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I County News Items Interesting Facts Gathered During the Week by Our Regular Correspondents. \ GRANTVILLE. Grantville was visited Tuesday after noon by one of the worst thunder storms in years. The rainfall was heavy, there was some hail, and the lightning burnt out a number of trans formers over town, and many burners in the homes were put out of business. Rev. C. H. Branch and wife are in Atlanta for some days, visiting rela tives and friends. Mr. Wm. N. Banks left last week for an extended trip in the interest of the hosiery mill. The fall term of the (irantville public schools will open next Monday. There will be some exercises at the audito rium. beginning at 9 o’clock, and the friends and patrons of the school are earnestly urged to attend. Prof. Homer Wright and wife have settled at the Stafford place, on the west side of town, and are now at home to their friends there. Mr. J. P, Maxwell, of Texas, who has been visiting relatives in this sec tion, was in Grantville Wednesday. He left Georgia when a lad of II, and finds things and people much changed since hit childhood days. He Bays that much less cotton has been planted in his part of Texas this year and much more grain, and that corn will he cheap in Texas this fall. His home is in eastern Texas. Dr. F. H. Letson was in Atlanta Monday on business. “Doc” Bryant continues to be one of the hard workers of Gruntville. Rev. L. P. Winter and wife are at home again, after an absence of more than two weeks. While away they vis ited friends and relatives in and near Toccoa and Winterville, and report a plensant time during their rather ex tended outing. A well-informed German was heard to Bay last week that Germany, having taken the initiative in the great war, was now ready to take the initiative in making peace. This statement tallies with persistent rumors coming from Europe, nnd may mean much or little. Next Sunday will be missionary day at the Methodist church. Mrs. J. D. Moreland and Mrs. W. G. Sadler are spending Beveral days at White Sulphur Springs. Mr. Johnnie Camp, of Montgomery, has been visiting his mother, Mrs. Min nie Sewell. Misses Lottie White and Nolle Lam bert and Mr. Cecil White were at Warm Springs SundBy. MisBOB Arlena and Annie Bryant spent Monday in Atlanta. Tho many friends of Mr. Jim Sewell sympathize with him in the death of his mother, Mrs. Caroline Sewell, who passed uway suddenly Tuesday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Nall, in Hogansville. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Latimer and Mr. and ty rs. W. I. Wnite motored to Warm Springs Sunday afternoon. Mrs. F. H. Letson and children have returned from an extended visit to her mother in Norcross. Mrs. Jesse Cleveland entertained the Kook Club Tuesday afternoon in her usual charming way. Miss Mary Branch is visiting rela tives in Atlanta. Mrs. Clyde Lambert hai been sick for several days. Mrs. Emmett Sewell entertains the Parsonage Aid Society this ufternoon. Aug. 25th. DODSON. Protracted services at Liberty Chris tian church closed last Friday evening, with two additions. Miss Maude Crawford, from South Georgia, who has been visiting rela tives in our community, will return home this week. Miss Marjorie Edwards, of Koscoe, spent several days lust week with the M isses Hayes. Miss Lours Arnold, of Madras, was the guest of Miss Essie Hyde on Wed nesday last. Mrs. Fannie Orr and daughter, of Atlanta, are visiting at Mr. and Mrs. W. H. H. Hayes'. Mrs. M. N. Copeland and children, of Carrollton, are visiting the former's mother, Mrs. E. T. Carter. Mrs. J. J. Reese .entertained at a watermelon cutting last Tuesday after noon for her nephew, Mr. Hall Hard- ley, which was much enjoyed by the young people. Mr. O. B. Hayes and family have moved to Madras. We regret to lose these good people from our community. Misses Pearl and Allie Hyde, of New- nan. spent last week with Misses Annie May and Essie Hyde. Mr. E. T. Carter went as a represen tative from our school to the rally at Mt. Carmel last Sunday. Miss Eunice l.smbert is spending the week at Rjscoe, the guest of Miss Ed wards. Misa Rjhy Smith returned Sunday to her home in Atlanta, after spending some time with relatives in our commu nity. Mr. Glenn Carter, who has completed the academy co i rse at Johnson Bible •College, Kimberlin Heights, Tenn., is spending a month with homefolks here. Messrs. Curtis Hayes and Glenn Car ter, with Mibscs Ruby Jones, Marjorie Edwards and Ella Hayes, spent last Thursday with Miss Allene Glass. Elder J. A. Perdue will preach at Liberty church next Sunday at 11 a. m., and also at ft p. m. Aug. 25th. TURIN. We attended a three-days' meeting at Line Creek church on Friday, Satur day and Sunday last. The attendance was good, and a general revival spirit was manifested. This church was con stituted forty-six years ago. Rev. Geo. B. DaviB wub the first pastor, who was followed by Rev. Berry Johnson and the writer, in the order named, the latter serving fifteen years. Upon our late visit we noted with sadness the absence of many familiar faces. Dr. Short iB the present pastor, and is held in high esteem both by the church and community. While in that vicinity we visited in the home of Deacon Sam Brawn, and found one of his sons laid up with a broken leg, the result of a runaway ac cident. We also paid a visit to Mtb. Mack Whitlock, whom we found still grieving over the recent loss of her husband. Her aged mother, Mrs. Knox, is now with her. The latter is now 90 years of age. We likewise shared the hospitality of Mr. Jas. Brown, another old resident. He is now 92 years of age, but still enjoys good health. The public roads of Fayette are worked by convicts, and are being put in good conuition. Crops in that coun ty suffered severely from the late drought, as is the case in other sections of the State. Cotton is at least one- third off, and the corn yield will also fall short of expectations entertained a month ago. Pea and hay crops have been greatly benefited by the late rains. The potato crop is fine. Rev. Wyatt Chandler, pastor of the Baptist churches at Rock Springs and Tyrone, baptized twenty converts at the recent annual meetings of each of these churches. Messrs. Haynie it Co., the contrac tors, have about completed the cottage on Rev. V. A. Ham’s place near here, and will begin work soon on a new res idence for Mr. Elam Deracken, in Se- noia, to bo erected on the site occupied by the building destroyed by fire some months ago. Mr. Chas. W. Rees entertained a few friends and relatives at dinner Satur day in celebration ol his birthday. We acknowledge the gift of a nice walking-cane from Master Kimball Rees. God bless the dear boy! M<iHB Annie Maude Johnson, of Elli- jay, returned with the MiBSes Williams for n visit to friends here. Mrs. H. J. Hightower, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. W. C. Rags dale, returned this week to Decatur. Mrs. Kate McKillop, of Homeland, Fla., is the guest of her niece, Mrs. Margaret Gay. Miss Lucile Sasser, of Senuia, was the guest of Mrs. J. E. Mercer and Mrs. Margaret Gay Monday and Tues day. Miss Bonnie Hunter is visiting her sister, Mrs. G. P. Wilkinson, in New- nan. Mrs. Stroud, of Barnesville, is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. O. P. Lind say. Mrs. W. C. Walker was the guest of her sister, Mrs J. C. Harris, in New- nan, last week. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Johnson and daughter. Miss Barbara, returned Sun day to (heir home in LaGrange. Aug. 25th. Your Cough Can Be Stopped. Using care to avoid drnughts. ex posure, sudden changes, and taking a treatment of Dr. King’s New Dis covery, will positively relieve, and in in time will surely rid you, of your cough. The first dose soothes the irri tation, checks your cough, which stops in a short time. Dr. King's New Dis- i cover.v has been used successfully for 45 years and is guaranteed to cure you. Money back if it fails. Get a bottle from your druggist; it costs only a little and will help you so mneh. All telephone operators in Egypt are required to be al le to speaX English, French, Italian, Gretk and Arabic. It takes a whole lot of crumbs of comfort to make a square meal.' Whenever You Need n General Tonic Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic propertiesof QUININE and IRON. It acts on the I.ivcr, Drives 1 out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole Syslam. 50 cents. RA YMOND. Miss Allie Stevenson, who is teaching at Bethel, spent the week-end with homefolks near here. Misb Tommie Lou McDonald returned Sunday from a pleasant visit to rela tives et Wren's, Ga. Mrs. Sarah E. Gable iB visiting rela tives at Bexton. Miss Mary Overby spent the week end with homefolks near Newnan. W. B. Matthews, jr., returned to At lanta yesterday, after Bpending several days with 0. S. Morten. Miss Lucy Witcher, of Welcome, vis ited Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Witcher last week. Mr. T. N. McWhorter, of Sharps- bur, spent Saturday with friendB here. Col. Catchings Therrel went up to Atlanta Tuesday for a stay of several days. Miss Mary Webb apent Monday in Newnan shopping. Misa Mary Bailey and brother, John, have returned from a visit to their grandparents at Athens. Mary Ray School will close its sum mer session with an old-fashioned exhi bition on the evenings of Sept. 2 and 3. A small admission will be charged for the benefit of the school library fund. The public invited. Judge Tobe Donegan and family mo tored to Atlanta Saturday. Mrs. Mary Knott and little grand daughter, Annie Strickland, of Carroll ton, spent last week with Mesdamea J. E. and C. H. Gilbert. Mrs. W. L. Stevenson has returned home, after visiting her brother, Mr. Nick Martin, at East Point, who is quite ill. Mrs. J. G. Witcher and children spent Saturday afternoon with relatives at Sharpaburg. Mrs. W. J. Perry, of Newnan, was the guest of Mrs. Oliver Davis and Mrs. Lee Thursday. Mrs. Lee spent Thursday and Friday with friends in Newnan. Rev. Hunter Hardaway filled the pulpit at Raymond BaptiBt church Sun day, and gave us a fine sermon. Following iB the programme of a re cital given by music pupils of Mrs. Oli ver Davis at Raymond school— “Waltz”—Willie Byram. "Cooing Dove,” (Orth)—Mary Shed- den. "Youthful Yearnings,” (Spaulding) —Lillian McDonnld. ‘After Wild Flowers,” (Streabbog) —Ola Maud Witcher. Recitation, with musical accompani ment—Elizabeth Morton. "A Quiet Thought”—Harriet Shed- den. "Decoration Day,” (Spaulding) — Elizabeth Morton. 'In the Golden Days,” (Ormshy) — Laulie McDonald. Song, “Everyone You Meet Has Troubles”—Ola Maud Witcher. “In the Merry Sunshine”—Joe Will McGee. “First Crocus,” (Fearis) — Arnette Adamson. “Black Hawk Waltz,” (Walsh)—Joe Me Waters. Recitation, with musical accompani ment—Maud Witcher. “Consolation,” (Mendelssohn) — Eu nice McDonald. Aug. 25th. MADRAS. Our school will close Saturday. Most of the pupils, having done two months’ good work, will now enjoy a vacation, with cotton-picking for “rest and recre ation.” Mrs. Fannie Hyde is somewhat bel ter at this writing. Mrs. M. B. Ball, of Newnan, will remain with her until she regains her strength. Mr. H. B. Arnold returned Friday from a month's stay at Hat Springs, Ark., for the benefit of his health. Mr. Longino Keith, of Welcome, spent Sunday with the family of Mr. G. W. Coggin. Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Hayes and chil dren, who have recently moved into our community, are receiving a hearty welcome from our people. Little Miss Hattie Jones, of Atlanta, is spending some time with her uncle, Mr. J. T. Jones. Miss Maude Crawford, who has been spendinr some time with her grand mother, Mrs. Fannie Hyde, returned Tuesday to her homo in South Georgia. Mr. W. B. Cook spent Sunday in At lanta. Quite a number of Madras people at tended protracted services at Liberty church last week. Mr. Herman Cates has returned home, after a week's stay with Atlanta relatives. Mr. C. H. Brown entertained ahout twenty of his gentlemen friends at a barbecue supper Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hendrix and chil dren, of Raymond, were guests of Mrs. Lula Cates several days last weLk. Master Charles Fields, of Newnan is on an extended visit to Misses Annie and Emma Brown. Several Madras people went down to Moreland Tuesday and Wednesday to attend the County Sunday-school Con vention. Misses Anna and Nancie Arnold spent the week-end with their cousins, Misses Rachel and Mollie Farmer, in Newnan. Mr. C. F. Wood wil leave to-morrow for a stay of several days in Cedar- town and Rome. Mrs. Jim Atchison is spending the week with relatives in Newnan. Mr. and Mrs. Lewie Houston, of Corner Branch, will spend the week end with Mrs. C. F. Wood. Why Motor Trucks? WHY REO? The motor truck business was necessarily of slow growth. Not that the superiority of the motor vehicle—when once perfected —was unrecognized. On the contrary, every automobile maker realized from the first that this would eventually become the most important branch of the motor industry. But the problems were so many and the conditions to be met so exacting, the more prominent makers hesitated to engage in it—and none did until reasonably sure they had the right thing. As in every other line of business, the inexperienced rushed in where the better informed hesitated. Concerns with money to lose and reputations to be jeopardized were chary about offering for sale trucks of which they could not yet be sure. On the other hand, the demand was an irresistible temptation to the more adventurous, the inventive and the inexperienced; and so it happened that within a short time there were more than three hundred so-called truck manufacturers (90 per cent, of them merely assemblers of parts procured hither and yon) in the field. The mortality has been great—and will he greater. The cost to users of buying such trucks backed by such guarantees (?) cannot be computed. Reo being one of the most prominent and successful makers of automobiles, was one of those to watch, to experiment, but to hold aloof. We could not afford to compete with such a product or with such methods as those with little money, and no reputation at stake, were practicing. On the other hand we felt that we were peculiarly' well equipped to make trucks—in fact, to take the lead in that branch of the industry, and the product had been developed to the point where it was a dependable machine. Reo factory facilities; Reo engineering experience; and especially the big broadspread Reo sales and service organization, gave us advantages over all others. Reo factory facilities enable us to manufacture a better car for less. This is a prime re quisite, for, being a strictly business proposition, there is no room for extravagant margins in the price of trucks. So the Reo manufacturing facilities gave us an important advantage over newer concerns in that important regard—low cost, and consequent low price. Reo engineering is at the same time the best guarantee of stability, and the best advertis ing for Reo trucks. If you were asked what quality you have always considered first in Reo automobiles you would say—dependability. Reo cars have always been reliable cars. Beginning away back in the dark ages of the industry Reo cars covered themselves with glory' in reliability runs. The transcontinental record is still held by a Reo—never has any car made a greater record than that of the great old two-cylinder Reo. To say Reo is to say reliability. REO MOTOR TRUCK CO., Lansing, Mich. Newnan Auto Co. f DISTRIBUTORS Mrs. Z. T. Maxwell and Mra. M. M. Elliott, of Barnesville, are expected next week on a visit to their sister, Mrs. H. B. Arnold. Wa are pleased to report that Mr. J. K. Beavers, who has been confined to his room for several days, is able to be up. Everybody come out to prayer-meet ing Sunday night. Protracted meetings are now over, and we hope that there will be renewed interest in our prayer services. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Wood attended the funeral of Mr. R. E. Simms in New- nan this afternoon. Aug. 25th. M’COLLUM. Mr. T. A. Ellis has returned home, after a pleasant visit to relatives at Cave Springs. Miss Ethel Phillips has returned to her home at Riverdale, after a visit to relatives here. She was accompanied by Miss Kqte West. Messrs. Edgar Banks and Amos Les ter, from near Fairbum, were guests Saturday night at the home of Mr9. W. D. Banks. Miss Emma Brown, of Boaz, Ala., spent the week-end with her sister, Mrs. W. J. Hembree. Mr. Curtis Hayes and Miss Allene Glass, from near Newnan, attended the singing given by the Misses Banks Sun day night. Mrs. P. C. Smith and little daughter, Mary, spent last week with relatives in Palmetto. Mr. and Mrs. Will Jake Brimer, of Roscoe, spent Sunday with Mrs. S. B, Bradley. Little Misses Elcie and Ruth Phillips and Edna Keith spent last week with their aunt, Mrs. Louie Ellis, in New- nan. Mr. W. D. Banks visited relatives at Fairburn Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Brown, of Palmet to, were guests Wednesday of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hembree. Our Sunday-school was largely at tended Sunday. After the regular ex ercises we had a fine song service, con ducted by Prof. B. D. Lee, of Long- street. Mr. Willie Phillips and family left last week for Amencus. Miss Mary Smith, of Atlanta, was the guest Sunday of Mrs. R. B. Thomp son. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Sumberlin, of Tallapoasa. are spend tig some time with the latter’s sister, Mrs. S. B. Bradley. Messrs. Walter Phillips and Clinton Lee, of Longstreet, and Messrs. Reese Cooper and Jaa. Johnson, of Palmetto, were Sunday visitors here. Aug. 25th. You Want the Best, Not the Cheapest, INJXROCERIES Especially when buying furnishings for the inner man. I catei to the best trade and 1 want to sell you. My regular trade keeps on growing. There are reasons— BEST OF GOODS RIGHT PRICES PROMPT DELIVERY Fresh fish every Friday and Saturday. J . T. S W I N T THE OLD RELIABLE GROCER FORD RUNABOUT $390.00 Walter Hopkins 25 Perry Street. 'Phone 145. FULL STOCK OF FORD PARTS