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EARLY COUNTY NEWS
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Blakely, Georgia
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Blakely, Ga., May 29th, 1930.
HARD TO CONVINCE.
Georgians have hardly forgotten
the memorable political campaign of
1926 when the powerful machine
of Holder and Brown was smashed
by the voters of this State. This
political machine was wrecked by
a landslide majority when Dr. Hard
man was elected Governor and Eu
gene Talmadge Commissioner of
Agriculture.
Eour years later we find this ma
chine making a desperate attempt
to stage a come-back.
Mr. Holder announced some time
ago that he was again a candidate
for governor and Saturday saw Mr.
Brown making his entry again for
the post of Commissioner of Agri
culture.
What a nice state of affairs this
would be if Georgians should again
place these two men in power. Mr.
Holder, as chairman of the state
highway department, left that de
department in such a deplorable state
that his successor, Mr. Tate, was
forced to cease all new road opera
tions for one year in order that
the department might pay out of
debt and start anew'. Mr. Brown,
as Commissioner of Agriculture, had
built up such a powerful political
machine with so many oil and other
forms of inspectors that the Legis
lature finally became disgusted with
the situation and cut the number of
inspectors to ten, who are doing the
work formally required of around
two hundred employed by Mr.
Brown.
During the campaign of 1926
the voters spoke so unmistakably
on these two self-serving politicians
that it was not thought they would
ever have the audacity to offer
for public office again. But the
professional politician does not
know when he is “licked," and here
in the year 1930 we have them bob
bing up again.
This paper is not a prophet and
can not qualify as such, but it hardly I
takes a prophet to safely make the
prediction that the voters of Geor
gia will not again place these two
men in power. If you are doubtful,
watch for the election returns on
the night of September 10th.
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The big navy advocates have be
gun shooting at the naval treaty
recently signed at the Naval Confer- I
ence at London. The President has j
asked for a vote on the treaty at ■
this session of Congress, and threat- j
ens to call a special session of the |
Senate for its consideration if not
passed before the summer adjourn-I
ment of Congress. The anti-treaty ;
forces have, as usual, the support ofl
Senator Hiram Johnson of California
and the Hearst chain of newspapers.
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The list of candidates for all of- [
flees in the. State primary of Sep- J
tember 10th will be announced next |
w'eek. The date of entry closesl
on next Tuesdays June 3rd, and the ■
aspiring officer-holder must make
known his intentions by that date.
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School will be out after nextl
week for the summer vacation. The j
average small boy looks forward to |
the closing of school with as much j
enthusiasm as he does the approach I
of Christmas.
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The cotton crop in Southwest
Georgia is looking good just now.
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PREVENTING RABIES.
In view of the fact that there
have been reports of dogs infected
with rabies biting people and ani
mals during the past few weeks,
it would seem the part of wisdom
for the city’s dog inoculation ordi
nance to be rigidly enforced during
the summer months. Dog owners
should have the animals inoculated
for their own protection and for the
I protection of the public.
Tuesday’s edition of the Macon
■ News carried the following timely
I editorial on the subject of “Prevent
i ing Rabies”:
“Dr. J. D. Applewhite, city-coun
ty health officer, calls attention to
the existence of a city ordinance
which provides that all dogs owned
I within the city limits must be inocu
lated against rabies at least once a
year and he expresses his determi
nation to begin at once to carry this
ordinance into effect.
“It ought not to be necessary to
| point out to any man who really
loves a dog that this is a wise pro
vision and he should be glad to co
j operate with the city in trying to
j stamp out this disease. Perhaps it
' is not as prevalent as it is sometimes
I pictured by the heated and hysteri-\
cal imagination of the average lay
man, but it is terrible enough to I
cause any man to take no chances j
with his own dog and to do what he
can to suppress the disease in this'
section altogether. Agonizing and
almost certain death is the fate of I
the person who is bitten by a rabid I
I dog, unless the pasteur treatment is
: promptly given. Moreover, several
I cases of hydrophobia have been ab
solutely identified here in Macon
within the past few weeks.
“The inoculation of a dog against
hydrophobia is easy and practically
painless. It makes the animal im
mune for a long time and thus safe
guards all those who may come in
contact with him in the event that
he is bitten by a rabid dog.
“The preventive measures are too
easy and inexpensive for any. one
who loves a dog to neglect.”
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PEOPLE ARE SO CARELESS.
“Last year,” writes a Southern;
landholder whose property is thick I
with timber, “campers twice set our
place afire. Birds, flowers, and ani
mals were decimated unbelievably.”
What a tribute to the American
camper! If it were an isolated in
stance, it would be bad enough, and
to spare. But it is not. Last year
saw hundreds of forest fires in the
South, started by campers; destroy
ing thousands of acres of valuable
timber, charring tens of thousands
of mating and brooding birds, wiping
out hordes of small furred inhabi
tants of the woods, marring for de
cades great stretches of timber un
surpassed anywhere for sheer love
liness.
Why? Because people are careless.
Simply that.
Because the average vacationist,
through some mysterious inner
change from the considerate citizen i
he is at home, utterly disregards the i
property rights of those people who
live in the country through which I
he passes. Because he takes not
only an economic and physical but
also a mental vacation.
He simple-mindedly throws his i
cigarettes and cigars into the dry i
grass of roadside ditches and starts
the worst kind of fires. He lights
his camp fires on the top of hills,
and then leaves them burning
there, where winds can, and
too oten do, spread the ''lames
in every direction. Being on his
“vacation”, and therefore unable to
exert any effort other than for brief
walking and eating, he refuses to
bare the ground on which he builds
his fires; and so ignites thick carpets
of leaves and pine needles, leaving
them to smolder, to flame, and to
start more forest fires.
It was estimated in 1928 that
I more than thirty million acres of
j Southern timber land had been laid
waste by fires up to that time. The ,
I natural cause of such fires are few, I
land their toll comparatively incon
siderable. The chief—almost the sole j
—offender is the camper.
The approaching season will no.
doubt bring its annual trek of South-1
ern and other tourists to these I
mountains and forests, for there I
could be no pleasanter place in which
to while away the hot days. It is
most earnestly to be hoped that these
visitors will bring with them enough
common sense not to destroy that
which they find and enjoy here.
—Holland’s Magazine.
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Dr. Slicem: Are you going to op-
I erate on that broker right away?
Dr. Gouger: No, I'm fioing to hold
him till the market rises again.—
, The Pathfinder.
STRAY COW— I have taken up
; red and white speckled milk cow.
Marked crop and half crop in left
ear, swallow fork in right. Has
| burn mark on left hip. Owner can
I get same by paying expenses. C. L
HOUSTON, Route 3. Blakely, Ga. it
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ALTO WARRICK
Phone 93
BLAKELY, GEORGIA
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EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
SOME HAPPENINGS IN BLAKELY
A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO
Clippings from the Early County News of
May 28th, 1905.
MR. E. R. McREE, of Hilton, was
in the city Saturday.
MR. J. T. MILLS, of New Hope,
was in Blakely Saturday.
DR. E. E. IRWIN is over from
Baker county on a visit.
THE DEATH of Mr. W. M. Hous-
I ton is recorded as of May 14th.
MISS AMZIE DAVIS returned
from Philadelphia, Tenn., last week.
MISS EDNA BOYD is over from
Luverne, Ala., on a visit to relatives.
MESSRS. E. H. Kellum and A.
Fort, of Jakin, were in the city
Tuesday.
MISS LUCILE HAMMACK, of
Bluffton, was the guest of relatives
in Blakely this week.
UNCLE JOE MOCK and Mr. J. P. |
Nix, of below Blakely, were in the '
city Wednesday.
LITTLE Miss Myra Boynton, of
Arlington, is the guest of little Miss
Emmie Strong this week.
DR. R. L. Z. BRIDGES, of Iron
City, was a guest of his father, Mr.
W. Z. T. Bridges, this week.
MR. L. M. WOODWARD, of the
Central Drug Store, is visiting home
folks at Eastman this week.
MR. AND MRS. Julius Hudspeth,
of the River district, were guests of
Mr. J. S. Mims’ family this week.
THIS WEEK Mr. J. G. Skinner sold
to Mr. Lee Strickland the brick store
on Cuthbert street occupied by C. S.
Boyett & Co.
PROF. E. A. EVANS was in Blake
ly Wednesday. He has closed his
school at Lucile and has returned to
his home at Killarney.
COL. R. H. SHEFFIELD left Wed
nesday for Annapolis, Md., to visit
his brother, Fletcher, who is one of
the teachers at the Naval Academy.
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OUR PEOPLE are much chagrined
at the complete throwdown they got
in the matter of a new depot from
the Central of Georgia Railway of
ficials.
R. F. D. NO. 2 BREEZES, sent in
by Junior, reports that:. “Messrs.
Carey Grubbs and Bryant Harris
were in Blakely Saturday.” “Messrs.
Tom Cravey and Ab. Johnson, of
below Hilton, were here Sunday.”
RELIABLE man 25 to 50 to a 11
Watkins Products to established cus
tomers in North Early or Calhoun
counties in Georgia or East or West
Houston counties in Alabama. Av
erage earnings $40.00 to $50.00 a
week. Only small capital and suita
ble car necessary. Liberal credit
extended to those who qualify. Write
W. R. Purnell, Dept. 414, The J. R.
Watkins Co., Memphis, Tenn. 15-4 t
Rats die
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so do mice, once they eat RAT
SNAP. And they leave no odor be
hind. Don’t take crur word for it
try a package. Cats and dogs won’t
touch it. Rats pass up all food to
get RAT-SNAP. Three sizes.
35c size—l cake enough for
Pantry, Kitchen or Cellar.
65c size—2 cakes for Chicken-
House, coops, or small buildings.
$1.25 size—s cakes enough for
all farm and out-buildirrgs, storage
buildings, or factory buildings.
Sold and guaranteed by
FRYER’S PHARMACY
Every
Wednesday Night
W. S. B. 8:30
Orchestra and
Champion Sports
Entertainment
Tune in for Pleasant
Half Hour
THE REVIVAL SERVICES at the
Baptist church, conducted by Rev.
W. D. Upshaw, closed last Sunday.
There were 31 additions to the
church.
UNION DOTS, by Bill, tells us
that “Mr. Ed Tedder and Miss Bell
Kaigler visited here Sunday last.”
“Mr. Felix Strickland went to Cuba
Monday.” “Mr. and Mrs. Ed Chand
ler, of Colomokee, were here Sun
day.”
THE Blakely Baseball Association
was organized last week, Messrs. E.
M. Boyd, A. G. Powell, J. B. Living
ston, John Butler and John Under
wood were elected directors. Mr. D.
R. Deal was chosen manager. The
grounds are being leveled and the
grandstand put in shape.
PREPARATIONS are on foot for
the erection of a brick warehouse on
the Singletary lot just north of the
big ditch. Messrs. A. J. Singletary,
G. A. Cole and T. F. Jones, of
Blakely, and W. T. Hammack, of
Bluffton, are interested in the
project.
R. F. D. NO. 5 NEWS, by Dan
Tucker, says: “Mr. G. R. Keene and
Miss Annie Bynum were united in
the holy bonds of matrimony at Mt.
Paron Sunday, Rev. Mr. Spurlock of
ficiating.” “The baseball players
lack one or two men of having their
nine. Mr. R. T. Sirmons is manager,
Mr. H. H. Grimsley, Jr., is treasurer,
with Messrs. W. J. Hayes, E. H. By
num and Judge H. H. Grimsley to do
the guying.”
THE COMMENCEMENT of the
Blakely Institute took place the past
week. On Monday a musical con
cert was given by the pupils of Miss
Vallie - LeVert Alexander. On Tues
day the declamation contest took
place, together with a concert. The
graduating exercises took place on
Wednesday night. There were eight
young ladies in the class: Misses
Flarah Ender, Katie Watson, Lizzie
Knight, Emmie Roberts, Ellene Fry
er, Emmie Collins and Julia Brown.
THE FOURTH annual session of
the Epworth League of the South
Georgia Methodist Conference will
meet in Blakely on June 15th-18th.
The officers of the Blakely League
are: Mrs. J. C. Chancy, president;
Dr. I. S. Olliff, Ist vice pres.; Miss
Irene Alexander, 2nd vice pres.;
Miss Pearl Jones, 3rd vice pres.; Mr.
Jim Beusse, secretary; Miss Lula
Bird, treasurer. The entertainment
committee consists of Dr. L S. Olliff,
Mr. J. B. Tarver, Miss Sallie Strick
land, Miss Pearl Jones, Mr. G. P.
Felton and Rev. W.. IL Budd.
FOR BLAKELY MERCHANTS ONLY
Being one of a series of chats with Blakely business men in
which they are told how they can increase their volume of sales
Attracting Blakelyites to
Blakely Stores
Have you ever watched some of Blake
ly’s citizens go riding off away from
Blakely to do their shopping? Have you
ever watched them come riding back,
loaded up with supplies? Have you ever,
while you watched, wondered w r hy they
passed up your stores here in Blakely?
Sure, you have. So have all of us
whose first and deepest interest is in
Blakely.
Yes, we’ve watched. And we’ve won
dered. And we’ve felt badly about the
fact that these good citizens of Blakely
chose to shop outside of Blakely.
It isn’t that you merchants of Blakely
don't offer shopping means just as good
as those of the stores in the nearby big
ger towns. No, that’s not at all the rea
son. Your merchandise is just as good.
Your service, too, is every bit as good.
Maybe better.
One reason is that the nearby bigger
towns do a better job of attracting some
of Blakely’s citizens to their stores.
Your job, then, you mer
chants of Blakely, is to do
some attracting of your
own.
Puzzled, wondering will
not do it. Neither will mere
talk. But advertising will.
Not only your own advertis
ing. But the advertising
You need the advertising aid of the manufacturers whose goods you
stock—urge their salesmen to recommend your local home newspaper
THE EARLY COUNTY NEWS
JOE W. HOPSON
All Car Service
North Main Street
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Dancing - —-Every Night Except Sundays
Band Concerts on Sundays
Music by
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PAVILIONS, BATH HOUSES,
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“THE RIGHT WAY’’
TRY THE NEWS FOR
PRINTING OF ANY KIND
of the manufacturers whose goods you
try to sell, as well.
Your immediate job, as you can well
see, is to get into your local, home news
paper the advertising aid of the manu
facturers whose goods are on your shelves.
And you can help get this aid easily
enough.
After all, merchandise can be sold on
ly in ratio to the amount of selling ef
fort expended. Advertising is selling ef
fort. It performs all the functions of
selling but that of supplying the person
ality which the merchant himself does.
One of these days, maybe today, you’ll
be visited by the salesmen of the manu
facturers whose goods you stock. When
ever they come, interest them in Blakely.
Interest them so that they stay interest
ed. Interest them so that they’ll want to
interest their sales managers.
Once you’ve injected this interest into
the salesmen, it will spread. And spread
ing, it will prove extremely helpful in
bringing into your local, home newspaper
This newspaper has joined
small town newspapers
all over the country in a
nation-wide campaign to
convince national adver
tisers that they can best
assist small town mer
chants by advertising in
the local home town news
papers of the small town
merchants.
the advertising support of
the manufacturers whose
interest it is that you sell
more of their goods.
Once you’ve got this
advertising support, you’ll
have a decided advantage
in attracting Blakelyites to
Blakely’s stores.