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THIS WEEK By Earl (“Tige”) Pickle Brenda Frazier says if you want to dunk go ahead and do it, as she thinks it the proper thing to do. You will be excused for not knowing Miss Frazier. We didn’t know her, either, until the other day when her lovely countenance smiled up at us from the daily newsprints. Dark-eyed and lovely, Brenda is one of this season’s most attractive New York debutantes. Now, don’t be misled by this word “attractive.” When a deb utante is described as being “attrac tive,” she can either be or not be. When the word “attractive” precedes debutante it can be misleading, as it covers a multitude of sins. The ad jective really should be “sought-aft er.” Or “successful.” Because the young lady who gets the most bids for matrimony (for after all, that is what a debutante amounts to, one of the participants in a matrimonial auction to take care of the surplus crop of unmarried daughters) is real ly the one who is described as being the most attractive, whether she hap pens to come under this classification or not. Usually her old man’s mil lions is what causes the boys to sud denly discover the hidden charms of this hitherto unknown beauty. But the subject of today’s little essay is really beautiful, or else the cam era has lied, which we don’t think at all possible, because a popular little ditty often wafted over the ether waves says the camera doesn’t. And who are we to take issue with this great thing called radio. But we have strayed from today’s lecture and it seems that we are trying to publicize the current social situation, of which let us assure you we know nothing, as probably you might have already noticed. But we do know something about dunking. We’ve been doing it for years. Now to dunk simply means to grab yourself a piece of corn pone and dip it into a bowl of potlikker and then eat the corn pone. Or if you don’t like corn pone and pot likker, you can do the same thing with a doughnut and a cup of coffee, which happens to be the tools used by Miss Brenda Frazier in this startling revelation of social dunking. Now we heartily agree with the lovely and attractive Miss Frazier, not that we are overcome by her beauty as is a failing among the masculine popula tion, but because we have been doing it for years and nobody told us that it was crude and that it detected a touch of the aboriginal. Os course we know the international authority of the bureau of etiquette, Miss Emily Post, would violently object, even if one did hold the doughnut or corn pone between the thumb and middle finger, as Miss Frazier says is the proper thing to do. But then what we do is of small importance to Miss Emily Post, as we imagine that after Miss Post saw us, if she had that much courage, consume one T-bone steak, medium please, she would go away muttering something about civilization hadn’t quite reach ed the entirety of America yet. Any way, that’s how we feel. So if you want to dunk, then go ahead and dunk, because Miss Brenda Frazier says it is alright. And who are you to argue with a lady? Especially a pretty one. We hope we hear no more of this dunking business. We believe the present Blakely school is enjoying, under the leader ship of Superintendent Alex Cars well, its most successful year in the entire history of the school. Besides the general improvements in the ap pearance of the outside of the build ings and the campus, they are really accomplishing things on the inside, which after all is the chief funda mental. A completely modern home economics department, an equally as modern and as thoroughly equip ped commercial department and a corp of teachers, both in grammar and high school, most capable and with more degrees than a Fahren heit thermometer. Things are looking up athletically, also. Athletic Di rector J. A. Hammack and Coaches Stewart and Morgan are really mak ing a success of the recently inaugu rated six-man football. Blakely is the only team in the conference that hasn’t met defeat. The school now has one of the finest athletic fields in Southwest Georgia, we believe. A field that is well kept, adequately large, equipped with a grandstand and a battery of lights for night games that is second to none for a school of Blakely’s size. While speaking of this athletic field, don't you think it about time that it had some kind of name? A field of this caliber shouldn’t go un named. We think a name would be appropriate. But just what name we don’t know. It should be named, however. Maybe for some man who has meant much to the history of the school, or for some former or present PECANS WANTED PECANS—ALL VARIETIES. We are here to buy your Pecans at all times. Bring Yours to Us. RICE BROTHERS Back of Hall & Rice’s Service Station RECORD PEANUT CROP FOR STATE IS FORECAST The state crop reporting service last week estimated a record high production of 457,500,000 pounds. Indicated production showed in creases over last year from practical ly all food and feed crops, tobacco, peaches and pears. Decreased yields were reported for apples, Irish po tatoes and pecans. The indicated peanut crop is two per cent above the 1936 bumper crop of 447,700,000 pounds. Georgia’s pecan production was placed at 8,265,000 pounds, a two per cent decrease from last year. Corn was reported at 53,164,000 bushels, compared with 48,334,000 last year. The U. S. Department of Agri culture reported prices Georgia farm ers received Sept. 15 were generally lower than a year ago on 23 com modities. Current prices were for the most part above the national aver age, it added. Only peanuts, soybeans, apples, cottonseed, milk and milk cows were quoted at prices above Sept. 15, 1937. Georgia farmers received more than the U. S. average on wheat, corn, oats, Irish potatoes, cotton, cotton seed, hay, horses, mule, chicks, eggs, milk, apples and soybeans. The crop reporting service said dry weather was favorable for harvesting early crops. Most sections of the state need moisture badly for sowing fall grains and winter legumes, however, the service declared. BARBERSJBEAUTICIANS NOW HAVE THE MOST CROWDED PROFESSION Barbers beauticians have the most crowded profession of trade in Georgia, according to the annua] re port of Secretary of State John B. Wilson filed with Governor Rivers. The report showed that of 22,036 registered trades and professions, 6,900 are barbers or beauticians, fol lowed closely by 5,200 registered nurses. Physicians come third in the list, with 2,730, while there are 1,760 pharmacists. Other registered business and pro fessional men and women include 950 real estate salesmen, 875 em balmers, 822 engineers and survey ors, 790 dentists, 436 photographers, 275 acountants, 250 architects, 225 optometrists, 275 veterinarians, 150 librarians and fifteen chiropodists. The division of examining boards for all these professions is under the secretary of state. CARD OF THANKS We take pleasure in thanking each and every one who had a helping hand in saving our things Saturday night. May God’s blessings rest up on each of you. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lisenby. football coach, or former head of the school. We think of several who have meant much to the school. For instance, the late McKenzie Mang ham, who was one of the most popu lar superintendents the school has had. And he loved it. Mangham Field. Doesn’t that sound alright? Bodenhamer Park. That sounds okay, too, doesn’t it? Bill Boden hanier was popular with everybody and turned out one of the best foot ball teams Blakely has had. Remem ber the team of '2B? Hammack Field. Now that does sound good, too. Butch has been connected with the school for a number of years and has never turned out a bad foot ball team. We suppose Butch is loved by more boys who played foot ball and those who didn’t than any man who ever was connected with the school. You couldn’t go wrong by saying Hammack Field. Then there is Dr. Jack Standifer. He brought football to Blakely. He organized the Delta Sigma Pi fra ternity. He has taken more active part in the welfare of the school than any other outside person. So Stan difer Park would be appropriate, too. I Then there is the late W. W. Flem- I ing, who served the News as editor I for many years. We never did know so much of him personally, but we Ido know, as it is one of our duties Ito read The News’ files of twenty ' five years ago, that Mr. Fleming i never missed a chance to champion i the cause of the Blakely schools and I the town, top, for that matter. Then .there are others whom space will not ' allow us to mention. If you have I any suggestions to make we’d be glad to hear them. The park really i should have a name. EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA GA. C. P. A. AIDS IN EFFORT TO USE COTTON BAGGING The Georgia Cotton Producers As sociation, of Atlanta, is cooperating with farmers and the Federal Gov ernment this year in an effort to use cotton for the wrapping of cotton bales. The AAA provided cotton for the production of a million patterns of cotton bagging. This is being man ufactured by cotton mills under gov ernment contract and furnished to gins and bagging firms at a rate competitive with other forms of bag ging. The idea is to demonstrate the practicability of wrapping Amer ican cotton bales in cotton. “If this could be adopted general ly, it is estimated that more than 300,000 bales of American cotton would be used for this purpose,” stated J. M. Middleton, who is the local representative of the Georgia Cotton Producers Association. One reason that farmers have been reluctant to utilize cotton for wrap ping of bales comes from the fact that cotton bagging is lighter and with American cotton sold on gross weight basis this meant the lighter bagging caused a loss to farmers. However, the Georgia Cotton Pro ducers Association has announced that they will pay the under-tare al ' lowance amounting to 7 1-2 pounds lof cotton on each bale, thus paying the farmers full value for the cotton in the lighter wrapped bale. D. W. Brooks, general manager of the Georgia Cotton Producers Asso ciation at Atlanta, states that while this special consideration on bales wrapped in cotton will cost the as sociation considerable in the form of extra bookkeeping and special handling of cotton wrapped bales, it is the opinion of the officers of the Association that this movement to use cotton wrapping, in view of our I present large surplus, is so important that it behooves farmers and their marketing organizations to give it every support. “We want to assure our members everywhere,” says Mr. Brooks, “that they will receive full allowance for the extra cotton in a cotton wrapped bale.” It is estimated that between 50,- 000 and 100,000 bales of Georgia cotton will be packaged in cotton during the season. “CRUCIBLE,” SERIAL STORY, IS OMITTED THIS WEEK The News is forced this week, be cause of lack of space, to omit the weekly instalment of “Crucible,” the story which has been running se rially in this paper. The next chap ter will appear next week. SIX-MAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION SCHEDULE The following is the season’s of | ficial schedule for the “Six-Man Foot ball Association”: Oct. 21: Blakely at Edison; Col | quitt at Fort Gaines; Cuthbert open. Oct. 28: Fort Gaines at Blakely; Colquitt at Cuthbert; Edison open. Nov. 4: Fort Gaines at Edison; Blakely at Cuthbert; Colquitt open. Nov. 11: Edison at Cuthbert; Col quitt at Blakely; Fort Gaines open. Nov. 19: Colquitt at Edison; Cuth bert at Fort Gaines; Blakely open. Nov. 23: Edison at Blakely; Fort Gaines at Colquitt; Cuthbert open. Dec. 2: Blakely at Fort Gaines; Colquitt at Cuthbert; Edison open. All of the games are on Friday, with the exception of those on No vember 19th. which are on Wednes day before Thanksgiving Day. ...i.;- „ „ -. :.....i \ •** J Quality counts • . . es- a table ra- dio , , , and these new a 1939 Philco Compacts . . as : .. '<> a are as finely engineered B 9 an( l carefully built as a Hi an more expensive set. 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RICE BROTHERS AT jj DAMASCUS SCHOOL MONDAY, OCT. 24 It is announced that the Dixie radio stars, the Rice Brothers and Their Gang, will give a performance at the Damascus school auditorium on next Monday night, beginning at 7:30 o’clock. The Rice Brothers’ troupe of radio stars have been often heard on stations WSB and WAGA, Atlanta. Hoke and Paul Rice are Georgia boys who have achieved star dom in the “big time,” but who pre fer to continue their careers back with the “home folks.” They are supported by a talented and popular group of artists. DAMASCUS P.-T. A. The Damascus P.-T. A. met Wed nesday afternoon, October 12, at 3:15 o’clock at the school auditor ium. Devotions were read by Mrs. S. J. Collier. “That Little Boy of Mine” was sung by Miss Jeanette Dozier. A piano solo was given by Mrs. R. Whitehurst. Progressive Education was the subject of a dis cussion by Mr. Frank Ziglar. Mrs. Hugh Billings, Mrs. S. J. Collier, and Mrs. J. D. Haddock, Jr., were delegates to the District Con ference in Arlington on September 27. Mrs. Haddock will make a report of this meeting at our next meeting. One of the aims of the P.-T. A. this year is to have a dental clinic. Dr. Beason, of Arlington, will do the work. Inspection will begin on Tuesday, October 18. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Billings, Mrs. Collier and Mrs. Craft. —REPORTER. MAN WANTED to supply Raw leigh’s Household Products to con sumers in Calhoun county. We train and help you. Good profits for hus tlers. No experience necessary. Pleas ant, profitable, dignified work. Write Rawleigh’s, Dept. GAJ-30-538, Mem phis, Tenn., or see G. D. BRIDGES, Blakely, Ga., Route 3. 20-4 t MASONIC NOTICE ® Magnolia Loage No 86 Free and Accept ed Masons holds reg-! ular commun nations j /Vwy/C on the first an d third i t ' Monday nights in; v each month. The ■ time is 8 p. m. in the summer, 7:30 p. m. in the fall and spring and 7 p. ! m. during the winter. Visiting breth ren are cordially invited to attend. W. C. COOK, W. M. J. G. STANDIFER, Sec’y. CARLOAD CREECH COAL ARRIVED TODAY —AT— SUMMER PRICES CURTIS L. MIDDLETON Office Telephone 100 Or Call Mr. H. B. Ainsworth at Telephone 141 FREE ATTRACTIONS WITH THE SOUTHERN STATES SHOWS AT THE EARLY COUNTY FAIR ALL THIS WEEK CAPTAIN JACK CODDINO presents his sensational Australian whip act, showing his accomplishments with long Bull "whips after years of steady practice. He cuts cigarettes, papers and many other objects held in the mouth by Deloras Coddino. I “I /I . • ■ . - ■ ' ' ■ I ' . , ■ • -1 ■/ ■ ' ■' ■ . 7 /'■/ ' ' ' z / .’"7 ' ■ • /' ' • ’ s * ■ /' • ; : . ■ ■■/ .7 : . ■ ■ , ■ ' .• ■ ' - i . 7 ’■ . ! ? ’ •. DAREDEVIL HARRY FROBOESS, the swaying mar vel, presenting the most awe-inspiring, sensational, blood chilling performance ever performed by single man. THE CODDINOS, presenting the world’s most sensa tional knife throwing exhibition, pinning a lady to a board with long sharp butcher knives. The only man who has ever accomplished the feat of throwing two knives with one hand at one time and cutting two ob jects held in the hand and mouth of Deloras Coddino. h j : 1 k T-H-E J 4 ’\' G-R-E-A-T J HI D-E-L-N-O H J The man who takes his } H 4 y r! A life in his own hands at T E| 4 3 each performance while Y ■ 3 making his death-defying \ 4 high dive from the dizzy 7 / iS \ 4 height of 96 feet from a v / / H \ 3 V / \ \ slender ladder into the J / 8 \ A 7 / Pl \ a smallest net ever used by 'J / lOn yj any high diver, a net ac- // W tually measing 7x9 feet. GREAT DELNO For Your Approval All This Week