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Would do away with Refrigerators, but the cold weather
has gone, and now is the time to buy REFRIGERATORS.
We have the VERY BEST medium priced ones on the market.
We Sell the ODORLESS (Dll AA (DAA /A A
and the TACOMA, ranging in price from | |,V/U I W w
Capacity trom 50 to 100 Pounds
COME TO SEE US AND WE WILL SAVE YOU MONEY.
'Jjocals.
Mr. Arnold Henderson, of
Hampton, was in our city Sunday.
Mr. Woodfin Combs, who is
playing ball this season with An
derson, S. C., was here Saturday
and Sunday.
Miss Martha Rogers; of Atlanta,
arrived Saturday to spend some
time with Miss Alla B. Carmichael.
Mrs. Alex Brown ieaves to-day
for Bullochville, to visit her moth
er, Mrs. Cora Hill.
Mrs. H. S. Williams left Wed
nesday for East Point, where she
was the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Graham, who is very ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kelley were
the guests Sunday of Mr. Kelley’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Kelley.
Mrs. R. A. Sloan left Thursday
for a visit to her mother, Mrs. A.
€. Dunn, at Bullochville.
Mr. Talmadge Thompson was at
home for a few days this week.
He has been pitching for the
Decatur, Alabama, base-ball
team in the Southeastern
League, and, though with a losing
. team, he won three of the four
• games he pitched. He left the
team, however, to accept an ex
cellent position offered him in
New York city, for which place he
departed Thursday.
The northbound passenger
train from Macon Tuesday
morning ran over and killed the
2-year-old negro child of Gordon
Trimble on Mr. John Lowe’s farm.
Mr. Arnold Henderson, of Hamp
ton, was here Wednesday.
Miss Hattie Sue Low is the guest
of Miss Laurie Benning in Atlanta.
Miss Nena Turner is at home
from Lucy Cobb.
Bo Sure of your Cake. Acme
Patent Flour insures safety.
Copeland-Turner Mercantile Co.
Misses Lucile Jackson and Ethel
Tyus, and Mr. Clarence Jackson
spent Saturday here as guests of
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Cathey.
Mrs. A. F. Lemon, Misses Ruth
Walker and Agnes Dunn, and Mr.
Albert Herring mado an automo
bile visit to Locust Grove Tuesday.
Misses Eunice Arnold and Ruth
Walker and Messrs. Albert Her
ring and Tommie Tolleson made
.an automobile trip to Oxford Sun
day in Mr. Herring’s car.
Mr. John R. Price, of the Sixth
district, was in our city Wednes
day.
Mr. E. F. Marston, of Atlanta,
has been secured as instructor for
the McDonough Brass Brand, and
comes once a week. He is an ex
cellent musician and inctructor,
and is President of Chapter 148
Local of the American Federation
of Musicians.
Miss Helen Dunn will reach
home from Wesleyan College
Saturday.
Misses Vallie Pitts, Ela Bed
good, and Mrs. Judson Walker
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Edwin Arnold Wednesday.
Twenty-One Pounds of Rice for
SI.OO at
W. B. J. Ingram Company.
Mr. Henry Elliott is at Borden
Wheeler Springs.
Mrs, Henry Elliott had as her
guest last Friday Misses Mamie,
Katie,and Nitt Swann,daughters of
Mr. Tom Swann, of Rex.
Mesdames M. L, Minor, J. M.
Douglas, J. T. Langley, T. H. P.
Fincher, W. L. Shuey, J. F. Bow
den, Thomas Simpson, and W. B.
Owen, all of Atlanta, spent last
Friday with Mrs. Olin King at the
parsonage.
I have a large Select Line of
Spring and Summer Clothing
which must go at a bargain.
W. B. J. Ingram Company.
Mr. P. B. Cheek spent Wednes
day in Atlanta.
Mrs. Asa Lemon and Miss Mat
tie Matthews spent Wednesday in
Atlanta.
LOS T. —Somewhere between
Hampton and McDonough Satur
day night, One Automobile Mud
Chain. Finder return to A. F.
Lemon, McDonough, Georgia.
I HAVE a few good farms to
sell, reasonable in price and on
Easy Terms. Buy now before
land goes up. Jno. S. Brown,
Locust Grove, Ga.
Mr. W. I). Tarpley is very ill
and her many friends hope she
may soon recover.
Harroun, driving his Marmon
i “Wasp,” not only won the 500-
miie automobile race at Indianapo
lis Tuesday, but also established a
new world’s record for tire endur
ance. He made only 3 tire, changes
in the 500 miles, one tire going the
whole distance. He used Fire
stone tires, for sale by John R.
Smith, McDonough, or F'irestone
Tire and Rubber Coirtpany, Au
burn Avenue, Atlanta, Ga.
The friends of Miss Alla B. Car
michael regret to hear of her ill
ness.
Misses Ruth and Ruby Walker
spent Monday shopping in Atlanta.
LOST. —About 50 pounds of
legal avoirdupois somewhere in
the wheat fields of the Rev. J. A.
Jackson, near Bethany. Finder
will return to Mr. R. O. Jackson,
bright legal light and expert wheat
cutter.
Mr. and Mrs. 11. J. Copeland
will spent Sunday in Jackson as
the guests or their son, Dr. H. W.
Copeland.
MRS. W. A. WHITE
CALLED BY DEATH.
Oneof McDonough’sGood Women
Goes to Her Reward.
Mrs. W. A. White breathed her
last on Thursday afternoon of last
week at 4 o’clock, after an illness
of several weeks.
Mrs. White had lived in Mc-
Donough but a few years, Tmt she
had made many friends here, who
will miss her as an excellent Chris
tian character and neighbor.
She is survived by her husband,
Mr. W. A. White, and two daugh
ters and one son.
The remains were carried Friday
morning to Thomaston, and were
interred in her father’s family
burial ground near there Saturday.
Our whole town sympathizes
with the bereaved family in their
great sorrow.
Phillippi Ladies Treat Convicts.
The ladies of Phillippi remem
bered the county convicts and their
guards in a most kindly way Wed
nesday.
The road work in that section
had been completed, and the camp
j was being moved.
So these good ladies spread a
| fine, sumptuous dinner and feasted
these builders of good roads.
The county authorities were re
membered also, for a table had
been prepared for them.
Judge A. G. Harris, and Messrs.
J. A. Fouche, Joe J. Smith, and A.
M. Stewart, did ample justice to
this table. •
The kindness of these good
ladies will long linger in the
memories of the appreciative par
takers.
Warden Reeves and Guards
Fullerton, Bryans, and Owens
have done excellent work with
the convicts on the Tussahaw
roads, and they appreciate this ex
pression of thanks made by the
ladies.
Application For Discharge.
Georgia, Henry County:
Whereas, W. C. and W. W. Milam, Ad
ministrators of Wiley Milam,represents to
the Court in their petition, duly filed and
entered on record, that they have fully ad
ministered Wiley Milam’s estate:
This is therefore to cite all persons con
cerned, kindred and creditors, to show
cause, if any they can, why said adminis
tratorsshouldnot bedischargetl from their
administration, and receive Letters of
Dismission on the First Monday in July,
Ml. A. G. Harris,
6-23, 4. Ordinary.
Ail McDonough Takes Day Off.
The picnic of the McDonough
Sunday Schools at Grant Park last
Tuesday left the town very quiet,
for nearly everybody in town
went.
Several extra coaches were used
and were comfortably filled by the
people going from here.
The children and a few of the
grown-ups enjoyed the day at
Grant Park. The rest of the
people enjoyed themselves in the
city and at the base-ball games at
Ponce de Leon.
Locust Grove Stores Close at Six
All the leading merchants of
Locust Grove have agreed to close
their stores at six o’clock during
the summer months. Please do
not make it embarrassing to your
self or the merchant by trying to
make purchases after closing
time. It will not be difficult to ad
just ourselves to the change, and
there is no reason why all busi
ness could not be transacted dur
ing business hours, just the sainfe
as banking business is done dur
ing banking house.
The following merchants signed
the petition:
Castellaw & Castellaw, J. L.
Gordon, W. E. Parr, E. T. Up
church, J. R. Dickens, Locust
Mercantile Co., T. L. Pursley.
Noted Negro Singers Coming.
It is considered an exceptionally
rare treat that McDonpugh is to
hear the Tennessee Quartett. This
is the most noted negro quartett
in the world, ranking with Mad
ame Hackley, Black Patti and the
Fisk Jubilee singers, who have
made Fisk University and Tennes
see famous around the world.
These singers are at present
touring the South under the man
agement of the Puggsley Lyceum
Bureau, and have consented to
give between their regular en
gagements a concert here for the
benefit of the Negro Library.
They will appear Tuesday night,
June 6, at the colored Baptist
church.
One side of the building has
been reserved for white people
and many will take advantage of
this unusual opportunity to hear
the world’s greatest Negro Sing
ers. —(Communicated.)
Gordon News.
Everything looks promising in
the garden this morning. We
have had a few beans. The wheat
is turning yellow. We know that
means new bread soon.
Mr. Glynn Stanley and Miss
Ethel Simpkins went to Mt. Zion
to Sunday School Sunday evening.
Mr. Joe Thurman was. going a
new n ute Sunday.
Mr. Joe Sharp and wife paid the
Gate City a visit recently.
Miss Vera White is at home,
after a most pleasant trip to the
Commencement at McDonough.
Misses Ruby and Flossie Pope
spent Sunday with Miss Katie
Scarborough.
I guess Mrs. Verna Gardner en
joyed her trip down to South and
West Georgia. She visited Mr.
and Mrs. Minor.
Miss Pet Sharp spent Sunday
evening with Mrs. Mary Berry.
Mr. Jim White and wife visited
at Lakewood Heights Saturday
and Sunday.
Mrs. Berry’s little baby is very
sick at this writing, little Robert
Tray is.
Mr. Euticuss Gardner, from
from south Georgia is at home.
Brother Bonner dinned with
Prof. Bottoms Saturday.
Little Willie Clyde Berry, from
Fayetteville, is spending a few
weeks with her grandma, Mrs. A.
S. Berry.
Mr. F. G. Shaw was with home
people Sunday.
The friends of Mr. George Cook
were glad to see him able to go to
church Sunday.
Mr. J. C. Pope and family visited
his sister one night last week,
Mrs. Berry.
Mrs. Martin, who has been con
fined to her bed about ten month" ,
is about as usual.
Miss Ethel Simpkins visited Mrs.
George Snead one day last week.
Mr. John White and wife visited
in Atlanta one day last week.
Mrs. Quinnie Pair visited her
mother and father Sunday.
The big general meeting will
begin Friday at Flat Shoals and
continue until Sunday. Basket
full of dinner every day. Let us
all go. I like fried chicken.
Sal Blink.
EXAMINATION FOR
COUNTY SCHOOL
COMMISSIONER.
The time for holding examina
tion of applicants for the office of
County School Commissioner for
the unexpired term has been fixed
by the State School Commissioner
on Saturday, June 10, 1911-
The examination will be held at
tRe Court House in McDonough,
under the direction of the County
Board of Education,
This May 24,1911.
T. J. Brown,
Chairman County Board
6-9, 3. Of Education.^®
