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War Bond and Stamp
Pledge Campaign Is
On in Early This Week
The county-wide house-to-house
canvass to secure war bond and
stamp purchase pledges is on in Ear
ly county this week. The county
has been given a quota of $23,300
for the month of May, and efforts
are under way to secure pledges to
taling at least that amount.
No figures on the canvass had
been tabulated up to Wednesday at
noon, and it was not possible to tell
whether or not the quota would be
reached, or perhaps exceeded.
The Early county set-up is under
the direction of R. C. Singletary,
honorary chairman; S. G. Maddox,
executive chairman; James B. Mur
dock, Jr., chief of staff; J. Emory
Houston and Bert Tarver, colonels.
The canvassing personnel includes
a number of lieutenants in each of
the several districts in the county.
Every wage earner is being asked
to pledge part of his income (10 per
cent, if possible) to the purchase of
bonds and stamps, the money to be
used toward financing the war ef
fort. The money thus spent is not
a gift, but an investment in a securi
ty which is as strong as the U. S.
government itself. The cost of
financing the war is gigantic, and
the amount of taxes to be levied
toward defraying this cost will de
pend largely upon the amount the
wage earners of America invest in
bonds and stamps.
SPRINGFIELD SCHOOL
BUILDING DESTROYED
BY FIRE SUNDAY
The Springfield school building
was completely destroyed by fire
Sunday afternoon about 3 o’clock,
with an estimated loss «of $7,500, B.
R. B. Davis, County School Superin
tendent, said.
Origin of the fire is not known,
but Mr. Davis stated that the build
ing was probably ignited by faulty
wiring. Thtye was also a pile of
old newspapers which the school had
collected for the defense effort stored
in the building, which Mr. Davis said
might have caused the conflagration.
This is the second school build
ing in Early county to be destroyed
by fire within a year’s time. The
Blakely school was burned last June
after being struck by lightning.
Mr. Davis said the Springfield
school would probably be rebuilt at
an early date, as a contractor has
been located who has all the mate
rials with which to construct a build
ing of thi<s type. However, nothing
is definite about the plan yet, he
added.
CARD OF THANKS
To my friends, for their many
acts of kindness to me during my
illness, the beautiful floral offerings
and lovely cards, I wish to say “I
Thank You.”
JOE TEDDER.
ANSWER THE KNOCK AT YOUR
DOOR
It’s Your Country Calling for Your
War Bond
PLEDGE, MAY 11-16
The Bank of Early Invites You to Discuss
With Them Your Banking Needs
Bank of Early
BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. All
Deposits Insured up to $5,000
Don’t Guess at the Weight of Your
SCRAP IRON—
IT’S VALUABLE
We Weigh and Pay Highest Market Price.
We Buy and Sell Used Tires
J. W. ALLEN
NEAR DEPOT
Importance of
Creel Limit On
Fish Shown
If Georgia should provide a creel
limit on fish, it might be advisable
to curtail or even dispense with the
closed season, Wildlife Director Zack
Cravey said this week.
He declared it is just as essential
to have a “ceiling” on the number
of fish that can be caught as on the
number of birds or amount of game
that can be killed. He said he will
ask the next General Assembly to
pass legislation to provide a creel
limit.
At present, only trout in Georgia’s
mountain streams are protected by a
creel limit. Mr. Cravey said he fa
vors a maximum limit of 25 fish per
i fisherman per day, with a limit of
' eight on bass.
“If we should get a creel limit,
we might find it advisable to curtail
| our closed season, but as it is now,
' unless we protect fish while they are
' spawning, our streams and lakes
would soon become depleted,” he
declared.
On the other hand, an open sea
son the year ’round would help
I Rangers keep down the number of
fishermen who operate traps, nets,
baskets, and other illegal devices.
“Try as our Rangers will, they
can’t see all streams and lakes at
one time and can be only one place
at one time,” he said. “But if fish
ermen were on the banks or in
boats they could see those illegal
operators and report them to Rang
ers. In this way, they would help
us tremendously in keeping down
these violators.”
SUGAR FARMER
RAISES CANE!
Fitzgerald.—. Sugar ration board
please note: Mr. Jesse Taylor, Ben
Hill farmer, hoarding; he can’t help
it if his cane crop is “working over
time.”
Mr. Taylor discovered a two-in-one
stalk in his patch, one stalking grow
ing out at an angle from the main
stem. The cane probably “just
couldn’t grow fast enough in itself,
so it began to grow into two
stalks,” reasoned the lucky farmer.
HILTON 4-H CLUB NEWS
Hilton 4-H Club met two days be
for the Field Day. We discussed
how to raise money to send a dele
gate from our club to Macon.
The decision was to sell drinks,
hot dogs, and ice cream. The Pres
ident appointed some members to
sell these things. Damascus and Hil
ton cleared $50.00 after expenses
were paid.
Most all members .have projects.
They consist of poultry, corn, pea
nuts, cattle, pigs, gardening and can
ning.
In the club meeting on May 12th,
Mr. Reid told all members about the
camp we are to have this summer.
A very nice program, arranged by
Mr. Reid and members, was given,
based on Electricity. Then we ad
journed.
SARA DUBOSE, Reporter.
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
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Leonard Johnson of Montgom
ery will conduct a series of evan
gelistic services in the Church of
Christ tent, on Cuthbert street,
beginning Monday night at 9:00
o’clock.
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GAS RATIONING—
Gas rationing in Georgia, Florida,
and points north not only hits resi
dentsof the gas-dry states, but ap
plies to tourists from neighboring
states like Alabama, Mississippi, and
Tennessee. If you head into the
arid zone, ask at the first filling
station after you cross the state
border where to get your gas ration
card.
CASH ON THE LINE—
First the OPA tells storekeepers
to set their prices no higher than
March levels, cheering us folks who
buy from them. Now the Govern
ment says we must start paying up
our private debts—which is good
news for lots of kindly merchants.
Both moves will put the brakes
on rising prices.
The March price ceilings don’t go
into effect until next Monday, and
even the folks who expect living
costs to go zooming downward are
in for a big disappointment. In gen
eral, prices will be a shade lower;
but more important—they won’t go
higher.
NO POLICEMEN—
While the OPA is asking Mr. and
Mrs. America to see that the price
ceilings are carried out, the Gov
ernment does not want folks to tel
egraph the White Houhe every time
someone uncovers a 10c can of soup
being sold for 11c.
The storekeeper and clerks face a
whale of a job reorganizing their
price tags, posting prices, and
checking their March ledger entries.
The OPA asks the public to be pa
tient in this business of price con
trol . . . for a few weeks, at least.
It’s not Washington—it’s our own
town and county that will enforce
this thing. After you’ve given your
storekeepers a chance a abide by
the OPA order, if he knowingly vio
lates it by charging more than he
did in March report him to the Lo
cal War Board right here. The
phone company’s “Information” can
give you the phone number.
SOUTHERN RUBBER FORUM—
Women will replace men more
and more as the war gets tougher,
says Chairman Paul McNutt of the
War Manpower Commission. There
won’t be a feminine version of the
“draft,” however, as some people
seem to believe. Both in industry
and on the farms their work will
be voluntary.
The WPB’s sweeping order which
brings to an end the production of
nearly everything we use which
contains steel, won’t work an imme
diate change in our way of life.
There are plenty of unsold gadgets
on the market to last a long time.
Hair pins, nail files, and manicure
scissors are on the list. Last year
enough steel went into little things
like that to make 170 big artillery
guns.
BLAKELY SEAMAN MADE
THIRD CLASS PETTY OFFICER
Alex Howell, a member of the
U. S. Navy, “somewhere” with the
Pacific fleet, has been promoted to
Third Class Petty Officer. Alex has
been with the Navy less than a year,
having enlisted when Uncle Sam sent
out a call for volunteers. His many
I friends at home will be delighted to
hear of his promotion.
BLAKELY CHAPTER 44 R. A. M.
Blakely Chapter 44
W Royal Arch Masons
meets on the second
and fourth Mondav
nights of each month
at 8 o’clock. Visiting
companions invited.
W. P. Smith,
High Priest
J. G. Standifer,
Secretary.
Church of Christ
Evangelistic Services
Begin Monday Night
Beginning next Monday night,
May 18, a series of evangelistic serv
ices will be held by the Church of
Christ in a tent located in front of
Nathan Collier’s store, on Cuthbert
street. The series of meetings will
last ten days or two weeks, it was
announced, services to be held each
night at 9 o’clock.
The evangelistic services, to which
the public is invited, will be con
ducted by Evangelist Leonard John
son, of Montgomery. Mr. Johnson is
a young man of magnetic person
ality and is an able preacher. He at
tended David Lipscomb College,
Nashville, Tenn., and Harding Col
lege, Searcy, Ark.
In speaking of the Church of
Christ creed, a member said: “We
look for unity of spirit and the
bonds of peace in the practical ac
knowledgement of one faith, one
Lord, one immersion, one hope, one
body, one Spirit, one God and Father
of all; not in unity of opinions, nor
in unity of forms, ceremonies, or
modes of worship.
“By expressing, the ideas commun
icated by the Holy Spirit in the
terms and phrases learned from the
apostles, and by avoiding the arti
ficial and technical language of scho
lastic theology, we propose to restore
a pure speech to the household of
faith; and by accustoming the fam
ily of God to use the language and
dialect of the heavenly Father, we
expect to promote the sanctification
of one another through the truth,
and to terminate those discords and
debates which have always origi
nated from the words which man’s
wisdom teaches, and from a reveren
tial regard and esteem for the style
of the great masters of polemic di
vinity; believing that speaking the
same things in the same style, is the
only certain way to thinking the
same things.
“We make a very marked differ
ence between faith and opinion; be
tween the testimony of God and the
reasonings of men; the words of
the Spirit and human inferences.
Faith in the testimony of God and
obedience to the commands of Jesus
are our bond of union; and not an
agreement in any abstract views or
opinions upon what is written or
spoken by divine authority.
“Hence, all the speculations, ques
tions, debates of words, and abstract
reasonings found in human creeds,
have no place in our religious fel
lowship.”
—Buy Defense Bonds—
: Prices Lowered •
j at Weaver’s :
0 You are no doubt aware that the OP A (Office of Price Ad- q
• ministration) by order entered at Washington recently, fixed a •
• ceiling on the prices to be charged for certain items of clothing, >
dry goods, shoes, foods, groceries, drugs, etc. »
• We are happy to announce that all items affected by this or- £
• der have been reduced to MARCH prices and in shopping in our •
J dry goods or grocery store or wholesale department, you may £
• shop with the confidence that we are conforming to the govern- •
ment regulations in lowering the prices on those items that were
• being sold at a price higher than the price in effect back in March. •
• 2
This government price change is effective May 18th; how- J
• ever, we have already put the new low prices in effect in all de- £
• partments.
J We realize that price ceilings may, and probably will, work a *
• hardship on you and us. However, all of us must sacrifice and •
fully support the Government in our tremendous war effort. The
• theory of price ceilings is to keep down inflation, and, of course, •
• it is to your interest and ours that this be done.
• •
• “BUY DEFENSE STAMPS AND BONDS NOW” •
: I. K. Weaver & Company I
• “Blakely’s Only Complete Store” q
• C. E. BOYETT, Owner BLAKELY, GA. J
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