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Value of Sugar
Stamps Nos. 5 and 6
Has Been Increased
The value of sugar rationing
stamps Nos. 5 and 6 has been in
creased to 2 pounds each, and each
stamp will cover a period of one
month instead of two weeks, continu
ing the weekly rationing to each cus
tomer at a half pound, according to
an announcement by the office of
price administration.
OPA explained that stamp No. 4
expired at midnight June 27. The
next stamp, good for two pounds,
may be used at any time thereafter
until midnight July 25, whereupon
stamp No. 6 will become valid until
August 22.
Some time before August 22, OPA
will announce the period of time to
be covered by other stamps in the
ration books.
The ration stamps numbered from
1 to 4 each permitted purchase of
one pound of sugar and covered a
two-week period. OPA offered no
official explanation of the extension
to a month, but it was evident that
the move to make a stamp last longer
would reduce the number of stamps
which grocers would have to handle.
At the same time, OPA disclosed
that, effective June 27, it would per
mit institutional and industrial users
to obtain sugar allowances for a
two-month period, instead of the
one month now permitted.
S. G. MADDOX ANNOUNCES
AS CANDIDATE FOR
MAYOR OF BLAKELY
The first announcement of a can
didate in the city election to be held
on the first Tuesday in August ap
pears in The News this week.
S. G. Maddox, prominent busi
ness man of this city, today an
nounces his candidacy for Mayor of
Blakely to succeed R. C. Singletary,
the present Mayor, who, under the
city charter is ineligible for re-elec
tion and will retire at the end of the
year after having served a two-year
term.
Mr. Maddox has been a resident
of Blakely for a good many years.
He has extensive business interests
here and served for several years on
the City Council. He has many
friends who will be interested in the
announcement of his candidacy for
Mayor. The attention of News read
ers is directed to his announcement.
Two Councilmen are also to be
named in the August election. Terms
of those expiring at the end of the
year, and whose successors are to
be chosen, are C. R. Barksdale and
L. B. Fryer. The city charter does
not prohibit a Councilman from seek
ing re-election.
W. S. OF C. S. EXECUTIVE
BOARD MEETING HELD
The Executive Board meeting of
the U. S. of C. S. was held at the
home of Mrs. R. C. Singletary Mon
day afternoon at 4:30 o’clock.
The meeting was called to order
by Mrs. Singletary, the president.
Mrs. C. L. Tabb led the devotional.
The scripture lesson was taken from
the 23rd chapter of Proverbs, 7th
verse.
Thirteen officers were present, and
reports were given and plans dis
cussed for the next quarter.
Mrs. Dunbar Grist announced that
the book, “Our Times,’’ will be our
Bible. Study which we will begin to
have in July.
The Superintendent of Supplies
reported that forty-one tea napkins
had been finished by the different
members and would be sent as a box
to the school at Vashti.
After discussion, a motion was
adopted that the Society get copies
of the “Upper Room” to send to our
fifteen boys in the service for this
quarter.
The meeting was closed with a
prayer led by Mrs. C. A. Grubbs. .
SUPT. OF PUBLICITY.
Head Qualifies
For Attorney General
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Os interest to all Georgian* wa*
the announcement of the qualifying
of T. Grady Head a* a candidate for
Attorney General of Georgia.',. Mr.
Head is from Ringgold, and i* one
of the state’* outstanding lawyer*.
Cravey Urges
Campaign Against
Forest Waste
The campaign being undertaken
to save rubber and other materials
essential to the war effort should be
extended to the forests, says Natur
al Resources Commissioner Zach D.
Cravey. Wood has a greater variety
of uses under war conditions than
almost any other raw material, and
yet the American people waste this
resource with utter disregard to its
value, said Mr. Cravey.
Continuing, Mr. Cravey said: “The
present war program serves to em
phasize how important timber is in
the job we have to do. Army, Navy
and civilian needs for wood in the
construction of great warehouses,
barracks, battleship decks, gun
stocks, boxes in which ammunition
must be safely packed for its long
trips to the war fronts, and scores
of other things from aircraft .car
riers to army cots, are making an
unprecedented drain on the coun
try’s forests. Georgia’s 23 million
acres of woodlands are meeting
many of these demands. Winning
this war is the important job. But
Georgians should take a firm stand
against the waste from over-cutting
and other misuse of forests, under
stress of war emergency. The very
urgency of today’s needs should
serve to make us conscious of the
value of forests and the need for
sound forest management which
will supply present needs and at
the same time provide for what we
shall need in the future. The pres
ent situation is an opportunity for
every timberland owner in Georgia
to contribute to the war program
by making certain that his wood
lands are protected against waste
ful cutting. It is well to remember
that timberland can be damaged by
the axe as well as fire. There is op
portunity at the same time for de
velopment of another cash farm
crop. Much of the current demand
is for lower grade lumber and the
farmer can find a ready sale for
the poorer trees, which, removed
from timber stands, give the desira
ble trees a better chance to de
velop. It is like being paid for his
timiberland improvement work.”
DEPUTY ARRESTS TWO
FOR STEALING SUGAR
RATION BOOKS
The first case of a theft of sugar
ration books in Early county was
reported this week, when Deputy
Sheriff C. C. Swann arrested two
Negroes at Lucile. The books were
stolen about three weeks ago from
Wallace Sheffield, who operates a
store at Lucile. The Negroes return
ed later and sought to buy sugar
with the same coupons and they
were recognized by Mr. Sheffield.
Sheriff Martin was notified and Dep
uty Swann made the arrests and
lodged the two in jail.
REVIVAL AT JAKIN
METHODIST CHURCH
A revival meeting will begin at
the Jakin Methodist church Sunday
night, July 5, and continue until Sun
day morning, July 12. it is announced
by the pastor, Rev. Marvin Vincent.
Services will be held twice daily, ex
cept no day service Monday and no
service at all on Saturday. The first
service Sunday night will be in
charge of the laymen in the absence
of the pastor, who will be closing a
revival at Iron City. A visiting lay
speaker is expected for this service.
The pastor urges the interest, at
tendance and cooperation of the
public. “The church, our country, |
and the world need nothing more
right now than a revival of real re
ligion,” Pastor Vincent said.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO
HOLD MEETING TUESDAY
The regular monthly meeting of
the Mayor and Council of the City
of Blakely will be held next Tues
day, July 7.
HARVEY THOMAS PROMOTED
TO TECHNICAL SERGEANT
Friends of Harvey Thomas will be
interested to know that he has been
promoted from Staff Sergeant •to
Technical Sergeant. Sgt. Thomas,
who is stationed at Camp Blanding,
Fla., is a son of Mr. and Mrs. B. H.
Thomas, of this county.
WORK DAY AT PINE VIEW
CHURCH NEXT WEDNESDAY
It was announced this week that
there will be a work day at Pine View
church. Early county, on Wednesday
before the second Sunday, July Sth,
for the purpose of cleaning off the
church grounds and cemetery. Ev
eryone who is interested is asked to
help. It was stated that if it rained
on Wednesday, the work would be,
done the next day (Thursday).
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY. GEORGIA
WELL-KNOWN BLAKELY CITIZEN PASSES
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Dr. William Bryan Standifer, prominent Blakely physician, who died
at his home here early last Thursday morning at the age of 86.
BONDS AND STAMPS
BOUGHT DURING JUNE
TOTAL $4,416.25
Early countians bought $4,416.25
worth of war bonds and stamps dur
ing the month of June, Postmaster
J. E. Houston announced yesterday.
This is far short of the county’s
monthly quota, and S. G. Maddox,
Early county executive chairman of
the bond and stamp campaign, urges
that everyone do his or her best dur
ing the month of July.
WILL CLOSE ALL DAY
MONDAY, JULY 6
We, the undersigned, agree to close
on July 6th, all day, in place of July
4th: Bank of Early, First State
Bank, Sevola Jones, Barham Jewelry
Company, Barney Wynne, Ralph
Scarborough, Gene Bush, Early Fur
niture Company, Rogers 5 & 10 Cent
Stores, Gilbert Auto Store, Blakely
Shoe Shop, Blakely Cash Store, Mrs.
Milton Bryant, Farmers Hardware
Company, Beatty’s Shoe Shop, Oscar
Whitchard, W. C. Cook, C. L. Tabb,
Boyett & Company, T. K. Weaver &
Company, Alien’s Market, Millard
Farr, F. G. Plowden, Cinderella
Beauty Shop, Western Auto Store,
A. & P. Tea Qompany.
WEEKLY MEETING
OF ROTARY CLUB HELD
FRIDAY AT NOON
The regular meeting of the Blake
ly Rotary Club was held at the Early
Hotel on Friday, Vice President
James Murdock, Jr., presiding in
the absence of President W. Henry
Wall, who was out of the city on ac
count of the death of his mother at
her home in Ellaville.
Mrs. Ben Haisten rendered a mu
sical program during the luncheon
and patriotic songs were led by
song leader Robert H. Stuckey.
Visitors included Captain Wade
Brunson of Camp Livingston, La., a
guest of his uncle, Rotarian Ed
Chancy, and Captain Harison, of
the Canal Zone, who was the guest
of Rotarian Robert Stuckey. Both
these visitors made short talks. Other
visitors included visiting Rotarians
Henry Spence, of Albany, and Kess
Forrester, of Dothan, who were mak
ing up their attendance.
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CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS
VISITOR HERE THIS WEEK
Mr. J. H. Smithwick, of Moultrie,
candidate for congress from the
Second district, is spending a day or
two in Early county this week. Mr.
Smithwick has paid his entry fee and i
states that he will wage an active
campaign against the incumbent
Congressman, E. E. Cox, of Camilla.
FOR MAYOR OF CITY OF
BLAKELY
To the voters of Blakely:
I take this method of announcing
to you my candidacy for Mayor of
the City of Blakely in the election
to be held on the first Tuesday in
August, 1942. It has been my privi-!
lege and pleasure to have been a res- i
ident of this city for a good many
years and to have served you on the i
Council and in other capacities. 11
deeply appreciate your expressions of
confidence in the past and assure >
you that if honored with election as I
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Mayor, I shall exert my best efforts |
toward the continued progress and
welfare of our little city.
Sincerely yours,
S. G. MADDOX.
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BY JANET CVPLEB
WOMAN OF THE WEEK: Miss
Lula Fairbanks has been writing for
1 18 years for an Alaska weekly pub
| lished in Seattle. But she is so
'much a part of the Alaskan scene
i that anyone there would know whom
you mean if you mentioned “Fairy.”
That’s what her 30,000 correspond
ents up there in Alaska call her.
Just ordinary residents, they keep
her so well informed that she is able,
at a moment’s notice, to help locate
anyone among 10,000 of them.
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RADIO OPERATOR: Anne Kath
leen Porter was 15 when her broth
er obtained his radio operator’s li
cense and she set to work to get
hers . . .At 19 she won her first class
radiotelephone operator’s license and
was ready for a job. From Kansas
City to Victoria, Texas, to the U. S.
army signal corps to the “dream
job” she had hoped for has taken on
jly three years. Now, at 22, she is a
| junior radio operator for Eastern
iAir Lines, one of the first women to
hold such a position.
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NAVY CORPS: Rear Adm. Ran
dall Jacobs, chief of navy personnel,
recently described the need for a
women’s naval reserve as “acute.”
In a report to the senate naval af
fairs committee he urged the crea
tion of a women’s reserve to replace
the men on shore duty. Citing the
navy’s experience in the last war,
he said that it is absolutely necessary
for the women to serve in, rather
than merely with, the navy, and he
explained that limiting the number
of women serving to 12,000 is also
“necessary.”
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WHAT’S COOKIN’: Why is it that
so many women who work in the
theatre like to cook or to grow
things? You will remember that
stage manager Charva Chester said
she likes to do both . . . Judith An
iderson had to be coaxed and coaxed
Ito leave her farm long enough to
! play Lady Macbeth . . . Helen Hayes
'often threatens to retire to her farm
I. . . And now comes the news that
| producer- Cheryl Crawford grows
chives in her kitchenette window
box and uses them to toss together
heavenly salad.
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SUNNY SIDE UP: Mrs. Bruce
Baird, wife of a Washington bank
er, has solved the problem of wheth
ier or not to wear them again by
embroidering a design in colored
thread on her stockings when mend
ing a run . , . Mrs. Oveta Culp Hob
by, director of the WAAC, has an
nounced that she does not want to
be called “Madame Director.”
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to take this method of ex
pressing to my friends my grateful
appreciation for the many kindnesses
shown me during my stay in the hos
pital and since my return home.
You have been lovely to me in many
ways, and your kindness shall always
be among my most cherished pos
sessions.
Sincerely,
MRS. R. W. DAVIS.
LOST—Sheaffer’s lady’s green
striped fountain pen. Please return
to MRS. LEILA SHERMAN, Blake
ly, Ga.
NOTICE— Let us help repair your
peanut picker. We can make any
part of the wooden parts for any
make of picker. Bring tfie old worn
out pieces for a pattern to work by.
HARTLEY’S HANDLE CO. 25-3 t
FOR SALE— I 934 Chevrolet se
dan, in good mechanical condition,
5 tires, $125.00 cash; also one 1 3-4
horsepower garden tractor, $75.00
—a bargain. See O. R. BROOKS.
JSL JULY 4, 1776
. JULY 4, 1942
I The American Spirit
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The challenge Americans
—J have always sung in the face
of those who would wrest free
dom from a people united—is
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JU, u// \ | was when the first Independ-
\ ence Day was observed. On
this important date, we
) pledge ourselves to the defense
j Bm| Wk/ I of the American Spirit.
tBIyK BANK OF EARLY
BLAKELY, GA.
~ Wk ' Member Federal Deposit In*. Corp.
All Deposits Insured Up to $5,000
Weaver’s Food Market
CONTINUES ECONOMY
By Keeping Food Prices (on the majority of
our stock) Under Ceiling Prices
1 lb. Armour’s Corned Beef Hash 25c
1 qt. jar Vinegar 10c
4-lb. box Ice Cream Salt 10c
Heinz Baby Foods 2 for 15c
1 lb. Sanka Coffee -40 c
3 cans Red Devil Cleansor 12c
18c jar Diced Carrots 15c
19c jar Whole Kernel Corn 15c
24-oz. Milk Prepared Tripe 35c
Armour’s Treet, the summer meat 37c
Arrangement of Our Store and Market
Makes Shopping Easy
WEAVER’S FOOD MARKET
C. D. DUKE, Manager BLAKELY, GA.
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Pdison Your Cotton for Approximately
25c per Acre with the
BOYETT SPRAYER
Users say that spraying is more effective
than dusting.
FARMERS HARDWARE CO.
BLAKELY, GEORGIA
BLAKELY CHAPTER NO. 282
ORDER EASTERN STAR
Holds regular meeting nights ev
ery second and fourth Thursday
nights, 7:30 o’clock p. m.
MRS. SALLY GOOCHER,
Worthy Matron.
Mrs. Nora Scarborough,
Secretary.
WANTED— To buy scrap iron,
rags and metal. Located next to
Nathan Collier’s. J. B. BOWMAN.