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SHELLMAN GIRLS SPEND A
WEEK ON NOVEL TRIP THAT
WAS GREATLY ENJOYED.
Shellman girls are always “on” te
the latest. Progressive rook parties,
progressive conversation parties, etc.,
have been engaged in by the social set
for 'some time. But whoever heard of
a “progressive house party” till a
bunch of Shellman girls originated the
idea? Instead of leaving Shellman for
a trip to the mountains or the sea
shore these girls, Henrietta Wooten,
Dorothy Payne, Annette Arthur, Vir
ginia Crittenden, Dunnie Ellerbee,
Gwendolyn Sams—decided to just re
main home and have a ‘“progressive
house party,” believing thereby as
much genuine fun could be had as on
an expensive trip. Their plan was to
pack their suit cases with everything
needed on a “sho-nuff” trip and begin
their travels on Tuesday morning at
10 o’clock, remaining at the first girl's
home 24 hours, when they would pack
up and start again for another girl’s
home and thus continue till each of the
six girls had entertained the bunch
for a day and night. Everything being
in readiness the group, with grips in
hand and eager anticipation, gathered
for the first station at Dunnie Eller
bee’s on Tuesday morning. Here they
always have “bushels of fun”, and not
even the “near wreck” they happened
to have that day while out riding seem
ed to lessen their enthusiasim. All were
thankful that Jit was not® worse. A
pleasant swimming at the lake in the
afternoon was enjoyed, and that eve
ning the gents of the R. D. S. M.
joined the group of girls and a most
delightful evening was spent.
The girls all slept (?) on the floor
that night, and such fun as only girls
can have was enjoyed all night. Wed
nesday morning at 10 o’clock they
were scheduled to make their second
stop at Annette Arthur’s. They arrived
on time and found the home was theirs
for their enjoyment for the next 24
hours. They enjoyed riding during the
morning and anothe swim was the
program for the afternoon. After sup
per the boys added their presence, and
for a while they made merry on the
moon-lit lawn, singing to the accom
panying strains of the Hawaiian gui
tar. After a watermelon cutting and
some more fun and songs the gents
bade the fair ladies good night, warn
ing the girls to look out for them each
night, for they, too, were enjoying the
house party.
Ten o’clock Thursday morning they
wended their way to Crittendenville,
where Virginia was to be the next hos
tess. After enjoying a splendidly pre
pared dinner they had a nice truck
ride over town, singing and laughing
as they went and looking forward to
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the evening program, which was plann
ed to be something out of the usual
They also enjoyed another evening.
Not even the heavy rain prevented
this part of the fun. Loath to leave
Virginia's after so much merriment
and such cordial hospitality they re
luctantly bade farewell and resumed
their journey till the next juncture was
reached, at Henrietta’s.
Here the morning was spent horse
back riding, which sharpened their al
ready sharp appetites, and had Mrs.
Wooten not anticipated this and pre
pared a botintiful dinner the small
children and servants in the home
might have gone hungry that day.
The boys on this day (Friday) planned
a theatre party at the Princess for the
girls to see “Don’t Change Your Hus
band.” thus ended another “perfect
day.”
Saturday at 4:30 a. m. they were
willingly aroused from their slumbers
by the gang of boys, whose orders
were to arise and prepare for a morn
ing dip in the lake, after which a good
old camp breakfast was served. Then
they repaired to Dorothy Payne’s
home, where they looked forward to
spending their last day most delight
fully. Again they were not disappoint
ed, for everything that could possibly
add to their pleasure had been antici
pated. A trip to Cordray’s mill, where
a delightful fish supper was served
and where the crowd found pictures
que scenes for kodaking, were feat
ures of the enjoyable day. Then back
to Dorothy’s, where the remainder of
the evening was spent laughing and
chatting.
Gwendolyn’s all-day picnic at the
lake and her party at her home in the
evening rounded out a week of the
fullest and most genuinely wholesome
pleasure the “Happy Six” had ever ex
perienced.
It was indeed a succession of “per
fect days,” making the sum total a
“perfect week.” The boys who daily
added to the different pleasures were
Dr. A. B. Ellerbee, Messrs. R. C.
Wooten, Chas. Pickford, Allen Shef
field, Jim Curry, Wallace Short and
Albert Crittenden.
CLEAN STREETS FCR
SHELLMAN ONCE MORE
Once more some interest is being
shown in the upkeep of the streets of
Shellman. During the heavy rains
grass had grown to such an extent
that some of the streets had begun
to be almost impassible. Several of the
good citizens donated some labor from
their yards at home and from the
farms, and several streets have been
cleaned. By the last of this week we
hope our little town will look like a
different place. Let’s keep the civic
pride up. Our town needs your help
to make things move.
“$lO.OO Forfeit” Palace Theatre on
Aug. 2nd. The big play, at the big
place, at rock battom prices.
Culled Peaches From Sheds Dangerous
A great quantity of culled peaches
has been thrown out into ditches and
other exposed places from the packing
sheds during the rush of peach season
without giving them further attention.
Those who do this are materially help
ing to reinfest and reinfect the peach
belt with curculio and brown rot.
Many growers, especially those with
small acreages, have endeavored to rid
their orchards and packing sheds of
all culled and fallen fruit by burying
or otherwise disposing of it, however,
this practice is almost useless on their
part if large piles of culls are left ex
posed from some of the sheds. For the
sake of the peach industry’s future, in
Georgia the full co-operation of all
growers in promptly disposing of this
refuse fruit is paramount.
A large percentage of the culled and
dropped fruit contains one or more
larvae of the curculio. When such
fruit is left exposed these larvae soon
leave and go into the soil, where they
News and Personals
Mr. Chas. Fitzpatrick returned to
his home in Madison after spending
quite a while with Dr. and Mrs. A.
L. Crittenden. Mr. Fitzpatrick was ac
companied by Mr. Roy Crittenden,
who will spend several weeks with
friends and relatives.
Mr. Taylor Dean, of Perry, has just
received his discharge from the navy,
and is spending several days with rel
atives here before his return honie..
Prof. Olin Hammock returned on
Thursday after a business trip to
Greenville, being called to attend a
meeting of the school board.
Misses Leila Mae and Irene Law
horn, of Yeomans, are spending sev
eral days with Miss Pearlie Schram
near Shellman,
Friends of Mr. H. W. Lancaster
will be glad to learn that he has ac
cepted a position with the Shellman
Oil Co.
Mr. Louis Howell is in the city
with his father after spending a while
in Florida during the fruit shipping
season.
Mrs. John Hall and children, of Tif
ton, spent several days with her sis
ter, Mrs. W. Y. Johnson, the past
week.
Miss Marjorie Farres, of Sylvester,
is here and will be with Mrs. W. H.
Harrington at the Shellman Hotel.
Miss Esther Curry, of Cuthbert,
was with friends and relatives several
days during the past week.
Mrs. Murray and Mrs. Sumner, of
Sylvester, are spending a while with
Mrs. W. H. Harrington.
Mrs. J. W. Langford spent several
days with her mother, Mrs. Eula Crit
tenden, the past week.
Mrs. W. H. Grubbs and Miss India
‘Grubbs, of Sylvester, are visiting Mrs.
W. H. Lancaster.
Mr. Billingsley, an official of tie
Shellman Oil Company, was over on
business Thursday.
David W. Griffith’s super-production,
“The Greatest Thing in Life,” at the
Princess Friday.
Miss Oreta Rice, of Scott, Ga., ar
rived Monday and is the guest of Miss
Isabel Terry.
Miss Beatric Tomlinson, of Albany,
is the guest of Miss Julia Wooten for
several days.
Mrs. J. L. Pickard has been visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Leon Shumate, in
Montezuma.
Miss Ruby Riley spent several days
with Mr. and Mrs. I. V. Arnold in
Brooksville.
Mr. Roy Cheney, of Atlanta, is with
his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
R, :1.. Cheney, ;
Miss Jackie Culbreth, of Camilla, is
spending a while with her aunt, Mrs.
W. M. Curry. |
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us the news without us having to look
for you.
Miss Jeffie Curry and Mr. John Cur
ry are visiting relatives and friends in
Sylvester.
Little Miss Ann Martin, of Dawson,
is spending a while with Miss Mary
Weathers.
Misses Esther and Alfreda Bell are
charming guests of Miss Julia F.
Wooten.
Miss Janie Guilder arrived Friday
to be with her sister, Miss Minnie
Guilder.
Miss Isabel Terry entertained with
two tables of bridge last Wednesday
evening.
Miss Lois Twitty, of Camilla, ar
rived Monday to be with Miss Stella
Holmes.
- Miss Susie Mae Brown is spending
‘her vacation with her mother in Daw
son. ‘
| It makes your blood boil, “The
Greatest Thing in Life,”*Princess Fri
day.
| Mr:. and Mrs. C. D. Roberts return
}vd to their home in Macon Friday.
~ Miss Mary Cheney has been visiting
friends and relatives in Parrott.
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to your paper.
Phone the news to No. 25.
SHE FORCED HER WAY
INTO HIS BED ROOM
{ She had just broken up his wedding
by conironting him with a packet of
love letters which he had written her
long ago, and now she is rushing to
his room to explain. The “she” of the
mystery is mischievous Bebe Daniels,
and the heart-broken bridegroom is
Walter Hiers, a Moultrie, Ga., boy,
the funniest fat man on the screen, and
the picture is “Oh Lady, Lady,” a
comedy that will bring tears of laugh
ter to every eye in this city. This pic
ture will be shown at the Princess
Theatre, Saturday, July 30th, at 8:15
p. m.
]SHELLMAN DEFEATS
| SASSER IN BALL GAME
2 The Shellman ball team won their
| second game of the season on the local
{high schoel grounds from the Sasser
ltcam by a score of 9 to 0.
pupate and emerge as adult bget]es
before fall to hibernate over winter.
The greater the number of over win
tering adults the more sereve will be
the curculio infestation in 1922, Fur
thermore, exposed cull piles are great
sources of brown rot danger. The fruit
soon rots and mummifies and the dis
ease is in this way carried over win
ter. Next spring millions of spores are
disseminated from these piles of mum
mified fruit to infect the new crop.
Experimentation has shown that these
mummies are able to produce spores
for eight consecutive seasons.
The knowledge of these facts as well
as the future success of the industry
should be a special incentive for the
growers who have been negligent in
the proper disposition of refuse fruit
to give prompt attention to it. Dispose
of the cull fruit from the sheds and
the fallen fruit in the orchards by
burying deep with lime. U. S. EN
TOMOLOGY LABORATORY, Ft.
Valley, Ga.
66 ’” 1
THE PEACH TOWN”
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NEW INDUSTRY HAS PROVED
PROFITABLE THIS SEASON.
215 CARS SHIPPED. |
While Shellman’s surrounding land
is for general agriculture equal to any
in Georgia, it is doubtful if this town
would ever have been notably put on
the map were it not for the courage
and progressive spirit of the men who
opened up the peach industry. To il
lustrate what this has meant for the
community: Ordinarily South Georgia
towns of similar size, dependent on
general agriculture would be at the
ebb of their business tide at this sea
son of the year. Here the payroll from
the peach industry has been circulating
about $2,500 weekly for ten weeks, this
amount being $25,000, when the ma
jority of other places lacking such spe
cial circulation have been at a stand
still.
The success of the peach industry
and its future great prospects have
caused the growers to realize the val
ue of co-operation. Fortunately there
is basic good fellowship and a willing
ness to yield something personally for
the sake of the common good. The
Shellman Peach Growers Association,
founded for mutual protection and for
the advancement of the industry, is
composed of practically all the or
chardists in the Shellman territory.
The officers of the organization are
Dr. A. L. Crittenden, president, and
Mr. J. N. Watts secretary-treasurer.
Its expenses are deirayed by assess
ments levied on the membership, based
on the number of bearing trees, which
is over three-fourths of those planted.
Practically all will be bearing by
next season. The orchards in the Shell
man district are:
Name. No. Trees.
Oliver Orchard Coi -._.__&__2£3o,ooo
C. P. Prothro & Sof..i: . > 23,500
Crittenden Fruit Ce oo o 0 16,000
G W. & J. W. Bell . ... =£lsooo
Watson & Evans Farm_______ls,ooo
dong Feait Farm _L.-o . = 14000
Red Hill Fruit Fasm.. .. ... 12000
W, R. Helm __.__ g - " - 9500
BLR Arthur . Smeea i 5000
N Watts .. _ae o o 0
W.OR Terry ... L e 2808
B [ Bower .___.22o = t- 2000
B G Borum . Yoeecl oo o RRGH
B. E. Crittenden _-=x .00 15008
Towal .. ... "sgn o o TS6UNN
Already there are planted to the
following varieties: Mayflower, Unee
da, Early Rose, Carmen, Hiley Bells,
Georgia Bells, Elberta and Queen of
Dixie. The early varieties, like the
Mayflower and Uneceda, bore liberally
this year and brought good prices,
but they are not so popular with the
growers as the later varieties, to which
future orchards will be planted almost
exclusively, All the trees in the above
list are young, the first bieing planted
by Prothro & Sons in 1916. These
gentlemen came from Griffin, Ga., and
made special investigations of the soil,
etc., here, bought 352 acres in all, 185
acres of which was planted in peaches.
Last season’s weather conditions were
unfavorable, it was a disastrous year
in the old peach }elt, but Prothro’s
orchard, only part bearing, shipped
thirty-one cars that sold for $31,000.
All other orchards were planted sub
sequently.
Total shipments for this season is
approximately 215 cars.
Eighty-five per cent of the associa-.
tion’s shipments have been marketed
through the Georgia Fruit Exchange,
going to all the established markets
of the north, east and middle-west at
the top of the market as a rule.
The members of the association are
ambitious for the development of
Skellman district into a vast orchard
country. They know that every funda
mental condition is favorable. They
rea'ize the need of attracting new
blood. They are familiar with sur
rounding tracts of land suitable for
peaches, and other products of specidl
kinds, and offer their services to find
desirable locations for those wishing
to settle here. They also invite gen
eral correspondence with readers de
siring further information of any kind.
LAMP EXPLODED AND
BURNED MR. D. W. WHATLEY
Injuries Are Painful, But Ard Not Be
lieved to Be Serious.
What came near being a serious ac
cident as well as a fire happened at
the home of M. D. W. Whatley on
Wednesday morning. In some way the
oil in the lamp ignited and Mr. What
ley rushed to throw it from the house.
As he was in the act of pitching the
lamp into the yard it exploded and
kerosene aflame was thrown over his
body and completely covered his right
arm. His sleeve was saturated ‘with
the burning oil and his arm seemingly
ccoked. Dr. Weathers administered to
the patient and his condition is not
serious now.
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Mr. Sheffield’s Auto
Wrecked on Pearl Street
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What came near being a very seri
ous accident occurred on Pearl street
Wednesday morning. Allen Sheffield
stopped on his way out Pearl street
and picked up Misses Annette Arthur,
Dorothy Payne, Gwendolyn Sams,
Henrietta Wooten, Virginia Critten
den, Dunnie Ellerbee and Messrs. Ag
new Ellerbee, Dooge Hammock. When
the party reached the end of the street
they had a little trouble with the car,
but soon fixed it. It is understood
that the car was being driven at good
rate of speed on returning to town. In
some way the steering gear went
wrong and the car darted from one
side of the road to the other for a con
siderable distance, Mr. Sheffield being
unable to stop the car it jumped the
bank, diving head first into a large oak
tree just at the top of the bank. The
wind shield was completely smashed
and two of the young ladies in the
from seats found themselves hanging
through the rims of the shield. One of
the young ladies received a small cut
across both top and bottom lip. None
of the occupants received any serious
injury. The car received a considerable
jar, the radiator and part of the front
of the motor being smashed.
MRS. GEORGE ENTERTAINS
IN HONOR OF MRS. HATCHER
Mrs. J. C. George entertained with
five tables of rook in honor of Mrs.
W. H. Hatcher, of Augusta, at her
home on Railroad street Thursday
from 4:30 to 6:30 o'clock. The home
was beautifully decorated with plants,
and right summer flowers. Salad and
ices were served. Those present were
Mesdames C. D. Roberts of Macon,
Estell . Wells, H. C. Bower, A, B.
Sams, E. R. Cheney, 'R. B. Martin,
jr.,, A. L. Crittenden, W. R. Critten
den, J. D. Pipkin, J. M. Curry, Nettie
Orr;, H W. Lancaster, J. A.. White,
M. A. Mizell, J. T. Maktin, T, E. Al
len, F M, Martin and Miss Lucy Bell
Nelson.
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SATURDAY, JULY 30TH.
REALART NIGHT.
BEBE DANIELS in “OH LADY, LADY.”
We all have a soft spot in our hearts for our first sweetheart or
first beaux. It was this soft spot which caused the trouble in the spicur
rollicking comedy, “Oh Lady, Lady,” in' which Bebe Danics, tfiy'
“good little girl,” appears at the Princess Saturday, July 30th. \'rar?
after May Barber and her fat friend parted as country lovers she cap.
back into his life on the eve of his marriage to another girl, T'her i
a grand melee and the fat bridegroom (Walter Hiers) almost h(_comes
thin before it is all straightened out, and the many complications ars
funny for the audience but very embarrassing for Bebe Daniels herc
self. “Oh Lady, Lady” is the kind of picture that is a sura cure for fp,
blues. We recommend it as one that will please and entertain you gpq
your family. v :
To the first ten ladies accompanied by a wholé paid admission, wheth.
er it be your husband, sweetheart, brother or friend, we will present
with a free ticket to this show. We want every lady to see this wep.
derful picture, so try and secure one of these free tickets.
ON FARM LANDS
We have unlimited money to loan on irfiproved
farm lands in Terrell county in amounts of three thous.
and to one hundred thousand at 6 and 6 1-2% in.
terest, quick action. Money available on approval of
abstract. Call, wire or write
Gordy Realty Co.
204-7 Davis Exchange Bank Building
Telephone 620 ALBANY, GA,
; DONALD CRITTENDEN, Manager. g
FRIDAY, JULY 29TH. :
An Art-Craft Super Special with All-Star Cast. §
“THE GREATEST THING IN LIFE.” g
“The Greatest Thing in Life” is among the big ones. Just look, this _§_
is the fifth D. W. Griffith—first, “The Birth of a Nation;” second, “In- g
tolerance;” third, “Heart of the World;” fourth, “The Great Love,” and §
fifth “The Greatest Thing in Life.” =
IF YOU HAD JUST ONE WISH s
What would you ask for if the gods decreed that the one thing you §
wanted you could have? You'd want the greatest thing in life, wouldn’t £
you? Well, what is the greatest thing in life? Victory? Money? Love! 2
The distinguished Service Cross? The sight of home at the end of the £
war? Or is it— z
The glorious thing that an unenvied American youth found in
France in the midst of battle, the thing that brought him all that's £
worth while? It is that? D. W. Griffih has that answered for you in Z
this wonderful picture. g
Try to get one of the free tickets to be given away Saturday night. £