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EARLY COUNTY, GA. GARDEN SPOT OF .GOD’S COUNTRY VOLUME LXXXI > NO. 37 STATE GUARDSMEN TO GATHER HERE SUNDAY, MAY 3 250 EXPECTED HERE FOR TAC- TICAL MANEUVERS, PARADE AND BARBECUE. Indian Mounds, located northwest of the city in Kolomoki Park, said to have been the scene of many a bloody Indian conflict in days gone by, will again see the presence of troops on Sunday, May 3, when the Early County State Guard will be host to 250 State Guardsmen from over the state, and when tactical maneuvers, a big barbecue and a final parade and review will be held, First Lieutenant J. M. Coile, of the local Guard, has announced. Guardsmen from many points ov er south Georgia will assemble here on Sunday morning at 11:30 o’clock After the introduction of high ranking Guard officers and Fort Ben ning army officers takes place, a big barbecue will be held. Follow ing the lunch hour, a tactical ma. neuver will be held showing how Guardsmen would react if this area were under attack from the enemy. At 3:30 o’clock a review of all troops will be held at the Indian Mounds area, with Fort Benning of ficers inspecting the troops. Gover nor Eugene Talmadge, commander in-chief of the State Guard, togeth er with his staff, has been invited to review the troops, but it is not known at present whether he will at tend. Lieutenant Coile said that the public is invited to the troop re view and is asked to assemble at the Mounds at 3 o’clock. Because the presence of the public might in terfere with the sham battle and the maneuvers, it is asked to stay out of the park area until the review is held, Lieutenant Coile explained. Howevery, everyone is invited to view the parade at the Mounds and the larger the'crowd the better, Lieu tenant Coile added. Bring your bicycle to the WEST ERN AUTO STORE and have it re paired by an expert workman. WEAVER’S— « Sew and Save Week Silk Dress Materials One group silks regular 98c yard value for 79c yd. One group silks, regular 89c yard value for . . \ . 69c yd. One group silks, regular $1.19 yard value for ... . 98c yd. . PRINTED SILKS . POLKA DOTS . PLAIDS . SOLIDS . FLOWERED PRINTS Get your other sewing materials at Weaver’s too. “Buy Defense Stamps and Bonds NOW” T. K. Weaver & Co. “Blakely’s Only Complete Store” C. E. BOYETT, Owner BLAKELY, GA. (tart JXcws Several Cars Derailed In Train Wreck Eight Miles West of City The mixed passenger and freight train of the Central of Georgia Rail way was derailed at Smith’s Cross ing on the old Columbia road eight miles west of here Monday morning about 10 o’clock, demolishing sever al freight cars and damaging about a half mile of track. The cause of the derailment has not been determined. All the cars were empty except two, one car rying a load of gravel and another being loaded with merchandise. Loss of goods was thought to be very light. The accident was in the nature of a freak. It left five box cars prac tically demolished all in one pile and on these were piled two empty tank cars. A stream of traffic pass ed over the Columbia road all day Monday carrying people to view the wreckage. Wreckers and crewmen were dispatched to the scene of the wreck soon after the accident oc curred. They immediately went to work repairing the rails and remov ing the debris. The line was repair ed Tuesday and the trains ran on schedule Tuesday night. WEEKLY MEETING OF ROTARY CLUB HELD FRIDAY AT NOON “Swamp Water,” Vereen Bell’s popular story of the Okefenokee swamp, formed the topic of an in teresting paper given before the Blakely Rotary Club at its weekly meeting held Friday at noon. Mrs. Dunbar Grist gave a resume of the story which appeared in the Saturday Evening Post and has been made into a motion picture, and of the author, who is a South Georgian. Mrs. Grist was introduced by her husband, Rotarian Dunbar Grist, who was program chairman for the day. The meeting was presided over by President Henry Wall, with the mu sic in charge of Mrs. Sen Haisten, club pianist. BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 23, 1942. Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead/’ PLANS ANNOUNCED FOR REGISTRATION IN COUNTY FOR SUGAR RATIONING BOOKS The first nation-wide registration for procuring sugar rationing books will be held the four days—May 4, 5, 6 and 7—and Early county’s set up for participation in that registra tion has been completed, it was an nounced Wednesday by F. H. Brooks, chairman of the local Office of Ch vilian Defense. The hours for regis tration will be from 9:00 a. m. to 10:00 p. m. Industrial and Commercial Users Must Register April 28-29 Registration of retailers, whole salers, institutions and industrial users, including hotels, restaurants and boarding houses will be held on next Tuesday and Wednesday, April 28 and 29, at the following locations: School Districts: Damascus school building; Jakin school building; Ce dar Springs school building; Hilton school building. Registration for the Blakely, Colomokee, Union and New Hope school districts will be at the court-room at the court house in Blakely. The hours will be from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m., except at Blakely, where the hours will be from 10 a. m. to 6:00 p. m. Both white and colored commercial users will regis ter at the above named places. It is pointed out that it is neces sary that all commercial users reg ister on the above dates. No stocks of sugar can be replenished without a certificate authorizing the purchase of sugar or a stamp card on which stamps have been placed represent ing sales made. Retail dealers must bring with them figures giving the gross amount of entire sales for the week ending April 25, also total amount of sugar bought and deliver ed to them in November, 1941, as this will be the basis for registrar to work out dealer’s inventory allow ance. Commercial users should bring With them figures showing the amount of sugar purchased in each month in 1941. Consumers Register on May 4-5-6-7 Consumers will register on May 4,5, 6, and 7, and the following in formation is given for their benefit: Any one member of each family, if above the age of 18, may register for the family. A book will be is sued for each individual. A family I may have on hand at the time ofl registration as much as two pounds I of sugar per person without having ; any stamps taken from their ration- , ing books. For each pound per per-I son above two, and up to six pounds, one stamp will be taken from each book. If a family has on hand as much as seven pounds per, person, applications will be taken, but no books will be issued until the sup- I ply is down to six pounds each or i less. The first stamp in the book will i be good for one pound of sugar in j the first two weeks; after that, the ' time period for which each succeed- i ing stamp is good will be posted in I stores and made public through the ' press and radio. However, regard- i less of the time period in force, each i stamp will be good for one pound | of sugar. Stamps may be used only i during the period stated, and if not used during that time, are void. It is urged that persons not buy sugar i unless needed, even though they may ‘ have stamps for sugar purchases. Business houses selling or using: sugar will be issued sugar purchase certificates. Hotels, restaurants and ! boarding houses will be classed with stores. In the case of boarding > Pearl Harbor Decorations ’ 1 " «.•••• J •• r < ; H *f-$ FT 1 i ' 1 I1- _■ ft L - .L-yyst ft > Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, right, commander-in-chief, Pacific fleet, awards the navy cross to one of 24 men so honored for bravery during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7. The presentation took place aboard a battleship at this vital naval base. Lined up at the left are other men who received awards. & Wholesalers and Retailers, Industrial and Commercial Users Will Register April 28-29; Consumers Will Register May 4,5, 6, and 7. Sugar Sales Prohibited Week of April 27. houses, the proprietor must register with the trade, and boarders must register individually or by families. If a boarder eats 12 or more meals a week at his boarding house, he should turn over his book to the proprietor, who will attend to hav ing his stamps cancelled. Servants must register for them selves and families, regardless of whether or not they eat at the homes of their employers. If they eat in their employers’ homes, they may turn their books over to their em ployers to purchase their sugar along with that for the members of the employers’ families. The following places for consum er registration are announced: COLORED CONSUMERS Blakely Diitrict— Washington High School, Early County Training School, Pleasant Hill School, Pleas ant Grove School, Bancroft School, Prospect School, Shiloh School, Sar ! dis School, Friendship School, Zion i Hope School, Hartley’s Gift School, ' St. Maryland School, Jerusalem School, Bright Star School, St. John School. Jakin District— Jakin Colored High School, Mt. Meighs School, Cross Roads School, Good Hope School. Damascus District— Kestler Junior High School, Mt. Zion School, Salem School, Old Town School, Oak Grove School. Arlington District— Piney Grove School, Platteville School, Kiokee School, Timmons School. Hilton District Allen Chapel School, Ebenezer School, Union Hill School, Zion Watch School. WHITE CONSUMERS The following schools: Arlington, Rowena, Damascus, New Hope. Lib erty Hill, Jakin, Springfield, Cedar Springs, Hilton, Colomokee. Regis tration in Blakely will be in the court-room at the couit house. Registrars have been assigned to the several places in the county where registration will take place, and public co-operation in the regis tration is essential, as it was pointed out that those persons failing to register during that period of time must w’ait at least two weeks before : they can register for the ration books ; and must then apply to the local ra | tion board to secure the ration books. I Pending the completion of the I registration and issuance of ration ! books, sale of sugar is prohibited during the week of April 27. POLICE OFFICER GETS HIS AUTO “TAGGED” The current drive to put a stop to illegal parking has included just about everybody, Police Officer J. R. Puckett found out yesterday, much to his sorrow. Officer Puckett parked his car on the left side of Cuthbert street while he dashed inside a store to make a hasty purchase, and who should happen along about this time but Officer Ollin Goocher, who very promptly hauled out his little book and attached a ticket to Officer Puckett’s car and is going to hale him into Mayor Singletary’s court next Monday and make him show cause why he “dunnit.” No doubt when Officer Puckett pays that fine he will discover that the way of the transgressor is hard, even if it is a policeman who is do ing the transgressing. Navy Relief Society Drive for Funds in Progress This Week The drive to raise funds for Navy Relief is in progress this week and Early county seems certain to make its quota of $822, R. C. Howell, chairman, stated yesterday. “Although workers have been out only a few days, many people are contributing in a very pleasing man ner,” Mr. Howell said. Workers who are authorized to solicitt these funds are: J. B. Murdock, Jr., J. D. Rog- H. A. Walton, Oscar Whitchard and C. H. Loback. If this committee fails to call on anyone who wants to make a dona tion, they are asked to telephone Mr. Howell at 110 and someone will come for the donation. REGULAR MEETING OF BLAKELY LIONS CLUB HELD TUESDAY AT NOON The Blakely Lions Club met at the Early Hotel Tuesday, with Pres ident Philip Sheffield presiding and the music by Mrs. Ben Haisten, club pianist. A round-table dscussion of Scout ing activities was led by Lion Her man Cheek, Scoutmaster of the Lions troop. An appeal for the Navy Relief So ciety was made and Lions were ask ed to contribute to this worthy fund. Aged Early County Lady Dies at Home of Her Son in New Hope Mrs. Mary Jane Watson Marlin, aged Early county lady, died at the home of her son, T. C. Watson, in the New Hope community, Sunday. Her death was attributed to heart disease. Mrs. Marlin was born in Randolph county Ga., April 11, 1857, hence was 85 years of age. She was a member of the New Hope Baptist church and had been living in that community for the past two years. Funeral services were held Mon day afternoon at the New Hope church, with Rev. Mr. Burrell of ficiating. Interment followed in the George cemetery, with the Minter, Fellows & Forrester Funeral Home in charge of arrangements and the following serving as pall-bearers: Sam Lindsey, Rush Howard, Otis Deal, Raymond Harris, Luther Flem ing and Griffin Houston. Survivors include five sons, T. C. Watson and J. H. Watson of Blake ly, E. D. Watson of Douglas, Ga., and G. B. Watson and W. B. Watson of Pepperell, Ala.; two sisters, Mrs. Bet Swann of Carnegie, Ga., and Mrs. Belle Page of Albany, Ga. D. A. R. MEETING IN ARLINGTON THIS P. M. The Peter Early Chapter of the D. A. R. will meet in Arlington to day (Thursday) at 4 o’clock at the home of Mrs. W. E. Bostwick, it has been announced. 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 books as a depositor. FIRST STATE BANK BLAKELY, GEORGIA 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 MALES 45 TO 65 TO REGISTER NEXT MONDAY, APRIL 27 SAME REGISTRATION PLACES TO BE USED AS IN FORMER REGISTRATIONS. The Early County Draft Board announced plans this week for the fourth registration on next Monday, April 27th, of “all men who attain ed their forty-fifth birthday on or before February 16th, 1942, and have not attained their sixty-fifth birthday on April 27, 1942.” Although the men to be register ed on April 27 are not liable for military service under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended, they will be registered in much the same manner as men enrolled in previous registrations. Draft Board Clerk Alex Carswell stated that the hours of registration in this county will be from 7 a. m. to 9:00 p. m., War Time. Registra tion of whites will be at the white schools of the county, the basketball shell being the designated place for registration in the Blakely district. Colored males will register at the following schools: Washington High School, Early County Training School, Bright Star School, Sardis School, St. Maryland School, St. John School, Shiloh School, Pleasant Grove School, Pleasant Hill School, Prospect School, Hartley’s Gift School, Zion Hope School, in the Blakely district; Ebenezer School, Union Hill School, Zion Watch School, in the Hilton district; Jakin Colored School, Cross Roads School, Mt. Meighs School, in the Jakin dis trict; Kestler Junior High School, Mt. Zion School, Salem School, in the Damascus district; Piney Grove School, Plattsville School, Timmons School, in the Arlington district. The places of registration will be open from 7:00 a. m. to 9:00 p. m., it was announced by Mr. Carswell. A corps of registrars will be on hand at all places of registration to facilitate the registration. ROSCOE WILLIAMS, OF U. S. NAVY. VISITS HOME FOLKS AT JAKIN Roscoe Williams, son of Mr. R. A. Williams, of Jakin, has returned to his duties with the navy after spend ing several days with home folks at Jakin. Young Williams was among a group of sailors aboard the U. S. oil tanker, Atlantic Sun, which was torpedoed in the Atlantic early in April. The tanker, which t did not sink, had a terrific hole blown in its side. Young Williams had a picture of the torpedoed ship with him. “Bad Lands of Dakota,” with Ann Rutherford, Robert Stack and a no table array of stars, at the Blakely Theatre Thursday and Friday.