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Unnecessary, Careless
Breaking of Holly May
Exterminate This Plant
Unnecessary and careless breaking
of holly and other lovely plants for
Christmas decorating is not only an
immediate waste but may eventually
lead to complete extermination of
these plants, according to H. W.
Harvey, landscape specialist with the
state Agricultural Extension ServJ
ice.
The broken stubs that remain often
serve as points of infection for dis
ease-rotting fungi to enter the tree
and destroy it, he explained. Harvey
urges persons who own woodlands
to take every step possible to pro
tect the trees, and to harvest the
holly needed for decoration by care
fully cutting the small branches and
twigs needed for decorations.
In cutting these twigs, he said,
be careful io cut close to another
branch or to a bud so that new
growth will heal over the injured
spot quickly and smoothly. He also
discouraged the use of holly for
Christmas trees, and recommended
the pine or cedar or any other of
the more plentiful narrow-leafed
evergreens.
If one wants red berries for
use in the making of wreaths
or sprays for Christmas decorations,
Harvey suggested that they use the
berries from Privet plants and dip
them in red paint. Berries from the
Ligustrums and other plants can also
be so used as good substitutes for
holly berries.
Along with holly, we also need to
make a special effort to protect the
lovely so-called Yaupon, or Christ
mas berry, or Cassena berry, which
is found in many sections of the
coastal plains of Georgia, Harvey
said.
If any of these plants are to be
transplanted to home grounds as
living Christmas trees, it is better
to use small trees and to prune them
back quite severely, he added.
SMITH-CHAMBLISS
The News has just learned of the
marriage, on December 6th, of Mr.
Curtis Smith to Miss Irma Cham
bliss, both of Hilton. The Rev. W.
T. Wiley officiated. Friends of
these young Early countians extend
congratulations and best wishes.
Try CARDUI For
Functional Monthly Paint
Women from the ’teen age to the
change of life have found Cardul
genuinely helpful for the relief of
functional monthly pains due to lack
of just the right strength from the
food they eat. Mrs. Crlt Haynes, of
Essex, Mo, writes: "I used Cardul
when * girl for cramps and found it vary
beneficial. I have recently taken Cardul
during the change of Use. I was very ner
vous. had head and back pains and was In
a generally run-down condition. Cardul
has helped me greatly.”
Thousands of women testify Cardul bene
fited them. If It doos not benefit YOU.
consult a physician.
CLOSING
NOTICE
The undersigned Service Stations
will be closed in the afternoon on Christ
mas Day. Have your car serviced in
the morning. We will appreciate your
co-operation that we may enjoy a half
holiday.
Robinson's Service Station,
Grist Service Station,
Owen’s Service Station,
Duke's Service Station,
Davenport's Service Station,
Knighton's Service Station.
Permanent CCC
Program Urged
By Director
(By Georgia News Service)
Robert Fechner, director of emer
gency conservation work, recom
mended last week that the Civilian
Conservation Corps program be made
permanent.
In his annual report Mr. Fechner
pointed out that 12,000 young men
left the CCC for outside jobs each
month in 1936, and that an enroll
ment of 378,467 was shown for the
year.
“As long as there are young men,
eager to work, yet idle through no
fault of their own,’’ he said, “the
CCC can continue to be an effective
part of our national policy, because
the work of conservation which needs
doing is so great as to be able to
use, for many years, the services of
many men.
“The average boy who has served
a few months in the corps is much
more likely to get and hold a job
than he would have been without
his training in the corps.”
“UP THE HILL TO PARADISE”
TO BE PRESENTED AT
SPRINGFIELD CHURCH
“Up th Hill to Paradise,” a play,
will be given at the Springfield
Free Will Baptist church on Friday
night, January 1, 1937. Cast of
characters: Abbie Field, Mrs. Alton
Mercer; Hester Field, Doris Prince;
Alabaster (cook), Eurice Drake;
Herbert Sax, Dorsey Barbree; Evy
Field, Mrs. Blackshear Davis; Rob
ert Hall, Wilber Evans; Baldwin El
lis, Ralph Dykes; Geraldine Evange
line Elvira Jones, Jewell Torbert;
Annie Brown Sax, Dorcas Newber
ry; Muggsy Wood, Eldridge Riley;
Mrs. Sax, Eunice King.
BEST PORK COMES
FROM MEDIUM HOGS
IN GOOD CONDITION
The best pork comes from hogs
that have been put in good condi
tion for butchering, according to J.
E. Leger, County Agent, and Jones
Purcell, swine specialist with the
Agricultural Extension Service.
Hogs that are eating regularly
and gaining in weight are consider
ed healthy and will usually produce
quality pork. They should be in
good condition, well finished, weigh
ing from 200 to 240 pounds live
| weight, and 6 to 10 months old.
i The best pork comes from hogs
that are neither too old or too
young, too fat or too thin, they
point out. Hogs weighing from 200
to 240 pounds usually cut up with
less waste, the meat will be more
tender, have a finer texture and a
better proportion cf fat and lean.
Meat from a thin hog is usually
tough, lacking in fat and juiciness
and less palatable than from one that
is well finished.
Extremely fat hogs do not make
the best quality of cured meat as
the proportion of fat and lean is not
well balance. Hogs may be slaugh
tered at any age, but young hogs
produce soft meat that does not
cure out well or keep as good as
that from old hogs.
For further information, see your
County Agent or write the Agricul
tural Extension Service, Athens, for
bulletin number 448, “The Farm
Pork Supply.”
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
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Pen Portraits of Blakely
People
If you could take every man, boy,
woman or girl in our fair city and
combine all their vices and virtues
in one being, what would this being
resemble? There are probably a mil
lion possibilities, but this is my imagi
nary portrait of Blakely People: This
person is about average size and pre
sents a very pleasing appearance. He
is good natured and most of the time
you can depend on a cheery greeting
when you encounter him on the
streets. He is kind to strangers, and
among his greatest virtues is his
liberality in lending a helping hand
to those who are “down and out”.
Indeed, for this reason, he is often
taken advantage of by those seeking
to make a livelihood in some way
other than by working. This imagi
nary person is not what you would
call a Church-goer, but he is soundly
religious. His intelligence is at least
average, and I am tempted to say
above the average. He likes a good
show and believes in enjoying three
square meals a day. I would not
think all the characteristics are good,
for they are not. It will be found
that he is sometimes slightly fond of
beverages slightly stronger than tea
or coffee, and his worst fault is gos
siping, pure unadulterated gossip,
and attempting to conduct his neigh
bor’s affairs. All in all, the “Blake
ly People” are essentially human.
* • *
We’ve all read about racketeering
but we have enver given serious
thought to such a subject as related
to our part of the state. But the
truth is, we might have to cope with
this identical problem in the near
future. In one town, not far from
here, there is an organized force
which causes operators of illegal busi
ness to pay dues for “protection”.
It seems that a certain popular
city official has a brother, wjjo by
virtue of his brother’s popularity or
political power, forces the houses to
pay regularly, and in the event that
the dues are not paid, in a few days
the paper will bear the news to the
public that a certain building caught
fire and burned up, the cause of the
fire not being known. Will this form
of crime invade Blakely? Who can
tell.
* * *
Being too good has its drawbacks.
Now take the case of Alabama, for
instance. They have won repeatedly
in the New Year’s Classic, and those
big men from the West get tired of
that, so this year they chose Pitts
burg. Won’t it be funny if Pitts
burg wins?
* * *
This Christmas could not be im
proved on except in one way. It
ought to be punishable with 100 years
and a day for anyone to shoot those
darned firecrackers. It is nothing
but a sign of not being completely
civilized. Here’s wishing everyone
of you (except the firecracker shoot
ers) a very merry Christmas and may
your happiness increase as each
new day is born. “Amblin’ Along”
says MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Oil From Swordfish
The swordfish, joining the ranks of
the cod and the halibut, produces a
liver oil rich in vitamin A tnd D.
HIGHWAY CONTRACTS
TOTALLING $250,000
TO BE LET DEC. 9
(By Georgia News Service)
The State Highway Board is ad
vertising seven construction projects,
totalling $250,000, which will be let
on December 29. This will be the
final letting for the year 1936.
The projects consist of twenty
four miles of paving and surfacing,
approximately five miles of grading,
and three bridges. The largest
bridge to be contracted for is over
the Chattahoochee River on the high
way between Atlanta and Douglas
ville.
Chairman W. E. Wilburn, of the
State Highway Board, said the $250,-
000 estimate included some projects
which are not yet ready for adver
tising.
Projects already advertised for
are in Bryan, Fulton, Douglas, Ma
con, Troup and White counties.
FOR SALE— 7SO pound steer,
broke to work. CURTIS L. MID
DLETON.
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OUR THANKS
I wish to express my sincere appreciation for
the liberal patronage you have given Weaver’s
Cash and Carry during the short time this
popular new store has been open to the
public. I cordially invite a continuance of
your business in 1937.
And at this glad Yuletide season, may 1
add that I wish for each and every one of you
A MERRY CHRISTMAS
and
A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Ralph Scarborough, Mgr.
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