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Wallace Reports
Farming Out Os
Red, Progressing
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
reported last week to President
Roosevelt a need for stronger crop
control measures in future farm
programs.
Reviewing administration farm
policies of the past four years, Sec
retary Wallace advised the chief ex
ecutive that “on the whole agricul
ture is out of the red and making
progress toward financial rehabilita
tion.” This, he said, was despite
devastating droughts this year and
in 1934.
Looking ahead, he reported a need
for a federal crop insurance plan, a
solution of farm tenancy problems,
and a long-time national program to
reduce drouth damage.
These three matters are being sur
veyed by special commissions ap
pointed by the President.
Wallace said “scarcity never was
intended and never approached” by
administration farm programs be
cause the goal of both farmers and
federal officials was “adequate pro
duction for domestic requirements,
plus whatever additional supply can
be sold profitably abroad.”
The original agricultural adjust
ment act, voided early this year by
the supreme court, was termed by
Wallace an “emergency effort.”
He said the present soil-conserva
tion program, enacted by congress as
a substitute for the AAA was “weak
er” but had “launched a positive at
tack on the dual problem of soil de
struction and unbalanced cropping.”
Probably in a period of good crops
and high yields, the degree of crop
control attainable under the present
measure will not be adequate, he said.
Regardless a permanent long-time
farm plan, Wallace said this must
“achieve soil conservation, consumer
protection and crop control togeth
er.”
He described “profitable farming”
as farming adjusted to the available
market.
“It is not desirable to have either
a peasant agricultural manner by ten
ants and laborers, or a collective
agriculture run by the central gov
ernment,” he said.
The secretary reported cash in
come to farmers this year would
reach $7,800,000,000, or 11 per cent
more than last year, 81 per cent
more than the depression low of
1932 and about 25 per cent less than
1929.
He said net income—what the
farmer has after paying taxes, labor
and production and depreciation
costs—would be $4,538,000,000 this
year, compared with $1,492,000,000
in 1932.
Gross income—cash income plus
the value of products used on the
farm — will mount to $9,200,000,-
000, he added, a figure 72 per cent
larger than in 1932 and about 23
per cent below 1929.
LITTLE ROBERT LEE
BATSON DIES AT HIS
HOME IN HILTON
Robert Lee Batson, five-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Batson,
died at the family home near Hil
ton about noon Tuesday, after an
illness of eig+»t days. The funeral
services for the little boy were held
Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock at
Cedar Springs, with the Rev. W. T.
Wiley officiating. Interment was
in Cedar Springs cemetery, with the
J. J. White Funeral Home in charge.
Serving as pall-bearers were Ed
Glass, Melvin Glass, George Batson,
and Felix Batson, all relatives of
the deceased. Surviving are his
parents; one brother, Otho Batson;
and five sisters, Gladys, Beatrice,
Jeanette, Pearline and Geraldine
Batson. These have the sympathy
of friends in their bereavement.
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Georgians Urged
To Prospect For
New Type Clay
(By Georgia News Service)
Motor oil refiners are turning
from Fuller’s earth to Bentronitic
types of clay recently discovered in
the west, according to state geologist
Richard W. Smith. This state also
has deposits of the Bentonitic type
and “further prospecting should be
done at once in the favorable areas
if Georgia is to retain her leader
ship in the production of bleaching
clays,” he said.
He said deposits east of Americus
and north of Vienna, in Dooly coun
ty, “may be worthy of attention.”
The geological survey party re
ported Bentonite-like clays were
found in the Flint River formation in
Crisp, Dougherty, Dooly, Macon and
Sumter counties. Certain of these
beds, Smith said, may meet commer
cial requirements.
Other deposits were discovered in
the Thomasville and Quitman areas
near the present Fuller-earth mines,
south of Bainbridge.
Fuller’s earth deposits in the vicini
ty of Macon are mined largely for
use as a fulter material in the re
fining of cotton seed and other vege
table oils.
SCHOOL CELEBRATIONS
Christmas programs in which the
student body of the Blakely school
participated were presented in all
the rooms Friday from 11 to 12
o’clock.
Under the supervision of Mrs.
Phinazee, the eleventh grade pre
sented a lovely Christmas play at
the regular chapel hour.
The first grade room was a
scene of joyous activity. After all
the presents from each other were
taken from the tree, Mrs. Freeman
gave them hers, which were darling
dolls to the little girls and airplanes
to the boys.
The second grade, under Mrs.
Baggs, presented a program to a
large number of parents and visi
tors. The tree was quite a-gleam
ing with its electric and crystal
lights. Tables held gifts made by
the children for their parents. Each
desk held baskets of candies, nuts,
fruits and other delicacies. The
many pictures and handwork of the
children beautified the room. Mrs.
Curtis Middleton, Mrs. Tolar, Mrs.
Dunning, Mrs. Leger, Mrs. Webb,
Mrs. A. D. Harriss and Mrs. Grady
Smith assisted Mrs. Baggs in dis
tributing gifts. The following pro
gram was rendered:
No Christmas—Reading.
Santa Land (Song)—By Grade.
Old Santa—Reading.
Play Land—Chorus.
Who Fills Our Stockings?—Read
ing.
Reindeer Hoofs—Song.
Dance—Carol Beckham and Bill
Peters.
Christmas Joy—Chorus.
WANTED— Next week, 50 tons
of good peanut hay, at $5.00 per
ton. BLAKELY PEANUT CO.
BEST WISHES
To Our Many
Customers and Friends
for a
Very Merry Christmas
and a
Happy and Prosperous
New Year
MRS. MURDOCK’S
FLOWER SHOP
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
STUDENT NIGHT PROGRAM
METHODIST CHURCH,
DEC. 27, 1936, 7:00 P. M.
Johnny Williams, presiding;
Eleanor Loback, arranging special
music and at the piano.
Hymn: All Hail the Power of
Jesus’ Name.
Prayer: Bradley Bridges.
Scripture Reading:
1. Luke 22:39-44—Marjorie Stan
difer.
2. Eccl. 12:1—Norman Alexander.
3. Romans 12:1-2—Janet Mann.
4. Galatians 2:2o—Ralph Hobbs,
Jr.
Hymn: I Am Thine, O Lord.
Recognition of Students.
Five Minute Talks:
1. The Need of Positive Christian
Living in Preparation for College—
Sarah King;
2. What It Means to Be a Positive
Christian in College—A. J. Single
tary;
3. My Anticipation of Positive
Christian Living After Graduation
—Beth Fryer.
Song: I’ll Go Where You Want
Me to Go.
Closing Prayer: Wilbur Bryant.
WORK STARTED ON NEW
GULF SERVICE STATION
Work was begun the past week on
a new filling station on the west
side of Cuthbert street, just south
of the Fryer Funeral Home. The
station, which will be modern in
every respect, is being erected by
the Gulf Refining Co., and will be
operated by Messrs. Robert and Bert
Puckett.
NO MEETING OF ROTARY
CLUB THIS WEEK
The Rotary Club will not hold a
meeting today because of the busi
ness rush incident to the Christmas
holidays. Last week’s meeting reg
istered a 100 per cent attendance,
and after the luncheon, routine busi
ness matters were discussed, with
President Bill Grist in charge. Dr.
Henry Sherman, of New York, was
a guest of Rotarian J. B. Jones.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to in this way express my
sincere appreciation to the many
friends who offered their assistance
in my effort to secure the janitor’s
position at the new postoffice. Al
though turned down for physical
reason, I nevertheless appreciate
your kindness.
CRAWFORD WILLIAMS
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CHANCELLOR SANFORD
URGES STATE TO USE
MORE RAW MATERIALS
(By Georgia News Service)
Tifton, Ga.—ln an address here
last week, Chancellor S. V. Sanford,
of the Georgia University System,
called for training of the state’s
young people to increase industrial
uses of Georgia’s many raw ma
terials.
With President Harmon W. Cald
well, of the University of Georgia,
Dr. Sanford took part in the dedica
tion of two new buildings at the
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural Col
lege here.
“Among the aims of the Univer
sity system”, he declared, “one is
to train the minds of the youths
of this state to do research work
with Georgia’s abundant raw ma
terials so that we may prevent send
ing out of this state our raw ma
terials for a trifle and paying rubies
and emerals in return for the finish
ed products.”
Dr. Caldwell declared one of the
primary objectives of the university
system was “to prepare the youth
of this state to meet the trend of the
modern age.”
SERVICE STATIONS TO
CLOSE AFTERNOON ON
CHRISTMAS DAY
Notice is given in the advertising
columns of The News that the fol
lowing service stations will be closed
on Christmas (Friday) afternoon:
Knighton’s Service Station, Robin
son’s Service Station, Grist’s Service
Station, Owen’s Service Station,
Duke’s Service Station, and Dav
enport’s Service Station. They re
quest that the public have their
cars serviced before the noon hour
on Friday.
SIMS BROTHERS ARE
KILLED IN MISHAP
NEAR GORDON, ALA.
Gordon, Ala. —Two brothers from
Blakely, Ga., Moody Sims, 26, and
Grady Sims, 18, were killed here
Sunday in an automobile accident.
Officers reported the brothers were
standing by their parked automobile
when another car smashed into it
and knocked it over them. The
bodies were taken to Dothan, Ala.
The News has been unable to
learn any further details of the
accident recorded in the above dis
patch from Monday’s daily papers.
FOR SALE— Two large young
horse mules. MRS. S. A. LEE.
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