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THIS WEEK
Eh By
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K- Pickle
Drive on the ambulance, Josephine,
now we’ve done everything. We’ve
had a number of thrills, including
our first view of the ocean when we
were much younger, a mighty spec
tacle which almost took our breaith,
but last week we accomplished and
experienced the rarest, and up to the
present the greatest thrill which
has ever come our way. A thrill
which we must admit at this writing
still has us slightly groggy and cock
eyed. It was doing a loop in an
airplane, followed by a tailspin and
a power dive. Man and boy, if you
don’t think this is exciting, just try
it some time. Here is how it hap
pens.’ You are out riding with one
of your friends. He’s at the con
trols, of course. He takes you up to
about one thousand feet. Patches
of clouds dot the sky and cast huge
shadows over the earth, making it
appear from the air that huge shade
trees are suspended high off the
ground. The wind is blowing just a
little, which causes the ship to rock
a bit. The earth gets farther away
and white cotton fields grow smaller
until finally they look just like a
solid carpet of green. By this time
you are up» about 2000 feet. Clouds
pass by on either side. Then you
realize that you are speeding through
space at about 80 miles an hour.
Until the cloud passed by, looking
not unlike a huge puff of smoke, you
had the impression that you and the
plane and the pilot were all sus
pended high in the air while some
one rapidly pulled the earth under
you. Then the pilot decides to test
your netve and, without warning,
goes r’ght smack into a cloud. It
gets dark and you look back all pop
eyed while the pilot laughs like get
out. Before you can shout the cloud
is gone and you’re out in the sun
again. You almost have your nerve
back when the pilot taps you on the
shoulder and says something you
can’t understand, but pretty soon
you do because he has the plane’s
nose pointed downward and the tail
going ’round and ’round, which is
the same thing your head is doing.
And then he straightens it out and
gives it the gun, regaining the same
altitude. You’re pretty pleased with
yourself because you didn’t even get
scared but were afraid to open your
mouth because you were worried that
your insides might spell out. But
the pilot sitting right behind you
doesn’t know all this. Or does he?
If not, what in the sam-hill is he
laughing about? Then he says
something that sounds like “going
over.” He gives it the gun. The
nose sticks right straight up. In a
split second the plane is lying on its
back and the sun is shining on your
face and the whirring propeller glist
ens in the sunlight. Then in a flash
the plane is straight and at the
same altitude again. Things look a
little black and your ears feel like
somebody slipped up and filled them
with cotton. You are very pleased
with yourelf. All of a sudden the
plane takes a nose dive right toward
the earth. (This came nearer tak
ing our breath than the loop or the
spin.) The ground rushes up and
the houses, trees, cotton fields and
passing automobiles begin to take on
their natural appearances. A few
moments later the plane hits the
ground, a perfect landing, and the
man at the controls is still laughing
aibout how you looked when he start
ed to loop. You get out a little shaky
and a bit deaf but nevertheless well
pelased with yourself, for this is your
first stunt ride and you are able to
tell of it.
Man and boy, for a sheer thill,
one that fairly well takes your
breath away, take yourself an air
plane stunt ride. If it fails to thrill,
just unbuckle your safety belt and
jump. You should be dead, anyway.
We are pleased as all punch that
Judge A. H. Gray, one of the state’s
better atorneys, is reading our col
umn and are much pleased that he
gave us a joke to make it more
readable. Mr. Gray has “localized
it a bit, which always makes a story
funnier. Come on in, Judge.
“It is said that two of our lady
horseback riders, while visiting in
another city, decided they would buy
more up-to-date saddles than those
they had been using. They went in
to a store which specializes in fash
ionable horse millinery, and inquired
for saddles. The clerk said, ‘Me
have the English saddle and me
McClellan style.” The ladies looked
puzzled and asked, “what is the dif
ference between them?” The clerk
Dr. Huffman Now
Head Department of
Religion at Wesleyan
Macon, Ga.—Dr. Norman Huffman
of North Carolina will become head
of the newly-created department of
religion at Wesleyan College this
fall, Wesleyan authorities have an
nounced.
Dr. Huffman will take up duties
when the 104th session of the col
lege begins September 15. Before
joining the Wesleyan staff, he taught
at Pembroke, the woman’s college of
Brown University, and has lectured
frequently in summer training
schools. Since 1936 he has been in
the ministry in the Western North
Carolina conference.
A graduate of Duke University in
the class of 1930, Dr. Huffman took
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highest honors in Greek and was
graduated magna cum laude. He re
ceived! the M. A. and B. D. degrees
from Duke school of divinity, the
STM from Harvard divinity school,
and his Ph. D. from Brown Uni
versity.
Dr. Huffman’s special field of study
is Greek New Testament manuscripts,
in which he compares the texts of
the ancient hand-written copies of
the New Testament to deteimine the
original text as written by the apos
tles and others. His more immediate
interest is making the results of
Biblical scholarship, available to the
layman and general reader through
articles in church publications.
‘TWIN-CALF’ DAY
ON DAWSON FARM
Dawson, Ga.—A double-birth of
calves is unusual enough in itself.
But Z. C. Owens recently found him
self richer by six healthy bovines,
when three of his cows gave birth
to twins on the same day!
One of the frisky newcomers is a
heifer; five are bulls. And, as one
witty bystander remarked, “That’s a
lot of bull.”
explained by saying, “the English
saddle has a flat seat, the McClellan
saddle has a horn.” One of the la
dies then said, “well, we’ll take two
English saddles, we are not going to
ride in traffic and won’t need a
horn.”
Os course, you’ve already heard
the one about the moth who ate a
hole in the rug so he could see the
floor sow. Oh, well, maybe it isn’t
funny, but it’s clean.
Who said the movies didn’t exert
a lot of influence? Our two young
neighbors, age 5 each, have been
emulating the Lone Ranger for
about a year now. The other day
they came out all bedecked in tow
els resembling flowing capes hanging
from their necks. One swears he is
Superman while the other one knows
dang well that he is Captain Marvel.
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The driving crowd makes it
a habit to drop in at our
place for a delicious Barbe
cue Sandwich. Try our fa
mous Brunswick Stew and
Barbecue plate for only
25 cents.
MARION HAY’S
PIT BARBECUE
(At Forks of Albany and
Damascus Roads)
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
SOME HAPPENINGS IN BLAKELY
A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO
Clippings from the Early County News of
' August 10, 1916
SEVERAL hundred votels from
Early, Miller, Calhoun, and Mitchell
counties heard Judge Eugene E. Cox,
of Camilla, discuss the record of
Congressman Frank Park and state
his own platform at a big barbecue
gathering at Lucile, on the line of
Early and Miller counties, Friday,
August 4.
A NEW $5,000 industry lor Blake
ly springs into life this week. The
Lime Cola Bottling Company of
Blakely is now a fixture and a per
manent business, is open, doing busi
ness and invites the inspection of
the public.
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MISS Ouida Yarbrough, of
Springvale, Ga., is spending this week
in the city, the guest of her sister.
Mrs. Mack Fain.
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LITTLE MISS Dorothy Toole is
visiting relatives in Bainbridge this
week.
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MISS CORRIE WADE has return
ed frrm an extended visit to relatives
in Cedartown.
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A. BERMAN returned to Blakely
this week from Baltimore, where he
went to purchase the fall and winter
stock of dry goods for- Berman’s
Store.
MR. AND MRS. Claude Howell,
of Jakin, spent Sunday in Blakely
with homefolks.
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MISS NETA STUCKEY is expect
ed home Saturday from an extended
trip to Gainesville, Talbotton and
Columbus.
MISS LUCILE PERRY, of Union
Springs, Ala., is spending several
days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. S. Perry, this week.
MISS AILENE HAYES, of Bluff
ton, is the guest of Mrs. A. J. Ham
ma'ck this week.
MR. JOSIAH* WILLIAMS is spend
ing a few days over at Pinckard, Ala.,
with relatives this week.
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MR. LANE COACHMAN has re
turned from an extended visit to
Clearwater, Fla.
BLAKELY CHAPTER NO. 282
ORDER EASTERN STAR
Holds regular meeting nights ev
ery second and fourth Thursday
nights, 7:30 o’clock p. m.
Mrs. Mary Lee Martindale,
Worthy Matron.
Mrs. Nora Scarborough,
Secretary.
DR. R. A. HOUSTON
VETERINARIAN
Day Phone 232; Night 157
Located: Under Telephone
Exchange
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