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| EARLY COUNTY, GA. |
GARDEN SPOT OF
| GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXVI NO. 23
Noted Lecturer
Heard Tuesday In
Three Addresses
Dr. Charles E. Barker, of Grand
Rapids, Mich., eminent American
lecturer, was a visitor in Blakely
Tuesday, coming to this city through
courtesy of the Blakely Rotary
Club as a contribution to community
service.
Dr. Barker spoke three times
while in the city. At 10 o’clock in
the morning he addressed an aud
ience of nearly five hundred high
school students from the Blakely
high school and the high schools of
the county. His talk on “How to
Make the Most of Your Life” was
listened to with the closest attention
and those who heard him will agree
that he planted thoughts in the
minds of those students which will
bear rich fruit. Dr. Barker has
delivered over 11,000 lectures dur
ing the past 23 years. Four thou
sand of these addresses have been
delivered to high school students,
and he knows and understands the
problems of youth perhaps as much
as any man of his day.
At noon he spoke to the members
of the Blakely Rotary Club and a
large number of invited guests of
the Rotarians. His subject on “Ro
tary and Its By-Products” was one
of the most enlightening it has
been the Rotarians’ pleasure of hear
ing since the Club’s inception nearly
eleven years ago.
Tuesday night at the Baptist
church, Dr. Barker brought the
final of his three addresses to a
good-sized audience on “The Prob
lems of Youth and Parenthood.”
For more than an hour he spoke
of the temptations which beset
modern youth and the responsibil
ities of parents in the rearing of
their children. Eloquently deliv
ered and full of sound, common
sense, the address was inspirational
and made a deep impression upon
those present, a number of whom
expressed their appreciation to the
speaker for his address at its con
clusion.
Dr. Barker was introduced to the
high school students and the Ro
tarians and theii - guests by Mr. Bill
Grist, President of the Rotary
Club, while at night the speaker
was presented by Mr. A. T. Flem
ing, a member of the Club.
After the night address a number
of citizens spent an hour at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Grist,
where they were invited to meet
Dr. Barker.
-WEAVER'S-
CASH & MARKET &
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SPECIALS FRIDAY & SATURDAY
January 22 and 23
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OATS QU t K £ 3 Lb Pkg 23 c
CORN FLAKES Kellogg’s 3 Pkgs. _. ...25c
Cereal Dish FREE
ALL BRAN Kellogg’s 3 Pkgs. .. .. 25c
Measuring Cup FREE
CRACKERS fr s e o s sa_l.,. Pkß 10c
RITZ X. 23c 8 X 14c
Pineapple Juice—Gal. 59c
Super Suds —2 10c pkgs. 11c
Octagon Granulated Soap—2 10c pkgs. 11c
FLOUR
BLUE TAG POLLY RICH
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48 bs $1 75 24 lbs $1 J 5
24 lbs. 89c j 2 lbs 59c
12 lbs. 48c Plain or Self Rising
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MEATS
Bacon, smoked, sli., lb. 25c Ground Beef for loaf, lb 15c
Sausage, pure pork, Pork Roast, lb. 18c
smoked, lb. 29c Smoked Sausage, lb 18c
Beef Roast, lb. 14c Fresh Eggs, doz. 19c
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Blakely’s handsome new postiffice building was completed last week and the keys turned over to Postmaster John G. Butler. Fail
ure of some of the fixtures to arrive has delayed moving into the new building, but it is expected that these delayed fixtures will arrive
within the next few days and transfer from the old building into the new will then be immediately made. The new building was erect
ed at a cost of $47,675. The site on which it stands, corner of South Main street and Gordon avenue, was purchased from the Wade
estate at a cost of $4,000, making a total investment of $51,675. Work was started on the building on June 8. It is of cream brick, with
a front of Georgia marble. The floor of the lobby is tarraza, that of the work room maplewood. The Postmaster’s private office is of
oak. The building is brilliantly lighted, steam heated, and is as near fire-proof as can possibly be built. The boxes, all new, are of the
key lock style. All fixtures are entirely new. Appropriation for the magnificent new edifiice was secured in 1935 by Congressman E.
E. Cox, of the Second Georgia district. Those who have not had the pleasure of inspecting the new building have a delightful treat in
store when they visit the new Blikely postoffice which will be opened to the public within the next few days. (Photo by Spielberger.)
P.-T. A. “SCHOOL OF
INSTRUCTION” AT
ALBANY ON JAN. 28
On January 28, the Albany Coun
cil of Parents and Teachers will
have a “School of Instruction” to be
held in the Albany high school
building at 10:00 a. m., Central
Standard time. Members of P.-T.
A. in Blakely and Early county are
invited to attend this meeting. All
those wishing cafeteria lunch are
asked to notify Mrs. Alfred Dees,
President Albany Council.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead,”
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1937.
More Than 200 Bills
Introduced Opening
Week of Legislature
The first week of the Georgia gen
eral assembly ended with more than
200 new bills and resolutions intro
duced.
Among them were:
Alcohol Control.
Repeal of the state law permitting
sale of beer.
Repeal of the 1935 state wine act.
Appropriations.
Change of the state’s fiscal year
from coinciding with the calendar
year to make it extend from July 1
one year to June 30 the next.
Appropriation of $5,700,000 for
the fist six months of 1937, in addi
tion to distribution of various fees
allocated for special purposes.
Constitutional Amendments.
To permit the state to levy a tax
to pay old age pensions.
To exempt owner-occupied homes
from taxes on the first $5,000 of
value.
To exempt personal property on
the first S3OO of value, and another
proposal to make the exemption ap
ply to the first SSOO.
To give the general assembly au
thority to convene itself in special
session rather than depend on the
will of the Governor.
Classification of property for tax
ation purposes (intangible tax act).
Department Reorganization.
Abolishment of the present high
way board and creation of a new one.
Dissolution of the present state
board of education and establishment
of a new and larger one.
Establishment of a new revenue
commission to take the place of the
j existing one.
Federal Co-operation.
Approval of the provisions of a
congressional act through which the
federal government might aid state
agricultural colleges and agricultural
extension departments.
Change of various land laws to
maTe them comply with requirements
of the Federal Land Bank.
Permission for the state Board of
Education to use its funds to match
available money from the federal gov
ernment for vocational education
and other purposes.
A resolution urging Senator Rich
ard B. Russell, Jr., to reintroduce
a uniform freight rate provision to
! eliminate “discriminatory” rates
against the south.
Health Regulations.
Appropriation of SIOO,OOO for the
state department of Health for spec
ial work in the field of cancer.
I Sterilization of inmates of state
, institutions to prevent procreation
i of feeble-minded, insane or criminal
minded children.
Regulation of tourist cabins, ho
tels, and boarding houses.
Compulsory innocuation of all
dogs in the state against rabies.
Regulation of the mattress mak
ing and renovating industry by the
State Board of Health.
Highways.
Establishment of a state highway
(Continued on pge 5)
State Capitol Ain’t
What She Used to Be
A Few Days Ago
(Georgia News Service)
Atlanta, Ga.—Georgia’s “old state
capitol ain’t what she used to be
four or five days ago.”
There is now a smoothly func
tioning Governor’s oifice with an
“open door” policy at all times
when executive duties will permit
Mr. Rivers to see visitors personally;
two business-like branches of the
general assembly; new faces; a new
atmosphere; things both look and
feel differently.
Work of Georgia’s new Governor,
E. D. Rivers, began immediately
after his inauguration. Oath of of
fice was administered to the consti
tutional officers, Attorney General
Yeomans, Secretary of state Wilson,
Comptroller General Harrison and
Treasurer Hamilton, as well as
School Superintendent Collins. Jack
Stoddard, Washington, Ga., editor,
was sworn in as the new adjutant
| general and Marion Smith, dismissed
by former Governor Talmadge, was
reinstated as a member of the board
of regents.
Moving swiftly in the few days re
maining before he was called to
Washington this week to attend the
inauguration of President Roosevelt,
Governor Rivers started house-clean
ing; held conferences with legisla
tive leaders, which were followed by
the introductions of bills, calling for
a general election in June to vote
on old-age pensions, appropriations
for operation of schools seven months
in the year, free text-books, funds
for increasing health work. Plans
were begun for prompt investigation
of the Talmadge regime; reorganiza
tion of the highway board was be
gun. j
E. Jack Smtih, district highway
engineer of Macon, was sworn in as:
a member of the board when W. E. ■
Wilburn, chairman, resigned. The
Chief Executive immediately trans- J
mitted to the general assembly for |
action on a report from State Audi
tor Tom Wisdom that there was a
department deficit of $69,349 in the!
agricultural department when the I
new Commissioner Columbus Roberts
took office and that former Commis
sioner Linder left the department
without reporting to the state treasur
er a total of $69,127 in collections
that had been made.
Second bombshell from the old
regime came when, following re
ceipt of a report from Comptroller
(Continued on back page)
DEATH CLAIMS MRS.
VIRGINIA GERTRUDE
FREEMAN, OF HILTON
Gertrude Freeman,
widow of Mr. M. S. Freeman, of
Hilton, died Sunday morning of last
week at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Robert Grier, near Blakely.
Mrs. Freeman, who had gone to vis
it her daughter, was stricken ill just
after her arrival at the Grier home.
She was buried in the Grier cem
etery at Freeman’s Chapel the fol
lowing day, with all the children
and many grandchildren present.
Rev. R. A. Wright officiated in the
services, with the J. J. White Fu
neral Home in charge of arrange
ments. Pall-bearers were her sons
and grandsons.
Mrs. Freeman, nee Gertrude
Swann, was married to the late
Moses Samuel Freeman on January
28, 1872, and spent virtually the
whole of her life before and after
ward in Early county. Her progeny
numbered ten, six sons and four
daughters, namely: R. F. Freeman
of Cuthbert, T. T. Freeman of
Ashford, M. S., Freeman, Jr., of
Preston, J. M. Freeman and J. L.
Freeman of Hilton, C. C. Freeman
of Eufaula, Mrs. R. 0. Rogers of
Charing, Mrs. J. W. Griffin of Ash
ford, Mrs. G. M. Stephens and Mrs.
R. L. Grier of Early county.
Mrs. Freeman, who was 83 years
of age, was greatly beloved by her
large number of friends, many of
whom attended the last rites in re
spect to her memory.
Balkcom’s Drug Store
is interested in better health for
Blakely and Early county citizens—
especially for the babies and chil
dren. At Balkcom’s you will find
tonics, medicines and supplies to
help your children to health. Send
your youngsters to our fountain—
they will get clean, wholesome food
and drinks.
PULL FOR BLAKELY
—OR—
PULL OUT
.50 A YEAR
Rivers Inaugural
Parade Described By
Blakely Young Man
By Earl (“Tige”) Pickle
Eurith Dickson Rivers, seventieth
governor of the state of Georgia,
arrived simultaneously with the
sunshine, which had been frequently
absent part of the day, and was the
first to mount the reviewers’ stand
erected at Five Points in downtown
Atlanta. He was immaculately
dressed in a dark blue suit, white
shirt with the omni-present black
bow tie, a white gardenia in the
lapel of his coat and a smile that
would do credit to F. D. R. A burst
of applause and a veritable thunder
shower of ticker tape and confetti
greeted him just as he entered the
stands. He took off his hat and
waved and the crowd cheered to
show their approval, then he began
shaking hands with his staff who
had arrived earlier and had already
formed an aisle of honor at the
foot of the stands. This was quite
a job, considering the size of his
staff. Next came Mrs. Rivers, May
or Hartsfield and the immediate
Rivers family. Mrs. Rivers was
wearing an outfit entirely of black
and carrying an arm bouquet of
American Beauty roses. She was a
paradise for photographers, dressed
in this manner and surrounded by
the khaki-clad staff of the governor.
A movie sound news truck backed
up and began grinding out pictures
of the notables and the huge crowd
which began to surge nearer the
stands. The police were having
quite a time controlling the crowd
and re-routing traffic, although
they were being assisted by the
Atlanta Boy Scout troops. Some of
the Scouts looked so tender in age
that it would have been only fitting
for the proverbial old lady to help
them across the street. Jan Rivers,
three-year-old granddaughter of the
Governor, almost stole the show
from ,her illustrious granddad as
she sat in the front row and waved
and pointed at the crowd. She
seemed to know that today was hers
and she could do just as she
pleased, and anyway, wasn’t this
party being thrown for her own
granddad? The Governor’s ryoung
daughter seemed to be having quite
a time maintaining that nonchalant
look as news reporters and photog
raphers continued to mill around
her. It was strictly a day for the
Rivers household.
The first division of the parade
passed a few miutes after the Gov
ernor arrived. He and the Adjutant
General arose and saluted and stood
for the remainder of the parade.
The three divisions of the parade
the Governor seemed to enjoy most
were the Disabled American War
Veterans, the Winder Drum and
Bugle Corp composed entirely of
girls and who served as Senator
Russell’s bodyguard in the recent
heated caimpaign, and the sixth
grade of the Lakeland, Ga., school.
When the last mentioned division
passed, it was too much for Mrs.
Rivers, and she quickly jumped to
her feet and began waving and
shouting to her kids. She served
as their teacher until Christmas.
A man in a window of a nearby of
fice building attracted attention by
shouting, “Hey, Ed, Hey Ed.” The
Governor heard him and turned
around and waved and the crowd
cheered.
Gene Talmadge was no where to
be seen, but then I heard no one
making inquiries concerning his ab
sence. The parade was viewed by
one of the largest crowds ever to
turn out for an occasion of this
(Continued on pge 5)