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Blakely, Ga., February 26, 1942
Bicycles seemed destined to
become popular again, now
that the manufacture of auto
mobiles has been practically
discontinued and the sale of
tires limited to a small per
centage of auto owners. An
increase in the sale of “bikes”
is already reported, and
“grown-ups” in ever-increas
ing numbers may soon be
“pedaling” their way about.
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Uncle Sam begins next week
the rationing of sugar to his
more than a hundred million
citizens. If you are inclined
to grumhle about a small re
duction in the amount you
have heretofore consumed, re
member those American boys
already or soon to be scatter
ed all over the globe and fight
ing for you and your country.
Perhaps their sugar supply
will be less than yours.
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We are glad that Mrs.
Roosevelt has resigned her po
sition with the Office of Civil
ian Defense. The “first lady”
has done much admirable
work during her famous hus
band’s tenure in the White
House, but this the average
citizen quickly forgets when
the slightest opportunity for
criticism is offered, such as the
recent tempest in the teapot
over Mrs. Roosevelt’s recom
mendation of a dancing friend
for a position in the Civilian
Defense set-up.
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The President told us frank
ly in his Monday night’s radio
address that we face a long
and hard war, and that noth
ing short of a united and all
out effort is going to win that
war. Japanese conquests in
the Pacific bear out the Presi
dent’s contention, for it is go
ing to be a tremendous task to
win back that which has been
lost through a lack of pre
paredness. Steel yourself Mr.
and Mrs. American, to a long,
costly and bloody conflict,
with its accompanying sacri
fices and heartaches.
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Registration for possible
military training has brought
to light the fact (shame on
us!) that there are 46,000 men
in Georgia between the ages
of 21 and 36 who are illiterate.
Twenty thousand of these who
have been found suitable for
military service in every other
respect, will be taught “read
in’, ’ritin’ and ’rithmetic” dur
ing the next four months to
permit their induction into the
army, the job of instructing
these men to be in the hands
of 250 WPA teachers over the
state, classes to be held at
night in public school build-1
ings. loijge halls, stores or any
place groups can be assembled.
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Secretary of War Stimson
has warned us that there may
be attacks on the American
shorelines by our enemies and
that the fighting forces of this
country will not be thinned out
to cover every stretch of terri
tory which be subjected to an
attack. Such a thinning out
of the fighting forces could on
ly lead to defeat, Mr. Stimson
says. And he is supported in
this opinion by his military
chiefs, who recognize that vic
tory can come only through of
fensive action, and offensive
action can come only through
concentration of fighting forces
at some strategic point. Which
sounds like sensible reason
ing to us.
We must be plain dumb. We’ve
studied it from every angle and we
can’t see where we are saving day
light by taking on two hours of dark
ness every morning. Cuthbert
Leader.
Just wait another three
months, Brother, and you’ll
find that you will not only not
have to use electric lights, “to
get up by,” but that you can
have the evening meal, read
your favorite afternoon news
paper, and then wait some
time before it is necessary to
turn on the lights. If you are
in the habit of retiring early,
along about June 21 you may
also be able to retire by sun
light.
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HOW ABOUT A FARM EQUIP
MENT ECHANGE?
We read in the newspapers of a
county which recently established an
exchange where farmers could bring
their tools or equipment they no
longer need and swap them for
something • they do need. Not bar
ter, just pure swapping. Sounds like
a swell idea. Only actual trial will
determine if it is. (But certainly it
should not cost much, if anything, to
try the idea out.
It could be done in several ways.
Through the county agent’s office
would be one way. Or it might be
worked through NYA, with the NYA
boys doing needed repairs at nomi
nal cost. Or some merchant who is
enterprising and wants to do the
farmers a favor could set up a swap
center and publicize it. We are con
tinually bursting forth with bright
ideas like this and finding that no
body pays much if any attention.
One of these days, however, we are
going to suggest something really
useful, and find it taken up. The
shock will likely be hard to bear, but
we think we’ll manage to stand up
under the strain if the idea proves
useful. This might even be ... by a
long stretch of the imagination .. .
the such an instance! —Cobb Coun
ty Times.
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LIVESTOCK OUTLOOK GOOD
Great prosperity is in store for
Georgia livestock farmers, in the
opinion of Dr. Milton P. Jarnigan,
head of the animal husbandry de
partment of the University of Geor
gia College of Agriculture. Said he:
“Provided a more abundant feed
supply is grown, there is every rea
sonable time thereafter until other
nations get back into production.”
.Dry milk, pork and eggs are
specific items needed for mainte
nance and export from the south
east, an area of underproduction in
livestock products, said Dr. Jarni
gan, who thinks Georgia farmers
should become self-sustaining, then
turn their surplus into the cities.
Since feed is the largest factor in
livestock production, farmers should
grow it themselves rather than buy
at high prices, he said.—Pearson
Tribune.
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KNOW YOUR TIMBER
By EMILY WOODWARD
The “testimonial” is a popular
method for “winning friends and.in
fluencing people” in the world of
trade. Many a sucker has been
caught by a life saving testimonial,
but here is one from an Alabama
farmer which Georgia timberland
owners can well afford to swallow,
hook, bait and all. This Alabamian
declares that with proper care and
use, timber can be made a financial
life saver. The statement of V. L.
Chaney is passed on in hope that
Georgia timberland owners will give
his method a trial:
“Several years ago I was in need
of some cash, but I didn’t want to
mortgage anything I owned. So aft
er thinking it over, I went into my
timber and cut out trees where they
were the thickest. I raised the
money and hardly missed the trees.
This "put an idea in my head. I de
cided that if the trees were thinned
out, the ones left standing would
have about twice as good chance to
develop.
“A little after this, the timber pro
gram came out and I cooperated in
every way I could. During the years
when timber was the cheapest, I
kept on planting young trees and
culling out the bad ones for wood,
being .careful to remove all tops to
keep down worms. I had my timber
land fenced in and my stock helped
keep the undergrowth cleared away.
This was a great help in keeping
down fires.
“This year, I had to have a seri
ous operation, and was caught short
on cash. So I fell back on my tim
ber again. My son looked after
the cutting and took only the best
trees, leaving the smaller ones to
grow. They brought enough to pay
my hospital bill, hire a hand, and I
'had a nice sum left. So, by taking
care of my trees, I not only kept
I out of debt, but have some extra
money and, in four or five years.
I’ll have some more good timber to
sell.”
EARLY COUNTY NFWS ni.A.KELY. GEORGIA
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TOMORROW.
FRANK PARKER 9 'I
TOMORROW guessing
When all the shooting ends, what
is America going to be like?
Picturing tomorrow —the tomor
row after the war—is pretty much
like crystal gazing. It’s a matter
of doing a lot of guesswork with un
known qualities.
The only thing we really can feel
sure about tomorrow is that we are
going to win the war. We haven’t
much of an idea what the peace
will be like, what kind of govern
ment we will have in the United
States nor how those quarter-of-a
trillion dollars which we may owe
are going to be paid off.
If we are so disposed, we can
get gloomy over the prospects for
tomorrow in spite of anticipating
victory on the war front.
But if we look beyond the debt,
the hardships of war and the uncer
tainties of our social organization,
it is quite possible to envision a
silver lining on the other side of
the war-clouded horizon.
Probably our outlook today will
have most to do with the kind of
tomorrow we get. For we do know
this —if the world of tomorrow is to
have a silver lining that lining will
have to be manufactured in the
U. IS. A. It can only be produced
by the planning, the working and
the faith of democratic people.
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BRAINS - . resources
If the brains of 100,000,000 intelli
gent Americans are striving to cre
ate a better world after the war,
the chances are excellent that they
will find the formula for accom
plishing this goal.
Man power may play a major
part in winning the war, but brain
power will be the chief factor in
planning the peace.
We may not have a monopoly on
brain power, but, just as we have
the right set-up for superiority in
the' mass production of goodte, a
democracy, such as ours, also can
count upon superior mass produc
tion of ideas.
In a dictatorship the ideas of the
people don’t matter. The people in
Germany are told what to do—they
depend solely on the ideas of Hitler
and his gang. In our country, on
the other hand, the government de
pends on the ideas of all the people.
It makes full use of its vast re
sources of brain power. Certainly
the combined mental energy of 100,-
000,000 people can produce some
thing superior - to the mental gym
nastics of a handful of misguided
fanatics.
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VISION anticipation
Perhaps what we need in this
country today is a pair of imagi
nary rose-colored glasses for every
man and woman to look through—
even if we have to wear them over"
gas-masks. They need to be so rosy
in color that we can see a beauti
ful glow in the sky of the future
even though our immediate view is
blurred by dive bombers.
A thousaild different writers in a
thousand different ways have
preached the “look for the silver
lining”—“what’s the use of worry
ing”—“singing in the rain” gospel,
but most of us have difficulty mak
ing these philosophies stand up un
der pressure.
But if we ever are really going to
try to make those Pollyana-like phi
losophies work, now is the time to
do it. We need to keep our mental
eyes glued on a future which is as
fascinating as the pot of gold at the
end of the rainbow.
We need to keep thinking about
tomorrow—and we must look for
ward to it as something as exciting
as the night before Christmas is to
a five-year-old child.
If we can do that, both in our
dreaming and our scheming, there
is little doubt that ourdreams will
come true.
MORALE fear
Ajl of us who have followed the
news of this war have been im
pressed by the importance which
military and government leaders in
all countries attach to morale.
Morale is defined by Mr. Webster
as: “-Condition depending upon such
moral or mental factors as zeal,
spirit, hope, confidence.”
The most important element for
building morale in this country is
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not just an all-out effort for vic
tory but an all-out anticipation of
the life that is in store for us after
victory is won.
Hitler is trying to build morale
among the German people on the
basis of fear. He tells them that
they will be enslaved for a thousand
years if they don’t win. He has
taught them to dread the future if
they lose instead of to long for the
post-war period.
Morale built on fear doesn’t fit
the definition of Webster or of any
one else. It weakens the spirit,
blinds hope and shakes confidence.
Our victory will be an easier one
if we build our morale firmly on
hope—if we are drawn on by the
vision of a future which surpasses
anything we have known before.
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One Texas grocery firm, realizing
that horse and buggy days are on
the way back, has installed some
hitching posts and watering troughs
on a vacant lot in the rear of its
place of business. Getting a jump
ahead of its competitors.—Dawson
News.
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Sugar hoarders, it appears, are
really going to “get it in the neck”
this time from Uncle Sam, who is in
much better position to “crack down”
than he was in World War I. So,
if you have an abnormal amount of
sugar on hand, disposal by late
March is advised. And remember:
Honesty is the best policy!—Cairo
Messenger.
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SIX-INCH
S-E-R-M-O-N
By REV. ROBERT
H. HARPER
THE PARABLES BY THE SEA
Lesson for March 1: Mark 4:26-32;
Matthew 13:44-50
Golden Text: John :46.
The Parables by the Sea illustrate
the nature of the kingdom and the i
kind of people who compose it.
The first two show that the king
dom will come slowly and surely
as things develop in the field. We
may become impatient, may yearn
for good results more quickly. But
it is ours to sow the good seed; God
gives the increase. Results and
times must be left to him. Let
Christians be encouraged. Small be
ginnings will lead to large things.
The next two parables also illus
trate the exalted place of the king
dom and the kind of man who wins
it. The kingdom is above all things
that men seek. Only he who gives
it the chief place can be a true
citizen of it. A man sold all he had
and bought the field where he had
found a great treasure; a merchant
man sold all he had and bought the
splendid pearl.
The last parable shows the separa
tion between good and bad. As in
this present time, saboteurs and fifth
columnists are cast out, the time
must come when the unworthy shall
be cast out of the kingdom and
those Os unquestioned allegiance to
Christ shall remain.
Amid terrible hindrances to the
kingdom now, let us preserve our
faith in its ultimate success and,
above all, enthrone Christ as our
personal Savior that we may enjoy
the blessings of the kingdom now
and have a sure place in it here
after.
The DOCTOR
by W.E. Aughinbaugh, M.D.
LACK OF EXERCISE CAUSES
STIFFNESS
Whenever you start to rise
after sitting still for an hour or
so, do all your muscles feel
stiff and lame? Do you move
awkwardly from your chair
and make a remark something
like this: “Guess I must be get
ting old?” Unfortunately—
and quite unnecessarily—this
experience is all too familiar
with those who have passed
forty. There is no reason why
anyone in normal health should
not retain muscular elasticity
and limberness well beyond
middle life because age has
nothing to do with it. Lack of
exercise, not loss of youth, is
the principal reason why most
A HALF CENTURY AGO TODAY
Some Things of Interest That Happened
Fifty Years Ago.
(Excerpts from Early County News
of February 25, 1892.)
TOM JONES is fast coming to the
front as a steam maker and whistle
blower for Capt. Stuckey.
• * *
MR. S. MANUEL was over from
Unadilla last Friday.
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MESSRS. C. H. Robinson and Will
Odum are visiting over in Baker
county this week.
• * •
COL. R. H. SHEFFIELD was down
to Cedar Springs last week.
* * *
COL. ALEX FOSTER, of Fort
Gaines was a visitor to Blakely Tues
day.
* * •
MISS SARAH COWDREY left
Monday for Ellaville, Fla., where she
will teach school.
MR. E. HILTON, of Hilton Sta
tion, was a visitor in town Wednes
day.
THE Early County Teachers In
stitute was held at the Court House
in Blakely last Saturday. School
Commissioner T. F. Jones called the
meeting to order. Miss Maggie Bell
was appointed secretary. Prof. J. L.
Kelly was appointed vice president.
A committee on assignment, consist
ing of Messrs. G. P. McDaniel, W. A.
Jackson and A. W. Lane, made the
following appointments: Grading, W.
C. McKenzie; Reading, Mrs. E. K.
Head; Grammar, J. L. Kelly; Practi
cal talk, A. W. Lane; Arithmetic,
G. P. McDaniel; Writing, Miss Lila
Jones; Mathematics, W. E. Fink.
men and women grow stiff and
old before their time.
When the muscles are soft
and flabby, the circulation
sluggish, and respiration and
elimination at 50 per cent ef
ficiency, naturally the body is
going to send out protests in
creaking joints and a general
feeling of lameness. Don’t pass
these signals off lightly. If your
doctor says there is nothing
organically wrong, stir your
lazy self. Take some mild ex
ercise every day. Get outdoors
and walk. Join a club that
offers some sort of recreation
suitable to your physical abili
ty. Muscular activity is the
best possible means of warding
off stagnation and an early old
age.
MR. SID GAY was over from Al
bany this week.
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BLUFFTON NEWS reports that:
“Miss Annie Brown, of Coleman,
visited here Sunday. . .Mr. Somers
Beauchamp and wife, of Arlington,
were visitors here Sunday. . .Mr. Will
McKennie, of Coleman, was a visitor
here this week. . .Dr. P. H. Thomp
son is having improvements made to
his home. . .Mr. R. K. Beauchamp
was over from Arlington this week
. . . Willie Bridges, of Early Coun
ty, visited home folks this week. . .
Miss Dolly Nixon, of Arlington, visit
ed friends in Bluffton Sunday . . The
following are the honor pupils at the
Bluffton High School for the past
month: S. P. Creel, A. S. Howell, W.
J. Crawford and Misses Willa Vida
Ramibo, Alma Killingsworth, lone
Ingram, Rachel Morris, Ida Morris,
Mittie Harrison.”
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Mrs. Hoarder is farsighted. Her
pantry shelves are piled high with
boxes of sugar, bars of soap, bottles
of oil, and other staples of which
she fears a shortage.
If the shortage comes Mrs. Hoard
er’s friends will have no sugar, no
soap, no oil. "When they are in
vited to lunch at Mrs. Hoarder’s,
their eyes will fairly pop out of
their heads at seeing dazzling white
napery, salads drenched in mayon
naise, and well-filled sugar bowls.
They will admire Mrs. Hoarder
for having bought up all the sugar,
oil, and soap in the neighborhood,
will they not?
Perhaps they will not.—New York
Sun.