speed being 220 lineal feet per minute. Mr. B. M. Turner and hik force worked for several days in stalling the machine, which weighed tons and which was complicated in its makup. The company now is splendidly prepared for taking care of its big business, due to the unusual activity in the lumber business of this sec tion. EXCELLENT HOTEL The Cecil, on Luckie street, just off Peachtree,’is one of the very best hotels in Atlanta. It is new and modem, every room with bath, and the service is excellent. The man agement is attentive and courteous and the rates are entirely reason able. Numbers of people from Barnes ville have been stopping at the Cecil when in Atlanta and all of them speak most favorably of the hotel. The Cecil’s Coffee Room is one of the most satisfactory places in At lanta for taking meals. You will be pleased if you stop at the Cecil. MOORE—BARRETT Miss Gladys Moore and Mr. Lloyd Barrett were married Thursday af ternoon at 5:15 o’clock in the Metho dist church in Sparta, the ceremony being performed by the pastor of the church in the presence of a large au dience of friends. The wedding was a beautiful one and was of interest to a wide circle of friends. Mrs. Emma Barrett, the groom’s mother, Col. Curtis Barrett and Mr. Howard Collier of Bamesville at tended the marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Barrett will be in Bamesville some time during the Christmas holidays as the guests of Mrs. Emma Barrett and other rela tives. o Card of Thank* Mrs. J. B. Head of Milner and her sons and daughters wish to* extend their grateful appreciation to all their enighbors and friends for at tention and sendee rendered during the illness and on account of the death of Mr. J. B. Head. They state i that they were the recipients of great j kindness from the people of the com ; munity and section, all of which they ' appreciate deeply. SPLENDID ENTERTAIN MENTS AT THE CHURCHES The Methodist, Baptist and Presby terian Sunday Schools of Barnesville had most successful and enjoyable Christmas entertainments, the Meth odist and Presbyterian schools hold ing theirs Friday evening and the Baptist Saturday night. The chil dren and others present enjoyed them thoroughly and best of all many in the community who ordinarily do not have so many good things were re membered with well-filled baskets or other necessities. This is the prop er way of Observing Christmas, be cause it does good as well as beings happiness to all participating. GORDON STUDENTS AWARDED HONORS Thr many friends of Miss Nettie May Moore and Mr. Sam Whatley are gratified to learn that these two students won first and third prizes, respectively, in the essay contest held by* Agnes Scott College. The sub ject of the essay is “The Value of the Honor System in High Schools and Colleges,” and it is quite a dis tinction for these two students to be awarded such high honors, especially when such a large number of South ern students were competing in the contest. It is also a compliment to the English department of Gordon Institute, in which both received their training in this line of endeavor. Miss Marjorie Rosenberg of Albany was awarded second prize in the con test. APPRECIATE FINE BUSINESS OF PAST YEAR The firm of L. A. Collier in a half page space in the News-Gazcrtte to day express Christmas Greetings to their hundreds of friends and patrons for the splendid patronage during -1922. Their trade has been remark ably good and the store has really made marked progress, so that the close of the year finds the business Prosperous and the stock of goods in excellent condition in every way. Mr. Howard Collier, representing the members of the firm, says the store will certainly be abundantly able to accommodate and please all customers in 1923. SCHOOL 0 CLOSED On last Wednesday both the gram mar and High School departments of Gordon turned out for the holidays, to the relief of all concerned. It is understood that the holidays will ex tend to January 3, a period of two weeks. The A. & M. School likewise dis missed for the holidays to resume early in January. MUCH FLU IN COMMUNITY There has been considerable flu or unusually severe colds among the people of Bamesville and Lamar county the past week or two, in numerous cases all the members of the family being down at the same time. The physicians have had their hands full looking after patients. It is very much hoped that this vicinity will not have an epidemic of the disease, such as other communi ties of the state have had this win ter. BRIDGE LUNCHEON A beautiful affair of last week was the bridge-luncheon given by Mrs. C. H. Humphrey on Wednesday morning in honor of her daughter, Miss lola Humphrey, who is at home for the holidays from Brenau, and her guest, Miss Fannie Welch, Miss Nell Smith and her guest, Miss Chal lie Miller, of Waycross. The home was beautifully deco rated with pot plants and Christmas bells and wreaths. After the game an elaborate course luncheon was served. The honor guests were presented with gold dorins. Those present were M : ss Fannie Welch, Mis. Challie Miller, Miss Elizabeth Elcy, Miss Sara Stafford, Miss Ailine Corry, Miss Elizabeth Anderson, Miss Cook, Miss Mary Hammond, Miss Louise Bush, Muss Nell Smith and Mrs. Harvey Kennedy. WE SELL -fcAfaymKfpvm'tky SAME 6°OOS FOR LBS WHY PAY MORE? -Saprinud -1919 1922 Our 4th Annual Christmas Bargain SALE NOW ON DON’T MISS IT Begin your Christmas shopping now at this sale where you can find anything that you may want in the line of Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes, Millinery, Ladies’ and Children’s Ready-to-Wear at our Christmas Bargain Sale Prices We have not the space to quote all the bargains we have to offer you but a visit to our store will convince you of the many tremendous bargains we are offering at this Christmas Bargain Sale, in fact we are almost giving away as Christmas gifts everything in our store and we want you to Come early and get your share You Dress for Less When You Trade With Us. A Visit To Our Store Will Convince You \ Trade With Us and Save the Difference ELIJAH WISEBRAM ‘THE RELIABLE STORE” 216 MAIN STREET < BARNESVILLE, GA Fall Showing The Florsheim Shoes Are Here * New styles now ready for the many men who appreciate good-look ing f o ot w ea r —who want F L OR S H EIM quality and refined ap pearance. ALL STYLES SIO.OO ClarkT Bush “The Store of Service” Barnesville, Ga. Number 39