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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
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VOLUME LXXXIII > NO. 51
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts—“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
Limited Number 17
Year-Olds May Enlist
In Navy This Week
An announcement of interest to
young men 17 years of age who
would prefer service in the Navy
has been released by the local re
cruiting station that authority has
been received to enlist a limited
number of young men 17 years of
age during this week—August 2-7—
who will receive their training at
the Naval Air Station, Pensacola,
Fla.
It is expected that several young
men in this vicinity will take ad
vantage of this opportunity whereby
they may be grouped together for
their training.
Navy recruiting officials point out
that before a young man reaches
his 18th birthday he is free to vol
unteer for the Navy and will defi
nitely be accepted for that branch
of the service if he meets the phy
sical requirements. This cannot be
assured him after he reaches his
18th birthday, when he becomes sub
ject to Selective Service require
ments.
SPECIAL MEETINli
OF BOY SCOUTS AT
CITY HALL TONIGHT
The Boy Scouts Executive Com
mittee of Early County, Blakely,
Ga., calls attention to all Boy Scouts
of Troop 91 that they are to assem
ble at the City Hall Thursday night,
August 5, at 8:30 o’clock, for the
purpose of reviewing the troop.
At that time all boys who deserve
advancement will be awarded same.
Also an opportunity will be given to
the boys to pass merit badges.
Awards will be presented to the
boys who have already earned them
while at camp this summer. Boys,
get ready and be the most progres
• sive Troop in the Chehaw Council
of Boy Scouts of America.
B. R. B. DAVIS, Scoutmaster.
LADIES
Ready-to-Wear
All Spring and
l
Summer
Greatly Reduced
All[Straw Hats One-Half
PRICE
Dotted Swiss and Batiste Dresses—
$2.00 to $2.95
Cotton Prints, Chambrays and Seersucker
Dresses—
$1.39 to $3.95
T. K. Weaver & Co.
“Blakely’s Only Complete Store”
C. E. BOYETT, Owner BLAKELY, GA.
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BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 5, 1943.
C. E. BOYETT AND
OSCAR WHITCHARD ARE
RE-ELECTED TO COUNCIL
Charles E. Boyett and Oscar
Whitchard were re-elected to City
Council in the election held Tuesday.
Neither had opposition and as a con
sequence few voters took the trou
ble to go to the polls, only 25 votes
being cast.
Mr. Boyett is now serving his
first term as Councilman, while Mr.
Whitchard has served several terms.
Their new term is for the two years
beginning January 1st, 1944.
Hold-over member sof Council are
C. R. Barksdale and L. B. Fryer.
This is an off-year in the Mayor’s
election, S. G. Maddox now serving
the first year of a two-year term.
NEWS BEGINS NEW
SERIAL, “SEE HERE,
PRIVATE HARGROVE”
The News begins this week a new
popular book in serial form, “See
Here, Private Hargrove,” which crit
ics have declared is the best selling
army laugh book of all time. It
the book the whole nation has been
talking about. News readers are
urged to read the initial chapter in
today’s issue—then you’ll be anxious
for the succeeding 15 chapters.
HERMAN L. EUBANKS
GRADUATES FROM COURSE
IN AIRPLANE MECHANICS—
Sheppard Field, Texas.—Herman
L. Eubanks, son of Mr. and Mrs. G.
L. Eubanks, of Blakely, Ga., has
graduated from an intensive course
in airplane mechanics and now is
prepared to join the ranks of “cov
erall commandos” who keep our
American planes aloft. Sheppard is
Field, near Wichita Falls, Texas,
one of the largest schools of the
Army Air Forces Technical Training
Command, training specialist techni
cians for the ground crews. Before
entering the school Eubanks was
trained at one of the basic training
centers oLrthe^rmy Air Forces
Techrftcal 'Train wig Command, ' 'and
is now better qualified for a more
important place on the line.
GENERAL PRESENTMENTS OF GRAND JURY
JULY TERM EARLY SUPERIOR COURT
We, the Grand Jury empaneled to
serve at the July term, 1943, of the
Superior Court of Early county, re
spectfully submit the following:
Through various committees, we
have investigated the affairs of the
county, as prescribed by law, and
offer the following committee re
ports; however, we desire to state
that the Board of County Commis
sioners recently accepted a detailed
audit of the various offices, same
made by C. R. Bush & Co., certified
public accountants, Macon, Ga.:
PUBLIC RECORDS
We, your committee appointed to
eaxmine the county records, beg
leave to report as follows: We find
the auditor has just completed an
audit of the various offices, and his
report is on file in the Clerk’s office.
All the books and records appear to
be neatly and correctly kept, so far
as we could find from our examina
tions.
The County School Superintend
ent’s office showed all teachers, both
white and colored, paid to date.
There are nine (9) white consoli
dated schools with eighty-six (86)
teachers and thirty-eight (38) col
ored schools with seventy-five (75)
teachers. The schools are on a
sound financial basis.
E. S. COLLINS, Chm.,
RICHARD ALEXANDER,
JOHN C. HOLMAN.
ROADS AND BRIDGES
We, the committee on Roads ond
Bridges, find some to be in as good
shape as could be expected under
war conditions. Warden . Grimsley
had the equipment as listed herein
in good condition, (See attached
list.)
We appreciate the efforts of the
Warden and his staff in trying to
keep our roads and bridges in good
condition, despite the fact that re
pair parts, materials and labor are
all scarce items now.
E. J. HOUSTON, Chm.,
E. W. JONES.
O. E. GARRETT,
CHESTER MIDDLETON,
H. T. BILLINGS.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS
We, the Committee on Public
Bridges, find same to be in as good
•ja.il iu g&odvpondition, house and
grounds being very nicely kept. We
also find all buildings at the county
chain gang in good repair.
e. c. McDowell, chm.,
J. M. GARRETT,
a. h. McKinnon.
JUSTICE OF PEACE RECORDS
We, the committee appointed to
examine the records of the various
Justice of the Peace offices in the
county, find only one set of records
submitted, those being the records
of Justice J. B. Brantley, of the
Cedar Springs district. We find
these records to be neatly kept and
satisfactory to the best of our find
ings.
I. A. WALTON, Chm.,
E. A. LAND.
We find the pay scale of juors
and bailiffs serving in the Early Su
perior Court to be as follows: All
jurors. $3.00 per day; riding bailiffs,
$5.00 per day—this new scale being
effective after the conclusion of the
regular July, 1943, term.
The following were appointed to
serve as Ex-officio Justice of the
Peace in the following districts:
Damascus—-Newman Davis;
Urquhart—Theo White;
Lucile—George Houston;
Jakin—Alex Hayes.
We wish to commend Chairman
H. C. Fort and the Board of County
Commissioners on the splendid finan
cial progress made by the county as
evidenced by the audit of C. R. Bush
& Co., certified public accountants,
of Macon, Georgia, under date of
July 1, 1943. Copies of the audit
may be seen in the office of the
Clerk of Superior Court and are for
the public’s inspection. the
We also appreciate fact that
Chairman Fort and the Board of
County Commissioners report that
their intentions are to secure the
services of a full-time medical phy
sician and to enforce the Elliis
Health Law, as adopted by this body
in past terms, as soon as war condi
tions permit them to Obtain such a
physician to act as Director of Pub
lic Health for Early county.
It is the further wishes of this
body that a more diligent effort be
made by the trustees of the Blakely
Union school to obtain, the proper
priorities and labor to erect a suit
able school building for the chil
dren of this community.
We deplore the condition now ex
isting in Early county as to the sale
of liquor and intoxicating bever
ages. We recommend to the court
that higher cash fines be imposed on
first offenders, and straight sentences
be imposed on continued offenders.
The number of unemployed, idle
loafers around Blakely and in Early
county is also deplorable in these
times sWuld of war, when everybody
be at work. We ask the sher
iff to hunt down this group, give
them a short time to obtain work,
and if they do not comply with his
suggestions, to make such people
suffer the consequences.
It is our desire to express our ap
preciation to Sheriff Martin for his
supervision of the condition of the
court house building.
We desire to express our sin
cere appreciation to Judge Wor
rill for his concise charge to us,
and we pledge our cooperation in
upholding the dignity and economi
cal policy of his court. To Solicitor
Patterson, we thank for his help and
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Blakely Man Is
Named to Coach
Cairo Hi Team
Cairo, Ga., July 31.—Arthur Wil
liams, of Tifton, has accepted the
position as principal and football
coach of Cairo High School, J. H.
House, superintendent, announced
Saturday. He will assume his new
duties here shortly.
Mr. Williams is a graduate of
Vanderbilt University, where he was
a regular back on Commodore elev
ens. He came ‘to south Georgia
after graduation to be principal and
coach at Nashville, Ga. Later he
became principal and assistant coach
at Waycross. Last year he was
principal and head coach at Tifton,
where he developed a formidable
grid outfit.
A full schedule has been ar
ranged for his Syrup Makers, mostly
with South Georgia Football Associa
tion opponents, but Superintendent
House says a school-wide physical
training program, to be directed by
Mr. Williams, will be emphasized
during the coming term as much or
more than football.
Cairo's new football coach, men
tioned in the above dispatch taken
from the Atlanta Journal, is a former
Blakely man, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Williams, of this county.
He starred on the local high school
gridiron and was a regular at Van
derbilt. The Cairo Syrup Makers
have the reputation of being one of
the first-rate teams of the South
west Georgia Conference and likely
will continue to be so under the
tutelage of their experienced and
able new coach.
ENSIGN MARTIN HOME
ON FURLOUGH AFTER
SHIP SINKING
Ensign Milton E. Martin, of the
U. S. Navy, is at home spending a
twenty-day leave with his mother,
Mrs. Eugene Martin, at Hilton.
Since Ensign Martin was home sev
eral months ago, he has had varied
and exciting experiences, one of
which was having his ship sunk by
enemy submarines during the dark
of night. Two torpedoes from an
enemy sub crashed into his ship at
short intervals, sending it down in a
short time. All men aboard were
saved by life boats, not one life be
ing lost, he reported. Ensign Mar
tin, however, was not as lucky as
some, for he and several other men
stayed adrift in a life boat for 17
hours. Sighted by planes the next
day, a destroyer was ordered to
pick them up. It goes without say
ing that Ensign Martin’s friends are
happy to see him looking so fit after
such a narrow escape.
ROTARIANS HEAR
TALK ON EARLY
COUNTY WAR BOARD
The members of the Blakely Ro
tary Club, meeting Friday at noon
at the Woman’s Club building, heard
an interesting talk on the various
activities of the Early County War
Board. The speaker was Felix P.
Davis, chairman of the board, who,
after discussing various phases of
the Board’s work, answered a num
ber of questions propounded by the
Rotarians. Mr. Davis was intro
duced by Rotarian Alfred Felder, in
charge of the program for the day.
Another entertaining feature of
the day’s program was a program of
piano music in duet by Mrs. Ben
Haisten and Mr. Virgil Oswald, the
latter being the guest of Rotarian
Felder.
President Ed Chancy and Rotarian
Marvin Sparks gave interesting short
talks on the recent Rotary zone
meeting held in Cuthibert.
Another guest at Friday's meeting
was Mr. Josh Davis, a guest of'Ro
tarian Price Holland.
LOCAL WEATHER
SUMMARY FOR THE
MONTH OF JULY
Temperature: Mean maximum,
92.3; mean minimum, 70.4; mean,
81.3; maximum, 102 on the 23rd;
minimum, 67 on the 10th and 12th.
Precipitation: Total, 3.82 inches.
Greatest amount in any 24-hour pe
riod, 0.72 inches on the 28th.
Miscellaneous: Number of days
with 0.01 inch or more of rainfall,
13; clear, 5; partly cloudy, 23;
cloudy, 3; thunderstorms on the 3rd,
4th, 9th, 11th, 19th, 24th, 26th,
27th, 29th, 31st.
J. G. STANDIFER, Observer,
U. S. Weather Bureau.
Mrs. Emmett Weaver
Passes After Illness
Of Long Duration
Succumbing to a protracted ill
ness, Mrs. Kitty Clyde Cashwell Wea
ver, 64, died at her home in thi§
county Friday morning at 6:30
o’clock. Mrs. Weaver was the wid
ow of the late Mr. Emmett Weaver.
Funeral services were held Satur
day morning at Zion church, with
the Rev. T. B. Mellette officiating.
Interment was in the church ceme
tery, with Minter, Fellows & Forres
ter Funeral Home in charge of ar
rangements, and C. E. Ellis, Ralph
English, Dennis Johnson, M. F. Still,
R. E. Brown and H. L. Martin serv
ing as pall-bearers.
Mrs. Weaver was born in this coun
ty and had lived here all her life.
She was a member of the Methodist
church.
Surviving are five children, all by
a former marriage, namely: Herbert
Cashwell of Hilton, Walter Cashwell
of Quitman, Mrs. O. B. Weaver of
Blakely, C. N. Cashwell of Bain
bridge, and Mrs. Robert Loyless of
Damascus; one sister, Mrs. Harmon
Willis, of Panama City, Fla., and
one brother, L. B. Burton, of Bain
bridge.
THIRD DISTRICT MASONIC
CONVENTION TO MEET AT
FORT GAINES NEXT TUESDAY
The Third District Masonic Con
vention will meet at Fort Gaines
next Tuesday, August 10, beginning
at 10:00 a. m. A number of Ma
sons from Magnolia Lodge at Blake
ly are planning to attend.
Put Character Into Your
Business • • •
♦ Carry a bank account and do business
| by check and you will add character as well
as volume to your business.
You should have a written record of
every financial transaction, however small; a
bank account will carry that record.
We invite you to do your banking with
us. We will appreciate it, and your interests
will be carefully looked after.
t FIRST STATE BANK!
♦ BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Maximum Insurance of $5,000.00 for each depositor
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PULL FOR BLAKELY
—OR—
PULL OUT
$1.50 A YEAR
New Boyett Store
Is Scheduled For
Early Reopening
The new Charles E. Boyett depart
ment store, formerly T. K. Weaver
& Company, is nearing completion
and is scheduled for an early re
opening, probably the latter part of
next week, Mr. Boyett announced
this week.
The new store is to be everything
the name implies—it is to be new
throughout—new building, new fix
tures, new merchanuise. When the
store opens, Blakely will be afforded
a real department store. All of the
best features of the old store have
been retained and many new fea
tures added.
Downstairs, a general line of
retail merchandise will be carried,
men’s furnishings, ladies’ ready-to
wear, piece goods and the men and
ladies’ shoe department. Offices
which formerly occupied a portion of
the building have been moved, thus
giving a. space almost twice as large
as formerly for the shoe department.
Upstairs will be devoted to a
gift department, millinery and ready
to-wear department, and children’s
department. No expense has been
spared to make the store not only
attractive but convenient as well.
Powder rooms, which include easy
chairs, mirrors and running water,
have been installed for the comfort
of the lady customers. Roomy and
cool dressing rooms have been in
stalled both down and upstairs.
Mr. Boyett anunounced that the
stock of the store would be as nearly
complete, modern and as of high
quality as it is possible to be bought.
Already thousands of dollars worth
of merchandise have arrived an 1
new shipments are arriving each day.
Although the store will be new
throughout, even to its name, Mr.
Boyett announced that the same
friendly, efficient and courteous
service afforded customers would be
retained. Four additional clerks will
be added to the sales force to insure
a faster service.
All Early countians and the other
residents of this trade area are cor
dially invited to attend the opening,
the exact date of which is to be an
nounced later.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
IN SESSION TUESDAY
The Early County Board of Com
missioners met in regular monthly
session session, transacting only rou
tine business matters. Present at
the meeting were Commissioners H.
C. Fort, chairman, L. H. Baughman,
O. H. King and C. B. Miller.
PREACHING AT LANGSTON
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Pastor Rev. W. F. Burford an
nounces that there will be preaching
at the Langston Methodist church
Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock.