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EARLY COUNTY, GA.,
Garden Spot of
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXV > NO. 21
MR. DUNCAN HALL
TAKEN BY DEATH
LAST SATURDAY
WAS WELL-KNOWN AND HIGH
LY ESTEEMED CITIZEN
OF THIS CITY
Mr. Richard Duncan Hall, age 43,
well known dairy operator and high-*
ly esteemed citizen of Blakely, died
in an Albany hospital Saturday morn-*
ing, following an illness of some
six weeks’ duration. He had under
gone an operation for a head affec
tion some three weeks ago, but had
returned home. His condition be
came serious last week and he was
again taken to Albany where he
passed away early Saturday morning.
Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon at two o’clock in the
Blakely Baptist church, and were
conducted by the Rev. Spencer B.
King, church’s pastor, the Rev. R.
L. Whitehead, pastor of the Blake
ly Methodist church, and the Rev.
T. M. Matthews, pastor of the Hil
ton Baptist church. Mr. Hall was
formerly a deacon in the Hilton
church, and after coming to Blake
ly was soon elected to the same
position in the local church. Rev.
Mr. Matthews, who officiated at Mr.
Hall’s ordination at Hilton, paid
tribute to the sterling qualities of
the deceased. Interment followed in
the Blakely cemetery, with the fol
lowing as pall-bearers: C. D. Duke,
C. P. Gay, S. W. Howell, R. C. How
ell, Ralph Scarborough, W. A. Fu
qua, L. T. Robinson, and G. T. Free
man. A large crowd of friends at
tended the last rites and beautiful
floral offerings were in evidence.
Mr. Hall was a native of Early
county. He was born on August
26th, 1890, in the Rock Hill
district, moving to Blakely some
four years ago. He was a son of
Mr. O. E. Hall and the late Mrs.
Hall.
Surviving, besides his father, are
his wife, the former Miss Erie Jones,
to whom he was married on No
vember 24th, 1912; three sons:
Ottis, 20; Lowell, 17, and Jack Dun
can, 16 months; four brothers, Mr.
Charlie Hall of Macon, Mr. Brooks
Hall of Iron City, Mr. Owen Hall of
California, and Mr. Marshall Hall, of
Albany; and two sisters, Miss Cora
Hall and Mrs. R. T. McGrady, of this
county.
These have the sympathy of
friends in their bereavement.
T. K. Weaver & Co.
24 Lb. Sack Silver King Os?
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No. 1 Can 1 Hr*
Pineapple JLvFV
1 Lb. Maxwell House 97/*
Coffee < C
2 cans Tall 1 fir*
Mackerel IvC
No. 2 can O 9 fir*
Tomatoes J for fciwV
5 Packages Washing 1 fir*
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Tonic Salve
T. K. Weaver & Co.
BLAKELY, GA.
Early County News
Rotary Club’s
Attendance For
1933 Ranks High
Secretary “Chip” Grubbs, at the
weekly luncheon of the Blakely Ro
tary Club, held at noon last Thurs
day, read the attendance record
for the year 1933. The Club’s av
erage attendance for the year was
95.25.
The reading of the individual at
tendance records revealed that six
of the Rotarians had a perfect rec
ord for the year.
The Club had twenty-six one hun
dred percent meetings during the
year and led the Georgia district in
attendance for nine of the twelve
months.
In discussing plans for the new
year, the hope was expressed that
several new members might be add
ed to the Club’s roster.
President Hall was in charge of
the meeting, Mrs. Ben Haisten fur
nishing the musical program.
Basketball Shell
Project for Blakely
Hi Is Approved!
Os considerable interest, not only
in Blakely but throughout the coun
ty, is the news that approval has
been given by the CWA headquar
ters to the basketball shell project
for Blakely Hi. Blue prints of the
project were received this week and
it is expected that work of con
struction will be started within the
next day or two.
The shell, which is to include a
community house and gymnasium,
with a stage, dressing rooms and
shower baths for both girls and
boys, will be built at cost of approx
imately SIO,OOO. The laborers to
be used in its construction will be
selected from among the 149 men
now on the relief rolls, with the
possible addition of a few skilled
workmen.
The county has been badly in
need of such an asset as this for
a long time, and it is the purpose of
the local school authorities to make
of it a county proposition. The
rural schools of the county will be
invited to use it for their basketball
games and tournaments. It will be
erected on the campus of the Blake
ly public schools.
Success to All Who Pa y Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1934.
TALMADGE CWA
BOARD IS ‘FIRED’
BY HOPKINS
MISS GAY SHEPPERSON PLACED
IN CHARGE OF STATE CWA
AND RELIEF ACTIVITIES
Governor Talmadge has been
entirely disassociated from relief
and civil works administration in
the state by order of Harry Hopkins,
Civil Works and Relief Administra
tor.
The federal administrator Satur
day dismissed the civil works and
relief boards appointed by Governor
Talmage and named Miss Gay Shep
person to take over the work.
Hopkins informed the Governor
of the action by letter and it was
understood he gave as the reason
“the critical attitude of state offi
cials.”
The relations between Georgia
officials and the Civil Works and
Relief Administration have been
strained since Talmadge criticised
civil works policies about a month
ago. The Governor said civil works
wages were too high and threatened
to cause a shortage of farm labor
at cotton planting itme.
Informed of the criticism, Hop
kins said:
“All that guy is after is head
lines. He’ll never contribute a dime,
yet he’s always yapping. Some peo
ple just can’t stand to see others
making a living wage.”
The Administrator then sent a
telegram to Ronald Ransom, chair
man of the Georgia board, offering
to withdraw civil works from Geor
gia if it were shown those employed
on jobs created by civil works could
find employment elsewhere. He said
it had never been his intention to
carry civil works activities on into
the planting season.
A flood of telegrams to Hopkins
from throughout Georgia followed
the clash between him and Tal
madge, protesting against the with
drawal of civil works from the
state. The messages were signed
by congressmen, county commission
ers, mayors and citizens.
At the civil works offices in Wash
ington it was said Miss Shepperson,
who already was the state civil
works and relief administrator, was
“taking over lock, stock and barrel,”
by direct appointment of Hopkins.
Under organization procedure of
the Civil Works Administration the
state administrative bodies were
appointed by the respective gover
nors subject to Hopkins’ approval,
but under the new arrangement in
Georgia appointments will come
from Washington henceforth.
The members of the Georgia
commission who were, “fired” by
Administrator Hopkins were: Ronald
Ransom, of Atlanta; Judge John
Rourke, of Savannah; S. E. Vandi
ver, of Lavonia; Mrs. W. D. Lamar,
of Macon; R. L. MacDougall, of
Fairburn; and A. Steve Nance, of
Atlanta.
Three-Cent Rate
On Letter Mail
Likely to Stay
Washington, D. C.—lt looks like
the 2-cent stamp, except for use on
local letters, is doomed for a
lengthy banishment.
Postmaster General Farley, in his
annual report, echoing the words
of President Roosevelt to congress,
suggests continuation of the 3-cent
rate to help whittle down an expect
ed bulky postal deficit for the com
ing year.
Unless the 3-cent rate is re-enact
ed by congress before it automatic
ally expires on July 1, Farley fore
sees a postal deficit of $190,000,000
for the year 1935. He estimates
the higher rate brought the post
office $75,000,000 extra last year.
The postmaster general reports
postal business declined last year
for the third year in succession, and
announces a $112,374,892 postal
deficit for the year. Expenditures
were cut sharply but totaled $700,-
006,256, he says, while income also
fell off to a $587,631,364 level.
FEDERAL LAND BANK
LOANS ESTABLISH
ALL TIME RECORD
LARGE PART OF FUNDS IS TO
REFINANCE PRESENT
INDEBTEDNESS
Columbia, S. C.—ln closing 6,280
loans amounting to $8,322,361.50
during the month of December, The
Federal Land Bank of Columbia,
for itself and as agent of the Land
Bank Commissioner, established an
all-time record for transactions han
dled in one month in the third
district.
December loans practically dou
bled the 3,541 loans closed in No
vember for the sum of $4,528,-
479.00 and were four times greater
than the October figure. „
According to figures just publish
ed by the Farm Credit Administra
tion in Washington, about 85 per
cent of the money now being loaned
farmers is for the purpose of re
financing indebtedness. This is a
decided increase over the 48 per
cent of loan funds used for this
purpose in 1932.
Many people are of the opinoin
that the Farm Credit Administration
is merely increasing the farmers’
debt burden, when the opposite is
the case, for in about 17.5 per cent
of the loans made farmers secured
a reduction in their debt and for
loans from the Land Bank Commis
sioner’s fund the average reduction
was 23 per cent. Using the Decem
ber figures as an illustration and
the $4,500,000 in Commissioner’s
loans, as a basis of calculation, farm
ers in the third district reduced
their indebtedness approximately
$1,500,000 on Commissioner’s loans
only in one month. Further, this
refinancing was at a low rate of
interest and on the “amortization”
plan of repayment, permitting bor
rowers to pay off the principal in
gradual installments over a long pe
riod of years.
According to President Frank H.
Daniel, effects of loans already made
in the Carolinas, Georgia and Flori
da are shown by improvement in
merchants’ receipts and a better
state of repair on many farms. Said
President Daniel, “we have reports
showing that taxes paid out of loans
obtained through the Land Bank
enabled counties to keep their schools
open and many banks are in a
more liquid condition because of
mortgages refinanced with our insti
tution.”
Mangham Against
Talmadge Is Hot
Political Rumor
(By Georgia Newspaper Alliance)
Rumors that J. J. Mangham, re
cently resigned chief of the state
highway board, will oppose his erst
while political leader, Governor Eu
gene Talmadge, in the coming state
primary, were active in Atlanta ov
er the week-end.
Thus far Mr. Mangham has main
tained a sphinx-like silence on his
intentions, but admits that he has
been literally flooded with impor
tunities to offer as a candidate for
governor against Talmadge. It is
true, however, that the Bremen busi
ness man has had an office in At
lanta ever since he got out of the
highway department, and hundreds
of callers have been to see him
from all parts of the state.
Mangham’s avowed reasons for
quitting the highway board were
that he was being unduly hampered
in his work by Talmadge influences,
even to the selection of personnel,
and that he was being subjected to
pressure to change highway specifi
cations in certain instances.
That Mangham, who acted as
Talmadge’s campaign manager in
1932, could spring some interesting
information on the public is general
ly conceded by state politicians. The
question is, “will he do it?” And if
he did, what effect would his dis
closures have, coming from the in
side of the governor’s camp?
United States
Leads World In
Job Increases
The international labor office at
Geneva, Switzerland, in a recent
statement, points out that the United
States leads a world-wide improve
ment in the unemployment situation.
The office issued a communique
which declared:
“In the United States the rise in
the employment index is very mark
ed—73.s in October, 1933, as com
pared with 59.6 in October, 1932.”
The communique, which dealt
with a comparison between the last
quarters of 1933 and 1932, indi
cated a diminution of unemployment
in the following nations:
The United States, Canada, Chile,
Germany, Great Britain, Hungary,
Australia, Belgium, Finland, Yugo
slavia, Rumania, Denmark, the Ir
ish Free State.
Wallace Warns
Against Allowing
Price Reductions
The processing tax on the slaugh
tering of hogs for market for the
month of January will be at the rate
of one cent a pound live weight in
stead of one and a half cents, ac
cording to an announcement by W.
E. Page, Atlanta, collector of inter
nal revenue.
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
has issued a warning to farmers
that local hog buyers and small pro
cessors in several sections of the
country are reported to be deducting
the whole or part of the amount of
the processing tax from the regular
market price quoted to the seller.
“Farmers are urged not to sell to
any buyer who makes such a de
duction,” Secretary Wallace warned.
“The names of hog purchasers fol
lowing this practice, together with
the particulars, should be sent to
Dr. A. G. Black, chief of the corn
hog section, Agricultural Adjustment
administration, Washington, D. C.”
The administration expects to use
all powers existing under the law to
prevent fraudulent practices in con
nection with the collection of pro
cessing taxes.
United States
Income Shows
Some Increase
The nation’s income jumped up
ward some $62,100,000 in the 1933
fiscal year, Guy T. Helvering, com
missioner of internal revenue, re
ported to Secretary Morgenthau.
With income taxes carrying the
load, it was estimated the total
revenue for the year was $1,619,-
000,000 compared with $1,550,000,-
000 last year. Three-two per cent
beer brought in $35,149,980.48 in
the short time it was legalized.
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
RAT EXTERMINATION
CAMPAIGN BEGUN IN
EARLY COUNTY
CO-OPERATION OF CITIZENS IS
EARNESTLY URGED TO
INSURE SUCCESS
The campaign to rid Blakely and
Eary county of rats was begun Mon
day, with seventy-five workers par
ticipating in the “killing” job.
The county has been divided in
to eighteen districts, and in each
of these districts four workmen un
der the instructions of a foreman,
are going after the rodents in a
determined effort to exterminate
them.
According to Mr. L. C. Hobbs, dis
trict supervisor, trapping and the use
of red squill will be the means of
extermination, and as the work be
gins Mr. Hobbs asks the co-opera
tion of the people in keeping table
scraps and other food covered up so
the rats will have access only to the
food poisoned with the red squill.
The campaign, which is to be
waged simultaneously throughout the
entire peanut growing area of the
South, is under the direction of the
United States Public Health Service
and the U. S. Biological Survey. It
is hoped by exterminating the wharf
or brown rat that typhus fever,
which has recently become a menace,
may be eliminated.
In addition to the health angle,
rats are also great property destroy
ers, and their riddance should be
looked upon with favor and the full
est co-operation given the workers
by the citizens of the county.
The crew of workmen now at work
were taken from those enrolled in
the CWA re-employment office.
50,000 Additional
CWA Jobs in State
Urged By Senators
Senators George and Russell and
Representatives Brown and Wood
Monday urged President Roosevelt
to provide in Georgia fifty thousand
additional jobs under the Civil Works
administration. They explained the
state constitution prohibited the flo
tation of bond issues, which means
many counties cannot qualify for
federal public
The delegation carefully avoided
the dispute between Governor Tal
madge and Harry L. Hopkins, civil
works administrator.
j “We are very hopeful on account
'of our peculiar position that th©
administration will give this addi
tional aid to relieve the acute dis
tress now prevailing in many coun
ties,” said Senator George.