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Miller County Liberal
NO 50
Revival Services
Rev. J. M, Sullivan of Macon is
c inducting a series of meetings at
the Baptist Church. Much inter
est is being manifested in them.
They will paobably close at the
evening service Sunday, so it be
hooves those who would bear the
faithful servant of (rod to be at
the ehurcb this week at the 11
o’clock A. M. and 8 P. M.
Everybody is invited.
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A Card
Os Thanks
We deeire to exprets our thanks
and )be thanks of our great-aunt,
Mrs. Bettie Haul, for every kind
ness manifested during the illness
andsubsequentdeath ->f our mother
Mrs. Hattie McNair.
We hepe God wi'l bless every
friend and acquaintance who has
been so kind to ns in our deed
trouble.
Sincerely,
A. G. McNair,
Jno. F. McNu r,
(Miss) Agnes McNair,
and the four other eons.
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Mr C. B. Bush
Elsewhere in Ibe Liberal, Mr
C B. Bust), a popular, experienced
and reliable automobile dealer,
speaks to the people of South
West Georgia through The Liber
al this week.
The new line rs care lie will dis
play will not only be a credit to
Mr. Bush, but a credit to our town
and county.
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Bells Cash Store
For low ptices on on Groceries
call on R. S. Bell in the brick
store at the depot.
He is a commendable young
merchant witti a depedable line of
the necessaries.
He will be pleased to know that
bis “ad” on the front page was no
tice by any reader. Tell him you
appreciated his low prices.
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A Card
Os Thanks
vVewish to thank our friends and
neighbors for their many mani
festations of kindness and sympa
thy extended us in the sickness
and death of.our sister and aunt;
and we especially desire to thank
those who took their cars and car
ried the family to the cemetery.
May God’s richest blessings be
showered upon each one of you.
VVm. Middleton <fe family,
Jno. Middleton & family,
Henry Middleton & family.
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Her friends will regret to learn
that Mrs. L E. Calhoun woe pain,
fully ill last week. She is now 1
convalescing.
WATCH COLQUITT GROW THE LEADING CITY OF SOUTHWET GEORGIA
PULL FOR COLQUITT OR PULL OUT
Liberalities
Socials, Locals, and Personals.
Mr. J. C Roberts, a loyal citiz -i
, of the Twilight vicinity, was her.
Friday.
B. H. Fudge now showing the
new colors in Ladies puncture
proof Hosiery at §I.OO pair.
Judge Bush Vann, of Babcock,
was attending to business here
Saturday.
Mr. G. W. Chambers, asubatHi.-
tint citizen from the Hand commu
nity, was here Saturday.
B. H. Fudge is now showing
the new ladies’ bats for fall hi d
winter.
Heavy rains fell Thursday and
Friday evenings of lust week, and
two light showerscooh d the almon
phere Sunday and Monday of this
week.
B. H. Fudge has received a ship
ment of “Puncture Proof Hosiery”
in silk. All the new fall shad<t>
at only SI 00 per i air.
Mr. G. W.Cook,accompanied by
Mr. L. R. Kimbrel, visited hi.
only grand Bon in Panama City,
Fla., lawt week. The gentleman
from Colquitt was well pleased
with the baby, a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Horace Cook.
B. H. Fudge now has on sale tl.e
all silk satin dresses at §7 18.
Mr. hi d Mts. Win. Roy Jote s,
who left Colquitt the 18th lilt, for
Tennessee, returned the 17th inst.
They foetid their daughter, little
Jacquelin, whom they left with
her grand mother, weighing six
pounds more than she did whet
tiny went away. Mr. Jones wil
ooen the Pine Hill .Consolidated
School on Aug. 31.
Dr. -J, D. Chason, his wife and
their daughter?, from Miami, Flu.,
stopped over here this week, visi -
ing his sister, Mrs. J. M. Grow,
and his his brother in-law. Mr. El.
L. Harrell. They expect to motor
onto Montgomery,Ala., where they
will visit relatives and friends be
fore returi i >g to their borne in th
" Peninsular State ”
Mrs. F. C- Bell, accompanitr
by her brother, Mr. Cliff Dancer,
and her daughter, Miss Gather
ine Bell, reached here List week
She likes her new home in Winter
Haven, I la., principally, becausi
her husband is pleased with th
place. She didn't express that tact;
but the editress was inclined t<
think that “Miss Lucile,'’ as sbeh
popularly called in her native city .
finds no place like their home here
Mr. Dancer and Miss Bell wil
re main to resume their studier
in the Colquitt High School, which
is to open soun.
The many friends of Mrs J. M
Miller will be -glad to know thai
she will be brought home tomor
row from the hospital where slit
! has been for several weeks. She
s almost well again.
lOLQIIIT, GEORGIA., WEDNESDAY, Aug. 19 1925
Mr '1 ■ in Hays, painfully ill last
Week is again able to serve the pa
rous of tin P. O here.
Mr \\ . C Underwo id left Wash
ington D. (’. with bis family Mon*’
day and arrived at bis home here
j Tuesday. He drove his Dodge car:
’' on the trip.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M, Sheffield'
vert in town yesterday. He isj
still weak from bis tedious illutsa;
but Ins many friends art glad that
he is now convalescing.
After a delightful trip to dif
' fereut places in Middle Georgia
and to Emory University, Mrs, J
L. E ibb has leturned home, but
she left her youngest son, Mr
L'uiuslon, with hits only bro'her,
VI r. Elmo Tabb. The two Loya ‘
are now at ■Junaluska, N. C, a l
great resort, when S.ii'tliern Meth* I
odist hold many conferences. |
Their friends were gl <1 to see
Mr. and Mrs. “Dutch" Cook, in
town Tuesday.
B. H. Fudga has just received a
■ :?>tnp'efe ’ line- el tliai new and ex
elusive material, Dollie Dimple, ;
tn all the new colors, tints and |
shades. Inep ct it. You’ll be j
pleased. Only 50ets per yard.
“Modern Girl Silk Hosiery, 1 ’ all
> ipular shades, including the pan
j y purple. “They certainly do
wear" is the verdict passed on
thrtse hosi by those who wear 'em
§1.48 At B 11. Fudge’s.
Mr G. W. Cook, accompanied
oy Mr Leroy Kimbrel, visited his 1
only grandson in Panama City 1
Fla. last week. The gentleman from
Colquitt was very muck pleased
..“th the baby, a son of Mr and
Mrs Horace Cook.
Mr G. W. Chambers, a eubetan.
ial citiz in from the Hand commu
nity, was here Saturday.
Mr T. P McDonald who has
Ueen Buffering rheumatism, is now
ible to be up. Yesterday he and
)is wife carried Mbs Elizabeth
Barrett over to Albany where she
ook the train for her 1 one in
Ocilla.
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Killed In Automo
bile Accident
.-x young Mr. Parr, while driv
ng a Ford coupe in Baker county
tot far from tbs “King place,”
v >ich is near to Big Cypre 6
PeeK, was almost instantly killed
Sunday af-.eruoon when bis ma
:l>ine ran into a ditch by the road,
nd turned on its side.
The deceased was not married
le was a son of the late Wright
Parr, and was accompanitd by his!
cousin.
Mr. J. L Tabb of this city wrs >
the funeral dir ctor; and the body '
■ was interred in the cemetery at,
Christ church.
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J' Special Turn Over Week ■ B
Aug. 17th to Aug. aaond. I
At My Store Look at These Prices I
24 lb 0. K. Flour 8. R. $1.20
• 24 lb Rebel Girl Flour 8. R. $1.20 la
24 lb Helmet Flour 8. R. SI.BO C
24 lb Merry Widow Flour 8. R. $1.40 €
124 lb Mother Goose 8. R. $1.50
24 lb Gold Medal Plain $1.50 *
12 lb Fashion 8. R. 0.65 ■
15 lb Sugar SI.OO ■
6 burs Oct agon, Boag .25
k Meat I) 8. per pound .26 I
Lard, Compound per pound .16
Everybody knows what Helmet, Mer- |
| ry Widow, Gold Medal and Mother ?
Goose are. Buy a barrel while the price is
right. These are specials tor this week.
Prices are the best in town on ail gro- c
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| _ I carry a full line of fancy groceries,
L * produce and candies. B
> While ginning your cotton my
ters, Your Patronage will be Appreciated. ft
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LThe Brick Store At the Depot. |
Sister Dies
Saturday night nt 8:33 o’clock,
the gentle spirit of Mrs? Aucy Lo
Gear was claimed by death.
Fo two weeks she hud sullered
igonios with diabetes and an ab
scest on her back, from which
blood poison developed.
“Aunt Ancy,’’ as she was lov
ingly called by hundreds, had been
a cripple since childhood, but she
(ways bore her affliction with
patience. *
She was ever ready to do what
she could for other, and numbered
her friends by her acquaintances
She had been a widow for five
years, and bad made her heme
with different relatives; but bad
-pent the most of her time witi
her.brother, Mr. Wm. Middleton,
where she died.
Resided the brother mentioned
ibove she leaves three other broth
rs, Messrs John and Henry Mid
dletou, of Early county, and Mr
f. If. Middleton, of Bryan, Texas
She was a member of Harmony
Methodist church
Sunday afternoon, in the quit
0 ty of tlie Deal, tn the Cnbicom
nutiity, in Early county. Rev. R
F. Dennis, of Colquitt, conducts
the funeral service by the ope.
grave, after which her body wa
laid to rest by the side of her lab
husband.
The choir sang “Asleep Io Je •
, sus” and “Nearer My God T> I
;Tliee.”
Mr, J, 1. Tabb was tun rd di
[ rector, nun a large crowd of friends
'and relatives were present.
| May i e who doeth all things!
'well bind up the hearts of her loved ;
ones, and be made to feel, “Thy I
will O God, not initr-, be done., |
One Who Loved Her.
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S. S. Class Party
Honoring the of her |
S. S. class in the M. E. Sunday [
School, Miss Nelle Wilkin enter-j
tained the children at the attract-j
ive home of tier parents, Hon. and I
Mrs. S. B. Wilnin, Thursday eve-1
uing from 7 to 10 o'clock.
The guests enjoyed many games.
Aft.-rwards punch and sandwiches
were serv. fl.
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Cotton
As We go to press wy learn tb .1
ibjut eleven hundred bales of cot
on have b<*en ginned at the two
ginneries here.
The price this week plays around
the 22 l-2cts mark.
Pickers are receiving one dollar
i hundred for gathering; and many
fields in this county have already
been harvested, or rather those
icres, burned and d ied, have
given forth all they will produce.
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1 Judge Bush Vann of Babcock
I attending to business here Salt r
day.
T'OL XXWIII
Meeting To
Organize Board
Os Trade
Tuesday evening a number of
public spirited citizens met nt the
court house to organize the Miller
County Board Os Trade.
Among those attending this mod
uli;, called to devise ways an >
means of placing the advantages
jpf this section before the natioi,
i wer?:
Mayor E. B. Baughs, Messrs A
D Walker, R. M. Miller, L. Cow
art, B. B Houston, J. A. Druk-,
B. F. Galloway, E. B. Bush, D J
Sudde.'etb, J. T. Jones, W. H. Ed
wards Jr., Tom Haye, Hugh Pow
ell, H P. Cook, Carl McCo.inc 1
Hunter Riwls and M. Davis.
At the meeting next Tuesday
evening a rousing citizens’ meet
ing is to be held, and Mr. Busi ,
■j-cretarv of the Bainbridge Biaro
of Trade, is to be invited to list
the benefits to be derived from
a live Boa id of Trade.
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Mr. Paul Pennington and sis
ters, Mieses Ruth and Esther, Pen
nington, of Blountstown, Fla ,
stopped over here Tuesday as tiny
were enroute to Atlanta. From
here Messrs Pete Wilkin, Ecd
Bird and Mite Alleen Wilkin a*-
compaiiitd the Floiidians, the r
friends, ns far as Arlington.