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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXXI NO. 52
HOME DEFENSE
CORPS HAS RIFLES
AND BAYONETS
HAD FIRST DRILL TUESDAY
NIGHT WITH THEIR
NEW EQUIPMENT
Three cases of rifles, a total of
thirty, have been received by the
Home Defense Corps and the men
drilled with them for the first time
Tuesday night, according to an an
nouncement by Captain O. R. Brooks.
These rifles are the regular United
States army type rifle, the 1917
Automatic Enfield make, equipped
with bayonets and slings.
W. C. Jordan will have charge of all
equipment and it will be stored at
the city hall.
The members of the Defense Corps
are known as state soldiers and their
duty is to defend Early county
property and property rights, Lieut.
J. M. Coile said. The corps can not
be called for duty outside of Early
county. The rifles were issued by
the federal government. Uniforms
are to be furnished by the city and
county governments . So far the lo
cal unit has not been equipped. It
is said that nearly all other defense
corps units in the state have been
furnished money by their local gov
ernments with which to purchase
these uniforms. The News feels that
Blakely has long been, a “first” town
and that time for purchase of these
uniforms has been delayed long
enough and that arrangements for
“uniforming” the home guard should
be made at once.
All expenses o’s the defense corps
thus far has been defrayed by the
members themselves, even to the
SBOO bond which had to be posted in
order to get the rifles.
FINAL SALE
SUMMER MERCHANDISE
REDUCED
(ALL PIECE GOODS)
WHITE SHOES
SHEER DRESSES
VERICOOL MANHATTAN SHIRTS
STRAW HATS
TROPICAL SUITS
SHARKSKIN PANTS
SPORT SHIRTS—
(aII going for cost and below cost)
Come in and get our prices TODAY—
as you know we are selling lots of goods
cheaper than we can replace them on to
day's market.
T. K. Weaver & Co.
“Blakely’s Only Complete Store"
C. F- BOYETT, Owner BLAKELY, GA.
Early County News
Boyett, Whitchard
Named Councilmen in
Tuesday’s Election
Charles E. Boyett and Oscar
Whitchard were elected to a two
year term on the City Council in
Blakely’s annual city election, held
Tuesday. Their terms begin on Jan
uary Ist, 1942, and end December
31, 1948.
Mr. Whitchard was elected to suc
ceed himself. He has served several
terms on the Council.
( Mr. Boyett will succeed S. G.
Maddox, present member of Council,
who was not a candidate for re
election. Mr. Maddox has served
on the Council for several years.
This is Mr. Boyett’s first entry
into city politics. He is a successful
business man of this city.
Since there was no opposition to
either of these gentlemen, the vot
ing was light, only 16 voters taking
time off to go to the polls and cast
their ballots.
Hold-over members of Council
whose terms do not expire until the
end of 1942 are C. R. Barksdale and
L. B. Fryer. This is an off-year in
the election for Mayor, R. C. Single
tary now serving his first year of a
two-year term.
REGULAR MEETING
BLAKELY LIONS CLUB
HELD TUESDAY NOON
The Blakely Lions Clulb held its
regular meeting at the Hotel Early
Tuesday, with Vice-President E. H.
Cheek presiding.
Lions Fred Godlwin and Bill Loy
less reported on the International
convention which they attended in
New Orleans.
F. B. Martindale and Bradley
Bridges were guests of Lion Tige
Pickle.
Mrs. Ben Haisten rendered a de
lightful program of piano music.
ALL
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7, 1941.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
EARLY COUNTY TALENT
INVITED TO TAKE PART IN
WSB RADIO BROADCAST
Do you wish to-appear on the
radio in WSB’s ‘‘Salute to Early
County?” If so, you have an op
portunity to do so. But application
for an appearance on the program
should be made this week. On Thurs
day night, August 21, at 8 o’clock,
Eastern Standard Time, at the
new club house of the Blakely Wom
an’s Club, a “Salute to Georgia’s
Counties” broadcast will be present
ed free to the public, and residents
of Blakely and Early county will
render the program.
Persons who can sing, play a
musical instrument, tap dance or
furnish any other type of entertain
ment are urged to stop by the office
of this newspaper to express a de
sire to appear on the show. Per
sons making such applications will
be given auditions before a special
committee, which will in turn pick
those to appear on the air. Marcus
Bartlett, production manager of
WSB, will be here to supervise the
talent auditions for the show.
On the night of the show, WSB
will bring its latest radio equipment
to transcribe the entire program.
Then on Saturday night, August 23,
President Roosevelt sent a special
message to Congress saying “we
stand, as we did in the closing months
of 1915, at the beginning of an up
sward swing of the whole price struc
ture,” and asked authority to set
ceilings for prices and rents, to pur
chase commodities when necessary
to assure price stability, and to
deal more extensively with excesses
in installment credit.
He said the “facts today are
frighteningly similar” to the situa
tion in the last war when the whole
sale price index increased nearly
140 per cent between October, 1915,
and June, 1920 .In the past 60
days wholesale prices have risen
more than five times as fast during
the preceding period since the out
break of the war in Europe, he said.
“The whole production machinery
falters under inflation,” he said,
and “the unskilled worker, the white
collar worker, the farmer, the small
business man and the small investor
all find that their dollar buys ever
less and less.”
The Bureau of Labor Statistics
announced its index of prices, as of
July 26, stood at 88.8 per cent of
the 1926 average, 15 per cent above
a year ago. Price Administrator
Henderson said the crisis in the
Far East necessitates a price ceiling
on raw silk and may make necessary
a ceiling on tin prices. He asked
dealers and consumers not to pay
prices for high grade waste paper
above those prevailing July 26,
“pending an investigation of the
price structure.”
ECONOMIC DEFENSE—
President Roosevelt created an
Economic Defense Board consisting
of Vice President Wallace, chairman,
seven Cabinet members, and such ad
ditional members as Mr. Wallace
may select. The President said the
new Board will formulate the na
tion’s international economic policy,
coordinate the economic activities of
defense agencies and plan for post
war reconstruction.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS—
The President ordered the freezing
of all Japanese credits in the United
States and extended the order to
Chinese assets to protect China
against Japanese use of assets con
trolled from occupied China. The
President also placed the Army and
Navy of the Philippine Common
wealth within the command of the
armed forces of the United States,
and named Gen. Douglas A. MacAr
thur, former Chief of Staff, com
manding general.
The State Department protested
the dropping of bombs by Japanese
planes near the U. S. Gunboat “Tu
tuila,” and announced the incident
closed after the Japanese govern
ment promised full investigation and
reparation. Acting Secretary Welles
denounced Germany for its note to
the Mexican government with re
gard to the blacklist recently issued
by President Roosevelt and for the
Nazi government’s reported threats
of reprisal.
AID TO RUSSIA—
Lend-Lease Administrator Harry
Hopkins arrived in Moscow to dis- ■
cuss expediting of needed war ma- |
terials to the Soviet Union and the '
Russian Military Commission con- '
ferred with President Roosevelt and
the State Department. Acting Sec- I
retary Welles said Lend-Lease aid
THIS WEEK IN NATIONAL
D-E-F-E-N-S-E
at 7:30, Eastern Standard Time, the
show will be broadcast over WSB.
Besides the various entertainers,
several prominent citizens of Early
county will speak on the show. High
lights of importance about the his
tory of the county and its principal
towns will also be recalled.
Citizens throughout the county
are cooperating to make this one of
the biggest shows ever put on here
and hundreds of persons are expect
ed to attend. This occasion will al
low many persons who have never
seen a radio program to watch “The
Voice of the 2 South” put on an
air show with the finest and most
modern broadcasting equipment.
All details of the radio program
will be carried out just as they are
done in the studios of WSB, and
those taking part in the perform
ance will be heard by thousands of
listeners who keep tuned to the
South’s oldest radio station.
More details about this special
radio presentation will be given in
next week’s issue of the paper.
Meanwhile, all persons are urged to
promote interest in the approaching
event so that it will be one of the
greatest entertainments ever staged
in Early county.
has not been discussed because the
Russian Government can purchase
needed materials with cash.
TAX ANTICIPATION NOTES— __
The Treasury placed on sale at
Federal Reserve Banks tax anticipa
tion notes intended to help taxpay
ers set aside sufficient money to
meet increased tax bills of the com
ing year. The notes are redeemable
in cash or as payment for income
taxes and bear interest up to 1.92
per cent. Secretary Morgenthau, in
a letter to all banking institutions,
said, “It is important that the tax
payers of the nation become aware
of the unprecedented taxes they will
have to pay next year on this year’s
income, and they should be encour
aged to set aside funds now with
which to meet those later payments.”
ARMY—
The War Department created five
air support commands in order to
coordinate the activities of aviation
units and ground forces. The De
partment announced the Signal Corps
has developed electrical sentries that
will warn of invading aircraft “long
before they are actually sighted,”
but said the Army needs 500 men
from the radio engineering field to
learn to operate the secret devices.
War Secretary Stimson said 1,000
airplanes and 10,000 Air Corps offi
cers and enlisted men will take part
in maneuvers stressing coordination
of ground and air strength in the
Bureagard, La., area from September
1-30, in the simulated warfare be
tween 50,000 men of the Second
and Third Armies, and in the First
Army maneuvers to be held in the
Carolinas, November 3-30.
OIL—
Defense Petroleum Coordinator
Ickes recommended 100,000 gaso
line filling stations in the following
States be closed from 7 p. m. to 7
a. m. every night beginning Sunday,
August 3: Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecti
cut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Del
aware, Maryland, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida,
District of Columbia, and “all mar
keting areas in or east of the Appa
lachian mountains in the states of
New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia
and West Virginia.” He appealed
for a voluntary one-third cut in con
sumption and said he hoped closing
the stations in Eastern States night
ly “plus the voluntary curtailment
will be enous<i to put across.”
PRIORITIES—
Director of Priorities Stettinius
issued an ’ order freezing all stocks
of raw silk because of “unsettled con
ditions in the Far East.” Mr. Stet
tinius announced a new plan to grant
blanket preference ratings to proj
ects which must be completed
promptly. He issued a limited
preference rating to 40 manufactur
ers of mining machinery and to 75
producers of cranes and hoists need
ed by defense manufacturing plants.
AGRICULTURE—
-OPM Director Knudsen told Agri
culture Secretary Wickard the OPM;
will cooperate to meet shortages of |
farm equipment and machinery now I
hindering efforts to increase farm
production. The Office of Price Ad- ’
ministration revised its allocation 1
program to increase storage space'
for farmers for the current grain j
(Continued on back page)
Commissioners
Hold Regular
Monthly Meeting
The Early county Board of Com
missioners held its regular monthly
meeting Tuesday with all members
present except Commissioner J. C.
McFather.
A motion was adopted by the
Board to refuse issuance of permits
to anyone to sell beer any place in
the county outside of incorporated
towns. The Board also voted to
allow the Blakely public school any
available space in the court house to
carry on its school work.
A warrant for $366.00 was issued
to the Georgia Power Company for
relocating power poles on highway
No. 62 during 1938.
No other business other than rou
tine was transacted at Tuesday’s
meeting.
g. s. McLendon named
DIRECTOR WAYCROSS
SCHOOL BAND
Guyton S. McLendon, director of
the Blakely high school band, has
'been named director of the Waycross
high school band, and will leave at
an early date to assume his new
diities. He and wife and two chil
dren will make their home in Way
cross.
While serving as director of the
local band, which he organized two
years ago, Mr. McLendon saw his
band rise to such prominence as to
be recognized as one of the outstand
ing bands of the state.
No announcement has been made
as to whether or not Blakely High
will have a band next year.
Time Extension
Granted to Secure
Drivers License
Commissioner John E. Goodwin
has ordered the date of the dead
line on driver’s licenses extended un
til August 10, at which time he states
that all driver’s license applications
now on hand will be completed and
returned to the applicant. Commis
sioner Goodwin ordered the State
Patrol to start road checks at one
minute after midnight on August 15,
as he says that will give five days
for the mail to clear out after the
dead-line date. He stated further
that the delay has been caused by
quite a few of the applications be
ing improperly filled out, which
necessitated searching the records to
get the necessary information to put
on them. He also stated that all
licenses should be back in the hands
of the applicants by August 10th and
that anyone applying for a license
after that date would have to take
a test before the Safe Driver Ex
aminer, who gives tests in each Coun
ty Seat once a month or that the
test may be taken at any Georgia
State Patrol Station.
Let Us Be of
Assistance to You—
Now that the busy fall season is ap
proaching, there are many ways in
which a bank can be of service to
you. We invite you to call to see
us and discuss your banking mat
ters with us.
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
PROSPECTIVE NYA
WORKERS TO BE
INTERVIEWED HERE
REPRESENTATIVE TO BE AT
COURT HOUSE THURSDAY,
AUGUST 14, 9 A. M.
W. A. Maddox, Jr., director of the
National Youth Administration’s res
ident work experience for boys at
Jackson Lake, near Covington, will
be at the court house in Blakely
at 9 o’clock Thursday morning, Aug
ust 14, to interview prospective
N. Y. A. workers.
Early county youths who would
like to talk with Mr. Maddox about
employment at Jackson Lake should
contact their vocational teacher, who
will arrange for the interview.
Built as a summer recreation
camp for the Future Farmers of
America in 1937, Jackson Lake today
is one of the 17 full-time resident
centers operated throughout the
state by the N. Y. A. to provide youth
with work experience which will help
them to obtain private employment.
The supervisory staff which, besides
Director W. A. Maddox, Jr., includes
a nurse, dietitian, recreation direc
tor, wood, metal, farm, welding and
electrical foremen, is provided joint
ly by the N. Y. A. and the Vocational
Division of the State Department of
Education.
Work experience is offered in
wood shop, sheet metal, machine
shop, forging, weldiing, radio repair,
practical electricity, foundry, and
automechanics. In addition to pro
ductive work, the boys spend several
hours each day in training related
to their experience.
On the job, Jackson Lake youths
build equipment and office furniture
for public agencies which could not
obta'in them otherwise. The acres
of farmland yield most of the food
consumed by the boys. For work
performed they receive subsistence
and $lO in cash each month.
While particular emphasis is
placed on work experience which
will increase their chances for pri
vate employment, the boys enjoy
various forms of recreational activ
ities such as athletics, radio listening
groups, and forums. They practice
democracy with a youth council of
their own which enforces discipline
in the barracks, and sponsors social
functions.
The Jackson Lake project is main
tained by the National Youth Ad
ministration for Georgia, the Future
Farmers of America, and the Voca
tional Division of the State Depart
ment of Education. The N. Y. A.
operates the camp as a work ex
perience center for nine months out
of the year, leaving the summer
months for the camp to be used by
the F. F. A.
Georgia youths between the ages
of 16 and 24, out of school and out
of work, are eligible for the N. Y.
A. program. Youths who are assign
ed now will report for nine months
of practical “on-the-job” experience.
MR. AND MRS. EDD WHITE
MARRIED FIFTY YEARS—
Their friends will be interested to
know that Mr. and Mrs. Edd White,
of near Lucile, observed their golden
wedding anniversary on July 12, hav
ing been married fifty years.