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PHONE 182
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(By Wellborn H. Fleming)
HEAVY RAINS DELAY
SCHOOL HERE TUESDAY—
Heavy rains, which were blown up
from the gulf by the storm which
struck Florida early in the week, de
layed school activities here Tuesday,
since school is held in several public
buildings over the city and the rains
prohibited the transfer of pupils
from one class to another. The rains
abated during the afternoon and
school was resumed as per schedule.
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MISS CAMP MEMBER OF
BLACKFRIARS CLUB AT
UNIVERSITY OF ALA.—
Miss Mary Miles Camp, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Camp, has
completed her try-out for member
ship in the Blackfriars, University of
Alabama’s dramatic club, and is now
a full-fledged member. The Black
friars, the South’s oldest dramatic
organization, was originated thirty
five years ago. Among the plays to
be presented this year are “Idiot s
Delight,” “The Man Who Came to
Dinner,” “The Girl from Birming
ham,” “The Village Green,” and
many others. Miss Camp’s many
friends will be interested to learn of
her successful work at the University
of Alabama.
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THE HURRICANE BRINGS
RAIN TO THIS SECTION —
The tropical hurricane which
struck Miami and Homestead, Fla.,
on last Sunday, crossed lower Flor
ida below Tampa and swept out into
the Gulf. It then turned sharply
north and swept inland near Apa
lachicola and drenched northwest.
Florida, southeast Alabama and
south Georgia. Blakely received a
generous portion of the rainfall with
a rather strong wind on Tuesday,
the precipitation here being two and
a half inches.
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SCHOOL GIRL BREAKS
BOTH ARMS IN FALL
FROM SPRING BOARD—
Verne McDaniel, little six-year-old
girl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Char
lie McDaniel, of near Bolingbroke,
suffered a 'break in each arm when
she fell from a spring-board while
playing Monday. After being x-rayed
by a local physician, showing
that both limbs were clearly broken,
the fractured limbs were set and
she was dismissed.
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NEAR RIOT SATURDAY NIGHT
ON NORTH MAIN STREET—
The north side of Blakely was
thrown into considerable confusion
Saturday night, when Eugene Harp
put on a display of the “tough guy”
and sent dozens of couples running
from a North Main street establish
ment into the streets, when, it is
said, chairs, vulgarity and a knife
were brought into play. Even after
two police officers arrived, it was
some few minutes before Harp was
subdued and carried to police head
quarters.
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BLAKELY HAS A SOFT
HEARTED POLICEMAN—
One night recently a couple drove
into our fair city and approached
one of our sympathetic “cops” with
the pitiful story that they had no
money and needed enough gas to
complete their trip to Bainbridge.
Having no cash on hand, the cop
told the couple to drive over to a
filling station and he would stand
for enough gas for the Bainbridge
trip, some forty miles away. It
developed that when the filling sta
tion attendant started to put gas in
to the car, the tank lacked only
about a gallon of being full. Was
the cop’s face red when the boys
standing nearby began to laugh?
The operator of the auto claimed
that air in the gas tank would not
allow any more gas to be poured in
to the tank.
WOMAN’S CLUB TO SPONSOR
BENEFIT PARTY FRIDAY
The Blakely Woman’s Club is
sponsoring a benefit games party at
the club house Friday, October 10th,
at 3:30 o’clock.
Everybody is cordially invited.
There will be bridge, Chinese check
ers and other games. Those who do
not wish to take part in the games
are urged to attend, anyway.
Those getting up tables will be
responsible for your table, cards,
pencils, covers and score pads. Tal
lies will be furnished to all tables.
For reservations, call Mrs. O. L.
Hooten or Mrs. Charles Boyett, Sr.,
and they will give you the number
of your table. Fee, 25c per person
or SI.OO per table.
Due to the party the regular meet
ing will be held at 2:30 o’clock Oct.
10 instead of at four o’clock at the
club house. We are beginning a
new year and hope to have many
new members.
—REPORTER.
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
CIVILIANS TO
THE COLORS!
—By—
DOROTHY BALKCOM
Georgians are leading the citizens
of five other southern states in the
purchase of Defense Issues—in fact,
during the three months of June, July
and August, Georgians bought U. S.
Defense Bonds worth $3,056,000.
Right here in our town and county,
purchases of Defense Stamps (rang
ing from 10 cents apiece to $5.00)
and Defense Bonds from our Post
Office and two banks amount to
$5,079.30.
One of the most unusual cases of
Americans’ buying Defense Bonds
has been that of Grover Owen, of
Guymon, Okla. Mr. Owen had been
saving pennies. When he decided
to let Uncle Sam use his savings,
three men had to help him carry his
money—it weighed 70 pounds! He
had 10,335 pennies. Now, the U. S.
Government is using those pennies
to help in the enormous expense of
arming this nation for the defense
of you and me and other Americans.
Over our state school teachers and
principals are planning a program
to get every child in the Georgia
system to buy a 10 cent stamp each
week.
In the continuing list of those
local Americans who have responded
to the national call for aluminum
are Mrs. Liston McArthur, Miss
Mayme Perry, Mrs. T. S. Chandler,
Sr., Mrs. Bobby Rice, Mrs. W. H.
Ivey, Mrs. Ben Perry, Mrs. Julius
Beckham, Marjorie Jane Carswell,
Charles and Ray Shirling, Mrs. W.
L. Stone and Mr. C. I. Houston.
One colored American, well-known
around town —Mariah Thomas—has
given some aluminum pans to our
government, and says she’s going to
keep looking around for more to give
“ ’cause we ought to help ’em out!”
Mariah is right. We ought to help
’em out.
MISS JOHNNIE HILTON
SUCCUMBS TO ILLNESS
OF LONG DURATION
Miss Johnnie Hilton, 35, of near
Hilton, died at the home of her par
ents last Friday after a long-time
illness.
Funeral services were held at
Xion church Saturday, with the Rev.
T. B. Mellette officiating and the
Minter, Fellows & Forrester Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements.
The following served as pall-bear
ers: Frank Jones, Tommy Hilton, G.
D. Loftin, Carl Hilton, Hilton John
son and Troy Johnson.
Survivors include her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Hilton; one
brother, James Hilton; and three
sisters, Mrs. Frank Jones, Mrs. Tom
English and Mrs. G. D. Loftin.
CITY COUNCIL MET
TUESDAY NIGHT
Only routine business was trans
acted by the Mayor and City Coun
cil at their regular meeting held
Tuesday night at the city hall. Pres
ent were Mayor R. C. Singletary
and Councilmen S. G. Maddox, Lewis
B. Fryer, and C. R. Barksdale. Coun
cilman Oscar Whitchard was not
present.
LOCAL WEATHER
SUMMARY FOR THE
MONTH OF OCTOBER
Temperature: Mean maximum,
89.7; mean minimum, 68.8; mean,
79.2. Maximum, 100 on the Bth;
minimum, 59 on the 23rd; greatest
daily range, 35 degrees.
Precipitation: Total, 3.19 inches.
Greatest amount in any 24-hour pe
riod, 1.0'3 inches on the 25th.
Miscellaneous: Number of days
with 0.01 inch or more of rainfall,
10; clear, 12; partly cloudy, 10;
cloudy, 8. Dense fog on the 27th.
Thunderstorm on the 26th.
J. G. STANDIFER,
Observer, U. S. Weather Bureau.
Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Rabon an
nounce the birth of a daughter, Ina
bel Gayle, on Tuesday, October 7.
Relief At Last,
For Your Cough
Creomulsion relieves promptly be
i cause it goes right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel germ
! laden phlegm, and aid nature to soothe
i and heal raw, tender inflamed bronchial
: mucous membranes. Tell your druggist i
, to sell you a bottle of Creomulsion with
I the understanding you must like the
> way it quickly allays the cough or you j
! are to have your money back.
CREOMULSION
For Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis
Defense Gardens
By TED M. PHELPS,
H. M. Supervisor, F. S. A.
Our fall gardens should be called
“defense gardens” this year. And
we should all be sure the Victory
Flag is flying high over the gardens
now.
Each farm family in Early county
should have a fenced garden and in
that garden should be planted for
this fall and winter use: Beets, cab
bage, carrots, collards, kale, rape,
lettuce, mustard, onion, rutabagas
and turnips. We have set the goal
for each F. S. A. family in Early
county to plant at least four of
these vegetables this fall and more
in every case possible and we hope
all farm families in Early county
will join us in making it their
goal, too.
Claud R. Wickard, Secretary of
Agriculture, has asked the nation to
produce 1,329,000 additional home
gardens in a campaign to increase
the nation’s food supply. Early
county wants to do its part. Let’s
all make a drive on “Defense
Gardens” and plan to fence at least
one-half acre for each family of five.
Use your compost, which will
mean better fall gardens with less
expense. The barnyard fertilizer
will be a protection to the vegeta
bles in cold weather. The same pa
triotism can be shown in growing a
“Defense Garden” as in buying “De
fense Bonds.”
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EARLY COUNTY TEACHERS,
WE SALUTE YOU
It’s a noble service you are performing in serving
the public day by day.
We, too, are serving the public to the best of our
capacity.
For your banking needs we sincerely invite you
to visit our bank. Whether you are on a friendly visit,
or wish to open a checking account, or to discuss your
financial worries, you will always be assured of a
cordial welcome.
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