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VOL. XXVI, NO 150
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The Microbe of Love
At The Grand Theatre
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(by M, C. Thomas)
To begin with it would be well to
'state that we have never liked ama
‘teur theatricals—that is never until
now. To state concisely, even if pic
uresquely, our op nion of the Microbe
of Love we would say that as a show
“it was nothin’ else but’ to steal a
phrase from Cohen‘s famous charac
%c.r Florian, who. often moves millions
to laughter in the columns of the Post,l
This show was advertised as a mus
ical comedy and amateur musicai |
comedy at that, and the usual show
ing of such a playlet by home tal
ent usually falls flat as the proverh
ial fritter—but this one went across
the footlights in fine snape.
The comedy was good but the chor
us, which we all know 1s the main
part of any musical comedy was ex
cellent, The music was good, but
the sad lack of trap drums and z ca
pable operator. was the only sad lack
of the show,
The chorus was well drilled and
when we say that thev were easy to
look at, we- do so without suspic'onl
that we will ever be successfully con
tradicted, To say that they were easy
to” look at is hardly doing the young
ladies justice. but the fact still re
mains. We looked and we also no
ticed that there were a lot of other
people doing the self-same thing.
Plot? Well now there is no such
thing in musical comedy, They are
expected to please the eye, amuse the
ear, but nothing is ever put into one
these plays that would cause anyone
any excruciating headaches from us-i
ing their brains. “The Microbe did
the things it was expected to dn——‘
nothing more.
There was the usual ‘uncertainty
about leaving the stage in the numbers
where the entire chorus was on the
stage—which was entirely excusable,
There was the usual jams in the dan-l
cing numbers but then these same
things happen cven in the hest drilled!
of choruses.
So much in in a general way about
the voung ladies in the cast, The
voung men were there with their prom
inent feet and their large hands which
caused them no end of uneasiness,
On several occasions we feared that
one or the other of these appendages
would stop the show bhut they did
not, The singing of the men was
weak, too weak. but stage fright at-l
tacks the male more readily than the
female. The voices were weak when
they should have heen robust and'
when the men were supposed to be!
making love theyv did it in their nat
ural manner of fact voices that rum
_bles through the theatre like an apple
!A,"@rt moving at a fast trot down a
t‘obble stone street. Outside these
few little things there was no kick—
andthe audience seemed to enjoy
these lapses.
The part of the show which liter
ally - “knocked the audience off the
seats” were the Cun'ds. Thev were
wonderful. They danced their way
straicht into the hearts of the audi
ences these cute little misses and men,
making the decided hit of the entire
show One little miss whom we did
not know will some day make a name
for hercelf as a dancer—becanse small!
as she was she kent perfect time with,
the music—and she handled herself
like an experienced show girl, 1
Miss Beulah Stanfiel was not in.
good voice and her French accent was
a little too pronounced, but with the
hard work that this voung lady did
in getting the production ready many
thines can be overlooked, She is to be
conigratulated on the general excell
ence of the show. Her stage nresence
was fine, and with a hetter vehicle she
would nn denbt do truly wonderful
work : ;
The werk of Tedford Myers. Henry
Morris, \vitllam T, Mashburn and
Sam: Kassewit was very good While
the worl ¢f a'l the ladies was excellent
the work of Miss Julia® Prentiss. in
the deaf comedy part along with that
of Miss Katherine Godhee as the hard
ho‘led wife made a decided hit, Stan
ley the cartoonist’s oldl home town
stuff went cezl with a bang.
A young man whose face was not
familiar but whose twinkling feet were
.somehnw familiar snatched the only
encore of the evening, getting one
curtain. He was very good and had
every earmark of an old showman. He
sheuld have been in black-face was
the only fault,
Naw for the plot, This was as we
said before a negligible fact or, It
had to do with o'd maids—old bach
elors—cupids—the Microbe of Love,
and the ‘inevitable flop that usually
follows the mixing of these ingredi
ents in musical comedy. That‘s all.
There was a large crowd and an ap
preciative crowd—and they liked the
show_ and from a financial and amuse
" ment standpoint the show was a huge
success.
Annual Bazaar Of
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The Episcopal Guild
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The ladies of the Episcopal Guild
will have their annual Bazaar Sale in
the afternoon of Fridav the 16th and
all dav Saturday the 17th at the W.
R. C. Hall on Main St, They will serve
a Chicken dinner and an Oyster Sup
per on Saturday, and will also serve
Aunt Jemima Hot Cakes from 1:00 to
8 o‘clock on Friday.
OPPOSUM DINNER
A number of congenial friends were
entertained by Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
McCarty on Wednesday evening with
a delicious opposum dinner,
This is an annual cvent the neigh
bors taking turns at entertaining each
_year, this being Mrs. McCarty’s turn,
Y The dining room table had as its
o central decoration a graceful vase of
yellow chrysanthemums and maiden
hair fern.
Covers were laid for fourteen and at
eight o‘clock an elaborate dinner was
served. :
Covers were laid for the following:
Rev. and Mrs, D, R, Grosclose of
: Fairfax, S. C., Mr, and Mrs. S. B.
Bowers Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Dorm
iney, Mr, and Mrs. J. 1. McCarty,
Selma and John Dorminey, Jr,, Mir
fam, Harriet and Sam Bowers, Jr.
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The “Dwindle Dance” is the very latest thing for young ladies whet
fear they are becoming too plump, and the above picture shows on- he
movements. Knees not bent a 0 ! is flat on the floor. TH ¢
Dance” movemente are g tuie on the § 3
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Huddleston To Lead Fight
In House For Ford Project
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;Stay Law Mass Meeting
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To Be Held In Fitzgerald
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- Stay Law Mass Mecting will be
‘held Saturday, December 17 1921, at
.12:()0 o‘clock noon at the County
'Court House of this county.
A mass meeting will be held in ev
}ery county of the state on above date
‘and hour for the purpose of discussing
the necessity of a STAY LAW,
l Meet at the appointed time® Organ
ize and appoint a committee for cach
ward, town and district in your coun
ty. Draft a petition to the Governor
calling for immediate action in' call
ing the General Assembly together
for the purpose of enacting such “a
law. Send the committee out with
4he peititons, get them signed and
finish the work by 6 o'clock P, M.]
‘Tuesday December 20th, Mail the
peitition to the Governor, Count your
‘names on the petition and mail a card
to Perry T Knight, Ray City, Ga. giv
ing him the information
~ Will there be any opposition? Yes,
'Have you got backbone? Ii you stand
u and contend that something must be
idonc and that quickly,
| Keep your eyes open and watch and
'see from what sources the opposition
comes and then you judge the motive,
PERRY T. KNIGHT
Ray City, Ga.
T, I LUKE:
Fitzgerald, Ga,
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Entries For City Offices
Closed On Last Saturday
~ The entries for city offices for the
clection to be held Tuesday Decem-
Ihcr 20th closed Saturday night with
the following candidates registered:
For Mayor
Drew W. Paulk.
‘For Alderman At Large
i A, H. Thurmond.
Geo. Kilcrease,
Clayton Jay,
W, R. Paulk.
E. J. Dorminey.
For W. L, & B. Commission
J. H. Mayes
For Members Board Education
For President
W. D. Dorminey
First Ward:
I.on Dickey.
Second Ward:
G € Petiy,
Third Ward:
G, A jolly,
Fourth Ward:
Mrs., Frank Ward.
Annual Bazasr And
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Chicken Dinner
The Ladies’ Aid Society of the First
M. E. Church will hold their annual
Bazaar and chicken dinner at the W,
R, C. Hall, Thursday, December 15th,
Dinner 50c. Doors will not open until
10 o'clock; dinner at 12 and in the
evening at 5:30 will serve one of their
famous penny suppers,
~ Public cordially invited. Those fail
ing to attend will miss a treat,
| Mrs, M. E, Whitman, Sec,
TURKEY DINNER
! Mr, and Mrs, Lawrence Phillips
entertained with a six oclock turkey
dinner on Wednesday evening at their
pretty little home on South Grant St.
. The table was graced with a cen
ter piece of a cut glass vase filled
with red chrysanthemums, e
An elaborate turkey dinner was ser
ved and placed marked for the follow
ing guests: Misses Lillian Dorminey,
Elyynne Alberson, Hazel Jolly, and
Messrs Pearson Phillips, Fred Phill
ips and Mrs. and Mrs, Lawrence Phil
ips.
Mr, H. A, Burkhart and Mr. A. H.
Thurmond returned Sunday' from At
lanta where they spent a féw days on
business, i
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1921
‘BIRMINGHAM, Ala,, Dec, 10—The
Friendliness of Congressman George
Huddleston for the Mussel Shoals pro
ject of Henry Ford was doclared in an
interview last Friday when the con
gressman was a caller at the Review
office,
Later dispatches from Washington
and the still more recent statement of
‘Henry Ford at Sheffield, confirmys
‘what the ninth district congressman
}de_clared in a conversation with the
‘editor of the Review,
aMr. - Huddleston is thoroughly in
Havor of the Ford project going thru
and is going to keep up his efforts
to that end, He beleives according to
a statement given out in Washington
Monday, -that Secretary Weeks will
recommend acceptance oi the offer to
congress, and Huddleston believes that
the lower house will vote a decided ma
jority to give Ford the chance he
wants at the Shoals.
But Congressman Huddleston is not
sure of the senate He believes just
as many other thinking persons be
lieve, that thé plans of Ford will en
counter their greatest opposition in
the upper house of congress. Huddle
ston emphasized in his conversation
in the Review office, the necessity of
bringing pressure to bear on the sen
ate if early and favorable action was
expected, : 7
The statement of Huddleston in the
Review office made clear the declar
‘ation of Henry Ford at Mussel Shoals
on the day of his arrival there. Ford
}rcmarkcd that “such depended on the
action of Congressman Huddleston,”
and for the time being let it go at
that, Many persons did not compre
hend the full meaning of Ford’s state
ment until he made a later statement
declaring Huddleston friendly and the
man whose work in pushing the mat
ter would have much weight in both
‘lhc upper and lower houses of Con-
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l Congressman Huddleston discussed
the matter at length with the editor
‘nf the Poview, With the farmers sup
porting the Ford plan, with labor an
' xious for it to succeed and with the
great mass of pcople strongly endors
ing the acceptance of the offer by the
government, Huddleston believes that
representatives in congress of the peo
ple affected should work hard to make
it certain, _ i o )
Tt is expected that when Seccretary
Weeks refers the matter to congress
with recommendations that the offer
be accepted, a fight will immediately
begin, In the lower house, Mr. Hud
dleston thinks that a verv decided
majority will vote for the Ford plan,
passing the matter immediately to the
cenate for action. It is there that Hud
dleson and hundreds of others anti
cipate red tape, delay and stiff oppo
sition from special interests opposed
to’ Ford and strongly entrenched in
the upper house. ;
Ford's injunction to “watch Hud
dleston” delivered at Mussel Shoals
comes to have a new significance in
the light of later events, Whether
Ford believes Huddleston will uncover
some of the really powerful and partly
kidden opposition remains to be seen.
Those who know the “big little con
oressman from Alabama’. fully appre
ciate his abilitv to handle the matter,
and his friendly attitude is worth a
great deal to the South and the na
tion in the coming fight, Tt is quite
probable that he will go far toward
uncoverng and showing up in ‘their
true light the forces opposing Ford,
both in the lower house where he be
longs and in the upper house as well,
Meantime, now more than at any
time in the past it is up to those who
want to assure Ford getting Mussel
Shoals to get busy wih their represen
tatives at Washington, The senate is
the place to concentrate the fire,
-~ Leave. the lower hoase.to Huddle
ston.—Southern Labor Review.
Rev. and Mrs., I. P, Tyson and
danghter Peggie left Thursday #for
their new home in Thomasville,
Mr. H, A, Burkhart teft this after
noon for Fernandina, Fla., where his
wife is spending some time visiting
their parents Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Burkhart, 4
ENTERPRISE AND PR :SS
To Members Of ‘
General Assembly
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- State of Georgia
GEORGlA—Berrien County: ‘
The people of the Empire State are
groaning while they faithfully try to‘
carry the heavy load, (financial de
pression,) which is an unavoidable
burden so far as the pcople are con
cerned and many hundreds and thous
ands are becoming cxhausted. Land
lords are becoming tenants and crop-|
pers. Men who are worthy many|
times thelr indebtedness are forced
to let their property be sold under the
sheriff's hammer_ because collateral is
not cash and will not he accepted by
creditors, as they too have creditors
calling them for cash and cash only.
Corn selling under forced sale for
15 cents per bushel, !
Syrup for six cents per gallon: $3OO
mules for $5O to $6O. Two barrels of
syrup exchanged for two pair of 511005,1
five bars of laundry soap and two,
hoxes of corn starch, 9
Distress warrant for rent issued and
levied on one horse crop and the en
tire crop sold for less than the cost of
the officers court. :
The cry comes from the humble hut
the modest home and the stately
mansion_ help! help! or we pass into
the hands of strangers and our occu
pants and builders (a father with heart
saddened, a mother with bitter tears.
and children with broken hearts, will
hid farewell to their old homes and
‘i, vet they know not where.
The law says pay or it sclls your
‘prop(‘rt_v.
In response to the call of obligations
and the law, farm products have been
sacrificed, live stock forced on the
'market irrespective of price, merchan
| dise vet in the shelves for want of
!mnnicd customers, Whole famiiies
without the necessary cloth'ng for the
‘winter and many in tattered rags are
vet trying to answer the ca'l of obli
.gations and the law but the answer
' to the call is now beginning to sound
‘like the weakened voice of the lost in
'the dismal swamp in the night t'me
' Ts this picturing the sitnation too
‘strongly and seriously? Ask the mass
'es of the common people and let their
answer be vour answer 'et their wish
es be vour wishes and their words
vour words,
I Is there a remedy and shall the rem
redy be applied?
' Ask the Governor to call a special
fsession of the General Assembly for
the purpose of enacting a Stay law
for a fixed period of time Statute of
limitations not to run during the stay
period. Forbid suing. Do not permit
I debtor to dispose of his property with
out the consent of creditors,
' Declare each day that we are in
session dies non excet the first and
last,
« Will vou do me the kindness to
hand this letter and the enclosed which
is intended to the neople of vour coun
ty, to the editor of your paper and ask
him to publish” both of them ‘n one
issue some time between now and
Saturday DecemMWer 17, Tf vou feel
that it is necessary that something
‘must be done and you are interested
‘just sign vour name with mine to the
letter calling the mass mectings. Get
behind this movement and let’s put
(it over.
| Copy to each member of the
l General Assembly of Ga,
Yours truly,
i PERRY T KNIGHT.
! Ray City. Ga,
Card Of Thanks From ’
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High School Faculty}
We wish to thank all those who
contributed to the success of “The
Microbe of Love' cspectally those
who helped in various ways to pro
duce the play. i
We realize that the work was all
done under adverse conditions in many
respects, but the greatest handicap
was the lack of a suitable place for
rehearsals. The [rehearsdls at the
Grand Theatre could not begin be
fore 10:30 P. M, the close of the
picture show, and lasted until 2 A,
M. If we had an auditorium all of
the rehearsals could be ended by the
time they began at the opera housv,‘
and those participating woud have had
time to rest. Then after undergoing
all of the disadvantages necessary to
get ready for a performance, a large
amount of the procceds must be paid
for the use of the opera house. The
success of this play and the difficul
ties under which it was produced, em
phasize the great need of an auditor
ium for our High School.
We realize that the receipts from
the “Microbe of Love” will not go far
toward building and equipping an au
ditorium but with this amount for a
beginning and with a realization by
the people of Fitzgerald of the need
of an auditorium, we believe they will
get behind a movement that will raise
sufficient funds with which to build
one.
We are handicapped each day of
school on account of the lack of an
auditorium and in addition to that, we
are missing educational and instruct
ive lectures and entertainments each
year because there is no place to have
‘them and in missing them we are
faling to get what is due the people
of Fitzgerald. The pupils could re
ceive much additional training if we
‘had an auditorium in which they could
prepare public programs
~ This would enable us to furnish the
ip:m‘nts and people of Fitzgerald en
tertainments of real interest and with
ia reasonable admission fee there would
be always a fund to furnish neces
'sary equipment needed for the best in
struction in the High School, If we
are not ready for this movement, let’s
get ready and with the unanimous de
cision say GO! That is all it will take
to remove the discussion of how much
we need an auditorium, '
A M. Stephens Prin. High School.
U. J. Bennett, Supt. fe,
\ Miss Ethel Boyd wl.o has been mak
ing her home with Mr. and Mrs, Lon
Dickey for several months leaves on
Tuesday for her home in West Green
to be present at the wedding of her
sister Miss Mamie Boyd and Mr,
Snm Young She wili return to the
city after the Christmas holidays,
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(by M, C. Thomas)
One of the results of Marshal Foch’s]
visit to this country as a guest of the,
American Leg.on will be the spreading
of the knowledge of the proper pro-l
nunciation of this great leader's name, |
From the way these “leather neck"!
guards on these mail trains knock
these supposed mail bandits loose from
themselves—We some times wonder |
what kind of a crap shooter a Marine!
would make. i
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In addition to wanting ha!f the world
with a grilled fence around it——it, is
now reported that France wants a
larger navy than Japan, It's a great
disarmament conference isn't it? Yes?
No, i
Any man who can listen to a fellow
human being learning to play the
clarinet without having murder in his
heart, is either stone deaf or nearly so.
We also include the Sahophone in this
same category—whatever that is |
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Our idea of a totally useless citizen
is one that will spend a big pile of
rocks buying some Old Master that
was painted in Paris in 1919 for con
sumption in the United States,
Ireland’s happiness would be com
plete if only—Well what would make
Treland happy. We bite—What would
make Ireland happy?
We fail to find a single letter from
anyone asking Santa to bring them a
jobh. What about it?
We notice that twenty armed men
asked the saperintendent and three
guards of the T. B, Riply distillery for
$BO.OOO worth of red liquor, and when
they refused to let them have it, these
birds went ahead and 'took it’, We re
memberswhen one could get all the
‘Old Ripy' one wanted for a dollar
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Dinty” To Show At
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The Grand Tonight
The attraction at the Grand 'l'bcn«‘
tre tonight (Monday) will be “Dinty”
in which young Wesley Barry makes
his bow to the picture-loving public
in his first actual starring vehicle, di
rected by Marshall Neilan, who also
wrote the story himself.
Advance reports state that the freck
le-faced youngster of ‘Daddy Long
Legs.” ‘Dont Ever Marry’ and “Go
CGet It has in this latest film made
the fenest performance of his brief
but brilliant career.
At any rate Mr. Neilan has sur
rounded Wesley Barry with an ex
cellent cast of plavers, including such
favorites as Colleen Moore, |, Barney
Sherry, Marjoriec Daw. Pat O'Malley,
Noah Beery. Tom Gallery, Kate Price,
Tom Wilson and Newton Hall.
The balance of the cast includes
Walter Chung, a young Chinaman and
Aaron Mitchell, 3 pickaniny who plays
the part of Barry's chums in “Dinty.’
“Dinty is the tale of a fighting Sah
Francisco newsboy ‘Dinty* O’Sullivan,
It deals with his rise to the head of
the Newsboy's trust, and the promi
nent part he plays in running down a
band of Malav highbinders who have
stolen the assistant attorney's fiancee,
Pathos, humor, romance and advent
ure are the four elements that Marshal
Neilan has woven into the plot.
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Ocilla Southern -
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Reorganization Meet
A general invitation is extended to
all of our citizens intercsted in the
reorganization and cxtension of the
Ocilla Southern railroad to meet with
the local committee and the committees
invited from the interested towns along
the line, Tuesday afternoon at 2:00
o‘clock at the Chamber of Commerce,
This meeting is of great importance
to the future of this railroad and our
towns as well along this line.
MRS. TYSON HONORED
AT FAREWELL PARTY
On Tuesday afternon a number of
the neighbors and triends of Mrs, I
P, Tyson met at the home of Mrs. J.
T. Mathis on west Palm Street to bid
her farewell before leaving for her
Scw home in Thomasville on Thurs
ay.
The afternoon was spent delight
fully sewing and visiting and as a sur
prise to the honor guest little Harriet
Bragg “and Helen Pattishall entered
‘the room wearing dainty little aprons
‘with their pockets fileld to overflow
ing with many pretty gifts for Mrs,
iTyson_ each gift bearing an appropri
ate verse, ‘
- Mrs. C. C. Parker added pleasure
to the afternoon by rendering s«'vcrnl‘
‘selections on the piano. - |
i Mrs. Tyson was presented with al
memory book at this time and each
\gm-st wrote Lier name in it : |
‘ Late in the afterncon delicious sand
iwi‘(‘hvs with hot coffee was served by
Miss Dora Mathis, Mrs Mark Math
is, Mrs. Pattishall and Mrs, John Mec-
Cowan,
Among those present were: Mes
dames I. P. Tyson, W. F. Jones, Ld
win Boney, Burns. Ed Hussey, John
‘McCowan, C. C, Parker, R, ], T'rvn-!
tiss. Mark Mathis; D. A, Bragg, J. T.|
Mathis, Pattishall and Miss Dora Ma-|
this,
Mr. S. Gershon of the Fair store
is in the city for a few days on bus
iness,
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Help fight tuberculosis—Buy your
glhrti)stmas seals from the Woman's
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sixty-five a quart. 1
P, S —This was some time ago. ‘
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I see where the Anti-Saloon league
is accusing the newspapers of block- |
ing prohibition enforcement, We hav-{
en't seen a liquor advertisement for
vears and years—Haow come folks, how
come? |
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The Budget Basis is a good thing |
for either governments or houschold
—but too often it's a good deal like
Rube Goldberg says: “[t don't mean
anything ' 3
The first thing that turns green in
the Spring s Christmas jewelry,
~ Tt is still several days til Christ
mas—but we are just as broke as we
used to be about January tenth of
other years.
It's getting so that if it isn‘t murder
it's another that will come along to
crowd regular news off the front page,
The opening of the Cotton Ex
change gives our local cotton buyers
the opportunity of learning just what
a Texas Hedge is—without going to
Atlanta, Te He,
I'very time we pick up a paper and
read something about a golf * game
somevhere—we get restless. We need
something like that m Fitzgerald—
no, not restlessness we haye that
now, Scmething ‘o do to take our
minds ottt bill collectors and other
unpleasan’ things
The optomist wakes up on X-mas
morning and looking at his sadly flat
tened pocket book, declares: “Well
Christmas is here.” The pessimist
doesn’t wait he says: “Well X-mas is
coming, what are we going to do”?
We thank you.
Head Of Shorter ‘
College Is Dead
Dr. A W. VanHoose Dies Following‘
An Operation |
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ROME, Ga., Dec. 11—-Dr. A. W.
VanHoose, president of Shorter Col
lege died here at a local hospital this
morning, following an operation about
ten days ago for an abscess on the
liver.
~ Although Dr. Van Hoose's condi
tion had been known to be serious, his
‘death shocked the community in which
,'ms attsinments and his remarkable
successfil administration as bead of
the coll:ge had won him a pronntent
piace,
Rural School Rally
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Planned By Committee
The committee of Rural Teachers
appointed at the Institute met at the
Court House Saturday afternoon to
adopt a partial program for the Spring
closing of the Rural Schools, which
will be held in the Opera House in
this city, Chairman Mrs. J. H. Bul
lard of the Mill School Miss Morris
of the Vaughn-Taylor, Miss Turner
of Lynnwood, Prof. Middlehrooks of
Ashton and Prof. Orr of Dorminey,
being the members in attendance.
The program will be submitted to
‘the teachers of the county for their
approval at the next session of the
Institute Janwary 7th. Mrs. O. L.
Bradshaw “and 1. Gelders were present
by invitation to assist in making up
‘the program, :
Annual Bazaar 0f
The Loyal Daughters
The Loyal Daughters and the Loy
al Berean Class of the Central Chris
ian Church will hold their annual Ba
zaar on Friday, December 16th in the
store room next door to Bradshaw
‘Mnsic Co, The ladies will have a dis
play of fancy work and will also sell
'home made ‘candy and chicken sand
wiches. .
What 5
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For (% ¥
Christmas? e
A Year’s Subscription To
The Leader-Enterprise
And Press
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Naval Lieutenant
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Of Georgia Dies
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With Broken Neck
PORTSMOUTH Va., Dec, 11th—
Walking calmly into a local physi
cians office, supported by a girl com
panion and a negro, Lieutenant John
Raymond Middelbrooks, U, S N ok
Powder Springs, Ga._ collapsed after
hasty examination showed his neck
broken. He died a few minutes later
at the naval hospital here. Accord
ing.to the story of the girl compan
ion, Middlebrooks had driven his car
in which she was riding, head on into
a mule team, the wagon tongue be
tween the mules striking him in the
neck.
ey T SR DR 10
Good News From
Ralph Herring
——
Mrs, Chas, Herring received a letter
from her son Ralph, who reached Gal
veston on the 6th, Ralph was able
to pen a few lines himself, though his
eyes are bandaged most of the time,
A letter accompanying the few lines
from his agent, advises Mrs. Herring
that Ralph's condition is improv.ng
and that he may regain the use of his
eyesight in time and though he is un
able to have full use of his limbs it is
expected that in time he will also re
gain their usce,
Ralph was on the ill-fated ‘Federal”
steamship loaded with lumber for Eu
rope, when it foundered in a storm
five hundred miles out at sea and was
miraculously rescued by a German
freighter after heing exposed several
days, with his companions to the dan
gers of the open seas, floating on some
wreckage.
The rescued crew was taken to a
hospital in Bremerhaven, where two
of them died from results of their
exposures,
Lowise And Helen
Keefer Have Close Call
Misses Louise and Helen Keefer,
the attractive young daughters of Mr.
and, Mrs. £, P, Keefer had a narrow
escape from death or at least serious
injuries, when their car ran into the
car of Mr, Honor at the intersection
of Main and Pine carly this morning,
The young lad es we - dri ' Santh
on Main street and Mr Honor was
coming east on Pine when th cars
collided and the Ford in which the
young ladies were driving turned en
tirely over, Pye witnesses were as
tonished when they saw. the girls
crawl from under the car, with but
sight bruises and thoroughly scared.
The top and windshied of their car
were thoroughly demolished and the
“ord of Mr, Honor sustained some
damages
N inister Enthus
ew Minister Enthus
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iastically Received
The Central Methodist Church was
filled at both ‘morning and evening
services to hear Rev. Whitley Lang
ston, the new minister for the congre
gation. At both services a special
program had been arranged and im
pressively carried out, the choir ac
companigd by special orchestra ren
dering some fine music,
The two sermons by Rev, Langs
ton were well received and the con
gregation is delighted to have such a
Jdcarned man at the helm of the church,
After each service a reception was
held at which the members made the
personal acquaintance of Rev. and
Mrs, Langston.
To Demonstrate
; Visual Education
isual Ed
Miss Anna Howard of Washington,
D, C, will mmeet with the local teach
ers this afternoon to demonstrate vis
val educational features, by the use
of stercopticon. Miss Howard demon
strated for the rural teachers Satur
day afternoon in the office of Supt.
J. H. Bullard and was given close
attention, .