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Early ffinunty Nma
Official Organ City of Blakely
and County of Early
Published Every Thursday
OFFICE IN NEWS BUILDING
Blakely, Georgia
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Blakely, Ga., August 7, 1941
The government has claimed
priority on all stocks of raw
silk in this country for national
defense needs and milady will
have to go without silk hose,
dresses and other silk wearing
apparel once present stocks
are exhausted.
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Traffic accidents in this
state claimed more lives during
the first six months of 1941
than in the corresponding pe
riod a year ago, the increase
in fatalities being 19 per cent.
While the cost of living contin
ues to slowly mount, human
life itself remains cheap.
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Uncle Sam has at least be
gun dealing with Japan with
an iron hand. An embargo on
oil shipments to that country
signalizes the end of all efforts
at appeasing Nippon. Nothing
but the iron fist will now halt
the aggressive moves of the
little yellow imps.
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Comparing Georgia’s pres
ent political situation with
that which existed in Louisi
ana under the late Huey P.
Long, the magazine Newsweek
says “Talmadge will never
build up the personal machine
that Long did in Louisiana . ...
Conditions are not as propi
tious in Georgia and besides, so
far as ability goes, Talmadge
is only a dim carbon copy of
Huey. Nevertheless Talmadge
represents a political reaction,
and a discouraging reaction."
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The News notes from one of
its exchanges in a city not far
distant where school authori
ties have petitioned for and
are expecting to receive PWA
assistance in the erection of a
new school building and add
ing to its present school plant,
along with other public im
provements. We don’t know
whether or not Blakely is eli
gible for PWA assistance in
its proposed school build
ing program, but it is certain
ly worth investigating, and if
it is found such funds are
available, then the school au
thorities might give serious
« consideration to the erection of
a new building for the Negro
school to replace the present
make-shift structure which is
thoroughly inadequate.
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Threats of Governor Tal
madge that another daily
paper may be started in Atlan
ta because the Journal and the
Constitution have in no uncer
tain terms condemned the
recent Talmadge attempts to
smear prominent educators,
has had repercussions in other
sections of the state. The News
reads that Editor Herring of
the Tifton Gazette is threaten
ed with a rival paper unless he
ceases his editorial attacks on
the Talmadge outfit. This is
nothing new, this threatening
of newspapers. It has been a
favorite pastime of violent
political partisans for years
and is nothing more nor less
than an effort to intimidate
the newspaper publisher who
has opinions of his own and
the courage to express them.
The News has learned this
from first-hand experience.
Extension of time until Aug
ust 10th has been granted for
securing driver’s license. Aft
er August 15th state troopers
will begin their check-up, so
if you haven’t that little slip
of paper handy, you’d better
get it right away.
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The fair and hot weather
the past ten days has caused
cotton to open rapidly, and
local ginneries have ginned
many bales since the last issue
of The News chronicled the
county’s first bale.
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THE PRESS
RAMBLER
PAYS TO BE POLITE
How refreshing it is to see young
sters of the present . generation exer
cising politeness and consideration of
those who have reached the shadowy
side of life. Particularly so, when so
many of the younger generations are
inclined to be brusque, even to the
point of rudeness.
Politeness, courteousness, and con
sideration of other people, whether
they be old or young, is an inherent
attribute with children who have been
properly trained. Less than a gen
eration ago, parents instilled respect
of the aged into their children, even
though some of them had to impress
it in a very forcible but ne-er-to
be-forgotten manner.
The public admires the courteous
person. It abhors the boorish, better
than-thou attitude, and if present
day parents would impress on their
off-spring the importance of being
polite, particularly to elders, they
will be doing their children a great
favor in the years to come. Think
it over, parents. Instill in your
children now the habit of exercising
politeness. It will pay big dividends
in the years to came and they will
forever thank you for the training
imparted.—Dawson News.
“U” AND “I” IN BUSINESS
If you will look at the word “busi
ness” you will find “U” and “I” are
in it. In fact, if “U” and “I” were
left out' it wouldn’t be “business.”
Therefore, if there is to be any
such a thing as “business” we must
keep “U” and “I” in it.
Furthermore, “U” comes before
“I” which might be interpreted to
mean that each must think of the
other. If that is done “business”
should become harmonious and mu
tually profitable.—The Gilcrafter.
HELPLESS MAN
Men have made notable discover
ies, but the average man is so help
less he has to call his wife to find
his bed room slippers.—Greensboro
Herald Journal.
Consider the postage stamp—it
was licked in the beginning, but it
gets there just the same.—Cairo Mes
senger.
If you want to win the praise of
any individual, just say some nice
things about that individual and ar
range for them to get to the ears of
the one you have in mind.—Forsyth
County News.
Old Dr. Johnson’s remark that
patriotism is the last resort of a
scoundrel whets our curiosity as to
what the 18th-century sage would
remark in connection with a dema
gogue’s appeal to racial prejudice.
—Cuthbert Leader.
Another way to deflate the ego
is for a man to go on a two week’s
vacation and his pals act upon his
return as if they didn’t know he had
been away.—Greensboro Journal
Herald.
The Tribune doesn’t consider
seriously Governor Talmadge’s threat
I to The Constitution and Journal that
another daily will be started in At
lanta unless these papers “change
their ways.” Regardless of the dif
ference between the Governor and
| the Atlanta newspapers, the fact that
Wm. R. Hearst sank five million dol
ars in an unsuccessful effort to put
The Georgian on its feet should be
sufficient to keep anyone else from
attempting a similar stunt. —Walton
Tribune.
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Africa Has Diamond Rush
Africa ha~ a new diamond rush
; following the finding of high-grade
I stones along the Vaal river near
I Kimberly. Fresh diggers have been
arriving daily to peg off ground. The
largest diamond found so far is an
. excellent 30-carat stone, and many
■ other good finds have been reported.
F.ARLY COUNTY NEWS, RT.AKFT.V C.FOBCIA
FUEL coal
Ou? most popular and most used
fuel has always been coal —mostly
bituminous coal. In recent years,
oil has replaced coal in many in
stances, such as in a lot of home
heating, but coal continues to be the
leading single source of fuel.
It is estimated by the New York
Trust Company, which recently
made a study of the consumption of
energy in the United States, that of
the total energy we consumed in
1937, 45 per cent was derived from
bituminous coal, 30.4 per cent from
oil, 9.8 per cent from natural gas,
9.3 per cent from water power and
5.6 per cent from anthracite coal.
It is not believed probable that
oil will continue to replace the use
of coal during the next 10 years at
the rate it has done in in the past
10 years. The development of the
use of either will be determined
by ease of transportation, price and
taxes, but in general the use of oil
will probably be more or less limit
ed to transportation whereas coal
will continue to be the most popular
fuel in industry.
In home heating the present prob
lem of transporting oil to the East,
due to those 50 tankers which we
gave to England, is expected to
turn the trend back to coal, at least
temporarily.
If we look far into the future, the
use of various fuels is quite unpre
dictable. It may even not be too
far off when we will have learned
to get most of our needed energy
from the sun.
RESOURCES . . . unlimited
When we hear about the millions
of barrels of oil and billions of tons
of coal which this nation consumes
each year, most of us wonder when
the oil wells will be pumped dry and
when the last of our mountains of
coal will be finally shoveled into the
nation’s coal bins.
But, actually, there isn’t much to
worry about for a long time to
come, if ever.
Acording to the national resources
committee, our present reserves of
these fuels amount to about 3,000,-
000,000,000 tons of coal and over
15,000,000.000 barrels of oil. In ad
dition, there are plenty of unex
plored reserves which, if necessary,
would undoubtedly produce addition
al fuel to fill all of our needs for
many years.
It is estimated that the average
demands for power in America,
when all demands for industry,
home heating, transportation and
other uses are all grouped together,
amount to 40 horse power per hour
for every hour of the year.
GAS future
Natural gas looks like one of the
best bets for the fuel of the future.
In the last few years it has become
a major source of fuel in certain
sections. Because of a plentiful
supply and ease of use it is expect
ed to be given more and more pref
erence.
Natural gas is generally found in
the same sections as petroluem.
Within range of the gas fields it has
been found an economical as well
as the most simple fuel to use for
heating purposes. It seems proba
ble that pipe lines will eventually
be built so that natural gas can be
sent distances without great expense
and then natural gas will be used in
countless industries and homes.
But no matter what fuels become,
most popular, there are no danger*
i of fuel shortage in this country. Re
ferring to the energy resources of
this country, H. C. Dickinson of the
bureau of standards said:
“Solid, liquid and gaseous fuels
will almost certainly be available
from stored-up supplies for several
thousands of years at the present
rate of consumption.”
OIL ...... Russia
One of the chief reasons the Ger
mans went into Russia was to get
oil. Russia is one of the leading
producers of oil and has vast fields
of it which have not been tapped.
But so far as production of oil is
concerned, the Unitew States has a
big lead over every country in the
i world.
, In 1939, figures of the United
I States bureau of mines show that
i the United States produced 61 per
i cent of total world production of
i oil. Russia was second, but pro
■ duced only 10.3 per cent of the to-
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tai, and Rumania, which is world
famous for its rich oil fields, pro
duced only 1.7 per cent. Venezuela
was third, producing 10 per cent of
the total.
These are production figures and
do not give a clear picture of the
capacity of the world’s oil fields.
But they do indicate the compara
tive output possible with the equip
ment which each country used be
fore the war broke out and show
that by any measure the United
States has a big lead over all.
Although there are 13 states in
the United States which produce
considerable oil, by far the greatest
production is in Texas, which in 1939
produced 38 per cent of our annual
supply. Other states which are
known for their oil producing capac
ity are California, which produced
18 per cent of the supply, Oklahoma
13 per cent, Illinois 8 per cent, and
Louisiana 8 per cent. The other
states which produced the remaining
15 per cent of our oil supply are:
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West
Virginia, Kentucky, Kansas, Wyom
ing and Arkansas.
SIX-INCH
S-E-R-M-O-N
By REV. ROBERT
H. HARPER
James Teaches Consistent
Christian Living
Lesson for August 10: James 1:17-22
2:14-17; 4:13-17; 5:12
Golden Text: James 1:27
According to tradition the brother
of our Lord wrote the Epistle of
James. This book abounds in prac
tical admonitions to Christians. Sev
eral of these are found in this les
son.
In the first passage the divine
beneficence is cited to strengthen
the admonition to “receive with
meekness the implanted word,”
that more may be learned of God
and that men, remembering that
they are all children of the Father,
may be slow to wrath. The word
“is able to save your souls,” James
writes, and he adds, “Be ye doers of
the word, and not hearers only.” The
foregoing sentence has become famil
iar through the oft-repeated em
phasis placed upon it in the junior
department of the Sunday School.
Next we find the well-known state
ment, “Faith without works is dead.”
Last Sunday we read Paul’s state-
I ment that faith does not make void
■ the law, but that it establishes the
law. In this lesson we find that
j James teaches that good works are
■ proof of faith. Faith, if sincere and
true, will be followed by, a life of
practical goodness.
In the third passage James writes
of men planning this and that with
out taking the designs of God into
account. They should rather say,
“If the Lord will, we shall both live,
and do this or that.” The lives of
men are not their own, to do just as
they please with them. Men are
stewards unto God of their lives.
■ Once they become true stewards of
themselves they will be good stew
ards of their speech and will not
need to establish their words with
an oath—in fact, they will be good
! stewards of all that God has commit-
I ted unto them.
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All that Hitler would ask of the
I United States is that we permit
I statesmen to debate until he gets
j ready to act. —Forsyth County News.
f SOME HAPPENINGS IN BLAKELY
A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO
Clippings from the Early County News of
August 3, 1916
August 3, 1916
ONE OF the liveliest and most
hotly-contested municipal elections
held in Blakely in years was pulled
off Tuesday. Mr. I. D. Felder was
eected Mayor and Messrs. C. E.
Stuckey, P. H. Wade, A. A. Alexan
der and John G. Butler were elected
Councilmen. Mr. Carl Hobbs was
elected Marshal.
THE HONOR of marketing the
first bale of 1916 cotton in Blakely
goes to the Liberty Hill farms, man
aged by Mr. Drew Thompson. Mr.
Thompson brought in the bale Tues
day, August 1, and sold it to Mr. J.
H. Moye at 18 cents per pound. The
first bale last year was brought in
by Mr. Ep Bush on July 28th.
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DR. C. S. MIDDLETON announces
in this issue of The News that he
will be a candidate for Representa
tive in the General Assembly at the
approaching State primary on Sep
tembe” 12.
MR. C. R. SANDERS and others
are putting in a modern swimming
pool down at the bluff in Bluffton.
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MISS ELLA JONES left a few
days ago for Jacksonville, Fla., to
spend several days with Mrs. Eu
gene Boyd.
The DOCTOR
by W.E. Aughinbaugh, M.D.
Exercise Variations
Relieve Monotny 1
From time to time I have
given instructions, in this col
umn, for the performance of
specific exercises to meet cer
tain needs. Space does not
permit my giving a complete
routine on any one day, but a
great many of the basic Mc-
Govern exercises may be varied
so as to make up a satisfactory
daily workout. Take, for ex
ample, the exercise »which- is
done according to the follow
ing instructions: Lying on the
right side, place the right hand
under the head, left hand on
left hip, swing the leg forward
and backward from hip, keep
ing the knee stiff and the toes
pointed down-ward. Repeat
the exercise six times, counting
each time the leg swings back
ward.
Now, for the sake of variety,
from che same position the left
leg can be lifted upward from
the left hip for the prescribed
number of times. In a third
variation, the bgdy is held in
MR. AND MRS. Fred H. Brooks
are the proud parents of a baby girl,
their first born, the young lady
making her appearance at their
home Monday morning. And now
our young friend thinks Rockefeller
a poor man.
MR. AND MRS. J. B. DUKE and
young son are up from Panama City
on a few days’ visit to the home
folks in this section.
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MR. SAM STEIN and daughter,
Miss Gladys, left Sunday night for
Baltimore, Md., where Mr. Stein goes
to buy his fall and winter stock of
goods. They will visit Washington
and other points before returning.
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MISS Mildred Abernathy happen
ed to a paniful accident while on
a picnic the other day. The plank
seat in the wagon broke and fell on
her foot, mashing it badly.
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WHILE in bathing with a party
of picnickers at Mansfield’s Mill
Tuesday, Miss Myrtice Deal came
near drowning. She got out where
the water was beyond her depth and
became exhausted. She was rescued
by some of her companions in an
unconscious condition, but soon ral
lied and now seems to be none the
worse for her experience.
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[the same position but the knee
is bent and drawn up toward
the chin.
In the gymnasium, we have
our patrons do the three mo
tions while laying on the right
side, then roll over to the left
side and repeat. From one
movement we have easily de
veloped six exercises which can
be done without carrying in
mind a lot of complicated in
structions. The same thing is
true of many others if you al
ways adhere to the fundamen
tal rules—keep all muscles re
laxed ; do the exercises easily
at first, increasing the counts
gradually; never make strenu
ous work out of routine exer
cise; be preserving and con
scientious about it.
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Lov e and pride of home, one’s
home town or rural neighborhood,
one’s county, one’s state, the United
States of America, is a trait that
should be commended—a sentiment
that nas helped in making a loyal
American citizenry, a people worthy
of association.—Cuthbert Leader.