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BLAKELY HIGH
SCHOOL NEWS
F. F. A. NEWS
The Blakely Chapter had its first
Father-Son banquet March 27. The
program was as follows: Opening
ceremony; Song, America; Prayer,
Mr. Alex Carswell; Report by J. D.
Willis; Piano Solo, James White;
History of Blakely Chapter by G.
W. White; Song by Quartet; Speak
er, W. T. Bodenhamer, State Super
visor of Schools; Talk by William
Mosely; String Duet by Mack Jar
rett and Herman Collier.
Last on the program, G. I. Mar
tin, State Supervisor of Agricultural
Education, spoke.
The closing ceremony was follow
ed by a barbecue in the library.
Miss Ham, Home Economics Teach
er, and several girls planned and
served the meal, which was enjoyed
very much, (The chapter members
wish to take this opportunity to
express their appreciation to the
Home Economics Department.)
News Flashes . . . The elimination
of the public speaking contests
will be held Wednesday of this week.
The participants in this contest are:
Joe Brooks, Herman Collier, and
Olin Seago . . . Our quartet, under
the direction of Mr. G. S. McLendon,
is making splendid progress . . . The
Public Speaking and Quartet Con
tests of this section will be held
at Blakely, April 26.
—OLIN SEAGO, Reporter.
BAND NEWS
At last that greatly anticipated
event —the district music festival—
has come and gone, but a feeling of
pride lingers on. For we came
home with four first ratings, which
are defined as “superior honor.” All
other entries, including the drill and
concert bands, received a second
rating—“excellent honor” —• except
the chorus, which was termed
“good” and given a third rating.
Since, however, the chorus was
rated as best in its class, it, too, is
eligible for entering the state con
test in Milledgeville. Thus, none of
our entries in the festival dropped
below the honor class.
The Blakely band is also invited
to join in the contest to be held in
Albany on April 11. This is the
date of the world premiere of “The
Biscuit Eater,” and a prize of one
hundred dollars will be given the
best out-of-town band participating
in the celebration.
In less than a month the state
music festival will be held at Mil
ledgeville, and our goal now is to
return from that with all first
ratings.
—REPORTER.
GLEE CLUB NOTES
In all probabilities, everyone has
been well informed concerning the
results of that greatly-anticipated
event, the Music Festival. Howev
er, we are privileged to give our
opinion. Little can be added to the
statement that our director very
jokingly made: “The chorus won a
first rating, but they gave us a
third.” We have been informed
that the criticism on “The Hallelu
jah Chorus” was that the number
was too difficult for our group. This,
we think, is just an excuse for not
giving a “small town” chorus a first
rating, for we certainly sang it well
enough to please Handel himself—
the audience thought so, anyway.
But we’re not kicking; we just hope
that next year the judges won’t find
any reason to mark us down.
Monday night at practice the chor
us took up two new numbers, “God
of All Nature” from Tschaikowsky’s
“Fifth Symphony,” and “Finlandia.”
Mr. McLendon has announced his
intention of taking the chorus to
New York along with the band. As
you can well imagine, this thrilled
us very much.
Next Wednesday night, the 10th,
the band and the chorus will give
a program of the contest numbers.
Instead of having an out-of-town
guest artist, we shall introduce the
newly-organized orchestra. It is our
sincere wish that all of Blakely
will “turn out” and show us that
you are really proud of the progress
made thus far.
—REPORTER.
NOBILITY VERSUS THE COMMON
PEOPLE
During the reign of Louis XVI,
King of France, and his queen. Ma
rie Antoinette of Austria, occurred
the French Revolution. Since Aus
tria—the country—was hated by all
Frenchmen, Marie Antoinette re
ceived more than an unpopular sov
eign’s share of hatred. Slowly but
powerfully grew this revolution.
Born of cruelties inflicted upon the
people by former kings, the revolu
tion overpowered Louis XVI, that
weak ruler, though this man had had
no share in the injustices wreaked
on the people. (So, often do inno
cents suffer!)
Louis XVII, believed by many to
have died in the tower, and his sister,
Marie Theresa, bore the brunt of
the malice of the French people,
when once the latter were free to
avenge their wrongs. As a result
of the ensuing cruelties, the second
revolution was fought. When Ma
rie Theresa ascended the throne,
so hardened and cruel had she be
come that the natural outcome had
to be a war. Although the fact is
doubted by many, Louis XVII really
lived; since he never ascended the
throne, he was believed to have
died in the Tower—but, in reality, he
lived.
At the time of the overthrowing of
the monarchy, the Bastile was burn
ed. You, I am sure, know that no
bility, like the spide of the old dit
ty, used this most cruel and dread
ed of all places in France as a parlor.
“Said the spider to the fly, ‘won’t
you come into my parlor’?” Yes,
the nobility were really spiders—
their webs were small offenses in
which the poorer people often be
came entangled. The Bastile served
as the spider’s parlor. But the fly
finally turned on the spider and
overpowered him. Thus the com
mon people overcame Louis XVI.
But—don’t, in passing judgment,
think that Louis XVI and Marie
Antoinette were cruel! Oh, no!—•
Only that Louis was a weak man,
easily ruled by his advisers. On the
other hand, while deploring the ex
travagances to which the Reign of
Terror led, consider the crueties the
poorer people had suffered for gen
erations at the hands of the ruling
class.
—ODELIA KING.
HOW TO TEST A FOOL
It’s a thought to suggest—
That the acidest test
Os your worst —or your best—
Is a car.
When you sit at the wheel
Os an automobile,
You are bound to reveal
What you are!
Though afoot you may bluff
With Lord Chesterfield stuff,
If you act like a tough
When you tour,
Well, it cracks your veneer
Os good manners, it’s clear,
And you plainly appear as a
boor.
When you cut in and out
And you shout like a lout
And consistently flout
Every rule,
Not a motorist will
Be impressed with your skill.
But they’ll call you a pill and
a fool.
For the test, first and last,
Isn’t whom you have passed,
Or how far and how fast
You arrive,
But the plain, everyday
Tact and sense you display
And the courteous way
That you drive.
That’s the test to be met
So—observe etiquette.
Be polite when you get
In a car;
When you sit at the wheel
Os an automobile
Boy, how you reveal
What you are!
—Popular Science.
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P. O. Box 306 BLAKELY, GA.
«aARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Opening of Trout
Season Spurs the
Sale of Licenses
Atlanta, Ga.—With the opening
of the trout season Monday the sale
of fishing licenses jumped into four
figures this week.
Distribution was slow during the
first three weeks of the pre-season
sales, but with the expiration of the
1939 licenses April 1, Georgia fish
ermen began bombarding the State
Revenue Department with applica
tions and remittances.
Over 1,000 Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday sent the total sales to
over 2,000, it was announced by the
State Division of Wildlife. Heavy
wek-end mail brought in many more,
but the figures had not been tabu
lated, it was pointed out.
One of the most encouraging de
velopments is the sale of licenses to
sell fresh water fish. The first three
weeks produced 112 customers, and
of this number over 40 were pur
chased by persons or firms which
had never before paid this required
fee. This early sales spree indicates
that the Division will set another
record in licenses.
Although the hunting and trap
ping seasons are over, this type of
license continued to be distributed
in March, it was reported. It was
explained that some judges in met
ing out fines and sentences order
that defendants must buy licenses
and this accounted for the sale of
35 hunting and three trapping tags.
GREATER BUYING
POWER FOR THE
FARMER’S DOLLAR
Three developments of interest to
the American farmer - are reported in
a review of the natural nitrate in
dustry which has just been publish
ed by the Chilean Nitrate Education
al Bureau. These developments, af
fecting the price of natural nitrate,
its mechanical condition, and the
bags in which it is sold, show,
among other things, considerable
increase in today’s buying power of
the farmer’s dollar.
Turn back the calendar to 1927.
That year new and more economical
mining and refining methods went
into operation. Price reductions fol
lowed. Today the price of natural
nitrate of soda is about S2O per ton
less than in 1927.
Mechanical condition has steadily
improved. Today farmers every
where are familiar with the famous
natural nitrate pellets which are so
easily applied and which resist the
hardening and caking to which other
nitrogen fertilizers are subject. The
improved form of this hundred year
old product retains, of course, the
natural balance of many plant food
elements besides nitrate.
Thirdly, in a large-scale effort to
assist in developing new uses for
American cotton, natural nitrate of
soda was offered in even-weight cot
ton bags. Today farmers can have
their natural nitrate delivered either
in cotton or burlap bags, as pre
ferred, at no difference in price.
New State Market
To Bring In More
Cash for Farmers
Atlanta, Ga.—The Georgia De
partment of Agriculture is’ moving
this week toward securing the site
for the new $1,500,000 state farm
ers market plan in Atlanta to in
crease Georgia farmers’ cash in
come for produce, Columbus Rob
erts, Commissioner of Agriculture,
announced today.
W. C. Crow, of the market divis
ion of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, is in Atlanta
assisting state authorities in the
preliminary work on what is to be
one of the largest farmers’ whole
sale markets in the country.
Federal money to build the new
market, which Commissioner Rob
erts has obtained from the RFC and
WPA, represents national recogni
tion of Georgia as a produce distrib
uting center, recognition of wljich
will attract more buyers with cash
for Georgia produce.
“This new federal recognition
shows we have solved what once
seemed as hard a problem as the
one about which came first, the
chicken or the egg,” Commissioner
Roberts observed.
“Buyers would not come until
there was enough produce to buy;
Georgia farmers couldn’t raise pro
duce until they were sure of cash
for it at harvest time.”
The problem has been solved, he
explained, by developing the region
al wholesale market, Georgia now
has in Atlanta, getting produce from
wherever it would come in enough
quantity to attract buyers. This is
now giving Georgia farmers an ac
tive cash market, with competing
buyers, for whatever they raise the
year round.
EARLY COUNTY NEGRO
DIES AT AGE OF 105
Sam Spencer, said to have been
105 years old, died at his home
northeast of Blakely on March 26.
He was born in Harris county and
was a member of the New Bethel
church. He lived on the farm of
Mr. R. C. Singletary. If Sam’s age
was correct, he was, as far as can
be learned, the oldest living person
in Early county until his death
last week.
CORN PLASTER
IS NOT NEEDED
Ocilla.—Corn on the toes are a
pain. But corn that grows in rows
can also be a pain, U. L. Tucker,
Ocilla, discovered last week. Mr.
Tucker slipped up on an ear of corn
and injured his knee. After treat
ment at the local hospital, he was
dismissed.
Try the News for Job Printing
Flames Rip Hangar At LaGuardia Field
NEW YORK ClTY—Flames eating through the $1,250,000 un
completed hangar at LaGuardia Field which was to have been oc
cupied by TWA airlines at the end of this month. There were no
planes in the hangar at the time of the blaze. Major Elmer Haslett,
director of LaGuardia Field, and five firemen narrowly escaped death
when the roof collapsed.
PUBLIC LAND SALE
GEORGIA —Early County:
Default having been made in the
payment of a debt secured by a
deed to secure debt executed by W.
R. Pullen, payable to Effie Pullen
and by her duly transferred to Mrs.
H. C. Haddock, said deed dated
Feb. 16th, 1933, recorded in Book
No. 7 page 334 in the office of the
clerk of the superior court of Early
county, the undersigned, acting un
der the power of sale contained in
said deed, and for the purpose of
collecting the debt the same was
given to secure, will on the 13th day
of April, 1940, during the legal
hours of sale at the Court House
door in Blakely, Ga., sell the fol
lowing described real estate, which
is described in said deed, to the
highest bidder for cash:
The one-half undivided interest of
W. R. Pullen in lots of land Nos.
three hundred and three (303) and
three hundred and thirty eight (338),
containing 500 acres, more or less,
being in the 6th district of Early
County, Georgia.
The said interest is advertised and
will be sold subject to the first lien
of a deed to secure debt upon said
land in favor of the Federal Land
Bank of Columbia, which deed is
recorded in Book No. 8 page 197 in
the office of the clerk of the superior
court of said county.
The undersigned will execute a
deed to the purchaser as authorized
by the terms of the deed aforesaid.
This April 4th, 1940.
MRS. H. C. HADDOCK.
LOST OR STRAYED—One Jersey
cow, dark colored, branded letter H
on right hip; one white-faced heifer,
branded letter D on right hip and
marked undersquare in right ear;
one grown heifer, solid red, butt
headed, marked undersplit in right
ear. Finder notify J. E. FOWLER,
Route 1, Blakely, and receive re
ward.
PUBLIC LAND SALE
GEORGIA, Early County:
Because of default in the payment
of a debt secured by deed to secure
debt executed by G. L. Ivey to The
Citizens Bank, of Blakely, Georgia,
dated November 28, 1927, and re
corded in Mortgage Book 7, page
140, Early County Deed Records,
which Security Deed, together with
the debt thereby secured, was duly
transferred, assigned and sold to Mrs.
J. H. Hill, the undersigned will, act
ing under the power of sale contain
ed in said Security Deed, and for
the purpose of collecting the indebt
ness thereby secured, sell at public
outcry, at the court house door in
Blakely, Early County, Georgia, on
Saturday, April 13, 1940, between the
legal hours of sale, to the highest
bidder for cash, the following de
scribed property, to-wit:
The west half of lot of land Num
ber twenty-two (22) in the Fifth
(sth) District of Early County, Geor
gia, except three quarters of an acre
formerly deeded to Rosinville Church.
The tract herein conveyed contain
ing one hundred twenty-four and one
quarter acres, more or less.
A deed will be executed to the
purchaser at said sale as provided for
by the terms of said security deed.
This 3rd day of April, 1940.
MRS. J. H. HILL,
Transferee of the Citizens
Bank, of Blakely, Georgia.
J. W. BONNER, Atty.,
Blakely, Georgia.
BLAKELY CHAPTER 44 R. A. M.
Blakely Chapter 44
W Royal Arch Masons
meets on the second
and fourth Monday
nights of each month
nt 8 o’clock. Visiting
companions invited.
J. E. Houston,
High Priest.
J. G. Standifer,
Secretary.