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VOLUME LXXVIII NO. 39
THAD H. WISEMAN
PASSES AFTER
LENGTHY ILLNESS
FUNERAL SERVICES SUNDAY
AFTERNOON ATTENDED
BY MANY FRIENDS
Succumbing to an illness of several
months, Mr. Thad H. Wiseman, age
49, died at four o’clock Saturday
morning at a Dothan hospital, where
he had been for several weeks for
treatment.
Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon at four o’clock at the
family residence on River street, with
the Rev. E. M. Overby officiating,
assisted by the Rev. S. B. King. In
terment followed in the city ceme
tery, with Minter, Fellows & For
rester in charge, and the following
serving as pall-bearers: Active, Jes
se Woolf, Charlie Dunning, B. B.
Godwin, S. G. Maddox, Roy Mc-Kin
ney, H. A. Mobley, Bruce Lindsey
and Roy E. Alexander; hononary,
Barney Wynne, J. B. Duke, Carl
Tolar, Ed Minter, Ed Chancy, W. C.
Cook, Lowrey Stone, Dr. G. O. Gun
ter, R. C. Howell, I. M. Bramblett,
Fred Bragan, Ralph Lane, Oscar
Whitchard, John G. Butler and C. C.
Lane,
The last rites were attended by a
large number of sympathizing
friends, many of whom were from
out of the city. The floral offerings
were numerous and beautiful.
Mr. Wiseman was a native of
Morgan, Calhoun County, where he
was born on Nov. 27, 1889, a son
of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Wiseman. He
came to Blakely 28 years ago, and
for many years engaged in the barber
shop business. In recent years he
had engaged in farming operations.
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Officials Here
On Inspection Tour
Os State Park Site
Early countians were cheered the
past week by a visit to this city of
Mr. Charles N. Elliott, Georgia Com
missioner of State Parks, Mr. Stew
art Woodward, Inspector of Nation
al Parks, Georgia division, and Mr.
Walter Sparks, staff photographer of
The Atlanta Journal, who were here
Thursday inspecting the new state
park northwest of the city.
Accompanied by a number of lo
cal citizens and a bevy of young
ladies, the visitors visited the Indian
mounds and Mansfield’s mill, going
thoroughly over the 1,000 acre tract.
Staff Photographer Sparks made
a number of pictures of interesting
spots in the park, including the mill
and the mounds. Several “shots” of
Blakely young “bathing beauties”
and young matrons engaged in the
happy pastime of fishing were in
cluded in the pictures taken by Mr.
Sparks and will appear in Sunday’s
rotogravure section of The Journal.
The visit of these officials to the
city indicates that activity may soon
be under way in development of the
project which is expected to become
a center of interest in the near fu
ture.
He was a member of the Blakely
Methodist church and the Masonic
fraternity. He was possessed of a
friendly, jovial disposition, easily
making friends of those with whom
he came in contact, and he will be
greatly missed by these friends.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Hattie Mae Chancy Wiseman, who
was the devoted companion of her
husband during their married life
and constantly at his bedside through
his long illness. She has the sincere
sympathy of a large circle of friends.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts—“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead/’
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 12, 1938.
COMMITTEE FIXES
RULES FOR STATE
PRIMARY SEPT. 14
CANDIDATES MUST QUALIFY
BY 12 O’CLOCK NOON ON
JUNE IST
The Democratic Executive Com
mittee of Early county met at the
court house in Blakely Tuesday,
May 10th, for the purpose of adopt
ing rules and regulations to govern
the primary election to be held on
September 14.
Mr. H. C. Haddock called the
meeting to order and called for elec
tion of chairman and secretary
treasurer, stating that he preferred
not to be re-elected chairman, a po
sition he has held for many years.
The committee elected Mr. T. B.
McDowell, of Blakely, chairman, to
succeed Mr. Haddock, and Mr. Clark
Mosely, of Jakin, secretary-treasur
er, to succeed Mr. E. S. Collins, who
was not present at the meeting.
It being Early county’s time to
name the State Senator for the
9th district, the committee fixed the
entry fee at SIOO for each candidate
for Senator from the Ninth district,
and the entry fee for Representative
for Early county was fixed at $75.00
for each candidate for Representa
tive. It was voted to request Cal
houn and Baker counties to have no
part in the election of a Senator for
the Ninth district.
The following managers were ap
pointed to hold the primary on Sep
tember 14:
Blakely—J. C. Loyless, John H.
Williams, R. O. Waters.
Colomokee—J. L. Bethea, K. J.
Hodges, E. E. Tedder.
Urquhart—John Hudspeth, Theo
White, Shelly Simmons.
Freeman—T. H. Owen, E. W.
Jones, T. E. Grier.
Rock Hill—E. P. Martin, W. A.
Smith, Milton Martin.
Cedar Springs-—J. G. Brantley, G.
E. Pyle, Sibley Pyle.
Jakin—A. H. Mosely, B. C. Minter,
J. H. Sutton.
Cuba—Geo. Mock, John R. George,
W. T. Bates.
Lucile—H. J. Cosby, W. C. Hous
ton, W. B. Ragan, Jr.
Damascus—H. C. Haddock, I. A.
Walton, A. J. Collier.
Arlington—C. L. Cook, J. M. Gar
rett, W. R. Taylor.
The final date for qualifying as
candidates was set at 12 o’clock
noon, Central Standard time, June
Ist, and entry fees must be paid to
Clark Mosely, secretary-treasurer, by
that date and hour.
The primary was set to conform
to the state primary on Sept. 14.
Rules formerly used in the gov
erning of state primaries in this
county were adopted and will be
used in the September 14 primary.
The rules follow:
1. Be it resolved by the Democratic
Executive Committee of Early coun
ty, That a primary election be held
on the 14th day of September, 1938,
for the nomination of a Unit
ed States Senator, a Governor,
and various State House officers, a
candidate for Congress from the
Second Congressional district, a
Judge of Superior Court of the Pa
taula circuit, a Representative in the
General Assembly from Early coun
ty, a State Senator for the Ninth
district, and a Democratic Executive
Committee for Early county.
2. That said primary shall be held
under the rules and regulations laid
down by the State Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee, except as here
inafter provided.
3. That for the purpose of defray
ing the expenses of said primary
election each candidate for Represen
tative in the General Assembly shall
pay an assessment of $75.00. Each
candidate for State Senator shall pay
an assessment of SIOO. The assess
ment shall be paid to the secretary
not later than 12 o’clock noon, Cen
tral Standard time on June 1, 1938,
or in default thereof the name of
the candidate so defaulting shall not
be placed on the official ballot to
be used in said primary.
4. Candidates for Representative
in the General Assembly and for
State Senator shall file an itemized
(See COMMITTEE, back page)
SURETY CO. ASKS
TO BE RELIEVED
ON GIBSON BOND
LATER GRANTS EXTENSION OF
TIME FOR AUDIT OF SUPT.’S
RECORDS TO DATE
The Glens Falls Idemmity Co. noti
fied Governor E. D. Rivers on April
28 that it desired to be relieved of
liability on the bond of County School
Superintendent C. L. Gibson, which
was followed by notice from the
Governor to Supt. Gibson requiring
a new bond and surety within ten
days. Later the surety company
notified the Governor they would con
tinue liability on the Superintendent’s
bond until June Ist pending an audit
of the records of Mr. Gibson’s of
fice to date.
The Governor’s order, served on
Supt. Gibson on May 2 by Sheriff
Sid Howell, follows:
By the Governor:
Glens Falls Indemnity Company,
surety on the official bond of Char
ley Lee Gibson, County Superintend
ent of Schools of Early County,
having given notice in writing of its
desire to be relieved from future
liability on said bond, and the cause
thereof being adjudged sufficient;
It is ordered that the said Charley
Lee Gibson be and is hereby re
quired to furnish a new bond and
surety within ten days from the
service of this order.
Ordered, further, that a copy of
this order be served personally upon
the said Charley Lee Gibson by the
Sheriff of Early county, and a copy
thereof forwarded by mail to the
Chairman of the Board of Education
of said county.
This April 28, 1938.
E. D. RIVERS, Governor.
By the Governor:
Downing Musgrove,
Secretary, Exec. Dept.
The action was taken by the bond
ing company following a recent aud
it of the records of Supt. Gibson for
the six-months’ period ending June
30, 1937, by the office of State Aud
itor Zach Arnold. The audit alleges
the Superintendent made salary ad
vances to himself and several teach
ers and truck drivers in the county
school system during the first six
months of 1937 to the amount of
$966.31, and comments that “the
Superintendent has no authority to
make advances on salaries, and is
personally responsible to the Board
of Education for advances so made."
The salaries allegedly overdrawn
at June 30, 1937, are listed as fol
lows in the audit: C. L. Gibson,
$528.34; A. P. Lewis, $200; R. K.
Sites, 15.00; D. H. Hardin, $5.00;
P. M. Grier, $15.00; Benj. Ander
son, $50.00; Wilbur Martin, $40.00;
W. A. Smith, $15.00; J. B. Still,
$37.50; J. E. Widener, $60.47.
Under the heading, “Scope of Ex
amination,” the auditor makes the
following comment:
This report covers an examination
of the books and records of the
Early County Board of Education, C.
L. Gibson, Superintendent, for the
six months ended June 30, 1937.
Receipts were verified with the
sources from which collected and
traced into bank accounts as de
posits.
Payments made were supported by
cancelled checks. Salaries paid were
supported by approved pay rolls,
other payments listed were not ap
proved by the Board of Education
until April 12, 1938, at a special
meeting called by the examiners
during the examination.
Records kept by the Superintend
ent were very unsatisfactory, pay
rolls were not properly drawn, in
that all items other than salaries
due were omitted from pay rolls and
therefore were not approved by the
Board of Education. Payments were
not posted on pay rolls as required.
No balance sheets were found, re
ceipts were not properly recorded.
Checks were drawn to order of par
ties, not on pay rolls, to be charged
against salaries due by the Board of
Education to teachers, truck drivers
and the Superintendent. This prac
tice should be stopped and checks
drawn to the person earning the
salary and to no one else.
This situation was brought to the
attention of the Board of Education
in the presence of the Superintend
ent, with the recommendation that
the Superintendent be required to
make proper pay rolls for each
month beginning July 1, 1937, to
date, and that these pay rolls be
presented to the Board of Education
for their approval at their next
meeting. The Superintendent was
notified that an examiner from this
office would be in his office as soon
Death Claims Mr.
W. F. Hatcher,
After Long Illness
Mr. William Frendley Hatcher,
age 86, died last Thursday afternoon,
May 5, at 1 o’clock, at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. J. B. Duke, on
College street, after an illness of a
year and a half’s duration.
Funeral services were held at the
Duke home Friday morning at 10
o’clock, with the Rev. S. B. King of
ficiating, assisted by the Rev. E. M.
Overby. Interment was in the city
cemetery, with the Fryer Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements and
the following serving as pall-bear
ers: B. B. Godwin, L. C. Hobbs, Clin
ton Chandler, Murray T. Jones, D.
C. Morgan and Otis Bridges.
Mr. Hatcher was a native of Mor
gan, Calhoun county, Ga., where he
was born in 1852. He came to Ear
ly county in 1897, and engaged in
farming for many years. He had
not been active in many years, due
to declining health. He had many
friends made throughout his. long
life who deeply regret his passing.
Mr. Hatcher’s wife, the former
Miss Martha Beatrice Brewhaut, of
Guernsey, France, preceded him in
death thirteen years ago.
Surviving are seven children, Mrs.
T. B. Kenney, Mrs. R. E. Holloway,
Mrs. Viola Jones, Mr. W. D. Hatch
er and Mrs. J. B. Duke of Blakely,
Mrs. Winnie Rhodes of Sandersville,
Ga., and Mr. J. N. Hatcher of Por
terdale, Ga.; and three sisters, Mrs.
Tint Timmons and Mrs. Mattie Lee
of Rowena, and Mrs. Mollie Horn of
Fitzgerald. Other close relatives in
clude a large number of grandchil
dren, nieces and nephews.
Mr. Hatcher was a member of the
Baptist church, having held member
ship in that denomination for many
years.
as possible after the end of the
present fiscal year (June 30, 1938).
The audit is dated April 20, 1938.
GIBSON SAYS RECORDS ARE
IN BALANCE
When seen this week and asked
for a statement, Superintendent Gib
son stated that after receiving the
governor’s notice last week he visit
ed Atlanta to see his bondsmen, and
they had agreed to continue his bond
until an audit of his records to date
could be completed, and in the event
the records were in order, the com
pany would continue on his bond. He
stated further that Governor Rivers
had granted a three-weeks’ extension
of time for the audit to be made.
Mr. Gibson stated that his books
are in perfect balance and that he
welcomes a complete audit of his
records.
AUDIT IS BEGUN
A representative of the state audit
ing department arrived Monday and
is now at work on auditing Supt.
Gibson’s records.
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NEXT WEEK TO
BE OBSERVED AS
HR MAIL WEEK’
PROCLAMATIONS ISSUED BY
GOVERNOR RIVERS AND
mayor McDowell
Next week is to be observed na
tionally as Air Mail Week, and the
citizens of Georgia are called upon
in the following proclamation by
Governor E. D. Rivers to join whole
heartedly in the observance of the
week:
A PROCLAMATION
Executive Department,
Atlanta, Ga.
Whereas: The Post Office Depart
ment at Washington is sponsoring
National Air Mail Week from May
15 to 21 inclusive, and
Whereas: This is the Twentieth
Anniversary of regular air mail serv
ice in the United States, and
Whereas: I believe that the citi
zenry of Georgia have a lively in
terest in the development of air
mail in our Nation.
Now Therefore: I, E. D. Rivers,
Governor of the State of Georgia,
do hereby designate the week of
May 15 to May 21 as Air Mail Week
for all of Georgia and do call upon
our people to make proper observ
ance of this week by liberally
patronizing the air mail and other
wise evidencing their appreciation
of the efforts of the Post Office De
partment to provide this necessary
service for State.
Given under my hand and the
Seal, this twenty-eighth day of
April, in the year of our Lord, One
Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty
eight.
E. D. RIVERS, Governor.
Citizens of Blakely were this week
called upon by Mayor T. B. McDow
ell to participate in the observance
of next week as National Air Mail
Week, and on Tuesday issued the
following proclamation:
A PROCLAMATION
Whereas, The Post Office Depart
ment at Washington has proclaimed
May 15 to 21 Air Mail Week, and
Whereas, The Governor of the
several states and Mayors of the cities
thereof are calling on their citizens
to observe this week;
Therefore, I, T. B. McDowell, May
or of the City of Blakely, earnestly
request our citizens to use air mail
in forwarding all postal matter which
could move over air lines in appre
ciation of the efforts of this Depart
ment and the further fact that our
city is really due a generous patron
age in view of our recently-erected
handsome post office building.
This May 10,1938.
T. B. McDOWELL, Mayor.
BLAKELY DEFEATS
EDISON; PLAY HERE
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
Blakely defeated Edison Tuesday
in the first baseball game of the
season by a score of 4to 3. The
game was featured by the pitching
of Moody Davis for Blakely and
Clemons and Hammack for Edison.
These teams will play at Blakely
Thursday (today), May 12, at 3 p.
m. Give the home team your moral
support by attending.