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THIS WEEK
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By EARL “TIGE” PICKLE
Dear Confucious: Since we have,
had no reply from our letter of re-i
cent date, we take it for granted:
you have nothing more to say. We
are on this day closing our corre
spondence files with you.
Where does the public keep this
daylight they are supposed to save
every year by running up the clock?
We Can Guess Why
Hugh Howell, candidate for gover
nor of Georgia, sent a $5.00 check
to the Blakely band last week by one
of his admirers and supporters.
Another Howell boy (and no rela
tion to the above mentionel) sends
this department a copy of “Our
Navy,” official publication of the
United States Navy—a very good
magazine with plenty of excellent
reading matter and sparkling humor.
If the navy wants men who can
take and obey orders, who are de
serving, ambitious and well-liked by
everybody, then promotions will
come fast for Mobley Howell, who
has our thanks for the fine maga
zine.
While we are Howell-ing, may we
pause to congratulate William Jack
son, Jr., for the excellent job of
parent picking. If he grows up to
be as pretty as his mother and as
personable as his pappy, many are
the debutantes of the crop of 1960
who will have broken hearts.
A man whom our town should try
to keep as a permanent resident is
G. F. Goodwin, who will be a sum
mer resident in Blakely while high
way No. 62 is being paved. Mr.
Goodwin has the contract for lay
ing the base on this road. He is a
man who lavishes his civic pride on
the town wherein he resides. He
hadn’t been here more than a week
when he heard that the Baptist
church needed a parking lot to take
care of the crowds which are ex
pected to attend the coming revival.
So he put his fleet of heavy trucks
to hauling dirt to a vacant lot across
the street from the church (at his
own expense, thank you), and now
the church has an excellent parking
lot and the city has been cured of
another eye-sore. A hearty welcome
to you and your family, Mr. Good
win.
You people, including us, who
have been worrying because the
King Cotton horse show was moved
from Edison to Albany, can cease
burdening your brain, because the
move is only temporary. The show
will be moved back to Edison next
year when the highway building
program in that section is com
pleted. Not that we dislike Albany
by any means, but we were happy to
hear that the show was going back
to Edison next year where the “big
gest little show in America” and the
fine and friendly people there are
synonymous.
An old fellow asked us the other
day what had become of Dr. Town
send? About all we know is that
he ain’t at our house.
An old-fashioned girl is one who
prefers old fashions to a Tom Col
lins or a dry martini.
There is a new drink on the mar
ket now. It’s called “Aviation.”
Drink one and you’ll want to take
off. Drink two and you can do it.
Even if a radio show was one-half
as funny as the studio audience
thinks, that wouldn’t prove anything.
A news report says that Anne Mc-
Donnell, who is to marry Henry Ford
11, happens to be in the social regis
ter. We don’t know much about the
blue-bloods, not ever having known
more than a bridge-table full, but we
were under the impression that one
didn’t just “happen” to be in the
social register.
BLAKELY ICE CREAM COM
PANY is open and invites you to
pay us a visit. Pints for 15c; pints
Frozen Delight only 10c; Frosted
Malted Milk, a full pint, no ice, on
ly 10c. BLAKELY ICE CREAM
COMPANY.
SOFTBALL
Manager Tommy Owen, of the
Blakely Democrats, local softball
team, announced today that any one
interested in playing on the Demo
crat team should come out for
practice on Monday, Wednesday and
Friday nights. The new uniforms
will arrive within a few days, Man
ager Owen said, and the players
who make the team will be issued
one of these uniforms, which has a
picture of the democratic donkey
flinging his heels in the breezes on
the shirt.
POU LTRY TIPS
FOR MAY
By ARTHUR GANNON, Extension
Poultryman
The hatching season should close
May Ist, as chicks hatched after that
date are seldom profitable.
It is all right to get off a few
chicks in May and June to raise as
fryers for home use, but don’t at
tempt to save any of them for layers
or breeders.
Keep the growing chickens cool.
More chicks are killed in Georgia
every year by overheating than by
chilling.
Some heat will be needed in the
brooder house at night, but in the
day time it may be necessary to cut
off the brooder and open all windows
and ventilators.
To get best results, chickens should
be fed a good starting or growing
mash from the time they are hatched
on to maturity.
After chicks are three weeks old,
feed grain once a day, and after
they are six weeks old keep grain
before the mall the time in addition
to th mash.
When grain is fed to chickens,
granite grit and oyster shell should
always be provided.
At the lowa Experiment Station it
was found that finely ground oat
hulls in the ration of chicks in
creased rate of growth, improved
feathering, and prevented gizzard
lesions.
Young, tender greens is one of the
best tonics for chickens of all ages,
and for folks, too.
Fowl pox vaccinating time is here
again. The best age to vaccinate is
when the young chickens are be
tween 8 and 16 weeks.
Vaccine may be purchased from
poultry remedy supply houses ad
vertised in poultry journals, or from
hatcheries and feed dealers. Usual
prise is 75 cents for 100 doses.
If you want to make money from
your poultry, steer clear of “bar
gains” in chicks or feed. It pays to
buy good chicks and then feed them
right.
Now that the weather is turning
Warm, be on the lookout for mites
and lice. They multiply rapidly in
hot weather.
A three-day poultry short course
will be held at the College of Agri
culture July 15, 16, and 17. All per
sons interested in poultry raising are
invited.
Give the young chickens plenty of
room, free range on clean ground,
if possible. Feather picking and can
nibalism may be started by crowd
ing.
UNPRETTY KITTY
IS TWO-FACED
Sparta, Ga.—This unpretty kitty
would have gotten ahead in the world.
In fact, it should have gone twice
as far.
This was a two-headed kitty that
J. C. Archer, Hancock county farm
er, was showing around Sparta last
week. Mr. Archer, who had the freak
in a jar of alcohol, said the kitten
was able to eat and was getting along
fine. But the old mother cat killed
it.
If you don't believe it, you can see
the specimen on exhibit at the Voca
-1 tional agriculture department of the
' Sparta school.
Get a Frosted Malted Milk, no
ice, at BLAKELY ICE CREAM
COMPANY. Ice Cream, Sherbets,
Custards, Cold Drinks, Curb Service,
Dancing. Come down and spend an
| evening and enjoy yourself.
FOR SALE Several hundred
bushels of shelled and ear corn. W.
11. ROBERTS, Donalsonville. Ga.
BUY THIS FARM AND HOME
-680 acres only four miles from Ce
dar Springs in progressive commun-1
I ity. Attractive six-room farm home
I wired for electricity, five tenant I
houses, large new barn. Large acre
age fenced with hog wire. Allot
ments above the average. Over 250
acres in cultivation and pasture.:
remainder woodland. Terms arranged
for responsible purchaser. ANDREW
\\ URST, 20-22 Citiens Bank Bldg.,
■ Americus, Ga. 9-3 t ’
COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
BLAKELY SCHOOL |
NEWS
SENIOR POLITICS
The fact that we aren’t twenty-one
doesn’t mean that Senior activities
can’t involve political tactics. Proof
of our campaigning ability was
brought out in a class meeting call
ed by President John Gilbert last i
Thursday.
The class discussed the type of
entertainment we wish the Rotarians
to give us. The decision, a banquet
and dance, has almost become an
annual event.
A question that has been heated
ly and repeatedly debated from all
angles is: Shall the Seniors wear
caps and gowns to the commence
ment sermon? Our verdict was an
emphatic, “No!”
The following members were
elected to take part in the gradua
tion program:
Lowrey Stone—History.
Olin Seago—Prophecy.
Lorraine Pritchard—Last Will and I
Testament.
Vivian Williams—Class Poem.
Cena Loback, Enid Godwin, Vir
ginia Holman, Arthur Sherman—
Class Song.
SOFTBALL NEWS
Tuesday night, April 30, both the
Blakely boys’ and girls’ teams play-j
ed Arlington. The girls’ game was
temporarily stopped on account of
rain; this soon slacked, however, and
the game was continued, ending with
a score of 10 to 9. The game was
a very close one until the last in
ning, when real action began, and
Blakely came around one point
ahead. The boys’ game lasted only
through the second inning, when it
was called off because of rain. The
score at that time was 6-2 in Blake
ly’s favor, t
Thursday afternoon the boys play
ed Jakin, winning by a score of 10-4.
(The Jakin schools do not have a
girls’ team.)
WILD LIFE AS A SOURCE OF
INCOME
People should respect wild life
more because they are getting scarce.
People have killed them so abundant
ly that very few are left. Georgia
has excessive coverage for quail.
Sixty per cent of this state is cover
ed with swamps, woods and abandon
ed farms. One way to keep food,
coverage, and water is to prevent
fires and if one gets started put it
out. Blakely Future Farmers Chap
ter has fifty-one Junior Wild Life
. Rangers who report all people who
I do not obey hunting and fishing laws
and destroy all the fish and quail
traps found. The Junior Rangers en
deavor to protect and foster wildlife.
Daniel Bailey has a fish pond about
one and on-half acres having about
one thousand bream in it.
Some boys in the chapter are going
to get some quail eggs to set. When
they hatch the boys will put them
on their farms and plant food for
them. People look on a woodpecker as
a pest but they protect southern
pine from the pine beetle. Let’s
try to increase the wild life in the
future.
—DANIEL BAILEY.
SING AT PINE
VIEW NEXT SUNDAY
A dinner and sing will be held at
the Pine View Baptist church next
Sunday, it was announced today.
Dinner will be served on the church
grounds and will be on the self-sus
taining basis.
The sing will begin at one o’clock
following the dinner. Preaching
services will be held at 11 o’clock.
The sermon will be delivered by the
Rev. J. C. Moore, pastor of the
church. The public is cordially in
vited to attend these services.
EARLY COUNTY CIRCUIT
CHURCH NEWS
C. B. WARE, Pastor
Mother’s Day and Pentecost
Sunday
The services at Cedar Springs
Methodist church next Sunday will
observe Mother’s Day at 11 o’clock
in the morning. Recognition will
be given both the oldest and the
youngest mothers present.
The service Sunday night will
commemorate the nineteen hundred
eleventh anniversary of th Day of
Pentecost.
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Have you tried one of our genu
ine Frosted Malted Milks? If you
have not, you have a real treat in
store for yourself. Remember, we
give you 16 full ounces, no ice.
Price only 10c. BLAKELY- ICE
CREAM COMPANY.
SIX-INCH
S-E-R-M-O-N
By REV. ROBERT
H. HARPER
HABAKKUK FIGHTS THROUGH
DOUBT TO FAITH
Lesson for May 12: Habakkuk
1:12-2:4.
Golden Text: Habakkuk 2:4.
As the disciples had a “doubting'
Thomas,” the prophets had a doubt-:
ing Habakkuk who reverently but
boldly questioned God for permitting
the Chaldeans, who had risen the
second time to world power, to op
press Judah.
Rabbinic tradition says that Habak
kuk was the Shunamite’s son whom
Elisha restored, but little of certain
ty is known of his life. He proph
esied during the reign of Josiah,
killed in battle 608 B. C., or in the
period immediately following. He
was evidently a man of ability—a
poet as well as a prophet.
Habakkuk was troubled that God
allowed the Chaldeans to gather
the nations as with a net. If he was
using them to chastise Judah, why
did he permit a cruel people to pun
ish those better than themselves?
Why does he allow evil systems to
exist and cruel men to trample
upon the weak?
The prophet went to God with his
doubts, not to an enemy of God.
He tarried in his watchtower for an
answer. In time of doubt, let us
not go to those who exploit doubts,
but to God. Though we fail to
solve all questions that perplex us,
We can settle our own problem, we
can learn with Habakkuk and Job to
trust God.
Habakkuk learned that the Chal
deans would perish in their wicked
ness. Other cruel systems have pass
ed. Review history. Tyrants flour
ish but for a season. Right will
ultimately prevail.
Things do not determine righteous
ness. “The righteous shall live by
his faith.” This truth was ampli
fied by Paul in the light of the
gospel. When doubts assail because
of seen things, wicked things, wait
for the light, and live in your own
heart by the unseen things.
TAKEN UP—Black and white
butt-headed milch cow. Owner can
get same by paying expenses. J. E.
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