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EARLY COUNTY, GA. GARDEN SPOT OF GOD’S COUNTRY VOLUME LXXXI NO. 11 BETHEL BAPTIST ASSOCIATION TO MEET NEXT WEEK i 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.