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EARLY COUNTY, GA. GARDEN SPOT OF GOD’S COUNTRY VOLUME LXXXI NO. 24 FIRST BLACKOUT SUCCESSFUL, SAYS WARDEN GODWIN Blakely’s first 'trial blackout, held last Thursday night, was almost a complete success, Fred E. Godwin, Air Raid Warden, has reported. The blackout began at about 8:40 o’clock and lasted approxi mately 40 minutes. Blackout pa trolmen werd placed at all the road entrances to the city to stop all in coming cars. State guard members and boy scouts patrolled “beats” in side the city limits to remind people who failed to cut their lights off th'at a blackout was in progress. Only a few instances kept the blackout from being a complete suc cess, Warden Godwin said. Boy scouts reported that a few people failed to cut off their lights or went off from home and left lights burn ing. In one case, it was reported, one person failed to cut off the lights, saying, “it is only a small light and Won’t hurt anything.” Officials point ed out that it was necessary that ev eryone co-operate, because the next blackout might not be a trial one— that it might be the real thing. Warden Godlwin says there will be another blackout, but the date will not be announced. No one will know it until the signal begins. All residences and business houses are asked to blackout immediately and all blackouts patrolmen and scouts are asked' to go to their stations im mediately when the signal is given. In order to assure a complete blackout ■when the next one is held, the mayor and council are expected to pass a law making it a violation of the city ordinances to leave lights burning and cases will be made against those who do not cooperate. If anyone fails to blackout, witness es are asked to telephone 25 or 30 and a messenger will be sent to ex tinguish the lights. WAR RELIEF TOTAL FIGURES ANNOUNCED Early county’s total Red Cross war relief contributions soared to near the $1,200 mark Tuesday, when Robert H. Stuckey, chapter treasurer, announced that the total funds which have been turned in to date amounted to $1,193.35. Early’s quota was SI,OOO. Weaver’s Upstairs Bargain Annex “TAKE THE STAIRS AT WEAVER’S AND SAVE” Ladies’ Shoes, odds and 300 pairs Ladies’ Shoes, ends, many worth $3.95 many worth $2.98, all col ’ J olrs, kinds, sizes. Every per pair, a close-out at sa i e fi na i .. . price *I.OO pr. 25c pr Men’s Match or Khaki Me»J> Wort: Pants, a real value at price *1.39 pr *1.98 pr SWEATER SALE A final sale on all Men and Boys’ Sweaters. Half price— 98c TO 1. 95 EACH J It Always Pays to Shop at Weaver’s . . . 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. Con nt d Success to AH Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead/’ DEATH CLAIMS AGED EARLY COUNTY LADY Succumbing to an illness of ten days and an invaldism of several years, Mrs. Fannie Wade Davis, widow of Joseph B. B. Davis, died Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock at her Liberty Hill home. Mrs. Davis, who was a daughter of the late Dennis M. Wade, Sr., and Katherine Brown Wade, was a na tive and life-long resident of Early County, and was 83 years of age. She was known to and loved by many friends throughout this section. Funeral and interment were at Liberty Hill cemetery Monday morn ing at 11 o’clock, with the Minter, Fellows & Forrester Funeral Home in charge of arrangements and the following serving as pall-bearers: J. E. Davis, F. E. Davis, Manuel Mc- Dowell, Jr., Milton Richardson, Ran dall McDowell and Joe McDowell, sons and grandsons of the deceased, (Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Julia May Williams, of Blakely, Mrs. Manuel A. McDowell, Miss Woodson Davis and Miss Susie Davis, all of this county; two sons, F. E. Davis of Columbus, and J. E. Davis of this county; one brother, Dennis M. Wade, of Blakely; and one sister, Mrs. Luther Waller, of Tampa, Fla. BRYANT M. JONES, AGED CITIZEN OF THIS COUNTY, PASSES Mr. Bryant M. Jones, 83, pioneer Early county citizen, succumbed to a two weeks’ illness from pneumonia on Friday last. Funeral services were held Satur day afternoon at Bethel cemetery, with Elders Tom Crawford and R. K. Blackshear officiating. Interment was in Bethel cemetery, with Evans & Son Funeral Home in charge of arrangements and Emsley Tolar, Gordon Tolar, Carl Tolar, Earnest Tolar and Douglas Gruber serving as pall-bearers. Survivors include three sons, Jim, Charles and Willis Jones, and two daughters, Mrs. W. M. Tolar and Mrs. Bryant Gaulden. Mr. Jones was born on August 23, 1859, and was engaged in farm ing operations for many years. He had many friends and the news of his death occasioned wide-spread sor row. BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 22, 1942. STATE-WIDE REGISTRATION OF VOLUNTEERS FOR FOURTEEN BRANCHES OF CIVILIAN PROTECTION WILL BEGIN FRIDAY, JAN. 23 Atlanta, Ga. —A statewide drive to register not less than 500,000 Georgians—men, women, boys and girls, wfyite and colored —for volun tary service in 14 branches of civil ian protection was announced today by Robert B. Troutman, chairman of the Georgia Citizens Defense Com mittee. The registration will begin on January 23 and will be open through January 31. Places at which citizens may register, in addition to all Georgia schools, will be announc ed by local and county chairmen throughout the state. “The time has come,” said Mr. Troutman, “for the entire state of Georgia to get under way with its citizens protection plans. Hundreds of instructors are now being trained to take charge of classes in the more important defense services, and ad ditional instructors will be made available as they are required. Citi zens who have been asking ‘What can I do?’ now have an opportunity to find quick answers to that ques tion by registering during the period January 23-31. Os course, those who have already registered for civilian defense work with local com mittees in some of the cities and towns need not register again.” It was pointed out by Mr. Trout man that courses of instruction will be scheduled at various locations in the state immediately following the statewide registration and upOn com pletion of an analysis of the regis tration cards by local committees. Each course will follow the require ments which unust be met in order for the volunteer worker to qualify for Federal recognition implied in award of the arm-brand insignia for the course. A citizen who indicates his or her desire to qualify, for example, as a Fire Watcher will be required to take a 12-hour course consisting of: Fire Defense,3 hours; Gas Defense, 2 hours: General Course, 5 hours; Drill, 2 hours. Those wishing to qualify for the Emergency Food and Housing Corps will be required to take a 7-hour course, as follows: Gas Defense, 2 hours; General Course, 5 hours. The drivers corps course of instruction A WEEK OF THE WAR The President established a War Production Board headed by Donald M. Nelson, former mail-order firm executive and more recently Execu tive Director of SPAB and Priorities Director. The President directed Mr. Nelson to “exercise general direc tion over the war procurement and production program,” to supervise the OPM and issue production and pro curement directives where necessary to all other Government agencies. The President said Mr. Nelson’s de cisions shall be final. Vice-President Wallace and other members of the SPAB, now abolished, were made members of the War Production Board. In letters to OPM Directors Knud sen and Hillman and other produc tion officials, Mr. Nelson said “we must enlarge all our previous activ ities. . .all our facilities. . .must pro duce 24 hours a day, 168 hours a week.” OPM Director Hillman, speaking in Washington, said the na tion’s force of workers in war in dustries must be doubled or tripled, more women must be trained and brought into the labor force to take the place of men going into the arm ed services. He asked employers not to bar aliens in war industries ex cept in plants turning out secret weapons. Director Odium of the OPM Con tract Distribution Division said a plan has been prepared to set aside one per cent of all available materials to assist small manufacturers in keeping their plants going until they can be converted to war use. He said the nation’s entire production facilities —all of those “hidden away in thousands of cities and towns and will require 40 hours work, while other courses will necessitate work of from 12 to 42 hours. Boys and girls between the ages of 15 and 21 may register for serv ice as messengers and qualify for the arm-band insignia by complet ing a special 22-hour course consist ing of First Aid, 10 hours; Fire De- Defense, 3 hours; Gas Defense, 2 General Course, 5 hours; Drill, 2 hours. 'Colored men and women are in vited and urged to register for the various civilian protection worker groups. “There are many types of emergency work for which our color ed people are needed and for which they must be trained,” said the an nouncement from the Georgia Citi zens Defense Committee, “and it is hoped that they will volunteer in large numbers. Classes of instruction will be provided for them. The need for colored volunteers worker groups in Georgia’s larger cities and towns is especially urgent.” Following is a list of the 14 civilian protection services for which Geor gia citizens may volunteer, together with the number of instruction hours necessary for them to qualify for the arm-band insignia for each: Staff Corps, 22 hours; Messenger, 22 hours; Drivers Groups, 40 hours; Auxiliary Firemen, 32 hours; Res cue Squads, 42 hours; Auxiliary Po lice, 28 hours; Bomb Squads, 19 hours; Fire Watchers, 12 hours; De molition and Clearance Crews, 12 hours; Emergency Food and Hous ing Corps, 7 hours; Road Repair Crews, 12 hours; Decontamination Corps, 22 hours; Air Raid Wardens, 40 hours Minimum; Volunteer Nurses’ Aides, 80 hours; Courses for Volunteer Nurses Aides and Emergency Food and Housing Corps will be conducted un der supervision of local Red Cross chapters. Registration will be at each of the county schools, white and colored, and at the office of the County School Superintendent, beginning Fri day, January 23, and continuing through January 31, Chairman F. H. Brooks of the Early county civilian defense council, announced Wednes day. villages”—must join in the total war effort. He asked all mayors to have every manufacturer in their cities register at the nearest OPM Contract Distribution Division field office and to “go after war contracts with every ounce of ingenuity and energy they possess.” THE WAR FRONT — The Navy Department reported the sinking of five enemy vessels in Far Eastern waters—three transports and two large cargo ships. The announce ment brought to 25 the total of Japanese vessels reported definitely sunk by the Navy and Marine Corps in the Pacific. The Navy also an nounced two allied merchant vessels were attacked by Axis submarines off Long Island. Throughout the week Gen. MacArthur reported heavy land and air fighting in the Philippines but said American and Philippine troops were putting up effective re sistance and U. S. losses were low. ARMY— War Secretary Stimson announced the Army will be increased from the present total of 1,700,000 men to 3,600,000 men this year. Combat air units and armored units will be doubled; 32 motorized divisions will be added, and at least 50 more mili tary police units for guarding pro duction facilities will be created. In stead of the originally scheduled 10,- 000, more than 90,000 privates will be selected to attend officer-train ing schools. All training centers and posts will be enlarged and five tem porary tent camps will be set up. To make 2,000,000 more men eligi ble, the Army will lower age limits for aviation cadets from 20 to 18 (Continued on page 5) SECOND RULE NISI AGAINST TELEPHONE CO. A second rule nisi order has been issued to Mrs. Mattie Powell, owner of the Blakely Telephone Company, by the Georgia Public Service Com mission, signed by W. R. McDonald, chairman, and A. O. Randall, sec retary, ordering said owner to ap pear before the Commission on Feb ruary 25th, “to show cause (why tele phone rates in Blakely shouldn’t be reduced commensurate with the character and service being render ed.” The first rule nisi was issued against the company early in Decem ber after a comiplaint against the poor telephone service in Blakely had been filed by local civic clubs and the county and city governments. The rule nisi issued on January 14, and made public today, reads as follows: To the Blakely Telephone Com pany, Inc., Blakely Ga.: WHEREAS, on general complaint the Commission issued its rule nisi on November 14, 1941, requiring the Blakely Telephone Company to show cause before the Commission why telephone service rendered in Blake ly Georgia should not be improved, and WHEREAS, hearing under said rule nisi was held on December 17, 1941, at which time a large number of telephone subscribers appeared in protest to the service rendered, and WHEREAS, the Commission di rected its engineers to visit Blakely on January 6, 1942, for the purpose of inspecting and testing the tele phone plant and equipment to de termine its present condition and ca pacity to render reasonable and ade quate service, and WHEREAS, the Commission’s en gineers’ report, a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof, sets forth the very poor con dition of said telephone plant and equipment and the unusual amount of deferred maintenance existing therein, you are, therefore, ORDERED to be and appear before the Georgia Public Service Commis sion, Room 218, State Capitol, At lanta, Georgia, at 10 o’clock A. M. Eastern Standard Time on Wednes day, February 25, 1942, to show cause, if any you can, why exchange telephone rates in Blakely, Georgia, should not be reduced commensurate with the character and service being rendered. BY ORDER OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, this the 14th day of January, 1942. A. O. RANDALL, Secretary, W. R. McDONALD, Chairman. The engineers who inspected the local plant were N. Knowles Davis, chief engineer, and Orrin S. Vogel, valuation- engineer. One phase of Mr. Davis’s report which was of particular interest to complaining subscribers read as fol lows: “From the condition of the plant as observed, it appears that two line men would be required for not less than two months to catch up on de ferred maintenance and then one lineman retained indefinitely in or der to keep the telephone plant and equipment in reasonable operating (Continued on page 2) Farmers Find a Friend in The First State Cooperating with farmers is “right down our furrow.” For years the First State has paid particular atten tion to the financial needs of the farmers of this section. When we help them we know that we are help ing ourselves and promoting com munity prosperity at the same time. 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 LOCAL OFFICERS INVITED TO FBI TRAINING COURSE The following prominent law en forcement officials and their officers from Early County have been invited to attend the Six-Day FBI Civilian Defense Course for Police to .be held at Albany, Georgia, in the United States District Court Room from January 26 to 31, 1942, inclusive. Sheriff C. E. Martin; Chief of Po lice C. B. Reeves, Arlington, Ga.; Chief of Police J. L. McArthur, Blakely, Ga. The Civilian Defense Courses for Police are being held by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in order that State, County and local law enforce ment officers in Georgia may be ade quately informed concerning emer gency duties which will be expected' of them in times of war. They have the official approval of the Office of Civilian Defense and will include such subjects as convoy work, guard ing protected places and areas, utility surveys, blackout enforcement, co operation with other emergency agencies, action in case of grounded enemy aircraft and barrage balloons, gas decontamination, prevention of malicious acts, internal security in vestigation, evacuation problems, looting problems,, maintenance of maps and charts, traffic problems, police communication problems, po lice personnel problems, war duty officers’ duties, reorganization prob lems, air raid precaution work, and protection of police personnel and property. Special Agent in Charge F. R. Ham mack of the Atlanta Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investiga tion has advised that too much em phasis can not be placed at this time on the proper preparation of police agencies for emergency war duties and for this reason Mr. John Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bu reau of Investigation, has sent out selected Special Agents with pTeVioUs experience in police training work to hold these Six-Day Civilian De fense Schools. The courses of in struction were organized after repre sentatives of the FBI visited) England, studied for several months and ob served the protective and preventive measures used by police officers, fire men and air raid personnel in London and other English cities prior to and during air raids. The instructor who will teach the. course at Albany, Georgia, will be Special Agent J. S. Bush, from Washington, D. C. , Only duly authorized law enforce ment officers will be admitted, to the sessions and classes will last from 9 A. M. to 6 P. M. from January 26 to January 30, 1942, inclusive, with one hour off for lunch while classes on January 31, 1941 will be from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. “The Westerner,” featuring Gary Cooper, at the Blakely Theatre Thursday and Friday.