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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.