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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXVI NO. 45
Mitchell Reports
Good Fishing In All
Sections of State
J. D. Mitchell, Director for the
Division of Wild Life, has returned
to Atlanta after making’ an inspec
tion trip to several counties in mid
dle and south Georgia.
Mr. Mitchell also inspected the
Magnolia Springs Hatchery at Millen,
Ga., and was accompanied there by
C. C. James, Superintendent of the
State Fish Hatcheries.
Mr. Mitchell reported last night
that the sale of fishing licenses has
been brisk and that good fishing has
been reported to his office from all
sections of the state. Mitchell also
stated that his Department appre
ciated the fine cooperation that the
sportsmen are giving to the Division
of Wild Life.
Charles C. Morgan, Supervisor of
Game Protectors, stated that more
than 100,000 fish have been seined
from holes which tend to dry up as
the summer progresses. These fish
have been liberated back into running
streams. Morgan said that the De
partment estimated that before the
summer is over two million fish will
be saved. This is a new feature for
the Division and J. D. Mitchell, Di
rector, will appoint regular seining
crews at an early date. The duties
of the crews will be to save strand
ed fish.
Morgan also reports that state pro
tectors are waging a war on illegal
fishing and have destroyed hundreds
of traps, baskets, dams and cutoffs.
A motor patrol has been placed on
all the lakes in North Georgia which
has proven very effective. Additional
motors and boats will be purchased
for the streams in middle and south
Georgia. This patrol is made possible
through the enactment of the State
fishing license law.
The State fish hatcheries are in
full operation and millions of fish
will be available for the waters in
Georgia.
•Director Mitchell and Supervisor
Morgan will visit other sections of
South Georgia next week.
MIR CUMMER
mIU PAVERS
SUGAR B.:*'; 25 nJ1.29 10 50c
5 LBS. 25c
MILK medal 3 ‘T 6 , m .„ 21c
TEA, Orange Pekoe—V 2 -lb. pkg. 19c
PUFF 1 Post Bran Flakes with purchase OQ
ri\LL of 3 pkgs. POST TOASTIES LJC
MARSHMALLOWS—I-lb. pkg. 15c
PEACHES—No. can Delmonte 20c
MATCHES or SALT 3 sc pk g s.' 10c
CHEWING GUM—3 large 5c pkgs. 10c
0 (Mandarin) (Japanese) -| r\
RANGES (Tangerines)—ll-oz. can JI U C
Knockout Spray—Kills, Qts. 25c; Pints 10c
TAMALES 2Jk
PRUNE JUICE WHITE HOUSE—Qt. 20c
FRESH PRUNES—No. 2% can Delmonte 15c
PEANUT BUTTER—2-lb. jar 30c
OCTAGON Powder 5 BARS IIC
BEST PRICES ON QUALITY MEATS
Plenty Fresh Georgia Vegetables
-WEAVERS-
CASH & MARKET &
ARRY GROCERY
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100 PER CENT IN
ROTARY ATTENDANCE
AS YEAR ENDS
The Blakely Rotary Club com
pleted its eleventh year with the
meeting held at noon last week, and
1 this week begins its twelfth year.
The Club was chartered on June
22, 1926. The closing meeting of
the year was attended by every
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member of the Club.
President Bill Grist read District
Governor Jake Harris’ monthly let
ter, giving a summary of the year’s
work in Rotary throughout Georgia.
' Nine new clubs have been establish
; ed under Governor Harris’ adminis
. tration—the largest number in any
I single year.
Rotarian Sparks had as his guest
Mr. “Red” Gaines, of Albany.
Baptists Plan For
Centennial Service
On Sunday, July 4
• Plans are complete for the ob
’ servance of the centenial of the
Blakely Baptist church on Sunday,
I July 4.
■ A goal has been set for an at-
■ tendance of 300 at Sunday School,
’ and committees have been appointed
and are working toward that end.
The centennial sermon will be
. delivered at the 11 o’clock hour Sun
l day morning by Dr. Aquila Chamlee,
1 president of the Georgia Baptist
Convention, who is also president of
( Bessie Tift College.
Souvenir histories of the church,
I which was constituted July 1, 1837,
i have been printed and are to be
i sent to every member of the church,
i A number of extra copies have been
made that members may secure ad
i ditional copies to send to friends who
i might be interested in the church
i centennial.
Additional information on the
■ hundred years of Baptist history will
' be given in next week’s issue of The
News.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 24, 1937.
P. O. Dept. Wages
War Against Fake
Organizations
Postmaster General James A. Far
ley announced last night that the
Postal Inspection Service has launch
ed a nation-wide drive against the
operators of “fake” mutual benefit
life proctection organizations which
have been conducting their fraudu
lent schemes through the mails.
Complaints reaching the Post Of
fice Department indicate that there
are approximately one hundred such
fraudulent enterprises now being op
erated in, various sections of (the
country, which are costing the Ameri
can public hundreds of thousands of
dollars annually.
Added impetus has been given the
drive by the eight-year Federal pen
itentiary sentence meted out to
Angus C. Littlejohn of Springfield,
111., and the three-year sentence to
Charles E. Hill, of Lake Charles,
Louisiana, both of whom were con
victed for using the mails to de
fraud in connection with these spur
ious life protection organizations.
The promoters of these so-called
“not for profit” mutual benefit
societies, associations and clubs, in
order to circumvent existing state
laws, avoid the use of the word in
surance and call it protection. In
stead of policy they use the word
certificate and rather than referring
to a premium they call it volun
tary contribution. They further
mislead their victims by selecting con
fidence inspiring names such as
“National Aid Society” and “South
ern Life Club of Physicians’ Guar
anty Union” or other names similar
to well known legitimate life insur
ance companies.
The promoters take advantage of
the fact that very few people read
their certificates, particularly the
fine print on the inside containing
many exceptions and limitations.
Members are not informed, but bene
ficiaries soon find out, when the
members die, that the exceptions in
the fine print wholly nullify any
liability of the society. The pro
moters accept persons indiscriminate
ly up to the age of eighty-five, yet
they claim the strength of the so
ciety lies in the membership be
cause it is “so carefully selected.”
They stress the point that no medi
cal examination is required, and es
pecially appeal to “those persons
who, because of advanced age or
physical infirmities, can not obtain
any form of life protection.” Liter
ature of these concerns contain many
false representations, including some
statements of fraternal and benevo
lent features; and the claim that they
are operated on the same basis and
plans of the old insurance societies
which have been successfully operat
ed in Europe since the year 1168.
People of sixty-five years of age,
many of whom are suffering from
some chronic ailment unknown to
them, are led to believe that, for a
monthly contribution of one dollar
to one dollar and a half, their bene
ficiaries will receive sums ranging
from one thousand to five thousand
dollars. When the member dies, any
payment under the policy depends
Upon a “post mortem” investigation.
The; promoters make every effort
to show he was suffering from some
chronic disease at the time the cer
tificate was issued, and they usual
ly find some pretense on which to
deny the claim. Consequently, no
payment is made to the beneficiary,
or the claim is settled for a nominal
sum of from one dollar to fifteen.
It is difficult to estimate the total
amount filched from the public each
year by this class of promoters,
but the National Aid Society alone
cost the public upward of two mil
lion dollars in four years, of which
only twenty per cent was paid back
in the form of benefits, the rest
of that huge sum having been used
for salaries and expenses. It is,
therefore, obvious that the amount
taken from the public by the hundred
other similar societies now in opera
tion reaches a staggering sum an
nually.
The usual procedure of the opera
tors of these schemes is to insert
advertisements in various news
papers for agents who operate where
ever they desire and many com
plaints have been received from per
sons in rural communities and small
towns as well as in large cities. The
Associations also secure memberships
by mail as well as personal solicia
tion by agents and many persons are
solicited for membership through
persons already members by litera
ture sent through the mails.
ALL-DAY SING AT
ARLINGTON ON FIRST
SUNDAY IN JULY
There will be an all-day sing on
the first Sunday in July at the school
auditorium in Arlington, beginning
at 9:30 a. m. Everybody is invited
to attend and spend the day and en
joy vocal and instrumental music,
class quartette, duet, and solo
singing.
The sing will be all day, and will
be on the self-sustaining basis.
President Says
Georgia Has
Great Future
President Roosevelt, writing in
1 “Behind the Wheel,” official publi
cation of the Atlanta Motor club, de
’ scribes Georgia, the state he calls
, his “other home,” as one which is
“still pioneering.”
The president’s article on Georgia,
where he spends his vacations, fol
low:
“I am so frankly a Georgia en
, thusiast, so downright a partisan
when it comes to a discussion of the
■ beauties and blandishments of that
state, that at the outset I must bid
, the readers beware on accepting with
out some reservations all that I have
to say about the charm of old Geor
gia. I should become eulogistic at
the mention of Georgia. For the
past several years, whenever the
pressure of public duties and private
affairs permitted, I have fled to
Georgia for escape from the rigorous
north, and I have found in her hos
pitable climate peace and content
ment, a release from the worries of
the every day, and a refreshment of
body and spirit for which I must
needs make personal acknowledge
ment.
Resources Cited
“There are certain unique aspects
about Georgia culture—historical,
recreational and industrial —which
hold a vast fascination for me. For
here is a state, one of the thirteen
original colonies, still pioneering.
Who is there, even among the most
sophisticated, who can resist the
thrill of being part of a community
which, although endowed with the
richest of heritages from the past,
can still look to a future of almost
limitless opportunities? And that is
Georgia today.
“Georgia contains within her boun
daries natural resources and scenic
beauties of almost infinite variety.
From the coastal plain at the south
of the Appalachians you will find in
Georgia almost any climate that
your heart desires—from the coolness
of the mountains of the north to the
summer-time on the coast. Georgia
offers the happiest of hunting
grounds for the historian, and here
rises the danger that I become as
lyrical as some of Georgia’s latter
day propagandists. Enough to say
that Georgia is pretty nearly that
ideally ambitious resort literatures
describe.”
On the same page with the presi
dent’s article appears one by Gov
ernor Rivers, in which he says Geor
gians “are proud to have him look
upon us as homefolk.”
Early County
Welfare Board
Is Announced
•State Welfare Director Lamar
Murdaugh announced last week the
personnel of the Early County Wel
fare Board, which will administer
the social security laws in this
county.
The Early county board, as an
nounced by Murdaugh, includes
Lloyd Lewis of Damascus, Mrs. W.
B. Martin of Cedar Springs, J. L.
Bethea of Bluffton, and Grady Hol
man and A.. H. Gray of Blakely.
The state board disregarded the
appointments of the Early county
Board of Commissioners in one in
stance, substituting County Attorney
A. H. Gray for the Rev. Spencer
B. King. The Commissioners, in
a special session last week, had
named Mr. Lewis, Mrs. Martin, Mr.
Bethea, Mr. Holman and Rev. Mr.
King as the Early county welfare
board. Chairman H. C. Fort of the
County Commissioners said Tuesday
Director Murdaugh had offered no
explanation for changing the Early
county set-up.
Changes made in the personnel of
a number of Georgia county boards
by the state board have brought
protests and threaten to delay the
beginning of payment of old-age
pensions, and other benefits provided
for under the social security laws.
The county welfare board will
appoint a county director, who will
be a salaried officer. The board
members serve without pay.
BABY SON OF MR.
AND MRS. BILL
BOSTWICK PASSES
Reginald Paul Bostwick, 18 months
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bost
wick, of Colomokee, died at the
Moody hospital Thursday, June 17th,
following a brief attack of colitis.
Funeral services were held at Colo
mokee church at 10 o’clock Friday
afternoon, conducted by the Revs.
S. B. King and E. M. Overby, of
Blakely. Interment followed in the
church cemetery.
Besides his parents, he is sur
vived by two little brothers, Charles
and Sammie; maternal grandfather, ■
Mr. W. D. Sammons; paternal grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Bost
wick, and a number of aunts, uncles
and cousins.
Pallbearers were: Floyd and Grady
Sammons, Herman Smith and A. C.
Herndon. Fellows and Forrester, of
Dothan, in charge.
Production Credit
Associations Make
Splendid Records
Splendid records are being made by
all production credit associations in
this section, according to C. E. Mar
tin, of Hilton, member of the board
of directors of the Albany Produc- :
tion Credit Association, who has just
returned from Radium Springs,
where he attended a group meeting
of directors of a number of these
farmer cooperative credit organiza
tions in this section. :
At this meeting, Mr. Martin said, ;
complete reports were submitted on
all of the associations represented
showing volume of business done by
each, cost and methods of opera
tion, etc., in prder that the directors
might derive any possible benefits
through this exchange of information.
The reports indicated that all of (
the associations have shown each
year an increase in number of mem
bers and volume of business done,
Mr. Martin said, thus attesting the <
appreciation of the farmers for the j
service being rendered by these co
operative credit organizations. The
reports showed that the associations ‘
in Georgia have made loans this year 1
through June 1 totalling $5,000,000.
Production credit associations make !
loans to farmers for general agri- 1
cultural purposes, Mr. Martin said, I
including farm repairs, equipment, i
fencing, purchase of livestock and i
other items requiring short-term fi
nancing, at an interest rate of 5 per ■
cent per annum and interest is •
charged only for the time the farm- i
er actually has the money. The i
associations are strictly cooperative
and members get the benefit of any
profits made.
The Albany Production Credit As- i
sociations serve farmers of this coun- i
ty. i
Summer Needs
Fly Swatters Films
Od-O-Ro-No Roach Poison
Dusting Powder Insect Spray
Quinine Talcum Powder
Stationery Hair Tonic
Toilet Water Perfume
Sun Glasses
Unguentine for Sun Blisters
Balkcom’s Drug Store
Blakely, Georgia
PULL FOR BLAKELY
—OR—
PULL OUT
$1.50 A YEAR
Offices Opened For
Organization State
Highway Patrol
Major John C. Carter, director of
the Public Safety Department, has
opened temporary offices in Atlanta
to begin organization of the state
highway patrol.
Major Carter said there will be
absolutely no conferences with ap
plicants and that all applications
must be filed through the mails.
Standard forms are being drawn
and will be available later this week.
Due to the peculiar financial sit
uation of the department, he said,
those seeking application forms
must accompany their requests with
stamped envelopes for return of the
form.
The department will operate on
income from the driver’s license
law, he explained, and this revenue
will not be available until the en
forcement of the law is started.
Both Major Carter and Clement
E. Sutton, special assistant attorney
assisting in the organization work,
stressed the fact that “the only way
for an applicant to obtain a position
is through the regular channel of
formal application, satisfactory re
sults from physical and mental ex
aminations, and an indication of
ability at a special training school.”
The basis of the selection of all
members, they said, will be person
ality, mental ability and physical
condition.
Those applicants who show pri
mary requirements in their formal
application will be submitted within
approximately three weeks to physi
cal examination, and the best from
this test will take a mental exami
nation. Following this, there will
be a training school, after which
definite selections will be made for
patrol positions.
GEORGIA’S FEDERAL
ROAD FUND IS SAFE
Atlanta, Ga. (GPS) —Georgia’s
share of federal money for road
building is “safely nailed down
now,” according to R. W. McCrum,
office engineer of the State Highway
Department.
Award of projects amounting to
$438,000 on July 2 includes the
last installment of 1936 United
States road aid funds, he said, and
means that the state will receive
its full allotment.
Federal government officials had
stated that unless arrangements
were made for spending the allotted
money by July 1, it would be divert
ed from the state.
Failure of the old State Highway
Board to provide for spending the
1936 federal funds put Georgia in
danger of losing approximately $3,-
000,000 allocated to this state by
the federal government.