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Wallace Announces
Crop Limitations
For Next Year
Washington, D. C.—The Roosevelt
administration has set out to hold
next year’s acreage of major crops
below the 1928-37 average.
Officials announced limitations
with which farmers will have to
comply to obtain federal benefit pay
ments under the existing soil con
servation act.
At the same time, they declared
congress must enact new crop con
trol legislation to insure effective
ness of the program.
“In the absence of other legisla
tion,” said Secretary Wallace, “nor
mal weather conditions over several
seasons again will result in the ac
cumulation of burdensome surplus
es.”
H. R. Trolley, chief of the agricul
ture adjustment administration, add
ed that any large group of farm
ers might upset the goal of the con
servation program if they decided
they could make more money by
spurning government payments and
planting all the acreage they pleased.
Congress already has agreed to
give new farm legislation right-of
way at its next meeting, which may
be a special session called by Presi
dent Roosevelt this fall, or the reg
ular session starting next January.
Wallace and other administration
leaders believe the lawmakers could
back up the present program with
some marketing quota system or tax,
to establish positive production con
trol.
The 1938 conservation program
sets definite limits on the amount
of major crops and especially of
corn, cotton, tobacco, potatoes, rice
and peanuts, which may be pro
duced without disqualifying the
farmer for benefits payments.
A national “goal” or acreage lim
it was established for all major
crops at 275,000,000 to 290,000,000
acres. This compares with an aver
age of 305,000,000 acres in the 1928-
37 period.
This national goal will be split
into state, county and individual
farm “goals.” Special goals on the
six crops will be divided similarly.
Tolley said new provisions include
a special payment to encourage
shift of cultivated lands in certain
Great Plains area to grass, and a
large share of benefit payments for
tenants and sharecroppers on cotton
lands in the South.
Officials said they expect to an
nounce the state “goal” or acreage
limits within three weeks.
GEORGIA CCC PROGRAM
ANNOUNCED BY FECHNER
(By Georgia News Service)
The program of the Civilian Con
servation Corps for the three month
period beginning October 1 provides
for operation of 33 camps in Geor
gia, all to remain in their present
location, it was revealed Wednesday
by Robert Fechner, director of the
corps.
Director Fechner also announced
he had approved recommendations
of the Department of Agriculture for
continuation of operation during the
second quarter of the fiscal year of
five camps on national forests, seven
on private forest lands, nine on proj
ects under direction of the Soil Con
servation Service and one under the
United States Biological Survey.
In addition he approved recom
mendations of the Department of the
Interior for five camps on state parks,
two on national monuments and one
a military park. Three camps will
continue conservation projects on
military reservations under super
vision of the War Department.
PREACHING AT PINE VIEW
NEXT SUNDAY AFTERNOON
The News is asked to announce
that there will be preaching at
Pine View Baptist church next Sun
day afternoon at 3 o’clock by the
Rev. J. C. Moore. The public is
invited to attend.
OUR SPECIALS THIS WEEK
MARY DEAN DRESSES—SMOCKS
HOUSE COATS
Sizes 12 to 20
Price Range
•1.98 to ‘5.98
The Peggy Ann
New Scale Is
Installed By The
Blakely Peanut Co.
Patrons of The Blakely Peanut
I Company are viewing with marked
i interest and approval the installation
of the new Fairbanks Printomatio
i weigher just recently installed by
' this enterprising concern on their
■ heavy duty truck and wagon scale
■ located at their office.
Following the line of all advanced
1 scale construction, the new Printo-
■ matic weigher uses no springs what
. soever, and the weight of the load
upon the platform automatically reg
. isters upon the front and back of a
. large dial plainly marked with fig
-1 ures which indicates the weight and
. is easily read by both the driver of
. the vehicle and the operator of the
scale.
Probably the most interesting sea
. ture of the new scale is the fact that
. it finds the weight of the load and
prints the weight automatically,
thereby eliminating all chance of
error upon the part of the operator.
■ Most of the errors in weighing on
the older types of beam scales were
made through the transposition of
figures when they were set down
' by the operator after reading the
weight as indicated by the beam.
. The self-registering type beam scale
which came into use a few years ago
' superseded these older models, and
while they were a great step for
ward by eliminating the chance of
error through transposition, they
still had to be manually balanced by
the operator to find the weight of
the load upon the platform. The
new Printpmatic weigher now goes
still further and eliminates the
chance of error caused by the opera
tor failing to balance the load cor
rectly, and in addition, it prints the
weight electrically, thereby elimi
nating all possible chance of error
caused by the human element in
weighing. This electrical printing
feature is unique, using a miniature
electric motor having one-seventieth
of one horsepower, which is prob
ably one of the smallest electric mo
tors ever manufactured. Electric
current is only used to print the
weight on the ticket, and has noth
ing to do with the operation of the
scale insofar as finding the weight
is concerned, for this is done by
the simple action of weight against
weight graduated and applied upon
irrefutable scientific principles, which
is the recognized acme of scale ac
curacy and perfection. To guard
against the contingency of the scale
becoming non-operative in the event
the electric current should be sud
denly cut off, the operator merely
has to record the weight as indi
cated by the large dial which oper
ates at all times while a load rests
upon the platform.
It is expected that the new Print
omatic weigher will speed up weigh
ing fully fifty per cent, which
means that drivers of vehicles using
the facilities of The Blakely Peanut
Company will no longer be subject
ed to the long delay of waiting in
i line during the period of the rush
movement of peanuts, and this com
[ pany, in keeping with their pro
gressive spirit, gladly furnishes this
extra service to their customers
without additional cost and extends
a cordial welcome to the public
generally to come in and inspect
this new equipment.
MEN MAY ENLIST
FOR REGULAR ARMY
IN DOTHAN
Men between the ages of 18 and
35, single, with no dependents, of
good character and in good physical
condition can now enlist in the Regu
lar Army at Dothan, Ala.
Vacancies now available include
Infantry, Field Artillery with sta
tion in the Hawaiian Islands, Panama
Canal Zone and Fort Benning, Ga.
Persons now applying for enlistment
. have their choice of either of the
above assignments.
During the week of September
J 13th, 17 men were accepted at
i Dothan for enlistment. Included in
. this group is Perry J. Buckins, who
gave his home as Blakely, Georgia.
Buckins was accepted for Infantry
at Panama Canal Zone.
Persons interested in enlistment
should apply to Sergeant H. Gustof
son, Post Office Bldg., Dothan,
Alabama.
■ The state of Georgia began is
s suing automobile driver’s licenses
this week.
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Statewide Motor
Traffic Census
Started Monday
A state-wide census of motor ve
hicle traffic on all of the highways
in Georgia was started Monday morn
ing by the State Highway Depart
ment, according to announcement of
Chairman W. L. Miller.
This is the second step in a
comprehensive survey undertaken by
the State and Federal Road Depart
ments. The first step was taken
some weeks ago when field men start
ed an inventory of all public roads
in the state. The third step will be
a financial analysis of counties and
municipalities with reference to their
ability to pay for highway construc
tion.
Two groups of trained men, Mr.
Miller stated, took the field Monday
morning. One group will make a
count of all types of motor vehicles
passing 270 carefully selected key
stations throughout the state. This
group will rotate from one station
to another and count and record the
traffic at all hours of the day and
night and under all conditions of
weather.
The second group will obtain data
on bus and truck traffic at fifty
four selected stations. These men
will work in crews of five men each
and will be equipped with portable
scales. They will take the weights
of busses and trucks, both loaded and
unloaded, make record of the origin
and destination of such vehicles,
and of the character of their loads.
They will rotate from one station to
another and make their recordings at
all hours of the day and night and
under all weather conditions.
Mr. Miller emphasized the point
that the purpose of the traffic cen
sus has nothing to do with law en
forcement.
“The men who will take this cen
sus,” he said, “are not law enforce
ment officers, but fact finders.
Therefore, when a driver of a bus or
truck is requested to stop a few min
utes to have his vehicle weighed, and
to give information needed for the
purpose of the census, we hope they
will co-operate. They will not be de
tained a minute longer than neces
sary.”
“The facts to be gathered by this
survey will point the way for a vast
program of highway extension and
improvement in the future, from
which all types of motor vehicle own
ers will benefit, especially the farm
ers, who need better roads to get
from their farms to the main trunk
highways.”
BLAKELY COLORED
SCHOOL OPENED
MONDAY, SEPT. 20
The fall term of the 1937-1938
session of the Blakely Colored school
opened Monday morning with an
enrollment of 302, approximately
140 more than last year. The num
ber of pupils is expected to be in
creased.
A large number of patrons of the
school attended the opening exer
cises. A brief program was carried
out along with some encouraging re
marks by patrons and friends.
W. E. West, the principal, stress
ed the importance of attending
school promptly and regularly, and
the care of text books.
The name of the colored school
of Blakely has been changed to
Washington High School.
A small cottage has been rented
for the use of the Primary depart
ment. The first, second and third
grades occupy the small cottage at
present.
Dr. J. G. Standifer made a visit
to the school since its opening and
made some helpful remarks relative
to the school work.
W. C. Cain, chairman of the color
led trustee board, is making every
I effort for the success of the school.
The 19th annual national conven
tion of the American Legion was
held in New York City this week.
SAVE ON YOUR—
FURNITURE
LANIER FURNITURE CO.
—Your Patronage Appreciated—
-574 N. Main Phone 117
THIS WEEK
By Earl (“Tige”) Pickle
Democratic political prophets say
that Al Smith will receive his re
ward in the end. And we can’t
think of a better place for him to
get it.
Preferably with a good sized
board and a couple of shingle nails
therein.
♦ * ♦
Just saw where seven ladies who
term themselves the style setters of
the world appeared at a social func
tion wearing identically the same
. gown, gloves and hat. That’s ex
cuse enough for another war.
Suppose this had happened in our
town. I even shudder to think of it.
* * *
We hadn’t thought of Gene Tal
madge for months and months, and
’ all at once he turned up in our coun
ty to dedicate the opening of a new
i school building. Oh, well, such is
life.
The bad must be accepted with the
good, or sump’in.
* * *
Head line of the week: Drug Store
Burns, 2000 College Students Left
Homeless.
* * *
We wouldn’t vouch for the veracity
of the following story, but this is
the way we received it byway of
the grapevine. It seems that J. A.
(Butch) Hammack was making a
trip to Dothan when he passed a man
at Hilton driving a hog. Seeing that
the man was having somewhat of a
difficult time, he stopped and asked
if he could be of any assistance. The
man replied:
“No, I think I can manage it. I’ve
started to Dothan.”
“Why are you carrying it way
over to Dothan?” asked the inquisi
tive Mr. Hammack.
“Because the prices are better,
quarter cent more there.”
“Yes, but just think of all the
time that will be lost in carrying a
hog way over there.” This seemed
to exasperate the gentleman no lit
tle and he replied:
“Hell, stranger, don’t ask so many
foolish questions; time don’t mean
nothing to no hawg.”
DORCAS MEETING
The Dorcas Class met with Mrs.
Donnan, hostess, Mrs. Rhodes, Mrs.
George, Mrs. Snyder, Mrs. Hutchins,
joint hoistesses, with Mrs. Alto War
rick presiding.
Mrs. Collins gave the devotional,
which was taken from Matthew, sth
Chapter. She brought out so many
wonderful thoughts on “Jesus, the
Light and Teacher.”
The hour of meeting has been
changed to 4 o’clock instead of 3
o’clock.
After all business was over, Mrs.
Ollin Goocher took charge of the
entertainment. She had as a con
test, “Do You Know Blakely?” Ques
tions, with answers that we see every
day, but pass up without being
noticed.
A delicious salad plate was served.
Committees for the month of Sep
tember:
Bereavement: Mrs. J. V. Hutchin
son and Mrs. H. J. Middleton.
Visit sick: Mrs. C. R. Duncan, Mrs.
B. M. Lindsey, Mrs. Earl George.
Decorate the Church:
Sept. 12, Mrs. C. H. Loback.
Sept. 19, Mrs. Earl George, Mrs.
B. M. Lindsey.
Sept. 26, Mrs. Alto Warrick, Mrs.
Murray Brunson.
Oct. 3, Mrs. H. J. Middleton, Mrs.
A. R. Killebrew.
Hostess for October will be an
i nounced later.
■|
ICE CREAM SUPPER
AND CAKE WALK
. i
There will be an ice cream supper
and cake walk at Lucile school
■ | house, for the benefit of the Lucile
. F. W. B. League, Friday night, Oc
■ tober 1. Everyone invited.
i
SPECIALS
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY—
September 24th and 25th
5 lbs. Argo Rice 25c
1 qt. pure Apple Jelly 25c
2 No. 2 cans Corn 15c
1 lb. Excell Crackers 10c
6-lb. cans Sausage in Oil SI.OO
No. 2 Argo Peaches 15c
2 No. 2 cans Tomatoes 15c
Qts. pure Gold Salad Dressing 25c
15 ozs. Seedless Raisins 10c
14 ozs. Barbecue Sauce 15c
Best White Meat, lb 20c
Fresh Garden Seed, Seed Rye
BRYANT TURNER
PHONE 231
Spot Cash to All One Low Price to AH
ANNOUNCING
Have just installed new Shelton
Permanent Waving Machine. Plenty of
Heating. No waiting. Only one steam
ing for Permanents.
FULTON BEAUTY SHOP
Phone 113
FARMS FOR SALE!
I have several small farms near Blakely for
sale. Price right and terms easy. Own your
farm and be independent.
W. L. RHODES Blakely, Ga.
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INCREASED FARMALL POWER
and McCormick-Deering Equipment
to Use with It
Twenty per cent more power! That’s the plus
value you get with the new Farmall 20. Besides this
increase, there’s a full line of time and labor-saving
Farmall equipment designed to work with the F-20, all
helping you to cut field and belt work costs.
There’s unbeatable economy in the other Farmalls,
• too the smaller F-12 and the larger F-30. All burn
distillate, kerosene, or gasoline. They burn distillate
with unexcelled efficiency.
Let us show you other advantages of these tractors.
Or, call us for a demonstration.
Middleton Hdw. Co.
Blakely, : Georgia
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