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THIS WEEK
By Earl (“Tige”) Pickle
It seems a bit ironic that a man I
should spend a great portion of his
life learning to “get his man” and
then fall down on the biggest job
of his career. His very own career,
too. I am referring to one Melvin
Purvis, former ace G-man, who used
to stand at the head of the class in
Mr. J. Edgar Hoover’s Department
of Justice school, or rather your
Uncle Samuel’s School.
Melvin Purvis became so good he
was allowed to walk around with
two big guns strapped to his hip or
to ride the big white charger, so to
speak, and whenever any of your
Uncle Sam’s non-paying guests for
sook the hospitality of the steel
chateau, or when some money-mad
moron kidnaped a child, or when a
maniae got playful with a gun and
stuck up a bank and left the cashier
lying on the floor in a pool of blood
and writhing in pain, who did J. Ed
gar call upon to right things, but
Mrs. Purvis’ little boy, Melvin. He
was good. His capture of John
Dillinger was the acme of his work.
He always “got his man.”
iSoon after his arrest of Dillinger
or soon after Dillinger was lying on
a morgue slab, Melvin Purvis re
signed. Then he worked .for a pri
vate concern and wrote a book and
attained a modicum of fame. Right
here is where he began a little job
for himself entirely. And failed. A
little naked guy with a sheath of
arrows plugged Mr. Purvis right in
a very vulnerable section of his
anatomy. Now Mr. Purvis knew the
little fellow without his clothes was
too young to be responsible, to know
what he was doing, so he set out to
catch the man who was behind it all
or the higher-ups, so to speak. And
he was just as surprised as you and
I, maybe, when he discovered that the
“higher-up” was none other than
Miss Janice Jarret, professional
model and Hollywood film star. She
is the same girl that smiles down
from you on the cigarette billboards
and soap advertisements. It was a
prodigious task, but Mr. Purvis set
out with all the fervor of a kid riding
his first bicicle. He courted her in
New York, was photographed with
her in night clubs, followed her to
Hollywood, week-ended with her in
Malibu. Everyday it looked as if Miss
Jarret was going to give herself up
and come on in. And one day she
did. Everything was arranged, she
was wearing the ring, the preacher
was standing by and, in fact, the
wedding was set for the next night
when everything went blooey. Purvis
left for an ocean cruise with the
laconic reply, “I have nothing to say.”
Nobody knows exactly how and why
everything did not go off as expect
ed, whether the vivacious Texas
beauty decided upon a career, as they
say in Hollywood, or whether Purvis
just got disgusted and quit.
Anyway you go about it, Mr. Pur
vis failed in what he had been
schooled to do, to “bring back his
man.” Or a woman, as it was in this
case. But he should have known bet
ter all the time than to have trusted
anyone so beautiful and so fickle, as
to smile down from this billboard
and say, “smoke this brand, they
never get on your nerves,” and then
smile down from that billboard and
say “smoke this brand, they’re toast
ed,” and maybe only a block’s dis
tance she was on another billboard
and saying, “smoke this brand, they
satisfy.”
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to acknowledge with sin
cere thanks the kind expressions of
sympathy and the beautiful floral
offerings given us during the sick
ness and death of our baby son and
brother. May God bless each of
you.
MR. AND MRS. BILL BOSTWICK
and Family.
Less Monthly Discomfort
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dition as a result of poor assimila
tion of food, say they benefited by
taking CARDUI, a special medicine
for women. They found it helped to
increase the appetite and improve
digestion, thereby bringing them
more strength from their food.
Naturally there is less discomfort
at monthly periods when the system
has been strengthened and the vari
ous functions restored and regulated.
Cardul, praised by thousands of women,
Is well worth trying. Os course, If not
benefited, consult a physician.
SPECIALS
—for
REMAINDER OF JUNE
Lucky Tiger Soapless Oil Shampoo and set,
formerly SI.OO, now .... 50c
Special Eugene Croquignole Permanent,
formerly $6.00, now . . . $5.00
See us for prices before you get your
summer permanent wave
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Phone 113 BLAKELY, GA.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
... LESSON...
MESSAGES FROM GENESIS
Lesson for June 27. Hebrews 11:1-22
Golden Text: Hebrews 11:13.
By REV. CHAS. E. DUNN
Genesis is a Greek word meaning
“beginning.” While much of the
book is obviously lacking in the
high inspiration of the psalms and
the gospels it is nevertheless of first
rate importance both because of the
light it sheds upon man’s primitive
quest for God, and the great funda
mental truths of the moral and re
ligious life it proclaims.
What are these truths? First of
all, Genesis insists that God is one,
that He is a Spirit of perfect holi
ness, the Source of all being, the
Supreme Lord of creation. This sub
lime conception is magnificently
heralded in the opening chapter,
that majestic poem of creation,
where we are told that “God saw
every thing that he had made, and,
behold, it was very good.”
Secondly, Genesis makes it
abundantly clear that God does not
tolerate disobedience, but punishes
the sinner, while at the same time
rewarding all who loyally serve
Him. With remarkable candor the
book unfolds the misery and woe
visited upon wrongdoers. But with
equal honesty it narrates the good
fortune won by those whose lives
have been inspired by fidelity to the
divine will. Its characters seem a bit
shadowy at times for certain
amount of legendary lore is woven
into the narrative. But they are real
men and women just the same. And
God is a very real Being working
out His purpose in the unfolding
of the careers of the patriarchs. He
is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob, the God of their individual
peculiarities and destinies. But He
is the God of the nation, too,
moulding a mighty people to be the
chosen instrument of His providen
tial salvation, the custodian of His
glorious revelation.
In Genesis we see the start of that
long, patient journey which culmi
nated in Christ.
LEGION CONVENTION
IN ALBANY THIS WEEK
Meeting Tonight Open to Public.
Senator George to Speak
The annual convention of the
Georgia division of The American
Legion will be held in Albany on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of
this week. The Legionnaires are
planning a gala thee-day celebration.
Tonight (Thursday) the meeting,
which will be held in the municipal
auditorium, is open to the public,
and the featured speaker will be
■Senator Walter F. George. Local
Legionnaires, who are planning to
attend, have invited a number of
Blakely citizens to attend the meet
ing tonight.
Shepherd Deg Trials
English shepherd dog trials have
rigid and exacting rules and frequently
the boat working dog falls to carry off
the honors it well deserves. The dogs
are supposed to work rapidly during
the trials and pen the flock of sheep
under their care as soon as possible
without help from the owner. A record
for this act was recently set by an out
sider, a dog given little consideration
in the competition, when it penned its
flock In three minutes but was disqual
ified because its owmer, an English
countryside shepherdess, whistled her
orders to the dog contrary to the com
petitive rules. —Detroit News.
FOR SALE— 7S tons hoy, SIO.OO
ton; 25 tons oats, $25.00 ton. I. D.
FELDER.
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
HILTON BOY TO ATTEND
FORESTRY CAMP
The Vocational Forestry Camp:
will be held July 25 to August 5 at
Young Harris College, Young Harris, ‘
Ga., according to announcement,
made by Claude E. Boggs, Educa- i
tional Manager of the State Division
of Forestry. j
Clarence Holder, from Hilton
High School, will attend this camp.
Approximately 180 boys from rural
high throughout the State
will compose the student body of
the camp this year.
The camp is held each year in
order to extend, under practical for
est conditions, the teaching which has
been carried on in the agricultural
class rooms of the high schools. In
structions in the camp will be con
ducted by members of the staff of
the Division of Forestry and vo
cational teachers.
The boys attending the camp are
selected on the basis of a competi
tive examination in forestry, their
scholastic average and moral char
acter being considered. This method
of selection insures getting not on
ly boys who are interested in
forestry, but those who have a high
standing in their respective com
munities;
Clarence Holder made a grade of
80 on the examination held in March
and will attend camp this year.
O. F. MORTON,
Instructor of Agriculture.
Three Russian aviators, Baliakoff,
Baibukoff and Chekaloff, flew from
Moscow over the north pole to Van
couver, Washington, landing Sun
day. They were short of their goal
of Oakland, California. The Rus
sians were in the air 63 hours and
17 minutes.
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Georgia Homes in Georgia Towns
In the tables below the first figure to the right >-// (jofityGj£L
or each town s name is the average kilowatt hour rv-* v ee v-ww.’
consumption PER HOME for the year ending *
with May, 1937. The next column of figures shows T> '] 1 O ■ f T 11 ■
how much MORE home electricity, by percent- 11111*0 liOnPfflS C I DDfIDPCniTI
ages, the homes in each town used than was used XJLIXXU UUUA UxCl u JLIUCILIuX ullxlj
in the same period by the average home through- J X
out America.
% Above The electrical leadership that has put Georgia in the
Rank Town Average u." Average very top flight of the 48 states is an honor that belongs
(Town, with more than 400 residential electric tO 3,1 ° f Georgia— not to any One City, tOWn Or COUnty
customers) —nor to any hand-picked group of favored communi-
1 Tifton 2,205.2 196 ti es .
2 Americus 2,164.3 191
3 Statesboro 1,836.2 147 The most recent returns show that Georgia homes
4 Gainesville 1,786.2 140 served by this Company are now 67 per cent ahead, on
5 Dublin 1,739.1 134 the average, of American homes in general in their
7 Dawson 1 619 4 117 annual use of electricity. During the twelve months just
8 Canton 1513 4 103 P ast ’ th® B ® Georgia homes marked up a figure of 1,243
9 Eastman 1,456.5 95 kilowatt hours per home, against an average of only
10 Waynesboro 1,445.0 94 743 for the entire United States.
(Towns with from residential electric This Atlanta ’ s or county ’ s
1 Baxley 2,252.8 203 ord, or the record of north, south, east or west Geor-
2 Manchester 2,148.8 189 gia. It’s the record of more than 149,000 homes in more
3 Louisville 2,072.2 than 490 Georgia communities of all sizes, and out on
5 M-lUc CC 2 064 1 177 the arms > parts of the state where this Com-
6 Clarkston 2’,030.7 173 pany’s lines run.
7 Nashville 2,029.3 173 r i • «r 'p
8 Ocilla 2,000.1 169 Look at the Record..
9 Vidalia 1,849.5 148 In the table at the left are figures that will sharpen
10 Cuthbert 1,8j6.9 147 your understanding of this remarkable record. These
(Towns with from residential electric are Georgia ’ s l eading tQwnSj meaSU red by the USe of
1 Warm Springs .... 2,439.0 228 electricity in their homes. Notice how widespread geo-
2 Perry, 2,332.4 213 graphically they are—notice that the size of the town
3 Baconton 2,154.4 189 is not always an index to its electrical progressiveness.
5 Shellman 2,108.0 183 Last year, towns all over Georgia were competing
6 Eatonton 1,988.1 167 in the first Home Town Electrical Contest in history.
7 Soperton 1,968.8 164 Now, six months after the contest ended, its good
o Xi i'swi la? effects are still being felt. Many of the prize-winning
10 Darien 1 833.6 146 towns are still setting the pace tor Georgia and attract-
(Towns with from 25 to 100 residential electric ing national attention by their amazing records. These
customers) towns, and all of Georgia, now KNOW that electrical
2 odbinC 2 043 3 174 progress means better homes, better home towns and
3 Leesburg.™™. 1712 6 130 a better state. And with that knowledge, Georgians
4 Smithville ™. 1,655.4 122 are really putting electricity to work, building a pattern
5 Lumpkin 1,591.2 114 of modem life at its very best.
6 Abbeville 1,568.2 111
7 Sale City 1,521.8 104 sn • T-k
8 Marshaiivilie 1,4996 ioi Georgia rower Company
9 Bartow 1,371.7 84
10 Midville 1,314.2 76 MORE LIGHT, MORE LEISURE, FOR GEORGIA HOMES
If your home town isn’t on the list above, drop by
our office and find out just where stands.
MIDWAY SUNDAY SCHOOL
(NEAR BANCROFT)
We began our Sunday School a
few months ago with just a small
! number enrolled, meeting about in
' some one’s home. Now we are us
! ing an empty dwelling until we can
' get our church built which we
ihave already made plans for, to be
erected on land given us by Mr. B.
L. Woodall at Cross Road on high
way from Blakely to Arlington. It
will be about middle way, therefore
we have given it the name “Mid
way.” We have an organ that adds
lots to our music.
Our officers are: Supt., Mrs. Alice
Trippe; Assistant, Mrs. J. W. Jor
dan; Sec.-Treas., Miss Beulah Wil
liams; Assistant, Mr. C. H. Pate, Jr.;
Teachers—Beginners, Miss Willie j
Zelle Sprouse; Primary, Miss Eunice
Jordan; Juniors, Mrs. Maude Pate;
Intermediate, Mrs. Jefferson Clink
scale, Jr.; Adult, Miss Eula Trippe.
Our enrollment is 60, with a rather
good attendance. We have new ad
ditions each Sunday. We meet at
3:30 p. m. Preaching services every
(first and third Sunday after Sunday
’ School by Rev. Fleming McDuffie.
We will begin a series of meetings
on the second Sunday in July con
ducted by Rev. McDuffie, assisted
by Rev. Luther Norris. We feel
grateful to Revs. Ott, Norris and
Burkette for the interest they have
shown by coming out to our serv
ices, also other visitors. We are
weak in number, but strong in faith
and ambition. Through faithful
prayer and the help of God, we in
tend to reach our goal, which is a
nice church building, real good
church services, and a better com
munity.
We extend every one an invita
tion to all our services. Come and
bring some one with you. We are
having a real feast for the soul.
—REPORTER.
The Spanish Insurgent forces fi
nally captured the Government Red
forces and captured the ancient
Basque capital of Bilbao last week.
SPECIALS
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY—
June 25th and 26th
Heinz 24-oz. fresh Cucumber Pickles _ 25c
Pints Boneless Pig Feet 20c
16-oz. cans White Tip Asparagus 125 c
Delmonte Grapefruit Juice 10c
No. 2 1 /2 size Argo Pineapple 20c
No. 2 size Libby’s Table Peaches 15c
Best Meadow Grove Cheese 22c
Heinz 9-oz. cans Ripe Olives 20c
24-lb. bags Better’n Gold Flour 95c
24-lb. bags Silver King Flour 89c
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