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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXVIII > NO. 38
Dr. Gunter Named
President of Rotary
Club of Blakely
Dr. G. 0. Gunter, local physician,
was on last Thursday elected presi
dent of the Blakely Rotary Club
for the Rotary year beginning July
1. Dr. Gunter is at present vice
president of the club. He will suc
ceed Rotarian Marvin Sparks and
will be the thirteenth president of
the club, which was organized in
1926.
Henry A. Walton, representing the
banking classification, was elected
vice-president of the club.
Chipstead Grubbs was re-elected
by acclamation as secretary-treasur
er, a position which he has held for
eight years.
Three new members were elected
to the board of directors, these be
ing Chester Loback, Oscar Whitch
ard and Lewis Fryer. Other mem
bers of the board which will direct
the affairs of the club beginning in
July are: G. O. Gunter, Marvin
Sparks, Henry Walton and Chip
stead Grubbs.
Rotarian Bill Grist was elected as
the official delegate to the Rotary
District Conference in Atlanta to be
held May 8,9, and 10.
The club now has the largest mem
bership in its history, 32 now being
enrolled in the organization.
“Sallie, Irene and Mary” at the
Blakely Theatre Thursday and Fri
day. Hear Tony Martin sing.—adv.
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Success to AH Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
BLAKELY SCHOOL
COMMENCEMENT PLANS
ARE ANNOUNCED
The 1937-’3B term of the Blakely
public schools will come to a close
on Friday, June 3, it was announced
this week by Superintendent Alex
Carswell.
The commencement program will
begin on Sunday, May 29, with the
commencement sermon, which will
be delivered by the Rev. E. M. Over
by, pastor of the Methodist church,
the services to be held in the Baptist
church.
On Monday night, May 30, the
grammar school music and expres
sion recital will be given at the
school auditorium.
On Tuesday night, May 31, the
high school music and expression re
cital will take place at the school
auditorium.
The Senior Class Day exercises
and delivery of awards will take
place at the school auditorium on
Wednesday night, June 1.
The grammar school graduation
exercises will be held on Thursday
night, June 2.
On Friday morning the students of
the entire school will be presented
their yearly report cards.
The Senior Class graduation, the
final program of the commencement
season, will take place on Friday
evening at the school auditorium.
Governor E. D. Rivers will deliver
the commencement address.
Sunday is Mother’s Day. Don’t
forget her!
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 5, 1938.
Flower Show to Be
Held Here Tomorrow
(Friday), 1-7 P. M.
Blakely’s first flower show, spon
sored by the American Legion Aux
iliary, will be held tomorrow (Fri
day), from 1 to 7 p. m. at the Legion
club house. The ladies of the Aux
iliary invite the public to exhibit
flowers and help make the show a
success.
Rules and classifications are giv
en below:
Rules Governing Show
All exhibits are to be brought to
the club house between 8 and 11 a.
m. All exhibits will be registered
at the entrance by the registration
committee and labeled with exhibi
tor’s number.
No exhibit will be removed from
the show until after the closing hour.
The awards will be blue ribbon
for the first place, red ribbons for
the second place and white ribbon
for the third place. Sweepstakes
prizes will go to the most outstand
ing entry.
The judges’ decisions will be final.
No responsibility will be taken by
the Flower Show Committee for con
tainers, accessories or other proper
ty. However, all precaution will be
taken to protect the entire show.
Any number of exhibits may be
entered by one person.
Classifications
ROSES:
1. Best individual rose, any color
or variety.
2. Best 3 roses, all same variety.
3. Best vase of more than 3 roses,
all same variety.
4. Best specimen of single flow
ering rose.
5. Best specimen of polyanthus
rose.
6. Best 2 or 3 branches of climb
ing roses.
LILIES, to include in this class
cut flowers from bulbs, corms and
tubers:
1. Best single stalk of any variety
of lily.
2. Best 3 stalks of any variety of
lilies.
3. Best vase of any variety of
lilies.
4. Best display of dahlias.
5. Best 3 stalks of gladioli.
6. Best display of gladioli.
7. Best display of any flowers of
bulbs, corms and tubers.
ANNUALS:
1. Best display of any one varie
ty and color of annual.
2. Best display of mixed colors of
one variety.
3. Best display of mixed varieties
in one container.
PERENNIALS:
1. Best display of one perennial.
2. Best display of mixed peren
nials.
ARTISTIC ARRANGEMENTS:
Artistic arrangement of any dis
play of flowers, bowl, vase or basket.
Most artistic arrangement of old
fashioned flowers in antique setting.
POTTED PLANTS:
1. Best foliage plant.
2. Best flowering plant.
3. Best unusual plant (name to be
included).
SPECIAL FEATURES:
Shadow boxes.
Junior displays.
Wild flower display.
Best tray (invalid).
Most unusual flower display.
Miniature garden.
Best vegetable display.
TABLES:
Breakfast table.
Luncheon table.
Tea table.
Dinner table.
Banquet table.
CITY COUNCIL IN
MONTHLY SESSION
TUESDAY NIGHT
The Mayor and Council in session
Tuesday night, devoted considerable
time to a discussion of a proposed
new city hall, a rebuilding of the
city’s electric distribution system,
additions to the water main facilities
and improvement in the sanitary
sewerage system.
The body voted to have Architect
Lockwood, of Columbus, come to
Blakely, draw plans for a city hall
and submit estimates on its cost.
It is then proposed to seek a PWA
grant of 45 per cent of its cost.
Council also voted to have the
McCrary Company of Atlanta send
an engineer here to survey the
electric distribution system, sanitary
sewerage and water main system,
and submit estimates on the cost of
these improvements. It is also pro
posed to ask for a PWA grant on
this project.
PLAY AT HILTON FRIDAY NIGHT
The Hilton school presents “Bound
to Marry” Friday, May 6th, 8:00
p. m., at the school auditorium. Ad
mission 10c.
Saturday Final Day
To Qualify As Voter
For 1938 Elections
The Early County Board of Regis
trars wish to call the attention of
the voters to the fact that Saturday,
May 7, is the deadline for the pay
ment of poll taxes and for register
ing, in order to qualify for the
Democratic primary to be held on
September 14th and for the General
Election to be held on November 8.
To be properly qualified to vote in
both the primary and the general
election, it is necessary that each
voter be duly registered and to have
paid all poll taxes due six months
before the general election, on or
before May 8. Since May 8 this year
falls on Sunday, it will therefore be
necessary to qualify on or before
Saturday, May 7.
Under rulings of the Attorney-
General, it is provided as follows
(1) No one who is a poll tax de
faulter can legally vote in any pri
mary or in the general election.
(2) Male citizens who became
twenty-one years of age after Jan
uary 1, 1937, are not due any poll
taxes for 1937, and if properly reg
istered, can vote in the primary and
general election without the pay
ment of any poll taxes.
(3) Female citizens who register
ed for the first time after January
1, 1937, are not due any poll taxes
for 1937 and can vote in the primary
and general election of 1938 without
the payment of any poll taxes.
(4) Female citizens who register
ed on or before January 1, 1937,
and were twenty one years of age
on or before January 1, 1937, are
due poll taxes for 1937, and cannot
vote without paying all poll taxes
due.
(5) Anyone who will become
twenty one years of age, on or be
fore November 8, 1938, may, if
properly registered before May 8,
1938, vote in the primary and in the
general election of 1938.
(6) Before offering to vote in
any primary or general election for
1938, the person offering to vote
must have been duly registered as
provided by law (which means on or
before May 8, 1938) and his or her
name must appear on the voters list
prepared by the Board of Registrars
and filed in the office of the Clerk
of the Superior Court.
(7) The law requires that a per
son offering to vote in the general
election to be held November 8,
1938, must be properly registered
and must have paid all poll taxes
due, if any, before May 8, 1938.
(8) The law requires that before
a person can vote in any general
election, he or she must be twenty
one years of age on or before the
day of the general election, and
must also have been a resident of
the state for twelve months, and of
the county six months before the
general election.
It should be remembered that if
you have previously registered in
this county, it will not be necessary
to register again, the only require
ment in this case being that all poll
taxes due up to and including 1937
poll taxes must have been paid on
or before May 8 (which this year
means May 7, as noted above).
If any voter in this county wishes
to change his or her registration
from one precinct to another, it
will be necessary for them to notify
the tax collector of such change be
fore the lists are prepared, and
prompt attention to this will be to
the voter’s advantage.
Voters who have previously been
disqualified, and who wish to qualify
for the election this year, should
make certain to pay up all poll taxes
in arrears for prior years, on or I
before May 7.
Voters who are over-age are not
required to pay poll taxes in order
to qualify, the age limit being sixty
years of age, but it should be re
membered that poll taxes are due
for the year in which they become
sixty years of age and for all prior
years. Voters who became sixty
years of age before January 1, 1937,
will not owe any poll taxes for the
year 1397, and will be qualified to
vote provided all poll taxes for prior
years have been paid.
NOTICE TO BUTCHERS
Positively prompt cases will be
made against anyone butchering an
imals anywhere in city limits of
Blakely, on or off your premises.
MACK STRICKLAND,
Chief of Police.
Alice Faye, Tony Martin and
Fred Allen in “Sally, Irene and
Mary,” at the Blakely Theatre
Thursday and Friday.—advt.
JUDGE CHARLES W.
WORRILL A CANDIDATE
FOR RE-ELECTION
The columns of The News this
week carries the announcement of
Judge Charles W. Worrill for re
election as presiding officer of the
courts of the Pataula Circuit, subject
to the Democratic primary on Sep
tember 14.
Judge Worrill is this year com
pleting his second term as Judge of
the Pataula Circuit, having first
been elected in 1930. During his
tenure of office, the functions of
the court have been handled in
such a manner as to greatly reduce
the time formerly required in the
semi-annual sessions of the courts
of this circuit. As a consequence,
the cost of court to the taxpayers
has been reduced. He enjoys a
wide reputation as a court judge,
having on many occasions been call
ed upon to preside over the courts in
other judicial circuits, and has also
sat on several cases before the su
preme court when members of that
body were disqualified for one rea
son or another.
Judge Worrill, whose home is in
Cuthbert, had no opposition four
years ago, and his friends predict
that he will again be unopposed in
the 1938 primary.
Blakely School
Faculty Named
And Approved
The city board of education, in
session Monday afternoon, named
the faculty for the Blakely schools
for the 1938-1939 term. The teach
ers named were approved Tuesday
by County School Superintendent C.
L. Gibson and the County Board of
Education. They are:
Grammar School
First Grade: Mrs. J. E. Freeman.
Second Grade: Mrs. C. M. Baggs.
Third Grade: Mrs. B. R. Collins.
Fourth Grade: Miss Mary Large.
Fifth Grade: Miss Eliazbeth Kirk
land.
Sixth Grade: Mrs. E. S. Sessions.
Seventh Grade: Miss Christine
Carter.
High School
C. H. Stewart, J. A. Hammack,
William Brown, Mrs. MariwiLburn
Edwards, Mrs. R. H. Westbrook, Miss
Ella Jones, and Mr. T. W. Dellaven.
Superintendent: Alex Carswell.
Expression: Miss Elizabeth Fryer.
Music: Miss Evelyn Dußose.
The new members of the faculty
are Miss Mary Lodge, of Whigham,
who was elected to fill the vacancy
in the fourth grade now temporarily
supplied by Mrs. Martindale; Mr. C.
H. Stewart, of Albany, and Mr. Wm.
Brown, of Morven. Mr. Brown will
teacher vocational agriculture, a
new department which is to be add
ed to the school curriculum begin
ning with the fall term.
Mrs. T. H. Phinazee, who has for
a number of years so ably taught in
the high school, did not apply for
re-election, and is succeeded by Mr.
Stewart.
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Candidates Slow
In Entering Races
For State Posts
Atlanta, Ga.—Taking their cue
from Governor Rivers, who has post
poned formal announcement of his
future plans for two or three weeks,
Georgia political aspirants have re
frained from entering the state
wide primary of September 14, there
being no rush of entries and little
if any open political activity.
The only ripple on the surface
Saturday was the announcement of
Alton Cogdell, of Americus, that he
will oppose Commissioner of Labor
Tolly E. Whitaker. Cogdell did not
qualify, saying he would pay his
entry fee later.
Although he has given every indi
cation that he will seek re-election,
Governor Rivers has made no defi
nite announcement. However, his
political friends are centering their
activities on his bid for an indorse
ment term and those who are in or
are contemplating a race for gover
nor are preparing their artillery
for Rivers.
Thus far only Hugh Howell, At
lanta lawyer, has definitely qualified
for the governorship although others
have stated they will enter, among
them Peter C. Herrington, also an
Atlanta lawyer. Former Senator
Charles D. Redwine, of Fayetteville,
is said to be considering entering
the race against Rivers, but no an
nouncement has been made. The
name of Sandy Beaver, of Gaines
ville, entered the gubernatorial pic
ture last week, but like Redwine,
there has been no statement from
him directly.
The growing belief that Rivers
will seek re-election leaves Senator
George thus far unopposed. Judge
Gordon Chambers, of Augusta, an
nounced against the senator some
months ago but he has made no
move to qualify for the race.
Many political observers believe
that if Rivers carries out his pres
ent plan to seek re-election Senator
George may be returned without ma
jor opposition. The senator paid a
brief visit to the state this week and
then hurried back to Washington to
help congress complete its work.
The Cogdell announcement was
not unexpected. The Americus man,
long an official of the Federal Hous
ing Administration, indicated some
time ago that he would enter a
state campaign.
With Cogdell yet not qualified as
a candidate and only Howell cam
paigning for governor, the only race
of the moment is that between
State Treasurer George B. Hamil
ton and Zack D. Cravey, former
game and fish commissioner.
MEETING OF AMERICAN
LEGION IS POSTPONED
The monthly meeting of the local
Post of The American Legion, sched
uled for tonight (Thursday), has
been postponed. The time of the
meeting will be announced later.