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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXXI }> NO. 23
POLIO CAMPAIGN
BEGINS IN EARLY
COUNTY JAN. 19
CHAIRMAN CHAS. E. BOYETT
NAMES ASSISTANTS IN
VARIOUS DISTRICTS
C. E. Boyett heads Early county
as General Chairman for the Cele
bration of the President’s Birthday.
This year the celebration will be
known as “Our President’s Diamond
Jubilee Birthday,” and the Early
county-wide drive for subscriptions,
donations and funds will begin on
Monday, January 19th. It will close
on the President’s birthday, Janu
ary 30th.
This year the county has been
divided into various districts cover
ing each militia or school district in
the county. Wide-awake men and
women have been chosen by Mr.
Boyett to head the campaign in
the respective communities, and in
dications point toward a gala year
for Early county in this 1 great work.
The following are Mr. Boyett's
district committee members:
Blakely: A. J. Singletary, James
B. Murdock, Jr.
Damascus: Bill Geer.
Rowena: Clarence Cook.
Jakin: Clark Mosely.
Colomokee: Mrs. John W. Hall.
Union: Mrs. John P. Hudspeth.
Cedar Springs: Commissioner
Leon H. Baughman.
Hilton: Sheriff C. E. Martin.
Lucile: Mrs. C. B. Miller.
Liberty Hill: Mrs. William A. Hall.
New Hope: Mrs. George Mock.
Springfield: Mrs. Alice Trippe.
Commenting on the drive for the
funds with which to combat infantile
paralysis, Mr. Boyett said:, “We are
at war. We must overlook nothing
that will contribute to victory. We
must neglect nothing that imperils
our chances of victory. Under nt>
circumstances must we neglect our
fight against infantile paralysis. As
never before, this is the year.” Mr.
Boyett further added: “Our great
President is busy at his tasks in
Washington, and we, in his 'second
home,’ should show our appreciation
of him by oversubscribing our quota
and presenting that news to him as
a birthday gift.”
January Clearance
AT
WEAVER’S
MEN’S SUITS and OVERCOATS
40 new Men’s Suits, including tweeds
and shetlands, sizes 35 to 40; priced
originally from $25.00 to $30.00, re
duced to —
sl7-95
35 new Men’s Overcoats, best materials,
all sizes, originally priced $16.50 to
$19.50, reduced to —
$10.95
. . . The U. S. Marines needs fighting men . . .
apply Postoffice, Columbus, Georgia
T. K. Weaver & Co.
“Blakely’s Only Complete Store”
C. E. BOYETT, Owner BLAKELY, GA.
ft trig (Kmmtjj JXcws
T. K. WEAVER
DIES AFTER
LONG ILLNESS
Succumbing to an illness of sever
al years’ duration, Thomas Kilby
Weaver, 71, well-known and highly
esteemed Early countian, died last
’Friday night at 9 o’clock at the
home of his niece, Mrs. Harvey Sir
mons, at Hilton.
Mr. Weaver was a native and life
long resident of Early county, where
he was born on November 7, 1870,
a son of the late .Mose and Mollie
Weaver. He lived many years in
Blakely and was for a number of
years associated with Charles E. Boy
ett in the mercantile business which
still bears his name. 11l health forc
ed his retirement, and Mr. Boyett
purchased his partner’s interest in
the business in May, 1930.
Funeral services were held Sun
day morning at 10:30 o’clock at
Zion Free Will Baptist church, with
bhe Rev. L. Cecil Wimberley officiat
ing. Interment was in Ziojr ceme
tery, with Minter, Fellows & For
rester in charge of arrangements, and
Stanley Causey, T. H. Sirmons, A.
D. Smith, Meade Hilton, Troy John
son and D. L. Hilton serving as pall
bearers.
Surviving are one sister, Mrs. M.
N. Salter of Albany, and a number
of nephews and nieces.
Mr. Weaver had many friends
throughout this section who received
the news of his death with deep re
gret.
BOYS AND GIRLS
TO GATHER WASTE
MATERIAL HERE
Earl F. Tarre is heading a com
mittee of high school boys and girls
for the collection of all waste ma
terials, such as old papers, rags, rub
ber, metals, coat hangers and other
waste materials, needed for defense
materials.
Mr. Tarre, who is high school foot
ball coach, says that a truck will be
sent around to the residences of the
city on Friday afternoons and Sat
urdays for the purpose of collecting
the materials. The materials will be
sold, the proceeds to go for the pur
chase of defense bonds for the school,
Mr. Tarre said.
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 1942.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts—“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead/’
JANUARY TERM OF
SUPERIOR COURT TO
CONVENE MONDAY
CIVIL DOCKET SCHEDULED FOR
FIRST WEEK, CRIMINAL
DOCKET THE SECOND
The January, 1942, term of Early
Superior Court will be convened on
next Monday by Judge C. W. Wor
rill, of Cuthbert.
The civil docket will be taken up
Monday morning. The criminal dock
et will not be called until the second
week, allowing time for the grand
jury, with the assistance of Solicitor
R. A. Patterson, to complete its
deliberations.
The following jurors have been
summoned to serve at the January
term:
Grand Jurors
C. P. Jenkins, J. G. Craft, R. E.
Alexander, W. C. Cook, J. R. Prince,
C. C. Crook. T. E. Peterman, W. R.
Pullen, H. C. Fryer, C. M. Mock,
Ralph B. Scarborough, N. M. Davis,
J. S. Peterman, G. M. Sparks, Grady
Smith, W. L. Rhodes, Sid W. Howell,
H. H. Davenport, D. R. Deal, Curtis
B. Smith, H. B. Jernigan, J. W.
Bowen, H. B. Ainsworth, W. C. Har
ris, Barney Wynne, D. B. Jernigan,
W. R. Averett, R. H. Stuckey, Z. T.
Webb, J. L. Underwood, W. R. Mc-
Kinney, T. L. Dozier, B. M. Garrett,
E. A. Dußose, K. J. Hodges, R. O.
Lewis, C. W. Pullen, A. D. Harriss,
F. A. Barham, J. O. Bridges.
Traverse Jurors, First Week:
C. B. Reese, C. W. Mosely, J. O.
Oliver, Gordon Hall, J. W. Taylor
(A), O. E. Garrett (A), J. R. Puck
ett, C. L. Tabb, H. J. Middleton, T.
H. Owen, S. G. Maddox, J. L. Clink
scale. M. D. Sasser (A), M. L. Long,
T. B. McDowell, J. T. Reese, J. M.
Lane, B. O. Merritt, Sr., R. C. Ward,
G. W. Swords, Willet McDowell, C.
A. Bell, R. C. Singletary, Jr„ T. T.
Swann, J. H. Dykes, E. C. McDowell,
J. W. Strickland, C. E. Boyett, F. W.
Pipkin, R. C. Singletary, Sr., R. C.
Billings. J. H. Jones, J. E. Beckham,
W. H. Balkcom, J. H. Whitehurst, C.
M. Deal, L. A. Wiley, T. A. Bell,
B. D. Harvey, Felix Davis, J. E.
Widener, C. H. Loback, Tom Henry,
E. B. Davis. I. M. Bramblett, Alma
White, H. A. Walton, B. M. Lind
sey, Sevola Jones, R. C. Harris, B.
D. Toole, William Cox, Shelly Sim
mons, J. G. Brantley. R. W. Parr.
Traverse Jurors, Second Week
E. L. Dußose, John Hall, C. F.
Helms, J. Wesley Hatcher, L. A.
Minter, C. I. Houston, F. C. Pick
ron, B. D. Ingram, J. E. Lomax, Ivey
Chambers, William S. Duke, J. C.
Balkcom. J. G. Daniels. Jr., F. D.
Grist, A. H. Lanier, T. B. Kenney,
John M. Knight, O. C. Bell, Harry
Mosely, John H. Williams, Sr., Ralph
Lane, O. L. Hooten. W. A. Sheffield,
B. H. Askew, Jr., J. R. Hudson, L.
F. Douglas, J. W. Scarborough, E.
L. Lewis, E. W. Jones, Roy McClel-
The President, in a message to
Congress, said he had directed Fed
eral agencies to arrange a neiw sche
dule of war production calling for
60,000 planes in 1942, including 45,-
000 combat crafts, and 125,000 in
1943, including 10Q,000 combat
units; tanks in 1942 and 75,-
000 in 1943; 20,000 anti-aircraft
guns in 1942 and 35,000 in 1943;
8,000,000 deadweight tons of mer
chant ships in 1942 and 10,000,009
in 1943.
The President told Congress he
would order the U. S. armed forces
to a world-wide front to find the
enemy and “hit him and hit him again
whenever and wherever we can reach
him.” He said U. S. forces would
take up positions if necessary in the
British Isles, the Far East and on all
oceans and bases within and without
the New World necessary to protect
the Western Hemisphere.
The President proposed total ex
penditures in the fiscal year 1943 of
$77,000,000,000. Os this $56,000,-
000,000 would be for the war. He
said total war expenditures are now
at the rate approximately $2,000,-
000,000 a month and may surpass
$5,000,000,000 a month during fis
cal year 1943. The President said
he could not predict unltimate costs
“because I cannot predict the chang
ing fortunes of war,” but he pro
posed an increase in tax collections
to $27,000,000,000. He asked care
ful Congressional consideration of
income taxes collected at the source,
pay-roll taxes, excise taxes and taxes
on State and local government bonds.
Mr. Roosevelt said expenditures
for farm aid, work relief and youth
aid would be reduced by the end of
the 1942 fiscal year $600,000,000
from last year and will be reduced
another $860,000,000 next fiscal
year when the total cost will be sl,-
A WEEK OF THE WAR
CIVILIAN COURSES
FOR POLICE TO BE
HELD BY FBI
NEAREST MEETING AT ALBANY
SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY
26-30, INCLUSIVE
In order that law enforcement of
ficers in Georgia may be adequately
informed concerning emergency du
ties expected of them in times of
war, the Federal Bureau of Investi
gation will hold six-day Civilian De
fense Courses for police in Albany,
Athens and Columbus, Ga., during
the period from January 26 to 31,
1942, inclusive. The courses to be
offered are for the purpose of in
structing local, county, metropolitan
and state police agencies in the prob
lems of civilian defense.
These Civilian Courses for Police
will cover the entire field of police
emergency duties in wartime, from
enforcing blackouts to stacking sand
bags, and including many wartime
and emergency duties.
Special Agent F. R. Hammack of
the Atlanta Field Office states that
invitations are being extended to
state, county and local law enforce
ment officers in Baker, Berrien,
Brooks, Calhoun, Clay, Clinch, Col
quitt, Cook, Crisp, Decatur, Dough
erty, Early, Echols, Grady, Irwin,
Lanier, Lee, Lowndes, Miller, Mitch
ell, Randolph, Seminole, Sumter,
Terrell, Thomas, Tift. Turner, Wil
cox and Worth counties to attend
the courses to be held at Albany.
The courses at Albany will be held
in the U. S. District Court Room lo
cated in the U. S. Postoffice Build
ing, and classes will last from 9:00
a. m. to 6:00 p. m. from January
26 to January 30, inclusive, with
one hour off for lunch, while classes
on Saturday, January 31, will be
from 9:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m.
Only duly authorized law enforce
ment officers will be admitted to the
sessions, and in view of the emerg
ency situation, as many officers as
possible from each of the various
law enforcement departments are
urged to attend the school.
lan, C. R. Daniels, W. I. Daniels, W.
N. Dußose, C. C. Black, J. Emory
Houston, W. M. Carter, H. H. Willis,
W. B. Hogan, S. C. Owen, J. E. Er
win, W. E. Howell, H. J. Hudson,
Mack Strickland, G. H. Owen, H. C.
Still, J. B. Widener, Sanford Wills,
J. T. Cannon, A. E. Langford, Elzie
Evans, B. E. Houston. R. A. Wil
liams, W. R. Weems, W. T. Bates,
L. B. Burkett, B. B. Tedder, B. B.
Godwin, J. E. Davis, J. F. Adams,
E. A. Cannon, John C. Holman, A.
T Fleming, Dwight Harris, W. B.
Hester, D. E. Thrash, J. W. Walters,
B. H. Thomas, J. H. Moye, C. R.
Davis, J. B. Still, J. S. Farr. C. E.
Wills, J. L. Jones, Walter Williams,
R. L. Thompson.
400,000,000 or about half of the sum
for the present year.
PRODUCTION PROGRESS —
The Office for Emergency Man
agement reports increased pooling
of aircraft production facilities with
in the industry and with the auto
industry, and concentration on super-
I ior types of planes. The OEM said
lin almost every month'of 1942 addi-
I tional plants will begin production
of planes with parts supplied by in-
I dustrial pools.
The War Department reported at
[ least one plant of each of the 13
types required for the munitions pro
gram was completed in 1941, making
a total of 28 now in operation. The
announcement said 28 more will be
i gin production soon.
OPM Director Knudsen announc
ed the auto industry must double
its schedule war output to handle
$5,000,000,000 additional war con
tracts. OPM formed a 10-memiber
indstry-labor committee to study con
version of the industry to war prod
ucts.
EMPLOYMENT—
Labor Secretary Perkins reported
15,000,000 workers will be engaged
in war production by the end of 1942
—three times as many as were so
employed in the fourth quarter of
1941. There will be only a relative
ly small increase in total employ
ment. however, Miss Perkins said,
because many persons now working
in civilian-goods industry will be
shifted to war work. WPA announc
ed 3,800,000 persons were unem
ployed in December, p. 00,000 less
than the previous month.
CONSERVATION OF
MATERIALS —
OPM anounced industrial conser
vation programs will be set up in
more than 30 industrial centers to
wreck old machinery and equipment
to salvage needed materials; to mini
(Contniued on page 5)
TEST BLACKOUT
HERE TONIGHT
—COOPERATE
In connection with all towns in
the Albany district, Blakely will
have a trial blackout tonight (Thurs
day), January 15. To be effective,
this blackout must be complete. All
residents of Blakely and those ad
jacent to the city are urged to com
ply with the following instructions:
When you see and hear the fol
lowing signals—3 medium blasts of
a whistle, house lighting flicked 3
times at short intervals, street lights
flicked 3 times at short inervals and
then turned off completely, the
blackout is in effect, and the public
is asked to:
Extinguish all lights visible from
the air.
Warn others.
If driving a vehicle, pull over to
the curb and STOP.
Keep streets clear for emergency
traffic which must travel without
lights.
Don’t smoke in open.
Don’t phone unnecessarily; keep
lines clear for emergency local and
long distance calls that must go
through rapidly.
End of blackout is signalled by
2-minute blast on whistle.
Keep calm.
Stay at home.
The above instructions are ex
tracts from bulletins issued by 4th
Corps Area, the headquarters Inter
ceptor Command and the State Of
fice of Civilian Defense.
POSTOFFICE LOBBY
WILL BE LOCKED AFTER
9:00 O’CLOCK AT NIGHT
Beginning Sunday night, January
18, the lobby of the Blakely post
office will be locked at 9 o’clock at
night and will not be reopened until
7:30 o’clock the next morning, Post
master J. Emory Houston announced
yesterday.
The new ruling will go into ef
fect Sunday night and will remain
in effect for the duration of the
war. Locking the lobby so as to pre
vent entrance to the psotoffice will
be taken as a precaution against
damage to the building during the
war, Mr. Houston said.
To accommodate patrons who wish
to mail letters at night, a mail box
will be placed outside the building
next to the street, Mr. Houston said.
However, patrons are asked to not
use this box in the daytime, as the
mail will be collected from this box
only in the mornings, and at no oth
er time, the postmaster added.
Men’s Wool and Leather combina
tion Jackets, originally priced at
$7.95, now reduced to $5.95, at
WEAVER’S.
Judy Canova in “Puddin’ Head”
at the Blakely Theatre Thursday
and Friday.
Our Purpose—
is to continue to serve you through
out the year just as a banking in
stitution should serve the public—of
fair dealing to all and a sense of ap
preciation for every account, no
matter how large or how small. We
invite you to talk to us about your
banking problems.
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
EASTERN STAR
OFFICERS FOR 1942
ARE INSTALLED
IMPRESSIVE AND COLORFUL
CEREMONY AT MASONIC HALL
LAST THURSDAY NIGHT
In a beautiful and impressive
ceremony, the officers of Blakely
Chapter No. 282 Order of the East
ern Star were duly installed at the
Masonic hall last Thursday night.
The installation ceremonies were
open to the public and, despite a
rather cold night, a large crowd
was present for the jccasion.
The installation was in charge of
the officers of Crape Myrtle Chapter
of Albany, some fifteen of whom
were here. Crape Myrtle Chapter
sponsored the organization of Blake
ly Chapter and the members thereof
have continued to take a keen inter
est in the welfare of their protege.
Mrs. Kalah Hardy presided as
Acting Worthy Grand Matron in the
installation, with Mrs. Esther Huck
aby as Acting Grand Marshal, Mrs.
Ruth Smith as Acting Grand Chap
lain, and Mr. E. H. Heidt as Acting
Grand Se’cretary.
The following officers were duly
installed:
Worthy Matron: Mrs. Sally Gooch
er.
Worthy Patron: R. E. Mills.
Associate Matron: Mrs. Louise
Thompson.
Associate Patron: Dr. J. G. Stan
difer.
Secretary: Mrs. Nora Scarborough.
Treasurer: Mrs. Pearl Houston.
Conductress: Mrs. Cyllene Dunn.
Associate Conductress: Mrs. Vel
ma Smith.
Chaplain: Mrs. Cleo Grubbs.
Marshal: Mrs. Katherine Rice.
Organist: Mrs. Ruth Warrick.
Star Points:
Adah: Mrs. Eunice Weathersby.
Ruth: Mrs. Edna Mills.
Esther: Mrs. Ruth Jordan.
Martha: Mrs. Kavis Ivey.
Electra: Miss Bessie Lewis.
Warder: Mrs. Flewellyn Williams.
r .Sentinel: W~ H.. Lvey._
During the installation. Mrs. Merle
Haisten acted as organist and Mrs.
C. G. Brewer sang during the flag
ceremony at the installation of the
Worthy Matron. Due to unavoida
ble circumstances, Mr. R. E. Mills,
Mrs. Edna Mills and Mrs. Flewellyn
Williams were unable to be present
and will be installed later.
At the conclusion of the installa
tion, Mrs. Mary Lee Martindale, the
retiring Worthy Matron, was pre
sented a Past Matron’s jewel, Mrs.
Cleo Grubbs, Past Matron, making
the presentation. Mr. W. H. Ivey,
retiring Worthy Patron, was likewise
presented a Past Patron’s jewel, Dr.
J. G. Standifer, Past Patron, mak
ing the presentation.
The hall was tastefully decorated
and it was a very colorful cere
mony. Preceding the installation, de
lightful refreshments were served.
Included in the delegation from
Crape Myrtle Chapter from Albany
were: Mrs. Kalah Hardy, Mrs. Es
' ther Huckaby, Mrs. Ruth Smith, Mr.
; E. H. Heidt, Mrs. Alice Hamlin,
Mrs. Ada Kemp, Mrs. Mattie Rx>e
Heidt, Mr. J. I. Mason, Mrs. Louise
, Altman. Mrs. Patsy Mason, Mrs. Vir
ginia Hardee, Mrs. Florence White,
Mr. Max Hardy, Mrs. Berta Newell,
Mr. J. Haskell Hardee.