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Blakely, Ga., August 13, 1942
DOES EARLY COUNTY GET
ANYTHING MORE THAN
THAT TO WHICH SHE
IS ENTITLED?
Many expressions of regret
have been heard that the mem
bers of the Early County Board
of Commissioners have seen
fit to intervene in the gover
nor’s race in this county. In
an advertisement in The News,
paid for by the Commissioners
as individuals, these gentle
men have conveyed the im
pression that Governor Tal
madge has been a “Santa
Claus’’ to Early county. Even
if we grant that everything the
Commissioners say is true, we
have received nothing more
than that to which we were en
titled and that for which we
are paying.
No one questions the right
of any of the board members
to advocate, as an individual,
the re-election of Governor Tal
madge or the election of any
candidate for any office. But
when the members, elected by
the votes of both Talmadge
ites and anti-Talmadgeites, to
act as the servants of the
county as a whole, attempt to
influence the votes of their
constituents, The News thinks
they are transgressing the pro
prieties and going out of their
way to offend some of those
who elected them to office.
A point evidently overlook
ed by the Commissioners is
that the duties of their office
require they deal with the
state administration in certain
matters, regardless of who is
the governor of the state, and
it would seem the part of dis
cretion that they steer clear of
any activity in a state gover
norship campaign. Particular
ly is this true at the present
time, when all indications
point to the election of a new’
governor in the September pri
mary.
The Commissioners tell us
that “we have always been
able to see him (Talmadge)
and talk to him without hav
ing to approach him through
some politician who had a
‘•pull’.”
This statement equid readily
be answered by saying that
it is not the dictator’s method
to use a politician, or any one
else, for that matter, as an in
termediary. And there are|
few’ who question the state
ment that the present state]
government is a dictatorship.
The Commissioners tell usj
again that “he has consistent
ly co-operated with us. and has
given Early county everything]
we have ever asked for.”
There are many who would]
like to ask, if this statement
be true, why there was no ef
fort made to save the Kolomo
ki Park project? Can it be
that the governor was not even I
asked to help us in this in
stance?
Again, the Commissioners,
tell us “Early county has re
ceived more money and more
road w’ork. during the Tal
madge administration than in
any other.”
Well, is it not true that Mr. |
Talmadge has been governor
longer than any of his prede
cessors, and is it not true also
that he has had millions of
dollars more tax money to
spend than any other governor
ever had? He has, as the fig
ures of his own state auditor
will show.
Again, say the Commission
ers, “although the gas mileage
revenues have fallen off, he
has kept up Early county’s
■share of the gas mileage mon
key at the highest figure we
have ever had. Early county
is actually getting S6OO per
month more than the gas sales
amount to.”
Prior to gasoline rationing,
state gas tax collections had
[risen to an all-time high, and
'not only Early, but all counties,
received the benefit of this in
creased gasoline tax money,
which is prorated to the coun
ties on the basis of the state
highway mileage, hence Mr.
Talmadge has granted us no
favor in this instancy, but has
merely carried out the man
date of the legislature. Many
of the smaller counties, like
Early, receive more gas tax
money than they pay into the
treasury, thanks to the thou
sands of motorists in the larger
counties.
Again, the Commissioners
say “while others have talked
about paying the school teach
ers, Talmadge has paid them.”
Who furnished the money
with which to pay these teach
ers? Was it not the tax pay
ers of Georgia who have paid
more taxes under the Tal
madge administration than any
other in the history of the
state? The governor only
disbursed these funds which
have flown so freely into the
state treasury the past two
years.
And, finally, the Commis
sioners tell us that “today the
work of laying the base on the
Blakely-Columbia road for
paving is starting. Early coun
ty has been trying to get this
road paved for years and has
been fed on promises. Tal
madge is now paving it.”
The grading of this road
was begun nearly three years
ago under another state ad
ministration and while the
predecessors of the present
Board of Commissioners were
holding office. The News is
not in possession of the facts
concerning the cross between
the state and the county which
resulted in suspension of the
work on this highway. We
know that it should have been
completed long Tigo, and the
fact that work on it is now in
progress, is indeed gratifying,
but to say that “Talmadge is
now paving it,” is to admit
what we said in the outset—
that the present state govern
ment is a one-man dictatorship
and that we have no state
highway board functioning as
such. (But has any “paving”
been done on this road yet?)
o
The News is having another
birthday’ this week. Last week
it concluded its eighty-second
year ahd the current issue is
Number One of Volume 83.
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In desperation, with his
chances of re-election rapidly
fading, Governor Talmadge
attempts to fan public preju
dice on the issue of “racial co
education.” He, like every one
else intelligent enough to]
cast a vote, knows that
the state constitution pro
hibits the mixing of the races]
in the schools of Georgia, and
that only the people them
selves can alter this provision
of the constitution, and that;
there isn't a remote possbility
of such an eventuality. It’s a;
pathetic spectacle when the
governor of a state, accom
panied on his speaking tours
by the Palace Guard strong
arm forces, attempts to stir
up racial hatreds. But the
large majority’ of Georgians
—realizing what four more
years of Talmadgeism might
mean—are not swallowing the
governor’s bunk this time.
They know if the state’s Uni-j
versify system is to be saved,
the pardon racket ended, and
full co-operation given to the
national government in its war
effort, that Talmadge must be
defeated. And it is refreshing
to note that many’ former sup
porters of the governor are
now dedicating their efforts
to bring about such a result, i
EARLY COUNTY NEWS. BLAKELY, GEORGIA
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Washington, D. C. (NW’NS) —War
■officials, congressmen and the men
on the street here have become ter
rifically air-minded in the past few
weeks. Ever since the war began,
the airplane has been recognized as
perhaps the most important of all
equipment for winning the war, but
lately the possibilities of what might
be accomplished by air have been
greatly expanded.
One reason for this was the pres
ence in the city of Henry Ji Kaiser,
builder of the Boulder and Grand
Coulee dams, who in recent months
has brought about mass production
of ships at a speed which most ship
builders considered impossible. Mr.
Kaiser has brought up the possibil
ity of transporting men and equip
i ment across the seas by cargo planes
and said that, if given the go
ahead signal, he could produce 70-
ton- cargo planes in ten months and
in 14 months could build a 200-ton
plane capable of carrying a 60-ton
load.
There are many problems facing
such a project, but the difficulties of
transporting war materials through
submarine-infested seas have set
many a war expert to dreaming of
fleets of giant planes carrying men
and equipment to all fronts.
In addition to transportation, con
centration on aviation has also been
stimulated by the plans revealed by
both the avation leaders of Great
Britain and of this country to de
stroy all leading German production
centers by continuous day and night
mass bombings. More and more
the feeling here is that the much
talked of second front will at first
be an air front and the successful
raids England already has made on
several German cities are setting the
pattern for an invasion by air capa
ble 'of paralyzing German war pro-,
duction.
How many planes and how many
men we have in England to partici
pate in such an invasion is of course
not revealed, but there is no ques
tion that our forces there are gath
ering strength daily.
The total number of men now in
our armed forces, which has been
mosty a matter of guess work even
by those close to the war and navy
departments, was revealed by
President Roosevelt as being 4,000,-
000. The President gave out this
figure in issuing a statement on the
meat shortage, giving the figure to
show the great number of men in
our forces which must be fed.
This means that we already have
more men in the forces than Secre
tary of War Stimson set as our
goal for 1942—which was 3,600,000.
After Mr. Stimson set that goal,
however, General Marshall, last May,
said the goal should be set at 4,500,-
000—a goal which it looks as though
we would reach.
As a result of an order by the
President, a bill is now being drafted
to give the War Man Power Com
mission authority to assign any qual
ified man and woman in the country
to a task in the war program. Un
der this plan, the government would
have the right to control the occu
pation of 60,000,000 men and
women.
It is anticipated that several mil
lion more employees will soon bo
needed in munitions industries and
probably cannot be adequately
supplied by voluntary methods
Through occupational questionnaires,
the government is getting complete
information on the jobs which could
be performed by all men between
the ages of 18 and 64, and it is
probable, if the new measure is pass
ed, that all women will also be re
quired to give such information.
With congress on an unoffcial re- ]
cess, no legislation of any import
ance will be considered until Sep ;
tember. Speaker Rayburn, after a ;
talk with the President, said that
the President had no important leg-;
islation for the house to consider this
month and he set an example for ■
the rest of the representatives by i
going home for a four or five weeks
stay. Senator Barkley, majority
leader in the senate, announced that!
there would be no important legisla
tion taken up in the senate until the j
revenue bill comes up some time in j
September. So the questions of ]
food prices, wage control, and in
flation will be left hanging fire for
at least another month.
There has been great excitement i
here over the trial of the German ;
saboteurs. Congressmen who are
still in Washington report receiving
strongly worded letters from their j
Homises
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constituents stating that the Ger
mans were given much too great
.consideration in the long trial that
preceded sentence. It is clear that
the public never questioned their
guilt and favored immediate convic
tion as an example to other enemies
who may be planning sabotage with
in our country.
The Federal Bureau of Investi
gation reports that their offices
throughout the country have been
flooded with tips about suspi
cious people who should be investi
gated as possible saboteurs and the
FBI is doing everything possible to
run down all such reports.
O
SIX-INCH
S-E-R-M-O-N
By REV. ROBERT
H. HARPER
ISAAC PRACTICES PEACE
Lesson for Aug. 16: Gen. 26:18-31
Golden Text: Matthew 5:9.
Contrasted with his father, who
fought when he thought it necessary,
Isaac was a man of peace. From
the wells he had reopened and from
two others he had digged he with
drew, when herdmen of the Philis
tines strove with his, and at length
he won the right to dwell in peace.
At Beersheba, Isaac received re
newed assuranceof God’s blessings
to him and his people, and he built
there an altar and worshipped.
The story has several good les
sons. As Isaac reopened the wells
his father had digged, we need at
times to renew the faith we have
received. However, it is also sig
nificant that Isaac reopened other
wells. No generation can exhaust
the truth. As every generation has
its problems, we must apply old
truth to new and present needs.
It is further significant that Isaac
arose from his knees at the altar
he had built at Beersheba to meet
Abimilech as he came to offer a
league of friendship.
Surely the ravaged world needs
the man of peace. We cannot fore
see whether a year or years must!
pass in the present conflict. Os ne
cessity we now’ fight, but we look i
for a decision that will give every
man the opportunity to dwell in!
peace, as it will give his nation and
all the nations the opportunity to ]
work out their own destinies unmo-;
lested. In this hope it is profitable i
to have before us this ancient exam-,
pie of Isaac, who won his way to
peace by being peaceable.
te—. Adolph, Benito and Hirohito
—the three blind mice. Make
them run with ten percent of
r your income in War Bonds
__ every pay day.
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Osr Job Is to Save
BoUars
Buy
War Bonds
V Every Pcy Day
A HALF CENTURY AGO TODAY
Some Things of Interest That Happened
Fifty Years Ago.
(Excerpts from Early County News
of August 11, 1892.)
IT IS reported that there are
30,000 cases of cholera in Russia.
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A BABY BOY arrived at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hobbs
last Thursday.
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THE brick masons have begun
work on the brick store of Major
T. F. Jones on Cuthbert street.
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ROBINSON & DAVIS will soon
again start their bakery.
* * *
THE DEATH of Mr. J. W. Spence,
of Sowhatchee, is chronicled in The
News this week.
* * *
MR. R. L. HOWELL has opened a
skating rink in Fryer’s Hall.
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MR. J. B. CHANCY has gone to
the Agricultural Convention at Grif
fin.
MR. W. A. HOWARD, of Ameri
cus, is spending a few days in
Blakely.
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MR. D. W. JAMES and family vis
ited Albany this week.
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MR. ROSWELL SMITH and sis
ter, Miss Annie Blanton, have re
turned from a trip to middle Geor
gia.
CEDAR SPRINGS ITEMS: Grand
ma Sheffield and Mr. Gove Howard
are visiting in Albany . . . Mr. and
Mrs. Belser, of Steam Mill, were
here last week . . . Sheriff Skipper
and Mr. Baker, of Henry county,
Ala., were in the village Monday . . .
Mr. A. A. Jones, of Columbia, is here
this week . . . Miss Jessie Mosely
has returned home, accompanied by
Miss Clyde Mosely and Mr. Omar
Mosely . . . Mr. R. H. Brooks, of
Rock Hill, was in our village Satur
day . . . Miss Florence Kellum has
returned home . . . Misses Florrie
and Lessie Mosely have returned
from Gordon, Ala.
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MIDDLETON HARDWARE COMPANY
MR. WILL SHAW and Mrs. James
Shaw, of Clay county, visited rela
tives here this week.
* * *
SOWHATCHEE NEWS: “Miss
Pete Howard, of Blakely, is visiting
relatives here . . . Prof. G. M. Mc-
Daniel, assisted by Miss Ida Lane,
opened school here on August 1 . . .
Eddie and Addie Chandler, of Blake
ly, are down to enter school here . . .
Mr. J. D. Willis has been conducting
a singing school here.”
DR. W. B. STANDIFER and Dr.
T. M. Howard left Tuesday to at
tend the gubernatorial convention in
Atlanta.
* * *
MRS. W. S. BEAUCHAMP has re
turned from a visit to middle Geor
gia.
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DISPLAY ADS in The News this
week represent: H. C. Fryer & Son,
Central Railroad of Georgia, Cedar
Springs Academy, R. L. Howell, J.
B. Chancy, Cruger & Pace (Albany),
George E. Chipstead, W. C. Shef
field (Cedar Springs), W. C. Cook,
0. P. & B. E. Willingham (Macon),
Neuman & Tobias (Albany), Fort
& Mims, White Sewing Machines,
New Home Sewing Machines, Royal
Baking Powder, E. L. Fryer, Odell
Typewriters, Bucklen’s Arnica Salve.
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