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| EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
i GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXXIII > NO. 16
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts—“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead/'
ED P. MARTIN
PASSES AFTER
LONG ILLNESS
Succumbing to an illness of long
duration, Edwin Pleasant Martin,
4 5, World War veteran and resident
of Early county, died last Thursday
at the U. S. Veterans Hospital at
Augusta, where he had been under
treatment for some time.
His body was brought home and
funeral services were held Saturday
afternoon, with the Rev. W. T.
Wiley officiating. Interment follow
ed in the Blakely cemetery, with
the Minter, Fellows & Forrester Fu
neral Home in charge of arrange
t
ments. Serving as pall-hearers were
the following fellow-members of
the American Legion: W. R. McKin
ney, Emory A. Cannon, W. C. Cook,
Abe Berman, Roy L. Whitehurst, W.
A. Fuqua, O. R. Brooks, and Walter
C. Jordan.
Mr. Martin was a native of this
county, having been horn at Hilton
on October 16 ; 1897. He was a son
of the late Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Mar
tin. Prior to his illness, he had en
gaged in farming operations and was
successful in this line of endeavor.
Of a jovial nature, he had many
friends who learned with sincere re
gret of his passing. He was a mem
ber of the Missionary Baptist church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Jewel
Cannon Martin; two children, Mrs.
Weyman Evans of Toceoa, Ga., and
Edd Cannon Martin of Hilton; one
sister, Mrs. G. C. Spillers, of Tulsa,
Oklahoma; and the following broth
ers: Clarence and Fred Martjn, of
Hilton, Ambrose Martin of Key
West, Fla., and Major Emmett E.
Martin, M. C., U. S. Army, Fort
Maxey, Texas. A number of nieces
and nephews also survive.
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BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1942.
STATE REVENUE
FROM GAS TAX
DROPS $668,000
State gasoline tax collections
dropped $668,000 in November un
der the same month last year, State
Auditor B. E. Thrasher, Jr., revealed
last week.
The collections in November,
1942, for October sales, were $1,-
641,659.57, compared to $2,309,-
85-3.11 in November, 1941. It will
be necessary for Governor Talnjadge
to divert $100,925 from his emerg
ency fund to keep up his promise of
$365,000 monthly to the various
counties out of gasoline taxes, since
the allocation to counties for No
vember amounts to only $264,074.
The chief loss will be to the
Highway Department and the equal
ization fund of the common schools,
which the Governor has not been
making up.
State Auditor Thrasher estimated
the loss in gas taxes for November
at 37 per cent. He has predicted a
loss of 50 per cent before the end
of the fiscal year. The monthly
losses are beginning to approach
that estimate.
SURGICAL DRESSINGS
VICTORY ROLL WEEK
ENDING NOVEMBER 27
Mrs. Richard Alexander
Mrs. Ed Chancy
Mrs. Felix Davis, Sr.
Mrs. H. C. Fort
Mrs. George Gee
Mrs. C. A. Grubbs
Mrs. C. P. Gay.
Mrs. S. P. Holland, Sr.
Mrs. C. L. Tabb
Mrs. R. 0. Waters
Stitch & Chatter Club, 13 hours
Eastern Star, 5 hours.
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"Meet the People...
(Each week in this space will be presented a picture
and word portrait of someone whose name is news.)
•U. S. forces in the South Pacific area sur
rounding the Solomon Islands must face two
bad facts, two very good ones. They are out
j: numbered on land and harassed on the sea by
; deadly Jap sub activity. But—they rule the
Sf W j air and, through a co-ordination of air and
11I f \ sea power, may yet be able to outmaneuver
j The Jap navy.
ilH glil «In command of the U. S. navy in the South
. Pacific area is Admiral William Frederick
Halsey, who is himself a flyer and who has un
II der him a group of air-minded officers. That
the Solomons campaign took a turn for the
better right after his appointment as com
mander in that area is probably not a coinci
dence. But he still has a big job to do. He
must find a way to bring in the planes we
m need to maintain our air supremacy.
:
•Admiral Halsey’s appointment indicates that
the navy is attempting to put into field com
mands younger men, preferably those with
pilot training. It may also indicate that the
;X; £ - ^ often predicted shakeup in the naval high com
Admiral Halsey mand is not far off.
A WEEK OF THE WAR
COMPILED BY OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION
THE WAR FRONTS—
Washington, D. C.—Operations on
all fronts against the Axis are pro
gressing favorably, Secretary of
War Stimson said. He summarized
the situation as follows:
(1) The Germans have failed in
all of their main -objectives for the
year in Russia and will have to
withdraw from wide areas unless
they can stop the Russian counter
offensive.
(2) The Allies are building up
strong assault forces in Tunisia to
oust the Axis, but the enermy there
will “offer strong resistance.”
(3) American and Australian
troops have cornered substantial
numbers of Japanese troops between
Gona and Buna in New Guinea.
(4) Although weather conditions
make extensive activity difficult in
the Aleutians, American fliers are
doing everything possible to harass
the enemy.
Navy Secretary Knox said it is
unlikely the Japanese can get rein
forcements into Guadalcanal. Aus
tralian troops, advancing on Buna,
have smashed Japanese counter-at
tacks, while allied bombers blasted
enemy gun nests and mortar em
placements, Gen. MacArthur’s New
Guinea headquarters reported No
ported November 2>8. Japanese na
val forces, however, despite heavy
losses, have landed “strong, fresh
reinforcements” on the Buna-Gona
beachhead. Earlier allied airmen
sank two and probably three troop
laden destroyers and definitely sank
one other destroyer and two smaller
vessels.
Communiques during the week
reported allied forces in North Afri
ca destroyed 100 Axis planes and
21 medium tanks at the cost of
nine allied planes destroyed and
four damaged. The War Depart
ment estimated U. S. army and navy
casualties from the initial landings
in the North African operations:
Army, killed 350, wounded 900, miss
ing 350; Navy, killed 10, wounded
1-50, missing 150.
RATIONING—
President Roosevelt, in letters to
Rubber Director Jeffers and Price
Administrator Henderson, stated “we
must do everything within oui
power to see that the mileage ra
tioning program starts December
1st because victory must not be de
layed through failure to support our
fighting forces.” Expanded passen
ger car tire and tube quotas for De
cember to meet needs in the first
month of mileage rationing—the
plan under which virtually all pas
senger cars become eligible to ap
ply for needed recapping services or
replacement tires—were announced
by the Office of Price Administra
tion. The total of passenger car
tires and recapping services com
bined is 2,301,342 for December,
against 1,285,189 for November.
Rubber Director Jeffers stated that
unless tires are conserved in the U.
S. by nationwide gasoline rationing
until synthetic rubber production
gets into full swing in 1944, the
United Nations’ rubber stockpile
will be reduced to “considerably be
low the point of reasonable safety.”
In 1943, there will only be 30 mil
lion tires, including recaps, available
for automobiles, compared with a
normal demand of 48 million tires.
“If all goes well,” Mr. Jeffers said,
“we should be able to allocate im
portant quantities of rubber for the
manufacture of civilian tires in the
early months of 1944. Thus, if there
is no hitch in the program, we should
be able in 1944 to replace in a
large measure the automobile tires
now in use on the 27 million pas
senger cars and the 5 million trucks
operating in the United States.”
The Office of Civilian Defense
said that beginning November 30, 2
million, Civilian Defense Block Lead
ers will “swing into action to carry
on a coordinated national campaign,
the government’s voluntary Share
the-Meat Plan to- every city, town
y
and village in the land.”
STABILIZATION OF WAGES—
The War Labor Board delegated to
War Secretary Stimson the power
to rule upon all wage and salary ad
justments of the more than one mil
lion civilian employees in the U. S.
and Alaska employed by the War
Department, the Army Exchange
Services and government-owned, pri
vately-operated facilities of the de
partment. The Board issued a list
of 2-9 industries employing 8 million
workers in which its regional direc
tors will be authorized: to act on re
quests for wage increases to correct
maladjustments by applying the little
steel formula without board review.
THE ARMED FORCES—
War Secretary Stimson announced
army furloughs will be granted be
tween December 12 and January 12
to no more than 10 per cent of the
enlisted strength of any camp or
station at any one time. Mr. Stim
son said many young officers have
been transferred from Washington
jobs to combat duty, and they will
continue to be transferred until at
least two-thirds of the officers on
duty in Washington will be men
more than 35. The Federal Com
munications Commission announced
that after December 1 members of
the armed forces and persons send
ing money to them will receive a
50 per cent rate reduction on do
mestic telegraph money orders up to
$25.
Selective Service registrants will
be required to carry classification
cards as well as registration cards
with them at all times, beginning
January 1.
FARM PRODUCTION AND
PRICES—
Agriculture Secretary Wickard
announced 1943 food-for-freedom
goals asking the highest production
in the history of American agricul
ture. The goals will shape next
year’s farm production to the needs
of the United Nations, and are aim
ed at maintaining or exceeding the
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$1.50 A YEAR
NOVEMBER BOND
QUOTA HERE IS
OVERSUBSCRIBED
When Uncle Sam has a really
tough job to do, he always turns it
over to his boys who served in the
first World War, and they always
turn in a bang-up performance, if
the local post of the American Le
gion is any indication of what the
others have done over the nation.
i’’ 01 ' this week, when final tabula
tions were made on the November
bond drive, which was sponsored by
the Legion, they showed that Early
county had oversubscribed its quota
by a. good majority, with still a few
bond sales yet to be heard from.
0. R. Brooks, of the P. H. Fitz
gerald Post, who was directly in
charge of the drive, announced yes
terday that $31,163 in bonds had
been bought, with the direct bond
sales still unreported. The quota for
this county was $30,800. Mr. Brooks
was very jubilant when he reported
that the Legion boys had again
“gone over the top” and he express
ed his appreciation to all local civic
clubs and other organizations for
the cooperation they gave the Le
gion in the bond drive.
Mr. Brooks signaled out the worn
an’s division of the ___, war war savings savings
bond and stamp committee for the
splendid work they did in making
the drive a success. He stated that
these ladies were directly responsible
for many of the sales. This com
mittee was headed by Mrs. Lewis B.
Fryer and Mrs. Ed Sealy.
Meanwhile, S. G. Maddox, perma
nent chairman of the war savings
stamps and bond committee, cau
tioned Early countians not to let up
in their bond buying. These drives
will be held each month and it is
the duty of all to see that Early
county reaches its quota every
month, Mr. Maddox stated.
STATE’S LAWYERS TO
HEAD DECEMBER DRIVE
The lawyers of the state will
sponsor ___„„ the bond drive during , . the ,,
month of December, it has been an
n ? u J? c ® d ’ an £ Attorney W. L. Stone,
of Blakely, 1 heads the Pataula circuit
committee.
APPEAL ISSUED TO
WOMEN TO HELP MAKE
SURGICAL DRESSINGS
Mr. George Gee, co-chairman of
the Red Cross Surgical Dressings
program, yesterday sent out an urg
ent appeal for Blakely and Early
county women to participate in the
making of these dressings.
Mr. Gee said that national head
quarter's was requesting these dress
ings faster than the local classes
were turning them out, and due to
the apathy shown by local women in
not attending these classes, Early
county was lagging in its quota. She
stated that more and more workers
are needed and that all women who
have not made their hours, should
come this week and help to roll the
bandages—bandages so badly need
ed by our fighting soldiers.
t Mrs. Gee also announced that no
Friday night class would be held
due to the fact that the local Amer
ican Legion would be using the
ball that night to hold a banquet.
FARMERS VOTE
ON MARKETING
QUOTAS DEC. 12
Cotton farmers throughout the
country will vote Saturday, Decern
ber 12, 1942, on whether they want
marketing quotas for the 1943 cot
ton crop. Cotton producers have
used marketing quotas, authorized
under the Agricultural Adjustment
Act, for the last five seasons in con
junction with the Agricultural Con
servation Program. This year, with
war raging throughout the world,
cotton farmers will vote under criti
ca j conditions. Some questions which
farmers should consider before vot
ing are discussed below:
Q. When are quotas desirable?
A. Under normal conditions quo
tas are desirable when the supply of
cotton is excessive m relation to re
quirements. The Act makes it nec
essary to proclaim quotas when the
supply of American cotton is more
than 7 per cent above normal. The
normal supply is 18.2 million bales,
As defined by law, this is made up
normal domestic consumption,
normal exports, plus 40 per cent as
an allowance for carry-over. While
domestic consumption has increased
during during the the past past year year or or two, two, the the fil- in
crease is less than the drop in ex
P° r ts from normal. Actually the
f a PPly American cotton in the
U ai ted States for 1943 is about 23.5
million bales. This is the second
largest supply on record and is suf
ficient to meet our needs for almost
y® ars -
Q* l' the . the ,
( oes war increase
nee .° f° r quotas,
A. The war makes it urgently
necessary that all farmers use their
resources to the best advantage of
the nation in winning the war and in
Winning it as quickly as possible,
Although total farm- production in
1941 and 1942 was successively the
largest on record, it will be difficult
for farmers to mantain these rec
ords in 1943. Thus land, labor, fer
tilizer, and machinery must be used
more in proportion to the urgency
0 f ^he nee( j f or f ar m products. Since
the sup pi y 0 f cotton is more favora
(jj e j n re l a tion to requirements than
many other commodities, cotton
farmers should consider whether the
need for marketing quotas now is
greater or less than under normal
conditions.
Q. How can quotas contribute to
maximum, balanced farm production
m 1943?
A. With the labor, fertilizer, and
machinery problems farmers are fac
ing, it is necessary that each acre
of land, every hour of labor, and
each piece of equipment be used to
contribute its maximum. This can
be expected largely through yields
per acre. Since Cotton marketing
quotas have been in operation, 7.5
acres yield as much cotton as was
formerly secured from 10 acres. This
leaves the additional acres, labor,
and materials otherwise used on
such acreage available for more crit
ically needed crops.
Q. How are quotas related to- cot
ton prices? October 2 the basic loan
A. On
level was increased from 85 per
cent to 90 per cent of parity and
availability of loans was extended
for a period of two years after the
war. If quotas are disapproved by
vote of cotton producers, under the
Act loans on cotton cannot be made
on the crop to which the referendum
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