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Barnesville News-Gazette. Volume 57 ReductionOnAll Blankets SIO.OO All Wool Blankets $8.50 $7.00 Mixed, Wool and Cotton $5.85 $5.00 Blankets $4.00 $4.00 Blankets $3.25 $3.00 Blankets $2.50 One lot Men’s Blue Cheviot Work Shirts, worth 85c, now 69c each. All Men’s Dress Shoes Greatly Reduced. One Lot Ladies’ Coats and Coat Suits $3.50 each. One Lot 27-inch Ginghams, well worth 20c, now 15c yd. Southern Silk Cheviots 20c yard. L. A. COLLIER “All the New Ones All the Time" Barnesville, Ga. YEAR ROUND STOCK Our store will be found a fine place to trade every business day in the year. Our stock of Jewelry and kindred lines will be kept complete at all times and the prices will be right. and. H. BATE & CO. JEWELERS and OPTOMETRISTS BARNESVILLE, GA. The Radio Season Is Here We Have Radio Sets From $35. to $450. Call us for a demonstration. Brown’s Garage “We Lead. Other* Follow.” Phone 64 Barnesville, Ga. BARNESVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUAR Y 12, 1925 FINE ENTERTAINMENT I The Mercer Glee Club gave a fine i entertainment at Gordon auditorium last Friday evening to a large and an appreciative audience. The pro gram included numbers all the way from the sublime to the ridiculous and the various young men partici pating exhibited talent of a high or der. A number of those regularly on the program were sick and un able to appear but in spite of this the program was varied and well rendered all the way through and everybody more than got their money’s worth. The “Taps” staff, headed by Major W. H. Mitchell, Jr., sponsored the entertainment here and stood behind the affair with enthusiasm and helped to make it a success. The Mercer Glee club will always find a hearty welcome from the citizens of Barnesville and community at any time it comes to give an entertain ment here. • WORKED IN BARNESVILLE FORTY YEARS AGO Mr. John W. Kelley, proprietor of the Illinois Oil & Varnish Cos., paint and varnish makers, of Chicago, 111., was in Barnesville Tuesday, meeting friends made here about forty years ago, when he was an expert black smith, working for Smith’s buggy factory and Summers’ buggy factory. He was employed in each of these plants but later went to Griffin and Newnan. Afterward he moved to Chicago and entered the oil and var nish business, in which he has been eminently successful, selling his products all over the country. Mr. Kelley boarded when here with Col. and Mrs. W. S. Whitaker, and while here Monday he visited and spent a few minutes with Mrs. Whitaker. He was on his way back to Chicago, having spent several months at his winter home twenty miles south of Miami, Fla. Mr. Kel ley stated that there was little sale for the fine Florida fruits this season and great quantities of it are going to waste, which is accountable for in part, he thinks, because people are spending their money for gas and oils for automobiles rather than for something to eat. Mr. Kelley saw a number of the old citizens whom he knew when he lived here forty years ago, all of whom rejoiced in the prosperity which he has won. ACTING AS SHERIFF Mr. Jack Childers, former clerk of Lamar superior court, is acting sheriff during the absence of Sheriff Z. T. Elliott, while he is away in At lanta at the hospital where he went Monday to submit to an operation. Mr. Childers is thoroughly familiar with the duties of the sheriff’s office and will keep the business of the of fice in good condition while Sheriff Elliott is away. o “SILVER VALENTINE TEA” Stop! Look. Listen! Perhaps you’ve seen this before, But if you fail to listen Friends will stop you at the door. For this is very important As you readily see; “The Epworth League” is inviting you To a “Silver Valentine Tea.” ’Tis for all the lads and lassies, “Grown-ups” and little ones, too, For every man, woman and child— This means you and you and you! On Friday, February 13th, from 4 to 6 P. M., Let all gather at Gazette building. For that’s where the fun begins. CHANGE OF MEETING PLACE The Three Arts club, announced in another column to meet with Mrs. J. C. Collier, will meet with Mrs. Allen Moore, on Greenwood street, instead of with Mrs. Collier, the meeting time to remain as announced, namely, Wednesday, February 18th, at 2:30 o’clock. o— FOR RENT—Splendid small two horse farm, available to a modern, live-wire school, at most attractive price and terms. —W. H. Mitchell & Cos. ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING BIG CROWD OF FARMERS SIGN UP FOR PEPPER AND POTATO ACREAGE. One of the most largely attended and most enthusiastic meetings of farmers which has been seen in Barnesville in a long time was held 4n the City Ilall Wednesday after noon, the hall being entirely filled with farmers from'every section of Lamar county. Prof. T. O. Galloway was elected chairman of the meeting and imme diately presented Mr. Walter L. Graefe, manager of the Pomona Products Cos., of Griffin, who ex*- plained in detail the proposition which his company had to submit to the Lamar county farmers on the growing of peppers this year. He stated that 400 acres had been al lotted to the county and arrange ments had been agreed upon for the delivery of the peppers in Barnes ville, where a receiving shed would be placed and where the peppers would be graded, weighed and deliv ered to the company by the farmers growing them. There will be two delivery days per week. The price guaranteed for No. 1 peppers would be $40.00 per ton delivered at Barnesville, less a maximum charge for handling here and freight to Griffin of $2.25 per ton, the grower to have the privlege of carrying the peppers to Griffin and receiving there the $40.00, if he prefers to do this. The company will take No. 2. pep pers at $25.00 per ton on the same conditions. Immediately following Mr. Graefe’s talk farmers present signed up for about 225 acres, which, with con tracts already made with different farmers, runs the acreage to about 300 acres. This will leave aome acreage which other farmers may ob tain by seeing Prof. Galloway at once or communicating with the com pany officials at Griffin. Mr. Graefe and Mr. R. E. Lee Hawkins and Mr. Charley Crawley, the latter two representing the Geor gia Yam Curing Cos., also agreed to buy sweet potatoes, both companies providing a market for about 50 car loads, at the market price prevailing at the time of delivery next fall. Mr. Graefe stated that his company would take all No. 2 or jumbo pota toes at a slightly lower price, thus insuring a market for all the pota toes produced in the crop, except the strings. Every possible detail will be worked out by Mr. Graefe and Prof. Galloway, Mr. W. B. Smith and oth er citizens of Barnesville which will make it to the convenience and profit of the growers of peppers and pota toes and it seems to be a fine oppor tunity for Lamar county farmers and it was very gratifying to see so many of them ready to avail themselves of it. The meeting Wednesday is re garded as a decided success and one which will mean much for the ma terial welfare of the county. Those wanting contracts with the Barnesville curing plant for sjgeet potatoes should see Mr. Hawkins at once and others wanting pepper con tracts should make known their wants this week. SHERIFF DOING WELL Sheriff Z. T. Elliott was operated on Tuesday in Atlanta and the news from him is exceedingly gratifying to the people of Bamesville arvd La mar eounty, as his condition is re ported much better than was feared it would be. It is expected that he will rapidly improve and soon be able to return home. THE C. OF C.’S MEET The Children of the Confederacy had their regular meeting at the home of Miss Mary Middlebrooks, Misses Jeanelle Hardy, Louise Hale and Margaret McMullen being assist ant hostesses. Avery delightful Georgia Day program was rendered, after which very delicious tea and sandwiches were served and candy was passed. The meeting adjourned after a very enjoyable social hour. —Press Reporter. • . To induce saving of mor.ey an in ventor has made a clock that has to have small change dropped in it be fore winding. WE SELL 'iZtLioHJ) SAME 600DS FOR LESS MONEY WHY PAY MORE? 4uf% SPECIALS Friday and Saturday Only -32-in. BEST AMOSKEAG GINGHAM, in beau tiful new Patterns, Checks and Plaids. Regular 29c value. *| Qa —SPECIAL 1 —MANCHESTER CHAMBRAY, good quality and fast colors, in solid colors and stripes. Regular 19c value. 4 (|a —special ■ —36-in. RATINE, fine quality and in desirable colors. Regular 69c value. QQl* —SPECIAL —LADIES’ DRESSES, good quality Gingham Dresses in the season’s newest styles, beautifully trimmed. Regular $2.00 value. AQ —SPECIAL ** ■ —CHILDREN’S DRESSES, in sizes 8 to 14, made of good quality, fast color Gingham and fine trimmings. Regular $1.25 value. fißff* —SPECIAL OVW —BOYS’ PANTS, in sizes 8 to 17, dark cglors, in very desirable Patterns. Regular up to $2.00 value. Qfif* —SPECIAL Reduced Prices on Winter Goods Trade With Us and Save the Difference ELIJAH WISEBRAM 216 MAIN STREET BARNESVILLE, GA. “THE RELIABLE STORE” FLORSHEIM SHOE SALE To give Florsheim friends the benefit of a saving, and to make new friends who will become permanent ones, we’re offering Flor sheims now at sgßs All $lO. Sweaters at $7.50 Clark T. Bush Barnesville, Ga. 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