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EARLY COUNTY, GA.,
Garden Spot of
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXV NO. 20
LYNCHINGS IN 1933
GREATER THAN IN
SEVERAL YEARS
MOB LAW TAKES LIVES OF 28.
MURDERERS HEAD
THE LIST
According to the records compiled
in the Department of Records and
Research of the Tuskegee Institute,
there were 28 persons lynched in
1933. This is 20 more than the num
ber 8 for 1932; 15 mor e than the
number 13 for 1931; and 7 more
than the number 21 for 1930. 14
of the persons lynched were in the
hands of the law; 9 were taken from
jails and 5 from officers of the law
outside of jails; the bodies of 2 of
the victims were burned.
There were 38 instances in which
officers of the law prevented lynch
ings. 6 of these were in Northern
and Western States and 31 in South
ern States. In 24 of the instances
the prisioners were removed or the
guards augmented or other precau
tions taken. In the 13 other instan
ces, armed force was used to repel
the would be lynchers. A total of 48
persons, 11 white and 37 negr_, were
thus saved from death at the hands
of mobs.
Os the 28 persons lynched, 4 were
white and 24 were negro. The of
fenses charged were: Murder, 8; rape,
3; attempted rape, 3; wounding per
sons, 3; altercation, 1; no offense re
ported, 3; striking man, 1; slapping
youth, 1; kidnaping, 2; stealing
liquor, 1; insulting woman, 1; threat
ening men, 1.
The States in which lynchings oc
curred and the number in each State
are as follows: Alabama, 3; Califor
nia, 2; Georgia, 4; Louisiana, 4;
Maryland, 1; Mississippi, 3; Missouri
1; North Carolina, 1; South Caro’ina,
4; Tennessee, 3; and Texas, 2.
Processing Tax To
Remain at SI.OO
Until February 1
The processing tax on hogs will
remain at $1 per hundredweight un
til February 1, 1934, instead of
going to $1.50 December 31st.
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
said the change was made in a re
vision of the act.
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WE THANK YOU
As we enter into this New Year, we
wish to thank each and every one
of those whom we had the pleasure
of serving the past year, and to as
sure you that we deeply appreciate
your patronage. It is our hope that
our relations have been such that
we may have the pleasure of serving
you in future.
And as we enter 1934 we sincerely
wish for each of you a happy and
prosperous New Year
T. K. Weaver & Co.
BLAKELY, GA.
ConntD JXcws
Cotton Options
Must Be Signed
By January 12
It is required of those holding
cotton options who desire to take
advantage of the. offer of four cents
per pound advance that these op
tions be signed in sufficient time
to reach Washington by January 15.
Notices are being mailed asking
that a certain number of option
ers call at my office on specific
dates. If you do not receive notice
by Monday naming your day, call at
your convenience by January 12th.
W. A. FUQUA, County Agent.
PARITY PRICE
REAL COTTON
PLAN GOAL
“FAIR SHARE” PRICE IS AIM OF
ADMINISTRATION, SAYS
COUNTY AGENT FUQUA
Return to a “parity” or “fair
share” price for cotton is the real
goal of the national cotton produc
tion adjustment program, according
to Dr. W. A. Fuqua, Early county
agricultural agent. The campaign
is now in progress.
Parity price means a price which
will give a bale of cotton the same
buying power it had in the pre-war
period, 1910-14. In other words,
a price which will make it possi
ble to buy as much with a bale of
cotton as a farmer could buy with a
bale of cotton before the war.
Just what this price will be at any
given time will depend upon price
levels of the things a cotton grower
has to buy. If the price of shoes
and tools and other retail goods is
up, the price of cotton will have to
be correspondingly high in order
to bring the cotton grower “parity.”
The relationship between the price
of cotton and the price levels of
other commodities is what counts.
To bring back this fair buying pow
er relationship for cotton is the
basic purpose of the Government
cotton program.
The cotton plan makes it possi
ble for the growers of the country
to cut down their production, in
order to lower existing surpluses
and work back toward “parity”
price levels. And the rental and
benefit payments make it possible
for them to reduce production with
out loss of immediate income.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4, 1934.
DEATH COMES
TO WELL KNOWN
BLAKELY CITIZEN
DR. FELIX P. DAVIS PASSED
AWAY AT DOTHAN HOSPITAL
MONDAY NIGHT
Hundreds of friends were sadden
ed Tuesday morning when it was
learned that Dr. Felix Patrick Davis
had died on Monday night, January
1, at 11 o’clock at a Dothan hospital
where he had been for treatment
for several weeks for a heart trouble.
Although it was known that his con
dition was not favorable for perma
nent recovery, his passing came
suddenly. His wife was at his bed
side when the end came.
Dr. Davis was a native of Clay
county, having been born near Bluff
ton on June 6, 1886. He was a son
of the late Mr. Wood F. Davis and
Lena Singleton Davis. He received
his grammar and high school educa
tion in the Bluffton school. He was
graduated from the Baltimore Den
tal College in 1907, and did post
graduate work at the Atlanta Dental
College in 1908. He came to Blake
ly twenty-five years ago to engage
in the practice of his profession.
He was married on December 23,
1909, to Miss Mattie Carter, of
Bluffton, who, with the following
children, survives: Felix P., Jr., Wil
liam Carter, Martha and Winifred
Davis. He is also survived by two
brothers, Mr. Dan H. Davis and Mr.
Josh H. Davis, and two sisters, Mrs.
Fannie Mae Donnan and Miss Am
mie Davis.
Funeral services were held at the
family residence on Flowers Drive
Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock,
conducted by the Rev. Spencer B.
King, pastor of the Baptist church,
of which the deceased was a member,
the Rev. R. L. Whitehead, pastor of
the Methodist church, and the Rev.
Anthony Hearn, of Cordele, a
former pastor of the Blakely
Methodist church. Interment fol
lowed in the Blakely cemetery.
The pall-bearers included: Active,
Messrs. F. A. Barham, Charles Boy
ett, T. B. McDowell, E. P. White
head, Alto Warrick, Claud Howell,
Raymond Singletary, and N. B. Sol
omon; Honorary, J. W. Bonner, W.
L. Stone, L. B. Fryer, C. A. Grubbs,
W. C. Cook, J. H. Moye, G. M.
Sparks, and Dr. C. T. Alexander.
Dr. Davis was a member of Mag
nolia Lodge No. 86 Free and Ac
cepted Masons, and was formerly a
member of the Blakely Rotary Club.
The large concourse of friends who
attended the last sad rites and the
profuse floral offerings attested the
esteem in which he was held.
Weekly Meeting
Os Rotary Club
Held Thursday
The Blakely Rotary Club met in
its regular weekly luncheon at the
noon hour last Thursday, with Pres
ident Bill Hall presiding.
Guests for the occasion included:
Mr. Edwin Barham, guest of his
father, Rotarian Felix Barham; Mr.
Thomas Debnam, of Birmingham,
Ala., guest of Rotarian Solomon; and
Mr. Elvin Brown Hamilton, of Ath
ens, guest of Rotarian Raymond.
Singletary, Jr.
The Club members heard an in
teresting discussion of the various
government projects, those now
under way and those proposed, for
Early county, by Rotarian Jim
Grist. The discussion was joined
in by other members of the Club. _
Rotarian Woodward told of the
efforts being made to secure funds
to erect a basketball shell and ath
letic field on the campus of the
Blakely high school. Prospects are
excellent, he reported, for putting
the project over.
A suggestion by Rotarian Sparks
that the Rotary Club initiate a move
ment to urge the Central of Geor
gia to give this division a better
passenger train service met with
the approval of the Club, and Ro
tarians Sparks and Hall were ap
pointed a committee to take the
matter up with others interested.
The Club accepted with regret
the resignation of Rortarian Alvin
H. Gray, a past president and one
of its charter members.
CITY OFFICIALS
FOR YEAR 1934
ARE ELECTED
ELECTION OF H. E. MINTER AS
CHIEF OF POLICE ONLY
CHANGE MADE
The Mayor and Council, meeting
for the first time in the new year
Tuesday night, elected city officials
for the year 1934. Two new mem
bers were sworn in as Councilmen,
Messrs. S. G. Maddox and T. O.
Whitchard, Jr., succeeding Messrs.
H. B. Ainsworth and J. O. Bridges.
Mr. Ainsworth retires after a serv
ice of eight years, while Mr. Bridges
completed eighteen years of service.
The two hold-over members of the
body are Messrs. R. C. Howell and
R. C. Singletary. Mayor C. R.
Barksdale holds office through the
current year.
There was only one change made
of the personnel of the city’s of
ficial body, Mr. H. E. Minter, former
Road Warden of Early county, be
ing elected as Chief of Police to
succeed Mr. Mack Strickland.
The following is the list of those
elected for the year 1934:
C. L. Saxon—Clerk and Treasurer.
A. R. Killebrew, Superintendent
of the Water, Light, Ice and Cold
Storage Plant.
W. M. Barksdale—Manager Ice
and Cold Storage Plant.
W. R. Alexander—Chief of Fire
Department.
O. B. Hudspeth—Marshal.
H. E. Minter—Chief of Police.
J. J. McLendon—Street Superin
tendent and Sexton Cemetery.
Xv. L; Stone —City Attorney.
Os the above, all were elected
for the year, except the Chief of
Polite, the Marshal, and the Street
Superintendent, who are to be elect
ed monthly.
The Street Superintendent was
instructed to have the streets of the
city swept on Saturday night after
the stores close at 10 o’clock. The
business houses are urged to co
operate with Superintendent McLen
don in this effort to have the city
clean and attractive on Sunday.
The adoption of the business li
cense ordinance was postponed till
later. It is hoped that the ordinance
may be ready for adoption at a
called meeting not later than Jan
uary 16th.
Commissioners
In Regular Monthly
Session Tuesday
The County Commissioners met
in regular monthly session Tuesday.
Present: C. L. Cook, chairman, T.
G. Harvey, Jr., J. P. Hudspeth, C.
E. Martin and C. A. Tiner.
A motion adopted at the Decem
ber 19th meeting pertaining to the
salaries of County Agent W. A. Fu
qua and County Attorney A. H.
Gray, was revoked. A new motion
was adopted fixing the salary of the
County Agent at SIOO per month for
the time employed and the County
Attorney at S3OO per year.
The purchase of a new Ford truck
was authorized.
It was voted to waive all costs and
interest on the county portion of
1933 taxes if paid by March 1, 1934.
A correction was made in re
gard to employing of labor at
the county convict camp. The War
den was given authority to hire em
ployes subject to approval of the
Board and to fire them without ap
proval of the Board.
An allotment of $lO per month
was voted to the County Agent’s of
fice for rent for a period of six
months.
The Commissioners approved a
bridge contract for Project No. 264,
Part 3.
J. D. George,' Jr., was retained
in the employ of the county convict
camp at a salary of S6O per month.
The usual monthly bills were aud
ited and warrants issued for their
payment. Several new names were
added to the county’s pauper list.
State Gets Over
70 Per Cent Os
General Tax Fund
Georgia collected slightly more
than the predicted 70 per cent of
general fund taxes for 1933, assur
ing state departments that the 30
per cent cuts in appropriations for
last year were sufficient to balance
the state’s books and that there will
be no deficit to be charged against
their 1934 appropriations, it was an
nounced by Comptroller General W.
B. Harrison following a conference
with State Auditor Tom Wisdom.
Harrison Monday received $46,-
000 and State Treasurer George E.
Hamilton received SBO,OOO through
the mails, indicating that there will
be a surplus of at least one per cent
and possibly more over the 70 per
cent cut.
CLOSED GEORGIA
BANKS TO LIQUIDATE
WITH RFC LOANS
CITIZENS BANK OF BLAKELY
INCLUDED IN LIST OF
45 INSTITUTIONS
Os considerable interest to hun
dreds of Early countians is the
decision rendered by the Supreme
Court Friday, in which it was held
that the State Superintendent of
Banks has authority to borrow from
the Reconstruction Finance Corpor
ation on the frozen assets of closed
banks in Georgia.
Superintendent. Gormley had al
ready notified that RFC that loan
applications from banks totaling
$5,600,000 were being prepared
and that the filing of the applica
tion was dependent on the decision
of the Supreme Court. The favora
ble decision of that tribunal means
that the loans will be approved and
that distribution of funds to 45
closed Georgia banks will be started
shortly.
The total of $5,600,000 asked for
depositors of these banks is made
up largely of the valuations set by
committees appointed by the RFC to
appraise the assets of the banks.
In a few cases those appraisals are
not yet complete and other figures
have been used.
Included in the list of 45 for
which loan applications have been
filed is The Citizens Bank of Blake
ly, which closed its doors in Novem
ber, 1931, following the discovery
of a shortage of some $40,000. Ap
praisal of the assets of the bank |
has been made, but The News has 1
not learned what valuation was
placed on them or what percentage
will be paid the depositors when the
RFC loan is procured.
Our Gratitude
At this season we wish to thank our
friends for their patronage. Ours has
been the privilege, the opportunity for a
service which we sincerely hope has ac
complished its mission in bringing unqual
ified satisfaction.
We appreciate the confidence which
has been placed in us, and now, at the be
ginning of the New Year, we dedicate our
selves anew to the continuance of this
service, which we trust will continue to
grow more inclusive and helpful.
Balkcom’s Drug Store
PULL FOR BLAKELY
—OR—
PULL OUT
$1.50 A YEAR
GEORGIA FARMERS
CLOSE YEAR IN
CHEERFUL SPIRIT
AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER
SEES OUTLOOK BRIGHTER
FOR COMING PERIOD
The end of the year 1933 found
Georgia farmers in better spirits
than they have been in for the past
thirteen years, Commissioner of
Agriculture G. C. Adams said in a
statement issued at the close of the
year. In his statement Commission
er Adams reviewed the activities of
his department during th e year, and
pointed to a general improvement in
agricultural conditions.
Among the advances made in spe
cial phases of farm activity, the
survey lists the training of laymen
to treat hogs for cholera and in
creased development of the livestock
industry. The state has cooperated
with the United States Department
of Agriculture in its efforts to give
the farmers better prices for their
products.
Growers of cotton, tobacco, pea
nuts and corn, Mr. Adams said, have
fared much better than in 1932,
these crops in some instances yield
ing nearly 100 per cent greater re
turns than they did a year ago de
spite substantial acreage reduc
tions.
“My department has spent a great
deal of effort in trying to foster the
dairy industry,” the report said.
“For more than six months we have
diligently tried to have a satisfac
tory dairy code put into effect. I
feel that it will only be a short time
before our efforts are rewarded.”
Mr. Adams pointed out that the
farmer’s living expenses still are
out of proportion to the prices he
receives for his products, and that a
closer approach to parity would have
to’be aehleveb"ir _ creDTgfa's' agricul
tural areas are to enjoy a full meas
ure of prosperity.
“Altogether, Georgia farmers are
in better spirits than they have
been for thirteen years,” the report
concluded. “Let us hope that the
coming year will bring them still
greater prosperity and happiness.”
COOPERATIVE HOG
SALE NEXT TUESDAY
The first cooperative hog sale of
the New Year will be held on next
Tuesday, January 9th, according to
an announcement by Dr. W. A. Fu
qua, County Agent.
SING AT COURT HOUSE
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Let’s everybody start the New
Year right by attending the regular
first Sunday afternoon sing at the
court house in Blakely next Sunday,
January 7th, at 2 o’clock. Every
body is invited.
D. C. MORGAN.