Newspaper Page Text
“ - y--- ■■■ -
(Cavin Connin JNews
VOLUME LXIV > NO. 49
EXTRA LOW PRICES I
FOR j
Friday and Saturday |
16 pounds Sugar — SI.OO
Big Stick of Candy — 05 ♦
24 pound Sack Kitchen King 'Flour — $1.25 I
1 Jar of Snuff— 7C ♦
for •• D |
24 Cans Prince Albert Tobacco — $2.80
WE WILL TAKE PLEASURE IN I
CASHING YOUR SEED CHECKS X
T. K. WEAVER & CO. |
BLAKELY, GEORGIA
♦
♦
♦
COMING TO THE SENECA THEATRE SOON
“THE TEN COMMANDMENTS”
The crowning achievement of the
motion picture history
WATCH FOR THE DATE
WARNING!
You better come during next few days
if you want to share in the greatest bar
gains ever offered in Blakely.
s9*oo Dress Pumps, QO sl*oo Silk Hose, CQ
SIO,OO Hats, £T A A 50c Ginghams, f C
now • . now . 4 . t ♦> \J
19.00 25c Ginghams, | Q
BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —"Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead."
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING JULY. 30 1925 $1.50 A YEAR
MUCH INTEREST
IN CITY ELECTION
NEXT TUESDAY
460 Names Appear on Voters
List, of Which 140 Are Fe
male Voters.
An election will be held on Tues
day, August 4th, to choose two
members to succeed Messrs. J. O.
Bridges and R. C. Singletary on the
City Council of Blakely for a two
year term—l 926 and 1927.
Mr. Singletary declined to be a
candiddate again, but Mr. Bridges
qualified. Two other gentlemen,
Messrs. H. B. Ainsworth and L. B.
Fryer, are on the ticket.
The election will be held under
the Australian ballot system. The
polls will open at 9 o’clock a. m. and
close at 3:00 p. m. The law requires
that there be provided at each poll
ing place, a private room or rooms,
a booth or booths, or an enclosure
or enclosures, with such compart
ments therein as may be necessary
to accommodate the persons quali
fied to vote at such polling places,
and shall furnish each compartment
with * a shelf or table for the con
venience of voters in the prepara
tion of their ballots. These booths
or compartments shall insure the
voter’s privacy from other eyes in
the preparation of the ticket to be
voted. No other person except elec
tion managers shall be allowed with
in ten feet of the booth until the
J person voting has vacated it and
another then can take his place.
In case of municipalities, candi
dates must file the notice of their
candidacy with the Mayor 15 days
before the election.
Only one voter shall be allowed
in the booth at a time, and when
admitted the voter shall prepare his
ballot, vote and retire. The mana
gers shall ascertain that the voter
is duly registered and qualified un
. der the law to cast a vote and then
' hand him a ticket, after writing his
j name on the sheet of the ticket.
; After the voter has prepared the
, ballot and before depositing same
iin the ballot box, it shall be the
I duty of the managers to see that
■ the ticket attempted to be voted
' bears the same letter or designation
i and the same number as the sheet
[ on which appears the name of the
i identical voter. Any voter attempt-
I ing to vote any other ticket or bal
‘ lot, knowingly or wilfully, shall lose
i his vote for the election in which he
RETIRING PASTOR
EULOGIZED LAST
SUNDAY NIGHT
Farewell Service Tendered to
Rev. Spencer B. King At
tended by Large Crowd.
The Blakely Baptist church was
crowded last Sunday night to wit
ness the exercises given as a fare
well tribute to Rev. Spencer B. King,
the retiring pastor, who with his
family is leaving Blakely to make
his home in Pelham.
The services at the other church
es in the city were called off for
the evening and Rev. W. M. Blitch,
Rev. Ralph Gillam and Rev. H.
Scott-Smith were spokesmen for
their respective congregations in ex
pressing the regret that our people
feel at the going away of Bro. King.
Mr. G. M. Sparks, superintendent
of the Methodist Sunday School,
presided over the meeting and him
self paid splendid tribute to the
departing minister. Mr. J. O. Brid
ges spoke for the laymen of Blake
ly and was visibly moved as he
tried to put in words his own and
the community’s love for Bro. King.
Bro. King’s face was a picture of
distress as he listened to the trib
utes of his brethren and friends and
it was with difficulty that he con
trolled his voice as he briefly re
sponded to the tributes paid him
and invoked the blessings of God
upon those he was leaving behind
with the hope of entering a larger
field of usefulness,. He expressed
his gratification that he was leaving
Blakely with the low andUoyalty of
our people. •«
The choir and orchestra rendered
a splendid program, the closing
number of which was sung with
heartfelt participation of the large
congregation—“ God be with you
till we meet again.”
offers to vote. If a ticket be spoil
ed by a voter it shall be the duty
of the managers, before delivering
another ticket or ballot to the voter,
to secure from the voter the spoiled
ticket or ballot. People who make
written oath that by reason of blind
ness, inability to read our language
or physical infirmity, they can not
prepare their ballots, may have the
(Continued on page 5.)
It’s a “ GOOD ” Drill Store
What the State Pure Food Inspector
Says About Us.
Report of the Pure Food Division of the State
of Georgia on Balkcom’s Drug Store,
Blakely, Georgia
LIGHT Good FOUNTGood
VENTILATION Good DRAINAGEGood
WALLS . Good PLUMBINGGood
FLOORS Good SCREENS Yes
CEILING Good UTENSfLS Good
STERILIZATION Good PERSONNEL Good
REFRIGERATORGood WASH ROOM Good
SHOW CASES Good BACK ROOMGood
Balkcom’s Drug Store
Store
(The Economical Drug Store)
WILLIAM JENNNGS
BRYAN PASSES ON
TO FINAL REWARD
Great Commoner Dies Sudden
ly at Dayton, Tenn., Sunday
Afternoon.
DAYTON, Tenn.—William Jen
nings Bryan, who 27 years ago as
the “Boy Orator of the Platte”
with his “Cross of Gold” speech won
a Democratic presidential nomina
tion and a lasting place before the
American public, is dead.
The end came Sunday afternoon
while the Commoner was sleeping
in the house of Richard Rogers,
which had been assigned to him
during his stay here when he came
for the Scopes trial, Dr. W. F.
Thompson and Dr. A. C. Broyles,
who examined the body, stated that
death was caused by a hemorrhage
of the brain, resulting in apoplexy.
He was 65 years old.
Mr. Bryan, familiarly known as
“the Commoner,” had been living un
der a strenuous program since he
came here three weeks ago to as
sist in the prosecution of John T.
Scopes, found guilty of violating
Tennesee’s anti-evolution law. He
appeared in excellent health, how
ever, and was planning to launch a
great campaign this week in be
half of fundamentalism.
Mrs. Bryan Consoled
“I am happy that my husband
died without suffering and in
peace.” she said. His last words to
her as he entered the room for his
nap were:
“I am sleepy.”
Before he went to sleep, Mr.
Bryan autographed two books for
Judge John T. Raulston, who pre
sided at the Scopes t. ifti The heekL
were “The Seven Questions in Dls
i pute.” and “In His Image.” He
wrote “To Judge and Mrs. John T.
Raulston, Winchester, Tennessee,
with the good wishes of Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Bryan, July 26, 1925.”
One of the books was open when
physicians reached the room and
the ink was not dry. After travel
ing over 200 miles and delivering
speaches at Winchester and Jasper,
Tenn., Mr. Bryan returned to Day
ton early from Chattanooga where
he spent the night.
While in Chattanooga, Mr. Bryan
completed arrangements for publi
‘ cation of the speach he was to have
■ delivered during the closing hours
jof the Scopes case. He was having
it printed for distribution through-
(Continued on page 5.)