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LOCAL SOCIETY
’.Miss Jewell Spear- of MansfleVl was
! the week end guest of Miss Uui^i Odum
Gat her home'hi North Covington
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m The friends of Miss Elizabeth Cay
non who is a freshman at Maryville
>!ege at Maryville. Tenn., are con
grntulnting her ii|mii being sebeted
b for the freshman debating team of the
»!.'!«olb ge. which Is a well deserved honor.
»<! Mr. Olin Kveritt of Emory Univer
t sity accompli it letl by Mr. Gustavo Oui
! gnannez were the week end guests of
Mr. and Mrs. It. E. Kveritt.
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Miss Mildred Skinner anil Miss Nat
|;|alle Johnson of Atlanta, Mrs. .1. F.
itBannaii of Stone Mountain and Mrs.
|f? ' Erwin Cowan of Conyers were the
guest of Mrs and Mrs. J. L. Skinner
List Friday
Mr. I»yd Hays of Atlanta spent Sun
day with his mother Mrs. Harvey
Bays who lots been quite ill.
Miss Mary Alice Hire of Conyers
has returned home after it visit to Miss
Rolline Taylor.
Prfo, James Lester of Emory Uni
versity spent Sunday with hi- parents
Mr. and Mrs. R. Lester.
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Miss Jewell Morris of Conyers was
the guest last week of AIl-s Margaret
Dothl at her home in North Covington.
Air. and Mrs. Bill Zachary of Hue
jna Vista. Go., and Mrs Ike 1 tender
sou of Gordon have returned Id their
homes after being the guests for set
*®§Hays. jsLioral days of Mr. and Mrs, nnrvev
Mrs. (’. ,V. Franklin. Mrs. Hayford
Peiiiiingtoii, Miss Katberiiic Lane. Mis
, Mary Wilinghain and Mr Frank Red
inond motored to Social Circle Mandat
levelling to -ce “Motherhood."
Aliss Joyce Adams of .Manstield a<•
yomjianied I»\ her guests Mi— es Sara
AImaiid and Ida 'riioma- of Atlanta
w; re visitors to Cuvingtoii Friday.
Miss Ague- Edw ards of Mem iei/lln
|||f}C sjMMiding SI*Y Oral days (lijs niYrf iveek
ift-wltli "Mrs. II A. Anderson Miss
T-'aiiA'r Polk.
Mrs. Shepherd. Mrs (’miner. Mrs.
hum and Mrs. Spearman of Social
’hole spent Friday with friends.
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■■(8 Miss Millie Cbjxmi has returned to
1-1 her home in Conyers after lielng the
m; ‘tiiesf of Mi— Gepe Pittman.
V.R’s Meet
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Th Februury meeting (»f tlie D A It
,} y ill he held Wednesday uflei t^au Fell
U miry S at :.‘>0 o’clock at the home
| >f Mrs. it. E. Event I on Floyd street,
Ijf.T.A. CONTRIBUTES "TO
JUNIOR (Oi l Et.l
At a largely (attended meeting of the
It *arent Teacher Association on Wed ‘
IPesdav ■111 ’ afternbon held hi the school
til || md.tormm ,, . a Junior contribution , ot . M’iki . wa>
% mule to tlie College fund.
| The meeting opened with a short,
nappy and interesting program on
hi i orge Washington put on bv pupils
W 4 the , Second . grade.
9m Clayton and Frances Candler taking
I® lie leading part's as George and choruses! Mar
Mud C; ha Washington assisted bv
1 recitations hv members of
m The program was enjoyed by all
jBresent. Miss Lucy Robinson, teacher
\ f the grade was gi.ven a rising vote
K thanks
Jff c^jg were read V the secretary uu Mrs. ‘- et -
p!;. C. King and adopfed. In the absence
f Mrs. ]» E. Stevens, Mrs. E. E. Cal
H fiwi IV act (Ml as eorrseiioiiiling secretary
od , several , communications ... read. .
were
t Ui s. a. P. Wooten treasurer, reported
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EVERY MATTRESS ALIKE
HA There can be no slip in our way of
making mattresses. Every one is alike
—every one is so|f, fluiify and gives
Av to the slightest pressure. As substan
tially made as it is possible to make
CVY TW tJjyMi. Not like the ordinary mattress,
\S< y et no more expensive. Put one of our
mattresses on your bed and you will
IP use no other as long as you live.
REST HAVEN MATTRESS CO.
COVINGTON, GA.
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it balance on hand of $172.79. A fl
nance committee was appointed l*y the
p resident a- follows: Mrs. George
Cochran, chairman. Mis. iE. Aeneh
hat-her. Mrs. B. 1. Johnson. Mrs. J.
Sams Miss Cas.-ie McLain and Miss
Lucy Robinson.
vlr< 1, A. Patrick wa- apjioiiiled
book eliairnutu. to accept all donations
-• *' hwl ......." f "'' " 1 ' i,,|r ‘ 11 " h ° can -
not afford hock- and see to their dls
trihut ion. Tlie second grade. Miss Lucy
ltobin-»on teacher won the flower l>ox
for having the largest number of
mothers present.
The planting of appropriate shrubs
iit the front of the building was dls
cus-e tlitiul the matter turned over to
Mrs. O. W. Porter.
COMPLIMENTS MISS DODD
(BY MISS MeCLAlN)
Lust Friday t*veiiing at her home on
Monticelio ahreot Miss Rolline Taylor
entertained the members of the young
er contingent at a Farewell Party of
charming informality and unusual
bounty In compliment to Miss Murgu
ivt Dodd. One of the most (toptilar
members of their set, who leaves soon
for Iter new home in Augusta.
The rooms were artistically deco
llated with broken hearts, ctipids and
a r rows, flit* attractive color scheme of
ml ami white boin# everywhere car
ried out to perfection.
When till were assembled the girls
ware asked to choose their partners
in keeping with the leap year idea.
Th y were then sen ted and following
the announcement that Miss Dodd was
going away each couple was asked to
write her a train letter on the special
stationery provided. During the per
uh! allowed for this Miss Dodd com
Itoscil and dedicated a poem to
friends she is leaving which was
to the guests after the letters were
scab' and collected, Partners were
again chosen and each couple was giv
en an envelope containing the pieces
of a broken heart. The first couple to
mend the heart was Miss Mary Alice
Rice and Mr. Gordon Robinson who
were given a heart shaped box of bon
bons.
Hand decorated prom cards were now
distributed and a short interval was
allowed in which the guests could en
joy the society of any chosen one, af
fer which the hoys were conducted one
by one into the Hall of Fate, where
act) chose a heart, the reverse side of
which bore a tiny emblem and n verse
foretelling his fate in this leap year.
la another room the chairs had Iwm*ii
arranged to represent a Pullman car
and the party which followed conveyed
Miss Dodd to her future home accom
ponied by her friends, who were pro
vided with tickets for the
insuring a new companion and topi< ,
of conversation for each station
.tin' way. Jack Taylor acted as con
dud or and called the stations for
gress on and , < ust , , lx'fore , _ the destine
tom , was reached . lie . brought , . the hon- ,
oree’s baggage a hat box. the gift of
tlie hostess, and another, both filled to
overflowing with souvenirs and good
will gifts from the guests to their
lovely little friend who was o(«nplotely
surprised and ns delightfully embar
rassed as a bride elect at her first
shoWer.
As the journey drew to an end, Gor
don Robinson. Herbert Vining and
Brice McDonald attired as waiters
delicious refreshments,
cream with heart si in lied center, heart
cakes of white decorated with tiny
"’ ll benro and the letters M. D. in
center, heart and flower mints in red
;m(| vvh(|(1 Th(l (1 „ ili4 , s a n,l waiter’s
ami aprons also were in the eol
or note of red and white,
The guests included Misses Mary
AU( ’° m,v - ,h ‘ we11 ^ r ° n ' ls ! * ,Kl Ml,u *
Bowen of Conyers. Jewell Spears of
Mftns fiel,l. Frances Gober. Georgia
\v.,tson. Emily Elliott. Nell Mitcham,
Catherine Bennington, Mary Pope,
Gene Pittman. v 11 11 11 1 Odum. Martha
s, '«' v - SlarrsvHle
Margaret Dodd. Anna Taylor, , Mr. and
Mrs. F. B. Dodd. Messrs. Joe Towns,
Kdwin Tribble, Dick Walker, Guy
Stowers of Conyers, Harold Gray and
Mr. White of Georgia Tech. Gordon
Robinson. Edwin Stevens. P. J. Rog
Charb's Lester. John Statham. Thomas
1)av Franklin Carroll, Luther Downs,
Russell Richter. Marvin AVilli>. Percy
Richardson. Francis Williams. iKi-ai
ol Nfansliol*!.
Miss Taylor , was assisted by her
, notbor -y Ir< -p Taylor and Miss
Cassie McClain.
IHt GOViNffTOS N£wS, COVINGTON, GEORGIA
KOOK PARTY 1
A pretty event of the past week was ;
tin* rook party and handkerchief
shower at which Miss Gene Pittman
ulM , iLN uutli Odum were joint hos-i
tescs on Saturday afternoon at the >
home of Miss Pittman, In honor of
.Miss Margaret Dodd who leaves soou
to make her home In Augusta.
1 lie room in which the three card
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com ted with numlters , of r flowers r i In
Witll vases. Miss Mary Alice Rice
Conyers made top score and received
as prize ;i dainty hand made powder]
puff.
At the close of the game the hon
oree was showered with dainty hand
kerchiefs. Delicious refreshments of
sandwiches, coffee and a sweet course
was served.
Invited to meet Miss Dodd were
Misses Alary Alice Rice, Jewell Mor
tis. and Millie Bowen of Conyers, Jew
ell S|iears of Manstield; Georgia Wat
son, Fraud's Gober. Rolline Taylor,
Mary Pope. Tallulah Odum, Otera
Jackson, and Emma Pittman.
MII.DHEI) LEE CELEBRATES
BIRTHDAY
Mrs. Fitzhngh Lee was hostess at a
birthday party Friday afternoon at
her home on Thompson avenue com
plimenting her little daugtitier Mil
tired lyce whose eighth birthday it was..
Baskets of red roses and carnations
were used in the rooms open to the
guests. A birthday cake holding eight
candles graced the center of the hand
somely appointed mldo. Popcorn balls
candies and valentine favors were
placed at intervals on the table.
Heart shaped cakes and ice cream
was served after which the little
guests were entertained at a matinee
party.
Mrs. Lee was assisted in entertain
ing by her sister Miss Mattie Mitchell
of Newborn.
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CLUB MEETS TUESDAY
The February meeting of the
man's Club will be held Tuesday after
noon February 7tli at ,‘{:3o o’clock at
the Library.
“Georgia’’ will lie the subject for
the program and will be in charge of
Mrs. Clifford Campbell and her com
mittee, Mrs. A. O. Vining, Mrs. G. B.
Nixon, Mrs, I„ J. Dennard, Mrs. C.
Aim, and Miss Annie Mae Berry.
ROBINfSON - ILVIIUN
Mr. and Mrs. J. Boykin Robinson of
Tell City, Indiana, formerly of Cov
ington announce the marriage of their
daughter Marcello to George D. Rabun
on January 25th.
EPPS - BOHAN AN
) Mr. and Mrs. It. (3. Ware of
' a ’ )inaou " (r ,,u * marriage of their
daughter La Verne to Mr. David
Bohannon ori January ‘22nd.
The above announcement will be re
I ceivcd with interest by the
friends of the groom in Covington,
! is . (lie son of Mr. and Mrs. ... .
Bohannon and at present holds a re
sponsible position in Birmingham, Ala.,
where lie and his bride will reside.
Mrs. Bohannon formerly resided
Macon but for the past several years
lias made her home in Augusta.
WOMANLESS WEDDING
In next week’s paper will appear
the names of those taking part in the
“womanless wedding,” and also the
names of tlie members composing The
j Old Friday Maid’s night, Club, which is to lie given
February 10, 1928 at
7 :,‘i0 in the Heard-Mixon school build-
1 ing.
SCHOOL NEWS
Monda.v morning in ehaiiel we had
as our guests Mr. R. C. Guinn and Mr.
Charles Candler. Mr. Candler’s talk
ed to us about the band which is to be
here Friday night. lie is_a new mem
ber of tlie school board and takes a
great interest in our school.
Audubon Society
Tuesday afternoon tlie Audubon So
ciety of Covington High School held
its third program since it was organ
ized. This was enjoyed greatly by all
present, Thomas Hay, president, offi-;
elating. Those on the program were:
Walker Combs, Bill Barnette, Anna
Taylor. Kathryn Johnson, Sara King.
Bertha Fisher, Ernest Merck and . John , ,
L. Mask.
History of the Audubon Society, by
Walker Combs.
Yellow Bill Cuckoo by Anna Taylor.
Mourning Dove, by Ernest Merck.
The Night Hawk, by Kathryn Jolm
son -
The Kingfisher, by Sarah King.
The Grouse, by Bertha Fisher.
The Flicker, by John L. Mask.
SECOND GRADE PROGRAM
Miss Liny Robinson teacher of the
second grade has been training her
children for a program that they pre
seated at the P.T.A. meeting Wednes
day afternoon.
This was a George Washington pro
gram. Every idea carrying out his
birthday was used. This was a spe
cial added attraction besides the regu
lar P.T.A. meeting.
card of thanks
We wish to tliauk our relatives and
friends for their kinduess during the
illness and death of our wife and mo
ther.
MR. D. B. CROWELL.
MR AND MRS. GRADY CROWELL.
C ARDItO VKD FOR POSTERS AND
AUTOMOBILE GASKETS AT THE !
NEWS OFFICE.
MANSFIELD NEWS ! j
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Miss Ann Roberts one of the High '
R( . hool tem . Ler!l is b;u . k in Mhool after '
a , absenoe . wth we art *
sorry Miss Oranade is still at her home
in Conyers ill. Mrs. Willie Lunsford is
recuperating at her home here.
Mrs. W. X. Blake spent several days
week in Atlanta.
The friends of Mrs. Albert Johnson
ar( . sorrv know she is seriously 111
at home here.
Mr. E. I*. Hammond of Almon vis
ited Itis neices. Misses Earnie and
Mary Cury and Mrs. W. E. Harwell
last week.
Mrs. Moody who made her home
here with her son Mr. Reese Moody
passed away Sunday and was carried
Monday to tHe family burial ground In
an adjoiuig county.
The many friends of Miss C. B.
Smith sympathise, with her in the
death of her mother which occurred
at the home Tuesday, January 24. the
funeral taking place at home, Wed
STAR THEATRE
COVINGTON, GA.
The week’s plays are as follows^
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Thursday and Friday, Feb. 2-3—
NO CONTROL
with Phyllis Haver and Harrison Ford
a clever picture full of humor and
romance.
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Saturday, Feb. 1—
IHLLS OF PERIL
with Buck Jones, exciting and
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Monday and Tuesday, Feb. <i-7—
GET YOUR MAN
with Clara Bow. A regular 'It' picture
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"ednesday, ... . . 1 .. eb. . K 0
adventure mad
Every minute a thrill.
WISE CRACKS
When a delivery is late, a good ex
cuse is even more irritating than a bad
one—a good one leaves no outlet for
anger.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY S, 16*8
nesday Afternoon. Mrs. Smith is sur- interest of his announcement for of
vived by lier daughter Miss C. B. and flee,
two sons Ben and Bob Smith. Mr. Erwin Epps of Atlanta a for
Mr. and .Mrs II N. Reynolds are mer Manstield boy was operated on the
speeding tiiis week at their home here, past week for appendicitis. We hope
Mr. Reynolds is making talks in the he will soon recover.
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PORK CHOPS, lb. . 25c
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•: PORK STEAK, lb 25c 1
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% PORK ROAST, lb. 20c :
NATIVE STEAK lb. 22V,c I
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WESTERN STEAK, lb. 25c
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*. NATIVE BEEF ROAST, lb... 15, 17, 18c
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\ GLORY HAMS, ib 40c
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♦. RHIND OFF BACON, lb 45c :•*
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CES. We have a Complete Line of Groceries :
•. and Produce. The Highest Class At The
% Lowest Possible Prices. Courteous Service
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DEAR CUSTOMER:—
Due to the strong competition in
the Grocery business here at the present time, I am going
to run my business on a CASH basis after February 1st.
By doing this I will eliminate part of my overhead
expenses so that I can reduce the price of all my Groceries
and Meats. But I will continue my Telephone and Deliv
ery Service, and I hope that you will give me your orders
in the future as you have in the past, for I would like for
you to get the benefit of my cash prices.
1 will specialize in FRESH MEATS and FRESH PRO
DUCE at all times and guarantee to give you prompt and
efficient service daily.
Changes in Grocery Prices Changes in Our Market Prices
Western Steak, lb. was 40c now 35c
10 lbs. Sugar 68c Native Steak, lb. was 30c now 25c
1 lb. Morning Joy Coffee, was 50c now 47c Pork Chops, lb. was 35c now 30c
No. 2 can Tomatoes was 15c now 11c Pork Sausage, lb. was 30c now 25c
No. 2 S. V. Tiny Beets was 35c now 30c Breakfast Bacon rine off was 50c bow 45c
No. 2 Pork and Beans was 15c now 12c Breakfast Bacon rine on was 45c now 40c
Sweet V. Bartlett Pears was 40c now 33c No. 2 grade B. Bacon was 40c now 35c
9 oz. can Sliced Pin'apple was 20c now 15c Country Butter was 50c now 45c
12 oz. jar Pure Fruit Jam was 35c now 27c Western Beef Roast was 30c now 25c
oz. Bottle Catsup was 20c now 15c Native Beef Roast was 20c now 17£C
Saratoga Flakes -was 30c now 25c Pork Roast was 30c now 25C
12 oz. jar Chilli Sauce was 35c now 28c Spare Ribs was 30c now 25c
Cigarettes, package was 17c now 15c Swift Premium Ham was 50c now 45c
Remember—These are just a few of our
CASH PRICES, but everything has been re
duced for we will have no charge price, but
will have Telephone and Delivery service for
your convenience.
Yours for service,
WILSON BICCERS