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Work Begun at Local Red Cross Work Room On Surgical Dresings Work began Tuesday afternoon on the first quota of surgical dress ings at the Red Cross work room, which is located in the American Legion hall. There was a large tendance in the afternoon and again at the night session. About eight hundred dressings were completed that day. This was a little short of the regular quota for the day, but considering the fact that this was the first meeting for insructing Workers, it wais an excellent showing, It will probably be doubled at the next meeting. Volunteers for Friday afternoon from 3 to 7 are needed. All wh< can are asked to visit the work r:,«m that afternoon so that the day’s quota may be reached. Beginning next week a morning meeting will be held on Fridays from 9 to 1. Anyone who has not already registered for the morning meeting but would like to attend should do so. They are asked to drop a card to Mrs. George Gee, co-chairman, stating that they wish to work in the morning meeting. Workers are requested to wear a covering for the head and to not wear lipstick or nail polish. A CORRECTION A news story which appeared in The News several weeks ago stated that Ensign Murray Chandler was aboard the Destroyer Dobbin at Pearl Harbor and that this ship was sunk. It has been learned from no other source than Ensign Chandler that this ship was not sunk. We are glad to make this correction. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank each one who has brightened the days for our mother during the past year. She enjoyed the flowers and cherished every card and letter. Her love for her friends made her love company. She deeply appreciated every re membrance and we appreciate your thoughtfulness and help during these last days. Sincerely, Mrs. R. S. Roberts, Sr.,’s Family. WANTED —'Man between 45 and 60 years of age, part inside and part outside work. Apply by letter only, stating how much salary you will expect. Address letters to “Job Wanted,” in Care of Early County News, Blakely, Ga. |SR| , i A., v.-r- Jp ■ A : . A iSI v" . i Mil* RENOMINATED TO SUPREME COURT Judge Samuel C. Atkinson, who was last week renominated to the Supreme Court, defeating J. M. B. Bloodworth. WE HAVE MONEY TO LEND If you farmers would like to hold your cotton and peanuts, bring us your receipts and we will be glad to make you a loan. That is just one type of loan we make. If other busines men need a loan or if you just want to make a personal loan, we will be glad to discuss your proposition with you. Remember to buy War Bonds and Stamps regularly . . . you can help this way. Bank of Early BLAKELY. GEORGIA Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. All Deposits Insured up to $5,000 Less Demands For Unemployment Benefits in August The swift adaptation of industries to war production created less de mands for unemployment benefits in August than in any month in the of the Bureau of Unemploy jment Compensation, Commissioner of I Labor Ben T. Huiet reported today. Records of the agency show only 4,790 initial claims were received ! in the central office, of which 4,250 I were filed by workers in the state 540 by workers in other states | who previously had worked and es tablished available wage credits in Georgia, he said. The number com pared with 6,461 filed in July, and 6,257 filed in the same month last year. 36,973 Continued claims totaled and were the lowest number re ceived in any month since November of last year. Coincident with the decline in claims, benefit payments dropped to $337,032, the lowest figure since November of 1941. It was a drop of some $15,000 as compared with July, when $352,805 was paid out. Payments for the month brought the cumulative total to $3,415,956 for the year, or some $300,000 more than was paid out during the entire year of 1941. The high volume of payments this year was attributed by Commissioner Huiet to extreme unemployment arising from plant conversion and other war factors in the first few months. Balance in the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund since ben efits were paid was reported at $36,- 797,535 at the close of the month. Peanut Pickers Are Being Distributed In Critical Areas A recent report by the Georgia Florida-Alabama Peanut Association shows that approximately half of the 1600 peanut pickers, allotted to pea nut growers in five southeastern states to harvest the bumper crop, have already been distributed in critical areas and applications are coming in daily for the other 800. 'The pickers were made available through the Commodity Credit Cor poration and are being distributed on the basis of need by the GFA. The Association, with home office in Camilla, Ga., states that out of the 1600 pickei-s allotted, 1,300 are al ready placed with designated agen cies in cities and towns in the South east. Roy E. Parrish, manager of the Association, urged all producers in these states, which include Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and South Carolina, to make surveys in their respective communities and if a picker shortage exists, make ap plications for these pickers, in order that the purpose of the stepped-up acreage will not be defeated. The pickers are being distributed through these designated agencies on cash or credit terms, whichever the producer desires, and farmers anticipating purchasing of pickers are asked to contact the local desig nated agency, the local USDA War Board, or the nearest GFA district office, of which there are eight lo cated in the following cities: Do than, Montgomery, Birmingham, Ala bama; Macon and Camilla, Georgia; Gainesville, Florida; Jackson, Miss issippi; and Columbia, South Caro lina. LOST —Bunch of keys on chain with green driver’s license cylinder containing driver’s license. Finder please return to MISS TFJD PHELPS, Blakely, Ga. EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA FIRST FALL MEETING OF WOMAN’S CLUB HELD FRIDAY The Blakely Woman’s Club held its first meeting on Friday,' Septem ber 11, at 4 o’clock in the club building. The meeting was called to order by the President, Mrs. Roy McKinney. After the business was concluded, Mrs. McKinney made a brief talk, in which she praised the work done by the former president, Mrs. S. P. Holland, and said that she, as president, would serve the club to the best of her ability. Miss Annette Alexander, who is now a supervisor of W. P. A. lunch rooms in this district, gave a most interest ing and informative talk on the lunch room program. She said that all children who are thin and un- dernourished, regardless of the family’s financial condition, are giv en their lunches free. The custom ary donation made by other children is 10c per lunch. These well-bal anced, tasty meals are made possi ble at this price because of the “hot” commodities which are furnished by the government, (The Blakely school now receives “cold” commod ities, which are grapefruit juice, ap ples and baked beans.) Schools are not eligible for “hot” commodities unless they have a lunch room. They included last year eggs, canned milk, butter, dried fruit, graham flour, grits, all kinds of dried beans and peas as well as other foods. Miss Alexander explained about the close supervision of the lunch room and the health of the workers. She told us of the success of the lunch rooms in Arlington, Morgan, Edison, Leary, Fort Gaines and other towns. She said that in one county 5,000 quart jars of fruits and vegetables had been put up by the women for the four lunch rooms in the county. She made it clear that a considerable investment is necessary in the way of equipment and also that W. P. A. is cutting down on lunch room workers, nevertheless the Blakely Woman’s >Club will have a commit tee to investigate the possibilities, believing that a good lunch room would contribute more than anything else to the welfare of the children of our community. —REPORTER. GA. B. W. M. U. FIELD WORKER COMING TO BETHEL ASSOCIATION Mrs. L. C. Clark, of Cuthbert, su perintendent of Bethel B. W. M. U., announces the coming of Miss Dol lie Hiett, Georgia B. W. M. U. field worker, to Bethel Association for four days. Her time will be taken up in teaching the book, “A Baptist Generation in Cuba,” by Dr. M. M. McCall. The classes are to be held as follows: Sept. 28, at Shellman; Sept. 29, at Coleman; Sept. 30, at Edison; Oct. 1, at Blakely. All churches are urged to attend the class in their district. The opening hour is 10:30 o’clock, EWT. In connection with the above, an nouncement is made that the Eouth west Divisional Conference will be held in Richland on October 2. Rep resentatives from every society in the association are urged to attend this meeting. The morning session opens at 10:30 o’clock, EWT. Rsmsmbsr Sc!lean Invest l A Dime Out of Every Dollar in U.S.Wfh’ Bonds H. ED. MINTER Fellows & Forrester Funeral Service and Merchandise STOCK NEW, MODERN AND UP-TO-DATE Ambulance Service RIVER STREET TELEPHONE 168 Blakely, Georgia NEW TELEPHONE RATES EFFECTIVE THIS MONTH Local telephone subscribers will get the advantage of the new low rates here this month for the first time since the Public Service Com mission lowered the rates of the Blakely Telephone Company on Aug ust 14. Some confusion arose as to the exact date the new rates began and a Lions Club official wired the Com mission and learned that the low rates would begin with this month’s Early County's Vote in the Primary of Wednesday, Sept. 9, 1942 Arlington Blakely Spr’gs. Colomokee Damascus Freeman Hill Urquhart TOTAL Cedar Cuba Jakin Lucile Rock United States Senator: Russell ____________________ CD 00 CO CD © 4^ on ■rt CD co o id Hr Cl SO to Ol co CO 4^ Ol rH O Id ^F Upshaw ______________________ rH OX 4L. OX Hi © oo CM id CD rfn M oo oo 05 05 rH Id 05 Governor: Arnall _____________________ 29 358 00 © 01 lH CM 00 HI CD rH rH -1 OO IQ cq rH 00 CM CM -ci 05 to Talmadge r ______________ .. 59 142 -rji t- rH rH CD co to OX rH O Or Cl CO th cF -r © CO CO Ox Hi -Cl Secretary of State: Wilson _________________ 86 501 t— no tO © 90 103 21 139 00 oo Id © 54 1268 State Treasurer: Hamilton ----------------- 86 501 oo © tO © 80 103 21 133 00 Id id 53 1264 Comptroller-General: Dykes ______________________ Hi Hi HI cq Ht- rH rt to HI CD CO rH rH CO Cl y-t to rH cm CD ^ rH 05 Parker________________________ rH tO CD O hp *cf © ox CD CO CM rH O Cl rfn ic ol CO id cm id IH CO CM Attorney General: Evans _______________-______ 45*. 00 rH CO rH no to cq O Id HF DO OX rH O Id CM oo t- co CO rH CO Ox to CD Head ________________________ 4A © CM 05 O cq rH co CO CO rH HI Ox rH rH 05 co oi th 05 CO CO © 4^ Slate Supt. of Schools: Collins ---------------------- 86 500 co oo so CVI 92 104 21 132 oo id 00 55 1277 Comm’r, of Labor: i Huiet________________________ 88 500 oo 00 to © 91 103 21 133 00 00 id OO 55 1275 Public Serv. Comm’r.: Knight ________________ 88 499 oo cq to T—< 90 102 21 127 00 (M id ^F 54 1260 ... Public Serv. Comm’r.: Perry__________________________ 88 500 oo cq to O 92 102 21 133 CO 00 Id © 55 1272 Prison & Parole Com.: Goudelock ________________ tO CO rH HF Id cq rt cq CM Ol Hi HI 4^ ^F LO r-f Ol CM © OO co id Stanley ____________________ Ol -4 CO O OO to oo cq © CD rH OO 45a- Hi -4 Id CO IQ t- CO CO CO © Id Asso. Jus. Sup. Court: Atkinson ___________________ ^F 00 CM id 05 l£5 rH co 00 id HF Hi HI Hi K) to rH V0 Cl CO CO co rH th CO Bloodworth _______________ CO 05 CM O CD cq VO ih CO co 00 Hi © CD ^ ^ t-H 00 CM © cm O ret) rH Asso. Jus. Sup. Court: Jenkins ____________________ 88 499 oo 00 co © 92 103 21 129 o Id tH 55 1187 Judge Court of Appeals: Broyles _______________________ 88 496 oo rH co lH 92 102 21 129 O cn oi 55 1181 Judge Court of Appeals: Felton ______________________ 88 494 oo cq co r-l 90 104 21 131 O oi oo 55 1184 Congressman 2nd Dist.: Cox i © © CO 4^ Ox vo vo -rt © ^F Id 50 Hi © SO •sr CO t- js. o CO OO 00 -4 © __________ Smithwick CM co 1 H to O cq rH ih lH CO 05 id CM vo cq 1-1 T-l i-i oi Hi H* CO Hi H* Judge Superior Court: Worrill ____________________ 88 501 oo oo to cq 92 104 21 130 00 tH vx oo 55 1275 Representative: CO 19 Bridges ____________________ 88 485 oo -rt 90 99 127 00 00 or oo 53 1232 m ( m. | % m .n. fS m i i ;. 7? 11 \ yfm MLlJ Mi ■ V.i m # ■Pip f? i 1 '■'i w M $ £1 ! V - i ♦ JiHr \ If m I J Si. w □ *#! i..... \ t : 8 % iff l\ m:. *r: ..... wi£* r : Mi '' J Bn gig $ - m * ti o # r NO. 2150 NO. 1201 MRS. D. M. WADE bill. Resident phones will be $1.50 1 and business phones $2.00. ALBANY WOMAN AND | RIDE ! BOY BICYCLES : ON VISIT TO BLAKELY Guests of Mrs. Joe Grimsley over! the week end were Mrs. John L. 1 i Veal and “Junior” Branch, of Al bany. Mrs. Veal, a sister of Mrs. i Grimsley, and young ’ Branch, a nephew, came via the bicycle route, i pedaling all the way here and back. They reported quite an enjoyable j trip, but just a bit “fatiguing.” i FOR QUICK SALE Two houses and other buildings, 54 acres good farming land, at Cedar Springs, Ga. For information, see MRS. MARY E. WEAVER MARGI SON. WANTED —Young man, between 18 and 20, for outside and collecting work with Blakely concern. Apply by letter only, stating salary expect Address letters to “Job Want ed,” in care of Early County News, Blakely, Ga.