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Earlij ffipuntij News
Official Organ City of Blakely
and County of Early
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Blakely, Georgia
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Georgia Press Association
Blakely, Ga., December 10, 1942
Bought any War Bonds or
Stamps this month?
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The News directs the atten
tion of its readers to the ad
vertisements in this issue. They
will prove an aid to Christmas
shoppers.
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Says the editor of the Daw
son News: “About the only
misfortune that is a blessing in
disguise that we know of is a
dog without a tail. He doesn’t
have to worry about tin cans.”
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Don’t forget to dispatch that
Christmas mail—including the
greeting cards—early. Uncle
Sam’s postal employees are
facing a herculean task this
month and are earnestly ask
ing the public’s cooperation.
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No more voluntary enlist
ments in the armed forces of
the country in the 18 to 38
year age groups. Hereafter,
these men will be accepted in
to the service only through
the medium of the selective
service boards.
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. The Japs seem determined
to recapture the Solomon Is
lands and General MacArthur
is equally determined that
the Americans shall hold on.
The latest enemy attempt to
land reinforcements resulted
in another victory for the
American naval forces.
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The all-purpose ration book
will be ready for distribution
early in the new year. It is
very likely that Americans
are going to then learn that
war is a serious proposition on
the home front as well as on
the fighting front. Not only
restrictions, but privations, are
ahead of us before we have
licked the Axis.
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Ameriean and British troops
are meeting with stub
born resistance in north Afri
ca and have a real fight on
their hands to dislodge the en
emy from the dark continent.
It is all-important that the
north African campaign prove
successful, and although bit
ter fighting with heavy casual
ties might be expected, the
Allied forces are going to
win this round of the war.
ROCKS AREAD.
Retail distribution of essen
tial commodities, such as cloth
ing and food, has always been
highly competitive. The suc
cessful merchant must have a
rare combination of imagina
tion, sound business judgment
and knowledge of consumer
wishes. He must be at once
conservative and progressive
in the purchase of goods. Fail
ure to accurately calculate fu
ture markets can easily spell
bankruptcy, says the Indus
trial News-Review.
The larger the merchant, the
greater must be his precision
of operation, and he must not
make mistakes. The laws of
supply and demand are hard
laws. But years of experience
have taught the successful
merchant how to get along
with them, to the benefit of
the consumer.
War has brought new prob
lems to the merchant, problems
on which previous experience
means little. They include
rationing, price fixing, labor
shortages, complex new taxes,
population shifts and others by
the score. In many instances,
the small merchant is in a
better position to tackle these
problems than the large mer
chant, for he has less fixed
overhead, But, big or little,
the retail distributors are in
the anomalous position of col
lectively constituting an essen
tial industry, while individual
ly facing bankruptcy by the
thousands. The public and
politicians, in their own self
interests, will do well to co
opei’ate to the best of their
abilities in helping America’s
merchants over the rocks
ahead. I
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This country’s production of
war implements for 1942, al
though falling short of the
President’s estimate, has been
truly remarkable, but the 1943
production goals are far in
excess of those for this year.
To meet these goals, the coun
try must be geared to a full
effort for the coming year, and
the machinery is being set in
motion to see that these goals
are reached.
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The nation’s farmers will
vote Saturday on cotton mar
keting quotas for 1943. Care
ful thought should be given to
this important question by the
cotton growers, for much de
pends on their action in this
referendum. Benefits accruing
to the cotton farmer from
marketing quotas have been
outlined many times in the
columns of The News and need
not be repeated. Sufficient to
say, there is plenty of cotton
to supply present demands,
but there is not sufficient food
supplies to feed our civilians
and armed forces and those of
our allies.
Relief At Last
For Your Cough
Creomulsion relieves the promptly seat of the be
cause it goes right to and expel
trouble to help and loosen aid nature to soothe germ
laden phlegm, tender inflamed bronchial
and heal raw, druggist
mucous membranes. Tell your
to sell you a bottle of Creomulsion with
the understanding you must like the
way it quickly allays the cough or you
are to have your money back.
CREOMULSION Bronchitis
For Coughs, Chest Colds,
BORROWING —
Some people who find it necessary or advantag
eous to borrow money feel a certain hesitancy or em
barrassment in applying to a bank for a loan.
This should not be. We hire money just as a ga
rage hires out an automobile or a landlord rents a
room. You should feel no more hesitancy in applying
to us for a loan than you would in going to a store to
make a purchase. Both are business transactions.
If you are entitled by credit standards to the
accommodation you seek, we are just as anxious to
lend you the money as you are to borrow it.
—We Lend Money on Life Insurance—
Bank of Early
BLAKELY. GEORGIA
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. All
Deposits Insured up to $5,000
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
THIS WEEK
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As this is being written, it is one
of those cloudy, dull, dreary, list
less days which is about as conducive
to producing ideas as a coal mine
would be inspirational to a poet.
We’ve got those “0, what an easy
job you’ve got, you only have to
pound a typewriter” blues. At times,
and this is one of them, producing
ideas from a typewriter is one diffi
cult job. Well, when we decided to
get into this racket, they told us
there would be days like this, But
they neglected to tell us there were
going to be so many.
Delving into politics is one line of
goods which we do not carry in
stock very often. And then not in
large shipments, but if you will par
don the intrusion, may we remark
that the recent controversy between
our august Senators and Congress
men over the poll-tax bill seemed to
be about as ill-timed as the pensions
for-Gongressmen piece of legislation.
To be or not to be, is not the ques
tion in this case, if we are permit
ted to take issue with the late Bill
Shakespeare who is credited with
saying a lot of wise things which
somebody else probably said. Our
idea of Bill Shakespeare is that he
was about the only illiterate person
in his neighborhood and every time
somebody said something worth
while, he would grab up his goose
quill and write it down for his own.
We is* may be wrong, but our opinion
as good as yours. So we think.
But we are straying from our sub
ject, a practice which is getting to
be habitual with us. Whether a poll
tax is legitimate and democratic, is
not for us to say. Wiser men than
you and the conductor of this col
umn have disagreed about it. All we
know is that down in our bailiwick
if we don’t pay ’em we don’t get to
exercise the right to vote against
anybody. We rarely ever vote for
anybody, but we do vote against
some. From our seat on the back
pew, it looked like a bunch of Sena
tors and Congressmen from up Nawth
thought while our Southern Senators
and Congressmen were concentrat
ing on the war effort and would have
their trousers at half-mast, so to
speak, the up-Nawth boys would get
their poll-tax bill passed before our
boys could hitch up their pants. But
this is where our boys fooled them.
It appears that our legislators from
the corn-pone and sow-belly belt can
put up some right fierce resist
ance with their trousers draped
around their ankles, as the * boys
above the Smith & Wesson line dis
covered. Our legislators went to
work and pulled some old tricks
from the legislative bag and nullified
the anti-poll tax bill in due time.
When the war is over and there
are no pressing mattei's at hand,
then the legislators can raise all the
sand they want to about the poll
tax. They can argue until they are
blue in the face, threaten to re
write the Constitution and disrobe
the Statue of Liberty, for all we
care, but at present we think they
should devote their time to winning
the war.
When the eventful year of 1942
is rung out a few days hence, which we
hope that one heinous idea
reached its pinnacle this year will go
out with the passing of time and will
forever be relegated to obscurity.
And this terrible thing of which we
speak, ladies and gentlemen, is ra
dio’s singing commercials. To us
there is nothing so nauseating and
silly as this childish form of adver
tising. These are as revolting as
the ones used by the manufacturer of
those little liver pills which are hosiery guar
anteed to cure anything from
runs to fallen arches. Singing com
mercials. Phew and phooey on era.
Back from north Africa last week
came Jimmie Willis to become one
of the first Blakely sailors to see ac
tion and come home to report the
story. Jimmie is a gunner on one
of Uncle Sam’s ships. He stands at
the busines end of one of thoe anti
aircraft weapons. Jimmie reports
that they had hardly pulled into the
harbor when the Axis airmen came
in to drop their lethal cargo. But
the Navy was expecting them and
was ready to accord Hitler’s airmen
a warm reception. The
guns went into action, throwing
shells thick and fast. And when the
game was over and the score was
counted, the Navy had won the game
and one of the ships which was
brought down was credited to Jim
mie’s gun. Which seems to us to
be pretty good shootin’ for a boy
who was shoving parts over an auto
accessory counter just a few
months ago. Jimmie stayed in Blake
ly a few days with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Lon Willis, and then pulled
i up anchor for what is expected to
be more active service. Let’s all
give him a big hand and wish him
good luck as he goes back to his
hunting grounds.
Monday, Decemb^ 7, marked
date a vear ago when the Japs
No. 86 Free & Accepted Ma
observed this infamous date by
$300 worth of war bonds,
its total to $1,000. We
Magnolia Lodge and
other civic and fraternal bodies
will emulate the example set by
members of this lodge.
Another reason we don’t want to
be rich is so many people would
claim kin with us whom we don’t
have to admit now.
DR. R. A. HOUSTON
VETERINARIAN
Day Phone 232; Night 227
Located: Under Telephone
Exchange
WANTED —To buy scrap iron,
rubber and metal. Located next to
Nathan Collier’s. J. B. BOWMAN,
SPREAD
CHRISTMAS CHEER
WITH GIFTS OF
FURNITURE
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Despite the war we have many practical gifts
this year which will greatly beautify your home.
Come and see our wide selection of furniture
which will be gift for the entire family. And m
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may we suggest you do your shopping now and
avoid the last minute rush.
The Gift of Furniture
Keeps on Giving
Early Furniture Co
Blakely, Georgia
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BARHAM’S
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42 years in the Jewelry business. We know the gifts that Santa
likes to bring, gifts that please the entire family—gifts for Moth
er, Dad, Brother, Sister. Gifts for that special Boy Friend. And
gifts for your Best Girl.
GIVE A LASTING GIFT THIS CHRISTMAS
WATERMAN and SHEAFFER Fountain Pens, with a life-time guarantee. In an
attractive gift box.
Beautiful WRIST WATCHES in the charm of Natural Gold. Made by Elgin, Hamil
ton and Longine . . . Compacts, Watch Chains, Necklaces, Tie Pins, Tie Chains,
Pendants.
LUGGAGE— Traveling Bags, Week-End Bags, Large Suit Cases.
KODAKS, Guitars, Harmonicas.
Beautiful line of CRYSTAL WARE made by Cambridge.
RINGS_Beautiful Diamond Engagement and Wedding Rings in lustrous Natural
Gold.
An excellent array of smaller gifts, such as Birthstone and Dinner Rings, Bracelets,
Lockets, Bill Folds, and many others to choose from.
DO YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING EARLY AT
BARHAM JEWELRY CO.
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BLAKELY, GEORGIA iq
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MASONIC NOTICE
Magnolia Longe No.
86 Free and Accept
m ed Masons holds* reg
ular commun cations
on the first and third
Monday nights in
each mouth, THe
time is 8 p. m. in the summer, 7:30
p. m. in the fall and spring and 7 p.
m. during the winter. Visiting breth
r „ n are rordially invited to attend.
J T. JORDAN, Worshipful Master.
j. G. STANDIFER, Secretary.