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SHORT NEWS NOTES
The News has been requested to
announce that a delightful play,
"The Old Fashioned Mother," will
be presented at the Rowena school \
on Friday night, November 28th, the
proceeds to go for the benefit of the
Ferrell’s Cross Roads Methodist
church. An admission of 15c and
25c will be charged.
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Capt. T. E. (Nick) Hightower, who
wae the commanding officer of the
Early Guards when the company
came out of the civil war, was
among those who were looking after
business in Blakely Monday. Only
two of his old command now survive
besides himself, these being Mr. I~>.
8. Jernigan of Blakely and Uncle
Jim Fuller Bush of Miller county.
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Mr. J. W. Calhoun and his son,
Dr. W. W. Calhoun, of Arlington,
were among those in attendance up
on city court in Blakely Monday.
The editor of the News is always
glad to greet this splendid old veter
an, who is now an octogenarian. He
wears his years lightly, however, and
we ■would wish for him a golden
sunset when the final summons shall
come.
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The News understands that the
old mill of the Blakely Hardwood
Lumber Co., at Hardwood, some 3
miles east of Blakely, has closed
down. The News has no authentic
information along this line, but hears
that the mill will probably he dis
mantled and moved to some other
point. The new mill will continue to
make the improvements contem
plated.
A marriage of considerable local
interest which occurred last Friday
was that of Mr. H. T. King, proprie
tor of the South Main Barber Shop,
and Miss Cornelia Hayes, ihe couple
surprising their friends by motoring
down to some Florida point to have
the ceremony performed. The bride
Is the daughter of Mr. Alex Hayes,
of the Freeman district. They are
making their homo in the R. C. Smith
residence on North Main street, and
are receiving congratulations of
their friends.
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Mr. J. D. Ayers, who has been
bedridden for many months, suc
cumbed to his illness Tuesday morn
ing and was buried in the Blakely
cemetery Wednesday morning, the
funeral being preached by Rev. W.
J. Barton, of Edison. He is survived
by two sisters, Miss Jane Ayers anti
Mrs. Sarah Temples. Mr. Ayers’
Illness extended over a period of
several years and death came as a
relief to the sufferer. Our people
sympathize with the bereaved ones
in their distress.
The Georgia Baptist Convention
met in Columbus Tuesday. The ses
sions were held in the first Baptist
church. The convention was largely
attended. Blakely was represented
by the pastor. Rev. Spencer B. King,
and Messrs. J. V. Tabb and W. W.
Fleming. Bro. King was honored
by President Moll with the chairman
ship of the Committee on Commit
tees. Some of the most distinguished
men in the denomination were pres
ent and addressed the convention,
among them the president of the
Southern Baptist Convention, Rev.
George W. McDaniel.
FOR SALE —A five room house and
6 acre lot in Bluffton, Ga. Price,
$495.00, or will rent, for 1925. R. L.
HOWELL, Blakely. Ga., or s. A.
WALDROP. Tallapoosa. Ga. Up
Department of Agriculture
Reviews Crop Conditions
The smallest corn crop since 1913
was the reward of American farmers
this year who planted the fifth larg
est acreage to that crop iir the his
tory of farming. Not only was the
harvest substantially below those of
the last four years, but the merch
antable quality of this year’s crop
is the lowest in thirty years, with the
exception of 1917.
Preliminary estimates of produc
tion, issued by the department of
agriculture, placed the crop at 2,470,-
538,000 bushels, the acreage at 195,-
664,000 or 1.4 per cent more than
last year, and the merchantable
quality of the crop as 3.2 per cent.
Corn' production during the last four
years has averaged more than 3,000,-
000,000 bushels.
The white potato crop, estimated at
454,119,000 bushels, is slightly larger
than the big crops of 1917 and 1922.
Per capita production this year is
4.08 bushels, compared with an
average of 3.76 bushels per capita
during the last twenty years.
There will be an ample supply of
good potatoes at moderate prices,
government officials declare. The
average yield ran to 121.0 bushels
per acre as compared with 99.1, the
ten-year average.
Sweet Potates Several Million
Bushels Off.
Drought in important southern pro
ducing states greatly reduced the
sweet potato crop, which is estimated
at 75,620,000 bushels, or about 25,-
000.000 bushels below the average of
the last five years and the smallest
crop since 1916.
Tobacco Less Than Last Year.
Tobacco production is 261,000.000
pounds less than last year, with a
total crop of 1,213,975,000 pounds es
timated. Bright tobacco shows a
decrease of 115,000,000 pounds; cigar
types, 63,000,000 pounds, and Mary
land and eastern Ohio export types
1,817,000 pounds. Quality of the
crop varies in New England, is good
in Pennsylvania, not so good in the
Miami Valley of Ohio and poor in
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Wisconsin. Quality in Kentucky
is uncertain as yet and will depend
upon rains during the curing season.
Maryland export suffered some from
frost. Bright tobacco in the main
producing regions is slightly better
in quality than last year, though
still low.
Corn Production.
Corn production averaged 23.5 bush
els per acre this year as compared
with 29.2 bushels last year and 27.6
bushels, the ten year average.
Apples Above Average.
The apple crop, estimated at 177,-
238,000 bushels, is slightly above the
average of the last five years, /but
smaller than last year. Prospects
are particularly poor in Washington,
Idaho, Michigan and in commercial
sections of Pennsylvania and Mary
land. The total commercial crop Is
estimated at 27,188,000 barrels.
Big Pear Production.
The harvest of pears this year has
been exceeded only once, in 1920.
Production has about doubled since
! 1909.
Peanuts Suffer from Unfavorable
Weather.
Peanuts suffered from unfavorable
weather and the smallest crop since
the government began to keep record
of them in 1916 is the result, the
estimate being 582,535,000 pounds.
Try a Claussen Cake, all varieties.
WILLIAMS’ MARKET.
Silow-Dale Peaches, 28c per can, at
R. D. HALL’S.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
I solicit subscriptions for all rep
utable magazines and periodical pub
lications, either singly or In duffs.
My rates are as low as can be ob
tained from any source. Catalogue
of publications furnished on request.
I also handle the Harper line of
brushes and am now demonstrating
them in Blakely. Address me at
Fort Gaines, Ga. C. L. McLENDON.
Try the News for Job Printing.
BOX SUPPER.
On Wednesday night before Thanks
giving there will be a box supper at
White Pond. Everybody has a cor
dial invitation to attend.
SEND NO MONEY: Cabbage and
Bermuda Onions. Plants SI.OO per
1,000, all leading varieties; shipped
daily. Shipped C. O. D. express or
mail. DORRIS PLANT CO., Valdos
ta. Ga. ' 13-4tp
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Old Hats cleaned and reblocked.
Made to look like new. Don’t throw
them away, bring them to us.
E. H. DUNN PRESSING CLUE.
FOR SALE—The Hudspeth resi
dence in Blakely. See or write J.
E. HUDSPETH, Cedar Springs, Geor
gia. 2tp
Grapes, Apples, Bananas and Or
anges. Telephone No. 114.
WILLIAMS’ MARKET.