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VOLUME LXXVIII NO. 41
RURAL LETTER
CARRIERS TO MEET
HERE MONDAY
BLAKELY HOST TO SECOND
DISTRICT ANNUAL
CONVENTION
The local carriers will be hosts on
next Monday, May 30th, to the an
nual convention of the Second Dis
trict Rural Letter Carriers Associa
tion.
The program will get under way
at 9 o’clock a. m., the morning ses
sions to be held in the Blakely school
auditorium.
The afternoon session, reconven
ing at 2 o’clock, will be held in the
court house, and will be featured by
an address by Mr. H. T. Mclntosh,
editor of The Albany Herald. The
public has a cordial invitation to
the afternoon session.
The program in full:
Convention called to order 9 a. m.
Song: “America” —Convention.
Invocation —Rev. E. M. Overby.
Welcome to Blakely—Hon. T. B.
McDowell.
Song—Quartet.
Dance Numbers —Miss Carolyn
Middleton.
Address—Judge J. W. Bonner.
Song—Mrs. C. G. Brewer.
Response to Welcome—Mr. C. W.
Beardsley.
Business Session, 10:30.
Adjournment for Lunch, 12:00.
Reconvene at 2:00 p. m.
Song—Quartet.
Presentation of Principal Speaker
—Mr. A. T. Fleming.
Principal Address —Hon. H. T. Mc-
Intosh.
Adjournment.
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Judge Ira Carlisle,
Congress Candidate,
Visitor Here Friday
Judge Ira Carlisle, of Cairo, who
last week announced as a candidate
for Congress from the Second dis
trict, was a visitor in Blakely last
Friday. While here he placed with
The News an official announcement
’of his candidacy, which will be
found elsewhere in this issue.
Mr. Carlisle has been practicing
law in Cairo for 27 years. He was
solicitor of the Cairo City Court for
eight years, and has been judge of
that court since December 1, 1932.
He has served in both houses of the
Georgia General Assembly:
In his announcement Mr. Carlisle
says:
“In March of last year I stated to
the press, that if Congressman E. E.
Cox continued to oppose President
Roosevelt’s recovery program and to
ignore his campaign pledges of loy
alty to the President, that I would
oppose him for re-election this year.
The congressman has continued to
oppose the President’s program to
this date; therefore, I am announc
ing my candidacy in order that the
issue may be submitted to the peo
ple.
“If elected, I promise to support
the President’s recovery program.
I shall steadfastly support the Dem
ocratic party and represent the
wishes of the Democrats in my dis
trict. To enable me to do this, I
shall, at all times, keep in close
touch with the citizens of my district
in order to ascertain their wishes.”
“The Adventures of Tom Saw
yer,” in technicolor, from Mark
Twain’s immortal classic, is the at
traction at the Blakely Theatre on
Thursday and Friday.
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BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 26, 1938.
BACCALAUREATE SERMON SUNDAY MORNING
OPENS B. H. S. COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM
The commencement program of
the Blakely public schools will begin
on next Sunday morning, May 29,
with the Baccalaureate Sermon by
the Rev. E. M. Overby, pastor of the
Methodist church. The services will
be held at the Baptist church.
The grammar school recital will
be presented on Monday evening,
May 30, at the school auditorium, at
which time the following program
will be rendered:
Music and Expression Playlet
Mrs. Brown —Vivian Brunson.
Julia, the daughter—Jane Bonner.
The guests perform the following:
Selections (John M. Williams)
Alice Lanier.
When the Circus Comes to Town
(Forrest) —Erlene Robinson.
Saxette Solo —Norman Thomas.
Dialogue—Tommy Fulton, Billy
Peters
(a) Elegy (Massenet); (b) Prel
ude in G Minor (Rachmaninoff)
Norma Ann Jones.
First Recital (Thompson) Wil
liam Monfort.
Reading—Jean Nelson.
Reading—Lane Middleton.
The Tiresome Woodpecker
(Thompson)—Wilhelmina Spence.
(a) Unfinished Symphony; (b)
March of the Star (Tchaikorsky)
Frankie Martindale.
Reading—Ann Jean Jones.
Summer Days (Williams) —Andy
Lanier.
Dance of the Peasants (Penny)—•
Jean Nelson.
Reading—Winston Felder.
Chiquits (Berna) —Mary Eliza
beth Brooks.
Slavonic Rhapsody (Thompson)
Cona Ann Bush.
(a) Fifi (Altbayer); (b) The
Banjo Picker (Wright)—Gladys Gil
bert.
A La Garotte (Proturnsky)
Pauline Livingston.
Reading—Rose Mary Fulton.
Valse Lucile (Friml) Peggy
Duke.
Reading—Meade Maddox.
Il Trovatore (Verdi-Dorn) —Mar-
garet Boyett.
Song—Class.
The high school recital will be pre
sented on Tuesday evening, May 31,
at 8:30 o’clock at the school audi
torium, the program as follows:
Minuet in G (Beethoven) —Sarah
Fulton.
The Clockwork Doll (Ewing)
Rachel Middleton.
Fairy Polka (Spindler)—Odelia
King.
The Swiss Music Box (Burton) —■
Nan Nelson.
Brotherly Love (Reading)—Jane
Bonner.
Spanish Gypsy (Dent-Mowrey)
Emily Ann Singletary.
Barcarolle “Tales of Hoffman”
(Offenbach) —Mary Standifer.
Auto Intoxication (Reading)
Vivian Brunson.
Quartette, “Rigoletto” (Verdi)
Ouida Mobley, Thelma Duke.
The Story of Annie Laurie—Mary
Standifer. Sung by members of the
6th Grade.
Scottish Tone Poem (MacDowell)
—Virginia Holman.
King Midas in a Mixup (Reading)
—'Gladys Gilbert.
Hungarian Concert Polka (Alfol
dy)—Arthur Sherman.
To Spring (Grieg)—Jane Haisten.
Sketch —Emily Ann Singletary,
reader; Mary Hazel Chandler, old
fashioned girl; Margaret Boyett,
Turkish girl; Frankie Martindale,
MASS MEETING OF PEANUT GROWERS
All peanut fanners in the following counties: Baker, Ben Hill,
Brooks, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt, Crisp, Decatur, Dooly, Dougherty,
Early, Grady, Houston, Irwin, Lee, Macon, Miller, Mitchell, Pulaski,
Quitman, Randolph, Schley, Seminole, Stewat, Sumtrer, Terrell,
Thomas, Tift, Turner, Webster, Wilcox, and Worth, are urged to
lay aside all business and be at the Court House, CUTHBERT, GA.,
on FRIDAY, MAY 27, at 2 p. m.
Action will be started endeavoring to get the United States
Department of Agriculture to withdraw unjust discrimination being
made against peanut growers in above listed counties.
Peanut growers in counties not listed above in the State of
Georgia are not being penalized to the extent that growers are in
the counties listed above.
Peanut growers in “non-commercial” counties outside of the
peanut belt are permitted to plant practically all the peanuts they
want to grow without any penalty. Farmers in the peanut belt are
being heavily penalized.
Shall we stand for this unjust discrimination? Be at the Court
House at Cuthbert, Friday, May 27th, at 2 p. m.
T. B. McDOWELL, Chairman, Blakely, Ga.
P. M. REID, Cuthbert, Ga.
J. E. BRIM, Dawson, Ga.
J. A. BRIM, Dawson, Ga.
H. A. PETTY, Dawson, Ga.
W. W. BROACH, Cuthbert, Ga.
E. C. TEEL, Cuthbert, Ga.
L. C. MANRY, Edison, Ga.
J. T. HALEY, Albany, Ga.
ballet girl; Mary Frances Grimsley,
Mammy Chloe.
March Militaire (Chopin)—Thel
ma Duke.
On Wednesday night, June 1, the
Senior Class Night program will be
presented at the school auditorium.
This program will include the fol
lowing numbers:
Giftorian: Mariclaire Alexander.
Phophecy: Zelna Sessions.
Last Will and Testament: Mack
Strickland, Jr.
History: Bill Standifer.
Song.
The grammar school graduation
program will be presented Thursday
night, June 2, at 8 o’clock, at the
school auditorium. First honor in
this class was won by Margaret Boy
ett, who will have the Valedictory,
and second honor by Jane Bonner,
who will deliver the Salutatory.
The program follows:
• Processional.
Invocation.
Candle Lighting Service.
Song: Class.
Salutatory: Jane Bonner.
Class Poem: Pauline Livingston.
Piano Solo: Mary Patterson.
Address: Hon. J. W. Bonner.
Valedictory: Margaret Boyett.
Presentation of Diplomas and
Awards.
The Senior Class graduation, the
concluding program in the com
mencement series, will take place on
Friday evening, June 3, at 8 o’clock,
in the school auditorium. At this
time twenty graduates—ten girls and
ten boys—will receive their diplomas.
The address of the evening will be
delivered by Governor E. D. Rivers.
The first honor graduate of the
class is Miss Ina Claire Godwin, who
will give the Valedictory. Second
honor graduate is Miss Sarah Ber
man, who has the role of Saluta
torian. The program follows:
Processional.
Class Song.
Salutatory: Sarah Berman.
Address: Governor E. D. Rivers.
Valedictory: Ina Claire Godwin.
Delivery of Diplomas and Awards.
Class Song.
CONGRESSMAN COX
QUALIFIES IN RACE
FOR RE-ELECTION
The Second Congressional District
Executive Committee met in Camilla
on Friday.
Friends of Congressman Cox, who
requested that their names be with
held, presented a cashier’s check for
$250 to D. R. Bryan, secretary of
the comittee, to cover the Congress
man’s entry fee. Bryan announced
that in addition to Judge Cox, W. J.
Crowe, of Sylvester, and Judge Ira
Carlisle, of Cairo, had met all the re
quirements to qualify them for the
primary.
Resolutions adopted commended
the Democratic party program and
the public service of Cong. Cox.
The Early county members of the
committee are Judge A. H. Gray,
of Blakely, and Mr. H. C. Haddock,
of Damascus.
Canning Plant
At Hilton Has
Begun Operation
The Hilton cannery will be open
to citizens of Early county who wish
to can their surplus foods on Mon
days, Wednesdays and Fridays, from
this time until the end of the can
ning season. The plant will be open
at eight o’clock, a. m„ and all prod
ucts to be canned must be in the
plant in time to have the work finish
ed by five o’clock.
May I urge that all customers
bring fresh, tender vegetables and
fruits, as this insures a better can
ning job, and more protection against
spoilage. Each person canning must
furnish his own seasoning, cans, la
bor, and fuel for firing the furnace.
The canning plant furnishes all the
other equipment necessary for put
ting up first class products.
Cans may be obtained at the plant
for 3 1-2 cents for number 2 (pt.)
cans, and 4 1-2 cents for number 3
(qt.) cans. Maintenance charges
will be one cent for No. two cans,
and 1 1-2 cents for No. 3 cans.
The canning will be under my
personal supervision whenever pos
sible. At the times that I have to be
away, it will be under the supervision
of Mr. A. D. Smith, Jr., who has
studied canning and has had three
years first hand experience in can
ning.
O. F. MORTON,
Teacher, Vocational Agriculture.
SENATOR GEORGE
IS A CANDIDATE
FOR RE-ELECTION
In the columns of The News this
week will be found the announcement
of Senator Walter F. George as a
candidate to succeed himself as sen
ior U. S. Senator from Georgia. A
number of World War veterans last
week paid the Senator’s entry fee.
In his announcement, Senator
George expresses appreciation for
the confidence reposed in him by
the people of Georgia and adds, “in
the course of the coming weeks, as
opportunity and occasion may offer,
I shall be glad to discuss the vital
questions of our time, and frankly
to make known my views on all sub
jects of concern to the people of
Georgia.”
Senator George was first elected
to the Senate in 1922 and has served
continuously since that time.
SERIAL STORY IS
OMITTED THIS WEEK
The story, “To Ride the River
With”, which has been running serial
ly in The News for several weeks, is
omitted this week for lack of space.
The story will be resumed next
week.
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NEW HIGH FIGURE
REACHED IN PUBLIC
WELFARE BENEFITS
BENEFITS FOR APRIL SHOW A
SUBSTANTIAL GAIN OVER
PRECEDING MONTH
The State Department of Public
Welfare during las month, the tenth
month of operation of the Public
Assistance Program, reached a new
high figure for public welfare and
relief benefits distributed and certi
fication of eligibles for Federal
benefits, according to announce
ment made by Lamar Murdaugh,
State Director, having paid benefits
and certified for receipt of Federal
benefits resulting in distribution of
$2,341,081.25 as compared with
$2,038,299.56 for the preceding
month of March.
Old-age pensions, aid to dependent
children and aid to the needy blind
were distributed to 41,752 recip
ients at a total cost of $365,551.50.
The remainder of the monthly re
sults produced consisted of surplus
commodities distributed amounting
to $267,251.62, wages received by
WPA workers $1,439,643.19; and
benefits received through the Nation
al Youth Administration and the
CCC, all being certified by the State
Welfare Department, in addition to
general relief furnished by the
counties of $44,724.94. The gener
al relief, which is a direct expense
to the various counties, is being
automatically reduced, the State and
Federal government taking over the
individuals on general relief as rap
idly as possible.
Early county received benefits dur
ing the month as follows:
Old age pensioners and other
social security payments $2,259.50
Surplus commodities 686.16
WPA wages 1,054,01
CGC funds 875.00
General relief 110.50
Total $4,985.17
The Early county welfare depart
ment is supervised by a local board,
the members of which are Rev. S.
B. King, Mr. Lloyd Lewis, Mr. J. L.
Bethea, Mr. Grady Holman and Mr.
Percy Ward, and is under the di
rect charge of Miss Genevieve E.
Martin, county welfare director.
GIRL’S AUXILIARY
The Girl’s Auxiliary met Monday
afternoon at the church, with 11
present. The devotional was read by
Lucy Hartley, who had charge of the
program.
After the program, a social hour
was enjoyed by all. Refreshments
were served by Vivian Hall.
A picnic and swimming party was
planned for Thursday afternoon at
3 o’clock at Woodlawn Park.
NELL SINGLETARY, Reporter.