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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXXI NO. 49
ALUMINUM FOR
DEFENSE PROGRAM
TO BE GATHERED
EVERYONE ASKED TO CONTRIB
UTE SOMETHING DURING
DRIVE ON JULY 24-25
Plans are being perfected locally
for participation in a nation-wide
collection of aluminum —a vital na
tional defense material —which is to
be conducted on July 24 and 25.
The Early County Defense Com
mittee is leading the local drive for
gathering alumninum articles which
citizens are asked to donate to the
government, and will be assisted by
the local Boy Scout troops. Scouts
are expected to mobilize on the
morning of July 24, at 8 o’clock, to
begin the collection of the articles
to be contributed.
. 0, R. Brooks, captain of the Early
County Defense Committee, has is
sued the following statement in re
gard to the campaign:
“Aluminum for Defense
“You can serve your country in
this vital DEFENSE NEED now.
Give us your aluminum articles
which you do not need—old pots and
pans, percolators, kettles —whatever
you have. It is better to have these
articles in bombers and pursuits
than collecting dust on pantry shelves
and out-houses.
“Get all this material you can
spare together and we will call at
your home for it. Your contribu
tion may win a battle or save a life.
“Let us be liberal in our giving.”
The Conn-Louis fight pictures at
the Blakely Theatre Thursday and
Friday.
Some of our QUALITY
ummmer zr
PECIALS FOODS
Grits—Aunt Jemima 2 pkgs. 15c
Armour’s Treet —30c value2sc
Syrup—Pure Cane, gallonssc
Crackers —2-lb. pkg. 15c
KEEP UP YOUR POWER WITH
BALLARD’S FLOUR
Tomatoes—No. 2 can 2 for 15c
Catsup—l4-oz. bottle 10c
CORN MEAL—Peck * 23c
PORK & BEANS—I-lb. can 5c
CORN FLAKES—6-oz. pkg 2 for 13c
POTTED MEAT 3 cans 10c
OIL SAUSAGE—6-lb. can $1.00; 3-lb. can 55c
LAUGH AT THE HEAT WITH
OUR QUALITY MEAT
BACON—Sliced, rind off, lb. 25c
WESTERN STEAK—T-Bone 45c; Loin 40c; Round 35c
BACON—Sugar cured, not sliced, lb. 20c
PORK CHOPS (lean)—Lb. 25c
CHUCK OR RIB STEAK—Lb2Sc
PORK ROAST—Lb. 20c
PORK HAME (whole or half) —Lb. 25c
MIRACLE WHIP SALAD
Hgi DRESSING
M Quart- 37c; Pint- 25c
Bozslsc
Parkay Oleomargarine HzjMgy
Lbl9c
-WEAVER’S-
CASH & MARKET &
ARRY /VI GROCERY
ferig Conntg JJews
Express Company
Official Is Rotary
Club Speaker
G. J. Rosser, traveling commercial
agent of the American Railway Ex
press Company, was a guest of the
Blakely Rotary Club at its weekly
luncheon meeting held at the noon
hour last Friday at the Early Hotel,
and gave an informative talk
on the development of the ex
press transportation system, tracing
its growth from the early days of
horse-drawn vehicles to the modern
airway express now coming into us
age. Mr. Rosser’s talk was preceded
by the showing of sound pictures
depicting this development
Mr. Rosser was introduced by 0.
R. Brooks, local representative of
the American Railway Express Com
pany, who also was a guest of the
club.
The meeting was presided over by
President Henry Wall, who an
nounced his committee appointments
for the 1941-1942 year,
RENEWAL PERIOD FOR
DRIVER’S LICENSE IS
EXTENDED TO JULY 31
Major John E. Goodwin, Commis
sioner of the Department of Public
Safety, announced last week that, the
period for renewing driver’s license
has been extended until midnight
July 31.
This extension was necessary due
to the tremendous flood on the last
day, it was stated by the Commis
sioner.
THANKS FROM WOMAN’S CLUB
The Woman’s Club wishes to
thank the people of Blakely for the
splendid response to the shower re
cently held at the club house.
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 17, 1941.
Success to AH Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
EARLY SUPERIOR
COURT CONVENES
HERE NEXT WEEK
FIRST TERM UNDER CHANGE OF
SCHEDULE BY LEGISLATIVE
ENACTMENT
The first term of Early superior
court under the new schedule result
ing from legislation introduced by
Representative J. O. Bridges and en
acted by the Georgia General Assem
bly, whereby the semi-annual terms
are to be held in January and July
instead of April and October, will
be convened on next Monday, with
Judge C. W. Worrill presiding.
The civil docket will be called
Monday morning after the grand
jury has been organized. Indictments
returned by the grand jury will oe
brought to trial the following week.
The following jurors have been
summoned for service at this term
of court:
Grand Jurors
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. George, W. A. liall,
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, O. 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.
Davis, Ike Newberry, Robert Hall,
C. H. Baughman, S. B. Pickron, G.
0. 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. O. 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.
CLAYTON STEPHENS TO
HOLD THIRD JERSEY
COW AUCTION SALE
The third shipment of pure-bred
Jersey milk cows to be brought to
Early county in less than a month
will be sold at auction here next Mon
day afternoon at the Holman Mule
Company stables. The time is 2
o'clock. Dr. Clayton Stephens, of
Tupelo, Miss., is the auctioneer.
SECOND DISTRICT
MASONS GATHER
HERE TODAY
MAGNOLIA LODGE NO. 86 HOST
TO THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL
CONVENTION
Several hundred Masons from the
several lodges in the Second district
will gather in Blakely today (Thurs
day) for the thirty-eighth annual
convention of the Second District
Masonic Convention. In addition to
representatives from the Second
district lodges, other visitors from
Various sections of Georgia and
Southeast Alabama are also expect
ed. Among these visitors will be
many of high rank in Georgia Ma
sonry.
The convention will be opened at
3 o’clock and continue until 10:00.
Supper will be served the visitors at
the basketball shell at 7:15. The
luncheon speaker will be the Hon.
Joe A. Moore, of Milledgeville, Past
Grand Master of Georgia.
The following ; s the complete
convention program:
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) Roll
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.
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:l’s—Supper (at basketball shell),
with address by Hon. Joe A.
Moore, of Milledgeville, Past
Grand Master.
B:3o—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.
The Conn-Louis fight pictures and
“Western Union,” featuring Robert
Young, qt the Blakely Theatre Thurs
day and Friday.
Armed Forces of
United States Now-
Total 1,760,000
There were 1,760,046 officers and
men in the armed forces of the Unit
ed States reported at the close of
the fiscal year on July 1. The num
ber includes the three branches of
the service—Army, Navy and Marine
Corps. Fewer than a third as many
were in uniform 12 months ago.
The latest statistical picture of
the nation’s growing defense power
showed:
Men—army 1,441.500, including
505,700 regulars, 288,800 National j
Guardsmen, 53,000 Reserve officers
and 594,000 Selective Service re
cruits; Navy 264,798; Marine Corps
53,748.
Ships—337 fighting craft, 438
large auxiliaries, and 1,098 relative
ly small “district” craft in service,
and 438 combat vessels under con
struction. In actual service are 15
battleships aside from two which
have been commiseioned and a third
which has been la inched; six air
craft carriers; 37 cruisers, 168 de
stroyers and 111 submarines.
Air—more than 4,000 Army planes
in service, the beginning of a force
of 46,000. Navy, 3,489 including
Naval Reserve craft; Marine Corps
215.
C. E. MALOY IS
LIONS CLUB SPEAKER
C. E. Maloy, district manager of
an insurance company, of Cuthbert,
and a former Blakely resident, ad
dressed the Blakely Lions club at its
Tuesday meeting, held at the Early
Hotel. “The Value of Unity and
Intelligent Thinking” was the key
note of Mr. Maloy’s talk which ran
along the inspirational line. He was
warmly applauded upon his conclu
sion.
Another visitor of the club was
Rotarian Robert Stuckey, who was a
guest of Lion Bert Tarver. Lion
Herman Cheek presided and Mrs.
Merle Haisten, club pianist, rendered
a program of delightful music.
16,749 GEORGIANS
REGISTER FOR DRAFT
Atlanta, Ga.—Falling almost 5,000
short of the expected figure, State Se
lective headquarters announced 16,
749 Georgia men who reached their
majority between October 16, 1940,
and July 1, 1941, registered with
draft boards last week.
A national lottery will be con
ducted Thursday at Washington to
fix the order in which the new
registrants will be integrated with
the old.
The new registrants hiked the
total number of registered men in
1 Georgia to 416,631. Local boards
have already called 19,780 men of
'
Army induction centers and 11,500
accepted by the Army.
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
| PULL FOR BLAKELY
I —OR—
PULL OUT
L. .
$1.50 A YEAR
DEATH CLAIMS MRS.
MARTHA THOMPSON
FOLLOWING STROKE
WIDOW OF LATE JESSE THOMP
SON DIES AT HOME OF HER
DAUGHTER IN THIS CITY
Mrs. Martha Alday Thompson, 68,
widow of the late Jesse G. Thompson,
died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Joe F. Grimsley, at 8:15 o’clock
Monday night. Her death was at
tributed to an apoplectic stroke.
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon at four o’clock at the
Colomokee Baptist church, of which
the deceased was a member. Officiat
ing was the Rev. Spencer B. King,
of Blakely, assisted by the Rev.
Charles Allen, of Arlington. Inter
ment was in the Colomokee cemetery,
with Minter, Fellows & Forrester
in charge of arrangements and the
following serving as pall-bearers:
B. M. Lindsey, Wayne Lindsey, John
Murdock, J. T. Jordan, Luther Tincr,
Burney Humphrey.
Mrs. Thompson was a native of
Randolph county, where she was born
on April 22, 1873, a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Alday. Removing to
Blakely at an early age, she had re
sided here most of the time since.
She had many friends to whom the
news of her death brought sadness.
A large number of these attended
her last rites.
Surviving Mrs. Thompson are
eleven children, R. L. Thompson and
Mrs. Joe F. Grimsley of Blakely, Dock
and John S. Thompson of Donalson
ville, William Thompson of Lynch
burg, Va., Dorsey Thompson of Val
paraiso, Fla., Mrs. B. C. Jones of
Bluffton, Mrs. J. L. Veal and Mrs.
C. C. Branch of Albany, Mrs. R. F.
Ploiwden of Fort Gaines and Mrs. E.
J. Edwards of Jakin. One sister,
Mrs. Jim Sweet, of Tampa, Fla., also
survives. These have the sympathy
of friends in their bereavement.
POULTRY SALE HERE
TUESDAY, JULY 22
A poultry sale will be held here
next Tuesday, July 22, from 8 to 11
o’clock, it was announced yesterday
by County Agent J. E. Leger. The
following prices will be paid:
Colored hens, 14c lb.
Regular hens, 12c lb.
Roosters, 7c lb.
Heavy fryers, 2 to 3 lbs., 16c lb.
Light fryers, 1 1-2 to 1 3-4 lbs.,
14c lb.
The sale will be held at the regular
place at Sevola Jones’ Market.
TO THE FARMERS OF
FREEMAN COMMUNITY
The meeting that had been an
nounced for Langston church for
Friday, July 18, has been called .off.
J. E. LEGER, County Agent.