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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.