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MONSTER . . .his foot prints
Five-sixths of the earth’s surface
lies under water. Man has not yet
explored all the dry land; so it is
not to be wondered at that we do
not know all about what lies be
neath the seas.
Not long ago I mentioned a “sea
serpent” which was said to have
been seen in Vancouver Sound. Now
a Scottish lake turns up with another
tale of a sea monster. Many persons
claim to have seen the beast of Loch
Ness which is estimated to be fifty
feet long, with four feet about eight
inches across, and four toes on each
foot, to judge by marks on the shore
when the creature has tried to get
out of the water.
Some of those who say they have
seen this thing describe it as like
an overgrown water-newt, and few
scientific men have the temerity to
deny the possibility of its existence.
Nothing but a complete specimen,
however, will convince skeptics who
do not believe in anything they have
not seen.
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KRAKEN the whirlpool
The good Bishop Pontoppidan of
Norway in 1750, described a huge
sea monster which he called the
“kraken”. He had it on the authority
of sailormen that it was a mile and
a half around, and when it sank be
neath the waves it caused a whirl
pool. Well, there is a whirlpool off
the Norwegian coast, at certain
stages of the tide, which is dangerous
to shipping and which sailors call
the kraken. But allowing for ex
aggeration, there may well be some
thing in the old Bishop’s idea of huge
sea-monsters.
For instance, Newfoundland fish
ermen caught an octopus a week or
two ago, in their herring-net, which
weighed 570 pounds and was twenty
feet long from its tail to the end of
its longest tentacle. Not big enough
to drag a ship down, as the octopus
of fable was said to do, but such a
creature could certainly swamp a
good sized boat.
There is no reason to doubt, but
every reason to believe that where
this one came from there are more
and larger ones.
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BOOZE .... and automobiles
Before Prohibition there were on
ly about 2,000,000 automobiles in
the whole United States; now there
are more than 25,000,000. High
speed has been encouraged; the fast
est road speed allowed in 1920 was
25 miles an hour; now there is no
limit on modern open highways.
The automobile reached its pres
-ent stage of development in a period
during which sobriety was the rule.
It is perfect nonsense to say, as the
“wets” have contended that there
was more drinking under Prohibition
than before. Everybody who thinks
straight knows that is not true. But
there is a great number of motorists
who have yet to learn that even legal
booze and automobiles don’t mix.
New Jersey has had to suspend
more driving licenses for driving
while intoxicated in the past month
than in several years.
The only way a motor-car can be
driven with complete safety to the
driver, the occupants of the car and
any others who happen to be on the
road, is by a driver who has not had
a drink of liquor for the past twenty
four hours.
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ROADS of the future
Gradually we are learning how to
build motor roads for high-speed traf
fic. There isn’t any question that the
best road material is concrete; its
higher first cost is more than repaid
by the lower cost of annual mainten
ance, if the road is properly built.
Roads wide enough for two cars
to pass used to be thought sufficient;
but a single slow car would hold up
traffic for miles, so the three car
Toad was tried, the middle channel
for faster cars to pass the slower
ones. Soon, however, a new breed
of road-hogs developed, who used the
middle channel continuously, pre
venting cars in the other direction
from making speed. Now no highway
is considered really modern unless it
is wide enough for four cars abreast
without crowding.
The ideal motor road of the future
will keep th© traffic in one direction
separate from that going the opposite
way, by a wide parked space between
the two. It will be built of concrete .
State Revenue More
Than Anticipated;
71 Percent Received
(By Georgia Newspaper Alliance)
Sufficient money was received by
the state to pay all of the reduced
appropriations with an additional
one percent to the various depart
ments, Comptroller General William
B. Harrison reported on New Year’s
Day to Governor Talmadge. The
holiday mail brought in $126,000.
In anticipation of greatly reduced
revenue all 1933 appropriations for
state departments were cut thirty
percent and for a while there was
some doubt as to whether there
would be an additional cut. Now,
however, Mr. Harrison estimates that
71 per cent of the original appro
priations will be received.
NOTICE OF SALE
By reason of a default in the pay
ment of the principal curtailment
and interest, there will be sold by
the undersigned, before the Court
House door in Early County, Geor
gia, during the legal hours of sale,
on the first Tuesday in February,
1934, to the highest bidder, for cash,
the following described property, to
wit:
All that certain lot, plot or
tract of land and premises, situ
ate, lying and being in Land Lot
240 in the 6th District of Early
County, Georgia, and more par
ticularly bounded and described
as follows:
BOUNDED on the North by
lands of Claude S. Bostwick; on
the East by lands of Mrs. G. M.
Sparks, et al, Depot Street, and
the original East line of said lot;
on the South by Public Road and
the original South line of said
Lot, and on the West by lands of
Mrs. Claude S. Bostwick; contain
ing 70 acres, according to a sur
vey and plat thereof made by R.
J. Edgerly, Engineer, hereto at
tached and made a part hereof,
being the same lands and prem
ises as were conveyed by deed
from Mrs. Ela S. Walker to Ses
sions Loan & Trust Company,
dated July 5, 1917.
Said property will be sold as the
property of J. E. Martin, L. O. Cun
ningham, B. I. Bostwick, Carl Clem
ents, H. M. Melton, W. E. Bostwick,
Jr., B. H. Askew, Jr., D. H. Askew,
George Perry, J. M. Cowart, B. A.
Garrett, J. M. Allen, J. E. Toole, W.
E. Bostwick, and O. Powell under
the power and authority contained
in a Deed to Secure Loan from J.
E. Martin, L. O. Cunningham, B. I.
Bostwick, Carl Clements, H. M. Mel
ton, W. E. Bostwick, Jr., B. H. As
kew, Jr., D. H. Askew, George Per
ry, J. M. Cowart, B. A. Garrett, J.
M. Allen, J. E. Toole, W. E. Bost
wick, and O. Powell to Harry L.
Winter, Inc., recorded in Deed Book
38, page 63. Early County, Georgia,
Records, and regularly transferred to
Ellen B. Cramton.
Said property will be sold subject
to all unpaid taxes and/or assess
ments and/or restrictions of record,
if any. °
January Bth, 1934.
ELLEN B. CRAMTON, Transferee,
As Attorney-in-Fact for J. E.
Martin, L. O. Cunningham, H.
M. Melton, B. I. Bostwick, Carl
Clements, W. E. Bostwick, Jr.,
B. H. Askew, Jr., D. H. Askew,
George Perry, J. M. Cowart, B.
A. Garrett, J. M. Allen, J. E.
Toole, W. E. Bostwick, and O.
Powell
W. O. DuVALL and
McELREATH & SCOTT, Atorneys,
304-310 Grant Building,
Atlanta, Georgia.
on deep rock foundations, and each
side of it will be wide enough for
two or possibly three cars.
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WEALTH .... and the man
The current talk of “a more equal
distribution of wealth” doesn’t worry
me. Communists talk as if wealth
were static, as if there were only
so much of it, so that to give the
poor more meant taking from the
rich. They forget that a hundred
years ago we were all poor, and got
rich not by robbery but by creating
more wealth.
Money is not wealth, neither is
raw land. Wealth is the product of
labor applied to merely a convenient
form of storing and transmitting
ownership of wealth. If any man has
the capacity to create wealth, he is
entitled to what he creates. But
if he has to call on others to direct
his energies into profitable channels,
to help him create more, then they,
too, are entitled to their share.
I have lived more than 60 years,
and I have never observed that any
really competent man did not get all
of the wealth to which his compe
tence entitled him, nor have I seen
any incompetent man benefit by well
meant schemes to make everybody
rich.
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
ECONOMIC
HIGHLIGHTS
Happenings That Affect the Din
ner Pails, Dividend Checks and
Tax Bills of Every Individual.—
National and International Prob
lems Inseparable from Local
Welfare.
The end of 1933, so far as busi
ness is concerned, was characterized
by marked improvement in some ba
sic lines, smaller improvement in
others, and retrogression in only a
few. The business indexes cover
ing the year present a strange, con
fusing picture. When the summer
upward surge started, in direct op
position to usual seasonal tendencies,
it was hoped and believed that it
would continue. An unlooked-for
fall drop, which was also opposed
to the seasonal experience of other
years, followed. Gloom was deepest
at that ime. Then business started
up again, and December was a good
month. Early reports indicate that
department store sales shot up be
yond expectations. Commodity prices
were strong. Consumers’ goods in
dustries, especially, were active.
In brief, 1933 did not see the
progress that was hoped for. The
emergency relief measures have
been something of a disappointment
to even their creators. The Agricul
tural Adjustment Act has been par
ticularly unsuccessful. But during
the year a start toward recovery
was made, and the public morale
strengthened—a strenthening which
has never been more evident than it
is now, with 1934 opening.
Notes on business follow:
COMMODITY PRICES—In Janu
ary the commodity price index stood
at 61. By July, it had moved up to
68. The advance has continued
without a major break.
DOMESTIC TRADE—Every ef
fort of the Administration since
March has been given to moving
more goods into the hands of con
sumers. It has been moderately
successful, in the face of definite
consumer-consumption to higher
prices. Os late, trade in urban
areas has been less satisfactory than
in the major agricultural centers.
Most striking advances in sales have
been made by mail-order houses.
EMPLOYMENT—Here is where
the greatest achievement of the year
has been made. Every month has
witnessed definite advances in both
workers employed and compensation
received. Factory employment was
20 per cent higher this October than
last—payrolls 33 1-3 per cent high
er. In the non-manufacturing in
dustries, employment gains were re
ported for 11 out of 16 industries
reviewed. Only in the bituminous
coal industry has there been a sig
nificant late drop, and that was
largely due to labor difficulties, with
attendant strikes and lockouts.
FlNANCE—Generally speaking,
excellent work has been done in
strengthening the banking structure.
Banks which were closed before the
moratorium have been opened by
the hundreds, millions in frozen as
sets have been thawed out. Excess
reserves of Federal Reserve banks
rcently reached an unprecedented
total of close to $900,000,000. Gov
ernment credit has been extraordi
narily strong, with issues being sold
out as soon as announced.
FOREIGN TRADE—Lately Unit
ed States foreign trade has expand
ed sharply both in volume and bal
ance. Exports have increased over
imports, leaving us with a sizeable
balance of trade. The recognition
of Russia, recently effected, is ex
pected to produce a considerable in
flation of our export business.
REAL ESTATE—In October, for
which complete figures have been
issued, construction contracts award
ed were, with a single exception, the
best for any month since November,
1931. The industry had a bad year,
but improvement is setting in.
RAILROADS —1932 brought many
railroads to the verge of bankrupt
cy, endangered others. In 1933
business was better, profits were up.
Most encouraging of all to the
railroad managements is the friend
ly attitude of the Administration.
UTILITIES —Here the experience
was not as favorable as was hoped.
Sale of power in many localities has
risen. But profits have dwindled,
due to tax and legislative policies
which increased costs, made it im
possible to meet them by raising
the price of power to the public.
Still another threat is government
competition.
AGRICULTURE The farmer
was cheered by the A. A. A. when
it was passed. Then he was dras
tically, violently disappointed. Strikes
and disorder followed. A few months
ago agricultural income, when ad
justed to living costs, was lower than
ever. Now improvement has started
in many fields, more optimism is
evident both in Administration and
farm circles.
LUMBER—No important industry
experienced so sharp an advance in
prices as lumber—and none was
more at sea over what to do. Gen
erally speaking, the price advance
was close to 50 per cent during the
year. Orders have likewise been
good for the most part—but not as
good as was hoped. Cost of opera
tion has materially risen.
STEELS —Here is another indus
try which hit the top, bounced back
to bottom, then started up again,
during the year. Last summer it
reached the best peak in a long
time—then started steadily down.
In the second week of November
it was around 26 per cent of ca
pacity. Heavy industries, which are
the only important steel buyers,
have been purchasing lightly.
Pasturage Acreage
In Georgia Shows
Some Increase
According to E. D. Alexander, ex
tension agronomist of the universi
ty system of Georgia, county agri
cultural agents have reported 4,234
more acres of improved permanent
pastures seeded in Georgia in 1933
than in 1932. The total was given
as 16,611 acres cleared or re-clear
ed and made ready for later seeding.
“There has been a gradual in
crease in the acreage of improved
pastures for the last 15 years,” Mr.
Alexander said. “This increase has
come about because of a few dem
onstrations established in 1918 by
the College of Agriculture, the agri
cultural extension service and the
Central of Georgia railway agricul
tural department, which were con
ducted by county agents and co
operating farmers. It has been es
timated there are now approximate
ly 125,000 acres of improved pas
tures in Georgia, which, of course,
is a creditable showing, but which
should be considered simply as a
good start.”
Ashburton Glassware
Ashburton Is heavy brilliant glass
ware, and was said to have been
shipped In large quantities to Califor
nia during the gold rush of ’49. It
was made for beer, sarsaparilla, soda,
lemonade and water, also sizes for
cordials and champagne. This pattern
Is easily recognized, for it has a large
loop below and an oval above, the stem
being hexagonal. The pattern varies
a little in that in some the top row
of ovals connect, whereas In others
they are separated. All are Ashburton,
however. This was usually found in
clear glass only, although there are
a few rare pieces in green, amber and
opaque white.
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Freak Painting in Capitol
One of the paintings in the Capitol i
rotunda at Washington, which guides
do not permit the visitor to overlook,
has three arms. Lest tourists from
abroad gain the impression that three
armed girls are the common thing in
America, it Is explained that the ar
tist was probably dissatisfied with the
position of arm No. 1, as first painted,
and that after placing it in another
pose, he either forgot to paint out
arm No. 1 or painted it in colors that
faded, exposing the original outlines
from shoulder to finger ends.
STRAYED MULES One black
mare mule, 9 years old, weight about
900 or 950 lbs.; one brown mare
mule, blocky type, weight about
850 or 900 lbs., 8 years old. Stray
ed Dec. 19th. Finder please notify
W. H. RISK, Bluffton, Ga. It
LEGAL BLANKS:
Chattel Mortgages, Security Deeds,
Promissory Notes, Negotiable Notes
Secured by Bill of Sale, Bonds for
Appearance, Distress Warrants, Mag
istrateFi. Fas., Mortgage Foreclosures,
Installment Notes, Warranty Deeds,
Justice Court Summons, State War
rants, Forthcoming Bonds, Bonds for
Appearance—-and many others.
Early County News
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New Notre Dame Coach
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Elmer Layden, one of the * ‘ Four
Horsemen” of 1924, is to coach the
Notre Dame football team in 1934.
He succeeds ‘ ‘ Hunk ’ ’ Anderson and
will be in charge of all athletics, as
it was under Rockne.
National Birthday Gift For President J
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“Birthday Balls” for President 1
Roosevelt on January 30th., will be ®
held in towns and cities throughout
the country. Col. Henry L. Doherty, g||||||lK|j I
New York, is chairman of the na-
tional committee sponsoring the move- Elgasy'**'*"* ' '
ment, the returns to go to the Warm I | | | fc L 4
Springs, (Ga.) Foundation which is B | i 1 B S ffigWEIPI
to be endowed as a national center Z. ? Z/Wj
for the development of methods of ESS 'k /rtf ; j .f, Vu ? ./Wa
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movement to which the President has ’“? ■ >7
lent much support. Photos show
President Roosevelt; a group of the x. ■'
cheerful little patients at Warm W
Springs and, lower right, the birthday
cake for the President.
Nothing To Do
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Mayor Grant E. Miller of the
“Town of Tomorrow” which is to
be a feature of the Chicago World
Fair in June is snow
bound in his village with nothing
to do. Mayor Miller is secretary of
the Brick Mfrs. Ass’n. and direct
the work of building the model tow