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Dr. Creel, who ha* charge of the
mountain school work of the South-
ora y-f**"* Convention, conducted
oar chapel serviee* one morainic last
wash. The SeriptQre was taken from
John 1:1-1T. Dr. Creel MNoght to
CO in a moot impressive manner, the'
eawntial things which go to make
np a painful Christian. He also,
S. The Ant reform—The clei
g of the her 1 - John 2:13-26.
4 Ike Ant sefesrdsd discourse
— John 3:1.12.
■ftp <mi student body.
Mt hapreesive program
in Os.dining room, as
Oggion elanas and by members of
the faculty. Daring the latter part
gf mini, the Juniors rose and
goag 4e the Freshmen, who in turn
nag go them. We are all indebted
fteWs Junior dan for a most do~-
■ghtfal and entertaining day.
The Freshman won from the Sen-
lata in the third gam* of the volley
ball series, thus getting the loving
cup. The third game which was the
rubber, waa played Monday morning
at • o’clock between the Seniors and
Tt ratios m Although the wind, was
Ugh and the court slippery from a
ah daring the night before, "a
good game waa put up. The first
safa^ of the gnaw the Seniors won
by the score of IS to 5. The next
tbM was IS to 6 in favor of the
KMriaarat. ' And the last third, which
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where boys and girls are trained to be more efficient citi
zens of State and more useful to themselves.
All courses of study—Excellent Busing— Department,
—Supervised study,—Reasonable rates.- Write
L H. BROWWNG, PMSMNT
NORMAN PARK, GA. ^
410 CHERRY-STREET
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THE MERCER CLUSTER
i
the girls, whose
to teach, how they
their efforts among
_ ^ and boys, who
of trained Christian
\ of class «’20
as guests
are Misses Lydia Dix-
Mintie Wilson,-
Eunice Furse and
v.
_ - t « noted im-
, entertained the student
‘‘7 with a most pleas-
__ Wednesday evening,
societies have elected
zti for the annual Inter
debate in April. They are
—: From the Polymnion so-
Allie Mae Boone, Loa-
Ark., and Miss Sara Glover,
from the Eunomian society,
Jacobs, Scottsboro, Ala.,
Mabel Owens, Rome.
“ “ A. it has been de-
1 of a meeting
there will be only
j Tuesday night. It
this one vesper ser-
' -i full, well-planned
i more to the mem
i thautiys^wo
, mapped out
1 to some ex-
circles: The topics are:
*- ip the first year of
* i 1:36-
wed-
to
John 3:
I punished you merely to show
Tove for you,” said - the fond
father after chastisement.
“That’s oil right, sobbed the small
—, “but it’s a g-g-good thing for
you that I ain’t b-bbig enough to re-
your Hove, that’s all.”
of the
, "a
first
e cup, was
i Freshmen
manifest
lOMEIBMGNEW
l¥EEYMY_
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XMAS GREETING CARDS
AMD BOOKLETS WILL BE
MOM FOPULAR this
year than EVER. WE
CARRY THE LARGEST AS
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QUALITY GOODS ONLY
TRADE WITH US.
THE J. W. BURKE
COMPANY
40C Chi vy SL, Macon, Ga.
PIEDMONT PUTS WCT
SCORE ON. 19 TO 7
In a thrilling basket* ball contest
staged on Piedmont court Thanksgiv
ing afternoon. Piedmont Institute sub
jected Glenville to a lashing of 19 to
7. The battle although a hard fought
orre was- cleanly played.
The teams were well matched, and
from the outset it could bd seen that
it would be no run .over for. either
side. A few minutes of hard playing
Glenville made a foul and Albert
Parker for Piedmont made it good
Then both teams made several trys
for goals, but neither side could score
Then Piedmont wrested the sphere
away and plunged over the field. At
-the end of the first quarter the score
was 4 to 3 in favor of Glenville.
At the beginning of the second quar
ter Jim Parker took the place of Jim
Mattox as right guard and Marion
Parker took the place of Irvin Town
send at center for Piedmont. Coach
Cults shouted ar.d .It looked as If
Piedmont boys went wild; Marion
Parker threw three goals in s-acces
sion. Then playing over the field for
awhile. Kicklighter was able to score
for Glenville. The first half ended
then with the scare standing 12 to 6
in Piedmont’s favor.
Both teams came in fresh at the
sounding of the whistle for the second
half. Both team* were determined
to win. Glenville made a foul . and
Albert Parker made it good for
Piedmont Then Marion Parker shot
a field goal for Piedmont. The third
quarter then ended the score stand
ing 15 to 6 in favor Piedmont.
At the beginning of the fourth quar
ter the teams entered the field with
new vim. Piedmont made a foul
Kicklighter scored, then Albert Par
ker made a goal for Piedmont. Mar
ion Parker made one for Piedmont
also. M. and A. Parker starred for
Piedmont, while Kicklighter starred
for Glenville.
Piedmont team showed that thev
had been in hard training under
Coach Cutts, since the last game, and
that they will have one of the strong
eft teams in South Georgia. Pied
mont has three morr games before
the holidays.
Odum. F. R. F. Kicklighter
Parker, A., L. F. ' Brewton, B. C.
Townsend, I C DeLoach
Mattox. J., R. G- Brewton, J. 0-
Meadows, H. L- G. N Sykes
> Odum, E. T. Odum for 1.
", M. -Parker; for J. Mat-
/ J. Parker. ‘. -
BLECKLEY-MEMORIAL
j A number of friends enjoyed the
reception on Thursday evening giv-
jen by the faculty and students.
*****
Rev. E. M. Snow spent the week
end in Greenville, S. C. attending
Founfere’s Day exercises at his al-
,ma mater, Furman University.
I _ *****
Miss Susan Tyler and Maud Pow-
! ell were visitors at the school. Miss
Tyler is the. corresponding secretary
I of the S. B. C. and Miss Powell is
the leader of the young people’s
work in. Georgia. They organized
Lite girls into a 'Y. W, A. and the
boys into a Y. M. A. The student
appreciated their visit and interest
and hope to have them at school
again.
”*♦
Miss Bernice was a weekend visi
tor at her home at Mountain City.
! ***•
'.ML-sas' Eu'.a S.wafford and
' ice Smith were visitors at
homo
WARE RECORD OF SOME OF THE OVERSEAS CLUB.
Oscar E. Brewer, the first man to leave M»‘fcer for the service, enlist,
ed in the regular army April 7. 191~. Saw service on the Mexican bor
der; landed in France April 28, 1918; in Vosges mountains, battle of
Frappelle, St. Mihiel, Aigone Forest; was gassed and slightly wounded:
j Louis B. Matthews, enlisted army Oct.' 30, 1917; landed in Europe
| July 17, 1918; in hospital service; school of A. E. F. University at
j- Beaume; landed in America' April 20, 1919.. -
P. E. Murray, U. S. N., trained at Norfolk, Va., and Harvard Radio
! School, Cumbrdige, Mass;; aboard U. S. S. New Hampshire in North
Sea; in army transport service.
W. W. Sinclair enlisted in regular army Aviation. Corps July 3,
Y917; landed-Europe Nov. 14,. 1917; on active duty from May 1918;
battle of St. Mihiel and Argone Forest; army of occupation; discharged
October 24, 1919.
J. E. Baynard,-enlisted army May, 1918; landed Europe Sept.,
1918; just behind Metz with 75th. R. R. Artillery when armistice signed;
landed America March 13, 1919. ■
E. B. Everett .enlisted navy April 6, 1917; service aboard U.S. S.
Connecticut and Oklahoma, home waters; Ticonderoga, Berwyn, and
New Hampshire, in transport service.’ \
L. W. Hardy, U. S. N. Aug. 20, 1917; trained Norfolk, Va., U. S.
Radio School Cambridge, Mass., and naval aviation school, Miami, Fla.;
landed Europe Sept. 20, 1918; five'months naval aviation camp; one
trip transport service March 1919; discharged April 29, 1919.
John K. Williams Chaplin (1st Lt.) enlisted Nov. 1917: landed in
France July 1918; was youngest chaplin in A. E. F., cited in general
orders; served in France with 308 infantry. 77th division (Lost Batal.
lion); discharged June 1919. . ■ • \
Roger G. Herrington, army, Oct. 4. 1916; service Mexican border; . j ^ ^ gon . y l0 khow t ^ t clara
landed Europe Feb. 21, 1918; second battle of Marne; drive on Jugvtg- B , ock|ev ha( , to leeaVe Kh|)ol this
ny; wounded Sept. 1, 191.8; d.scharged Jan. -29, 1919. , ^ cn account of her mothers ill-
J. W. Jones, enlisted-U. S. Marine June 16, 1917; landed in Franco
Feb. 9, 1918; Verdun trenches; Chateau Thtery sector; Soissons; Mar-
bach; wounded at St. Mihiel; army of occupation; discharged May 22,
1919- ; • . s
•Harry Spil ers enlisted in regular army; saw service in France,
discharged in 1919.
K. W. Knowles, enlisted regular army May, 20, 1917; landed in
Europe Aug. 17, T917j with first foreign troops to parade in’[ London;
with engineers built the Moutir docks; hospitals, camp shops,j etc.; dis
charged April 10, 1919.
M. A. Powell enlisted U. S. N. Dec. 15, 1917, trained Norfolk; U.
S. S. Mongolia transport service; U. S._S. America transport duty April,
1919; discharged Sept. 25, 1919. ‘ t
.O. B. Newsome, enlisted U. S. N. Nov-,. 1917.; trained Norfolk; ser
vice in the North Sea planting mines; transport duty aboard captured
German vessel; 20 months in foreign service; nine trips across;' dis-‘
charged Sept. 1919. - *
• T. G. McRay, enlisted U. S. N. April 12, 1917; trained at Norfolk
and Radio school-at Cambridge, Mass.; service in foreign waters; trans
port duty; mine laying fleet; discharged Feb, 16, 1919..
Mill edge S. Leach, army August 28, 1918;' landed in Europe Nov.
8, 1918; landed in America Feb. and was discharged March 13, 1919.
Edward Whitehead, 151st Machine Jun Bn : , Rainbow Division. All
btatles of that famous division.
“Smokey" Harper, 151st Machine Gun Bn., Rainbow Division.
All battles of that famous division until wounded while facing enemy
in machine gun fire.
Clar-
their
at Cherchero last weekend.
*****
I
| ness. Hppe she can be back soon.
I • *****
Mr. Carter Gailey and sister
Were recent visitors at the school.
■ volley ball, and now that tjte
baskot-ball season is about to open,
-—, are expecting the enthusiasm to
‘highten.”
■
How to Acquire a Flow of Language.
Fall over a rocking chair in^the
dark.
Step on a wire hairbrush with
your bare foot.
, Stick the lighted end of a cigar in
your mouth.
1
Hammerthe nail on your finder in
stead of the other nail.’
Discover that smoeone has swiped
the stock of your cellar. .
Have two tires blow out when you
are eleven miles from nowhere.
Drink a. glass of near beer. *
At the conclusion of the school term
prizes were distributed. When one
of the pupils returned home his
mother chanced to .be . entertaining
jc"'!"w:
j' “Well, Charles?” asked one of
| these, “did you get a prize?”
I “Net exactly,” said Charles, “but
I got a horrible mention.”
Raymond E. Boyles
. • "... , ’V - ■
Charles S. Jones
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MACON, - GEORGIA
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Whea at home always call for
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You cannot afford to buy shoes
which are the least bit doubtful.
‘Experiments are too costly.
We will not sell a- shoe unless we
are absolutely sure it's good, all the
way through. We will not take
chances with your good will, or
your money.
We have the “Boyden” and also the C.B.
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$8.00 to $18.50
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CLEANING -—PRESSING— TAILORING
125 Cotton Avenue Macon, Georgia.
See ROBT. GAMBLE
The
Student
Body
—From freshman to senior, every
maua in college is mindful of the
importance of Good Clothes. The
body, no less than the mind and
heart, needs adornment, and we ca
ter to the sar£orial requirements of
college men of every dfcgree.
For More Than A Generation
We Have Stood For Quality
SUITS, OVERCOATS, HATS
SHIRTS, UNDERWEAR,
HOSIERY, SHOES.
JOS. N. NEEL GO.
One Price to Everybody
aynes—I aiii thinking of writing a j
love story foundul en my own expe
rience.
You’d better give it a happier
ending.
Ked Welsh (seeing a girl who had
been using the powder very profusely
on her nc»ei—It is hard to *e i ’. these
days where the Colgate’s stops and
th-e girl begins.
G1BSON-MERCER ACADEMY
V BOWMAN, GA.
Graduates Enter College Without
Examination.
', Military Feature.
Dun (to tieg r o who was burning
Iff the law:ri)—Unc’e, that is as
black as you are;
Colored gentleman-—Yas suh, but
when, the gra>s comes out it will be
as green as you is.
Caylor (to chorus girl wno
was powdering her nose)—I had just
as soon see you do most anything as
to fix your stocking in public. .
Chorus Girl:—Yes; that is the way
of all of your Mercer boys.
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C (tie* Supplies—Stationery
. Lv Second Street. Macon, Ga.
Mail orders solicited.
BOBS PLACE
The Mercer hang-out -where the’
boys can cut down th« high. cost
of cats, etc.—all the “dope” at
aji times. Hot Doge—Butter MiUc
—C:ger«, etc. Don’t .forget ths
joy that awaits you ^here.' — --
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BUILDING. -
MERCER AND THEBl FRIENDS
ARE .ALWAYS WELCOMED BY
LOUIS M. ROSSIGNOL, Proprietor
HOTEL MACOM
One block from Terminal Station
Mneon> Ga.
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