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Official Organ City of Blakely
and County of Early
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Blakely, Ga., September 10, 1942
Early county boys and girls
get back to school next Mon
day.
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Little inconveniences are not
always without their compen
sation. Says The Dawson
News: “Automobile tire and
gas rationing will give people
ample opportunity this winter
to remain at their firesides
and catch up on some good
reading.”
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As most everyone had antic
ipated, Senator Dick Russell
literally “snowed under” his
opponent, Will D. Upshaw, in
yesterday’s primary. The Sen
ator’s record deserved the en
dorsement of Georgia voters,
and they gave him that en
dorsement in no uncertain
terms.
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Any ill feeling engendered
in the heat of an election cam
paign should be allowed to
quickly die after the results
are announced. Many citizens
take their politics too serious
ly, forgetting that the friend
ship and good will of their fel
lows is more to be desired
than the favor of some passing
politician.
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Meat rationing may not be
far off. Reports are that the
food requirements committee
in Washington has decided up
on the rationing of meats and
predicts that within three or
four months all meats will be
sold on a rationed basis. It is
reported that the weekly al
lowance will be 2 1-2 pounds
per person.
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Whither Oj c o m e or
whence they may be going,
we would like to know. We
are referring to the millions
and millions of these little
white insects that have recent
ly appeared in and around
Blakely. For some years they
have generally appeared in
the late fall, mostly around
shrubbery, but this year they
have overflowed up into the
business section of the city.
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Sometimes blunders pay div
idends, says the Moultrie
.server, which notes that “a|
blunder is credited with the I
origin of blotting paper around 1
the 19th century. A paner|
millhand in Berkshire, Eng- j
land, neglected to put a sizing
ingredient into one day’s batch
of paper when it was in the
liquid state. It came frOTO i
the rollers apparently
less. The thrifty proprietor
decided to use it for his own
notes and figuring.”
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The influence of America’s
fighting forces is beginning to
be felt in several theatres of
the war. The Marines have
given an excellent account of
themselves in the Solomon Is
lands, and American air and
tank forces are reported to
have played an important part
in the stopping of Rommel’s
recent offensive in the African
desert. American fliers are
also reported increasingly
five on the continent of
rope, where they are cooperat
ing with the British in the
daily bombings of Germany
and its occupied territory.
WE REJOICE
There is no one in Georgia
who rejoices today over the
results of Wednesday’s gover
nor’s election more than the ed
itor of the News. We have con
sistently opposed Mr. Tal
madge and his rule-or-ruin
philosohphy of government all
these years, and it is a source
of gratification that a majority
of our fellow Georgians have
at last joined us in repudiat
ing the Talmadge dictator
ship. We feel that under
Ellis Arnall Georgia will again
resume its rightful place in
the commonwealths of this na
tion, that the University sys
tem will be restored to its
accredited standing, and
we shall again have constitu
tional government in Georgia.
After January 1st Georgia will
no longer be the laughing
stock of the nation.
We are also grateful that
Early county' cast its vote for
Mr. Arnall and against the
Sage of Sugar Creek—the first
time that it has done so in any
of Mr. Talmadge’s races for
the governorship.
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GIVE UP LUXURIES NOW
Paraphrasing: He who would save
his luxury shall lose it and he who
shall lose his luxury for the war’s
sake shall save it.
Many people have been reluctant
to give up luxuries now and have
been quite critical of some of the
requirements that have been imposed
by necessity in the war effort. What
are luxuries? Most of the things
we consider necessary to comfortable
livink would be luxuries to our par
ents and most of the world’s people
today consider them as luxuries.
Whatever name we give them we
must choose between having them
now or later, clinging to them a
little longer and then losing them
forever or doing without them for a
while to make sure we will have
them the rest of our lives.
Those who are unable to see be
yond the present desire, will choose
today’s pleasures; those blessed with
understanding will deny themselves
now to insure future abundance. A
farmer gives up a bushel of corn in
the spring to harvest many bushels
in the fall.
Giving up those things that are
needed to make a war is not a loss
but an investment, and the profit
will be the greatest in the history of
the world. If we surrender luxuries
now we get our reward in a decent
world for ourselves and children
through the blessings of freedom.
What is our most priceless luxury?
It is that thing called freedom which
gives us the right to live in a self
governed world, to seek happiness,
and ehjoy life without the shackles
of dictatorship. Have we the faith
and confidence in the soundness of
our institutions, have we the neces
sary foresight to give up for the
duration those things necessary to
speed the war’s end and bring it to
a successful conclusion? Nobody
can force us to give up. It is a sac
rifice we must impose upon our
selves in the manner of a free man.
We must submit to the necessary
rules as an athlete submits to train
ing, and not as a thing to endure
under protest.
The arrogant and selfish who feel
superior to soldiers will cry
agam ®* evei> . . . v ,\°, u wl •„
ear tllem say> Thls Hitlerism. T .
B ^. take yoU1 ' l ' holce: Be a Civalmn
scddler > proudly serving in harness
01 rc ^ use to cooperate. Its a free
eountry while it lasts -
The time for the all-out effort is
a now P* -n<>tJater. rt rf you wlU Every kee P person your free
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f 0 ” 1 - you must first save it.-Mil
ledgceville Union-Recorder.
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There’s a zip in the air to
us that the fall season is here. Soon,
the trees will be shedding their
sombre colorings and putting on
bright-hued liveries. The sound
peanut threshing machines will echo
in the fields and mingle with the
hum of cotton gins. It’s fall again,
the time not long distant when
hog-killing time, with, visions
spare l-ibs, backbones and, yes—chit
terlings—loom in the mind. For
children, fall ushers in cane
time, and what grown-up
who does not envy the
happiness of children as
catch the sweet cane juice as
trickling from the mill or
syrup foam with a slither of
peeling from the wooden trough?—
News.
EARLY COUNTY NEWS. BLAKELY. GEORGIA
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TODAY
and
TOMORROW
By DON ROBINSON
SCRAPOLOGY .... education
I’ve just finished traveling through
a lot of small towns talking to peo
ple about scrap.
There is no doubt that practically
every man, woman and child in this
country is now conscious of the fact
that scrap iron, scrap rubber, scrap
tin, aluminum and other scarce ma
terials are vitally needed. But there j
is still a lot of confusion about |
where to turn in scrap, whether it is
patriotic to collect money for it,
whether some junk man is getting j
rich on selling the free stuff, wheth-1
er the soles should be taken off |
sneakers before turning them in,
whether iron is of any use if it’s all,j
rusty—and a thousand other minor
questions which naturally arise when j
the whole country is faced with a |
new undertaking of this kind.
In another month, most all of the
questions will probably be adequate
ly answered. With the President,
his cabinet, half a dozen other gov
ernment agencies as well as leading
national industries all behind the
scrap campaigns, there isn’t going
to be much time wasted in giving us
all a thorough education in scrap-
°l°£y
We’ll have plenty of opportunity
i to learn what to do with what scrap
if we are willing to read and listen.
VOLUNTEERS help
In a country town I talked to a
farmer who admitted that he prob
ably had four or five hundred pounds
of scrap iron out around his barns.
He said he was perfectly willing to
turn it in and he didn’t care whether
he got paid a cent for it or not. But
he hadn’t done anything about it
and here’s his explaantion:
“I’ll give ’em the stuff, but no
body will come and get it. If they
think I’m going to pick it all up and
take it to town, they’re crazy.”
He didn’t say who “they” was in
this case, but I presume he referred
to a handful of patriotic citizens in
town who were struggling, against
heavy odds, to make a local salvage
committee function.
His reaction is a natural one.
There are plenty of us who are will
ing to give away the old stuff we
don’t want anyway. But that’s not
very much of a sacrifiice. We’d be
glad to give away the junk even if
there wasn’t a war on if someone
would come and clear it out of the
place. That’s not the kind of co
operation which is going to win the
war.
But to win the war our soldiers
have to go out looking for Japs, and
on the home front we must all go
out looking for ways we can co
operate. Why shouldn’t that farmer
gather up and take his junk to town
rather than demand that some un
paid volunteer pick it up?
ENTHUSIASM .... Wolcott
In Coatesville, Penna., home of
the Lukens Steel company, has been
demonstrated the kind of 100 pet
cent co-operation which is needed to
make this scrap drive really worry
the Axis.
Being the leader of the national
cffort t0 collect scra P iron and stee1 ’
Robert W. Wolcott, president of the
j | Lukens ball railing Steel, in his decided home to town. start the
^ salvage committee was formed
many months ago and a campaign
was conducted to collect scrap from
every home. When the campaign
was over, the results showed a
lection average of two pounds per
person.
Mr. Wolcott and the local
mittee weren’t satisfied with the re
suits, so a second campaign
started to bring in the scrap
was missed on the first drive. The
second campaign also brought in two
pounds of scrap iron per capita.
I Still dissatisfied, the committee
(really rolled up its sleeves and
to work. It made the third junk
(rally a gala occasion and got every
one in town all steamed up about it.
This third campaign was going to
show what could be done—in the
first two, it was agreed, the people
just been fooling.
For this third campaign every
home and every farm was canvassed,
j The people had their scrap ready and
got it to the proper spots, When
the count was taken it was found
that the tonnage this time averaged
35 pounds per person, or 140 pounds
per family—almost nine times as
much as the other two collections
combined 1
SUCCESS . . . . individual
No matter how much national bal
lyhoo there is about scrap collection,
its success or failure is going to de
pend upon the real work which is
done on it in each town and each
home.
This isn’t a case of finding some
little knicknack to throw into the
collection as might be done for a
church bazaar. This is a case of
digging out every knicjcnack and ev
ery ounce of all the scrap you can
possibly lay your hands on—and do
ing something to get it into the
hands of a junkman even if no effort
at all is made by volunteer workers
to collect it from you.
We should think of it in this way:
Every pound of iron you collect may
stop a Jap, a German or an Italian.
Every ounce you leave lying in the
fields may cost the life of an Amei-<
ican soldier.
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SIX-INCH
S-E-R-M-O-N
By REV. ROBERT
H. HARPER
JOSEPH SOLD INTO SLAVERY
Lesson for September 13: Genesis
37:23-36
Golden Text: 1 Cor. 13:4.
In the sordid story of brothers
selling Joseph into slavery, we note
the love of a father for his favorite
son whom his dearly loved Rachel
had borne him, the unsuccessful ruse
of Reuben to deliver Joseph, and the
envy and hatred of men who sent
their own brother to the slave
market.
Reuben tr j e d to save Joseph by
having Joseph cast into a pit, in
tendi later to deliver him to his
f th Juda h saved Joseph from
death by persuading the others to
sell him into slavery.
Having sold Joseph to the Midi
anRe s, the wicked brothers
tbey bad yd their crime by sending
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the b]ood . stain e d coat of Joseph
their father. But we learn in this,
as in uncounted instances,
crime cannot be hid. Even in that
day it was learned by the guilty
that the world is really quite small.
At the present, with improved com
murdca tion it is marvelous how
qu j ck ] y and sure Iy crime is detected
and the g. udty brought to justice,
The wicked brothers thought they
had covered their crime and
they were r5d of tbe dreamer and
his dreams . But as an old hymn
Rag it> «q 0( | moves y a mysterious
way his woljders to perform.” In
succeed i n g & page s we shall see
God used eve n the evil plans of the
brothers to work out his own plans
foi . kis peop i e ,
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Wasted money is wasted
w lives. Don’t waste precious
lives. Every dollar you can
spare should be used to buy
War Bonds. Buy your ten
per cent every pay day.
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A HALF CENTURY AGO TODAY
Some Things of Interest That Happened
Fifty Years Ago.
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(Excerpts from Early County New*
of September 8, 1892.)
MR. CURRY WEBB, of Damascus,
is now salesman at Judge Hender
son’s.
* * *
REV. R. B. TAYLOR was a visitor
here this week.
* * *
MRS. MAMIE McG'REGOR and
daughters, of Macon, are visiting in
B i akely>
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MR. R. L. HAMMACK closed his
school at Freeman’s Chapel last
Friday.
* * *
A BABY BOY arrived at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Robinson this
week.
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MISS Mary Ashley Hightower
Tuesday to' be assistant in music at
the Union Female College in Eu
faula.
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MAGNOLIA LODGE, assisted
Masonic lodges at Colquitt and
Horn’s Cross Roads, met at Flat
Creek church last Sunday and pel'
formed the burial ceremony over the
grave of Mr. Elias Harper. D r _ w.
B. Standifer officiated as worshipful
master.
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DR. I. H. HAND, of Baker, was
nominated in Albany last
as the Third Party candidate
Congress.
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OOL. PEEK, the Third
nominee for governor, spoke here
last Monday.
THE Sullivan-Corbett fight,
i took place in New Orleans last night,
resulted in a defeat for Sullivan.
MESSRS. Thorny Beach,
Crawford and Bradley Nichols
j over f rom Columbia on their
|] as t Thursday, returning on the
train .
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WE’RE PREPARED! ♦
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to Let our BLUE RIBBON (
SERVICEMAN check over
♦ and adjust your McCor- m
mick-Deering Tractor and 5
Farm Machines. Let him I
: replace any worn parts that ♦
l might Our bins cause of Genuine a breakdown. IHC
Parts and our Blue Ribbon
Service Department are !U! 1
: maintained for your con- PASTS
\ venience and protection.
♦ MIDDLETON HARDWARE COMPANY i
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MR. AND MRS. W. C. Cook visit
ed Mr. A. Hutchins out at Glenn
Springs last Sunday.
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A BABY BOY has arrived at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Cox.
* * *
THE Golomokee boys defeated the
Boyd Station boys in baseball last
Saturday, 23-15.
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MR. H. M. HAYNES and Mr. Rob
Hammack are visiting in Henry coun
ty, Ala.
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MR. M. L. BARKSDALE was
down from Fort Gaines this week.
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SOWHATCHEE NEWS: Miss Ida
Lane visited Cedar Springs last Fri
day . . . Prof. G. M. McDaniel’s school
is progressing nicely . . . The Sow
hatchee singing class met at Uncle
Ap Sheffield’s last Sunday . . . Col.
G. D. Oliver and Mr. W. C. Odum
jof Blakely were visitors here Satur
day . . . The Sowhatchee Democrat
Club has elected J. A. Cannon
president, J. W. Anglin vice presi
dent, and J. L. Perry secretary. The
j committee on by-laws includes J. P.
Lane, J. A. Cannon, W. A. Elmore,
|H. J. Brown and J. W. Anglin.
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THE Democratic Executive Com
mittee met last Tuesday. J. S. Mims
was elected chairman and R. C.
g m jth secretary. A primary election
called for September 16th to
| nominate a representative from.
| Early county. The following were
appointed to hold the election:.
: Blakely, H. €. Fryer, G. D. Howard;
(Damascus, W. R. McClain, T. E.
Hightower ’ Nathan Metts i Cedar
j Springs, R. T. Rutherford, T. E.
(Sheffield, W. A. Evans; Rock Hill,
|R. G. Freeman, A. D. Smith, 0. E.
Hall; Urquhart, J. T. Hudspeth, T.
F. Cordray, J. R. Tison; Cuba, S. A.
Lindsey, II. Kinchen, W. B. Wom
hie; Arlington, D. A. Carter, J. W.
Calhoun, S. B. Timmons.
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