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' EARLY COUNTY, GA. I
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXXIII NO. 1
Changes in Duck
And Dove Season
In Georgia Told
Except.on ducks and doves, Geor
gia hunters will not find much
change in regulations on hunting
migratory birds this season, the
Wildlife Division announced.
Rules governing these birds were
established by the Federal govern
ment and the State Division concurs
with the assists in enforcing them.
Wildlife Director Zack D. Cravey
said duck season has been lengthen
ed from 60 to 70 days, due to the
last inventory which indicated the
national duck population has risen,
from an estimated 70,000,000 to an
estimated 100,000,000. This good
luck, however, is somewhat offset by
the curtailment on doves, which can
be hunted' only 30 days this season
as compared with 42 last. The Di
rector explained that the dove’s pop
ulation still is far below the normal
and that unless hunters are willing
to conform to the shortened season,
it will be necessary to close the sea
son entirely for several years. The
bag limit also has been reduced from
12 to 10.
There still is no open season on
woodcocks or ruffed grouse. Hunt
ing hours run from sunrise to sun
set, whereas it went only until 4 p.
m. on duck, geese and coot last year.
Following is the new schedule on
seasons and limits:
Rail: Sept. 1-Nov. 30; daily limit
15, professional limit 15.
Duck: Nov. 2-Jan. 10; daily limit
10; professional limit 20.
Geese: Nov. 2-Jan. 10; daily lim
it 2; professional limit 4.
Coot: Nov. 2-Jan. 10; daily limit
25, professional limit 25.
Dove: Dec. 1-Dec. 30; daily limit
10; professional limit 10.
BACK TO SCHOOL—Dresses for
the girls, silks and woolens for dress
up occasions, $4.95 to $9.95, at
WEAVER’S.
New
Special OKers
E. S. (BILL) BOYETT NOW IN CHARGE
OF BARGAIN ANNEX
10 Yds. LL Sheeting 99c
Men’s 220 Wt. Overalls $1.19
Turkish Towels, 27x15 10c
Men’s Herringbone Pants, $2.00 value,
for $1.67
Men’s Herringbone Shirts, $1.69 value,
for $1.39
Ladies’ Crepe Dresses, worth $2.95,
only 1 51.95
One lot Men’s Denim Pants 98c
Men’s Plain Toe Work Shoes sl.79
Men’s Straw Hats, $2.00 values, close
out ß9c
36-in. Dress Prints, new patterns, yd. lsc
20c Value Play Cloth, all colors, yd 15c
The above prices in effect August 14th thru 24th,
as long as supply lasts
TAKE THE STAIRS AT WEAVER’S
AND SAVE
T. K. Weaver & Co.
BARGAIN ANNEX DEPARTMENT
BLAKELY, .... GEORGIA
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Georgia Tax
Receipts Show
Large Gain
Atlanta, Ga.—lnstead of slump
ing 20 per cent, as anticipated,
Georgia’s tax collections for July
totaled almost $400,000 more than a
year ago, State Auditor B. E.
Thrasher, Jr., said Monday.
He listed receipts for the month
as $3,675,78’5, compared to the
$2,529,517 which had been antici
pated in making up the departmental
budgets. The amount anticipated, he
said, was based on the expectation
lof a 20 per cent decrease from the
$3,286,896 collected in July last
year.
The auditor said that the income
and fuel oil taxes accounted for the
increase.
Because of the unforseen gain in
tax receipts, he added, the state’s
cash surplus has climbed from $9,-
663,535 at the close of the fiscal
year on June 30 to $10,316,630.
Thrasher said he still anticipated
a 20 per cent decline in tax collec
tions in the present fiscal year, as
serting that the full effect of the
new gasoline rationing system and
of steeper federal income taxes has
not yet been felt.
ANOTHER FREAK EGG
MAKES ITS APPEARANCE
It’s probably the war that is caus
ing such strange things to happen
among the female species of the
poultry of Early county.
Not to be outdone by the guinea
hen of R. W. Wood which laid a
couple of eggs bearing markings
of a geographical nature, a Barred
Rock hen on the farm of J. E. Jar
rett this week deposited an egg in
the nest which has a clearly outlined
human figure, surrounded by a num
ber of markings resembling either
Chinese or Japanese lettering. Mr.
Jarrett would like for some one to
tell him the why or wherefore of
this poultry phenomenon, and just
what is its significance.
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 13, 1942.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —
Report of Local
Rationing Board
July 22-31, 1942
The Local Rationing Board reports
that certificates were issued for the
purchase of new tires and tubes and
retreads to the following during the
period July 22-31 (eligibility classi
fication given):
W. E. McDowell: 1 truck retread;
classification, E-9.
Earl Beasley: 2 passenger car re
treads; classification, B.
J. E. Freeman: 1 truck retread;
classification, E-9.
Dr. W. W.-Calhoun: 1 passenger
car retread; classification, A.
J. B. Hasty: 1 truck tire; classi
fication, E-9.
Wallace Ivey: 1 truck tire, 2
tubes; classification, E-9.
Dr. J. G. Standifer: 1 passenger
car tire; classification, A.
C. R. Davis; 1 passenger car tube;
classification, Obsolete.
John Underwood: 1 passenger car
tire; classification, Obsolete.
Dr. W. W. Calhoun: 1 passenger
car tire, 1 tube; classification, A.
Arthur White: 2 truck tires, 4
tubes; classification, E-9.
V. R. Moody: 2 truck retreads;
classification, E-9.
B. D. Harvey: 3 truck retreads;
classification, E-9.
J. E. Lomax: 1 truck retread;
classification, E-9.
Bill Bostwick: 1 truck retread;
classification, E-9.
J. W. Bonner: 2 truck retreads;
classification, E-9.
Paul Brown: 1 truck tire, 1 tube;
classification, E-9.
C. H. Baughman: 1 truck tire;
classification, E-9.
Early County: 3 truck tires, 1
tube; classification, E-2.
J. H. Williams: 2 truck tires, 2
tubes; classification, E-2.
S. G. Maddox: 1 truck tire, 1 tube;
classification, E-9.
C. B. Reese: 1 truck tire, 1 tube;
classification, E-9.
J. E. Lomax: 2 truck tires; clas
sification, E-9.
W. H. Wright: 1 truck tire; clas
sification, E-9.
Lewis E. Oliver: 1 truck tube;
classification, E-9.
Cecil Cobb: 1 truck tire; classi
fication, E-9.
Arthur Toole: 1 truck tire, 1 tube;
classification. E-9.
W. E. McDowell: 1 truck tire, 1
tube; classification, E-9.
J. O. Powell: 1 truck tire, 1 tube;
classification, E-9.
E. C. Spence: 1 truck tire, 2
tubes; classification, E-9.
B. C. Williams: 1 truck tire, 2
tubes; classification, E-9.
Ed Drew: 1 truck tire, 1 tube;
classification, E-9.
Homer Reddick: 1 truck tire, 2
tubes; classication, E-9.
J. L. Camp: 2 passenger car tires,
2 tubes; classification, C-5.
Dr. E. C. Smart: 1 passenger car
tire, 1 tube, 1 retread; classifica
tion, A.
J. L. Underwood: 1 passenger car
tube; classification, B.
I Mrs. Dewey Cannon: 1 passenger
car tube; classification, B.
G. C. Hasty: 1 passenger car tire;
classification, Obsolete.
E. D. Temples: 2 passenger car
tires; classification, Obsolete.
George B. Bridges: 1 obsolete
tire; classification, Obsolete.
W. R. Middleton: 2 obsolete tires;
classification, Obsolete.
A. V. Cannon: 1 obsolete tire, 1
tube; classification, B.
L. E. Sheffield: 1 obsolete tube;
classification, B.
A. B. Hayes: 1 passenger car re
tread; classification, B.
J. B. Chambers: 2 truck tubes;
classification, E-9.
J. G. Collins: 2 truck tires; clas
sification, E-9.
Expert Urges Undersea Cargo Carriers
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Simon Lake, one of the inventors of the submarine, who advocates
the building of underseas cargo carriers capable of carrying 7,500-ton
loads of supplies, oil, tanks, etc., to the fighting zones, shows the sen**
ate military affairs sub-committee a model of a new freight-carrying
submarine which he designed. Lake is in foreground. Left to right,
Senator Edwin C. Johnson and Senator Josh Lee. '**'*
“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
Rotary District
Governor Visits
Blakely Club
Meeting Tuesday night in lieu of
the regular Friday meeting, members
of the Blakely Rotary Club heard
an inspiring address by Dr. Boyce M.
Grier, of Athens, governor of the
165th district of Rotary Internation
al, which includes 55 Rotary clubs in
Georgia.
Dr. Grier is superintendent of the
City Schools of Athens and a mem
ber of the Athens Rotary Club. He
was nominated as governor at the
conference of the 165th district at
Macon last March and formalily
elected at the 1942 convention of
Rotary International in _ Toronto,
Canada, in June.
The speaker’s topic was “Some
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Boyce M. Grier
Conclusions I Have Reached Con
cerning Rotary,” and he related
many instances of the fine work
being done by the different units of
the international organization, and
of its opportunities for service dur
ing the present world war and in
the post-war period. His address
was warmly applauded at its con
clusion.
Contributing to the enjoyment of
the evening’s program were two vo
cal selections by Miss Virginia Hol
man, talented local singer, with Mrs.
Ben Haisten as her accompanist.
Prior to the luncheon and the ad
dress, Dr. Grier met with the club
assembly and discussed the plans of
Rotary for the current year. Pre
siding over the assembly and the
luncheon was President James B.
Murdock. Jr., who also introduced
the distinguished guest.
Mayor R. C. Singletary was a
guest of Rotarian Marvin Sparks.
WEEKLY MEETING OF
ROTARY CLUB HELD
FRIDAY AT NOON
The weekly meeting of the Blake
ly Rotary Club was held Friday last
at noon at the Early Hotel, with
President James B. Murdock, Jr.,
presiding.
The President announced the ap
pointment of his committees for the
1942-’43 year, and plans for the
future were discussed.
The club sang “Happy Birthday”
to Secretary “Chip” Grubbs.
Guests included W. R. Osborne, of
Atlanta, a guest of Rotarian Thomas
Debnam, and Felix Barham, Jr., a
guest of Rotarian Felix Barham.
August Term City
Court of Blakely
To Convene Monday
The August term of the City Court
of Blakely will be convened by
Judge J. W. Bonnei 1 on next Mon
day, August 17. The following ju
rors have been summoned to serve
at this term of that court:
J. M. Knight, G. H. Powell, J. C.
Balkcom, J. H. Dykes, J. S. Pyle,
Curtis Waller, J. G. Loyless, D. L.
Hayes, J. R. Hudson, S. B. Black
shear, Murray Brunson, J. O. Ev
ans, J. L. McArthur, J. D. Rogers,
Jr., Roy Hartley, C. R. Jones, E. C.
Mosely, Barney Wynne, W. N. Du-
Bose, J. W. Cannon, W. A. Smith,
F. W. Pipkin, D. G. Lisenby, S. A.
Wright, H. C. Middleton, L. A. Wil
ey, W. M. Philmon, Cecil George,
W. R. Weems, E. L. Hartley, O. A.
Jordian, C. H. Loback, C. W. Shier
ling, Branson Minter, J. T. Jordan,
J. W. Miller, Abe Berman, J. W.
Tedder, J. W. Grimes, J. Wesley
Hatcher, W. H. Haddock, C. C.
Chambers, T. M. Pullen, Henry Nix,
L. L. George, W. A. Walker, Chester
Middleton, W. I. Daniels, H. L. Mc-
Cann, E. C. McDowell, W. C. Bry
an, Sr., J. S. Willoughby, .J. H.
Whitehurst, J. O. Bruner, J. H. Mar
tin, J. G. Collins, H. T. Billings, E.
L. Lewis, Otis Deal, W. V. Hayes,
M. A. McDowell, S. E. Kelley, W.
B. Hogan, J. L. Underwood, T. T.
Daniels, D. R. Deal, W. L. Rhodes,
Ernest Sessions, R. R. McLendon, J.
W. Plymail, A. J. Reese, Walter
Williams, Willie Jim Hammack, O.
F. Thompson, I. A. Walton.
1942 PEANUT CROP
DOUBLE THAT OF 1942
Washington, D. C.—The Agricul
tural Department forecasts a 1942
peanut production almost double last
year’s harvest, based on the August
condition of the crop.
The crop is vital for vegetable oil
to meet war requirements.
A picked and threshed production
of 2,800,305,000 pounds is indicated
the department said, a billion pounds
above the record 1940 crop and on
ly 154,000,000 pounds less than
twice 1941’s harvest of 1,477,000,-
000 pounds.
Peanut acreage was indicated at
4,173,000 acres, more than double
1940’s record acreage, although 827,-
000 acres, or about 17 per cent,
less than the national goal.
Indicated 1942 productoin figures
for leading peanut-growing states
included:
Virginia, 200,000,000 pounds;
North Carolina, 368,900,000; South
Carolina, 47,600,000; Georgia, 799,-
500,000; Florida, 110,250,000; Ala
bama, 462,250,000.
BACK TO SCHOOL —Visit Wea
ver’s now and get ready. Boys’
Socks, just like dad’s, only 15c.
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Report Shows Cost
Os Living Still On
Upward Trend
Despite ceiling prices, the cost of
living continue to rise, according to
a report just issued by the labor de
partment at Washington. The cost
advanced 0.4 per cent between June
2 and June 14, following a drop of
0.1 per cent in the two weeks imme
diately following establihsment of
the general price maximums.
Prices of unregulated goods and
services advanced 1.2 per cent in
the June 2-June 15 period While
prices of controlled goods declined
0.1 per cent, the department said.
Between May 15 and June 15, un
controlled prices advanced 2.4 per
cent, while controlled items declined
0.8 per cent. The most important
advances listed have been in the
prices of uncontrolled food.
The recent advance brought the
Labor Department’s cost of living
index to 116.4 per cent of the 1935-
1939 average, a net increase of 0.3
per cent between May 15 and June
15. Costs on June 15 were shown as
11.3 per cent higher than on June
15, 1941.
The cost of living on June 15 was
somewhat lower than on March 15 in
Norfolk, Birmingham, Mobile and
Seattle, largely attributed to reduc
tions of rent ordered by the Office
of Price Administration. Costs in
June were higher in Cleveland and
Detroit than in March, but were
lower than in May because of rent
reductions. The only other cities
surveyed which showed a decline
between May and June were Chica
go, Savannah and Houston, in which
food prices were mostly stable or
declined.
WALLACE SLAPPEY, JR.,
GETS HIS WINGS
Lieut. Wallace J. Slappey, Jr., of
the U. S. Marine Corps Reserves, is
spending a few days’ leave with his
mother, Mrs. W. J. Slappey, and his
sister, Mrs. F. M. Greene, Jr., in
Perry, Ga., after completing his
flight training at the Naval Air Base,
Corpus Christi, Texas. Lieut. Slap
pey will be stationed at the Naval
Reserve Air Base, New Orleans,
La., as flight instructor.
The flier is a native of Early
county. He is a graduate of Valdos
ta High School and A. B. A. C., Tif
ton. He enlisted in the Naval Re
serve Air Corps in 1941.
CANNING PLANT TO BE
OPEN ON THURSDAY
Beginning next week, the Blakely-
Union Canning Plant will be open
only on Thursdays.
E. H. CHEEK.
BACK TO SCHOOL— GirIs, visit
Weaver’s and see long and short
sleeve blouses in white and colors,
$1.95 to $2.25.