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EARLY COUNTY, GA.,
Garden Spot of
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXI > NO. 45
CONGRESSMAN COX
SPEAKER AT ROTARY
CLUB LUNCHEON
SECOND DISTRICT REPRESENT
ATIVE BRINGS HEARERS
ELOQUENT MESSAGE.
The Hon. E. E. Cox, of Camilla,
Representative in Congress from the
Second congressional district, was
the featured speaker at the regular
weekly luncheon of the Blakely Ro
tary Club at the noon hour last
Thursday.
The Congressman, who was intro
duced with a short eulogy by Ro
tarian Gray, based his talk largely
on the present financial depression
and some of the causes which have
contributed to its continuance. The
speaker deplored the present tenden
cy towards granting the executive
heads of government more power
and authority. Only in rare in
stances is an executive officer pos
sessed of the wisdom and poise to
exercise his present authority to the
welfare of the masses, according to
the speaker. Os the three branches
of government, the judicial is now
held in the highest esteem by the
people, according to Judge Cox, and
the legislative branch more amenable
to the voice of the majority.
The present Hawley-Smoot tariff
law came in for a severe arraign
ment by the speaker, who stated
that as a result of the enactment of
this measure we have lost the good
will of nearly all foreign nations.
Other countries have enacted or
are enacting retaliatory measures,
which has caused a tremendous de
crease in our exports and a conse
quent stagnation in business.
It is the opinion of the Congress
man as expressed in his address last
Thursday that relief will come only
when authority as it is vested in our
present democratic form of govern
ment is administered in such a
manner that it will benefit the mass
es rather than the privileged few.
At the conclusion of his splendid
address the speaker received an ova
tion from the Club members and
several invited guests, among whom
were Mr. John Collins and Mr. C. B.
Whitchard of Albany, Dr. S. P. Hol
land, Col. J. W. Bonner, Mr. Abe
Berman, Mr. J. C. McCuller and
Mrs. W. A. Fuqua.
Rotarians Alvin Gray and Ray
mond Singletary were in charge of
the program.
President Felix Barham presided
over the luncheon and Mrs. Ben
Haisten furnished the music for the
occasion.
It was announced that the Club
would observe Ladies’ Night on Fri
day of this week in place of the
regular luncheon scheduled for to
day. The Club is this week cele
brating its fifth anniversary.
A HALF CENTURY AGO TODAY
Some Things of Interest That Happened
» Fifty Years Ago.
(Excerpts from Early County News
of June 24th, 1881.)
MRS. W. T. ROBINSON, of
Rome, is now visiting relatives in
Blakely.
WE LEARN that Dr. Will Standi
fer is wrestling with an interesting
case of measles.
COL. R. T. NESBITT gave us a
call on Monday last. He leaves for
Marietta this week.
REV. J. P. WARDLAW gave an
interesting sermon at the Methodist
church last Sunday.
MISS CENEILLA BOWER is vis
iting Col. E. C. Bower. She is just
back from Wesleyan College.
A. J. SINGLETARY, Esq., who is
in charge of the work of the railroad
extension, was in town Saturday
last. He reports the work progress
ing nicely.
Conntn Jfew
I MADDOX ELECTED
BALL CLUB MANAGER
Succeeds Mr. W. T. Bodenhamer,
Resigned.
At a meeting of the members of
the Blakely Baseball Club and the
local fans held on Wednesday night
of last week Mr. S. G. Maddox was
elected manager of the local team
to succeed Mr. W. T. Bodenhamer,
resigned. Mr. Maddox was original
. ly president of the club, having been
elected to that position at the organ
ization meeting held prior to the
opening of the season.
Mr. Bodenhamer found that his
other duties during the summer
months would exact much of his
time and deemed it best to turn
the reins over to some one else.
In appreciation of his work for
the club, he was presented with a
handsome brief case by the fans.
Mr. Bodenhamer was the prime
mover in the organization of the
Georgia-Alabama League.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE
CONVENED WEDNESDAY
The General Assembly of Geor
gia convened in Atlanta Wednesday
for a 60-day session, Among the
items to come before the body will
be the redistricting of the state into
ten congressional districts to meet
a loss of two members of the national
house of representatives as a result
of the 1930 census. A reorganiza
tion of the state government was
one of the platform pledges of gov
ernor-elect Russell and is expected
to receive the attention of the
legislative body.
Arlie D. Tucker, of Berrien coun
ty, who has been speaker pro tern
during the last two terms of Russell’s
speakership, will be speaker of the
new House, and W. Cecil Neill, of
Muscogee county, will be president
of the Senate again.
The inauguration of Richard B.
Russell, Jr., as governor will take
place on the Capitol lawn Saturday
morning at 11 o’clock, and the oath
of office will be administered by
the governor-elect’s father, Chief
Justice Richard B. Russell of the
Supreme court of Georgia.
An informal reception will be held
at the governor’s mansion Saturday
afternoon from 4 to 6, to which all
Georgians are invited.
TURTLE WEIGHING
60 POUNDS IS KILLED
Mr. John Murdock, one of the
city’s well-known fishermen, was
exhibiting around the city Friday
the head of a monster turtle which
he killed on last Thursday night.
After the head had been removed
and the blood drained from its body,
the turtle weighed sixty pounds.
Its mouth was fully large enough to
accommodate a regulation size base
ball. Mr. Murdock killed the turtle
down on Sprirfg creek.
MR. ELIAS HARPER showed us
a 3 ounce hen eggs the other day,
which is a rather large one.
THERE WAS quite a bit of wind
with the rain on Mr. W. A. McDow
ell’s place on the river last Wed
nesday.
DISPLAY ADS in The News this
week represent: D. C. Adams, Fort
Gaines; W. C. Sheffield, Cedar
Springs; J. M. & R. W. Wade, Blake
ly; F. E. Grist, Fort Gaines.
THE Cuthbert Enterprise says that
within 3 miles of Cuthbert there are
24 farms with 117 miles of fencing
costing $41,000. The object of it is
to fence out about S6OOO worth of
stock.
THE Albany News and Advertiser
says that: “Messrs. Pattison and
Donnelly, the U. S. Fish Commission,
are now in Albany. They brought
two hundred thousand shad, placing
half in the run at Montezuma and
the other half at this point.”
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts—“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 25, 1931.
POLLARD ELECTED
PRESIDENTOF
CENTRAL RAILWAY
»
CHOSEN BY BOARD OF DIREC
TORS TO SUCCEED A. E.
CLIFT, DECEASED.
H. D. Pollard, of Savannah, and
E. R. Richardson, of New York, W’ere
elected presidents of the Central of
Georgia Railway and Ocean Steam
ship Company respectively at meet
ings of the boards of directors of
the two companies held in Savannah
last week. These elections come as
deserved rewards to two officers
who have devoted major portion of
their working lives to the service of
the companies which they are now
to head. Both officers are natives
of the South, and each has been for
the past several years serving as
vice president and general manager
of his company. They will each con
tinue to serve as general manager,
their official titles being president
and general manager. They succeed
the late A. E. Clift, who had been
president of both companies.
Mr. Pollard is well known through
Central of Georgia territory, having
been in the railroad service for the
past 30 years. He first went with
the Central of Georgia in May of
1898 as a transit man in the en
gineering department. Prior to
then he had been for several years
in the employ of the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad at Philadelphia and
Baltimore. While in the engineer
ing department of the Central of
Georgia he advanced from transit
man to assist engineer, resident
engineer, supervisor of track, and
subsequently to trainrpaster, road
master and superintendent.
In 1911 he left the service of the
Central to go to South America
and entered railroad service in Bra
zil. He spent two years there with
the Sorracabana Railway at Sao
Paula and with the Auxiliare Rail
way at Santa Maria and Porte Al
legre, returning to the Central of
Georgia in 1913 as valuation en
gineer. He served as president of
the Wrightsville and Tennille Rail
road from 1915 until February 1,
1918, being appointed on the latter
date assistant general manager of
the Central of Georgia at Savannah.
He was made general manager on
June 8, 1918, which position he
filled during Federal control of the
railroads. On March 1, 1920, he
was made general superintendent,
and general manager 'on January
16, 1924. He was promoted to
vice-president and general manager
on October 9, 1925, and was elected
a director of the Central of Georgia
in December of last year.
Like Mr. Pollard, Mr. Richardson
is a graduate from the ranks, he
too having won his way on merit
during the past 30 years. He en
tered the service of the Ocean Steam
ship Company as secretary to the
general freight and passenger agent,
and was successively chief clerk,
general freight agent, federal man
ager (during Federal control) and
vice-president and general manager
since March 1, 1920. He has been
a frequent visitor to the South,
where he has many friends and
acquaintances. The Ocean Steam
ship Company operates regular
freight and passenger service by
ship from Savannah to New York
and Boston.
The first announcement from
President Pollard of the Central of
Georgia was of the appointment of
C. E. Weaver as assistant general
manager and chief engineer. Mr.
Weaver had been chief engineer of
the Central for the past five years.
Like Mr. Pollard, he too has been a
frequent visitor to this territory
on official business of the railroad.
In addition to performing the duties
of assistant general manager, Mr.
Weaver will continue his duties in
charge of the engineering depart
ment of the Central of Georgia.
Where They Play Today
(Thursday)
Columbia at Blakely.
Donalsonville at Cuthbert.
Arlington at Colquitt.
LOCAL BALL TEAM
WINS ONE GAME
AND LOSES ONE
ALSO WIN PRETTY 10-INNING
EXHIBITION GAME FROM
ALBANY WAHOOS
The local baseball outfit won two
games and lost one the past week,
one of the victories being an exhibi
tion game with Albany in that city,
which does not count in the stand
ing of the league. With only two
victories out of seven games, Blake
ly is tied with Arlington for the
cellar berth with a percentage of
285.
The game at Colquitt last Thurs
day afternoon, which was won by
the Blakely team by the score of 6
to 5, was featured by the relief
pitching of Bush for Blakely, and
the ninth inning rally of the Blake
ly team. Going into the ninth in
ning three runs behind, Blakely put
over four runs before the side was
retired. Tarver started the game
for Blakely and was relieved by
Ricks. Ricks in turn was relieved
in the third inning by Bush, who
pitched hitless ball for the remain
der of the game. Hutchins was on
the receiving line for Blakely.
Score by innings R. H. E.
Blakely 6 8 4
Colquitt 5 7 2
BLAKELY DEFEATS ALBANY
Blakely won a ten-inning exhibi
tion game from the Albany Wahoos
of the Big Four circuit in Albany
last Friday afternoon, score 6 to 3.
The Blakely boys outhit the home
team 13 to 7, and played almost
perfect baseball behind the pitching
of White, who, although walking 8
batters, allowed only 7 hits. With
the score tied 3-3 at the end of the
ninth inning, the Blakely boys push
ed over three tallies in their half of
the tenth. Johnson, pitching for
Albany, was relieved by Johnston,
Albany manager and 'star hurler,
who got credit for losing the game.
Hammack, F. Williams and Fleming
led the Blakely attack,, each getting
“three hits.
Score by innings R. H. E.
Blakely 6 13 2
Albany 3 7 4
THE COLUMBIA GAME.
The game in Columbia Tuesday
afternoon resulted in a victory for
the Alabama team by a score of 14
to 5. White started on the mound
for Blakely and after his mates had
given him a five run lead, weakened,
and was relieved by Bush, who was
also ineffective, and Mobley com
pleted the game. Benton, for Co
lumbia, held the Blakely batters to
five hits, one of them a home run
by Owen, playing his first game for
Blakely at third base.
Score by innings R. H. E.
Columbia 14 14 31
Blakely 5 5 5
COLUMBIA HERE TODAY
The fast team of Columbia will
meet the locals out at Woodlawn
Park this afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. |
It is hoped that a large number of
fans will turn out and lend their
support to the home team.
STANDING OF CLUBS.
(Games Through Tuesday) 1
Won Lost Pet. i
Columbia 5 2 .714 !
Cuthbert 4 3 .570 J
Donalsonville 4 3 .570 1
Colquitt 4 3 .570 i
Blakely 2 5 .285 J
Arlington . 2 5 .285 J
JULY 12-26 AT THE i
METHODIST CHURCH !
Between these dates a series of i
revival meetings will be conducted. | [
A Savannah pastor will ado most of 1
the preaching and our own Blakely ! <
people will do all of the singing.
Meetings will be held at 9 a. m. J
and 8 p. m. It will be well for our 1
people to give two weeks to high I «
thinking and holy living. A warm i
welcome will be given every one. J
O. B. CHESTER.
JONES-RICHARDS
WEDDING SOLEMNIZED
Impressive Ceremony Performed at
Baptist Church Last Thursday.
Impressive in every detail was the
wedding of Miss Dorothy Benton
Jones and Mr. James A. Richards,
which took place Thursday morning,
June 18, at the Blakely Baptist
Church.
The church was beautifully dec
orated, the altar being banked in
pyramidal form with ferns and
palms interspersed with large bas
kets of pink, white and salmon-col
ored gladioli. The choir loft was
covered with trailing ivy and the
choir rail with old-fashion/ed bou
quets of garden flowers. A large
silver basket of manuve dahilas was
placed at the choir entrance. An
other of snapdragons and pompom
dahlias was placed in the back
ground of the choir. The entrance
to each pew from the center aisles
was tied with a large bow of white
satin ribbon.
• Preceding the ceremony, Mrs.
Cullen Richardson, aunt of the
bride, played Borowski’s “Adora
tion.” Mrs. H. H. Perry, of Albany,
an aunt of the bride, sang, “I Love
Thee,” Grieg, and “The Day of
Golden Promise,” Hamblen. Be
tw’een the solos, Mrs. Richardson
played Nevin’s “Venetian Love
Song.”
While the “Bridal March” from
Wagner’s opera “Lohengrin” was
being played, Messrs. Henry Wal
ton, Lyman Parsons, Ernest Davis,
Jr., and Carl DeVaughn, Jr.,
ushered in the bridal party. First
to enter were the bridesmaids, Miss
Mary Grist and Miss Madge King,
whose dresses were of eyelet em
broidery, reaching the floor, with
short taffeta coats of the same color
tied at the waist. Their hats were
large, rough straws of matching
color. They wore linen shoes and
gloves to match the dresses. Their
shoulder corsages were of pink
roses and valley lilies. Miss Grist
wore pink and Miss King yellow.
Next to enter were the maid of
honor, Miss Virginia Davis, preced
ing the bride, and the matron of
honor, Mrs. Carl De Vaughn, Jr.,
a sister of the bride, down the op
posite aisle. Miss Davis wore an
eyelet embroidery dress of natural
color over orchid silk, with a jacket
of orchid fashioned along the same
lines as those of the bridesmaids.
Her hat was of orchid rough straw
and her shoes of linen in the same
color. She wore gloves to match.
Mrs. De Vaughn’s dress was of blue,
fashioned like the bridesmaids’, with
accessories to match. The shoulder
corsages were of pink roses and
valley lilies.
The bride entered on the arm of
her father, Mr. Jesse Benton Jones.
Tall and graceful, her brunette
(Continued on page 3)
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your house—take Rexall Sarsparilla Tonic—
sl.oo
To clear up the blood, sharpen the appetite,
and tone up the nerves, take Rexall Iron and
Cascara Tonic with Celery—
sl.oo
Strongly recommended
by Mr. Balkcom.
♦♦♦♦♦«
Balkcom’s Drug Store
PULL FOR BLAKELY
—OR—
PULL OUT
$2.00 A YEAR
CONTRACT TO BE
LET FOR PAVING
NO. 1 IN JULY
FROM BLAKELY NORTH TO THE
COUNTY LINE INCLUDED IN
JULY AWARDS.
News dispatches from Atlanta on
Monday carried the announcement
that the state highway engineers
had approved a number of road and
bridge contracts amounting to ap
proximately $1,750,000, which are
to be awarded at a regular meeting
of the State Highway Board on July
15th. Included in the list is nine
miles of Highway No. 1 from Blake
ly north to the county line. The
announcement stated that the pav
ing would be of the limerock type.
A bridge on the county line on the
Donalsonville highway is also in
cluded in the construction program
to be let on the 15th.
Mr. C. E. Martin, chairman of the
Early county Board of Commission
ers of Roads and Revenues, and
Col. Lowrey Stone, county attorney,
appeared before the Highway Board
in Atlanta last week to report that
all property rights for the right-of
way of the above road-had been se
cured, and urged the Board to in
clude No. 1 in their July contracts.
The news that the Board will
let the contract for this stretch of
roadway will be joyously received
by Early countians, and particular
ly those along the route of No. 1.
A determined fight has been waged
to secure the paving of this route
for nearly a year, and it is pleasing
news that the efforts have now borne
fruit. Construction work will in all
probability be begun immediately
following the letting of the con
tract.
•' ' *
LEGIONNAIRES HAVE
LADIES’ NIGHT
Enjoyable Occasion Held Thursday
Night of Last Week.
Fitzgerald Post No. 11 of the
American Legion entertained at a
Ladies’ Night last Thursday.
Legionnaires Stuckey and Bonner
were in charge of the program. Be
sides a delightful service of refresh
ments, the affair was featured by an
old-fashioned spelling bee out of the
old “Blue Back” Speller. Mrs. Let
ter George won first prize and Col.
J. W. Bonner second.
Dr. J. G. Standifer acted as the
school teacher and gave out the
words.
The third annual Georgia State
Convention of the B. Y. P. U. is
meeting in Gainesville this week. •