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EARLY COUNTY, GA.,
Garden Spot of
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXI > NO, 43
REAPPORTIONMENT
ACTION URGED BY
SENATOR HARRIS
HOPES GEORGIA LEGISLATURE
WILL GIVE MATTER ITS
PROMPT ATTENTION
WASHINGTON, D. C.—United
State Senator William J. Harris has
joined Senator Walter F. George in
urging the next general assembly not
to delay reapportionment of con
gressional districts.
Probability that a number of the
present Georgia members will gain
important committee posts if the
democrats win next year is stressed
by Senator Harris as an important
matter for the consideration of the
legislature.
“For the past several weeks,”
Senator Harris says in his state
ment, “I have traveled over many
sections of Georgia and ‘found the
greatest interest possible among the
people in the efforts of members of
the incoming legislature to accom
plish matters needed for our state
and without exception they stressed
the opinion that nothing was more
important than redistricting it.”
His statement in full follows:
“Since I have been a member of
the United States senate I have not
in any way tried to influence mat-|
ters before the Georgia legislature!
except in one instance—when I ap
peared before the committee and
urged an appropriation for a build
ing for the Steiner clinic to take care
of Georgia cancer patients. I was
chairman of the senate cancer com
mittee, which explains my activities
in this matter.
“The Georgia legislature has many
vital questions confronting it at the
next session, none more important
than redistricting the state, and I
have faith in their desire and ability
to accomplish everything expected
of them.
• “Our constitution provides for re
apportionment every ten years, and
most of the legislatures of the other
states have already done this. Only
in Missouri have they failed, in so
far as I know.
“Redistricting the state is a re
sponsibility that rests entirely with
the legislature. They are quite able
to take care of this matter without
any suggestions from me, and I
have none to offer. However, delay
ing action on this so that the ten
Georgia congressmen would have to
be elected from all over the state,
thereby depriving each congressional
district of the right of electing its
own representative, is a matter that
concerns me as one of the Georgia
senators, for it is necessary to have
the co-operation of the house mem
bers in accomplishing matters for
our state.
“Under the seniority rules of the
house and senate the members who
have been longest in congress are
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BLAKELY, GEORGIA
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ROTARIANS TREATED
TO MUSICAL PROGRAM
Miss Annie V. Womack’s Orchestra
Plays for Club Members.
The members of the Blakely Ro
tary Club enjoyed immensely a
musical program by Miss Annie V.
Womack and her string orchestra at
the weekly luncheon of the Club
held last Thursday at noon. The
young lady members of Miss Wom
ack’s orchestra who played for the
entertainment of the Rotarians were
Misses Myrvis Lawrence, Sadie Stan
difer, Elizabeth Fryer, Sara Boyett,
Hazel Warrick and Madeline Gil
bert. They were given a rising vote
of thanks by the Rotarians at the
conclusion of the program.
Sheriff Sid Howell was a guest of
Rotarian Alvin Gray. He was com
plimented by Rotarians Sparks and
Gray upon winning the Atlanta Con
stitution award at the Peace Officers
Association at Macon for the most
meritorious piece of police work dur
ing the year 1930.
It was announced that the Club
would observe annual Ladies’ Night
on Friday, June 2Cth, which is the
fifth anniversary of the Club.
Rotarians Duke and Fuqua were
in charge of the last week’s pro
gram. President Barham presided
over the luncheon and Mrs. Ben
Haisten furnished the music for the
Club songs.
at the top of committees. The house
and senate rarely pass the same bill,
and after it passes both houses it
goes to conference. The vice-pres
ident appoints five members of the
conference committee, the three
ranking republicans and the two
ranking democrats, to adjust the
difference between the two houses,
'the speaker does likewise in select
ing the house conferees, and these
ten ranking members <jf the house
and senate decide on all changes
in the bill, sometimes they almost
rewrite the bill, and the house and
senate seldom fail to approve their
recommendation. When the confer
ence report goes to the house and
senate, they can vote only on the
bill aS a whole as recommended by
this committee, and it can not be
amended except by sending it back
to conference, which is not often
done.
“As an instance: Congressman
Edwards for personal reasons volun
tarily retired from congress during
the Wilson administration. He was
at that time ranking democrat on
the rivers and harbors committee,
which means so much to the state of
Georgia, and had he been re-elected
to congress he would have been
chairman of this important commit
tee. Georgia’s rivers and harbors
lost millions of dollars because we
had no member on the rivers and
harbors committee for several ses
sions. The Georgia congressmen are
all high on the committees which
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Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 11, 1931,
REV. SPENCER KING
ACCEPTS CALL TO
BAPTIST CHURCH
FORMER PASTOR TO RETURN
HERE ON FIRST OF
SEPTEMBER
Announcement was made at the
Sunday school hour at the Blakely
Baptist church last Sunday morning
that the Rev. Spencer B. King, who
was recently tendered a unanimous
call to serve the church as pastor,
had accepted.
Rev. Mr. King formerly served the
church here as pastor for a number
of years. He left here some six
years ago to accept a call to the
church at Pelham. After his pastor
ate there, he went to Atlanta to ac
cept the place of Field Secretary of
the State Mission Board of the
Georgia Baptist Convention, which
position he has now resigned to
accept the call to the Blakely church.
The announcement of Bro. King’s
acceptance was received with de
light by the members of the church
and hosts of other friends of other
denominations in Blakely and Early
county and throughout Bethel As
sociation. He plans to assume his
duties here on September Ist. The
letter of acceptance, written to the
church and read Sunday morning, is
published below:
Mr. R. W. Alexander, Clerk,
Blakely Baptist Church,
Blakely, Georgia.
My dear Brother Alexander:
Following the receipt, of your
letter of May 7, notifying me of the
call extended by the Blakely Baptist
Church to become its pastor, I en
deavored to seek the leadership of
the Master—whose we are and whom
we serve—and find His will in the
matter. I have made two visits to
Blakely to see if you good people
really want me and, being convinced
that you do and that it is our Father’s
will, I hereby tender this my ac
ceptance of the call to take effect
September Ist next.
As I recall it this date marks the
sixth anniversary of the end of my
previous pastorate at Blakely and I
am coming back with the thought
that my “leave of absence is ended
and I am just getting back on the
job.” These six years have been
busy ones with me and I feel that
I have been richly blessed of the
Lord in my State Mission activities
as well as in my short pastorate at
Pelham. I have been quite happy as
I have gone up and down Georgia,
and the experiences I have had should
make me better qualified to do a
larger work than when you bore
with me in the other years. Indeed
I pray that I may measure up to
the needs of your important field
better than I did in 1921-25.
And it is an important field! There
is much work to be done. Souls to
be won to the Saviour, lives to be
brought into blessed fellowship with
the Master, homes to be directed in
to the type which God would have
homes be, a church to be led into
larger tasks of Kingdom service and
a community to be pointed to the
highest plane of true Christian civil
ization! These are the tasks to which
you have called me and to these
tasks I most solemnly and sincerely
ded.cate myself.
But, I want to state clearely in
this my letter of acceptance, I come
in the full consciousness that I am to
have the hearty cooperation of the
entire membership of the church and
the people of the community. With
out this I would not dare to undertake
the smallest part of the job as pastor
of the Blakely Baptist Church for,
unless I had this cooperation, I would
do nothing. Already I have discuss
ed with the pulpit committee and the
deacons some of the details of the
program for the church and have
their agreement to the plan, and
the hearty expressions I have had
from the members and friends of
othei - denominations—and of no
church—and a number of our colored
friends who also seem happy to have
me back, make me believe that God
is bringing me back to Blakely and
that we will be happy as we work
together for His glory. I pray that
it may be so.
I truly trust in these intervening
weeks you will not grow slack in
your worship of God but that you
will be faithful, even though you
have no pastor, in your attendance
at the regular hours (in the other
churches when there is no preaching
at your own) and your contributions
(which are so greatly needed) both
for the local church work and for
missions. I beg that you be praying
constantly that as I come our
Heavenly Father will sanction our
services and accept our worship and
bless our efforts in His name.
With all good wishes for every
one of you, I am
Your Pastor-Elect,
SPENCER B. KING.
“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
SPRING TERM OF
SCHOOL CAME TO
CLOSE FRIDAY
FORTY-TWO AWARDED DIPLO
MAS AT GRADUATION
EXERCISES
The spring term of the Blakely
public schools came to a close last
Friday, June sth, the commence
ment program culminating Friday
evening, when the graduation exer
cises took place, and diplomas were
awarded to forty-two graduates, the
largest class in the history of the
school.
The school auditorium was filled
to capacity for the graduation exer
cises, at which time the following
program was carried out:
Processional.
Invocation—Rev. O. B. Chester.
Class Song: “Our Old High.”
Salutatory—lnez Berman.
History—Neta Black.
Poem—Louise Bush.
Prophecy—Catherine Lanier.
Last Will and Testament —Mamie
Sara Maddox.
Giftorian —Jack White.
Valedictory—Carolyn Loyless.
Following the program diplomas
were awarded to the following pu
pils by Mr. W. J. Grist, chairman of
the Blakely Board of Education:
Misses Mamie Sarah Maddox, Be
atrice Duke, Sarah Strickland,
Lucile Womble, Doris Thompson,
Lois Johnson, Inez Berman, Carolyn
Loyless, Robert Lee. Eugenia Tarver,
Gladys Temples, Louise Bush, Rebec
ca McEachern, Vivian Smith, Annie
Claire Shaw, Neta Black, Prudence
Singletary Catherine Lanier, Juanita
Allen, Doris Harpe, Ruby Elliott,
Alice George, Katie Mae Brackin,
Rebecca Geeslin, and Messrs. Henry
Buchannon, Lane Spence, Chester
Stokes, George Ivey, Ottis Hall, Earl
Taylor, Jack White, Ernest Spence,
Porter Smith, Tom Dunning, Frank
Fuller, Robert Puckett, Milton Mar
tin, Whalen George, W. F. Law
rence, Wilson Davenport, James Bry
ant, Leßoy Thompson.
The following awards were pre
sented by Supt. Mangham:
Attendance Certificates (to Ones
neither absent nor tardy during the
school year)—Nancy Grubbs, Corliss
Beatty, Virginia Holman, Enid God
win, Eleanor Singletary, Stephen Mc-
Cullers, Toy Beatty, Edward Balk
com, Troy Beatty, Emma Francis
Gay, Nellie Mae Strickland, Francis
Grubbs, Virginia Lee, J. R. Lee,
Olivia Weaver, Amanda Barksdale,
Prudence Singletary, Katie Mae
Brackin.
American History Medal, given by
the Peter Early Chapter Daughters
of the American Revolution, to the
student making the highest general
average in American History, award
ed to Miss Lucy Maddox, of the 7th
grade. This proved to be a close
race, the winner making a general
average of 99 per cent. The next
was Miss Inez Berman, of the Senior
class, with 98.5 per cent, and the
third was Bill Standifer, of the 4th
grade, with 98 per cent.
Girl’s Citizenship Medal, given by
Mrs. V. F. Balkcom, the present
Regent of the local Chapter D. A. R.
This medal was awarded to Miss
Alice Singletary, of the Junior class.
Medals in Music, given by Miss i
Annie V. Womack, for general ex- |
cellence: In the grammar school de- '
partment, to Miss Sara De Wolfe; in 1
the high school department, to Miss i
Miriam Brooks.
The Harry Stone Medal, to the ]
best all-round man in the Senior '
class. This medal was awarded to i
Mr. Henry Buchannon. The presen- ]
tation was made by Dr. J. G. Standi- 1
fer, chairman of the committee on 1
award. i
The program was concluded with J
the class song, “We’ll Always Love '
You, Dear Old High.”
The following pupils, averaging i
95-100 were graduated magna cum I]
laude: W. F. Lawrence, Inez Ber- ]
man, Katie Mae Brackin, Dorris | <
Harp, Catherine" Lanier, Carolyn |1
Loyless. Those who averaged 90-95 J
and'were graduated cum laude were: 11
ASSESSORS APPOINTED
IN HIGHWAY MATTER
Judge Worrill Here Tuesday to Hear
Condemnation Proceedings.
Judge C. W. Worrill came down
from Cuthbert Tuesday morning to
hear the proceedings instituted by
the State Highway Board against
several property holders on Highway
No. 1 for the necessary right-of-way
for paving the section north of the
city to the county line. By agree
ment with counsel for both the Board
and the property holders, the court
appointed a board of assessors, con
sisting of Messrs. J. S. Sherman, W.
J. Grist and H. C. Fort to assess the
value of the property to be con
demned belonging to C. H. Montfort
et al., G. L. Ivey, Fred Collins, Mrs.
Ermine Collins Sanders and J. H.
Hand et al.
The board of assessors for the
C. M. Deal et al property is com
posed of Messrs. R. C. Howell, W. J.
Grist and H. C. Fort.
Messrs. N. B. Solomon, H. C. Fort
and R. 0. Waters were appointed as
assessors in the Mrs. Ellene C. Tar
ver property.
In the condemnation proceedings
against James Middleton, Jr., et al,
on Route 38, Messrs. Sherman, Grist
and Fort were appointed as assessors.
These gentlemen are to meet to
day (Thursday), June 11th, when
hearings will be granted to those
whose property is involved.
BLAKELY METHODIST
CHURCH
O. B. Chester, Pastor
9:45 a. m.—Sunday School; G. M.
Sparks, Supt.
11 a. m.—Public Worship.
8 p. m.—Public Worship.
Midweek Service, Wednesday 8:00
p. m.
Thirteen children and young peo
ple were baptized in a special serv
ice Thursday afternoon, June 4th,
and twenty-four new members were
added to the church last Sunday
morning.
Revival services will begin July
12th.
This church is a house of prayer
for all people. All who want to
pray should attend the services
each Sunday.
Thomas Dunning, Ernest Spence,
Neta Black and Lucile Womble.
THE CLASS PLAY
The Seniors presented their class
play, “Oh, Professor,” to a large
and appreciative audience on Thurs
day evening of last week. The
play, an amusing comedy, was a
Wayne P. Sewell production and was
coached by Miss Sears. The pupils
performed quite creditably and the
costumes were especially pretty. Sev
eral choruses added to the enjoy
ment of the evening.
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To clear up the blood, sharpen the appetite,
and tone up the nerves, take Rexall Iron and
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Strongly recommended
by Mr. Balkcom.
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BLAKELY TEAM
WINS FIRST BALL
GAME AT HOME
LARGE CROWD SAW BLAKELY
DONALSONVILLE GAME
LAST THURSDAY
Blakely’s first home game of the
league season last Thursday after
noon was witnessed by a large
crowd, perhaps the largest opening
day attendance of any of the towns
composing the Georgia-Alabama
league, the crowd present being esti
mated at between three and four
hundred paid admissions.
Mr. E. L. Fryer, Sr., well known
local citizen and ardent baseball
fan, pitched the first ball with Mr.
Guy Maddox, president of the local
club, acting as catcher. Mr. Fryer’s
pitch was wild, showing that this
former baseball luminary was not
in practice.
Opening game prizes offered by
local business houses were won by
the following home players:
First home run—Silver miniature
baseball, offered by Barham Jewelry
Co., was won by F. Williams.
First three-base hit—Straw hat,
offered by T. K. Weaver & Co., won
by Cleveland.
First two-base hit—Shirt, offered
by Boyett’s Cash Store, won by Ar
thur Williams.
First single—Carton cigarettes, of
fered by Robert Hall, won by Flem
ing.
First run—Month’s pressing, of
fered by Booty’s Pressing club, won
by Cleveland.
First stolen base —Pair sox, offer
ed by Barney Wynne, won by Cleve
land.
The game was a hard-fought one
from beginning to end, with first
one team in the lead, and then the
other. Mobley was the starting
pitcher for the locals, but was re
lieved in the fifth'inning by White,
who received credit for the victory.
Stein was on the receiving line.
The score was 12 to 11 in Blake
ly’s favor.
Donalsonville used three pitchers
in an effort to check the local
hitters, Rathel started the game.
He was relieved by Roberts, who
lasted than an inning. Hodges fin
ished the game.
The contest was featured by
timely hitting of both teams, three
home runs being contributed during
the game. F. Williams’ drive over
right-center field fence with two on
bases netted the young player a
nice contribution from the fans.
Score by innings: R. H. E.
Donalsonville 210040031—11 14 5
Blakely 16000230x—12 17 1
SUMMARY—Two base hits, H»
Hodges, Saunders, Reynolds, Ham-
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