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Blakely, Ga., June 24, 1937
Dad had his day Sunday—
as he will learn when the bills
come in on July first.
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Recent rains have greatly
enhanced prospects for a good
corn crop in this section.
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Many News readers are un
der the impression that the
home and personal property
exemptions provided under the
amendments ratified in the
recent election will become
effective this year. Such is
not the case. 1937 taxes must
be paid, the exemptions be
ginning with the payment of
1938 taxes.
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The state highway patrol is
expected to be in operation
within a few weeks. Extreme
caution should be used in se
lection of the patrol person
nel, else the law may defeat
its purpose. It is hoped that
men suited by both tempera
ment and ability may be se
lected to enforce this law,
and that “bullies” and “hot
heads” may find no place in
the set-up.
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Mr. Braddock lost his heavy
weight crown to Joe Lewis,
Detroit Negro, in their en
counter at Chicago Tuesday
night. This is the same Mr.
Braddock who ran out on his
contract with Max Schmeling,
German heavyweight, who
has already defeated Louis,
and by every right was en
titled to a shot at the cham
pion. Louis is the first of his
race to win the heavyweight
boxing championship since
1910, when Jack Johnson de
feated James J. Jeffries on
July 4, at Reno, Nevada, in
sixteen rounds.
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Local baseball fans have not
this season attended the home
games as they should. With
a winning team scrapping for
the loop leadership, the boys
are deserving of stronger sup
port than they are receiving.
If the Blakely team is to con
tinue in the second half, which
begins week after next, addi
tional funds must be raised.
The gate receipts are falling
far short of meeting the club’s
expenses. The fans who want
baseball for the remainder of
the summer are urged to at
tend the home games, and this
(Thursday) afternoon is an
excellent time to begin.
USE AND OCCUPANCY
INSURANCE
Many a business man has
thought that he carried com
pletely adequate fire insur
ance until a fire destroyed his
plant, and he learned a fi
nancially bitter lesson, says
The Industrial News Review.
The physical values repre
sented by the plant may have
been covered to the maximum.
His policies may have been
equal to the job or replacing
the buildings, the machinery,
the office equipment, etc. He
may even have had protection
against more or less unusual
hazards, such as aircraft prop
erty damage, sprinkler leakage
and explosion. And still fire
may have meant a serious loss
to him.
The reason for this is that
policies covering physical
damage can not pay all the
bill occasioned by a major
fire. A certain amount of
business overhead goes on,
whether a plant is in operation
or not. Contracts may be in
force calling for a penalty if
unfulfilled. Valuable employ
es may have to be carried on
the payroll for months while
the plant is being rebuilt,
though they do no work.
It is to cover such contingen
cies as these, plus the loss of
net profits that would have
been earned had no fire oc
curred, that use and occupan
cy insurance is written. This
type of insurance takes care
of hazards which, though real
and tangible, are not covered
in ordinary fire policies. It is
essential to complete protec
tion against fire.
In some cases, banks and
other lending agencies re
quire that use and occupancy
insurance be carried by firms
borrowing money from them.
Incomplete fire insurance
coverage is one of the most
wastefully expensive things a
man or a business can have.
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THE PRESS
RAMBLER
GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY
(Dade County Times)
With all these sit-down strikes,
why doesn’t some enterprising
clothing maker put out a line of
work pants with double reinforced
seats?
YES, WHY NOT
(Sylvester Local)
Congressman Hugh Peterson of
the first Georgia district wants the
government to pay off the long loans
and cancel all the mortgages on
the nation’s farms. While at it why
not cancel all debts of every kind
and then give everybody SIO,OOO
and a chance to make a fresh start?
FIT AS A FIDDLE
(Cedartown Standard)
The yarn goes around again about
the president’s alleged physical and
mental disabilities. It is just pure
moonshine, and everyone who has
seen the president of late reports
that he is in fine physical and men
tal condition, and strong and strenu
ous enough to apparently enjoy the
daily controversies in which he in
dulges.
THE BIGGEST BUSINESS
(Telfair Enterprise)
Ask the average man what he con
siders the biggest industry in the
U. S. and chances are he will answer
either the steel or automobile indus
tries. But either answer would be
wrong, for the dairy industry is larg
er than either of them, counting that
it gleans most of its profits from
ice cream, cheese and by-products
other than fluid milk. American
farmers produce forty-five billion
quarts of milk a year of which 25
per cent is used on the farm, 30 per
cent is distributed in bottles, 33 per
cent is made into butter, 5 per cent
into cheese, 4 per cent into evaporat
ed, condensed and dry milk, 2 per
cent into ice cream, and 1 per cent
is used for miscellaneous purposes.
Milk constitutes approximately one
fourth of all the 1,500 pounds of
food an average person consumes in
a year. So hats off to the dairying
industry, the biggest business of
which our great nation can boast.
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
A GEORGIA TASK
FOR GEORGIA BRAINS
(By LEE S. TRIMBLE, Vice-Pres.
& Manager, Chamber Commerce,
Macon, Ga.)
In each of the 159 counties in this
state, there is brains enough; in
tegrity enough; plenty of energy and
will to change over some of the bad
practices that keep it a backward
commonwealth.
In the Golden Twenties, when
farm lands rose in price to SIOO per
acre, some of our wise men were
heard to say, “Land will never be
cheaper than now. There is only so
much land, you know, the supply is
limited, and an acre that will pro
duce a bale of cotton (then selling
at 30c the pound), is worth $100.”
It was Josh Billings who said that
the main trouble with folks was not
ignorance, but “so danged much they
know ain’t so.” That idea about
land value wasn’t so.
If you should come into your coun
ty as a stranger and make a list of the
things that need changing ,you would
likely begin with land uses. Why
do we farm lands too poor to yield
when better acres are unused? Why
do we cultivate fields too steep to
hold against washing away when level
lands are available? Why do we
build homes and houses in awkard
out of the way places away from
water and shade, when there are 1 >ve
ly sites enough? Why do we locate
towns where none are needed? Why
do we cut away all the timber with
out provision for future needs? Why
do we have 159 counties when 60
would be enough?
The answer to all these questions
is easy to find. The plan that has
been followed was that of each man
for himself—free to exploit all the
natural assets he controlled. Free
to cut, slash, burn, exhaust the soil,
and move on to new lands when the
best had been taken.
So much we know ain’t so! So
much we’ve been doing is wrong!
There is leadership in Georgia to
begin to right these wrongful prac
tices and it is now time to begin.
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A PRESENT-DAY NUISANCE
(Dawson News)
Sound trucks which frequently
come through towns, touring the
streets or parking on corners, and fill
ing the air with stentorian blasts of
canned music and speeches, consti
tute one of the biggest nuisances of
the present day. House-to-house
peddlers are taxed to protect the con
sumer and the merchant, carnival
bands and circus parades are taxed,
and distributed advertising also is
taxed. It seems only fair that sound
trucks, which disturb and distract,
should be taxed, too. Perhaps if op
erators of such had to pay for the
noise they make, there would be less
of it. The nuisance should certainly
be abated in some manner and to tax
the truck would afford some com
pensation, at least, to the towns they
invade.
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MOST EXCELLENT WAY
(Alma Times)
One good way to keep from get
ting old is to drink a couple of high
balls and then take your car down
the road to see whether or not it
will do ninety.
In the Spring a Young Man’s Fancy
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A HALF CENTURY AGO TODAY
Some Things of Interest That Happened
Fifty Years Ago.
(Excerpts from Early County News
of June 23, 1887.)
MASTER Willie Lasseter visited
Albany this week.
* * *
SHERIFF KIMBEL, of Miller coun
ty, was in Blakely Monday.
* * *
MR. R. W. DAVIS was over from
Calhoun county last Sunday.
* * *
MR. J. T. HAMMACK shipped the
first carload of mellons from this
point today.
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MR. J. D. FUDGE was down to
Colquitt last Sunday. Little Miss
Annie Wilkins accompanied him
home.
* * *
LAST SUNDAY and Monday were
scorchers. Reports say that the
thermometer ranged above 100 in
many parts of the state.
* * *
CEDAR SPRINGS NEWS: “Miss
Susie Roberts, of Twilight visited
relatives here this week.” “Mrs. J.
S. Mims has returned from a visit
to relatives in North Carolina.”
“Messrs. N. A. Watson and J. W.
Howard visited Albany last Satur
day.” “A dog belonging to Mrs.
Martha Perry, fell into a well last
week, but Josh and Jim Perry res
cued him.”
THE FAMILY'
® DOCTOR
.JOHN JOSEPH GAINES. MD.
MORE FIRST AID
A small boy isn’t worth a cent who
does not try to climb the shade tree
in the rear lawn once in a while.
Naturally he may fall in his effort
to get some place that he does not
belong. He may tumble from his
tricycle in an unusual burst of speed.
He cuts his scalp; it bleeds some
thing fierce; he runs to mamma cry
ing for first aid.
Don’t fear fracture of the skull
from a trifling injury. Don’t fear
bleeding to death. Wash the wound
with clean soap and warm water, us
ing clean things always. DON’T
POUR PEROXIDE IN A SCALP
WOUND at any period. After wash
ing as above, paint the wound with
tincture of iodine; smarts a little,
but apply it freely. Dust freely with
talcum powder and apply a loose
bandage. Keep the wound dry until
recovery.
For a “crop” of chiggers, get at
’em early as possible, before they
have bored deeply. First a scrub
bing -with good soap and water; dry,
and apply the bug-i-cide, whatever
you have. I use a mixture of car
bolic acid, one dram, spirits of cam
phor, one ounce, menthol, twenty
grains, and rose water, enough to
> MRS. W. W. DEWS, of Cuthbert,
was the guest of her daughter, Mrs.
W. W. Fleming, this week.
I* * *
MESSRS. E. L. FRYER and Rich
ard Nash, while out crow hunting,
• killed a tremendods big rattlesnake
near Capt. W. H. Stuckey’s field,
east of the city.
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BLUFFTON NOTES say: “Mr. J.
S. Haisten visited Cuthbert last Fri
' day.” “Rev. R. B. Bryan filled his
’ regular appointment here last Sun
day.” “Messrs. Humphrey and Lay
( have placed an attractive sign in
front of their store.” “The Masons
( are now making some neat and at
tractive improvements in their hall.”
“Miss Sarah Hutchins, of Howard’s
. Landing, visited relatives here last
. week.” “Mr. J. E. Mansfield has com
[ menced to haul lumber with which to
build houses for his mill hands.”
“Mr. J. R. Tompkins returned Tues-
> day from Stewart county.” “Mr. J.
. H. Broadwater, of Early county, has
, commenced the erection of a dwell
; ing on Blakely street.” “Married on
’ last Sunday morning at the residence
of the bride’s father, Mr. M. B.
■ Singleton, Mr. Willie Durham, of
Early county, to Miss Erie Single
; ton. Rev. R. B. Bryan officiated.”
• “Jimmie Hayes, adopted son of Mr.
J. J. Hayes, died last Monday.”
i make four ounces. This can be daub-
> ed over the lesions freely, allowing
it to dry without wiping off.
: Sunburn is not to be sneezed at;
■ it has been accompanied by big doses
• of the ultra-violet ray—a blessing in
disguise. The oxide of zinc, a dram
. to the ounce of rose-water ointment
. will soothe the inflamed skin in
time. Keep out of the strong sun-
[ light until well.
For a child’s “stubbed toe,” bruis
[ ed, torn bleeding, soak the foot in
. water with a teaspoonful of carbolic
' acid—or formalin —to the pint. Make
> the member clean. Then apply
dressing or carbolized or borated
vaselin and wrap comfortably.
And, O, green apples! A big dose
of magnesia quick. And who would
, object to fifteen drops of paregoric
for the pain?
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A HOPELESS DESIRE
(Cuthbert Leader)
The almost unanimous desire of
■ the thinking citizen of our state was
to have the Burgin bill passed, but
• they were not surprised when a ma
jority of our lower state legislative
body voted against their wishes.
TOMORROWS
ISUNJ
BYJ.C. WILSON
Newspaper Features* Inc.
(The views expressed in this column
do not necessarily reflect the
opinion of this newspaper.)
We have reason to have faith in
Georgia’s future because of the spirit
of our people, because of our natural
resources, because of the develop
ment of livestock, of diversified farm
ing, of the new pine pulp paper in
dustry, the possibilities of making
starch commercially out of sweet
potatoes, the manufacture of fuel
alcohol from excess agricultural
products.
And in addition to these we have
reason to have faith in Georgia fu
ture because of our manufactories,
our electrical resources, our grape,
berry and fruit crops being develop
ed for our rising wine industry, and
because of our ample supply of satis
fied, Anglo-Saxon workers ready and
willing to take a job and give a day’s
work for a day’s pay.
Two of Georgia’s greatest indus
tries are her cotton mills and her
electrical industry. Georgia’s cot
ton mills annually consume as much
cotton as is grown in Georgia. Taxes
paid by many of Georgia’s cotton
mills constitute the main source of
revenue for the support of common
schools and other county activities.
■Stockholders in Georgia cotton
mills, most of them Georgia citizens,
are serving the interest of the state
by providing employment for more
Georgia men and women than any
other industry, by offering a ready
market at home for Georgia cotton
and by contributing largely in taxes
to Georgia’s Government.
Just for a few facts about the cot
ton mills we may make note that
they give employment to over 60,000
mill operatives. In addition they em
ploy thousands of others—mechanics,
engineers, executives and clerical
help. Their pay roll is over thirty
million dollars a year, practically all
of which finds its way into the chan
nels of trade—into the cash registers
of the merchants of Georgia.
On the other hand the largest single
taxpayer in Georgia is the Georgia
Power Company. Also it is one of
the largest employers of men and
women. But the thing of most vital
importance to Georgia’s future is the
fact that the company is prepared to
meet industrial development half way
in all parts of the state. Likewise,
it is meeting the farmers half way
and more than half way in the rural
electrification programs in all sec
tions of Georgia.
If a group of business men get
together and decide to start a fac
tory they automatically locate on a
power line. If facilities are inade
quate the company will make them
adequate. If a group of farmers get
together and decide they want power
on their farms they make arrange
ments through the Rural Electricifi
cation Administration, build a line
and tap onto resources of the com
pany, or as in many cases where it
is possible they simply go to the com
pany and service lines are run for
them.
A Georgia resource which hasn’t
been talked about a great deal but
one that farmers are thinking about
seriously and which agricultural ex
perts are urging the farmers to try
is the production of fruits, berries
and grapes for wine making. An
outstanding example of the possibili
ties of this industry was cited re
cently when Dr. W. H. Born, Mcßae,
was reported to have produced twenty
car loads of Lucretia dew-berries on
a sixty acre patch and sold the whole
crop to a large winery for SBO a ton,
making a total return of $12,000 or
S2OO an acre.
The winery, located in Georgia,
has purchased 500 tons of Georgia
blackberries and is reported to be in
the market for 500 tons more. Thus
the prediction that legalization of
wine making in Georgia would pro
vide a new cash crop for her agri
culturists is rapidly coming true. As
the excellence of Georgia wines is
more fully realized, more wineries
will be built and a still larger market
provided. Wine rightfully is a food.
It is so regarded in Europe and
inclusion of natural wines in the
alcoholic beverage classification has
always been a mistake.
So with these resources in mind we
conclude that Tomorrow’s Sun will
see a more glorious day for Georgia.
A BUSINESS NOTE
(Greensboro Herald-Journal)
Business has improved to such an
extent men are again lying about
the amount of money they are
making.