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EARLY COUNTY, GA. GARDEN SPOT OF GOD’S COUNTRY VOLUME LXXXI > NO. 50 Early County Women Are Asked to Make Surgical Dressings Women of Early county, the op portunity has come to you to serve your country in the greatest capac ity available to civilian women out side of your homes—the making of surgical dressings for the soldiers at the front. The War Department has asked Early county women, through the American Red Cross, for a tremen dously large quota of dressings. They should not fail. Only a defi nite length of time is given in which to make them. With army-like pre cision, they must be ready When the time comes. The Red Cross wants volunteers immediately. The classes will be held in four-hour periods and a vol unteer should be reasonably sure she can give eight hours a week to the work. A few exceptions will be made. She must attend her class regularly, be prompt and let nothing short of illness interfere with the period she elects. There will be night classes, too, for those who cannot work in the day. When ab solutely necessary, she may shift her periods by permission of her super visor. All work will be done at the Blakely Work Room, according to army regulations and standards. Women are asked to please regis ter at once by ’phone or mail, with either Mrs. George Gee or Mrs. R. O. Waters, co-chairmen of Surgical Dressings. It is hoped to begin instructions within two weeks, unless orders to the contrary are received. High school students are also eli gible. EPISCOPAL CHURCH UNDERGIONG REPAIRS Work has been started on repair ing and recovering the Episcopal church in Blakely. ALL Summer Silk DRESSES 1-2 PRICE This Week Only AT WEAVER’S ♦ (Etolg CmnitD JXcws BLAKELY MASONS ATTEND 2ND DISTRICT CONVENTION AT CAIRO Messrs. W. P. Smith, J. E. Hous ton, E. L. Hartley, L. B. Jones, J. T. Jordan and Dr. J. G. Standifer rep resented Magnolia Lodge No. 86 at the 39th annual session of the Sec ond District Masonic Convention at Cairo last Thursday. J. M. Richards, of Thomasville, was elevated to the office of Worshipful Master for the ensuing year; J. E. Houston, of Blakely, was advanced to the office of Junior Deacon, and J. R. Bellflow er, o£ Tifton, was started in line. The 1943 convention will be held with Milford Lodge No. 181 at El model. Rotarians Hear Talk on International Convention at Toronto The members of the Blakely Ro tary club, meeting Friday at noon at the Hotel Early, with President James B. Murdock, Jr., presiding, heard an interesting account of the recent Convention of Rotary Inter national held at Toronto, Canada. The speaker was Rotarian Henry Moye, who, accompanied by Mrs. Moye, attended that convention as a representative from the Blakely club. Rotarian Moye said the con vention was largely attended and that a wonderful program of enter tainment was carried out by the citizens of Toronto. Many speakers of world renown appeared on the program, and the delegates in at tendance represented almost every nation of the civilized world. The Club, in a special election at last Friday’s meeting, elected Rota rian Ed Chancy a member of the Board of Directors to succeed V. L. Collins, whose death occurred sever al weeks ago. Rotarian Kes Forrester, of Do than, was a guest of the club, mak ing up his attendance. BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 23, 1942. Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.” Interesting Meeting Os Blakely Lions Club Held Tuesday Meeting at noon Tuesday at the Early Hotel, the Blakely Lions car ried on a rather spirited discussion of some much needed improvements for the city of Blakely and Early county. Heading the list of this discussion Was the need of an airport. This discussion was led by Lion Jack Standifer, Lion Philip Sheffield and Dr. W. H. Wall, who was a guest of the club. All speakers agreed unless Blake ly obtains an airport that after the war, when most passengers and some freight and express will be moving by air, Blakely will find itself much in the same position as the old river towns which died with the advent of the railroad. Follow ing this discussion, the club voted to work with the Rotary Club, which, it was learned, had already had this project under advisement, in an ef fort to secure this improvement for Blakely and Early county. The club also agreed to renew its fight for an improved telephone serv ice and to inquire if anything was going to be done toward getting the service modernized. Two other guests of the club Tuesday were Judge C. W. Worrill and Solicitor R. A. Patterson, of the Pataula circuit, who are in Blakely this week conducting the July term of Early Superior Court. Both spoke briefly, Mr. Patterson relating two of his jokes in an inimitable manner, much to the enjoyment of the club. It was announced that the Blake ly Lions Club had been awarded the district loving cup for having the highest percentage attendance for the past year. This award was made at the State Convention and accept ed by Lion Oscar Powell, of Arling ton, one of the zone chairmen in this district. Vice-President E. H. Cheek pre sided in the absence of President C. G. Brewer. A program of music was furnished by Mrs. Ben Haisten, club pianist. „ He Also Serves '£% • ■' wt ■ ,& ' ' *• r * > :■'■ r4v> >< .2-A? ,;>. ’jJaSfl® .<•,»• <‘VX<-.w:v.-4<4z-:iZ?>rM¥-<**C>yzZ- : ;yx<r>'>v-^'-^l»?^M^™»*BtliK : Ww3 * Not with guns and bullets and tanks and planes alone are wars won. Typical of the 6,000,000 Ameri can farmers holding the line on the food front today is John Stiles of Rockville, Md., who is shown in this ? symbolic photo which might be en titled “The Man With the Hoe, 1942.” On the Warpath, Looking for Nipponese Flanked by deadly PT boats, an aircraft carrier of the U. S. navy moves majestically to sea from an undisclosed port. We don’t know where she’s going, but we know why—to look for Japs and to blast them wherever they may be fodnd. * Cravey Urges That Streams and Lakes Be Not Polluted Farmers were today urged by Commissioner of Natural Resources Zack D. Cravey not to pollute Georgia streams and lakes by dump ing spoiled or surplus commodities in them. He explained that when decayed fruits and vegetables were disposed of in this manner, they destroy the oxygen content in water, causing the fish to smother. Also, sprays on vegetation often poison water and render it unfit for fish. Peaches, especially, are harmful to them. Commissioner Cravey said pollu tion has not been as serious this season as it was last summer when the drought lowered water levels in most rivers and lakes. However, he said Georgia needs an entirely new set of pollution control laws that he will ask the next legislature to pro vide. Plants where drying, bleaching and canning operations are carried on are responsible for pollution of many of Georgia’s finest rivers. In most instances officials could prevent this if they were willing to cooper ate fully with sportsmen and the Department of Natural Resources, he said. As an example of such coopera tion, he said the Steinfeldt-Thomp son canning plant in Adel had agreed to make special arrange ments to prevent materials contain ing harmful chemicals from flowing into the Willacoochee River. According to an article which ap peared recently in the Valdosta Times, company officials and chem ists “plan to build a special tank ad joining the lye-peeler for the pur poses of reducing the overflow from the peeler place screens to elimi nate the solid matter contained in the overflow from the papper, and divert liquid waste from the river stream into a large area of waste land.” Tuesday the temperature rose to 100 degrees (official government thermometer) to make it the hottest day so far of the present summer. • ‘Down to the Sea" 4 •• i 1 |k<w'. £ 'i''.'- ■• * Slipping down the ways into the water sideways, the USS Doyen, new naval transport, is shown as she was launched at the yards of the Consolidated Steel corporation, at Long Beach, Calif. The vessel is said to be the largest naval ship ever constructed here. <■, FIRST DRAFT DODGER CASE IN EARLY COUNTY REPORTED THIS WEEK The first case against a draft dodger in Early county was docketed here this week, when Deputy Sheriff C. C. Swann arrested and placed in jail Rufus Thomas, Negro, who had been evading the draft since last last December. Thomas is - a resident of Early county, but at the time of registra tion he lived in Calhoun and was registered there. He was notified by his draft board to report for duty last December, but had never re ported. Deputy Swann said that Thomas had been living in the swamps these months, coming out at night only to get something to eat. Funeral Service Here Monday for Former Early Countian Burial service for Erie J. Robin son, 62, former Early countian who died in Moultrie early Sunday morn ing, were held here Monday after noon in the Blakely cemetery, with the Rev. S. B. King officiating. Mr. Robinson, at the time of his death, was at the home of a daugh ter in Moultrie where he had been carried from his McClenny (Fla.) home after he had sustained injuries as the result of a fall. Death was attributed to complications which set in following the fall. Funeral services were held in the Moultrie Baptist church Tuesday at 12 o’clock noon, with Rev. Mr. Gresh am, of Moultrie, officiating. Follow ing the funeral services, the body was brought to Blakely for inter ment. Mr. Robinson was born in Homer ville, Ga., in 1880, but since early manhood had lived in Early county until 19.25, when he moved to Cool edge, Ga., and later to McClenney, Fla. He was engaged in the sawmill business in all these places. He was a member of the Baptist church and was well known in the lower part of the county and had many friends who regretted to hear of his death. Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Mrs. B. M. Lindsey of Blakely and Mrs. Ellis Moncrief of Moultrie; one son, Ralph Robinson, of Tampa, Fla.; three sisters, Mrs. W. A. Jones of Cooledge, Ga., Mrs. C. C. Craven of Savannah and Mrs. Chester Hardege of Poulan; and one brother, T. R. Robinson, of Jackson ville. FIRST OPEN COTTON REPORTED THIS WEEK The first open cotton of the 1942 season to be reported here this year was grown by W. R. McKinney on his farm near Hilton. The cotton was’■picked Monday morning and was fully opened. If this is any indica tion of what the other farmers are doing, the cotton gins should be hum ming' within another ten days. 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 Maddox Unopposed For Mayor, Three in Race for Council ,S. G. Maddox, prominent local business man, will be elected Mayor of Blakely in the annual city election to be held on Tuesday, August 4, it became known Monday night when the entries closed to candidates in that election and no one qualified as a candidate in opposition to Mr. Maddox. There are three candidates for the two places on Council, City Clerk C. C. Lane announced. They are C. R. Barksdale, L. B. Fryer and L. C. Hobbs. Dr. Barksdale and Mr. Fry er are members of the present Coun cil and are candidates to succeed themselves. Mr. Hobbs, the third candidate, is a former member of the city police force and at present is en gaged in farming operations. The new Mayor, who will succeed R. C. Singletary, the incumbent, Who is serving the second year of a two-year term and is ineligible for re-election, and the two members of Council who are elected on Tuesday, August 4, will assume office the first of next January and will serve for two years. Naval Recruiters At Postoffice Here Thursday, July 30 Several U. S. Navy Recruiters of the Navy Recruiting Station, Al bany, Georgia, will be at the post office in Blakely Thursday, July 30, 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 ers are in Blakely on July 30. The Classes affected by the low ering of these requirements are: Class V-2, Aviation; Class V-3, Ra dio; 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. THURSDAY HALF HOLIDAYS TO END AFTER JULY 30 The Thursday afternoon half-holi days, inaugurated here last April, will end on next Thursday, July 30. This is in accordance with the clos ing agreement signed by local busi ness houses. The Thursday half-holidays have been observed during the summer months here for many years. 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.