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The Leaf-Chronicle from Clarksville, Tennessee • 3

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PAGE THREE CLARKSVILLE LEAF-CHRONICLE, CLARKSVILLE, TENN MAY 5, 1928. LOCALS LOSE ONE WEEK'S WEED SALES will be represented at the state-council meeting in Lenoir Cjty and Wfdftifday of nxt week by JP. J. of the J6ca; wncil. Mr.

Broome will leave for LenoiW City Monday morning. He 111 turn Thursday. rt Eleanor Warfield Editor MORE TO DICKSON The Clarksville high school baseball team suffered a second defeat at the hands of, Dickson Friday afternoon in Dickson When host team ran "rough-shod" over the locals by the tuno of 19 to 1. Clarksville had gone scoreless up until the ninth inning. With two men dowrt, Comperry, local first-sacker, knocked the ball pitched him over the Dickson right -fielders for a home Clarksville got only four hits -off of McAlisterj -Dickson pitching ace.

Jobc was handled rather, roughly by the Dicksonites and was taken out in the last of the game for Oreenhill," who fared Allen, local third baseman, was still out of the game on account of illness. BROOME WILL BE JUNIOR DELEGATE Clarksville council 153, the Junior! Order of United American Mechanics 1 f- Mrs. Ql' Miller, returned to Guthrie Friday evening after attending the correspondents' dinner at Hotel Montgomery: Mr. and Mrs. S.

G. Stinchfleld left this "morning for a weeks' visit' to their on, Hugh, family, at 4108 West Lawn Drfve, Nashville. la eminent authority on tuberculosis, and has devoted much study also to crimi-nologyso that the views which he presented- carried the weight of assured knowledge. L. i Miss Byrd Spralding, winner of the recent notable oratorical contest sponsored by East Tennessee' Civi tans, is attending the convention as the guest of the Maryville-Alcoa Civitan club; and by -request delivered at the ban-quet bir contest oration.

Resolutions indorsed the movement to combat tuberculosis and favor state hospitalsc Clubs are urged to hold oratorical contests on citizenship. CJOMINO TO THE LILLIAN NEXT WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 0 f- tA KEVELATTONTTO ALLMEN AND WOMEN Children Under Iii rr-r t- -Sl NOTE Th society editor Is always glad to have items of'intcrest called In. Are you or any of your friends entertaining, goinff away for visit or having ruosts? Phone 47 or 98 and tell us about Jts Please rail by 11 o'clock of the "'day on which you wish the article to appear. 8ANGO COMMUNITY ENJOffS CLARKSVILLE TALENT THURSDAY EVENING A recital of unusual interest sponsored by- the Methodist church was given in the San go high school Thursday evening to raise funds for that church. Clarksville entertainers with -heir usual generosity, appeared on the pro-granv-and- a nicei PtiM.

B. Dodge. Ned Atkinson, S. ThJL Hakiimanq and Alfred Clebsch, thew suing QUartette," gave several sc lecjjoiis which won much applause, proving the appreciation of the atidi-rnre. A delightful reading by Mrs.

C. V. Pry was a treat to her hearers. This was followed by a violin and piano duct, rendered by Mr. and Mrs.

Ned -Atkinson -who always please their oudience. Two piano selections by cne of Clarksville's young musicians, Miss Virginia Flowers Ritter, were rendered in splendid technique and greajf- Miss, Sara White Cunningham, an other of the younger artists of this city. L'sive a reading. Mrs. M.

S. Shel- by alo appeared on tlieprogram ith an entertaining selection in vending. Miss Prances Michel and Miss Louise Kerr held the interest of their hearecs.k, with. gay and popular sings. VThey were- accompanied by Miss Mary Kershner at the piano.

The Nazar-, ene quartette, Messrs. J. M. Rye. T.

3. NelsontEwll Pollard and Carraon Sloan contributed several vocal tions, adding much to the services of a delightful evening entertainment: MUch appreciation has been expressed -by the church membership for the great help rendered by Clarksville's talented artists which they describe ns 'the. very best." Needle Woman's Club MRS. LAURIN B. ASKEW Tuition, $7,50 Class Starts May 7, 8:00 a.

m. SHOV AN INCREASE An Increase "'in sales, hut a small decrease in average was reported by the Clarksville' loose floor tobacco market for the week when 235 8G0 pounds sold for an average of $13 21. Last week the houses sold pounds, for, an average of $14.58. Sales for the season now total pounds for an average of $17.27. At -'tills date last season the market had' sold 19,725,080 'pounds for an average of.

$8.40. The floors are now holding semi-weekly sales. HETH SHOWS HELD IN NASHVILLE BY FLOOD Isolated the lot la Nashville where they, have been showing for the past week, by the rain that fell Friday nights the J. Heth shows which was due to arrive here Sunday for a eek's cancelled its en-era opmpn r. in riarksviliB this vear.

the management officially announced this On its last day in Nashville last year thA fihrra; were rained in and delayed for one week in their arrival here. This year, however, the management states, "the show will oancel entirely Lts engagement here so as make ICs sched-ule work out r-nmnipfe nin.ns for the showing here had been- announced and a better pro gram than ever before was promised. The show was to start at 7 o'clock Monday night. An invitation had been extended the newsboys to attend Tuesday night. Aurora Borealit Dr.

CttrY-fihwner- 8wr31h; ete-tlst, bas triads aspeelal itodr of tt turora boreclls and one of these demonstration whieb wai from 300 to eo0 piijes aboT the earth. Some'of these rays of llht shot out far that they wert lllumlnBted ty the light of th sun, which was far below the horizon at the ttoa. His Investigations may result In' Ihformjtion about the nature of the atuiuKphere at piilnu itr abovs earUk. Afeaturing Hardntit The liarduess of a solid tubstance may be- measured by Its capa'It? for scratching or beinj scratched by otli-w nibstances.The well-known riin-ersls. Included in the standard cor paratlve cale of are: Talc apSuna, -calotte, fluortte, spatlte, feld- spar, quurtr, topaz, sapphlrs, diaaxond.

rt scientific work flior sauct meth-da ars used. Injury A motion plctara -operator, back from photographing wild sol malt la interior Africa, recommends that fons of sport OD ths ground that lt jjoes aot Inflict pain on the Hon or elephsni concerned. It ssfs. 'too, taking us picture does not In fnrlate the animal as ballet wound does. A' lion or elephant having Its picture taken seldom srtsckr, being aa-bl Ur see the victure, Hotter Is America' The mari-aii, an American boat, niadf f.r transatlamic voyage unr stfniii, -M to June 1:0.

1819. The trip was from Savannah to Liverpool and. required dys. inHICHESTEB PILLS IHKttllMUMI BHANV. her.

II WT roar rtJfft-t. A kfnT tll-4 Hi 11AA10M JtUANO IMLr. (oe tfr yef known as Ilea, Sft, Always HelifcM it ttu nnnrrirTf nnrnnnurra ni uixumiiotVLKirTJitiT frit I 1 A Atk for uniKrIM for IHsaii4 Itrmi4V fills iu Kc4 ul Umli ncullk.V Tftka tthr. Hut PS The Chicago Umbriam Glee Club WANTED POULTRY and EGGS Columbia Produce Xtj! Patrons of'hei LittU "--Theatre -r- Monday and Tuesday I are reserved for you to check your seats at Dickson-Sadler's. 16 Not Admitted.

Burt -High School JNighf, May 9 ResidenceTelephone 721 Clarksville, Tenn. Beautiful ROCK CRYSTAL Summer MiiiiiTi Auditorium of Wednesday LOYAL WOMAN'S BIBLE CLASS Every member of the Loyal Woman'3 Bible Class of the Christian church, Is reminded1 to be in place morning at 9:30. Visitors will be given cordial welcome, j- REPORTS OF INTEREST AT METHODIST W. M. S.

MEETING MONDAY The Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist church will meet Monday afternoon at oSploctt. preceded by the executive committee-(meeting at 2:30. Reports fra.ni the, recent conference at Pulaski, will add parti cular interest to this meeting. a- REGULAR MISSIONARY SOCIETY MEETING The regular monthly meeting of the Missionary Soieety of the Christian church will be held at the church Monday, May ft Lunch-w ill -be-ser ved from 12 to 2 o'clock at 33 cents a plate end members jthe Missionary, Society and church members are asked, to take notice. Mrs.

James P. Tyher, district secretary of will hp, present and speak at 2 p. m. The names of 'the sponsors jjnd patronesses of the Little ThefitreGuild will be given In full in next Thursday's paper. All holding tickets are requested to turn in money and names, Wednesday.

I MRS. OH. General Chairman. Adv. 'J PERSONALS Misses Margaret and Blanche Stack er of Cumberland City, and Mrs.

Mary Turner of Oakplalns Tvere guests Friday night of Mrs. Elizabeth Turner Smith. Jack Smith has been confined at home three days with illness. tt Miss Mary Gannaway, who has been teaching at the I. O.

O. F.home returned today to her home at Souths side. Mr. and Mrs. Norris Garrott and children of were visitors in the city Friday.

AMisse Lffia-Jktiit-FietSrtMBitcr 'of Cuti ningham. were in the city- shopping Friday. a 1 Miss' -Verdie Dawson of LbtUse, was here Friday. Miss Ola Hunter of Oakplaias, was among Friday's' shoppers. Miss Minnie Richards and Mrs.

J. W. Richards ot; Lafayette, were hero shopping. Friday. Mrs.

D. G. Chester. "and daughter. Martha Jane, of Big Rock, were Friday shoppers.

Xi-tt Mrs. Barnes "'Bartlett and little daughter, Lucile.ancT Mrs. F. Harris and little son. Cornelion of Southside, werein the city-Friday.

Miss Louise Stepp oiLHiunpton Station, is visitinghcr aunt and uncle, Mr." and Mrs. Thomas Stepp of this citv. "Mrs. W. B.

Dangerlleld of Cumberland City, was ere Chopping Friday; Mrs, B. B. Corner of Nashville, was visiting in the city Friday. fx Mrs. Joe S.

Reed and Miss Ira Reed of Woodlawnr were shoppers here Friday. 8 Mrs. Rr WU.son'Of Guthrie, wns a Fridav visitor in the Mrs. V. Tucker.

"Miss Est a Tucker. Mrs. D. G. Bradbury and little Ju-liaReid Nichols -of Port Roval.

were in the city Friday. -7 Miss Blanche Smith of Dover, was the guest night of Miss Jennie Scarborough, at home, Norrh Second street. Mr. and Mis. Paul Hint left this morning for lliyir now home at.

"Plain held, Ind. Special arrangement to seat White Audfence.V General 50 Cents Admission Reserved Seats 75c Grief--Stricken Wife! 'r V- 1 A- s' 1 i tiu-. Mrs. l7loyd Bennett, wite of brave aviator, who gave his life in 'an attempt to' save others, arrives at New York en route Washington, for the kjunai services at Arlington enirtc-ry. MAKE IT A HABIT TO READ THE ADS.

I ,:4 if Miss Lizzie Pickering of Clarksville, comes next week ta be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Pickering on Montrose avenue- -Nashville Tennessean.

Mrs. W. A. Chambers, accompanied by Mrs. William Ward and Mrs.

Hudson, motored over from Nashville for a few hoiu-s' stay Friday afternoon. it- Mrs, WWestfleld and daughter, Lera June, have returned from Hop-kinsvilleT-where they-visitedf or a week. Mrs. Westfleld's sister, Mrs. E.

E. Hen-drickson. IJ- Orville Brown is out-again after a slight illness. R. W.

Bogard, local tobacconist and loose floor operator, is confined by illness to his home on Franklin street. Miss; Clara Clarke Epperson will arrive this afternoon from Logan college, to spend the weekend with her, mother, Mrs. Lulu B. Mr. and Mrs.

E. E. York and Helen Elizabeth Hurt will--leave Tuesday mroning foi Plainfteld, to reside. a Mrs. Mollie Webb of Gutliritv was a visitor in the city today.

Mis, Glenn C. Herndon of Russell-vilie, is visiting her mother, Mrs. W. A. McCrav, at home, College street.

Mrs. Howard Daniel of- Nashville, afid Mrs. Irving Roseborough of Hopkinsville; are the guests- of Mrs. W. B.

Anderson, at the Bellview apartments. v- MisMary Florence 'Betz of Big a visitor in the city today. iiliOSEN CIVITAN OFFICIAL STATE- CONVENTION GOES TO MEMPHIS IN BAC1IMAN b' IS PRESIDENT. In rceoKnition-bf his general public j.j iritednoss and his work iii connection wu.li the reforestation program of the orpanizatlon. Adolf Hach, tobacconist, and president of the local club, was elected second vice president of the State Association of Civitan clubs, in the closing day of its 1928.

convention at Lenoir City, Thursday. Judge Mcthp.n L. Bachman of Chattanooga, a graduate of Southwestern Presbyterian University, was elected presidents- M. C- Hilf of Sparta-was chosen first Vice president and Jim Eblen, of Lenoir City, third Vice president. Directors are T.

Warren, president of Carson-Newman college, Jefferson City; E. P. McNeal, Memphis, I. H. Gibson, Nash-vilie.

and James M. Vaughn, Nashville, the retiring president. Clarksville's representatives, who a splendid convention, have re 1 tvu ned. Their support of Memphis as thci 1929 convention city had much freight -in the next 'meeting going to the-bluff city. Closed Thursday.

The Sessions of the club closed after a-hanquet Thursday night and a tour of the city by automobile Thursday afternoon. The sessions here were attended by about 200 visitors from the 2C Civitan clubs orT.he slate. The mei'tinp: is the most successful 'tvet held by Tennessee Civitans. Thursday night's banquet was outstanding among feature? of this char acter. Herbert Acuff of Knoxville.

bait- president, ofjhe civil.m International Association, spoke tin two of the chief objectives of the Civitan" organi- Ijzaticn eradication of tulierculosis and pieveution of crime. Dr; Acuff, ii an Dr. Sylvester Jefferson SURGEON DENTIST Plates. Crown and Disease of the Mouth Bridge Work 1 and Pyorrhea a Solicited. Specialty.

GIKLS COTILLION AT HOPKIVSi An event -in Hopkinsville Society which Interests many of the social element here is the fashion show being pivrn Monday and Tuesday evenings bji ta jKirlS'jCotiHion club at the Ma-i'ic -In. Hopkinsville to raise "their annual dance. Only fgijl.s the' cotilllofa will take part." -'It is being directed by Hal Fifer of this city arid, no doubt, will be attended by groups of the Clarksville set who will motor over for the event. MRS. DICKSON, EXTENSION 7 CHAIRMAN AWARDS PRIZE TO MRS.

MORGAN Mrs. J. Moore Dickson, president of the Clarksville Federation; Mrs. A. L.

Cunningham, representative of the Students' club, and Miss. Eliznhpth Office Telephone 259 122 N. Third Street Dickson Sadler Go's. EMttMS Tarpley. of the Blue Stocking club have returned fronrknoxville where they went to attend the thirty-second Annual state convention of Federated Mrs.

Dickson, who is chairman of club extension in the Federation presented the $25 offered the district who brings the most clubs into the Federation during the year to Mrs, Wiley, Morgan of Knoxville, chairman Jhe Second district. For two consecutive years preceding, Mrs. Dickson had won the prize Tor this." zz INTERESTING CLASSES BEGIN MONDAY r- Mrs, Laurin Askew. Jr aa-notincrd an interesting series -of-class es" in" needle work to be given at the Syrian's club hcinninr Mnnrinv Askew-ts skilled -i needle, and will pivp instnirrini-i irficularly iii smockiig and cut Work. The courses will be a source ol much interest to those who desire to learn the art, ANNOUNCRMFNTS BLUE ftTOUKlNG il With Mrs.

John Uubol. at hrr lioini'-. on Main street. Mrs. rt.

B. Brosit-r nd Mrs. Smitii Keclc will be joint hoss of the Blue Stocking club Tuesday at 3:15. This is the last of the yenr -arid every mcm-- brr is urged- be present. a ST.

AGNES GUILD Monday afternoon at 3 oclock the St. Agnes' Guild ftvill meet at Jhe Parish house. GET I CHOCOLATES- III 1 Mi Unusual BARGAINS Sales Day, May 7 Kitchen Stool or Tabourette, Folding Ash Stand, Metal Waste Basket, Magazine Basket, Folding Stand, Jardinaire, Folding Fern Stand with Copper Bowl. The regular price, $1.50 to $2-50; Special for, Monday Sale Choice IlimL A WVuijS. I 1 JUlMllO2- C01U 1 GOBLETS TUMBLERS SHERBETS, 14 4 I 1 II' I ''Zw--f' 1 'Rock' Cryatal 'Glass 'in beautiful 'designt'and hape- I IS HCrS! 1 artistically cut.

Value $3.50 Set. Ujg-i'fv SET 3 If aJ OF 1 i- II RoQJod six rt 3 BIGGER AND BETTER ffl 1 lickspn-SacSlel DIGKSOMADLER CO; H' COMPANY If 1 'bRUGcisTS" tcitn,) COMPANY -V -r-SMlTH COMPilNYrlNCr n6vELTY SHOP "BEST FOR 115 Franklin Street Clarksville, Tennessee MOTHERS' DAY T- 'MAY IS DIGKSOfWT Dm? Mttik JL 1 i i i i ii i m-.

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