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VOLUME LXXIX NO. 9
EARLY COUNTY FAIR TO OPEN TUESDAY
PROCEEDINGS OF
CRIMINAL CASES
SUPERIOR COURT
The criminal docket of the Octo
ber term of Early Superior Court
was completed Monday, consuming
only one day, after which the jurors
were dismissed for the term.
The following cases were disposed
of:
Will Miller, charged with simple
larceny, pleaded guilty and was giv
en a probation sentence of two to
four years.
James Eddy, pleading guilty to lar
ceny from house, was given a sen
tence of one to two years in the state
penitentiary.
Jesse Philips, charged with possess
ing liquor, pleaded guilty and was
given the alternative of serving an
18 months’ probation sentence or
paying a $75 fine.
iCurtis Camp, charged with bur
glary, pleaded guilty, and was sen
tenced to three years in the state
penitentiary.
Charlie Mims, charged with bur
glary, pleaded guilty, and was given
a sentence of three years in the
state penitentiary.
Willis Dollar, charged with bur
glary, pleaded guilty, and was given
a three year sentence in the state
penitentiary.
Charlie Mims, convicted of bur
glary, was given a probation sen
tence of six years.
An indictment for simple larceny
against W. J. Hunt was nol pressed,
and he pleaded guilty to killing a
cow, a misdemeanor charge, and was
sentenced to six months or a fine of
$75.00.
Layman Anderson was found guil
ty on a simple larceny charge, with
recommendation that he be punished
as for a misdemeanor. He was given
a probation sentence of 18 months.
John Cherry and Martin Cherry,
charged with simple larceny, were
found guilty, with recommendation
that they be punished as for a mis
demeanor. They were given proba
tion sentences of 18 months each.
The cases against C. L. Gibson,
former Early County School Super
intendent, against whom two indict
ments were returned by the grand
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BIDS ASKED FOR
PAVING 4 MILES ON
POST ROAD PROJECT
Chairman H. C. Fort of the Early
County Board of Commissions re
ceived a telegram Saturday from
W. L. Miller, chairman of the state
highway board, stating that the board
was releasing advertising for bids
on hard surfacing of project
FAS 59-A, north of Sowhatchee
creek to state route No. 1 in Blakely.
The advertisement for bids, pub
lished elsewhere in The News, calls
for the surfacing of 4.211 miles of
the project, which is the post road
southwest of the city, grading on
which has been in progress for some
time. The portion ready for surfac
ing begins at the intersection of No.
1 in the southern part of the city
and extends to Sowhatchee creek.
The bids will be opened on Octo
ber 28th.
BLAKELY SCHOOL
MAKES PLANS TO TAKE
PART IN THE FAIR
The Blakely School, with Supt.
Alex Carswell as general chairman, is
planning to coo-perate in every way
to help make the Early County Fair
an educational success.
Mr. W. 0. Morgan and Miss
Weathers are chairmen of the voca
tional and high school departments,
with Miss Christine Carter chairman
of elementary grades, and Mrs. C.
M. Baggs chairman of the primary
department.
Other members of the faculty are
on decorating and booth committees.
The Blakely school is glad to do
its part in this splendid undertaking,
jury, were continued until the April
term of court.
A number, of indictments for mis
demeanor charges were transferred
to the City Court for trial at the
January term.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 13, 1938.
EVERYTHING IN READINESS FOR FIVE
BIG DAYS AND NIGHTS OF FUN AND
EDUCATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT
Plans are complete and all is ready for the opening of the
Early County Fair on October 18. Everything points toward a
successful Fair week, and large crowds are expected for every
day. The management believes that the 1938 Fair will be the
greatest Fair that Early county has ever had.
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AN INVITATION
We, the members of the Hilton Chapter of Future Farmers of
America, wish to extend to every citizen of Early and surrounding
counties a very special invitation to visit the Fair next week.
We are the Fair sponsors this year, and it is with a great deal of
pride that we present to our friends and neighbors the Early County
Fair of 1938, which we believe is the largest and best Fair that this
section of the State has ever had.
You have helped us make this Fair possible, so come with us to
enjoy its amusement and recreation, and to see the exhibits which
the schools of the county, the individuals and business houses will
have there for your approval. We welcome you.
HILTON CHAPTER F. F. A.,
BURTON TEMPLE, Reporter.
PROGRAM OF DAYS FOR FAIR WEEK
Following is a program of events for the week:
MONDAY, OCT. 17—All exhibiting space will be assign
ed to exhibitors, and exhibits started.
TUESDAY, OCT. 18—Exhibits must be completed by
noon. Fair gates will be open to the public at 1:00 p. m. Free
acts and fireworks.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 19—Farmers Day. (The program
will begin at 2 :30 p. m.) Guest speakers will be: Hon. Colum
bus Roberts, State Commissioner of Agriculture; Dr. George H.
King, president of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College,
Tifton; and Mr. George I. Martin, who is assistant State Super
visor of Agricultural Education. Exhibits will be judged and
placings awarded.
THURSDAY, OCT. 20—Civic Day, which will be given to
the programs of the organizations of Blakely and Early
county, including the American Legion, the Rotary Club, etc.
Everybody is welcome.
FRIDAY, OCT. 21—School Day. All the schools of the
county will be represented by students and faculty. Gates will
open at 9:00 a. m. At 1:15 all schools will compete in a sing
ing contest. At 2:30 Dr. M. D. Collins, State Superintendent
of Schools, will speak. At 3, free acts. A prize will be award
ed the school having the largest percentage of attendance.
SATURDAY, OCT. 22—Everybody’s Day. During the
afternoon the colored schools of the county will sponsor a
Buck-Dancing Contest. The prizes will be: Ist, $2.00; 2nd,
$1.00; 3rd, 50c. This will be a unique entertainment for ev
erybody.
There will be free acts every day of the Fair. These will
be signaled by bombs, and will be new and thrilling entertain
ment. The Southern States Shows will furnish the midway
attractions.
CONTRACT TO BE LET
WEDNESDAY ON NEW
CITY HALL BUILDING
The contract for the erection of
the new city hall for Blakely will be
awarded on next Wednesday, Octo
ber 19 th, provided any one of the
bids received at that time are con
sidered acceptable.
Sealed proposals will be received
by the Mayor and Council in the
court room of the Early county
courthouse in this city until 2:30
p. m., Central standard time, on
next Wednesday. It is understood
there will be several bids on the
project, which is to be built with
funds received from the sale of a
recent bond issue supplemented by a
45 per cent Federal grant.
The building will be erected on
the lot now occupied by the Hotel
Early, which will be removed to
a lot on Arlington Road, just off the
public square.
CITY TAX BOOKS OPEN
The books are now open for pay
ment of 1938 city taxes. Prompt at
tention to this matter will be appre
ciated by the city authorities.
C. C. LANE, Clerk and Treasurer.
“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead?’
BLAKELY HI DEFEATS
MILLER HI IN SECOND
GAME OF SEASON
Blakely Hi’s Bob Cats won their
second consecutive victory of the
current six-man football season last
Friday afternoon, when they defeat
ed Miller County Hi in Colquitt by
a score of 12 to 0.
Blakely made touchdowns in the
first and third quarters, Chandler
and Pearson scoring.
Houston, Wirdham and Willis were
the outstanding players for Colquitt.
Referee Hammack of Blakely,
Umpire Stapleton of Colquitt, and
Headlinesman Morgan of Blakely of
ficiated.
Score by quarters:
Blakely 6 0 6 o—l 2
Miller 0 0 0 0— 0
PROGRAM AT CEDAR
SPRINGS AUDITORIUM
FRIDAY NIGHT AT 7:30
There will be a program, box sup
per and cake-walk at the Cedar
Springs school auditorium Friday
night, October 14, at 7:30 o’clock,
sponsored by the Ladies’ Aid Socie
ty. The public is cordially invited.
DR. SIMMONS, WELL
KNOWN EARLY
COUNTIAN, DIES
Dr. Benjamin Kelly Simmons, age
68, well-known and highly-esteemed
physician and farmer of the Union
community of this county, died last
Friday morning about 2:30 o’clock.
Funeral services were held Satur
day morning at 10 o’clock at the
Pleasant Grove cemetery, with the
Rev. J. C. Parrish, of Ashford, Ala.,
officiating. Interment was in Pleas
ant Grove cemetery, with Minter,
Fellows & Forrester in charge of ar
rangements and the following friends
serving as pall-bearers: G. W. White,
Ed Chandler, Theo White, Homer
Willis, B. H. Fulmer, and T. B.
Kenney. A large number of friends
attended the last rites.
Dr. Simmons was a native of Dale
county, Ala., where he was born on
June 28, 1860. He had been a resi
dent of Early county for 28 years,
actively engaging in both the prac
tice of medicine and farming for
that time. He held diplomas from
Emory University, the Georgia Col
lege of Eclectic Medicine and Surg
ery, and Atlanta School of Medicine.
He was a member of the Masonic
fraternity.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Cher
rie Shirah Simmons; one son, Mr.
Shelly Simmons, of Blakely; and one
brother, Mr. J. F. Simmons, of Blue
Springs, Ala.
ADDITIONS TO EARLY
COUNTY FAIR PREMIUM
LIST ARE ANNOUNCED
Good livestock is necessary to put
any farm on a payifig basis. A good
place to show your livestock to the
people of this section is at the Early
County Fair. The place to see good
livestock will be at the Early County
Fair.
The Fair Association wishes to an
nounce the following additions to
the official premium list:
Department C—Swine, section 7:
Best pure-bred boar, any age, any
breed, exhibited by F. F. A. boy or
4-H Club boy or girl—lst, $3.00;
2nd, $2.00; third ribbon.
Department E—Poultry, section 7:
Best five hens, any other breed—
-Ist, $2.00; 2nd, $1.00; 3rd, ribbon.
Exhibitors of livestock are request
ed to list all entries with Mr. H. H.
Carlan, teacher of vocational agri
culture, Union consolidated high
school, as quickly as possible. We
need these listings by Saturday of
this week.
Due to the fact that exhibitors
may desire to use a great variety of
feeds, the Fair Association can not
furnish feed for animals exhibited.
However, it will be possible to fur
nish labor for feeding, watering, and
caring for all animals exhibited at
the livestock tent at all times.
The Fair management asks that
all animals be brought to the live
stock tent by Tuesday, October 18,
not later than 4 o’clock p. m.
Please bring enough feed for the
week, and also a vessel or trough
for watering animals.
Let’s get behind this livestock ex
position, Early countians, and make
I it a real show.
—FAIR COMMITTEE.
We are consistent BOOSTERS for
the Early County Fair and Exposition
and commend THE HILTON CHAP
TER Future Farmers of America for
presenting it to the people of this sec
tion and we trust that all our friends
will attend.
A large assortment of Crepe Paper
for Fair Decorations can be supplied
at —
BALKCOM’S
PULL FOR BLAKELY
—OR—
PULL OUT
$1.50 A YEAR
ROBERTS TO BE
GUEST OF FAIR
ON WEDNESDAY
Os interest to the citizens of Ear
ly and neighboring counties is the
announcement that Hon. Columbus
Roberts, Commissioner of Agricul-
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ture of the State of Georgia, will
appear on the Farmers Day program
on Wednesday of Fair week.
Mr. Roberts, who took office as
Commissioner of Agriculture in Jan
uary of 1937, will bring to the citi
zens of this section a message of in
teresting facts regarding the cur
rent work of the various divisions of
the State Department of Agriculture.
These divisions include the Mar
keting Division, which cooperates
with the farmers in selling their
produce and in the operation of the
Farmers’ Markets over the state; the
Veterinary department, which aids
in the expansion of the dairy and
livestock industry in the state,
whereby Georgians will be enabled
to buy home-raised milk and butter;
the Food and Drug department, and
the Fertilizer division.
Mr. Roberts has long been a
prominent citizen of west Georgia,
his home being in Columbus. He is
active in political, social and civic af
fairs of Georgia. A successful busi
ness man, he also takes much inter
est in farming and operates several
large farms and a dairy.
Early county is very fortunate In
having Mr. Roberts as its guest on
Farmers Day, and it is hoped that
our citizens will make a special ef
fort to be present and hear him
discuss the situation which is at
present of vital interest to our sec
tion.
Mr. Roberts will speak on the
Fair grounds at 2:30 p. m. on Wed
nesday, October 19.
DR. M. D. COLLINS
TO SPEAK FRIDAY AT
EARLY COUNTY FAIR
Dr. M. D. Collins, State School
Superintendent, will be Early coun
ty’s guest on Friday, October 21, and
will speak at the Fair grounds at
2:30 o’clock.
Dr. Collins is a most entertaining
and informative speaker. He will
have something helpful and inter
esting for both children and patrons.
Be sure to hear him.