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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXX NO. 3
GA. SAFETY
RECORD LOWERED
IN FEBRUARY
Georgians scored the second point
in their 1940 safety goal by reduc
ing the February fatality rate 19 per
cent as compared to the same month
last year.
Major Lon Sullivan, Department
of Public Safety commissioner, an
nounced that 48 persons were killed
last month, 59 in February, 1939
and 51 in 1938.
“We have been waiting anxiously
for the report”, declared Major Sul
livan, “because only in February and
July last year did Georgia fail to
achieve a reduced monthly rate as
compared to the previous year.”
He said it is “gratifying to note
that in January and February this
year the fatality rates have gone
under those of last year.”
“But when we consider that re
gardless of reductions 99 persons
were killed and 3,415 injured in
the first two months of 1940, we
can’t feel satisfied by any means.”
This county added no victims to
the state’s January-February rate,
according to reports received at the
Department of Public Safety.
Seventeen pedestrians were in
cluded in February’s fatality toll, the
largest classification in the report.
Other types of accidents were: col
lision with railroad trains, 3; collision
of two vehicles, 8; street car, 1; col
lision with pole, tree, bridge abut
ment or other fixted object, 2; bi
cycle, 1; ran off highway, 5; and
other non-collision, 11.
Major Sullivan said speed too fast
for conditions is causing 52 per cent
of Georgia’s fatal accidents. He
urged drivers to make their all-time
motto: do not drive too fast for con
ditions.
Save the Difference!
SUGAR—Paper bag, 5 lbs., 25c; 10 lbs., 49c
rncrrr MORNING GLORY, we grind it, lb 15c
LvliEE MAXWELL HOUSE, lb. 28c
GRlTS—Paper bag, 3 lbs., 10c; 5 lbs., 15c
FLOUR—Dixie Bred, 24 lbs 79c
SALAD DRESSING —Quart 23c
GRAPEFRUIT JUICE—46-oz. can 15c
RAISIN BRAN —Fresh shipment, 2 pkgs. 25c
Skinner’s Macaroni, Elbon Mararoni,
Noodles or Spaghetti 2 pkgs. 15c
Cooking Oil—V2 Gal. Jug, 45c; Gal. Jug, 80c
Can Macaroni —Franco-American, lb. —lO c
Diamondback Rattlesnake with Supreme
Sauce, 5-oz. can $1.25
RICE —Blue Rose 5 lbs. 23c
EVAPORATED APPLES 2 lbs. 25c
POTATOES 10 lbs. 25c
.... MEATS ....
BACON—Rind on, sliced, lb. 15c
Picnic and Sandwich time is here. We have the Cook
ed Meats, Boiled Ham, Spiced Ham, Olive Loaf, Barbecue
Ham, New England Ham, etc.
GUARANTEED QUALITY BRANDED BEEF
STEAK—Chuck or rib, lb. 20c
STEW BEEF—Branded Beef, lb. 15c
ROAST —Except Rump or Round, lb.
BEST GRADE STREAK-O’-LEAN—Lb. 9c
PORK CHOPS —Trimmed, lb. 15c
PORK HAM ROAST—WhoIe or half, lb. 15c
FISH—FISH—OYSTERS
Fresh Water Bream, Mullet and Dressed Cat Fish
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COLOMOKEE
IS WINNER OF
TOURNAMENT
In an all-day county-wide gram
mar school basketball tournament,
held at the New Hope school last
Friday, the Colomokee school
emerged victorious in both the boys’
and the girls’ finals to take the pen
nant and the championship for the
year 1940.
The final game, which saw the
Colomokee boys and the Springfield
boys battling hard until the final
whistle, the Colomokee quintet won
a close 10 to 9 decision.
In the girls’ final game, which was
also a hard-fought contest, Union
lost to Colomokee 9 to 13.
Schools participating in the tour
nament were: New Hope, Cedar
Springs, Rowena, Union and Colo
mokee. A holiday was observed in
the grammar schools and all schools
attended the tournament in a body.
The Liberty Hill school also attend
ed the game, but did not have an
entry in the tournament.
The line-ups in the finals were as
follows:
Springfield Colomokee
(Boys) Pos. (Boys)
O’Hearn F Smith
Houston F Baker
Forrest C Tedder
McKinnon G Roberts
Sheffield G Windsor
Substitutes: Colomokee, Gentry
and Corley.
Colomokee Union
(Girls) Pos. (Girls)
Bostwick F McKnight
KenneyFHerndon
Williford F Brown
Jarrett C Hudspeth
Collins C Loyless
Ruggs .... C Lisenby
Substitutes: Colomokee, Fudge,
Pipkin; Union, Nobles.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts—“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 28, 1940.
APRIL TERM OF
SUPERIOR COURT
HERE MONDAY
The April term of Early Superior
Court will ibe convened jiext Mon
day, April 1, with Judge Charles W.
Worrill presiding.
The civil docket will be taken up
Monday morning. At the opening
of the court the grand jury will be
organized and immediately begin its
deliberations, with Solicitor R. A.
Patterson assisting.
The criminal docket is not expect
ed to be taken up until the second
week of court.
The following jurors have been
summoned to serve at this term of
court:
Grand Jurors— C. E. Gilbert, J. B.
Jones (B), J. R. Prince, B. M. Jones,
C. B. Reese, J. L. Underwood, J. O.
Bridges, C. S. Middleton, W. L.
Mosely, W. R. Averett, W. A. Hall,
H. C. Middleton, J. G. Craft, J. B.
Gaulden, Grady Holman, Sr., J. H.
Dykes, W. B. Regan, Jr., C. R.
Daniels, F. A. Barham, S. G. Mad
dox, Shelly Simmons, Gordon Hall,
F. W. Pipkin, B. M. Garrett, C. C.
Lane, T. H. Smith, C. R. Davis J.
H. Watson, R. C. Singletary, Jr.,
M. Berman, W. A. Fuqua, O. H. King.
Traverse Jurors, First Week J. E.
Freeman, J. W. Grimes, Grady Smith,
W. R. Lane, C. C. Middleton, W. C.
Cook, C. E. Boyett, Howard Byrd,
C. M. Deal, Melvin Middleton, M.
L. Simmons, J. G. Houston, L. C.
Hobbs, M. C. DeWolfe, J. E. Beck
ham, C. W. Bridges, C. L. Cook, D.
R. Deal, L. E. Harris, C. Max Mid
dleton, B. B. Godwin, A. B. Bow
man, H. D. Elliott, G. H. Powcli,
A. T. Fleming, A. D. Harriss, J. R.
George, L. L. Harrison, C. E. Pick
ron, L. F. Douglas, J. W. Craft,
Wayne Lindsey, E. J. Houston, H.
G. Harvey, J. R. Puckett, J. G. Shef
field, N. B. Solomon, Ollin Goocher,
C. J. Cox, R. L. Whitehurst, V. W.
Henry, Oscar Whitchard, Jr., J. J.
Elliott, E. B. Davis, H. B. Jernigan,
J. C. Loyless, Sr., J. B. Rice, Tommy
Owen, T. L. Dozier.
Traverse Jurors, Second Week—
J. L. Ricks, W. D. Barbree, C. H.
Tedder, Sevola Jones, J. W. Bowen,
J. W. Miller, T. H. Davenport, L. J.
Cannon, R. 0. Waters, J. H. Shef
field, Owen Wills, A. J. Collier, R.
C. Billings, W. A. Reese, J. H. Sut
ton, T. F. Daniels (A), J. R. Her
ring, (A), Ralph B. Scarborough, J.
B. Jones (Jakin), A. E. Langford
(F), T. A. Bell, A. H. McKinnon,
Murray Fain, C. E. Knighton (RH),
W. O. Gilbert, W. R. Alexander, J.
R. Donnan, S. L. Bush, J. M. Bryant,
Ike Newberry (A), M. T. Howard,
Is This Another Calvary?
I By 11
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NEW BOOKS
RECEIVED AT
THE LIBRARY
Many of the new books which have
been listed under the heading of
“What America Is Reading” by the
weekly New York Herald-Tribune
book review have been received this
week by the Early County Library.
A very valuable and informative
book, Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations,
is now on the library shelves and is
available to the readers. A late edi
tion of Webster’s Unabridged Dic
tionary is also available.
A partial list of the new books
recently received is as follows:
Land Below the Wind: Keith.
Chiff Off My Shoulder: Stokes.
This Side of Glory: Bristow.
Death on the Boat Train: Rhode.
Finland, Land of Heroes: Rosvall.
Spanish Adventurers of Washing
ton: Irving Bowers.
Show Me a Land: McKeekin.
Tar Heel Editor: Daniels.
Cherokee Cavaliers: Dale & Lit
ton.
The Mother: Buck.
Road to Folly: Ford.
Next to My Heart: Miller.
White Magic: Baldwin.
Not One of Us: Greig.
Os Lena Geyer: Davenport.
Royal Road to Romance: Halli
burton.
APRIL 1 LAST DAY
FOR FILING CLAIMS FOR
TAX EXEMPTION
Take notice, tax payers! April 1
is the last day on which to qualify
for tax exemptions. Please look
after this matter at once.
J. L. HOUSTON,
Tax Commissioner.
T. J. Fort, Sr. (J), W. L. Rhodes,
L. B. Fryer, E. C. McDowell, J. B.
Murdock, Sr., S. E. Kelly, Fred
Sammons, W. W. Jones, O. E. Gar
rett, W. I. Daniels, J. D. Hoover,
E. E. Wooten, C. H. Loyless, H. J.
Cosby, J. B. Widener, C. G. Jordan
(A), Barney Wynne, J. L. McArthur
G. M. Moulton, G. L. Ivey, Sr., W.
J. Grist, Sr., M. A. McDowell, W.
D. Chapman, Ernest Sessions, L. B.
Lane, S. T. Lane, H. H. Willis, J. W.
Strickland, J. S. Bush, J. G. Collins,
Floyd Sammons, R. O. Lewis (A),
M. F. Still, L. A. Wiley, J. R. Lind
sey, J. P. Smith, V. L. Collins, I. D.
Felder, Gordon Houston, C. A. Tiner,
C. W. Reed, J. G. Daniels, Jr. (D),
IW. L. Cooper, Gaston Cannon.
Thursday Half
Holidays to Begin
Here Next Week
Blakely stores will begin on next
Thursday, April 4, the observance
of the Thursday afternoon half
holidays. The half-holidays will be
continued through July 25th. The
hour for closing is 12 o’clock, noon.
The following business houses have
signed the closing agreement: Com
mercial Bank, Sevola Jones, First
State Bank, Blakely Furniture Co.,
Rogers’ 5c and 10c Store, Farmers
Hardware Co., Godwin’s Barber
Shop, Tolar Barber Shop, Godwin
Grocery Co., Cinderella Beauty Shop,
Mrs. A. I. Parnell, Cash Grocery
Store, Middleton Hardware Co., F.
A. Barham, Barney Wynne, John E.
Allen, Mrs. W. F. Bragan, Mrs. Mil
ton Bryant, Sewannee Store, A. &
P. Tea Co., Tarver Hardware & Fur
niture Co., M. Berman, Bryant Tur
ner, Western Auto Store, Blakely
Shoe Shop, T. K. Weaver & Co., Jor
dan’s Market, J. R. Owen, M. R.
Daniel, Lanier Furniture Co., T. S.
Chandler, Oscar Whitchard, Eubanks
& Son, W. C. Cook, Tabb’s Ready
to-Wear, Boyett & Co., Goocher Bar
ber Shop, Farr’s Grocery, T. B. Mc-
Dowell, Blakely Furniture Co., J. E.
Williams, Farmers Hardware Co.,
Beckham’s.
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and all who are interest
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MORTALITY
RATE IS CUT
BY GEORGIA
Dr. T. F. Abercrombie, state
health director, reported at the an
nual meeting of the state health
board, held in Atlanta last week, the
establishment of a new low mortality
record for- Georgia in 1939.
Pointing to a death rate of 9.8
per 1,000 population, Dr. Abercrom
bie asserted the reduction in general
mortality represented a staving of
2,736 lives.
The health director reported ma
ternal mortality declined 15.3 per
cent with 5.5 deaths per 1,000 popu
lation, while infant mortality de
creased 12.5 per cent with 59.2
deaths per 1,000 population, each
setting a state record.
Sharpest reductions were reported
in malaria and typhoid fever deaths.
A decline of 34.8 per cent wtas reg
istered by the former and 34.4 per
cent by the latter.
Record mortality lows also were re
corded for pellagra, pneumonia, diph
theria, and tuberculosis.
Deaths caused by scarlet fever, in
fluenza, cerebral hemorrhage, and
suicide increased in 1939, Dr. Aber
crombie reported.
He cited the development of a
state-wide public health program as
representing perhaps the health de
partment’s outstanding achievement
of the year.
AGED LADY DIES
AT HER HOME IN
HILTON COMMUNITY
Mrs. Elizabeth Thigpen Wiley, 85,
widow of the late Joseph J. Wiley,
died at her home in the Hilton com
munity last Thursday evening at 6.05
o’clock, following an illness of two
weeks. Her death was rrttrflMrt'ed to
a heart attack.
Mrs. Wiley was a native of San
dersville, Ga., but had been a resi
dent of this county for 60 years. She
was a member of the Cedar Springs
Missionary Baptist church and was
known and loved by many friends.
Funeral services were held Fri
day afternoon at 2 o’clock at the
Cedar Springs church, with the Revs.
S. B. King and J. O. Akin officiat
ing. Interment was in the Cedar
Springs cemtery, with Minter, Fel
lows & Forrester in charge of ar
rangementss and Tom Smith, J. G.
Brantley, Dennis Ditty, Wilkes Hous
ton, Alto • Stevens and Collie Wat
ford serving as pall-bearers.
Surviving are nine children, name
ly: Mrs. Sam Harris, of Clearwater,
Fla.; Mrs. W. W. Houston, of Hil
ton; Mrs. Dennis Ditty, of Gordon,
Ala.; Mrs. J. G. Brantley, of Cedar
Springs; Mrs. J. A. Moulton, of Don
alsonville; Mrs. T. H. Smith, of
Blakely; Mrs. L. A. Wiley, of Arling
ton; Mrs. J. A. Wiley, of Gordon,
Ala.; and Mrs. Roy Wiley, of Marian
na, Fla.