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EARLY COUNTY, GA. GARDEN SPOT OF GOD’S COUNTRY VOLUME LXXXI NO* 34 REGULAR MEETING OF ROTARIANS HELD FRIDAY E. H. Cheek, vocational teacher of the Blakely high school, spoke to the Blakely Rotarians at the club’s weekly meeting held at the Early Hotel last Friday. Mr. Cheek gave a report of the fat cattle show which was spon sored by the club. He said that it was the best show ever held, and with the additional prize money be ing awarded by the club, more inter est was manifest this year than ever before. Rotarian G. M. Sparks, in tribute to the late Rotarian “Bo” Collins, gave a summary of his life, stating that he would be greatly missed, not only by his fellow Rotarians, but by his fellow citizens as well, who knew him as a young man with sterling qualities, a man kindly and thought ful who enjoyed doing things for others. A moment of silent prayer was held in tribute to this valued member. President Henry Wall presided ov er the meeting and appointed Rota rians Chip Grubbs and James Mur dock, Jr., as delegates to the State convention which was held in. Macon earlier this week. POTATO WITHIN A POTATO FOUND GROWING HERE The season of freakish vegetables has officially opened. Mr. Walker Robison, one of our town’s better “sidewalk farmers,” came in the other day and left an anemic and bedridden looking potato. After a hasty observation and a quick Caes arean operation, it was found that the potato had a smaller potato inside —all of which means nothing, except that Mr. Walker R. is growing some strange-1 ooking objects this year. Make WEAVER’S your Easter shopping headquarters. Get Your Easter Outfit at Weaver s From Hat to Shoes • For Men and Women For Boys and Girls For the Kddies too MAKE WEAVER’S YOUR EASTER HEADQUARTERS Southwest Georgia’s most complete small town store. Goods of quality. Prices low. Service unexcelled. ■ All Easter Gifts Attractively Wrapped. No Extra Charge. T. K. Weaver & Co. “Blakely’s Only Complete Store” C. E. BOYETT, Owner BLAKELY, GA. Qrnvln (Lonntn JNew DIST. GOVERNOR WM. B. FREEMAN TO VISIT BLAKELY LIONS CLUB William B. Freeman, district gov ernor of Lions International, will pay an official visit to the Blakely Lions Club next Tuesday, when the club holds its regular meeting. Mr. Freeman is a prominent at torney of Forsyth, Ga., and is well known over the state. He is an out standing Lion and has been associ ated with and taken an active part in the advancement of Lionism ov er the state. President Philip Sheffield urges a full attendance at next week’s club meeting. BRITISH PLANE CRASHED HERE WEDNESDAY A. M. A British plane being flown by a British cadet from Dothan, Ala., and which got off its course ran out of gas here about 1:30 o’clock Wed nesday morning and crashed some where in the Colomokee community after the cadet had parachuted to safety. The cadet, whose name could not be learned, jumped from his plane just as it passed over Mill creek north of the city limits and landed in a field nearby. He walked to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Tarver, where he spent the night. He stated he was flying at an altitude of 5,000 feet w’hen he junlped. A report was made to his superior officer in Dothan. A detail of men and an officer came to Blakely Wed nesday morning to get a report of the crash and to help locate the plane. Residents of the Colomokee community heard the crash and said the plane fell in the vicinity of Colomokee creek. Make WEAVER’S your Easter shopping headquarters. Flowering potted plants await your selection at GREENBRIER FLORAL COMPANY. BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, 1942. Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.” CEILING CLAPPED ON DURABLE GOODS PRICES— In the first bread move to protect us against retail war profiteering, the Office of Price Administration clapped a ceiling over store prices es durable goods this week. Now, if a dealer charges more than he has been charging for these things, he’ll be violating a Federal OPA order. Washing machines, ironing ma chines, vacuum cleaners, radios, phonographs, household refrigera tors, typewriters, heating and cook ing stoves and ranges have been tagged by the order. This week dealers who sell these items must post Government-approved prices and stick to them. There is a shortage of these prod ucts because factories that make them are busy with war production, but the Government says it will crack down on store owners who take advantage of the shortage to increase prices. HONEY FOR SUGAR— With a shortage of sugar facing them, some bakers, confectioners, and ice-cream goody makers turned to honey for sweetening. They bought so much of it, that the Gov ernment had to stop them from raid ing the hives. But this does not af fect folks who use less than 60 pounds of honey in their own homes. All our tea comes from the Far East, most from India and Ceylon. Fortunately, we had more tea than ever before when the Pacific war exploded, but the WPB isn’t going to let anyone hoard it. Last week it asked grocers to limit their sales of tea to each family in order that supplies will be distributed evenly among the nation’s tea drinkers. County Oil Men Will Meet Here Friday, April 10 Wholesale and retail oil dealers and their employees of Early coun ty are invited to meet at the court house in Blakely on April 10, at 8:00 p. m., according to Dunbar Grist, local wholesale oil man. “Neil W. Printup, Atlanta, Secre tary of the Georgia Petroleum In dustries Committee, and other prom inent Georgia oil men will attend and assist in conducting the meet ing. Matters of vital importance and interest to all oil men and their employees will be discussed,” stated Mr. Grist. “Oil men from all parts of the county are urged to be present,” said Mr. Grist. “These county organiza tions are strictly non-political, coop erative groups of oil men, irrespect ive of small or large company affil iations. No dues, fees or other as sessments are required for member ship or activity in connection with Cannon Caravan Rolls Through EasL ’ 8 W-aW? ■■T , ' A caravan of old cannon, captured or of American vintage, started from Pittsfield, Mass., bound for Boston Common, for the purpose of national defense. Other Massachusetts cities and towns will add to the caravan as it passes. Most of the guns are relics of the Civil war, moved from their resting places. Shown above are Legionnaires hitching an old brass cannon to a team of oxen, ready to join the caravan to Boston. . THE HOME FRONT . PORK PRICES CHOPPED— The OPA has asked butcher shops and retail meat markets not to raise the prices of ham, bacon, chops and other pork cuts. Housewives should question any increase over middle of-March prices on fresh pork cuts, the OPA says, and any marked in crease should be protested to the storekeeper. Production of razor blades was limited to about one blade per week per shaver. Take care of your blades. The precious high-grade steel you save goes into fighting tools to protect democracy. GOODBYE, TROUSER CUFFS— ’ started snipping the part of new started snippink the part of new trousers which is left to make cuffs. The wool thus saved will be re claimed and used again. So cuffless pants help cuff the Japs. SCRAPE UP THE SCRAP— The Bureau of Industrial Conser vation reports dire need of scrap iron, rubber, and paper. Most South erners have cooperated in the sal vage crusade, but the government estimates that there is probably 500 pounds of scrap metal lying around the average farm. Soon the WPA Will begin a campaign to collect scrap metal from the farms for use in the war effort. Paper saving helps the war be cause, among other uses, it’s turned into cardboard containers to ship ammunition and bombs and shells to the front. Five or six copies of this newspaper can be sent back to the mills and made into dust covers for 15 airplane motors. Three times that many copies of your newspaper can be turned into a container for a shell large enough to blow up an important military objective in Ber lin or Tokyo. Georgia Ores Doing Their Part to Help U. S. War Effort Georgia minerals are doing their part to help supply Uncle Sam’s fighting boys with bombers, arms and other war equipment, Commissioner of Natural Resources Zach D. Cravey said this week. At least eight minerals classified as strategic by the National War Minerals Board are found in Georgia, plus a number of others, “which while not definitely classified as stra tegic, are essential to the manufac ture of war munitions,” he said. Captain Garland C. Peyton, Di (Continued on page 5) the work. It is largely of a protec tive nature for motorists as well as those engaged in the oil business. “The meeting will be open to the public. Not only oil men but all per sons engaged in automotive work and other interested parties are in vited to attend,” stated Mr. Grist. THURSDAY HALF HOLIDAY OBSERVANCE BEGINS ON APRIL 9 The surest sign of spring’s ap proach, with its accompanying symp toms of “spring fever,” is the an nouncement that ‘ the annual ob servance of Thursday half-holidays will begin here next Thursday, April 9. The holidays will continue through July 30, according to the agreement signed, it was stated. The petition carrying the names of those agreeing to close was not given to The News. MISS ROBBIE HOBBS PASSES AT HOME HERfe . Miss Robbie Lafette Hobbs, 66, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James B. Hobbs, died at the family home on South Church street last Friday morning at 9 o’clock, follow ing an attack of pneumonia. She had been ill for some time prior to the pneumonia attack. Funeral services were held Satur day afternoon at four o’clock at the home of a brother, Mr. L. C. Hobbs, with the Revs. S. B. King and W. F. Burford officiating. Interment was in the city cemetery, wth the Fellows & Forrester Funeral Home in charge of arrangements, and the following serving as pall-bearers: H. V. Killebrew, R. C. Howell, O. B. Hobbs, James B. Hobbs, L. C. Hobbs and H. H. Hobbs. Although a native of Clay county, where she was born on December 21, 1875, Miiss Hobbs had resided in Blakely since childhood. She was the eldest child of the late Mr. and Mrs. James B. Hobbs. She was a member of the Blakely Baptist church. iShe had many friends who received news of her death with sad dened hearts. Survivors are four brothers, O. B. Hobbs of Montgomery, Ala., L. C. Hobbs of Blakely, H. H. Hobbs of Alachua, Fla., and James B. Hobbs of Ford Lauderdale, Fla., and two sisters, Mrs. H. V. Killebrew of Al bany and Mrs. R. C. Howell of Blakely. RABBIT MAKES GOOD SHRUBBERY PRUNER Elberton, Ga.—Tired of pruning shrubbery? Get yourself a rabbit. R. H. Smalley, local vocational teacher, has found that his cotton tail assistant does as good a job of bush-trimming as himself. It all be gan when a neighbor asked Smalley to prune a shrub for her. That night a hungry rabbit made a meal of the branches, shaping up the bush to perfection. Mr. Smalley was applauded for “his” commendable work. Now he’s trying to train the rabbit to prune at command. Checking Account— ! ♦ ♦ You will find it very convenient to have | a checking account if you do not already ♦ have one. There is no better receipt ♦ than a paid check properly endorsed. J We cordially invite you to discuss t your needs with us and let us | serve you in any way we can. $ FIRST STATE BANK | BLAKELY, GEORGIA Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. J Maximum Insurance of $5,000.00 for each depositor * PULL FOR BLAKELY —OR— PULL OUT $1.50 A YEAR TIME TO GET NEW GEORGIA FISHING LICENSE Fishing licenses for 1941-’42 have expired and new ones for the cur rent season are on sale, Wildlife Di rector Zack D. Cravey announced. He said they will be sold at the court house and prices are the same as those for licenses which have just expired: $1.25 for an annual resident license; $1.50 for a 10-day resident; $2.50 for a 30-day non-resident and $5.25 for an annual non-resident li cense. Everyone, except fishermen under 16 years of age and anyone who fishes just in the county of his residence and uses only worms, must possess a license. However, Direc tor Cravey pointed out, all service men stationed in Georgia are consid ered “residents” and thus entitled to the resident license, regardless of how long they have been in this state. He said Rangers are making strict check-ups on licenses. The Director also cautioned that Rangers are conducting “relentless war” against fishermen who use nets, traps, baskets, etc., and de clared it is just as illegal to steal fish that belong to other people or the public as it is to steal another man’s chickens, hogs or cows.” “And the use of nets, traps and other illegal devices in public waters is just another method of stealing fish,” he said. “Rangers have made many cases for these offenses and most of the courts are cooperating by imposing stiff fines on the per sons found guilty.” Recently Rangers Arthur Wilson and Charlis Smith captured 2,000 feet of gill net and made cases against five offenders in Lanier county and Ranger C. A. Rayburn has four cases pending against Brooks fishermen who were gigging fish at night by torchlight. formeiTearly COUNTIAN PASSES AT DONALSONVILLE Funeral services for Robert Lee Mose Aman, former Early eountian, were held at the Springfield church Sunday, March 29, with Rev. Mr. Vinson officiating and Evans & Son, funeral directors, in charge of ar rangements. Interment followed in the Springfield cemetery and the fol lowing served as pall-bearers: C. C. Crook, Walter Williams, B. D. Har vey, W. V. Miller, W. H. Roberts and Bryant Chandler. Mr. Aman died at his home in Donalsonville last Friday after an illness of ten days. Death was at tributed to pneumonia. Until three years ago, Mr. Aman lived in Early county wrhere he was born and rear ed. He was a member of the Meth odist church. Only survivor is a sister, Mrs. Mary Ella Aman Sirmons, of Don alsonville.