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EARLY COUNTY, GA. GARDEN SPOT OF GOD’S COUNTRY VOLUME LXXXI NO. 52 Early County Youth Rescues Three From Drowning The quick action of an Early coun ty youth saved three girls from drowning at Howard’s Mill Monday afternoon. The youth is Pete Smith, of Cedar Springs, who pull ed all the girls to safety, one of whom had already sunk to the bot tom and was rendered unconscious. The girls were Misses Guerrylu Sheffield, of Blakely, and Claudia Sheffield and Bertie Lou Smith, of Cedar Springs. The young ladies were swimming at Howard’s Mill. None of them are good swimmers, and they were pulled into the deep water by the swift current. Young Smith, standing nearby, jumped into the water and pulled two of the girls to safety. When he ‘went back to get the other she had already sunk. (Smith dived and brought her to the surface and found that she was already unconscious. After several minutes of artificial respiration, she was restored to con sciousness. J. B. Murdock, Sr., of this city, also played a part in rescuing the young lady, as he was passing How ard’s Mill at the time, and he helped administer first aid which saved Miss Sheffield’s life. NAVY RECRUITERS TO BE AT POST OFFICE IN BLAKELY TODAY Several recruiters from the U. S. Navy Recruiting Station of Albany Will be at the postoffice building in Blakely today (Thursday), August 6, for the purpose of interviewing young men who are interested in the Navy or the Naval Reserve. Those interested in any branch of the Navy may call on these recruit ers and obtain any information de sired. The recruiters will be here from 10:00 a. m. to 5:00 p. m. Just Received = 200 New Early Fall DRESSES o Newest Styles and Materials iron the Style Market o£ the South now Being Received Daily. O T. K. Weaver & Co. “Blakely’s Only Complete Store” C. E. BOYETT, Owner BLAKELY, GA. Early County News EMMETT WILLIAMS GINS FIRST BALE OF 1942 COTTON Early county’s first bale honors for 1942 go to Emmett Williams, who won first bale honors in 1940 and tied for the same honor last year. The bale was brought in Sat urday and was ginned by the Plant ers Gin Company and bought by H. C. Fort of the People’s Warehouse. The bale weighed 450 pounds. Blakely Rotary Club to Welcome District Governor The Rotary Club of Blakely will on August 11, at 9:00 p. m., wel come Dr. Boyce M. Grier, governor of the 165th district of Rotary In ternational, which includes 55 Rotary clubs in Georgia. Dr. Grier is Su perintendent of the City Schools of Athens, Georgia, and is a member of the Athens Rotary Club. He was nominated as governor at the con ference of the 165th district held last March in Macon and was for mally elected at the 1942 convention of Rotary International in Toronto, Canada, in June. Dr. Grier will visit the Blakely Rotay Club to advise and assist President James B. Murdock, Jr., Secretary Chipstead Grubbs, and the committeemen of the club on mat ters pertaining to club administration and Rotary service activities. The meeting Tuesday night next will take the place of the regularly scheduled Friday meeting. Governor Grier will hold office until shortly following the 1943 convention of Rotary International which is scheduled for Philadelphia, Penn., next June. Bing Crosby and Mary Martin in “Birth of the Blues” at the Blakely Theatre Thursday and Friday. BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 6, 1942. Success to AH Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.” Three Notch E. M. C. Commended for Its Excellent Record The Three Notch Electric Mem bership Corporation, Donalsonville, has just been advised in a letter from Rural Electrification Adminis trator Harry Slattery, that it is one of 23 Georgia REA systems that made advance payments totaling $140,012 during the fiscal year ended June 30, Supt. C. Lamar Hatcher announced today. The Cooperative has been credited with prepayments for the fiscal year totaling $5,000, Mr. Slattery said. This amount, together with prepay ments made in previous years, raised to $15,000 the total of all advance payments credited to the Cooperative. Mr. Slattery stated that the Coop erative also is among the 273 REA systems in 34 states that made pay ments during the fiscal year in ad vance of the date due, amounting to $3,075,6111. REA’S latest tabula tion shows that all prepayments by REA systems during past years to taled $4,28,690. This was in addi tion to regular principal and inter est paid totaling $17,417,913. The prepayments made by the Three Notch Electric Membership Corporation have been in addition to the regular principal and interest payments required under its loan contract. REA has loaned the Co operative $296,210, which has en abled it to finance 425 miles of dis tribution lines now furnishing elec tricity to 1103 rural consumers in Seminole, Early, Miller, Decatur and Clay counties. Mr. Slattery’s letter to the Co operative follows “It gives me great pleasure to ad vise you that your Cooperative is one of 23 REA-financed systems in Georgia which made advance pay ments totaling $140,012 for the fiscal year ended June 30. “Your Cooperative also is one of 273 REA-financed systems in 34 states which during the fiscal year made payments ahead of the due date under their REA loan con tracts, amounting to $2,075,611 REA’S latest tabulation shows that payments made before due by 350 of more than 800 REA-financed sys tems totaled $4,428,690. This was ; n addition to regular principal and in terest payments totaling $17,417,913 which the systems had made when due. “You will appreciate the special significance of advance payments at this time, realizing the advantage of building up a cushion now against the day when your Cooperative might temporarily find it less easy to meet current payments falling due on its debt. You also will appreciate the fact that faster loan repayment means moving up the time when the consumers will enjoy full owner ship of your system’s properties. I might add that the Treasury De partment has urged the reduction of private debts as an imporant step in the national effort to prevent infla tion. Every advance payment made by an REA cooperative strengthens that effort. “The Treasury, of course, also wants all individual citizens to buy as many War Savings Stamps and Bonds as they can, as a further step in preventing inflation and as a pa triotic duty. I know that REA co- AEF in New Caledonia on Venison Diet jmET; " *4 ■.•"•. ' v fr' y cQsIl ' * */ ’S ■ ** * •’ The American forces on the French South Pacific isle of New Cale donia augment their regular rations with venison, which they kill them selves. Deer are so plentiful here as to be almost a nuisance. This party of hunters has just bagged and dressed a 225-pound deer, and are about to return to camp with the “bacon” in their jeep car. > To Register and Tag All Georgia Children Under 18 Years Old Speedy action will be taken by a committee headed by State School Superintendent M. D. Collins to reg ister and tag every child in Georgia 18 years of age and under for iden tification in the event of an air raid or other war emergency. Dr. Collins announced that Gover nor Talimadge will proclaim a spe cial time for the registration as soon as preliminary details can be completed. The executive committee is com posed of the following: Dr. Collins, Chairman; Mrs. R. A. Long, president of the Georgia Congress of the Parent-Teacher Association, and Mrs. Charles D. Center, former president; Mrs. Albert Hill, director of the childen’s division of the State De partment of Public Welfare; Colonel Richard C. Job, director of field op erations for the Citizens Defense Committee; Mrs. Shelby Myrick, of Savannah, head of the women’s di vision of Civilian Defense; Dr. T. F. Abercrombie, director of the State Department of Public Health, and Major John E. Goodwin, director of the Department of Public Safety. Under the plan approved at the first meeting of the committee, all children, including infants, will be registered at central points in every county in the state. The children will then be issued tags to be worn around their necks with numbers corresponding to their registration numbers. Files will be kept locally and also in the state capitol, proba bly in the Department of Public Safety, where radio facilities could be utilized in locating children who might become separated from their parents. Colonel Job was authorized to in vestigate the cost of the metal tags and the possibility of getting priori ties. Governor Talmadge has al ready authorized the spending of $25,000 for this program, but it was emphasized all work will be on a voluntary basis. P.-T. A. organiza tions are volunteering to do the pa triotic job. An education campaign, also headed by Dr. Collins, was directed to wage a campaign to acquaint the public with the need for the regis tration. FREAK GUINEA EGGS Evidently affected by the world wide war, guineas have begun lay ing freakish eggs with queer mark ings. Miss Nadine Wood left two such eggs, sent in by Mr. R. W. Woolf, the spotting on one giving a fairly good outline of North Amer ica, the other a similar map of Aus tralia and New Zealand. These birds evidently know their geography. operatives are doing their best to promote such purchases by their members. “The showing made by your Co operative during the past fiscal year has given me still another reason for being pleased. Every advance pay ment received provides additional proof that the REA program is sound and that the farmers can learn to operate their electric dis tribution systems successfully. You, of course, realize that you have only started to repay the principal loan ed your Cooperative, but it is a good start. I congratulate you, the trustees, and your management who are chiefly responsible for making possible the fine showing by your Cooperative. “Sincerely, “HARRY SLATTERY, “Administrator.” COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN MONTHLY SESSION HERE TUESDAY The Board of County Commission ers, meeting Tuesday, named A. J. Reese a member of the Public Wel fare Board of Early county to suc ceed Arver H. Mosely, whose term had expired. Mr. Reese’s appoint ment is for a four-year term. At the July meeting, the Board named Mrs. W. R. McKinney as a member of the Welfare Board to suceed Rev. Spencer B. King, whbse term had also expired. A large delegation from the local civic clubs, city government and oth er interested citizens appeared be fore the Commissioners at Tuesday’s meeting to pledge their cooperation in an effort to secure an airport for Early county. It is hoped that the efforts along this line may prove fruitful. 1941-’42 Hunting Season Ends, New One Opens Up Hunting licenses for the 1942-’43 season have been placed on sale and cost the same as those for the past season which ended July 31, Wildlife Director Zack D. Cravey announced. He said also that squirrel season has opened in the following north Georgia counties: Catoosa, Chattoo ga, Dade, Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Habersham, Lumpkin, Mur ray, Pickens, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, Walker, White and Whitfield. The season will remain open in that section until December 31 and will run from November 1 to January 15 in south Georgia counties and from October 1 to January 15 everywhere else in the state. However, the Director said he is not in favor of such an early open ing on squirrels as the north Geor gia counties have, since many young ones will perish if their parents are killed now. Moreover, he said squir rel are not good to eat at this time. Rabbit and fox hunting also are legal now and hunters who go after any quarry must obtain a new li cense. Director Cravey said he does not favor hunting rabbits with guns now either and that if he were au thorized, would put the bars down on them until October or November. The cost of licenses follows: Res ident, county, $1; resident, state wide, $3.25; non-resident, county, $5; and non-resident, state-wide, $12.50. UNITED STATES WAR BONDS AND STAMPS I||P | May We Help? ’ o »? - -■ - : < > <► : 1 o We stand ready to assist you in any * o way we can in regard to your bank- I o ing problems. Call on us for any o advice which we may be able to > K offer during the busy season which 1 o we are now entering. I == I :: 2 i: FIRST STATE BANK ii ♦ o BLAKELY, GEORGIA t o O Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 3 J* Maximum Insurance of $5,000.00 for each depositor PULL FOR BLAKELY —OR— PULL OUT $1.50 A YEAR Maddox Elected Mayor, Barksdale and Fryer Councilmen In the annual city election, held Tuesday, ,S. G. Maddox was chosen Mayor of the City of Blakely for a two-year term beginning January 1, 1943, and C. R. Barksdale and L. B. Fryer were re-elected to the City Council for the same two year term. Mr. Maddox, who is a former Councilman and prominent in Blake ly business circles, was elected without opposition, polling 202 votes out of 202 cast. Dr. Barksdale led the voting in the Council race, polling 159 votes. Mr. Fryer, running second, defeated Mr. L. C. Hobbs, the third candidate, by only one vote, the official count showing Mr. Fryer 118 and Mr. Hobbs 117. The voting was lighter than had been expected, and the 202 voting represented less than 50 per cent of the qualified list of voters. Both Dr. Barksdale and Mr. Fry er have served as Councilmen for several terms, and each has likewise served as Mayor. Mr. Hobbs, a former member of the city police force and at present engaged in farming, has never before been a candidate for (Council. The official vote: For Mayor iS. G. Maddox 202 For Councilman C. R. Barksdale 159 L. B. Fryer 118 L. C. Hobbs ll7 LOCAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, 1942 TEMPERATURE: Mean maxi mum, 92.6; mean minimum, 70.8; mean, 81.7; maximum, 100 on 20th and 21st; minimum, 67 on the 7th; greatest daily range, 27 degrees. PRECIPITATION: Total, 5.11 inches; greatest amount in any 24- hour period, 2.44 inches on the 25th. MISCELLANEOUS: Number of days with 0.01 inch or more of rain fall, 11; clear, 10; partly cloudy, 17; cloudy, 4; dense fog on the 24th; thunderstorms on the 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 21st, 23ixi, 25th, 26th; light hail on 25th. J. G. STANDIFER, Local Observer, U. S. Weather Bureau. NEW BARBER SHOP TO OPEN SATURDAY A new two-chair barber shop will open in Blakely Saturday, it is an nounced in an advertisement appear ing in this issue of The News. The new shop, under the management of Elzy L. Hartley, formerly with the Godwin barber shop, will be located next to Smith’s Bakery, on South Main street.