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EARLY COUNTY, GA.,
Garden Spot of
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXV }> NO. 25
FARM MORTGAGE
AND LAND VALUES
SURVEY BEGUN HERE
MR. C. C. LANE IS APPOINTED
COUNTY PROJECT LEADER,
WITH TWO ASSISTANTS
Another CWA project was initiated
here on Monday of this week, when
a study of Early county farm mort
gage and land values, including
tax delinquency and land transfers,
Was begun.
Handling this work are Mr. C. C.
Lane, County Project Leader, and
his two assistants, Mrs. Grady Smith
and Miss Dorothy Balkcom. Their
appointments were announced last
week by Mr. W. T. Fullilove, State
Project Director.
The committee’s study will include
a six-year period, beginning with
1928 and continuing through 1933.
According to instructions, they will
begin with the 1933 records and
continue back, completing one year’s
records before undertaking another.
Transfers of farm lands, delin
quent taxes, tax sales, and other
information concerning farm mort
gage financing and land values, are
to be included in the survey.
This government work, which is
under the CWA program, is being
conducted simultaneously in every
county of every state of the Union.
Mr. Lane, the County Project
Leader, informs The News that he
and his assistants are expected to
complete their work within five
weeks.
U. S. Tax on Cigarettes
Pours $335,534,622
In Treasury in 1933
A very hefty pile of government
income was built up on puffs of
cigarette smoke in the year 1933.
A revenue of $335,534,622 was
clinked into treasury coffers last
year by cigarette smokers byway of
the manufacturers. This was $25,-
000,000 more than in 1932. It ac
counted entirely for a gain of $22,-
534,662 in total tobacco taxes, which
the Internal Revenue Bureau placid
at $409,308,921 for 1933.
Other tobacco users didn’t do so
well by Secretary Morgenthau’s
strong vaults. Those who liked their
cigars, snuff, other manufactured
tobacco and “rolling their own” all
contributed less than in 1932.
T. K. Weaver & Co.
New Spring Goods are arriving daily.
Let us show you through.
Newest thing in Plaid and Striped
Seersucker, yard 50c
Twin Dots and Solids in Zig-zag Seer-
sucker, yard 45c
Striped and Printed Piques, yard 35c
New Humming Bird Hose 79c
Anklets in all Spring shades 15c to 25c
Sunsheen for Quilting, yard 35c
8 0 Square Prints, new spring patterns 19c
Ladies'Purses, from 25c to SI.OO
Beautiful line of Slips from SI.OO to $1.95
$2.95 Flat Crepe Night Gowns $1.95
$3.95 Flat Crepe Spring Dresses $2.95
Our button line is complete to match new materials
We have a complete line of Children’s,
Ladies’ and Men’s Spring Shoes.
T. K. Weaver & Co.
BLAKELY, GA.
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Rotary Club Roster
Increased by Two
New Members
The roster of the Blakely Rotary
Club was increased to 22 members
last week when two new members
were formally welcomed into the
Club by President Hall at Thursday’s
luncheon.
Dr. Ernest Whitehead came in un
der the classification of dentist and
W. Roy McKinney as automobile
dealer. They expressed their pleasure
at becoming members and pledged
the Club their best efforts.
Following the luncheon the Ro
tarians engaged in a round-table dis
cussion of matters of interest to the
Club. Rotarian Sparks offered to
sell materials at cost to paint the
basketball shell under construction
on the campus at Blakely Hi, and
the offer was accepted. The Club
moved to co-operate in having the
painting done.
Twenty-one of the twenty-two
members announced “present” to the
roll call.
$3 Tags Salable Only
To Georgia Addresses
(By Georgia Newspaper Alliance)
Out-of-state motorists who order
$3 license tags from Georgia must
furnish a Georgia address to secure
the tag, Governor Talmadge said,
after reports from the American
Automobile Association indicated
there might be a tendency in other
states to refuse reciprocity to Geor
gia motorists if the $3 tags were
sold indiscriminately to persons not
living in the state.
“There won’t be any trouble over
Georgia tags,” the Governor said.
“If there were to be any, the quick
est way to avoid it would be for the
other states to sell tags at $3, which
is a fair price. A number of states
are falling in line and reducing tag
prices and I expect that before long
they’ll all be $3 or less.”
Two days before January 31,
which was to have been the last day
that tags could be bought without
paying a penalty, Governor Tal
madge ordered an extension of 15
days during which licenses could be
bought for $3. After February 15
the delinquent motorist must pay an
extra dollar, which goes to the
sheriff of the county where he lives,
plus 20 per cent of the cost of the
tag. With a flat rate of $3 for all
cars this will be 60 cents in all
cases.
Success to AH Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead/’
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1934.
FUNERAL FOR
MR. W. J. BARTON
HELD SUNDAY
DIED SATURDAY AT HOSPITAL
IN DOTHAN FOLLOWING
OPERATION
Mr. William J. Barton, age 65,
well known Cuthbert street merch
ant of this city, died last Saturday,
February 3, at 1:15 p. m. in a Do
than hospital, where he had under
gone an emergency operation the
previous Sunday. He had been crit
ically ill since the operation and his
death was not unexpected.
His body was brought to his home
here, where funeral services were
held at 10 o’clock Sunday morning.
Officiating were the Rev. R. L.
Whitehead, pastor of the Methodist
church, of which Mr. Barton was a
member, and the Rev. Spencer B.
King, pastor of the Baptist church.
Following the services the body was
carried to the Mt. Hebron church
yard, in Randolph county, where in
terment took place. The services
at the grave were conducted by the
Rev. H. D. Coleman, church’s pastor,
with Mr. J. O. Bridges assisting.
Mr. Barton was a native of Ran
dolph county. He came to Blakely
many years ago to assume the man
agement of the local plant of the
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. When that
plant transferred its activities to
Arlington he entered the grocery
business, and had since continued in
that endeavor. During his residence
here he had made a large number
of friends who were grieved when
news of his death reached them.
Surviving are his wife, the former
Miss Kate Curry, also a native of
Randolph county; his aged mother,
Mrs. A. Barton, of Williston, Fla.;
and three brothers, Messrs. Dan,
Carlton and Rhoe Barton, all of
Williston.
New Facts Sought
On Georgia Farms
Athens, Ga.—ln the program of
planned agriculture of the future,
towards which the state and nation
are undoubtedly and not improperly
moving, many data will be necessary
for adequate solutions of the many
problems involved, according to most
authorities. In the dairy industry,
especially, since it has already giv
en trouble, new facts will be inval
uable, Dr. M. P. Jarnagin, head of
the division of animal husbandry at
the University of Georgia, declares.
For this reason experiments are
now in progress on the feeding of
dairy cows, the cows being fed on
three plans, at the University Col
lege of Agriculture farm. The com
pleted records will show compari
sons between all phases of dairying
and will be most valuable to those
interested, he says.
“Whatever the results of the ex
periments are, and whatever the
final provisions of adjustment pro
gram for the dairy industry as out
lined by the Secretary of Agricul
ture,” Dr. Jarnagin declared, “it may
be emphasized now that farmers
will find it advantageous to modify
feeding practices. This much is
known from present facts which
may be considered conclusive and
seems advisable in view of the
present dairy supplies. Lands left
out of the production of cotton and
other basic commodities under the
programs of the Agricultural Ad
justment Administration might well
be planted to grasses and legumes
for the feeding of cows so that a
reduced amount of grain would
have to be fed. The pastures and
other roughage would be the rations,
and grain would be fed only to the
extent that the resulting increase
in production could be obtained at
a profit. The supply of milk is
now greater than the demand.”
CO-OPERATIVE HOG
SALE NEXT TUESDAY
Dr. W. A. Fuqua, County Agent,
announces a co-operative hog sale
for next Tuesday, February 16th.
EROSION CONTROL
PROJECT MAY BE
AWARDED GEORGIA
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR IN
SPECTS PROPOSED SITES
FOR DEMONSTRATIONS
An erosion control project, design
ed primarily to prevent the washing
away of valuable soils, may be
awarded the state of Georgia by the
United States department of the
interior.
Glen L. Fuller, a member of the
soil erosion control service of the
interior department, has returned to
Washington after a week spent in
Georgia inspecting proposed sites for
the project. The board of regents
of the University System of Georgia
recently applied for the project.
Intended primarily to save the re
maining areas of good lands within
the state, the proposed project does
not embrace the idea of reclaiming
hopelssly worn-out land. Much of
the erosive land now in use will be
withdrawn from cultivation if the
farmers can be convinced of the
value of the plan, according to
Professor W. O. Collins, of the Uni
versity of Georgia, who has been
working for the project.
Lands which are too erosive for
cultivation will be planted in trees
or other thick-growing plants, Prof.
Collins said. This is the only way
to prevent the washing away of the
land. Forests and permanent pas
tures thus grown could bring the
farmer some income, it was said,
while at the same time allowing
him to devote his time to more pro
ductive lands.
The co-operation of landowners
and tenants in the area selected for
the project will be necessary for its
success, Professor Collins declared.
It will cost the farmer nothing to
carry out the agreements required
by the erosion service, it was said.
Funds will be furnished entirely by
the interior department.
“Antics of Andrews”
Presented Here Last
Friday Night
A goodly crowd attended the
presentation of “The Antics of An
drews” at the school auditorium last
Friday evening. The play, which
was put on by the Bluffton High
School, netted a neat sum for both
the Bluffton and Blakely P.-T. organ
ization, which were the beneficiaries
of the play.
Deserving of special mention are
Jack Bell, with the leading role,
Andrews Brown; Olive Stone, rich
uncle of Andrews Brown; Walter
Bass as Mrs. Brown and Roy Mead
ows as Mrs. Smith Jones Williams
were “screams” costumed in present
day women’s clothes. Exceedingly
clever were Marvin Kelly as the
Dean of his college, and Byron
Barefoot as the French butler.
It was strictly a woman’s play,
though minor parts were splendidly
taken by six young girls of the
Bluffton school.
Mr. Barefoot, principal of the
school, deserves much credit for hav
ing coached this entertaining
comedy.
NO JURY SUMMONS FOR
FEB. TERM CITY COURT
By order of Judge R. H. Sheffield,
there will be no jury summons for
the February term of the City
Court of Blakely. The uncontested
cases will be disposed of and court
adjourned until the regular term in
May.
CITY COUNCIL
MEETING POSTPONED
The regular monthly meeting of
the City Council of Blakely, sched
uled to have been held Tuesday
night, has been postponed to a later
date.
Former Blakely
Young Man Ends
Life at Jacksonville
Relatives and friends here were
shocked and saddened when news
reached the city that Mr. Tom Lee
Howell, former Blakely young man,
had killed himself at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Howell,
in Jacksonville, Fla., some time Sun
day afternoon.
Details of the young man’s death
were not learned by The News, but
it was learned that Mr. Howell had
been in ill health for two years or
more, and it is supposed that de
spondency over his condition prompt
ed the rash act. He was about 29
years of age and was the youngest
child of the family. He was born
and reared in Blakely, removing to
the Florida city a few years ago.
Upon learning of his brother’s
death, Mr. R. C. Howell, with Mrs.
Howell and their daughter, Louise,
left for Jacksonville to attend the
funeral services, which were held
Tuesday.
The sympathy of friends is ex
tended to the bereaved ones.
Wage Living Cost
21 Per Cent Lower,
Wages 30 Per Cent
A survey made by the consumers’
counsel of the Agricultural Adjust
ment Administration shows that liv
ing costs in December for the family
of the average low salaries worker
were 21 per cent less than in 1928
but that at the same time the factory
worker’s earnings were down 30 per
cent.
In other words, for every dollar it
cost workers to live in 1928 it cost
them 79 cents last December while
for every dollar of earnings in 1928
the factory workers earned 70 cents
in the last month of 1933.
Living costs for the entire year of
1933 were 77 per cent of the 1928
level and 1 per cent lower than the
1932 average for the wage earner’s
family. Average earnings of the
factory worker during 1933 were 67
per cent of the 1928 level and 1 per
cent lower than the average wage
for 1932.
Factory wages in December were
2 per cent higher than in June while
living costs were increased 4 per cent
in the same period.
It is pointed out that factory work
ers form just one of the many groups
of employed workers. It is explained,
moreover, that for every 100 work
ers employed in factories in 1928 on
ly 69 had factory jobs in 1933. The
latter represented an increase from
64 in 1932.
Asserting that for the country in
general the money going into pay
rolls is more important than what
each individual worker gets, the con
sumers’ counsel reports that in De
cember nearly one-third more was
paid out in factory pay rolls and one
fifth more people had employment
in factories than in December, 1932.
This Year Send Candy
with your
VALENTINE
Beautiful red heart boxes filled with fresh
delicious candies.
A suitable gift for father, mother, sister,
brother, cousin, aunt and
SWEETHEART
Balkcom’s Drug Store
PULL FOR BLAKELY
—OR—
PULL OUT
$1.50 A YEAR
COMMISSIONERS IN
REGULAR MONTHLY
SESSION TUESDAY
WILL MAKE EFFORT TO SECURE
ADDITION TO COUNTY JAIL
THROUGH CWA
The Board of Commissioners of
Early county met in regular month
ly session Tuesday. The entire mem
bership was present, viz: C. L. Cook,
chairman, T. G. Harvey, Jr., J. P.
Hudspeth, C. E. Martin, and C. A.
Tiner.
The Board will make an effort to
secure funds from the CWA for an
addition to the county jail and Chair
man Cook was instructed to co-op
erate with Mr. P. M. Davenport, of
the State CWA official staff, in the
preliminary work of drawing plans,
obtaining funds, etc., for the project.
The Board authorized Chairman
Cook to negotiate with the State
Highway Board for additional mile
age on highway No. 1 south of the
city toward the Miller county line.
County Treasurer J. F. Gilbert
was given authority to collect taxes
on tax deeds, he to receive 25 per
cent of amount of taxes collected.
Clerk of Superior Court J. E. Beck
ham was instructed to turn over to
Mr. Gilbert all county tax deeds for
collection.
The Board voted an appropriation
of $25.00 to help defray the ex
penses of the county cotton produc
tion control committee’s trip to
Athens in the interest of an adjust
ment of the cotton acreage in Early
county.
O. G. Dougherty, of Valdosta,
was given authority to collect cor
poration and utility taxes due the
county.
Warrants were issued for payment
of county bills.
Rainfall for Month
Os January Again
Below Average
With a shortage of some ten or
twelve inches in rainfall for the
year 1933, the first month of the
year 1934 indicated that the Weath
er Man was not yet ready to open
up the faucets and replenish old
Mother Earth with moisture.
Statistics published elsewhere in
The News show that the rainfall
for January was 2.28 inches, 0.92
inches of this falling on the 20th.
The coldest day of the month was
recorded on Tuesday, the 30th, when
the mercury tumbled to 19 degrees
to bring the coldest day of the
present winter. The warmest days
of the month were January 6th and
'2sth, when the temperature register
ed 78. The mean temperature for
the month wa.: 53.3.
Killing frosts were recorded on
January 9th, 10th, llih, 14th, 15th,
16th, and 31st.