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EARLY COUNTY, GA.,
Garden Spot of
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXI }> NO. 44
MISS LINDSEY
SINGS FOR MEMBERS
OF ROTARY CLUB
TWO HUMOROUS READINGS ARE
ALSO GIVEN BY MISS
VIRGINIA SMITH
The members of the Blakely Ro
tary Club were given a rare treat
at their weekly luncheon at noon
last Thursday when Miss Margaret
Lindsey sang several selections for
their entertainment. Miss Lindsey,
who has been studying in Atlanta for
the past year, is possessed of a
splendid soprano voice, and her
numbers were thoroughly enjoyed.
Her voice teacher, Mrs. Gertrude L.
Johnson, played her accompaniment.
Little Miss Virginia Smith, of
Dawson, a guest of Rotarian Bar
ham, gave two humorous readings
which won for her much applause
from the Club members.
Rotarian Robert Stuckey had as
his guest Mr. Bert H. Flanders, of
Oxford, who spoke briefly to the
Rotarians.
Rotarians Jim Grist and Marvin
Sparks were in charge of the pro
gram for the day.
The luncheon was presided over
by President Batrham, Mrs. Ben
Haisten presiding at the piano for
the singing of the Club songs.
It was announced that Ladies’
Night would be observed on Friday,
June 26th, and the program will be
in the nature of a celebration of
the Club’s fifth anniversary.
CITY PROVIDES
FREE ICE WATER
Fount Placed in Court Yard For
Benefit of Visitors.
The city authorities have provided
for free ice water for visitors in
Blakely for the summer months.
A large barrel, with a coil pipe
some hundred feet in length, has
been sunk beneath the earth’s sur
face on the lawn west of the court
house. A sanitary drinking fount
has been connected and ice is placed
in the barrel as often as is necessary
to provide a constant supply of pure
cold water.
This step on the part of the city
council is to be commended and will
be heartily welcomed by visitors in
town these hot days.
YOUNG GIRL DIES FROM
ACCIDENT IN SWING
Rose Cadle Succumbs to Injury
Sustained in Fall of Swing.
Rose Cadle, 14 year old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Cadle, died
in a Dothan hospital Sunday about
noon from an accident sustained last
Friday. The young girl, who lived
in the western part of the city,
was the victim of a rather unusual
accident. While at the home of Mr.
E. D. Jernigan she, with a young
girl friend, was sitting in the
swing on the porch of the home
when the rafter to which the swing
was attached pulled loose and fell
hitting the child on the head and
causing a fracture of the skull. She
was carried to a Dothan hos
pital, but to no avail, for the in
jury proved fatal and she passed
away as above stated.
Funeral services for the deceased
■were held Monday afternoon at
3 o’clock and were conducted by the
Rev. O. B. Chester. The following
schoolmates acted as pall beareps:
James Bryant, Carl Spence, Lane
Spence, Lloyd George, C. D. Duke,
Jr., Cecil Cobb, Elwood White and
Wilson Davenport. The members of
Miss Annie V. Womack’s Sunday
School class, to which she belonged,
sang “Safe in the Arms of Jesus”
and “He’s a Wonderful Savior to
Me.” Interment followed in the
Blakely cemetery with the Blakely
Funeral Home in charge.
The sympathy of friends goes out
to the bereaved ones in the tragic
death of their loved one.
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NOTICE, AUTO DRIVERS
The city ordinances prohibit
the obstructing of streets in the
pathway of the fire truck dur
ing a fire, also the congregating
of automobiles around a burn
ing building, or otherwise in
terfering with the working of
the fire department. In addition
to this, there is a great deal of
danger involved.
Bear in mind that the city
fire truck has the right-of-way
and when an alarm is sounded,
drivers of automobiles or other
vehicles are hereby warned to
pull to the curb and make clear
the roadway.
This provision of the city or
dinance will be enforced or
some one will pay the penalty
for failure to do so.
P. D. DuBOSE, Mayor.
HOLLOWAY HOME
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Early Morning Blaze Wipes Out
Cuthbert Street Residence.
The home built by Mr. T. B.
Kenney and occupied by Mrs. R. E.
Holloway, just north of the city
limits on the Cuthbert highway, was
destroyed by fire early Friday morn
ing of last week. The residence be
ing beyond the city fire limits, it was
impossible for the city fire depart
ment to cope with the blaze, which
had made considerable headway be
fore being discovered. Mrs. Hollo
way had left the home some little
time prior to the discovery of the
fire and is at a loss to know how it
originated. Nearby neighbors made
an effort to save the household fur
niture, but very little was salvaged.
The News understands that both
Mr. Kenney and Mrs. Holloway car
ried some insurance.
The house was built some two
years or more ago and had been
occupied by Mrs. Holloway since its
erection.
NEGRO JAILED FOR
MURDER OF WIFE
Lawrence Webb Kills Wife With
Shot Gun.
Lawrence Webb, Negro farm hand
on the farm of Mr. Gordon White,
is in the Blakely jail charged with
killing his wife Monday night.
From reports it is learned that
the Negroes had quarreled and sep
arated Saturday afternoon. The
woman had gone to the home of one
of her friends on the farm of Mr.
Henry Butler. Learning of her
whereabouts, Lawrence, armed with
his shotgun, went after her early
Monday night, and upon her refusal
to return with him, emptied two
loads of buckshot into her body.
He is said to have then hit her
over the head with the barrel of the
gun with such force as to bend the
barrel. He then returned to his
home, where Sheriff Howell found
him a little later and brought him
to the county jail. There he will
probably rest until the October term
of Early superior court.
EDISON’S RUBBER
PASSES TEST STAGE
In State of Being Made Commercial
ly Practical, Son Says.
Fort Myers, Fla.—Edison’s ex
periments seeking new sources of
rubber have passed the preliminary
stage and are in a state of being
made commercially practical, accord
ing to an announcement made here
by Charles Edison, son of the in
ventor.
He said rubber extracted from
golden rod has been vulcanized by
the inventor and found to respond
as well as ordinary rubber.
The only problem remaining un
solved is that of standardization, as
one batch of the rubber sometimes
differs in quality from the others.
Between 6 and 8 per cent of rub
ber is being obtained by the elec
trical wizard from Solida Gigantica,
a new golden rod species found in
the Everglades. This new discovery
has resulted in the inventor discard
ing the Solidago Leavenworthii spe
cies, with which he formerly ex
perimented.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 18, 1931.
CONVENTIONS AT
BAPTIST CHURCH
WELL ATTENDED
B. Y. P. U. AND SUNDAY SCHOOL
MEETINGS OF BETHEL ASSN.
HELD HERE FRIDAY
The Blakely Baptist church was
host to the annual B. Y. P. U. and
Sunday School Conventions of Beth
el Association last Friday, June 12.
Several hundred visiting delegates'
from churches within the bounds of
Bethel were in attendance.
The morning session was held at
the church, the chief feature of
which was an address by Dr. Spright
Dowell, president of Mercer Uni
versity, who brought his hearers an
inspiring message. Mr. Waymon C.
Reese, Special B. Y. P. U. Worker,
of Atlanta, also spoke, his subject
being “Living for Jesus in Recrea
tion.” Others on the morning pro
gram included Robert Puckett, pres
ident of the Blakely B. Y. P. U., who
welcomed the visitors; Rev. D. E.
Blalock, of Arlington, who led in
prayer; and Mr. J. O. Bridges, of
Blakely, who conducted the devo
tional. Mr. W. B. Lawrence, of
Edison, had charge of the song
service.
At the noon hour a barbecue din
ner was served in the grove near
the school building. Under the
supervision of Mr. B. J. Mann, the
meats were splendidly prepared and
the committee of ladies in charge
had prepared all the necessary “ac
cessories” to make the meal a most
delectable one.
The afternoon session of the
Sunday School Convention was held
at the Baptist church and the B. Y.
P. U. meeting at the Methodist
church. On the afternoon programs
were Rev. M. L. Lawson, of Cuth
bert; Mr. W. H. Joiner, of Coleman;
Rev. J. C. Grimes, Shellman; Rev.
W. T. Bodenhamer, Blakely; Mrs.
E. R. Eller, Fort' Gaines; Mr. Way
mon C. Reese, of Atlanta; Rev. J.
W. Farmer, Georgetown; Misses Ed
wina and Elizabeth Arnold, of Fort
Gaines. A Sword Drill by the In
termerdiate Union, led by Mrs. W. J.
Hortman, of Cuthbert, was an inter
esting feature of the afternoon B.
Y. P. U. program.
The committee which made the
preparations for the occasion left
nothing undone to make thje day
an entirely successful and happy one.
They wish to thank their Methodist
friends for the use of their church
and for the assistance they and mem
bers of other denominations extend
ed in planning for the entertain
ment of the visitors in the city that
day.
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WOODLAWN PARK
PAVILION AND
RESIDENCE BURNED
MR. J. B. TARVER SUSTAINED
SERIOUS FIRE LOSS
SUNDAY NIGHT
Mr. J. B. Tarver, owner of the
Woodlawn Park properties, suffered
a rather severe fire loss early Sun
day night when the family home
and dancing pavilion was complete
ly burned, together with the entire
household and personal belongings of
the family.
None of the family were at home
at the time of the fire and its origin
is unknown. Being beyond the city
fire limits, there was no fire pro
tection and the loss was complete.
The large building which was
burned was built some three years
or more ago for a dancing pavilion.
Later part of the building was re
modeled and converted into a resi
dence for the family. It was quite
a commodious structure and was a
popular recreation point for the
young people of this section.
Mr. Tarver’s loss is only partially
covered by insurance, and his loss
is rather heavy, for not even the
family clothing was salvaged from
the building. They have the sym
pathy of our people in their loss.
REVIVAL MEETINGS
AT THE BLAKELY
METHODIST CHURCH
The revival meetings at the Meth
odist church will begin July 12th,
according to announcement made by
the pastor, the Rev. O. B. Chester.
Rev. W. A. Tyson, pastor of Trin
ity Methodist church in Savannah,
will assist the pastor.
Services will be held in the fore
noon and at night.
All the people are requested to
put other things aside and give
their attention to these meetings for
two weeks.
MR. CURTIS FREEMAN
DIES AT FREEMAN CHAPEL
Curtis Freeman, aged 26, passed
away at his home in the Freeman
Chapel community Saturday, follow
ing a lingering illness. Funeral serv
ices were held Sunday afternoon
in the Grier cemetery, and were
conducted by the Rev. O. B. Chester,
pastor of the Blakely Methodist
church, and were largely attended by
friends and relatives.
The deceased was a son of Mr.
Robert Freeman. He is survived by
his wife, who was a Miss Grier prior
to their marriage. He had a large
family connection in Early county,
and the news of his death caused
regret to a large circle of friends.
ENJOYS THE NEWS
Titusville, Fla., June 10, 1931.
Editor Early County News:
Blakely, Ga.
Dear Sir:
I enclose you herewith my
check for $2.00, for which
please continue to send me the
Early County News. You are
to be congratulated on getting
out a good weekly newspaper,
and then I’m an Old Timer
from that section, too. I read
it through each week includ
ing the dots from the country
section and Old Caesar’s let
ters, which I consider real
good.
With kindest regards to you
and yours,
Yours truly,
STUART COLLINS.
LOCALS DROP TWO
MORE BALL GAMES
Are Now in Tie with Arlington
for Cellar Position.
As a result of two losses, while
Arlington was defeating Cuthbert
Tuesday, the Blakely ball team is
now in a tie with the Calhoun coun
ty aggregation for the cellar posi
tion in the Georgia-Alabama league.
Last Thursday’s game was won by
Cuthbert by the score of 13 to 10.
The game was hard fought from the
beginning, but the breaks of the
game went to the visiting team, and
aided by several errors, the Cuthbert
aggregation scored 7 runs in the
eighth inning, a lead which the
locals tried hard to overcome in
the ninth inning, but fell three
runs short. Tarver, Simmons, White
and Stein worked for Blakely, while
Lundy and Worthy did the hurling
for the visitors. Hammack, Cleve
land and Davis each hit four-baggers
for the locals.
Tuesday’s game went to Colquitt
by the score of 6 to 4. Again the
breaks of the game went to the
visitors. Blakely was leading 4 to
3 until the ninth inning, when an
error, base on balls and two hits
netted the visitors three runs and
the game. White, for Blakely, op
posed Stapleton for Colquitt. Pitch
ing honors were about even, White
surrendering nine hits and Staple
ton eight. Each hurler whiffed nine
batsmen, and each team committed
three miscues. Batteries: Blakely—
White and Moore; Colquitt—Staple
ton and Kimbrell.
The local team goes down to
Colquitt this afternoon (Thursday)
for a return game.
Donalsonville Takes Lead.
Donalsonville, by winning from
Columbia Tuesday, took the lead in
the loop. Arlington defeated Cuth
bert for her first victory of the
season.
Where They Play Today
(Thursday)
Blakely at Colquitt.
Arlington at Cuthbert.
Donalsonville at Columbia.
STANDING OF CLUBS.
(Games Through Tuesday)
Won Lost Pct.
Donalsonville 4 1 .800
Cuthbert 3 2 .600
Colquitt 3 2 .600
Columbia 3 2 .600
Blakely _ 1 4 .200
Arlington 1 4 .200
ATTENTION, BOYS.
I have a scholarship to Georgia
State College for Men, Tifton, that
is to be awarded to an Early county
boy who is a graduate of an accred
ited high school. The value is
SBO.OO. If you are interested in
this, see me or write to me by
June 20, 1931.
MRS. McARTHUR JONES.
NOTICE, LEGIONNAIRES.
The American Legion meets to
night (Thursday), June 18, at 8 p.
m. Come out and bring your lady.
Refreshments.
GRIER MANSFIELD,
Commander.
PULL FOR BLAKELY
—OR—
PULL OUT
$2.00 A YEAR
STATE COLLECTION
OF TAXES SHOWS
GOOD INCREASE
r
$1,249,825 TO MAY 31, 1931, AS
AGAINST $2,203,367 FOR
WHOLE YEAR IN 1930
Gross receipts, income and sales
taxes collected up to May 31, 1931,
amounted to $1,249,825, a healthy
increase as compared with collections
of $2,203,367 for the entire year
1930, according to the annual report
of R. C. Norman, state tax commis
sioner, submitted to Governor Hard-'
man. The total collections in seven
teen months were $3,249,825.
The collections up to May 31 were
$492,677 on gross receipts or sales
taxes, $613,844 on income taxes,
and $143,303 on inheritance taxes.
During 1930 the gross receipts tax
brought in $1,212,588, the income
tax $631,255, and the inheritance tax
$359,423.
The cost of collection in 1931 has
been .019 per cent compared to .029
per cent in 1930, the report shows.
June installments of the income
tax will amount to $300,000, in the
opinion of Commissioner Norman,
and a like amount will be collected
in September. It is estimated that
the income tax will yield $1,500,000
for the entire year.
“The new income tax law, passed
by the 1931 special session, will com
pare favorably with the act of any
state in the Union,” Commissioner
Norman said. “While we have con
servatively estimated the revenue to
be derived therefrom for 1932 at
$2,500,000, we believe it will yield
nearer $3,000,000. In a period of
even moderate prosperity it will yield
twice this sum, or more.”
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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.)
Macon—City Bank and Trust Co.
organized here to take over assets
and liabilities of former Luther Wil
liams Bank & Trust Co.
Milledgeville—Skating rink opened
here.
Lodowici—Doctortown bridge
formally opened.
Dalton—Real Silk Hosiery Mills,
Inc., of Indianapolis, Ind., moving
machinery from Philadelphia, Pa.,
plant to local plant.
Vienna—New banking institution
being considered for this city.
Carrollton—s4,ooo club house
planned by Carrollton Country Club
in large expansion program.
Waycross—Bids opened for con
struction of Ware County hospital.
Savannah—United Shank and
Findings Co., shoe factory, operating
plant on Louisville road.
Hartwell—Paving completed from
eastern limits of city to Alford’s
bridge.
Plans underway to pave Calhoun
highway between Abbeville and Cal
houn Falls.
Atlanta—Bids on road construction
and maintenance equipment estimat
ed to cost $400,000 received by Geor
gia State Highway Board.
Hartwell—Elberton highway plac
ed on State System of Highways.
Atlanta—“ Atlanta, Saturday
Night,” a weekly newspaper publish
ed by Parks Rusk, makes its ap
pearance.
Savannah—Municipal garage for
mally opened.
Montezuma—Montezuma Junior
League opened swimming pool.
Indian Spring Park opened to
public. Barnesville News-Gazette.
The two men who lately ascended
over 50,000 feet into the stratos
phere, discovered that the moon
shines brightly in the day time up
there and that the temperature at
50,000 feet was 148 degrees below
zero.