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I EARLY COUNTY, GA. I GARDEN SPOT OF GOD’S COUNTRY VOLUME LXXXI NO. 36 FUNERAL OF MRS. J. B. HOBBS HELD HERE FRIDAY Funeral services were held last Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Hobbs, in this city, for Mrs. Margaret Gar ner Hobbs, 46, wife of James Bar brey Hobbs, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., whose death occurred on April 7, fol lowing an apoplectic stroke, at the family home in Fort Lauderdale. The nites were in charge of the Rev. S. B. King, pastor of the Blakely Baptist church. Interment followed in the city cemetery, with the Min ter, Fellows & Forrester Funeral Home in charge of arrangements, and Richard Alexander, Bill Boyett, Gurtis Loyless, Earl Beasley, B. B. Godwin, C. D. Duke, Sr., Fred H. Brooks and A. T. Fleming serving as pall bearers. Mrs. Hobbs was a native of Ozark, Ala., where she was born on Novem ber 2, 1895, a daughter of G. W. and Martha Ellen Garner. She was married to Mr. Hobbs in Blakely and lived here for several years, during which time she made many who received with sadness the news of her death. In recent years she had lived in Fort Lauderdale. Surviving are her husband; three children, Mrs. C. F. Achemire of Fort Lauderdale, Mrs. B. Y. Free of Fort Pierce, Fla., and Mrs, Richard Hodges of Newberry, Fla.; one sis ter, Mrs. Jesse Hall of Jacksonville, Fla.; one brother, Henry Garner of Florala, Ala., and two grandchildren, Marguerite and Billy Free of Fort Pierce. Out-of-town relatives attending Mrs. Hobbs’s funeral included Mr. and Mrs. Henry Garner of Florala, Ala.; Mr. J. B. Hobbs and Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Achemire of Fort Lauder dale, Fla.; Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Hobbs of Montgomery, Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Killebrew and Mr. James Hobbs of Albany. ) 2.34.5.67 8 910 Ways to Save Money UPSTAIRS 80 Square Prints, new patterns, yard l9c Play Cloth, solids included, yard l2y 2 c Bed Spreads, 80x90, assorted colors, eachJ 79c Men’s Straw Hats, each 9Bc Men’s Pants, regular $2.95 values, special this week only, pair sl.29 Undershirts or Shorts, an exceptional value, each 15c Ladies’ Shoes, only one table $3.95 values reduced t 051.98 Ladies’ Spring Hats, valued to $2.45, for 0n1y 51.25 Ladies’ Print Dresses, fast colors, $1.49 values only 9Bc Boys’ Shirts, fancy and fast colored patterns, sizes 8-16, only, each 49c . TAKE THE STAIRS AT WEAVER’S AND SAVE T. K. Weaver & Co. “Blakely’s Only Complete Store” C. E. BOYETT, Owner BLAKELY, GA. ConnW JXcws GEORGIA AUTO DRIVER LICENSES NOW ON SALE Major John E. Goodwin of the State Department of Public Safety this week reminded all licensed drivers in Georgia that there are only 75 more days to renew driver’s licenses before the present ones ex pire on June 30. To save confusion and to be assured drivers will re ceive a renewal they should get a blank and renew now. Major Goodwin reports that the deaths from motor vehicle accidents in Georgia for the first quarter of 1942 show a 28 per cent decrease over the same period of 1941. There were 237 deaths this period last year against 171 known deaths for this year. During the first three months of 1941 there were: 197 males and 40 females killed; of these 67 were drivers, 53 were pedes trians and 77 were passengers. The ages of those killed were: 6 from 0-4 years old; 21 were 5 to 14 years old; 54 were 15 to 24 years old; 87 were 25 to 44 years old; 5'2 were 45 to 64 years old, and 15 were 65 to 70 years old; 1 was 75, and 1 Was 85 years old. For the same period this year, of the 171 known dead in auto acci dents, 145 were males and 26 were female. Os these 46 were drivers, 56 pedestrians and 69 passengers. Ages of these persons killed: 7 were 5 to 14 years old; 32 were 15 to 24, 62 were 25 to 44; 45 were 45 to 64, 19 were 65 to 70; 5 were 71 to 80, and 1 was 86 years old. Major Goodwin states that while the death rate seems to be going down, it can be brought still lower by the earnest cooperation of every driver. Each driver is requested to do his part and should begin his cooperation by renewing his license at once, for the fees from the driv er’s license sales is the sole source of revenue of the Department of Public Safety. BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 16, 1942. Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.” Local FFA Members Present Program at Rotary Club Meeting Members of the local FFA chap ter, under the direction of their adviser, E. H. Cheek, furnished the program for last week’s meeting of the Blakely Rotary Club, held at noon Friday at the Early Hotel. The program consisted of two quartet numbers, “Steal Away” and “Honey Chile,” by Mack Balkcom, Wilson Fryer, Fred Pressley and Andy Lanier,” with James White as piano accompanist; a vocal solo, “We Did It Before and We Can Do It Again,” and encore numbers with his own guitar accompaniment, by Fred Pressley; and a declamation, “Too Little, Too Late,” by Andy Lanier. A report on the rat eradication campaign was given by Rotarian Lewis B. Fryer, program chairman for the day, who stated that the City Council had employed L. C. Hobbs to put on the campaign, Mr. Hobbs to select his helpers and be gin work at an early date. Other guests at Friday’s meeting included Felix Barham, Jr., a guest of Rotarian Felix Barham, and Neil W. Printup, of Atlanta, a guest of Rotarian Dunbar Grist. Pearl Harbor didn’t stop our Navy. Don’t let anything stop you from contributing to Navy Relief. NEW CONSTRUCTION HALTED BY WPB— Except in areas near war activi ties, new construction is halted by a WPB order which prohibits unau thorized building projects. America has just one project now —that of beating our enemies by turning the materials of peace into the weapons of war. The construction order also hit new highways, schools, utilities . . . practically all building—public as well as private—which is not essen tial to the war effort. Repairs are allowed under the order. It prevents the start of new homes costing more than SSOO and new farm buildings costing more than SI,OOO each ’without govern ment approval. NATION-WIDE REGISTRATION— For the first time in history ev eryone in America will register May 4-7. From grandpas who remember the War Between the States to new born babes who won’t remember this war, our nation’s roster will be com plete when all names are listed in the round-up of sugar consumers. 19TH HOLE REMAINS— Recent curtailment of metal and rubber are heading off golf fans tow ard a stymie-in-the-rough. Clubs can’t be made without metal nor As We Hit Back at the Nips Over Wake VW: ' Shown here is a U. S. fighter plane operating from an aircraft carrier in the Pacific as it hovers over the Japanese-held Wake island. In the lower center; can be seen columns of smoke drifting upwards, the remains'of the Japanese stores on the isle, after direct hits by U. S. air men in retaliation for the sneak assault on December 7, 1941. HOMEWW? FRONT La nrrirr FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT * Promotions Made Tuesday Night at State Guard Meeting Promotions were in abundance Tuesday night at the regular meet ing of the Georgia State Guard. Due to the change in the table of organization, a new section was cre ated raising the authorized personnel quota from 30 to 55 men. This change enabled the command ing officers to promote men who have long been due recognition for their services, faithfulness, and ability, to positions of leadership. The men given promotions, with their present rank or grade, are as follows: John C. Holman—2nd Lieutenant. W. P. Smith—First Sergeant. W. J. Farris—Drill Sergeant . 0. M. Dunning—Drill Sergeant. J. F. Gilbert—Corporal. W. A. Hall, Jr.—Corporal. Jack G. White—Corporal. F. D. Grist—Corporal. R. C. Singletary, Jr.—Corporal. T. J. Grier—Corporal. Abe Berman—Corporal Clerk. EASTERN STAR TO HAVE “TACKY PARTY” TONIGHT Blakely Chapter No. 282 Order of the Eastern Star will have a “Tacky Party” at the Masonic Hall tonight. George Raft and Marlene Dietrich in “Manpower” at the Blakely Thea tre Thursda yand Friday. I balls without rubber, and a new WPB I order drafts makers of golf equip ment for the duration. It won’t affect clubs and balls al ready manufactured, and the cur rent supply is the largest in the his tory of golf. “FREEZE” WARM POCKETS— The need for savings reached in to the fickle domain of women’s styles last week. In general, it froze present dress patterns, but warmed bank accounts of gentle men who foot Dame Fashion’s need less bills. Don’t throw away stove pipes this year; they may be hard to get when you connect your stove again next fall. What goes up must come down— that’s one reason for OPA price “ceilings,” like those clamped upon electrical appliances last week. The higher prices rise now, the farther they could tumble later. SAVINGS CURB INFLATION— Digging into economic cycles, the Price Administrator finds that the more folks make, the more they spend, and spending lifts prices to a point from which they may drop. Those who put their extra income into savings and war bonds help themselves and the nation, too. If we all lay aside for a rainy day, perhaps the raindrops will nev er fall on us. COUNTY SCHOOL MEET TO BE HELD APRIL 30-MAY 1 The Early county school system will hold its first county-wide ath letic and literary meet on April 30- May 1, Superintendent of Schools B. R. B. Davis announced yesterday. One hundred medals and ten lov ing cups will be given the winners of these events. The medals will be awarded individual winners and cups Will go to the schools scoring the highest number of points. On April 30, the literary meet will be held with the Jakin and Hil ton schools, the literary elementary meet will be with the Hilton school, while the high school meet will be held with the Jakin high school. There will be twelve contests for which the grammar schools will com pete for top prizes. Medals will be awarded for school rhythm band, school song, comedy number, his torical and biographical quiz, vocal solo, quartet, music (any instru ment), chorus, declamation, dance number, essay and mathematical quiz. At the same time the elementary meet is being held at Hilton, the high school meet will be in progress at Jakin, with the following con tests: music (piano, violin, accord ion, harmonica), solo, vocal num bers, dance numbers, one-act play, quartet, declamation, reading, chor us, poem, geographical and histor ical quiz, and a vocal duet open to girls only. The climax of the county-wide meet will take place at Damascus when all the schools meet there on May 1 for the big athletic events, Mr. Davis said. An almost full day of all kinds of athletic events, from horse-shoe throwing to volley ball, Will take place on that day. The following athletic events, in which the contestants will be vieing for individual and group awards, will be held: Drill squads, volley ball, track, high jump, broad jump, shot-put, hurdles, basketball, horse shoe, sack race and three-leg races. One of the largest crowds ever to attend a school function in Early county is expected to be present at these meets, Mr. Davis said. PRI NTUP~SPEAKS TO LOCAL OIL DEALERS AT MEETING HERE Neil W. Printup, head of the Georgia Petroleum Institute, ad dressed a meeting of local oil deal ers and distributors here in the court house last Friday night. Mr. Printup explained and pointed out the enormous taxes paid by the petroleum industry in Georgia and said that oil dealers and motorists were being discriminated against, in that they were being asked to pay the majority of the taxes in Georgia. He said that these taxes were not being spent to the motorists’ advant age. Mr. Printup asked that all oil men unite in an effort to keep state and federal legislative bodies from increasing the already exorbitant gasoline tax. ♦ We Should Like to : Serve You ... ♦ You would benefit in many ♦ ways from a regular connec- ♦ tion with this bank. Nothing ♦ would please us more than ♦ to have your name on our I books as a depositor. FIRST STATE BANK X BLAKELY, GEORGIA X 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 R. C. HOWELL TO HEAD NAVY RELIEF DRIVE Mills B. Lane, Jr., of Atlanta, state chairman of the Navy Relief Society Campaign, announced today the appointment of R. C. Howell, prominent Blakely citizen, as chair man of the Society’s drive in Early county, which has a goal of $822.00. A quota of $150,000 has been set for the State of Georgia in a $5,000,- 000 nation-wide campaign for funds to help the Navy Relief Society care for needy wives, children and close relatives of men in the Navy, Ma rines and Coast Guard. President Roosevelt is honorary chairman. In making the announcement, Mr. Lane said: “I am happy to have Mr. Howell as Early county chairman and I am sure the people of Early county will oversubscribe 'to this worthy cause.” The original Navy welfare move ment, out of which the Society grew, was organized in 1820, for relief of families killed in service, but it has since enlarged its aims to assure that dependent relatives of men in service shall not suffer hardship if it can be prevented. The Society was incorporated in Washington, D. C., in 1904. It oper ates through outright grants, by regular payments while need contin ues, and by loans without interest. The Society also gives loans to families whose allotments are lost or delayed because of extended tours of Navy men, and it gives education al aid to orphaned children of Navy men. In short, it watches over the Navy’s own. In some cases the money given out is in addition to government al lotments, but it is primarly supposed to take care of emergency situations not provided for by the government. President Roosevelt recently de scribed the Navy Relief Society with these words: “The men of our Navy are at .their battle stations. They are ready for whatever may come. No nation ever had a more efficient or more loyal Navy, and no people has ever been given a better opportuni ty to back up their Navy than by giving to the work of the Navy Re lief Society.” M.r. Howell stated that the Early county drive will be held next week —April 19th to L6th—and he urges a liberal response on the part of the public that the county quota may be quickly subscribed. MINTER, FELLOWS & FORRESTER BUY FRYER FUNERAL HOME EQUIPMENT H. E. Minter, of the Minter, Fel lows & Forrester Funeral Home, an nounced the past week that he had purchased ‘ the equipment and sup plies of the Fryer Funeral Home, which for many years was operated by the late E.*L. Fryer.