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Hazleharst News
AND ENTERPRISE
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OTTO MIDDLETON, Publisher
Entered at the Post Office at
Hazlehurst, Ga., as second class
uil matter. ‘
When we write the truth it
isn’'t so necessary to keep a
carbon copy. |
A hypocrite is one who pre
tends to believe a person whom
he knows is lying.
The fellow who wants to be
gin at the top should become a
well driller.
Eskimo songs reaching this
country by radio are said to be
almost as bad as our own.
Chinese girls should have no
difficulty in learning stenogra
phy, there being no spelling in
that hqtuage.
Goiter is said to be becoming
more prevalent among young
women, Perhaps another argu
ment against necking parties.
Praising the town ladies for
having the cemetery cleaned up,
an exchange declares that ‘‘the
grave-yaird looks most inviting.”’
Some of our friends are such
good fellows that we can al
-most forgive them for having
such fool notions about religion
and politics. i
Lady Astor says Americans
4o not understand Europeans,
she might have added that
Americans do not understand
one another, either. ;
An editor gets many an idea
from folks who suggest how to
run the paper. Most frequently
it is the idea that he’d liketo
shoot the suggester.
Johnson Wright of Missouri,
bequeathed 120 acres of land to
the Almighty, who was desig
nated in the deed as the ‘‘party
of the second part.” o
A Maine woman, 106 years
old, attributes her long life to
the fact that she has always
minded her own business. Re
formers will say she has paid a
terrible price.
Mr. W. N. Gantt has an
aounced for J. P. for this dis
trict. 'The election will be held
Saturday, December Ist, He
is the only candidate placing
+4is announcement in the news
paper so for.
A rush of display advertising
~-matter is the reason our news
eolumns are a little short this
.week. However, if it wasn’t
for the advertisements we
awould soon have to close the‘
~ One Day Fair A Success
The one day fair held at the
Wwhacco warehouse in Hazlehurst
#ast Friday was a success in
ry way. Good speeches were
mmd and the different
euhibits were fine. Satilla won
dest prize with her exhibit
which was fine and well dis-
There is a move on foot pow
#wholda County Fair in Hazle-
Smust aoxt fall and it is the in
dmmtion of the leaders to get
puecyhody interested in the
‘#aic and have a week of it
dastead of one day. |
It has been more than proven
that a Fair helps a County
wonderfully, and Jeff Davis
wounty should not miss holding
dts Fair annually.
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71 OCAL NEWS -
A Paragraph About You
And Your Friends.
INSURE WITH W, W, SMITH.
Let us send the News to you?‘
Mrs. W. B. Graham and Miss
Charlotte Graham were guests
of relatives in Hazlehurst last
week-end.—The Douglas Enter
prise.
Miss Lillian Williams, of Wes
leyan College. Macon, spent the
week-end with her mother,
Mrs. S. J. Hayes.
Mrs. J. W. Tinley returned to
her home in Macon Tuesday,
after a visit to her daughter,
Mrs. W. H. Brooks.
The P. T. A. Social will be
held at the home of Mrs. B. B.
McDonald next Wednesday
afternoon at 4 o’clock. .
Miss Mary Leone Bennett, of
Milledgeville, spent the week
end with her parents here.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Wood
spent Tuesday in Douglas.
Mrs. G. M. Quinn and daugh
ter, spent the week-end in
Alma, _
Mrs. J. A. Cromartie, Sr.; is
the guest of Mr. and ‘Mrs, H. L.
Cromartie near Albany.
Mrs. C. L. Thompson will
leave the latter part of this
week for Waldo, Fia., where
she will spend the winter.
Quite a number of' Hazlehurst
people spent Monday in ‘Way-
Cross.
Miss Nix is out again after a
severe attack of flu, k-
Mrs. W. E. Mitchell and Mrs.
J. J. Hammock were recent
visitors in Baxley. |
Mr. und Mrs, Estin Cromar
tie, of Baxley, were guests of
relatives here recently. |
Circle No. 1 met with Mrs.
Beb Williams Monday afternoon{
'with 6 members present,
Mr. and Mrs. Obie Johnson
’announce the arrival of a son.
~ Miss Estelle Harrison spent
'Monday in Baxley. -
~ Mrs. E. K. Fisher is spending‘
a few days in Atlanta with her
daughter, Miss Ada Wilma
Fisher. :
Circle No. 2 met with Mrs. B.
Rush Monday afternoon with 7
members present. ~ |
Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Harrison
and children, of Baxley, spent
Sunday with relatives here.
Mrs. A. C. Fraseur has re
turned from a visit to her
daughter in Macen.
Mrs. W. W. Smith and little
son have returned home from
an extended visit te her sister,
Mrs. Walter Davis, in New
Haven, Conn, -
Mrs. Jep Welch came down
from Atlanta and "spent the
week-end with her sister, Mrs.
Bessie Rush. |
Lott-Denmark
A marriage of interest to
their many friends, was that of
Mrs. Maude Lott to Mr. T. C.
Denmark, on last Wednesday.
The couple motored to Reids
ville where the ceremony' was
performed.
Mrs. Denmark is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
‘Harrison and was reared in
thiselty., ~ ¢ L% ‘
~ Mr. Denmark is & prominent
business men of Hazlehurst.
After a short wedding trip to
Snnnngh. Mr. and Mrs. Den
'mark are at home to their many
friends in Hazlehurst, who wish
them along happy voyage on
'the sea of matrimony.
" Strayed or Stolen from my
place, a big red bull. Marked
crop in right ear, upper square
in left. Branded I. G. on left
hip. Finder please notify
Mrs. Abbie Girtman,
Hazlehurst, Ga.
Methodists Are -
Assigned For Year
Rev.J. Frank Snell Comes
To Hazlehurst.
Columbus, Ga., Nov. 12.—The
following assignments of the
South Georgia confernce were
announced today .by Bishop
Beauchamp: _
Below we publish the Mcßae
District.
J. C. G. PBrooks, Presiding
Elder—Alamo ecircuit, Roy
Gardner; Altamaha cireuit, F,
M. Salter; Baxley, M. A. Shaw,
Baxley circuit, E. A. Sanders;
Albert Outler, junior preacher;
Chauncey circuit, W. J. -Sim
mens; Chaxton, J. D. Smith;
Eastman, J. L. Jones; Glenn
ville circuit, W, E. Hightower;
Graham circuit, C. B." Coleman,
supply; Hagan cireuit, Roy
Sampley; Hazlehurst, J. Frank
Snell; Helena circuit, w. C.
Bryant; Jacksonyille circuit,
0. H. Rhodes; Lumber City,
L. T. Rogers; Lyons, H. Ethe
ridge; Mcßae, J. O. J. Taylor;
Mount Vernon circuit, L. W.
Walker; Pembroke circuit, A. L.
Green: Reidsville circuit, B. F.
West: Rhine circuit, J. 0. Stana
land; Surrency circuit, H. L.
Pearson; Uvalda circuit, T. M.
Luke; Vidalia, W. W. Blitch;
missionary evangelist Dublin
and Mcßae districts, W. H.
Wilcox.
Thomas Jefferson’s
Statues In Mourning
On Virginia Campus
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Charlottesville, Va., Nov. 7.—
Two statues of Thomas Jeffer
son on the campus of the Uni
versity of Virginia, which he
founded, were draped in black
when ‘the first day dawned on
Republican Virginia Wednesday.
Aninscription attached to one
of the shrouds read:
‘““T'o the memory of Jeffer
sonian democracy and religious
freedlom in Virginia—Died
November 6, 1958," ,
Big Sales In Hazlehurst
J. Cohen, one of Hazlehurst’s
‘most prominent merchants, has
declared war on prices and is
offering his new Fall and Win
ter goods to the public at really
low prices. A personal note
from Cohen appearing in his
page advertisement in this issue
will explain his motive for put
ting on this sale. Read it.
Denmark Brothers Company,
one of the big new stores in
Hazlehurst, has cut prices on
their new line of merchandise.
This store carries a well as
gorted line of general merchan
dise and especially a complete
line of shoes. This live firm
contracted for the entire front
page of this paper for this week
to herald their offerings to the
public. Read their ad.
~ Both the above business
houses are well known in Jeff
Davis county and when they
get ready to cut prices they
come to their home newspaper
to announce it, and we know
of no merchants carrying ,a
better and newer line thanJ.
Cohen or Denmark Brothers:
}Hulehur'st Obo’o’“rveo . al
e Armistice Day
~ The business houses of H?!p-_
hurst were all closed last Mon~
day in observance eof Armistice
Day. The schools were also
closed for the day in‘céléhration
of the Tenth Anniversary of
the World War. Everything
passed off quietly in Hazlehurst
and there were no fixed pro
grams. :
Just received shipment of fine
stationery. The News, -
anley’s Partnéu»«l
Sentences Upheld
Atlanta, Nov, 9,—The United
States District attorney’s office
today announced receipt of ad
vices from New Orleans saying
that the United States Circuit
Court of appeals there had af
firmed penitentiary sentences
for Lorne R. Adams and John
D. Russell, indicted with W, D.
‘Manley and others on mail fraud
charges growing out of failure
of more than 100 banks in Flori
da and Georgia.
~ Adams and Russell were tried
jointly with Joseph A. Sasser
and ‘Paul J. Baker, other of
ficials of the Bankers Trust
Company, and were convicted
‘March 23, 1927.
Sasser has since died and
Baker accepted a prison sen
tence of five years and a fine of
SI,OOO. Clemency was reco
mmended for Russell and he
received a sentence of two years
in Atlanta federal penitentiary
and SI,OOO fine. Adams was
sentenced to five years and pay
ment of SI,OOO fine together
with Baker and Sasser.
Sutton Freé Under Bond
Valdosta, Ga., Nov. 9.—Clar
ence Sutton, cashier of the First
Bank of Cook county when it
closed a few weeks ago, and
who is charged by the auditors
with having a shortage of more
than $20,000 in his accounts, has
given bond for his appearance
in the Cook county courts.
The young man Wwas taken
into custody .at Tampa, Fla,
where he was visiting, and
readily consented to return to
Georgia without extradition
papers. He was brought to
Valdosta and held pending a
final decision regarding the al
leged shortage, after which
bond was assessed and furnish
‘ed promptly.
While being held in Valdosta
Sutton retained an attorney to
represent him. He has steadily
declined to discuss the charge
'aaainst him except to say that
he is confident that the result es
a more thorough investigation
will show that there isa mis
take about the alleged shortage.
As soon as the bond was ar
ranged the former cashier left
this city, howevef, it was not
stated where he was going.
'Man Slays Wife
Jumps Into Well
Lavonia, Ga., Nov. 11.—El
mer Guest, a farmer living in
this community, today shot and
fatally wounded‘his wife with.a
‘double-barreled shotgun and
then pitched himself into the
well on his farm, according to
sheriff’s officers here. Guest,
was ramoved from the well and
is now being held in jail at
Hartswell.
The shooting oeccurred this
morning after Guest, whom
officers state had been under
the influence of liquor for some
time, had engaged in an alter
cation with his wife. i
A passerby saw the farmer
strike Mrs. Guest, and later
heard the reportof a gun, the
officers say. The man returned
to the house to see Guest fleeing
and was later attracted to the
well when he heard Guest call
ing to his dead wife: ‘‘Come
get me out.”’
~ For Justice of the Peace -
I hereby announce my candi
dacy for the office of Justice of
the Peace of the 1364th District,
G. M., subject to th%{g,ction to
be held Saturday, De¢ember Ist,
1928. |
I greatly ‘appreciate the vote
of confidence bestowed upon me
jf_ g‘q:t elections and if I merit a
To the
first half-million
| new
Ford owners
AT 5
TO THE half-million men
and women who have re
ceived new Fords in the last
eleven months, there is no
need to dwell on the per
formance of the car.
You have tested its speed
on the open road. In traffic
you have: noted its quick ac
celeration and the safety of
its brakes. You know how
it climbs the hills. On long
trips and over rough
stretches you have come to
appreciate its easy - riding
comfort. Continuous driv
ing has proved its economy
of operation and low cost
of up-keep.
This is an invitation to
you to take full advantage
of the service facilities of
the Ford dealer organiza
tion so that you may con
tinue to enjoy many thou
sands of miles of carefree,
economical motoring.
- The- point ‘is -this. ' You
have a great car in the new
Ford. It is simple in design,
constructed of the best ma
terials and machined with
unusual accuracy. It is so
well-made, in fact,
that it requires sur
piilingly little
ForD MOTOR COMPANY
Would You--
" drive your car without Oil, Wafer'and Air? Regular
lubrication is just as important to chassis’ bearings
as oil and water to the motor and air to .the tires.
" Let us lubricate your car every 500 miles with our
big air-driven grease gun. Dwive by and have your
tires properly inflated. Battery Service—Goodrich
Silvertown Tires and Tubes- Free road rervice.
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Wilkes’ Place
The Friendly Service Station---Here To Serve You Right.
Phone 74 . . . . Hazlehurst, Ga.
Lumber, - Sash, - Doors, - Molding,
‘Roofing, - Paints, - Plumbing,
Brick, - Lime, - Cement, etc.
C. O. Smith& Co.
| WILL MAKE PRICES RIGHT -
Phonea 18 and 20 s« Haszlehurst, Ga.
continuance of your confidence I
shall appreciate your vote in the
coming election,
.. Yours very truly, . .
. "W. N..GANTT.
Please assist me in gathering
the local news items by phoning
64. Mrs Otto Middleton. I
attention. Yet that doesn’t
mean it should be neglected.
Like every other fine piece
of machinery, it will serve
you better and longer if
given proper care.
One of the best -ways to
do this is togtake your car
to the Ford :&er gvery 500
miles for oiling and greas
ing and a checking-up of
the little things that have
such a.great bearing on lo
life and continuously go:i
performance.
Such an inspection may
mean a great deal to your
car. To you it means thou
sands upon thousands of
miles of motoring without
a care—without ever lifting
the hood. v
Ford dealers everywhere
have been specially trained
and equipped to service the
new Ford. You will find
them prompt and reliable
in their work, fair in their
to gglp you get the greatest
possible use from your gar
for the longest period at a
minimum of trouble and
pense. That is the
gtre meaning of
Ford Service. '
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W.R Wilson, Opt. D..
OPTOMETRIST. Douglas, Gs.
Also Lens Grinding Plant,
Special attention to ‘eross eyes'"’
of children and other difficult ca
ses, requiring eomplicated lenses.
Low percentage in school indi
cates high visual trouble—cor
rect glasses is the remedy.
Douglas, Georgia.