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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXXI > NO. 2
EARLY COUNTY
SCHOOLS TO OPEN
SEPTEMBER 15
MEETING OF TEACHERS TO BE
HELD SEPTEMBER 11, AT
S O’CLOCK P. M.
The Early county schools will open
on Sept. 15 for the 1941-’42 scho
lastic year, it was announced this
week. In making the announcement,
County School Superintendent B. R.
B. Davis said:
“It is the desire of the Board of
Education that this school year be
the greatest in history, especially in
organization and achievement noted.
“On September 11, at 5 o’clock p.
m., all white teachers will assemble
at Blakely to begin organization.
For the exact place where the meet
ing will be held, teachers are asked
to call by the Superintendent’s of
fice on their arrival for this and all
other information pertaining to ed
ucational proceedings.
“I wish to extend greetings to all
teachers. May we pledge our loyal
cooperative support to each other
that we may have such a school year
that all people will see noteworthy
results obtained.
“The complete list of teachers
will be published in the next edition
of The News.”
NOTICE TO CITY
TAX DELINQUENTS
This is to notify you that all city
taxes must be paid. Please call and
take care of same and save addition
al costs.
This August 19, 1941.
C. C. LANE, Clerk.
’ SPUN GOLD FLOUR
12 lbs 45c; 24 lbs. 80c; 48 lbs. $1.55
A. B. C. FLOUR
12 lbs. 53c; 24 lbs. $1.00; 48 lbs. $1.95
MEAL—Water Ground, peck2sc
MEAT—Streak o’ Lean, 1b.17c
SALT or MATCHES 3 for 10c
JOHNSON’S FLOOR POLISH,
Gio-Coat, 75c value —Pints9c
Johnson Cream Wax for Furniture 39c
HEINZ RICE FLAKES—Pkg. 10c
SARDINES—TaII Can 9c
PORK & BEANS—I-lb. can 7c
CORN FLAKES- 2 pkgs. 13c
P. & G. SOAP_- 3 for 12c
PURE LARD—Silver Leaf, B> 15c
HEINZ VINEGAR—Pint 10c
SALAD DRESSING—Quart „ 25c
MIRACLE WHIP SALAD
DRESSING
MwuM Quart 37c; Pint -25 c
8 ozs.lsc
Parkay Oleomargarine
Lbl9c
SYRUP —Jimmie Boy, gal.6oc
IDEAL DOG FOOD 3 tall cans 25c
“ Z7 MEATS ...
STEAK—Chuck or Rib, lb. 30c
BEEF ROAST—Best quality, lb. 25c
MIXED PAN SAUSAGE—Lb 20c
WEINERS—Lb. 20c
PORK ROAST—Lb. 25c
LOAF —Pure Ground Beef, lb. „ 25c
SALT FISH 3 lbs. 25c
FRESH FISH TODAY <-
-WEAVER'S-
Cash & market &
ARRY GROCERY
OEouiitn New
Regular Meeting
Os Lions Club
Held Tuesday
B. R. B. Davis, county school su
perintendent, was welcomed into the
Blakely Lions Club at its noon meet
ing held at the Early Hotel Tuesday.
Lion Davis spoke briefly of his please
ure in becoming a Lion. Mr. Edgar
Kelly, Blakely’s youngest lawyer,
was a guest of the club and also
spoke briefly.
Upon motion by Lion Loyless, the
club voted to challenge the Arling
ton club to an .attendance contest.
President Philip Sheffield presided
and reminded all the Lions to listen
in to t#fe Salute to Early County ra
dio program which is to be broad
cast over station WSB next Satur
day night.
Mrs. Ben Haisten, club pianist,
rendered a program of piano music.
POULTRY SALE HERE
SATURDAY, AUG. 23
There will be a poultry sale here
—at Sevola Jones’ Store—Saturday,
August 23, 7 a. m. to 11 a. m., at
which the following prices will be
paid:
Colored hens, 15c lb.
Leghorn hens, 12c Jfo.
Heavy breed fryers, 16c lb.
Light breed fryers, 14c lb.
Chickens must be in good market
able condition. Poor chickens will
be rejected.
“ROAD TO ZANZIBAR”
Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dor
othy Lamour in “The Road to Zan
zibar” is the excellent attraction at
the Blakely Theatre Thursday and
Friday.
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21, 1941.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
President Roosevelt and Britain’s
Prime Minister Churchill held a se
ries of secret conferences at sea and
jointly issued a declaration of nation
al policies calling for:
No territorial “aggrandizement,”
no territorial changes not in accord
with the will of the people concern
ed, right of all peoples to choose
their form of government,- equal ac
cess to the raw materials of the
world needed for prosperity, inter
national cooperation for improved
living standards, safety to all na
tions within their borders from fear
and want, freedom of the seas, dis
armament and other measures to
lighten “the crushing burden” of
armaments.
Assistant Secretary of State Berle,
speaking in Washington, said “it is
the plan of this Government, when
the tides of barbarity shall be rolled
back, to turn the full measure of
its economic strength to bringing
help, relief and sustenance to the
. . . many countries . . . now cold
(and) hungry.
PRODUCTION
OPM Director Knudsen, speaking
in New York, said that by next
July defense production will be at
its peak and “after that America
can write its own ticket on war ma
terial and it can be twice anybody
else’s ticket.” To do this, however,
small communities and manufactur
ers must be willing to band together
to seek defense work, he said.
William Batt, deputy production
director, speaking in New York, said
the Government and large corpora
tions are more anxious to give work
to small contractors now than a
few months ago because of the
great pressure of work today.
AGRICULTURE—
Agriculture Secretary Wickard an
nounced there is no prospect of food
rationing “in the foreseeable future”
although the nation may have to
depend more on some foods than
others. He said there are 17 per
cent more cattle on feed for market
in the 11 cornbelt states than a
year ago and the corn crop will ex
ceed last year’s by nearly < 150,000,-
000 bushels.
In a letter to Mr. Wickard, the
President said “increases in the pro
duction of vital foods and feeds is
reassuring (because) food is a
weapon against Hitlerism just as
much as “munitions . . .”
The GCC agreed to furlough en
rollees so they might help harvest
where labor shortages exist. The
work would be voluntary and the
enrollees would receive the prevail
ing wage. -Congress passed- a meas
ure forbidding the Government to
dispose of any cotton or wheat now
in its -bins except for domestic and
foreign relief, export or lend-Jease
aid. The bill also permits farmers
to use excess wheat foo- feed or
food without penalty and extends
85 per cent parity loans to peanut
growers.
AIR—
The OPM announced 1,460 mili
tary planes were produced in July.
War Under Secretary Patterson,
dedicating a new plane factory, said
the monthly output of combat planes
increased 114 per cent in the last
nine months and production of other -
military planes increased 105 per
cent. (Speaking at the same cere
monies, Chief of Army Air Corps
Brett said that American planes
abroad have had “great success.”
ARMY—
Congress approved an 18-tmonth
extension of service for selectees,
reserve officers and National Guards
men and voted to increase by $lO the
monthly basic pay of all except of
ficers after the first year of service.
The Senate committee investigat
ing the defense program issued a
report stating that, costs of the
Army’s $1,000,000,000 camp con
struction program were “unduly and
unnecessarily high” because of lack
of planning. War Under Secretary
Patterson replied that, despite cold
weather, labor and material short
ages and other “almost insurmount-
THIS WEEK IN NATIONAL
D-E-F-E-N-S-E
able difficulties,” the camps were
ready before the time set for troop
arrival and the American Army is
“now the best housed in the world.”
ECONOMIC DEFENSE—
The Economic Defense Board,
composed of Vice President Wallace
and ranking Cabinet officers, met
for the first time and outlined two
undisclosed projects to coordinate
and strengthen the nation’s economic
defense. The National Resources
Planning Board issued a booklet,
“After Defense—What?” calling up
on public and private agencies to
start immediate planning to prevent
chaos after the emergency. The
Board stated that if adequate post
defense employment plans were not
ready and another depression allow
ed to set in, the- nation could lose
everything it is now striving to de
fend.
LABOR—
A WPA survey showed unemploy
ment declined 300,000 in July to
5,600,000 nearly 4,000,000 less
than last July. The Bureau of
Employment Security reported job
placements of persons under 21 years
increased 78 per cent in the past
year. The Bureau also reported
placements of Negroes are 47 per
cent higher than six months ago.
The Committee on Fair Employment
Practice announced Army, Navy and
Maritime Commission contracts now
contain clauses prohibiting hiring
discrimination because of race, creed,
color or national Origin.
The War Department announced
defense strikes increased from 24
involving 14,000 workers last week
to 28 strikes involving 21,700 men as
of August 15. The U. S. Concilia
tion Service settled 26 disputes.
Acting Navy Secretary Bard said the
strike at the Federal Shipbuilding
Company, Kearny, N. J., causes a
daily loss of more than 200,000 man
hours of work on vitally needed
combat ships.
The President suspended the eight
hour day for mechanics and-laborers
of the War Department working on
airfields, troop housing and similar
projects in order to rush completion.
PRICES AND PRIORITIES —
The OPACS set ceiling prices
three and one-half cents a pound on
raw sugar, duty paid at New York,
three-tenths of a cent under August
11, and’ advised consumers not to
pay more than present retail prices
under any circumstances. Ceiling
prices on rayon will be set shortly,
the agency said.
OPM placed steel under full pri
ority control, asked all pig-iron pro
ducers to set aside two per cent of
September output, and prohibited
further manufacture of white wall
auto tires to conserve rubber and
zinc.
INFLATION CONTROI
The President gave the Governors
of the Federal Reserve System con
trol over installment buying to pre
vent a volume of easy credit to con
sumer? so large it would cause in
flation by increasing the demand
for goods at a time the supply is
growing less. The Governors an
nounced regulations regarding down
payments, length of loans and types
of credit would restrict installment
| buying of autos, refrigerators, wash
i ing machines, vacuum cleaners and
other durable goods but would not
affect charge accounts at grocery
and department stores.
OIL—
Defense Petroleum Coordinator
Ickes said the first full week of the
7-to-7 “curfew” for 100,000 East
coast gas stations showed virtually
100 per cent cooperation with little
employment loss, but sales in the
Eastern States were 13 per cent
higher than this time last year. He
said “rigid steps” will have to be
taken to restrict gasoline’ sales.
LICENSE PLATE METAL—
The OPACS requested State motor
vehicle officials to require motorists
to hand in their 1941 license plates
when they get 1942 tags. The OPACS ;
arranged for metal for the new tags |
because time was too short to seek I
substitutes but stated no sheet steel I
will be available for 1943 tags.
54-Year Old Copy
Os News Has Many
Interesting Items
An old and interesting copy of
the Early County News, dated May
26, 1887—over 54 years ago—was
sent to The News the past week
by a former Blakely resident, Mr.
W. D. Ray, who now resides in
Montgomery, Ala.
The paper, could it be reproduced
in its entirety, would be of interest,
particularly to the older residents of
the county, for it contains names
familiar to a generation many of
whom have passed on.
The business directory, printed on
page 1, lists G. D. Oliver, R. H.
Sheffield, William A. Jordan and H.
C. Sheffield, attorneys at law; Dr.
G. R. Ewell, chemist and druggist;
Dr. W. B. Standifer, physician and
apothecary; and Dr. T. M. Howard,
dentist and physician. Os these,
only Dr. Standifer survives.
In the local column appear the
names of many “old timers” who
were prominent in the business and
social life of that day, while in the
editorial columns is found a sarcas
tic reference to Rutherford B. Hayes’
“steal of the presidency” from Sam
uel J. Tilden.”
The paper; stated that “the Blake
ly Extension (railroad) has now be
come a certainty and the croakers
will cease their croaking and the
doubting Thomases will doubt no
more.”
Os local business houses listed in
the advertising columns, none is now
exigent.
W. W. Fleming, Jr., father of the
present publishers of the paper,
was editor at that time.
Rotarians Hear
Interesting Talk
On Journalism
The members of the Blakely Ro
tary Ciub, meeting at the Hotel Ear
ly at noon last Friday, heard an
interesting talk on journalism, the
speaker being Tom Bynum, staff
writer for the International News
Service, who is at home on a leave
of absence. Mr. Bynum, a local boy,
is a graduate of the University of
Missouri, and prior to going with the
INS, held positions in Albany and
Gainesville. He discussed in an in
teresting manner the'details of his
work and answered questions pro
pounded by the Rotarians. He was
introduced by Rotarian Jim Bonner,
program chairman for the day.
The meeting was presided over
by Vice President James B. Murdock,
Jr., with the music in charge of Mrs.
Ben Haisten, club pianist.
We carry all good polishes. Let
us keep your shoes like new with
our fine shoe repairing. BLAKELY
SHOE SHOP.
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 I
—OR—
PULL OUT
$1.50 A YEAfe
COTTONS BETTER
BUY THIS YEAR
THAN EVER BEFORE
REACH NEW PRE-EMINENCE IN
WORLD OF FASHION AS WELL
AS FOR EVERYDAY NEEDS
Cottons are a better buy this year
than ever before, H. A. Walton,
chairman of the Early County Cot
ton Industry Committee, said here
today. Pointing out that cottons
have reached a new pre-eminence in
the world of fashion as well as for
everyday needs, he said that the
Cotton Producing Industry and the
Cotton Trades Industry are cooperat
ing with the efforts of the Surplus
Marketing Administration, U. S. De
partment of Agriculture to increase
our home consumption of 100 per
cent American grown, pressed, and
manufactured cotton.
“No longer does the American
Woman have to make a choice from
the simply woven, plainly dyed cot
tons of grandmother’s day,” Mr. Wal
ton said. “Through the development
of new weaves, new finishes, new
dyes, and new treatments, the cot
ton industry can present fabrics sec
ond to none in the world, as thrifty
and fashionable buys.”
During the current summer sea
son, cottons have made new invasions
into the field of 'beach and sport
wear, street dbessles, afternoon
frocks and dinner and evening dress
es, the chairman of the cotton in
dustry said.
“Manufacturers have combined cot
ton’s inherent qualities of washability
and durability with brilliant new pat
ters and finishes”, he declared. “From
such sheers as veils and siwisses to
the heavier fabrics such as piques
and even denims cottons are being
accepted by leading designers and
stylists as America’s foremost fab
ric.”
Mr. Walton said that one reason
for the increase in cotton’s popu
larity during recent years was the
perfection of processes to control
shrinkage. Sanforized cottons will
net shrink more than one per cent
in either length or width, he pointed
out. New dyes have also assisted
cotton is gaining its present place
in the fashion world. Completely
colorfast, the new cottons can be
washed time after time wihout los
ing any of their sparkling brilliance.
“Amercan women, known as the
most fashionable in the world, de
mand coolness and comfort in their
summer clothing .just as much as
smartness and fashion,” Mr. Walton
said. “The ability of the great Ameri
can fiber, cotton, to fill aH these de
mands makes it the fashion favorite
with the nation’s women.”
NOTICE TO APPLICANTS
FOR DRIVER’S LICENSE
The State Department of Public
Safety announces that a safe driver
examiner will be in Blakely on the
second and fourth Wednesdays in
each month, from 9:00 a. m. to 5:00,
for the purpose of giving examina
tion to applicants for driver’s li
cense.
This schedule became effective
August 15, and will continue until
further notice.