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Blakely, Ga., May 28, 1942.
It’s vacation time after Fri
day for the school children of
Early county.
o
Are we living up to that
pledge we signed to buy war
bonds and stamps?
o
We may as well get set for
a more strict and a nation
wide rationing of gasoline on
or about July Ist.
0
The local Office of Civilian
Defense reports an unusually
large number of Early coun
tians applying for sugar for
canning purposes.
o
We Americans are a pret
ty loyal sort, but like the little
boy in his early teens who
didn’t want to go to Sunday
School and was made to do
so, we must have used on us a
little “persuasion;” Our Uncle
Sam is going to have to use
the “persuader” on some of us
before we do certain things
deemed essential if we are to
win the war.
o
Here’s an interesting side
light to the sugar rationing
program: “A New York wom
an approached a member of
her rationing board with the
question, ‘May I have a ration
ing book for my cat?’ Denied
a book, she was almost in
tears. ‘Members of my fam
ily have spilled their blood in I
every war this country ever!
had,’ she protested. ‘Now I’ll
have to put sirup in Bootsie’s
tea, and I don’t know if she’s
going to like it’.”
o
If you are one of those won
dering the why and wherefore
of extra taxes and the necessi
ty for buying war bonds and
stamps, here’s the answer: Ev
ery day the United States
spends $107,692,000 in the
war against the Axis powers.
That is at the rate of $74,786
a minute. The rate is alrtiost
exactly four times that of a
year ago. In April war expen
ditures soared to $3,230,779,-
000, making it the greatest
spending month in the history
•of the nation, and the national
debt climbed to the record to
tal of $70,649,771,000. The
government, incidentally, took
in less than ten per cent of
the amount it spent during
that month.
o
Fighting two of the most
powerful nations on the globe,
we still have a long way to go
before defeating Germany
and Japan. Only an unexpect
ed internal collapse of one or
both of those nations will
bring about an early end of
the war. And our military
experts do not at present fore
see any such collapse, al
though there is reported a low
ered state of morale on the
part of the German people
who had been promised by
their Feuhrer that the war
would end with a German vic
tory in 1941, and who now
are not promised victory in
1942. Let’s not count too
much on the internal collapse
of our enemy—victory will
not likely come short of de
feat of the German and Jap
anese military machines.
Supposition as advanced by
the editor of The Dawson
News: “Suppose that hereafter
when a married man or wom
an wants a divorce they be
required to turn in the old
husband or wife before get
ting a new one?”
0
Steel rims instead of rubber
tires are now being used on
some of Uncle Sam’s tanks—a
result of the rubber shortage
in this country.
o
There are a number of ways to
concentrate and a number of things
to concentrate upon, but the best
thing we know to begin with is to
•concentrate on using your best ef
forts to save on fuel, rations, etc.,
in helping to defeat Hitler and his
axis partners.—Cairo Messenger.
O
We eased up on the back side of
The Statesman this week hoping that
we would find something beside
Gene. But we didn’t. There it was—
“War-Minded View Needed, Says
Gene.” Making a turn, we ran in
to, “Talmadge Given Membership In
S. A. R. Society.” Leaping over to
page 2, we found, “Keeping His
Promise”—referring to Gene. We
thought that was enough for any ed
itor to print about himself in one is
sue, so we ventured to page 1 to run
into a flock of Talmadge headlines.
We slammed the paper down and
went out to look at the onion crop.
Boy, that fellow knows how to give
himself a recommendation. —Guth
bert Leader.
O
Those of us who are guessing that
the war will soop come to an end are
probably hoping against hope. The
Allies probably have a long way to
go before they bring the world’s
two bandit nations—Germany and
Japan—to their knees. Hitler has
almost all of the European continent
under his heel. He has possession
of the continent’s vast resources.
Not only that, but he has enslaved
its manpower and is using it for the
production of war materials. If he
succeeds in gaining no more terri
tory he will be able to fight until the
continent’s resources have been ex
hausted. The Japs have lately cap
tured untold resources which make
it the most powerful enemy Britain
and the United States have ever
faced. These being facts, it is best
for us to refrain from any hope
that the end of the war is approach
ing.—Sylvester Local.
o
We are having to do without as
much sugar and gasoline as we used
to obtain, but still we have much to
be thankful for, such as our freedom
of speech and press and our right to
worship God in our own way. Let
us contribute all our energy to
winning the war in order that we
may remain a free people.—Dawson
News.
O
KNOW YOUR TIMBER
By EMILY WOODWARD
Georgia’s newspapers make many
fine conributions to the state. One
of the brightest stars in their serv
ice flag is the part they have played
in promoting the conservation and
development of Georgia’s forests.
At the recent annual meeting of
the Georgia Forestry Association,
the progress of forestry during the
21 years of the association’s exist
ence was reviewed. Without taking
any credit from the variant group
who have taken the lead in the
program of education and legisla
tion which has brought such gratify
ing results—it would be grossly un
fair to claim that these achievements
would have been possible without
the generous assistance given by
Georgia’s daily and weekly newspa
pers.
It was the press that rallied around
Dr. Charles H. Herty, the gallant
Georgian who blazed the trail for
the development of the vast pulp
and paper industries now operating
in the State. It is the newspapers
that have made possible the Georgia
Forestry Association’s educational
campaign to stop forest fires, to
plant pine trees, to stop wasteful
cutting practices.
The 21 years of the Georgia For
estry Association’s services have
indeed been fruitful years. The task
is by no means finished. The war
with its new demands upon the for
ests calls for increased effort for
forest protection and development.
With the press of Georgia as an al
ly, the Georgia Forestration Asso
ciation led for the eleventh year by
T. Guy Woolford, pledges itself to
new high goals in forest economy in
i the year ahead.
EARLY COUNTY NEWS. BLAKELY, GEORGIA
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TODAY
and
TOMORROW
By DON ROBINSON
$25,000 limit
Most of us aren’t worrying much
about the poor little rich men who
may have to struggle along on a
maximum income of $25,000 a year.
But perhaps we ought to worry
about them.
If the President’s suggestion is
carried out, and the 50,000 most suc
cessful men and women in America
are forced to make ends meet on a
measly SSOO a week, it’s going to
I mean the temporary extinction of
one of the most inspiring themes
running through American history.
Our country was built up largely
on the lure of the dollar. Foreign
ers were attracted to our shores by
the realization that in America a
man, no matter how poor, could be
come fabulously wealthy if he out
smarted and out-worked the crowd.
Poor boys and girls living in this
country have always grown up with
the feeling that, no matter how
meager their circumstances, they
had the opportunity to make good—
and “make good” was inextricably
associated with making wads of
money.
INSPIRATION . . . success
Most Americans, when they drive
past a beautiful estate, see a stream
lined yacht steaming out of a harbor
or hear about the salaries received
by Hollywood actresses are a lot
more envious than they are bitter.
There are times when in mo
ments of discouragement, we growl
over the fact that some people are
throwing money around like drunk
en sailors while we are pinching
pennies to pay off a little mortgage
or meet a grocery bill.
But most of the time we are more
apt to be good sports about it and
enjoy the good fortunes of others.
Labor union leaders may shout
their heads off about the unfairness
of the president of a company mak
ing scads of money while the work
ers are being handed small change
—but, unless those leaders have
killed a lot of American spirit dur
ing their recent blitzkriegs, it’s a
safe bet that many an ambitious
laborer still dreams that he might
some day be sitting in the president’s
chair. And he doesn’t want any
thing to interfere with that fat sal
ary check the president gets while
there is still a chance his dream will
come true!
SACRIFICE .... social
Os course these aren’t the days
for normal ambitions to flower nor
for normal luxuries to be protected.
Those men who have made a fortune
from America—who have had the
best of everything during normal
times—should be willing to make
the greatest sacrifices to preserve the
freedoms and opportunities which
have meant so much to them.
But from the viewpoint of the
things which our wealthy families
have built up with their money—•
the charities, the churches, the uni
versities, the estates, the fine hotels,
stores and apartment houses—care
ful consideration should be given to
what will happen to those institu
tions before their chief means of
financial support is suddenly cut off.
Even though this is an all-out
war, we must not sacrifice things
like that without carefully consider
ing the consequences. The govern
ment itself is holding on to many
things which, from the pure view
point of dollars, could be sacrificed.
Millions of dollars could be saved by
closing the public schools, by letting
the parks go to seed, and by drop
ping many of the New Deal enter
prises enacted for the security of
our people. But we’re not ready to
go that far with sacrifice, yet—and
we ought to do a lot of thinking, too,
before we carelessly throw over
board the things which have been
built by wealthy individuals.
WAGES . . wealth
As far as a source of government
revenue is concerned, even if all of
the income of those 50,000 people
getting over $25,000 a year were
confiscated by Uncle Sam, it still
wouldn’t amount to more than a
drop in the bucket compared with
the total paid by the ten millions of
small tax payers.
It is obvious, therefore, that it
isn’t just as a source of government
revenue that the President has pro
posed this limitation on large sala
ries. The reason for the proposal is
Memorial‘Day;
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undoubtedly to make it easier going
to put a ceiling on labor’s wages.
It will mean that labor leaders can
no longer point to fat executive sal
aries as a reason for arousing men
to fight for higher wages for them
selves.
Such a plan would probably be
somewhat effective in appeasing la
bor, but it is quite probable that it
would do even more to appease
those who have always been attract
ed by social plans calling for the
elimination of individual wealth.
But if we want to keep socialists
and communists from getting a per
manent foothold in this country, we
must guard against the use of their
favorite mode of attack—the confis
cation of wealth. Heavy taxes on
high incomes should be imposed, but
it’s going to be a pretty foreign
looking America after the war if we
pass a law to make it illegal to be
rich.
o
SIX-INCH
S-E-R-M-O-N
By REV. ROBERT
H. HARPER
FRIDAY: THE DAY OF
SUFFERING (I)
Lesson for May 31: Mark 14:32-34,
44-46; 15:1-5.
Golden Text: Luke 22:42.
The lesson gives some of the
tragic details of the hours that pre
ceded the crucifixion—the agony in
Gethsemane, the betrayal, and the
appearance of Jesus before Pilate.
Gethsemane is preverved today,
with its gnarled old olive trees, and
is regarded by many as the most
sacred spot on earth. When Jesus
and the disciples entered it he took
with him the chosen three and went
farther into the garden. The three
fell asleep and Jesus was left alone
in his agony.
It was heinous indeed that Judas
chose a kiss to identify Jesus to
the soldiers.
Pilate is a sad picture of a man
trying to do his duty but failing
miserably. Another gospel tells that
he washed his hands in token of his
innocence. But his base subterfuge
availed nothing. The responsibility
was his alone and his surrender of
jurisdiction, as it were, to the ac
cusers was a travesty of justice.
When Pilate asked Jesus if he
was a king, he answered, “Thou
sayest.” But Pilate saw that Jesus
was not the kind of king who would
imperil Caesar. Under the Gover
nor’s questioning concerning the ac
cusations made against him, Jesus
maintained a dignified silence. And
that silence of a king who was soon
to be crowned with thorns should
shame us if ever we are tempted to
be untrue to the patient Sufferer.
o
“U. S.” is an abbreviation for the
United States and it also spells “Us,”
and if the United States goes down
all of us will go down with it. Re
member that and give your country
the service it needs.—Pickens Coun
ty News.
The DOCTOR
by W.E. Aughinbaugh, M.D.
NO EXCUSE FOR EXCESS
WEIGHT
Did you ever known an over
weight person who would will
ingly admit that he was get
ting fat? His tailor is to blame
if his suit seems too tight.
When his seams burst, the
workmanship is at fault. No
doubt the scales are out of or
der. His family is inclined to
be “stocky,” “fleshy” or “thick
set.” He has a million and
one alibis but never in the
world would it occur to him
to consider the fact that his
own carelessness or laziness
has anything to do with. it.
And don’t think the men are
alone in this self-delusion.
Many fat women are just as
adept in the art.
This habit of making poor
excuses is one of the worst
stumbling blocks to starting a
reducing regimen. By failing
A HALF CENTURY AGO TODAY
Some Things of Interest That Happened
Fifty Years Ago.
(Excerpts from Early County News
of May 19, 1892.)
of May 26, 1892.)
THE program of the grand con
cert to be given by Miss Minna Col
lins at Fryer’s Hall on June 2 lists
the following: Miss Georgia Chip
stead, Miss Willie Boyd, Miss Ida
Elder, Miss Euzera Elder, Misses
Lena and Lillie Fryer, Miss Annie
Fort, Miss Sheally, Miss Stewart,
Mrs. T. F. Jones, Miss Mary Ashley
Hightower, Miss Wilhelmina Beusse,
Miss Carrie Jones, Miss Annie Smith,
Miss Clifford Hobbs, Miss Etta Boyd,
Miss Annie Robertson, Mr. A. L.
Jones, Jr., Miss Berta Smith, Mr.
A. W. Lane, Miss Emmie Howard,
Miss Ethel Jones, Mr. R. M. Smith.
• • •
MR. O. D. BRUNSON has moved
into his new home near the Meth
odist parsonage.
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MISSES Corra and Beulah Black
entertained last Friday night.
MR. AND MRS. W. E. Butler, of
Americus, have moved to our town.
MESSRS. W. C. Sheffield, John
Hodges and Edmond Sheffield, of
Cedar Springs, were visitors to
Blakely this week.
• • *
WTLLIE QUINN, our telegraph
operator, left Saturday for his home
at Tunnell Hill. Gus Fort succeeds
him. . ,
to acknowledge an increase in
weight, the first steps are post
poned until four or five pounds
grow to 15 or 20. Reducing
is never difficult if you get at
it right from the start. The
longer it is put off, the more
time, patience and work it will
take to accomplish results.
Stop wasting time trying to
think of new alibis. Even
though you may believe them
yourself, you may be sure that
nobody else does. Dresses and
suits come in standard sizes.
Most scales are accurate. Tape
measures are more apt to
stretch than to shrink. If they
indicate that you are bigger
than you used to be, you may
be sure they are right. Strict
adherence to a routine of many
and varied excuses will never
bring you back to normal.
Strict adherence to a sensi
ble program of diet and exer
cise will.
HENAN KNIGHT and Sim Mc-
Glamory decided to rob a bee gum
for our convivial friend, Jim Butler.
After special preparation and strict
observance of all rules, they pro
ceeded to the attack. Henan, by
some incautious mishap, turned the
gum over. Me proceeded to take
the honey, the bees took him, and
Henan took to the woods.
A LIGHT FROST was reported to
have been seen here early Tuesday
morning.
MESSRS. L. E. Black and J. W.
Strickland were over to to Albany
Sunday.
MESSRS. Harter King and Jim
Appling, of Columbia, spent Sun
day in Blakely.
MISS Florence Leonard, of Arl
ington, was a visitor here Monday.
« * *
MiR. AND MRS. William Shaw,
of Clay county, and Mr. and Mrs.
Allen Sheppard, of Tyler county,
Texas, are the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. G. D. Howard.
MISS CARRIE GRIST visited Co
lumbia, Ala., last Sunday.
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CAPT. GUERRY left last week for
his new run between Macon and
Montgomery on the Central rail
road. Capt. Martin is filling the run
temporarily.