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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXXIII \ NO. 48
DRIVE OPENS TO
RATIFY CHANGES
IN CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Ga., July 13.—With Gov
ernor Ellis Arnall, backed by the
Georgia Committee for Good Gov
ernment, active in the campaign, a
record affirmative vote is expected
August 3 on the ratification of the
28 constitutional amendments.
Sixteen amendments of state-wide
importance and twelve local amend
ments were submitted for ratifica
tion by the General Assembly this
year. In the main the amendments
stem from Governor Arnall’s success
ful campaign last fall, when he
pledged removal of the University
system, the common schools, the
Fish and Game Commission and the
pardons and paroles operations from
politics.
Other amendments upon which
State-wide attention is focused are
those providing a “social security”
system for Georgia school teachers,
who would be permitted to contrib
ute to an actuariarinlly-based retire
ment fund, and the “’teen age voters
amendment.”
“It is interesting to see that Ala
bama and other states now are fol
lowing Georgia’s lead in the grant
■ing of voting status to younger 'citi
zens,” the Committee for Good Gov
ernment stated. “Georgia will have
the honor of being the first state
of the Union to take this progressive dem
step, which is in keeping with
ocratic tradition that those who bear
the burden of defense of a nation
shall have a voice in its govern
ment.”
Governor Arnall is at present
making a number of speeches te in
various groups over the State,
which he is taking opportunity to
urge the passage of the amendments.
KLINE HARRIS MADE
CORPORAL—
Kline Harris, of the U. S.
stationed at Camp Breckenridge, Ky.,
has been promoted to corporal.
Harris is a son of Mrs. L. E. Harris,
of this city.
at WEAVER’S
One lot SUNBEAM
Dresses in voiles and
dimities. Sizes 12-52.
Styles for juniors and
regulars.
Special price for Sat
urday--
$ 2.00 each
VISIT WEAVER’S TODAY—
YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME
T. K. Weaver & Co.
“Blakely’s Only Complete Store”
C. E. BQYETT, Owner BLAKELY, GA.
Contttj) JDfcttft
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 15, 1943.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts—“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
WEEKY MEETING OF
ROTARY CLUB HELD
FRIDAY AT NOON
Last week’s meeting of the Blake
ly Rotary Club, held Friday at noon
at the Woman’s Club building in
Woodlawn Park, was featured by a
number of interesting short talks by
club members, among them Rota
rians Felix Barham, Marvin Sparks,
O. R. Brooks and James B. Mur
dock, Jr., and perhaps others, each
of whom spoke on some phase of
Rotary work.
Added to the enjoyment of the
day’s program were several song
numbers by Mrs. Ed Sealey, among
them “I Just Kissed Your Picture
Goodnight,” “Carry Me Back to Ole
Virginny,” and “Alice Blue Gown.”
Mrs. Ben Haisten, club pianist, was
her accompanist.
The meeting was presided over by
President Ed Chancy.
MAYOR MADDOX LEARNS
ABOUT PROBLEMS OF
TRANSPORTATION
There isn’t much you can tell S.
G. Maddox, Blakely’s mayor, about
traveling in war time. Mayor
Maddox went down to Miami last
week to visit his young daughter.
The trip down was perfect, but
coming back is a different story.
Catching a plane in Miami, he was
grounded in Tampa for one night
because somebody had a priority.
The next night he was to catch
another plane and he ran into an
other priority. Swapping his plane
ticket for a train ticket, he start
ed for the terminal station, but he
never got there. A blackout drove
him to his hotel. Finally he made
the train and arrived in Albany,
where he was forced to wait two
hours because a telegram he sent
in Jacksonville instructing some
one to meet him was three hours
. late, in going, deljyared. Ho finally
reached home, worried and worn
out.
"Meet the People..
r (Each week in this space will be presented a picture news.)
and word portrait of someone whose name is
1 • The third American woman to hold the rank
* of a full colonel is Florence A. Blanchfield,
new head of the Army Nurse corps. She has
been an army nurse for 25 years, and has
played a prominent part in the long struggle
to develop the streamlined corps which exists
today. ......
; ■ ^ ; • Colonel Blanchfield was born on April 1,
1884, at Shepherdstown, W. Va. She took her
gs nurse’s training at the South Side hospital,
Pittsburgh, Pa., and began her army career
in 1917. Her experience includes tours of duty
in Panama, the Philippines, and China. She
has worked at Walter Reed General hospital,
Washington, D. C., and during World War I
she served at a base hospital in France.
• She is well read on government information
and political subjects, likes biographies, scien
tific works, historic novels, and travel books.
• Small and sandy-haired, she has the firm
jaw of a crusader, but the eyes of a woman
who understands people and who expects
them to be straightforward and sincere with
Col. Florence A. her because that is the way she 'will be with
« Blanchfield them. '
SUPERIOR COURT
TO BE CONVENED
HERE MONDAY
The July term of Early Superior
Court will be convened here next
Monday morning, July 19, with Judge
C. W. Worrill and Solicitor R. A.
Patterson at their respective posts.
The civil docket is expected to be
called Monday, upon completion of
which court will likely recess until
the following Monday, when indict
ments returned by the grand jury
will be brought before the court for
disposition.
The following have been summon
ed to serve as jurors for the July
term:
Grand Jurors
J. B. Smith, E. C. McDowell, E.
W. Jones, E. S. Collins, J. W. Allen,
W. M. Riley, A. H. McKinnon, W.
R. Alexander, W. A. Hall, Sr., C. M.
Deal, W.AAf Fuqua, F.-I>. Grist, J.
B. Murdock, Jr., W. T. Mitchell, J.
H. Dykes, E. J. Houston, I. A. Wal
ton, J. W. Bowen, J. W. Scarbrough,
O. E. Garrett, Tom Henry, H. T. Bil
lings, Chester Middleton, E. A. Land,
B. M. Lindsey, J. B. Gaulden, J. M.
Garrett, J. D. Gruber, John C. Hol
man, D. C. Sanders, W. C. Cook, W.
T. Evans, W. E. Howell, C. W. Mid
dleton, B. H. Thomas, R. R. McLen
don, L. L. Mitchell, C. B. Reese, B.
D. Harvey, T. H. Owen, W. G. Tolar,
J. B. Jones, L. D. Patterson, E. A.
Reed, C. M. Dunning, W. M. Barks
dale, R. C. Singletary, Jr., John H.
Williams, Sr.
Traverse Jurors—First Week
S. E. Williams, W. C. Harris, J.
Ed Chancy, Roy McMullen, Bennett
Smith, Grady Smith, George W. Nel
son, W. R. Weems, J. G. Brantley,
W. H. Balkcom, Roy McClellan, H.
L. McCann, Henry Gordon, Z. T.
Webb, W. W. Houston, J. E. Davis,
E. L. Lewis, Hubert Farr, C. H. Lo
back, J. W. Williams, L. C. Hobbs,
C. C. Howell, Ralph Jarrett, T. A.
Bell, Emmett McDonald, J. H. Shef
field, R. L. Whitehurst, E. A. Can
non, J. E. Freeman, F. B. Melton,
G. S. Blackshear, J. C. Temples, J.
H. Houston, Jimmie H. Timmons,
M. F. Jones, Alma White, Perry
Tabb, L. J. Cannon, T. B. Chambers,
J. H. Watson, P. E. Alexander, H.
C. Still, A. E. Langford, W. C. Cox,
Ernest Sessions, L. A. Minter, I. D.
Waller, Hilton Jones, William S.
Duke, W. A. Hall, Jr.
Traverse Jurors—Second Week
T. B. Kenney, J. B. Widener, J.
S. White, S. B. Pickron, L. B. Jones,
F. L. Williams, J. R. Hudson, S. B.
Blackshear, C, W. Shielding, A. R.
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supply depot in Great Britain. Seventeen miles of track are standard
gauge and three miles are narrow gauge. New switch engines built in
America to British specifications operate on the standard sections. Col.
Walter T. Wilcey of Copake, N. Y., commanding officer of the depot,
is shown giving instructions to an engine crew.
YOUTH CARAVAN
AT M. E. CHURCH
HERE JULY 17-24
The Youth Caravaners will arrive
Saturday afternoon, it was an
nounced yesterday by Pastor W. F.
Burford of the Methodist church.
At 8:30 Saturday evening they
will meet with the pastor, director
of young people, and members of the
youth council to map out a definite
program and schedule for the week.
The program and schedule will be
announced through the Sunday
Schools and churches of the com
munity. The program will be
launched Sunday afternoon.
“Everyone in the
should know about the Caravan and
be interested in it,” said
Burford. “The young people
should attend and find their
in the work and activities of
week are from our homes,
churches and our community. If
community should fail to be
ested, then some of our young
ple will not be interested. If
community will back up the
our young people should be
helped, and through them
homes, churches and
should be blessed. All workers
young people from 12-23 should
tend. The public is invited.”
Killebrew, S. G. Maddox, J. C.
try, C. E. Knighton, J. D.
Johnnie Lee White, W. F.
J. N. Owen, C. A. Tiner, W. B. Bost
wick, J. D. Cook, A. T. Fleming, C.
C. Crook, W. D. Callahan, A.
Mosely, L. B. Fryer, Jr., E. L.
ley, J. A. Hammack, Cecil Cobb, J.
B. Chambers, H. A. Felder, J.
Balkcom, T. J. Fort, Sr., C. R.
iels, H. C. Fryer, J. E. Hartley,
J. Clinkscales, H. H. Davenport,
Max Middleton, Ivey Chambers,
W. Reed, Gordon Jenkins,
Harper, M. D. Sasser, R. C.
L. W. Wiley, J. T. Reese, J.
Herring, Savoy Ivey, E. D.
T. T. Daniels, D. H. Brunson, J. J.
Elliott, Joe Nunnery, D. F. King, W.
C. Bryan, Sr.. Harvey Woolfe,
Brownlee, A. D. Harriss, C. E.
W. A. Sheffield, Gordon
E. K. Odum, W. R. Taylor, William
Cox, Hollis Sawyer, L. F.
L. B. Lane, B. M. Hammond, Roy
Hartley, Ralph Middleton. M. F.
Still, A. L. Timmons, W. T. Hudson,
E. H. Craft, T. F. Daniels.
$1.50 A YEAR
IMPORTANT DATES
TO REMEMBER IN YOUR
RATIONING CALENDAR
July 18—Red Stamp iS becomes
valid.
July 21—^Coffee Stamp No. 21 in
Book 1 expires.
July 21—No. 5 coupons in the A
gasoline ration books expire.
July 22—Coffee Stamp No. 22
becomes valid.
July 31—Red Stamps P, Q, R, S
expire.
August 7—Blue Stamps N, P, Q
expire.
August 11—Coffee Stamp No. 22
expires.
August 15—Sugar coupon No. 13
expires.
1 September 30—Deadline for tire
inspections for holders of A gaso
line rations.
October 31—Coupons 15 and 16
in War Ration Book 1 for canning
sugar expire.
October 31—Shoe Stamp No. 18
in Book 1 expires.
GOVERNOR APPROVES
FUNDS FOR STATE’S
FISH HATCHERIES
Governor Arnall last week took
further steps to insure sportsmen a
square deal in Georgia when he set
aside $20,000 to rehabilitate the fish
hatcheries and game in this state,
according to an announcement from
Guy Rutland, chairman of the Game
and Fish Commission.
Due to the fact that little money
was spent on maintenance of the
hatcheries during the last few years,
Governor Arnall said a survey dis
closed they were in a bad state of
repair.
He pointed out that game fish pro
vide the state with an abundance of
good food, and by bringing back the
hatcheries new lakes can be restock
ed with food fish.
In advising that the appropriation
be made, Governor Arnall said that
although every effort is being made
to conserve the financial resources
of the state, this was considered one
of the most important projects just
at this time.
REVIVAL SERVICES TO
BE HELD AT BRINSON
Beginning next Sunday, July 18,
at eleven o’clock, revival services will
be held at the Brinson Methodist
church twice daily—9:00 a. m. and
8:30 p. m., except there will be no
service Monday morning. Services
will continue through Friday night.
The pastor will be assisted in these
services by Rev. E. J. Grimes, pastor
of the Pelham Methodist church.
The music will be in charge of Mrs.
J. B. Mills, pianist, assisted by an
able choir.
All have a cordial invitation to
attend these services. You are
promised good preaching, good sing
ing, good fellowship.
MARVIN VINCENT, Pastor.
TREES MAKE SOAP
Rosin from pine trees is being
substituted for fats in making soap.
Turpentine is the base for synthetic
camphor, and , can be made into syn
thetic rubber. i
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PULL FOR BLAKELY
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FORESTS IN SOUTH
SET RECORD
DURING YEAR
Record breaking timber sale busi
ness for National Forests in the
South during the fiscal year just
closed has been announced by Jos
eph C. Kircher, Regional Forester
for the U. S. Forest Service. Near
ly $2,000,000 in revenue were re
turned to the U. S. Treasury from
the sale of timber and other forest
products.
“This revenue represented an in
crease of 48 per cent over 1941-’42,
which was a year of increase in it
self,” Kircher said. “War demands
for wood have increased greatly the
urgency of producing as much tim
ber as possible—timber cut on a se
lective basis and in accordance with
good forestry.”
“Practically every bit of timber
cut and forest products sold went to
war industry,” Kircher added.
Revenue from the sale of forest
products on National Forest land is
returned to the Treasury of the
United States as a dividend on the
public’s investment in the National
Forest system. Twenty-five per cent
of the total revenue is distributed to
the counties in which the forests lie,
in lieu of taxes on publicly-owned
land. Some counties in the South
are receiving a greater return from
these National Forest receipts than
from similar land in private owner
ship.
The Southern Region of the Na
tional Forest system was established
as such only in 1934. The Arkansas
National Forest land was largely re
served from the public domain. The
land in other National Forests was
bought for watershed protection,
timber production, and as
stration units in proper forest man
agement.
Most of the land had been
cut over when purchased and it has
been necessary to provide
file 'protection and stand
ments to bring the land back
productivity. The
achievement made by the
in the past year’s timber sales on
Southern National Forests ranks
Region second in the nation for
ue of timber produced from
al Forests. The Pacific
Region is the only one to
the South in National Forest
sales record.
FIRST OPEN COTTON
REPORTED LAST
To George Gee, who brought
the first open cotton blooms of
1943 season, goes the honor of
porting the first open bolls.
Mr. Gee left two open bolls, at
News office Thursday afternoon
last week—July 8th. This open
ton is twelve days earlier than
of 1942, when the first open
were reported by W. R.
on July 20.