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NOVEMBER 8, 1iW.
SOCIAL ITEMS:
"T^WIS-S BRADFORD
'' JW > I- WOOD.
1 John L. Wood ra-
l; f r»m their wedding trip
• ,1 visit to several
“I";! and are now at
" lh ; residence or Mr. and Mrs.
radford here
■ood before
o her marriage last
. Mbs Sarah Bradford,
;„i;e Of Americus High
, announcement of her
* iH be received with inter
cross iriends bhere. Rev
Brawn. pastor of Central
lurch, performed the pret-
v uniting these two young
?sday at the pastorloum.
..friends were present, and
I c0 uple left Imm^ilately
their marriage on a brief
' , r in Mr. and Mrs. G. W.
„ ith whom Mr. and Mrs.
«, reside, are the parents of
e whllo the groom, who is
and popular among a wide
. friends, hold a responsible
„. ilh the Americus Construc-
JIIU. GATEWOOD ENTERTAINS.
Mrs. T. Furlow Gatewood enter
tained |he Tuesday afternoon club
•yesterday In a delightful manner at
her home on Lee street. Quantities
o'i yellow chrysanthemums were used
in decorating the lovely home and the
prize, an attractive Japanese work
basket, was won by Miss Martha De l-
man. Those present were: Miss
Maude Sherlock, Miss Melva Clark,
Miss Mary Elzer Sheppard, Miss Annie
Ivey, Miss Martha Dedman, Mrs.
Emory Rylander, Mrs. E. J. Eldridge,
Mrs. D. K. Brinson.
nanv.
((i or EXECUTIVE HOARD.
ee!inp „f the executive board
Americus Red Cross chapetr
j at-the tiome of Mrs. S. II.
last night. The attendance
Uifying and ways and moans
the work were planned.
MRS. COUNCILS PARTY.
Mrs. Carlow Council entertained
the Tuesday Morning Drldge club at
a lovely party this morning at her
homo on Lee street. The houso was
lavishly decorated with yellow chrs-J
anthemur.ls and cosmos and a pack
of playing cards was given for top
score. Those present were: Mrs. ft.
E. McNulty, Mrs. A. D. Gatewood, Mis.
John Council, Mrs. James Brown. Mis.
Shelton Harris, Mrs. Thomas McLen-
, don, Mrs. W. G. Turpin. Mrs. Charles
Council, Mrs. Tracy Cunningham. Mrs.
W. A. Dodson. Mrs. J. A. Hlxon. Mrs.
G. T. Adams.
„l Mrs. James Brown have re-
o their home In Spartanburg,
ter a short visit to relatives
Miss Marion Parsons, of near
Smtthvillo was tho guest of Mrs.
c. C. Holliday, at her homo on Lee
street, yesterday. Miss Parson was
cn route to Plains to attend the Sun
day school convention now in session
in that city, she having been appoint
ed as a delegate from Lee county.
our Stationery
is the first intimation of your message. Its cor
rectness will not be questioned if you select -
—Symphony Lawn
50c to $1.25
Murray’s Pharmacy & Poifci
Sho was Mrs. Mary Townsont Nlcoll Lord Cuyler, widow of Cornelius
C. Cuyler, and is a sister of De .Lancey Nlcoll.
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Mrs. Robert U. Christian and Miss j WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON LLUIl.
Sara Tower left yesterday for a visit
to Mrs. O. A. Armstrong In Macon.
Mrs. J. G. Cochran left today for
her homo in Brunnell, Fla., after a
fortnight’s visit to Mr. and Mrs. John
Council.
Mrs. C. P. Wimberly, Mrs. Alma
Baggett and Mrs. Raymond McNeill,
visited the fair In Macon this week.
Mrs. Council entertained again this
afternoon tho Wednesday bridge dun,
when tho following guests were en
tertained: Mrs. Edgar Shipp, Mrs.
I! K. Brinson, Mrs. Crawford Wheat-
jley, Mrs. Hollis Fort. Mrs. Earnest
Stotham, Mrs. Cliff Williams, Mrs.
George Duncan, Mrs. Stephen Pace,
Mrs. H. B. Allen. Mrs. C. U. Rogers
Mrs. John R. Hudson.
CONFIDENTIAL REPORTS REACH-
INK WASHINGTON SAY REPORTS
OF FOOD SHORTAGE IN CENTRAL
POWERS IS EXAGGERATED.
-mother
NEW MEXICO JOINS
NUN'S IT FORCES
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.—Tho De
portment of Commorce Is in receipt
of confidential reports from Us agents
in Europe declaring that statements
that Germany's food suppi yis nearl>
exhauseted are exaggerated.
I Tho reports which wore gathered
by trustworthy agents, reeito that the
'country hold by the Allies contiguous
It-j German territory and the territory
'of the Eurpean neutrals are suffer-
! jr.g moro for lack of foodstuffs than
Germany and the other Central Pow-,
era. Germany principally lacks lubri-'
| cunts nnd certain -explosives.
| The reports say that Germany s
potato crop and her 1917 sugar
crop arc larg- r than those the
L’nhed States, end that lior peo/'o
have time commodities In abundance.
Other foodstuffs have been raised this
year In tuffleient quantity to fe»! the
••■man people on good living rations
and wlthou. great hardship. excs.l
wh‘ch are scare.
The news reports serve to Indicate
—that boy down at camp or
possibly ’‘somewhere on the
Atlantic” would appreciate
a “dandy likeness” of moth
er now as never before.
Then, too, “Christmas is
coming” and you can have
your Christmas pictures
made from the same nega-
DBCISIYE MAJORITY SCORED BY
PltunilHTIONISTS IN YESTEP-
DAY’S ELECTION ON THE LIQUOR
ISSUE.
Coats for Style and Value
Fashion and the weather
say Coats.
Now Showing
■xceptional assemblage of exclusive
3*ing the newest creations of
abroad.
Pinkston Company
time to get them ready.
MAKE TIIE APPOINTMENT TODAY,
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M-, Nov. 7.—In
the Ktatowldo election held yesterday,
New Mexico voters adopted prohibition
by a decisive majority.
Partial returns from eighteen out
of twenty-eight counties, received up
to mum today, show the “drys" havo
tives and have plenty of ca irled tho election, and liquor inter.
* cats concede their defeat.
The turn Siotio
Douljt ns to Result In Ohio.
CINCINNATI, o., Nov. 7.—With
presidential woman’s suffrage over
whelmingly defeated in Ohio, voters
today are still In doubt whethor or
not the state has gone “wet” or “dry,”
ting out of Germany ataln. inm me •*— •— -—
The lubricant Shortage is response *|ti, the former probably tho
hie for the Sat, shortage throughout ner ». i nomcial returns at toon give
that"more"than"ever before tho United ! 0crnla n, ns sraeBtCts containing j lhc ..wots” a lead of 4.01 over
states and the Allies must plan to L reas0 of any sort are treated to r «- ■•j r ,s". but this could easily be
win the war by purely military oper- m0 vo tho fats before being used as ccm0 by |»ter returns,
atlons, and must abandon hope of food or f 0r other purposes,
starving out German, officials do- The )ack of explosives is proving
dared today. , embarrassing to Germany and may
The situation in Germany as to In-Shorten the war, tho reports assert,
bricanta is admittedly bad. Automo
biles are rapidly becoming almost
useless, and railroad operation is se
riously affected. The munition facto
rles and other plants, which must be
kept running at all costs, consume
targe quantities of lubricants, dimin
ishing the supply available for vehi-
cles.
It was expected that vast quantities
lubricating oils would be forth-
c-rraing from tho Roumanian petro
leum Acids overrun by tho Cermans.
but this expectation has proved un
justified. according to report*.
| The reports say that railway trains
.coming from contiguous neutral couu-
trie, are halted at the border. The
! grease and oils are scraped from the
Journals and axle, of the car wheels
!for use on German car*.
GRIFFIN SALE TO BE HELD
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER STII
MATINEE 5 & 10c
NIGH7 10 & 15c
THURSDAY
Paramount Picture Pre
sents Sessue Hayakawa in
“HASHIHUPA TOGO”
Five Acts. See it Sure
FRIDAY
Blue Ribbon Feature
Marc McDermott and
Mildred Manning in
“HABY JANE’S PA"
Five Acts, and Chapter 9
“TBE GBAY GHOST"
New Point
Mr. and Mrs. Linton Wilder and
two children spent Sunday very
nleasanUy with Mrs. John Wilder.
Prof. Float spent Saturday night
In the advertisement of F. W. Orlf- an(J Sunday morning with his bro
III tue auvwvwv^v— -- --- —
tin announcing hts sale for Thursday, er at Concord.
November 8tb, an error was made. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Fronabargjr and
stating the sate would bo Thursday. 1 Mr. Sherd Bradford attended the
rt Dean.0 .pent sun.
come off Thursday. November 8th. Let'day evening at the home of M » • ■
everybody attend, and don’t forget that C. Ca>. ? «era, near Amertcu ^
the date Is Thursday, November 8th.
Uritlsh Attack In I’lnnders.
LONDON, Nov. «.—British troops at
tacked enemy positions on the land-,
Mrs Ada McMath spent Friday with
her mother-in-law-, Mr.. Bottle Mo
Math, who has been quite ill for thu
past few days.
SATURDAY
Triangle Plays
William Desmond in
“MASTEB OF BIS HOME”
Hve Acts, and
“BIS COOL NEBVE"
Triangle Comedy
spend-the-day guest, of Mra. John
Walden Sunday. . -
Mr, John McMath waa the spend-
the-day guest of Mr. Arch Nicholson
last Sunday.
Mr. Charles Rayfleld and Sir. Robert
Deariso motored to Macon Monday,
to attend the fair.
Sir. Leo Patton and daughter, Miss
Eula. were ehopping In Americus
Sautrdsy.
;ir. and Mr-. It. M. Dcariso spent
a short while Friday afternoon wHaga
Sir. Rayfleld.
Mrs. Jennlo Dupreo was the guest
tat few days. . . ., navflcld Friday afternoon
Mlsa Edna Roblnao:. spent the flratj 0 * I ^ y W attended
of teat week In EllavHle attending
,ac»v» , , .... 'the show in Americus Thursday af
Ike cars of the neutral, to enabled,laI attack *« where the guest of Mr. and Mrs. chirIle | «" te * dd fte 3unday Kh00l
them to get back over the border neighborh<md of Parach - y T)oraMa 8unday afternoon. w«*„esdav and Thnraday.
•Many car. develop hot boxes «hd ^war. | Mr and Jim Hall
her friction dlfflcultles before get- progreee to being maoe -- I