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EARLY COUNTY, GA. I
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXXI NO. 10
DIST. GOVERNOR
ALLEN GUEST OF
ROTARY CLUB
"The Blakely Rotary Club, in its
regular weekly meeting held last
Thursday at noon at the Hotel Early,
had as its guest J. Cleve Allen, of
Elberton, District Governor of the
165th (Georgia) District of Rotary
International. It was Mr. Alien’s of
ficial visit to the Blakely Club.
Wednesday night, Governor Allen
met with the Club assembly and
discussed the work of the club, of
fering suggestions during an inter
esting round-table discussion. At
the Thursday luncheon meeting he
delivered an able address on the
objects of Rotary. Mr. Allen, who
is the youngest district governor in
Rotary International, was shown
some of the interesting sights in
and near Blakely and complimented
the apparent thriftiness of this
county and its capital city.
The club welcomed into its mem
bership as an honorary member Ray
Lindsey, president of the Senior
class at Blakely high school. The
club each year elects to honorary
membership the Senior class presi
dent.
Governor Allen was introduced to
the Rotarians by President Jim Bon
ner, who presided over both the
assembly and the regular luncheon
meeting, with Mrs. Ben Haisten
furnishing a delightful program of
music at the Thursday luncheon.
...CHOICE MEATS-
LAMB CHOPS—Lb. 39c
WEINERS ... 2 lbs. 35c
SMOKED SAUSAGE 2 lbs. 35c
PURE PORK PAN SAUSAGE—Lb2Oc
PAN SAUSAGE—Mixed, lb. 15c
STEAK—Best Cuts, lb. 30c
CHUCK STEAK—Lb. 25c
HAMS —Center cuts, lb.4oc—Short Cuts, lb. 30c
PORK CHOPS—Lb. 20c
FISH—OYSTERS—SHRIMP—FISH ROE
CABBAGE AND RUTABAGAS 3 lbs. 10c
POTATOES—No. 1 10 lbs. 20c
GRAPES—Red 2 lbs. 15c
Monarch Whole Spiced Crabapples—No. 2 x /2 can 25c
Monarch Marshmallow Cream—Pintloc
Monarch Pic-L- Joys, 13-oz. jar (stainless steel pickle
fork FREE) 40c
CANE SUGAR—Best Granulated 10 lbs. 47c
CHEESE—FuII Cream, lb. 21c
CORN FLAKES 2-10 c pkgs. 15c
APPLE JELLY—Reg. 25c jars, 2-lb. jar 21c
HEN SCRATCH—IOO-ib. sack $2.10
MEAL—Best Grade Water Ground, peck 25c
SALT—Regular 5c size Table 2 pkgs. 5c
KETCHUP—Heinz, 14-oz. 19c
KETCHUP —Tomato, 14 ozs. 10c
PEACHES—Big R, No. 2 1-2 2 for 25c
EVAPORATED APPLES—Cellophane Bag 2 lbs. 25c
SPAGHETTI or MACARONI 3 pkgs. 10c
MlLK—Libby’s Finest Evaporated 3 tall cans 20c
GROVES CHILL TONIC—SOc size 39c
ASPIRIN—IOc size 5c
OCTAGON SOAP 6 big size 23c
KRAFT’S PARKAY MIRACLE
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MARGARINE
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EARLY COUNTY DRAFT
BOARD IS NAMED BY
GOVERNOR RIVERS
Governor E. D. Rivers has an
nounced the draft boards for the
159 Georgia counties who are to as
sist in the national defense program
by passing on the eligibility of the
men called from these counties in
the selective military service draft.
The Early county board, as an
nounced by Governor Rivers, is com
posed of T. B. McDowell, H. C. Had
dock and Grady Holman, Sr., with
Dr. W. H. Wall as medical adviser
and Judge J. W. Bonner as appeals
agent.
BOARD ORGANIZES
The draft board convened Monday
morning in its first meeting since the
appointment by Governor E. D. Riv
ers last week and elected Mr. Mc-
Dowell as permanent chairman and
Mr. S. W. Howell clerk.
C. J. POWELL IS
TRANSFERRED BILOXI
TO GULFPORT
Friends in Blakely will be inter
ested to know that Mr. C. J. Powell,
who was last year named head of
the South Mississippi Unit of the U.
S. alcohol tax unit, has been trans-**
ferred along with the office from Bi
loxi to Gulfport. The new office is
on the second floor of the Meador
building at 1463 1-2 26th avenue.
Mr. Powell is investigator in charge
of this unit. C. J., as he is remem
beerd by former friends and asso
ciates in Blakely, where he was born,
is a son of Mrs. Connie S. Cordray,
of Gulfport.
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 24, 1940.
Success to All Who Pay. Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead."
2,271 EARLY
COUNTY YOUNG
MEN REGISTERED
Registration of Early county young
men—ages 21 to 35, inclusive— for
possible selective military training,
passed off last Wednesday without
any untoward incident or hitch to
mar the day.
Tabulation of the registration fig
ures showed a total registration of
2,271, according to Mrs. Annette A.
Jones, County School Superintend
ent, under whose supervision the
Early county registration was ef
fected. The registration took place
at the school houses of the county
and the teachers assisted in the reg
istration of the young men.
The Early county tabulations show
1,078 white men and 1,193 colored.
Os this total, 687 were registered in
Blakely, 450 white and 237 colored.
The day was not without its hu
morojus incidents. One young man,
wi*lin)g to do his bit if called upon,
w* e n. asked by a registration official
t?A J date of his birth, replied that
“all I know is I was born in 1917.”
Pressed a little further, he replied
.this time, don’t know the date; all
I know is I was born on June 1,
1917.”
In the first draft call, to be made
.next month, very few," if any, of
these men are expected to be draft
ed, due to voluntary enlistments in
recent weeks, these enlistments to
be credited to the county’s quota
when the draft is made.
NEW BOOKS
AT THE EARLY
COUNTY LIBRARY
List of books received this week
at the Early County Library:
Mrs. Miniver—Jan Struther.
Foundation Stone—Warren.
Country Editor—Hough.
White Oak Heritage—Roche.
Moon Tide—Robertson.
The Doctor And His Patients—
Hertzler.
Secret Os The Marshbanks—Norris.
Jalna—Roche.
Tragic Era—Bowers.
New Worlds To Conquer—Halli
burton.
The Glorious Adventure—Hallibur
ton.
Seven League Boots—'Halliburton.
Home For Christmas—Douglas.
Singapore Exile Murder—Mason.
30,004) On The Hoof—Grey.
Desert Os Wheat—Grey.
Regatta Mystery—Christie.
Widow At The White Cat—Rine
hart.
Thieves Picnic—Charteris.
The Garden Murder Case—Van
Dine.
Uncharted Seas—Loring.
Never Another Moon—. Miller.
Chinese Orange Mystery—Queen.
Dutch Shoe Mystery—Queen.
Arizona Jim—Seltzer.
Run Os The Bush—Raine.
Shining Cloud—Pedler.
Witness—Hill.
Maris —Hill.
The Honor Girl—Hill.
The White Flower—Hill.
God’s Country And The Woman—
Curwood.
Honor Bound—Baldwin.
Os special interest to our section
is the book “Foundation Stone”, writ
ten by an Alabamian, Mrs. Della
Warren, of Clayton. This book was
ten years in the making and deals
with a family who pioneered to Ala
bama in 1829 from South Carolina.
They first settled around Eufaula,
removing later to Clayton.
“Mrs. Miniver” is a story of a
charming, unassuming British lady
who has walked straight into Ameri
can hearts. It is written by Jan
Struther. All that was best in a
normal, happy, English life is in this
delightful book.
SPELLING BEE AND SING
AT CENTERVILLE
The Womens Society of Christian
Workers of Centerville church are
sponsoring an old-fashidned spelling
bee and sing to be held at Centerville
church Friday night, October 25. Ev
eryone is cordially invited. A good
time is guaranteed. The admission.
is sc, and the funds are to be used I
toward finishing the church.
BLAKELY F. F. A.
PLACES FOURTH
IN STATE MEET
At the state Future Farmers of
America meet, held in Macon last
week, the Blakely high school chap
ter, of which E. H. Cheek is adviser
and vocational teacher, placed fourth,
it was announced this week.
Mr. Cheek said that he was proud
of the work being done by the 51
boys who comprise the membership
of the Blakely chapter and that he
thought his chapter did exceedingly
well in view of the fact that there
are 400 agriculture departments in
the state, and that the Blakely chap
ter is one of the youngest in the
state, having been organized only
two years ago.
The membership of the chapter is
composed of 32 Green Hands, 17
Junior Farmers, 2 Georgia Planters,
and 2 honorary members.
The contest was judged on the
following: Membership, supervised
practice, cooperative activities, com
munity service, leadership activities,
earnings and savings, conduct of
meetings, scholarship, and recreation
publicity.
The chapter did well in all de
partments except community service.
If the Blakely chapter could secure
some community project, such as a
canning plant, by next year it might
be that it would be the top ranking
chapter in the state, Mr. Cheek said.
BLAKELY HI
WINS FROM WEST
BAINBRIDGE, 33-6
In an exciting game, filled with in
tercepted passes, fumbles, long uns,
disputed decisions, and what-have
you, the Blakely Bobcats, behind the
fine work of Smith and Bryant,
over-ran a scrapping West Bain
bridge team here last Friday night,
33-6.
West Bainbridge scored first after
Hughes made a first down on Blake
ly’s 20 yard line, from where Dixon
carried it across on two plays.
Blakely tied it up and went two
points ahead just before the second
half ended when Bryant recovered
a fumble by Inlow, who was attempt
ing to catch Clarke’s kick, and went
for the first Bobcat touchdown.
Smith kicked the extra points.
The Bobcats scored again in t the
third quarter on a pass from Smith
to Bryant, after Bryant had recover
ed Dixon’s fumble on the 20 yard
line. Bryant scored again in this
quarter on another fumble by Dixon.
Dixon, on a series of brilliant plays,
carried the ball to Blakely’s 7 yard
line, where he fumbled, and Bryant
recovered and ran for 73 yards and
a touchdown. He made the extra
point good on a pass from Smith.
In the fourth quarter the Bobcats
tallied again when Bryant intercept
ed a pass and returned it 20 yards.
A pass from Smith to Bryant went
for 17 yards and a first down on
West Bainbridge’s 4 yard line. Smith
bucked it across on two plays.
Blakely’s final touchdown came
when Dixon fumbled and J. Mosely
recovered. Zack Smith shot a long
pass to Lanier, which went for 30
yards, and Lanier crossed the goal
line standing up.
Down at Colquitt Friday after
noon, the Pirates swamped the power
ful Purple Hurricane from Cuthbert,
35-10, to remain the only undefeat
ed team in the six-man football con
ference.
The starting line-up for the Blake
ly-West Bainbridge game:
BlakelyPos. W. B’d’ge
W. Mosely LE Rabon
Lanier C Inlow
Clarke RE Dukes
Smith ... QB Hughes
Bryant HB E. Inlow
Lindsey FB Dixon
Substitutes: Blakely—J. Mosely,)
Maddox, Sirmons; West Bainbridge—■
H. Dodson, E. Dodson, Swicord, Wil
liams.
ALMA HEN LAYS
‘UNBREAKABLE’ EGG
Alma.—You couldn’t break THIS
egg on the edge of a frying pan. A
hen belonging to Mr. J. C. Lee has
produced an egg of the unbreakable
type. Say witnesses, the shell ap
pears to be composed of cement.
W. L. RHODES NAMED
COUNTY CHAIRMAN FOR
DEMOCRATIC DRIVE
State Campaign Manager Ivan Al
len, Sr., of' Atlanta, has announced
the appointment of W. L. Rhodes as
Early county chairman for the Dem
ocratic campaign in the November
election. .Mrs. W. R. Stewart was
named vice-chairman.
The object of the state and county
campaigns are to work for a large
turn-out of the voters on election
day and to give the national and
state Democratic ticket an over
whelming majority.
The new organization will work in
conjunction with the Roosevelt-Wal
lace Clubs, recently organized, to
bring about a top-heavy Democratic
majority in each of the state’s 159
counties.
7 Million Dolles
In Cotton Parity
Checks Certified
Certification of cotton “parity”
checks to Georgia farmers has pass
ed the $7,000,000 mark, according to
an announcement from Athens this
week by T. R. Breedlove, acting ad
ministrative officer of the Agricultur
al Adjustment Administration.
“The seven-million-dollar figure
represents 90 per cent certification of
the estimated 145,000 applications to
be filed by Georgia farmers this
year,” he said. “Those who have
not signed applications for payment
are being requested to do so as early
as possible in order to avoid any de
lay in the delivery of their checks.”
Mr. Breedlove explained that “par
ity” or price adjustment payments
are based on the normal yields of
allotted acreages and that they are
being made to cooperating farmers at
the rate of 1.55 cents per pound on
cotton and 10 cents per bushel on
wheat. No parity payments will be
made on tobacco this year, since the
price of the 1939 c'-op averaged
above 75 per cent of parity.
BANDED CARRIER BIRD
LANDS IN AMERICUS
Americus.—A carrier pigeon, sport
ing more medals than an army ace,
stopped pver in this city the other
day, apparently exhausted from the
burden of the bands on its legs.
After feeding the traveler, Mr. J. W.
Mangham noticed the following in
scriptions on its bands: “G. C. Rau
A-330,” “Joel Engel Handicap Race
334,” and “M-918.” The bird con
tinued on its flight.
COLOMOKEE Y. W. A.
The Colomokee Y. W. A. held its
last meeting with Miss Ann Spurlock
at the home of Mrs. J. L. McArthur.
The meeting was opened with a song
and then interesting parts about
“Tithing” were given by the mem
bers. After the program we were
served delicious refreshments by our
hostess.
—REPORTER.
Let Us Serve You!
We invite you to let us be of serv
ice to you in any of the ways in which
we can be helpful. We are prepared
to make loans on cotton or peanuts,
and invite you to come to see us and
discuss your needs with us. We are
always glad to have you visit us.
I
FIRST STATE BANK
BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Maximum Insurance of $5,090.00 for each depositor
PULL FOR BLAKELY
—OR—
PULL OUT
$1.50 A YEAR
BETHEL BAPTIST
ASSOCIATION TO
MEET NEXT WEEK
The Executive Committee of the
Bethel Association has planned a
program for the 108th session, which
meets at Georgetown next Tuesday
and Wednesday, October 29-30.
The associational sermon will be
preached by J. G. Burgess, pastor at
Edison, and R. M. Higginbotham,
pastor at Fort Gaines, will bring the
missionary message. Brief opening
devotional talks for the four sessions
will be made by Pastors D. T. Cox,
Georgetown; Charles Allen, Bluffton;
J. W. Snelson, Mt. Vernon; and M.
B. Brown, Leary. The following
churches will submit reports touch
ing various phases of denomination
al work: Blakely church, Benevo
lences; Shellman church, Christian
Literature; Arlington church, Mis
sions; and Cuthbert church, Christian
Education.
“Out-of-the-Association” speakers
on the program include: J. L. Fort
ney, of the Baptist Orphans’ Home;
O. P. Gilbert, Editor, Christian In
dex; Spright Dowell, President Mer
cer University; Paul Carroll, Presi
dent Norman Junior College; and W.
H. Faust, Secretary, Department of
Evangelism, Georgia Baptist Con
vention. Reports concerning the lo
cal work of the churches will be
made by R. G. Hammack, Carnegie,
on Brotherhood; Mrs. L. C. Clark,
Cuthbert, on W. M. U.; Miss Ruth
Snelson, Coleman, on Training Un
ion; Alex Carswell, Blakely, on Sun
day Schools; and a review of statis
tical reports will be made by Spencer
B. King, Blakely.
The closing period on Wednesday
will be of special interest, the theme
being: “Seeking a Deeper Spiritual
Life.” Three talks will be made,
“The Place of the Bible in a Chris
tian’s Life,” by G. W. Shepard, Cuth
bert; “The Place of Prayer in a
Christian’s Life,” by R. B. Martin,
Jr., Shellman; and “The Place of the
Church in a Christian’s Life,” by John
L. Underwood, Blakely. These will
be followed by a general discussion
under the direction of the Moderator,
J. D. Parker, Edison.
SHOOTS SNAKES
’ FOR PASTIME
Sandersville. —Got a “snake in the
grass” you want to get rid of?
Emory Hartley, of near Tennille, has
bagged 107 reptiles this year. But
Hartley prefers the water variety.
One of his favorite sports is popping
the heads off water moccasins with
one shot from his .22 caliber rifle.
Moccasins, says the snake-hunter,
swim in slow motion with head pro
truding from the water, making an
excellent target.
There is only one original ONE
CENT SALE, that’s Rexall, and it’s
coming soon at the PETERS DRUG
COMPANY.