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and County of Early
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Blakely, Ga., July 30, 1942.
City election next Tuesday.
It’s your duty, and privilege,
if you are duly qualified, to
cast a ballot.
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Today is the last of the
Thursday half-holidays for the
1942 season. Let’s get back
to work again.
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Georgia’s first bale of the
1942 cotton crop has already
been ginned. Soon the gins
will be humming all over
Georgia.
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“This is no time to relax,”
says an exchange. Well, when
is there ever a time for the
average weekly newspaper
man to relax?
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To our way of thinking,
Price Administrator Leon Hen
derson, in his argument with
Congress over an appropria
tion to enforce price ceilings,
has the support of a majority
of American citizens.
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Yes, we firmly believe we
are going to win the war. But
we also believe that the day of
victory is not near in sight.
And we further believe that
the “toil, sweat, blood and
tears” that has thus far been
our portion is only a fraction
of that which lies ahead of us.
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The self-concocted race is
sue having proved a dud. Gov
ernor Talmadge next tried to
hang the shortcomings of the
Rivers administration around
the neck of his opponent, At
torney General Ellis Arnall.
But this piece of sculdug
gery likewise proved a fizzle,
so the governor has now turn
ed his efforts toward belittling
those who formerly supported
him but have now joined the
Ellis Arnall band. It’s going
to take lots of time and much
newspaper space and radio
time to do this, governor, if
you attempt to take them one
by one. For, believe it or not,
the woods are full of ’em.
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The past week has seen sev
eral other heretofore strong
Talmadge supporters leaving
the governor, among them Ed-!
itor Morris ■of the Augusta
Chronicle, who resigned his
post as a member of the gov
ernor’s military staff. Mr. Mor
ris is also a member of the
state board of regents and has
witnessed the governor’s ruth
less political interference with
the University system. He sees
no hope of redemption for the
state’s educational system if
Mr. Talmadge is re-elected.
Otis Brumby, publisher of the
Cobb County Times and presi
dent of the Georgia Press As
sociation. has also reached the
parting of the ways with the
governor, on whose staff he
formerly served. These are
two of the many notable de
fections from the Talmadge
ranks, and it is becoming in
creasingly evident that the
Talmadge star is on the wane
and that the governor’s defeat
is inevitable.
INFORMATION, ALBANY
HERALD
Mr. J. J. McLendon, sexton
of the city cemetery, left at
The News office this week a
brick found in the city ceme
tery which he believes to be of
ancient vintage and is asking
Editor Mclntosh or some mem
ber of The Albany Herald
staff to enlighten him as to its
probable age and history.
Larger than the brick of to
day’s manufacture, it bears the
stamp, “F. R. Brick Company,
Albany, Ga.” Mr. McLendon
would like to know if that
company is still in business,
and if not, are any of those
connected with the firm still
living. Can you give Mr. Mc-
Lendon the information, Al
bany Herald?
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INVENTIONS FOR VICTORY
“Never say anything can’t be
done. -Say instead that as yet no
way has been found to do it.”
That’s the advice of a man who
knows what he’s talking about—a
famous inventor and engineer who
has given us things like the self
starter and octane gasoline, to men
tion two of the many. According to
him, mechanical advances are being
made even faster than usual today
because of the pressure of war
needs. Already we have new de
vices on our planfes and tanks that
enable them in many instances to
out-perform those made by our en
emies.
We haven’t stopped improving
them and our other weapons, either.
New war inventions are being pro
duced all the time. More than 45,-
000 suggestions were sent in to the
Patent Office last year by Ameri
ca’s inventors, and 3,000 of them
have been adopted to date. Some
of these inventions have to do with
new machines, like the outrigger
tank that is really a rolling fortress,
and the ground strafer airplane
with guns in the belly of the plane.
Others concern such things as emerg
ency food rations and lightweight
armored clothing.
The last war hastened the devel
opment of several new products—the
radio, stainless steel, and dozens of
new alloys and metals. There’s no
telling yet what things will come
out of today’s shortages and needs.
Necessity is the mother of invention,
all right, and she gets in some good
licks in a country like this where
inventors are encouraged by indus
try and by our traditional patent
system that has been protecting
their rights for more than 150
years.—Dalton Citizen.
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Indications are that the manufac
ture of alcohol for beverage pur
poses may be entirely eliminated, as
the alcohol is needed in the war ef
fort. Liquor distillers are not coni;
plaining, as they have a sufficient
supply on hand to last four or five
years. Isn’t it funny that we can
build up such a supply of liquor and
not have any surplus of rubber, tin,
aluminum and many other things
that are so badly needed to win the
war?—Valdosta Times.
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Farmers are being warned to take
care of their machinery, for it may
be impossible to replace it another
year. All farm equipment made of
iron or steel should be thoroughly
cleaned and oiled and placed under
a dry shelter until it is needed
again.—Dawson News.
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Before long Wildlife Rangers
will be showing farmers, sportsmen
and youngsters how to lure crows
with decoy calls so they can kill the
good-for-nothing rascals. For, ac
cording to Wildlife Director Zack D.
! Cravey, crows are causing extensive
! damage to crops, as well as to game
! and song birds and the Division is
I receiving numerous appeals to “help
get rid of them.” —Walton Tribune.
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Every fourth worker in the Unit
ed States today is a woman and
within the next few months it is ex
pected that the proportion will rise
to every third one. The women are
contributing their full share to the
all-out war effort. —Exchange.
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Most people are industrious. They
don’t mind working to save a little
money. We sold thousands of to
mato plants this spring, but never
pulled a single plant from the
■ ground. When people came for
| plants, and asked the price, we put
■it to them this way: “We sell at 15c
per 100 if you pull them up and 50c
per 100 if we pull them up.” We
never pulled even one plant.—Banks
I County Journal.
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY. GEORGIA
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TODAY
and
TOMORROW
DON ROBINSON
ADVERTISING change
Advertising has taken some queer
turns under war time conditions.
We have the strange anomolies of
rubber companies spending money to
persuade us not to use rubber, gas
oline manufacturers running expens
ive advertisements to teach us how
to cut down on the consumption of
their products and countless well
known companies spending large
amounts of money to tell us why
they can’t- sell us anything- these
days.
Most of us had, until recently,
thought of advertising as a “sales
man in writing” whose whole duty
was to make us buy as much as pos
sible of everything available.
But now advertising is showing us
its other face—the face of the ed
ucator instead of the salesman—and
instead of trying to tempt us to buy
things, it is being used to teach us
how to make things last and how to
get along without the products which
the advertisers have spent fortunes
in promoting.
NAMES brands
Some people wonder why a com
pany will continue to spend millions
of dollars for advertising when it
isn’t looking for a single customer.
It might be the kindest thing to
think of these organizatnons as buy
ing space for educational messages
entirely for philanthropic reasons—
because of their unselfish desire to
help us with our problems.
In away that is their purpose—
but most of us realize that such
million-dollar gestures of assistance
cannot be made too frequently with
out being backed by a sound busi
ness motive.
In the last war, several big com
panies busy with war work discon
tinued advertising altogether. By
the time the war ended we had most
forgotten their names and many of
them were never again able to get
back into public favor.
The big companies of today real
ize that their brand names and
company names, built up and re
spected because of the years of ef
fort they have made to please the
public, are their most prized invest
ment and they are not going to let
those names die because of lack of
goods to sell. In peacetime they
performed a welcomed service with
their advertised goods and now, as
a means of name insurance, they
are eager to perform an equally
welcomed service.
GOVERNMENT help
One of the most important serv
ices which advertisers are perform
ing today is in helping with the col
lection of scrap materials.
For many months it has been the
general consensus of opinion that
only by well-planned advertising
could the scrap collections reach the
proportions needed to make the home
a worth-while source of supply for
factories.
There were many in Washington
who believed that a gigantic adver
tising campaign should be paid for
by the government itself to make
“scavenging” the order of the day in
every household. But while Wash
ington was hemming and hawing
about such a plan, industry decided
that it could perform a public serv
ice by getting this program started.
Industry, therefore, employed the
outstanding leaders of the advertis
ing business to plan how the job
could be done.
In Canada and England the re
spective governments paid the full
cost of such campaigns, but in this
country industry jumped at the op
portunity to perform this service to
the country.
So big concerns which have no
! goods to sell are now spending a
I fortune to help their government, to
strengthen their relations with the
| public and to play a part in helping
;to protect the system under -which
I they have thrived.
CRITICS result*
In recent years, both among con
! sumer groups and in government
i circles, there have been groups who
looked upon advertising as a sort of
an essential luxury of industry.
Although men who know the value
of advertising have pointed out that
advertising has made mass produc
i tion possible, lowered costs and
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raised our standard of living, its en
emies have continued to attack it as
economic waste.
But those who have in the past
doubted the usefulness of advertis
ing are now being shown how this
sales tool, which industry has used
and defended so vigorously, can
now be utilized to help win the war.
For mass response of all the peo
ple, it will soon be evident that
there is no method which can pro
duce results with the speed and ef
ficiency of advertising.
The power which has been used to
persuade us to buy automobiles, re
frigerators and washing machines
will now prove equally effective in
getting us all working for the best
interests of our country.
If advertising continues to play
the important war role which it is
now assuming, there is little doubt
that it will come out of the war an
economic hero respected and ad
mired by all.
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SIX-INCH
S-E-R-M-O-N
By REV. ROBERT
H. HARPER
ABRAM: A PIONEER IN FAITH
Lesson for August 2: Genesis 12:1-9;
Hebrews 11:8-12.
Golden Text: Genesis 15:1.
While others who had preceded
him had exhibited great faith, the
abiding faith of Abram was such
that he may fittingly be called a
pioneer in his ability to see the un
seen.
Native of one of the oldest cities
of the -world, Ur of the Chaldees,
Abram had journeyed northward
with his father to Haran where
he received his call to go into a
strange country “which he should
receive for an inheritance.” The
call had its promise of large bless
ing—he would become the father of
a great nation. We may look back
now, after the lapse of several thou
sand years, and see the record of ful
fillment of God’s promise in the his
tory of the Hebrews; Abram’s faith
was great indeed because he could
see through his faith what we now
read.
In Canaan God appeared again un
to Abram and gave him assurance of
the fulfillment of the promise made
Ito him in Haran. And when we act
upon our faith, renewed assurances
come to us of fulfillment in God s
own time.
In the 11th chapter of Hebrews,
which has been called the picture
gallery of the saints, the whole of
Abram’s career is ascribed to his
faith, and it is said that through it
I all he looked beyond the things of
time to eternal things—“for the
citv which -hath foundations, whose
builder and maker is God.”
Let us follow the leadings of faith
in our town time and place, know
ing that we can safely trust God’s
promises of well-being and happi
ness.
A HALF CENTURY AGO TODAY
Some Things of Interest That Happened
Fifty Years Ago.
(Excerpts from Early County News
of July 28, 1892.)
COL. CLARENCE WILSON, of
Fort Gaines, has been nominated for
the State Senate from that district.
MR. J. B. CHANCY now sells pure
artesian ice.
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PROTRACTED SERVICES are in
progress at the Baptist church, with
the preaching by the Rev. Z. T.
Weaver.
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MR. R. L. HOWELL and family
have moved into the first floor of
the Bass house on the northwest cor
ner of the square.
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MESSRS. Cal Odum, R. W. Da
vis, J. C. Chancy, L. E. Black, Wal
ter Sirmons, Basey Alexander and
Dr. W. B. Standifer attended the
barbecue and speaking at Arlington
Wednesday.
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MASTER Johnnie Butler fell off
a scaffold at the college Sunday and
broke his collar bone.
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SAM WEBB, Negro farmer on the
plantation of Messrs. G. S. and L.
C. Waller, brought in an open boll
of cotton Saturday.
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CAPT. F. B. DILLARD, of Fort
Gaines, was in Blakely Saturday.
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MR. HENRY DEAL, of Dothan,
was in Blakely Wednesday.
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MR. WILL ODUM is now with the
S. Alesker store.
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MR. E. T. JAMES and little
daughter, Donie, are visiting in Ala
bama.
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MISS Wilhelmina Beussee is visit
ing friends in Columbia this week.
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MISS MARY SUE DEAL, of Co
lumbia, is visiting relatives in Blake
ly this week.
WE’RE PREPARED!
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SERVICEMAN check over AJ)
and adjust your McCor- 1
mick-Deering Tractor and KV—A v\
Fann Machines. Let hint J \
replace any worn parts that
might cause a breakdown.
Our bins of Genuine IHC
Parts and our Blue Ribbon
Service Department are
maintained for your con
venience and protection.
MIDDLETON HARDWARE COMPANY
MRS. W. H. SHAW, of Clay coun
ty, is the guest of Mrs. George' D.
Howard.
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MISSES Minna and Etta Slappey,
of Hilton, are the guests of Miss
Lena Grist.
MR. S. B. WILKINS, of DeValls
Bluff, Ark., was a visitor to Blakely
Saturday.
MR. FRANK PLATT and Misses
Callie and Beatrice Platt have re
turned from a visit to Pleasant
Plains, Ala. They were accompan
ied home by Mr. and Mrs. W. D.
Hasty and daughter.
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'SOWHATCHEE NEWS: “Prof. G.
M. McDaniel has returned from Cal
houn, Ga. . . . Mr. J. D. Willis is now
conducting a singing class at the
school . . . Misses Linda Sheffield and
Clyde Mosely, of Cedar Springs, are
visiting here . . . The Free Will Bap
tist Sabbath School Convention held
its annual session here last week . . .
The Sowhatchee Sunday School, 97
members, marched to church last
Sunday, with Misses Mary Cherry
and Lena Lane carrying the banners.
Mr. J. W. Anglin, Sr., made the ad
dress.”
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NEWS from Cedar Springs: “Mr.
James Golden is visiting in Montgom
ery, Ala. . . . Miss Ida Sheffield is vis
iting relatives in Thomasville . . . Mr.
J. W. Howard is visiting in Face
ville . . . Mrs. Julia A. Porter has re
turned from Fort Gaines . . . Mr. J.
M. Mosely, of Decatur county, is
visiting relatives here . . . Mr. and
Mrs. C. A. Roberts, of Colquitt, are
the guests of the family of Mr. W. J.
Roberts ... Mrs. Sallie N. Cherry
and daughter, Susie, have returned
from a visit to Alabama . . . Miss
Cornelia Martin, of Blakely, is vis
iting her brother, Mr. J. L. Martin . .
Mrs. F. M. Mosely and children are
visiting relatives in Decatur.”