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EARLY COUNTY, GA.,
Garden Spot of
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXV > NO. 20
PAST YEAR WAS
WARM AND DRY
Interesting Statistics on Weath
er for 1925.
The local weather records show
that the year 1925 was the warmest
on record here for the past eleven
years, and slightly drier than the
average, although not unduly so.
The mean temperature for the
year was 68.4 degrees. This com
pares with 63.7 for 1924, 65.5 for
1923; 67.7 for 1922; 67.9 for 1921;
65.0 for 1920; 66.6 for 1919; 67.3
for 1918; 65.3 for 1917; 66.9 for
1916, and 65.8 for 1915.
The mean temperature by months
for 1925 was as follows: January,
53.8; February, 56.3; March, 61.2;
April, 69.3; May, 77.7; June 80.9;
July, 82.9; August, 81.1; Spetember,
84.1; October, 68.7; November, 54.9;
December 50.2.
The lowest temperature recorded
during the past year was 14 de
grees above zero on December 28th,
while on September sth a record
for all time was established with a
maximum temperature of 110 de
grees.
The total rainfall for 1925 amount-
REDUCED PRICE?
45 lb. can Jewel Compound $5.95
8 lb. bucket Jewel Compound 1.20,
35c Delmonte Pineapple .25
Heavy Overalls 1.25
SI.OO Uncle Sam Work Shirts .85
Perfect Biscuit Flour— T 1.35
SPOT CASH TO ALL
T. K. WEAVER & CO.
BLAKELY, GEORGIA
| CLOSING OUT SALE
tt All Wool Dress Materials to go at
0 HALF PRICE
♦♦
♦♦
tt All shoes at from 50c a pair and up. This in-
♦t eludes shoes that sold as high as $15.00 a
♦♦ pair. Quitting the shoe business is the rea-
son of this offer.
♦♦ (New Spring Hats, Dresses and Coats coming in
tX for your inspection).
♦♦ We hope to have the pleas-
♦♦ ure of seeing you right away
| TABB’S
|| BLAKELY, GEORGIA
&dg Conntp JXctvs
B. H. S. “FRAT” HOLDS
BANQUET AND DANCE
The unknown Fraternity at Blake
ly Hi held a delightful little ban
quet and dance on New Year’s eve.
The banquet was served at the City
Case and the dance was at the
home of Miss Alta Hammack.
The music for the dance was fur
nished by the Davis Harmony Boys,
members of the “Frat.” All members
of the brotherhood wore carnival
capes and as the New Year was
ushered in, confetti lent a festive
and gala color to the assemblage.
ed to 51.74 inches, with monthly
amounts as follows: January, 14.10;
February, 2.02; March, 0.99; April,
1.98; May, 2.23; June, 3.00; July,
2.93; August, 4.77; September, 4.05;
October, 4.23; November, 6.41; De
cember, 5.03.
The total rainfall of 51.74 inches
for 1925 compares with 55.45 inch
es for 1924; 56.20 for 1923; 57.28
for 1922; 53.28 for 1921; 61.25 for
1920; 68.11 for 1919; 62.40 for
1918; 47.30 for 1917, 62.65 for 1916
and 39.83 for 1915.
It was in 1916 that 30.23 inches
of rain fell during the month of
July. This was the famous July
flood.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1926.
OWNERSHIP OF CAR
MUST BE PROVEN
Before Owner Can Secure 1926
License Tag.
No person in Georgia can obtain
a 1926 license tag until he has
proved ownership of the car for
which the license is sought, the mo
tor registration department of the
secretary of state’s office has de
clared, on the eve of an anticipated
rush for new license plates.
This attitude was taken by those
in charge of auto registration in
pursuance of regulations embodied
in the new motor vehicle registration
law which stipulates that applicants
for new tags must sign an affidavit
before a notary public to the effect
that the car in question is owned by
the applicant. Likewise payment
through the mails must be made in
the form of cash, postoffice money
order, cashier’s checks, or express
money order checks. Personal, busi
ness and other drafts are being re
jected by the department and entail
ing a delay in the delivery of tags
to out-of-town purchasers. This
specificatio follows loss of money in
the past years by the department
through bad checks, it was said, and
precautions are necessary to guard
against possible future losses.
U. D. C. HOLDS AN
INTERESTING MEETING
The New Year meeting of the U.
D. C. Chapter was held Friday af
ternoon at the home of Mrs. W. C.
Cox, president of the Chapter. She
and Mrs. J. G. Standifer were joint'
hostesses for tlje occasion.
The reception room anti the living
room were most tastefully decorated
with hamboo and holly, and had tall
unshaded Christmas candles burning
cheerily from attractive green set
tings-
The Chaper this season sent Christ
mas greetings to each Early county
Confederate veteran, and to widows
of veterans.
Committees for arranging the
program in celebration of Lee’s
birthday anniversary, January 19th,
and for procuring a speaker for
Memorial Day were appointed.
An interesting paper on the life
of Gen. Benning was read by Mrs.
W. A. Fuqua.
After the usual routine work of
the Chapter was concluded, a social
hour was enjoyed, and refreshments
were served.,
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LANDMARK GOES IN
PATH OF PROGRESS
Singletary Store Building Is
Being Dismantled.
Another Blakely landmark has
been dismantled to make way for
the spirit of progress.
The little old store building on
the east side of Cuthbert street so
long occupied by Mr. Andrew J.
Singletary as an office and commis
sary and later by his* son, Mr. R. C.
Singletary, and more lately by Mr.
J. B. Singletary (no kin to the
others, has been razed to make room
for a large brick structure being
erected by Mr. R. C. Singletary.
Mr. Singletary doubtless felt some
compunction about tearing down the
old building because of family
sentiment, but the writer of these
lines also feels a sentimental at
tachment for it that dates back
more than a half century.
Our first recollection of the build
ing is that it sat on the east side of
the public square just south of the
present Thompson hotel and was oc
cupied by Mrs. J. B. Jones, formerly
the widow Bass, and grandmother of
Mrs. W. W. Calhoun, of Arlington,
as a millinery store. It was then
an old looking building. After the
death of Mrs. Jones it was used as
a school room for a season by Miss
Alice Ball, who conducted a private
school. She had some 25 or 30
pupils, but to save our life we can
not recall any of them right now
except Will Gill, besides ourself,
though there are doubtless a num
ber of them living. We remember
that every afternoon just before dis
missing school for the day Miss
Alice used to line the children up on
' one side of the house and have them
V sing a 'ong. Miost it
an old song called, “I Want to
Be an Angel.” The chorus ran this
way:
“I want to be an angel
And with the angels stand,
A crown upon my forehead,
A harp within my hand.”
Then after the Southwestern Rail
road was extended from Arlington
to Blakely, Col. Singletary bought
the little building and rolled it on
rollers and skids down the Cuthbert
street hill to the present location
where he built a shed room on to
it and used it as above stated until
the time of his death.
Perhaps the saddest memory that
that' comes to us in connection of
these ruminations is that the much
loved teacher was but a few years
later a victim of T. 8., as were also
her brothers, Will and Ed Ball, and
a younger sister, Miss Kate. Ed
migrated to Monroe, La., and was
followed there by his sister, Kate,
and the aged mother, who outlived
all her children.
Another recollection that comes
to mind in connection with our
school experience was the source of
our blackboard chalk (now called
crayons). Some years previous a
wooden store building that sat where
the Citizens Bank building now is
was burned. It was occupied by
Mr. W. T. Robinson, father of Miss
Leone Robinson, who now occupies
hte Wade home. His iron safe was
damaged in the fire and when he
the Wade home. His iron safe was
shoved off to an adjoining lot and
the outer covering rusted off. The
school children picked off hunks
of the plaster of paris that formed
the jacket of the old safe and used
the stuff as chalk in their blackboard
work. Some, of it was rust stained
and made yellow marks. The old
safe was a gold mine to our little
school as long as it lasted.
C. OF GA. BAND TO
FURNISH WSB PROGRAM
The Central of Georgia Band and
Orchestra, composed of Savannah
employes of the Central of Georgia
Railway, will broadcast at 8:00 P.
M., Eastern time, Monday night,
January 11, from W. S. 8., the radio
station of the Atlanta Journal, At
lanta, Ga. A well selected program
of band and orchestra music, with
vocal solos and a short talk by L.
A. Downs, President of the Central
of Georgia, will be given.
Patrons and friends of the Cen
tral of Georgia are invited to tune
in and hear the concert.
POSTAL RECEIPTS
SHOW INCREASE;
Postal receipts at the Blakely
postoffice during 1925 showed a
gain of several hundred dollars over
the previous year, according to fig
ures furnished the News by Mrs.
L. M. Rambo, postmaster.
If postal receipts are a barometer
of a city’s growth, Blakely has made
a slow, but steady gain during the
past five years, which show postal
receipts as follows:
1925, $10,770.83.
1924, $10,303.84.
1923, $10,242.31.
1922, $10,009.62.
1921, $8,94.1.87.
The present year is expected to
show an even greater increase than
in any of the past years, for the city
is growing at a more substantial
rate than at any time in recent
years.
COMMISSIONERS
HOLD MEETING
Pass Resolution Favoring Lim
ited Road Bond Issue.
The county commissioners held
quite an interesting session Tuesday.
Chairman Grady Holman being ab
sent, Mr. C. E. Martin presided.
The board appointed road census
takers in the various militia districts
as follows:
430—J. G. Brantley.
1760—W. E. Hayes.
1592—H. J. Cosby.
1164—R. E. Ragan.
1572—E. H. Hayes.
1140—R. W. Wolf.
866—J. R. Grimsley.
1535—W. D. Sammons.
1435—W R. Taylor.
Bruges. T®
510—Ashley
The road tax was fixed at $5.00,
with a discount if paid by May Ist.
Quite a delegation of farmers
. appeared before the board seeking
to have Dr. W. A. Fuqua retained
as county farm demonstrator, but
after hearing from them, the Board
' passed a resolution declaring the
office vacant.
Mr. T. B. McDowell, as the rep
resentative of the Board, laid be-
■ fore the body the results of his re
; cent appearance before the State
Highway department in behalf of
Early county State Aid projects.
After discussing the question of a
■ bond issue pro and con the board
; adopted the following resolution:
: “Resolved, The Board of County
j Commissioners favor a limited bond
issue to meet the requirements of
the County as to paving and build
ing roads on a basis of 75 per cent,
to be paid by the State Highway De
partment and 25 per cent, to be
paid by the county.”
So far as can be ascertained from
therr minutes, the commissioners
have not yet elected a county attor
ney, a county physician nor a road
warden for 1926.
SALKCOM’S DRUG STORE
Is honestly striving to become the
Family Drug Store of every fam
ily in Early County. Give us an
opportunity of adding to your sat
isfaction.
Balkcom’s Drug Store
Store
Economical Prompt
BLAKELY, GA.
PULL FOR BLAKELY
—OR—
PULL OUT
$2.00 A YEAR
MR. WILL STRONG
IS FOUND DEAD
Body Interred in Blakely Cem
etery Wednesday Morning.
The body of Mr. Will S. Strong
was found dead in his bed in his
sleeping room in the rear of his
store on Church street near the
cemetery Monday morning, with a „ '
bullet hole through his body. The /
bullet passed through the left lung’
and out at his back and went
through the two mattresses on which
he slept.
Mr. Robert Alexander was the
first to discover the corpse. Mr.
Strong had been ill in bed all dur
ing the holidays and Mr. Alexander,
who rooms at the home of Mrs. D.
D. Strong, had been stopping in and
building a fire in the heater each
morning. Monday morning, when
he had built the fire, he turned to
look at the bed and found Mr. Strong
cold in death. He reported his dis
covery to the authorities at once.
In the absence of Coroner W. J.
Kenney, Sr., an inquest was held by
Judge J. B. Chancy, Justice of the
Peace. The jury turned in a ver
dict to the effect that the deceased
came to his death from a pistol
shot wound through the breast and
lungs, and that same was self
inflicted.
In the room with the deceased
was his favorite dog, which had al
so been shot in the neck, the bullet
striking the brass plate on his col
lar and deflecting through the skin
of his neck.
On a chair near the bed was
found the deceased’s pistol with two
empty chambers. The bullet which
killed Mr. Strong was found near
the bottom surface of the under
mattress on his bed.
i i'iQ mt rj„ 5 LI, ‘ i.,. f
from his wife 'and children for sev
eral years and his wife had recently
obtained a divorce from him, and
it is believed that despondency over
his family troubles and his crippled
and ill condition prompted the rash
act.
He is survived by two young chil
dren, Willa and DuPont, who are
with their mother in Maryland, by
his aged mother, Mrs. D. I). Strong,
by four brothers, Mr. Don Strong of
Manila, P. 1., Mr. B. M. Strong of
Mobile, Ala., Mr. Guerry Strong of
Mississippi, Mr. Bruce Strong of
Washington, D. C., and by three
sisters, Mrs. T. F. Cordray of Gulf
port, Miss., Mrs. H. T. Williams of
| Blakely and Mrs. Arthur Jackson
of Asheville, N. C.
His remains were interred in the
Blakely cemetery Wednesday, re
ligious services being conducted by
Rev. F. H. Chapman.
Mr. Strong was a veteran of the
Spanish-American war, suffering the
loss of his hearing in the Philippine
campaign, which greatly handicapped
him in after life.
Friends of the family extend sym
pathy to them in their tragic be
reavement.