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GEORGIANS URGED
TO SEND IN DRIVER
LICENSE BLANKS
ASKED TO HELP AVOID THE
USUAL LAST MINUTE RUSH
BY COMMISSIONER
Atlanta, Ga.—To help “avoid the
last minute rush," Georgia drivers
were asked again today to send in
their driver’s license renewal appli
cation now.
“We have discarded the slow and
expensive photographic service, used
in former years, for a quicker and
more accurate method of renewing
licenses,” Major Lon Sullivan, De
partment of Public Safety Commis
sioner, said. “The process is sim
ple and all applications can be given
immediate attention if drivers will
cooperate iby mailing them now.”
The renewal period continues
through June, but after that date
applicants will be required to under
go the rigid driving examination. The
Commissioner said application blanks
are available at service stations, po
lice headquarters, sheriff’s offices,
chambers of commerce, motor clubs
and state patrol district stations.
They should be filled out properly
signed (although many are arriving
with no signature), accompanied by
the proper fee and mailed to the
Department of Public Safety, post
office box 1741. The renewal stub
should be detached from the driver’s
present licenes and attached to the
renewal blank also.
Fees are: $1 for operator’s license,
and $2 for a chauffeur’s license,
which all 'bus and truck drivers and
chauffeurs must buy. The fees,
which constitute the Department’s
entire appropriation, should be made
payable to the Department of Pub-1
lie Safety in the form of a money
order or cashier’s check. Personal
checks can not be accepted, and it
is advisable not to send cash through
the mails.
Major Sullivan said thousands of I
applications already have been re- 1
ceived and serviced. He added,,
however, “we are prepared to han-}
■die many times more than are arriv- 1
ing daily and can avoid the last I
minute rush if drivers will cooperate
by applying now.”
SWAPS TABLES FOR
PORKERS; PIGS STOLEN
Newnan.—The man had an honest
face. So E. W. Horton, of New-j
nan, did not hesitate to make the
swap. The man had two pigs. Two |
healthy lookin’ critters. Mr. Horton j
had six tables. Six good, substantia], i
hand-made tables. Two pigs for |
six tables—Mr. Horton thought it a:
good deal. They swapped. A day ■
later two men came to Mr. Horton’s
house. The two men said the two
pigs belonged to them. They took
’em. Now Mr. Horton wants to see
the man with the honest face. He
was no swapper. He was a robber.
A ham stringer.
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Sale of Fresh Water
Fish Halted Until
Reopening June 1
Fresh water fish cannot be sold
or purchased during the closed sea
son from April 15 to June 1, it was
explained in a letter from Charles
N. Elliott, Director of the Division
of Wildlife, to licensed fresh water
| dealers over Georgia.
This means that all fresh water
fish commonly bought at restaurants,
markets and fish camps must be
placed on the waiting, list until
June 1.
Elliott quoted the following law
and said that wildlife rangers had
been instructed to rigidly enforce it:
“Section 45-502, Georgia Code
of 1933, p. 1309: Selling or pur
chasing fresh water fish during
spawning season—lt shall be a
misdemeanor to sell or purchase
fresh water fish during the spawn
ing season of April 15 to June 1.”
No exception is made for fish
brought in from other States or
those caught in private ponds, he
explained. The owner of a private
pond may fish in his pond in any
manner during the closed season
and may permit others to do so, but
he cannot sell the fish. Fishing
privileges, however, are not affected.
Special emphasis is being placed
on the enforcement of this law.
Surveys indicate that the commercial
handling of fish during the spawn
ing season is taking a tremendous
toll, as it is impossible to identify
fish taken from a private pond or
brought in from other states. The
closed season law’ necessarily applies
to all fresh water fish.
50,000 Georgia Farms
Get Electricity For
First Time Last Year
Approximately 50,000 Georgia
farms are being served with electric
ity, an increase of more than 20,-
000 electrified farms in the state
since 1938. Georgia ranks second
in the south in REA line construction,
having received $13,000,000 for line
projects.
There are 35 electric membership
assocations financed by the Rural
Electrification, of which 32 have 11,-
000 miles of power lines serving ap
proximately 30,000 customers. The
other 20,000 electrified farms are
served by power companies through
out the state.
J. L. Calhoun, rural electrification
specialist, says that Georgia farmers
continue to show increased interest
in rural electrification last year. Ap
proximately 5,500 people were assist
ed by the electrification specialist in
regard to uses of electricity, and 20
meetings and schools were held dur
ing the year.
Calhoun also says great interest
was manifested in the Extension
Service bulletin, “A Portable Motor
for Georgia Farms”. Total distribu
tion of the publication exceeded
275,000.
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Unemployment
Compensation
Benefits Paid
Unemployed workers in Early
county were paid $322.06 in bene
fits by the Bureau of Unemployment
Compensation of the State Depart
ment of Labor during the week end
ing April 13, 1940, Commissioner of
Labor Ben T. Huiet announced to
day. Number of payments was re
ported at 99.
Total payments to Georgia w’ork
j ers that week amounted to $75,-
923.01, represented by 12,563 checks
which went into 116 counties of the
state.
Five hundred fifty-nine payments
for $4,609.93 to workers in other
states who previously had establish
ed wage credits in Georgia, brought
the total to $80,532.94.
Number and amount of checks
mailed by the Bureau ranged from
two checks for $1.60 in Clayton
county to 2,223 checks for $16,-
818.98 in the Atlanta area, which is
composed of Fulton and DeKalb
counties.
Labor Commissioner
Reports State-Wide
Meetings Held
Approximately 3,000 employers
and workers representing every in
dustry covered by the Georgia Unem
ployment Compensation law attended
the recent series of informational
meetings on unemployment compen
sation and old age and survivor’s in
surance held throughout the state,
Commissioner of Labor Ben T. Huiet
has announced.
The forums, a cooperative project
of the Bureau of Unemployment
Compensation and the regional of
fice of the Social Security Board,
were termed by Commissioner Huiet
as very successful in informing the
people of the provisions of the state
law and the new amendments to the
Social Security Act.
Some 30 meetings were held, he
said, at employment office and oth
er centers throughout the state and
were attended mostly by employers
representing many thousands of
workers who are directly interested
in both security programs.
The forums were arranged and
conducted by informational and
field representatives of both the
Bureau of Unemployment Compen
sation and the regional Social Secur
ity Board office.
CURTIS LOYLESS
“SPEAKS”
Prices
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Everybody
It is no secret, folks, we have groceries
staple dry goods at rock-bottom prices. We are
out of the whirl and bustle of the down-town sec
tion, here in the low-price rent district, where an
honest man can really get a dollar’s worth for
his “greenback.”
SUGAR —10-lb. paper bag 48c
WHITE MEAT—Best grade sides 9c
COOKING OlL—Gallon can 75c
WATER GROUND MEAL—Best
Grade, per peck3oc
PEANUT BUTTER—FuII qt. jar 21c
MATCHES—Reg. 5c size pkg. 2 for 5c
SALT —Reg. 5c size pkg. 2 for 5c
$2.00 Men’s Work Shoes, all sizes,
per pair $1.65
$2.45 Men’s Work Shoes, all sizes,
per pair $1.95
$2.45 Men’s Dress Oxfords, all
colors, pairsl.9s
65c Men’s Work Shirts, a real value
for 45c
BOYETT & CO.
Curtis H. Loyless, Manager
NEAR THE DEPOT BLAKELY, GA.
U. S. GOVERNMENT
USES QUININE
BY THE TON
RECENT ORDER IS FOR SEVEN
HUNDRED OUNCES. PLACED
IN AMSTERDAM
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I The recent order of the United
[ States government for 700,000,|
ounces of quinine is one of the |
largest single orders for the drug
ever recorded. The order was placed
in Amsterdam, chief market for the
supply from the Netherlands Indies.
“Efforts were made in California
more than 50 years ago to grow
the cinchona tree, from the bark of
which quinine is obtained, but ex
periments failed, just as did those
made later in California, in Louisi
ana and Florida,” says a bulletin
from the Washington, D. C., head
quarters of the National Geographic
■ Society.
“Now Uncle Sam is trying to pro
duce the drug in Puerto Rico. Some
of the 50 varieties of the tree in
troduced into the island have suffer
ed heavily from insect pests; others
have fared better.
“Last year government chemists
began experimental work on the j
production of synthetic quinine. This
has been tried by chemists at va
rious times, without success. Per
haps the most notable failure was
that of Sir William Henry Perkins,
English chemist.”
FOWL PLAY OCCURS
AT GLENVILLE DURING
“FREAK WEEK”
Glenville.—lt was freak week i
down at Glenville. It reeked of a I
plot. And the first thing hatched in
the plot was an egg. Henley Griffin i
came to town holding the short end !
of a gourd-shaped egg that had a |
neck on it. Not to be outdone, j
George Brown, a WPA foreman,
came with a cyclopean baby chick.
The one eye of the monocular mess
was on the left-hand side of the
head, and the beak was crossed in
such away that the chick could
neither eat nor drink. And if that
wasn’t enough, another freak show
ed up. Mr. Doc Harvey sent the
Sentinel an egg that had a perfect [
letter “C” on one end. They called ,
it a day.
WANTED— To buy several tons
of hay. DR. W. A. FUQUA, Blake
ly, Ga.
Presides Over Grand Chapter in Macon
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the 118th annual convocation of that body in Macon this week.
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.... QUALITY MEATS ....
BACON—Sliced Ends, rind off, lb. (Friday and Sat
urday only) 10c
PORK CHOPS—Lb. 15c
MIXED PAN SAUSAGE 2 lbs. 25c
WEINER’S or SMOKED SAUSAGE 2 lbs. 35c
PINEAPPLE LADY FINGERS—Monarch
Brand, 25-oz. can 25c
DRIED APPLES or PEACHES 2 lbs. 25c
RAISINS—IS-oz. pkg., 7c; 7-oz. pkg., 5c
OLIVES—4-oz. Stuffed 25c
FlGS—Monarch, 30-oz. bot. 45c
ANCHOVY PASTE—2-oz. tube 20c
PICKLES—Heinz Fresh Cucumber,
24-oz. bottle 21c
BABY FOOD—Stokeley’s or Heinz, 3 for 25c
SALT 3 pkgs. 9c
PEAS—Black Eye 2 lbs. 15c
RICE 3 lb. pkg. 19c
TEA—Wonder Tea, 1-2 lb. pkg.l2sc
PEACHES—No. 2y 2 can Argo, each 15c
SOUP—Hurff Tomato, 22-oz. can 10c
SUGAR io lbs. 48c
DATES :2 pkgs. 25c
CHOP SUEY—Monarch, 18-oz. can „ 38c
BEANS 3 cans 25c
CORN—Argo 2 cans 25c
MEAT—Best, lb. 9c
MlLK—Libbyss large 3 cans 20c
COOKING OlL—Gallon canßoc
OKRA & TOMATOES—Can 10c
FLOUR—Dixie Bred, 24 lbs. 79c
Monarch Short Cake Peaches—l7-oz. can 20c
MORNING GLORY COFFEE (we grind it)—Lb. 15c
SKINNER’S MACARONI 2 pkgs. 15c
KRAUT No. 2% can, each 10c
LIBBY’S CHILI SAUCE—Large bottle 22c
FORT HOWARD TISSUE 3 rolls 23c
RED KIDNEY BEANS With Gravy 10c
CHOPPED OLIVES—2i/ 2 -oz. bottle 10c
ZWIEBACK—Large package 18c
SUNSHINE ORANGE JUICE—I 2 ozs. 3 for 25c
IVAN’S TOMATO CHIPS—Pkg., 10 oz. 20c
DILL PICKLES—I-2 gal. jar 25c
46 OZ. GRAPEFRUIT JUICE—Big R 15c
MEADOW LARK SALAD DRESSING—Qt. 23c
.... PHONE 137 ....
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