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EARLY COUNTY, GA.,
Garden Spot of
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXIII > NO. 50
GEORGIA WILD LIFE
EXHIBIT AT CHICAGO
EXCITES INTEREST
STATE’S FAME AS PREMIER
“808-WHITE STATE” IS
NATION-WIDE
Georgia’s fame as “The Premier
Bob-white State” is becoming nation
wide as a result of the splendid wild
life exhibit set up at the World’s
Fair in Chicago by the Department
of Game and Fish. Many letters
have been received from exposition
visitors from many states of the
East and Middle West who are ask
ing for information concerning Geor
gia’s game laws and the best places
to hunt bob-white. Commissioner
Twitty anticipates great things for
Georgia as a result of this exhibit.
“Millions of dollars have been spent
in Georgia in recent years” he says,
“by non-resident capitalists and
sportsmen who were first attracted
to our State by its reputation for
excellent quail shooting and who have
later invested heavily in winter
homes, game preserves, etc., thus in
creasing our state’s tax revenue and
contributing liberally to the financial
welfare of their sections by employ
ing local labor, trading with local
business houses and increasing land
values.
“Nothing will attract additional
non-resident visitors of this charac
ter and thus contribute to the wel
fare of our own people as much as
better facilities for hunting bob
white and other game,” Mr. Twitty
continued. “I will therefore appre
ciate it if landowners who will per
mit hunting on their premises for a
fee or will lease hunting privileges
or have game preserves for sale, will
notify our Department in order that
inquiries of this nature may be bet
ter handled.”
N. R. A. BANNERS
ON DISPLAY HERE
The N. R. A. insignia, denoting
full co-operation with the National
Recovery Act, is being displayed by
several local business houses. Al
though no concerted effort has yet
been made to line up the business
houses of this city in the President’s
recovery program, Mrs. L. M. Ram
bo, postmaster, reports that many
have signed the compliance blanks
and are receiving their emblems to
denote full co-operation in the pro
gram.
Flour! Flour!
This is the last week you can buy Flour
without paying government tax. Save
about 17c per 24-lb. sack tax, also at least
13c per sack under today’s market price,
a total of 30c per sack if you buy this'week.
24-lb. sack White Clover 80c
12-sack. White Clover 40c
24-lb. sack All-The-Talk 80c
24-lb. sack Sunny Brook 90c
24-lb. sack S. S. S. 90c
24-lb. sack S. S. S. Plain 90c
100-lb. sack Shorts $1.90
Come to See Us for Lower Prices
Don’t miss “The Gypsy Rover” at the
school auditorium Friday night.
T. K. Weaver & Co.
BLAKELY, GA.
tfarlg ConntD JNew
Monthly Meeting
Os Commissioners
Held Tuesday
The Board of Commissioners of
Roads and Revenues of Early county
met in regular monthly session Tues
day.
The Board authorized Chairman
C. L. Cook to go to Atlanta to trade
with the Highway Board for paving
additional mileage on highway No. 1,
Federal project No. 264.
A motion was carried that Early
county take up outstanding warrants
with highway certificates from all
concerns to whom county is indebt
ed, provided said concerns wish to
liquidate warrants with certificates.
The Tax Commissioner was au
thorized to turn the 1932 tax fi.
fas. over to the Sheriff for collec
tion. If fi. fas. are paid by Septem
ber Ist there will be no added
costs, after September Ist interest
and costs will be added.
Chairman Cook was authorized Jo
buy a pick-up truck for the county’s
use.
Unlawful to Hunt
Doves in Georgia
Before Sept. 1
It is unlawful to hunt doves in
Georgia before September Ist. This
warning is issued to the hunters at
this time by Commissioner Peter S.
Twitty, because many hunters seem
to think that the season opens on
August Ist.
The Commissioner states that
“North Georgia dove hunters are
constantly urging that the state law
be changed to permit dove hunting
in August, because most of the doves
migrate from North to South Geor
gia during September in search of
better food conditions. The dove
season is fixed by Federal law, and
is enforced in cooperation with Fed
eral game wardens. To have the
state law different from the Federal
law would lead to unending con
fusion, and cause prosecution and
embarassment to many hunters. Un
til a few years ago doves could not
be hunted lawfully until October
16th, and it was at the insistence of
the Georgia Department of Game and
Fish that the Federal regulations
were changed to permit dove shoot
ing in September, in order that North
Georgia hunters might be given a
better break.”
The Commissioner issues a fur
ther warning that the force of Fed
eral game wardens in Georgia recent
ly has been increased to enforce the
law prohibiting dove shooting before
September Ist.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead/’
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 3, 1933.
GRAY AND JONES
NAMED ATTORNEY
AND APPRAISER
FOR EARLY COUNTY UNIT OF
HOME OWNERS LOAN
CORPORATION
Alvin H. Gray has been named
attorney and J. B. Jones appraiser
for Early County for the Home
Owners Loan Corporation’ by Frank
A. Holden, manager of the corpora
tion in this state. Recommendation
for these appointments was made by
Congressman E. E. Cox, of the
Second district.
Other Second district appointments
include (attorney named first, ap
praiser second):
Baker—Benton Odum, Newton; A.
B. Ledbetter, Newton.
Brooks—J. B. Baum, Quitman;
Fred Cobb, Quitman.
Calhoun—A. L. Miller, Edison; B.
C. Ray, Arlington.
Colquitt—L. L. Moore, Moultrie;
Sam Harrell, Moultrie.
Decatur—R. G. Hartsfield, Bain
bridge; J. B. L. Barber, Bainbridge.
Dougherty—Howell Cobb, Albany;
Percy A. Price, Albany.
Grady—W. H. Duckworth, Cairo;
F. E. Forsyth, Cairo.
Miller—Jesse A. Drake, Colquitt;
J. B. Mims, Colquitt.
Mitchell—Carl E. Crow, Camilla;
D. L. Turner, Pelham.
Tift—Steve F. Mitchell, Tifton;
W. W. Bryan, Tifton.
Thomas—Louis S. Moore, Thomas
ville; W. F. Maclntyre, Thomasville.
Seminole—R. L. Cox, Donalson
ville; J. E. Johnson, Donalsonville.
Worth—Crow e and Houston, Syl
vester; Clifford Grubbs, Sylvester.
Local officials will this week have
complete instructions, necessary
blanks and other data relating to
operation of the corporation.
Millions Attend
Century of Progress
Exposition at Chicago
Although Chicago’s Century of
Progress Exposition has been open
for only a month and a half it al
ready has been seen by visitors from
every state in the union, from
eight provinces in Canada and from
73 foreign countries.
A million persons paid to see it
in the first 17 days after the formal
opening, and attendance records
show that the figures are mounting
steadily toward the 30,000,000 paid
admissions that are needed to meet
the expenses of the great fair.
The surge of business caused by
the fair is felt throughout Chicago.
Several hotels which for the past
four years have been only 15 to 40
per cent full are now turning trav
elers away. Hotel men agree that
the fair has boosted business 40 to
50 per cent.
Trains which used to pull into
Chicago with perhaps two day coach
es and four or five empty sleepers
now are hauling 12 to 15 sleepers.
One of the leading air lines reports
traffic for June ran 70 per cent
ahead of last year.
The group of individuals and cor
porations who pledged $12,176,000
to cover the $10,000,000 worth of
gold notes issued to finance the ex
position have left nothing undone
to guarantee its success.
Visitors declare that no other
exposition has been so interesting
or instructive. That is true of all
the 500 exhibits in the 200 buildings,
nearly every state and principal
foreign nations have spent approx
imately $50,000,000.
COTTON PICKING ORDER
OF THE DAY NOW
The hot weather of the past week
has hastened the opening of the
cotton crop, and the staple is being
picked in this section this week.
The first bale, brought in by Mr. T.
H. Owens, last Wednesday night,
has been followed by several bales
this week and local ginneries are
in operation.
‘THE GYPSY ROVER’
TO BE PRESENTED
FRIDAY NIGHT
OPERETTA TO BE STAGED BY
PARENT-TEACHERS’
ASSOCIATION
“The Gypsy Rover,” a romantic
musical comedy, will be presented at
the school auditorium Friday night,
August 4, beginning at eight o’clock.
The operetta is sponsored by the
Blakely Parent-Teachers Association,
and the cast is composed of local
talent. Mrs. Fitzhugh Fulton, well
known in local dramatic plays, will
direct the speaking parts, and Mr.
Spencer King, Jr., who has the lead
ing role, will direct the singing.
The prices of admission will be
15c and 25c.
The following is the cast:
Meg, an old Gypsy woman—Mrs.
Chester Loback.
Pascu, Meg’s husband—Mr. Josh
Davis.
Zara, Meg’s daughter—Miss Pe
trona Underwood.
Marto, Gypsy robber—Mr. John
Williams.
Sinfo, Gypsy robber Charles
Tarver.
Rob, the Gypsy Rover—Mr. Spen
cer King, Jr.
Lady Constance, daughter of Sir
George—Miss Margaret Lindsey.
Sir George Martindale, Constance’s
father—Mr. William Cox.
Lord Craven, an English fop—Mr.
Joe Vinson.
Nina, Constance’s sister Miss
Rosalind Deal.
Capt. Jerome, Captain English
Army—Mr. Billie Hall.
Sir Toby Lyon, society butterfly
—Mr. Edwin Barham.
McCorkle, song publisher - Mr.
Guyton McLendon.
Lackey, in home of Sir George—
Mr. Henry Buchannon.
Chorus:
Sopranos—Mrs. J. B. Jones, Miss
Sara Strickland, Miss Doris Thomp
son, Miss Marjorie Spence, Miss
Frances Davenport, Miss Nancy
Fitzgerald.
Altos—Mrs. Oscar Whitchard,
Misses Eleanor Loback, Pauline Eu
banks, Mary Louise Miller, Mrs. Jack
Fulton.
Tenors—Messrs. Linton Willis,
Henry Buchannon, Edwin Barham.
Basses—Messrs. Frank Bridges,
Bradley Bridges, R. M. Hobbs, Sr.
Children’s Chorus—Betto Jo and
Mildred Daniels, Ruth Ann George,
Cena Loback, Virginia Holman,
Margaret Boyett, Peggy Duke, Jean
ette Williams, Bam Bridges, Elijah
White, George Warrick, John Gil
bert.
Ushers—Misses Madeline Gilbert,
Frances Balkcom, Inez Berman and
Hilda Strickland.
At the piano, Miss Nell King and
Miss Evelyn Dußose.
Mrs. V. F. Balkcom, president of
the P.-T. A., announces that Mrs.
Chester Loback is in charge of cos
tumes, and the appointment of the
following stage committee: Mrs. G.
O. Gunter, chairman, with Miss Ella
Jones, Mrs. R. C. Singletary, Mrs.
Iva Herring, Mrs. J. W. Bonner and
Mrs. Grady Smith.
Rotary Club With
Pres. Roosevelt In
Recovery Program
The Blakely Rotary Club in its
regular weekly meeting held at noon
last Thursday, voted unanimously to
wire President Roosevelt that the
members of the club stood one hun
dred per cent with him in his in
dustrial recovery program. Rotarians
Spencer King and A3van Fleming
were appointed a committee to dis
patch the message.
The Rotarians heard several inter
esting discussions of the recovery
act by Bill Hall and Marvin Sparks
of the Club, and Rev. J. S. Harts
field, of Eastman, a guest 'of the
Club.
The meeting was presided over by
President Bill Hall and Mrs. Ben
Haisten furnished the music pro
gram.
Bill Bodenhamei*
Elected Coach at
Norman College'
Bill Bodenhamer, for three years
principal and coach of the Blakely
High School, has been elected to
handle the athletics for Norman
Junior College, Norman Park, Geor
gia. Mr. Bodenhamer will be re
membered in Blakely and vicinity
primarily as a coach where he made
an enviable record with the football
and baseball teams of the Blakely
Bobcats.
His Bobcat teams were always
good, and in the Spring of 1930, the
Blakely Bobcats were baseball
champions of the Southwest Georgia
Athletic Association, the only cham
pionship that Blakely has ever won
in high school competition.
In the spring of 1931, the Georgia-
Alabama Baseball League was organ
ized largely through the efforts of
Coach Bodenhamer. The Blakely
club played in a new ball park that
summer which was built largely be
cause of his efforts.
Norman Junior College is a Bap
tist institution and has for over
thirty years done successful work in
Christian education. A number of
Blakely and Early County students
have attended Norman, among whom
are Tommy Owens, Robinson Mc-
Lendon, and Carter Davis, athletes
who made letters at Norman and
who were coached by Bodenhamer in
Blakely. Tom Felder and Tommy
Owens were students there this past
year.
Georgia Is Only
State to Reduce
Cotton Acreage
Statistics recently compiled show
that Georgia is the only cotton state
that has less cotton acreage in 1933
than in 1932. Georgia’s coton acre
age in 1932 was 2,969,000 acres
and in 1933 2,867,000 acres. Ev
ery other state shows an increase.
Texas increased its cotton acreage
more than a million and a half
acres with the biggest acreage in
several years. Oklahoma increased
by more than a million acres in
1933.
The plow up cotton campa>gn
hits each state alike and it is the
only plan yet devised whereby each
state is on a parity in reduction of
acreage.
The total acreage for the cotton
belt is 40,798,000 acres in 1933.
For 1932 it was 37,290,000 acres.
For 1931 it was 40,945,000 acres.
The above figures were taken
from the report given out by the
Georgia Crushers Association. They
differ only slightly from a later
report given out by the govern
ment.
Be sure and see
“ The Gypsy Rover ”
j. A Romantic Musical Comedy
High School Auditorium Friday,
August 4, 1933, 8:00 P. M.
Sponsored by Blakely Parent-Teachers Association
Directed by Mrs. Fitzhugh Fulton
Musical Director, Spencer B. King, Jr.
You’ll enjoy an evening of rare fun
and entertainment
Admission, 15c and 25c
This space contributed to Blakely P.-T. A. by
Balkcom’s Drug Store
PULL FOR BLAKELY
—OR—
PULL OUT
$1.50 A YEAR
MADDOX AND
WHITCHARD WIN
IN COUNCIL RACE
YOUNG BUSINESS MEN ELECTED
IN SPIRITED CONTEST HELD
TUESDAY
S. Guy Maddox and Oscar Whitch
ard were elected by an overwhelm
ing majority at Tuesday’s election
to the city council of Blakely for a
two-year term beginning January 1,
1934. They will succeed H. B. Ains
worth and J. O. Bridges, whose
terms will expire with the end of
the current year. Mr. Ainsworth did
not seek re-election. He is serving
his fourth consecutive term, having
been elected in 1925. Mr. Bridges,
who was defeated, is serving his
ninth term of two years each, all
of the terms running consecutively
with the exception of one term when
he was not a candidate for re-elec
tion. His eighteen years’ service on
the councilmanic board is probably
a record for this city.
The two newly elected councilmen
have never before held political of
fice. Mr. Maddox made an excellent
but unsuccessful race for Mayor
last year. This time he led the
ticket of five candidates for a place
on the Council. He is manager of
the Farmers Gin and the Farmers
Warehouse Co.
Mr. Whitchard, Cuthbert street
merchant, ran second, close behind
Mr- Maddox. This was his first ven
ture into politics and the results of
the election demonstrate that he ia
an excellent campaigner.
Alto Warrick ran third, J. O. Brid
ges fourth, and P. D. Dußose fifth.
Out of a registration of 501 voters,
409 votes were cast, friends of the
five candidates manifesting an in
terest from the opening of the polls
at 9 a. m. till they were closed at
3:00 p. m.
The following is the official tab
ulation of the voting:
Maddox 295
Whitchard .. 274
Warrick 128
Bridges ... .86
Dußose 31
MR. W. E. FORT NAMED
TO HIGH POSITION
His friends in Blakely will be
pleased to learn that Mr. William E.
Fort, of Birmingham, was recently
appointed assistant to Attorney Gen
eral Cummings. Mr. Fort is a na
tive of Blakely, a brother of Mr. H.
C. Fort and Mrs. H. C. Fryer, and
the recognition of his ability in his
appointment to such a high govern
mental position will be received
with genuine pleasure by his friends
and former associates.