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BLUFFTON ENCAMPMENT
PLANS ANNOUNCED
Annual Section Will Be Held Week
of July 13-17
Rev. Paul Sayer, of Leary, who
holds the position of General Mana
ger of the Bluffton Encampment for
1931, announces that plans are being
perfected for a larger and better
Encampment than ever.
Rev. J. C. Grimes, of Shellman,
is chairman of the program commit-
N
REV. PAUL SAYER
General Manager of Bluffton
Encampment
tee and he promises a most interest
ing and helpful program, having se
cured a number of state workers and
also one or two missionaries to teach
and speak to the people as they come
from day to day.
Rev. Wm. T. Bodenhamer, ,of i
Blakely, is Pastor-Host and he is not,
only inviting but urging that men, •
women and young people from over'
the association come to this meeting;
in great numbers and profit thereby.
The program committee has made
it possible for the young people to
study new books this year.—books
just off the press. In other words,
courses are being offered that have .
never been taught at the Encamp
ment.
Some of those who are expected
to be on the faculty are: Rev. D. B.
Nicholson, Baptist Student Secretary,
Athens, Ga. j Rev. E. E. Steel, return
ed Missionary; Rev. E. R. Eller, Pas
tor Fort Gaines; Mrs. E. R. Eller,
Fort Gaines; Mrs. J. J. Heard and)
Mrs. O. M. Genald, State Sunday
School Workers; Mrs. A. C. Pyle and!
Mrs. C. F. Carter, State W. M. U.
Workers; Miss Dorothy Floyd, State
B. Y. P. U. Worker; Miss Leland
Cooper, Director of B. Y. P. U.,
Mercer University; Mrs. Richard
Parrish, Young People’s Leader South
west Division, and a number of
others will be announced later.
Two outstanding laymen of Geor
gia, Mr. Ely Callaway, of LaGrange, |
and Judge E. L. Smith, of Albany, i
will also be speakers on the program, I
while the Baptists are to be con- I
gratulated upon getting Rev. T. F. I
■■Callaway, of Thomasville, as the i
Encampment preacher.
The pastors have been requested
to announce that this meeting will
be held the week of July 13-17 and
that they are asked to help make it
the most profitable Encampment ever,
held in the Bethel.
FIRST COTTON
BLOOMS REPORTED
Mr. Gordon White, Early county’s
first bale man for 1930, seems
to be again headed for that dis
tinction in 1931. He was exhibiting
a number of cotton blooms from his
fields Monday morning. He stated
to The News that he could probably
have found a bloom as early as Fri
day of last w’eek.
Mr. John Du’Bose came in later
in the day Monday with blooms, and
'on-Tuesday morning Mr. C. D. Duke
'discovered a bloom in his field.
Mr. Tom King sent the news an
open bloom Wednesday.
GEORGIA WEEKLY
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW
Items from Over State of Interest
To Georgians.
(The following record of indus
trial activity lists items showing in
vestment of capital, employment of
labor and business activities and op
portunities. Information from which
the paragraphs are prepared is
from local papers, usually of towns
mentioned, and may be considered
generally correct.)
Newnan—Sections of business dis
trict to be paved.
Waynesboflo—State Department
I will pave section of Liberty street
between Ninth street and city lim
its at Thirteenth street.
Barnesville—Gordon school audi
torium to be repaired and painted.
Chickamauga—Bids received for
construction of bridge across Chick
amauga Creek, on road from old
Government pike leading to this
city.
Canton—Bakery to be opened in
Puckett building. •
Dalton—Bids received for con
struction of new City Park school
building.
Waynesboro—Contract to be let
.about July Ist for construction of
$60,000 postoffice building in this
city.
Brooklet Construction progress
ing rapidly on Route No. 80 here.
Rossville—Park Woolen Mill plant
here may be reopened during sum
mer.
Gainesville Dawsonville - Tate
highway being graded.
AN EXPLANATION
To the Editor of the Early County
News:
In the account appearing in the
News last week of the awarding of
the Constitution prize to Sheriff
Howell by the Georgia Peace Offi
cers’ Association you quote from an
account of the same appearing in the
Macon Telegraph, from which it ap
pears that a committee composed of
Dr. S. P. Holland, R. O. Waters and
i myself awarded this prize. This is
incorrect.
Knowing that the Atlanta Consti
tution gives each year a medal
and cash prize to the officer per
forming the most meritorious service
in line of duty, the awarding of:
which is left to the Georgia Peace
Officers’ Association, I conferred
with some of Sheriff Howell’s
i
I friends, and we decided to make ap
plication in behalf of Sheriff Howell
for this award, on account of his
service in the Edgar Jenkins matter,
and the parties named acted as an
informal committee to place the facts j
before the Georgia Peace Officers’'
Association. A written statement of
the facts was prepared some time in
advance of the meeting of the con
vention at Macon, on May 28th, which
’ was sent to the committee named
by the Association to pass upon ap
| plications for this award. This com
! mittee was composed of G. B. Rich
| ards, Sheriff of Haralson county,
!J. E. Foy, Police Commissioner of
{Savannah, and C. Ray, Chief of
Police, Albany. This committee rec
ommended to the convention of the
Georgia Peace Officers Association
that the Constitution prize be award
ed to Sheriff Howell, which recom
mendation was unamimously adopted
by the convention as a whole.
Dr. Holland, Mr. Waters and my
self had not a thing to do with
awarding this prize to Sheriff Howell.
A. H. GRAY.
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
GERALD-SUTLIVE.
• -
The following account of the mar
riage of Mr. Vinson Sutlive, of this
ccunty, to Miss Ruth Gerald, of
Thorsby, Ala., which occurred on
May 30th, is from the Birmingham
Age-Herald:
“A very pretty wedding was that
of Miss Ruth Gerald, of Thors
by, Ala., and Vinson Sutlive, of
Blakely, Ga.
“The ceremony took place at the
Congregational Church Saturday
evening, with the Rev. J. E. Each,
pastor of the church, officiating. An
altar of smilax and ferns was ar
ranged, interspersed with cut flow
ers in pastel shades and lighted
with ivory candles in branched can
delabra.
“Preceding the ceremony a musical
program was rendered by Mrs. C. R.
Foss, organist; Miss Esther Johnson
and Miss Kathryn Foss, sopranos,
and Mrs. Grady Broadhead, of Clan
ton, violinist.
“Mrs. Leonard Moody, of Bir
mingham, matron of honor, wore
pink chiffon and carried a bouquet
of garden flowers. Miss Odie Lee
Arthur, bridesmaid, wore yellow
chiffon and carried a bouquet of
garden flowers. Each bouquet was
tied with tulle in the prevailing color
scheme.
“Following the matron of honor
to the altar were two little flower
girls, Marjorie Morgan and Helen
Louise Mead, who were daintily
dressed in frocks of pink and yellow
organdie.
“The best man was William T.
Bodenhamer, of Blakely, Ga., and the
groomsman was Roscoe Maddox, of
Thorsby.
“The bride entered with her
brother, L. F. Gerald, of Clanton,
Ala. Her costume was of white
satin, a princess model, fashioned
with long train. She wore a tulle
veil with bandeau of orange blos
soms and lilies of the valley. The
bride’s bouquet was formed of
bride’s roses and lilies of the valley.-
“After the wedding a reception
was held at the home of the bride’s
mother, Mrs. H. M. Gerald, at which
the bridal party, relatives and out
of-town guests were present.
“Upon their return from a short
trip into Georgia, Mr. and Mrs. Sut
live will be at home in Birmingham
for the summer. The bride is a na
tive of Thorsby, Ala., a graduate of
Thorsby Institute, and Piedmont
College, Demorest, Ga., and has
taught school for several years.
“Mr. Sutlive is a successful teach
er at Thorsby Institute, Thorsby,
Ala.”
SWANN-HASTY.
Os interest to a wide circle of
friends throughout this section was
the marriage of Miss Ruth Swann,
of Blakely, to Mr. Mercer Hasty, of
Dawson, on Sunday afternoon, June
7th. The impressive ring ceremony
was performed at 5 o’clock at the
home of the bride’s pastor, the
Rev. Paul M. Sayer, of Leary. Only
a small group of relatives and
friends was present.
The bride is the youngest daugh
ter of Mrs. R. L. Swann, of Blake
ly. She was born and reared in
Early county and has been a teach
er in the public schools of this
county for twelve years. She has,
by her quiet, lovable disposition,
won many friends.
Mr. Hasty is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. —. —. Hasty, of Dawson. He
is a popular member of the Dawson
Fire Department, and enjoys the
confidence of all who know him.
The many friends of this happy
young couple wish for them a bright
and happy future. They will make
their home in Dawson.
NEGRO WANTED IN FLORIDA
LOCATED HERE LAST WEEK
Jim Hall, colored, wanted at Ha
vana and Quincy, Fla., for driving
off an automobile without paying for
it, was picked up in Blakely on Wed
nesday of last week by Chief of Po
lice Mack Strickland. The sheriff
came up from Quincy and carried
Hall back Wednesday afternoon.
FALL SESSION TO
OPEN SEPTEMBER 7TH
The next session of the Blakely
public schools will open on Monday,
September 7th.
LOCAL WEATHER.
Report of local weather conditions,
' for the week ending Wednesday,
June 10th. Rainfall in inches. T
means trace only. Rainfall measured
at 7 a. m. and the amounts are for
j the. previous 24 hours. Other obser
vations are for the 24-hour periods
ending at 7 p. tn.
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ca x
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Sts s' £
4; 96| 6110.00|5. E.|Clear
5' 981 64|0.00|5. W.|Clear
6jlolj 68|0.00|S. W.|Clear
7| 95j 68| T. |S. W.|Clear
8| 841 66| T. |N. W.|Clear
91 89| 54|0.00!N. W.|Clear
101 96) 55|0.00!N. W.jClear
J. G. STANDIFER,
Observer, U. S. Weather Bureau .
HISTORICAL DATA
—OF—
EARLY COUNTY
(At various times data will ap
pear in this column that will be of
interest to the citizens of Early
county. Every one who is in pos
session of items that should go into
the History of Early County will
please send same to Dr. J. G. Stan
difer, the County Historian.)
ORGANIZATION OF EARLY
COUNTY.
Early county was organized by
act of the Legislature of Georgia
on December 15th, 1818. On the
same date six other counties in
Georgia were organized, viz: Ap
pling, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall,
Irwin and Walton.
At the time of the organization!
of Early county there were only!
39 counties in Georgia. Given in,
the order of their seniority, they i
are as follows: Burke, Camden, Chat-|
ham, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, ■
Richmond and Wilkes, as of the
state constitution of 1777; Frank
lin and Washington, 1784; Greene,
1786; Columbia and Elbert, 1790;
Bryan, Oglethorpe, Hancock, Mcln
tosh, Montgomery, Screven and War
ren, 1793; Bullock, Jackson, Jeffer
son and Lincoln, 1796; Tattnall and
Clarke, 1801; Baldwin, Wayne and
Wilkerson, 1803; Jones, Laurens,
Morgan, Putnam and Telfair, 1807;
Pulaski, 1808; Twiggs, 1809; Madi
son, 1811; Emanuel and Jasper,
1812.
To grasp an idea of the size &>f
Early county as of 1818, we list be
low the counties that have been cut
from the original territory, viz:
Decatur, 1823; Baker, 1825; Thom
as, from Decatur and Irwin, 1825;
Dougherty, from Baker, 1853; Cal
houn, from Early and Baker, 1854;
Clay, from Early and Randolph,
1854; Miller, from Early and Ba
ker, 1856; Mitchell, 1857; Colquitt,
from Thomas and Lowndes, 1856;
Grady, from Thomas and Decatur,
1905; Seminole, from Decatur, 1920.
It is hoped to soon present a copy
of the act of 1818 organizing the
county of Early as well as that of
1820 the town of
Blakely.
Readers of this column are urged
to send in any Items of interest rel
ative to the history of Early county.
Any corrections will be particularly
welcomed.
“Millie’s father likes the modern
young sheiks.”
“An eye to business, my boy. He
owns a ukelele factory.”—The Path
finder.
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WINNER OF ATLANTA CONSTITUTION AWARD
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Winner of gold medal and SIOO award offered by Atlanta Constitution
for most outstanding police work during the past year. The an
nouncement of the award was made at the recent session of the
Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association held at Macon. The details
were given in The News last week.
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