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EARLY COUNTY, GA. GARDEN SPOT OF GOD’S COUNTRY VOLUME LXXX NO. 38 —BLAKELY CHAPTER FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA EDITION— J. S. ANDERSON PASSES AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS Mr. John Shelton Anderson died at a local hospital last Saturday after noon after an illness of four days. His death was attributed to spinal meningitis. Mr. Anderson was a native of Ear ly county. He was born November 4, 1892, hence was 48 years of age. He resided in the Sowhatchee com munity, where he took an active part in all phases of community work, especially in the Zion church, of which he was a member. He was a well-known building contractor and farmer. He was in Albany on a construction job when he was strick en ill last Friday. His condition was such that he failed to respond to treatment and death came at one o’clock Saturday. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Zion church in the Sowhatchee community, with the Rev. Thomas B. Mellette officiating and the Minter, Fellows & Forrester Funeral Home in charge of arrange ments. Interment followed in the church cemetery, with the following serving as pall-bearers: Jimmie Wil ey, Lester Wiley, Jenkins Wiley, Jasper Wiley, E. A. Cannon and Martin Still. Forming an honorary escort were the following close friends of the deceased: P. E. Alex ander, Sevola Jones, R. K. Sites, 0. F. Morton, Gordon Hall, Boyett Hayes, C. B. Ricks and B. H. Thomas. Mr. Anderson had many friends, as was attested by the large number attending the last rites. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. An nie Laurie Wiley Anderson; one son, William Milton Anderson; one sis ter, Mrs. Frank Powell; and one half-brother, J. D. English. GIFT SUGGESTIONS FROM WEAVER’S Mother’s Day Is Sunday, May 12th BWSfe- > M| ■ f »v JJf M Wmu wE i rWbf I W*,. <S. ■'wW%v■-■■^"> Humming Bird Hosiery Handkerchiefs Gloves Bags Costume Jewelry Linens Slips Pajamas Gowns Panties Flowers Dresses T. K. Weaver & Co. “Blakely’s Only Complete Store’ 9 BLAKELY, GEORGIA (foilntD JNcws JURORS DRAWN FOR CITY COURT OF BLAKELY The quarterly jury term’ of the City Court of Blakely will be con vened by Judge James W. Bonner on Monday, May 20. The following jurors have been summoned for service: H. H. Grims ley, W. H. Balkcom, T. F. Daniels, W. J. Newberry, W. C. Houston, T. B. Chambers, S. E. Kelly, Gordon Jenkins, J. C. McFather, J. L. Un derwood, Sevola Jones, J. B. Gaul den, Dwight Harris, W. W. Mans field, J. T. Alexander, J. S. Pyle, W. C. Jordan, C. L. Howard, W. C. Cox, B. L. McNair, J. R. Donnan, H. L. Bryan, W. C. Harris, M. L. Sim mons, I. A. Walton, Milton Martin, M. C. DeWolfe, C. W. Reed, J. E. Tabb, H. E. Minter, J. B. Perry, L. D. Patterson, W. K. George, J. M. Lane, W. T. Clearman, H. H. Daven port, E. S. Collins, F. A. Barham, R. O. Lewis, Grady I. George, C. W. Shielding, S. P. Land, R. C. Harris, F. B. Melton, Will Tiner, Owen Wills, J. D. Haddock, T. A. Bell, G. M. Moulton, E. A. Land, W. L. Rhodes, Ralph B. Scarborough, Theo White, S. B. Burkett, C. B. Miller, J. F. Adams, S. S. Timmons, J.E. Erwin, A. C. Chandler, C. C. Swords. AUDIT TO BE MADE OF COUNTY RECORDS The County Commissioners, meet ing in regular monthly session Tues day, voted to employ the auditing firm of C. R. Bush & Company, of Macon, Ga., to audit the books of all county officials. No other business, other than the regular routine, was transacted. Present at Tuesday’s meeting were Chairman H. C. Fort, Leon H. Baughman, W. R. Pullen, J. C. Balk com, and C. E. Martin. BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 9, 1940. A Portion of the Boys Who Make Up the Membership of the Blakely Chapter of the Future Farmers of America : hUi life ‘•WjBBBw I ■ ffiMwral. “ ” \ 'TW ■ ■ Bottom Row (left to right): E. H. Cheek, adviser, G. W. White, Jr., J. D. Willis, Julian Williams, Luke Spence, James White, William Mosely, William Jordan, Clarence Day, Norman Thomas. Second Row: Emory Durham, Theodore Fudge, Billy Spence, Onley Whitehurst, Curtis Sprouse, Edgar Pierson, Raymond Bryant. Third Row: Walter Hatch er, Winston Felder, Thomas Hatcher, Hamilton Clarke, Joel McDow ell, Robert Brooks. Back Row: Joe Brooks, Robert Collier, Thomas Byrd, James Collier, Harry Sirmons, Ben Mosely. Fred Bostwick. (Photo by Herman Eubanks. FIFTY-ONE YOUTHS ARE ENROLLED IN BLAKELY CHAPTER OF THE FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA By EARL “TIGE” PICKLE. Fifty-one Blakely youths are learn ing the finer points of better farm ing here in Early county under the direction of E. H. Cheek, vocational teacher at Blakely High School. They are the boys who constitute the membership of the Blakely chapter of the Future Farmers of America. This chapter was organized only last September but has advanced to such a point that it already ranks as one of the outstanding chapters in Georgia. The chapter at present boasts two members who hold the Gebrgia Planters degree. To qualify for this degree a mem ber must make a profit of $250 on his project within two years. Last September when Mr. Cheek came to Blakely he began at once to organize the FFA at Blakely. A host of boys began to show a re markable amount of interest in the activities of all FFA work and within a short time the member ship jumped to 51. G. W. White, Jr., was elected the first president; J. D. Willis, first vice president; Steve McCuller, 2nd vice president; Julian Williams, secretary; Luke Spence, treasurer; Olin Seago and James White, reporters. Under the guidance of these officers and the excellent leadership of Mr. Cheek, Who is the advisor, the chapter has made rapid progress. Thomas Byrd, a real active work er in the Blakely chapter, sums up the meaning of the words Future Farmers of America: “The Future Farmers of America is a national organization of farm boys enrolled in vocational agriculture classes. There are approximately 200,000 active members of the FFA in the nation. There are about 6,000 ac tive chapters in the United States. Briefly stated, the aim and ob ject of the Future Farmers of America is to help a farm boy help himself. “FFA boys are taught to make money, to save and to invest it, and also to believe farming is a worthy occupation. There are four degrees that are conferred on members. To achieve these a boy must show an in terest in and a love for farming, not to mention’a lot of work. ■“The first degree is the Green Hand. All members who are en rolled in vocational agriculture re ceive this degree. The second is the degree Junior Farmer. This is the highest degree a local chapter' can bestow on a member. The third ■ degree is the Georgia Planter, the highest honor that may be conferred by the state organization. To re ceive his degree a boy must have saved at least $250 from his farming, carried on excellent farm work and made good grades in high school. The fourth and highest is the American Farmer. This degree is bestowed by J the national organization. To be a candidate for this award a member : must save at least SSOO from his ■ farming projects and demonstrate i in an outstanding manner his ability ' to co-operate with others, must be ■ a leader among his fellows, and a | leader in his community.” Here is how the Blakely members; are listed: 28 Green Hands, 21 Jun ior Farmers and 2 Georgia Planters. G. W. White, Jr., and Luke Spence are the members holding the degree of Georgia Planter. Both of these boys are officers in their chapter. The boys have done all right in competition with other chapters. In the agriculture room at the school building they have on display a large Future Farmer banner, which they proudly show to all visitors, weighted down with ribbons and medals which they won in fat cat tle shows and other projects. The activities of the chapter are varied. All of the members have three productive enterprises, such as corn, cotton, peanuts, beef calves, dairy calves, swine, poultry and others. On these projects a member is expected to show his profits. And the boys don’t just guess about that profit, either, they are required to keep records to show just where they are, in regard to making or losing money. The Blakely chapter led the whole Southwest Georgia in the cot ton fertilizer demonstration last fall and captured the first prize in cash offered by a fertilizer company. In the fat cattle shows they have won many prizes. At the cattle show in Albany last December the reserve champion in the FFA division was ex hibited by William Mosely. Mosely also won first place in the cattle judging contest. Besides a number of ribbons, the chapter brought back for their treasury a total of $61.70. At the Early County Fat Cattle Show held in March an FFA mem ber exhibited the reserve champion and the grand champion. In the light weight division the members placed first, second and third. A sum of s3l went along with these awards. The project of which the chapter is possibly the proudest is the pure-bred chain. With money loaned by the local Rotary Club the chapter buys purebred gilts and distributes them t» worthy boys. They must, before obtaining one of these gilts, agree to properly care for the hog and care for the pigs and return to the chapter two gilts. Here are the other projects and the number of boys who are participating: 9 boys in the beef cattle project, 36 who have swine projects, 32 who have 115 acres of corn and velvet beans, 12 who have ten acres of garden, 19 who own 2,250 chickens, 3 boys who have 3 dairy calves and 22 who own 30 acres of peanuts. The members have also organized a wildlife club under the direction of the Georgia Wildlife Department. Not all of the chapter’s time is devoted entirely to farming and the rasing of purebred hogs and cows. They have a course in public speaking, singing and writing. The names of the boys who are enrolled in the FFA are James White, G. W. White, Daniel Bailey, Tommy Hatcher, Thomas Driver, Mack Tem ples, Olin Seago, Julian Williams, Luke Spence, Mack Jarrett, Harold Willis, Guy Stanley, William Jordan, Ben Mosely, Edgar Pierson, Harry Sirmons, Billy Spence, Steve Mc- Culler, Clifford Longmire, Fred Bost- BAPTIST REVIVAL MEETING TO BE STARTED SUNDAY Plans were announced this week by Pastor Spencer B. King for a series of revival meetings to be started at the Baptist church next Sunday, May 12th. The meeting will be started with the regular Sunday morning service and will be continued throngh Sun day, May 12. Beginning Monday morning, serv ices will be held each day beginning at 7:10 o’clock in the morning and 7:45 in the evening. The morning service will last only 35 minutes, the congregation being dismissed at 7:45 to permit children attending to ••each school in ample time. The Rev. Harry V. Smith, of For syth, will arrive Monday in time for the evening service and will do the preaching for the remainder of the meeting. Rev. Mr. Smith is a prominent young minister who is said to be an excellent speaker and who has done fine work in the ministry. In a letter to Pastor King, he stated that he is anticipating with a great deal of pleasure his visit to Blakely. The public has a cordial invita tion to attend all of the services. A PROCLAMATION Whereas, The Works Project Ad ministration was created . for the purpose of providing employment on useful public projects in the United States, and Whereas, The Said Work Projects Administration has proven its use fulness by rendering invaluable aid to the various communities through out the nation, and Whereas, The Week of May 20 to May 25, inclusive, has been pro claimed “THIS WORK PAYS YOUR COMMUNITY WEEK” for the pur pose of familiarizing the people with the many benefits of this worthy agency, and Whereas, The people of Early county feel justifiable pride in the accomplishments of the Works Proj ect Administration; Therefore, I, Grady Holman, May or of the City of Blakely, Georgia, do hereby proclaim the week of May 20 to May 25 as “THIS WORK PAYS YOUR COMMUNITY WEEK,” and urge the people of Blakely and Ear ly county to participate in all the attendant features of this occasion. GRADY HOLMAN, Mayor. Attest: C. C. LANE, City Clerk. wick, James Collier, Wilson Fryer, Joel McDowell, John Mosely, Curtis Sprouse, Thomas Byrd, George Bat son, Joe Brooks, Herman Collier, Emory Durham, Theodore Fudge, Walter Hatcher, William Mosely, Ben Taliaferro, Onley Whitehurst, Clyde McGahee, Hamilton Clarke, Robert Brooks, Raymond Bryant, Robert Collier, Winston Felder, Clarence Day, Norman Thomas, Sidney Jones, Hal Beckham, Leonard George, Robert McCormack, Paul Knight. A GOOD HABIT IS TO SAVE .. . Most people learn to SAVE by SAVING. One of the most helpful incentives to save is to have a savings account at some good bank like this. You’ll be surprised how rapidly regular, systematic savings mount up, especially when they are augmented by the liberal interest we pay on Savings Accounts. FIRST STATE BANK BLAKELY, GEORGIA Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Maximum Insurance of $5,000.00 for each depositor PULL FOR BLAKELY —OR— | | PULL OUT | $1.50 A YEAR I THIRD ANNUAL FLOWER SHOW TO BE HELD MAY 17 Blakely’s third annual flower show will be held on Friday, May 17, at the American Legion hall, it was announced today by Mrs. C. H. Lo back, general chairman of the Blakely Garden Club, which is spon soring the show. The show will be conducted a bit differently from previous shows, in that every flower lover and grower in the city will be allowed to exhibit flowers in the show, Mrs. Loback said. In the shows held previously, only members of the garden club were allowed to exhibit flowers. Several hundred people are ex pected to attend this show, which will be opened early Friday after noon and kept open until late that night. All exhibits will be com pleted and ready for judging by 9 o’clock Friday morning, it was stated. The flower exhibit last year was termed “twice as large as the one before,” and the one this year is ex pected to be even larger and to at tract visitors than last year. Prominent club women from out of town will serve as judges. The rules and regulations governing this show will be announced next week, Mrs. Loback said. DRIVER OF TRUCK NARROWLY ESCAPES DEATH IN ACCIDENT A construction company highway worker narrowly escaped death here Tuesday morning when a truck load ed with 1100 gallons of hot asphalt overturned at the intersection of the Cedar Springs road and Bainbridge street and rolled against Sheffield’s store, knocking one of the pillars from the store porch. A gasoline tank was also partly wrecked when the truck body rolled against it. Dwight Parrish, driver of the truck, was pulled from under the vehicle and rushed to a local doctor’s office. He was cut and bruised about the head and face and several ribs were broken, an attendant of the doctor’s office said. Parrish said the wreck occurred when he attempted to dodge a truck which was coming in to Bainbridge street from the Cedar Springs road. The truck which he was attempting to dodge was a light pick-up which belonged to a local market and grocery store. The asphalt was scattered over the service station yards and ran down into the yard of a residence adjacent to the service station. Spec tators said the whole store and wrecked truck gave the appearance of being on fire when the steam began to rise from the hot asphalt. ORDINARY’S COURT Ordinary D. C. Morgan held his May term of court Monday. Cita tions emanating therefrom appead in this issue of The News.