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- 5 EARLY COUNTY, GA. GARDEN SPOT OF GOD’S COUNTRY <** VOLUME LXXXIII > NO. 26 V Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts—“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead/’ j. Georgians Buy I $14,248,08 Bonds During January Georgians purchased the record J breaking total of $14,248,087.00 worth of war bonds during Janary, ! it is announced today by Marion H. fe 4 Allen, * I administrator of the Georgia ) k War Saings Staff. a Thg administrator revealed also thatk the state quota of $9,200,000, established on sales of series E bonds only, was exceeded by more than one million dollars. I Federal Reserve Bank totals which were reported to Mr. Allen show that residents of the state purchased $10,- 280,'M0 worth of Series E bonds and $3,9§7,68'7 worth of Series F and 5 G bonds during the past month. The unprecedented January sales exceeded by more than $4,000,000 the former banner month of Novem her, when American Legion posts * throughout the state sponsored bond sales. Practically all of the counties in Georgia exceeded their quotas dur ing January and in many instances quotas were trebled and quadrupled, it is pointed out by Mr. Allen. During the past four months peo ple of Georgia have invested $36,- 646,825 in war bonds, Mr. Allen re vealed, and he referred to this as “ample evidence that the citizens of Georgia are wholeheartedly behind the government in its prosecution of the war.” War bond sales in Georgia during : February are sponsored by the state’s insurance industry, and this group has accepted the responsibility of •f shoving sales beyond the $6,500,000 I quota for the month, Mr. Allen said. * LOCAL MAN BUYS I 1,000 BOND FOR •5 CRUISER ATLANTA A patriotic Blakely citizen did his part this week to see that Uncle -• *, -Sam Wll have pother ^cruiser the Axis. He is Dr. S. P. Holland, who purchased a $1,000 bond and I ear-marked it to go toward the cruiser fund. Dr. Holland has al ready received a beautiful certificate from the Atlanta committee in rec ognition of his purchase. Just Around the Corner is Spring NEW DRESS MATERIALS Butcher Linens, printed and solids, yd.____ 98c Seersucker Materials, figured and stripes, yard_______________________________________________________ 59c Crown Tested Rayon Fabrics, new floral patterns, yard_________________________________________ 79c Sharkskin Materials, solid colors, yd. 69c Alpacas, in all pastel shades, yd. ______________ 98c Shantungs, Rayons in floral patterns, yd.__ 79c Fast Color Prints, new patterns, yard 20c, 25c and 29c IN THE READY-TO-WEAR DEPT. One rack Dresses, values to $7.95, now,. $2.95 One rack Dresses, values to $16.50, now $3.95 (These Dresses were formerly shown in the stock of Mrs. D. M. Wade) New Spring Dresses, Suits and Hats Arriving Daily Ladies, remember you can always shop at Weaver’s with the satisfaction of knowing you may have the very best merchandise at prices you can easily afford to pay. T. K. Weaver & Co. “Blakely’s Only Complete Store” C. E. BOYETT, Owner BLAKELY, GA. CSitdg Cotntjtj) yHtm BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1943. Mrs. Elvin Davis And Infant Son Die at Bainbridge Hospital Coming as a shock to her many friends and loved ones was the news Friday, January 29, that Mrs. Elvin Davis and infant son had died Fri day morning at 11 o’clock at the Riverside Hospital, Bainbridge. Funeral services were held Sun day morning at 11 o’clock at Pine Grove Baptist church, with the Rev. E. G. Carter officiating. Interment followed in the Pilgrim’s Rest cem etery, near Brison, with the E. W. Cox Funeral Home, Bainbridge, in change of arrangements. Serving as pall-brearers were S. Estill Thomp son, O. M. Gardener, Charles D. Thompson, J. W. Powell, Cherry Taliaferro and Gerald Powell, A large number of friends and relatives attended the last rites and profuse and beautiful floral of were in evidence—a tribute love and esteem from sorrowing friends and loved ones. Mrs. Davis is survived by her hus band, Elvin Davis, of Columbus and Blakely; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Powell, of Brinson; three sis ters, Miss Ernestine Powell, Mrs. Martha Powell McDaniel and Miss Janette Powell, of Bainbridge; and four brothers, J. B. and Hardy G. Powell of Brinson, Private W. C. Powell of Camp McCoy, Wis., and Seaman Dallas Powell of San Fran cisco, Calif. These have the sympa thy of many friends in the passing of their loved one. ROTARY CLUB MEETING HELD FRIDAY AT NOON Last week s meeting of , the , Blake ly Rotary Club, held Friday at noon at the Early Hotel, was given over to a round-table discussion of various matters of interest to the members. Several Rotarians took part in the ........u announced that Agustin Turner, of Chile, a member of the Board of Directors of Rotary International, would be a guest of the club on Friday, February 19. Plan your Victory Garden now. Maknassy, the point at which al lied forces in Central Tunisia are driving, has a strategic importance to both the Allies and the Axis. If the Allies take Maknassy and press on 3'4 miles to Graiba, they will have driven a wedge between Marshal Rommell’s Afrika Korps and the Axis forces of Colonel General Von Arnim in the northern sector of Tu nisia, and the Afrika Corps will be trapped between the British Eighth Army and ^ Central A1]ied wedge . Graibo dominateg the coastal road that runs up the eastei . n side of Xu _ pis i a , and itg capture would als0 gep _ arate th(j two yital Axis supply ports of Sfpx and Gabes. Last week two driving on Mafc nassy from the northwest and the southwest showed considerable gains. The northern column, striking from the area of Sidi Bou Zid, 29 miles from Maknassy,' progressed without “exceptionally heavy” opposition. The second column, striking eastward and north from Gafsa, met heavy air and artillery resistance at Sened, 22 miles southwest of Maknassy, but captured that station and dug into positions about a mile east. Allied infantry have attacked enemy posi tions at Faid, an important mountain pass in Central Tunisia, where the Germans control a high ridge run ning north and south and extending almost to Maknassy. Continuing this drive on the Tu nisian east coast, Allied bombers on Wednesday, February 3, attacked an Axis airdrome at Gabes and enemy targets near the coast, destroying six enemy planes but losing eight. Secretary of War Stimson on Thurs day, February 4, told reporters that British and American planes are al ready using Axis-made airfields at Tripoli to carry out round-the-clock raids against Rommel’s retreating columns and on Axis shipping in the Mediterranean. The land fighting in ! WELL-KNOWN BLUFFTON CITIZEN PASSES AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS Mr. Wesley H. Harrison, 72, died last Thursday afternoon at 5 o’clock, after a short illness, at the home of his brother, Mr. Henry E. Harrison, at Bluffton. Mr. Harrison was born in Clay county, Ga., on September 14, 1870, and had lived in Bluffton all his life. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at the residence, with the Revs. J. P. Touehton and —. —. Jordan offici ating and Fellows & Forrester of Do than in charge of arrangements. The body was interred in the Bluffton cemetery with the impressive Ma sonic ceremony. Survivors are: one daughter, Mrs. John C. Foster, of Bluffton; two sons, Moncrief Harrison of Baton Rouge, La., and Major William R. Harrison of Vicksburg, Miss.; two brothers, Henry C. Harrison of Bluffton and Harrison, of Fort Gaines. <*■ s A A SP O 6 ft (Each week in this space will be presented a picture news.) and word portrait of someone whose name is t" General Charles de Gaulle A WEEK OF THE WAR COMPILED BY OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION •In happier, pre-Vichy days Marshal Petain said of Charles de Gaulle (then Colonel de Gaulle), “Some day France will be grateful and call upon him.” Today General de Gaulle is helping France recover from the effects of the blitz he predicted and Petain believed would never come. •A graduate of St. Cyr, the French West Point, General de Gaulle was wounded three times, captured five, in World War I. He is a tank corps man, thoroughly familiar with mechanized warfare and known as a brilliant strategist. His book, “The Army of the Fu ture,” contains a description of the blitz tac tics readily adopted by the Germans, but re jected by the Maginot-minded French. •When those blitz tactics succeeded in defeat ing his beloved France, General de Gaulle or ganized the Free French (now Fighting French) whose army is fighting in North Africa, where the “tall asparagus” of St. Cyr has become the tall question mark. Tunisia, he said, appeared to be growing in scope, but had not yet reached anything like the proportions of a major battle. In announcing the Japanese effort to regain control of the-entire Solo mons area, the Navy said air and surface engagements between U. S. and enemy forces were continuing. Both U. S. and Japanese forces had suffered losses, the announcement said, but the military situation did not permit publication of more de tails at the time. Secretary of the Navy Knox described these engage ments as a process of “feeling out” by both sides—preliminary actions involving “reconnaissance in force.” Navy Communique ‘No. 271, issued Thursday, February 4, shed no new light on the action, stating only that details concerning recurrent contacts between. U. S. and Japanese air forces will not be announced as long as such information might jeopard ize the safety of our forces in the area of operations. Japanese planes bombed U. S. position on Guadal canal, but U. S. planes continued their attack on Munda, and General MacArthur’s air force kept up its almost daily attacks on Rabaul and on enemy shipping in the vicinity. On his return from a three-weeks’ trip to the South Pacific, Secretary Knox said that substantially all or ganized resistance by Japanese ground forces on Guadalcanal had been cleaned up and that American forces now completely dominate the Guadalcanal area. On Monday and Tuesday, February 1 and 2, U. S. ground forces on the Island contin ued their advance to the West, crossed the Bonegi River (one-half mile east of Tassafaronga and about 10 miles west of Henderson Field), occupied elevated positions west of the river, captured considerable en emy equipment and killed about 100 Japanese. POSTMASTER CLARIFIES CONFUSION ABOUT MAIL TO MEN OVERSEAS S-ome confusion has arisen about mail to and from the men in the over seas armed service. Postmaster J. Emory Houston sought to clarify this yesterday when he issued the follow ing statement: “Mail to boys overseas is often de layed because of shipping difficulties and many times it is lost because of ship sinkings. Mail from these men to home folks is received much quicker because when a ship or plane is returning from overseas it is not loaded as when it goes over and therefore can bring the mail back. Censorship, too, often delays mail, but this has been reduced to a minimum,” the postmaster said. Food is being rationed in the land plenty. Raise more food! Rosalind Russell and Fred Mae Murray in “Take a Letter, Darling,” at the Blakely Theatre Thursday Friday. PULL FOR BLAKELY —OR— PULL OUT $1.50 A YEAR R. C. Howell Opens Complete Feed And Seed Store A wholesale and retail seed and store to serve this trade terri tory was opened here this week by R. C. Howell, well-known Blakely business man, who states that the new store, the first of its kind in Blakely handling only seed and feed, will carry a full line of all kinds of seed and feed at all times. The store, located in the former Tarver Hardware and Furniture Company building, will be under the management of Cyrus D. Duke, well known Blakely man, who has had considerable experience in the mer chandising business. The new store is open for business this week, due to the fact that so many farmers are already in need of seed and feed. However, Mr. Howell states that the grand opening, which is to be a spe cial occasion, with representatives from the Purina Mills here to as sist, will be held possibly next week. The opening date will be announced later and the public has a cordial in vitation to be present. The store will carry seed and feed in wholesale lots. “Feed and seed is our business and not a side-line,” Mr. Howell stated, “and anything in this line a farmer needs we will have it.” Registration For Ration Book No. 2 February 22-27 Point rationing will be introduced to the 19,000 residents of Early county with a six-day registration period, during which they will get War Ration Book Two—one for each member of the household. Registra tion date, February 22 through 27. During this six-day period, all re tail stocks of rationed goods will be frozen to allow storekeepers to get their stocks in shape before the day point ration shopping begins. In oth er words, you will not be able to buy any of the rationed foods during the registration period, but you will be able to buy other unrationed foods. Although the exact places for reg istration have not been announced yet, the chairman of the Early Coun ty War Price and Rationing Board and board members have been at work with OPA officials, and have perfected the system by which civil ians in every community in the southeastern region will register. The registration will work on the same sembly principle as an automobile as line. Every step will be clearly defined: 1. Any adult member of the fam the ily may register for all members of group. To enter the registration center lje must show at the door a copy of War Ration Book 1 (sugar coffee) whom for each member of the group for he wishes CUB SCOUTS MAKE FIRST DONATION TO RED CROSS WAR FUND The Early County Red Cross Chapter got its first donation to the 1943 War Fund this week from the boys in Den 1 of the Cub Scouts. These boys, filled with patriotic en thusiasm, wanted to do their part, so Monday afternoon they borrowed a wagon and mule from the Holman Mule Company and went out col lecting scrap iron. An afternoon’s work netted 600 pounds and the boys received for it $2.42, which they are giving to the Red Cross. The boys in Den 1 are Jimmy Holman, Ted Whitchard, Sonny Pullen, Tommy Debnam, Jack Howard and Charles Brunson. (Editor’s Note: The Red Cross War Fund Drive gets under way March 1 under the leadership of S. G. Maddox and Oscar Whitchard. More than ever before, the Red Cross needs your dollars. Plan a large donation this year.) LOCAL BOARO WANTS ADDRESS OF REGISTRANTS Alex Carswell, clerk of the local draft board, is anxious to learn the address of the following registrants, all colored, and would appreciate any information concerning their present whereabouts: Stephen Elgin Robinson, William Johnson, R. W. Hutchins, Johnnie Dowkins, Willie Howard, Carey Reynolds, W. C. Dos ter, Orange King, Anderson Smith, Homer Thomas, Wilbur Vaughns. WE ARE DOING OUR BIT ARE YOU DOING YOURS? ♦ On January 30th the First State Bank bought $100,000.00 worth of United States Treasury Certificates, thus contributing toward Uncle Sam’s effort to finance the war in which we are engaged. Are you doing your part toward financing our fight for freedom? If not, begin today! FIRST STATE BANK BLAKELY, GEORGIA Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Maximum Insurance of $5,000.00 for each depositor 2. Next- he will fill ou a form for the declaration of the number of containers commercially canned goods at home. Just one figure need be given—the total number of con tainers, minus the allowance of five 8-ounce containers per person. Each separate kind of feed need not be reported. Home preserved foods do not count. 3. Next he must report how many pounds of coffee wese on hand No vember 28, the date coffee rationing went into effect—less one pound for each adult. Stamps for excess amounts will be torn from the sugar coffee ration book. 4. At the distribution unit the coffee registrant will present the sugar books and the declaration form for canned goods, 1 to a clerk who will keep the form, and tear out of each War Ration Book- Two to be issued the correct number of points as indicated by the declaration, dis tributing the deductions equally among the books for the household. 5. Both War Ration Book One and Two will be passed to a recording clerk who will transfer the identify ing information from each sugar coffee book to the front of the- new ration books. 6. A document clerk will assign a serial number to each point ration ing book and keep a record of the serial number issued to each book holder. 7. The final step will be the vali dation of the book by a clerk who will stamp it and write in the serial number, making it officially com plete. Each person will then have a copy of War Ration Book Two—his insurance of a fair share of all ra tioned foods. As each entry is completed, Book No. 1 is returned to the person reg istering. (Next Week:—What must be done about declaring the stocks of ra tioned foods on hand? What foods are rationed? What foods are ex empt? Next week’s story will an swer these questions.)