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EARLY COUNTY NEWS
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Blakely, Georgia
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Blakely, Ga.,, June 12, 1930.
OUR "CHIEF” IS FALLEN.
It is with heavy hearts and a feel
ing of almost utter helplessness that
we attempt the publication of The
News this week.
All that was mortal of William W.
Fleming, editor of The News, has
been taken from us, and we miss the
wise counsel and guiding hand that
directed the destinies the Early
County News for more than a quar
ter of a century. His seat at the
editorial desk is empty, and each
task before us seems the harder for
his absence.
Mr. Fleming had been a newspa
perman for nearly fifty of his 65
years. His father was editor of The
News for many years, and he learn
ed the newspaper game as a boy in
his father’s shop. As a young man
he drifted into other territory—first
at Americus, then at Cuthbert and
Arlington, but came back to the
place of his beginning and rounded
out his long career amid the scenes
of his nativity.
He was known as one of the city’s
best posted men. His advice and
counsel were often sought on politi
cal and civic matters. He was vig
orous in his espousal of any cause
which he thought was for the better
ment of his town and county. Once
convinced he was on the right track,
he asked no quarter from the enemy.
The popular side of any question
was not the one he sought. He was
always looking for the right.
With his passing the heavy re
sponsibility falls upon the shoulders
of two of his sons—making the third
generation of this family to handle
the affairs of this newspaper—one of
the State’s oldest weeklies. We
know that we can not fill his place,
but in our weak way we shall try to
“carry on,” and we feel that we are
strengthened in our efforts by the
rich heritage handed down to us by
the father who fought the good fight
and kept the faith, and who has now
joined that throng who have enter
ed into a peace everlasting.
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A THOUGHT for the DAY
By
AMOS R. WELLS
CANDY AND CHRIST
An Episcopal clergyman near Bos
ton was calling on a woman who had
been confined to her home, with ter
rible pain, for fifteen years, when a
man came in, bringing her a box of
candy made by his wife. The cler
gyman was so moved by the inci
dent, and by the pleasure which the
little gift gave, that he wrote the
giver a letter so overflowing with
beautiful appreciation that it was
printed in a Boston daily paper. In
the bearer of the candy, the minis
ter wrote, he‘seemed to see another
Presence, and he heard a voice
which said, “Inasmuch as ye have
done it unto one of the least of
these my brethren, ye have done it
• unto Me.”
Some may think it irreverent thus
to associate candy with Christ, but
surely our Lord would have no such
thought. The "it” which Christ
was commending was not what some
great person might want, but what
“one of the least” might want to
take pleasure in. “Little ■ things
are great to little men.” Small
privileges are great blessings to the.
underprivileged. If we consider the
doing of little kindnesses as beneath ’
us, we consider Christ’s approval as
beneath us.
“Inasmuch as ye have done it unto
one of the least of these, my breth
ren, ye have done it unto me.”
Read MATTHEW 25:31-40.
(Copyrighted by Christian Herald)
TO THE PEOPLE
OF GEORGIA
I am a candidate for the United
States Senate, subject to the
Democratic Primary.
I am a Democrat and believe in
the traditions and principles of
the Party.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
/ AND WORLD COURT
I am opposed to this country
having entangling alliances with
other nations. J now oppose, as
I have always opposed, the en
trance of this country in either
the League of Nations or the so
called World Court, which is a
mere creature and agent of the
League of Nations. I favor peace,
but believe it cannot be accom
plished in that way.
Senator Harris has constantly
favored and supported the! en
trance of this country into both
the League of Nations and the
World Court, and has so voted in
the Senate. If the question is
submitted to the Senate again he
is certain to so vote.
This is an issue between us
that must be determined by the
people of Georgia.
JUDGE PARKER’S REJECTION
A few months ago, Justice San
ford, of Tennessee, died leaving
Justice Mcßeynolds as the only
Southern man upon the Supreme
Court of the United States. He
is eligible for retirement in 1932.
To fill the place of Justice San
ford, the President nominated
Judge Parker, of North Carolina,
a member of the Fourth Circuit
Court of Appeals of the United
States.
As a jurist of high character
and ability he was approved by
the Bar Associations of Virginia
and South Carolina, and by tes
timonials from sixteen Circuit
and District Judges, and by the
Attorney General of the United
States. His fitness was demon
strated by his unanimous confir
mation to the position of United
States Circuit Judge, and Senator
Harris voted for him then.
Judge Parker’s nomination to
the Supreme Court was rejected
by a vote of 41 to 39, and ad
mittedly Senator Harris’ vote
caused his rejection, for the Vice
President was prepared to con
firm his appointment in case of
a tie.
Two reasons were given for
their action by Senators who
voted to reject Judge Parker:
First, that in a labor injunc
tion case he had followed the de
cision of the Supreme Court, as
he was sworn to do.
Second, that while the Repub
lican Candidate for Governor of
North Carolina in 1920, Judge
Parker had fully and emphati
cally advocated white supremacy,
and had opposed the domination
in politics of the negro.
The first of these reasons was
too unsound to merit serious con
sideration. Judge Parker could
not be blamed by fair-minded
men for following the decision of
the Supreme Court. If that de
cision was wrong, the remedy lay
in legislation forbidding injunc
tions of the character complained
of. A bill proposing such a rem
edy had lain dormant in the Sen
ate for three years without an
effort on the part of Senator
Harris to secure its enactment.
The second reason for the re
jection of Judge Parker, namely
his public declaration that he be
lieved in white supremacy, was
the real objection that caused his
defeat. It was pressed by “The
National Society for the Advance
ment of the Colored People” with
telling effect upon Northern Sen
ators in whose State the negro
vote was the balance of power.
The offensive organization that
presented and pressed this objec
tion represents the most vicious
type oi Northern negroes, men
who advocate and demand not
only political but social equality
between the races in the South
as well as in the North. One of
these leaders was the negro Con
gressman de Priest, who stood on
the floor of the Senate assisting
in directing the fight against
Judge Parker.
Since the defeat of Judge Par
ker’s confirmation ’’The National
Society for the Advancement of
Colored People,” who are the
worst enemies of our Southern
negroes as well as of our South
ern white people- has triumphant
ly declared that the Fourteenth
and Fifteenth Amendments will
now be enforced, and has arro
gantly threatened the Supreme
Court of the United States be
cause of its decisions upholding
the constitutionality of our South
ern election laws, and of our laws
segregating the races on the rail
road trains and elsewhere. Sen
ator Harris, who voted to con
demn the man who, though a Re
publican, had voiced his belief in
white supremacy, may have
thought that by such vote he
■would secure the political sup
port of the labor votes in Georgia.
Personally I do not believe this
will happen because our Southern
laboring men are independent and
right thinking men who vote in
accordance with their own convic
tions, and above all else are white
men before they are anything
else.
They are intelligent and know
that Judge Parker was compelled
to follow the decisions of the Su
preme Court of the United States
whatever might have been his
views as to what the law should
have been.
I take sharp issue with this
vote of Senator Harris who heard
the debate and ought to have un
derstood the real meaning of the
rejection of Judge Parker.
In his effort to please a group
of our voters, he has struck a
deadly blow at the cause of white
EARLY COUNTY NEWS. BLAKELY. GEORGIA
JOHN M. SLATON.
supremacy, and has helped to es
tablish a dangerous precedent.
If only the Southern white men
are to be appointed to the Fed
eral Bench who do not believe in
white supremacy, when will a de
cent Southern man ever again be
appointed to any Federal Bench?
If, as I confidently expect, I
am elected to the Senate from
Georgia I shall never vote to re
ject a nominee for the Bench
whether he is appointed by a
Democratic or Republican Presi
dent whose real and only offense
is that he believes in white su
premacy.
BUSINESS CONDITIONS
I do not remember in all my
life a single period when finan
cial, agricultural and business
conditions in Georgia and
throughout the country have been
as bad as they are now.
In this State there is a general
and just complaint because of the
heavy burdens of taxation. Yet in
Georgia it is a question of only
a few million dollars a year, while
the annual expenses of the Fed
eral Government have mounted
until they must now be computed
in thousands of millions. Every
cent of this enormous total is a
tax and drain upon the production
and labor of the country. It is
foolish to say that only the rich
bear this burden. Whoever first
pays the tax, its burden finally
rests upon the backs of the
masses.
When money is extravagantly
appropriated in Washington, pro
duction and labor must foot the
bill and such extravagance also
affords pretext and excuse for
tariff increases that promise to
add another billion to the burden
the people must bear in the shape
of increased prices of every com
modity.
If I were a member of the Sen
ate at the present moment, I
would not be disposed to boast
of membership on the Committee
that made these huge appropria
tions. ( would be ashamed of it.
The Congress of the United
States votes in this period of
stress four hundred and fifty mil
lion dollars for a single project
in the West. It votes one hundred
and thirty million more for new
and palatial public buildings at
Washington “to relieve unem
ployment.”
If Georgia gets a few paltry
thousands, while paying its share
of all these billions, we are told
by the energetic and enterprising
press bureau of Mr. Harris that
these crumbs fall to us on ac
count of the influence of our
Senior Senator.
In this situation can we be sur
prised that on the farm and in
the factory, in the stores of the
merchants, and even in the count
ing houses of our bankers, there
is unprecedented depression? Un
employment is rearing its. menac
ing head and the bread lines are
forming and lengthening.
Under these circumstances if
the people of Georgia wish to
leave the great power, so boast
fully claimed by himself, in the .
hands of our present Senator,
well and good. If so, we can ex
pect no better than we now have,
and may easily have .worse.
Our only hope lies in a change.
It may be for the better. It can
not be for the worse.
I hope that those of our people
who believe that we need sterner
and stronger service in the Sen
ate, in our effort to improve the
present situation, will support
me.
PERSONAL SERVICES
Every Senator of the United
States is provided at the public
expense with four clerks at a cost
of about ten thousand dollars a
year.
Most Senators willingly per
form these duties as an incident
to the office, and never magnify
their importance.
If elected Senator I shall be
glad to efficiently and earnestly
serve the people of Georgia and
will never seek to impress any
citizen with a sense of obligation,
nor expect admiration because a
letter is promptly answered.
But my supreme conception of
duty as a member of the Senate
—a body in which force of
thought and speech has a greater
influence than i.i any tribunal in
the world—is to preserve the
Constitution, the institutions, the
liberties, the happiness and pros
perity of my people.
I propose to present these and
other issues to the people of
Georgia in person, and I shall
wage an active and aggressive
campaign.
The time and place of my open
ing speech will be announced
within the next few days.
Respectfully,
JOHN M, SLATON.
CITATION
GEORGIA, Early County.
To all whom it may concern:
Sallie Amos having in due form
applied to me for year’s support out
of the estate of William A. Amos,
deceased, this is to notify the next
of kin and creditors of the said Wil
liam A. Amos, deceased, that said
application will be. heard before me
at the regular July term, 1930, of
the court of Ordinary of said county.
Witness my hand and official sig
nature, this 2nd day of June, 1930.
H. H. GRIMSLEY, Ordinary.
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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 why 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
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Your immediate job, as you can well
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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.