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Written Especially for the Covington
News by Mrs. J. Thomas Wright.
[It is with pleasure that The News
announces to its readers that Mrs. J.
T. Wright will have charge of and do
the editorial work of the Society De¬
partment of this paper. Mrs. Wright
has had quite a good of experience
in this line of work and the readers of
ThE News may expect to get all the
social news of each week through this
department. Mrs. Wright will appre¬
ciate it very much if the ladies of the
city will call her up when they have
a visitor or anything of social inter¬
est.. It is her intention to make this
department the best of any paper
ever published in Covington, and to
do this sin? would like you to tell In r
of your visitors.— Editors Note.]
Dr. Luke Robinson spent Thursday
in Atlanta.
Capt. James M. Lace spent Thurs¬ i
day in Atlanta. ;
F. visited j
Mrs. James Rogers At¬ |
lanta Thursday.
Mrs. Clint Lee, of Atlanta, was in
the city Thursday.
Mr. J. C. Broadnax, of Walnutgrovc
was in the city Friday.
Mrs. W. C. Thompson, of Atlanta,
was in the ci y Thursday.
Mrs. John M. Wright was among
those visiting Atlanta Wednesday.
Miss Ora Lunsford is spending this
week in the country with relatives.
Miss Katie Viuing has returned j
from an extended visit to relatives in
Conyers.
Miss Dessa Hays spent the week¬
end in Conyers the guest of Miss
Gladys Tilley.
Mr. Ben F. Hays, of Hayston was
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Hays
Friday night.
Miss Belle Beecher, of Atlanta was
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Tur¬
ner last week.
Miss Annie White is spending sever¬
al (lays in Atlanta the guest of her
aunt, Mrs. Griffin.
Mr. J. Tom Corley was shaking
hands with his many friends in the
city last Thursday. %
Miss Annie Clyde Minor, of Mil
ledgeville, is the guest of Miss Evalina
Middlebrook this week.
i§ m Material Reductions In Summer Clothing
Wo never put on a big sale to unload a lot of goods on the people—in fact,
m we are not Irving to unload, but we have a number of new summer suits that
we are offering to our customers at prices substantially reduced, making them
Exceptional Values
and we believe that if you will come around and let us show them
to you; the newest cuts, fabrics and snappy, stylish finish, that is
all it will take to convice you that you need one and let us send it
around to you.
To appreciate them you will have to see them.
T. G. SWANN COMPANY, Covington, Georgia.
The Store of Good Values.”
Mr. C. A. Franklin and young son
Master Rufus, spent Thursday in At¬
lanta.
Misses Ruby Landers and Knight,
of Monroe, spent Monday with Mrs.
Robert Vining.
Mr. Wolf Cohen left Saturday for a
three weeks trip to New York and
other points North and East.
Mrs. and Mrs. J. J. Corley and Mr.
and Mrs. F. E. Heard attended earnp
meeting at Salem Thursday night.
Miss Eunice Delaney, of Orlaiulo,
Fla., is the guest of her uncle and
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Anderson.
Mr. C. D. Ramsey, of Salem spent
Monday in the city the guest of his
parents Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Ramsey.
Miss Maggie Webb, of Starrsville,
spent a few days of last week in the
city, t in- guest of Miss May Livings
ton.
Mrs. Mamie Terrell and her accom¬
plished daughter Miss Madge, are the
guests of Mrs. George D. Butler this
week.
Mrs. J. W. Black and daughter
Miss Carrie of Kings were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Harmon McDonald last
week.
Mrs. George T. Smith has returned
home from a very pleasant visit to
Alabama, where she was the guest of
relatives.
Miss Dempie Biggers and sister,
little Miss Annie May, are visiting
their sister, Mrs. J. L. Skinner, at
Starrsville.
Miss Ruby Weaver, who has been
visiting Miss Ellyne Franklin at her
attractive home in Mansfield, has re¬
turned home.
Miss Corinne Harper and Mr. Law
son Kibbler of Atlanta were guests of
Dr. and Mrs. A. C. Perry and Miss
Lottie Hendrick.
Mr. Herbert Corley and two sisters,
Misses Aline and Fannie Kate, of
Starrsville, were in the city last Wed¬
nesday morning.
Mr. John Rush and Eugene
who have been spending sometime in
Roswell with their aunt Mrs. Charles
C. Foster, returned last week after a
very pleasant visit.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Miss Ellyne Franklin returned to
her home in Mansfield Thursday after
a short, but very pleasant, visit to
Miss Ruby Weaver.
Mi’s. Ensiley J. Wimpey, of Atlan¬
ta, and Mrs. M. B. Rice, of Gaines¬
ville, are the guests of their sister,
Mrs. H. M. Quillian.
Mrs. Charlie Cook and daughter,
Miss Bernice, are spending sometime
in Elberton the guests of the former’s
sister, Mrs. W. D. Smith.
Miss Eloise Cooper, one of Coving¬
ton’s most popular young school girls
is visiting Monticello, where she will
remain until school opens.
Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Scruggs and
charming little daughter, Miss Neva,
spent last week in Tampa, Fla., the
guests of Mr. Scruggs’ father.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Davis and baby,
after spending the summer pleasantly
with relatives in Georgia, returned to
their home in Oklohoma Thursday.
Miss Lucy Bryant, of Atlanta, who
has been the guest of Mrs. H. B. An¬
derson for several days returned home
Tuesday after a most delightful visit.
Mrs. Virginia Conley and daughter,
Miss Maud, of Atlanta, are guests of
the formers’ sister, Miss May Livings¬
ton, at her home in North Covington.
Mrs. C. J. Norman and two charm¬
ing children were guests of the for¬
mer’s brother and his wife, Dr. and
Mrs. G. Paul Hurst, in Monroe, last
week.
Mrs. J. J. Fincher, and little Mabel
returned last week from quite an
extended visit to relatives and frieiids
at Yatesville, Fayetteville and At¬
lanta.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Ramsey who
have been spending the last week out
at Salem camp-meeting where they
occupied a tent, returned home Sat¬
urday.
Mrs. J. D. Howard, of Milledgeville,
spent a few days of last week in the
city, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. N. S.
Turner, at their home on Monticello
street.
Miss Nelle McCalla, of Lumpkin,
was the guest last week of Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. Carr and daughter, Miss
Flora, at their pretty home in North
Covington.
Miss Flora Carr, who has been
spending several weeks with Mrs.
Henry Steiner, in Buffalo, N. Y., and
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Carr in Philadel¬
phia, has returned home after a most
charming trip. She visited other
places of interest and had many
lovely while social attentions shown her
away.
Mrs. Sallie Rogers Chancellor, of
Savannah is spending several days in
the city the guest of her sister Mrs.
John B. Davis at her attractive home
on the hill.
Mrs. T. J. Speer and daughter, Miss
Macy, of Newborn, spent the week¬
end in the city, the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. L. D. Adams and Mr. and Mrs.
H. M. Speer.
Miss Embry, who is the guest of
her sister, Mrs. D. D. Towers, at Por
terdale, spent Monday night with
Miss Nelle Butler and attended the
dance at the opera house.
Mr. Wilbur Harwell, who has been
spendiug sometime in Eafconton with
his mother and visiting other places
near Eatonton, has returned home
after a very pleasant trip.
Mrs. James Porter and Misses Sara
and Bonner Simms, who have been
spending some time in the mountains,
of North Carolina, have returned
home after a very pleasant trip.
Miss Rose Rheberg, formerly of
Covington but now of Atlanta who
has been the guest of her parents
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Rhebergh the past
week returned to Atlanta Monday.
Mrs. Hal. Pollitzer and children, of
Jackson, arrived Monday morning
and will spend about ten days in the
city, the guests of the former’s pa¬
rents, Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Higgins.
Mrs. C. A. Franklin entertained the
Mothers Circle at her attractive home
last Friday afternoon. After a most
interesting program was carried out
delicious refreshments were served.
Misses Ethel and Ida Higgins, who
have been the popular guests of their
sister, Mrs. Hal. Pollitzer, in Jackson,
for sometime, returned home Monday
morning, after a most delightful visit.
Mrs. D. P. Melton, of Jonesboro
who was before her marriage Miss
Mary Corley and Miss Vivan Allen
of Atlanta, are expected this week to
visit Col. and Mrs. L. L. Middlebrook. j
Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Adams and son,
Paul Bracy, of Monroe, spent Thurs¬
day night in the city with Mr. and
Mrs. S. O. Cook, enroute to New Jer
soy where they will make their future
home.
Miss Julia Thompson, one of Cov¬
ington’s fairest and most popular
members of the younger set, left Mon¬
day for McDonough, where she will
be the guest of Miss Lucy Reagan, for
a week.
Miss Frances Henderson is visiting
Tallulah Falls, where she is a member
of a pleasant house party at the sum¬
mer home of her brother and sister,
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Henderson, of
Atlanta.
Miss Aunelle Franklin, one of Mans¬
field’s most popular young ladies,
spent Monday night in the city with
her aunt, Mrs. C. A. Franklin. She
left Tuesday morning for a ten days
visit to Atlanta.
Mrs. W. E. Stovall and Miss Ruth
Haygood of Conyers are spending a
few days anil in the city the guests of
Mr. Mrs. W. -S. Ramsey. They
will go frojn here to Rome where they
expect to make their future home.
Miss May Bradshaw, of St. Peters
burg, Fla., who has been the guest of
her aunts, Mrs D. A. Thompson and
Mrs. J. J. Corley, most of the summer,
is spending a few days in Walnutgrove,
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. ('. Brod
nax.
Mr. Charles J. Cleveland, of Bir¬
mingham, Ala., spent Thursday in the
city, the guest of his aunt, Mrs. C.
A. Franklin, where he came over for
his little sister, Aheida, who has been
spending several weeks with her
aunt.
Miss Maud Cook, originally from
Cusseta., but who has been spending
the summer with her brother in Edge
wood, was the guest of her b.other,
Mr. Walter Cook, last week at the
home of Mrs. W. H. Wells, on Floyd
street.
Mrs. John Alford and children, of
Canton; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Osborn, of
Atlanta; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Osborn, of
Porterdale, are all in the city, having
been called to Covington by the ex¬
treme illness of their mother, Mrs.
Cynthia Osborn.
Mrs. J. C. Vincent and bright little
daughter, of Atlanta, who have been
spending a few days with their grand
father Mr. It. M. Everitt, left Thurs¬
day for Conyers where they will visit
relatives. Mrs. Vincent was before
her marriage, Miss Willie McClaren.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry K. Brooks and
lovely little sister, Miss Ida Will
Brooks, of Washington, who spent
several days of last week very pleas¬
antly with their mother, Mrs. J. T.
Wright, left Thnrsday for Atlanta,
where they made a short visit before
going to their home in Talbotton, and
Miss Ida Will Brooks returned to her
home in Washington Saturday.
Afternoon Party.
Miss Eugenia Guinn, was the lovely
young hostess at a most delightful
afternoon party, last Saturday, when
she entertained between thirty-five
and forty of her young boy and girl
friends at the lovely home of her pa¬
rents, Mr. and Mrs. R. (’. Guinn.
After many interesting and enjoyable
games, delicious refreshments were
served.
Vandergriff.
Miss Ruth Vandergrift
Webb last Wednesday Black were unittc / man 1 " 3
by Rev. H. evening a t # ^
c. Hammond
byterian church. The .J he!
a quiet w ‘ Dg
one on account uf
death in the bride’s reJ ,
Spend-the-day P ar ( v
A most delightful affair
the of tw 7*f
was spend the day
Mrs. W. T. Partv a
Milner enP rta n l I
d»yta attractive honor■o!M» home on Fl 0V d ,H ,“ at
Johnson, 8Ui J
of Atlanta, guests J
W. W. Childs and °
Mrs j
roll and hw two
Misses of Mrs. Elizabeth Allen in and Marjorie Coving 1 1
North
Informal Dance.
was A most the dance delightful at affair of this J
which eutertaJ the
gentlemen of the city
visiting girls last Monday evening
Opera House.
Among those present Were . mi,
Pauline Corley, Marriott a; Lucy]
an, Decatur; Louise Haygood
catur; Lois Embree, Richmond’
Alma Delaney, Orlanda, Fla. An
Franklin, Echols, J. W. Mansfield. Messrs’ ]
J. L. Callaway, Harwell, J. c. \y ea
E. E. ('allawav >
Elliott, W. S. Cook, \y, p q
G entry McCauley, B. s. Heard
K. Cooper, J. C. Knox, J. e. Fi
lin and Mr. and Mrs. T. (j. (alia
Party In Honor Miss Brooks.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry King BroJ
entertained very informally
Tuesday afternoon at the home! J
their mother, Mrs. J. T. Wright
Washington boys and girls street , about forty their"lit yoJ
in honor of
sister Miss Ida Will Brooks of in] wJ
ington who spent a few days
city t he guest of Mrs. Wright. Mi
jolly games were played after wlj
refreshments were served.
Little Miss Ida Shellnut, of
dersville gave a beautiful recitatj
which added much pleasure to
occasion.
Little Miss Brooks received
guests wearing an exquisite hand*
broidered white lingerie dress bej
tifully trimmed in val lace and
white silk ribbon.
Dr. N. Z. Anderson and Mr. Pai
Hays spent last Thursday in AtlanJ
They went up in Dr. Anderson’s
new automobile.