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This Week in Washington
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WASHINGTON, D. C. (Autocas
ter). —if these weekly reports on
the state of the nation seem some
what one-sided, the answer is that
there is only one side to the picture
presented here. Everything bears
the Roosevelt brand, and that goes
for Congress as well as for all the
long list of alphabetical commis
sions, bureaus and “administra
tions,” beginning with AAA and run
ning down to PWA.
Thus far there has developed on
ly one disagreement, and that a
comparatively slight one, between
the President and the Congress. Con
gress wanted to keep the CWA go
ing and the President wanted to
“taper off” this Government-support
ed employment of millions of men
and women in what are vaguely
termed “Civil Works.”
Voice of the Voters
The word that comes to Senators
and Members from the folks back
home is that while business men
generally don’t think much of CWA
and many farmers are complaining
that they can’t hire help at reason
able wages because they (the farm
ers) want men to do real work and
not merely look at a shovel for 30
cents an hour, the voters are for it.
But while Congressmen do not
want to vote against anything which
might cast them votes next election,
they are still less eager to take an
attitude which would certainly cost
them their seats. And they are
convinced, practically every man
Jack of them, Republicans and Dem
ocrats alike, that to oppose the Pres
ident’s policies in any respect would
do just that. Let any one of them,
even a Republican from a rock
ribbed Republican district, or what
used to be regarded as such, open
his mouth in criticism of the Roose
velt program, or vote against a
Presidential measure, and the mails
and telegraph wires make his life a
burden for the next week.
They Vfait on F. R.
Men with long experience, among
them some of the foremost leaders
in Congress, who usually can tell in
advance what is going to happen
next, are utterly at sea. All they
can say, in answer to questions as
to the legislative program, is. “We
haven’t heard yet what the Presi
dent wants.” Thus, a short time
ago it was being predicted by no
less a personage than Speaker
Rainey that there would be no legis
lation to regular stock and com
modity exchanges, at this session.
Since then Mr. Rainey has talked
with the President. Now he thinks
there will be some such bill. Con
gress is not drawing it up, however;
it is waiting for the Administration
officials to draft it and send it to
the Hill.
All attempts to organize opposi
tion to the Administration and the
Democratic Party have proved futile
so far. Former Secretary of the
Treasury Ogden P. Mills is the on
ly important voice that has been
raised in protest. Mr. Mills’ speech
was expected, by old-line Republic
an party workers, to be a sort of
rallying-cry which would bring an
instantaneous response from the
four corners of the Nation, and cry
stallize Republican sentiment into
something like effective opposition
It had no such effect.
The very men who were relied
upon to back up Mr. Mills and en
courage the effort to reorganize the
Republican party not only failed to
come to the rescue but some of
them thought it was ill-advised for
Mr. Mills to make such suggestions
at this time.
Eyes on Pennsylvania
Nothing could illustrate better
how far the fortunes of the Repub
lican party have sunk in National
affairs than the belief, which is grow
ing here among the most cold
blooded political observers, that
Pennsylvania will elect a Democrat
ic Senator next November. Pennsyl
vania has always given a majority
of anywhere from a million votes
upward to the Republican party. It
soundsi ncredible, but it really looks
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as if those days were gone forever.
There is beginning to be talk
among those who, while admitting
Mr. Roosevelt’s complete suyremacy,
are not in accord with the policy
of making the individual subservient
to the government, of a completely
new party organization, to be built
not alone on the ruins of the Re
publican party, though some of the
most pliable of that old timber
would be used, but upon the ancient
principle of individual rights and,
especially, the rights of the tax
payer.
Those who are active in promoting
the new party idea point out that
the great “middle class” of small
business men, small property own
ers, independent and undisdistressed
farmers, professional men and the
like, is being ground beneath the
nether millstone under the New
Deal. The benefits are all directed
toward the down and outers on the
one side, and the big financial and
industrial interests on the other, to
hear some of these folk talk. But,
they say, it is the man in between
who is paying and whose children
and grandchildren must pay.
New Party and Meantime
How far this movement for a
“Centrist” party will get is any
body’s guess. Many poor-pooh it,
many think it has a chance, few are
enthusiastic. It will take organiza
tion and it will take money. Money
is hard to get for anything, and or
ganizing talent is rare.
Meantime, Washington is greatly
encouraged by the real signs of in
creasing prosperity which have fol
lowed the fixing of the price of
gold at $35 an ounce, making the
international dollar worth 59.04 per
cent of the old gold dollar.
The practical stabilization has re
moved many of the fears of capital,
which is beginning to come out of
hiding and look for investment. Gold
is flowing back to America from
Europe. There is a sounder, deeper
feeling among business men that
we are really on the road to re
covery.
It is Mr. Roosevelt’s hope that
by the first of May business and
industry will really have taken up
most of the slack of unemployment.
It is also his hope that Congress
will pack up and go home about
that time.
Easter Sunday
Comes on All Fool’s
Day This Year
Easter Sunday comes this year
on All Fools’ Day, April 1, for the
sixth time since 1800, a coincidence
that will be repeated only two
times before the year 2000.
Previous Easter Sundays falling
on April 1 were 1804, 1866, 1877,
1888 and 1923.
There is a wide range of days for
Easter, the Christian holiday some
times occurring in March and more
often in April. In 1933, for in
stance, the date was April 16. In
1935 it will be April 21.
The present rule for determining
the date of Easter was adopted in
325 A. D. by the Council of Chris
tion Churches at Nicaea. Under the
rule Easter falls on the first Sun
day following the Paschal full moon
which happens on or next after
March 21.
The principal reason for placing
Easter on this date was that pil
grims needed moonlight to travel
on their way to the great yearly
Easter festivities, according to the
almanac. The date varies between
March 22 and April 25, over a pe
riod of 35 days. Ash Wednesday,
the beginning of Lent, is placed 40
days previous to Easter Sunday, not
counting Sundays.
The Paschal full moon, the al
manac explains, is the fourteenth
day of a lunar month reckoned ac
cording to an ancient ecclestiastical
computation and not the real or as
tronomical full moon. If the Pas
chal full moon falls on a Sunday,
then Easter is the next Sunday.
STRAY COW— I have taken up
a yellow milk cow, small horns, with
rope halter. Owner can get same
by paying expenses. S. A. JEN
KINS, Blakely, Ga. It
RAT RIDDANCE
Kills Rats and Mice. Absolutely
prevents the odor from carcasses.
One package proves this. RAT RID
DANCE comes in powder form, no
mixing with other foods.
50 cent size, 3 oz. is enough for
Pantry, Kitchen and Cellar.
75 cent size, 6 oz. for Chicken
House, Coops and small buildings.
Sold and guaranteed by
BALL-AINSWORTH HDW. CO.
Hardware, Paints and Farm Supplies
Phone Five-O Blakely, Ga.
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
FOUR MILLIONS IN
JOBS BY MAY AIM
OF NRA AND PWA
PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION AND EX
PANDED INDUSTRY COUNTED
ON TO TAKE THEM
Washington, D. C.—Orders lend
ing new invigoration to the drive
for increased employment have gone
forward from two key offices in the
government’s recovery organization.
In an effort to add at least 2,500,-
000 men to the pay rolls of indus
tries operating under codes, Hugh
S. Johnson, recovery administrator,
called a meeting of all code au
thorities for March 5, with the ob
ject of a further reduction in pres
ent hours of labor.
At the same time, Secretary Ickes
gave out instructions that the Pub
lic Works administration should
concentrate upon getting construc
tion actually under way on projects
for which funds have been allotted,
in an effort to absorb the 4,000,000
employes of the Civil Works admin
istration by May 1 and put addition
al unemployed to work as well.
Available funds have been allot
ed, Ickes said; many additional ap
plications are on file, and state en
gineers were told to inform states
and municipalities that might be
considering applications for loans
that no further requests can be
considered.
An estimated total of 12,000,000
or more workers is now employed
by industries operating under NRA
codes. Their hours of labor are es
timated at an average of a little
more than 40 a week. Johnson
wants this reduced at least to 32.
On this basis of distribution more
than .2,500,000 could be put back
to work.
If the present upward movement
in industry continues, NRA author
ities are looking forward to a con
siderable absorption of the unem
ployed during the next few months,
quite aside from the influence of a
reduction in hours for those already
at work.
With work hours cut down, they
figure that an expansion of busi
ness would employ a proportionate
ly greater number of the jobless,
and they are anxious to obtain the
reduction while the present upswing
is still comparatively young.
It would be easier to bring it
about now, they believe, than later,
although they are harboring no il
lusions as to the difficulty of ob
taining an agreement at any time
for cutting hours to a point below
present code requirements.
In addition, they have their eyes
upon the 8,000,000 estimated to be
employed by industries which have
codes pending. Through increased
business activity and codification
they hope to expand this number by
at least 1,500,000.
Theoretically, therefore, by re
duced hours and business expansion,
: they expect a minimum re-employ
ment in the spring months of 4,000,-
000, and whether this number is in
creased is dependent upon the ex
tent of the renewal of industrial
activity.
FRIEND OF THE STORK
The doctor of a country village
had two children who were acknowl
edged by the inhabitants as being
the prettiest little girls in the district.
While the two children were out
walking one day, they happened to
pass quite near two small boys; one
lived in the village and the other was
a visitor.
“I say,” said the latter to his
friend, “who are those little girls?”
“They are the doctor’s children,”
replied the village boy. “He al
ways keeps the best for himself.”—
Exchange.
The season of Mardi Gras was in
full swing in New Orleans the
past week. The season came to an
end Tuesday at midnight when the
season of Lent began.
APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE
In the District Court of the United
States for the Middle District of
Georgia, Albany Division.
In the matter of Cyrus D. Duke,
bankrupt, in bankruptcy.
To the Creditors of Cyrus D. Duke,
of Blakely, Early County, Georgia,
and district aforesaid, greetings:
You are hereby notified that Ap- j
plication for Discharge in Bank
ruptcy has been filed by the above
named bankrupt, and that a hearing
upon the same will be had before
the U. S. District Court, at Albany,
Ga., on March Bth, 1934, at 10:00
o’clock in the forenoon; that you
show cause then and there, if any I
you have, why the prayers of the
said bankrupt should not be granted.
Witness my hand and dated at I
Albany, Ga., this February 6, 1934.
CORA MAE SEWELL,
Deputy Clerk,
U. S. District Court.
Brevities in The News
Odds and Ends Found
Here and There
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(By Georgia Newspaper Alliance)
The explosion of a box of match
es in the trousers pocket of an Atlan
ta traffic policeman caused him to
neglect his duties momentarily to
beat out the fire in his pants. . . .
Former Governor Chase S. Osborn,
of Michigan, a part time Georgia
citizen, will finance publication of a
history of Worth county. . . . The
first beer manufacturing license to
be issued in Atlanta since state
wide prohibition was bought last
week for S3OO. . . . Amelia Earhart,
famous aviatrix, speaking to pupils
at the Berry School, said: “I wish
we would all consider people in po
sitions according to their individual
aptitude and not regarding their
sex. Many girls shoul be wielding
carpenters’ hammers and many boys
would be better off making pies.”
.... Another step toward securing
federal aid in construction of a
scenic highway across the Okefeno
kee swamp was made when the
Georgia highway board agreed to
certify the proposed road into the
state highway system. ... Pa Strib
ling has retired from the fight game
and will enter the lumber business
in Charleston, S. C., retaining his
farm at Ochlocknee where he plans
to visit frequently. . . . The Millen
town council refused a petition pre
sented by a group of business men
asking that beer be licensed. . . . The
public service commission is seeking
a cut in bus and truck rates. . . .
For the first time in history south
Georgia farmers are breaking ground
preparatory to planting crops under
federal control. . . . The Isle of
Wight, a 2,000 acre island off the
Georgia coast, must be sold by May
1 to satisfy a claim of SII,OOO
against its owner. . . . Meeting in
Albany February 14-15 the Georgia-
Florida Pecan Growers’ Association
discussed marketing problems and a
code for pecan growers. . . . Geor
gia farmers who deposited their
1930-’3l cotton with the Georgia
Cotton Growers’ Cooperative Asso
ciation will get $85,000 from the
farm credit administration within a
week or ten days, representive Tar
ver has been informed by officials
of the administration. . . . The new
est cut in rates of the Georgia Pow
er Company will save 28,000 small
users of commercial power approx
imately $268,000 annually. . . K
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SOME HAPPENINGS IN BLAKELY
A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO
Clippings from the Early County News of
February 11, 1909
MISS ANNIE LIVINGSTON is vis
iting relatives in Newton.
MISS CLEO PAGE, of Augusta, is
the guest of Miss Kathleen Odum.
MISS LILLIAN FORT has return
ed from a visit to relatives at New
ton, Ala.
MISS DEVOTIE HOBBS was unit
ed in the holy bonds of wedlock to
Mr. Victor Killebrew, of Arlington,
on Wednesday, February 10. Rev.
C. M. Murchison officiated.
THE District Conference of the
Blakely District of the A. M. E.
church is being held in Blakely this
week and our colored Methodist
people have had quite a number of
visitors.
SHORT STOPS ADS in The News
this week represent: Barham Jewel
ry Co., Glessner & Park, Boyett
Grocery Co., C. S. Middleton, George
E. Chipstead, Chas. D. Russell, R.
L. Howell, J. B. Murdock, J. E. Mar
tin, Felder & Robinson, Cole & Cor
dray, Smith’s Pharmacy, T. S. Toole,
Goodwin Repair Co., J. W. Fort, M.
O. Elder, E. L. Fryer, Jr., John L.
Underwood.
ROCK HILL ITEMS, by Sam Sim
ple, says: “Miss Mattie Legere, of
Cuba, is visiting here.” “Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Smith went over to the
Chapel Sunday.” “Mr. and Mrs. G.
W. Temples visited relatives in Ala
bama last week.” “Mrs. A. F. Ses
sions visited Mr. J. L. Smith in Co
lumbia Saturday.” “Mr. and Mrs.
George Kenney visited relatives at
Pleasant Grove Sunday.” “Mr. C.
M. Smith has gone to Blakely to
work at Mr. C. E. Stuckey’s saw
mill.” “The young people enjoyed a
party at Mr. Don Jordan’s Thursday
night and one at Mr. G. W. Temples’
Saturday night.”
C. A. LESTER
about INSURANCE
MR. HOWARD ALEXANDER was
badly hurt in a saw mill last Sat
urday.
MR. W. H. GOODWIN had a se
rious accident to his touring car
last Saturday.
THE GARDENERS of Blakely
have had to start anew since the re
cent heavy freeze.
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MR. L. Z. DOZIER, of Kestler,
was up Saturday and, on his return,
was accompanied by Misses Hattie
Lee and Claude George and Mr. Les
jter George.
ROUTE 3 NEWS, by Golden Rod,
i tells us: “Mr. Riley Poole was up to
Blakely Saturday.” “Mr. Gurney E.
Stringer visited home folks this
week.” “Mr. D. C. Megahee was ov
er to Glendale Sunday.” “Messrs.
Alonzo Mitchell and George Holder
were over from Damascus Sunday.”
“Mr. J. A. George and little daugh
ter, Nellie, visited Damascus last
week.” “Messrs. Tom Harvey and.
Sam George went over to Kestler
Monday.” “Mr. Jonah Perry, accom
panied by his sisters, Misses Ella and
Lucie, attended the sing at New
Hope Sunday.”
A SEVERE WIND and rain storm
struck this section Tuesday night
about 11:15 o’clock. The center of
i the storm was several miles below
; Blakely. Much timber was blown
' down. Mr. G. M. Stephens’ home
jOut at Langston’s Chapel was lifted
.from its foundation. One of the
saddest results of the storm was
l the blowing down of the old Confed
erate flag pole. Mr. Ralph Hobbs,
who has charge of the government
weather service here, reports that
2.38 inches of rain fell during the
night, the biggest rain we have had
'since last summer.
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