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Early Gnunty News
Official Organ City of Blakely
and County of Early
Published Every Thursday
OFFICE IN NEWS BUILDING
Blakely, Georgia
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Blakely, Ga., April 11, 1940
WE WANT THE NEWS IN
EVERY HOME IN
BLAKELY
In an effort to put the Early
County News in every home in
Blakely, the management will
begin at an early date a per
sonal house-to-house drive to
every home which does not
now subscribe to the paper.
The News now goes into at
least three-fourths of the
homes in Blakely and is the
most widely-read paper that
comes to Blakely and is also
the most completely read.
Os the almost 2000 white
residents in Blakely, it is esti
mated that The News is read
by at least 1500 of them, which
'proves that its columns is the
best advertising medium and
also that there must be some
news value to the paper, else
it would not now have so
many regular subscribers.
The News doesn’t claim that
it is the best weekly paper in
Georgia, but we do say, with
out thought of bragging, that
we have one of the better
small-town papers, and its
force is constantly on its guard
to make The News a still bet
ter paper with each succeed
ing issue. We are striving for
a better news coverage, with
a more appealing style and
make-up, interesting features,
and an editorial page that
comments on those happenings
which affect the most people.
From the comments, both ver
bal and written, and from our
enlarged subscription list, the
paper is evidently succeeding
to some extent.
We want The News in every
home in Blakely. If you are
not now receiving the paper,
call 182 and we will enter
your name on our subscription
list, or we will have our solic
itor call on you personally.
The rates are $1.50 per year,
75c for six months, or 50c for
three months. No subscrip
tions are accepted for less
than three months.
o
To those who are of the
opinion that the WPA activi
ties have been a waste of
money, we call to their atten
tion an article on the first page
of this issue, written by Mr. W.
S. Sharman, district manager
of the Georgia Works Project
Administration. The accom
plishments of the WPA in Ear
ly county since its inception
nearly five years ago are set j
out in an interesting manner
by Mr. Sharman, and shows]
many projects in this county of
permanent benefit. Read the
article—it contains interesting
information.
o
First tests in the presidential
preference primaries show that
President Roosevelt is still the
favorite with a majority of
Democrats, and that if he de
sires a third-term nomination,
he can easily have it. The
News still believes that the
President will decline a third
term nomination, but intends
to keep his counsel until he is
certain of the controlling in
fluence in the 1940 conven
tion, when he will use that
influence toward the nomina
tion of one who is in sympa
thy with the New Deal pro
gram.
“Grass rich in vitamins,”
says a headline. Before long
we’ll probably be saying “pass
the Bermuda, please.”
o
Driver’s license blanks are
being distributed this week.
The renewal period opens on
April 15 and those who fail to
I apply before the last of June
! will have to stand a safe-driv
] ing examination.
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THE PRESS ’
RAMBLER
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It doesn’t take a man of courage
to join up with a band of masked
floggers. If a man wants to give
another one a licking, he shouldn’t
cover up his face to do it.—Greens
boro Journal-Herald.
Quite a bit of discussion for the
past few days about the paving to
be done in Early County. Seems
that no one knows just where it will
be. Still it is the hope that at least
some of it will be on the Blakely-
Arlington road. This road has been
promised for a long time, and the
grading has been done long enough
that it could have been paved, but
in some way work has ben delayed.
—Calhoun County Courier.
According to the Medical Associa
tion of Georgia, the baby born in
1939 has a life expectancy of 62
years, compared with the expectancy
of 49 years for the 1900 baby. If
the health program that has just be
gun in Georgia is supported as it
should be and carried forward, Geor
gia vital statistics should show even
greater improvement in the next ten
years. —Tifton Gazette.
Although the peach trees in middle
Georgia were in full bloom the peach
growers passed through the recent
cold snap with a broad smile. They
declare that Jack Frost did not touch
them. They have a process of reas
oning by which they claim that the
freeze actually did them good, and
put the finishing touches on the
prospects for a bumper peach crop
in Georgia this year. We assume
that they mean they will make a
bumper peach crop if Jack Frost has
no return engagement. —Moultrie
Observer.
When war began in Europe and
censors clamped down on the free
flow of news to the United States,
some newspapers in this country be
gan carrying a daily note, warning
readers that news from foreign coun
tries was subject to censorship. Peo
ple know, even when they read these
stories, that they cannot Iways be
accepted as fact but must be accept
ed as the representation of the gov
ernment from which they originate.
With the election campaign on hand,
voters are given no such protection
from the multitude of circulars and
from the rumors, printed and un
printed, that make the rounds during
the campaigns. It might be well to
inquire thoroughly into any campaign
literature you receive before accept
ing its contents as gospel truth.—
Augusta Herald.
Does the merchant or business
man, who sends out of town for his
printing because it may be cheaper,
ever stop to figure why the out of
town printing salesman may be able
to sell at lower costs? The out of
town salesman doesn’t have to pay
a yearly city license; his firm does
not have to pay city taxes and coun
ty, state, and school taxes in this
county; he doesn’t give the schools
civic organiations, churches and
this community thousands of dollars
worth of publicity every year; he
doesn’t reach in his pocketbook when :
a special fund for some local pro
ject is being collected. Noi’ does he
pay salaries to people who spend
their money at home, nor does he
buy his clothes and food in this com
munity. No, he probably waits till
he gets back to the city, where very
likely, he can save a few cents on
them.—Calhoun County News.
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WHO KNOWS—?
1. What forest fires cost Georgia
farmers each year?
2. What bird destroys the greatest
amount of mosquitoes?
3. How many acres in woodland
in Georgia?
4. In what bird’s nest a snake
skin will be found?
5. If the woodpecker is protected
i by the federal game law’?
6. When the fishing season closes
in South Georgia?
(Answers on back page)
EARLY COUNTY NEWS. BLAKELY. GEORGIA
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I
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PEACE remote
The outlook for an early peace in
Europe seems to me to be getting
more remote every day. It looks as
if each side were determined to
carry the war to a finish. It is a
question which can hold out longer.
I can quite understand why the ,
British and French want this war,
to end in a decisive victory, and noti
in a negotiated peace. This last war j
in Europe ended by negotiation be-:
fore the people of Germany realized j
that their army had been defeated. I
Not a single battle was fought on i
German soil. Practically all of the i
world’s troubles since 1919 have]
arisen from the fact that the Allies ]
let Germany off too easy!
Now Hitler and his followers are
making a great point of what they
call the unfair treatment of Ger-]
many by the peace treaty of Ver-]
sailles. If this war could be ended
tomorrow by a negotiated peace the
German people twenty years from
now would be raising the same cry,
that they were treated unfairly. A
people who have been taught to be
lieve that they are superior to all
other races are never satisfied if
they do not get everything there is
to get.
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TERMS impossible
My friends who understand Euro
pean politics, agree with me that
neither side can today afford to of
fer peace terms which the other side
could afford to accept. Germany has
one great objective. She must
dominate Europe or collapse. She
cannot afford to make peace on any
terms which would not leave her in
full control of the Continent of
Europe.
France, on the other hand, cannot
possibly consent to a German peace
which would threaten her national
existence. The French people are
united behind their Government in
the determination to eliminate the
German menace which has hung
over France for five generations.
Any peace terms which France
could consider must involve the dis
memberment of Germany.
The British cannot make or ac
cept peace terms which would
leave their trade routes and com
munications with the Dominions at
the mercy of some other nation.
Nothing short of the complete
elimination of Germany as a naval
power could be satisfactory to the
British.
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POWER dived
As between the different com
batants, it seems clear that France
has the greatest, best-trained and
equipped land fighting force; Brit
ain has the largest and most powerful
sea force, but Germany has a
military air force superior to those
of England and France combined.
It is on the air force that Germany
chiefly relies.
Nobody knows yet how effective
in the long run airplanes will prove
to be against land and sea fighting
forces. There was no conclusive
test of this in the last European
war, when airplanes were used for
the first time. Germany hoped to
win in 1914 by the use of Zeppelins,
or dirigible balloons. That form of
war in the air failed. It is still un
certain whether the new’ type of
aerial warfare can succeed.
So far the German planes have I
not been able to do serious damage I
to the British Navy, w’hile British
ships seem to have been effective in j
blockading Germany and preventing
the import of necessary supplies
and the export of commodities
which w’ould replenish the German
treasury.
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RUSSIA unknown
None of the reports I get, either i
from press dispatches or from
friends who understand Europe
much better than I do, make quite
clear Russia’s ultimate importance
in this war. There is no doubt that
the Communist government of Rus
sia would seize the chance to ex
tend the control of Communism to
the rest of Europe, if possible. But
intelligent observers find it very
hard to believe that either Hitler or
Mussolini will let Russia get away
with any such ambition.
From all that I can gather every
nation in Europe is afraid of Rus
sia, not as a military power but as
a center from which ideas and prin-
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ciples that W’ould destroy all the
old governments are being pro
moted. It was to save Italy from
Communism that Mussolini took
control of Rome. Hitler organized
the Germans to fight off Commu
nism. Only the threat of German
domination has enabled the French
Government to prevent Communist
control of France.
The sensible thing for all Europe
to do, but which it won’t do, would
be to unite to put an end to Rus
sian Communist influence. So long i
as that continues there can be no s
peace.
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AMERICA neutral *
I cannot see how this country 1
could gain anything by taking an 1
active part as a fighting force in j
this war. There is no point in any
nation going to war unless it stands
to lose something precious by not 1
fighting or to gain something by
fighting. t
We are doing a great deal now j
to help England and France, by
supplying them with fighting air- ]
stores, drug stores, hardware and s
variety stores, automobile dealers as (
well as oil and gasoline dealers, and }
probably a great many more differ- (
ent lines of business. No measure ]
before Congress since the Neutrality s
Bill has brought to Senators and t
Members such a volume of letters <
on both sides of the subject.
Thus far the proponents of the 1
tax have had their innings, but s
Washington hears of preparations ]
under way for large consumer dele- ,
gations desiring to be heard in op- ]
position. That would at least add to ,
the gayety of an otherwise dull 1
session. i
QUESTION BOX
1. Who was Amelia Earheart’s co
pilot when their plane was lost in
the Pacific in 1937?
2. What is Islam?
3. Who wrote “The Last of the
Mohicans?
4. For what words do the initials
“e.g.” stand?
5. With what organization are Wil
liam and Evangeline Booth identi
fied?
6. What is meant by “The Old
Lady of Threadneedle Street”?
7. What is a bittern?
8. What do the followers of “Fath
er Divine,” Negro cult leader, con
stantly repeat?
9. Who wrote the “Waverley
Novels”?
10. What phantom ship may be
seen off the Cape of Good Hope
in stormy weather?
ANSWERS
1. Capt. Frederick J. Noonan.
2. The Mohammedan religion, and
the countries and people by which
it is professed.
3. James Fenimore Cooper.
4. Exempli gratis (fore example).
5. The Salvation Army.
6. The Bank of England.
7. A wading bird of the heron
family.
8. “Peace. It’s wonderful!”
9. Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832).
10. “The Flying Dutchman.
The DOCTOR
by W.E. Aughinbaugh, M.D.
GAMBLING
Gambling is inherent in human
nature. Some there are who con
sider gambling the child of avarice
and the parent of prodigality. Books
have been written to warn the
masses against this so-called vice.
Preachers have lashed themselves
into a fury of eloquence appealing
to men to shake off the shackles of
this tyrant and thus free themselves
from what they have been pleased
to call the “mother of liars and
perjurers.”
Gambling establishments have
been termed “the secret houses of
sin.” There is not a nation which
does not have laws against gam
bling, but nevertheless it thrives, and
one may say with safety that as
long as two men live there is a pos
sibility of them gambling regarding
the outcome of some disputed event
of personal interest.
I believe that the greatest gam
blers in all the world are the Chifiese
and I am inclined to thinktMt the
Hindoos are their close seconds, if
not their equals. I have often had
Hindoo merchants offer to gamble
with me whether I would pay a
less price than asked for the goods
I had inspected with a view of pur
chasing; and when I now and then
won, they accepted defeat with a
SOME HAPPENINGS IN BLAKELY
A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO
Clippings from the Early County News of
April 8, 1915
MR. AND MRS. S. E. Kelly are
the latest to receive a visit from the
stork. It’s a boy.
* * *
THE STORK seems to have Blake
ly scheduled for at least a weekly
visit. He left a 7 1-2 pound baby
girl at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
M. W. Hill Saturday to keep com
pany with the two bright boys al
ready in that home.
* * •
MR. CASH McCOY, a gallant old
Confederate veteran, who lives be
tween Lucile and Jakin, was in the
city Monday and dropped in to see
us. Mr. McCoy is nearing his 84th
birthday, but seems as young as the
average man of 60. Time is dealing
gently with this old Vet.
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MRS. L. E. MITCHELL enter
tained the Long Branch public school
pupils with an Easter egg hunt last
Saturday afternoon at her home near
the school, which is equivalent to
saying the young folks had a jolly
good time.
smile. Even Hindoo coolies, whose
incomes rarely average more than
fifteen cents a day, will gamble on
anything upon which a bet can be
made.
Incidentally, they have perhaps
the fairest gambling game in all the
world—a game in which the hand
of man cannot alter results. During
the monsoon in India—that is the
season of great storms and heavy
rains which take place every day— •
a group of coolie laborers will
gather about a tub or large bucket
placed beneath a rain spout. These
rains invariably start at three o’clock
in the afternoon and continue for
from two to four hours, the down
pour being intense.
The owner of the receptacle has a
piece of chalk. Anyone may take
the chalk and mark a spot on the
inside of the container where he
thinks the rain will come, using his
initials or a mark to identify him
self ; and the banker will pay three
for one, provided the rain reaches
that particular spot.
Bets range all the way from a
penny to a rupee, or about thirty
two cents. The coolies sit on their
haunches, protected by the eaves of
the building, until the rain ceases.
When the last drop of water has
entered the tub or bucket, bets are
paid, the men depart, and everybody
is contented.
MR. J. J. McLendon was called
to Donalsonville Wednesday after
noon to be at the bedside of his
brother, Mr. John R. McLendon, who
was taken suddenly ill yesterday.
* * *
ACCORDING to a letter received
by Mrs. Walter Thomas, Regent of
the Peter Early Chapter of the
D. A. R., the remains of Governor
Peter Early, which had been interred
in Greene county at his family lot,
have been moved from that place and
interred in the cemetery at Greens
boro. Early county was named for
Governor Early.
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MOULTRIE, GA. A granite
chicken house, doubled-locked, dou
ble-barred, and fixed with an electric
burglar-alarm will be built soon here
by C. R. Atwater. He has posted
on his front gate an invitation to all
the chicken thieves of the neighbor
hood to attend the laying of the cor
nerstone, and to inspect the plans of
the new coop.