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Blakely, Ga., December 24. 1936
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(LUKE 2:1-10)
Now it came to pass in those
days, there went out a decree
from Caesar Augustus, that all
the world should be enrolled.
This was the first enrollment
made when Quirinius was gov
ernor of Syria. And all went
to enroll themselves, every
one to his own city. And Jos
eph also went up from Galilee,
out of the city of Nazareth,
into Judaea, to the city of Da
vid, which is called Bethle
hem, because he was of the
house and family of David;
to enroll himself with Mary,
who was betrothed to him,
being great with child. And
it came to pass, while they
were there, the days were ful
filled that she should deliver.
And she brought forth her
first-born son; and she wrap
ped him in swaddling clothes,
and laid him in a manger, be
cause there was no room for
them in the inn.
And there were shepherds
in the same country abiding in
the field, and keeping watch
by night over their flock. And
an angel of the Lord stood by
them; and they were sore
afraid. But the angel said
unto them, Be not afraid, for
behold, I bring you good tid
ings of great joy which shall
be to all the people; for there
is born to you this day in the
city of David a Saviour, which
is a babe wrapped in swad
dling clothes, and lying in a
manger. And suddenly there
was with the angel a multi
tude of the heavenly host
praising God and saying,
Glory to God in the highest,
And on earth peace among men
in whom he is well pleased.
And it came to pass, when
the angels went away from
them into heaven, the shep
herds said one to another,
Let us now go even unto Beth
lehem, and see this thing
which is come to pass, which
the Lord hath made known
unto us. And they came w r ith
haste, and found Mary and
Joseph, and the babe lying in
the manger. And when they
saw it, they made known con
cerning the saying which was
spoken to them about the
child. And all that heard it
wondered at the things which
were spoken unto them by the
shepherds. But Mary kept all
these sayings, pondering them
in her heart. And the shep
herds returned, glorifying and
praising God for all the things
they had heard and seen,
even as it was spoken unto
them.
THE PRESS
RAMBLER
A style note says evening dresses
will be shortened to knee length by
next summer, with belts somewhat
below the waist-line. If women’s
dress styles are to change that rad
ically in such a short time, what can
we expect of 1937 in other ways?—
Cairo Messenger.
Fall River, Mass., knew it was not
licked when the depression deprived
it of factories, so it organized and
got new industries and new folks and
is now on a real boom. You never
can do anything by laying down and
giving up and by the way it looked
fairly hopeless in Fall River.—Thom
asville Times-Enterprise.
The department of commerce re
veals that the nation’s taste for lux
uries is keeping pace with business
prosperity, more jewels, more furs,
more automobiles and more luxury
merchandise being-bought now than
at any time since pre-depression
boom days. In that case, we are
exactly where we started. —Dawson
News.
America has its romance problem,
too. Attaches of the American dip
lomatic corps have been notified that
they must not marry aliens while in
the service. Also, any one married
to an alien is disqualified for the
service. Evidently the State De
partment desines that our foreign
representation be truly American. —
Tifton Gazette.
Here is a definition of the differ
ence between a “farmer” and an
“agriculturalist” as given by H. A.
Bruce, lieutenant governor of On
tairo, himself a son of the soil: “A
farmer makes his money on the farm
and spends it in the city. An ag
riculturist makes his money in the
city and spends it on the farm.”—
Sylvester Local.
There will be tax raises by the next
legislature. The people of Georgia
have ordered it. It stands to reason
that improved schools and old age
pensions cannot be had with the
state’s present income. Here is our
guess for additional revenue; Allo
cate all state ad valorem tax to the
common school fund, and revise the
state income tax law. That’s only
a guess and its ours. You are en
titled to yours, so go ahead and make
it.—Lavonia Gazette.
There are all kinds of motorists,
and those we hear about most are
the worst kind. There has been a
deluge of unpleasant stories about
the callousness of drivers who run
over a pet animal, or even a child,
and then run away. Here’s some
thing different. There comes along
a true story of a driver who, pass
ing through a small town, accidental
ly killed a little fox terrier. He
stopped and began inquiring about
the dog’s ownership. After several
hours’ search, he discovered the
two children to whom it belonged.
He drove back to his own city, 40
miles away, and returned the same
afternoon with another dog almost
exactly duplicating the oije killed.
And were those children apprecia
tive? And didn’t it pay that man
himself, to do so decent a thing
regardless of time and trouble,
when he might have run away with
a guilty conscience?—The Fitzger
ald Herald.
The sap is down now. It is time
for planting dogwoods. The time
extends for another couple of months,
but the sooner the transplanting is
done the better. Forestry experts
urge that highway, public parks,
parkings, yards and neighborhood
roads should be planted and we Geor
gians know the beauty that results
from this planting. Dogwoods have
been victimized both for their utility
and their beauty. Any rustic darky
will tell you that a dogwood brush
broom is the best he can get to
sweep clean the red clay of his cabin.
Any motorist will tell you that the
lovely white blossoms in spring are
irresistible and that he cuts a few
to decorate the living room. Many
utilitarians will assure you, too, that
dogwood is in demand for spindles,
shuttles, blocks, spools, bobbins,
mauls, handles and wedges. But dog
wood grows magnificently. Any of
our tree-grown areas will be found
plentiful with dogwood seedlings.
What we need is generous planting
to replace those trees which have
been destroyed by age, cutting or
timbering. If we plant our dogwoods
continuously there will be plenty to
supply brush brooms and spindles,
vases and wedges. Nature of the
dogwood is generous. All that is re
quired is our faithful co-operative
planting.—Kingsland Gazette.
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
GEORGIA’S GRAND-DADS
By Lee S. Trimble, Exec. Vice-Pres.
and Manager, Macon (Ga.) Cham
ber of Commerce.
Those who travel over the State
and who look about with apprecia
tive, seeing eyes will find sights that
stir memories and breed dreams of
days departed. Fairly often, along
country roads, the traveler comes
upon an old home, usually ramshackle
and either abandoned or occupied by
careless tenants, but the setting and
the surroundings speak eloquently
of better days.
There are yet scores of these old
places over the State, ghosts of a
long-gone era when the countryside
was being settled and when the agri
culture of the region was in its
prime. Other scores of like buildings
have been either burned or torn away
and in a few years all may be gone.
In those days the population tend
ed to gather in communities or “set
tlements”, and each had its leading
citizens. Such a man had to be
superior in judgment and mentality,
for men, as with animals, yield only
to quality in leadership.
This citizen was more prosperous
than most; built himself a big house
on a commanding spot, and lived up
to his station as leader.
These pioneers were strong, truth
ful honest, law-abiding, church-going
men, for the times demanded these
standards. With what contempt
would those old-timers regard the
weak, milk-and-water standards of
today! The shiftless tenant-farming
or moon-shining on the acres that
they so hardily brought into use
would be condemned deservedly.
Lesser men came to these country
squires for advice and assistance,
while we can imagine swarms of kins
folk coming in on them periodically.
It was a period of feudalism and
feudalism, wisely administered, is one
of the best forms of governmfent
that the world has yet seen.
It is a solid achievment to become
a leader of thought and action both
then and now, but especially then
while mental ability took second
place as compared to the stern quali
ties of character.
As prosperity returns, which will
again vitalize country life in Georgia,
let us hope that it will become fash
ionable for those financially able to
take over and restore these fine
old homes and sites to their former
grandeur.
The machine age furnishes much
and brings many enjoyments, but no
machine can restore the spirit of
hardy initiative that characterized
these Georgians of a century ago.
The marks of their efforts that re
main should be preserved for they
wrought well, as proven by the dura
bility of their buildings, their insti
tutions and their memories.
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Along with the other good crops
this year there is a good crop of
game. Those who have been out
with their guns have had unusual
success. More quail than usual,
more ducks than usual and more
turkeys. The doves have not
reached the peak of their season,
but early arrivals indicate that there
will be a large number of them in
mid-winter. Maybe we are reaping
benefits from the efforts in recent
years towards game conservation.—
Moultrie Observer.
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A HALF CENTURY AGO TODAY
Some Things of Interest That Happened
(Excerpt* from Early County New*
of December 22, 1886.)
MR. W. C. BROWN is down from
Fort Gaines this week.
COL. CLARENCE WILSON, of
?ort Gaines, was in Blakely this
week.
REV. J. D. MAULDEN and fam
ily left on Tuesday last for their
new home in Sylvania.
MISS Beulah Nixon and Mr. John
Harrison, of Arlington, were united
in marriage on the 14th inst., Rev.
J. D. Maulden officiating.
PROGRAM of the exercises at
the Christmas Tree entertainment
Tuesday, the 28th inst.: Calisthen
ics and Pantomine, Misses Mary
Ashley Hightower, Genie Harris,
Berta Smith, Rosa Powers, Lillie
Fryer, Henrie Chipstead, Gertie
Jones, Ella Jones, Sallie Cartledge,
Lena Fryer, Pearl Wade, Emmie
Howard; Recitation, Miss Hope Ew
ell; Recitation, Mrs. W. W. Flem
ing, Jr.; Reading, Mrs. J. A. Mc-
Gregor. The exercises will take
place at the Blakely Academy.
THE Early County Agricultural
Society convened on Saturday, with
J. B. Hobbs president and W. W.
Fleming, Sr., secretary. The elec
tion of officers resulted as follows:
President, J. B. Hobbs; Vice Presi
dents, B. L. Mclntosh and W. B.
Womble; Secretary, W. W. Flem
ing, Sr. The following were select
ed to entertain the Society, Janu
ary to December: W. A. McDowell,
W. A. Boyett, G. W. Cherry, B. L.
Mclntosh, J. P. Lane, L. E. Black,
H. J. Hayes, D. M. Wade, H. Car
michael, C. R. Fields, W. B. Wom
ble. Delegates to the Georgia Agri
cultural Society were elected as
follows: Spring session, H. C. Fry
er, S. W. McGlamory, W. A. Mc-
Dowell; Summer session, J. B. Hobbs,
W. H. Stuckey, W. W. Fleming, Sr.
THEFAMIIV
Mdoctor
-AirJOHN JOSEPH GAINES, M.D.
ADHESIONS, SOMETIMES VERY REAL
Many of my lady patients have
had, at one time or another, an op
eration for disease within the ab
dominal cavity. Removal of tumors,
diseased ovaries or appendices—
these operations involve exploration
within the body, and, frequently
leave after the most skilled surgery
—adhesions.
“Have I adhesions?” The ques
tion has been asked of me many
times. Well, if your bodily functions
normally, you need not worry. Con
stipation after an operation for ap
pendicitis does not necessarily mean
that the bowel is bound down by an
adhesion. An adhesion is the grow
ing together of structures in the
abdomen that should not grow to
gether. I have seen many cases of
“adhesion” from the rupture—and
later recovery—of an abscess of the
tube or ovary that ran its course
without operation.
Fifty Years Ago.
MRS. W. C. COOK and baby have
returned from Bluffton.
MISS Minnie Shewmake, of Saf
fold, is visiting relatives in Blakely
this week.
MR. S. MANUEL, of Blakely, and
Miss Annie Lee Lewis, daughter of
Mr. R. A. Lewis, of the 6th district,
were married on Sunday last. Rev.
D. P. McDonald performed the cere
mony.
TWO TICKETS for the munici
pal election are now offered, as
follows: One with W. A. McDoweU,
T. F. Jones, T. M. Howard, G. D.
Oliver, E. L. Fryer; another with D.
W. James, J. A. McGregor, W. A.
Jordan, G. D. Oliver, E. L. Fryer.
CEDAR SPRINGS DOTS, by H.
G. A.: “Miss Lizzie Lee left Monday
for Atlanta . . . Rev. Sam Eley fill
ed the appointment of Rev. C. C.
Martin last Sunday at the Free
Will church . . . Col. R. H. Sheffield
was down from Blakely this week . .
Mrs. Julia A. Porter and Master
Gene Porter are visiting in Fort
Gaines this week . . . Mr. A. P. Hays,
of Columbia, Ala., is over to our
burg this week . . . W. A. Howard
& Co. have purchased the Kirkland
mill and gin . . . Mr. J. L. Dickin
son, of Steam Mill, has bought and
shipped this season nearly 1400 bales
of cotton ... Mr. J. L. Brooks is
making preparation to build himself
a dwelling in our little city . . Rev.
A. E. Carraway preached his fare
well sermon here last Sunday night
. . , On Thursday, the 16th inst., at
the residence of Mr. W. A. Howard,
Mr. J. W. Baughman and Miss Edna
E. Howard were joined in the holy
bonds of matrimony, Rev. A. E. Car
raway officiating. Attendants in
cluded Miss Ida Sheffield and Mr.
George C. Porter; Miss Belle How
ard and Mr. H. G. Anglin; Miss
Minnie Porter and Mr. N. A. Wat
son; Miss Emily Mosely and Mr. O.
H. Sheffield.”
Bowel-walls and peritoneal sur
faces grow together very quickly un
der certain contacts by sutures or
forced pressure. Where a very mark
ed stricture of the intestinal canal
is produced, it may be necessary to
re-open the abdomen and release the
band closure.
It is a very serious error to con
clude that a masseur or hand mani
pulator can break loose adhesions—
whether real or imaginary. Rarely
should a surgical abdomen be subject
ed to hand manipulation, and even
then the display of elbow grease
marks the ignoramus who is capable
of doing serious injury.
A few minor adhesions cause only
slight pain; it is only those that
narrow the caliber of the bowel and
interfere with normal evaculations
that need the attention of your care
ful physician.
ffIOMORROW’C!
. S-U-N 0
BY ROGERS WINTER
Newspaper Features, Inc.
A newspaper is an interesting
thing. This newspaper reports to
you in this edition a hundred things
you will read and enjoy. There are
the items about your neighbors and
about events in this county that
every man and woman wants to
know, also happenings of national
and world-wide interest. Then there
are the advertisements. We are in
terested in the advertisements be
cause they tell us about things we
want to buy. We pay a small price
for our newspaper and the adver
tiser pays a small price for the priv
ilege of advertising their merchan
dise. The subscription price is not
enough to pay for printing the pa
per, but neither is the advertising
price enough. Added together they
make it possible for us to have a
newspaper. Logically to support our
newspaper we must pay our subscrip
tion and buy from the advertisers.
According to an item in Reader’s
Digest by Morris Markey, formerly a
Georgia newspaper man, Sears,
Roebuck & Company bought virtual
ly all of their goods up until 1929
from firms in a few large cities.
Today little towns in Georgia are
down for million dollar orders. Lit
tle towns in Tennessee, and Penn
sylvania, Maryland and Indiana
one-factory towns for the most
part—are making the huge bill of
goods the mail order company buys.
Eighty per cent of the total pur
chases of the company now come
from towns with less than 40,000
population; not a few such towns,
but scores of them.
This is a fine thing for the small
communities. Certainly this firm
should buy in the communities it
sells to. Essentially Sears, Roebuck
& Company sells to the rural com
munities. But do they know that
they can profitably use this newspa
per to reach the large market of
potential customers that have more
cash money to spend than anytime
in years?
This improved financial condition
of the small communities was strik
ingly illustrated a few days ago in
a full page advertisement in the
Warrenton Clipper, Warrenton, War
ren county, Georgia, in which The
Citizens Bank pridefully announced
that at the close of business Decem
ber 7 it had on deposit $1,006,408.46
of the citizens’ money. It was the
first time in the history of the coun
ty that a bank had achieved a mil
lion dollars in deposits. That shows
our small communities have money
to spend.
Our Atlanta representatives, News
paper Features, Inc., have our paper
on file, have our rate card, circula
tion, population and other data of
our county which is thoroughly cov
ered by this newspaper. It would
seem equitable that our home-town
paper be given it* *hare of adverti*-
ing from national concerns who sell
so much merchandise to our citizens
and subscribers.
The power of the weekly newspa
pers of Georgia has never been
properly gauged. Let u* combine
our strength behind any good piece
of legislation or any forward-looking
project and we are certain to win.
Let u* oppose anything that we
sincerely believe to be to the detri
ment of our state and our county
and we can not lose.
Recently in Atlanta, Mark Ether
idge, general manager of the Louis
ville (Ky.) Courier-Journal, criti
cised “another publisher, owner so
one of the chain newspaper groups,
who resorted to the cheap threat of
a Red scare to frighten the Ameri
can people . . . That publisher, hav
ing exhausted his vocabulary of ven
om, made, within two weeks after
the election, the most amazing and
cowardly crawl in newspaper his
tory. How can he, or any other
publisher so guilty, expect the pub
lic to believe what his newspapers
say, or to credit him with any sin
cerity in the advocacy of what he
calls principles?” asks Mr. Etheridge.
Tomorrow’s Sun believes in the
integrity of the newspapers of the
people of Georgia. We believe we
mirror the sentiment of the vast ru
ral population of the state, and that
is the population which honestly
represents the sentiment of the state,
when we say that our own newspa
pers know us and our problems and t
they reflect our sentiment and mer
it our support.
If we are going to have outside
interests, non-resident capitalists in
our midst, we have a right to de
mand that they lend a reasonable
support to our institutions. And your
newspaper is your institution just
as much as your court house or your
consolidated school! After all, we’re
just plain folks together working for
the good of our county and our
state.