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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXVI NO. 20
NEWLY ELECTED
COUNTY OFFICERS
TO ASSUME POSTS
NEW FACES TO BE SEEN IN
OFFICIAL FAMILY AS NEW
YEAR BEGINS
Tomorrow (Friday), January 1,
will witness some changes in the
personnel of the county officers of
Early.
Mr. Bert Tarver, nominated in
the last primary and elected in No
vember, will become clerk of the
superior court of Early county. Mr.
Tarver succeeds Mr. J. E. Beckham,
who has held the office for twelve
years. Mr. Tarver is perhaps the
youngest official ev:er elected
to office in this county. He has
announced that Miss Pauline Eu
banks, of this city, will be his dep
uty clerk. He will also have asso
ciated with him Miss Lois Prevatt,
of Cairo, who has held a deputy’s
position in the superior court clerk’s
office in Grady county for a number
of years.
Mr. C. L. Gibson will on Friday
become School Superintendent of
Early county, having been elected
to that post by the voters of this
county. He will succeed Mrs. Mc-
Arthur Jones, who has served twelve
years as superintendent. Mr. Gib
son was formerly a teacher in the
Early county schools.
Mr. James W. Bonner, member of
the local bar, will begin a full four
year term as Judge of the City
Court of Blakely, to which position
he was elected by Early countians
in the last election. Mr. Bonner
has been serving as Judge of the
City Court since the death of the
late Judge R. H. Sheffield under
appointment of Governor Talmadge.
The Board of Codnty Commission
ers to assume office on January 1
includes only one member of the
present Board, this being Mr. C. E.
Martin, of Hilton, who will repre
sent the Freeman, Rock Hill and Lu
cile districts. Other Commissioners
include Mr. H. C. Fort, representing
the Blakely and Cuba districts; Mr.
J. C. Balkcom, representing the Co
lomokee and Urquhart districts;
Just a
Cordial Greeting
We cannot close the year satis
factorily to ourselves without
an expression of gratitude to
you who have made our business
possible.
In a spirit of thankfulness, we
extend greetings and our very
best wishes for the New Year.
In the hope that we may be priv
ileged to serve all our friends,
and many new ones as well, dur
ing 1937, we are making plans
for even better service and val
ues than we have given in the
past.
T. K. Weaver & Co.
“BLAKELY’S ONLY COMPLETE STORE”
Con nt n
LYNCHINGS IN
U. S. IN 1936 ARE
LESS THAN IN 1935
MARKED DECREASE IS SHOWN
FROM PREVIOUS YEARS,
RECORDS SHOW
Lynchings during the current
year have shown a marked decrease
from 1935, according to records
compiled by F. D. Patterson, presi
dent of Tuskegee Normal and In
dustrial Institute.
According to these records,
there were 9 persons lynched in
1936. This is 11 less than the num
ber 20 for 1935; 6 less than the
number 15 for 1934; and 19 less
than the number 28 for 1933. 6
of the persons lynched were in the
hands of the law; 2 were taken from
jails, and 4 from officers of the law
outside of jails.
There were 35 instances in which
officers of the law prevented lynch
ings. 5 of these were in Northern
States and 30 in Southern States.
In 30 of the instances the prisoners
were removed or the guards aug
mented or other precautions taken.
In the 5 other instances, armed force
was used to repel the would-be lynch
ers. A total of 69 persons, 7 white
and 62 Negro, were thus saved from
death at the hands of mobs.
Os the 9 persons lynched all
were Negroes. The offenses charg
ed were: rape 3; attempted rape, 3;
murder, 1; activity in share crop
per’s strike, 1; charge not reported,
1.
The states in which lynchings oc
curred and the number in each state
are as follows: Arkansas, 2; Florida,
1; Georgia 5; Mississippi, 1.
Mr. W. R. Pullen, representing the
Arlington and Damascus districts,
and Mr. L. H. Baughman, represent
ing the Jakin and Cedar Springs dis
tricts.
The new Board is expected to
meet Tuesday and name the County
Warden, County Attorney, and oth
er appointive officials for the com
ing year.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts—“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead?*
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31, 1936.
Urged to Make
Reservations For
Inaugural Special
All persons who desire to join
the official party and make the trip
to Washington to witness the inaug
ural ceremonies are urged to make
train reservations at once. Due to
the fact that practically every
state in the union is planning a
large delegation to participate in
the inauguration the pullman com
pany will be crowded to capacity
and it will be practically impossible
to get reservations at the last
minute.
The official party, headed by Gov
ernor and Mrs. Rivers, will leave
Atlanta on the night of January 18
by Seaboard Airline special train.
The party will live in pullman res
ervations while in Washington, as
hotel reservations are so hard to
get—and so expensive, too. The
party will leave Washington early
on the morning of January 21 for
the return trip.
Details of the trip have been
worked out carefully so that those
who join the party will be able to
have a glorious time without great
financial outlay. The following rate
schedule is quoted the party:
each
1 person to upper berth $33.15
1 person to lower berth $35.05
2 persons to lower berth $30.30
2 persons to compartment $38.85
2 persons to drawingroom $42.65
3 persons to drawing room —. $36.95
The above rates include round
trip train and pullman fares and
occupancy of cars while in Wash
ington.
The time in which to secure pull
man reservations is now very short.
Tickets must be purchased before
January tenth. All Georgians who
are desirous of making this trip
with the official family are urged
to get in touch with Mr. Pleasants
of the Seaboard Airline, Atlanta,
Ga., immediately.
INCREASE SHOWN IN
POSTAL RECEIPTS AT
BLAKELY OFFICE
The postal receipts at the Blake
ly postiffce during the holiday sea
son were considerably heavier than
in 1935, according to Postmaster J.
G. Butler. Not only during the
Christmas season were the receipts
heavier, but the year 1936 will show
a substantial gain over 1935.
Figures for the year are not yet
complete, but it is estimated they
will show an increase of from 10 to
12 per cent over a year ago, Post
master Butler stated.
The postmaster also announced
that the transfer from the present
office to the handsome new building
will be made about January 15. The
building is completed, but some of
the new fixtures have not yet been
received and installed and the trans
fer will not be made until everything
is in readiness, it is stated.
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pletion. Below, the District of Columbia “1937-Inaugural” auto-plate.
Ball-Ainsworth Co.
Is Sold to Messrs.
Maddox, Whitehurst
The Ball-Ainsworth Hardware Co.,
one of the larger and older busi
nesses of Blakely, has been sold to
Messrs. S. G. Maddox and R. L.
Whitehurst, and the name of the
business changed to The Farmers
Hardware Co. The change in owner
ship become effective Monday. An
nouncement to this effect appears
elsewhere in The News.
The Ball-Ainsworth Hardware Co.
has been in operation in Blakely for
25 years, under the management of
Mr. H. B. Ainsworth, one of the
owners, the other owner being Mr.
W. L. Ball, of Thomasville. It has
enjoyed an unusually large trade,
and has always carried a large line
of quality goods.
The store, under its new owner
ship, will be under the management
of Mr. R. L. Whitehurst, who has
been with the Ball-Ainsworth Co.
for ten years and is experienced in
the hardware business. Mr. Maddox,
the other owner- in the new firm, is
the manager of the Farmers Gin &
Warehouse Co. and will continue the
management of his other properties.
The News has not learned what
Mr. Ainsworth’s plans for the future
are.
EARL T. McDOWELL
DIES SUDDENLY AT
HOME IN COLOMOKEE
Earl Tyson McDowell, 24-year-old
son of Mr. a,nd Mrs. Miles J. McDow
ell, died Sunday morning about six
o’clock at his home in Colomokee.
His death came suddenly and was
ascribed to intra-cravinal hemor
rhage.
Funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon at three o’clock in
the Blakely Baptist church, with the
Rev. Spencer B. King officiating. In
terment was in the Blakely cemetery
with the J. J. White Funeral Home
in charge of arrangements and the
following serving as pall-bearers:
James Tedder, Roy Tedder, Herman
Smith, Clarence Tedder, J. G. Cor
ley, and Willie Sam Smith.
Surviving are his parents and
six brothers, namely: Johnnie, Hi
ram, Milford and Jack McDowell, all
of this county, Miles McDowell of
Edison and T. B. McDowell of Al
bany.
SCHOOL TO RE-OPEN
MONDAY, JANUARY 4,
FOR SPRING TERM
The Blakely public schools will
re-open next Monday, January 4,
for the spring term. Patrons of
the school will be interested to know
that the school will have added for
the last semester a home economics
department. Necessary equipment
is being installed and the Board
of Education will meet this week
to elect a teacher for the new de
partment. The county schools re
opened Wednesday.
Mr. McDowell To
Become Mayor
On January 1
Mr. T. B. McDowell, prominent
business man of this city, will be
come Mayor of the City of Blakely
with the beginning of the New
Year. He was elected to this posi
tion in the August city election, and
will serve for a two-year term,
Mr. McDowell will succeed Mr.
Grady Holman, who has served in
a most efficient manner as mayor
for the past two years.
There will be no change in the
personnel of the City Council. In
the August election Messrs. R. C.
Singletary and R. C. Howell were
re-elected for two-year terms, and
the other two members, Messrs. S.
G. Maddox and Oscar Whitchard,
having another year of their two
year terms to serve.
The new Mayor and the Council
will meet Tuesday night, at which
time they will elect city officials for
1937. Positions to be filled include:
City clerk, superintendent of city
utilities plant, chief of fire depart
ment, chief of police, marshal, man
ager of cold storage plant, and su
perintendent of streets.
DELTA SIGMA PI
HOLDS ANNUAL BANQUET
Delta Sigma Pi, senior honorary
fraternity at the Blakely high school,
held its annual alumni banquet at
Lay’s Case Monday night. The fra
ternity is now 15 years old. Some
69 of the fraternity’s 133 members
were registered for this delightful
affair.
We Thank You
for the liberal patronage you have given
us during the year which closes today.
You have been good to us and we wish
to express our grateful appreciation and
wish for you a Happy New Year—full to
overflowing with joy and prosperity.
BALKCOM’S
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| PULL FOR BLAKELY
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PULL OUT
$1.50 A YEAR
BUSINESS AND
INDUSTRY OUT OF
RED AS YEAR ENDS
IS FIRST TIME SINCE 1929, SAYS
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE
The U. S. Department of Com
merce, in a report issued this week,
said that business and industry in
the aggregate probably would, be
“out of the red” this year for the
first time since 1929.
Estimating a national income of
at least $60,000,000,000 this year,
the department said in its annual
report that it “appears probable” that
income produced might equal income
paid out.
Whether industry as a whole op
erates at a profit or a loss is deter
mined by the relationship between
national income produced and nation
al income paid out. When the latter
exceeds the former, it means the to
tal expenditures of industry are
more than the aggregate value of
its products.
At $53,587,000,000 last year, na
tional income paid out exceeded in
come produced by $628,000,000,
causing industry to borrow or draw
upon reserves to make up this sum.
The gap between the two types of
income opened in 1930 and reached
almost $9,000,000,000 in 1932, but
has been narrowing since.
Reviewing economic conditions
during the fiscal year ended July 1,
the report cited “marked improve
ment”. It added:
“Economic recovery broadened this
year with acceleration of activity in
the durable goods industries and in
construction lines, the further rise in
farm income, the increase in the num
ber of persons employed and the ex
pansion of industrial pay rolls.
“The upward recovery was es
pecially noteworthy in the late
months of the fiscal year.”
Asserting an unemployment cen
sus is needed to give an accurate
check of the jobless, the department
said “the desirability of decreasing
federal expenditures to relieve unem
ployment and at the same time pro
tecting those who would be without
work if government assistance were
were withdrawn is recognized by all
who are interested in this subject.”
The report described nine new
trade agreements concluded during
the last fiscal year as “a major step
toward the recovery of our foreign
trade on a definite and equitable
basis.”
The department said American
businessness had come to realize “the
importance of the trade agreements
program in restoring channels of
trade formerly closed or severely
limited by official restrictions.”