Talbot COUNTY GA Newspaper Abstracts File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Helen Pond" <hpond@alltel.net> http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/talbot/newspapers/1928.txt News From the New Era by Nelson Goolsby March 1928 Misses Sarah and Annie Smith of Woodland advertising for sale general merchandising and fancy groceries. Faculty of Junction City Consolidated School: J. J. Greene, Supt. C. W. Cox, Principal, Mrs. F. A. Blythe, Mrs. R. P. Blythe, Miss Gussie Wilson. W. J. Hesters of Junction City advertises country produce, mixed feed, hay, grain, gas and oil. "Cyclone Sally", a comedy in three acts, will be presented at the Talbotton School Auditorium Friday evening. Martin McGeehee, Clarence Jordan, Marion Starling and J. P. Shumate had leading roles. Lost in Talbotton: One big red sow with black spots, weight 250 lbs. Notify W. F. Mitchell. The ladies of Talbotton are serving a chicken dinner on the Courthouse Square Monday. Proceeds to benefit the Community House. 50 cents per plate, dessert, 10 cents. Miss Carrie Mae Buchannan of Woodland and Mr. H. B. Heath of Junction City, were married at the Methodist Parsonage in Woodland with Rev. Pierce officiating. They will make their home with his parents near Junction City. Saturday morning at about 6 o'clock, the spirit of Mr. J. W. Culpepper, better known as "Uncle John," took its heavenly flight. He lacked just a few days being 79 years old. The Talbot County Grand Jury J. H. Mahone, Foreman, reported the jail in clean and sanitary condition, and the prisoners comfortably clothes and well fed. The Courthouse was in good shape; however, they recommend the installation of a modern toilet in the jury room for the comfort and convenience of the jurors. The school census will be taken county wide this month. All children, white and colored, between the ages of six and eighteen must be counted. The school funds for the next five years will be based on this census. Each militia district will have an enumerator named by the Board of Education. The Woodland Co-op Club will have a "Womanless Wedding" at the clubhouse Friday evening. The case includes mother of the bride L. H. Wynn, the bride's baby sister, John Woodall, Jr., ring bearer, John Pye, Jr., groom, J. A. Rice, bride, R. E. Pound and minister, John Woodall, Sr. Talbot County has a taxable wealth of $1,900,558.00 according to the county directory. Junction City officials: Mayor, W. A. Blythe, Councilmen, W. J. Hesters, H. E. Lumpkin, W. K. Morgan, L. J. Downs, Clerk, H. H. Boswell, Marshall, G. T. Gill, H. E. Lumpkin, tonsorial artist of Junction City advertises haircuts 25 cents, shaves 15 cents. Ladies and children's bobbing a specialty. Mrs. J. C. Lumsden advertises purebred Barred Rock eggs for hatching, $1.00 for 15 eggs. Woodland is making plans for a knitting mill. Capitol sotck of $30,000 has been applied for. Application is made by C. W. Matthews, J. H. Woodall, R. D. Starling, C. V. Mills, J. F. Peeler and M. H. King. The Women's Christian Temperance Union of Talbotton will meet with Mrs. J. T. Maxwell on Monday. Plans are being made to observe Temperance Day the fourth Friday in March. Talbot County will select a "Miss Talbot" to compete for the title of Centennial Queen. She will represent the county at celebrations in Columbus, culminating in the crowning of the queen. Nominations may be made by ballot through the Talbotton New Era. Ypsilanti Items: Mrs. T. B. Lumsden visited in Thomaston with Mesdames Anderson and Pye. Mr. H. C. Callier spent Sunday in Centerville with his mother, Mrs. T. P. Callier, Sr. Mrs. Emory Freeman is in Pensacola, Florida with relatives. Extraordinary offer: With each $1.50 subscription to the New Era: A valet safety razor - 17 cents extra if sent by mail. Woodland: Miss Ermie Miller and Mr. Clyde Russell were married on March 10, 1928 at the home of her parents. Lohengrin's wedding march was played by Miss Louise Russell, sister of the groom. The couple will make their home in Portsmouth, Virginia. News From the New Era by Nelson Goolsby May 1928 Misses Frances and Mildred Clark and Miss Willene Webster were weekend guests of Miss Fannie Mae Webster in Woodland. Box Springs City Officials: Mayor, None; Councilmen, J. Wood Browning, Jr., C. W. Cody, J. M. Greer, W. H. Turner, H. E. Greene, Clerk. Ben Slaughter, Marshall. Mrs. Lee Bradshaw died Sunday morning at her home in Box Springs. She is survived by one son and six daughters. The Mercer Glee Club highlighted the program at the Junction City school auditorium. Many talented locals also participated in the program. The son of the late school superintendent of Talbotton High School, John Pendergrast, slashed his throat in an attempted suicide in a rooming house in New Jersey. Someone heard his groaning and called the police who forced the door open and found Pendergrast lying on the bed. "Do you have a cigarette?" asked Pendergrast. The Officer lighted one and put it in Pendergrast's mouth before calling for an ambulance. Pendergrast is expected to survive. Mr. Will Woodall will spend some time in El Paso, Texas for his health. Mrs. J. C. Lowe, Mrs. W. P. Loyd, Miss Myrtle Loyd and Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Cannon were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. Walter White in Box Springs. Those from Talbotton attending the Missionary Conference in Waverly Hall: Mrs. L. P. Rutledge, Mrs. J. M. Heath, Miss Bessie Hudson, Mrs. Cecil Edwards, Mrs. T. A. McDowell, Mrs. J. C. Baldwin, Mrs. F. R. Spivey, Misses Gussie Pearl Childs and Carolyn Leonard. Former Talbotton barber, Herbert Smith, died recently in Tampa, FL. He is survived by his wife, three children and three brothers. Mrs. Eudie Maxwell and Miss Lizzie Maxwell spent Sunday with Miss Siddie Stinson and Miss Zoudie Stinson in Centerville. Woodland Knitting Mills was organized on May 16, 1928. Officers: J. H. Woodall, Chairman of the Board, C. W. Matthews, President, W. P. Robins, Vice President and General Manager M. H. King, Secretary-Treasurer. Seventy five airplanes passed over Junction City en route to Camp Benning. Some were so low you could hear the pilots talking to people on the ground. Synonyms: A word you use when you can't spell the other word. The essay contest on the Talbot County Centennial was won by Miss Emily Brannon. Miss Gladys Hadden and Mr. Jim Woodall have announced their engagement. Mr. Cullen Miller has accepted a position at the drugstore of Miles and King in Woodland. A hailstorm damaged many peaches in the area Tuesday. Mr. John Trussell, son of the prominent Trussell farmer and dairyman, married Miss Era Lillian (blacked out) of Columbus, May 20, 1928. Miss Ella Lignon Maund graduated from South Geogia College in McRae and will teach in the Woodland school next year. Misses Havalyn and Katherine Seay of Columbus are spending a while with their aunt, Mrs. J. W. Patterson in Box Springs. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Burt and son Dana of Geneva visited Mrs. W. A. Pierce in O'Neals Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Butler, Sr., Miss Mattie Butler, Mrs. Grady Butler and Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Butler were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Butler, Jr., in Baldwinville. Jilted girl to friend: "I hear that you and Jack were getting married. Did you know he once proposed to me?" "Not exactly. He merely said he had done a lot of foolish things in his life." Mr. Henry Persons and Miss Mary Slade spent Sunday in Macon, to accompany Miss Lilly Persons on her return home. Miss Louise Foster of Woodland, is at home for the summer after teaching at Wrens. Miss Maggie O'Neal and Mr. Saxon Jones were wed recently in Talbot county. Little Charles Wimberly has been seriously ill for several days. July 1928 The following Talbot County boys are attending the Boys Club meeting in Athens: Hugh and Norman Carter, S.N. and Eugene Harris, Jack Maxwell, Rupert Willis, Edwin Wimberly, Adrian Braddy, J. P. Shumate, George Ingram, Ralph Carson and Charlie Mitchell. Mrs. J. W. Slade, Miss Mary Slade, Mr. Thomas Slade, and their guests, Mrs. Will Johnson and Miss Dot Johnson, spent Tuesday in Columbus. Talbot County's oldest resident, Mr. W. C. Jamison, died August 19, 1928. He was 87 years old, a Confederate veteran and is survived by one son and three daughters. Woodland: Miss Inez Mills is visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. Slaughter in Greenville. Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Adams and Sara Frances and Mrs. J. R. Avery visited relatives in Atlanta, Monroe and Athens last week. Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Foster of Arlington, Texas, are visiting relatives in the Woodland area. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Wardsworth of Tazwell, Mrs. Guthrie and Mrs. Tilly from Atlanta, spent Sunday with Miss Bessie Hudson. Rev. Elton Pierce of Savannah has completed a series of services at Olive Branch Methodist Church and added one member, Miss Allene Culpepper. Save your Octagon soap wrappers for the Olive Branch Epworth League. They will be used to buy kitchen equipment for the Orphans Home in Macon. Mr. and Mrs. Kirt Ingram and Miss Eleanor Warmack of Waverly Hall were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. O'Neal sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ellis had as their guests for the weekend, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert of Talbotton. Valley Grove Baptist Church in Woodland is observing its one hundredth anniversary. In 1828, a number of Baptists in North Talbot County, between Oak and Pine Mountain, petitioned for and received a presbytery from the Echocannah Association and Valley Grove was regularly constituted. After being dismissed from the Echocannah Association, they joined the Columbus Association. All records of the church were destroyed by fire in 1912 but it is a known fact that Rev. Andrew Hood was the first pastor. In 1838, Anderson Robertson gave the church four acres of land at Tax, Georgia, and the church had 140 members. Rev. J. C. Kendrick served as pastor in 1842. Rev. Jonathan Harris was pastor from 1851 to 1873. He was succeeded by his son, Rev. J. H. Harris. These men were the ancestors of Dixie Harris of Pleasant Hill. H. H. Hawkins of Roughedge had four fine cows killed by lightening on August 28. They were standing next to a barbed wire fence when lightening struck the fence and then the cows. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hinton McGeehee of Talbotton announce the marriage of their daughter, Virginia Persons to Miller Van Allen of Atlanta. Misses Ida Lee and Mattie Seals Jones returned to their home in Ypsilanti after spending some time with relatives in Woodland, working in peaches. Prof. Grady Watkins of Edmund, Oklahoma is spending his vacation with his mother, Mrs. Molly Watkins. Mr. John Pye Woodall of Jacksonville is spending his vacation with his mother in Woodland, Mrs. D. F. Woodall. One way to make your wife happy is to point out all the women that are fatter than she is. Misses Martha and Elizabeth Parker are the guests of Miss Louise Downs in Talbotton. Mr. G. W. Posey and family are leaving Juniper for Birmingham, Alabama. Goolsby July 1928 W. A. Moran, school bus driver in the Flint Hill District, and W. J. Nelson, school bus driver in the Pleasant Hill District, have resigned their positions. Mr. Marvin Rivers, French and Latin teacher in Talbotton High School, has resigned and is being replaced by Miss Elizabeth Carter of Edison. A steam locomotive puts forth smoke because it can't chew, yet it is called a choo-choo. Corinth M.E. Church, South celebrates its one hundredth birthday on August 2, 1928. Some on the program: Rev. J. P. Dell, Jr., J. A. Thomas, the Talbotton Quartet, Miss Julia Carter, Mrs. E. B. Douglas. 4,000 crates of peaches from Woodland, Thomaston and Fort Valley left Savannah last week for England. They should reach their destination in two weeks. Young people from Talbotton spending the night in Warm Springs: Mary Stinson, Dot Weston, Helen Cahill, Carolyn Leonard, Clara Downs, May Graham, Messrs. Gus Persons, Walter Freeman, Frank Jordan, Paul Gundy, R. K. Persons and John W. Heath. Mr. Cecil Foster of Woodland married Miss Persons in Birmingham, Ala on July 14, 1928. School Supt. Henry L. Foster of Longview, Texas, and his family visited their relatives, Mrs. Jane McFarland and Mrs. J. T. Green. Supt. Foster is the grandson of the late Robert Foster of Talbot County. Many cars of fine peaches were left in the Talbot County orchards due to the low prices being received. Mrs. George Ann Potter died at her home in Prattsburg. She was 83 years old and is survived by one brother, J. A. Carter of Prattsburg. Miss Anne Williams of Atlanta attended the centennial of the Valley Grove Baptist Church in Woodland. She was the guest of Miss Marianne Griffin. Mr. Jack Stinson has returned to his home in Wabasso, FL. after a visit to his aunts in Woodland, Miss Marianne Griffin and Mrs. R. B. Woodall. The homecoming at Horeb Church was well attended. The service was conducted by Mrs. Columbus Roberts and Mrs. Woods. Misses Ruby Allen and Bessie Oliver have returned home after spending some time with Miss Juanita Nelson in Baldwinville. Mrs. James Callier, Mrs. J. T. Callier, Miss Annie L. Callier were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Turner in Box Springs. A lady advertising for a cook had a reply and invited her in for an interview. "Do you understand French cooking?" "Yes, Ma'am. I understand all furrin dishes. I can cook French beans, German sausage, Brussels sprouts, Jerusalem artichokes, Spanish onions and Swiss cheese." Miss Katie Whit Stinson of Geneva married Mr. G. A. Stewart on Aug. 4, 1928. James Carlisle, native of Talbot County, died a few days ago. His brother is Mr. M. Carlisle of Roughedge, Mrs. T. E. Buchanan of Flint Hill and the late Mrs. J. B. Griffin of Woodland. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Childs, Mrs. Lewis Brown, Mrs. J. K. Adams and Miss Mattie Adams of Howard attended the funeral of Mr. G. A. Potter of Prattsburg. Woodland: Mrs. R. B. Woodall and family are spending several weeks in Jasper with Mr. Woodall. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Woodall and family are spending a week at Tybee Island. They have recently returned from a visit to the North Georgia mountains. Misses Lucy and Virginia Griffin of Griffin are spending some time with their aunt, Miss Marianne Griffin. "Sarah, how do you manage to remember so many things?" "All my life, I never told a lie, and when you don't have to tax your memory about what you told this one and that one, you don't have to work your memory and it will last you, good as new, forever." The waltz is taken from an old German and English word that meant to wallow and roll. Ad: See Mr. M. T. McDowell in Columbus for your Willis-Knight and Whippet Automobiles. Mr. W. T. Smith, Misses Elizabeth and Willie Theo Smith are vacationing in Clayton. September 1928 About 1908, Valley Grove Baptist Church at Tax was down to seventeen members. They voted to move the church to Woodland, but keep the Valley Grove name. In April, 1908, the first service was held at the new church. By 1912, the membership had grown to one hundred and two. Ten young men from this church served in World War I: Cline Russell, C. W. Hendricks, Russell Fryer, Robert Fryer, Barney Hawkins, Thomas Conkle, Eric Hawkins, Thompson Ferguson, Zacharia Fryer and Lester Griffin. Mrs. Carrie Benson, the former Miss Carrie Mullins, passed away in Geneva last Thursday. She is survived by a daughter Mrs. J. E. Tilman and two sons, Walter and Henry Benson. Mrs. W. T. Holmes, Sr., of Woodland, died last Thursday. Yesteryear in Talbot County by Nelson Goolsby October 1928 Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Hendrix of Sardis Community had as their guests Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Buchanan, Miss Kansas Buchanan, Masters Julian, Foster and Aubrey Buchanan. Last week at the county fair in Columbus, Clarence Buchanan and Lewis Alsobrook won prizes with their calves and hogs. Messrs. Elliott Williams and Thomas Miller spent the weekend with their parents in Woodland. Mrs. Harry C. Brown and nephew, Gorman Winston, recently came up from Miami to spend some time at her Talbot County ranch below the Central railroad. They made the trip, nearly 800 miles, in a day and a half, driving her Willis-Knight sedan. November 1928 The Dixie Revue Co. from Columbus will be performing in Talbotton on November 9th. They feature the Dixie Land Quartet; Glover Davis, well known tenor; Kurt Smith, black face comedian and Mrs. Lenora Blau, pianist. Dr. W. E. Carter from Prattsburg and Thomaston, died last Friday night as a result of injuries received in an automobile wreck near Zebulon. Mr. Feston R. Purvis, large land owner of Howard and an active member in many business ventures, died Tuesday morning in a Columbus hospital. "Boost your city, boost your friend. Boost for every forward movement, boost for every new improvement. Cease to be a chronic knocker, cease to be a progress blocker. If you'd make conditions better, boost right to the final letter. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Baldwin, Misses Bobbie and Emily Baldwin, and Mr. Edgar Baldwin visited Mr. Baker Baldwin in Talbotton. On Friday, Nov. 2nd, Straus-Levert Community House will be open to the public for the first time. Herbert Hoover had a landslide victory over Al Smith, beating Smith 444 electoral votes to 87. Miss Mattie Mae Edwards and Mr. Joseph Ford Mostellar were married in Montezuma last Saturday. Miss Annie Pye has opened a variety shop in Woodland. She just recently completed a course in LaWaquex modeling and art clay decorating. A guy called his lawyer about getting a divorce from his wife. In the lawyer's office, the man was asked what caused the strained relations with his wife. "Well," he said, "they began right after the wedding. Her relatives came in on the day of the wedding and we ain't got rid of them yet. They keep eating and straining on us more and more." A different twist on murder and self destruction. A farmer near Lavonia shot and killed his wife, then jumped into a well. The sheriff was able to get him out and put him in jail. Two young boys put up lemonade stands on each side of the entrance to the Sunday School picnic. The first customer asked the boy on the right his price. "Five cents a glass," was the reply. He turned to the boy on his left and asked the same question. "Two cents a glass," was the reply. The customer then drank two glasses of the cheaper lemonade and asked how he could sell so cheap. "A cat fell in mine," said the lad. Martin Luther's hell and purgatory was well known to him as a boy, because of constant whippings at home and school. Later, he dropped his childhood fears for a religious devil and hell. Mrs. Margaret Watkins spent two weeks in Howard as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. John Buckner. She is now with her daughter, Mrs. Will Brady in Daviston. Mr. T. C. Boswell of Talbotton motored over to Milledgeville to get Miss Julia Boswell, who will spend her fall holidays here. Col. George C. Spence and Mrs. Spence came down last week to spend some time with Mrs. Harry Brown and Will Gorman at "Happy Shack." Yesteryear in Talbot County by Nelson Goolsby November 1928 The baby was crying continuously. Husband: "The baby must be in terrible pain." Wife: "Yes, he is. He is lying on a pin and is too lazy to turn over." Mrs. Walter Purcell of New York is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Fryer, Sr. Mr. G. C. Russell is the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Russell. Sardis News: Mesdames C. E. and J. C. Garrett gave a miscellaneous shower in honor or Miss Reba Chapman. Mrs. W. B. Hendricks is ill and was visited by Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Chapman, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Goolsby and children and Messrs. Sam and Lester Hendricks. Mrs. Hugh Oliver and Mrs. Sarah Smith of Centerville visited Mesdames J. A. Murray and J. B. Bradshaw. Rev. R. F. Dennis has been appointed the Methodist minister for Talbotton Methodist Church. Mr. J. C. Royals, from eastern Talbot County, lost his home and all possessions to fire. Mrs. Royals and their two children were in the kitchen and didn't realize the house was on fire until the entire house was in flames. Mrs. J. J. Greene of Junction City entertained the Fidelis Class on Friday, honoring Miss Lucille Moore. Among those present were: Misses Bonnie Cox, Claudia and Mary Keller, Ruth Culpepper and Edith Fountain. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Riley and son Herbert of Butler, Mr. and Mrs. G. V. Jarrell and daughter were the Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Boggs Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Child, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Brown and son of Thomaston spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Daniel in Ypsilanti. Mr. Woodall Bussey of Warm Springs was the guest of his mother, Mrs. Mary Lou Bussey. Mrs. Willie Pitts of Locust Grove is visiting her daughter Mrs. Thomas Mahone in Talbotton. November 1928 Students at the Talbotton school walk around and around the driveway as punishment for minor offenses such as talking or laughing in school. For important offenses, there is a large peach orchard near the school. You can imagine what comes next. J. A. Watkins, Talbot County's highly esteemed Tax Collector, died at his home Friday. He was stricken Thursday while in the pasture looking after some cows. The Woodland Women's Missionary Society met Tuesday. A splendid program, arranged by Mrs. J. F. Woodall and Mrs. Cecil Foster, was given on the topic, "Coveted Mexico." Papers were read by Misses Sara Adams and Fannie Mae Webster, Mrs. A. J. Webster and Mrs. Alice Holloway. Tickets to the Georgia Tech - Georgia football game are on sale at the Central of Georgia Railroad and the AB&C Railroad. Price: $4.62 round trip. Sardis News: Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Chapman entertained in honor of newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Claude Chapman. Present were: Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Hendricks, Mrs. Maude Anderson, Mr. and Mrs.. Paul Moore, Mr. Fletcher Chapman, Miss Rochelle Grant and Mr. Edwin Garrett. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Spinks and children were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Spinks Sunday in Baldwinville. Woodland: Miss Annie Pye's Novelty Shop opening was quite a success. Friends from Talbotton, Manchester, Thomaston and Woodland visited. The Thanksgiving supper at the Club House was quite a success. Talks were given by Messrs. C. W. Matthews, J. H. Woodall, W. C. Woodall, W. P Robinson, Dr. J. E. Peeler and Rev. Whittington. Solos were rendered by Mrs. R. C. Fryer, Misses Dorothy Woodall and Elizabeth Smith. Ad: A Christmas gift the family will enjoy: Torrid Waffle Iron, $6.95, 95 cents down and $1.00 per month, at Columbus Electric and Power Co. Geneva High School News: Miss Thelma Hansen spent the holidays with her family in Shiloh. Making the honor roll were: Winnifred Harris, 9th, Emmett Stinson and J. C. Ligon, 8th, Tab Sinclair and Margarite McCrary, 7th, Gaston Cook, 5th, Herman Askins, 3rd, Clayton Rogers, 1st grade. Take the entire family to Manchester Mills Y.M.C.A. Theater for 50 cents. See "The Lookout Girl." September 1928 Messers Martin McGeehee, A. A. Bivins, A. L. Knight, H. P. Weston, Jr., Dot Weston and Varina Newsome of Talbotton, attended the circus in Thomaston Wednesday night. October 1928 Mrs. Olin Oliver of Centerville died on Oct. 1, 1928. She was 29 years old and is survived by her husband and one son, eight year old Hugh. Members of the Woodland High School met and organized two literary societies. Officers of Phi Chi are Annie Pye Russell, president; John Russell, secretary/treasurer and Emily Trussell, reporter. Officers of Phi Delta are J. C. Cook, president; Adrian Braddy, secretary/treasurer and Lillian Allen, reporter. The dues of both societies are five cents per month. A joint program was held on Friday, with the following participating: Jeanette Chapman, Emily Burt, Lillian Allen, Helen Foster, Ermie Adams and Willie Theo Smith. Last Thursday night, a spelling be was held at the Talbotton Courthouse for the benefit of the U.D.C. and $12 was raised. A casket and variety shop is being installed in one of the old buildings of the Old Mill plant in Talbotton, operated by Mr. F. P. Freeman and Mr. J. A. Posey. Mr. J. H. Collier will be operating a cash store on the square. Mr. Peter F. Mahone, formerly of Talbotton, died suddenly in LaGrange. He was 37 years old and is survived by his mother, seven brothers and five sisters. Miss Annie O'Neal of Woodland and Mr. Horace York of Columbus were married Saturday afternoon. They will reside in Columbus. Former Talbot County citizen, J. D. Adair, shot himself in the chest Saturday and died immediately. He is survived by his wife, two brothers and three sisters. Country lass, making her first trip to New York City, was asked to report her itinerary there when she returned home. She said the first few days were filled with shopping, looking and eating at fancy restaurants. After that, there was nothing to do. Little Frances Wimberly, who as been seriously ill with whooping cough and pneumonia, is much better. Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Heath and son, Alton, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Heath spent last weekend with Mr. and Mrs. M. C.Heath. "On my way to Woodland on October 12, I lost my Eastman Kodak and a carton of Johnnie Walker cigarettes. Five dollar reward." This ad appeared in the paper, but they left off the name. Mrs. Florence Mccoy and Mrs. Jennie Allen of the Valley, spent Wednesday with Mrs. W. L. Russell at Tax. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Butler and daughter, Willene, spent Friday night with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Butler, Jr. in Baldwinville. Our community is greatly indebted to Mr. Helms and his road crew for the excellent work they have done on the roads in the Ypsilanti community. Tourists are congratulating us on the fine roads here. Marion County Sheriff A. M. Hines was chasing a car suspected of hauling whiskey. The sheriff eventually shot at the car, hitting the driver, Dewey Robinson. Robinson swore out a warrant against the sheriff. Sheriff Hines was jailed but is out on bond. Don't fall out with your neighbors, friends or relatives because of politics. No matter who is elected, the Government will continue to operate without any great material change. >From the Editorial Page: Mrs. W. B. Baldwin, the former Miss Lucille Heath and farmer from Baldwinville, died in Columbus Wednesday night. She is survived by her husband, Baker Baldwin, a five day old daughter and her parents. Miss Mildred Searcy of Centerville, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Searcy, played the leading part in a musical program broadcast by radio station WSB recently. Misses Varina Newsome and Dot Weston visited friends at Wesleyan and G.S.C.W. colleges in Macon and Milledgeville. Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Morgan and children, Jackie and Nettie, Mrs. J. W. Lewis and Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Calhoun were the day guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Calhoun in Talbotton.