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Written Especially for the Covington
News by Mrs. J. Thomas Wright.
Mr. F. D. Johnson spent Sunday
in Atlanta.
Mr. John Bailie, of Atlanta, was in
the city Friday.
Mr. Charlie Wright, of LeGuin, was
in the city Friday.
Mr. Moses Cohen, of Madison, was
in the city last week.
Dr. 0. L. Holmes, of Stewart, was
in the city Wednesday.
Miss Kate Elder, of Decatur, is the
guest of Mrs. Dan Jones.
Mr. C. C. Lunsford, of Starrsville,
spent Monday in the city.
Little Miss Lois Wright was among
the young visitors to the city Monday.
Mrs. Emily Dial, of Monroe, was
the guest of Mrs. U. M. Dial recently.
Mr. Robert Buchanan, of Atlanta,
was in the city Monday and Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Meadors and
children, of Leguin, spent Monday in
the city.
Mrs. F. S. Cowan has returned to
her home in Atlanta after a visit to
her niece Mrs. L. D. King.
Mrs. Ed Jarman is in the city the
guest of her sister Mrs. Muse on
Floyd street.
Mr. Carter Franklin, of Mansfield,
is in the city at the home of his uncle
Mr. C. A. Franklin.
Mr. J. J. Fincher returned Wed¬
nesday from Yatesville, where he
spent several days on business.
Mrs. Walter Corley and daughters
Misses Aline and Fannie Kate, of
Starrsville were in the city Friday.
Messrs J. L. and R. E. Huson, of
Atlanta, spent the week-end with
their parents Mr. and Mrs. R. W.
Huson.
Mrs. Delphia Lee Blanton returned
to Covington Sunday afternoon from
a short but very pleasant visit to her
home at Farrar.
Mr. Ollie Bradshaw and Miss May
Bradshaw spent last Mond ay in At¬
lanta where they went to meet Miss
Annie Bradshaw.
Mrs. T. D. Johnson returned Sun¬
day afternoon from Atlanta, where
she has been visiting relatives the last
week or ten days.
Miss Mary Belle Payne, who has
been the guest of Mrs. Andrews for
some time returned to her home in
Atlanta Wednesday.
Miss Ruby Weaver who has been
the guest of Miss Ruby Ezell of Mon
ticello, returned home last week after
a most delightful visit.
Mrs. J. T. Wright will spend next
Sunday with her daughter, Mrs. Sam¬
uel Green, who is convalescing from
a recent operation for appendicitis.
Mrs. R. P. Lester, who accompan¬
ied Miss Annie Mae Lester to Lynch¬
burg, Va., where she entered Ran
dolph-Macon, returned home Friday.
Mrs. Lee Callaway who has been
the guest of her sisters, Misses Alice
and Eugenia Dearing returned to her
home in Lexington Friday after a
very pleasant visit. Mrs. Callaway
will be pleasantly remembered by
her Covington friends as Miss Eva
Dearing.
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N next Friday and Saturday, Oct.
1 st and 2nd, Mrs. V. A. Harper
wishes the pleasure of having you
attend the Fall Millinery Opening
] of her new parlors in M. Levin’s new store.
( You will find on display some of the most
) exclusive modern French Patterns shown
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\ I this season.
I Mr. Walter Corley and son, Herbert,
of Starrsville, passed through the city
Saturday en route home from Atlanta
where they spent a few days last
week.
Mrs. W. C. Clark, who accompan¬
ied her daughter, Miss May Belle
Clark, to Gainesville where she en¬
tered Brenau college, has returned
home.
Mrs. Anna Bevil of Savannah is in
the city the guest of Mrs. Robert
Travis who is spending some time in
the city with Dr. and Mrs. W. D.
Travis.
Dr. A. C. Perry spent Sunday in
Atlanta where he went to see Mr.
Lewis Perry who has been quite ill
with typhoid fever, but is now con¬
valescing.
Miss Julia Thompson, one of Agnes
Scott’s brightest and most popular
students, spent the week-end in the
city with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
S. P. Thompson.
Mr. Louis Falligant, of Savannah,
who has been the guest of Dr. and
Mrs. W. D. Travis left Monday for
Annapolis where he will enter the
Naval Academy.
Miss Annie Higgins one of Coving¬
ton’s most lovable young ladies spent
the week end with her parents Dr.
and Mrs. W. J. Higgins and returned
to Monroe Sunday.
Mrs. J. J. Fincher and bright little
daughter, Mabel, who have been vis¬
iting relatives in Fayetteville and At¬
lanta for the last week or ten days,
returned home Friday.
Miss Annelle Franklin one of Mans¬
field’s popular young ladies spent
Wednesday in the city the guest of
Mrs. C. A. Franklin and Thursday
with Miss Ruby Weaver.
Mrs. C. B. Bagley, of Fayetteville,
Tenn., arrived Friday afternoon and
will be the guest of her daughter,
Mrs. J. M. Wright at the home of
Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Wright.
Miss Dempie Biggers, who has been
spending the summer with her parents
Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Biggers, left this
morning for Richwood, where she
goes to teach the following year.
Miss Ruth Mobley who has been
the guest of her grandmother, Mrs.
Carroll in North Covington for some
time has returned to her home in
Monroe after a very pleasant visit.
Miss Cordelia V. Glauton left last
week for Rock Hill, S. C. where she
goes to resume her duties in the
Winthrop college, after spending a
most delightful summer with Mrs. P.
W. Godfrey.
Mrs. S. J. Graves, of Marietta, ar¬
rived in the city Friday afternoon and
will spend some time the guest of Dr.
and Mrs. A. C. Perry and Miss Lottie
Hendrick. Her many friends extend
to her a most cordial welcome.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Carr, of Phila¬
delphia, arrived Tuesday afternoon
and are guests of Dr. and Mrs. J. A.
Wright. Mr. Carr was operated on
some time ago for appendicitis and
his many friends will be delighted
to know that he has sufficiently re¬
covered to make the trip south and
extend to both him and his
wife a most cordial welcome.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Mr. R. R. Fowler spent Tuesday in
Atlanta.
Dr. and Mrs. Luke Robinson spent
Tuesday in Atlanta.
Mr. Tom Barnes was among the vis¬
itors to Atlanta Tuesday.
Mrs. O. S. Porter and Miss Bradley
of Porterdale went to Atlanta Tues¬
day.
Mrs. R. W. Milner left Tuesday for
Atlanta where she will spend some
time.
Miss Ethel McCord spent Saturday
and Sunday in Conyers, the guest of
Miss Vida Waldrop.
Miss Georgia Shaddox has returned
home after spending a few days with
relatives at Starrsville.
Mrs. Lowery, of Oxford, went up
to Marrietta Tuesday to attend the
marriage of Miss Anderson and Dr.
Manget.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Franklin, Mas¬
ter Rufus, Miss Josephine, Mrs. A. B.
Cleveland and little Aneilda, spent
Sunday afternoon out at McDaniel’s
mill, a beautiful and picturesque place
about five miles above Oxford.
Misses Annie and May Bradshaw,
of St. Petersburg, Fla., who have
been the charming guests of their
aunts, Mrs. D. A. Thompson and Mrs.
J. J. Corley, for some tinre, returned
home today, after a delightful visit.
Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Carr left yes¬
terday, Tuesday, for Athens where
they go to attend the State Confed¬
erate reunion which is being held
there this week. While there they
will be the guests of Mrs. Mary W.
Camak.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Moreman and ac¬
complished daughter, Miss Minnie,
who have been spending several weeks
in the city the guests of Rev. and Mrs.
John B. Gordon, left last week for
their home at Maitland, Fla., after a
very pleasant visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bryan and hand¬
some young son, Perry, of Ft. Land
erdale, Fla., who were guests of Dr.
and Mrs. A. C. Perry and Miss Lottie
Hendrick last week returned to At¬
lanta Tuesday where they will re¬
main a while before returning to
their home in Florida.
The pastor of the Baptist church is
expected to preach two sermons next
Sunday night, but not at the same
place. After preaching at 7:30 from
his own pulpit, he is expected to go
immediately to New Hope Baptist
church, colored, and deliver the ser¬
mon to that congregation.
Mrs. Mamie Terrell, who has been
spending the summer in Covington
with friends, left Thursday for At¬
lanta where she will be joined by her
accomplished daughter Miss Madge.
They will spend a few days in the
city and later will go to their home in
Florida where they will spend the
winter.
Mrs. A. B. Cleveland and lovely lit¬
tle daughter Aneilda, of Birmingham,
Ala., who have been the guests of the
former’s sister, Mrs. C. A. Franklin,
for the last two weeks, left yerterday
for Lithonia, where they will visit
Mrs. Charles Pendley. They will also
visit relatives in Griffin and Cordele
belore returning home.
Bowling Party.
A delightful affair of last week was
that at which Miss Eleanor Hays en¬
tertained the members of the bowling
club last Friday morning at the popu¬
lar bowling alley of Mr. Simmons.
After a most interesting and exciting
game, a delicious salad course with
iced tea was served. Those present
were Misses Anna Quillian, Essie Jor¬
dan. Eleanor Hays, Nelle Butler,
Ethel and Ida Higgins, May and
Christine White.
Special Sermon to Red Men.
The Order of Red Men have desig¬
nated the second Sunday (10th) as a
time at which they will attend in a
body the Baptist church, and have
notified the pastor that they would
be present. It will be occasion of a
special sermon to the order by pastor
E.'R: Pfendleton and the other fra¬
ternities are to be invited to join with j
them in this worship.
This is in keeping with the spirit of j
the Order and will probably be the !
beginning of a closer relation between
the lodges of Covington and the
churches, as there should be.
It is expected that the members of
the order shall take notice and ap¬
pear in time to take on the regalia of
the body and attend worship at eleven
o’clock where seats will be reserved
for them.
—Horses and mules bought and sold
every day in the year. If you want
to buy, sell or trade, I will try to ac¬
comodate you.—A. S. McGarity. tf
—FOR RENT—One or two rooms,
furnished or unfurnished. Electric
lights, city water, bath room privi¬
leges. Convenient to meals.—Apply
to A. H. Foster, or ’phone 254. tf
YOUNG’S WHITE LEGHORNS.—
75 March hatched pullets for sale.
J. C. Mills, Porterdale, Ga.—tf -
Snapping Shoals.
Mrs. Gertrude Steward spent Mon¬
day afternoon with Miss Nannie Aik¬
en very pleasantly.
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Stroud spent
Sunday with the formers parents Mr.
and Mrs. Will Stroud.
Mr. Sam Aiken, of Covington spent
Friday night with his brother Mr.
William Aiken.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Presson and
little son Trellice spent Sunday with
their mother Mrs. A. J. Lawson at
Stewart.
We are glad to report that Miss
Jackie Steward is some better. We
hope for her a speedy recovery.
Miss Nannie Aiken spent Saturday
afternoon with Mrs. Ethel Presson.
Dr. J. H. Randall is erecting a
beautiful cottage where the Boyd’s
old home once stood and he intends
to move in as soon as comoleted.
Everybody subscribe for the Cov¬
ington News between now and Dec.
22 and vote for some contestant you
will never regret it and you could’nt
subscribe for a better county paper
and you might help to make some
heart glad.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Chestnut and
sweet little baby were the guest of Mr,
and Mrs. Willie Stroud Sunday.
—Horses and mules bought and sold
every day in the year. If you want
to buy, sell or trade, I will try to ac¬
comodate you.—A. S. McGarity. tf
Well, we are at it again, making
those same good oyster stews like we
made so many last season. Try one
when in town and wanting something
to eat and then jou need not be
afraid of acute indigestion from eat¬
ing your dinner in town.—P prkers
Plvce.
FOR RENT—From 3 to 6 rooms in
desirable residence on Monticello
street. Apply to this office.—tf
Wagons
I have been trying to sell Standard Two-Horse Wag¬
ons at COST for sometime and have failed to sell. I
now offier them at $7.50 less, at $45.00 for sizes 2 3-4
and 2 1-2 for CASH ONLY.
Buggi es
Rubber Tired Buggies, all grades at LESS than the
Factory Cost For Cash.
. A. THOMPSON
WE CARRY AN IMMENSE STOCK OF
All Sizes One and
In Two
Stock. Horse.
COLUMBUS WAGONS.
These wagons are built of the very best material and are built
to stand rough usage. CJ If you are going to buy a wagon and
want the best, come in and let us show you the COLUMBUS.
We are anxious to sell them and if you will give us a look, we’ll sell you the Best Wagon that money
can buy, and guarantee every part of it. We appreciate your patronage.
The Fincher-Norris Hardware Company)
Covington, Georgia.
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