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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. fpawnj- | IS THE IDEAL GIFT | FOR HER : : : : : f Make your early Christmas selection from $ our stock of over 2500 pairs Nylon and $ Pure Silk Hosiery in newest fall and win ter shades. - Jg Nylon Stockings $ W No. 190, one-thread, Berkshire ... $1.95 & No. 530, two-thread, Berkshire 1.79 No. 40X, two-thread Humming-Bird 1.79 & No. 3440, Beauty-Mist, seamless —l. 1.39 W No. 405, Nylon by Woolsey 1.65 O No. 113, Nylon Mesh Stocking 1.48 fij Pure Thread Silk Stockings S? No. 452 Humming Bird 1.25 I No. 220 Woolsey’s Full Fashioned 1.19 W& No. 543 Bewry, by Berkshire 1.00 m No. 99 Town and Country .89 O All gifts purchased in our store will be at- g tractively wrapped at no extra charge. S rjf Make Our Store Jg Your Christmas o Headquarters g T. K. Weaver & Co. | “Blakely’s Only Complete Store” @ CHARLES E. BOYETT, Owner BLAKELY, GA. gj Connti) JNtw 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 * ' ' ' s ' x A'*'' '* z ' ? ' By *'' Ju ’ -1 ?* v ~ 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 (Continued on back page) 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. Pay By Check= One of the most valuable privileges enjoyed by the average citizen in this country is that of paying bills by check, safely, conveniently and at low cost. It is the American way. Open a checking account with us today. • 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 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.