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EARLY COUNTY, GA. !
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXXIII > NO. 10
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts—“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead."
CAMPAIGN FOR
SCRAP METAL
SHOWS RESULTS
Everything from hair pins to dis
carded tractors may be found in
the huge scrap metal pile on the east
side of the public square in Blakely.
Just how many tons of scrap are
contained in that pile The News
wouldn’t hazard a guess, but, large
as it is, it in all probabilitly is far
short of the 100 pounds per person
asked of Early county by the War
Production Board.
Joe Allen, local scrap buyer, esti
mates that the pile exceeds 65,000
pounds. Mr. Allen says that he has
already bought close to 30,000
pounds, and this, together with that
on the square, would be close to
95,000 pounds, according to his fig
ures.
It is an interesting collection of
scrap, with its old jalopies, refriger
ators, bed springs, stoves, pots, ket
tles, pans, hot water tranks, piping,
in fact, most any item made of met
al may be found in the pile. Not a
few automobile tires may also be
seen scattered among the various
metal items.
Early countians undertook to raise
the county’s quota within one week,
although the scrap collection cam
paign continues throughout the na
tion until October 24. County Sal
vage Chairman T. B. Clyburn this
week urged that those who had not
contributed to the campaign do so
at once. It will be accepted at any
time, .Mr. Clyburn said, and it is
hoped that many other tons may be
added to that already gathered.
Mr. Clyburn expressed apprecia
tion for the fine spirit of coopera
tion shown by the salvage commit
tee, which comprises representatives
of the city and .county schools, the
local civic clubs, city and county
officials, and other interested par
ties, and for the cooperation of the
public in general, which included
the boys and girls of school age all
over the county.
— AT —
WEAVER’S
Georgiana Dresses, in woolen and silk
materials, all sizes, priced __$6.95 to $10.95
New shipment of Silk and Spun Dresses, in
newest fall colors, priced____ $4.95 to $8.95
Sport Coats, solid colors and plaids,
priced $10.95 to $24.95
Short Jackets, corduroy materials, wool
ens in plaids, priced $3.95 to $5.95
Wool Skirts, solid colors and plaids,
priced________ $2.95 to $3.95
Hats to match $1.49 to $3.95
See our Bags and Gloves, priced $1.00 to $3.95
VISIT WEAVER’S TODAY—
—BUY NOW AND SAVE
Gifts for the Boys Over Seas
We have suitable gifts for your members of the armed
forces over seas. Make your selections and mail early
to assure delivery.
T. K. Weaver & Co.
“Blakely’s Only Complete Store”
C. E. BOYETT, Owner BLAKELY, GA.
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BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 15, (942.
5,559 BALES COTTON
GINNED IN EARLY
PRIOR TO OCT. 1
The cotton ginners census report
for October 1 shows that 5,559
bales of cotton had been ginned in
Early county from the crop of 1942
prior to that date as compared with
9,738 bales to the same date in
1941. The report, issued by W. R.
Pullen, special agent of the depart
ment of commerce, shows a heavy
reduction in this year’s crop com
pared with the crop of 1941.
Second Quota Begun
Red Cross Surgical
Dressings Program
The surgical dressings program
on Early county’s second quota of
dressings was begun Tuesday by the
Early County Chapter of the Ameri
can Red Cross.
Several more ladies registered
during the week, including two more
from out in the county, Mrs. R. E.
Mills and Mrs. W. T. Wiley. It is
hoped that more of these ladies will
come in next week.
Tuesday evening five of the
school teachers came in to contrib
ute hours toward the program.
These were Mrs. Cecil Duncan, Miss
Elaine Styles, Miss Evelyn Morgan,
Mrs. Alice Rhodes Dennis and Miss
Marjorie Warner. Miss Ted Phelps,
county demonstrator, and Miss An
nette Alexander, WPA lunchroom
supervisor, came to the aid of the
program.
.Soon all the women in the town
and the county will have enlisted in
this important field of war work.
Already the high school and the
Young Women’s Auxiliary have ap
plied for time. Other clubs and or
ganizations contributing are two of
the bridge clubs, the Stitch and Chat
ter Club, and the Methodist and
Baptist Business Women’s Circles.
WPB URGES THE
SALVAGING OF
ALL TIN CANS
A communication from the War
Production Board received this week
urges the saving of every tin can
for the war effort—every can, every
day until the war is over.
AH housewives and all citizens are
asked to forget about the time the
collection of the cans will take place
but to start immediately preparing
and storing every tin can used. In
most cities, collections are going on
now; in some areas they won’t be
collected for six months; in remote
areas, maybe not for a year.
iCut off both ends of the cans,
wash thorooghly, remove label, and
step on them heavily, flattening the
body of the can. Put the top and
bottom in the can. Put away in a
barrel or box until they are called
for at some later date.
The WPB said all the cans are
not needed at the detinning plants
right now, nor may they all be
needed this winter, but by early
summer of 1942 all tin cans will
come out of the cellars and be sent
straight to the Axis via the detin
ning plants and the steel mills.
J. E. Houston Named
Recruiter for Turner
Field at Albany
J. Emory Houston, local postmas
ter, has been designated recruiting
representative for the U. S. Army
Air Forces Advanced Flying School,
Turner Field, Albany, Ga., it was
announced by Colonel John B. Pat
rick, .commanding officer of the
neighboring field. Mr. Houston has
been named Turner Field recruiting
representative in the intensive and
far-reaching drive being conducted
at present by the Army Air Forces
in obtaining additional man power
into this branch of service.
All qualified men of Blakely may
contact Mr. Houston for complete
details on enlistment into the Army
Air Forces, being stationed at Tur
ner. Field. This is the last" oppor
tunity for men of this vicinity to
enlist direct into the Air Forces,
since this plan will terminate on Oc
tober 31. However, men who are
desirous of enlistment have only un
til October 25 to be at Turner
Field in order to enter under this
plan.
All male citizens between the
ages of 18 and 44, who are physical
ly and mentally qualified for mili
tary service may enlist. Men who
enlist at Turner Field will be sta
tioned at the local advanced flying
school of the Air Forces after they
are processed at Fort McPherson.
Men who apply for enlistment—
which will be for the duration of the
war and six months thereafter—
must present a letter from their lo
cal draft board stating that they
are authorized to enlist in the Air
Forces. Any man who is employed
may take the classification and phy
sical tests, be interviewed at the U.
S. Employment Service in Albany
and return home to adjust his busi
nes affairs prior to induction.
Men interested are requested to
contact Mr. Houston at the postof
fice for complete details. This pro
cedure for the enlistment of men
will terminate on October 31.
SUPPLEMENTAL GAS
RATION CARDS EXPIRE
ON OCTOBER 22
The local rationing board this
week called attention to those motor
isists who were issued supplemental
ration cards on July 22 that the
time limit on these cards will expire
on October 22. Those who are eli
gible for the supplemental cards are
urged to not wait until the expira
tion date to secure the renewal cards
but to call at the local office several
days in advance of October 22.
MR. AND MRS. SPENCE
HAVE THREE SONS NOW
IN U. S. ARMED FORCES
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Spence, of
Blakely, now have the distinction of
having three sons in the armed forces
of the United States, two in the
army and one in the navy. They
First Sgt. Lane N. Spence of
San Francisco, Calif., Seaman First
Class Carl Spence of Memphis, Tenn.,
and Pvt. Philip Spence, stationed at
St. Petersburg, Fla.
PUBLIC DEBT
IS NOW NINETY
BILLION DOLLARS
According to figures out of Wash
ington, the government debt has now
reached $90,000,000,000, more than
double what it was before the United
States began preparing in 1940 for
the present war.
The Treasury's debt entries on
September 25 were $89,996,735,
954, and officials said that war bond
sales since then put the total over
$90,000,000,000.
At present the debt is going up at
the rate of $4,000,000,000 per
month.
Since the fiscal year began July 1
Treasury borrowings have totaled
$13,000,000,000. In this period,
the Treasury spent $115,335456',-
132, including $13,866,352,306 for
direct war purposes.
Tax receipts were $3,725,167,-
767, leaving a deficit of $11,629 »■
988,365.
The Treasury reported that 14,-
778,159 Americans filed tax returns
for 1940, an increase of 91.5 per
cent over the previous year.
There was a net income of $36,-
588,545,894 and a total tax liability
of $1,496,403,386, increases of 57.8
and 61.1 per cent, respectively.
Of the returns, filed in 1941,
7,504,695 were taxable, including
7,437,261 for individuals with net
income of $23,279,203,093 and tax
of $1,440,967,144. There were 67,-
388 returns for fiduciaries with net
income of $278,827,290 and tax of
$54,963,289.
The Georgia figures follow: Num
ber of individual income tax returns,
128,921; net income, $358,132,000;
tax, $14,122,000.
Surgical Dressings
Victory Roll Week
Ending October
Mrs. C, E'. Boyett, Sr.
Mrs. C. E. Boyett, Jr.'
Mrs. J. M. Coile.
Mrs. Ed Chancy.
Mrs. V. L. Collins.
Mrs. Tom Debnam.
Mrs. II. C. Fort.
Mrs. Lewis Fryer.
Mrs. W. A. Fuqua.
Mrs. George Gee.
Mrs. Dunbar Grist.
Mrs. C. A. Grubbs.
Mrs. A. H. Gray.
Mrs. C. P. Gay.
Mrs. O. L. Hooten.
Mrs. Emory Houston.
Mrs. Guerry Mashburn.
Mrs. J. H. Moye.
Mrs. J. C. Peters.
Mrs. R. C. Singletary, Sr.
Mrs. E. P. Whitehead.
Mrs. Lon Willis.
Mrs. R. O. Waters.
Mrs. C. G. Brewer.
Mrs. Hill Buchannon. •
Mrs. Nellie Williams Costello.
Mrs. Felix Davis, Sr.
Mrs. M. C. DeWolfe.
Mrs. Richard Grist.
Mrs. Ollin Goocher.
Mrs. Roy McKinney.
Methodist and Baptist Business
Women’s Circles, 33 hours.
Stitch & Chatter Club, 33 hours.
Eastern Star, 30 hours.
22 MORE EARLY
COUNTY BOYS LEAVE
FOR MILITARY SERVICE
Early countians are constantly
swelling the ranks of the United
States armed forces. Twenty-two
more youths left here last Thursday
to be inducted into the army at Fort
McPherson, Georgia. The prospect
ive soldiers, all white, are William
Carey Powell, Ralph Lee Boyd, Park
Moore, Frank Harper Herndon, Jew
ell Brown, Gerald Montselle Hous
ton, Eugene Meredith, Andrew Mar
vin Page, Robert Lee Thomas, Oli
ver Eugene McLendon, Joseph Er
nest White, David Clayton Brown
lee, Alvis Morgan, Hosie White, Joe
Wills, Howard Bradley Sherman,
Wayne Paul, Kline Joseph Harris,
Lewis Frank Fudge, Ewell Holland
Burford Allen Spurlock,
F. Childers.
Barbara Stanwyck and Joel Me
in “The Great Man’s Lady” at
Blakely Theatre Thursday and
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PULL FOR BLAKELY
—OR—
PULL OUT
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$1.50 A YEAR
MAIL PACKAGES TO
OVERSEAS SERVICE MEN
NOT LATER THAN NOV. 1
Postmaster J. Emory Houston this
week again urged the early mailing
of packages to men in the armed
services outside the continental
United States.
The deadline for acceptance of
Christmas packages with assurance
of delivery has been set at Novem
ber 1. The postoffice department has
given the assurance that all pack
ages mailed prior to that date will
reach the boys in the foreign fields,
no matter where they may be sta
tioned.
It should not be necessary to re
mind the senders of these packages
not to mail perishable goods, for
they will not keep for the long dis
tances- to be traveled.
Downward Trend
In September Shown
In Unemployment
Unemployment Compensation ben
efits continued their downward trend
throughout September as a result of
sustained . , employment , , . virtually . ,
in
all industries covered by the state
law, Commissioner of Labor Ben T.
Met repotted today.
Total payments for the month, he
said, amounted to $303,480, the
smallest outlay required in any
«-• N< ™" ,ber 01
and some $33,000 under the August
total. Disbursements in September
of last vear totaled $274,352.
.Commissioner __Tjr Huiet * j said • t decreases t
were shown in the amount of benefits
paid to workers in 7 of the 9 major
industry groups. Heaviest declines
weie m payments , to , manufacturing „ , .
workers, which fell from $159,330 in
August to $134,216 in September,
and in wholesale and retail trade,
'
which decreased . j. from $55,069 in .
August to $44,334 in September.
In the construction industry pay
ments increased by about $5,000 to
$93,677, while payments to workers
in certain agricultural industries cov
ered by the law jumped from $4,076
in August to $4,534 in September.
The month’s disbursements, Com
missioner Huiet said, brought the
cumulative total to $3,719,436 for
the year and to $14,491,464 since
the benefit paying program became
effective in January of 1939.
Initial claims for benefits received
in the central office dropped to the
lowest level in the history of the
agency, while the number of jobless
workers who continued to validate
their claims was the lowest since
November of 1941. Only 3,082
new claims were reported filed,
while continued claims declined to
32,083. In August 4,790 initial
and 36,973 continued clams were
filed by unemployed workers.
Commissioner Huiet said the
Trust Fund contained a balance of
$36,547,534.98 as of September 30.
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BANK LOANS FOR
ALL ESSENTIAL NEEDS
I are available First State as always Bank at the i
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: Wartime regulations discourage bor- \
I unnecessary
rowing. The First State’s policies have always
I done so.
But if you need funds in your business, for prop
erty repairs, or for sound personal uses, The First ••
State Bank officers will discuss require- v
your 4 %
ments with you. No account necessary.
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FIRST STATE BANK
BLAKELY, GEORGIA
+ Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
♦ Maximum Insurance of $5,000.00 for each depositor
X Throw Your Scrap Into the Scrap—Drive Next Week
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BOBCATS LOSE
TO CUTHBERT,
SCORE 31-12
By EARL “TIGE” PICKLE.
Those Bobcats aren’t as ferocious
as in. days of old, but never let it
be said they aren’t in there trying.
Still playing without the sendees of
a regular coach, it seems a shame to
waste such an array of talent as the
Bobcats boast this year, but that is
one of the penalties of war, and
hereby lies the reason the Bobcats
lost their third straight game Fri
day afternoon, this time to Cuth
bert’s Purples, 31-12.
The Bobcats have the talent, but
they aren’t getting the proper
drilling. Only once during the game
Friday did the Bobcats function as
a team. This was late in the last
quarter when they rallied behind
the line plunging of C. €. Cannon to
carry the ball to Cuthbert’s four
yard line as the game ended. Even
on the touchdown plays the Bobcats
failed to show precision, and they
looked dull and listless on eevry
play.
Cannon, a new-comer to the Bob
cat squad, sparked the aittaeik for
the ’Cats Friday and piled up large
gains on each running play. The
were unable to stop him.
Andy Lamer played his usual good
g amei but the afternoon heat was
too much for a player who is used
to nocturnal engagements and he
promise of developing into SS, ST. real
a
player and was responsible for the
first touchdown, when he took a
s g tCt r f T.?”i i h s f rs
other Bobcat score came on a short
pass over the line from Lanier to
Max Holman. Holman showed up
well on defense, as did’ Robert Col
lier _ 0ne of the exciting features
of Friday’s game was to see Roy
Alexander, a light but fast substitu
overtake a Cuthbert run
ner and pull him down and thus
stave 0 ff an almost certain touch
down.
The Bobcats journey down to
P ol 9 uitt tomorrow to give the loop
leading Colquitt Pirates a return
pr , 0 . 30 .p, T ,p I1 ,+
Last Friday’s starting line-up was
as follows 1
Blakely Pos. Cuthbert
Hunt ___________ le _____ Owen
Holman______- c Bowen
Williams re Matthews
Lanier __________ qifo _____ Sealy
Collier __________ hb _______ Georgiades
Cannon .... fb Dunn
Substitutions for Blakely: Cheek,
Bush, Farris, Alexander, Pierson,
Dunn.
OTHER FREAKS OF
NATURE ARE BROUGHT
TO NEWS OFFICE
Two more curios were added to
The News collection the past week.
One of them is another Siamese ear
of corn, found and brought to The
News office by Julius Charles Jones,
5-year-old son of Mr. J. L. Jones of
Route 2. The other, brought in by
young David Waller Jones, age 8, is
a large rock in which is imbedded a
number of small shells. The rock
is granite in appearance and al
most as hard. Was this rock at one
time buried beneath the waters of
the sea? How else may the shell
formation be accounted for?