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1 EARLY COUNTY, GA. -
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXXI NO. 48
LIST OF JURORS
JULY TERM EARLY
SUPERIOR COURT
TO BE CONVENED BY JUDGE C.
W. WORRILL ON MONDAY,
THE 21ST
The following jurors have been
drawn to serve at the July Term,
1941, Early Superior Court, to be
convened on' Monday, the 21st:
W. L. Mosely, John Newberry,
Oscar Whitchard, Jr., J. M. Garrett,
W. A. Fuqua, W. C. Bryan, Sr., Gor
don White, Sam Moody, J. H. Hunt,
J. H. Duce, J. B. Jones (Jakin), S.
E. Kelly, C. Max Middleton, R. L.
Whitehurst, W. T. Bates, G. E. Pyle,
E. T. Reed, Sr., W. C. Houston, W.
A. Smith, J. R. Geosge, W. A. Hall,
J. H. Watson, W. A. Scott, H. A.
Walton, Lewis Jones, H. E. Minter,
H. C. Middleton, James S. Willough
by, W. G. Tolar, J. L. Jones, R. 0.
Waters, W. B. Bostwick, S. W.
Howell, Jr., H. G. Killebrew, J. A.
Webb, R. C. Howell, S. G. Maddox,
A. D. Smith, Sr., Herman Smith, C.
F. Tolar.
Traverse Jurors—First Week
Tom Grier, W. G. Jones, Barney
Wynne, E. L. Williams (Blakely), A.
J. Clinkscale, Henry Nix, S. B. Whit
taker, J. W. Allen, J. D. Cook, Jes
se Widener, Jr., Percy Ward, Mar
vin Cannon, Abe Berman, J. L. Be
thea, Sr., W. R. Taylor, B. D.
Mitchell, W. J. Howell, H. G. Hud
son, J. W. Miller, H. H. Davenport,
M. A. McDowell, R. W. Woolfe, H.
L. Hicks, Curtis Waller, H. A. Felder,
R. R. McLendon, J. G. Houston,
Freeman Hall, E. J. Houston, H. E.
Hightower, L. C. Hobbs, B. J. Turner,
M. L. Simmons, J. F. Garrett, J. B.
Smith, A. E. Alexander, E. L. Mc-
Lendon, B. L. McNair, E. A. Land,
W. M. Philmon, T. F. Daniels, J. C.
Loyless, W. M. Reeves, 0. A. Jordan,
T. W. Jenkins, W. R. Alexander,
Dorsey Barbree, J. G. Sheffield, W.
A. Reese, K. J. Hodges, Tommy
Owen, C. L. Howard, W. O. Fort,
James Bryant.
Traverse Jurors—Second Week
J. H. Cowan, Joe Nunnery, F. E.
WEAVER'S
BARGAIN ANNEX
AU Summer Merchandise
Greatly Reduced
200 pairs Ladies’ Sandals in white, tah and white, and ■
black patent, reduced (while they last) s*l OO
from $2.95 to 1 «vU
One rack Ladies’ Sharkskin Dresses, assorted colors
and good styles, were $1.48, Qftp
All regular $1.95 Silks, Crepes and $-] CQ
Printed Silks reduced to J.
One large rack Ladies’ Silk and Crepe Q Q
Dresses, regular $2.95, reduced to O<7C
1500 yards 36-inch fast color Prints, worth 1 fin
15c yard on today’s market, for iUv
One table Men’s Dress Straw Hats, worth
up tff $1.25, close out sale x < T</U
10 yards 36-inch Curtain Scrim, assorted 4Q z*
One table Men’s Sport and Polo Shirts, QQ
regular SI.OO and $1.50, reduced to O </ V
T. K. Weaver & Co.
“Blakely’s Only Complete Store’ 9
C. E. BOYETT, Owner BLAKELY, GA.
(Savin Count)) JXcws
Board of Education
Buys Fleet All-Steel
Body School Busses
The Early County Board of Ed
ucation has purchased 24 all-steel
body busses for transportation of
the school children the coming school
year. The fleet of busses was pur
chased from The Blue Bird Body
Co., of Fort Valley, said to be the
South’s largest school bus body com
pany.
County School Superintendent B.
R. B. Davis, in announcing the pur
chase, said the busses will be of the
latest style, modernly equipped, and
with every safety device that skilled
craftsmen could devise to insure
protection and comfort for Early
county school children—the greatest
step yet taken to assure the fullest
protection for the children, Mr. Da
vis stated.
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Davis, Ike Newberry, Robert Hall,
C. H. Baughman, S. B. Pickron, G.
O. Lindsey, J. B- Rice, C. D. Duke,
J. E. Evans, Grady Holman, Sr., J.
H. Morgan, S. E. Williams, W. G.
Gill, W. D. Barbree, G. L. Single
tary, N. T. Everitt, W. R. Avirett.
J. W. Grimes, J. E. Leger, J. J.
Elliott, J. S. Pyle, C. M. Dunning,
W. K. George, J. G. Collins, W. T.
Clearman, Marvin Belisle, L. B. Per
ry, Geo. U. Mock, C. W. Middleton,
John H. Williams, Sr., C. R. Daniels,
J. S. White, L. F. Douglass, W. A.
Sheffield, E. W. Jones, Ralph B. Scar
borough, 0. L. Hooten, O. C. Bell,
Sam Lindsey, N. B. Solomon, Jr.,
Otis Deal, T. B. Kenney, Dwight
Harris, C. C. Swords, Henry Gordon,
C. C. Crook, J. B. Price, Harry
Mosely, J. 0. Bridges, L. J. Cannon,
O. R. Brooks, E. E. Golden, J. G.
Craft, R. L. Barbree, B. M. Garrett,
J. W. Scarborough, Melvin Middle
ton, W. M. Barksdale, Cecil George,
Ernest Sessions, Roy McMullen, W.
C. Jordan, H. G. Harvey, Branson
Minter, C. J. Cox, W. C. Harris, D.
R. Deal, J. R. Owens, C. W. Shierl
ing, J. A. Howard, L. L. George, Gor
don Houston, Sam George.
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 10, 1941.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
Second District Masonic
Convention to Be Held Here
' Next Thursday, July 17th
Plans have been completed for the
thirty-eighth annual session of the
Second District Masonic Convention
to be held in Blakely on next Thurs
day, July 17, it was announced this
week by Mr. W. P. Smith, Worship
ful Master of Magnolia Lodge, and
Dr. J. G. Standifer, chairman of the
program committee.
The convention will open at three
o’clock in the afternoon and contin
ue until shortly after ten o’clock,
with the sessions being held in the
court house auditorium. Supper
will be served the Masons and their
ladies at the basketball shell at
7:lb, EST, by the Blakely Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star, assisted
by the other Masonic ladies of
Blakely. The address at the supper
hour will be by Hon. Joe A. Moore,
of Milledgeville, Past Grand Master.
Several hundred visiting Masons
and their ladies are expected to be
in attendance upon the convention,
the program for which follows :
3:oo—Lodge turned over to the
convention officers by offi
cers of Magnolia Lodge.
3:lo—lnvocation by Rev. W. T.
Wiley, Chaplain Emeritus of
Magnolia Lodge.
3:ls—Welcome Address by R. C.
Singletary, Sr., Mayor of
Blakely; Response by R. L.
Singletary, of Thomasville.
3:3o—Reception of Grand Lodge
Officers.
3:4o—Business session: (1) Roil
call of delegates; (2) Read
ing of minutes of last meet
ing; (3) Appointment of
committees; (4) Unfinished
business; (5) New Business.
4:2o—lntroduction of other dis
tinguished visitors.
4:3o—Address by J. Orson Smith,
of Bainbridge, Most. Illus
trious Grand Master, Grand
Council R. & S. M. of Ga.
4:4o—Address by J. Warner Neal,
of Columbus, Most Excellent
Grand High Priest, Grand
Royal Arch Chapter of Ga.
4:so—Address by Frank B. Wil
lingham, of Forsyth, Rt.
Eminent Grand Commander,
Grand Commandery Knights
Templar of Georgia.-
President Roosevelt told his press
conference he still hopes the U. S.
can stay out of the world conflict.
His statement was made in answer
to a reporter’s question if changing
international situations had caused
the President to alter his belief,
stated in 1939, that the U. S. could
and would stay out of the war.
Navy Secretary Knox told his press
conference reports that Navy vessels
were engaged in convoy duty were
“absolutely untrue”, and said reports
that the Navy had lost lives, material
and equipment or had been involved
in any encounter with belligerent
craft, were “most decidedly” not
true.
OPM Director Knudsen issued a
statement urging greater defense ef
forts and said “nothing could be fur
ther from the truth” than that Rus
sia’s entry into the war had averted
danger to this country. Mr. Knud
sen said “we are in somewhat bet
ter shape than we were last Sum
mer but we need the spark of en
thusiasm—yes, of patriotism—to
carry the program forward faster.”
AID TO RUSSIA, FRANCE,
CHINA—
Acting Secretary of State Welles
announced Russian requests to buy
strategic materials had been receiv
ed and brought to the attention of
the proper Government officials. Mr.
Welles also said the U. S. has under
consideration a plan to relax export
restrictions on Russian commerce to
permit the flow of war materials to
that country. He also announced U.
S. and North African French officials
have arranged a plan calling for con
tinuous movement of two ships car
rying tea, sugar and other food to
Africa, and two carrying strategic
materials to the U. S.
President Roosevelt suspended
duties on British Burma vessels
reaching the U. S., to aid the flow
of supplies to China over the Burma
THIS WEEK IN NATIONAL
D-E-F-E-N-S-E
s:oo—Address by Zach Arnold, of
Fort Gaines, Rt. Worshipful
Deputy Grand Master, Grand
Lodge of Georgia, F. & A. M.
s:lo—Address by Dr. M. Preston
Agee, of Augusta, Most
Worshipful Grand Master,
Master, Grand Lodge of
Georgia, F. & A. M.
s:4o—Convention called to refresh
ment.
7:ls—Supper (at basketball shell),
with address by Hon. Joe A.
Moore, of Milledgeville, Past
Grand Master.
8:30—-Convention called to labor.
B:3o—Report. of committees.
9:00—Good of the Order: Address
by Col. William L. Lee, of
Columbia, Most Worshipful
Past Grand Master and Past
Grand High Priest of Ala.;
Address by William J. Penn,
Jr.. Rt. Eminent Past Grand
Commander, Grand Com
mandery of Georgia and
Grand Secretary-Recorder of
Grand Council, Chapter and
Commandery of Ga.; Ad
dress by D. W. Locklin, Rt.
Worshipful Grand Secre
tary, Grand Lodge of Ga.
9:3o—Election of officers and se
lection of place • for 1942
meeting.
10:00—Benediction by Rev. W. T.
Wiley. Lodge turned back
to the officers of Magnolia
Lodge.
10:05—Convention closes. Magnolia
Lodge officers return to the
lodge to close lodge.
Officers of the Convention
Following are the officers of the
Convention:
Worshipful Master: H. H. Wind,
Cairo, Ga.
Deputy Master: J. F. Deariso,
Sylvester, Ga.
Senior Warden: J. M. # Richards,
Thomasville, Ga.
Junior Warden: R. E. L. Pattillo,
Moultrie, Ga.
Secretary-Treasurer: P. A. Seig
ler, Albany, Ga.
Senior Deacon: W. A. Morgan, El
model, Ga.
Junior Deacon: H. C. Stephens,
Bainbridge. Ga.
Senior Steward: L. R. Goff, Ca
milla, Ga.
Junior Steward: J. E. Houston,
Blakely, Ga.
Tyler: L. B. Jones, Blakely, Ga.
Road. Treasury Secretary Morgen
thau extended China’s $50,000,000
credit here for another year. Assist
ant Commerce Secretary Hickley
asked commercial airlines for 12
transport planes to meet “emergency
defense requirements of the democ
racies.”
ARMY—
In his .bi-annual report to the Sec
retary of War, Army Chief of Staff
Marshall urged that Congress pass
legislation permitting use of armed
forces outside the Western Hemis
phere and permitting holding selec
tees, National Guardsmen and Re
serve Officers in the service for more
than one year. Gen. Marshall said
that conditions have changed to such
an extent that a “grave national
emergency” exists of a more severe
character than the public realizes.
The War Department announced
it will promote its officers on the
basis of merit instead of seniority
and permit re-enlistment for Regu
lar Army men only if they are quali
fied for promotion in order to weed
out those not able to take advantage
of further training.
AIR— «
The Wlar Department awarded
contracts totalling more than $478,-
000,000 for planes, engines and
parts. The OPM announced its air
craft specialist, Merrill Meigs, will
go to England to confer on produc
tion methods.
Gen. Arnold, Chief of the Army
Air Forces, lowered requirements
for pilots of heavy bombers so that
fliers with 750 hours military air
experience could man the ships to be
built at a rate of 500 a month. The
Air Forces also announced experi
mentation with glider training for its
personnel.
SELECTIVE SERVICE—
More than 750,000 men who reach
ed 21 since Selective Service regis
tration last October, registered for
service this week throughout the na
tion. President Roosevelt ordered
900,000 men inducted into the Army
as selectees now in service finish
their year of training.
Pending final action by Congress
on legislation deferring men who!
were 28 on July 1 or before, Selective I
Service Director Hershey ordered
(Continued on back page)
Emory Houston
Recomended By
Cox for Postmaster
J. Emory Houston, well-known
Blakely young man and son of Tax
Commissioner J. L. Houston, was
notified Saturday by Congressman
E. E. Cox of the Second district that
he had been recommended for per
manent appointment as postmaster at
Blakely. Mr. Houston has been serv
ing as acting postmaster since the
death several months ago of John G.
Butler.
Presidential appointment and Sen
ate confirmation of Mr. Houston is
expected at an early date.
Under a civil statute passed by
Congress in 1938, the tenure of the
appointment is for life.
BOOK BINDING PROJECT
IN PROGRESS AT OFFICE
OF CO. SCHOOL SUPT.
County School Superintendent B.
R. B. Davis stated Tuesday that all
school books and library books of
the county are being cleaned, re
paired and rebound.
This work is a free service given
to the county by the State Text
Book Division in cooperation with W T .
P. A. labor.
Mr. Davis invites the public to
stop in his office anti see how this
splendid service is being carried on.
Blakely F. F. A. News
The chapter held a meeting in the
high school gymnasium Monday
night, July 7. The meeting came to
order at 8 o’clock, with Herman
Collier presiding. Plans for the
coming State Camp were discussed.
All band members of this chapter
will attend the camp. Joel McDow
ell and James White were selected
as official delegates to represent this
chapter at the convention. Mr. Guy
ton S. McLendon will attend the
camp in order to assist Mr. C. H.
Jennison with the directing of the
band. He will go on special invita
tion. Ice cream was then served as
a refreshment. The meeting was
adjourned.
Beef calves were purchased by
three members last week. The calves
came from Donalsonville, Ga., where
they were purchased from Mr. Hen
ry Cummings, pure-bred breeder.
Boys who purchased calves were:
Wilson Fryer (1), Leonard White
(2), and James White (2). These
boys expect to enter competition
in the Albany Cattle Show in De
cember as well as the Blakely Cattle
Show in the spring. Other mem
bers have purchased calves also.
JAMES WHITE, Reporter.
Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson
Eddy in “Bitter Sweet” at Blakely
Theatre Monday and Tuesday.
When You Borrow
Money...
you naturally figure on how you are
going to pay it back. We make
loans payable monthly and we
would like to have the opportunity
of explaining this to you if you need
to borrow money.
FIRST STATE BANK
BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Maximum Insurance of $5,000.00 for each depositor
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THOMAS W. BYNUM
DIED SUNDAY IN
ATLANTA HOSPITAL
PROMINENT BLAKELY CITIZEN
PASSES AFTER ILLNESS OF
SEVERAL WEEKS
The news coming as a shock to his
friends, who were unaware of the se
riousness of his illness, Thomas W.
Bynum, native Early countian and
prominent and well-known citizen of
Blakely, died in the Piedmont Hospi
tal, Atlanta, Sunday morning at 9
o’clock. Mr. Bynum had been ill
for some weeks and on Tuesday prior
to his death was carried to Atlanta
for treatment. It was not known un
til then of the critical nature of his
illness.
His body was brought back to his
home here, where on Monday after
non at 3 o’clock funeral services were
held, with the Rev. O. B. Chester,
of Arlington, officiating, assisted by
the Rev. E. M. Ovenby and the Rev.
S. B. King. Interment was in the
city cemetery, with the Minter, Fel
lows & Forrester Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements. Serving
as pall-bearers were J. W. Bonner,
S. G. Maddox, H. A. Mobley, W. A.
Fuqua, C. M. Fain, Sam Owen, J. C.
Peters, H. A. Walton, Alto Warrick
and A. T. Fleming. The last rites
were largely attended and many
beautiful floral offerings were in evi
dence.
Mr. Bynum was born on December
2, 1896, a son of Jack and Rebecca
Bynum. Most of his life was
spent here, where he had farming
and other interests. He was a World
War veteran and saw overseas serv
ice in that conflict. He was a mem
ber of the local post of the American
Legion, and the flag under whose
colors he fought in 1917-1918 draped
his casket as it was carried to its
last resting place. He was also a
member of the Elks fraternity and
of the Methodist church.
Mr. Bynum was twice married, his
first wife, Mrs. Nettie Hilton Bynum,
having died many years ago. Later
he married Miss Mary Boney, of
Fitzgerald, who survives him. He is
also survived by one son by his first
marriage, Tom Bynum, Jr., of At
lanta, popular young newspaperman
now connected with the United Press.
Other survivors include three sis
ters, Mrs. Henry Woods of Savan
nah, Mrs. Annie Wagner of Cedar
Springs and Mrs, Robert Farmer of
Headland, Ala., and three brothers,
William and Leon Bynum, of Blakely,
and Carl Bynum, of Panama City,
Fla. These have the sympathy of
many friends in the passing of their
loved one.
Judy Canova and Bob Crosby in
“Sis Hopkins” at the Blakely Thea
tre Thursday and Friday.