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EARLY COUNTY, GA. f
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
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VOLUME LXXXIII ^ NO. 15
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts—“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
Pedestrian Has Rights
Equal to Vehicle,
State Court Rules
The Georgia Court of Appeals has
come to the defense of the lowly
pedestrian on public highways,
streets and bridges.
“The law- of the road does not
restrict pedestrians to any particu
lar part of the highway or street for
purposes of travel, and he may cross
such highway at any place he desires
if he uses care,” the high court held.
“The operator of an automobile
must anticipate the possibility that
a pedestrian may cross the street or
highway at any point. A person op
erating an automobile along a high
way does not have a superior right
over a pedestrian, and it is the
duty of each to exercise his right
with due regard to the corresponding
right of the other.”
This comment was made in a rul
ing affirming a judgment for $538
obtained in the Johnson Superior
Court by Annie Jane Hooks, a minor,
against M. A. Claxton. The petition
alleged that the girl was walking
along the left side of the bridge over
the Ogeechee River, crossed over to
the right side of the bridge to avoid
a truck and was hit by a car driven
by Mr. Claxton coming from behind
her.
NEGRO COMES PREPARED
TO GET HIS KEROSENE
During the registration of kero
sene and fuel oil users here this
week one unidentified Negro came
prepared to get his on the spot. He
came into the courtroom where the
registration was being held and
much to the astonishment of the
registrars, he was carrying several
jugs and cans and announced to one
and all that “I am here to get my
kerosene.”
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Suit or Overcoat. Visit Weaver’s today and see the
fall selections we have for your approval.
—You Can Use our Lay-Away Plan for Christmas
T. K. Weaver & Co.
“Blakely’s Only Complete Store”
C. E. BOYETT, Owner BLAKELY, GA.
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BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 26, 1942.
SPECIAL THANKSGIVING
SERVICE AT METHODIST
CHURCH THURSDAY A. M.
Pastor W. F. Burford, of the
Methodist church, has announced
that a special Thanksgiving service
will be held at the Methodist church
Thursday (this) morning at 9 o’clock.
Special music has been arranged by
the Methodist choir, with special
numbers by Mrs. Ed Sealy and Mrs.
Oscar Whitchard. The service will
last 45 minutes. Rev. S. B. King,
the Baptist pastor, will be in charge
of the service.
Four Georgia Crops
Short in Yields This
Year, Report Shows
The Georgia crop reporting serv
ice at the University of Georgia,
Athens, reports that four Georgia
crops—corn, rye, peaches and ap
ples—were smaller this year than
last.
Production of peanuts, hay, oats
and pecans topped all previous rec
ords, the service said, adding that
production of wheat, tobacco, pota
toes, sweet potatoes, cotton, sorghum
and sugar cane sytup and pears will
also exceed last year’s output.
An abundance of moisture in most
areas last month favored prepara
tion of land for seeding small grains
and winter legumes, and operations
were described as about normal de
spite the record production with a
limited amount of farm labor.
v Most of the peanut and hay crops
and cotton were reported saved in
good condition because of generally
favorable harvesting weather.
Peanut production was placed at
738,000,000 pounds compared with
487,000,000 pounds in 1941. An in
crease of about seven per cent was
shown in the pecan crop of 28,006,
000 pounds. Sugar cane production
was estimated at 4,050,000 gallons,
up 14 per cent.
"Meef flifePeople • *
ft (Each week in this space will be presented a picture
and word portrait of someone whose name is news.)
1 • When blue-eyed, youngish (52) Lieut.
Gen. Dwight David Eisenhower, as the
newly appointed commander of the Ameri
can forces in the European Theater of Op
erations, arrived in London last June 24
he found an AEF composed of willing but
inexperienced men untrained in combat
tactics.
• But General Eisenhower, one of the
first to talk of a second front, had been
preparing for it ever since he emerged
from the last war a lieutenant colonel in
the tank corps. A student of military his
wmm tory and tactics, he is a specialist’in mech
■M anized warfare.
.....
• General Eisenhower was born in Tex
as, grew up in Kansas, went to West Point.
He was aide to Gen. Douglas MacArthur
when the latter was chief of staff. Five
days after Pearl Harbor he was made
chief of the War Plans division (later re
Lt. Gen. Dwight named the Operations division) of the gen
* D. Eisenhower eral staff.
A WEEK OF THE WAR
COMPILED BY OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION
THE WAR FRONTS—
Washington.—President Roosevelt,
in a radio address, said that “during
the past two weeks we have had a
great deal of good news, and it
would seem that the turning point of
this war has at last been reached.
But this is no time for exultation.
There is no time now for anything
but fighting and working to win.”
Navy Secretary Knox reported
the following total damage inflicted
on Japan in the battle of the Solo
mons November 12-15: Sunk—2
battleships, one may have been a
heavy cruiser, 6 heavy cruisers, 2
light cruisers, 6 destroyers, 8 trans
ports, 4 cargo transports; Damaged
—2 battleships, 1 cruiser, 7 destoy
ers. The Japanese lost between 20,
000 and 40,000 troops, as well as
large numbers of naval personnel.
U. S. losses were 2 light cruisers and
6 destroyers sunk.
Mr. Knox said U. S. forces are in
complete control of the area in
and around Guadalcanal and “our
hold on the island is very secure.”
The President said the battle is a
major victory. War Secretary Stim
son said army aircraft from Aus
tralia and New Caledonia played an
active and effective role in the bat
tie.
Allied headquarters in North Afri
ca reported that American, British
and French troops are driving into
Tunisia from all sides, closing in a
ring around the northeastern trian
gle of Bizerte and Tunis. The Brit
ish First Army, reinforced by U. S.
and French units, engaged Axis
mechanized columns in Tunisia and
drove them back, the War Depart
ment announced. Gen. MacArthur’s
headquarters reported November 21
that American and j Australian a
forces - driving 3 , hard 3 against . , the ,,
are
Japanese, T who -, pinned , along t the ,,
are
northeastern coast of „ x New , Guinea r* • ~ u be
tween -r, Buna and , ^ Gona on a narrow
, beacnhead extending on 20 miles -i along
the ,, coast , and i 6 /> miles -i inland. • i i
SELECTIVE SERVICE
President Roosevelt ordered regis
tration for Selective Service of ail
young men who have reached the
age of 18 since July 1, as follows:
Those born July 1 to August 31,
1924, inclusive, to register the week
beginning December 11; those born
September 1 to October 31, 1924,
to register December 18-24; those
born November 1 to December 31,
1924, to register December 26-31.
Young men reaching 18 after Jan
uary 1 will register on their birth
days. Selective Service Headquar
ters ordered distribution of question
naires to 18 and 19-year-old regis
trants, who will be inducted as their
order numbers are reached.
“To make sure that no one who is
really irreplaceable shall be sepa
rated from an essential position,”
the President ordered the Secretaries
of War and Navy to “see to it that
present Government employees, who
have been deferred, are not enlisted
or commissioned . . . unless they can
produce the approval of the head of
BAPTISTS TO WORSHIP
WITH METHODISTS WHILE
CHURCH IS REPAIRED
Rev. W. F. Burford, pastor of the
Methodist church, has extended the
membership of the Baptist church
an invitation to worship with the
Methodists while the Baptist church
is undergoing repair. This invita
tion has been accepted and during
the next three weeks the Baptist
pastor, the Rev. S. B. King, and Pas
tor Burford will alterate in the
preaching. Mr. Burford will preach
next Sunday morning and Mr. King
will preach at the evening service.
Rev. Millard Hicks
Passes After Illness
Of a Few Days
Rev. Millard Hick, 58, well-known
Early county farmer and retired
minister, died at his home east of
the city Friday night at 10 o’clock
after an illness of four days.
Funeral services were held Satur
day afternoon at 4 o’clock at Zion
church, with the Revs. T. B. Mel
lette and W. T. Wiley officiating.
Interment was in Zion church cem
etery, with Minter, Fellows & For
rester in charge of arrangements.
Pall-bearers included: active, Rich
ard Hicks, Selma Hicks, Wilton Sas
ser, Lester Wiley, Ralph English and
Lee Hicks; honorary, Millard Hicks,
Jr., and Hoke Jordan.
Mr. Hicks was a native of Geneva
county, Ala., where he was born on
March 11, 1884 . He had been a
resident of this county for 20 years.
He was a member of the Free Will
Baptist church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Eliabeth Hicks; seven children, Rich
ard Hicks of Callahan, Fla., Dan
Hicks of Upbridge, Mass.,
Hicks of Marianna, Fla.,
Hicks, Jr., of Blakely, Mrs.
English and Mrs. Thelma Wiley
Hilton, and Mrs. Flossie Sasser
Arlington; and the following
ers and sisters: Lee Hicks and Mrs.
Nancy Posey of Hilton. Will Hicks,
Duff Hicks and Sanford Hicks
Geneva, Ala.,, Mrs. Martha
of Hartford, Ala., and Mrs.
Clark of Bimingham, Ala.
LEGION TO ENTERTAIN
DRAFT BOARD
Pursuant to a request of President
Roosevelt that the American Legion
entertain its local draft and appeal
board members as an expression of
appreciation for their outstanding
services in the war effort, the local
Post will on Friday evening, Decem
ber 4, at 8:30, honor these peo c
pie at a turkey dinner, at which
time there will be public speaking
and other forms of entertainment ap
propriate to the occasion.
Local Legion officials express the
hope that every member of P. H.
Fitzgerald Post No. 11 may be pres
ent and on time.
their agency.” Mr. Roosevelt said
that after his order November 17 for
cancellation of all deferments al
ready made on the basis of federal
service, there was a rush of Govern
ment employees to get into- uniform.
He said his new order should apply
not only to the regular civilian em
ployees of the Government, “but al
so to employees in Army arsenals
and in navy yards and navy shore
establishments owned or operated by
the United States.”
The new manpower setup to be
completed soon, the President said,
would provide for deferment and
prohibition on enlistment of men
needed more urgently for war pro
duction than in the army. More uni
formity could be obtained from local
draft boards, he said, by plant man
agers certifying to the boards cases
of men who are irreplaceable and
by more consultation between draft
boards and war productioh em
ployees.
THE ARMED FORCES—
Navy Surg*eon General McIntyre
said navy fatalities among the
wounded at Guadalcanal are less
than one per cent, compared with an
average of 7 per cent wounded in
World War I-—-due principally to use
of new medical discoveries in treat
ment of ™ ds ‘ The Resident ap
P™ ted Brl ^ Gen - Fredenck H Os
born, chief of special services of the
War Department, as chairman of a
committee which will work out plans
for P°f-™r educat.on of young
men wlwse sch ° o1 y ears are mter '
ru P ted ^ antra " ce into the armed
services - The President , increased
tke maximum size of the WAACs
from 25 ’ 000 *> 150 ’ 000 woalen -
More than M00 000 soldiers have
applied , for benefits on behalf of
their n families under the ^ Service
men s Dependents Allowance Act.
The Office of War Information
announced 48,956 members of „ TT U. S. ~
’
forces have . been officially . ..
reported _ _ killed, . wounded, , , . .
as \ missing
. . the began—
or prisoners since war
exclusive of the African campaign.
The War and Navy Departments or
ganized the United States of Ameri
ca Typhus Commission, headed by
R ea( ] Admiral Charles S. Stephen
SO n, to “function as a board of strat
e gy against typhus, the common foe
0 f a ]j armies and of all people.”
PRODUCTION _
War Production Chairman Nelson
announced aircraft production in
1943 h as been fixed at more than
double the 1942 output. At the
same time he appointed a new top
board of aircraft production super
vision under the chairmanship of
WPB Vice Chairman Charles E. Wil
son . Mr. Nelson issued a statement
asking war workers to stay on their
jobs Thanksgiving Day. The WPB
sma ller war plants division reported
it has completed its operating or
g an iztion and now has the staff
necessary to carry out its work,
FARM PRICES AND
PRODUCTION —
The WPB froze until March 6,
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PULL FOR BLAKELY
—OR—
PULL OUT
$1.50 A YEAR
Save Tin Cans
For War Needs,
Urges WPB
(Pictorial Instructions for Salvaging
Cans on Page 2)
“Prepare and save tin cans!”
This rally-cry is going up all over
Georgia this week as housewives of
the State are being called on to
lend an extra effort to war needs.
A system of collection for tin
cans which contained food is being
set up in every city and village
through the cooperation of grocery
stores, and every housewife is urg
ently asked to save every tin can
after the food has been removed.
The government has asked Geor
gia to try out the system of volun
tary collection of tin cans, accord
WHAT TO DO WITH
TIN CANS
1. Wash can thoroughly and re
move the label.
2. Cut off top and bottom and
put them inside the can.
3. Flatten can by stepping on it
heavily.
4. Turn in prepared cans to your
grocer every time you buy.
ing to Thomas H. Hall, executive
secretary of the War Production
Board in Georgia.
“If successful in this state, the
plan will undoubtedly be adopted
nationally. If it is not successful
here, we face the probability that
WPB will re-quire a tin can to be
turned in for every purchase of
canned food. The government must
have tin. We would rather collect
it on a voluntary basis than through
a mandatory order, and we believe
the housewives will cooperate.”
Need for tin is shown by the fact
that 90 per cent of all tin used in
this country in the past has been
imported from the East Indies, from
which the United States has been
cut off. The only tin remaining in
this country is that in tin cans and
the supplies in the hands of the
manufacturers.
Since 10 per cent of an airplane
motor consists of a supply of this
vital metal, tin must be kept com
ing into the hands of war production
plants. Every carload of tin cans
will produce not only the much
needed tin, but enough steel for one
medium tank. No motor of any
kind can be produced without tin.
Housewives in larger cities have
previously been requested to save
tin cans, but collection facilities
have not been available anywhere,
Mr. Hall stated. “Through the co
operation of wholesale and retail
grocery firms throughout the state
we are now in a position to collect
the empty cans from every city, (
large and small.
“Housewives are asked to save
every can containing food (cans
which do not contain food, such as
paint cans, are not wanted), The
cans should be thoroughly washed,
labels 'removed, tops cut off and.
tucked inside, and then flattened by
stepping on them. Then take the
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