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EARLY COUNTY, GA. GARDEN SPOT OF GOD’S COUNTRY VOLUME LXXXI NO. 20 MR. T. F. CORDRAY DIES FOLLOWING MONTH’S ILLNESS Succumbing to an illness of four weeks, Thomas Franklin Cordray, 85, one of the oldest and best known residents of E'arly county, died Sat urday night at 9 o'clock at a Doithan hospital. Mr. Cordray had recently entered the hospital for an operation and treatment. Mr. Cordray was a native of South Carolina, where he was born on Aug ust 15, 1856, but had been a resi dent of this county for 53 years, most of which was spent in Blakely. He was a member of the Baptist church and a Mason. He was, prior to his death, the second oldest Past Master of Magnolia Lodge, and had held other positions in that lodge. He had done much for the upbuild.- ing of Freemasonry ' Blakely. He ' was for many years active in busi ness, but had retired recently and had made his home with a daughter, Mrs. W. W. Brunson, at Colomokee. Funeral services were held Mon day morning at 10 o’clock at the Minter Funeral Home, with the Rev. Charles Allen, of Arlington, officiat ing, assisted by the Rev. W. F. Bur ford of Blakely. Interment was in the city cemetery, with members of Magnolia Lodge interring the remains of their brother Mason with the im pressive ceremony of that order. Serving as pall-bearers were six past masters of Magnolia lodge, namely: J. 0. Bridges, W. C. Cook, Lowrey Stone, Abe Berman, W. C. Jordan and C. M. Dunning. A large number of friends at tended the last rites. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Wade Brunson of this county and Mrs. C. F. Sizer of Gulfport, Miss., and a half-brother, W. J. Cordray, of Ulmers, S. C. NOTICE TO ALL EMPLOYERS OF HOME DEFENSE GUARDS Due to the existing emergency all citizens must do their part. Our home guards will be called out for defense of our lives and property in our com munity. It is hoped and suggested that all employers of such guards will cooperate by releasing such em ployees if and when needed and fur nish such other material assistance as may be needed to insure our form of freedom and way of living. PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER OF HOME DEFENSE. |ujr* wW ; ■ IN ALL SINCERITY C^K^^r i ’ 1 W we say |>o A MERRY CHRISTMAS f | , I Z ' TO YOU . I I May the Yuletide be a I ~IL joyous season for each 1 an d every one of you. gWU K —FROM THE— Entire Personnel Os t. k. weaver & company ff m • Ji - - Car hi Co until JCewg m 114 He isr Hr m m wo ob rag® \ ■ OKSiw Rm III® a UM! I Hhfl 1 l lm® i <■ IB<l 4 Sills K IsNs! b .WHi Wh? s oßi I MO K IKs WWF i I i B ill J®ll wli SSL WU Ji&LJI .Jill JW rajrr JLtW I‘WL ILIF TALKS FEATURE MEETING OF ROTARY CLUB A talk on the moral and spiritual values of life and several brief dis cussions on problems faced by busi ness featured last week’s meeting of the Blakely Rotary Club, held Fri day at noon at the Hotel Early. The former topic formed the basis for an inspiring talk by the Rev. W.' F. Burford, pastor of the Blakely Methodist church, a recent addition to Blakely’s citizenship. His 'talk was an an admonition to not lose sight of the spiritual values in build ing a life. Problems faced by business under war conditions were discussed briefly by Rotarians Dick Rogers, Oscar Whitchard, Charles Boyett, Barney Wynne and Felix Barham. ißotarian Marvin Sparks, program chairman for the day, presented the speakers. President Henry Wall pre sided over the meeting, with the music for the club songs by Mrs. Ben Haisten. STUDENT NIGHT AT BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAY NIGHT The annual observance of “Stu dent Night”, in which Blakely boys and girls attending college are honor ed while at home for the Christmas holidays, will be held at the Baptist church Sunday night, December 28. With Lowrey S. Stone acting as moderator, the following program will be presented: Prelude, Instrumental Solo: Mary Miles Camp. Hymn No. 286: Joy to the World. Scripture, Psalm 23: As the Re deemed read it, Felix Barham; as the Lost must read it, Vivian Brunson. Solo: Eleanor Waters. Roll Call of Students. Duet: Perry Bridges and Virginia Holman. An Appreciation Quiz: (l)Mary Standifer, (2) James Hobbs, (3) Marilyn Reeves, (4) Odelia King, (5) William Clearman, (6) Dorothy King, (7) Emily Singletary. “What I Think of College Life”: Howard Sherman, Joseph Hunt. “My Earnest Resolution”: (1) Nan Nelson, (2) Frances George, (3) Ann Nelson, (4)Nancy Grubbs, (5) Jack Clearman, (6) Joanna Sherman, (7) Loraine Pritchard. “Supreme Allegiance Beyond Col lege Days”: Edgar Kelly. Hymn 290: America, the Beauti ful. Benediction: Rev. W. F. Burford. BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 25, 1941. Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead,” INJURIES PROVE FATAL TO MR. IDUS D. FELDER Funeral services for Idus Derrell Felder, 65, prominent Blakely citizen who died in a Thomaston, Ga., hos pital last Thursday afternoon, were held at the family home on River street Friday afternoon at four o’clock. Mr. Felder succumbed to injuries received in an automobile accident near Thomaston early Wednesday morning. In company with S. G. Maddox, Grady Holman, Jr., and Bert Tarver, he was en route to At lanta, when the car in which they were riding collided with a school bus. Mr. Maddox was also bad ly injured in the accident, suffer ing a broken knee cap, a chest in jury and minor bruises. Mr. Tarver and Mr. Holman received minor in juries. Mr. Felder received internal in juries in addition to wounds on the head and face, and was carried to a Thomaston hospital where he remain ed pntil his death. His funeral Friday afternoon was largely attended, there being many out-of-town friends here for the sad occasion. Officiating were the Revs. Spencer B. King and W. F. Bur ford of Blakely, and —. —. Spivey of Fort Gaines, with Minter, Fellows & Forrester Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Serving as pall bearers were R. 0. Waters, Charles E. Boyett, S. W. Howell, F. A. Bar ham, J. B. Jones,'J. H. Moye, R. H. Stuckey, W. H. Wall, A. H. Gray and W. L. Rhodes. The last rites at the cemetery were in charge of the William E. Wooten Camp No. 20 Spanish-American War Veterans of Albany, who interred the remains with the impressive ceremony of that organization. Mr. Felder was a vet eran of the Spanish-American war and a member of the Albany camp. Mr. Felder was a native of Dooly county, where he was born on April 10, 1876, but spent his youth in Fort Gaines. He came to Blakely as a young man and had en gaged in business here since. He entered the automobile business in 1912 and was head of the Felder & Sons Motor Company. He also had extensive farming interests, and was one of the county’s most successful business men. He was a member of the Blakely Rotary Club, and his fellow Rotarians served as an honor ary escort at his funeral. He was a former mayor of the City of Blakely and a member of the Bap tist church. He was widely known in business and civic circles and had many friends throughout the state Navy Secretary Knox, returning from a plane trip to Hawaii, report ed the U. S. armed services there were not on the alert against the first Japanese attack. Mr. Knox said that the Navy lost one capital ship, a training ship, three destroyers, and one mine-layer, and suffered damage to other ships which will take from several days to several months to repair. He reported 2,729 Navy of ficers and men were killed and 656 wounded. The President appointed Supreme Court Justice Roberts head of a special board of inquiry. Pending completion of the inquiry ranking of ficers of the Hawaiian command were relieved of duty and replaced. In the shift, Admiral Nimitz replaced Admiral Kimmel as Commander-in- Chief of the U. S. Pacific Fleet and Lt. Gen. Emmons, Air Forces, re lieved Lt. Gen. Short as commanding officer of the land forces in the Islands. THE WAR FRONT— War and Navy Department com muniques during the week reported the sinking of one enemy transport and “probably” one destroyer, se vere damage to another enemy THIS WEEK IN NATIONAL D-E-F-E-N-S-E SAFETY SCHOOL PATROL UNITS ORGANIZED Several Safety School Patrol Units in Early county have been working since the beginning of the school year. Among the school units that have been organized this year and the names of patrolmen are: Damascus High School: Dorothy Cannon, Opal Houston, Harold Jones, Winnie Middleton, Alvin Mitchell, Julian Lane, Melvin Henry, Billie Douglas, William Edgar, and J. B. Perry. Rowena Elementary School: Dor othy Swords, Dorothy Daniels, Frank Davis, and Ike Newberry. Liberty Hill Elementary School: Nina Pearl Palmer, Peggy Joyce Harper, Mary Belisle, Alice Clenny, Frances Rogers, J. C. Hunt, Buddy McDowell, and Robert Greer. Colomokee Elementary School: Frank Sexton, Fred Shellhouse, Hor ace Patterson, Herbert Patterson, Bill Sammons, Ralph Belisle, Wilbur Edward Craft, Edsel Scarborough, Ought Weaver, and Horace Harold. Cedar Springs Elmentary School: Anna Martha Messer, Horace Tem ples, Glynn Chandler, Bernard Jones, Edward Jones, Jimmie Barfield. Springfield Elementary School: Rudolph Reese, Rudolph Riley, Leon Murkerson, and Glynn Houston. Jakin High School: J. W. Knight, Paul Eldridge, Berrien Minter, John Hines, Billie Reeves, Austin Reese, Marshall Moulton, Odis Turner, Lo ren Whittaker, T. K. Hilton, Lorin Reese, Leon Reese, Pete Smith, Ray mond Harvey, and Fred Moulton. Drivers of Early and surrounding counties are reminded that all these Patrolmen have instructions to take tag numbers for violations of the Georgia School Bus Stop Law, for failure to stop for a school bus which has stopped to load or un load school children, either in meet ing or passing the bus. These school patrol units were organized in cooperation with the principals of the individual schools by Trooper L. M. Jones and Trooper R. M. Cangler. to whom the news of his tragic death brought profound sorrow. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Eula Paulk Felder; four sons, I. D. Felder, Jr., of Clarkesville, Ga., H. Alfred, E. Thomas and E. Winsten Felder of Blakely, the latter a stu dent at Riverside Military Academy; two daughters, Mrs. George W. Nel son of Blakely and Mrs. Frank Gra ham of Fort Gaines; a sister, Mrs. Sadie Felder Lyle of Sylvester, and several grandchildren. I transport, the sinking of a motor i ship, capture of a fishing vessel, eon- Itinued successful repulse of enemy [attempts to take Midway and Wake, ' and continued bombing of the Phil- I ippines. LEND-LEASE AID— War Secretary Stimson issued a ' statement that although lend-lease aid momentarily lessened after the Pearl Harbor attack, the increased war effort “must inevitably increase rather than diminish shipments to those who are fighting our common enemy.” The President reported co Congress that aid had increased from $18,000,000 in March to $283,000,- 000 in November—to make a total of $1,202,000,000 in aid extended to December 1. ARMY— Secretary of War Stimson told his press conference that although the $10,000,000,000 supplemental defense bill provides for an increase of the Army to about 2,000,000 men, the War Department is “trying to develop machinery by which our Ar my can increase steadily without limits” and with “the least possible (Continued on page 5) COTTON GINNING FIGURES FOR 1941 ARE ANNOUNCED Early county’s 1941 cotton crop passed the ten-thousand-bale mark, it became known the past week when W. R. Pullen, special agent of the department of commerce, announced the ginning figures released by the. department. These figures show that 10,463 bales were ginned in this county prior to December 1, as compared to 9,269 bales to the same date in 1940—a gain of 1,194 bales. HUNT WITH CARE CRAVEY CAUTIONS Keep the holidays free of hunting accidents—that’s the plea of the Wildlife Division. Director Za'ch D. Cravey said the heaviest hunting of the year will be done between Christmas and New Years, if the annual record repeats itself. And, unless hunters use ex treme caution in handling firearms, “tragic accidents will make this an occasion of sadness for many fami lies.” “'’There is too much destruction and death in the war-torn world al ready without letting carelessness in one of our favorite sports cause any more of it,” said the Director. First of all rules, he said, is to treat every gun as though it were loaded and to remember that “alco hol and gunpowder do not mix.” The Director also urged hunters and fishermen not to start fires, in tentionally or through carelessness, in woods. With defense prepera tions making such heavy demands on the forests, “our need to protect them is even greater than ever,” he declared. Although Director Cravey has plac ed himself and his entire personnel at the disposal of the government for any defense work, Rangers have not slackened their patrol duties. Moreover, ’they will be in the field constantly during the holidays, check ing on licenses and game regulations. Even though the sale of licenses has slowed down somewhat in the past couple of weeks, it continues steady enough to indicate that guns and dogs are giving many Georgians some relief from war worries, he said. FIREWORKS BANNED The Mayor and Council have giv en instructions that the ordinances against the shooting of fireworks on the streets of Blakely be rigidly en forced. Take warning, and if you must shoot fireworks, shoot them at home. POLICE DEPARTMENT. A Joyous Yuletide to you from the entire personnel of the 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 SLSO A YEAR EMERGENCY CROP AND FEED LOANS NOW AVAILABLE Emergency crop and feed loans for 1942 are now available to farm ers in Early County, and applica tions for these loans are now being received at the County Agent’s Of fice by L. E. Black, field supervisor, and Theo White, typist, of the Emergency Crop and Feed Loan Sec tion of the Farm Credit Administra tion. This eatly opening of the loan program in Early County is part of a plan recently announced by the Farm Credit Administration, where by emergency crop and feed loans are being made available immediate ly in all areas where farming con ditions are seriously affected this year by abnormally low crop yields. These loans wil be m&de as in the past to farmers whose cash require ments are relatively small and who are unable to obtain from other sources including production credit associations loans in amounts suffi cient to meet their needs. As in former yeans, the loans will be made to meet the applicant’s necessary cash needs in preparing for and producing his 1942 crops, or in purchasing or producing feed for his livestock. Mr. Black pointed out that eligible farmers desiring to do so might apply now for loans to take care of their crop production needs for the entire 1942 season. Loans may include immediate advances to the borrower to meet his cash re quirements this fall, such as for the planting of grain crops. Mr. Black also said that the balance of the ap proved amount of the loan will be disbursed when the borrower needs it to finance his spring crop. In terest at the rate of 4 per cent will be charged only during the period the borrower actually has the use of the funds. Farmers who obtain loans for the production of cash crops are required to give as security a first lien on the crops financed, or, in the case of loans for the purchase or produc tion of feed for livestock, a first lien on the livestock to be fed. Attention, Auto Drivers! The police department calls at tention to the fact that the Mayor and City Council have reissued or ders to* keep sharp tab on automo bile drivers who speed and double park. The police department again warns the motoring public that these ordinances will be rigidly enforced.