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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXXI !> NO. 49
Early Unit of State
Guard Receives
High Praise
First Lieutenant John C. Holman,
of the local State Guard unit, made
public today an official report from
Major General John F. Williams,
head of the National Guard Bureau,
Washington, D. C., to Captain 0. R.
Brooks, head of the local unit, con
gratulating the men and officers, of
the Early State Guards “for their
efficiency and soldierly rating.”
At the same time this report was
made from Washington, another was
received from State and District
headquarters pointing out the fact
that the Early Guard unit was one of
few in the State which had received
an efficiency rating from national
headquarters.
Major General Williams’ report in
full is given as follows:
“There has been received here a
copy of report of inspection of Unit
No. 124, Georgia State Guard, Blake
ly, Georgia, made on June 23, 1942.
This report reflects an excellent
condition which is a credit to the
unit and to those who are responsible
for its organization and training.
“Nothing said here can add to
their own soldierly satisfaction in
duty well done; but it might please
them to know that their accomplish
ment has been noticed and recorded
in this bureau.”
The inspection report which is
mentioned in Major General Wil
liams’ report was made here on June
23 by a Lieutenant Colonel of the
regular army. As a rule, Guard units
are inspected by lesser ranking of
ficers, but the Early unit was in
spected by a high ranking officer
and his strict inspection and the
excellent report received from dis
trict, state and national headquar
ters reflects credit on the men and
officers of the Early Guard.
“Captains of the Clouds” at the
Blakely Theatee Thursday and Fri
day.
Weaver’s Annual
Summer—
SHOE CLEARANCE
Air Step and Velvet Shoes for women;
regular $6.00, reduced to $3.95
Slenderline and Beauty Tread Shoes
for women; regular $5.00, reduced
to $2.95
Williams Shoes, Spectators and many
other good styles; regular $3.00 val-
ues reduced to $1.99
Crosby Square and Roblee Sport Shoes
for men, regular $6.50 values, re-
duced to $4.69
Nunn-Bush Shoes for men, regular
SIO.OO values, reduced to $7.50
-Many other shoes greatly reduced
in the main shoe department and in
the bargain annex
F(&VICTORY| . « m~
S. T. K. WEAVER & CO.
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STAMPS
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U. S. NAVY RECRUITERS
TO BE AT POSTOFFICE
TODAY (THURSDAY)
Several U. S. Navy Recruiters of
the Navy Recruiting Station, Albany,
Ga., will be at the postoffice in
Blakely Thursday (today), July 16,
for the purpose of interviewing
young men who are interested in
the Navy or Naval Reserve.
The Navy Department announces
that it has lowered the requirements
for vision and urges all those who
have in the past been rejected for
defective vision apply for another
examination when the Navy Recruit
er is in Blakely today. The classes
affected by the lowering of these
requirements are: Class V-2, Avia
tion; Class V-3, Radio; Class V-4
Naval Intelligence; and Class V-6,
General Service.
The office hours of the recruiters
will be from 10:00 a. m. until 5:00
p. m.
ENTRIES FOR CITY
ELECTION CLOSE NEXT
MONDAY, JULY 20
Next Monday, July 20, is the final
day on which candidates for Mayor
and Councilmen may qualify for the
city election to be held on Tuesday,
August 4.
A Mayor and two Councilmen are
to be elected to serve the two years
beginning next January 1.
S. G. Maddox is the only candi
date who has announced for Mayor
to succeed R. C. Singletary, present
Mayor, who is ineligible for re-elec
tion.
Members of Council whose suc
cessors are to be elected are C. R.
Barksdale and L. B. Fryer, both of
whom have announced for re-elec
tion. A third candidate announced
this week, when L. C. Hobbs, former
member of the city police force and
now engaged in farming operations,
announced his candidacy for one of
the places on Council. Mr. Hobbs’
announcement appears in this issue
of The News.
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 16, 1942,
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead/’
Early Superior Court
To Be Convened Here
Monday Morning
The July term of Early Superior
Court will be convened next Monday,
July 20, with Judge C. W. Worrill,
of Cuthbert, presiding.
It is expected that the civil cal
endar will be called immediately aft
er the grand jury has been organ
ized and charged.
The criminal docket will not be
taken up until the following Mon
day, giving the grand jury time to
complete its investigations and re
turn indictments.
It was announced this week by
Superior Court Clerk Bert Tarver
that the following Early countians
had been summoned for jury service
at this term of court:
Grand Jurors
L. L. Mitchell, E. L. Levfis, I. A.
Walton, A. J. Clinkscale, D. M.
Wade, C. R. Davis, E. A. Land, Jes
se Widner, Jr., John H. Williams,
Sr., W. E. Howell, Sevola Jones, J.
C. Loyless, T. J. Fort, Sr., A. H.
Mosely, L. B. Perry, J. L. Clink
scale, J. M. Coile, 8.. B. God
win, C. L. Howard, V. L. Col
lins, J. W. Scarborough, T. B. Cham
bers, E. C. Mosely, T. M. Pullen, E.
W. Jones, C. E. Willis, C. D. Duke,
C. W. Middleton, J. B. Mosely, J. B.
Gaulden, F. B. Melton, W. T. Clear
man, Willie Jim Hammack, C. S.
Middleton, B. H. Thomas, Cecil Wall
er, E. S. Collins, W. A. Scott, W. D.
Barbree, W. M. Barksdale.
Traverse Jurors—First Week
S. B. Whitaker, W. G. Tolar, J. B.
Stokes, G. H. Powell, F. E. Davis,
J. 0. Bridges, S. E. Williams, M. L.
Simmons, J. E. Evans, H. E. High
tower, L. A. Minter, D. G. Lisenby,
C. R. McNair, R. H. Stuckey, W. A.
Harrison, L. C. Hobbs, W. G. Gill,
L. D. Patterson, J, H. Cowan, H. A.
Felder, C. M. Dunning, C. W. Reed,
G. T. Fincher, J. G. Collins, J. H.
Morgan, Marvin Cannon, E. T. Reed,
N. T. Everett, A. J. Reese, I. H.
Cleveland, Roy Hartley, Boyd Whit,
tington, L. B. Fryer, C. C. Chambers,
Austin Middleton, J. T. Jordan, J.
E. Tabb, J. G. Loyless, S. L. Bush,
W. W. Jones, A. H. McKinnon, J.
Ed Chancy, W. H. Haddock, L. O.
Runnels, C. W. Pullen, G. L. Eu
banks, J. B. Smith J. H. Martin, C.
S. Fryer, J. L. McArthur, B. Hous
ton, C. B. Miller, C. W. Mosely, Her
man Eubanks, H. L. Hicks, R. 0.
Lewis, Gordon Jenkins, W. O. Gil
bert, H. E. Minter, E. A. Reed, W.
L. Mosely, J. G. Houston, Gordon
Houston, Perry Tabb, Grady Hol
man, Sr.
Traverse Jurors—Second Week
J. W. Miller, Otis Deal, J. Frank
Fuller, O. R. Brooks, J. R. Lindsey,
James W. Gibson, J. D. Cock, M. D.
Sasser, D. M. Carter, J. B. Murdock,
Sr., Robert Hall, J. F. Garrett, B.
D. Harvey, T. T. Daniels, W. G.
Jones, R. R. McLendon, C. C. Mid
dleton, J. S. White, J. W. Grimes,
J. R. George, B. D. Ingram, E. J.
Houston, A. B. Hayes, S. A. Wright,
B. M. Garrett, J. H. Sheffield (J),
E. L. Williams (iB), C. R. Jones, C.
C. Crook, Ernest Sessions, J. W.
McKinnon, J. S. Pyle, O. F. Thomp
son, J. P. Hudspeth, R. L. White
hurst, Gordon Hall, H. G. Hudson,
J. D. Rogers, Jr., Curtis H. Loyless,
J. A. Cox, S. J. Stuckey, C. M. Deal,
USS Shaw Ready to Go on Warpath
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The USS Shaw, after being entirely reconditioned at a West coast
navy yard, has had her first trial run. The Shaw, which was badly
damaged in the Pearl Harbor attack of December 7, made the trip '
the navy yard with a false bow. A new bow was awaiting her t
arrival. Photo shows the Shaw during the trial run.
Prostitution Subject
Os FBI Conference
At Albany July 22
Special Agent in Charge F. R.
Hammack of the Atlanta Field Office
of the FBI announced today that of
ficers from Sumter, Crisp, Turner,
Wilcox, Worth, Lee, Dougherty,
Terrell, Baker, Calhoun, Early, Clay,
Randolph, Decatur, Mitchell, Miller,
and Seminole counties, meeting for
the third quarterly FBI Police Con
ference at the federal court room in
Albany Wednesday, July 22, at 2 p.
m., will study and discuss the sub
ject, “Enforcement of Laws Concern
ing Prostitution,” from the stand
point of prostitution’s effect on man
power in Army and Naval establish
ments.
Faced with tremendous loss in man
power occasioned by venereal dis
eases, brought on by as a result of
prostitution activities, Army and
Navy officials now consider this one
of the most subversive internal prob
lems and one which is seriously ham
pering the war efforts.
In line with its policy of bringing
matters vital to law enforcement to
local county and state police at these
conferences, Mr. Hammack an
nounced that the FBI, through this se
ries of quarterly police conferences,
is bringing this problem bo the at
tention of all law enforcement agen
cies throughout the United States in
order that its devastating effect on
man power may be clearly under
stood, and steps taken by law en
forcement to properly handle this im
portant problem.
The program outlined for the Al
bany conference includes: Introduc
tory remarks, F. R. Hammack, Spe
cial Agent in Charge, FBI, Atlanta;
“Prostitution As It Affects Man
Power at Turner Field,” Col. John
B. Patrick; “Prostitution As It Af
fects Man Power at Souther Field,
Americus,” Capt. Forrest Baldwin;
Sound moving picture, “Know for
Sure;” “Venereal Diseases and Their
Effect on Man,” Dr. John M. Wal
ton, state venereal control officer,
Atlanta; registration of officers; “En
forcement of Laws,” Police Officer
M. A. Hornsby, Atlanta; “White
Slave Traffic Act and May Act,” A.
I. Means, special agent, FBI; Open
forum and round table discussion.
FIRST STATE BANK DECLARES
PER CENT SEMI-ANNUAL
DIVIDEND PAYABLE JULY 1
The directors of the First State
Bank, at their June meeting, declared
a 4 1-2 per cent semi-annual divi
dend, payable July 1, it was an
nounced this week by Grady Smith,
cashier of the bank.
M. Berman, C. Max Middleton, B
F. Turner, C. A. Tiner, R. L. Swann,
C. F. Helms, W. B. Bostwick, J. M.
Freeman, C. C. Howell, J. B. Mur
dock, Jr., Wilbur A. Evans, C. W.
Shierling, C. N. McArthur, J. R. Don
nan, Earl Beasley, E. L. Hartley, C.
C. Lane, E. B. Davis, P. W. Evans,
P. G. Bostwick, Hubert Gibson, 0.
G. Jordan, Chester Middleton, J. G-
Sheffield, Owen Wilis, P. E. Alex
ander, C. W. Middleton, S. B. Black
shear, Dorsey Barbree, S. E. Kelly.
J. R. Owen, J. D. Hoover, C. E.
Thomas, C. T. Williams, J. O. Evans,
Lawrence Lane, J. C. Gentry.
EDWARD D. MURRELL
PASSES AT HIS HOME
AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Edward David Murrell, age 79,
died at his home at Flat Creek, in
this county, on last Friday, July 10.
Mr. Murrell had been ill for a long
time prior to his death.
Funeral services were held in the
Lucile Free Will Baptist church Sun
day afternoon at 5 o’clock. Inter
ment was in the church cemetery,
with Minter, Fellows & Forrester
Funeral Home in charge of arrange
ments, and S. A. White, A. O. White,
Leßoy White, Clarence Dußose, W.
E. Johnson and Leßoy Lofton serv
ing as pall-bearers.
Mr. Murrell, who was a member of
the Free Will Baptist church, was
born in Alabama on December 11,
1863. He had been a resident of
Early county for some 25 years and
had engaged in farming. He is sur
vived by his wife, Mrs. Minnie John
son Murrell; two daughters, Mrs
Carrie Johnson, of Ruskin, Fla., and
Mrs. Mary Lizzie Chambers, of Bain
bridge; and one son, Boykin Murrell,
of Tampa, Fla.
FORMER BLAKELY
RESIDENT PASSES AT
THOMASVILLE HOME
It was learned the past week that
Mr. Daniel Darley, of Thomasville,
died at his home in that city on Wed
nesday, June 24, after an extended
illness.
Born in Mitchell county on March
19, 1874, Mr. Darley was 68 years
of age. He secured his ed»cation
in his home county and later moved
to Blakely, where he was connected
with the Flowers Lumber Company.
He moved from here to Thomasville
thirty-three years ago and since that
time had been chief engineer of the
Thomasville Ice Company.
Surviving relatives include his
widow; one child, Mrs. Lee Kelley;
one sister, Mrs. D. C. Cook, of Col
quitt, Ga., and two brothers, A. P.
Darley, of Bainbridge, and Will B.
Darley, of Colquitt.
SMALL GRANDDAUGHTER
OF MR. F. A. BARHAM
DROWNS AT PENSACOLA
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. F. A.
Barham will sympathize with them in
the loss of their little granddaugh
ter, Kay Wellford, age 4, who was
drowned at Pensacola, Fla., last
Thursday. She was the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Wellford, of Mem
phis, Tenn. Together with her fam
ily she was visiting at Pensacola and
while in bathing an undertow pulled
the little girl underneath the water
and before aid could reach her she
was drowned. Mr. and Mrs. Barham
spent several days this week in Mem
phis, where they went to attend the
funeral.
The Early County Library will be
open each day from 9 a. m. to 7 p.
m., except Thursday afternoon,
when a half-holiday will be observed.
AN INVESTMENT IN THE
SECURITY OF FREEDOM—
As an investment in the security of
our great nation, we have bought
government bonds totaling
$108,000.00
which, when added to that bought
by other individuals and business
es, will help to finance the gigantic
war effort of these United States
—an effort that must not fail, lest
the freedoms of mankind perish.
—HAVE YOU MADE YOUR
INVESTMENT? : : :
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
$2,726,118 Paid First
Six Months 1942 to
State’s Unemployed
Unemployment benefits paid to
workers under the state law amount
ed to $2,726,118 in the first six
months of 1942, to establish a new
high record for any semi-annual pe
riod, Commissioner of Labor Ben T.
Huiet has reported.
Represented by 304,826 checks,
the payments brought the cumulative
total to $13,498,146 since benefits
first became payable.
Balance in the unemployment trust
fund, from which benefits are paid,
was reported at $34,813,075 as of
June 30.
Payments in June were reported
at $344,639, the lowest amount dis
bursed in any month this year, but
some $117,000 more than was paid
out in the same month last year.
Commissioner Huiet said the agen
cy disposed of 46,871 intitial claims
during the six months, of which
36,308, or approximately 78 per
cent, were allowed benefits. The re
maining 10,563 were disallowed, he
said, because claimants either . had
no wage records, insufficient wage
credits, or failed to comply with
other statutory requirements.
Disqualifications imposed upon
claimants were reported at 5,087,
of which 2,865 were made under
the voluntary quit clause of the law.
Refusal to accept available suitable
employment accounted for 1,130 and
misconduct with the most recent
work for the remaining 1,272.
Except in labor disputes, disqual
ifications are limited to the three
offenses and consist of extended
waiting weeks and charges against
the claimant’s available benefits, va
rying from 2 to 10 payments, ac
cording to the circumstances in each
case.
Appeals from Bureau decisions
were made by workers or employers
in 680 cases, including 280 appeals
oh labor disputes. Twenty-five cases
were carried to the Board -of Re
view, the highest appeals authority
in the agency.
V-MAIL SERVICE
NOW AVAILABLE AT
LOCAL POSTOFFICE
Postmaster J. Emory Houston an
nounced yesterday that the V-Mail
service is now available to patrons
of the postoffice. He explained that
the V-Mail was a service recently
inaugurated by Army and Navy of
ficials, together with the postal serv
ice, whereby parents may communi
cate with their sons who are station
ed outside the Continental United
States. V-Mail receives special at
tention and is delivered much quick
er, Mr. Houston explained.
Anyone with relatives stationed in
a foreign country may secure some
of this stationery from the postoffice
without cost, Mr. Houston added.