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j EARLY COUNTY, GA. !
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VOLUME LXXIX }> NO. 11
State Reports
Surplus Commodities
Distributed Here
Figures released today by Walter
L. Brophy, District Commodity
Supervisor, disclose that the State
Department of Public Welfare dis
tributed surplus commodities in
Early County during August, 1938,
having a total value of $619.36.
The total value of surplus com
modities distributed during the month
by the State Department to needy
Georgia families exceeded $300,000,
all of which was furnished by the
Federal government at no cost what
ever to the State.
The State Department pointed out
that distribution of Federal sur
plus commodities in Georgia is made
possible by close cooperation be
tween State, County and Fedetrhl
governments. County governments
furnish warehouse space to meet
State and Federal standards, and in
addition supply a small amount of
transportation, and a small fund for
other than labor costs.
The State government furnishes
statewide supervision through the
Commodity Division of the State De
partment of Public Welfare, and fi
nances all of this supervision at no ,
cost to the county. Likewise the
purchase of surplus products is con
ducted and financed by the Federal
Surplus Commodities Corporation at
no cost to the counties receiving the
foodstuffs.
Distribution is made to families
who do not have money to buy food.
Each family is individually certi
fied by county welfare directors as
being in need, before distribution is <
made. In this way there is no in
terference with the commercial gro
cery business. Frequently when the
economic condition of families im
proves enough to take them off re- '
lief rolls, they buy commodities from
local merchants which they learned
to use during the time they received
surpluses. In this manner, com
mercial grocery trade is stimulated.
GOOD LUCK SALE
—AT—
BOYEITS CASH STORE
Here are a few of the many bargains still offer
ed at “THE GOOD LUCK SALE.” We have new
Fall and Winter Merchandise at honest-to-goodness
unbelievable prices:
MEN’S HEAVY BLUE QQ
WORK SHIRTS 3 uC
MEN’S WINTER PANTS, HEAVY AND Q Q
WARM—Pair OOC
LADIES’ PURE THREAD SILK A Q
HOSE—Pair
LADIES’ DRESSES, A CLOSE-OUT $ <■
MEN’S E & W DRESS SHIRTS, A FEW *7 r-
MORE AT Z3C
BED SPREADS, RAYON, 80x105, Q Q
FOR OOC
PRINTS, THE PRETTIEST PATTERNS OF -| 91
THE SEASON, FULL 80x80, usually 20c yd. X 2 C
BOYS’ WORK SHIRTS, Q r-
EXTRA VALUE J jC
LADIES’ COATS and READY-TO-WEAR received
this week. Prices marked lowest in price history for
this sale.
Boyett’s Cash ‘ torr
J. BYRD DUKE, Manager
Next Door to the Picture Show
Conntn JNcwc.
REV. E. M. OVERBY
GUEST SPEAKER AT
LEGION MEETING
Rev. E. M. Overby, pastor of the
Methodist church of Blakely, was
the guest of P. H. Fitzgerald Post
No. 11 of the American Legion at
its regular meeting last Thursday
evening. In an inspirational talk to
the members, he stressed the im
portance of solidarity and taking a
definite part in worth-while social
activities. “A man who believes on
ly in providing for his own welfare,
and, letting everybody else look out
for themselves, is of no value what
soever to his community,” he stated.
To which his hearers heartily sub
scribe.
The Post, in its business session,
unanimously voted to convey to the
City of Blakely an easement on a
portion of its lot for the purpose of
constructing a public library.
Damascus Chapter
F. F. A. Wins
State Contest
For the second consecutive year
the Damascus chapter of the Future
Farmers of America won first place
in the Plant and Seed Identification
contest held at the Georgia State
Fair in Macon last Friday.
The contest this year was the larg
est ever held and about 1200 boys
from nearly 400 schools in the state
took part in the judging. Metts
Pullen was high boy in the state and
was awarded a cash prize of fifteen
dollars. Henry McLendon, Donald
Killebrew, Charles Davis, and Wey
man Whitehurst, the other members
of the team, won prizes.
The Damascus school was awarded
valuable shrubbery for winning first
place in the Tree and Shrubbery
identification part of the contest.
Among the various things judged
were cotton, corn, vegetables, seed,
legume seed, trees and shrubbery.
The boys making the trip went to
Macon on Thursday and returned
Saturday.
The team was coached by Prof. A.
P. Lewis, teacher of vocational
agriculture at the Damascus school.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 27, 1938.
Mrs. S. G. Beckham
Passes at Home
In This City
Following an illness of two
weeks from pneumonia, Mrs. Kate
Edwina Beckham, elderly and be
loved Blakely resident and widow of
Mr. Sol G. Beckham, passed away at
her home on North Main street Sun
day morning at 9 o’clock. She was
81 years old.
Funeral services were held Mon
day morning at 10 o’clock at her
late residence, with the Rev. E. M.
Overby officiating, assisted by the
Rev. S. B. King. Interment followed
in the city cemetery, with Minter,
Fellows & Forrester in charge of ar
rangements. Pall-bearers were W.
C. Cox, John H. Williams, M. T. How
ard, Oscar Whitchard, Horace B.
Jernigan, and Fred H. Brooks. A
large number of friends attended
the last rites.
Mrs. Beckham was a native of
White Oak, Barbour county, Ala.,
where she was born on February 2,
1857, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel Strong. Coming to Blakely
in young womanhood, she spent the
greater part of over half a century
here, having also resided in Cordele
for a number of years. She had
during her residence here endeared
herself to many friends. She was
a member of the Methodist church.
A sister to the late Langdon C.,
DuPont D., Sam S. and the Rev. T.
D. Strong, prominent in the past
history of this section, and to Mrs.
Chipstead Boynton, of Arlington,
she leaves a large family connection
in the states of Georgia and Ala
bama. Her death removes the last
of the brothers and sisters of the
Strong family.
Surviving are the following chil
dren: Bernard D. Beckham, of Mon
roe, La.; Ollie D. Beckham, of Jack
sonville, Fla.; Hal Beckham, of Mil
len, Ga.; Sam S. and Surrey E.
Beckham, of Edison; Julius E. Beck
ham, of Blakely; Miss Ruby Beck
ham and Winston J. Beckham. Sev
eral grandchildren and great-grand
children also survive.
To these is extended the sincere
sympathy of friends.
17,106 Tenants in
Georgia Apply for
Loans to Buy Farms
More than 17,000 Georgia ten
ants, sharecroppers, and farm labor
ers have applied for loans to pur
chase farms through the federal gov
ernment’s tenant purchase loan pro
gram.
R. L. Vansant, state director of
the Farm Security Administration,
said in Athens this week that 17,106
applications had been filed with farm
supervisors in the 70 counties made
eligible for the program during the
current fiscal year.
Early county has 146 applications
on file.
Approximately 450 loans will be
made with the $1,587,507 allotted
this state for the current fiscal year,
the FSA director said. Only 186
farm purchase loans were made dur
ing the past year.
The complete list of tenant pur
chase counties with the number of
applications for each follow: Appling
290, Bacon 143, Baker 109, Barrow
187, Bartow 141, Brooks 189, Bul
loch 411, Burke 223, Butts 107,
Candler 288, Carroll 266, Chattooga
220, Cobb 241, Coffee 379, Colquitt
464, Cook 219, Coweta 170, Crisp
185, Dodge 369, Dooly 295, Douglas
119, Early 146 Elbert 141, Emanuel
383, Fayette 100, Franklin 309,
Gordon 330, Grady 259, Gwinnett
622, Hall 336, Hancock 142, Hart
431, Henry 172, Houston 214, Jack
son 268, Jefferson 111, Jenkins 175,
Johnson 137, Lamar 81, Laurens 704,
Lee 125, Lowndes 285, Macon 256,
Madison 206, Meriwether 358, Mitch
"ll 272, Morgan 254. Oconee 132,
Osrlethorpe 140, Paulding 122, Pike
209, Polk 192, Randolph 202, Stew
art 94, Sumter 270, Taylor 206, Tel
fair 297, Terrell 230, Tift 246.
Toombs 369. Troun 160, Turner
1 60, Union 97, Walker 150, Warren
1 11, Washington 278, White 118,
Wilcox 284, Wilkes 229, and Worth
427.
CITY TAX BOOKS OPEN
The books are now open for pay
ment of 1938 city taxes. Prompt at
tention to this matte’- will be appre
ciated by the city authorities.
C. C. LANE, Clerk and Treasurer.
“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead/’
Early County Fair
Has Successful
Five Days’ Run
The second annual Early County
Fair, opening on Tuesday of last
week, ended Saturday night, after a
successful run of five days and
nights.
Friday witnessed the largest crowd
in attendance during the week, that
day having been officially designated
as Children’s Day, when all the
schools of the county were given a
holiday. Thousands of students and
their parents thronged the fair
grounds throughout the day and
night. The prize offered to the
school having present the largest
percentage of enrollment was award
ed to the Blakely school. The aft
ernoon program was featured by an
address by Dr. M. D. Collins, State
Superintendent of Schools, and a
singing contest among the schools,
the Union high school being the
winner.
The exhibits of the county schools,
Future Farmers Chapters, P.-T. A.’s,
and other organizations taking part
attracted a great deal of attention
and elicited the praise of those view
ing them. All eleven white schools
of the county had individual booths,
while the colored schools of the
county collaborated in preparing the
booths for the Early County Train
ing School and the Washington
(Blakely) High School. A feature
of the latter was the pen-and-ink
portraits of Bobby Jones and Willis
A. Sutton by Beatrice Stafford, of
the school faculty.
There were splendid exhibits in
the women’s department, the live
stock and poultry departments, and
farm products department.
In the Beef Cattle department,
“Skinny” Smith was awarded second
prize for the best educational exhib
it of beef cattle showing the value
of breeding.
In the Dairy Cattle department,
T. O. Whitchard was awarded sec
ond prize for the best Jersey bull.
In the Swine Department, the
Union F. F. A. won first place for
the best educational exhibit showing
value of swine sanitation; for the
best pure-bred gilt exhibited by F.
F. A. or 4-H Club boy or girl, Julian
Williams won first place and Carl
Askew second; for the best pure
bred boar exhibited by 4-H Club or
F. F. A. boy or girl, Ralph Balkcom
placed first, George Tedder second,
and G. W. White, Jr., third; for the
best pair pure-bred hogs, any breed,
male and female, any age, for breed
ing, exhibited by F. F. A. or 4-H
Club boy or girl, Hilton F. F. A.
won first place; for best pair pure
bred hogs, any breed, male and fe
male, any age, for breeding, exhib
ited by any adult farmer, Shelly
Simmons won first place, Neely Nix
second, and Billie Westbrook third;
for best sow and litter for marketing,
Ralph Hobbs placed first and Hilton
F. F. A. second.
In the Horse and Mule department,
for best brood mare (Early county
foaled and raised), E. W. Jones
placed first, Ralph Ivey second; for
best mule colt under one year old
(Georgia foaled), W. B. Martin first;
for best mule colt over one year
old, E. A. Reed placed first and
second.
In the Poultry Department, for
best pen of five white leghorn hens,
S. B. Blackshear first; best pen of
five white leghorn pullets, Louis
Sirmons first; best pen of five
barred rocks, Mrs. W. A. Smith
first; best pen of five barred rock
bullets, Mrs. W. A. Smith first;
best pen any breed, Eugene Reese
first, Julian Williams second.
In Farm Crops department, for
best, most complete, and most ar
tistically arranged exhibit of farm
feeds, Union F. F. A. first, Hilton
F. F. second; for best community
display of all kinds of farm prod
ucts, Rowena first, Hilton second,
Union third; for best ten-ear exhib
it of any variety prolific corn, Mil
lard Lawton first, George Tedder
second; for best ten-ear exhibit any
variety non-prolific corn, W. D. Fer
guson first. Julian Williams second.
In the Educational Department,
for best educational exhibit by a
Senior High School and Home Eco
nomics Denartment combined, Blake
ly first. Union second, Damascus
third; best educational exhibit by
a Junior High School, Colomokee
first; best educational exhibit by
Vocational Agricultural Department,
Hilton first, Damascus second, Jakin
third.
The News did not receive a list of
the prize winners in the Woman’s
Denartment in time for this issue.
The Fair was sponsored by the
Hilton chapter Future Farmers of
America, with the vocational teach
ers, 4-H Club members and others
co operating. A splendid spirit of
co-operation resulted in an excellent
fair and an attendance in excess of
that of the 1937 fair.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
TO MEET TUESDAY
The Early County Board of Com
missioners will meet in monthly
session Tuesday, November 1.
ROTARIANS HEAR
INTERESTING TALK ON
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Vocational Education formed the
topic for an interesting talk at last
Thursday’s meeting of the Blakely
Rotary Club. The guest speaker was
Mr. W. O. Morgan, teacher of the
new department added this year at
Blakely high school. Mr. Morgan
spoke interestingly of the efforts
that will be made to teach the boys
and girls a useful occupation in con
nection with their regular course of
study.
Other guests of the Club included
Rotarian Ed Flanders, of Macon,
past Georgia district governor, and
Rotarian Clem Ezell, of Dothan.
President George Gunter was in
charge of the meeting of the Club.
Bob Cats Defeated
By Edison; Fort
Gaines Here Friday
After victories over Cuthbert and
Colquitt, the Blakely Hi team of the
Six-Man Football Association met
defeat in Edison last Friday night
by the score of 26-0.
The Bob Cats were completely
outplayed in the game, having what
is commonly called “an off day.”
Fort Gaines to Play Here Friday
Night
The Fort Gaines team will meet
the Bob Cats here Friday night in
the first encounter between these
two teams. The locals hope to
atone for their defeat in Edison
on Friday last.
The Schedule
The following is the schedule for
the remaining games of the Six-Man
Football Association for the 1938
schedule:
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; Cuthlbert 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.
NEW 1938 CHEVROLETS
SHOWN FIRST TIME
HERE SATURDAY
The new 1939 model Chevrolet
was shown to the public last Satur
day at the show rooms of the Mc-
Kinney Chevrolet Company. The
new cars were viewed by many visi
tors. The 1939 Chevrolets have
many improvements over the models
of other years, including new and
larger headlamps cradled in the val
leys between the fender crowns and
hood; breathing-back, mohair up
holstery; sliding rear quarter win
dows; double acting hydraulic shock
absorbers of the end-to-end dis
charge type; ride stabilizer; semi
floating hypoid rear axle; “finger
tip” steering; redesigned rear spring;
perfected synchromesh transmission;
sleek new aero-stream bodies and
other modern improvements.
for...
COLDS
and...
COUGHS
Vicks Salve Pinex
Vicks Nose Drops Pertussin
Mentholatum Aspirinol
Musterole Creomulsion
Penetro Nose Drops Vapex
Penetro Salve Mistol Nose Drops
BABY COUGH SYRUP AND
COD LIVER OIL
BALKCOM’S
PULL FOR BLAKELY
—OR—
PULL OUT
$1.50 A YEAR
Georgia Social
Security Payments
Gradually Shrink
Social security benefits being paid
Georgia pensioners are gradually
shrinking as new applicants are add
ed to the rolls, it was revealed in
the monthly report of the State De
partment of Public Welfare.
Since there are more than 30,000
applications still pending, it is ad
mitted by state officials that there
must be an additional appropriation
by either the state or Federal gov
ernment if the rolls are increased
any more.
The first month’s awards to the
aged, blind and dependent children,
made eighteen months ago, averaged
$11.82.
Figures for the current month
show this average has dropped to
$8.64. This was 4 cents below last
month’s average, but 683 more
awards were made to the three
classes of needy. For October there
were 35,451 old-age pensions averag
ing $7.85 and 1,191 blind awards
averaging sll.
Funds to operate the Department
of Public Welfare, which handles
these awards, are appropriated by
the State Legislature, the Federal
Government matching dollar-for-dol
lar money spent on pensioners and
the blind, and providing a third of
the aid to dependent children.
The department’s appropriation
for the fiscal year ending next June
30 is $3,150,000. Along with all
other departments it was placed un
der a restriction of 70 per cent of
appropriation by order of the Budget
Commission at the start of the year.
This later was cut to 65 per cent.
Should the January session of the
assembly decide to continue the pres
ent appropriations bill, as suggested
by some leaders,' friends of the
welfare program are expected to
propose various revenue raisers for
the department. These might take
the form of suggestions to enact
some specific tax and give its yield
to the department, or reallocate an
existent levy.
While the General Assembly is
considering the welfare problem,
Congress is expected to receive
proposals to increase federal partici
pation in public assistance in all
states. The Federal Government
probably will be asked to raise its
ante in sharing the cost of the
awards.
Senator Walter F. George has
suggested the Federal Government
take over in full the payment of
uniform old-age pensions “to carry
out the basic doctrine of the (Dem
ocratic) party—equal rights to all.”
The senior senator’s sentiments have
been echoed by some of his col
leagues from other states during the
recess of Congress.
BUSY SESSION CITY
POLICE COURT MONDAY
Mayor T. B. McDowell held a busy
session of police court Monday. He
imposed fines totaling $103.50 in
nineteen cases, seven of which were
brought over from the previous
week’s court.
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.