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Blakely, Ga., January 29, 1942
The hoarders are at work,
and as a consequence the citi
zens of these United States
will find themselves being ra
tioned sugar in moderate quan
tities beginning early in Feb
ruary. The hoarder is not a
patriot, and his selfishness has
brought about the sugar ra
tioning program. A spirit like
this will not win the war and
adds nothing to the morale of
the people.
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The one bright spot in the
war news is the continued suc
cess of the Russian army over
the German war machine. The
Red army has regained much
of their territory seized by the
Nazis in their drive of last
fall, and continues a slow but
steady advance toward the
German frontier. In this, the
Soviets are aided by biting
cold, much of the present fight
ing being done in temperature
far below zero.
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Registration of civilians for
civilian protection, which was
begun last Friday and will
continue through Saturday of
this week, has been far below
expectations, reports Robert
B. Troutman, chairman of the
state civilian defense commit
tee. Does this indicate a lack
of patriotism on the part of
our people? Or is it a refusal
to sense any danger of attack
on this land by our enemies?
The latter is likely the case.
There may never be an at
tack on this part of our coun
try, but should there be, it
would be far better we were
prepared for such an emerg
ency. Think it over, and if
you haven’t registered for
some part in the civilian pro
tection program, do so before
the week expires.
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Justice Roberts’s commit
tee, appointed by the Presi
dent to investigate the Pearl
Harbor attack, has made its
report, and its finding is what
the public had already accept
ed—a case of “dereliction of
duty” on the part of Admiral
Kimmel and General Short.
The President had already re
lieved these men of their com
mand immediately following
the attack, and since the Rob
erts committee found no evi
dence of disloyalty or lack of
patriotism on the part of the
Hawaiian defending forces,
it would seem the part of
wisdom to refrain from further
condemnation of those guilty
of this dereliction of duty
which resulted in the success ;
of a Japanese attack early on
the morning of December 7.
The thing we want to remem
ber about Pearl Harbor is the
treachery of Japan in attack
ing this nation while “peace”
emissaries were talking with
representatives of this country
in Washington over a peaceful
settlement of problems in the
Pacific. Yes, the attack on
Pearl Harbor must be avenged,
but the avenging must come
through thoroughly licking
the Japs, and this can best be
done, not by airing the unfor
tunate “dereliction of duty” of
Admiral Kimmel and General
Short, but by building planes,
tanks and other war imple
ments and putting them into
the hands of those trained to
use them. The News sees noth
ing to be gained by further
debate over the Pearl Harbor
incident, but we may expect
Congress to spend much valua
ble time in talking about the
unfortunate affair.
PEOPLE AND NATIONS ALIKE
If the point is ever reached when
no one in a town squabbles with any
one else in the town for a period of
a year, it is safe to predict that the
world can from then on look forward
to lasting peace.
For most of the causes of war, if
reduced to simplest terms, grow out
of the same kind of ill-temper,
poor sportsmanship, misunderstand
ing, greediness and bullying which
make neighbors stop speaking, fami
lies break up, and boys start swing
ing at one another’s jaw.
Nations have the same character
istics as the people who make up
those nations. So long as the people
are impatient, easily angered, mean,
quick to jump at- wrong conclusions
and anxious to get revenge, nations
will continue to play those same
roles. A nation is merely a large
collection of individuals.
Ignoring the issues of the present
spreading war, or any other war,
there is little doubt that the perma
nent end of war awaits the time
when all people will live according
to the commandment, “Love thy
neighbor,” even though the world is
probably further away from that
Biblical command than ever before.
And if individuals cannot solve
their petty problems, how may we
ever expect nations to remain at
peace?—Monroe Advertiser.
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The sale of Defense Bonds has
been magnificent. Partly because the
cooperation on every hand in adver
tising those bonds has been mag
nificent! And every person should
continue to make sacrifices to buy
even more bonds. But that should
not mean crawling into a hole and
pulling the hole in after you. More
income taxes this year. But if we
go into a tailspin and stop buying,
stop trying to sell, there are going
to be millions of people out of
work and no incomes to be taxed! —
Cobb County Times.
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Agricultural experts are advocat
ing a plan to do away with the tra
ditional “smoke house” in the south.
Now, fellows, you can do most any
thing to us, but leave us with our
smoke house. If you take the smoke
house away, you not only do away
with a fine old southern tradition,
but you do away with the place
where all the good things to eat
are kept on the farm.—Dawson
News.
A fledgling British reporter had
been reprimanded for his overlong
accounts and told to be brief. His
next story turned in as follows: “A
shocking incident occurred last night.
Sir Reggy Blank, a guest at Lady
Briny’s ball, complained of feeling
ill, took his hat, his coat, his depart
ure, no notice of his friends, a taxi,
a pistol from his pocket, and finally
his life. Nice chap. Regrets and
all that.”—Tri-State News (Dothan).
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KNOW YOUR TIMBER
By EMILY WOODWARD
What will Georgia do in this criti
cal year. 1942, to put an end to the
shameful waste of the state's valu
able forest resources?
The drain on forest products for
National Defense is enormous, yet
it is possible through intelligent pro
tection and long range planning to
meet this need without future dis
aster to the state’s forest products.
Men and women everywhere are
asking, “What can we do to help in
the National Emergency?” One way
to help is to stop all waste. Geor
gians can help by joining in the fight
to stop the useless destruction of
forestsby careless fires, bad cutting
practices, and unwise marketing. In
addition to the need for protection
of the present timber resources, idle
lands should be reforested either
through planting or careful protec
tion of the seedlings, which now all
too often must struggle for life
through annual burnings and gener
al neglect.
If there are Georgians who want
more information about forest pro
tection and development, there are
many sources from which such in
formation can be obtained: the State
Department of Forests, State Capitol;
District Foresters; Extension Serv
ice Forester. Athens; or the Geor
gia Forestry Association, care of
T. G. Woolford, Retail Credit Com
pany, Atlanta.
Fire is the chief enemy of the
forest. Here are three resolutions
all Georgians can well afford. to
make for 1942:
1. Stop forest fires!
2. Stop forest fires!
3. Stop forest fires!
FARLY COUNTY NFWS BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Washington, D. C. —It is the grow
ing opinion here that partial dicta
torship will have to replace action
by congress on more and more
measures which are vital to the pre
servation of our national economy.
Although partisanship in congress
has been pretty well hushed up, the
approaching congressional election
is obviously influencing and delay
ing legislation.
The price control bill is the pres
ent,, glaring example. President
Roosevelt told congress last sum
mer that this legislation must be
rushed through in order to prevent
prices from skyrocketing. But the
bill has now been in the hands of
congress for almost six months and
is still too weak to stem many of
the price rises which already have
cost the public over $2,000,000,000.
When a price control ‘bill was
passed by the house, even many of
those who voted for it admitted that
it didn’t have any teeth in it and
that the house had decided to pass
the buck to the senate. But the
senate, after weeks of needless de
lay, refused to accept the responsi
bility for curbing prices on many
commodities and finally agreed on
what was properly termed a “farm
relief measure” rather than a price
control bill.
In its present form it looks as
though we’ll be right back where we
started from six months ago, with
prices continuing to go higher
and higher. The next step will prob
ably be to put more power into the
hands of Leon Henderson, director
of civilian supply, and let him dic
tate what prices will be on one
line of goods after 6 another.
It is agreed by most observers
here that congress can only blame
itself for the power it will gradually
be forced to turn over to irtdividuals
if it continues with its present un
satisfactory policies in the face of
this great national emergency.
Another example of growing dic
tatorship is the vast amount of pow
er given to the head of the new war
production board, Donald Nelson.
This step, however, has met the
general approval of all factions. For
many months business leaders have
criticized the President for not
passing on some of his powers to
one man who could dictate produc
tion policies. The President has
now made that move and has ap
pointed a man whose ability is re
spected by everyone.
Mr. Nelson, former $70,000-a-year
vice president of Sear-Roebuck,
actually has the assignment of win
ning the war so far as the winning
of the war depends on the produc
tion of tanks, planes, guns, ships
and other equipment. He will be
able to make decisions which have
never before, even during the last
war, been vested in any man other
than th’e President.
Although the Senate Truman com
mittee, investigating defense pro
duction, has made some startling
statements about last year’s ineffi
ciency and the lack of co-operation
of some industries, most of the re
ports seem to be taken with a grain
of salt here.
The charge, for example, that the
automobile manufacturers could
have produced a lot more war
equipment last year if they had
made less automobiles, has been
answered satisfactorily by leading
automobile men. They pointed out
the enormous job of making ready
for mass production of war sup
plies and showed why the continua
tion of automobile manufacturing
did not interfere with maximum
speed in getting the tools and build
ings set for war production. These
statements are generally accepted
here and it is admitted that indus
try in this country is getting into
all-out war production faster than it
did in any other nation. The only
justification for criticism seems to
be that automobile manufacturers
were permitted last year to use an
enormous quantity of needed ma
terials in making automobiles.
Leaders of the war effort here
are generally impatient over charges
of neglect during the past year. In
the few instances where neglect or
delay might properly be charged, they
are more in a mood to let by-gones
and consider reports on past activi
ties only in the light of how ineffi
ciencies can be quickly eliminated.
With Mr. Nelson in the driver’s
seat, with William Knudsen in
charge of production for the army
and with a board under Mr. Nelson
made up of men who already have
‘Hurry, Cut the Red Tape!’
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proved their ability to get things
done, the feeling here is that Wash
ington is all set to work out produc
tion schedules which will make it
possible to attain the gigantic pro
duction goals of President Roosevelt.
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What distinguishes this country
from the other great nations of the
world? There are many possible
answers to that question. And here’s
one of the best: “The United States
is the country where the little guy
is boss—where the little guy can go
as far as his energies and abilities
allow —where the little guy doesn’t
have to bow and scrap? to anyone.”
—.Calhoun County Courier.
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Here is some good advice which we
clipped from a magazine the other
day:
I will keep well informed.
I will reason wisely.
I will do my job to the best of
my ability.
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SIX-INCH
S-E-R-M-O-N
By REV. ROBERT
H. HARPER
JESUS CALLS FOUR DISCIPLES
Lesson for February I: Luke 5:1-11
Golden Text: Mark 1:17
Andrew had the happy faculty of
being able to introduce men to Je
sus. He brought his brother Simon
to Christ, also the lad. with the
loaves and fishes. The request of
the inquiring Greeks was refefred to
him. Simon Peter became the leader
and spokesman of the twelve. At
first, like the stormy waves of Gali
lee, he became as stable as the hills
around it, like unto a rock which his
name signifies.
Christian art may represent the
brothers James and John as gentle
and even feminine, but they exhibit
ed at times a vehemence in keeping
with the name, “sons of thunder.”
The four disciples were of Bethsaida
and partners in the fishing business.
Some think the four disciples had
departed from their first zeal and
that the lesson tells of their return
and the beginning of a discipleship
that endured to the end. This may
indicate why Peter fell down before
when he saw the great draught
of fishes, and cried, “Depart from
me, for I am a sinful man. O Lord.”
Sin is ever rebuked in the presence
of the pure. ( Even Roman soldiers
fell back before Jesus in the garden.
Jesus told the four disciples that
he would make them fishers of men.
Doubtless he would have many men
remain where they are—to be con
secrated business and professional
men in the service of their fellows.
But in this instance he called the
four to leave their work entirely.
“And they left all, and followed
Him.” Unless you are willing to
give up all for Jesus, you can not
be his disciples.
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Men marry women much younger
than themselves, says a statistician.
Maybe it’s because a woman past
30 never has a birthday.—Greens
boro Herald-Journal.
The DOCTOR
by W.E. Aughinbaugh, M.D.
GET OUT OF DOORS EVERY
DAY
When the first chilly winds
begin to blow do you scurry
like a scared rabbit into over
heated home or ofice and avoid
the out-of-doors as you would
the plague? Lots of people do,
and unfortunately they are
making a sad mistake, for they
are really inviting colds and
other ailments that they hope
to escape.
We cannot take in enough
fresh air during the pleasant
months of the year to last
through the fall and winter.
We must have it every day.
Working and living quarters
A HALF CENTURY AGO TODAY
Some Things of Interest That Happened
Fifty Years Ago.
(Excerpt* from Early County New*
of January 28, 1892.)
A NEW BABY arrived at the
home of Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Ad'ams
last Friday.
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MR. R. L. HOWELL and family
have moved to Bainbridge.
* * *
MR. CLEM BRYANT and family
have moved from the Singletary res
idence to the Henderson place of
Mr. A. J. Mercier.
• • •
REV. Z. T. WEAVER filled his
regular appointment at the Baptist
church last Sunday.
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MRS. W. W. FLEMING and chil
dren left last Monday for Americus.
• * *
MR. ANTHONY HUTCHINS, JR.,
and Miss Minnie Glenn, of Columbia,
were married on the 27.th inet. They
are keeping house at the Mathews
home at Howard’s Landing.
A SCORE or more of our citizens
visited the Indian Mounds last Sun
day. They carried with them Chief
Deer House and Spotted Horse, of
the Kickapoo Indian Show, also Dr.
Wilson and Prof, and' Mrs. Gallitti.
The Indians knew nothing of the
mounds.
MR. J. J. SMITH visited Albany
last Friday.
MISS LEILA SMITH is visiting
at Midway.
* * *
JUDGE and Mrs. C. W. Sirmons
and Misses Clifford Hightower, Jen
nie McLain and Mattie Hightower,
of Damascus, were visitors to Blake
ly Tuesday.
should always be' well venti
lated and, even though the
weather may be bad, a 10 or
15 minute walk won’t hurt any
one provided his clothing of
fers sufficient protection from
the elements as he steps along
at a brisk enough pace to keep
his body warm.
Naturally, you want to avoid
the opposite extreme, for sit
ting in a gale of cold wind or
staying out until your fingers
and toes are stiff is equally
dangerous Be sensible about
it, but to try to get your daily
quota of fresh air no matter
what the weather man hands
out.
MISS RUBY PURCELL, of Colum
bia, was a visitor to Blakely last
Saturday.
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MR. AND MRS. D. M. ROBERTS,
of Cedar Springs, were visitors here
Wednesday.
• * *
MR. W. J. CARSWELL, of Way
cross, was a visitor to Blakely Sun
d!ay.
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MR. AND MRS. W. S. Beauchamp
and Miss Mollie Espy, of Columbia,
visited Blakely Wednesday.
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MUSS CIDDIE PLATT has return
ed from a visit to Fort Gaines, ac
companied by Miss Annie Green.
* * *
MR. W. H. ALEXANDER, JR., of
the Southern Express Co., is vaca
tioning in Blakely.
* * *
THE Sagwa Indian Medicine Show
—both in and outdoors—was the
attraction of the town last Saturday.
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MR. O. H. SHEFFIELD, of Cedar
Springs, has returned to the Uni
versity of Georgia at Athens.
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MRS. FANNY SMITH and Miss
Emma Fryer have returned from a
visit to Columbia.
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MESSRS. A. Fort, J. W. Howard,
Haley Howard, W. D. Hodges, Owen
O’Neal, T. S. Minter, J. L. Martin
and W. C. Sheffield, of the 26th
district, were in Blakely Tuesday.
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SHORT STOPS ADS in the News
this week represent: R. H. Powell
& Son, W. A. Buchannon, George E.
Chipstead, J. B. Chancy, W. C. Cook,
D. W. James, Central Drug Store,
Dr. T. M. Howard, Lewis Hilson, E.
L. Fryer.