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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXXI > NO. 17
GEORGIA LEADS
IN PEANUT AND
PECAN CROPS
Georgia leads all other states in
peanut and pecan production, 0. N.
Singleton of the State Department
of Agriculture reported the past
week.
Preliminary figures show 488,250,-
000 pounds of peanuts picked and
threshed, this year, he said, com
pared with a 448,340,000 total for
the entire Virginia-North Carolina
area.
He said most of the home-grown
peanuts were processed within the
state and the manufactured prod
ucts sent to other states.
There are at present 190 uses for
peanuts, Mr. Singleton said, due
mainly to research of the famous
Negro scientist, Dr. George Wash
ington Carver, of Tuskegee, Ala.
Mr. Singleton estimated that
Georgia would produce 9,497,000
pounds of pecans this year, com
pared to 7,929,000 pounds last year.
The second-ranking state in pecan
production is neighboring Alabama,
he said, with more than 3,899,000
pounds.
ROTARY CLUB HOLDS
WEEKLY MEETING
An interesting article on Christ
mas toys, from The Coronet, read by
Vice President James B. Murdock,
Jr., presiding in the absence of
President Henry Wall, and a short,
humorous talk by Attorney Lowrey
Stone, made up the entertainment
part of last week’s meeting of the
Blakely Rotary Club, held at the
Hotel Early at noon Friday. It was
announced that the next meeting of
the club would be held at night on
Friday at the Woman’s Club build
ing, at which time and place the
Early District 80/ Scout executive
meeting is to be held.
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Telephone Hearing
Is Reset for
December 17
The Blakely Telephone Company’s
hearing before the Public Service
Commission has been reset for Wed
nesday morning, December 17, it
was learned here early this week.
The owner of the company had been
previously ordered before the Com
mission last Wednesday to show
cause why better service should not
be furnished the city of Blakely aft
er a complaint had been filed by
the local Lions Club.
Due to the fact that Commission
Chairman Walter McDonald had to
attend to important business in
Washington, D. C., the meeting was
postponed. The hearing will be
held at the State ■ Capitol on Wed
nesday morning, December 17, and
a delegation from the Lions Club,
the Rotary Club, the County Com
missioners and other citizens of
Blakely are exected to attend the
hearing.
MRS. S. H. WEBB DIES AT
HOME IN PANAMA CITY
Friends here will learn with re
gret of the death on last Sunday
morning, November 30, of Mrs. S.
H. Webb, at her home in Panama
City, Fla. Mrs. Webb had been ill
for several months. Her husband
had died only a few weeks previous
ly, on September 25.
Mrs. Webb was the former Miss
Maude Hamil, and had formerly lived
in Blakely. iShe was a daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Hamil
and a sister to Mr. Joe A. Hamil, of
Columbus. She is survived by two
daughters.
Mrs. Webb was greatly beloved by
many friends, to whom the news of
her death brought sorrow.
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4, 1941.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead/’
The White House announced a U.
S. army contingent has been sent to
Dutch Guiana in South America to
cooperate with Netherlands forces in
protecting mines there which furnish
more than 60 per cent of the baux
ite supply to the U. S. aluminum in
dustry. The move had the approval
of Brazil, whose forces will patrol
the Guiana-Brazilian border. The
White House said the Army force
would be withdrawn as soon as the
present danger passes.
FOREIGN RELATIONS—
Following conferences with envoys
of Britain, China, Australia and the
Netherlands and then representatives
of Japan, the State Department an
nounced if had presented Japan with
a plan dealing w-ith the Far Eastern
situation. The Department said
the plan was based on U. S. policy
previously announced. The President
told his press conference that for
the present U. S. merchant ships in
the Pacific would not be armed.
ARMY PROGRESS—
War Secretary Stimson told his
press conference the Army “has
shown really wonderful progress” in
the current maneuvers in the Caro
linas. He said reports from the
British in Egypt and Libya have
testified to the excellent perform
ance of American equipment bein£
used there.
Mr. Stimson said although the
great bulk of tanks fighting in Eu
rope are riveted, the Army is order
ing cast steel and welded tanks
which are stronger. Gen. Wesson,
Chief of Ordnance, reported ar
rangements for $53,000,000 in fa
cilities to make these new tanks.
SELECTIVE SERVICE
AND THE NAVY—
Navy Secretary Knox told his
press conference there has been a
15 per cent drop in Navy enlist
ments since the torpedoings of Navy
ships in the North Atlantic because
parents are no longer as willing to
give their consent to sons under 21.
The Navy needs 13,000 volunteers a
month now and beginning next July
1 will need 15,000 a month. If suf
ficient men do not volunteer, Mr.
Knox said, the Navy may have to
utilize selectees.
PRICES—
Labor Secretary Perkins reported
the cost of goods purchased by wage
earners and lower-salaried workers
in large cities increased 1.2 per cent
from mid-September to mid-October.
She said a survey of 18 staple
foods in 19 cities showed food prices
also rose moderately during the first
half of November.
Price Administrator Leon Hender
son announced prices of wooden
household furniture were no longer
going up. He asked manufacturers
of mattresses, bedsprings, studio
couches, metal beds and pillows to
hold prices where they were on No
vember 1, and announced the Gov
ernment is planning to restrict fur
ther price increases in water heat-
Launching of Super Sub Chaser
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Photo shows the launching of the super sub chaser PC-496 at Stur
geon Bay, Wis. The chaser is 165 feet long and the first of its type to
be completed in that area. It is ail steel welded and the makers have
a contract for six more of the same type.
THIS WEEK IN NATIONAL
- D-E-F-E-N-S-E -
ers, radiators and air conditioners.
He also announced manufacturers of
more than 50 per cent of all writing
paper, book and printing paper—
except newsprint—have indicated
they will not raise prices further.
PRIORITIES—
OPM ordered a 10 per cent cut in
production by large manufacturers
of vacuum cleaners for household
use; a two-thirds cut in production
of lead and tinfoil for decorative
purposes and for tobacco, chewing
gum, beverages, confections, films,
and similar articles.
OPM also announced it will short
ly institute a new priority system
under which manufacturers of essen
tial items will be allotted materials
on a three-months basis in order to
cut down the number of applications
for priorities.
PRIORITY UNEMPLOYMENT—
Special Assistant Nehemkis of the
OPM Contract Distribution Division,
speaking in St. Louis, said Army and
Navy contracts totaling $31,577,090
have been awarded in areas where
OPM found unemployment caused
by shortage of materials for non
defense work. He said ten areas,
including 75 plants and one entire
industry, have been certified as eli
gible for these special awards.
LABOR SUPPLY—
The Social Security Board report
ed 475,000 workers were scheduled
to be hired and 100,000 scheduled to
be laid off in 9,900 industrial es
tablishments between now and
February. Nearly 250,000 workers
will be taken on in the aircraft and
shipping industries, the report esti
mated.
The Office of Agricultural De
fense Relations announced that “if
all possible means of conserving
manpower and utilizing it efficiently
are employed . . , farmers should not
be handicapped seriously by labor
shortages next year.” Assistant OCD
Director Eleanor Roosevelt told a
press conference the OCD is plan
ning a “women’s land army” to help
harvest next year’s crops.
PROPERTY REQUISITIONING—
The President by Executice order
delegated to the OPM the power to
requisition property under the con
ditions set forth by Congress in the
Acts of October 10, 1940, and Oc
tober 16, 1941. Whenever request
ed by OPM, any Federal agency is
authorized to requisition property
essential to national defense which
cannot be obtained in any other way.
OPM issued a comparison of pres
ent industrial defense efforts with
those during 1917 and 1918. The
comparison showed the productive
capacity of each wdrker has greatly
increased because of technical ef
ficiency, and that because of lower
prices, the U. S. is now getting more
value for every dollar spent.
LEND-LEASE —
Lend-Lease Administrator Stettin
ius reported lend-lease aid has
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Scout Meeting Here
Friday Night to Be
Largely Attended
At least 100 people, including boy
scouts, parents of scouts, the entire
membership of the local Rotary and
Lions Clubs, and local scout execu
tives will attend the first anual meet
of the Eary district boy scout meet
ing Friday night at the Woman’s
Club building in Woodlawn Park,
Early District Chairman S. G. Mad
dox announced yesterday.
Dinner will be served in the main
room of the club house at 7:30
o’clock, and Ben Bozeman, promi
nent young Albany attorney, will be
the principal speaker of the evening.
Others listed on the program are L.
W. Smith, president of Chehaw Coun
cil, W. Y. Compton, Chehaw scout
executive, Miss Carpenter, council
secretary, and Paul Smith, assistant
scout executive.
This is the first general meeting
of boy scouts in Blakely since boy
scout work was reorganized here
early in the year. A rather good
report will be turned in to scout ex
ecutives of Chehaw Council, as there
will be approximately 75 boy scouts
in Blakely and other Early county
towns by the time the meeting is held
Friday night. A new troop was or
ganized in Jakin last week and final
plans were completed in Damascus
last night for organization of a
troop there.
Mr. Maddox asks that all boy
scouts attend this meeting in full
dress uniform and if possible to
bring their parents. Mr. Maddox
stated that parents were particularly
urged to attend this meeting, so as
to get better acquainted with the
boy scout movement in Blakely.
Scouts and scout leaders from
Blakely, Damascus and Jakin are
expected to attend the meeting to
morrow night, which begins at 7:30
o’clock. Emory Houston, A. J. Sin
gletary, J. L. Camp and E. 11. Cheek
are in charge of arranging the pro
gram and have promised an enjoy
able one.
Scout officers for the coming year
will be elected at this meeting.
MANY BLAKELYITES
ATTEND FOOTBALL
GAME IN ATLANTA
Among those from Blakely who at
tended the Tech-Georgia football
game in Atlanta last Saturday were
Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Maddox, Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Cox, Mr. and Mrs. Low
rey Stone, Mrs. Ida Stone, Mr. and
Mrs. 11. B. Jernigan, Miss Jean Jerni
gan, Dr. J. G. Standifer, Mr. Bill
Standifer, Miss Mary X. Brown, Mr.
Woodrow Grimsley, Mr. Wilson Dav
enport, Mr. Melvin Middleton, Mr.
Ed Morton, Mr. George Gee, Mr. Wil
lie Jim Hammack, Mr. Bernard Her
ring, Miss Mariclaire Alexander, Mr.
Philip Sheffield, Mr. Milton Martin,
Miss Louise Howell, Dr. and Mrs. R.
A. Houston, Mr. and Mrs. John Hol
man, Miss Lucy Maddox, Mr. M.
L. Smith, and perhaps others.
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CALLAWAY HEADS
FDR BIRTHDAY
CELEBRATIONS
Atlanta, Ga.—Drafting of Cason
J. Callaway, long a leader in the
fight against infantile paralysis, to
head the Georgia Celebrations of
the President’s Birthday next Janu
ary, has been announced from New
York by Keith Morgan, national
chairman for the Celebration of the
President’s Birthday for the Nation
al Foundation for Infantile Paraly
sis.
Mr. Callaway, who, said Mr. Mor
gan, “responded as he always does
to calls to serve fellow man,” al
ready has begun organization of his
state committee and expects to an
nounce it within the next few weeks
from his home in Blue Springs Farm,
Hamilton, Georgia.
A distinguished Georgian, Mr Cal
laway long has devoted unselfish
service to his state and country. He
served in the World War as a lieu
tenant in the Naval Reserve; went
to Japan as a member of this coun
try’s textile commission; served as
president of the National Association
of Cotton Manufacturers and also
as head of the Cotton Manufacturers
Association of Georgia; was chair
man of the Board of Regents of the
University System of Georgia.
He has been actively interested in
fighting infantile paralysis as a trus
tee of the Warm Springs Foundation
and of the Georgia State Chapter of
the National Foundation for Infan
tile Paralysis. He is a close person
al friend of President Roosevelt
and was one of the builders of Geor
gia Hall.
In announcing Mr. Callaway’s ac
ceptance, Mr. Morgan characterized
him as a man who will give the cam
paign “intelligent and earnest di
rection; a leader in whom men and
women of every faith and faction
have confidence.”
Expressing confidence that the
people of Georgia “will continue to
make it certain that Georgia victims
of infantile paralysis have the best
possible care,” Mr. Callaway said
last summer’s epidemic emphasized,
as nothing else before had done,
the need of wide public support of
the fight on polio. The people of
our state then saw their contribu
tions put to good use in alleviating
human suffering. I am confident
people will respond cheerfully and
generously to the opportunity to cel
ebrate the 60th birthday of our great
President and, at the same time, pro
mote the fight on polio.”
COMMISSIONERS HOLD
MONTHLY MEETING
The Early County Board of Com
missioners conducted only routine
business at their regular meeting
held Tuesday. All members of the
board were present.