Newspaper Page Text
Religious, Social '
And Personal News'
Os Chickamauga
Chicknniiiiurn, Ga. Aug. s—Mr*. A.'
G. White and Mis .A. H. Bradley were
joint Kste-s t . .the Whitten's Mis
sionary Si-ciety ,f>f the Method! «t'
church at the home of the f rmer on
t»ui din Street M today af'cTn .on. In
•.he eh retire of president, Mrs. R, S.
Wheeler, M -. '• L. Bonds, v:ce-presi
dent of the ■. e.ty presided at the
ro.-tins and pave a very 1n ..»x t’btjr
>r< •grain on the m luntain - h.K.ls.'
I*- in* -on t ••abjfcts were* read by
mV. IV, H . 1 1.'.l Mrs. A. !!■
Brndlev. A gerera! d!*tcn**i#n of the,
ihje,; v.v- en'iv.'d into by the mem- \
her' a?" -r leading of these papers. As
tei the ti.: dm .< meeting and program I
,n it e emir • v. th cake vas served
by tin- h .-.e .e Mrs. J. A. Creech
,’nl Id' . Clydt West, of Maryville, l
Term., v/oro vi itors at the meeting. ;
Mi '. Hide. Glenn entertained the
\V. M. V. of tin First Baptist church
it her home here Monday afternoon.
Mis. F. I. Burnside presided at the
.net-tins Circle N i 2 had charge of the
program, the subject being Tne Ne
rro In On. M Ist.” Papers on the rub
lei t were rend by the various mem
bers of th" Union. A report was given
>ri the Encampment at LaFayette and
■ pecial mention wa- given the address
f Dr. Ayers of China who so warmly
commend 1 this Union in his address
.at the . n.-mpment fer their loyal
support f 'its w o'h in China. At
h bus:: -. meeting splendid reports
were mad by the circles. At the close
of the m e'big delicious refreshments
were sir. 1 by the hostess. I
Miss r.i.i Peart..>n entertained the
Junior Missionary Society at her
home on Th mas Avenue Tuesday af
a-rnoon. About fifteen were present
and missionary work in China was
studied with Miss Cole Wheeler as
. leader. Interesting papers were read
>y the members which were much en
joyed.
Mrs .) T Ur i'herton apil Mrs. W.
\. Wiley were hostesses at a prettily
Manned t urpri *e party at the home of
Miss Sara Bi-'it’.ierton Thursday even- :
.ng the Oceanian lining in honor of the
birthday of Miss Brotherton. So care-!
fully were the plans concealed that
the honottee was completely surprised
and very pleasantly greeted the eigh-,
teen friends who called during the
evening. A color scheme of yellow and
, white w i * carried out in the decora
dons and refreshment*. A large white
birthday cake, ornamented with yel-!
• ow candles formed the central deco
ration of tho table. Th - honoree who
s universally popular was presented
witli a number of attractive presents
luring the evening.
Rev. W. M. Pettigrew of LaFayette
. s conducting u series of meetings it
.his place. The, mejfikig is being held
n a tent which has ,bean erected just
across the railroad. froni business ’
aart of the ti\yth-,yhjr»M£:i’iejs»aFe bc
ng well attended.”' <r:
The (jLde&me singing which’ liras
lcdd a,tT Center church near
-hi* pli-u'cs' 'was largely at
endei; - much enjoyed by all
►resent?-The Sacued Harp song books
vere used and there were' more than
xixty of the old singers present who 1
ormerl.v -ang in these books, Prof.
-Sandy Wooten of Itossvillc svas in
■barge of the singing. I
\t the noon,hour i dinner which could
■rot be surpassed anywhere.was spread
in the chuiVh grounds and after feed
ng the large congregation thiye was
m abundant-- b> r t. This place will be
ised annually on the First Sunday in*
August for the old time singing. |
On Sunday Aug. 17tih n home coni
ng day wil be held at the Osborne
tchoollhou e near this place with ail'
•ill day singing and dinner on the
•rround. In the afternoon the orches
ra from the Baptist Tabernacle in
’hattanooga will be present and ren- 1
• ler a pr Tram. The Kirkpatrick broth
ms who formrely lived here arij ex-1
►voted to be present and help furnish
he music. Speakers of the day will
be Rev. (rid Higgenbotham, and the \
sigetl, Is. A. who has so long
ind t.'iithtully preached for the peo
ple of that community. It is expected
that a large crowd will be present for
tihe occasion. j
A playlet in song will be given at
tbe Baptist church at this place Thurs
*h.y evening by the following mem-j
Ju- s iif the B. 1. P. U„ Misses Julia
Frances, Annie Ruth c l Thelma.
■Shields, Marian Houaeh. Willie Kutli]
-ind Helen McClure and Laura Travis.'
-M:ss Ola Ha- y directing the play j
which n > doubt will be witnessed by a I
large audience.
M; Lea.i June, of Catoosa Coun
ty expected 1 rdav for a visit of!
.veve. u days with friends here.
Miss M iry A. Hill left Tuesday af-'
tern in for a month's visit with I
frieml- and iCntives in Michigan. I
1.". c Boy Scott's have returned from '
n dv igntfuj camping trip to Williams
Springs near Eagle Cliff.
Mi..s Alice Kirkpatrick of Chntta-
H'ent the post week with Mrs.
Ida Clifford who has recently purchas
•‘d tho id 1 Kirkpatrick home.
Mrs. Fannie Frazier and little
tiaugkt r, of Chattanooga are the
true s th > Week of Mrs. I). F. Ham
ilton.
’Miss Llean >r Bradley has accepted
11 position in the high school at Hixoa
tenn. Miss Bindley is a graduate of
the 1221 class of the University of
► hattanooga.
.':'s. Fred Phillips of Danville, 111.,
■ the guest o" her sister, Mrs. Bailey
'a—n and,Mr. Mason at their home
on Main Street,
Miss Mabel Simmon- of Roaaville
was the week-end guest of her cousin,
fil is j Freda Simmons.
id , - , and Ms. Robert Martin and
nip Hr on of Cilir.a, TcxS* are expected
to visit relatives licre this week.
Mi x Augusta Martin spent a few
slays the pu t week with Mis. s Jula
Frances and Annie Ruth Shields.
Miss Elizabeth White is expected to
; return this week from a visit to rela
tives at Bolton, Miss.'
J. L. Rowland ha:- been assisting
• with court at Ringgold this week.
I Mr. and Mrs. David Lomineck are
receiving congratulations on the birth
of a Ron at their home on Gove St.
1 Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Glenn, of Chat-,
tanc- ga were the recent of
their daughter, Mrs. Robert Dyer and
Mr. Dyer at the r home near here. ;
l Mr.‘and Mrs. Ge .rgi Frick, of St.
Elmo were the guests of Mr. and Mrs
J. A. Creech.
I Mis* Mn:y Kirk-c-y of Knr.-as City,*
Kan. has been the guest the pa-1 week
of Mrs. Margaret Morgan.
I Carter Rutledge and Joseph Myers
left Sunday for a visit with relatives
1 at Canton, Ga.
| Mrs. Amanda Osburn has been the
guest of relatives near LaFayette the
1 past week.
I Prof. W. M Patterson together with
■ his mother, Mrs. Patterson and sister,
Miss Carrie Mae Patterson hifve cor.io
to this place to reside and are pleas-
I antly located in the Uudicil home,
i Prof. Patter.-on is the recently elected
, 1 Superintendent of the Chickamauga
! school and the entire community join
• in welcoming this estimable family to
. ■ their midst.
Ross Lee Rowland, of Chat
tanooga is the guest this week of Mrs
\ 1 J, L. Rowland.
1 Mi-i Duck Owing* left Tuesday for
Atlanta for a week’s visit with Mrs.
B'ykin Davis.
I Miisis Iris, Mary and Winnifred
Culberson of Chattanooga were the
week-end guests of their aunt, Miss
Winnie Morgan.
| Mr. and Mrs Edwin Hulon and Miss
Patsy Glenn of Chattanooga were the
week-end guests of relatives.
I Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Doak have re
turned from a visit to relatives at
Tunnel Hill.
1 Mrs. George Ketner is ill at her
home on Ninth Street,
j Miss Ruth Williams has returned tj
i her home at Rock Springs after a vis
it with Miss Ruby Lee Dyer.
Miss Martha Henn left Saturday
for an extended visit with Capt. and
i Mrs. C. C. Timmons at Washington,
D. C.
j Misses Katherine Wheeler, Nareissa
Jones, I.eakie Smith and Margaret
Rogers have been enjoying a delight
ful camping trip at Lula Lajy the
'past few days. They.returned home
Tuesday accompanied by Miss Rogers
who will remain several days here
with friends.
| Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Goodson were
the recent guests of relatives at Vil
lanow.
Mrs. Tom Parrish has returned
from a visit to her son, Marvin Par
rish at Cleveland, Tenn.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Roberts of Lake
View were the week-end guests of the
former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. K. B.
Roberts.
' A large crowd enjoyed a water
melon cutting at the home of Mr. and
.Mrs. J! C, Myers Thursday evening,
b Raymond Wood of Chattanooga, is
the guest of relatives here.
•. Miss, Lorena Clifford has returned
froin-’a visit with her cousins, Misses
Gladys and Mildred Clifford in Chat
tanooga.
Miss Stella Crawford has returned
to her home at .Rossville after a visit
to Miss Helen Bradley.
I Mrs. Ben Powell has returned from
a visit with Mrs. Boyd Vaughn in
Chattanooga.
Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Strickland an
nounce the birth of a son, whom they
have christened, Richard Franklin,
i Mrs. Sarah McWhorter spent Mon
! day and Tuesday of this week in La-
Eayette, the guest, of Mr. and Mrs.
E. F. Phippsc.
' Dr. and Mrs. J. M Radford and Miss
Mary Radford are expected to return
this week from a visit to relatives at
Greensborough, Ga.
i Miss Martha Wyatt has returned
from a visit to relatives at Menlo.
| Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Freeman have
purchased the Westbrook home in
West Chickamauga and are occupying
- the same.
i Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Gilstrap and
family a: o occupying an apartment
at the Moore home on Lee Avenue,
i Mrs. S. C. Deakins has returned to
I her home at Wildwood after a visit
I with Mrs. J. R. Camp.
I Mr .and Mrs Carl Bailey and little
j daughters, Marguerite and Lueile, of
l Chattanooga are guests of relatives
here this week.
j Mrs. Etta Hughes of Hope, N. M„
|is the guest of relatives here this
■ week.
j Mr. and Mrs. Carl Boofer and Miss
-.van Wilkey spent the week-end at
Evansville, Tenn.
Quite a lew business changes have
been made here the past week. A deal
I was eonsumated Monday when Loyd
i Broome purchased the J. M. Freeman
■ grocery store. He has taken active
| charge of the business. Another deal
I was closed Monday, Charles Owing*
purchasing the Red Store from Mar
tin Stansbury. Mr. Owing.* took
charge of the store Tuesday. The O.
K. Barber Shop has moved from the
Camp building to the Moore building
just, across the street from the Post
Office. It i;. understood that a party
Horn Trion has leased the building
formerly occupied by the barber shop
und will put. in a stock of groceries at
an early date.
WANTED—Peach seed. Will pay
2 l-2c i>er pound for good dry seed
'mg .*eed and 1 l-2c for the larger
seed.—W. A. Abney and Son. It
FOR SALE—One Oakland Six Cylin
der automobile. If you want a 'bar
gain come at once—Thus. W Brvan 1
LaFayette, Ga. it ’
i
WANTED—Peach seed. Will pay
2 l-2c per pound for good drv seed
ling seed and 11-2 C for the‘larger l
seed.—W. A. Abr.ey and Son. It i
PETITION TO AMEND CHARTER
Georgia, Walker County.
To the Superior Court of said county:
The petition of The Richmond Com
missary, a corporation created under
the laws of Georgia, and doing busi
ness in said county, at Rossville Ga.
and J. R. Barnes, William W. Barges
and, p. B. McClain .bping all of the
present stockholders, respectfully:
shows:
1. That on the 7th day of October
11)23, by proper proceedings had in
said court, a charter was granted to'
f aid Richmond Commissary, as ap
!pi'srs upon the record and in she files
of said court.
2. That on the 15th day of Septem- i
' bar 1923, said charter was accepted
by the original incorporator's, and
| they then organized said corporation,
! and immediately went into business
under said charter, and are now so
dM'ng hxiMhe.se.
3. That at a meeting of all the said
! stockholders of said corporation regu
larly and legally hold at theih office
in Rossville, Georgia, on the 6th day
of August 1924, a resolution and ac
! tion was had and p'assed unanimously,
a certified abstract of the Minutes of
the proceedings of said meeting being
hereto attached and made part of this
petition; said meeting having beeV
' held for that purpose.
4. That, as shown by said proceed
! ings, petitioners desire to have the
said charter amended by proper pro
ceedings in this court as follows,
to wit:
a That the name of said Richmond
! Oommisary be changed to the name
and style of the Rossville Mercan
j tile Company.
b That in addition to the powers
1 and rights heretofore granted to said
| corporation, it be allowed to
I 1 Buy, sell, hold, lease or rent real
| property.
2 To buy, sell, hold and deal in all
forms of personal property.
3 To buy, rent, lease or build all
necessary buildings necessary or
suitable for conducting a general
garage and filling station business,
and to carry on and conduct such
business, or any part thereof.
4 to have and to enjoy
all the rights, powers and
privileges which are legal, and
necessary or appropriate to the con
duct of all of its said business, un
der its said original chartef and
this amendment.
Wherefore petitioners pray that by
proper proceedings and the order and
judgment of said court its said name,
Richmond Commissary, be changed to
the Rossville Mercantile Company,
and that said additional powers,
rights and privileges be granted to it,
as above set out.
HENRY AND JACKSON,
Attorneys for Petitioners.
Abstract of Minutes of Meeting
Os August 6, 1924.
Georgia, Walker County.
Rossvilel, Ga. Aug. 6, 1924.
At a special meeting of
the stockholders of the Rich
mond Commissary at which meeting
all the stockholders of said corpora
tion were present, held this day for
tile purpose hereinafter indicated,
said meeting being held at the office
of said corporation at Rossville, Geor
gia, it is resolved by the unanimous
vote of said stockholders that:
Whereas on the 7th day of October
1922, by order and judgment of the
Superior Court of said county, a char
ter Was granted to the Richmond Com
missary creating it a body corporate
under the laws of said State; and af
terward at a regular meeting of the
stockholders of said corporation, on
September 15th 1923, said charter
was accepted, which conferred upon
the corporation the rights, powers
and privileges as set out in the appli
cation for said charter, and in said
order and judgment of the court, and
said corporation was thereupon duly
organized and immediately went into
business under said charter;
Now therefore it is the sense and
desire of all of said stockholders, act
ing as said corporation, that the
rights, powers and privileges hereto
fore so granted said corporation by
said charter be enlarged and amplified
by amendment to said charter, by
changing the name of said corpora
tion from the Richmond Commissary
to the Rossville Mercantile Company,
and by adding to and incorporating in
said charter the rights, powers and
i privileges as follows to wit:
a To buy, sell, hold, lease or r nt
real property. .
b To buy, sell, hold, and deal in all !
forms of personal property.
c To buy, rent, lease or build all
buildings necessary ,or suitable for
conducting a general garage and fill
ing station business, and to carry on
and conduct such business.
M To have and enjoy all the rights
powers and privileges which are legal j
and necessary or appropriate to con- j
duet all of its said business, under its j
said original charter and t ’ amend-1
meat.
Georgia, Walker County.
I, William W. Barnes, Secretary of
the Richmond Commissary, md cus
todian of its records, certify u.at the
above and foregoing is a true and cor
rect abstract of the minutes of a meet
ing of the stockholders of. the said cor
poration .held on the 6th day of Aug.
1921. The said corporation has no
seal. Witness my official signature
this Cth day of August 1924.
Signed—WILLIAM W. BARNES
Secretary of Richmond Commissary.
Georgia, Walker County. ■ |
Office of the Clerk of the Superior
Court.
I Thos. W. Bryan, Clerk of the Su- J
peri or Court of said county, hereby
certify that the foregoing is a true
nnd correct copy of the application
for amen nent to charter, as the
same apj-eara of file in this office, this
the 6th day of August 1924. .
Signed—THOS. W. BRYAN,
Cterlt of the Superior Court of
Walker County, Georgia. 1
I We Thank You I
W.e are highly gratified over the 1
results of our ANNIVERSARY 1
SALE. We appreciate the co-op- 1
eration, and we are delighted that g
so many are taking advantage of 5
these Wonderful Bargains. |
Our Anniversary Sale WiliClose |
Saturday. Only 2 More Days |
I FRIDAY and SATURDAY f
I Exceptional Bargains offered during the I
1 remainder of the Sale. Come and get your 1
I Also we are showing our New Line of Fall I
and Winter Goods which are arriving daily. i
1 h * ■
I Again We Thank You and Solicit Your Trade } 1
I Cordially, I
I E. A. LEONARD I
I LaFayette, Georgia I
IS ARRIVED
Everybody s Drag Store
Shipment of the Latest Novels; every one I
is talking about these Great Books. I
Books for every mood and every taste at a 1
price every one can afford. Now only
75c a Copy I
Refreshing, Sparkling Stories of Love and
J the Joy of Life. I
I THE BEST OF MODERN FICTION WRITTEN
BY THE GREATEST AUTHORS
Stop in and Select the Book of Your Choice
while Our Stock is Complete.
Turnip Seed in Your Prescription
BULK will Filled
We Sell you from DAY or NIGHT
a nickel’s worth Up. Call Us.
Roach's pharmacy
I Everybody’s Drug Store |
. Just Say: “Meet Me At LOACH’S” |
I Day Phone 50 Night Phone 93 or 190 f
Day Phone 50