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cNESDA y MORNING, MAY 15, 1918.
THE MlI.LEDGEVlf.LE NEWS.
MIDLEDQEVILLE, GEORGIA
OCIET
..•aVA'
Roman’s Club Officers
Elected.
■egulur meeting
h-he last regu.u. —= of the
n , g C i u b was held Friday after-
#n lhe Kr.ights of Pythias hall.
Joeeting was called to order by
’“idem. and the minutes of the
r itlng read by Mrs. W. S. My-
\i rs j. L. Beeson read a selec-
' froin johnnie Spencer, of the Mu-
" Telegraph, and Mias Ruth Stone
“ r( ading taken from the little
pjddie Humps and Tot.”
| c. Hall then read a selec-
j^ron the Literary Digest “The
mkey or ‘ he I3ee ’’
■he matter of adepting French war
|)ians was brought up and the club
ed to give fifty cents each toward
5 support of one or more. Mrs. <1.
McAullff 8 was appointed treasurer
this special fund.
Mrs Hines read a letter from a sol-
r who has served In the front line
nche« Be was making a special
a that the women and girls con-
„e faithful in the Rod Cross work,
the benefits derived from this or-’
nization were far beyond our con-
iption.
tftcr urging the ladies to spend as
uc h time as possible in Red Cross
tlvities, Mrs. Hines then made a
lendid report of the work done by
club duriag the year.
Mrs. E. A. Tigner, as chairman of
nominating committee, read the
port and the club gave a rising vote
at the present officers composed of
following ladies be re-elected for
e ending year: Mrs. Edward R.
nes, president; Mrs. W. S. Myrick,
cretary; Miss Clara Williams, cor-
ponding secretary, and Mrs J. A.
treasurer.
After the business meeting the club
njoved a social half hour, during
hich time Major G. P. Donaldson
ive a reading and the G. M. C. quar
ts rendered several yeeal selections
ed with quantities of sweet peas.
Kook was the interesting mode of
entertainment, Mrs. Pcwell being pres
ented the guest prize, a cVsage bou
ts-et of sweet peas.
Later in the afternoon, delightful
refreshments carrying out the pimt
and white color motif were served,
To Attend Federated Clubs the favors being pink and white sweet
Convention,
peas
. ...... i The guests enjoying this happyoc-
mong^ le at les going to the Tenth casion were Mrs. .J. Spencer Powell,
District Federated Club Convention in ! Mrs. Oscar McAfee, Mrs. Mark Few.
Sparta which begins this afternoon, of Macon; Mrs. Loderick Jones, Miss
are Mrs. E. R. Hinejs, president of the
Woman’s Club; Mrs. H. E. McAulifte,
delegate from the local club; Mrs. J.
L. Beeson, president of the countv
federation; Mrs. Harper Tuckor, dele
gate from county: Federation; Miss
Elizabeth Echols, of Stevens Pottery,
and Miss Mamie Torrance, of Cooper-
ville, representatives of the Baldwin
County Teachers’ Club; Miss Alma
Wall and Miss Leila Lamar, represent-
itives of the Music Cljb. Mrs. J. \.
Calloway and Miss Clara Hassloc!:,
district chairman, and Mrs. M. M.
Parks, who was invited to respond to
the address of welcome.
Virginia Tunnel!, Miss Minnie- Grant,
Miss Marji Amcss and MijfcOlive Beil.
PERSONAL ITEMS
Miss Hazel Turner, of Ashburn,
spent the week-end here the guest of
Miss Agnes Cline. Miss Turner will
return shortlyi and will be with Miss
Cline during the Georgia Military
College commencement.
Mrs. E. E. Bass spent the week-end
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Bass, at their lovely home "Rural
Shades" at Deveraux.
Mrs. J. C. Cornell, of Albany, wilt
come to Milledgevllle the latter part
of the week and will- be the geest of
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Myrtck^during
Beautiful Social Affair.
The largest and most delightful so-
I affair ol last week was the re-
eption at which Mrs. Robert Swint
mtertained from At 7 o’clock at her
ovely suburban home Saturday after-
an in honor of .Mrs. Robert Stone,
ho has recently made her home here.
Jre. L. P. iLongino and Miss Callie
'ook received in ihe hall and the re
iving line, which was composed of
:he following ladies, Mrs. Robert
Swint, Mrs. Robert Stone, Mrs. R. S.
Stone, Miss Ruth Stone, Mrs, L. M.
Jones, Sr., Mrs. John Barrett, Miss
Marion Hollinshead and Miss Trawick,
tooil in the living room.
From the reception line, the guests
were ushered to the dining room by
Mrs. W. S. Myrick and Mrs. Y. A. Yar-
rough, where they were served de-
ishtful refreshments.
The pink color scheme idea was car
ried out in all the details of the en-
ertainment, the rooms being charm-
n*ly decorated with oDrothy Perkins
roses.
The dining room, which was lighted
•>.' the soft glow from pink unshaded
tapers, made an unusually charming
scent- In tlie center of the room stood
a largp table, having as its central de
coration a crystal bowl of pink roses,
from wh ii Mrs. yj j-> Allen and Mrs.
J - Vt - Mobley poured tea.
Assisting the entertainment of the
guests were Mrs. Sid Jones, Mrs.
fanner, Miss Mamie Trawick and Miss
Elizabeth Jones.
Sponsors Named By Cadet Of
ficers.
Much social interest centers around
the names of the young ladies who I commencement,
have been ■’chosen by the four compa-1 ———
ni-as of the Georgia Military College j Lieut. Arthur Carr, of Camp Wheel
to represent them in the competitive er, spent the week-end at home,
drills which take place Tuesday after
noon at 4:30 o’clock on the Georgia
Military Ccllege drill grounds.
The battalion staff is composed of
Capt. C. M. Allen, Major Lewis Barnes
and Adjutant Thomas Binford.
Captain Graybill. Lieutenants Beil
and Crossly announce that the spon
sors for Company A will be Misses
Hattie Lou Johnson, Olive Bell, Ellen
Ennis, of Milledgeviile; Myrtle Smith,
of Tennile, and Alice Baumgardner,
of Hawkinsviile, the company colors
being old gold and white.
Company B, with Parks as Captain,
Brannen and McCullough as Lieuten
ants, will be represented by Misses
Regina Cline and Mary Little, of Mill
edgeviile; Marion Corrigan, of Atlanta,
Gladys Greene, of Eatcnton, and Fran
cos Will, ot Atlanta, the company col
ors being lavender and white.
Captain Terry, Lieutenants Lamar
and Lowe, of Company C, have select
ed as their representatives Misses Ol
iva Amoss, Ruth Youngblood, Frances
Fov/ler nnd Mrs. J. W. Mobley, o? Mill
edgeviile, Miss Ruth Burrows, of Ten
nessee, and Miss Sara Alexander, of
Augusta. The company colors will be
gold and black.
Captain Sibley, Lieutenants Fuller
and Broach, of Company D, announce
tho following young ladies as spon
sors for their company, the colors be
ing pink and white.
Misses Antionette Hines and Mary
Sibley, of Milledgeviile; HatUe Lucy
King, of Macon; Ccrinne McKenzie, of
Montezuma, and Caroline Shivers, of
Atlanta. \
PERSONAL ITEMS
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Robinson and
children were the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Bass at Devereux Sunday.
Mrs. George D. Case, accompanied
by Miss Mattie Thomas, lett Monday
for Chattanooga, where she went to
visit her son, Lieut. Clark Case, who
will soon he moved from Camp Green-
leaf.
Miss Frances Fowler, who is now
at Shorter College, Rome, will be at
home next week and she will have as
her guest during the commencement
season, Miss Ruth Burrows, of Ten
nessee.
Miss Verna Lumpkin, of Griffin, Is
the guest of Miss Mhry Little fer a
few days.
Mr. W. T. Garrard, Jr., who is sta
tinned at Camp Gordon, was In Mill
edgeviile visiting his parents for the
week-end.
Lieut. John M. Burke came down
from Camp Gordon to spend Sunday
with his parents, Capt. and Mrs. J. M.
Burke.
Rev. J. C. Wilkinson left Sunday for
Hot Springs, Ark., where he will at
tend the Scuthern Baptist Convention,
which convenes there Wednesday.
Mrs. Spencer Powell, who has been
the guest of Mrs. Oscar McAfee for
several days, has returned to her home
in Sylvania.
Capt. C. T. Caraker, of Camp Wheel
er, spent the week-end In the city.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Hugh Andrews,
of Fort Sill, Oklahoma, spent Friday
and Saturday here with Mr. and Mrs.
tL. H. Andrews en route to Columbia,
S. C., where Lieutenant Andrews rtill
be stationed.
Major Lewis Barnes left Monday
for Camp Sevier, Columbia, S. C.,
where he will receive training in the
Officers Training Camp.
Misses C. B. Kate Banks, Clifford
Wilson and Emily Clark visited friends
in Milledgeviile recently.
Mrs. Loula K. Rogers, who has been
visiting her brother, Dr. T. R. Ken
dall, has returned to her home in Ten-
nille.
Mr. Willie Maxwell, of Camp Wheel
er, visited friends here S nduy.
Miss Hattie Tracy King* of Macon,
will be the attractive guest of. Miss
Antionette Hines during the com
mencement season.
Mr. R. E. Stembridge and Mrs. VV.
D. Stembridge spent Thursday in Ma
con.
Mr. Donald Di ther left Sunday for
his home in Washington, D. C., after
a visit to his parents, Hon. and Mr3.
Joseph E. Pottle.
Miss Effle Granade, who has been
teaching in Florida, is at home with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. tc. Gran
ade.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Walker and Mrs.
John T. Day will leave today to spend
several days In Ocilla, the guests of
Mr. Walker’s niete, Mrs. Melvin Pauik^
If Swift & Company
- Made No Profit
The cattle raiser would receive only
V 8 cent a pound more for his cattle
So small is Swift & Company’s
profit on any single transaction
that if it were turned over to the
cattle raisers of the country, they
would receive only Va cent a
pf&und more for cattle than they
receive now.
Swift & Company pays for live cattle
about 90% of the amount received for
dressed meat and by-products. The
remaining 10% pays for packing-house
expense, freight to market, operation
of distributing houses and profit. Swift
& Company’s actual figures per head
for 1917 orr over two million cattle
were as follows:
Receipts
Payments
Mrs. Mamie Griswold;- who iB teach-^
lng at Haddock, spent the week-end
here with her mother, Mrs. W. L. Be-
thune.
French War Orphan Fund.
The adies of the Woman’s Club are
urged to send the 50 cents, which goes
toward the support of French war or
phans, to Mrs. H. E. McAulifte, who is
treasurer of this special fund.
A number of the ladies have already
sent in their contributions and sev
eral people who are not members of
the club have asked for the privilege
of giving to this worthy cause.
A complete list of club members
and friends of the club donating to
this fund will appear in next week’s
issue of The Milledgeviile News.
Miss Clara Wjlltams left Monday
morning for Atlanta and will visit
friends and relatives in South Caro
lina, going to Manning and Abbeville.
She wilt be away about a month.
Clear Your
Complexion
with This
Old Reliable
Remedy—
COCK!
SulphurCompoumd
For pimples, black-heads, freckles. WotAes
and tan, as well as formore serious face..scalp
and body eruptions, hives, ecsema. etc . tue
Physicians agree that
maet affective blood
member, a good co
—U’a health deep.
Be sore to ask for HANCOCK SULPHUR
COMPOUND, It has been used with satis
factory results for over 25 years.
50c and $1 the bottle
at your druggist's. If he can’t supply y
send his name and the twjcelnstamp*<
we will lead you a bottle direct.
HANCOCK LIQUID SULPHUK
COMPANY
Baltimore. Mi.
JbaMi mlflmr C.H.S.M*
oint—lS rt Mt—ftr<m «*•
Ueuid CempeuruL
e that sulphur Is aoe of the
hlnod Durificn known. Re-
uSSpRSSa isn’t ekla deeg
From
By-products
$24.00
26%
From
, Meat
$68.97
74%
Total
$93.06
Total
$93.06
* Thi» net profit of $1.29 per heed
average* % cent a pound live weight.
' And out of this small net profit divi
dends must be paid to shareholders.
Year Book of interesting and
instruction* facts sent on request.
Address Swift St Company,
Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Illinois
Swift & Company, U.S. A.
Rev. J. C. Wilkinson To Bap
tist Convention.
Aft’-r filling his regular appointment
Sunday evening at the allptlst Church
,tev - 1 C. Wilkinson left for Atlanta,
* llere hl ’ joined a delegation from that
Koing to Hit Springs, Ark., to
* Uenrt ,,l( ’ Southern Baptist Convert- 1
tlon. *
' ,r W ilkinson was elected as a del-
,0 represent the Baptist Church
r hL city in the convention which
•wivenes today and which continues
,, irounh next Tuesday.
At this convention, Baptist ministers
note and laymen of prominence of
| " Southern Baptist division will be
a <tendnnce and the meeting is ex
pected to be one of the most interest-
c occasions of the kind taking place
l!1 any former year.
In Honor of Miss Powell.
Miss Louise Walker entertained
very delightfully Thursday afternoon
in honor of Mrs. Spencer Powell, of
Sylvania, the attractive guest of Mrs.
Oscar McAfee.
The rooms were charmingly decorat-
Informal Party.
''olightfully informal affair of
•s'unlay evening was the party at
* lc b Miss Louise Greene was hostess
p ' Kuegtg Included Miss Nina Thomp-
'"' 8 * Ruth Parks, Miss Livy Co-
'” r Mr. Willie Maxwell, of Camp
heeler, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Gaston,
r Greene and Mr. Smith, all of
’’ h Hig|, School.
m, At " * ate hour delightful refresh
'D. consisting of cream and cake
'® r * served.
Where Roaches Hide
No matter how few or how many
roaches are in your home nor how
long they have frequented it, you
can get rid of everyone of them by
sprinkling BEE BRAND INSECT
POWDER in their hiding places. It
means sure death to every bug that
comes in contact with it. Harmless
to human beings and domestic ani-
Bee Brand Insect Powder
fan It Into the al»
flies nnd mosquitoes
die in s few mfnntes.
WUl kill ants, fleas,
roaches, bed-bugs, lice,
end bugs of nearly every
kind. Directions on
package. Look for the
jfcZlSwd Trade Mark.
Evwrywherw
iCMta.ll
******
One Thing Important
This Summer is that of Obtaining Quality when Buying Men’s Garments, —
Though not everywhere will you find it, But—
AT MYRICK’S YOU WILL
If the Myrick store has been known for any one thing it has been that of
quality—the Myrick store, as a whole, stands for the sme idea.
Whaever you buy at Myrick’s character goes with it, as does the dependabil
ity of a fine old store. That is why You may look this summer, as at any other
time, with certainty to find
GOOD CLOTHES AT $10 TO $35 AT MYRICK’S
MEN’S DEPARTMENT ,
These clothes are made of fabrics of real dependability; workmanship is
first-class and unskimped in any respect, unusually fine tailoring to make up for
the slightly higher prices that really good fabrics command this season.
QUALITY, SKILL, CARE — EVERYWHERE
Warranty of long satisfaction with the good fit, good service That garments
so made and planned, with the thought ol maintaining a reputation, are certain to give.
FOR GOOD CLOTHES, GO T 0 A GOOD STORE.
Go to Myrick’s and you will get clothes of a reputable make, which insures you of satisfaction in
THE LONG RUN.
THE IV. S. MYRICK COMPANY
MEN’S DEPARTMENT