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and County of Early
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Blakely, Ga., Sept. 17, 1942
Millions of American young
sters are back at school again
after the summer vacation.
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Congress has this week be
gun consideration of inflation
control legislation. It is ex
pected* that the President’s
suggestions for price control
will be swiftly enacted into
law.
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Governor Talmadge, finally
admitting defeat Monday aft
ernoon, blamed the Georgia
newspapers for the stinging
repudiation he received at the
polls last week. Score another
one for the power of the press.
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With a decidedly unfavora
ble growing season, the 1942
Early county cotton crop is ex
pected to be only about half
as large as that of last year.
A good peanut crop is being
harvested, which in some
measure offsets the cotton crop
loss.
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The state primary is now ov
er, and it is gratifying to ob
serve that most of the ill-feel
ing engendered during the
heated gubernatorial campaign
has apparently cooled off, al
though there may still be a
few who continue to nurse
their disappointment. The
Talmadge supporters, as a
whole, have proved to be good
losers—even better losers than
the Governor himself.
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Those of us who cannot vis
ualize the effects of a defeat
at the hands of our enemies in
the present war might consid
er the pitiable plight of Pol
and, France, Holland, Belgium,
Malaya and the Philippines.
That gives us a true perspect
ive of what life in our own
beloved land would be should
we suffer defeat at the hands
of Germany and Japan. Not
a pleasant picture to contem
plate, is it?
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The joy-riders are not alone
in being- hard hit by the war
time automobile situation. Un
cle Sam is said to be suffering
a $19,000,000 a month loss in
taxes in the auto industry. In
July collections on new auto
mobiles were $10,079,031 less
than last year, taxes on new
tires and tubes $4,808,682 less,
gasoline taxes dropped $3,2
595, lubricating oil taxes de
dined $1,089,311, and ne\v’
truck taxes fell $544,908.
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The News is now read by
more people than at any time
in its history (with the excep
tion of a brief period follow
ing a subscription contest a
few years back). It has sub
scribers in nearly every state
in the Union and even travels
to the U. S. possessions in the
far Pacific. The News fre
quently receives letters from
these readers expressing ap
preciation of the “home paper”
and containing references to
the paper which our modesty
•forbids publishing. We are
grateful for these compliment
ai’y remarks, for even a news
paper appreciates a few bou
quets now and then as an offset
to the “brick-bats” which
are frequently tossed at the j
paper.
one eye.
Thus it was that when his patriot
ic endeavors were frequently and
consistently repulsed he finally sign
ed a contract to play professional
football at a reported salary
$5,000.
Then what happened? Well, this
did.
He received a summons to the
draft hoard and now is in the army,
his original goal at the start.
Jack probably is just as puzzled
as we are about this whole business.
Why, may we ask, w<as Jack good
enough for the draft if he was not
good enough so far as his one good
eye was concerned to enlist?
What, please, is the difference be
tween a patriot who offers to enlist,
and another who is drafted? Don’t
they wear the same uniform, serve
the same flag, perforrn similar du
ties and eat the same food?
We have personal knowledge of
very similar cases, and there is still
a wide gap between what happened
and what has been explained. This
cannot be entirely disposed of with
the explanation that physical re
quirements were relaxed.
Perhaps we’ve missed something.
But if we have there appear to be
several hundred thousands of others
in the same dark and crowded corner.
But in the meantime we still be
lieve that if'Jack Wilson was good
enough for the draft he was good
enough to enlist. If he had been
allowed to enlist in the first instance
of his endeavors, he would, by now,
be well along in the serious training
required of him. We would have
another soldier, instead of another
draftee.
If the faulty orb means he will be
assigned to some special type of
duty, may we ask why that could not
have been done as well by the re
cruiting officers who turned Jack
down as well as by anyone else?
Certainly the recruiting officers were
aware we were in a total war after
December 7, 1941.
Perhaps by this time cases such
as those involving Jack Wilson, who
preferred to enlist, but made ar
rangements to earn a living when
rejected and then was drafted, have
all been straightened out. We hope
so.
All patriotic Americans are will
ing to fight for freedom, but there
is more than one who has waited
for the draft rather than wade
through recruiting red tape. Perhaps
some of it could be eliminated.—
Americus Times-Recorder.
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Every community, whether it be a
village or a metropolis, should at
once start a trash elimination cam
paign. The cooperation of every
householder, every business man and
every worker should be enlisted. The
average home is a far more dan
gerous place from the standpoint of
fire hazards, than its inhabitants
realize. How much trash have you
stored away in basement, attic,
ffara g e and closets? Take a look
aad find out. And get rid of it be
fore a spark or spontaneous ignition
starts a fire that may totally de
stroy your property—and may take
li\*es as well.—Vidalia Advance.
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In discussing inflation, higher tax
es, ceiling prices and higii wages, | j
some officials in Washington have at
last thought about communities
without defense projects where
wages, salaries and incomes have ris
en but little, if any, since the be
ginning of the war. They say that
they are going to do something about
the matter.—Dawson News.
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Wt say, again: Don’t be too crit
leal of what the other fellow is or
is not doing in the war effort, tinless
you have all the facts. And be con
stuctive when you do criticize. In
way emergency careless criticism
can easily become subversive.—Cairo
Messenger.
Senator Richard B. Russell
has reason to feel proud of his
overwhelming victory over ex
Congressman W. D. Upshaw in
the primary last week. True,
the Senator’s opposition was
none too strong, but “heavier”
material than Mr. Upshaw
would not have defeated
“Dick” Russell at this time.
The young Georgia junior
Senator has made the state a
useful and energetic public
servant and deserved the fine
endorsement given him at the
polls last Wednesday.
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JACK’S QUESTION.
Consider the case of Jack Wilson,
of Paris, Texas, who immediately
after December 7, 1941, tried to en
list in about everything.
Repeatedly, however, he was re "
because of defective vision in
avoid becoming an alleged criminal
or a traitor to his country. I
In many ways it resembles the
| New York City parking regulations,
j whereby a driver> if he parks at a!l>
stamk a 9g per cent chance of end .
ing up with a parking ticket. On
many streets there are no signs to
warn the perplexed motorist, and
the best advice he can get from
people on the street is, “You can
probably get away with it if you park
there a while.” There may be a
couple of old time taxi drivers who
know what’s what about parking,
but to the great majority, parking
anywhere at all is inviting a fine.
Similarly, the new regulations
from Washington, published on the
inside pages of some of the newspa
pers, have not been digested by most
of us and anyone may unwittingly
be committing some heinous • crime
even without venturing from the se
curity of his fireside.
VIOLATIONS . . . . willful
There have been many arrests and
convictions for violating new gov
ernment regulations, but so far, as
far as I can determine, those who
have been jailed or fined were well
aware of the fact that they were
“trying to get away with something.”
Industrial concerns which have vi
olated priority regulations were un
doubtedly aware of the regulations
which applied to their industries.
Women who have been arrested
for making false reports on the
amount of sugar they had hidden
away in their attics knew they were
making false reports.
Tire dealers who have sold tires
to people who had no right to have
them knew that they were carrying
on a form of bootlegging which was
both against the law and unpatriotic.
Gasoline dealers in the East who
sold gasoline without collecting ra
tion tickets were well aware of the
possible consequences.
There may be a lot of regulations
which we don’t know about, but so
far it seems necessary to commit a
willful violation in order to be as
sured of quarters in the winter re
sort with the iron bars.
HERMITS crime
I suppose there are a few hermits
who don’t read newspapers or listen
to the radio, who know nothing
about the regulations.
There is a story about a motorist
who stopped at a gasoline station in
a rural section of Maine. While
waiting for gasoline, the motorist
commented, “the war news looks kind
of bad, doesn’t it?.”
“What war?” queried the gasoline
dealer.
The motorist patiently told him
about, our fighting the Germans and
the Japs and then said, “Can you
sell me four tires?”
“Sure,” said the dealer.
But there are few cases of ig
norance of the law so far as the
major regulations on rationing are
concerned.
Those with whom government en
forcement agents will deal most se
verely are the criminal element -who
will deliberately violate the regula
tions in order to make a big profit
out of beating the law.
Recently a gang of tire bootleg
gers, who had a group of salesmen
out to sell tires at fancy prices, was
jailed. Some of the salesmen were
sa id to have made as much as $140
a day by bootlegging tires. But it
was a short-lived enterprise—as
will be ail such enterprises when an
aroused public aids the police in
running down’ those who are work
ing against the best interests of the
country in time of war.
IGNORANCE caution
But on the grounds that “ignor
ance of the law is no excuse,” we
must expect some arrests which re
suit from people not bothering to
keep in touch with the latest regu
lations.
As with the New York parking an-
EARLY COUNTY NEWS. BLAKELY. GEORGIA
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TODAY
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TOMORROW
By DON ROBINSON
JAIL possibilities
spending- For anyone the winter who is in interested jail, in j |
a warm
there are an infinite number of new
methods for arranging such a so
journ.
Regulations from Washington,
w-hich if violated involve jail sen
tences and sizable fines, have been
issued so thick and fast lately tjiat
a person needs the constant com-■
panionship of a goqd ]awyer to
which is caused by the dif
of handling the parking prob
in a large city and the unwill
of the people to learn the
many difficulties with new
regulations could be avoided
all of us would make an effort to
as much about them as we can.
Finding out about new regulations
bound to be a hit-or-miss proposi
But if we move cautiously and
the rules before entering into
transaction which involves ma
on which there are shortages,
lot of trouble may be avoided.
We are all glad to make sacrifices
seem necessary to aid in win
the war, but too many of us
a personal letter from the
or at least dozens of
stories waved under our
before we are willing to read
digest a new regulation.
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SIX-INCH
S-E-R-M-O-N
By REV. ROBERT
H. HARPER
JUDAH: AN EXAMPLE OF
SELF-SACRIFICE
for Sept. 30: Gen. 44:18-34
Golden Text: 1 John 3:16
Whatever Judah’s faults, he rose
nobility when he offered himself
a bondman in place of his brother.
In the second visit of Jacob’s sons
Egypt to buy corn, Joseph con
to throw suspicion upon Ben
as a thief and demanded him
a bondman. Then it was that
rose to the full stature of a
and a brother. He offered to
Benjamin’s place.
See how the circumstances of life
They who had sold their
into slavery now tremble in
presence, though they know him
Unaware that the Egyptian
understood their language, they
freely of the evil that had
upon them and felt that it was
for their merciless treat
of their brother. Joseph doubt
desired to deepen their sense of
and their remorse.
Surely a great change came over
He who had proposed that
be sold into slavery now of
himself to save another brother
slavery. He had told Jacob
would be surety for Benjamin
he proposed to keep his vow.
is an ancient example of the
theme which runs through
Bible—sacrifice. And some re
him to be an example unto us
we see that sacrifice still is re
to serve our brothers in their
needs.
CHAPTER 44 R. A. M.
Blakely Chapter 44
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meets on the second
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nights of each month
at 8 o'clock. Visiting
tcryf companions invited.
W. P. Smith,
Higrh Priest
J. G. Standifer,
Secretary.
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1 It' W mmMm S5EH2ED
A HALF CENTURY AGO TODAY
Some Things of Interest That Happened
Fifty Years, Ago.
(Excerpts from Early County News
of September 15, 1892.)
THE Ninth District Senatorial
Convention has nominated Hon. Reu
ben Jones, of Newton, as Democrat
ic candidate for the State Senate.
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THE Cedar Springs Democratic
Club was organized last week, with
W. C. Sheffield president, R. T. Ruth
erford vice president, E. H. Kellum
secretary; finance committee, R. T.
Rutherford, J. H. Crozier, W. A. Ev
ans, W. A. Howard, W. C. Roberts;
enrollment committee, G. A. Evans,
W. B. Weaver, E. H. Kellum, J. W.
Howard, E. T. Hill.
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THE Democrats of Pine View and
Raeketville held a meeting last week
and effected a temporary organiza
tion with C. Hammond chairman, J.
K. Ritchie secretai-y, and an enroll
ing committee of J. Q. Scarborough,
J. K. Ritchie, A. R. Roberts, A. H.
Stone, B. F. Stegall and J. B. Tur
ner.
WE HAVE now a daily freight
train on the extension.
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COL. W. A. JORDAN and Mr. W.
C. Cook now each have a new bi
cycle.
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THE Blakely Academy opened
last Monday with a 140 pupils. The
faculty includes John W. Wade and
W. H. Kilpatrick, co-principals,
Misses Maggie Bell, Annie Robert
son and Fannie Alice Jones.
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BLAKELY cott-on market: Good
middling, 6 l-2c; strict middling,
6 3-8e; middling, 6 l-4c; strict low
middling, ‘6 1-Sc; middling, 6c.
MR. WILL APPLING was up
from Hilton Sunday.
MR. D. D. MOORE, of Ozark,
Ala., was a visitor to Blakely this
week.
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WE’RE PREPARED! \ ♦
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SERVICEMAN i*Let our BLUE check RIBBON over & !
and adjust your McCor- m
mick-Deering Tractor and
Farm Machines. Let him
replace any worn parts that ♦
might cause a breakdown.
Our bins of Genuine IHC
Parts and our Blue Ribbon
Service Department are IMIT5 UNI
maintained for your con
venience and protection.
MIDDLETON HARDWARE COMPANY
MR. L. W. THOMPSON, of the
6th District, was in town Saturday.
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MR. EUGENE BOYD has return
ed from a visit to Middle Georgia,
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MR. HENRY IVEY, of the main
line, is now running on the extension
for a short time. /
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MR. AND MRS, D. H. Carter, of
Arlington, was in Blakely Monday.
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MESSRS. A. S. and J. R. Mills, of
Bluffton, were in Blakely Wednes
day.
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MESSRS. T. W. Wade and A. G.
Powell have returned from Char
lottesville, Va.
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MR. A. M. IRWIN is now weigh
ing cotton at the Alliance Ware
house.
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CEDAR SPRINGS ITEMS: Mrs.
J. S. Mims and little daughter, Ludie,
visited our village last Sunday . . .
Messrs. Will and Gus Fort and sis
ter, Miss Annie, were visitors here
the past week . . . Messrs. Patterson
& Fort, of Jakin, and Roberts and
Spooner, of Miller county, spent last
Sabbath in the village . . . Prof. A.
H. Stone, of Raeketville, is visiting
Prof. J. L. Kelly . . . Mrs. J. F. Por
ter has returned from a visit to Fort
Gaines . . . Mr. and Mrs. Joe Isom
and children, late of Thomas county,
are now residents of this communi
ty .. . Rev. J. M. Glenn filled his
regular appointment at the Method
ist church last Sunday.
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MRS. C. A. WESTBROOK, of the
6th district, is the guest of Mrs. E.
L. Howell.
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MESSRS. A. S. and J. R. Mil-11, of
Bluffton, were in Blakely Wednes
day.
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Buy War Bonds and Stamps.