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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
j GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXXI NO. 18
SCHOOL BOND
ELECTION CALLED
VOTERS TO PASS ON $90,000
ISSUE FOR ERECTION OF
NEW SCHOOL BUILDING
The board of trustees of the
Blakely-Union school district, in
compliance with a request of more
than one-fourth of the registered
voters of said school district, has
called an election for Wednesday,
January 7th, 1942, at which time
the voters of said district will vote
on a $90,000 bond issue for the
erection of a new school building.
The board, after careful investi
gation, has decided that the amount
of the bond issue will be necessary
to meet the minimum needs for a
modern new building, and is submit
ting the question to the voters for
their approval or rejection.
The Blakely school building was
destroyed by fire last June. School
is now being held in several places
throughout the city. There is no
arguing the question as to the need
for the building, hence the bond
issue should pass without a dissent
ing vote. That it will receive the
overwhelming majority of those
voting is a foregone conclusion, but
a lack of interest on the part of
the voters might defeat the issue,
since two-thirds of those registered
must vote to make the election legal
—and of that two-thirds only a
simple majority is required to car
ry the election.
Davenport' Beds that# are appro
priate for living room suites and
very convenient when you get over
loaded with visitors. BECKHAM'S.
(gift
To Make HIS Christmas Merrier,
we suggest:
Manhattan Robes, Pajama Sets, $4.95 to $8.95.
All Wool Flannel Robes, $3.45 to $10.50.
Stetson and Etchison Hats, $3.95 to $7.50.
Curlee and Merit Suits and Overcoats, $25.00 to $30.00.
Leather Jackets, all sizes, $8.45 to $16.50.
Neckwear in a Weaver’s Box, $1 to $2.50.
Manhattan Silk Pajamas, $3.95 to $5.00.
Manhattan Broadcloth Pajamas, $1.95 to $2.50.
Westminster and Wilson Bros. Hosiery, 39c to 59c pr.
Manhattan Handkerchiefs, plain, colored, or initialed.
Hickok Belts, Belt Sets, Bill Folds, and Suspenders.
Men’s Traveling Sets—Military Brush Sets.
To Make HER Christmas Merrier,
we suggest: ,
Satin Pajamas and Gowns, $1.95 to $4.95.
Slips in crepe and satin,- $1.39 to $2.29.
Bed Jackets in satin materials, $1.95 to $2.95.
Chenille Bath Robes, all colors, $4.95 to $6.95.
Quilted Bath Robes, all colors, $4.95 to $6.95.
Quilted Satin Bath Robes, $7.95.
Quilted and Chenille Bath Robes for Children.
Hosiery, all kinds, 79c to $2.50.
Bridge Sets, 79c to SI.OO. .
See our complete line of gift Linens for Christmas.
Cannon Towel Sets, boxed, $1.95 to $2.95.
Bed Spreads, all colors including Bates newest patterns
Visit our gift department, china and glass novelties.
Bed Lamps, Table Lamps, Reading Lamps.
Electric Toasters, Hot Plates and Waffle Irons.
CHRISTMAS BEGINS AT WEAVER’S
Visit Our Store Today . . . Meet Your Friends There
FREE CHRISTMAS WRAPPING FOR ALL
WEAVER’S PACKAGES
T. K. Weaver & Co.
“Blakely’s Only Complete Store”
CHARLES E. BOYETT, Owner BLAKELY, GA.
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Success to AU Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead/’
MEN AND WOMEN
FOR STRATEGIC
JOBS WANTED
Eariy county men and women have
an excellent chance to do something
for their country in the way of the
nation’s defense.* Men and women,
boys and girls are wanted for stra
tegic jobs here in Early county in
case of an attack, and Grady Hol
man, Jr., chairman of the Early
County Defense Council, is asking
for immediate volunteers. Practical
ly everyone is eligible, and Mr. Hol
man says it is the duty of every
real American in Early county to
volunteer his or her services.
Men are needed as police, fire
men, road and sewer repair squads,
public Works, rescue squads, nurses,
sanitation services, and emergency
groups to take care of feeding and
housing the homeless. Address all
communications to Grady Holman,
Jr., chairman Early County Defense
Council, Postoffice Box 270, Blake
ly, Ga. Mr. Holman would appre
ciate it if everyone would volunteer
by mail to speed up the organization
of the Council. Just address a let
ter or postal card to the above ad
dress.
VOLUNTEERS ASKED
HOME DEFENSE UNIT
W. C. Cook, commander of the
American Legion, yesterday called
for additional volunteers for the Ear
ly County Defense Unit. Mr. Cook
said that since the United States
is now in a declared war with Ja
pan, the Unit needs every available
man. Anyone who is eligible for
membership is urged to join at once,
he added.
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER H, 1941.
JAPAN AND
U. S. AT WAR
Striking without warning
and even while negotiations
between the two nations for
maintenance of peace in the
Pacific were in progress in
Washington, Japan unleashed
a blitz attack on the United
States naval and air bases at
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, at dawn
Sunday morning, causing many
casualties, sinking one Ameri
can battleship and one cruiser
and seriously damaging sever
al others, and destroying many
grounded airplanes.
The attack was followed
a few hours later by an an
nouncement from Tokyo that
the imperial Japanese gov
ernment was at war with the
United States.
Early Monday morning the
Japanese unleashed an air at
tack on the U. S. naval and
air bases in the Philippines,
causing many casualties and
much damage. Attacks on the
Philippines have occurred in
termittently since early Mon
day morning, and attacks have
also been made in Singapore,
the great British naval station,
and other possessions of Brit
ain, against whom the Japs
have also declared war. News
dispatches early Wednesday
report the landing of Japanese
troops on certain of the Phil
ippine islands.
Addressing a joint session of
the Congress Monday at noon,
President Roosevelt asked for
DR. GUY WELLS
ROTARY CLUB
GUEST FRIDAY
Dr. Guy H. Wells, president of
G.S.C.W., Milledgeville, prominent
Georgia educator and governor of the
Georgia district of Rotary Interna
tional, wil be the guest of the Blake
ly Rotary Club at its weekly luncheon
meeting Friday at noon.
Tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock
Dr. Wells will meet with the club as
sembly, comprising the officers and
board of directors of the club, for
an informal discussion, at the Hotel
Early.
This is the district governor’s of
ficial visitation to the Blakely Club
and President Henry Wall urges a
full attendance of the Rotarians at
Friday’s meeting.
JACK ROSS, FORMER
BLAKELY NEGRO
RESIDENT, PASSES
Funeral services were held in Al
bany Sunday for Jack Ross, former
Blakely Negro resident, who died in
Charleston, S. C., on Wednesday of
last week. A number of Early coun
ty relatives and friends attended the
funeral.
Jack Ross was a son of the late
Jim Ross of this county and was a
well-known contractor and builder.'
He was an outstanding and highly!
esteemed representative of his race j
and had many friends who regretted
to learn of his death. He removed
from Blakely to Albany several years
ago and resided there until a few
months ago when he went to live
with a daughter in Charleston. He
enjoyed a splendid reputation as a
contractor and builder both here and
in Albany.
THE UNITED STATES
NAVY NEEDS MEN
Chief Machinist’s Mate, Claude A.
Kingery, of the Navy Recruiting sub
station, Albany, Ga., announced to
day that young men may now enlist
in the Naval Reserve for two years.
He also stated that the physical re
quirements had been lowered. Visit!
the recruiting station for particulars.
Give one of those beautiful Mir
rors for Christmas. We have a full
line at prices to please. BECK
HAM’S.
a declaration of a state of war
with Japan, and the Congress,
acting with unparalleled haste,
passed the war resolution
Monday afternoon. The reso
lution passed the Senate with
out a dissenting vote, and the
only negative vote in the low
er House was cast by Con
gresswoman Jeanette Rankin
of Montana.
With the passage of the war
resolution, the United States
was at war officially with Ja
pan, and the nation was at
once ordered on a war-time
basis. All army and navy
leaves of absence have been
recalled and all men ordered
to return to their posts. Home
guard defense units through
out the nation have been or
dered to stand ready for serv
ice, black-outs have been or
dered in certain west coast
cities, and precautionary meas
ures have been ordered against
sabotage.
President Roosevelt, speak
ing to the nation over radio
Tuesday night, outlined the
damage sustained thus far in
the open conflict and declared
the country was being placed
on a full war-time basis, and
pledged the entire resources
of the nation toward crushing
the enemy, warning the peo
ple that the struggle would
not be an easy one, and calling
upon them for full cooperation
in this hour of the nation’s
peril.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
TO LEGIONNAIRES
OF EARLY COUNTY
Never before in history have we
faced such a dangerous peril to our
national life and liberty. Guy 0.
Stone, Department Commander, has
requested that I call on every Le
gionnaire to renew his pledge at a
meeting at the Legion hall Thursday
night at 8 o’clock.
A navy recruiting official today
designated all Legionnaires as spe
cial recruiting representatives.
I am today offering our Legion
Home to be made available to re
cruiting service of all branches of
the armed forces.
Be at the meeting Thursday night.
W. C. COOK, Commander,
P. H. Fitzgerald Post No. 11.
LOCAL WEATHER
SUMMARY FOR THE
MONTH OF NOVEMBER
TEMPERATURE: Mean maxi
mum, 46.1; mean, 58.7; maximum,
83 on the 18th; minimum, 30 on the
26th; greatest daily range, 38 de
grees.
PRECIPITATION: Total, 1.23
inches; greatest, amount in any 24-
hour period, 0.49 inches on the Ist.
MISCELLANEOUS: Number of
days with 0.01 inch or more of rain
fall, 7; clear, 15; partly cloudy, 8;
dense fog on the sth and 19th; kill
ing frost on the 26th; heavy frosts
on other dates.
J. G. STANDIFER,
Loca Observer, U. S. Weather
Bureau.
WHITE CROWS ARE FOUND
Elberton, Ga.—The saying, “as
black as a crow”, has ceased to have
meaning to farmers near here who
came across a trio of winged freaks
recently.
Silas Booth, of near Nickville, dis
covered three crows with pure white
wing feathers. One of the “albinos”
had a ring of black around his white
wings. The odd group belongs to a
family of ordinary black-feathered
fowl.
One of those pretty tables will
make a suitable and pleasing Christ
mas gift. BECKHAM’S.
MANY EARLY
COUNTY BOYS IN
WAR ZONE
Many Early county boys are in the
War zone in the Philippines and Ha
waii, where the Japanese-American
conflict struck with fury Sunday.
Harold Chandler, of the U. S.
Navy, is thought by relatives here
to have been on the U. S. S. Okla
homa, which was reported torpedoed.
The last time relatives heard from
him, some four months ago, he was
aboard that ship. It is possible that
he has been transferred since that
time. He is a son of Mrs. T. S.
Chandler, Sr., of this city, and a
brother to T. S. Chandler, Jr.
Others who are in the war-torn
area include Lieutenant DuPont
Strong, of Nichols Field, Manila; Ar
thur Chapman, Honolulu; Sgt. Paul
Craft, Manila; Charles Tabb, U. S. S.
Minneapolis, Honolulu; and Julian
Seay, Blakely Negro, who is aboard
the U. S. S. Maryand, Honolulu.
Other Early county boys in the
service but who are not thought to
be in the war zone are Raymond N.
Duke, of the U. S. S. Walke; Ollin
Hudspeth, of the U. S. S. Concord
(young Hudspeth was at home when
war was declared and left imme
diately for his base at San Diego,
Calif.); Joe Bridges, U. S. S. Swan
son; Alex Howell, U. S. S. New Mex
ico, and the following (names of
ships couldn’t be learned): Murray
Chandler, Moody Chandler, Mobley
Hotwell, Bill Bridges, Curtis Allen,
and E. L. Durham.
MASONIC LODGE AND
EASTERN STAR BUY
DEFENSE BONDS
When a group of Blakely business
men and civic leaders met Monday
night to make plans for an increased
sale of defense bonds and stamps,
Dr. J. G. Standifer, who was placed
on the committee to head the drive
among fraternal groups, announced
that his committee had gotten away
to the lead in the drive. Dr. Standi
fer said that Magnolia Lodge already
had purchased S4OO worth of bonds,
while the Eastern Star had bought
SIOO worth.
AID RAID WARNING
SERVICE MEMBERS,
TAKE NOTICE
All Early county men who have
volunteered for air-raid warning
service have been requested to con
tact their respective post wardens
immediately, according to an official
announcement from state headquar
ters released this week by O. R.
Brooks, commander of the Home
Defense Unit.
The purpose for which thees men
are wanted is to better acquaint them
with the air-raid warning service,
Mr. Brooks stated.
The order is official and all air
raid members are asked to report
immediately.
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
WILL PUSH SALES OF
BONDS AND STAMPS
ORGANIZATION PERFECTED AT
MEETING HELD HERE
MONDAY NIGHT
At a meeting called here this week
by Mayor R. C. Singletary, business
men, civic leaders, merchants and
ministers met at the postoffice to
arrange mammoth plans to promote
and increase the sale of defense
bonds and stamps to finance the cost
of the country’s defense program.
S. G. Maddox was elected execu
tive chairman of the different com
mittees to promote the sale of these
bonds. Postmaster J. Emory Hous
ton, who arranged the meeting held
in his office, announced that these
stamps would go on sale at different
business houses at a date to be an
nounced later. Meanwhile he urged
that all patriotic citizens buy bonds
and stamps at the postoffice.
The committees who are to head
the drive are: H. A. Walton, bank
ing and finance; education, B. R. B.
Davis; public employees, H. C. Fort,
Bert Tarver; postmaster, J. Emory
Houston; agriculture, H. B. Fulmer;
information, A. T. Fleming; trade
groups, C. E. Boyett; civic clubs, W.
H. Wall, Philip Sheffield; fraternal
organizations, J. G. Standifer; speak
ers, J. W. Bonner, A. H. Gray, W.
L. Stone; religious groups, S. B.
King, P. Z. Smith, W. F. Burford;
service clubs, O. R. Brooks, W. C.
Cook; Boy Scouts, R. C. Singletary,
Jr.
Committees will also be named to
represent the Woman’s Club, Order
of the Eastern Star, and Ladies’
Legion Auxiliary.
EARLY COUNTY MAN
CHOOSES STRANGE PET
You would have thought a wildcat
had just walked into The News build
ing if you could have seen News em
ployees taking to cover Tuesday
morning. And, faith and begorra,
as they say in Ireland, that’s just
what happened. Yessir, you can
knock us over with a whisk-broom if
Sam Harpe didn’t walk into the of
fice leading a WILD wildcat on a
chain. Mr. Harpe, a rugged individ
ualist, if you ever saw one, says he
caught the cat about two weeks ago
and that he’s going to keep him for
a pet. The animal was full grown
and far, far from tame.
SCHOOLS TO CLOSE FOR
HOLIDAYS ON DECEMBER 19
The Early County schools will
close for the Christmas holidays on
December 19 and will resume ses
sions on Monday, December 29, it
was announced this week by County
School Superintendent B.' R. B.
Davis.
Unfinished Tables and Chairs at
BECKHAM’S.