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i Governor Talmadge’s Record in the |
i Welfare Department of Early County I
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® We would like to quote you a few figures for comparison so that you may see who is-- g
J and has been—a friend of the old folks—needy blind and dependent children of Early ®
® County. After three and one half years of the Rivers-Arnall administration as of July, |
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g On Roll 226 Old Age Pensioners totaling $1521.50 2
© 8 Needy Blind, totaling... 88.50 ©
J 23 Aid for Dependent Children (including 48 dependents) 394.00 J
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After one and one- half years of Governor Eugene Talmadge’s administration—-as of July
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© On Roll 622 Old Age Pensioners totaling i 54598.50 ©
J 23 Needy Blind, totaling 256.00 @
© 34 .Aid for Dependent Children (including 68 dependents) 530.00 ©
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® Increase in numbers, 422; increase in amount, $3380.50. Remember these figures are for ®
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I July, 1 940, and July, 1 942, and plainly shows what Talmadge is doing for the masses of
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THIS WEEK
■JIBKB By
. J*' Earl
' “ Tige ”
Pickle
In case you hadn’t noticed, this
columnist has been away for the
past two weeks in a hospital for a
little repair work. We have, so to
speak, had our valves ground, igni
tion checked and other minor ail
ments repaired, and within a short
while hope to be running on all six
cylinders.
If you’ve been reading these dis
patches with any regularity, you
will know that this column has been
advocating some improvements for
Blakely which would take our little
city out of the bush-league class,
one of which is the installing of a
modern telephone system for local ■
subscribers —the most tolerant peo-l
pie in all this whole wide world, j
We say most tolerant, because we i
believe nobody but these subscribers;
would have put up with the kind of
service they have been getting for •
the past twenty years or more. So, ■
ft is with some pride that today we
announce that we believe Blakely is
at last on the right track toward
getting its service improved. As you ;
know, the local Lions Club has been
working faithfully on this project,;
for a number of months. At last;
their efforts are somewhat rewarded. |
The Public Service Commission has;
reduced the telephone rates “to cor-j
respond with the character of serv
ice which it is rendering.”. This ;
should prove quite an incentive for,
the owner of the local exchange to ;
improve the equipment and service.
The rates cannot be raised again un-1
til the Public Service Commission is j
satisfied that these improvements
have been made. Our own personal
opinion is that we hope that the
rates will go up again soon. In fact,
it will be most gratifying to pay a
higher rate than the old rate if the
service warrants it, but not until it
does. Although your service may
not be any better than it was a year
ago, or even a month ago, we are
proud to tell you that it won’t cost
you as much money as in former
years. We thank all the readers of
this column who stood by us and |
backed us up since we’ve been in
this fight. Come on down and help
us enjoy this moral victory.
“I’ll always love,” said she,
The fire of love was in her eyes,
But I knew she was a fickle liar—
She was looking at my retreaded
tires.
That gay, light-as—a-feather walk
of Mr. Cy Duke’s is accounted for
by reason of the fact that he has
been out on the West coast soaking
up some of that California weather.
The weather and sunshine didn’t
have so much to do with it as the fact
that he got to see his son, Raymond,
who is a member of the world’s
; greatest Navy and who has been out
, in the vast Pacific for several months
helping to give the Nazis and Japs
the merry old hell, and lots of it.
■ Seeing the son again took about ten
years off Mr. Cy’s age and now he
thinks he is young enough to join
the Navy.
So much cotton being ginned
causes us to wonder how many boys
and girls (grown-ups, too) here in
Blakely and Early county have visit
ed a cotton gin. Probably only a
small percentage. To tell the truth,
we had never been inside a cotton
gin until a few years ago. They
say that many New Yorkers have
never visited a night club, Coney
Island, or seen the Statue of Liberty,
and we bet that just as many Early
Icountians, in proportion to popula
tion, have never seen any cotton
| ginned. You ought to go down
: and watch them. It’s quite fasci
nating and it is something you should
.know about, since we are right in the
| cotton belt and the cotton crop is one
of dur chief sources of labor.
Note to W. H. Fleming of our
staff: Before leaving for the army
next week, how about cleaning your
I flower beds out in front of the of
ifice? Since your absence of sever
ial months, the beds have become a
(bit grassy and give the appearance
iof a small jungle. As you know,
'those pretty roses and other flowers
have received the admiration of all
'the flower lovers in our town. The
other day Mrs. T. 0. Whitchard
'came down and told us that if we
| didn’t clean out the beds, she was
•going to take some necessary steps.
• And you know we hate work, being
of the opinion that work was made
for a mule, so please before going
away clean them out, for we don’t
want Mrs. Whitchard tearing up our
head.
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sticker for International truck.
Owner can get same by identifying
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NEWS OFFICE.
EARLY COUNTY NEWS. BLAKELY, GEORGIA
; To the People of the
Second Congressional
District of Georgia
I Although lam a candidate for re
election to Congress, the winning of
the war in the quickest possible time,
; with the fewest killed and wounded,
is the supreme issue before the na
tion.
We must continue our war efforts
; without let-up until absolute, com
; plete victory is achieved for the
' United States and our Allies.
; We must continue to demand un
’ relenting and efficient prosecution of
\ the war not only on the fighting
' lines, but on the home front of pro
’ duction and delivery of machines,
munitions and supplies of war.
We must provide our armed forces
! and those of our Allies with all the
1 necessary machines, munitions, and
supplies. Those machines, munitions
. and supplies must be delivered in
‘ ample quantities, in time, where
’ needed.
Every activity, consideration, in
terest or influence which in any
way interferes with or impedes the
' most determined and efficient war
efforts must be uncompromisingly
put aside.
' We must refuse to consider any'
peace terms until we have won such j
a decisive victory that we, together!
with our Allies, shall be in position;
to dictate the peace terms. This i
fight for freedom permits no com-;
1 promises. The Axis marauders must;,
be completely vanquished and doc-j
trines they represent erased from
the world.
We must recognize that the United •
j States has an obligation—an ines- •
: capable responsibility—after peace |
comes, to work with the other na
' bions of the world to bring about; 1
ja co-operative spirit and achieve an':
i understanding which will make peace;
’ a permanent peace. In meeting this ;.
; responsibility, however, we must j'
j make certain we do not endanger | \
\ our own liberty, jeopardize our own ! ’
; independence, or weaken our Amer-1'
I ican constitutional government, our : s
free enterprise economy and our'
American free way of life. We can;
not achieve freedom for other na- 1 ’
‘ tions by giving it up ourselves. We| J
; can make liberty strongest through-|
; out the world by making it strong- -
! ■ est in America.
Our victory in this war and our
'I security in the peace to come tran-!’
scend every other consideration.!
: These issues demand the full and
! immediate utilization of the mpst
capable military and civilian admin-1
: istrators. Mistakes, blunders and in
. competence injure all of us alike. ’
■ We ■will pay in tears and taxes foi
' any inefficiency in the prosecution j (
of this war. The patriotism andi
j sacrifice of the people must be made!
effective by the selection of the most
capable and best trained leaders in
America, regardless of party, class,
section or group.
National unity is the first requi
site in this war. Such unity depends
upon informed public opinion based
upon free speech’and free press. It
is not a privilege, it is a right and a
duty of every citizen, in the Con
gress and out of it, to watch the
war efforts, to point out mistakes
where seen, and to recommend rem
edies. The people should be given
all the information possible consist
ent with military necessities. There
must be no unnecessary censorship on
the American people.
There must be no vested interests
in this war. Our Nation’s danger
must not be exploited by any indi
vidual, class or group for special
gains of profits or power.
There can be no picket line on the
Victory Line. A strike against pro
duction is a strike against victory.
Delay is the way to defeat; because
this is so strikes are the most po
tent aids to the Fifth Columnists.
Whenever workers on the home
front throw down their tools they
are inviting our soldiers to throw
down their guns.
Disrupted industry means disrupt
ed production. Disrupted produc
‘ tion means delayed deliveries. De
| layed deliveries mean defeats. De
feats mean slavery and death. Only
iVIM and VIGOR add up to VIC
TORY.
There must be a prompt resump-
Ition after war ends of the regular
: operations of constitutional govern
; ment.
Non-defense spending must be re
duced to the minimum of essentials.
We must avoid inflation.
Taxes must be based upon ability
to pay.
It has been well said that “Waste
can lose the war.” We must, there
fore, keep constant vigilance to elim
inate waste and inefficiency.
American free enterprise is our
hope of the future. We must oppose
any unwarranted assaults or restric
tions upon American free enterprise.
Our economic problems must be
solved on a basts of fairness to all.
American agriculture must not be
left stranded or deflated after this
war. The soil is still the solid
foundation of a free America.
The principles which have made
America the greatest nation in the
world must not be lost in this war.
We must not only win this war, we
must win the peace.
Gratefully,
E. E. COX.
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PURE WHEAT SHORTS, 100-lb. bag 2.75
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