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EARLY COUNTY, GA.,
Garden Spot of
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXIII }> NO. 49
BUSINESS MOVES
STEADILY UPWARD
ALONG ALL LINES
CONTINUED GAINS MADE BY
EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS
UNDER RECOVERY PROGRAM
New York.—lrrespective of the
spectacular dramatics in the securi
ty and commodity markets during
the past week, unemotional reports
measuring the trend of fundamental
trade indicated an extension of gen
eral business activity.
Advances were again made in
employment and pay rolls. The us
ual seasonal lull in most industrial
divisions at this time of the year
has not yet made its appearance,
and production in some of the basic
lines has not only passed the com
parative-peaks of 1932 and 1931,
but has moved well on to the 1932
levels.
At the same time there was less
uniformity as to the increase in
wholesale buying, although retail
sales have continued their steady
advance, making the best compara
tive showing, in certain districts,
since three years ago.
The blanket code covering wages
and working conditions, promulgated
by President Roosevelt last week,
means that Washington proposes to
do everything possible to increase
consuming power. It is recognized
that if production is permitted to
run too far ahead of the purchasing
ability of the country, a dangerous
situation may develop which will
seriously retard further progress.
The United States department of
labor’s index of wholesale prices,
covering 784 commodities, now
stands at 68.9 for the week of July
15, the highest this year, and more
than 15 per cent above the low of
March 4.
Boy Scout News
The Boy Scout Troop held its
meeting last Monday night with thir
teen Scouts and Scoutmaster and
Assistant Scoutmaster present. Some
games were played, contests held, in
which the Rattlesnake Patrol easily
won and tests passed. The Troop
is going on an over-night hike Thurs
day afternoon. Each Scout going
must take his blanket and enough
grub for two meals. In case there
is rain Thursday, the hike will be
postponed.
T. K. Weaver & Co.
Dry Goods have gone up, but we still
have some at the low prices.
40c Printed Pique and Lace Voile, yd. 25c
25c Printed Voile, yard 19c
20c Printed and Solid Voile, yard 10c
35c Piques, Meshes and Linens, yd 19c
Pretty patterns in Play Cloth, yd. 10c
Best grade Cheviots, yd. 10c
35c White Seersucker and Pique, yd.__ 25c
SI.OO Wash Dresses, pretty patterns___. 79c
95c all silk Flat Crepe, all colors, yd.__ 69c
SI.OO Full Fashioned Hose 69c
Kotex 25c
All Men’s Straw Hats and Sport Shoes
greatly reduced.
We have just received a new shipment
of Silk Dresses, regular $3.95 values, to
close out at $1.95. Come in and see them.
T. K. Weaver & Co.
BLAKELY, GA.
Coiintn
Georgia Leads
The Country In
Relative Job Gain
The greatest increase in employ
ment in the nation during the month
of June was shown in Georgia—l 3.2
per cent —according to estimates of
Secretary of Labor Perkins. More
than 500,000 found employment in
the nation during June.
These figures cover only the manu
facturing and 16 non-manufacturing
industries, and do not take into con
sideration agriculture, railroads and
other lines.
The statement was made in connec
tion with the monthly report of the
bureau of labor statistics which show
ed the largest increase in employ
ment in more than a year.
The June figure showed a 7 per
cent gain in employment as com
pared with May and 11 per cent in
crease in pay rolls as compared with
the same month.
Mangham And
Mcßae Named On
Highway Board
/.
Governor Talmadge last week ap
pointed J. J. Mangham, of Bremen,
and Max L. Mcßae, of Mcßae, mem
bers of the state highway board to
succeed the commissioners he ousted
after seizing control of the depart
ment with the aid of martial law and
state troops on June 19th.
Mangham was named to succeed
Capt. J. W. Barnett as chairman of
the board, and Mcßae takes the place
of W. C. Vereen, of Moultrie, as a
commissioner.
Jude P. Wilhoit, elevated to con
trol of the department when the
chairman was ordered out by the
soldiers, has been appointed a mem
ber of the Public Service Commis
sion. W. E. Wilburn, of Oglethorpe,
has been appointed as his successor
on the Highway Board.
Mangham resigned as supervisor of
state purchases and Governor Tal
madge immediately appointed Her
man de la Perriere, of Hoschton,
former director of the state relief
administration, to the office.
Mcßae resigned his place as di
rector of the state bureau of mar
kets. His successor has not been
named.
The governor stated that martial
law is still in force and effect but
will be amended so that the newly
constituted board may operate.
The City Council will meet in
regular monthly session next Tues
day night.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 27, 1933.
TWO COUNCILMEN
TO BE ELECTED
NEXT TUESDAY
FIVE CANDIDATES IN THE RACE.
INTEREST INDICATES SPIRIT
ED CONTEST
The voters of the city of Blakely
will trek to the polls on next Tues
day, August 1, to elect two Council
men to serve for a two-year term
beginning January 1, 1934.
The members of Council whose
terms expire at the end of the year
and whose successors are to be elec
ted next Tuesday are Messrs. H. B.
Ainsworth and J. O. Bridges. The
former is not offering for re-election,
but Mr. Bridges has announced his
candidacy to succeed himself.
Five candidates have qualified for
the race, and are, alphabetically:
Messrs. J. O. Bridges, P. D. Dußose,
S. G. Maddox, Alto Warrick and
Oscar Whitchard.
This is an off-year in the Mayor’s
election, Dr. C. R. Barksdale hold
ing over through 1934.
The voters’ list shows there are
501 qualified to vote in the Tues
day election, 285 men and 216
women.. The interest being mani
fested in the race indicates that a
large majority of these will cast
their ballots for their favorite can
didates.
P.-T. A. to Present
“The Gypsy Rover”
Here August 4
Sponsored by the Parent-Teachers
Association and directed by Spencer
King, Jr., and Mrs. Fitzhugh Fulton,
the first operetta given in the city
for several years will be presented
Friday, August 4, at the Blakely
High School building.
“The Gypsy Rover”, title of the
play, is a romantic musical comedy
written by May Hewes Dodge and
John Wilson Dodge and has been
presented with success in many parts
of the country. There are nineteen
songs in the show of three acts.
The plot is built around Gypsy
Rob (Spencer King), who later finds
that he is a member of the English
nobility. He falls in love with Lady
Constance (Margaret Lindsey), who
is lost in the woods with her fiancee,
Lord Craven (Joe Vinson), whom she
does not love. Rob and Constance
plan to elope but are overheard by
Craven, who informs Sir George
(William Cox), who is Constance’s
father, and Rob is thrown in jail.
After two years his identity is re
vealed and he becomes a successful
composer and wins the hand of Lady
Constance.
There are also other love affairs
and comedy scenes. The numerous
songs give an opportunity for show
ing the vocal talent of most mem
bers of the cast. There will be a
chorus of twenty and the entire cast
will number forty persons.
Not since the days of the Sym
phony Club, organized several years
ago, have the theatre goers of Blake
ly had the opportunity of witness
ing a light opera presented by local
talent.
Committees in charge of costumes,
the stage management and other de
partments necessary for play pro
duction will be appointed from mem
bers of the P.-T. A., according to
Mrs. V. F. Balkcom, who is in charge
of arrangements. Mrs. Fitzhugh Ful
ton, well known in local dramatic
plays, will direct the speaking parts
and Mr. Spencer King, who has the
leading role, will direct the singing.
Work was begun on the play over
a week ago and rehearsals will be
held every night until August 4.
There are several solos, seven
duets, and five songs by the chorus.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
TO MEET TUESDAY
The regular monthly meeting of
the Board of County Commissioners
■of Early county will be held on
( next Tuesday, August 1.
PLOWING UP OF
COTTON IS BEGUN
IN THIS COUNTY
7,545 ACRES OF COTTON ARE TO
BE TAKEN OUT OF
PRODUCTION
Plowing up of cotton contracted
to be taken out of production by
Early county farmers was begun this
week.
County Agent W. A. Fuqua has
received notice of acceptance by the
Federal government of the Early
county contracts and authority has
been given for destruction of the
pledged acreage.
Dr. Fuqua has on haiffl the crop
production blanks which are to be
signed in triplicate by the cotton
growers. He issued a few of these
blanks (yellow) before the white and
pink forms arrived. He asks that
those who received only the one
blank to return same to his office in
the Citizen’s Bank building and prop
erly sign the three forms necessary
for proper execution of the contracts.
Proper execution of these blanks will
permit the immediate destruction of
the acreage pledged.
Methods of destroying the cotton
are left up to the County Agent, who
states that he is in turn leaving this
up to the discretion of the farmer.
He advises, however, using a stalk
cutter, followed by listing with a
turning plow.
Warning is again given that the
acreage contracted for must be de
stroyed. It is urged that land be
measured with step-jack to insure
accuracy in determing the acreage.
The committee is expected to check
up on the acreage reduction, per
haps two weeks hence. Where the
proper acreage has been destroyed
performance blanks will be executed
and forwarded to Washington, and
government money to pay for the
cotton taken out of production will
be forthcoming.
858 Early county growers signed
the contracts agreeing to take 7,545
acres out of production. For this
they will be re-imbursed in the
amount of $79,762 by the Federal
government—s29,4B6 in cash bene
fits without option and $50,276 with
options.
Second District
Masonic Convention
Held at Moultrie
The Second District Masonic Con
vention, one of the oldest district
conventions in Georgia, held its an
nual meeting in Moultrie last week.
The following officers were elect
ed for the ensuing year:
Worshipful Master—R. L. Single
tary, Thomasville; Deputy Worship
ful Master, J. O. Smith; Attapulgus;
Senior Warden, M. A. Sheppard, Al
bany; Junior Warden, Dr. J. G.
Standifer, Blakely; Sec.-Treas., P.
A. Seigler, Albany; Senior Deacon,
C. B. Patterson, Moultrie; Junior
Deacon, W. D. Rabun, Attapulgus;
Senior Steward, P. W. Reddick, Pa
vo; Junior Steward, B. K. Hardison,
Tifton.
W. B. Clarke, of Savanah, Grand
Master of the Grand Lodge of
Georgia, and Dr. Joe P. Bowdoin,
Past Grand Master, were guests of
the Convention.
MRS. J. L. BETHEA DIES
AT COLOMOKEE HOME
Mrs. Blanche Green Bethea, age
51, wife of Mr. John L. Bethea,
died at her home in Colomokee on
last Thursday, following an illness
of several weeks’ duration.
Funeral services were held at the
Colomokee Baptist Church Saturday
morning, conducted by the Rev.
Spencer B. King. Interment follow
ed in the Colomokee cemetery. Mrs.
Bethea was an active worker in the
Colomokee church, of which she had
been a member for 35 years.
Surviving are her mother, Mts.
Green; her busband, and five chil
dren, viz: Mrs. Joe Durham of Ma
con, Mrs. Fred Pipkin, Miss Leona
Bethea, Willie J. Bethea and Johnnie
Bethea, all of Colomokee.
President Names
Committees For
Rotary Club Year!
President “Bill” Hall, at the regu
lar weekly luncheon of the Rotary
Club held at noon last Thursday, an
nounced the appointment of the fol
lowing committees:
Aims and Objects—Bill Hall, Guy
Maddox, Chipstead Grubbs, Marvin
Sparks, Jim Grist, Spencer King.
Program—Lewis Fryer, Chair
man, Robert Stuckey, Bill Grist.
Club Service Marvin Sparks,
Chm., Alvin Gray, Felix Barham.
Vocational Service—Guy Maddox,
chm., Bob Puckett, Charles Boyett.
Community Service Spencer B.
King, chm., Raymond Singletary, Sr.,
George Gunter.
International Service—Jim Grist,
Chm., Alvan Fleming.
Fellowship Barnett Solomon,
Chm., Raymond Singletary, Jr.
The Club members heard an in
teresting account of the recent Bos
ton convention of Rotary Internat
ional by Bill Grist, delegate to the
convention.
Rotarian Paul Mayer, of Sarasota,
Fla., made up his attendance.
Mr. Paul Mathews, of Americus,
was a guest of Rotarian Puckett.
Barnett Files
Suit to Recover
Highway Office
Another law suit growing out of
Governor Eugene Talmadge’s martial
law ouster of two highway board
members was filed in Buchanan
Monday by Capt. J. W. Barnett,
of Athens, who asked that J. J.
Mangham, of Bremen, be removed
from the board and be required to
deliver possession of the office to
Barnett.
The legal action, in the nature of
a quo warranto, was set for a hear
ing at 10 a. m., on August 2, in
Buchanan, by Judge James Hutche
son, of the Haralson superior court.
Barnett, who was ousted from of
fice along with W. C. Vereen of
Moultrie, after the two board mem
bers had engaged Governor Tal
madge in a prolonged budget dis
pute, said he is the “lawful chair
man, and a lawful member of the
state highway board.” He was
“physically deprived” by Adjutant
General Lindley Camp of his “right
to go on the premises of the high
way department.”
Mangham, the petition said, “seiz
ed and took possession of the office,
books, records, equipment, functions
and duties of relator (Barnett) as a
member of the chairman of the high
way board of Georgia.”
In Judge Hutcheson’s order, Mang
ham was ordered to file “at least
two days before the date of said
hearing, all defensive pleadings,
whether demurrers, pleas or answers,
to be used by him and considered by
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P. S. COMMISSIONERS
ARE SUSPENDED BY
GOV. TALMADGE
ACTION SUBJECT TO RATIFICA.
TION AT NEXT SESSION OF
LEGISLATURE
Following a 16-day hearing on
charges brought by the executive
committtee of the Georgia Federa
tion of Labor, Governor Talmadge
on last Friday suspended all five
members of the Georgia Public
Service Commission. The suspension
is subject to ratification by the
legislature at its next session.
The Governor announced the fol
lowing appointments of the Com
missioners’ successors:
Chairman James A. Perry’s place
to be filled by Jud P. Wilhoit, of
Warrenton, formerly of the state
Highway Board.
Commissioner Walter R. McDon
ald, of Augusta, by J. B. Daniel, of
LaGrange.
Commissioner Perry T. Knight, by
Tom Davis, of Meigs.
Commissioner Albert Woodruff by
George L. Goode, of Carnesville.
Commissioner Jule W. Felton, by
Ben T. Huiett, of Atlanta.
The eight general charges in the
governor’s ouster order, in addition
to the one concerning use of free
transportation by the old commis
sion, were briefly:
1. Newspaper statements concern
ing estimates of amounts saved the
people by rate revisions were “in
correct.”
2. The commission adopted “with
out a single exception” the emergen
cy freight rate increases promulgated
by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission in 1930, while other states
did not grant all the freight rate
hikes proposed.
3. Statements of the commission
ers that they had no other course
than to adopt the increases "demon
strated beyond doubt their incom
petence and total ignorance of the
law . . .”
4. Telephone rates have been
greatly increased in this state from
their pre-war levels,” and “no ef
fort” made to reduce them.
5. The commission authorized is
suance of stocks and bonds by utili
ties “without proper consideration.”
6. Light and power rates of all
power companies in Georgia are “too
high.”
7. The evidence showed a “high
valuation of all of the property of
the public utilities for rate making
purposes,” especially when com
pared to tax valuations.
8. The commissioners “exercised
no diligence in procuring intelligent
valuation and keeping progressive
valuation” of utility properties.
At a meeting of the new commis
sion Friday afternoon Wilhoit was
elected chairman.