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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXVIII }> NO. 6
Mr. W. M. Melton
Dies After Illness
Os Only Few Days
Following a serious illness of only
four days, Mr. William Martin Mel
ton, 79, died at his home just north
west of the city Sunday afternoon
at 1.50 o’clock.
Mr. Melton, who was highly es
teemed by a large number of friends,
was a native of Henry county Ala.,
where he was born in 1857, the son
of John and Nancy Deal Melton. He
had lived here for 28 years, coming
from Alabama to Early county in
1909. He had engaged in farming
throughout the time of his residence
here. He was a member of the Metho
dist church.
Funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon at three o’clock at the
family residence, with the Revs. E.
M. Overby and S. B. King officiat
ing. Interment followed in the city
cemetery, with the Fryer Funeral
Home in charge and the following
serving as pall-bearers: Joe Bush,
W. L. Mosely, Joe Allen, R. C. Sin
gletary, W. C. Cook, Curtis Loyless,
Oscar Whitchard, Charles Dunning.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Senora
King Melton; three sons, J. Edgar
Melton of Fort Gaines, Ollin T. Mel
ton of Little Rock, Ark., and J. C.
Melton of Columbus; three daughters,
Mrs. J. G. Mashburn and Mrs. S. W.
Sessions of Blakely and Mrs. O. M.
Arnold of Dothan; two brothers, H.
C. Melton of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,
and W. E. Melton of Winter Haven,
Fla., and three sisters, Mrs. George
Findley and Mrs. Harry Evans of
Fort Gaines and Mrs. W. J. Pierson
of Columbus. Ten grandchildren also
survive.
Mr. Melton, during the more than
a quarter of a century in which he
lived here, made many friends who
were grieved to learn of his death.
Many of these attended the last
rites Monday afternoon, and the
beautiful floral offerings further at
tested the esteem in which he was
held.
Jere Moore, of Milledgeville, was
elected President of the Georgia
Press Association at the annual meet
ing held in Adel the past week.
Stop! Look! Save!
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
September 24th and 25th
MEAL PECK 39c
CABBAGE 3 LBS. ’. 10c
eggs" FRESH DOZL 28 c
SWEET POTATOES 5 LBS . . . 157
IRISH POTATOES 5 LBS 13c
VANILLA WAFERS PACKAGE OZ . 15c
RICE~ WATER MAID 20c
TOMATOES 2 CANS 2 15c
Mil If GOLD 2 Large £ small Olz.
ItIILIk MEDAL or V cans 4M JL C
-WEAVER'S-
CASH & AAARKET &
ARRY GROCERY
RALPH SCARBOROUGH, Manager
IT PAYS TO PAY CASH
(farlg Count]) JCews
PEAK IN MEAT
PRICES REACHED,
SLUMP EXPECTED
The high cost of meat will not be
a source of worry much longer, ac
cording to the word of government
■ experts that prices have reached a
■ peak and that declines will follow
1 soon.
Charts on retail meat prices at the
■ bureau of agricultural economics
• shows they had touched seven-year
> highs recently—especially for steaks
1 and pork chops.
■ The economists say high prices
' were caused by droughts and busi
-1 ness recovery.
The decline will come, the econ-
■ omists predict, as a result of larger
■ crops and protests by the public over
high costs.
They say meat prices usually are
■ highest about this time of year and
gradually taper off until early spring
■ when they turn upward.
The American federation of labor
declares workers will be forced to a
lower living standard this fall un
less their pay checks are at least 5
per cent larger than in 1936.
“Present buying power,” the fed
eration says, “is not enough to give
industry the impetus it needs for a
' steady upward pull in the next twelve
months. This fall is the logical time
for a further increase in wages.”
INTERESTING PROGRAM
AT ROTARY CLUB
Bill Standifer and 0. H. King,
: Jr., who attended the recent Ceramic
' Industrial School at Georgia Tech,
i as representatives of the Blakely
> Rotary Club, were guests of the
Club last week and gave interesting
i accounts of their experiences while
: away. A trip to Birmingham was
i one of the highlights of the course
of instruction.
; Other guests of the luncheon in
i eluded Mr. T. H. Barron, of the At
. kinson Saw Co. of Virginia, and Mr.
; M. C. Renfroe, of the Sheffield
Hardware Co. of Americus. The
former is a talented musician and
singer and delighted the Rotarians
s with a song number and a number
l of musical selections on a handsaw.
• Messrs. Barron and Renfroe were
guests of President Sparks.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead,”
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1937.
Legion and 4-H
Fair Premium List
Is Announced
The following is the premium list
announced this week for the Amer
ican Legion and 4-H Club fair to be
held in Blakely the week of Octo
ber 12th:
Department A—Beef Cattle
I. The best educational exhibit of
beef cattle showing the value of
breeding:
Ist $5.00
2nd 3.00
3rd 2.00
11. Best pen of three or more
pure-bred or grade heifers of any
beef breed and one pure-bred bull:
Ist $5.00
2nd 3.00
3rd 2.00
111. To the boy or girl who is able
to exhibit his or her 4-H calf the
best:
Ist $3.00
2nd 2.00
3rd 1.00
4th 1.00
sth 1.00
Department B—Dairy Cattle
I. Best Jersey Bull:
Ist $2.00
2nd 1.50
3rd 1.00
11. Best Jersey Cow:
Ist $2.00
2nd 1.50
3rd 1.00
111. Best Jersey Heifer:
Ist $2.00
2nd 1.50
3rd 1.00
Department C—Swine
I. Best educational exhibit of
swine showing the value of breeding:
Ist $4.00
2nd 3.00
3rd 2.00
11. Best educational exhibit show
ing value of swine sanitation (the
exhibit must show sanitary set-up as
well as animals):
Ist $4.00
2nd 3.00
3rd 2.00
111. Best pure-bred gilt shown by
4-H Club boy or girl:
Ist $3.00
2nd 2.00
3rd 1.00
IV. Best pure-bred gilt shown by
F. F. A. boy or girl:
Ist $3.00
2nd 2.00
3rd 1.00
V. Best pair of pure-bred hogs,
any breed:
Ist $3.00
2nd 2.00
3rd 1.00
VI. Best sow and litter:
Ist $3.00
2nd 2.00
3rd 1.00
Department D—Horses and Mules
I. Best brood mare:
Ist $3.00
2nd 2.00
3rd 1.00
11. Best mule colt under one year
old (must be Georgia foaled):
Ist $3.00
2nd 2.00
3rd 1.00
Department E—Poultry
I. Best pen of five white leghorn
hens:
Ist $2.00
2nd 1.50
3rd 1.00
11. Best pen of five white leghorn
pullets:
Ist $2.00
2nd 1.50
3rd 1.00
111. Best pen of five barred rocks
hens:
Ist $2.00
2nd 1.50
3rd 1.00
IV. Best pen of five barred rock
pullets:
Ist $2.00
2nd 1.50
3rd 1.00
V. Best pen of five Rhode Island
Red hens:
Ist $2.00
2nd 1.50
3rd 1.00
VI. Best pen of five Rhode Island
Red pullets:
Ist $2.00
2nd 1.50
3rd 1.00
Department F—Farm Crops
I. Best, most complete, and most
artistically arranged exhibit of home
grown foods, such as fruits, vegeta
bles, nuts, meat, canned goods, etc:
Ist $5.00
2nd 3.00
3rd 2.00
11. Best, most complete, and most
artistically arranged exhibit of farm
feeds:
Istss.oo
2nd 3.00
3rd 2.00
111. Best community display of all
kinds of farm products:
Ist SB.OO
2nd 5.00
3rd 3.00
IV. Best ten-ear exhibit of any
variety of prolific corn:
Ist $2.00
2nd 1.50
3rd 1.00
V. Best ten-ear exhibit of any
variety of non-prolific corn:
Ist $2.00
2nd 1.50
Every Automobile
Driver In Georgia
Must Get License
; The set-up for enforcement of the |
• highway patrol and driver’s license
: laws, passed by the last session of '
• the General Assembly, has now been
perfected and enforcement will begin ,
this week.
Here is what to do—and what not (
to do—to get your driver’s license:
Get an application blank from a
filling station, a highway patrolman, (
the sheriff’s office, your motor club ]
or court clerk.
If blanks are not immediately
available at these places, don’t be (
discouraged. As rapidly as detail j
work can be handled, the blanks will (
be distributed.
Do not write the Department of
Public Safety. You’ll be wasting *
your time, for the department will
not send a blank.
Fill out the application in ink—not [
pencil—and have it attested by a
notary public. j
Pin a money order or a cashier’s 1
check to the application and mail it
to the Department of Public Safe
ty at Atlanta. Personal checks will
not be accepted. If you send a dollar
bill, the risk is yours.
Official date for issuing the li
censes is Monday, September 20. A
They expire June 30, 1939. .
The operator will pay a $1 fee and •
the chauffeur as 2 fee. About 800,- '
000 licenses will be issued to Geor- f
gians. The greatest number will go
to the operators’ group.
Every person operating a motor (
car must have a driver’s license, ex
cept persons driving motor cars for
the Army, Navy or Marine Corps.
Operators who apply for their li
censes within 30 days from Monday
will not be required to stand an ex
amination. Later applicants will.
Capt. John H. Lott, of the pa- j
trol, said no arrests have been made <
by the Georgia troopers except in
drunken driving cases. The work will
continue along educational lines un- |
til the licenses are issued.
When you get your license, here’s (
what you do:
Keep it on your person whenever
driving. If you are stopped by the
patrol, you’ll probably be asked to
exhibit it.
It will serve to separate the “re
peater” from the chance vialator—.
there’s a space for patrol notations.
If you are stopped for reckless
driving, chances are you won’t have
to go to court—the first time. But
a notation will be made on the li
cense. Be reckless again, and the
odds are you’ll explain it to the judge.
Until an enabling law is passed by
the Legislature creating special courts
the highway patrol cases will come
up in city or superior courts in the
counties where the violations occur.
Motorists will be permitted to post
bond set by a justice of the peace
; 3rd 1.00
VI. Best exhibit of cotton, includ
ink stalk, sample of lint and seed:
Ist $1.50
2nd 1.00
3rd .50
VII. Best exhibit of Spanish pea
nuts, consisting of six bunches and
one gallon unshelled:
Ist $1.50
2nd 1.00
3rd .50
VIII. Best exhibit of runner pea
nuts, consisting of six bunches and
one gallon unshelled:
Ist $1.50
2nd 1.00
3rd .50
Department G—Ladies’ Dept.
I. Best exhibit of all kinds of
home-canned goods:
Ist $3.00
2nd 2.00
3rd 1.00
11. Best exhibit of home-made
household articles, such as spreads,
scarfs, towels, articles of clothing, or
any other needle or hand-work:
Ist $3.00
2nd 2.00
3rd 1.00
Department H—Educational
Department
I. Best educational exhibit by a
Senior High School:
Ist $5.00
2nd 4.00
3rd 3.00
11. Best educational exhibit by a
Junior High School:
Ist $5.00
2nd . 4.00
3rd 3.00
111. Best educational exhibit by
Vocational Schools:
Ist $5.00
2nd 4.00
3rd 3.00
FIRST AID ROAD
STATIONS ARE PLANNED
BY AMERICAN LEGION
A plan to establish 1,000 or more
first-aid stations along Georgia’s
highways is being formulated by the
American Legion and will provide
that Legion members who operate
filling stations, eating establishments,
garages and other roadside business
es in Georgia, be qualified to ren
der first aid.
The qualification will be made be
fore county health authorities by can
didates who have been recommended
by the American Legion posts.
After a Legionnaire has been quali
fied and has been given a first-aid
certificate by his county board of
health, which is composed of the
chairman of the county commission,
the county school superintendent and
a practicing physician named by the
grand jury, he will be allowed to
display the “American Legion First-
Aid Station” sign on his place of
business, it is planned.
FINAL WARNING
TO DOG OWNERS
You have had fair warning in re
gard to inoculating your dogs. The
city police has instructions to secure
from veterinarian the list of dogs
Which have been treated. Those
which have not will be immediately
impounded. If your dog has not been
inoculated or you have not already
made arrangements to have it done,
this is final notice that all dogs found
on the streets will be immediately
impounded. The ordiance is to be
enforced.
MACK STRICKLAND,
Chief of Police.
HILTON CHAPTER F.F.A.
ELECTS 1937-38 OFFICERS
The Hilton F. F. A. Chapter held
its regular meeting on Wednesday,
September 15, for the purpose of
organizing and electing new officers.
The meeting was called to order
by our ex-Vice President, Lynward
Smith, and the chapter proceeded to
elect the officers by secret ballot.
The officers elected were as fol
lows:
President, Lynward Smith.
Vice-President, Sterling Dußose.
Secretary, Roy Smith.
Treasurer, Ashley Temples, Jr.
Reporter, George Tedder.
The new officers were called upon
by our instructor, Mr. Morton, to
give a brief talk on what their plans
were for making the year of 1937-38
the most successful year that this
chapter has had.
The chapter will hold its next
regular meeting on Sept. 20.
—GEORGE TEDDER, Reporter.
and appear at the next term of court.
No orders have been issued the
patrol regarding strict enforcement
of the 40-mile-an-hour speed limit.
Governor Rivers said emphasis would
be placed on reckless rather than fast
driving.
WHEN SICKNESS
STRIKES HOME
You want the best Physician, and the best
Physician requires the aid of a good drug
gist. New discoveries in medicine and
new ideas require the modern druggist to
be up-to-date. We invite you to visit our
modern, well equipped
Prescription Department
Your prescriptions will be carefully com-
i
pounded by a
Registered Druggist
Balkcom’s Drug Store
Blakely, Georgia
* i
PULL FOR BLAKELY
—OR—
PULL OUT
$1.50 A YEAR
Jurors Are Drawn
For October Term of
Early Superior Court
The following jurors have been
drawn for service at the October
term of Early Superior Court, which
will be convened on Monday, the
4th:
Grand Jurors
J. G. Houston, R. C. Howell, Gor
don White. J. H. Dykes, John H.
Williams, W. D. Sammons, W. R.
Alexander, J. L. Clinkscale, G. T.
Freeman, J. D. George, Sr., T. J.
Fort, Sr., J. P. Hudspeth, H. D. Paul,
Wesley Hatcher, R. C. Billings, C.
H. Loback, J. G. Sheffield, F. L. Ful
ton, J. W. Dunning, C. D. Smith,
Percy Ward, J. O. Bridges, B. B.
Godwin, P. E. Alexander, George U.
Mock, J. G. Philmon, W. C. Bryan,
Sr., O. Powell, Sr., E. C. McDowell,
L. T. Roberson.
Traverse Jurors—First Week
J. B. Ward, H. L. Hicks, L. L.
Long, J. L. Underwood, R. E. Alex
ander, G. M. Sparks, James Murdock,
V. L. Cannon, J. O. Evans, W. O.
Fort, W. H. Ivey, J. M. Bryant,
Wayne Whitehurst, H. T. King, J.
H. Sutton, J. B. Tarver, Milton
Martin, C. B. Reese, E. C. Spence,
T. M. Pullen, Harvey Wolfe, A. C.
Hammond, H. H. Sirmons, J. B.
Tabb, Owen Wills, J. G. Horn, Roy
Beard, T. B. McDowell, T. J. Lewis,
H. B. Chandler, J. A. Cox, H. B.
Grier, R. E. Harris, T. H. Smith, W.
O. Gilbert, W. A. Reese, A. J. Rob
erts, J. B. Widener, D. E. Martin,
G. E. Gilbert, Jobie Temples, J. S.
Moore, Mose Aman, O. Powell, Jr.,
R. O. Lewis, Don S. Bridges, A. H.
Lanier, Henry Gordon.
Traverse Jurors —Second Week
C. P. Bell, D. E. Waller, J. S.
Peterman, Dwight Harris, G. R.
Owens, R. E. Williams, J. M. Gar
rett, C. F. Tolar, W. J. Hay, J. B.
Williams, J. O. Oliver, D. D. Waller,
E. H. Tabb, Robert Hall, George
Nash, L. W. Wiley, D. L. Waller, C.
S. Fryer, Lewis Jones, Homer Bush,
E. F. Reed, A. I. Sheffield, O. F.
Morton, T. O. Whitchard, Sr., J. L.
McArthur, J. G. Corley, C. H. Loy
less, R. T. McGrady, Jas. F. Hous
ton, H. T. Williams, Roy McClelland,
E. W. Reese, Max Middleton, J. W.
Allen, Geo. L. Ivey, Jr., S. E. Cor
ley, W. G. Gill, J. J. McLendon, W.
M. Carter, C. C. Willis, J. O. Lane,
W. G. Tolar, W. H. Fleming, G. E.
Pyle, J. G. Swann, W. A. Smith, E.
M. Black, W. J. Grist, Sr., F. A.
Barham, Sibley Pyle, S. G. Plowden,
C. M. Lindsey, T. F. Daniels, B. J.
Turner, W. L. Rhodes, Sam Roberts,
R. W. Wolfe, C. P. Gleaton, B. G.
Whittington, B. D. Tedder, G. L.
Singletary, John Newberry, E. S.
Boyett, B. P. Keaton, Lewie Stein,
C. E. Boyett, J. B. Still, Jr., E. K.
Odum, U. G. Ingram, J. R. George.
Great Britain and France, with
other powers, have inaugurated an
anti-pirate patrol of the Mediterran
ean Sea to guard against submarines
preying on shipping. Italy refused
to join the patrol.