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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
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VOLUME LXXX1V ^ NO. 4 BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1943. $1.50 A YEAR
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest De&ts—“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
Pardon and Parole
Board Chairman
Speaks to Rotarians
Edward B. Everette, chairman of
the Georgia Board of Pardons and
Paroles, told the members of the
Blakely Rotary Club, meeting at
noon last Friday, that the “pardon
racket” which has long afflicted
Georgia is a thing of the past.
The speaker stated that only one
pardon has been granted in the eight
months of the new board’s existence,
that being a Negi'o who was found
to have been innocent of the of
fense for which he was convicted.
In only such cases, the speaker said,
will the board grant pardons.. Gov
ernor Arnall has told pardon-seekers
that under no circumstances will he
bring pressure to bear on the board,
M. Everette stated, and it will be
left free to handle all cases on the
basis of merit, and political pull will
mean nothing.
Mr. Everette further stated that
in future every prisoner who has
served one-third of his sentence will
have his case automatically consid
ered for parole, formal application
not being necessary. The board’s
policy looks to the rehabilitation of
those who have gotten into trouble
with the law. When a prisoner has
sex-ved his sentence and paid his debt
to society, if his attitude is good and
he shows a desire to “go straight,”
his disabilities will be removed,
thereby making it possible for him
to vote and hold office.
“Our business,” said the speaker,
“is to protect the public, uphold the
courts, and not be influenced by
morbid sympathy. But we feel that
something is due the man who has
run into trouble with the law, and
he also should be helped.”
The chairman of the board of par
dons and paroles was thanked by
President Ed Chancy for the interest
ing talk delivered to the Rotarians.
An enjoyable program of piano
music- was rendered by Mr. Virgil
Oswaltf.'' "
SING AT MT. VERNON SUNDAY
There will be an all-day sing at
Mt. Vernon church, 4% miles from
Foi*t Gaines on the Fort-Gaines Sut
ton’s Gin road, it was announced this
week. . i
NEW FALL
PIECE GOODS
54-inch Wool Flannels, in solids and
checks to match, yard______________-__________ $2.95
54-inch Part Wool Flannels, in solids,
checks and plaids, yard ____________________ $1.95
Printed Rayons and Wash Silks,
yard $1.19 to $1.95
Solid color Gabardine and Plaid
Suitings, yard _ v _____________________________ $ 1.00
Printed and Solids in Spun Rayon,
yard_______:_____________________________________— 79c
Solids and Plaid Suitings, yard __ 49c & 59c
Chambray and French Ginghams,
yard 49c to 69c
Gold Bond Prints, guaranteed fast,
yard :_________________________________________________ 29c
Johnson Prints, guaranteed fast, yard„ 25c
Charles I oyett
Department Store
“Blakely’s Only Complete Store”
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SUMMARY OF LOCAL
WEATHER FOR THE
MONTH OF AUGUST
Temperature: Mean maximum,
94.8; mean minimum, 70; mean,
82.4; maximum, 103 on the 17th;
minimum, 62 on the 21st, 22nd, 25th.
Precipitation: Total, 1.07 inches;
greatest amount in any 24-hour pe
riod, 0.23 inches on the 10th.
Miscellaneous: Number of days
with 0.01 inch or more of rainfall, 9;
clear, 10; partly cloudy, 18; cloudy,
3; thunderstorms on the 2nd, 8th,
25th; dense fog on the 9th and 11th.
J. G. STANDIFER, Observer,
, U. S. Weather Bureau.
Feeder-Stocker Sale
At Albany Monday,
Oct. 11, Announced
A forecast of between 2,000 and
3,000 beef-tye young steers and
heifers, and good spring calves, for
the first annual Feeder-Stocker and
Calf sale to be held in Albany Mon
day, October 11, was made following
a series of visits to 20 Southwest
Georgia counties by Albany business
men in company with W. S. Rice,
beef cattle and sheep specialist, Atn
ens, and W. Hill Hosch, farm prod
ucts agent of the Tennessee Coal,
Ir As“« d xim a ?S y i,Md SSSfftS
been pledged for Dougherty county,
it was said, and numerous other
Southwest Georgia counties have
pledged 100 animals and more each.
Animals eligible for this sale ai’e
young cattle of beef type as indi
cated by conformation and color,
suitable for feed lots this winter,
partial feeding until spring for grass
handling, and calves to carry over to
the succeeding 1944 fall and winter
season. Only cattle not solicited for
this auction are old cows and bulls,
and all milk-type animals, handled. regardless
of age. These cannot be
The Albany sale will be followed
the same week by similar auctions
at Macon October 13, and Augusta
October 15, in a tri-city move to cov
er the entire state and present Geor
gia as a satisfactory source of feed
er and stocker cattle for commercial
feed lots, as compared now to over- and
whelming patronage of Texas
mid-western sources of supply. the
- Invitation to buy and sell in
Albany sale has been extended to all
Southwest Geoi'gia livestock growers this
and feeders, in an effort to make
first sale an outstanding one for this
section of the state.
editor’s Note: An advertisement
appearing elsewhere in today’s News
provides a convenient reply blank for
this purpose.)
HUGE BOND RALLY CITY HALL FRIDAY NIGHT
EARLY COUNT’S $211,500 QUOTA MUST BE RAISED,
SAYS CHAIRMAN WALTON
H. A. Walton, local banker, who
has just been named chairman of
the Early County Third War Loan
drive to succeed S. G. Maddox,
resigned, is busy making plans
this week for Early county to
reach its quota of $211,500 and
has announced a county-wide bond
rally for Friday night at the city
hall at 8:30 o’clock, central war
time.
Mr. Walton says invitations are
being mailed out to scores of citi
zens over the county and he ex
pects each one to whom an invita
tion is sent to be present. “I know
everybody is busy,” he said, “but
1943 County •' Tax
Levy Fixed at 21
Mills on Dollar
The Early County Board of Com
m ission6rs, meeting Tuesday in reg
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at the same figure as last year—21
mills on the dollar. In addition to
^his ] eV y ; there is a county-wide five
mill school tax levy, and additional
levies in the several school districts
for school maintenance and retire
ment of bonds . The official levy is
published elsewhere in The News.
The Commissioners placed a li
cense of $100 on public dance halls
and a similar license on sellers of
wine. No beer licenses are issued in
the county outside the incorporated
towns,
The following scale of licenses
to conform with the state law was
placed on rolling stores opei'ating in
the county: 1-2 ton, $12.50; from
1-2 to 1 1-2 ton, $25.00; in excess
of 1 1-2 tons, $100.00.
The Board ordered the discontin
uance , 0 f the public road running
along line between lots of land Nos.
64 and 57 and , , between , , lots , ,, Nos. 58 co
and 63, in the Fifth district of Ear
jy county. This road runs from the
J ^ reside nce to road from
Mrs. Ada Hodges to Cleveland „ Hart- .
ley cross-roads, and comes out at
point near the Will Sammons resi
dence.
Present at Tuesday’s meeting were
Commissioners H. C. Fort, chairman,
C. L. Cook and O. H. King.
COUNCIL FIXES CITY TAX
RATE AT 7V 2 MILLS
The Mayor and Council, meeting
in its regular monthly session Tues
day afternoon, fixed the city tax
rate at 7 1-2 mills, the same as the
previous year. No other business ex
cept routine was transacted. All
members of .Council were present.
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HERE’S OUR ANSWER to the Axis’ threat to use gas. Pictured
above is a two-man crew of the U. S. Chemical Warfare Division
placing pulpwood casings on gas shells before shipment overseas.
Other pulpwood uses are waterproof shipping containers, small pa
per parachutes, shell containers, water-resistant submersible pack
aging, plastics for airplane parts. There’s a critical shortage of pulp
wood today! Let’s not stop passing the ammunition, now! Give three
extra days to cutting more pulpwood—for Victory!
none of us is as busy as those boys
in Africa, Italy, the Solomons and
other battle stations. We’ve got
to reach this quota, or we will have
broken faith with those boys who
are fighting for us.”
Special letters will be written
to the chairman of each commit
tee and this chairman will be held
responsible for the presence of his
committee. The chairmen are:
Bert Tarver, B. R. B. Davis, Mrs.
W. R. McKinney, J. E. Houston,
J. F. Reid, C. E. Boyett, J. W.
Bonner, A. T. Fleming, J. E. Chan
cy, J. G. Standifer, W. F. Burford,
R. C. Singletary, Jr.
Clean Picking, Correct
Ginning of This Year’s
Cotton Crop Is Urged
'Clean picking of this year’s cotton
crop soon after it opens, together
with correct ginning to preserve its
full value, will be worth millions of
dollars to- the farmers of Georgia,
T. R. Breedlove, state AAA adminis
trative officer, said today in an
nouncing the 1943 cotton loan pro
gram.
Difference in the loan value be
tween the highest and lowest grades
even of the same staple length range
as much as $34.50 per bale for 1 1-16
inch cotton and $86.75 per bale for
1 1-4 inch cotton, Breedlove pointed
out.
The schedule of premiums and
discounts for all grades and staple
lengths of cotton eligible for cotton
loans and full instructions for mak
ing loans have been mailed by the
state AAA office to county AAA of
fices and county committeemen and
all lending agencies.
Loans will be available at the full
loan rate to all cooperating produc
ers who did not knowingly overplant
their acreage allotment.
The War Food Administration has
announced that the average loan
rate of 7-8 inch middling, gross
weight, will be 18.41 cents a pound,
Which is 90 per cent of the August
1 parity price of 20.46 cents.
Premiums and discounts for grade
and staple length will be calculated
in relation to the loan rate on 15-16
inch middling, the rate for which
will be 85 points above the basic
rate for 7-8 inch middling. The x’ate
will be based on the net weight of
cotton. The net weight loan rate
will be 80 points above that for gross
weight. by
Loans will be made directly
the Commodity Credit Corporation
and by GOC approved lending agen
cies, such as local banks, and will
bear 3 per cent interest and will
mature July 31, 1944, but be call
able on demand, Mr. Breedlove said.
Emphasizing the importance of
picking cotton clean as soon as it
opens, Breedlove said the loan value
of a 500 pound bale, net weight, of
White strict low middling 1 1-16 inch
cotton is $8.25 per bale less than
middling, low middling 1-16 inch is
$16.75 per bale less than middling,
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PULL FOR BLAKELY
—OR—
PULL OUT
GEORGIANS ARE
ASKED TO INCREASE
PULPWOOD PRODUCTION
Following an appeal from the War
Production Board that Georgia in
crease its pulpwood px-oduction this
year by at least nine per cent, the
State Department of Forestry is ask
ing all able-bodied Georgians who
are interested in seeing pulpwood
production increased to actually cut
with their own hands at least one
cord of pulpwood, according to Nel
son M. Shipp, assistant commission
er of the state division of conserva
tion, of which the department is a
unit.
Geoi-gia has plenty of pulpwood,
but lacks sufficient regular wood
cutters to get the required increase,
according to J. M. Tinker, state for
ester.
Volunteers may register at the
State Department of Forestry, 435
Capitol, Atlanta, or with their near
est state district forester. Names
and addresses of the district forest
ers ai-e as follows: A. Bruce McGreg
Baxley; or, Gainesville; Norman E. Brooks,
Paul W. Groom, Macon;
Frank J. Pullen, Albany; Robert L.
Mosely, Eastman; Eugene Hinely,
Baxley, and M. V. Watei-s, Green
ville.
RED CROSS
RECORD FOR AUGUST:
Workers, 71. .
Hours, 562.
Dressings made, 10,282.
RECORD OF WORKERS FOR
THE PAST WEEK:
Mrs. J. E. Chancy, 11 hrs.
Mrs. Emory Houston, 11% hrs.
Mrs. C. A. Grubbs, 7 hrs.
Mrs. Willard DuBose, 7 hx-s.
Miss Verne DuBose, 7 hrs.
Mrs. Felix Davis, 7 % hrs.
Miss Annette Alexander, 4 hrs.
Mrs. P. D. DuBose, 4 hrs.
Mrs. J. F. Grimsley, 3 hrs.
Mrs. W. H. Alexander, iy 2 hrs.
Mrs. W. R. Alexander, 1% hrs.
Mrs. J. E. Beckham, 6% hrs.
Mrs. J. M. Coile, 6% hrs.
Miss Cora Hall, 3 hrs.
Mrs. J. A. Hammack, 4 % hrs.
Mrs. J. S. Hartsfield, 5% hrs.
Mrs. Claud Howell, 2 hrs. 1
Mrs. Bill Howell, 3 hrs.
Mrs. J. L. Houston, 2% hrs.
Mrs. Malinda Mann, 2 hrs.
Mrs. George Pickle, 2 hrs.
Mrs. Grady Smith, 5% hrs.
Mrs. R. C. Singletary, Sr., 1 % hrs.
Mrs. R. O. Waters, 4 hrs.
Mrs. J. H. Moye, 3 % hrs.
Mrs. Ernest Dunn, 2 hrs.
Mrs. J. E. Freeman, 2%hrs.
Mrs. J. W. Vinson, 2% hrs.
Mrs. J. G. Standifer, 3% hrs.
Mrs. Ed Sealy, 2% hrs.
Mrs. C. L. Tabb, 4 hrs.
Mrs. Ollin Goocher, 2% hrs.
Miss Fay Goocher, 2% hrs.
Miss Dorothy King, 2 hrs.
Mrs. B. F. Fuller, 2 hrs.
Mrs. J. L. McArthur, 2 % hrs.
Mrs. Luther Robinson, 2% hrs,
Miss Grace Weaver, 2 hrs.
Miss Marjorie Weaver, 2 hrs.
Miss Nadine Wood, 1 hr,
Mrs. J. B. Rice, 2 hrs.
Mrs. C. E. Boyett, 2 hrs.
Mrs. Oscar Whitchard, 2% hrs.
] ow middling spotted is $27 per bale
j ess and low middling tinged is
$31.50 less than middling White.
Cotton deteriorates in grade and
value when left exposed in the
field. Excess moisture, trash and
tjjj-t in the seed cotton reduces the
value of the ginned lint.
: Put Character Into Your
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Carry a bank account and do business
t by check and you will add character as well
♦ as volume to your business.
: You should have written record of
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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
‘City Delivery* Mail
Service for Blakely
Asked By Postmaster
If an application filed this week
with the U. S. Post Office Department
by Postmaster J. Emory Houston
meets the approval of the postmas
ter general, Blakely will have for the
first time a door-to-door delivery of
letters and a separate parcels post
service, a twice daily delivery of
mail in the business district and a
dozen new letter collection boxes.
The new service would be known as
the “city delivery service’’ instead of
the “village delivery service” as is
now employed.
Basing his request upon Blakely’s
increased population and postal re
ceipts, Mr. Houston filed the appli
cation with Washington authorities
asking for this new service for
Blakely’s citizens.
However, Mr. Houston pointed out,
it is largely up to the residents of
Blakely as to whether this seivice
will be granted. A number of im
provements will necessarily have to
be made. City streets will have to
be remarked at each intersection, and
in some cases where new streets
now exist, these will have to be
named. In certain sections some
side-walk improvements will be re
quired. These improvements will
have to be made by the city govern
ment and the cooperation of the
city council and mayor has already
been assured.
Each resident will be required to
mark his home with a number and
to place a mail receptacle by the
door or other convenient place fox
receiving his mail. Mr. Houston asks
that each resident who is now liv
ing in a home which has no house
number or mail receptacle to see
that these requirements are met as
soon as possible, so that when here a
postal inspector makes a survey
for the project, the appearance will
be given that Blakely residents are the
cooperating and are eager for
new service. These numbers and
receptacles can be purchased at
some of the downtown stores.
Evidently the filing of this appli
cation has struck a responsive chord
with local citizens, as letters from
the mayor, heads of the civic clubs
and a number of other interested
persons have come to Mr. Houston
voicing approval of the plan and of*
fex-ing assistance in helping to se
cure the new service.
Two new employees will be need
ed if the new city delivery service is
inaugurated—a letter carrier and a
parcels post carrier who will handle
the delivery of all packages.
GEORGE GEE IS
NEW DISTRIBUTOR
FOR GULF PRODUCTS
George Gee, well-known iTlakely
citizen, is the new distributor for
the Gulf Oil Corporation here in
Blakely, succeeding O. L. H-ooten.
Mr. Gee has an advertisement else
where in The News and calls atten
tion to the fact that he is devoting
all his time to his new position and
will have a large stock of all kinds
of Gulf products on hand at all
times to give the motoring public the
best in order that their cars and
trucks may be kept in first-class con
dition.