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i Governor Talmadge Has Supported |
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g Don’t you consider Georgia’s Public Schools the most important public institution in the State? If the boys and girls of
® Early County and the other counties of the State are given a high school education, don’t you think that fact paramount to all g
g other issues raised in this campaign? @
® Talmadge’s opponent and his cohorts have become so hysterical about the so-called discrediting of higher institutions of ®,
J learning that they’ve entirely forgotten the public schools where the great masses of the people get all the schooling they g
J ever get! ®
g HAS TALMADGE FORGOTTEN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS? What does the rec- J
3 ord show in Early County Schools? ®
® When Talmadge took office in January, 1941, isn’t it true that the teachers of Early County had been paid only part of ®
g their salaries for three years past? Isn’t it true that for two successive years prior to Talmadge taking office that the schools g
® of Early County closed before the end of the spring term due to lack of funds, except that four of the larger schools remained g
g open by borrowing money and seeking public donations? g.
g Isn’t it true that your County Board of Education during 1937-38, 1938-39, 1939-40 terms of schools had to borrow money g
® constantly from local banks —loans ranging from $1,000.00 to $10,000.00 — in order to keep Early County Schools open? g
® When Talmdage took office in 1941 the State of Georgia owed Early county teachers literally thousands of dollars in g
8 back salaries. Are there any back salaries due the teachers now? No! Talmadge has paid them every cent due them, as
® well as kept up current salaries. It hasn’t been necessary for the Early County Board of Education to borrow any more money! g
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® What have these increased funds enabled your Board of Education to do besides pay the teachers in full to date? Oh,
© yes! those twenty odd steel body, comfortable, safe school busses for your children! They cost more than $13,000.00, and g
® they are paid for in full! And another thing—the Bookmobile which enables the rural people to enjoy library facilities same
S as the folks in town. This was made possible by increased school funds contributed to this Federal Aid Project! g
I ELECT TALMADGE AND YOUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE AS THEY HAVE SINCE
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THIS WEEK
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All the heroes aren’t in the armed
services. We’re thinking just now
of the Eirly county youth who, a
few weeks ago, rescued three girls
from drowning. His name is Pete
Smith. A more heroic deed can
cardly be imagined. At the risk of
his own life, his energy almost spent,
he made three trips into the water
to snatch three lives from a watery
grave. After rescuing one of the
girls and carrying her up a steep
bank to safety, a dynamic feat with
in itself, he went back into the water
and dragged another to safety. By
this time he had almost absorbed all
his energy, but he jumped back into
the water to bring the third to
safety. Older men on the banks
pleaded with him not to try the
impossible. But their pleading went
unheeded and the youth went in
again. This young lady had already
gone down for the last time, but
Pete Smith dived down, found the
unconscious girl lying on the bottom.
He brought her to safety and be
gan artificial respiration. His energy
was gone. He was completely fa
tigued. Another man on the banxs
helped to apply artificial respiration,
which brought life back to the drown
ing girl. Yes, this lad is just as
much a hero as if he had single
handedly destroyed an enemy ma
chine gun nest. His own life was
hanging in the balance each ime
he went into the water. And cer
tainly he was aware of th e dangei,
because the bystanders on the bank
were shouting for him not to trj
the impossible. But just the same
he did the impossible and saved an
other life. Such bravery should not
go unheralded. Pete Smith deserves
the Carnegie medal for heroism and
bravery.
Bernard Herring has joined the
Army Air Corps. Well, what s news
about this? So have a lot of othei
people, including Bill Duke. Nothing
except that Bernard happens to be
one of our favorite persons, bo is
Bill, for that matter, but this para-
graph is about Bernard. Bernard is
one of those rare specimens who
possesses the enviable qualities
which makes everybody like him.
Never heard anybody speak anything
but admiration for him. He possess
es a keen wit which will keep you
laughing all the time you are in his
company. He loves a g’ood joke and
will laugh just as hard if the joke is
on himself as if on some one else.
He is a born optimist. He always
sees the bright side. In fact, we
doubt if he knows there is a dark
side. Now that he goes to join this
columnist’s other stalwart fighting
friends —to name a few, Ralph
Hobbs, “Sunshine” Grier, James Bry
ant, Alex Howell, John Deal, DuPont
Strong, Carter Davis, Ottis Hall, F.
B. Martindale, and a host of others
—we are predicting an early Allied
victory.
By
Earl
“Tige”
Pickle
Some one has given us a subscrip
tion to a Honolulu newspaper. The
name of this kind benefactor stiil re
mains a mystery. But we’ve learn
ed more about Hawaii from reading
the Star-Bulletin in the past few
weeks than we ever could have by
studying geography. Life seems to
be going on there much the same as
at home. People over there are be
ing born, getting married (Note:
marriage comes first), dying, buying
defense bonds and working in de
fense plants just the same as in the
good old U. S. A. In fact, certain
parts of Hawaii are buying more
war bonds and stamps than then
quota. The war, with its flying for
! tresses and fast pursuit ships, has
i certainly brought far-away places
right to our front door. Time was,
I not so long ago, when we thought
'Hawaii a distant land overrun witn
I enchanting and seductive dark
; skinned ladies wearing grass skirls
who had nothing more to do tnan
! dance the hula on the snow-white
'beaches while a tropical moon snone
idown from above. Hawaii seemed to
IUS to be a land of pineapples and
I eternal romance. But it is a land
I just like ours. Inhabitants work,
i fight and play much the same as
iwe With emphasis on the fight,
For it was this territory which was
I first visited by the little yellow men
'from the Land of the Rising Sun.
; Here is located Pearl Harbor.
(Note: Most American newspapers
1 carry the slogan, “Remember Pearl
Harbor,” but not the Honolulu Star-
Bulletin. On the front page in
bold-face letters are these words:
“Remember Make Island.
For several days now your report
er has been spending a good bit of
'his time in bed upon the recommen
dation of his doctor. To pass tne
time away we have been listening vO
the radio. All kinds of programs,
good, bad and indescribable; soap
operas, singing commercials, ail the
cigarette each of which
EARLY COUNTY NEWS. BLAKELY. GEORGIA
HOMEW>®
FRONT
FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT '
SOLEMN NEWS—
Scores of trucks and busses in the
southeastern states are already idle
—chocked up on wooden blocks
without tires. That’s solemn news
for the home front.
News that our boys have begun
to recapture tropic rubber shores
from Japan is cheering, but rubber
for civilians is still out of the pic
ture. Folks who travel are going to
get their toes stepped on and find
many an elbow in their faces in
transportation jams by September,
says ODT. Drivers are warned to
save tires by reducing speeds and
making fewer stops.
EUROPE’S FOOD SHORTAGE —
While our government is buying a
million pounds of vegetables to ship
our fighting men, shortages harass
the conquered people of Europe. In
Norway, onions, picked in a marsh,
were sold at 49 cents a pound.
Could you feed five people on
two pounds of vegetables a week?
In France, former land of good eat
is pronounced by the announcers as
the best (and he can prove it by “in
dependent, scientific research”), sym
phonies and the nasal noise of the
hill-william bands, but nothing has
grated on our nerves quite so much
as the tune, “He Wears a Pair of
Silver Wings.” For some reason,
every program manager thinks his,
program is not quite complete unless
this tune is played, which accounts
for the fact that we have heard it
between four and five thousand times
within a period of two weeks. Why
don’t we turn the radio off? What
for? Don’t your neighbors have ra
dios? Besides every delivery boy
knows this tune and insists upon
whistling it as soon as he turns on
Church street.
By now we suppose all of you
first-aid pupils know what to do if
you find an injured man in an auto
mobile. If he is conscious, pull him
from the car, lay him on the ground
in a comfortable position and call a
doctor. If he is unconscious, let him
stay in the car, take off his tires
and scram away from there as fast
a# you can.
ing, that’s about all there is to keep
the conquered citizens alive. Dairy
products are so scarce that in Ger
many they’re using lubricating oil
for butter.
LARGE CROPS HERE—
WPB figures show 350,000,000
quarts of food will be canned in the
southeast this year, and farmers
are producing record amounts of
wheat, corn, cheese, eggs, poultry
and cereals. The government is
paying good prices in the South for
dehydrated potatoes, onions, cab
bage, beets, carrots and turnips.
Millions of pounds are needed for
the army.
The OPA now believes there will
be no decrease in the amount of our
sugar rations for at least another
year. Sugar Stamp No. 8 is good
for five pounds, but it must last
over a longer period of time.
WORK CLOTHING PEGGED—
During the last war the mail order
price of overalls jumped frojn 82c
to $2.95. A new rise was threaten
ed last week, but OPA took steps to
see that work clothing doesn’t sky
rocket this time.
Boy Scouts have volunteered to
help control inflation by delivering
leaflets which explain price control
to every home in the country.
JUNIOR SALVAGE CORPS—
School children will be organized
into a “Junior Salvage Corps” to
conduct a house-to-house scrap can
vass starting October 5 . . . Some
war relics are being scrapped to re
lieve the acute metal shortage, but
things of true historic value should
not be sacrificed until we clean out
all the back-yard junk.
The ornamental yucca plant is go
ing to pinch-hit for hemp and jute
fibers which we used to get from
the Far East. It can be used to
make rope, twine, burlap, and ma
terials used in mattresses and in up
holstery.
Civil Service announces many job
openings connected with the war
effort. • The post office can furnish
details.
BLAKELY CHAPTER NO. 282
ORDER EASTERN STAR
Holds regular meeting nights ev
ery second and fourth Thursday
nights, 7:30 o’clock p. m.
MRS. SALLY GOOCHER,
Worthy Matron.
Mrs. Nora Scarborough,
Secretary.
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