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VOLUME LXIV \ NO. 15 Playing Tonight and Friday SENECA THEATRE “AMERICA” D. W. Griffith's great photoplay of Robert W. Chambers’ Story Shows at 7:00-9:00 25c-50c TO SERVE YOU PROMPTLY, HONESTLY AND WELL TO KEEP OUR PROMISES; TO DO OUR LEVEL BEST TO GIVE YOU THE GREATEST DEGREE OF DRUG STORE ECONOMY; THAT IS THE CREED WITH " WHICH WE MATCH THE QUALITY OF THEDRUG STORE MERCHANDISE WE SELL. Balkcom’s Drug Store The Store (The Economical Drug Store) Look and Listen: We will be ready to serve you in . due time with a complete line of HOLIDAY GOODS such as the whole family can use and i appreciate. (THE STORE THAT QUALITY BUILT) G L. TABB & COMPANY BLAKELY, GEORGIA (Swig Contitn Success to All Who Pa y Their Honest Debts—“3e Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead." BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING NOV. 27, 1924 CAR LOT OF SWEET POTATOES SHIPPED CARLOAD SOLD TO BIRMINGHAM! PRODUCE CONCERN. Last Tuesday Blakely shipped her ■ first carload of sweet potatoes. These; potatoes were field run, shipped in ! bulk and represents a clean, clear pick-up for the farmers of Early county, since most of them would have been left in the ground for the hogs to harvest. The potatoes were graded 1 to 4 inches hi diameter, with no cuts, cracks or splits. An allowance of 20 per cent, is made here, however. The sale of this car has been er ■ fected through the efforts of Dr, W. , A. Fuqua, Early county’s demonstra tion agent, with the assitsance of the State Bureau of Markets. The car was sold to a wholesale dealer in Birmingham. The sale was made bill of lading attached with the priv ilege of inspection. Grading and weighing was done by the county agent and shippers, Mr. J. \V. Lane keeping the weights. The car w f as handled through the Early County Club. Checks for the potatoes will be issued shortly after the arrival qf the car in Birming ham. The price averaged $1.60 per hundred, f. o. b. Blakely. Thus goes Blakely’s first car of potatoes and others will follow. All that is necessary is to get carload lots where it will pay a dealer to handle them. Freight is also saved. The sweet potato crop is short, this year, and even in normal times very little attention is given thi* import ant and tasty article of diet. Dr. Fuqua is now working on a carload of syrup in cabs and he as sures the News that this will tie effected, thereby enabling men with a few cans or with hundreds of cans to get a ready sale. This is another forward Step and will prove that all farm products can be sold if only the right methods are used. HOLY TRINITY CHURCH Sunday, November 30. Church School 10:60 a. m. Holy Communion and Sermon 11:00 a. m. M. ARE ANNOUNCED i I EEV. W. M. BLITCH RETURNED TO BLAKELY. The appointments read out at the ! South Georgia Conference in Jlain ■ bridge Sunday night for the Ameri !eus district were as follows: Presiding elder, E. M. Overby. Americus, First Church, J. M. out ler; Lee Street, W. M. Haywood: Americus Circuit, A. G. Brewton; Ar lington, O. L. Kelley: Blakely, W. M. Blitch; Blakely Circuit, to be sup plied; Bronwood and Graves, W. E. Hightower; Cuthbert, J. H. House; Dawson, W. L. Wright; Edison, Mar vin Vincent; Ellaville, H. H. Heis ler; Fort Gaines, B. A. Pafford; Lea ry, J. A. Godfrey; Leslie and Mt. Zion, J. H. Wilson; Parrott. H. L. Pearson; Plains, O. L. Evans; Sas ser, C. R. McKibben, supply: Shell man, Theo Pharr; Shellman Circuit, W. E. McGahagain, supply; Smith ville, L. W. Walker; Spring vale, A. B. Brown, supply; Missionary to Czecho-Slovaltia, D. P. Nelson. W. D. McGregor has been return ed to Damascus and J. N. Sarrette to Jakin for another year, both these charges being in the Thomasville district. D. A. Cook goes to the Vidalia Circuit for the coming year. Rev. H. C. Jones, a former pastor of the Blakelj church, remains as presiding elder of the Mcßae district. Rev. E. M. Overby succeeds Rev. W. c. Lovett as presiding elder of this (the Americus) district . Tie is one of the denomination’s most prom inent members of the South Georgia Conference, Dr, Lovett goes to cue Marshalville church. Rev. M. W. Carmichael, well known to News readers, remains at Lumpkin for another year. The session was presided over by Bishop W. N. Ainsworth, and proved one of the most successful and de lightful Conferences ever held by the South Georgia body. The membership of the Blakely Methodist church and the people of Bukely generally are indeed glad that Rev. W. M. Blitch has been return ed to the church here for another year. Bro. Blitch has served the Blakely church for nearly two years, coming here at the death of Rev. J. P. Chatfield. He has done an excellent work here and his return is hailed with delight by our people. GORE APPOINTED SECY. AGRICULTURE Howard M. Gore, of West Virgin ia, was appointed Friday as secre tary of agriculture to succeed the late Henry C. Wallace. Mr. Gore, who has been serving as acting secretary since the death of Mr. Wallace, can only serve un til next March, when he becomes governor of his home state. Mr. Gore has been connected witli the department for several years. He is now engaged more particularly in i working out the estimates in connec tion with the budget bureau lor next year’s appropriations and because of his acquaintance with these ques tions his selection was considered most appropriate by the administra tion. Mr. Gore also had been en dorsed for the post by several farm leaders and farm organizations. AUTO STOLEN. Mr. R. C. Hobbs is minus a new Ford automobile, which was stolen Saturday night. This was indeed a bold theft, for the car was parked just across the street next to the curbing from the store of Mr. I. M. Hobbs. The sheriff’s office is as sisting Mr. Hobbs in the search for his oar. $ 1.50 A YEAR BETHEL ASSOCIATION WORKER ON THE JOB MlSs GUILLEBEAU DOING B. Y. P. U. AND S. S. WORK. At. its recent meeting at George town the Bethel Baptist Association authorized the employment of a Sunday School and B. Y. P. U. spe cialist to do some constructive work among the churches of the Associa tion. Miss Eva Guillebeau, of Lincoln ton, Ga., whose picture the New-s is privileged to print, has been se cured and is ‘‘on the job,” holding Teachers’ Institutes, Sunday School and B. Y. P. U. Rallies, and in other ways encouraging the work all along the line. Last week at Pine View a Miss Eva Guillebeau. very interesting class closed its ses sions, and we feel sure that the impetus given I?. Y. I*. U. and Sun day School work will prove of great advantage to the Pine View church and community. This week Miss Guillebeau is at Cedar Springs teaching a large class in the Sunday School Manual, taking a Religious Census, and in other ways stimulat ing interest in the work at Beulah church. Her next engagement is to be at Leary, beginning December 7th, and invitations are being received from other churches over the asso ciation for her services. The News is requested to state that churches desiring to use Miss Guillebeau in their Teacher Training work, or for Sunday School and B. Y. I’. U. enlargement, will write to Mr. J. M. Giddens, Arlington, Ga., and arrange about the date oil which, she may visit such church. Mr. 61u dens is the President of the Sunday School Convention of the Bethel Bap tist Association. THANKSGIVING SERVICES TODAY Union Thanksgiving services will be held at (he Baptist church this morning, to which the public is cor dially invited. An appropriate program has been arranged for the occasion, and Rev. W. M. Blitch, pastor of the Metho i dist church, will bring the message to the people. There is much for which the peo pie of this community should be thankful, and on this day, set apart, as a National day of thanksgiving, would it not be for us to gather at the house of our Lord and give thanks for his bounteous bless ings? MISCREANT"BREAKS PLATE GLASS WINDOM Some miscreant hurled a bottle through the plate glass display win dow of the Tarver Furniture Com pany Friday night, breaking a large hole in the glass and “relieving” Mr Tarver of a pearl-handled pistol and a pocket-knife. No clue to the thief has yet been discovered.