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I EARLY COUNTY, GA. GARDEN SPOT OF GOD’S COUNTRY VOLUME LXXXI > NO. 9 FUNERAL IS HELD FOR MR. HAMP GRIMSLEY Funeral services for Mr. Hamp H. Grimsley, '56, well-known contractor and carpenter of this city, were held Thursday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock, at the Pleasant Grove church, with the Revs. L. C. Wimber ly, E. M. Overby and A. L. Miller officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery, with the Min ter, Fellows & Forrester Funeral Home in charge of arrangements and R. C. Howell, Bertis Bowman, Casey Jones, Curtis Loyless, Tom Grier and Luke Bridges serving as pall bearers. Mr. Grimsley died Wednesday night at his home in the western part of the city after an illness of two months, part of which time was spent in a Cuthbert hospital. ' The high esteem in which he was held was attested by the large number of friends who attended his funeral rites. He was a a native of Early county, where he was born August 25, 1885, and was a son of the late H. H. Grimsley, Sr., for many years Ordinary of Early county, and Mrs. Grimsley. He was a mem ber of the Pleasant Grove Methodist church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Erie Bynum Grimsley; one son, Olin Grimsley of Tallahassee, Fla; five daughters, Mrs. Ernest Bundy of Blakely, Mrs. Aubrey Willis of Quin cy, Fla., Mrs. Milledge Sinquefield, and Misses Hilma and Myrtice Grims ey of Blakely; one brother, Joe S. Grimsley, of Port St. Joe, Fla.; and five sisters, Mrs. Della Singletary of Blakely, Mrs. Amos Fain of Ariton, Ala., Mrs. M. S. Freeman of Preston, Ga., Mrs. G. T. Freeman of Camilla, Ga., and Mrs. Arrie Grimsley, of Troy, Ala. , RED STAR AT WEAVER’S TAKE THE STAIRS AT WEAVER’S AND SAVE Men’s Plain Toe Work Shoes. This shoe easily worth $2.00, now only $1.39 Men’s Dress Oxfords, all sizes; $2.50 would be cheap; price today $1.98 Men’s Denim Pants 98c Boys’ Overalls, sizes 4-16; a star value at 69c Men’s Khaki Pants, regular $1,69 value, $ priced now for only $1.19 Men’s Shirts or Shorts, 22c value, for only 15c Men’s 2.20 wt. Overalls, priced now for limited time only 99 c 80 square Print Dresses, while they last__„ 69c Girls’ School Oxfords, new stock, won derful value $1.98 SATURDAY, October 11, Only One table Ginghams, Chambrays and Broadcloths, special price, yard (Limit 10 yards to customer) •Vw Weaver’s UPSTAIRS BARGAIN ANNEX (T. K. WEAVER & COMPANY) CHARLES E. BOYETT BLAKELY, GEORGIA ffiarlg (Jmurtg Jfew® REGULAR MEETING OF LIONS CLUB HELD TUESDAY The Blakely Lions Club registered a good attendance at their noon meeting held at the Hotel Early Tuesday, as the club began its two month attendance contest with the Arlington club. The loser in this contest is to entertain the winner. The meeting was given over to a discussion of business. Lions B. R. B. Davis, chairman of the safety committee, reported that the school boy patrol in the county had been organized and that the members had already been supplied with badges. An order has been made for the caps and belts and they will be distributed soon, Lion Davis said. Lion Herman Cheek reported that the 'Scouts were still active and had recently attended a district Scout meet held at Kolomoki Park. President Philip Sheffield presided and Mrs. Ben Haisten rendered a program of piano music. COMMISSIONERS MET . IN MONTHLY SESSION HERE TUESDAY The Early County Board of Com missioners of Roads and Revenues, meeting in regular monthly session Tuesday, adopted a motion to the effect that henceforth “all new roads to be cut by Early county must be approved by the Board of Commis sioners in regular session.” The Board adopted resolutions of respect to the memory of the late Mr. J. C. McFather, a member of the Board at the time of his death some weeks ago. No other business, other than routine matters, was attended to at Tuesday’s meeting. BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 9, 1941. Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead?’ AID TO BRITAIN, RUSSIA— Lend-Lease Expediter Harriman and Lord Beaverbrook, heads of the U. S. and British missions to Mos cow, announced in a joint statement the United States and Great Britain have ’‘decided to place at the dis posal of the Soviet Government prac tically every requirement for which the Soviet military and civil author ities have asked.” The President told his press conference his rule of thumb of 50-50 allocation of war material production between this country and anti-Axis foreign pow ers is still in effect on the average. Agriculture Secretary Wickard, speaking in Memphis, Tenn., said this country has shipped or bought about a billion dollars worth of food, and “within the next year we expect to ship or buy at least anoth er billion dollars worth.” Federal Loan Administrator Jones announced the third disbursement of $75,000,- 000 on the $425,000,000 loan to Brit ain. He also announced a second disbursement of $20,000,000 of the $100,000,000 'authorized for the Amtorg Trading Corporation, a U. S. corporation owned by Russian interests. FREEDOM OF RELIGION IN RUSSIA— President Roosevelt told his press conference that W. Averill Harri man, chief of the American Mission to Moscow, has been specifically in structed to take up with the Russian government’the question of religious freedom in the Soviet Union. Ear lier he issued a statement that “it is hoped ... an entering wedge for the practice of complete freedom of religion is definitely on its way” in Russia. POST-WAR INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION— Supreme Court Justice Jackson told the annual convention of the American Bar Association that “at the end of this war we must either throw the full weight of American influence to the support of an inter national' order based on law, or we must outstrip the world in naval and air and perhaps in military force.” The tragedy and irony of the present position of the United States, he said, is that this country which would not join a League of Nations which advocated economic sanctions, is “now imposing those very sanctions against half the world in an effort to turn the fortunes of war.” INFLATION CONTROL— Price Administrator Henderson, speaking in New York, said that the country is now experiencing the “jagged, irregular price advances” with which inflation starts. Unless inflation is restricted, he said, it will prevent arming and undermine the priorities system because “the getting of materials will depend not on the buyer’s need but the seller’s greed.” He said a doubling of prices means a reduction in value by 50 per cent of every insurance policy, annuity, savings account, pension or other form of savings. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau, speaking in Chicago, said the Treas ury is anxious to divert into defense stamps and bonds spending produced by pay increases nad bonuses. He suggested every Christmas bonus be paid in defense bonds or stamps. Partially to combat inflation, the President plans to ask Congress to extend the Social Security program to 80,000,000 persons—double the number now covered. Increased pay roll taxes under the program would remove additional funds from circu lation. TAXATION— Treasury Secretary Morgenthau, in his Chicago speech, also said de fense expenditures are “inadequate” and the 1941 tax bill was “a good Rotarians Enjoy Accordion Music at Weekly Luncheon Miss Evelyn Dußose and three of her pupils entertained the members of the Blakely Rotary Club with an enjoyable program of accordion mu «ic at last week’s meeting of the elub, held at noon Friday at the Hotel Early. The three young muj sicians assisting Miss Dußose were Meade Maddox, Dorothy Leger and Anne Jean Jones, and some of their renditions were “Long, Long Ago,” “Dolores,” “T h e Swallow” and “When You and I Were Young, Maggie.” The group received the hearty applause of the Rotarians. Two new members, Barney Wynne and Thomas Debnam, were received into the club and extended a cordial welcome by President Henry Wall. A one hundred per cent attend ance was registered at last week’s meeting. THIS WEEK IN NATIONAL D-E-F-E-N-S-E start” 'but not large enough to raise the necessary revenue, check infla tion or take the profit out of war. He said the U. S. is trying to be the arsenal of democracy by devoting only 20 per cent of factory and mining output to defense, only 30 per cent of durable goods produced, only 16 per cent of national income. The Bureau of Internal Revenue announced it will prosecute dealers attempting to make large profits by misrepresenting the new Federal taxes as larger than they are or by pretending to absorb the taxes them selves when actually passing them on to the consumer. FARMING OUT— -OPM Contract Distribution Divis ion Director Odium called on smaller manufacturers to “drum up a sub- , contract on your own, if possible,” and asked larger manufacturers to pass on their backlog of work to small concerns facing shutdown for lack of civilian materials on defense orders. Bradley D. Nash, of the Financial Section of O'PM’s Contract Distribution Division, told the Ameri can Bankers Association in Chicago the Division field offices will be pre pared to consult and advise prime or subcontracting groups and their financial representatives to inform them of availability of properly equipped subcontractors, location of machinery and other equipment which may be required. Mr. Odium has said as many as 200 offices might be opened. Under Secretary of Naval Forres tal instructed all bureaus and offices of the Navy and the Marine Corps in ways to help spread Navy de fense work among smaller manufac turers. EMPLOYMENT, LABOR TRAINING AND SUPPLY— Labor Secretary Perkins said to tal non-agricultural employment of 39,542,000 last month was 3,640,- 000 workers more than in August, 1940, and 1,166,000 more than in August, 1929. Miss Perkins said the “unusual” demand in the can ning industry is giving the country its “most extraordinary expansion of employment in history.” The OPM Labor Division reported it has given assistance to almost 1,800 defense contractors employing more; than 2,500,000 workers during its first year, and has established 22 District Offices. The WPA said its in-plant defense training program, which trains workers for four weeks in plants which usually later hire them, is operated in 72 cities and 24 states. Federal 'Security Admin istrator McNutt announced shortages of qualified workers exist in 126 or 514 occupations selected as essen tial to defense, and are expected in an additional 38 occupations before November 1. SHIPS— The Navy announced 38 keels were laid and 26 ships launched from September 1 to October 3. The De partment predicted “even greater acceleration in October.” The Mari time Commission chartered two ships to the Irish Free State to be under Irish flag with Irish crews, and chartered three more to carry nitrates to the U. S. from South America. CIVILIAN DEFENSE— The Department of Justice an nounced the OCD and FBI have com pleted plans for “FBI Civilian De fense Courses” in 55 U. S. cities and territories where FBI field headquar ters offices are located. The courses will train police and other officials for various law enforcement duties in emergencies. OCD Director La- Guardia said 85 hospitals have start ed courses in the program to train 100,000 nurses’ aides and 153 Red Cross chapters have also started their courses. He announced a com mittee of public and parochial (Continued on page 5) Additional Early Cotinty Registrants Report Next Week Another contingent of Early county registrants have been order ed to report next week for induction into the U. S. army. On October 14th Wilton Morgan, Byron Hinton Barefoot, George Horace Houston, Ottis Eugene Hall and Foy Ray Williams, «11 white registrants, will report to the Local Selective Service Board for induc tion into Fort McPherson. George i Henry Bell will serve as replace ment in the event any one of the five named fails of induction. Three colored registrants will re- I port on October 15th for induction into the army at Fort Benning. The three are John Arthur Fuller, Den nis Washington Teart and Johnnie Lee. Luther Wade will serve as re placement. NEW BOOKS AT EARLY COUNTY LIBRARY Shirer: Berlin Diary. Churchill: Blood, Sweat and Tears. Schulberg: What Makes Sammy Run? Remarque: Flotsam. Smith: Low Man on a Totem Pole. Forester: Captain from Connecti cut. Maclnnes: Above Suspicious, Goodrich: Sound of Wings. Brush: You Go Your Way. Wren: Uniform of Glory. Norris: The Venables. Wees: A Star for Susan. Corby: Two I Love. Greig: Rich Twin, Poor Twin. Doner: Doctor’s Party. Brining: All of Their Lives. Walpole: The Blind Man’s House. Doner:, Chalice. Miller: White Cliffs. Hancock: Meet the Warrens. Brand: Riders of the Plains. Seltzer: Treasure Ranch. Hill: Rose Galbraith. Hull: Through the House Door. ‘Trace: Trigger Vengeance. Kelly: Marriage Is a Private Af fair. Cronin: Keys of the Kingdom. DuMaurier: Weep No More. Coyle: Who Dwell with Wonder. Baldwin: Temporary. Address, Reno. Miller: When a Girl’s in Love. Colver: There’s Only One. Dowdey: Sing for a Penny. Rice: Eight Faces at Three. Collier: Fire in the Sky. Williams: The Strange Woman. Doner: Not By Bread Alone. w. l. rhodesTnamed MEMBER OF NATIONAL REEMPLOYMENT COM. Governor Talmadge has appointed W. L. Rhodes of this city as a mem ber of the National Reemployment Committee for the Local Selective Service Board Area. Mr. Rhodes will assist young men returning from military service to secure jobs. The committee consists of one appointee from each county and Mr. Rhodes represents Early county on the com mittee. He will gladly assist in any way he can the young men dis charged from the service looking for employment. • • • BOBCATS OPEN HOME SEASON HERE FRIDAY NIGHT WITH FT. GAINES Blakely’s fighting Bobcats open the home season here tomorrow (Fri day) night against a scrapping Fort Gaines team. The kick-off is sched uled for 8:30 o’clock and Athletic Director J. A. Hammack urges a large attendance to support the Bob cats in their first home game. ALEX CARSWELL APPOINTED CLERK LOCAL BOARD— . Alex Carswell, former superin tendent of the Blakely public schools, has been appointed clerk of the local Selective Service Board, to replace S. W. Howell, it was an nounced last week. Mr. Carswell’s appointment is temporary. When You Borrow Money • • • You naturally figure on how you are going to pay it back. We make loans payable monthly and we would like to have the opportunity of explaining this to you if you need to borrow money. O FIRST STATE BANK BLAKELY, GEORGIA Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Maximum Insurance of $5,000.00 for each depositor PULL FOR BLAKEtY —OR— PULL OUT $1.50 A YEAR BOBCATS LOSE OPENING GAME TO COLQUITT Somt fast and elusive running by “Lick” Radney, Colquitt’s fleet-foot ed halfback, who set the ball in scoring position, a couple of passes from Long to Byrd, one in the third quarer and one in the fourth, spell ed defeat for the Blakely Bobcats last Friday night as they lost their opening game 14 to 6 to the unde feated Miller county Pirates. The first ’half was a nip and tuck affair, with neither side threatening to score except early in the second quartet, when Radhey (returned a punt to Blakely’s twenty yard line and two line plays took it to the one yard line, where Sirmons knocked Brown out of bounds. A line play failed to gain as a mass of Bobcats stopped the Pirates cold. Tedder took the ball from behind his own goal line and ran it out for a first down for the prettiest play of the game. The half ended a few min utes later with Colquitt in possession of the ball, attempting to pass. Colquitt scored first early in the third quarter, after Bryant was forc ed to kick. Radney faked a line plunge and went to the 6 yard lim. Then he picked up three more at the line. On the next play Lanier came in fast to smear Radney for a three yard loss. The next play, a pass from Long to Byrd scored. The extra point was wide. The Pirates scored again early in the fourth quarter on an almost identical play. Radney put the ball in scoring po sition and Long passed to Byrd for the marker. This time Long’s kick was good and the score was 14 to 0. New life seemed to come to the Bobcats at this juncture and Blake ly took the ball deep down in their own territory after an exchange of kicks. Bryant passed to Tedder, who made a first down. He passed to Nobles, who made another first down and then a long pass from Bryant to Ben Mosely netted a first down on Colquitt’s one yard line. Here Joe Tedder, who was the Bobcats best player Friday night, went scamper ing around left end fora touchdown Bryant’s pass for he extra point was batted down. For an inexperienced team the Bobcats gave an excellent account of themselves and show promise of being a title contender with just a little more seasoning. Nobles play ed a good game for a first year man, as did Willis, who relieved Bryant at quarterback. In the other games over the con ference, West Bainbridge defeated Dawson 13 to 12, and Fort Gaines licked Attapulgus 18 to 14. The lineup for the Blakely-Colquitt game: „ , Blakely Pot. Colquitt Sirmons le Moore Lanier c La Y tur l Mosely re Byrd Bryant qb Long Tedder hb Radney Nobles fb Brown Substitutes: Blakely—Byrd, Balk com, Willis, J. Mosely; Colquitt— Bryan. LIBRARY NOTICE The Early County Library, a WPA project, will ’be open from 12:30 to 5:30 p. m., in order that the school children may get books during their lunch hour.