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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXXI NO. 10
FOREST FIRE
HAZARD LOOMS
FROM DROUGHT
Abetted by extreme drought, Geor
gia’s 22,000,000 acres of trees face
an even greater hazard than ever this
fall as the annual forest fire “sea
son” gets underway.
The Department of Natural Re
sources said that the number of fires
reached a peak between October and
March every year, causing millions
of dollars of damage. During 1’940,
flames razed 3.2 million acres, cost
ing growers an estimated loss of
$6,250,600.
Commissioner Zach D. Cravey said,
only “extreme caution on the part
of everyone will prevent even more
disastrous losses this year because
of the extended dry weather.” Many
motorists, as well as hikers, he said,
unwittingly start fires by flipping
live tobacco ashes into dry woods or
fields. He asked that smokers make
sure ashes are dead before they throw
them in places where conflagrations
are liable to result.
With the hunting season opening
up on various species of game, the
Commissioner reminded sportsmen to
be “mindful of extinguishing camp
fires and tobacco ashes”, also. Fires
destroy game as well as timber.
Walter Dyal, director of the For
estry Division, said that orders are
being received daily for shipments
of pine seedlings. The state nurser
ies will have 17,000,000 ready for
delivery within a few weeks, he re
ported. Applications may be made to
the Division of Forestry, State Capi
tol.
Lionel Barrymore, Lew Ayers and
Laraine Day in “Dr. Kildare Goes
Home” at the Blakely Theatre
Thursday and Friday.
Golden Harvest Days
—at—
WEAVER’S
Begins Friday, A. M.
October 17th
THESE ARE GOLDEN OPPOR
TUNITY DAYS FOR YOU TO
BUY YOUR FALL AND WINTER
DRY GOODS, SHOES AND
CLOTHING AT PRICES FAR
BELOW TODAY’S REPLACE
MENT COST.
Special feature prices in effect this
week in our retail grocery depart
ment, also.
MAKE WEAVER’S YOUR SHOP
PING HEADQUARTERS
You will -always find that we will
save you money.
T. K. Weaver & Co.
“Blakely’s Only Complete Store”
C. E. BOYETT, Owner BLAKELY, GA.
County JXcws
WEEKLY MEETING
OF ROTARY CLUB
HELD LAST FRIDAY
The weekly meeting of the Blakely
Rotary Club was held at noon at the
Hotel Friday, with Vice President
James B. Murdock, Jr., presiding.
Rotarian A. J. Singletary, Scout
master of the Rotary troop of Boy
Scouts, reviewed briefly the work of
the Scouts since their organization to
date.
Some time was spent in discussion
of matters of club interest.
Rotarian Dunbar Grist was pro
gram chairman for the day, and the
music was by Mrs. Ben Haisten, club
pianist.
Jas. B. Murdock, Jr.,
Named Red Cross
Roll Call Chairman
James B. Murdock, Jr., has been
named Red Cross Roll Call Chairman
for the annual Early county drive
to raise funds for the Red Cross,
Mrs. R. C. Singletary, Sr., local
chapter chairman, announced this
week.
Mr. Murdock is well known, as he
is general manager of T. K. Weaver
& Company, and is very active in all
civic matters pertaining to the ben
efit of the city and county. Mrs.
Singletary expressed her pleasure in
obtaining Mr. Murdock to conduct
the drive. She said: “Knowing of
Mr. Murdock’s untiring efforts to
make any civic matter a success, the
chapter feels that it was indeed
fortunate in securing his services,
and I know the drive will ‘go over
the top’ with him acting as chair
man.”
Mr. Murdock announced the drive
would begin around November 11
and that every community in the
county would have an opportunity
|to assist in raising funds for this
[great humanitarian cause.
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 16, 1941.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
BLAKELY WINS
FROM FT. GAINES,
SCORE 28-0
Blakely’s fighting Bobcats finally
hit their stride here last Friday
night and defeated a light but
scrapping little Fort Gaines sextet
by the score of 28-0.
With a rejuvenated line-up which
placed Nobles at quarterback, Willis
at end and B. Mosely at center, the
Bobcats clicked on all cylinders,
scoring four touchdowns and a safe
ty to whitewash a fast little Fort
Gaines team that stayed in there
and fought until the last whistle and
threatened to score on the Bobcats
on several occasions and would have
except for the butter fingers of the
Clay countians’ pass receivers.
The Bobcats played a much im
proved game over their opener with
Colquitt, but still lack the precision
and polish which makes a champion.
Tedder was excellent on the power
plays through the line, making a
good gain on each play. Bryant dis
played some alert football, inter
cepting several Fort Gaines passes
which were converted into touch
downs. Nobles, as field general,
showed the markings of a real quar
terback, and also some fancy foot
work, eluding tacklers on several
sweeping end runs which netted
large gains. Willis, Lanier, Mosely,
Sirmons and Balkcom were doing
some hard .tackling, as did Tedder
in the backfield, who also played a
oang-up defensive game. All the
Cats were hitting hard and low
Friday night, but Griffith, Fort
Gaines halfback, refused to be
stopped and on several occasions
scored nice gains by sheer strategy
and super-speed. This lad really
had the speed, and on one occasion
overhauled Mack Balkcom, who had
just intercepted a pass and seemed
to be headed for pay dirt, but Grif
fifth caught him from behind and
pulled him down.
First Quarter
Blakely kicked off. Fort Gaines
seemed to be going places when two
line plays by Griffith and Gibbons
and a pass to Bigby netted a first
down. Roberts fumbled and Blake
ly took the ball. Tedder plowed
through the line for 10 yards. No
bles threw a long pass to Bryant,
who went scampering 50 yards for
a touchdown. A try for the extra
point was no good. Fort Gaines took
the ball and on a series of passes
from Gibbons to Griffith, carried the
ball to Blakely’s 15. Birdsong car
ried it down to the 8. Another try
by Birdsong and the ball was resting
almost on the 2-yard line where No
bles made the play. On the next
play a mass of Bobcats came swarm
ing through the line and Birdsong
fumbled but recovered and the ball
went over to the Bobcats. Blakely
6, Fort Gaines 0.
Second Quarter
Neither side scored in the second
period. Nobles got away on, a long
run to score, but was called back and
Blakely was penalized for holding.
Blakey 6, Fort Gaines 0.
Third Quarter
Bryant kicked off and Griffith
came dodging back for 40 yards to
put the ball inside Blakey’s 10-yard
line. Here the Clay county lads
fumbled another costly one. Balk
com picked it up and returned it to
Fort Gaines’ 25. He had a clear
field ahead of him, but Griffith
caught him from behind. Two line
plays by Nobles and Tedder carried
the bali to the 5-yard line, where
Tedder carried it across for the
marker. Willis split the goal posts
for the two extra points. Blakely
I'4, Fort Gaines 0. Wilis kicked off
and also tackled the receiver. Grif
fith made 8 yards on a fake reverse
which pulled the Bobcats completely
off guard. Birdsong passed to Saun
ders for a first down. A long pass
over the goal line from Gibbons to
Saunders looked like a certain score,
NEUTRALITY LAW
MODIFICATION ASKED—
Stating “we will not let Hitler pre
scribe the waters of the world on
which our ships may travel. . the
President asked Congress to repeal
Section 6 of the Neutrality Act which
prohibits arming of American mer
chant ships and to examine other
phases of the law. The President
said this action “is a matter of im
mediate necessity and extreme urg
ency. . .”
The President said conditions have
so changed since enactment of the
law, it is no longer truly a neutrality
measure. He said “it is time for
this country to stop playing into
Hitler’s hands and to unshackle our
own.” He said the U. S. should not
“be forced to masquerade American
owned ships behind the flags of our
sister Republics.”
THIS WEEK IN NATIONAL
D-E-F-E-N-S-E
BETHEL ASS’N.
TO CONVENE
OCTOBER 28-29
The meeting of the Bethel Baptist
Association at New Bethel church,
near Edison, on October 28-29, is an
important event with this large de
nomination. This will be the fifth
time the association has assembled
with this old church—in 1876, in
1883, in 1907, in 1920, and now in
1941.
There are forty churches in the
membership of the Bethel Associa
tion, in Quitman, Randolph, Clay,
Calhoun, Early and Baker counties.
The total membership reported last
year was 6,007, with Sunday School
enrollment of 2,799; thirty-eight
Training Unions and fifty-four Wom
an’s Missionary organizations carry
on a good work. The churches re
ported 213 baptisms last year, and
the total contributions amounted to
$44,319.36. The value of all
church property is listed at $226,-
649.
The attendance at this meeting
is expected to be large, as an inter
esting program has been prepared,
and several of the best speakers in
the state are included. The New
Bethel people are expecting two
great days and a committee has been
appointed to have charge of the
lunches that are brought and wi|l
spread them in the old-fashioned
way.
Rev. Alfred Pullen, of Cuthbert,
is the Moderator, and Mr. W. H.
Joiner, of Coleman, is Clerk. Next
week’s News will carry some details
of the program.
but Saunders dropped the ball. A
fumble by Gibbons as Bryant tackled
him hard, and Blakely recovered.
Blakely 14, Fort Gaines 0.
Fourth Quarter
Tedder and Nobles on three plays
carried the ball to the three-yard
line. Coach Tarre sent in his big
backfield man, Faison, who walked
through the line for the score. The
extra point was no good. Blakely
took the ball again a few plays
later when Bryant intercepted an
other pass. Nobles passed to Lanier
for a nice gain. Nobles went for
20 yards on the next play. Nobles
passed to Bryant, who took the ball
for a completed pass, dropped it,
and the ball rolled over the goal
line where a Fort Gaines man re
covered, giving Blakely two points
and a safety. Blakely 22, Fort
Gaines 0. Fort Gaines took to
the air in a desperate attempt to
score, but again fleet-footed Milton
Bryant was in their way and inter
cepted, carrying the ball to the 25-
yard line. A series of line plays
and Tedder and Nobles netted a
first down on the one-yard line. Fai
son went in for Bryant and was
smothered for a three-yard loss. On
the next play Tedder dived over fiot
the score. Willis’ kick was blocked
and the try for extra point was in
vain. ’Final score: Blakely 28, Fort
Gaines 0.
The line-up:
Blakely Pos. Fort Gaines
Willis le Roberts
B. MoselycGigby
Balkcom reSaunders
Noblesqb Saunders
Tedder hb Griffith
Bryant fib Gibbons
Substitutes: Blakely, Lanier, Sir
mons, Faison: Fort Gaines. King.
Officials: Referee, Wilkins (Fort
Gaines); Umpire, Holman (Blakely);
Headlinesman, Norris (Fort Gaines);
Timekeeper, Stein (Blakely).
“Most of the vital goods authoriz
ed by the Congress are being de
livered,” Mr. Roosevelt said. “Yet
many of them are being sunk; and
as we approach full production re
quiring the use of more ships now
being built it will be increasingly
necessary to deliver American goods
under the American flag.”
AID TO BRITAIN AND RUSSIA—
The American Red Cross instruct
ed the British Red Cross to forward
immediately to Russia 800 tons of
medical supplies. The American Red
cross will send replacements supplies
to England.
PRICES—
Retail food prices continue to rise
between mid-August and mid-septem
ber, increasing 2.6 per cent to reach
the highest level since January, 1931,
the Labor Department reported. Con-
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FIVE EARLY COUNTY
MEN LEFT TUESDAY
FOR ARMY SERVICE
Five Early county young men left
Blakely Tuesday morning by bus for
Fort McPherson, Atlanta, where they
will be inducted into the army for
military training. They were: Ottis
Hall, Horace Houston, Wilton (Red)
Morgan, Foy Williams and Byron
Barfoot.
Teachers of County
Are Commended for
Cooperative Spirit
We wish to express our apprecia
tion to the entire teacher personnel
and to commend them for the fine
cooperative spirit that they have
manifested —
First, for the county teacher or
ganization in which you will meet
together monthly at the different
schools to discuss our problems,
needs and enjoy fellowship with,
each other in a professional and so
cial way. In this way, you will have
an opportunity to visit all the
schools and compare your own situ
ation with that of the other schools.
Second, rwe wish to congratulate
the principals upon the fine steps
taken toward an executive organi
zation which is called the Early
County Principals Association. Mr.
W. F, McGlamory, principal of the
Damascus schools, an able gentle
man, was chosen President. Month
ly meetings, preceding regular teach
ers’ meetings, will ! be held.
During the year we will expect
published accounts of what you are
doing. Above all, we want notable
results rendered to the boys and
girls and to their respective com
munities.
EARLY COUNTY BOARD OF
EDUCATION,
B. R. B. Davis, C. S. C.
GRAND OLE OPRY
STARS COMING ON
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24
WSM’s Grand Ole Opry Starswill
be seen in person at Blakely one
day only, Friday, October 24, at 8
p. m., at the Deal show lot, it is an
nounced in The News this week. This
year for the first time in the sixteen
years the Grand Ole Opry has been
on the air, top acts of Opry are mak
ing summer tours under their own
mammoth tent. See and hear Roy
Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys,
Jamup and Honey, Uncle Dave Ma
con, Rachel and Oswald, and Pap
and Odie. There is entertainment,
comedy, music and fun for every
member of the family. Here’s your
chance to see this big show in the
open under the mammoth tent that
will be located on the Deal show lot.
Be sure you don’t miss this big
treat, and be sure to bring the whole
family to the WiSM Grand Ole Opry
Stars Mammoth Tent. They will
enjoy every minute of this big
show.—advt.
One Way of Doing our
Share—the SAVINGS and
LOAN WAY . . .
One of the most important things for “we
Americans'’ to do now, is plan our lives
wisely so that we will be secure and free
of want whatever the next few years may
bring. Savings and Loan is doubly smart
thrift, because it builds your savings for
you, and provides you with funds when
you need them.
FIRST STATE BANK
BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Maximum Insurance of $5,000.00 for each depositor
PULL FOR BLAKELY
—OR—
PULL OUT
$1.50 A YEAR
SCOUT LEADERS
TO ATTEND MEET
CORDRAY’S MILL
Paul Smith, of Albany, assistant
scout executive of Chehaw Council,
has been in Blakely this week mak
ing arrangements for local Scout
leaders to attend a Scout leader
training course at Cordray’s Mill
this week end. Mr. Smith said that
Scout leaders from all over the Coun
cil would attend and study the
short course. The leaders will also
“rough it,” doing their cooking and
other things pertaining to Scout life.
Expected to attend from Blakely
are J. L. Camp, James B. Murdock,
Jr., Robert H. Stuckey, J. Emory
Houston, Leonard Houston, V. L.
Collins, A. J. Singletary, Lewie Stein
and Philip Sheffield.
County Teachers
Met Last Friday
For the second time this year,
the Early County teachers have met,
this time in Damascus on Friday,
October 10th, at 2p. m. Mr. T. B.
Clyburn, of Blakely, presided at the
meeting.
We reversed the customary parli
mentary procedure and opened the
meeting with a business session. A
resolution, requesting the G. E. A.
to appeal to Governor Talmadge to
raise all teachers salaries in the state
was presented to the group. Natural
ly everyone voted unanimously to
adopt the resolution.
The program, which followed the
business session, was presented by
the Damascus band under the di
rection of Mr. Martin. We enjoyed
the band numbers very much.
After the minutes were read by
the secretary, Miss Mildred John
son of Damascus, the organization
adjourned to meet for 20 minutes in
departmental meetings of primary
teachers, intermediate teachers, ag
riculture teachers, English teachers,
etc. Mr. McGlammory, principal at
Damascus, invited us to eat a barbe
cue after the twenty minute meeting.
Outside, we enjoyed Brunswick
stew, barbecue, pickles, and tea. The
pay checks, distributed at this time,
added to the enjoyment.
These meetings will prove bene
ficial artd enjoyable if we Will put
some enthusiasm and interest into
them.
Miss Hardee, principal at Cedar
Springs, invited us to Cedar Springs
for our next meeting which will be
held next pay day at 2:00 p. m.
REPORTER.
MRS. THRASHER
ELECTED FIRST VICE
PRESIDENT A. C. H. A.
Friends in Blakely and southwest
Georgia will be interested to learn
of the signal honor recently con
ferred upon Mrs. Jewell Thrasher,
administrator, or what is more gen
erally known as superintendent, of
the Frasier-Ellis Hospital of Dothan,
Ala. Mrs. Thrasher was recently
elected Ist vice president of the
American College of Hospital Ad
ministrators at the recent national
convention. This is the first tune
a woman has ever been elected to
this office in the college and reflects
great credit upon both Mrs. Thrasher
and the Frasier-Ellis Hospital, of
which she is administrator.