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VOLUME LXXIX > NO. tO
OIL MEN OF
EARLY COUNTY
ORGANIZE
Wholesale and retail oil dealers
and their employees of Blakely and ;
Early county met at the court house i
on Tuesday, October 18, and per- <
fected the organization of the Early
County Petroleum Industries Com- i
mittee. i
The local group is affiliated with ]
the Georgia Petroleum Industries 1
Committee, which is the state asso
ciation of oil men with local organi- i
zations in each of the one hundred j
fifty-nine counties. It was explain- 1
ed that the chief purpose and main 1
objective of the organization would j
be to secure fair and equitable taxes
and legislation for Georgia motorists .
and those engaged in supplying their .
needs. It is a non-cost cooperative ;
group, functioning on a non-partisan
and non-political basis.
Officers are as follows: 1
County Chairman: J. R. Puckett
(Gulf), Blakely. . .
County Ist Vice-Chm.: W. J. Grist
(Standard), Blakely.
County Vice-Chm.: J. B. Rice (Am- ]
oco), Blakely. .
County Secretary: Tommy Owens
(Sinclair), Blakely.
Legislative (sub) Committee: W.
J. Grist (Standard), Chairman; Roy ;
McKinney (Standard), Vice-Chm.; ,
Sam Owens (Sinclair), Secretary; '
Alfred Felder (Gulf); Wilber Evans
(Amoco); D. S. Sheffield (Gulf).
Local Affairs (sub) Committee:
J. B. Rice (Amoco), Chm.; Dunbar
Grist (Standard), Vice-Chm.; R. W.
Miller (Gulf), Secretary; Gordon
Hall (Standard); M. T. Howard
(Standard); L. T. Robinson (Stand
ard); Alto Warrick (Standard); J.
Carlos McFarland (Gulf); J. B.
Chambers (Amoco); Cyrus E. Du-
Bose (Amoco).
Public Relations (sub) Committee:
Tommy Owens (Sinclair), Chm.;
Howard Davenport (Standard), Vice-
Chm.; C. D. Duke, Jr., (Gulf), Sec
retary; Joe Owens (Sinclair); J. E.
Grubbs (Standard); J. N. Collier
(Gulf); G. E. Dußose (Amoco).
The Executive and Membership
Committee is composed of the County
Officers and the Chairman, Vice-
Chairman and Secretary of each
sub-Committee.
Neil W. Printup, Atlanta, Secre
tary of the state organization, as
sisted the local group and addressed
the meeting.
Fair Week Specials:
SUGAR—Paper Bags L 10 lbs. 48c
TABLE SALT or MATCHES 3 pkgs. 10c
WESSON OIL Pint Can 21c
POTATOES—No. 1 10 lbs. 22c
CORN FLAKES 2 pkgs. 15c
MEAL—Water Ground Peck 20c
Honey, Tupelo, 1-2 gal. 65c
Flour, Rocket, 24 lbs. ... 59c
Heinz Baby ■ oL, .Z SUPER SUDS lg“P/J
Coffee, Tops, it’s good, lb 21c
J BLUE BOX IBM*!
Cabbage, 3 lbs. 10c
Apples, red, juicy, doz.. 15c L 5 PALMOLIVE
Oranges, doz. 15c
'"' Guards Agains.
Macaroni, 3 pkgs.loc "Middle-Age" Skin
Cheese, lb. 20c Palmolive Soap 3 for 19c
Meat, streak-o’-lean, lb. 14c SUPER SUDS 3 f or 2 3c
Brooms, 4-string, each ... 25c Octagon Soap 5 for 11c
. c * Octagon Powder 2 for 5c
, ory cap, arge Octagon Cleanser 2 for 9c
cake, 2 for 15c Octagon Toilet Soap 2 f or 9 C
Salad Dressing, qt. 23c Octagon Chips, pkg. 8c
One Crescent Rotary Churn—Eachsl.oo
FRESH - MEATS- TENDER
HAMS —Red Rose, whole or half, lb. 25c
CHUCK STEAK—Good, lb. 20c
PIC-NIC HAMS—Whole, lb. 20c
STEW BEEF—2 lbs. 25c
SMOKED SAUSAGE—2 lbs. 35c
OLIVE LOAF—Lb. .. 35c
PURE PORK SAUSAGE—Lb. 25c
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Cash & Market &
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The DOCTOR
by W.E. Aughinbaugh, M.D.
FARMERS VOTE
ON MARKETING
QUOTAS DEC. 10
The nation’s 2,225,000 cotton
growers will get another chance De
cember 10 to express their opinion
of the new crop control program.
They will take part in a refer
endum on establishing marketing
quotas on next year’s cotton crop.
Last March they voted nine to one
to invoke quotas on the 1938 yield.
Coming at a time when the ad
ministration’s efforts to restore ag
ricultural prosperity are under at
tack in several quarters, the elec
tion will be watched by both sup
porters and foes of the New Deal.
The results, said officials of the
agricultural department, may have
an important bearing on congres
sional efforts to substitute out
right price fixing for the present
legislation.
Two-thirds of the farmers voting
must approve quotas in order to
make them effective. Their pur
pose is to restrict production and
sale of farm products when exces
sive supplies exist. Growers who
produce more than their quotas
are denied government subsidies
and are assessed tax penalties if
they market in excess of their
quotas.
The cotton referendum may be
followed by similar elections on
tobacco and wheat marketing quo
tas.
Federal officials said a favorable
vote on the cotton quotas undoubted
ly would strengthen the administra
tion’s hand in the event advocates
of price-fixing make headway at the
next session of congress. They con
ceded that rejection of quotas would
give those advocates a “powerful
weapon.”
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.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 20, 1938.
EARLY COUNTY
FAIR IS NOW IN
FULL SWING
The second annual Early County
Fair, sponsored by the Hilton Chapter
Future Farmers of America, assisted
by other agencies, opened Tuesday
afternoon for a five-days’ engage
ment. The gates were thrown open
at 1:00 p. m., and the official open
ing was inaugurated with fireworks
and free acts.
Wednesday, officially designated
as Farmers’ Day, saw a goodly num
ber of visitors entering the gates.
Guest speakers Wednesday afternoon
included State Commissioner of Ag
riculture Columbus Roberts; Dr. G.
H. King, President of Abraham
Baldwin College, Tifton; and Mr.
George I. Martin, Assistant State Su
pervisor of Agricultural Education.
Discussing various topics of interest
with relation to agricultural prob
lems, the talks were well received.
Wednesday’s program also includ
ed the judging of exhibits and
awarding of prizes and ribbons.
The winners will be announced in
next week’s News.
The calendar for the remaining
days of the Fair follows:
THURSDAY —Civic Day. To be
given over to the programs of the
organizations of Blakely and Early
county, including the American Le
gion, the Rotary Club, etc. Every
body is welcome.
FRIDAY—SchooI Day. All the
schools of the county will be repre
sented by students and faculty. The
gates will open at 9:00 a. m. At
1:15 all schools will compete in a
singing contest. At 2:30 Dr. M. D.
Collins, State Superintendent of
Schools, will speak. At 3:00 o’clock,
free acts. A prize will be awarded
to the school having the largest
percentage of attendance.
SATURDAY Everybody’s Day.
During the afternoon the colored
schools of the county will sponsor
a buck-dancing contest. The prizes
are: Ist, $2.00; 2nd, $1.00; 3rd, 50c.
This will be a unique entertainment
for everybody.
The Exhibits
The exhibits of the county schools,
the women’s department, the educa
tional department, and the farm
crops department are of a high order
and have elicited much praise. The
poultry and livestock exhibits like
wise are of a high order and are
attracting much attention.
The Midway
The Southern States Shows, John
B. Davis, manager, are furnishing
the midway attractions for the Fair.
In addition to the several shows,
there are a number of thrilling free
acts, including Captain Jack Coddino
in his sensational Australian whip
act; Daredevil Harry Froboess, the
swaying marvel; the Coddinos in their
sensational knife throwing exhibition;
the Great Delno, in his death-defy
ing high dive from a ladder 96 feet
high into a net measuring only 7x9
feet. There are a number of riding
devices to furnish diversion for the
children and grown-ups, and the
music is furnished by Prof. Walter
Lankford’s Concert Band, which fea
tures the Lankford twins.
SUNDAY IS LAYMAN’S
DAY IN SOUTHERN
BAPTIST CHURCHES
Next Sunday is Layman’s Day
in the Baptist churches throughout
the Southland, and the goal for that
day is one “million men in church
on Sunday morning.”
Pastor King of the Blakely church
announces that the quota set for the
local church is 100 men, and he is
earnestly desirous of reaching that
goal. He is, therefore, urging all
male members of the church to make
a special effort to be present at Sun
day morning’s service, inviting oth
ers to attend with them.
The pastor’s message will be suit
ed to the occasion.
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Music on the Fair grounds is being furnished by
PROF. WALTER LANKFORD’S CONCERT BAND, fea
turing the Lankford twins, two of the youngest musicians
before the public.
PROJECT SUPT.
DISCUSSES PLANS
THREE-NOTCH REA
Special Notice To Rural People:
No doubt everybody has learned
by this time that an appropriation
has been made in the amount of
$300,000.00 to the Three Notch Elec
tric Membership Corporation, of
Miller, Seminole and Early Counties,
to construct and maintain light lines
for the rural people. However, there
is much to be done yet, which de
pends more or less on the people
themselves, before actual construc
tion of the line can begin; namely.
(1) All members must pay in their
required $5.00 membership fee.
(2) All members must give the
Corporation right of way for the
line to cross their land.
(3) All members must make our
wiring surveys with the help and
suggestions of the Proj'ect Superin
tendent. i
When actual construction does be
gin, it is only natural that it will
have to begin from some designated
point. The Board of Directors has
passed a resolution saying that the
lines will be built in the order in
which the above three mentioned
items are carried out. To date there
are two or three lines within the
project area that have practically
completed this work and so far as they
are concerned are ready for actual
construction. While on the other
hand there are certain lines or com
munities which have not shown the
interest that these have, but they
must certainly get this done before
they can figure on getting lights.
The Corporation is purely a com
munity affair, and in order for cer
tain communities even to get lights
now, they must do their share of the
work. It so stands now that since
the appropriation has been made that
any community that really wants
lights can get them if they will go
out after them and do a little per
sonal solicitation themselves. The
Corporation now is still urging all
members and communities to get the
line, but should certain communities
fail to carry out this work, naturally
they will be omitted from the line.
There has been a series of meetings
throughout the three counties in prac
tically every community in order to
inform the people of the exact status
of the line at this time and also to
suggest to them the work that is nec
essary to be done before construc
tion begins. You as an individual,
don’t wait for the other fellow to
come around and have to insist on
your paying your membership fee,
for if you do you might be left out.
Take it upon yourself as a loyal citi
zen of your community to see that
yours is paid in. After all, if every
one would do this we would be
through in the next day or |wo.
If there is anything that you are
in doubt about or don’t understand
thoroughly, please contact your Pro
ject Superintendent, and he will be
glad to inform you on any phase of
the R. E. A. Your Superintendent
would never get all of this work
done himself. It is an impossibility
but through your cooperation it is
not impossible.
How soon the line is built, as you
can readily see, naturally depends
on how bad the people want it. In
other words, to make a long story
short, the money is available, as we
have stated, and it is up to the people
if they are to spend it, so get behind
the people in your community on
your line and see if you can’t have
it be one of the first lines actually
constructed.
As your Project Superintendent I
will pledge myself to you to do any
thing in my power at any hour of the
night or day in order to expedite mat
ters in any way.
Looking forward to each and every
member’s 100 per cent cooperation
in this matter, I am
Yours truly,
C. LAMAR HATCHER,
Project. Supt., Three-Notch
Electric Membership Corp.
Donalsonville, Ga.
COX ACCEPTS
RENOMINATION
AT FRIDAY MEET
Congressman E. E. Cox accepted
renomination at the Second District
convention, held in Moultrie Friday,
and attacked certain New Deal meas
ures and policies, while pledging
support for southern farmers and
industry.
He declared he would support the
administration, however, “so long as
it holds true to Democratic party
principles and party laws.”
“I reserve the right to determine
for myself what constitutes obedi
ence to the oath that I am required
to take to support and defend the
constitutiqn,” Cox added.
He described the 1938 farm bill as
“no solution of the farm problem”
because of “too many restrictions,”
and said it “does not work with
fairness to all affected.”
Industry can not live under it, the
Camilla man said.
Cox declared the wage-hour bill
gives industry in regions already de
veloped a monopoly on business and
would “keep our population an agra
rian people forever.”
This law “represents the widest
spread of federal power yet under
taken in the entiry history of the
country,” he added.
The congressman asserted he
would insist on a “distribution of
all powers in Washington” and would
“resist further yielding to the gov
ernment.”
“The twin program of recovery
and reform must be separated. Re
covery has been purposely held back
as an aid to reform too long. Fur
ther delay will incur risks which it is
not safe to take.”
Cox declared he would “resist fur
ther federal encroachment” upon the
sovereignty of states and “further
filching from the people their right
of self-control.”
He pledged his support for freight
rate revisions, economy and promo
tion of new markets for southern
products.
ROTARIANS HEAR
VISITOR DISCUSS
PROPOSED LIBRARY
The Blakely Rotary Club- had as its
guest last Thursday Miss Spence,
of Albany, WPA public library
supervisor, who spoke interestingly
of her work in the establishment of
public libraries in this district. Miss
Spence reported that she had met
with a cordial response from the
city authorities, who had made a
substantial contribution to establish
ment and maintenance of a library
in Blakely.
She asked for the co-operation of
the Rotary Club and other agencies
in maintenance of the enterprise.
Her request was referred to the
Board of Directors of the Club for
final disposition.
Mrs. Oscar Whitchard was a guest
of her husband, Rotarian Whitchard.
The meeting was presided over by
Vice President Henry Walton in the
absence of President George Gunter.
BLAKELY HI PLAYS
IN EDISON FRIDAY
The Bob Cats of Blakely Hi will
play their third game of the season’s
football schedule in Edison Friday
night. The Bob Cats have two
straight victories to their credit,
having defeated Cuthbert and Col
quitt. They hope to make it three
victories in a row.
WHEN YOU COME TO
THE FAIR VISIT
Balkcom’s Drug Store
... 800TH...
WHERE FRIENDS MEET
PULL FOR BLAKELY
—OR—
PULL OUT
$1.50 A YEAR
BETHEL ASS’N.
MEETS AT PINE
VIEW NEXT WEEK
The Bethel Association of Baptist
churches, composed of forty-one
churches in Quitman, Clay, Ran
dolph, Calhoun, Baker and Early
counties, will hold its 106th session
with the Pine View Baptist church,
six miles south of Blakely, on next
Tuesday and Wednesday, October
25-26. The members of the Pine
View church and the friends of that
community are making large plans,
to entertain the more than two hun
dred messengers and other visitors
who are expected to be present.
Many matters of importance are
to be presented to the Association.
A new Constitution, providing for
several changes in the present plans,
will be discussed. Reports from each
of the churches will be received,
and many vital matters will be dis
cussed. Three of the leaders in the
Association’s work in past years
have recently died, and memorial
addresses will be delivered on the
first day for Henry T. Singleton, the
Moderator for the past several years;
John D. Gunn, a long-time member
of the Executive Committee; and
Charles A. Lanier, the Chorister for
many years. The speakers will be
C. W. Lowe of Edison, J. W. Ivey
of Cuthbert, and John McK. Gunn
of Cuthbert.
Good programs have been planned
for both days. Devotionals each
morning at 9:30 and each afternoon
at 1:30 will be conducted by Revs.
J. C. Moore, E. B. Brooks, J. W.
Snelson and D. T. Cox. Reports will
be presented on Benevolences (Or
phans Home, Hospital and Minister
ial Relief) by the Cuthbert church;
on Missions (State, Home and For
eign) by the Edison church; on Chris
tian Education by the Shellman
church; on Christian Literature by
the Arlington church; and with the
Organization, a special report on
Norman Junior College and the Re
port of the Executive Committee will
give a full day on Tuesday.
The second day also promises to
be quite interesting. The activities
of the various Departments of our
local church work will be discussed:
the Worker’s Council, by Spencer B.
King, Blakely; the Men’s Brother
hood, C. L. Barlow, Cuthbert; the
Woman’s Missionary Union, Mrs. J.
M. Curry. Shellman; the Baptist
Training Union, R. M. Bobbs, Blake
ly; the Sunday School, J. D. Parker,
Edison. In the afternoon the dis
cussions will be on “The Problems
of Our Local Churches.” John L.
Underwood, Blakely, will discuss
“Absentee Members;” R. G. Smith,
Enterprise, “Church Attendance;”
Spencer B? King, Blakely, “Evangel
ism;” Alex Carswell, Blakely, “Home
Life of Our People;” Dr. W. O. Shep
ard, Bluffton, “Temperance and
Public Morals;” and H. E. Hammack,
Edison, “Financial Matters.”
The Missionary Message will be
brought at 11:00 on Tuesday by Dr.
Aquila Chamlee, President of the
Georgia Baptist Convention, and the
Doctrinal Sermon will be preached
on Wednesday at 11:00 by Rev. Al
fred Pullen, Cuthbert.
NOTICE TO CITY
TAX DELINQUENTS
This is to notify you that all tax
delinquents must pay their city tax
by October 25, 1938, or levy and
sale will be made.
By order of Mayor and Council,
October 5, 1938.
C. C. LANE, Clerk.