From Days Gone By Nov. 25, 1929

 November 25, 1929. 

    The Southern Bell people are in the city making the change in the local exchange office. It will have all new equipment, convenient operators and manager's office. It will be in the back part upstairs in the Brinson Drug building. The operators are Miss Lena Robinson, Miss Ora Lee Barnes, and a Miss Williams.

    The school is cold these days. The reason is a new heating system is being installed. A new low pressure boiler, piping is being replaced and radiators being repaired and re-set at a cost of about $2,000. School is out until the system is completed. The local football team defeated Sandersville by the score of 26 to 0.

    Dr. & Mrs. Flint Flanders and Little Flint, Mrs. S. H. Rhodes and Mr. R. P. Hicks are at Leland, Florida on a fishing trip and also visited with Mr. & Mrs. James I. Spell. Dr. Flanders owns a cottage there. The courthouse was in the dark today, officials taking the day off to go hunting.

    Thanksgiving finds pensioners happy as Judge W. J. Flanders issued pension checks to the old soldiers and widows of the south. The full amount was $1,600 for 13 veterans and 19 widows at $50 each. Two have died since the last pension payment, Mr. B. Y. Wheeler and Mrs. Ann Ruth Harrison.

    The state gasoline tax smashed all previous records the month of October that amounted to $1,175,501.62. The state highway department gets two-thirds of the tax while one-sixth is dispersed to the counties for road construction and one-sixth to the equalization fund of the common schools.

    There will be an auction at Ennis, on the Wadley Southern Railway on December 6th. Its a public sale of 3 mules, 10 head of cows, 12 head of hogs, farming utensils, wagons, harness, etc. Also a bathtub, hot water tank, refridgerator, one sawmill outfit complete, one shingle mill and several other things belonging to Mrs. Mary James.

    Rev. E. L. Harrison has moved from Collins to Ludowici where he will pastor the Baptist church there. Mr. & Mrs. Robert Burns Bryan announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Hallie Annida Bryan to Mr. Atwood B. Cochran of Camilla.

    On November 24th at the home of Judge & Mrs. Zach A. Anderson was the marriage of Miss Allene Moye to Mr. Luther Davis. Miss Annie Lou Riner, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Tommie J. Riner of Meeks, and Mr. Clark Allen also of the Meeks community were married in the Ordinary's office by Judge W. J. Flanders.

    Mrs. Marvin Davis' mother, Mrs. J. A. Lewis of Pelham, died at her home and was buried there. Mr. Alonzo Hope Rawls, father of Miss Martha Rawls, died at his home in Griffin and was buried there. Miss Rawls is a school teacher here.