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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXVIII }• NO. 8
WEEKLY MEETING
OF ROTARY CLUB
HELD THURSDAY
At the meeting last Thursday, Dis
trict Governor T. T. Molnar, of Cuth
bert, brought a great message to a
goodly number of members of the.
Rotary Club of Blakely, at the [
regular luncheion hour, and later
held a conference with the Execu
tive Committee arid Committee
'Chairmen, in the home of President
Sparks..
The Governor announced an ‘At
tendance Contest’ Georgia is having
this year with Alabama, and urged
the co-operation of all members in
winning the contest, asking that
members unavoidably kept from their
own meetings make up their at
tendance during the week with some
other Clubs.
Guests for the day, besides the
Governor, were John M. Gunn,
Cuthbert; Lowrey Stone, Blakely;
and Dr. Henry Sherman, Richmond,
Va. Music was in charge of Mrs.
Merle Haisten.
OCTOBER TERM
SUPERIOR COURT
CONVENED MONDAY
The October term of Early
Superior Court was convened Mon
day morning, with Judge C. W. Wor
rill presiding.
The grand jury was organized with
Mr. Tom Fort as foreman, Mr. Fitz
Fulton, clerk nd Mr. W. J. Kenney
as bailiff. After a comprehensive
charge from the Judge, the grand
jury, with Solicitor R. A. Patterson
assisting, began its deliberations.
The civil docket, called after or
ganization of the grand jury Mon
day morning, has not been complm
day morning, is still in session.
The criminal docket will be called
next Monday morning, it was an
nounced. Indications are that the
docket will be light.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES
Eastman 13, Ashburn 7.
Valdosta 61, Perry (Fla.) 0.
Albany 32, Jesup 6.
Thomasville 7, Camilla 0.
Fitzgerald 20, Waycross 6.
Bainbridge 25, Americus 0.
Tifton 40, Sylvester 0.
To-Days "Over
The Counter” Tips
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
October 8 and 9, 1937
COOKING OlL—Bring your jug, gal. ... 85c
N. B. C. SHREDDED WHEAT—2 pkgs. 25c
PORK & BEANS—I 1-2 lb. cans, 3 for 25c
POST TOSTIES—2-10c pkg. 15c
VANILLA WAFERS—I2oz., pkg. 15c
SAUSAGE MEAT—Large 25c can 20c
TOMATOES—2 No. 2 cans 15c
MILK—GoId Medal, 3 small cans 10c
HEINZ BEEF STEAK SAUCE—Boz. bottle 25c
LYE (Hudson or Dixie) —2 cans 15c
SALMON, PINK—2 for 25c
DRIED APPLES or PEACHES—2 lbs. 25c
SALT—3-5c pkg. 10c
JELLY—Pure Apple, quart jar 23c
OCTAGON SOAP or POWDER—S for He
KETCHUP—Heinz, 25c size 19c
STEAK—Best, lb. ” . r 25c
PAN SAUSAGE—Lb. ' 15c
STEW BEEF—Lb. 15c
WIENER SAUSAGE—Lb. 119 c
BACON—Sliced, rind off, lb. 33c
-WEAVER'S-
CASH & KAARKET &
ARRY GROCERY
RALPH SCARBOROUGH, Manager
IT PAYS TO PAY CASH
(Earlg Conn tn iNcws
STATE DEPARTMENT
WARNS PARENTS OF
CHILDREN’S HEALTH
Reopening of the public schools
for the beginning of a new year
brings the annual recurrence of
minor contagious diseases among
school children, and two of the most
common of such ailments are impe
tigo and ringworm, according to the
State Health Department.
“Both skin diseases require medi
cal treatment and all cases should
be immediately referred to the
family physician or a free clinic,”
a departmental statement declares.
“Parents should be on the look
out for these skin eruptions in order
to prevent spread of the diseases.”
WORLD POPULATION IS
AROUND 2,100,000,000
That the population of the world
has been estimated to be 2,100,000,-
000 is one of the facts about things
in general included in the 1936-37
year book recently issued by the
league of nations.
Population of almost all countries
is still increasing, but unprecedented
decline in the birth-rate and the re
sultant changes in the structure of
the age group will at length in cer
tain countries cause a reduction in
the rate of increase.
Economic improvement which be
gan in some countries in 1933, for
example, is shown to have been
maintained in 1936 and at the begin
ning of 1937.
The 1936 level of primary produc
tion was slightly higher than in 1929,
which was the highest before the
world depression. The improvement
has been specially great in the case
of metals. Gold output is described
as still rising and reaching new
records annually. Gold output last
year was double that of ten years
previously.
World industrial production is ris
ing. The increase in 1936 as com
pared with 1935 was 16 per cent.
In air transport, growth is also
recorded. The world total of distance
flown increased last year by 75 per
cent.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead?’
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 7, 1937.
251 CONFEDERATE
VETERANS ARE NOW
ON PENSION ROLLS
There were only 251 Confeder
ate soldiers left on the pension rolls
of the state at the end of June, ac
cording to a report filed with Gov
ernor Rivers by State Auditor Tom
Wisdom.
The number of old soldiers on the
pension rolls decreased forty-four
per cent, during the six months end
ing June 30.
There were 1,442 widows of vet
erans on the June pension rolls, a
decrease of 149, or 9 per cent, dur
ing the six months’ period.
The total number of pensioners in
June, 1937, was 1,693, compared to
1,886 at the end of last December,
a decrease of 193, or 10 per cent,
during the six months’ period.
The auditor showed receipts of
$346,535 by the veterans’ service
office during the first six months
of 1937, and expenditures of $342,-
952, leaving a balance of $2,535 at
the end of the fiscal year.
Operating costs of the office
were approximately $17,000, of which
$14,569 went for personal services,
including $4,930 paid ordinaries for
handling Confederate pension checks.
The pension payments to veter
ans and their widows during the six
months’ period amounted to $320,-
338. The largest single payment
went to P. P. Jennings, of Screven
county, who was paid $460 for pen
sions due for the year 1922 to 1926,
inclusive.
Forty-nine of the 159 counties in
the state had no surviving veterans
on the pension rolls, but all except
one or two counties had surviving
widows.
Georgia Revenue
Gains $2,000,000
In First Quarter
State revenue for the fist quar
ter of the new fiscal year showed
a gain of $2,000,000 over the cor
responding period last year and
$2,500,000 over the same months
in 1935.
The collections from July 1
through September 30 were listed
at $9,326,426.59 in a report filed
with Governor Rivers by State Audi
tor Tom Wisdom. These collections
compared with $7,395,583.51 for the
corresponding months of 1936 and
$6,700,150.90 for the same months
in 1935.
Os the collections during the
past quarter, $6,461,621.57 went in
to funds specially allocated for defi
nite purposes and $2,864,805.02
went into the general fund for the
payment of the $20,000,000 general
appropriation bill for this fiscal year.
The general fund collections were
$590,000 higher than they were dur
ing the same months last year and
approximately a million dollars above
the corresponding period in 1935.
The largest source of revenue was
again the state gasoline tax which
brought in $5,122,226 for the quar
ter. The state income tax was sec
ond with $900,000, while the public
utilities properties tax came next
with $856,343 and the cigar and
cigarette tax was the fourth largest
producer with $489,037.
Among the nexw taxes, the motor
bus and truck mileage tax brought
in $258,094 during the quarter, the
chain store tax $53,652 and the
wine tax $32,682. The malt bever
age tax collections increased from
$129,961 to $168,157.
The collections for the general
fund did not increase sufficiently
during the quarter to take care of
the $10,000,000 increase in the gen
enal appropriation bill, but state
officials pointed out that the largest
collections by the state came in
December when $5,0000,000 ad va
lorem taxes are payable.
ATTENTION MASONS
Attend special meeting of Mag
nolia Lodge No. 86 F. & A. M. this
Thursday night, by special dispensa
tion, will be held at the basketball
shell. The M. M. degree will be con
fered on a Florida man. The degree
team from Dothan Lodge will offi
ciate.
J. A. HAMMACK, W. M.
J. G. STANDIFER, Sec.
Mr. Britt George
Dies Suddenly
In Houston, Texas
The entire community was greatly
shocked at the news of the sudden
death of Mr. Britt George last Sun
day afternoon in Houston, Texas,
where he had made his home for
some months. He had seemed in
his usual good health, attending
Sunday School and Church service
Sunday morning, and in the after
noon was out with a group of his
friends when he was stricken, and
died before medical aid could be
summoned.
Britt was well known in Blakely
and Early county, and numbered his
friends by the hundreds. He was
the son of Mr. John David George
and had just passed his thirtieth
birthday last Friday. He is survived
by four brothers, Lester E. of Cuth
bert; J. D. Jr., Cecil and Lloyd, of
Blakely.
Funeral services were held in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Alto Warrick,
cousins of the young man, on Wed
nesday at 2:00 p. m., conducted by
his pastor, Rev. Spencer B. King, as
ssted by Rev. E. M. Overby, and in
terment was in the family lot in the
George Cemetery, near New Hope
church. The following friends acted
as pall-bearers: H. A. Mobley, O. H.
Snyder, Bryant Turner, J. C. Peters,
Charles Thompson and Billie West
brook.
State High
Court Upholds
June Election
The Georgia Supreme Court Mon
day upheld the legality of the gen
eral election on June 8 in a unani
mous opinion.
The case passed upon by the high
court was an attack upon the vali
dation of $2,000,000 in refunding
bonds the city of Atlanta was author
ized to issue in the June 8 election.
I J. C. Aycock, as a citizen and tax
. payer, sought to enjoin the validation
of the bonds upon the grounds that
general elections in Georgia should
I be held in November instead of
I June. The Fulton Superior Court
denied the injunction and the State
Supreme Court affirmed the lower
court.
I The constitutional amendment al
lowed the city of Atlanta to issue
refunding bonds was one of twenty
, six amendments to the state consti
tution ratified at the June election.
Others included the social security
, set-up, authorizing payment of old
age pensions, child aid and help for
I the needy blind, the administration
measures for the exemption of home
, steads and personal property from
taxation, and the classification of
I property for tax purposes.
Had the Supreme Court ruled that
the election in which the Atlanta
bonds were approved was illegal, the
entire social security program would
have been stopped and the extra
session of the Legislature in Novem
ber would have been rendered pow
erless to enact enabling laws covering
the constitutional amendments.
The Supreme Court wrote only a
short opinion stating that the trial
judge was correct in refusing to en
join the validation of the Atlanta
bonds for the reasons set forth in
the opinion.
The Supreme Court pointed out
that there is no provision in either
the state or federal constitution
against holding a general election in
June, and therefore the Legislature
had the right to call one at that time.
“Naturally I am gratified over the
decision of the Supreme Court,”
Governor Rivers said, “This removes
the last vestige of doubt as to our
ability to administer our social se
curity program in this state. We
had, of course, expected such a de
cision and I am pleased that it was
unanimous.
“We had decisions from Supreme
Court judges in four widely separat
ed counties of the state and our Law
Department had held the June 8
election was constitutional. There
had been no doubt in the mind -of
the administration. Hence the de
cision of the Supreme Court today
confirms us and settles the question
forever.”
Early County Fair
To Open Tuesday,
October 12 th
The Early County Fair, sponsored
by the American Legion, opens Tues
day, October 12th, and will continue
through Saturday, October 16th.
In addition to agricultural, school,
and community displays, there will
also be livestock and poultry dis
plays open to all competitors in
Early County. Contract has been
made with Southern State Shows to
furnish mid-way attractions which
will consist of high class riding de
vices, also a number of high class
moral shows. There will also be five
free acts on the mid-way as will be
noted by pictures in The News.
These free attractions will take place
every afternoon and night during the
fair, weather permitting. Music will
be furnished on the mid-way and
also in daily concerts at the Court
House square by Prof. Lankford’s
concert band. There will also be
Prof. Neiberle’s concert organ on
the midway.
Friday has been designated as
school day by the County Board of
Education. All county schools will
have a full day holiday. All teach
ers are requested to accompany their
students. School parade will form
around the Court House square at
10:30 a. m., led by Lankford’s band.
School children, teachers, and school
bus drivers, will be admitted to the
fair grounds free. Tickets will be
supplied to each school Tuesday.
Pupils will get them from their
teachers.
A loving cup will be awarded the
school turning out the greatest per
centage of total enrollment in line
of march. They will be counted at
the gate to determine the winner.
The school winning the largest
amount of cash prizes will also be
awarded a loving cup. Children late
for the parade will also be admitted
to the grounds on their free tickets,
but will not be counted in the con
test for the cup as only those in line
of parade will be counted.
The fair will be located on the
Wade lot, one block south of the
Court House square, just back of the
new postoffice. General admission
to the fair grounds will be 10c to all
throughout the week.
This being the first Early County
Fair held for several years, we urge
everybody to give us your full co
operation and attendance and help
make this the BIGGEST and BEST
fair in Southwest Georgia. Good
order and fair treatment will be as
sured to all.
The Farm Credit Administration
wrote “paid in full” on 25,113 farm
ers’ mortgages during the 12-months’
period ending September 1, according
to Governor W. I. Myers, who point
ed out that this was an increase of
more than 60 per cent over the pre
ceding 12 months. Payment during
the past year totaled $44,715,769.
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
pounded by a
Registered Druggist
Balkcom’s Drug Store
Blakely, Georgia
PULL FOR BLAKELY
—OR—
PULL OUT
$1.50 A YEAR
New Loan System
On Cotton Provides
For More of Crops
Washington, D. C.—The Com
modity Credit Corporation announced
Monday a system of loans under the
regular 9-cent loans.
The next brackets are:
Strict low middling with 7-8 inch
staple or better, 8 1-2 cents.
Strict low middling with staple be
low 7-8 inch, 7 cents.
Low middling with staple below
7-8 inch, 6 cents.
The 9-cent loans are paid only
on cotton of middling grade or bet
ter, with staple at least 7-8 inch.
Only strict low middling cotton
meeting the 7-8-staple requirement,
previously had been eligible for loans
in the lower classifications. Loans
on this classification had been 7 3-4
cents a pound.
John D. Goodloe, corporation sec
retary, said the demand for the in
creased loan on low-grade cotton with
7-8 staple came generally from the
cotton belt. Oklahoma, Texas and
northern Alabama growers sought
the short staple loans, he said.
T. H. Grimsley, of
Americus, Victim
Os Auto Accident
Americus, Ga.—T. H. Grimsley,
age 55, died in a local hospital Mon
day afternoon from head and chest
injuries suffered Friday afternoon
as a result of a collision of two
automobiles on the Albany highway,
three miles from here.
Funeral services were held at 3
o’clock Tuesday afternoon at the
Central Baptist church, with the Rev.
John R. Joyner, pastor, in charge.
Survivors include his wife; four
daughters, Miss Theresa Grimsley,
Thomasville; Mrs. George W. Lig
gin, Eastman; Mrs. Mildred Ben
nett, Americus, and Mrs. J. P. Glea
ton, Albany; one granddaughter,
Suzanne Liggin, Eastman; his moth
er, Mrs. H. H. Grimsley, Sr., of Ari
ton, Ala.; five sisters, Mrs. Della
Singletary, Blakely; Mrs. Sobriney
Fain, Ariton, Ala; Mrs. M. S. Free
man, Plains; Mrs. Orrie Grimsley,
Troy, Ala., and Mrs. G. T. Freeman,
Iron City; and two brothers, H. H.
Grimsley, Jr., Blakely, and J. S.
Grimsley, Tifton,
COUNTY TAX BOOKS
OPEN FOR PAYMENT
OF 1937 TAXES
The Tax Commissioners Office an
nounces that the books are open for
the payment of 1937 state and county
taxes. The law passed by the 1937
Legislature adding a penalty of ten
per cent, with a minimum of one
dollar, to the taxes of those who
neglected returning their property
before May Ist, will cost such tax
payers a total of $950.00, the Tax
Commissioner says.