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PEANUT DELIVERIES
SURPASS LAST YEAR
So successfully has_ the Georgia
Peanut Growers Co-Operative Asso
ciation handled the affairs of the
thousands of Georgia farmers com
posing its membership that it has
already received more peanuts than
it had delivered to it all of last
year. This announcement was made
by responsible officers of the Asso
ciation, who stated that the receipts
were still continuing heavy, with
prospects that the total tommge for
the year will double that of last
year.
Deliveries thus far to the Peanut
Association have been almost entire
ly from South Georgia, less than 250
tons having come thus far front the
large new territory in Middle Geor
gia, which only last year began peanut
growing on a commercial scale. The
crop in Middle Georgia and North
Georgia is from a month to six weeks
later than that of South Georgia. The
South Georgia delivery season has
been in progress five or six weeks
now, in volume, and it is expected
that this week will mark the open
ing of the Middle Georgia Season on
a large scale.
Although deliveries to the peanut
co-op are already considerably in ad
vance of the total receipts of last
year, and practically the entire ton
nage came from South Georgia, the
South Georgia crop is not yet de
livered is its entirety. In fact, de
liveries are still being made at a
rate almost as high as they were at
the peak last week. Unprecedentedly
fine weather for the last five weeks
has aided the farmers in picking and
delivering their peanuts. On the
basis of the showing thus far, it
is generally belieb'ed in Albany
that the co-op will easily double its
deliveries of last year, which was
the first of the Association’s life.
The peanut Association. which
cells the peanuts of its members
without profit to any one except
the members, is advancing $65.00 a
ton on No. 1 peanuts as a first
payment. This will be supplemented
by other payments as the crop : is
sold in 1 the orderly manner in which
the Association expects to handle
same. The first advance by the
co-op is nearly as much as some non
members have received iron out
right sales. The heavy volume o(
peanuts the Association withdrew
temporarily from the somewhat glut
ted market is generally credited
with having stabilized the peanut
market in Georgia in the last few
weeks, preventing what threatened
to be a disastrous decline.
Armistice Day Is
Appropriately Observed
To the D. A. R. and U. D. C. Chap
ters of Blakely should be given
credit for the Armistice Day celebra
tion, so fittingly carried out in the
school auditorium Tuesday morning.
The stage was artistically decorat
ed in seasonable flowers and United
States flags.
Opening number on the program
was the song, “America the Beauti
ful.” rendered by the school children.
Then followed the invocation by the
Reverend Mr. Blitch, a reading by
Mrs. Fitzhugh Fulton and a solo.
“Let Us Have Peace.” by Mrs. Jesse
Smith.
Especial mention should be made
of the talk, given in clear and ex
pressive language, by Rev. Spencer
King, whose theme was "America,
and the Wonderful Gifts She Has
Enjoyed.”
The audience was dismissed with
the song, “Columbia, the Gem of the
Ocean.”
WOMAN’S MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
The Circle meetings of the Wom
an’s Missionary Society of the Meth
odist church will be held at the
following places Monday afternoon at
3 o’clock:
Bessie Oliver Circle with Mrs.
Murdock and Mrs. D. R. Deal, at
the home of the latter.
Laura Haygood with Mrs. M. R.
Brooks.
Mary Lambuth with Mrs. Ida L.
Stone.
Belle Bennett with Mrs. Idus
Hobbs and Miss Eunice Talley, at
the home of the former.
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GEORGIA BAPTISTS !
LAUNtMAMPAIGN;
The four hundred thousand white
Baptists of Georgia, in company with
the Baptists of the entire South, will
be engaged during November and
December in a united missionary ef
fort of colossal proportions. The
objective during November will be
to complete what is known as the
Baptist Seventy-five Million Cam
paign that was launched in 1919 ana
that closes November 30th of this
year. In December Southern Bap
tists will be called on to make
pledges for financing the 1925 mis
sionary activities of the denomina
tion. The new Baptist program
will be known as the 1925 Kingdom
Program and the financial objective
will be a fund of fifteen million
dollars for that year.
During the past five years South
ern Baptists have contributed more
than $55,000,000 to benevolent and
mission causes and a tremendous
effort is being made to collect pre
viously made pledges and bring this
amount up to seventy-five million by
the first of December. Supported by
funds contributed by Southern Bap
tists in this Seventy-five Million
Campaign are Foreign Missions, Home
Missions, State and Associational
Missions, Christian Education, Hos
pitals, Orphanages and Ministerial
Relief. The same objects w r ill be the
beneficiaries of the new campaign
to be launched in December.
In Georgia special campaign organ
izations have been set up at Baptist
headquarters in Atlanta and in the
various district associations and lo
cal churches. These organizations
are at work on both the present and
future campaigns. In Georgia Dr.
Arch C. Cree is Campaign Director:
Louie D. Newton, Publicity Director;
James W. Merritt, Associate State
Director, and Miss Laura Lee Pat
rick, W. M. U. Director. Dr. L. R
Scarborough and Dr. C. E. Burts,
tw r oof the leaders among Southern
Baptists, toured Georgia the last
week in October in the interest of
the campaign.
JUNIOR AMERICAN RED
GROSS ARMY 5,596,663
Children of 29,942 Schools Now
Enrolled in Movement of
Service to Humanity.
The American Junior Red Cross,
which was organized as a children's
auxiliary during war-times especially
to help the young refugees in Europe,
and to exemplify in peace-time the
Red Cross ideal of service, has now a
membership of 5,506.663 in the schools
of the United States and the insular
possessions.
This Junior movement gives oppor
tunity for the children to share in
Red Cross effort parallel to that of
the parent organization. Juniors are
therefore identified in varying degree
with the health services, disaster re
lief work, salvage and other suitable
activities of value to the operations
of the Red Cross.
It Is a valiant host marching on
under Its "I Serve” banner In the
cause of happier childhood every
where and particularly wherever the
American flag flies. The enrollment
embraces 29,942 schools and 147,486
school rooms, a gain over 1923 of
5,655 schools and 22,414 school rooms.
The year’s gain In membership was
769,402 children, or nearly 80,000 for
each month of the school year.
The educational and social valnes
of the Junior Red Cross movement is
thus evidencing the firm and cordial
endorsement of school authorities. The
government has added the weight of
recognition by extending the Junior
Red Cross in the schools for American
Indian children. The American Red
Cross is also planning to develop the
j Junier program In 600 rural schools
j in isolated sections.
There Is no abatement of the ex
change of correspondence between
schools in the United States and
schools in the insular possessions
and foreign lands. During the year
the Junior Red Cross in part support
ed operations in twelve European
countries. It is a potent influence for
the cultivation of international good
will and Its example has been the
means of stimulating the formation
I of Junior Red Cross societies in more
I than thirty countries.
Interesting Experiment.
Freshman —“Say, Prof., how lorn;
could I live without brains ”
Prof.—“ That remains to be seen.” —
The Guide.
EARLY COUNTY NEWS
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BLAKKLXr. M. GEORGIA
To-Night and Friday SATURDAY
SHIRLEY MASON
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