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EARLY COUNTY, GA.,
Garden Spot of
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXX } NO. 45
POPULATION OF
GEORGIA GIVEN
AS 2,887,000
PRELIMINARY FIGURES FOR EN
TIRE STATE SHOW GAIN OF
44,725 IN TEN YEARS.
ATLANTA, Ga.—An unofficial
tabulation of census returns from all
Georgia counties gives the state’s pop
ulation as 2,887,280 persons, and
most of them are at work.
This compares with a population
of 2,842,665 in 1920, and is an in
crease of 44,725.
Virtually all the figures are pre
liminary and subject to revision.
Even the 1920 count was not re
ceived from many supervisors, who
did not list the 1920 official count in
many counties in announcing their
1930 returns.
It was agreed generally that the
final and official count would swell
the state’s total and possibly push it
to more than 2,900,000.
The increase was not as large as
was expected in some quarters, but
the fact that most Georgians are at
work and that unemployment is
slight was encouraging.
The number of unemployed in the
entire state was estimated at ap
proximately 2 per cent. Reports
from even the industrial centers
showed that most men and women
who want to work and are able to
do so have jobs. Slightly more than
2 per cent were unemployed in Co
lumbus, and about the same per
cent were out of work in Atlanta.
Macon, Brunswick, Rome, Gaines
ville and other cities had similar re
ports.
Most Georgia cities, and all those
with populations of more than 25,-
000, had good gains, but the rural
sections lost population in most in
stances.
A study of the report by counties
shows that farmers are either de
serting their acres and moving to
town, or moving into town for its ad
vantages and supervising their farms
from a distance.
The industrial expansion of Geor
gia, with its mills going to the cities,
largely was responsible for the shift
of population. The automobile age,
in which a man can live in town
and still work his farm, contributed.
Migration of thousands of negroes
to eastern and mid-western cities cut
into the population of rural sections
and even the cities.
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BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Sarto So tin tn Jfewa
Success to All Who Pa y Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead."
NEW UNIFORMS FOR
THE BASEBALL TEAM
Citizens Contribute Fund to Outfit
Local Team.
Baseball has taken on added inter
est the past week, and the citizens
of the city have contributed some
thing over a hundred dollars for
the purchase of uniforms. The team
will play through the month of July
under the management of Prof. W.
M. Mangham, with Mr. John Strick
land as his assistant. At the close of
the season the uniforms will be clean
ed and turned over to the school for
the use of Blakely Hi’s team next
spring.
The following contributed to the
fund: Claude Beasley $5.00, Dr. W.
A. Fuqua $5.00, A. R. Killebrew
$5.00, H. B. Ainsworth $3.00, Ernest
Dunn $3.00, Farmers Gin and Ware
house $3.00, John Butler $3.00, N.
B. Solomon $2.50, Bill Williams
$2.00, Bernice Allen $2.00, Julius
Beckham $2.00, Gay Grocery Co.
$2.00, H. C. Fort $2.00, Wayne
Lindsey $2.00, Abe Berman $2.00,
W. J. Grist $2.00, Vivian Calhoun
$2.00, J. H. Moye $2.00, C. E. Boy
ett, Jr., $2.00, W. C. Cox $2.00, Carl
Fryer $2.00, Me. Jones $2.00, Rob
ert Hall Store $2.00, Bill Boyett
$2.00, “Bo” Collins $2.00, Clark
Sherman $2.00, Charlie Lay SI.OO,
John Strickland SI.OO, H. T. Wil
liams SI.OO, Blakely Shoe Shop SI.OO,
P. D. Dußose SI.OO, A. P. Phillips
SI.OO, V. Hutchison SI.OO, Dick Al
exander SI.OO, E. E. Cowart SI.OO,
D. T. Fulton SI.OO, Fred Brooks
SI.OO, R. O. Waters, Sr., SI.OO,
Crawford Fryer SI.OO, Deck Wil
liams SI.OO, Robert Makoff SI.OO,
Jack Howell, Sr., SI.OO, Middleton-
Loback SI.OO, Roy McKinney SI.OO,
O. R. Brooks SI.OO. G. F. Pickle
SI.OO, W. C. Cook SI.OO, Charles’
Service Station SI.OO, Charlie Dun
ning SI.OO, Howell Drug Co. SI.OO,
Wisbman Barber Shop SI.OO, F. A.
Barham SI.OO, J. B. Tarver SI.OO,
Hubert Mosely SI.OO, . J. B. Duke
SI.OO, C. D. Duke SI.OO, J. B. Jones
SI.OO, C. C. Lane SI.OO, W. J. Bar
ton 50c, Barney Wypne 50c, Ar
cadia Market 50c, Farm Board 50c,
Deal Service Station 50c, E. M.
Spence 25c, Billie Westbrook 25c,
Alto Warrick 25c, Mack Strickland
25c, Dr. C. R. Barksdale 25c, Dr. V.
F. Balkcom 25c, E. L. Fryer, Sr.,
$1.00; total, $102.50.
The local team plays the Calhoun
County Cyclone in Blakely this af
ternoon, and as the rivalry between
the two teams has become rather
keen, a large crowd should be
in attendance.
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE /6, i*3o
AGRICULTURE !
DEPARTMENT
AUDIT IS FILED
OPERATION FOR 1929 COST
$445,838.54, ACCORDING TO
AUDITOR’S REPORT.
W
ATLANTA, Ga.—Operation of the
state Department of Agriculture
during 1929 cost $445,838.54, ac
cording to an audit of the depart
ment submitted by Tom Wisdom,
state auditor, to Governor L. G.
Hardman.
Os this sum, $246,165.83 went for
salaries and $83,366.93 for traveling
expenses, the audit shows, while
$22,558.25 was spent for analyses of
fertilizer samples, and $26,089.20 for
printing the Market Bulletin, the of-!
ficial publication of the State Bureau j
of Markets.
The department closed the year
1929 with a balance of $30,409.87 j
of its appropriation for that year
still unexpended and available for
use in 1930.
Income for 1929 consisted of ap
propriations totaling $233,338.08
plus fertilizer fees, fruit and dairy
inspection fees amounting to $200,-
694. Fertilizer fees of $268,278.44
and revenue from the sale of feed
inspection stamps amounting to $65,-
• 240.50 were turned into the state
treasury.
i General maintenance of depart
mental headquarters at the state
, capitol, which includes salaries of
i Commissioner Eugene Talmadge and
, his immediate office personnel, to
■ taled $23,496 for the year, while
, feed, food and drug department cost
■ the state $12,130. Fertilizer in
, spection cost $123,532.18 and
i brought $144,740.26 net into the
’ state treasury, while feed inspection
. cost $64,970.77 and brought $269.73
, net into the treasury.
The State Bureau of Markets ex
, pended sl-14,779.84 in operation
: during 1929, according to the audit,
; of which $40,663.56 was for salar
. ies and $11,328.09 for traveling ex
• penses. Fruit inspection cost $24,-
, 318.08.
The department had 306 employes
, on the pay roll in the course of the
[ year, of whom forty-one were “short
, term” fertilizer inspectors working
, three months, and six “long term”
inspectors working throughout the
i entire year.
Commenting on the results shown
by the audit, Mr. Wisdom points out
■ that the salary of the director of
: the Bureau of Markets was supple
mented from the peach inspection
fund, the state’s veterinarian’s sal
ary supplemented from the tubercu
lar eradication fund, and the chief
clerk’s salary supplemented from the
fertilizer fees, all of which trans
actions were held by the attorney
general to be permissible. He also
states that commissions were paid
on the sale of watermelons and
losses sustained in the purchase of
potatoes for resale, the attorney gen
eral also authorizing these trans
actions.
“There are many activities carried
on by the Department of Agricul
ture,” Mr. Wisdom declares in his
comment, “and in most instances
separate appropriations are made
for each of these activities. I am
impressed that it would be well if a
general appropriation could be made
for carrying on the different divis
ions of the Department of Agricul
ture and the commissioner be al
lowed to employ such force as is
needed within the appropriation to
carry out the law and the purpose
of >the department.”
SCOUTS BRING BACK
MEMENTO OF CAMP
Scoutmaster Jennings and the
Scouts who spent last week on a
camp at Cordray’s Mill, brought back j
t an interesting souvenir, the skin of
! a rattlesnake several feet in length
and probably six or seven years old.
The snake was killed by a negro who
was plowing in a nearby field, the
rattler striking at his mule but miss
j ing it. Mr. Jennings skinned the
1 reptile, the Scouts not being especial
ly anxious to assist him in this task,
and brought the skin home and
cured it. It will be kept by the boys
as a memento of their camp.
DECOMPOSED BODY
OF HUMAN BEING IS
FOUND NEAR HILTON
CORONER’S INQUEST FAILS TO
BRING OUT IDENTITY OF
THE CORPSE.
The body of a human being, bad
ly decomposed/ was discovered by |
Mr. H. J. Harbuck, about seven miles
from Hilton, near the Hilton and
Cedar Springs old road, last Thurs- :
day morning. Mr. Harbuck had
started fishing in a pond, which was [
some little distance from the high- j
way, when he made the gruesome I
discovery.
The discovery was reported to
Coroner Mashburn, who, accompan- 1
ied by Deputy Sheriff Hudspeth, \
went to the scene immediately, em
paneling a jury and holding an in
quest. The body was in such a state
of decomposition that little could be
learned, but it was the opinion that
it was the remains of a Negro. What
j little clothing to be found near
the scene indicated that the
body had been clad in a blue
; work shirt and a black sweater. The
! skull disclosed a fracture, which was
|
j probably the cause of death.
It was the opinion of those who
| viewed the remains that the body
| had been placed there some two
! weeks or more ago.
Sheriff Howell, accompanied by
Dr. Holland, went back Tuesday and
disinterred the body for further ex
amination. Dr. Holland gave it as
his opinion that it was the body "f
a Negro man.
No one from that section of Early
county has been reported as missing,
and it is presumed that the body
was brought from some distance per
haps and placed near the pond where
it was found.
No clue as to the identity of the
yb*Mly or-the perpetrator of the
! crime has been yet found.
ROYAL ARCH MASONS
MET AT MOULTRIE
The Second district Royal Arch
Masonic Convention met at Moultrie
i the past week. Distinguished visitors
present included: Chas. L. Bass, of
Atlanta; Grand High Priest of the
Grand Chapter of Georgia; A. G.
Miller, of Macon, Grand Secretary of
I the Grand Chapter; Dr. J. G. Stan
! difer, of Blakely, Grand Master of
the Grand Council of Georgia; and
Chas. W. Pidcock, Jr., of Moul
trie, Grand Captain of the Guard of
the Grand Council.
The following officers were elect
ed: High Priest, C. E. Franklin, of
Moultrie; King, W. S. Brown, of
Thomasville; Scribe, Shelly Simmons,
of Blakely; Treasurer, J. L. Palmer,
of Camilla; Secretary, A. H. Groov
er, of Moultrie; Chaplain, Rev. Mr.
Halstead, of Camilla; Capt. of Host,
W. B. Zipperer, of Bainbridge; Prin
cipal Sojourner, T. O. Stewart, of
Thomasville; Royal Arch Capt., Aus
tin Smith, of Attapulgus; Master 3rd
Veil, Manuel Suarez, of Thomas
ville; Master 2nd Veil, George Sax
on, of Putney; Master Ist Veil, Hen
ry Lebastie, of Thomasville.
The 1931 meeting goes to Thom
asville.
market Quotations
ON GEORGIA PRODUCTS
The following is the market re
port (wholesale) of farm products
in Atlanta on Monday, June 23rd,
1930, as reported by the State Bu
reau of Markets of the Department
of Agriculture:
Eggs, Ga., extra, doz. . .27
Eggs, Ga., standard, doz. .25
Eggs, Ga., trade, doz. .20
Eggs, Ga., yard run, doz. .25
Stags, lb. .18
Hens, lb. 20
Roosters, lb. .11
Friers, lb. . .30
Ducks, lb. 15
Geese, lb. 12
Turkeys, lb. 20
Capons, lb. .25
Field Peas, mixed, bu. 3.00
Field Peas, not mixed, bu. 3.25
Country butter, best table per
pound .35
Country Butter, cooking,
pound .21
Junk Butter, lb .15
ATTEMPT MADE ON LIFE
OF SHERIFF SID HOWELL
Woman Lodged in Jail After Exciting
Race of Many Miles.
A young white woman, about 35
years of age, who gave her name as
Mrs. Osie Levy, and her home as
Columbus, Ga., was lodged in
the Early county jail Monday night
following an alleged attempt to
shoot Sheriff Sid Howell.
The woman drove up in front of
the county jail about ten o’clock in
a Pontiac sedan and blew her horn
several times hurriedly. Sheriff How
ell, not suspecting anything of an
unusual nature, went out to answer
the call without his hat or coat, or
gun. The woman, on a pretext of
talking business, invited the Sheriff
to have a seat in the car, telling him
that she was going to open a hotel in
Blakely and wanted to show the
plans to him. When he entered the
car she attempted to drive off, but
Mr. Howell insisted that he could not
leave the jail and got out of the car.
As he did so the woman is
said to have pulled a pistol
and snapped it several times in his
face. The Sheriff hastened to the
jail and came back in time to see the
car drive off. He called for the as
sistance of Policeman Mack Strick
land/and the two began a hunt for
the car and its occupant. Locating
it, they began a chase which lasted
for some time and covered many
miles of territory, down the Dry
Creek road, then out by Liberty
Hill and on to Bancroft. They had
a hard time heading the car and its
driver, but finally did so some two
miles from Bancroft near the Old
Beard place. Seeing that she was
hemmed in at last, the woman is said
to have thrown her pistol to the
ground and denied that she had made
an effort to shoot the sheriff or even
possessed a pistol. The officers found
the pistol, a foreign make of 38 cali
bre, which contained four cartridges,
all of them showing that they had
been snapped. Why they did not ex
plode is one of those mysteries which
can not be explained.
The officers brought the woman
on to town and placed her in jail.
She is said to have told the Sheriff
that she was neither drunk nor crazy,
and that although he might keep her
in jail indefinitely, she intended tak
ing his life if it be the last thing she
ever did. During the night she set
fire to the bedding in her cell and
came very near suffocating.
The Sheriff is unable to account
for the woman’s actions, stating that
he was not even acquainted with
her and knew no reason why she
should attempt his life.
YOUNG STRIBLING KNOCKS
OUT OTTO VON PORAT
Young Stribling, of Macon, knock
ed out Otto Von Porat, of Norway,
in the first round of a scheduled 10
round bout at Chicago last Friday
night. 21,000 people saw the fight.
Forty years of study of and experience with medi
cines, together with a real desire to help his fel
lowman, has qualified Mr. Balkcom to give you
valuable health hints.
At this season you need
Rexall Sarsaparilla Tonic
to purify your system
Rexall Iron and Cascara Tonic
to sharpen the appetite
to enrich the blood
to strengthen the nerves
A Wonderful Combination of Health
Builders
Balkcom’s Drug Store
SECTION (ONE)
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PULL OUT
$2.00 A YEAR
CHECKS MAILED OUT
FOR 1930 PENSIONS
OF SECOND QUARTER
BEGINNING JULY 1 CHECKS
WILL BE S3O MONTHLY, THE
GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES.
Checks for the balance due Con
federate pensioners for the second
quarter of 1930 were mailed out from
Atlanta Friday by General R. deT
Lawrence, state pension commission
er. Each person on the pension rolls
will collect $25 as soon as the checks
reach the various county ordinaries.
The total payment amounted to $143,-
125.
Governor L. G. Hardman announc
ed a few days ago that veterans
will be paid S3O per .month or $360
p<?r year beginning July 1, in accord
ance with a bill passed by the last
legislature. While the legislators at
tempted to increase the pensions by
a special act, they appropriated only
S2OO per annum, the old pension rate,
in the general appropriation bill.
The state income tax, which is ex
pected to bring in from SBOO,OOOO to
$1,000,000 this year will provide the
required $500,000 to increase pen
sions for the last half of 1930, Gov
ernor Hardman estimated.
BLAKELY SCOUTS HAVE
THEIR FIRST CAMP
Five Days of Last Week Spent At
Cordray’s Mill.
Scoutmaster Jennings and twelve
Second Class Scouts spent five days
of last week at Cordray’s Mill on
their first camp. The major portion
of the time was passed in fishing,
swimming, boat-riding and having a
big time. Many First Class tests
were passed, among them being
cooking, nature study, star observa
tion, hiking, judging, swimming and
use of the axe. Several of the Scouts
practiced signaling, and one day
each Scout came down to dinner as
j his name was spelled out with the
1 signal flag. With Eric Gay and his
blistered shoulders, Edgar Brunson
and his swimming, Clarence Ketchum
and his bravery in helping skin the
j rattler, Billie Lane and his jack
: fish, James Bryant and his cooking,
I George Bell and his Chinaberry
| trees, DuPont Strong and the Ca
; ladium leaf, Richard Geeslin and
his blistered feet, John Williams and
! his axe test and the sweat shed in
| passing it, C. D. Duke and his “siren
j duty,” Dunbar Grist and his chang
| ing the auto tire, Carl Green “and
j how,” and the Scoutmaster with his
: red bugs”—we all had a huge time
and were not ready for the week to
end. We anticipate having another
. camp some day.
REPORTER.