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ALBANIAN IS
SPEAKER AT
ROTARY MEET
The guest speaker at last week’s
meeting of the Blakely Rotary Club,
held at the Hotel Early at noon
Friday, was John A. Davis, business
manager of the Albany Herald.
From the subject, “Democracy’s
Greatest Bulwark,” Mr. Davis deliv
ered one of the finest talks the club
members have been privileged to
hear in recent months. The speaker
stated that religion was Democracy’s
greatest bulwark of strength, citing
instances of the disintegration of na
tions whose peoples had left the true
God out of their lives or who had
worshiped false gods.
All the guns and planes and tanks
this country can manufacture will
not be sufficient to win Democracy’s
war against the Axis powers without
a proper recognition of and faith in
the power and goodness of God,
said Mr. Davis. The speaker was
introduced by Rotarian Tom Deb
nam, program chairman for the day,
who also had as his guest his father,
Mr. T. H. Debnam, of Suffolk, Va.,
Speaking in behalf of the Fight
Infantile Paralysis campaign, Presi
dent Henry Wall told of the blight
ing effects off that disease and the
efforts being made to combat the
disease and rehabilitate those afflict
ed by it.
Vice President James B. Murdock,
Jr., presided over the meeting.
SUPERIOR COURT
CONVENED MONDAY
The January term of Early Supe
rior Court was convened Monday
morning by Jud'ge C. W. Worrill.
The civil docket required only a
short time Monday to dispose of the
cases ready for trial, which included
the granting of several divorce de
crees.
The grand jury was organized
with S. W. Howell as foreman,
W. R. Pullen and W. C. Cook as
clerks, and W. F. Scott bailiff. After
a comprehensive charge from Judge
Worrill, that body began its delib
erations, with Solicitor R. A. Patter
eon assisting. They were expected
to complete their work late Wednes
day, probably returning Friday to
read their presentments in open
court.
The criminal docket will be taken
up next Monday, it was announced
by Judge Worrill.
DALTON MAN, 69
WANTS TO ENLIST
Dalton, Ga.—Age limit or no, Wil
liam E, Watkins, 69, insists on join
ing the army.
Mr. Watkins was recently employ
ed by W. P. A. but lost his job when
the work terminated. If Uncle Sam
thinks he’s too old, the aged patriot
will settle for a civilian job, he as
serted.
APPLES ARE RIPE
AT CARROLLTON
Carrollton, Ga.—lt’s springtime
in Carrollton. At least two apple
trees on R. L. Morgan’s farm think
80.
Mr. Morgan plucked a full-grown
Red June apple from one of the
trees recently. Both trees were full
of blooms.
Watkins dealers enjoying splendid
business—not affected by National
Defense —open localities being filled
fast. At present we are in need of
dealer for Blakely. Write ROY C.
RUBLE, 70-88 W. lowa, Memphis,
Tenn.
Garden and Field Seed arriving
daily. See us before you buy. TAR
VER’S.
The time to start another crop year
is here and we would like to have the
opportunity of serving you in any way
we can. If you need to borrow any
money, we cordially invite you to come
discuss your needs with us.
Don’t forget to buy Defense Bonds
Bank of Early
BLAKELY. GEORGIA
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Al!
Deposits Insured up to $5,000
Women Are Urged
To Register for
Civilian Defense
All women in the county who are
able to do any defense work are
urged to register during the week
January 23-30. The places of regis
tration will be at the nearest school
or at the County School Superin
tendent’s office, or at the Civilian
Defense Council office. Even though
you are already engaged in defense
work, such as knitting or sewing,
be sure to register, as this will be
a total enrollment of all volunteeh
workers. In case of emergency, it
is essential that the names and ad
dresses of the women who are avail
able for defense work be filed in a
central place, such as the Civilian
Defense office.
Be sure to put on the registration
card the type work you would prefer
doing, such as making bandages,
sewing, knitting, furnishing your car
for transportation, working with the
committee on emergency housing
and emergency feeding, first aid
work, etc. If you could give any
spare time to such work as filing or
typing or acting as emergency tel
ephone or telegraph operator, put
that on the card. We hope to soon
be able to offer to the women of the
county training courses in First Aid,
Nutrition and Home Nursing, so if
you are interested in taking any of
these courses, please make a note of
that on the card. It is important
that we get in touch with all the
women in the community who are
qualified to teach Red Cross First Aid
and the women who have had train
ing in Nursing and Home Econom
ics, so if you can help in any of
the training courses, put that in
formation on the registration card.
It may take some time to get or
ganized, but there is a practical,
useful job for every woman to do.
If you have the heart to be interest
ed and hands that are willing, be
sure to register.
SOLICITOR PATTERSON
SPEAKER AT WEEKLY
MEETING LIONS CLUB
|R. A. Patterson, Solicitor of the
Superior Court of the Pataula Cir
cuit, was the principal speaker at
Tuesday’s meeting off the Blakely
Lions club, held at the Hotel Early.
Mr. Patterson delivered a very in
teresting and forceful talk on “Mak
ing Sacrifices to Win The War.” He
received the close attention of his
listeners and was warmly applauded
upon the conclusion of his talk.
Judge C. W. Worrill, the distinguish
ed guest of Lion Bert Tarver, also
spoke briefly.
Other guests of the club were T.
E. Peterman, of Jakin, a guest of
Lion Sid Howell, Frank Gilbert, a
I guest of Lion Fred Godlwin, and
I Herbert S. Haddon, a guest of Lion
“Tige” Pickle.
President Philip Sheffield,, who
presided over the meeting, explained
the progress being made in getting
the local telephone system improved.
Music for Tuesday’s meeting was by
Mrs. Ben Haisten, club pianist.
ATTENTION, WORLD WAR
VETERANS AND WIVES
The State Veterans Service of
ficers, Paul Leverett, Tiny Smith
and Leon Hobby, will meet with us
January 22, at city court room, city
hall. They will remain over until
January 23, to assist any veterans
with their claims. Please be pres
ent at meeting, for it might benefit
you in some way.
COMMANDER W. C. COOK.
We will save you money on your
steel plow points to fit your Avery
and John Deere plows. TARVER’S.
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
REPORT GIVEN ON
1941 FOOD AND
FEED INSPECTION
A. D. Harris, chief food inspector
of the state department of agricul
ture, submitted to Commissioner of
Agriculture Tom Linder the follow
ing report of the work of the Food
and Feed Division for the year 1941:
Inspection on foods and feeds,
25,363; withholds issued, 829; sam
ples taken to be analyzed, 559;
abatements issued to improve sani
tary conditions, 219.
The following foods and feeds
were withheld from sale:
Eggs, 12593 dozen; butter, 135
lbs.; syrup, 368 gallons; canned
goods, 298 cans; flour, 198,121 lbs.;
corn meal, 1,558 lbs.; grits, 24 lbs.;
lard, 4,810 lbs.; jelly, 39 glasses;
extracts, 328 bottles; mayonnaise,
21 jars; filled milk, 15,873 cans;
sausage, 735 lbs.; soft drinks, 88
bottles; onions, 25,500 lbs.; feed,
2,266 bags; hay, 6 tons; cottonseed
meal, 312 bags; soybean meal, 500
bags.
The following foods and feeds
were destroyed:
Eggs. 527 dozen; butter, 39 lbs.;
milk, 104 pints; canned goods, 294
cans; sausage, 163 lbs.; meat, 2,107
lbs.; fish, 5,708 lbs.; weiners, 15
lbs.; sardines, 165 cans; chickens,
345 lbs.; oysters, 54 gallons; lard,
180 lbs.; pickles, 35 lbs.; asparagus,
38,237 lbs.; unsanitary meat blocks,
28; beer, 52 bottles; orange juice,
6 cans; tangerines, 30 bus.; oranges,
5 bus.; strawberries, 8 qts.; bananas,
10 lbs.; peaches, 607 bus.; apples,
207 bus.; pears, 23 bus.; avocado
pears, 3 bus.; honey ball melons, 19
crates; cantaloupes, 240 bus.; candy,
300 lbs.; pecans, 189 bus.; crap-ap
ples, 6 bus.; onions, 23,050 lbs.;
beans, 269 bus.; potatoes, 13,400
lbs.; potato slips. 44 crates; lettuce,
410 crates; celery, 7 hampers; Eng
lish peas, 51 hampers; black-eyed
peas, 300 lbs.; Crowder peas, 176
hampers; cabbage, 6,016 lbs.; turnip
greens, 148 bus.; mustard greens,
12 bus.; okra, 96 bus.; squash, 11
bus.; spinach. 108 hampers; egg
plant, 81 bus.; tomatoes, 30 crates;
broccoli, 30 crates; stock powders, 5
pkgs.
INFORMATION ON
FOOD FOR FREEDOM
A new program to help the small
farmer do his part in serving the na
tion and winning the war was ex
plained today by Oren H. Harden,
Farm Security Administration Super
visor for this district, upon his re
turn from a FSA regional confer
ence in Montgomery, Ala., at which
the plans were developed.
Mr. Harden reported that the con
ference placed the FSA program on
a war footing, for the purpose of in
creasing food production. To this,
he said, every other part of the pro
gram will become secondary for the
duration.
Minimum goals of food production
by families on the FSA program; were
fixed, Mr. Harden said, and practical
help for the small farmer, both on
and off the program was planned,
with arrangements for loans to those
farmers who cannot obtain credit
elsewhere and who must have help
in buying chickens, cows and hogs,
in getting seed and equipment.
The plans put into shape the part
which Farm Security will have in
the Department of Agriculture’s
“Food for Freedom” campaign, in
which all agencies of the Department
are participating.
The goals were an extension of
those established by FSA in its
“Food for Defense” program started
last Spring and which already is add
ing $15,000 to $20,000 daily to the
income of the small farmer through
increased production of eggs, milk
and pork products.
Besides seeking to double the food
production by FSA families, especial
ly in the essential items of eggs,
milk and dairy products, cheese and
vegetables, the new program includes
the following general goals:
1. Addition of one acre per family
of sorghum or sugar cane.
2. Efforts to transfer cows from
one family to another and in some
cases from one area to another where
families have more than two, yet
have failed to manage to feed them
efficiently.
3. Continued effort to cause FSA
families to keep and fully develop
more heifers and gilts.
4. Continued effort to get fami
lies to have more pastures.
5. Develop plans for storing food
with minimum facilities.
6. Encourage plans for fencing
to overcome the shortage of wire.
Mr. Harden explained the broad
goals of the FSA war program as
follows:
“We should be able in this period
to complete our long effort to get
small farmers to produce all the food
they will need for fully adequate
diets. Thus they will not enter the
market to purchase foods needed for
I domestic consumption by urban fami
lies or for export to our allies; and
they may be made* to feel that one
of the really important ways in which
they can participate in the war ef
fort is to produce food.
“The small farm family is still
SECOND RULE NISI
ISSUED AGAINST
TELEPHONE CO.
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condition. As a matter of fact, a
line gang should go to work im
mediately in Blakely in order that
the plant be put in good condition
without delay. However, under pres
ent conditions it probably will be im
possible to secure the services of a
complete gang. It is doubtful that
the plant could be put in satisfac
tory condition by one lineman even
though he be employed continuously.
The Blakely Telephone Company has
241 subscribers with rates of $3.00
for business telephone and $2.00 for
residence telephone. The revenue,
received from these subscribers i
should b entirely sufficient to prop-;
erly operate and maintain this tele- i
phone plant without difficulty.”
MEETING HELD HERE OF
2ND DIST. FUNERAL
DIRECTORS ASS’N.
H. E. Minter, of the firm of Min
ter, Fellows and Forrester Funeral
Home, was host to the Second Dis
trict Funeral Directors Association
here Friday night at the Hotel Early,
when A. E. Runnels, secretary of the
Albany Chamber of Commerce, de
livered a forceful address on National
Unity.
Mr. Runnels’ talk was forceful and
dynamic and held the attention of his
listeners throughout the meeting. He
pointed out the urgent need of each
individual cooperating in any way
possible to insure a complete victory
over the Axis powers. Mr. Runnels,
who is alsd directing the blackouts in
Southwest Georgia, told of this work
and the best ways and means for
each citizen to help.
Vernon A. Maxwell, of Quitman, <
was program chairman and in charge ,
of the meeting. ;
Rev. J. E. Fain, of Albany, a guest '
of the Association, was also on the ■
program and spoke briefly.
Association members from Quit
man, Thomasville, Cairo, Bainbridge ,
and Blakely were present. Messrs.
Fellows and Christmas, senior mem
bers of the host firm, of Ashford,
were also present at the meeting.
FOR RENT— Two or three rooms.
MRS. PETE BARRENTINE.
buying food, feed and seed. Now i
we see, and should help this family J
to see, that its patriotic obligation
is to quit buying the food it needs.
Now we see that we should quit
worrying about a cash economy until
we get the Number One job done.”
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Crossing the Pacific in Convoy
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Soldiers, sailors, and civilians, all passengers are shown reUxlpg
on deck of one of the ships recently creasing the Pacific in convoy.
The wearing of lifebelts at all times was '-.tuloery.
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