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EARLY COUNTY, GA.,
Garden Spot of
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXVI NO. 45
PERSONNEL OF
FARM DEPARTMENT
IS ANNOUNCED
NEW COMMISSIONER OF AGRI
CULTURE ANNOUNCES
APPOINTEES.
Eugene Talmadge, commissioner
of agriculture, has announced the
personnel of the state department
of agriculture insofar as it has been
completed under his plan of reorgan
ization. Mr. Talmadge’s statement
followed closely his appointment Fri
day of oil inspectors at Macon and
Savannah, to succeed to the duties
now being performed by men hold
ing commissions under J. J. Brown,
former commissioner of agriculture.
The personnel of the department,
as announced by the commissioner,
includes all of the attaches of the
commissioner’s office in Atlanta; the
bureau of markets; the bureau of
food and drugs, with the names of
inspectors in this bureau, and the
chemistry division.
The officers and attaches of the
commissioner’s office include Mr.
Talmadge himself; T. M. Linder, of
Hazlehurst; P. W. Walton, of Madi
son; Walter E. Vance, of Atlanta;
Lamar Murdaugh, of Mcßae; Miss
Catherine Collier, of Atlanta; Rob
ert Freeman, of Atlanta; J. J. Mann,
of Kirkwood; J. C. Thrasher, of Mc-
Rae ; Mr. Hunnicutt, of Hapeville;
Leeman C. Anderson; Marcus Mc-
Whorter, of Athens, co-operative crop
reporting statistician; John Ponder
and January Smith, janitors.
The personnel of the bureau of
markets is:
—1 Miaei Elißabeth Hynds, stenograph
er, Kirkwood; Mrs. H. A. Paschal,
file clerk, Atlanta; Tom McMahon,
field man, Athens; Duncan Graham,
editor market bulletin, Mcßae; S. M.
Puckett, office, Atlanta; Arch Winn,
mailing department, Decatur; Gene
Jackson, mailing department, De
catur; J. D. Williams, mailing de
partment, Fitzgerald; Mrs. Norman
Sharp, market bulletin, Atlanta; E.
H. Kinnebrew, field man, Winder.
In the food and drug bureau:
John H. Andrews, chief food in
spector, Atlanta; A. M. Stead, chief
drug inspector, Cordele; J. H. Fos
ter, assistant chief food inspector,
Atlanta; Eva E. McFarlan, steno
grapher, Atlanta.
Food and drug inspectors.: James
W. Evans, Thomasville; Henry L.
Bellingrant, Atlanta; Dr. R. B.
Beadles, Fayetteville; J. Y. Swift,
Elberton.
In the chemistry division:
W. A. Morgan, state chemist, Ex
periment; C. A. Wells, acting chem
ist, Cornelia; T. B. Youmans, chem
ist, Vidalia; Isabel Hanson, labora-
SAME GOODS FOR
LESS MONEY
15c package Com Flakes .10
15c package Quaker Grits .10
Pint Wesson Oil - .25
Large size Beechnut Catsup .25
6 packages 5c Matches .19
No. 2 can Sliced Pineapple .25
2 lb. sack Silver Fox Flour 1.25
15 lbs. Sugar - 1.00
....CASH TO ALL....
T. K. WEAVER & COMPANY
BLAKELY, GEORGIA
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DR. HARDMAN HAS
UNIQUE GAVEL
Made from Tree Under Which He
Launched First Campaign.
Dr. L. G. Hardman, Georgia’s new
governor, has received a new gavel
which he values highly from a stand
point of sentiment and history.
When Dr. Hardman made his
first race for governor several
years ago, he opened his campaign
under a huge oak tree at Jesup,
located near the Ingleside hotel.
Some time ago this tree was cut
down, but the stump was left, and
Dr. Hardman recently visited the
spot, remarking that he made his
first gubernatorial campaign speech
there.
William D. Turner, well-known
Jesup lawyer and former assistant
United States district attorney at
Savannah, knew of the incident,
and fashioned a beautiful gavel out
of a piece of wood secured from
the stump of the old oak tree. This
gavel was sent to Dr. Hardman and
will be used by him in presiding on
state occasions.
CO-OPERATIVE HOG
SALE NEXT TUESDAY
County Agent W. A. Fuqua an
nounces the next co-operative hog
sale for Tuesday of next week, which
happens to be July 12th. Dr. Fuqua
is anxious that this July sale prove
an extra good one, and authorizes
the News to state that the farmers
can expect the best prevailing market
prices to be paid at the sale.
tory assistant, Smyrna; G. R. Bar
rett, laboratory assistant, Union
City; Dr. John Chipman, acting
chemist, Atlanta; William Haralson,
laboratory assistant, Decatur.
In appointing new oil inspectors
at Macon and Savannah, Commission
er Talmadge withheld assignments of
inspection work for three inspectors
now operating in Macon and four
operating in Savannah, under com
missions issued by J. J. Brown, the
retiring commissioner. It was point
ed out at the capitol that Mr. Tal
madge’s appointees at Macon and
Savannah would do all the work
heretofore done by the several men
[holding commissions from the former
head of the department of agricul
ture, and that, as a result, S2OO per
month in Macon and S3OO per month
in Savannah would be saved in in
spection fees.
J. Y. Giles was appointed to handle
all of the inspection work in Macon,
and in Savanah W. M. Desseliu was
named as oil inspector. Commission
er Talmadge, it was remarked, made
no effort to cancel the commissions
of the present inspectors at Macon
and Savannah, but in withholding op
erating assignments they will be de
prived of fees, since fhey are with
out territory in which to operate.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 7, 1927.
COMMITTEE ISSUES
STATEMENT ON
HIGHWAY PROPOSAL
ASKS THAT PUBLIC WITHHOLD
CRITICISM UNTIL PLANS ARE
FULLY FORMULATED.
At the meeting of citizens of
Georgia held in Atlanta on June
20th, as the guests of the Presidents
Club, Mr. Mell R. Wilkinson was di
rected to appoint a citizens commit
tee for the purpose of studying the
plan which was there presented in
embryonic form, and if found wise
and feasible, of laying it before
the legislature or the legislative com
mittees, and with a view of co-oper
ating with the legislative committees
in working out the details of the
plan, so far as their services to the
legislature might be deemed ad
visable. Mr. Wilkinson appointed
as the committee the following:
Mr. John Robert Phillips, Atlanta.
Mr. Royal Daniel, Quitman.
Mr. J. P. Peacock, Cochran.
Mr. A. P. Brantley, Blackshear.
Mr. C. H. Phinizy, Augusta.
Mr. Sam Tate, Tate.
Mr. John E. Talmadge, Jr., Athens.
Mr. Chas. Adamson, Cedartown.
Mr. R. E. Hightower, Thomaston.
Mr. H. H. Swift, Columbus.
Mr. Frank Lanier, Americus.
Mr. Sam S. Bennet, Albany.
Mr. Mills B. Lane, Savannah.
Mr. Ronald Ransom, Atlanta.
Mr. Barry Wright, Rome.
The committee met for the pur
pose of organization at the Pied
mont Hotel in Atlanta on Friday,
July Ist. There were present Mr.
Wright, Mr. Lane, Mr. Ransom, Mt.
Hightower, Mr. Tate, Mr. Talmadge,
Mr. Phinizy, by his proxy, Mr. Mc-
Auliffe of Augusta, Mr. Adamson
and Mr. Phillips. Mr. Lanier, Mr.
Bennet, Mr. Swift, Mr. Peacock and
Mr. Daniel sent letters and telegrams
expressing their desire to co-operate
with the committee, but stating that
they were detained at home by
providential and other reasons and
would join the committee at its
later deliberations.
Mr. Barry Wright stated that ow
ing to the illness of his law part
ner and the continuance of his courts
throughout the next month, he
would be unable to serve with the
committee, and asked to be relieved.
The committee thereupon elected
Mr. Mills B. Lane, of Savannah, as
chairman, and elected Capt. Harry
Mickleham, of Rome, as member of
the committee in Mr. Wright’s place.
Mr. John E. Talmadge, of Athens,
was designated as vice-chairman of
the committee.
After being in session for several
hours, the committee gave out the
following public statement:
The purpose of this committee, as
we conceive it, is to study a certain
plan which was submitted to the
citizens meeting held in Atlanta on
June 20, 1927, and if that plan
should, in the opinion of the commit
tee, be found workable and advisa
ble and capable of development, to
offer the services of the committee
to the Governor of the State, the
Highway Department, and particu
larly the legislature, in obtaining
such additional information regarding
the plan as may be desired, and in
working with these public officials
and bodies in the development of the
plan.
We shall invite into our further
conferences the Governor, the mem
bers of the Highway Board, and
such members of the General Assem
bly, and particularly of their high
way committees, as shall wish to
make further study of these plans.
After having studied the plan as
briefly outlined in the pamphlet
handed around at the citizens meet
ing of June 20th for more than ten
days, and having discussed it in
greater detail today, the committee
is of the opinion that the plan as
submitted today seems to embody
the basis of an intelligent means of
dealing with two problems now of
paramount importance in this State:
(1) The giving of general finan
cial relief and assistance throughout
the State of Georgia, and
(2) Completing with reasonable
promptness an economical and yet
high-grade permanent system of
highways throughout the State.
1. To avoid certain misapprehen
sions, let us state definitely and pos
itively that this committee has not
considered and will not consider any !
plan, nor do we understand the
Presidents Club as having present-,
ed any plan, which involves or con- .
templates the turning over of the
APPROPRIATION
FOR GEORGIA
RIVERS ALLOTTED
WORK TO BE DONE BY GOVERN
MENT DURING COMING YEAR
IS OUTLINED.
Washington, D. C. —Senator Wm.
J. Harris, who is a member of the
Commerce Committee, which has
charge of rivers and harbors appro
priations, before leaving for Georgia
conferred with the army engineers
relative to the work to be done by
them on the Georgia rivers and
harbors during the next year under
the appropriation made by the last
Congress. This is the largest appro
priation ever heretofore received for
Georgia rivers and harbors.
Senator Harris was assured all the
appropriation would be used for the
work intended, as follows:
Savannah Harbor, Ga., $700,000.
Savannah River below Augusta,
Ga., $21,000.
Waterway between Beaufort, S.
C., and St. Johns River, Fla., $56,-
000.
Altamaha, Oconee and Ocmulgee
Rivers, Ga., $27,000. •
Brunswick Harbor, Ga., $140,000.
Satilla River, Ga., SI,BOO.
Flint River, Ga., $45,000.
Chattahoochee River, Ga., and Ala.,
$60,000.
Besides these appropriations, Sen
ator Harris secured an amendment
to the last river and harbor bill ap
propriating money to survey all the
Georgia rivers to find potential water
power as well as navigation and
flood control and this work will be
done independent of the appropria
tion by the last Congi-ess.
highways of Georgia, the highway
revenues of Georgia, or of the con
trol of either of them, to any pri
vate corporation. It may be neces
sary, in order to gain economy in
financing and to meet certain legal
difficulties, to have the State create
a public corporation .officered by
State officers and the control
of the State at all times, just as it
handles educational funds through
the trustees of the University of
Georgia, which is a corporation, and
other corporate school podies, and in
like manner to other public cornor
ations that are under the control of
the State of Georgia. But we be
lieve that the State’s control over
this, the corporate body, must at all
times be just as complete as if it
were a mere department of the
State, and its officers must be State
officials.
. 2. This committee has not consid
ered and will not consider any plan
which in any wise diminishes the
sovereignty of the State of Georgia
over its highways or the building of
them; and it has not considered and
will not consider any plan that in
volves the payment to any bank or
banker, syndicate or individuals, any
greater commission for selling the
obligations that it may be necessary
to sell to finance the plan than is
paid now to brokers and bankers
for the sale of the State’s own obli
gations, which means a maximum of
one-half of one per cent.
3. We will not consider nor do we
believe that the legislature would
adopt any plan which does not effect
an economical and business like use
of the funds. The proposed plan is
one that merely capitalizes the
State’s revenues derived * from its
highway users, which are its gasoline
taxes and its motor vehicle taxes,
in such away as to make them go
the furthest and to be most econom
ically spent in the production of a
permanent system of highways.
4. Whatever plan is worked out,
in our judgment, should be so
worked out as not to impose any
debt on the State of Georgia or to
I use the State’s credit in any wise or
to leave any possibility that any tax
will ever have to be laid on proper- I
ty to support the plan.
5. We will not recommend any
nlan which in our jude-ment is not |
financially sound and otherwise safe
and practical, economical and busi
ness-like, as well as wholly constitu
tional and legal.
6. We will not recommend any
plan which creates any State debt or
which pledge® the State’s moral or
financial credit, nor will we recom
mend a bond issue by the state or j
plan which provides for any present .
or future increases in taxes, or for j
the use of any property taxes in the I
construction or maintenance of roads, I
or which disrupts labor or agricul-p
tural conditions, or which requires a I
constitutional amendment.
One thing the committee is work- :
ing out, with fair prospects of sue-'
cess, as a part of the plan, is the im-!
mediate refunding to the counties of
Georgia of moneys which they have
already paid in to the State Highway
(Continued on page 5)
CITY COUNCIL HOLDS
INTERESTING SESSION
To Ascertain Cost of Building Power
Line to Power Co.’s Nearest Point.
The city council held their regu
lar monthly meeting Tuesday night,
the full membership of the body be
ing present, towit: C. R. Barksdale,
mayor, J. O. Bridges, H. B. Ains
worth, R. C. Singletary and J. D.
Smith, councilmen.
Mr. C. E. Boyett tendered his
resignation as a member of the
city board cf tax equalizers and Mr.
J. E. Chancy was elected to fill the
vacancy. The board is now com- i
posed of C. M. Deal, J. E. Chancy
and J. B.' Jones.
Messrs. H. B. Ainsworth, R. C.
Singletary and Supt. A. R. Kille
brew were appointed a committee to
ascertain the probable cost of build
ing a wire line to the nearest
of the Baker County Power Com
pany’s lines, with a view of purchas
ing hydro-electric current from the
company to be distributed as at
present by the city.
The city policemen were instructed
to make cases against the owners
of all uninoculated dogs found run
ning at large on the streets.
A special rate for combination
cooking and frigidaire electric equip
ment was fixed at a minimum of
$3.00 per month and 5c per K. W.
for all over 60 K. W., conditioned on
the use of 2,000 watts.
CARL FISHER ESCAPES,
BUT IS RECAPTURED
Carl Fisher, noted Early county
convict, was recently turned over to
the State farm by order of the pris
on board, but hadn’t been there but
a few days before he pulled his usual
stunt of escaping and stealing an
automobile.
The escape was made on June
27th and he stole a big six Buick at
Janes, Ga., in Jones county, with
which he made his way to Athens,
Ga. There he essayed to swipe
another automobile Saturday, July
2nd, but the owner of the car de
tected him and took ’him in charge
and returned him to the prison au
thorities.
Fisher is one convict that is not
worth his keep and we wonder why
the State authorities don’t turn him
over to the Federal courts for de
tention in the Federal penitentiary.
He seems to be an incorrigible auto
mobile thief.
Work on the Arlington road, held
up by three weeks of wet weather,
is going forward again. The sand
ing operation is progressing and soon
there will be an all-weather road to
Sugar Tit cross roads.
You will be delighted with “Cupid
Up to Date,” which will be presented
at the Blakely high school Friday
night, July Bth, under the auspices
of the local Chapter U. D. C.
MAKE BALKCOM’S DRUG STORE
YOUR DRUG STORE
It 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
ENCAMPMENT
TO BEGIN AT
BLUFFTON MONDAY
LARGE GATHERING EXPECTED
AT ANNUAL GATHERING.
PLANS COMPLETED.
Plans for the Bethel Baptist Asso
ciation Encampment have been com
pleted and the program issued from
the press, it is announced. The en
campment, an annual affair, begins
Monday, July 11, and extends
through Friday, July 15th, and will
be held at Bluffton.
Several noted speakers are on the
encampment program this year. Mr.
Louie D. Newton, editor of the
Christian Index, Dr. Bunyan Steph
ens, pastor of the First Baptist
church of Tallahassee, Fla., and oth
er prominent Baptist leaders will
speak from time to time. Dr. Steph
ens will preach every night during
the encampment, it is announced.
One of the high points of the en
campment program will be Deacons’
Day on Wednesday, July 13, at
which time the problems and duties
of deacons will be the subject for
discussion. Col. H. T. Singleton, of
Edison, will preside and lead the
discussion. Others on the program
for the day will be Louie D. New
ton, E. L. Smith, W. W. Fleming, D.
W. Bosdell, Charles Allen and C. J.
Broome.
Rev. H. M. Melton, of Arlington,
is general director of the encamp
ment again this year. Many promi
nent denominational workers will
teach courses in church work. Among
the encampment faculty are C. M.
Goforth of Moultrie, Dr. C. W.
Pruitt, Rev. J. H. Bush, Miss Mary
Frances Johnson, Miss Eva Guille
beau, Miss Ruth Jinks, Mrs. J. H.
Bush and Mrs. J. C. Grimes. ,
Free entertainment will be fur
nished to those in attendance at the
ecnampment, meals being served at
the encampment mess hall at Bluff
ton. Students will be boarded in
the homes of the Bluffton commun
ity.
The courses to be offered will deal
with Sunday School work, woman’s
work, layman activities, and in fact,
all phases of church work, including
young people’s work.
The enrollment last year was more
than two hundred, and it is expected
that the enrollment this year will
be as great or greater. Rev. L. M.
Jones, of Edison, is chairman of the
program committee.
The county board of education
| held their monthly meeting Tuesday.
I They provided for local school tax
[ elections to be held in the two new
districts recently consolidated. Also
lan election for bonds to build a
■ school house in the Damascus school
district was called for the 12th day
iof August.