The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-06
QUINCY STORES TO
CLOSE THURSDAYS
Merchants Agree to Weekly Half Hol-
iday and Early Closing.

QUINCY. April 5.-The merchants OF
Quincy have announced that after April
"a stores will close at p. M, and half
holidays will be observed on Thursdays
Mrs "A. T. Hearin, who for the past
three weeks has been in a Richmond
hospital recovering from an operation
performed there, returned Wednesday.
She was accompanied home by her
daughter, Miss Pauline. who disconti nued
her voice lessons in New York to go to
the bedside of her mother.
A telegram received from Arthur Cory
from his father, w. NJ. Cory, now in
San Francisco, announced the successful
launching of the new war vessel. Cory
named for his son, Lieut.. Com. w. NJ.
Cory. Mrs. Cory, mother of the dead
hero, acted as sponsor.
The first social event following Easter
was bridge party of eight tables given
by Mesdames Arthur Watson and w. w.
Wright at the home of the former, We'd
nesday afternoon. Mrs. E. c. Love made
high score and Mrs. Edith Gunter, of
Havana, second. Mrs. Peter Miller of
New York, was presented with a dainty
handkerchief.
Paul Gregory, of the local bar, attend
ed the meeting of the bar association in
Jacksonvile.
Guyce Bishop, who has been employed
on the Monticello News. spent the week.
end here with relatives. Accompanied by
Mrs. Bishop, he left Monday for Bar
tow where he has accepted position
Hon. ]. L. Davidson is in Atlanta
taking course of trea tment at Black
mans sanitarium. In his absence, w. z.
Shelter, president of the council, is act
ing as mayor.
Miss Mary Wood Davis returned We'd
nesday from Tampa where she was
maid of honor at the Davis Ballard we'd
ding.
Mrs. Arthur Watson entertained the
Afternoon Bridge club Thursday Miss
Helen May won the prize a deck Of
cards, and Mrs. John Horn of Mariana,
was presented with dainty vase
Mr.. and Mrs. H Dolan, of River juno
tion and son Hilton, were visitors here
Tuesday.
Mrs. w. H. Ide and Mrs. w P Ken
nedy left Thursday to attend district
meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary of the
Episcopal church, which is being held at
Live Oak
Mrs. c. H. Curry was operated on for
appendicitis at the Gadsden County hos
ptal this week and is reported favorably
Her daughter Miss Margaret, came from
Converse college to be at the bedside
Of her mother
a called meeting of the directors of
the Florida Georgia Tobacco Growers
association was held here Monday A. L.
Wilson, vice-president, presiding. Owing
to the outbreak a new disease in the
tobacco plant beds, it was decided to
secure the services Of an expert on soil
and plant diseases. A committee to in
vestigate and report on the cost of such
a department as we'll as ways and means
to finance such a proposition was COM
posed of E. NJ. Collins, G. Y. Malone
and B. Ottinger.
Miss Sara Oxford, Red Cross secretary
for Gadsden county, Mrs. NJ. A. Love
and f. NJ Collins left Thursday for
Jacksonville to attend the fifth annual
social conference which meets in that city
for four days conference.
L. NJ. Lewis and J. H. Roberts, of
Havana, in this county, propose to I'M
dertake the production of honey on an
extensive scale, and have purchased sew
eral aparies at Crawfordville in WaukulIa
county, where they expect to operate
and make a speciality of honey of the
purest sort
The mayors court of Quincy during
the month of March realized for the city
treasury in fines imposed the sum OF
s615.5 So. which broke all previous records
At the meeting of the Womafl's Mis-
union in Havana Tuesday the
Quincy Baptist church was represented
by fourteen visitors.
Miss Sara Oxford organized a com
munity service club at Midway wednes-
day with Mrs. G. w. Parramore presi-
dent.