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Official Organ City of Blakely
and County of Early
Published Every Thursday
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Blakely, Georgia
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Blakely, Ga., October 20, 1938
FIRE LOSSES HEAVIEST IN
WINTER MONTHS
Last week was generally
observed throughout the na
tion as Fire Prevention Week,
and following that observance,
the National Board of Fire Un
derwriters has prepared a
graph which shows that fire
losses usually increase at an
alarming rate from September
to December. “The reason for
this is obvious,” states the
Board. “People start their
stoves and furnaces as soon as
cool weather arrives; in many
cases neglecting to check over
their heating plants. As a re
sult, there is an epidemic of
serious fires from defective
equipment.”
Soot-loaded chimneys are a
major hazard. It is important
to check up on chimneys for
cracks and holes, and to clean
the flues every year. Flue lin
ings are essential for safety.
Also, sagging, rusted smoke
pipes cause trouble. Sparks
may fly out and start a fire.
Don’t take this chance! Install
a new pipe a safe distance
from combustibles.
Another cause is overheated
stoves and furnaces, the result
of poor maintenance and faulty
operation. If you don’t get as
much warmth as you should,]
the heater is probably out of >
order. You should consult a
heating expert. Never “force”
the fire in cold weather. Keep j
your heating plant clean and
in good repair. Use metal
containers for hot ashes.
For safety’s sake, check your
heating equipment now. before
real cold weather sets in.
o
Georgia’s 1938 peanut crop
is estimated by the state crop
reporting service as the largest
on record.
o
The contract was let Wed
nesday for the new city hall
building. It is expected that
•work on its erection will be
started immediately.
o
Dawson's Southeastern Pea- j
nut Festival gets under way the <
week beginning October 31st.
Governor Rivers and Senators i
George and Russell will be
among the notables attending
“the big doings” in the thriv
ing Terrell county metropolis.
o
We have the Fair with us
this week. There are some
excellent livestock and agricul
tural displays, and the exhibits
of the several schools of the
county are well worth seeing.
If you haven't already done
so. visit the Fair before the
week is over.
o
Early countians were de
lighted to have as their guest
Wednesday the Hon. Colum
bus Roberts. State Commission
er of Agriculture, who spoke
to a crowd at the Fair grounds.
Other prominent guests here
for the day were Dr. George
11. King, President of Abraham
Baldwin College, Tifton, and
Assistant State Supervisor of
Agricultural Education George
Martin. Friday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock the guest of honor
and speaker will be Dr. M. D.
Collins, State School Superin
tendent
A HALF CENTURY AGO TODAY
Some Things of Interest That Happened
Fifty Years Ago.
(Excerpts from Early County News
of October 18, 1888.)
MR. J. D. FUDGE was down to
Colquitt this week.
♦ * *
COLS. R. H. Powell and G. D.
Oliver visited Miller County this
week.
♦ * *
MR. SAM NANCE was over from
Arlington this week.
♦ * ♦
MRS. W. W. FLEMING and baby
are visiting in Cuthbert this week.
* * *
COL. W. A. JORDAN has moved
his family to the Thos. Williams resi
dence near the depot.
* * *
MR. H. H. BUCHANNON was over
from Columbia Sunday.
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MISS LULA HAYNES, of Clop
ton, Ala., is the guest of her brother,
Mr. H. M. Haynes.
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MISSES Annie and Sammie Beau
champ, of Bluffton, are the guests
of Mrs. W. C. Cook this week.
* * *
RAPID PROGRESS is being made
on the residence of Mr. C. E. Morse
on Fort Gaines street.
♦ * ♦
PINE VIEW DOTS, by H. tells
us that: “Last Thursday Mr. Ebb
Pyle and Miss Beulah Barfield were
joined in the holy bonds of matri
mony, Mr. T. Wiley officiating.”
* * ♦
WORK on the artesian well goes
on. The well is now 162 feet deep.
SOME HAPPENINGS IN BLAKELY
A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO
Clippings from the Early County News of
October 16, 1913
MR. M. M. SMITH was in the city
last Friday.
* * *
REV. E. T. DAWSON, of Colum
bia, was a visitor in the city today.
* * *
MESSRS. Clarence Sutton and Bob
Puckett, of Clay county, were in the
city Tuesday.
* * ♦
THE STORK brought a new hay
maker to the home of Mr. W. E.
Hayes last Friday morning.
* * *
MR. JOHN R. JERNIGAN has been
confined to his bed with sickness the
past week.
* * *
THE MANY FRIENDS in Blakely
of Colonel F. E. Grist will regret
to know that he is very sick at his
home in Fort Gaines.
* * *
THE Georgia Federation of Wom
en’s Clubs will meet in Cuthbert on
the 28th and 29th. The Woman’s
Club of Blakely is expected to send
a delegate.
* * ♦
MR. JOHN LANGFORD, of Al
bany, was a visitor in the city Satur
day.
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SHERIFF DAN NORTON, Messrs.
J. M. Mcßea, Dody Tante and J. C.
Flanders, of Fort Gaines, were in the
city yesterday.
5-SPECIALS-5
This Week Only
FOUR WINGS, REINFORCED FRAME EGG -1 Q
BEATER with green enamel handle A C
NO. 17 GA. WIRE, 1 1-4 IN. MESH FRAME MADE
OF NO. 6 WIRE, BRONZE FINISH $-| nn
FIREPLACE FENDERS 1,20
EVER-READY RADIO (B) $-■ a n
BATTERIES 1
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BLAKELY, GEORGIA
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
DR. B. L. McINTOSH, of Mariet
ta, a former citizen of this county,
is down on a visit.
* * *
MARRIED, at the residence of Dr.
J. N. Ender, on Thursday evening
last, Mr. R. H. Stuckey and Miss
Lizzie Dozier, Judge H. C. Fryer
officiating.
* * *
LAST MONDAY afternoon was
clear, calm and lovely. Business be
ing a little dull, Ed Fryer and Jim
Freeman went down to Beaver Ruin
to shoot squirrels, hundreds of which
are now in the tall white oaks and
hickorys in search of nuts. When
they got to the Fraction they parked
and stationed themselves out in the
swamp a few hundred yards apart.
Each had shot several times and each
had a number of squirrels. Every
thing was going along smoothly when
Jim heard something like the rumble
of thunder way off, but paid no at
tention to it, being too busy looking
after squirrels. He heard it the third
or fourth time, the last accompanied
with a hiss and growl right behind
him. Turning, be beheld a monster
wildcat not 10 feet away, crouched
just ready to spring on him. Jim
didn’t take time to think but let him
have the contents of one barrel in
the foot. The cat backed off and
Jim—well there’s no telling what he
did do. From the best of his recol
lection, however, he leisurely strolled
into an open field to count his squir
rels and wait for Ed.
MESSRS. G. L. Collins and J. E.
Toole, of Aldington, were among
yesterday’s visitors to the city.
* * *
MR. GEORGE COOMBS, of St.
Andrews, Fla., spent Sunday until
Wednesday, in the city, being drawn
here by a certain magnet in the form
of a pair of brown eyes.
* * *
LIEUTENANT Dudley H. Mc-
Dowell, who has been in the Philip
pines for a number of years, is now ]
in the city of San Francisco, and
wires his brother, Hon. T. B. Me-1
Dowell, that he will soon be in Blake-!
ly on a visit.
* * *
DR. AND MRS. C. T. Alexander,}
Mrs. J. H. Hand and Mrs. R. C. '
Singletary motored over to Aiding-1
ton this afternoon, the ladies going!
over to attend the D. A. R. enter
tainment at the residence of Mrs. ]
W. E. Bostwick.
* * *
THE Blakely Music Club was de
lightfully entertained by Miss Marian
Fort last Saturday afternoon. Those
present at the meeting were Misses
Carrie Sue Blocker, Lucile Barksdale,
Alta Hammack, Marian Fort, Allene
Forrester, Marguerite Alexander,
Neta Stuckey Laurason Forrester,
Margaret Fowler, Myrtice Freeman,
Ruth Freeman, Vivian Alexander.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
... LESSON...
OUR DAY OF REST
Lesson for Oct. 23: Exodus 20:8-11
Golden Text: Exodus 20:8
By REV. CHAS. E. DUNN
Charles Dickens, in a rarely read
paper buried in his collected works,
describes a Sunday he once spent
in a small village about 70 miles
from London. In the morning he
attended church and was impressed
by the sincere devotion of both the
elderly minister and his people. In
j the evening, shortly before sunset,
he walked toward the church again,
\ and was surprised to find the village
boys and young men in the midst of
a lively game of cricket.
“It was,” he writes, “in the very
I height of the pleasure which the
contemplation of this scene afforded
; me, when I saw the old clergyman
] making his way toward us. I trem
bled for an angry interruption to the
sport. What was my agreeable sur
i prise to see the old gentleman stand
ing at the stile, with his hands in his
pockets, surveying the whole scene
with evident satisfaction!”
If this balanced diet of devout
worship in the morning, and inno
cent recreation at night could be
reproduced in every community, we
would not need to worry about the
problem of Sunday observance.
The Fourth Commandment does
not forbid play on the Sabbath, but
only work. Our efforts for a better
Sunday might well be concentrated
on the fight to diminish work as
much as possible on that day. Os
course it is obvious that much work
cannot possibly be interrupted. But
there is a regrettable tendency to
multiply the services performed on
the Lord’s Day, and thereby to de
prive a host of folk of their Sunday
rest.
There is a crying need, too, for a
revival of the old family pew.
Church attendance has decreased
alarmingly. Only about 30 per cent
of the seats in the average church
are in use except on festive occa
sions. A church-going psychology
must be developed. For there is no
real substitute for corporate wor
ship. If people cease to go to
church, Christianity will wither and
die.
THE GOOD LUCK SALE
—continues at—
Boyett’s Cash Store
Look at these savings we’re passing on to you. Our store is still
loaded with merchandise, and it is your GOOD LUCK to save
NOW. Many of these items offered are priced at 2-3 of their us
ual selling price. Come in and see for yourself. It is your golden
opportunity of the fall to save.
For Friday and Saturday O-n-l-y Large Assortment of
TURKISH BATH TOWELS, size 20x40. Sweaters and Jackets
This is an unusual value for— for MEN—WOMEN—CHILDREN
I Priced as low A q and real
IOC EACH as iuC values
Here Is News!! Bed Spreads
New fall patterns in 80x80 PRINTS, Lovely Rayon quality, designs and pat
newest fall colors and patterns, usually 20c terns, and size 80x105. Your good luck
yard, this week-end only— at—
121c YARD 88c EACH
This Is Blanket Time Winter Outing
And here are values that will “warm All colors, striped, plaids, and solid col
you up.” 60x76 Cotton Blanket 48c or s, regular 36-inch width, usually 15c,
Double, part-wool blankets— only—
sl.Bs PAIR 10c YARD
Men, Here Is Your Chance! Ladies’ Pure Thread Silk Hose
Yes, Sir, the famous E&W Brand These are positively first quality, a bar-
MEN’S DRESS SHIRTS gain you won’t find every day, new colors,
New patterns, stripes, figures and some Per pair—
solids, sizes onlv— q
75c 48 c
Men’s Work Clothing We
Blue, heavy work shirts, 2 pockets 39c shipment of the latest styles in fall and
Bovs’ Work Shirts, extra good for. 35c winter dresses. Values beyond your be-
lief and priced as
200 pairs Men’s Winter Pants only, pr. 88c low as I KM
Oui Good Luck Sale has been a sensation. It has brought many
bargains to our good friends and customers, and we will offer
many more of these bargains as long as our stock lasts.
Boyett’s Cash Store
J. BYRD DUKE, Manager
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We Sell Used Auto Parts.
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