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EARLY COUNTY, GA.,
Garden Spot of
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXVI J> NO. 25
MISS RUTHERFORD
WILL HEAD STATE
SPEAKERS BUREAU
WILL ASSIST IN CHILD ENROLL-
MENT OF STONE MOUNTAIN
MEMORIAL FUND.
Much interest attaches to the an
nouncement that Miss Mildred Ruth
erford, of Athens, one of the South’s
best known and best loved women,
is organizing in Georgia a state-wide
speakers bureau to assist in the
campaign now being conducted by
the Stone Mountain Memorial Asso
ciation for the enrollment of chil
dren in the juvenile department. of
the Memorial, known as the Chil
dren’s Founders’ Roll.
Miss Rutherford will name a prom
inent man or woman in every coun
ty of the state to co-operate with the
local organization for the enrollment
of children, and plans to conduct an
intensive campaign through the
speakers bureau.
“Children are given a special de
partment in almost every institution
of modern life,’’ states Miss Ruther
ford in a letter outlining her plans.
“Children have made notable contri
butions to the erection of notable
monuments in this and other coun
tries. It is therefore eminently fit
tihg that the children should have
a special department in the Stone
Mountain Memorial, and such a de
partment has been established. To
me, it is a wonderful thought that
the boys and girls are to be included
among the builders of this great
monument, so that it shall pass into
the keeping of a generation who
will cherish and safeguard it be
cause they had a part in its crea
tion.
“Notwithstanding the fact that
my personal affairs and other patriot
ic endeavors weigh heavily upon me,
I have determined to devote to this
effort for the Stone Mountain Mem
orial a great deal of time and hard
work. The quota of children allot
ted to Georgia is 97,000, and I am
very anxious that our state, which
is the home state of the Memorial,
shall lead the rest.”
Miss Rutherford is one of the
South’s foremost historians and ed
ucators, and for many years was
president of the Lucy Cobb Institute,
at Athens. She has devoted much
time and pains in the correction of
errors and false statements concern
ing the South’s position in the
memorable struggle of the Sixties.
Men and women throughout Georgia,
the South and the nation admire her
for her wonderful intellect and es
teem her for her many noble and
unselfish qualities of character.
For many years Miss Rutherford
has been a leader in the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, the
Confederate Southern Memorial As
sociation, and other patriotic organi
zations. She was formerly Historian-
General of the U. D. C., and also was
Historian of the Georgia Division of
the U. D. C. for many years, having
resigned that position a few weeks
ago. She has been on the Board of
Directors of the Stone Mountain
Memorial Association for several
years, and is a vice-president of the
Association.
JUST RECEIVED
LARGE LINE OF DRY GOODS
AND GROCERIES
NEW SHIPMENT OF SHOES TO
ARRIVE WITHIN THE
NEXT FEW DAYS
T. K. WEAVER & COMPANY
BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Early County News
HOG SALE NEXT
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 23
The News is authorized by
the County Agent to announce
that another co-operative hog
sale will be held next Wednes
day, February 23rd.
The last sale, held on the 9th,
was a record-breaker, over sll,-
000 being realized from the sale
of that date. The price paid at
that time was 10.01 basis No. 1.
It is expected that another
large sale will be recorded next
Wednesday, and that the highest
market prices will be paid for
the hogs.
City Court Will
Meet Next Monday
The jury term of the City Court
of Blakely will convene next Mon
day, February 21st, with Judge R.
H. Sheffield presiding and Solicitor
Lowrey Stone as prosecutor.
The following jurors have been
summoned to serve: P. C. Johnson,
L. J. Cannon, C. C. Willis, R. B.
Buchannon, H. G. Hudson, Roy Jer
nigan, Oscar Whitchard, Jr., W. J.
Slappey, W. A. Smith, J. B. Widner,
W. R. Averitt, G. Z. Justice, E. F.
Chandler, J. B. Jones (866), T. E.
Peterman, E. C. McDowell, J. A.
Green, O. C. Bell, J. L. Widner, H.
T. Williams, R. T. McGrady, S. R.
Lindsey, W. L. Cooper, J. H. Mor
gan, J. P. Boyd, J. O. Lane, W w M.
Bowman, Bruce Lindsey, M. V. Mil
ler, R. A. Wright, Bill Williams, H.
C. Houston, L. W. Jenkins, Max .Mid
dleton, Grady Holman, J. W. Lane,
J. A. Howard, W. J. Bryant, H.
Grier, J. A. S. Adams, J. H. Jones,
C. F. Beard, R. C. Hobbs, C. A. Ti
ner, C. I. Houston, J. H. Duce, R. K.
Hightower, J E. Erwin.
MRS. ANNA RAMBO
BURIED AT BLUFFTON
Miss Anna Rambo, about 74 years
of age, died at the home of her
niece, Mrs. W. E. Watkins, at Jack
son, Ga., Sunday afternoon, follow
ing an illness of some days following
a stroke of paralysis. Her remains
were brought to Bluffton and in
terred Monday afternoon, Rev.
Guyton Fisher, of Blakely, conducting
the funeral ceremonies in the pres
ence of a large gathering of friends
and relatives.
The deceased was a daughter of
the late Drewry Rambo, a pioneer
settler of Bluffton, and spent most
of her long and useful life there.
She was a sister of the late Judge
John D. Rambo, of Bluffton, and an
aunt of Judge Lawrence M. Rambo,
who died a few years ago in Blake
ly, and w’hose widow is now postmas
ter here.
Mrs. Rambo and quite a number
of Blakely friends of the deceased
attended the funeral of this beloved
woman.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 17, 1927.
LDW INTEREST
RATE PAID BY STATE
FOR SCHOOL FUNDS
TEACHERS TO BE PAID WITH-
OUT HAVING TO DISCOUNT
WARRANTS IN 1927.
Georgia school teachers will be
paid their salaries this year without ;
being required to discount their war
ranty, as in former years, through a
lean of $2,600,000 completed Satur
day by Governor Walker and the
Atlanta and Lowry National bank.
The loan was made at the low inter
est rate of 3.94 per cent, per year.
Negotiations were completed Sat
urday between Governor Walker
and Robert F. Maddox, chairman of
the board of the Atlanta and Lowry
bank, by which four notes were is
sued by the state and signed by the
governor for $650,000 each. These
were dated in February, March, April
and May, and all will mature on De
cember 31, 1927.
Governor Walker recently adver
tised for bids for making the state
this loan, and although a number of
banks competed, the bid of the At- j
lanta and Lowry National was the
lowest and was accepted.
The school department Will profit
considerably by the new system, as
under the former plan warrants were
issued, with a discount rate of 3.90
per cent., and both principal and ;
interest were taken from the school
funds, it was pointed out. Under
this plan the interest is to be paid
from the general funds, of the state i
treasury. The notes will mature at,
the end of the year, after state and ,
county taxes are due.
At the last session of the general
assembly an amendment to the con
stitution took effect, which author
;zed the governor to anticipate tax
collections by borrowing not more
than $3,500,000 for the purpose of ,
paying teachers’ salaries. Governor
Walker signed for the state under
this authority.
“I am very glad that the Atlanta
and Lowrey National bank was able i
to make this loan to the state of
Georgia, as it is generally recog
nized that this is a better and more
business-like system of paying the
school teachers than by the former
(Excerpts from Early County News
of February 16, 1877.)
It is a remarkable circumstance
that there were more brethren than
sisters at the conference of the Bap
tist church on Saturday last. (Such
an event in this day would still be
remarkable, would it not?)
Died, in Huntsville, Texas, on the
Bth of November, 1876, Mr. Green
Willis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joab
Willis, who live near Blakely. (This
young man was a brother of Mrs. T.
R. McDonald and has a number of
relatives among our people.)
The bill for calling a convention to
revise the Constitution of the State
will be found in another column.
When we put it in type we supposed
that it lacked nothing but the Gover
nor’s signature to become a law,
but we were mistaken. It was re
considered in the Senate aad so
amended as to submit the question
of convention or no convention to
the people. This was a victory on
the part of the enemies of the con
vention. They have hopes that the
two houses will get into a wrangle
on the subject and that it may not
be got through during the session.
Should this fail them, they have
hopes of defeating it before the
people. To our minds, there is no
overwhelming necessity for the call
of a Convention, yet there is such a
clamor for it as the Legislature is
bound to listen to and respect, hence
we think they should call a Conven-
A HALF CENTURY AGO TODAY
Some Things of Interest That Happened
“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
WILL OBSERVE
WASHINGTON’S
BIRTHDAY
APPROPRIATE EXERCISES AT
SCHOOL AUDITORIUM NEXT
TUESDAY MORNING.
Washington’s birthday will be ob
served at the school auditorium next
Tuesday morning, February 22nd, at
8:15 o’clock. The public is cordial
ly invited to attend.
The following program has been
arranged for the occasion:
Song: “Star Spangled Banner”—
School.
Reading: “The Life of Washing
ton” —Seventh Grade Pupil.
Address: “The Value of Truthful
ness” —Rev. Guyton Fisher.
The Story of the Cherry Tree—
Carl Green.
Reading: “The Flag” Carolyn
Fryer.
Song: “America”—School.
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
TO BUY ROAD EQUIPMENT
Ask Bids for $160,000 Worth of
Road Equipment.
Approximately $160,000 in road
equipment will be purchased by the
1 state highway commission on Febru
ary 25, John N. Holder, chairman of
the highway board, has announced.
This equipment will be used in the
$10,500,000 road construction pro
' gram of Georgia this year, it was
'said.
i Meeting at the offices in East
Point, Ga., the board will open bids
and award contracts for the purchase
of this equipment, Mr. Holder said.
Machinery to be purchased includes
two 10-ton tractors, nineteen 5-ton
, tractors, 26 alligators, and 30 road
graders with engines.
system of warrants to be discount
ed by them,” said Mr. Maddox.
“We regard the notes of the state
of Georgia as good as any notes in
: the United States, and we are es
pecially glad to be able to give the
state the benefit of the extremely
low interest rate.”
Fifty Years Ago.
tion “straight-out,” and thus remove
all uncertainty on the subject. Our
people are sick of uncertainties. The
presidential issue has given them
enough of that, and it is cruel not to
give them a little interval of rest
after the 4th of March.
Next Sabbath will be the regular
day for preaching at the M. E.
Church—Rev. J. W. Weston, pastor.
(This faithful man of God is still
living, but is on the superannuate
list of his conference.)
Trouble in North Georgia. A
'Washington dispatch of the 12th
|says: A dispatch to Commissioner
lof Internal Revenue from Agent
Chamberlain, dated Cartersville, Ga.,
I reports a raid in the northern part
|of that State. Thirty-three stills
i were destroyed and eighty-four ar
rests were made. Lieutenant Mcln
tyre of the second infantry was kill
ed in Fog mountains by thirty illicit
distillers who attacked the govern
ment forces under cover of night.
(Them was the “good old days be
fore Volsteadism was heard of,” and
moonshining and bootlegging were
| virtuous deeds in the eyes of many,
! just as they are now. But this news j
! note reminds us that human nature |
!is pretty much the same in all ,
| generations.)
A report from the Ordinary’s :
office showed that there were 67 ■
marriages in Early county in 1876. i
Os these, 22 were whites and 45
colored.
FARMERS’ MEETING
SATURDAY MORNING
Dr. W. A. Fuqua, County
Agent, announces there will be
a Farmers’ Meeting at the court
house in Blakely on Saturday,
February 19th. At this time
there will be three or four speak
ers present from .the State Col
lege of Agriculture, and the
meeting should be one of inter
est to those interested in the
pursuit of agriculture.
The subject to be discussed
by the speakers is “Live Stock
Production and Co-Operative
Marketing.”
The meeting will be at ten
o’clock in the morning.
Farm Land Prices
Show Trend Upward
The value of farm real estate has
shown an apparent steady trend'to
ward stability since the peak of
1920, the bureau of agricultural
economics, of the United States De
partment of Agriculture, announces
in a preliminary report of the farm
real estate situation based on a sur
vey begun this year by the division
of land economics.
Although there is yet no assur
ance that the bottom has been
reached, according to the report, the
average value per acre in the United
States has shown a steadily lessen
ing rate of decline during the five
year period.
The decrease in values up to
March 1, 1926, the last date for
which information is available, rep
resented a decrease of about one
third from the high point of 1920.
Reports of the recent agricultural
census as of January 1, 1925, record
ed a drop of about one-fourth dur
ing the preceding five-year period.
The 1926, values, according to
the bureau’s data, were at about
the level of 1917, which in turn is
about 25 per cent, above the 1912-
1914 average, regarded as pre-war.
The tendency toward stability is
reported to be a reflection of the
moderate but steady upward trend
of net incomes, and in the combined
index of farm products prices since
the low point of the depression pe
riod.
Two factors which the bureau be
lieves may help to check the further
decline in farm values are announced
reductions in farm mortgage interest
rates, posible further easing of the
credit situation consequent upon im
provement in country banking con
ditions and the large supply of funds
seeking employment in the invest
ment markets, and the probability
that in a number of areas the fore
closures and other forced liquidations
have exerted most of their influence
on values. The bureau’s conclusions
are based upon 30,000 reports from
farmers, dealers, land bankers, ap
praisers and others in close contact
with conditions in the farm real es
tate market. The survey to be made
annually and the report is to be
known as the farm real estate situa
tion.
A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION
to,make BALKCOM’S your DRUG
STORE will pay large dividends
in satisfaction and economical
buying.
We are equipped with knowledge,
experience, complete stock and a
genuine desire to help you there-
by helping ourselves.
PULL FOR BLAKELY
—OR—
PULL OUT
$2.00 A YEAR
MASS MEETING
IS CALLED FOR
FEBRUARY 24
CITIZENS URGED TO ATTEND
MEETING TO DISCUSS THE
HYDRO-ELECTRIC BID.
The city council held an interest
ing special meeting last Friday night,
at which there were about twenty
or more leading citizens of Blakely
present to consider a tentative bid
from the Baker County Power Com
pany for the purchase of the city’s
water, light, ice and cold storage
plant and distribution system.
Mr. Baskerville, representing the
power company, stated that his
company would be willing to pay
$81,000.00 for the entire layout and
also laid before the meeting the pro
posed charges for service by his
company.
After asking him a great many
questions and engaging in a free
for-all discussion, the council decided
to call the citizens of Blakely to as
semble in a mass meeting at the
court house on Thursday night,
February 24th, to give fuller consid
eration to the proposition to sell
Blakely’s public utilities.
In accordance with this resolution,
Mayor Barksdale has issued the fol
lowing call’:
To the Citizens of Blakely.
The Baker County Power Com
pany having made a bid to the city
of Blakely for the purchase of its
water works, electric light, cold stor
age and ice plants, the council has
decided to call a mass meeting of
the citizens of Blakely. This meeting
will be held in the court house on
Thursday night, February 24th, 1927.
Understand this is not a move to
sell, but merely to get an expression
from the people in regard to this
matter. If the people decide it a
good move to bring in hydro-electric
nower.'then, of course, we will con
sider other bids and do our best to
get what the city should have for its
plants and splendid service. Come
and bring your best judgment with
yqu. Pull for the best interests of
Blakely.
C. R. BARKSDALE, Mayor.
CONFIDENCE GAME WORKED
ON OLD NEGRO WOMAN
A confidence game, worked on
Mary Ann Sanders, an old negro
woman, the widow of Clark Sanders,
who died a few months ago in the
northern part of the city, separated
(the old woman from S2OO of her
savings. The slim-slam game was
worked by Paul Sylvester and Susie
Webb, younger negroes, strangers in
these parts, who Used the gag of
finding an envelope with a large bill
in it and needed S2OO additional so
that they could get the money
divided, after the manner of the old
game of finding a purse, of which
•we have so often read. Paul and
Susie will board for a season with the
jailer until the courts have reckon
|ed with them. Deputy Sheriff Sid
Howell, however, did not suceed in
recovering the money.