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EARLY COUNTY, GA. GARDEN SPOT OF ! GOD’S COUNTRY *• VOLUME LXXXIII NO. 14 Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts—“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead." Registration of Fuel Oil and Kerosene Users Nov. 19-20 Registration in Early county of kerosene and fuel oil users for cook ing and lighting and miscellaneous uses will be held on Thursday and Friday of this week, November 19th and 20th, at the following sites: Damascus High School (white). Damascus High School (colored). New Hope School. Jakin High School (white). Cedar Springs School. Hilton High School. Rowena School. Arlington High School. Liberty Hill School. Early County Training School. Colomokee School. Blakely Washington High School (colored). The hours for registration will be announced at these schools. The registration at Blakely will be at the court house on these days from 10 a. m. to 8 p. m. RECITAL AT METHODIST CHURCH SUNDAY NIGHT DELIGHTS LISTENERS One of the most delightful services given at the Methodist church since the installation of the new electric organ was rendered there Sunday night, when three talented Turner Field service men gave a recital. A large crowd greeted these young men and thrilled to the magnificent voices of Privates Gildo Ferrando, baritone, and Eugene Corriero, ten or, and to the organ music of Private William Reid. Although the music was part ex temporaneous, due to the fact that part of the music was left in Albany when these singers left in such haste to meet their appointment, the pro gram was a source of much enjoy ment and a bright future was pre dicted for all these young men by those who. were fortunate enough to attend the recital. AMERICAN COTTON (/ FOB FIGHTING TBIM A TO KEEP YOUR FAMILY FIT -k COTTON • • • tough,washable, last ing. .. makes soap-and-water fresh ness yours at small cost and little * effort. SIMPLE and easy to wash. No com plicated instructions oneeded. Cot ton is even stronger when wet than * dry. Exact preshrinkage protects style and fit. Boil, scrub and wring it when necessary. Cotton can take it. . HEALTHFUL —Outside freshness Jf helps inside 1 Vi.' maintain health. Cot ton can stand heat and washing to - make it sterile. THRIFTY —Cotton more than re- * pays, with long wear and sturdy service, the simple care that keeps it fresh. * M * I \ ; y? Buy your cotton piece goods now while our present stocks are near normal. Many items in cotton goods are not ob tainable through wholesale channels even this early in the game. T. K. Weaver & Co. “Blakely’s Only Complete Store” C. E. BOYETT, Owner BLAKELY, GA. (Eftfij) ®0tJtttj| $Stm BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1942. Can’t Stop Him ji' m: ft . || : $ fV ■ . ' jTTU £ mm •n ® This smile belongs to Master Sergt. Sidney C. Howe, one of the toughest soldiers in Uncle Sam’s army. He lost his arm, and ma chine gun bullets went through his legs at Pearl Harbor. Army offi cials tried to retire him, but he “raised hell.” Sergeant Howe is now a radio operator in Fourth army air communications, He wears a silver star for bravery un der fire. LIONS TO HOLD TURKEY SHOOT FOR BENEFIT OF EMPTY STOCKING FUND The Early County Christmas Emp ty Stocking Fund, which annually plays Santa Claus to the under-priv ileged children, will this year get a boost from the Blakely Lions Club, if plans being made by the club prove successful. The club at its noon meeting Tues day voted to hold a Turkey Shoot next Tuesday afternoon at three o’clock, EWT, with the proceeds to go to the Empty Stocking Fund. The shoot will be held at the sand pit on the Cuthbert highway just north of the mill pond. The fun will begin exactly at three o’clock and some lucky fellow will win a Thanksgiving dinner for only twenty-five cents. Lions William Cox, Frank Reid and “Tige” Pickle are on-the committee to arrange the shoot. Men and la dies are invited. A WEEK OF THE WAR COMPILED BY OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION Washington.—President Roosevelt ordered the Lend-Lease Administra tion to make available as soon as possible food, clothing and weapons of war to the armed forces and the citizens of the areas in North Afri ca occupied by U. S. troops. “No one will go hungry or without other means of livelihood in any territory occupied by the United Nations,” the President said, “if it is humanly within our power to make necessary supplies available to them. Weapons also will be supplied to the people of these territories to hasten the defeat of our common enemies.” By late November 13 allied forces had extended the Algerian zone of occupation as far east as Bone, just 50 miles from Tunisia. When French destroyers at Casablanca put up strong resistance against American naval units protecting U. S. troop landings there, the U. S. surface forces and dive bombers destroyed an entire flotilla of French destroy ers and light craft and left the 35, 000-ton French battleship Jean Bart a burning hulk. All hostilities in French North Africa ceased Novem ber 11, 77 hours after the U. S. of fensive began. In many places the local population and U. S. troops joined in Armistice Day ceremonies. The war department said American casualties were light. The President described the Afri can campaign as a smaller second front launched in lieu of a big-scale offensive against the Axis forces across the English channel. He said that during Prime Minister Church ill’s visit to Washington in June it was decided a major offensive across the Channel could not have been started until next year at the ear liest. The African offensive was de cided upon by the end of June, by late July the number of men neces sary and points of attack had been determined, and the approximate date was set by the end of August. War Secretary Stimson said that despite the fact that the Germans must have been aware some sort of large operation was in immediate prospect in North Africa, Axis ef forts to intercept it with numerous submarines were futile. All U. S. forces moved to their points pf at tack, only one transport was torpe doed, and troops from this ship pro ceeded in their landing craft more than 100 miles to their destination. Under Secretary of War Patterson reported 700,000 different items of equipment and supplies were re quired for the North African opera tion. Navy Jseven Secretary timL Knox said it took five to^the^iddle last as ^ as it would to carry them straight through Gibral tar and into the Mediterranean. OTHER WAR FRONTS In a 10-hour offensive on Jap shore positions on Guadalcanal November 21 > j* ir .f n d surface forces of t e U. S. Navy destroyed at least and probably more out of 75 land ing boats found near Tassafarong , shot down 30 out of 31 Jap p an attempting-to attack the U. S. s ip , silenced shore batteries and start large fires. The U. S. heavy slightly ci San Francisco was damaged und 30 members of the rew ® kdled when a disab ed a P P crashed into it. The U. . d y Buchannon was damaged a e 1 of her crew killed by a .-me from an enemy shore atte y. Navy communique m the a of November 14 said the naval - gagements in the Solomons ai were still in progress. General MacArthur headq , s reported November 4 t at • • bombers scored hits on two more Jap cruisers and damaged an enemy transport at their Buin-Faisi base. In New Guinea, Australian troops wiped out the remainder of a Japa n e se force in the Oivi-Gorari sector and drew within 45 miles of the en emy base at Buna. U. S. subma rines reported the sinking of seven more transport and auxiliary ships and the probable sinking of a de stroyer in far eastern waters, The sinking of five more allied merchant men in the Atlantic during .Septem ber and October were announced. SELECTIVE SERVICE— The President signed legislation lowering the draft age to 18 years. At the same time, he announced a committee of educators, working with the War and Navy Departments, would make a study of steps “to en able the young men whose education has been interrupted to resume their schooling and afford equal op portunity for the training and edu cation of other young men of ability after their service to the Armed Forces has corne to an end.” He also said that in the near future a plan will be announced providing utiliza tion during the war of facilities of certain colleges and universities to train a limited number of men of the Armed Forces for highly special ized duties. NAVY— Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Staff to President Roosevelt, said aircraft carriers, large and small, escort vessels, landing boats and oth- er kinds, of naval units are about to be built “with a timing almost equal to the pre-war mass production of motor cars.” He said the U. S', is building submarines in a little more than one year, twice as fast as be fore the war—aircraft carriers are built in 17 months—battle ships, that used to require five years, now take three—destroyers require six months, one-third of the former time. FARM PRODUCTION AND PRICES— Economic stabilization director Byrnes said the ceiling on farm wages has been lifted until Agricul ture Secretary Wickard can deter mine: (1) The effect of farm wages on farm production in the more critical farm labor shortage areas, and (2) where increases in farm wages may threaten to cause an increase in the price ceilings on farm products. The first Agricultural Marketing Administration contract for dehy drated pork for shipment overseas— calling for approximately 110,000 pounds, to be processed and deliver ed within the next few weeks—was awarded to the Midwestern Meat Packer. The Agriculture Depart mest said the use of hybrid seed added 300,000,000 bushels to the 1942 com crop. Marketing quotas will apply to the J.943-44 cotton marketing season if approved by a more than two-thirds vote of cotton growers in the referendum of Decem ber 12, Secretary Wic-kard stated. RATIONING— The Office of Defense Transporta tion postponed its mileage rationing program for commercial vehicles from November 15 to December 1, after the Office of Price Adminis tration postponed its nationwide gas oline rationing program for passen ger cars from November 22 to De cember 1. The OPA also postponed its fuel oil rationing starting date from November 1 to 23. The OPA said all oil-burning equipment in structures other than private homes will be regarded by OPA as converti ble to other fuels and therefore in eligible for fuel rations, unless sat isfactory proof is furnished to the contrary. The ruling will be en forced after the second rationing period. PRODUCTION AND LABOR SUPPLY— OES Director Byrnes asked War Production Chairman Nelson to un dertake a “vigorous program” to standardize goods produced for civil ian consumption and to eliminate K CL vilian Supply to ^ds, determine and said the it mm- will ™ b / the 0ES P° 1C V grantee the tntiail ^ ^ Labor Secretary Perkins, at the re q UeS £ 0 .f the -yy ar an[ j Navy De p ar £ments anc j the Maritime Commis s i on> lowered the minimum age for (women employed in war industries f rom jg to years. The war agen c j es gta ^ e( j t ,j, e con ti nU ed inclusion - t acts of the 18-year n war con r pro v ; s j on would “impair seriously the conduct of government business by retarding essentiaI production . . .” In ordering the change, Secretary Perkins ruled that a contractor shall “keep on file a certificate of age s ] low j ng that every girl employed by j g at ] east pg no g j r j un d er 18 giia |j be employed for more than eight hours in any one day, or be j. ween pjje hours of 10 p. m. and 6 a. m , or j n an y W ay contrary to state laws governing hours of work . . .” Any woman worker under 18 must gran ted a specific lunch period f j t 30 minutes . (Note: Since the above informa tion was compiled and released, the Navy has announced a" great naval victory in the Solomons, in which 23 Japanese vessels were sunk, includ ing twelve transports carrying thou sands of Japanese soldiers. American losses were two light cruisers and six destroyers sunk.) 6,300 BALES COTTON GINNED IN EARLY COUNTY TO NOVEMBER 1 W. R. Pullen, special agent of the Department of Commerce, an nounced this week that the cotton ginners census report for November 1 shows that prior to that date 6,300 bales of cotton had been ginned in Early county from the 1942 crop as compared to 10,409 bales to the same date in 1941. SERVICE AT HILTON METHODIST CHURCH SUNDAY 4:30 P. M. There will be preaching services at the Hilton Methodist church Sun day afternoon at 4:30 o’clock. The sermon will be by the Rev. W. F. Burford, of Blakely. Everyone is invited. $1.50 A YEAR Leads in Africa I ,:v ill ■ . : 4 m: : : •’ This photo is the latest portrait of Lieut. Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, American commanding general in the European theater of operations. General Eisenhower led U. S. troops in landings in the French colonies in North Africa. EARLY COUNTIANS TURN IN 296,540 POUNDS SCRAP METAL DURING DRIVE Complete figures on the recent Newspaper Scrap Metal Drive were announced here this week and show ed that loyal Early countians gath ered a total of 296,540 pounds of scrap metal and rubber, thus en riching the Army and Navy relief funds in the amount of $998.08. Although this seems like a great pile of scrap, T. B. Clyburn, salvage chairman, said it is far short of the goal of 100 pounds per person in Early county. At 100 pounds per person, this is only one-sixth of the amount we should have raised. There is yet much scrap in the county which hasn’t been brought to the salvage stations and it will be brought in at a later drive, Mr. Clyburn said. The date of the new scrap drive will be announced later. CHAIRMEN NAMED FOR WOMAN’S DIVISION OF WAR BOND COMMITTEE S. G. Maddox, chairman Early County War Bond and Savings Stamps Committee, announced yes terday that Mrs. Lewis B. Fryer had been narfied chairman and Mrs, Ed Sealy co-chairman of the Wom an’s Division of this corhmittee. In naming Mrs. Fryer and Mrs. Sealy to these posts, Mr. Maddox said the c-o-mmittee was careful in its se lection so as to get two workers who were really interested in this work and who would give careful consideration to all phases of the buying of bonds and stamps. Mrs. Fryer and Mrs. Sealy are diligent workers, he said, and the committee is very fortunate in getting them to accept this responsibility. “Mrs. Miniver,” that extra fine picture you have been hearing so much about, at the Blakely Theatre next Monday and Tuesday. War Bonds Sold As Result of Rotary Club Barbecue Several thousand dollars worth of war bonds were sold here last Thursday as the result of a big barbecue held that night at the OCIC camp site in Kolomoki Park. The barbecue was staged by the Blakely Rotary Club and admission was gained by the purchase of a war bond. About a hundred were present, including the Rotary mem bers and their guests. No fixed pro gram was rendered at the barbecue. Following a short address of welcome by President James B. Murdock, Jr., the roll call by Rotarian Henry Wall and the invocation by Rotarian Bill Burford, everyone assembled at the long table and began to eat freely of the delectable barbecue and Brunswick stew which had been pre pared in great quantities. The stew and ’cue were prepared by Mr. John G. Murdock, who is considered an authority on arranging a “feed” of this nature. To quote an ancient, out-of-date and too-much used phrase, “a good time was had by all.” EARLY COUNTY BOND QUOTA FOR NOVEMBER ONLY HALF REACHED If Early county is to meet its No vember bond quota, we have “got to get up and go,” is the prediction of O. R. Brooks, who- is in charge of the bond drive. Early this week the sales bad reached the $14,0-00 mark, with less than two weeks to go, Mr. Brooks said. The quota is $30,000. All committee workers are expected to make a concerted drive this week so that Early county will make its quota. MISS RHEA GOWAN PASSES AT HOME IN CENTERVILLE Following an illness of several weeks, Miss Rhea Gowan, 53, died Saturday morning at 10:30 o'clock at Centerville. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock at the Center ville Methodist church, of which Miss Gowan was a member, with the Rev. L. Cecil Wimberley officiating. In terment was in Centerville cemetery, with Minter, Fellows & Forrester Funeral Home in charge of arrange ments, and R. T. Jackson, Justin Gowan, Cyrus DuBose, Grady Du Bose, Bill Hobbs, James Tedder and Sam Roy Chandler serving as pall bearers. Miss Gowan, who was a native of this county, where she was born August 15, 1889, is survived by her mother, Mrs. J. R. Gowan; two brothers, Jim and Henry Gowan, of this county; and one sister, Mrs. J. H. Eason, of Cairo. ,** ♦ % BANK LOANS FOR ♦ ALL ESSENTIAL NEEDS X ♦ are available as always at the * First State Bank ♦ 1 : ! Wartime regulations discourage unnecessary bor I rowing. The First State’s policies have always ♦ done I But if so. you need funds in your business, for prop erty repairs, or for sound personal uses, The First State Bank officers will discuss your require ments with you. No account necessary. FIRST STATE BANK : BLAKELY, GEORGIA ♦ Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Maximum Insurance of $5,000.00 for each depositor 1 Throw Your Scrap Into the Scrap—Drive Next Week PULL FOR BLAKELY —OR— PULL OUT — *