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Blakely, Ga., Sept. 30, 1937
“Big court” here next week.
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The resignation of Justice
Marcus W. Beck from the
Georgia Supreme Court re
moves from that body one of
its outstanding figures. Gov.
ernor Rivers, in appointing
Warren Grice, of Macon, as
Judge Beck’s successor, seems
to have made a pleasing se
lection.
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President Roosevelt is on a
“swing” through the North
west, sounding sentiment on
various phases of his program
and seeing firsthand the prog
ress of that section of the
country. Information gained
on the trip may influence to a
large degree the chief execu
tive’s program in the future.
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Georgia auto drivers have
until October 20th to secure
their driver’s license without
the necessity of standing ex
amination. There are proba
bly thousands operating cars
in this state who will do well
to get their licenses prior to
that time, for they may not
be able to stand the required
test.
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Governor Rivers has an
nounced a special session of
the Georgia Legislature to be
gin on Thanksgiving Day. The
chief executive has not yet
stated what matters are to be
considered at the special ses
sion other than the problem of
taxation. A series of confer
ences with members of the
General Assembly will pre
cede the convening of the
body.
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Capt. Phil Prewster, of Ce
dartown. has been named com
missioner of public safety to
command Georgia’s new high
way patrol. In announcing the
appointment, Governor Rivers
said Captain Brewster was the
unanimous choice of the State
Board of Public Safety, of
which the governor is chair
man. The governor added:
“We believe we have chosen
the best available man for the
post. He is a vigorous young
man, he knows how to meet
the public, and the record he
has made with the National
Guard proves that he can han
dle men. I believe the De
partment of Public Safety
will do well in his hands and
that the people will find him
a capable officer.”
Figures gathered from the
U. S. Bureau of the Census
show the independent mer
chant still controls the nation’s
business by a vast margin. In
the United States there are
1,474,149 independent stores
and 139,810 chain stores. The
independents do 73.1 per cent
of the total business of the na
tion, and chain stores 22.8 per
cent; the remaining 4.1 per
cent being done from house to
house, by catalogs, etc. These
figures prove the might of the
“independent” merchant.
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THE PRESS
RAMBLER
The man who started the idea that
an hour’s sleep before midnight is
worth more than two after that pe
riod had some children coming along
who were prone to show up a little
late at the candle-lit breakfast table.
—Cuthbert Leader.
With Congressman Eugene Cox
lambasting the president and the
administration at every turn, the il
lustrious Macon Telegraph has de
cided that Cox isn’t such a bad fel
low after all. During the Talmadge-
Russell embroglio, the Telegraph
didn’t have much good to say of
Mr. Cox and his tirades against
those who opposed the president.—
Baker County News.
Who is responsible for all this
recent commotion on the time ques
tion in Georgia? A uniform time for
the state may be desirable, but there
is no reason for all the fuss. We
have been using the same time piece
for many years, and also the same
time. There is no need to get stir
red up about time anyway. It flies
because everybody is trying to kill
it. —Bainbridge Post-Searchlight.
KNOW YOUR TIMBER
(By Emily Woodward)
It is said that old woodmen in
German and Austrian forests still
secretly ask forgiveness of a tree
before they cut it down. It will be
too late for owners of Georgia trees
to ask forgiveness of the trees or
themselves if they do not use the
greatest care in cutting them for the
paper market which is now opening
up. Verily, their sins will be on
their own heads, for they will reap
their folly in actual loss of dollars
and cents.
Knowing therefore that as ye cut
so shall ye reap, the Georgia timber
owner should keep in mind that pulp
wood can often be cut from dense
young stands so as to improve the
stands and increase the growth of
the remaining trees. It is unwise
to clear-cut young stands when they
are growing at their fastest rate,
even though most of the trees may
be of pulpwood size. More wood and
more money will result from cuttings
at intervals of five to not more than
ten years.
The mills are in the market for
pulpwood, mostly pine, and they will
take wood as small as four inches
in diameter at the small end of a
four to five foot stick.
Here are some suggestions for the
timber owner who wants his timber
to earn the most money: For pulp
wood CUT:
Worked out naval stores pine;
Crooked or poorly formed trees;
Weaker-crowned trees in dense
stands;
Heavy-crowned “wolf” trees over
topping young growth;
Overmature, diseased, fire-scarred I
trees.
DON’T CUT:
Round, long-leaf or slash;
Straightest best formed trees;
Trees with good thrifty crowns;
Trees under 9” except in crowded
stands.
As protection for future pine crop,
200 of the best-crowned thriftiest
trees on each acre should be select
ed and saved. Any trees that in
terfere with the growth of these
should be cut. Thinning tree crops is
just as important as thinning cot
ton. This best timber should be held
to sell as poles, saw-logs or piling,
since these products bring from 2 to
4 times as much money as the same
timber does when converted to pulp
wood.
The Georgia timber owner who
wants to reap an annual harvest from
his timber-land needs first to stop
destruction by fire, protect seedlings
and saplings, cut intelligently and
keep constantly building his grow
ing stock.
When the Georgia timber owner
has done this he will not need to ask
forgiveness for sinning against the
trees or himself.
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
THE OLD SOUTH
(By LEE S. TRIMBLE, Vice-Pre*.
& Manager, Chamber Commerce,
Macon, Ga.)
The recent novel, “Gone
with the Wind”, brought into
review a period in the history
of the South that is held in
veneration by legions of South
erners. Fifty years ago, the
oration of Henry W. Grady on
“The Old South” became a
classic on the subject.
It is a matter of pride to be
a Southerner and the native
born like to recall the time
when the South led the nation
in culture, progress and
wealth.
Pleasant as these memories
and records are, they are of
the past. There is nothing
substantial enough about a
glorius history to provide
food, raiment or shelter to
more than a few.
But there is an older South
that does promise more ma
terial returns than memories
of past glories. That older
South was made by the first
inhabitants who occupied
Georgia before 1700 and Ogle
thorpe’s Colony.
Georgia is rich in this ab
original history. In all parts
of the State interesting eviden
ces of prehistoric races are
found. In North Georgia are
Nacoochee fields near Clarks
ville and the Ethowah Mounds
at Cartersville. The Irene
Mounds are in Savannah; the
Spanish Missions about Bruns
wick; Stallings! Island and
Shell Bluff near Augusta; new
finds near Columbus; all of
these and many more.
Were these Indian village
sites in the Eastern States, they
would be developed and
heralded abroad as they should
be here. Thousands of tour
ists are roaming the nation
seeking interesting sites and
sights. Georgia has a wealth
of them but undeveloped, un
advertised, therefore virtually
unknown. This older South
has a definite value, both his
toric and commercial, but the
exhibits must be made ready
to be shown.
If we want to attract a
steady stream of visitors to
spend both time and money,
these prehistoric discoveries
offer a prime opportunity. The
tourist crop can become as
lucrative as any we now pro
duce and as dependable.
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The State Highway Patrol has is
sued a warning to drivers that all
motor vehicles must stop when ap
proaching a school bus, which, has
stopped to take on or put off pas
sengers. This rule applies whenever
approaching the bus from the front,
rear, or side. Also, the bus must
be marked “School Bus” in plain let
ters on front, rear, and sides. The
patrol will pay particular attention
to the enforcement of this law.—Tif
ton Gazette.
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A HALF CENTURY AGO TODAY
Some Things of Interest That Happened
Fifty Years Ago.
(Excerpts from Early County New*
of September 29, 1887.)
THE County Commissioners have
levied a total of $6,065.58 of the
state tax for the support of the
county for the next fiscal year.
♦ * ♦
MR. C. H. ROBINSON has return
ed from Eufaula.
* * *
MRS. W. A. BUCHANNON and
son, Hill, have returned from Talbot
county.
* * *
COL. AND MRS. R. H. Powell and
daughter, Miss Kitty Lee, are visit
ing Fort Gaines this week.
♦ * *
MR. B. F. BULLOCK and Miss
Mary A. Brady were united in mar
riage on last Sabbath at the home
of the bride near Blakely, Justice
H. C. Fryer officiating.
♦ * *
Governor Gordon has approved the
County Court Act and appointed
Thomas Williams as Judge and R. H.
Sheffield as solicitor.
♦ ♦ ♦
MIDDLING cotton in Blakely is
8 1-4 cents.
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Pain is an advertiser who
shouts louder the more you
listen to him. To those who
take no notice of him he speaks
in little more than a whisper.
But if you hang upon his words
he urges you to distraction.
I know a young woman who
is subject to periodic cramps.
Her mother is very fond of her
and very sympathetic. She
always knows when the adver
tiser is due to arrive and in one
way or another is sure to ask
her daughter, can you hear
anything? Last week when the
girl was invited to a picnic
mother declined the invitation
because she knew that picnic
day would also be cramp day.
But daughter learned about
the invitation and wanted to
go very much. She went; and
that day she knew no pain.
Among the voices of the woods
and the laughter of her friends
she forgot to expect the ad
vertisement of pain.
The distraction was fortu
nate because this girl’s pain
was a useless one. But while
picnics may be recommended
with confidence for this perio-
MR. W. H. BOYETT has resigned
as road commissioner for the sth
district and Mr. W. D. Averitt was
appointed in his stead.
* * *
DR. T. M. HOWARD was over to
Fort Gaines this week.
* * *
DISPLAY ADS in The News this
week represent: B. L. Mclntosh,
Thomas Henderson, H. C. Fryer &
Son, W. C. Sheffield, J. E. Mans
field, Smith & James.
♦ * ♦
THE Mississippi river is said to
be lower than it has been in twenty
five years and only twice since the
records have been kept has it had
so little water. The drought in its
watershed has brought it to this low
condition.
* * *
NOTICE of a supper and festival
at Howard’s Hall on October 6th by
the Blakely Baptist Missionary and
Benevolent Society is signed by Mrs.
W. H. Alexander, Mrs. A. F. Holt,
Mrs. G. D. Howard, Miss Lizzie Wolf,
Miss Bob Lee Buchannon, Miss Lillie
Buchannon, Mrs. Z. I. Fitzpatrick,
committee.
BETTER HEALTH
Far Dr J. ROSS LYN EARP
Director, New Mexico Bureau of Public Health
PERIODIC PAIN
die pain, it must be remember
ed that at other times it is im
portant to pay attention. I
know another girl who nearly
bled to death from a ruptured
ovarian cyst because she was
so eagerly devoted to her stud
ies that she refused to heed
the warning. Pain that is un
expected and unexplained
should be told to your friend
the doctor who will interpret
it.
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Al Smith has taken another walk
in the wrong direction, and soon
old Doc Copeland will probably
have to fall back upon his pills.—
Walton Tribune.
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They meaning everyone are
still arguing over the question of
whether men or women are the best
automobile drivers. The American
Automobile Association, in order to
settle the age-old argument, con
ducted a series of tests on men and
women from all walks of life and
came up with the answer: “The aver
age man driver is a better driver than
the average woman driver.” How
many women will admit the AAA
findings as correct?—Dawson News.
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SALT vital necessity
I visited a locomotive fartory not
long ago. It was a hot day, and the
sweaty workers made frequent trips
to the watercoolers for a drink. Be
side each cooler was a box labelled
“salt,” and I noticed most of the
men took a little tablet out of the
box and swallowed it with their cup
ful of cold water. I asked why.
“It staves off fatigue and heat
prostration,” the foreman told me.
“When a man sweats he loses salt
as well as water. We thought it was
silly when the company doctor first
told us to take salt in hot weather,
but now we see he was right. Seems
you can’t be well if you lose too
much salt.”
I checked up on that with my own
doctor. “That’s right,” he told me.
“Human life, like all animal life, be
gan in the sea, and we’re still fish
inside. We must have salt to be
healthy, and when we lose salt too
rapidly, by perspiration, we must
replace it. Sea salt is the best, be
cause it contains other minerals, but
it’s hard to get. That’s why sea
bathing is better than freshwater
swimming.
* * *
SALARY salt money
What the doctor said about salt
set me to thinking. I remembered
from my school days that the Latin
for salt is “sal”. I went to my dic
tionary to see how many common
English words are derived from
“sal,” and the first one I found was
“salary.” It means, originally, “salt
money,” for salt was the most pre
cious commodity in early times.
Salt was universally used as
money by primitive people, and still
is in some parts of Africa and Asia.
The world’s great trade routes fol
low the trails of the salt-caravans
over which this precious commodity
was brought to the people of the in
land towns. Today the traffic of the
camel-trains of the Sahara desert is
principally the trade in salt.
The word for “health” used by the
old Romans was “salus.” When we
“salute” anybody we are wishing
him or her good health. We still
call a healthy climate “salubrious,”
and keep a box of salt or a chunk of
rock salt in the cattle shed for the
cows, who can’t range around and
find for themselves a salty piece of
ground, such as the “deer lick” to
which the wild creatures have access.
To call a man “the salt of the
earth” is to pay him a high compli
ment.
♦ ♦ ♦
SUGAR stimulant
When I was a boy we used to
keep our horses looking “slick” by
feeding them sugar. I suppose horse
fanciers still use that method of
giving the horse’s coat a glossy ap
pearance, and putting “pep” into the
animal. I often see mounted police
men in New York and other cities
giving lumps of sugar to their
mounts.
Doctors have told me, and I have
found it true from experience, that
the best quick “pick-up” when one
feels fatigued is a lump or two of
pure cane sugar. It is the most effi
cient stimulant. We all have a
sugar factory inside of ourselves, in
the liver, and when the body is
called on for sudden severe exertion
the liver pours more sugar into the
blood to provide the needed energy.
When you drop in at a soda-foun
tain for a dish of ice-cream or a
sweet drink you are responding to
Nature’s demand for a stimulant.
It’s easy to take in more sugar than
is good for the health, but it’s the
most convenient source of extra
energy.
* * *
SPINACH . . . growing demand
A couple of miles from my coun
try home is the largest truck farm
I know anything about. They culti
vate 6,000 acres, in only half a dozen
vegetable crops. This year they had
nearly a thousand acres in spinach
alone, and they plan to grow more
next year, the spinach demand is
growing so fast. The people of the
United States ate 116,000 tons of
spinach last year, whether they liked
it or not.
Parents began feeding their child
ren spinach a few years ago be
cause doctors agreed that it con
tains iron and other minerals in
easily assimilated form. So many of
the grown-ups of today were raised
on spinach and grew to like it that
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