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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXXI NO. 11
BETHEL BAPTIST
ASSOCIATION TO
MEET NEXT WEEK
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The Bethel Baptist Association
meets next Tuesday and Wednesday,
October 29-29, with the New Bethel
Baptist church, near Edison. Rev.
Alfred Pullen, Moderator, will pre
side over the two-days’ session and
an interesting program has been
planned. The hours for meeting and
adjournment are fixed at 9:45 a. m.
and 3:45 p. m.
The following local pastors will
conduct devotional services: Revs. G.
W. Shepard, D. E. Blalock, W.
R. Taylor and Rufus Higginglbotham.
The Missionary Sermon will be
preached by Rev. D. T. Cox and the
Associational Sermon by Rev. G. W.
Shepard. Formal reports on the sev
eral phases of denominational work
will be read: On Christian Litera
ture, from Blakely Church; on Con
vention Missions, from Edison
Church; Benevolences, from Vilulah
Church; and on Christian Education,
from Coleman Church.
Local work in the churches of the
association will be discussed: The
Worker’s Council by W. H. Joiner;
Woman’s Missionary Union by Mrs.
L. C. Clark; Sunday Schools by C.
W. Lowe; Baptist Training Union by
Miss Ruth Snelson; and Evangelism
by Rev. Spencer B. King.
Addresses touching the various re
ports will be delivered by Dr. 0. P.
Gilbert, Editor, Christian Index; Dr.
W. H. Faust, Executive Committee,
Atlanta; Mr. J. L. Fortney, Orphans
Home, Hapeville; President Paul Car
roll, Norman Junior College; Mr. C.
W. Coleman, LaGrange; Mr. Gainer
E. Bryan, Secretary, Baptist Train
ing Union, Atlanta; and the closing
inspirational message by Rev. Gordon
L. Brooks, Edison.
Officers for the coming year will
be elected at the closing session.
Golden Harvest Days
Continue at
WEAVER’S
WE ARE STILL SELLING MERCHANDISE
BELOW REPLACEMENT PRICES
Men’s Best Value Winter Unions,
Men’s Plain Toe Work Shoes, $ 1 9A
worth $2.00 —pair A
60 x 76 Cotton Blankets,
worth $l.O0 —each mUv
80 x 80 Newest Patterns Prints, 1 Q
worth 25c—yard I*7 C
Ladies’ 80 Square Print Dresses, fiQp
Men’s Flannel Shirts, tan or grey, Qftr
worth $1.50 —each UOv
These and many other wonderful bargain
prices remain the same through this week.
COME IN AND GET YOUR SUPPLY
FOR THE WINTER
THESE PRICES ALSO APPLY TO WEAVER’S UPSTAIRS
BARGAIN ANNEX
Where You Will Find Many Other Bargains. We
Will Always Save You Money.
T. K. Weaver & Co.
“Blakely’s Only Complete Store”
C. E. BOYETT, Owner BLAKELY, GA.
Conntn
BOBCATS WIN
OVER DAWSON
TEAM, 32-20
The Bobcats continued their win
ning streak over a fast Dawson team
in the Terrell county capital last
Friday night, when they took their
second straight victory, score 32-20.
Bryant, Nobles and Tedder lugged
the leather for a total of five touch
downs, while the. Dawson team was
able to score only three times, one
of these coming when Coach Tarre
ran in his second and third teams
late in the last quarter. Tedder
continued his scoring spree with
three of his mates’ five touchdowns.
Nobles scored one and thrilled the
spectators when he took a kickoff
and ran it back for a touchdown.
Bryant accounted for the other when
he intercepted a Dawson pass and
eluded every Dawson tackler to
score standing up. Willis, subbing
for the injured Joe Tedder, gave an
excellent account of himself, piling
up large gains on almost every play.
The Bobcats journey up to Cuth
bert Friday night to tackle the fast
Purple Hurricane who lost to Col
quitt last Friday night, 16-14.
EASTERN STAR TO
SPONSOR HALLOWEEN
CARNIVAL OCT. 30
The Blakely Chapter Order of the
Eastern Star will hold a Halloween
Carnival at the Woman’s Cluib build
ing next Thursday night, October
30. The public is invited to attend.
A small admission charge will pre
vail.
Alice Faye, Jack Oakie and John
Payne in “The Great American
Broadcast” at the Blakely Theatre
Thursday and Friday.
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 1941.
Success to AH Who Pay Their Honest Debts —
BLAKELY FFA CHAPTER WINS FIRST
PLACE IN STATE CONTEST AT MACON
A Blakely FFA adviser and a Ja
kin high school Future Farmer mem
ber came in for their share of hon
ors, glory and prize money at the
State Fair held in Macon last week
when the annual awards were made
to the Future Farmers of the state
of Georgia.
E. H. Cheek, adviser of the local
FFA chapter and agricultural teach
er in the high school, was awarded
third prize money for having the
third best Future Farmer chapter in
Georgia. First place went to Quit
man and second to Morven. Awards
were made on the following basis:
Supervised practice, cooperation,
community plant, leadership, earn
ings and savings, conduct of meet
ings, scholarship, recreation, and
newspaper reporting. Along with
this award Mr. Cheek received first
place and a prize of SSO for out
standing work in forestry. This
award is known as the Charles H.
Herty award. Another first prize of
sls was awarded the Blakely chapter
for their oat demonstration project.
The highest award which can be
bestowed upon a Future Farmer
member went to Joe Harvey, of Ja
kin, when he was awarded along with
eight other Georgia FFA members
the degree of American Farmer.
Together with this award was a free
trip to Kansas City, Mo., which
young Harvey is making this week.
He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Q.
Harvey, of Jakin, and has been an
outstanding member of the Jakin
FFA since 1937, a period of time
which has brought him many high
honors and a cash income of over
The Navy announced the destroy
er Kearney was torpedoed while on
patrol duty near Iceland. The boat
was able to proceed under its own
power, although several casualties
were reported. The President told
his press conference the vessel was
clearly within American defensive
waters when attacked.
arming of ships—
The House passed a bill modifying
the Neutrality Act to permit arming
of merchant ships. Navy Secretary
Knox told his press conference the
Navy is ready to put guns aboard
American merchant ships as soon as
Congress authorizes the action. He
said there are sufficient guns, for all
merchantmen although not all can be
used against both airplanes and sub
marines. He said arming merchant
ships will slow down submarines and
impair their marksmanship because
they will have to stay below the sur
face and use their limited stipply of
torpedoes instead of attacking with
shellfire.
LEND-LEASE AID—
Navy Secretary Knox announced
two overage submarines are being
transferred to Britain under the lend
lease program. The President an
nounced lend-lease transfers during
September reached a record $155,-
000,000 in equipment and services—
about three times the monthly aver
age of the past six months. The
President said aid is going to Britain,
China, South America, and the refu
gee Polish and Norwegian govern
ments. Russia, he said, is paying in
gold and strategic materials for sup
plies sent to that country.
The President reported only 5 per
cent of the original $7,000,000,000
for lend-lease remains unused. The
House voted $5,711,000,000 for fur
ther lend-lease activities.
PRODUCTION—
Price Administrator Henderson,
speaking in Detroit, said although the
U. S. is producing 35 per cent more
than ever before—4s per cent more
than in 1929—0n1y 12 to 14 per cent
of national income is going into de
fense. He said America is giving
only one hour of eight for defense
work. Altlhough OPM schedules show
this will be increased to two out of
eight hours by next June, he said,
Hitler is using five of every eight
eight hours for German war efforts.
OPM Research Chief Stacy May,
speaking in New York, reported
spending for defense in September
rose to approximately $1,347,000,000
—5203,000,000 higher than August.
He said Hitler could be beaten if the
U. S. shifted 50 per cent of its pro
ductive capacity to armaments and
suggested a $50,000,000,000-a-year
defense program.
The War Department announced
medium tank production almost dou
bled in September as compared with
August, and light tank production
showed a “good gain”. Congress
THIS WEEK IN NATIONAL
- D-E-F-E-N-S-E
“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead,*’
S7OO. G. G. Siniard is adviser of
the Jakin FFA chapter.
Mr. Cheek, in receiving the
awards, modestly gave credit to his
boys in the chapter and singled out
Herman Collier, last year’s president,
and James White, reporter and pres
ent president. Young White also
served as secretary of the FFA
state organization. Collier, who is
adept at woodworking and water
color painting, made the covers for
the chapter’s scrapbook and report
er’s journal which received the praise
of award judges at the Macon fair
last Saturday.
White was one of the runner-ups
for the Master Georgia Farmer De
gree and only missed this high honor
after serious and long deliberation
on the part of the judges.
Agriculture classes and an FFA
chapter have only been at Blakely
Hi for three years, Mr. Cheek hav
ing organized this work in the fall
of 1938. The Blakely FFA chapter
is one of the youngest in the state.
Last year the chapter had 56 mem
bers, four of which were Georgia
Planters. They were James White,
Joel McDowell, Thomas Hatcher and
Mack Jarrett.
Promtnent agricultural leaders at
tending the convention last week as
sured Mr. Cheek that it was possi
ble for the Blakely chapter to re
ceive the first place award for the
best chapter in the state if Blakely
had a canning plant. Educational
leaders have promised a new
plant for next year and it is hoped
by Mr. Cheek that a canning plant
will be included in this new set-up.
passed legislation authorizing a sl,-
500,000,000 increase in RFC borrow
ing and lending power to be used
partially to expand steel producing
facilities by 10,000,000 tons at a cost
of $1,000,000,000. OPM ordered
auto production for January 1942,
cut “at least” 51 per cent below last
January levels.
The Navy instructed its officers
to impress on companies behind sche
dule on ordance contracts the neces
sity of speeding deliveries even if it
means working three shifts, seven
days a week untill caught up. The
Department asked manufacturers who
can increase production by revising
their contracts to start new negotia
tions at once.
SUBCONTRACTING—
The OPM Contract Distribution
Division announced large defense
orders will be withheld from firms
refusing to farm out a sizable part
of the work. The announcement said
small business must be mobilized
quickly because more than 60 per
cent of all industrial workers are em
ployed by firms having less than 500
workers each.
The War Department reported a
105 mm. howitzer was successfully
built from parts made by a refrigera
tor firm, an oil-well supplies manu
facturer and a railroad car builder
none of whose employes had prior
cannon production experience. The
Navy reported as an example of its
subcontracting policy that 75 small
shops in New York State are working
on parts for naval gun mounts.
PRIORITY UNEMPLOYMENT—
The Federal Security Agency asked
all employes who anticipate layoffs
due to shortages to report their prob
lems at once to the nearest State
Employment Office—the first step
in obtaining Government action to
give plants defense orders. The
Agency said State Employment of
ficers have already surveyed 200
plants threatened with shortages and
made reports which may result in
placing of defense orders to prevent
unemployment.
AGRICULTURE—
The Agriculture Department re
ported the farm labor supply at 64
per cent of normal and 25 per cent
below last year, and said farmers
have been able to keep their hired
men from taking industrial jobs only
by sharply increasing wage rates.
The Agriculture Department an
nounced national prospects for all
crops improved about two per cent
during September, indicating one of
the largest total yields on record.
The Department said farmers do not
need priority orders to purchase farm
machinery except special classes, be
cause ratings are assigned to manu
facturers and warehousemen who
supply farmers.
PRICES—
The Bureau of Labor Satisfies in
(Continued on page 5)
AUTO FATALITIES
SHOW DECREASE
IN SEPTEMBER
Death was the winner in 43 fatal
Georgia traffic accidents in Septem
ber, resulting in 43 ftalities, Major
John E. Goodwin said today.
Death apparently paused for a
breath during September this year
since it won 77 lives last September
a year ago against 43 this year.
Major Goodwin pointed out that the
total of deaths for this year is only
69 above the same period last
year, which is a decided drop from
the lead of 77 a month ago.
Accidents have taken the awful
toll of 602 lives in nine months of
this year, most of the accidents
causing these deaths being avoidable
—in fact, all of them could have
been avoided, as all accidents are
caused by some improper driving on
the part of the drivers of vehicles.
The list of September fatalities
includes nine drivers, twenty pas
sengers, nine pedestrians, four bi
cyclists and one occupant of an ani
mal-drawn vehicle.
There were 34 males and 9 fe
males killed, of these 30 being white
and 13 colored.
Talk on Wildlife
Conservation Heard
By Blakely Lions
The Rev. Joseph H. Harvey de
livered an interesting and informa
tive talk on “Wildlife Conservation”
before the noon meeting of the
Blakely Lions Club, held Tuesday at
the Hotel Early. The Rev. Mr.
Harvey is vicar of the Bainbridge
Episcopal church and of the local
Episcopal church. He is a resident
of Bainbridge. Mr. Harvey’s talk
was along the line of the care and
preservation of birds and other wild
life. He pointed out that the
United States lost millions of dol
lars yearly because of the careless
ness of hunters and landowners in
burning the forests and the ruthless
killing of harmless birds.
The entertainment portion of the
program was by Fred Pressley, a
guest of Lion E. H. Cheek. Young
Pressley played his guitar and sang
two delightfully popular numbers,
“Yours” and “You and I”. Other
guests included A. T. Fleming, a
guest of Lion Charlie Lane, and Dr.
J. G. Standifer and Lieut. James
M. Bryant, guests of Lion “Tige”
Pickle.
President Philip Sheffield called
attention to the attendance contest
being held with the Arlingon club and
announced that the last meeting was
100 per cent, as three absentee
members had made up their attend
ance with other clubs. At the meet
ing yesterday only one member was
absent.
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
FLU EPIDEMIC
AS BAD AS 1918’s
IS FORECAST
Atlantic City, N. J.—The nation
is warned to brace itself this win
ter for an epidemic of influenza
which may be as severe as that of
1918 and 1919.
It may not kill as many people
as did the epidemic of the first World
War, said Dr. S. Edward Sulkin, Dr.
Joseph F. Bredeck and D. David
Douglas, of the St. Louis American
Public Health Association, but all
scientific indications point to a rapid
and widespread epidemic sweeping
the country this winter.
The scientists said they were not
trying to “throw a scare” into peo
ple, but analysis of the present situ
ation revealed two things: A minor
epidemic of flu swept eastward from
the west coast a year ago; it has
lain dormant during the summer
months, possibly building up its
virulence.
Exactly the same situation ex
isted in 1915 and 1916, when the
“Spanish influenza” broke out.
SOCIAL SECURITY ACT
TOPIC OF TALK AT
ROTARY MEETING
Victor Manget, of Albany, was the
guest speaker at last week’s meeting
of the Blakely Rotary Club, held at
noon Friday at the Hotel Early.
Mr. Manget, who is in charge of
the Albany office of the Social Se
curity Board, discussed the old-age
and survivors’ insurance feature of
the Social Security Act, and at the
conclusion of his informative talk
answered a number of questions
propounded by < members ,of the
club. He was introduced by Ro
tarian Chipstead Grubbs, program
chairman for the day.
The club voted to hold a barbecue
at its next meeting, to be held on
Thursday night instead of Friday at
noon, out at Indian Mounds Park.
Rotarians Guy Maddox, Dunbar
Grist, Robert Stuckey and Oscar
Whitchard were named a committee
to make the necessary arrange
ments.
Last week’s luncheon was presided
over by President Henry Wall.
CAR STILL RUNS
AFTER 22 YEARS
Lavonia, Ga.—Mr. J. J. Brown
should be called the Jack Benny of
this county.
He can be seen often driving
around in his smooth-running auto
which has been serving him faith
fully for over 22 years. The make
is “Overland 1919,” however, instead
of a Maxwell, and has been driven
from 5,000 to 10,000 miles a year
since it was purchased.
Mr. Brown’s only difficulty seems
to be in getting tires to fit the odd
size wheels.